Siouxland Business Journal - August 2014

Vol. 22 No. 8 PO Box 118, Sioux City, Iowa 51102

August 2014

SHOP LOCALLY ISSUE

Taxless shopping Iowa to again waive sales tax on apparel INSIDE THIS MONTH’S ISSUE: Jolly Time celebrates 100 years of popping.

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

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

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Index

On the cOver

Business Know How ........................................page 10

Home & Office ....................................................page 9

Business People ......................................... page 16, 19

On the move .............................................. page 23, 29

Chamber anniversaries ...................................page 27

Ribbon cuttings ............................ page 25, 26, 28, 30

Journal photo by Dawn J. Sagert

Kimberley Andres, center, of Vermillion, S.D., shops for shoes on Aug. 2, 2013 at the Greatland Target in Sioux City with her daughters, Brooklyn Williams, 8, left, and Reese Williams, 5, during Iowa’s sales tax holiday last week. This year’s holiday, which waives the state and local sales tax on apparel items priced under $100, is scheduled for Aug. 1-2.

Chamber investors...........................................page 27

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Mercy, partner acquire majority stake in Surgery Center $100 million in improvements envisioned for Dakota Dunes site DOLLY A. BUTZ

Business Journal staff writer

SIOUX CITY | Mercy Medical Center – Sioux City has aligned with Texasbased United Surgical Partners International to jointly acquire majority ownership of the Siouxland Surgery Center in Dakota Dunes.

Mercy, a non-profit hospital, was one of the initial investors in the for-profit outpatient and overnight surgical hospital when it was established in 1994.

The 40-bed facility, 600 Sioux Point Road, is supported by more than 130 physicians and providers who perform a variety of same-day and extendedstay general and specialized surgical procedures.

Deb Lemmon, director of

marketing and planning for Mercy, said the new partnership will lead to an investment of more than $100 million in improvements to surrounding facilities, the development of a streamlined information technology system and a chronic disease registry, as well as support for community health programs.

She said it will meet the health care needs of a growing population spurred by a $1.7 billion expansion of CF Industries just south of Sioux City and keep existing residents, who may travel to Omaha, Sioux Falls or the Mayo Clinic in Rochester, Minn., for care, in Siouxland.

“This move allows us to deliver an even higher-

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Physicians perform a procedure at the Siouxland Surgery Center in an undated file photo.

Mercy Medical Center – Sioux City and a partner recently acquired a majority stake in the surgery center in Dakota Dunes.

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quality patient experience, and in ways unprecedented in this marke t ,” s a i d Mercy’s inFitzPatrick terim CEO James FitzPatrick in a statement. “It’s about growing our organization in the right place for the right reasons at the right time.”

Mercy declined to release details about the transaction, including which investors sold their shares and for

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At a glance WhAT hAppeneD: Mercy Medical Center – Sioux City has partnered with United Surgical Partners International, of Dallas, Texas, to acquire majority ownership of the Siouxland Surgery Center in Dakota Dunes.

WhAT’S expeCTeD: The partnership will lead to an investment of more than $100 million in improvements to surrounding facilities, innovation and technology, and for population and community health programs.

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Jolly Time Pop Corn turns 100 Family business to award $100,000 for kindness acts DAVE DREESZEN

Business Journal editor

SIOUX CITY | Jolly Time Pop Corn is rewarding simple acts of kindness around the country to celebrate the Sioux City-based company’s 100 years in business.

The Sioux City-based company will give away a total of $100,000 – 100, $1,000 gifts to individuals or organizations that bring joy and happiness to others.

The grassroots grant program is among a series of special initiatives planned this year to tell the story of the fifth-generation family business.

“Most people don’t know we’re family owned,” said Jolly Time President Garry Smith, a great-grandson of the company founder. “For sure they don’t know we’re 100 years old. We’re hoping to expose that to a lot of people through these efforts.”

Jolly Time launched its Kernels of Kindness program. By the deadline in June, the company received 6,630 nominations from across the country, far exceeding the company’s expectations, said Tracy Boever, director of public relations and marketing communications.

For Jolly Time’s 100th anniversary, company leaders said they wanted to do something special to give back to their customers and the communities where they live. After kicking around a number of ideas, the Kernels of Kindness initiative quickly rose to the top, said Jolly Time Chairman Carlton Smith. Giving 100 gifts to a broad spectrum of individuals and groups was

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Founder Cloid Smith of Jolly Time Pop Corn is shown in an undated photo. The Sioux City-based company, which Smith and his son, Howard, started in 1914, celebrates its 100th anniversary this year.

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Cousins Garry, left, and Carlton Smith, the fourth generation of their family to lead Jolly Time Pop Corn, are shown in May in their offices with a banner promoting the Sioux Citybased company’s 100th anniversary this year.

especially appealing, he said.

After narrowing the entries to 200 finalists, a panel of judges will pick the 100 winners. The first 10 gifts will be announced in midAugust, with a like number to follow in each of the next nine weeks.

The awards and an outdoor birthday party for employees, their families and other invited guests on Aug. 23 at the company complex are timed around the start of the fall harvest of Jolly Time’s popcorn, which is raised by about 70 contract growers.

Jolly Time founder Cloid Smith harvested the first ears of popcorn in the fall of 1914 near the Sac County town of Odebolt, Iowa.

As legend has it, Smith got into a dispute with a grain buyer over the price for his crop. So, he and his son, Howard, hauled their corn to Sioux City, where they

shelled, cleaned and packaged the kernels in the basement of their home.

Cloid Smith started out by personally selling Jolly Time to small grocers and street cart venders.

Jolly Time was the nation’s first brand name popcorn, as well as the first packaged in a hermetically sealed can.

That preserved the kernel’s moisture and increased its quality, leading to the company’s well-known “Guaranteed to Pop” slogan.

The company also 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.

One of the first brands to introduce microwave popcorn in the 1980s, Jolly Time reenergized its brand in 1997 with the launch of “Blast O’ Butter. The new theaterstyle buttery flavor quickly became the top-selling microwave brand, shattering company sales records.

In most recent years, the company seized on the demand for more healthconscious microwave popcorn. In 2008, Jolly Time’s Healthy Pop 94” Fast Free products won an exclusive endorsement from Weight Watchers. And, last year, Jolly Time rolled out microwave varieties made with Smart Balance’s unique blend of hearthealthy cooking oils.

Jolly Time products are today sold in all 50 states and 40 foreign countries.

Unlike most other top competitors, the company

remains family owned and operated. First-cousins Garry and Carlton Smith are the fourth generation to head the business.

The rich legacy is highlighted in a four-minute video Jolly Time just released to coincide with its 100th anniversary. The video, titled “Anthem,” features images from Jolly Time’s production complex in Leeds, historic company photos and extended comments from Garry and Carlton Smith. The professionally-produced video is accompanied by a song called, “Country,” performed by Frankie Lee, a Twin Cities area musician.

In one scene, Garry and Carlton are shown driving in a pickup, on their way to check out a popcorn field. Also featured is Pat

Green, a contract grower from Homer, Neb. Green’s grandfather, Michael, was the first farmer to sign a contract with Cloid Smith in 1930. The Green family has been growing popcorn for Jolly Time ever year since then.

Jolly Time is making large flat-screen TVs available to retailers who carry the product in hopes they show the video on a continuous loop in their stores, Garry Smith said.

The video is posted on the Jolly Time website and YouTube. It also can be viewed at the Journal’s website.

To call attention to the company’s milestone this year, Jolly Time also is giving away special 100th commemorative products.

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Co-founder Howard Smith cuts a cake for Jolly Time Pop Corn’s 50th anniversary in 1965.

The Sioux City-based family business is celebrating its 100th birthday this year.

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six proof-of-purchases, for example, will receive a large orange popcorn bowl modeled after one the company sold for a dollar apiece

in the 1930s.

Jolly Time’s 100th anniversary logo is scheduled to start showing up on its products in August.

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Sons of Wrede Sr. and Chesley Smith are shown in 1962 at an assembly line with containers of Jolly Time Pop Corn.

From left is Wrede Jr., Carlton, Garry and Chipper.

Today, cousins Carlton and Garry are the fourth generation to lead the family business, which is celebrating its 100th anniversary this year.

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Vern Eide acquires Condon dealerships DAVE DREESZEN

Business Journal editor

SIOUX CITY | The Condon family has ended its 69year run in the auto business in Sioux City.

Family members recently entered into an agreement to sell Condon Auto Sales and Service Inc. to Vern Eide Motorcars of Sioux Falls.

The deal, which includes Condon’s Buick and Honda dealerships at Singing Hills Boulevard and South Lakeport Street, will be finalized around Sept. 1, according to a news release.

As of July 1, the dealership was under the management of Vern Eide, while the transaction awaits approvals from the automobile manufacturers. Condon family members and employees will continue to work at the dealership after the sale.

“We know that Vern Eide is going to continue

the family atmosphere and great customer service in the tradition of the Condon family,” Condon Auto President Mark Condon said in a statement. “Vern Eide will retain our employees and install new technologies to help the staff function more efficiently with expanded inventories and services.”

The Condon dealerships employ about 40 people.

“The Condon family wishes to thank all of our past and present customers and employees for a lifetime of memories,” Condon said.

“We thank each and every one for their loyal support and friendship.”

The transaction marks Vern Eide’s entrance into the metro Sioux City market. The family-owned business has 10 locations in South Dakota, Minnesota and Iowa.

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started in business as Condon Motor Co. in Sioux City in 1945 as a heavy duty truck dealer, and operated that business until 1997, serving as a dealer for White Trucks, Mercedes Benz Truck, White Freightliner and Freightliner.

Condon bought Salsness Motor Co. in March 1988 and moved the operation to Singing Hills Boulevard in September 1999. Condon became the first new car dealer to move to the four-lane boulevard, which is now home to dozens of commercial businesses and a half dozen other auto dealers.

Last year, Condon opened a 3,000-square-foot Buickonly showroom, just west of its sales and service building at 4625 South Lakeport St. The existing showroom now focuses exclusively on the Honda line. The expansion

Brothers Steve Condon, left, and Mark Condon are shown Sept.

9 in their new Buick showroom at Condon Auto Sales & Service in Sioux City. The Condon family has agreed to sell their Buick and Honda dealerships to Vern Eide Motorcars of Sioux Falls.

Dawn J. Sagert, Sioux City Journal file

allowed the dealership to increase the size of its outdoor lot by about 50 vehicles.

As part of a structured bankruptcy for the automaker, General Motors in May 2009 announced it

would not renew franchise agreements with more than 1,100 U.S. dealers, including Condon Buick. Condon appealed the decision and subsequently filed for arbitration, but the two

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Cook with herbs to add Front Page Label taste, bolster your health We hear so much about medicinal herbs lately that we seem to have forgotten about culinary herbs. Herbs can be very easy to grow and cook with. Herbs were our first medicine, food preservative, flavorings and cosmetic aids.

Herbs are very easy to grow and they give food wonderful flavorings. Cooking with herbs can help make low fat and low sodium meals. Herbs are very nutritious and are high in vitamins, minerals, and antioxidants. Think of them as a little green leafy vegetable.

Ounce per ounce, herbs are more potent than vegetables as antioxidants.

Fresh herbs are always best to use but can be frozen or dried. Fresh herbs need about three times as much as dried. Some herbs (such as rosemary, sage, tarragon, oregano, thyme) develop their flavor through cooking while basil, chives, cilantro, parsley need to be added at the end of cooking to retain flavor.

Basil is an annual and easy to grow. It doesn’t tolerate cold well, needs full sun and is best known for uses with tomatoes or in pesto sauce. To retain flavor and aroma, add most of the basil at the end of cooking. Basil should be torn rather than chopped to bring out the flavor. To freeze basil ( and other herbs), you can wash and dry in a salad spinner or paper towels, tear leaves and put in with water in an ice cube tray to use in the winter. It is best never to let herbs flower since that will decrease flavor.

Cilantro is the leaves and

Coriander is the seed. Sometimes called Chinese parsley, it is an annual and likes full sun to partial shade. It should be used at the end of cooking to retain CINDY GATES flavor.

Often used in Mexican cooking, it is great in salsa. Cilantro may be fresh or frozen.

Dill is an annual that will re-seed. Best known for giving flavor to dill pickles, the leaves can be used fresh in salads and in cooking. Dill can be used fresh or frozen.

Caterpillars love dill so plant extra for butterflies.

Garlic and chives are from the same family of allium.

Chives are perennial and easy to grow. It’s easy to buy garlic cloves. They have the most culinary flavor where garlic powder provides little. Keep cloves in a cool dry place but not refrigerated. Use garlic in the last 10 minutes of cooking to help preserve flavor and medicinal properties.

Chives are used fresh and wilt easily. The aroma fades when cooked too long. Snip chives with kitchen shears versus chopping to prevent loss of essential oils.

Mint is a perennial that is easy to grow. It can be used fresh and is great on carrots and refreshing in your water. Mint is known to be paired with lamb but also great for desserts, garnishes and smoothies. It can also be dried and freezes well.

Oregano is a perennial and marjoram is the annual of the same family. Oregano is famous for pizza and spaghetti flavoring. It can be used fresh or dried.

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Parsley is a biennial. Flat leaf parsley is much more flavorful than curly parsley that is used for a garnish.

Caterpillars love parsley so be sure to include extra in your garden. The stems actually have a more intense flavor than leaves. Add chopped leaves just before serving to help retain the flavor. Parsley helps garlic breath and is best fresh but can be frozen. Just 1/4c provides a daily dose of vitamin C and is also a good source of potassium and folic acid.

Rosemary is a tender perennial in the mid-west but can be brought in during the winter. It flavors meats and potatoes wonderfully. Fresh is best but can be dried. It contains cancer fighting substances.

Sage is a perennial and of course the flavor for stuffing.

It can be used fresh or dried.

Tarragon is a perennial and needs to be French Tarragon for a wonderful flavor. The aroma develops while cooking.

Be careful not to use too much.

It can either be fresh or frozen.

Thyme is a perennial with many varieties but doesn’t always survive the winters.

It can be used a lot in French cooking with tomatoes and wine sauces. It can be used fresh or dried.

My favorite herb of all is dandelions. Colonists actually brought it to America.

All parts can be used from root, stems and flowers.

Dent de lion mean lions tooth and resembles its serrated leaves. They are very bitter which helps stimulate your digestion. It is also a diuretic. They are high in potassium and high in Vitamin A and C, Calcium, and Zinc.

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Transforming workplace well-being with sit to stand desks When sitting for longer than one hour at a time without getting up to move, stretch, or fidget your muscles, body, and brain begin to shut down at the metabolic and cellular level.

The American Medical Association (AMA) adopted a new policy on sitting in the workplace, citing mounting evidence that sitting for extended periods of time without moving can lead to many health problems such as; high blood pressure, high cholesterol, diabetes, musculoskeletal pain and stiffness, heart attack, stroke, and many cancers. The AMA also encourages work places to offer alternatives to sitting all day such as; sit to stand workstations, isometric ball chairs, treadmill desks, policy changes to encourage workers to stand and stretch, or move every hour will help create a healthier workforce.

I began using a sit to stand workstation in my office at UnityPoint

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Health-St. Luke’s in early October 2013. I noticed immediately reduced hip, and lower back stiffness from standing three to five hours of my typical hour workday. I had huge improvement in my daily energy level, better focus and concentration on what I was doing, and improved blood sugar levels and tighter control of my daily blood sugar levels by standing up more daily at work.

In addition, I purchased a work surface to hold my documents and paperwork directly in front of me. A document holder is one of the most important ergonomic

purchases for anyone who works at a computer workstation, laptop or tablet to keep your paperwork upright. This greatly improves your neck, shoulder, upper and lower back posture habits.

I have juvenile diabetes and use an insulin pump for my blood sugar control. By spending less time sitting and more time standing, I noticed a healthier change in my blood sugar levels that will help reduce future disease complications and improved quality of life.

This change provided significant improvement in my focus, energy level, and even attitude at work, home, and play through blood sugar level control!

I was very excited to see changes in my good cholesterol (HDL) levels too. HDL levels are chronically lower for those who sit prolonged amounts of time, aren’t active daily, or who have diabetes. Standing more throughout the workday allowed my HDL level to improve.

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Transforming our workplaces with better posture habits, using a sit to stand option of an adjustable workstation, encouraging healthy lifestyle habits, and promoting dynamic stretching into everyday work life helps reduce stress and muscle tension and improve the well-being of our body.

Changes to expect with increased time spent on your feet by standing more daily: 1. Some increased soreness to feet. Purchase good dress shoes, a floor mat, or possibly a footrest to prop a foot for posture variety standing. Vary your standing posture frequently with most often using a staggered stance, feet wider than shoulder width apart.

2. Kick start blood flow and enzymes to keep you energized, reduce any stiffness or pain in your feet, legs or lower back, and also stay focused daily by occasionally walking in place and slowly lifting one heel up at a time. This

is especially helpful for those in sustained standing or sitting jobs.

3. The Hip adduction and groin stretch from the UnityPoint Health - St. Luke’s Dynamic Stretching Plan poster helps stretch out your lower back groin, hamstrings and calves from standing up at work.

4. Standing forces postural muscles to work harder, exercise to increase upper back, rotator cuff, and scapular strength to enhance comfort.

Use good habits to protect your body’s joints and muscles from stiffness and pain. Don’t sit if you can stand, don’t stand if you can walk, and if you can do something manually and safely, don’t use a machine.

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from page 4 how much. Lemmon said Mercy and United Surgical Partners International (USPI) now own more than 51 percent of the Siouxland Surgery Center.

The partnership is in line with the Affordable Care Act, which seeks to reduce health care costs by encouraging doctors, hospitals and other health care providers to form networks that coordinate patient care. Lemmon said USPI, which manages more than 215 surgical centers across the country, will provide oversight for the Siouxland Surgery Center.

“They have expertise in managing ambulatory surgery centers, and we also think the benefit of that would be helping us retain and attract surgeons and

manage care contracting,” she said of USPI. Brett Brodnax, USPI president and chief development officer, said in a statement that Mercy and the Siouxland Surgery Center share USPI’s mission of “providing the quality care we would expect for our own families.”

Siouxland Surgery Center president Dr. Ralph Reeder said the partnership demonstrates physician commitment to community health care.

“By all three of us working together, we will secure the much-needed capital commitment for the health care of our community and the development of a true clinically integrated network,” he said.

In the coming weeks, Lemmon said, committees

will form to discuss the integration of Mercy and the Siouxland Surgery Center, which she said has the capacity to add new services.

“We’ll take a look at where certain services will be best provided,” she said. “There wouldn’t be a big building built.

There’s no need for that, but certainly some more advanced equipment.”

Patients scheduled to undergo procedures at the Siouxland Surgery Center won’t be affected by these changes, Lemmon said.

“If their provider in the past said you need to go one place or another because of being in the network, it actually gives them greater access,” she said. “The physicians and the medical staff are the same. They have privileges at both places.”

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Siouxland Surgery Center in Dakota Dunes is shown. Mercy Medical Center – Sioux City and a Texas partner have gained a majority ownership of the facility.

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For the second time in less than a year, Omega Industries is expanding its South Sioux City plant, shown in an undated photo.

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Rail crossing plant to expand, add jobs DAVE DREESZEN

Business Journal editor

SIOUX CITY | For the second time in less than a year, a manufacturer of concrete rail crossings is expanding its South Sioux City operations.

Omega Industries on July announced plans to hire 10 additional workers to keep pace with growing orders for its products. The familyowned and operated company, which announced a $500,000 expansion of its

plant in the Roth Industrial Park in August 2013, has added 30 positions in the past 12 months, with plans to reach 50 employees by 2015, according to a news release.

“We are excited about our expansion in South Sioux City. As a result of our contracts with Union Pacific, Burlington Northern and other railroad companies, we will continue to expand our production to meet the

needs of our customers,” Omega President Isidoros Garifalakis said in a statement.

Omega, based in Vancouver, Wash., manufactures an assortment of products, with high-quality concrete railroad crossings and rail ties being the focus of the South Sioux City operation.

Omega, founded in 1978

by Garifalakis, has grown to operate facilities in four different states.

Sioux City title companies with shared past combine SIOUX CITY | SedgwickBrennan Abstract Co. recently purchased Talley Harvey and Company in Sioux City, reestablishing an alliance that began more than 100 years ago.

The two firms have a shared history that began with a prominent local company called Sedgwick Talley Title Examiners, established in the 1800s.

Historical records indicate that Talley Harvey and Co. was incorporated in 1981.

King James, the former owner of Talley Harvey will join Sedgwick-Brennan

bringing with him more than 30 years of experience in the market. Carrie Larson and Debbie McNaughton, two lifelong employees of Talley Harvey each with more than 20 years of abstracting experience will also join SedgwickBrennan. All employees will be based in the current Sedgwick-Brennan location.

Through the merger, the company hopes to expand its abstracting services in the region, while providing the most responsive, accurate and comprehensive

title services in America serving both homebuyers and real estate agents.

Sedgwick-Brennan is part of The Title Resource Network, a Sioux Fallsbased entity that combines the expertise and resources of 30 companies in seven states offering title insurance, abstracting, closing services and escrow services throughout the United States.

Sedgwick-Brennan is a member of the Iowa Land Title Association (ILTA) and The American Land Title Association (ALTA).

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TAX FREE SHOPPING SPREE Iowa retailers waive sales tax on apparel under $100 on Aug. 1-2 DAVE DREESZEN

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SIOUX CITY | One weekend a year, shoppers in Iowa get a chance to expand their wardrobes tax free.

Northwest Iowa retailers anticipate another big turnout for this year’s sales tax holiday, Friday, Aug. 1, and Saturday, Aug. 2.

During the two-day period, retailers waive sales tax on most clothing and shoes priced below $100.

Past tax-free holidays pumped up sales for everyone from big-box retailers to mom-and-pop stores. Some merchants retailers reported increases of 20 to 30 percent, compared to sales for a typical August weekend.

“It’s huge for us from a business standpoint,” said Justin Poots, store manager of the Greatland Target at Sioux City’s Sunnybrook Plaza. “We’re twice as busy as we normally are. It’s really our biggest two-day stretch until the holidays roll around.”

Poots said the store is bringing in more staff and taking in more freight to prepare for this year’s tax holiday.

State lawmakers approved the annual early August shopping spree in 1999 to give families a break as they buy back-to-school clothes and footwear. Poots said while families are in the store shopping for apparel, they also stock up on various school supplies such as pens, pencils, notebooks and folders.

Besides getting ready for the new school year, retailers say the tax-free weekend appeals to adults looking for good deals on clothing and shoes.

The temporary exemption gives shoppers from neighboring northeast Nebraska and southeast South Dakota another reason to shop at

stores in neighboring Sioux City and other Northwest Iowa cities. The Iowa stores say the holiday also helps them better compete with retailers across the border in Minnesota, where apparel is tax exempt year around.

Brick and mortar stores also are on more equal footing with online retailers such as Amazon, which are not required to collect state sales tax on transactions.

The temporary Iowa exemption applies both to the state sales tax of 5 percent, and any local option sales tax. In Woodbury County, for example, the cities and school districts each levy a 1 percent tax. With the holiday, a shopper can save a total of 7 percent, or $7, on a item priced at $100 item.

Dawn J. Sagert photos, Sioux City Journal To give shoppers even Lindsay Anderson, of Sioux City, right, and her children, Espen Anderson, left, and Rylin Anderson, shop at the Greatland more incentive to shop Target store in Sioux City during Iowa’s sales-tax holiday on Aug. 2, 2013. Clothing and footwear items priced less than $100 that weekend, many retailare exempt from state and local sales tax during the annual two-day holiday, which runs Aug. 1-2 this year. ers offer in-store sales and promotions beyond waiving the sales tax.

For instance, Bomgaars Iowa 2014 sales tax holiday will again offer 18 percent off exempt ones.

■ Iowa’s annual sales tax all clothing and footwear for exemption on apparel starts ■ Clothing and footItems the entire week, said Torrey at 12:01 a.m. Friday, Aug. on layaway qualify for the Wingert, vice president and 1 and ends at midnight exemption if the customer chief financial officer for Saturday, Aug. 4. Here is a takes delivery of the the Sioux City-based chain, brief look at the key rules, merchandise during the which has 29 stores in Iowa, according to the Iowa exemption period or puts Department of Revenue: including two in Sioux City. the merchandise on layaway Added to the 7 percent sales during the exemption ■ No sales tax, including tax, that brings the total savperiod, even if final payment local option sales tax, ings to 25 percent. and delivery are not made collected on sales of Bomgaars, which operates until after the sales tax an article of clothing or 66 stores in a six-state terfootwear with a selling price holiday less than $100 ritory, does not specifically ■ The total price of items focus on back-to-school ■ A store coupon or discount advertised as “buy one, events, he said. The chain get one free” cannot be may be used to reduce the typically sees stronger apsales price of an item to less averaged so both items parel sales after the weather qualify for the exemption than $100 to qualify for the turns colder in the fall. exemption ■ A customer who pays Still, the tax holiday in ear■ When exempt and taxable sales tax to a business on an Eavan Howard, 4, left, places items in a cart at the Greatland ly August helps give the Iowa eligible item when no tax is items are sold together as a Target store in Sioux City, while shopping with her mother, stores “a nice bump in clothdue must apply to the Iowa set, the full price is subject Carrie Howard, center, and sister, Cate Howard, 11, on Aug. ing and footwear sales for the to sales tax if the value of the Department of Revenue and 2, 2013 during Iowa’s annual sales-tax holiday. This year’s week, compared to what we Finance for a refund taxable items exceeds the two-day exemption on clothing and footwear will take place normally do,” he said.

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Honey brings sweet success for local business Earl Horlyk

Business Journal staff writer

SIOUX CITY | With a workforce of approximately 4 million, Justin Engelhardt’s business is creating plenty of buzz.

Hopefully, the workers won’t be taking a bite out of their boss.

“When you’re a beekeeper, you will get stung,” Engelhardt, the owner of Wild Hill Honey with his wife Tori Engelhardt, explained with a shrug. “If you’re stung just 10 times, that’s OK. If you’re stung 20 or more times, then, it’s gonna be a bad day.”

A full-time roofer, Engelhardt became interested in bees after hearing an interview with worldrenowned animal behaviorist Thomas Seeley on National Public Radio more than three years ago.

“In his book ‘Honeybee Democracy,’ Seeley points out that honeybees make life or death decisions by choosing and traveling to a new home on a yearly basis,” Engelhardt observed.

“Honeybees arrived to their decision by collective fact-finding, vigorous debate and consensus building.”

“People can learn a lot by following the lead of the honeybee,” he noted.

This is exactly what Engelhardt did when he started a part-time business producing and selling jars of pure honey. Wild Hill Honey’s raw and creamed honeys are available for purchase at such stores as Coffee Works (1920 Pierce Street) and Sioux City Gifts (1922 Pierce Street).

Maintaining more than 65 separate hives on Sioux City’s west side didn’t send Engelhardt into a sugar coma. Instead, he enjoys making a bee-line in order to see his sticky, little workers make their daily allotment of liquid gold.

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Justin Engelhardt, of Wild Hill Honey, talks about his bee hives in Sioux City.

A honeybee begins the honey-making process by visiting a flower and gathering some of its nectar.

The honeybee will attach itself to such plants as wild, sweet clover, catnip or purple verbena, in order to gather nectar.

Nectar – a sugar-rich liquid produced in the glands of plants – keeps the colony of bees alive during the lean times of winter. But when left in its natural state, nectar will ferment. That’s why bees turn nectar into honey,

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a greater source of energy.

This process takes a lot of teamwork. From the worker bees searching for nectarrich flowers to the hive bees tasked with turning it into honey, all have important tasks to perform.

“I’ve always admired the

work ethic of honeybees,” Engelhardt allowed. “They are single-minded when it comes to their jobs.”

Well, that is until one realizes that the lifespan of a typical honeybee is just 42 days, and that a single bee produces only 1/12th of

a teaspoon of honey in its lifetime.

Working together, thousands of bees can produce up to 200 pounds of honey for the colony in a year’s time.

With daytime high temps

in the 80s and 90s, Engelhardt said June and July are especially busy months for honeybees.

“Nectar is flowing when it’s warm and bees want

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BusinessPeople Rotary award goes to UnityPoint volunteer SIOUX CITY | The Sioux City Rotary Club has awarded its 2014 Service Above Self Award to Jim Batcheller, a long-time volunteer for UnityPoint Health-St. Luke’s Hospital.

Batcheller has volunteered t h o u sa n d s of hours at UnityPoint Health-St. Luke’s doing a mul- Batcheller titude of tasks over the past 40 years. During this time, he has run the online card service, helped with mail distribution, assisted with Santa’s House, and worked at the information desk.

In addition to volunteering at UnityPoint HealthSt. Luke’s, Batcheller also regularly visits local nursing homes to check on people and perform tasks on their behalf. He has dedicated many hours of volunteer work for the Shriners and Scottish Rite Consistory, and has served as a “barker” for the Goodfellows Little Yellow Dog fundraiser for many years.

T h e a n n u a l Se rv i ce Above Self Award, established in 1957, recognizes an individual who has worked long hours serving the community with no expectation of pay or recognition for their efforts, and cannot be a Rotarian.

In addition to a plaque, the Rotary Club will make a $500 contribution to the organization of Batcheller’s choice.

Manager Amy Tooley was recognized for her outstanding leadership at the National Association of Housing and Redevelopment (NAHRO) April board meeting.

Tooley was presented with the President’s Special Recognition Award.

Candidates are chosen for outstanding service to the chapter or innovative ways to utilize resources in a community to solidify or expand the range of housing or community development options.

In addition, Tooley received a re so l u t i o n o f a p p re - Tooley ciation from the North Central Regional Council (NCRC) NAHRO for serving as the chair of the 2014 Annual Conference and Exhibition.

Tooley, who has been with the city of Sioux City for 12 years, is the president-elect of Iowa NAHRO.

Design firm staff attends Chicago conference

SIOUX CITY | Employees of Spaces Interior Design recently attended NeoCon, North A m e r i c a ’s largest design exposition and conference f o r c o m - Flynn mercial interiors, in Chicago.

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WITCC director named to workforce board SIOUX CITY | Douglas Dorhout, director of Western Iowa Tech Community College’s (WITCC) Denison campus, has been appointed to Iowa’s Workforce Investment Board for Region 8, serving Crawford, Carroll, Sac, Greene, Audubon and Guthrie Counties.

The Regional Workforce Investment Board, or RWIB, appointed by the governor in consultation with the Chief Elected Official board, plays a leading role in establishing policy for the region’s Workforce Development Center system.

The RWIB also selects the Workforce Investment Act service providers, directs the activities of the youth advisory council, and shares responsibility for many other duties with the CEO board.

Dorhout’s service began in April, and will conclude in June 2016.

Sioux City battery dealer honored SIOUX CITY | Ron Kneifl of Interstate Batteries of Sioux City has been recognized as one Interstate’s best route sales managers nationally.

Kneifl received the Norman E. Miller Route Sales Manager of the Year award, named after the company’s long-time chairman.

The award is based on independent dealer growth, national account growth, new dealer setups, pointof-purchase placement,

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Bank bid of $2.5 million buys Sioux City Hotel A foreclosure auction was held July 15 for the Sioux City Hotel on Fourth Street. The property opened in the 1970s.

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SIOUX CITY | An Illinois bank has taken ownership of a troubled downtown Sioux City hotel after buying the property for $2.5 million in a foreclosure sale.

Following the July 15 sheriff’s foreclosure sale, Sioux City Mayor Bob Scott is open to the possibility of converting some of the upper floors of the 12-story hotel into condominiums.

“I do think there is a market for downtown housing, but whether it makes sense in that building, I don’t know,” Scott said.

First Bank & Trust Co. bid $2.5 million for the Sioux City Hotel & Convention Center, 707 Fourth St. The bank held the mortgage and was the only bidder.

The bank has a $5.2 million court-awarded judgment against the hotel’s two former owners, Choa Hope LLC and Tower Sioux City LLC. The 193-room hotel opened in 1974 as part of a downtown urban renewal project. It is attached to the Sioux City Convention Center. City officials have repeatedly said the hotel is vital to attracting large conventions and bookings.

The court-appointed third party that has managed the property since then will continue until a new owner buys the hotel.

The bank has the option of trying to collect

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the difference between the $5.2 million judgment and the $2.5 million accepted bid price. That collection would come from the prior owners.

The auction came after failed attempts by a national real estate broker to find a buyer.

City Council member Dan Moore said the foreclosure sale will make it easier for the bank to deal directly with interested developers.

Said Scott, “I don’t think the bank wants to be in the hotel business.”

Scott said he expects a change in the hotel ownership could come within a year. He said many parties have expressed interest.

The city doesn’t have a say in who buys the hotel, but would be willing to offer incentives “to a quality project,” City Economic

Development Director Marty Dougherty said. He said the amount of city money that could be extended would depend upon the scope of the proposal and the capital investment a firm would make.

Scott said he’d like to see an experienced hotel operator step in, paired with the ability to land a name brand people will recognize. He’s heard about the possibility of the facility being broken into a hotel and condominiums combination. Scott said he could support that if the hotel maintained about 150 rooms, some of which were expanded into suites.

The site is near several new downtown housing projects.

Moore said the city has a strong interest in getting a quality hotel downtown, since it is connected by skywalk to the city’s convention center, just east at 801 Fourth St. The prospects for the Sioux City Convention Center to land events would be boosted by having a good adjacent hotel, he said.

The Sioux City Hotel opened as a Hilton brand.

After it was sold at auction in 2004, it was converted to an independent hotel, called the Plaza. The following year, it became a Clarion.

In 2011, Choa Hope removed the Clarion flag and returned the hotel to an independent property with the Sioux City Hotel name.

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The Sioux City Hotel & Convention Center is shown Nov. 27. It was sold at a sheriff’s sale July 15 for $2.5 million.

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BY BUSINESS JOURNAL STAFF The 22nd Annual Siouxland Chamber Golf Classic was a great success again this year with 288 golfers participating on June 23.

The tournament sold out five weeks before the event and the weather, despite previous inclement weather patterns, ended up being perfect for a great day of golf.

Sam’s Club was the Golf Classic title sponsor for the fourth year in a row.

Sponsorship by many other

Chamber members also contributed to the success of this event. P lay this year was at two of Siouxland’s premier courses, Dakota Dunes Country Club in South Dakota and the Sioux City Country Club in Iowa. A Networking Awards Dinner was held at the Marina Inn Conference Center in Nebraska, thus completing the “link” of all three states.

Next year’s Chamber Golf Classic will be held on Monday, June 22, 2015.

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Kneifl has been part of the Interstate Batteries of Sioux City team since 2008. Having established strong relationships with the dealers on his route, he pays close attention to keeping the right mix of batteries at all locations so the dealers do not lose out on any sales opportunities.

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attended the 61th annual Society of Technical Communicators Summit held recently in Phoenix.

Roscovius is a member of STC, an international association that advances the art and science of technical communication, directed to targeted audiences through various forms of members.

Its 6,000 members in 50 counties include technical writers and editors, content developers, documentation specialists, information architects and usability professionals.

USD presents law school award

NORTH SIOUX CITY | Liz Roscovius, director VERMILLION, S.D. | of global communications Chris Hutton, professor at Documents & Design, of law at the University or D2, in North Sioux City of South Dakota School

of Law, has been named the inaugural recipient of the Cutler & Donahoe Award for Excellence Hutton in Legal Education.

She will receive a $5,000 prize through the USD Foundation.

Having arrived for the first time in South Dakota in 1984, Hutton has more than 30 years of service to USD Law, teaching primarily in the areas of criminal law, criminal procedure and evidence. Included amongst the products of her research is her most recent co-authorship of “South Dakota Evidence,” second edition with John Larson published in 2013.

In addition, Hutton has been an active contributor to the legal practice in the state, including providing annual training to the judiciary, chairing the evidence committee of the state bar and being appointed by Gov. Dennis Daugaard to the Criminal Justice Advisory Council. The primary focus of Hutton’s work, however, has been teaching and mentoring generations of law students, with particular emphasis on supporting and expanding the role of women in the law.

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Fo u n d a tion elected officers are; President Beverly Zenor, Sunrise Zenor executive director; Vice president Richard Keith, RBC Wealth Management; Treasurer Donald Kelsey; and Secretary Donald Herbold.

Appointed board members are: Jack Bernstein, State Steel; Larry Delperdang, Delperdang Schuh and Co., P.C.; Pokey Jensen and Dr. William Ziebell.

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Neighborhood vineyard

Sioux City woman grows grapes for fine wines EARL HORLYK

Business Journal editor

SIOUX CITY | For a few hours each day, Lea Knowles tends to her fruity crops.

She painstakingly cares for four different variety of grapes that she will eventually turn into fine wines.

What makes Knowles unusual is the fact that her vineyards is located in a residential area in Sioux City’s west side.

“The neighbors look out for my vineyards when I’m not around,” she said, inside a vineyard located on the corner of West 14th and Myrtle streets. “They say having a vineyard next door gives the neighborhood a bit of class.”

An avid winemaker, Knowles began her urban vineyard five years ago, purchasing a small section of land, via an ad in Craig’s List. She has subsequently scooped up more land from adjacent lots in order to grow more grapes.

About a year ago, she fulfilled a lifelong dream of opening Wine and Other Things, a 504 Nebraska St., business that sells winemaking and home-brewing supplies in addition to a wide selection of antiques.

“Wine is my hobby,” Knowles said. “Not very many people get to make a living doing their hobby.”

Indeed, Knowles’ interest in wine has allowed her to acquire a green thumb.

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her grapes are able to withstand cold temperatures, late frosts and a relatively short growing season.

Among the cold-friendly grapes in Knowles’ vineyard are the Brianna, Frontenac, St. Croix and Marquette.

“Most of the grapes grown in the Midwest are hybrids that work best in blended wines,” she explained, adding that Iowa white wines have a distinctive citrus taste while red wines have strong fruity flavor similar to a Barbera grape.

Knowles said having an urban vineyard actually helps her grapes, since they are protected from extreme weather, temperatures and wind gusts by nearby houses.

She will begin fermenting the grapes shortly after harvest. It may take as long as a year for a wine to get to the drinking stage.

“Making wine isn’t complicated,” Knowles noted, “but it is time-consuming.”

Still, she said, it’s worth the wait.

“There’s something wonderfully social about wine,” Knowles said. “The simple act of sharing a bottle with your family and friends on a summer night can’t be beat.”

Indeed, the experience is often more about conviviality than it is about the wine.

“Don’t get me wrong, the wine’s important,” Knowles said, “but the conversation

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Home winemaker Lea Knowles owns Wine and Other Old Things, a wine making and home brewing supply shop in Sioux City.

makes it even more fun.”

That’s especially true when the wine is homemade.

“Now, I’m by no means an expert winemaker,” Knowles said. “I’ve made plenty of good wine and a few that weren’t quite so good. Still, I take pride in knowing that it’s homemade, right down to the grapes.”

In time, Knowles said, she’d like to move Wine and Other Old Things to her westside vineyard, creating a picturesque setting for locally made wines.

“That would be the ultimate experience, wouldn’t it?” she said with a smile.

“Enjoying wine in the same vineyards where the grapes are produced.”

This is especially true for an urban vineyard as centrally located as Knowles is.

“Fine wine should be accessible to everybody,” she said, inside this Garden of Eden. “Having grapes growing inside the city is certainly a step in the right direction.”

ABOVE: Clusters of Frontenac grapes hang from vines in Lea Knowles’ vineyard.

LEFT: Clusters of Brianna grapes are shown in home winemaker Lea Knowles’ vineyard at the corner of West 14th and Myrtle streets.

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OnTheMove Local native now a bank examiner

Lohry joins Property Pros

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SIOUX CITY | Sioux City native Lori Olson was recently commissioned as a national bank examiner.

The commission qualifies Olson to perform examinations on national banks, federal savings associations and their affiliates on behalf of the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency, or OCC. Olson, a resident of Olathe, Kan., works in the OCC’s filed office in Kansas City, Kan. To obtain her commission, Olson completed a rigorous program consisting of several years of class and field training and a comprehensive exam.

Olson, the daughter of David and Katie Olson of Sioux City, is a 1996 graduate of North High School and 2000 graduate of Morningside College.

LE MARS, Iowa | Karen Lohry has joined Property Pros.

Lohry worked in the insurance industry before beginning a fulltime real estate career in 1999. She is a memLohry ber of the Greater Sioux City Board of Realtors, and has served on several committees. He also has volunteered for a number of local organizations.

She is licensed in Iowa, South Dakota and Nebraska, and is a notary in Iowa.

A native of eastern Iowa, Lohry moved to Sioux City in 1979 to attend Morningside College. She is married and has two children and two grandchildren.

SIOUX CITY | Brooke O l m s tea d recently joined Century 21 ProLink in Sioux City.

Olmstead has nine years of ex- Olmstead perience in real estate sales. She grew up in Siouxland.

Sioux City practice adds dentist SIOUX CITY | Lilly Family Dentistry announces the addition of associate dentist, Dr. Cody Winterholler.

Winterholler attended Brigham Young University for his undergraduate degree. In 2009, he matriculated into Creighton

University’s School of Dentistry and graduated in 2013. After completion of dental school, he was accepted into a one-year oral surgery fellowship where he received advanced training in IV sedation, wisdom teeth removal and dental extractions.

While in his fellowship, Winterholler worked in private practice in Nebraska.

Within the past year he’s attended several CE courses covering a wide range of topics and had the opportunity to attend American Academy of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgeons annual meeting.

Winterholler has been involved in Give Kids A Smile, Sharing Clinic, Children’s Dental Day and Lilly Family Dentistry’s 3rd Annual Dentistry From the Heart, and he looks forward to the opportunity to participate in more community events.

A native of Montana, he has been married since 2007. Winterholler has two-year-old twin boys and an eight-month-old baby boy.

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In her spare time, Ford serves as head cheerleading coach for West High School, volunteers at the Siouxland Center for Active GenAgent joins Sioux City erations and is active in the Sioux City Lions Club. real estate firm She and her husband, Jeff, SIOUX CITY | Sheryl have four children.

Ford recently joined the residential sales division of Morningside College United Real Estate Solutions, adds five staff Inc. An Iowa SIOUX CITY | resident Morningside College recentsince she was ly announced five new fulla child, Ford time staff has called members.

Sioux City The new staff memhome for the Ford past 15 years. bers are Cari She is a graduate of Central B r o g d e n , College in Pella, Iowa, where business ofshe majored in communica- fice and hution and psychology. man resource Brogden For the past eight years, associate; she worked as sales, marketing and counseling director ON THE MOVE, PAGE 29

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OnTheMove FROM PAGE 23 Randi Hudson, graduate financial planning coordinator in student financial planning; Adam Nieman, custodian; Tracy S u r s e l y, student information office manager for the Hudson graduate program in education; and Trace Tayl o r , prospect research and stewardship Sursely coordinator for institutional advancement.

Brogden assists the controller and director of human resources in completing regulatory reports and helps assure department

compliance with federal and state regulations. She has a bachelor’s degree from Minot State University in Minot, N.D. Hudson supervises graduate financial aid p ro g ra m s .

She has a Nieman m a s te r ’s degree from Briar Cliff University.

Nieman is responsible for the cleanliness of assigned Taylor a rea s a n d performance of other duties established by the director of physical plant and the custodial supervisor.

Sursely is responsible for maintenance of all graduate student records, reception

office as an architect.

A native of Le Mars and Le Mars Gehlen Catholic High School graduate, Schlichte earned a bachelor of architecture and a bachelor of environmental studies degree from Iowa State University in 2014.

Schlichte currently resides in Brunsville, Iowa.

financial services to middle-market companies with revenues greater than $20 million in the South Dakota, northwest Iowa and southwest Minnesota markets.

Jensen joined Wells Fargo in 2003 as a relationship manager in business banking. He then served as a financial analyst before entering Wells Fargo’s credit management training proWells Fargo names gram. He has been in his VP in Sioux City Architect joins current role since 2008.

SIOUX CITY | Lawrence A Sioux City native, Jensen Sioux City office Jensen, relationship man- holds a bachelor’s degree in SIOUX CITY | FEH As- ager for Wells Fargo Regional finance from the University sociates Inc. Commercial of Iowa. He currently serves Architects, Banking, has a board member for the TaxEngineers been named payers Research Council and and Interior vice presiis a past treasurer/board Design has member for the Sioux City dent. announced Based in Growth Organization. that intern Sioux City, architect Jensen proSioux City tech Jensen B r i t t n e y Schilchte vides credit, appoints manager S c h l i c h te treasury management, inhas joined FEH’s Sioux City vestment products and SIOUX CITY | Electric

and telephone duties, and coordinating activities across the institution. She has a bachelor’s degree from South Dakota State University.

Taylor is responsible for donor prospect research, prospect tracking and oversight of the prospect data entry system. She has a master’s degree from Texas Tech University in Lubbock.

Innovations announces the appointment of Tasha Barker as a MSP relationship manager in Sioux City.

Barker has 21 years of administrative experience in gaming and health care. She is experienced in compliance and regulatory management, internal controls and SOX business narratives.

In her new job, she works closely with Electric Innovation’s managed IT service clients to proactively evaluate and engineer their network infrastructure for reliability and security.

Barker earned an associate’s degree in nursing from Western Iowa Tech Community College, and a bachelor’s of science in health care management and is presently working on an MBA at Bellevue University.

Honey: Engelhardt’s product line is 100 percent free of chemicals FROM PAGE 29 to take advantage of it,” he observed.

The same is also true for Engelhardt, who is continuously collecting raw honey for his Wild Hill

Honey line of products.

“People always ask me why I keep my beehives within city limits,” he said. “I tell them that plants in the country may be affected by pesticides

while city plants aren’t.”

Engelhardt said that means his honeys are 100 percent free from chemicals.

“Honey is best when it’s pure,” he said. “You

can really taste the difference.”

It also means Engelhardt doesn’t mind his sometimes temperamental team of workers.

“Honeybees aren’t

aggressive unless you’re trying to steal their honey,” he said. “That’s why I can’t really blame them for an occasional bee sting.”

In fact, Engelhardt

remains enthralled at the democracy established by honeybees.

“The honeybees are doing all of the hard work,” he said. “I’m just their middle man.”

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BY BUSINeSS JoUrNaL STaff WINNEBAGO, Neb. | Lance Morgan, president and CEO of Ho-Chunk Inc., will receive the Advocate of the Year Award from the U.S. Department of Commerce’s Minority Business Development Agency this week.

Morgan will be honored during a special ceremony at the 2014 National Minority Enterprise Development Week, Morgan July 31 and Aug. 1 in Washington, D.C. The award is given annually to an organization or individual who has shown leadership and commitment in advancing the minority business community.

It pays tribute to minority entrepreneurs who have demonstrated economic impact in a global economy.

Morgan was nominated

by Trisha Luna, the Federal

Acquisition Advisor of the Federal Procurement Center, for his direction of HoChunk, the Winnebago Tribe of Nebraska’s economic development corporation. Launched in 1994 with a single employee, it has grown to a staff of more than 1,000 with operations in 16 states and eight foreign countries. Ho-Chunk operates 35 subsidiaries and has revenues in excess of $260 million.

The Ho-Chunk, Inc. portfolio includes companies with SBA 8(a) certification that have been recipients of a wide variety of federal government contracts across 32 agencies.

As a minority-owned corporation, Ho-Chunk has actively sought out qualified individuals of other minority races and ethnicities in addition to Native Americans.

As a result, the company has been successful in its minority recruiting efforts and today its employee base includes 35.1 percent

minorities. In the state of Nebraska, where the company is headquartered, the minority population as of the 2010 Census was 19 percent. Additionally, corporate executive management is 100 percent Native American.

Under Morgan’s leadership, Ho-Chunk has created a new community on the Winnebago Reservation named the Ho-Chunk Village. The Village is a 40-acre development that includes private homes, multi-family housing, commercial and industrial businesses. The company also maintains a scholarship and internship program for Tribal youth as a means to educate and train future Ho-Chunk, Inc. employees.

Morgan is a frequent speaker across the country on topics such as Indian law and Tribal economic development issues. He has consulted with hundreds of tribal governments on economic development and taxation initiatives.

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Brain injury group certifies oU staff SIOUX CITY | The Brain Injury Association of America and the Academy of Certified Brain Injury Specialists (ACBIS), based in Vienna, Va., recently certified 46 employees of Opportunities Unlimited as Certified Brain Injury Specialists.

The voluntary national certification program is offered to direct care staff and professionals working in brain injury services.

Candidates must have a high school diploma or

equivalent and have had 500 hours of currently verifiable direct contact experience with an individual with a brain injury. They also must receive an 80 percent or higher score on the certification exam.

OU was also awarded the Academy of Certified Brain Injury Specialists Alliance Gold Level Award. OU has achieved the Gold level for two years in a row.

in Sheldon, Iowa,A has been named a recipient of the 2014 Five Star Wealth Manager award by Five Star Professional.

The award goes to less than seven percent of the wealth managers in the region, based on research administered by Five Star, a third party research firm.

To receive the award, a wealth manager must meet 10 objective eligibility and evaluation criteria associarea financial ated with providing quality services to clients including advisor honored client retention rates, client SHELDON, Iowa | Jay A. assets administered, firm reTheis, financial advisor view and favorable regulawith Ameriprise Financial tory and complaint history.

Tommy’s doctor prescribed a new medical treatment: basketball.

Tommy’s mom was concerned about his weight. She knew that childhood obesity could develop into lifelong health problems. Fortunately for Tommy, time was on his side. And so was his UnityPoint Clinic team. His doctor introduced Tommy and his mom to a dietitian, who taught him about eating smarter. Then his team worked with a local fitness center to get Tommy moving. So now Tommy gets more exercise playing hoops with kids from his school. That’s what coordinated care is all about. Teaching kids how to live a longer, healthier life. And sometimes, a good jump shot.

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101 Court/100 Virginia

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Former creamery could be converted to multi-family.

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