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Les Schuft, Hutchinson, was elected to the Minnesota Music Hall of Fame. He has had his own band, the Country Dutchmen, for 63 years. In addition to traveling nine states with the band, he has played for the old Minnesota North Stars and at Aquatennial events. He practiced dentistry for 30 years and then worked for a radio station in Hutchinson. He is also a lay minister in the Southwest Minnesota Synod of the ELCA.
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Steve Hanson, Bloomington, retired as a family practitioner at the Osakis Medical Center. Sue Schreiber Kear, Cary, NC, is a self-employed private tutor.
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Louise Carlson, Glencoe, a retired German teacher, volunteers at a local hospital, sings in the choir, and is a bell ringer at her church. Dave Jordahl, Appleton, WI, a retired associate professor of music at the University of Wisconsin, Superior, volunteers tutoring first graders in reading and at the public library. Tim Robinson, Sarasota, FL, a retired professor of psychological science at Gustavus, continues to play trumpet in numerous groups and venues in Florida and Minnesota. Michael Sponberg, North Mankato, a retired community college professor, raises organic apples which he gives to the food shelf and serves as secretary of the Mankato Paddling and Outdoors Club.
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Dick Edstrom, Stillwater, retired from Life Transitions Services. Jan Williams Stephen, Denver, CO, sells real estate and works with seniors in transition.
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John Ahlstrom, St. Paul, published his first book, The First Book of John in March. It’s available at the Book Mark. Elizabeth Logan Sulik, Howard Beach, NY, retired after many years in healthcare, most recently at Joseph P. Addabbo Family Health Center as information technology, media coordinator. Carl Zaar, Franklin, WI, returned from a trip to Iceland in early October.
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Greg Benson, Stillwater, is retired president and CEO of First State Bank and Trust in Bayport. He serves on the boards of First State Bank and Trust and The Fred C and Katherine B Andersen Foundation. He has recently retired from the board of the Andersen Window Corporation.
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Mindy Rittenhouse Greiling, Roseville, is serving as president of the National Alliance on Mental Illness, Ramsey County. John L. Martinson, Galena, IL, has been owner and artist at West Street Sculpture Park in Galena since 1986. Craig Nelson, St. Peter, is the author of The Time of Strangeness Haiku, which came out of a project in which he posted on social media more than 100 original haiku with his photography. It is available on Amazon.
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Terri Behrends-Singer, Edina, is retired and volunteers two days a week at VEAP (Volunteers Enlisted to Assist People), the largest food shelf in Minnesota. Marge Aasness Schaffer, Eden Prairie, has published a book titled, Journey Through the Mental Health Illness Maze: How Families Find Hope and Acceptance. It is available on Amazon.
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Barbara Moore Stransky, Afton, retired in 2016 after 44 years of teaching special education in the North St. Paul-Maplewood Oakdale School District. She keeps busy with her volunteer activities.
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William Beslock, White Lake, MI, a former social sciences and science teacher, is still guest teaching. Linda Thomas Harper, Columbus, GA, has retired after more than 33 years with the Division of Family and Children Services as the first Black director in Muscogee County, Georgia. Mark Zeise, Lakeville, retired as a science teacher and baseball coach for the Lakeville School District. He is now a volunteer baseball coach for Farmington High School and a personalized earth/space science instructor.
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Steven J. Griffith, White Bear Lake, is on the Board of the Celtic Junction in St. Paul and Out of the Mist Celtic Theatre in St. Paul. He is also teaching Irish drama courses at Celtic Junction Arts Center.
Mark Helgeland, Thief River Falls, is serving as an interim pastor at Zion Lutheran Church. Ron Rude, Tucson, AZ, has published a book, Amending the Christian Story: The Natural Sciences as a Window into Grounded Faith and Sustainable Living. It can be found through the publisher at wipfandstock.com and Amazon.
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Melanie Williams Frank, Blufton, SC, is a retired U.S. Navy nurse working part time at a boutique in Old Town Bluffton. Bruce Olson, Brooklyn Park, is president-elect of Audio Engineering Society in New York, NY. The Society counts over 12,000 members throughout the U.S., Latin America, Europe, Japan, and the Far East. Scott E. Olson, North Mankato, is the interim senior pastor at Good Shepherd Lutheran in Wells. David Petersen, Lewiston, ID, has retired after 37 years of family practice medicine with Catalyst Medical Group. He also served on the Board and was past president of the Idaho Medical Association.
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Nancy Beahrs Oster, Fifty Lakes, retired as an oncology nurse at Health Partners-Park Nicollet in Minneapolis. James L. Thompson, Osseo, WI, retired as president and CEO of Brickwell Community Bank.
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Jon R. Bakken, Waterville, has spent the last two years as the tight end coach for St. Olaf College and offensive coordinator for Lakeville South High School.
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Scott Flom, Eden Prairie, was inducted into the Kenyon-Wanamingo Athletics Hall of Fame in October 2021. Charly Skalbeck, Plymouth, a captain at Delta Air Lines, has retired after 42 years and over 26,000 hours aloft. His retirement coincides with the retirement of the Boeing 737NG. Janelle Schnuckle Turinetti, Duluth, retired from Aspirus Wausau Hospital after a 40-year career as an RN. Harry Van Gelder, Belleville, MI, is the social studies department head at Summit Academy North High School.
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Gretchen Johnsen, Woodbury, continues as a family physician at the Allina Medical Clinic in Cottage Grove. Tom Mobeck, Chaska, retired as a quality assurance IT at Prudential. Jon Najarian, Chicago, IL, former NFL linebacker turned trader on the Chicago Board Options Exchange, is regularly featured on CNBC. He is founder of Mercury Trading, and later co-founded with his brother Pete, optionMONSTER, an options news and education firm, and TradeMONSTER, a leading online brokerage firm. He has also authored four bestselling books. You can read his market observations and trade ideas at marketrebellion.com, his financial education and newsletter services company.
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Angie Huse Benda, Kenyon, retired from Reproductive Medicine and Infertility Associates.
