Heartbeat
Heartbeat The Pulse of Heartland Co-op March, 2008 Over the past several years, Heartland has provided an Employee Assistance Program (EAP) in cooperation with Connections, Inc. The EAP program aids employees in resolving personal and family problems that may impact work performance. Although we have always felt that this was a valuable benefit to our employee base, the usage of this program has been far below our expectations and the norm of our industry. It is possible that our workforce does not need this type of program, but it is more likely that the details of this offering have not been fully understood. Therefore, we are increasing our efforts to get the details of our EAP in front of the employees.
A Message From Larry Petersen… CEO/General Manager
A few of the areas where the EAP provides assistance include: • Personal financial difficulties • Legal issues • Health concerns • Drug and alcohol addiction • Marital problems Recently, there has been a new service added that addresses the needs of employees’ older relatives. This is becoming more of a possibility as people are living longer and moving to distant geographic locations. I need to stress that the information provided and explored through the EAP is kept confidential. Beyond the number of individual cases, Heartland and Heartland management are not made aware of any confidential information between employees and Connections. If this is a program that can fulfill your personal need, please utilize this service. You can call Connections Inc. at 800-779-6125 on specific problems or to gain further knowledge of the EAP program.
Prairie City feed mill undergoing major renovation…... Renovation of the Prairie City feed mill is underway. First of all, the picture top left is the feed mill prior to the work beginning. All of the distributors and downspouts are being replaced and Gary Mohr has provided some work-in-progress pictures here. Also, the two outside storage bins have been replaced and another will be added. The feed mill is expected to be up and running again by April 1st.
Meet these employees of Heartland Co-op………. Mary Jo Smith……
Tina Coppock……
WDM Location
PICKERING Location
Mary Jo works in the WDM location as a clerk, primarily assisting the credit department. She and husband, Gary, live in Waukee and have two daughters, Danielle and Amanda. Mary Jo enjoys bicycle riding, walking her dog, boating and spending time with her family and friends.
Tina is the new Counter Sales person at Pickering. She and her husband, Randy, live in rural Marshalltown and have two daughters, Jocelin and Rachelle. The Coppocks raise show pigs and purebred yorks. When she’s not showing hogs Tina likes to spend time with her family and friends. Tina comments….. “Heartland people are extremely helpful and a great bunch to work with.”
Gary Argo……
Stan Heidemann….
KELLOGG Location
KELLOGG Location
Gary is one of Heartland’s grain buyers out of the Kellogg location. He and his wife, Cindy, live in Belle Plaine and have a grown daughter, Heather, and a grown son, Mike. Besides spending time with his grandchildren, Gary enjoys golf.
Originally from Reinbeck, Stan lives in Kellogg where he has worked at the coop for 38 years as office manager. Stan has a grown son, Sandy, and a grown daughter, Kris, who has given him two grandchildren, Kyle and Emily. Stan’s hobbies include running, biking, golf, bowling, attending ISU football and basketball games and attending concerts and plays.
Angie Tessau……
Melvin Thede……
REINBECK Location
REINBECK Location
Angie and her husband, Mike, live in Reinbeck and they have a son, Brandon, and a daughter, Kirsten. Angie does the accounts payable for the central and east regions of Heartland Co-op. Her hobbies include spending time with her family, boating, reading and sports.
Melvin is the Reinbeck Location Manager and also the Reinbeck Grain Merchandiser. He and Dawn have six grown children between them; Jeremy, Traci, Ashley, Audra, Christopher and Alec. Plus two grand-daughters, Elyse and Ansley. His hobbies include horses, trail riding, gardening and farming. Mel says that April of 2008 will be his 40th year working at the Reinbeck location.
Pickering’s new scale…... The picture in the bottom left corner of the Pickering warehouse and office was taken last summer prior to any construction starting. The picture at left top was taken last fall and now when I stopped there during the second week of March to see how the new construction was looking at that time I got this picture of the scale near completion. Like other construction jobs at Heartland locations, our winter this year was not very cooperative, but spring is here and now things should really pick up. We will be showing other Pickering projects in upcoming newsletters.
Mitchellville location joins in St. Baldrick’s fund raiser…... The St. Baldrick’s Foundation fund raiser for kids with cancer took place on March 13th at the Prairie Meadows Event Center in Altoona. Steve Neofotist at Heartland’s Mitchellville location did his own fund raising for the event as he collected donations from customers and in return they were given the opportunity to Curtis
shave his head. Board President, Art Churchill, started it out with several customers following him, getting their time with the razor. All donations given to shave Steve’s head were then taken to the event at Prairie Meadows, where Mitchellville Location Manager, Curtis Perry, was one of 27 who had their heads shaved. This was Curtis’ first time participating for a cause he strongly supports. Local radio KGGO sponsored this event and was there to interview those who were participating as well as children being honored. To learn more about this important foundation go to their website at www.stbaldricks.org. Work continues at Melbourne, though with our winter as it has been, the work has been moving slow. Things should be picking up now. This picture was taken the second week of March and it shows a shot from the south of where the old Behlen bin once stood. As reported in the last newsletter, a new 95,000 bushel bin will go up on the existing bin pad where the old Behlen bin stood.
Melbourne update…...
April
April
Anniversary Hire Dates
Employee Birthdays Drew Keuning Cathlyn Jacobs Kelly Raasch Jay Becker Grant Ostercamp Bridgette Schminke Brian Sprecher Jason Westhoff Lori Ketchum Larry Mitchell David Sickels Oscar Meyer Thomas Danker Robert Weber Andy McIlrath Jay Devries Stephen Sesker Michael Gannon Larry Helland Ryan Mallo Chuck Davenport Bob Ricketts Jerold Fitzgerald Justin Pitsenbarger Richard Postel Brenda Boeck Robert Dingman Kerra Swenson Rick Rupp Shane Pugh Randy Wignall Terry Hoy Robert McIlrath Eric Sieh Jon Stubbs Calvin Barber Curtis Barber
04/01 04/03 04/03 04/04 04/04 04/05 04/05 04/05 04/06 04/06 04/07 04/08 04/09 04/09 04/12 04/13 04/13 04/14 04/15 04/15 04/16 04/16 04/18 04/20 04/20 04/22 04/23 04/23 04/24 04/25 04/25 04/26 04/26 04/27 04/27 04/29 04/29
Prairie City Randall Slater Dallas Center Holland Belle Plaine Slater Conroy Avon Alleman Waukee Alleman Belle Plaine Dallas Center Redfield Prairie City Alleman Prairie City WDM WDM Waukee Conroy Kellogg Colo Grundy Center Panora Winterset Stanhope Belle Plaine Waukee Melbourne Booneville Holland Reinbeck Kellogg Winterset Winterset
Carlton Schnathorst Melvin Thede David Bowlin Jack Bonker David Meyers Gary Orstad David Lee Kent Jessen James Brown Donald McDowell Gary Hunzelman Gregg Wright David Kerwood Wendy Meester Phillip Gowdy Michael Gross Thomas Whitney Thomas Hamann Gregory Anderson Byron Gutshall Joseph Scurr Zachary Greenfield Wade Entriken James Hyslope Alan Mouchka Douglas Rose William Borris Ross Berglund Tom Christeson Timothy Griggs Christopher Laidig David Lundstrom Shane Illingworth Ricky Rethman Alex Schnedler
1963 1968 1970 1977 1979 1979 1985 1988 1991 1991 1993 1993 1994 1994 1995 1995 1995 1997 1998 1998 2000 2001 2002 2003 2003 2003 2004 2005 2005 2005 2005 2005 2007 2007 2007
Pickering Reinbeck Prairie City Panora Minburn Laurel Cambridge WDM Slater Malcom Conroy Randall Avon Grundy Center Melbourne Booneville Luther Reinbeck Waukee Booneville Pickering Indianola WDM E. 18th St. Elberon Enterprise Avon Randall Stanhope Avon Prairie City Indianola Kellogg Belle Plaine Indianola
****FOR SALE**** 2003 Chevy Cavalier LS — 2 door — tan — CD — all power Excellent Condition — 39,000 miles Call (641) 275-0425
A Message From Larry Petersen… CEO/General Manager
A few of the areas where the EAP provides assistance include: • Personal financial difficulties • Legal issues • Health concerns • Drug and alcohol addiction • Marital problems Recently, there has been a new service added that addresses the needs of employees’ older relatives. This is becoming more of a possibility as people are living longer and moving to distant geographic locations. I need to stress that the information provided and explored through the EAP is kept confidential. Beyond the number of individual cases, Heartland and Heartland management are not made aware of any confidential information between employees and Connections. If this is a program that can fulfill your personal need, please utilize this service. You can call Connections Inc. at 800-779-6125 on specific problems or to gain further knowledge of the EAP program.
Prairie City feed mill undergoing major renovation…... Renovation of the Prairie City feed mill is underway. First of all, the picture top left is the feed mill prior to the work beginning. All of the distributors and downspouts are being replaced and Gary Mohr has provided some work-in-progress pictures here. Also, the two outside storage bins have been replaced and another will be added. The feed mill is expected to be up and running again by April 1st.
Meet these employees of Heartland Co-op………. Mary Jo Smith……
Tina Coppock……
WDM Location
PICKERING Location
Mary Jo works in the WDM location as a clerk, primarily assisting the credit department. She and husband, Gary, live in Waukee and have two daughters, Danielle and Amanda. Mary Jo enjoys bicycle riding, walking her dog, boating and spending time with her family and friends.
Tina is the new Counter Sales person at Pickering. She and her husband, Randy, live in rural Marshalltown and have two daughters, Jocelin and Rachelle. The Coppocks raise show pigs and purebred yorks. When she’s not showing hogs Tina likes to spend time with her family and friends. Tina comments….. “Heartland people are extremely helpful and a great bunch to work with.”
Gary Argo……
Stan Heidemann….
KELLOGG Location
KELLOGG Location
Gary is one of Heartland’s grain buyers out of the Kellogg location. He and his wife, Cindy, live in Belle Plaine and have a grown daughter, Heather, and a grown son, Mike. Besides spending time with his grandchildren, Gary enjoys golf.
Originally from Reinbeck, Stan lives in Kellogg where he has worked at the coop for 38 years as office manager. Stan has a grown son, Sandy, and a grown daughter, Kris, who has given him two grandchildren, Kyle and Emily. Stan’s hobbies include running, biking, golf, bowling, attending ISU football and basketball games and attending concerts and plays.
Angie Tessau……
Melvin Thede……
REINBECK Location
REINBECK Location
Angie and her husband, Mike, live in Reinbeck and they have a son, Brandon, and a daughter, Kirsten. Angie does the accounts payable for the central and east regions of Heartland Co-op. Her hobbies include spending time with her family, boating, reading and sports.
Melvin is the Reinbeck Location Manager and also the Reinbeck Grain Merchandiser. He and Dawn have six grown children between them; Jeremy, Traci, Ashley, Audra, Christopher and Alec. Plus two grand-daughters, Elyse and Ansley. His hobbies include horses, trail riding, gardening and farming. Mel says that April of 2008 will be his 40th year working at the Reinbeck location.
Pickering’s new scale…... The picture in the bottom left corner of the Pickering warehouse and office was taken last summer prior to any construction starting. The picture at left top was taken last fall and now when I stopped there during the second week of March to see how the new construction was looking at that time I got this picture of the scale near completion. Like other construction jobs at Heartland locations, our winter this year was not very cooperative, but spring is here and now things should really pick up. We will be showing other Pickering projects in upcoming newsletters.
Mitchellville location joins in St. Baldrick’s fund raiser…... The St. Baldrick’s Foundation fund raiser for kids with cancer took place on March 13th at the Prairie Meadows Event Center in Altoona. Steve Neofotist at Heartland’s Mitchellville location did his own fund raising for the event as he collected donations from customers and in return they were given the opportunity to Curtis
shave his head. Board President, Art Churchill, started it out with several customers following him, getting their time with the razor. All donations given to shave Steve’s head were then taken to the event at Prairie Meadows, where Mitchellville Location Manager, Curtis Perry, was one of 27 who had their heads shaved. This was Curtis’ first time participating for a cause he strongly supports. Local radio KGGO sponsored this event and was there to interview those who were participating as well as children being honored. To learn more about this important foundation go to their website at www.stbaldricks.org. Work continues at Melbourne, though with our winter as it has been, the work has been moving slow. Things should be picking up now. This picture was taken the second week of March and it shows a shot from the south of where the old Behlen bin once stood. As reported in the last newsletter, a new 95,000 bushel bin will go up on the existing bin pad where the old Behlen bin stood.
Melbourne update…...
April
April
Anniversary Hire Dates
Employee Birthdays Drew Keuning Cathlyn Jacobs Kelly Raasch Jay Becker Grant Ostercamp Bridgette Schminke Brian Sprecher Jason Westhoff Lori Ketchum Larry Mitchell David Sickels Oscar Meyer Thomas Danker Robert Weber Andy McIlrath Jay Devries Stephen Sesker Michael Gannon Larry Helland Ryan Mallo Chuck Davenport Bob Ricketts Jerold Fitzgerald Justin Pitsenbarger Richard Postel Brenda Boeck Robert Dingman Kerra Swenson Rick Rupp Shane Pugh Randy Wignall Terry Hoy Robert McIlrath Eric Sieh Jon Stubbs Calvin Barber Curtis Barber
04/01 04/03 04/03 04/04 04/04 04/05 04/05 04/05 04/06 04/06 04/07 04/08 04/09 04/09 04/12 04/13 04/13 04/14 04/15 04/15 04/16 04/16 04/18 04/20 04/20 04/22 04/23 04/23 04/24 04/25 04/25 04/26 04/26 04/27 04/27 04/29 04/29
Prairie City Randall Slater Dallas Center Holland Belle Plaine Slater Conroy Avon Alleman Waukee Alleman Belle Plaine Dallas Center Redfield Prairie City Alleman Prairie City WDM WDM Waukee Conroy Kellogg Colo Grundy Center Panora Winterset Stanhope Belle Plaine Waukee Melbourne Booneville Holland Reinbeck Kellogg Winterset Winterset
Carlton Schnathorst Melvin Thede David Bowlin Jack Bonker David Meyers Gary Orstad David Lee Kent Jessen James Brown Donald McDowell Gary Hunzelman Gregg Wright David Kerwood Wendy Meester Phillip Gowdy Michael Gross Thomas Whitney Thomas Hamann Gregory Anderson Byron Gutshall Joseph Scurr Zachary Greenfield Wade Entriken James Hyslope Alan Mouchka Douglas Rose William Borris Ross Berglund Tom Christeson Timothy Griggs Christopher Laidig David Lundstrom Shane Illingworth Ricky Rethman Alex Schnedler
1963 1968 1970 1977 1979 1979 1985 1988 1991 1991 1993 1993 1994 1994 1995 1995 1995 1997 1998 1998 2000 2001 2002 2003 2003 2003 2004 2005 2005 2005 2005 2005 2007 2007 2007
Pickering Reinbeck Prairie City Panora Minburn Laurel Cambridge WDM Slater Malcom Conroy Randall Avon Grundy Center Melbourne Booneville Luther Reinbeck Waukee Booneville Pickering Indianola WDM E. 18th St. Elberon Enterprise Avon Randall Stanhope Avon Prairie City Indianola Kellogg Belle Plaine Indianola
****FOR SALE**** 2003 Chevy Cavalier LS — 2 door — tan — CD — all power Excellent Condition — 39,000 miles Call (641) 275-0425
