On Wednesday, Jan. 20, 2021, students in grades fourth through eighth grade competed in the Osage City District Spelling Bee. Congratulations were offered to Lucas Gantenbein and Braden Bowin as winners of the bee; both are Osage City Middle School seventh graders. They will represent Osage City at the Osage County Spelling Bee at 9 a.m. Tuesday, Feb. 2, in Burlingame. Seventh grader Caroline White will serve as OCMS’s alternate speller.

Participants in the Osage City spelling bee were, front from left, Lucas Gantenbein, Braden Bowin, and Carolina White; second row, Sawyer Serna, Jack Moulin, Chyanne Wiley, Trinity Godfrey, Kaylee Theel, Grady Bellinger, Hunter Senft, Jaxson Bolyard, Matthew Leonard; third row, Kaelyn Boss, Olivia Sage, Wyatt Pope, Dylan Theel, Tyson Mullins, Leah Riemann, Liam Vaughn, Tatum Little, Anthony Barnes, and Daniel Shoemate; back, Aurora Pritchard, Skylar Dunbar, Keaira Davidson, Luke Orender, Noah Martinez, Mason Wurdeman, Kasen Parsons, and Sawyer Dorsey.

Information and photo thanks to Dena Paul and Tim Riemann.