OREM SAILOR KILLED IN AFGHANISTAN -- The U.S. Navy on Friday identified a serviceman from Orem who was killed in Afghanistan.

Ammon had been serving as part of a Provincial Reconstruction Team, or PRT, in the city of Ghazni in eastern Afghanistan, according to Sean Hughes, a civilian spokesman for the Commander Navy Region Northwest in Bangor, Wash.

Before going to Afghanistan, Ammon was a planning and operations officer at Commander Navy Region Northwest. Ammon enlisted in the Navy in 1988, and spent years as an engineer on the nuclear submarine USS Alabama SSBN 731.

Rear Adm. James Symonds, the Navy Region Northwest commander, described Ammon as a professional who was extremely dedicated to his family, his shipmates and his nation.

"Please take a moment to reflect upon and recognize the great sacrifice Lt. Ammon made while helping the Afghan people rebuild and develop their country. Lt. Ammon is a hero and a role model. I ask each of you to keep his family in your thoughts and prayers," Symonds said in an internal Navy message.

PRT Ghazni is one of about 26 teams in Afghanistan that provide support for the Afghan government's efforts to improve security, infrastructure, democratic governance and essential services, as well as expand economic opportunities. Ammon was part of the team's economic opportunities section and worked to secure microloans to assist small Afghan businesses. Microloans are small loans provided to poor entrepreneurs and others who live in poverty.

"That helped them re-open their stores and re-stock inventory and buy business equipment and repair damage and hire employees and pay for all the things you need to get a business up and going again," Hughes said of Ammon's work in Afghanistan.

Hughes described Ammon as being extremely dedicated to his work. After serving a 12-month tour in Afghanistan with PRT Ghazni, he volunteered to extend his service there by another year, Hughes said. Ammon was only two months into his second tour when he was killed.

"He decided to stay for a second year because he enjoyed what he did. He was fulfilled by what he was doing so he decided to stick it out another year," Hughes said.

COMMUNITIES FOR DECENCY PRESENTS 1ST ANNUAL TECHNOLOGY SUMMIT -- Communities for Decency will present its 1st Annual Technology Summit on Saturday at Brigham Young University in the Wilkinson Student Center, Room 3228, from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m.

A free event for adults, parents and religious leaders, the summit is aimed at providing adults with information about technology that they can take home and use to protect their families.

Fraser Bullock, CFO of the Salt Lake Organizing Committee and the 2002 Winter Olympic Games, an LDS Church leader and founder of Citizens Against Pornography, will be the keynote speaker.

A question and answer panel of experts (including author and clinical therapist Dan Gray, BYU professor Charles Knutson, Davis County prosecutor Troy Rawlings, and state representative and former police officer Carl Wimmer) will also be presented.

Those interested in attending need to register online at www.communitiesfordecency.org.

Communities for Decency is a statewide non-profit organization working on protecting children and families through advocating decency, combating pornography and supporting family-friendly community standards. For more information, contact Cindy Moreno, president of Communities for Decency, at 801-971-4029.

OREM SUMMERFEST --The city's annual celebration to kick off the summer is slated for Friday, June 13, and Saturday, June 14 at Orem City Center Park. From entertainment to craft booths to concessions this year's Summerfest will have a little bit of everything for everybody. The Children's Parade will be on June 14 at 7 p.m. followed by the Grand Parade and culminating with a fireworks display at 10 p.m.

For more information on this year's Summerfest or to help out as a volunteer, go online to http://summerfest.orem.org/