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<v Speaker 1>Good morning, good morning, good morning, and welcome, welcome, welcome.

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<v Speaker 1>It's nine forty five right here on K one, the

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<v Speaker 1>one you trust me. I've got a Claude new fella,

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<v Speaker 1>just to start speaking to you on the phone here

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<v Speaker 1>a little bit of going. We've got some big doings

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<v Speaker 1>with the American Legion. Claude, how are you doing today?

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<v Speaker 2>I'm doing great. Just I'm just kind of enjoying watching

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<v Speaker 2>this little snowfalls now.

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<v Speaker 1>Claude, you're with the American Legion. We also got the

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<v Speaker 1>auxiliary and this is over in Barnstall, right.

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<v Speaker 2>Yes, yeah, Barnstall American Legions and American Legion Auxiliary Posts

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<v Speaker 2>two two seven.

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<v Speaker 1>Two two seven. You've got a big dinner coming up

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<v Speaker 1>here this weekend.

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<v Speaker 2>We do. We're having a Chilians to dinner on this Saturday,

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<v Speaker 2>February twenty seconds from eleven am to two pm. And

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<v Speaker 2>we're just asking for generous donations to help us with

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<v Speaker 2>some of our numerous programs that we are involved with.

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<v Speaker 2>A lot of this will be going to some of

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<v Speaker 2>their programs and activities for students from the school system.

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<v Speaker 2>It is going to be at our American Legion building

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<v Speaker 2>which is four sixteen West Maine. So we just love

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<v Speaker 2>to have people come out and eat and visit and

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<v Speaker 2>enjoy company with the neighbors and local veterans.

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<v Speaker 1>And you got some celebrating to do because you guys

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<v Speaker 1>knocked out a pretty good sized national award here recently.

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<v Speaker 1>Tell us about it.

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<v Speaker 2>Well, we were very fortunate that this past summer at

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<v Speaker 2>the Summer Convention, our posts received the awards for all

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<v Speaker 2>four of the pillars that the American Legion is based on,

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<v Speaker 2>that's Veterans, Administrations and Rehabilitation, national Security, Americanism, Children and Youth.

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<v Speaker 2>And as a result of winning all four of those,

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<v Speaker 2>we were selected as a Small Post of the Year

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<v Speaker 2>for the state of Oklahoma. Wow, fall you go when

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<v Speaker 2>we did get our American legs in auxiliary groups started

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<v Speaker 2>or chartered again.

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<v Speaker 1>So very good, very good year. Indeed, man, this is

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<v Speaker 1>really good, you know something with this snow coming down,

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<v Speaker 1>big old bowl or chili, big old bull of stew,

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<v Speaker 1>sounds pretty darn good.

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<v Speaker 2>It's going to be perfect. It sounds like Saturday. Maybe

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<v Speaker 2>it's going to start to warm up a little. Hopefully

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<v Speaker 2>the roads are going to be cleared off so people

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<v Speaker 2>can get out and come over and visit with us.

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<v Speaker 1>And how can people find out more about the Legion

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<v Speaker 1>because Legion does so many different things. Like you said,

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<v Speaker 1>you you help out with some of the projects at

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<v Speaker 1>the school. You also help out veterans all the time.

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<v Speaker 2>Oh yes we are. We help you know, haul veterans

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<v Speaker 2>back and forth to appointments, and I mean they're just

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<v Speaker 2>all kinds of different programs that we do for the veterans,

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<v Speaker 2>you know, in our school. And I say, where something

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<v Speaker 2>this money is going, we do well. We have seven

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<v Speaker 2>students that have been selected that's well qualified, that have

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<v Speaker 2>expressed interest in Boys State and Girls State programs this year,

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<v Speaker 2>which are some excellent programs for the young students that's

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<v Speaker 2>juniors going into their senior year. We also provide an

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<v Speaker 2>essay type scholarship contest for graduating seniors and through the

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<v Speaker 2>American Legion Auxiliary program, there is an Americanism Essay contest

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<v Speaker 2>that is for third grade through seniors. They have six

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<v Speaker 2>different categories there of students that can write an essay

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<v Speaker 2>and win and have their essays if they're chosen through

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<v Speaker 2>the state, can go on to national as well through

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<v Speaker 2>evaluation and potential selection there excuse me. We also train

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<v Speaker 2>encourage the national ratorical contest, which you know if you

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<v Speaker 2>go on to national, if you'd win the state and

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<v Speaker 2>go on to National. Through there it's first, second, third

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<v Speaker 2>place is like twenty two five hundred and twenty five

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<v Speaker 2>thousand dollars scholarship awards, and that's actually for freshmen through seniors.

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<v Speaker 2>So you know, we're really active through the schools. So

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<v Speaker 2>that's like say of one of the groups, the Children

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<v Speaker 2>and Youth Group, and part of that's the American is

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<v Speaker 2>and Pillar as well, So we really do stay active

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<v Speaker 2>and involved with the school with the veterans and Veterans Support.

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<v Speaker 2>American Legion is just a great program to help the

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<v Speaker 2>communities and the people in the community.

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<v Speaker 1>Now, if you've served in with the with the United

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<v Speaker 1>States arm Forces, how do you become a member of

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<v Speaker 1>the American Legion.

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<v Speaker 2>Yeah, you've served, and even if you've only been like

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<v Speaker 2>National Guard and Army reserved for eligible as well. Excuse me,

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<v Speaker 2>but essentially you can just contact my phone number nine

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<v Speaker 2>one eight seven four two to two four zero or

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<v Speaker 2>any Legion member that you're aware of and fill out

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<v Speaker 2>an application. Then you'll be reviewed and evaluated and approved

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<v Speaker 2>and just get you logged into the system and actual

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<v Speaker 2>fees for American Legion is forty dollars a year. For

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<v Speaker 2>American Legion Auxiliary is thirty five dollars a year.

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<v Speaker 1>Wow, this is pretty cool. You know, I became familiar

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<v Speaker 1>with American Legion back in the nineteen seventies when I

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<v Speaker 1>was a youngster, and it was all about the boys

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<v Speaker 1>state at that time. And that's a big deal. For

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<v Speaker 1>folks who don't know about it, you got to read

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<v Speaker 1>up on it. That is a very big deal there

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<v Speaker 1>really are.

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<v Speaker 2>I mean, it's an excellent program for youngsters to learn

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<v Speaker 2>you know, civic ow our local government's work. They actually

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<v Speaker 2>sat up like a two party system that's what they

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<v Speaker 2>call now the Boomers and Sooners, the two parties, and

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<v Speaker 2>they they actually suggest, you know, concerns they have with

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<v Speaker 2>the government, whatever it may be, and it's primarily you know,

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<v Speaker 2>like just our state government actions, and they will actually

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<v Speaker 2>have hearings, they will elect judges, they will elect you know,

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<v Speaker 2>governors and lieutenant governors and senators representatives, and they'll argue

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<v Speaker 2>on the floor, you know, different bills and things like

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<v Speaker 2>that that they're pushing for or if they're against or

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<v Speaker 2>whatever those things, just like our state legislature does like

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<v Speaker 2>I said, it's a really excellent program and they have

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<v Speaker 2>athletics and things like that going on as well, so

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<v Speaker 2>it's it's a wonderful program for both the young men

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<v Speaker 2>and the young women. The young men's le more now

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<v Speaker 2>that young women goes to Edmund to the colleges there

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<v Speaker 2>and they just live on the college camsus for the

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<v Speaker 2>five to seven days that they're at the program.

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<v Speaker 1>This is really good stuff. And folks, you can help

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<v Speaker 1>support great programs like this by just actually enjoying a

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<v Speaker 1>nice friendly dinner right there at four sixteen West Main

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<v Speaker 1>and Bartonstall coming up this Saturday, and that'll be the

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<v Speaker 1>twenty second from eleven am to two pms Chili and

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<v Speaker 1>ste and is put on by the American Legion Post

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<v Speaker 1>two twenty seven and the auxiliary as well. And what's

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<v Speaker 1>the cost on this, Like.

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<v Speaker 2>I say, just we're not specifying a cost. We're just

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<v Speaker 2>asking for generous don't Okay? Thank you can help us

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<v Speaker 2>with to help keep some of these programs going for.

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<v Speaker 1>Well, that sounds pretty darn good. Alrighty, Hey Claut, I

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<v Speaker 1>didn't catch your last name. I'm sorry about that. We

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<v Speaker 1>all got excited about everything that was going on.

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<v Speaker 2>Yeah, I'm Claude Rosendale, Rosendal's commander of the post there

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<v Speaker 2>in Barnsall. And actually Linda Sam says they I think

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<v Speaker 2>I call it chairperson or chair woman, you know as

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<v Speaker 2>martin American Land and audillary and she leaves out there

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<v Speaker 2>in Bartlesfale.

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<v Speaker 1>Alrighty, alrighty, I'll tell you what. We're going to send

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<v Speaker 1>a bunch of folks out there, hungry folks, and we'll

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<v Speaker 1>tell them fatten up their wallets too while they're at it,

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<v Speaker 1>because this is all going to go for a great cause.

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<v Speaker 1>How does that sound?

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<v Speaker 2>Oh, that's that's sounded great.

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<v Speaker 1>Hey, Claude, thank you very much for being with us

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<v Speaker 1>here kind of long distance. I don't think we'd want

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<v Speaker 1>anybody traveling in this today. I know you're you're not

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<v Speaker 1>getting it so much out there in Barnesdall quite yet.

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<v Speaker 1>But it looks like a snow globe here in Bartlesville

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<v Speaker 1>right now. But take caring Saturday. Let's make it a

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<v Speaker 1>big deal. Okay, you bet?

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<v Speaker 2>Thank you?

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<v Speaker 1>All righty, Thank you very much. That is Claude Rosendale,

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<v Speaker 1>commander there at the American Legion, and thanks for being

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<v Speaker 1>with us here on our community connection. It is at

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<v Speaker 1>nine fifty four, and we've got to look at your

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<v Speaker 1>weather coming up, closing the cancelations, and we'll even get

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<v Speaker 1>an update here from our good friends at O and

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<v Speaker 1>N in just a moment