Unite to Write - White Bear Lake Area Educational Foundation

W H I T E B E A R L A K E A R E A
EDUCATIONAL FOUNDATIONNEWS
Volume 14, Number 1 Winter 2011-2012
Major Gift, April 14 ‘Unite to Write’ Fundraiser
Will Undergird High School’s Writing Center
Glasrud Family Foundation
Provides Initial Support for New
Program to Begin in September
Supporting education in their hometown—and many
more local causes—is nothing new for the Glasrud
family, whose patriarch, Ted Sr., WBHS class of 1933,
died in 2009. Their $100,000 gift to the Foundation
in 2004 established an endowment for grants to educators
(today known as Glasrud Fellows) seeking to
further their professional development.
Now the Glasrud Family Foundation—headed by
Lorraine Glasrud and the three children, Sharon, Ted
Jr., and Deborah—has signaled its desire to propel the
creation of a White Bear Lake Area High School Writing
Center, with annual gifts of $20,000 over five years.
With that incentive—and with proceeds from the
WBLAEF’s April 14 fundraiser—the program can be
implemented this coming fall. (See adjacent stories for
its rationale and details of the upcoming event.)
3 New Board Members Inducted
Three newcomers were
elected—and welcomed—
to the WBLAEF Board of
Directors on Feb. 8:
n Heidi Brophy, a U.S.
Bank district manager;
n Dawn Hank, whose
background is in insurance
and human resources
management;
n Lara York, a community
volunteer closely involved
in the recent levy campaign.
All three and their husbands
are parents—two
per couple—of current
students in WBL schools.
“Their organizational
skills and enthusiasm for
our mission are contagious,”
said Foundation
president Kim Schoonover.
Kim Schoonover
WELCOMED ABOARD. Newest WBLAEF directors at their inaugural
meeting (from left), Lara York, Heidi Brophy, Dawn Hank.
Unite to Write
sponsored by the
White Bear Lake Area Educational Foundation
in support of the White Bear Lake Area School District’s new
Writing Center
Saturday, April 14, 2012
6:00 o’clock Social Hour ~ 7:00 o’clock Dinner
followed by a Program and Writing Center Appeal
Dellwood Hills Golf Club, 29 E. Hwy. 96, Dellwood, MN 55110
Music by Redpath
While Common in Colleges, Writing
Centers Atypical at Secondary Level
By MICHAEL J. LOVETT
Superintendent of Schools
While many colleges and universities have writing
centers to support the development of both
undergraduate and graduate students, high school
writing centers are less common, found more often in
innovative high schools.
A writing center, centrally located at North and
South campuses, will tailor seminars, programs, tutoring,
and coaching for students in grades 9–12. For the
ninth grader (or new English-language learner) to the
senior needing a guide to review college essays, a writing
center provides feedback and coaching. It will be
staffed by a teacher or coordinator who also will oversee
the work of adult volunteer tutors and more accomplished
students; these students will serve as tutors
or mentors and as a liaison with high school staff.
Rationale: Writing well is an essential skill for
a high school graduate, and an important factor in
student success in college. Our high school has a
t SUPERINTENDENT LOVETT to page 4
13th GOLF TOURNEY
MONDAY, JUNE 25
The 13th annual WB-
LAEF Golf Tournament is
set for Monday, June 25, at
Dellwood Hills. Its signature
sponsors are Wells
Fargo-The Private Bank
and National Insurance
Services. Eunice Coté and
Kathy Stone are co-chairs.
Ellen Ahlness
of the
Ellen Ahlness WBL graduating
class of 2013 is the
first recipient of a $1,000
Eugene and Kathryn
Johnson Legacy Endowment
Curricular Enrichment
Grant, enabling her
NITE TO WRITE,” the theme of this year’s
“Umajor WBLAEF fundraising effort, is more
than a catchphrase: it is a call to action for enabling—
with considerable initial impetus from the Glasrud
Family Foundation (see story across the page)—the
realization this fall of White Bear Lake Area High
School’s own Writing Center.
Mindful of 2011’s highly successful “Dine, Donate...
and Dance!,” this spring’s event will unfold beginning
at 6 p.m. Saturday, April 14, in the Dellwood Hills Golf
Club’s main dining room. Many elements of the evening
will be similar to those of last year’s fundraiser,
although the dancing component will be strictly optional.
This year’s raffle will reward four lucky winners
with cash prizes of $1,000, $750, $500, or $250.
Joe Hallberg will serve as master of ceremonies.
Redpath LLC, a professional
touring vocal and
recording duo from Minneapolis,
will provide the
entertainment. Last year
the two sisters released
their first original album,
“American Made,” fol-
lowing their 2009 holiday
album, “The Heart of
Christmas.”
After the social hour,
guests at “Unite to Write”
4855 Bloom Avenue • White Bear Lake, Minnesota 55110-2731 • 651/407-7696 • www.wblaef.org
Proceeds from Spring 2012 Event,
Once Again at Dellwood Hills,
Will Assist This Project Exclusively
will enjoy dinner (7 p.m.) with their table captains who
will collect (but not open) the sealed envelopes containing
checks or pledges received following the appeal. All
donations will go directly to the Writing Center, as
anonymous sponsors are underwriting the cost of the
Ellen Ahlness Is Awarded First
Johnson Endowment Grant
to attend the Concordia
Language Village camp
June 25–July 23 in Moorhead,
Minn. This includes
a four-week “immersion”
in the Norwegian language,
along with cultural
studies of all the Scandinavian
countries.
DUO. Lauren (left) and Torie
Redpath, professional singers,
will entertain at the April 14
“Unite to Write” fundraiser.
event itself.
Connie Menne, chair,
and her committee have
shifted into high gear.
The Inside NEWS
Holiday Angels 2011 2
On My Mind 2
App Deadlines 2
4th Quarter Donors 3
Heuring Scholarship 3
Mariner ’74-’83 Reunion 4
New WBLAAA Logo 4

2 WHITE BEAR LAKE AREA EDUCATIONAL FOUNDATION NEWS Winter 2011-2012
2011 Holiday Angels Raise $3,816, Honoring 230+
Holiday Angels in December 2011 added $3,816 to the Angel Fund while simultaneously honoring more
than 230 educators and other individuals who received thank-you cards bearing the names of the donors:
A Stephanie Albin • James & Janene
Altman • Jerome & Kimberly
Anderson
B Erik & Amy Bachmeier • Cheryl
Baker • Brett & Lisa Barett • Brian &
Cascia Berman
C Carrie Carlson
D Jan Darling • John & Marlena
DeBauche • Gary & Kimberly Delaney
• Paul & Kimberlie DeLaRosa •
Jim & Ginny Deutsch • Shelly Dombrovski
• Bryan Doughty • Thomas
& Kim Doughty
F Carla Finke
G Dave Guenther
H Tim & Jennifer Hackbarth • Faith
A Kristine Abrahamson • Sue Allen
• Jeanne Anderson • Jon Anderson •
Shannon Anderson • Susan Anker •
Aware staff
B Christine Balgord • John Barnes •
David Bataglia • Stephen Bates • Jeff
Bege • Laura Bege • Lael Belisle •
Karen Blood-Carlson • Joshua Bock •
Alison Boeke • Bob Brewer • Jane
Briggs • Stacy Brodt • Nancy Brown •
Ryan Brown • Jane Burmeister
C Christopher Campbell • Carrie
Carlson • Laurie Carlson • Abbi Case •
Central Middle School Moon and Sun
teams • Central Middle School staff •
Richard Chakolis • Kim Chapman •
James Christensen • Peggy Coleman
• Rachael Conner • Kelly Coorough •
Jennifer Craigan
D Teresa Dahlem • Marie Spar Dymit
• Kathleen Daniels • Angela Dargay •
Molly Delmedico • Mary Denucci •
Max DeRaad • Staci Docken • Lynn
Dornfeld
E Early Childhood staff • Jennifer
Elias • Brad Engen
Hagestuen • Rob & Trisha Hall •
Linda Hanson Buhl • Mark & Janis
Hebaus • Mark & Teresa Hill • Steve
& Dana Hupert • Jennifer Hylen
J Keith Jacobus & Wendy Chase •
Shelly Jarnigan
K George Kimball & Shen Fei •
Jeanne Koeckeritz • Peter & Amy
Koegel
L Josh & Michelle Lange • Emily
Larsen • Lee & Paula Larson • David
Law • Bradley & Rachel Leafblad •
Matthew & Dawn Leeson • Mike &
Lisa Lindvall • Larry & Lois Lueth •
Luis & Sarah Lugo
M Matoska International Elemen-
F Abigail Fehr • Lori Felton • Tom
Fitzgerald • Pat Fredrickson • Coreen
Freeman
G Barb Green • Dave Guenther • Dan
Gullick
H Lori Hahn • Jennifer Hansen •
Karla Harding • Elin Harvey-Carlson •
Christina Hayden • Deb Hibbard •
Chris Hiniker • Mary Holtz • Marilyn
House • Rachael Hovey • Jennifer
Howard • Nate Hunstiger • Denise
Hurry
I Michelle Igo
J Jennifer Johnson • Nancy Jones •
Amy Jorgenson
K Abby Kath • Nancy Kath • Karla
Keller • George Kimball • Julie Kirschling
• LouAnn Kittelson • Connie
Knowles • Karen Krebs (in memory of
Helen Rivard and Frank Reibel) • Anne
Kronebusch
L Lakeaires Elementary School staff
• Alyssa Larson • Paula Larson • David
Law • Cathy Leaf • John Leininger •
Leanne Little • Travis Littlefield •
Michael Lovett • Chris Lyons
CONTRIBUTORS
HONOREES
tary School staff • Amanda McFarlane
• Kelly McMonigal • Philip
Mitchell & Rebecca Blaesing • W.
Keith & Cynthia Moser • Steven &
Dana Mudgett • Angela Mum-
bleau
N Steve Nelson • Jeff & Beth
Neuendorf • Terry & Christine
Noonan
O Doug & Amy Oslund • Otter
Lake Elementary School staff
P Belinda Poon • David Probst &
Kim Westerholm
R Jody Reber • Samuel & Brooke
Reeves • Sue Reibel • Steven &
Sarah Rensenbrink • Shelly
M Erin Maas • Susie Mahoney • Dawn
Maple • Pam Marta • Doug Martin •
Andy Martinson • Kara Martinson •
Mark, bus driver #141 • Tony Mayer •
Nancy McGinley Myers • Danielle
Mickelson • MaryEllen Mieure • Deb
Milner • Janice Montgomery • Linda
Murphy
N Ben Nakagaki • Nancy Nash • Julie
Nasvik • Janet Newberg • Huy Nguyen
• Diane Nikkel • North Campus 9th
Grade staff • Pat Nosen
O Teresa Ogden • Abby Olson •
Cathy Olson • Wayne Ostlund • Otter
Lake Elementary School First Grade
students • Otter Lake Elementary staff,
teachers, and Extended Day staff
P Dan Peace • Travis Pelinka • David
Percival • Chris Peters • Jill Petersen •
Nancy Petersen • Kelly Picard • Chris
Picha • Jenelle Pitlik • Belinda Poon •
Nancy Przybylski
R Nancy Rausch • Jody Reber •
Tammy Reed • Brooke Reeves • Terry
Reinholdt • Pat Riebau • Elizabeth
Roberts • Mary Rogers • Angie Roho •
Deadlines Near for Scholarship, Grant, Award Applications
’Tis the time of year for
apps—as in applications
to be completed for various
WBLAEF scholarships,
grants, and awards.
In order of their due dates:
n Hill Legacy Award,
sponsored by the three
area educational foundations,
honoring a local
citizen who emulates the
lifelong community ser-
vices of the late J. Stanley
and Doris H. Hill—due
Friday, Feb. 24.
n Glasrud Fellowships, for
grants up to $4,000
apiece, to educators seeking
to augment their professional
development—
due Wednesday, Feb.
29.
n Lynn Mielke Distinguished
Educator Award,
honoring a current staff
member who exemplifies
the leadership qualities of
the late speech and language
clinician—due Friday,
March 30.
n Ryan Family Art Grants,
honoring Judy Ryan, a
retired elementary arts
instructor, for supporting
the purchase of art supplies
and implementing
Rondeau
S Vicki Schwab • Thomas & Cindy
Scott • Adam & Shirley Senart •
Robert Shortridge & Jane Kirchoff
• Lisa Slack • Rick & Cathy Storey •
David & Renee Swan
T Ron & Lori Trudeau
U Kelly Unger
V Marisa Vette • Mark & Cheryl
Viker
W Chris & Missy Wachtler • Troy &
Nicole Walters • Daniel & Sarah
Webber • Mike & Laurie Williams •
James & Lisa Woodruff
Y John & Lara York
Z Gene & Theresa Zerwas
Patricia Rossini • Kendall Rutherford
S Ann St. Martin • Dan Schmidt •
Debra Schmidt • Noel Schmidt • Joan
Segner • Deb Sehr • Mike Selb • Senior
Center staff • Bob Shevik • Dorothy
Simoncic • Lisa Slack • Cheryl Smith •
Michael Snell • Kari Solheim • South
Campus staff and coaching staff •
Christy Spears • Sue Stephan • Cathy
Storey • Jeff Stottlemyer • Marsha
Strobel • Erica Suchy • Sunrise Park
Middle School staff • Wendy Suoja •
Lori Swanson • Lisa Switzer
T Lisa Tessier (in memory of Helen
Rivard and Frank Reibel) • Ursula
Thomas • Kathryn Thompson • Tracey,
bus driver # 6 • Transition Plus staff
V Anne Vail • Tami VanOverbeke •
Amanda Vernon • Marisa Vette • Ben
Vulu
W Susan Welsh • Shane Whalan (in
memory of Helen Rivard and Frank
Reibel) • Andrea Wildman Hilal • Marie
Wilhelmy • Pete Willcoxon, Sr. • Mary
Woodrich
Y Kathy Younker
additional instructional
and literacy programs—
due Thursday, April
26.
Application forms are
available in the Foundation
office in the District
Center (651/407-7696 or
lisa.lindvall@isd624.org) or
online through the Foundation’s
website, www
.wblaef.org .
ON MY MIND
By JENNY NADEAU
Vice President, Community Relations
Two quotations come to mind as being especially
relevant to the mission of The Closet, the WBLAEFsponsored
depository established last fall to assist
District 624 families in need of clothing, including
boots, winter coats, hats, and mittens:
n “Great opportunities to help seldom come, but
small ones surround us every day.”—Sally Koch
n “The measure of life is not its duration, but its
donation.”—Peter Marshall
Since The Closet opened in October, it has served
more than 60 children and adults in our district: moms,
dads, aunts, grandmas, babies, pre-schoolers, elementary
and middle- and high school students.
We are honored to have the opportunity to serve our
community with the gift of basic necessities that also
include baby items and career clothing.
Families may contact their school’s adminstrator
with their particular needs. A confidential appointment
will be set up, and a WBLAEF Board member will meet
the family at The Closet (housed in the Area Learning
Center at 2449 Orchard Lane, White Bear Lake).
All of the items at The Closet have been donated by
generous members of our community. The enthusiastic
support of District personnel has also helped to
make The Closet possible. We of the Foundation are
grateful for the chance to assist our neighbors.
Feel free to contact the WBLAEF office (651/429-
7696) if you have any questions about The Closet—or
about any of the Foundation’s programs. And have a
wonderful spring!
HOLIDAY GIFTS. An arts
& crafts and bake sale by the
Extended Day group at
Willow Lane Elementary
School raised $1,073.63 in
December for the Angel
Fund. Pictured here are
some of the children hold-
Kile Nadeau ing all the money that was
entrusted to Kim Schoonover (upper left) and Jenny Nadeau (upper
right). The WBLAEF duo personally thanked all those involved—and
especially Carrie Troske, the coordinator.
BOARD OF DIRECTORS Kim Schoonover, President • Connie Dickson, Vice President, Programs and Allocations • Lori Swanson, Vice President, Development • Jennifer Nadeau,
Vice President, Community Relations • Dudley Ryan, Past President • Kathy Cochrane, Recording Secretary • David Potts, Treasurer • Heidi Brophy • Eunice Coté • Ken Galloway • David Gehrenbeck
• Dawn Hank • Michael Lovett • Carol McFarlane • Connie Menne • Nancy Roth • Dean Shawbold • David Sorenson • Terri Williams • Lara York • Todd Zabel n Lisa Lindvall, Office Manager
White Bear Lake area SchooL DiStrict #624 BOARD OF EDUCATION Lori Swanson, Chair • Chris Hiniker, Vice Chair • Catherine Storey, Clerk •
George Kimball, Treasurer • Kim Chapman • Janet Newberg • Bob Shevik • Dr. Michael J. Lovett, Superintendent of Schools
‘CLOSET’ DONATION. Hilary Ethan’s kindergarteners at Hugo
Elementary created six polar-fleece tie blankets for The Closet.
Here the blankets are on display before they left the classroom.
The Closet, Reaching Out
“The MISSION Of The WhITe Bear Lake educaTIONaL fOuNdaTION IS TO eNhaNce The dISTrIcT’S aBILITy TO prOvIde exceLLeNce IN educaTION fOr aLL STudeNTS.”
Jenny Nadeau

Winter 2011-2012 WHITE BEAR LAKE AREA EDUCATIONAL FOUNDATION NEWS 3
WBLAEF Contributors, October, November, December 2011
Fourth quarter 2011 contributors to the Foundation through Dec. 31 are identified below. Gifts were to the General Fund or other funds as designated. Donors to the Legacy Endowment are
listed separately. A u precedes organization and business listings. For errors or omissions please contact Lisa Lindvall at 651/407-7696 or by e-mail: lisa.lindvall@isd624.org
Lorraine Arcand for the
Angel Fund in memory
of Sarah Pillsbury
Cheryl Baker
Janae Bakken for the
Angel Fund, the Don
Foss Scholarship, and
the Lyle Helke Scholarship
Sharon Bechtol in
memory of James Hall
Karen Benjamin Beck for
the Angel Fund and the
General Fund
Cheryl Bierman
Dave & Anne Brown for
the Angel Fund
Audrey Buss for the Angel
Fund in memory of Colin
Callister
George & Mary Butkovich
for the Angel Fund
in memory of Arlene
Rukavina
Mary Campbell for the
Gwen & Madeline
Campbell Scholarship
Fund
Tom Chapin
Steven & Ilene Chase for
the Jaclyn Kobilka
Scholarship Fund in
memory of Jaci Kobilka
Robert & Mary Nell
Clemens for the Angel
Fund in memory of
James Hall
Kris Clyne for the Carol
Kranz Early Childhood
Scholarship Fund
Craig Cullen for the Lynn
Mielke Award
Teresa Dahlem & June
Courteau for the Angel
Fund in memory of
Sandee Heurung
Dennis & Sharon Doffing
u Edina Realty Foundation
for the Angel Fund
Gil & Karen Eian for the
Carol Kranz Early Childhood
Scholarship Fund
in memory of Chuck
Anderson
Dave & Nancy Erickson
for the Angel Fund in
memory of Arlene
Rukavina, for the
Brosious Endowment in
memory of Edie Snicker,
for the Don Foss Scholarship
Fund in memory of
Daniel Foss, and for the
Ted Glasrud Family Fellowship
in memory of
Don Hunt
Luella Feil for the Angel
Fund in memory of
Arlene Rukavina
Vernese Feldman
Lathrop for the Angel
Fund
Carrie Foss for the Angel
Fund in memory of
Arlene Rukavina
Dennis & Barb Frederick
Cheryl Funk
u Future Educators’
Association of South
Campus for the Angel
Fund
Michelle Gratz for the
Carol Kranz Early Childhood
Scholarship Fund
Tris Hasapopoulos
for the Angel Fund
Mark & Janis Hebaus for
the Angel Fund
Kurt Henriksen
Joan Henry for the Angel
Fund in memory of
Arlene Rukavina
Jeff Heurung for the
Sandee Heurung
Scholarship Fund
Joan Honsa for the Jim
Honsa Scholarship Fund
in memory of Ida Gangl
and Joannie Thomas
Joan & Terry Honsa for
the Jim Honsa Scholarship
Fund in memory of
Jim Honsa
u Insignia Systems, Inc.
for the Jaclyn Kobilka
Scholarship Fund in
memory of Jaci Kobilka
Amy Johnson for the
4 Luncheons Recognize Top
Percentage Staff Appeal Units
What do Transition Plus, North Campus,
Lincoln Elementary, and the District
Center have in common (besides the obvious)?
They are the four District 624 units
that had the highest percentage of contributors
to the record-breaking fall 2011
Staff Appeal.
As promised, their staffs were provided
with luncheons “on the house,” so to
speak, all of which were underwritten by
generous anonymous donors.
Angel Fund
James & Jean Johnson
for the Peter Meslow
LiveSTRONG Scholarship
Fund
Dona Kass for the Carol
Kranz Early Childhood
Scholarship Fund
Nancy Kath for the Angel
Fund
Sheila Kelly in memory of
Harry Meyer
Legacy Endowment Fund
Robert & Linda Albert
in memory of Bernard
‘Barney’ Hanson
Sue Allen
Elwood & Judy Anderson
Joanne Anderson
Mike Andres
Daniel & Judy Bakken
Carrie Barth
Jill Becker
Teri Beckers
Paula Beckley-Gildner
Lael Belisle
Cherie Bertelsen
Stephen & Shelley
Birkeland in memory of
William Davies
Deborah Bleymeyer
Joanne Bockelman in
memory of Virginia
Beaman and Bernard
‘Barney’ Hanson
Carol Denfeld Bourquin
in memory of Mary
Faust
Thomas Breault
Bob Brewer
Karen Broza
Jane Burmeister
Peggy Butler
Paul & Char Cady
David Cava
Dick & Kathy Cochrane
in memory of Sandee
Heurung
Jenny Craigan
Scott & Jean Crow
Colleen Dellwo
Dan Destache
Marie Dymit
Liz Evert
Stanley Faust in memory
of Bernard ‘Barney’
Hanson
Karen Fischer
Shannon Fulton
Jim & LeAnn Galvin in
memory of Larry Grimm,
Karen Formanek, and
Arlene Rukavina
u GoodSearch
Traci Gripentrog
Donald & Connie
Hamilton in memory of
George Kimball & Shen
Fei for the Angel Fund in
memory of Lillian
Svendsen and for the
Alumni Association
Melanie Kimball in
memory of Harry Meyer
Claire King
Dana & Lori Klimp for the
Angel Fund
Fritz & Delores Knaak for
the Angel Fund in mem-
Greg Benson
Marilyn Hanson
Gretchen Harriman
Joan Haug
Linda Havenor
Debra Hibbard in honor
of Allen E. Hibbard
Kris Holtus
Raymond & Phyllis Hostager
in memory of
William Davies and
Mary Faust
Rachael Hovey
Julia Jilek
Jeanne Johnson
Pamela Johnstone
Dale Kammelohr in
memory of Don Hunt
Abby Kath
Debra Kelley
Kim LaCasse
Cheryl Lavell
Larry & Helen Lind in
memory of Ted Mason
Kim Lohmann
u Mains’l Services, Inc.
u Marilyn L. and James
M. Muellner Charitable
Fund
Kay McDaniel
Lenore Mersch
Paul & Kimberly
Meuwissen
Carol Midthun
MaryEllen Mieure
Sue Mishler
Tracy Mowery
Becky Mullaly
Heather Musich
Kile & Jenny Nadeau
Edwin & Mary Anne
Nakasone in memory of
William Davies and
Bernard ‘Barney’
Hanson
Paul & Susan Nakasone
in memory of William
Davies
Ron & Sharon Nelson
in memory of William
Davies
Carla Nordenstrom
Mary Osterlund
MaryJo Phillips
ory of Arlene Rukavina
Steve & Joyce Kobilka
for the Jaclyn Kobilka
Scholarship Fund in
honor of Jim and Cathy
Kobilka and Richard and
Evelyn Peterson
Paul & Mary Kowitz for
the Angel Fund in
memory of David Edgell
Howard & Charlotte Lee
for the Rossini Memorial
Joan Plauda in memory of
Bernard ‘Barney’ Hanson
Carrie Podgorski
Rosalia Prementine
u Premier Banks
Jesse Prissel
Nancy Przybylski
Lori Purdham
Jody Reber
Donald & Jean Regan
Dan & Deb Rivard in
memory of Bernard
‘Barney’ Hanson
Pat Rossini
Steve & Nancy Roth in
memory of Greg Benson
Celeste Ruebel
Dudley & Marti Ryan
u Ryan Family Fund of
the Minneapolis
Foundation
April Schneider
Aleta Schulte
Dan & LaDonna Schultz
in memory of Bernard
‘Barney’ Hanson
Margaret Seibel
Teresa Shafer
Monica Shevik
Evan Singleton
Julie Stonehouse
Mary Suko
Anna Sun
u Ted & Lorraine Glasrud
Family Foundation,
Inc.
Kathy Thompson
Colleen Ulfig
Anne Vail
Tami VanOverbeke
u VFW Post 1782
Terry Wagener in
memory of Bernard
‘Barney’ Hanson
Sarah Wagoner
Robin Wales
Grace Waugh in memory
of Bernard ‘Barney’
Hanson
Michael Weigel & Connie
Menne
Marie Wilhelmy
Pam Winkler
Merrily Wolters
Fund in memory of Nick
Rossini
u Lincoln Elementary
School PTA
Mike & Lisa Lindvall for
the Angel Fund in memory
of Margaret Brogan
David & Kathleen Mample
for the Angel Fund
Kathleen Manke for the
Angel Fund
Harry & Geri Mares for
the Angel Fund
Bob & Karen Meslow for
the Peter Meslow
LiveSTRONG Scholarship
Fund in memory of Lella
May Perrault
u MLA Architects
Lee & Teri Momsen in
memory of Harry Meyer
Steven & Cynthia Moss in
memory of Harry Meyer
Vicki Moss Luhrsen in
memory of Harry Meyer
Linda Murphy
Molly Murphy
Heather Musich for the
Angel Fund
Walter Nelsen
Margaret Newmaster for
the Angel Fund
Jeff Nowak for the Angel
Fund
Joe & Cindy Ojczyk
Rolf & Sally Parsons for
the Angel Fund
Cheryl Pasquarella for
the Angel Fund in memory
of Sandee Heurung
Jerry & Ruth Peterson for
the Jaclyn Kobilka
Scholarship Fund in
memory of Jaci Kobilka
Joyce Petrila for the Angel
Fund in memory of
Arlene Rukavina
Ken & Barb Phelps for the
Angel Fund and the
General Fund
Chris Plana for the Angel
Fund
Dave & Connie Potts
Urho & Pamela Rahkola
for the Lyle Helke
Scholarship Fund
Roger Rasmussen for the
Rasmussen Scholarship
Fund
Sue Reibel for the Angel
Fund in memory of
Frank Reibel
James Rivard for the Don
Foss Scholarship Fund
Kent & Sara Scharringhausen
for the Angel
Fund in honor of Kim
Schoonover
William & Barbara
Scharringhausen for
the Angel Fund in honor
of Kim Schoonover
Dan Schmidt
Paul & Judith Schultz for
the Angel Fund in
memory of Bernard
‘Barney’ Hanson
Mara Sedlar-Conroy for
the Angel Fund in
memory of Arlene
Rukavina
Chuck & Marion Shellenberger
for the Angel
Fund in memory of
Arlene Rukavina
Scott & Julie Simcox for
the Jaclyn Kobilka
Scholarship Fund
John & Rose-Ellen Soler
Michon Sommers
Keith & Denyce Steadland
Shaun Steffen for the
Angel Fund in memory
of John Steffen
Donald & Janice Stock in
memory of Harry Meyer
Rick & Cathy Storey for
the Angel Fund in memory
of Sandee Heurung
Carrie Sunder for the
Angel Fund
u Sunrise Middle School
Sunshine Club for the
Angel Fund in memory
of Kenneth Pfantz
Carol Tarsa for the Rossini
Memorial Fund
Lisa Tessier
H. B. & Mary Thomas for
the O. M. Haugh
Scholarship Fund
Jean Thompson for the
Angel Fund
Angela Vann
Kathy Walczynski for the
Angel Fund
u White Bear Lake
Teachers’ Association
for the Angel Fund
Joann Williams for the
Don Foss Scholarship
Fund in memory of Joan
Beaubien
u Willow Lane
Elementary School
Extended Day for the
Angel Fund
Hampton & Mary Wilmot
for the Angel Fund in
memory of Angela
Kimball
Lucia Winegar
Barbara Youngblood for
the Angel Fund in
memory of Jim Honsa
Family Honors Sandee Heurung
with a Memorial Hockey Fund
Through the WBLAEF, the family of
Sandee Heurung, a devoted “hockey
mom” who died in 2011, has established
a memorial fund in her honor. It will
provide one $2,000 college-level scholarship,
likely to be awarded annually, to a
graduating WBL senior who has demonstrated
a strong commitment
to community service—and
who has played
on either the boys’ Junior
Gold hockey team or the
girls’ U19 hockey team.
Sandee Heurung
Mrs. Heurung was a
passionate advocate for
hockey, and for making it a fun experience
for players and parents alike. Around
town she was known as “Mrs. Coach” and
as a second mom to many players. Even
after her own sons graduated, she continued
to help others ease into her former
role as manager of the Junior Gold teams;
furthermore, she organized an “Empty-
Netters Club” for hockey moms she had
met over the years.
The Sandee Heurung (Hockey Mom)
Memorial Scholarship Fund is openended,
and other interested parties are
welcome to contribute to it through the
WBLAEF.
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4 W B L A E F NEWS Winter 2011-2012
All 10 Mariner Classes (’74-’83) Slate
Reunion June 9 at Withrow Ballroom
Tammy Aarsby (class of
’78) and Sheree Zukowski
(’77) are alphabetically
the first and last
of the 3,624* seniors who
have the distinction of
being graduates of Mariner
High School (grades
9-12) during its 11-year
existence in the new
school on McKnight Road
south of County Road E.
Since then the building,
renamed South Campus,
has housed grades 11 and
12 of White Bear Lake
Area High School.
Those 3,624 (±) Mariners,
of course, are also
WB alumni, yet little by
little their unique identity
has faded from public
awareness.
That, happily, is about
to change!
How so? By an All-
Mariner Alumni Reunion,
slated from 5 p.m. to midnight
Saturday, June 9,
at the historic Withrow
Ballroom (12169 Keystone
Ave. N.) between Hugo
and Stillwater.
How many Mariners
will respond is unknown.
* An exact number may be suspect,
but this should be close.
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distributed to friends of
education in the greater
White Bear Lake
community
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But assuming that most
are still mobile (age range:
mid-40s–mid-50s), the
potential is huge, suggesting
that tickets (@ $35)
should be secured early
on, as space is limited.
The gathering—dubbed
a “Reunionpalooza”—is
the brainchild of four ’76
Mariner classmates (see
photo ¢).
The word is now being
circulated far and wide.
Additional details are
posted on two Facebook
pages (“Mariner Reunion”
t SUPERINTENDENT LOVETT from page 1
Elevating an Already Solid Writing Culture
strong writing program, evidenced by 2011 state
writing test results in which our students tied for the
highest percentage proficiency in the East Metro
area. Our Writing Center would help elevate an already
solid writing culture in the high school where
students could count on personalized and highestquality
support, not only in classes but throughout
the school day and after school.
HOME OF THE DOLPHINS, 1973-1983. WB Mariner High
School, as pictured in 1978’s yearbook, The Albatross.
April 23 WBLAAA Annual Meeting
to Include Election to 3 Board Slots
Ever since May 2, 2001,
an alumni association has
been part of the fabric of
the White Bear Lake Area
Educational Foundation.
Other community
components supporting
writing already in place
include the significant
support for high school
writers from Gene and
Kathy Johnson, the potential
of a closer working
relationship with Press
Publications, and the annual
writing competition
sponsored by the White
Bear Lake Center for the
Arts.
and “Mariner Reunionpalooza”).
Go, Dolphins, go!
Composite by Dave Berry ’78M
ORIGINATORS. (Clockwise from
upper left) Bob Tschetter, Jon
Nelson, Frank Griebenow,
Karen Garlock Etling – in 1976.
On Nov. 12, 2003, the
White Bear Lake Area
Alumni Association was
launched, officially, with
its own Board of Directors
and, five days later, its first
slate of officers.
Over the years the WB-
LAAA has mounted four
All-School Reunions, has
had a presence at several
downtown WBL Marketfests,
and has inducted
distinguished alumni into
its Wall of Fame, while
striving to keep the alumni
data base up to date.
Annual meetings are
prescribed in the bylaws,
the next of which is set for
6:30 p.m. Monday, April
23, in the District Center.
To be elected at that time
are a vice president and
two at-large Board members.
Several other items
also will be on the docket.
It is hoped that all WB-
LAAA members in good
standing (i.e., whose dues
are paid up) will attend. All
other alumni will easily be
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Educational Foundation
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White Bear Lake, MN 55110-2731
POSSIBLY A PICNIC IN THE PARK
Midsummer Alumni Family Event?
With the fall 2011 All-
School Reunion still within
shortterm memory banks,
WBLAAA Board members
assembled Feb. 13 began
casting around ideas for an
informal summer 2012
alumni gathering (not that
the 2011 event was exactly
“formal”). Various suggestions
were bandied about,
including a sailboat race, a
golf match, a 5K run (or
walk or crawl).
Yet the most resonance
seemed attached to a picnic
in the park, to which
alumni and their families
from the 1930s onward
would be invited. How
they would be invited, the
when and the where of
such an occasion remain
open questions at this
point, but as Alumni Association
president Eunice
Coté ’73 remarked, “It
could be another fun intergenerational
party.”
Whether or not it materializes
depends on how
much interest is kindled,
and who would be willing
to pull it all together. The
Spring News may, or may
not, have more details.
2012 Class Reunions Coming In
Scheduled White Bear and Mariner High School
class reunions in 2012 are beginning to trickle in, with
many more expected by the time the next News comes
out. So far:
Class of ’57 @ 55: Friday, July 27, 6:30 p.m., Rudy’s
Redeye Grill, 4940 Hwy. 61, WBL; Saturday, July
28, 1 p.m., potluck picnic, Masonic Lodge, 4923
Stewart Ave., WBL. Contact: Bobbie Moe, 651/426-
3121
Class of ’62 @ 50: Friday, Sept. 14, 6 p.m., White Bear
Country Inn, 4940 Hwy. 61; Saturday, Sept. 15, 7
p.m., Gulden’s 61 Restaurant, Maplewood. Contact:
Don Bloomquist, 715/234-5770, or Dick Garley,
651/341-3002
Class of ’72 @ 40: Saturday, June 23, 6 p.m., WB
Country Inn. Contact: Jim Berry, 651/429-5407
Mariner All Classes ’74-’83: Saturday, June 9, 5 p.m.,
Withrow Ballroom—see story at upper left
WB Class of ’77 @ 35: Saturday, Sept. 15, 7 p.m.,
Applewood Hills Golf Club, Stillwater. Contact:
Terry Honsa, 651/429-6172, or www.wbhs-77.com
eligible to attend by writing
a check (made out to the
WBLAAA) for $10 per individual
per year or $15 per
household living at the
same address. And check
this: over ten years the rate
of inflation for dues has
remained at 0%!
Feb. 4 Reunion in Mesa
Forty WBL snowbirds
bunched together Feb. 4
for an all-classes potluckstyle
reunion in Mesa,
Ariz., Dick Garley reports.
He vows he’ll be home for
the Class of ’62’s Big 5-0.
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BOARD OF DIRECTORS
Eunice Lundgren Coté ’73,
President
Roberta Velin Moe ’57,
Vice President
Carol Venburg McFarlane ’68
Past President
Debra Acheson Hoff ’71,
Secretary
Mary Cleary Kowitz ’68,
Membership Secretary
Louann Rockwell Lindbeck ’57,
Treasurer
Catherine Blumenthal Boyd
’68, Special Events
David M. Gehrenbeck ’49,
Publications
Stephen W. Johnson ’62
Jennifer Kimball Nadeau ’83
Lyle Parin ’64
A New WBLAAA
Logo Makes Debut
A new logo for the WB-
LAAA appears (above) in
this issue of the WBLAEF
News. Its prototype debuted
at last fall’s All-
School Reunion—minus
the text around the rim
and the two mascots in
outline.
Its creator, graphics
designer Devon Hoff
Hoysler, class of 2000, is a
lifelong WBL resident.
“The new design better
reflects who we are: alumni
of Mariner High School
and the Area Learning
Center, besides the original
WBHS now known as
WBL Area High School,”
said Alumni Board members
who approved it.
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