Orange City Magazine - Spring Summer

ORANGE CITY 

MAGAZINE 

OCSPRING/SUMMER 2017 

BRUSHES WITH SUCCESS: 

Vogel Paint 

A PASSION 

FOR CREATION 

Kari Beadner 

expands facility 

serves as a doula 

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Bright Future 

Vogel Paint Inc. to expand 

powder coating facility 

A Passion for 

Creation 

Kari Beadner serves local 

women as a labor doula 

A Tribute to Tulips 

Mulder's Tulip Town Bulb Company 

keeps Orange City blooming 

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TEXT BY LINDSAY KRUSE | PHOTOS BY RYLAN HOWE 

BRIGHT 

V 

ogel 

Future 

Vogel Paint Inc. to expand 

powder coating facility 

Paint Inc.’s future looks bright. The 

Orange City paint firm is shining as its 

brushes with success have led to a significant 

expansion project to the company’s powder coatings 

manufacturing facility. 

Work is underway on the project — a three-phase, 

five-year, $29.9 million endeavor — which was anticipated 

when the current manufacturing facility was 

built in the early 2000s. 

“When we built the building, we projected we 

would reach a point where we would want to add on to 

the building over the next 15-20 years, so we designed 

the first building with the idea of an addition someday,” 

said Drew Vogel. 

However, Vogel — president and CEO of the longtime 

family-owned business that is known for manufacturing 

paint coatings for the architectural, heavy- 

Quality control technician Gina Renzi 

sprays test panels with a powder coating. 

The entire powder coating manufacturing 

facility is undergoing a major expansion 

project, effectively doubling in size. 

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“The truth of it 

is, we’ve just had 

a lot of loyal 

customers, 

and we’ve been 

blessed over 

the years with 

a tremendous 

group of 

employees.” 

— DREW VOGEL 

PRESIDENT & CEO OF 

VOGEL PAINT INC. 

duty protective, industrial, 

traffic and powder coatings 

market — said that the expansion 

is happening sooner 

than expected. 

Not that that’s a bad thing. 

“It developed a little more 

rapidly than we thought,” 

he said, noting the company 

even benefited during the 

housing recession of 2008- 

09. “We added a night shift, 

which added additional capacity. 

As the business continued 

to grow, we saw that 

we were nearing the point 

that we needed to implement 

the next plan.” 

Discussions on the project 

were initiated about two years 

ago, and groundwork on the 

first phase began in the fall of 

2015. 

The current powder coatings 

manufacturing facility 

has about 66,800 square feet 

of production and warehouse 

space. The powder coatings 

part of the business 

dates back to 1998. 

The multilevel expansion 

will double the 

size of the existing facility, 

adding more production 

and warehouse 

space on the north side 

of the facility. 

Bouma & Company 

Inc. of Orange City is the 

general contractor for 

the project. 

The addition has 

received tax benefits 

via the Iowa Economic 

Development Authority’s 

High Quality Jobs 

program, which provides 

qualifying businesses tax 

credits and direct financial 

assistance to offset some of 

the costs incurred to locate, 

expand or modernize a facility 

in the state. 

The expansion is expected 

to create 49 jobs, of which 

three will have a qualifying 

wage of $20.82 per hour. 

Vogel Paint Inc. already has 

started hiring for the additional 

positions, and its target 

is to have half the jobs 

added by the middle of this 

summer. 

Vogel said work on the 

first phase of the expansion, 

an about $19 million endeavor, 

has moved indoors with 

heating and air conditioning 

and electrical work is currently 

being completed. 

Production equipment 

also has started to arrive, 

which he expects to be installed 

and fine-tuned by 

July. 


Work is underway to expand the power 

coating manufacturing facility at Vogel 

Paint, Inc. The expansion will create 49 

new jobs. The first phase of the project is 

slated for completion by August. 

THE COMPANY 

To learn more about Vogel Paint 

Inc., which is headquartered at 

1110 Albany Place S.E. in Orange 

City, call 712-737-4993 or visit 

www.diamondvogel.com. 

HOMETOWN PRIDE 

The Vogel family’s colorful efforts 

to beautify Iowa resulted in a recent 

statewide recognition. 

The owners of the Orange 

City-based Vogel Paint Inc. were 

honored as the 2016 Donald F. 

Lamberti Hometown Pride Vision 

Award winners during an October 

luncheon in Des Moines. 

The award was presented by 

Iowa Gov. Terry Branstad on 

behalf of Keep Iowa Beautiful, 

the Hawkeye State’s chapter of 

Keep America Beautiful, a national 

nonprofit community improvement 

organization. 

Keep Iowa Beautiful first presented 

the Hometown Pride Vision Award 

— recognizing those who work to 

improve and enhance the quality 

of the state — in 2013. The honor 

is named after its initial recipient, 

Donald F. Lamberti, co-founder of 

Casey’s General Stores. 

“We’ll then start to do some test runs, and 

Vogel Paint Inc. 

employs 

850 

PEOPLE 

about 330 of which 

work in Orange City 

we hope we’re all online and producing by 

August,” Vogel said. 

After that, the second and third phases of 

the expansion will commence. 

While the first stage is 

focused more on adding 

space to the building, the 

second and third aspects 

are all about equipment. 

According to Vogel, 

the expansion includes 

adding 50 percent more 

equipment. 

“We’re hoping that will 

fill the new plant,” he said. 

The second and third 

phases of the project will 

amount to about $5 million 

apiece. 

Vogel Paint Inc. has eight production facilities 

and more than 65 service centers in the 

central United States under the brand names 

Diamond Vogel, Old Masters, Van Sickle, Peridium 

Powder Coatings, Pinnacle Protective 

Coatings and Axis Performance Coatings. 

The business, which employs approximately 

850 workers — about 330 of whom 

work in Orange City — has been painting a 

legacy of success since 1926. 

The company prides itself on its passion, 

work ethic and stubbornness, which 

was displayed by founder 

Andrew Vogel, Drew’s 

grandfather. 

Those traits still are 

respected nine decades 

later and Vogel Paint 

Inc.’s attributes certainly 

are paying off. 

After all, the business 

prides itself that “we 

embrace our past, and it 

shapes our future.” 

“Certainly Dutch people 

are stubborn. We’re 

just stubborn,” Drew Vogel said. “The truth 

of it is, we’ve just had a lot of loyal customers, 

and we’ve been blessed over the years 

with a tremendous group of employees. It’s 

fun to see everyone’s hard work pay off, and 

we have evidence of it all in a longer and bigger 

customer list, resulting in more satisfied 

customers.” 


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TEXT BY LINDSAY KRUSE | PHOTOS BY JOSH HARRELL 

THE 

SCENE 

OF 

A 

Get a clue: Northwestern College 

offers new class in crime writing

EDUCATION 

“A BLESSED SNARL” 

Patrick Wiseman moved his wife 

and son back to Newfoundland 

to start a new Pentecostal 

church, but when his wife, Anne, 

leaves him for a man she meets 

on Facebook, and his son, Hab, 

moves in with his girlfriend, Natalie 

— a burgeoning alcoholic with 

a fiery past — Patrick takes a suicidal 

leap of faith that brings him 

face-to-face with his estranged 

father, Des, a Catholic mystic 

who might be covering up an 

old crime. While Patrick wrestles 

to come to terms with his failed 

marriage, Hab struggles to hang 

on to his tenuous relationship 

with Natalie. But when a woman 

is almost burned alive in a nearby 

house fire and a neighborhood 

drunk is beaten within an inch of 

life, Hab begins to wonder if Natalie 

and her housemate, Gerry, 

know more than they let on. 

Northwestern College senior Carrie Bouwman of Rock Valley presents a possible motive as 

to why someone would murder a Northwestern professor during the crime writing class on 

Jan. 24 in Orange City. 

Pay a visit to Samuel Martin’s latest 

class and you’ll walk onto a crime 

scene. 

A human body outline is taped to the 

floor while a small group of students discuss 

books, movies and other popular culture at 

Northwestern College in Orange City. 

Martin, an assistant professor of English, 

is in his first semester of teaching the Tuesday 

and Thursday offering, deemed Crime 

Writing, which is held in Kepp Hall. 

Eight students are enrolled in the twocredit, 

one-hour class that will be offered 

every other spring, alternating with a fantasy 

writing course. 

The class stemmed from a demand for 

more special topic English offerings. 

“As a writing professor, I’d been asked to 

teach a session for that each year, and I was 

trying to think, ‘What are at least two different 

kinds?’” said Martin, who brainstormed 

various branches of fiction students might 

be interested that would be feasible with 

Northwestern’s schedule. 

He first created a fantasy-style workshop, 

where students study and write in the style 

of “Lord of the Rings” author J R.R. Tolkien 

through modern times. 

The Crime Writing course was born from 

Martin’s personal interest in the genre. 

He’s already had two works in the subject 

matter published — “The Ramshackle Tabernacle,” 

a collection of short stories, in 2010, 

and “A Blessed Snarl,” a novel, in 2012. 


“THE RAMSHACKLE 

TABERNACLE” 

“The Ramshackle Tabernacle” is a 

collection of short stories set in and 

around the fictional villages of St. 

Lola and St. Olga in northeastern 

Ontario. Whether reflecting on 

the broken lives of others in the 

community or mourning the death 

of a friend who drowned in a freak 

fishing accident, the characters in this 

collection face tragedy with grace, 

humor and perseverance. These 

stories deal with both the rundown 

and ruined aspects of our humanity, 

but also with the redeeming and 

renewing love that can hold a 

community together when tragedies 

threaten to make it crumble. 

Martin has a third project, a series of 

crime novels — the first of which falls 

under the noir genre of crime writing with 

the working title of “Burn it Up." It is being 

considered by an agent in Chicago. 

“I’m working with him on this book, but 

also where the series might go,” he said. 

“It’s a little under wraps right now.” 

Martin said any student curious about 

the subject matter is able to take the Crime 

Writing course, as there are no prerequisites. 

“If they’re interested in taking the class, 

they just need to have a conversation with 

me about their past writing experience 

and their interest in the genre,” he said. 

“We have students from the community 

as well as nonmajors and English majors 

all in the group.” 

One of Martin’s favorite parts about 

teaching the course relates to his personal 

work. 

“I get to share some of the research 

I’ve done in terms of the genre,” he said. 

“I’ve done quite a bit of reading in each 

of the crime writing genres, so I enjoy 

Northwestern College professor Samuel Martin challenges his class to humanize a body 

found at a crime scene during crime writing class on Jan. 24 in Orange City. 

seeing the reactions to something I’ve 

connected with.” 

Martin’s passion for the crime genre is 

evident in his class. 

During a recent Tuesday afternoon, his 

discussion ranged from the students’ current 

read, “A Fatal Grace” by Louise Penny 

to television and movies as well — “Kill 

Bill,” “John Wick,” “Pulp Fiction,” “Breaking 

Bad,” “Castle,” “Psych” and more. 

Martin’s goal for the course is simple. 

“The nice thing about the class is that 

most students come with a prior interest in 

the genre, so they actually teach me quite 

a bit about authors I haven’t read, films I 

haven’t seen and other possibilities of how 

to tell a good story,” he said. 

"Basically, I’m allowing the course to 

take shape around their interests as well as 

my own.” 


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HEALTH 

A PASSION 

TEXT BY LINDSAY KRUSE 

PHOTOS BY JOSH HARRELL 

for creation 

Kari Beadner serves local 

women as a labor doula 


Kari Beadner has a passion for 

creation. 

That love has blossomed 

into a full-fledged career for the 36-yearold 

Orange City resident. 

Beadner, a certified FertilityCare practitioner 

and labor doula and owner of 

Orange City FertilityCare Center, recently 

added another title to her resume — director 

of Guiding Star Orange City, which will 

hold its grand opening on March 2. 

However, these titles all are relatively 

new to the former admissions counselor 

at her alma mater, Simpson University in 

Redding, CA. 

Beadner and her husband, Aaron, left 

the Golden State behind in 2011, when 

Aaron became the director of student programs 

at Northwestern College. 

“I came without a job and this is what’s 

happened,” Kari Beadner said. 

She was 20 weeks pregnant with the 

couple’s first child, Abbey, at the time of 

the relocation. 

About six months after Abbey was born, 

Beadner began looking for a natural method 

of family planning. 

“The method I was using wasn’t effective 

during the breast-feeding time,” she 

said. 

She learned about the Creighton Model 

FertilityCare System through a seminar 

presented by former Orange City Area 

Health System doctor Harrison Hanson in 

2012. 

The Creighton Model doesn’t require 

any drugs, surgery, artificial products or 

devices. Instead, it focuses on the woman 

externally observing her body to determine 

fertile and non-fertile days. By planning 

around the observations, the couple can 

determine the times to achieve or avoid 

pregnancy. 

“Even people with irregular cycles or 

during breast-feeding, when you’re in ovulatory 

and waiting for your fertility to return, 

this method can be used,” Beadner 

said. 

“We are about the 

whole aspect of life 

from conception to 

natural death, and that’s 

one of our biggest 

tenants: Every life should 

be respected and 

valued, no matter what 

part of the life that 

person is — the father, 

the mother, 

the baby." 

— KARI BEADNER 

CERTIFIED FERTILITYCARE 

PRACTITIONER, LABOR DOULA & OWNER 

OF ORANGE CITY FERTILITYCARE CENTER 

The couple agreed on implementing the 

system, but Hanson said they needed a 

FertilityCare instructor. At the time, Sioux 

County was void of options, and the closest 

teachers were located in Akron, Sioux City 

and Sioux Falls, SD. 

“With a little baby, I didn’t want to go, 

because the first four meetings are two 

weeks apart, and I thought it was so far 

and so sad that we had no one to teach it,” 

Beadner said. “That’s when I was like, ‘I 

know I can do this. I need a part-time job,’ 

and it’s turned into way more than that.” 

She began training and opened Orange 

City FertilityCare Center in October 2012. 

The next year, she completed the 

Creighton Model FertilityCare Practitioner 

Program at Pope Paul VI Institute for Human 

Reproduction in Omaha, NE. 

“It was a 13-month internship, and I 

started working with clients then,” she 

said. “Today, I’ve seen more than 150 clients 

and more than 80 conceptions.” 

After achieving pregnancy, one client 

asked Beadner if there were any labor 

doula services in the area. 

“I was like, ‘No, I don’t think so. As far 

as I know, from what I learned in my childbirth 

education class at the hospital, nurses 

are one-on-one here, so you don’t really 

need one,’” she said. 

That night, Beadner looked into the 

topic. 

“I started doing just a little bit of research, 

and I found that doulas actually 

give constant physical, emotional and informational 

support to families during the 

entire birthing process,” she said. “Doulas 

aren’t advocates; they actually just give the 

support that the family needs to be able to 

achieve the goals that they have, whether 

that be a natural birth, whether that be a 

medicated birth — anything.” 

Beadner was intrigued, and she completed 

an independent program through 

Childbirth International, receiving her labor 

doula certification in May 2016. 

“I’ve attended nine births so far, and 

I’ve got a few that are upcoming in the next 


AT A GLANCE 

Name: Kari Beadner 

Position: Certified 

FertilityCare practitioner, 

certified labor doula, 

owner of Orange City 

FertilityCare Center and 

director of Guiding Star 


Age: 36 

Residence: Orange City 

Education: Graduated 

from Simpson University 

in Redding, CA, with a 

bachelor’s degree in cross 

cultural studies in 2003. 

Experience: Worked 

in the admissions office at 

Simpson University, 2001- 

04; missionary in Japan, 

2004-07; director of 

undergraduate admissions 

at Simpson University, 

2007-11; director and 

teacher for the Winter 

English Camp for high 

school students from 

Japan at Northwestern 

College in Orange City, 

2012-14; became a 

certified FertilityCare 

practitioner through the 

American Academy of 

FertilityCare Professionals 

in 2012; opened Orange 

City FertilityCare Center 

in 2012; obtained labor 

doula certification 

through Childbirth 

International in 2016; 

director of Guiding 

Star Orange City, 

2016-present. 

Family: Husband, 

Aaron; two children: 

Abbey, 5, and Hudson, 2. 

Interests: Spending 

time with family, teaching 

others about creation. 

couple of months,” she said. 

“It’s been really exciting.” 

The beginnings of Beadner’s 

latest venture, Guiding Star Orange 

City, were initiated when 

she hosted a postpartum FertilityCare 

workshop last August. 

“I shared about Fertility- 

Care, I had a lactation consultant 

come and speak, I had a 

physical therapist come and 

talk about restoring pelvic floor, 

and I had a postpartum doula 

come and talk about postpartum 

care and herbalism,” she 

said. “While we were putting together 

that workshop, we realized 

all of these aspects are not 

covered in the doctor’s office, 

but they’re all really important 

things that women want and 

need.” 

Beadner previously had 

come across the Duluth, MNbased 

Guiding Star Project, an 

initiative created by Leah Jacobson, 

which seeks to create 

greater unity and collaboration 

of pro-life groups across 

the country. Its mission is “to 

establish comprehensive centers 

nationwide for women and 

families that uphold Natural 

Law and promote a New Feminism 

through a complimentary 

view of humanity that places 

women, men and children in 

loving family circles of trust, 

stability, and of mutual giving 

and acceptance.” 

“Leah started the Guiding 

Star Project in hopes of bringing 

life-affirming or pro-life 

services for families together 

under one roof so people didn’t 

have to go out and find all these 

different services,” Beadner 

said. 

“Doulas aren’t advocates; they actually 

just give the support that the 

family needs to be able to achieve the 

goals that they have." 

— KARI BEADNER 

CERTIFIED FERTILITYCARE PRACTITIONER, LABOR DOULA & 

OWNER OF ORANGE CITY FERTILITYCARE CENTER 

The network of Guiding 

Star locations provide not only 

pregnancy resources, but also 

a prenatal and birthing center, 

natural family planning, counseling, 

child care and a community 

conference space. 

Beadner wanted to expand 

that vision to Orange City. 

“I thought a Guiding Star 

Center would be really valuable 

in this area,” she said. “People 

want this.” 

Beadner immediately set to 

work on the idea. 

“I contacted Leah Jacobson 

in August after that workshop, 

and here we are today, having 

our grand opening March 

2, so it went really fast,” she 

said. “Once I started talking to 

different organizations in our 

area, people started jumping on 

board.” 

She’s excited for the new 

venture — located in the Dutch 

Plaza at 123 Albany Ave. S.E. 

Suite 5 — but more than anything, 

she’s looking forward 

to educating others about the 

value of creation and life. 

“We are about the whole aspect 

of life from conception to 

natural death, and that’s one of 

our biggest tenants: Every life 

should be respected and valued, 

no matter what part of the 

life that person is — the father, 

the mother, the baby. We really 

want to do all that we can to 

support all of those aspects,” 

Beadner said. 


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consultation, we look at all options for solving your hearing problem, 

including medical and surgical intervention and/or amplification devices. 

We have two audiology clinics 

• If hearing aids in Northwest are your best Iowa option, to we serve encourage you to try different devices to see 

how well your they needs perform and – before fit your you schedule. make any commitment. 

• We don’t have commission sales. Whether you choose the most expensive option or 


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including medical with and no surgical pressure to intervention purchase. and/or amplification devices. 

• If hearing aids are your best option, we encourage you to try different devices to see how well 

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• We 

you 

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make 

no-commitment 

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• We don’t have commission • Our hearing sales. devices Whether cost you choose no more the than most those expensive sold option by hearing or the least aid dealers. 

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purchase. 

Gail Bolton, Au.D., a Sioux Center resident and a member of our audiology and 

• We offer no-commitment trials to ensure 

ENT clinic 

your 

staff, 

satisfaction 

now sees 

with 

patients 

your decision 

in both Sioux Center and Orange City. As a 

• Our hearing devices cost no more than those sold by hearing aid dealers. 

doctor of audiology, Gail has 13 years of experience working with a range of 

Gail Bolton, Au.D., a Sioux hearing loss causes, in people of all ages. 

Center resident and a member 

of our audiology and ENT 

clinic staff, now sees patients 

in both Sioux Center and 

Orange City. As a doctor of 

audiology, Gail has 13 years 

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Two locations to serve you: 

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HAVE YOU 

HEARD? 

audiology clinics 

in Northwest Iowa to 

serve your needs 

and fit your schedule. 

At Korver Audiology we offer a medical team approach. At your init 

consultation, we look at all options for solving your hearing problem 

including medical and surgical intervention and/or amplification de 

We have two audiology clinics 

• If hearing aids in Northwest are your best Iowa option, to we serve encourage you to try different devices to 

how well your they needs perform and – before fit your you schedule. make any commitment. 

• We don’t have commission sales. Whether you choose the most expensive option 


consultation, we the look least at expensive all options one for –or solving decide to your wait hearing – at Korver problem, Audiology you will feel at e 

including medical with and no surgical pressure to intervention purchase. and/or amplification devices. 

• If hearing aids are your best option, we encourage you to try different devices to see how well 

they perform – before 

• We 

you 

offer 

make 

no-commitment 

any commitment. 

trials to ensure your satisfaction with your decision 

• We don’t have commission • Our hearing sales. devices Whether cost you choose no more the than most those expensive sold option by hearing or the least aid dealers. 

expensive one –or decide to wait – at Korver Audiology you will feel at ease with no pressure to 

purchase. 

Gail Bolton, Au.D., a Sioux Center resident and a member of our audiolog 

• We offer no-commitment trials to ensure 

ENT clinic 

your 

staff, 

satisfaction 

now sees 

with 

patients 

your decision 

in both Sioux Center and Orange City. 

• Our hearing devices cost no more than those sold by hearing aid dealers. 

doctor of audiology, Gail has 13 years of experience working with a ran 

Gail Bolton, Au.D., a Sioux hearing loss causes, in people of all ages. 

Center resident and a member 

of our audiology and ENT 

clinic staff, now sees patients 

in both Sioux Center and 

Orange City. As a doctor of 

audiology, Gail has 13 years 

AUDIOLOGY & HEARING SERVICES 

of experience working with a a division of korver ear nose and throat 

range of hearing loss causes, 

in people of all ages. 

Two locations to serve you: 

38 19th Street SW • Sioux Center • 722-4327 

907 Lincoln Circle SE • Orange City • 707-9585 

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38 19th Street SW • Sioux Center • 712-722-4327 

Lincoln Circle SE • Orange City • 712-707-9585 

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FUN FOR THE 

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COME VISIT 

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Open September and October 

Monday-Saturday 10 a.m.-Dark 

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Phone 712-737-8364 

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As a long time leader in the legal community, the firm is committed to providing the highest 

standard of skilled legal representation to our clients. 

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TULIP FESTIVAL 

Brett and Nora Mulder 

started Mulder Tulip 

Town Company 11 years 

ago after Sioux County's 

main tulip supplier 

retired from the 

flower business. 

“We couldn’t have a Dutch community without 

somebody selling tulips,” said Nora, who also 

works as a loan officer at Iowa State Bank in Orange 

City. 

Since 2006, the Mulders have planted about 

50,000 tulips each year in the Sioux County community 

of about 6,200. 

The couple works closely with the city and various 

businesses in Orange City to maintain a variety 

of flower beds, which are spread over several locations 

throughout the town. 

The tulip bulbs are imported from a supplier 

based in Noordwijerhout, Holland. 

“That’s where 90 percent of the bulbs we buy are 

from,” Brett said. 

“We have a couple of other suppliers too, but 

he’s the primary one, and he works with the different 

growers.” 

The bulbs arrive each September, and the Mulders 

typically plant in October. 


“They have to go through a cold period, 

and the key is to get them to bloom at the 

Tulip Festival,” Brett said. 

As a result, the Mulders tend to lean 

toward late and single late blooming varieties 

— lilies, parrots, darwin hybrids 

— while also incorporating some midbloomers, 

such as the traditional triumphs. 

Each year, the couple incorporates new 

tulips. 

During the 2017 Tulip Festival, be on 

the lookout for the Big Easy, a yellow, 

purple and pink mix reminiscent of Mardis 

Gras; the Pink Diamond, a pink single 

late tulip; the reddish pink van Eijk; a 

pink lily flower tulip deemed the Mariette 

and an orange variety named Daydream. 

“We usually try to have three-four new 

A TRIBUTE TO TULIPS 

The 2017 Tulip Festival is slated for 

May 18-20 with a theme of “A Tribute 

to Tulips.” 

varieties each year,” Brett said. “Mixes go 

over really well.” 

But, while the Mulders love planting 

and planning their tulip gardens, the couple 

enjoys meeting the people of Orange 

City and those who visit the community 

for the Tulip Festival even more. 

“We talk to a lot of the locals and a 

lot of the people from out of town, and 

they’re just so appreciative of our quaint 

little city,” Nora said. 

“They love Orange City, and they love 

to come visit us,” Brett added. 

The Mulders work 

hand-in-hand 

with Orange City 

and a number of 

businesses to plant 

around 50,000 

tulips every year. 

TULIP FESTIVAL TIMELINE 

1933: The first Tulip Show, a flower contest, 

is sponsored by local clubs. 

1934: Encouraged by the interest of the 

first Tulip Show, the event continues for 

another year and grows in size. 

1935: The Orange City community 

organizes the first special planting of 

tulips. 

1936: The first Tulip Festival is held and 

is referred to as the May Festival. The 

estimated attendance was 3,500 people. 

1937: A queen and royal court are selected 

for the festival. 

1938: A second day is added to the festival. 

1941: An evening parade is added. The 

estimated attendance for the two-day 

festival reaches 15,000 people. 

1942-46: World War II is being waged. 

The festival is canceled and replaced 

with Victory Days and other appropriate 

observations. 

1946: With peace on the horizon, 50,000 

new tulip bulbs are imported from 

Holland. 

1947: The Tulip Festival resumes post war. 

One day is dedicated to veterans. 

1950: A third day is added to the festival, 

and the Dutch street organ is acquired. 

1990: The Tulip Festival celebrates its 50th 

year. 

2015: The Tulip Festival celebrates its 75th 

year. 


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Financial Advisor 

109 Third St NE 


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Cell 712-541-9195 

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offers a unique fall fest 

of crafts, baked goods, a 

corn maze, petting zoo, 

autumn produce and 

FUN FOR THE 

WHOLE FAMILY! 

COME VISIT 

US THIS FALL! 

Open September and October 

Monday-Saturday 10 a.m.-Dark 

Dave & Helen Huitink 

Phone 712-737-8364 




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YOUTH 

MAGICIANS 

in the Making 

TEXT BY LINDSAY KRUSE 

PHOTOS BY RYLAN HOWE 

Orange City youth learn to how to make magic 

The first rule of a magician is to 

never unveil a secret. 

After all, secrets are what magic 

is all about. 

Lisa Laird recently revealed some of the 

illusions of the profession for a select group 

of children during a two-session Magicians 

in the Making event hosted by the Orange 

City Area Arts Council. 

Laird is a professional puppeteer and 

ventriloquist, and her focus is on entertaining 

and educating children. Playing, 

creativity and imagination are an integral 

part of her job. 

“I use a little magic in all of my shows, 

because it illustrates the lessons I want to 

teach,” said the Orange City resident and 

owner of Pockets Full of Fun. “Kids love 

magic. It grabs their attention. They’re 

fascinated by it and very interested in 

learning it.” 

Laird also works as the children’s outreach 

director at the Sioux Center Public 

Library and oversees some after-school 

programs at Kinsey Elementary. She has 

incorporated magic at both places. 

She mentioned her interest to Janine 

Calsbeek, executive director of the Orange 

City Area Arts Council, and the Magicians 

in the Making class was booked. 

“It’s just a fun thing for kids to try,” Calsbeek 

said. “I used to try doing magic tricks 

when I was a kid. It’s just fun to wow your 

friends or your parents.” 

During the first session of Magicians 

in the Making, which was held on Feb. 1, 

Laird began by having the five boys in attendance 

take a magician’s pledge. 

“I promise not to tell any of my magical 


secrets to anyone unless they 

are learning to be a magician,” 

the elementary-aged children 

recited. 

“Do you know why you have 

to take that pledge?” Laird 

asked. “It’s no fun to go watch 

someone do magic if all they 

ever do is show you all the secrets. 

Part of going to watch a 

magic show is being amazed 

and being tricked — that’s why 

they’re called magic tricks.” 

Throughout the session, the 

students learned three tricks 

and a variety of vocabulary. 

Laird expanded on her teachings 

during the second workshop, 

which was attended by 

three more children on Feb. 8. 

She had three primary goals 

in mind for the class. 

“I just hope that kids will 

learn some fun magic and enjoy 

performing those tricks 

for their families and friends, 

be inspired to go to the Orange 

City Public Library and 

check out books about magic 

and realize that there are a lot 

of ways to use magic through 

things that you make yourself 

or things that don’t cost a lot of 

money,” Laird said. 

Her focus already was realized 

at the end of the first session 

of the workshop. 

Two of the participants — 

11-year-old Dan Bos and 8-yearold 

Rowan Oostra — could 

hardly contain their excitement 

for the subject matter. 

“I really like magic,” said 

Oostra, a third-grader at Sioux 

Center Christian School. “My 

favorite part is learning how to 

do the magic tricks.” 

Bos agreed. 

“The magic tricks are all 

pretty cool,” said the fifth-grader 

at MOC-Floyd Valley’s Orange 

City Elementary School. 

Inspiring children has long 

been a passion for Laird. 

And that’s what drives the 

former teacher turned puppeteer 

and ventriloquist. 

“I love seeing their faces light 

up when they’ve created something, 

when what they’ve created 

works and when they recognize 

the secret behind what 

happened,” Laird said. 

“That applies to both magic 

and puppetry, because there’s 

a crossover between the two. 

They’re both all about illusion 

and creating something 

different from what it really 

is, so whether that’s bringing 

a puppet to life or creating a 

magical illusion, seeing their 

eyes light up when it works is 

all worth it.” 

“I love seeing their faces light up 

when they’ve created something, 

when what they’ve created works 

and when they recognize the 

secret behind what happened.” 

— LISA LAIRD 

PROFESSIONAL PUPPETEER & VENTRILOQUIST 

Eight-year-old Cael Millard 

arranges cups after learning 

a levitation illusion during 

Magicians in the Making. 

NEXT UP 

The Orange City Area Arts Council has 

more events for children on its lineup: 

• Improv with Northwestern College’s 

Black V will offer an opportunity for 

fifth-eighth-graders to participate in two 

sessions of theatre games and act out 

various scenes. Students will learn what 

improvisational theatre is about, how to 

make strong and crazy characters and work 

together to make an entertaining show. 

They also will meet some cast members 

of the Orange City college improvisational 

group. The event is slated for 4-5 p.m. 

Wednesday, March 22 and 29, at the 

Orange City City Hall. The cost is $15, 

which increases to $25 after March 15. 

• Lisa Laird will teach a puppet-making 

workshop for students in kindergartenfifth 

grade, showing participants how to 

create several types of fluorescent puppets. 

The two-session event will conclude with 

a black light show for parents and friends. 

The class is scheduled for 9-11:30 a.m. 

Saturday, April 1 and 8, at the Orange City 

City Hall community room. The cost is $25, 

which increases to $35 after March 25. 

To register for either class or view the 

Orange City Area Art Council’s other 

upcoming offerings, visit orangecityarts.net. 

For more information, call 712-707-4885 or 

e-mail ocArts@orangecityiowa.com. 


WORD ON THE STREET 

What are you most looking forward to about 

Orange City’s annual Tulip 

Festival is a time for the Sioux 

County community of about 

6,200 to celebrate its Dutch heritage. 

The internationally recognized event 

— held every third weekend in May 

— draws tens of thousands of visitors 

and features music and dancing by children 

and adults in authentic Dutch costumes, 

two daily parades, nightly musical 

theatre, a carnival midway, Dutch 

delicacies and thousands of tulips. 

It’s no surprise that Orange City 

residents enjoy the Tulip Festival, so 

we asked some locals what they’re most 

looking forward to about the yearly 

tradition. 

“I love to be involved in the 

parades with my kids. We love to 

show off our Dutch heritage to all 

of those that come visit us.” 

— Marie Hofmeyer, 

Orange City resident 

and owner of Holland 

House Interiors 

“‘Shrek.’ My husband and 

I just watched the musical, 

and we laughed a lot.” 

— Janine Calsbeek, 

executive director of the 

Orange City Arts Council and 

Orange City resident 

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the TULIP FESTIVAL? 

“The poffertjes and all the 

food. I don’t make all of the 

Dutch treats at home.” 

— Claudia Elzinga, 

employee at Evie’s 

Hallmark and Orange 

City resident 

“The food, especially 

the pea soup and pigs 

in a blanket.” 

— Kris Mars, Orange City 

resident and owner of 

Chrysalis Bridal Salon 

“I always enjoy the various people 

coming to town — the different 

generations and walks of life. It’s 

nice to see the interaction.” 

— Chad Borchers, Orange 

City resident and manager 

at Woudstra Meat Market 

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MEET YOUR NEIGHBOR 

TEXT BY LINDSAY KRUSE | PHOTO BY JOSH HARRELL 

MEET Karli Lang 

O 

range City is filled to the brim 

with people that we want to know 

better. 

Karli Lang is no exception. 

The senior at MOC-Floyd Valley High 

School in Orange City entered the ranks of 

royalty last fall when she was crowned the 

2017 Tulip Festival queen. 

Lang, an Orange City native, will rule over 

her hometown’s 77th annual community 

celebration, which is set for May 18-20 in the 

Sioux County seat of about 6,200, and she 

couldn’t be more excited. 

KARLI LANG 

POSITION: 2017 Tulip Festival queen 

AGE:17 

FAMILY: Parents, Chris and Sherry Lang; two 

siblings: Kelsey, 19, and Colin, 13 

FAVORITE PART OF THE TITLE? The best part of 

being the Tulip Festival queen is the endless fun 

with the other girls on the Tulip Court and all 

the other amazing people that we get to work 

with. It is an amazing opportunity to get to 

represent a wonderful town and give back to 

this community that I have been blessed to grow 

up in. 

MOST CHALLENGING PART OF YOUR TITLE? It 

can be challenging at times to juggle school, 

activities, jobs, college prep and responsibilities 

as Tulip Queen on top of everything else, but 

every moment is worth it. One funny challenge 

I’ve encountered is that I sometimes get asked 

how to say words in Dutch, to which I laugh and 

admit I know absolutely no Dutch. Hopefully I 

can learn a little in the upcoming months. 

FAVORITE BOOK? “The Selection” series by Kiera 

Cass 

HOBBIES? I enjoy any activity outside — bike rides, 

walks with my dog, going sledding and skiing and 

hiking. I also love having coffee with friends, family 

game nights, babysitting, road trips and traveling 

to new places. 

CHURCH AND OTHER ORGANIZATIONS YOU 

BELONG TO? New Hope Evangelical Free 

Church in Orange City, where I’m an active 

part of the high school youth group and teach 

kindergarten and first-grade Kidz Klub. At MOC- 

Floyd Valley High School, I’m involved in cross 

country, dance team, student council, National 

Honor Society, large group speech and marching 

band. 

FAVORITE MOVIE? “Me Before You” 

FAVORITE MUSIC GENRES? Some artists I’ve been 

listening to a lot lately are Ben Rector, Tori Kelly, 

Anthem Lights, Jon Bellion and Ed Sheeran. My 

favorite worship artists include Rend Collective, 

Jesus Culture and Hillsong. 

FAVORITE FOOD? My mom’s chicken enchiladas. 

FAVORITE VACATION? Relaxing on a beach in the 

Florida sun with my family. 

FAVORITE QUOTE? “One life on this earth is all that 

we get, whether it is enough or not enough. And 

the obvious conclusion would seem to be that 

at the very least, we are fools if we do not live it 

as fully and bravely and beautifully as we can.” — 

Frederick Buechner 

WHAT DO YOU LIKE BEST ABOUT LIVING IN 

ORANGE CITY? I love the people of Orange City 

and the simple joys of life in a small Christian 

community. I love that I know so many people 

here and that so many are friendly, caring, always 

willing to help others out and be role models I 

look up to. 


ORANGE CITY 

Orange City is a town filled to 

the brim with interesting places, 

people and activities to try. 

No matter whether you are a 

longtime resident, a return visitor 

or a new face in town, this is your 

guide to everything you need to 

know about Orange City. Check 

out a book from the library, 

attend a church service or grab 

a bite to eat at one of the local 

restaurants. There's plenty to 

check out in Orange City. 

COMMUNITY GUIDE

COMMUNITY GUIDE 

CITY HALL 

Orange City City Hall 

125 Central Ave. SE 

712-707-4885 

cityadmin@orangecityiowa.com 

PHONE, INTERNET, 

& CABLE SERVICE 

Orange City Communications 

Phone: 712-707-1000 

www.orangecitycomm.net 

Frontier Communications 

Phone: 712-546-5156 

frontier.com 

Premier Communications 

ORANGE CITY 

Population: 

6,064 

Founded: 1870 

County: Sioux 

VOTER REGISTRATION 

To register to vote in Sioux County, visit 

the auditor at the Sioux County Courthouse 

in Orange City, or download the 

Voter Registration Form and mail it to 

the courthouse. The courthouse’s address 

is 210 Central Ave S, Orange City, IA 

51041. 

ORANGE CITY AIRPORT 

Orange City Municipal Airport is a cityowned 

public-use airport located one 

nautical mile south of the central business 

district of Orange City. 

204 14th St. SW, Orange City, IA 51401 

UTILITIES 

Orange City Municipal Utilities, with collaboration 

with local Orange City businesses, 

offer these services: electricity, 

natural gas, water, household hazardous 

material disposal, recyclable and nonrecyclable 

material disposal, and street 

maintenance and construction. 

125 Central Ave. SE 

P.O. Box 406 


712-707-4885 

POST OFFICE 

108 Albany Ave. SE 

Phone: 712-722-1113 

712-737-4215 


www.mypremieronline.com 

712-737-4207 


CHURCHES 

American Reformed Church 

407 Albany Avenue SE 

712-737-4430 

Sunday worship at 9:30 a.m. 

Calvary Christian 

Reformed Church 

709 5th Street SE 

712-737-2797 

Sunday morning: 9:30 a.m. 

Sunday evening: 5 p.m. 

Cornerstone Baptist Church 

221 3rd Street SW 

712-737-8444 

Service is Sundays at 10:30 a.m. 

Dover Avenue Alliance Church 

417 3rd Street NE 

712-737-8442 

Sunday worship: 10:30 a.m. 

Faith Lutheran Church 


712-737-2112 

Sunday worship: 9:30 a.m. 

Living Water Community Church 


712-707-5100 

Sunday morning: 10 a.m. 

New Hope Evangelical Free Church 

718 Florida Avenue SW 

712-737-4620 

Morning Worship: 8:30 and 10:45 a.m. 

Summer schedule: Morning Worship at 

9 a.m. 

First Christian Reformed Church 

408 Arizona Avenue SW 

712-737-4165 

Sunday Service at 9:30 a.m. 

Sunday Evening worship service at 6 p.m. 

First Reformed Church 

420 Central Avenue NW 

712-737-4909 

Sunday morning: 9:30 a.m. 

Sunday evening: 5:30 p.m. 

Immanuel Christian 


1405 Albany Avenue NE 

712-737-8388 

Service is Sundays at 9:30 a.m. and 5 

p.m. 

Redeemer United 


302 St. Paul Avenue SW 

712-737-8749 

Sunday Morning Worship at 9:30 a.m. 

Sunday Evening Worship at 6 p.m. 

The Church of the Savior 

530 Arizona Avenue SW 

712-737-3930 

Sunday Worship Service at 10 a.m. 

Trinity Reformed Church 

201 St. Paul Avenue SE 

712-737-4542 

Sunday Worship Service at 8:30 a.m., 

9:50 & 11:10 a.m. 



PARKS AND REC 

Orange City Municipal 

Aquatic Facility 

803 2nd Street SE 

712-707-9494 

The pool is heated and offers zero-depth 

entry, a water slide, lap lanes, diving 

boards, a splash pad, shade areas and picnic 

tables and changing rooms. The pool 

is open seven days a week during summer 

(Memorial Day to Labor Day). Also at the 

aquatic facility is a park which features a 

shelter house, a play structure and two 

open air shelters. 

Landsmeer Golf Club 

902 7th Street NE 

712-737-3429 

Puddle Jumper View Park 

Veteran’s Park 


An 18-hole course with a practice facility 

including range, putting green, practice, 

sand bunker and chipping green. 

Puddle Jumper Trail 

A two-mile nature trail covered with 

crushed rock. A bridle path for horses 

also runs along side of the main trail. The 

path is a former railroad right-of-way 

connecting the communities of Orange 

City and Alton. An open-air shelter, picnic 

tables, restrooms and drinking fountain 

at the mid-point can be used as a rest 

area or picnic location. The mid-point 

A rock walking path links the park to the 

Puddle Jumper Trail. The park has a rock 

wall, play structures, swing set and an 

open air shelter. 

Recreation Trail 

A cement path located around the perimeter 

of Landsmeer Golf Club. The 2-mile 

path is great for walking, jogging, biking 

or rollerblading. 

Tracks 

An all-weather track is located at Korver 

Field on the campus of Northwestern 

This park is located on Iowa Avenue SW 

and includes the Scout House, open air 

shelters, an enclosed rental shelter, picnic 

tables, restrooms, play structures, two 

baseball fields, sand volleyball courts, 

horseshoe pits, a rollerblade rink, basketball 

courts and a camping area. 

Jaycee Park 

This park features lighted tennis courts 

and two open air shelters. It is located 

on Albany Ave. SE and is next to Korver 

Field. 

is accessible from a gravel road off of 

College. An indoor track is located in 

Bark Park 

Highway 10 East. Another access point is 

the Rowenhorst Student Center on the 

This dog park is located in Veteran’s Park 

located on county road K64 on the south 

Northwestern campus. 

and features two separate areas for dogs: 

side of Orange City, and the third access 

one for large dogs and one for small dogs. 

point is located on the west side of Alton. 


EDUCATION 

MOC-Floyd Valley Community 

School District 

moc-fv.k12.ia.us 

Orange City Elementary School 

312 1st St. SW 


712-737-4606 

Hospers Elementary School 

204 4th Ave. 

Hospers, IA 51238 

712-752-8480 

MOC-Floyd Valley Middle School 

1104 5th Ave. 

Alton, IA 51003 

712-756-4128 

MOC-Floyd Valley High School 

615 8th St. SE 


712-737-4871 

Orange City Christian School 

604 3rd Street SW 

Orange City, IA • 712-737 –2274 

www.orangecitychristian.net 

Unity Christian High School 

216 Michigan Ave. SW 


712-737-4114 

www.unity.pvt.k12.ia.us 

Northwestern College 

101 7th St. SW 


712-707-7000 

www.nwciowa.edu 

Northwestern College is a Christian liberal 

arts college affiliated with the Reformed 

Church in America. 

LIBRARY 

Orange City Public Library 

112 Albany Ave SE 


712-707-4302 

orangecityiowa.com/residents/library/ 

Monday – Thursday: 9 a.m.–8 p.m. 

Friday – Saturday: 9 a.m.–6 p.m. 



RESTAURANTS 

88 Chinese Restaurant 

803 Albany Place 

712-707-9288 

Blue Mountain Culinary Emporium 

814 Lincoln Place 

712-737-3153 

De Zoete Winkel 


712-707-5775 

Downtown Grille 

121 3rd St. NW 

712-707-3100 

Hardee’s 

809 Albany Place 

712-737-8979 

Hatchery Restaurant & Lounge 

819 Lincoln Ave SE 

712-737-2889 

Johnny’s Place 

813 Lincoln Ave. SE 

712-707-9500 


Nederlander’s Grill 


712-737-3900 

Old Factory Coffee Shop 


712-707-5566 

P’s Pizza House 

723 8th St SE 

712-737-9077 

Pizza Ranch 

1505 8th St. SE 

712-737-3711 

Subway 

Hwy. 10 E & K64 

712-737-8080 


Szechuan Inn 

Sinterklaas Day 

Sioux County Museum & Orange 

114 2nd St. NE 

Orange City plays host to the traditional 

City Dutch Heritage Center 

712-737-8887 

Dutch “Santa” on the first Saturday in 

120 3rd St. SW, Orange City 

December. The Sinterklaas Dag Celebra- 

712-441-4919 

Taco John’s 


712-737-4555 

The Dutch Bakery 

221 N. Central Ave 

712-737-4360 

ANNUAL CELEBRATIONS 

Tulip Festival 

Each year the community of Orange City 

comes together to host the three-day Tulip 

Festival the third weekend in May. 

The festival features dances by children 

tion features the arrival of Sinterklaas on 

a white horse and there are many games 

and activities for kids to enjoy. 

ARTS AND ENTERTAINMENT 

Orange City Arts Council 

The Orange City Arts Council works to 

bring artists and musicians to Orange 

City for public performances and into 

schools to inspire the next generation. 

With the summer months comes Onstage 

Orange City, which features free performances 

in Orange City’s Windmill Park 

each Wednesday night. They also host 

Featured historical exhibits include antiques 

from North Holland, traditional 

Dutch clothing, military pieces, items 

used by local settlers, and a Native American 

collection. A one-room schoolhouse, 

rug weaver, and barbershop are also featured 

in the tour. 

Stadscentrum 

201 Central Ave. NW, Orange City 

Stadscentrum is home to Orange City’s 

Dutch street organ and wooden shoe 

making equipment. Historical kiosks are 

also on display. 


and adults in traditional Dutch costumes, 

classes and artist exhibits. 

two daily parades, nightly musical the- 

125 Central Avenue SE 

Holland Plaza Theatre 

atre, Dutch goodies and thousands of 

712-707-4885 


blooming tulips. 

orangecityarts.net 

712-737-8866 

www.mainstreettheatres.com 


HEALTH/WELLNESS 

Orange City Area Health System 

The Orange City Health System is a comprehensive 

health system which includes 

several clinics, a hospital, a retirement 

community, and nursing home facilities. 

The staff consists of over 500 medical 

personnel, specialists, and skilled volunteers. 

Orange City Hospital 

1000 Lincoln Circle SE 

712-737-4984 

Orange City Medical Clinic 

1000 Lincoln Circle SE 

712-737-2000 

Prairie Ridge Care Center 

Prairie Ridge Care Center is a skilled 

nursing facility which includes a memory 

care unit. 1005 7th St. NE 

712-707-6000 

Bethany Christian Services 

Bethany Christian Services is an adoption 

agency, foster care service, and family 

and pregnancy counseling service that is 

located here in Orange City, Iowa. 

123 Albany Ave. SE 

712-737-4831 

The Bridge Transitional Housing 

The Bridge is a faith-based transitional 

housing program for women and children 

in difficult circumstances. It can 

house up to 20 women and children, 

and each resident can stay as long as 

24 months. While living at The Bridge, 

women are trained in a number of life 

skills, such as budget management, and 

are provided with resources to obtain an 

education and employment. 

P.O. Box 323 


712-707-9922 

www.thebridgehousing.org 



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