VETERANS

VETERANS
Breakfast in Lisbon
LISBON -- The fifth annual Veterans Day Breakfast, prepared by McKinley Elementary School fifth-grade pupils, teachers and cafeteria staff, is at 8:30 a.m. Nov. 7 at the school, 441 E. Chestnut St. Patriotic music will be performed by the fifth-graders. The free breakfast is open to any Lisbon area veteran. Call (330) 420-0056 to pre-register.
Hillcrest Cemetery project
The Ohio Army National Guard has completed a restoration project at Hillcrest Cemetery in Anderson Township, Hamilton County, Ohio. About 1,400 veterans from the Civil War to the Vietnam War are buried at Hillcrest Cemetery, about two-thirds of which are blacks who were denied burial in other places because of their race.
Under ONG's Innovative Readiness Training program, members of the 16th Engineer Brigade removed heavy growth, restored the grade in several areas, re-set headstones, performed drainage stabilization and erosion control, and improved access to the cemetery.
Gifts for the Yanks drive
The Ohio American Legion has begun its annual Gifts For The Yanks Who Gave program, under which it hopes to raise $250,000 to finance Christmas gifts and activities for veterans in Ohio's state hospitals, Veterans Affairs Medical Centers, Outpatient Clinics and the Ohio Veterans Home at Sandusky.
The effort is not limited to members of the American Legion. Contributions from individuals and businesses are welcome, said G. Reuthe, state legion commander. Checks should be made payable to Gifts for Yanks and sent to Paul Whitesell, the local program chairman and the state legion's first vice commander, in care of the Austintown American Legion Memorial Post 301, 3652 Oakwood Ave., Austintown 44515.
ROTC
Recent graduates
Tara L. Steele and LaKeisha D. Teague graduated from the Army ROTC (Reserve Officer Training Corps) National Advanced Leadership Camp at Fort Lewis, Wash.
Steele is a daughter of Hazel J. and Edward Steele of Campbell. She is a graduate of Campbell Memorial High School, and a Youngstown State University student.
Teague is a daughter of Andrea Teague of Youngstown, and is a YSU student.
BASIC GRADS
Army: Ohio National Guard (ONG) Pvt. 2 Joseph J. Smith III, of Newton Falls (Western Reserve High School, Berlin Center, '03), a son of ONG Staff Sgt. Melinda Smith of Newton Falls, and Joe Smith of Wooster. Pvt. Smith is a member of ONG Co. C, 216th Engineer, in Austintown. Melinda Smith works full time with the ONG's 838th Military Police unit in Austintown.
ADVANCED TRAINING
Logistical specialist
Army Pvt. Nicholas E. Cobbin graduated from the automated logistical specialist advanced individual training course at Fort Lee, Va. Cobbin is a son of Clifford and Geri Cobbin of Youngstown, and is a 2001 graduate of Youngstown Chaney High School.
DEPLOYED
Navy Seabees in Iraq
Several area residents are serving with the Navy Seabees in the southern Iraq city of An Nasiriyah, while assigned to Naval Mobile Construction Battalion 7, based in Gulfport, Miss. The unit provides military construction support to Navy, Marine Corps and other forces in military operations. The Seabees from NMCB-7 recently repaired about $85,000 worth of damage to the city's courthouse. Area residents include:
Constructionman Ian L. White, a 2002 graduate of United High School, Hanoverton.
Petty Officer 3rd Class Daniel R. Tanner, a son of Tami J. Tanner of New Middletown, and Russell L. Tanner of Hillsville, Pa., and a 1999 graduate of Mohawk Area High School, Bessemer, Pa.
Senior Chief Petty Officer Scott D. Morris, a 1981 graduate of Joseph Badger High School, Kinsman.
Constructionman Jeremy Manke, a son of Richard Manke of Columbiana, and a 2001 graduate of Crestview High School, Columbiana.
Constructionman Jason A. Collings, a son of Jane and Richard C. Collings of Kinsman, and a 2001 graduate of Joseph Badger High School, Kinsman.
Constructionman Dustin A. Bozzo, a son of Angelo Bozzo of Hermitage, Pa., and a 2002 graduate of Reynolds High School, Transfer, Pa.
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