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Saturday, Nov 6, 2010at Westmark Hotel Social at 6:00 PM / Dinner at 7:00 PM

Celebrity Waiter Biographies:

Deborah Lynne  •  Joe Blanchard  • John Brown  • Angie Ellis & Linda Nierman  •  Kuwanis Club Member • Teresa Quakenbush  •  Rollergirl Black Hawk Bunz  •  Rollergirl Bad Lady • Sara Smith & Chris Henry

Brittany Luddington

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DEBORAH LYNNE — Born in Key West and raised on Long Island, Debra has now lived in Alaska for almost 21 years.  She has often participated with Fairbanks Drama Association to raise money for their theater (Mortgage Maker) and has helped Special Olympics of the Tanana Valley, Hospice of the Tanana Valley, and is currently working on promotions for Blood Bank of Alaska critical blood needs.  She is employed by New Northwest Broadcasters both as a morning show personality on 95.9 fm, and is an Account Executive representing 5 radio stations

JOSEPH BLANCHARD — Joseph Blanchard was born in Lafayette, Louisiana in 1985 and made his way up to Alaska in particular the Kenai/Soldotna area in 1996. After falling in love with the cold winters of Alaska he wanted to find out just how cold Alaska could get and started attending college at UAF in 2003 where he has been working on a Political Science degree.

     Starting in his junior year of high school Joseph started becoming politically active in student government serving as high school and eventually college student body president. In 2008 Mr. Blanchard ran for an Assembly seat in the Fairbanks North Star Borough and won as one of the youngest people ever to hold the office at the age of 23.

     Mr. Blanchard is currently single, a Taurus, likes long walks on the beach, has many leather bounds books and his apartment smells of rich mahogany.

JOHN BROWN — John Brown was born January 20,1956 in Everett Washington. He graduated Cascade Senior High School in 1974 and moved to Alaska in January,1974. Brown married Kelly Sampson in 1981 and they have two children: Devon born Sept 1982 and John G born May 1985. Three grandchildren include: John N born Sept 2004, Elias born Sept. 2005 and Olivia born May 2009.

     John Brown has:

         • 35 year member of the Operating Engineers Local 302 beginning Jan of 1975

         • 18 years spent working in the construction field starting as a rig oiler and moving to superintendent for a subcontractor on heavy highway projects across the state.

         • 15 years working for Local 302 as a field representative. Negotiating contracts with companies as small as a two person placer mining operation and as large as Boeing a multi-national aero-space conglomerate.

         • Six years teaching 4-5 grade Sunday school at First United Methodist Church

     He was the past president of the Fairbanks Central Labor Council, former chair of the Labor Day Committee, past vice-president Alaska State AFL-CIO. Additionally he is the current chair of the Boys and Girls Club of the Tanana Valley Advisory Board, member of the executive committee Boys and Girls Club of Alaska.

     His hobbies include hunting, fishing, and scuba diving.

     His website address is john@johnbrownstatehouse.org.

ANGIE ELLIS — Angie was born and raised in central Texas.  She moved to Fairbanks in 1994 with her husband and two dogs.   She has worked as a registered nurse at Fairbanks Memorial Hospital since her arrival and also worked as a flight nurse for Guardian Flight for 5 years.  Currently, she is the manager for the Forensic Nursing Department and provides care to adults, children, and families who are experiencing violence or trauma in their lives.  The forensic nursing staff have been providing medical care for patients at RCPC Stevie’s Place since May of 2006

Angie loves spending time with friends and family.   She enjoys hiking, cross country skiing, and watching her two daughters play soccer, and perform gymnastics and Tang Soo Do.  She volunteers for her church and local schools and participates in numerous fundraisers for her daughters’ sports teams and other community causes.  

Angie was the recipient of The Excellence in Nursing Practice award in 2008 and the March of Dimes Nurse of the Year Award in 2009.  She continues to provide excellent nursing care to the community and volunteers to give back to the community whenever possible. 

LINDA NIERMAN —  Born and raised in central Virginia. Linda recently retired from active duty Army in October 2009.  She began her medical career in 1993 as a NREMT in Killeen, TX.  She furthered her career by graduating from licensed practical nurse training at Ft. Sam Houston in 1996.  She served as an ER shift leader in Korea and received the Pediatric Nursing Care award.  Linda taught over 800 students Combat Life Saving Skills, a 40 hour training program which she incorporated BLS into the curriculum.  She graduated from Columbus State University with a bachelor’s degree in nursing in May 2004.  She received the Art of Nursing of peer award. She is a member of Sigma Theta Tau International Nursing Society. She has worked in Labor and delivery, and then deployed to Iraq where she worked in the trauma /ER departments. Currently Linda is working at Fairbanks Memorial as a Forensic Nurse Examiner.

Linda is married and has 2 children and 3 small dogs. In her free time she enjoys sewing and spending time with her children.  Her daughter is 13 and is a cheerleader for North Pole Middle School Patriots.  Her son is 9 and plays the clarinet in the North Elementary Pole School Band.  

TERESA QUAKENBUSH - Moved to Alaska in 1970 and has been in Fairbanks since 1974. Came up the Alcan Highway in an old Army bus my step dad and mom renovated into a motor home. Mom had 3 girls and stepdad had 4 boys. We moved to Chatanika to gold mine. Went to high school at West Lathrop when it was split shift and went in the afternoon, the West Valley when it was built. Raised in Fox, Alaska. Worked for the Fairbanks North Star Borough Assessing office from 1983 to 1997. Then with Health and Social Services from 1998 to 2005 as Clerical and then Administrative Supervisor. Currently working at Dept of Labor and Workforce Development in the Business Connection assisting employers with hiring needs. Hobbies are: Dancing with Johnna’s Choreography & Dance, also Event Coordinator. Loves fundraisers, snow machining, bodybuilding, biking, skiing, modeling, helping people find jobs, and her friends and family

BLACK HAWK BUNZ - Bunz and cAMMO was created deep in the Alaskan Wilderness on a top secret, remote, underground military installation not charted on any map. She was bio-engineered by the brightest scientific minds, and grew strong on a diet of 50 calibur bullets and cold war era vodka. She began training for missions at the tender age of 3. She became an expert marksman by the age of 8 and a master of hand to hand combat. She grew more beautiful and more deadly with every day. Her killer instinct and lightening fast reflexes made her perfect for use as a strategic weapon of destruction; however, a freak Ground to Air Missile accident during a covert mission, forced her to become half woman, half machine, with buns of pure Titanium and reinforced steel. After being heavily decorated and honorably discharged, The FBXRG snatched her up and now this bionic vixen has taken her lethal skills from the field of battle to the derby track, where she uses her Bunz and Braun to systematically eliminate her opponents with deadly accuracy. 

BAD LADY - Receiving her derby inspiration from her '53 Chevy, Bad Lady is a force to be reckoned with. Built like a classic car, she's tough, and the quintessential, bad ass derby chick. As the birth mother of FBXRG she has survived famine, flood, and locusts. She stood strong when people didn't believe derby was possible in Interior Alaska, she weathered the emotional internal conflicts of a budding league, and welcomed new swarms of rollergirls with open arms when the concept finally caught on. Bad Lady – The Heartbeat of FBXRG.

Sara Smith & Chris Henry - Separated as youngins (from the bayou), Sara Smith and Dr. Christopher Henry have been reunited to raise support for the RCPC.  These swampy siblings have been instrumental in many avenues here in the greater Fairbanks area.  From the Boy Scouts, Young Life, Big Brothers Big Sisters, HIPOW, Fairbanks Neighborhood Housing, and countless others, they have truly raised the bar of support to non-profit organizations.

Instead of wrestling alligators and grabbing for catfish, Sara (a.k.a. Sweet Potato Queen) is now the title officer/marketing director for Yukon Title.  She is a vital part of their success and keeps Roger and the rest of team in line.  

Dr. Christopher Henry (a.k.a. Christoofer) left the swamp buggies and pursued a doctor of medical dentistry at the University of Mississippi (Ole Miss). Now, he is making stunning smiles in the Golden Heart, and always carrying a cane pole to the local fishin' hole. 

BRITTANY LUDDINGTON - Brittany Luddington moved to Fairbanks her junior year of high school and keeps her plate full enough to make it impossible to leave. [Sidenote: her mother, who resides locally would harm her if she did.]  She is the Outreach Director at the Interior Alaska Center for Non-Violent Living, a professional life coach, and an MSW student at the University of New England, distance education program. She enjoys reading (self-help books), working on building her business (PEER) and day dreaming of a future where she has hobbies that are not work or school related. (Ask anyone who knows her...this will probably never happen.) She's thrilled to be helping raise funds for such a worthy cause, is looking forward to TIPS being a lively event, and crossing her fingers that she caught her table guests the night after pay-day.