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Show Salt Lake City UT 84124-1550 T H E O N E T H A T ' S R E The Soanish Fork News M 1 O C A L L Y O W N E D A N D O P E R A T E D WEDNESDAY, MAY 27, 2009 50^ VOL. 4 / NO. 21 SPANISH FORK,UTAH STATE CHAMPIONS Namon Bills / Spanish Fork News HOW SWEET IT IS: The Spanish Fork Dons baseball team hoists the state championship trophy Friday, May 22 at UVU, after defeating region rival Lone Peak 12-6. For complete coverage of the tournament and championship game, see page A14. Alyssa Stones Brooklyn Hansen Minuet Anderson Sandra Vega Courtesy photo / Molly A. Burgess, Department of Defense EXTRA MILES: Gail Halvorsen has been touring the globe recently to commemorate the Berlin Airlift. Halvorsen was the keynote speaker at the dedication of the Humanitarian Relief Corridor at the Pentagon, which includes one of the original parachutes he dropped as the "Candy Bomber" during the Berlin Airlift. Halvorsen goes to Washington Marilyn Nielson STAFF WRITER Sarah Alanis Stephanie Griffiths Six to vie for Miss Salem '09 The Miss Salem Scholar- contestants will vie for the ship Pageant 2009 will be held title of Miss Salem. Saturday May 30, at 7 pan. at Salem Hills High Schrol. S e e SALEM . A8 Tickets are $8 per person. Six Spanish Fork resident and Air Force Colonel Gail Halvorsen recently returned from Washington, D.C., where he was the keynote speaker at the dedication of a new historical exhibit in the Pentagon. The exhibit is called the Humanitarian Relief Corridor and features information and dioramas depicting 27 major events, from the late 1940s to the present day, in which Defense Department personnel brought aid and comfort to those in need. Former Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld, who initiated the idea for the exhibit, was in attendance, and Defense Secretary Robert Gates also spoke at the event. Halvorsen spoke about his experi- ences in the Berlin Airlift, where in 1948 he began dropping chocolate bars, attached to tiny parachutes, to the children of Berlin. He soon became well-known under such nicknames as the "Candy Bomber" and "Uncle Wiggly Wings." In his address, Halvorsen said that the U.S. military's efforts to help other people, to participate in humanitarian and service missions, benefit both the givers and the receivers. "That's what this exhibit is [about]," Halvorsen said. "It's service before self, and we see that today in our men and women serving right now." Col. Jeremy Martin, who works in the Office of the Assistant Secretary of Defense and attended the event, said, "It was a real treat to hear Colonel Halverson's remarks. He is a national treasure; a hero who truly epitomizes the caring and compassionate spirit that defines our nation's character." With his appearance at the Pentagon event, Halvorsen wound up an exhausting series of speaking engagements, appearances and reenactments that have taken him all over the world for the 60th anniversary of the Berlin Airlift. He began his recent travels by giving speeches at two concerts in Atlanta, Ga., and doing an airdrop to support the local food bank. He then flew to Key West, Fla., where he spoke and answered questions over a live TV broadcast to 12 elementary schools and 30,000 See WINGS • A8 |