Cd'A conference aims to provide help, hope to those who served

Mitzi Cheldelin and Jason Legler represent the Idaho Division of Veterans Services in Coeur d'Alene on Thursday at the Kroc Center.

Jayne Tabb and Ace have a moment of affection after Tabb's first conference for veterans at the Kroc Center on Thursday.
JACK DEWITT/Press

by JACK DEWITT
Staff Writer | April 10, 2026 1:07 AM

COEUR d’ALENE — About 200 veterans attended the Joining Forces Idaho Conference on Thursday at the Salvation Army Kroc Center.

“It is not to educate veterans on everything,” said Mitzi Cheldelin, director of the Idaho Division of Veterans Services, “but to help them recognize the support that is out there.”

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