The contest is open to children from 1st through 12th grade with a family member who has served or is serving in the Armed Forces. The essay is a great opportunity for children to put in their own words the impact that their family member’s military service has made in their lives.
	
	
	
		
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	Military Family Appreciation Day is an annual event organized by the Idaho National Guard to “recognize and celebrate the families supporting our troops by taking care of life here on the home front.” It’s free for anyone who has served in the military – past and present – and their families (with valid ID).
	
	
	
		
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	2015's Christmas in the Nighttime Skies goes down as one of the coldest in its 25 year history.
	
	
	
		
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	Idaho Farm Bureau vice president and CEO Paul Roberts welcomed the veterans to the event and thanked them for “serving a cause greater than themselves.”
	
	
	
		
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	We've sorted through countless pages of heart-felt entries describing what their family members' service means to them, and we've narrowed it down to two very talented writers
	
	
	
		
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	Since its founding approximately 23 years ago, the Portneuf Greenway Foundation has helped construct approximately 12 miles of paved trails in the Gate City area.
	
	
	
		
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	South Eastern Idaho Veterans and current Armed Services personnel and their families are invited to attend this celebration featuring a traditional flag ceremony performed by the Pocatello Veterans Honor Guard, posting of the colors, luncheon, Veterans slide show, gift presentation and complimentary photos.
	
	
	
		
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	To mark Veterans Day 2015, Farm Bureau Insurance is sponsoring the “Veterans Day Essay Contest.” The contest is open to children from first through 12th grade with a family member who has served or is serving in the Armed Forces.
	
	
	
		
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	Some of the strongest rain of the season was not enough to dampen the spirits and fire that burned in those that attended this year’s Christmas in the Nighttime Skies.
	
	
	
		
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	Since 1996, Farm Bureau Mutual Insurance Company of Idaho has been a proud sponsor of Christmas in the Night Time Skies and this year is no exception.
	
	
	
		
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