To the editor:

I wanted to express my great thanks, and appreciation, to the docs, practitioners, nurses, and general staff of UnityPoint Clinic, and Trinity Regional Medical Center for the great pleasure it has been for me to be associated with this excellent multi-specialty group for the last 16 years.

I continue to be quite impressed with the level of medical care that I saw when I started working here, as well as the overall sense of cooperation and support that I noted right away.

I remember well when we first arrived here in Fort Dodge, I was so pleasantly overwhelmed with the amount of art, theater, and music that was here in this small town, and how welcoming they were to me, and quickly asked that I associate with them.

I have had the opportunity to make some wonderful friends here in town that will remain an important part of my life ….

As many of you may know my wife and I have been blessed with 21 (22, in October) beautiful grandchildren, and recently two great-grandchildren …So, Sue and I plan to spend much of the next hopefully 20-30 years at volleyball games, basketball games, soccer games, and dance recitals, as well as multiple boxes of”World’s Greatest Chocolate”, Cookies of various types, and multiple school and band fundraisers.

I would like for all of you to know how much I have enjoyed being a part of this great community, and how much I will miss all of you.

Ojala que todos seran muy bien por mis amigos de Mexico, Guatemala, Honduras …..

Vaya con Dios a todo el mundo …….

Richard Votta MD, MA (Psychology), FAAP

Fort Dodge