Siouxland Business Journal - February 2013

Vol. 22 No. 12 PO Box 118, Sioux City, Iowa 51102

February 2013

FINANCIAL ISSUE

Project puts staff on same floor Sioux City Wells Fargo President Justin Gary

INSIDE THIS MONTH’S ISSUE: Sioux City sings the Blues PAGE 4

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Editorial copy should be sent to: Dave Dreeszen Siouxland Business Journal editor Box 118 Sioux City, Iowa 51102 dave.dreeszen@lee.net For more information: Editorial: (712) 293-4211 or 800-397-9820, ext. 4211 Advertising: (712) 224-6275 or 800-728-8588 Circulation: (712) 293-4257 or 800-397-2213, ext. 4257 On the web: www.SiouxlandBusinessJournal.com

Index Business People .................................................page 8

Business After Hours .......................................page 18

Chamber Anniversaries ...................................page 14

On the move ......................................................page 11

Chamber Investors ..........................................page 14

Ribbon cuttings ...........................................page 16-18

ON THE COVER

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Justin Gray, Sioux City market president for Wells Fargo, is shown outside the bank’s downtown offices in the Ho-Chunk Centre. Wells Fargo is in the midst of a major capital project that will bring all of the bank’s downtown employees together on the same floor in remodeled spaces.

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Sioux City is selected as Blue Zones community

By MOLLY MONTAG and MIKE WISER

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SIOUX CITY | After a determined effort, Sioux City is going blue.

In its second attempt, Sioux City was named on Jan. 30 as one of six Blue Zones demonstration sites in Iowa. The announcement came as officials from Wellmark Blue Cross and Blue Shield chose communities that will receive help designing ways for residents to live longer, healthier, happier lives.

“Obviously, we’re pretty excited about it,” Sioux City Mayor Bob Scott said of the selection. “It’s good for the community.

It’s good for our citiScott zens.”

Communities selected as Blue Zones demonstration sites get help developing and implementing a blueprint for making permanent social, environmental and policy changes that improve community health.

Tracking the News What we knew: Sioux City has been taking steps in an effort to be selected a Blue Zone after missing out on the designation in the first round of selections.

What’s new: The city on Jan. 30 was named one of six Blue Zone demonstration sites in the state as Iowa strives to become the healthiest state in the nation by 2016.

What’s next: Project organizers and volunteers will now begin hiring staff and working on the blueprint for making permanent changes to help improve the community’s health.

The name comes from a book by Dan Buettner, who traveled to places in the world where a higher percentage of people live longer, healthier lives compared with global averages.

The goal is to make Iowa the healthiest state in the nation by 2016.

Project organizers and volunteers in Sioux City have started hiring staff and working on the blueprint, said Derek Carmona, who heads the Blue Zones effort for the city. It should be ready to unveil this summer.

“In a few months here, six or seven months, we’ll be able to announce the blueprint,” said Carmona. “And over the next couple years,

we’ll be able to start implementing some of those changes.”

Improving the city’s trail system and building and repairing more sidewalks are two items that likely will be in the plan, city officials said.

Scott said he would also like to see a permanent home for the Sioux City Farmers Market, which currently operates in the Tyson Events Center parking lot, and support for community gardens.

The project shouldn’t focus simply on eating better food or exercising more, but on the community as a

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Metro housing sector posts healthy gains

By DAVE DREESZEN

the city, including infill projects. In the past year, the city approved new Below are number of permits for single-family homes the last two years. subdivisions in Leeds (Moos Creek), 50 the northside (Country Club View) Sioux City 49 and Morningside (Whispering View South Sioux City 40 3rd and Morningside Crossing).

Sergeant Bluff Union County The city of Sergeant Bluff also posted 35 30 big housing gains, issuing permits for 30 22 single-family homes last year, com22 20 pared to just eight the previous year.

In Union County, which includes 16 Dakota Dunes and North Sioux City, 10 12 11 8 and rural developments such as Wynstone, there were 49 housing starts 0 2011 2012 in 2012. In the previous year, when Source: City governments, Greater Sioux City Home Builders Association Realtors the southeast corner of the county endured months of Missouri River to urban revitalization efforts that flooding, 30 single-family permits encouraged new development around were issued.

Metro Sioux City housing starts

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SIOUX CITY | New-home starts in metro Sioux City jumped 75 percent in 2012.

Permits for 117 single-family homes were issued in metro area governments in 2012, up 51 from the 66 taken out the previous year.

Sioux City led with 49 new singlefamily homes last year, up from 30 in 2011 and the most in five years.

Counting duplexes and townhouses, the city issued permits for a record 81 housing units in 2012.

That nearly doubled the previous year’s total of 42. The previous record high was 75 units in 2003.

City officials attributed the growth

Blue Zones: Sioux City is selected community from page 4 whole, he said.

“It’s about volunteerism, it’s about religious organizations,” Scott said. “It’s a communitywide deal.”

This was the second time Sioux City has been a finalist in the Blue Zones project.

First-round winners — Cedar Falls, Waterloo and Mason City — were named in May. Officials said they emphasized the city’s diversity and reached out to business

leaders this time, efforts they believe made the difference between being chosen and left on the outside looking in.

“We reached out to more people, we got involved with some more of those diverse populations, and I think we did a good job of articulating that on our addendum to our Blue Zones project submission,” said Sue Brown, co-chair of the Sioux City Blue Zone initiative.

Since the city’s initial run

at the Blue Zones, some agencies have already made changes. The Tyson Events Center recently began offering healthier snack options alongside the standard arena fare. Lewis & Clark Park, home of the Sioux City Explorers, and Morningside College’s Elwood Olsen Stadium are expected to follow suit this summer.

At the Jan. 30 announcement in Des Moines, city leaders praised local businesses and nonprofits for

working together to make Blue Zones a reality.

Supporter Dan Vondrak, manager of the Southern Hills Mall Hy-Vee grocery store, said he hoped the effort would help Sioux City become a stronger and healthier community.

“What a great opportunity for Sioux City,” Vondrak said. “There’s been a lot of people that have worked very, very hard, and I think it’s going to be great for the city long-term.”

Dave Dreeszen, Siouxland Business Journal

Heritage Bank last fall relocated its downtown Sioux City branch to the first-floor of the Frances Building, above.

Heritage Bank moves into new downtown offices

By DAVE DREESZEN

Business Journal editor‌

SIOUX CITY | Heritage Bank N.A. last fall relocated its downtown Sioux City branch.

The bank now occ u p i e s first-floor space in the Frances Building at the northeast corner Sehnert of 5th and Pierce streets.

Scott Sehnert, Heritage’s Sioux City market president, attributed the expansion to the bank’s growth in the local market and a desire to offer

enhanced services customers.

The new branch replaces the traditional stand-up teller lines with Heritage Bank’s sit-down customer service stations.

Sehnert, who has more than 25 years of experience in banking and finance in Sioux City, was named to his current post last summer.

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Branstad, Siouxland officials swap compliments, lobbying “Our real challenge is Sen. Bolkcom, he’s the one who said all the nasty things on the fertilizer plant.”

BY MIKE WISER

Journal Des Moines bureau

GOV. TERRY BRANSTAD,

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B ra n s ta d met with them in the room where he holds his weekly news conference.

It was a con- McGowan genial meeting, with Branstad cracking jokes and the governor and delegation swapping compliments.

Gausman asked the governor to support two measures — one in the House and one in the Senate — that would help school districts

referencing a pair of fertilizer plants — one in Lee County and one in Woodbury County — that received potentially millions in state incentives last year to build in Iowa. in property-poor areas keep their tax levies lower with additional state money.

“That’s something we may be able to work out,” Branstad replied, adding he supported the House bill and wasn’t familiar with the Senate bill but would look into it.

McGowan credited Branstad for taking a leadership role in economic development for Siouxland.

“He’s personally there, present,” McGowan said,

adding the governor has shown fiscal discipline in the state’s budgeting process.

Branstad told the group his top priority is education reform, followed by property tax reform.

He did a bit of lobbying himself, telling the group to reach out to Senate Majority Leader Mike Gronstal, D-Council Bluffs, to get property tax reform passed.

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DES MOINES | Sioux City schools Superintendent Paul Gausman pressed, Siouxland Chamber of Commerce President Chris McGowan flattered and Linda Kalin, of the state poison control board, pleaded.

That’s how a delegation of Siouxland officials used their 30 minutes of face time with Gov. Terry Branstad on Feb. 13 in Des Moines.

They wanted to know where Branstad stood on money for schools, property tax relief, a gas tax increase and money for a poison control nonprofit organization.

The delegation of 30 or so included business and school officials, private citizens and elected officials.

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and the Senate Democrats have largely lined up behind a separate one pushed by Sen. Joe Bolkcom, D-Iowa City, who chairs the Senate Ways and Means Committee.

“Our real challenge is Sen. Bolkcom, he’s the one who said all the nasty things on the fertilizer plant,” Branstad said, referencing a pair of fertilizer plants — one in Lee County and one in Woodbury County — that received potentially millions in state incentives last year to build in Iowa.

State economic development officials awarded loans totaling $1.5 million and tax credits worth $22 million to finalize a $1.7 billion expansion by CF Industries at its Port Neal plant near Sioux City.

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meeting, Linda Kalin, director of the Iowa Statewide Poison Control Center in Sioux City, brought up how grant money for the organization had been cut by $350,000 over the past five years. Branstad said he expected he would meet soon with U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Seblius and asked Kalin to “put together a one-page thing” about her funding so he could deliver the message.

Kalin noted that her group tried for some federal funding that was denied, even though a similar organization in Nebraska received the money.

“They got it in Nebraska?” Branstad said. “Well, now it’s an issue of fairness!”

Everybody laughed.

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Noises too loud can damage your hearing

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ost all of us have experienced loud noise at some point in our life, but have you thought about the consequences. Any sound can damage your hearing if it is loud enough. This includes loud noise on the job, as well as loud sounds in every day life, such as loud music, power tools or hunting. The louder the noise and the longer you are exposed to it, the more damage it can do.

Hearing loss from noise exposure is permanent and irreversible but completely preventable. Hearing protection should be worn in the workplace and at home when you are around loud noise.

Some ways to know if noise is too loud is: • If you have trouble understanding normal conversation with someone two feet away.

• If you have prolonged ringing or other noises after leaving a noisy area.

• If you have difficulty hearing speech, television, etc. for a few hours after being in noise.

Many people experience “ringing in the ears” or tinnitus, which is often described as buzzing, ringing, hissing, humming, roaring or whistling that someone hears.

More that 50 million people in the U.S. have this condition, according to the American Tinnitus Association.

According to Medline Plus, people with severe tinnitus may have trouble hearing, working or even sleeping. Causes of tinnitus include hearing loss, exposure to loud noises (a predominant cause of tinnitus is long-term exposure to high sound levels, though it can also be caused by short term exposure to very high sound levels, such as gunshots) or medicines you may be taking for a different problem. Tinnitus may also be a symptom of other health problems, such as allergies, high or low blood pressure, tumors and problems with the heart, blood vessels, jaw and neck.

If you struggle with Tinnitus, you may find help with these tips from Neuromonics: • Be good to yourself, Tinnitus can affect many areas of life.

• Educate yourself. Tinnitus has several causes and affects each person

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differently. The more a tinnitus sufferer understands, the greater the chances of making the tinnitus less bothersome.

• Educate others. Family members, friends, coworkers, and associates can benefit from understanding Tinnitus and its effects. They can be more supportive if they understand the conditions that are difficult for a Tinnitus sufferer.

• Seek out support. A few individuals who understand the daily trials of Tinnitus can be invaluable. Consider a formal support group—in person or online—to find out coping strategies.

• Contact the ATA’s Support Network www.ata.org/support.

• Obtain counseling. For some people, a licensed therapist or counselor can help with techniques to make tinnitus symptoms less bothersome and with effects of tinnitus such as anxiety or depression.

The best way to protect your hearing is to wear hearing protection. The best hearing protection device is the one you will wear correctly the entire time you’re exposed to excessive noise.

Whether you choose earplugs or earmuffs, look for something that offers an airtight seal.

You should have your hearing tested if you notice a change in your hearing.

If you have sudden loss of hearing you should contact your doctor immediately.

Some hearing loss is normal as we get older. You may start to notice a change after age 50.

Just a reminder, there is no cure for hearing loss caused by noise. Be safe in all you do.

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Live longer, happier lives with Blue Zones project O

n Jan. 30, Sioux City was named one of Blue Zones Project demonstration sites for Iowa. St. Luke’s is supportive of this intuitive, which is instrumental in helping people learn to lead longer, happier and healthier lives.

The Power 9 are nine lifestyle habits that the healthiest, and happiest people who live the longest practice across five locations of the world. The Blue Zones Project is bringing those principles to Iowa to improve the health, vitality, and quality of life for Siouxlanders. Scientific studies suggest that 75 percent of life expectancy is determined by our daily lifestyle habits.

By providing the following details about the Blue Zones Projects’ Power 9, St. Luke’s would like to empower Siouxlanders to make wiser daily choices to improve their quality and length of life.

The Power 9 Lifestyle Habits are; 1. Move Naturally – To start moving naturally choose to take the stairs, walk or bike instead of driving and choose active hobbies, such as planting a family garden or taking the dog for a walk.

2. Know Your Purpose – Knowing your sense of purpose, “why you wake up in the morning” is worth up to seven years of extra life expectancy. Begin investigating your own purpose, by creating an internal inventory of your life and experiences (the mountain top and deep valleys). Then incorporate ways to put your talents, gifts, and skills into action in ways that will add meaning to your life and the lives of those you interact with daily.

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3. Down Shift – Chronic stress may lead to chronic inflammation, which is associated with every major age-related disease, including musculoskeletal pain and slows the rate in which your body heals from an injury. Although we all experiences stress, the world’s longest-lived people have routines to stay resilient and reverse that stress. Find a stress-relieving strategy that works for you and make it a routine. You’ll benefit both physically and emotionally!

4. The 80 percent Rule – A strategy that focuses on how to stop eating when you are 80 percent full, this lifestyle habit is an excellent way to help reduce our portion sizes, limit overeating, and help lose or maintain our weight.

You may also help cut 20 percent of your calories from meals with evidence based lifestyle practices such as; Eating a healthy breakfast, drinking 40-plus ounces of water daily working towards half of your weight in ounces, using 10 inch plates and slim glasses, and eat with your family.

5. Plant Slant – While most people in the Blue Zones areas only consume small amounts of meat on rare occasions, all

of them eat a wide variety of fresh fruits and vegetables, which are packed with disease-fighting nutrients. Since we live in the Midwest, where steak, hamburger, and pork are staples of our diet, work to buy the leanest you can afford (cut off extra fat). Limit portions to the size of a deck of cards and don’t exceed serving it more than twice a week.

6. Wine at 5 – Thanks to healthy plant compounds and antioxidants, wine has been shown to reduce the risk of heart disease, some cancers and slow the progression of neurological disorders like Alzheimer’s and Parkinson’s Disease. Limit your daily intake to one glass for women and two glasses for men, only if you have a healthy history with alcohol.

7. Right Tribe – The world’s longestlived people are either born into or choose social networks that support and encourage healthy lifestyle habits. By assessing who you hang out with, and proactively surrounding yourself with healthyminded and supportive people will add years to your life and life to your years!

8. Community – Ninety eight percent of the centenarians interviewed in the original Blue Zones areas studies belonged to a faith-based community. It doesn’t matter which faith you belong to, however by attending faith-based services four times per month adds 4-14 years of life expectancy.

9. Loved One’s (Family) First – Happy, and healthy centenarians in the Blue Zones put their families first. This may mean keeping your aging parents and grandparents in or near your home,

maintaining a committed relationship, and investing time and love into children.

These three things can add up to 6 years to a person’s life.

Support Sioux City as a Blue Zone Community and improve your health by completing one or both of these actions: 1) Take the Blue Zones® Personal Pledge online at www.bluezonesproject.com , as we need at least 20 percent of citizens of Sioux City to sign the Blue Zones Personal Pledge and complete one action to improve their health 2) Take the free Vitality Compass to assess your body’s real age, and then find out how to add more good years to your life to improve your longevity and quality of life at http://apps.bluezones.com/ vitality Sources: 1. Power 9 Nine lifestyle habits you can adopt to feel better, live longer, and be happier, and Walking is good for you, pages 10-11 of BLUE Spring 2012 by Wellmark Blue Cross Blue Shield.

2. Blue Zones Project website at www.bluezonesproject.com Know the “Power 9”.

3. The Blue Zones “Lessons for Living Longer from the People Who’ve Lived the Longest” by Dan Buettner by the National Geographic Society.

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WELLS FARGO UPGRADING

Project to put all bank’s downtown operations on one floor

By DAVE DREESZEN

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SIOUX CITY | Wells Fargo has embarked on a major capital project that will put all of its downtown Sioux City employees on the same floor in remodeled spaces.

The bank currently leases offices on both levels of the two-story atrium in the HoChunk Centre, formerly known as the Terra Centre, at 600 4th St. Plans call for moving the wealth management and commercial banking departments from the second to the first floor, where the bank’s retail and mortgage offices are located.

“We think it will be a real improvement for our customers,” Justin Gray, Wells Fargo’s Sioux City Market President said. “A lot of our customers use all of our services. To have them all in the same spot should be an added convenience.”

The change also should led to efficiencies for the bank’s staff.

“With everything, being on the first floor, there will be less back and forth,” Gray said.

To make room for all 50 of the downtown employees, Wells Fargo secured additional first-floor atrium space that has been vacant since an Arby’s restaurant closed several years ago. The bank’s existing space on the first floor also will be extensively renovated.

The redesign will free up more functional space, Gray said.

By using the space more efficiently, it allows us to not downsize any, but get everybody on the first

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Traffic on Jackson Street in downtown Sioux City can be seen through the window of Wells Fargo’s first-floor bank space, above, which is in the process of being remodeled.

Standing on a lift, CW Suter employee Mark Bower, right, works on duct work in first-floor space in the atrium of the Ho-Chunk Centre. Wells Fargo is remodeling the long vacant space as part of a major capital project to put all of its downtown Sioux City employees on the same floor.

floor,” he said.

With the exception of the vault, the decor, from floor to ceiling, will be brand new.

The project, which will be done in phases, is scheduled for completion in June.

In January, demolition began in the former Arby’s space, which will house most of the mortgage personnel. Two home mortgage originators will be stationed

in the main retail banking area.

Construction also is underway in the north half of the bank’s first-floor offices, which was gutted. After that phase of the project is finished, the retail banking functions will temporarily move into the space, so the remodeling can move to the other half of the floor.

When the project is fully

completed, the north half of the first-floor will be occupied by employees with the commercial banking and wealth management departments. Some framing has started in that

area. During a recent tour, Gray showed the corner area where his new office will be located.

Beyond a little bit of dust, Gray said the work should have minimum disruption

to customers.

Due to the construction, the mortgage department temporarily relocated to the same second floor office where the president’s office is currently based.

At some point this spring, it’s possible the retail banking office may have to close for a weekend, he said.

A highlight of the new look interior will be a large mural that will greet customers as they enter the bank from the Third Street parking lot. The mural, which is still under design, will feature historical images of Sioux City and Wells Fargo.

Wells Fargo, the nation’s largest bank, has commissioned murals at more than 1,800 of its U.S. stores. Each is developed with the aid of local archives and historians, said Angie Kaipust, a company spokeswoman based in Omaha.

Wells Fargo traces its roots to 1852, when founder Henry Wells and William Fargo developed a fleet of stagecoaches to deliver banking and express services to gold miners on the West Coast.

A 1998 merger with Norwest Corp. brought the modern day Wells Fargo to Sioux City. Norwest technically bought Wells Fargo, and kept the iconic Wells name and the corporate headquarters in San Francisco.

Norwest was an original tenant in the Terra Centre, built in 1983. The 10-story office tower was formerly the headquarters for Terra Industries, which was

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OnTheMove Mercy names Stroke Center med director SIOUX CITY | Dr. Mei He has been appointed medical director of Mercy’s Stroke Center.

He attained her medical degree from Beijing Medical University in Beijing, China. She c o m p l e te d her residency at Allegheny General Hospital in Dr. Mei He Pittsburgh, Pa, and a fellowship in clinical neurophysiology at West Virginia University School of Medicine.

Board certified in neurology and neurophysiology, He’s specialties include clinical neurophysiology, EEG, EMG, epilepsy, sleep medicine and general neurology. She practices at CNOS in Dakota Dunes.

the resignation of the previous Artsplash coordinator Lisa Verschoor-Matney, who stepped down to spend more time with her family.

Webber-Dreeszen will be responsible for working with the ArtSplash Steering Committee members, hundreds of additional volunteers, and Art Center staff, to oversee the development and implementation of the Art Center’s annual Labor Day weekend arts festival.

Prior to her most recent appointment, WebberDreeszen was the Art Center development associate, responsible for leading ArtSplash’s fundraising campaign. WebberDreeszen will continue to coordinate the Art Center’s marketing efforts.

A Sioux City native, Webber-Dreeszen resides here with her son and daughter.

Sioux City law firm Sioux City Art Center adds partner SIOUX CITY | Attorney combines posts Anthony Osborn has

SIOUX CITY | Erin Webber-Dreeszen has been named ArtSplash development coordinator at the Sioux City Art Center. The new position c o m b i n e s Webbertwo previ- Dreeszen ous positions, and is the result of

been named a partner in the Goosmann Law Firm.

Osborn joined the Sioux City firm January 2010. He is a trial attorney focusing Osborn on business and construction law.

Prior to joining the firm, Osborn was an attorney

Inc in North Sioux City, and a “Million Dollar Club” producer at United Real Estate SoLoza lutions in Sioux City.

A native of Sioux City, Johnson g ra d u a t e d f ro m E a s t High School, and attended the Univer- Jensen sity of Iowa.

She resides in Sioux City with her son Noah, 7.

Loza previously worked at Siouxland Federal Credit Union and St Luke’s ReDunes office names gional Medical Center. A native of South Sioux City, appointments she is attending Northeast DAKOTA DUNES | Keri Community College in Johnson has been named South Sioux. director of recruiting and Jensen is a University of developIowa sophomore student, ment for the majoring in accounting.

Siouxland District, Bank appoints L o w r e y business banker Group of NorthwestSIOUX CITY | Travis ern Mutual.

Haltli has been named asThe Da- Johnson sistant vice president and kota Dunes business banker at Heritage group also announces the Bank’s downtown Sioux City hiring of Ruby Loza as an location at 505 5th St. administrative assistant, As a business banker, Haltand Josh Jensen as a finan- li works with a three-person cial representative intern. team of credit managers Before joining Northwest- and business associates to ern Mutual, Johnson was a serve customers. He comes senior manager at Gateway, to Heritage with 10 years of at two national firms. He is admitted to practice in Iowa, Nebraska, South Dakota and California state courts, federal courts in the four states and Colorado, and the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals.

He is a member of the Iowa State Bar Association’s Construction Law Section Council, and an editor for the American Bar Association’s Forum on the Construction Industry. In addition, he is a member of the Woodbury County Bar Association’s Courts Committee.

Osborn obtained his Juris Doctor from the University of Iowa College of Law in 2001.

banking experience, including eight in business banking.

H a l t l i g ra d u a t e d from West Haltli High School in Sioux City and Briar Cliff University, where he earned a degree in business administration with an emphasis in finance.

Haltli, his wife and two children reside in Sioux City.

Mercy names Heart Center director SIOUX CITY | Mike McCarthy has been appointed director for the Mercy Heart Center.

McCarthy brings a wealth of leadership and clinical experience to the position. A major in the U.S. Air Force, M ike curMcCarthy rently serves as the deputy director of the Critical Care Air Transport, Advanced Course for the Sustainment of Trauma and Readiness Skills at the University of Cincinnati Hospital. In his role he has responsibility for the training and clinical oversight of all USAF Critical Care Air Transport and Tactical Critical Care evacuation teams.

Throughout his military

career, he has held numerous l ea d e rs h i p positions in surgical intensive care u n i ts a n d Spartz critical care air transport.

McCarthy has been deployed to Iraq, Afghanistan and Pakistan, providing critical care and trauma transport support. He has received numerous clinical awards including the 2012 Beacon Award for Critical Care Excellence.

A native of Sioux City, McCarthy received his bachelor of science in n u rs i n g d e g re e f ro m Morningside College, and is enrolled in the master’s of political science program at Air University.

Area bank promotes officer DAKOTA DUNES | Kent Kolbe has been prom o te d to vice president/commercial loan officer at Liberty NaKolbe tional Bank.

Kolbe has more than 15 years of experience in the financial services industry with 10 years of local banking experience, he has been with the company since 2011.

BusinessPeople OBGYN earns board certification SIOUX CITY | Dr. Kathleen LaFavor, an obstetrician and gynecologist at Siouxland Women’s Health Care P.C., recently earned her board certification in obstetrics and gynecology

from the American Board of Obstetrics and Gynecology.

To b e come certified, LaFavor LaFavor co m p l e te d a two step-process. She

initially passed a written test on the completion of her residency, validating her experience in treating women’s health care.

The second step involved an oral examination by a team of well-respected national experts who eva l u a te d h e r s k i l l s,

knowledge and ability to treat The Sioux women’s medical conditions. City-based food service distributor Braunger’s Foods p re se n te d honors salesman He t t i n ge r, SIOUX CITY | Ken Het- of Le Mars, tinger has been named the Iowa, with its Hettinger 2012 Salesperson of the Year highest honfor Braunger Foods. or at its recent annual sales

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

Hettinger receives a cash bonus, a new company card and a permanent place on the “Wall of Fame,” at the company’s headquarters.

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BY DAVE DREESZEN

Business Journal editor

SIOUX CITY | MidAmerican Energy Co. has installed a new solar array on top of its office building in downtown Sioux City.

The 37.6-kilowatt rooftop installation includes 160 photovoltaic solar panels, which can each produce can produce up to 235 watts.

In the first full month of operation, the array avoided approximately 3.03 tons of carbon output, which is equivalent to planting 78 trees, according to the company.

Planning for the project began last April, and construction started in August. The new installation replaced an air-to-air rooftop solar system that heated water for the facility and provided heat for the

five-story building at 401 Douglas St. To replace the previous system, workers removed the old panels, replaced a portion of the roof, and installed rails where the new solar array was mounted.

Web-based software also was installed to monitor the new system’s performance.

The Sioux City project is MidAmerican’s second solar installation. In 2011, a 12-panel, 3.78-kilowatt solar array was installed at the utility’s visitor center at the Iowa State Fair. The system helps power the building’s electrical system and show fairgoers how renewable energy works.

MidAmerican also is working with State Fair officials on the possible installation of a 60-kilowatt solar

project at the fairgrounds.

That project would include a public display that shows the energy system output and provide information about distributed solar generation, related federal and state tax credits, and net metering tariffs.

MidAmerican agreed to the latest State Fair demonstration project as part of a recent settlement with the Sierra Club.

To avoid a costly lawsuit filed by the environmental group over violations of the Clean Air Act, the Des Moines-based utility agreed to phase out burning coal in seven power plant boilers by 2016, including two at its Neal Energy Center, located just south of Sioux City.

Emission control equipProvided ment also will be installed A new rooftop solar array, above, is cutting electric costs in the MidAmerican Energy office at two other Neal boilers. building in downtown Sioux City.

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ChamberInvestors Chick-fil-A Isaac Holbert 4400 Sergeant Road In the Southern Hills Mall Sioux City, IA 51106 (712) 276-3916 Platinum Personnel Solutions Christine Shinall, branch manager 509 Douglas St. Sioux City, IA 51101 (712) 258-2453 (800) 317-2536 A-OX Welding Supply Cyndi Harris, store manager

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Sergeant Bluff, IA 51054 (712) 271-1200 Sioux City Entertainment Inc. Bill Warner, President 501 Douglas St. Sioux City, IA 51101 (712) 224-ROCK CORE ECS Steve Van Ginkel, VP of Sales 101 Gateway Drive North Sioux City, SD 57049 (605) 540-4623 (800) 717-6108

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SABRE INDUSTRIES A ribbon-cutting ceremony was held Jan. 17 to celebrate the opening of Sabre Industries’ new plant in Sioux City’s Southbridge Business Park. Dignitaries that helped cut the ribbon included Gov. Terry Branstad, Lt. Gov Kim Reynolds, Iowa economic development director Debi Duhram, Sabre Industries CEO Peter J. Sandore and Brian Newberg, the local Sabre vice president and general manager.

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CHINATOWN RESTAURANT A ribbon-cutting ceremony on Jan. 7 celebrated the opening of the Chinatown Restaurant at 148 Gaul Drive in Sergeant Bluff, next to the Dairy Queen. Chinatown is owned by Manivanh and Baccam, who moved to Siouxland from out of state and decided to join forces. The eatery is open seven days a week.

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SIOUX CITY ENTERTAINMENT Sioux City Entertainment, developers of the proposed Hard Rock Hotel & Casino Sioux City, hosted a ribbon-cutting ceremony on Jan. 24 at its new office at 501 Douglas St. in downtown Sioux City. SCE is one of three developers that applied to the Iowa Racing and Gaming Commission for a state gaming license.

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French was recently recognized during a special banquet for St. Luke’s 2012 Employees of the Month at the Stoney Creek Inn. The annual award winner is selected through a vote of all St. Luke’s employees.

Employed French at St. Luke’s since 2005, French serves as a lead technologist in the hospital’s Hematology department. She holds degrees in Biology and Medical Technology from Northern State University.

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RED BONES CAFE A ribbon-cutting ceremony was held Dec. 20 at Red Bones Cafe, 410 W. Seventh St. Sarah Dean is the owner of the family-run business, which offers comfort food at great prices.

Shown cutting the ribbon are Dean, her mom Shelly, and Robert Ford.

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BUSINESS AFTER HOURS The Siouxland Chamber’s Business After Hours was held Jan. 22 at the June E. Nylen Cancer Center. Two new physicians, Dr. Charles Murphy, radiation oncologist and Dr. Kamalesh Bala, medical oncologist, were introduced at the event.

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