A long time employee of Pella Regional Health Center retired last week. Barb Braafhart retired last Thursday after more than four decades of service. At the annual Legalcy Society event at the hospital on May 23rd, Barb was surprised with an endowed scholarship for nursing education in her name. So far, $26,000 dollars has been donated to the scholarship. Kay De Cook, behind the fundraising effort for the scholarship, says that Braafhart cares deeply for the community, and this was a way to show their appreciation for her work.