A Salute to The Gazette Letter Writers of 2014
The Gazette Editorial Board recognizes more than 1,100 readers who submitted letters to the Insight pages in 2014. Acknowledgments list numerous contributors by name, celebrating engagement in the public forum.
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Rachel Ann Aalbers
Dawn Aberle
Paul Adams
Cindy Adhikari
Brianna Adix
Amy
Barry A’hearn
Judy Ahrens
Bill Albert
Phil Alexander
Andrew Allen
Charles Allen
Mike Alt
Sandy Alt
Dave Ameling
Jeanne Amosson
Linda Andersen
Ron Andreesen
Paul Anderson
Ron Anderson
Tracy Anderson
Wayne Anderson
David Andrews
Wayne Andrews
Bob Andrick
Maurice Anholt
Jane Anthony
Robert Anthony
Judith Antill
John W. Arbore
Bruce R. Bachmann
Dayna Ballantyne
Katy Banks
Curt Barkalow
Kristen Baron
Bill Barnes
Dean Barnum
Bill Barrow
Lois Batchelder
Becky Bateman
Robert Batey
Erin Batten
Kay Baty
Donald Baxter
Emilee Bean
Jim Beatty
Jack Beck
Madeline Becker
Robert D. Becker
Elmer Beckler
Jill E. Behrens
Jeff Beisker
Leland Belden
Dennis A. Benda
Eve Bennett
Jeff Benson
Roxanne Bentrim
Arlin Bornschlegl
Bob Bowen
Pat Bowen
Dave Bradley
Donald Brady
Pat Brady
Patricia Brady
Peggy Bramman
Matt Brandt
John Braumann
Larry Brecht
Cara Briggs Farmer
Selma Brigham
Steven Bristow
Gene R. Brodrecht
Dale Bradt
Bob Bromley
Dawn Brouwers
Everett Brown IV
Molly E. Brown
Nancy Brown
Bob Bruce
Merlyn Bruce
Edna Brunkhorst
Elizabeth Buckeridge
Robert
Lois Buckley
Jim Budde
Tom Buresh
John Burgess
Jon Burgett
Jane S. Burham
Renetta Burlage
David H. Burke
Jonathan Burke
Steven A. Burke
Bob Burns
Kenneth Burnside
Dennis Burker
Bob Burroughs
John Busbee
John Butler
Denise Byrd
Jack Byrne
Dorothy Campbell
Brad Canfield
Paulette Canney
Joshua Cantu
Nathan Caraway
Steven C. Carfrae
Stacey Cargill
Joyce Carman
Sandra Carpenter
Wendell E. Carr
Arlene E. Carson
Janice Carson
Angelo
Lavonne Carter
Jennifer Carter
William Carter
John Carver
Benjamin R. Cashner
Mike Cavanaugh
Ciara Cecak
Beth Chacey DeBoom
Barbara Chadwick
Wallace Chappell
Glenn E. Chatfield
Ted Chick
Mary Chi
Alice Dahle
Chris Dahle
William H. Dahlsten
Larry Dake
Susan Dale Wall
Dan Daly
Diane Darr
Carmela Darrah-Chiaros
Teresa Daubitz
Doug Davis
Henry Davison
Byron Dean
Kelly Dean
Paul Deaton
Sabrina Denburg
Hal Dendurent
Gerene Denning
Carol deProsse
Iris Derke
Anne Deupree
Emily Devine
Lucy Diesch
Cindy Dircks
Kitty Dirks
Sue Dirks
Dorothy Ditch
Rose Eaton
Stephen Eckert
Matthew Eden
Peter Edmondson
Duane Eldred
Gary Ellis
Peggy Ellis-Bailey
Sandra Ellis
Judy Ellyson
Jeff Elton
John Ely
Ken Engledow
Mark A. English
John H. Erceg
Louie Ervin Sr
Sam Estes
Paul G. Etre
Alan Evan Schwartz
Tim T. Evans
Ed Faber
David Faribault
Laura Farmer
Stephen Fasnacht
David Faur
Jerome
Mary Jane Feldman
Karen Fesler
Dan Feuling
Gary Fishher
Dorothy Fifield
di Findley
James E. Fine
Allen Fisher
Charlie Fisher
Danny Fisher
Eileen Fisher
Janet Fisher
Dale Fitzgibbons
Ed Flaherty
Charles Flint
Tom Flynn
Bo Foege
Paul Forbes
Karl Ford
Marilee Fowler
Brad Fox
Kim Frady
Richard Franck
Gary M. Frederick
Glenn Freeman
Herb Freese
Julie Freese
Leland Frese
MaryAnn French
Cindy Frese
Don Friedman
Scott Fruehling
Clay Fulkiner
Douglas Fuller
Kent Fuller
Shirley Fuller
Barb Fulton
Susan Furman Miller
Jim Gabbert
Mary Gade
Rene Gadelha
Don Gallagher
Lynn Gallagher
Joe Gantner
Cindy Garlock
Sue Garner
Marti Garrison
Joyce Gassman
Eric Gaster
Shelly
Duane Gates
Jan Gatto Erceg
Carole S. Gauger
Anne Laurie Gaylor
Shirley Gendelmann
Marci Geary
Thomas Gerhold
Ben Gillig
Jerry Gillon
Bob Gleason
Gary Glockhoff
Judy Goldberg
Helane Golden
Ron Gonder
Kathy
Allan Richard Hach
Merle Hagie
Matthew Haile
Ruth Hairston
Walt Hall
Kay Halloran
Lea Halterman
Jim Halverson
Martha Hampel
Glen Hankemeier
Steve Hanken
Mark Hanrahan
Anita Hansen
Celia Hansen
Dick Hansen
Katy Hansen
John G. Hansen
John Lawrence Hansen
James Hart
Ivan Hardt
Jean Harryman
Holly Hart
Stuart Hartley
Pete Hartley
Craig Harwood
Kaye Haslam
Don
Carol Hatch
Wilma Hatch
Carl Hatch
Joe Horaney
Jeffrey Horne
Douglas Horton
Steve Hostert
Hans House
Chloe Howe
Jeanne Howe
Casey
Leslie Hoyt
Jeff Hrubes
Kenneth A. Hubel
Fred Hubler
Laurie Hueneke Martens
Marcia Hughes
Jean Hult
Sue Humphrey
Eric Hungerford
Vern Hunstad
Geo Hunter
Lee Hutchison Jr
Joel Illian, Jeff Ilten
Mary Issah
Kat Jackson
Charles Jacobsen
John Jadryev
Judy Jaeger
Bill
Gloria Jahnel
Cathy Jansa
Greg Januska
Joan Jehle
Alan Jensen
Amy C. Johnson
Charlene Johnson
Dan Johnson
David Johnson
John Johnson
Karen Johnson
Katie Johnson
Fred R. Johnson
Nicholas Johnson
Rob Johnson
Beth Jones
Dale Jones
Katie Jones
Steve Jones
Susy Jones
Angela
Dennis Jordan
Chandra Jordan
Kim Junker
Jay Kacena
Louie Kacere
John Sr
Mary Kelchen
Rodger D. Keleher
Douglas J. Kelly
Jamie Kelly
Joe Kelly
Stephen Kemble
Mary Kemen
Mike
Kent Keninger
Lashonda Kennedy
James Kern
Karen Kessler
Kim Ketelsen
Michael Kibler
Grant Kimberley
Tom Kincheloe
Frank King
Frank Kintzle
Kenneth Kirby
Valerie Kitch
John Kittleson
Bob Klaus
John Klaus
Garry Klein
Jeff Klin
John Lafler
Anne Lahey
Lachester LaMaster
Terry Lamb
Lindsey Lambert
Mary C. Lambertsen
Kay Lammers
Tom Lammers
Mariana Lamp
Bill Lane
Barbara Lang
James F. Lang
Sara Langenberg
Steven Langton
James B. Larkin
Pete Larson
Ray Larson
Erika Lawrence
Joshua Lawrence
Ambrose Lawson
Nicole Lapitska
Don Laughlin
Becky Leaven
Eric LeClerc
Dean Ledvina
Linda Leonhart
Neale LeMense
Herman Lenz
Dean Lerner
Mitchell A. Levin
Jay Levsen
Mavis Levsen
Greg Licht
Christopher Lindell
Hank Linden
Marva Livengood
Dave Loebsack
Myrna Loehrlein
Spencer G. Lone Tree
Dan B. Long
Linda Loos Scarth
Merrill Ludvigson
Jeff Luecke
Michael Lundby
Thomas Lusardi
Kevin J. Lynch
Nancy Lynch
Kurt Maas
John Macatee
Hassan Mahmoud
Patricia Malatek
Joseph Mallie
Michael Mallie
Russell Marks
Nicholas Mann
Beverly Martin
Lois Martin
Rick Martin
Sheri Martin
Tom Martin
Vivian Martin
Susan Martinek
Brett Mason
Gary Matson
Don McArtor
Shayla McBride
Ann McCarty
Lyle D. Matthews
Paul J. McAndrew Jr
Robert L. McBride
Melissa McCarville
Gary McCurdy
Latisha McDaniel
Eileen McDermott
David P. Miller
Eric Miller
Jaclyn D. Miller
Joe P. Miller
Joel D. Miller
Mike Miller
Steve J. Miller
Thomas Miller
William H. Miller
Robert Mitchell
Marti Miller
Pat Minor
Joe Mischka
Cheryle Mitvalsky
Connie Mitvalsky
Alan Modracek
Mandy Moellering
Carolyn Moen
Curt Moermond
Tom Mohan
Gina Molby
Janet Monk
Jen
Randy Nading
Zadok Nampala
Dennis Naughton
Terri Nederhiser
Gene Nedved
Mary Nehring
Bob Neilly
Deena Nelson
Marilyn Nelson
Milo Nelson
Trish Nelson
Diane Nemmers
Stefani
Randy Nessler
Toni Neta
Jen Neumann
Nicole Neverman
Scott Newman
Lester Newton
Jim Niday
Amy Nielsen
Bret Nilles
Wilfrid Nixon
Kurt J. Noack
Kim Noles
Sandra Norfolk
Mike Norris
Tammy Northup
Kevin
Cyndi O’brien
Jack O'Brien
Tim O’brien
Sheryl O’connell
Clayton Ohrt
Laddie Oliver
Harry Olmstead
Frank Olsen
Jill Olsen
Connie Ondracek
Isaac Orr
Sam Osborne
Clark Oster
David Osterberg
Robert Otto
Joan Overholser
Lee R. Overton
Dean E. Owens
Debra Ozburn
Jodi Paden
Sruthi Palaniappan
Joe Page
Shelley Parks
Kathy Parent
Karen Parrott
Lori Parsons
Colleen Pata
Joe Patten
Jan Patterson
Rich Patterson
Sean Patrick
Robbie Paxton
John Payne
Arlo D. Pelley Jr
Julie Perez
Mario Perri
Dottie Persson
Connie Peterson
Diane Peterson
William Peterson
Rachel Pettit
Judy Pfohl
Michael Phelan
Jeff Pick
Glenn
Ann Pike
Bonnie Pitz
Ralph Plag
John Rassler
Tom Ratchford
Eric Rauch
Paul Rauch
Edith Raus
Jim Ray
Keith Rayner
Gary Rees
Donna Regen
Martin Reimer
Rebecca Reiter
Alan W. Remington
Gale Renz
Lawrence Rettig
Wilma Rettig
Charlie Reutner
Terri Reynolds
Emily Rice
Kate Glynn Rich
Phil Rich
Dale Richey
George Richey
Sandy Rickless
Merle Ries
Patrick Riley
Sara Riley
Aaron Rivera
Ken Rizer
Bernie Roberts
Gary L. Roberts
Gladys Roberts
Lauren Robinson
Mike Robinson
Ann Roehrkasse
Kenneth Rogers
Dick Roggensack
Karen Rohlf
Cecelia Roman
Daniel Rowan
Nancy Rowan
Marv Rops
Eric Rosenthal
Roberta Rosheim
Brandon Ross
Niles Ross
Mike Rowley
Norman Rowray
Jutta Rubright
Jessica Rundlett
Lowell A. Rutz
Connie Ryan Terrell
Ken Sagar
Anne Salamon
Willard
Martin T. Smith
Rick Smith
Sondra Smith
Peggy Smithson
Sharon Smyth
Angie Snyder Bell
Tom Snyder
Harvey Sollberger
Katherine Sopher
Jim Sorensen
Gerald L. Sorokin
Bonnie Severn
Daniel E. Spahn
Eugene Spaziani
Richard E. Spearman
Grant Speece
Matt Spellman
Steve Spicher
John Spielman
Sally Spielman
Shirley Spinler
Daryl Spive
Michael Stuart
Joyce Suchsland
Bo Stueland
Joe Stutler
Glenn Suchomel
Adam B. Sullivan
Janet Sullivan
Arden Svoboda
Mary Jane Svoboda
al Swegle
Chuck Swore
Sheila Sydney
Benito Tapia
Don Taylor
Gordon Taylor
Liam Terry
Oran Teut
Anita Terpstra
Joan Thaler
Ken Thimmesch
Jan Thomas
Neil Thomas
Carol Thompson
Faye Thompson
Gary Thompson
John Thompson
Leona Thompson
Stan
Delores Thompson
Amy Thompson Thye
Linda
Paul Thomson
Deborah D. Thornton
Molly Thornton
Christy Thurman
Josh Thurston
Robert Tierney
Richard J. Tjarks
George Tobiason
Noreen Tonkin
Steve Uchytil
Sharon Ullrick
Karla Underwood
Kelly Ungs
Katherine Valde
Cheryl Valenta
Ron Valenta
John van Cleve
Tom van Deest
Deborah Vander Gaast
Jeff VanDer Millen
Kathy Vande Zandschulp
Christine van Horbeck
Mary Kay van Oort
Dean Warner
Liz Varnum
Mary Vasey
Virginia VeDepo
Paula Vincent
Charlie Visek
Lynn
Glenn Vosatka
Jim
Carol Voss
Mary Jo Votroubek
Evan Vulich
Denise Waggoner Nipper
Bob Wagner
Janet Wagner
Wade Wagner
Gary Wallin
Glen Walters
Jim Walters
Montelle Walton
Alexandra Ward
Gary Warner
Bob Watson
Donald Weatherwax
Kristen Weaverling
Loras Weber
James Weeks
Joe Wehage
Terry Wehrman
Donna Weichers
Deb Weisskopf
Peter B. Welch
Bob Welsh
Mike Welsh
Roman Welter
Lawrence Wenclawski
Mark Wery
Robert L. Wertz
Bruce West
Marian
John H. Yanda
Dave Young
Gary C. Young
Nancy R. Young
Nancy Zahn
Robert Zeck
Rich Zeis
Charlotte Zeman
Frank Zieser
Julie Zimmer
Grace Zimmerman
Jerry Zimmermann
Laura Zimmerman
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