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Homecoming King and Queen 1999
Melinda (Mindy) Lee VanCleave
Major: Public Relations and Religion
Hometown: Bloomfield, Iowa
Parents: Bill and Sharon VanCleave
Activities: Tower Agency, Vision Team, Pathways consultant, Campus Ministry and Bible Study.
Memory: Making a fool of myself while imitating a Luther student in Kastle Kapers last year, having my teeth almost knocked out by Sara Schuchart, and meeting Graham in my orientation group.

Aaron Thomas Strumpel
Major: Music Education and Music Ministry
Hometown: West Liberty, Iowa
Parents: Tom and Cory Strumpel
Activities: Wind Ensemble, Castle Singers, Knightlighters Jazz band, Chapel Choir, Ritterchor, Big Brother Of America, VISION and Kappa Delta Phi.
Memories: Getting a pea stuck on the caf ceiling for three years- it might still be there! Being a one man pep band for the Wartburg VS. Luther game at Luther. Going To South Carolina for a service trip and building a house.

Heather Kuennen
Major: Elementary Education, Early Childhood
Parents: Mark and Frances Kuennen
Activities: Castle Singers, Vision, WASE Co-president, Kappa Delta Pi, Ambassadors and work study in education office.
Memories: Snowball fights on Clinton field, sledding with my old roomies of Res. 106, water fights in the Res. and cleaning up afterwards, working in the education office, singing "I Will Never Leave You" with Kate Gammel, having my boyfriend surprise me with four-hundred balloons in his room, Christmas with Wartburg, holding hands with the Castle Singers, trying to make waffles with Kristin, taking voice lessons, making a dance video to "I Get Knocked Down" with Eric Allen, tour of Australia, being involved with VISION, and trying to get homework done when my duplex roomies are home.

Peter Scott Knoebel
Major: Math/Secondary Math Education
Hometown: Austin, Minnesota
Parents: Scott and Mary Lynn Knoebel
Activities: Football, Student Senate, Residential Assistant, VISION, Kappa Mu Epsilon and Kappa Delta Phi.
Memories: This November when Wartburg wins the 1999 Iowa Conference Championship, when we beat Central, kidnapping a special girl on her birthday, and throwing Dr. Budlong into a pool of water ... sorry Cheryl!

Kristin Lebeck
Major: Elementary Education, w/ Early Childhood Endorsement
Hometown: Grinnell, Iowa
Parents: Judy and Gary Lebeck
Activities: Student Orientation Staff, Secretary of Kappa Delta Pi, Homecoming Committee-Co-Chair of the '99 Kastle Kapers, work-study in the Educations Office, Bremwood Volunteer, Elementary Tutor at Plainfield, Iowa and Ambassadors.
Memories: going to New York City my freshman May Term, living with my duplex roomates, having high-lighter pen fights instead of studying and my "22" surprise birthday party.

Shane Potratz
Major: Math Education
Hometown: Cedar Falls, Iowa
Parents: Bob and Linda Potratz
Activities: Fool for Christ, Baseball, refilling beverages.
Memories: Jumping on the pile after winning the conference championships and running around campus in my tighty-whities with my buddies after the championships.

Sara Shuchart
Major: Elementary Education with math endorsement
Hometown: Dysart, Iowa
Parents: Don and Kathy Schuchart
Activities: Cross-Country, Track, Wartburg Choir, Homecoming Committee, Student Alumni Council and Shine.
Memories: WWF style wrestling with Mindy Van Cleave, Katie Shearn chasing the Women's Cross Country team with a road kill squirrel, singing with Allie Brauhn in the Vollmer 1 bathroom my freshman year and playing capture the flag.

Michael Schwemm
Major: Biology
Hometown: Tripoli, Iowa
Parents: Steve and Kathy Schwemm
Activities: Student Senate, Alpha Chi and Tri-Beta.
Memory: Being incredibly unproductive during May Term '99.

Sarah Freed
Major: Biology Education
Hometown: Mason City, Iowa
Parents: David and Sharon Freed
Activities: Volleyball, FCA, Alpha Chi, Kappa Delta Pi and Ambassadors.
Memory: the 1998 KWAR Marathon.

Scott Kahler
Major: Physics
Hometown: Cedar Falls, Iowa
Parents: William & Janet Kahler
Activities: Psi Phi, Student Alumni Council, SMART and Alpha Chi.
Memory: Running through puddles on Clinton Field with friends after a strong thunderstorm.