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Saturday, September 22, 2012
Siouxcityjournal.com
BusinessPeople Heelan names officers, board The Bishop Heelan Catholic School system has added new members to its school board and named officers for 2012-2013. Continuing officers are chair, Pat S ea l ey, Heidman L aw Fi r m and treasure r, T i m m Funk, Funk & AssociSealey ates. Matt Lawler, F&M Wealth Management, has joined the board and was elected vice chair. New board members are: Chris Bogenrief, United Commercial Real Estate; Mark Ely, Ely, Ely & Shechet; John Fitzsimmons, Great West Casualty Co.; and Billy Van Hunnik, Gunderson’s Jewelers. Continuing school board members are: Jeanie Hohenstein, nurse consultant and Kevin Hohenstein Construction; Tom Yaneff, State Farm Insurance Co.; the Rev. Craig Collison, Sacred Heart Church; and Rev. Michael Erpelding, St. Boniface & St. Joseph.
Retiring board members are the Rev. Mr. Jim Sands, Sid Shoemaker and Patrick Murphy. The system is comprised of Bishop Heelan High School, Sacred Heart School, Mater Dei Nativity Center middle school, Mater Dei Immaculate Conception Center elementary school, Holy Cross Blessed Sacrament Center middle school, Holy Cross St. Michael Center elementary school and two preschools.
Cosmopolitan Club installs officers The Sioux City Cosmopolitan Club membership recently held its annual officer’s installation. The slate of new officers sworn in were Matt Pittenger, president; Pat Curry, vice president of programs; Mark Lockwood, vice president of membership; John Koskovich, vice president of projects; Tony Sandbothe, sergeant at arms; Judy Morton, secretary, Matt Chilton, treasurer; Jeff Myers, vice president of socials; Bob Derflinger and Gary Munson, members at large;
Deb Cook, president-elect and Randy Kramer, immediate past president. Richard Gordon, Cosmopolitan Cornbelt Federation Governor from Sioux City, presided over the installation ceremony. The club meets at 7 a.m. Thursdays at the Downtown Holiday Inn, and at noon on the first Tuesday at Mac Behr’s. The club has a diabetes golf benefit in the summer and does traffic control for ArtSplash as its major fundraising projects. The club’s main benefactor is research to find a cure for diabetes.
Area field agent ranks in top 50 Craig Pfeifer, a field agent with the Knights of Columbus, currently ranks in the top 50 agents, out of over 1,200 agents. He is also on track to earn Million Dollar Round Table pfeifer h o n o rs, a designation which generally covers the top 1 percent of field agents in the world.
Pfeifer also recently attended the National Field Agent sales conference. He serves the councils of Wayne, Pender, Emerson, Randolph, Hartington, Crofton, Ponca and South Sioux City. The Knights of Columbus is a fraternal benefits society with more than $85 billion of insurance.
Downtown Partners appoints officers, board members Downtown Partners in Sioux City announces two new members of its board of directors, and the election of officers for 2012-2013. New members elected to serve a three-year term were David Hecht, Meineke Car Care Center; and Ryan Ross, Vriezelaar, Tigges, Edgington, Bottaro, Boden & Ross, LLP. Elected to serve a second three-year te r m w a s Larry Jensen, Holiday Inn Downtown. N e w l y a p p o i n te d Wharton
officers are President Jim Wharton, Mercy Medical Center; Vice President Tammie Pech, Downtown Market Rate Condo Owner; and Treasurer Bruce Kolbe, Semak Partnership. They will be joining continuing board members Chris Bogenrief, United Commercial Realty; Ben Knoepfler, Knoepfler Chevrolet; Dale McKinney, M+ Architecture; Keith Radig, City Council Representative; John Stoos, Wells Fargo Bank; Doug Westphal, Delta Air Lines; Anne Westra, Economic Development Department (City staff representative); Pech, Kolbe and Wharton.
WITCC learning winners announced The Institute for Lifelong Learning of Western Iowa Tech Community College has announced the recipients of its 2012 recognition awards. The awards were presented at a special ceremony June 27 by Terry Murrell, WITCC president. Eighteen people or groups received the awards for
activities that have helped the institute to grow and flourish. The awards are nicknamed “Lifers” in honor of the lasting impact of the services rendered by award recipients. All the award winners live in Sioux City, except where noted. Outstanding Philanthropist: Cindy Waitt; Distinguished Instructor: Pat Day, Chris Fuentes, Constance Popken, Michael Cagley, Holstein, Iowa; Liang Gates, Moville, Iowa; Jean Weiner, Le Mars, Iowa; Outstanding Workstudy Student: Michael Byers, Kingsley, Iowa; Outstanding Volunteer: MaryAnne Deibert, Sheryl Sextro, Margot Chesebro; Outstanding Service: The Staff of KWIT, Gary Lipshutz, Leigh Ann Woodard, Linda Navrkal, Hinton, Iowa, Cindy Nelson, Dakota Dunes; and Volunteer Instructor; Kathryn Hewitt. Fiona Valentine, coordinator of the Institute for Lifelong Learning, received a special leadership award.
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