Western Region Class of 2009

"Congratulations to our Class of 2009! And once again, a sincere thank-you to all of the instructors, examiners, patients, station managers, and all the others who helped them along the way. Each year the demands on our patrollers and candidates seem to increase, and in turn, our instructors and trainers face more challenges. They all can be very proud of their accomplishments, and should know that their efforts are appreciated. This is one of the most enjoyable parts of the patrol year. It is wonderful to see the culmination of all the training and testing efforts of the candidates." - John Thomas, RD

The Class of 2009 is comprised of brand new Basic, Senior and Certified patrollers; patrollers who have completed a portion of the Senior or Certified requirements; or graduates of any other NSP continuing education course or seminar - sometime during July 2008 thru June 2009. If your Patrol's graduates are not yet listed, please send the lists, corrections, additions to Roger Petry. Our Region's new patrollers and those who have continued their education deserve to be recognized.

Afton Alps
New Basic Alpine Patrollers:
  • Benjamin Henry
  • Janine Kidd
  • James Kwon
  • Jay Mega
  • Gino Moncio
  • Christa Nichols
  • Dave Rud
  • Jennifer Rud
  • Kent Schnaith
  • Ann Walters
  • Greg Zarambo
Completed Basic On-hill Training:
  • Dave Saunders
New Alpine Senior:
  • Chuck Kratt
Completed Senior Emergency Management:
  • Alane Lucht
  • Jim McGrory
Completed Sr Ski & Toboggan:
  • Susan Vermeland
Completed Sr Toboggan:
  • Alane Lucht
Completed Senior Skiing:
  • Doug Milnar
Andes Tower Hill
New Basic Alpine Patrollers:
  • Audrey Benson
  • Craig Benson
  • Karla Benson
  • Todd Carlson
  • Bob Friederichs
  • Curt Mateer
  • Dylan Stanton-Ring
Completed Basic On-hill Training:
  • Kevin McCormick
Completed OEC Training:
  • Derek Tesch
Buena Vista
New Basic Alpine Patrollers:
  • Jordan Baker
  • James Godwin
  • Gary Gregg
  • Connie Mangiamele
  • Sebastian Mangiamele
  • Arron Nissen
  • Steven Schussman
  • Mark Sommer
Buck Hill
New Basic Alpine Patrollers:
  • John Boruff
  • Kasia Derezinski
  • TJ Hoag
  • Tom McCary
  • Paul Mueller
  • Steven Sullivan
  • Jacob Townsend
Completed Senior Emergency Management:
  • Steve Jedlund
  • Bill Lappen
Completed Basic On-hill Training:
  • Ben Ackerman
  • Ann Donath
  • Sarah Haynes
  • Julie Jara
  • Mark Johnson
  • Dave Kennedy
  • Dan McEnery
  • Chris Olson
  • Peter Schensted



Christie Mountain
New Basic Alpine Patrollers:
  • Shannon Kirby
  • Steve Kramschuster
  • James Lamoureax
  • Kyle Ruhde
  • Drew Stuntz
Coffee Mill
New Basic Alpine Patrollers:
  • John Brown
  • Emily Buchanan
Ski Gull
New Basic Alpine Patrollers:
  • Katie Hutchison
  • Rian Hutchison
  • Richard Litke
  • Megan Mitchell
  • Mark Swenson
  • Eunice Peabody
  • Steve Palmer
Spirit Mountain
New Basic Alpine Patrollers:
  • Cathy Andberg
  • Heidi Bagley
  • Jeff Carver
  • Randy Hyman
  • Jason Lagergren
  • Aaron Lenmark
  • Mark Malinoski
  • Mark Nyholm
  • Bud Poppen
  • Bob Roper
New Alpine Senior:
  • Dave Hawkinson
Completed Sr Toboggan:
  • Sean Mitchell
Three Rivers
New Basic Alpine Patrollers:
  • Jason Braun
  • Adam Brown
  • Peter Burchard
  • Rick Fitzgerald
  • Nick Hoffmann
  • Scott Hunter
  • Ed Krammer
  • Rachel Lucas
  • Jenny Och
  • Mark Schwartz
  • Dan Wilder
  • Kelly Wilder
New Alpine Senior:
  • Gary Kearin
Completed Senior Emergency Management:
  • Bill Lappen
Trollhaugen
New Basic Alpine Patrollers:
  • Ken Boelter
  • Scott Hubbard
  • Peter Nora
  • Bill Schmidt
  • Len Schmittdiel
  • Dennis Swanson
  • Josie Suchomel
New Auxiliary:
  • Kayla Hedlund
  • Tara Swanson
Viking Nordic
Completed Senior Emergency Management:
  • Bill Lappen
Welch Village
New Alpine Senior:
  • Maggie Herman

Wild Mountain
Completed Senior Emergency Management:
  • Dale Carlstrom
  • Mark Duvall
  • Matt Haberman
  • Jerry Holm
  • Davis Klalia
  • Karen Majors
  • Joy Zasadny

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