A salute to the letter writers of 2014

The Gazette Editorial Board today recognizes the more than 1,100 people who took the time to write and submit letters to the editor that were published on The Gazette's Insight pages during 2014. Thanks to all for your contributions to the pub­lic forum.

''' A '''

Rachel Ann Aalbers, Dawn Aberle, Paul Adams, Cindy Adhikari, Brianna Adix, Amy and Barry A'Hearn, Judy Ahrens, Bill Albert, Phil Alexander, Andrew Allen, Charles Allen, Mike Alt, Sandy Alt, Dave Ameling, Jeanne Amosson, Linda Andersen, Ron Andreesen, Paul Anderson, Ron Anderson, Tracy Anderson, Wayne Anderson, David Andrews, Wayne Andrews, Bob Andrlik, Maurice Anholt, Jane Anthony, Robert Anthony, Judith Antill, John W. Arbore, Marian Arens, Linda Armitage, Jim Arthurs, Gretchen Aschoff, Eric Z. Ash, William Ashby, Howard Ashlock, Larry C. Aspleaf, Ron Augustine

''' B '''

Bruce R. Bachmann, Dayna Ballantyne, Katy Banks, Curt Barkalow, Kristen Baron, Bill Barnes, Dean Barnum, Bill Barrow, Lois Batchelder, Becky Bateman, Robert Batey, Erin Batten, Kay Baty, Donald Baxter, Emilee Bean, Jim Beatty, Jack Beck, Madeline Becker, Robert D. Becker, Elmer Beckler, Jill E. Behrens, Jeff Beisker, Leland Belden, Dennis A. Benda, Eve Bennett, Jeff Benson, Roxanne Bentrim, James Beranek, Ron Berg, Steve Berg, Rebecca Bergus, Julia Bickel, Timothy J. Bickel, Mike Bielenberg, Vonda Birchmier, Amy Bishop, Bob Bevenour, George Black, Larissa Black, Carol Bradley, Joseph Blank, Jake Blitsch, Rob Bly, Robert Blocklinger, Carole Boddicker, Robert J. Boes, Chris Bonfig, Tim Borchardt, Bob Borders, Arlin Bornschlegl, Bob Bowen, Pat Bowen, Dave Bradley, Donald Brady, Pat Brady, Patricia Brady, Peggy Bramman, Matt Brandt, John Braumann, Larry Brecht, Cara Briggs Farmer, Selma Brigham, Steven Bristow, Gene R. Brodrecht, Dale Brodt, Bob Bromley, Dawn Brouwers, Everett Brown IV, Molly E. Brown, Nancy Brown, Bob Bruce, Merlyn Bruce, Edna Brunkhorst, Elizabeth Buckeridge, Robert and Lois Buckley, Jim Budde, Tom Buresh, John Burgess, Jon Burgett, Ione S. Burham, Renetta Burlage, David H. Burke, Jonathan Burke, Steven A. Burke, Bob Burns, Kenneth Burnside, Dennis Burrier, Bob Burroughs, John Busbee, John Butler, Denise Byrd, Jack Byrne

''' C '''

Dorothy Campbell, Brad Canfield, Paulette Canney, Joshua Cantu, Nathan Caraway, Steven C. Carfrae, Stacey Cargill, Joyce Carman, Sandra Carpenter, Wendell E. Carr, Arlene E. Carson, Janice Carson, Angelo and Lavonne Carter, Jennifer Carter, William Carter, John Carver, Benjamin R. Cashner, Mike Cavanaugh, Ciara Cecak, Beth Chacey DeBoom, Barbara Chadwick, Wallace Chappell, Glenn E. Chatfield, Ted Chick, Mary Chilton, Richard Christie, Kevin Christians, Dorothy Ciha, Sarah Clark, Arleigh Clemens, Cathy A. Clemens, Kathy Clemens, Carolyn Cleveland, Jeremy A. Cobert, Paul Coffman, Stephen Cohenour, Joie Cole, Amy Collette, James Conger, Frank Conrad, Pat Conrad, Mark Conzett, Jim and Lana Corcoran, Cheryl Corey, Rachel Cowell, Mary A. Craig, Jerry Crew, Robert Cribbs, Mercedes Crile, Duane Crock, Diane Crosby, Joan M. Cross, Alvin Cummings, Terry Cunningham

''' D '''

Alice Dahle, Chris Dahle, William H. Dahlsten, Larry Dake, Susan Dale Wall, Dan Daly, Diane Darr, Carmela Darrah-Chiafos, Teresa Daubitz, Doug Davis, Henry Davison, Byron Dean, Kelly Dean, Paul Deaton, Sabrina Denburg, Hal Dendurent, Gerene Denning, Carol deProsse, Iris Derke, Anne Deupree, Emily Devine, Lucy Diesch, Cindy Dircks, Kitty Dirks, Sue Dirks, Dorothy Ditch, Nancy Dinius, Casey Dollison, Jim Doorley, Laurie Donahue, Harley Donald, Maureen Donnelly, Brent Donohoe, Deb Donohoe, Jim Doorley, J. Fred Doornbos, Ann Dorr, Kevin Downey, Matthew Downey, Megan Downey, Dave Draheim, Gervase L. Driscoll, Chuck Dunham, Mickey Dunn, Dennis Durband, Eugene K. Dushek, John T. Dusterhoft, Margaret Dvorak, Bob Dvorsky, Jim Dvorsky, Coral Dye, Mike Dulaney, Jim Dunnigan

''' E '''

Rose Eaton, Stephen Eckert, Matthew Eden, Peter Edmondson, Duane Eldred, Gary Ellis, Peggy Ellis-Bailey, Sandra Ellis, Judy Ellyson, Jeff Elton, John Ely, Ken Engledow, Mark A. English, John H. Erceg, Louie Ervin Sr., Sam Estes, Paul G. Etre, Alan Evan-Schwartz, Tim T. Evans

''' F '''

Ed Faber, David Faribault, Laura Farmer, Stephen Fasnacht, David Faur, Jerome and Mary Jane Feldman, Karen Fesler, Dan Feuling, Gary Fischer, Dorothy Fifield, Di Findley, James E. Fine, Allen Fisher, Charlie Fisher, Danny Fisher, Eileen Fisher, Janet Fisher, Dale Fitzgibbons, Ed Flaherty, Charles Flint, Tom Flynn, Ro Foege, Paul Forbes, Karl Ford, Marilee Fowler, Brad Fox, Kim Frady, Richard Franck, Gary M. Frederick, Glenn Freeman, Herb Freese, Julie Freese, Leland Freie, MaryAnn French, Cindy Frese, Don Friedman, Scott Fruehling, Clay Fulknier, Douglas Fuller, Kent Fuller, Shirley Fuller, Barb Fulton, Susan Furman Miller

''' G '''

Jim Gabbert, Mary Gade, Rene Gadelha, Don Gallagher, Lynn Gallagher, Joe Gantner, Cindy Garlock, Sue Garner, Marti Garrison, Joyce Gassman, Eric Gaster, Shelly and Duane Gates, Jan Gatto Erceg, Carole S. Gauger, Anne Laurie Gaylor, Shirley Geadelmann, Marci Geary, Thomas Gerhold, Ben Gillig, Jerry Gillon, Bob Gleason, Gary Glockhoff, Judy Goldberg, Helane Golden, Ron Gonder, Kathy Good, Doug Goodner, Libby Gotschall Slappey, Ken Gould, Norma Gould, Patrick R. Grady, Bert Graham, Christine H.B. Grant, Sue Grant, Mary Gravitt, Cathy Grawe, Jim Green, Kelly Green-Howard, Jeff Grell, Chloe Gretter, Bob Grove, Marcella Gruver, Karen Guse

''' H '''

Allan Richard Hach, Merle Hagie, Matthew Haile, Ruth Hairston, Walt Hall, Kay Halloran, Lea Halterman, Jim Halverson, Martha Hampel, Glen Hankemeier, Steve Hanken, Mark Hanrahan, Anita Hansen, Celia Hansen, Dick Hansen, Katy Hansen, John G. Hanson, John Lawrence Hanson, James Hart, Ivan Hardt, Jean Harryman, Holly Hart, Stuart Hartlep, Pete Hartley, Craig Harwood, Kaye Haslam, Don and Carol Hatch, Wilma Hatch, Carl Hatcher, Fran Hatfield, Gina Hausknecht, Mark Havlicek, Kate Hawkins, Max Hawkins, Ted Healey, George Hebl, Carol Hedberg, Gaylon Heetland, Molly Heffernen, Vickie Heft, DeWayne Heintz, Terry Heller, Dave Helman, Karen Hempen, Doug Henderson, James Henderson, Hilda Hendrix, Harold Hensel, LeRoy Hensley, Doug Herman, Steve Herman, Paula Hernandez, Betty Herron, Judi Hertle, Dave Higdon, Clifford Higgins, Colleen Higgins, Jim Highly, Dave Hillman, Miyoko Hikiji, Roger Hines, Jack R. Hobbs, Larry Hodgden, Janice Hofer, Carl J. Hoffman, Phyllis Hoffman, Darwin W. Hofmeister, Dwight Hogan, Rob Hogg, Palmer Holden, Dan Hollrah, Donna Holman, Janet Holtman, Mel Holubar, Anna Homan, Harvey Hop, Joe Horaney, Jeffrey Horne, Douglas Horton, Steve Hostert, Hans House, Chloe Howe, Jeanne Howe, Casey and Leslie Hoyt, Jeff Hrubes, Kenneth A. Hubel, Fred Hubler, Laurie Hueneke Martens, Marcia Hughes, Jean Hult, Sue Humphrey, Eric Hungerford, Vern Hunstad, Geo Hunter, Lee Hutchison Jr.

''' I '''

Joel Illian, Jeff Ilten, Mary Issah

''' J '''

Kat Jackson, Charles Jacobsen, John Jadryev, Judy Jaeger, Bill and Gloria Jahnel, Cathy Jansa, Greg Januska, Joan Jehle, Alan Jensen, Amy C. Johnson, Charlene Johnson, Dan Johnson, David Johnson, John Johnson, Karen Johnson, Katie Johnson, Fred R. Johnson, Nicholas Johnson, Rob Johnson, Beth Jones, Dale Jones, Katie Jones, Steve Jones, Susy Jones, Angela and Dennis Jordan, Chandra Jordan, Kim Junker

''' K '''

Jay Kacena, Louie Kacere, John Sr. and Mary Kelchen, Rodger D. Keleher, Douglas J. Kelly, Jamie Kelly, Joe Kelly, Stephen Kemble, Mary Kemen, Mike and Kent Keninger, Lashonda Kennedy, James Kern, Karen Kessler, Kim Ketelsen, Michael Kibler, Grant Kimberley, Tom Kincheloe, Frank King, Frank Kintzle, Kenneth Kirby, Valerie Kitch, John Kittleson, Bob Klaus, John Klaus, Garry Klein, Jeff Klinzman, Patrick Knight, James Knox, Carletta Knox-Seymour, Charles R. Knudsen, Douglas Koch, Betty Kohout, Margaret Kolash, Thomas J. Kopecky, Mary Korch, Gary Kotowske, Helen Kozlik, Bob Krause, Gene A. Krenz, Dorothy Krivanek, Ken Krizan, Gary Kroeger, Shannon Krone, Brook Kruse, Frank Kruse, Peggy Kubczak, Charlie Kucera, Brad Kunkel, Jeremy Kunz, George W. Kunzman Jr., Victoria Kuper, Marj Kuperman, Janet Kvach, David Kyllingstad

''' L '''

John Lafler, Anne Lahey, Ladiester LaMaster, Terry Lamb, Lindsey Lambert, Mary C. Lambertsen, Kay Lammers, Tom Lammers, Marjana Lamp, Bill Lane, Barbara Lang, James F. Lang, Sara Langenberg, Steven Langton, James B. Larkin, Pete Larson, Ray Larson, Erika Lawrence, Joshua Lawrence, Ambrose Lawson, Nicole Lapitska, Don Laughlin, Becky Leaven, Eric LeClere, Dean Ledvina, Don and Linda Leonhart, Neale LeMense, Herman Lenz, Dean Lerner, Mitchell A. Levin, Jay Levsen, Mavis Levsen, Greg Licht, Christopher Lindell, Hank Linden, Marva Livengood, Dave Loebsack, Myrna Loehrlein, Spencer G. Lone Tree, Dan B. Long, Linda Loos Scarth, Merrill Ludvigson, Jeff Luecke, Michael Lundby, Thomas Lusardi, Kevin J. Lynch, Nancy Lynch

''' M '''

Kurt Maas, John Macatee, Hassan Mahmoud, Patricia Malatek, Joseph Mallie, Michael Mallie, Russell Marks, Nicholas Marn, Beverly Martin, Lois Martin, Rick Martin, Sheri Martin, Tom Martin, Vivian Martin, Susan Martinek, Brett Mason, Gary Matson, Don McArtor, Shayla McBride, Ann McCarty, Lyle D. Matthews, Paul J. McAndrew Jr., Robert L. McBride, Melissa McCarville, Gary McCurdy, Latisha McDaniel, Eileen McDermott, Raymond McDonald, Judy McDowell, Cindy McElliott, Shirley Miers, Linda McGivern, Bob McMurray, Lee McNair, JoAnn McNiel, Patrick McShane, Gwen Meek, Limi Meherunnesa, Jerry Meis, Jenny Mensen, Stephen Menzner, Shirlee Mercer, Ronald Metz, Bob and Marilyn Meyer, David M. Meyer, Michael Meyer, Anne Michael, Estella Michels, Shirley Miers, David P. Miller, Eric Miller, Jaclyn D. Miller, Joe P. Miller, Joel D. Miller, Mike Miller, Steve J. Miller, Thomas Miller, William H. Miller, Robert Mitchell, Marti Miller, Pat Minor, Joe Mischka, Cheryle Mitvalsky, Connie Mitvalsky, Alan Modracek, Mandy Moellering, Carolyn Moen, Curt Moermond, Tom Mohan, Gina Molby, Janet Monk, Jeneane Moody, Brian Moore, Jerry Moore, Kathleen R. Moore, Robert C. Moorman, Terry Moran, James Moriarty, Frank Morosky, Laura Morris, Caleb Morrow, Ingrid Morton-Groth, Carol Moser, Rick Moyle, Jessica Mullenix, Steve Mumm, Bill Munsell, Gary Murphy, Leah Murray, Helen Murray, Edith A. Muth

''' N '''

Randy Nading, Zadok Nampala, Dennis Naughton, Terri Nederhiser, Gene Nedved, Mary Nehring, Bob Neilly, Deena Nelson, Marilyn Nelson, Milo Nelson, Trish Nelson, Diane Nemmers Stefani, Randy Nessler, Toni Neta, Jen Neumann, Nicole Neverman, Scott Newman, Lester Newton, Jim Niday, Amy Nielsen, Bret Nilles, Wilfrid Nixon, Kurt J. Noack, Kim Noles, Sandra Norfolk, Mike Norris, Tammy Northup, Kevin Northway, Carrie Z. Norton, Theresa Nosley, Andrea and David Novak, David J. Novak, Ethan Novak, Lan Nowotny, Kris Nunemaker

''' O '''

Cyndi O'Brien, Jack O'Brien, Tim O'Brien, Sheryl O'Connell, Clayton Ohrt, Laddie Oliver, Harry Olmstead, Frank Olsen, Jill Olsen, Connie Ondracek, Isaac Orr, Sam Osborne, Clark Oster, David Osterberg, Robert Otto, Joan Overholser, Lee R. Overton, Dean E. Owens, Debra Ozburn

''' P '''

Jodi Paden, Sruthi Palaniappan, Joe Page, Shelley Parbs, Kathy Parent, Karen Parrott, Lori Parsons, Colleen Pata, Joe Patten, Jan Patterson, Rich Patterson, Sean Patrick, Bobbie Paxton, John Payne, Arlo D. Pelley Jr., Julie Perez, Mario Perri, Dottie Persson, Connie Peterson, Diane Peterson, William Peterson, Rachel Pettit, Judy Pfohl, Michael Phelan, Jeff Pick, Glenn and Ann Pike, Bonnie Pitz, Ralph Plagman, Marilyn Pleiness, Richard Pohorsky, Mary Porter, Nancy Porter, Lavonne Portzline, Kermit E. Postier, Donna Prat, Mike Prior, Lonny Pulkrabek

''' R '''

John Rassler, Tom Ratchford, Eric Rauch, Paul Rauch, Edith Raus, Jim Ray, Keith Rayner, Gary Rees, Donna Regen, Martin Reimer, Rebecca Reiter, Alan W. Remington, Gale Renz, Lawrence Rettig, Wilma Rettig, Charlie Reutner, Terri Reynolds, Emily Rice, Kate Glynn Rich, Phil Rich, Dale Richey, George Rickey, Sandy Ricklefs, Merle Ries, Patrick Riley, Sara Riley, Aaron Rivera, Ken Rizer, Bernie Roberts, Gary L. Roberts, Gladys Roberts, Lauren Robinson, Mike Robinson, Ann Roehrkasse, Kenneth Rogers, Dick Roggensack, Karen Rohlf, Cecelia Roman, Daniel Ronan, Nancy Ronan, Marv Rops, Eric Rosenthal, Roberta Rosheim, Brandon Ross, Niles Ross, Mike Rowley, Norman Rowray, Jutta Rubright, Jessica Rundlett, Lowell A. Rutz, Connie Ryan Terrell

''' S '''

Ken Sagar, Anne Salamon, Willard Salemink, Kay Salow, Leslee Sandberg, Scott Sander, Floyd Sandford, Hope Sankot-Rogers, Gary Sargent, Thomas Sass, Nancy Sauerman, Phil Saunders, Dale H. Sawyer, Dixie Saylor, Linda and Robert Scarth, Rae Schaefer, Irv Schau, James Scheffler, Wayne Schilling, Leon Schindler, Barbara Schlachter, Don Schmitt, Jan Schmidt, Richard K. Schmidt, Jim Schmitz, Carroll Schneider, Kevin P. Schneider, Christian Schoon, Paul Schroedermeier, Dan and Ruthann Schrock, Carol Schuldt, George Schuldt, John Schulte, Kathy Schultz, Jenny Schulz, Rosemary Schwartz, Jerry Seavy, Jim Sedlacek, Holmes Semken, Sibel Ezgi Sen, Robert Sentman, Robert Sessions, Matt Shaffer, Larry Sharp, Michael Shea, Bill Shebetka, John Sheda, David Sheets, Barbara Sherman, Chris Sherman, Jim Shipman, Wes Shirley, James F. Shonerd, Dan and Peggy Shonka, Rhonda Shouse, Teddy and Bill Shuttleworth, Mike Simmons, Robert Simmons, Walt Simmons, Thomas Simon, Harry L. Simonsen, Wayne Sissel, Bill Skow, Libby Slappey, Chad Slater-Scott, Jim Sliney, Jim Slitor, Betty Smith Good, Janelle Smith, Karla Smith, Kitty Smith, Martin T. Smith, Rick Smith, Sondra Smith, Peggy Smithson, Sharon Smyth, Angie Snyder Bell, Tom Snyder, Harvey Sollberger, Katherine Sopher, Jim Sorensen, Gerald L. Sorokin, Bonnie Sovern, Daniel E. Spahn, Eugene Spaziani, Richard E. Spearman, Grant Speece, Matt Spellman, Steve Spicher, John Spielman, Sally Spielman, Shirley Spinler, Daryl Spivey, Tom Spratt, Lewis Staley, Cort Stapleton, Norma Stasi, Ed Staton, Connie and George Steele, John F.E. Steger, Esther Belle Steinbach, Paul Steingreaber, Louis Stepanek, Carolyn Sternowski, Julie Stewart Ziesman, John Stiegelmeyer, Mary Stoddard, Susan Stoefer, Robin Stone, Sunny Story, Gary Streit, Bill Strilich, Beverly Strong, Michael Stuart, Joyce Suchsland, Bo Stueland, Joe Stutler, Glenn Suchomel, Adam B. Sullivan, Janet Sullivan, Arden Svoboda, Mary Jane Svoboda, Al Swegle, Chuck Swore, Sheila Sydnes

''' T '''

Benito Tapia, Don Taylor, Gordon Taylor, Connie Ryan Terrell, Liam Terry, Oran Teut, Anita Terpstra, Joan Thaler, Ken Thimmesch, Jan Thomas, Neil Thomas, Carol Thompson, Faye Thompson, Gary Thompson, John Thompson, Leona Thompson, Stan and Delores Thompson, Amy Thompson Thye, Linda and Paul Thomsen, Deborah D. Thornton, Molly Thornton, Christy Thurman, Josh Thurston, Robert Tierney, Richard J. Tjarks, George Tobiason, Noreen Tonkin, Christopher Town, Ann Treanor, Jodi Treharne, Charles A. Trobaugh, Dick Trotter, Donald Turner, Melody Turner, Laura Twing, Thomas J. Twohill Jr., Mark J. Tyler, Donald Tyne

''' U '''

Steve Uchytil, Sharon Ullrick, Karla Underwood, Kelly Ungs

''' V '''

Katherine Valde, Cheryl Valenta, Ron Valenta, John Van Cleve, Tom van Deest, Deborah VanderGaast, Jeff VanDerMillen, Kathy VandeZandschulp, Christine Van Horbeck, Mary Kay Van Oort, Dean Varner, Liz Varnum, Mary Vasey, Virginia VeDepo, Paula Vincent, Charlie Visek, Lynn and Glenn Vosatka, Jim and Carol Voss, Mary Jo Votroubek, Evan Vulich

''' W '''

Denise Waggoner Nipper, Bob Wagner, Janet Wagner, Wade Wagner, Gary Wallin, Glen Walters, Jim Walters, Montelle Walton, Alexandra Ward, Gary Warner, Bob Watson, Donald Weatherwax, Kristen Weaverling, Loras Weber, James Weeks, Joe Wehage, Terry Wehrman, Donna Weichers, Deb Weisskopf, Peter B. Welch, Bob Welsh, Mike Welsh, Roman Welter, Lawrence Wenclawski, Mark Wery, Robert L. Wertz, Bruce West, Marian Wetjen, Rosemary Weydert, Terri Weyland-Henecke, Amy White, Carol White, Roger L. White, Gene Whitlock, Monte Whitlock, Alan Whitters, Chuck Wieneke, Roger A. Wiest, Mary Wilcynski, Taylor Wilkin, Jay and Arlie Willems, Floyd Williams, Merle Wilson, Jim Wing, David Winger, Bernard Wingerter, Marc Winn, Nate Willems, Kaitlin Willett, Kim Williams, Gary Willman, Eugene H. Witte, Jacob Wittrock, Sandra Wolcott, James Wolfe, Craig E. Wood, Carol Woodson, John Woodward, Darrel Wrider, Grant Wright, Felicia Wyrick

''' Y '''

John H. Yanda, Dave Young, Gary C. Young, Nancy R. Young

''' Z '''

Nancy Zahn, Robert Zeck, Rich Zeis, Charlotte Zeman, Frank Zieser, Julie Zimmer, Grace Zimmerman, Jerry Zimmermann, Laura Zimmerman