Editor's Note: A prior version of this article was initially published on Wednesday, July 29. The following article has added the minutes of the Garretson Commercial Club.
At their special meeting today on July 29th the Garretson Commercial Club voted unanimously to cancel the 2020 Jesse James Days celebration.
This decision was prompted for a number of reasons. Firstly, the number of cases both nationwide, statewide and county wide had increased significantly since the last vote the Commercial Club had on July 8th. Also, board members had heard of several instances of local cases since that meeting. Many of the events had already been canceled on the schedule, cutting the number of events down to the bone. With local cases on the rise, the board felt it was necessary to simply cancel all events forthwith, and with 8 of nine board members present, voted unanimously to do so.
See minutes to follow:
Garretson Commercial Club Meeting
Wednesday, July 29, 2020 @ the Sports Cabin at Noon
A short meeting of the Garretson Commercial Club met on Wednesday, July 29 at Noon at the Sports Cabin. Officers and directors in attendance were Pres. John Brinkman, V. Pres. Garrick Moritz, Secretary Margie Martens, Laurie Bennett, Guy Johnson, Ron Luke, Anna Uhl, and Rob Meyer.
Meeting was called to order by Pres. Brinkman with a quorum present.
Discussion was held on the planned Jesse James Days in August. A few reports of citizens in the Garretson area have recently tested positive with COVID-19. After several minutes of discussion, every member there present agreed that hosting Jesse James days as per usual was not feasible. Even with the social distancing measures and the scaled back events proposed and adopted at the meeting earlier in the month, each member found reasons that Jesse James days should not be viable this year. After other concerns were voiced, a motion was made by Mortiz to cancel Jesse James Days in Garretson for 2020. Motion was seconded by Guy Johnson; with all members attending in agreement, the motion was passed unanimously. It was encouraged for everyone to continue to be attentive to the problem of being exposed, and to be safe with wise decisions of whether one should attend gatherings, and use masks when possible.
Motion was made by Garrick to have the next meeting of the Commercial Club to be in September. Motion seconded by Anna; with all in agreement. Date and location to be announced.
-Margie Martens, Secretary
