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Creston News Advertiser Thursday, October 23, 2014

A Salute to Our Area Industries The Creston News Advertiser joins the sponsoring businesses on these pages in saluting Southwest Iowa industries and thanking them for their investment in our economic well-being!

Together, we keep on growing Vanmark Equipment, LLC.

Bunn-O-Matic

900 E. Townline Street, Creston

Industrial Parkway, Creston

Vanmark is a leading innovator in the food processing equipment industry. Vanmark’s industrial food equipment can be found all over the world running in companies from the Fortune 100 list down to local produce suppliers. Vanmark leads the industry with processing equipment for peeling, washing, scrubbing, storing and handling nuts, fruits, and vegetables.

For 36 years, the name Bunn has come to represent exceptional quality in commercial and home beverage equipment. A leader in innovation, Bunn has developed new products and expanded its products from coffee brewers to a full line of beverage equipment including tea, juice and frozen beverages. Bunn continues to strive toward a total customer satisfaction through wellconstructed equipment and unmatched customer service.

Precision Pulley & Idler

2280 Ave. of Industries, Corning 3

2269 Ave. of Industries, Corning 2

Troy Preston Plant Manager

Precision, Inc. of Corning (2) is a manufacturer of Package Handling Pulleys. Corning 2 has been in Corning since November 1994.

Troy Preston Plant Manager

Precision, Inc. of Corning 3 is a manufacturer of E/F Idlers. We have expanded into the F idler business. Corning 3 has been in Corning since November 2006.

Precision Optical Group, Inc.

Waste Management of Creston

701 S. Oak Street, Creston

710 E. Monroe Street, Creston

Precision Optical Group was recently honored by Vision Monday, a worldrenowned optical magazine, for being one of the Top 10 Labs in the Nation! This year alone, P.O.G. Labs will manufacture over 365,000 pairs of prescription lenses. They rank #4 in the nation for number of jobs completed by an independent lab per day, and they were also named one of the Top 10 Rx Sales in 2014. P.O.G. Labs has acquired Opticote™, a thin film-coatings company based out of Illinois that specializes in a plethora of mirror-coatings and a fog free coating for lenses. The acquisition of Opticote has further added to P.O.G.’s list of growing enterprises. Precision Optical Group’s 4You Gold Optimized Lenses are currently among the hottest on the market. P.O.G. Labs looks forward to a booming 2015. www.precisionopticalgroup.com

As the leading provider of comprehensive waste management, recycling and environmental services in North America, Waste Doug Tucker Management serves municipal, commercial, industrial and Operations residential customers throughout the United States, Canada Manager and Puerto Rico. Waste Management serves more than 20 million residential and commercial customers through its network of collection operations, transfer stations, landfill disposal sites, waste-to-energy plants, recycling facilities and other related services.

These following businesses salute the industries of Southwest Iowa A&G Steakhouse and Lounge Creston Nursing & Rehab Center

ISSB

Powers Funeral Home Creston & Afton

Ben Adamson, State Farm Insurance

Creston Vision Clinic

Katie Turner - American Family Insurance

Quality Glass Co.

Big Boyz Toyz

R Realty, Retta Ripperger, Broker Creston Walmart Supercenter McDonald’s

Boyd Appliance Center, Inc.

Dave Buck DDS

R.E. Lewis Refrigeration M&M Motors

Bunn-O-Matic Corporation

Draper, Snodgrass, Mikkelsen & Co. PC

Maple Street Memories

Rhine Body Repair

Calvin Plumbing, Heating & Electric

F&M Body Shop

Medicap Pharmacy

Schroeder Plumbing and Electrical

Carter Agency, Inc.

Family Shoe Store

Mid-State Surveying

Southwestern Community College

Central Plains Electric/The Wishing Well

Fareway Stores, Inc.

New Life Family Medicine P.C.

Stalker Chevrolet

Coen’s Furniture

Ferrara Candy Company

Office Machines Company State Savings Bank

Cook Video & Appliance

First National Bank Creston - Afton

Orr Heating & Air Conditioning

Cornerstone Financial

Great Western Bank Pearson Funeral Service

Creston Automotive

Green Valley Realty/Korina Loudon,

(Creston & Corning)

The Trophy Shop

Creston Chamber of Commerce

Broker

The Windrow Restaurant and Sports Bar

Creston Chiropractic, P.C.

Hi-Crest Auto/United Super Wash

PCSB Bank (Creston-Lenox-Corning-Mt. Ayr Clarinda)

Creston Farm and Home Supply

Homestead Assisted Living

Pizza Ranch

Creston News Advertiser

Hy-Vee Food Store

Stewart Realty Subway (Creston)

Tyler Insurance Services, Inc.

Creston News Advertiser Thursday, October 23, 2014

Precision Pulley & Idler

Together, we keep on growing

Greater Regional Medical Center

F&M BODY SHOP 901 S. Division Creston

641-782-5115 Lena Larson Plant Manager

Adair County Mutual Insurance Association

641-743-2632 — Greenfield—

East Side of the Square

401 N. Townline Rd., Greenfield

Greater Regional Medical Center is committed to providing the highest quality health care and service. Greater Regional provides a comprehensive array of health care no other hospital in southwest Iowa offers. State of the art medical equipment and technology; general and orthopaedic surgery; comprehensive cancer care; newly renovated patient care rooms; a new Birthing Center and Surgery Center, a full paramedic Ambulance team and ER department; advanced technology in radiology, lab and a complete rehabilitation therapy and sports medicine program are only a few of the services provided. Check out the Greater Regional website at www.GreaterRegional.org for virtual tours and more information. Greater Regional Medical Center makes it possible to receive the highest quality and most comprehensive health care in southwest and south central Iowa close to home.

“CR\T is the ink-manufacturing subsidiary of global printer Quad/Graphics. The Greenfield CR\T plant’s 12 employees manufacture gravure printing inks for Quad/Graphics’ nationwide network of plants. Quad/Graphics, based in Sussex, Wis., is the only printer that produces its own inks and is the fourth largest ink manufacturer in the United States overall. The company’s approximately 22,000 full-time equivalent employees provide print and multichannel solutions from more than 50 print-production facilities as well as other support locations throughout North America, Latin America and Europe, producing consumer magazines, special interest publications, catalogs, retail ad inserts, direct mail, books, directories, and commercial and specialty products, including in-store signage.”

Cook Video & Appliance

Gary Tullberg Operations Manager

Financing Available with Qualified Credit

221 N. Pine, Creston, Iowa

641-782-2125 or 1-800-721-2125 Auto, Truck & Tractor Parts Machine Shop Service Linde Oxygen & Acetyene Smith Welding Equipment

Hwy. 25 N., Greenfield

Michael Foods Egg Products Company thanks our many friends and neighbors who supply us with goods and services that keep us running. We also thank our employees. It is the hard work and dedication of employees at all levels that make us an indusrty leader.

James Miller Manager

CIPCO

Servicing Most Major Brands

NAPA - CRESTON

Cardinal IG

Michael Foods Egg Products Company

Thank you for everything you do!

Precision, Inc. of Lenox is a manufacturer of Small Idlers. Lenox Plant has been opened since 1987.

Chemical Research/Technology Co.

1700 W. Townline Street, Creston, www.greaterregional.org

Cardinal IG has been in Greenfield for the past 40 years. Cardinal IG, a manufacturer of residential and commerical insulated and tempered glass, employs 450 people.

Gavilon Grain, LLC

Creston

300 Osage Street, Creston

Hwy. 34 East • Creston — Creston —

Greenfield Lumber “Where the Studs Are” Hwy. 25 North • Greenfield

641-782-5112

641-743-2712

Mon-Fri 8:30am - 5:30pm Sat 8:30am - 2pm

Mon-Fri 7:30am-5:30pm Saturdays 7:30am-4pm Sundays 1-4pm

As Iowa’s largest cooperative energy provider, Central Iowa Power Cooperative generates and transmits electricity to 13 member-owned electric cooperatives and associations who distribute the power to a population of nearly 320,000 member-owners located in 58 Iowa counties. In operation since 1946, CIPCO is headquartered in Cedar Rapids, with offices in Creston, Wilton, and Des Moines. The Summit Lake Generating Station located in Creston is owned and operated by CIPCO and has the generation capacity of 92MW.

Gavilon, LLC is committed to bringing grain producers competitive bids and marketing alternatives to help manage their price risks. Gavilon Grain, LLC employs approximately 30 people at the Creston facility.

WoodLink

Heartland Energy Solutions

1500 WoodLink Dr., Mount Ayr

808 S. Cleveland, Mount Ayr

Saluting Area Industry!

Thank you to our local industries!

Creston Farm & Home Supply 408 South Sumner • Creston • 641-782-2317

WoodLink started marketing their products in June of 1988. They currently employ 20 people to manufacture bird feeders, bird houses and birding accessories. WoodLink distributes to more than 5,000 customers in the US and Canada.

Mount Ayr Farm & Home Supply 116 N. Taylor St. • Mount Ayr • 641-464-3991

Manufacturer of 100kW turbines and blades. Charles Sharp Presently we have greater than 15 employees. CEO

600 Sheldon Ave. Creston, IA 50801

641-782-7023

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100 E. Taylor St., Creston, IA • (641) 782-2565 www.grapevinestaffing.com

Hiring Top Talent - Apply Today!

Creston News Advertiser Thursday, October 23, 2014

Precision Pulley & Idler

Corning 4

2251 Ave. of Industries, Corning 1

Selling and Installing ALL types of flooring!

Commercial Residential

105 E. Adams Street Creston, Iowa

Our Prices Will FLOOR You!

Meat Dept. 782-6940 Grocery Dept. 782-5612 STORE HOURS 8:00 a.m. - 9:00 p.m. Monday thru Saturday

804 S. Mulberry • Creston (on the south side of Hwy. 34 by Cook Video & Appliance) 9 am-5 pm • Mon thru Fri — 8 am-12 Noon • Sat

641-278-1044

Harry Blake Plant Manager

Precision, Inc. of Corning (1) is a manufacturer of Aggregate Drum & Wing Pulley. Corning 1 has been in Corning since 1987.

Troy Preston Plant Manager

The Farmers Cooperative Company

Precision, Inc. of Corning 4 is a manufacturer of Large Conveyor Idlers. Corning 4 has been in Corning since 2011.

Innovative Industries, Inc. 215 N. Walnut Street, Creston

Afton, Arispe, Creston, Diagonal, Macksburg, Mt. Ayr, Osceola, Shenandoah, Elwood, KS

Commitment is

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Commitment you can bank on.

641.782.2195 ◆ 877.782.2195 fnbcreston.com

(641) 782-2163

The Farmer’s Cooperative Company was formed in 1920 in Afton, Iowa. Over the years nine locations were added, being Arispe, Creston, Macksburg, Mt. Ayr, Diagonal, Osceola, Indianola, Shenandoah, and Elwood, KS. The Coop employs 140 people and offers a full line of feed products, fertilizer, chemicals, custom application, seed and grain storage. The Farmers Coop has approximately 1,500 member/owners and continues to grow and serve its members.

Innovative Industries, Inc. is a vocational training facility for persons with disabilities. It provides a wide variety of work options: mailings, pallets, lath, packaging and assembly, janitorial day and evening crews.

Green Valley Chemical Corporation 1284 Cherry Street Road ogo Ad for the school calendar

www.boydappliance.net Selling Amana, KitchenAid, Maytag, Frigidaire, Electrolux, Speed Queen & Traeger Grills Servicing most makes and models Locally Owned & Operated Weekdays: 8:30-5:30 Saturdays: 9:00-12:00

Creston News Advertiser 503 W. Adams Street, Creston

Green Valley Chemical Corporation owes its existence to the organizational efforts of Mr. John Hatfield, Creston, Iowa. Mr. Hatfield saw the need and the opportunity for a group of Fertilizer Dealers to join together and produce their own nitrogen fertilizer. Green Valley Chemical Corporation started making Anhydrous Ammonia in April 1966. Ten years later, in 1976, the company started making Carbon Dioxide along with the Anhydrous Ammonia.

Tom Shaw CEO of Shaw Media

Southwest Iowa REC

issbbank.com

CENTER, INC.

220 N. Pine • Uptown Creston, IA

Dave Riley Marketing/ Production Manager

Member FDIC

OYD APPLIANCE

Shaw Media is a privately held company founded by B.F. Shaw in 1851. It is comprised of seven daily newspapers, in Illinois and Iowa, plus one tri-weekly and two weekly newspapers and several free distribution products. Currently the CNA employs 39 people.

Ferrara Candy Co.

Offices in Corning - Mt. Ayr - Stanton

500 Industrial Parkway, Creston

Member FDIC

We salute all the industries in our community

RESTON UTOMOTIVE 410 W. Adams • Creston, IA 866-782-2179 or 641-782-2179 www.crestonautomotive.com

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Buick • GMC Chrysler • Jeep Dodge • Ram

Phil Kinser CEO/ General Manager

Southwest Iowa REC is a distribution electric cooperative in Southwest Iowa providing electricity to members in Adair, Adams, Cass, Decatur, Fremont, Mills, Montgomery, Page, Ringgold, Taylor and Union counties. The REC employs 27 full-time employees.

Wellman Dynamics 641-782-2107 or 1-800-676-6994

1746 Commerce Rd., Creston

Creston, IA 50801 782-5380

CHS

1310 East Howard Street, Creston

We are proud to be a part of a great community - thank you to the industrial community

“On the Corner of Savings”

410 S. Sumner • Creston

302 E. Taylor (Hwy 34) Suite A Creston IA 50801

641-782-2107 or 1-800-676-6994

782-3300

Wellman Dynamics produces high integrity aluminum and magnesium sand castings for the military and aerospace markets. Projects include parts for the Black Hawk Helicopter, Bell-Boeing Osprey Tilt Roter/V-22, Toyota Race Engines for NASCAR, Space Shuttle, and most jet aircraft. Our facility currently employs approximately 465 associates. We are a growing family. SAFETY - QUALITY - CUSTOMER - COMMUNITY

Commerical Farm-Owners • Homeowners Major Medical • Crop-Hail Auto • Life

Tyler Insurance Services, Inc. 111 W. Mills Creston, Iowa 50801 PHILLIP J. TYLER, CIC, CPIA Office: 782-5503 Home: 782-2208 • Fax: 782-5681 Creston • Mount Ayr

CHS is the nation’s leading cooperative, owned by farmers, ranchers and cooperatives across the United States. A diversified global energy, grains and foods business, CHS is committed to helping producers and cooperatives grow their business. At Creston, CHS processes locally-grown soybeans into soy flour, and is investing in facility expansion and upgrades to increase production. Soy flour is used by food companies to increase protein, lower fat and improve texture.

Thank you for all you do! “A Name You Can Trust”

Insurance ~ Real Estate 208 N. Maple, Creston, IA 782-8516 www.carteragcy.com

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Crest Plaza/701 W. Townline, Creston Office 641-782-7197 Broker: Stew Stewart www.stewartrealtyia.com Crest Plaza/701 W. Townline, Creston Crest Plaza Real Estate People” Office 641-782-7197 Broker: Stewart 701 Stew W.“the Townline

Locally owned, locally active and PROUD to be your Bank!

641-782-7197

First National Bank

“The Real Estate People”

Fontanelle • Greenfield Massena • Anita Correctionville

www.stewartrealtyia.com —Creston— “the Real Estate People”

Office

Broker—Stew Stewart www.stewartrealtyia.com MLS®

Creston News Advertiser Thursday, October 23, 2014

Creston Chamber of Commerce and the Union County Development Association

Salute Creston and Union County Industries Creston and Union County industries provide over 2700 jobs to area residents. These industries are a vital part of our local communities. We extend our sincere gratitude to say “Thank You” for doing business in Creston and Union County.

Thank you to all Union County Industries together we keep on growing!

MEDICAL CENTER

Iowa Tool & Manufacturing

Southwest Distributing Co.

Precast Concrete Co. GREEN VALLEY CHEMICAL CORPORATION

Refrigeration, Inc.

Petznicks Printing Company

208 W. Taylor/Hwy 34 • 641-782-7021 www.crestoniowachamber.com chamber@crestoniowachamber.com

208 W. Taylor 641-782-2003 www.unioncountyiowa.com wpantini@unioncountyiowa.com