The Class of 1972

Thanks to Jim Mertins for recording the names of the Class of 1972 and scanning the photos from the 1972 Polaris.

Ricky Abraham, Charles Ackerman, Susan Ackerman, Richard Ames, Lisa Anselme, Stephen Arjes, Cynthia Arola, Gary Arola, Scot Aten, Michael Aurand,

Laurie Balles, Tina Ballesteros, Anthony Balsamo, Debra Banz, Jerome Banz, Debra Bardell, William Bardell, Debra Barker, Michael Bauch, Sylvia Bawinkel, Verlinda Baxter, Jody Beam, Randall Becke, Larry Bell, Teresa Bender, Terry Benefiel, Rhona Bennehoff, Todd Benoy, Roger Benson, Dona Bertram, Richard Best, Jack Bicksler, Holly Bigelow, David Blair, Douglas Blair, Duane Blair, James Blask, Karen Bleller, Mark Bloyer, John Boatright, Cherie Boelkes, Marlene Boomgarden, Steven Bose, Brenda Boyer, Carol Bradley, Bruce Brei, Charles Breo, Sandra Briggs, Dennis Brinkmeier, James Brokhausen, Sherri Brokhausen, Richard Brookman, Howard Broughton, Anita Brown, Douglas Brown, John Brown, Katherine Brubaker, Yvonne Brumfield, Bruce Buckingham, Julie Budenz, Margueite Burdick, Julie Burgener, Ann Burke, Curtis Burlingame, Jill Renee Burlingame, Dean Burris, Kathryn Burstrom, Robert Bush, David Busker, Colleen Butler,

Loretta Cain, Robert Camerer, Debra Lynn Carpenter, Terry Carrithurs, Claudette Carter, Susan Cassidy, Candace Chamberlin, Larry Chapman, Nancy Chapman, Michael Chappell, Tina Christ, Ruth Christman, Dianne Clark, Angela Cline, Michaela Connell, Verlinda Coy, Mark Craft, Harlen Crase, Matthew Cronau, Marcia Culp, Michael Culp, Kenneth Cummins,

Charlene Dadez, John Dahms, Deborah Davis, Nancy Davis, Timothy Davis, Carelton DeFrane, Bradley Dell, Harold Dickinson, Nancy Diddens, Eric Dietmeier, Terry Dikkers, Diana Dilworth, Valerie DiModica, Rodney Ditzler, Pattie Dixon, Janet Doll, Carla Dollarhide, Christopher Donahue, Diane Dornink, Donna Dorsey, Toni Dort, David Dotson, Dixie Downs, Leslie Drenner, Regina Drenner, Steve Dooley,

Mary Eastman, Alvin Ebert, Cynthia Eells, Daniel Elgin, Garnet Engelman, Lorna Engels, William Ensign, Steven Epping, Craig Erdmeier, Michael Erickson, Patricia Erickson, Leroy Erving, Eugenie Erwin, Yvonne Ester,

Diana Fellowes, Mary Feldman, Linden Feller, Scott Fenton, Timothy Ferguson, Julie Fogal, Dennis Foley, Robert Foley, Cynthia Folgate, James Fosler, Melodie Fosler, Ronald Fransen, Thomas Fransen, Michael Fratschy, Lawerence Frej, Mark Fritzenmeier, Rebecca Froning, Terry Fruth, Robert Fryer,

Gregory Garman, DeLea Gaulrapp, Pamela Giles, Wirt Gilliam, Deborah Goebel, Lana Gray, Brian Green, Carol Green, Toni Greene, David Greenfield,

Debra Haacke, Barbara Haas, Levina Hagen, Michael Haight, Dana Hallin, Debra Hansen, Kathy Hanstrom, James Harian, Donna Harnish, Richard Harrington, Cathryn Hartman, John Hartman, James Hartog, Susan Hartog, Eva Hawthorne, Keith Hayenga, Sharon Hayes, Charles Hayes, Kevin Heck, Charles Heisler, Curtis Hill, Sandra Hill, Jeri Hille, Virgil Hocraffer, Holly Holder, Mark Holey, Allison Holtkamp, Jean Holz, Joan Holman, John Hostetter, Douglas Hotek, Karen Hughes, Thomas Hull, Regina Hummel, Mark Humphrey, Connie Hunt, Rodney Hunter, Carol Hutmacher, Judy Hutmacher,

Sherlyn Jackson, Dennis Jacobs, James Jacobs, David Jeffrey, Cynthia Jensen, Janet Jensen, Janet Johnson, John Johnson, Pamela Johnson, Jean Judd,

Robert Kane, Basil Karalexis, Debra Kenneke, Vicki Kent, Susan Kerkhoff, Donald Kerr, Pamela Ketelhut, Julie Kidder, Tracy Kimes, Jeanne Kinzig, Kenneth Klenz, Gina Klockgeter, Jana Klockgeter, Pamela Klosa, Robert Knauff, Eric Knight, Luann Knodle, Douglas Knutti, Cynthia Koester, Marilyn Kohl, Sandra Koning, Ellen Korf, Gary Kortemeier, Daniel Kraft, Stephen Kroeger, Donald Krueger, Edwin Krusey, Gary Kuhse, Jerry Kuhse, Cindy Kuntz, Connie Kuntz, Teresa Kuntzelman,

Debra Lacher, George Lameyer, Debra Lamm, Thomas Larson, Dewey Law, Leanna Lawson, Jeanne Lawton, Mary LeBaron, Yvonne Leech, Elizabeth Leehmuis, Shelia Levingston, Diane Lizer, Debra Lloyd, Steven Lloyd, Kenneth Long, Terry Loper, Nancy Loverude, Dale Lower, Kenneth Lubbers, Susan Ludwig,

Stewart Macklin, Florence Madden, Rhonda Maines, Barbara Mandt, Pamela Marks, Debra Marske, John Martin, Steven Mason, Robert Mattingly, Mark Mauer, Terry Maves, John McCarthy, Debra McDearmon, Patricia McDermott, John McDonald, Shella McElmeel, Scott McGinty, Linda Mcllnay, Kathy McKillip, Scot McKnight, Mary Jo McPherson, Diana McWilliams, Donna Meier, Janice Mellnick, Jim Mertins, Cheryl Miller, Cynthea Miller, Derrick Miller, Kurt Miller, Michael Miller, Mae Moen, Jeri Mooney, Connie Moore, Richard Morgan, Paula Moss, Scott Mullens, Gwendolyn Myers, Suzanne Myers,

Linda Neberman, Glenda Nelson, Richard Noble, Kristen Norman,

Sandra O'Grady, Sharon Olson, Rhonda Orto, Vicki Osbaugh, Helen Ostapik, Kevin Otte, Bradley Otto,

Tawnally Palmer, Amy Parker, Malcom Pearson, Robert Pearson, Scott Pearson, Cynthia Peight, Allen Penticoff, Craig Perry, Jeffery Peterson, Steve Peterson, Frank Petta, Cindy Pfeiffer, Thomas Pfeil, Paul Phelps, Duanne Phillips, Julie Phillips, James Piggue, Frank Pizzalato, Patricia Plum, Joan Polsean, Marilyn Pontius, Mark Potter, Linda Powell, Jeffrey Prasse, Susan Prather, Barbara Pykulyk,

Kathleen Rafferty, Cay Ranken, Dianna Reed, Kathleen Reed, Rebecca Reeves, Dawn Reichart, Michelle Reichart, Donald Reuber, Kathleen Rhodes, Jewel Rhyne, Alan Richart, Michael Richart, Avis Rimington, Joe Roe, Janice Rose, David Rosenwinge, Jill Ross, Mary Ross, Jerry Rubin, William Runkle,

David Sager, Rodney Sager, Stephanie Schatz, David Schmertman, Jeannie Schmoll, Douglas Schneiderman, Karen Schoeder, Scott Schubert, Dawn Schultz, Gwen Schuster, David Scovel, Faye Seeman, Glenn Sharkey, David Shaw, Katherine Shay, Charles Shepler, William Shepley, Michael Shippy, Connie Shons, Mark Shores, Ellen Sieferman, Scott Simenson, Keith Simmons, Roberta Simmons, Martha Skyrms, Beatrice Lynn Smiley, Gary Smith, Julie Smith, Matthew Smith, Randy Sorn, Rickey Sorn, Debra Soukup, Mark Spencer, Sherry Spooner, Debra Stabenow, Ada Stebbins, Billie Stebbins, Debra Steele, Donna Stees, Scott Stewart, Jerri Stib, Herbert Stith, Joel Stocker, Robert Stoltz, Elizabeth Stott, Shella Suggs, Ronald Sutterlin, Jennifer Swanberg, Glen Swank,

Gregory Taubert, John Tempel, Robert Thiele, Joanne Thomasson, James Thompson, Ted Thompson, Daniel Thruman, Joseph Thruman, Bruce Tippetts, Barbara Tkocz, Michael Trampel, Mary Tricker, Robert Trickler, Victor Tripodi, Gregory Tropsa, Terry Tucker, Kevin Turner, Pat Turner,

Mary Undieme, David Unger, Magdalen Urbanac,

Kathleen Vautsmeier, Douglas Vedra, Donna Vogell,

Vicki Wachlin, Margaret Wachtel, Eugene Wagner, Johnnie Walker, Gary Walter, Larry Walz, Brett Wardlow, Mary Washburn, Roger Washburn, Dale Weber, Merlin Weber, Kerry Weckerly, Kirk Wellman, Robert Werntz, Douglas Whalen, Robert White, Ramona Whitehead, Debra Whitmar, Barbara Wilhelms, Darrell Wilhelms, Donna Wilhelms, Lynn Williams, Curtis Wilson, David Wine, David Wing, Dena Winters, Craig Wittbecker, Felix Woelfin, Gregory Woessner.

How the Class of 1972 learned about drugs.

Scot McKnight is the author of about three dozen books on Jesus and the Bible. He is a New Testament professor at Northern Baptist Theological Seminary in Lombard, Illinois. See his Wikipedia page for more info.

Mike Trampel sent along these photos of his retirement ceremony from the Navy.

My wife's 1972 bicycle license plate.