Sioux Center Magazine

SCWINTER
MAGAZINE
2017
redefining
HOME BIRTH
Promise CHC offers options
SHOPLocal
Retail sales numbers have
doubled in recent years
KEVIN
Schmidt
The designer behind the design of
American State Bank’s remodel

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SIOUX CENTER
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CELEBRATING ALL THAT IS
SIOUX CENTER, IOWA
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ON THE COVER
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Redefining Home Delivery
Promise CHC offers home birth option
The Designer Behind the Design
Kevin Schmidt’s handiwork dots
Sioux Center’s landscape
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Shop Local
Retail sales number have doubled in recent years
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HOME BIRTH
TEXT & SOME PHOTOS BY RENEE WIELENGA, OTHER PHOTO SUBMITTED
redefining
HOME
DELIVERY
Promise CHC offers home birth option
Thinking back to May 2, 2016, Tiffany Armstrong
wouldn’t change a thing.
After eight hours of unmedicated labor, she gave birth to a
healthy baby boy exactly where she wanted to be — her own home.
“I believe in the birthing process and I wanted to give myself and my body
the chance to do it on my own, in my own time, and my own space,” said Armstrong
of Sioux Center. “I’m so grateful there’s the option to go the hospital
and there’s life-saving procedures available in place if we needed them, but
I’m also so grateful we have midwives available in the community to guide the
home birth option.”
Armstrong knew about home births long before her son, TJ, was born due
to her profession as a chiropractor who specializes in treating prenatal women.
“I have a lot of patients that spans those who want a planned C-section to
home births,” she said. “As part of my job, I want to be there for information
because I want all women to have the birth of their dreams.”
Having a home birth fulfilled Armstrong’s dream.
“Going into it, I knew it was going to be the hardest day of my life — it was
going to be the most work I ever put into anything — and it lived up to that,
but I knew I could do it,” Armstrong said. “And I’d do it again.”
Throughout history, women have given birth at home. The majority of
women worldwide continue to birth their babies in non-hospital settings today.
According to the Centers for Disease Control, in 1900 the vast majority of
births were at home. However, this proportion fell to 44 percent by 1940, and
to 1 percent by 1969, where it’s remained. Though home births are still rare
in the United States, comprising less than 1 percent of births, they have been
increasing since 2004.
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Tyler and Tiffany Armstrong had a great experience
with their home birth on May 2, 2016. They worked with
midwives from Promise CHC to have the experience
they wanted. They couldn't have been happier with their
experience and with their new son, TJ.
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The home birth option is growing locally,
in part, because of Promise Community
Health Center’s education on the service
through its certified nurse midwives
Belinda Lassen and Pam Hulstein. They
have been assisting the home birth delivery
option for three years. The duo manage
prenatal care at Promise, which enrolls approximately
150 women per year into prenatal
care. Between the two of them, they
assist with about 50 home births annually.
Lassen oversaw Armstrong’s home birth.
They can assist with up to six births —
three each — in a month.
“We unfortunately have to decline requests
for home births, if a certain month
is already busy,” Lassen said. “We are careful
not to over-extend ourselves to provide
the coverage that is needed to attend to our
home birth moms.”
Moms in search of the home birth option
come from an 80-mile radius of Sioux
Center, including out to Sioux Falls, SD;
Spirit Lake, Storm Lake and Sioux City.
Both Hulstein and Lassen are licensed to
"It’s our feeling that if you’re eligible
for a home birth, people should
know they have the option.”
practice in South Dakota as well.
— PAM HULSTEIN
CERTIFIED NURSE MIDWIFE
The safety of having a baby at home is
always the big issue: What if something
goes wrong?
As midwives, Lassen and Hulstein are
trained and experienced at managing the
sudden problems that could come up.
“We have a plan in place for a transfer
to the hospital if it is needed,” Lassen said.
“We bring the necessary items to control
bleeding or for resuscitation. Women who
choose to have a baby at home know about
the risks, although very low, and they are
making a decision to accept the responsibility
for that choice.
“But — and this is a very important
point — the element of risk is lower in the
home setting. We don’t give drugs that may
affect the labor or the baby. We don’t speed
things up, which can be very risky for the
baby. We are not forcing the mom to stay
on her back in the bed tied to a monitor,
we are not taking away her food that she
needs to keep up her strength, we are not
watching the clock because it has been
such a long labor, we are just supporting
the process, and when you don’t interfere
or try to control this event, it will proceed
with much less risk involved.”
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during the home birth it gives moms the
options to walk around her home or eat if
she wants. We foster that because we know
it is part of birth and you’re going to do so
much better if you do what you need to do
the way you want to do it.”
Both Hulstein and Lassen think home
births emphasize birth in a more positive
way than American culture portrays.
“Birth is a healthy activity that women
were designed to do, and the birth experience
you have lays a foundation for mothering
and parenting, and the well-being of
the woman,” Lassen said. “It is not simply
a medical procedure you have done to get
a baby out of you.”
Lassen and Hulstein believe the only
negative to home births is the attitudes
surrounding the idea.
“So often when people think about
home birth, they automatically wonder if
it’s safe, is it legal?” Hulstein said. “Those
kinds of negatives people have are because
they’ve never explored it as an option. It’s
our feeling that if you’re eligible for a home
birth, people should know they have the
option.”
Home birth is for healthy moms who do
not have medical problems.
A woman is not eligible if they have
diabetes, chronic hypertension, a seizure
disorder or any chronic medical condition;
develop a pregnancy complication such as
preeclampsia; or the baby doesn’t settle
into a position that allows for a headfirst
delivery.
“We screen for adverse conditions at
each prenatal visit,” Lassen said. “If something
develops, and does not resolve, then
they will have a hospital birth.”
Women also need to be at least 37 weeks
and not over 42 weeks to have a baby at
home.
“There are excellent and very recent
studies that demonstrate the safety of an
out of hospital birth,” Lassen added. “But,
because birth has become medicalized to
the max in this country, people will still feel
it is unsafe to have a baby at home. Home
birth moms are well educated and know
the real risks and hopefully will choose
their midwives carefully.”
Hulstein believes, too, that home birth
is about empowerment.
“You empower someone by providing
options and choices and allowing them
to make decisions,” she said. “Not only is
that giving them the home birth option,
Just being at home and not in a hospital
was a benefit for Armstrong.
“I’m not comfortable in a hospital,” she
said. “It’s just not a calm environment to
me, not a place I feel I could be comfortable
in and where I’d want to welcome our baby
into the world. With a birth at home, there
was zero rushing and total comfort.”
Home birth is a true “welcoming home”
for a child, according to Armstrong.
“The hospital was nearby, but with a
home birth I could still have the nonmedicated,
water birth I was seeking,” she
said. “Plus, I know how clean our home is.
I’m comfortable in our bed. I know this is
the place I’m going to be bringing our kid
home anyway and birth isn’t super messy,
especially when you have a water birth.”
Too often people let fear get in the way.
“That’s the case because you hear more
about the bad than the good, but I also
think we’re good at creating problems for
ourselves too,” she said. “Home birth is
not for everyone, but for healthy low-risk
moms I think it’s something to ask questions
about, watch home births, seek out
other moms who made the choice or talk
to the local midwives — doing research and
deciding for yourself what is right. I think
more women might be surprised at how
wonderful of an option it can be.”
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ENTREPRENEUR
Kevin Schmidt, of Tucket's Design, works in his office, which he moved from his home to a remodeled shed in the backyard.
TEXT BY RENEE WIELENGA | PHOTOS BY RYLAN HOWE
THE DESIGNER BEHIND THE
Kevin Schmidt’s handiwork dots
Sioux Center’s landscape
design
The name Kevin Schmidt
may seem unfamiliar,
but Sioux Center residents
might recognize his handiwork.
The Tallgrass Townhomes on the northeast
side of town to American State Bank’s
remodel, Perspective Insurance’s building
update and the South Ridge Travel are just
four projects Schmidt designed under the
business name Tucket’s Design.
His 20-year resume also includes the
interior and exterior design of the The
Ridge Clubhouse and the Center Fresh Egg
Corporate Center as well as remodels of
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Kevin Schmidt is the owner of Tucket's Design, which he started after previously working
as an administrator for Sioux Center's hospital. He has helped design many new and
renovation projects in Sioux Center over the years.
Premier Communications, Interstates Control
System East campus and the upgrades
in the mall including Casey’s Bakery, True
Vine, Pat’s Jewelry and Petals & Perks.
The list continues with Central Reformed
Church’s outdoor signage and the city of
Sioux Center’s parade float.
Schmidt hasn’t always been a designer —
in fact, he previously worked as an administrator
for Sioux Center’s hospital.
“My father was a contractor so my whole
life was spent in buildings,” Schmidt said.
“Forty years ago people weren’t hiring interior
designers, but I would take care of my
dad’s design for him from the floor plans to
exterior drawings. This — being a designer
— is who I really am. I’m really an artist, I’m
not a hospital administrator.”
Schmidt initially made the career switch
by opening a small furniture store in Sioux
Center called Tucket’s.
“After about four years, I didn’t want to
be in the retail business anymore — I didn’t
want retail hours of being open six days a
week,” he said.
He opened up an office out of his home,
offering services that include layout, interior
and exterior finishes, selections of lighting
and plumbing, furniture and cabinetry,
art and accessories — any aspect of design a
client might need.
“New American, traditional, transitional,
contemporary, executive, leisure, period —
these are just some of the design styles
Tucket’s is prepared to explore with the
client,” Schmidt wries on his website. “Any
combination of these styles makes for a
unique and individual look — a challenge
Tucket’s is prepared to embrace.”
His approach goes beyond “just decorating”
and involves creating cohesion between
all the elements of the exterior and
interior of a building.
“I’m really not a decorator,” he said.
“Though I’m not a degreed architect, I approach
projects from an architectural view
as far as design elements are concerned. My
training and expertise comes from experience
and loving art.”
Schmidt estimates about 60 percent of
his work is for commercial clients, the rest
is residential. Client projects have brought
him to Sioux City, Okoboji, Madison, S.D.,
Sioux Falls and as far as Phoenix.
Working through the design process has
taught Schmidt a key lesson.
“I’ve learned now that if I draw it, I better
be able to put it together,” he said.
That includes one of his most challenging
features — designing the chandelier for
inside American State Bank. Bank leaders
were in search of a piece that made “a grand
statement.
“We were on the internet and searching
through catalogs trying to find just the
right piece,” Schmidt said. “Finally I said we
could design this.”
Schmidt and his client, Dale Den Herder
of Sioux Center, got to work putting ideas
on paper.
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TUCKET’S DESIGN
Owner: Kevin Schmidt
4177 US Hwy 75, Sioux Center
712-722-3050
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“Part of the challenge was that we had to
convince the electrician we could do this,”
Schmidt said. “Then finding the aesthetic
of balance and symmetry and finding the
parts and pieces for its volume size — that
really was one of the biggest challenges, but
one of the most rewarding to see it when it
was complete.”
Working directly with the business owner
or both partners seeking to build a home
is important to Schmidt.
“That’s who I’m selling to, that’s who has
to believe in my designs,” he said. “It provides
a better line of communication and,
especially with husbands and wives, helps
me create a balance between both sides
because, it’s the truth, no husband wants
to wake up to flowered wallpaper no matter
how much his wife likes flowers.”
About a decade ago, Schmidt moved his
office from inside his home to a remodeled
shed in the backyard of his rural Sioux Center
home.
“I was happy to open an office in my
home at first because I didn’t need a storefront
for any reason,” he said.
Moving his office outside his home
opened up space in his small residence
as well as helped created separation from
work and home life.
“But having an office just near my home
can be a curse and blessing,” he said. “I’m
close enough to my office to quick run out
here if I need to, but sometimes it’s hard to
stay out of here when I’m only 50 feet from
my house.”
At 65 years old, retirement is nowhere on
the radar for Schmidt.
“I don’t know what else I would do. I
don’t golf, I don’t fish and I don’t hunt,” he
said. “I hope I can stay healthy and keep a
vision going for a least 10 more years. Just
another decade would be wonderful.”
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ECONOMY
TEXT BY STEVE HOOGLAND | PHOTOS BY RYLAN HOWE
SHOP
LOCAL
Retail sales number have doubled
in recent years
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Sioux Center’s retail sales
numbers look like those
of a community larger
than 7,500 people.
According to Iowa State Extension, the
sales are more like a community of 12,729
and those numbers continue to climb.
Centre Mall manager Dean Gabhart
keeps close track of retail sales figures and
has seen the community’s sales figures grow
significantly in recent years. According to
the Iowa Department of Revenue, Sioux
Center’s sales for fiscal year 2016, were at
$153.4 million, a 4.1 percent increase from
$147.5 million in 2015. Fiscal years run July
1-June 30.
“During the past 15 years, retail sales in
Sioux Center have doubled,” Gabhart said.
The retail sales number for Sioux Center
on a per capita basis is $20,582 — ranking
the community well ahead of the state retail
sales per capita figure of $12,437.
“We’re well represented in the retail
community,” Gabhart said. “We have grocery
stores, automobile dealers, furniture
stores and many other things. People gravitate
to Sioux Center to fill their shopping
needs.”
Brett Van Den Berg of Furniture Mart
appreciates the community’s customers.
“Our community has people who are
loyal — they want to shop local and look to
us first,” Van Den Berg said.
Having businesses who have a history of
meeting needs creates a conducive atmosphere
for retail sales.
“People appreciate you because you have
Sioux Center has retail sales figures that
are more in line with a town with the
population size of 12,729. Its sales for fiscal
year 2016 were $153.4 million.
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Hedy Van Bruggen, from Sioux Center, was shopping recently for a few items including sandals for an upcoming vacation to Aruba.
experience in business,” he said. “It helps
you gain credibility. Our customers appreciate
our history. We are in our third
generation now.”
RETAIL SALES
Sioux Center’s retail sales have
increased significantly in recent years.
Year Sales Pct
2004 $82,076,517 +4.4%
2005 $90,453,018 +10.2%
2006 $96,292,338 +6.4%
2007 $101,033,563 +4.9%
2008 $110,402,041 +9.3%
2009 $120,219,785 +8.9%
2010 $114,205,373 -5.0%
2011 $119,933,819 +5.0%
2012 $131,057,839 +9.3%
2013 $133,439,337 +1.8%
2014 $140,972,111 +5.7%
2015 $147,532,332 +4.7%
2016 $153,444,247 +4.1%
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Northwest Bank president Eric Walhof
said he’s been amazed at the amount of
retail activity.
“I like the hometown atmosphere you
experience shopping here in Sioux Center,”
Walhof said. “The people who shop along
Main Street, even those who come from out
of town, so often wind up at Centre Mall
and other stores. I appreciate the variety.
Our stores offer so many things — having
three car dealerships is big. Vos Motors being
purchased by Ver Hoef is a big deal. It’s
still locally owned. We have furniture stores
too that offer hometown service.”
MEETING DEMAND
The connection between customer and
merchant is what retail leaders want to see.
“The key to success is bringing products
to the community that people are looking
for,” Gabhart said. “They have a finger on
the pulse of the consumer. They do a good
job making sure that when a customer is
wanting something, it is available here. It’s
an active process, always evaluating what
consumer wants are and making those
available.”
Staying current is just as important.
“We have to stay up to date with the different
looks,” Van Den Berg said. “That’s
true whether you sell groceries, furniture or
flooring. You have to be prepared and have
the right people working with you.”
It’s not a secret there is a great deal of
competition for retailers. Larger metropolitan
hubs and internet outlets offer similar
products.
“The key to retail sales in a small town
is personal attention,” Gabhart said. “You
need to provide service beyond what is
available in a big-box store and is certainly
not available on the internet. You need to
be flexible about return policies. If there
are problems, you need to address them.
People respond positively to personal attention.
Consumers like to work with local

stores who make them feel like they will be
there for them.”
Last November, the Sioux Center Chamber
of Commerce kicked off a “Shop Sioux
Center” campaign. One of the first activities
was rewarding prizes on Small Business
Saturday, the day after Black Friday following
Thanksgiving.
“The campaign is about living it, loving it
and supporting it,” said chamber executive
director Barb Den Herder. “We want people
who live here to love it and want to support
the community and the local merchants —
we want them to shop here. I’ve found that
sometimes people don’t think about the
importance of shopping locally.
“The local merchants are the ones who
are going to be supporting our sports teams,
our nonprofits and other community projects,”
Den Herder added. “By spending
money locally, it stays right here in the community
and helps the tax base. We hope the
campaign helps local members look here
first.”
SUPPORT
Gabhart said Sioux Center’s retail sales
success hasn’t been an accident.
“About 25 to 30 years ago, the community
made the decision — it was kind of a radical
departure from what typical cities did at
the time — to invest in retail,” Gabhart said.
“Now we see more cities, especially larger
ones, who see the value in investing in retail
in the same way they would an industrial
park or attracting businesses. They see how
retail can almost be an amenity and another
reason people want to live and work in their
community.
“Sioux Center was an early adopter,”
he added. “City leaders took a huge risk in
building a downtown mall. They really have
supported the retail community and are
proactive about creating space for stores
and events in the community that attract
customers to the retail base.”
Businesses rely on that vision.
“Our community is growing and we
have good leaders,” Van Den Berg said.
“There are a lot of things that go into having
successful businesses. We are striving to do
what we do better. I think that’s important
too.”
“We talk about synergy,” Gabhart said.
“The way I would define that in this community
is that the whole is greater than the
sum of its parts. Each part has a role to play
but when you put them together, you get
something that is complete above and beyond
that. It’s something that is attractive
to people. People respond positively.”
Having strong retail sales today doesn’t
ensure continued success. Local stores need
to continue to look ahead.
“Major retailers aren’t going to sit still
— they will adapt to what customers are
looking for too,” Gabhart said. “They will
get better at customer service and even the
internet will get better at customer returns.
We already see that with Amazon, which
has announced that it will hire 100,000
people in five years to provide better service
in rural areas. There will be constant pressure
on local retailers, but they do a great
job meeting that.”
Many local retailers do have an internet
presence, creating different channels to
reach their customer base.
“They see the need for a 24/7 presence,”
Gabhart said. “Really, it’s beneficial for
stores. They don’t need to be open 24 hours
in their physical stores, but they need to
stay ahead of the customer expectations.”
Retailers try to balance investment risks
in ways that make the most sense.
“I have a real heart for locally owned
retail shops,” Gabhart said.
“The level of investment that is needed to
be successful is huge. People have high expectations
regarding having products available
when they need them. In order to do
that, you need to spend money to make sure
those products are available at a high level.
People who own retail stores are constantly
pushed to provide more and more.”
The retailers also help form the community’s
backbone.
“My appreciation for our local small
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“The amount of time, effort and financial
risk they put into providing a unique
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FAITH
TEXT BY STEVE HOOGLAND | PHOTOS SUBMITTED
The Sioux Center Church of
Christ has about 35 members.
The church relies on each other
and focuses on evangelism.
new
OLD PATHS,
adventures
Church of Christ to serve community
WINTER 2017 | SC 19

Dustin Bolks, a native of Rock Valley, serves as the pastor at Sioux Center
Church of Christ. He has served the church since 2011 after previously serving
churches in Modesto, CA; and Sioux Falls, SD.
A
young church is seeking
to make its mark on the
community. About 35
members make up Sioux
Center’s Church of Christ,
which began in 2010.
“The close-knit sense of purpose
was one of the things I noticed right
away when I came here,” said Dustin
Bolks, who serves as the church’s pastor.
“There is a sense that we’re all in this
together. There’s a sense of ‘all hands on
deck.’ Everyone puts in to make it go.”
The church features a weekly Sunday
worship at 10:30 a.m. in the basement
of the Corporate Centre at 950 North
Main Ave. Sunday School precedes the
worship service. The church also offers
Wednesday Bible classes.
“We lack some of the big programs
that churches with big numbers have,
but it’s neat,” Bolks said. “In church or
when we have special occasions most
everyone is there. It’s a joy to be part of
a ministry like this and we’re close.”
Bolks, 36, grew up in Rock Valley and
joined the congregation in 2011 after
serving in Modesto, Calif.
“They were looking for a minister and
I heard about the opening and decided
I would like to come back to the area,”
Bolks said. “In California I had been
working with another body, also called
Church of Christ, similar to the one here.
I’d never worked in a small church before.
When it’s a small church, the focus
is different. You all work together.”
The Church of Christ uses a unique
vernacular in that it does not call its
minister “pastor” or “reverend.” Bolks
has been a pastor since 2005. He initially
served a Church of Christ congregation
in Sioux Falls.
One of the goals for the local Church
of Christ is evangelism.
“It’s in the forefront of our minds,”
Bolks said. “We have a ‘Heart-to-Heart’
magazine we distribute around the community.
It’s not just evangelism, but
making the community aware of us and
what we do, too.”
Bolks said the church also tries to
reach out to Dordt College students as
well. It is part of the college’s Week of
Welcome activities in August making
students aware of the church.
The church conducts Bible camps
throughout the year, but one of the highlights
is the church’s COMBAT mission.
“We really try to reach out to youth in
the community through that program,”
Bolks said. “With COMBAT we have a
large Nerf gun course we set up in the
basement [of the Corporate Centre]. We
put professional-grade panels up and fill
the basement with a maze.”
It’s been a tradition for the past four
years, generally in March. COMBAT is
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an acronym for Camaraderie, Outreach,
Mutual aid, Balance, Attitude and Teamwork
— attributes the church hopes help
participants learn about each other and
the community. The effort is one that
requires the entire church to join forces.
“We see older couples, families and
young kids all come together to put up
the panels — it’s a huge undertaking,”
Bolks said. “It’s a way we’ve reached out
and has given us an identity to some
extent. We’ve had good response and
break it into two days — one for younger
kids and one for older kids and adults.
It’s neat to see all of us engaged. You
come away realizing that we’re all in this
and working together.”
The Sioux Center Church of Christ is
not part of an organized denomination.
There are other Church of Christ congregations
scattered around the country
with similar values but they are not necessarily
tied together in any formal way.
“The Church of Christ tries to emphasize
that they are a restoration project,”
Bolks said. “What that means is getting
back to the church of the Bible and
restoring the church that Jesus built,
among all the other influences that have
made their way to worship ceremonies
“When the
numbers are
smaller you try
to accomplish
a lot but it’s a
challenge.”
— DUSTIN BOLKS
CHURCH PASTOR
and worship practices. At the Church of
Christ, we look to the Bible to restore or
bring back what Jesus left in his Word.”
The church website challenges those
who want to encounter God.
“Ever wonder what the church experience
was like with the apostles and the
very first Christians who took up the
faith?” the website asks. “Well, we strive
to be identified with that first-century
church. We have various challenging
approaches at teaching the scriptures in
order to help you enter into the glory of
God on a personal level; we will help you
rise up from the dark, cramped well of
life and draw your personality out into
wide-open spaces for you to discover
your Christ-like potential.”
The church wants people to take a
closer look at what it has to offer.
“We’ve formulated a motto during
the past year and used that for reaching
out,” Bolks said. “We promoted that as
‘Old Paths, New Adventures.’ That really
captures what we want to emphasize
right now in getting back to the Bible but
finding new adventures.”
The church looks forward to making
an impact in the community
“We’re looking for people who are
dedicated,” Bolks said. “When the numbers
are smaller you try to accomplish a
lot but it’s a challenge.”
Bolks and his wife Chelsea have two
sons, who are 7 and 8. Chelsea works at
the Pizza Ranch. Bolks is glad he came
to Sioux Center and joined the local
Church of Christ.
“I heard about the opportunity here,”
he said. “My kids were anxious to be
close to Grandma and Grandpa. We’ve
really enjoyed the close-knit atmosphere.”
The Sioux Center Church of Christ meets at 10:30 a.m. Sundays at the Sioux Center Corporate Centre
at 950 North Main in Sioux Center. The church formed in 2010.
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SERVE
Open
h e a r
Katelyn’s Fund Orphan Ministry
helps orphans at home and abroad
TEXT BY KATE HARLOW | PHOTOS SUBMITTED
TEXT BY KATE HARLOW | PHOTOS SUBMITTED
he story of Katelyn’s Fund Orphan Ministry
is one of heartbreak and hope. It’s
about how many people coming together can
truly change the world.
Katelyn’s story begins in a small town in Iowa with one
ordinary family.
Katelyn's Fund Orphan Ministry supports an orphanage in
Norman, Haiti. One Vision Orphanage is home to 63 children.
Kelly and Sheila De Jong have been married for 25 years.
She grew up in Sioux Center and attended Northwestern College
and Kelly went to Dordt. The two fell in love, and as the
story often goes, got married and had two children.
But the De Jongs had one thing different than many other
families. They had felt God’s call to expand their family beyond
their two sons, but not in the traditional way.
“God was speaking to us about alternatives,” Sheila said.
“We heard a message about it and then we heard something
on the radio and I was reading a book that talked about it. And
after a year of praying about it, the Lord brought us to a place
where we both knew we wanted to adopt a child.”
That was in 2001.
After first looking at adoption through foster care, they
shifted their focus to international adoption. They went
through a year-long process of filling out forms, home visits
and fingerprinting to adopt a child from Guatemala.
“We got called the day of my grandma’s funeral. They told
us that there was a little girl, a few weeks old, who needed a
home,” Sheila said. “The Lord’s timing continues to shows his
graciousness and love because adoption is such a joyous occasion,
but with great grief. It starts in a place of brokenness. So
on this day of great brokenness, He brought us joy.”
That day was in October 2002 and in May 2003, they
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“Learn to do right; seek
j u sti Defend c e . the
ts
plead the case of the
oppressed. Take up the
cause of the fatherless;
widow.” ISAIAH 1:17
Katelyn’s Fund Orphan Ministry is funded through donations from
individuals, churches and businesses. To learn more about this 501 (c)3
check out their website at katelynsfund.org.
traveled to Guatemala to pick
up their new daughter, Maria.
Little did they know that this
Twins weren’t what they were
expecting, but they were very
excited to be welcoming two
Total Grant Count: 511
Total Grant Amount: $1,457,000
Children Adopted: 637
Cities Involved: 328
States Involved: 49
Countries Adopted From: 43
little girl would open up their
new daughters into their world.
world even more and the worlds
Just about when they were
Take up the cause of the fa-
it amounted to $15,000. Ten
of the people around the De-
headed down to Guatemala to
therless; plead the case of the
years later, in 2016, they were
Jongs.
pick up the twins, they received
widow.”
able to give 63 grants to help
“When we adopted Maria
a devastating phone call. Eliza-
The way they decided to help
86 children in the amount of
there weren’t that many people
beth was very sick and Katelyn
the orphans was to help oth-
$177,000.
in N’West Iowa adopting in-
had died on July 4, 2005. The
ers adopt. The cost to adopt
“It’s been unbelievable. The
ternationally at that point. We
De Jongs were saddened and
internationally can range from
Lord has really transformed
started talking with friends and
confused. But they were also in-
$20,000-$60,000. They de-
our community and our hearts
family and with people from
spired after they brought home
cided if they could make the
by expanding our world view,”
church. They saw us and we
Elizabeth in October 2005.
financial burden even a little
Sheila said.
were just a normal family,”
That is when Katelyn’s Fund
lighter, more families would be
In total, Katelyn’s Fund Or-
Sheila said. “It was an oppor-
Orphan Ministry got its start.
able to experience the same joys
phan Ministry has given 511
tunity for growth for many peo-
They held their first board
of adoption.
grants to help families adopt
ple. The Lord was using it as an
meeting in November 2005.
In August 2006, they made
637 children. The children
opportunity, but we just didn’t
Their core mission is simple.
their first grant. Their goal was
were adopted from 43 different
realize that.”
They believe that every child
to give out one grant per fam-
countries and came to live in 49
After one year, they started
deserves to be loved and to be in
ily per month in the amount of
different states in the U.S.A.
the process of adopting again.
a family. They chose Isaiah 1:17
$3,000. They soon far exceeded
“Our view of what the Lord
In May 2005 they were con-
to represent their cause:
that goal.
has done is very humbling and
tacted about adopting twin
“Learn to do right; seek jus-
In 2006 they gave five
very exciting. I say with great
sisters Elizabeth and Katelyn.
tice. Defend the oppressed.
grants to help six children and
humility that I am in awe of
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what He has done, but I’m not
surprised. As you read through
the Scriptures it says over and
over again to care for the orphaned,”
Sheila said. “We have
an amazing team of people and
no one takes a salary. It’s all just
volunteer.”
In 2011, Katelyn’s Fund underwent
another shift.
“We’re going along giving
grants purposefully and mindfully,
but one of our board
members started talking about
what are we doing for the children
left behind. The ones not
adopted,” Sheila said. “In 2011,
the Lord led us to a relationship
in Haiti with the director of an
orphanage.”
They expanded their mission
to walk alongside One Vision
Orphanage in Haiti to help support
them financially and then
eventually they took over full
financial support of the orphanage
after another partner pulled
out in 2014.
The orphanage is Norman,
Haiti, housing 63 children on its
four-acre settlement. There are
dormitories, a kitchen, a school
and room for more. Katelyn’s
Fund helps provide for the
physical needs of the orphanage
with building projects as well as
everyday needs of the children,
such as food and clothes.
They are working on developing
a network of sponsors for
the children in the orphanage
and take trips down to Haiti frequently
to help out. Their most
recent trip was from Dec. 27,
2016-Jan. 2, 2017.
Seeing the journey that the
De Jong family has undergone
from first just being inspired
to adopt one child to starting
24 SC | WINTER 2017
Katelyn's Fund Orphan
Ministry recently took a trip
down to Haiti to help the
school with some physical
needs, such as painting a
building, and to spend time
with the children they sponsor.
Katelyn’s Fund out of a place
of brokenness to the many lives
they are able to change both
through the grants they give as
well as walking alongside and
supporting an orphanage in
Haiti makes Sheila extremely
humble.
“The Lord has done so many
things in the last 15 years. Sometimes
I look back at what we’ve
been able to accomplish and I
choose to say that we have a big
God and I hope we just continue
to have teachable hearts and a
willing spirit to go where he
leads us,” Sheila said.
The De Jong family of Sioux Center has helped inspire others to
adopt and their inspiration continues through their founding and
work with Katelyn's Fund Orphan Ministry.

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HEALTH
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PHOTOS BY RYLAN HOWE
HEALING
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That is what Donna Tea, the
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and it’s what she practices.
Donna’s journey with massage therapy
started on the same path as many other
people. She was in pain.
“When I was living in Chicago and attending
art school, I was knitting sweaters
full-time for a designer and I ended up
getting carpal tunnel. It was very scary.
I was 25-years-old and I had carpal tunnel,”
Donna said. “I went and had shiatsu
massage done and it took care of it. I was
hooked and I started taking classes.”
That was about 20 years ago. Seven
years ago Donna and her family moved
back to Sioux Center where she grew up.
“I decided I wanted to go back to school
and become a licensed massage therapist
after we moved back,” Donna said.
She attended the Bio-Chi Institute of
Massage in Sioux City and after she got her
license she opened up Cypress Massage in
Sioux Center. That was about six and a half
years ago.
When you are in pain, the first idea that
Donna Tea is a certified massage therapist and she owns her own business,
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massage, but Donna suggests maybe giving
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can help with circulation and stress relief,
in general,” Donna said.
Massage therapists work to help all of
these things and more by utilizing a number
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of different massage techniques.
For example, at Cypress Massage
Donna will use a combination
of shiatsu, pressure point,
Swedish, reflexology, cupping
and more.
Shiatsu and pressure point
massage focus on easing pain
and tension by pressing firmly
on certain pressure points.
Swedish massage is great for
helping people relax. This
technique focuses on rubbing
the muscles with long gliding
strokes. Reflexology is another
kind of massage technique that
focuses on massaging points in
the hands and feet that correspond
with different organs and
systems within the body. She is
also trained in aromatherapy,
hot stone massage and postural
integration.
Cupping is a technique that
isn’t as well known as some of
the others that Donna employs.
It got a certain amount of attention
during the 2016 Summer
Olympics after a number
of members of the USA Swim
Team showed up to the races
with circular marks all over
their bodies. I was lucky in that
Donna let me try the cupping
technique so I could experience
what it felt like firsthand.
First off, I want to say that
it doesn’t hurt. Donna used
both silicone and glass cups so I
could experience both. The silicone
ones are simply put on the
body and the the top is lifted to
create suction. The inside cavity
of the glass ones are heated
quickly with a flame and then
placed on the skin to create suction.
It creates a negative pressure.
It’s hard to describe but
it feels like someone grabbing
a large chunk of skin and then
squeezing it gently.
It’s another massage technique
and it is really helpful
when trying to work on painful
knots, according to Donna. Just
pushing on a knot can be painful,
but if you use the cups first
it greatly reduces the pain when
you push on those knots. I can
attest to that.
And getting rid of pain is
what it is all about.
“I think that most people
start coming to a massage therapist
because they have some
kind of pain, like I did,” Donna
said. “The pain doesn’t come
overnight. It builds little by little
and by the time they come here
they are in a lot of pain.”
Donna says that due to the
repetitive nature of a person’s
jobs or hobbies, being completely
pain-free after one massage
might not be realistic.
“If people do hard, physical
labor, you can’t just quit your
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hopefully they don’t have pain
through massage on a regular
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Donna sees clients in a wide
range of ages all the way from
kids in third grade up to people
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“Everyone needs a massage,”
Donna said with a laugh.
Depending on how extensive
the problem is, Donna is quick
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take more than just one session
to feel a lot better, but even after
just one session, people should
leave feeling better.
“I love to help people and it’s
great when somebody comes in
with a specific pain or problem
and they leave and it’s gone,”
Donna said. “After just an hour
people feel better when they
walk out than when they came
in and that’s awesome.”
“I work with lots of people for a number
of reasons. I work to help people with
pain relief, but also pain prevention.
Massage can help with circulation and
stress relief, in general.
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OWNER OF CYPRESS MASSAGE
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MEET YOUR NEIGHBOR
TEXT & PHOTO BY STEVE HOOGLAND
MEET Scott Wynja
We believe that Sioux Center is full of interesting people with interesting stories to tell.
We want to help you get to know some of these folks, so we are inviting you to meet your
neighbor Scott Wynja.
JOB TITLE AND LENGTH OF TIME ON THE JOB:
Sioux Center city manager for four months
AGE: 46
CHILDHOOD HOMETOWN: Sioux Center
FAMILY: Wife: Melanie; daughters - Janae (17), Tori
(14) and Keana (10)
FAVORITE PART OF THE JOB: “Every day is a little
different and exciting to see completed projects
and positive impact it can have for the community.”
MOST CHALLENGING PART OF THE JOB: “Not
being able to satisfy every request and potential
public impact on projects.”
FAVORITE BOOK: “Good to Great” — Jim Collins
HOBBIES: Attending kids' activities, Officiate high
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CHURCH AND OTHER ORGANIZATIONS YOU
BELONG TO: In search of new church home in
Sioux Center, current member of 1st CRC Sheldon,
Kiwanis member, Iowa City Managers Association
Board of Directors - president-elect
FAVORITE MOVIE: “Hoosiers,” “Elf” — around
Christmas
FAVORITE MUSIC: (either songs or genres) '80s
Rock
FAVORITE FOOD: Pizza or steak
FAVORITE VACATION: Jamaica
FAVORITE QUOTE: “Obstacles don’t have to stop
you. If you run into a wall, don’t turn around and
give up. Figure out how to climb it, go through it or
work around it.”
WHAT DO YOU LIKE BEST ABOUT WORKING/
LIVING IN SIOUX CENTER? “The community pride
in Sioux Center is great, all working for the greater
good. To have the opportunity to work and live
in this community is great with the numerous
opportunities and amenities it has for me and my
family. The collaborative relationships that have been
established amongst various entities such as Dordt
College, Sioux Center Community School District
and the city of Sioux Center is just one example
of how this works. Our short time of moving back
to Sioux Center has given us a great appreciation
for what is here and what a great future we see for
this community. It has that small-town feel, but the
many benefits of any and all possible amenities and
services available.”
30 SC | WINTER 2017

Phone 712.722.2601
1951 South Main Ave.
® Sioux Center, IA
YOUR ONE-STOP SHOPPING CENTER
Looking toward
bigger and better
and serving you every day with
•Greater value
•Better quality
•Bigger selection
and a helpful smile in every aisle!
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Rick Moore Store Director
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Fuel Savers
Galore!
Sue Vande Kop
18 years with Sioux Center Hy-Vee
Doug Anema
16 years with Sioux Center Hy-Vee
Brenda Haak
26 years with Sioux Center Hy-Vee
Emily Hawkins
19 years with Sioux Center Hy-Vee
Marsha De Boom
19 years with Sioux Center Hy-Vee
Dorothy Postma
23 years with Sioux Center Hy-Vee
Danielle Klein
12 years with Sioux Center Hy-Vee
Fred Richmond
9 years with Sioux Center Hy-Vee
GROCERY Large selection of
grocery items and gourmet coffees
ITALIAN Fresh-made pizzas in a
variety of flavors and sizes
PRODUCE More produce than
ever in front-loaded displays
WINE & SPIRITS Featuring
3,000 sq. ft. of choices
DELI Quality sliced meats and
cheeses
FROZEN More frozen and
refrigerated items than ever before
BAKERY A wonderful selection
of made-fresh-daily items from
Casey’s Bakery
CUSTOMER SERVICE Located
at the front of the store for
customer convenience
PHARMACY With drive-up
window and private consultation
rooms
HY-VEE’S KITCHEN Featuring
a large seating area, the best menu
ever and catering for any event