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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

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