Siouxland Business Journal - April 2016

Vol. 23 No. 7 PO Box 118, Sioux City, Iowa 51102

April 2016

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FINAL STAGES CF Industries’ DeRoos points to project completion INSIDE THIS MONTH’S ISSUE: Coop expands in southeast South Dakota PAGE 6

WIATEL launches fiber optic network PAGE 7

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New Chamber Investors....5

On the Move... 16

Chamber Anniversaries.....5

Business People...18

Business Know How....11

Ribbon cuttings.... 21 & 22

ON THE COVER

Justin Wan, Sioux City Journal

Nick DeRoos, plant manager at CF Industries fertilizer complex at Port Neal, points out construction activities on March 1. CF is nearing completion of a $2 billion expansion that includes a new ammonia and urea synthesis and granulation plant urea.

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Vermillion tech center gains two industries NICK HYTREK

Business Journal staff writer‌

VERMILLION, S.D. | In December, Vermillion economic development officials voiced hope that they could have the Vermillion Technology Center filled by the end of 2016.

It won’t even take that long.

On March 8, the Vermillion Area Chamber & Development Company announced that Navigant Cymetrix Corporation and Biotest Pharmaceuticals Corporation will lease space in the 32,000-squarefoot VTC, filling the state-ofthe-art building, hopefully by October.

“This wasn’t just a base hit or a double, this was a home run or a grand slam,” said Nate Welch, executive director of the Vermillion Area Chamber & Development Company, or VCDC. Based in Irvine, California,

Navigant Cymetrix, which now includes the former Alleviant LLC operations after a merger, provides health care organizations and physician practices with comprehensive business process outsourcing solutions. The company opened a facility in Vermillion at 907 N. Norbeck St. in 2013 and currently employs 70 people.

“That was a natural progression,” Welch said. “They reached out to us. They were looking at moving to another site in Vermillion.”

The company expects to be fully moved into the VTC by May. Biotest, based in Boca Raton, Florida, is a leader in the collection of source plasma used to manufacture critical care theraJustin Wan, Sioux City Journal pies that treat life-threatening disorders. Biotest is expected to Nate Welch, executive director for Vermillion Area Chamber & Development Company, is shown in the Vermillion Technology Center on Dec. 30. Chamber officials on March 8 announced two businesses will locate in the

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Chamber Anniversaries The following are observing anniversaries as Siouxland Chamber of Commerce investors.

115 YEARS – 1901

FOULK BROS. PLUMBING & HEATING William Foulk Sioux City, IA

30 YEARS – 1986

THREE RIVERS BENEFIT CORP. Sandy Stork Sioux City, IA

20 YEARS – 1996

WOODBURY COUNTY BOARD OF SUPERVISORS Sioux City, IA

10 YEARS – 2006

SIOUXLAND CYTOLOGY CONSULTANTS LLC M T Kafka Sioux City, IA RECORD PRINTING Jeff Vlaanderen Sioux City, IA

EFS GROUP WEALTH MANAGEMENT 5 YEARS – 2011 Marc Geels PFLANZ ELECTRONICS Sioux City, IA Scott Pflanz Sioux City, IA

ChamberInvestors NORFOLK AREA CHAMBER OF COMMERCE Mark Zimmerer Norfolk, NE CURVES - SOUTH SIOUX CITY Teri DolezalSouth Sioux City, NE SAFARI MICRO GOVERNMENT SOLUTIONS Kim Friessen Sioux City, IA

M G NASH FINANCIAL SOLUTIONS INC. Michael Nash Sioux City, IA FAMILY WELLNESS ASSOCIATES Robin Capers Sioux City, IA HO-CHUNK CAPITAL Dennis Johnson Sioux City, IA STUDIO Jaclyn Pauson Sioux City, IA

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Southeast Farmers Coop expansion consolidates facilities NICK HYTREK

Business Journal staff writer‌

BURBANK, S.D. | When it’s time to plant crops and apply fertilizer, time spent waiting is wasted time for farmers.

Southeast Farmers Coop aims to eliminate as much of that wasted time as possible with a new facility that consolidated all its agronomy services and administration on one 25-acre site.

General manager Don Truhe said the facility, which opened last fall and is completed except for small details here and there, has new equipment that can deliver product to farmers faster and more efficiently by having so many services now in just one location.

“We had seed in two places, fertilizer in three places, employees going all places,” Truhe said. “This made the most sense and allowed us to have adequate size.”

Now all fertilizer and seed is in this one location, located just east of Interstate 29 at the Spink exit, as well as the administration offices. The cooperative operates

a grain shipping terminal between Elk Point, S.D., and Jefferson, S.D., and also has grain facilities in Elk Point, Beresford, S.D., and Centerville, S.D. A seasonal location remains in Jefferson.

Truhe said the new facility was a must because of aging sites in Elk Point and Beresford. The Beresford facility needed replaced. The decision was made that it was better to operate one centrally located site than two smaller ones i n each town.

“We located strategically 16 miles from each (interstate) exit,” Truhe said. “It’s easy for us to go with loads each way.”

This one site has the size to store more products, and the coo p e ra t i v e has been able to add

Tim Hynds photos, Sioux City Journal

The Southeast Farmers Coop agronomy facility is shown Feb. 22 near Spink, South Dakota. The cooperative consolidated all its agronomy services onto the 25-acre site, which opened last fall. Below: The Southeast Farmers Coop agronomy facility is shown Feb. 22 near Spink, South Dakota. The cooperative consolidated all its agronomy services onto the 25-acre site, which opened last fall.

products it never had room for before.

“It guarantees us we can have a season’s supply on hand. It allows us a lot of flexibility, allows us to have more products on hand,” Truhe said.

New equipment in the facility enables employees to mix and blend fertilizer much faster,

allowing trucks to get fertilizer out to farmers quicker and minimize waiting. Workers can now do in five minutes what used to take 45 minutes.

“We can do more in four hours than we could in a long day at the other locations,” Truhe said.

The expansion has attracted new customers for the

840-member cooperative, which serves farmers in Clay, Union and Turner counties in southeast South Dakota and portions of Sioux and Plymouth counties in Iowa. The site has enough room to expand all agronomy aspects, Truhe said, and add grain storage in the future, if needed.

“Now we’ve got the ability to do just about anything,” he said.

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Wiatel breaks ground on $25M fiber optic network TIM GALLAGHER

Business Journal staff writer‌

LAWTON, Iowa | Heath Mallory, general manager for Wiatel, the communications cooperative serving one dozen Northwest Iowa communities, smiles while examining a graph detailing the gigabit usage per month per subscriber in the Wiatel territory, which stretches roughly from north of Kingsley to south of Castana.

“In October 2012, the gigabit usage per month per subscriber came to 8.9,” Mallory says. “In January 2016, that number was up to 70.6.”

That’s nearly a tenfold increase in about 3.5 years.

The eye-popping trend has caused Mallory, his staff and the board of directors at Wiatel to embark on an ambitious $25-million effort to extend fiber optic services to each commercial and residential site in the Wiatel footprint.

Digging for lines begins this spring in Moville. The project is expected to advance in three annual stages.

Those stages, however, may overlap, depending upon the rate and efficiency of the work.

Mallory, the Wiatel leader for the past 11 years, says several factors have come into play, all of which have necessitated this move to a 100-percent fiber optic network for communications services.

No. 1: The demand for more bandwidth and faster Internet speed from customers is growing. Customer use of online video, music and other multimedia content has mushroomed over the past few years, a trend that isn’t expected to back off, or slow. In order for Wiatel to be able to provide services customers demand at rates customers expect, network improvements must be tackled.

No. 2 : G ove r n m e n t

Tim Gallagher photos, Sioux City Journal

Wiatel general manager Heath Mallory is shown in his office at the Wiatel site in Lawton, Iowa. Wiatel embarks this spring on a $25-million fiber optic installation effort throughout the cooperative’s service area.

Fourteen of 34 lots in phase one of The Ridge residential development in Moville, Iowa, have been sold, the bulk of which now have homes. Heath Mallory, general manager of Wiatel, the communications cooperative that has developed the site, is anxious to begin phase two, which features 33 lots.

requirements regarding the provisioning of broadband services have increased and will continue to require Wiatel to invest in the network.

No. 3: The age of Wiatel’s existing copper network connecting most homes and businesses is at a point where costs to maintain the network will become prohibitive. While this copper portion of the network has performed very well, its service life is approaching an end.

“Our copper plant gives us good speed,” Mallory says,

citing figures of 20 megabits to 70 percent of the customer base. “Those speeds are adequate. The thing is: People are not using less.

More and more people are downloading and streaming video all the time, which places loads on the network.

“The average need for our customers has really grown,” he concludes. “If we didn’t start now, we’d be behind when we did begin.”

Wiatel will finance the 100-percent fiber optic installation through a mix of cash on-hand and

low-interest debt, a portion of which may come via a USDA loan program for rural communities upgrading broadband services.

“Our aim is to get everyone wireless,” Mallory says.

“The question will be this: Will the technology be there yet?”

Once the project is done, Wiatel will be able to provide identical services to all cooperative members, regardless of residence. The services include world-class Internet speeds, newly designed cable television

products, telephone services and a variety of other offerings.

“We’ll keep operations as status-quo as possible,” says Mallory, who has overseen the construction of a new office space and the construction/development of Wiatel’s Solutions Center in Moville within the past decade. “I’m happy with the timing. When we’re done (in 2018, if not earlier), we’ll be able to deliver any product or service to any of our customers.”

In addition to the 100-percent fiber optic upgrade, construction continues at The Ridge, a residential development spearheaded by Wiatel nearly three years ago. To date, there are 14 of 34 lots sold in the project’s first phase, all located just northwest of The Meadows Country Club, Iowa’s

top nine-hole golf course in 2012.

“We’d like to begin on phase two of The Ridge this year,” Mallory says. “That second phase has larger lots, which many seem to find more desirable.”

The second phase, which will see development west of the current area of construction along Teratam Drive in Moville, contains 33 lots.

Mallory praises the board of directors serving Wiatel for having the vision to see The Ridge through. While the cooperative has invested conservatively through the past several decades and still owes zero debt, the neighborhood development in Moville served as one way to realize a return on investment while simultaneously growing the Wiatel customer base in the cooperative’s largest community.

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Central Valley Ag hub opens near Randolph NICK HYTREK

Business Journal staff writer nhytrek@siouxcityjournal.com‌

R A N D O L P H , Ne b. | Farmers continually gravitate toward n ew ways t o g r o w, harvest and market their crops.

T h o s e who provide services to Nelsen those farmers change right along with them. Central Valley Ag hopes that its philosophy of building regional hubs to replace and consolidate smaller locations will be beneficial for both sides.

In early 2015, CVA opened its latest hub, a $45 million grain storage and agronomy center four miles west of Randolph near the

intersection of U.S. Highways 20 and 81. In addition to grain storage, CVA sells seed, crop protection, liquid and dry fertilizer there as well as services such as grain merchandising and precision farming. It replaces an older and much smaller facility in Randolph, and other services from other locations were consolidated there.

“That facility is very fast.

It was built for speed and access for farmers,” said Reed Nelsen, CVA senior vice president of marketing.

“Where it was built, it really opened up a new market for us for grain.”

It also opened up a new partnership with Archer Daniels Midland Company, the global food processing and commodities trading giant. The 81-20 Grain

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Nelsen said. Being a large international corporation, ADM’s involvement opens up new markets for CVA members and customers. ”Where we really like ADM as a partner is marketing logistics,” Nelsen said.

The location was also a great choice for CVA, a cooperative with its headquarters in York, Nebraska, and locations in Nebraska, Iowa and Kansas. CVA hadn’t had grain storage in the area before, Nelsen said.

“There was kind of a hole in that area that we thought farmers could use this service,” he said. “You build something like that, they’ll come.”

And they have. Nelsen said CVA has gained many new customers. The larger hubs – CVA has built them in Nebraska in Wakefield,

Photo courtesy Central Valley Ag

The 81-20 Grain and Central Valley Ag facility at the intersection of U.S. Highways 20 and 81 near Randolph, Nebraska, opened in early 2015. The 130-acre site contains agronomy services and grain storage.

facility at the site is a 50-50 venture between the two.

Nelsen said ADM was planning a grain facility two miles away when CVA bought the 130-acre site

near the highway intersection. Thinking it didn’t make much sense to have two similar facilities so close, ADM approached CVA with the venture idea,

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Monroe and Royal – are attractive to farmers. All hubs are located along rail lines and can bring in fertilizer by the trainload and transport grain across the country to terminals that ship grain internationally.

The hubs have the latest technology that allows for faster fertilizer blending and grain unloading, saving farmers time even if they might have to drive a little farther to a hub.

“I think that hub concept will continue,” Nelsen said.

“It’s been good. We’re not taking something. We’re giving them something better back.”

At the Randolph site, there’s room to double the capacity of all services if its needed in the future.

“It’s all been designed for expansion,” Nelsen said.

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PASSION FOR PASTA

Contemporary Italian cuisine in new Sioux City location EARL HORLYK

Business Journal staff writer‌

SIOUX CITY | Trattoria Fresco’s Israel Padilla knows plenty about authentic Italian cuisine. After all, he learned it from a family full of restaurateurs.

But when it came to painting, carpentry or laying down new flooring, he relied on an entirely different source.

“Thank god for YouTube,” Padilla said. “If it wasn’t for how-to videos on YouTube, we would’ve been sunk.”

Trattoria Fresco recently moved from 416 Jackson St. to a new location on the ground floor of the Howard Johnson Hotel, 707 Fourth St. Essentially, the restaurant moved to an empty space next door.

“We didn’t have to move a great distance,” Padilla said.

“But the new spot required a lot of cleaning and repairing that I did myself.”

Walking through the refurbished space, Padilla points to an intimate dining room highlighted with high-backed booths.

“We wanted to create a space where a guy can be alone with his girl,” Padilla said. “The mood is

romantic, the acoustics are low and the food is always excellent.”

This has been Padilla’s winning formula ever since he first opened Trattoria Fresco more than six years ago.

“My family has been in the restaurant business in Chicago for many years,” he said. “Coming to Sioux City was the perfect move for me. It allowed me to stand out in a way that would’ve been impossible in a larger market.”

It’s also allowed Padilla to experiment with the cuisine he calls “classic Italian with a contemporary twist.”

“Everybody knows Italian food but you can elevate familiar dishes by using fresher ingredients and updated recipes.” he said.

“Whenever possible I like to change things up.”

Certainly, Padilla, 28, brings plenty of experience.

He began working at his family’s restaurant by the time he turned 9 years old.

“My family paid me in ice cream,” he said. “In exchange, I learned how to cook gourmet-quality comfort food.”

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TRATTORIA, PAGE 15 Chef Francisco Banos prepares a dish inside the kitchen of Trattoria Fresco’s new downtown Sioux City location.

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Time to stand UP to sitting down for well-being, vitality How many of you have felt the daily discomfort, stiffness or pain in your upper back, neck or shoulders, and even your lower back or knees after sitting through a long or stressful workday? Did you know the average American spends 55 percent of the waking time sitting according to a Vanderbilt University study published in the American Journal of Epidemiology?

People with sitting jobs have twice the rate of cardiovascular disease (high blood pressure, high cholesterol, heart attack, and stroke) as those with standing jobs.

When we sit for longer than one hour at a time without getting up to move, stretch, or fidget our muscles, bodies, and brains begin to shut down at the metabolic and cellular level.

Sitting disease is estimated to affect 88 million people (about one in three) who are sedentary in America. When we sit down, the electrical activity in your leg muscles shut off and the powerful and life giving enzyme Lipoprotein Lipase, that breaks down and metabolizes fats and sugars in our body, begins to slow down by 90 percent. Lack of daily movement and prolonged sitting leads to low enzyme activity which contributes overtime to weight gain, weak abdominal muscles, very tight hip muscles, high triglycerides (bad cholesterol), metabolic syndrome, diabetes, heart attacks and stroke and even many cancers.

Not only that but sitting for longer than one hour also slows down overall brain function and your ability to focus.

The enzyme Lipoprotein Lipase eventually shuts off after 60 to 90 minutes of inactivity. Physical movement, such as; walking, reaching, pushing or pulling, lifting, standing up to work or stretching for up to 50 percent of your workday, are all activities that improve or stimulate this enzyme activity thereby raising your metabolism. These functional daily movements also reduce triglyceride levels (bad cholesterol) and greatly improve your ability to concentrate and focus from the heart and muscles pumping of fresh blood and oxygen that comes with movement. You also raise your HDL level (good cholesterol), and the enzymes such as lipoprotein lipase help to regulate our blood sugar levels throughout the day, which is a primary determinant of our daily energy level, ability of focus, and overall well-being!

Office workers are more likely to suffer from lower back pain than manual workers

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due to the awkward sitting posture habits of crossing your legs, sitting on your feet, pulling your legs back underneath your chair, or slouching and sitting with your legs spread wide apart (very common awkward posture habit for males). Our awkward sitting posture habits are one of the leading risk factors for lower back, knee, hip, sciatica, and even shoulder pain or stiffness, or tendonitis of the elbow, wrist, and thumbs, even carpal tunnel syndrome.

The Center for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) decided to study the effectiveness of offering sit-to-stand workstations by reducing the daily sitting time and improving worker health and well-being in the 2011 “Take-a-Stand-Project”. They conducted this study over seven weeks with 34 subjects, using intervention and control groups from Minneapolis, Minnesota among employees with computer operations, telephone interactions, and administrative duties.

The Take-a-Stand Project results were transformational, and project concluded that an individual may achieve these results by standing for only one additional hour daily (or in four increments of 15 minutes): 1. 87 percent felt more energized and comfortable at work 2. 75 percent felt healthier overall 3. 71 percent felt more focused and 66% felt more productive by being able to easily adjust from sitting to standing throughout the workday 4. 100 percent reported feeling better from being allowed to choose between sitting and standing daily!

5. 54 percent felt reduced upper back, neck, and shoulder stiffness and pain 8 Benefits of Sit-to-Stand Workstations: 1. Improves alertness and energy level throughout your workday.

2. Promotes weight loss, and discourages “mindless eating” by raising your metabolism. Standing for three to four hours per

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HEADED FOR THE FINISH LINE

CF nears completion of $2B expansion at Port Neal DAVE DREESZEN

Business Journal editor ddreeszen@siouxcityjournal.com‌

SERGEANT BLUFF | Nick DeRoos maneuvered his SUV down a bumpy road, past towering steel and concrete structures.

DeRoss parked the vehicle and stepped outside to give a Business Journal reporter and photographer a closer look at CF Industries’ sprawling construction zone at Port Neal on March 1.

An overhead crane slowly lowered large pipes to waiting workers standing on scaffolding high above the ground. Using tools, the hard-hat clad workers shaped and knocked the piping into place.

“They’re preparing pipes so they can be welded,” said DeRoos, general manager for CF’s Port Neal nitrogen fertilizer complex and project director for the expansion.

“And, they’re doing it in this cold weather. Isn’t that amazing?”

Emerging from a third winter of work, CF is entering the homestretch of the record $2 billion expansion. With temperatures warming, the fertilizer giant Justin Wan photos, Sioux City Journal expects the new ammonia plant and urea synthesis and Workers in a lift are shown march 1 next to the startup heater component for CF Industries’ new ammonia synthesis plant. CF is nearing completion of its $2 granulation plant to be me- billion expansion at Port Neal.. chanically complete by the Far Left: Construction end of June. is shown March 1 As of March 1, nearly all the on a structure that foundation and underground will serve multiple work had been completed trucks picking up and all but 200 of the 19,173 fertilizer products at tons of structural steel had CF Industries’ Port been erected.

Neal site.

A small army of laborers Left: A construction are working feverishly to worker on a scaffold finish remaining tasks, from is shown March 1 insulating and cladding the next to the CO2 structures to laying a labyabsorber column for rinth of 468,000 linear feet CF Industries’ new of pipe to installing 758 miles ammonia plant under construction at Port of electrical wiring.

Neal.

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Justin Wan photos, Sioux City Journal

Above: The CF Industries expansion at Port Neal included construction of two storage tanks that will hold about 30,000 tons of ammonia apiece. The tanks are each 155 feet in diameter and 106 feet tall. Left: A worker walks through CF Industries’ construction site on March 1.

The company’s $2 billion expansion at Port Neal is nearing completion.

a lot of work that needs to be done,” DeRoos said. “But it’s really progressing well.”

Last fall, the number of construction workers at the 350-acre site peaked at about 4,500, more than double original estimates. By May, the labor levels at the site are expected to gradually start ramping down over about the next three months.

While many workers are from the tri-state region, the majority were recruited from around the country.

The 2,420-tons-per-day ammonia plant remains on track to begin production in the third quarter, with the 3,850 tons-per-day urea plant starting up shortly afterwards. The two plants must first go through a detailed commissioning, or testing, process.

The new ammonia plant will triple to about 3,500 tons the Port Neal complex’s daily production of the chemical, the basic building block for nitrogen-based fertilizers.

The expansion added twin storage tanks that will hold about 30,000 tons of ammonia each. The tanks are

155 feet in diameter and 106 feet tall.

Another newly erected structure is a giant warehouse, measuring 210 feet wide and 1,702 feet long, or nearly a third of a mile.

Believed to be the largest of its kind in North America, it will store up to 154,000 tons of granular urea, a solid nitrogen fertilizer that has not been produced at Port Neal in two decades.

An overhead conveyor system will scoop up granular urea produced at the plant and transport it to the warehouse, where operators can drop the product wherever there is room.

The finished fertilizer products from the new plant will leave the CF site by truck and rail. Construction is nearing completion on a new loading station that will serve multiple semi-trailer trucks at a time. Two new rail spurs will hook up with Union Pacific’s nearby main line through the Port Neal area.

Trucks and other vehicles will access the site on a newly-built road that connects with Port Neal Road.

A January aerial photo shows the CF Industries expansion site at Port Neal.

CF office staff will move to a new administrative building at the plant entrance.

The expansion will add

Dave Tunge, special to the Business Journal

125 new full-time jobs, more hired and have gone through than doubling CF’s Port Neal training. workforce. Most of the new Another 700 indirect workers have already been jobs also are forecast to be

generated locally, through the additional economic activity required to support the larger plant.

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Justin Wan photos, Sioux City Journal

ABOVE: The interior of Trattoria Fresco’s new location inside Howard Johnson Hotel includes high-backed booths for a more intimate dining experience.

LEFT: A platter of scallops, salmon, shrimp and asparagus is paired with black-and-white bowtie pasta. The unusual coloring is made with squid ink, according to Trattoria Fresco owner Israel Padilla.

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Trattoria: Restaurant moves to Howard Johnson FROM PAGE 10

During lunch, homemade soups, salads and special panini sandwiches remain popular at Trattoria Fresco.

At night, heartier pastas, seafood and entrees like filet mignon, prime New York steak and Italian-style pork chops (a pork chop sauteed with mushrooms and roasted bell peppers in a white wine sauce) draw oohs and aahs from Trattoria Fresco’s regular diners.

Still, many of Padilla’s favorite foods are found on the menu.

“Italian food is the

ultimate home-cooked meal,” he said. “You can add or subtract ingredients that will make the meal seem different every time.” For instance, an antipasto tray is refreshed with a different selection of imported Italian meats and cheeses in addition to seasonal veggies.

Also, a seafood platter will get additional depth of flavor with the inclusion of blackand-white bowtie pasta that is made with squid ink.

“Food is a great canvas,” he said. “It’s something you never get tired of doing.”

He admitted the long hours

spent at the restaurant have been tough for Padilla, a husband and father to Luciano, 4, Lila, 3, and Lihana, 1.

“When my kids came into (the new location), they called it ‘Daddy’s new house,’” Padilla said. “That’s OK because I’m probably here more than I am at home.”

But he said he wouldn’t have it any other way.

“You need to have a passion for food to make it in the restaurant field,” Padilla said. “You’d go crazy if you weren’t passionate about your food.”

It’s this passion that he would like to pass on to his children.

“My kids are already interested in cooking,” Padilla said. “They love making their own pizzas. Even if the crusts aren’t perfectly round, my kids are proud of what they make.”

That’s precisely the way Padilla was raised.

“I grew up playing with food on a daily basis,” he said, grinning. “That was the beauty part when I was a kid. It’s still fun (to make) creative things in the kitchen today.”

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OnTheMove Seaboard Triumph appoints COO

submarine operations officer.

“This is a once-in-a-lifeSIOUX CITY | Seaboard time opportunity to lead the Triumph Foods, LLC has growth of a new, modern and named Mark efficient pork plant, which Porter as will certainly have a significhief opercant impact on the entire pork industry,” Porter said. ating officer and will be“I am thrilled to be part of gin his role the Seaboard Triumph team in Sioux City whose ownership is highly this month. respected throughout the Seaboard Porter meat industry.”

Triumph Foods, a new equal joint Cherokee bank venture between Seapromotes Jared Koch board Foods and Triumph Foods, is constructing a CHEROKEE, Iowa | Cher750,000-square-foot pork okee State Bank has proplant in the Bridgeport West moted Jared industrial park, just north of Koch to asSioux Gateway Airport. sistant vice The plant, scheduled to president/ open in July 2017, is designed trust officer. to process more than three Koch has million market hogs annu- been with ally. The facility will start C h e r o k e e Koch with a single shift employ- State Bank ing about 1,100 people. since 2012, serving loan and Porter comes to Sea- trust customers. Koch, a naboard Triumph Foods with tive of Cherokee, is currently a wealth of pork and broader president of the Cherokee food industry experience. Chamber of Commerce, and His most recent assignment is a member of the Cherokee has been vice president, Education Foundation and operations with Advance- Knights of Columbus.

Pierre Foods in Enid, Okla., where he was responsible for Natwick named the manufacturing network partner in law firm across the country.

His prior professional SIOUX CITY | Heidman Law experience includes opera- Firm announces Jacob B.Nattional roles with some other wick is a Partner of the Firm as food companies, and eight of January 2016.Natwick joined years in the U. S. Navy as a the law firm in 2010.

His general practice includes, but is not limited to, advising companies and individuals Natwick on planning and transactional matters as well as federal and state controversies. His areas of focus include corporate structuring and financing, real estate, taxation, estate planning, copyright and trademark, agricultural law, and bankruptcy. His practice includes the preparation and administration of estates, wills, and trusts.

He is a member of the American, Iowa, Nebraska, and Woodbury County bar associations and is admitted to practice in Federal Court in the Northern District of Iowa.

CRMC’s We l l n e s s Center, located on the h o s p i t a l ’s campus.

Johnson is a mili- Johnson tary veteran, serving in the 4th Infantry Division of the U.S. Army as a nuclear, biological and chemical operations specialist and later sergeant as a non-commissioned Officer.

Johnson earned his Bachelor of Arts from Simpson College in Indianola, Iowa and a Doctor of Physical Therapy from Des Moines University Osteopathic Medical Center in Des Moines. In addition, he earned his Master of Healthcare Administration from Des Moines University Osteopathic Medical Center in 2013.

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CHEROKEE, Iowa | The Board of Directors at Cherokee Regional Medical Center and UnityPoint Health announce the appointment of Matt Johnson as president and CEO of Cherokee Regional Medical Center.

Johnson began his career at CRMC eight years ago serving as a staff physical therapist. In 2010, he was named as the hospital’s manager of physical medicine and rehabilitation, responsible for the physical, occupational and speech therapy departments. During the past 18 months, he also managed

OKOBOJI, Iowa | Scott Pyle has been named general manager of The Inn at Okoboji, and will oversee ongoing management and capital improvements at the more-than-century-old resort on West Lake Okoboji.

“Scott brings a tremendously well-rounded business background and knowledge of the area to our experienced resort management team at the Inn” said Brian DePalma, CEO of the Arlington, Texas-based DePalma Hotels and Resorts, which has managed the resort for the last three years.

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The Inn is celebrating its 120th yea r t h i s season.

Pyle most recently s p e n t 1 0 Pyle years as general manager of Historic Arnolds Park Inc. where he was responsible for daily operations of the Arnolds Park Amusement Park, the Maritime Museum, Queen II excursion boat and the Preservation Plaza concert venue.

Nurse practitioner returns to practice SIOUX CITY | Jeannie Franklin, ARNP, has ret u r n e d to Associates for Psychiatric Services in Sioux City.

Franklin was an Franklin advanced nurse practitioner specializing in mental health with the practice from April 2013 through January 2015 and returned to the practice in January 2016.

She received her nursing and psychology education at the University of South Dakota, followed by her Master of Science in Nursing Leadership degree from the University of Phoenix.

She received her Psychiatric Nurse Practitioner certification from Allen College in Waterloo, Iowa.

Westrich joins EFS SIOUX CITY | Laurie Westrich recently joined EFS Group We a l t h Management as operations support specialist.

EFS Group Westrich is a financial firm specializing in retirement income distribution.

Working in the EFS back office, Westrich is responsible for organizing and ensuring completion of paperwork, processing business, and assisting with client requests.

Morningside hires assistant director SIOUX CITY | Jerry Meisner recently was hired to serve as assistant director of safety and security at Morningside College.

Among o t h e r Meisner things, he is responsible for evening security on campus and supervising security officers on the night shift.

Meisner previously was a security officer and trainer at Western Iowa Tech Community College in Sioux City. He has a bachelor’s degree in criminal justice administration from Bellevue University.

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Spring Cleaning and You Spring is on the way, which means time for spring cleaning to some. We think about cleaning windows, cleaning the house and getting the yard in shape, but what about ourselves. What needs to be cleaned up or shaped up to make you feel whole? Are you looking for more balance in your life? Balancing work demands and self-care activities can be a challenge. We tend to get overwhelmed and stressed out. Think about what steps you can take to avoid overload and stay focused on wellness for your life.

Wellness is multi-dimensional and holistic, which involves lifestyle, mental and spiritual well being and our environment.

Easter is upon us and what a great time to work on the spiritual part of your life. Diet and exercise are only part of the equation.

Eating five fruits and vegetables daily and going the gym to five times a week is a great accomplishment, but is it enough to make you feel centered and whole. The Wheel of Life has ten sections, which represent balance. The sections are: • Spiritual (hope, faith, optimism) • Career (How fulfilled are you?)

• Finances (stable, unpredictable, volatile, rewarding, frustrating) • Physical Environment (clutter in your mind, your car, home, desk) • Health and Fitness (regular exercise, balanced diet) • Fun and Recreation (Are you having fun??? Dream!)

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• Significant Other (Are you at peace with this aspect of your life?)

• Friends (Do you have enough friends and close enough friends to meet your needs?)

• Personal Development (Do you invest enough time, energy, and money in your own personal growth and development?)

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So back to spring cleaning, what path are you on? What do you need to clean up in your life? We should not underestimate the power of habit. Once we adopt a new behavior we have neural pathways set up in our nervous system related to this new behavior.

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Source: Wellness Coaching for Lasting Lifestyle Change by Michael Arloski Enjoy each day to the fullest, this is time you won’t get back. Do all you can do to keep yourself healthy and happy in every area of your life. Make your Wheel of Life as balanced as possible. It won’t be easy but give it your best.

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OU presents ‘Heart of Mission’ award SIOUX CITY | Margo Whitehead was recently presented with Opportunities Unlimited’s annual Heart of the Mission award.

The award honors an employee that has consistently gone above and beyond their typical job duties to provide exceptional service to persons served.

The honorees live the OU mission, “Maximizing Personal Potential though Dignified and Purposeful Living,” and shows respect to and is respected by their co-workers.

Whitehead has worked at OU since 2002, where she supports persons served in the residential department who have been affected by traumatic brain injury.

Placing persons served first is natural to her, and she constantly is working behind the scenes to get things accomplished.

Jennifer McCabe, president and CEO, said Whitehead has been referred to as a “silent leader” for the way in which she leads persons served as well as her peers.

Whitehead was presented with a plaque and a monetary award for her dedication and service.

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2 0 15 - 2 0 1 6 Midwest Sociological Society Distinguished Book Award for his book “Chicago Harkness Hustle and Flow: Gangs, Gangsta Rap, and Social Class.”

Harkness will receive the award in March at the Midwest Sociological Society annual meeting in Chicago.

The book explores the relationship between gang membership, gangsta rap and social class in Chicago’s underground rap music scene. Based on six years of ethnographic research, the book takes readers into this world and offers an up-close account of the connections between street gang and gangsta rap culture.

In addition to winning the award, the book was positively reviewed in several scholarly journals.

Harkness has taught sociology at Morningside College since the fall of 2014. He received his doctorate from Northwestern University in Evanston, Illinois.

Professor appointed to scholars panel SIOUX CITY | Layana Navarre-Jackson, assistant professor of sociology at Morningside College, was recently appointed to the Minority Scholars Committee of the Midwest Sociological SociNavarreety.

Jackson The Midwest Sociological Society is an organization of academic and applied sociologists, as well as students of the discipline.

The Minority Scholars Committee works to recruit diverse faculty and students as members of the

society and increase scholarship related to issues of race and ethnicity.

Navarre-Jackson has taught introductory sociology, sociology of the body and sociology of family at Morningside since the fall of 2014. In addition, she is on the editorial board for the sociology journals Economics & Sociology and the Journal of International Studies. She received her master’s degree and doctorate from the University of Iowa.

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Adviser named to Sterk is keynote magazine Top 100 list speaker at luncheon SIOUX CITY | Matt Lawler, a F&M Bank financial adviser, has been n a m e d to Bank Investment Consultant magazine’s To p 1 0 0 Bank Advisors.

Lawler As a financial adviser with F&M Wea l t h M a n a ge m e n t , Lawler serves clients at four F&M Bank locations in Nebraska and Iowa.

He began his career in the financial services industry in 1990. In 1995, he started the wealth management division for F&M Bank, where he specializes in working with retirees and people nearing retirement.

The magazine bases its Top 100 Bank Advisor rankings on six variables and combines them into a weighted average.

Bankey completes collaborative training DA K O TA D U N E S | Kelsey Bankey, of Sterk Financial Services in Dakota Dunes, completed the Collaborative Divorce Practice Training in Ames, Iowa, on Feb. 26.

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DAKOTA DUNES | Mary Sterk, president of Sterk Financial Services i n Da ko ta Dunes, was the keynote speaker for the 34th A n n u a l Sterk Women of Achievement Luncheon in Cedar Rapids, Iowa, on Feb. 25, sponsored by Waypoint Services.

She addressed a crowd of about 300 attendees on the topic “From Welfare to Wealth Management.”

Attorney Elizabeth Rosenbaum honored SIOUX CITY | Attorney Elizabeth A. Rosenbaum of Jefferson, S.D., was named the 2015 South Dakota Attorney of the Year by the University of South Dakota School of Law, Women in Law organization.

Rosenbaum is a 1988 graduate of the USD School of Law and her office is located in Sioux City. She specializes in the area of family law and received the award for her years of work with South Dakota families and children. She was specially recognized for completing her 550th adoption and providing family law legal services to non-traditional families.

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Briar Cliff announces ‘Sharks’ top entries SIOUX CITY | Local entrepreneurs were awarded $5,000 after pitching their business ideas in the 2016 “Swimming with the Sharks” contest, held Feb. 25 at Briar Cliff University.

Winners of the competition, modeled after ABC’s “Shark Tank,” and the amount of the grants they received, were: 1st place, Geoff Arnold and Luis Trejo, Lienwaivers.io, $2,500.

2nd place, Jim Braunschweig, Flickboards, $1,500.

3rd place, Adam Gonshorowski, Kesshi Studios, $500.

3rd place, Lloyd Lee and Travis Hemmingson, Qneo, $500 The contestants had 10 minutes to present their business ideas to a panel of local business experts.

The judges included Dave Bernstein, officer and coowner of State Steel, president, Saturday in the Park; Dustin Pratt, analyst, Avalon Capital, entrepreneur and founder, Solid Rock

Clothing, LLC; David Gleiser, director, Woodbury County Rural Economic Development; Rhonda Capron, Sioux City Council; Sam Wagner, Siouxland Chamber of Comm e rc e ; a n d Ke n Beekley, executive vice president, Siouxland Economic Development Corporation.

The competition was the final event from Entrepalooza 2016, a 10-day celebration of events focused on entrepreneurial spirit in Siouxland. The coordination of Entrepalooza is conducted by Briar Cliff’s Enactus team.

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Sioux City gains national small business recognition SIOUX CITY | Sioux City has been selected as the 2016 Iowa SBA Small Business Community of the Year, the city announced Friday.

T h e award bestowed by Moore t h e U. S. Small Business Administration honors community efforts to support small business.

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organization, Sioux City was selected because it had demonstrated a collaborative environment for small business success.

During a news conference Friday at City Hall, City Councilman Dan Moore said the award shows Sioux City has become a positive environment for entrepreneurship and small businesses.

“I hope our community will support the startup businesses, I really do,” Moore said after the conference. “They truly are

the future of Sioux City and the state of Iowa. They will continue to grow if we support them.”

The group recognized Start-Up Sioux City as a contributing factor to helping small businesses thrive in Iowa’s fourth largest city.

Sioux City will be presented the award during the Iowa Smart Conference in Des Moines on April 28.

The city also will be recognized during the small business week reception on May 6 in West Des Moines.

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A cake-cutting ceremony was held to celebrate the 130th birthday of the Norm Waitt Sr. YMCA on Feb. 10. South Sioux City Chamber Ambassador Kate Griffith from the Marina Inn Hotel & Conference Center along with Siouxland Chamber Ambassador Esther Carter, with Simon Property Group/Southern Hills Mall cut the cake and celebrated with the Y staff and several community members.

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The Abu Bekr Shriners kicked off the National Shrine Clown Association Convention with hosting the Siouxland Chamber of Commerce’s Rush Hour Connect on Feb. 18. Guests enjoyed tours of the architecturally detailed Temple and learned about the many good works of Shrine Hospitals and their dedication to young patients across North America. Pictured are Brian Henschen of Mid States Electric, Bev Hinds, Siouxland Chamber Ambassador and winner of the Celebrity Ringmaster drawing, and Kelly Conolly of J & L Staffing.

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create 50 jobs with an expected annual payroll of $1.8 million. The company owns and operates 18 centers across the country and plans on expanding to a total of 22 by the end of 2016. The company should be moved in and operating

by October.

“We look for areas that suit our needs,” said Dan Gamache, Biotest marketing director. Vermillion and the VTC met those needs, he said, namely proximity to a large population site such as a college or university, good transportation and a facility large enough to house a plasma center.

Located on the city’s north side near South Dakota Highway 50 and the University of South Dakota campus, the VTC

contains two wings, along with a commons and reception area. The $4.2 million building contains fiber optics wiring throughout.

The South Dakota Governor’s Office of Economic Development board in February approved a $2.76 million Revolving Economic Development and Initiative Fund loan to assist VCDC in leasing the property. The loan will allow VCDC to retire the debt service on the building and fund a portion of the remodeling costs, Welch said.

The announcement of the VTC leasing was positive news after a previous deal for the building fell through, Welch said.

“This helps pick us up off the dirt from the unfortunate reality of the initial tenant not working out,”

he said.

The VTC was built for Eagle Creek Software Services, a Minnesota technology company that had been expected to create 200 jobs. When the building was finished in 2014, Eagle Creek didn’t come.

VCDC sued Eagle Creek for breach of contract and fraud, and the case is pending in federal court in Sioux Falls.

“Obviously that lawsuit will continue,” Welch said.

“VCDC will seek judgment for damages suffered.”

VCDC moved into the building late last year and has now relocated downtown to 6 W. Main St. Another move could be in the future, Welch said. The VCDC will spend the next year deciding on a facility that will best meet its needs.

The Vermillion Technology Center, located on the city’s north side near South Dakota Highway 50 and the University of South Dakota campus, is shown on March 8.

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