The Ambassador: Spring 2010

For supporters of the mission and vision of the Anne Carlsen Center

Spring 2010 www.annecenter.org

8-year-old ACC student reaches series of milestones in recovery from devastating

swimming pool accident

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Unique Skill Set ACC employee creates one- of-a-kind gifts in workshop

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Soulful Gestures

Family develops special connection

with the Anne Carlsen Center

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Ben smiles as he spots a butterfly up close.

Carrie Grimes, a Life Skills Assistant, and Jacob closely examine one of the butterflies.

One of the released butterflies finds a perch on top of the ACC gazebo.

Teacher Simone Leigh and Nikki watch butterflies fly around in one of the release cages prior to the butterfly release event.

Alex points out specific plants in a magazine to ACC employee Diane Brandenburg as they relax in the solarium.

Taylor savors the sensory-filled experience of placing her hand on the solarium’s water feature.

Anna traces her finger along a rocking bench used by students and staff to relax in the solarium.

No matter how hard the North Dakota winds blow … or how low the mercury drops … it’s warm and comforting inside the ACC solarium. Anne Carlsen Center students gather to soak up sun and knowledge in this glassed-in, state-of-the-art structure. Learning here is always hands-on. Science, home economics and math are just a few of the subjects covered, as the children and young adults served by the Center savor the soothing environment.

Students help take care of the plants that spend the winter in the solarium. Dutifully, they water each, adjusting the intensity of the spray using the misting nozzles. In late March, seed planting of vegetables and flowers begins in earnest. Students enjoy the tactile experience of working the soil in their hands, carefully planting the seeds and learning how to ensure adequate growing conditions.

After bursting from its cocoon in the solarium, a monarch lands on an outstretched finger.

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Teacher Amy Kollman Hanson looks on, as Brandon opens a container of butterflies, releasing dozens of the fluttering creatures as part of the “Pay It Forward” Celebration.

Many of the released butterflies settled into the hands of those in attendance.

Jimmy bends over to lightly touch a butterfly that has landed on the soft grass by his feet.

This butterfly found a satisfying snack in the middle of a sunflower head.

Cade and Pat Albrecht, a Life Skills Assistant, trim the leaves on a plant that is wintering in the ACC solarium.

Adam and Delton Heil, a Life Skills Assistant, enjoy the warmth of the solarium while discussing a question on one of Adam’s tests.

The solarium has been home to a wide variety of organisms, which in December, included the winged variety. An Anne Carlsen Center classroom participated in University of Kansas’ Monarchs in Space project. As NASA studied the butterfly life cycle in space, ACC students also learned about butterflies. Inside the solarium, they turned spinach salad containers into metamorphosis chambers for the larvae they received from the university. The students carefully observed how the larvae, suspended in cocoons, made their dramatic transformations.

On December 14, the first of the butterflies burst through the cocoon wall and unveiled its brilliant colors. One by one, they all emerged, fluttering from flower to flower in the solarium, as students and staff watched in awe.

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A L E G A C Y O F L E A D E R S H I P Board of Trustees appoints leader with experience, passion to CEO post

The Anne Carlsen Center has a nearly 70-year history and distinction of touching lives with hope. Over the years, quality leadership has helped guide the Center to a position of influence and inspiration. The Board of Trustees’ recent appointment of Eric Monson as Chief Executive Officer will help us build on this tradition of excellence.

Eric has a meaningful history with the Anne Carlsen Center and the Jamestown community. He has served as the interim Chief Executive Officer of the Center since August 2009. Previously, he served on the Center’s Board of Trustees for five years.

Before the Anne Carlsen Center became independently owned, Eric oversaw its operations as a senior executive with Banner Health System, and its predecessor, Lutheran Health Systems, for 12 years. He served as the founder and managing partner of Novus, LLC, a Fargo-based consulting company providing strategic, marketing and operating services to health care and health-related organizations for eight years.

The Board of Trustees determined, as part of a thorough process, that Eric is highly qualified to assume leadership of the Anne Carlsen Center. His extensive knowledge of the Center, his visionary leadership, and his passion for the work of this organiza-tion make him an excellent fit for this position. We are confident his expertise in strategic planning, health care financing and operations, leadership development, and fundraising will help promote the expansion of programs and services.

Under Eric’s leadership, the Center will continue to thrive. Your prayerful support and heartfelt generosity are also instrumental to the success of this life-changing organization. Thank you for filling a vital role in this legacy of hope.

Sincerely,

Thomas Rohleder ACC Board Chair

Giving Hearts Day 24-houronlinefundraisingevent raisessupport,awarenessforACC

February 11 was Giving Hearts Day—a day in which supporters of the Anne Carlsen Center took advantage of a unique fundraising opportunity organized by Dakota Medical Foundation (DMF). Nearly 200 donors opened their hearts and pocketbooks to make a difference for the remarkable individuals and families the Center serves.

DMF selected the Center, along with other health-related nonprofits across the region, to participate in the 24-hour online fundraising event. Contributions of $10 or more— up to $4,000—were matched by DMF. In total, the Center raised more than $27,000.

“It was a great day for the Anne Carlsen Center,” says ACC Foundation Executive Director Dan Kunzman. “We are grateful to Dakota Medical Foundation for the opportunity to participate in this unique event. It was exciting to challenge ourselves to activate donors who appreciate the convenience and immediacy of donating online.”

Gifts from donors have made a variety of enriching programs and projects possible at the Anne Carlsen Center: our state-of-the-art solarium, the therapy pool, our nature trail and nearby gazebo, and ACC Week at Elks Camp Grassick. Our donors empower us to daily achieve our mission: Nurturing abilities. Changing lives.

Thank you for your support!

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L I F E ’ S J O U R N E Y ACC staff partners with individuals, families to see dreams fulfilled

You often hear people say, “Life is what you make of it.” In other words, we each have the power and responsibility to shape our lives.

At the Anne Carlsen Center, our philosophy is more of a team approach. We partner with individuals and families affected by disabilities as they endeavor to make the very most of life. Our highly-trained staff equips and empowers, as the individuals we serve persevere and inspire.

Yes, our students and clients have high degrees of medical, sensory and/or behavioral challenges. But like you and I, they desire and benefit from meaningful experiences and friendships. Throughout our nearly 70-year history, the Center has specialized in creating a range of opportunities for individuals with disabilities to build relationships, develop skills, and reach their full potential.

Distinguished as a leader in providing residential, therapeutic and educational services, the Center has further developed its expertise in recent years to address critical and diverse needs. Since 2008 we have been expanding our community-based services throughout North Dakota, meeting the needs of individuals and families where they are. While maintaining our well-established campus in Jamestown, we now provide client-centered, multi-disciplinary care to children with developmental disabilities living with their families, and adults with developmental disabilities living in communities of all sizes.

Through the Center’s In-Home Supports, our expert staff works with families in their homes, providing individualized tools and training. Goals include helping children communicate more effectively, learning safety skills, understanding how to make choices, developing social skills, and advocating for themselves.

ACC staff also provides community-based services to adults living in communities across the state. Our Community Day Supports consist of community access, individualized skill training, community-based programming, guidance in daily living activities, and special assessment of areas of need.

Michelle is one of the remarkable individuals succeeding with support from the Anne Carlsen Center. This 21-year-old woman with cerebral palsy is an ACC client, but lives in her hometown of Wimbledon, N.D. She’s developing skills and building relationships in her home community—where people know and love her. I wish you could see her sparkling smile when she greets people at the bank in Wimbledon or when she rolls silverware at the local café. Michelle also comes to Jamestown twice a week, helping out in the Early Childhood Education classroom at the Center and lending a hand at the Buffalo Valley Chapter of the American Red Cross.

Across the state, the Anne Carlsen Center is working with people, like Michelle, who have been touched by a disability—but not defined by one. Since opening our Grand Forks office in 2008, we have been serving a growing number of clients in that part of the state. In November, the Center opened a Fargo office to provide a base of operations for staff serving individuals in five communities in southeastern North Dakota. Later this year, we will have a presence in Bismarck. In total, ACC has 45 community-based clients in 14 communities.

Our donors play a major role in helping us extend our expertise to those in need across the state, while also supporting our well-established Jamestown campus. You have created many smiles of satisfaction and stories of achievement. Through your generosity, the Anne Carlsen Center is empowering families, and meeting critical needs one-on-one. Because of you, individuals with disabilities are playing active, important roles in their communities and developing skills for independence … and for the future.

With heartfelt thanks,

Eric Monson Chief Executive Officer

Adam smiles at a nearby cart. It carries dozens of jars filled to the brim with the fruits of his

labor … and that of his friends.

He and his classmates at the Anne Carlsen Center tended—for many months—to the tomatoes and onions that became key ingredients in the Center’s salsa. Despite a challenging spring, seeds were dutifully planted and grew into large, flavorful vegetables. The veggies were picked, sliced and simmered before being canned as the delicious dip.

Each filled jar is a statement of resil-iency, a reminder of a special place, and the proclama-tion of a future filled with hope.

Getting Back To NormalDuring the final weeks of March 2009, ACC teachers Corby Maddock and Mary Lewis were in the plan-ning stages for that year’s garden.

Plans changed quickly, how-ever, when the Center

was forced to evacu-ate on March 23 due to the threat of overland flood-

ing. Students, staff and medi-cal equipment were relocated to a variety of sites through-

out Jamestown for nearly three

months.

In the weeks following the move, Maddock

and Lewis began talking about

what to do with the

garden.

They decided to plant seeds in ACC’s solarium and begin grow-ing many of the ingredients to the Center’s salsa.

“In the spring you don’t really know what is going to happen,” says Maddock. “In the end, it all worked out, and it was another successful year in which we made more jars than we had the year before.”

Following the return to the Center, students helped make salsa for the Otter Tail Power Company’s “Pay It Forward” event, hosted on the ACC James-town Campus on August 25.

“It was nice to jump back in … once we all got back,” says Maddock. “We were able to get that sense of normalcy and

get things back to usual with a

Students learn valuable skills for the future, while achieving record-setting year

There are plenty of educational and therapeutic benefits to gardening, and as Ben learned—gardening can be lots of fun! Here, he wears a “jalapeño mustache.”

Nikki, an ACC student, and teacher Simone Leigh scoop salsa into a container for people to taste test at Otter Tail Power Company’s “Pay It Forward” event on August 25.

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routine. It was nice to be able to open that side door and go into the garden plots or into the solarium.”

The Rise of FallOver the next eight weeks, students in Maddock’s classroom filled 485 jars of salsa. Students in Lewis’ classroom helped produce another 50 jars, pushing the 2009 total to over 100 gallons produced.

Once the salsa production stops, plants in the ACC gardens are pulled from the ground, and organic hay is placed over each plot to reduce weed emergence. Uprooted plants are taken to the city compost site.

“When we get into February and March, we order seeds and get things started in the solarium, and the cycle starts once again,” says Maddock.

Now in its fifth year, the Center’s salsa endeavor is a true success. A hit with the students, staff and everyone who has bought a jar of the chip dip, the salsa is here to stay.

Just 32 jars of salsa were made that first year—all during a home economics session that began when students got to class and ran until 1:30 in the afternoon. Today, an average of 60 or 70 jars can be made by ACC’s proficient students—before lunch.

Nine different flavors were made this season: Mild, Medium, Hot, Hawaiian, Garlic Cilantro, Lime Cilantro, Garlic Garlic, No Onion and Mean Bean.

“Each one is a little different,” says Maddock. “It is a dumping process, and each jar is an original—that’s for sure.”

Friends of the Anne Carlsen Center celebrated the promise of a new year at the Seventh Annual Sparkle! New Year’s Eve Gala.

“It was another wonderful evening—the food, the music and the company were all spectacular,” said Dan Kunzman, the ACC Foundation Executive Director. “We owe such a debt of gratitude to our volunteers, our staff and the Gladstone Inn for all they did to make sure this event remains an elegant evening for all.”

More than 140 people attended the gala. Attendees—including Community Partners, donors, staff and other ACC friends—danced to live music from the group “Joe Dresch,” and bid on more than 30 prize packages during a silent auction. Among the packages were tickets to a UND hockey game, artwork, golf passes to Thumper Pond Resort, and a massage/spa package.

The highlight of the evening was the diamond raffle, and the winning ticket holder took home an 81-point diamond. Barb Jager, a Home Team Leader on the Center’s Jamestown Campus, was stunned when her name was drawn by last year’s winner: Jennifer Lettenmaier.

“I never win anything,” Jager said. “When I first heard them call the winner, I thought there had to be another ‘Barb’ in attendance. I could not believe I won.”

Money raised from the event is being used to purchase specialized equipment that will support the Center’s most medically fragile students.

Anne Carlsen Center supporters ring in 2010 at New Year’s Eve Gala

ACC Planned Giving Specialist Shelley Nannenga presents Barb Jager with the Star 129 Diamond. Jager’s winning ticket was selected as part of the Sparkle! New Year’s Eve Gala diamond raffle.

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Fourteen first-graders sit forward attentively in their desks as their teacher, Mrs. Hegland, leads them in a vocabulary lesson set to music. Today, they are learning about words with long a’s and

silent e’s. The students sing a story about a Nate who likes to bake a cake.

This first-grade Language Arts classroom at Louis L’Amour Elementary School in Jamestown is a colorful, interactive place, where students learn about language, spelling, grammar and reading. At the end of the first row of desks is Trinity Dickerson, an 8-year-old Anne Carlsen Center (ACC) student. Her eyes light up and her smile broadens as she raises her arm when Mrs. Hegland asks for a volunteer. The task? Circle a word in the song—printed on a poster-size laminated sheet—that has a long a and silent e. Trinity carefully grips the blue marker and circles the word ate. Her eyes sparkle with satisfaction, as Mrs. Hegland praises her for choosing a correct answer.

Trinity savors this moment with a smile. She has spent months preparing for it.

“When Trinity first joined our class in September, she was physically hardly able to raise her arm. You could tell she wanted to, but wasn’t able to do so on her own,” says teacher Elaine Hegland. “She’s stronger now, and so eager to participate.”

Trinity will spend about an hour with her classmates at Louis L’Amour, before heading back to the Anne Carlsen Center, where she will rejoin the students and staff in the

Early Childhood Education classroom. There, she’ll see the faces and hear the voices of the people she’s come to know very well since the summer of 2008.

In an InstantIt was June 13, 2008, and Trinity was an active 6-year-old who loved singing, dancing, and playing with her sister. A quick learner, she excelled in school. Tests confirmed she was reading at a third-grade reading level.

But later that day, during an outing to a swimming pool with her summer daycare program, Trinity’s life took a tragic turn. The 6-year-old suddenly vanished from sight, and was under water for a dangerously long time—between four to seven minutes—before being rescued. The near drowning caused a severe lack of oxygen to Trinity’s brain, resulting in hypoxic brain injury. She was in a coma following the near drowning, and spent the first month of recovery in the Intensive Care Unit at a Bismarck hospital.

Trinity, still in an early stage of the coma, arrived at the Anne Carlsen Center in July 2008. Therapists utilized tactile, visual and auditory items to try to draw a response. “Trinity responded to auditory items first,” remembers Stephanie Nelson, an ACC speech and language pathologist. The girl’s heart rate would change when she listened to music from some of her favorite movies, and at times, her eyes would open.

In early November 2008, Trinity smiled for the first time since the accident, and in December, another milestone was reached when staff, for the first time, heard her laughter.

Girl experiences healing, friendships at ACC following tragic accident

As Trinity recovers from some of the effects of Traumatic Brain Injury, her sparkling personality is shining through. Here, she gets a little one-on-one time with Santa.

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Trinity’s therapy sessions have focused on skills such as sitting, moving her limbs, gripping and releasing items, holding her head up, using a manual wheelchair, and driving a power wheelchair. Staff has implemented an eye-gaze communication technique to aid in communication—also known as eye-pointing—by which Trinity has demonstrated, to the delight of many, her comprehension and reading abilities.

The Wonder of Words“Trinity loves to go to the library on Mondays,” says Sharon Olson, the Special Education teacher in the Early Childhood Education classroom at ACC. “She likes anything involving books and reading. She loves chapter books, like ‘Amelia Bedelia.’ She likes to look to see how many words are in a book … the more words, the better.”

Trinity first joined the Center’s Early Childhood Education class in January 2009, after she had overcome some of the effects of the Traumatic Brain Injury. Throughout the year, she grew stronger and more alert, providing quicker responses, enjoying greater participation, and exhibiting more endurance. All the while, her outgoing personality continued to shine through, as well as the ability to make friends easily.

“During a classroom activity, we asked Trinity a series of questions, including whether or not she wanted more friends,” recalls Olson. “The choices were yes, no, maybe, or not sure. Trinity quickly told us yes, using her eye-gaze communication techniques.”

In late September, Trinity got her wish. The Anne Carlsen Center arranged for her to begin to spend about an hour each Monday with children her age at Louis L’Amour Elementary.

“I like having Trinity in our class because she’s fun,” says 7-year-old Taylor Williamson, a classmate at Louis L’Amour. “She wants to learn, and she’s nice. I invited her to my birthday party.”

And the many friendships Trinity has made at the Center have also blossomed.

“She has always been so caring toward her friends,” says Marlena Maddock,

one of Trinity’s teachers at ACC. “She has grown even more in that area over the last six months.”

In all settings, books continue to be a huge motivator for Trinity. Although not able to speak the words, she follows the stories with her eyes, as teachers and direct care staff read to her. “She chuckles and smiles when we get to the funny parts,” says Olson with a smile.

Trinity has started vocalizing more throughout her day. These vocal sounds, although not words, have improved her ability to communicate with staff and fellow students. “The fre-quency and volume of her vocalizations have increased,” says Nelson. “The goal right now is for her to be able to make a high-pitched sound and a low-pitched sound. We want her to understand that she can vocalize in different ways.”

It is a process that excites Trinity’s father, Brandon Dickerson. “She’s really becoming more vocal,” says Brandon. “Just the other day, I talked to her on the phone. She’s trying so hard to say hello. It is very nice to hear that.”

More IndependenceEarly on, one of the greatest medical challenges for Trin-ity was the impact of the Traumatic Brain Injury on her respiratory system. For breathing, she relied on a tracheos-tomy—an artificial opening in the wind pipe. Now, that opening is capped, with the goal of weaning her off the trache-ostomy tube and restoring her voice.

Although Trinity is still fed through a gastrostomy feeding tube inserted into her stomach, she has been eating more orally, as she relearns how to move food around in her mouth.

After Trinity participated in several trials with portable eye-controlled com-munication devices, ACC staff deter-mined the technology, with its limitless vocabulary options, was the perfect fit for her needs and abilities. With the ACC therapy department’s recent purchase of this device, Trinity is now able to utilize the technology from time

to time. Staff is working to acquire a second device—to be used exclusively by Trinity in her communication needs, from morning to night.

“Sometimes we feel that Trinity is ‘locked in’ when communicating with us,” says Val Bakken, Trinity’s Indi-vidual Program Coordinator. “We have to guess, at times, what she is trying to say. This device will give her more independence and active participation in learning.”

Along with communication goals, Bran-don has other goals for his daughter ... including her eventual return to her hometown of Bismarck. Bakken says in about two years time, Trinity may be able to—with nursing assistance—move back home with her family. An-other option might be placement with a Bismarck provider of residential and medical services. Brandon and Trinity’s older sister, Angel, are eager to see the family reunited.

“It is very exciting,” says Brandon. “I have thought about it quite a bit. It would be great to have the girls back together. Their whole lives they have been inseparable—they have always looked out for each other. I am looking forward to seeing them redevelop that sisterly bond. They’ve always been so close.”

In the meantime, the Anne Carlsen Center staff continues the labor of love of restoring Trinity’s health, strength and abilities. With each milestone reached, this 8-year-old girl offers inspiration and hope in the power of determination.

“She’s not a quitter,” says Brandon. “She never quits. She’ll never give up.”

Trinity smiles as she interacts with two Great Pyrenees dogs during a thera-peutic classroom activity. ACC teacher Sharon Olson and volunteer Donna Badal, the dogs’ owner, look on.

Jamestown salon and spa blended color and creativity in a fun event in December that brought joy to

many clients served by the anne Carlsen Center (aCC).

it began when the owner of Face to Face for wellness & Beauty wanted to spruce up the walls of the salon, which opened in 2008, and dreamed up the idea of a charity art contest.

“we wanted to help an organization in the community, and the anne Carlsen Center immediately came to mind,” said Lori Froemke, the owner of Face to Face. “a lot of our clients are employed at the Center. they are such positive people … so caring. You can tell they love their jobs. Even during the flood, they put the individuals they serve first. that really touched my heart.”

Beginning in october, the salon invited people to submit their photographs, paintings, sculptures, and other art-work in the contest. the pieces were displayed at the salon, and voted on by community members, until December 10. that evening, Face to Face hosted a holiday party, during which attendees could participate in a silent auction and bid on their favorite works of art. the money raised, nearly $370, went to the anne Carlsen Center.

“we had heard about the Center’s accessing the artist within program,” said Froemke. “we appreciate what the Center is doing to make art accessible to people of all abilities. we really recognize the importance of that. a child may not be able to talk … or see … but he or she can be a great artist, given the right tools.”

accessing the artist within is an artistic endeavor created by Mark Coppin, aCC’s assistive technology Director. the idea behind the project is to showcase how assistive technologies and adaptive equipment empower individuals with disabilities to explore the artist within. Clients of aCC, along with individuals

across the country, have shared their artistic talents through this project.

“i just moved here from Columbus, ohio,” said Katharine Heitman, a Face to Face stylist and one of the organizers of the art contest. “i didn’t know an organization like the anne Carlsen Center existed until i came to Jamestown. the level of

care and expertise is outstanding.”

Heitman said the salon was pleased by the number of works submitted, the number of people who turned out to vote, and the attendance at the December 10 event. the works of art, which were taken home by those with winning bids, included a colored pencil drawing by 13-year-old Mikka Prosser.

“i really wanted to help raise money for the anne Carlsen Center,” said Prosser, who contributed a favorite drawing from her sketchbook.

the winner of the art contest was 23-year-old Brandi Kastet, formerly of Montpelier. the Jamestown College graduate, now living in Bismarck, had submitted horse-themed photo art on canvas.

Kastet, along with the second- and third-place artists, received prizes from the salon. also announced on December 10 were the winners, from amongst those who participated in the voting, of Face to Face’s “Day of wellness and Beauty.”

“we are extremely grateful for the hard work, creativity and generosity of the Face to Face staff,” said Dan Kunzman, the executive director of the aCC Foun-dation. “Many people participated in

this event and helped make it a success. thank you for making a meaningful difference in the lives of the individuals we have the pleasure of serving.”

Face to Face employees say they look forward to holding the charity art contest next year and hope to see this labor of love continue to enrich the lives of the students and clients of the anne Carlsen Center.

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Dan Kunzman, the ACC Foundation Executive Director, and Deb Backer of Jamestown hold artwork created by Backer’s daughter, Brandi

Kastet of Bismarck. Kastet’s horse-themed photo art on canvas received 1st place in Face to Face’s

charity art contest benefitting ACC.

Salon & spa finds creative, colorful way

to raise support

Employees of Face to Face for Wellness & Beauty spent months planning the charity art event

benefitting ACC. Pictured, from left: Owner Lori Froemke, Stylists Katharine Heitman

and Kelli Schultz.

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Morris and Shirley WerzelMrs. Harriette J. WagmanPhillip and Mildred HartMs. Unamae S. StoykaSteve and Avonne FagerlandMrs. Viola C. OstMs. Anna MoranRolf and Esther EricksonMrs. Carol DunkerRobert and Ann LeeMr. Ray R. RylanderMr. Norman D. GustMs. Arlene D. ZiemerS. Eugene and Jan BundyMs. Lana VorlandDean and Alicia VorlandMr. Elmer EllweinTodd and Jolene SjostromMs. Esther R. GrabanskiMs. Elaine D. BaronMs. Katherine S. StaufferJon and Connie LillejordMs. Myrtle I. OederMs. Eunice KanneMr. Thomas H. TrimbleMrs. Dorothy B. StoverMrs. Isla E. HerdahlMs. Martha WinterMrs. Sarah LuithleArthur and Grace DietzeMs. Evangeline M. QuamCalvin and Shirley RolfsonMr. Arnold WinterMr. Ernest E. Slagg Jr.Richard and Rose Ann SplitterMaron and Charlotte DavisJerry and Jean EbertzMrs. Esther M. CrabtreeMrs. Bertina ThorvigJames and Joanne KackMr. Arthur H. NordmanTony and Anne-Marie GohMrs. Clara P. FadnessMrs. Alice C. NelsonDouglas and May NelsonMrs. Harriet R. Lowe-BergEmil and Mable BanderetMr. Phillip BerggrenMrs. Karen BirnbaumerMarilyn BrunsonMrs. Elaine CaldisMr. Angus Campbell

Rev. Delmar D. DahlMr. James DuffMr. and Mrs. Richard EdingerWarren and Ruby ErnieMerlin and Doris FlesnerMrs. Clarine M. FredricksonMs. Mavis GainesMrs. Evelyn GaltMichael and Marie GillenMr. Theodore R. GollMr. Robert GreenMs. Barbara M. HandelmannMrs. Eunice HelfensteinRoland and Janet HinrichsDaniel and Lori HowellMr. Glenn IstaMs. Clara E. IversonMs. Blanche P. KelleyMr. Norman L. KissickMs. Joy L. KjellbotnMrs. Irene KoehnGeorge and Ruth LitkeMs. Pauline MauserMrs. Estelle Mc GillisMrs. Eldora E. Mc LaughlinMrs. Dorothy E. McCormackMrs. Shirley R. MeidingerClaire and Opal MuellerJohn and Myrtle NickelsonMr. Alvin C. NordsvenMrs. Ruby PattonMr. J. Brayton PersonMrs. Helen F. PetersMrs. Marilyn A. QuanbeckMrs. Hazel M. RasmussenMr. and Mrs. Ronald C. ReichertJames and Marilyn RexinMr. Wendelin ScherrMrs. Ella M. SchlundtMr. David R. SchummMr. Larry SeegerMrs. Nettie M. StorhaugMrs. Ivy M. StreuMr. Paul TiedeRobert and Gladys TimmermanMr. and Mrs. Roy A. WilliamsMr. Frank W. WilsonMrs. Stella J. WingertRyan and Diane Zakopyko

CIrCLe oF FrIeNds beNeFACTor soCIeTY

these individuals have made provisions for the anne Carlsen Center in their wills or estate plans. while some have made the Center a life insurance beneficiary, others have established a charitable annuity or a trust.

there are 101 individuals and couples inducted into the Circle of Friends Benefactor Society. through their thoughtful planned giving, they are helping the Center provide nurturing care and meaningful experiences to individuals touched by a disability, but not defined by one.

NeW To The Tree

Members of this group have made significant lifetime gifts to support the anne Carlsen Center. they are recognized on our tree of Life—a work of art and focal point at the Center, with leaves, apples, stones and clouds bearing the names of those who have given.

the tree of Life recognizes those who have given at least $5,000 in their lifetime to the Center. in 2009, 22 individuals and businesses became part of this tribute.

as the tree of Life continues to thrive, these generous donors are helping the remarkable individuals we serve do the same.

those who joined the tree in 2009 are:

Harriet J. Westwick Dorothy E. Kaseman Reuben A. KruggelAnonymousConstance A. Boler Robert C. SchwadererVance GoodmansonValley Sales Company Inc.Harley E. Schmidt Justin Spickler Westfield Hope Reformed Church Women’s MinistryDonald W. Jensen Lila D. Fitzpatrick White DrugSt. John Lutheran ChurchMarcelle M. Strinden John KrabsethR. M. Stoudt, IncArdean John Harstad Carl W. Reed Halverson Family FoundationTarek Ismail

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individuals and businesses which gener-ously support the anne Carlsen Center belong to our Circle of Friends. their gifts of love help sustain the life-chang-

ing mission and vision of our namesake, Dr. anne Carlsen.

Since its founding, the Center has had a symbolic and spiritual connection to the butterfly. this beautiful creature represents hope, transformations and new beginnings.

it symbolizes the positive changes we see in the remarkable children and young adults in our care. appropriately, the levels of giving within the Circle of Friends are named after some of the world’s most beautiful butterflies.

thank you, donors, for supporting the Center’s programs and services, while encouraging individuals with disabilities to grow, learn, and reach new heights of independence.

C I r C L e o F F r I e N d s

MONARCH ($1000+)AnonymousBakken, Mildred E.Baron, Elaine D.Berg, Elmer H.Berg, Mary T.Bergene, KentBergene, Marlys A.Boe, OfordBoler, Constance A.Borstad, Gerald E.Carlsen, Anne H.Carlsen, James R.Claus, Robert JohnCoe, Marie L.Collins, Gerald A.County MarketCraychee, Greg G.Dahley, Lloyd E.Dakota Central Telecommunications CooperativeDakota Medical FoundationDon Wilhelm, IncDonor Awareness Softball TournamentDunker, CarolEhmann, Darcy DEigenrauch, Mabel C.Ellwein, ElmerEnnen, RickFaith Lutheran ChurchFarmers Union Ins. & Service Ass’nFinocchiaro, RayFirst Presbyterian ChurchFirstGivingFranke, SandraFranz, Paul A.Fredrickson, SteveGeske, Robert H.Gieseking, HenryGoodmanson, VanceGrady, Ainslee S.Greenwood, AlanGums, James A.Halverson Family FoundationHarstad, Ardean JohnHellyer, Margaret S.Herman, Robert E.Hillerud Construction Inc.Huber, HarveyHugo’s, Inc.Innovis HealthIsmail, Tarek

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ACC’s Kollman Uses Unique Abilities to Empower Students

When a wheelchair at the Anne Carlsen Center (ACC) breaks, Todd Kollman is your man. He’s the one staff calls when there’s a toy that

needs to be adapted … or a tool to be created.

Kollman, the Center’s Adaptive Equipment Specialist, has worked at the Center for about 25 years, sharing his unique skill set with countless students and staff. He begins every day with the mantra—“Throwing it away doesn’t work here.”

“I do a lot of repair work, and sometimes I make it work the first time,” says Kollman with a laugh. “Sometimes I cross two things to make one thing. Sometimes I use a lot of parts from a lot of different items to make one item.”

As the technology in the toy industry has become more sophisticated, more parts have become part of Kollman’s workshop.

The jobs that come into his workshop are as varied as the people the Center serves. During one two-hour stretch of a November afternoon, Kollman was asked to fix a chair, repair a child-sized table, and create a concept for a student who likes to sit on tile floors and not carpet.

Early Childhood Education teacher Sharon Olson was one of the ACC staff members who called on Kollman’s exper-tise that day. “Todd is a miracle worker,” she says. “When students come here for an adapted item, they go home with a finished product. He makes my job so much easier.”

A Team EffortWhile Kollman is often lauded for the products he creates, he is quick to point out it is far from a one- person show. “I call it my A-team—all the people I rely on,” says Kollman. “That is something that you have got to have … or everything just doesn’t work.”

A wide variety of staff is involved in each step of the product repair and creation. When someone brings in a broken item, Kollman discusses the item from top to bottom, taking into consideration a wide array of issues, including safety measures, dimensions, weight and cleanliness. He then goes to work crafting or repairing the item.

In recent years he has created tools that flip through stacks of paper, roll dice, and transport and spray water. Each item goes through at least one round of testing before it is delivered to the student or staff who requested it.

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rolling recliner Kollman Creates Special Gift for Student

Most of the requests fielded by ACC Adaptive Equipment Specialist Todd Kollman come from ACC staff and students. But around Christmas, a special request came in from one student’s mother.

Carmen Gunderson wanted to see if it was possible for her son, Michael, to have a mobile reclining chair. Michael’s foot was in a cast, and he was faced with the prospect of spending most of his time in bed until he healed. Three times a day, he would spend about an hour and a half in his wheelchair.

The Gunderson family’s Christmas celebration at the Center prompted Carmen to think of the idea of a mobile reclining chair. “We had Christmas in the Sunroom. When Michael was given a recliner to rest in, he just snuggled right in.”

Kollman set to work immediately to fashion a chair that would give Michael comfort and mobility. “It was a Christmas present, but it wasn’t something you could go out and buy,” explains Kollman. “Where could you get it because of the uniqueness of it? His mother wanted to get him something out of the ordinary.”

Kollman knew a rolling recliner was more than possible— he had built one before. But there were a number of variables to address before the chair could be modified. It would require more alterations than just putting wheels underneath the frame. The bottom of the chair would need to be widened to keep it stable. The reclining rail would also need to be altered.

“Todd was great to work with—I just told him what I would like the chair to do, and he adjusted the chair to fit Michael’s needs,” says Carmen. “If he had any questions, he asked me, and when he was done with the chair, he had me look at it, sit in it, and made any adjustments that needed to be made.”

To make the chair, Kollman used wood and paint that had been donated to the Center and completed the project with wheels from a hospital bed that was no longer being used. The only items purchased by Kollman were the screws and glue to bring the project together.

“If Michael did not have the modified chair, he would most likely have had to stay in bed,” says Rene Otto, one of Michael’s teachers at the Center. “He would not have that opportunity to be in class.”

“It is a present that made him very happy. You can see that when he is in the halls,” says Kollman with a smile. “Michael had a very thankful mother. She was very overwhelmed.”

“I try and live it, no matter what the item is,” Kollman says. “If it is a chair, I get right into it. I try to simulate using it as much as possible. If it is a deal where a person is tough on things, I build more endurance and padding into it.”

Staff members say the dedication Kollman shows to the Center and its students isn’t limited to the items he creates. “When we have tours and we bring in high school or college students or interns, he is always willing to show and demonstrate some of the switches and items he has made,” says Connie Lillejord, ACC’s Director of Rehab Services. “When we talk about safety for the kids, that is always the number one priority for him. He is so dedicated to the kids here. He loves to design and create, and he impacts everybody here at the Center—he is a person that works with virtually every department.”

The ACC WayThe rewards for a job well-done come in a variety of forms at the Anne Carlsen Center. From a “thank you” … to a smile … to a student simply being able to do something he or she couldn’t do before … the rewards are priceless and limitless.

“You do change people’s lives and that is a huge part of this job,” says Kollman. “I can’t count the number of lives I’ve im-pacted. That isn’t a prideful statement—it is a really big deal. But it couldn’t happen without the whole team effort.”

Along with that team effort, Kollman says it helps to be flexible and to excel at multi-tasking. “You never really know what will come in next—whether it will be used inside or outside or where it will come from,” he explains. “You need to work your schedule around others, and you have to prioritize. Most importantly, you never believe it can’t be done.”

By doing his job and doing it well, Koll-man is a key ingredient to what makes the Anne Carlsen Center a uniquely inspiring organization. “This place has always been and is top-notch at changing people’s lives,” says Kollman. “Anyone who needs a little extra help, they need to come here and see that the word ‘can’t’ doesn’t exist.”

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The day before a blizzard swept through much of the Upper Midwest, Kim and Jerry Pederson made the journey

from their home outside Fergus Falls, Minn., to the Anne Carlsen Center’s Jamestown Campus.

Rearranging their schedules to beat the storm, the couple was determined to celebrate Christmas with students from the Center. Jerry was going to play Santa Claus … Kim would be one of his elves. Along with bags of gifts, they brought their Great Pyrenees dogs to play with the students.

The couple stayed at ACC for a few hours, sharing laughter and love, before returning safely to their home. A day later, snow and high winds blasted North Dakota, shutting down travel throughout much of the state.

The Christmas visit is one of many Kim and Jerry have made to the campus since becoming supporters of the Center. Their gifts have provided many unique opportunities for the individuals the Center serves. But, they are quick to point out, ACC students have provided much for their family.

AdamKim and Jerry’s story is rooted in the life of their son, Adam.

The Pederson’s only child was the picture of normalcy when he was born in 1991. But, when the bright and smiley boy was about 18 months old, the family would be changed forever.

Adam was diagnosed with Batten Disease, a degenerative disease that shares some similarities with Lou Gehrig’s Disease. When Adam was diagnosed, he was only expected to live to be 6 or 7 years old. Instead, he would live to be 15.

“It seems worse when it attacks children,” says Kim. “They don’t understand what is happening to them. They stumble when they used to be able to walk. Then Adam started having seizures and had a kind of strange gate when he was walking.”

The symptoms continued to worsen, and after years of seeking answers, the Pedersons received word on the final diagnosis.

“At first you thought, there was no way to live with this ... and the journey it will take you on,” says Kim. “But you have to because your child depends on it. Life with Adam took many twists and turns.”

Adam’s parents were determined to have their son live as normal a life as possible.

“He is your son, and there is nothing more valuable,” says Jerry. “We always said Adam would never be without one of us, and we would care for him to the best of our abilities. It was a very tough disease. But we tried to do as many ‘normal’ things that you could do.”

Adam, much to his parents’ delight, embraced every experience he encountered.

“Adam’s favorite thing was to steer and bounce,” remembers Jerry. “He was a bulldozing machine with me. Doctors attributed him living until he was 15 to us having him upright, bouncing and having fun.”

Adam passed away on February 15, 2007, about six weeks before his 16th birthday. That first birthday without their son, Jerry and Kim made their first visit to the Anne Carlsen Center.

Adam’s spirit lives on through the deeds of his parents. “What Adam did with his life was a testament to whoever watched him,” says his mother, Kim.

Couple Makes Special Connection with the Anne Carlsen Center

Kim and Jerry Pederson have formed a special relationship with the Anne Carlsen Center in loving memory of their son, Adam.

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The Donor Difference

Your financial gifts make a lasting and meaningful difference in the lives of individuals with disabilities.

The opportunities you provide through your generosity are changing lives … every day. Thank you for creating joy and satisfaction in the smiles of the people we serve.

Consider making a gift today. You can donate online using our secure Web site, www.annecenter.org. Or, send your gift of love in the enclosed envelope. For information about planned giving options, please complete the request form on the inside of the back cover.

The First Visit“We just went kind of crazy when we were there,” says Kim. “We were allowed in the classrooms, and the teachers were so great—they let us play with the kids.”

The couple had been aware of the Center as their employer, Otter Tail Power Company, is one of ACC’s Com-munity Partners and regularly donates to the Center. Their first opportunity to experience the Center hands-on ignited a brilliant fire in their hearts. They witnessed the individualized attention and the difference a caring staff makes.

“When I saw the Anne Carlsen Center,” says Kim, “I knew what they were doing was the right thing ... and a good thing, and it was going to carry on.”

“We think the world of the Anne Carlsen Center,” adds Jerry. “We have special feelings for all the kids there. When you watch the kids and the staff and how they interact—I’m so impressed. I can’t even describe it. It is a one-in-a-million place, as far as I’m concerned.”

A Place to GrowWhen the Anne Carlsen Center began planning its solarium, the Pedersons knew they had found a project Adam would loved to have been a part of.

“With Adam’s love of gardening and love of dirt, we felt the solarium was a great project, and we wanted to be part of funding it,” says Kim. “Bad things happen when good people do nothing. There were times when I would have liked to do nothing, but we knew Adam never quit. And so, we can’t quit.”

The Pedersons joined other major donors in helping the project come together. In March 2008, the state-of-the-art solarium was completed.

Recently, the couple spent time in the solarium with an elementary class raising butterfly larvae and learning about the transformation of a monarch butterfly from egg, caterpillar, and chrysalis to butterfly. The first butterfly that burst from its cocoon that day was named Adam.

Then came the Pedersons’ visit with the students as Santa and the elf.

“They persevered because it was impor-tant to them,” says Shelley Nannenga, ACC’s Planned Giving Specialist. “They

didn’t just say the weather was bad, and they couldn’t make it. They just decided Santa’s sleigh would come a little early. What made their visit so special was not just the gift of presents, but the time they spent.”

The Pederson’s have made about 10 visits to the Anne Carlsen Center in the three years since their son passed away. Each one is filled with laugher and smiles, and maybe a tear. The Christmas visit was especially poignant.

“Kim was off to one side with her elf costume on, and she started dancing in front of one of the students,” remembers Jerry. “You could see the smile on his face. His face was saying, ‘You took time for me.’ That is what it is all

about—treating people with respect and giving them opportunities.”

Kim adds that, while the students do enjoy the visits made by her and her husband, it’s the students who are making the biggest impact.

“When we got into the car after playing Santa and drove home, it was kind of quiet,” says Kim. “For the time being, the voice inside you is quieted, and the sadness is replaced with peace. For the kids at the Anne Carlsen Center, if you give them a little bit of help, they will do the rest. That is the Center—work-ing to make these kids’ lives the best they can be. Look at what we are getting in return. It is passion.”

Adam enjoyed love and laughter with his mother and father throughout his life.

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the anne Carlsen Center is blessed each year with gifts given in memory of parents, grandparents, friends, mentors and many others. Memorial gifts help the Center fund services, programs and projects that have a life-changing impact on children and young adults with disabilities. while these donors honor the memory of their loved ones, they also help create meaningful and lasting memories for all the individuals we serve.

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Ms. Margie A. Lane

Steven and Jeri Cahill

Mrs. Sherry Mischke

Mr. Sidney E. Smith

James and Beth Carlsen

Rodney and Betty Hanson

Mrs. Olivia A. Johnson

Mrs. Berdella Johnson

James and Mary Kieley


Dr. Theodore and Linda Renna

Mr. Sidney E. Smith

Louis and Gladys Larson

Mr. Sidney E. Smith

Randy and Karen Striefel

Mrs. Irene E. Carlson

Randy and Karen Striefel

Mrs. LaVerne M. Bengtson

Ralph and Carol King

Mrs. Juanita J. Dura


Daniel and Loretta Wentz

Mr. Albert M. Christopher




Mrs. Winnifred L. Syverson


Mrs. Marvel Lindstrom

Mrs. Shirley D. Hintz

Rev. Ernest W. Collard

David and Cecelia Collins

Mr. Lloyd O. Cook

Mrs. Ardeth E. Coward

Jerome and Barbara Cremers

Mr. Calvin L. Martin

Curtis and Susan Fallstrom

Rodney and Betty Hanson


Byron and Ardyce Ellingson

Francis and Alice Kuehn

Ms. Margaret Murphy

Mr. John H. Downs

Adrian and Marlyne Priester

Mrs. Betty D. Johnson

Mrs. Hazell E. DeGroot

Otto and June Bervik

Mrs. Mary Deichert

Mrs. Mary Deichert

Mrs. Mary Deichert

Lewis and Karen Dendy


Keith and Rebecca Solberg

Raydon and Betty Workin

Marvin and Mary Ann Michelson

Ms. Carol L. Christianson

Robert and Sharon Anderson

Al and Judy Dosch

Kent and Bonnie Eicholtz

Richard and Dorothy Homstad

Alan and Phyllis Campbell

Mrs. Gladys M. Durand


Tim Dwyer Sr. Farm Account

Mr. Cleo Eberhardt

Mrs. Borgni Edin


Wilmer and Esther Richter

Valley Chordsman SPEBSQSA, Inc.




Mrs. Irene Haugaard

Larry and Carmen Svenningsen

Manley and Linda Truchan

John and Audrienne Engesather

Ms. Lola G. Fried

Mrs. Marilyn F. Nissen

James and Carol Erkens

Mrs. Mabel Dahl

Anthony and Jean Peszko

Mrs. Donna L. Espeseth


Curtis and Lynne Kennedy

Mr. Kenneth D. Fandrey


Mrs. Magdalena M. Lautt

Mrs. Cordy Farsdale

Dean and Sylvia Fatland


Ms. Lorraine Tisdel



Albert and Solveig Bartz

Ms. Ruth M. Fitterer

Jeannine Flaten

Alexandria Classic Clippers

Rod and Phyllis Andersen

Edwin and Darlene Bjerke


Mrs. Lois B. Florhaug

Kenton and Susan Forester

Martin and Rhoda Huber

Todd and Denise Humes

Renee Klipfel

Mrs. Mary Ellen Kulla

Mrs. Jane Y. Kulla

Ms. Judy L. Kulla

Mrs. Karen M. Lindstrom

Becky Magstadt

Dean and Barbara Messmer

Mrs. Elaine F. Nieland

Mrs. Edna Norheim

Larry and Edith Raatz

Mr. David Roach

Ms. Leah Schaaf

Richard and Joanne Turner

Romeo and Mary Boucher

Mrs. Lenore Foss

Vera and Frank Fraass


Donald and Sandra Elfering

Gordon and Diann Loper

Gordon and Diann Loper

Ms. Alice E. Thompson

Larry and Edith Raatz

Mr. Leslie Fritz

Mrs. Esther Fuchs



Willmar and Janette Peterson

Mr. Myron K. Gader

Mrs. Donna E. Gaffaney

Mrs. Marilyn F. Galazen

Raymond and Ann Herman


Mrs. Stella T. Gast


Mr. Jack A. Gibson

Mrs. Frances Barnard

Mrs. Betty D. Johnson

Mrs. Berniece Benson

Mrs. Natalie Wade


Vera and Frank Fraass

Dakota Finnish Society


William and Margo Pappa


Darin and Sue Plutowski

Robert and Ruby Proctor

Ms. Loriena Graf

Vernon and Marcy Grant

Joel and Karen Nelson

Mrs. Marguerite Gray

Ms. Doris M. Oeder

Bryan and Gloria Jones

Mr. Thomas N. Gregg

Mrs. Agnes R. Stewart


Mrs. Sherry Mischke

Mrs. Leah W. Guderjan

Mrs. Florence Footitt


Mrs. Elsie Gunsch


Mrs. Jacquelyn R. Schulte

Mrs. Eva Schulte

Ken and Carole Black

Gladys M. Aasen

Charles O. Abbey

Carlyn Adix

Bernice V. Alfson

Bernice V. Alfson

Charles Allen

Doris M. Allickson

Doris M. Allickson

Rev. and Mrs. Carl A. Almer

Amanda Almer

Amy Amundson

Jean T. Amundson

Bill Anderson

Dale Anderson

Leonard Anderson

Myrtle C. Anderson

Myrtle C. Anderson

Owen Anderson

Tim Anderson

Mervin Anfinson

Herbert H. Anton

Leander G. Anton

Roger Arneson

Katherine Attanasi

Dillan R. Bader

Ida Bakke

Keith Bakke

Katie D. Bakkum

Lillian H. Barmoen

Marion A. Barnick

Frances W. Barrett

Roger Bartel

Mary E. Bartholomay

Robert Bartlett

Albert A. Bauman

Harry Becker

Verna K. Bell

Arthur Benson

Dale Benson

Allan Benson

Norma Benson

Mabel E. Benthin

Donald Bentley

Marvin L. Benton

Bertha Berg

Emil and Bertha Berg

Sharon Berg

Randy Bergquist

Sarah Bergstrom

Charles Bertelsen

John Bethel

Richard A. Bjerke

Marjorie ‘Rae’ Bloom






Esther Bloomgren

Saige E. Blotske

Albert A. Blume

Esther Bohn

Oliver Borlaug

Bill M. Borstad

Charles W. Borstad

Robert J. Bosch

Hilda and Carl Bose

Robert Bossert

Steven C. Bovee Jr.

William Bragg

Marlene Brandt

Marlene Brandt

Anne C. Breker

Harriet Brostrom

Harriet Brostrom

John and Clara Broten

Della M. Buchholz

Fred & Tillie Buchholz

Robert R. Bullock

Art Bunker

John Burckhard

Thomas and Henrietta Burgess

Donna M. Burkhardt

Burdette Burt

James Cahill

William J. Carlisle

Albert Carlsen

Dr. Anne H. Carlsen

Dr. Anne H. Carlsen

Dr. Anne H. Carlsen

Dr. Anne H. Carlsen

Dr. Anne H. Carlsen

Dr. Anne H. Carlsen

Dr. Anne H. Carlsen

Dr. Anne H. Carlsen

Dora Carlsen

James A. Carlsen

Aaron Carlson

Clarence Carlson

Marc J. Carlson

Pauline Cartwright

David Caufman

Vickie L. Chadwick

Renae Champagne

Donald Cherney

Louise Christopher

Sue Ciesynski

John Ciesynski

John Clement

Harriet Clemetson

Gary Cleveland

Bud Cline

Vernon Coffey

Ruth Collard

David and Agnes Collins

Marie Cook

Stuart Coward

Michael Cremers

Robert Crosby

Myron W. Dahl

Myron W. Dahl

Robert B. Dahl Sr.

Neil Dahl

Serena V. Dahlke

Robert L. Dalke

Alma Danielson

Jack Davis

Jim Davis

Allwin DeGroot

Judy Dehne

Carol Deichert

Peter Deichert

Russell J. Deichert

Wyatt T. Dendy

Donald Deuitch

Ruth M. DeWald

David DiCicco

Dorothy Dockter

Alice Dockter

Grace Docktor

Karen Jane Dosch

Bette Downs

Sharon L. Dronen

Dorothy Dunn

Larry Durand

Floriene M. Dwelle

Tim Dwyer

Clarice Eberhardt

Charles Edin

Luke G. Ehle

Simon Ehlis

Emma Eide

Carol J. Elsbernd

Gilbert Elsen

Tamara Emery

Tamara Emery

Tamara Emery

Gary Engebretson

Henry and Erma Engesather

Gordon Enget

Lloyd Erickson

Thomas J. Erkens

Marvin Eslinger

Marvin Eslinger

Vernon Espeseth

Alta Evans

Lorraine “Rainie” Evans

Lurline D. Fandrey

Bernard Fandrich

Bernard Fandrich

Wade Farsdale

Jan M. Fatland

Cecilia M. Feist

Gary B. Ferguson

Dorothy J. Finken

Marjorie Finley

Erick Fiss

Wilfred Fitterer

Marvel Flaten

Gordon G. Forester

Gordon G. Forester

Gordon G. Forester

Gordon G. Forester

Gordon G. Forester

Gordon G. Forester

Gordon G. Forester

Gordon G. Forester

Gordon G. Forester

Gordon G. Forester

Gordon G. Forester

Gordon G. Forester

Gordon G. Forester

Gordon G. Forester

Gordon G. Forester

Gordon G. Forester

Gordon G. Forester

Gordon G. Forester

Gordon G. Forester

Gordon G. Forester

Gordon G. Forester

Art Foss

Art Foss

Duane & Billy Bradley

Leonard Fracassi Jr.

Lillian M. Franklin

Lisa Freymark

Marti L. Freymark

Marvin Friedland

Julia Friend

Ollie Fritz

Edwin Fuchs

Phyllis M. Fuglie

Robert Fuller

Florence A. Funk

Mercedes A. Gader

James Gaffaney

Paul B. Galazen

Carol Garske

Carol Garske

Warren Gast

Darlene J. Gerszewski

Ethel A. Gibson

Denise Gilbert

Fay Gilchrist

Norval Gochanour Jr.

Dora C. Goetsch

Erna Goldammer

Annabelle O. Goodman

Kelly A. Gordon

Kelly A. Gordon

Kelly A. Gordon

Alice Goughnour

Vincent Grabanski

David Graeff

Bertha and Peter Graf

Wayne E. Grant

Elaine A. Gravseth

Arlo Gray

Anna J. Green

Lemore Greenshields

Mary Jane Gregg

Amber Grindeland

Ella M. Gronbeck

Bernice M. Grundyson

Theodore Guderjan

Mitch Guenther

Mary K. Gulmon

Gottlieb Gunsch

Mark Haagenson

Louis H. Hagerott

Louis H. Hagerott

Mary M. Hamby

16 The AmbAssAdor

Gordon G. Forester

Gordon G. Forester

Gordon G. Forester

Gordon G. Forester

Gordon G. Forester

Gordon G. Forester

Gordon G. Forester

Gordon G. Forester

Gordon G. Forester

Gordon G. Forester

Gordon G. Forester

Gordon G. Forester

Gordon G. Forester

Art Foss

Art Foss

Duane & Billy Bradley

Leonard Fracassi Jr.

Lillian M. Franklin

Lisa Freymark

Marti L. Freymark

Marvin Friedland

Julia Friend

Ollie Fritz

Edwin Fuchs

Phyllis M. Fuglie

Robert Fuller

Florence A. Funk

Mercedes A. Gader

James Gaffaney

Paul B. Galazen

Carol Garske

Carol Garske

Warren Gast

Darlene J. Gerszewski

Ethel A. Gibson

Denise Gilbert

Fay Gilchrist

Norval Gochanour Jr.

Dora C. Goetsch

Erna Goldammer

Annabelle O. Goodman

Kelly A. Gordon

Kelly A. Gordon

Kelly A. Gordon

Alice Goughnour

Vincent Grabanski

David Graeff

Bertha and Peter Graf

Wayne E. Grant

Elaine A. Gravseth

Arlo Gray

Anna J. Green

Lemore Greenshields

Mary Jane Gregg

Amber Grindeland

Ella M. Gronbeck

Bernice M. Grundyson

Theodore Guderjan

Mitch Guenther

Mary K. Gulmon

Gottlieb Gunsch

Mark Haagenson

Louis H. Hagerott

Louis H. Hagerott

Mary M. Hamby

Mrs. Lois Lundgren


Mrs. Frances M. Lee

Mrs. Verdean K. Hofer


Mrs. Mildred E. Schmidt


Ms. Susan M. Lender


Mrs. Agnes Lennick

Mr. Robert L. Wagner

Bob and Sandra Taylor

Dr. Charles L. Lindberg

Mr. Michael J. Litzinger



James and Judy Engstrom

Mrs. Mary Ann Engebretson

Mrs. MarJean Schauer

Mrs. Sarah Luithle

Daniel and Loretta Wentz

Stutsman County Housing Authority

Mrs. Muriel Hoplin

Le Roy and Darlyne Brenna

Mr. Arthur J. Silseth


Merlin and Ruby Munson

Mrs. Shirley Ledahl




Mr. Charles W. Maxine

Tom and Beth Mc Cauley

Bosard, McCutcheon & Rau, Ltd.

Mr. William W. Mc Millan

Dale and Lois Ferebee





Lawrence and Connie Anderson

Loren and Marian Richards


Jeff and Eileen Pfarr

Daris and Mabel Bittner

Mrs. Phyllis R. Lura

Mrs. Judy Goettle

Mr. Robert C. Olson

Durward and Phyllis Otterness

Mr. Vernon H. Meyer


Mrs. Blossom G. Schnabel


Michael and Amy Steinke

Dr. David E. Miller

Mrs. Verna Minges

Mrs. Verna Minges


Mrs. LaVerne M. Bengtson

Mrs. Dolores Landblom


Marlin and Lois Ness

Mrs. Ruth Morkve

Mr. and Mrs. Lynn D. Thompson



Cynthia Schreiber-Beck


Henry and Lorraine Richter

Alan and Linda Wiley




Hazel G. Hovde


Mrs. Ella Nickolay

Mike and Janeen Norland

Bert and Helen Egstad


Mabel L. Iverson

Mabel L. Iverson

Kathy Jacobs

Rev. Reuben B. Jacobson

Martin Janke

William Jansen

Beverly Jasper

Eldo Jenner

Eldo Jenner

Arthur F. Jensen

Dennis Jensen

Samuel Jeske

Erling C. Jodock

Kent John

Dean Johnson

Mary M. Johnson

Dr. Richard and Lois Johnson

Don Johnson

Kenneth Johnson

Sean A. Johnson

VernaAnn G. Johnson

Cy Jongeward

Rueben Just

Lucille Kaatz

George Kaftan

Noel Kanne

Bernice A. Kehn

Loren Keim

David A. Kelley

Donald W. Kelley

Rudolph Kempf

Duane Kenley

Emma B. Kercher

Marvin Ketterling

Marvin Ketterling

Creighton Kettleson

Dr. Martha M. Kilander

Ellen L. Kinsella

Frank D. Kirchoffner

Douglas Kirkham

Margaret and George Kjellin

Alberta Klein

Alberta Klein

Howard Knecht

Douglas Knight

Diane M. Knopf

Kenneth Knudson

Arlen Knutson

Vivian R. M. Knutson

Hattie Kobs

Ida Koester

Hulda Konrad

Donna Kopfmann

Donna Kopfmann

Elaine Kreutz

Brian Kristjanson

Joe Krogstad

Fern Kubischta

Leonard O. Kuehn

Beatrice Kummer

Beatrice Kummer

Lee G. Kuntz

Barbara J. LaBarre

Daryl Lahren

Daryl Lahren

Leonard and Doris Landenberger

Eugene C. Larson

Kenneth G. Larson

John Larson

Allen Latt

Robert Laumann

Joyce E. Lausch

Irma A. Lawrence

Marie M. Lay

Evelyn Le Sueur

Dwayne Leadbetter

Julean Lee

Jerry Lee The AmbAssAdor 17


Mr. Allan W. Hankel

Mr. Ivan J. Hansen

Mr. Duane Riskedahl

Mrs. Barbara L. Perleberg

Bob E. and Dee Hanson

Mr. Craig Hanson


Edgar and Lorraine Schmidt

Leonard and Bonnie Didier

Ardean and Diana Harstad

Mrs. Lucietta Hashbarger

Mrs. Lucietta Hashbarger

Mrs. Carol R. Hasse

Mr. Adolf W. Hauf

Donald and Inez Olson

American Legion Post #116


Mr. William Heck

Mrs. Bette A. Brand



Jeffrey and Jamie Heider


William and Lois O’Hara

Ms. Norene G. Strid

Mrs. Isla E. Herdahl

Hon. Lyle A. Podoll


Mrs. Ellen Nygard


Dr. G.H. Hilts


Dr. Phillip and Vivian Dahl

Lenora and Leona Dohrmann

Rick and Susan Herndon

Mrs. Viona L. Lutness


Mr. W. Alan Van Vleet


Arlan and Fern Haiby


Ms. Carol L. Christianson

Stanley and Donnis Benson


John and Janet Olson

Max and Devra Zurcher

Stubbe & Associates

Gerald and Lea Oswald

Mr. Richard K. Hofstrand


Robert and Peggy Paul


John and Karen Holien


Monafay Anderson


Ralph and Carole Taylor

Charles and Eloise Jones

Mr. and Mrs. Gene Fischer

Edward and Elaine Boehm


Mrs. Marjorie E. Hoppe

Lavonne Horowitz Char Foundation


Clarence and Mary Steffen

Rodney and Joanne Tennyson

Mr. Jay A. Hoyt

Mrs. Eleanor Huebner

Mrs. Eleanor Huebner


Robert and Donna Lagein

Mrs. L. Elvira Lokken

Mrs. Ruth E. Idso

Scott and Janet Davis


B. Martin and Betty Jo Gray


Gary and Phyllis Torske


Mrs. Mary L. Johnson

Tracy and Jennifer Peterson

Kenneth and Betty Erickson

Mrs. Lois Lundgren

Mrs. Margie K. Jansen

Daniel and Bryce Jasper

Lions Club

Mrs. Le Nora E. Malm




Wayne and Sandra Aamoth

Mrs. Elaine K. John

Ben and Patricia Johnson

Mrs. Margaret Sam



Mrs. Ruth J. Johnson

Mrs. Mary L. Johnson

Richard and Dorothy Homstad

Keith and Joyce Jongeward

Mrs. Irene Koepplin


Mrs. Virginia L. Homan

Immanuel and Lola Roesler

James and Loyce Rauser

Cinema Twin & Bison Twin

Lou Jean Kelley

Ms. Norma J. Dillenburg


Happy Hair Salon

Aloha M. Kercher

Mrs. La Faye Krenz

Clifford and Velma Martin


Ms. Claudia Jo Christ



Mrs. Marie E. Kirkham

Curtis and Beth Odegard

Vernard and Bernita Frederick

Mrs. Lorraine Wasem




Bernard and Marian Sateren

Mrs. Gloria Knutson

Gordon and Theoline Gunderson


Stanley and Sophia Bell

Thomas and Jolyne Wegner

Raymond and Mary Heupel

Mrs. Ann E. Knecht

Anthony and Kathleen England

Mrs. Elizabeth I. Kristjanson

Mrs. Marjorie Krogstad


Daris and Mabel Bittner

Loren and Marian Richards



Mrs. Elizabeth Kalhagen

Evan and Marie Moe

Kenneth and Maxine Rostad

Mrs. Margaret Sam




Mrs. Frances Latt

Mrs. Winnifred U. Laumann



Mrs. Ivy E. Johannesen

Harold and Vivian Joos

Dean and Kellie Bjornson

Mrs. Bernice Lee



Mr. Richard A. Novak

Mr. James D. Nowatzki

Mrs. Muriel Hoplin

Mrs. Lucille A. Rotz

Irving and Janice Thompson

James and Sharon Meidinger


Mrs. Marilyn F. Nissen

Mr. Robert C. Olson

Mr. Arland A. Olson

Mrs. Amy C. Nelson



Mrs. Kathy R. Ashe

Lowell and Amy Anderson

Glenn and Charlotte Olson

Mr. Robert C. Olson

Royal Neighbors of America #9673

Mrs. Iris Bighley

Mrs. Lorna J. Boreson


Claire and Evelyn Hermes

Mr. Albert Maier

Lorene Schield

Carl and DeLores Turnquist

Mrs. Mary Eva Wanner

Mrs. Astrid Ongstad

Harley and Gloria Schmidt

Mr. Orville R. Ose

Mrs. Vivian Hoghaug

Gerald and Donna Collins

Mrs. Margaret Sam

Durward and Phyllis Otterness

Mr. Arthur Wall

Ms. Kay Glynn

Mrs. Marlyn Domek

Rodney and Fayne Bell

Mr. Sam A. Kleinsasser

Milton and Hannah Paulson

Mr. Lloyd W. Paulson

Marvin and Judy Skogen


David and Theresa Drexler

John and Jana Emery

Mr. Jon H. Fabre

Roger and Cheri Hanneman

Ms. Nancy K. Heck

Daniel and Nancy Nelson

Mr. Wayne A. Sandahl and Brenda Umlaug-Sandahl

Ms. Rebecca M. Wentler


Mr. Wesley Pepple



Joe and Laurel Bagan

Mrs. Coralee Schuster

Dan and Bea Faust

Wayne and Diana Jacobson



Ms. Dee Heinrich

Robert and Ruth Wedman

Ms. Anna K. Plante

Rev. and Mrs. Wells H. Gage Jr.


William and Betty Jane Preuss

Milton and Hannah Paulson


Lowell and Amy Anderson


Mr. Kurt D. Rasmussen

Mrs. Delores M. Rath

Herbran and Lorraine Read

Ms. Joan Y. Redmann

Myron and Gertrude Pryor

Jerry Lee

Jerry Lee

Bennie Lee

Warren Lee

Warren Lee

Elizabeth Leimer

Duane Lemm

Ruth Lender

Florence Lenhardt

Oscar Lennick

John Lessner

Art and Sally Liebelt

Phyllis A. Lindberg

Bernard Litzinger

Nancy Livingston

Edna Logue

Norma L. Long

Gordon Lubbers

Gordon Lubbers

John Luithle

Paula R. Luther

Mary Lou Luttschwager

Alphield Lyng

Margaret Lyng

Bernie Mahrer

Todd A. Manthei

Todd A. Manthei

Chester Marsaa

Ruth M. Martens

Stella C. Marthaller

Mavis Martinson

Edward J. Maxine

Michael T. Mc Cauley

E. Hugh Mc Cutcheon

Floy Mc Millan

Fred McCormack

Fred McCormack

Irene McCormack

Nancy McCormack

Esther McCormack

Joan L. McDonnell

Patti McKee

Gale J. McVay

Paul Meidinger

Chester Meier

Chester Meier

Jordan E. Melgaard

Julie Merte

Marvel & Herbert Meyer

Luella Meyer

Elaine Meyers

Wesley Michelson

Jeff Milender

Jeff Milender

Viola and Clement Miller

Ronald Minges

Harlan Minges

Adrien S. Mongeon

Myron Monson

Myron Monson

Robert Montgomery

Henning Moorhead

Clarence Morkve

Harold Morrison

Merle Moxness

Christine L. Mullen

Jack A. Mumm

Viola W. D. Munsterman

Elias Nagel

Tayeb Nash

Max Neilan

Bruce Nelson

Gail Netzer

Mary Neubert

Emerson Neumann

Frank Nickolay

Josh M. Norland

Helen M. Novak

Norma Novak

Bernice Novak

Awanda Nowatzki

Lester W. Ogdahl

Louise Olafson

Doris Olderr

Lloyd Olin

Charles Olmsted

Don Olsen

Evelyn M. Olsen

Myron Olsgaard

Anna Olson

Anna Olson

Russell Olson

Helen A. Olson

Henning Olson

Mark Olson

Ruth Olson

Deceased members

Loved ones

Loved family members

Relatives in Jmst area

Deceased parents

Loved ones

Owen Willis & Lisa Margaret

Loved ones

Parents, sisters & brothers

Walter Ongstad

Byron Opstad

Margaret Ann Ose

Mr. and Mrs. Herman Osen

Marnold Ostby

Shirley Oswald

Oscar & Myrtle Otterness

Mildred Otterstetter

Myra M. Ovind

Loretta M. Parfit

Eythel Patera

Otto Patzer

Lars and Minnie Paulson

Bev Paulson

Milo Payette

Gene Pearson

Adam Pederson

Adam Pederson

Adam Pederson

Adam Pederson

Adam Pederson

Adam Pederson

Adam Pederson

Adam Pederson

Agnes M. Pekas

Alice Pepple

Kathryn A. Perry

Gladys Peterson

Lloyd Peterson

Lloyd Peterson

Lila Peterson

Lisa D. Peterson

Robert Pfiefle

Leo Pfiefle

Larry S. Piatz

Carol Ann Wedman-Pioske

Harvey Plante

Barbara A. Poch

Rev. Doris L. Potter

Katherine A. Preuss

John and Bertha Prince

Jerry Radcliffe

Ruth L. Rangen

Virgil V. Rask

Ruthanna and Fred Rasmussen

Alvin Rath

Kristi Jo Read

Emanuel and Esther Redmann

Robert E. Redmann

James Hamilton

Luella A. Hankel

Helen M. Hansen

Otto Hansen

Signe Hansen

Kathlene A. Hanson

Lois and Vernon Hanson

Sylvia Hanson

Steven Harris Jr.

Enid and Kermit Harstad

Merlin C. Harstad

Kelley N. Hashbarger

Neil Hashbarger

Clarence Hasse

Wanda L. Hauf

Albin Haugen

Gary Haugen

Carol A. Hawkins

Mildred Heck

Carol Heflin

Carol Heflin

Donna Heid

Pat Heider

Danny Heintzman

LaVerne A. Heiraas

Homer Hensley

Erwin Herdahl

Paul G. Herther

Jacob D. Hertz

John Heuer

Stuart Higginbotham

Flora Elaine Hilts

Harley Hinrichs

Alice M. Hjelle

Alice M. Hjelle

Alice M. Hjelle

Alice M. Hjelle

Alice M. Hjelle

Alice M. Hjelle

Ruth M. Hock

Alice Hoeckle

Phillip and Elta Hoeckle

Eva Hofer

Darrel Hoff

Ruth Hoff

Arnold Hoffman

Luther P. Hoffner Sr.

Jake W. Hofmann

Jake W. Hofmann

Dorothy and Leslie Hofstrand

Pat Hoggarth

Jaydon Hohbein

Tyler Hoherz

William Holien

Chuck Holsworth

Arlene M. Holt

Richard C. Holte

Patricia E. Holupchinski

Joanne T. Homuth

Harvey Hoops

Burton Hoovestol

Ian M. Hopfauf

Melvin Hoppe

Lavonne Horowitz Char Foundation

Howard Hove

Larry J. Hovel

Doris Howery

Patricia Hoyt

Carol J. Huebner

Les Huebner

Bruce and Elsie Hunt

Lynn Hysjulien

Lynn Hysjulien

Percy Idso

Tom Ihry

Tom Ihry

Tom Ihry

Jim Inman

Amie J. Iverson

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Agnes Reed

Lori J. Regenold

Cheryl Rehovsky

Paul Reichenberg

Dr. Reichert

Frances M. Reid

Carmen Reinke

Carmen Reinke

Rodney Reitmeier

Aaron K. Richardson

Robert Richman

Phyllis R. Riddle

Tjark Rients

David O. Rife

Raymond Riskedahl

Hilbert Rittenbach

Dorothy Robert

Nova V. Roberts

Marie and C.L. Robertson

Donna M. Robson

Inez E. Roe

Margaret L. Rohrer

Viola M. Rolfson

Brandilyn Y. Romfo

Ida C. Romsos

Betty Rorem

Robert Rosner

James Roth

George Rotz

James E. Ruden

August and Mary Rudolph

Mary A. Ruhland

Warren Rust

Warren Rust

Gertrude A. Rutschke

Donald Ryckman

Joann Ryckman

Merlin J. Rydell

Ervin Sackmann

Jerome Sahli

Harlan Salmonson

Veth Santos

Dorothy Sarafolean

Helen and Donald Sathe

Hailey Sattler

Irvin Schauer

Irvin Schauer

Bernice and Alvin Schepp

Karen D. Schilling

Laila Schjeldahl

Violet and Raymond Schlagel

Theodore Schlaht

Laura Schlenker

Alice Schlosser

Vonnie Schmaltz

Evan Schmidt

Evan Schmidt

Evan Schmidt

Evan Schmidt

Kathryn Schmidt

Rev. Russell C. Schmidt

Ella R. Schnabel

Fred Schroeder

Randy J. Schuldheisz

Wilma I. Schultz

Sister Mary Francis Schwankl

Alma and Carl Schwarz

Hilda J. Sell

Hilda J. Sell

Zena J. Selmanson

Ida C. Sem

Kenneth Sem

Margie Semchenko

Margie Semchenko

Margie Semchenko

Gerald A. Semler

Thomas C. Senger

Edith M. Sheldon

Ben Simon

Timothy A. Slaaen

Thelma Slagh

Amber M. Smart

Robert Snow

Herman Sogard

Pamela M. Solseng

Pamela M. Solseng

Clarice L. Somerville

Curt Sorby

Margaret Sorenson

Ruth Sorlie

Luella Spelhaug

Howard and Clara Spiers

Ken Stangeland

Ken Stangeland

Ken Stangeland

Willard H. Starck

Kathryn Staudinger

Harold

Jean L. Stelter

Marie Stevens

Amelia Stolz

Lois Strege

Marcelle M. Strinden

Morris Stromme

Bernice L. Strutz

Arnold Styf

Leanne L. Sundeen

Clara Svendsen

Amy M. Svihovec

Ellard S. Swanson

Gregory K. Swanson

Robert Swenson

Paul D. Swenson

Berniece L. Tanner

Basil and Naomi Taylor

Bob Tellefson

Karen J. Terrill

Christine V. Thelen

Claudia J. Thomas

Marlys A. Thompson

Russell K. Thompson

Todd C. Thompson

Mary Thon

Mabel I. Thor

Roger Thune

Winfred Tollberg

Russell E. Tollefson

Russell E. Tollefson

Betty J. Toppen

Wendell Torgeson


Memorials continued from page 17

Fred Totzke

Charles Trittelwitz

Mabel and Christ Tufto

Vincent Tuhy

John Turn

Florence Turner

Alice Turnquist

Albertus Ufkes

Delores Undem

Luella Vangsnes

Sis Vesey

Ralph Vinje

Edward & Donna B. Vinje

Diane K. Voeller

A.D. Volbrecht

Elizabeth R. Waclaw

Alice A. Wade

Don Walin

James E. Walker

Gerald Warnke

John Watkins

Helen Way

Kurt T. Weber

Julius Wedman

Gordon Wedman

Kathy Whitford

Eldora K. Wieland

Eldora K. Wieland

Grace Wilson

Grace Wilson

Larry Wilson

Daniel W. Wiltse

Daniel W. Wiltse

Glenn A. Wolhart

Wesley Wolsky

Lorraine L. Wright

Lorraine L. Wright

Lorraine L. Wright

Julian and Rowena Wysocki

Dr. Timothy W. Ysteboe

Jerome Zalumskis

Randal J. Zimmerman

Bruce and Lucinda Vantine

Gary and Laurie Gathman

Wayne and Coleen Rehovsky

Michael and Loretta McConnell

Mrs. Virginia C. Reichert

Dr. and Mrs. Larry K. Hoffman

Mrs. Mary Jean Ben

Gereld and Marian Gerntholz

Bill and Marilyn Hughes

Ray and Janet Thielman

Mrs. Vivian E. Irmscher

Norman and Belle Kvale

Mrs. Evelyn R. Rients

Steven and Jennifer Borelli


Raymond and Frieda Plesuk



Harvey and Marlys Johnson

Ms. Dorla J. Hill

Vernon and Charlotte Baenen

Kirk and Carol Cowan


Ms. Margaret E. Medd

Harold and Vivian Joos

Mrs. Mavis A. Wold

Aaron and S. Gertrude Shore

Mrs. MarJean Schauer


Dale and Arnola Savelkoul

Mr. Robert J. Rudolph

Bill and Marilyn Hughes

Ms. Marcia Hoplin


Mrs. Phyllis A. Berntson


Mrs. Gloria I. Fuhrer


Mrs. Hilda Sackmann


Charles and Priscilla Anklam


Mr. Steven R. Sarafolean

Ms. Bernice A. Haakenson

R. L. and Betty Wood


Grant and Donna Schmidt

Bruce and Marlene Solberg


Ms. Muriel Otterberg

Perry and Sylvia Schlagel

Mrs. Aletha I. Vossler

Mr. Elroy Schlenker

Mrs. Margaret Sam

Craig and Alberta Pankow

Thorson Investments

Dave and Dolly Gowan


Mrs. Dolores E. Williams

Mrs. Betty J. Schmidt

Myron and Lois Schmidt


Mrs. Helen B. Schroeder

Mrs. Phyllis A. Berntson


Arthur and Leona Bollinger

Leslie and Carma Branch

Kent and Bonnie Eicholtz

Mrs. Betty A. Whitmore

Michael and Lora Stewart

Frances Mc Ilroy

Frances Mc Ilroy

Mrs. Mabel Dahl

Anthony and Jean Peszko

Mr. and Mrs. Leslie P. Sorenson

Paul and Elaine Carlson

Larry and Judith Fjellanger

Mr. Lloyd C. Sheldon

Mrs. Edna M. Simon


Ms. Delma Dyk

Ms. Luella D. Martin


Mr. and Mrs. Jon Paulson






Orville and Lilly Bratvold

Fredrick and Janaan Tyler

Donald and Ruth Garnas


Alfred and Joann Frappier


Ms. Lucille Starck

Edward and Elaine Boehm

Ms. Celeste Hanson

Mrs. Stella E. Wheeler


Rev. Henry G. Stolz



Mrs. Lillian Stromme

Scott and Miriam Danielson

Mrs. Myrtle Styf

Lyle and Della Sundeen



Glenn and Bedvi Swanson

Glenn and Bedvi Swanson

Mrs. Alma Swenson

Mrs. Alma Swenson

Mrs. Mary Jean Ben

Ms. Gloria J. Taylor

Dave and Kay Krueger

John and Dorothy Terrill


Orville and Lilly Bratvold




Clarence and Fern Rau

Mrs. Doris P. Selander

Terry and Sonya Bendickson


Gene and Annette Farrell

Mr. Daniel J. Kenna and Beverly G. Schons

Kenneth and Betty Erickson

Karter and Vernis Krogh

Duane and Kaye Natzke

Ms. Helen E. Baker

Donald and Abner Tufto

Jerome and Evon Praus


Mrs. Gloria I. Fuhrer

Mark and Lynn Turnquist

Mrs. Dorothy Ufkes

Mrs. Evelyn Delmore

Wally and Myrle Thingelstad

Dale and Arnola Savelkoul


John and Erna Vinje

Richard and Donna Mae Bilquist

Mrs. Elizabeth Hatter

Mrs. Delfena Ballweber

Marvin and Mary Ann Michelson



Ray and Peggy Wicklander

Mrs. Fern L. Watkins

Jon L. Way, D.D.S., M.S.




Anda Construction Co.


Alon and Merle Wieland


Hon. Lyle A. Podoll

Hon. Lyle A. Podoll


Jon and Kathy Wiltse

Dan and Bea Faust

Mrs. Shirley Wolsky


Gordon G. Forester

Mrs. Mary Ellen Kulla

Gary and Jan Wysocki

Mrs. Della J. Hoff

Ben and Amy Gunkelman

Mrs. Dorothy L. Zimmerman

Given By In Honor Of Given By In Honor Of Given By In Honor Of

Mr. Craig HansonAmos and Audrey KrebsHarold and Evelyn GroszMs. Susan K. HarrisMr. Thomas A. HeieMrs. Helen F. NordlingHannaford HomemakersGuy and Martha RosenbergEd and Roxanne MarkerMrs. Helen McCormackLes and Gloria ReisterDale and La Donna ChristophersonMrs. Muriel ChristophersonMrs. Mary Ann EngebretsonKyle and Marianne HansonNeil and Mary Ann NarumManley and Linda TruchanMrs. Helen McCormackGordon and Ida Mae SmithEugene and Carol HansonDale and Arnola SavelkoulMs. Joy StoerkerRobert and Geneva SonesEdward and Elaine BoehmJohn and Inez Larson

Mike and Janeen NorlandTed and Agnes HoverstenErling and Elizabeth TufteMorgan and Mabel SimonsonMr. Charles R. VantineVernon and Geraldine GlassMrs. Helen McCormackRaydon and Betty WorkinEmployees of Drs. Jeff Withuski & Paula SabbeJeffrey and Paula WithuskiMrs. Helen McCormack

ACC StaffACC StaffACC StaffGrand Forks StaffACC StaffACC StaffEmily, Kaylee, Josiah & Hannah AndersonKaitlin AndersonRosalie W. AndersonGary and Yvonne BaillioLenny and Karen BehmMargo BergeneMarlys A. BergeneR. Cyril BiegerDiana BloomCade BrademeyerChelsea R. BrownNorma CatanzaroMuriel ChristophersonJeannine K. ColburnNatasha EschRuth FranzenKurby D. FreyGeorge and Ruthmary GillespieTy GlassEsther R. GrabanskiRuth M. GroningerMarcia GumsMarcia GumsTara HalversonLouis HansenGail HansonZachary HofmannZachary HofmannJesus ChristAlice M. JohnsonKristi JohnsonGloria Jones

Kyle & AndraRuby K. KelleyMary Lewis-KennaMary Lewis-KennaMary Lewis-KennaMary Lewis-KennaCharles Kennedy

Charles KennedyBenjamin P. KilzerMr. and Mrs. Marlin Kluvers and FamilyJoseph M. KramlichJoseph M. KramlichJudy L. KullaTyler LaCroixChristopher LaCroixChristopher LaCroixChristopher LaCroixChristopher LaCroixCrystal J. LakeCarolyn Lara-BraudAlan and Gillian LarsonChet and Amanda LarsonHoward and Catherine LarsonJeffrey, Kristi & Haley LarsonMatthew and Krista LarsonPaul and Rebecca LarsonTodd and Judy LarsonWilliam and Colleen LarsonSarah M. LeechKeaton LewisKeaton LewisArthur Matson, Jr.John and Marlinda MatthewsVictoria MikkelsonHenry MishimaRev. Jo Anne MoellerRev. Jo Anne Moeller

Eric MonsonJayma OdermannAnne Carlsen’s familyNieces & NephewsChildren & GrandchildrenFamilyKelvin OppMary Ann PedersenKenneth L. PetersonKaren RathBrian and Brenda ReisterJaxon A. Rolstad

Jaxon A. RolstadJaxon A. RolstadJaxon A. RolstadJaxon A. RolstadJaxon A. RolstadMary SandboDr. and Mrs. Charles Sarabun Jr.Casey SavelkoulCasey SavelkoulJulia and Sam SchowalterMary J. SonesKathryn StaudingerBarbara, Ron, Katie, Co Co, Jamie & Luke StensgardJudy ThomsonTerry TisethAmanda B. TufteMatthew and Megan VanimanLucinda VantineGabriella WagnerVernon and Barbara WengerArlyn and Janet WillJeffrey and Paula Withuski

John WithuskiKatie Wold18 The AmbAssAdor

Fred Totzke

Charles Trittelwitz

Mabel and Christ Tufto

Vincent Tuhy

John Turn

Florence Turner

Alice Turnquist

Albertus Ufkes

Delores Undem

Luella Vangsnes

Sis Vesey

Ralph Vinje

Edward & Donna B. Vinje

Diane K. Voeller

A.D. Volbrecht

Elizabeth R. Waclaw

Alice A. Wade

Don Walin

James E. Walker

Gerald Warnke

John Watkins

Helen Way

Kurt T. Weber

Julius Wedman

Gordon Wedman

Kathy Whitford

Eldora K. Wieland

Eldora K. Wieland

Grace Wilson

Grace Wilson

Larry Wilson

Daniel W. Wiltse

Daniel W. Wiltse

Glenn A. Wolhart

Wesley Wolsky

Lorraine L. Wright

Lorraine L. Wright

Lorraine L. Wright

Julian and Rowena Wysocki

Dr. Timothy W. Ysteboe

Jerome Zalumskis

Randal J. Zimmerman

FINANCIAL BREAKDOWN

Expenses

Education $2,336,587

Administration 1,425,899

Transportation 80,480

Property & Household 794,084

Home Life Services 7,947,835

Community Services 1,088,500

Rehabilitative Therapy 1,314,296

Public Information 799,501

Dietary Services 308,453

Taxes/Depreciation/Property 709,440

Other Expenses 5,495

Total Expenses $16,810,570

Operating Revenues

Tuition $3,208,312

Resident Care 9,889,176

Rehabilitative Services 1,474,035

Community Services 1,311,611

Other 277,411

Revenues Before Deduction $16,160,544

Deductions (1,349,387)

Net Operating Revenues $14,811,157

Non-Operating Revenue

Contributions $487,469

Memorials 77,931

Bequests/Trusts 593,128

Other 401

Interest on Endowment (903,978)

Net Operating Revenue: $254,950

Net Gain $(1,744,463)

Education• 9 Month School• 10 Week Extended Summer Program• Adaptive PE • Library Services • Transition Support• Assistive Technology• Behavior Support• Vocational Training

Home Life/Residential• Advanced Medical Care• Nursing• Physician• Dietary• Psychological/Behavior Support Services• Recreation

Therapeutic Support• Physical Therapy• Occupational Therapy• Speech Therapy• Sensory Motor Integration• Aquatic Therapy• Dysphasia Treatment• Adaptive Equipment

Community Services• In-Home Supports (birth to 21)• Community Day Supports

(21 & over)• Assessments• Program Coordination

Outreach• Evaluations/Assessments• Outpatient Therapy• Employment Support/Training• Professional Development• Consultations• Summer Camp

PROGRAMS AND SERVICES

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Dietary Services: 1.8%

RehabilitativeTherapy: 7.8%

Public Information: 4.8%

Community Services: 6.5%

Property and Household: 4.7%

Transportation: 0.5%

Education: 13.9%

Other: < .0%

Home Life Services: 47.3%

EXPENSES

Tuition: 19.54%

Resident Care: 60.24 %

RehabilitativeServices: 8.98%

Community Services: 7.99%

Other: 1.69%

Contributions: 2.97%Memorials: 0.47%

Bequests/Trusts: 3.61%

REVENUES

Administration: 8.5%

Taxes/Depreciation/Property Insurance: 4.2%

Interest: -5.51%

Dear Friends, what do hunting, softball, and a day at the spa have in common? they are a few of the many creative ways in which people have come together to raise support for the anne Carlsen Center’s life-changing programs and services.

a charity pheasant hunt near Underwood, n.D., raised thousands of dollars for Center programs, while a softball/golf tournament on Labor Day weekend at LaMoure County Memorial Park in Grand rapids also raised needed support. the fun-filled weekend included a 4-person 18-hole golf scramble and a men’s open softball tournament.

in the Summer/Fall 2009 issue of The Ambassador, we told you about 30-year-old Greg warcken of Missoula, Mont., who ran the 2009 Fargo Marathon (a total of 26.2 miles) in honor of his nephew Luke and Luke’s friends at aCC. Luke, who lives in Fessenden, n.D., was born with spina bifida and receives physical therapy services from aCC to help him improve his muscle strength and coordination. More than two dozen of Luke’s family and friends participated in the marathon, with adults participating in the 5K, Half Marathon, Marathon relay, or Full Marathon, and children participating in the Fargo Youth run.

in addition to increasing awareness about the anne Carlsen Center’s programs, warcken’s race team encouraged people to donate to the Center, inspiring $4,855 in gifts to aCC, with donations coming in from as far away as Vail, Colo.

Most recently, as you saw in the story on page 8 of this issue, a Jamestown salon and spa inspired creativity and generosity with its first-ever charity art contest.

Determined to raise funds for the Center’s adaptive art program, Face to Face for wellness & Beauty staff spent dozens of hours organizing their event. artists responded enthusiastically, donating paintings, drawings and photographs. Jamestown residents showed their eagerness to help the Center, by bidding on—and in many cases, taking home—beautiful works of art.

it is inspiring to see the creative and caring ways in which individuals and businesses are supporting the work of the anne Carlsen Center. thank you for everything you do to empower individuals whose lives have been touched by a disability, but not defined by one. Your imagination, paired with your desire to make a difference, has brought lasting joy to the lives of the children and young adults we have the honor of serving.

with warmest regards,

Dan KunzmanaCC Foundation Executive Director

Pennies for PeaceStudents and staff of the anne Carlsen Center celebrated the 100th day of class by learning more about individuals in need on the other side of the planet … and giving back. Money in the form of change was collected for the Pennies for Peace project, an international program that helps raise money for schools in Pakistan and afghanistan. a total of $167 was raised by students in the eight classrooms on the Center’s Jamestown Campus.

the 100th day of class celebration also included a number of educational activities for students and

staff. Stations were set up around the gymnasium perimeter that displayed detailed maps of Pakistan and afghanistan. Students listened to the traditional music of that region, and enjoyed tasting foods like humus and flat bread.

Teacher Mary Lewis shows students and staff the region of the world benefitting from the Pennies for Peace project.

Connect with the Anne Carlsen Center on Facebook today! Become a fan, learn about upcoming events, and meet people dedicated to the Center’s mission of “Nurturing abilities. Changing lives.”

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Thomas Rohleder Chairperson Fargo, N.D.

Tim FlakollFargo, N.D.

Joel FremstadMoorhead, Minn.

Harvey Huber Jamestown, N.D.

Bruce IsermanFargo, N.D.

Pat McCullough Edina, Minn.

Robert Montgomery, M.D. Fargo, N.D.

Sue Offutt, Ph.D.Bemidji, Minn.

Janet SeaworthBismarck, N.D.

Pat Traynor Vice ChairpersonFargo, N.D.

Reesa WebbDenver, Colo.

Myra Quanrud, M.D.Ex OfficioJamestown, N.D.

boArd oF TrUsTees

Eric MonsonChief Executive Officer

Marcia GumsChief Operating Officer

Dan KunzmanExecutive Director—Foundation

Judy KullaChief Financial Officer

Margie JohnsonHuman Resource Director

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oUr CommUNITY PArTNersThe Anne Carlsen Center enjoyed a memorable 2009, partnering with area businesses to help strengthen community ties and improve the lives of others. These nine businesses have helped the Center carry on the legacy of our namesake, Dr. Anne Carlsen, and continue to provide life-changing programs and services for individuals with disabilities.

Thank you, Community Partners. Through your dedicated support, you have empowered us to touch lives forever.

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The Anne Carlsen Center is gearing up for its 28th Annual Benefit Golf Tournament on June 5, 2010 at the Jamestown Country Club. Registration will be held at 8 a.m., followed by a 9 a.m. shotgun start.

A meal will be served following the tournament, and prizes will be given throughout the day. Golfers will also have the chance to meet and interact with ACC students and staff.

For more information, visit www.annecenter.org or call 1-800-568-5175. Proceeds from the event help support the summer camp experience for teens throughout North Dakota living with disabilities.

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