Marine Corps Pvt. Benjamin M. Vance, son of William J. Vance of
Gilroy, recently completed 12 weeks of basic training at Marince
Corps Recruit Depot, San Diego, designed to challenge new Marine
recruits both physically and mentally.
Military
Marine Corps Pvt. Benjamin M. Vance, son of William J. Vance of Gilroy, recently completed 12 weeks of basic training at Marince Corps Recruit Depot, San Diego, designed to challenge new Marine recruits both physically and mentally.
Marine Corps Lance Cpl. Santiago C. Fierro, son of Wndy E. Fierro of Morgan Hill and Cruz J Fierro of Los Banos, recently completed a two-week bilateral training exercise with Albanian military forces while assigned to the 26th Marine Expeditionary Unit, based in Camp Lejeune, N.C.
The unit is currently aborad the USS Iwo Jima.
Drawing upon lessons learned in recent operations in Mosul, Iraq, Fierro’s unit sought to create a training exercise that included every element of the MEU with specific emphasis on combat service support of secure convoy procedures.
Fierro is a 2000 graduate of Gilroy High School and joined the Marine Corps in May 2001.
Academics
Dana Madlem, a resident of Morgan Hill, has graduated from Pomona College with a bachelor’s degree in philosophy, politics and economics. Pomona, one of the nation’s premier liberal arts colleges, celebrated its 110th commencement exercises on May 18.
Madlem was captain of the Pomona-Pitzer football team and was named Most Valuable Player. A graduate of Live Oak High School, he is the son of Tom and Jill Madlem of Winchester, Calif.
Gavilan College released its Deans List for the 2003 spring semester. Local students making the dean’s list are as follows:
GILROY
Norma Aceves, Johan Altamirano, Anai Arelano, Matthew Armstrong, Maria Arteaga, Angelica Aviles, Elena Aviles, Analicia Avina, Krisandra Ayala, Miguel Baez, Luvia Barcelos-Rios, Dolores Barrios, Katharine Barrios, Laura Beale, Brendon Bean, Audrey Becerra, Maria Becerra, Tiffany Beltran, Jason Bettinger, Sean Blaettler, Courtney Boyen, Brandice Callahan, Saira Canales, Cecilia Carrillo, Sally Cermeno, Ruby Chiu, Meredith Conatti, Yadira Contreras, Anahi Covarrubias, Cecilia Cuevas, Scott Denman, Angelo DiCarlo, David DiDenti, Nicole Dumlao, Roy Ecudero, Brandon Einhorn, Eva Escareno, Philip Espinosa, Casey Estorga, Lucero Estrada, Roy Ewert, David Faus, Rosa Felix, Gary Fittro, Nick Freitas, Maria Gaeta, Alma Garcia, Irma Garcia, Yvette Gasca, Kellie Gish, Gordon Goldstine, Blanca Gomez, David Gonzales, Gina Gozzo, Dana Green, Debra Greene, Diana Guevara, Angelia Guglielmo, Gabriela Guzman, Lupita Guzman, Brenda Hatcher-Santiago, Bret Hatcher-Santiago, Lori Head, Jessica Hemphill, Cruz Hernandez, Albanora Hufnagel, Erika Hurtado, Alicia Juarez, Sun-Hee Kang, Bockarie Karvon, Lindsay Lafaille, Celia Landaverde, Marisela Landeros, Tina Lane, Alejandra Lara, Graciela Lara, Margarita Leal, Shannon Locatelli, Gladis Lopez, Maria Lopez, Olivia Lopez, Patricia Lopez, Raquel Lopez, Lilia Loza, Sarah Luke, Tim Lukko, Juana Magallon, Jannette Mahaffey, Xochilt Mancilla, Andrea Mann, Cherise Mantia, Thomas Marquez, Whitney McBride, Keri McCarthy, Rosana Mejia, Yelena Melashchenko, Robert Mitchell, Andrea Mokres, Lynn Molina, Patricia Mondragon, Erin Morin, Alberto Munoz, Danielle Myers, Bradley Nagareda, Jennifer Nguyen, Melissa Nicholson, Elizel Nunez, Lenore Ortega, Liliana Palacios, Melani Palao, Brienna Parrish, Domingo Payne, Jonathan Petrucci, Ruth Ramirez, Gary Ramsey, Amber Risner, Alexis Rivas, Melissa Rivas, Juan Rodriguez, Maria Rodriguez, Martha Rodriguez, Miguel Rodriguez, Sonia Rodriguez, Jennifer Roggia, Austin Romesberg, Debbie Rosa, Alicia Ruiz, Stephanie Sardinha, Katie Schwacofer, Tracy Scott, James Sergi II, Katie Sheleman, Lisa Silva, Miriam Silvas, Monica Solorio, Michelle Strijek, Katie Stutheit, Quan Ta, Jennifer Taggart, Milara Taves, Richard Thompson, Gretchen Threadgill, Guadalupe Torres, Olga Trejo, Jenny Velasco, Victor Velasco, Marlen Villa, Anabel Villagomez, Trang Vuong, Sarah Williams, Lisa Wu, Ashlee Wyatt, Amy Yu, Monica Zammaron, Mike Zheng, Alexander Zigar, Ryan Zyburra, Colin Braslin, Chris Miracle, Jovana Stojakovic, David Wright
HOLLISTER
Heidi Abbass, Brandon Adams, Alisa Andrews, Ryan Andrewson, Alexander Angulo, Sarah Apodaca, Myrna Arciniega, Rosalinda Avila, Nicholas Bakich, Amy Bannister, Brenda Barajas, Christopher Barry, Lola Bayer, Gregory Cable, Joaquin Calderon, Justin Capela, Neil Carpenter, Joseph Casarez, Jr., Brandon Casquilho, John Cavanaugh, Esperanza Ceja, Lorena Cervantes, Adrian Correa, Joshua Cousins, Trevor Cranford, Leonor Cruz, Stephanie DeCarli, Leah Dixon, Danielle Dooling, Sandra Esparza, Robin Espinosa, Michelle Fisher, Linda Freitas, Belinda Garcia, Debra Garcia, Christy Garner, Abraham Gomez, Donna Goode, Lanette Gorman, David Gutierrez, Shelly Hale, Lorraine Hansen, Hector Haro, Andrea Harvey, Gaea Herbers, Callie Jennell, Adrian Jiminez, Shauna Johnson, Justin Kelsey, Raymond Kelso, Alexa Kiesewetter, Tina Latenoresse, Alejandro Lezama, Jose Lezama, Michelle Lopez, Misti Lopez, Seth-Thomas Love, Denise McMullen, Selene Medina, Nubia Mercado, Ashley Miller, Carmen Montoya, Matthew Newton, Nelly Olivares, Edward Orca, Jr., Justin Ortiz, Daniel Osorio, Sean Overman, Rosendo Padilla, Marissa Palafox, Marisa Parra, Stephanie Perrien, Paul Pfeuffer, Roy Prado, Jacob Qualls, Gabriel Ramirez, Heather Ramirez, Maureen Ramirez, Sean Rice, Annette Rivera, Laura Romines, Nura Sadeghian,
Esteban Salcedo, James Sanchez, Leslee Sanchez, Janin Sayun, Kelly Schmidt, Shiva Sharma, David Silva, Roy Sims, Dustin Smart, Michael Snyder, Diana Stone, Ashlin Sylva, Robert Tonpkins, Hector Velasquez, Michele Wentz, Joanne West, Chris Winterstein, Arnold Rivera
MORGAN HILL
Vanessa Almanza, Yolanda Avina, Judith Baker, Frank Barnes, Tanya Bloomfield, Chelsey Borges, Michelle Bradish, Michelle Bravo, Michelle Caron, Brian Chipman, Melissa Chipman, Rory Christian, Nicolette Cole, Simon Cooke, Jenelle Costa, Kenneth Cypriano, Rosa Delgadillo, Victor Diaz, Leilani Echols, Ben Edes, Paul Ellsworth, Roberta Espinoza, Joaquin Fierro, Wendy Fierro, Lindsay Fromm, Kevin Garcia, Michael Glogarova, Cynthia Griffin, Julie Gutierrez, Lauran Gutierrez, Hannah Haberkamp, Kyle Hayslip, Ignacio Herrera, James Herrera, Christine Jimenez, Eungyeoung Jung, Sammer Khuzaie, Eun Kim, Ariana King, Micah Kuyat, Diane Langton, Wilfredo Lara, Julia Lee, Donna Long, Venancio Lopez, Rebecca McLaughlin, Amy McNish, Jessica McRae, Louis Mendonsa, Hasan Mirza, Linda Moncrief, Daniel Morales, Song Tu Mullen, Christopher Nilsen, Afua Ohene-Nyako, Janet Panighetti, Melissa Pearson, Barbara Peckham, Morgen Peschke, Jonathan Peterson, Amy Porter, Kathy Rhinehart, Ariel Rice, Leticia Rincon, Andrea Sanchez, Caroline Sang, Brian Shapiro, Jamie Sigona, Casey Smith, Raymond Swartz, Stephanie Vasquez, Anna Venneman, Marissa Viacava, Angela Woodle, Stacey Wright, Eyvonne Xavier
SAN JUAN BAUTISTA
Alan Aubuchon, Matthew Balestrieri, Christopher Herzog, Christina Liddle, Brenda Wilkerson
SAN MARTIN
Elise Carlino, JoAnn Cooks, Amber Cory, Jessica Gutierrez, Brian Hernandez, Melissa Kerby, Erin Mahoney, Francisco Martinez, Norma Martinez, Christopher Miner, Anita Silva, Matt Sparacino, Masaki Takeda, Hsiao-Yun Yang
Gavilan College’s President’s List for Spring 2003 is as follows:
GILROY
Vanessa Apodaca, Anali Bettencourt, Alex Bradley, Kelly Campanella,
Rebecca Conant, Jeff Dale, Y. Flores-Escobar , Martha Gaeta , Lorena Gonzalez, Ezra Hunter, Kathleen Jardine, Carolyn Kempton, Aaron Martinez, Stephanie McJunkin, Daniel Menig, Brian Mikrut, Eric Morasca, Johnny Nigh, Erik Silacci, Vu Vo, Danyelle Woodhams
HOLLISTER
Carrie Amarel, Kristen Borup, Drew Brandon, David Bridwell, Lacey Byers, Andrea Delarosa, Christine Delarosa, Kristina Denton, Fernando Flores, Jr., Mashell Grimsley,
Jay Harris, Bret Hatzenbuhler, Hal Howard, Tung-Yi Kimura, Shauna Lee, Andrew Leitenberger, Aaron Leon, Irma Lozano, Zoe O’Connor, Melissa Perry, Cynthia Silva, Jade Thomas
MORGAN HILL
Candice Bills, Ann Disbrow, Christopher Ellis, Brandon Fujino, Nory Garza, Ashkon Ghaderi, Bonnie Guerra, Marie-Jo Kaufman, Janet Marsh, Janet Ohene-Nyako, Jennifer Pemberton, Jimmie Sue Saign
SAN JUAN BAUTISTA
Stephanie Miser
SAN MARTIN
Wendy Farrell, Christopher Goularte, Christopher Rodrigues
