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Former Honor Flight secretary reviews checks
LaVeta Miller trial underway
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The former treasurer of Central Prairie Honor Flights spent nearly four hours on the witness stand Tuesday, reviewing dozens of checks — including some deposited into the personal checking account of LaVeta Miller.Testimony started Monday in Barton County District Court, where Miller is on trial for two counts of theft by deception over $25,000 but less than $100,000. Charges were filed in 2012 after about $110,000 was found missing from accounts earmarked for Central Prairie Honor Flights, the nonprofit organization that provided World War II veterans with free trips to Washington, D.C., to see their memorial.Central Prairie Honor Flights was a project Central Prairie RC&D, and Miller was in charge of both in an office based in Great Bend. Central Prairie RC&D served eight central Kansas counties by creating projects to improve the quality of life, but it became the main Kansas hub for the National Honor Flight Program.