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Friends of the County Fairs

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2020

Senator Carrie Ruud

Representative Jeff Brand
Senator Roger Chamberlain

2019

Representative Joe McDonald

Representative Paul Marquart

Senator Gary Dahms

Lisa Sawyer, MN Department of Agriculture

2018

Leon Lillie Representative
Bob Gunther Representative
Jeanne Poppe representative
Paul Torkelson Representative
Bill Weber Senator

2017	Rod Hamilton	Minnesota Representative
2016	Greg Harder	MN State Fair
2016	Gene Sanford	Rice County
2015	Dianne Hohrman	Rice County
2015	Douglas Tuman	McLeod County
2014	Senator David J. Thomassoni	.Legislator
2014	Mark Ditlevson
2014	Marlin Krupp,	Faribault County
2013	Rep. Dean Urdahl	.Legislator
2013	Joe Scapanski	MN State Fair
2013	Senator Bill Ingebrigsten	.Legislator
2012	Cliff Bussler
2012	Arlon Fritsche
2010	Jerry Hawton	Swine Superintendent, MN State Fair
2010	John Thomforde	Poultry Superintendent, MN State Fair
2009	Governor Tim Pawlenty	State of Minnesota
2009	Melvin Sprengler
2008	Robin Kinney
2008	Joleen Hawkins
2008	Kent Thiesse
2007	Jerry Schoenfeld	Lobbyist
2007	Nicole Nault	Sheraton Bloomington
2006	Eastside Beverage	Eastside Beverage
2006	Markus Sampson	Board of Electricity
2006	Dr. Paul Anderson	Board of Animal Health
2005	Cheryl Huber	MN State Fair
2005	Marlys Dorfer	Hotel Staff
2004	Rep. Howard Swenson	.Legislator
2004	Rep. Elaine Harder	.Legislator
2004	Senator Steve Murphy	.Legislator
2004	Senator Dallas Sams	.Legislator
2003	David Kjome	Olmstead County
2002	Jerry Hammer	MN State Fair
2001	Ken Giannina	MN State Fair

If you have names of previous Friends of the County Fair award winners and the year they won the award or additions and/or corrections, please send them to mfcf.zach@gmail.com

Thank You

2000	Gene Hugoson	Commissioner of Ag
1999	Larry Tande
1998	Henry Kalis	.Legislator
1998	Loren Solberg	.Legislator
1998	Steve Imbo .	.Legislator
1998	Tracey Backman	.Legislator
1998	Stan & Darlene Wandersee	Showmen
1998	Ron Hamm	Showmen
1998	Jim Ertl	FFA
1997	Steve Pooch	MN State Fair
1997	Doug Hansen	Newspaper Editor
1997	Juanita Reed Boniface	4-H
1996	Mark Vetvick	St.Paul Radisson
1996	Kathy Roberts	Radisson
1996	Fred Stein	Radisson
1995	Elton Redalen	Secretary of Ag
1995	Leonard Harkness	4-H
1995	Mike Hildebrand	Showmen
1994	Dale Merriam	Showmen
1994	RK Rolly Larson	.OABA
1993	Lee Luebbe	Winona County
1993	John Magel	Showmen
1993	Paul Day	MN FFA
1992	Warren Sheaf
1991	Curt Norenberg	U of M
1990	,Senator David Fredrickson	Legistator
1990	Rep. Roger Cooper	Legislator
1990	Mary Goeffon	MN State Fair
1989	Alan Dupay	.MN Dept. of Ag
1989	Joseph Komro	.MN Dept. of Ag
1989	Rep. Paul Ogren	.Legislator
1989	Rep. Steve Dille	.Legislator
1989	Senator Florian Chimelewski	.Legislator
1989	Rep. Rick Krueger	.Legislator