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Still missing in action - Minnesota State University, Mankato

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number of consecutive stolen bases. He will be<br />

attend<strong>in</strong>g Bethany Lutheran College (to play<br />

baseball, OK to learn too). My son Britt will be<br />

start<strong>in</strong>g 8th grade this year and he is also very<br />

busy with sports (basketball and baseball). So<br />

that is how I’ve spent my time s<strong>in</strong>ce the last<br />

reunion. I’ve seen a lot of classmates whose<br />

children are the same ages at these events.<br />

I’m look<strong>in</strong>g <strong>in</strong>to f<strong>in</strong>d<strong>in</strong>g some hobbies of my<br />

own too, though I don’t th<strong>in</strong>k that I’m f<strong>in</strong>ished<br />

watch<strong>in</strong>g sport<strong>in</strong>g events yet. I have been<br />

th<strong>in</strong>k<strong>in</strong>g lately that I would really like to learn<br />

how to ride horses. I would also like to volunteer<br />

some time work<strong>in</strong>g with the Humane<br />

Society and/or maybe Habitat for Humanity.<br />

Maybe take some classes at SCTC or MSU. I<br />

would also like to go white water raft<strong>in</strong>g. Who<br />

knows where life will take me? Just like Nike<br />

says, just “do it”.<br />

I took my son Trevor out to New York and Bos-<br />

-26-<br />

ton for his graduation gift. We took a Sports<br />

and Travel Tour and watched the Tw<strong>in</strong>s play<br />

baseball aga<strong>in</strong>st the New York Yankees at Yankee<br />

Stadium and the Boston Red Sox at Fenway<br />

Park. We also visited Cooperstown for the<br />

Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony. We visited<br />

the Statue of Liberty, took the subway, and saw<br />

a Broadway play, “Mama Mia” (that brought<br />

back memories with all the ABBA songs). We<br />

walked to Time Square, Grand Central Station<br />

and the Empire <strong>State</strong> Build<strong>in</strong>g (our hotel was<br />

only blocks away). Four years before I took my<br />

daughter to Cancun where we went horse back<br />

rid<strong>in</strong>g and snorkel<strong>in</strong>g. I wonder where I will<br />

visit <strong>in</strong> five more years when I get to take my<br />

son Britt somewhere for his graduation.<br />

Jennet (Mutch) Kosberg<br />

40847 N Majesty Ct<br />

Anthem, AZ 85086-1765<br />

Phone: 623-551-0836<br />

E-mail: jjack5@qwest.net or pastor@anthemcross.org<br />

Kathy (Naylor) Mundahl<br />

4533 W. 88th St.<br />

M<strong>in</strong>neapolis, MN 55437<br />

Greg Nelson<br />

51 Ridgewood St.<br />

<strong>Mankato</strong>, MN 56001<br />

E-mail: gwnelson@pneumat.com<br />

Home phone: 507-345-4942<br />

Work phone: 507-345-4553<br />

Wife: Sarah<br />

One son: Noah, 10<br />

All <strong>in</strong> all, it has been a pretty good 25 years<br />

s<strong>in</strong>ce leav<strong>in</strong>g West and pack<strong>in</strong>g off to the U of<br />

M. I earned a Bachelor’s Degree <strong>in</strong> Mechanical<br />

Eng<strong>in</strong>eer<strong>in</strong>g, developed some lifelong friends<br />

and met my beautiful wife there. After college<br />

we lived <strong>in</strong> M<strong>in</strong>neapolis work<strong>in</strong>g and hang<strong>in</strong>g<br />

out. I have been back <strong>in</strong> <strong>Mankato</strong> s<strong>in</strong>ce 1992<br />

and after a few years of ask<strong>in</strong>g myself what the<br />

hell I am I do<strong>in</strong>g here we began to <strong>in</strong>tegrate<br />

back <strong>in</strong>to the community. Hav<strong>in</strong>g our son<br />

Noah changed our viewpo<strong>in</strong>t a lot too, and as I<br />

thought back—this really wasn’t a bad a place<br />

to grow up. From what I have been read<strong>in</strong>g<br />

about <strong>Mankato</strong> lately, I guess others agree, as<br />

<strong>Mankato</strong> was rated <strong>in</strong> the top 10 places to raise<br />

children.<br />

I came back to <strong>Mankato</strong> to jo<strong>in</strong> the family bus<strong>in</strong>ess<br />

that I now own with my father and I am

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