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Show V.F.W. Program Calls Students In Moab Area "Students win more than awards and scholarships when they participate in the V. F. W. Voice of Democracy De-mocracy Scholarship Program," Pro-gram," said Commander Fred R. Beyeler of Post 9323, in discussing the scriptwriting- program conducted con-ducted annually by the Veterans of Foreign Wars. Some of the fringe benefits, ben-efits, according to Beyeler, Beye-ler, are increased self -confidence, greater poise, the ability to communicate and valuable practice in expressing ideas clearly. For the state winners,, there is also the broadening broaden-ing experience of a five day tour of Washington, D. C, and the opportunity to make lasting friendship with the other state winners. win-ners. In the ten years that the Veterans of Foreign Wars has been sole sponsor of the Voice of Dembcirjacy Program, more than 40,000, 000 high school students have participated. Entrants En-trants must write and then tape-record a three - to -five minute broadcast script expressing their personal per-sonal views on Freedom's Heritage. From among the state winners, ' five national na-tional winners are chosen to receive a total of ?22,500 in scholarships. |