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INSIDE THIS MONTH’S ISSUE:

Vol. 26 No. 8

PO Box 118, Sioux City, Iowa 51102

July 2021

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Chamber anniversaries ...................................page 10

Chamber investors...........................................page 10

Rush Hour Connect ..........................................page 11

Ribbon cuttings ..........................................pages 11-14

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Bruce Kalin, third-generation owner of Kalins Indoor Comfort, is shown at a customer’s northside Sioux City home where crews are replacing a central air conditioning unit. The heating and cooling company is celebrating its centennial this year.

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BLENCOE, Iowa — The Port of Blencoe, which offi cially opened June 2, has already seen a few barges in and out of that stretch of the upper Missouri River for the fi rst time in over 15 years.

Western Iowa farmers now have access to a lower-cost option to access fertilizer and export grains at the new “gateway to the world market.”

NEW Cooperative constructed a $11 million port along the Mis-souri River, near the small Monona

County town of Blencoe. The port is the northernmost port on the nearly 760-mile span of the Mis-souri from St. Louis to Sioux City.

A ribbon cutting held June 2 welcomed a variety of farmers, politicians and members of agri-culture organizations.

Gov. Kim Reynolds and Iowa Secretary of Agriculture Mike Naig, who spoke at the event, praised the future of the barge and its future in international trans-portation for Iowa farmers.

Naig called the Missouri a “su-perhighway to global trade,” point-ing out the Port’s slogan, “gateway to the world market.”

Reynolds called the port a his-toric achievement.

“It’s a win for farmers, it’s a win for Monona County and it’s a win for Iowa,” she said.

PORT OF BLENCOE

PLYING THE MISSOURI AGAINCoop officially opens barge terminalnear Blencoe

Iowa Governor Kim Reynolds speaks during

a ribbon cutting

ceremony at the NEW

Cooperative’s Port of

Blencoe barge terminal on

the Missouri River west of

Blencoe, Iowa. At left is Mike

Naig, Iowa Secretary of Agriculture.

A barge loading area is shown June 2 at NEW Cooperative’s Port of

Blencoe barge terminal on the Missouri River

west of Blencoe, Iowa. TIM HYNDS PHOTOS, SIOUX CITY JOURNAL


People tour a load out area on a deck barge during a ribbon cutting ceremony at the NEW Cooperative’s Port of Blencoe barge terminal on the Missouri River west of Blencoe, Iowa.

People tour a fertilizer shed during a ribbon cutting ceremony at the NEW Cooperative’s Port of Blencoe barge terminal on the Missouri River west of Blencoe, Iowa.

Dan Dix, NEW Cooperative general manager, speaks during a ribbon cutting ceremony at the coop’s Port of Blencoe barge terminal on the Missouri River west of Blencoe, Iowa. Seated at left are Iowa Agriculture Secretary Mike Naig and Gov. Kim Reynolds.

Dan Dix, NEW Cooperative general manager, speaks during a ribbon cutting ceremony June 2 at the NEW Cooperative’s Port of Blencoe barge terminal on the Missouri River west of Blencoe, Iowa.

Iowa Gov. Kim Reynolds, back to camera, speaks to Dan Dix, NEW Cooperative General Manager, and other members of the cooperative’s management team during a ribbon cutting ceremony held June 2 at the NEW Cooperative’s Port of Blencoe barge terminal on the Missouri River west of Blencoe, Iowa.

Iowa Secretary of Agriculture Mike Naig speaks during a ribbon cutting ceremony on June 2 at the NEW Cooperative’s Port of Blencoe barge terminal on the Missouri River west of Blencoe.

OnlineVisit siouxcityjournal.com to view more photos and a video from the Port of Blen-coe ribbon cutting June 2.

The Republican governor said the port is just the beginning and it will have a huge impact on the region. She said businesses creating products such as wind blades and dried-distillers grains can use the terminal to transport products.

The port can load and unload six to nine barges at a time. There have already been eight barges in and out within the last six weeks, NEW Coop-erative general manager Dan Dix said June 2. Two more were expected to ar-rive that night.

Each barge has the capacity to haul 50,000 bushels of grain. Plying the river with 72 barges per year eliminates the need for 80,000 semi-trailer trucks of grain, Dix said.

The port gives the co-op direct access to export markets and provides a third option for transporting grain, beyond the current rail and trucks.

Because water navigation is more cost-eff ective than truck or rail, the barge terminal allows the co-op to re-duce its freight expenses, Dix said.

While the festivities marked the for-mal opening of the port, there are still a few related projects at the terminal to be completed.

The Monona County Board of Super-visors successfully applied for a state RISE grant of over $1 million to pave a gravel road from Blencoe, pop. 224, to the port, which is west of Interstate 29.

Dix said the road construction is ex-pected to begin this fall.

Two other future projects include a scale and offi ce facility, and a new com-modity building.

Proponents say barges are good for the environment and vehicular traffi c safety because it takes more trucks off crowded highways like Interstate 80, reducing accidents and harmful emis-sions.

With a few exceptions, barges have not traveled as far north as Blencoe in over 15 years. The once-thriving barge industry in Sioux City disappeared in the early 2000s after a combination of the degradation of the river bed, drought, economic recession, low com-modity prices and political infi ghting over management of the river led ship-pers to turn to rail and trucks.

NEW Cooperative, which has over 5,500 members and 40 locations throughout western and northwestern Iowa, started planning its rural Monona County port two years ago, Dix said.

The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, which manages the Missouri, has as-sured the co-op it will maintain a 9-foot-deep, 300-foot-wide channel.


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SIOUX CITY – The Sioux City Council approved a resolution June 14 for the con-struction of an aviation center and acad-emy for professional pilot training at Sioux Gateway Airport.

The council voted unanimously as part of its consent agenda to invite proposals for the lease of land and the construction of a new hangar facility for the fully accredited aviation program, which Oracle Aviation, LLC, plans to establish.

The Omaha aviation company is part-nering with Morningside University on the program, which will offer a bachelor of sci-ence degree in aviation-related fields.

“Thanks for the opportunity. We’re very excited to become a valuable resource for the aviation community here in Sioux City,” Dave Poole, general manager of Or-acle Aviation, told the council.

According to city documents, the proj-ect includes a 39,400-square-foot facility, with 20,400 square feet of hangar space and a two-level office/training space with 5,000 square feet on two floors. Site im-provements are also planned to allow for ample parking, plane movements, storage and landscaping.

Proposed agreements with Oracle in-clude a commitment by the city to invest $7 million for the construction of the new hangar facility. The city will also fund site improvements, which are estimated to cost

Council moves forward with aviation center

SkyWest flight 5110 takes off from Sioux Gateway Airport on April 2. The city-owned airport is moving forward with construction of an aviation center and pilot academy.TIM HYNDS PHOTOS, SIOUX CITY JOURNAL

The entrance to Sioux Gateway Airport in Sioux City is shown. Oracle Aviation, LLC., an Omaha aviation company, plans to establish an aviation center at the city-owned airport.

an additional $295,500.The city was awarded a $1 million grant

from the U.S. Department of Commerce Economic Development Administration to assist with the construction of the han-gar facility, offices and other site improve-ments. The project will also be funded through approximately $6 million in gen-eral obligation bonds.

As part of the proposed development

agreement and lease agreement, Oracle will commit to leasing the new structure on a triple-net basis for an initial 20-year period, with two 10-year renewal options. Lease payments will be on a graduated scale, increasing from $15,000 to $33,000 per month. Oracle will also lease the ex-isting alert hangar for an initial seven-year term for $1,500 per month; complete all interior finishes within the facility; lease

approximately 100,000 square feet of land for the project for $20,000 per year; invest $1 million in furniture, fixtures and equip-ment; and use its best efforts to create 42 new jobs, including instructors in the new flight school.

Oracle operates a similar training center at Millard Airport in Omaha with a part-nership to offer a bachelor of science degree through the University of Nebraska Omaha.


MASON DOCKTERBusiness Journal staff writer

SOUTH SIOUX CITY — The interior of the Siouxland Freedom Park’s interpre-tive center will be finished in the coming months and will begin hosting exhibits next year.

The interpretive center will be named for the late Brig. Gen. Bud Day and his wife, Doris.

Mike Newhouse, president of Siouxland Freedom Park, Inc., made the announce-ment during a Memorial Day ceremony. Thunder on the Missouri, a motorcycle ride honoring veterans, was also held at the park on May 30, with hundreds of people in at-tendance.

Newhouse said an open house will be held at the interpretive center on Veterans Day (Nov. 11), to show off the newly completed interior. An exhibits consultant will visit in June, and Newhouse said putting the exhib-

its together will take six or eight months. ”It’s finally getting done!” he said, fol-

lowed by a round of applause from the crowd.

Newhouse said the exhibits will be “traveling and static displays, interactive electronics, wow-factor kind of stuff.” The exhibits will explore “all services, all con-flicts” going back to the Revolutionary War, Newhouse said.

A series of checks were presented to the Freedom Park during the ceremony, including a $2,000 check from American Legion Post 697, a $1,000 check from the

Sioux City Scottish Rite and a $5,000 check from VFW Chapter 10753. Jebro, Inc. and Knife River gave $25,000.

A substantial donation was given to the park by Eldon Roth, co-founder of Beef Products, Inc. (now empirical foods), one of the largest food processors in the area. Newhouse declined to say how much Roth had given, other than to describe him as “our largest single donor” to the project. Roth suggested naming the interpretive center after Bud and Doris Day. Bud Day, Sioux City’s only winner of the Medal of Honor, died in 2013.

Siouxland Freedom Park lead-ers have spent years trying to raise the roughly $350,000 needed to finish the 5,000-square-foot interpretive center. Construction on the building (with an un-finished interior) was completed in early 2018. The park’s half-scale replica of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial Wall, carved in black granite, was dedicated in 2014.

For years people asked ‘Well, when are you going to be done?’” Newhouse said. “And we’ve always said, ‘Well, there’s light at the end of the tunnel.’ Now, we can actu-ally see the end of the tunnel.”

Freedom Park center almost doneSite to be named for Bud and Doris Day

The Siouxland Freedom Park Interpretive Center’s interior is expected to be completed in the coming months, and exhibits are expected to begin there sometime next year.

U.S. flags fly at the Siouxland Freedom Park in South Sioux City on June 10.

Mike Newhouse, president of Siouxland Freedom Park, is shown Nov. 6, 2019, by the South Sioux City park’s half-scale, black granite replica of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial Wall in Washington. The wall bears the names of the over 58,000 soldiers who died in the Vietnam War.


MASON DOCKTERBusiness Journal staff writer

SIOUX CITY – Kalin’s Indoor Comfort, the Sioux City-based heating and air con-ditioning provider, hits the century mark this year.

“By the way, I’m not 100 years old,” joked Bruce Kalin, the third generation of the Ka-lin family to run the fi rm, which employs

more than 60 people across its three lo-cations and installs roughly 700 furnaces and air conditioners in the region each year. They service thousands of systems each year.

Kalin’s is holding an employee party and golf tournament on July 23 to cele-brate the milestone, with the office closed down for half the day – for the first time in memory.

On Aug. 6, Kalin’s will hold a business luncheon with a yet-to-be named dignitary and members of the local business commu-nity. The following day, Kalin’s will host an open house with a “carnival atmosphere” that’s open to customers and the commu-nity.

Kalin family business celebrates milestonein Siouxland

Kalin’s Heating & Air Conditioning, 1715 Fourth St., is shown here sometime after the company expanded the building in 1967.

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100 YEARS OF HEATING, COOLINGBruce Kalin, third-

generation owner of Kalins Indoor Comfort, is shown with a service

truck at a customer’s northside Sioux City

home where crews are replacing a central air conditioning unit. The

heating and cooling company is celebrating its centennial this year.

TIM HYNDS,SIOUX CITY JOURNAL


And in the three communities Kalin serves – Sioux City, Vermillion, South Da-kota and Yankton, South Dakota – Kalin’s is holding “medallion hunts” with daily clues to find a 100-year commemorative medallion, hidden on public property in each of the communities. The lucky me-dallion-finders get a free air conditioner from Kalin’s.

The Yankton medallion was found this spring by a man whose air conditioning had been broken down for some time.

The Norfolk Furnace CompanyKalin’s traces its history back to 1921,

when Bruce Kalin’s grandfather, Jacob Ka-lin, along with other businessmen (notably A.J. Galinsky, a patriarch of the Galinsky family), took control of the Sioux City Foundry and Boiler Company. The foundry, among the oldest businesses in the city, had gone into receivership that year.

Jacob Kalin, who was born in Russia in July 1886 and came to Sioux City in 1903, was head of the Norfolk Furnace Company, a division of the foundry. It’s unclear where the Norfolk name came from. Norfolk’s cast-iron furnaces, manufactured at the Sioux City Foundry, were reportedly quite durable – Bruce Kalin said that some of them are still in service, albeit with major modifications that enable them to run on natural gas rather than coal. Jacob Kalin was also a pioneer in getting residential gas heat in Sioux City.

“There’s still many of those out in the community, they’ve been converted to gas over the years,” Bruce Kalin said. “Some-times they’re referred to as the ‘octopus furnace’ because they had these huge ducts, almost like arms, that came off of the furnace.”

Kalin’s Furnace & Supply Co., as it was then called, was spun off from the foundry in 1947 and moved to 1715 Fourth St., where it remain today. (The company expanded the building in 1967.)

Also in 1947, with forced-air furnaces were becoming the new standard in heating and coal furnaces becoming obsolete, Kalin began selling Lennox furnaces. Sid Kalin,

Jacob’s son, came into the business around that same time. Among his claims to fame were local TV spots in which he was pushed into a swimming pool. Later ads featured Sid pushing Bruce into a pool.

Sid Kalin, who had been the face of the company for much of the latter half of the 20th century, retired in 1999, when his son Bruce Kalin took over. Sid died in 2009 at age 89.

Air conditioning and new furnace

technology

Air conditioning was not widely used until the years following the end of World War II, as the technology remained in its infancy until the middle of the century. It’s not clear when exactly Kalin’s began selling and servicing air conditioners – the earli-est known mention of Kalin selling Lennox air-conditioners appeared in an advertise-ment in the Sioux City Journal in the spring of 1954.

Where furnaces had always been a ne-cessity, residential air conditioning was adopted gradually by more and more fami-lies during the 1950s and 1960s. The advent of air conditioning was a boon for Kalin’s, because to add central air conditioning, a home usually needed to have a forced-air furnace system to blow the cold air through the ductwork. Kalin’s could furnish and in-stall both.

Flash forward to the summer of 2021, and

Kalin’s was responding to back-to-back service calls for air conditioners. Tempera-tures in June soared well into the 90s, with heat index values sometimes topping 100, and some residents who’d gotten behind on air-conditioner maintenance suffered the consequences when the mercury went up and stayed there.

On one very-hot day in mid-June, Bruce Kalin and his crew responded to a house call for an air conditioner purchased 38 years earlier from Bruce’s father by the custom-er’s grandmother.

“These days are kind of hectic right now,” Kalin said. “Which we’re grateful for – it’s been crazy busy.”

Disaster struck the Floyd River-adja-cent company in June 1953, when the river flooded well beyond its banks. It was a mess – the water was strong enough to sweep a heavy iron safe out of the shop, depositing it many blocks away on the opposite end of downtown, Bruce Kalin said, recalling stories told by his father of the flood.

The company did what they could to save their furnace inventory, putting them on blocks in hopes of keeping their sup-plies above the floodwaters, but it wasn’t enough.

“If you called us for an appointment, prior to or during the flood, please call us again as many of our records were lost,” Ka-lin’s wrote in an ad in the Journal shortly

PROVIDED / KALIN’S

A circa 1921 Norfolk Improved Furnace model, shown to customers by salesmen to demonstrate the furnace, is shown here. Kalin’s Indoor Comfort, which began its life as the Norfolk Furnace Company, is celebrating its 100th year this year. Please see KALIN’S, Page 15

Sid Kalin, who had been the face of the company for much of the latter half of the 20th century, retired in 1999, when his son Bruce Kalin took over. Sid died in 2009 at age 89.

Jacob Kalin, who was born in Russia in July 1886 and came to Sioux City in 1903, was head of the Norfolk Furnace Company, a division of the foundry.

SIOUX CITY JOURNAL ARCHIVES

Sid Kalin (middle), is shown with Lennox engineer Tom Morton and Kalin’s employee Jon Reed, displaying the then-new Pulse furnace in 1982. The Pulse represented a revolution in efficiency compared to earlier furnaces.

SIOUX CITY JOURNAL ARCHIVES

The earliest known Kalin’s advertisement for Lennox air conditioning, appearing in the Sioux City Journal on May 22, 1954.


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SIOUX CITY — Missouri River Historical Development is inviting tax-exempt organizations and local governmental entities in Woodbury County to apply for grants ranging from $250,000 to $1 million each.

The new matching grant program is designed to support economic devel-opment projects that require “higher levels of funding and collaboration with other matching donors to come together around a signature project,” MRHD said in a news release Monday.

“After the period of uncertainty that we experienced last year, when the necessary COVID-19 restric-tions shut down the Hard Rock Ho-tel & Casino Sioux City and limited so much commercial activity through-out Siouxland, we now celebrate be-ing in a position to give back to our community,” MRHD President Stacy Harmelink said in a statement.

“The MRHD Board of Directors is

committed to sig-nificantly investing back in a way that will foster a strong economic environ-ment for Woodbury County.”

This is the first time that MRHD, the nonprofit gaming

group that holds the state gaming license for the Hard Rock, has devel-oped an economic development grant program on this scale to be publicly opened and made available through a competitive process.

The program requires eligible proj-ects to be completed within two years and matched dollar-for-dollar with cash or in-kind contributions. In-kind donations may be used for half of the match.

To be selected, a project submit-ted for consideration must “clearly align” with one of MRHD’s economic

development match grant areas of fo-cus — creation and retention of jobs; development of a critical job force; a new project or service having a sub-stantial impact on the community; or an improved quality of life and com-munity development project.

The project must also be sustain-able beyond the initial grant and not require additional grants to maintain the project over the long term, MRHD said.

Applicants are advised to carefully follow the steps set forth for apply-ing for the MRHD Economic Devel-opment Matching Grant opportunity on MRHD’s website.

Applications must be requested by emailing [email protected]. Proposals and supporting documents are due by 5 p.m. on Sept. 1. For more info, visit: www.mrhdiowa.org. The recipients will be announced at the annual MRHD holiday party in De-cember.

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RushHourConnect RibbonCutting

The Boys & Girls Club of Siouxland hosted the May Siouxland Chamber Rush Hour Connect. The club is celebrating the five-year anniversary since girls become part of the club. With increased numbers, the club also recently acquired a building at 813 Pearl St., just south of its main building. The expanded space allows the club to gear the new location to younger children while keeping the current location for teens. Rush Hour Connect attendees were treated to a tour of the facilities by Brian Regino, Iowa Boys & Girls Club Youth of the Year winner.

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modernize to fit their changing needs. What arethe most sought out designated spaces buyers arelooking for in new homes? According to a survey ofrecent and prospective home buyers by the NationalAssociation of Home Builders (NAHB), spacesfor working out, working from home and outdoorspaces are among the most wanted specialty areas ina new home.

As individuals begin to return to work, someemployers are allowing their employees to continueworking from home in a full-or part-time capacity.Therefore, it is no surprise that the survey revealedthat a majority (63 percent) of home buyers want ahome office. Home offices are particularly popular

among the millennial age group (74 percent) andmarried couples with children (70 percent). In termsof size, the study found that a majority (77 percent)of the buyers who want a home office would like thespace to be at least 100 square feet, which is smallerthan the average size of a bedroom, or larger.

Another trend among home buyers, likelyaccelerated by the pandemic, was the request foran exercise room. Nearly half of all home buyers(47 percent) rated an exercise room as essential ordesirable, according to NAHB’s survey. When thisquestion was asked in 2003, 27 percent of buyerswanted an exercise room, a full 20 percentage pointslower than the current response. A majority ofmillennials (61 percent) and Gen Xers (62 percent)were among the age groups most interested in thisspace.

With more time spent at home this year, getting

some fresh air and spending time outside the home

grew in popularity. A majority of home buyers in the

survey ranked a patio (87 percent) and a front porch

(81 percent) among the top essential features in a

home. An expanded outdoor space can help home

owners enjoy nature, relax and safely entertain.

Cleaning up the competition, NAHB’s survey

showed that a laundry room is the most wanted

specialty room, with 87 percent of home buyers

rating it essential or desirable. Laundry rooms are

not just for dirty clothes, many home owners utilize

this space for extra storage.

To find a contractor that can help you learn more

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The Construction Program at Western Iowa Tech Community College recognized its 50th anniversary with a recent open house and ribbon cutting at its newest project house in Woodbury Heights. The project was completed by WITCC students. Pictured in the front row (from left to right): Juline Albert, vice president of learning; Bob Wilcke, construction instructor; Dean Hammer, former construction instructor. In the second row (from left to right): Kevin Woockman, director of Building Trades and Apprenticeship; Greg Strong, division chair; Darin Moeller, executive dean of instruction. Partnering with Siouxland Home Builders Association, it’s the 25th home completed in Siouxland, along with other projects completed at WITCC’s satellite campuses in Cherokee and Denison.

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Siouxland Christian School recently announced the expansion of its preschool program. Pictured are Katie Trimble, preschool administrator; Lindsay Laurich, superintendent; Jeremy Mills, principal; and Trish Yanney, director of admissions. The new state-of-the-art facility, set to open in August, will be located across the street from Siouxland Christian School and will serve about 120 new students.

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Whispering Creek Retirement Community, 2609 Nicklaus Blvd., took advantage of quieter COVID days and renovated their Memory Care Unit. Executive director Jacque Kreber is pictured cutting the ribbon alongside her staff. The beautifully-designed Whispering Creek Retirement Community overlooks the Whispering Creek Golf Course and offers breathtaking views of the countryside. Highlighted by unique conversation vignettes, the area provides comfortable seating areas for residents and their families to relax in.

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A recent ribbon cutting celebrated Abante Marketing of Omaha’s purchase of Absolute Screen Art at 120 W. Eighth St. in South Sioux City. Pictured are Mike Fossum, Greg Taylor, Stan Barth, Julie Swalve, Julie Lake, Dawn Cavenee, JoEllen Farnik and Justin Dean. Absolute Screen Art specializes in brand building with a focus on screen printing, embroidery, and promotional products. The business, which services corporate, government, private sector, schools and nonprofi t customers with exceptional pricing and years of experience, is open from 8:30 a.m. to 5 p.m., Monday through Friday.

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The staff of Meridian Clinical Research formally announced their new Sioux City location at 4802 Sunnybrook Drive at a recent ribbon cutting. At the site, Meridian conducts research for a broad range of investigational treatments. The studies explore vaccines and medicines developed to treat migraines, diabetes, acne, depression, high cholesterol and other conditions. For information about joining a study, visit: mcrmed.com

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after the 1953 flood began to recede. Ka-lin’s temporarily had to move to an office on Geneva Street (and, of course, they had to order new furnaces) amid the cleanup and recovery.

Bruce Kalin joined the firm in 1976, after graduating from the University of Colo-rado. In 1983, Kalin’s opened a second lo-cation in Vermillion. They opened a third location in Yankton in 2017.

A revolution in furnaces was underway in the early 1980s, when a new “Pulse” fur-nace was unveiled by Lennox. Kalin’s held a press conference to introduce the furnace to the public in September 1982.

With efficiency rated at 91 to 96 percent, the Pulse furnace was reportedly the big-gest leap in furnace technology since the days when natural gas replaced coal. At the time, other furnaces were reportedly 55 to 60 percent efficient. Tom Morton, a Lennox engineer, described the Pulse as “the most revolutionary innovation in the industry” at the 1982 press conference.

The Pulse furnace, which could save a customer as much as 40 percent on their heating bill, was a sensation.

“In those early days, when that Pulse fur-nace was first invented and we first started installing it, I remember we had literally lists of people waiting to get that furnace installed,” Bruce Kalin said.

The Pulse has since been retired, though furnaces on the market today are, in a sense, its descendants – modern furnaces can achieve efficiency as high as 98 or 99 percent, and provide very even warmth throughout the house. Like the old Nor-folk furnaces, Bruce Kalin said there are still early Pulse furnaces in service today.

“It’s hard to imagine, when you get to 98 or 99 percent efficient, that it can get any better than that – but, there’s always tweaking that’s being done with controls

and anything to improve comfort,” Bruce Kalin said.

The air-conditioning industry, mean-while, has been in a state of almost non-stop flux since around the time when Bruce Kalin came to the firm 45 years ago. A suc-cession of different air-conditioner refrig-erants (sometimes colloquially referred to as “Freon”) have been banned and replaced by a new refrigerant, then banned and re-placed again, since the realization decades ago that certain refrigerants deplete the ozone layer.

R-22, once an industry-standard re-frigerant found in nearly all air condi-tioners more than 10 or 15 years old, was phased out in recent years in favor of R-410A.

“And now that’s changing again,” Bruce Kalin said. (Even older refrigerants, like R-12, are long since banned.)

This can leave air-conditioner owners in the lurch when the system needs to be recharged, as different refrigerants do not mix. When remaining supplies of R-22 can be found, they’re usually prohibitively

expensive. There are substitutes, but this usually requires the system to be thor-oughly flushed out.

Kalin’s will do what the customer wants, but sometimes replacing the system is the sensible thing to do.

“If folks get to the point where they have a major repair today with an older system, and it happens to have R-22, we can always fix it – but sometimes it’s like sort of put-ting an engine in a very old car. You have to make a decision on what makes the most sense,” Bruce Kalin said.

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Bruce Kalin, third-generation owner of Kalins Indoor Comfort, is shown at a customer’s northside Sioux City home where crews are replacing a central air conditioning unit.

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