Siouxland Business Journal - June 2014

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

June 2014 Recreation issue

Peddle power

RAGBRAI to boost area spending

INSIDE THIS MONTH’S ISSUE: New season, hope for Explorers.

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Summer festivals on tap.

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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

Editorial copy should be sent to: Dave Dreeszen Siouxland Business Journal editor Box 118 Sioux City, Iowa 51102 dave.dreeszen@lee.net For more information: Editorial: (712) 293-4211 or 800-397-9820, ext. 4211 Advertising: (712) 224-6279 or 800-728-8588 Circulation: (712) 293-4257 or 800-397-2213, ext. 4257 On the web: www.SiouxlandBusinessJournal.com

Index Business Know How.........................................page 12

Home & Office...................................................page 13

Business People............................................... page 22

On the move......................................................page 19

Chamber anniversaries....................................page 15

Ribbon cuttings.............................. page 25, 27, 28, 30

On the cover

Jim Lee, Sioux City Journal file

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A1C Quinton Robinson. left, and A1C Hanna Henson, members of the 185th Air Refueling Wing of the Iowa Air National Guard, work to repair a light on a KC135 tanker on May 7. The 185th contributed $80 million in benefits to the regional economy last year, according to a new study.

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Report: 185th produces $80M in economic benefits DAVE DREESZEN

Business Journal editor‌

SIOUX CITY | The 185th Air Refueling Wing contributed nearly $80 million to the regional economy last year, according to a new report.

The Iowa Air National Guard base headquartered in Sioux City ranked among the top 10 employers in western Iowa, with 390 full-time and 956 part-time jobs, said the 185th’s annual Economic Impact Statement.

While many of the 185th employees work in aircraft maintenance and air operations, most members of the organization are employed as part of a large support staff that provide the kinds of services found in a small town, according to the statement.

Jobs in the medical professions, fire protection, structural maintenance, logistics, supply and food service are just a few of the professions in the Air Guard unit.

The Sioux City base has a fleet of eight, KC-135 air refueling aircraft that are primarily used for midair refueling, but are also regularly used for air transport and medical evacuation missions.

The 185th also plays a crucial role in providing humanitarian and national disaster

response during state or national emergencies.

“This is what makes the guard unique, the fact that we provide a federal and state role, and because we are largely a part time force we are able to do it, while saving a significant amount of taxpayer dollars,” said Col. Brian Miller, wing commander for the 185th.

The economic impact reaches beyond metro Sioux City. In the past year, the 185th gained the Iowa Air Guard’s test squadron located in Fort Dodge, Iowa, as a subordinate unit under the 185th Operations Group. The Fort Dodge unit has 140 fulland part-time jobs.

The total 185th payroll 185th topped out at $48.5 million. While most of that is paid as wages, the unit has a large number of people who live in the area who also receive retirement benefits. Retirement benefits are paid to both, former full time and part time employees most of whom live throughout the tri-state region.

Many active members of the 185th were paid $3.1 million dollars in college benefits while attending area colleges and trade schools in the past year, according to the economic statement.

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Members of the 185th Air Refueling Wing, from left, Airman 1st Class Quinton Robinson and Hanna Henson, Staff Sgt. Gary Fitch and Tech. Sgt. Ryan Willis repair a KC-135 on May 7. The 185th contributed $80 million in benefits to the regional economy last year, according to a new study.

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New season, new hope for Explorers BRET HAYWORTH

If you go

Business Journal staff writer

SIOUX CITY | Former Sioux City Mayor Jim Wharton eagerly anticipated the 2014 season opener for the Sioux City Explorers. He’s had season tickets since the team started in 1993 and has been at every home opener since.

“I just love baseball. To me, that is summertime,” said Wharton, the marketing director at Siouxland Community Health Center.

The Explorers won its home opener at Lewis & Clark Park Saturday, May Tritz 17, 10-2 against its longtime rivals the Sioux Falls Canaries.

The 2014 season is a rebuilding year for the Explorers, which split its first four games. The team has a new manager, Steve Montgomery, and 17 new team Wharton members.

The Explorers, who play in the American Association of Independent Baseball, finished 38-62 last season, the worst in the league. They also had the all-time worst average attendance of 1,062 per game in franchise history, well down from the mid1990s heyday.

“Opening day is a day that we look forward to since the last pitch last year,” X’s General Manager Shane Tritz said.

The season runs through Aug. 31 and includes 50 home games. Post-game fireworks are planned for Saturday, July 3, July 4 and the home finale, Aug 28. Also returning are the popular Weiner Wednesdays, in which two hot dogs come for the price of one, and Thirsty Thursdays, where beer and sodas are also two for the price of one.

Montgomery is coming off a 10-year stint as the pitching coach for the Moorhead RedHawks, a longtime X’s opponent that has been highly successful on the field. He was hired in December.

“I’m not used to losing,” Montgomery said at the time. “I come from a very successful franchise and I expect to do the same thing here in Sioux City.”

Montgomery earned the 1997 Jim Palmer Award as the top minor league pitching prospect for the Baltimore Orioles. He also played in the Boston Red Sox and Los Angeles Dodgers farm systems.

He replaces manager Stan Cliburn, whose contract was not renewed.

Tritz said the goal this season is to boost

SIOUX CITY EXPLORERS Founded: 1993 Home park: Lewis & Clark Park, 3400 Line Drive League: American Association of Independent Professional Baseball Manager: Steve Montgomery General manager: Shane Tritz Ticket information: www.xsbaseball.com

Sioux City’s Andres Perez leads off from first against Sioux Falls during Explorers baseball action at Lewis and Clark Park May 17.

Jim Lee photos, Sioux City Journal

Sioux City’s Tommy Mendonca is forced out at second as Sioux Falls’ Stephen Branca turns the ball for a double play during Explorers baseball action at Lewis and Clark Park May 17.

“I’m not used to losing. I come from a very successful franchise and I expect to do the same thing here in Sioux City.”

Steve Montgomery, new Explorers manager the average attendance to 1,500, then push it higher in following years. The stadium has a 3,700 capacity.

Team officials hope to bury the aftertaste of last season with a solid year, he said.

Only four of the 21 players are returning from the losing campaign.

“Everything looks good. It looks like we will have plenty of offense and good pitching,” Tritz said.

Wharton is also optimistic, in terms of wins and fan support.

“I am really hoping we can get a revival going,” he said.

Sioux City’s Peter Barrows smiles as he rounds the bases after hitting his second home run against Sioux Falls during the May 17 home opener at Lewis and Clark Park.

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Motorcyclists ride down Historic Fourth Street in Sioux City during Awesome Biker Nights on June 15, 2013.

Awesome Biker Nights, June 19-21 Prepare for the roar of rock ‘n’ roll accented with a heavy helping on motorcycle mufflers. This year’s show brings Theory of a Deadman, Firehouse, Eve to Adam, The Marshal Tucker Band and Starship. Local musicians like Emily Johnson Band also will Fridays on the Promenade, May 30 – July 11 perform at the three day festival in DownFridays will once again bring music to town Sioux City.

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As President of a social media agency, I strongly suggest to clients to join the Siouxland Chamber.

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This is one of the easiest and most cost effective ways to increase “search engine optimization” due to the Chamber site’s high traffic and linking back to your website.

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The River-Cade Parade travels along Douglas Avenue in downtown Sioux City in July 2013.

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Saturday in the Park, July 5 This year’s lineup brings Saturday in the Park’s roots back to life with Bonnie Rait accenting the festival’s blues roots. The Avett Brothers, Ziggy Marley, The Wild Feathers and a host of local and regional musicians also will take the stage for the 24th year of Saturday in the Park.

River-Cade Festival, July 16-20 This is a Sioux City tradition that screams America. The event includes a parade, a carnival, cruise the loop nights, smile contests and concerts both big and small. It’s a community celebration of our river roots that goes back 50 years. The event is accepting parade entries as we speak.

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Cars arrive for the 2013 RockN Rods show in downtown Sioux City. This year’s event is set for July 18-19.

in the same vein as Awesome Biker Nights, only this time with hot rods. The event includes drag racing a parade of cars and live Rockn’ Rods, July 18-19 Back for the fourth summer is a festival entertainment.

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Cross out lower back, hip and knee pain How many of you spend most of your day crossing your legs, sitting on your feet or sitting with one leg crossed? Men, do you stand with one or both of your feet toed out when standing? A very common standing posture for men is to stand with both feet pointed to the outside. As we become overweight, this toe out posture habit becomes even more common in both men and women. Ladies also tend to stand in what I call “sexy pose,” with one foot pointed forward and the other foot pointed ninety degrees to the side with a hip shift.

Over time, these awkward posture habits can lead to increased musculoskeletal disorder (MSD) and pain risks including lower back pain, sciatica, hip or knee pain.

How does this occur?

What can I do daily at work and at home to reduce my MSD risks of having lower back, sciatica, hip or knee pain?

This month’s article is all about becoming more aware of the primary postures we use daily and how to reduce the risks of pain and injury while improving your quality of life.

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The tighter your piriformis muscle and hip external rotators become, the more your hips may lack proper hip internal rotation with everyday movements. This lack of proper hip internal rotation is one of the most common biomechanical ERik Nieuwenhuis problems leading to lower back muscle strains and ligament or joint sprains, lower back pain, hip or knee sprains and strains. This hip internal rotation is your legs crossed, sitting on your feet needed every time we go from sitting to or standing with your toes pointed out, standing, squat down to pick something the more you tighten your hips’ powerup, lunge in any direction or go up and ful external rotator muscles such as your down stairs throughout the workday. piriformis.

This piriformis muscle becomes short- When we lack this proper loading of the hip with hip internal rotation, our lower ened or tighter the longer you sit with your legs crossed, spread apart or stand in back, knees and hips take the added biotoe out postures. These awkward postures mechanical stress.

How can we reduce our risks of sciatica externally rotate the hip and compress the or lower back, hip and knee pain as we large sciatic nerve that runs just below age? the piriformis muscle. Nerves don’t like When sitting, it is best to keep both of compression forces, but they love freeyour feet flat on the floor or on a footdom and flowing movement of the body rest if needed and to keep both of your and a good blood flow to stay healthy hips slightly spread apart, ideally with and avoid irritation. As the sciatic nerve your hips being slightly higher than your gets compressed by your tight piriformis muscle, you may feel sciatic nerve pain or knees. You may extend one leg or the other, even occasionally crossing your legs numbness and tingling down the back of

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Perform the “Sitting Piriformis Stretch” one to two times per day with a three to five second hold for one to two repititions.

This stretch is performed by sitting up tall and crossing your right leg over your left knee to stretch the right side. Turn your body to the right and gently pull your right knee up towards your left shoulder (opposite side) and hold for three to five seconds, repeating one to two times.

Then, repeat other side.

When you are sitting, try to sit with both feet flat on the floor or on a footrest, sitting up tall with your back against the back support of your chair and knees slightly apart. When standing, spend more time in a staggered stance posture with one foot in front of the other, feet slightly wider than shoulder width and with your feet slightly toed out improving your balance and reducing your risk of injury.

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Smarter exercise is good advice for boomers

Take a break. Hard workouts can take a toll on your body and thus require strategies aimed at recovery. Learn to take a day off or cut back your training to allow the body to adapt and recover. Gentle stretching, light aerobic exercises, and Deb Twyford proper nutrition and hydration are all helpful to the recovery process.

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The Academy of Orthopedic Surgeons offer the following exercise safety advice for anyone older than 50: Warm up and stretch. A warm up is different than just stretching and usually requires breaking a sweat before you being a more vigorous workout.

Walking, bending, jumping jacks, and running in place before exercise gets and keeps the circulatory system moving and prevents injury. Stretching can be done before or after a workout.

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Six questions with Barbara Sloniker Chamber executive talks about recent D.C. trip

SIOUX CITY | About 50 Siouxland business and government leaders recently returned from a two-day lobbying trip to the nation’s capital.

Organized by the by the Siouxland Chamber of Commerce, the 60th annual Siouxland/Washington Conference gave local officials an opportunity to meet with 14 elected federal officials from Iowa, Nebraska and South Dakota and their staffs to secure funding for various projects and initiatives.

Barbara Sloniker has been helped to coordinate the annual trip for the Chamber for the past 14 years. In 2011, she was promoted to executive vice president. In her current role, she develops legislative agendas on both a federal level and for the three states.

Business Journal editor Dave Dreeszen sat down last week with Sloniker to talk about the two days, April 30 and May 1, the tri-state delegation spent in Washington, and the history of the trip, which was long known for a traditional steak dinner.

Q: What all goes into the planning a D.C. trip?

A: As you know, it’s kind of a year-long process. We’re already starting to look at dates for the 2015 conference. We’ve been going around Easter because Congress usually takes a week recess before Easter and a week afterwards... Right now we have to get our hotel rooms lined up for next year.

When you bring 50 people to Washington, you have to have some place for them to stay. We like to have it convenient to the Hill so nobody has to take a cab or the Metro.

In late fall, we meet with our D.C. focus group, which represent business and all the local communities. We get this big group around the table and say, ‘What do we think should be the big issues we want to take to Washington this year?’ and then ‘What’s going to be our priorities?’

(Chamber director of government relations) Teresa (Rosenboom) schedules all the member meeting. She sends emails and faxes to the schedulers of all 14 members of Congress from Iowa, Nebraska and South Dakota and asks them when they can meet with us during the two days we are in Washington.

In addition, we like to schedule other subject meetings. For example, this year education was big, so we met with the Department of Education. Transportation is also big so we try to have some kind of speaker

Low unemployment is a great place to be, but our businesses need workers, and they need skilled workers. We have jobs here in Siouxland. This is a good place to live, make a living wage, raise your family, good schools, and a good quality of life. But it’s hard to get that message out to the rest of the nation.

Tim Hynds, Sioux City Journal

Barbara Sloniker, executive vice president of the Siouxland Chamber of Commerce, talks about the Chamber-led lobbying trip to Washington DC. last month during an interview Monday in the Chamber’s Sioux City offices.

Barbara Sloniker BARBARA SLONIKER TITLES: Executive vice president, Siouxland Chamber of Commerce and The Siouxland Initiative since March 2011. Air Service Director for Sioux Gateway Airport, since 1997.

EDUCATION: Bishop Heelan High School, May 1980; BBA in Business Marketing, Iowa State University, 1984.

FAMILY: Married with two children.

that has something to do with transportation.

Q: What were the Chamber’s priority issues this year?

A: Education and workforce development. Low unemployment is a great place to be, but our businesses need workers, and they need skilled workers. We have jobs here in Siouxland. This is a good place to live, make a living wage, raise your family, good schools, and a good quality of life. But it’s hard to get that message out to the rest of the nation. That’s what we told our congress men and women.

As a chamber group, education is huge.

It’s the foundation of all of our businesses...

We talked about the reauthorization of the

Elementary and Secondary Act... We said there may need to be some tweaks to that legislation. States have been going out and getting waivers from No Child Left Behind, but Iowa has been unsuccessful (with its application) twice.

Q: You also had a session on immigration reform this year?

A: Yes. It’s been a huge issue nationwide for many years. While we had a paper on immigration, it wasn’t a position. It basically said, ‘Something needs to be done, and here are some things to take into consideration.’ We pulled together five different advocacy groups from Washington that all want immigration reform. It turned out to be a fabulous meeting. It was an hour long and it could easily have been two...

They all have similar ideas, but they also have places where they differ. My hope next year is to reconvene that same panel because next year I think we’ll have more of an opportunity that something will be done on immigration. I don’t see much still coming before the end of this calendar year.

Q: The delegation also met with House Speaker John Boehner this year.

What were some of the highlights?

A: We have met with him in the past, but it’s been a while. He was more engaging this time. I thought he was very interactive with

our group... We had maybe 20 minutes with him... People really enjoyed that interaction and understood he’s the third ranking official in the country.

One of the things he said was, ‘As a leader, if nobody’s following you, you’re basically just a man taking a walk.’ So you have to figure out how to work with them and give them something to follow.

Q: Overall, how did this year’s trip go?

A: I always think it’s a great trip. I get energized by seeing our group together. When you get three states, and you see all those people working together, talking together, thinking about things differently, maybe because they’re sitting next to someone from across the river, and they understand that we all have the same issues and concerns. When you descend on Washington with 50 people all singing from the same hymnal, it’s a bigger impact than if each of us went separately and had no regard for those across the river.

Q: You stopped having the traditional sit-down steak dinner a few years back, and replaced it with a steak reception. What were the reasons behind that?

A: I’m a traditionalist. I do not like change. But we were directed to change it.

You know what, it’s been wonderful. It was the right thing to do. What I’ve seen it do is offer our attendees more one-on-one, face-to-face time with the members of Congress who attend.

(With the traditional dinner) if you weren’t at the table where the members of Congress sat, you didn’t get to have dinner with them. Now they walk around, they’ll have an hors d’oeuvre. So you see a lot more interaction. I think it also gives members of Congress a little more flexibility. If they can’t get there until six-thirty, they’re not going to miss a sit-down dinner. They can pop in and talk to their constituents.

And we still serve steak. We have a carving station. It’s still a good meal.

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NewChamberInvestors Auntie Anne’s Linda Engels 48-50 West Chestnut Street Suite 200 Lancaster, PA 17603 Sunny Radio John and Heidi Small 401 E. 8th Street Sioux Falls, SD 57103 Mitchell Electric Darcie Kistner 187 Suncoast Drive North Sioux City, SD 57049 Signs of Vinyl Sandy Sohn 1551 Indian Hills Drive Suite 105 Sioux City, IA 51104 Schramm Electric Seth and Stephanie Schramm

3104 Line Drive Sioux City, IA 51106 Siouxland Adult Medicine Dr. Mark Carlson 1605 Douglas Street Sioux City, IA 51105 Jennifer Ross Bass Century 21 ProLink Commercial 1114 4th Street Sioux City, IA 51101 Holy Spirit Leslie Heying 1701 W. 25th Street Sioux City, IA 51104 Guaranteed Rate Mark Roos 530 6th Street Sioux City, IA 51101

Craft Auto Body Dustin Craft 524 Chambers Street Sioux City, IA 51101 BNSF Railway Rob Skuza 1801 N. Hwy 75 North Sioux City, IA 51105 Half Moon Bar & Grill Steve and Amy Weimer 714 S. Lewis Blvd.

Sioux City, IA 51106 Express Laundry Center Amanda Beller 1100 Dakota Ave. South Sioux City, NE 68776 Siouxland Wireless Mark Lehr 520 Pierce Street Sioux City, IA 51101

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ChamberAnniversaries The following are observing anniversaries this month as Siouxland Chamber of Commerce investors.

40 YEARS

HOLIDAY INN DOWNTOWN Larry Jensen Sioux City, IA TOUCHSTONE LIVING CENTER Jessica LaFleur-Malm Sioux City, IA

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VALLEY PARK APARTMENTS Melissa Anderson Sioux City, IA WILSEY CO. PELLA WINDOWS & DOORS William Carney Sioux City, IA

20 YEARS

HOLIDAY INN EXPRESS

Cammy Hauswirth Sioux City, IA

15 YEARS

CENTRAL CATERING Jake Fox Hawarden, IA SIOUXLAND CIVIC DANCE ASSOCIATION Shirley Dill Sioux City, IA SIOUXLAND YOUTH FOR CHRIST Karl Van Cura Sioux City, IA

10 YEARS

PUMP ‘N PAK Denny Johnson Sergeant Bluff, IA

5 YEARS

BIG SOO TERMINAL Kevin Knepper Sioux City, IA BIG SOO WAREHOUSE Ed Kellogg Sioux City, IA KOLLARS AND LEWON PLC Michele Lewon Sioux City, IA PERKINS FAMILY RESTAURANT Jim Rahfaldt Sioux City, IA SIOUXLAND INVESTMENT GROUP Kris Westergaard Sioux City, IA

BusinessAfterHours HEIDMAN LAW FIRM BUSINESS AFTER HOURS In honor of Law Day 2014, Heidman Law Firm hosted a Business After Hours on April 24 featuring a “Taste of Historic Fourth Street,” beer school

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RAGBRAI

Riding an economic wave Region gears up for RAGBRAI spending this summer

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Tim Hynds, Sioux City Journal

Mayor Kevin Van Otterloo is shown at the intersection of 14th and Main Streets in downtown Rock Valley, the starting point for the 2014 Register’s Annual Bike Ride Across Iowa. The ride, which begins July 20, is expected to produce a great deal of economic for the Sioux County town and other nearby cities, including Sioux City.

Rock Valley, Iowa, is shown Feb. 18. The Sioux County town is bracing for an influx of riders and money as RAGBRAI rolls into town this summer.

Tim Hynds, Sioux City Journal

DAVE DREESZEN

Business Journal editor

IOUX CITY | Northwest Iowa is the starting point for this summer’s Register’s Annual Bike Ride Across Iowa.

Upwards of 30,000 riders will peddle out of Rock Valley on the first day of the ride, Sunday, July 20. The big crowds will temporarily swell the population of the Sioux County city of nearly 3,500.

Though not on this year’s route, Sioux City, about a 60-minute drive south of Rock Valley, could be an economic recipient of all the traffic headed to the starting point.

Many out-of-town motorists en route from the south, west or east are expected to pass through Sioux City, primarily along Interstate 29, U.S. Highway 20 or Business Highway 75.

“I’m sure Sioux city will see a bit of boost,” said Erika Newton, executive director of Sioux City’s Events Facilities Department. “I think people will be spending the night or stopping here to eat on the way to Rock Valley.”

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Bike Sux enters its fifth year

Jim Lee, Sioux City Journal

Cyclists cruise along Hamilton Boulevard as RAGBRAI leaves Sioux City on July 25, 2010. This summer’s ride starts in Rock Valley, about 60 miles north of Sioux City. Attracting upwards of 30,000 visitors, the ride generates an estimated economic impact of $3 million for each of the eight cities selected for overnight stays.

City and other larger nearby cities such as Sioux Falls, are filling up, RAGBRAI director T.J. Juskiewicz said.

In 2010, the last time RAGBRAI started in Sioux City, the metro area’s 1,400 hotel rooms were sold out months ahead of time. The big bump in occupancy produced a major increase in the city’s hotel/ motel tax collections.

The weeklong festival annually generates $24 million in new spending in Iowa, or an estimated $3 million for each of the eight overnight stops, according to a study by the University of Northern Iowa.

Rock Valley Mayor Kevin Van Otterloo, whose family runs a grocery store, said the town’s merchants are gearing up for a big day of sales. Local volunteer organizations planning to serve meals to the hungry throngs also stand to benefit, he said.

“I think the food vendors are going to do extremely well,” Van Otterloo said.

“There sure is a lot of excitement among our church groups to put on a good feed Saturday night.”

“I think the food vendors are going to do extremely well. There sure is a lot of excitement among our church groups to put on a good feed Saturday night.”

Kuhlman said lodging is in short supply, with hotels filling up in neighboring cities such as Spencer and Esthervile, Iowa, and Jackson, Minn.

In both Rock Valley and Okoboji, vast numbers of overnight guests will camp, in either tents or recreational vehicles.

This will be the first time in RAGBRAI’s ROCK VALLEY MAYOR KEVIN VAN OTTERLOO 42-year history that either community has been chosen as an overnight stop.

Countless dollars also are spent in the While Okoboji has long been a popular towns along each day’s route, which gives tri-state attraction, a “good chunk of Ioriders a chance to relax or stop for a bite wans” have never seen the lakes, Juskieto eat. wicz said From Rock Valley, the first day of the Besides providing Rock Valley with an ride is 67 miles, with bikers traveling immediate economic boost, Van Otterthrough Hull, Boyden, Sheldon, Melvin loo said local officials see the festival as and May City before stopping for the a chance to bring added exposure to the night in Milford. They’ll arrive in the growing community, which boasts a large heart of the summer tourist season for manufacturing base. Between 2000 and the Okoboji resort area.

2010, the Sioux County city’s population Iowa Great Lakes Chamber of Comincreased by 24 percent. Last year alone, merce’s Tom Kuhlman said the big the city added 29 new homes. crowds, estimated at 30,000 to 40,000, “We’re busting at the seams trying to will be similar to the heavy turnout for the Fourth of July weekend, minus much keep up with housing,” the mayor said.

“We want to show off the community.” of the boat traffic.

BY BUSINESS JOURNAL STAFF‌ SIOUX CITY | The Bike SUX ride returns for a fifth year on June 7, with bicyclists churning miles in a fundraiser for the Sioux City Journal’s Goodfellow Charities.

More than 250 riders from all over are expected for the ride, which begins and ends at Minerva’s Restaurant & Bar, 2945 Hamilton Blvd.

Registration starts at 7:30 a.m., with riders departing at 9 a.m. The $25 registration fee includes a tshirt and a meat at Minvera’s. To register or for more information, log on to: www.bikesux.com Entry fees will go to Goodfellow, which typically gives about 9,000 gifts to needy children at Christmastime.

Bike SUX has three distances, covering flat or more hilly options that riders can choose among. Bicyclists will head north into Plymouth County, with the longest ride turning around at Merrill, Iowa.

“With RAGBRAI always starting on the western side of Iowa this ride has proven to be a trial run for the big ride in July,” Bike Sux said on its website. “Riders of all kinds can participate, in fact we encourage newbies to dust off their bicycles and give cycling a whirl.”

In addition to a fun way to spend a Saturday, the ride offers participants great swag bags full of all kinds of gift certificates and goodies from local and national companies.

Mr. Goodfellow started in December 1914 when a Journal reporter saw two youngsters gazing longingly into a department store window.

It has helped hundreds of children over the years during the holidays.

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Study shows large potential labor pool in Siouxland DAVE DREESZEN

Business Journal editor‌

SOUTH SIOUX CITY | A new study offers promising news for Siouxland employers struggling to find enough qualified workers.

An estimated 64,000 adults within commuting distance of South Sioux City are willing to accept new work under the right circumstances, according to a report released recently by the Nebraska Departments Hedquist of Labor and Economic Development.

While a majority of the potential job seekers already are working, 11,250 are either unemployed or retirees or homemarkers seeking to re-enter the workforce.

Labor markets in South Sioux City and five other Northeast Nebraska communities – Columbus, Fremont, Norfolk, West Point and Wayne – were measured by the study, which was conducted by the University of Nebraska–Lincoln’s Bureau of Sociological Research.

For the South Sioux City portion of the study, 12,000 households in Northeast

Online Visit siouxcityjournal.com to read the full Nebraska Departments of Economic Development and Labor study on the South Sioux City region.

Nebraska, Southeast South Dakota and Northwest Iowa, including Sioux City, were surveyed. An estimated 151,978 adults live in the sample region.

An estimated 64,000, or about 42 percent of the total, said they might be interested in a new job in the next year if it was a good fit with their skills and met their salary and schedule expectations.

They named a lack of job opportunities and inadequate pay and benefits offered by area employers as the most common barriers to improving their career situations.

To change jobs or re-enter the workforce, respondents said they would require a median wage of $17 per hour, or $35,360 annually.

Dawn J. Sagert, Sioux City Journal Four out of five potential job seekers said they were willing to commute 15 minutes or Students answer questions about pizza at the University of Nebraska, Lincoln Extension booth during an April 4 career fair at South Sioux City High School in South Sioux City. A

LABOR, PAGE 31 new study shows there is a labor potential labor pool in the South Sioux City region.

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OnTheMove Boys Club hires chief professional officer SIOUX CITY | Eldon Bensen has been named new chief professional officer for the Boys Club of Sioux City.

The organization’s board of directors announced the appointment, which culminated a five-month-long national search.

John Olson, Boys Club of Sioux City board president, said the search committee was impressed by Bensen’s breadth of experience and his years of service in leadership positions for Boys and Girls Clubs of Sioux Falls and Des Moines.

Bensen has a BS degree from Wayne State College.

He will begin his new responsibilities with the Boys Club on June 2. He and his wife, Katie, are relocating to Siouxland.

The Boys Club of Sioux City has been serving the youth for more than 77 years.

candies) serving as CEO for North and South America as well as Great Britain.

Earlier in his career, Killeen’s experience was developed in CPG marketing with confectionery companies such as Brach’s and Jacobs Suchard, AG (maker of Toblerone) of Zurich Switzerland and with Van Melle USA, Inc. (maker of Mentos) as the VP of Marketing.

Killeen received his bachelor of commerce from the University College Cork in Ireland.

Commercial lending manager named in Sioux City

SIOUX CITY | Great Southern Bank announces the appointment of Tanya LaBahn as the commercial lending market manager overseeing the Sioux City market.

LaBahn has more than nine years of experience in the commercial banking industry. She is a graduate of the University of Wells Enterprises names COO Iowa with a bachelor’s degree in finance.

Great Southern Bank’s main Sioux City LE MARS, Iowa | Wells Enterprises Inc. banking center is downtown at 329 Pierce announces the addition of Liam Killeen as St. chief operating officer.

With nearly 30 years of Realty firm announces new hire experience in the consumer packaged goods field, SIOUX CITY | Gina Grimsley has joined Killeen comes to Wells Property Pros. having worked in the conGrimsley, a Siouxland native, has been fectionery industry. He is active in real estate for the past 12 years. She an award-winning maris licensed in Iowa, Nebraska, and South Dakota. She has earned the keter and visionary leader Killeen with high-caliber crossCouncil of Residential Spefunctional management qualifications in cialists, or CRS designation. sales, marketing and operations business She holds a bachelor of science degree from management.

Killeen joins Wells from Ferrara Candy Morningside College in edCompany/ Farley’s & Sathers, Inc., a con- ucation, and continues with fectionery company with well-known graduate work to maintain Grimsley brands including Brach’s, Chuckles, Lem- her teaching license. onheads, Jujyfruit, and Red Hots.

Grimsley and her husHe served as chairman, CEO & president band of over 35 years, Tom, have raised of Farley’s & Sathers, Inc. and worked for three children, all of who have remained a privately owned confectionery company, and work in Siouxland. She has 2 grandStork KG, (maker of Werther’s Original daughters and a grandson on the way.

Sioux City bank names credit loan review manager

operations in 22 states.

Peterson, who bas been publisher of the Journal since 1999, will remain in Sioux City.

Peterson began his career in advertising sales in 1984 for Shopper Enterprises in Blue Earth, Minn., and was sales manager and assistant manager of the Freeborn County Shopper in Albert Lea, Minn.; general manager of the Sioux City Weekly Shoppers Guide from 1985 to 1990; publisher of the Columbia Basin Herald in Moses Lake, Wash., from 1990 to 1994; and publisher of the Daily Inter Lake in Kalispell, Mont., from 1994 to 1999.

He is a native of Ellendale, Minn., and a graduate of Mankato State University with a degree in marketing, management and economics.

SIOUX CITY | Jeffrey M. Florke has been promoted to Credit and Loan Review Manager for Security National Bank, Sioux City.

Florke joined Security National in July of 2012 as a credit analyst.

Prior to that, he was with Henjes, Conner & Williams PC as a senior Accountant for four years and, before that, an accounting manager for Long Lines LLC. A 2003 graduate of Mo r n i n gs i d e Co l l e ge , Florke Florke earned his BS degree in accounting and finance. He studied for and earned his CPA designation in 2006.

Active in the community, Florke is cur- UnityPoint Health names imaging rently a board member for the Sioux City and laboratory director Noon Sertoma Club and executive committee member for the United Way’s Young SIOUX CITY | Adam Kirking has joined Leaders Society.

UnityPoint Health – St. Luke’s as the diFlorke and his wife, Jennifer, reside in rector of Imaging and Laboratory Services.

Sioux City.

In his new role, Kirking oversees all hospital-based and outpatient radiolSioux City Journal publisher joins ogy and laboratory services, including at the recently opened Sunnybrook Lee Enterprises corporate team those Medical Plaza. He will be responsible for SIOUX CITY | Journal President and daily operations, quality improvement, Publisher Ron Peterson has been pro- employee performance and patient satmoted to group publisher for parent com- isfaction. pany Lee Enterprises Inc. He will remain Originally from Mondovi, Wisc., Kirking in Sioux City. received his bachelor of science degree in Peterson will oversee healthcare administration from the Unithe Arizona Daily Sun in versity of Wisconsin – Milwaukee and his Flagstaff; The Sentinel in master of healthcare administration from Hanford, Calif.; Napa Valthe University of Minnesota. ley Register in Napa, Calif.; Most recently, Kirking completed a Rural Santa Maria Times in Santa Administrative Fellowship with UnityPoint Maria, Calif.; The Lompoc Health, including time spent at hospitals Record in Lompoc, Calif.; in Fort Dodge, Des Moines and Sioux City, and Daily Journal in Park Peterson managing various financial analysis, new Hills, Mo. service line research and electronic mediPeterson also will join the executive team cal record implementation projects. He for Davenport, Iowa-based Lee, guiding is a member of the American College of the company’s 50 daily print and digital Healthcare Executives.

Paint industry group honors Vogel Paint CEO Drew Vogel ORANGE CITY, Iowa | The American Coatings Association recently presented Vogel Paint Inc. President and CEO Drew Vogel with the national organization’s highest honor.

Vogel received George Vogel Baugh Heckel Award during ACA’s Awards Dinner, held prior to the

American Coatings Show, April 8-10, in Atlanta.

Vogel was recognized for his industry leadership efforts for over a generation, including spearheading a consolidated and successful response to some of the initial major Superfund cases impacting the paint and coatings industry.

With his background from a multi-generation family-owned enterprise, Vogel has

been able to provide invaluable insights to ACA staff on the regulations that matter most and impact the organization’s small and medium-sized members.

As a member of the Original Steering Committee and PaintCare’s original Board of Directors, Vogel also was instrumental in developing ACA’s paint product stewardship program, from its initial incorporation to the development and implementation of

the pilot program in Oregon.

Vogel began his career with Diamond Vogel Paints (now Vogel Paint, Inc.) in 1973.

He served in various positions with his family’s company in Des Moines, Omaha, Minneapolis and Denver. In 1987, he and his wife Jean returned to his home town of Orange City, where they continue to reside.

George Baugh Heckel was a pioneer of the paint and coatings industry.

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Architects expand in landmark building in Spencer RUSS OECHSLIN

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SPENCER, Iowa | The historic building at 505 Grand Ave, on Spencer’s main drag ”ain’t the Coast-to-Coast Hardware I grew up with,” local Chamber of Commerce finance director Mari Lu Larsen jokingly told an audience last week.

Larsen spoke at an open house for the new Spencer offices of Cannon Moss Brygger Architects. The firm moved in after the completion of extensive renovations to the one-story brick structure, which was built in 1922 and survive the June 27, 1931, fire that destroyed most of Spencer’s downtown area.

The landmark structure was long known as a Coast to Coast. In the last 25 years, it had several other uses, most recently as a second-hand store.

The 5,200-square-foot offices aren’t much larger than the architect’s previous location just a block off Grand Avenue, Spencer project manager Matt Barstad said. With the remodeling, though, the architectural firm “increased the ability to have a more creative, open, collaborative Todd Moss environment,” Barstad said.

CMBA has a history of adapting older structures for its office space. In 2009, the firm relocated its downtown Sioux City headquarters into the United Center, a century-old warehouse at Third and Jones

Cannon Moss Brygger Architects new offices in Spencer, Iowa, feature a wide-open, more collaborative workspace than the firm’s previous

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BusinessPeople Humane Society announces officers, board members SIOUX CITY | The Siouxland Humane Society Board of Directors has elected officers and board members for the 2014-2015 year.

Tammi Gagnon of Security National Bank has been elected board president board. Other officers are vice president, Mark Cord, Berenstein Law Firm; treasurer, Chris Holman, Central Bank and secretary, Paula Kleen, Security National Bank.

Newly elected board members are Loan Hensley, Woodbury County Attorney’s Office, Stephen Liebetrau, Unity Point Health, Todd Trobaugh, Woodbury County Sheriff’s Office and Lucinda Tryon and Jill Miller. These individuals will join existing board members Chad Anema, Janet Dorale-Hampf, Sharon Dorr, Terri Kjeldseth, Annie Lundin, Steven Merritt, Mark Mohring, Pam Miller-Smith, Mark Rawlings and Ryan Ross.

Also recognized were honorary board members Andrea Waitt, Ken Roach, Richard Robinson and Wayne Farley.

Jerry Dominicak is the executive director of the Siouxland Humane Society.

Cook, attorney, Dignified Solutions and Resolutions, Inc.; Dr. Robert E. Dunker, WITCC president emeritus/honorary board member; Jane Gilbert, freelance writer/editor; Mary Ellen Hartman, commercial property manager, Klinger Properties, Inc.; Clarence Hoffman, owner, Hoffman Agency; Dr. Robert Kiser, WITCC president emeritus/honorary board member; Dr. Terry Murrell, president, WITCC; Ginny Peterson, community volunteer, Dakota Dunes; Jim Rocklin, president, Rocklin Manufacturing Co.; Lillyan Rodriguez, local sales manager, Sioux City Convention Center, and Jon Winkel, vice chair of Long Lines.

Board members rotating off the board and recognized for their service include Chris Ferry, IBC Insurance; Jeana Goosmann, Goosmann Law Firm; Justin Meyer, PLaN Architecture; and Skip Perley, TEC Corp.

Insurance group honors woman for 30 years of advanced study

SIOUX CITY | The Society of Certified Insurance Counselors (CIC) recently recognized Suzanne Hunter of IBC Insurance in Sioux City with a certificate honoring her 30 years of participation in advanced education.

Making CIC history by being among the WIT announces Foundation Board first group of CICs to reach this 30-year milestone, SIOUX CITY | The Foundation of West- Hunter, earned the desigern Iowa Tech Community College has an- nation through a series of nounced its officers and board members examinations, and mainfor 2014. taining her CIC designation Mary Sterk has been by annual attendance at an elected president. Sterk is approved CIC continuing Hunter president of Sterk Financial education program.

Services. John Baker, vice The Society of CID is a member of The president of C.W. Suter SerNational Alliance for Insurance Education & Research. vices, was elected vice president and Troy Jasman, vice president of finance Western Iowa Tech announces and administrative services Sterk officers, members of alumni board of WITCC, was re-elected treasurer. Theresa Petty, assistant to the The Alumni Association of Western Iowa president at WITCC, was elected secretary. Tech Community College has announced New members of the foundation are An- its officers and board members for 2014.

Marti Reilly has been elected president gela Kneip, CFO/vice president of administration with BoDeansBaking Co.; Mike of the Alumni Association. Reilly is a capPatrick, president/CEO of Liberty Na- tain of Uniformed Services Bureau with the tional Bank; Brenda Perrin, president of Sioux City Police Department.

Screen Builders; and Marti Reilly, captain Paul Bergmann, chief financial officer of Long Lines, Inc., was elected vice with the Sioux City Police Department.

Other board members include Rick president, Carolyn Ellwanger, executive Aadland, board member, Pioneer Bank; director of Western Iowa Tech CommuJason Anderson, financial advisor with nity College Foundation, was re-elected Siouxland Investment Group; Tasha treasurer and Traci Trampe, senior CADD Barker, MSP client relations manager with technician at FEH Associates, Inc., was Electric Innovations; Greg Berenstein, elected secretary. partner, Berenstein Law Firm; Deborah Other board members include: Joaquin

Alvarez, consultant, Sogeti USA, Des Moines Unit; Kevin Archer, Realtor, United Real Estate Solutions, Danielle Benoit; Kolby DeWitt, associate, Anderson Professional Services; Myrah Favors, Reilly agent/owner, Myrah Favors State Farm; Jeff Gordon, creative director/ principal with JD Gordon Creative Labs; Shannon Jorstad, personal banker/lender, Great Southern Bank; Jackie Krueger, faculty, Western Iowa Tech; Justin Meyer project coordinator and designer at PLaN Architecture; Larry Obermeyer, director of institutional research & resource development of Western Iowa Tech; Keith Obermiller, director of international sales, American Foods Group; Jenn Pavone, general manager, Stoney Creek Inn; and Douglas Rose, COO, Bacon Creek Design Inc. and Bacon Creek Construction Inc.

He is a fellow with the American Board of Surgery, an independent, non-profit organization founded in 1937,

State program honors nurse from UnityPoint Health - St. Luke’s

SIOUX CITY | Jennifer Heuertz, RN, BSN, with UnityPoint Health – St. Luke’s, has been named among the top nurses in Iowa.

Heuertz was recently honored for her compassion and empathy for her patients and their families, as one of the 100 Great Iowa Nurses, a recognition program of the Iowa Nurses Association.

Heuertz will mark her 35th year at St. Luke’s in 2014. She began her career working as a staff nurse in pediatrics. She has over 25 years of critical care expe- Heuertz rience and currently serves as the manager of the intensive care and Wellmark honors local insurance cardiac care units at St. Luke’s. She plays a key role in staff education and mentoring agent with top producer award initiatives.

SIOUX CITY | Sally O’Hern SyperThe 100 Great Iowa Nurses program recsma of O’Hern Insurance was recently ognizes outstanding nurses whose exceprecognized by Wellmark tional contributions to patients, colleagues Blue Cross and Blue Shield and the profession are truly remarkable. of Iowa with the Individual Sales 2013 Top Producer Moser, Gray on named to list Award. of Best Lawyers in America The award acknowledges the expertise and sales exCynthia Moser, a partner with Heidman perience Sypersma uses to Law Firm, has been selected by her peers find the right product to fit O’Hern for inclusion in the 2014 Edition of The the needs of her customers. Sypersma Best Lawyers in America for her work in Just three percent of Wellthe practice area of Health Care Law. mark Blue Cross and Blue Shield agents in Moser has been included in the list for Iowa achieved the honor. more than 20 years.

John Gray, also a partner Dakota Dunes surgeon receives with Heidman Law Firm, has also been named in the national recertification 2014 Edition of The Best DAKOTA DUNES | Dr. Mike Wolpert, Lawyers in America for his a general surgeon at Midlands Clinic PC in work in the area of Medical Dakota Dunes, has received recertification Malpractice-Defense. from the American Board of Surgery. His Inclusion in Best Lawyers certification is active until is based on an exhaustive Gray and rigorous peer-review 2024.

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Hilary crammed a lot into life. Family. Friends. Work. Travel. Some things just had to wait. Like her mammogram. To give her a nudge, the care team at UnityPoint Clinic called. And we kept calling Hilary until she got tested.

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Wadzinski Eye Clinic officials cut the ribbon at the clinic’s new Sioux City location at 5855 Sunnybrook Drive. Pictured from left: Carla Bentley; office administrator; Dr. Michael Wadzinski, and Dr. Penelope Haeker.

Sunnybrook Dental staff cut the ribbon on April 16 to celebrate the opening of their new office on UnityPoint Health – Sioux City’s Sunnybrook campus. Pictured from left: Erin Bonneau, Nicole Lepley, Tara Schmitt, Dianne Bell, Dr. Mindy Stevens, Sarah Jensen and Morgan Haskell. The ultra modern office doubles the capacity of the dental practice, which is accepting new patients.

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Dr. Joshua Kruse cuts the ribbon in front of his Dakota Dunes office on April 22. Kruse Chiropractic PC is located at 330 Dakota Dunes Blvd., Suite 300.

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Express Laundry Center owners Rob and Amanda Beller and their son cut the ribbon May 2 for the new business at 1100 Dakota Ave. in South Sioux City. The clean, bright laundromat features many environmentally-healthy upgrades, including large capacity, high-efficiency washers with automatic sanitizing after each use.

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Photos courtesy of the Siouxland Chamber of Commerce Elite Dentistry staff cut the ceremonial ribbon on April 25 to celebrate the opening of their new location on Sunnybrook Drive. Pictured from left: Trissa Bottorff, Dr. Jenny Gotch, Lisa Theisen and Kim Roth,

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Siouxland Habitat for Humanity officials cut the ribbon May 3 and celebrated the “Grand ReOpening of their ReStore,” a home improvement store and donation center that sells new and gently used furniture, home accessories, building materials, and appliances to the public at a fraction of the retail price. Pictured from SHFH were Katie Roberts, executive director and volunteer of the year, Chuck Corbett; staff members Makeba Jones, Melissa Campbell and John Gunia; Board Members Wil Alberda, Treyal Lee-Chavis, Karen James, Willie Delfs and Sister Shirley Fineran. At the event, the local Habitat chapter also announced their volunteer of the year, Chuck Corbett.

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Iowa business leaders spend two days in Sioux City DAVE DREESZEN

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SIOUX CITY | This year’s 40-member Leadership Iowa class visited Sioux City, May 8-9.

Business professionals from around the state are nominated for the leadership program, put on annually by the Iowa Association of Business and Industry Foundation. Class participants learn about governMendenhallment, agriculture, educaCore tion, health care and economic development during eight monthly class sessions from October to June.

Health care was the focus of the two-day visit to Sioux City visit.

UnityPoint Health Care – St. Luke’s hosted the May 8 Adam group sessions, while the Sioux City Public Museum was the site for the sessions the next day.

Class members heard local and statewide experts talk about the impact of the Affordable Care Act, mental health services and

Gov. Terry Branstad.

Every chance they had, local officials showcased the community to the Leadership Iowa guests. The excursions included a lunch at the historic John Peirce Mansion and a tour of downtown and famous “celebrity” sites on a vintage trolley.

Like many other Leadership Iowa participants, Gina Adam had not previously visited Sioux City, even though she grew up in the north central Iowa town of Webster City. Today, she is the owner of an advertising agency in Des Moines.

Adam said she came away impressed with the community. She especially enjoyed joining some of her fellow classmates on a stroll through the Historic Fourth District.

“It’s an amazing place,” she said of the collection of shops, bars and restaurants.

Organizers each year try to familiarize Dave Dreeszen, Sioux City Journal Leadership Iowa class members with every region of the state, with various cities Members of the 2013-14 Leadership Iowa class listen to Mary Lawyer, director of the Blue hosting visits on a rotating basis, said Mary Zones project, at the Sioux City Public Museum Friday. The presentation was part of a twoMendenhall-Core, director of development day visit to Sioux City by the 40-member class of business professionals from across the and marketing for the Iowa AIB. state.

“We find that communities we visit the Blue Zones Project.

Wellmark Blue Cross and Blue Shield. The are very hospitable and enjoy having us Sioux City is one of 17 Iowa cities cho- project is one component of Iowa’s Health- because there they like to showcase their sen as Blue Zone demonstration sites by iest State Initiative, unveiled in 2011 by community,” Mendenhall-Core said.

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Gregg and Krissy Lamoreux, owners of Trinity Electrical Services, cut the ribbon April 30 for their new location at 600 North Derby Lane Suite 101, North Sioux City.

The Farmers Market held a news conference on May 7 its opening day of the 2014 season.

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Your Outdoor Specialists Russ Oechslin, Sioux City Journal correspondent

Cannon Moss Brygger Architects recently moved its Spencer, Iowa, offices to a historic downtown building, above, at 505 Grand Ave.

Architects: Sioux City firm growing, adds five new jobs FROM PAGE 20 street that was transformed into commercial and residential space.

Besides Spencer, the firm also has offices in Grand Island, Neb. “To be a part of all three communities we work in, we made it a goal for all three offices to find existing buildings to repurpose and rehabilitate. We feel it is a good investment for us and the communities we’re in,” Barstad said.

The new Spencer location comes about with changes in the traditional uses of downtown space, he said.

“Downtowns have changed from what they used to be – almost 100 percent main level retail shops, with professional offices and apartments on the upper floors that aren’t used as much now.”

The Grand Avenue location also makes CMBA a more visible part of the community, Barstad said, “giving us an opportunity to better showcase our work.”

HIRING CMBA CEO Todd Moss said that after five recent hires, the firm has 47 employees in its three offices. And the

firm is still looking to fill another two or three positions.

“If the work load continues as it is, I think we will be looking at trying to expand with another architect’s position in Spencer,” Barstad said.

In addition to how the more open floor plan assists staff interaction in Spencer, Moss said there is also a lot of collaboration between the three offices.

“In the last couple years Spencer has been helping us,” he said. “Now we’re working on their projects. With tech it’s pretty easy to work across offices.”

Labor: Local businesses trying to fill vacancies FROM PAGE 18 more each way for suitable work. The vast majority also would be willing to retrain or learn new skills. The labor study results may help metro Sioux City government and business leaders tackle the region’s growing labor

shortage, South Sioux City Administrator Lance Hedquist said Friday.

“From a local business standpoint, we’re in dire need of additional workers for lots of industries in South Sioux City and the Siouxland area,” Hedquist said.

Hedquist said he was pleased to see that many residents would be willing to accept new employment.

“We’re fortunate that we have good quality jobs with increased pay, and we’ll have more in the very near future,” he said.

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