chamberline september 2011
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Welcome New Members
Chamber
Snapshot
August 2011
Phone Calls: 466
Walk-in: 174
Email Inquires: 19
Relocation Packets: 41
Phone Books 21
Misc. & Maps: 20
Web Hits 2034
Facebook Users 387
Special points of interest:
Sept. 5—Chamber Closed
Sept. 6th—Business After Hours—
Dakota Community Bank
Sept 8th—New Educators Breakfast
October 17-21—Photo Contest
October 21-22—WRLS
October 25—Chamber Banquet
For more upcoming events
Check out our calendar at
www.dickinsonchamber.org
Inside this issue:
Board of Directors 2
Ribbon Cuttings 4
Roughrider Roundup 6
Investment Center 7
Medcenter One 8
Business After Hours 9
Chamber News 10
The
Chamberline
September 2011
Central Dakota Children’s Choir Karen Traebolt
1810 Schafer Strett, Suite 4
Bismarck, ND 58501
701-258-6516
www.aboutcdcc.org
Central Dakota Children's Choir (CDCC), is a nonprofit organization for children enrolled in public, private and home schools. The choirs perform at community, state, and regional events. CDCC will be starting a new choir in Dickinson in the fall of 2011!
Sacajawea Substance Abuse
Counseling Jan Kuhn, LAC
112 3rd Street West, Suite 301
Dickinson, ND 58601
701-483-9150
www.ndsubstanceabuse.com
Sacajawea Substance Abuse Counseling is a licensed, private facility treating drug & alcohol abuse & dependency. Sacajawea offers alcohol & drug evaluations, DUI class, MIC/MIP class, Intensive Outpatient Treatment, Individual & Family Counsel-ing. Sacajawea extends flexible hours & are the only agency that offers on-line drug & alcohol evaluations.
Simply Flowers & Gifts Dana Mittelstadt
683 State Ave, Suite F
Dickinson, ND 58601
701-225-8301
www.simplyflowersandgiftsdickinson.com
Simply Flowers & Gifts is a full service floral and home décor busi-ness. They carry Teleflora, wire ser-vice and specialize in weddings and funerals.
As the sponsor and host of Chamber Coffee you will
have the opportunity to showcase your business,
pass out brochures, business cards, and discount
coupons. Your business name and/or logo will be
included on promotional and advertising informa-
tion throughout the month in our Board Room, Web
Page, e-news and Chamberline.
If you are interested in sponsoring Chamber Coffee
please contact the Chamber of Commerce at 225-
5115 or email [email protected].
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Coffee Sponsorships Available Board of Directors
Chris Johnson ....................................... President
Nathan Bouray ..................................... Pres-Elect
Rachelle Schroeder ............................ Treasurer
Klint Sickler ……………. ...................... Past President
Elaine Myran ......................................... Director
Mike Renner .......................................... Director
Dennis Cannon ..................................... Director
Harmony Kolling ................................. Director
Blaine Stockert..................................... Director
Christian Kostelecky ......................... Director
Terry Kovacevich ............................... Director
Craig Kubas ........................................... Director
Committee Chairperson
Agriculture ............................................. Kwirt Johnson
Airport Promotions . ......................... Matt Remynse
Ambassador .......................................... Deedra Weidner
Education ............................................... Rebecca Pitkin
Governmental Affairs ....................... Nate Bouray
Promotions and Retail ..................... Betty Jo Noe
Officials .................................................... Rachelle Schroeder
STAFF
Lexi Sebastian ...................................... Executive Director
Kristi Tessier ........................................ Events & Marketing Coordinator
Cindy Brock ........................................... Administrative Assistant
Publication First Day of the Month
Published By C. Brock
Deadline Third Thursday of the month - For both copy and advertising
Dickinson Area Chamber of Commerce
314 3rd Avenue West •P.O. Box C
Dickinson, ND 58602
Phone: 701-225-5115 Fax: 701-225-5116
E-mail: [email protected]
Board of Directors monthly meeting minutes
and annual financial statements are available to Chamber Members.
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Member News
With over 450 members, there's always something
going on that our members want the community to
know about! Check out the latest news from our mem-
bers. Have something to post about your business?
Contact the Chamber at 225-5115 or email
[email protected] to get your information
posted.
Kadrmas, Lee & Jackson an engineering, surveying and planning firm, recently hired Anthony Kopp, Lisa Fischer, Dough Fischer, Jennifer Bickler, Corey Bo-wen, and Zach Hudgik. Anthony Kopp is a trans-portation engineering tech-nician intern. Anthony attends North Da-
kota State University and is
studying construction man-
agement with a minor in
business. Anthony antici-
pates graduation in 2012.
Lisa Fischer is a civil engi-
neer II with the transporta-
tion group in Dickinson.
She earned a bachelor’s de-
gree in civil engineering
from the University of
Idaho and is a registered
professional engineer in
Arizona and California.
Prior to her employment at the KL & J Lisa Fischer gained more than six years experience at Kimley-Horn and Associates, Inc. where she worked as a roadway engineer. Doug Fischer is a civil engi-
neer II with the transporta-
tion group in Dickinson. He
earned a bachelor’s degree
in civil engineering from
Montana State University in
Bozeman, MT.
Doug Fischer is a registered professional engineer in Arizona and California and an engineer in training in Montana. He has more than 10 years experience and worked at Kimley-Horn and Associates, Inc. as a project engineer.
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Development, Construction, Property Management and Commercial & Residential
Real Estate.
Rebecca Andvic – DHS
Lia Bradley – DHS
Kyle Christensen – Hagen
Amanda Hlibichuk – Lincoln
Christa Hofland – Jefferson
Kelly Jahn – Lincoln
Nicole Johns – Lincoln
Cassie McLean – Hagen
Justene Metcalfe – Hagen
Lidia Muckle – Hagen
Tina Nygaard – DHS
Shantel Roll – Heart River
Erin Saarela – DHS
Justin Schlecht – Heart River/DW
Meagan Schlecht – Heart River
Serena Thompson – DHS
John Tuchscherer – Lincoln
Alisha Webster – Hagen
Jennifer Bickler is a civil engineer I with the natural resources group in Dickin-son. She earned a bache-lor’s degree in petroleum engineering with a minor in mathematics from Montana Tech in Butte, MT. Bickler gained a year of ex-perience working for the North Dakota Industrial Commission. Cory Bowen is a CADD technician II with the mu-nicipal group. He earned an associate degree in ar-chitecture drafting from Westwood College of Tech-nology. He has seven years of drafting experience. Zach Hudgik was hired as a civil engineer with the natu-ral resource group in Dick-inson. He earned a bache-lor’s degree in civil engi-neering and forest engi-neering from Oregon State University. Zach is a registered engi-
neer in training and land
surveyor intern. Prior to
his employment at KL & J
he worked as an engineer-
ing tech II at the North Da-
kota Department of Trans-
portation.
Kadrmas, Lee & Jackson hires several
2011-2012 NEW
Dickinson Public
Schools Staff
2011-2012 NEW
Dickinson State
University Staff
Jacinta Skretteberg—Nursing
Calvin Kolling—Business Man-agement
Rita Charlebois—Teacher Ed.
Maura Bronte-Pfeifer—Health & Physical Ed.
Jarvis Jahner—Fine & Per-forming Art
Lisa Corbin—Accounting
Renae Ekstrand—Education
Ryan Gatch—HPE
Peter Grimes—English
Karen Hale—Sociology
Jason Watson—HPE
Craig Whippo—Biology
Wendy Wilson—Psychology
2011-2012 NEW
Trinity Staff
Liza Fickek—THS
Troy Kuntz—Trinity West
Chelsey Sheer—Trinity West
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Ribbon Cuttings
Highlands
Engineering
Hollywood
Nites Video
Therapy
Solut ions
Eyewear Concepts
Hometown Pride
Business After Hours—Eyewear
Concepts
Therapists attend autism
conference
Shayna Doerr and Valerie Casciato, speech therapists from Rehab Visions, attend the North Dakota State Confer-ence. The conference was held in Minot August 2nd through the 4th. The course focused on effective speech
therapy strategies for individuals with
au-
Local Lawyer attends IADC trial
academy
Courtney Olson, an attorney with Ebeltoft . Sick-ler . Lawyers, recently attended the Interna-tional Association of Defense Counsel Trial Academy, held at the Stanford University School of Law.
The IADC Trial Academy is a weeklong intensive
program that blends faculty instruction with the
student participation and mock-trial presenta-
tions.
American Insurance Center is pleased to announce Deanna Bakken as Account Technician. Deanna most recently worked at the Strom Center at Dickinson State Univer-sity as an Ad-ministrative Secretary.
American Trust Center is pleased to announce Travis Toews as a Trust Officer in the Re-tirement Plan Services depart-ment. Travis currently holds his Series 7, 66 and life insurance li-censes and has had a variety of business experience.
American Insurance Center is pleased to announce that Jamie Rerick has been pro-
moted to an Account Man-ager position in the per-sonal lines department. Jamie joined American Insurance in
August of 2010 as an Ac-countant Technician and recently completed the test-ing required to acquire her insurance license.
Trust Department. Heather graduated from Dickinson State Univer-sity with an asso-ciate degree in Office Admini-stration. She joined American in 2008 and has held the positions of part-time and full-time teller.
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American Announces New Employee
American Announces Employee Update
American Insurance Center Announces Employee Updates
American Bank Center is pleased to announce Brenda Klitzke as Loan Assistant at the down-town Dick-inson lo-cation. Brenda currently was a Teller with Scandia American Bank and recently relocated to the Dickinson area. She joined Scandia American Bank in September of 2009.
American Bank Center is also pleased to announce Marlena Staud-inger as a Customer Service Represen-tative in the Elec-tronic Banking Department. Marlena joined American in May of 2005 and most re-cently held the position of Retail Support.
American Bank Center is
pleased to
announce
Jodi To-
manek as
a new full-
time
Teller. Jodi graduated from
Dickinson State University in
June and most currently
worked for West River Com-
munity Center.
American Trust Center Announces Employee Updates
Employee absenteeism results in $500 each day in lost productivity for each absent employee.
With the threat of flu-related absences ap-proaching, Medcenter One Occupational Health Clinic is currently encouraging businesses to begin reserv-ing dates for worksite flu shot clinics.
For more informa-tion on hosting a flu shot clinic at your place of busi-ness, contact Medcenter One Occupational Health Clinic at 701-323-8861 or 866-310-5222, or visit medcenterone.com/occhealth/flushots.
Medcenter One Occupational Health Clinic provides one central loca-tion for all occupational health medicine services. With locations in Bis-marck, Dickinson and Minot, the goal of occupa-tional health is to develop programs specific to each employer that keeps their workers safe, healthy and produc-tive.
Medcenter One Occupational Health
Clinic offers worksite flu
shot clinics
Dakota Community
welcomes
employee
Amy Heckaman has
joined the staff of Da-
kota Community Bank
& Trust. Heckaman
attended Dickinson
State University and
has been employed by
Wal-Mart for the past
seven years.
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Water/Wastewater Engineering—Surveying/Mapping/GIS
Electrical/Structural Engineering—Land Development
Municipal Engineering—Instrumentation And Controls
DEADLINE IS OCT 15, 2011
ROUGHRIDER ROUNDUP UPDATE!!!
Great Location ~ Good Times ~ Delicious Food ~
Refreshments ~ Door Prizes ~ Music ~ and More!!!
AT THE HOME OF
DENNIS AND NANCY JOHNSON
The Annual Roughrider Roundup to benefit Heart Butte Scout Camp and ensure the future of Scouting in Roughrider District is scheduled for Thursday, September 8th from 5:00 PM – 7:30 PM at the home of Dennis and Nancy Johnson, 1308 A Empire Road in Dickinson.
You are cordially invited to attend this Roughrider Roundup. Tickets to attend the event are on sale now. To reserve your spot or to get more information on the Roundup please contact Bill Anderson at 701.483.2488, Gwen Allred at 701.483.9390, and Jim Fahy at 701.483.6548.
Thank you for your support of Scouting!
Think life insurance is-n’t affordable? You might be surprised.
Let’s say you just want term life, just basic life insurance without the capability to accumulate cash value. You’ll pay relatively less for it: it isn’t that expensive compared to other forms of life insurance coverage. Pre-miums for standard-risk term life insurance got smaller and smaller from the mid-1990s through the late 2000s, and only re-cently have they started to increase as a consequence of higher capital and rein-surance costs (which are byproducts of tighter credit markets).
Many insurers have raised premiums on term policies by 1-5% within the last cou-ple of years (sometimes more). Some insurance in-dustry analysts think this may prove to be only a tem-porary increase. Others think now is the best time to buy term coverage.
It can’t hurt to double-check your life insur-ance, to be certain you are using it wisely and that your coverage is
adequate.
Americans to the need for life insurance, and its re-markable utility as an es-tate planning and tax-saving tool.
Did you realize that life insur-ance could be more than merely an inheritance plan-ning tool? It may also be a vital piece of the financial strategy puzzle for empty-nesters who want to retire to a comfortable lifestyle. Own a business? A buy-sell agree-ment funded with life insur-ance allows a surviving busi-ness owner to buy the com-pany interest of a deceased owner at a previously estab-lished price. Key-person in-surance can aid a business if a core employee passes away. (It is possible for a business to fund a buy-sell agreement and key-person insurance with pre-tax dollars, making these moves truly tax-efficient.)
If you do have life insur-ance, have you reviewed it lately?
Some people purchase a life insurance policy and name a son or daughter as a benefici-ary. This thoughtful decision has one little downside. If you own the policy, the death benefit is included in your taxable estate.
You have an alternative here. You don’t have to own your life insurance policy. Your children (or other beneficiar-ies) can own it. If they do, they will receive a large pay-out free from federal estate and income taxes when you pass away.
Is your Life Insurance up-to-date?
Life insurance is like the Swiss Army knife of estate planning: there are so many ways you can use it as you plan to pursue your goals. Whether you simply need to insure yourself or need to protect your estate through sophisticated planning, Sep-tember is the month to think about life insurance – and all the ways it can potentially help you financially.
30% of Americans have no life insurance what-soever.
So says a 2010 study from LIMRA (a worldwide asso-ciation of insurance and fi-nancial services company), which also revealed this troubling fact … right now, fewer Americans own indi-vidual life insurance policies than at any time in the last 50 years. If you’re not in-sured, you’re not alone.
Did you cut your cover-age due to financial hardship? Are you wait-ing for sturdier financial times?
The non-profit Life and Health Insurance Founda-tion for Education (LIFE) found, via poll in 2008, that 27% of Americans would be willing to cancel their life insurance coverage to save money in hard times. But if the unthinkable happens, a lack of insurance could make even the toughest times more difficult for loved ones.
LIFE wants to awaken
You can make gifts to your kids to acquire the insurance, and your kids can pool their money and buy policies on Mom and Dad. The more kids you have, the less the pre-mium burden. Not only that, some policies can build up cash value (tax-free growth within the policy).
Here’s another way to remove life insurance proceeds from your tax-able estate: an irrevocable life insurance trust. You can have the trust own the policy, and you can periodically fund the pol-icy through gifts made to the trust.
The trust will get the pro-ceeds from your policy when you die, and those proceeds can be distrib-uted according to your wishes – they can go to your loved ones or char-ity, they can be used to pay Estate taxes.
As you plan to build wealth, consider …
There are cash-rich life insurance policies with tax-advantaged savings features that offer you the potential to earn interest based on the gains of an equity index. These poli-cies can be useful when it comes to business con-tinuation and employee benefits, retirement plan-ning, education planning and estate planning.
Life Insurance Check-Up Time
September is National Life Insurance Awareness Month
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From the office of: Tasha Gartner & Dream O’Brien 46 1st St W
Dickinson, ND 58601 701-456-3390
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Page 9 Business After Hours
Wanted floats and deco-rated vehicles for the Dis-play of Lights. The theme this year is SIGHTS AND SOUNDS OF CHRISTMAS. Pick up your parade float application at the Chamber of Commerce or have it e-mailed to you [email protected].
For more information con-tact 225-5115.
Display of Lights
12.2-11
We would like to extend a big THANK YOU to all the businesses that do-nated to our Welcome Wagon Bags. If you would like to still donate items, we are still accepting them. Thank you again.
Hometown Pride Award-Dakota Community Bank will be the award recipient in September.
Education Committee CLI Update – This year’s program was postponed until next year. Due to lack of registration. Leadership Dickinson – Will be added to the events that the Chamber hosts. A sub committee will be formed to help facilitate this HS student program. New Educator’s Breakfast – Will be hosted on September 8th at DSU. Consolidated is this year’s spon-sor. American Education Week – No-vember 15 – 21
Chamber Committees
Promotions Commit-tee Back to School Advertising – is being promoted throughout the month of August. The banner will be displayed above hwy 22 in September. Season of Lights Display of Lights – The Display of Lights is December 2nd will be held at Prairie Hills Mall again this year. Parade of Homes – planning for a possible addition for our season of lights. The commit-tee is looking at adding a pa-rade of homes.
Business After Hours- Eye-wear Concepts is hosting Business After Hours to-night from 6pm to 8pm. September 6th Dakota Community Bank will host Business After Hours from 5pm to 7pm.
Government Af-fairs Committee Meeting will be held Sep-tember 9th at 4pm.
Recreational Events: 3on3 Hoopfest Commit-tee No meeting was held.
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The Dickinson Chamber Ag Committee is present-ing the West River Live-stock Show, scheduled for October 21—22 at the Dickinson State Univer-sity Multi-Purpose Arena.
This livestock show has Open and Youth Shows. The Premiums have been increased this year.
To register for the West River Livestock Show con-tact the Dickinson Area Chamber of Commerce, 225-5115 or email [email protected].
West River Livestock Show &
“Take Your Best Shot” Photo Contest
―Take Your Best Shot‖ Photo contest will be on October 22.
There will be 1st, 2nd & 3rd place prizes.
Pictures are due to the Chamber the week of Oc-tober 17th—21st.
Entry forms are available at the Chamber of Com-merce 225-5115 or email [email protected].
Entry forms for both the WRLS and the photo con-test can be downloaded at www.dickinsonchamber.org.
Airport Committee No meeting was held.
Agriculture Committee No meeting was held.
Ambassadors Member-ship Committee Member Retention Drive- will be done during the last week of Sep-tember (26th – 30th). The Com-mittee will split into groups and visit the members personally. Committee members are also asked to recruit a new committee member for one of the chamber committees. Sampling of Sicily-The Sampling of Sicily contract from the Ramada, Grand Dakota Lodge was passed around for the Committee to re-view.
Thank you
Page 11 Ag Nomination Rules
SEPTEMBER 2011
Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday
1 Cancer Support Group 7:00pm Cancer Support Group 7:00pm
2 Harvest Shootout - Southwest Speedway 7:00pm DHS Girls Golf Meet 10:00am
3 Harvest Shootout - Southwest Speedway 7:00pm 5K Run/Walk for Diabetes Research 8:15am Kevin Bergman Labor Day Golf Classic
4 Kevin Bergman Labor Day Golf Classic
5 Kevin Bergman Labor Day Golf Classic Chamber Closed
6 Outdoor Movie Night at the BAC 8:00pm Chamber Promotions Committee Meeting 12:00
7 1/2 Marathon Training Club 5:30am
Chamber AG WRLS Committee Meeting 8:00am
8 Roughrider Roundup 5:30pm - 7:30pm New Educators Breakfast 7am Chamber Governmental Affairs Committee Meeting 4:00PM
9 Maah Daah Hey Stampede
10 Annual "Good Ole" Taylor Days & Tractor Journey Alzheimer’s Memory Walk Annual Hot Air Balloon Rally & Badlands Appreciation Weekend 5:30am West River Triathlon 6:30am Maah Daah Hey Stampede Soup and Farmer Hats 10am - 12pm
11 Annual "Good Ole" Taylor Days & Tractor Journey Annual Hot Air Balloon Rally & Badlands Appreciation Weekend 5:30am Parks/Rec Last Chance Softball Tourney Maah Daah Hey Stampede
12 13 ND Solid Waste & Recycling Assn. The Blackberry Bushes String Bank 7:00pm
14 ND Solid Waste & Recycling Assn. The Blackberry Bushes String Bank 7:00pm 1/2 Marathon Training Club 5:30am
15 12th Annual Make a Splash Water Festival - Family Fun Night 4pm - 7pm ND Solid Waste & Recycling Assn. Chamber Airport Committee Meeting 8:00 AM
16 Ambassador Committee Meeting 8:00am
17 Celebrate the West 5:30pm Pride of Dakota Harvest Showcase 10:00am - 5:00pm
18 1st Annual St. Wenceslaus Fun Run 11am Pride of Dakota Harvest Showcase 10:00am - 5:00pm
19 20 OPT For Safety 8:30am - 4:00pm Chamber Agriculture Committee 8:00am
21 Annual Forage Beef & Coverage Crop Workshop 1/2 Marathon Training Club 5:30am
22 Chamber Board of Directors Meeting 4:00 PM
23 Annual Dickinson Young Professionals Banquet Northland Assn of Pharmacy Technicians
24 Apple fest 11:00am - 6:00pm DHS/THS Varsity Volleyball Invitation Tournament Northland Assn of Pharmacy Technicians
25 Apple fest 11:00am - 6:00pm DHS/THS Varsity Volleyball Invitation Tournament
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