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Fall 2002AlumniNewsRenae (Hartwig) & Neil Wiese ’99,Humboldt, MN,were marriedNovember 2, 2002.Renae is employedwith the KittsonCounty FarmService Agency inHallock as aprogram technician.Neil iscurrently employedwith MinnesotaCrop ImprovementAssociation as a field supervisor and alsohelps out on the family crop farm inHumboldt.00sJennifer Fuchs ’00, Maplewood, MN,works for the United States Department ofAgriculture (APHIS) as a Debt ManagementSpecialist. E-mail Jennifer atjenfuchs77@yahoo.com.David Hemmes ’00, Humboldt, MN. E-mailDavid at davidhemmes@hotmail.com.Shane Naslund ’00, Madison, WI, wasmarried April 28,2001. E-mailShane atshanenaslund@hotmail.com.Don’t forget tosend a photo withyour news.Michael Rice ’00, Riverside, CA, is aproductionsupervisor atCarpenterCorporation inRiverside. He willmarry JanineHoward May 3,2003.Matt Safranski ’00, Greeley, CO. E-mailMatt at mattsafr@hotmail.com.Kari Baker ’01, Rochester, MN, is akindergarten teacher at JeffersonElementary School in the RochesterSchool District.Chris Bjorneby ’01, Grafton MN marriedChristine Schumacher December 28,2001.Steve Brandt ’01 Minneapolis, MN, is asales illustrations project manager in theSales Consulting Group of AmericanExpress Financial Advisors’ Product SalesOrganization.Chris Cymbaluk ’01, Detroit Lakes, MN,married MirandaJohnson on August24, 2002. Chris isa FinancialAssociate withThrivent Financial inthe Detroit Lakesarea.Emily (Spinler) Hutchins ’01 marriedThomas Hutchins June 15, 2002. Emily isa private lands specialist for the MinnesotaDepartment of Natural ResourcesWildlife Division.Anthony Jerve ’01, Redwood Falls MN isemployed with Kibble Equipment, Inc. as asales representative. E-mail Anthony attjerve78@hotmail.com.Deborah (Wosick) Kolling ‘01 GrandForks, ND, is the director of developmentfor Special Olympics of North Dakota. Sheis responsible for planning, organizing,coordinating, and evaluating thefundraising and marketing programs at alllevels of the organization.Eric Albrecht ’02, started working for BestBuy Corporation in May 2002. After beingpromoted from Home Audio, Eric is nowsupervisor for the Computer Departmentat the Richfield store. His responsibilitiesinclude coaching and training employees,assisting customers, creating businessplans, developing business comps,providing floor leadership, and interviewingprospective employees, among otherthings.Gianna Anderson ’02, Eden Prairie, MN, isemployed by LSS Data Systems as aclient support programmer. E-mail Giannaat gi_gianna@hotmail.com.Ryan Blechta ’02, Chanhassen, MN. E-mailRyan at rblechta@hotmail.com.Derek Dehn ’02, South St. Paul, MN. Derekaccepted a crew foreman position atMinnehaha Falls Landscaping in Minneapolis.His main objective is to gainexperience to make the transition fromlandscape installation to design. Withinthree years he hopes to be designing fora company and maybe one day own hisown. E-mail Derek atdehn66@hotmail.com.Jeffrey Dow ’02, Warroad, MN, is employedby Marvin Windows in Warroad. E-mailJeffrey at cjdow@wiktel.com.Mindy Fowler ’02, Crystal, MN, is workingat Anoka Equine Vet Services in Elk River,MN, as a certified veterinary technician.James Guerrier ‘02 Orlando, FL, iscurrently employed as a store managerwith Walgreen Corporation in Orlando.James is responsible for managing allbusiness and personnel functionsassociated with his store.28 The UMC Torch