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BICS student Patrick Cull reaches the Michigan State Geography Bee finals in 2003

Also Patrick Cull Beaver Island geography bee state finals April 4 2003 · BICS student

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TypeEvent
Dates2003-03-17 – 2003-04-04
WithinBeaver Island
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Summary

Beaver Island Community School student Patrick Cull qualified for the Michigan State Geography Bee finals in Mount Pleasant on April 4, 2003. Teacher Donna Stambaugh celebrated his advancement after promising to carry a victory sign if he made it through the competition.

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The report establishes qualification and the planned final, not the final ranking or result.

Sources

  1. Beaver Beacon, April 2003, “Patrick Cull makes the State Name-off.”
    Reports Cull’s qualification for the April 4 State Finals in Mount Pleasant and teacher Donna Stambaugh’s promised celebratory sign after he advanced. No public copy of this file is known; the archive holds one and can provide it on request.
    data1 · beaver-island-archive · beaver_beacon · 2003-04_Beaver-Beacon
  2. The held issue scan confirms the April 2003 report.
    data1 · beaver-island-archive · scans · beaver_beacon · issues · 2003-04_Beaver-Beacon

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Beaver Island Archive, “BICS student Patrick Cull reaches the Michigan State Geography Bee finals in 2003”, https://beaverislandarchive.org/events/beaver-island-patrick-cull-state-geography-bee-2003/, accessed [date], citing Beaver Beacon, April 2003, “Patrick Cull makes the State Name-off.” (and 1 further source listed on the page).

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