legal bills showing they had spent $46,150 in the first 3 months of 2012 to prepare a defense to Brodkorb's suit. On June 19, 2012, the Minnesota Senate announced additional legal bills in the amount of $38,533, bringing the total legal costs incurred by the Minnesota Senate due to the termination of Brodkorb to almost $85,000 since the end of the May 2012. Community involvement Long active in his local community, he is a member of Apple Valley American Legion Post 1776, where he serves as the Post Chairmen of the boys state youth in government program. He has been a member of the Civil Air Patrol for forty years. As a teenager, he earned the General Carl A. Spaatz Award, of which only 2000 members have earned since its inception in 1964. He is still a member of the Civil Air Patrol, and three local Chamber of Commerce. He has also served on the Dakota County Human Services Advisory Committee and as a board member of the Apple Valley Optimist Club – a service organization dedicated to fostering a wide range of youth programs. As his son has grown, Chris Gerlach has become active in the Westview Elementary Cub Scout Pack 205. His family attends Berean Baptist Church in Burnsville. Personal As the youngest of six children to Don and Marlene Gerlach, he was amongst the first to arrive in the Lebanon Township – soon to become the City of Apple Valley. His late father had long ago retired from the civil service with the St. Paul Army Corps of Engineers and his mother has now retired after a 45-year career as a registered nurse. He attended Westview Elementary School, Valley Middle School and graduated from Apple Valley High School in 1983. Chris Gerlach was introduced to public service and the military early on as a Civil Air Patrol Cadet at age 13, ultimately earning top leadership awards and rank within the cadet program. This set him on a course to the University of St. Thomas in Saint Paul, where he received a BA in political science. Before graduation, however, he was fortunate to land an internship with U.S. Senator Rudy Boschwitz. This experience over ten months spent in St. Paul and Washington D.C. furthered his interest in public policy and public service. Chris Gerlach then joined the United States Air Force, and was a lieutenant and intercontinental ballistic