DES MOINES, IA - Brenda Ballard of Deerfield Retirement Community (second from left) is the recipient of a Patriotic Employer award from Iowa Committee of Employer Support of the Guard and Reserve. She was nominated by Alicia Bollie (second from right), a Deerfield employee and a Staff Sergeant with the Iowa Air National Guard, for Deerfield?s support of employees who are members of the military. At left is Major Kyle Kovarik, 132nd Fighter Wing. At right is Ted Hall, a volunteer with Iowa ESGR.(Civilian photographer)(released)