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From left, Lauryn Journot, Anna Lougee, Hope Cameron and Makayla Chewning, Clara Brownell Middle School’s The
Nerdy Girls team members, look through their robotics engineering notebooks Friday morning before leaving for the
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design earlier this year. The all-girls
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this weekend in McMinnville.
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