Garfield Ridge resident Mike Hernandez and his family – wife Kim and daughters Mia and Makayla – stand at Archer and Nordica, near a Midway Chamber of Commerce banner honoring Mike for his military service. An Air Force veteran, he served from 1997-2005. Banners saluting nearly three dozen local veterans hang from light poles, mostly in Garfield Ridge, in the MCC’s first-ever banner program honoring those who served. Chamber President Mary Ellen Brown recently called the initiative a success and told the Clear-Ridge Reporter & NewsHound the banners are expected to be on display through Veterans Day. – Photos by Cosmo Hadac and Carrie Hernandez