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Robert Thueringer ’75 will continue to serve on the Coborn’s board of directors after he retires. Thueringer joined Coborn’s in 1967, bagging groceries at its Sauk Rapids store to work his way through college. During his time, the company mushroomed from three grocery stores to 120 retail locations, including 48 grocery stores. B
Val’s Rapid Serve (1985), an east St. Cloud institution for more than half a century. University Archives
Mary Bruno ’97 started Bruno Press after her father, Don Bruno, an art professor at St. Cloud State, passed away suddenly in 2003. She took over his letterpress shop and has become known for her often irreverent greeting cards and custom linoleum block carvings.
developer at Gage. / D Mary Bruno ’97, St. Joseph, opened
an exhibit of her carvings, imprints and letterpress work at the Gallery Saint Germain. She is owner of Bruno Press. / Armando Camacho ’97, St. Paul, is CEO at Opportunity Partners, a nonprofit serving people with disabilities. / Ann (Jansen) McCann ’97, Litchfield, is the information technologies sales manager for Marco’s Central Minnesota region. / Mathew Kilian ’97 ’04, Waite Park, is CEO of the Brainerd Lakes Chamber. / John Cselovszki ’98, Sleepy Eye, was named administrator of excellence for Sleepy Eye Public Schools. / Tina Kunkel ’98, St. Cloud, is a Disability Awareness Task Force 2013 Inspiration Award recipient. Kunkel works with the National Alliance on Mental Illness — St. Cloud. / Danise Miller ’98, Brainerd, is director of vision therapy services at PineCone Vision Center. / Rebecca (Rusinak) Whitaker ‘98 and David Whitaker,
Eagan, son, Logan Thomas, 10/21/2013. / Sarah (Anderson) Adams ’99, Pequot Lakes, is the assistant vice president
and Nisswa branch manager at BlackRidgeBANK. / Jacqueline (Skoog) Glaser ’99, Waconia, is a Minnesota Department of Natural Resources conservation officer. / Jeremiah Jacobsen ’99, Plymouth, is an anchor and reporter for KARE 11 Sunrise. / Michelle (Binsfeld) Kiley ’99, Holdingford, is a community and economic development specialist for the Initiative Foundation. / Scott Schreiner ’99, St. Cloud, is 2013 Northwoods League Executive of the Year as director of the St. Cloud Rox baseball team. / Catherine (Collins) Sinardi ’99, Long Beach, Calif., is a professor and director of internships in health care management at Concordia University in Irvine, Calif.
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Susan (Beumer) Becker ‘00 and Michael Becker,
St. Cloud, daughter, Abigail, 8/25/2013. / April (VonderHaar) Diederich ’00, Sauk Rapids, was selected for the St. Cloud Area Leadership program offered by the St. Cloud Chamber of Commerce. She is a certified financial planner with
Johnson, Carriar, Krutchen, Anderson and Associates of Ameriprise Financial. / Liisa (Canny) LaDue ’00, Waite Park, is a client service associate at Preferred Credit Inc. / Darla (Lutgen) Mergen ’00, St. Joseph, was awarded the certified fundraising executive credential. Mergen is an annual giving development officer for CentraCare Health Foundation. / Scott Bryant ‘01 and Kimberly (Templin) Bryant, Austin, were married on 11/9/2013. / Masao Hanaishi ’01, Rolling Meadows, Ill., is a first officer pilot at Shuttle America. / Mandi VanOverbeke ’01 ’09, Alexandria, is the police and peace officer educational coordinator at Ridgewater College in Willmar. VanOverbeke also is an adjunct faculty in the St. Cloud State Department of Criminal Justice. / Joseph Gill ’02, St. Cloud, received the Outstanding Agricultural Reporting Award from Minnesota Farmers Union. / David Hoefs ‘02 and Kelly Hoefs, Maple Plain, daughter, Clara Marie, 3/18/2013. / Todd Barnes ’03, St. Cloud, is director of client onboarding at
John Lee ‘03 and Marco. / Christy Lee, Plymouth, son, Jacob, 8/7/2013. / Kelly (Vaughn) Mullendore ‘03 and Christopher Mullendore, Sharpsburg, Md., son, Carter Nicolas, 7/28/2013. / James Olander ’03, Sioux Falls, S.D., was named executive vice president of business operations of the Sioux Falls Canaries Baseball Club and Sioux Falls Stampede Hockey Club. / Jason Prom ’03, St. Cloud, is regional sales manager at Schaefer Ventilation Equipment. / Kara (Skiple) Weihrauch ‘03
and Jamie Weihrauch, Denver, Colo., son, Trey Michael, 5/16/2013. / Brian Wilson ’03, Hutchinson, completed a doctorate of business administration at Metropolitan State University. / Amanda (Barnett) Mithun ’03 ’05, Staples, is a social services care coordinator at Lakewood’s Reflections Behavioral Health Unit. / Lisa (Villcheck) Dumont ‘04 and Dean Dumont, Royalton, son, Sawyer Walker, 9/3/2013. / Bryan Freed ’04, Virginia, is a managed services information technology support technician at Marco. / Keith Heckendorf ’04, Jonesboro, Ark., is the
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