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Willow Valley Baker twins serve U.S. at home Service Club lists and abroad its May events T h e W illow Valley S e r v ic e C lu b a d d r e s s e s important club business, hears a report on the Creative Care School in lone, and has an update on issues and projects in L e x in g to n at its M ay meetings held at John's ( )ther P la c e , fro m 12-1 p .m ., Heppner. On Thursday, M ay 1, the b usiness m eetin g w ill include discussion regarding C oncerts in the Park, Fair Kitchen for Scholarships, and reports on com m unity events sponsored by the club. O n Thursday, May 8, L e x in g to n M a y o r R on McDowell w ill update the club on a ctiv ities, p ro je c ts and issues in the Lexington area. On T hursday, M ay 15, Lisa Rietmann w ill speak a b o u t th e C r e a tiv e C a re School in lone. Rietmann was bom in Boise, II) and has lived in lone since 1989. She is past chairm an o f the C C S Board and currently serves as its treasurer. Lisa and husband, Jerry, have tw o children. Interested persons are invited to attend these no-host luncheons. Service o f the Club fo r A p ril in c lu d e d th e sp o n so rsh ip o f the S enior Girls' Luncheon on April 3 and a $100 donation to the 4-H Leaders Council. 3es3id «etü oll U of J £u ¿in .-, VOL. 122 NO. 17 8 Pages h e a d fid OR dr Li» q *4 >3 Wednesday, April 23,2003 Morrow County, Heppner, Oregon Locals turn out to support our troops (l.-R) Brothers Joe and Corey Baker currently serve with the U.S. Navy; Joe in the Persian Gulf and Corey in California. Twin brothers Corey and Joe Baker joined the Navy in 1996 using the “ buddy s y s te m ” an d n o w s e rv e separately; Coney in California and Joe in the Persian Gulf. T h e buddy system a llo w e d th e b o y s to go through basie training together, but Corey decided to join the Seabees and Joe trained as an a irm a n . C u rre n tly C o re y serves as a m echanic in the m otor pool in Port Hueneme, C A , w h e re he h e lp s sh ip equipm ent to Kuwait. In past years C orey helped to build and rebuild areas in Bosnia and K osovo. C orey and his wife A m y have four children. Jo e s e rv e d on th e USS Abraham Lincoln for four years and is has currently been s ta tio n e d in B a h ra in . In Bahrain he has been serv ing as a “ m in e m a n ” on the U SS D extrous, a m inesw eeper in the Persian Ciulf. T h e t w i n s ’ o ld e r brother Bridger served in the Navy until Septem ber 2002 a n d c u r r e n tly w o rk s in c o rr e c tio n s a t S o u th fo rk C o rrec tio n F acility in the Astoria area. Bridger and his w ife D e a n n a h a v e th re e children. Bridger, C orey and Joe are the sons o f Robert B a k e r a n d R o b in B a k e r Krebs, both o f lone. Corey can be reached at: C orey Baker, 69 C’alle L aC um bre, C am arillo, CA 9 3 0 10. Joe can be reached at: MN3 Joseph R. Baker, USS D extrous (M C M -13), FPO AE 09567-1933. Another local son joins forces in Middle East Larissa Cray, 7 1/2, of Heppner ties a yellow ribbon on the downtown tree. Lots of flags were in the parade Monday Major I’hillip Appleton receives his major's bars from a commanding officer. A pp leto n has been M a jo r Ph i l l i p living in Orchards, WA., with A ppleton, son o f A rnold and w ife, Kari and their three Wendy Appleton o f Heppner, daughters, Katie, 9; Elizabeth is p a r t o f t h e 8 2 nd R e a r “Bitsie”, 7; and Annie, 5. Operations Center, which has According to reports, headed to the M iddle Fast to Appleton will be deployed with help in O peration Enduring 49 other soldiers from his unit Freedom . and deployment is expected to last at least a year. m fr r mm J J3É %C a - ■Jr i Easter Bunny visits Heppner 9 Everyone gathers on the steps of the courthouse for a group picture in support of our troops. The photo was taken by Sandy Matthews and will be sent to all local people serving in the Gulf. A complete gallery of Matthew's photos taken at the support our troops celebration is also posted on Heppner's website at www.heppner.net. Click on support our troops under the Picture Galleries section. Everyone is invited to a Retirem ent O pen House for long-tim e em ployee Butch Laughlin on W ednesday, A pril 30 from 11 a.m.-2 p.m. Refreshm ents will be served! M orrow County G rain G row ers Lexington 9 8 9 -8 2 2 1 * 1 *8 0 0 -4 5 2 *7 3 9 6 tor firm equipment. visit our web site at www.mcgg.net ALL NEWS AND ADVERTISEMENT DEADLINE: MONDAYS AT 5:00 P.M. School board candidate forum to be held April 29 A forum will be held for the 15 candidates running for M orrow C ounty School Board positions. The forum w ill be held A pril 29 at 6:30 p.m ., at the H eppner High School cafeteria. Everyone is w elcom e to attend. Drew Coe (left) and Kane Sweeney gef a visit with Mr. Bunny at the annual Elk's Easter Egg Hunt Saturday in Heppner.
