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Notes from Our Leaders - 2025 Archive

Notes from Steve

So, Christmas is over. Time for resolutions for 2026. I worry about resolutions that I have no plans on keeping. Like - I’ll be traveling to the moon or growing a full head of hair in 2026. They just darken the process … I need to focus on what can...
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Notes from Steve

Merry Christmas Week!!! My family is full of nurses (two, but they’re a lot … iykyk), so we do the holiday adjustments based on schedules. I want to give a huge shoutout to any and all who have to adjust their holidays to accommodate work schedules … whether you work...
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A Message from the CEO - Dec 2025

I came to the conclusion this Christmas season that I’ve suddenly become intolerant to massive amounts of holiday treats. Especially cheese dip. I’ve crossed over into being forced to eat healthier. This is a God thing. He’s essentially saying, “Steve, you’re not a young pup anymore - step and be...
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Notes from Steve

In my world - I have lots of “holiday events”* where I have the opportunity to eat a lot of cheese. Now, this is essential to living a life of an Iowan (consuming your weight in cheese frequently) - but I think I overdid it this past week** and I...
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Notes from Steve

I have this small table of "Karens" (*) in my head, judging everything, always constantly calling for the manager. This is probably more information about me than you wanted to know, but I'm working on it. My goal is to change my inner voices to "nice and kind". My mentors...
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Notes from Steve

I was talking to a Facebook friend that I really didn’t know the other day at a party in Des Moines. She’s a bike rider as well, and I started the conversation just talking about biking. Turns out she’s a big-time gravel bike rider -- which is dirty and grimy...
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Notes from Steve

This last Saturday was beautiful. Mid-sixties, sunny … perfect day for a bike ride. “Last good day before winter sets in” is what I told myself. I rode the HOINT - the Heart of Iowa Nature Trail from Slater to Collins (40-mile round trip). It was beautiful, and I thought...
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Notes from Steve

I was looking at this gingko tree on Saturday in Des Moines; it literally had all of its leaves and then "whoop" all of them fell off to the ground in one hour. It was then that I knew God had said, "Hey Steve, autumn is over, get prepared for...
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Notes from Steve

As adults, my grandparents went through the depression in the 1930s. Today marks the anniversary of the stock market collapsing and life changing completely for everyone. We’ve had depressions and recessions since then, but that was epic. Hopefully, we have safeguards in place so that it won’t happen again -...
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