Corvallis Post #91 Scholarship Application ***Due April 15, 2017***

Name (last, first, middle):­­­­­­­­­­­­­______________________________________________________________

Applicant's Student Number: ___________________________________________________________

Sex M______ F_______

Date of Birth: _____________________________________________

Place of Birth: _____________________________________________

Applicant's Relationship to the Post 91 Sponsor:

Sponsor's Name: ___________________________________________________________________

Sponsor's Post 91 Member Number: _______________________________________________________

Sponsor's Current Post 91 membership type and status: Life:____ Annual Dues _____ Current Y: ___ N: ___

Home Mailing Address and Telephone Numbers (this is where mail to you will be sent if you do not list a permanent address)

Number and Street: __________________________________________________________________

City State Zip: _______________________________________________________________________

Home Telephone Number: (    ) ____ -_____

Work Telephone Number: (    ) ____ -_____

Permanent Address and Telephone Numbers (if different from above)

Number and Street: __________________________________________________________________

City State Zip: _______________________________________________________________________

Home Telephone Number: (    ) ____ - _____

Sponsor's Address and Telephone Numbers (if different from home address)

Number and Street: __________________________________________________________________

City State Zip: _______________________________________________________________________

Home Telephone Number: (     ) ____-_____

Work Telephone Number: (     ) ____ -_____

Are you enrolled in college ROTC? (Please check one) Yes: _____ No: _____

If not, do you intend to enroll in college ROTC? (Please check one) Yes: ____ No: ____

Statement of Certification (both signatures are required)

I certify that the information provided in this application is accurate and complete to the best of my knowledge. I understand that failure to provide full documentation or falsification of credentials will result in disqualification of this application. I agree to provide, if requested, official documentation to verify information reported on this application. In the event that I receive a scholarship award and elect not to attend school during the year, I will immediately return the award to Post 91. I also understand that the decision of the Post 91 Scholarship Committee is final.

Applicants Signature: _________________________________________________________ Date: ____________________

Sponsor's Signature: _________________________________________________________ Date: _____________________

Provide copies of SAT/ACT scoresheets, report cards/transcripts of all high school/university courses indicating all courses taken and grades earned. Also provide documentation of Class Standing if not on transcript (See Instructions)
List the High Schools, Universities, Colleges and Technical Schools you have previously attended: (list all schools)
Institution Name	City	State	Month/Year	Degree Award/Year

List current or future accredited Post-Secondary Schools (technical or college) to which you have applied, been accepted or are currently attending.
Institution Name	Attending	Applied	Accepted

Grade You Will Be Attending Next Fall. (please check one)

Freshman

Sophomore

Junior

Senior

List school clubs and organizations to which you belonged) to include positions held, dates, honors/awards. (include any civic, scholastic honors/distinctions received)

List volunteer/community/church activities to include positions held, dates and honors/awards.

List leadership positions held to include honors/awards.

List athletic participation in organized sports or similar activities to include positions held, dates, honors/awards.

List any employment during each year of high school/university/college attendance to include summer jobs.
Month/Year	Employer	Position	Hours Per Week

List any additional information you feel is pertinent to this application. (e.g. home schooling, child rearing, homemaking, etc)

Have you ever been convicted of any charges other than minor traffic violations?		Yes		No	If Yes, Please explain below.

Scholarship Essay Question (your essay maybe typed or handwritten and should not exceed 300 words) (attach your essay after this page of the application)

If you could change one thing in the United States today, what would it be and how might you accomplish this change?

FINAL CHECKLIST
Item	Yes	NO
Statement of Certification
Attach School Transcripts
Attach Grade Point Average
Class Ranking Documentation
Attach SAT/ACT Scores
Schools, Clubs and Activities
Volunteer/Community/Church Activities
Leadership Positions
Athletic Participation
Outside Employment
Attach Essay
Include Current Photo

Military Honors

STEVENSVILLE - Richard “Dick” Leo Neville, 84, of Stevensville passed away Tuesday, March 21, 2017 at St. Patrick’s Hospital in Missoula. He was born March 1, 1933 in Kalispell. Although he was the son of John Leroy Neville, he was raised by Ralph Curtis and mother, Myrtle Mae Boles.

By the time he was ten, Richard could tell a spruce from a pine by the smell of its sawdust. As a kid, he helped out around the family’s sawmill in Olney. As a young man he felled trees, drove a log truck, helped build a sawmill, and became a head sawyer—all while learning to weld, cut, and repair machinery. When he decided to build a log house he invented machinery that could straighten and notch logs for which he had 9 U.S. and Canadian Patents. He could turn out an even diameter log as long as 60 feet. This became the trademark of Neville Log Homes.

Richard is survived by wife Nancy of 40 years; Brothers Dale Curtis (Alaska) and Loren Curtis (Washington); Sisters Ardyth (Punky) Neville Welch (Washington) and LaDonna Curtis Webley (Oklahoma); Daughters Connie Neville and Debby Truax (Montana), Kelly Ehlers (Kris) (Utah), and Vicki Gray (Derwin)(North Carolina); Sons Rick Neville (Leslie)(Montana) and Cody Neville (Becky)(Nevada); numerous grandchildren and great-grandchildren. He is preceded in death by his parents, brother Warren Neville; sister Alice Neville Wargo, Rosemary Neville Lake; and sons, Terry and Mark.

The family expresses their gratitude to the following for their care in the past years: Fresenius Dialysis for 7 years, numerous nurses and doctors at Saint Patrick’s ICU, and special thanks to Pastor John Capen and his wife, Candie, and all the many prayer warriors from the Bitterroot Valley Church of the Nazarene. In lieu of flowers, we suggest memorials to the Bitterroot Valley Church of the Nazarene.

A graveside service with Military Honors will be held on Monday, March 27 at 11 a.m., at the Western Montana State Veterans Cemetery in Missoula. A Celebration of Life will follow at 2 p.m., at The Bitterroot Valley Church of the Nazarene in Victor. Condolences and memories may be shared with the family at www.whitesittfuneralhome.com.

Pass House Bill 224

Last Legislative session a bill was slipped in removing most exemptions for state property taxes for Veterans Organizations. This tax will start being assessed April 1, unless you have applied for an exemption and have had it granted. HB224 is a bill in the current Legislature designed to keep our state property tax exemption, but it was tabled in the House Taxation Committee. We need all Legion Family members and any of their family members or anyone else who is interested to immediately call the committee and vote to get HB224 out f committee.

 

Please call 444-4800 immediately and tell the operator that you would like to leave a message for the House Taxation Committee, the message is to Pass House Bill 224 out of the committee.

 

Pretty simple, but we need thousand of members and family members to make it happen, call today don't delay.

 

If we don't get HB224 passed if your Post  owns any property it will be taxed. We are still exempt from federal taxes, this will only effect State taxes.

 

Call now, the switchboard is open from 0800 - 1630 M-F; this must happen by next Tuesday.

 

Call Now Call NOW  CALL NOW

 

 

 

 

 

Gary A White

Department Adjutant

Department Of Montana

 

The mission of The American Legion, Department of Montana is to provide service to veterans, their families and their communities

Ravalli Republic Article

Corvallis sophomore Michael McKay to compete at nationals

• MICHELLE MCCONNAHA

Corvallis High School sophomore Michael McKay won top honors at the American Legion of Montana Constitutional Speech Contest in Helena on March 11. McKay will compete in the National competition, April 22-23, in Indianapolis, IN.

McKay said he was surprised to win but impressed with the event.

“I’m always surprised and don’t expect to win,” he said. “I was more surprised by the incredible generosity of the American Legion and this competition. They are sending us all-expense paid to Indianapolis. They care deeply about the Constitution and decided to help high schoolers care deeply about it by paying our way to college and Indianapolis.”

To reach the state level competition in Helena, McKay won the local competition sponsored by Corvallis Post #91 and the District 5 contest in Florence. The District 5 contest included students from the Bitterroot Valley, Missoula, Anaconda and Frenchtown.

Adam Reed, District #5 Oratorical Chair, said he was impressed with the competitors.

“All the contestants were amazing,” Reed said. “They talked about the Constitution and it blows your mind when you hear them talk. It was great to know we have kids in this valley who are brave enough to do this intense competition. Michael beat all the seniors and won. We’re very proud of him.”

Reed said the competition has two phases. The first part is an eight to 10 minute formal speech that each student has written about any aspect of the U.S. Constitution, including the duties and obligations of a citizen to the U.S. government.

“My speech was called ‘Fore the People’ a golf-themed speech all about the rule book of golf and how that protects us and it makes the golf club into a sport and not into a weapon,” McKay said. “The Constitution is the same way. It makes our democracy into a constructive way to run a country instead of a weapon.”

The second phase is a random draw of four constitutional subjects, which this year are Amendment 7 (trial by jury), Amendment 10 (states’ rights), Amendment 16 (taxes) and Amendment 17 (U.S. Senate). The contestants have five minutes to prepare then speak for three to five minutes on the assigned topic.

“The chairman selected the 10th Amendment and Michael just flew through it, he knew all about states’ rights,” Reed said. “He really knows the 10th Amendment. That’s where the other kids stumbled but Michael did perfect through the second phase.”

McKay said for his impromptu-style oration he started with history.

“I started out talking about the 17th century in England and how the King had most of the rights and how he would take over anything he chose,” McKay said. “The forefathers of our country decided to make an amendment to try to fix that. They decided to let the people have the power and that was what was radical.”

The American Legion established the oratorical contest in 1939 to help students develop a better knowledge of the U.S. Constitution and develop the ability to think and speak clearly and intelligently. It was also to prepare students for leadership by knowing the duties, responsibilities, rights and privileges of American citizenship.

Reed said that with 129 American Legion posts in Montana he would like to see the expansion of the contest.

“At the state competition, we only had four other posts put forth competitors and we’d like to get that number up next year,” McKay said.

The contest is a scholarship program and monetary awards are given at each level of competition.

At the state level, McKay won nearly $1,500 in cash scholarships.

“If I want to go to an instate school I get $10,000 in fee waivers,” he said.

At the national level, each competitor receives prize money for each round of competition. McKay will compete for $20,000 in cash scholarships and college fee waivers.

“It is an incredible program if you want to earn scholarships,” he said. “Unless you place first second or third at nationals, you can attend every year and compete for the same scholarship money until you graduate high school.”

Reed said that in the first round at the national contest McKay would compete against state winners from Oregon, Ohio, Hawaii and Tennessee.

At the Montana competition, Eric Reed of Harlowton took second place, Carter Johnson of Big Sky placed third and Isaiah Hesford of Boulder took fourth.

“After the competition Michael said he wants to keep practicing, so we’re going to hold some mock competitions for him and help him out,” Reed said.

McKay said to prepare for national competition he would like to practice speaking in front of local civic groups and any group that wants to hear his speech before April 20 should call Corvallis High School at 406-961-3201.

“The more times I can speak in front of people the better,” McKay said.

This is the first time Corvallis has had a state winner of the American Legion Oratorical Contest and a big opportunity for McKay.

“I’ve not traveled further east than Utah and I will be seeing parts of the country I’ve never seen before,” McKay said. “We have a layover in Minnesota so I’ll get to see that state too. The trip to the national competition will be quite an experience.”

Doug Mason, of Corvallis Post #91, hosted the local competition and said the unit is very proud of McKay.

“We knew he’d be doing good things,” Mason said. “At the state competition everyone said he was doing well and it was close. When they drew the amendment and students gave a three to five-minute oration he blew them all away. That’s what he does.”

For information on the National Oratorical Contest, visit on line legion.org/oratorical.

Way to go Michael!!!

CORVALLIS HIGH SCHOOL SOPHMORE WINS THE MONTANA AMERICAN LEGION ORATORICAL CONTEST

Helena, MT – March 11, 2017

The Montana American Legion High School Oratorical Competition sponsored by the American Legion of Montana and its 129 Posts located throughout Montana concluded In Helena on Saturday March 11.  Michael McKay of Corvallis who attends Corvallis High School prevailed over four other contestants for the right to represent Montana at the American Legion National Finals. The National competition will take place April 22-23, 2017 in Indianapolis, IN.

McKay won the local competition sponsored by Corvallis Post #91 and then went on to take the District contest in Florence a week later for the chance to compete in the state finals.  Eric Reed of Harlowton took second place followed by Carter Johnson of Big Sky for third followed by Isaiah Hesford of Boulder in fourth.

The American Legion established the annual oratorical contest in 1939 as part of its multi-faceted Americanism Program. The focus of the competition has always been the United States Constitution.

The subject of the prepared oration portion of the contest must be about some phase of the constitution of the United States, emphasizing the duties and obligations of a citizen to the United States government. The prepared oration must be an original effort of each contestant and should be 8 – 10 minutes in length.

The Montana state winners 1^st through 4th places are eligible for monetary scholarships from the American Legion of Montana. Also as part of the American Legion program fee waiver scholarships are available from the various units of the Montana University system as well as Carroll College. Information on these scholarships is available from high school guidance counselors or the American Legion.

In addition to the awards by winners of the various elimination rounds of the National Competition, university scholarships of $18,000, 16,000 and $14,000 will be awarded to the 1^st through 3^rd place winners in the National Finals.

Each state winner who competes in the first round of the National Contest will receive a $1500 scholarship.

Participants in the second round who do not advance to the national Final round will receive and additional $1500 scholarship. The top three youth orators who have won all previous rounds will vie for the top honors in the National contest.

The American Legion will pay the expenses of the state winners.

The American Legion State Oratorical Chairman is Jeff Holmes, Harlowton, Montana 

March Membership Update

We are at 100% of our goal of our 2017 goal of 118.

As of today 2/12/17 here are our membership numbers:

146 members

16 unpaid members

So Post #91 current membership stands at 130.

Keep up the good work membership committee. Let's see if we can make 150 current members in 2017.