Alan Jahnke
| Alan Jahnke | |
|---|---|
 | |
| Sex | M |
| Father | Tom Jahnke |
| Mother | Lisa Jahnke |
Alan Jahnke was resident of Spearfish Lake with his parents Tom and Lisa.BITH1
Alan was a witness to the humilation of Frenchy LeDroit at the Frostee Freeze in the summer of 2010. For the temerity of smiling, Frenchy, with two football teammates Larry Coopshaw and Matthew Effingham, kidnapped Alan, beat him up and left him on a remote stretch on the south side of Spearfish Lake. He was rescued the next morning by Jack Erikson who discovered him totally accidentally.BITH4
Jack described Alan as "small, and even Jack thought he was a little girlish and might be gay, although he’d never had any proof of it. Alan was damn smart, but was put down so much that he tried not to stand out." BITH4
Alan retaliated anonymously by arranging a prank for Frenchy to puncture and damage his own car tires beyond any repair.BITH12
Alan loved computers and considered himself "the school math whiz, and that carried right over into programming, which he enjoyed."BITH11 He was "the administrator of the bootleg Spearfish Lake Message board" BITH15
Jack and his girlfriend Vixen Hvalchek played matchmakerBITH17 which quickly resulted in Alan's friendship with Summer Trevetheck.BITH20
Alan's paternal grandmother and aunt were self-proclaimed followers of witchcraft. His father Tom was not a follower, but "at least paid some homage to it" and allowed his son to spend time with them, learning the Craft.BITH36 This turned out to be a shared interest with Summer, resulting in their "forming a Circle of our own." BITH41
Alan and Summer tried developing a role playing game of pagans against inquisitors. The first attempt to play it showed some of it needed re-writing and a lot more work was needed.BOF26
A group of Alan's friends cornered Frenchy LeDroit after he was released from jail and filmed Alan taunting him.OC5
Alan also contributed to a gift to Frenchy and Monica Laughton after they were burned out of her house.OC26
Summer and Alan were developing a role playing gameBOF4 of witches versus inquisitors,BOF12 or Christians versus Pagans.((Cite|BOF|20}} They held a number of test sessions where they learned what they needed to change to improve it.BOF25 BOF31 They wanted to have it complete by the time they went to college so they could find others who liked role playing games to play with.RFW24 After a surprising encounter with Christians who respected them for having faith, they decided the game was disrespectful all ways round.SLH36
He studied theoretical math at Southern Michigan University,SLH5 but was not so sure of her career choice after spending a summer working in a nursing home.RFW37
He shared a two-bedroom apartment in the Spearfish Lake House with Summer, Jack Erikson and Vixen Hvalchek. Before leaving Spearfish Lake they were vague whether they would share as couples or boys and girls.RFW17 When they moved in there was no question, they were living as couples.SLH10
Summer and Alan made contact with the Wicca SIG at SMU. On Activities Day they were leaving the room where Kyle Reed was shooting when he turned to shoot at those leaving. One bullet creased Alan's head causing a of of bleeding but little damage.SLH27 He was taken to hospital for stitches. As they were leaving the hospital they saw Elise Simpkins being wheeled in and stopped to pray for her and the others injured by the gunman. They were seen by Reverend Herbert Fowler of the Hawthorne First Methodist Church who offered them a lift back to campus and commended them or praying.SLH31 He asked if he could use them as examples in his sermon the next day, and then asked if they would join his congregation for the morning service.SLH32 They did attend the morning service at Hawthorne First United Methodist Church, and were amazed at the friendly greeting they received.SLH36
