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lightsabers, to foam-disk-shooting Millen- nium Falcon guns and Nerf balls. Oh yeah, we’re very productive folks. So he certainly managed to keep himself occupied like any average kids would. But this guy is far from average. He’s Superman. Though I think Jack might argue for Spiderman status. You can tell by the way he talks to his par- ents and the comments he makes that there You don’t know Jack! That’s okay though. are a lot of positive role models, stories and You’re about to meet him. inspirational characters in Jack’s life. He has a great view of the most difficult situations. Jack Hoeger is a friend of mine. He’s 9 years That takes a thick skin, a great support sys- old and the son of some of my best friends. tem and a whole lot of faith and hope. For a few years Jack has been fighting just about the hardest battle anyone can fight. Jack has cancer. Not just cancer, but brain cancer. Not just brain cancer, but a cancer so rare that he is the only living American who has survived this kind of brain cancer. That’s right, he’s not a cancer patient, he’s a cancer survivor. Jack chooses to LiveStrong. This weekend I got to spend time with Jack and whatever else it was I was going to write about this issue was pretty quickly dismissed. You simply have to meet Jack. Our video for LiveStrong has not only been sent off to them but it is also now on You- Tube. It it Jack’s hope that thousands of peo- ple can get to meet him there and hear his story. That’s where you come in. I want you to meet Jack. It’s both the easiest and hard- est 4 minutes you’ll spend on YouTube. And you’ll be helping Jack make a statement. I swear you’ll want to go cure cancer all by yourself when you’re done watching it. I’ve never been one to forward those e-mails Jack’s mom and dad Jen and Marty Hoeger you get about some sad story or, worse yet, have been close friends since college. I a cursed message you have to forward or knew them before they knew each other. locusts will descend on your home. But to- Jack is the oldest of their three kids. His fight day I created one of my own. I sent it to just with cancer has kept him from growing too about everyone I know. It has a link to Jack’s fast, but it hasn’t diminished his love for story. (Two days later, as this goes to print, sports and outdoor activities. In fact, I don’t over 7000 have already watched it. Wow!) think there is much that Jack has let can- cer stop him from enjoying, even if it does So for Jack, for LiveStrong and for all the sometimes keep him from participating. ways cancer has touched your own life, and I know it has, get online and give us a Last Saturday the family visited and we click. One little click. You do that for Jack spent the day down at 365 world headquar- and Jack will change the world for all of ters creating a video for the Lance Arm- us. I promise. He already changed mine. strong Livestrong Foundation, a cause that the Hoegers are very passionate about. Jack www.youtube.com/LivestrongJack sat down for an interview about his journey and with each quote, I had to keep from tearing up in front of him. It’s hard enough to hear him talk about being sick, but as you can see in the photo, he’s just about the handsomest little guy you’ll ever meet. Jack found and played with just about ev- ery toy in the 365 office while we edited the video after the interview. It may be im- portant to note here that the 365 office is The 365ink crew... faces you already know! riddled with toys, from Transformers and Tim Mike Tanya Jeff Kelli Ralph Gary Matt Lisa Chris Pam Joey Angela Ron Bob Roy Brad Bryce In this Issue... ISSUE # 53 Architecture Days: 4 APRIL 3 - 16 Community Shorts: 5 - 7 Nash Gallery Opens: 8 Arts Shorts: 9-10 Pam Kress-Dunn: 11 Wando’s Movies Reviews: 12-13 Entertainment Briefs: 14 Takin’ Care of Business: Part 2: 15 Live Music Listings: 16-17 Mythbusters in Platteville: 18 Gentlemen of DBQ Rugby : 19 Mayor Roy Buol: 20 Bret Michaels Rock of Love Tour: 21 Recurring Events and Concerts: 21 Bob’s Book Reviews: 22 Mattitude:23 Life Stiles - by Jeff Stiles: 24 Eating Healthy with Hy-Vee: 25 Go Green Challenge: 26 Crossword / Sudoku: 27 Trixie / Horoscopes: 28 Comedy: 30 The Inkwell Publisher: Bryce Parks ([email protected]) Editor: Tim Brechlin ([email protected]) Advertising: Kelli Kerrigan ([email protected]) 563-451-9365 Ad Design: Tanya Tjarks ([email protected]) Photography: Mike Ironside, Joey Wallis, Ron TIgges, Bryce Parks Writers & Content: Mike Ironside, Tim Brechlin, Ellen Goodmann, Bryce Parks, L.A. Hammer, Chris Wand, Mayor Roy Buol, Matt Booth, Robert Gelms, Angela Koppes, Pam Kress-Dunn, and Jeff Stiles Graphic Design & Layout: Bryce Parks, Mike Ironside, Tim Brechlin Director of Operations / Accounts Avoidable: Sharon Metz Special thank you to: Bob & Fran Parks, Kay Kluseman, Bob Johnson, Todd Locher, Everett Buckardt, Julie Steffen, Sheila Castaneda, Christy Monk, Katy Brechlin, Jim Heckmann, Ron & Jennifer Tigges and all the 365 friends and advertisers for all your support. You are all 365. Dubuque365 • 210 West 1st Street, Dubuque, IA, 52001 Office Phone or Music/Events/Movie Hotline 365 @(563) 588-4365 All contents (c) 2008, Community, Incorporated. All rights reserved. We’ve hidden 365’s WANDO somewhere in this issue of Dubuque365ink. Can you find the master of movies buried within these pages? Hint: He’s tiny and could be anywhere, In a story? In an ad? On the cover? Good Luck! IT’S A VERY EXPENSIVE SIGN! 4 APRIL 3 -16 a resounding success, and it then made tour of the Historic Federal Building, in- sense to continue it for a second year. cluding the City Council chambers, the closed session room and the third-floor of- The event comprises several different el- fices, hosted by City Engineer Steve Brown ements (as one might suspect, given the and Chris Wand; an April 10 session with long list of partners above), ensuring that Main Street Iowa design consultant Tim a wide variety of architectural discovery Reinders, who, in-between doing site vis- is available to attendees. its through the day for architectural analy- sis, will present a program titled “Afford- Daily, from April 7 - 11, architects, plan- able Building Improvements: The Power of ners and other figures will host sessions of Paint,” and, finally, an April 11 presenta- the Brown Bag Lunch & Lecture Series, a tion by Mike Gibson, director of the Cen- returning program from last year. Held from ter for Dubuque History at Loras College, 12:10 - 12:50 p.m. at the NICC Downtown titled “Dubuque: Then ... and Now,” show- Center at 7th and Main (as well as two casing not only the buildings of Dubuque off-site locations), the sessions will offer throughout the years (on an old-fashioned unique perspectives on various architec- slide projector, no less), but also buildings tural topics. As for the off-site sessions, the that are no longer standing. (Bahl recalls first is on April 7, when Jerry Enzler of the the recurring phrase of last year’s program Dubuque County Historical Society will to be, “Aaaaand it’s a parking lot!”) hold two open forums on the future of the Ryan House, located at 1375 Locust Street. “You learn so much, hosting a program (The second forum will begin at 6:30 p.m.) like that,” says Gibson. “You can look at the pictures, but then you have people at- “We thought that a topic like the Ryan House tending who have walked the walk and was a perfect topic to open up the week,” talked the talk, and they have their own says Bahl. “The discussions will be about thoughts on everything, and that’s how how to move forward with the Ryan House, you learn the history of any community.” possible renovations, things like that.” Something new this year, continuing the Other Brown Bag Lunch Discussions in- education theme (and also remembering clude an April 8 discussion on historic that children are our future), will be fourth- preservation programs in Dubuque, host- grade trolley tours, a project that Dave ed by Laura Carstens and Dave Johnson of Johnson played a big part in assembling. the City Planning Department; an April 9 Continued on page 26 by Tim Brechlin (Members John Sutter, Julie Lammer, Marga- ret Buhr and Cyndi Nelson were unable to Take a look around you. From 365’s World attend, but their contributions were spoken Headquarters at 1st & Main to the beauty of highly by everyone else!) of Lower Main, to the gorgeous 1000 Block of Main Street to the various churches, “I think that it was partly related to the warehouses, office buildings and the like 150th anniversary of the AIA (American ... well, there’s a lot of history in the ar- Institute of Architects) last year,” notes chitecture of Dubuque, and it’s one of the Chris Wand, of the Durrant Group. “And defining aspects of our city. And coming National Architecture Week is always in up is the second annual celebration of the April, around this time ..