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You are all 365. { dubuque365 / 365ink } Where’s Wando? 401 Locust Street, Dubuque, IA, 52001 We’ve hidden Wando somewhere in this issue of 365ink. Can dubuque365.com | 563-588-4365 you find the master of movies buried within these pages? All contents © 2010, Community, Incorporated. All rights reserved. 2 { june 24 - july 7 } 365ink www.Dubuque365.com { bryce’s inkubator } life is always easier with a scissor lift.. Brad calls it the Johnny Cash office. That’s Jo portside building. Remember those? because it’s a sixty-one, sixty-two, sixty The furniture came from all over. Science three... Other people would call it a hodge- lab desks from the University of Dubuque, podge or mix of miscellaneous stuff. But office desks, chairs, file cabinets and more thanks to today’s economic, cultural and from McKesson when they moved out of political climate, we get to call it GREEN! the Roshek Building. Yes we live in an era when people have Just recently, as the old Eagle Window and given a new name to those people who Door corporate offices were being prepped keep what everyone else throws out. No for demolition, we were given an opportu- not “pickers”. Those are people who buy nity to salvage the oak doors that popu- and sell what people throw out. We’re lated the halls of the building. But we had reclaimers. We’re green baby. to go rip them out ourselves. Well, we did. I actually worked at Eagle Window every Last fall, 365 moved into out new office summer and a few Christmases during my building at 401 Locust in downtown college years. It was a big help to avoid stu- Dubuque. It was essentially an empty shell dent loans and also supplemented the ever of a building in need of a lot of love. And important beer money fund. Those doors while we don’t have a lot of money lying sat here in the office for a couple months around, we are abundant in love. And also until the free time came around to allow fairly well stocked in young employees with us to install them in all the offices here that strong backs. have gone thus far doorless. We’re not afraid to say we didn’t have the I should also point out the awesome sup- capital lying around to undertake a massive port we got from Conlon Construction and building renovation. So if this was going to Giese Electric who worked with us to find work, it was going to take time, patience economical ways to put up some office and a lot of hard work with our own hands. walls, and get some power around here. But most of all, it would take resourceful- They were awesome. Plus cool stone came ness. If we’re anything, we’re resourceful. from Mountaintop Stoneworks. It’s defi- nately a visual centerpiece. We didn’t do carpet right away, but the spread we got from the Floor Show is looking sharp. We have about a third of it done and the rest is on the way. So before you know it, you’ll look around this joint and say, “hey look... professionals!”. But we’ll know better. We’ve just invested in some very sweet new printing equipment. That was not free, unfor- tunately. But it does require having an attrac- tive entrance to the office, which we now have. You may have noticed that we took down So if you need some high quality color printing the old signs on the front of the building in the downtown area, we’re your guys. Ironic finally, and painted the facade. The fact that that we just took down the old copy store sign we painted it black might lend more cre- that was on the building the same week we dence to Brad’s Johnny Cash office moniker. start to offer those very services. It’s one of the last steps in the process of bringing this old monster back into form. The moral to this story is that you don’t need to be rich to do a rehabilitation proj- It is actually starting to look very nice inside ect. Your can be “green” by repurposing too. Reclamation has paid off big, and saved other people’s junk, and if you don’t mind a lot of stuff from landfills by just putting dealing with a mess for about ten months, forth a little effort. The beautiful ceramic you can put together a pretty sweet office drop ceilings came out of the old Diamond for about $28. Stop in and see us! www.Dubuque365.com 365ink { june 24 - july 7 } 3 { community } i thought storm chasers were people who stalked katie wiedemann? Community Briefs creating snow in the summer, changing The Sinsinawa Strings Orchestra will play will learn how to protect themselves when water to juice, and a bowling ball float to patriotic selections and lead the audience severe weather strikes. The program is free, Thursday, June 24 get kids interested in science. Library staff in a sing-along. Everyone is welcome at this though library staff asks that participants Author and Storyteller asks that participants register one week in free concert. Organizers ask that guests allow register one week in advance by signing up Margaret Read MacDonald advance by signing up at the Youth Services time for parking as there will not be shuttle at the Youth Services Help Desk or by calling Carnegie-Stout Public Library Help Desk or by calling 589-4225, option service available. For more information, con- 589-4225, option 5. For more information, Carnegie-Stout Public Library presents 5. For more information, visit http://www. tact Sheila Heim at (608) 748-4411, ext. 869, visit http://www.dubuque.lib.ia.us/. Author and Storyteller Margaret Read Mac- dubuque.lib.ia.us/. or visit www.sinsinawa.org. Donald for an evening of interactive stories, Friday, July 9 chants and songs. The all-ages program Downtown Friday Night, Dyersville will be held in the third floor auditorium on Pirate Over 50 w/ Mississippi Band Thursday, June 24 at 7:00 p.m. MacDonald Dyersville celebrates summertime with its own delights in discovering and sharing joyful Friday night festival series, Downtown Friday folktales from many different cultures includ- Night. The July 9 installment features the com- ing her latest book, Surf War, a tale from the bined forces of A Pirate Over 50 and the Missis- Marshall Islands. Many of Margaret’s tales sippi Band. A variety of local vendors will offer show her love and concern about the envi- food for purchase with plenty of beer and soft ronment and are the focus many of the sto- Friday, July 9 drinks to match. Kids can have fun too, with ries she has collected. Books will be available Storm Chaser - Eddy Weiss games, rides, and an inflatable bounce house. for purchase from River Lights, 2nd Edition Carnegie-Stout Public Library Early arrivals can register to compete in “Minute Bookstore at this event. It should be noted Join Eddy Weiss, storm-chaser and disaster to Win It” games and to register for “Rollin’ in the that the third floor is not currently accessible preparedness educator, as he teaches about Dough” between 6:00 and 6:15 p.m. For more by elevator. severe spring weather and disaster prepared- information, visit http://www.dyersville.org. ness during his educational program at the Sunday, July 4 Carnegie-Stout Public Library. Weiss will host Saturday, July 10 Ice Cream Social two sessions, one at 10:00 a.m. for ages 3 The Annual Junque in the Trunk Sale Mathias Ham House through 6 and a second at 11:00 a.m. for age Grand View Church Parking Lot The 46th annual Fourth of July Ice Cream 7 and older. Kids will learn about how torna- Grand View Methodist Church, at 3342 John Social, sponsored by the Dubuque County does grow and what they look like, and find Wesley Drive (just north of the soccer com- Historical Society celebrates Independence out how radar works. Most importantly, they plex on JFK Road), hosts the Annual Junque Day in good ol’ fashioned style at the historic Ham House at the corner of Shiras and Lin- coln Avenue, just below Eagle Point Park.