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ORANGE CITY<br />
MAGAZINE<br />
OCSPRING/SUMMER 2017<br />
BRUSHES WITH SUCCESS:<br />
Vogel Paint<br />
A PASSION<br />
FOR CREATION<br />
Kari Beadner<br />
expands facility<br />
serves as a doula<br />
A TRIBUTE TO<br />
tulips
INTEGRITY. INNOVATION. INSPIRATION.<br />
Serving this region is such a privilege. Our 500 dedicated colleagues promise to continue to serve you with:<br />
Integrity. You trust us as partners in your family’s health. We take that responsibility seriously.<br />
Innovation. Over our 57-year history, we have been innovative in offering comprehensive<br />
and integrated medical services.<br />
Inspiration. We draw inspiration from those we serve, and inspire each other. Every day.<br />
Thank you for trusting us for a lifetime of care.<br />
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Main campus in <strong>Orange</strong> <strong>City</strong>. Medical clinics in Hospers, <strong>Orange</strong> <strong>City</strong>, Paullina,<br />
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ON THE COVER<br />
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16<br />
20<br />
Bright Future<br />
Vogel Paint Inc. to expand<br />
powder coating facility<br />
A Passion for<br />
Creation<br />
Kari Beadner serves local<br />
women as a labor doula<br />
A Tribute to Tulips<br />
Mulder's Tulip Town Bulb Company<br />
keeps <strong>Orange</strong> <strong>City</strong> blooming<br />
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The Scene of a Crime<br />
Northwestern College offers<br />
new class in crime writing<br />
Magicians in the Making<br />
<strong>Orange</strong> <strong>City</strong> youth learn how to make magic<br />
Word on the Street<br />
What are you most looking forward to about the Tulip Festival?<br />
Meet Your Neighbor<br />
Meet Karli Lang<br />
<strong>Orange</strong> <strong>City</strong> Community Guide<br />
Your source for information about <strong>Orange</strong> <strong>City</strong><br />
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color your life vibrant<br />
experience al<br />
we have to
award winning healthcare<br />
a world class education<br />
a downtown developed<br />
l that<br />
offer<br />
“As <strong>Orange</strong> <strong>City</strong> celebrates our 77th Tulip Festival, we invite you to join us for this special occasion.<br />
As we remember our wonderful heritage, we also look to the future with excitement! Take time to<br />
experience the arts and culture of our community and witness the dynamic growth of our<br />
main street, educational facilities, healthcare resources, and more!”<br />
Deb De Haan - <strong>Orange</strong> <strong>City</strong> Mayor<br />
Visit us at <strong>Orange</strong><strong>City</strong>Iowa.com
GROWTH<br />
TEXT BY LINDSAY KRUSE | PHOTOS BY RYLAN HOWE<br />
BRIGHT<br />
V<br />
ogel<br />
Future<br />
Vogel Paint Inc. to expand<br />
powder coating facility<br />
Paint Inc.’s future looks bright. The<br />
<strong>Orange</strong> <strong>City</strong> paint firm is shining as its<br />
brushes with success have led to a significant<br />
expansion project to the company’s powder coatings<br />
manufacturing facility.<br />
Work is underway on the project — a three-phase,<br />
five-year, $29.9 million endeavor — which was anticipated<br />
when the current manufacturing facility was<br />
built in the early 2000s.<br />
“When we built the building, we projected we<br />
would reach a point where we would want to add on to<br />
the building over the next 15-20 years, so we designed<br />
the first building with the idea of an addition someday,”<br />
said Drew Vogel.<br />
However, Vogel — president and CEO of the longtime<br />
family-owned business that is known for manufacturing<br />
paint coatings for the architectural, heavy-<br />
Quality control technician Gina Renzi<br />
sprays test panels with a powder coating.<br />
The entire powder coating manufacturing<br />
facility is undergoing a major expansion<br />
project, effectively doubling in size.<br />
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“The truth of it<br />
is, we’ve just had<br />
a lot of loyal<br />
customers,<br />
and we’ve been<br />
blessed over<br />
the years with<br />
a tremendous<br />
group of<br />
employees.”<br />
— DREW VOGEL<br />
PRESIDENT & CEO OF<br />
VOGEL PAINT INC.<br />
duty protective, industrial,<br />
traffic and powder coatings<br />
market — said that the expansion<br />
is happening sooner<br />
than expected.<br />
Not that that’s a bad thing.<br />
“It developed a little more<br />
rapidly than we thought,”<br />
he said, noting the company<br />
even benefited during the<br />
housing recession of 2008-<br />
09. “We added a night shift,<br />
which added additional capacity.<br />
As the business continued<br />
to grow, we saw that<br />
we were nearing the point<br />
that we needed to implement<br />
the next plan.”<br />
Discussions on the project<br />
were initiated about two years<br />
ago, and groundwork on the<br />
first phase began in the fall of<br />
2015.<br />
The current powder coatings<br />
manufacturing facility<br />
has about 66,800 square feet<br />
of production and warehouse<br />
space. The powder coatings<br />
part of the business<br />
dates back to 1998.<br />
The multilevel expansion<br />
will double the<br />
size of the existing facility,<br />
adding more production<br />
and warehouse<br />
space on the north side<br />
of the facility.<br />
Bouma & Company<br />
Inc. of <strong>Orange</strong> <strong>City</strong> is the<br />
general contractor for<br />
the project.<br />
The addition has<br />
received tax benefits<br />
via the Iowa Economic<br />
Development Authority’s<br />
High Quality Jobs<br />
program, which provides<br />
qualifying businesses tax<br />
credits and direct financial<br />
assistance to offset some of<br />
the costs incurred to locate,<br />
expand or modernize a facility<br />
in the state.<br />
The expansion is expected<br />
to create 49 jobs, of which<br />
three will have a qualifying<br />
wage of $20.82 per hour.<br />
Vogel Paint Inc. already has<br />
started hiring for the additional<br />
positions, and its target<br />
is to have half the jobs<br />
added by the middle of this<br />
summer.<br />
Vogel said work on the<br />
first phase of the expansion,<br />
an about $19 million endeavor,<br />
has moved indoors with<br />
heating and air conditioning<br />
and electrical work is currently<br />
being completed.<br />
Production equipment<br />
also has started to arrive,<br />
which he expects to be installed<br />
and fine-tuned by<br />
July.<br />
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Work is underway to expand the power<br />
coating manufacturing facility at Vogel<br />
Paint, Inc. The expansion will create 49<br />
new jobs. The first phase of the project is<br />
slated for completion by August.<br />
THE COMPANY<br />
To learn more about Vogel Paint<br />
Inc., which is headquartered at<br />
1110 Albany Place S.E. in <strong>Orange</strong><br />
<strong>City</strong>, call 712-737-4993 or visit<br />
www.diamondvogel.com.<br />
HOMETOWN PRIDE<br />
The Vogel family’s colorful efforts<br />
to beautify Iowa resulted in a recent<br />
statewide recognition.<br />
The owners of the <strong>Orange</strong><br />
<strong>City</strong>-based Vogel Paint Inc. were<br />
honored as the 2016 Donald F.<br />
Lamberti Hometown Pride Vision<br />
Award winners during an October<br />
luncheon in Des Moines.<br />
The award was presented by<br />
Iowa Gov. Terry Branstad on<br />
behalf of Keep Iowa Beautiful,<br />
the Hawkeye State’s chapter of<br />
Keep America Beautiful, a national<br />
nonprofit community improvement<br />
organization.<br />
Keep Iowa Beautiful first presented<br />
the Hometown Pride Vision Award<br />
— recognizing those who work to<br />
improve and enhance the quality<br />
of the state — in 2013. The honor<br />
is named after its initial recipient,<br />
Donald F. Lamberti, co-founder of<br />
Casey’s General Stores.<br />
“We’ll then start to do some test runs, and<br />
Vogel Paint Inc.<br />
employs<br />
850<br />
PEOPLE<br />
about 330 of which<br />
work in <strong>Orange</strong> <strong>City</strong><br />
we hope we’re all online and producing by<br />
August,” Vogel said.<br />
After that, the second and third phases of<br />
the expansion will commence.<br />
While the first stage is<br />
focused more on adding<br />
space to the building, the<br />
second and third aspects<br />
are all about equipment.<br />
According to Vogel,<br />
the expansion includes<br />
adding 50 percent more<br />
equipment.<br />
“We’re hoping that will<br />
fill the new plant,” he said.<br />
The second and third<br />
phases of the project will<br />
amount to about $5 million<br />
apiece.<br />
Vogel Paint Inc. has eight production facilities<br />
and more than 65 service centers in the<br />
central United States under the brand names<br />
Diamond Vogel, Old Masters, Van Sickle, Peridium<br />
Powder Coatings, Pinnacle Protective<br />
Coatings and Axis Performance Coatings.<br />
The business, which employs approximately<br />
850 workers — about 330 of whom<br />
work in <strong>Orange</strong> <strong>City</strong> — has been painting a<br />
legacy of success since 1926.<br />
The company prides itself on its passion,<br />
work ethic and stubbornness, which<br />
was displayed by founder<br />
Andrew Vogel, Drew’s<br />
grandfather.<br />
Those traits still are<br />
respected nine decades<br />
later and Vogel Paint<br />
Inc.’s attributes certainly<br />
are paying off.<br />
After all, the business<br />
prides itself that “we<br />
embrace our past, and it<br />
shapes our future.”<br />
“Certainly Dutch people<br />
are stubborn. We’re<br />
just stubborn,” Drew Vogel said. “The truth<br />
of it is, we’ve just had a lot of loyal customers,<br />
and we’ve been blessed over the years<br />
with a tremendous group of employees. It’s<br />
fun to see everyone’s hard work pay off, and<br />
we have evidence of it all in a longer and bigger<br />
customer list, resulting in more satisfied<br />
customers.” <br />
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TEXT BY LINDSAY KRUSE | PHOTOS BY JOSH HARRELL<br />
THE<br />
SCENE<br />
OF<br />
A<br />
Get a clue: Northwestern College<br />
offers new class in crime writing
EDUCATION<br />
“A BLESSED SNARL”<br />
Patrick Wiseman moved his wife<br />
and son back to Newfoundland<br />
to start a new Pentecostal<br />
church, but when his wife, Anne,<br />
leaves him for a man she meets<br />
on Facebook, and his son, Hab,<br />
moves in with his girlfriend, Natalie<br />
— a burgeoning alcoholic with<br />
a fiery past — Patrick takes a suicidal<br />
leap of faith that brings him<br />
face-to-face with his estranged<br />
father, Des, a Catholic mystic<br />
who might be covering up an<br />
old crime. While Patrick wrestles<br />
to come to terms with his failed<br />
marriage, Hab struggles to hang<br />
on to his tenuous relationship<br />
with Natalie. But when a woman<br />
is almost burned alive in a nearby<br />
house fire and a neighborhood<br />
drunk is beaten within an inch of<br />
life, Hab begins to wonder if Natalie<br />
and her housemate, Gerry,<br />
know more than they let on.<br />
Northwestern College senior Carrie Bouwman of Rock Valley presents a possible motive as<br />
to why someone would murder a Northwestern professor during the crime writing class on<br />
Jan. 24 in <strong>Orange</strong> <strong>City</strong>.<br />
Pay a visit to Samuel Martin’s latest<br />
class and you’ll walk onto a crime<br />
scene.<br />
A human body outline is taped to the<br />
floor while a small group of students discuss<br />
books, movies and other popular culture at<br />
Northwestern College in <strong>Orange</strong> <strong>City</strong>.<br />
Martin, an assistant professor of English,<br />
is in his first semester of teaching the Tuesday<br />
and Thursday offering, deemed Crime<br />
Writing, which is held in Kepp Hall.<br />
Eight students are enrolled in the twocredit,<br />
one-hour class that will be offered<br />
every other spring, alternating with a fantasy<br />
writing course.<br />
The class stemmed from a demand for<br />
more special topic English offerings.<br />
“As a writing professor, I’d been asked to<br />
teach a session for that each year, and I was<br />
trying to think, ‘What are at least two different<br />
kinds?’” said Martin, who brainstormed<br />
various branches of fiction students might<br />
be interested that would be feasible with<br />
Northwestern’s schedule.<br />
He first created a fantasy-style workshop,<br />
where students study and write in the style<br />
of “Lord of the Rings” author J R.R. Tolkien<br />
through modern times.<br />
The Crime Writing course was born from<br />
Martin’s personal interest in the genre.<br />
He’s already had two works in the subject<br />
matter published — “The Ramshackle Tabernacle,”<br />
a collection of short stories, in 2010,<br />
and “A Blessed Snarl,” a novel, in 2012.<br />
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“THE RAMSHACKLE<br />
TABERNACLE”<br />
“The Ramshackle Tabernacle” is a<br />
collection of short stories set in and<br />
around the fictional villages of St.<br />
Lola and St. Olga in northeastern<br />
Ontario. Whether reflecting on<br />
the broken lives of others in the<br />
community or mourning the death<br />
of a friend who drowned in a freak<br />
fishing accident, the characters in this<br />
collection face tragedy with grace,<br />
humor and perseverance. These<br />
stories deal with both the rundown<br />
and ruined aspects of our humanity,<br />
but also with the redeeming and<br />
renewing love that can hold a<br />
community together when tragedies<br />
threaten to make it crumble.<br />
Martin has a third project, a series of<br />
crime novels — the first of which falls<br />
under the noir genre of crime writing with<br />
the working title of “Burn it Up." It is being<br />
considered by an agent in Chicago.<br />
“I’m working with him on this book, but<br />
also where the series might go,” he said.<br />
“It’s a little under wraps right now.”<br />
Martin said any student curious about<br />
the subject matter is able to take the Crime<br />
Writing course, as there are no prerequisites.<br />
“If they’re interested in taking the class,<br />
they just need to have a conversation with<br />
me about their past writing experience<br />
and their interest in the genre,” he said.<br />
“We have students from the community<br />
as well as nonmajors and English majors<br />
all in the group.”<br />
One of Martin’s favorite parts about<br />
teaching the course relates to his personal<br />
work.<br />
“I get to share some of the research<br />
I’ve done in terms of the genre,” he said.<br />
“I’ve done quite a bit of reading in each<br />
of the crime writing genres, so I enjoy<br />
Northwestern College professor Samuel Martin challenges his class to humanize a body<br />
found at a crime scene during crime writing class on Jan. 24 in <strong>Orange</strong> <strong>City</strong>.<br />
seeing the reactions to something I’ve<br />
connected with.”<br />
Martin’s passion for the crime genre is<br />
evident in his class.<br />
During a recent Tuesday afternoon, his<br />
discussion ranged from the students’ current<br />
read, “A Fatal Grace” by Louise Penny<br />
to television and movies as well — “Kill<br />
Bill,” “John Wick,” “Pulp Fiction,” “Breaking<br />
Bad,” “Castle,” “Psych” and more.<br />
Martin’s goal for the course is simple.<br />
“The nice thing about the class is that<br />
most students come with a prior interest in<br />
the genre, so they actually teach me quite<br />
a bit about authors I haven’t read, films I<br />
haven’t seen and other possibilities of how<br />
to tell a good story,” he said.<br />
"Basically, I’m allowing the course to<br />
take shape around their interests as well as<br />
my own.” <br />
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HEALTH<br />
A PASSION<br />
TEXT BY LINDSAY KRUSE<br />
PHOTOS BY JOSH HARRELL<br />
for creation<br />
Kari Beadner serves local<br />
women as a labor doula<br />
16 OC | SPRING/SUMMER 2017
Kari Beadner has a passion for<br />
creation.<br />
That love has blossomed<br />
into a full-fledged career for the 36-yearold<br />
<strong>Orange</strong> <strong>City</strong> resident.<br />
Beadner, a certified FertilityCare practitioner<br />
and labor doula and owner of<br />
<strong>Orange</strong> <strong>City</strong> FertilityCare Center, recently<br />
added another title to her resume — director<br />
of Guiding Star <strong>Orange</strong> <strong>City</strong>, which will<br />
hold its grand opening on March 2.<br />
However, these titles all are relatively<br />
new to the former admissions counselor<br />
at her alma mater, Simpson University in<br />
Redding, CA.<br />
Beadner and her husband, Aaron, left<br />
the Golden State behind in 2011, when<br />
Aaron became the director of student programs<br />
at Northwestern College.<br />
“I came without a job and this is what’s<br />
happened,” Kari Beadner said.<br />
She was 20 weeks pregnant with the<br />
couple’s first child, Abbey, at the time of<br />
the relocation.<br />
About six months after Abbey was born,<br />
Beadner began looking for a natural method<br />
of family planning.<br />
“The method I was using wasn’t effective<br />
during the breast-feeding time,” she<br />
said.<br />
She learned about the Creighton Model<br />
FertilityCare System through a seminar<br />
presented by former <strong>Orange</strong> <strong>City</strong> Area<br />
Health System doctor Harrison Hanson in<br />
2012.<br />
The Creighton Model doesn’t require<br />
any drugs, surgery, artificial products or<br />
devices. Instead, it focuses on the woman<br />
externally observing her body to determine<br />
fertile and non-fertile days. By planning<br />
around the observations, the couple can<br />
determine the times to achieve or avoid<br />
pregnancy.<br />
“Even people with irregular cycles or<br />
during breast-feeding, when you’re in ovulatory<br />
and waiting for your fertility to return,<br />
this method can be used,” Beadner<br />
said.<br />
“We are about the<br />
whole aspect of life<br />
from conception to<br />
natural death, and that’s<br />
one of our biggest<br />
tenants: Every life should<br />
be respected and<br />
valued, no matter what<br />
part of the life that<br />
person is — the father,<br />
the mother,<br />
the baby."<br />
— KARI BEADNER<br />
CERTIFIED FERTILITYCARE<br />
PRACTITIONER, LABOR DOULA & OWNER<br />
OF ORANGE CITY FERTILITYCARE CENTER<br />
The couple agreed on implementing the<br />
system, but Hanson said they needed a<br />
FertilityCare instructor. At the time, Sioux<br />
County was void of options, and the closest<br />
teachers were located in Akron, Sioux <strong>City</strong><br />
and Sioux Falls, SD.<br />
“With a little baby, I didn’t want to go,<br />
because the first four meetings are two<br />
weeks apart, and I thought it was so far<br />
and so sad that we had no one to teach it,”<br />
Beadner said. “That’s when I was like, ‘I<br />
know I can do this. I need a part-time job,’<br />
and it’s turned into way more than that.”<br />
She began training and opened <strong>Orange</strong><br />
<strong>City</strong> FertilityCare Center in October 2012.<br />
The next year, she completed the<br />
Creighton Model FertilityCare Practitioner<br />
Program at Pope Paul VI Institute for Human<br />
Reproduction in Omaha, NE.<br />
“It was a 13-month internship, and I<br />
started working with clients then,” she<br />
said. “Today, I’ve seen more than 150 clients<br />
and more than 80 conceptions.”<br />
After achieving pregnancy, one client<br />
asked Beadner if there were any labor<br />
doula services in the area.<br />
“I was like, ‘No, I don’t think so. As far<br />
as I know, from what I learned in my childbirth<br />
education class at the hospital, nurses<br />
are one-on-one here, so you don’t really<br />
need one,’” she said.<br />
That night, Beadner looked into the<br />
topic.<br />
“I started doing just a little bit of research,<br />
and I found that doulas actually<br />
give constant physical, emotional and informational<br />
support to families during the<br />
entire birthing process,” she said. “Doulas<br />
aren’t advocates; they actually just give the<br />
support that the family needs to be able to<br />
achieve the goals that they have, whether<br />
that be a natural birth, whether that be a<br />
medicated birth — anything.”<br />
Beadner was intrigued, and she completed<br />
an independent program through<br />
Childbirth International, receiving her labor<br />
doula certification in May 2016.<br />
“I’ve attended nine births so far, and<br />
I’ve got a few that are upcoming in the next<br />
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AT A GLANCE<br />
Name: Kari Beadner<br />
Position: Certified<br />
FertilityCare practitioner,<br />
certified labor doula,<br />
owner of <strong>Orange</strong> <strong>City</strong><br />
FertilityCare Center and<br />
director of Guiding Star<br />
<strong>Orange</strong> <strong>City</strong><br />
Age: 36<br />
Residence: <strong>Orange</strong> <strong>City</strong><br />
Education: Graduated<br />
from Simpson University<br />
in Redding, CA, with a<br />
bachelor’s degree in cross<br />
cultural studies in 2003.<br />
Experience: Worked<br />
in the admissions office at<br />
Simpson University, 2001-<br />
04; missionary in Japan,<br />
2004-07; director of<br />
undergraduate admissions<br />
at Simpson University,<br />
2007-11; director and<br />
teacher for the Winter<br />
English Camp for high<br />
school students from<br />
Japan at Northwestern<br />
College in <strong>Orange</strong> <strong>City</strong>,<br />
2012-14; became a<br />
certified FertilityCare<br />
practitioner through the<br />
American Academy of<br />
FertilityCare Professionals<br />
in 2012; opened <strong>Orange</strong><br />
<strong>City</strong> FertilityCare Center<br />
in 2012; obtained labor<br />
doula certification<br />
through Childbirth<br />
International in 2016;<br />
director of Guiding<br />
Star <strong>Orange</strong> <strong>City</strong>,<br />
2016-present.<br />
Family: Husband,<br />
Aaron; two children:<br />
Abbey, 5, and Hudson, 2.<br />
Interests: Spending<br />
time with family, teaching<br />
others about creation.<br />
couple of months,” she said.<br />
“It’s been really exciting.”<br />
The beginnings of Beadner’s<br />
latest venture, Guiding Star <strong>Orange</strong><br />
<strong>City</strong>, were initiated when<br />
she hosted a postpartum FertilityCare<br />
workshop last August.<br />
“I shared about Fertility-<br />
Care, I had a lactation consultant<br />
come and speak, I had a<br />
physical therapist come and<br />
talk about restoring pelvic floor,<br />
and I had a postpartum doula<br />
come and talk about postpartum<br />
care and herbalism,” she<br />
said. “While we were putting together<br />
that workshop, we realized<br />
all of these aspects are not<br />
covered in the doctor’s office,<br />
but they’re all really important<br />
things that women want and<br />
need.”<br />
Beadner previously had<br />
come across the Duluth, MNbased<br />
Guiding Star Project, an<br />
initiative created by Leah Jacobson,<br />
which seeks to create<br />
greater unity and collaboration<br />
of pro-life groups across<br />
the country. Its mission is “to<br />
establish comprehensive centers<br />
nationwide for women and<br />
families that uphold Natural<br />
Law and promote a New Feminism<br />
through a complimentary<br />
view of humanity that places<br />
women, men and children in<br />
loving family circles of trust,<br />
stability, and of mutual giving<br />
and acceptance.”<br />
“Leah started the Guiding<br />
Star Project in hopes of bringing<br />
life-affirming or pro-life<br />
services for families together<br />
under one roof so people didn’t<br />
have to go out and find all these<br />
different services,” Beadner<br />
said.<br />
“Doulas aren’t advocates; they actually<br />
just give the support that the<br />
family needs to be able to achieve the<br />
goals that they have."<br />
— KARI BEADNER<br />
CERTIFIED FERTILITYCARE PRACTITIONER, LABOR DOULA &<br />
OWNER OF ORANGE CITY FERTILITYCARE CENTER<br />
The network of Guiding<br />
Star locations provide not only<br />
pregnancy resources, but also<br />
a prenatal and birthing center,<br />
natural family planning, counseling,<br />
child care and a community<br />
conference space.<br />
Beadner wanted to expand<br />
that vision to <strong>Orange</strong> <strong>City</strong>.<br />
“I thought a Guiding Star<br />
Center would be really valuable<br />
in this area,” she said. “People<br />
want this.”<br />
Beadner immediately set to<br />
work on the idea.<br />
“I contacted Leah Jacobson<br />
in August after that workshop,<br />
and here we are today, having<br />
our grand opening March<br />
2, so it went really fast,” she<br />
said. “Once I started talking to<br />
different organizations in our<br />
area, people started jumping on<br />
board.”<br />
She’s excited for the new<br />
venture — located in the Dutch<br />
Plaza at 123 Albany Ave. S.E.<br />
Suite 5 — but more than anything,<br />
she’s looking forward<br />
to educating others about the<br />
value of creation and life.<br />
“We are about the whole aspect<br />
of life from conception to<br />
natural death, and that’s one of<br />
our biggest tenants: Every life<br />
should be respected and valued,<br />
no matter what part of the<br />
life that person is — the father,<br />
the mother, the baby. We really<br />
want to do all that we can to<br />
support all of those aspects,”<br />
Beadner said. <br />
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• If hearing aids in Northwest are your best Iowa option, to we serve encourage you to try different devices to<br />
how well your they needs perform and – before fit your you schedule. make any commitment.<br />
• We don’t have commission sales. Whether you choose the most expensive option<br />
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TULIP FESTIVAL<br />
Brett and Nora Mulder<br />
started Mulder Tulip<br />
Town Company 11 years<br />
ago after Sioux County's<br />
main tulip supplier<br />
retired from the<br />
flower business.<br />
“We couldn’t have a Dutch community without<br />
somebody selling tulips,” said Nora, who also<br />
works as a loan officer at Iowa State Bank in <strong>Orange</strong><br />
<strong>City</strong>.<br />
Since 2006, the Mulders have planted about<br />
50,000 tulips each year in the Sioux County community<br />
of about 6,200.<br />
The couple works closely with the city and various<br />
businesses in <strong>Orange</strong> <strong>City</strong> to maintain a variety<br />
of flower beds, which are spread over several locations<br />
throughout the town.<br />
The tulip bulbs are imported from a supplier<br />
based in Noordwijerhout, Holland.<br />
“That’s where 90 percent of the bulbs we buy are<br />
from,” Brett said.<br />
“We have a couple of other suppliers too, but<br />
he’s the primary one, and he works with the different<br />
growers.”<br />
The bulbs arrive each September, and the Mulders<br />
typically plant in October.<br />
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“They have to go through a cold period,<br />
and the key is to get them to bloom at the<br />
Tulip Festival,” Brett said.<br />
As a result, the Mulders tend to lean<br />
toward late and single late blooming varieties<br />
— lilies, parrots, darwin hybrids<br />
— while also incorporating some midbloomers,<br />
such as the traditional triumphs.<br />
Each year, the couple incorporates new<br />
tulips.<br />
During the 2017 Tulip Festival, be on<br />
the lookout for the Big Easy, a yellow,<br />
purple and pink mix reminiscent of Mardis<br />
Gras; the Pink Diamond, a pink single<br />
late tulip; the reddish pink van Eijk; a<br />
pink lily flower tulip deemed the Mariette<br />
and an orange variety named Daydream.<br />
“We usually try to have three-four new<br />
A TRIBUTE TO TULIPS<br />
The 2017 Tulip Festival is slated for<br />
May 18-20 with a theme of “A Tribute<br />
to Tulips.”<br />
varieties each year,” Brett said. “Mixes go<br />
over really well.”<br />
But, while the Mulders love planting<br />
and planning their tulip gardens, the couple<br />
enjoys meeting the people of <strong>Orange</strong><br />
<strong>City</strong> and those who visit the community<br />
for the Tulip Festival even more.<br />
“We talk to a lot of the locals and a<br />
lot of the people from out of town, and<br />
they’re just so appreciative of our quaint<br />
little city,” Nora said.<br />
“They love <strong>Orange</strong> <strong>City</strong>, and they love<br />
to come visit us,” Brett added. <br />
The Mulders work<br />
hand-in-hand<br />
with <strong>Orange</strong> <strong>City</strong><br />
and a number of<br />
businesses to plant<br />
around 50,000<br />
tulips every year.<br />
TULIP FESTIVAL TIMELINE<br />
1933: The first Tulip Show, a flower contest,<br />
is sponsored by local clubs.<br />
1934: Encouraged by the interest of the<br />
first Tulip Show, the event continues for<br />
another year and grows in size.<br />
1935: The <strong>Orange</strong> <strong>City</strong> community<br />
organizes the first special planting of<br />
tulips.<br />
1936: The first Tulip Festival is held and<br />
is referred to as the May Festival. The<br />
estimated attendance was 3,500 people.<br />
1937: A queen and royal court are selected<br />
for the festival.<br />
1938: A second day is added to the festival.<br />
1941: An evening parade is added. The<br />
estimated attendance for the two-day<br />
festival reaches 15,000 people.<br />
1942-46: World War II is being waged.<br />
The festival is canceled and replaced<br />
with Victory Days and other appropriate<br />
observations.<br />
1946: With peace on the horizon, 50,000<br />
new tulip bulbs are imported from<br />
Holland.<br />
1947: The Tulip Festival resumes post war.<br />
One day is dedicated to veterans.<br />
1950: A third day is added to the festival,<br />
and the Dutch street organ is acquired.<br />
1990: The Tulip Festival celebrates its 50th<br />
year.<br />
2015: The Tulip Festival celebrates its 75th<br />
year.<br />
SPRING/SUMMER 2017 | OC 23
Mark Lundberg,<br />
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109 Third St NE<br />
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Bus. 712-737-3779<br />
Cell 712-541-9195<br />
mark.lundberg@edwardjones.com<br />
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of crafts, baked goods, a<br />
corn maze, petting zoo,<br />
autumn produce and<br />
FUN FOR THE<br />
WHOLE FAMILY!<br />
COME VISIT<br />
US THIS FALL!<br />
Open September and October<br />
Monday-Saturday 10 a.m.-Dark<br />
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Phone 712-737-8364<br />
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YOUTH<br />
MAGICIANS<br />
in the Making<br />
TEXT BY LINDSAY KRUSE<br />
PHOTOS BY RYLAN HOWE<br />
<strong>Orange</strong> <strong>City</strong> youth learn to how to make magic<br />
The first rule of a magician is to<br />
never unveil a secret.<br />
After all, secrets are what magic<br />
is all about.<br />
Lisa Laird recently revealed some of the<br />
illusions of the profession for a select group<br />
of children during a two-session Magicians<br />
in the Making event hosted by the <strong>Orange</strong><br />
<strong>City</strong> Area Arts Council.<br />
Laird is a professional puppeteer and<br />
ventriloquist, and her focus is on entertaining<br />
and educating children. Playing,<br />
creativity and imagination are an integral<br />
part of her job.<br />
“I use a little magic in all of my shows,<br />
because it illustrates the lessons I want to<br />
teach,” said the <strong>Orange</strong> <strong>City</strong> resident and<br />
owner of Pockets Full of Fun. “Kids love<br />
magic. It grabs their attention. They’re<br />
fascinated by it and very interested in<br />
learning it.”<br />
Laird also works as the children’s outreach<br />
director at the Sioux Center Public<br />
Library and oversees some after-school<br />
programs at Kinsey Elementary. She has<br />
incorporated magic at both places.<br />
She mentioned her interest to Janine<br />
Calsbeek, executive director of the <strong>Orange</strong><br />
<strong>City</strong> Area Arts Council, and the Magicians<br />
in the Making class was booked.<br />
“It’s just a fun thing for kids to try,” Calsbeek<br />
said. “I used to try doing magic tricks<br />
when I was a kid. It’s just fun to wow your<br />
friends or your parents.”<br />
During the first session of Magicians<br />
in the Making, which was held on Feb. 1,<br />
Laird began by having the five boys in attendance<br />
take a magician’s pledge.<br />
“I promise not to tell any of my magical<br />
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secrets to anyone unless they<br />
are learning to be a magician,”<br />
the elementary-aged children<br />
recited.<br />
“Do you know why you have<br />
to take that pledge?” Laird<br />
asked. “It’s no fun to go watch<br />
someone do magic if all they<br />
ever do is show you all the secrets.<br />
Part of going to watch a<br />
magic show is being amazed<br />
and being tricked — that’s why<br />
they’re called magic tricks.”<br />
Throughout the session, the<br />
students learned three tricks<br />
and a variety of vocabulary.<br />
Laird expanded on her teachings<br />
during the second workshop,<br />
which was attended by<br />
three more children on Feb. 8.<br />
She had three primary goals<br />
in mind for the class.<br />
“I just hope that kids will<br />
learn some fun magic and enjoy<br />
performing those tricks<br />
for their families and friends,<br />
be inspired to go to the <strong>Orange</strong><br />
<strong>City</strong> Public Library and<br />
check out books about magic<br />
and realize that there are a lot<br />
of ways to use magic through<br />
things that you make yourself<br />
or things that don’t cost a lot of<br />
money,” Laird said.<br />
Her focus already was realized<br />
at the end of the first session<br />
of the workshop.<br />
Two of the participants —<br />
11-year-old Dan Bos and 8-yearold<br />
Rowan Oostra — could<br />
hardly contain their excitement<br />
for the subject matter.<br />
“I really like magic,” said<br />
Oostra, a third-grader at Sioux<br />
Center Christian School. “My<br />
favorite part is learning how to<br />
do the magic tricks.”<br />
Bos agreed.<br />
“The magic tricks are all<br />
pretty cool,” said the fifth-grader<br />
at MOC-Floyd Valley’s <strong>Orange</strong><br />
<strong>City</strong> Elementary School.<br />
Inspiring children has long<br />
been a passion for Laird.<br />
And that’s what drives the<br />
former teacher turned puppeteer<br />
and ventriloquist.<br />
“I love seeing their faces light<br />
up when they’ve created something,<br />
when what they’ve created<br />
works and when they recognize<br />
the secret behind what<br />
happened,” Laird said.<br />
“That applies to both magic<br />
and puppetry, because there’s<br />
a crossover between the two.<br />
They’re both all about illusion<br />
and creating something<br />
different from what it really<br />
is, so whether that’s bringing<br />
a puppet to life or creating a<br />
magical illusion, seeing their<br />
eyes light up when it works is<br />
all worth it.” <br />
“I love seeing their faces light up<br />
when they’ve created something,<br />
when what they’ve created works<br />
and when they recognize the<br />
secret behind what happened.”<br />
— LISA LAIRD<br />
PROFESSIONAL PUPPETEER & VENTRILOQUIST<br />
Eight-year-old Cael Millard<br />
arranges cups after learning<br />
a levitation illusion during<br />
Magicians in the Making.<br />
NEXT UP<br />
The <strong>Orange</strong> <strong>City</strong> Area Arts Council has<br />
more events for children on its lineup:<br />
• Improv with Northwestern College’s<br />
Black V will offer an opportunity for<br />
fifth-eighth-graders to participate in two<br />
sessions of theatre games and act out<br />
various scenes. Students will learn what<br />
improvisational theatre is about, how to<br />
make strong and crazy characters and work<br />
together to make an entertaining show.<br />
They also will meet some cast members<br />
of the <strong>Orange</strong> <strong>City</strong> college improvisational<br />
group. The event is slated for 4-5 p.m.<br />
Wednesday, March 22 and 29, at the<br />
<strong>Orange</strong> <strong>City</strong> <strong>City</strong> Hall. The cost is $15,<br />
which increases to $25 after March 15.<br />
• Lisa Laird will teach a puppet-making<br />
workshop for students in kindergartenfifth<br />
grade, showing participants how to<br />
create several types of fluorescent puppets.<br />
The two-session event will conclude with<br />
a black light show for parents and friends.<br />
The class is scheduled for 9-11:30 a.m.<br />
Saturday, April 1 and 8, at the <strong>Orange</strong> <strong>City</strong><br />
<strong>City</strong> Hall community room. The cost is $25,<br />
which increases to $35 after March 25.<br />
To register for either class or view the<br />
<strong>Orange</strong> <strong>City</strong> Area Art Council’s other<br />
upcoming offerings, visit orangecityarts.net.<br />
For more information, call 712-707-4885 or<br />
e-mail ocArts@orangecityiowa.com.<br />
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WORD ON THE STREET<br />
What are you most looking forward to about<br />
<strong>Orange</strong> <strong>City</strong>’s annual Tulip<br />
Festival is a time for the Sioux<br />
County community of about<br />
6,200 to celebrate its Dutch heritage.<br />
The internationally recognized event<br />
— held every third weekend in May<br />
— draws tens of thousands of visitors<br />
and features music and dancing by children<br />
and adults in authentic Dutch costumes,<br />
two daily parades, nightly musical<br />
theatre, a carnival midway, Dutch<br />
delicacies and thousands of tulips.<br />
It’s no surprise that <strong>Orange</strong> <strong>City</strong><br />
residents enjoy the Tulip Festival, so<br />
we asked some locals what they’re most<br />
looking forward to about the yearly<br />
tradition.<br />
“I love to be involved in the<br />
parades with my kids. We love to<br />
show off our Dutch heritage to all<br />
of those that come visit us.”<br />
— Marie Hofmeyer,<br />
<strong>Orange</strong> <strong>City</strong> resident<br />
and owner of Holland<br />
House Interiors<br />
“‘Shrek.’ My husband and<br />
I just watched the musical,<br />
and we laughed a lot.”<br />
— Janine Calsbeek,<br />
executive director of the<br />
<strong>Orange</strong> <strong>City</strong> Arts Council and<br />
<strong>Orange</strong> <strong>City</strong> resident<br />
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the TULIP FESTIVAL?<br />
“The poffertjes and all the<br />
food. I don’t make all of the<br />
Dutch treats at home.”<br />
— Claudia Elzinga,<br />
employee at Evie’s<br />
Hallmark and <strong>Orange</strong><br />
<strong>City</strong> resident<br />
“The food, especially<br />
the pea soup and pigs<br />
in a blanket.”<br />
— Kris Mars, <strong>Orange</strong> <strong>City</strong><br />
resident and owner of<br />
Chrysalis Bridal Salon<br />
“I always enjoy the various people<br />
coming to town — the different<br />
generations and walks of life. It’s<br />
nice to see the interaction.”<br />
— Chad Borchers, <strong>Orange</strong><br />
<strong>City</strong> resident and manager<br />
at Woudstra Meat Market<br />
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MEET YOUR NEIGHBOR<br />
TEXT BY LINDSAY KRUSE | PHOTO BY JOSH HARRELL<br />
MEET Karli Lang<br />
O<br />
range <strong>City</strong> is filled to the brim<br />
with people that we want to know<br />
better.<br />
Karli Lang is no exception.<br />
The senior at MOC-Floyd Valley High<br />
School in <strong>Orange</strong> <strong>City</strong> entered the ranks of<br />
royalty last fall when she was crowned the<br />
2017 Tulip Festival queen.<br />
Lang, an <strong>Orange</strong> <strong>City</strong> native, will rule over<br />
her hometown’s 77th annual community<br />
celebration, which is set for May 18-20 in the<br />
Sioux County seat of about 6,200, and she<br />
couldn’t be more excited.<br />
KARLI LANG<br />
POSITION: 2017 Tulip Festival queen<br />
AGE:17<br />
FAMILY: Parents, Chris and Sherry Lang; two<br />
siblings: Kelsey, 19, and Colin, 13<br />
FAVORITE PART OF THE TITLE? The best part of<br />
being the Tulip Festival queen is the endless fun<br />
with the other girls on the Tulip Court and all<br />
the other amazing people that we get to work<br />
with. It is an amazing opportunity to get to<br />
represent a wonderful town and give back to<br />
this community that I have been blessed to grow<br />
up in.<br />
MOST CHALLENGING PART OF YOUR TITLE? It<br />
can be challenging at times to juggle school,<br />
activities, jobs, college prep and responsibilities<br />
as Tulip Queen on top of everything else, but<br />
every moment is worth it. One funny challenge<br />
I’ve encountered is that I sometimes get asked<br />
how to say words in Dutch, to which I laugh and<br />
admit I know absolutely no Dutch. Hopefully I<br />
can learn a little in the upcoming months.<br />
FAVORITE BOOK? “The Selection” series by Kiera<br />
Cass<br />
HOBBIES? I enjoy any activity outside — bike rides,<br />
walks with my dog, going sledding and skiing and<br />
hiking. I also love having coffee with friends, family<br />
game nights, babysitting, road trips and traveling<br />
to new places.<br />
CHURCH AND OTHER ORGANIZATIONS YOU<br />
BELONG TO? New Hope Evangelical Free<br />
Church in <strong>Orange</strong> <strong>City</strong>, where I’m an active<br />
part of the high school youth group and teach<br />
kindergarten and first-grade Kidz Klub. At MOC-<br />
Floyd Valley High School, I’m involved in cross<br />
country, dance team, student council, National<br />
Honor Society, large group speech and marching<br />
band.<br />
FAVORITE MOVIE? “Me Before You”<br />
FAVORITE MUSIC GENRES? Some artists I’ve been<br />
listening to a lot lately are Ben Rector, Tori Kelly,<br />
Anthem Lights, Jon Bellion and Ed Sheeran. My<br />
favorite worship artists include Rend Collective,<br />
Jesus Culture and Hillsong.<br />
FAVORITE FOOD? My mom’s chicken enchiladas.<br />
FAVORITE VACATION? Relaxing on a beach in the<br />
Florida sun with my family.<br />
FAVORITE QUOTE? “One life on this earth is all that<br />
we get, whether it is enough or not enough. And<br />
the obvious conclusion would seem to be that<br />
at the very least, we are fools if we do not live it<br />
as fully and bravely and beautifully as we can.” —<br />
Frederick Buechner<br />
WHAT DO YOU LIKE BEST ABOUT LIVING IN<br />
ORANGE CITY? I love the people of <strong>Orange</strong> <strong>City</strong><br />
and the simple joys of life in a small Christian<br />
community. I love that I know so many people<br />
here and that so many are friendly, caring, always<br />
willing to help others out and be role models I<br />
look up to.<br />
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ORANGE CITY<br />
<strong>Orange</strong> <strong>City</strong> is a town filled to<br />
the brim with interesting places,<br />
people and activities to try.<br />
No matter whether you are a<br />
longtime resident, a return visitor<br />
or a new face in town, this is your<br />
guide to everything you need to<br />
know about <strong>Orange</strong> <strong>City</strong>. Check<br />
out a book from the library,<br />
attend a church service or grab<br />
a bite to eat at one of the local<br />
restaurants. There's plenty to<br />
check out in <strong>Orange</strong> <strong>City</strong>.<br />
COMMUNITY GUIDE
COMMUNITY GUIDE<br />
CITY HALL<br />
<strong>Orange</strong> <strong>City</strong> <strong>City</strong> Hall<br />
125 Central Ave. SE<br />
712-707-4885<br />
cityadmin@orangecityiowa.com<br />
PHONE, INTERNET,<br />
& CABLE SERVICE<br />
<strong>Orange</strong> <strong>City</strong> Communications<br />
Phone: 712-707-1000<br />
www.orangecitycomm.net<br />
Frontier Communications<br />
Phone: 712-546-5156<br />
frontier.com<br />
Premier Communications<br />
ORANGE CITY<br />
Population:<br />
6,064<br />
Founded: 1870<br />
County: Sioux<br />
VOTER REGISTRATION<br />
To register to vote in Sioux County, visit<br />
the auditor at the Sioux County Courthouse<br />
in <strong>Orange</strong> <strong>City</strong>, or download the<br />
Voter Registration Form and mail it to<br />
the courthouse. The courthouse’s address<br />
is 210 Central Ave S, <strong>Orange</strong> <strong>City</strong>, IA<br />
51041.<br />
ORANGE CITY AIRPORT<br />
<strong>Orange</strong> <strong>City</strong> Municipal Airport is a cityowned<br />
public-use airport located one<br />
nautical mile south of the central business<br />
district of <strong>Orange</strong> <strong>City</strong>.<br />
204 14th St. SW, <strong>Orange</strong> <strong>City</strong>, IA 51401<br />
UTILITIES<br />
<strong>Orange</strong> <strong>City</strong> Municipal Utilities, with collaboration<br />
with local <strong>Orange</strong> <strong>City</strong> businesses,<br />
offer these services: electricity,<br />
natural gas, water, household hazardous<br />
material disposal, recyclable and nonrecyclable<br />
material disposal, and street<br />
maintenance and construction.<br />
125 Central Ave. SE<br />
P.O. Box 406<br />
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712-707-4885<br />
POST OFFICE<br />
108 Albany Ave. SE<br />
Phone: 712-722-1113<br />
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CHURCHES<br />
American Reformed Church<br />
407 Albany Avenue SE<br />
712-737-4430<br />
Sunday worship at 9:30 a.m.<br />
Calvary Christian<br />
Reformed Church<br />
709 5th Street SE<br />
712-737-2797<br />
Sunday morning: 9:30 a.m.<br />
Sunday evening: 5 p.m.<br />
Cornerstone Baptist Church<br />
221 3rd Street SW<br />
712-737-8444<br />
Service is Sundays at 10:30 a.m.<br />
Dover Avenue Alliance Church<br />
417 3rd Street NE<br />
712-737-8442<br />
Sunday worship: 10:30 a.m.<br />
Faith Lutheran Church<br />
710 8th Street SE<br />
712-737-2112<br />
Sunday worship: 9:30 a.m.<br />
Living Water Community Church<br />
1005 8th Street SE<br />
712-707-5100<br />
Sunday morning: 10 a.m.<br />
New Hope Evangelical Free Church<br />
718 Florida Avenue SW<br />
712-737-4620<br />
Morning Worship: 8:30 and 10:45 a.m.<br />
<strong>Summer</strong> schedule: Morning Worship at<br />
9 a.m.<br />
First Christian Reformed Church<br />
408 Arizona Avenue SW<br />
712-737-4165<br />
Sunday Service at 9:30 a.m.<br />
Sunday Evening worship service at 6 p.m.<br />
First Reformed Church<br />
420 Central Avenue NW<br />
712-737-4909<br />
Sunday morning: 9:30 a.m.<br />
Sunday evening: 5:30 p.m.<br />
Immanuel Christian<br />
Reformed Church<br />
1405 Albany Avenue NE<br />
712-737-8388<br />
Service is Sundays at 9:30 a.m. and 5<br />
p.m.<br />
Redeemer United<br />
Reformed Church<br />
302 St. Paul Avenue SW<br />
712-737-8749<br />
Sunday Morning Worship at 9:30 a.m.<br />
Sunday Evening Worship at 6 p.m.<br />
The Church of the Savior<br />
530 Arizona Avenue SW<br />
712-737-3930<br />
Sunday Worship Service at 10 a.m.<br />
Trinity Reformed Church<br />
201 St. Paul Avenue SE<br />
712-737-4542<br />
Sunday Worship Service at 8:30 a.m.,<br />
9:50 & 11:10 a.m.<br />
COMMUNITY GUIDE<br />
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PARKS AND REC<br />
<strong>Orange</strong> <strong>City</strong> Municipal<br />
Aquatic Facility<br />
803 2nd Street SE<br />
712-707-9494<br />
The pool is heated and offers zero-depth<br />
entry, a water slide, lap lanes, diving<br />
boards, a splash pad, shade areas and picnic<br />
tables and changing rooms. The pool<br />
is open seven days a week during summer<br />
(Memorial Day to Labor Day). Also at the<br />
aquatic facility is a park which features a<br />
shelter house, a play structure and two<br />
open air shelters.<br />
Landsmeer Golf Club<br />
902 7th Street NE<br />
712-737-3429<br />
Puddle Jumper View Park<br />
Veteran’s Park<br />
COMMUNITY GUIDE<br />
An 18-hole course with a practice facility<br />
including range, putting green, practice,<br />
sand bunker and chipping green.<br />
Puddle Jumper Trail<br />
A two-mile nature trail covered with<br />
crushed rock. A bridle path for horses<br />
also runs along side of the main trail. The<br />
path is a former railroad right-of-way<br />
connecting the communities of <strong>Orange</strong><br />
<strong>City</strong> and Alton. An open-air shelter, picnic<br />
tables, restrooms and drinking fountain<br />
at the mid-point can be used as a rest<br />
area or picnic location. The mid-point<br />
A rock walking path links the park to the<br />
Puddle Jumper Trail. The park has a rock<br />
wall, play structures, swing set and an<br />
open air shelter.<br />
Recreation Trail<br />
A cement path located around the perimeter<br />
of Landsmeer Golf Club. The 2-mile<br />
path is great for walking, jogging, biking<br />
or rollerblading.<br />
Tracks<br />
An all-weather track is located at Korver<br />
Field on the campus of Northwestern<br />
This park is located on Iowa Avenue SW<br />
and includes the Scout House, open air<br />
shelters, an enclosed rental shelter, picnic<br />
tables, restrooms, play structures, two<br />
baseball fields, sand volleyball courts,<br />
horseshoe pits, a rollerblade rink, basketball<br />
courts and a camping area.<br />
Jaycee Park<br />
This park features lighted tennis courts<br />
and two open air shelters. It is located<br />
on Albany Ave. SE and is next to Korver<br />
Field.<br />
is accessible from a gravel road off of<br />
College. An indoor track is located in<br />
Bark Park<br />
Highway 10 East. Another access point is<br />
the Rowenhorst Student Center on the<br />
This dog park is located in Veteran’s Park<br />
located on county road K64 on the south<br />
Northwestern campus.<br />
and features two separate areas for dogs:<br />
side of <strong>Orange</strong> <strong>City</strong>, and the third access<br />
one for large dogs and one for small dogs.<br />
point is located on the west side of Alton.<br />
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EDUCATION<br />
MOC-Floyd Valley Community<br />
School District<br />
moc-fv.k12.ia.us<br />
<strong>Orange</strong> <strong>City</strong> Elementary School<br />
312 1st St. SW<br />
<strong>Orange</strong> <strong>City</strong>, IA<br />
712-737-4606<br />
Hospers Elementary School<br />
204 4th Ave.<br />
Hospers, IA 51238<br />
712-752-8480<br />
MOC-Floyd Valley Middle School<br />
1104 5th Ave.<br />
Alton, IA 51003<br />
712-756-4128<br />
MOC-Floyd Valley High School<br />
615 8th St. SE<br />
<strong>Orange</strong> <strong>City</strong>, IA<br />
712-737-4871<br />
<strong>Orange</strong> <strong>City</strong> Christian School<br />
604 3rd Street SW<br />
<strong>Orange</strong> <strong>City</strong>, IA • 712-737 –2274<br />
www.orangecitychristian.net<br />
Unity Christian High School<br />
216 Michigan Ave. SW<br />
<strong>Orange</strong> <strong>City</strong>, IA<br />
712-737-4114<br />
www.unity.pvt.k12.ia.us<br />
Northwestern College<br />
101 7th St. SW<br />
<strong>Orange</strong> <strong>City</strong>, IA<br />
712-707-7000<br />
www.nwciowa.edu<br />
Northwestern College is a Christian liberal<br />
arts college affiliated with the Reformed<br />
Church in America.<br />
LIBRARY<br />
<strong>Orange</strong> <strong>City</strong> Public Library<br />
112 Albany Ave SE<br />
<strong>Orange</strong> <strong>City</strong>, IA<br />
712-707-4302<br />
orangecityiowa.com/residents/library/<br />
Monday – Thursday: 9 a.m.–8 p.m.<br />
Friday – Saturday: 9 a.m.–6 p.m.<br />
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RESTAURANTS<br />
88 Chinese Restaurant<br />
803 Albany Place<br />
712-707-9288<br />
Blue Mountain Culinary Emporium<br />
814 Lincoln Place<br />
712-737-3153<br />
De Zoete Winkel<br />
719 8th St. SE<br />
712-707-5775<br />
Downtown Grille<br />
121 3rd St. NW<br />
712-707-3100<br />
Hardee’s<br />
809 Albany Place<br />
712-737-8979<br />
Hatchery Restaurant & Lounge<br />
819 Lincoln Ave SE<br />
712-737-2889<br />
Johnny’s Place<br />
813 Lincoln Ave. SE<br />
712-707-9500<br />
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Nederlander’s Grill<br />
604 8th St. SE<br />
712-737-3900<br />
Old Factory Coffee Shop<br />
110 4th St. SW<br />
712-707-5566<br />
P’s Pizza House<br />
723 8th St SE<br />
712-737-9077<br />
Pizza Ranch<br />
1505 8th St. SE<br />
712-737-3711<br />
Subway<br />
Hwy. 10 E & K64<br />
712-737-8080<br />
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Szechuan Inn<br />
Sinterklaas Day<br />
Sioux County Museum & <strong>Orange</strong><br />
114 2nd St. NE<br />
<strong>Orange</strong> <strong>City</strong> plays host to the traditional<br />
<strong>City</strong> Dutch Heritage Center<br />
712-737-8887<br />
Dutch “Santa” on the first Saturday in<br />
120 3rd St. SW, <strong>Orange</strong> <strong>City</strong><br />
December. The Sinterklaas Dag Celebra-<br />
712-441-4919<br />
Taco John’s<br />
224 8th St. SW<br />
712-737-4555<br />
The Dutch Bakery<br />
221 N. Central Ave<br />
712-737-4360<br />
ANNUAL CELEBRATIONS<br />
Tulip Festival<br />
Each year the community of <strong>Orange</strong> <strong>City</strong><br />
comes together to host the three-day Tulip<br />
Festival the third weekend in May.<br />
The festival features dances by children<br />
tion features the arrival of Sinterklaas on<br />
a white horse and there are many games<br />
and activities for kids to enjoy.<br />
ARTS AND ENTERTAINMENT<br />
<strong>Orange</strong> <strong>City</strong> Arts Council<br />
The <strong>Orange</strong> <strong>City</strong> Arts Council works to<br />
bring artists and musicians to <strong>Orange</strong><br />
<strong>City</strong> for public performances and into<br />
schools to inspire the next generation.<br />
With the summer months comes Onstage<br />
<strong>Orange</strong> <strong>City</strong>, which features free performances<br />
in <strong>Orange</strong> <strong>City</strong>’s Windmill Park<br />
each Wednesday night. They also host<br />
Featured historical exhibits include antiques<br />
from North Holland, traditional<br />
Dutch clothing, military pieces, items<br />
used by local settlers, and a Native American<br />
collection. A one-room schoolhouse,<br />
rug weaver, and barbershop are also featured<br />
in the tour.<br />
Stadscentrum<br />
201 Central Ave. NW, <strong>Orange</strong> <strong>City</strong><br />
Stadscentrum is home to <strong>Orange</strong> <strong>City</strong>’s<br />
Dutch street organ and wooden shoe<br />
making equipment. Historical kiosks are<br />
also on display.<br />
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and adults in traditional Dutch costumes,<br />
classes and artist exhibits.<br />
two daily parades, nightly musical the-<br />
125 Central Avenue SE<br />
Holland Plaza Theatre<br />
atre, Dutch goodies and thousands of<br />
712-707-4885<br />
717 8th St. SE<br />
blooming tulips.<br />
orangecityarts.net<br />
712-737-8866<br />
www.mainstreettheatres.com<br />
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HEALTH/WELLNESS<br />
<strong>Orange</strong> <strong>City</strong> Area Health System<br />
The <strong>Orange</strong> <strong>City</strong> Health System is a comprehensive<br />
health system which includes<br />
several clinics, a hospital, a retirement<br />
community, and nursing home facilities.<br />
The staff consists of over 500 medical<br />
personnel, specialists, and skilled volunteers.<br />
<strong>Orange</strong> <strong>City</strong> Hospital<br />
1000 Lincoln Circle SE<br />
712-737-4984<br />
<strong>Orange</strong> <strong>City</strong> Medical Clinic<br />
1000 Lincoln Circle SE<br />
712-737-2000<br />
Prairie Ridge Care Center<br />
Prairie Ridge Care Center is a skilled<br />
nursing facility which includes a memory<br />
care unit. 1005 7th St. NE<br />
712-707-6000<br />
Bethany Christian Services<br />
Bethany Christian Services is an adoption<br />
agency, foster care service, and family<br />
and pregnancy counseling service that is<br />
located here in <strong>Orange</strong> <strong>City</strong>, Iowa.<br />
123 Albany Ave. SE<br />
712-737-4831<br />
The Bridge Transitional Housing<br />
The Bridge is a faith-based transitional<br />
housing program for women and children<br />
in difficult circumstances. It can<br />
house up to 20 women and children,<br />
and each resident can stay as long as<br />
24 months. While living at The Bridge,<br />
women are trained in a number of life<br />
skills, such as budget management, and<br />
are provided with resources to obtain an<br />
education and employment.<br />
P.O. Box 323<br />
<strong>Orange</strong> <strong>City</strong>, IA<br />
712-707-9922<br />
www.thebridgehousing.org<br />
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