Class notes
IN MEMORIAM
William B. Laakonen '63, November 21, 2007
Ronald S. Thaemert '96, February 25, 2008
Harold West, November 21, 2007
2000s
SARAH BONNER '05, Eagle, is a Regional Quality Child Care Consultant for Idaho STARS, a project to raise the quality of child care in Idaho. Idaho STARS is funded by the Federal Child Care Block Grant, University of Idaho, Health & Welfare, 211 Careline, and Idaho AEYC.
DREW BRAMMER '07, Kendrick, is getting married June 2008 and
is back home farming.
KRISTA (ORTHEL) HUETTIG '02, Hazelton, is working as a barley development expert at Molson Coors Brewing
Company.
DOUGLAS HUETTIG '02, Hazelton, married Krista Orthel. He is farming in Hazelton.
PHILLIP KAUFMAN '06, Othello, WA, is supervisor at a Monsanto corn seed plant.
LUKE KLAVEANO '06, Cheney, WA, works for Western Farm Service
as a research agronomist.
1990s
CAROL E. (FINLEY) BLACKBURN '95, Shoshone, works as a botanical
consultant for a land trust. She is also a horticulturalist at Sawtooth Botanical
Garden and is a member of the Wood River Advisory Group (WAG).
JASON HOUGH '99, St. John, WA, is a branch supervisor at McGregor
Company. He and his wife, Heidi, have a daughter-Kaitlyn.
BRETT A. LOLLEY '95, '97, Nampa, was just promoted to operations manager at the Seminis Nampa Facility.
1980s
DAVID C. BROWN '85, Hayden, is working for USDA-NRCS as Assistant State Conservationist-Programs in Spokane, WA. His daughter will attend the University of Idaho this fall.
MONTE W. BRUHN '81, Buhl, spent nearly 22 years as a crop advisor
in the fertilizer/ag chemical business. He recently started his own business, "The
Pasture Guy," catering to the ranchette market. He offers complete small acreage
care including spraying, fertilizing, seeding, etc. in the Magic Valley area.
1970s
RANDY DUNCAN '78, Tekoa, WA, has two children who are carrying on the tradition of attending the University of Idaho.
KAHLEEN JEANNE SHANNON WALKER '77, '78, Albany, OR, moved from LaGrande to Corvallis and serves Corvallis School District 509 as the special education director. She doesn't miss the snow and cold of Eastern Oregon!
1950s
MARY F. MOONEY '56, Coeur d'Alene, says there is "no retirement for a farm/rancher's wife."
WARD SUTTON '51, Weiser, is retired and spends five winter months each year in Overton, NV.
THANK YOU to all alumni who returned their alumni updates by September 4, 2007. Sarah Bonner will receive a CALS travel mug. Everyone else will be sent a CALS luggage tag.
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