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January 28, 2008

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 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.

Gary Leslie from Minot, Richard Cheatley from Parshall, and Bismarck instructors Roger Krueger and Mark Volk were named instructors of the year.

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

Lorne Sterner from Casselton was honored for 35 years of service.

Recognized for 30 years of service were Philip Degenstein, Rugby; Eugene Howard, Rugby; Larry Kaul, LaMoure; Michael Porter, Bottineau; Harold Randall, Grand Forks; Thomas Reiten, Grand Forks; Louis Siemieniewski, Forman; Mark Sletten, Hatton; Barry Townsend, LaMoure.

Receiving 25 year service awards were Michael Aamot, Makoti; Wayne Evans, Stanley; James Hastings, Jamestown; David Just, Beulah; Earle Lien, Harwood; Walden Schmidt, Bisbee; Lori Schweigert, Beulah.

Honored for 20 years of service were Mervin Adams, Thompson; Timothy Bohlman, Thompson; Daniel Brown, Dickinson; Carl Buchweitz, Munich; David Cox, Minot; David Fisher, Center; Leroy Flegel, Medina; Betty Gunderson, Kulm; Duane Hawk, Wolford; Alvin Hottman, Dawson; Timothy Johnson, Parshall; Bob Kelly, Valley City; Roger Krueger, Bismarck; John Lamsters, Stanton; Kevin Lech, Mandan; Charles Meikle, Spiritwood; Vaughn Quern, Thompson; Joseph Simon, Thompson; Gary Stefanovsky, Bismarck; Myles Stoller, Elgin; Gary Symanowski, Scranton.

Presented with 15 year service awards were Richard Bahm, Mandan; Curt Beattie, Hannaford; Mark Biel, Bismarck; Jeff Bjugstad, Wahpeton; Myron Brager, Sibley; Kimberly Bren, Elgin; Jim Carter, Bismarck; Richard Christ, Valley City; David Daeley, Maddock; Robert Diffely Jr., Plaza; Darrell Ekberg, Manvel; Terry Gray, Cooperstown; Jay Grover, Cooperstown; Joseph Haas, Lidgerwood; David Hancock, Valley City; Vernon Laning, Bismarck; Eddy Larsen, Larimore; Gerald Lawson, Donnybrook; Anneus Meester, West Fargo; Gene Paupst, Larimore; Kenneth Retzlaff, Ellendale; John Roller, Chaseley; Thomas Rost, Devils Lake; Robert Sanden, Barney; Lynn Schlueter, Devils Lake; Stephan Stark, Grafton; Patricia Stockdill, Garrison; Charles Veith, Bismarck; Dale Veselka, Tower City; Mark Vickerman, Minot.

Recognized for 10 years of service were William Bahm, Almont; Burns Bailey, Moffit; Lonnie Eichele, Harvey; Matthew Evans, Stanley; William Gauslow, Christine; Gary Hagness, Fordville; Shawn Hall, Munich; Doug Hanson, Dickinson; Arthur Hegstrom, Inkster; Daryl Heid, Center; Steve Heim, Anamoose; Curtis Horsley, Williston; Del Houghton, Steele; Shawn Jerome, Walhalla; Lloyd Johnson, New Town; Kevin Kubat, Jamestown; Curt Latendresse, Minot; Kevin Marden, Powers Lake; Michael McDonald, Bismarck; Joel Nelson, Portland; Randall Palmer, Bismarck; Garis Pollert, Northwood; Joel Puffe, Bismarck; Jerry Rekow, Ellendale; Thomas Sage, New Town; Felicia Sargeant, Jamestown; Tim Stiles, Fairmount; Robert Thom, Glenburn; Melisa Toepke-Peterson, Fargo; Kurt Tompkins, Devils Lake; Beverly Turbiville, Dickinson; Brian Vose, Devils Lake; Timothy Wieben, Bismarck; Leonard Wysocki Jr., Grafton.

Five-year service awards were presented to Denise Aberle, Fargo; Casey Anderson, Mercer; Benjilee Boll, Wahpeton; Stewart Borman, Berthold; Sylvia Brockman, Bismarck; Steven Buchweitz, Alsen; Brian Burkett, Grand Forks; John Burt, Fargo; Mark Fisher, Devils Lake; Nathan Fitzgerald, Napoleon; John Grosgebauer, Gwinner; Paul Halko, Devils Lake; Glen Hauf, Makoti; Doug Hintzman, Kulm; Justin Houghton, Steele; Rodney Hubbard, Fargo; John Jacobson, Hatton; Sean Jalbert, Grandin; Lloyd Kennedy, Reynolds; Keith Kinneberg, Wahpeton; Peggy Knotts, Fargo; John Kron, Enderlin; Brad Manz, Bismarck; Dallas Marchus, Fessenden; Dale Miller, Grandin; Kimberly Murphy, Dickinson; Dale Patrick Jr., Bismarck; James Peterson, Rutland; Brett Poehls, Tolna; Kent Reierson, Williston; Kory Richardson, Dunn Center; John Riske, Reynolds; Myron Schaff, Hebron; Thomas Schumacker, Fullerton; Jason Scott, Fargo; Melvin Siverson, Bowman; Scott Wagner, Casselton; Charles Wilkinson, New Town.

Two-year active instructors recognized were Teri Anderson, Hettinger; Jeff Ball, Des Lacs; Mathew Baseflug, Dickinson; Clinton Baxter, Minot; Trisha Duvall, Jamestown; Terrance Estvold, Lakota; Gary Green, Granville; Kevin Harris, Watford City; Jerome Hassler, Minot; Dan Hoenke, Richardton; Bradley Hofman, Wyndmere; Justin Hughes, Minot; Kasey Karlstad, Mayville; Curtis Kaseman, Jamestown; Suzanne Kersting, Kindred; Lance Kleinjan, Elgin; Paul Lambert, Minot; Calvin Leyendecker, Marion; Jerry Lillis, Lincoln; Lee Murphy, Dickinson; Michael Myers, Grafton; Thomas Norman, Jamestown; Scott Ralston, Devils Lake; Ross Reimche, Bottineau; John Robbins, Enderlin; Steve Schrader, Walcott; John Schwalk, Milnor; Brian Wehausen, Devils Lake; Russell Ziegler, Hettinger.

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