Send your appreciation

Add these names to your Christmas card list this year. Tell them their friends and neighbors in Bluffton and Wells County appreciate their efforts.


PFC Whitsitt, Geoffrey
HHC 3BSTB
118th MPCO (ABN)
3-10 FOB Shank
APO AE 09364

Petty Officer 2nd Class Steven Whitsitt
2820 Hornet Way
San Diego, CA 92106

Cpl Nelson Trevor D.
MASS 1 Det
Unit 78076
FPO-AE 09510-8076


Andrea Elliott
1203 Fidler Lane
Apt. 603
Silver Spring, MD 20910

Josh Paquette
8 MXS
PSC 2 Box 3491
APO AP 96264

Celeste Paquette
1640 Yaupon St.
Sumter S.C. 29154

Vincent Everett
Alpha Troop/2-6 Calvary
COB Speicher
APO AE 09393


Do you know of a local serviceman or servicewoman who won’t be home for Christmas? Submit their name and complete mailing address to: The News-Banner, P.O. Box 436, Bluffton, IN 46714; or via fax: 260-824-0700; or vial email: calendar@news-banner.com; or drop off at our office at 125 N. Johnson Street. (24-hour drop slot at front door).
We will publish their names and addresses in the News-Banner as they are received. We encourage our readers to send them a card. Standard cards that take a 44 cent postage; non-standard sized cards should be taken to the post office to be weighed. Cards mailed to service members stationed overseas should be mailed by Dec. 4, so please submit addresses as soon as possible. New names will appear in bold as they are received.