Favorite Sons & Daughters

William Butler has graduated from basic military training at Lackland Air Force Base in San Antonio.

He earned distinction as an honor graduate.

A 2009 graduate of Advanced Technologies Academy, he is the son of Danny and Chun Butler of Las Vegas.

Mathew Bisner has graduated from basic military training at Lackland Air Force Base in San Antonio.

A 2010 graduate of Palo Verde High School, Bisner is the son of Robert Bisner of Las Vegas.

Melony Vancelette has graduated from basic military training at Lackland Air Force Base in San Antonio.

A 2009 graduate of Centennial High School, Vancelette is the daughter of Robert and Julie Vancelette of Las Vegas.

Jeffrey Pangan has graduated from basic military training at Lackland Air Force Base in San Antonio.

A 2010 graduate of Basic High School in Henderson, Pangan is the son of Catalina Long of Las Vegas.

Jacqueline Centeno has graduated from basic military training at Lackland Air Force Base in San Antonio.

Centeno is a 2009 graduate of Liberty High School.

Hailee Brady has graduated from basic military training at Lackland Air Force Base in San Antonio.

A 2007 graduate of Shadow Ridge High School, Brady is the daughter of Sherry Dodrill of Las Vegas.

Louis Davis has graduated from basic military training at Lackland Air Force Base in San Antonio.

A 2005 graduate of Chaparral High School, Davis is the son of Jemenia Davis of Las Vegas.

Thanjira Williams, a student at the University of San Diego, studied in Spain this fall through a program offered in cooperation with the Universidad Pontificia Commillas, a university in Madrid.

Williams, of Las Vegas, is majoring in accounting and plans to graduate in 2014.

Tyler Philp has graduated from basic military training at Lackland Air Force Base in San Antonio.

A 2005 graduate of Silverado High School, he earned a bachelor's degree from the University of Nevada, Las Vegas in 2009.

Philp is the son of Diann Philp and Ryan Philp, both of Las Vegas.

Charles Baber has graduated from basic combat training at Fort Sill in Lawton, Okla.

He is the son of Jana Jeanisse of Las Vegas.

Deon Campbell has graduated from basic combat training at Fort Sill in Lawton, Okla.

A 2011 graduate of Desert Pines High School, he is the son of Mamuyan Campbell of Henderson.

Connor Donnelly of Henderson has joined Sigma Phi Epsilon at the University of Evansville in Evansville, Ind.

Donnelly is one of 82 UE students who joined fraternities at the conclusion of fall 2011 recruitment.

Nathaniel Sayavanh has graduated from basic combat training at Fort Sill in Lawton, Okla.

Sayavanh earned distinction as an honor graduate.

He is the son of Russanee Sayavanh of Las Vegas.