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MILLINS COMPLETE THEIR SIXTH SURGERY TRIP OVERSEAS

CHEYENNE, WYOMING MAY 7, 2008: Dr. John Millin and his wife, State Representative Lori Millin, have just returned from the Central American country of El Salvador as part of SEE international.

This is the sixth trip the Millin’s have made on behalf of SEE International. SEE (Surgical Eye Expeditions) International is a non-profit humanitarian organization that provides medical, surgical and educational services by volunteer ophthalmic surgeons with the primary objective of restoring sight to disadvantaged blind individuals worldwide.

This particular SEE trip was organized by Peace Health and The Sisters of St. Joseph of Peace in El Salvador. Peace Health and the Sisters of St. Joseph of Peace jointly established the El Salvador Health Mission in January, 2001. Their mission is to provide health care through volunteer human and material resources to people in a country with inadequate health care. This joint mission grew out of the Sister’s work with Salvadoran refugees in the mid-1980s during a time of civil war.

Dr. and Mrs. Millin have been affiliated with SEE International since 2001. In all the Millins have completed over 200 sight restoring surgeries in 6 trips for SEE International including; Mongolia, Tonga, Romania, Kenya, Peru and El Salvador.
Representative Lori Millin announces her bid for re-election

May 25, 2008

Cheyenne, Wyoming

State Representative Lori Millin has announced her intention to run for re-election in House District 8. Representative Millin won her first race in 2006 beating a five term incumbent. She was appointed to the Labor, Health, and Social Services Committee, select committees on Legislative Process and Legislative Technology and was one of only a few freshmen legislators ever appointed to the Management Audit Committee. When asked what she was most proud of in her first term, Representative Millin responded “I am most proud that as a freshman, I sponsored or co-sponsored over 20 bills, more than half of which passed. I was happy to work on long term care for seniors, state employee issues, funding for the LCCC Health Sciences Building and teacher salaries. I was the house floor manager for the Wyoming Health Insurance Pool and the Open Container bills. I established a strong working relationship with Governor Freudenthal and my Republican colleagues to accomplish the goals that are in the best interests of the citizens of Wyoming.” She was a leader in the Smoke-free Wyoming initiative and plans to continue her work if re-elected.

Representative Millin is a working mother of three school aged boys. She attended Presentation College to become a Surgical Technologist. She currently serves as President of the Wyoming Association of Surgical Technologists, is active in the community serving as a mentor for Special Friends of Youth Alternatives, and is a member of Cheyenne Civic League, the League of Women Voters, and the Cowboy Joe Club. She and her husband recently returned from El Salvador where they volunteered to perform cataract surgery. This was their sixth such trip.

Contact Representative Millin:
lorimillin@bresnan.net
(307) 630-3670 (c)
(307) 635-3670 (h)