Throughout his career, the Senator actively and publicly supported the Hunting and Angling Club and Proper Economic Resource Management, in their efforts to protect the economic interests of Minnesota sport-fishing tourism communities as well as the quality of Minnesota citizens’ lives.

My angling friends and supporters were pleasantly surprised to hear one day in May of 1985 that a neighbor on Rainy Lake had called and asked if we would be interested in taking Senator David Durenberger and his sons fishing. On previous trips to Rainy Lake, they had been going with a local banker. He must have been a golfer because they didn’t catch many fish. We accepted the offer, which was the beginning of a relationship that continues to this day.

Jody Allen Crowe, author of “The Fatal Link” and longtime educator is making the transition from school administration to Executive Director for Healthy Brains for Children, Inc. His vision for Healthy Brains for Children is to “change the world” by delivering the message that “every child has the right to an alcohol-free fetal development,” He says, “If I were to tell you my father died of lung cancer, what is your first question? Did he smoke? It took us over 40 years to come to this conclusion. If I were to ask you why so many kids are in Special Education, on Ritalin, are ADHD, or are committing violent crimes, what is the first question that comes to mind? My goal is that within 10 years, we will be asking: Was the child prenatally exposed to alcohol?
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