Siouxland Business Journal - June 2016

Vol. 23 No. 9 PO Box 118, Sioux City, Iowa 51102

June 2016

RECREATION ISSUE

CLOSING THE GAP

Trail system gets big financial boost INSIDE THIS MONTH’S ISSUE: Grant to aid worker recruitment PAGE 4

Country act to headline SITP PAGE 6

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BusinessJournal Ron Peterson, publisher Dave Dreeszen, editor Siouxland Business Journal is published monthly by Sioux City Newspapers Inc., in cooperation with the Siouxland Chamber of Commerce.

Requests for a free subscription or address changes should be sent to: Kevin McGarry Siouxland Business Journal Box 118 Sioux City, Iowa 51102

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Index New Chamber Investors ..... page 5

Ribbon Cuttings ..... pages 12, 17 and 18

Chamber Anniversaries ..... page 5

On the Move ..... page 15

Saturday in the Park ..... page 6

Business People ..... page 15

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Workers attend a job fair this week at the IowaWORKS Greater Siouxland office in Sioux City in a June 3, 2015 file photo. Missouri River Historical Development, Inc. this month awarded a $305,000 grant to The Siouxland Initiative to help the regional economic development group grow the supply of skilled workers in the tri-state region.

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SIOUX CITY | Missouri River Historical Development on May 9 awarded grant to The Siouxland Initiative to assist the regional economic development group in growing the local economy and workforce.

MRHD is a local nonprofit that holds the state gaming license for the Hard Rock Hotel & Casino Sioux Monson City.

T h e ex p e n d i t u re i s MRHD’s first major foray into economic development. For its first 22 years, the nonprofit contributed most of its share of gaming revenues to local charitable, civic and educational purposes.

Expanding the supply of skilled workers in the region has emerged as a top priority for both MRHD and The Siouxland Initiative, a private, not-for-profit organization affiliated with the Siouxland Chamber of

Commerce.

With unemployment at a near-record low – 3.7 percent for metro Sioux City in March, compared to the national average of 5 percent – scores of new and expanding employers are struggling to find enough qualified candidates for openings.

“MRHD is committed to economic and workforce growth and that’s exactly what The Siouxland Initiative does and does very well,” MRHD President Mark Monson said.

The region’s workforce shortage was the top priority of the annual Chamber-led lobbying trip to Washington, D.C., last month. More than 60 local business and government leaders pushed an agenda that included expanding career academy opportunities to grow the next generation of employees.

The MRHD “Development Grant” will help reinforce what TSI is already doing, Monson said.

Economic development helps recruit new business while keeping current employers here, and also ensures a high quality of life,

Monson said.

“If you’re going to recruit new people, they want to have things to do they enjoy,” he said, giving examples like attractive parks and night life.

“One of the other things we’ll look to address is quality of life issues,” he added.

Founded in 1988, The Siouxland Initiative is funded by public and private sector investments from entities in Iowa, Nebraska and South Dakota.

With MRHD’s share of revenues increasing since the opening of the Hard Rock, the first state-licensed land-based casino in Woodbury County, the nonprofit committed to awarding funds for business growth initiatives.

The nonprofit’s Development Grant Committee recommended the TSI award to its full board, which approved it at a meeting last week.

The grant brings MRHD’s total contributions to nonprofit organizations and governmental entities to nearly $25 million since 1994.

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ChamberNews New Chamber Investors

Chamber Anniversaries

Goodwin Tucker Group Tri-State Valuation & Robert Mills Consulting, LLC Des Moines, IA Jim Verschoor Sioux City, IA The Greatest Escape Sami Garrison Farm Bureau Financial Sioux City, IA Services Brenton Feuchtenberger Sioux City, IA Seaboard Triumph Foods, LLC Fenton Construction, Mark Porter Inc. Sergeant Bluff, IA Casey Fenton Transformational Sioux City, IA Leadership and Coaching Shirley Chic Jill Miller Catelin Drey Sioux City, IA Sioux City, IA

35 years, 1981 Consumers Supply Distributing David Patee North Sioux City, SD 30 years, 1986 Fremont Tire Jon Froehlich Sioux City, IA Sooland Bobcat Doug Muilenburg Sioux City, IA 20 years, 1996

Siouxland Paramedics Bob Welte Sioux City, IA 10 years, 2006 City of South Sioux City Lance Hedquist South Sioux City, NE

Blue Bunny Ice Cream Parlor & Museum Deb Susemihl Le Mars, IA

5 years, 2011 Big Brothers Big Sisters of Siouxland Rocky Welker Sioux City, IA

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Country singer Kacey Musgraves to headline Saturday in the Park BRET HAYWORTH

Business Journal staff writer‌

SIOUX CITY | Saturday in the Park will close July 2 with a rising acclaimed country female artist.

Kacey Musgraves, who won the 2013 Grammy Award for Best Country Song with “Merry Go ‘Round,” will headline this year’s free festival, which annually draws more than 20,000 people who dance or bask with a laid-back vibe at Grandview Park.

Musgraves, who also won the Best Country Album that year with “Same Trailer Different Park,” showed crossover appeal in touring in 2014 with pop singer Katy Perry.

Musgraves is playing several festivals this year, including one in Milwaukee the day before Saturday in the Park, according to her official schedule.

The fare at this year’s festival will run from rock to reggae to blues to country. Other top performers include The Wailers, Big Head Todd & The Monsters, Kongos, Kim Simmonds & Savoy Brown and two other acts that will be announced at a later date.

The Wailers recorded with reggae icon Bob Marley. The “Legend” disc by The Wailers is the bestselling reggae album of all-time with more than 30 million copies sold worldwide and a 2014

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The Wailers will perform at the 2016 Saturday in the Park festival in Sioux City.

re-release reached Billboard’s Top 5.

Colorado-based rock band Big Head Todd, who performed at SITP in 1997, is known for the 1993 hit “Bittersweet.” The four brothers in alternative rock band Kongos are touring in support of the single “Take It From Me,” from the upcoming “Egomaniac” album.

Simmonds leads the blues rock band Savoy Brown, which was founded in Britain and has been performing since the late 1960s, touring at the time with such bands as Jethro Tull.

In its early years, Saturday in the Park focused on Blues-based bands, but eventually the lineup became more eclectic, including hard rockers such as the Allman Brothers, icons Carlos Santana and

If you go What: Saturday in the Park When: July 2 Where: Grandview Park, Sioux City Who: Musical acts headlined by Kacey Musgraves How much: Free festival

B.B. King and pop stars that included Michelle Branch.

In 2015, the 25th anniversary, the festival was headlined by soul icon Aretha Franklin, an act SITP co-founder Dave Bernstein had long sought.

Saturday in the Park is the product of a core committee of 50 people, with another 150 volunteers who help out with tasks such as transportation and Kacey Musgraves will headline Saturday in the Park July 2 at Grandview Park. cleanup.

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Echo Electric Supply awarded for growth efforts MIKE BELL

Business Journal staff writer

SIOUX CITY | Echo Electric Supply was presented the Growing Sioux City Award by City Councilman Pete Groetken in April.

The award was accepted by manager Gary Wanderscheid.

Sioux City wind shirts were provided to company executives and a new tree will be planted on the property located at 1200 Cunningham Drive, signifying the company’s commitment to growing in Sioux City.

“We are honored to receive this Growing Sioux City Award and thank the City of Sioux City for all of their support with this

project. Sioux City and the Siouxland area has been nationally recognized for growth and we are proud to be a part of that,” Wanderscheid.

Echo Electric Supply of Sioux City, a wholesale electric supply company, recently completed construction of a 45,000 square foot warehouse and distribution facility located in the Yards I-29 Business Park in Sioux City.

The $2.79 million project is set on 4.8 acres with the retention of 24 and creation of 13 new jobs.

The new facility allows the company the ability to serve as a regional hub for their newly formed Northern Region that consists of locations in Sioux Center,

Worthington, Yankton, Norfolk and Sioux City. It also will allow for added inventory and expanded services to their existing customers.

Echo Group Inc. is a regional electrical distributor headquartered in Council Bluffs, Iowa with 15 locations in Iowa, Nebraska, South Dakota and Minnesota.

Echo Group acquired Rogers Electric Supplies in November of 2006 forming Echo Electric Supply of Sioux City.

Echo’s new facility will allow the company to expand its automation and control, lighting design, electrical distribution and fastener products and services in their territories.

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State recognizes Sioux City for small business efforts KIRBY KAUFMAN

Business Journal staff writer

DES MOINES | At a conference last month, state leaders praised Sioux City for creating a positive environment for small businesses.

The city was honored with the 2016 Iowa Small Business Administration Community of the Year award during a luncheon as part of the Iowa Smart Conference in Des Moines on April 28. Sioux City is the second recipient of the award, which recognizes community efforts to support small business The city later was recognized by the Iowa SBA during its annual Small Business Week reception on May 6 in West Des Moines.

City Councilmen Dan Moore and Keith Radig, city economic development director Marty Dougherty, city economic development specialist Renae Billings and Ken Beekley, executive vice president of Siouxland Economic D e v e l o p - Billings ment Corp., represented the city at the Smart conference, co-sponsored by the Iowa Utility Association and Iowa Economic Development Authority.

“I think the award is a recognition of the city’s and our partners efforts over the past couple years to make a positive environment for small businesses and entrepreneurs,” Billings said.

She added the city provides small businesses with technical and educational assistance.

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From left, city economic development director Marty Dougherty, city economic development specialist Renae Billings, Councilman Keith Radig, Councilman Dan Moore and Ken Beekley, executive vice president of Siouxland Economic Development Corporation accept the 2016 Iowa SBA Small Business Community of the Year during a luncheon at the Smart conference in Des Moines Thursday.

The SBA cited the city’s small business initiatives such as Start-Up Sioux City, a collaborative effort between private and public interests to nurture and encourage entrepreneurship.

The city’s leveraging of federal, state and local government, higher education and community resources was also recognized for helping the city create an ideal small business culture.

“Due to our collaborative efforts and everything we have going on, we’ve really taken a leadership role in helping our entrepreneurs and our regional partners,” Billings said.

The group also recognized Sioux City’s leveraging of federal, state and local government, higher education and community resources.

“I think the award is a recognition of the city’s and our partners efforts over the past couple years to make a positive environment for small businesses and entrepreneurs.”

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Filling in the g a p

Big financial boost to allow Sioux City to complete riverfront trail along Interstate 29

BRET HAYWORTH

Business Journal staff writer

SIOUX CITY | With a big financial boost in May, enough money has arrived to make a connected recreational trail along the Missouri River for walkers, runners and bicyclists.

The upcoming trail link will eliminate a frustrating three-mile gap between two riverfront trails, the Chautauqua Park trail to the south and Chris Larsen Park trail to the northwest. Those trails run in the space between the river

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and Interstate 29.

Sioux City Parks and Recreation Department Director Matt Salvatore has said the connector will be built by 2019 at the latest, depending upon financing coming completely. If all the needed $2.9 million is made available this year, the work could be done in 2017. All but about $300,000 has been pinpointed, after Missouri River Historical Development, Inc. on May 13, presented a $1.25 million Development Grant to the

city of Sioux City.

That adds to $1.3 million set aside through the federal Transportation Alternative Program, as allocated by the Siouxland Interstate Metropolitan Planning Council Policy Board.

The MRHD grant will boost funding for qualityof-life projects, chiefly completion of Sioux City’s trail-system segment along I-29. “Quality-of-life enhancements are key to economic and workforce

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A bike self repair stand is shown at Chris Larsen Park on May 13.

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A map of the Chris Larsen Park trail system is seen in this photo on May 13.

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People walk the trail at Chris Larsen Park in Sioux City on May 13. With a big financial boost in May, enough money has arrived to make a connected recreational trail along the Missouri River for walkers, runners and bicyclists.

d eve l o p m e n t ,” M R H D President Mark Monson said.

“Sioux City has the beginnings of a world-class trail system. MRHD wants to assist in the development of that system.”

Trails in Sioux City first arrived in the early 1990s, and the Chris Larsen Park riverfront trail arrived ahead of the Chautauqua trail.

T h e c o n n e c to r f o r the two trails will require bridges over the Floyd Channel and Floyd

River. Once that connector is done, people will be able to travel nine miles from Chautauqua Park to the city’s aquatic center at Riverside Park.

“The beauty and atmosphere of being near the river, when you are running or biking, adds a lot to the trail,” Salvatore said.

The $1.25 million grant award to the City of Sioux City brings MRHD’s total contribution to non-profit organizations and governmental entities to more than $26 million since

1994.

The trail financing news comes during a frustrating year for people on city trails and streets. A season of I-29 reconstruction and other work has made usage of the riverfront trail possible only in separated chunks.

“Unfortunately, there will be limited access to the riverfront trail for parts of the summer. Crews will be working hard to bring the trail back as soon as possible,” Salvatore said.

Additionally, Siouxland

Justin Wan, Sioux City Journal

Kevin Buhr of Lincoln, Nebraska. walks the trail at Chris Larsen Park in Sioux City on May 13.

Trails Foundation Director Bob DeSmidt, of Sioux City, said he’s also concerned streets where cyclists often ride are also impacted by 2016 construction.

He cited the intersection of Cunningham Drive and Transit Avenue, and eastwest Morningside Avenue will soon have closed lanes near Lakeport Street. DeSmidt said Morningside Avenue is a key route for people to reach wellused county roads east of the city.

“Sioux City has the beginnings of a world-class trail system.

MRHD wants to assist in the development of that system.”

Mark Monson, Missouri River Historical Development President

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Practice smart computer, office WorkSmart ergonomics How many of you, would like more energy throughout your workday? How about less joint stiffness or pain in your lower back, neck, shoulders, wrists, or knees?

Would you enjoy life more without the hassle of daily headaches or lower back pain that may be presenting you with challenges?

Stay tuned if you answered yes to one or more of these questions. This article will empower you, your coworkers, and family to set up a computer workstation or laptop following Working Smart ergonomic principles.

In addition, it will help you stay away from the most common awkward postures and forces that may lead to many of the signs and symptoms of musculoskeletal pain and dysfunction.

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Workers who received an ergonomic adjustable chair and office ergonomics training had significantly reduced musculoskeletal pain and discomfort throughout the workday. It also improved productivity compared to workers who received only ergonomics training as well as compared with the control group.

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Utilizing the researchbased and real-world ergonomic principles for computer workstation and laptop ergonomics daily will help improve your energy level, reduce muscle and joint stiffness and pain.

Sitting posture habits, chair adjustability and proper set-up of your chair and computer workstation or laptop affect your musculoskeletal health and daily quality of life. This information will leave you empowered to take the WorkSmart approaches discussed in this article and make it a lifestyle at work, at home, and at play.

WorkSmart Principles – Keep feet flat on the

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floor or footrest while sitting for most of the workday instead of crossing your legs, sitting on your feet, or pulling your legs back underneath your chair. These postures increase the risks for stiffness and pain of knees, lower back, hips, and shoulders.

– Make sure you know how to adjust all parts of your chair: Back rest height and angle and seat pan angle should vary between neutral and slightly tipped forward.

Have your chair adjusted correctly - hips slightly higher than knees and vary this slightly throughout the day for posture variety.

Slightly tipped forward to neutral is best for your body while sitting or driving.

– When using your smartphone, tablet, or laptop beware of the awkward and high force forward head posture (FHP) habit greater than 30 degrees. This awkward and high force posture habit is a leading musculoskeletal disorders (MSD), risk factor for headaches, tendonitis of the shoulders, elbows, wrists, or thumbs, tennis elbow, blackberry thumb (DeQuervain’s Tenosynovitis), and even carpal tunnel syndrome overtime.

– Use upper extremity weight bearing support (for forearms—lightly) when typing or using the mouse.

You may use the tabletop/ keyboard tray/and or armrests of chair to accomplish this, which greatly reduces forces and stress to your upper back, shoulders, and neck.

– Know how to properly adjust your keyboard tray from neutral to slightly tipped away from you. This

reduces awkward postures and forces to your wrists, elbows, and forearms when using your mouse or typing.

– Keep elbows close to your sides when typing or using the mouse to reduce neck, shoulder and upper back stiffness and pain risks.

It will also reduce elbow, wrist and hand fatigue and risks for MSD/ cumulative trauma disorders (CTDs). It is highly recommended to use an external mouse when using a laptop and not using your fingertips (pinch postures) for prolonged periods of time, more than two to four hours per day.

– Have your monitor directly in front of you and the top line of your monitor at or just below eye level, and approximately an arm’s length away from your body.

You will need to have your monitor much lower and likely closer if you use bi or tri-focals so you can avoid having to frequently extend and flex your head.

– Tip your monitor slightly back and away from you.

This makes it easier to read and less stressful to your eyes natural reading angle.

– Use a document holder to avoid forward head and shoulder posture and leaning your trunk forward or towards the right or left side when typing. This avoids awkward trunk or lower back, neck, and shoulder postures. Position your document holder between your keyboard and monitor if possible.

– Avoid awkward reaching for your mouse, keyboard, phone, calculator, and paperwork. Try to limit the fully extending arms awkward shoulder posture.

– Avoid awkward “pinching” postures (flexed thumb and pinky, with extended fingers and wrist, the “KUNG FU” awkward posture) to operate your mouse.

WorkSmart and allow your whole hand to rest over the

top of your mouse. Make sure mouse is correct size for your hand.

– When texting, use both hands and thumbs instead of holding phone with only hand and thumb. This WorkSmart posture habit will greatly reduce muscle fatigue and MSD risks to your elbows, wrists, and thumbs.

– Laptop and paperwork ergonomics use a two to three inch three ring binder with your work propped back towards you to keep your body more upright and in a better posture. You also need to take more frequent breaks every 30 to 60 minutes when using a laptop to stretch, walk around, and breathe. Also perform one to three WorkSmart stretches to reduce stiffness and pain, improve energy level, and improve

quality of life.

– If using a laptop for most of your computer work purchase a monitor riser and an external keyboard and mouse along with a document holder to keep your paperwork between your keyboard and monitor.

– Avoid propping the phone between your neck and shoulder key contributor to headaches, shoulder, elbow, wrist and hand pain, stiffness or numbness and tingling into your fingers and hands. Use speaker phone, get headset, or hands free device for your cell phone.

– Stand, Stretch and Move at least every hour for one to three minutes. Your body is worth the effort and attention! This is especially true for those who use laptops or tablets, or for those workers

who spend most of their workday sitting at a computer workstation.

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Hearing loss caused by loud noises is completely preventable Most all of us have experienced loud noise at some point in our life but have you thought about the consequences? Any sound can damage your hearing if it is loud enough. This includes loud noise on the job, as well as loud sounds in every day life, such as loud music, power tools or hunting. The louder the noise and the longer you are exposed to it, the more damage it can do.

Hearing loss from noise exposure is permanent and irreversible but completely preventable. Hearing protection should be worn in the workplace and at home when you are around loud noise.

Some ways to know if noise is too loud is: – If you have trouble understanding normal conversation with someone two feet away.

– If you have prolonged ringing or other noises after

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leaving a noisy area.

– If you have difficulty hearing speech, television, etc. for a few hours after being in noise.

Many people experience “ringing in the ears” or tinnitus which is often described as buzzing, ringing, hissing, humming, roaring or whistling that someone hears. More that 50 million people in the U.S. have this condition, according to the American Tinnitus Association.

According to Medline Plus, people with severe tinnitus may have trouble hearing, working or even sleeping.

Causes of tinnitus include hearing loss, exposure to loud noises (a predominant cause of tinnitus is long-term exposure to high sound levels, though it can also be caused by short term exposure to very high sound levels, such as gunshots) or medicines you may be taking for a different problem.

Tinnitus may also be a symptom of other health problems, such as allergies, high or low blood pressure, tumors and problems with the heart, blood vessels, jaw and neck.

If you struggle with Tinnitus, you may find help with these tips from Neuromonics: – Be good to yourself. Tinnitus can affect many areas of life.

– Educate yourself. Tinnitus has several causes and affects each person differently.

The more a tinnitus sufferer

understands, the greater the chances of making the tinnitus less bothersome.

– Educate others. Family members, friends, coworkers, and associates can benefit from understanding Tinnitus and its effects. They can be more supportive if they understand the conditions that are difficult for a Tinnitus sufferer.

– Seek out support. A few individuals who understand the daily trials of Tinnitus can be invaluable. Consider a formal support group—in person or online—to find out coping strategies.

– Contact the ATA’s Support Network www.ata.org/ support.

-· Obtain counseling. For some people, a licensed therapist or counselor can help with techniques to make Tinnitus symptoms less bothersome and with effects of tinnitus such as anxiety or

depression.

The best way to protect your hearing is to wear hearing protection. The best hearing protection device is the one you will wear correctly the entire time you’re exposed to excessive noise.

Whether you choose earplugs or earmuffs, look for something that offers an airtight seal.

You should have your hearing tested if you notice a change in your hearing.

If you have sudden loss of hearing you should contact your doctor immediately.

Some hearing loss is normal as we get older. You may start to notice a change after age 50.

So turn down the volume on those headphones (remind your children to do this) and lower the volume on your stereo and TV. When mowing the lawn, don’t forget the ear muffs or ear plugs.

If you are around frequent loud noise, have you hearing checked annually. A hearing test can detect mild hearing loss before the damage is obvious or disabling.

Just a reminder, there is no cure for hearing loss caused by noise. Check with your employer if you feel that you are around loud noise at work. Many companies offer hearing testing to employees who are exposed to loud noise. I have personally conducted many hearing tests and it is always a pleasure to tell someone they have excellent hearing, but then I remind them on how to keep their hearing as good as possible. Be safe in all you do.

Deb Twyford is a RN and Worksite Wellness Coordinator at Mercy Business Health Services. Contact her at 712274-4334 or twyfordd@mercyhealth.com

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Cory Albers -F&M Bank Dr. Aaron Althaus -TriState Specialists LLP Sue Bartholomaus -Mercy Medical Center - Sioux City Barry Beck -Electric Innovations Aaron Beutler -United Way Matthew Billings -Billings and Company, Inc. M i c h e l l e Bos t i n e l os -SIMPCO Craig Bryan -Pierce Street Same Day Surgery Dave Carney -City of Sioux City Eddie Carpenter -Dakota Dunes Country Club David Cary -Seaboard Triumph Foods, LLC Ted Cherry -City of North Sioux City Aimee Crouch -Centerplate Sioux City Debbie Currier -Special Troopers Adaptive Riding

School (STARS Inc) Breanne Demers -Gunderson’s Jewelers Megan Dickinson -Marina Inn Conference Center Dr. Michael Doarn -TriState Specialists LLP Julie Dorn -Special Troopers Adaptive Riding School (STARS Inc) Carolyn Ellwanger -Briar Cliff University Bob Giese -Flatwater Metals Taylor Goodvin -Taxpayer’s Research Council Dr. Fayaz Hakim -Mercy Medical Center - Sioux City David Harris -Security National Bank Joel Jarman -L & L Builders Co Irving Jensen -Seaboard Triumph Foods, LLC Jonathan Jundt -PREMIER Bankcard Kari Kellen -Sioux City Public Schools Foundation Kurt Kindschuh -185th Air Refueling Wing/Iowa Air

National Guard Susan Kloostra -City of North Sioux City Angela Lias -Stoney Creek Hotel & Conference Center Mike McCarthy -Mercy Medical Center - Sioux City Ryan Meyer -Wells Enterprises Inc. Curt Miller -SIMPCO Casey Mills -Mills-Shellhammer-Puetz & Associates Rick Moore -MidAmerican Energy Company Tracy Morris -The Andersons Nutra-Flo Athena Niño -Famous Dave’s Crystal Oberle -Midlands Clinic PC Chris Oehler -CHS Paige Petersen -No. Sioux City Economic Dev. Corp.

Lila Plambeck -Stoney Creek Hotel & Conference Center Mark Porter -Seaboard Triumph Foods, LLC

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SIOUX CITY | Buy Fresh Buy Local – Siouxland, the non-profit organizer of the Sioux City Farmers Market, has named Rebecca (Becky) Kempers as the Farmers Market manager.

Kempers is a graduate of South Dakota State University with a bachelor of ccience degree in family and consumer affairs and a minor in business. Additionally, Kempers has an associate degree from Western Iowa Tech Community College in graphic design.

Kempers, a rural Kingsley area native, will be on site every Wednesday and Saturday through the end of October.

She replaces Stacy Orndorff, who has been manager for the past two years. Orndorff will return to the Farmers Market as a vendor with the Java Hub Jr. coffee wagon.

For more information about the Sioux City Farmers Market, visit farmersmarketsiouxcity.com.

Mercy names nursing services manager SIOUX CITY | Mercy Medical Center – Sioux City has announced the appointment of Jacob Trierweiler as manager of Nursing Services/ Oncology.

Trierweiler acquired his degree in nursing from Briar

Cliff University. He has worked for a number of years in Nursing Services.

I n h i s Trierweiler position, he will direct all aspects of Mercy’s Nursing Services as well as the Oncology unit and associated programs.

Hospice of Siouxland adds new positions SIOUX CITY | Hospice of Siouxland recently added two positions of “clinical nurse liaison” to be assigned to the two Sioux City hospitals, and a position of “hospice health care consultant” who will work with local and regional nursing homes, assisted living facilities and medical clinics.

S u sa n Morgensen will be clinic a l n u rs e l i a i so n a t Mercy Medical Center – Sioux City, Morgensen and Nancy Burkhart will be clinic a l n u rs e l i a i so n a t UnityPoint Health – St. Luke’s. They Burkhart

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SIOUX CITY | Mari Kaptain-Dahlen, CEO of Siouxland Community Health Center, has announced her executive committee team along with two new members of the board of directors.

Joining the board is Dr. Jeffrey Dean of Oral Surgery Associates in Dakota Dunes, and Jennifer Bravante Burkhart, an employee of the U.S. Postal Service and consumer member of the board.

Chairing the comm i t te e i s David Olson, senior vice president of F&M Bank Olson in South Sioux CityVice chair is Andrea Buckley, staff attorney for Iowa Legal Aid. Secretary of the executive committee is Jennifer Gomez, director of student services and equity education for Sioux City Community Schools.

UnityPoint Health – St. Luke’s senior vice president of physician services and network development, Chad Markham, serves as the member at large.

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Chairwoman Nancy Metcalf fills the ex-officio role on the committee.

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Morningside faculty Bass was one of 149 compresent at conference mercial real estate professionals nationally who SIOUX CITY | earned the designation by Morningside College facpassing the institute’s com- ulty members recently prehensive exam on April presented at the Confer5. The group hails from 38 ence on College ComposiU.S. states, Washington tion and Communication D.C. and several provinces in Houston. in Canada.

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In addition, Werden created a video to welcome newcomers to the convention. The video aired on the National Council of Teachers of English website.

About 3,000 people attended this year’s Conference on College Composition and Communication.

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will work with physicians and hospital personnel and serve as case manager to hospice inpatient care.

Ann Myers is the hospice health care consultant, coordinating palliative and hospice services with physicians and Myers local nursing homes and assisted living facilities.

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SIOUX CITY | After 16 years in the Historic Fourth Street District, Awesome Biker Nights is moving to the Hard Rock Hotel & Casino.

Brian Hall, the chairman of the event’s board of directors, said the Hard Rock, at 111 Third St., will lend its main stage concert venue for the rally, which is typically held on the third weekend of June.

Fifth and Pearl streets north and east of the casino will be devoted to motorcycle and pedestrian traffic for the 2016 rally. All major concerts will be held at Hard Rock’s Battery Park venue June 16-18.

In This Moment and Pop Evil will headline the Awesome Biker Nights concert on June 17 while Cheap Trick featuring Edgar Winter will perform June 18.

Businesses near the Hard Rock had been approached about participating in the rally.

“This event will bring thousands of people to our great city,” Todd Moyer, general manager

husband, Paul, live in South Sioux City and have five children and two grandchildren.

She has worked at Hospice of Siouxland since 2013, with previous experience at Cedar Valley Hospice in Waterloo, Iowa (eight years), the surgery department at Covenant Medical Center in Waterloo (three years), and ICU at Mercy Medical Center – Sioux City (22 years).

Burkhart and her husband, Dan, enjoy life on the farm and have three grown children. For the past 22 years

she has worked in several different roles at Hospice of Siouxland, with previous experience as an RN on the urology/postsurgical floor at St. Luke’s.

Myers and her husband, Dan, are lifelong residents of Sioux City and have five grown children. They were co-owners/operators of long-term care facilities in northwest Iowa and southeast Nebraska for the past 15 years. Prior to that she was an RN with Mercy Homecare.

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Karah Linn, from Omaha, Neb., performs stunts with other members of Deranged Freestyle during Awesome Biker Nights June 19 in Sioux City. Some businesses along the event’s venue say their business soars during the three-day event.

of the Hard Rock, said in February.

Last year, an estimated 25,000 people attended the rally that benefits local charities.

Leckband predicted the event will be able to donate more money to charities

with the larger venue.

“I think it’s going to be the biggest show we’ve had to date,” he said.

This year, Awesome Biker Nights will feature three stages of live music, a poker run and tournament, and a bike show and raffle.

Mark Porter -Seaboard Triumph Foods, LLC Dr. Marysz Rames -Wayne State College Jodi Ricklefs -Mercy Medical Center - Sioux City Hallie Salmen -Sunrise Retirement Community Matthew Salvatore -City of Sioux City, Parks & Rec Linda Santi -Siouxland Center for Active Generations Molly Schooley -Midlands Clinic PC Jason Seitzinger -Electric Innovations Mark Simms -City of

Sioux City Maria Slaughter -Electric Innovations Jane Stanley -Integration Physical Therapy Scott Steinke -The Andersons Inc. Jessica Stevenson -The Andersons Incl Beau Sudtelgte -Briar Cliff University Colin Tague Security -National Bank Mandi Thompson -Kryger Glass Ellen Tolsma -Heidman Law Firm

Jeremy Uhl -Security National Bank Jessica Uhlenkamp -Heidman Law Firm Shannon Vornhagen -Thompson Electric Company Ellen Wengert -Midlands Clinic PC Dr. Matthew Steele -TriState Specialists LLP Karrie King -Western Iowa Tech Community College Dr. Rene Lohr -Siouxland Women’s Health Care Kevin Sweet -Hard Rock Hotel & Casino Sioux City

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