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Roxanne Wightman
Roxanne moved from Los Angeles to Stillwater in 1992, after meeting her future husband, Doug, on a movie shoot in Minneapolis in 1990. Having worked in the film industry as a hairstylist for many years in Los Angeles, she moved into a beautiful old home in Stillwater. Between trips flying out of town to work on movies, Roxanne has been involved with Summer Tuesdays, and is celebrating her sixth year as a committee member. "This project is so much fun to be a part of and each year we push ourselves to make it better," she says. Because Roxanne has to travel for most of her jobs,
"It means a lot to me to live in a community like this and to volunteer my time for projects like Summer Tuesdays. I have always wanted to find my place to call home. This is home. A very comforting thought when on the road."
Last year she worked on "The Women," shot on location in Boston, Massachusetts, and "Semi-Pro," shot in Los Angeles, CA. Roxanne brings her love of film and entertainment, incredible organizational skills, and her love of Stillwater to this project. |
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Joci Tilsen
Joci is one of the founders of Summer Tuesdays, and is currently the Director of Programs for the Minnesota Food Association. She was co-owner of The Valley Bookseller on Main Street from October 1998 - March 2008. Joci has served on the Boards of the Greater Stillwater Area Chamber of Commerce and the Upper Midwest Booksellers Association. During her twenty years of nonprofit management experience; thirteen of those were spent as Executive Director of two organizations specializing in child abuse and neglect prevention and intervention. Joci has double Masters degrees in Health and Human Services Administration and Management. She has a broad range of experience in direct service and administration.
Sharona Erickson
Sharon Erickson is known as Sharona at the River Market Community Co-op where whe has been employed for many years. She likes to help people find scrumptious and nutrititious foods...so helping to organize the Market for Summer Tuesdays seems a good fit. Someday, some year, Sharona is scheming up a plan to sell her own Tasty Blueberry Pies at Summer Tuesdays!
Val Green
Val and her husband, Jim, have recently moved back to Minnesota after living away for twelve years. Talking with Joci Tilsen at a book club meeting sparked Val's interest in Summer Tuesdays as a way to become inovlved in the Stillwater community. As the newest at-large committee member, Val is still learning the hows and ways of Summer Tuesdays, but with an extensive background in corporate food service and catering, she brings strong creative and organizational skills to this exciting event. "We love being a part of the Stillwater community," she says.
Jill Roth
Jill has lived in the Stillwater area with her family for the past twelve years. She works with a variety of clients throughout the Twin Cities area with her home-based invitation design service, and is an active volunteer in the Stillwater School District. Having grown up in Saint Paul, she was a frequent visitor to Stillwater in her youth, and always enjoyed the small town feel of this close knit community. Jill has created hand-crafted Summer Tuesdays sponsor recognition pieces for the past two seasons, and this year joins the Summer Tuesdays Committee as Event Coordinator.
Jody Nyenhuis
Jody, Owner and General Manager of INSTUDIO, is dedicated to the success of downtown Stillwater businesses.
INSTUDIO is in their fifth year of providing innovative, FUN photography for kids of all ages. INSTUDIO is proud to be selected Stillwater Area High School's photograher of choice for the 2008-2009 senior class yearbook pictures.
Jody is the sole proprietor of INSTUDIO and occupies the lower level of the 212 North Main Street building. Her husband, Kevin Nyenhuis, owns and operates his own advertising agency called Happy Monday out of the upper level. The Nyenhuises live in Marine on St. Croix with their three children and goldendoodle, Sapphire.
Norman Steere
Norm moved to the Stillwater area in 1991 with his wife, Lyn, who died in 1999. Norm retired in 2000, and became active in the Stillwater community in 2001. In 2002 he was one of the organizers of Movies by the Bridge, predecessor of Summer Tuesdays. As one of the founders of Summer Tuesdays, Norm has played an active role except for two years when his wife Barbara Klemme was ill. One of Norm’s projects was the development and updating of the Downtown Directory for Stillwater, a map listing the categories and locations of all the retail businesses in the Historic District of downtown Stillwater. Impetus for the project was Larry Nelson’s statement that downtown Stillwater had more business “doors” than the Southdale Mall, but no directory. In 2003, Norm, Barbara Klemme and Mary Schmidt organized Theatre Associates of Stillwater, which has presented twenty-one live performances since then, most in downtown Stillwater. Norm would like to see the downtown enriched with a broad array of public art, and a cultural center on Main Street with space for live theatrical performances, movies, exhibits, and space for related cultural organizations such as Franconia Sculpture Park, Arcola Mills, the National Park Service and St. Croix River groups.
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