“The Dickinson Area Chamber of Commerce
will provide leadership to promote a progressive
business environment”
Inside this issue:
Chamber Fun Day Golf
Scramble
3
New Chamber
Members
4
Member News 6-7
Education Connection 8
Ribbon Cuttings 9
Chamber News 10
Investment Center 11
Chamber Snapshot
August 2012
Phone Calls: 493
Walk-in: 251
Email Inquires: 44
Relocation Packets: 45
Web Hits 2466
Facebook Likes 130
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Board of Directors
Dennis Cannon ..................................... President
Craig Kubas .......................................... Pres-Elect
Rachelle Schroeder ............................ Treasurer
Chris Johnson . ..................................... Past President
Elaine Myran ......................................... Director
Mike Renner .......................................... Director
Klint Sickler ........................................... Director
Harmony Kolling ................................. Director
Lisa Roers ............................................... Director
Christian Kostelecky ......................... Director
Terry Kovacevich ............................... Director
Nathan Bouray ..................................... Director
Committee Chairperson
Agriculture ............................................. Kevin Holten
Ambassador .......................................... Tasha Gartner
Education ............................................... Ron Dockter
Governmental Affairs ....................... Nate Bouray
Promotions and Retail ..................... Betty Jo Noe
Officials .................................................... Rachelle Schroeder
STAFF
Cooper Whitman ................................. Executive Director
Kristi Tessier ........................................ Events & Marketing Coordinator
Cindy Brock ........................................... Administrative Assistant
Publication First Day of the Month
Published By C. Brock
Deadline Third Thursday of the month - For both copy and advertising
Dickinson Area Chamber of Commerce
314 3rd Avenue West •P.O. Box C
Dickinson, ND 58602
Phone: 701-225-5115 Fax: 701-225-5116
E-mail: [email protected]
Board of Directors monthly meeting minutes
and annual financial statements are
available to Chamber Members.
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Water/Wastewater Engineering—Surveying/Mapping/GIS
Electrical/Structural Engineering—Land Development
Municipal Engineering—Instrumentation And Controls
Development, Construction, Property Management and Commercial & Residential Real Estate.
Page 3 Thank you to our Fun Day Golf Sponsors
Page 4 New Members
Lyon’s Concrete Construction, LLC Jeremy Lyons
72 State Ave. S.
Dickinson, ND 58601
701-483-0479
www.lyons-concrete.com
Lyon’s Concrete Construction, LLC is a locally owned and oper-ated, full service concrete company. Our award winning team specializes in all concrete needs with a passion for decorative con-crete.
J. M. Marschuetz Construction Michael Marschuetz
15 Truitt Drive
Eureka, MO 63025
701-500-3006
www.marschuetz.com
JJ.M. Marschuetz Company is a family-owned and operated con-struction company. They have been in business for over 25 years. They are based in St. Louis and available nationwide with offices in Dickinson, Killdeer, and Williston. J.M. Marschuetz have 150+ full-time employees.
J.M. Marschuetz designs and has build project capability, and site development. They do heavy highway construction, parking lots, residential concrete, commercial concrete, municipal, and airports.
Rain for Rent Jacob Erickson
819 Implement Drive
Dickinson, ND 58601
701-260-1451
www.rainforrent.com
Rain for Rent is a profit-oriented company committed to providing solutions to our customers’ water-handling, irrigation, and tempo-rary liquid storage problems that exceed their expectations for ser-vice and quality.
Ainsworth-Benning Construction James Benning
345 Industrial Drive
Spearfish, SD 57783
605-642-4716
www.ainsworthbenning.com
Ainsworth-Benning is a premier commercial general contrac-tor. They have served the states of South Dakota, North Da-kota, Wyoming, Montana, and Nebraska for over 55 years. Ainsworth-Benning is involved in construction of commercial and industrial buildings, as well as the heavy highway, federal contracting and land development industries. Our projects range from $1,000 to over $30,000,000.
Base-4 Garry Vermaas, PhD, PE
1951 Prairie Oak Drive
Dickinson, ND 58601
701-595-0504
www.base-4.com
Our team is committed to excellence, continuous improve-ment, and client satisfaction. Through our integrated service offerings we provide seamless communication and robust project delivery. We have a team of Registered Architects, Interior Designers, Structural and MEP Engineers who are fully conversant to the construction industry and who have significant experience designing projects worldwide. Our staff brings local knowledge with international expertise.
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Rasmussen Expands Online Programs in North Da-kota
Rasmussen College recently announced the expan-sion of its online AcceleratEDSM Bachelor’s Degree Completion Program within North Dakota to help students with previous college credit earn a degree in one of seven programs in as few as 18 months. Designed for adult students looking to advance their careers, Rasmussen’s program offers a credit trans-fer process, accelerated course completion and online access from anywhere.
Programs now available at the Bismarck campus include:
Marketing
Human Resources/Organizational Leadership
International Business
Business Systems Analysis
Finance
Entrepreneurship
Criminal Justice with a specialization in Leader-ship and Management
Learn more at www.rasmussen.edu/acceleratED.
ERP Comparison You are invited to attend
Monday, October 15th, 2012
At the Microsoft Executive Briefing Center—Fargo, ND
8 a.m. to 12 noon
Accounting Software Comparison Seminar
sponsored by local Microsoft Dynamics solution providers
• Dynamics GP
• Dynamics NAV
• Dynamics AX The presentations will contrast the features and functions of each applica-
tion related to Manufacturing, Distribution, Inventory Management, Cus-
tomer Relationship Management, Financials and more. You will learn how
the latest technology in the Microsoft Dynamics solutions can be leveraged
to:
• Reduce Operational Expenses
• Increase Efficiency
• Improve Customer Service
• Grow Revenue Whether you are considering an ERP software solution in the next 6
months or know you will be requiring one in a year or two, this Mi-
crosoft event will provide valuable information to assist you in the
selection process.
Encouraged to attend are: Owners, Presidents, Vice Presidents,
CFOs, Controllers, IT Directors, Inventory and Supply Chain Manag-
ers, Business Consultants, and anyone engaged in ERP
Software Selections.
Hurry space is limited. Register today for this ERP
event by emailing [email protected] or
call 877.811.1260
Page 6 Member News
Implementation
Specialists Inc. New Hires
American Bank Center
Announcements
Implementation Specialists, Inc. of Hawley, Minnesota has hired and would like to wel-come Tyler Olsen, as a Cus-tomer Service Manager, Mike Moe as Business Develop-ment Manager and Judy Eriksson as Account Manager.
Olsen attended St. Cloud State Univer-sity. He has 5+ years of Sales and Marketing experi-ence and is from Lake Park, MN.
Moe attended Northern State University in Ab-erdeen and has 10 years of experi-ence in Marketing and Special Pro-jects and is from
Aberdeen, SD.
Eriksson moved to Fargo in 2006 and has 13 years of Business to Business sales with a strong background in Advertising &
Marketing and is from Crookston, MN.
Implementation Specialists is a Microsoft Gold Partner that specializes in the implemen-tation, service and support of Microsoft Dynamics GP and related products
Pat Champa is a sur-veyor for the survey group. He has earned a diploma from the St. Edmond High School He is a summer intern.
Joel Kelly is a civil engi-neer in the oil field ser-vices group. He earned a bachelor’s degree in civil engineering from North Dakota State University. Joel has two years of work-related experience.
Tye Williams is an engi-neering technician in the oil field services group. Tye earned a bachelor’s degree in applied mathematics from Montana State University with a minor in economics. He has two years of work-related experience.
James Kiedrowski is a civil engineer in the municipal group. James earned a bache-lor’s degree in civil en-gineering from NDSU. He has one year of re-lated work experience.
Mat Heger is an engi-
neering technician in
the transportation
group. Mat earned a
bachelor’s degree in
construction engineer-
ing from NDSU. He has
two years of work-
related experience and
is a summer intern.
American Insurance Cen-ter is pleased to announce
Priscilla Merritt as Account Manager in the Dickinson of-fice. Priscilla comes to
American with over 14 years of service in the in-surance industry.
American Bank Center is also pleased to announce Ken Davis as Collection Officer. Ken has a Bache-
lor of Arts degree in Busi-ness Administration from Dickinson State Univer-sity. Ken brings over 20 years of lending experience to American along with 12 years of lending in eco-nomic development areas.
AE2S (Advanced Engi-neering and Environ-
mental Services, Inc.) has hired David Cum-mings as an En-gineer in the firm’s Dickin-
son, ND, office.
Cummings is working on several local municipal, private, and industrial pro-jects, including: South Heart area development and construction, Roers development designs in Dickinson, and various Killdeer and Watford City projects. Cummings is also focusing on several salt water disposal projects in western North Dakota, and has completed AE2S’s resident project represen-tative training to assist Owners and Contractors with their construction needs.
“David has a keen eye for detail in construction work, and we are pleased to have him join us in a hotspot of construction activity,” said Deon M. Stockert, PE, Drinking Wa-ter Group Manager at AE2S.
Originally from Omaha, NE, Cummings recently graduated from the Uni-versity of Wyoming with a Bachelor of Science degree in Civil Engineering.
KL & J Hires 7
CUMMINGS JOINS AE2S
Kadrmas, Lee & Jackson, an engineering, surveying and planning firm hired Chris Young, Mike Britton , Pat Champa Joel Kelly, Tye Williams, James
Kiedrowski and Mat Heger in the Dickinson Office.
Chris Young is a CADD technician for the municipal group. He earned a bache-lor’s degree in civil engi-neering from Montana State University. Chris has one year of work related experience.
KL & J continued
Page 7 More Member News
Medcenter One Occupational Health Clinic will be holding reasonable suspicion training for supervisors. This training will help the supervisor identify sub-stance use in the workplace, take action and get the employee any assistance that may be needed.
There will be one training session at each location for those supervisors working for Department of Trans-portation-regulated companies and one session for non-regulated companies that want to promote safety in the workplace. Training will take place at the Med-center One Occupational Health Clinics as follows:
Thursday, Sept. 13, 1833 E. Bismarck Expressway, Bismarck
DOT, 10 a.m.–noon, $75 per person
Non-DOT, 1:30–2:30 p.m., $50 per person
Thursday, Sept. 20, 1531 W. Villard St., Dickinson
DOT, 9–11 a.m. Mountain Standard Time, $75 per person
Non-DOT, 1–2 p.m. Mountain Standard Time, $50 per person
Thursday, Sept. 27, 801 21st Ave. S.E., Minot
DOT, 10 a.m.–noon, $75 per person
Non-DOT, 1:30–2:30 p.m., $50 per person
Registration is required and seating is limited. Please call Jennifer McGregor, Medcenter One Occupational Health Clinic drug testing program manager, at 701-323-5891 or complete the registration online at med-centerone.com/occhealth.
American businesses lose more than $100 billion a year due to substance use in the workplace. In fact, 75 percent of substance abusers hold some type of job.
Medcenter One Occupational Health Clinic provides one central location for all occupational health medi-cine services. With locations in Bismarck, Dickinson and Minot, the goal of occupational health is to de-velop programs specific to each employer that keeps
their workers safe, well and productive .
Medcenter One Occupational Health Clinic holding reasonable suspicion
training
FREE TUITION TAX SCHOOL IRS Approved Enroll today Earn addition Income after tax class Flexible Schedule Small fee for books Classes begin September 24th For more information call 701 264-1040 http://taxschool.libertytax.com
Willett joins Roers
West
Laurie Willett has been hired as an assistant project man-ager for Roers West in Dickin-son.
Laurie has six years of experi-
ence as an assistant in the
construction management
field. Laurie and her hus-
band, Mike Willett, reside in
Dickinson.
Realtor earns Graduate Realtors
Institute designation
The Badlands Board of Real-
tors awards Lori Jackson the
Graduate Realtors Institute
designation at the end of
July. Lori is a Realtor with
Everett Real Estate. To earn
the award Lori completed 90
hours of classroom instruc-
tion.
Page 8 Education Connection
Page 9 Ribbon Cuttings July 30th, August 6th, & August 22nd
Ellingson Plumbing, Heat-
ing, HV, & Air Conditioning
Patterson Place
MKK Consulting Engineers
Baker Boy
Hometown Pride
JDM Safety Training
Stroh &
Associates
CHAMBER COMMITTEES
Page 10 Chamber News
Agriculture Committee: WRLS The committee is planning the 2012 WRLS. There will be a small commercial Ag Show held at the BAC in conjunction with the WRLS.
Ambassadors /Membership Committee: Hometown Pride Award Baker Boy Ribbon Cuttings The Ribbon Cuttings this month are at the following businesses MKK Consulting Engineers, JDM Safety Training, Stroh & Associ-ates. Chamber Fun Day Golf Scramble It was a success. Retention Drive The committee will be visiting members from 1973 to 2000.
Education Committee: New Educator Breakfast is September 13th at Lady J’s starting at 7am. Leadership Dickinson Committee: Confirmed September session and began working on October session.
Recreational Events: 3on3 Hoopfest Committee: No meeting was held.
Promotions Committee: Holiday Craft Show There is still space available. Business After Hours The next BAH is October 2nd at Aarons. Crown Jewel Award
People will nominate a business and people will vote for their favorite business on facebook in September. Display of Lights Theme will be announced next meeting. Government Affairs Committee: November Legislative Forum They are planning the legislative forum for November. SW Night at the Legislature This will be held on Jan. 28, 2013. Coffee with the Legislatures There will be 3 Coffee with the Legislators in 2013. Dates to be determined.
Labor Day—Chamber Closed September 3
Leadership Dickinson Starts September 12
Business After Hours—Aarons October 2
WRLS & Take Your Best Shot October 15
Chamber Banquet October 23
First day of
Fall is
September 22nd
Page 11 Investment Centers