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Gurnee, Oak Brook kids place 2nd, 3rd at state Geographic Bee

April 05, 2014

Joshua Smoron, a seventh-grader from Gurnee, took second place at the Illinois Geographic Bee Friday. Of the 100 fifth- through eighth-graders who competed in the bee, more than 30 students were from the suburbs. "It's just amazing what these kids know, and at such a young age," said Michael Middleton, Illinois Geographic Bee coordinator.

Source: http://www.dailyherald.com/article/20140404/news/140409073/
 
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