Christopher Ward Graduates From Basic Military Training

Mon., Sept. 14, 1998

Air Force Airman Christopher B. Ward, son of Dan and Maime Ward of Kellogg, has graduated from basic military training at Lackland Air Force Base, San Antonio.

Ward, is a 1997 Kellogg High School graduate.

Jacey L. Vogrig, daughter of John Vogrig of Spokane, and Joice Vogrig of Priest River, Idaho, has completed the cadet basic training program at the U.S. Military Academy in West Point, N.Y.

Vogrig is a 1998 graduate of Priest River Lamanna High School.

Luca W. Gambrill, son of Robin Stiles and stepson of Charles Stiles of Sagle, Idaho, has graduated from the Army Reserve Officer Training Corps Camp Challenge at Fort Knox, Ky.

Gambrill is a 1998 Sandpoint High School graduate and student at Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University in Arizona.

Bonnie J. Herr, daughter of Carolyn Luebke of Post Falls, has enlisted in the Army Reserve as a unit supply specialist and recently departed for advanced individual training at Fort Lee, Va.

Herr graduated from Spokane’s Havermale High School in 1998 and will become a member of the 659th Engineer Company in Spokane.

Jason G. Clifford, son of Gayne and Jo Clifford of Coeur d’Alene, recently completed the cadet basic training program at the U.S. Military Academy in West Point, N.Y.

Clifford is a 1998 graduate of Lake City High School.

Michael B. Trenholm, son of Michael Trenholm of Sandpoint, has graduated from the Army Reserve Officer Training Corps Advanced Camp at Fort Lewis, Tacoma.

Trenholm is a 1995 Sandpoint High School graduate.

Army Spec. Mitchael R.T. Belote, son of Roy Belote of Sandpoint, has graduated from basic military training at Fort Leonard Wood, Mo.

Belote is a 1988 Sandpoint High School graduate and received a bachelor’s degree from Evergreen State College in Olympia.

Kristopher J. Jenks, son of John and Tanya Carr of Rathdrum, has enlisted in the Army Reserve as a quarrying specialist and recently departed for basic training at Fort Leonard Wood, Mo.

Jenks is a 1998 Lakeland High School graduate and after completion of advanced individual training, he will be a member of the 659th Engineer Company in Spokane.

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