2011 Paddlers
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John Bergen |
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| Age: 19 |
| Years on staff?
1 |
| Hometown:
North Newton, KS |
| Home Congregation:
Bethel College
Mennonite Church |
| Distance
he's paddling: 30-40
miles |
| Reason for participating:
an excuse to escape
mosquitoes at Pine Ridge |
| Bio in Haiku:
I write my own day |
| in three chords
and melody |
| will you sing
along |
| Quirk of Character:
apologetic |
| Favorite Boundary Waters Animal:
barking spider |
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Rose Byler |
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| Age:
20 |
| Years on staff:
1 |
| Hometown:
Goshen, IN |
| Home Congregation:
Assembly Mennonite
Church |
| Distance she's paddling:
54 miles |
| Reason for participating:
What a better way
to honor and celebrate beauty, strength, and
my support for Wilderness Wind? |
| Bio in Haiku:
If my life flows on |
| It is because
of the old |
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Endless song around |
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| Quirk of character:
compulsive
foot-wiggler (especially while curled on a
couch) |
| Favorite Boundary Waters Animal:
really, really,
old, strong, big rocks |
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Matthew Helmuth |
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20 | | Years on staff:
1 | | Hometown:
Goshen, IN | | Distance
he's paddling:
As far as possible. | | Reason for participating:
To push his limits and push
them for a good reason. | | Bio in Haiku:
loving
on nature | |
teaching others the same
way | |
meeting God each day | | Quirk of Character:
affinity for impersonations | | Favorite Boundary Waters Animal:
Frank on a swimming moose |
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Mary Ruth Kamp |
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| Age:
32 |
| Years on staff:
12 |
| Hometown:
Kidron, Ohio |
| Distance she's paddling:
30+ |
| Reason for participating:
To support an
organization and way of life that I believe in
and celebrate. |
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| Quirk of character:
Is addicted to
printed words and paper things. |
| Favorite Boundary Waters Animal: The
Great Blue Heron, the red fox, and the painted
turtle. |
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Kathy Landis |
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| Age:
48 |
| Years on staff:
21 |
| Hometown:
Newton, KS |
| Home Congregation:
New Creation Fellowship |
| Distance
she's paddling:
30 sounds about right, but the next lake
might lure me further. |
| Reason for participating:
Water is hypnotic and a day
on it is inspiring and mysteriously
enchanting. |
| Bio in Haiku:
Sinking hands in Earth |
| Creating more endeavors |
| Quickens heart and soul |
| Quirk of Character:
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| Favorite Boundary Waters Animal:
dragonfly |
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Luke Penner |
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| Age:
25 | | Years
on staff :
1 | | Hometown:
Indianapolis, IN | | Home
Congregation: Shalom
Mennonite | | Distance he's paddling:
a long way | | Reason for participating:
New challenge, New
experience | | Bio in Haiku:
Lovely day on earth | |
out for a big long
paddle | |
smiling and happy | | Quirk of Character:
bad foreign accents | | Favorite Boundary Waters Animal:
loon or Bob in the
water |
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Community Members:
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Aubrey Helmuth Miller |
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| Age:
27 |
| Years involved with Wilderness
Wind: 6
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| Hometown:
Harrisonburg,
VA |
| Home Congregation:
The Table |
| Distance
she hopes to paddle:
Somewhere in the realm of 40ish |
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| Reason for participating:
Who can pass up
another chance to be in the BWCAW? |
| Bio in Haiku:
give me a piano, |
| uke or a banjo,
I'll sing |
| and I'll hammer
all day |
| Quirk of Character:
Rolling eyes while
eating really good food |
| Favorite Boundary Waters Animal:
What? There's a
barking spider?!
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Zeb Holsopple |
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| Age:
27 |
| Years involved with
Wilderness Wind: 11 |
| Hometown:
Goshen, Indiana |
| Home Congregation:
Prairie Street
Mennonite Church
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| Distance he's paddling:
As far as possible |
| Reason for participating:
More canoeing in
the Boundary Waters? Bring it on! |
| Bio in Haiku:
My muscles say no! |
| why do we do
this again? |
| But my heart
say go! |
| Quirk of Character:
has a pet zebra named Abu |
| Favorite Boundary Waters Animal:
.I have recently
developed a great appreciation for the
mosquito-eating abilities of the
dragonflies! |
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Marilyn Kamp |
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| Age:
60+ |
| Years involved with
Wilderness Wind: a
long time |
| Hometown:
Millersburg, OH |
| Distance
she's paddling:
30+ |
| Reason for participating:
She couldn't
pass up an invitation from her daughter
to spend the day together in the
wilderness. |
| Bio in Haiku:
Loon calls from
the north |
| Come see
hear touch be renewed |
| Gift upon
gift yours |
| Favorite Boundary Waters Bird:
Loon |
| Favorite Boundary Waters Animal:
Wolf |
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Jacob Landis |
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| Age:
18 |
| Hometown:
Sterlin, Illinois |
| Home Congregation:
Community Mennonite
Felowship |
| Distance he's paddling:
Don't know yet,
we'll see how the currents take me. |
| Reason for participating:
To escape the
midwest prairie for a weekend to see the
northern wilderness, and to support a good
cause! |
| Bio in Haiku:
from the farm I
come |
| to the lakes in
the north woods |
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paddling for fun |
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| Quirk of character:
Has a habbit of
running just for the fun of it. |
| Favorite Boundary Waters Animal:
Red-tailed Hawk |
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Joshua Landis |
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| Age:
17 |
| Hometown:
Sterling, Illinois |
| Home Congregation:
Community Mennonite
Fellowship |
| Distance he's paddling:
He doesn't know.... |
| Reason for participating:
His aunt told him
about it and it sounded like fun! |
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| Quirk of character:
Has an interest in
cow genetics and Illinois high school
running |
| Favorite Boundary Waters Animal:
Moose |
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Brad Mullet |
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Stephanie |
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Micah Raber |
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| Age:
15 |
| Years involved with
Wilderness Wind: 1
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| Hometown:
Millersburg, Ohio |
| Home Congregation:
Millersburg
Mennonite Church |
| Distance
he's paddling:
30+ |
| Reason for participating:
Had a great time on
his Central Christian High School trip and
was invited to return and volunteer and then
paddle.
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David Thiessen |
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| Age:
23 |
| Years involved with Wilderness Wind:
1
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| Hometown:
Austin, Texas (but
now living in Durham, NC) |
| Distance
he's paddling: That's
a game day decision. |
| Reason for participating:
Love of nature and
supporting Wilderness Wind |
| Bio in Haiku:
City boy in the
wild |
| Pushing myself
to the edge |
| I hate
mosquitoes |
| Quirk of Character:
Being the
good-looking (and funnier) Thiessen boy.
Sorry Greg. |
| Favorite Boundary Waters Animal:
I have a love/hate
relationship with beavers. |
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Melissa Wenszell |
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Benjamin Wiebe |
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| Age:
16 |
| Years involved in Wilderness Wind:
2
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| Hometown:
Goshen, IN |
| Home Congregation:
Eighth Street
Mennonite Church |
| Distance he's paddling:
30-40 miles |
| Reason for participating:
I could not turn
down another opportunity to return to the
Boundary Waters and support Wilderness Wind. |
| Bio in Haiku:
Why do I paddle? |
| My garden is
overgrown |
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and my bees are mad. |
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| Favorite Boundary Waters Animal:
Black Bear |
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Board Members:
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Melissa Falb |
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Ed Kauffman |
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| Age:
61 |
| Years on the board:
9 |
| Hometown:
Calgary, AB |
| Home Congregation:
First Mennonite,
Calgary (Pastor) |
| Distance he's paddling:
30, maybe a little
more |
| Reason for participating:
Because he thinks he
still can do it, and it is a great way to
end his time on the board. |
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| Quirk of character:
Plays a mean
left-handed ukelele |
| Favorite Boundary Waters Animal:
Loon |
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Marshall King |
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| Age:
41 |
| Years on the Board:
9 |
| Hometown:
Goshen, Indiana |
| Home
Congregation: Assembly Mennonite Church |
| Distance he's paddling:
30-50 depending on what the day
gives me |
| Reason for participating:
It's part of my summer routine to
paddle thousands of times for a
great cause. |
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| Bio in Haiku:
Big, very hungry |
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But able to breathe as well |
| Gulping life daily |
| Quirk of Character:
Can recall tastes for absurd lengths of time and convey
them in words |
| Favorite Boundary Waters Animal:
Zebulon Holsopple |
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Steve Mullet |
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Abby Nafziger |
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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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