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Kaifi Abdullah, first place winner of the Optimist Club essay contest, stands with his father, Haroun Abdullah and Optimist Club essay chair Carolyn Miller at the presentation ceremony Feb. 12 at Belle Haven Country Club. Abdullah, a student at T.C. Williams High School, won $500 for his essay with the contest theme “How is optimism the key to the dreams you imagine.”