The American Legion
National High School Oratorical Scholarship Program
" A Constitutional Speech Contest"
Department Oratorical Chairman Roger Lacy
2012 Department of Arkansas (State) Contest Results
2012 Oratorical Competition Yields Outstanding Youth Orators
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2012 Department of Arkansas (State) Contest
Contest was Saturday, March 3, 2012
1st PLACE; $2,000.00: CAITLYN CROWDER OF HEBER SPRINGS
2nd PLACE; $1,500.00: LUKE MacFARLAN OF SILOAM SPRINGS
3rd PLACE; $1,000.00: PAUL LOFTNESS OF CONWAY
and contestants
Colton Dillon, a senior from Beebe High School; Bryan Kinzer, a junior from Rogers High School;
Skylar Ronna, a senior from Mountain Home High School; and Jason White, a Wilbur D. Mills High School senior from Jacksonville
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2012 Assigned Topics
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2012 Contest Information Packet
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2013 Contest Applications must be submitted to Department Oratorical Chairman by January 2, 2013
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2013 Contestants must be *certified to Department Headquarters no later than January 30, 2013
*Certification for the Department (State) contest means that a student must present his/her oration to the
Post and/or a civic organization three (3) times as organized by the Post Oratorical Chairman.
Posts can certify all students who apply and follow the above rule or Posts can sponsor a contest
to determine whom they will certify for the Department (State) contest
Students certified by a Post will proceed to the Department (State) Contest
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See the "Related Links" section at the bottom of this page for more info
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First Place - $2,000.00 plus **$1,500.00 National Contest and
an all expense paid trip, with chaperone, to Indianapolis, IN.
Second Place Winner - $1,500.00
Third Place Winner - $1,000.00
**The Department First Place Winner who participates in the first round of the National Contest
will receive a $1,500.00 scholarship. Each first round winner who advances to the second round,
but does not advance to the Final Round will receive an additional $1,500.00 scholarship.
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Congratulations and a thank you to all the contestants for their hard work
and help in making the 2012 contest a success.
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