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<strong>Program</strong><br />

Master <strong>of</strong> Ceremonies<br />

Dan Marich, Voice <strong>of</strong> Bluejacket Hockey<br />

<strong>Hall</strong> <strong>of</strong> <strong>Fame</strong> <strong>Induction</strong> <strong>Ceremony</strong><br />

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LETIC HALL OF<br />

Orv Bies, Coach<br />

Wayne Carlson, Athlete<br />

Amber Fryklund, Athlete<br />

Jim Haben, Athlete<br />

Tom Kern, Athlete<br />

Meghan Potter, Athlete<br />

Vance Stan<strong>of</strong>f, Athlete and Coach<br />

Milton Verant, Athlete, Coach and Activities Director<br />

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Closing Remarks<br />

Dan Marich<br />

Hibbing High School is well known for its great athletic tradition and accomplishments.<br />

It is now time to remember and recognize the contributions and achievements <strong>of</strong> the<br />

individuals that helped develop “ Bluejacket Pride”.<br />

F FAME * ATHLETIC HALL OF FAME


O rv Bies, the most successful track coach in Hibbing High<br />

School history, still fondly recalls the fall morning in 1949<br />

when as an inexperienced 22 year old fresh out <strong>of</strong> college<br />

he “crossed the promenade with that beautiful �lag pole<br />

and then mounted the front steps into the most magni�icent<br />

structure” that he has ever seen-Hibbing High School.<br />

A 1945 Marshall High School graduate armed with a 1949<br />

teaching degree from South Dakota State College, Orv was hired<br />

as a general science teacher, B-squad football coach, 8th grade<br />

basketball coach and advisor to the H Club, while still finding time that<br />

�irst year to volunteer as an assistant track coach in the spring.<br />

His talents as a coach soon made him an assistant in both varsity football and basketball-and<br />

head track coach from 1956-1963, an assignment that would see the school track program grow<br />

in both numbers and success.<br />

As he relinquished other coaching duties to concentrate on track, the Bluejacket program<br />

became a model throughout the state, sparking an interest in track and �ield across the entire<br />

Arrowhead Region.<br />

Hibbing High School won the District 28 championship every year he coached, won the IRC<br />

Championship most years, and <strong>of</strong>ten took home the Region VII crown as well.<br />

His 1958 team tied for second at the state meet. Three seasons later, his 1961 squad took home<br />

state championship honors during an era <strong>of</strong> no competition by classes. Hibbing simply was<br />

crowned as the best track and �ield team in the entire state.<br />

Coach Bies, in the words <strong>of</strong> one <strong>of</strong> his former athletes, “had a dedication and a heart for his<br />

players that surpassed all others.” He sent scores <strong>of</strong> young men to state track meets to compete<br />

in both track and �ield events and watched three <strong>of</strong> his athletes-Dick Helstrom in the 120 yard<br />

high hurdles, Le Roy Anderson in the 180 yard low hurdles and Jim White in the 100 yard<br />

dash-win individual championships.<br />

After “the best 14 years <strong>of</strong> his life,” Bies left Hibbing for a similar position in St. Louis Park, where<br />

his teams would win two state championships in 1965 and 1966.<br />

Orv Bies would go on to coach at St. Olaf College for two years and would serve the Minnesota<br />

State High School League from 1970 to 1988, two years as executive director.<br />

He served on the National Federation <strong>of</strong> High School Track and Field Rules Committee, on the<br />

USA Track and Field Rules and Records Committee, and as Track and Field Director <strong>of</strong> the Blaine<br />

National Sport Center from 1990-1996.<br />

The honors accorded Orv Bies speak to his dedication and to the respect tendered him by his<br />

peers. He is a member <strong>of</strong> the MSHSL <strong>Hall</strong> <strong>of</strong> <strong>Fame</strong>, the MSHSL Track Coaches <strong>Hall</strong> <strong>of</strong> <strong>Fame</strong>, the<br />

USA Minnesota Track and Field <strong>Hall</strong> <strong>of</strong> <strong>Fame</strong> and has received the MSHSL <strong>Athletic</strong> Directors<br />

Association Distinguished Service Award, a President’s Award for USA Track and Field and a<br />

Lutheran Brotherhood National Fraternalist <strong>of</strong> the Year Award.<br />

Yet with all that he has achieved, Orv Bies still �inds words inadequate to describe the “joy and<br />

honor” he experienced in his fourteen years <strong>of</strong> service to Hibbing High School.


Wayne Carlson’s impressive swimming career began in<br />

ninth grade when the eventual 1948 graduate was asked by<br />

renowned coach Paul “Pop” Lukens to try out for his squad.<br />

Carlson accepted the invitation from a mentor whom he<br />

“respected and admired very much” because <strong>of</strong> his advanced<br />

and instructive coaching techniques.<br />

Wayne, who would earn four varsity letters in swimming, placed in<br />

the 100 yard backstroke at the state meet for three consecutive years,<br />

from 1946 through 1948. Those three years also saw Wayne swim the<br />

backstroke leg <strong>of</strong> the team 150 yard medley relay squad which took second place in the 1946<br />

state championship and �inished �irst in both 1947 and 1948.<br />

His individual and medley team efforts became an integral part <strong>of</strong> two state championship<br />

swimming teams in 1947 and 1948.<br />

The 1947 squad sent six swimmers to the Cooke <strong>Hall</strong> University <strong>of</strong> Minnesota pool for the state<br />

swim competition. Wayne earned state championship honors in the 100 yard backstroke with<br />

a time <strong>of</strong> 1:06.9, which-along with the medley relay first place finish-helped win the state<br />

swimming title for the Jackets.<br />

In his senior year, Wayne captained a team that never lost a meet during the season, and he was<br />

part <strong>of</strong> a contingent to twelve lettermen who competed at the state meet. Hindered by a false<br />

start, Wayne lost out on the chance to defend his individual backstroke title, �inishing second.<br />

But for the second year in a row, he was part <strong>of</strong> two state championship relay teams; and the<br />

Bluejackets captured the 1948 state title, defeating Austin by the narrowest <strong>of</strong> margins 44-43.<br />

Wayne also earned two letters in football, receiving honorable mention IRC honors his senior<br />

year. He played American Legion baseball in the summer and caught for the Hibbing<br />

Greyhounds amateur team.<br />

After graduation Wayne accepted a full swimming scholarship to the University <strong>of</strong> Minnesota<br />

and earned three letters in swimming, highlighted in 1951 by placing in the Big Ten individual<br />

150 yard medley.<br />

The Korean War interrupted Wayne’s college career as he spent nine months on active combat<br />

duty overseas before returning to the University <strong>of</strong> Minnesota in 1954 to complete a bachelor <strong>of</strong><br />

science degree in industrial education.<br />

He was hired in 1956 by Osseo to teach industrial arts, earned a master’s degree in education<br />

from the University <strong>of</strong> Minnesota in 1959, and became an active member <strong>of</strong> the Osseo Federation<br />

<strong>of</strong> Teachers, which he served as president for two terms and lobbied for them as a delegate at<br />

the state legislature.<br />

After a 37 year career in Osseo, Wayne retired from teaching in 1993, only to be stricken by<br />

cancer, to which he succumbed in 1998, leaving behind a wife (Rita), son, three daughters, and<br />

six grandchildren, who miss him dearly.


Amber Fryklund, a 1998 graduate, grew up as a “rink rat”<br />

at the local outdoor hockey rinks, spending countless hours<br />

skating and playing pickup hockey-mostly with boysdiscouraged<br />

by the realization that no girls’ hockey<br />

programs existed in the state at that time.<br />

Amber even played boys’ squirt-level hockey for three years<br />

before giving up the sport to play basketball. But one year into<br />

her basketball career, Hibbing developed a midget U19 girls’<br />

hockey team, on which she played until in 1995 when the<br />

Minnesota State High School League <strong>of</strong>�icially sanctioned a girls’ hockey<br />

program statewide.<br />

Amber Dominated those early years <strong>of</strong> girls’ hockey as no one has since, setting scoring records<br />

that may never be matched.<br />

That 1995-96 season saw Amber emerge as the top scorer in the state with 78 goals and 27<br />

assists on a team whose only loss in a 16-1 season cost them a chance at a state tournament<br />

appearance. Amber, however, was named to the All-State Girls’ Hockey Team.<br />

Hibbing would not be denied the next year. With Amber as team captain, the Bluejackets skated<br />

to the 1997 state title as Amber increased her scoring to 82 goals with 47 assists-129 points-and<br />

again garnered All-State honors in addition to being named to the All-Tournament team.<br />

Her 1997-98 season again ended at the state tournament, but with the dreams <strong>of</strong> back-to-back<br />

titles crushed with a 1-0 overtime loss to Apple Valley. Amber scored 62 goals that season and<br />

added 31 assists, to end her high school career as Minnesota’s leading girls’ scorer with 231<br />

goals scored and 125 assists for 356 points. She once again was named to both the All-State and<br />

All-Tournament Teams in addition to the honor <strong>of</strong> being a 1998 Ms. Hockey �inalist.<br />

Upon graduation Amber played Division I hockey at Bemidji State University where she still<br />

ranks as the school career scoring leader with 59 goals and 64 assists for a 123 point total.<br />

After graduation from Bemidji in 2003 with a physical education and health degree, Amber<br />

spent one year playing with Minnesota Whitecaps before accepting a position as teacher and<br />

girls’ hockey coach in Duluth for eight years.<br />

She recently has returned to Bemidji State University and accepted a position as Assistant<br />

Women’s Hockey Coach.<br />

Amber is thankful for her family, who always supported and believed in her, admitting she would<br />

not be the person she is today without them and their guidance. Amber also is thankful for the<br />

people whom she has had the opportunity to work with and learn from in her playing and<br />

coaching career.<br />

“Any success I have had is directly related to the experiences, friendships, and lessons gained<br />

in high school. Without the opportunity to pursue and play the game <strong>of</strong> hockey, I would not be<br />

where I am today. Hibbing High School gave me that opportunity.”


J ames (Jim) Haben, born in Hibbing on November 15, 1934<br />

to Wendell and Syrie Haben, showed an interest in sports from<br />

an early age. He excelled at local midget s<strong>of</strong>tball and hockey<br />

programs and boxed in Municipal <strong>Athletic</strong> Association events.<br />

That interest evolved into an outstanding high school career<br />

which saw him letter in six different sports-football, hockey,<br />

basketball, track, baseball and tennis-by his 1953 graduation date.<br />

Jim also took an active role in high school well beyond sports,<br />

serving as 11th grade class president, as a member <strong>of</strong> the H-Club and<br />

<strong>of</strong> the student council and Hematite staff.<br />

The fall sport season found Jim leading the Bluejacket football team as quarterback and kicker.<br />

His athletic drive and determination might best be de�ined by a 1952 football game where Jim<br />

had been taken out <strong>of</strong> the lineup because <strong>of</strong> a viral infection to serve as a spotter in the press box.<br />

But with his team down 6-0 at the half, Haben left the press box, suited up and, in the words <strong>of</strong><br />

the local paper, “engineered a 90 yard drive to open the second half and then kicked the extra<br />

point to give Hibbing a lead it never relinquished.” A later score in the third period <strong>of</strong> the same<br />

game saw the paper describe Haben as being “like Moses leading his people to safety . . . as he<br />

deftly planned and executed the drive.”<br />

Baseball was Jim’s other love; and he excelled as a shortstop and hitter, <strong>of</strong>ten carrying an<br />

average near the .400 mark in high school ball and with summer American Legion and local<br />

amateur teams.<br />

Upon graduation from high school, Jim enrolled at the University <strong>of</strong> Minnesota and played a<br />

season <strong>of</strong> baseball under legendary coach Dick Siebert before transferring to St. Cloud State,<br />

where he played shortstop in baseball and quarterback on the football team.<br />

Jim also played both slow and fast-pitch s<strong>of</strong>tball and was selected to the all state Class AA<br />

fast-pitch s<strong>of</strong>tball team in 1956. He also umpired both sports and worked two state fast-pitch<br />

tournaments.<br />

Jim served the city <strong>of</strong> Hibbing as its recreation director for three years, helping found the Little<br />

League program in the city and serving as its �irst president.<br />

A move to Austin, MN, in 1965 to become Superintendent <strong>of</strong> Parks and Recreation was followed<br />

in 1976 by a move to the city <strong>of</strong> Newport Beach, CA, to assume a similar position; but Jim died<br />

suddenly in April <strong>of</strong> 1977 shortly before starting work.<br />

Jim married classmate Jeanne Majerle, and they had two children, David <strong>of</strong> Waterville, MN, and<br />

Marcy Haben Kraft <strong>of</strong> Celebration, FL.


Tom Kern, a 1979 graduate, grew up living directly across<br />

from the Greenhaven outdoor hockey rink, which quickly<br />

became his second home. As one <strong>of</strong> nine boys in a family<br />

<strong>of</strong> twelve children-all excellent athletes-Tom wanted to<br />

follow in the footsteps <strong>of</strong> his older siblings, clattering across<br />

the street in his skate guards on most winter days for<br />

pickup hockey games.<br />

Although best known for his hockey accomplishments, Tom also<br />

lettered in cross country and earned three letters as an outstandingly<br />

competitive middle in�ielder for Bluejacket baseball teams. A solid<br />

.300 hitter, Tom helped anchor an in�ield that won three consecutive Sub-region titles in the<br />

years that he played.<br />

Hockey, however, was his passion. He skated as a �irst line winger for three seasons on a strong<br />

Jacket squad that yearly competed for Region titles. As a senior Tom �inished second in scoring<br />

in the IRC, giving some indication <strong>of</strong> the scoring powerhouse he would become in college.<br />

Upon graduation, Tom accepted a scholarship to play hockey at Minnesota State, Mankato,<br />

eventually earning four varsity letters and earning the ultimate recognition in 1999 <strong>of</strong> being<br />

named 6th on MSU’s Male Athlete <strong>of</strong> the Century list.<br />

Tom excelled on the college ice arena, recognized upon his graduation in 1983 as the school’s<br />

all-time leading scorer with 129 goals and all-time leader in career assists with 110-averaging<br />

almost a goal per game played and 1.66 points per game.<br />

Kern twice received All-America recognition in 1982 and 1983, was named the most valuable<br />

player on his squad in 1983, played on that year’s East-West Collegiate All-Star Game, and was a<br />

1983 �inalist for the Hobey Baker Award awarded yearly to the college hockey player <strong>of</strong> the year.<br />

He twice was named as an All-NCHA player and earned the 1982-83 NCHA MVP trophy. He<br />

played on four post-season tournament teams, including MSU’s 1979-80 national championship<br />

team which was inducted in its entirety into the Minnesota State Mankato <strong>Athletic</strong> <strong>Hall</strong> <strong>of</strong> <strong>Fame</strong><br />

in 1992.<br />

Tom himself was inducted into the MSU <strong>Athletic</strong> <strong>Hall</strong> <strong>of</strong> <strong>Fame</strong> in 1998 and now lives in Maple<br />

Grove, MN, with his wife-high school sweetheart Sharon Lee-and their two children, where Tom<br />

is President <strong>of</strong> the Northwest Area <strong>of</strong> Premiere Banks.<br />

Tom Kern credits all <strong>of</strong> his success to his parents, Joseph and Joanne Kern, and to the great<br />

coaches that he has had the privilege to learn from and work with. Those coaches drove him to<br />

excel and inspired him to coach young hockey players himself with the hope to instill in them<br />

the same love <strong>of</strong> the game.


Meghan Potter, a 1999 Hibbing High School graduate,<br />

credits her academic and athletic achievements to her<br />

teachers, coaches, and teammates.<br />

In six years <strong>of</strong> playing varsity volleyball, basketball and<br />

s<strong>of</strong>tball, Meghan earned thirteen varsity letters and celebrated<br />

220 Bluejacket victories with her fellow players.<br />

As a Junior, Meghan earned All-State honors in s<strong>of</strong>tball, and as a<br />

senior earned All-State honorable mention in volleyball. She was a<br />

3.67 GPA National Honor Society member for two years and was named<br />

in “Who’s Who in Sports All-Stars” and in “Who’s Who Among American High School Students.”<br />

Brought up to the varsity volleyball team as an eighth grader, Meghan went on to be a four-year<br />

outside hitter and letter winner for coach Gail Nucech. She was a three-time All-Conference<br />

selection and a Duluth News Tribune All-Area player in 1998, along with her selection to both<br />

the 1997 and 1998 Hibbing Daily Tribune All-Area Teams.<br />

Meghan led the Bluejackets to the Iron Range Conference Championship in 1997 and 1998 and<br />

a �ifth place state tournament �inish in 1997 and a second place state tournament �inish in 1998.<br />

A four-year starting guard for the Bluejacket basketball team, Meghan had a �loor quickness that<br />

invariably drew her the assignment <strong>of</strong> shutting down opponents’ top scorers. Her 1997 team<br />

claimed the IRC title, triumphed as Section AAA titleists, and participated in the Minnesota State<br />

Girls’ Basketball Tournament.<br />

But s<strong>of</strong>tball saw Meghan’s greatest achievements, beginning with her �irst varsity s<strong>of</strong>tball start<br />

as a seventh grader, eventually developing into a power-hitting shortstop who earned �ive letter<br />

awards from 1994-1999. Although missing her senior year due to knee surgery, Meghan still<br />

served the Jackets as a three year captain.<br />

Meghan was named to the All-State Team in 1998 and the All-Region 7 Team in 1997 and 1998,<br />

along with being named to the Duluth News Tribune and Hibbing Daily Tribune All-Area Teams<br />

for 1997 and 1998.<br />

During her high school years, Meghan also competed in three Junior Olympic volleyball national<br />

tournaments and two American Fast-pitch Association nationals, placing as high as sixth in her<br />

country. Her Hibbing JO volleyball team also won Minnesota Sports Federation and Star <strong>of</strong> the<br />

North titles.<br />

Upon graduation, Meghan accepted a s<strong>of</strong>tball scholarship to North Dakota State University,<br />

where she participated in four NCAA tournaments, three NCAA championships, and started as<br />

a second baseman for the Division II NDSU 2000 National Champions, a team that set an NCAA<br />

record <strong>of</strong> 65 wins in a single season.<br />

After Graduating from NDSU with degrees in English education and mass communications,<br />

Meghan added a Masters <strong>of</strong> Education in Sports Management from the University <strong>of</strong> Minnesota<br />

and a Masters in Educational Administration from St. Cloud State University. After working for<br />

the University <strong>of</strong> Minnesota <strong>Athletic</strong> Department and Gopher football, Meghan now teaches English<br />

and is a head s<strong>of</strong>tball coach at the high school level.


Vance Stan<strong>of</strong>f enthusiastically loved competition, loved<br />

sports, and loved sharing his enthusiasm for both with<br />

others.<br />

A 1957 Hibbing High School graduate who was born and<br />

raised in Hibbing, Vance began a remarkably successful<br />

swimming career as a 7th grader under the tutelage <strong>of</strong><br />

renowned coach Paul “Pop” Lukens.<br />

As a tenth grader Vance placed �ifth in the state individual 200<br />

freestyle and was a part <strong>of</strong> a 200 free relay team that also placed,<br />

helping the Bluejackets to a 5th place overall finish at the state meet.<br />

The next year, his 200 free relay team took home state championship honors with a �irst place<br />

finish, while Vance finished 5th in the individual freestyle after leading the preliminary<br />

competition.<br />

As a senior, Vance broke the state record in the 200 freestyle at the state meet with a time <strong>of</strong><br />

2:06.3, taking second place to a Rochester swimmer who would eventually be a three-time NCAA<br />

national champion. His 200 free relay team would again place in the state with a 3rd place �inish.<br />

Upon graduation Vance attended Hibbing Junior College for one year, serving as an assistant to<br />

Lukens.<br />

The next year, Vance accepted a full ride swimming scholarship to the University <strong>of</strong> Minnesota<br />

and lettered four years for Dr. Bill Heusner, who would coach the Gophers in 1962 to a third<br />

place NCAA �inish.<br />

After accepting a physical education teaching and coaching position in Detroit, Michigan, for<br />

three years, Vance returned to Minnesota in 1965 to teach and coach in St. Cloud and to earn a<br />

masters degree at St. Cloud State College.<br />

Vance brought his engaging smile and enthusiasm to North Junior High and later Apollo High<br />

School, where he served as head <strong>of</strong> the physical education department for most <strong>of</strong> his career<br />

while continuing as head coach for swimming 1970-1998 and tennis from 1971-1986.<br />

His 33 year tenure saw him coach numerous state participants, including two state swimming<br />

champions and a third place state doubles team.<br />

Vance was twice named state swimming coach <strong>of</strong> the year by his peers. He was inducted into<br />

the St. Cloud Apollo <strong>Athletic</strong> <strong>Hall</strong> <strong>of</strong> <strong>Fame</strong> in 2000, and in 2006 received the State Swim Coaches’<br />

Jerry Simpson Distinguished Service Award.<br />

Upon retirement in 1998, Vance returned to Hibbing where he continued to remain active as an<br />

assistant swimming coach, public address announcer, and manager for MSHSL events.<br />

A state champion badminton player, table tennis enthusiast, and graceful ball room dancer,<br />

Vance promoted these activities at every opportunity, organizing lessons, tournaments, and<br />

events throughout the Hibbing community.<br />

Until his untimely death from cancer in 2008, Vance lived with his wife, Claire, on South Sturgeon<br />

Lake near Hibbing, where Vance continued to enjoy boating and hunting grouse-other activities<br />

that he pursued with his enthusiastic passion for life.


Milton (Milt) Verant born and raised in Hibbing, owns the<br />

unique distinction <strong>of</strong> having attended the Hibbing High School<br />

building continuously from kindergarten straight through his<br />

�irst two years <strong>of</strong> college, graduating from high school in 1962<br />

and Hibbing Junior College in 1964.<br />

Milt graduated cum laude from Bemidji State College in 1966<br />

with mathematics and coaching degrees, followed in 1975 by<br />

earning a master’s degree in education from the University <strong>of</strong><br />

Minnesota, Duluth.<br />

After a two-year stint teaching and coaching in St. Cloud, Milt returned to Hibbing to teach<br />

mathematics and coach for the next 32 years, retiring in 2000.<br />

An avid tennis player, Milt coached boys’ tennis from 1975-1999 and served as girls’ tennis coach<br />

from 1982-1987, winning twelve boys’ and one girls’ region championships and earning<br />

the singular honor <strong>of</strong> being named Minnesota’s Tennis Coach <strong>of</strong> the Year in 1985. Under his<br />

tenure, Hibbing teams consistently placed high in both individual and team state competitions.<br />

Milt assisted swim coach Carl Allison from 1968 to 1981, helping win fourteen regional<br />

championships for the Bluejackets and seeing many <strong>of</strong> his divers excel in state meets.<br />

Active in regional and statewide coaches’ organizations, Milt served as vice-president, president<br />

elect and then in 1982 as president <strong>of</strong> the Minnesota State Coaches Association.<br />

Milt refereed both regional and state diving competitions, oversaw local tennis programs for<br />

Hibbing Parks and Recreation and the Mesaba Country Club, taught at tennis camps throughout<br />

the state, and owned and operated Range Tennis Supply with his wife, Gayle, for many years.<br />

In 1987 Milt moved from his classroom to become Activities Director at Hibbing, a position held<br />

until his retirement in 2000. During that tenure he oversaw the management <strong>of</strong> nearly every<br />

7A and 7AA section tournament for boys’ and girls’ sports, earning recognition as 7AA <strong>Athletic</strong><br />

Director <strong>of</strong> the Year in 1998.<br />

Milt saw Hibbing High School through a huge 43,000 square foot expansion <strong>of</strong> its athletic<br />

facilities with the addition to the school <strong>of</strong> a new Olympic size swimming pool, double gym,<br />

and band facility in 1991. He further oversaw the building <strong>of</strong> the new football and track facility<br />

located a few miles east <strong>of</strong> the high school. Milt also conceived and founded the present <strong>Athletic</strong><br />

<strong>Hall</strong> <strong>of</strong> <strong>Fame</strong>.<br />

Milt and his wife, Gayle, reside in Pengilly on Swan Lake and have two adult sons-Pete<br />

(wife Nicole) with their daughters Taylor and Ashley and Andy (wife Betsy) and their children<br />

Noah, Vivianna, and Jasper.


1993<br />

Wilbur Cheever<br />

Dick Garmaker<br />

Hud Gelein<br />

Milan Knezovich<br />

Paul “Pop” Lukens<br />

Joe Milonovich<br />

Bill Nadeau<br />

George Perpich<br />

Val Peterson<br />

John Polich<br />

Mario Rettica<br />

Al Rice<br />

Doc Savage<br />

Babe Sherman<br />

Al Sonaglia<br />

Dan Swanson<br />

1995<br />

Carl Allison<br />

Glenn Coder<br />

Gary Gambucci<br />

John Gillis<br />

Debbie Houghton-Tintor<br />

Jane Mackley<br />

Nick Maras<br />

Mike Marion<br />

Ed Miller<br />

Vern Novak<br />

Mike Polich<br />

John St. Julien<br />

Angelo Taddie<br />

Don Vaia<br />

Eli Vuicich<br />

1997<br />

Larry Bronson<br />

Dan Bukovich<br />

Marcy Erickson-Johnson<br />

Irene Kepler-Pullar<br />

Joel Kleffman<br />

Kevin McHale<br />

Jack Petroske<br />

Cal Sabatini<br />

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Dan Bergan<br />

Steve Enich<br />

Mary Jo Herrett<br />

Marsha Hulstrand<br />

Pat Micheletti<br />

Harry Paavola<br />

Rudy Sikich<br />

Bob Swanson<br />

Rick Tintor<br />

Jim White<br />

2003<br />

William Baldrica<br />

Joseph Bretta<br />

Kris DeMaris<br />

David Heritage<br />

John Kalin<br />

Leonard Kleffman<br />

Jim Lipovetz<br />

John Tingstad<br />

Willard Tuomi<br />

2006<br />

Dave Calliguri<br />

Wayne Johnson<br />

Tim Tekautz<br />

Kurt Zuidmulder<br />

2009<br />

Jim Helstrom<br />

Jerry Lipovitz<br />

Walter McMillan<br />

Ernest Messner<br />

Dr. Ben Owens<br />

Richard Stake<br />

David Thompson<br />

Patty Wallin<br />

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Irene Kepler<br />

Michael Veneziano<br />

Jim Jurkovich<br />

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<strong>2012</strong> <strong>HHS</strong> Andvanced Computer Graphics Students<br />

Robert Beluzzo<br />

Hibbing Public School Board <strong>of</strong> Education<br />

Michael Finco<br />

Hibbing Androy Hotel<br />

Larry Ryan Photography<br />

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