2006-07 Veterans of Foreign Wars Voice of Democracy Scholarship ...

2006-07 Veterans of Foreign Wars Voice of Democracy Scholarship Awards
First Place $30,000 T. C. Selman Memorial Scholarship: Meredith Dennis, a senior at Carlsbad High School, sponsored by
VFW Post 3277 and its Ladies Auxiliary in Carlsbad, New Mexico. Listen to the winning Voice of Democracy audio
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Second Place $16,000 Charles Kuralt Memorial Scholarship: Nithin Paul, a senior at St. Mark's High School, sponsored
by VFW Post 3420 and its Ladies Auxiliary in Newark, Delaware.
Third Place $10,000 VFW Scholarship: Thomas Neeck, a homeschooled senior, sponsored by VFW Post 2306 and its
Ladies Auxiliary in Beloit, Wisconsin.
Fourth Place $7,000 LeRoy Moorhead Memorial Scholarship: Lyndsey Haas, a junior at Petersburg High School,
sponsored by VFW Post 10002 and its Ladies Auxiliary in Petersburg, Alaska.
$5,000 Floyd County VFW Post 3281, New Albany Indiana Scholarship: Jesse Dyer, a senior at South Plantation High
School, sponsored by VFW Post 1966 and its Ladies Auxiliary in Fort Lauderdale, Florida.
$5,000 Rehoboth Beach Post 7447 and Auxiliary Dept. of Delaware Scholarship: Emily Althoff, a sophomore at Devils
Lake High School, sponsored by VFW Post 756 and its Ladies Auxiliary in Devils Lake, North Dakota.
$4,000 Department of Minnesota William F. Halsey Memorial Scholarship: John Sonetto Mancuso, a sophomore at
Classical High School, sponsored by VFW Post 45 in Providence, Rhode Island.
$3,500 Department of New York and Auxiliary, Rev. Albert G. Salmon Memorial Scholarship: Daniel Rayborn, a senior
at Presbyterian Christian High School, sponsored by VFW Post 3036 and its Ladies Auxiliary in Hattiesburg,
Mississippi.
$3,000 Department of Indiana and Auxiliary Scholarship: Stephanie Corriveau, a junior at Van Buren District Secondary
School, sponsored by VFW Post 9389 and its Ladies Auxiliary in Caribou, Maine.
$3,000 Joseph O. Hansen Memorial Scholarship: David Beresford, a homeschooled junior, sponsored by VFW Post
4012 and its Ladies Auxiliary in Northville, Michigan.
$2,500 Daniel Sean Wallace Memorial Scholarship: Emily Ankney, a homeschooled sophomore, sponsored by VFW
Post 379 and its Ladies Auxiliary in Yakima, Washington.
$2,500 Troy and Sandy Rothbart Memorial Scholarship: Kyle Mangan, a homeschooled senior, sponsored by VFW
Post 3965 and its Ladies Auxiliary in Springfield, Oregon.
$2,000 Jesse A. Lewis Memorial Scholarship: Shaun Connell, a homeschooled junior, sponsored by VFW Post 4513
and its Ladies Auxiliary in Fairfield Bay, Arkansas.
$2,000 Silver Spring Memorial Post 2562 Scholarship: Whitney Davis, a senior at Madisonville North Hopkins High
School, sponsored by VFW Post 5480 and its Ladies Auxiliary in Madisonville, Kentucky.
$2,000 Department of Arizona and Auxiliary Harry A. Kosht Memorial Scholarship: Thomas Osborn, a senior at
Kalaheo High School, sponsored by VFW Post 10154 in Kaneohe, Hawaii.
$2,000 Francis Tallman Memorial ($1,000) and the Robert A. Stock Memorial ($1,000) (combined) Scholarships:
Dustin Atkins, a senior at Liberty High School, sponsored by VFW Post 5996 and its Ladies Auxiliary in Anderson,
South Carolina.
$2,000 Walter and Doris Marshall Memorial ($1,000) and the Southern Conference ($1,000) (combined) Scholarships:
Robert Waaser, a senior at Batesville High School, sponsored by VFW Post 3183 and its Ladies Auxiliary in Batesville,
Indiana.
$2,000 Mr. And Mrs. James H. Black ($1,000) and the Jane Young Memorial ($1,000) (combined) Scholarships: Kristin
Bowles, a junior at Orem High School, sponsored by VFW Post 4355 and its Ladies Auxiliary in Salt Lake City, Utah.

$2,000 Department of Alabama ($1,000) and the Department of Georgia James H. "Sloppy" Floyd Memorial ($1,000)
(combined) Scholarships: Alyssa Herzinger, a homeschooled senior, sponsored by VFW Post 2453 and its Ladies
Auxiliary in Sandpoint, Idaho.
$2,000 Department of Georgia R.D. "Bulldog" Smith, Jr. ($1,000) and the Department of Ohio Chester J. Koch
Memorial ($1,000) (combined) Scholarships: Randall Miller, a senior at Oak Forest Academy, sponsored by VFW Post
11206 in Amite, Louisiana.
$2,000 Department of Connecticut and Auxiliary ($1,000) and the Stephen and Elsie Riordan Memorial ($1,000)
(combined) Scholarships: Paige Veazey, a senior at Clinton High School, sponsored by VFW Post 4465 and its Ladies
Auxiliary in Clinton, Oklahoma.
$1,500 Department of New Hampshire Dan & Jean Loud Memorial Scholarship: Thomas Hernandez, a senior at
Ronald Reagan High School, sponsored by VFW Post 8541 and its Ladies Auxiliary in San Antonio, Texas.
$1,500 Department of Illinois and Auxiliary Scholarship: Emily Harryman, a senior at Harrisburg R-8, sponsored by
VFW Post 280 and its Ladies Auxiliary in Columbia, Missouri.
$1,500 Department of Missouri and Auxiliary Scholarship: Kaitlyn Gray, a junior at Gray Academy, sponsored by VFW
Post 10999 and its Ladies Auxiliary in Raleigh, North Carolina.
$1,500 Department of New Mexico and Auxiliary Scholarship: Regina Smedinghoff, a junior at Fenwick High School,
sponsored by VFW Post 7181 and its Ladies Auxiliary in Forest Park, Illinois.
$1,500 Department of Massachusetts Edward A. Nardi Scholarship: Kristin Bigelow, a sophomore at Huntingdon
Christian Academy, sponsored by VFW Post 1754 and its Ladies Auxiliary in Huntingdon, Pennsylvania.
$1,500 Department of Colorado and Auxiliary Scholarship: Lucia Misch, a senior at Notre Dame High School,
sponsored by VFW Post 3982 and its Ladies Auxiliary in Santa Clara, California.
$1,500 Department of Arkansas and its Ladies Auxiliary Les Thone Memorial Scholarship: Luke Williams, a
homeschooled junior, sponsored by VFW Post 1079 and its Ladies Auxiliary in Elyria, Ohio.
$1,000 Larry W. Rivers Scholarship: Kevin Meyer, a senior at Kansas City Christian School, sponsored by VFW Post
846 and its Ladies Auxiliary in Overland Park, Kansas.
$1,000 Department of Illinois Scott Post 4183 Scholarship: Alexander Curwick, a senior at Osseo Senior High School,
sponsored by VFW Post 3915 and its Ladies Auxiliary in Minneapolis, Minnesota.
$1,000 All American Post 284 Scholarship: Kelsey Sherrod, a senior at Mars Hill Bible School, sponsored by VFW Post
5140 in Florence, Alabama.
$1,000 Department of California and Auxiliary Scholarship: William Etter, Jr., a senior at Essex High School, sponsored
by VFW Post 6689 and its Ladies Auxiliary in Essex Junction, Vermont.
$1,000 Bernard J. Michels, Post 9610 and Auxiliary Scholarship: Carlie Ideker, a junior at Dubois High School,
sponsored by VFW Post 10056 and its Ladies Auxiliary in Dubois, Wyoming.
$1,000 Juanita Crowe-Durbino, Department of Tennessee Scholarship: Max Tucker, a senior at Madison High School,
sponsored by VFW Post 2638 and its Ladies Auxiliary in Madison, South Dakota.
$1,000 Cramer/Harrell Scholarship: Anna Hermesmann, a senior at Northern Burlington High School, sponsored by
VFW Post 6590 and its Ladies Auxiliary in Cookstown, New Jersey.
$1,000 Ervin and Lorraine Rothenbuhler Scholarship: Nicole Blodgett, a junior at Dennis-Yarmouth Regional High
School, sponsored by VFW Post 8074 and its Ladies Auxiliary in Harwich, Massachusetts.
$1,000 Fridley VFW Post 363 and Auxiliary Scholarship: Adelaide Clark, a senior at Abingdon High School, sponsored
by VFW Post 1994 and its Ladies Auxiliary in Abingdon, Virginia.

$1,000 Department of Michigan and Auxiliary Scholarship: Whitney Wells, a senior at Cookeville High School,
sponsored by VFW Post 6296 and its Ladies Auxiliary in Cookeville, Tennessee.
$1,000 Department of Wyoming and Auxiliary Scholarship: Jessica Michael, a senior at Petersburg High School,
sponsored by VFW Post 6454 and its Ladies Auxiliary in Petersburg, West Virginia.
$1,000 Department of Kentucky and Auxiliary Scholarship: Celia Silverstein, a senior at Lakenheath High School,
sponsored by VFW Post 10614 in Kaiserslautern, Germany (VFW Department of Europe.)
$1,000 Department of New Jersey Howard E. Vander Clute Memorial Scholarship: Benjamin Peak, a junior at Belleville
Henderson Central High School, sponsored by VFW Post 5344 and its Ladies Auxiliary in Adams, New York.
$1,000 Roy Chandler VFW Post 762 and Ladies Auxiliary Scholarship: Joanna Griffith, a homeschooled junior,
sponsored by VFW Post 4051 and its Ladies Auxiliary in Colorado Springs, Colorado.
$1,000 Arthur W. Jones VFW Post 7564 and Auxiliary Scholarship: Michael McCarty, a senior at Spalding Catholic
High School, sponsored by VFW Post 5347 and its Ladies Auxiliary in Granville, Iowa.
$1,000 Department of Pennsylvania Joseph L. Vicites Memorial Scholarship: Ashley Boettger, a senior at Fergus High
School, sponsored by VFW Post 1703 in Lewistown, Montana.
$1,000 Department of Maine Scholarship "to Remember the U.S.S. Maine": Samantha Osteen, a senior at Westminster
High School, sponsored by VFW Post 3200 and its Ladies Auxiliary in Augusta, Georgia.
$1,000 Gilbert N. Nelson - Post 1326 and their Auxiliary - Bismarck, North Dakota Scholarship: Sally Wilkerson, a
senior at Spring Creek High School, sponsored by VFW Post 2350 and its Ladies Auxiliary in Elko, Nevada.
$1,000 Department of Kansas and Auxiliary Robert R. Whipple Memorial Scholarship: Timothy Stephen Albright, a
senior at Faith Academy, sponsored by VFW Post 2485 in Angeles City, Philippines (VFW Department of Pacific
Areas.)
$1,000 Department of Nevada and Auxiliary Scholarship: Elsbeth Bascom, a junior at Bow High School, sponsored by
VFW Post 816 and its Ladies Auxiliary in Littleton, New Hampshire.
$1,000 Department of Florida John M. "Jack" Carney Scholarship: Evalyse Limon, a sophomore at Severn School,
sponsored by VFW Post 160 and its Ladies Auxiliary in Glen Burnie, Maryland.
$1,000 Department of Hawaii and Auxiliary Scholarship: Steven Sweeney, a senior at Granby Memorial High School,
sponsored by VFW Post 5847 and its Ladies Auxiliary in Granby, Connecticut.
$1,000 Department of Idaho and Auxiliary Scholarship: Paul Mendoza, a senior at Colegio Internaciona/Maria
Immaculada, sponsored by VFW Post 3822 in Panama Canal (VFW Department of Latin America/Caribbean).
$1,000 Department of Mississippi VFW and Ladies Auxiliary Bernard McClelland Memorial Scholarship: Kyle
Thompson, a junior at Blue Ridge High School, sponsored by VFW Post 2364 and its Ladies Auxiliary in Pinetop-
Lakeside, Arizona.
$1,000 Ray Sisk Scholarship: Emily Veys, a junior at Mercy High School, sponsored by VFW Post 2503 and its Ladies
Auxiliary in Omaha, Nebraska.
$1,000 Department of Tennessee Cooper T. Holt - John Furgess Scholarship: Martia Bradley, a sophomore at Holten-
Arms School, sponsored by VFW Post 7284 and its Ladies Auxiliary in Washington, D.C.