Al Quie to speak at prayer breakfast
Published Saturday, March 29, 2008
Al Quie
Former Minnesota Governor Al Quie will be the guest speaker at the Noon Kiwanis annual prayer breakfast, planned from 6:45 to 8 a.m. Thursday, April 10, at Grace United Methodist Church in Fergus Falls.
Gov. Quie grew up in southeastern Minnesota and served 28 years as a public servant as a state senator, governor from 1979 to 1983, and as a U.S. congressman representing the 1st District. He works with “Minnesota for Impartial Courts,” and he is also actively involved with Early Childhood Develop-ment and Learning initiatives.
While a congressman, he started the National Prayer Breakfast for his colleagues and it has become a tradition and attended by every president for more than 50 years.
The 35th state governor was born on his family’s farm in 1923, and he later served in the U.S. Navy during World War II, and graduated from college at St. Olaf in 1950.
He was a state senator from 1954 to 1958 and served from 1958 to 1979 in the U.S. House of Representatives. He was briefly considered as a vice presidential candidate of the United States in 1974.
Tickets may be purchased at the Chamber of Commerce for $7, by Friday, April 4.
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