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Home:       Willmar; * 3951 Horizon Hills Circle, 56201; 320-235-4442
Born: 1958
Family:     Married spouse Claire, 2 children
Occupation:      Real Estate Appraiser
Business:   P.O. Box 992, Willmar, MN 56201; 320-894-7088 (Cell)
Education: BS: Soil Science, BS: Agromony; University of Minnesota - St. Paul
Elected:    1996
Term: 5th
Committees:      Agriculture, Environment and Natural Resources Finance (Lead Democrat);
  Rules and Legislative Administration; Agriculture and Rural Development.
Commissions and Task Forces:
  MN Chicano Latino Affairs Council (Board Member); National Conference
  of State Legislatures (NCSL) Agriculture and Rural Development
  Committee Member.
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LEGISLATIVE ACCOMPLISHMENTS:

Named Politics In Minnesota's (PIM) "First Termer of the Year in the House" in 1997.

Passed legislation to:
* help preserve Minnesota's tradition of potlucks and "hotdish"
* reduce the amount of phosphorous in lawn feritilizers
* keep the Willmar Regional Treament Center open
* fund new buildings at Prairie Woods Environmental Learning Center
* help expand the Willmar Library with a 1/2 cent local sales tax
* refurbish the New London Little Theatre
* allow the Willmar Municipal Utilities and Kandiyohi Cooperative Electric Power
  Association to enter into a joint venture
* save the Rice Care Center money
* fund the Willmar Child Guide Program
* open juvenile crime records and juvenile proceedings to the victims of crime
* increase funding to the state's road and bridge projects

MEMBER:
* Right to Be Rural Caucus
* Firefighter/EMS Caucus
* Minnesota Blue Dog Caucus
* Chicano/Latino Affairs Council
* Willmar Area Chamber of Commerce
* Sons of the American Legion
* Vinje Lutheran Church.
* Pheasants Forever
* Minnesota Waterfowl Assn.
* Minnesota Farmers Union
Members of the successful Bio-Diesel Conference committee
Prepared and Paid for by Citizens to Elect Al Juhnke