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Article: West Des Moines Valley High School Student Wins National Speech/Debate Competition.
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- June 28, 2007
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WEST DES MOINES, Iowa -- Maeshal Abid of West Des Moines Valley High School won fourth place in the national championship in the Lincoln Financial Group Lincoln-Douglas Debate at the Lincoln Financial Group([R])/National Forensic League National Speech Tournament in Wichita, Kansas last week. Abid won a $2,000 college scholarship from Lincoln Financial Group of Philadelphia, Penn. for his accomplishment.
More than 3,000 students from across the nation competed in the week-long tournament from June 18 - 22 in Wichita, Kansas. Over 91,000 students from nearly 2,800 high schools nationwide competed throughout the 2006 - 2007 school year to qualify for the annual ...