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Lamson in July 2014; they live in Whitefish, Mont. // A girl, Kendall, was born to Bill and Jodi Maertens, Minneota, Minn., in August. // A girl, Ava, was born to Christopher and Carrie (Wright) McKay, Barnesville, Minn., in April. // Lisa (Hanna) Riddle, Sioux Falls, S.D., is assistant professor of education at the U of Sioux Falls. // A boy, Leif, was born to Tayt and Nathalie (Miller) Rinehardt, Moorhead, in July. // A girl, Maija, was born to Brian and Meghan (Gunderson) Robertson, Cloquet, Minn., in June. // A girl, Skylar, was born to Michael and Allison (Thompson) Walton, St. Cloud, Minn., in May; Allison is a behavior support specialist for St. Cloud School District 742.
2005 Joshua Allmaras married Samantha Maasjo ’10 in April; they live in West Fargo, N.D.; Joshua earned a master's degree in educational leadership from North Dakota State U, Fargo. // A girl, Amelia, was born to Steve and Susie (Kirkham) Boelman, Missoula, Mont., in December 2014. // A boy, David, was born to Owen ’04 and Laura (Anderson) Borchert, Fargo, N.D., in September 2014. // A boy, Manuel, was born to Josh and Trisha (LaBine) Chadduck, Argusville, N.D., in May. // Krista Degerness, Highlands Ranch, Colo., is spending four months in Ek Phnom, Cambodia, to establish a special education and behavioral intervention program for the Children’s Future International School. // A boy, Declan, was born to Ian ’03 and Elizabeth (Connor) Dobson, St. Paul, Minn., in April. // A girl, Amelia, was born to Michael and Amanda
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(Bjornson) Gill, Bismarck, N.D., in August. // A boy, Eric, was born to Julie and Andrew Gunderson, Rockford, Mich., in February. // Rachel Horn married Andy Aplikowski in November 2014; they live in Andover, Minn. // Katherine Somerfeld married Andrew Rogers in August 2014; they live in Baltimore. // A girl, Madelyn, was born to Mike and Brooke (Lee) Torkelson, Moorhead, in April. // A girl, Grace, was born to Ryan and Shannon (Rogers) Wohlman, Eagan, Minn., in December 2014; Shannon is a mental health practitioner for Life Development Resources, Lakeville, Minn. // Heidi (Young) Worker, Tustin, Calif., was named vice chairman of the We Promise Foundation for her contributions to the organization, whose mission is to make once-in-a-lifetime dreams come true for children battling life-threatening illnesses.
2006 A girl, Carol, was born to Clara and Ryan Johnson, Northfield, Minn., in March. // Brittany Lowe married Sam Jacobson in March; they live in Watertown, S.D.; Brittany is international HR coordinator
niblet makes a new friend Already recruiting for the class of 2036, Niblet is shown with Madelyn, the daughter of Zach and Kendra (Lee) Willard ’06.
for Daktronics, Brookings. // A girl, Madelyn, was born to Zach and Kendra (Lee) Willard, Mobile, Ala., in July 2014.
2007 A girl, Katherine, was born to Ashley and Douglas Anderson, Urbandale, Iowa, in January; Douglas is an actuarial associate with Global Atlantic, Des Moines. // A boy, Jordy, was born to Josh and Marie (Flagstad) Brewers, Burnsville, Minn., in June. // Erin Conley, Los Angeles, is project organizer for the American Federation of Teachers and California Federation of Teachers. // A boy, Gregory, was born to Casey and Christine (Otis) DeLanghe, Menomonie, Wis., in August 2014. // Becky Duehn married Reid Strand in March; they live in Worthington, Minn. // A boy, Vincent, was born to Hilario and Sarah (Cobb) Guzman, Maple Grove, Minn., in January; Sarah is the volunteer director for Presbyterian Homes & Services Optage, Roseville, Minn. // Sarah Hoffbeck, Fergus Falls, Minn., took second place in Web and Social MediaWriting for the Web from the National Federation of Press Women 2014 Communications Contest; she also took four first places, one second, four third and one honorable mention in the North Dakota Professional Communicators 2015 Communications Contest. // Tasha (Dunn) Rennels, Sioux Falls, S.D., earned a doctorate in communication from the U of South Florida, Tampa; she is assistant professor of communication at Augustana College, Sioux Falls. // A boy, Jonas, was born to Maicon and Rachel (Yoos) Rigo, Oak
Grove, Minn., in March. // Meredith (Larson) Sikorski, Omaha, Neb., is a thirdgrade dual language teacher – Spanish for Omaha Public Schools. // A girl, Olivia, was born to Nicholas and Laura (Schoeneberger) Silkey, Fargo, N.D., in February.
2008 A girl, Elin, was born to Yichong and Erik Berg, Chaska, Minn., in May. // A girl, Charlotte, was born to Emma (Morvay) and Benjamin Chiles, Plymouth, Minn., in March. // Berit Christensen married Brent Dockter in May; they live in Silver Spring, Md.; Berit earned a Master of Public Policy degree in health policy from the U of Maryland Baltimore County. // A boy, Lucas, was born to Randy and Jackie (Hildahl) Klefsaas, Fargo, N.D., in April. // A girl, Harper, was born to Scott ’07 and Abigail (Anderson) Masten, Hawley, Minn., in March. // Emily Paskewitz, Knoxville, Tenn., earned a doctorate in communication from North Dakota State U, Fargo; she is assistant professor of communication studies for the U of Tennessee, Knoxville. // Christine Schaefers married James Hamilton in June; they live in Columbus, Ohio.
2009 A girl, Emelyn, was born to Stacy (Holden) and Robert Jenson, Crookston, Minn., in March. // A girl, Amelia, was born to Stephen and Marin (Mooberry) Kowal, Albuquerque, N.M., in May. // A boy, Marek, was born to Jake ’10 and Kaley (Hanson) Krause, Richfield, Minn., in May. // Julia (Freyberg) Lamon, New York, earned a Master of Music degree in classical voice performance from the Manhattan School