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After a months-long, nation-wide search for a new Siouxland Chamber of Commerce President, an in-house candidate emerged as the top choice.

At a March 21 news conference, Chris McGowan was introduced as the successor to Debi Durham, who served as president of the Chamber and its economic development di-vision, The Siouxland Initiative, for 15 years before stepping down last fall to become the Iowa economic development director.

Since 2003, McGowan had served under Durham as executive vice president of The Initiative.

“As a veteran of this organiza-tion, I know I have very big shoes to fill and challenges lie ahead,” McGowan, 44, told an audience of more than three dozen people who gathered in the basement confer-ence room of the Chamber’s of-fices.

“This is my hometown. I’m

committed to doing all that I can to see our Siouxland communities grow, our tri-state economy thrive and our region prosper,” the 1985 graduate of Bishop Heelan High School added.

Local business leaders and gov-ernment leaders praised the selec-tion of McGowan, who has played a key role in a number of local job-creation projects over the years.

“Chris has a great profession-al mannerism about him,” said Lance Hedquist, veteran city ad-ministrator in South Sioux City. “He is extremely supportive of the Siouxland community.”

McGowan has a “proven track re-cord of working well with the city of Sioux City to attract economic development,” city manager Paul Ecker said.

Sioux City businesswoman Cha-rese Yanney noted McGowan over the years has forged relationships with a number of national site se-lectors.

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Journal photo by Tim HyndsSiouxland Chamber of Commerce president Chris McGowan, addresses the Chamber Ambassadors during a March 24 meeting at Palmer’s Pub in Sioux City’s Stoney Creek Inn. It was his first meeting with the Ambassadors after being named to head the Chamber and The Siouxland Initiative.


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committee, headed by Mike Bennett, for-mer president and CEO of Terra Industries, reviewed dozens of applications nationwide for the job.

“There were a lot of very capable people wanting this position,” committee member Garry Smith, who chairs the Initiative board of director, said. “I think that reflects well on our community.”

After narrowing the field, the committee, which solicted input from a various con-stituencies in the community, brought the finalists to town for a series of interviews in February and March.

Smith said McGowan impressed the com-mittee in the interviews.

“He clearly showed a vision for the orga-nization and what he wants to accomplish to advance Siouxland,” said Smith, president of American Pop Corn Co., makers of the Jolly Time brand.

Greg Grupp, chairman of the Chamber board of directors, said McGowan has the skills to build strong coalitions among the three states and multiple local jurisdictions that make up the region.

“I see the Chamber’s role as bringing peo-ple together,” Grupp said. “At the end of the day, this tri-state community is far stronger united than divided.”

In his initial meetings with the Chamber and Initiative board of directors last month,

McGowan laid out his vision for moving the community forward and growing the local economy.

“We talked about the need to focus more intensively than ever on our job creation efforts, recognizing there are people in this community who are hurting and looking for work,” he said.

The biggest challenge, he said, is “going to be adequately addressing all of the issues that confront our community to make sure we don’t get channel focused on one matter

and neglect others.”One of his initial tasks is to restructure the

Chamber office.“We have an extremely talented staff, with

a lot of institutional knowledge,” he said.

“We want to realign people to make sure they are challenged and fulfilled professionally, while being tasked with responsibilities that impact both the Chamber and the Initiative.”

Journal photo by Jerry Mennenga Chris McGowan, seated bottom right, the new Siouxland Chamber of Commerce president, at home with his family, wife Cathleen, bottom left, daughter Brigid seated between them. Children from left are Jacob, Sam, Maria and Nick.

Chris McGowanAGE: 44

HOMETOWN: Sioux City

TITLE: President, Siouxland Chamber of Commerce, The Siouxland Initiative

PREVIOUS POSTITIONS: Siouxland Initiative, 2003-2011; Honeywell International, 1995-2000; 185th Fighter Wing/U.S. Air Force, 1990-95; MidAmerican Energy Co., 1990-92.

EDUCATION: Bishop Heelan High School, diploma, 1985; St. John’s University, Col-legeville, Minn., bachelor’s degree in govern-ment and business management, 1989; Ave Maria School of Law, Ann Arbor, Mich., law degree, 2003.

FAMILY: Wife, Cathleen, five children.


Cutting the record federal deficit topped the Siouxland Chamber of Com-merce’s agenda during its annual lobby-ing trip to Washington.

Greg Grupp, chairman of the Chamber board, said the organization this year asked its members to drop requests for earmarks, a controversial practice of in-dividual members of Congress directing spending for a project in their districts or states.

The federal spending local leaders requested during this year’s trip was limited primarily to ongoing projects that would help grow the local economy or improve the regional transportation system.

For instance, tri-state leaders asked federal policy-makers to reauthorize a 10-year transportation spending bill set to expire.

Local officials said a number of ongo-ing projects could qualify for funding under an extension, including the mas-sive reconstruction and expansion of Interstate 29 through Sioux City, the four-laning of U.S.Highway 20 in west-ern Iowa and Highway 35 in northeast Nebraska, as well as the completion of the master development plan for devel-oping Hoeven Valley, which got a boost from the recent opening of the Outer Drive connector.

In a bit of a coup, the Chamber landed a face-to-face meeting Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood while in Wash-ington.

As usual, the 57th annual lobbying trip

culminated with the traditional steak dinner. Siouxland’s congressional dele-gation and members of their staffs joined 56 public and private-sector leaders for the April 13 dinner. In a change from pre-vious years, this year’s social took place in the U.S. Capitol, rather than a House or Senate dining hall.

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During their annual lobby-ing trip to Washington earlier this month, a delegation of Siouxland leaders received some welcome news.

During a April 13 meeting on Capitol Hill, U.S. Sen. Tom Harkin, D-Iowa, told Sioux City officials their application for an Economic Development Administra-tion grant had been ap-proved.

The local delegates in the room immediately burst into applause.

“It was a dramatic, and exciting moment for Siouxland,” city manager

Paul Eckert said. “We can-not recall a previous D.C. trip that included such a signifi-cant announcement.”

Councilman John Fitch, who presented the city’s case for the EDA funding during a series of meetings with members of the tri-state congressional delegation, called the announcement a highlight of the three-day lobbying blitz.

City officials had been cautiously optimistic about securing the EDA grant, aimed at helping the com-munity recover from last year’s loss of the Morrell plant and its more than 1,400 jobs.

On March 7, the city ac-quired the 23-acre site along Interstate 29 from Morrell’s owner, Smithfield Foods, for $12. City officials also un-veiled plans to redevelop the land positioned on down-town’s front door as a heav-ily landscaped business park.

At the same time, the city said it had landed the park’s first tenant – Sioux City-based Global Foods Process-ing, which plans to build a $10 million pork processing plant that would employ up to 175 people.

Harkin said Global’s job-creation commitment was a

Sioux City secures federal funds for Morrell demolition

Sen. Tom Harkin, left is shown with City Councilman John Fitch at a April 13 meeting in Washington attended by more than 50 Siouxland leaders. Harkin told the group the Economic Development Administration had given preliminary approval to Sioux City’s request for a $2 million grant to demolish and redevelop the former John Morrell site.Courtesy photo

Photo courtesy Bob RasmusTransportation Secretary Ray LaHood addresses Siouxland leaders during their annual lobbying trip to Washington D.C. earlier this month.

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“I am very pleased that Sioux City has received a letter of com-mitment to help redevelop the former John Morrell plant, which will bring badly needed jobs to the area,” Harkin said in a statement.

Fitch said he was told by an EDA

staff member that more than 6,000 projects nationwide competed for the most recent quarterly round of funds.

While some legal and environ-mental review steps are still to come, the remaining portion of the application process is expected to go smoothly, with final EDA ap-proval expected in June, according to Harkin’s office.

With the federal funding falling into place, the city expects to move forward with razing the antiquat-ed slaughterhouse as early as this summer.

Demolition costs are estimated at between $1 million and $1.5 mil-lion, below original projections. That means there will be grant funds leftover for new infrastruc-ture, including the relocation and

reconstruction of the main road, Lafayette Street, that runs through the site. That project carries an es-timated price tag of $1.3 million, according to city officials.

The recent completion of the second phase of an environmental report confirmed the site is free of any serious contamination issues.

Construction on Global Foods’ 67,000-square-foot plant could

begin as early as late this fall, or early next spring.

The company, which specializes in exports, would take up about 10 acres in the Yards 1-29 Business Park, leaving room for at least two other business prospects.

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Long Lines CEO honored at tourney

Long Lines co-chairman and CEO Jon Winkel was awarded the Sportsman-ship Award d u r i n g a p r e s e n t a -tion prior to the Sergeant Bluff-Luton girls basket-ball team’s quarterfinal game at the Iowa Girls State Basketball Tour-nament at Wells Fargo Arena last month.

The award is given to one community member from each team participating in the state tournament who exemplifies good sports-manship, proper decorum and overall support of the school. Winkel was chosen by SB-L High School for his support of the girls basket-ball team.

On behalf of the high school, Winkel accepted a $250 scholarship check to be awarded to a SB-L senior at a later date.

Three join Sunrise Retirement board

Peter Thoreen, Barbara Condon and Mary Kovar-na have joined the Sunrise Retirement Community board of directors. The ap-pointments were announced by Sunrise executive director Bev Zenor.

Current Sunrise board members are: Howard Lo-gan, Larry Book, Dr. William Ziebell, Don Kelsey, Richard Keith, John Anderson, Tom Grimsley, Michael Gunsch, Dr. Carolyn Leman, Tom Padgett and Corey Wrenn.W

Thoreen joined St. Luke’s Health System in April 2002 as chief operating officer and assumed duties as CEO in 2003. He has over 25 years of experience leading hospitals and healthcare organizations in the Midwest, including long term care facilities.

Condon is an associate

professor of nursing at Briar Cliff University in Sioux City, teaching in the undergradu-ate and graduate programs with a focus on mental health, research and theo-ries. She is currently active in researching human lived experiences and serves as a reviewer for two interna-tional nursing journals.

Kovarna is a professor of nursing at Morningside College, where she chairs the Department of Nurs-ing and the Curriculum and Policies Committee. Her areas of teaching expertise include nursing leadership and management, geron-tology, and health assess-ment. Kovarna also currently serves as district vice presi-dent of the Iowa Nurses As-sociation and is a member of Iowa Association of Colleges of Nursing and Sigma Theta Tau International.

Sunrise is Siouxland’s largest community-based, not-for-profit retirement community.

Officers elected for Foundation

The Siouxland Communi-ty Foundation has elected of-ficers and committee chairs for 2011.

Patrick J. Corey, Stifel, Nicolaus & Co., was elected president of the Board of Directors. Other elected of-ficers and members of the executive committee for 2011 include vice president and grant review chair Karen B. Clark, Thorpe & Co. Jew-elers; secretary Robert F. Meis, Berenstein Law Firm; treasurer Paul A. Bergmann, Long Lines; investment/fi-nance committee chair Leon D. Rozeboom, Liberty Na-tional Bank; and marketing committee chair, Lesley Bar-tholomew, Wells Dairy Inc.

Other board members include: Matthew J. Basye, FEH Associates Inc.; Ken-neth A. Beekley, Siouxland Economic Development Corp.; Richard J. Dehner, Northwestern Mutual;

Lance D. Ehmcke, Heid-man Law Firm; Marilyn J. Hagberg, Security National Bank Trust Department; Robert W. Houlihan, Houli-han & Associates; Charles A. Knoepfler, Knoepfler Chev-rolet; Roma A. Kroll, First American Bank; Matthew J. Lawler, Dakota County State Bank; Robert F. Meis, Be-renstein Law Firm; Barbara F. Orzechowski, Klass Law Firm; Michael H. Prosser, King, Reinsch, Prosser & Co.; Laura A. Schiltz, Clear Channel Radio; and Dr. Richard G. Wagner, retired, Wagner, Johnson & Rasmus PC.

The Siouxland Commu-nity Foundation is a non-profit corporation dedicated to enhancing the quality of life in Siouxland by receiving and administering tax-de-ductible contributions from charitably- minded donors to build endowments for the long-term benefit of the tri-state region. Income gener-ated by the endowments provides grants to nonprofit organizations that serve within a roughly 50-mile radius of Sioux City.

Cancer employees earn certifications

Cindy Gates, registered o n c o l o g y dietitian and herbalist at the June E. Nylen Can-cer Center, has become a Certified W e l l n e s s Coach from Wellcoaches Corporation in Wellesley, Mass. Bren-da Winkler, licensed and master de-g re e p re -pared social worker and patient navigator at the Cancer Center, has become board certified as an Oncol-ogy Social Worker.

In her role as the oncology dietitian, Gates helps pa-tients cope with side effects

from radiation and chemo-therapy treatment, reviews vitamin and herbal supple-ments, assists patients in making healthier food choic-es to prevent cancer recur-rence, and educates patients and families on cancer pre-vention.

Her clinical background as a dietitian for more than 20 years and a Master Gardner, combined with her newly acquired wellness coaching skills; helps patients man-age health conditions such as cancer, improve their life-style and truly thrive not just survive.

In her role as the patient navigator the past five years, Winkler assists cancer pa-tients and their families in navigating the challenges that surround cancer treat-ment. Her position is funded by Susan G. Komen for the Cure Siouxland Affiliate and the Carrie Mach Golf Outing.

Winkler has been a social worker for more than 10 years and has experience in mental health, medical social work and social work educa-tion. She recently complet-ed the certification process which promotes excellence in psychosocial care to on-cology patients, families, caregivers and their com-munities.

Her clinical background as a social worker and patient navigator, combined with her oncology counseling skills, helps patients manage the social and emotional side of cancer while helping them improve their quality of life.

Nurse selected for state exam board

Melanie Batien, an as-sistant professor at St. Luke’s College, was selected as an item writer for the National Council of State Boards of Nursing Licensure Exami-nation.

Batien was approved by the Iowa Board of Nursing and selected by NCSBN to participate on the NCLEX’s item development panel of subject matter experts, which was held in Chicago in mid-January. She was just

one of 10 nurses from across the nation selected for the assignment, nominated on the basis of her clinical spe-cialty and nursing expertise.

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Attorney joins state ag, taxation board

Attorney Jeana Goos-m a n n o f G o os m a n n Law Firm, PLC is now a member of the Center for Agricul-t u ra l L aw and Taxation Board.

Goosmann is one of nine board members from across the state of Iowa; she is the only representative from the western side of the state.

The Center for Agricul-tural Law and Taxation at Iowa State University was created by the Iowa Board of Regents in 2006. It is a pri-mary source of professional educational training in ag-ricultural law and taxation.

Long Lines’ Wolf passes exam

Jackie Wolf, human re-sources co-ordinator at Long Lines, r e c e n t l y passed the Professional in Human R e s o u r c e s exam.

The exam, administered by the HR Cer-tification Institute, signi-fies that Wolf possesses the theoretical knowledge and practical experience in hu-man resource management necessary to pass a rigorous examination demonstrating a mastery of the field.

The institute is the cre-dentialing body for human resource professionals and is affiliated with the Soci-ety for Human Resource

Management.

Braunger Foods honors saleman

Braunger Foods of Sioux City has named Mike Mc-Glauflin as its 2010 Sales-p e rs o n o f the Year. The award was presented at the compa-ny’s annual awards ban-quet.

The award is based on sales growth over the previous year, growth over budget and results compared to other members of the sales staff.

The award includes a new company car, a cash bonus and a permanent position on the Wall of Fame at Braunger Foods’ Sioux City headquar-ters.

Attorney inducted in Iowa academy

Local attorney William Kevin Stoos was inducted into the Iowa Academy of Trial Lawyers at its Feb. 25 meeting in Des Moines.

The academy’s member-ship is limited to 250 attor-neys who have displayed: “exceptional skills, the highest integrity and have dedicated their professional lives to trial practice.” Mem-bership is by invitation only, based on recommendation from peers, judges and unan-imous approval by the board of governors.

Stoos, a trial lawyer who has practiced 36 years, is president of William Kevin Stoos, P.C. Law Firm, whose new offices are located at 335 Wycoff Drive in North Sioux City. His wife, Jean, manages the law firm. His daughter, Catherine, will receive her M.D. from the University of South Dakota in May, and his son, David, is working on his master’s at USD and will at-tend law school this fall.

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THE SUGAR SHACKClaudia Hessa 700 Jennings St. Sioux City, IA 51105

20 YEARSDEWILD GRANT RECKERT & ASSOCIATESBrian Mastbergen 6115 Whispering Creek Drive Sioux City, IA 51106

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SIOUXLAND AGING SERVICES INC.Kim Keleher 2301 Pierce St. Sioux City, IA 51104

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BY MOLLY MONTAGBusiness Journal staff writer

SOUTH SIOUX CITY – New electronics, lighted mirrors and bigger rooms are the hallmarks of the latest facelift to the Marina Inn Conference Center in South Sioux City.

Crews are expanding 47 guest rooms by six feet and renovating the 181-room hotel’s fitness room, business center and guest laundry facility.

General Manager Carlos Duarte said the renovation is the latest

signs of the Marina Inn’s effort to maintain its position at the top of the local market.

He said the project, which be-gan in November, is expected to be complete in May. Officials are not releasing the cost of the renovation, he said.

When the renovation is finished, the 384-square-foot rooms will now have electronic mirrors in the bathrooms, which add light and reflection, and 42-inch flat screen televisions.

Electronic upgrades include plug-in technology allowing guests to hook their laptop computers to the television screen or use their own gaming systems free of charge.

Upgrades to the fitness center in-clude installation of anti-microbial and anti-fatigue flooring. Crews will fill the center with high-qual-ity exercise equipment.

Sioux City contractor W.A. Klinger, L.L.C., is general contrac-tor for the project.

John Gleeson, owner of the ho-tel, said the ideas for the renovation came from visiting other hotels while traveling.

It’s important to be competitive and keep up with guests’ expecta-tions, Gleeson said, which in this case meant tripling the size of the hotel room bathrooms and adding new technology to the rooms.

“As the long-term owner of the property my goal is to always have the superior product and make sure our hotel is, in service and in prod-uct, the top hotel in the tri-state area,” he said.

Gleeson, who is also president of Klinger Companies, spends much of his time in the construction business, but said he is passionate about the hospitality and tour-ism industry and the Marina Inn

Marina Inn renovation nearly completeProject includes upgrade of guest rooms, fitness area, business center

The Marina InDuarte standsnearing its co

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Journal photo by Jerry Mennenga e Marina Inn, South Sioux City, Neb., general manager Carlos arte stands in the downstairs area of the Inn, which is ring its completion of a facelift and room styling update.

BY LYNN ZERSCHLINGBusiness Journal staff writer

Hotel-motel revenues in Sioux City spiked over the past two quarters, reflect-ing a 20 percent increase in revenues over the same period last year, according to city officials.

Aran Rush, executive di-rector of the events facili-ties department, said the figures come from the Iowa Department of Revenue.

“We expected increases with the new hotels in 2008 and 2009 and then, wow, a 20 p e r c e n t i n c r e a s e now,” Rush said dur-ing a Feb. 11 news con-f e r e n c e . “We are now starting to build the demand to fill the larger capacity that we have now. We are also seeing a strong recovery from the economic issues of 2008.”

Rush attributed the in-crease in hotel-motel use to several factors, includ-ing the thousands of people who were in Sioux City last July for RAGBRAI, the Reg-ister’s Annual Great Bicycle Ride Across Iowa.

“RAGBRAI sold out ev-erything in town 100 per-cent for three days,” he said. “Their normal occupancy rate is 50 percent. It’s an event we don’t have every year.”

Rush also attributed the growth to hotel proper-ties’ sales people who are

attracting a number of smaller conventions to book rooms in Sioux City, as well as two large new ho-tels, Stoney Creek Inn and the Hilton Garden.

Other annual events con-tinue to draw out-of-town visitors to the community, including Saturday in the Park, Artsplash and the NAIA women’s volleyball and basketball champion-ships.

For the six months from April 1 to Sept. 30, 2010, Rush said hotel/motel revenues amounted to $9,972,317. That compares to $8,088,905 for the same period in 2009.

Overall, state figures show that hotel/motel revenues for 2005-2006 totaled $12.4 million, com-pared to $17.5 million for 2009-2010.

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Official credits RAGBRAI, other major events

Journal photo by Jim LeeRAGBRAI riders ride along the Missouri River Front after setting up camp in Sioux City in this July 2010 file photo.

RAGBRAI rocked Sioux CityThe city of Sioux City teamed up with local business and hundreds of volunteers to throw the party of the summer last year.

An estimated 25,000 people arrived in Sioux City the week-end of July 24 to kick off the Register’s Annual Great Bike Ride Across Iowa. RAGBRAI XXXVIII generated an estimated economic impact of $2.6 million for the Sioux City region.

The number of people in attendance for the kick-off activi-ties on Historic Fourth Street exceeded organizers’ expecta-tions, giving RAGBRAI XXXVIII one of the largest send-offs in its history.

“The people of Sioux City did a tremendous job of hosting riders from all over the world,” said RAGBRAI director TJ Juskiewicz. “I have heard from so many riders that they re-ally enjoyed the sights, sounds and most of all, the hospital-ity during their stay in Sioux City.

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Does your expectation of recovery follow-ing an injury help predict your actual outcome? Actually it might! Myers1 and col-leagues in 2007 did an interesting

study looking at this question and found that what you think your recovery will be is a good predictor of what it actually will be. Why and how does this hap-pen? We do not actually know, yet different theories are possible:

1. You are a very good predictor of your actual injury and your outcome.

2. Your own bias. Whatever you reported initially you will want to be self-consistent later when asked on your improvement, even if you have not improved that much.

3. If you have a higher expectation, you might be more likely to follow through with the prescribed treat-ment and return to regular activi-ties.

4. The expectation itself being therapeutic, akin the placebo effect.

The last possibility is often in popular culture thought to be just “crazy fake psychological stuff.” But current neuroscience research shows this phenomenon is a normal neurobiological function of the brain and not fake at all. Our brains have an amazing ability to either up or down regulate everything we experi-ence and do. That is why we hear of stories of wartime soldiers being significantly harmed and feeling no pain. His or her brain can down

regulate the pain information com-ing in up to 40 times more powerful than any medication we can give them. While this is an extreme ex-ample, realize your brain is always doing this to some degree. Your brain has the neurobiological ability to control information coming in and its response to that information. This is very real and at work with many conditions and treatments even though you don’t realize it. There is also an opposite phenomenon. If your expectation is for a negative outcome it may lead to worse symptoms.

So just expecting to get better means you will get better faster? Not exactly. If you have doubts, or there are significant biological deficits, you cannot fool yourself or pretend that your expectations will get you better. So if you have doubts about your pre-dicted outcome, seek medical advice. Research at this time cannot fully clarify if changing these expecta-tions based on sound clinical advice leads to better outcomes, but some early research suggests this might help. So isn’t this the popular belief held by some that all you need is “mind over matter” true? No. But the biological matter in your brain does matter. Bottom line, if your expecta-tion is to get better, it probably will help. If you do not have a positive expectation, you may want to seek the advice of a medical professional to help give advice to clarify expec-tations of your injury.

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Alorica expands management staff

Alorica recently added several positions to its man-agement team at its North Sioux City call center.

Robert Larson has ac-cepted the position of team man-ager. Larson joined Alo-rica in July of 2007 as a custom-er service agent. He has more than 17 years of experience in tech-nical support, public rela-tions, and customer service to Alorica. He was previously with Avertech and Gateway. Larson is a graduate of Briar Cliff University and a US Navy veteran.

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m a n a g e r . She began her career with Alorica in October 2009 as a c u s t o m -er service agent. Hin-kley previ-ously had been employed as CSK Auto and later served as office manager at Kinetico of Siouxland.

Mark Gentry has accept-ed the posi-tion of team m a n a g e r . Prior to join-ing Alorica in January 2011, he was e m p l o y e d at Gateway, MCI/Veri-zon and Premier Bankcard. He has several years of call center history.

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the position of team man-ager. Hildahl joined Alori-ca in October of 2010 and brings more than 15 years call center experience with Gateway, MCI/Verizon and Premier Bankcard.

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How many of you have children, and love to pick them up after a hard day’s work to give them a hug? Have you ever noticed how this can melt away your stress and improve your attitude? Personally, my own daugh-ters – Abbigail and Maelynne – help alleviate my stress level as they greet me at the door when I return from work each day.

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I challenge you, your spouse, co-workers and friends to use a stag-gered stance when picking up your children, putting groceries into the trunk of your car, lifting at work and picking up toys. Your body will thank you!

Sources: Switch “How to Change Things, When Change is Hard” by Chip and Dan Heath http://heath-brothers.com

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The lun-cheon will be held at the Sioux City Convention Center. Geist, a renowned as a destina-tion marketing expert, also will present work-shops starting at 9 a.m. that morning, according to Kristi St. Pierre, conven-tion center sales manager.

Geist, from Madison, Wis., is president of Zeit-geist Consulting, which specializes in strategic planning, marketing and other issues for conven-tion and visitor bureaus, economic development and tourism.

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BY TIM GALLAGHERBusiness Journal staff writer

Editor’s note: This story was originally published on Jan. 23. It’s an example of how entertainment dollars impact metro Sioux City.

Gerald Pallesen of Marcus, Iowa, came to Sioux City on Jan. 15 for the Jeff Dunham show at the Tyson Events Center.

Like many in the crowd of 6,700 fans, Pallesen spent money in the city beyond his $41.50 Dunham ticket.

“I was going to stop at Texas Roadhouse,” said Pallesen. “I got in the parking lot, but couldn’t get out. I didn’t eat there because it was packed.”

He tried three other restaurants at Lake-port Commons and found the same: Waiting lines.

Pallensen headed north and found one of the last seats at Perkins Family Restaurant on the east end of Gordon Drive.

“Sioux City has some excellent eating places,” Pallesen said. “But on a night like that – a Saturday night with thousands in town for a show – I don’t think anyone stayed home to cook.”

On big concert nights like Jan. 15, Lake-port Commons and downtown Sioux City can take on a big-city shine. It forces con-sumers to take into account a couple of issues they wrestle with infrequently: Dining waits and traffic.

“I couldn’t make a left turn out of a res-taurant out at the mall,” Pallesen said. “It was a mess.”

A “mess” like that is music to Aran Rush’s ears. The executive director of the Tyson Events Center said parking ramps were full. Lots around The Tyson filled early, forcing Dunham fans to park a few blocks from the arena and walk.

In addition, the Night Storm Dance Party at the nearby Sioux City Convention Center attracted 1,100 teens, who paid up to $16 to dance in a secure environment.

Rough estimate? Some 10,000 fun-seek-ers converged on downtown Sioux City on a cold night in January. All of them with money to spend.

“It’s all a good problem,” said Rush. “Our issue is: How do we do this more?”

WHO GETS WHATJeff Dunham last played Sioux City in

2008, performing twice in the 2,500-seat Orpheum Theatre. When Dunham’s pro-moter sought a larger venue for a 2011 show, Rush hesitated. It set up an internal debate. City officials weren’t sure a ventriloquist could fill the Tyson Events Center.

Rush allowed the promoter the larger

venue. He knew as soon as tickets went on sale this was the proper call. Tickets went quickly. The show was essentially sold out three weeks in advance.

At $41.50 per ticket, that means area resi-dents spent nearly $280,000 to see the show. Generally, Rush said, ticket revenue goes to the artist and his/her production company and tour group.

Sioux City gains revenue through con-cession sales at the venue, and through the restaurants, bars, hotel/motels and service stations that serve concertgoers. Those businesses, after all, employ thousands of people. And they all pay taxes.

“On Saturday night, we had 140 rooms occupied,” said Alice Womack, manager at the Clarion Hotel & Conference Center in downtown Sioux City. “On a normal Sat-urday night in January, we’d have 50 rooms occupied.”

Three-quarters of the 161 rooms at Stoney Creek Inn & Conference Center were booked Saturday evening. Most of those who stayed, according to front desk manager Maggie Du-nagan, were in town to see Dunham.

“The previous Saturday we were at 30 per-cent occupancy,” she said.

While the Clarion and Stoney Creek are mere blocks from The Tyson, those weren’t the only hotel/motel operations enjoying a performance bump. Lindsay Hacker of Hampton Inn & Suites on Southern Hills Drive was at 60 percent occupancy on Sat-urday.

“Sure, we see spikes with concerts and ce-lebrities in Sioux City,” Hacker said. “Busi-ness had slowed recently. This was great to see.”

Big nights mean big moneyFrom where?Aran Rush, executive director of The Tyson Events Center reports spectators for the Jeff Dun-ham performance on Jan. 15 generally came from an area around Sioux City that stretches east to Ft. Dodge, Iowa, west to O’Neill, Neb., north to Estherville, Iowa, and south to Omaha.

There were groups who came from these areas: Fulda, Minn.; Mitch-ell, S.D.; and Cedar Rapids, Iowa.

“Eighty-percent of the tickets sold for Jeff Dunham were to people who live from Nor-folk, Neb., to Storm Lake, Iowa,” Rush said.

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Jeff Dunham


Conference Center.“I like design and in the

hospitality business you’re able to have an influence in design where it meets the needs of the customer, or the hotel guests, and there’s a lot of satisfaction in making sure the property has a great look and a great feel and a very first-class service,” Gleeson said.

The latest renovation is just one of many the hotel has gone through since it was built about 40 years ago.

In 2006, crews refur-bished the Marina Inn’s 11,000-square-foot ball-room. The hotel completed a multi-million renovation to 60 guest rooms overlooking

the Missouri River in 2008, doubling the size of the bathrooms and adding gran-ite countertops, high-quality tiling, spacious bathtubs and walk-in showers in the stan-dard guest rooms in the ho-tel’s “West Wing.”

Other recent projects in-clude renovations of the adjacent Marina Center, which Gleeson acquired from longtime owners Ted and Jo Carlson in 2003, and construction of a covered walkway between the hotel and convention center.

In addition to the renova-tion, Duarte said the hotel is also making use of electronic signage, allowing it to pro-vide information for guests on televisions and screens

throughout the facility.The Marina Inn Confer-

ence Center has about 150 employees.

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MISSION OF THE MESSIAH2803 Correctionville Road Mission of the Messiah, a new bargain center, recently hosted a ribbon-cutting ceremony. In partnership with local congregations, Mission of the Messiah offers outreach services and home goods to those in need. The thrift store, open to the public, also carries new products such as fair-trade chocolate, coffee and fair-trade merchandise from all over the world.

ST. LUKE’S REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER 2720 Stone Park Blvd.St. Luke’s hosted an open house in early March for its new, multi-million dollar surgical services unit. The unit includes new state of the art operating rooms, as well as private pre- and post-operative rooms and patient waiting area.

WHAT WOMEN WANT 521 Fourth St.What Women Want, a new women’s boutique, celebrated their grand opening downtown Sioux City with a Siouxland Chamber Ribbon Cutting. The store is a joint effort by several women and features jewelry, clothing, purses, books and more. Also held in the same location are evening social events and shopping parties. The store at 712-560-3541.

ALL ABOUT ME BOUTIQUE 4301 Sergeant Road, Suite 214Travis and Jennifer Lang cut the ribbon at the grand opening of their children’s boutique. All About Me, which offers designer boys’ and girls’ clothing. The store is located on Sergeant Road across from Southern Hills Mall in the “Shoppes at the Center.” Hours are 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Thursday, Friday and Saturday.

HOM FURNITURE, GABBARTS FINE FURNITURE & DECORATING415 Fourth St.HOM Furniture recently celebrated the opening of its Gabberts Fine Furniture & Decorating in downtown Sioux City. Kristin Dirks, designer, Kyle Chance, sales manager, and Jeff Lyle, manager, cut the ribbon for the Gabberts showroom, located next to the existing HOM store in the former Towne Square building.

QUALITY AND TRIVIEW COMMUNICATIONS 203 Sergeant Square, Sergeant Bluff Quality and Triview Communications recently celebrated its 20th anniversary, thanking its many Siouxland area customers. The family-owned company, which provides telephone systems to area businesses, is operated by Diane and Rich Zanter and their three children, Darcy, Ryan and Lee.


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Sometimes we need an incentive to explore. That’s what Free First Fridays is all about at the Washington Pavilion of Arts and Science.

Mary Heiberger made the drive from Beresford recently so her boys, nine-year-old Jackson and six-year-old Mason, could get their hands on the science exhibits during an affordable, fun evening.

SDN Communications provides the broadband equipment and services to make the Pavilion work. But it also gives back by assuring the Pavilion is open to all. Thanks to SDN and others, Pavilion doors open for free on the first Friday evening of each month. Last year more than 8,000 people experienced it.

“They love it. Absolutely love it. They could spend hours here—and they’re learning at the same time,” Heiberger said.

Why does SDN do it? Well, we hope the exploring inspires Jackson, Mason and others to consider a technical career someday… maybe even at SDN.

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