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Katie Meyer shed tears of happiness on Saturday morning as her family surprised her at the Blue Daisy Café arriving in a caravan of cars with peach balloons tied on them and sporting new family tee-shirts with, of course, blue daisy’s on them and the family slogan; In this Family No One Fights Alone. With her husband Loren standing strong by her side – the rest of the family holds hands in support of the upcoming treatments that Katie will go through. The entire community can show their support by ordering meals and casseroles to go at the Blue Daisy Café.

In This Family No One Fights Alone by Jay Schoning This has not been a good year

for small businesses as the CO-VID pandemic has closed many business down for days – and no exception is the Blue Daisy Café owned and operated by Katie Meyer. Now, just as Katie has been in a re-opening mode, another set-back has enveloped her plans. Ka-tie has been diagnosed with stage 3 cancer and will soon be undergo-ing cancer treatments.

The entire family is affected when someone has cancer; and no one comes through this experience unchanged. Cancer treatment is quite stressful at times but you can learn creative and helpful ways to deal with the changes and uncer-tainty that you and your family will go through. You may not have as much time or energy as you did before, but you need to forge ahead – even when you may not feel up to it.

Katie’s family has vowed ‘In this Family No One Fights Alone.’ And with Katie thinking of options for her café and catering business along with the backing of her fam-ily, a plan has been put in place. The Blue Daisy now offers meals and casseroles to go. And what a variety there is.

Katie said she is completely open to suggestions from the cus-tomer. “I love to create delicious dishes that people want so I will take orders and I will also have casseroles and dinners on hand, frozen, for take home.” Katie said she cooks casseroles and dinners daily and freezes them and then lists them on the Blue Daisy Face-book page. She can take orders by calling the café at 712-837-3355 between 7:30 a.m. and noon or by messaging her on Facebook. Pay by check, cash or credit card/debit card.

Once you place your order, there are three options to get your meal. “We bring them out to the car as you drive in or you can come in and pick it up” Delivery is available in Ruthven and Lost Is-land Lake for $5 and $10 for other area towns. Katie has been keeping track of the ‘best sellers’ and tries to keep them on hand. But, she will definitely take your request. Some of the favorite sellers so far have

been brisket casserole, lasagna casse-role, the crispy chicken biscuit bowl, Chinese takeout and the cheesy hash browns with ham. Katie says “I make the smaller size which serves 2 to 3 meals and do larger ones by request which serve 5 to 7 meals.”

Some other delicious meals that have gone out the door were beef casserole, chicken casserole, Mexi-can casserole, noodle casserole, sea-food casserole and Shepherd's Pie. There are also the traditional dinners available by order.

Katie will begin cancer treatments in mid-August. They will continue through December. She is currently going over the treatment options with her doctors. She can choose the stan-dard treatment or a new clinical trial treatment. Katie says there are a lot of pros and cons; “the clinical trial that could be an option has a lot of possible side effects.”

One thing for sure, Katie’s fam-ily is there fighting with her. Ka-

tie’s mom Jackie said “this family sticks together during good and hard times.” Seeing someone in your fam-ily or closed circle battling cancer takes a lot of emotional stress. It is not easy to see them in pain. Katie’s son, Jack Henry, has decided to stay home from school for the first semes-ter and do the ‘online’ class option. “I can be there to help her and I defi-nitely don’t want to bring anything (germs/covid) home to hurt her or set her back.”

The rest of the family will join her in the fight helping out at home and at the Blue Daisy. Things will be rough along the way and the financial strain will add to the problem – thus, the community can help out by sup-porting Katie and the Blue Daisy by ordering meals to go. But Katie is op-timistic, and she has several hobbies to keep her occupied for the state of mind she might retrieve to on any given day – with her entire family by her side.

Foundation Invests $1 Million to Advance Abben Cancer Center Technology

The Spencer Regional Healthcare Foundation has provided a $1 million gift toward a technology enhance-ment for radiation oncology services offered by the Abben Cancer Center of Spencer Hospital. The generous gift represents contributions from hundreds of donors who have sup-ported the cancer center in recent years, along with proceeds from the annual Abben Cancer Center Golf Classic. The $1 million gift makes up approximately 25 percent of the project costs.

"The foundation board was thrilled to make a substantial contribution to this project, as Spencer Hospital fur-ther advances cancer treatment in the region," commented Pat Reno, foun-dation president. "In the mid-1990s, foundation leadership and commu-nity volunteers orchestrated a major fund-raising campaign to build and equip the cancer center. The cancer center is truly a gift for the commu-nity, by the community."

Since Abben Cancer Center opened in 1997, Spencer Hospital has continually upgraded technol-ogy to offer patients optimal care. The $4 million project is anticipated to be completed in early August and includes upgrading radiation treat-ment technology with a new linear accelerator and transitioning the cen-

ter to a new electronic health record system.

"This project is yet another com-mitment to enhance cancer care in the region," said Bill Bumgarner, Spencer Hospital president. "Cur-rent technology enables Abben’s skilled oncology team to care for most types and stages of cancers. With this latest upgrade, additional radiotherapy treatment options will be available closer to home."

The upgrade includes a new lin-ear accelerator for radiation treat-ment; a software conversion, which will provide a new electronic health record; and facility remodeling to accommodate the new accelerator. The new linear accelerator will en-able Abben Cancer Center profes-sionals to offer patients additional treatment options of both stereo-tactic radiosurgery and stereotactic body radiation therapy when appro-priate for their diagnosis. Both treat-ment options facilitate increased precision for certain radiation treat-ments.

Bumgarner added, "We greatly appreciate the support of so many donors from throughout the region, who through their ongoing gifts, recognize the importance of invest-ing in technology to provide excep-tional cancer treatment locally."

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Page 2 Graettinger Times Wednesday, August 5, 2020

Proceeding of the Palo Alto County Supervisor’s

Election CenterEmmetsburg, IowaJuly 28th 2020, 8:00 a.m. The Palo Alto County Board of

Supervisors met in regular session. Members present: Ron Graettinger, Keith Wirtz, Linus Solberg, Chair Pro-Tem; Roger Faulstick present by conference call. Absent: Craig Merrill. Present: Peter Hart, County Attorney

Unless otherwise indicated, all of the motions offered at this meeting were carried with the following vote: Ayes: Graettinger, Wirtz, Solberg, Faulstick. Nays: None. Absent: Merrill.

Due to COVID-19 the meeting was held by conference call. The conference call bridge number and conference ID number was posted and provided at the top of the agenda that was emailed. The meeting was held at the Election Center for social distancing.

Motion by Graettinger, seconded by Wirtz to approve the agenda for July 28, 2020, with cancellation of Kim Kibbie, Emmetsburg City Administrator. Motion Carried.

Motion by Faulstick, seconded by Graettinger to approve the minutes for July 21, 2020. Motion Carried.

Robin Jamison, County Treasurer met by conference call to present the two parcels for abatement. Motion by Faulstick, seconded by Graettinger to abate all taxes on parcels in Ayrshire (parcel no. 520009011000 and 520004012002) for 2021 and all prior years. Motion Carried.

Mark Hunefeld, EMA, met with the Board by conference call to give an update on COVID-19 update. Palo Alto County has 65 positive cases reported of COVID-19. The number of cases that have recovered is 61.

Mark Hunefeld, EMA, requested to carryover an additional 15.5 hours of comp time on June 30, 2020. Motion by Wirtz, seconded by Graettinger to approve for Mark Hunefeld to carryover an additional 15.5 hours of comp to FY21. Motion Carried.

No one was present for public comment.

Walter Davis-Oeth, County Engineer, met with the Board by conference call.

Walter presented utility permits for approval.

Motion by Graettinger, seconded by Wirtz to approve a utility permit for Alliant Energy in Sections 1, 6, 29, 30, 31, 34 & 36 of Independence Township to relocate overhead lines. Motion Carried.

Motion by Faulstick, seconded by Wirtz to approve a utility permit for NW Telephone Coop in several sections of Rush Lake, Ellington & West Bend Township. Motion Carried.

Committee Reports: Wirtz-North Raccoon Watershed; Solberg- Gaming Corporation & North Raccoon Watershed; Faulstick-Cleanout outlet.

Rick Hopper, Jacobson-Westergard & Assoc., met with the Board for the Reclassification Hearing on Drainage District No. 92. Present: Jordan Morey, Clerk Auditor’s Office; Dave Girres, Richard Herke, Steve Dobbins, Marty Brennan.

Rick presented the reclassification report for Drainage District No. 92. Rick recommended continuation of hearing until fall. Richard Herke discussed problems with a plugged tile. Objections were received from the following: Dave Girres, Steve Dobbins, Harold Christensen.

Motion by Graettinger, seconded by Wirtz to continue the Reclassification Hearing for Drainage District No. 92 until a later date. Motion Carried.

Rick Hopper, Jacobson-Westergard & Assoc., met with the Board for the Reclassification Hearing on Drainage

Palo Alto County Sheriff Department

Report On 07/30/2020 at 8:11 P.M. the

Palo Alto County Sheriff’s Office received a report about a family dis-turbance in the 300 block of N. 4th St. Mallard, Iowa. Upon completion of an investigation Corry Bytwerk (31) of Spring Lake, Michigan was placed under arrest and charged with child endangerment (aggravated misdemeanor), domestic abuse as-sault 1st offense causing bodily injury (serious misdemeanor), two counts of simple assault (simple mis-demeanor), public intoxication (sim-ple misdemeanor), interference with official acts (simple misdemeanor), and theft 5th degree (simple misde-meanor). Corry was transported to the Palo Alto County Jail to await his initial appearance before a judge. The Palo Alto County Sheriff’s of-fice was assisted on scene by the Pocahontas County Sheriff’s Office.

On 7/29/2020 at 4:29 p.m., the Palo Alto County Sheriff’s Office re-ceived a report of a domestic assault that occurred at 3018 340th Avenue. As a result of the investigation, the Palo Alto County Sheriff’s Office ar-rested Nathan Lee Rouse, age 45 of Ruthven, on the charges of Domes-tic Abuse Assault-bodily injury (1st Offense)-a serious misdemeanor and child endangerment-an aggravated misdemeanor. Rouse was arrested without incident and transported to the Palo Alto County Jail where he was held until his initial appearance before a magistrate judge.

The Palo Alto County Sheriff’s Office was assisted by the Clay County Sheriff’s Office.

On 7/29/2020 at 4:17 p.m., the Palo Alto County Sheriff’s Office arrested, cited and released Heather Kaye Peterson, age 43 of Graettinger, for violation of Graettinger city code 55.06. This ordinance gov-erns the animal at large or leash law within the corporate city limits of Graettinger. Peterson was given a court date of 9/23/2020 and must ap-pear on the non-scheduled violation.

On 07/28/2020 at 7:50 P.M. the Palo Alto County Sheriff’s Office conducted a traffic stop in the 100 block of S. Brown Ave., on a vehicle for not displaying license plates. As a result of the stop the driver of the vehicle, Ricky Cole (55) of Graettinger, was placed under ar-rest and charged with driving while suspended. Ricky was transported without incident to the Palo Alto County Jail where he was jailed to await his initial appearance before a judge.

On 07/25/2020 at 12:08 A.M. the Palo Alto County Sheriff’s Office conducted a traffic stop in the 400 block of E. Robins St. Graettinger, Iowa. As a result of the stop the driver of the vehicle, Tyler Manning (26) of Graettinger was placed un-der arrest and charged with driving while license revoked, transporting an open container of alcohol, speed-ing, and failure to illuminate rear li-cense plate. Tyler was transported to the Palo Alto County Jail where he was jailed to await his initial appear-ance before a judge.

“A Criminal Charge is Merely an Accusation, and the Defendant is Presumed Innocent Until and Unless Proven Guilty.”

District No. 48 Lateral 1. Present: Jordan Morey, Clerk Auditor’s Office; Joe Schuller, Mike Sundhoff, Marilyn Meade/6E Farms, Steve Banwart.

Objections were received from the following: Steve Banwart, Steve Hopkins.

Rick recommended a 50% adjustment for the DeYoung property.

Rick presented the reclassification report for Drainage District No. 48 Lateral 1. Landowners recommended that adjustments be made to numerous parcels.

Motion by Graettinger, seconded by Wirtz to direct the Engineer to re-examine and continue the reclassification hearing to a later date for Drainage District No. 48 Lateral 1. Motion Carried.

Rick Hopper, Jacobson-Westergard & Assoc., met with the Board for the Reclassification Hearing on Drainage District No. 57. Present: Jordan Morey, Clerk Auditor’s Office; Joe Schuller, Mike Sundhoff, Marilyn Meade/6E Farms, Steve Banwart.

Objections were received from the following: Luella Banwart Trust/Steve Banwart, St. Mary’s Catholic Church/Mike Sundhoff.

Rick presented the reclassification report for Drainage District No. 57. Rick will review and meet with commissioners.

Motion by Wirtz, seconded by Faulstick to direct Engineer to re-examine the classification and continue hearing to a later date for Drainage District No. 57. Motion Carried.

Rick Hopper, Jacobson-Westergard & Assoc., met with the Board for the Reclassification Hearing on Drainage District No. 47. Present: Jordan Morey, Clerk Auditor’s Office; George Zech, Dustin Ross, Cheryl Grethen, Adron Reese, Chris Grethen, Steve Gehrke.

Objections were received from the following: Gehrke Inc/Steve Gehrke- Steve presented maps of private tile outlet that they installed and do not use main tile.

Rick presented the reclassification report for Drainage District No.47. Annexation was previously appealed. Rick explained how the reclassification benefit acre is calculated. Commissioners are appointed to evaluate soils and assign points and make adjustment for proximity.

Rick recommended 25% reduction on some of Gehrke Inc parcels.

George Zech and Cheryl Grethen presented objections on having their parcels reduced.

Motion by Graettinger, seconded by Wirtz to continue hearing to a later date for Drainage District No. 47. Motion Carried.

Motion by Wirtz, seconded by Faulstick to approve the claims and drainage claims for July 28, 2020. Motion Carried.

General Basic FundBrown Winick

Consultants 4420.00Canon Photocopy

& Dup. Serv. 166.00Central Iowa Distributing Inc

Custodial Supplies 365.50Community Lumber Park

Maintenance & Suppli 730.60Counsel Office & Document

Data Processing 262.38Creative Stitches Conservation

Board 31.50Crescent Electric Supply Co

Electrical Supp.& Parts 28.30Del's Garden Center Fertilizer

& Seed 269.94Des Moines Stamp Mfg. Company

Stationery/Forms/Gen Ofc 32.40E-Pride Stationery/

Forms/Gen Ofc 383.15City of Emmetsburg Contract

Carriers 275.00E.M.U. utilities 111.53Emmetsburg Publishing Co.

Misc Expense 394.90Hoch's Tree Service Buildings 110.00Hy-Vee Accounts Receivable

Food & Provisions 218.30IA Lakes Electric Coop Electric

Light & Power 1515.00Iowa Lakes Regional Water

Water & Sewer 959.96IA Law Enforcement Academy

Educational/Training Serv 250.00

J. Robert Hopson Misc Expense 1000.00

Robin Jamison Stationery/Forms/Gen Ofc 148.41

Aletha King Buildings 1152.50Knight Protection Contract

Carriers 200.00Loffler Companies - 131511

Photocopy & Dup. Serv. 202.86Lost Island Sanitary District

Water & Sewer 4125.00Mail Services, LLC Postage

& Mailing 313.19MART C/O Emmet County Sheriff

Dues & Memberships 1500.00Maxyield Cooperative Minor

Equip & Hand Tools 32.71MEDIACOM LLC

Telecommunications Serv.- 179.50MidAmerican Energy

electricity 2280.96Northwest Communications

Telecommunications Serv.- 199.90Palo Alto Co Comm Health Ser

Board of Health 2552.88Palo Alto Co Emergency Mgmt

Misc Expense 1200.00Palo Alto Co Sec Road Natural

& LP Gas, Fuel Oi 2669.75Palo Alto County Treasurer

Misc Expense 30.00POCAHONTAS CO SHERIFF

Legal & Ct-Related Servic 45.58The Print Shop Stationery/

Forms/Gen Ofc 63.76Quill Corporation Stationery/

Forms/Gen Ofc 95.56River Valley Telecommunication

Telecommunications Serv.- 309.81Rooney's Auto & Custom Exhaust

Tires & Tubes 200.85Rouse Tire and Repair, LLC

Tires & Tubes 58.72SHIELD TECHNOLOGY

CORPORATION Dues & Memberships 225.00

Solutions Inc. services 1384.62STATE HYGIENIC LABORATORY

Engineering Services 644.00Swanson Hardware Minor

Equip & Hand Tools 97.39Thomson Reuters West Payment C

Legal Research Service 492.03Wells Fargo Financial Leasing

Contract Carriers 66.00Windstream phone 252.33WOODFORD EQUIPMENT

Operating/Construction Eq 258.17Ziegler Inc Contract Carriers 799.44General Supplemental FundMidAmerican Energy electricity 34.64River Valley Telecommunication

Electric Light & Power 180.00Solutions Inc. services 171.00Rural Services Basic FundEmmetsburg Ford Motor

Vehicle Equipment 266.57Galens Pro-Mow Minor

Equip & Hand Tools 77.75IA Lakes Electric Coop Electric

Light & Power 83.43Aletha King Employee

Mileage & Subs. 158.00Northern Rolloff Sanitation

& Disposal Ser 370.00Palo Alto Co.Econ.Dev.Corp.

Contrib to Other Gov & Or 45000.00Palo Alto Co Sec Road Fuels 762.59 Pro Cooperative Chemicals

& Gases-Herb. 14146.43Shamrock Recycling, Inc

Sanitation & Disposal Ser 2632.27Windstream phone 60.41Palo Alto Cty Econ. Dev.Palo Alto Co.Econ.Dev.Corp.

Contrib to Other Gov & Or 55000.00Secondary Road FundAlex-Teck Engineering

Services 669.50Alliant Energy Engineering

Services 77.88Arnold Motor Supply ATT: Sue

Engineering Services 90.09Bomgaars Engineering

Services 1494.44Cemstone Engineering

Services 11732.50Cintas Engineering

Services 142.46City of Emmetsburg

Engineering Services 57.25E.M.U. Engineering

Services 87.04Fleet Pride Truck & Trailer

Engineering Services 148.11Fox International, Inc.

Engineering Services 216.85Graettinger Market Engineering

Services 25.06

Hallett Materials Engineering Services 95.00

Hampton Equipment Engineering Services 64150.00

Hiway Truck Equipment Engineering Services 146.52

IA Lakes Electric Coop Engineering Services 26.76

Jack's OK Tire Engineering Services 1060.50

King Excavation Engineering Services 2812.00

KRISTAT AUTO PARTS LLC Engineering Services 138.72

Martin Marietta Agg Engineering Services 260.35

MidAmerican Energy Engineering Services 141.29

North Iowa Lumber & Design,Inc Engineering Services 75.98

NUSS TRUCK & EQUIPMENT Engineering Services 3885.67

The Print Shop Engineering Services 63.77

Rooney's Auto & Custom Exhaust Engineering Services 289.68

Rouse Tire and Repair, LLC Engineering Services 638.00

Ruthven Coop Oil Co Engineering Services 8281.21

Staples Credit Plan Engineering Services 786.64

Ziegler Inc Engineering Services 115.62

Emergency Mgmnt AgencyPalo Alto Co Sec Road Parts 146.24E911 Surcharge FundAyrshire Farmers Mut Telephone

Engineering Services 154.30Century Link Engineering

Services 323.54MCI Comm Service

Engineering Services 33.04Northwest Communications

Engineering Services 758.78Drainage ClaimsBolton & Menk, Inc. DD80

LowMainOpen eng exp 8910.00 MARLANS EXCAVATING

DD160 repair/cleanout 17050.00 Palo Alto County Treasurer DD

JT 21 EPA outlet chg 57.82 Reutzel Excavating Inc DD23

Lat8 Tile rep pay#2 188250.68 Reutzel Excavating Inc DD28

tile improvement 438958.21 Reutzel Excavating Inc DD80

LowMainOpen rep#7 1260.00 Motion by Faulstick seconded by

Wirtz to adjourn. Motion Carried. Linus Solberg, Chair Pro-

Tem Carmen Moser, County Auditor

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