INSIDE Summer Music weekender FOOD ZONE Seventh Street could be a destination

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Learn more about Dutch Orchestra presents by the sounding of Taps by a oven cooking from some local “GLORIOUS BRASS”, Sioux bugler at the Sioux City Fleet ON THE COVER: Peggy La talks about Yummi Blox, a permanent space for food trucks at 700 West Seventh St. La is the experts. The Swanson family City Orpheum, 528 Pierce Farm flagpole as Fleet Farm owner of the nearby Hong Kong Supermarket and hopes the space will attract people to visit the neighborhood, which is predominantly comprised of minority-owned businesses. Yummi Blox has its grand opening on June 4, with such popular will share some tips, tricks, and St., Sioux City. Experience Salutes Taps Across America on food trucks like Tako ‘N Madre, Kats Grub and La Palapa slated to participated. Photo by Tim Hynds, The Weekender recipes that will help you get the triumphant and glorious Memorial Day. 712-454-7306. started in this great outdoor sounds when 20 members of 2:30-3:30 p.m. 2 . Weekender . 05.27.2021 . www.siouxland.net SUMMER MUSIC Return of live music Siouxland venues to bring classic rockers, country acts and, even, the Tiger King crew BY EARL HORLYK fur will be flying! Saturday plus, wait for it, Hopefully, things will be it will also be on the day Let’s just forget that 2020 cleaned up by the time honky before. existed, OK? tonker Mark Chestnut hits Due to COVID-19 Well, this may be easy the Anthem stage on July 15 concerns, organizer Dave to do when it came to and when the bluesy Shannon Bernstein said holding the Siouxland’s music festivals, Curfman comes on July 30. event over two days will which all to cancel last year’s Anthem’s summer season keep the crowds at Sioux summer concerts due to will end with Band of Comics City’s Grandview Park COVID-19 concerns. (July 31) and up-and-coming down. That included Hard Rock country songstress Allie AJR, comprised of multi- Hotel & Casino, which had Coleen (Aug. 19). instrumentalist brothers to scrub its slate of shows All Anthem shows are for Adam, Jack and Ryan Met, at both Anthem as well as audiences, age 21 and order. will be SITP’s headline act on for its popular Battery Park Go to Hard Rock’s Rock Shop the first night of the festival outdoor summer concert or hardrockcasinosiouxcity. on Friday, July 2. series. com for ticket info. Having released four best- The 30th anniversary selling albums, AJR is known of Saturday in the Park? POWERING UP TO for such hit singles as “I’m Well, the birthday party was BATTERY PARK Ready” and “Burn the House delayed and SITP got to lie Hard Rock Hotel & Down.” The recently released about its age for another year. Casino’s award-winning single “Bang!” is AJR’s highest Luckily, Anthem, Battery outdoor series of Battery charting song, peaking at No. Park and SITP will all be back Park concerts will begin with 8 on Billboard Hot 100 in with a roar this summer. a concert from country star January. Brantley Gilbert (“Country Singer-songwriter John AN ANTHEM- Must Be Country Wide,” Fogerty will be SITP’s WORTHY SUMMER “You Don’t Know Her Like I headliner on Saturday, July 3. Or in the case of Anthem, Do”) on July 10. One of the founders the season will actually start Heavy metal band Staind of the Rock and Roll Hall with a squeal, courtesy of will leave a mark on the of Fame band Creedence The Pork Tornadoes, an Battery Park stage when the Clearwater Revival (CCR), Iowa-based cover band that is Springfield, Mass.-based Fogerty went on to have a coming on June 4. band comes to town on July successful solo career. He is Country superstar David 16. best known for such songs Allan Coe will headline an Glistening in the summer as “Bad Moon Rising,” “Who already sold out show at sun will be the rock group Will Stop the Rain” and Anthem on June 5. Shinedown. They’ll be joined “Centerfield.” The iconic, 1990s band by Michigan-based Pop Evil Other acts for the Everclear will bring classic for an Aug. 14 show. Grandview Park Bandshell tunes for Gen Xers – or Is it getting “Hot in Herr?” (SITP’s mainstage) and the Gen X wannabes – on Maybe, that’s because the Abe Stage (a second stage June 11, while The Bacon Grammy Award-winning showcase for alternative Brothers (including country Nelly will be coming back to national, regional and local rocker Michael Bacon and Sioux City show for an Aug. acts) will be announced at a his movie star kid brother 28th show. later date. Kevin) will be sizzling on Go to Hard The availability and June 12. Rock’s Rock Shop or distribution of free general Do you want to know hardrockcasinosiouxcity.com admission tickets also will what “Tiger King”’s Joe Exotic for ticket info. be announced at a later date. was really like? Well, some SITP organizers did not say of his crew are apparently DOUBLE YOUR how many tickets would be ready to roar. “Uncaged: SITP FUN! available. The Untold Stories from the Can’t get enough of Check back with Cast of Tiger King” will be at Saturday in the Park? Well, saturdayinthepark.com for Anthem on June 25. Bet the this year, it will be on a more details. www.siouxland.net . 05.27.2021 . Weekender . 3 New Movies

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I’d considered my- bothered me, but I accepted his invitation for self lucky to have him, but now I’m worried a second date, given our chemistry. my “good-boyfriend” standard is too low. —Shocked —Comparison Shopping Ideally, if a man wears “statement jew- A woman feels loved when the man elry,” the statement it’s making isn’t: “I’m she’s with does those little things that say in constant communication with my pa- “thinking of you” — as opposed to “spent role officer.” all day forgetting I had a girlfriend.” A guy who embezzles money — assuming Not surprisingly, you envy your girl- there’s no “my brain tumor made me do it!” friend who gets those little (and bigger) — is likely low on the personality trait of signs. Envy gets a bum rap as a toxic emo- conscientiousness. Someone high in con- tion. (It can have toxic effects when the en- scientiousness is disciplined, dependable, vious try to even things out by sabotaging organized, and shows concern for others’ those doing better.) However, evolutionary needs and feelings. In contrast, those short social psychologist Bram Buunk’s research on conscientiousness are unreliable, care- suggests envy is actually “adaptive”: func- less, impulsive, and poor at delaying grati- tional — a sort of alarm clock for yearning fication. (They probably see little reason to and ambition, alerting us to others’ higher do it, as they also have an “eh, whatevs!” achievements (or groovier stuff) and mo- attitude about their effect on others. tivating us to nab the same (or more) for Personality traits tend to be pretty stable ourselves. over time and in various situations — Men are not cryptographers, and they though research by psychologists Nathan are particularly bad at translating women’s Hudson and R. Chris Fraley suggests peo- nonverbal signals like pouting — if they ple can work to change their personality by notice them at all. 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www.siouxland.net . 05.27.2021 . Weekender . 7 COVER STORY ‘Yummi’ for your tummy

Food trucks get a permanent destination on Sioux City’s West Seventh Street

BY EARL HORLYK

It is readily apparent that Peggy La is a natural at making a sale. Standing inside a then-empty lot at 700 W. Seventh St., she said the space will soon be the permanent home to a wide array of food trucks. “This will be different for Sioux City because customers won’t have to track down their favorite food truck,” La explained. “That’s because many will be here from three to six days a week.” Indeed, the Yummi Blox food truck lot, which was devised by La and her husband John Keoasa, will have its official grand opening on June 4. DETAILS Such popular trucks as Tako WHAT: The Grand N’ Madre, Kats Opening of Yummi Blox, Grub, Chinos a permanent space for and La Palapa food trucks are expected to WHEN: 3 p.m. June 4 pull up and offer WHERE: 700 W. made-to-order Seventh St. meals. MORE INFO: For an up- “I think food to-date listing of partici- truck culture is pating food trucks, go to getting bigger facebook.com/Yummi- and bigger Blox-103286758433181. every year,” La said. “People are responding because the food is good and there is so much variety.” Actually, La’s knowledge of the growing marketplace for food trucks was gained by personal experience. “My husband and I love to travel,” she explained. “On the road, we’d see entire city blocks devoted to food trucks.” Originally from the south, John Keoasa always wanted to open up his own food truck, specializing in down-home delicacies like crayfish and crab. While Mr. Crawfish is still in its planning stages, Keoasa and La decided to purchase the Yummi Blox lot sooner rather than later. “If you’re not willing to act on your TIM HYNDS, THE WEEKENDER dreams, you’ll never achieve your dreams,” Peggy La says Yummi Blox has its grand opening on June 4, with such popular food trucks like Tako ‘N Madre, Kats Grub and La Palapa slated to La said. participate.

8 . Weekender . 05.27.2021 . www.siouxland.net TIM HYNDS PHOTOS, THE WEEKENDER LEFT: Kat Pendleton holds a tray of soul food eggrolls at Kats Grub, the food truck she operates in Sioux City. A former bank employee, Pendleton decided operating a restaurant on wheels would satisfy her entrepreneurial aspirations as well as a passion for cooking. When she isn’t on her food truck, Pendleton works in food services at Sioux City’s North Middle School. TOP RIGHT: Owner Francisco Lepe cooks chorizo at the Tako N’ Madre food truck. The truck specializes in serving south-of-the border street food that has a California twist. BOTTOM RIGHT: An order of Cali fries are shown at the Tako N’ Madre food truck.

That was the philosophy of La’s want to give folks a reason to stop “John and I want Yummi Blox to “Yes, John and I did name our Similarly, Yummi Blox was dad, a former meatpacking plant and shop at some really interesting uplift our surrounding area by son after a Greek god,” La said with in its planning stages well before employee, who decided to open locally-owned businesses.” bringing ever more diversity.” a laugh. “No pressure there, right?” COVID hit. Hong Kong Food Market in 1988. Between Wesley Parkway and And, hopefully, it will bring If mom and dad have anything “The pandemic put everything “My dad was tired of being Hamilton Boulevard, the West more foot traffic to the area. to do with it, Zeus will grow up on the back burner,” La said. “With someone else’s employee,” La said. Seventh Street business district “Every business is within with pride of his heritage. This is things opening up again, we’re back “Instead, he became his own boss.” is home to three different Asian- walking distance from each other,” because La has been a driving force to taking one step after another.” More than 30 years later, Hong owned restaurants, an Asian- La explained. “We really are a tight- behind the ninth annual Siouxland This will be true for both Hong Kong Food Market is still a popular owned auto body shop, a handful knit community.” Asian Festival, which is slated to Kong Food Market as well as for destination at 501 W. Seventh St. of Asian-owned hair salons and For instance, La said she can take place from noon to 4 p.m. Yummi Blox. La clearly shares her dad’s a beauty supply store catering to easily walk from Hong Kong Food June 19 at Riverside Park, 1301 “I’m too independent to work entrepreneurial zeal. African-American woman. Market to Yummi Blox, which is Riverside Blvd. for anybody,” La said. “It just isn’t “I could never work for In addition to Hong Kong Food two blocks away, in less than five “We’ll have Korean Pop music, part of my personality.” somebody,” she said with a smile. “I Market, which La currently runs, minutes. traditional Laos dancing and, of Well, maybe yes. But maybe no. have too much fun working for me.” W. Seventh Street is also home to “If I was in a hurry, I could run course, plenty of food choices,” La Um, don’t count out Zeus when In fact, Yummi Blox was a grocery store with an impressive here in even less time,” the always- said. it comes to priorities. conceived as a way to bring more selection of South-of-the-Border energetic La said. La said this year’s Siouxland “OK, I get to be the ‘Boss Lady’ people to W. Seventh Street. food items. We don’t doubt that. After all, Asian Fest will be big since last at work and Zeus gets to be the “We’ve always been a busy street “Sioux City is so lucky to have she has to keep pace with her six- year, the event was canceled due to ‘Boss Baby’ at home,” La said with with lots of traffic,” La said. “We such diverse businesses,” La said. month-old son Zeus. COVID-19 concerns. a smile.

www.siouxland.net . 05.27.2021 . Weekender . 9 ETC. CROSSWORD A roundup of bizarre happenings SIOUXLAND STRANGE from Siouxland’s police logs. Oops, forgot the cash register They always return to the scene of the crime (because they forgot to take the money from the cash register.) Stolen checkbook and microwave A Sioux City man was arrested May 21 in connection with An Anthon, Iowa woman was arrested after she stole a a burglary earlier this month at a downtown eatery where he checkbook and microwave from an Anthon man while he formerly worked. was at church. At around 11:47 p.m. May 8, a burglary transpired at At around noon May 16, an Anthon resident returned the Frances Building, 505 Fifth St. The alleged perpetrator, home from Sunday services to find a woman leaving his 32-year-old Jeremy Lee Black of Sioux City, broke the glass residence “without having permission to be there in the first out of a door of the building, reached in and unlocked the place,” according to a criminal complaint. He discovered a deadbolt, according to a criminal complaint filed May 21. business account checkbook and a microwave oven were Black, an ex-employee of Pete’s Thai, used a code to missing. unlock the back door of the restaurant, according to the The woman seen leaving the residence, 30-year-old ACROSS 65 __ pool complaint. He then forced open another door to get inside the Kristi Lynn Crilly of Anthon, attempted to cash a forged 1 Soft end of the Mohs scale 66 __ pool main part of the restaurant, then “went straight to another check for $250, made out to herself, at Security National 5 Old Toyota models 67 Biblical spot door where the office is located.” Bank in Moville the following morning. The checkbook 10 Order to go Black took $4,953 from a bank bag inside the office as had already been reported stolen, and the bank seized the 14 Squiggly lines in the funnies, DOWN well as the keys to a GMC Envoy. He then left the restaurant, check. maybe 1 Cover 15 Hot day refuge 2 Nicole’s “Cold Mountain” role “but returned within minutes” and opened the cash register, Crilly was arrested May 17 after being located in a 2007 16 “Him __?”: love triangle 3 Hack stealing another $414, bringing the total cash taken to $5,367. Chevrolet Silverado with the stolen checkbook in the center ultimatum 4 Brunch choice Damage to the doors was estimated at under $300. console and the microwave in the truck bed. 17 First anniversary gift for a 5 “ÀC—mo __?” Black was held in the Woodbury County jail on $5,000 bond She was held in the Woodbury County jail on $5,000 zookeeper? 6 Kids and faces charges including two counts of third-degree burglary, bond and faces charges including third-degree burglary, 19 Like eyes “you can’t hide,” in an 7 “Macbeth” role second-degree theft and fifth-degree criminal mischief. forgery and identity theft under $1,500. Eagles song 8 “Swan Lake” princess 20 Ring loudly 9 Blood fluids 21 It can spice things up 10 Comforted 23 Prescription specs 11 15th anniversary gift for a golfer? 26 2000 Gere title role 12 Palermo pal DIRECTIONS: Complete the 28 Gere, for one 13 Barbershop part grid so that every row, 29 Super Mario Galaxy consoles 18 In medias __ SUDOKU column and 3x3 box contains 30 Japanese ice cream flavor 22 Relay sticks digits 1 to 9. 32 “It’s __ good” 23 Middle-earth figure 33 Livid 24 Gulf ship 34 Lots and lots 25 25th anniversary gift for a chef? 37 Race in place 27 Fiery candies 38 10th anniversary gift for a 30 South side? musician? 31 Like a shutout 40 Wire-concealing garment, 33 “I’m not gonna sugarcoat this” perhaps 35 Screen legend Flynn 41 Least encumbered 36 Failed to act 43 Musical work 39 Long-outlawed smoking 44 “A lie that makes us realize establishment truth,” per Picasso 42 Greek Muse of music 45 Adds insult to injury 46 Oil, for many 47 Hair gel squirt 47 Look-up aid 48 Bow ties, e.g. 48 Herbal Essences maker, for 50 The Spartans of the NCAA short 51 “Well, I’ll be!” 49 64-Across, at La Scala 52 Totally jazzed 51 Serengeti herbivore 54 Like many 45 records 53 Fleece-lined footwear brand 56 Jordanian queen dowager 55 Not duped by 57 50th anniversary gift for a fast- 58 Two-time Emmy-winning food worker? actress __ Grant 62 Stop discussing 59 OMG part 63 Hail 60 67-Across outcast 64 Passion 61 Number of Canadian provinces

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