2009 Paddlers
Anna Weaverdyck | |
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| Age:
26 | | Years
on staff : 1 | | Hometown:
Ann Arbor, Michigan | | Home
Congregation: Shalom Community Church, Ann
Arbor, Michigan | | Distance she's paddling:
'bout 70 | | Reason for participating:
To raise millions of dollars for W.W. and
get super-buff...altho' I am pretty ripped
already. | | Bio in Haiku:
A poet she's not | |
A gard'ner she tries to be | |
Darn slugs and haikus | | Quirk of Character:
I dance when I eat yummy food. | | Favorite Boundary Waters Animal:
White throated sparrow! |
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Aubrey Helmuth | |
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25 | | Years on staff: 5 | | Hometown:
Harrisonburg, Virgina | | Home Congregation:
The Table | | Distance
she's paddling:
We'll see.... | | Reason for participating: I
love Wilderness Wind and I love Minnesota, why not
do the Paddle-a-thon? | | Bio in Haiku:
singing through the day | | whether I
want to or not | | here we go again | | Favorite Boundary Waters Animal:
the chickadee |
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Donna Minter |
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| Age:
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Wind: | | Hometown:
Minneapolis, MN | | Home Congregation: | | Distance he's paddling:
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Ed Kauffman |
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| Age:
59 | | Years on the Wilderness
Wind board: 7 | | Hometown:
Sioux Falls, South Dakota | |
Home Congregation: Sermon on the
Mount Mennonite | | Distance
he's paddling:
30 miles | | Reason for participating:
For the challenge and b/c Wilderness Wind is
an important place to me. |
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Elizabeth Heiks |
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| Age:
25 | | Years involved with
Wilderness Wind: a little here, a
little there | | Hometown:
Madison, Wisconsin | | Distance
she's paddling:
I think I can, I think I can.... | | Reason for participating:
who wouldn't? | | Bio in Haiku:
darn clever poems | | canoeing
is the swellest | |
I should have ditto-ed Anna. | | Quirk of Character:
I quack every now and then. | | Favorite Boundary Waters Animal:
Black bear |
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Greg Thiessen | |
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18 | |
Years involved with Wilderness Wind: 1 | | Hometown:
Austin, TX | | Distance
he's paddling:
3.1415926535897932384626 | | Reason for participating:
getting the girls? | | Bio in Haiku:
Paddling ever faster, | | Chasing
the perfect sunset, | | Being
chased by bears. | | Quirk of Character:
avid whistler | | Favorite Boundary Waters Animal:
Loon. Wanna hear how it sounds? |
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Liz Rempel |
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| Age:
27 | | Years on staff: 2 | | Hometown:
Newton, Kansas | | Distance she's paddling:
30-40 miles | | Reason for participating:
I want to help support this special place
and I couldn't pass up the lavender t-shirt | | Bio in Haiku:
Leave Kansas, return | | North.
Steep in good energy | |
here: silence, jokes, stars. | | | | Quirk of character:
Joins Anna in dancing | | Favorite Boundary Waters Animal:
Beaver |
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Marshall King |
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| Age:
39 |
| Years on the Wilderness
Wind Board: 7 |
| Hometown:
Goshen, Indiana |
| Home
Congregation: Assembly Mennonite Church |
| Distance he's paddling:
50-60 miles |
| Reason for participating:
Love the challenge and the community of the day |
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| Quirk of Character:
Can recall tastes for absurd lengths of time and convey
them in words |
| Favorite Boundary Waters Animal:
sock monkey? |
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Mary Ruth Kamp |
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| Age:
30.5 | | Years on staff: a lot | | Hometown:
Kidron, Ohio | | Distance she's paddling:
50 miles or so | | Reason for participating:
I. I need it. 2. The beauty and community.
3. Fifth year in a row...need i say more? | | Bio in Haiku:
reading a poem | | the verse is
written in life | |
listen, my heart sings | | | | Quirk of character:
Still enjoys naps. | | Favorite Boundary Waters Animal:
red fox, loon, sunning turtles, ooh, ooh,
otters....ummm... osprey, and lots of others
too. |
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Matt Thomas |
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| Age:
20 | | Years on staff:
1 | | Hometown:
Goshen, Indiana |
| Home
Congregation: Walnut Hill Mennonite |
| Distance he's paddling:
50 miles | | Reason for participating:
To have a good time with fellow paddlers, support
Wilderness Wind's unique mission, and to enjoy this
beautiful place. | | Bio in Haiku:
Quietly questing | | For stone flies
and deer hooves I |
| Create, discover |
| Quirk of Character:
One of these days,
I'll catch the elusive Minnesota muskellunge | | Favorite Boundary Waters Animal:
Lynx |
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Susan Mershon |
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| Age:
26 | | Years on staff:
1 | | Hometown:
Portland, OR. Most recently Boston, MA |
| Home Congregation:
Citylife Presbyterian, Boston |
| Distance
she's paddling:
30-40 miles | | Reason for participating:
To gain big muscles while supporting the
educational and spiritual mission of my
workplace. | | Bio in Haiku:
Living coast to coast; |
| Rugged beauty calls me home |
| To north of mid-west. | | Quirk of Character:
Frequently makes unnecessary eye contact | | Favorite Boundary Waters Animal:
Otter |
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Zeb Holsopple |
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| Age:
25 |
| Years involved with
Wilderness Wind: 9 |
| Hometown:
Goshen, Indiana |
| Home Congregation:
Assembly Mennonite Church
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| Distance he's paddling:
as far as possible |
| Reason for participating:
for the fun, excitement and the sore muscles |
| Bio in Haiku:
learning to live life |
| one chaco
step at a time |
| canoeing and such |
| Quirk of Character: has a pet zebra named Abu |
| Favorite Boundary Waters Animal:
.the loonling |
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Wilderness Wind
2945 Hwy 169
Ely, MN 55731
Summer months
218-365-5873
November to May
is 316-217-1129
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