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llick and Marla (Swanson '89) Evans onnounce their adoption of Samuel, 1 0, and Park er, 4 , i n 'March 200 I . They have eight c h ildren. Rick i s a psychiatry specia lty manager at Wyeth Lob s . Robert and Kristi (Stevens) Rice a n nounce the b i rth 01 N i c holas, on Aug 1 8 . He joins Alex, 2. Rob i s a second year physical therapy student at Eastern Was h i ngton U niversity and Kristi is a ped iatrician i n Spokane.
Karen (Deveney) Fruehauf and her husba nd, Dale, a n n o u nce the b i rth of their son, Joseph, a n June 21.
Laurie (Brooks) Los a n nounces the birth of her so n , Brion, o n Aug. 1 7 . Kote Roew·Maloret a n d her husband, Peter, adopted their son, Tristan, o n Aug. 24, 1 999, when he was only 1 2-haurs old. Kate is the d i rector of client services at Ferry County Community Services in R e p u b l i c, Wash. Beth Nierman has a new position as a physical therapist at Cashmere [Wash.) Physical Therapy. S h e completed her p h y s i c a l therapy degree at the University of Washington in 1 99 4 . Randy Kramer i s t h e n e w pri ncipal a t Tenino (Wa s h . ) Middle School. He was previously the vice-principal at E l m o (Wash .) High Schoo l .
Michael Isensee a n d Jana Schofield were married o n June 1 6 at Holden V i l lage, Chelan, Wash. J a na i s the college a n d youth adult ministry pastor a t Mount Carmel Lutheran Church in San Luis Obispo, Calif. Michael will pursue org a n i c forming or work on environmental issues. Michelle Jockson and Luke Ham mons were married on Aug. 4 in Chelan, Was h . Michelle is a teacher in the Mukilteo [Wa s h . ) S c h o o l District and Luke works a t U n i ted Porcel Service. Kimberly (Catlin) Redmon and her husband, Terry, a n nou nce the b i rth of Noelle Frances, on Dec. 5 . She joins Hayley, H a n n a h , and Malia.
CR KARl ANDERSON Jeff and Susan (Haniger '96) Fritz announce the birth of E m m a Rose. a n A u g . 2 3 . S h e j o i n s Jacob Alexander, 3. Jeff i s a territory representative for Wyeth Ayerst Laboratories, a pho rmaceutical company, and Susa n i s a home ma ker. Nicole (Fernald) Hatch and her husband, Kurt, have returned for a second year 01 teac h i ng at o n international school i n S h a n g h a i , Chino. Kari (Walker) McCauley served s i x years i n t h e U . S . Navy N u rse Corps as o n officer and labor and delivery nurse. She was stationed i n Puerto R i co and Pensacola, Flo . . She was released from active duty in 1 999. Kari and her husband, Brandon, were married in 1 9 9 8 . After l i v i n g i n Jacksonville, F la . , they now live a n W h i dbey Island. Maria (Palacios) Iglesias a n d her husband, John, announce the b i rth of their daughter, Tri n i ty Marie, on April 1 0, 200 I . Maria q u i t her job at Weyerhaeuser to become a full time mom and homema ker. Dan and Jennifer (Kreger) Nickel a n nounce the bi rth of Morgoret "Maggie" Jane, on Oct. 29. Don received a masters of environ mental science degree from the U n iversity 01 Washington in September 2000. He
is a n environmental engi neer a t The Watershed Company in K i rkland, Wash.
Masahiro Mori is a part-time student at Kobe (Ja pan) YMCA language school.
Todd and Kimberli (Nicholas '97) Sandberg moved to Spokane in J u n e . Todd accepted on a t h letic tra i n i ng position a t Whitworth College and K i m berl i is work i n g at Sacred Heart Hospita l in the C I C U . Mark Mulder and his wife, Amy, a n nounce the b i rth 01 Jana Renae, on Nov. 1 5. Stacie (Catterall) Krabill and her h u sband, Robert, a n nounce the b i rth of Anna Olivia, an Oct. 29. She joins E l lie, 4 . Jennifer (Graham) Hampton a n d her husband, David, a nnounce the b i rth o f Ethan Thomas, on J u n e 2 2 . J e n n i fer resigned her portfolio m a nagement position at Atlanta Capita l to be a stay-a t-home mom. Joni (Roback) Pfeiffer and her hu sband, Jason, a n no u nce the birth of their san, Coden James, an Feb. 6, 2 00 1 . The fa m i ly recently moved to M i n nes.ota where Jason is a n attorney with Robins, Kaplan, M i l l e r & C i resi . J a n i e n j o y s s t a y i n g home with Code, pla n n i ng their new home a n d being bock near her fam i ly.
1 C R : DAN LYSNE AND CATHERINE OVERLAND Robin Phillips and Brian Wh ite were married an Aug. 2 5 , i n Bellevue, Wash. Rob i n i s a tec h n i cal writer a t IDX, a healthcore systems company and Brian is a network systems consultant. Vern and Shelly (Lowney) Mills announce the b i rth of Alex Christi a n , on July 9 . He j o i n s Jacob Bryan, 1 . Vern is a special education teacher, athletic director and footbal l coach i n the Clover Pork School D i strict i n Tacoma. Shelly i s a stay·at-home mom. Kiersten (Kelpman) Bonica and her husband, Mihai, spent five weeks lost s u m m e r in Romania v i s i t i n g M i h a i ' s fa m i ly and leading a construction team from their church, life Center, i n Tacoma. The team helped build Agape Christian Education Center, Roma n i a , a tra i ning center for pastors. I n September, Kiersten and M i h a i storted Bountiful Blessi ng s Elder Core, a n adult family home. They live i n Gig Ho rbor, Was h . Matthew Mihelich is the new pri ncipal at Lyman Elementary School in Sed ro-Woolley, Was h . He received h i s moster's degree and pri n c i pa l credentials from Western Washington U n iversity in December 2000 . Petteri and Mia (Seppanen '93) Maki a n nounce the birth of Joel, on Aug. 1 . Pe�eri was pro moted to manag i ng d i rector at Computer Associates F i n land a n April I , 200 1 . Cheryl Graf received a 200 1 Nurs i ng Excellence Award lor commun ity service from NurseWeek mag a z i n e . Cheryl is a n u rse practitioner a n d the c l i n ical d irector 01 the sexual assault n u rse examiner pragram at Harrison Memorial Hospital in Bremerton, Wash. Louann Sears·Bean received the 200 1 N u rs i ng Excellence Aword for leadership fram N u rse Week magazine. Louann i s the d i rector of reg istration services a n d patient support services at Harrison Memorial Hospital i n Bremerton, Wash.
David Patterson has a new position os personal tra i ner a t the Frank Russell Co., in Tacom a . He assists associates i n their quest for fitness. David is also the owner a n d lead tra iner of Personal Tra i n ing Syste m s , where he trains local athletes. David a l so does p u b l i c speaking o n fitness and health. Krista Kubicek and her husband, Todd, announce the b i rth of Paige A l l i so n , on Aug. 4. Chris Albrecht recently founded h i s own o n l i n e movie maga Z i n e . www. cineminif.com Benjamin and Kimberly (Liefeld '93) Moore a n nounce the birth o f Emily, on Nov. 1 2 . Aaron ('94, '98) and Rachel (Firman '95) Hubler a n nounce the b i rth 01 Cassandra Rose, a n Sept. 4.
1 CR: ERIN (KOSTER) FULLER AND MARIT (RASMUSSENI NI ERMAN Krista Anderson a n d Andrew Dirkman were married on Aug. 1 9, 2000 in Issaq u a h , Wa s h . Kim Griffin Esperon '94, Stefa nie Mattie Heinen '95, and Heidi McGuire Bethel '9S were i n the wed d i n g . Krista received a mo ster's degree in biological sciences from the U niversity of Alabama, B i rm i ng h a m , in December 2000, and i s o n acco u n t manager at Roche Diagnostics. And rew i s a MBA student. Julianne Pagel and An tan Bagaty were married on May 6 at F i rst Evangelical Lutheran Church in Bothell, Wash. After PLU, J u l i a n n e earned a master's of science degree i n tec h n ical c o m m u n ication from Rensselaer Polytech n i c I n stitute i n Troy, N . Y. She i s a community l i a ison for the Seattle School District a n d Anton is a di rector 01 a n i mation for Tooned In, Inc.
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In 1 898, attempting to eliminate the debt plaguing the university, PLU's first president Bjug Harstad and Otis Larson left for Alaska to search for gold. They spent one and a. half years living in tents in sub:rero weather, dragging 3,000 pounds of gear by sleigh a n d traveling in a handmade boat through lakes and streams looking for gold to help secure PLU's future. However, no gold was found. The only legacy of the Alaska trip is a rack of moose horns given to President Harstad by a Dr. Lee of La Crosse, Wis., who shot the moose near the Klondike R iver. The moose horns have a spread of over 5 feet with 14 points. After many years in the university archives, the horns now hang above the fireplace in the Nesvig Alumni Center. We invite you to stop by and see this amazing piece of PLU history.
M . S . P. E . with a sports admi nistration specialization from Seattle Pacific U n iversity, both in J u n e .
A n n (Gullickson) Weese a n d her h u s band, Roger, a n nounce the b i rth of the i r da ughter, Rebecca Lyn n , o n Dec. 1 6 .
CR: STEVE AND KIM (NADONI LEIFSEN Andrew Nierman and Tishangela G i esbrecht were married on July 1 at Lakeside Gordens i n Portla n d , Ore. Doug '95 and Morit (Rasmussen '95) Nierman, Beth Nierman '92 and Tory Schmidt '92, Taj '96 and Andreo (Smedes '96) Giesbrecht, Jon 0150n '96, a n d Matt Chase '96 were in the wedd i n g . The bride and groom honeymooned i n Hawaii and are living i n Ann Arbor, Mich. Andrew also recently wan $25 ,000 from TapCoder Collegiate C h a l lenge, a com puter progra m m i ng competition, in J u n e . The competition was open to college students i n the U . S . a n d Canada. Kelly :Davis a n d his w i fe, Nancy, a n nounce the b i rth of Patricia (Patty) Irene, o n Nov. 1 0 .
Kellie Schacher and Darren McCa rty were married a n June 30 i n Salem, Ore. Kel l i e i s the drama d i rector and teacher at Centen n i a l H i g h School i n Gresham, Ore., a n d Darren i s t h e stores supervi sor a t Horizon A i r l i n es. T h e y have purchased a home in Gres h a m .
Associated Counsel for the Accused in Seattle. She received her law
Trive. He began 0 new pos ition as CIO of Lea r n i n g Lab i n J a n u a ry. He previously worked as a freelance musician and web progra mmer in New York City.
Skyler Cobb and Kim Patman were m arried on J u n e 30 in Baise, Idaho. Skyler is a real estate consultant a n d K i m i s o n accountant. Tamara (Karman) Finch eorned a notional teacher certification i n 200 1 . S h e is a fifih-grade teacher i n C h a pel H i l l , N . C Carol Tobian h a s a new pos ition i n p u b l i c affa irs a n d as the I . S . O . advocate a t TransEnergie U . S . Ltd . , a n electric merc h a n t transmission developer located in the U _ S . and Austra l i a . Gregory Freitag a n d Lo urie O'Neill were married i n October. Gregory w i l l receive his med ical doctorate from U n i ted States U n i formed Services U n iversity i n May. He w i l l also b e promoted t o lieutenant in the U . S . Navy.
Andrew and Jennie (Lee) Hershey a n n ounce the birth of Alyssa May, on July 5 . J e n n i e received a master's degree i n education from the U n iversity of Was h i ngton and Andrew received a
E l l ison i n Federal Way, Was h . Anne is the associate d i rector for the Annual F u n d a n d Q C l u b at PLU. They l ive i n Ta coma.
Tracey Sund received her low degree from the New E n g l a n d School of Law i n May 200 1 . S h e graduated cum laude a n d also received the school's service award. In J uly, she passed the Massachusetts ba r exam and was sworn in as on
Kim (Lindekugel) Carty a n d her husband, Matt, purchased t h e i r first home i n June. They l ive in Forest Grave, Ore.
Nathan Aune moved back to Denmork to be with h i s f i a n cee,
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degree from Seattle U n iversity School o f Low i n May 1 999.
Melanie Wright and Ryoma Ohi were married on July 2 8 in Spokane. Mela n i e i s a postdoctoral reseorch fellow at Harvard Med ical Schoo l . Ryoma i s a research fellow. Ellie Yun Jiang and Jeff M i l ler were married on J u n e 30 at the Wash i ngton State Pork Arboretu m . Ellie i s a ma rketing analyst for Boeing Commerc i a l Airpla nes and Jeff i s a pilot for Northwest Airlines. Brett and Wendy (Howard) Talbert announce the b i rt h of Jessamyn Joan, on Nov. 20. Colin Arnold is in the Master's i n Education degree pragram a t Portland State [Ore.) U niversity. He is also a teaching assistant i n the Beaverton School D i strict. Col i n and his wife, Ellen, celebrated their first year of marriage i n August.
7 CR: ANDREW AND STEPHANIE (MERLEI TOMLINSON Brian Carion was assigned to the USS Corl Vinson CVN-70, homeported in Bremerton, Was h . He is the critical care n u rse for 5000 officers and e n l i sted m e n . His two year duty began i n November. Michael Gintz and A n n e Novotney, were married on Nov. 2 5 , 2000 a t Morine View Presbyterian C h u rch i n Ta coma. Ryan Alexander '98, Jason Laukaitis '97, a nd Monica (Ricarte) Hurley '94, '99, were i n the wedding ceremony. Michael i s a CPA at Bran tley, Janson, Yost, and
attorney in J a n uary. Tracey is now a law clerk for the Mossachusetts Probate and Family Court.
Susan (Jacot) Butler received her regi stered n u rse license i n July and is working as a regi stered nurse i n orthoped ics a t Commun ity Hospital of the Monterey (Ca l i f. ) Peni n s u l a . Her h u s b a n d , Bryce, is working on h i s master's degree at the Naval Postgraduate School. Cherie Noble and Mary Niemela '98 opened their new busi ness, Independent Specialty N u rses (lSN). i n J u ne. I S N , a nursing agency that provides healthcare staff to Western Was h i ngton hospitals, is in Auburn, Wash. Tamara (Spencer) Brester received a M . S . degree in curriculum instruction from Portland (Ore.) State U n iversity in J u n e . She is a third grade teacher i n the West Linn/ Wilsonville, Ore . , orea. Heidi Hamilton and Michael Wasem were married an Sept. 15 at Lake Q u i n a u l t (Wa s h . ) lodge. Heather N. (Harris '98) Comer was the maid of honor. Heidi is a tec h n i c a l support manager and Michael is a p u b l i c relations account manager. The couple honeymooned in Cancun, Mexico.
Sarah Werner and Timothy Bostelle were married o n April 1 6 , 200 1 at the Tacoma Mun i c i pal B u i l d i n g . They also had a ceremony a n d recept i o n o n Aug. 1 8 at Bostwick's i n McKenna, Wash. Sarah i s a prafessiona l/tech n icol adviser at Pierce College in Puyallup. S h e i s c u rrently i n t h e Master's i n Soc i a l Work pragram at the U niversity of Washington, Tacom a . Timothy is a compute r support a n a lyst.
Phillip Johannessen completed a M . P.T degree in Eastern Washington U n iversity physical therapy program. He i s work i n g i n Spokane a t a skil led nurs i ng facility_ Heide Helgeson and Mark Cassidy were married an Oct. 6 a t Ballard First lutheran C h u rc h in Seattle. Anna Marie Harris '97 was a bridesmaid a n d Nancy Connor, PlU campus pastor, officiated. Heide is a project manager at Accenture and Mark is a commodity manager at PACCAR. Karen Rod and Scott Hanseth were m a rried on Aug_ 1 1 in S i lvana, Was h . Koren i s a first-grade teacher i n the Stanwood (Wash . ) School D i strict and Scott works for Hug hes
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