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Lily Nutter, of Warren, was honored by Veterans of Foreign Wars Post 2689, Huntington, for her dedication over the past seven years in preparing and shipping more than 860 care packages to the troops in Iraq and Afghanistan. Pictured during the surprise presentation are (from left) Ken Fisher, Fifth District Commander; Rodney Funk, VFW department commander's representative; Nutter; John Lichoff, USS Salamonie representative; and Dale Howell, VFW Post 2689 commander. Lichoff, of Norwalk, OH, organized the presentation.