Scrapbook Aug. 31-Sept. 6, 2014

ANNIVERSARY: Musachias celebrate 68 years: It was a day filled with smiles and reminiscing when Peter and Ruby Musachia celebrated their 68th wedding anniversary July 12, 2014 at home in Morgan Hill.
The couple wed in 1946 in Reno and eventually settled down in Morgan Hill to raise a family in the home they still live in today. The party was hosted by Pete and Ruby’s two daughters and their husbands, Linda and Marcos Gonzales and Teresa and Chuck Cummings.
The couple was especially happy that day to be surrounded by two grandchildren, Donn Silacci and Sheri Grimsley, four great-granddaughters, Nicole Patterson, Tayler Silacci, Kylie Silacci and Ava Grimsley, and many family members and friends.
HONORS
Katie Day
Katie Day was named Gavilan College’s Employee of the Month for June.
Day is a full-time division assistant for the Career Technical Education Division and has been with Gavilan College since 2002. All grant work was under a tight timeline for submission and it was due to the swift assistance from Day that Gavilan was able to successfully meet all deadlines. She has been a committed Gavilan employee for over 10 years and handles challenging situations with grace, composure and professionalism. She is always the first to speak up and offer to help when colleagues need assistance.
Ryan Ladao
Air Force Airman Ryan J. Ladao graduated from basic military training at Joint Base San Antonio-Lackland, San Antonio, Texas.
The airman completed an intensive, eight-week program that included training in military discipline and studies, Air Force core values, physical fitness and basic warfare principles and skills. Airmen who complete basic training earn four credits toward an associate in applied science degree through the Community College of the Air Force.
Ladao is the son of Jimmy and Lydia Ladao of Gilroy and a 2012 graduate of Monmouth Regional High School, Tinton Falls, N.J.
Maria Yepez
Maria Yepez, of Gilroy, has been recognized by Avon Products, Inc. as one of the beauty company’s top representatives in the United States. The company awarded Yepez along with other top representatives a trip to Puerto Rico to celebrate their success during the annual President’s Recognition Program Celebration, an annual event bringing together the nation’s top performers in sales or leadership.
Brandon Pham
Brandon Q. Pham, an Army Reserve Officers’ Training Corps (ROTC) cadet at University of California, Irvine, graduated from the Leader Development and Assessment Course (LDAC) at Fort Knox, Ky.
The 29 days of training provide the best possible professional training and evaluation for all cadets in the aspects of military life, administration and logistical support. Although continued military training and leadership development is included in the curriculum, the primary focus of the course is to develop and evaluate each cadet’s officer potential by exercising the cadet’s intelligence, common sense, ingenuity and physical stamina.
Cadets usually attend LDAC between their junior and senior years of college, and they must complete the course to qualify for commissioning. Upon successful completion of the course, the ROTC program, and graduation from college, cadets are commissioned as second lieutenants in the U.S. Army, Army National Guard or Army Reserve.
Pham is a 2011 graduate of Ann Sobrato High School.