Lakeside Lutheran Link issue 6 Fall 2014

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The Lakeside Lutheran Link, Fall 2014

Recent issues of our Federation Connection—the monthly newsletter we send to our federation congregations—have included faculty and staff responses to why they’re thankful to serve at your Lakeside, along with recollections of moments that demonstrate the value of the investment of time and resources for the families who choose LLHS for their children. A new season of football makes us want to share the thoughts of a former Warrior player and current coach:

Mr. Andy Asmus has served the Federation at Lakeside Lutheran High School as a social studies instructor and coach since 2003. He also graduated from LLHS in 1988, which makes his time here especially gratifying for him, to remember the lessons and opportunities given him as a student, and how sometimes it takes years before the treasure that is Christian education truly sinks in. Andy shares: “I teach at LLHS because it gives me the opportunity to work with young Christian adults, to give them the chance I had when I was here.​What separates us from other schools is the Christian environment. Devotions are one evidence of this special place and time for teens.

“As a Warrior football coach, one of my greatest joys is our pre-game devotion.

Before every Friday night varsity football game, we meet with the players at 3:15.

We start our game preparations with a 10-15 minute devotion, led by our head coach Paul Bauer. Each of our devotions is themed with a certain character trait: leadership, servant-like attitude, humility, among others.

“In preparation for tough competition on Friday nights, coach Bauer shows the kids the most important aspect of Lakeside by pulling the team together and taking the time to dive into the Word of God before the game. What a great joy it is to study God’s Word together. As a high school student I know I failed to cherish that daily immersion in God’s Word, especially those moments when we worship together in non-traditional settings. This Christian education provides those settings and I am proud that I have the opportunity to help kids see the importance of embracing every opportunity study God’s Word.

“We conclude each devotion with a hymn. In recent seasons we have sung the hymn “Speak Oh Lord.” Not too many experiences stay in my mind as does the singing of this hymn with those 30-40 high school boys. We ask for the Lord to guide us with His word in the halls of LLHS and also on the athletic field.

“There are some moments in life that mark you forever. When my kids were young, I would sing “I Am Jesus Little Lamb” to them. Some moments you never want to be forgotten. When my time on earth is finished—at my funeral—I want two hymns to be sung: “I Am Jesus Little Lamb” and “Speak Oh Lord.”.”

correction in link #5 (spring 2014)

An eagle-eyed reader let us know that it was Louise Glander, not Emma, who was in our photo reprint of the LLHS Guild charter members at the 2007 banquet.

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mission Lakeside Lutheran High School is committed to assisting parents and area WELS/ELS congregations in nurturing the faith of our students through a Christ-centered education that emphasizes the grace of God in Christ and lives of Christian service in the home, the church and society. Our mission is dedicated to the glory of God on whom alone we are dependent for all blessings, and is carried out in response to his love for us. about our federation The Lakeside Lutheran Federation includes 31 congregations in a diverse geographic region in southcentral Wisconsin that extends north to south from Beaver Dam to Janesville and east to west from Oconomowoc to Madison.

The Lakeside Lutheran Link is the alumni publication of Lakeside Lutheran High School in Lake Mills, WI, published twice annually and distributed free of charge to alumni, supporters, students, families and friends. Readers are encouraged to pass on copies to benefit others.

Please direct all correspondence, letters, news corrections, comments and requests to be added to our home mailing list to: Lakeside Lutheran High School 231 Woodland Beach Rd. Lake Mills, WI 53551 info@llhs.org • 920.648.2321

Principal: James Grasby Assistant Principal: Pastor Don Schultz Development Director: Scott Gronholz Recruitment Director: Steve Lauber Athletic Director: Jerry Hahn Bd of Regents, Chair: Scott Schneider

Photo credits: Page 2: Ruth Fenske; Left photo, p. 3 & Louie, p. 4, Bari Vredeveld; p. 6 photos contributed by Jeff Meske; Remainder, Kimara Winters

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Cover story: Louie pens a message to thousands of students

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Cover story: Dr Gulczynski plans for his own future after LLHS LLHS is first private school in state with its own FFA chapter

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Ministry partnership opportunity is for all of us

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Lakeside Links: alum news • remembering • reunions

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Upcoming events you want to be a part of Veterans | Active Service members Mark down November 7, 2014 and join us for our Veterans Day observance

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All vets and active service members in the Lakeside Lutheran family — alumni, parents, Federation members, friends of the ministry and family members—are invited to join us on campus at 8 a.m. to honor all who have served LORD and country in the armed forces. Breakfast is on us, along with a relevant presentation and special chapel service with the entire student assembly.

Alums L–R, Front row: Burrow ‘65, Gary M Dave Burrow ‘66, Gene ac ‘62, Jim Roth ‘62 (d k ‘66; Middle: Bob Roth ec.), Bob Kuykenda ll ‘65, Gary Lembrich ‘62; Back : Jim Buelow ‘64, Ge orge Bless ‘63

Please call Bari to reserve your spot at 920-648-2321 x2223 or to ask questions.

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Even to your old age and gray hairs I am he, I am he who will sustain you.

I have made you and I will carry you; I will sustain you and I will rescue you.

Is. 46:4

The Warrior Times Weekly (byline James Beeson ‘14) reported it recently: “In August of 1979, Lakeside met Thomas “Louie” Stallman for the first time as he began his work as a custodian.

35 years later, Lakeside is saying goodbye to a student icon.

“When [summer] ended, so did the [full-time] career of Louie, the school’s beloved “janny.”

“Most of all the kids, definitely what I’m going to miss are the kids,” Louie said. “I’m tired of getting bossed around by the clock, but that’s it, just the clock.” page 4 | Lakeside Lutheran Link | Issue 6, Fall 2014 | llhs.org

Dr. Dennis Gulczynski seems to have been a part of the Lakeside family for as long as anyone can remember.

He joined the family in 1973—the same year as other notables including Mr. and Mrs. Jim and Gwen Pasbrig and Coach Dale Walz. He served as the guidance counselor every year since until his retirement at the end of the 2013-14 school year.

Standard questions at the end of a tenure include “what memories will you take with you?” Referring to him by the nickname that certainly every Lakeside student committed to memory—especially when needing to write his name—Dr. G replied in true Dr. G style: “There are too many memories of students to pull out of my memory banks.” After all, it’s been 41

Since then, other staff changes—such as the retirement of another faithful LLHS custodian, Bill Hirschfeld, who left to devote more time to his lawn mowing and snow removal business—created an opening for a part-time morning custodian. Louie applied...and was hired before he even finished his full-time work!

So has Louie retired after all? Let’s call it the best of both worlds—he gets to stay among his favorites— Lakeside students—and needs only be a slave to the clock until 10 a.m. Happy “retirement,” Lou!

Dr. Gulczynski receives a plaque and handshake from Principal Grasby along with 1,000s of claps at the 2014 graduation service in recognition of his 41 years of ministry at Lakeside Lutheran.

dreams and then remember the future that truly matters is already certain.

Got Grades?

College?

Job? Purpose?

Plans?

years; it’s easy to imagine the difficulty in deciding which to mention. He decided on a safe bet: “Most memorable moment? The day a student rode his motorcycle down the hallway.”

Many of his fondest memories come from his coaching days. Dr. G led teams for many years—and experienced great success. He mentioned the pride and joy in seeing two of his wrestlers place in the state tournament. He also treasures the memory of leading the 1983 football team to a state championship.

He decided to retire because he “felt it was time to move on to the next phase of life and see what the LORD has in store.” He plans to spend time pursuing his love of travel and photography. He also looks forward to spending much more time with his wife, Barb (who some might remember worked at Lakeside in 1987-88 in the Home Ec department).

Dr. Gulczynski shares this parting message with the Lakeside family: “It has been an honor and a privilege to serve the Lord all of these years. I have enjoyed and will miss the students. I have also enjoyed working with Christian colleagues. The Christian work atmosphere is one of the real blessings of serving the Lord in his ministry. I am also thankful to my wife and family for supporting me through the sports I coached and being patient as I pursued my graduate schooling.” The “family” responds with prayers for a blessed retirement!

Article includes excerpts from an article by Warrior Times reporter Hannah Tracy ‘14 in the 8/29/14 edition Lakeside Lutheran Link | Issue 6, Fall 2014 | llhs.org | page 5

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? y tr is in m in er tn r a p r ou Might you b e “In all my prayers for all of you, I always pray with joy because of your partnership in the gospel from the first day until now, being confident of this, that he who began a good work in you will carry it on to completion until the day of Christ Jesus.”

(Philippians 1:4-6)

Nationally, FFA includes more than 575,000 student members in 7,570 local FFA chapters, with a “mission...to make a positive difference in the lives of students by developing their potential for premier leadership, personal growth and career success through agricultural education... today, we are still the Future Farmers of America. But, we are the Future Biologists, Future Chemists, Future Veterinarians, Future Engineers and Future Entrepreneurs of America, too.”

Your Lakeside Lutheran just received notice of its designation as chapter #307 in Wisconsin—the first private school charter in the state—after a 12-year cooperation with Lake Mills High School FFA. Jeff Meske, Lakeside Tech Ed teacher and FFA advisor, has watched the program double in membership and activity since he began his call here in fall 2013. Eleven students traveled to the National FFA Convention in October. Two were on the State FFA equine judging team that placed first in Madison. Several participated in Supervised Agriculture Experiences (SAE), from dairy farming to County Fair showings. With more than 25 students showing interest this fall, he fully expects even more involvement with the various leadership development activities sponsored by the state organization.

In other agriculture-related developments, Meske and our Extended Learning Center have begun to provide alternative work experiences for students with postgraduate ag interests. Meske has also developed an “Agriculture Survey” course that will be offered to grades 10–12 in the fall of 2015. Stay tuned for more about the future of farming (and leadership and career development and...) at your LLHS!

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Equipping for Life, for Eternity: these words are why our forefathers established Lakeside Lutheran High School over 50 years ago. These words sum up the purpose for its existence today, and they will serve as a guide as Lakeside moves into the future. Equipping for Life, for Eternity is part of the school’s plans for a “renewed” mission and updated 10-year vision statements. Finally, it’s also the theme for the Ministry Partnership Program that you’ll be seeing more of in the coming months. By God’s grace, your Lakeside Lutheran will continue to equip our teens —not just for lives of service here on earth—but also for eternity with Jesus.

As a friend of Lakeside’s ministry, you have already been a partner in spirit, encouraging us as we bring the gospel to our teens in God’s ministry here at Lakeside. Perhaps you have even given of your time, talents and treasure; through this, you have helped equip our teens for this life and for eternity. We thank you for that.

God’s promise is to you as well: “being confident of this, that he who began a good work in you will carry it out to completion until the day of Christ Jesus.”

You’ll be seeing more about this opportunity for partnership from the Lakeside Lutheran Resource Development Committee in upcoming publications and video, as we explain the purpose and details more clearly. For now, we’re just appreciating our past together, and prayerfully awaiting the future, always guided by the Lord.

Charlie Stubblefield ‘04 was part of the team > installing the championship boards last summer. >

^^ Background photo: Jeff Meske, senior Zeke Lincks and Dan Maas cooperate on a pilot supervised Work Experience. Zeke spends time during the school day learning hands-on skills on the Maas farm. << See more pics and names of the eleven LLHS students at the 2013 FFA Convention at http://goo.gl/AifNPc page 6 | Lakeside Lutheran Link | Issue 6 Fall 2014 | llhs.org

see more at llhs.org/partners.html

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Nicollet High School and Allison is in her last year of grad school, in clinical internships. She graduates May 2015 with a doctorate in Physical Therapy.

Jackie (Hoeft ‘11) writes: July 6 was Peter (Behl ‘11) and my 1st anniversary.

We are currently renting an apartment in Platteville while Peter finishes his last year at UW Platteville. When we married, we adopted a Rottweiler named Katie who is now a year and half old.

Over the summer Peter completed an internship with Epic as a software engineer. I worked as a manager at Papa Murphy’s in Fort Atkinson.

Emily Schultz ‘10 graduated from UW–Eau Claire with a Bachelor of Science degree in Communications.

Kiara (Winters ‘10) and Benjamin Ristow ‘09 were married at St. Luke Watertown on July 19, 2014.

Attendants included Kyle Ashley ‘09, Amanda Lemke ‘10, Amanda (Winters ‘04) Main, Laura McManama ‘10 and Tommy Thrams ‘08. Kiara is daughter of Jim (‘86) & Kimara (Knief ‘86) Winters.

Ryan Bufton ‘09 graduated from UW-Stevens Point with a bachelor’s in Psychology and Sociology. He presented research at the American Psychological Association national conference in Hawai’i in summer 2013.

He is pursuing a masters in Social Work with a concentration in behavioral health from UW-M, with a goal to become a certified licensed psychotherapist and clinical assistant professor of social work.

Writes Amanda (Silha ‘09) Stefanski: I married my best friend Dustin on July 19, 2013. We’ve been together six years this December and just celebrated our one year anniversary as a married couple in Beecher, WI.” page 8 | Lakeside Lutheran Link | Issue 6, Fall 2014 | llhs.org

On June 15, 2014 Kyle Hinstorff ‘09 experienced a personal dream come true: he was an NBA Champion.

In February he took a sales position with the San Antonio Spurs and so along with the entire organization, was encouraged to claim a piece of the championship.

Allison (Homan ‘08) and Ben Petzel were married in Madison on July 5, 2014. and now live in Mankato, MN. Ben teaches social studies at

Katie (Schommer ‘08) and John Cleven ‘08 were married on December 28, 2013. Katie received her masters in Psychology in August and is pursuing a doctorate in Child Psychology.

Elisa Nedow ‘07 married Kevin Menzer on July 5, 2014, in Sheboygan, WI.

Heather (Gronholz ‘06) and Dan Karow ‘06 were married on September 7, 2013 and welcomed son Karsten on July 24, 2014.

Karsten joins big brother Garrett, age 5.

Jordan ‘06 and Katie Lorenz share: “Braxton James Lorenz was born on January 27 and is growing up quickly.

One of his favorite things is his LLHS football helmet sitting on his dresser.”

Keith Peterson ‘05 passed his social work boards and is now a Licensed Social Worker in Minnesota.

Marissa Nicole Alves was born on April 14, 2014 to Lindsey (Niedfeldt ‘03) and Joseph Alves. She joins big sister Mikayla, 4 at home in East Providence, Rhode Island.

Twin brothers Silas Grant and Levi Michael were born to Ryan and Laura (Nehmer ‘99) Jaeger ‘99 on February 28, 2014. They join older brothers Joseph James and Matthew Ryan.

Ryan recently accepted a call as teacher/principal at St. John in Two Rivers, WI. Elizabeth Rose was born on May 4, 2014 and welcomed through adoption

by Phil (‘99) and Becky Roever. She joins big sister Katelyn (4).

Elizabeth was baptized on May 7, 2014. The family is pictured along with Elizabeth’s godfather, Paul

Roever (‘09), and his wife Jessica.

Paula (Mueller ‘96) Sulzle writes: “After 10 wonderful years of Pete serving as pastor in Rapid City, SD, we have moved to Redwood Falls, MN, where he accepted the call as lead pastor. God has blessed us with 6 children: Camden (12), Hope (11), Alana (10), Noah (8), Gabriel (6) and Josiah (4). I have the privilege of being a stay-at-home wife and mom, while still having opportunities to teach in the classroom and be involved in many ways at our churches and schools.”

Benjamin Allen Wiechmann was born on March 23, 2014 to Kathy (Hulstein ‘95) and Michael Wiechmann ‘98. They make their home in Fort Atkinson.

James Kirst e-mailed a fun class of ‘74 40th Reunion report...attended by Andy Zastrow and James at Bublitz’s in Lomira. Guest speaker was Andy and live entertainment was provided

by Jambo Kirst. Hope they show at a real one too!

Share your own “alumni link” for our next edition. Update us online: llhs.org/alumni/update_us.html

LLHS alumni entering ministry in 2014

Class of 2010 == Molly Graumann (Bethany, Fort Atkinson) called to teach at First German Lutheran School, Manitowoc (Kindergarten) == Emily (Hughes) Seeber (St. Mark, Watertown) called to teach at Good Shepherd Lutheran School, Cedar Rapids, IA (Grades K-8) == Danielle Ross (Peace, Sun Prairie) called to teach at Divine Peace Lutheran School, Largo, MD (Grades 1-2) Class of 2009 == Justin Eternick (St. John, Waterloo) called to tutor at Michigan Lutheran Seminary Class of 2008 == Kyle Fax (Eastside, Madison) called to teach at Lord of Life Lutheran School, Thornton, CO (Grades 5-6,Youth Group, Coaching) == Nathan Gartner (St. Luke, Watertown) called to teach at Mount Olive Lutheran School, Appleton, WI (Grade 4, coaching, A.D.) == Steven Pelischek (St. Paul, Fort Atkinson), vicar at Resurrection,Verona, WI == Caleb Schmiege (Eastside, Madison) vicar at Grace, Falls Church,VA Class of 2007 == Andrew Schoenfeld (St. John, Newville), called to Great Plains Lutheran High School, Watertown, SD (Dorm supervisor, PE, Religion; 1-year assignment) Lakeside Lutheran Link | Issue 6, Fall 2014 | llhs.org | page 9

We are grateful for the heartfelt gifts offered to the ministry of Lakeside Lutheran High School by one or more donors between January & July 2014 in memory or honor of loved ones.

Clifford Altwies Pamela Schreiner Anderson Marie Berger Tom Biedenbender Raymond Blank Norman Bowman Mike Bowman Antje Braatz Fern Bublitz Mariana Buchanan Harvey Buchta Darlene Buss Joyce Buss Arline Castillo Carl Christianson Karen Cody Eugene Dischler Tom Doering Edna Fountain Raymond Gensch, Sr. Allan Georgson Sylvia Goers Darlene Graf Dennis Griepentrog, Sr. Gertrude Guenther William Gutzdorf William Hafemann Anne Hahm LeRoy & Linda Hartwig Lenora Jaeger Orabelle Jaeger Pauline Johnson Floyd Kastens Donna Keiner Marv Kirchner Helen Knies

Martin Koch Frank Koch Carol Kohlhoff Alice Kraemer Marily Krueger Ruth Kube Althea Kuhl George Kunert, Sr. Joan Kusel David Lange Vernon Langholff David Lauersdorf William Lenius Fred Lienke Jerry Lillge George Lueder Helen Maas Margaret Melcher Melvin Metzger Russell Meyers Henry “Burt” Miller Rachel Mueller Charles Naatz Carol Nelson Norma Nelson Ardis Neumann Timothy Niedfeldt Larry Ninmann Shirley Northwick-Kelliher Ewald Perschke Sharon Peterson Melvin Probst Sue Radloff Roger Reeves Mildred Reichert Harry Reimer

Andrew & Kristin Huebner........ 25th wed anniversary Kristin Huebner .................................................birthday M/M Gene Kohn ..................60th wedding anniversary Dora Kuehner .....................................................birthday Will Streblow.............................................. 80th birthday

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Jackie Riddell Grace Roberts James Roth Kenneth Rupnow Ed Schaewe Reuben Schmitz, Sr. Herbert F. Schmitz, Sr. Jon Schoeb Ruth Schoenicke Derek Schultz George Schumacher Malinda Schure Edna Schwanke Ralph Schweitzer Joell Sennhenn Roland Shuster Robert Sliter

Dawn Standke Delores Stark Allen Thorman James Topel Morgan Turnquist Ron Uhlhorn James Wade Lucille Wendt Stephen Werth Delbert Westenberg Arrie Wille William Wolf Luella Wolter Al Zahn Betty Mae Zastrow Harvey Zeitler Martin Zwieg

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class reunion plans 2014

Class of 1964—50th

Saturday , October 18, 4–9 pm: at the Lake Mills Golf Club | buffet dinner 6 pm | before & after fellowship

Send in a photo and bio ASAP whether you’re able to make it or not!

Class of 1984—30th

Contact: Arlene (Sellnow) Krause 920-261-9140 | jak31696@att.net or Josie Piper 920-285-3043

Friday, October 3: LL Homecoming game and tour • Join the Lakeside-sponsored “Alum Zone” gathering at 5:30 that includes admission to the game, a picnic supper and more when you pre-register at llhs.org/alumni/registration.html • Fellowship post-game at Towne Inn in Jefferson Saturday , October 4: • Contact Brian Stray or Kevin Marti about an informal AM golf outing ASAP • Olympia in Oconomowoc: 5 pm social | 6:30 pm AYCE buffet | more social after dinner | $35/person • $99/night Olympia hotel rooms available — ask for LLHS 1984 reunion rate Join the reunion discussion on Facebook: search “Lakeside Classofeightyfour”

From the planning committee: RSVP with Teri Staude at 920-988-0792 | Send your contact info to Dena Miller | millerfam86@yahoo.com Other contact e-mails: brian.stray@thrivent.com | kevinallenmarti@gmail.com | tstaude65@gmail.com

Class of 1989—25th

Join the reunion discussion on Facebook: search “LLHS Class of 1989” and ask to join

Class of 2004—10th

Page administrators Janet Sanwick and Michele Ibeling

Saturday , October 4 at 6 pm: • Carp’s Landing in downtown Lake Mills | $10/person includes appetizer bar Join the reunion group on Facebook: search “LLHS Class of 2004” and ask to join

Text or call with your RSVP to Megan (Jaeger) Wierschke at 920-988-6993

Class of 1994 had a 20th reunion with The Zach Moyle and Ryan Zweifel Memorial Scholarship recipients from 2010–13 were together for a photo to celebrate the RZM weekend event (profiled in the Spring ‘14 Link magazine) held each May that enables the scholarships to flourish.

Front, L–R: Sarah Hackbarth ‘13, Hannah Hackbarth ‘11, Molly Graumann ‘10, Hope Werre ‘12.

Back, L–R: Jason Zuehlke ‘10, Benjamin Ewings ‘12, Craig Wilke ‘11.

For more info on the scholarship, contact Andrew Rosenau, LLHS Guidance Director.

almost 20 classmates on August 2 at Hi Way Harry’s in Johnson Creek. See photo and news on the class Facebook page: search by typing “Class of 1994 Lakeside Lutheran”

Class of 1999 celebrated 15th year reunion July 26 It was a family cookout at North Park in Lake Mills. Organizer Brindah Birkholz sent in a photo and reported: “we had a great class reunion with beautiful weather and great friends!” Like the page at facebook.com/LLHS1999

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