The Kansas Court of Appeals announced Friday its decision to uphold the 2015 conviction of LaVeta Miller, the local women who stole money earmarked for Honor Flights for U.S. veterans.Miller was the former director of Central Prairie RC&D (Resource Conservation & Development Council), and oversaw the Central Kansas Honor Flight program, which the RC&D launched in 2012. The program was a chapter of the national organization that arranges free trips for aging veterans to visit national war monuments in Washington, D.C.Several veterans were unable to take their trips after money went missing from the fund, Barton County Attorney Douglas Matthews said.During her trial, witnesses explained how Miller stole more than $100,000 from RC&D. Most of the money had been donated for Honor Flights and most of it was diverted into her own checking account by faking invoices or claiming expenses she didn’t actually make. She was convicted on two counts of felony theft by deception.