During the Muscatine County Conservation Board meeting on Jan. 16, Conservation Board employees Kent Kaufman, Dave Bakke, and Ryne Brimeyer were awarded Certificates of Recognition & Appreciation for saving the life of a local fisherman who had experienced a heart attack at Discovery Park on April 3, 2019. In appreciation of their actions that day, Tim Edwards of Muscatine, who experienced the heart attack, donated $2,000 to the Conservation Board to purchase another AED (automated external defibrillator) for one of the Conservation Board maintenance vehicles used in the county parks. Pictured, left to right, are Conservation Board Chairman Mark Petersen, Park Attendant Kent Kaufman, Tim Edwards, Park Ranger/Naturalist Dave Bakke, and Park Officer Ryne Brimeyer.
