Siouxland Business Journal September 2012

Vol. 21 No. 6 PO Box 118, Sioux City, Iowa 51102

September 2012

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Index Business Know How ........................................ page 17

Home & Office ..................................................page 15

Business People ...............................................page 18

On the move ......................................................page 11

Chamber anniversaries ...................................page 19

Ribbon cuttings ............................................... page 22

Chamber investors...........................................page 19

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Ho-Chunk purchases Terra Centre 10-story tower to be renamed for Ho-Chunk

BY DAVE DREESZEN

Business Journal editor

SIOUX CITY | Ho-Chunk Inc. has acquired a majority stake in the Terra Centre, which will be renamed for the Winnebago Tribe’s economic development division.

“We just bought the largest building in Sioux City,” Ho-Chunk CEO Lance Morgan told an audience in Lincoln, Neb., Wednesday. “Basically, that’s going to be called the Ho-Chunk Centre.”

“We’re not even moving in,” Morgan added. “We’re just putting our name on the

top of it because we think it’s gonna be cool.”

Ho-Chunk is purchasing the iconic glass-clad office building at 600 Fourth St. in partnership with the Sioux Falls-based real estate and development firm Dunham Co. and other investors.

Earlier earlier this month, Dunham announced the sale, but did not identify Ho-Chunk as the majority owner.

Morgan told the Lincoln audience Ho-Chunk’s partners in the Terra deal also include the Prairie Band Potawatomi Nation of Kansas, which owns a casino and resort just north of Topeka.

The 155,486-square-foot office building, constructed in 1983, was formerly the headquarters for Terra Industries, which was purchased by rival fertilizer

Jerry Mennenga, Sioux City Journal file

The Terra Centre in downtown Sioux City is shown in 2009.

The building is being sold.

maker CF Industries in a hostile takeover in 2010.

Deerfield, Ill.-based CF put the Terra Centre on the market in March 2011.

The Ho-Chunk-led group is buying the 10-story tower owned by CF, as well as a connected twostory atrium, owned by

Kraus-Anderson, a Twin Cities-based commercial real estate firm.

Terms of the sale, which is expected to close Sept.

26, were not disclosed. The property and land have a taxable value of about $7.5 million, county records show.

Morgan said the purchase has been in the works for several months.

“It really came about because of our growing presence in Siouxland as a major employer and because we do so much business everyday with Sioux City and other Iowa businesses,” he said in a statement Thursday.

Ho-Chunk, headquartered in Winnebago, Neb., said the purchase is part of its ongoing investment strategy in Siouxland. Earlier this year, the corporation

acquired the former Atokad Park property in South Sioux City. Ho-Chunk also plans to submit a proposal for a casino and entertainment complex in downtown Sioux City.

Launched in 1994 to create jobs for tribal members and help the tribe become economically self sufficient, Ho-Chunk has grown into a global enterprise with $230 million in annual revenue.

The corporation, which employs more than 1,000 people in 11 states and five foreign companies, owns a diverse portfolio of 26 companies in the information technology, professional services, construction, distribution and manufacturing industries.

Lincoln Journal-Star reporter Kevin Abourezk contributed to this story.

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Study: Housing key to revitalized downtown

city must also target young professionals, push for casino

By Lynn ZerschLing

Business Journal staff writer

SIOUX CITY | A new report about the condition of downtown urges city officials to expand market-rate housing and foster more business opportunities for young professionals.

The 80-page study, written by the Washington, D.C.-based International Economic Development Council, suggests that the city has the opportunity to turn downtown “into a p re m i e r walkable and cote livable urban place that effectively mixes commercial and residential land uses to provide a unique lifestyle.” It also says a land-based casino would provide momentum to transform the community.

The city and business group Downtown Partners commissioned the $80,000 analysis. The city and Downtown Partners each contributed $15,000, M i d A m e r i c a n E n e rg y Co. paid $10,000, and a $40,000 federal grant covered the rest of the cost.

The results will help officials develop more ways to revive the area and communicate plans with property owners, said Downtown Partners Executive Director Ragen Cote.

“Changing the perception of downtown is difficult,” she said. “This helps.”

Recommendations include:

jim lee, sioux city journal file

real estate agent Kevin archer is shown in the united center at third and jones streets in sioux city in February. the building – a former warehouse turned into residences and offices – is cited in a new report outlining ways to improve downtown sioux city.

Housing: Capitalize on historic buildings by encouraging owners to turn underutilized spaces into residential units, especially on Historic Fourth Street, south of Third Street and on the west side of downtown.

The report estimates that there is demand for as many as 100 units in downtown, which could increase to 220 if the area was “positioned as a more family-friendly, neighborhood-oriented environment.”

The document specifically points to the United Center, a 1904 warehouse at 302 Jones St. that has been converted into offices and housing.

Business: Strengthen partnerships with Small

Business Development Centers and examine additional incentives to fill empty spaces, such as tax breaks. Consider subdividing vacant Bomgaars store at Third and Douglas streets to create storefronts for small businesses.

Also, encourage the creation of more affordable office space and ways to attract young professionals, who “are typically willing to pay more for the conveniences and lifestyle amenities associated with urban living.”

Amenities: Foster the creation of more green space, gallery spaces, retail and parking for downtown residents, workers and visitors.

Casino: Lead the dialogue about a downtown gaming venue to replace the Argosy Casino riverboat.

The Iowa Racing and Gaming Commission is accepting applications for a landbased venue in Woodbury County.

The project “should be viewed as an anchor to support other existing and future businesses,” according to the evaluation.

Education: Create a central college center for schools of higher learning to hold classes, drawing young people into the area.

Marketing: Work with downtown stakeholders to position the community as

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Study: Housing key to revitalized downtown FROM PAGE 5 a vibrant hub of activity.

Aggressively market the neighborhood to potential investors.

The analysis was culled from comments made during a community meeting and observations by several economic development professionals who visited for three days in March.

The document does not include specifics about how to fund projects.

Rather, the report is intended to serve as Scott a s ta r t i n g point to future discussions about plans, Mayor Bob Scott said.

Scott said making downtown attractive to entrepreneurs and young business

Jim Lee, Sioux City Journal file

The former Bomgaars store at Third and Douglas streets in downtown Sioux City is shown in December. A new downtown study says the space could be turned into a business center.

owners is key, as well as removing obstacles in getting buildings rehabbed and business permits granted.

The report comes as talks

continue about the casino project, which could bring hundreds of jobs downtown. At least three groups have expressed interest.

City officials have repeatedly said they want the new facility in the urban center.

Scott on Friday said he is “reasonably confident that

Tracking the news WHAT HAPPENED: A Washington, D.C., consulting firm, International Economic Development Council, was hired to perform an analysis of the strengths and weaknesses of downtown Sioux City. The city and business group Downtown Partners each paid $15,000, MidAmerican Energy Co. paid $10,000, and a $40,000 federal grant was used to cover costs.

WHAT’S NEW: The study and recommendations were recently presented to the City Council.

WHAT’S NEXT: City officials, business owners and other groups plan to use the findings to develop plans for downtown growth.

a casino will be located in downtown Sioux City.”

Dow n tow n Pa r t n e rs board President Jim Wharton said t h e s t u dy wa s co m missioned before the possibility of a land-based casino was Wharton raised, but the timing is ideal. He said it’s an opportunity to position the central city for the future.

“This could really do to our downtown what we may never have the opportunity to do again,” he said.

Wharton said officials for the city, Downtown Partners and other groups plan to meet and develop a plan for goals and initiatives soon. A list should be ready within four months, he said.

“We know there are some

things we need to do,” he said, adding later, “We’re anxious to get going.”

– City Editor Chris Coates contributed to this report.

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SIOUX CITY | A report set for release Monday about the condition of downtown urges city officials to expand marketrate housing and foster more business opportunities for young professionals.

Tracking the news JOURNAL EXCLUSIVE Cote The 80-page study, written by the Washington, D.C.-based International Economic Development Council, suggests that the city has the opportunity to turn downtown “into a premier walkable and livable urban place that effectively mixes commercial and

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residential land uses to provide a unique lifestyle.”

It also says a land-based casino would provide momentum to transform the community.

The city and business group Downtown Partners commissioned the $80,000 analysis. The city

WHAT HAPPENED: A Washington, D.C., consulting firm, International Economic Development Council, was hired to perform an analysis of the strengths and weaknesses of downtown Sioux City. The city and business group Downtown Partners each paid $15,000, MidAmerican Energy Co. paid $10,000, and a $40,000 federal grant was used to cover costs.

WHAT’S NEW: The study is being presented to the City Council on Monday.

WHAT’S NEXT: City officials, business owners and other groups plan to use the findings to develop plans for downtown growth.

and Downtown Partners each contributed $15,000, MidAmerican Energy Co. paid $10,000, and a $40,000 federal grant

covered the rest of the cost.

The results will help officials develop more ways to revive the area

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and communicate plans with property owners, said Downtown Partners Executive Director Ragen Cote.

“Changing the perception of downtown is difficult,” she said. “This helps.”

Recommendations include: HOUSING: Capitalize on historic buildings by encouraging owners to turn underutilized spaces into residential units, especially on Historic Fourth Street, south of Third

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King, Vilsack spar over health care Candidates debate for second time at Clay County Fair

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VERMILLION, S.D. | South Dakota 41, Minnesota 38.

That victory over one of the “big boys” from a major conference in 2010 paid huge dividends for the University of South Dakota football program. It gave the Coyote athletic department, then Abbott transitioning from the NCAA’s Division II to Division I, proof that USD could compete against higher-profile universities.

It also showed the potential payoff the move to Division I might provide.

“The year we beat Minnesota, applications from kids from the state of Minnesota increased,” said university

University of South Dakota Athletic Director David Sayler is shown at the DakotaDome in Vermillion on Wednesday. The school’s transition to NCAA Division 1 has brought additional costs – and rewards.

President James Abbott.

The enrollment of just one of those applicants would equal some $15,000 in tuition, room and board, books and fees annually for USD. Earlier this month, South Dakota became a full Division I member, completing a process begun in late 2006.

That decision resulted in significant costs to the university and its athletic department. It has also led to greater revenues, which are

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expected to increase as the school begins to reap the full benefits of belonging to the NCAA’s top tier of colleges and universities. (Football will compete at the Football Championship Subdivision, formerly called Division I-AA, a step below major players like Iowa and Nebraska, but a step above former Division II foes such as Augustana College in Sioux Falls.)

FISCAL YEAR 2007 Athletic Department budget $4.7 million.

Athletic scholarships $1.1 million.

Recruiting budget $76,000.

Enrollment 9,243 students.

FISCAL YEAR 2013 Athletic Department budget $9.8 million.

Athletic scholarships $3.1 million.

Recruiting budget $235,000.

Enrollment 9,970 students.

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SPENCER, Iowa | U.S. Rep. Steve King, R-Kiron, and challenger Christie Vilsack clashed over health care reform during Saturday’s Clay County Fair debate.

King and Vilsack, who are running for the new 4th District seat in the U.S. House of Representatives, debated for an hour in a tightly timed event that followed the Iowa-Iowa State football game. The rivalry game didn’t stop a partisan crowd of more than 400 from filling the Clay County Regional Events Center.

K ing called for “the King full, 100 percent repeal of Obamacare,” the sale of health insurance across state lines, the full deductibility of all health insurance policies and a solution for lawsuit abuse.

Trial lawyers in defense of Vilsack medicine are costing about 5.5 percent – or about $208 billion a year, King said.

Vilsack said she wants to keep several elements of the health care reform bill, including the ability to keep children under the age of 26 on their parents’ policy.

She said she also wants to make sure that seniors have access to affordable prescription drugs and that people with preexisting conditions are covered by health

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beef products inc. lawyer dan Webb, left, speaks during a sept. 13 news conference where the dakota dunes-based company announced a $1.2 billion defamation suit against abc news and six individuals. bpi corporate administrator rich jochum is shown at the right.

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BPI Pushes Back agaInst aBc Dakota Dunes-based firm asks for $1.2B

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DAKOTA DUNES | Beef Products Inc. filed a defamation lawsuit against ABC News on Sept. 13, claiming the national news network engaged in a “vicious” monthlong misinformation campaign against the company and its signature beef trimmings that caused consumers to mistakenly

believe the product was unsafe and unhealthy.

The Dakota Dunes-based is asking for more than $1.2 billion.

The 257-page lawsuit, filed in Union County, S.D., Circuit Court, names American Broadcasting Companies Inc., ABC News Inc., “World News Tonight” anchor Diane Sawyer and news correspondents Jim

Avila and David Kerley as defendants.

The suit also names as defendants three BPI critics who were interviewed for the ABC stories – former U.S. Department of Agriculture officials Gerald Zirnstein and George Custer, and former BPI employee Kit Foshee.

The defendants denied the allegations.

BPI claims ABC made 200 false, misleading or defamatory statements in 11 on-air broadcasts and 14 online stories between March 7 and April 3, that ignited a consumer backlash and led to the loss of 80 percent of the previously thriving company’s sales.

The network’s action,

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Pizza Ranch to build in Sioux City

BY DAVE DREESZEN

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Owners of the new Sioux City Pizza Ranch are shown at the construction site at the intersection of Outer Drive and Floyd Boulevard on Sept. 12. From left is Jarrod DeGeorgia, Brad Cleveringa and Tyler Sickles.

Pizza Ranch is returning to Sioux City.

T h e O r a n g e C i t y, Iowa, chain recently announced plans to build a 5,600-square-foot restaurant at Outer Drive and Floyd Boulevard. The restaurant will be the first business to locate on a 29acre tract of city-owned land.

The site was developed as part of the Outer Drive Extension, which linked Floyd with Lewis Boulevard. The $35 million project included a bridge over the Floyd River and the relocation of two railroad tracks, including the Union Pacific line that formerly ran through the new Pizza Ranch site.

At a Sept. 12 news conference, city officials predicted Pizza Ranch’s investment

would spur additional commercial development at the site, which has been named the Northern Valley Crossing.

“This is the start of some very exciting things that are going to occur on this s p o t ove r Eckert the next few years,” City Manager Paul Eckert said.

“It was important to have a pioneer like Pizza Ranch because the land is way too valuable not to be put to use,” Mayor B o b Sc o t t added.

T h e n ew Sioux City franchise will be owned by Scott

Jarrod DeGeorgia, Brad Cleveringa and Tyler Sickles. They are involved with the only current metro area Pizza Ranch, located in the Pioneer Mall in Sergeant Bluff.

Pizza Ranch had a Sioux City location in the late 1980s and early 1990s that later closed.

“We’re excited to be back,” DeGeorgia said. “It’s about time.”

Construction on the Sioux City restaurant, which will seat about 224 people, is expected to begin this fall, with an opening anticipated for March or April, Cleveringa said.

Founded in 1981 in Hull, Iowa, Pizza Ranch has been opening new restaurants at a rapid pace in recent years. The chain currently has about 170 locations in 10 states.

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Lawsuit: BPI pushes back against ABC FROM PAGE 7 the company alleges, ignited a consumer backlash that dried up 80 percent of BPI’s sales of Lean Finely Textured Beef, forcing the family-owned company to close three of its four plants and lay off more than 700 workers, according to the civil suit.

Dan Webb, BPI’s Chicago-based attorney, said network journalists unfairly framed the issue.

The reporting “caused consumers to believe that our lean beef is not beef at all – that it’s an unhealthy pink slime, unsafe for public consumption, and that somehow it got hidden in the meat,” Webb said at a news conference at BPI’s Dakota Dunes headquarters.

According to BPI’s defamation lawsuit, the phrase “pink slime” was mentioned 130 times during the 28-day period in question.

Zirnstein has been credited with coining the term in a 2002 email.

During the same period, other national news organizations also published stories that portrayed the beef product in an unflattering light, fueling a

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m e d i a f i re s to r m t h a t quickly spread to social media sites.

Asked why ABC was singled out for litigation, Dan Webb, responded: BPI “is a responsible company.

We’re not going to go out and sue everybody under the sun that says something about our product we don’t like. The only reason we sued ABC is because they made a choice to turn this into this sustained, longrunning repetitive conduct that devastated the product in the marketplace.”

Webb, a famed Chicago attorney and former U.S. attorney who served as a special prosecutor during the Iran-Contra affair in the 1980s, and has represented business giants such as Microsoft and Philip Morris, described the defamation case as “unparalleled in American history.”

“This misinformation campaign wa s a c tually started

by ABC a f t e r they had b e e n given s u b s ta n t i a l information that showed the

statements were false and misleading and defamatory and they did it anyway,” he said.

The suit said the network improperly interfered with BPI’s relationship with its customers.

Webb said ABC created a “blacklist” of supermarkets and other retailers that sold ground beef that contains LFTB. Under pressure from worried consumers who watched the broadcasts, many of those outlets dropped the product, he said.

BPI’s lean trimmings, which were found in as much as 70 percent of the nation’s ground beef, is made from fatty trimmings from steaks, roasts or other cuts of beef. The bits of lean meat are heated and separated from the fat with a centrifuge before being treated with small amounts of ammonium hydroxide gas to kill E. coli and other potentially deadly pathogens.

“For more than 30 years, our family has built and operated companies that are committed to providing consumers with wholesome, safe and nutritious lean beef,” BPI CEO and founder Eldon Roth said in a statement. “The blatantly false and disparaging

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statements made about our lean beef have done more than hurt my family and our companies; they have jeopardized the future of our employees and their families.”

After the controversy erupted, BPI’s sales of LFTB plummeted from 5 million pounds per week to less than 2 million pounds per week, forcing the company to close its plants in Garden City, Kan., Waterloo, Iowa, and Amarillo, Texas.

The only plant still open, in South Sioux City, is operating at greatly reduced hours and production levels.

BPI estimates defendants’ actions will cost the privately-held company more than $400 million in profits over the next five years. By filing its defamation suit in South Dakota, one of just 13 states with so-called food product disparagement laws, a jury could award actual and consequential damages three times that amount.

BPI is also seeking unspecified punitive damages, plus attorney fees and court costs.

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SIOUX CITY | Home sales in metro Sioux City surged nearly 24 percent last month, as near-record low mortgage interest rates gave more potential buyers an added incentive to enter the market.

Metro Realtors reported 166 sales in August, up 34 from the 143 sold in the same month in 2011.

The average sales price last month also climbed 7.5 percent, to $128,312, compared with $119,555 in August last year.

Mortgage interest rates dropped again this week, hovering near all-time lows, according to the Freddie Mac weekly primary mortgage market survey.

Ken Spies, president of the Greater Sioux City Board of Realtors, described

the year-toyear growth as “phenomenal.”

A year ago at this time, Spies noted, the lo- Spies cal housing market was still recovering from a summer of flooding along the Missouri River, which forced the evacuation of hundreds of residents in Dakota Dunes and other developments in Southeast South Dakota.

Spies said near-record low interest rates also are encouraging many area residents to enter the market, from first-time buyers to existing owners looking to upgrade.

“I think the public is much more educated on this now.

“They’re seeing this is a

once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to buy a home,” he said. “You can get a lot of house for the money right now.”

The interest rate on a 30year fixed-rate mortgage averaged 3.55 percent, according to this week’s Freddie Mac survey. A year ago, the average rate for the loan was 4.12 percent.

Last month’s housing sales were mixed in other cities and regions in Northwest Iowa, according to data from the Iowa Association of Realtors.

Sales jumped nearly 48 percent in the Iowa Great Lakes region, with the number of homes sold growing from 44 a year ago to 65 last month.

In the Storm Lake area, sales were down nearly 35 percent, as sales decreased from 43 to 18.

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OnTheMove Two faculty join Northeast center

Blanche takes on new Local radiology role at Mercy Medical group adds doctor

Northeast Community College announces the addition of two faculty who will teach at the College Center in South Sioux City.

Gary Bathurst of Sioux City has been hired as a fulltime mathematics instructor. He is a former math teacher and head math teacher for the Sioux City Comm u n i t y Schools.

He has also bathurst taught as an adjunct for Northeast at the College Center for the last four years.

Bathurst graduated from Jefferson (S.D.) High School and holds a bachelor of arts degree in geology and a master of arts degree in math from the University of South Dakota, Vermillion Renee Krusemark of Emerson, Neb. has been hired as a full-time English instructor. Krusemark has served as director of STRIDE Student Support Services at Wayne State College and Krusemark as a learning skills specialist for STRIDE, and served in military journalist/public affairs for the U.S. Marine Corps.

Krusemark is a graduate of Emerson-Hubbard High School, and has a bachelor in fine arts-theater arts degree from the University of Nebraska-Lincoln, a master of arts degree in English from National University, and is currently pursuing a doctorate in Interdisciplinary Leadership from Creighton University.

Mercy Medical Center – Sioux City has announced the appointment of Sharon Blanche to the position of director of special projects.

Blanche has been with Mercy blanche for 37 years and has most recently served as executive director of the Mercy Heart Center.

In her new role, Blanche will be responsible for working on high level strategic projects including growth, clinical quality and outcomes.

She will work closely with Mercy’s senior leadership team implementing and evaluating the impact of strategic initiatives.

The native of Canada obtained her R.N. from Humber College in Toronto, her B.S.N. from Morningside College and a masters of science in administrative studies from the University of South Dakota.

Mercy names physicial therapist Mark Hall has joined Mercy Home Care as a physical therapist.

Hall earned his masters in physical therapy from the University of South Da ko ta i n 1998. He has practiced in a variety of Hall settings over the last 14 years, including orthopedics, acute care and home health care. In 2007, he became a board certified clinical specialist in orthopedics.

He and his wife, Kristine, have a daughter and reside in Dakota Dunes.

promoted to laboratory director. He has been a board member and president of Dr. Kahled Hamada has the Friends of Sioux City joined the staff of Siouxland Public Library and most recently as president of Radiology Partners, the Headid Little League in operating at Sioux City.

Mercy Medical Center.

Hamada Health center adds co m e s to clinical pharmacist Siouxland Hamada from InDr. Mary Venteicher, dianapolis, Ind., where he a clinical pharmacist, has served in a number of roles joined the Siouxland at Indiana University.

H a m a d a ea r n e d h i s Community medical degree at Jordan Health CenUniversity of Science and ter.

Technology. He served an Ve n t e i internship at Jordan Hos- cher, a 2011 pital in Amman, Jordan. graduate of Venteicher Since 2008, he has been at the UniverIndiana University, where sity of Nebraska Medical he completed fellowships in Center College of PharmaNeuroradiology, Head and cy, completed her residency Neck Radiology, Pediatrics at the Salt Lake City VA PoRadiology, Nuclear Medi- catello Community Based cine and Musculoskeletal Outpatient Clinic.

Radiology.

Her educational accomplishments included the UNMC Dean’s List, the UNMC College of PharDistrict health Dean’s Pharmacy appoints deputy head macy Leadership Award, and the Tyler Brock has been Stephen A. Scholtz Memoappointed deputy public rial Award. health director for the Siouxland East choir director District now at Morningside Health Department.

Heath Weber, who led the award-winning choir B r o c k program at most recent- brock Sioux City ly wo rke d as the Laboratory Director East H igh for the Siouxland District School, has Health Department. He c o m e t o completed his BA through Morningside Augustana College in Sioux College to Falls, and the Medical Tech- l e a d t h e Weber nology Program at St. Lukes music and Health System in Sioux City. theatre departments as asHe received his Certificate sociate dean for the perin Public Health from the forming arts.

University of Iowa and is Weber led the choir proalso a Registered Medical gram at East from 2001 to 2011. Previously he taught Technologist.

Brock worked as a labo- in Sioux Falls and Bloomratory coordinator and mi- ington, Minn. During his 14 crobiologist before being years as a high school choir

director, his ensembles won over 20 grand champion titles at various competitions, with three of them being national titles.

Weber also has experience working with elementary, middle school and college students. Last year he taught at Unity Elementary School in Sioux City.

Weber has experience producing events such as “Siouxland Sings!” at the Orpheum Theatre and the annual show choir invitational at East High School.

He also has served as the music director for high school productions of “Bye Bye Birdie,” “Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat,” “Guys and Dolls,” and “The Music Man.” Weber has led students on national and international tours, and has performed himself as a soloist with Sioux City Rockestra, Sioux City Symphony Orchestra, Sioux Falls Master Singers and South Dakota Symphony Orchestra.

He has bachelor’s and master’s degrees from Augustana College, and a doctorate from the University of South Dakota.

Mercy names critical care nurse manager Lynett Kayl has been promoted to Post Critical Care Nurse Manager at Mercy Medical Center.

Kayl, who has been a part of the Mercy fam- Kayl ily of professionals for 26 years, has served in various cardiac areas including five years in intensive coronary care and 17 years as a cardiac rehab nurse educator and motivator. Over the last four years, she has been the Congestive

Heart Failure Case Manager, working with patients on symptoms and weight management skills.

Kayl received her RN diploma from St. Joseph School of Nursing and in May of this year completed her bachelor’s degree in nursing from Briar Cliff University.

She and husband John have been married for 34 years and have four children. She is a member of Immaculate Conception Parish.

Credit union names assistant manager Jason Curry has joined Midwest Community Credit Union as the assistant manager. He w i l l se rve under CEO and president Paddy Fr i e d r i c h - curry sen.

Curry has more than nine years experience in the banking industry with a wide array of responsibilities. He is involved in several different volunteer groups in the community.

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Storied Siouxlan businesses mak Region home to Twin Bings, Jolly Time, Blue Bunny and Coke

BY DAVE DREESZEN

Business Journal editor

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hat do Twin Bing candy bars, Jolly T ime popcorn, Blue Bunny ice cream and CocaCola soft drinks, all have in common?

Besides being tasty snacks and a refreshing beverage, all the products are made in Siouxland by family businesses that each span more than 95 years and multiple generations.

Here’s a brief look at the history of each of the iconic companies and their products.

PALMER CANDY CO.

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After fire destroyed the St. Joseph, Mich. home of Edward Cook (E.C.) Palmer in 1878, Palmer decided not to rebuild.

The adventurous entrepreneur opted instead to pack up his family and move to the fast-growing frontier town of Sioux City, where he purchased a wholesale grocery operation.

By the turn of century, the Palmers had diversified into the candy business, selling bulk and hard candy in wooden containers from the back of their fruit house.

The company quickly outgrew its quarters and in 1900 moved into a four-story building, which stood at 209 Douglas St, until a few years ago In 1969, the fruit business ended, allowing the Palmer family to concentrate solely on its candy business.

The roaring 20s marked the birth of the Bing, a chocolate and nutty candy bar that originally came in cherry,

Business Journal photo by Jim Lee

Palmer Candy Co. President Marty Palmer holds a Cherry Bing box from the 1930s as he checks the production line in this file photo. Palmer is the fifth generation to lead the Sioux City-based family business, which has produced candy since the late 1800s.

vanilla, maple and pineapple flavors.

The cherry flavor endured, and in 1968 Palmer added a second humb to create the now regionally famous Twin Bing.

The change came as candy companies nationwide were raising the prices of candy bars, which, because of the rising costs of ingredients, were becoming smaller and smaller so they could still be sold for five cents.

“Some clever person here, I don’t know who, came up with the idea you could put two together and make it a twin,” said Palmer Candy President Marty Palmer, the great-grandson of the company founder. “That was just natural. If you look at two of them, they look like twins.”

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nd family ke famous Each day, Palmer Candy makes an average of 40,000 Twin Bings at its Sioux City factory at 209 Douglas St. The bars are distributed throughout the upper Midwest from Interstate 35 in Iowa west to the Rocky Mountains.

There are no changes in store for the Twin Bing – name or recipe, Palmer said.

“You don’t mess with a formula that’s working well,” he said.

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2,500 people. More than 120 million gallons of ice cream are produced annually at its plant in St. George, Utah and its two plants in Le Mars, the self-proclaimed Ice Cream Capital of the World.

CHESTERMAN CO.

AMERICAN POP CORN CO.

In 1914, Cloid Smith and his son, Howard, harvested ears of popcorn at their farm near Odebolt, Iowa, and hauled the corn to Sioux City, where they shelled, cleaned and packaged the kernels in the basement of their home.

The new labor-intensive business led to the creation of Jolly Time, America’s oldest popcorn brand.

American Pop Corn Co., the Sioux Citybased maker of Jolly Time, played a key role in changing the type of popcorn consumers prefer.

In the 1920s, yellow popcorn was scarcer and therefore most costly than white kernels.

In the next decade, Jolly Time introduced yellow popcorn to moviegoers. As yellow popcorn prices became more competitive, consumers began switching to those kernels, which pop to a larger size their than white counterparts.

In the 1980s, Jolly Time achieved another milestone, introducing its first microwave popcorn, which allowed consumers to pop tasty, prepackaged corn in minutes.

Jolly Time today operates two microwave plants at its corporate complex along 41st Street in Leeds. The second plant was built two years ago to meet growing demand for Jolly Time’s Healthy Pop variety, which has been endorsed by Weight Watchers.

The expansion created 30 new jobs, increasing the company’s total employment to about 180.

Cousins Garry and Carlton Smith are the fourth generation of their family to run the business, which sells Jolly Time in all 50 states and around the globe.

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Garry, left, and Carlton Smith hold a few of the original containers of Jolly Time popcorn, in this file photo. Hanging on the wall behind them are portraits of their great grandfather Cloyd H. Smith, left, and grandfather Howard C. Smith, who started American Pop Corn Co., the makers of Jolly Time, in Sioux City in 1914.

WELLS ENTERPRISES

Following a severe drought in the summer of 1911, Fred Hooker Wells Jr. and his family decided to leave the farm they had homesteaded in South Dakota and return to their native Chicago.

En route, the family ran out of money and stopped in Le Mars, Iowa, where Wells startMike Wells ed raising hogs. After a cholera outbreak killed his herd, Wells turned to a different business.

In 1913, he purchased a horse, a delivery wagon and a few cans and jars from Le Mars dairy farmer Ray Bowers for $250.

The humble deal later gave birth to Wells Dairy, which started selling ice cream in the 1920s. In 1935, the Blue Bunny ice cream and frozen novelties.

As it prepares to celebrate its 100th

anniversary next year, the family business, now known as Wells Enterprises, has embarked on a strategic plan to become America’s top-selling ice cream brand. The privately-held company is exploring options to raise enough capital to achieve its goal of doubling its annual revenue over the next decade.

“We’re a solid No. 3 today with the vision to be No. 1,” Wells president and chief executive Mike Wells, the third generation to lead the company, said earlier this year.

Wells has about $1 billion, about half that of the two industry leaders, international food and nutrition conglomerates Nestle SA, whose ice cream brands include Edy’s, Haagen-Dazs and Nestle, and Unilever, whose brands include Good Humor, Breyers and Ben & Jerry’s.

Blue Bunny ice cream and frozen novelties are sold in all 50 states and several other countries. The company employs more than

In 1872, Cilo Chesterman started making his own sweetened soda water in the kitchen of his farmhouse near the eastern Iowa city of Dyersville, Iowa. Ten years later, he moved the business, a pioneer in the bottling industry, to the Northwest Iowa town of Le Mars.

By 1885, sales were growing so rapidly, that Clio moved the company again, settling in Sioux City, which offered superior railroad and shipping facilities.

In 1904, Chesterman took on a new product, Coca-Cola. The new brand didn’t sell well at first because the taste was totally different than most of the typical “flavors” of the day such as root beer, ginger ale, or sarsparilla. However, by 1942, all the other flavors were discontinued so the company could concentrate on bottling only Coca-Cola.

In the early 1940s, the next generation of Chestermans took over management of the company, with Cy B., along with his sister, aunt and other relatives managing the operations.

Cy B.’s son, Cy W., began his career in the 1970s and was elected president upon the death of his father in 1989.

Today, Cy W. and Karen Chesterman’s children, Cy Jr. and Jay, are involved in running the business, which today em- Cy W. ploys around 400 people at 10 Chesterman locations.

The Sioux City plant at 4700 S. Lewis Blvd. produces more than 10 million cases of soft drinks annually.

As consumer demand for bottled water began to grow in the early 1990s, Kandiyohi and Chippewa bottled water brands were added to the Chesterman product line through a new Minneapolis-based subsidiary, Premium Waters Inc. PWI is today one of the region’s largest bottled water companies.

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Saturday, September 22, 2012

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Hubbard, Neb., lake named after Dakota city man Conservationist spent 12 years working on project

By Nick Hytrek

Business Journal staff writer

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Vince and dorothy Kramper, of dakota city, are shown at the june groundbreaking for the papio-missouri river natural resources district reservoir and recreation area project near Hubbard, neb. the nrd’s board recently voted to name the lake for Vince Kramper.

DAKOTA CITY | A lake under construction near Hubbard, Neb., will bear the name of longtime Dakota City farmer and conservationist Vince Kramper.

The Papio-Missouri River Natural Resources District Board of Directors voted Thursday night to name the reservoir Kramper Lake, and the recreation area that will surround the lake was named Danish Alps Recreation Area.

“The board just thought it would be fitting to name the lake after him. He’s just been a very active conservationist in that part of the state for many, many years,” said Emmett Egr, NRD information and education coordinator.

Kramper said Friday he had no idea he’d be honored until he heard the resolution read at the meeting.

“I’m overwhelmed and humbled. I still can’t quite believe it. So many people worked on it, it doesn’t seem fair to name it after only one person,” said Kramper, who served 30 years on Natural Resources District boards and worked on this particular project for 12 years.

The Danish Alps name

was suggested by local landowners. The name recognizes the surrounding hilly terrain that is reminiscent of the Danish homeland of the immigrants who settled in the area.

Construction began earlier this summer on a dam on Jones Creek. That dam will create a 226-acre lake surrounded by more than 500 acres of park land. It will include campsites, fishing, no-wake boating and miles of hiking, biking and equestrian trails.

The $15 million project will also provide erosion and flood control.

Egr said the project remains on schedule to be open for public access in June 2015.

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by Ferris Skaff. During his first years the business was run with just one truck and himself. All the work was sold by night and installed during the day.

In the early 1940’s, Mr. Skaff manufactured a type of cellulose insulation with fire retardency properties. At first the product was called Skaff-O-Wool but was later renamed Thermal Wool.

On January 1, 1949, James M. Yanney, son-in-law of Ferris, joined the company.

At that time, the business had expanded to four company owned trucks and cars.

Jim learned the business by working with the crews. After becoming more knowledgeable, Jim began selling and building territory.

Jim bought the company in 1970 after the death of his father-in-law.

In the spring of 1976, Charese Yanney joined the company as the third generation. Charese started in sales and learned the business by visiting job sites from beginning to completion.

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Saturday, September 22, 2012

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Installing a kitchen faucet doesn’t need to sink you

By Earl Holyk

Business Journal staff writer

That’s why Foulk recommends investing in a faucet that comes with standard parts, which will help you out if a company goes out of business or discontinues a line, making your faucet obsolete.

Most new faucets require you to do some assembly before mounting it to your sink. If that’s the case, follow the manufacturer’s directions carefully. Also, many pull-out pliers need to be threaded through the faucet body.

In order to achieve a watertight seal, insert the rubber gasket between the base plate of the faucet and the top of the sink. If a gasket isn’t provided, pack the cavity of the faucet with plumber’s putty before inserting the faucet body through the sink top’s holes. Thread the mounting nuts provided by the manufacturer, onto the faucet shafts, center the threaded shafts in the sink’s holes and tighten the nuts firmly.

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Bill Foulk said he frequently gets service calls from wives worried about their husbands’ prowess around plumbing.

“Guys will take on electrical wiring projects long before they take on anything plumbing-related,” Foulk, owner of Foulk Brothers Plumbing and Heating, said of “honey do” lists that frequently relegate plumbing to the portion that’s underlined “Honey don’t bother.” “It’s something that just isn’t inside many guys’ comfort zone.”

Especially since that “comfort zone” means being flat on your back, underneath a heavy sink.

According to Foulk, replacing a new faucet to your kitchen sink isn’t difficult, especially when you have the right tools. Specifically, you’ll need to have a basin wrench – an adjustable wrench that can reach into the deep, dark, hard-toget-at parts of your sink.

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Especially, if the one with an answer happens to be a plumber.

“I’ve been doing this for more than 40 years,” Foulk said. “There are very few situations that I’ve never seen or problems that I can’t solve.”

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Centenarian tips for healthy aging and staying young September is “Healthy Aging Month.” This month, we’ll take a look at multiple sources to discover the healthy lifestyle habits of centenarians across the United States and the world and see how the Power 9 blue zone principles align to help people feel better, live longer and happier.

Finally, I will give you some real life examples from my role model of healthy aging, my grandfather Nelson Nieuwenhuis, who lived to be 103 years young, only three months shy of his 104 birthday!

A recent poll of centenarians from WebMD said the following tips were very important to healthy aging.

(Power 9 lifestyle habits from The Blue Zones book

by Dan Buettner are noted in bold.)

1) Relationships with family and friends (Right Tribe and Family First) 2) Be a lifelong learner and keep your mind active 3) Laugh and have a sense of humor 4) Stay in touch with your spirituality (Belong, Know Your Purpose, Down Shift) 5) Be optimistic and continue looking forward to each new day (Know Your Purpose) 6) Stay active, keep moving and exercising (Move Naturally) 7) Maintain a sense of independence (Move Naturally) 8) Healthy nutrition choices (Plant Slant, The 80 percent Rule) 9) Keep yourself up with news and current events 10) Keep making new friends (Right Tribe) Centenarians, grouped

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with those over age 65, are the fastest-growing segment of the population in the United States. More than 90 percent of the centenarians reported good health until they reached their early 90s. About 15 percent of centenarians live by themselves and are completely independent.

My grandfather Nelson Nieuwenhuis, who lived in Hospers, Iowa, and celebrated his 100th birthday in 2008, was married to my grandmother Isabelle for 69 years. He was a wonderful role model for me, my family and the community on how to get the most out of life.

• My grandfather highly valued relationships with fa m i ly a n d friends, visiting them f re q u e n t ly to tell stories about the history of Siouxland.

I n h i s l a te r years, his circle of friends wo u l d co m e to his house to visit, bring him groceries or meals, mow his lawn and keep him c o m p a n y.

(Family First, and Right Tribe Blue Zone Power 9 principles) • My grand-

father was one of the most positive and optimistic people you would ever meet.

His glass was always more than half full, overflowing with love for his wife Isabelle, family and friends!

Whenever the topic of conversation ever turned negative in any fashion at family gatherings, my grandfather would always speak up with a wise and uplifting comment to change the focus of the conversation to the brighter side of life. (Belong, Know Your Purpose) • My grandfather was a strong Christian role model and mentor for me growing up, teaching me the disciplines of the Christian faith such as daily prayer, Bible reading and attending church. (Belong, Know Your Purpose) • My grandfather always lived a life full of physical activity. He had a hard time ever sitting still unless he was reading, which he really enjoyed. He walked every day and loved to r i d e his bike, swim with us, mow his lawn and tend to his garden. (Move Naturally) • My grandpa always began his day with devotions and a great b rea k fa s t . He loved to eat oatmeal with bran buds, eggs over easy and toast with honey. He also loved liver and onions and fresh fruits and vegetables from his garden. He would drink milk,

water and coffee too with occasional wine to help get that tickle out of his throat.

(Plant Slant, The 80 percent Rule, Wine at 5 p.m.)

A study out of Cambridge University illustrates the profound effect of lifestyle habits on mortality and longevity. The study found that lifestyle changes can increase life expectancy by 14 years. People who followed four basic healthy lifestyle behaviors including no smoking, staying physically active, no heavy drinking and eating at least five servings of fruits and vegetables daily increased their life expectancy considerably. The study showed the awesome benefits that achievable lifestyle changes can have on your health, daily vitality and quality of life.

Sources: 1. “10 Healthy Aging Tips From Centenarians” by Miranda Hitti WebMD Health News July 28, 2008 from www.wedmd.com.

2. “Centenarian Facts” (Healthy Lifestyles) from The WELL Workplace Healthletter Vol. 10 No 5 pg 6 July 2008 from WELCOA. www. welcoa.org 3. “Health Behaviors and Life Expectancy” from the Making Healthy Choices Newsletter from Wellsource Issue 48. www.wellsource. com 4. The Blue Zones – Lessons for Living Longer from the People Who’ve Lived the Longest by Dan Buettner www.bluezones.com Contact Erik Nieuwenhuis, St. Luke’s Health System WorkSmart Ergonomics Injury Prevention Specialist, and Wellness Consultant, at 712-279-1842 or nieuween@ stlukes.org

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BusinessPeople Heelan names officers, board The Bishop Heelan Catholic School system has added new members to its school board and named officers for 2012-2013.

Continuing officers are chair, Pat S ea l ey, Heidman L aw Fi r m and treasure r, T i m m Funk, Funk & AssociSealey ates. Matt Lawler, F&M Wealth Management, has joined the board and was elected vice chair.

New board members are: Chris Bogenrief, United Commercial Real Estate; Mark Ely, Ely, Ely & Shechet; John Fitzsimmons, Great West Casualty Co.; and Billy Van Hunnik, Gunderson’s Jewelers.

Continuing school board members are: Jeanie Hohenstein, nurse consultant and Kevin Hohenstein Construction; Tom Yaneff, State Farm Insurance Co.; the Rev. Craig Collison, Sacred Heart Church; and Rev. Michael Erpelding, St. Boniface & St. Joseph.

Retiring board members are the Rev. Mr. Jim Sands, Sid Shoemaker and Patrick Murphy.

The system is comprised of Bishop Heelan High School, Sacred Heart School, Mater Dei Nativity Center middle school, Mater Dei Immaculate Conception Center elementary school, Holy Cross Blessed Sacrament Center middle school, Holy Cross St. Michael Center elementary school and two preschools.

Cosmopolitan Club installs officers The Sioux City Cosmopolitan Club membership recently held its annual officer’s installation.

The slate of new officers sworn in were Matt Pittenger, president; Pat Curry, vice president of programs; Mark Lockwood, vice president of membership; John Koskovich, vice president of projects; Tony Sandbothe, sergeant at arms; Judy Morton, secretary, Matt Chilton, treasurer; Jeff Myers, vice president of socials; Bob Derflinger and Gary Munson, members at large;

Deb Cook, president-elect and Randy Kramer, immediate past president.

Richard Gordon, Cosmopolitan Cornbelt Federation Governor from Sioux City, presided over the installation ceremony.

The club meets at 7 a.m.

Thursdays at the Downtown Holiday Inn, and at noon on the first Tuesday at Mac Behr’s. The club has a diabetes golf benefit in the summer and does traffic control for ArtSplash as its major fundraising projects.

The club’s main benefactor is research to find a cure for diabetes.

Area field agent ranks in top 50 Craig Pfeifer, a field agent with the Knights of Columbus, currently ranks in the top 50 agents, out of over 1,200 agents. He is also on track to earn Million Dollar Round Table pfeifer h o n o rs, a designation which generally covers the top 1 percent of field agents in the world.

Pfeifer also recently attended the National Field Agent sales conference.

He serves the councils of Wayne, Pender, Emerson, Randolph, Hartington, Crofton, Ponca and South Sioux City.

The Knights of Columbus is a fraternal benefits society with more than $85 billion of insurance.

Downtown Partners appoints officers, board members Downtown Partners in Sioux City announces two new members of its board of directors, and the election of officers for 2012-2013.

New members elected to serve a three-year term were David Hecht, Meineke Car Care Center; and Ryan Ross, Vriezelaar, Tigges, Edgington, Bottaro, Boden & Ross, LLP. Elected to serve a second three-year te r m w a s Larry Jensen, Holiday Inn Downtown.

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officers are President Jim Wharton, Mercy Medical Center; Vice President Tammie Pech, Downtown Market Rate Condo Owner; and Treasurer Bruce Kolbe, Semak Partnership.

They will be joining continuing board members Chris Bogenrief, United Commercial Realty; Ben Knoepfler, Knoepfler Chevrolet; Dale McKinney, M+ Architecture; Keith Radig, City Council Representative; John Stoos, Wells Fargo Bank; Doug Westphal, Delta Air Lines; Anne Westra, Economic Development Department (City staff representative); Pech, Kolbe and Wharton.

WITCC learning winners announced The Institute for Lifelong Learning of Western Iowa Tech Community College has announced the recipients of its 2012 recognition awards.

The awards were presented at a special ceremony June 27 by Terry Murrell, WITCC president.

Eighteen people or groups received the awards for

activities that have helped the institute to grow and flourish.

The awards are nicknamed “Lifers” in honor of the lasting impact of the services rendered by award recipients.

All the award winners live in Sioux City, except where noted.

Outstanding Philanthropist: Cindy Waitt; Distinguished Instructor: Pat Day, Chris Fuentes, Constance Popken, Michael Cagley, Holstein, Iowa; Liang Gates, Moville, Iowa; Jean Weiner, Le Mars, Iowa; Outstanding Workstudy Student: Michael Byers, Kingsley, Iowa; Outstanding Volunteer: MaryAnne Deibert, Sheryl Sextro, Margot Chesebro; Outstanding Service: The Staff of KWIT, Gary Lipshutz, Leigh Ann Woodard, Linda Navrkal, Hinton, Iowa, Cindy Nelson, Dakota Dunes; and Volunteer Instructor; Kathryn Hewitt.

Fiona Valentine, coordinator of the Institute for Lifelong Learning, received a special leadership award.

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BusinessAfterHours cannon moss brygger architects (cmba) celebrated their 100th anniversary with a siouxland chamber business after Hours event on aug. 16. as part of their celebration, cmba donated original architectural drawings of historic buildings to mercy medical center, st. luke’s regional medical center and briar cliff university. photo courtesy of siouxland chamber of commerce

Chamber ChamberAnniversaries Investors The following celebrated anniversaries in June as Siouxland Chamber of Commerce investors.

Lederman Bonding Dan Lederman 706 Pierce St. Sioux City, IA 51101 Tri-CiTy SignS Tim Marchese PO Box 126 Hinton, IA 68801 TraTToria FreSCo Israel Padilla 611 W. 29th St. South Sioux City, NE 68776 Love’S TraveL STopS Kelly Long 2525 Singing Hills Blvd.

Sioux City, IA 51111 UpTown wedding and evenT renTaL JoAnn Peterson 2318 Third St. Sioux City, IA 51102 The SioUx CiTy hoTeL & ConFerenCe CenTer Dan Maher 707 Historic 4th St. Sioux City, IA 51101 SLeep nUmBer By SeLeCT ComForT LeaAnn Mckinney 5001 Sergeant Road Suite 255 Sioux City, IA 51106 CrySTaL CLean LLC Melissa Campbell PO Box 367 North Sioux City, SD 57049

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ameriCan hearT aSSoCiaTion Linda Wadedo-Jochims 32468 K42 Hinton, IA 51024 BoyS Town Amy Hennies 1516 Pierce Street Sioux City, IA 51103 eLemenTS oF BeaUTy SaLon, Spa & eLeCTroLySiS Allison Raby 326 W. 25th Street Sioux City, IA 51104 inSpire ChiropraCTiC and weLLneSS Spa Brea Lewis 4018 Floyd Blvd.

Sioux City, IA 51108 SCoTTS Lawn ServiCe James Miller 1501 Zenith Drive Suite 103 Sioux City, IA 51103 The dogwood peT hoTeL and day Spa Jane Keane 1200 Northshore Drive McCook Lake, SD 57049 TranSLaTion and inCome Tax ServiCeS Mike Bayala 2619 Correctionville Road Sioux City, IA 51105 Tri-view TreaSUreS Dewayne Rowley 1401 Tri-View Ave. Sioux City, IA 51103

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SioUx CiTy phySiCaL Therapy Steve Venne 2802 Castles Gate Sioux City, IA 51106

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CaSTLe on The hiLL apTS LLC 610 13th Street #76 Sioux City, IA, 51105

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arnoLd moTor SUppLy Gary Monroe 1802 4th St. Sioux City, IA 51101 irwin reCordS managemenT Mic Irwin 712 Market St. Sioux City, IA 51104

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CLoverLeaF CoLd STorage William Feiges 2800 Cloverleaf Ct. Sioux City, IA 51111 maSTer BUiLderS oF SioUxLand Patty Bortscheller 903 6th St. Sioux City, IA 51102

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UniTed reaL eSTaTe SoLUTionS inC. Ron McManamy 302 Jones St. Suite 100 Sioux City, IA 51101

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retire? Sioux Cityan just getting started

By Tim GallaGher

Business Journal staff writer

SIOUX CITY | Phyllis Carter marched into her bank recently and asked about a loan. She wanted to start Stylistic Designs, a salon on Transit Avenue. The building she had in mind needed work.

The banker’s response: “Phyllis, you’re supposed to retire.”

Carter laughs about the tale while giving a visitor a tour of her new shop. She’s got six chairs ready and waiting. There’s also a new pedicure station in the back.

“I won’t retire,” she says.

“I’ve always worked. Hair is my hobby.”

The first-time business owner is 73. She’s been cutting and styling hair since 1958.

She’s likely not alone.

Three weeks ago, I featured Ira Garvis, a Spencer, Iowa, barber who has been at it 50 years. He’s 70 and going strong.

According to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, only 10 percent of people in this age bracket were working or actively seeking employment in 1996. That, of course, was at least one recession and housing market crash ago.

Now? Government stats show nearly 20 percent of those age 70-74 are working or seeking work.

Carter’s reason for starting a business has nothing to do with a housing or a dot-com bubble burst. She likes what she does, always has.

The Sergeant Bluff native graduated from high school in Sergeant Bluff in 1957.

She attended beauty school in Sioux City and landed a job at Yonkers in downtown Sioux City, working one of 38 chairs at the shop. She did three perms her first day. It took all day.

She recalls making $30 to $40 per week.

“People from New York and California came in to train us,” she says. “I was there two years and then went two blocks to a shop in the Martin Building.”

She didn’t realize that was a no-no in the trade. Stylists weren’t to jump ship for an adjacent ship. It amounted to an informal non-compete clause.

“I actually had to leave there because of the proximity of the two businesses,” she says.

Carter headed to a shop in Morningside and ended up working for years at Bellas Hess and then Salon Normandy. For the last 35 years, she’s worked in the beauty shop inside Holy Spirit Retirement Home.

“I had thoughts through the years of doing something on my own, but it never quite clicked,” says Carter, the

mother of three.

She took the plunge and had her shop gutted over Memorial Day weekend.

She now has a number of pros renting chairs from her, including granddaughter Shelby Carter, 22.

Business ownership has benefits and drawbacks.

Carter pays into Social Security for herself, as employer, and her employees. She’s in a unique place, she laughs, as one who may also collect Social Security.

“I pay double and I did ask if I could collect double,” she says with a laugh. “It never hurts to ask.”

The 53-year veteran of this trade used to work early mornings, but has seen a trend toward later shifts.

When she asked her granddaugther to open at 9 a.m., she figured she was being nice by allowing her a later start time.

“It should be 10 a.m.,” the owner says, correcting herself. Customers more or less dictate the work schedule, and that’s OK. As far as work, Carter still doesn’t see it as such. This is all she’s wanted to do for more than a half-century.

Better yet? It kept the bills paid and allowed her to raise a family.

“I told my kids to not think about the money part business journal photo by tim Gallagher in their jobs,” she says. “You phyllis carter is shown in her Sioux city shop, Stylistic designs. She has cut hair for 53 need to enjoy going to work.” years.

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The nation’s fifth-largest non-denominational integrated health system graduated its first joint class of over 35 physicians and 30 administrative managers from its innovative Physician Leadership Academy and Management Leadership Academy.

Local leaders among the 2012 graduates include Jane Arnold, Christie Finnegan and Jim Gobell, all of St. Luke’s – Sioux City, as well as Dr. Jitendrakumar Gupta, Pulmonary Associates and Dr. Jeffrey Zoelle, Sergeant Bluff Medical Center.

The Physician Leadership Academy, an intensive graduate-level course of study, accredited by the American College of Physician Executives, was launched in 2010, to identify, prepare and support practicing clinicians

who, upon graduation, are well-positioned to be leaders within the organization The Management Leadership Academy was developed in 2011 to launch promising clinical and business leaders within the system to better align initiatives that support patient care.

National group cites local insurance professional The Society of Certified Insurance Counselors recently recognized Lynn Mills of Sioux City for dedication and ongoing leadership in the insurance industry.

The society honored Mills for 10 years of successfully maintaining the Certified Insurance Counselor designation, denoting significant commitment to advanced knowledge and customer service.

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SUNRISE RETIREMENT Sunrise Retirement Community held a grand opening and ribbon cutting for its new assisted living and nursing health center on Aug. 24. More than 300 people attended, including residents and their families, staff members, board members, public officials, area businesses and organizations and news media. Sunrise invested $26 million in its most recent campus expansion.

Home Grown & Proud to Live & Work in Siouxland

LAURA E. GIESE, DDS

BRIAN B. BURSICK, DDS

DOUGLAS A. WHEELOCK, DDS, PC

Dr. Laura Giese was born and raised in Sioux City , growing up in the Morningside Area. She attended Heelan High School and graduated in 2000. She then went on to spend the next 8 years at Creighton University in Omaha, Nebraska, receiving her undergraduate degree in Biology in 2004 and her Doctor of Dental Surgery Degree in 2008. In July of 2008, she joined Wheelock and Bursick Dentistry as an associate.

Dr. Giese is married to her high school sweetheart, Bob Giese and has a son, Cal. Dr. Giese is committed to providing quality dental care for Siouxland.

Dr. Brian Bursick is a Sioux City native growing up in the Crescent Park area. He attended West High School and graduated in 1986. He earned his Doctor of Dental Surgery Degree from the University of Nebraska Dental School in 1994. After graduation he practiced briefly in Sergeant Bluff, IA. In 1997 he joined Dr. Wheelock as an associate.

In 2004 he became a business partner.

Away from the office Dr. Bursick is busy with his family. He and his wife Kristy have three young sons.

Dr. Bursick is devoted to delivering quality comprehensive dentistry to the people of his hometown, Sioux City, IA.

Dr. Wheelock established his own dental practice in 1977. It originally was only 2 blocks from its current location at 4100 Morningside Avenue.

Dr. Wheelock was born and raised in Sioux City graduating from Sioux City Central High School in 1969. He went on to receive his Bachelors of Science degree from Briar Cliff College in 1973. He attended dental school at the University of Iowa and earned his Doctor of Dental Science degree in 1976.

After graduation Dr. Wheelock returned to Sioux City.

Dr. Wheelock is involved in his community & church. Dr. Wheelock is married to his college sweetheart, Marilyn, and has three adult sons and three daughters in law. He is the proud grandfather of five incredible grandchildren.

Dr. Wheelock is proud to call Siouxland home and enjoys providing quality dental care to the community.

JCPENNEY JCPenney hosted a Aug. 10 ribbon-cutting ceremony to celebrate the addition of Sephora inside the national retailer’s Southern Hills Mall store. Store employees pictured from left: Joanne Wineinger, Lacey Heuer, Larry Morrison, Sarah Hervey, store manager Aimee Burnett and Brittani Carlin. Far right of photo is Steffani Jiroux.

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SPROUT STREAM Chef Paul Seaman, owner of the Sprout Stream, cuts the ceremonial ribbon on Aug. 14 to celebrate the opening of Sioux City’s newest state-of-the-art mobile gourmet kitchen. The Sprout Stream is parked at several Siouxland locations throughout the week and at most Siouxland events. Find out more, visit www.thesproutstream.com or at facebook.com/ sproutstream

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photos courtesy of the Siouxland Chamber of Commerce KNOEPFLER CHEVROLET Knoepfler Chevrolet hosted a ribbon-cutting and grand re-opening on Aug. 15 to celebrate the completion of a major renovation of the dealership’s sales and service facility in downtown Sioux City, and the familyowned business’ 90th anniversary. Pictured are Bill, Joe, Ben and Charlie Kneopfler.

PILOT TRAVEL CENTER/ MOE’S Pilot Travel Center and Moe’s Southwest Grill hosted a ribbon-cutting ceremony on Aug. 17.

Moe’s is one of the tenants in Pilot’s new Sioux City truck stop at the Interstate 29 exit at Singing Hills Boulevard.

Pictured from left are: Dave Wulf, travel center general manager; Dawn Munter, Pilot/Flying J regional manager and Donata Berg, Pilot/Flying J restaurant training manager.

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2500 Glenn Ave, Ste 45

2930 Hamilton Blvd, Lower F

1,008 sf free standing office/retail bldg. Lots of parking. Pylon signage.

Adj. tenant synergy. Low lease rate. Available now.

6001 Gordon Drive

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Across from MarketPlace Shopping Ctr, 1,430 sf ofc w/pkng at door. Great for medical, ins. or general ofc use. Landlord will remodel to suit.

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4700 S. York Street Colonel Krage

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960 sf ofcs & 3 OH doors (14’, 12’, & 12’) in whse/shop area. 1.6 acre, hard surface lot. Attractive lease price.

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1,200 – 9,942 sf available at Woodbury Center--a great central location for any retail or office tenant. Highest traffic count in Siouxland. Lots of off-street parking. Landlord will remodel to suit.

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