Special to the Pahrump Valley Times Konner Johnson, an eighth-grader at Amargosa Middle School, …

Special to the Pahrump Valley Times Konner Johnson, an eighth-grader at Amargosa Middle School, ...

Special to the Pahrump Valley Times
Konner Johnson, an eighth-grader at Amargosa Middle School, took 30th place in the Nevada State Spelling Bee. He’s shown here with Britney Varao, NCSC C&I director, after winning first place among eighth-graders in the district spelling bee earlier this year.