Austin Daily Herald

Area residents and businesspeople were elected to various positions Tuesday during the annual meeting for the United Way of Mower County.

The event took place during a luncheon at the Ruby Rupner auditorium at the Jay C. Hormel Nature Center in Austin.

Elected as at-large members to three-year terms for the board of directors were Scott Aakre, Virginia Bissen, Mike McCoy, Donna Olson and Michael Talamontes.

Trish Wiechmann was elected to a five-year term as the campaign division leader for the campaign team.

The officers for the agency's board of directors for the 2003-04 year are:

President, Kris Johnson

Vice President, Scott Aakre

Treasurer, Ann Christianson

Secretary, Renae Simonson

Fund Distribution Chair, Jeff Kritzer

Those who will represent various agencies will also serve for one-year terms. They include:

Steve Hovey, American Red Cross

Paul Spyhalski, Arc-Mower County

Mary Crandall, Austin Medical Center Hospice

Leone Ulwelling, Cedar Branch D.A.C.

Jerry Mohrfeld, Cedar Valley Services

Carol Kiefer, Consumer Credit Counseling

Peg Mikkelson, Cooperative Solutions

Bruce Richardson, Habitat for Humanity

Lu Stolzenberg, Hormel Historic Home

Jason Ferch, Mower Council for the Handicapped

Les Traff, Mower County Seniors

Karen Morlan, Parenting Resource Center

Larry Amdahl, The Salvation Army

Terese Amazi, Sheriff's Youth Programs

Tom Day, Twin Valley Boy Scouts

Rollie Gentzler, YMCA of Austin

Dan Fields can be reached at 434-2230 or by e-mail at dan.fields@austindailyherald.com