Salsbery and Leathers qualify for State Geo Bee

Turk Salsbery, son of Karen and Denny Salsbery who is a seventh grader at Malta Middle School and Spur Leathers, son of Cotton and Dawn Leathers who is a 4th grader at Malta Elementary School, have both been notified that they have qualified for the 2017 State Geography Bee.

This is the first time that Malta Public Schools has qualified two finalists in the same year.

The two have been notified by the National Geographic Society that they are two of the semifinalists eligible to compete in the 2017 Montana National Geographic State Bee. The contest will be held at Missoula on Friday, March...