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# John Jasinski (politician)

John R. Jasinski (/dʒəˈsɪnski/ jə-SIN-skee; born June 24, 1966) is an American politician and member of the Minnesota Senate. A member of the Republican Party of Minnesota, he represents Minnesota's 19th Senate District in southeastern Minnesota.

## Early life, education, and career

Jasinski was born on June 24, 1966, and raised in Faribault. He graduated from Faribault High School and attended the University of Minnesota Duluth and Minnesota State University, Mankato.
Jasinski was in the Navy for four years. He was previously a member of the Faribault Planning Commission, the Faribault Economic Development Authority, and, from 1996 to 1998, the Faribault City Council. Jasinski was the mayor of Faribault from 2008 to 2016 and is a real estate broker at MDC Real Estate Services in Faribault.

## Minnesota Senate

Jasinski was elected to the Minnesota Senate in 2016.

## Personal life

Jasinski is divorced and has two children. He resides in Faribault.
In October 2020, Jasinski was arrested for driving while impaired; he subsequently pleaded guilty to misdemeanor careless driving and was given a year of probation with mandatory treatment for chemical dependency.
# Dan Sparks

Daniel D. Sparks (born July 5, 1968) is an American politician and former member of the Minnesota Senate. A member of the Minnesota Democratic–Farmer–Labor Party (DFL), he represented District 27 which included all or portions of Dodge County, Faribault County, Freeborn County, Mower County, and Steele County in the southeastern part of Minnesota.

## Early life and education

Sparks attended college at the University of Minnesota and St. Cloud State University in St. Cloud.

## Elections

Sparks was elected to the Senate in 2002, defeating Senator Grace Schwab by seven votes after an automatic recount. He was reelected in 2006, 2010, 2012, and 2016. In the 2020 election, Sparks was defeated by Republican Gene Dornink.
2020 Minnesota State Senate District 27 :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Democratic (DFL) | Dan Sparks (Incumbent) | 17,941 | 44.37 | −10.39 |
| | Republican | Gene Dornink | 19,759 | 48.87 | +3.70 |
2016 Minnesota State Senator- Senate 27 :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Democratic (DFL) | Dan Sparks (Incumbent) | 20540 | 54.76 | −13.46 |
| | Republican | Gene Dornink | 16944 | 45.17 | +13.48 |
2012 Minnesota State Senator- Senate 27 :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Democratic (DFL) | Dan Sparks (Incumbent) | 26552 | 68.22 | |
| | Republican | Linden Anderson | 12334 | 31.69 | |
2010 Minnesota State Senator- Senate 27 :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Democratic (DFL) | Dan Sparks (Incumbent) | 17574 | 61.44 | |
| | Republican | Kathy Green | 11005 | 38.48 | |
2006 Minnesota State Senator- Senate 27 :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Democratic (DFL) | Dan Sparks (Incumbent) | 21739 | 67.72 | |
| | Republican | George Marin | 10329 | 32.18 | |
2002 Minnesota State Senator- Senate 27 :
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| Democratic (DFL) | Dan Sparks | 15091 | 45.54 |
| Republican | Grace Schwab (Incumbent) | 15084 | 45.52 |
| Independence | Terry Kelley | 2066 | 8.90 |

## Personal life

He and his wife Andrea live in Austin with their four children. He has worked in road construction, at the Austin Hormel plant, at Farmers and Merchants Bank in Austin and on the family farm. Sparks has also been on the YMCA Board of Directors, is a member of the local Lions Club, and is involved in youth hockey and Little League.
# In the Jam Jar

In the Jam Jar is a Canadian short drama film, directed by Colin Nixon and released in 2021. A tribute to maternal love, the film stars France Castel as Joan, a dying woman who is being cared for by her son Dan (Alain Goulem).
Despite featuring francophone actors, the film's dialogue was shot in English and subtitled in French for francophone audiences.
The film was screened in July 2021 as part of Telefilm Canada's annual Not Short on Talent showcase of Canadian short films at the Cannes Film Market. It had its official public premiere at the 2021 Festival du nouveau cinéma, where it won both the juried and audience-choice awards for Best Canadian Short Film.
The film was a Canadian Screen Award nominee for Best Live Action Short Drama at the 10th Canadian Screen Awards, and a Prix Iris nominee for Best Live Action Short Film at the 24th Quebec Cinema Awards.
# Fred Dellar

Frederick Dellar (29 May 1931 – 15 May 2021) was an English music writer and journalist, regarded in the popular music scene as "the king of trivia".

## Life and career

Fred Dellar was born in Willesden, London, and lived above a fish and chip shop which was bombed in the Second World War. He undertook National Service in 1950, and was posted to the RAF base at High Wycombe, where he started a jazz club. After returning to London, he worked in factories and warehouses while also producing jazz fanzines. From 1955, he began contributing reviews to magazines including Record Mirror, and liner notes for records. He became the secretary of the Frank Sinatra Appreciation Society in the UK, edited a fanzine, Perfectly Frank, attended a wide range of jazz and other gigs, and accumulated a collection of magazines and files of information that proved invaluable in later years. He married in 1958, and in 1964 started working for the London Book Centre distribution company, while writing reviews in his spare time.
In 1971, after being made redundant from a warehouse job in London, he and his wife moved to Northampton. He successfully applied for a job at the New Musical Express, where he served as deputy news editor, compiled music charts, wrote reviews and undertook interviews. He also developed his "Fred Fact" column, answering innumerable questions from readers before the coming of the internet. In 1981 he wrote The NME Guide to Rock Cinema, followed by The Illustrated History of Country Music. A 1989 report by him on Factory Records was given its own catalogue number - FAC227 - by label boss Tony Wilson. After leaving the NME in 1996 he contributed to a wide range of music magazines, including Smash Hits, Vox and The Wire. He also wrote books about Sinatra, jazz, country, and rock music. He contributed crosswords to a number of magazines, including Empire and Mojo. Dellar contributed for 25 years to the latter magazine, where he was known for features like the "Time Machine" and "Ask Fred" pages.
Dellar died on 15 May 2021, aged 89. He was predeceased by his wife Pam a year earlier, and survived by his son Glenn.

## Publications

* The Illustrated Encyclopaedia of Country Music (1977)
* NME Guide to Rock Cinema (1981)
* Where Did You Go To, My Lovely?: The Lost Sounds and Stars of the Sixties (1983)
* Rock and Pop Crosswords (1983)
* The Essential Guide to Rock Records (with Barry Lazell, 1983)
* The Country Music Book of Lists (1984)
* The Hip: Hipsters, Jazz and the Beat Generation (with Roy Carr and Brian Case, 1987)
* Sinatra: His Life and Times (1995)
* Excess All Areas. A Who's Who of Rock Depravity (with Gary Boiler, 1995)
* Frank Sinatra: Night and Day - The Man and the Music (1997)
* The Mojo Inquisition: Rock 'n' Roll Quiz and Crossword Book (2001)
# Mike Obermueller

Michael Edward Obermueller (born April 21, 1973) is a Minnesota lawyer and politician, a former member of the Minnesota House of Representatives. He represented District 38B in the southeastern Twin Cities metropolitan area from 2009 to 2011. In 2012 and 2014 Obermueller was the Democratic-Farmer-Labor Party candidate for United States Congress in the second congressional district, challenging incumbent John Kline.

## Early life, education and career

Raised on a dairy farm near Glenwood City, Wisconsin, Obermueller attended Loras College in Dubuque, Iowa, graduating magna cum laude in 1996 with a B.A. in Media and Public Address, with a Political Science emphasis. He went on to the University of Iowa College of Law in Iowa City, earning his J.D. With High Distinction in 2001. Between college and law school, he worked as Director of Campus Dining Services for Aramark Corporation at Mount Marty College in Yankton, South Dakota.
Obermueller is an attorney for the Minneapolis law firm of Winthrop & Weinstine, P.A., where he focuses on commercial litigation and construction law.

## Political career

Obermueller was first elected in 2008, succeeding three-term incumbent Rep. Lynn Wardlow. He was unseated by Republican Doug Wardlow in the 2010 general election. He was a member of the House K-12 Education Policy and Oversight Committee, and also served on the Finance subcommittees for the Bioscience and Workforce Development Policy and Oversight Division, of which he was vice chair, the Energy Finance and Policy Division, and the Higher Education and Workforce Development Finance and Policy Division.

### 2012 U.S. House campaign

In 2012 Obermueller won the endorsement of the Democratic-Farmer-Labor Party for United States Congress in Minnesota's 2nd congressional district, challenging five-term incumbent John Kline. He was unsuccessful, garnering 46% of the vote to Kline's 54%.

### 2014 U.S. House campaign

In 2014 Obermueller again was the Democratic-Farmer-Labor Party candidate for United States Congress in Minnesota's 2nd congressional district. This time incumbent John Kline defeated Obermuller by a 17-point margin.

## Personal life

Participating in his local community, Obermueller is a member of the Dakota County Regional Chamber of Commerce and the Knights of Columbus, a board member for the Eagan Art Festival, and a volunteer coach for the Eagan Athletic Association.
# Klokoč, Slovakia

Klokoč (Hungarian: Hegyhát) is a village and municipality in Detva District, in the Banská Bystrica Region of central Slovakia.

## Genealogical resources

The records for genealogical research are available at the state archive "Statny Archiv in Banska Bystrica, Slovakia"
* Roman Catholic church records (births/marriages/deaths): 1788-1935 (parish B)
# Ted Daley

Theodore J. "Ted" Daley (born March 15, 1966) is a Minnesota politician and a former member of the Minnesota Senate who represented District 38, which included most of Eagan and a small portion of Burnsville in Dakota County, which is in the southeastern Twin Cities metropolitan area. A Republican, he is a certified public accountant and a member of the United States Army Reserve.
Daley was first elected in 2010. He lost reelection in 2012 to Jim Carlson. He was a member of the Education, the Jobs and Economic Growth, and the State Government Innovation and Veterans committees. His special legislative concerns were education reform, an improved business climate, less government spending, and veterans affairs.
Daley graduated from Preston-Fountain High School in southeastern Minnesota, then went on to the United States Military Academy at West Point, New York, graduating in 1988 with a double language major in Russian and German and a minor in Engineering. He was assigned to Korea, then to the 101st Airborne Division, serving in Operation Desert Shield and Operation Desert Storm in 1990-1991 during the Gulf War. In 1996, after leaving active duty and joining the U.S. Army Reserve, he earned his M.B.A. from the University of St. Thomas in Saint Paul.
Daley returned to active military duty in 2001, serving until 2009. During this time, he was deployed to Israel, serving in the Strategic Liaison Cell, to Cuba, serving as the U.S. European Command Liaison Officer, and to Iraq, serving as Senior Economics Advisor on the Provincial Reconstruction Team. When not actively deployed, he worked at Fort Snelling as the Chief of Joint Operations, an active duty military leadership position with U.S. Navy, U.S. Army, U.S. Air Force and U.S. National Guard members.
Active in his community, Daley served on the Eagan Planning Commission from 2009 to 2010, is Cubmaster for Boy Scouts Pack 446, and an active lector at his church. He has also coached soccer, basketball and track for the Eagan Athletic Association.
# Joe Hoppe

Joseph R. Hoppe (born December 13, 1964) is an American politician and former member of the Minnesota House of Representatives. A member of the Republican Party of Minnesota, he represented District 47B, which included portions of Carver County in the southwestern part of the Twin Cities metropolitan area. Before becoming a politician, Hoppe worked as a local businessman and in communications.

## Education and early life

Hoppe graduated from Watertown High School in Watertown. Hoppe went on to Saint John's University in Collegeville, earning a BA in History.

## Minnesota House of Representatives

Hoppe was first elected to the Minnesota House of Representatives in 2002, and was re-elected every two years until retiring in 2018. He faced no opposition in 2010, 2012 and 2014. Hoppe is a member of the Minnesota Legislative Sportsmen's Caucus.
Since 2015, Hoppe has served as chair of the House Commerce & Regulatory Reform Committee. He previously served as the committee chair from 2011–12. Rep. Hoppe also serves as vice-chair of the Life Insurance & Financial Planning Committee in the National Council of Insurance Legislators.
In 2017, Rep. Hoppe authored legislation to provide emergency premium relief in response to the individual health insurance market crisis. The bill included historic reform of Minnesota's insurance laws to increase options and competition for individuals, farmers and small businesses, as well as protect consumers from surprise medical bills. It passed the Minnesota House with broad bipartisan support by a vote of 108–19 and was signed by Governor Mark Dayton.
Rep. Hoppe was the co-author of legislation to ensure women at risk of breast cancer have access to 3D mammograms through insurance, and has advocated for increased state support for mental health programming. He has opposed the state-run MNsure insurance website.
During his tenure as committee chair, Hoppe oversaw major efforts to modernize the state's alcohol laws in response to increasing consumer demand for Minnesota craft beer, spirits and wine.

## Personal life

Hoppe is married to Deanne, a public school administrator, and has two children. He is Catholic.
Hoppe is a long-time member of the Chaska Cubs board of directors, and is a past board member of the McCarthy Center for Public Policy and Civic Engagement at the College of Saint Benedict and Saint John's University.
He is a hunter and angler, and participated in the 2011 Governor's Fishing Opener with Minnesota House of Representatives Speaker Kurt Zellers and Governor Mark Dayton. He also attended the Governor's Pheasant Hunting Opener in 2011 and 2017.
In 2015, Governor Dayton attended Thanksgiving Dinner at the home of Rep. Hoppe.
# Jeff Howe

Jeff Howe (/haʊ/ HOW; born June 15, 1959) is an American politician and member of the Minnesota Senate. A member of the Republican Party of Minnesota, he represents District 13 in central Minnesota. He is a former member of the Minnesota House of Representatives, representing District 13A.

## Early life, education, and career

Howe grew up on a farm near Chokio, Minnesota, and graduated from Chokio-Alberta High School. He attended St. Cloud State University, graduating with a Bachelor of Arts.
Howe was a member of the United States Armed Forces for 38 years, first in the Navy and later in the Minnesota Army National Guard. He retired in 2017 with the rank of lieutenant colonel. He was a member of the Rockville city council and is now a consultant.

## Minnesota Legislature

Howe was first elected to the Minnesota House of Representatives in 2012. He did not seek reelection in 2018 in order to seek election to the Minnesota Senate, which he won.

## Personal life

Howe is married to Sheri Howe. They have four children and reside in Rockville, Minnesota. His brother John Howe is a former Minnesota state senator. He is Lutheran.
# Leo Foley

Leo T. Foley (October 25, 1928 – February 5, 2016) was an American politician who was a member of the Minnesota Senate representing District 49 from 1997 to 2003, and District 47 from 2003 to 2011, which includes portions of Anoka and Hennepin counties in the northern Twin Cities metropolitan area. A Democrat, he was first elected to the Senate in 1996, and was re-elected in 2000, 2002 and 2006. Prior to the 2002 legislative redistricting, the area was known as District 49. He was unseated by Republican Benjamin Kruse in the 2010 general election.

## Senate leadership

Foley was a member of the Senate's Capital Investment Committee, the Finance Committee, and the Judiciary Committee. He also served on the Finance subcommittees for the Judiciary Budget Division (which he chaired), and for the Public Safety Budget Division. His special legislative concerns included education, health care, crime prevention, the environment, transportation, and social services.

## Professional career and education

Foley worked as a laborer for the Great Northern Railway from 1946 to 1947, then joined the United States Navy from 1947 to 1952, serving in the Korean War. He was a security officer at the Twin City Arsenal from 1952 to 1954, then became a member of the Minnesota State Patrol from 1954 to 1987. He attended the University of Minnesota and Metropolitan State University, earning his B.A. in public administration in 1974. He later attended Northwestern University and Minnesota State University, Mankato, earning a M.A. in public administration in 1979.
After retiring from the Minnesota State Patrol as a major in 1987, Foley worked as security manager for Unisys Corporation from 1987 to 1990. He was a deputy sheriff with the Anoka County Sheriff's Department from 1990 to 1992, then worked as a law clerk with the Anoka County Attorney's Office while earning his J.D. degree from William Mitchell College of Law in Saint Paul, which he received in 1994. From 1994 onwards he was an assistant county attorney for Anoka County.

## Community service

Foley was active on government and community-based boards through the years. He chaired and was a member of the City of Anoka's Planning Commission from 1977 to 1997. He chaired and was a member of the Anoka Human Rights Commission from 1970 to 1996. He served as president of the Ramsey County Chiefs of Police organization, and was a member of the Minnesota State Advisory Council on Mental Health. He was a member of the American Bar Association and the Minnesota State Bar Association.

## Death

Foley died on February 5, 2016, in Coon Rapids, Minnesota.
# Jenifer Loon

Jenifer W. Loon (born September 17, 1963) is an American politician who was a member of the Minnesota House of Representatives from 2009 to 2019. A member of the Republican Party of Minnesota, she represented District 48B, which was primarily in Eden Prairie, located in southwestern Hennepin County in the Twin Cities metropolitan area. Loon is also a legislative policy consultant.

## Early life, education, and career

Loon grew up on a dairy farm in rural South Dakota. While in high school, she was a page in the South Dakota House of Representatives, where her uncle was a member. Loon graduated from Augustana College in Sioux Falls in 1985, earning her BA in Government and International Affairs.
After graduating from college, Loon became active in government at the national level. She was a legislative assistant to U.S. Senator Larry Pressler from 1986 to 1988, and a lobbyist and legislative representative for Associated Builders and Contractors, a national trade association representing Merit Shop construction companies, from 1988 to 1990. She worked in several staff positions for the U.S. House of Representatives from 1990 to 1997, including legislative director, minority policy director, minority staff director, and staff director for the House Committee on Small Business (1995–1997), where she worked directly with the committee chair, Congresswoman Jan Meyers of Kansas. From 2003 to 2007, she was director of government affairs, lead federal lobbyist and legislative strategist for ACA International, a national trade association representing the credit and collection industry.

## Minnesota House of Representatives

Loon was first elected in 2008, running after seven-term Representative Erik Paulsen opted not to seek reelection in order to run for the U.S. House of Representatives.
Loon was one of only four Republican representatives to vote in favor of the same-sex marriage bill passed by the House on May 9, 2013.
In 2018, Loon was defeated for reelection by DFL challenger Carlie Kotyza-Witthuhn.
# Carrizo Gorge

Carrizo Gorge is a gorge in the Jacumba Mountains in San Diego County, California. Its mouth is at an elevation of 1,411 feet (430 m), where it widens out to become Carrizo Canyon, 1 mi (1.6 km) northeast of Palm Grove. Its head is located in the Jacumba Mountains, 1.5 mi (2.4 km) north of Round Mountain, at an elevation of 2,600 ft (790 m) at 32°39′38″N 116°11′28″W﻿ / ﻿32.66056°N 116.19111°W﻿ / 32.66056; -116.19111.
It gave its name to the Carrizo Gorge Railway.
# Warren Limmer

Warren E. Limmer (born January 24, 1955) is a Minnesota politician and member of the Minnesota Senate. A member of the Republican Party of Minnesota, he represents the 37th District, which includes portions of Hennepin County in the northwestern Twin Cities metropolitan area. Limmer previously served in the Minnesota House of Representatives, and in 1998 he sought the Republican endorsement for Minnesota Secretary of State, losing to Mary Kiffmeyer. He was the author of the 2012 Minnesota constitutional amendment to ban gay marriage.

## Early life, education, and career

Limmer attended North Hennepin Community College, where he received an A.A., and St. Cloud State University, where he received a B.A. in criminal justice studies. He worked as a corrections officer before serving in the legislature. Limmer is a former member of the Hennepin County Corrections Advisory Commission and the Crystal Human Rights Commission. He now works as a real estate agent.

## Minnesota Legislature

Before being elected to the Minnesota Senate, Limmer was a member of the Minnesota House of Representatives, first elected in 1988 in the old House District 48A, and reelected in 1990, 1992 and 1994. After the 1992 redistricting, the area became House District 33B.
Limmer was first elected to the Senate in a February 1995 special election held after Senator Patrick McGowan resigned upon being elected Hennepin County Sheriff. He has been continuously reelected ever since. Limmer has held multiple leadership positions, including assistant minority leader, assistant majority leader, and chair of the Judiciary and Public Safety Finance and Policy Committee. His special legislative concerns include criminal justice, public education, safe school legislation, economic development, and tax reform.
On April 27, 2011, Limmer introduced a bill to propose a referendum on an amendment to the Minnesota Constitution banning same-sex marriage. The bill passed, but voters rejected the amendment in the 2012 election by six percentage points.
In the next legislative session, Senator Scott Dibble and Representative Karen Clark introduced bills to legalize same-sex marriage in Minnesota. The Minnesota House of Representatives voted 75–59 in favor of legalization. A few days later, after debate on the Senate floor, the body also voted for legalization, 37–30. On May 14, 2013, in front of a crowd of 7,000 on the Capitol Mall in St. Paul, Governor Mark Dayton signed Dibble's and Clark's marriage equality bill into law, making Minnesota the 12th state to legalize gay marriage.
Limmer opposes universal background checks for gun purchases. As chair of the Senate Judiciary's public safety committee, he has refused to allow any hearings on gun safety.

## Personal life

Limmer and his wife Lori live in Maple Grove and have three children.