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In this issue you
will find:
Stickel Resigns
Knoxville Eye Associates Groundbreaking Scheduled for Thursday, April 13th
Legislative Question and Answer Sessions
COFFEE WITH THE MAYOR
KNOXVILLE ART ALLIANCE MEETING
Representative Leonard Boswell
The Measure of a LEADER
Knoxville Hospital & Clinics Remodels Clinic Registration Area to Ensure Patient Privacy
Knoxville Chamber of Commerce Race Booth
DELEGATE AND SUPERVISE
K-ACT Presents
Casey’s General Store 10 year Anniversary
GET MOTIVATED
Larry’s Barber
MARION COUNTY HISTORICAL SOCIETY NEEDS YOU HELP!!
Knoxville Hospital & Clinics Foundation Board Announces New Members
The Church of God Easter Egg Hunt
Stickel Resigns
On Tuesday, April 4, 2006, we accepted, with regret, the resignation of Brian Stickel as our Knoxville Chamber and Economic Development Growth Alliance Executive Director. Brian has accepted a position as Director of Marketing with Knoxville Raceway, a move he feels will allow him to work more with event promotion, his true love. As much as we hate to see Brian leave the Chamber, we are excited that he, his wife Cindy, daughter Jess, and son Rob will continue to be a part of the Knoxville community. Brian has done a wonderful job in his time as our chamber exec. He has led many new initiatives, and revisited earlier ones that needed revitalization. With his guidance, we have initiated the Old Home Days fall festival, developed the Smart Solutions growth plan, and put together an expanded visitors guide with other area towns and attractions. Brian has been a wonderful ambassador for us, and has developed a great rapport with leaders in business, industry, and government in Knoxville and beyond. While we wish Brian nothing but the best in his new endeavors, we are not standing still. A search committee has been formed and will begin the process immediately of filling his position. Knoxville is moving forward, as witnessed by many community initiatives, such as the soon to open Stepping Stones Early Learning Center. While we continue to deal with challenges faced by communities everywhere, it still seems that Knoxville is poised and positioned for growth and vitality! We need all of your help, with it we can, and will, make Knoxville an even greater place to live and work! Good luck, Brian, and we’re glad you’re still in Knoxville! Craig Agan
Chamber President
Knoxville Eye Associates Groundbreaking Scheduled for Thursday, April 13th
For Immediate Release Contact: Brian Stickel
April 10, 2006 (641)828-7555Knoxville, Iowa - Knoxville Eye Associates are preparing for their new location at the corner of 5th and Main Street. On Thursday, April 13th at 1:00 PM Jason Maasdam and Lily Mark-Maasdam will break ground for their new state of the art building. Knoxville Eye Associates opened on April 1, 1999 in their current location at 206 East Robinson. Their premier optometric practice currently has 4 full time and one part time employees. The public is invited to the ceremony. For more information contact the Knoxville Chamber and Economic Development Growth Alliance at (641) 828-7555.
Legislative Question and Answer Sessions
Knoxville Chamber of Commerce
4:00-5:00 PMFriday, April 28 The Knoxville Chamber & Economic Development Growth Alliance will once again hold Legislative Question and Answer Session for it’s members and the public. These session are to get to know our State representative, ask questions, find out their stand on issues and to find out what’s going on in our government. These sessions will be held from 4:00 PM-5:00 PM the last Friday of the month through April at the Knoxville Chamber & Economic Development Growth Alliance office located at 309 E Main. If you have any questions feel free to call us at 641-828-7555.
COFFEE WITH THE MAYOR
THURSDAY, APRIL 20, 2006
(Thursday, this month only)
4:00-5:00 PM
KNOXVILLE CHAMBER OF COMMERCE OFFICE
309 E MAINMayor Harv Sprafka invites anyone with thoughts, ideas, concerns or questions
to join him for a cup of coffee.
KNOXVILLE ART ALLIANCE MEETING
WEDNESDAY, APRIL 19, 20067:00 PM AT THE LAKE RED ROCK CULTURAL CENTER These meetings are open to all interested in bringing the Art scene to Knoxville.
Artists of all kinds are welcome and you don’t have to be an artist to participate.
Representative Leonard Boswell
Will be at
DeVore Motors
Tues, April 11, 2006
10:00 am-11:00am
To discuss The Small Business Health Care Act of 2005 (HR4527)
This act will help small businesses afford Health Care Benefits
Rep Boswell will answer your questions
If you plan to attend or have concerns and questions please RSVP Cathy Lewis at
1-888-432-1984 or email her at cathy.lewis@mail.house.gov
The Measure of a LEADER
Maximum Impact Simulcast
FRIDAY, MAY 5, 2006
Coming Live via Satellite To:
First United Methodist Church
313 E Montgomery
Knoxville, IA 50138
The 2005 Maximum Impact Simulcast will deliver a remarkable day of leadership training. Join over 80,000 business leaders around the country for an unforgettable day of leadership development.Renowned athletes, authors, and leadership experts from virtually every circle of influence are converging for the most compelling leadership event of the year. For more information on this event please visit: www.maximumimpact.com/mis.
Understand character qualities that activate and empower your leadership.
Take home practical advice and action steps to increase your influence index.
FOR TICKET ORDERS: CALL-(641) 842-3712
Knoxville Hospital & Clinics Remodels Clinic Registration Area to Ensure Patient Privacy
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE KNOXVILLE, Iowa – Knoxville Hospital & Clinics is pleased to announce that the remodeling of the clinic registration area is complete. Patients now are able to register and check out at five newly remodeled areas that allow for increased patient privacy and convenience. The previous check out area is currently being converted into office space for the Health Information Management department.
“We appreciate your patience and understanding during this transition phase and hope that your visit with us will be a pleasant experience,” said Ann Helwig, CEO at KH&C.
Knoxville Hospital & Clinics, a Critical Access Hospital serving Marion County and the surrounding area, is dedicated to providing personal, progressive quality health care with compassion. For more information regarding this release and other happenings at Knoxville Hospital & Clinics, call the Public Relations office at (641) 842-1418.
Knoxville Chamber of Commerce Race Booth
Would you like to volunteer on race nights for a couple of hours (during Nationals will be more hours) and get free tickets into the races? We have the opportunity for you……….
Call us at 641-828-7555.
DELEGATE AND SUPERVISE
Do you ever find yourself with little or no time to grow your business and implement new ideas? Are you always too busy doing your business instead of managing it and being the administrator? Many small business owners fall into this gap and feel there is no way out of it. They are so absorbed in the day-to-day operations that they can’t step back and look at the bigger picture. And that bigger picture may show ways of acquiring new customers, adding new products or services, and maybe even expansion. It’s like a horse running with blinders on, you only see what’s in front of you, not what’s all around. And the ideas to improve a business and grow it may not always be right in front of you.So you need to find quality time to be the owner and entrepreneur so your business can grow to it’s full potential. But you don’t really want to give all the tasks you do everyday and let a subordinate handle them. Then don’t give them all up, just some of them. There is no reason why an owner must do everything in a business, especially if you have full and/or part-time employees. And if you don’t have enough people on your staff to delegate to, add part-time employees. The cost of adding them will be much less than the additional revenue you will make by growing the business. To find out what you can delegate to free up some of your time, get a piece of paper and make a list. Start writing down everything you do in an average day at your place of business. I mean everything starting with opening the door in the morning, making coffee and turning on the computer. You should have at least 25 things and maybe a lot more. Carry the list around with you for a day or two and keep adding things that you had forgotten. You may be surprised at how long the list will get. Many of you may need a second piece of paper. Once your list is close to complete, sit in your office or a quiet room at home and go over it. Start crossing off things that you would never delegate like signing checks, ordering expensive equipment or doing payroll taxes. This should eliminate no more than one-third of the list. The rest are possible things that could be delegated, even if only on a trial basis. You could easily have someone you trust open every day and get the office or store ready for the day’s business. And interviewing and training can be done initially by one of your staff with you coming in at the end of it for the final decision. Making a schedule of employees hours or what you need to order can be submitted to you for final approval saving you all the time of making them up from scratch. As you look at the list of what you have been doing all day, many things will jump out as obvious and should be entrusted to employees right away. Others you will want to delegate but may have to think about how to supervise your staff for a while until you are comfortable letting go. Some more important or difficult tasks can be phased in over a longer period of time. Your staff will be ready and willing to learn new things and even feel more respected because of your trust in them. So maybe your delegating is serving two purposes. Freeing up some of your time and making employees feel they are a greater part of the company and it’s success. Once you have extra time, use it wisely to investigate new ideas and roads to continued growth. And, yes, even take an occasional afternoon off and hit the golf course or shopping mall to regenerate. You will see the overall business much clearer with less busy duties and be able to guide it in new directions. As your business grows, you find it necessary to delegate even more things to employees who have proven themselves in the past. Start making that list today. By Barry Thomsen
K-ACT Presents
Dogsbreath Devereaux, The Dastardly Doctor...or Nurses! Foiled Again!April 27, 28 & 29 Tickets are $5.00 Adults
$3.00 Children 12 and under Refreshments are Included
For more information go to www.k-act.org or
contact Gary Schumacher at 842-2943 or 842-5943
Tickets are sold at Sugar & Spice
Casey’s General Store 10 year Anniversary
Peg Smith, Manager and Donna Zoutte Assistant Manager of Casey’s North accept a certificate of appreciation from the Knoxville Ambassadors for their 10 years of service to Knoxville. The Knoxville Ambassadors wish you many years of continued success.
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Larry’s Barber
The Knoxville Ambassadors were hands to help Larry Bledsoe celebrate 10 years in business and present him with a certificate of appreciation.
Ambassadors pictured with Larry are George Andrews, Elsie Kemp, Ken Woody, Ted Eller, Craig Agan and Ginger Ferguson.
MARION COUNTY HISTORICAL SOCIETY NEEDS YOU HELP!!
The society will be holding its annual fund raising “Used Treasures Sale” the latter part of April. Help us raise funds to assist in up-keep on the Historical Village by cleaning your basement, garage, attic, etc. and donating clean, working & usable items to the society for this sale. NO CLOTHING, PLEASE!!! You may drop off items Thursday, April 20 at the Depot, Historical Village, Marion County Park or if you need pickup of your items, call 842-2741 (Jerry); 842-3776 (Angie); or 842-4895 (Janet). Pickup in the Tracy area call 949-0521 (Jake); Attica area 842-2409 (Marye). Thanks in advance for your help. Watch for dates of sale! Also, consider a membership in this very worthwhile organization dedicated to preserving Marion County’s past. Only $10 a year per person. Contact any of the above members.
Knoxville Hospital & Clinics Foundation Board Announces New Members
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE KNOXVILLE, Iowa – The Knoxville Hospital & Clinics Foundation has recently added five new board members. Joining the foundation board are Brenda Maddison, Elaine Dralle, Dr. David Kobliska, John Pierschbacher, and Mark Prill.
Currently employed at Knoxville Hospital & Clinics, Brenda Maddison serves as the Director of Human Resources, Elaine Dralle works as an RN in the Clinic as Dr. McKeever’s nurse, and Dr. David Kobliska is the primary care provider at the Pleasantville Clinic.
John Pierschbacher is the funeral director at Pierschbacher Funeral Home in Melcher, Lacona, and Chariton. Mark Prill is the President of the Pleasantville State Bank.
“Brenda, Elaine, Dr. Kobliska, John, and Mark bring a wide range of experience to the foundation board and each have a different level of expertise that they bring with them,” said Stu Job, foundation chairman. “We are very fortunate to have such individuals from Knoxville and neighboring communities serving in the leadership role on the foundation board.”
In addition to the five new members, the foundation board consists of Stu Job, Jim Hicks, Jim DeVore, Dan McKay, Mel Suhr, Kirsten Lyons, Curt Froyen, and Dr. Lily Mark-Maasdam.
The foundation has been able to assist Knoxville Hospital & Clinics with many important purchases of life-saving equipment and services in the past three years. Purchases have included the colonoscope, gastroscope, and hematology analyzer as well as the remodeling to the Sleep Disorder Center and pediatric suite.
Knoxville Hospital & Clinics, a Critical Access Hospital serving Marion County and the surrounding area, is dedicated to providing personal, progressive quality health care with compassion. For more information regarding this release and other happenings at Knoxville Hospital & Clinics, call the Public Relations office at (641) 842-1418.
The Church of God Easter Egg Hunt
Corner of Madison Street and Highway 14
Saturday, April 15th at 1:00 in the afternoon. If you have any questions please feel free to contact Wayne Johnson, 828-7705.
MOVIES
April 7-13
Fri/Sat: 7:00; 9:05
Sun: 2:00; 7:00
Mon-Thurs: 7:00ICE AGE 2 (PG) April 7-13
Fri/Sat 7:10; 9:15
Sun: 2:10; 7:10
Mon-Thurs: 7:10 FAILURE TO LAUNCH (PG-13)
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