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Tim Hynds, Sioux City Journal Rush Hour Connect ...... page 10 New Chamber Investors ...... page 13 COVER Col. Mark Muckey, wing commander of the 185th Air Refueling Wing, stands Ribbon Cuttings ...... pages 10, 11, 14, 15 Chamber Anniversaries ...... page 13 May 24 with a KC-135 tanker with its tail repainted with the unit’s historical STORY, 8 bat logo. The 185th, one of metro Sioux City’s largest employers, is celebrating Chamber Ambassador awards ...... page 12 On the Move ...... page 13 its 75th anniversary this year.

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MASON DOCKTER certain to be contaminated with anything “When people see challenges with those (properties), it Business Journal staff writer harmful, but where there’s an obvious SIOUX CITY – The city is receiving a possibility of contamination, said Mel could be a liability issue, it could be a cost issue, again they $300,000 grant from the Environmental Pins, an executive officer with the Iowa Protection Agency to conduct brownfield Department of Natural Resources and the see those as obstacles. We see them as opportunities.” assessments on a handful of older proper- state’s brownfield coordinator. MEL PINS, IOWA DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES ties around town. “A brownfield is any site where rede- City officials have proposed to conduct velopment or reuse has been hindered, increased property values and increased Along with numerous other properties brownfield assessments on three privately people aren’t really interested in buying, tax revenues for the area surrounding a in the city, the building is owned by Ho- owned properties. The owners have given or messing with it, because they just don’t brownfield site. Chunk, Inc. the city access agreements to conduct the know, whether there’s actual contamina- The Sioux City properties expected to • The main campus of the Boys and Girls assessments. Edward H. Chu, acting EPA tion, or maybe they hear there’s contami- undergo assessments are: Home at 2101 Court St. Formerly the St. Region 7 administrator, presented a giant nation,” Pins said. • The old municipal auditorium at 625 Joseph Hospital, portions of the 14-acre novelty check to Mayor Bob “When people see challenges with those Douglas St. Built in 1909, the building complex date to 1913. The Boys and Girls Scott in an announcement (properties), it could be a liability issue, it housed TV station KCAU for decades until home is going to move to a new northside May 21 at City Hall. could be a cost issue, again they see those the station left the building four years ago. campus. This is the third time as obstacles. We see them as opportuni- LAMB Arts Regional Theatre is planning City and EPA officials stressed that Sioux City has received a ties,” he added. to move there. there is nothing specifically known to be brownfields grant from the Chu said that brownfield assessments, • The old Interstate Mechanical Corp. environmentally harmful in any of these EPA. which are a step toward the the cleanup building at 418 Iowa St., built in 1915. In- Brownfields are proper- (if necessary) and redevelopment or re- terstate Mechanical moved to a different ties that aren’t known for Chu habilitation of old properties, leads to building on Fourth Street two years ago. PLEASE SEE BROWNFIELD, PAGE 6

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In real numbers, Summit Iowa had 66,161 job FROM 4 openings at the time of the summit, and only the time of the summit, and 60,900 unemployed only 60,900 unemployed people, according to figures people, according presented by Townsend. to figures presented In Nebraska, there were 39,000 jobs listed and only by Iowa Workforce 32,000 unemployed, Albin Development Director said. In South Dakota, only Beth Townsend. 5,000 people were collecting unemployment benefits, yet John Albin, Commissioner, Nebraska Department of Labor there were 24,438 job open- speaks during a tri-state workforce summit held May 20 ings, Hultman said. Tim Hynds photos, Sioux City Journal at Western Iowa Tech Community College in Sioux City. childcare crisis, which Or, put another way, even Beth Townsend, Director, Iowa Workforce Development; Speaking on jobs issues in their respective states were: Beth Townsend said is a “multi- if every unemployed person John Albin, Commissioner, Nebraska Department of Labor Townsend, Director, Iowa Workforce Development; Albin and layered problem” that de- in any of the states claimed and Marcia Hultman, Secretary, South Dakota Department Marcia Hultman, Secretary, South Dakota Department of mands a “multi-layered one of the available jobs, of Labor & Regulation listen to a question during a tri- Labor & Regulation. approach.” there would still likely be state workforce summit held May 20 at Western Iowa Tech Low-skill workers (those thousands of unfilled posi- Community College in Sioux City. The three were speaking on how much money we put said, is one of the issues who have only a high school tions remaining. jobs issues in their respective states. into our local economies, dragging down workforce diploma and little market- All three had grievances and what would’ve hap- participation in Iowa. This able experience) are an- with the expanded unem- pened to our local econo- became especially acute other issue in Iowa, as there ployment benefits provided mies had we not been able during the pandemic as are too many of them for first by the CARES Act passed to get that money out the schools switched to remote too few positions – many last March and extended un- door and into the pockets of learning and daycare cen- of the jobs that are avail- der subsequent bills. our citizens who really did ters closed their doors, leav- able require skills obtained Albin was particularly need it in those early days,” ing parents in a bind. through training, education harsh in his criticism of the she said. “That was a preexisting or experience. Low-skilled expanded unemployment, Townsend was the only problem before the pan- positions are also in many which initially gave unem- one of the three to acknowl- demic, and certainly ag- cases somewhat easy to au- ployed people an extra $600 edge the criticism that, if gravated as a result of the tomate, leaving them highly in addition to their state workers made more money pandemic,” she said. vulnerable to job loss. unemployment benefits, on unemployment, their Although most schools “The pandemic probably and significantly loosened jobs didn’t pay well to be- reopened, classes are now has accelerated the loss of the restrictions on claim- gin with. She disputed this dismissing for the summer those low-skilled jobs, as ing benefits. He described notion, saying that the ben- and daycare availability re- employers over the course expanded unemployment efits equated to about $20 mains scarce. This is in part of the pandemic had to work Tim Hynds, Sioux City Journal as a “substantial disincen- Marcia Hultman, Secretary, South Dakota Department of an hour, which, she said, is due to the low pay for day- with lower number of avail- tive” to work, and said the Labor & Regulation speaks during a tri-state workforce roughly the wage some em- care workers – an average of able staff, they probably benefits have outlived their summit held May 20 at Western Iowa Tech Community ployers offer. $10.18 an hour in Iowa, the automated a little bit faster usefulness. College in Sioux City. Speaking on jobs issues in their Mike Wells, president and lowest of the three states. than they might otherwise “When it all started, it respective states were: Beth Townsend, Director, Iowa CEO of Wells Enterprises in Iowa Gov. Kim Reynolds – we knew that was coming, made sense on a real tempo- Workforce Development; John Albin, Commissioner, Nebraska Le Mars, was unable to at- has formed a task force to but I think it’s been acceler- rary basis, but we ran some Department of Labor and Hultman. tend the event but shared find ways to resolve the ated,” she said. of the numbers back in the some of his workforce con- early days when the $600 cerns via Chris McGowan, FPUC (Federal Pandemic South Dakota, Iowa and Statistics, is around $17.70 president of the Siouxland Unemployment Compensa- Nebraska are ending the ex- an hour – if broken down on Chamber of Commerce, who tion) was in there, and some panded federal unemploy- an hourly basis, many people was in attendance. 82 percent of our claimants ment benefits in June, three made more than this on un- Wells told McGowan that were receiving more money months ahead of schedule. employment. “he needs 400 people now,” from the unemployment The current expanded fed- “I think, philosophically, and that his ice cream plants programs than they’ve been eral benefits include $300 a that’s going to change a lot are running at 70 percent of earning when they were (in) week. of individuals’ attitudes to- productivity due to staff FORSALE:TheHomeBuildersAssociationofGreaterSiouxland’s the workforce,” he said. 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MASON DOCKTER Business Journal staff writer IOUX CITY – On May 24, 1946, the Army Air Force’s 386th Fighter Squadron, flying P-47 Thunder- bolts, was re-designated the 174th Fighter Squadron and allocated to Sthe Iowa National Guard. The 174th is still considered the flying squadron of today’s 185th Air Refueling Wing, a Sioux City-based unit that flies Boeing KC-135 Stratotanker aerial refuel- ing planes. The base at traces its history as early as 1943, when the 386th was first activated. But the official estab- lishment of the unit was December 1946. Based on that date, the 185th is celebrating its 75th anniversary this year. On Oct. 1, 1962, the unit reached group status. It was reorganized and re-desig- nated as the 185th Tactical Fighter Group, according to a history of the 185th. “If you take that 174th Flying Squadron all the way back to its origins, that goes all the way back to 1946, end of World War II – at the time it was the Army Air Force, re- designated the unit to a Guard wing here in Sioux City,” said Col. Mark Muckey, the 185th’s wing commander. “That’s a little confusing, but we have two designators, one subordinate to the other. Tim Hynds, Sioux City Journal Always been the 174th Squadron, and we A maintenance crew removes a drogue adapter from the boom of a tanker on May 24 at the 185th Air Refueling Wing of the Iowa Air National became a tactical fighter group, and then Guard in Sioux City. The base, which currently flies KC-135 refueling tankers, will celebrate its 75th anniversary this year. became a wing – and that’s where the 185th shows up.” estimated at over $81.1 million. the KC-135 for years, but the rollout of the Through the latter half of the 20th cen- KC-46 will likely take decades. tury, the base flew numerous military air- ECONOMIC IMPACT THE UNIT’S FUTURE Whenever the time comes for the 185th craft with exciting nicknames – the North Today, the base, with more than 900 per- In some respects, the future of the 185th is to switch from the KC-135, it won’t be the American P-51 “Mustang,” the the Republic sonnel and an annual payroll of more than intertwined with the future of the KC-135, first time the base changes out its aircraft. F-84B “Thunderjet,” the RF84F “Thunder- $56.6 million, is among the larger employ- whose sole function is, essentially, to be a Far from it. flash,” and the F-84E “Thundersreak,” the ers in metro Sioux City. Another $1.8 mil- flying gas station for other military aircraft. lion is paid out in college assistance, bo- The iconic KC-135s first entered service nuses and related incentives. during the Eisenhower Administration. In some respects, the future of the 185th is An estimated 318 indirect jobs are attrib- The last of them rolled off the assembly intertwined with the future of the KC-135, uted to the presence of the base, according line in 1965. to a 2020 economic impact report of the The KC-135 has withstood the test of whose sole function is, essentially, to be a flying 185th. These indirect jobs have have an esti- time, but a newer Boeing aircraft – the KC- mated dollar value of more than $15 million. 46 – is expected to replace it at some point. gas station for other military aircraft. In all, the economic impact of the 185th is The Air Force has been looking at replacing www.siouxlandbusinessjournal.com Siouxland Business Journal, June 2021 9

Tim Hynds, Sioux City Journal Provided by 185th Air Refueling Wing, Iowa Sr. Airman Adam Ehlers, left, and TSgt Jacon Oakley replace lightbulbs on the tail of a tanker Some of the first pilots assigned to the ’s 174th Fighter Squadron in on May 24 at the 185th Air Refueling Wing of the Iowa Air National Guard in Sioux City. The Sioux City pose for a group photo in April 1951. The group, which included several World War base, which currently flies KC-135 refueling tankers, will celebrate its 75th anniversary this II veterans, was activated on April 1, 1951, for service in the Korean War. year.

Lockheed F-80C “Shooting Star,” the North the primary mover for all fuel to the rest of “When I grew up I never had female lead- close relationship with the Sioux Gateway American F-100C “Super Sabre,” the Ling- the Air Force,” Finch said. ers I could look up to, because there were no Airport – Finch is on the airport board of Temco-Vought A-7D “Corsair” and the Boeing, Finch said, has projected that the female leaders I could look up to. And, as trustees, as is Col. Lawrence Christensen. General Dynamics F-16 “Fighting Falcon.” body of the KC-135 could last another 60 to I grew through my career – Col. Samenus In July 1989, the 185th helped respond to In 2003, the unit switched from fighters 100 years, presuming maintenance is kept is the first female I’ve ever replaced in a one of the worst civilian disasters in Sioux jets to the KC-135 refufeling tankers. up and mechanical upgrades continue. job, and I think that’s really historic. Be- City’s history, the crash of Flight 232. One Muckey said he “fully expects” the KC- “Now, are we actually going to use them cause I’ve never gone into a position where of the most moving images of the disas- 135 will be airborne “into 2050” – by which that long? I don’t know,” she said. there’s been a female sitting before. And so, ter showed Col. Dennis Neilson carrying a point the oldest of these aircraft will be 95 It bears noting that the KC-135s have al- for me it’s very exciting – if anything, that 2-year old Spencer Baily from the wreck of years old, while the newest of them will ready been heavily upgraded and facelifted I’m hopefully creating a vision for younger the airplane. have been in service 85 years. over their 55-plus years of service. females to see that this is something that “We don’t leave and move every three “A lot of the other weapons systems – a “We have new engines on them, you know they can achieve,” she added. years – I mean, people who are in this unit lot of the fighters and the C-130s – a lot of the Air Force has really revamped them, are part of the community,” Finch said. the other things out there are vulnerable, we’ve got glass cockpits, I mean the airplane PART OF THE COMMUNITY “For us here in the 185th, we are a part as far as, how do they fit into the future Air itself, you would hardly recognize it from The citizen-soldiers of the 185th are an of the community. We absolutely believe Force,” Muckey added. “Zero concern about what they had in 1966, but – it’s still the integral part of the fabric of the commu- that. People don’t come through here for the fact that, as the Air Force looks 30 years same airplane, it’s just newer engines, new nity. Outside their work on the base, many three years at a time. They move in here, and beyond, the refueling capability is going technology, they just basically revamped of them hold jobs in the Sioux City metro or they’ve always lived here, and those to be central to executing any of the mis- them into a newer technology capability,” or attend classes here. who that are serving with us, whether sions, from our nuclear support mission, Finch said. It’s not uncommon to see the 185th Fire they’re part-time or full-time, are part of through all of the plans that are out there, Finch is also a part of a new generation of Department fighting civilian fires. The the Siouxland community. It’s not like an it is heavily air-refuel-dependent, and we female leadership of the 185th. Her prede- base holds Christmastime fundraisers and active-duty base where somebody comes are right in the center of that.” cessor, Col. Stephanie Samenus, recently events with Santa Claus. They sponsor through and never really gets to know their Col. Sonya Finch, the incoming vice accepted a position as the Chief of Human needy families. The base maintains a very local community.” wing commander at the 185th, agreed with Capital at the newly created NGB-Space Muckey that the KC-135 is Operations with the National Guard Bureau a long way from its retire- at the Pentagon in Washington, D.C. ment, despite being “prob- Finch was also the first female to fly heli- Today, the base, with more than 900 personnel ably the oldest (aircraft) in copters for the Iowa Army National Guard. and an annual payroll of more than $56.6 million, the Air Force inventory at “There’s not very many of us, that’s for this point.” sure,” Finch said. “I never felt like it was re- is among the larger employers in metro Sioux “The Air Force over the ally historic, because I just wanted to do my years has developed new job, but what I can see now is how impor- City. Another $1.8 million is paid out in college tankers, but nine times out Finch tant it is, as there’s so many more females in assistance, bonuses and related incentives. of 10, they used them as the Air Force, or even in the Iowa National cargo instead, and so the KC-135 really is Guard. 10 Siouxland Business Journal, June 2021 www.siouxlandbusinessjournal.com RibbonCutting RushHourConnect KRUSE FINANCIAL KRUSE SIOUX CITY EXPLORERS CITY SIOUX

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The Lewis and Clark Interpretive Center recently opened a new permanent exhibit that A downtown mural commissioned by Sioux City Growth Organization was unveiled recently commemorates the Corp of Discovery’s keelboat used on their trek through the Louisiana in the alley off Fourth Street between Pearl and Water Streets. Pictured cutting the ribbon Purchase Territory in 1804. Pictured cutting the ribbon are board president Rex Towns; are Emily Vondrak, president of SCGO and artist Jessica Hammond, along with members of assistant director Tracy Bennett; tour guide Theresa Jackson; and education coordinator the Sioux City Growth Organization and Hammond’s assistant. Hammond’s mural features Sara Olson. The 10-foot exhibit replicates the keelboat used by the Lewis and Clark some of Siouxland’s more colorful historical figures, including the Rev. George Haddock, expedition to carry the 12 tons of equipment and supplies brought on the journey. gangster Al Capone and rocker Tommy Bolin, with the blue depicting the Missouri River. 12 Siouxland Business Journal, June 2021 www.siouxlandbusinessjournal.com Chamber presents Ambassador awards

The Siouxland Chamber recently hosted an Am- bassador Appreciation Luncheon at the Courtyard Sioux City Downtown/Convention Center. Chamber board members and staff along with Sioux City Council members attended to recognize the outstanding service the Ambassadors provide to the Siouxland Chamber and member businesses. Over 50 volunteers make up the Siouxland Cham- ber Ambassadors, 11 of which have been serving more than 15 years. Mike Schmidt received top honors being awarded the 2020 Ambassador of the Year, which is voted on by fellow Ambassadors. Schmidt, who has been an Ambassador since 2002, represents Riverview Surgical Center. Kim Wilson was awarded the 2020 Compass Award winner for being the most active in atten- dance and recruiting and retention efforts. Wilson, an Ambassador since 2018, represents Community Action Agency of Siouxland. Other award winners for active involvement in- clude 3-Star Award Winner, Wilson; 2-Star Award Winners Nicole Garber of PREMIER Bankcard and Nancy McGuire of Siouxland Habitat for Human- ity; and 1-Star Award Winners Wendy Jackson of 1st Financial Bank USA, Suzi Kaiman with Lane’s Distributing, Daphne Miller with Realty ONE Group Regency, and Schmidt. The Siouxland Chamber honored retiring Am- bassador Esther Carter for her many years of ser- vice. An Ambassador since 2004, Carter represent- ed Southern Hills Mall and was a wonderful host and emcee at Chamber events. Carter is moving Siouxland Chamber Executive Vice President, Barbara Sloniker, and President, Chris McGowan congratulate the 2020 Siouxland to be closer to her children in the Des Moines area. Chamber Ambassador of the Year, Mike Schmidt with Riverview Surgical Center.

Kim Wilson with The Siouxland Community Action Chamber of Agency of Siouxland Commerce was presented the thanked retiring 2020 Compass Award Ambassador, for the most active Esther Carter, for Ambassador which was her 17 years of presented by Siouxland commitment to Chamber Director of the Chamber while Events, Katy Karrer. representing the Southern Hills Mall. www.siouxlandbusinessjournal.com Siouxland Business Journal, June 2021 13 ChamberAnniversaries NewChamberInvestors

The following businesses and organizations are celebrating milestone anniversaries as Siouxland Chamber of Commerce investors. Patriot Inspection & Testing/ BarCon 40 YEARS - 1981 10 YEARS – 2011 ActivePure Technology Will Barker Burke Lake South Sioux City Elk Point, S.D. Consumers Supply Distributing Big Brothers Big Sisters of Century Business Products Wells Visitor Center and Ice My Jeweler David Patee Siouxland Kevin Jergenson Cream Parlor Wytec Production Services Joe Rarrat North Sioux City Kristie Miller Sioux City Deb Susemihl Travis Miller Sioux City Sioux City Le Mars, Iowa North Sioux City 35 YEARS – 1986 Sioux City Regional Convention D&Z Transportation, LLC & Visitors Bureau Fremont Tire 5 YEARS – 2016 Chris Domingue Ron Bower Jon Froehlich Sergeant Bluff Sioux City Sioux City Big Frig Country Celebrations Event Keizer Refrigeration Inc. Brock Hutchinson Center Shane Keizer Your CBD Store Rooted Boutique Sooland Bobcat North Sioux City Kathy Ellison Sioux City Michael TenHaken Emily Vollmar Doug Muilenburg Sioux City Sioux City Sioux City Sioux City Bob Roe’s North End Zone The First Tee of Siouxland Jason Houser Cylinder Express Jeremy Pigg Machouse LLC, dba as Staybridge Allergy, Asthma & Immunology 15 YEARS – 2006 Sioux City Henry Jessen Sioux City Suites Sioux City Associates, P.C. Battle Creek, Iowa Mark Baltushis Tracy Slimp City of South Sioux City Counsel The Heritage at Northern Hills Sioux City Sioux City Lance Hedquist Sam Avery Diesel Specialties Assisted Living LLC South Sioux City Sioux City Andy Girres Christy Nikkel Sponsored Services Nextlink Internet Sioux City Sioux City Jacob Stevenson Lucy Pope North Sioux City Sioux City CRB Gypsy Soul Boutique Jim Higley Cyndi Nelson Two promoted at Security National Kansas City, Missouri Sergeant Bluff Pretzelmaker Mark Frandle SIOUX CITY – D. Douglas Rice, the Northside (Leeds) branch manager Sioux City chairman, president and CEO of Se- last year. She will continue to manage curity National Bank, has announced the Northside branch. Allison Polley two promotions at the bank. Jennifer has been promoted to loan operations Pennings has been promoted to retail officer, and will continue to lead and services officer at the bank. direct all loan processing operations at MOD HOUSE Pennings started at Security National the bank. interiors 15 years ago as a customer service rep- A financial professional with 15 years resentative, then promptly advanced Pennings Polley of experience, Polley began her career at her career within the bank’s retail di- SNB as a customer service representa- vision. tive then served in various roles spanning the personal She was promoted to assistant branch manager at banking, loan operations and auditing departments. the Morningside Branch in 2019, before being named She was promoted to director of loan operations in 2018. Two to lead diversity efforts at Northwestern CLEAN LINES. SIMPLE FORM. FIND YOUR MOD. ORANGE CITY, Iowa – Northwestern an additional role as director of academ- College has named Rahn Franklin and ic diversity initiatives. In that position, We at Mod House Valerie Stokes to new roles leading its she will champion and support diversity Interiors believe your style diversity efforts. initiatives related to faculty, curriculum, isn’t in a catalog, Franklin, director of multicultural stu- scholarship and other academic opera- and shouldn’t feel dent development, will become director tions of Northwestern. rehearsed or duplicated of strategic diversity initiatives. He will Franklin and Stokes will also co-lead a but a true reflection of you. assume more responsibilities across the Franklin Stokes reconstituted Diversity Resource Com- We invite you to institution in offering guidance and train- mittee that will offer trainings and spon- come by, explore, ask ing for curricular and co-curricular areas, according to a sor diversity programming on campus. questions, and get a feel for press release from the college. Northwestern adopted its Vision for Diversity six years what’s possible. He’ll also continue to mentor multicultural students ago—a vision that grew out of the college’s mission to and to direct the Bridge Scholars program, which provides “pursue God’s redeeming work in the world” and that select students with scholarships and the opportunity to calls on the campus community to embrace the diversity further develop their servant leadership skills on campus in God’s creation, lament human brokenness, reconcile 255 STH STREET, SIOUX CITY, IA 51101 and in the community. with one another, and embody shalom, or wholeness and 712.224.2555 Stokes, associate professor of social work, will take on peace. MODHOUSEINTERIORS.COM 14 Siouxland Business Journal, June 2021 www.siouxlandbusinessjournal.com RibbonCuttings CRITTENTON CENTER CRITTENTON CHARTER SENIOR LIVING CHARTER

The Crittenton Center recently celebrate its relocation to the first floor of the Ho-Chunk Centre at 600 Fourth St. Shown cutting the ribbon are Leslie Heying, Tracv Feathers, Kash Echtenkamp,and Bridgid Strait. The new location provides easier access to their offices for the children, teens and families they proudly serve serve. The Crittenton Center and its programs annually helps over 1,500 individuals with parenting education and resources There has been a name change, but Charter Senior Living of Northpark Place, 2562 Pierce through its Healthy Opportunities for Parents to Experience Success (HOPES) Program St., is upholding its 27-year legacy to enhance the human spirit of senior citizens within and Resource Center. Over 150 children also have access to quality childcare and preschool their residential community with a pledge to serve with heart, purpose, courage, and through Stella Sanford Child Development Centers, and more than 40 teens and disabled have fun while serving. Pictured are director of sales and Marketing, Sharon Skinner and adults receive life-skills support through the Supervised Apartment Living (SAL) and executive director Cheryl Hansen. The collaborative team has expertise in retirement living, Project Help programs. assisted living, memory care, rehabilitation and skilled nursing to meet specific needs. OFFICE SPACE FOR RENT

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