Boot camp

Army Pvt. Leonard Nichol, a 2010 graduate of Columbia Falls High School, recently graduated from basic combat training at Fort Sill, in Lawton, Okla. During nine weeks of training, Nichol studied the Army mission and received instruction and training exercises in drill and ceremonies, Army history, core values and traditions, military courtesy, military justice, physical fitness, first aid, rifle marksmanship, weapons use, map reading and land navigation, foot marches, armed and unarmed combat, and field maneuvers and tactics. He is the son of Tamarra Pierce, of Hungry Horse.

UM grads

Nine Columbia Falls area students graduated from the University of Montana-Missoula following the spring semester 2012. They include Jacob Lutz, bachelor’s in accounting with high honors; Roselyn Campbell, master’s in anthropology; Breanne Erickson, general associates degree with high honors; Jshanie Gilham, bachelor’s in psychology with honors; Dustin Koster, bachelor’s in business administration; Sarah Marcille, bachelor’s in business management with honors; Denise Pacovsky, bachelor’s in medical technology; Rachel Ristine, bachelor’s in education with high honors; Rhonda Walker, bachelor’s in social work with high honors.