Robert Schroeder

Wed., Sept. 8, 1999

Personal: age 67 … Born Steubenville, Ohio; resident of Spokane 1953-56, 1959-72 and 1989-present …school bus monitor for special needs children … former store clerk, janitor and sorter, part owner of a packing company … lay minister Catholic Church, member Knights of Columbus … former Boy Scout volunteer … married with five grown children.

Education: Courses in business management and law. Graduated from high school in Steubenville, Ohio.

Finances: Filed documents saying he will raise and spend no more than $500 in his campaign.

Has no campaign committee, serves as his own campaign treasurer.

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