Siouxland Life - March 2015 by Sioux City Journal

Old touches spark a new home

‘The Bachelor’ brings Iowa problems

Guess who’s working while you’re sleeping?

A GUIDE FOR LIVING IN SIOUXLAND

THE BUSY TIME

ALL DAY LONG IT’S RUSH HOUR FOR SIOUXLANDERS

ARE YOU GOOD AT MANAGING TIME?

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DOUGLAS A. WHEELOCK, DDS, PC

Dr. Wheelock established his own dental practice in 1977. It originally was only 2 blocks from its current location at 4100 Morningside Avenue. Dr. Wheelock was born and raised in Sioux City graduating from Sioux City Central High School in 1969. He went on to receive his Bachelors of Science degree from Briar Cliff College in 1973. He attended dental school at the University of Iowa and earned his Doctor of Dental Science degree in 1976. After graduation Dr. Wheelock returned to Sioux City. Dr. Wheelock is involved in his community & church. Dr. Wheelock is married to his college sweetheart, Marilyn, and has three adult sons and three daughters in law. He is the proud grandfather of five incredible grandchildren. Dr. Wheelock is proud to call Siouxland home and enjoys providing quality dental care to the community.

BRIAN B. BURSICK, DDS Dr. Brian Bursick is a Sioux City native growing up in the Crescent Park area. He attended West High School and graduated in 1986. He earned his Doctor of Dental Surgery Degree from the University of Nebraska Dental School in 1994. After graduation he practiced briefly in Sergeant Bluff, IA. In 1997 he joined Dr. Wheelock as an associate. In 2004 he became a business partner. Away from the office Dr. Bursick is busy with his family. He and his wife Kristy have three young sons. Dr. Bursick is devoted to delivering quality comprehensive dentistry to the people of his hometown, Sioux City, IA.

RYAN JENSEN, DMD

Dr. Ryan Jensen was born in Idaho and lived most of his life in Idaho Falls. He earned his undergraduate degree in biology with minors in business management and chemistry from Brigham Young University. In May 2013, Dr. Jensen graduated from Case Western Reserve University in Cleveland, Ohio with his DMD (Doctor of Dental Medicine). Dr. Jensen and his wife Kara have three children, ages 6, 4, and 2. They welcomed their fourth child in November 2013. When not practicing dentistry, Dr. Jensen enjoys the outdoors, especially wake boarding, snowboarding, and whitewater rafting. He is also active in his church, The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Dr. Jensen joined Wheelock and Bursick Dentistry in July 2013.

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Everyone doesn’t work 9 to 5, which means at any given time, it could be rush hour for some Siouxlanders. This month, we look at who’s expected to be at peak performance any given time of the day. Feb. 6, the Siouxland Life team scoured the area and discovered what was going on 24 hours of the day.

EMERGENCY? OH, YEAH Emergency rooms pop to life when you least expect them to.

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FEATURES 4 hOME old and new 10 rUSh hOUr newspaper 12 rUSh hOUr bakery 16 rUSh hOUr waste hauling 18 rUSh hOUr school 22 rUSh hOUr bike shop 24 rUSh hOUr city hall 27 rUSh hOUr restaurant 30 rUSh hOUr athletics 34 rUSh hOUr afterschool program 36 rUSh hOUr movie theater 38 rUSh hOUr emergency room 42 rUSh hOUr college dorm 44 20 QUESTIONS 46 hEaLTh doc answers 47 Parting Shot

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HOME old

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sioux City house tour Old stuff finds a new hOMe in eclectic style Text by Ally Karsyn | Photographs by Dawn J. Sagert

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In the living room, a tall glass panel hutch – new but made to look old – displays a set of blue and white patterned English dishes.

k Green accents in the living room carry through to the open concept kitchen, which is softened by sage walls.

Kelly Kubly may have left her century home on Sixth Avenue, but she took the history with her. Antiques and family heirlooms dot each room in a newly built three-bedroom ranch on Lincoln Way. Kubly and her husband, Cal, moved in last year. She loved her old house and spent quite a bit of time fixing it up. Once it was on the market, it sold in 12 days. “When we moved in, we didn’t have to fix anything,” she said. “It’s still a new house but has a lot of old in it.” The front entrance opens to the living room, furnished with a midcentury modern sofa and matching gray chair. A watercolor painting, created by her Kelly Kubly homeowner father when he was 18, hangs above a three-sided fireplace. In the corner, a tall glass panel hutch – new but made to look old – displays a set of blue and white patterned English dishes, along with toy horses that belonged to her husband’s grandpa. While most decorations stay in their place, others change with the weather. She’s the type to put a Christmas tree in every room and strategically place Easter bunnies everywhere for spring. Kubly uses large lanterns to swap out seasonal décor. Perhaps, part of her fondness for change comes from working as a florist for 30 years, combined with a stint at Hatch Furniture, where she got to go

“When we moved in, we didn’t have to fix anything. It’s still a new house but has a lot of old in it.”

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The homeowner outlined a few must-haves: white crown molding, stainless steel appliances and shaker-style cabinets.

The master bedroom.

The red room.

into homes and pick out pieces from the store to furnish different spaces. She has always liked home decorating and her knack for it shows with her creative groupings of wall décor, using mirrors, metal art, canvas prints and floral pieces. Kubly describes her design style as Mediterranean, but it’s also decidedly eclectic. She has created a look that’s uniquely hers while keeping it livable and cozy. “You want it to be welcoming,” she said. Her husband, who works at Kevin

Guest bedroom.

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O’Dell Electric, put a lot of time into constructing the 2,000-square-foot home from clearing the lot to wiring and painting. During the design process, Kubly outlined a few must-haves: white crown molding, stainless steel appliances and shaker-style cabinets. Again, it’s a mix of old and new. The theme carries through the entire house, especially in the Red Room. The guest bedroom is furnished with an ornate full-sized bed and dresser from her husband’s great-grandparents. An old trunk, a flea market find, sits at the

foot of the bed. Almost everything in the room has a touch of red. It’s one of her favorite rooms just because of its “oldness.” Her 10-year-old grandson shares her love of antiques and likes to stay in that room. Her 3-year-old granddaughter points out neither guest room is pink, so she has no preference. The other spare bedroom is decorated more like the living areas with gray tones and green accents. Here, Kubly keeps her Snowbabies in a cabinet. She’s been collecting the figurines for the past 20 years. On the wall, she framed pictures

In the living room, a tall glass panel hutch displays toy horses that belonged to cal Kubly’s grandpa.

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The master bathroom.

Home Financing 101 For First-time Home Buyers As our nation’s housing and job markets continue to recover, many first-time home buyers are gearing up to become home owners. Yet, with stricter regulations put in place after the housing crash and the long list of paperwork that’s already required to buy a home, many prospective home buyers remain concerned about the home financing process. Advance preparation is key when getting ready to buy a home. You need to decide how much to spend on your home and which type of mortgage will work best for you, as well as understand the settlement process. Before you visit a sales office, model home or open house, you should take advantage of the many sources that can help you get prepared, and take some steps to ensure you’re in the best possible financial situation.

Be Realistic About What You Can Afford

Figure out what you can comfortably pay on a monthly basis. Write down all your monthly expenses including loan payments, utilities, insurance, credit cards and don’t forget food, clothing and entertainment expenditures. When determining the monthly payment you can afford, remember that in addition to the monthly principal and interest, you will also be paying into escrows for property taxes, hazard insurance and possibly mortgage insurance or a home owners or condominium association assessment.

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Many real estate-focused websites have mortgage calculators that are a great way to figure out what your monthly payments would be based on current interest rates and down payment amounts.

Pay Down Your Debts

Debt that you carry on your credit cards will limit the amount of a loan a lender will be willing to give you. Lenders typically want to see a total debt service ratio that is less than 40 percent of your monthly income.

Get Objective Advice

Attend a first-time home buying seminar or talk to a credit counselor who does not work for a lender. The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) offers free housing counseling and seminars; visit www.hud.gov or call HUD’s interactive voice system at: (800) 569-4287 for more information.

Pre-Qualify for Your Home Mortgage

To ensure that the financing process goes smoothly, buyers should consider pre-qualifying for a mortgage and having a financing commitment in place before shopping for a new home. Buyers also may find that some home builders have arranged favorable financing for their customers or offer financial incentives. Pre-approval also enables you to quickly make an offer when you find a home, and is attractive to sellers who are considering multiple offers. A

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lender’s pre-approval would still be subject to a final verification of your credit and a satisfactory appraisal. Qualifying for a mortgage and saving up for a downpayment remain primary obstacles to homeownership. Recently Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac attempted to address this issue by announcing new 3% low-downpayment mortgage programs geared primarily toward the first-time home buyers, allowing more creditworthy borrowers who lack the funds for a large downpayment to obtain a home mortgage. After taking these steps to get your financing in order, finding your first home will be a much more enjoyable experience. For more information to help ease the first-time home-buying stress, visit nahb.org/forconsumers.

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from vintage cigar boxes, another family heirloom. She’s kept an oil painting reproduction since she was 16. It was a gift from her mother. The picture rests on an easel, one that’s about 150 years old, Kubly picked up from an antique shop in Colorado. The main floor is completely furnished, but she still enjoys going to sales and flea markets. That’s how she found four pieces of furniture to refinish for the master bedroom. Up against a striking blue backdrop, a new upholstered headboard is flanked by a whitewashed end table and a small dresser, topped with a centuryold Delft Blue lamp depicting a Dutch windmill. A modern sliding barn door opens to the bathroom, beautifully outfitted with a clawfoot tub. Light filters through a circle window, reminding Kubly of a ship porthole. Her granddaughter likes to sit on the knitted blue pouf and watch her put makeup on by the double vanity, where she has a vintage picture poised in the corner, adding a bit of Victorian charm. Her flea market finds have found a new home.

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RUSH HOUR: midnight

to 2 a.m.

Pressman Pat Cunningham of the Sioux City Journal uses a magnifying glass to check the color registration on a page of the Journal. Cunningham begins work at 10 p.m. and often works until 6 or 7 a.m.

START THE PRESSES

AT MIDNIGHT

Text and Photographs by Tim Gallagher

Pat Cunningham closes one eye and peers through a magnifying glass. It’s midnight and Cunningham has two Cokes and a hat full of sweets to keep him sharp as he focuses, making sure colors line up to let a photograph bring to life a page at the Sioux City Journal, where Cunningham works as a pressman. An hour or so after his shift ends, Cunningham might grab his late sister’s

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telescope at home. He’ll close one eye and peer through, attempting to focus on the rings of Saturn or the stripes of Jupiter. “I’ll really get into it some mornings,” Cunningham says. “And then a planet or a star will just disappear. I’ll look and realize the sun has come up.” Such are the rewards of working overnight, an occupational hazard – or a joy, as Cunningham puts it. The Sioux Cityan

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is a 7-year veteran of the overnight shift at the Sioux City Journal, where Cunningham reports to work at 10:45 p.m. five days – make that, nights – per week to print the Journal you and your neighbors read. He and his coworkers change into their work garb before 11 p.m. By midnight, the plates have been placed on the press and the press is up and running, printing tens of thousands of

Pat cunningham, of Sioux city, has worked for 7 years at the Sioux city Journal. The pressman, a pizza maker at Buffalo alice for 13 years, is a self-professed “night owl” who enjoys night-time employment.

“I stay up late when I’m not working so I’m not thrown off when I go back to work.” Pat Cunningham

Press Operator

multi-section newspapers for readers residing anywhere from Estherville, Iowa, to Pender, Neb., and beyond. Prior to working at the Journal, Cunningham made pizzas for 13 years at Buffalo Alice on Historic Fourth Street in Sioux City. As a pizza maker and sometimes bartender, Cunningham worked

until the bar’s 2 a.m. closing time. He often stayed until 3 a.m., helping clean and stock the bar for the next day’s run. He now works until 6 or 7 a.m. “I get done now and the sun is coming up,” he says. While Cunningham is working as most of us snooze, he prefers his nightowl schedule. Reporting to work at Gateway Computers years ago nearly did him in. It wasn’t the computer field he minded, it was the 6 a.m. start time. “Starting work at 6 a.m. about killed me,” he says with a laugh. “I’ve always been a night owl. It’s the way I’m wired.” On the two nights per week Cunningham doesn’t work, he stays up late watching DVDs or the stars in his effort to keep his body’s clock ticking in synch. “I stay up late when I’m not working so I’m not thrown off when I go back to work,” he says. He still keeps two cans of Coca-Cola next to his work station in the Journal pressroom. Those cans remain just inches away from a pressman’s hat – it’s made out of newsprint – that’s turned upside down. The inside of the hat contains a Snickers candy bar as well as a Three Musketeers bar and plenty of bubble gum. “Sugar to keep me going,” he says. When Cunningham finishes work, he

Pat cunningham’s pressman’s hat, made of newsprint, is stuffed with candy bars and bubble gum. It sits near two cans of coke that help keep the pressman energized on a long night of work at the Sioux city Journal.

often naps for a few hours. He then rises to run his daily errands, choosing to do so at times many of us don’t as we’re in our offices. “And then I get a little more sleep in the afternoon,” he adds. Those naps – and his hat of goodies – keep him sharp, moving quickly and with an eye for detail as the Journal press hums along. “I love working here,” Cunningham hollers over the roar of the press as the clock strikes midnight. “We’ve got a great crew. It’s like a family away from home.”

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RUSH HOUR: 2

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Zack Teska, Hy-Vee bakery manager at the Southern Hills Hy-Vee store, has known every shift during his 14-year career with Hy-Vee. While the bakery doesnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t officially open until 6 a.m., Teska or a Hy-Vee baker is on-site daily, as early as 2:30 a.m.

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Zack Teska’s favorite task at the Hy-Vee Bakery at the Southern Hills location involves baking fresh bread daily. A bakery staff member reports to work each day before 3 a.m. to get the process started.

HY-VEE BAKER KNOWS

WEE HOURS WELL

Zack Teska wasn’t always a morning person. “I’ve trained myself to be,” says Teska during an early-morning shift in the bakery at Southern Hills Hy-Vee, where he’s toiled as manager the past decade. Hy-Vee Bakery opens at 6 a.m. daily. That’s a bit misleading, though, as someone is in the bakery as early as

Text and photgraphs by Tim Gallagher

2:30 a.m. In years past, that’s been Teska. It can happen occasionally these days, too. “I’ve worked every shift,” he says. “And, as a manager, you’re used to getting calls or texts and maybe coming in to help.” What’s it like working by 3 a.m.? It’s quiet, Teska says. But, not silent.

“You’d be surprised,” he says, nodding his head in the direction of the nearest grocery aisle. “There are people getting their groceries at any hour. There are people in Hy-Vee at that time filling their shopping carts.” The 3 a.m. time slot often has a bakery employee preparing and icing donuts. Dozens upon dozens of fresh donuts must be ready as customers begin

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“The first thing people in the morning might get is a donut from here. You want them to be satisfied with it. Our donuts are made fresh that morning.” Zack Teska Baker

Zack Teska, hy-Vee bakery manager at the Southern hills hy-Vee store, has known every shift during his 14-year career with hy-Vee. While the bakery doesn’t officially open until 6 a.m., Teska or a hy-Vee baker is on-site daily, as early as 2:30 a.m.

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showing up en masse to start their day. There are more than a few regular coffee drinkers who report to the bakery for a donut purchase well before 5 a.m. Their satisfaction drives the bakery staff to perform well and perform early. “The first thing people in the morning might get is a donut from here,” says Teska, a 14-year Hy-Vee veteran. “You want them to be satisfied with it. Our donuts are made fresh that morning.” There are also schools and businesses who call in donut and bakery orders for special occasions in the classroom or at the office. Those orders often must be met before 8 a.m. Therefore, it’s often on the shoulders of the earliest of the bakery’s early birds. The 3-11 a.m. shift was a welcome one for Teska, even though he wasn’t – are rarely has been – a “morning person.” That training came early. Teska, a Sioux City native, recalls his first paid job. It came in the summers when he was 11, 12 and 13 years old. He detasseled corn. He caught the work bus at 5 a.m. to do so. When he and wife, Hillary, began having children a decade ago, Teska kept his family in focus when he wasn’t on the clock at Hy-Vee. “When I worked 3 to 11 a.m., after I got off work, I’d enjoy the day and enjoy being with the kids,” he says. “I would not go to bed until 9 p.m.” He would then rise shortly after 2 a.m., having gotten a full five hours of sleep. He says working in the wee hours can be rewarding as a staff member can get much done at that time. “You don’t have a lot of interruptions,” he says. “The bakery is really closed then, but we will help customers if they need something.” The bakery officially opens at 6 o’clock and remains open until 8 p.m. That’s when the lights go down and the last staff member cleans everything in advance for the next morning. Which often starts just six hours later.

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RUSH HOUR: 4

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A cAReeR in tRA GarbaGe collectors beGin day well before dawn lead man Matt emery lists off assignments for his team of garbage collectors. according to emery, winter is a particularly treacherous time for his team due to the weather. in the summer, bad odors due to hot temps can also make the job arduous.

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RASH: Main photo: at 4 a.m. every weekday morning, a caravan of garbage trucks and recycling trucks depart from city-owned garages located on Sioux city’s 18th Street.

Sanitation collection personnel receive their day’s routes and assignments during an early morning meeting. according to lead man Matt Emery, his crew may be out for up to 10 hours, if weather conditions are bad.

Text and Photographs by Earl Horlyk

It’s 4 a.m. and a clipboard-toting 20 years in the field. Matt Emery is barking out orders to a “Garbage collecting isn’t for everyroom full of caffeine-chugging guys. one, that’s for sure,” he says. “But if The lead man for Gill Hauling, the you like it, it can be the best job in the contract holder of Sioux City’s residenworld.” tial garbage and recycling services, EmSo what are the perks of hauling ery is assigning routes for each of the garbage? Holbrook says you’re guarancity’s 12 trucks. teed job security. “My day usually starts around 2:30 “The bottom line is everybody accuor 3 a.m.,” he says, mulates garbage,” the minutes before the Lexington, Neb., native morning meeting. “It’s says. “And everybody my job to get everywill need it picked up.” body out and on their Watching the cararoutes.” van of trucks leave his According to Emery, facility, Holbrook says each of the truck is ashe enjoys the eversigned one driver and changing nature of his two “hoppers” – the job. guys who hop on and “No two days will off of the trucks, unever be the same,” he loading garbage. says. “When you’re re“Drivers tend to sponsible for supervisstick around longer ing around 30 different than hoppers,” Steve people, you have to be Hass, a driver for the able to expect the unpast eight years, says. expected.” “It’s easier to be inside Holbrook says he a truck than in back of has grown accustomed one, I guess.” to working well before Emery admits even the break of dawn. Field supervisor Mike holbrook said garbage collection isn’t for everybody but the drivers have to Plus, he and his crew enjoys his job. “I like the fact that every day be able to out of the will never know exactis different.” truck. ly when their job will “If we’re down a be done. guy for a truck, the “New guys will aldriver must take his ways ask me when is place.” quitting time,” he says. This is a pretty “I’ll shrug my shoulder common occurrence and say we quit when in the winter time, the routes are done.” when crews work in Holbrook says that sub-zero conditions. may occur early in the “Winters can be afternoon. Though in pretty brutal because snowy weather, it can it’s impossible to happen much later. warm up,” Hass says. “I tell the guys that “At least in the sumthis isn’t a race,” he mer, you can splash says. “I want to make water on your face to sure everybody stays cool down.” safe.” Mike Holbrook Still, summers can Looking at a map of Field supervisor be equally troublethe city, Holbrook says some. he usually checks on “In the summer, his drivers every few everything smells,” Hass says. “I’ve seen hours, in case of trouble. these big guys who didn’t even last “Like I said, you’ll never know what a day because they couldn’t take the to expect over the course of a day,” he stench.” says, smiling. “But you’ll always know This doesn’t surprise route supervithere will more garbage to pick up tosor Mike Holbrook, who has more than morrow.”

“Garbage collecting isn’t for everyone, that’s for sure. But if you like it, it can be the best job in the world.”

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RUSH HOUR: 6

to 8 a.m.

Above: Dr. Michael Rogers chats with students and staff in the hallways towards the end of the school day. Rogers’ day traditionally starts long before the bell rings and ends often in the evening. Below: East Middle School Principal Dr. Michael Rogers meets with Assistant Principal Joe Hardin at East Middle School.

PRINCIPAL’S DAY BEGINS LONG BEFORE THE BELL RINGS

Text by Earl Horlyk Photographs by Jim Lee

When Dr. Mike Rogers comes to work, he knows the parking lot will be vacant, the hallways empty and the classrooms silent. “I come in around 5 a.m. to catch up on my busy work,” the East Middle School principal explains shortly after 6 a.m. “I use this time to answer emails and the administrative things I won’t have time for once the school day starts.” Sure enough, Rogers will seldom be in his office during the course of the day. “When the morning bell rings, I prefer to be out in the hallway or in the classrooms, interacting with my staff and students,” he says with a shrug. “I’ll be there for them until the final bells rings.” In fact, Rogers’ day won’t really end until later tonight, since he’s a fixture at all of East Middle’s sporting and music events. “If you’re a principal, you’re an

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During the early hours of his day, East Middle School Principal Michael Rogers likes to do office work. That gives him the time to be an instructor leader for his teachers and a role model for his students.

“Students need to learn empathy, loyalty and to put people first. Also, respect is so important. You’ve got to know how to give and know how to show it.” Dr. Mike Rogers instructional leader, a role model and a cheerleader all wrapped in one,” he says, sorting through email. “I’m sure it’s true for every principal in the Sioux City School District.” A Sioux City School administrator since 1995, Rogers became an assistant principal at West Middle School before becoming principal at Unity Elementary School. He’s been at East Middle School for the past two years. “I grew up in a military family where I was encouraged to always aim higher,” he says. “That was true when it came to my education and it was true for my career.” It is this discipline that Rogers wants to instill in his students. “Academics is only one aspect that we want to teach our children,” he said. “We want a school full of honor roll students but we also want them to become good citizens.” Rogers has East Middle’s motto painted on the wall of his office. It says: “Excel in treating others the way you want to be treated. Make a positive difference. Stand up and put others first.” “That’s EMS for you,” Rogers says, pointing to the wall. “Those are words to live by.” But words are merely words when there’s no follow-through. He knows that. Rogers says he likes to tell a story at the beginning of each school year.

East Middle School Principal Dr. Michael Rogers is pictured in the hallway of his school.

“What would happen if you came across a kid who was in bad shape along the side of the street,” he says. “Would you help him or would you look away? What if the injured kid was someone who disrespected you. Would you help him or think he’s getting what he deserved?” “Students need to learn empathy, loyalty and to put people first,” Rogers continues. “Also, respect is so important. You’ve got to know how to give and know how to show it.” By 7 a.m., Rogers’ staff begins to make it into the school. He credits that staff for much of East Middle’s success.

“We’re all in this together,” he says. “Everybody’s on the same team.” Rogers also credits his wife Dawn for putting up with his unusual hours. “(Dawn) knows why I’m at work so much,” he says, smiling. “She just wishes I was home at dinnertime more often.” In addition, Rogers says, his faith is very important. “I’ve always believed that God will guide you,” he says as students begin filing into the halls of East Middle School. “And give you the rest that you need.” As he greets students while they walk by, Rogers says, “Apparently, I don’t need that much rest.”

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RUSH HOUR: 8

to 10 a.m.

BIKE CENTRAL MANAGER TRADES SUITS FOR CYCLES

Text by Tim Gallagher Photographs by Jim Lee and Tim Gallagher

Mark Strub manages Bike Central in downtown Le Mars, Iowa. He helped owner Kevin Richards start the company in April 2011. Since that time, the firm has expanded twice. Strub spent nearly two decades working in financial services before trading his suit and tie for jeans and Under Armour.

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LE MARS, Iowa | Mark Strub used to start his work day by tugging his necktie tight before starting the car. Strub now hops on his bike after heading out the door. The former financial services pro used to monitor the stock market and 401K plans while fielding questions from clients about health insurance coverage and more. Now? He’s comfy in jeans and Under Armour, anxious and able to roll up his sleeves to literally change the gears for a customer’s cycle at Bike Central, the 2014 business of the year, as deemed by the Le Mars Area Chamber of Commerce. Strub works with Bike Central Owner Kevin Richards, his longtime cycling pal, and mechanic Monte Brent, whom they hired four years ago. “If all three of us can ride our bikes to work, that’s what we do,” Strub says. Bike Central’s advertised opening time is 9 a.m. That’s a bit of a misnomer, however, as Strub, Brent and Richards can often be found at the shop on Central Avenue around 8. And where Strub for decades started his day checking stock prices and building portfolios, he’s now helping plan races and tending to the business side of things for a 4-year-old enterprise. “I had an accounting background and Kevin was in plumbing and heating

Mark Strub is shown at Bike Central in downtown Le Mars, Iowa. The company founded by Strub and owner Kevin Richards is located in the old De Jager Plumbing & Heating business site. Bike Central has expanded twice since opening in April 2011.

(Richards owned De Jager Plumbing & Heating at this site on the northern edge of downtown). Both of us were avid cyclists and he wondered if maybe we could start a business,” Strub says. The reaction was common: “You’re starting a cycling business in a town of 9,500 residents?” That was four years, three employees, several races and at least one big Chamber of Commerce award ago. Gone are Strub’s stock quotes and insurance queries. The suit coat? It hangs in his closet nearly full time. “I pulled out a sport coat for the Chamber of Commerce dinner (in January) and Monte said he’d never seen me in a sport coat,” Strub says. Dozens of cycles stand at the ready, as do various shoes, pedals, inner tubes and bike parts as Strub and Brent work to fit triathlete Ryan Bertrand with this gear. Brent lends his racing expertise to the conversation as Strub checks a catalog for price quotes. With the Register’s Annual Great Bike Ride Across Iowa (RAGBRAI) again starting in Northwest Iowa this July, interest seems to be climbing for all things related to bikes. Bike Central helps get the riding public in gear by hosting Tuesday evening rides from March through

October, weather permitting. The rides end with food and refreshments at Bike Central. The company’s second annual DNR (Do Not Freeze) Ride, a 25-mile round trip excursion from here to the Corner Cafe in nearby Brunsville, took place on Feb. 21. Many of the 80 to 100 riders (or so) were likely Bike Central customers. “The entry-level road bike and service are still important areas for us,” says Strub. “And still, our bread-and-butter is the family unit.” Unlike a few career choices, owning and operating a small bike shop comes with a caveat. Though the key figures involved in the business don’t have to be at the shop 24/7, they’re really never “off the job.” “I was in church on Sunday and someone was asking me in the lobby about an upcoming bike event,” Strub says. “And that’s OK. We’re glad people are interested and talking about it.” Opening the business hasn’t simply allowed him to do what he loves for a career, it’s also opened his eyes – and his enterprise’s doors – to a variety of customers he didn’t realize enjoyed cycling as much as he does. “There are so many people who do cycle, I didn’t realize it,” Strub says.

Cyclists cruise along Hamilton Boulevard as RAGBRAI leaves Sioux City on July 25, 2010. Sioux City returns as the starting point for the 2015 ride. Those staffing Bike Central in Le Mars, Iowa, say interest in cycling seems to ramp up each time RAGBRAI begins in Northwest Iowa.

His hands that used to punch digits on a phone repeatedly throughout the work day now might be covered with grease by mid-morning at Bike Central. And that’s OK. This is what Strub has chosen to do. “Some of my best friends get a kick out of the fact that I can talk about gears and hydraulics and the things it takes to make a bike run,” he says. The guy in the Under Armour, the one with his sleeves up around his elbows? He gets a kick out of it, too.

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Sioux city council member rhonda capron talks with utility worker and aFScME Local 212 president chris Deharty following a city budget hearing in the city council’s chambers in city hall.

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Seated alongside men in suits, Rhonda Capron is still like a statue. She’s poised, listening intently to the public works director in the cavernous council chambers. Someone makes a wisecrack about the city-owned swimming pools. She lets out a short but hearty laugh. The discussion carries on. She listens more, offering input as needed. Beyond budget hearings and Monday meetings, all of the policymakers have 24

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separate lives. One sells furniture. Another works at a law firm. Capron goes from city hall to sitting with senior citizens to a bar. “I’m just used to taking care of people, whether they’re drunk or older,” she says. Capron is entering her fourth year on city council. She’s up for re-election this year, and yes, she’s running. She was pulled into politics when a friend created a Facebook page called “Rhonda Capron

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for Mayor.” Her snap judgment was to say, “Ugh, are you kidding me? Why would you do that?” She hadn’t considered such a thing, but the “likes” and comments intrigued her. Capron’s connections to the community proved to be an asset in her campaign. She’d been in the bar business for 30 years. She spent late nights running Rhonda’s Speakeasy and bending an ear

capron confers with council member Keith radig following a city budget hearing in the city council’s chambers in city hall.

to patrons while they downed pints of beer. “You just got to listen and be their friend,” she says. That attitude carries over from watering hole to city hall and back. She won the council seat, handily, becoming the fifth woman in the city’s history to serve on the five-person panel. That brings her to today, sitting through what was supposed to be a fourhour budget hearing – one of many to approve the city’s financial plan by the beginning of March. The meeting wraps up early, shortly after 10 a.m. It is a welcome break in Capron’s day. She has two more jobs to do. Capron closed Rhonda’s Speakeasy last summer when her liquor license was set to expire. “Times have changed,” she says. “My people have gotten a little bit older. They’re not going out like they used to. Neighborhood bars are kind of going by the wayside.” Now, she works at Doxx Warehouse Bar on Friday and Saturday nights – bartending, managing bands and advertising. She also started a non-medical home care business, called Rhonda’s Senior Support Service. Over the noon hour, she plans to prepare a plate of spaghetti, smothered in homemade sauce, with side salad and garlic bread for a 91-year-old woman in Morningside. The day before, in between a budget hearing and a meeting at the police department, they got together, too. Capron painted her fingernails and fixed her hair.

capron decided to run for city council after Facebook friends encouraged her to seek office.

“I’m just used to taking care of people, whether they’re drunk or older.” Rhonda Capron Councilwoman Every other Saturday, she takes care of another “little gal.” She’ll make breakfast – loaded scrambled eggs and maybe some homespun yogurt with fresh fruit. Later, for a treat, they’ll go to Dairy Queen and get an ice cream cone, a simple act that triggers child-like delight. Sometimes, Capron can’t believe she gets paid to do what she does. Families call on her for help to look after their loved ones – even if that means watching a movie at 2:30 in the afternoon. “People just want to be acknowledged, you know, that’s what it is,” Capron says. “They want to know someone’s going to

listen to ‘em. They have my undivided attention, and I have theirs.” Providing companion care stirs good feelings for her. It’s a throwback to her rural upbringing. Her dad was a postmaster and farmed outside of Ocheyedan, Iowa. Her mom stayed home to look after Capron and her six younger siblings. Saturdays were dedicated to baking in the family’s own version of a Beaver Cleaver home. “Those were the good ol’ days,” she says. “Those are good memories.” At one of the budget hearings, she brought banana bars, made from her mother’s recipe. Her skills aren’t limited to baked goods. It’s easy for her to prepare a full meal for her seniors. A recent dinner included meatloaf, baked potatoes, Cool-Whip fluff salad and a pumpkin pie. She has also dished up chicken alfredo, goulash and chili. Even though she keeps a busy schedule, sometimes working from dawn ‘til dark, her blood pressure is the best it’s ever been. “You know, it’s no stress. I don’t know who’s taking care of who here,” she says. “I like the interaction. I like to know that I’m making somebody’s day. I’m making their day better than when it started out.”

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Kris Pierce, a cook and waitress at Kate’s, fills water glasses for the Go Go Girls Card Group, who gather at a different restaurant each Friday. They met at the Sergeant Bluff restaurant on Feb. 6.

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SERGEANT BLUFF | Diners come to a quaint café for its down-home cooking and friendly service. Some of the regulars say it’s one of the best-kept secrets in Sergeant Bluff. Over the noon hour, Kris Pierce moves between the kitchen, tables of customers and the cash register at Kate’s. A big group comes in – 10 women, one of them pulling along a small wheeled suitcase displaying a sign for the Go Go Girls Card Group. They keep the hostess on her toes. Once the plates are cleared, they amble

over to the counter to pay. Pierce rings up a bill. “Six-forty-two,” she says. “There you go. Thank you.” Nothing on the menu costs more than $7.25. It’s simple fare with items like grilled cheese, egg salad and taverns. Desserts take up as much room on the menu as the sandwiches. There are malts and shakes, sundaes and banana splits, along with soda fountain creations including egg creams and black cows. Another woman approaches the

counter and says, “I’m the one with the hot dog with lots of chili.” There’s a question about form of payment. “Cash or check,” Pierce replies. “That’s all we take.” Once the bills are settled, the cards come out. For a better part of the afternoon, they play Hand and Foot, a form of canasta. Pierce tempts them with slices of lemon meringue pie. The friends from Sioux City get together every Friday at a different

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“They’re family. They’re not just customers. Everyone becomes your family.” Lisa Topf Owner of Kate’s

Lisa Topf, left, owner of Kate’s in Sergeant Bluff, takes an order as Nola Dunagan, center, and Glennis rogers, right, wait for their turn during the lunch hour.

restaurant, going wherever they can to eat and play cards for a few hours from Culver’s to Old Chicago. It’s something they’ve been doing for more than three years. “We just get together and have a good time,” Nancy Davis says. Serving a steady flow of patrons, Pierce and owner Lisa Topf have to set up an extra table in the small gift shop for a women’s church group gathering. Kate’s has been the place to go for bridal showers, surprise parties, tea parties, presidential hopefuls, Kiwanis meetings and more. Sometimes school children come through for a taste of oldtime treats before visiting the Sergeant Bluff Museum next door. “They’re family,” Topf says. “They’re not just customers. Everyone becomes your family.” She opened the breakfast and lunch café with her father, a retired pharmacist, about 10 years ago. Long before that, it was known as the local watering hole, frequented by military men lured in by Friday fish fries and

Kris Pierce, a cook and waitress at Kate’s in Sergeant Bluff, makes sure tables are clean for the next customers.

beer. Topf’s grandparents bought Tip Top Tavern in 1942. Her late grandmother is the café’s namesake. Catherine Topf, a teacher-turned-barowner, operated the establishment for more than 60 years. “We’re making memories here,” Topf says. At the counter, one of the regulars treats herself to lunch. Diane Gibson orders the special of the day: a chicken quesadilla. She’s there every morning when the

café opens. She sits down to get a cup of coffee. No cream or sugar. Though that day, she had a splash of vanilla syrup. “I’ve done that for a few years now,” she says. “It’s nice to get up in the morning and have coffee with somebody.” A school bus driver and a fellow from the funeral parlor often sit on the barstools beside her. Once in a while, she’ll order a bagel or just go home and fix some toast. She doesn’t come for lunch as often, just a couple times a month. She usually orders a turkey sandwich made with red onions, cranberry, cucumbers and cream cheese grilled on marble rye. She always takes a seat close to the action, on one of the barstools, right in the middle. Then, she can talk to Craig Rude, the “pie man,” or whoever is working. One day she told Rude about her favorite kind of pie: sour cream raisin. And what do you know, he makes it. “They’ve got excellent food here,” she says. The company’s not bad, either.

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BASKETBALL COACH SHOOTS FOR BALANCE ON AND OFF THE COURT

Morningside assistant basketball coach Anthony Elias watches as players run though drills during practice at Morningside College. His days are filled with preparing for practices and games and recruiting.

Text by Michelle Kuester Photographs by Jim Lee

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sistant basketball coach Anthony Elias. He has several practices in preparation for a big conference game against Midland the next day. At 2 p.m., he begins an individualized practice to fine-tune skills that don’t always get attention in large practice. “It kind of depends on their class

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“The guys have a lot of heart,” said Elias. “They’re a solid team.”

schedules on when we can get them in here,” he says, gesturing to the small group of eight or so players. “We’re really big on keeping their legs fresh without overdoing it.” The third-year assistant coach instructs the players on different drills while shouting out words of encouragement. He sets up a chair on the threepoint line and directs the players to maneuver around it and pass the ball to another player who takes the all-important shot.

After a few times through, he gives some constructive criticism and the men head back to the court, more refined this time. “Good, good,” says Elias, clapping. “It would be nice if we had our own gym, but obviously that’s not possible,” he says over the din of clanking bats from the baseball team’s batting practice. “We just have to stay as focused as possible.” When mistakes happen, Elias reassures the players and helps correct any

errors, not the stereotypical red-faced, screaming coach. “That’s all right, that’s OK,” he shouts to a player who tosses a wild pass. The team typically has games on Wednesdays and Saturdays with group practices on Mondays, Tuesdays, Thursdays and Fridays. Each player also has individualized practice twice per week. At 3 p.m., Elias promptly ends individualized practice to take care of some business – personal and professional – in his office before group practice starts at

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Morningside assistant basketball coach anthony Elias talks to Steve O’Neill as players run though drills during practice at Morningside college.

3:30 p.m. “I’ve got to check on my son,” he says as he bounds up the stairs. His 10-month-old son Malachi is in the teething stage and has fluid in his ears. After making a quick call and confirming that all is well, he gets down to business preparing for the next day’s big game and even the following year’s team. “Recruiting is a big deal this time of year,” says Elias. “Once high school basketball is over, that is not a bad thing, unless you don’t have your recruits signed up yet.” Discovering recruits is a time-consuming, albeit necessary, process, says Elias. “We’re away from home every Tuesday, Thursday and Friday that we don’t have our own games trying to find guys for our team,” he says. “I feel a little guilty because I read something about how successful married couples need to spend a certain amount of time together and my wife Tiffany and I definitely don’t this time of year.” Elias sends emails and makes phone 32

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Morningside assistant basketball coach anthony Elias keeps practices encouraging for the Mustangs.

“I come in in the morning and I feel like I have all this time and then it comes to practice time and I’m scrambling and running out of time.” Anthony Elias Morningside men’s assistant basketball coach

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calls coordinating with high school coaches on what school he would be recruiting at that night. “Usually it’s planned out earlier than this,” he says with a laugh. The minutes passed quickly, leaving little time until the 3:30 practice. “I come in in the morning and I feel like I have all this time and then it comes to practice time and I’m scrambling and running out of time,” he jokes as he loads film of a previous Midland game on his computer. “Whenever I have free time, I’ll watch film to get a feel of the opponents,” Elias says. “We did this yesterday with the players and broke it down, but I want to go through it again.” When the time comes, Elias heads down to the court for the hour-and-ahalf group practice, which starts off with a long warm-up and several passing drills. The Mustangs go on to down Midland 87-82 in the following day’s Great Plains Athletic Conference game. “The guys have a lot of heart,” Elias says at practice. “They’re a solid team.”

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Susely Orozco, 6, of Sioux City, participates in a learning activity about heart surgery at Girls Inc.

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Loess Hills Elementary first grader Susely Orozco arrives at Girls Inc. every weekday around 4 p.m. and heads for the gymnasium. “I just like to play with my friends and talk to them,” she says while taking a break from playing on the mats. A group of girls nearby bounce around basketballs while another group sets up

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a different set of mats into a fort. Despite the flurry of free-for-all playtime, the 6-year-old considers academia the best part of the evening. “Learning about stuff in our classroom is my favorite part,” Susely says. The schedule at Girls Inc. is tight and followed closely, Susely implies. “We play around until we have snack,”

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she explains. “Today we are having supper early though because we aren’t having snack.” Almost like clockwork, the girls line up by age, ready for class, at 4:30 p.m. They are assigned different areas to go and shuffle off in those directions. “Hold the door for your neighbor,” says an aide to Susely, who obliges.

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Susely and her group arrive at their the group examines Zelda’s heart and classroom and take their seats at mulcirculatory system. tiple round tables in their room. After Velcroing Zelda back up, Susely Sidney Marks, the group’s teacher, puts her gown away and goes to the stands at the computer lab to front of the class play an educaand goes over tional computer vocabulary words game called Iwith the girls. AnReady which esthesia is a word assesses and of focus as the improves reading class’s lesson is and math skills. centered on surAt 5 p.m., the gery and health. girls line up for “Susely will dinner. Susely be performing takes a seat at a surgery today,” table of friends says Marks as she and adult instrucplaces a stuffed tors and digs in to doll, named her bowl of chili. Zelda, on a table The conversation at the front of the turns to Valenclassroom. tine’s Day parties Marks and at school, a traanother aide dition in which pass out surgiSusely takes part. cal gowns, face Once dinner is masks and gloves done, Susely goes to the girls. Each with her friends girl also receives to a crafts room Susely Orozco, 6, of Sioux city, plays i-ready reading and math assessment games at Girls Inc. a pump of hand to make a pensanitizer and guin out of toilet some assistance getting outfitted; everypaper tubes and construction paper. one is prepped for the procedure. “Susely is always really happy,” says First, Zelda receives an I.V. (a pop one of her friends, as she cuts out pieces bottle with a tube attached.) Next, Susely of paper for her penguin. picks up a scalpel (plastic butter knife) And at the end of the day, the penguin and cuts Zelda open by undoing the Velis complete and Zelda’s heart is working cro that holds her together. Once inside, properly, all thanks to Susely. Siouxland life

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Saniyya Mcclendon is one of the ticket sellers at carmike cinemas in the Southern hills Mall.

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McClendon, who is dressed in a black polo shirt and donning a headset, behind the clear, thick glass. “Our only showing is at 9:35,” she responds. Disappointed, the boy turns and sighs. Over the next two hours McClendon, a

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17-year-old East High School senior, will pass dozens of tickets through the slot, mostly for “Sponge Bob Movie: Sponge Out of Water.” “It’s been a while since we had a pretty big movie,” she says. “The kids always want to go to the 3Ds, but the parents

Saniyya Mcclendon, front, and Jasmine Decker work at the ticket counter at carmike cinemas.

never really do.” McClendon, who started working at the movie theater in June, loves watching movies whether at work or at home. Her favorite movie is the 1998 war epic “Saving Private Ryan.” “I just love it, I guess,” she says during a few minutes of downtime. Young and old, families and singles mill in the Southern Hills Mall entryway gazing up at the illuminated marquee. Soon a line begins to form. McClendon says “Hi,” with a smile as she greets patrons. “One senior and three kids for ‘Paddington,’” a woman with cropped brown hair requests. McClendon quickly taps the flat screen, takes the money from the customer and places it in the cash register drawer. She grabs the tickets printed on thin white

“I’ve never had any customer that was rude or anything. Usually people are in a pretty good mood going to a movie.” Saniyya McClendon Ticket seller paper and passes them through the slot. “There you go. Thank you.” A girl with long blonde hair dressed in a gray sweatshirt twirls in front of the marquee. Behind the ticket counter moviegoers sit at tables or wait at the concession stand that McClendon also

staffs. She’s on her feet for five hours, but she says it doesn’t bother her. She wears a black pair of Vans shoes while her co-workers opt for no-slip grip orthotic shoes. The smell of buttered popcorn wafts in the air. McClendon points out a man in a Dallas Cowboys jacket. “He comes to a movie like every day,” she says. “We have a couple that comes in every weekend.” A tiny girl wearing a hot pink, polkadotted jacket and matching snow boots points at the ticket counter and smiles. McClendon exchanges words with Jasmine Decker working the ticket window next to her. They giggle. McClendon answers the phone. It’s a customer inquiring about ticket prices. A middle-aged couple approaches the ticket counter. The woman with short blonde hair and glasses asks for two tickets to “Taken 3.” “ ‘Taken 3’ was actually taken out today. We don’t have it anymore,” McClendon says. “It was on the website,” the lady responds. McClendon apologizes. “I’ve never had any customer that was rude or anything. Usually people are in a pretty good mood going to a movie,” she says. More than an hour into McClendon’s five-hour shift the line stretches from the ticket counter to the back of the mall wall, curving at a block of candy machines. A woman in an aqua blue sweater texts on her smartphone. A dark-haired boy missing a few top teeth presses his face against the glass. “I like this movie theater. It look so cool!” he says wide-eyed, as his dad, dressed in a black leather coat and light blue baseball cap orders multiple tickets. For “Sponge Bob 3D,” of course.

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Medical resident andrew Mueting talks with registered nurse rebekah Mabrey in Mercy Medical centerâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s emergency room.

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SIOUX CITY | After a day of assessing and treating children as a family practice resident, Andrew Mueting is ready to put in another eight hours in Mercy Medical Center’s emergency department, where he moonlights. On this Friday night the waiting room is empty. The 31-year-old Sheldon, Iowa, native who is in his third year of residency at the Siouxland Medical Education Foundation, has seen a woman with gallbladder problems, a man suffering from dental pain and another woman with bladder cancer. At 8 p.m., Mueting remarks that it has been a relatively slow night He started his shift two hours earlier and then knocks on a stainless steel desk in acute trauma room 1, which is empty.) Mueting, dressed in green scrubs, wears a stethoscope around his neck. He leans against the desk with his feet crossed as he ponders why he wanted to become a doctor. “I always had an interest in medicine for some reason. I played sports growing up and I would get injured,” he says. “I was fascinated with different techniques to heal the body.” The small-town family physician he saw as a child inspired Mueting.

Once he completes his residency in June, he will move to Spirit Lake, Iowa, where he will do a little bit of everything – in-patient and out-patient care, obstetrics and work in the ED. “They were always around. I thought

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Medical resident andrew Mueting pauses while in a trauma room at Mercy Medical center.

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that was really cool,” he says of family physicians. Mueting also likes the excitement that comes with working in a busy emergency department. He’s finally seeing some of the medical conditions in real life that he reads about in textbooks. Compartment syndrome, a condition in which pressure builds up in the legs, abdomen or arms, is a new one for Mueting. “It’s exciting. You never really know what you’re going to find – the simple cough and cold to as challenging as bad car accidents and people with heart disease,” he says. When it’s cold outside or raining, Mueting says not as many patients come to the emergency department. It’s a mild night for early February with no precipitation. At about 8:20 p.m. paramedics wheel a man on a stretcher through the double doors. Ten minutes later a code is announced over the intercom. A doctor in a white lab coat briskly walks past acute trauma room 1. A few minutes later paramedics push a woman on a stretcher down the hallway and into another room. Mueting thinks back to the woman he saw earlier with gallbladder problems. Not knowing the end of the story, he says, is the hardest part about working in the ED.

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From left, Morningside college students Dominique Swanson, Sarah Yankowski and Shannon Westerfield do a check of resident dorms at the college’s Dimmittt hall. The women will check for disturbances like loud music or unruly behavior a handful of times per evening.

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SIOUX CITY | Sarah Yankowski snags a slice of pizza as the 2010 rom-com “Valentine’s Day” plays on a TV inside a Morningside College student lounge. A nursing junior originally from Colorado Springs, Colo., she’s one of the resident assistants (or R.A.s) at Dimmitt Hall, the largest residential hall on the college’s campus. A trained peer leader who supervises the more than 350 Dimmitt residents, Yankowich takes her job seriously. ASSIMILATING INTO COLLEGE LIFE “I work mainly with freshmen students,” she notes. “Many of the students are away from home for the first time

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and it’s my responsibility to make sure that they assimilate well to the college experience.” That includes hosting get-togethers like this pre-Valentine’s Day movie night. “It’s tough when you feel all alone,” Yankowich says. “Movie nights give people an excuse to hang out and have fun.” Paul Johnson knows a thing or two about culture shock. A Morningside international affairs/ mass communications junior who is from Nigeria, West Africa, he remembers feeling “completely out-of-place” when he first came to Morningside. “College can be intimidating if you don’t know what to expect,” admits

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Johnson, an R.A. since the beginning of the school year. “It’s my job to anticipate the unexpected.” Among a residential assistant’s responsibilities is to act as a role model, function as an arbitrator in dispute, and act as the person who puts out fires, both figuratively and literally. “As part of our training, we learned how to extinguish a blaze,” Yankowski says. “Luckily, we haven’t had one of those this semester.” Working between 12 to 15 hours a week, residential assistants must maintain good academic standing while participating in residential life training. In exchange, they receive a small stipend as

Morningside college student Paul Johnson, right, makes time to play a ping-pong match while working as a residential assistant at the college’s Dimmttt hall.

well as free dormitory housing. Still, Yankowski says the chief perk is the experience. “I want to become a registered nurse after I graduate,” she explains. “Being able to work with a wide range of students in a dorm will definitely come in handy later on.” ‘WE NEVER KNOW WHAT TO EXPECT’ Leaving a lounge full of students, Yankowski prepars for one of the periodic “floor checks” that she, Shannon Westerfield, an education major originally from Milpitas, Calif., and Dominique Swanson, a business/corporate communications major originally from Bloomfield, Neb., will conduct throughout the night. “We’ll check all of the halls a handful of times throughout the night,” Yankowski says. “Mostly, we’re checking for loud noises, the scent of alcohol and, maybe, a girl hiding out in the boy’s restroom or a boy hiding out in a girl’s restroom.” “You see, we never know what to expect,” Westerfield says. Well, that’s not always the case, Swanson adds. Noting the attractive Valentine’s Day decorations the hallway, she says the girls’ dorms were often “cute,” while the guys’ dorms were frequently “smelly.”

residential assistants Sarah Yankowski and Paul Johnson say they try to look out for the freshmen residents at Morningside college’s Dimmitt hall.

“I love being an R.A. because I enjoy working with people, but I also remember how challenging college life can be.” Sarah Yankowski Residential Assistant

A ROLE MODEL, IN AND OUT OF THE DORMS While his fellow R.A.s do a hall check, Johnson takes time to play a game of ping-pong with some of the younger residents. “You assume many roles when you’re an R.A.,” he insists. “Sometimes you’re a big brother, sometimes you’re a friend and, sometimes, you’re a ping pong partner.” But the role that Johnson relishes most is role model. “Even though I’m an R.A. in Dimmitt, I try to set a good example away from the dorms as well,” he says. That includes being courteous and helpful, on campus and off. Which will be good training for Johnson, who wants to someday work for either the United Nations or for ESPN. “I have big dreams,” he says with a smile. “The thing that I’ve learned from Morningside is you can achieve great things if you work for it.” This is an attitude he shares with Yankowski. “I love being an R.A. because I enjoy working with people,” she says, “but I also remember how challenging college life can be.” As “Valentine’s Day” blares in the background, Yankowski adds: “An R.A.’s job is to make life in the dorms as friendly as possible.”

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PROFILE Q&A

20 QUESTIONS with professor

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Pam Mickelson, business administration department chair, teaches marketing and management classes at Morningside College where she has been a professor for nearly 30 years. She also works with students in the college’s Center for Entrepreneurship and Ad Club. She says being able to manage one’s time is an important skill for everyone to master. 1. Who generally has problems with time management? Very disorganized people. People who have the inability to prioritize their world. There are a lot of students who are very active in organizations or sports; and the more they become involved in either of those, they have more of challenge to prioritize their studies.

2. Why is time management important? You have to achieve your goals and you can’t go forward if you don’t. I think we all have a little different definition of success, but part of it is we just don’t want to fail. Keeping things going is just part of that success and moving and achieving.

3. What tools can people use to help them manage their time? We use and teach our students as they come in to use the Google calendar. We used to have a printed calendar that we would give every student. We would help them and coach them through their course schedule, their part-time job schedule, their study schedule; and those are kind of a waste of trees.

4. How can you manage family, friends, work, hobbies? There are stages in life that really challenge you as a mom or a professor or a dad. If you’re young in your career and you’re young in your family, just by age you have a lot more energy so you might juggle more things.

5. How do Americans waste their time? On the TV or the computer. That’s not a bad thing because you need to kind of decompress. It’s how much time do you devote to it?

organized and goal-driven and are generally high achievers are actually achieving more and they’re doing it faster.

are open for students or faculty to come and ask questions and then there’s some set times I’m prepping for class or grading.

8. When and where in our lives do we first learn how to manage our time?

15. What things do we put off?

Good parents would help their children manage their time – when to get up and when to go to bed, how much studying to do if they don’t have it done.

9. Are we busier today than we were a decade ago? Yes. I think there are higher expectations at most places of work – that there’s a way to do more with less and prepare yourself for harder times.

10. What’s your best tip for staying on task?

16. Do you think stress causes us to procrastinate? I think not being knowledgeable will cause you to procrastinate. The more knowledge you have about things, the more you’re going to be able to make a better decision.

17. How can you stop someone from procrastinating?

Take care of your body and then prioritize. Make sure that you look at your list often. Post your work on a calendar. Get your lead time for big projects. If it takes a lot of people you’ve got to do it a lot further in advance.

Shorten the rope. If a student has me in class and they procrastinate and they ask for a deadline, why would I give them an extension when everyone else is meeting it? If I shorten the rope, they know when it’s going to happen. You don’t continue to foster their bad habits.

11. Should you build free time to do what you want as a reward?

18. Is there a better time of day to get things done?

That never worked for me. I’m not saying that you shouldn’t. I think back to grad school and undergraduate, Friday nights and Saturday nights were destined to be free nights. Maybe that’s a way of rewarding yourself.

My working clock is kind of dichotomy – 3:30 to 4 is a little unproductive, so I have to push myself through that time. Mornings are good, but it takes me a while to get going. I’m a night owl, so I get a lot of things done at night. That’s a really bad thing to do if I have to teach early in the morning.

12. What are some big time sucks? People’s problems. When you make people’s problems your problems you can’t get to your things.

13. How do you deal with someone who doesn’t manage their time wisely?

I think it gives us the impression that we don’t know enough – that there’s so much information there that we have to know more. We kind of get addicted in a way to some of the news.

If it’s a student it shows up in their grades very quickly. If their grades are good and they’re happy, then there’s nothing to adjust. If it’s a student in my class, I spend time telling them the right ways to study for my class – they need to take notes and they need to study. They don’t need to highlight. If they highlight, they also have to take notes.

7. Are students more efficient or less efficient than they used to be?

14. Does every second of your day have to be planned?

I see both. I think the ones who are

No. I will have blocks of time that

6. How does technology affect our time?

Probably the harder decisions – the ones that require a lot of emotional equity. Sometimes the painful one, but if people resolve it there’s no pain.

19. When you get an alert should you stop and check email or keep working on your project? If I’m in a situation where all I see is the little alert I will not (check it). If I’m in a class or a meeting I do not go to emails. My students have my attention and they deserve it. You shouldn’t if you really need to meet a deadline. Those are time killers.

20. Does time really equal money? Sometimes, yes. It’s tough in the academic world to say time equals money. If you don’t cover the right kind of materials in a class and you waste your time with students they will not learn the right things which means they will not graduate and they will not be good alumni and be good citizens.

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‘DOC, I’VE GOT A QUESTION …’ answers to your medical questions With all the chemicals in our meat and poultry, is it safe to eat liver? Yes, in general, it is safe to eat liver in moderation. The concerns about eating liver usually come from the assumption that liver contains many toxins and that it contains too much vitamin A for human consumption. One of the liver’s roles is to neutralize toxins, but the liver does not store toxins. Poisonous compounds that the body cannot metabolize and eliminate are likely to lodge in the fatty tissues and nervous system. However, the liver is a storage organ for many important nutrients, such as vitamins A, D, E, K, B12, folic acid, and minerals such as copper and iron. Vitamin A found in liver does not cause problems except in extremely large amounts. Unless you are eating large amounts of bear or seal liver, it is difficult to develop vitamin A toxicity from eating liver. There are other concerns out there that eating liver while pregnant can cause harm to the developing baby. There is a concern that eating too much preformed vitamin A, or retinol, found in liver can predispose to birth defects. The general consensus is that eating liver during pregnancy is safe as long as you limit your intake. A good recommendation for liver is no more than one, 100-gram serving of beef, lamb, bison, or duck liver (about 4 ounces) once or twice a week. Of note, chicken liver contains less vitamin A than liver from other sources. Like most things in life, everything in

moderation.

What constitutes a rotator cuff problem? I’ve been having severe shoulder/back pain and someone said that might be it. Could it be? What’s the solution? When we think of rotator cuff problems we typically think of three distinct issues: rotator cuff impingement, rotator cuff tendinopathy, and rotator cuff tears. The rotator cuff is composed of four muscles that form a cuff around the top of the upper arm, to which these muscles attach. The rotator cuff helps move and stabilize the upper arm in relation to the shoulder joint. Rotator cuff impingement is the term used to describe symptoms and signs that result from compression of the rotator cuff tendons between the top of the upper arm and shoulder blade. Individuals with rounded shoulders, poor muscular development, and occupations that require repetitive work at or above the shoulder are at greatest risk for impingement. Rotator cuff tendinopathy is often difficult to distinguish from impingement and almost always represents chronic injury to the rotator cuff tendons. Tendinopathy usually develops as a consequence of repetitive activity, generally at or above shoulder height, and most individuals do not describe an injury or fall. Rotator cuff tears can be partial or complete and occur as the end result of chronic impingement, progressive tendinopathy,

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MEET THE DOC Jesse Nieuwenhuis is a first-year family medicine resident physician at the Siouxland Medical Education Foundation in Sioux city, Iowa. he grew up on a farm near Primghar, Iowa, and chose to attend the University of Iowa and Northwestern college in Orange city, Iowa, for his undergraduate college education, graduating from Northwestern with a degree in biology and a minor in chemistry in 2009. he then chose to work at the Iowa Neonatal Newborn Screening Program in ankeny, Iowa, as a microbiologist for a short time after graduating from college. he then attended medical school at the chicago Medical School at rosalind Franklin University of Medicine and Science in North chicago, Ill., graduating with an M.D. in 2014. Upon graduating from medical school, he chose to pursue his graduate medical education in Family Medicine at the Siouxland Medical Education Foundation in Sioux city. injury, or a combination of these factors. Individuals with tears usually complain of shoulder weakness. Injuries most commonly associated with acute rotator cuff tears include falls onto the outstretched arm, falls directly onto the outer shoulder, vigorous pulling (such as on a lawn mower cable), and unusual heavy pushing and pulling. Treatments for rotator cuff problems vary depending on the exact cause and can involve non-operative management such as rest, pain/anti-inflammatory medication, physical therapy, glucocorticoid joint injections, and even surgery for some tears. Of course there are numerous other causes of shoulder pain, and there are physical exam maneuvers and other studies that can help differentiate and narrow down the exact diagnosis. Therefore, you should always seek your doctor’s advice for an exact diagnosis because this will dictate what treatment options are available and appropriate for your particular condition. WHAT KINDS OF HEALTH QUESTIONS DO YOU HAVE? Submit your questions and they may be used in this monthly feature. Write to Siouxland Life at 515 Pavonia St., Sioux city, Iowa 51102.

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‘Bachelor’ Chris Soules brings the competition home to Iowa.

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“The Bachelor” is like Ebola. Until it’s close to home, you don’t really think about it. Iowan Chris Soules, however, changed everything by bringing the process into our own backyard. Dating as a competition? Helicopters as transportation? All this was new to most Midwesterners who thought you just asked someone out and picked ‘em up in a car. Or a truck. “The Bachelor,” however, used Iowa transportation for games and whisked women to New Mexico to give them a “real” taste of what it’s like to live in the tall corn state. While Soules had been through this before – he was a contestant on “The Bachelorette” – it was an awakening for the rest of us. Arriving in limousines, the 30 women “vying” for his heart said whatever they could to attract his attention. One didn’t wear an evening gown in an attempt to show how “real” she was. Unfortunately, she drank too much and made the wrong impression. (At that point, Soules probably realized he didn’t have to dress up and move to Los Angeles just to find a drunk girl in jeans.) One by one, the women tried to impress the farmer with their “freelance” jobs, false eyelashes and fawning attention. Sadly, Chris never got to hear what they were saying in the holding room. That alone could have culled the herd substantially. One did aerobics, one hid, one brought a container for human organs and all of them, bless their hearts, got praise from the man at the center of the storm. Showing his Iowa “nice” side, Soules

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never lowered the boom – even though he should have. He led them on and convinced them Iowa farmers actually wear designer clothes when they’re not in the field. He did a few stupid things, too (those exercise routines with hay bales were a hoot), and tried to show interest when the women rambled on about activities that had absolutely nothing to do with high school sports. But he didn’t apply Iowa standards to a Hollywood game. Had he wanted to avoid all the foolishness (and the gamesmanship that suggested a couple of the women were crazy), he might have devised his own competition: 1. Clear the driveway after a blizzard. And get to work on time. 2. Plan a family event with two sisters who haven’t talked to each other in three weeks. 3. Withstand a weekend of silence because he’s too tired to do anything. 4. Create a substantial buffet for his deadbeat friends when they come over to watch the football game. And put up with their obnoxious girlfriends. 5. Clean the birds he bagged Saturday morning. 6. Accept him for who he is. The premise – one person chooses another (who, apparently, isn’t a 50-50 partner in this deal) – is so odd it seems like the inspiration for “Fifty Shades of Grey.” It’s played out in a world that doesn’t exist for most people and it suggests extremely good looking men and women can’t get dates the conventional way. Do a little research and you quickly discover “The Bachelor”

hasn’t produced a lot of long-lasting marriages. But it has changed expectations – for many of the women who watch this thing. Now, because of the show, men are expected to up their game. “Bachelor” fans think men should spend all their disposable income on trips to exotic places (like Deadwood, S.D.) and spend hours listening to them whine. They view life in Disney princess terms. They think it’s OK for their man to fool around with 29 other women as long as they emerge victorious. The truth? The best day in a relationship shouldn’t be wedding day. It’s the day after wedding day. And the day after that day. The guy doesn’t have to impress the girl with his sense of style or his creative dating attempts. As long as he’s good to her, that should be enough. And when it comes to lavish gifts, folks in Iowa think they’re a cover-up for something the giver doesn’t want to reveal. Here, it doesn’t take “mystery trips,” cocktail parties and rose ceremonies to profess love. In Iowa, three little words will do.

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