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State Rep. George Groesbeck (left), a 38-year-old Butte Democrat from Carroll's class of 1994, died unexpectedly on Dec. 7, 2008, after collapsing at home. A Butte native, he was a two-term representative to the Montana House of Representatives from House District 74 and was recently elected to serve his third term this year. George was also the human resources director for AWARE Inc., of Anaconda, and taught freshman writing classes at Montana Tech. For more on his life, read: http://www.mtstandard.com/.

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Certified Fraud Examiner John Flynn, class of 1988, is  a financial analyst/auditor for the Operations Bureau of the Montana state Department of Justice and was recently honored by Gov. Brian Schweitzer and Lt. Gov. John Bohlinger with the 2008 Governor's Award for Excellence in Performance. The awards for outstanding professional and public service were announced on November 17 and recently presented to more than 150 state workers at a ceremony in Helena's Great Northern Hotel.

First Interstate Bank recently announced three additions to its Commercial Lending Department, including Teri Calton, class of 1992, and Guy Almquist, class of 1997. Almquist brings 11 years of banking experience in commercial lending and credit analysis and is a 2006 graduate of the Pacific Coast Banking School. Calton brings 18 years of banking experience in bank management, commercial lending, consumer lending and credit analysis and is a two-time Carroll IMPACT business campaign co-chair.

(Christopher) Dirk Williams, MD, class of 1996, a major in the U.S. Air Force, reports that he and wife Katy welcomed their second child, Grant Austin, on September 5, 2008. Baby Grant joins his three-year-old sister, Ava.  The family lives in San Antonio, Texas, where Dr. Williams is completing a gastroenterology fellowship with the Air Force at Wilford Hall Medical Center. They plan to move back to Montana after his military commitment is fulfilled.

Stacy Stellflug Handley (right), class of 1997, was recently honored for her excellence in health care with the Roche Jaune Business Excellence Award from the Billings Chamber of Commerce. After earning her Carroll psychology degree, she received her nursing degrees (BSN and MSN) in 2000 and 2004 from Montana State University. She is currently working toward her doctorate in nursing at the University of Colorado Denver Health Sciences Center. For the past four and half years, Stacy has worked at St. Vincent Healthcare as a nurse practitioner on the Pediatric and Pediatric Intensive Care Units. She serves as the clinical coordinator for the Montana Pediatric Project and works as a nurse practitioner for the Ronald McDonald Care Mobile. The Montana Pediatric Project promotes local, high-quality health care access for critically ill children who previously had to travel to places such as Denver or Seattle for care. For more on the awards, read: http://www.billingsgazette.net/.

Kelli Kuntz, class of 1997, graduated from Middlebury College in Vermont with a master's in literature in 2004 and taught high school English in Kalispell, Mont., for ten years. She reports that, in June 2008, she married Thomas Higgins in Kalispell, and they now live in Ann Arbor, Mich., while her husband completes his engineering degree. They plan to move back to Kalispell in August 2009, when she can resume teaching in the Treasure State. The Carroll alumni (with class years after each name) in the wedding day photo are: (back row, left to right) Dennis Neuman (1969), Buck MacMillan (1998), Brennin Grainey (2004), Jamie (Ruffatto) Frost (1982), John Iverson (2001), Jen (Kudar) Tucker (1997), Jim Tucker (2001), Doug Tooke (1998); and (front row, left to right) Becki (Iverson) Chase (1999), Dan Chase (2000), Colleen (Iverson) Gambill (2006), Kelli (Kuntz) HigginsPaige (Furness) MacMillan (1998), Kristi (Iverson) Aklestad (1998), Becky (Wiegand) TookeCarolyn (Stewart) Wells (1997), Tom Wells (1997), (1999), (1997).

First Lieutenant Jonathan Sohl, class of 2006, returned on November 21, 2008, from a 13-month deployment to Iraq. He is the company executive officer for Echo Company, 1st Battalion, 502nd Infantry Regiment, 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 101st Airborne Division. He was welcomed home by wife Chanel (Spillar) Sohl, class of 2007, and daughter, Briley, who reside at Ft. Campbell, Ky.

Josh Solheim, class of 2008 nursing grad, was commissioned on Saturday, Dec. 6, 2008, as a lieutenant in the Army Nurse Corps. Beginning in January 2009, the Army is giving Josh leave to complete a six-month mission in Bangladesh where Josh will be working in an orphanage clinic.