Greetings and welcome to the June edition of our newsletter!

This past Sunday was Father's Day and I hope you had a chance to recognize your father, husband or special person in your own personal way. I had a great Father's Day weekend fishing with my son Shawn and good friend Pat. We were fishing on Lake of the Woods in the Northwest Angle, which for those of you that don't know is actually part of Minnesota. We fish mostly on the Canadian side of the border and always have tremendous fishing. The fishing is so good that we use dead minnows as bait. Yes, our neighbors to the north require us to kill our minnows prior to entering Canadian waters. It seems a little silly but who am I to question a foreign government and their policies. The fishing is great so we jump through a few hoops. It has spoiled me so much that I rarely fish in Minnesota anymore. The time invested versus the return isn't as great and for me that's important.

Shawn Sullivan with a Father's Day weekend keeper.

What's also important is spending time with my children. As they have grown older and have gone off to college, the opportunities to spend time with them are limited so quality time is important. My son wouldn't exactly be considered an outdoorsman, but he does enjoy fishing even though he is allergic to certain fish. Walleyes being one of them! I could see a little hint of jealousy at our shore lunch stops as Pat and I were eating fresh Walleyes and he was munching on a PB & J. Sorry bud!

Congratulations Jody and Ryan Torgerson!

We celebrate many things at Heartland but it's not often we get to celebrate a marriage and this month we celebrate two! Ryan Torgerson and Jody Nelson were married on June 12th and Jason Kramer and Jill Peterson will be married on the 27th. Congratulations to both couples.

Other good news I have to report is that we are finally starting projects that have been in our backlog for some time. This increased activity has led to new hires for our field staff and eventually for our project management team. We have been able to utilize field staff from our Minneapolis office to fill in the gaps too. This sharing of resources is a valuable tool that allows us to efficiently allocate experienced field staff to branch locations that need them. Estimating services is another area that we have been able to share staffing. This effort allows us to ensure our customers' needs are being met with the quality and timeliness that they have come to expect from us. As our logo states; "Quality Clear Through."

Thank you for taking the time to read our newsletter. We always appreciate hearing from you.