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Mothers Against Drunk Driving Announces State Recognition Award Winners

Mothers Against Drunk Driving celebrated their Statewide Recognition Awards Ceremony on March 21, 2007. In a ceremony at the Bloomington Center for the Arts, over 150 people applauded the commitment of those recognized for their outstanding efforts to help support MADD's mission, which is to stop drunk driving, support the victims of this violent crime and prevent underage drinking. The ceremony and event were sponsored by Terry & Slane, personal injury attorneys. Rick Kupchella from KARE 11 News was our keynote speaker.

MADD recognized law enforcement officials, prosecutors and judiciary in a number of categories. Listed below are our Outstanding Service winners in each category.

Outstanding Service Award Winners
Officer Joshua Hunter                 Investigator Jeff Eickhoff
Sgt. Richard Wahtera                 Officer Dan Day
Lt. Scott McConkey

Outstanding Service Certificate Winners (Nominees)
Patrolman George Eklund      Trooper Jason Engeldinger
Trooper Mike Engum            Officer Fran Schmitz
Trooper Bryan Carey            Officer Nic Stevens
Officer Nathan Moen            Trooper Reed Bye
Officer Nicki Marquardt        Trooper David Keenan
Trooper Rick Munoz             Trooper Chad Koehler
Trooper Beth Stanton          Trooper Mark Shepard
Deputy Chris Majeski           Officer Scott Langner
Trooper Garrett Bondhus      Officer Adam Schauls
Trooper James Koenig          Trooper Chris Erickson
Trooper Carrie Rindal           Trooper Kevin McDonald
Officer Joshua Arneson         Officer Matt Karnes
Officer Todd Erickson           Trooper Arthur (Lee) Gear
Officer John Kolar                Trooper Isaiah Gooding
Trooper Adam Flynn            Trooper Brian Reu
Trooper Robb Ramacher      Sgt Richard Wegner
Deputy Tim O’Brien             Officer Scott Melander
Corporal Bruce Erickson      Captain Jay Swanson
Trooper Kyle Klawiter          Trooper Mike Flanagan
Officer Adam Brommerich    Officer Derek Lanning
Officer Jeff Spiess               Trooper Pat Miles
Trooper Brian Bammert       Chief Brian Lindquist
Officer Josh Squires            Officer Brad Barrientos
Trooper Jeff Schroepfer       Officer Rich Koop
Officer Jeremy Auren          Trooper Chris Daas
Trooper Jeremy Solie          Officer Cassandra Johnson
Officer Jared Rasmussen     Officer Nick Quimby
Officer Josh Murphy            Trooper Jason Engeldinger
Trooper Michael Gensmer    Officer Pat Hogan
Officer Lisa Fancher            Officer Steve Lounsbury
Trooper Kevin Kloss            Officer Dan Tocko
Officer Paul Tupy                Officer Steve Wuorinen
Trooper Eric R Mice            Sgt. Nate Tennessen
Officer Matthew Hendrickson
Patrolman Jeremiah Jessen
Trooper Steve Daufenbach
White Bear Lake Police Department
Apple Valley Police Department

Outstanding Rookie
Officer Elisha Dwyer
Officer Cassandra VanderHeyden

Public Safety Representative
Kimberly Driskell
Sgt. Jeffrey Mordal
Kathy Sullivan
Susan Benson
Kathy Dubbels

Greater Minnesota Prosecutor
Nancy Bostrack
Bruce Alderman

Metro Prosecutor
Roger Fellows
Nancy Heng

The Tom Keating Award (Underage Prevention)
Officer Rick Bussler

Policy Setter Award
Jay Jaffee

Greater Minnesota Judge
Honorable Charles H. LeDuc
Honorable David Ten Eyck

Metro Judge
Honorable John Holahan
Honorable Stephen Aldrich

The goal of the recognition awards is to highlight people who, either in their work or in their daily lives, strive to erase drunk driving and underage drinking from our communities.

MADD Choice Awards
Minnesota Towing Association and Brett Letourneau
Hennepin County Victim Witness Advocates: Mike Schumacher, Jeanne Wereniicz, and Carmen Kyro.
Sam Swanberg -- UMADD
Youth In Action -- Duluth
Angela Hasemann

About Mothers Against Drunk Driving (MADD) MADD is the premier organization that works to stop drunk driving, supports the victims of this violent crime and prevents underage drinking. MADD is a 501(c) 3 charity with 600 affiliates and 2 million members nationwide. For more information, visit http://www.maddmn.org/.

**Recognition Awards Ceremony 2007**

Above: Ann Beers, Deputy Tim O'Brien, and Angela Haseman

Michelle Doffing, Don Davis, Jean Mulvey and Mike Schumacher

Troopers talking after the ceremony

Our Esteemed Panel of Presenters

Judge John Holahan and his wife.

Diane Homa with Hennepin County Advocates

Officers and guests watching the awards ceremony.