Jolie Graybill (Minitex Assistant Director) & Sarah Hawkins (MELSA) frame themselves at the 2017 Minnesota State Fair Read and Ride Day (sponsored by MELSA).
If you remember a lifeguard watching over you at the Lake Andrew Beach at Sibley State Park in the 1980s or have ever played volleyball at the park- you owe a thanks to Gregg Luther. Past lifeguard at the park Gregg grew up on Lake Andrew on Como Beach and visits each year from Colorado on the 4th of July.
Skippers from left to right - Tom Weigel, Mike Elson, Gary Peterson, Gary Retier, Geoffrey Elson, and Kurt Hotze. These DN boats are 12 feet long with a 21 inch wide cockpit.
Tim McCluske (MLAC) and Bill Dejohn (Minitex Director, 1984-2012) in the Minitex break room in Andersen Library celebrating Groundhog Day, Minneapolis, Minnesota.
This wooden A scow is 38 feet long, it has a sail with 1200 square feet and was built in 1966. Sailors are Gary Retier, Nick Reiter, Jim Johnson, BillHorak, Andy Stanton, and John Eide.
This wooden A scow, built in 1966, is being raced on Lake Minnetonka. Note the wearing of life jackets for the heavy wind. Sailors are Gary Reiter, Nick Reiter Bill Horak, Jim Johnson, Andy Stanton and John Eide.