Bedke returns after injury: ‘Every day a holiday, every meal a feast’

House Assistant Majority Leader Scott Bedke, R-Oakley, is back, after suffering severe injuries in a farm accident in which he was hit by a 1-ton bale of hay. “People have described me as being very lucky, and I can’t use that word in this circumstance,” Bedke told the House just now; it would be “irreverent,” he said. “I’m very humbled by the events of the last nine days. Every day is a holiday, Mr. Speaker, every meal a feast. I suspect that I will get in my old rut again and take everything for granted, but for now I am thankful for you, all my friends, and for the thoughtful acts of kindness that you’ve done to me and to my family.”