BASIC GRADS

BASIC GRADS
First step
Several area residents have completed basic military training. They include:
* Air Force: Airman Danny L. D'Annunzio Jr. (Howland High School, '01), son of Danny and Cathy D'Annunzio, 2678 North Road, Niles; Airman Lucille M. McNulty (Austintown Fitch High School, '01), daughter of Thomas McNulty, North Richview Avenue, Youngstown, and Karen Gordon, Las Vegas, Nev.; Airman Tara L. Miller (Youngstown Chaney High School, '01), daughter of Karen Beil, Columbiana Road, New Springfield, and Lee Miller, Noel Drive, Youngstown; Airman Steven B. Beacham (Youngstown Chaney High School, '01), son of Lettie Beacham, Pinehurst Avenue, and brother of Keith Cheatham, Avondale Avenue, both of Youngstown; Reserve Airman Amber J. Leone (Crestview High School, Columbiana, '01), daughter of Anna Jane Johnson, Signal Road, Columbiana, and Joe Leone, Crestview Road, Leetonia; Airman Aaron M. Valentz (Howland High School, '99), son of Eugene and Darlene Valentz, Trefeathen Drive, Howland.
* Marine Corps: Pfc. Jason D. Nalley (Pekin, Ohio, Community High School, '01), son of Kitty Ward, Clover Street, Wellsville.
* Army: National Guard Pvt. Brian E. Altman (Grove City, Pa., Senior High School, '01), son of Donald and Deborah Altman, West Main Street Extension, Grove City; National Guard Pvt. Seth A. Black (Grove City, Pa., High School, '01), son of Richard Black, George Junior Road, Grove City; National Guard Pvt. Joseph C. Conticelli (West Middlesex, Pa., Junior-Senior High School, '01), son of John and Karen Conticelli, Mitchell Road, West Middlesex; Pvt. Matthew A. Terpak (Austintown Fitch High School, '01), son of Don and Lori Terpak, Nottingham Avenue, Austintown.
ADVANCED TRAINING
NCO course
Marine Corps Sgt. Thomas W. Toalston, son of Thomas C. Toalston, 6058 Apollo Road, Salineville, graduated from Combat Engineer Noncommissioned Officer Course for supervisors at Camp LeJeune, N.C.
HONORS
Army medal
Sgt. William N. Harrison and Specialist Roth R. Quednau have been decorated with the Army Achievement Medal.
Harrison is a heavy-equipment operator assigned to the 44th Engineer Battalion at Camp Howze, Jori-Myon, South Korea. He is a son of Steve and Sonyo Harrison, 1509 Roemer Blvd., Farrell, Pa.
Quednau, a 1999 graduate of Hubbard High School, is a motor transport operator assigned to the 82nd Engineer Battalion at Camp Edwards, Wollong-Myon, South Korea. He is a son of Becky J. Quednau, 58 Moore St., and grandson of Nellie J. Fox, 1954 Drummond Ave., both of Hubbard.
ON THE JOB
Aboard USS Monterey
FARRELL, Pa. -- Navy Seaman Robert D. Major (Farrell High School, '00), son of Annetta Savage, Farrell, participated in the Atlantic Phase of Unitas, a multination training exercise, as a deck hand aboard the guided-missile cruiser USS Monterey.
REUNIONS
* USS Canberra (CA-70/CAG-2): Sept. 19-22, 2002, Falls Church, Va. Contact Paul D. McManuels, 317 Somerset Drive, Shiremanstown, Pa. 17011.
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