
1988 - Rivers, Lakes & Legends
Queen of the Lakes Jennifer Tolrud – Richfield
Commodore Lee R. Anderson
President John E. Derus
General Festival Chair Rick Collins
Princess Kerri Heckenlaible – East Bethel
Princess Anne Swanson – Svenskarnas Dag
Senior Queen Lorraine Dysart
Senior Commodore Charles Saarion*
Senior Princess Renza Anderson
Senior Vice Commodore Orville Prestholdt
Vice Commodores:
Jack Breese - Community*
Norma McLean - Grand Prix
Kathy Fuller-Nordberg - Hospitality
Ken Hafften - Parades
Dale Sherf - Special Events
Bill Rissmann - Sports and Lakes

1987 - Aquatennial: The Legend Sails
Queen of the Lakes Sandra Polesky – Sleepy Eye
Commodore George Murnane, CLU
President Lee Johnson
General Festival Chair Mike Geiser
Princess Ann Minks – Princeton
Princess Jody Peterson – Ham Lake
Senior Queen Loretta Salie*
Senior Commodore Vern Tatton*
Walter Sochacki
Senior Princess Elsie McDonald
Senior Vice Commodore Les Scherfenberg
Vice Commodores:
Jack Breese - Community*
Rick Collins - Grand Prix
Ron Sundborg - Hospitality
Russ Miller - Parades*
Dale Sherf - Special Events
Bill Rissmann - Sports and Lakes

1986 - A Salute to Liberty
Queen of the Lakes Julie Melin – Miss Sons of Norway
Commodore Rod Burwell
President Frank Anton*
General Festival Chair Bill Pearson
Princess Maria Borash-Lund – Cambridge
Princess Ann Rime – Willmar
Senior Queen Irene Novak
Senior Commodore Floyd Bosshardt*
Senior Princess Mable Swanson
Senior Vice Commodore Gerald Cook*
Vice Commodores:
Bob Viking - Formula One
Rich Heinrich - Hospitality
Becky Planer - Metro and Youth
Russ Miller - Parades*
Mike Geiser - Special Events
Bill Rissmann - Sports and Lakes
Vice Presidents:
Chuck Velure - Membership
Henry Kaynes - Marketing
Toby Kimball - Public Relations

1985 - Between Friends/Entre Amis: A Salute to Canada
Queen of the Lakes Lori Grote – Red Wing
Commodore Daniel F. May
President Stanley Tabor
General Festival Chair John T. Wetzel, Ph.D.
Princess Janet Schotzko – Sleepy Eye
Princess Brenda Schuler – Granite Falls
Senior Queen Marge Mapson*
Senior Commodore Richard Schneider
Senior Princess Josephine Anderson
Senior Vice Commodore Lester Dundas
Vice Commodores:
Bob Viking - Formula One
Rich Heinrich - Hospitality
Becky Planer - Metro and Youth
Russ Miller - Parades*
Mike Geiser - Special Events
Bill Pearson - Sports and Lakes
Vice Presidents:
Stephan Sanger - Marketing
Chuck Velure - Membership
Toby Kimball - Public Relations

1984 - Futuristic Fantasies
Queen of the Lakes Jody Hempel – Annandale
Commodore Carl G. Pohlman
President Raymond J. Dittrich*
General Festival Chair Luanna Bushnell Hacker
Princess Polly Benson – Anoka
Princess Colleen Mahoney – Miss Heartland
Senior Queen Fay Cassidy
Senior Commodore Leonard Thompson*
Vice Commodores:
Bob Viking - Formula One
John Wetzel - Hospitality
Becky Planer - Metro and Youth
Dave Fleischhaker - Parades
Barb Fleischhaker - Special Events
Bill Pearson - Sports and Lakes
Vice Presidents:
Bob Cliff - Membership
John Hohl - Marketing*
Clint Andrus - Public Relations

1983 - Mexico Magnifico
Queen of the Lakes Amy Mertes* - Miss Fire Fighter
Commodore Fred Bassinger
President Gerald Pettersen
General Festival Chair Cynthia Williams Chandler
Princess Rhonda Anderson – Svenskarnas Dag
Princess Belinda Phelps – Two Harbors
Senior Queen Eleanor Mueller
Senior Commodore John Wallace*
Vice Commodores:
John Wetzel - Hospitality
Luanna Bushnell Hacker - Metro and Youth
Curt Londroche - Parades
Ryan Terry - Special Events
Rick Collins - Sports and Lakes
Vice Presidents:
David Huchins - Marketing
Bob Cliff - Membership

1982 - Great American Family Reunion
Queen of the Lakes Lorrie Werness – Svenskarnas Dag
Commodore Woodrow P. Langhaug*
President Edward Fish
General Festival Chair John Hohl*
Princess Kathy Fuller-Nordberg – Windom
Princess Diane Rivard – Fridley
Senior Queen Ella Friedlund
Senior Commodore Marvin Warholm
Senior Vice Commodore Harold Geiger*

1981 - International Family Reunion
Queen of the Lakes Cathy Linsmier – Hopkins
Commodore Harold W. Greenwood, Jr.
President Douglas M. Head
General Festival Chair Chris Christofillies
Princess Lisa Beytien-Carlson – Hutchinson
Princess Leanne Evans – Litchfield
Senior Queen Mary Shonka
Senior Commodore Bing Crosby
Vice Commodores:
Jerry Sisk - Hospitality
John Hohl - Metro and Youth*
Curt Londroche - Parades
Cindy Geiser Chandler - Special Events
Jerry Sorenson - Sports & Lakes

1980 - Welcome to the New World of the 80’s
Queen of the Lakes Mary Jo Dillenburg – Willmar
Commodore Darrell Runke
President Fredrick Dresser
General Festival Chair David Hutchins
Princess Kristin Knudsen – Miss Sons of Norway
Princess Jayne Siewert – St. Cloud State Homecoming Queen
Senior Queen Edna Memtom*
Senior Commodore Hagbarth Bue*
Vice Commodores:
Jerry Sisk - Hospitality
Cindy Geiser Chandler - Metro and Youth
Chris Christofillies - Parades
John Hohl - Special Events*
John Hohl - Sports and Lakes*

1979 - Celebrate Our 40th Summer Break
Queen of the Lakes Becky Rear – Montevideo
Commodore Gil Braun
President Fredrick Dresser
General Festival Chair John Hanlon*
Princess Linda Johnson – Columbia Heights
Princess Robin Rhode – Sauk Rapids
Senior Queen Margaret Grimes
Senior Commodore Stanley Antolak*
Vice Commodores:
Sue Starekow - Hospitality
Chris Christofillies - Metro and Youth
David Payne - Parades
David Hutchins - Special Events
Nancy Jensvold - Sports & Lakes

1978 - Summer Break ‘78
Queen of the Lakes Sharolyn Frampton – Anoka
Commodore Harry Atwood*
President Frank Pazlar
General Festival Chair William McKinney
Princess Mary Jane Houts – Svenskarnas Dag
Princess Janelle Urdahl-Kirsch – Litchfield
Vice Commodores:
John Hanlon* - Hospitality
Chris Christofillies - Metro and Youth
Doug White - Parades
Stan Lange - Special Events
David Hutchins - Sports and Lakes
Vice Presidents:
Fred Dresser - Public Relations

1977 - Minnesota Homecoming ‘77
Queen of the Lakes – Katherine Kiki – St. Cloud State University
Commodore Edward Fish
President Clair W. Kjome*
General Festival Chair Edward A. Cunnington
Princess Wendy Ostlund – Hopkins
Princess Shelley Stenberg – Buffalo
Vice Commodores:
Bill McKinney - Hospitality
Doug White - Parades
Stan Lange - Special Events
David Hutchins - Sports & Lakes
Vice Presidents:
Robert Harrison - Concessions
Bob Viking - Marketing
Fred Dresser - Public Relations
General Administrative Chair - Chuck Ellickson