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Horizons Page 4 Sports Wrap FALL SPORTSWrap Kristen Smith Volleyball Under second-year head coach Kim Falkenhagen, BSU finished 10-21 overall and 3-11 in NSIC play against one of the more challenging schedules in school history. BSU played nationallyranked opposition nine times in 31 matches. First-year players Brittney Burns and Brittney Carlson were the on-court leaders for the team, with Burns finishing second in kills (348) and Carlson leading the team in blocks (76). Senior Heather Haugen became just the sixth player in school history to reach 1,000 career kills and finished in BSU's career top 10 in six statistical categories. Kristin Smith was named First-Team Academic All-District V, and she led a group of five BSU volleyball players on the Fall Academic All- NSIC team. Where We Are ... What We’re Doing tor for a long-standing and distinguished record of high school activity programs involvement each year. Estenson, a Fergus Falls native, is the first Minnesotan to receive the prestigious award. His teaching career spans three decades and five Minnesota high schools where he taught and coached speech, debate, English and theatre. He’s also worked as an actor with stage roles, video, television and radio spots and completed studies in England and Ireland... Harvey Hietala (’61) has filed for re-election to the District 318 School Board which he’s served on since 2001. He worked as an English teacher in District 318 from 1967 to 1999 and from 1961 to 1967 he taught English and Russian at Oklee Public Schools. He and his wife, Esther, have three grown children... Ed Treska (’69) was one of three finalists for the position of Lakeville City administrator. In addition to four years of experience as city administrator of Grand Rapids, he has approximately 20 years experience in various administrative roles with Anoka County. He’s currently working on his doctorate degree in public administration from Hamline University and is a member of the American Society of Public Administrators and a former City of Anoka planning commissioner... Robert Ostlund (’66) recently began working as interim superintendent of schools for Wayzata. Since his “retirement” he’s also served as the interim superintendent for North St. Paul, Maplewood and Oakdale schools and, following that, interim headmaster for St. Thomas Academy... David Mowrey (’69) has retired after spending 36 years with the Eveleth-Gilbert School Soccer Soccer had the most successful season in its history, finishing 11- 12 overall and 3-4 in NSIC play. BSU's 11 wins nearly tripled the previous school mark (4), and the Beavers made the NSIC Tournament for the first time, knocking off Concordia-St. Paul in the first round. BSU set new standards for goals (53), assists (49) and points (155). Katie Meinhardt set a school single-season record with 14 goals, and Lindsey Natwick became the school's career assists leader with 17. Four BSU players earned All-NSIC laurels, and Christina Egnell was named Third-Team Academic All-District V. Christina Egnell District. In addition to serving as school counselor, he also taught math classes periodically during his career. He and his wife, Betty, have three grown children, Paul, Jonathan and Charity... Arlene Bubar (’64) and her husband, Butch, of Cass Lake recently celebrated their 40th wedding anniversary... Dave Yost (’66) retired from his position as director of compliance with the U.S. Food & Drug Administration, Minneapolis District, in June after serving 33 years with the agency. Prior to his retirement, he was awarded the agency’s highest award, the FDA Award of Merit. He also served in the Army and Army Reserves for a total of 31 years, achieving the rank of colonel. He was awarded the Legion of Merit upon his military retirement. He and his wife, Nancy, live in Brooklyn Park and have two grown children, Tara and Eric, and one grandson. 1970s Connie (Buck) Nieland (’77) is currently an assistant principal at Coon Rapids High School, where she has taught for many years. She lives in Andover and has two children, Lance, 24, and Jaclyn, 17... Alyce Thureen (’75) and her husband, Carroll, recently celebrated their 54th wedding anniversary... Orlan Echternach (’71) retired last spring as a Central and Solway elementary school teacher in the Bemidji School District and was named as the Bemidji Education Association Teacher of the Year for 2004-05. Specializing in special needs students, he helped area elementary schools develop Emotional Behavioral Disturbed Programs for students. He also helped start Bemidji’s Riverside Jeff Tesch Football Bemidji State posted an eightwin season for just the fourth time in school history, finishing 8-3 under head coach Jeff Tesch a n d n a r r ow ly missing a berth in a post-season bowl game on a Christa Pribula tiebreaker. The Beavers had a school-record nine players named All-Conference, and Tesch picked up career win No. 54 to become the school's all-time leader in football coaching victories. BSU set school records for rushing attempts, rushing yardage and rushing touchdowns, and finished as the highest-scoring team in school history. Blaine Thomas and Mitch Feierabend earned Academic All- District V honors, with that duo headlining a group of five Academic All-NSIC honorees. School for youth from the Gilfillan Residential Treatment Center in 1971 and coached Peewee and Bantam hockey for 36 years in Bemidji. He and his wife, Joyce, own a cabin on Rainy Lake where they enjoy fishing... Julie (Gullicksrud) Zeto (’75) of Bemidji has worked 21 years for the USDA-Farm Service Agency in Bemidji. She and her husband, Dennis, have one daughter, Gabrielle... Jerry Madson (’70) is the wire editor for the Bemidji Pioneer newspaper, and was featured as a speaker at the newspaper’s National Newspaper Week open house activities in October. He joined the paper as a reporter-photographer in 1972 and soon after that took on the position of wire editor, designing Pioneer pages five nights a week. He is also a visual artist with a history of exhibitions going back 30 years including several one-person shows in New York City. He is set for another one-person show in December 2005 in New York, and his post-modern work has been shown in Egypt, Portugal, China, Spain, Brazil, Japan and Sweden …Roxanne Nawara (’73), an English-as-a-second-language teacher at Rosemount Middle School, was one of six employees honored by that school district for outstanding service. Recipients are nominated by colleagues and selected by a committee of district employees... Maureen McCall (’74), a social worker and parenting educator at the White Bear Lake Area Learning Center, has been named Minnesota Association of Alternative Programs Staff Person of the Year. The association represents 157 alternative programs and more than 165,000 Cross Country Cross country had a strong fall campaign, finishing second at the NSIC Championships and seeing Christa Pribula and Nicole Friend earn All-NSIC honors. Both finished in the top five amongst individuals at the NSIC meet. Pribula was BSU's top finisher at all events this year. Men's Golf Men's golf topped M i n n e s o t a - Crookston by one stroke, 632-633, to narrowly finish second at the NSIC C h a m p i o n s h i p s behind an eighthplace individual finish from Allen Zutz. Zutz shot an 80-76=156 for the tournament, becoming the first BSU golfer to earn All-NSIC honors since 2002. Hiraku Aoki missed All- NSIC honors by one stroke, finishing with a 157. BSU grabbed a third-place finish at the Central Regional Fall Invitational behind a 76-73=149 from Toby Palmiscno, who tied for second individually at the event. students... Jim MacNeil (’77) of Coleraine was recently appointed to the MnSCU Foundation Board of Directors. He owns MacNeil Environmental... James Tuorila (’79) of St. Cloud has been awarded one of the highest honors of the Veterans of Foreign Wars. He achieved all-American status as a district commander for the organization, one of only 40 people to achieve that status. Tuorila, a psychologist at St. Cloud VA Medical Center and a Vietnam War-era veteran, is the creator of Freedom Flight, a nonprofit organization dedicated to education about prisoners of war and missing in action military members. To receive the all-American status, VFW leaders must be strong advocates for veterans and increase membership of the organization... Jane Linde Capistran (’79) is a violinist and teacher at Concordia College and will serve next year as interim concertmaster for the Fargo-Moorhead Symphony. She also conducts the 55-member Concordia Chamber Orchestra and the Fargo-Moorhead Youth Symphony consisting of nearly 100 students. She and her husband, Rod ('81), have two children, Madeline, 18, and Stuart, 14. Rod is a math instructor at Fargo North…. Rob Reid (’78) won the 2004 Wisconsin Librarian of the Year award and was also elected to the American Library Association’s 2006 Newbery Award Committee. His latest book is Cool Story Programs for the School Age Crowd, his fourth book published with ALA Editions. He lives in Eau Claire, WI, with his wife, Jayne (’79), and their four children... Tom Fisher (’78) is representing the Woodbury Artists Guild on the Woodbury Arts Women's Golf Women's golf saw Tracy Depew and Dana Hasselberg compete as individuals in four tournaments. The duo had perhaps their best showing at the Concordia-Moorhead invite, with Depew firing an 81 to finish first and Hasselberg finishing fourth with an 85. The duo wrapped up the season at the Minnesota Collegiate Golf Association State Championship, where Hasselberg finished eighth with an 83-82=165 and Depew ended in a tie for 23rd with an 86- 86=172. Toby Palmiscno Dana Hasselberg Connection board. He is a painter who describes his work as semi-impressionistic and characterized by intense colors, graphic compositions and natural elements of design. He is also a senior technical writer at Donaldson Co., Inc., Bloomington, and lives in Cottage Grove with his wife, Karen, their children, Heidi, Russell, Jeremiah, Sarah and Michael... Kris Hasskamp (’74) filed as a candidate for the District 5 commissioner’s post in Crow Wing County. She represented northern Crow Wing County in the Minnesota House of Representatives from 1989 to 2001. She’s had a varied career as a teacher, college center and social activities director at Central Lakes College, Alumni Relations/Development Office employee and tennis coach at St. Scholastica and chronic pain and stress control clinic director in Duluth. She lives in Rabbit Lake Township in Crow Wing County... Dennis Peterson (’79) is employed as a high school art and photography teacher at Deer River, and during the summers he covers auto racing at the Bemidji Speedway for the Bemidji Pioneer. He was a featured speaker at the newspaper’s National Newspaper Week open house activities in October. Dennis and his wife, Nancy, have two grown children, Glory and Josh, and a grandson, Ashton... Allen Aaseby (’70) was awarded the Entrepreneur of the Year Award from the Thief River Falls Chamber of Commerce this summer. He owns Aaseby Metalworks and has developed a four-in-one material-handling cart, called The Bull, which is being marketed on the internet. Before starting his own business, he had been a teacher for 25 years... Dennis Sabart (’71), director for the Eveleth-Gilbert School District for the
Bemidji State University inducted 10 new members to its Athletic Hall of Fame this fall. Also inducted were the BSU Men’s Division II hockey teams of 1968, 1969, 1970 and 1971, which won four consecutive national titles. Founded in 1978, the Athletic Hall of Fame currently has 147 individual members. Joining the BSU Athletic Hall of Fame in 2004 were: Marc Hamren of Richfield (swimming, 1972), teaches junior high physical education in Richfield. While at BSU, he was the 1972 national champion in the 200-meter breaststroke. He finished in the top 12 in one or both the 100 and 200-meter breaststroke in four national competitions. Deb (Limond) Hegquist of Cambridge (gymnastics and track and field, 1976), has been a teacher and coach for 28 years in Cambridge. At BSU, she was the Minn-Kota Conference individual champion and member of four conference championship teams in gymnastics. She also competed on the 1974 MAIAW state championship team in track and field. Sherry Hill of Bemidji (volleyball, track and field, basketball, 1983), is a corrections agent. In BSU career records, Hill ranks second in kills and third in hitting percentage in volleyball and holds the record in the javelin and heptathlon in track and field. She was named to the All MAIAW State Team in both volleyball and basketball. past 33 years, has retired. He and his wife, Pat ('69), have three grown sons, Randy, Brian and Gary... Ken Kane (’72) and his wife, Jeanette, recently celebrated their 30th wedding anniversary at Elvis’ Graceland in Memphis, TN. They were married April 6, 1974, in Bemidji... Bob Hurd (’76) and his daughter, Hayley Hurd (’03) joined Rob’s wife, Pat, and their other daughters, Hannah and Heather, in producing a contest video won the Skippy Peanut Butter America’s Nuttiest Family Contest. The family won a cash prize and a game room worth $5,000 in addition to the year’s supply of peanut butter. Bob is a Bemidji Middle School technology teacher and his wife Pat is a frequent contester and mastermind behind the contest entry. 1980s Chris Fettig (’86), Bemidji High School choir instructor, participated in the Bemidji Music Boosters “Rock Around the Clock” fundraiser this fall... Barb Houg (’81) was among 22 staff members from Schoolcraft Learning Community who recently worked on a remodeling project at the Evergreen House in Bemidji. It was part of their community service learning component... Pat Nordick (’85) and his wife, Deb, live in Perham with their children, Josh, 10, and Amy, 6... Rhoda Pope (’81) recently retired from 23 years of teaching elementary students in the Walker-Hackensack- Akeley School District. She and her husband, Jim, live in Hackensack and have four children and 10 grandchildren... Karen Sletten Mattson (’80) is in her 21 st year as a special education teacher at Warroad Elementary School. She and her husband, LeRoy, live in Warroad and have three children, Ryan, 17, Lisa, 15, and Stephen, 12... Catherine (Runyan) Riewer (’84) and her husband, Steve, are both in their 21st year of teaching at the Bertha- Hewitt Public Schools. They live in Wadena and have four children, Michael, 16, Marcus, 15, Patrick, 12, and Preston, 8... Mary Hubert (’89) and her husband, Jerry, celebrated their 40th wedding anniversary on October 10... James Fiskum (’80) is in his 24th year of teaching vocal music at Big Lake High School. He and his wife, Denise, have two children, Hilary, 12, and Jack, 8... Monte Draper (’80) has worked as a photographer at the Bemidji Pioneer since 1979 and was featured as a speaker at the newspaper’s National Newspaper Week open house. He has three daughters, Megan, Emily and Maddie... Mary Voss (’89) is a registered nurse and lives in Bemidji with her husband and two sons... Todd Truby (’86) currently resides in Zion, IL... Arlene Furuseth (’86) has worked for the past 15 years as a project leader with the Minnesota Pollution Control Agency out of its Detroit Lakes Office... Scott Birklid (’86) teaches physical science at Anoka High School. He was one of 20 teachers in the district to receive a Teacher Outstanding Performance Award last school year. Each TOP winner receives up to $600 to cover expenses of attending a special workshop or conference of their choice... Brenda Gugglberger (’86) is the new principal at St. Mary of Mount Carmel Catholic School, Long Prairie. She comes to St. Mary’s from the Freshwater Education District where she was Hall of Fame state tournaments. At BSU, he was the 1974 men’s hockey team captain and a member of the 1974 NAIA All Tournament Team. After leaving BSU, he competed on the USA Olympic and on the USA National teams. Ray Sauer of St. Cloud (golf, 1972), has enjoyed a 32-year career in life insurance and retirement investment sales. While at BSU, he placed in the top 15 of the 1968 NAIA National Tournament and was a member of the 1968 team conference championship. He was team captain for four years and competed in three NAIA national tournaments. Charlie Scanlon of Apple Valley (hockey, 1975), has been teaching and coaching at Apple Valley High School since 1975 where he led his teams to the GCT coordinator for the past two years. She and her husband, Manfred, have three children, Andrew, 8, Alison, 4, and Sahra, 3. Manfred owns Fallsburg Woodworking in Little Falls... Dan Boelk (’87) has been teaching industrial arts at the Tower-Soudan School for most of the last 16 years. He and his wife, Rhonda, have two children, Mia and Cara, and also operate a home wood shop where Dan constructs and sells items such as cedar strip canoes, bookshelves and dog sleds... Mary Moen (’83) is director of the Central Minnesota Boy’s Choir. She is a teacher at Staples Elementary School and had previously taught at International Falls and Argyle... Jay Loeffler (’83) has joined Rollouts Incorporated, Chaska, as a national account manager. He’d previously worked at Meterologix, a leading weather services company. During his 15 years there, he held a variety of sales positions ranging from national aviation account manager to vice-president of specialized sales... Paul Boswell (’81), a White Earth enrollee, received a Martin Luther King Award at the seventh annual MLK awards ceremony April 15 at the University of North Dakota, Grand Forks. He was recognized for service to the State of North Dakota while serving as chair of the North Dakota University System Diversity Council. He played an instrumental role in bringing an anti-racism training program into the University System, which includes 11 campuses. He’s been employed at NDSU since 1990... Christine Kelly (’86) was recently awarded the 2004 NEA-Saturn/UAW Partnership Award for Outstanding Mentoring Programs for new teachers. six state titles in boy’s soccer and two state titles in girl’s hockey. While at BSU, he was an All American goalie in 1972, 1973 and 1974 and a member of the 1973 NAIA national championship team. Malika Starr of Boca Raton, Florida, (basketball, field hockey, track and field, tennis, 1975), works as a consultant facilitating school reforms. At BSU, she was a member of the 1974 Minn-Kota Conference championship field hockey team and was named to the Minn-Kota All Conference Team. In basketball, she was team captain and all conference. Carol Stomberg of Cedar (field hockey, basketball, volleyball, tennis, 1974), works in kidney disease and critical care in Minneapolis. At BSU, she was an All-Star field hockey player She and a colleague were recipients of one of only six awards made in the United States in 2004. She is a media specialist in the Brainerd School District and a Southwest State University adjunct faculty member. She was also selected Brainerd Teacher of the Year and a Minnesota Teacher of Excellence in 1997... Carol Campbell (’86) of Cass Lake appeared as a motivational speaker at Sober Camp for teens this summer. She spoke about her experiences and forgiveness. She was stabbed by her foster daughter’s boyfriend and is now in a wheelchair... Kandy Anderson (’86) is currently serving on the Bemidji Area Chamber of Commerce Board of Directors as financial director …David Schnell (’83), a commander in the U.S. Navy, recently made a scheduled port visit to Banbury, Australia, while assigned to the guided-missile frigate USS Ford, home-ported in Everett, WA. He is one of the more than 7,000 sailors who comprise the USS John C. Stennis Carrier Strike Group deployed in support of the global war on terrorism... Karen Thompson (’84) of Bemidji appeared in September on CBS’s Larry Elder Show as part of a segment on gastric bypass surgery in an effort to help educate the public regarding potential long-term complications of the surgery, many of which she has experienced first-hand. She’d previously worked for 20 years at local radio station KB101, but currently remains on disability leave due to continuing health problems caused initially by her 1995 surgery. She and her husband, Dennis, are the adoptive parents of three now-teenage siblings from Columbia and legal guardians of her godson who is 15. Horizons Page 5 TEN INDUCTED INTO ATHLETIC HALL OF FAME Marc Hamren Deb Helquist Sherry Hill Tom Holmes Gerald Nichols Gary Ross Ray Sauer Charlie Scanlon Malika Starr Carol Stomberg Tom Holmes of Edina (track and field and cross country, 1971), is a retired teacher and coach from the Minneapolis Public Schools. He holds the BSU individual track record for the 880-yard run and the mile run and competed in four national track championships and two national crosscountry running championships. Gerald L. Nichols of Bemidji (track and field, football, basketball, 1947), spent 27 years in the Bloomington School District. An accomplished football halfback and distance runner, Nichols was co-captain of the track team and member of the conference championship team. He also spent a year on the BSU men’s basketball team. Gary Ross of Roseau (hockey, 1978), has taught at Roseau Elementary since 1980 and coached the Roseau High School boy’s hockey team in three and competed on the 1974 Minn-Kota conference championship basketball team and the 1971 conference championship volleyball team. She was captain in both field hockey and basketball. Nominees for the BSU Athletic Hall of Fame must have attended BSU no less than 20 years ago, earned an athletic letter at BSU and attended BSU for at least two years. Selections are based on merit in four categories: athletic accomplishments while at BSU, post collegiate professional accomplishments, service and contributions to the community and beyond, and volunteer service and financial support to BSU. 1990s Lorena Merseth (’96) and her husband, John ('02), live in Ohio where John is pastor of the Grace Lutheran Church of Weston, OH. They have four sons... Dana Heriot (’99) is teaching mathematics in the Bemidji Middle School Alternative Program this year. She is licensed to teach elementary education and middle school mathematics... Matthew Menne (’99) is teaching seventh-grade social studies at the Bemidji Middle School this year. He has three years of teaching experience... Scott Peterson (’96) is teaching first grade at Solway Elementary School this year. He has two years of teaching experience... Blane Klemek (’95) works as a private lands specialist for Minnesota Department of Natural Resources Section of Fish and Wildlife and lives near Becida. He’s also a wildlife columnist for the Bemidji Pioneer and was a featured speaker at the newspaper’s National Newspaper Week open house activities held in October. He and his wife, JoEllen, have two children, Emily, 9, and Nidhal, 8... Shannon Geisen (’95) recently completed a twoyear stint working as a communications director at the Zurich International School in Switzerland and now lives in Park Rapids with her husband, Bruce Bolton, and baby, Maeve... Caari (Schmidt) Dueffert (’97) and her husband, Chris, live in Prior Lake and have two children, Ryan, 3, and Eric, 6-months... Rebecca Maki (’96) and her husband, Greg, live in Solway with their daughter, Ashley, 1... Nicole (Tanner) Harmer (’95) of Baxter has been Continued on page 6
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