Siouxland Business Journal - May 2013

Sioux City leaders hail renewal of tax credits.

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Lakes roller coaster rehabbed for new year.

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INSIDE THIS MONTH’S ISSUE:

Vol. 21 No. 7

PO Box 118, Sioux City, Iowa 51102

May 2013

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Business Know How ....................................... page XX

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

Chamber anniversaries ..............................page 14, 15

Chamber investors.......................................... page 23

Home & Office ..................................................page 10

On the move .....................................................page 15

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DES MOINES | A state tax incentive program hailed as a major clog in Sioux City’s job creation engine was re-cently renewed.

Gov. Terry Branstad on May 16 signed a five-year extension of the Targeted Job Program, which oth-erwise would have expired on June 30. The program was created in 2006 to help Sioux City and four other borders cities – Council Bluffs, Burlington, Fort Madison and Keokuk – compete with neighboring states for economic devel-opment projects.

Iowa’s Targeted Jobs program allows qualify-ing businesses to apply for state withholding tax cred-its if they plan to relocate or expand in Iowa, provided they are creating or retain-ing jobs.

The tax credit equals 3 percent of the gross wages to each employee filling the new jobs. The businesses can claim the tax credits, but the same amount is diverted to local cities that use the money for urban renewal projects benefiting the business.

According to a Decem-ber 2012 report by the Iowa Economic Development Authority, 39 projects worth $37.6 million quali-fied for the program state-wide from fiscal year 2007 through fiscal year 2012.

Of those awards, Sioux City had the largest total awards at $12.9 million and the highest number of proj-ects at 27. Fort Madison had the second highest amount of awards with $9.2 mil-lion. Keokuk had a total of $7 million and Burlington had $6.8 million.

Council Bluffs had the smallest total at $1.7 mil-lion.

In the first six years, the program retained or cre-ated more than 1,500 jobs,

and fueled nearly $100 mil-lion in private investment in Sioux City.

“We’re right on the bor-der with Nebraska and South Dakota, which has no income tax,” state Rep. Ron Jorgensen, R-Sioux City, said. “This helps us com-pete a little more for these business developments.”

Branstad specifically not-ed the program helped Sioux City retain Sabre Industries, which expanded last year into the Southbridge Busi-ness Park. The $26 million project is projected to retain and create 532 jobs, the Re-publican governor said.

“They were looking at spots in Texas and, I think, Oklahoma,” state Rep. Chris Hall, D-Sioux City, said of Sabre. “This became an important part of keeping them in Sioux City.”

Mayor Bob Scott praised Branstad, Lt. Gov. Kim Reynolds and state leg-islators for their work on the bipartisan bill, which overwhelmingly passed the House and Senate.

“The Targeted Jobs Pro-gram will continue to make a difference in our local eco-nomic growth,” said Scott, who was among the local leaders and legislators who joined Branstad for a signing ceremony at the Statehouse.

State Sen. Rick Bertrand, R-Sioux City, said he was pleased the two chambers

worked to pass the exten-sion beyond the initial five-year pilot program. Bertrand said the 3 percent rollback on payroll tax for upcoming years is a huge boon to businesses consid-ering Sioux City and other cities covered by the pro-gram.

“This is one of the tools in the tool bags that (busi-ness) site selectors look at, when it comes to evening the playing field with cor-porate tax or sales tax or income tax or commercial property tax,” Bertrand said.

Jorgensen said legislation that benefits only certain communities tends to raise questions from lawmakers who live outside those com-munities.

Rep. Mary Ann Hanusa, R-Council Bluffs, who chairs the House Economic Growth Committee, said she promised lawmak-ers she would meet with

Economic Development Authority officials after the session adjourns to discuss expansion of the program.

“I’m not going in with any

preconceived ideas, but it is something that came up during discussions, so I said I would do that,” she said. “It would obviously have a

fiscal impact, and we’d have to see what that is.”Des Moines Bureau reporter

Mike Wiser contributed to this story.

Border city tax credit incentives extended

Mike Wiser, Journal Des Moines BureauGov. Terry Branstad, seated, poses with lawmakers and local officials who traveled to Des Moines for a bill signing at 5 p.m. Thursday. Branstad’s signature renews the Targeted Jobs Program, a state tax incentive aimed at helping border communities attract private investment that might otherwise go to a neighboring state. Sioux City was a main proponent of extending the program for another five years. Standing, from left, are Sioux City Economic Development Director Marty Dougherty, Sioux City Manager Paul Eckert, Iowa Department of Education lobbyist Phil Wise, Rep. Jerry Kearns, D-Keokuk, Rep. Chris Hall, D-Sioux City, Rep. Dennis Cohoon, D-Burlington, Sen. Jake Chapman, R-Adel, and Sen. Bill Anderson, R-Sioux City.

ProvidedSteel structures for utility lines are shown in one of the six large bays inside Sabre Industries’ new Sioux City plant. Iowa’s Targeted Jobs Program helped the city land the $26 million expansion in the city’s Southbridge Business Park. The tax credit program for Sioux City and other border cities recently won a five-year extension.

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EARL HORLYKBusiness Journal staff writer

HUBBARD, Neb. | Vince Kramper never imagined his name would be immortal-ized with a lake.

But in September, the Papio-Missouri River Natu-ral Resources District Board of Directors voted to name a reservoir near Hubbard, Neb., after the longtime Da-kota City farmer. The recre-ation area surrounding the lake is being named Danish Alps Recreation Area.

“I still can’t quite believe it,” said Kramper, a 30-year board member who worked on this project for more than 12 years. “So many people worked on this project over the years that it doesn’t seem fair to name after only one person.”

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The Danish Alps name was recommended by area land-owners. The hilly terrain is reminiscent of the Danish homeland of the immigrants who settled in the area.

The dam on Jones Creek created a 226-acre lake sur-rounded by more than 500 acres of park land, with campsites, fishing, no-wake boating and miles of hiking, biking and equestrian trails.

$15 million recreation center sprouts in Hubbard, Neb. Project honors longtime local conservation advocate

Tim Hynds, Sioux City Journal fileVince Kramper is shown in a file photo. The Papio-Missouri River Natural Resources District Board of Directors in September voted to name a recreation lake in Hubbard, Neb., after Kramper.

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originally called the Pigeon / Jones Site 15 Reservoir – also provides erosion and flood control. The land is along Nebraska Highway 35.

“This project started out as a flood control project but expanded to become much more,” Kramper said. “I’m glad because the area can definitely use a new park.”

A longtime conserva-tionist who also retired from the Nebraska Envi-ronmental Trust board in February 2012, Kramper said he’s looking forward to the project being open to the public in June 2015. He admits it will take some time to get used to a lake after himself.

“I have a lot of relatives,” he said. “I’ll just pretend that Lake Kramper is really named at one of them.”

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RUSS OECHSLINJournal Correspondent

ARNOLDS PARK, Iowa | The Legend Roller Coaster has come roaring back for the new season at Arnolds Park amusement park.

C r e w s s p e n t e i g h t months and $250,000 re-habbing the 1927 attrac-tion, the 13th oldest operat-ing wooden roller coaster in the U.S., according to park officials.

Old timbers and steel supports were replaced with 10 layers of two-inch lum-ber and wood supports on about a third of the 1,500-foot track. Low points on the track also were raised and several concrete foot-ings below the peak, called “The Point of No Return,” were replaced.

The result is a much smoother ride, said Mike May, of Spirit Lake, who rode the coaster on Thurs-day. His first ride was when he was 15.

“You can really tell the difference. But maybe that’s because I’m 68,” he said.

Park sponsors were invit-ed to take the first coaster ride of the season May 16.

“A lot of people come to the park and ride just one ride – The Legend,” said Jill Harms, of Blink Marketing, who took her first ride on the coaster. “It is a keystone of the park.”

Work started in Septem-ber and finished this month.

“It would probably have been sooner if we didn’t have so much snow,” said Arnolds Park Marketing Director Di Lorenzen.

The amusement park opened daily for the season on May 25.

Other improvements in-clude about a dozen new games for children.

The Legend of Arnolds Park$250,000 spent rehabbing 1927 roller coaster

Russ Oechslin, Sioux City Journal fileJill Harms and Mike May ride The Legend roller coaster at Arnold Park amusement park on May 16. Crews spent eight months rehabbing the ride.

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SOUTH SIOUX CITY | After eight decades where children enjoyed camp ex-periences outdoors, Camp Goodwill has an indoor facility that provides more options.

The $2.3 million Achieve-ment Center of Camp Goodwill opened last year, just off U.S. Highway 20 across from Martin Air Field.

“This is a fantastic facil-ity, in order for us to move forward in the next 85 years of Camp Goodwill. This is going to help us do that by giving us a more year-round facility. More groups, dif-ferent groups, can utilize the facility,” said Goodwill Camp Coordinator Steve Moore.

The Achievement Center is a multipurpose building with a covered outdoor amphitheater that seats 150; a kitchen and com-mons area; and room for arts and culture classes. That room also doubles as a storm shelter with

reinforced concrete.Camp Goodwill has five

weeks of camp, where up to 96 children from 8 to 12 take part per week, or almost 500 for a summer. Registration for camp begins on June 7.

The new facility gives kids a way to get out of the sum-mer heat into an air-condi-tioned area, Moore said.

Located two miles west of South Sioux City on 100 acres of trees and with five miles of trails on Crystal Lake, Goodwill began of-fering camping experi-ences in 1923 and created a camp at its current site in 1927.

Camp Goodwill adds Achievement Center

Journal photo by Tim HyndsThe Goodwill Achievement Center, above, allows the South Sioux City camp to have year-round programming.

EARL HORLYKBusiness Journal staff writer

SIOUX CITY | Every day is perfect day for camp at Camp High Hopes, accord-ing to Ali Langseth.

Located at 5400 Correc-tionville Road, Camp High Hopes provides enriching and adaptive recreation experiences for children, teens and adults with learn-ing or physical disabilities.

“We like to keep busy year-round,” Langseth, the camp’s executive director, said, showing off a large as-sortment of arts and crafts equipment inside. “Camp fun means much more than summer fun.”

A $5.3 million project, which includes two build-ings, 90 acres of land and an eight-acre lake, Camp High Hopes began accept-ing campers shortly after its grand opening last Au-gust.

Yet plans for the camp actually began eight years earlier with Gary Turbes, executive director for Sioux City’s Mid-Step Services. Camp High Hopes was modeled after a similar fa-cility, Camp Courageous, that Turbes helped start near the eastern Iowa city of Monticello in 1974.

Langseth in 2009 became the camp’s first and, for a while, only employee. It was a perfect position for a person who had fond child-hood memories of summers spent at Camp Tepeetonka near Sioux Falls.

“Camp was always an awesome time for me,” Langseth said.

Langseth said she wanted kids with disabilities like as

autism or Down syndrome to experience such as ar-chery, swimming, canoe-ing, arts, crafts and other recreational games.

During the fall and spring, Camp High Hopes offers overnight weekend respites for campers as well as school break day camps.

From June to August, overnight camp session – running from Sunday through Friday – will be offered to youth and young adults. Also, summer day camps are offered for chil-dren and teens who may not be ready for a week away from home.

Such experiences, Langs-eth said, will give disabled kids “a sense of indepen-dence” in a safe and struc-tured environment.

“Children with disabili-ties sometime lead very sheltered lives,” she said. “Camp allows them to ac-quire new skills and interact with other kids.”

Once at camp, kids will be supervised by camp coun-selors and medical personnel will be available when need-ed. The facility can shelter 40 campers in dormitories.

The indoor activity center houses an art room, ping-pong table, pool table and performance area for camp entertainment.

Sioux City camp provides fun for those with special needsCamp High Hopes gears up for summer season

Submitted photoArts and crafts is a popular activity for Camp High Hopes campers. The facility offer programs throughout the year at 5804 Correctionville Road.

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Tim Hynds, Sioux City Journal fileA Camp Goodwill counselor leads campers on a nature hike in a June 2012 file photo. The camp last year opened a $2.3 million Achievement Center.


Have you ever felt a dull, achy, or throb-bing pain coming from your shoulder and arm? Have you ever felt a sharp or stab-bing pain when reaching above your head, across the front of your body or behind your back? If you said “yes” to one or both of these questions, you may have inflam-mation of the tendons in your rotator cuff tendons or bicep tendon of your shoulder, also known as tendonitis.

I had this problem in my right shoul-der twice while attending the University of Northern Iowa, feeling most of these symptoms and was unable to sleep on my right side. I also had difficulty doing anything above shoulder level or reach-ing away from my body especially when lifting weights. I am very thankful that I was allowed to go through this type of pain as I now understand what workers and patients are feeling and it allows me to empathize with their situations.

WHAT IS TENDONITIS?It is pain and inflammation of a ten-

don. You have over 1,200 tendons in your body, and tendons attach muscle to bone. Common posture and work habits may ag-gravate these shoulder tendons including awkward postures like reaching for your computer mouse, lifting items above shoulder level, driving your car with only one hand on the steering wheel and sleep-ing on your sides.

When your muscles contract, tendons pull on your bones to move your body’s joints allowing you to perform the task you are doing. These forces are what cause your bones to become and stay strong over time. However, if you have poor posture habits such as forward head and rounded shoulders posture (stooped sitting and standing) and you spend much of your workday working above shoulder level or with your arms fully extended away from your body, you may have an increased risk of developing bicep and/ or rotator cuff tendonitis.

Tendonitis pain can also be common in the elbow, wrist, thumb, knee, Achilles and foot.

PREVENTION AND TREATMENTIce massage is the best self-care tech-

nique for preventing and treating ten-donitis pain. I recommend performing ice massage two to four times a day, with the end of the workday being one of the most important times of the day to perform the

technique. Other times may include be-fore work, at lunch or mid-shift or before bed if the pain and inflammation is waking you up at night.

You can do this procedure in two ways, by filling up a Styrofoam cup with water and putting this in the freezer to freeze. Tearing off the top edges of the cup and rubbing the ice directly over the area of pain for two to four minutes until the body part is numb.

Ice massage can be performed in two ways. You can fill a Styrofoam cup with water and put this into the freezer. Once it’s frozen, tear the top edges off the cup and rub ice directly over the area for two to four minutes until the body part is numb. Or, you may also hold an ice cube directly from the freezer on the impacted area and perform this same technique until that body part feels number.

With ice, you’ll feel the following pro-gression of symptoms: first, it will feel cold and painful, then it will burn, ache, and then turn numb. When you feel numb, you have completed the ice massage and your shoulder, elbows, wrists or thumbs will thank you.

Typically after three to seven days of performing ice massage two to four times each day, you should notice 75 percent or better improvement with ease of range of motion, improved daily activities at work, home and play and a significant reduction of pain with improved restful sleep too.

In addition to ice massage, you can also prevent and treat tendonitis by:

1) Improving your posture habits (head up and shoulders back)

2) Stretching your hips, chest and trunk two to three times throughout the workday

3) Drinking 40-plus ounces of water, working towards half of body weight in ounces

4) Quitting smoking or the use of to-bacco products as they slow your body’s healing process

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Do you find it difficult to fit exercise into your daily routine? If you’re like most people nationwide, you’ve spent more than half of your waking hours sitting or inactive for long stretches of time. The best way to raise your metabolism is by moving. Remember, five minutes of ex-ercise is better than no exercise. It is time to get moving and improve your health. Be a good example for your children and co workers. There are many options to pick from that will not cost you a penny, such as:

• Take the stairs every chance you get, even if it’s only one flight.

• Walk. Almost everybody can do it. Most people walk 4,000 to 5,000 steps per day anyway. Aim to add more steps in your daily activities.

• Use a pedometer to help keep track of your steps. You can get one for about $10, but sometimes health fairs give them away free.

• Park and walk.• Do not use your children as an excuse

not to exercise. Take them along for a walk or run in a stroller, wagon, or on a bike.

• Buy a dog from the Humane Society or borrow the neighbor’s pooch. People who walk with dogs walk longer and more often than those whose don’t.

• Turn on your radio and dance up a storm for 20 to 30 minutes in the privacy of your own home.

• Use your library card to check out all sorts of exercise videos or DVDs.

• Use the lowest stairs in your home or outside to create your own step workout.

• Have “walking meetings” with col-leagues at work.

• Have small weights in your office or around your home for doing arm exercises.

• Grab a chair or the kitchen counter and do some push-ups, squats and leg lifts.

• Pair a favorite TV show with some crunches to work those abs. Stand up and jog during commercials.

• Thinking of buying a piece of equip-ment to work out on at home? Check the want ads, craigslist, and garage sales for a good deal.

• Clean your own house. Do your own yard work. Wash the car.

• Call some friends for a pickup game of basketball at the park. Throw a Frisbee. Play Frisbee golf.

• Check with your company wellness

program, community league or local rec-reation center for any exercise classes, walking clubs, or team sports you can join.

• Jump rope, this is a total body workout.• Exercise with a friend or coworker. It

will increase the chances you’ll stick with your new activity.

• Dust off the bicycle.• Get in the pool. Swim laps or do an

aqua aerobics class.• Check with your boss or HR depart-

ment to see if there’s a program that will help pay for part of a gym membership.

• Buy a stability ball. They can cost as little as $10. Use it as an office chair at work. Balancing on a ball works your core muscles.

• Check out the company gym if you have one. There is a treadmill waiting for you.

• Go for a walk or just stand by your workstation and stretch for 5 to 10 min-utes every hour.

• Call a trainer and arrange a session for you and a couple of friends to split the cost.

• Laugh. Great big belly laughs. It’s good for the soul as well as your abs.

• Organize a basketball or baseball league with the people you work with.

Moderate to vigorous exercise gets your heart pumping and boosts blood levels of “good” cholesterol. Moving at moderate to vigorous intensity strengthens your bones and muscles and lessens your risk for a wide range of health problems, including stroke, diabetes, certain types of cancer, osteoporosis and arthritis.

Source: health-e-headlines May issueCheck with your physician if you have

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So what are you waiting for? Get moving without any excuses!

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SIOUX CITY | Built in 1937 by the Stan-dard Oil Co., the former warehouse at 2300 Seventh St. sat mostly empty for three de-cades.

Not long ago, the three-story concrete structure with a brick exterior caught the attention of officials with Tec-Corp, the Sioux City-based parent company for Thompson Electric Co. and Electric Inno-vations. It fulfilled the growing companies’ need for more room and a more centralized location.

A $4 million renovation, completed ear-lier this year, consolidated the companies’ Sioux City operations under one roof for the first time, and tripled their overall space. The expansion also is projected to create more than a dozen new jobs.

The three companies previously occupied five separate buildings, with a combined 22,000 square feet, at 14th and Jackson Streets. That’s where Thompson Electric was founded in 1933 by Alfred C. Thomp-son.

The 80-year-old company has grown into one of the region’s largest electrical con-tractors. It boasts a resume that includes a wide array of commercial and industrial projects, from office buildings, retail shops and hospitals to power plants, grain eleva-tors and airport terminals.

Electric Innovations, which started in 2000, offers technical services such as IT support, computer network hosting and the installation, testing and maintenance of fire alarms, security and surveillance systems.

Overall, more than 150 employees are based in Sioux City. The company, which also has locations in Sioux Falls and Omaha, employs about 275 overall.

As it mulled an expansion of its Sioux City operations, Tec-Corp considered sites in neighboring states. To help retain the homegrown employer, the city of Sioux City put together a financial incentive package.

The city approved a development agree-ment with Tec-Corp after the Iowa Eco-nomic Development Authority authorized the company’s application for Targeted Jobs Withholding Tax Credit Program. The program lets employers in border cities like Sioux City keep a portion of the money that would have gone for payroll taxes for 10 years to invest in expansion.

“We’re just really happy to be staying in Sioux City,” Tec-Corp CEO Skip Perley said. “We’re excited about taking an old build-ing that’s been underutilized for many years and creating something that benefits the community.”

Company leaders were drawn to the distinct architecture of the three-story

structure, which served for years as an oil depot for Standard Oil service stations in Siouxland.

“We really liked the industrial look of the building,” lead architect Dale McKinney of M+ Architects said. “Keeping it as clean and original as possible was the goal walk-ing into it.”

Extending the post-modern industrial design to a two-story addition on the east side of the original structure required some creativity, McKinney said. A plumbing sup-ply business built the addition in the 1980s for a showroom.

For the Tec-Corp project, the white grey exterior of the addition was covered with panels of corten steel. The metal will natu-rally rust over time, changing from a yel-lowish orange to a darker rust color.

“It rusts to a point and stops,” McKinney said. “It doesn’t require painting over and over again, over the life of the structure.”

To keep water runoff from coming down the panels and staining the sidewalk and

landscaping below, welded wire filled with river rocks, or “rocks in a cage,” as Perley likes to call them, were wrapped around the lower bottom of the exterior wall.

The rock fencing also keeps people from rubbing up against the rusting steel and

$4M project breathes new life into old buildingTec-Corp, Thompson Electric, Electric Innovations consolidate operations, triples space

Tim Hynds photos, Business JournalCEO Skip Perley stands next to a rack of electrical conduit ready to be delivered to a job site at Thompson Electric Co.’s new prefabrication shop. Tec-Corp, Thompson Electric and Electric Innovations recently relocated to renovated spaces in a 1937 building at 2300 7th Street in Sioux City.

Thompson Electric Co. Prefabrication Manager Corey Floyd talks about the company’s new prefabrication shop, where components are assembled before delivering them to a job site.

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Tec-Corp CEO Skip Perley talks in a hallway at the company’s new Sioux City headquarters. Tec-Corp, Thompson Electric and Electric Innovations recently relocated to renovated spaces in a 1937 building at 2300 7th St.

The new Sioux City headquarters for Tec-Corp., Thompson Electric Co., and Electric Innovations at 2300 7th St. is shown above. As part of a recent renovation, the exterior of the two-story addition in the foreground, built in the 1980s, was covered with coten steel panels. The adjacent three-story brick structure, in the background, was built in 1937 by Standard Oil Co.

An employee fitness room is shown at Tec-Corp’s new offices at 2300 7th St.

accidentally staining their clothing, McK-inney said.

The corten steel look was carried into the addition’s first floor, which was transformed into a spacious lobby for Thompson Electric. The entrance and parking is off Sixth Street, adjacent to a McDonald’s restaurant.

Just off the lobby is a large training center with a kitchen. Employees are encouraged to reserve the space for their own after-hour events, which have included family gatherings, receptions, and even a worship service.

Other employee amenities in the building

include a fitness area with changing rooms and showers, and a break room with old-style booths.

The offices for all the companies are in the 1937 building, which offered the most archi-tecturally interesting spaces. The interior features original curved block glass, exposed brick and concrete columns. The concrete floors were polished in the public spaces, while new carpet was laid in the offices and conference rooms.

As part of the renovation, the ceilings were intentionally left exposed, showing off the electrical conduit, data cabling and other

work performed by the companies’ own skilled technicians.

“The building is a tremendous opportu-nity for our customers to learn more about us,” Perley said.

The wide hallways encourage collabora-tion between employees.

“There’s room to stand in the hallways and talk just like we are now,” Perley said as he gave a recent tour of the building.

A generous use of glass helps illuminate

the offices and common spaces with natu-ral light.

“The building we moved out of had no windows so we’re really learning how to use a lot of light,” Perley said as he stood in his third-floor corner office.

Tec-Corp offices are on the third floor, while Electric Innovations is on the sec-ond floor. It includes secure areas for the computer servers the company maintains for clients that include medical providers.

The entrance for both Electric Innova-tions and Tec-Corp is on the north side of the building, off Seventh Street.

Thompson Electric’s first floor space includes a 12,000-square-foot prefabri-cation shop, where employees assemble components in a climate-controlled en-vironment before heading to the job site.

Prefabrication manager Corey Floyd said the large space saves time by allowing workers to work on as many as four dif-ferent jobs at one time without having to contend with rain, snow or mud.

“I can work on one, put it off to the side, and work on another job,” he said.

The building’s centralized location, near the intersection with Business Highway 75, is an added benefit, Perley said. The high-way offers easy access for crews headed to and from job sites, and for trucks delivering equipment and supplies.

The site also is within a few blocks of offices for most of the contractors that Thompson Electric regularly does busi-ness with, he said.


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Thompson Electric promotes RolSIOUX CITY | Nick Rol has been pro-

moted to project manager in Sioux City for Thompson Electric Co.

Rol has worked at Thompson Electric for 13 years, starting as a helper, then an ap-prentice, progressing to journeyman wire-man and finally a foreman supervising and coordinating projects.

His duties include management of all electricians and subcontractors, including safe work practices, productivity, behavior, harassment and discipline in conjunction with his projects.

Rol is a graduate of the Western Iowa Tech Community College Electrical Pro-gram and the NJATC.

UnityPoint appoints rural VPSIOUX CITY | Leah Glasgo has been ap-

pointed vice president of Rural Develop-ment for UnityPoint Health – St. Luke’s in Sioux City and UnityPoint Health – Trinity in Fort Dodge. Glasgo will transition into her new role in July.

Glasgo will be responsible for the development of new provider partnerships in communities surrounding Fort Dodge and Sioux City. In addition, she will lead efforts to advance relationships between rural and regional care settings, improv-ing coordination and care to all patients in the region.

With more than 19 years of manage-ment experience, Glasgo currently served as president and CEO of Stewart Memorial Community Hospital in Lake City, Iowa. She has also held various leadership posi-tions at Cass County Memorial Hospital in Atlantic, Iowa, and at Boone County Hos-pital in Boone, Iowa.

Glasgo earned a bachelor of science in nursing from University of Nebraska Medi-cal Center and a master of healthcare ad-ministration from Des Moines University.

Salvation Army announces hireSIOUX CITY | The Salvation Army in

Siouxland announces the recent hire of Ashley Wall to increase volunteers in the area and fundraise for their local efforts.

Wall spent the last five years working in higher education, including the last 2 1/2 years at the University of South Dakota working with students on leadership development and student conduct. She came to the Midwest in the sum-mer of 2010 from the Cen-tral Florida area, where she was born and raised.

She holds her master’s degree in educational lead-ership from the University of Central Flor-ida.

UnityPoint names directorSIOUX CITY | UnityPoint Health – St.

Luke’s has named Steve Lindemann as director of finance for the hospital.

In his new role, Lindemann will be in-strumental in helping St. Luke’s meet its financial plans and analyzing the organiza-tion’s financial and operating performance.

Prior to joining St. Luke’s, Lindemann served as direc-tor of provider networks and performance for Blue Cross Blue Shield of North Dakota in Fargo. He has also held various financial lead-ership positions for critical access hospitals in Iowa and North Dakota.

Lindemann holds a bachelor of science in accounting from The University of South Dakota. He is also a fellow of the Healthcare Financial Management Association.

Le Mars hospital adds therapistLE MARS, Iowa | Floyd Valley Hospital

announces the addition of Kelly Mueting to its speech therapy staff.

Mueting previously spent five years at the Heartland Area Education Agency in Des Moines, working with school districts to help stu-dents ages 3 to 21.

She received her bachelor of arts degree in communi-cation disorders from the University of South Dakota, and her mas-ters of arts in speech pathology at USD.

Mueting and her husband, Andrew, and their two children live in Sioux City.

Staffing agency names managerSIOUX CITY | Dan

Schoenherr has been named branch manager of Imko Workforce Solutions’ Sioux City office at 829 Gordon Drive.

Imko is a staffing agency that has operated in Sioux city since 2005. The com-pany has 14 offices in seven states.

Restoration firm hires managerSIOUX CITY | Chris Gosch has been

named project manager for Paul Davis Res-toration, 1610 Pierce St.

Gosch, a Sioux City resident, has experi-ence in construction and as an insurance claims adjuster. From flooding to ice dams, fires and frozen pipes, Gosch will oversee projects for the company’s 24-hour emer-gency services division which restores structures during many of the area’s most devastating events.

Previously, he managed and maintained an 80-unit apartment complex and he owned a local landscaping business.

Born and raised in Sioux City, Gosch graduated from East High School. He serves in the Iowa Army National Guard with 14 years of duty and two deploy-ments in support of Operation Enduring Freedom.

Convention Center hires JackesSIOUX CITY | The Sioux City Conven-

tion Center has named Jonalee Jackes as the new convention sales manager. She focuses on bringing conventions and meet-ings to Sioux City.

Jackes holds a bachelor of science in corporate communications and advertis-ing. She moved to Sioux City eight years ago from Le Mars, Iowa, when she first at-tended Morningside College.

Jackes was previously the Alumni & Events Coordinator for St. Luke’s College and Regional Medical Center.

Hospice hires medical directorSIOUX CITY | Iowa Hospice by Harden

Healthcare has hired Dr. Thomas Wente as medical director for its Sioux City op-erations.

Wente has more than 18 years of medi-cal experience. He spe-cializes in family medi-cine and preventive care. In addition to his new position, he serves as a family practice physician at Family Health Care of Siouxland. He also served at St. Luke’s Clinic Net-work in South Sioux City in that same capacity.

Previously, Wente worked at the U.S. Na-val Hospital in Yokosuka, Japan, where he was recognized with the Navy and Marine Corps Overseas Service Medical award, Naval Reserve Meritorious Service Medi-cal award, National Defense Service Medal and Navy Achievement Medal.

Wente, who is certified by the American Board of Family Practice and a Fellow of the American Academy of Family Physi-cians, earned a bachelor of science from Brian Cliff University and a doctorate of osteopathic medicine from the College of Osteopathic Medicine at Des Moines University.

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OX WELDING SUPPLY Ox Welding Supply officials take part in a ceremonial “chain cutting” on April 17 for its new branch at 920 S. Lewis Blvd. in Sergeant Bluff. From left are sales team head Jason Gross, general manager Kelly Kleinwolterink, store manager Cyndi Harris, and representing the Sioux Falls location, manager Trenton Elliott. Not pictured is route salesman Mike Whitlock. The South Dakota based independent welding supply and gas distributer also has locations in Watertown, Huron, Mitchell, and Yankton.

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Laura Wehde, Sioux City JournalCamp High Hopes in Sioux City is shown last June in a file photo.

from page 9Resting inside a pair of

pint-sized hammocks are guinea pigs named Roxie and Scotty, Camp High Hopes’ unofficial mascots.

“Disabled kids are used to being cared for but it’s human nature for all of us to want to care for other

creatures,” Langseth said. “Caring for and feeding guinea pigs give our kids a chance to take care of others.”

Even more fun can be had in the great outdoors, with several canoes and an archery area.

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facilities have been able to attract campers as far away as Omaha and Sioux Falls.

“There certainly is a need for a facility like this,” Langseth said. “It’s a fun place where disabled kids can experience new things at their own level.”

T h a t’s exa c t ly wh a t camp meant for her, she said.

“For most kids, camp is a rite of passage,” Langseth said, smiling. “It doesn’t matter if you have a dis-ability, camp is something you’ll always remember fondly.”

from page 105) Improving the muscle

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from page 9Through poor economies,

wars and changing societal needs, the camp remained a beacon of hope for families in need, said Paul “Sonny” Kellen, vice president of development for Goodwill Industries Wall Street Mis-sion.

“The goal was always to provide a nondenomina-tional atmosphere so chil-dren from all walks of life could learn and grow from their experiences at Camp Goodwill,” Kellen said. “Swimming, archery, min-iature golf, songs and meals are all part of the camp ex-perience.”

Over the past 10 years the camp was refurbished, in-cluding new cabins, a nine-hole miniature golf course, a computer lab, picnic tables, a climbing wall and rope course, but remained a rustic site in the woods.

The Achievement Center allows the Camp Goodwill – which previously offered programming from mid-March through Oct. 1 – to offer 12 months of camping

to youth groups, church-es, businesses and people with disabilities. The new Achievement Center re-places the camp’s dining hall, which Goodwill pur-chased in the mid-1940s.

The large multipurpose area can accommodate 200 for lunch. A confer-ence room, with all the lat-est technology, has been added for meetings or break-out sessions for up to 60 people. It includes a patio for participants to enjoy the outdoors during their event.

“We’ve had numerous groups doing meetings and different things out here,” said Moore, who has worked at the camp for 26 years.

Even the name – Achieve-ment Center – aptly fits what Goodwill has aimed to accomplish with the more than 70,000 children who have attended programs since the camp inception, Kellen said.

“Everything we do is to help people achieve, to overcome barriers in their life,” he said.

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SIOUX CITY | The Morningside College Alumni Association presented its 2013 Distinguished Alumni Award to Adam Baumgartner of Le Mars, Iowa, during the college’s senior celebration dinner May 10 at the Marina Inn in South Sioux City.

Baumgartner, a 1997 Morningside graduate, is vice president of impulse and business development for Wells Enterprises in Le Mars. He joined Wells in 2003 as an asso-ciate marketing manager after having also worked for Terra Industries in Sioux City and the Foreign Candy Company in Hull, Iowa.

Baumgartner is receiving the alumni award for exemplifying the meaning of a well-rounded, liberal arts education at Morningside. As a student, Baumgartner was involved in the Morningside Activi-ties Council, interdepartmental honors, the golf team, Phi Eta Sigma, the Dean’s Honor Roll, Ad Club and was a founding member of Acacia Fraternity Chapter at Morningside.

Baumgartner also is a past member of Morningside’s Alumni Association Board of Directors.

Mercy therapist earns certificationSIOUX CITY | Dr. Kory Zimney, pri-

mary physical therapist at Mercy Business Health Services in Sioux City, has recently completed the International Spine and Pain Institute Certification Training.

The post-graduate train-ing program consists of 120 hours of classroom and lab time to train the physical therapist in advanced man-ual and manipulative skills along with specific clinical reasoning related to the spinal column, neurodynamics and pain sciences.

After completing all the course work the physical therapist goes through a written and practical test to be evaluated by senior faculty at ISPI to achieve their Certified Spinal Manipulative Therapist designation upon successful passing of testing.

Zimney works at Mercy Business Health and Urgent Care clinic. He is also an ad-junct professor for the Physical Therapy

program at the University of South Dakota.

Financial firm cites local agentSIOUX CITY | Mike Sunderman, Sioux

City, was recognized “New Agent of the Year” and a “Top Five Aviva Life Producer” at Central Financial Services annual recognition banquet held at the Country Club of Lin-coln., Neb.

CFS, with more than 175 associates operating in 15 states, is a full service, in-dependent financial plan-ning firm featuring Aviva Indexed Uni-versal Life and Annuities. Financial Re-sources, the Adema Group is the local CFS affiliate.

Local professor named to boardSIOUX CITY | Heather Reid, professor

of philosophy at Morningside College, re-cently was named to the editorial board of the International Journal of Applied Phi-losophy.

The journal publishes philosophical ar-ticles dealing with practical issues in busi-ness, education, the environment, govern-ment, health care, law, psychology and sci-ence. Its coverage of practical affairs has attracted wide attention, including articles in The New York Times.

Reid is one of 20 advisory editors from across the country serving on the edito-rial board.

A member of the Morningside faculty since 1996, Reid has received interna-tional recognition for her expertise on the philosophical foundations of the Olympic Games, and has served as president of the International Association for the Philoso-phy of Sport.

Humane Society announces boardSIOUX CITY | The Siouxland Human

Society has elected officers and board members for 2013-2014.

Mark Cord of the Beren-stein, Moore, Heffernan, Moeller & Johnson LLP law firm is the board president. Other officers are vice pres-ident, Tom Olson, Van Os-del Plastering & Drywall; treasurer, Chris Holman, Central Bank; and secretary,

Paula Kleen, Security National Bank.Newly elected board members are Sha-

ron Dorr, Sharon’s Embroidery & Screen-printing; Terri Kjeldseth, Kjeldseth De-sign; Tammi Gagnon, Security National Bank and Mark Mohring, MidAmerican Energy.

Holdover board members include: Chad Anema, Janelle Bertrand, JudyGrims-ley, Janet Dorale-Hampf, Annie Lun-din, Steven Merritt, Pam Miller-Smith, Lisa Mullicane, Riley O’Connor, Lee Ann Robinson, Ryan Ross, Pat Tibboel and Leslie Walker.

Also recognized were honorary board members: Andrea Waitt, Ken Roach, Richard Robinson and Wayne Farley. Jerry Dominicak is the executive director of the Siouxland Humane Society.

State chiropractors honor KruseSIOUX CITY | The Iowa Chiropractic So-

ciety recently awarded the Outstanding Chiropractic Physician of the Year to Dr. Mark Kruse.

Kruse, who has been in practice in Sioux City for 38 years, was honored for his leadership, courage, and entrepreneurial vi-sion for his profession. He practices with Dr. Chris Manley and Dr. Marc Ob-bink at 4716 Morningside Ave.

Manley was elected to the Iowa Chiropractic Society Board of Directors.

The association repre-sents more than 1,500 doctors of chiro-practic.

EFS official on advisory boardSIOUX CITY | Megan Severeide, direc-

tor of client services at EFS Group in Sioux City, has been named to the 2013 Securities America Sales Assistant Advisory Board.

The board, which in-cludes nine sales assistants who serve two-year terms, generates feedback on company issues, policies, procedures, services and quality. It also provides Securities America with views on industry issues and trends,

and contributes perspective to company strategy and direction.

Severeide, who has more than six years of experience in the financial services indus-try, joined Marc Geels and Don Heilbuth’s EFS office in 2009.

Borchert presents at conferenceSIOUX CITY | Thomas Borchert, agent

and owner of “Retiring OK” the new-est form of financial advising business in Siouxland, attended the National Associa-tion of Estate Planners and Councils mid-year board of directors meeting held last month in Las Vegas.

Borchert, a national di-rector of the NAEP since 2008, he was re-elected to a second three-year term n 2012. He has chaired several task forces, and has served as a member of four committees.

During the meeting, Borchert presented a proposal to alter the committee structure of the national organization and enhance its marketing processes. His presentation resulted in creating a new marketing group and naming him as the chairman.

Borchert has served Siouxland for 33 years as an insurance agent, agency man-ager, financial planner, and estate plan-ner with Prudential until 2007. He then established a private practice as an inde-pendent agent with the primary focus of helping clients transition from full-time work to a retirement that is adequately financed.

Education group honors SuterSIOUX CITY | C.W. Suter Services re-

cently was awarded the Citation of Merit Award by the Iowa Association for Lifelong Learning.

The award recognizes an individual, or-ganization or agency directly involved in providing lifelong learning in a non-colle-giate setting. C.W. Suter also received the award for demonstrating major contribu-tions to lifelong learning for employees and the community.

Western Iowa Tech Community College nominated Suter Services. The Sioux City HVAC firm established Suter University. The apprenticeship program, administered by the college, offers two noncredit gradu-ation classes, with a third planned for this spring.

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TEAM CREATIVE FIRE Thomas and Erika Ritchie marked the one-year anniversary of their business, Team Creative Fire, with a ribbon-cutting ceremony and open house April 26 in the Benson Building, 705 Douglas St. The business serves clients in Sioux City, South Dakota, Minnesota, Illinois and Nebraska, providing web development, digital and social marketing, content strategy, mobile solutions, video, and copywriting.


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