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.
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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.
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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!
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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.