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February 26, 2007

Hunter Education Volunteers Recognized

Volunteer instructors for North Dakota's hunter education program were recently recognized for their contributions of teaching students the importance of hunter safety and ethics.

Years of service and instructor of the year awards were presented to volunteers at the annual hunter education workshop and awards banquet held in Bismarck. The instructor of the year award is based on years of service, classes taught, in-service training and involvement in the community with firearms safety.

Mike Kiernan from West Fargo, Al Klatt from Grand Forks, and Beulah-Hazen instructors Lori Schweigert and Clyde Grosz were named instructors of the year.

Volunteer hunter education instructors were also recognized for years of service.

John Jones, Mandan; Steven Seeger, Turtle Lake; Jim Shulind, Grand Forks; and Ernest Trudeau from Jamestown were honored for 30 years of service.

Receiving 25 year service awards were Timothy Dewald, Streeter; Jim Gross, Mandan; Rodney O'Clair, Jamestown; Duane Tollefson, Bismarck; Lyle Westbrook, Moffit; Doug Olschlager, Harvey.

Honored for 20 years of service were Darwin Bucholz, Rolla; Terry Fasteen, Detroit Lakes, Minn.; Juel Halstenson, West Fargo; Richard Harwood, Lemmon, S.D.; Susan Harwood, Lemmon, S.D.; Fritz Hirschkorn, McClusky; Robert Ingold, Manning; Thomas Kempf, Sawyer; Dennis Miller, Mandan; Lynda Miller, Mandan; Scott Mitchell, Rolla; Michael Peterson, Hazen; Robert Schwagler, New Salem; Joe Solseng, Grand Forks; Todd Thingelstad, Grand Forks; Lauren Throntveit, Crosby; Albert Ulmer, LaMoure.

Presented with 15 year service awards were James Alfonso, Devils Lake; Mark Berg, Nortonville; Douglas Bolte, Regent; James Borkowski, Bottineau; Jack Brown, Dickinson; Dean Burwick, Dickinson; Gary Ertmann, Devils Lake; Gerard Goldade, Hague; Jerry Hansen, Deering; Thomas Hanson, Minot; Craig Hoffart, Bottineau; Ruth Hubbard, Minot; James R. Johnson, New Rockford; Alan Klatt, Grand Forks; George Koenig, Gackle; Lynn Lawler, Rolla; Lee Leines, Grandin; Glenn A. Lemier, Oakes; Richard Leshovsky, Minot; David Meberg, Fargo; Karla Meikle, Bismarck; Charles Miller, Raleigh; Brad Pierce, Hatton; Doyle Roeder, Milnor; Lance Sateren, Bismarck; Daryl Simmons, Garrison; Patricia Stark, Cavalier; Curtis Walen, Carrington; Charles Wittenberg, Bismarck.

Recognized for 10 years of service were Joel Braaten, Leeds; Larry Brooks, Bottineau; Bob Campbell, Hannaford; Darryl Duttenhefner, Menoken; Kathleen Duttenhefner, Menoken; Scott Fasteen, Bismarck; Anthony Galow, Bisbee; Sean Hagan, Walhalla; Roland Heiser, Watford City; Paul Jacobson, Max; Doyle Johannes, Underwood; Brad Kilde, Glen Ullin; Bruce Krabseth, Alamo; Joe Lautenschlager, Berthold; Doug Leier, West Fargo; Marty Liesener, Ray; Richard Liesener, Ray; Zachary Lindemann, Mandan; Mike Marquette, Rutland; Ronald Nord, Adams; Brad Olson, Bowbells; Dale Patrick Sr., Bismarck; Mike Rieger, Tioga; Glen Sargeant, Jamestown; Wayne Stanley, Stanley; Shawn Tennyson, Fargo; Paul Vasquez, Grand Forks.

Five-year service awards were presented to Jerod Basol, Portland; Charles Campbell, Fairmount; Ronald Cloninger, Grand Forks; Kenneth Clouston, Mandan; Wesley Crosby, Williston; Kurt Edwards, Stanley; Troy Enga, Rolette; David Haugen, Powers Lake; Walter Helfrich, West Fargo; Tim Hendrickson, Bisbee; Lance Jerome, Walhalla; Kelly Keller, Center; James Laudenschlager, Surrey; Jackie Lundstrom, Bismarck; Jackie Martin, Anamoose; Kevin Mattson, Kindred; Terry Meester, West Fargo; Steven Meidinger, Zeeland; Robert Miller, Oakes; Jon Oksendahl, Bottineau; Scot Schara, Gladstone; Joseph Schirado, Bismarck; Richard Simon Sr., Grand Forks; Noelle Solseng, Grand Forks; Bruce Storhoff, Valley City; Ronald Swenson, Willison; Alex Thompson, Hettinger; Sharon Titus, Lincoln; Lavern Vance, Ray.

Two-year active instructors recognized were Daniel Bentz, LaMoure; Mark Bitz, Bismarck; Lee Dannenberg, Devils Lake; Todd Greenmyer, Oakes; Stuart Gullicks, Finley; Richard Hamel, Lakota; Jeff Heisler, Fargo; Tanya Helfrich, West Fargo; Jonathan Herding, Hankinson; Slade Herfindahl, Grafton; Jonathan Hughes, Minot; Perry Johnson, Northwood; Kevin Lahlum, West Fargo; Gabe Lautenschlager, Fargo; Roger Longnecker, New Rockford; Bradley Martinson, Grafton; Daniel Moser, Larimore; James Myhre, Dawson; Jean Nynas, Fargo; Shawn Olson, Harvey; Josh Otteson, Alamo; Steven Palmer, Minot; Jeff Roehrich, Fessenden; Robert Scarlett, Bismarck; Dallas Schmidt, Grand Forks; Kevin Sebastian, Minot; Renae Selensky, Rugby; Dan Spellerberg, Oakes; Joe Tuchscherer, Rugby; Ryan Tunge, Bismarck; David Van Lith, Minot; Russell Walcker, Finley; Jeremy Wentz, Willison; Gary Wilz, Killdeer; Ronald Wren Jr., New Leipzig.

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