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Bourke receives first-ever Betty Mertens Spirit Award

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Bourke receives first-ever Betty Mertens Spirit Award

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Bourke receives first-ever Betty Mertens Spirit Award

Pat Bourke smiles big after receiving the first-ever Betty Mertens Spirit Award during the Can Care-A-Van event Monday in Sutton. ASHLEY D. SWANSON | CLAY COUNTY NEWS

Bourke receives first-ever Betty Mertens Spirit Award

Gail Gee, left, and Carson Mau, right, help Bill Weekly of Lincoln unload his vehicle during Monday’s event. Weekly and his wife, Pam, said they like to donate to smaller communities, and brought 159 pounds of food and other necessities to the Can Care-A-Van event. ASHLEY D. SWANSON | CLAY COUNTY NEWS

For the first time ever, the Betty Mertens Spirit Award was given to a community member during the annual Can Care-A-Van Monday, in Sutton. Pat Bourke, a board member of the Bread Box and coordinator of the NOW Program since its inception in 2011, received the award, due to showing “the ...

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