What type of details about kevin blaum can be gathered from the following bio? Bio: kevin j. blaum -lrb- born june 4 , 1952 in wilkes-barre , pennsylvania -rrb- is a former american politician who was a democratic member of the pennsylvania house of representatives for the 121st legislative district of pennsylvania for nearly three decades . he is a 1970 graduate of james m. coughlin high school . he earned a degree in education and political science from the university of scranton in 1974 . he taught government and american history at bishop hoban high school in wilkes-barre from 1975 until 1980 . in 1975 , he was elected to serve on the wilkes-barre city council at the age of 23 in spite of his young age and placement at last on the ballot . blaum 's extensive door-to-door canvassing effort , which he claims hit '' all doors in the city of wilkes-barre , '' played a significant part in securing his victory . he was first elected to represent the 121st legislative district in the pennsylvania house of representatives in 1980 after defeating longtime democratic incumbent bernard f. o'brien in a primary and easily trouncing a republican opponent in the general election . the door-to-door campaign of blaum again carried him to an impressive win , especially in the primary against the legendary o'brien . in 1994 , pennsylvania governor bob casey awarded a $ 19.2 million state grant to construct the 10,000 seat mohegan sun arena -- initially dubbed the northeastern pennsylvania convention center -- in blaum 's district . blaum served as chairman of the arena authority supervising the construction and management of the arena , and helped to lure wilkes-barre/scranton penguins of the american hockey league to become primary tenants of the arena . as chair of the house aging and youth committee , blaum crafted substantial changes in pennsylvania 's laws regarding child abuse and child protection laws , including act 151 of 1994 , which expanded the definition of child abuse to include children in '' imminent risk of serious physical injury or sexual abuse , '' established child abuse background...
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