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Overcoming Adversity Reaps Special Reward for 49 Iowa High School Seniors

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From: U.S. Newswire
Date: 20050527
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WASHINGTON, May 27 /U.S. Newswire/ -- Across the state of Iowa forty-nine high school seniors are finding out that they have new help in attaining a college education from the Horatio Alger Iowa Scholarship Program. Each of the students will receive a $3,000 college scholarship and be named a 2005 Horatio Alger Iowa Scholar.

These young people are being recognized for demonstrating a drive to accomplish their goals in the face of daunting adversity. Each of these forty-nine high school seniors have utilized initiative, perseverance and hard work to overcome the obstacles that have stood in ...

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