A young couple in Iowa learn the importance of a personal touch in small town business
NICK EICHER, HOST: Today is Wednesday, June 23rd. Thank you for turning to WORLD Radio to help start your day.
Good morning. I’m Nick Eicher.
MARY REICHARD, HOST: And I’m Mary Reichard.
Last month, we gave World Journalism Institute students three days to find a story in rural Northwest Iowa and produce it for the program. You’ve already heard a few of those.
EICHER: Caleb Bailey, a recent communications graduate from Camarillo, California, found a young couple who help their neighbors through music and bicycles.
SOUND: PHONE RINGING AND GEARS TURNING
SOUND: NATHAN WORKING AT BENCH
CALEB BAILEY, WJI: In the small town of Sioux Center, Iowa, Brother's Bicycle Shop sits just a block off the main road. Inside, customers drop off broken bikes and look through a selection of new ones. Behind the counter is Nathan Nykamp. As he hands off one bike he begins to work on another, tightening the hub of a wheel and picking up the phone. It’s poetry in motion.
NATHAN NYKAMP: As you may have seen, I have to do a lot of things simultaneously. So that's very challenging.