Steve Oliver, president of the Helderberg Chapter of the American Legion Riders Post 977, on Saturday became one of just 120 people in the country to ever receive the national organization’s highest tribute, the American Legion Rider of Honor award.

To the Editor:

Wow! Let us just start out by saying one big wow. We, the Helderberg American Legion Riders Post 977 in Altamont, held our third annual Poker Run this past Saturday to raise money to support area veterans programs, and the event was a tremendous success thanks to all of those involved.           

_{John Kilcher, Knox}

_{Al Gaige on behalf of the Helderberg American Legion Riders 977, Altamont}

_{Dennis Cyr, Knox, American Legion Riders}

_{Hellen Wager, Altamont}

Boys State is run by the American Legion, a nationwide veterans’ organization, and uses an intense week-long course of activities with military supervision to train rising seniors to be leaders.