KNIVES: Military honored for service

| April 24, 2011 10:00 PM

Fairchild Air Force Base, Washington: On April 13, 2011, U.S. Air Force veterans of Iraq and Afghanistan, were presented with 61 Buck commemorative knives for their honorable military war service. From October 2009 to April 2011, veterans of the 92d Air Refueling Wing have received 378 Buck commemorative knives.

In addition to the Buck knife, each veteran receives a hand-addressed thank-you card and a list of donors.

We thank God, the Buck Family, Buck Knives Inc., the Coeur d'Alene Press, the Post Falls Press and our donors.

U.S. Navy Buck Commemorative Knives March 10, 2011:

Recent donors include:

Rich and Tricia Agueros/ United Crown Pump & Drilling

Darren Carkuff/ Northwest Body & Paint

Disabled American Veterans Chapter 6 Spokane

Coeur d'Alene Honda

Wendell Olsen/Viking Construction Inc.

John and Mary Ann McHugh

Dale and Cora Stamper

Spokane Amvets Post 92

Gratia Griffith

Graham and Betsy Crutchfield

Disabled American Veterans Chapter 25, Priest River

Kenneth Smith

Disabled American Veterans Chapter 9 Coeur d' Alene

Keith Bernhart/Bernhart & Buck Inc.

Gary and Kathleen Magonigle

Thurman and Grace Moore

Tri-City Disabled American Veterans Chapter 46

GRAHAM CRUTCHFIELD

Hayden