Loren Gaboni graduates from Fire Support Specialist Advanced
Individual Training
Army Pvt. Loren G. Gaboni has graduated from the Fire Support
Specialist Advanced Individual Training course at Fort Sill,
Lawton, Okla. The field artillery specialists serve in intelligence
activities including target processing in field artillery, cannon
battalions, division artillery, artillery and maneuver brigade, and
headquarters and fire support elements.
The course is designed to train students to establish, maintain,
and operate radio and wire communications and speech security
equipment, including encoding and decoding messages. They also must
prepare and maintain daily staff journals, fire support situation
maps, charts and other fire support and target processing
procedures, records, and documents. In addition, students assist in
initiating requests for field artillery, mortar, naval gunfire, and
aerial delivered munitions, and emplace, maintain, and assist in
the operation of laser range finders, target designation, and night
observation devices.
Gaboni is the son of Gregory S. Gaboni of San Juan Baustista and
Renae Lopez of Monterey.
The private is a 2005 graduate of San Benito High School.
Loren Gaboni graduates from Fire Support Specialist Advanced Individual Training
Army Pvt. Loren G. Gaboni has graduated from the Fire Support Specialist Advanced Individual Training course at Fort Sill, Lawton, Okla. The field artillery specialists serve in intelligence activities including target processing in field artillery, cannon battalions, division artillery, artillery and maneuver brigade, and headquarters and fire support elements.
The course is designed to train students to establish, maintain, and operate radio and wire communications and speech security equipment, including encoding and decoding messages. They also must prepare and maintain daily staff journals, fire support situation maps, charts and other fire support and target processing procedures, records, and documents. In addition, students assist in initiating requests for field artillery, mortar, naval gunfire, and aerial delivered munitions, and emplace, maintain, and assist in the operation of laser range finders, target designation, and night observation devices.
Gaboni is the son of Gregory S. Gaboni of San Juan Baustista and Renae Lopez of Monterey.
The private is a 2005 graduate of San Benito High School.
Elementary school students compete in state spelling championship
Two San Benito County students competed in the statewide spelling championship in Northern California May 15. Andrew Pearson, a fifth-grade student at Calaveras Elementary School, finished 26th out of 60 students. Emily Flosi, a fifth-grade student from Southside School, finished 34th out of 60 students.
The competition was completed in eight rounds with Andrew Miller, a sixth-grade student from Ocean Grove Charter School in Santa Cruz, taking first place. He correctly spelled sesquicentennial and gorgonize. He received a trophy and $1,000. Margaret Wang, of Marin County, took second place. Other top finishers included Spencer Van Woerkom, of Placer County; Delaney J. Smith, of Santa Barbara County; Steven Abramowitz, of Placer County; and Rose McDonald, of Sonoma County.
Patricia Ehrmann, an educational consultant, served as spell master. The competition was judged by Guerneville School teacher Leslie Howell, Mark Rasmussen, a Napa-area captain of the California Highway Patrol, and Michael Powell, the Sonoma County office of education manager of library services. The California School Employees Association sponsored the competition.
Local talent wins silver at Valley Teen Idol 2010
Jesaiah Baer, 13, a resident of Hollister, took second place at Valley Teen Idol 2010 May 15. The annual singing competition is part of a major fundraising event for the San Ramon Valley Rotary Club. The money raised goes toward the club’s local, regional and global humanitarian efforts.
Jesaiah reached the semi-finals a few weeks ago after auditioning with 80 other contestant hopefuls to be selected for the Top 20. The 10 winners of the semi-finals went on to the big event last Saturday night. The audience was entertained with a variety of singing styles ranging from Italian opera to modern folk rock. The whole audience participated in the vote. Jesaiah’s rendition of “L-O-V-E” by Nat King Cole was only a few votes short of first place. Her prize was a check for $500. The Grand Prize was a check for $1,000.
Jesaiah gave an outstanding performance that was a mixture of smooth jazzy vocals, inviting stage presence, and the humor of making one of the male judges the object of her affection. The whole performance can be viewed on her website, www.jesaiah.com.
“The key to success is to work hard, have fun, and be true to yourself,” Jesaiah said in a press release. “This is what I love to do. My home is on the stage.”
