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• 12-year-old’s fundraising efforts take wing

  November 8, 2012 in Washington Voices on Page V1 It started a couple of years ago with a school project. Justin Peterson, now 12, interviewed 10 World War II veterans in his Chewelah, Wash., hometown. “I like learning about …

• Honor Flight could be grounded without help

  March 22, 2012 in Washington Voices on Page S1 Tony Lamanna, Inland Northwest Honor Flight’s director, greeted the guests at the Pearl Harbor event at Spokane Falls Community College with grim news. The future of the program is in …

• Emotional crowd welcomes WWII veterans home from D.C. visit

  November 7, 2011 in City on Page A1 Bill Osterman, one of 26 World War II veterans who flew to Washington, D.C., over the weekend, got a welcome-home celebration at the Spokane International Airport that brought tears to … 1

• Care close to home

  January 18, 2011 in City on Page A1 Tony Lamanna has taken a break from fighting crime in Hillyard to take on something tougher: a rare form of plasma cancer threatening his life. The disease, a multiple myeloma … 4

• Inland Northwest World War II vets to take D.C. tour

  April 29, 2010 in City on Page A6 The Inland Northwest Honor Flight chapter will fly 37 World War II veterans to Washington, D.C., on Friday for a tour of memorials. The vets mostly are from Eastern Washington …

• Group seeks D.C. trips for WWII vets

  May 23, 2009 in City on Page B3 A pair of Spokane police officers are starting a local chapter of an organization that honors World War II veterans by sponsoring trips for them to the nation’s capital. Officer …