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Enjoy these weekly insights from Steve Simonin, President & CEO.

Notes from Steve

My bicycling tribe and I did the Pedaler’s Jamboree in Missouri this weekend.  It’s a bike ride on the Katy Trail (the gravel trail across Missouri).  It was only 34 miles, but it was completely packed with first time riders and families.  (Slow, meandering, non-helmet wearing people -- my anxiety...
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Notes from Steve

Memorial Day is unofficially the start of summer … supposedly unofficially ending on Labor Day.  Ok, that’s cool with me - I look forward to this every year.  I didn’t used to.  Summer wasn’t anything I looked forward to.  I was unhealthy, and I didn’t like hot, sticky weather* … but then I figured...
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Amy's Reflections

Advice from the Ocean: Be shore of yourself. Come out of your shell. Take time to coast. Avoid pier pressure. Sea life’s beauty. Make waves.  We are at the height of graduation season right now. It is a fun and exciting time for those ready for the next adventure. However,...
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Notes from Steve

In a perfect world, several days off combined with a lighter work schedule would mandatorily follow vacation.  As such, this doesn’t happen.  Last week, I rode a bicycle in Napa Valley (wine country), California*.  By valley - they mean hills.  It was intensely gorgeous.  I had a great time, and I ate great food and...
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Notes from Steve

Happy Hospital Week!!!   I’m a lucky guy. Like most people - I’ve had my ups and downs, but honestly, being associated with Iowa Specialty Hospitals and Clinics has never been a down for me.  We’ve been in situations where we’ve lost money, entertained pandemics, had disasters*, etc. - but the...
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Notes from Steve

This week I’m riding the hills of California in Napa Valley.  I’ve never been to Napa and so this is a new adventure.  I’ve been thinking the last couple of years about how “I take time off” and how “I vacation”.  It’s usually as the role of host.  My typical...
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Amy's Reflections

"Don't rush anything. When the time is right, it'll happen." ~ Anonymous This past week, we took a road trip to Arizona to see a horse. Sometimes, you just embrace the adventure and take the journey. Maleigha has been looking at this horse and talking to the owner since November,...
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Notes from Steve

So, I did a thing - back in October, on my birthday, a bunch of us were talking, and I said, “My goal for this next year is to start running again - I should sign up for a 5K as a goal*”. My friend John said - “I’ll run that...
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Notes from Steve

I was thinking today about making decisions. Big things - like buying something expensive. Frequently, I’ll buy something, and then the next week - it’ll go on sale, or I’ll find something else I like better. (I have huge menu envy where I’m always jealous of something someone else ordered. Always …) I’m trying...
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