AND WORKING IN
RURAL AMERICA, IT
MIGHT BE A -FUR
PIECE- AS SOME
MIGHT SAY -- MAYBE
AN HOUR OR MORE
--- TO GET MEAT AND
VEGETABLES THEY
MIGHT NEED FOR A
HOT MEAL,
ESPECIALLY IF
THEY'RE NOT
ALREADY RAISING
THOSE
INGREDIENTS
THEMSELVES.
BUT ONE
MIDWESTERN
COMMUNITY HAS
FOUND A WAY TO
CUT THE TRAVEL
TIME FROM
GROCERY STORE TO
DINNER TABLE.
HERE'S PETER
TUBBS.
[P-FEATURENon-
Profit Grocery]
PACKAGE
THE WEEKLY
GROCERY DELIVERY
FROM NORTH
PLATTE HAS
ARRIVED AT THE
CIRCLE C MARKET IN
CODY, NEBRASKA.
SIX STUDENTS FROM
CODY- KILGORE
HIGH SCHOOL HELP
UNLOAD THE
SHIPMENT AND
STOCK THE
SHELVES AND
COOLERS. THESE
STUDENTS ARE THE
ONLY EMPLOYEES
PAID BY THE
MARKET, WHICH IS
PART OF WHY A
VILLAGE OF 150
RESIDENTS CAN
SUPPORT A
GROCERY STORE.
APRIL LAMBERT,
CODY RESIDENT:
"We try to get all of our
groceries in Cody as
much as we can
because we know that
the store is important to
the town and we know
that we appreciate it
being here and if, if the
store wasn't here, we
might not have the
opportunity to live
here."
THE SMALL
SUPERMARKET IS A
NON-PROFIT. MORE
SIGNIFICANTLY, IT IS
A JOINT PROJECT
BETWEEN THE
VILLAGE OF CODY
AND THE CODY-
KILGORE SCHOOL
DISTRICT. THE
BUSINESS TEACHER
AT THE HIGH
SCHOOL OVERSEES
THE STORE IN
ADDITION TO HER
TEACHING DUTIES,
WHILE THE
STUDENTS
PREFORM THE
MAJORITY OF THE
LABOR AND
MANAGEMENT JOBS.
RILEY JONES,
CIRCLE C
EMPLOYEE: "I stock
shelves, I deface
shelves, I help people
out, I make sure the
store is presentable,
facing, defacing, just
helping out."
STUDENTS EARN A
PAYCHECK FOR
EACH HOUR
WORKED AS WELL
AS ACADEMIC
CREDIT HOURS. BUT
RESPONSIBILITY
FOR MANAGING IS
HANDED TO ANYONE
WHO IS READY FOR
THE BURDEN.
BENTLEY JENKINS
IS THE CURRENT
PURCHASING
MANAGER, AND
ALSO PROGRAMMED
THE POINT OF SALE
SYSTEM THAT IS
USED TO CHECK
OUT GROCERIES.
BENTLEY JENKINS,
PURCHASING
MANAGER "It's kind of
hard and our point of
sale system, we don't
have to inventory totally
up to date yet so we
can't just print off and
then go from there for
ordering we have to
walk around the store,
see what we need and
kind of guess. So that's
a little tricky."
WHILE THE
SELECTION AT THE
CIRCLE C CAN'T
COMPARE TO A
FULL-SERVICE
GROCERY STORE,
THE TIME SAVINGS
JUSTIFY CHOOSING
FROM THE LIMITED
SELECTION.
APRIL LAMBERT,
CODY RESIDENT:
"Well, if the store
weren't here I would
have to, you know,
drive to Valentine once
a week and get
groceries. It's about 38
miles to drive there and
then load up on
everything and just the
storage and planning
for all that would be
pretty hard with little
ones."
THE MAJORITY OF
GROCERIES ARRIVE
ON THURSDAYS IN
TIME FOR
HOUSEHOLDS TO
TIME FOR
HOUSEHOLDS TO
STOCK UP FOR THE
WEEKEND. THE 63
STUDENTS OF THE
CODY-KILGORE
SCHOOL DISTRICT
ARE ON A MONDAY
TO THURSDAY
CALENDAR, WHICH
SAVES ON
TRANSPORTATION
COSTS FOR THE
DISTRICT AND
FREES STUDENTS
FOR RANCH WORK
ON FRIDAYS. BUT
THE LESSONS
LEARNED ON THE
JOB EXTEND PAST
THE BASICS OF
BUSINESS.
ELIZABETH
ROSEFELD, CIRCLE
C EMPLOYEE: "I'm
really learning people
skills, because I don't
really like to talk to
people very often
unless I'm working,
because then you have
to be nice and all that.
Which I'm not very
good at."
THE 480 RESIDENTS
OF THE SCHOOL
DISTRICT ARE
SPREAD ACROSS
550 SQUARE MILES,
MAKING IT ONE OF
THE LEAST DENSELY
POPULATED
DISTRICTS IN THE
STATE.
THE CIRCLE C IS
THE RESULT OF A
VOLUNTEER EFFORT
BEGUN IN 2008 TO
RETURN RETAIL
FOOD OUTLET TO
CODY, WHICH HAD
BEEN WITHOUT A
LOCAL GROCERY
STORE SINCE 1995.
THE MARKET HAS
PURCHASED MUCH
OF ITS
INFRASTRUCTURE
USED. ONE COOLER
AND THE CHECKOUT
STAND CAME FROM
A STORE IN
VALENTINE THAT
WAS CLOSING.
OTHER COOLERS
AND SHELVING
CAME FROM
ANOTHER STORE IN
VALENTINE THAT
WAS REMODELING.
A USDA GRANT
FUNDED THE INITIAL
CONSTRUCTION OF
THE STORE, WHICH
WAS BUILT USING
STRAW BALE
TECHNIQUES THAT
DATE BACK TO THE
19TH CENTURY
NEBRASKA PRAIRIE.
THE STRAW WALLS
ARE THICK BUT
ALSO ENERGY
EFFICIENT. THE
STORE USES $600-
$800 PER MONTH IN
ELECTRICITY,
ALMOST ALL GOES
TO RUNNING THE
LARGE COOLERS.
UNDER ITS
PRESENT
STRUCTURE, THE
STORE IS
SUSTAINABLE
MONTH-TO-MONTH,
AND HAS BECOME A
COMMUNITY HUB
WHERE NEIGHBORS
MEET FOR A FEW
MINUTES OUT OF
THEIR DAY.
JOHN JOHNSON,
CODY RESIDENT:
"...You've got to have a
bank, you need a
grocery store and you
need a school to start
with. And we've got all
those now. and we just
got some young people
becoming more
involved and you know,
you know, a small town
like this, you're either
surviving and you're
dying. And neither one
of those options was
okay with me because
you know, you need to
be a town of
destination, not want to
stop over."
SUMMER REDUCES
THE SALES VOLUME
BY 50% AS
RESIDENTS MAKE
THE SALES VOLUME
BY 50% AS
RESIDENTS MAKE
FEWER TRIPS INTO
CODY. MANY
HOUSEHOLDS HAVE
SECOND HOMES IN
TOWN FOR THE
SCHOOL YEAR, WITH
THE PRIMARY HOME
ON THE RANCH
ELSEWHERE IN
CHERRY COUNTY.
A COMMUTE OF 50-
MILES OR MORE ARE
COMMON IN
NORTHERN
NEBRASKA, AND
MANY HOUSEHOLDS
HAVE PLANNED
MEALS A WEEK OR A
MONTH AT A TIME
DUE TO THE EFFORT
NEEDED TO BUY
GROCERIES. THE
CIRCLE C PROVIDES
THE LUXURY OF
ONLY HAVING TO
PLAN OUT A FEW
DAYS.
GROCERIES ARE
PRICED 35 PERCENT
OVER THEIR
WHOLESALE COST,
WHICH IS STILL
COMPETITIVE WITH
STORES IN
VALENTINE. BUT
WHILE THE STORE
PAYS STUDENTS
$30,000 ANNUALLY
FOR HOURS
WORKED, THOSE
MARGINS WON'T
COVER THE SALARY
OF AN OWNER OR
MANAGER- CIRCLE C
ONLY SURVIVES AS
A NON-PROFIT
EDUCATIONAL
PROJECT. CODY
LACKS THE
POPULATION TO
SUPPORT A FOR-
PROFIT STORE.
NON-PROFIT
STATUS ALLOWS
SPENDING IN OTHER
AREAS- LIKE
COLLEGE
SCHOLARSHIPS FOR
STUDENT
EMPLOYEES TIED TO
THE NUMBER OF
HOURS WORKED IN
THE HIGH SCHOOL
CAREER.
SCHOLARSHIPS CAN
REACH $600 PER
SEMESTER. BUT
SOMETIMES
STUDENTS HAVE TO
WARM UP TO THE
JOB.
BENTLEY JENKINS,
PURCHASING
MANAGER "When I
first, when I was hired, I
did not want to do this
job. My, my parents
forced me to have it, oh
- it will be a good
experience for you
because my older
brother, he was the
student manager his
last year of high school,
so I was like, I'm going
to hate it. I do want to
it. I ended up loving it.
So it's kind of funny."
[T-
TAG/TEASEGardenin
g for Good]
2S MIKE
THAT WAS PETER
TUBBS REPORTING...
WHAT DO THEY
SAY? NECESSITY IS
THE MOTHER OF
INVENTION?
2S LEIGHTON
EXACTLY -- AND IT'S
GOOD TO SEE
THOSE KIDS
HELPING OUT AND
MAKING A LITTLE
POCKET CHANGE
ALONG THE WAY,
TOO. GOOD STORY.
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