June

2014

Insight!Insight!

The monthly employee newsletter of C & B Operations, LLCThe monthly employee newsletter of C & B Operations, LLC

Family Owned since 1988

Rock or Water County? | Luverne, MN

Minnesota has had a wet spring, but this June16th put Rock County Implement under water. Instead of green grass as an

outdoor equipment showcase Rock County Implement in Luverne is sporting a lake after four inches of heavy rain fell.

The spillway connected to a

77-year-old dam gave way

and broke. It was the first

time in the history of the dam

that water rushed through the

area leaving many under wa-

ter. While many roads have

been closed including por-

tions of I90 the employees at

the store are busy cleaning

up.

Despite Tornado, Thunderstorm, and Flash Flood warnings 25 strong willed women came through the front door to

attend our second annual Ladies Night at Tri-County Implement in St. James. Each lady registered and then received

an indoor gardening tool set for attending. From there they were welcomed to the showroom to get some food to

munch on. Taylor Morgan, Service Technician, did a wonderful job going around the mower explaining mower

maintenance prior to starting up for the season. Becky Sandmeyer, owner of Creative Touch Floral, talked about when

to transplant plants and what you need to know about watering your outdoor plants. With the torrential rain outside we

stayed indoors but created an obstacle course where the ladies maneuvered around on a lawnmower all with a spoon in

their mouth and an egg on the spoon! We did not have many egg fatalities because these ladies could drive! The

evening was a complete success even with Mother Nature’s huge tantrum! Thank you to all the Tri-County employees

who pitched in to help make this an evening to remember!!

Weather Forced Activities Indoors | St. James, MN

Women in Ag | Miller, SD

As women play an ever-increasing role in the farm and ranch business field the

Women in Ag event is designed to provide an Ag overview to help women

succeed in Agri-related business of today. Laura Brueggeman, Greenline

Implement, attended the fifth annual event in Faulkton, SD on June 4th. Ag

related speakers hosted many of the days’ talks, while area vendors sold

various products throughout the day. “I was able to make some sales along

with learning more about the Ag side of business” says Laura.

2014 June

Amazing Places | Yankton, SD

On Sunday, June 8th, the city of Yankton held an event called Amazing Yankton. This event included families and businesses

showing and teaching children about different ways of life. At Fred Haar Co., Yankton, we gave numerous rides for two and a

half hours to people of all ages. People took turns on a 4WD tractor, a combine, and a Gator. Joe Lyle. Sales Rep, and Don

Wolf, Store Manager, helped with the event and offered rides to attendees. People came from as far away as Sioux Falls, Mis-

sion Hill, Yankton, Tabor, Scotland, Aberdeen SD, and Crofton, Nebraska to participate. Everyone was having fun and learn-

ing a lot and the expressions on the faces of those attendees was absolutely priceless.

On Friday, June 13, Pipestone County Implement held its Lawn & Turf Expo at the

dealership. Kyle O’Toole, Sales Rep, and Ryan Tibbs, Parts Manager, tag-teamed the

duties of coordinating the event. Mitch Hartle, Detail Specialist, made everything

gleam and shine, detailing every mower and utility tractor on the lot for the event.

Despite the superstitious date, we had a great turnout. More than 30 people attended the

event and had the opportunity to demo mowers and take advantage of special discounts

on mower parts, attachments, Stihl, and

Honda products. Hotdogs, chips, and pop

were served at the event. Four mowers, a leaf

blower, and dozens of hotdogs left the lot as a

result of the event.

Madison County Implement, Rexburg, ID, held their

combine expo on June 10th. Featured were a 9600,

STS, and S series combines to fit different needs in

the area. The customers enjoyed going to the stations

of their choice such as combines, harvest parts, solar

power, lawn and garden, Goharvest App, and the

featured ride and drive of an S series combine with a

machine sync grain cart. Each of the display sites

were manned by service and parts employees. After the expo station visits our customers stayed and visited around a taco, rice

and bean lunch. Our AMS quick response team all rode their bikes to the expo and did a great job showing off machine sync.

Combine Expo | Rexburg, ID

Lawn and Garden Day | Pipestone, MN

Special Guests | St. James, MN

Father Thien Nguyen (Thin Win), his sister, brother-in-

law, two aunts and an uncle were in St. James for Father’s

25th ordination to the priesthood. While in St. James, they

came out to tour Tri-County Implement in St. James. They

were amazed at the size of the equipment and had many

questions about the use of the machines. They took quite a

few pictures including a picture of Father and his sister

sitting in the wheel of the combine. At the end of their

visit the guys were each given a shirt and coffee mug and the women were given a coffee mug and a bag. Great souvenirs

to take back home. They were very appreciative of the hospitality offered to them from Tri-County Implement in St. James.

Tom Craighill retired as the Parts Manager from Yellowstone

County Implement, Billings, MT, May 29th after 40 + years of

service with John Deere. An early retirement party was held

during the Aftermarket sales meeting in Jackson (pictured

right) but the store celebrated for 3 days inviting customers in

to reminisce with Tom & to wish him

well. Michele Green and Robin Sian

created a picture documentary in the

form of a quilt that was presented to

Tom on the night of his store

retirement party.

2014 June

Retirements | Western Region

On June 19th , Walworth County Implement, Selby, SD, along with SDSU Extension Service held a Farm Safety Day. There

were about 70 participants from surrounding communities in attendance. This beneficial Farm Safety Camp taught the older

kids about animal safety, power line safety, fire and emergency services, boating and ATV safety, and chemical and grain bin

safety. Tyler Hanten, Sales, did a demonstration on mower and string trimmer safety. Everyone was able to learn something

new. Thanks go out the Selby Lions, SDGF&P, Northern Plains, CHS, Mobridge Vet Clinic, Precision Ag, Cam-Wal and

SDSU Extension service for all their help in making this a success.

WCI also hosted a Day of Play along with the safety event and master chef Jim Cronin, Parts Manager, spent his time cooking

for everyone who wanted to eat! The Day of Play was the second one that WCI has done, and was a huge success this

year. Over 25 kids showed up for the Day of Play, along with their parents. Plans are already being coordinated for next

year’s event!

Remodel Complete | Miller, SD

The floors have been redone, new pods for parts, shelving is cleaned up and reorganized. Greenline Implement has a shiny

new showroom. With the help of dedicated employees the showroom is gleaming!

Kids Day | Selby, SD

Ladies gathered at Tri-County Implement in Jackson for their first annual ladies night. Ladies had

the opportunity to shop, taste, and learn from demonstrations going on

throughout the night. Gayle Dunker, from Seasonal Spruce Ups gave the

ladies some tips on how to spiff up their landscape in less time. Eric Edlin,

Tri-County’s Service Manager, taught the ladies how to get their lawn trac-

tors ready to mow for the season. While Jason Ruggless, Parts Manager,

demonstrated the miracles John Deere’s carpet cleaner is capable of on a

filthy car mat. Tying landscaping with lawn mower maintenance flowed

nicely. We noticed we had high sales in the featured items like the battery

maintainer and carpet cleaner.

Jackson fun | Jackson, MN

Kim McKnight, Bingham County

Implement, Blackfoot, ID, spent his last few

hours at work preparing for retirement by

testing all the lawn & garden equipment

making sure its in pristine

condition! He has been our

C&CE Service Technician

for 8 years. He retired on

Thursday, June 12, 2014.

After a barbeque lunch

everyone wished Kim good

luck in his retirement!

John Campbell

Pipestone, MN

Service Mgr

Congratulations on your new position!

Chris Jacobson

Slayton, MN

Store Mgr

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It's Rocki Cavanaugh’s, Parts

Sales Rep at Potter County Im-

plement-Gettysburg, 30th Birth-

day this month!

So why is Jerry sporting the John

Deere Birthday hat?

Surprise Visit | Billings, MT

Sara Cyphers, Owner of D & S Trophies, C & B’s preferred embroiderer,

went on a long awaited vacation out West with her family. While driving thru

Montana she took time to visit Yellowstone County Implement in Billings.

She was greeted by Karen Maggert, store admin, who found Sara much

younger in person!!! Karen was surprised by the visit and very happy to show

Sara around. Sara said upon her return “it’s nice to finally put a face to the

voice”. Sara shared this beautiful vacation picture with us.

Birthday Fun! | Gettysburg, SD

Congratulations

to Corey Lingen

and Reed Heard

on achieving

Master

Technician

Reed Heard Corey Lingen

Master Techs | Pipestone, MN

Worthington hasn’t

even held their Day

of Play yet but

Tron Nasers, Sales

Rep, Nobles

County Implement.

is starting the fun

early!!

It’s Playtime | Worthington, MN

July Birthdays!!! July Birthdays!!!

Accident Free Days—Company 13 (Thru June 25th)

Headquarters 1975 Jackson 155

Gettysburg 74 Truman 144

Selby 484 Luverne 313

Miller 1061 Edgerton 1036

Roscoe 244 Pipestone 89

Billings 92 Worthington 21

Miles City 87 Tracy 157

Sheridan 25 Slayton 65

Powell 565 Freeman 13

Idaho Falls 94 Wagner 165

Rexburg 68 Yankton 17

Blackfoot 30 Mitchell 17

St. James 229

Referral

Employee

Brad Burmeister

Jackson, MN

Service Tech

New Arrival...

Trevor Hall

Idaho Falls, ID

Service Tech

Alan Schaefer

Selby, SD

Service Tech

Austin Bitterman

Mitchell, SD

Sales Intern

Robbie Sonne

Mitchell, SD

Parts

Parker Broyles

Billings, MT

Service Tech

Jess McKenzie

Sheridan, WY

Service Tech

Dillon Steever

Freeman, SD

Service Tech

Austin Weyers

Gettysburg

Sales

Joe Blaha

Wagner, SD

Service Manager

Levi Gustafson

Truman, MN

Service Tech Intern

Anthony Leber

Yankton, SD

Service Tech

Donnie Beckman

Yankton, SD

Service Tech

Fern Engen

Pipestone, MN

IS Intern

Jadon Geier

Roscoe, SD

Service Tech Intern

David Newman

Roscoe, SD

Sales

Lance Eckert

Jackson, MN

Detail Specialist

Hank Brown

Jackson, MN

Sales Intern

Casey Knouse

Miller, SD

Service Tech Intern

Michele Green 1 Mike Nieuwboer 20

Cody Spreckels 1 Alan Schaefer 20

Ray Murnion 2 Bob Russiff 21

Kerry Thomason 2 Doug Sieve 21

Bounon Tonsay 2 Kolton Dilly 22

Christian Watts 3 Levi Gordon 22

Ryan Ellefson 5 Ray Hanson 22

Jesus Gomez 5 Austin Malsam 22

Braden Rolandson 5 Mike Mumm 22

Skyler Stoddard 5 Dennis Pehl 22

Steve Nanninga 6 Bill Aaby 23

Ed Sessions 7 Kami Archer 23

Tyson Coles 8 John Homan 23

Kyle OToole 10 Derek Ruggless 23

Brian Raatz 12 Mitchell Hartle 24

Alex Busch 15 Carol Stewart 24

Kim McKnight 15 Ron Hirsch 25

Jared Ripp 15 Tyler Schmidt 27

Andy Valdovinos 15 Chris DeGroot 28

Isiah Gibson 16 Lance Eckert 28

Dylan Perrion 16 Aaron Torgerson 28

Gary Altringer 17 John Carda 29

Cole Geditz 17 Josh Paskert 29

Terry Helmers 18 Dexter Wobig 29

Matt Sauck 18 Nicholas Roth 30

Troy Vos 18 Jennifer Helderbrand 31

Matt Ackerman 20 Dale Junkermeier 31

Mike Frette 20

Chad Hollerich, Store Manager, Tri-

County Implement-St. James, and his

wife, Nicole, gave birth to a baby boy

on June 16th. Bohdan John weighed 10

lbs. Welcoming him home are his three

brothers Rylan, Caisen, Lincoln.