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

Notes from Steve (Posted November 24, 2025)

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 the trail would...
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Notes from Steve (Posted November 10, 2025)

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 - but there are...
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Notes from Steve (Posted November 3, 2025)

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 - but there are...
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Notes from Steve (Posted October 27, 2025)

I'm reading this book now for book club, which is probably a big metaphor for something else. I'll read the whole thing, not understanding much of anything. Then I'll be completely befuddled when I'm done with it and not have any clue what it was "supposed to mean".* When stuff like this...
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Notes from Steve (Posted October 6, 2025)

I think the tiny no-see-um black bugs are causing people undue anxiety.  It looks beautiful outside until you get bitten a million times.  Like digging into a cake and finding the person who baked it used salt instead of sugar.  I rode my bike on the trails in Des Moines, through lots of...
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