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2016 Schedule of Events Thursday, Sept. 15 4:30 p.m. — Trojan Cross Country 4:30 p.m. — Trojans girls tennis vs. Redwood Valley 5 to 9:00 p.m. — King Turkey Day Mixer, Pioneer Village 6:30 p.m. — Trojan girls soccer vs. New Ulm

Friday, Sept. 16 4 to 11 p.m. — King Turkey Day Beer Garden, corner of Second Avenue and 10th Street 4:30 to 6 p.m. — Meet the Worthington and Cuero race teams, Beer Garden 5 p.m. — Food vendors open, Third Avenue 5 to 10 p.m. — Midway Carnival, Ninth Street 5 p.m. to dark — Helicopter rides, Second Avenue and Eighth Street 6:45 p.m. — Ping Pong Ball Drop, Second Avenue (Masonic Building) 7 p.m. — WHS Homecoming football game, Trojan Field 8 p.m. — Monster Movie “Zootopia” (sponsored by Worthington Optimist Club), Government Center Lawn

Saturday, Sept. 17 6:30 a.m. to noon — Farmers Market, Ace Hardware parking lot 8 a.m. to 2 p.m. — Smokin’ Gobbler Cook-Off, Downtown Worthington 8:30 a.m. — YMCA 5K Family Fun Walk, Downtown Worthington 9 a.m. to noon — Free pancake breakfast, fire Station on Second Avenue 10 a.m. — Food vendors open, Third Avenue 10 a.m. to close — National Guard rock climbing wall (free), Third Avenue 10 a.m. — Horseshoe Tournament Doubles (9 a.m. registration), Chautauqua Park 10 a.m. — Disc Golf Ace Race Tournament, Sunset Bay Disc Golf Course 10 a.m. — 10K Run, 10th Street 10:05 a.m. — People’s Choice Run/Walk, 10th Street 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. — Caricature artist (free), Government Center Lawn 11 a.m. to dark — Helicopter rides, Second Avenue and Eighth Street

Representing Worthington in the Great Gobbler Gallop will be (from left) team captain Susanne Murphy, handler Diane Remakel, coach Kirk Feit and handler Ashley Goettig.

11:30 a.m. — Kiddie Parade (registration), corner of 10th Street and Third Avenue 11:30 a.m. to 11:59 p.m. — King Turkey Day Beer Garden, corner of Second Avenue and 10th Street Noon to 10 p.m. — Midway Carnival, Ninth Street 1 p.m. — Featured speaker, 10th Street 1:30 p.m. — Great Gobbler Gallop, 10th Street 2 p.m. — Grand Parade, 10th Street 3:30 p.m. — Smokin’ Gobbler Cook-Off Awards Ceremony 4 p.m. to close — Petting zoo (free), Ninth Street and Second Avenue 4 to 6:00 p.m. — Mr. Twister (free — sponsored by Eagles Aerie), Government Center Lawn 4 to 6 p.m. — Face painting (free — sponsored by Elks Lodge), Government Center Lawn 4 p.m. — Breaded baked pork chop supper, Eagles Aerie 4 p.m. — Elks Lodge Smorgasbord, Elks Lodge 8 p.m. — Acidic (band), KTD Beer Garden

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KING TURKEY DAY 1966

Kennedy Was Highlight of Very Big Day

The Senator stepped out of his plane at noon, and that was when the excitement began

King Turkey’s pulse was returning to normal today after a four and one-half hour bout with Kennedy fever on Saturday. ROBERT F. Kennedy of New York poked his head from the door of his chartered North Central airliner just after 12 noon on Turkey Day. A gust of wind immediately tossled his sandy, whitestreaked hair. This disheveled appearance was to remain until he boarded the same plane to take off at 4:30 p.m. for Wisconsin. But in the interim between landing and taking off, an estimated 80,000 persons were exposed to the spell of the rising political star whose beloved brother was felled by a bullet in Dallas. Cars were parked on both sides of the airport road between the runways and Highway 59 as an anxious, placard-waving crowd awaited Kennedy’s arrival. The uninitiated may have suspected that the site for the 26th Turkey Day observance was the airport, the way thousands of fans jammed about. Yet the prime attraction was the man in the grey suit, in whose direction “Welcome Bobby” posters were pointed and whose handshake and autograph were intoxicating. RFK MOVED slowly along the airport fence, shielded on all sides by a corps of national, regional and local radio, television and newspaper reporters. Pressing close at Kennedy’s side were Sen. Walter Mondale and DFL candidates Robert Short (lieutenant governor), Robert Hansen (state auditor) and Charles Christensen (Second District representative). Among the first Worthington greeters to get a Kennedy handshake were Orville Wee, president of the

Worthington Chamber of Commerce, and Mayor Joe Roos. Before the downtown Turkey Day crowd got a glimpse of the featured guest, Kennedy and companions appeared at the DFL luncheon at the Coliseum, where between 500 and 700 DFLers had gathered. There, Sen. Kennedy had praise for both Vice President Hubert Humphrey and Sen. Mondale. His remarks were later repeated before the huge audience at the courthouse square. Following the luncheon, the Kennedy caravan joined the Saturday parade, for which the senator served as grand marshal. Sharing a red convertible with Mondale and Christensen, Kennedy was immediately preceded by a flatbed truck carrying newsmen and the Worthington Senior High School Trojan Band. A city police car flanked Kennedy’s. Frequently throughout the parade route, adults and children broke from the curb to shake Kennedy’s hand or get an autograph. Kennedy at first was carrying no pen, so autograph seekers had to provide their own. A newsman threw a pen to Kennedy after the senator had to turn down a request from a youth who had no pen of his own. RFK REMAINED in his car as it crept down 11th Avenue.

But once his vehicle rounded the corner of 10th Street and Second Avenue, he directed his driver to stop. Then, Kennedy walked about one block of the parade route, going to the curb to greet the appreciative public. He once more entered his car for the remainder of the route, then doubled back to the courthouse to take his place on the reviewing stand. Men, women and children pressed to the reviewing stand for a closer view and a chance to say, “Hi, Bobby.” Amateur photographers joined the professionals in snapping pictures. After the parade, Kennedy disappeared briefly into the courthouse. When he reappeared, he was accompanied by Gov. Karl Rolvaag, beaming in a tan blazer. The governor had delayed his arrival here to attend the funeral of a friend in Cleveland. MASTER OF ceremonies Lew Hudson opened the program at the square, introducing guests and tracing the history of Turkey Day. “It’s a little unusual to see these politicians through a turkey’s legs,” the reporter quipped. A photographer then made some pictures of the view. Rolvaag was the first visitor to speak. He noted it was “a real pleasure to be back here. The last time I was

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Editor’s note: The following article was published in the Sept. 19, 1966 Daily Globe By David Ross City Editor

C4 • Daily Globe • Monday, September 12, 2016 of this community have demonstrated for well over 30 years their commitment to local and area youth.” He added, “Nothing should rate higher priority than the education of our youth.” The Minnesota senator read a telegram from Vice President Humphrey, himself a veteran of Turkey Day observances. In the telegram, Humphrey — who was in Shenandoah, Iowa — related he had had “some mighty good times in Worthington.” He remarked that he was glad to have helped the Turkey Day committee and Sen. Mondale in asking Kennedy to come to Worthington. After reading the Humphrey telegram, Mondale proceeded to introduce the featured guest speaker, Sen. Kennedy. Mondale suggested that Kennedy “honors Worthington, our state and all of us by being present today.” Upon taking the podium, RFK said, “I’m delighted to be here, to be in Worthington.” He punned about his reticence to handle the turkey which earlier had been presented him. “I know there is a feeling among some of you that I didn’t get close enough to the turkey. But I heard about what happened to Estes Kefauver.” In 1956, when Kefauver accepted the customary bird, he was both scratched and soiled by the nervous turkey. HOWEVER, though Kennedy “just patted him,” he promised to take the turkey home with him and “give it to my children. They’ll play with it,” he laughed. RFK made reference to the

1960 primaries when he and Rolvaag “chased each other around Wisconsin and West Virginia.” He congratulated the governor on his primary victory. Kennedy remarked that he spends “a lot of time with Minnesotans.” He said he was “delighted to be here in his (Humphrey’s) state, and I’m delighted to have Hubert Humphrey as my friend.” The junior senator from New York joked, “Sen. Mondale said he would put his around me and then everyone would like me.” Then, waxing serious, he noted that “in a few short months Sen. Mondale has made an enviable record.” He said Mondale made his “voice heard” among older senators. RFK also praised Humphrey for the “liberal leadership” he has provided when it was most needed. “If this was a political event, I’d say something nice about the other Democrats,” Kennedy jested. TURNING TO his major

address, Kennedy stressed that all cities, large and small, “are interdependent on one another.” He said that Worthington is representative of the entire United States because “you’ve taken the initiative” to create a junior college without waiting for the government to do it. Though the country is in the midst of “immense change,” RFK continued, “we share problems” common to both rural and urban areas.

Among those challenges, “We are going to have to find the same amount of jobs and schools in the next 35 years as we have since we have been a country.” “The only way we will be effective and successful is by working together,” he suggested. Kennedy commented that “the world has changed immensely since I was graduated from high school.” He referred to the atomic capacity of the world to destroy itself. Unrest is not limited to the United States, the senator reflected. “All over the world, there is a demand for change and for a better life.” He shared some observations made during his Latin American visit. “These people demand change just as we do, and we want to achieve it here and around the world,” he said. OTHER countries “look to us because we stand for these principles,” he added. Then, he addressed himself to the late President Kennedy’s theme that “an individual

can make a difference.” RFK said that the decision of the Worthington community to build a college “is the kind of effort that makes a difference.” “YOU’VE made a difference in this community,” the speaker said of Worthington and its new college. “That’s why I came here today,” he said, to demonstrate how “those of us from the east are joined with you in this part of the country.” After about 20 minutes of greetings, Kennedy entered his car to head to the airport. A smiling Harry Sowles, general Turkey Day chairman, estimated the attendance at 80,000, and suggested it was “the biggest ever.” At the airport, the public wanted still more of Kennedy. A gathering as large as when his plane landed was there to send him off. Finally, after still more handshaking and autograph signing, the tireless American hero boarded the steps of his plane, clutching in his hand a Turkey Day hat.

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KING TURKEY DAY 1966

Cornerstone of WSJC Is Put Into Place In brief and ﬁtting ceremonies, the new junior college is dedicated and ready for students. Editor’s note: The following article was published in the Sept. 19, 1966 Daily Globe. Despite the Kennedy dominance of King Turkey Day in Worthington Saturday, the theme of the day, education, was not lost, and dominating the educational landscape was the clean lines of the new building housing Worthington State Junior College on the north shore of Lake Okabena. The placing of the cornerstone at ceremonies was Saturday was a fitting tribute to the Worthington community’s 30-year struggle for adequate facilities for what was long the only higher education facility in southwest Minnesota. It was in the words of Sen. Walter Mondale who spoke at the ceremonies, “A salute to you, the Worthington community, and congratulations on this day.” TWELVE men instrumental in the effort that culminated in the new junior college building were given the signal honor of adding a dab of mortar to the stone simply inscribed “1966,” placed where the student commons joins the main building. The 12 included the seven members of the District 518 Board of Education — Dr. P.W. Harrison, Frank Schmidt, Edmund Blixt, Dr. Sterling Johnson, Harold Wass, Bud Harberts and Eldon Sorensen — Raymond Crippen Jr., member of the State Junior College Board, Dr. Philip Helland, executive director of the state junior colleges, W. Donald Olsen, dean of Worthington State Junior College, Al Wegleitner, designer of the building, and Kenneth Sall, building supervisor for the Worthington public schools. Placed in the copper vault behind the cornerstone were eight documents. The first five were copies of the minutes of the Board of Education of Worthington recounting the

progress of the college over the years beginning with the minutes of July 16, 1935, a meeting that recounted the 564 “aye” and 67 “no” votes that established the college. Other minutes included those of Nov. 14, 1961, approving purchase of the college site, May 5, 1964, passage of the $2 million bond issue that included funding for the present building, July 9, 1965 motion that set in motion the use of the bonding fund for the construction of the building and its leasing by the state, and finally the Sept. 28, 1965, minutes that approved bids for the construction of a building for the college. Also included were the newly printed 1966-68 college catalog, the 1966 college annual and a copy of the Globe for Sept. 16 which devoted 24 pages to the college. Speaking on behalf of the District 518 Board of Education, Dr. Harrison reviewed the history of the junior college. He recalled the struggle of the local board to keep the college functioning in the face of great odds and called particular attention to the long continued efforts of Frank Schmidt, senior board member in the effort that culminated in the cornerstone ceremonies Saturday. IN REMARKS just prior to the ribbon-cutting Senator

Mondale called the event a “wonderful occasion.” He mentioned the role of the state and federal government in the erection of the building but reserved his warmest praise for the local community for its “concern with education.” Mondale said that education is basic to the “growth of the nation’s economy, the protection of our democracy and the quest of the nation and the world for peace.” Dean W. Donald Olsen acted as master of ceremonies on the occasion and assisted Mondale in ribbon-cutting ceremonies that officially opened the building. A crowd estimated at up to 500 gathered to watch the cornerstone dedication. Earlier most of those of hand for the ceremonies plus others who found it necessary to leave before the festivities began had toured the building guided by faculty members. No count of the large number who inspected the building could be obtained. WITH THE ribbon barring the doors sliced and the cornerstone safely in place, classes in the building will begin next Thursday. But before that, the faculty will invade the building Monday, freshman students will arrive Tuesday and this year’s sophomores will come in Wednesday.

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C6 • Daily Globe • Monday, September 12, 2016 KING TURKEY DAY 1966

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College is dedicating its new campus building, the King was wearing an academic mortar board. He appeared to be smiling just a little at having achieved finally a measure of knowledge to go with his other already famous qualities. Other than the King’s float itself, illuminated entries by the Theo. Hamm Brewing Company and the Sioux Center, Iowa municipal utilities were perhaps the most spectacular. The brewing company float featured the usual animated cartoon characters while the Sioux Center float showed benefits of modern electric power supplies. A highly unusual float, made up of two decorated

trailers pulled by an electric service truck, the float had a couple of highline poles with flourescent yard lights, brilliantly illuminated on the front trailer, while the rear unit had a color television set in operation as the float made its way along the parade route. As the night crowd was gathering, Harry Sowles, general chairman of the Turkey Day celebration, stood in the street with a satisfied smile on his face. “You know,” he said, “we sometimes wonder if all the work that goes into this celebration is worthwhile. But you just look at those people and you know it is.” There was no one around to disagree with him.

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Editor’s note: The following article was published in the Sept. 17, 1966 Daily Globe Old King Turkey, with a contemptuous over-theshoulder glance at a gathering crowd bank in the western sky, started his 26th Turkey Day celebration with a bang Friday night. He had plenty of guests. Official crowd estimate by the police department was “about 10,000.” Police Chief A.W.

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1973: First heat — Ruby Begonia, 1 minute, 52 seconds; Silverfoot, 5 minutes, 21 seconds. Second heat — Tomfoolery, 32.5 seconds, Ruby Begonia, 54 seconds. Overall winner — Ruby Begonia. 1974: First heat — Paycheck, 57.3 seconds; Ruby Begonia, 1 minute, 56.3 seconds. Second heat — Ruby Begonia, 28.3 seconds; Paycheck, 28.5 seconds. Overall winner — Paycheck. 1975: First heat — Ruby Begonia, 1 minute, .06 seconds; Goferbroke, 1 minute, 10.75 seconds. Second heat — Ruby Begonia, 28.8 seconds; Paycheck, 1 minute, 2 seconds. Overall winner — Ruby Begonia. 1976: First heat — Paycheck, 1 minute, 14.9 seconds; Ruby Begonia, 2 minutes, 35 seconds. Second heat — Ruby Begonia, 31.4 seconds; Paycheck, 36.5 seconds. Overall winner — Paycheck. 1977: First heat — Paycheck, 42.9 seconds; Ruby Begonia, 53.4 seconds. Second heat — Ruby Begonia, 15.4 seconds; Paycheck, 25.6 seconds. Overall winner — Paycheck. 1978: First heat — Paycheck, 47 seconds; Ruby Begonia, 2 minutes, 27 seconds. Second heat — Paycheck, 27 seconds; Ruby Begonia, 1 minute, 4.17 seconds. Overall winner — Paycheck. 1979: First heat — Ruby Begonia, 57.6 seconds; Paycheck, 2 minutes, 27 seconds. Second heat —Paycheck, 59 seconds; Ruby Begonia, 1 minute, 39 seconds. Overall winner — Ruby Begonia. 1980: First heat — Paycheck, 1 minute, 24.9 seconds; Ruby Begonia, 1 minute, 54.9 seconds. Second heat — Ruby Begonia, 1 minute, 35.3 seconds; Paycheck. 1 minute, 45.4 seconds. Overall winner — Paycheck. 1981: First heat — Ruby Begonia, 51.9 seconds; Paycheck, 1 minute, 21.9 seconds. Second heat — Paycheck, 33.65 seconds; Ruby Begonia, 1 minute, 59.7 seconds. Overall winner — Paycheck. 1982: First heat — Ruby Begonia, 1 minute, 43 seconds; Paycheck, 2 minutes, 58 seconds. Second heat — Paycheck, 31.27 seconds; Ruby Begonia, 31.65 seconds. Overall winner — Ruby Begonia. 1983: First heat — Paycheck, 26.2 seconds; Ruby Begonia, 51.1 seconds. Second heat — Ruby Begonia, 14.39 seconds; Paycheck, 15.62 seconds. Overall winner — Paycheck. 1984: First heat — Paycheck, 1 minute, 19.85 seconds; Ruby Begonia, 1 minute, 49.85 seconds. Second heat — Paycheck, 1 minute, 11 seconds; Ruby Begonia, 1 minute, 15 seconds. Overall winner — Paycheck. 1985: First heat — Paycheck, 2 minutes, 8.93 seconds; Ruby Begonia, 2 minutes, 48.04 seconds. Second heat — Paycheck, 1 minute, 11 seconds; Ruby Begonia, 1 minute, 15 seconds. Overall winner — Paycheck. 1986: First heat — Paycheck, 3 minutes, 18 seconds; Ruby Begonia, 4 minutes, 44 seconds. Second heat — Ruby Begonia, 1 minute, 6 seconds; Paycheck, 1 minute, 20 seconds. Overall winner — Paycheck. 1987: First heat — Paycheck, 54.22 seconds; Ruby Begonia, 2 minutes, 26.68 seconds. Second heat — Ruby Begonia, 2 minutes, 8.65 seconds; Paycheck, 3 minutes, 85 seconds. Overall winner — Paycheck. 1988: First heat — Ruby Begonia, 1 minute, 16 seconds; Paycheck, 2 minutes, 55 seconds. Second heat —Paycheck, 1

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C8 • Daily Globe • Monday, September 12, 2016 KING TURKEY DAY 1966

100 Newsmen in City to Cover Kennedy’s Visit Editor’s note: The following article was published in the Sept. 19, 1966 Daily Globe An estimated 100 newsmen and women representing local, regional, national and foreign news media attended Turkey Day 1966, providing what is believed to be the best coverage of any previous celebration here. REPORTERS ranged from television network commentators through representatives of southwestern Minnesota’s weekly press. A list of news media covering Saturday’s event was compiled for the Turkey Day committee. The names were added to the list as newsmen requested credentials at KWOA. These media are represented on that list: KWOA radio, Worthington; KICD radio, Spencer; Farm

News Publishing Co., Pipestone; KELO-TV, Sioux Falls, S.D.; Sioux City Journal, Sioux City, Iowa; KSOO-TV, Sioux Falls, S.D.; Minneapolis Tribune, Minneapolis; KVTV. Sioux City, Iowa; KTIV, Sioux City, Iowa; Saturday Evening Post; Sibley. Iowa Gazette Tribune; Fairmont Sentinel, Worthington Daily Globe, Sanborn, Iowa, Pioneer; Mankato Free Press; University of Minnesota Photography Department; CBS News; and 20 foreign journalists, members of the World Press Institute. In addition to those whose names are on the roster, press credentials were requested for about 20 newsmen by one of Sen. Robert F. Kennedy’s aides. Those credentials were for such media as CBS and ABC, The Associated Press, Chicago Sun Times,

Chicago Tribune, New York Times, Milwaukee Journal, WCCO, KSTP, KEYC and St. Paul Pioneer Press and Dispatch. IN ADDITION, there were several photographers working for political candidates

and for other media whose names escaped identification. The CBS camera crew was reportedly filming Kennedy’s Turkey Day visit for a special, The Kennedy Magic, which was set to be

scheduled for a spring documentary, with Harry Reasoner narrating. Among the notables in television journalism who were recognized by some persons were Sander Vanocur of NBC News and Don Hewitt of

CBS News. All in all, the corps of reporters represented a variety of respected media whose coverage will extend considerably the fame of Worthington’s annual Turkey Day.

King Turkey Day speakers through the years

Speakers chosen to address King Turkey Day crowds includes the following: 1939 — No speaker. 1940 — Minnesota Gov. Harold Stassen. 1941 — No speaker. 1942 — No speaker. 1943 — No speaker. 1944 — King Turkey Day cancelled due to World War II. 1945 — King Turkey Day cancelled due to World War II. 1946 — Secretary of Agriculture Clinton Anderson. 1947 — Minnesota Gov. Luther Youngdahl. 1948 — Miss America Bebe Shopp. 1949 — No speaker. 1950 — Minnesota Sen. Hubert Humphrey. 1951 — Minnesota Sen. Edward Thye. 1952 — Alabama

Sen. John Sparkman. 1953 — Iowa Rep. Charles Hoeven. 1954 — Vice President Richard Nixon. 1955 — Minnesota Gov. Orville Freeman. 1956 — Tennessee Sen. Estes Kefauver. 1957 — German Counsel Dr. Hans Theusner. 1958 — Secretary of the Interior Fred Seaton. 1959 — Minnesota Sen. Hubert Humphrey. 1960 — Texas Sen. Lyndon Johnson. 1961 — Major Gen. Frank Britton. 1962 — FHA Administrator Howard Bertsch. 1963 — No speaker. 1964 — Ambassador W. Averell Harriman. 1965 — Vice President Hubert Humphrey. 1966 — New York

Sen. Robert Kennedy. 1967 — Arkansas Gov. Winthrop Rockefeller. 1968 — New York Gov. Nelson Rockefeller. 1969 — Postmaster General Elmer Klassen. 1970 — Illinois Sen. Charles Percy. 1971 — Peace Corps director Sergeant Shriver. 1972 — Minnesota Sen. Hubert Humphrey. 1973 — No speaker. 1974 — Attorney General Elliott Richardson. 1975 — Minnesota Sen. Hubert Humphrey. 1976 — No speaker. 1977 — Minnesota Gov. Rudy Perpich. 1978 — Illinois Rep. John Anderson. 1979 — Minnesota Gov. Al Quie. 1980 — Texas Sen. John Tower 1981

— Minnesota State Sen. Hubert “Skip” Humphrey III. 1982 — Minnesota Sen. Rudy Boschwitz. 1983 — Minnesota Sen. Dave Durenberger. 1984 — Minnesota Sen. Rudy Boschwitz. 1985 — Texas Rep. Mac Sweeney. 1986 — Presidential candidate the Rev. Jesse Jackson. 1987 — Minnesota Sen. Dave Durenberger. 1988 — Minnesota Lt. Gov. Marlene Johnson. 1989 — Minnesota Auditor Arne Carlson. 1990 — Iowa Sen. Fred Grandy. 1991 — Gen. David Adamson. 1992 — Minnesota Sen. Paul Wellstone. 1993 — Minnesota Rep. Rod Grams. 1994 — Minnesota Rep. David Minge. 1995 —

Minnesota Lt. Gov. Joanne Benson. 1996 — Minnesota Attorney General Hubert “Skip” Humphrey and 1996 National Teacher of the Year Mary Beth Blegen. 1997 — Minnesota Sen. Rod Grams. 1998 — Reform Party candidate for Minnesota governor Jesse Ventura. 1999 — Gene Hugoson, Minnesota Commissioner of Agriculture. 2000 — Rod Grams, U.S. Senator; Susan Nelson, Miss Minnesota International. 2001 — Sen. Paul Wellstone, Minnesota Twins’ Tony Oliva and Worthington Mayor Robert J. Demuth. 2002 — No speaker. 2003 — St. Paul Police

Chief William Finney. 2004 — Minnesota Gov. Tim Pawlenty. 2005 — Lew Hudson and Jim Wychor. 2006 — Andre Kirkwood. 2007 — Babe Winkelman. 2008 — Rep. Tim Walz and Brian Davis, candidates for 1st Congressional District seat. 2009 — Major General Larry Shellito, Minnesota National Guard. 2010 — Honor Flight Founder Earl Morse. 2011 — WCCO news anchor Liz Collin. 2012 —Mike Patrick. 2013 — Holly Hoffman. 2014 — Lew Hudson and Jim Wychor. 2015 — Dan Gable.