We’re about five years into the 2008 Presidential begins with a blanket statement: “We all know race now and I think this is the phase when it that Hillary Clinton and the Democrats have it really starts to get very, very old. Hillary Clinton wrong on immigration.” Of course, we don’t all called me this morning and woke me from a very know that, but he’s just said it like it was a fact, fruitful slumber with a very important pre-re- so it must be true. He does have leadership expe- corded message. Yes, for my loyal readers, THEY rience and I’m sure he’s a nice guy. But starting HAVE STARTED. Those fake phone calls that get this early with a campaign that clearly shows no massive negative voter points on my scale. Based willingness for achieving unity or at least coop- on my previously featured point system, the only eration is not a good thing, at least to me. And viable candidates left who have not yet invaded I worry that people just absorb that message my personal time are Mike Gravel and Dennis without realizing what is being said. Actually Kucinich. Since Dennis poked fun at himself on Tom Tancredo had an ad that essentially said “Be the Daily Show, I guess I have to caucus for him. afraid, be very afraid because terrorists ARE go- (No, not really.) I guess I could. Then when he ing to kill you.” But that was just funny because doesn’t get enough votes in the room to earn an he’s crazy. So he doesn’t count. electoral vote, we’ll all have to choose from the viable candidates in the end anyway. Please don’t take this as a rant on Republicans. I hope it’s not. I have my trust issues with Hillary. Unless you got your degree from the University of And she had to run that “Hillary saved my son’s Miami, you’ve probably figured out by now that life” ad about 87 times during my enjoyment of I’m a registered Democrat. Not that there’s any- The Godfather Part I & II on cable last weekend. thing bad about you GOPers. It’s just that I can’t I have experience issues with Obama. I have sil- seem to find with your views on, well, just about ver spoon issues with John Edwards. Kucinich everything. Some of the candidates seem like all is just goofy. Joe Biden has been in the Wash- right guys on the conservative side. Mike Huck- ington political game for a long, LONG time. abee is one guy who has taken a firm position Is that good or bad? Chris Dodd looks mad all on issues I do not agree with, but still, he comes the time. Mike Gravel, uh.... I think Bill Richard- through as being a genuinely nice guy. Despite son seems like a level-headed guy, but he ain’t our differing views, I feel like I could trust him. sexy on stage in the election of rock stars like That means a lot. Hillary and Rudy Guiliani. That was fun. Should we do the Republicans? Giuliani has one big But alas, I won’t be caucusing for the Republi- issue and he’s a little too liberal for some on cans. And despite the daily phone calls asking, the right. Huckabee is half the man he used to I’m not telling the Democrats who I am caucusing be (lost a lot of weight) and is real likable, but for either. his unabashedly conservative views on some is- sues scare liberals. Alan Keyes is preachy, John I think you need to believe in a person, not just McCain commands respect but generates zero look at his or her list of issue stances. I have voted spark. Ron Paul doesn’t like anybody, it seems, Republican a number of times in my life. Mostly on either side. Mitt Romney, well, you know. because I believe someone in office who does not Tom Tancredo wants you to fear everyone who exactly agree with me is better than an idiot or wasn’t born here. Fred Thompson can act like an angry single-issue candidate, even if they are President, but George Clooney can act like a in my party. You have to find someone you trust. doctor too. I don’t think anyone knows who There are good people on both sides of the aisle. Duncan Hunter is.

I just have this thorn in my side that is getting to Regardless of your party, this is just my call to me and I gotta talk about it. There is one candidate vote with more than a checklist or by counting who has come to the forefront of my worry meter yard signs. Of course I’m not going to base my and it’s not because he’s Mormon. Mitt Romney’s voting on who bugs me with the least amount TV commercials really get me upset. First there of telemarketing calls. I believe that, right-wing was an ad about all the Republicans who have or left-wing, we all have passionate reasons for been involved in scandals recently. He said that making our choices. I just urge you to listen those people were acting like Democrats and a little closer. Repeat the words they have in Republicans need to stop acting like Democrats their commercials after the commercial is over. and start acting like Republicans. Huh? Transla- Is it rhetoric? Is it genuine? Is it pandering, is it tion: Perverts and deviants are Democrats. It was wise, is it fear-mongering, is it what you would really kind of genius. With one sentence he com- say if someone asked you that question? One of pletely wiped the Republican slate clean of all these people will be president. How does what wrongdoing and dumped it on the liberals. With they are saying now affect the way our country that off his conscience, he can launch into his operates after they take office? They all mean ideas for creating a very divided nation. I say this well. I believe that. But are their convictions as because of his next commercial, where he again right for our future as they hope they are? The 365ink crew... faces you already know!

Tim Brechlin Mike Ironside Tanya Tjarks Jeff Stiles Kelli Kerrigan Ralph Kluseman Gary Olsen Matt Booth L.A. Hammer Chris Wand Pam Kress-Dunn Joey Wallis ISSUE # 44 In this Issue of 365ink... NOVEMBER 29 - DECEMBER 12 Local Candy Makers: 4 Community Events: 5-6 Arts shorts & more: 7

Writing the troops: 8 Snowbiz: 9 Holiday Music: 10

Fine Art & Calendars: 11 Yoga & Thai Massage: 12 Meet Chef Moose: 13

Multi-Author Book Signing: 14 Jingle Bell Hop / Art Auction: 15 Mayor Roy Buol: 16

America’s River Phase II: 17 Budweiser True Music: 18-19 Wando’s Movies: 20

Mattitude: 22 Eating Healthy: 23 Life Stiles: 24

The A Factor: 26 Pam Kress-Dunn: 29

Bob’s Book Reviews: 30 Crossword / Sudoku: 31

Trixie Kitsch: 32 Dr. Skrap’s Horoscopes: 32 Comedy: 34

The Inkwell ) [email protected]) Publisher: Bryce [email protected] ( ) 563-451-9365 Tim Brechlin ( [email protected]) Editor: Kelli Kerrigan ( Advertising: [email protected] Tanya Tjarks ( Ad Design: : Mike Ironside, Joey Wallis, Ron TIgges, Bryce Parks Photography Mike Ironside, Tim Brechlin, Ellen Goodmann, Writers & Content: Bryce Parks, L.A. Hammer, Chris Wand, Mayor Roy Buol, Matt Booth, - Robert Gelms, Angela Koppes, Bryce Pam Parks, Kress-Dunn Mike Ironside, Tim Brechlin Graphic Design & Layout: Bob & Fran Parks, Kay Kluseman, Bob Johnson, Todd Lo Special thank you to: cher, Dave Blake, Everett Buckardt, Julie Steffen, Sheila Castaneda, Tom Miller, Christy Monk, Katy Brechlin, Jim Heckmann, Ron & Jennifer, TiggesIA, 52001 and all the 365 friends and advertisers for all your support., Dubuque You are all 365. West 1st Street (563) 588-4365 Dubuque365 • 210 Office Phone or Music/Events/Movie Hotline 365 @ All contents (c) 2007, 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 ! Good Luck! Win- ners get a free warm fuzzy feeling in your belly! Roy Buol Ron Tigges Robert Gelms Brad Parks Angela Koppes Bryce Parks SUGARY SWEETS, AIN’T THEY SWEET? 4 NOV. 29 - DEC. 12

One such establishment is the Kandy Kitchen of Galena. The Kandy Kitchen was established way back in 1974 by George Paxton, a Chicago businessman who had originally been involved in computers. But, as fate would have it, Paxton would soon trade in chips for chocolate.

by Tim Brechlin

Candy. It’s an inextricable part of our lives, if you think about it. As kids, heck, we had Halloween: A veritable festival his father to help ensure a smooth opera- of costumed candy. At Easter, Cadbury tion, and it’s been a ride ever since. brings out its annual cavalcade of Cad- bury Crème Eggs (also known as the most “George’s goal from the start was to be delicious concoctions ever produced by making small batches of hand- human hands). M&Ms. Snickers. Can- “George and his wife made candy,” says Ettleman. dy’s everywhere, really. Of course, here came to Galena on a “A lot of candy comes out of in the Tri-States, we’re extra lucky. trip,” reports Kandy factories or what have you, but Kitchen manager Melis- it’s the complete opposite here. We’re lucky because there are a num- sa Ettleman, “and they Things may have gotten a little ber of confectioners in this area bring- just fell in love with it.” bit bigger over the years, but the ing us a wide variety of yummy treats, goal and the philosophy are still all with a Tri-State flavor. Oh, don’t get Paxton had confections in his back- the same: All of our candy is hand-made us wrong: There’s nothing wrong with ground, as his father was a candy maker and hand-dipped and hand-boxed.” scarfing down a Baby Ruth … in fact, in Chicago. His father, in fact, was the there’s everything right with that. But it original inventor of Chuckles gum drops In keeping with those traditions of long would also be criminal to not sample -- remember those? The original hand- ago, Paxton emphasizes personal con- some of the delectable offerings from written recipe hangs on the wall of the nections in doing business: The Kandy the candy-makers and the chocolatiers Kandy Kitchen. When Paxton embarked Kitchen doesn’t have a Web site, and of the Tri-States. Criminal, we say! on his new enterprise in Galena, located that’s intentional. at 100 North Main Street, he recruited Continued on page 21 THAT LOOK ON THE BEAST’S FACE ... MAN IT JUST AIN’T RIGHT 5 NOV. 29 - DEC. 12 Yule love the library UPCOMING EVENT SUMMARY On Saturday, December at Christmas Hillcrest: Reflections in the Park 8, Jim McDonough will Daily through Jan. 1, Louis Murphy Park (See ad on page 10) be presenting Holiday Ah, holiday movies ... they’re the perfect movies at Grande 2007. Billed as this time of year. Miracle on 34th Street, Rudolph, The Chanticleer Christmas “Iowa’s Own Pianist,” Muppet Christmas Carol ... they’re all great. And the November 29, UW Platteville CFA McDonough will be Dubuque Carnegie-Stout Library is ready for the next making Dubuque the installment of its Holiday Flicks series. Lonestar in Concert “My Christmas List” first of four stops on his November 29, Five Flags Center Holiday Grande tour. DSO Holiday Pops McDonough, a native of November 30 - December 2, Five Flags Theater (See page 10) Monticello, Iowa, has re- leased eight albums dur- DMA Winter Exhibit Opening ing his young career thus Fri., November 30, Dubuque Museum of Art (See page 11) far. His Holiday Grande 2007 concert, now in its fifth Sundown Mountain soft opening (Scheduled) year, will boast a 15-piece orchestra as well as a sup- Saturday, December 1 (Strap on the skis, kids!) porting cast of beautifully costumed and talented sing- ers to go along with his own masterful piano playing. Playathon, Northeast Iowa School of Music The concert benefits Camp Courageous of Iowa. Tickets Saturday, December 1, Kennedy Mall (See page 7) can be purchased at the Five Flags box office or online at Ticketmaster.com, $27 for a box seat, and $24 else- Rescue Mission Miniature Art Auction where. See the ad on page 10! Saturday, December 1, Holiday Inn (See page 15)

Mike & Amy Finders CD Release Performance December 1, 9 p.m., Isabella’s

Holiday Tree Lighting Ceremony Sunday, December, 1, Carnegie-Stout Library (See this page) On Monday, December 3, the Library will be exhib- iting Beauty and the Beast: Enchanted Christmas, a Multi-Local Author Book Signing continuation of the 1993 animated classic. The event Sun., Dec. 2, River Lights Bookstore, 2nd Ed. (See page 14) is free and open to the public, and will begin at 6:30 p.m. in the third-floor auditorium. For more informa- Holiday Children’s Movie Screening tion, call the Youth Services Help Desk at 563-589- Monday, December 3, Carnegie-Stout Library (See this page) 4225, option 5. The Slade Family Singers in Concert Holiday Tree Lighting December 5 & 6, Bell Tower Theater (See page 10) Snowbiz - A Cool Yule The Carnegie-Stout Public Library is also gearing up December 6, 7, 8, 9, Turner Hall, Galena, IL (See page 9) for its annual holiday tree lighting ceremony, which will take place in the 2nd floor rotunda on Sunday, Screning - Killer of Sheep December 2, with holiday activities running from 1 - 3 Thursday, December 7, Carnegie-Stout Library (See page 6) p.m. (The actual lighting of the tree will take place at 2 p.m.) The 2007 tree is 18 feet A Christmas Carol tall, and it’ll be decked out to the nines Friday, December 7, Grand Opera House (See page 7) Santa Cash is back! with a veritable horde of ornaments, in- cluding a bunch of new ones. Naturally, For a Blessed Christmas Last year, the Rotary Club of Dubuque instituted a as no Christmas event is complete with- December 8 & 9, Clarke College (See page 7) new program called Santa Cash, where a limited out Christmas carols, music will be number of raffle tickets were sold, with great cash provided by the Bob Casper Christ- Jim McDonough’s Holiday Grande prizes available, and proceeds going to charity. It mas Carolers, and refreshments will December 8, Five Flags Theater (See this page or page 10) was a success ... such a huge success, in fact, that be provided. From 1:30 to 2 p.m., it’s back for another year! Santa Cash tickets will go there will be a story and craft time Jingle Bell Hop Kids Party on sale for $100 each on November 19. Cash prizes for children leading up to the Sat., December 9, DBQ County Fairgrouds (See page 15) include winnings of $5,000, $2,500, $1,000 or $500 tree lighting. The mouse from in cold, hard cash money. If you hold a winning ticket the Give a Mouse a Cookie The Nutcracker ... get this ... Santa Claus himself will deliver the cash series of books will be pres- Five Flags Theater, December 14, 15, 16 (See ad on page 13) to your door! Only 300 Santa Cash tickets will be ent. Also, each child will sold, so your chances of winning are pretty darned put their name in a draw- New Diggings Christmas Auction good. 1 in 300? I mean, come on, aren’t Lottery odds ing for the opportunity Sunday, December 16, New Diggings (See ad page 9) like 1 in 12 million? All proceeds from ticket sales to throw the switch on will go to the Dubuque Rescue Mission and other the Holiday Tree. This Grand Opera “RENT” Bus Trip Rotary causes, which is something that Rotary’s no event is totally free February 17, 2008, Chicago stranger to ... they’ve donated more than $250,000 and wide-open to to local causes in the past ten years. Good for them. the public. To purchase a ticket, contact a Rotary member or HEY YOU! Don’t firget Toys For Tots and your other favorite call 563-590-1976. charities this holiday season! I PREFER KILLING GOATS 6 NOV. 29 - DEC. 12

fessor of media studies at Loras College. Killer of Sheep The film follows a non-traditional path, with very little in the way of conven- Thirty years ago, an African-American tional plot or character development filmmaker named Charles Burnett, still -- the film opens by showing us Stan, a graduate student at UCLA at the time, who works long hours at a slaughter- produced a film titled Killer of Sheep. house, which in turn affects his home Depicting the lifestyles and challeng- life. The film proceeds through -a se es of African-Americans living in the ries of episodic events that, essential- Watts district of South ly, draw a picture of a Los Angeles, the film working-class life in received a warm re- the harsh Watts streets ception and even won of the 1970s. The mu- the Critics’ Award at sic rights for the film the Berlin Film Festival were finally purchased ... but due to expenses this year, and the film regarding the use of print was restored and music in the film, it transferred to both digi- never received a wide tal and 35mm film, 30 release. Until now. The years after its comple- Carnegie-Stout Pub- tion. lic Library will host a screening of Killer of The screening is free Sheep on Thursday, and open to the pub- December 6, at 6 p.m. lic. Snacks will be in the third floor auditorium. provided, and post-discussion will be encouraged. For more information, call The film, lauded as one of the most im- the library at 563-589-4225, option portant movies of all time, will be in- 4, or check out the Web site at www. troduced by Cammie Dean, Dubuque dubuque.lib.ia.us. For more informa- NAACP President and Faces & Voices tion about Killer of Sheep, visit its Web co-chair, and Paul Kohl, associate pro- site at www.killerofsheep.com.

A. Sugar B. Vanilla C. Caramel D. Water Answers on page 32 7. What is the most popular candy bar 1. In Australia, candy is categorized as in the world? one of what two choices? A. Milky Way 2. What is the name of cotton candy in B. Snickers the United Kingdom? C. Baby Ruth D. Three Musketeers 3. Chocolates are produced with the sead of the cacao tree. To what conti- 8. Chocolate intake causes the release nent is that tree native? of what substance in the brain?

A. Africa A. Serotonin B. South America B. Epinephrine C. Europe C. Glycine D. North America D. Acetylcholine

4. The hero Beowulf was from Geat- 9. Which of these is NOT a Cadbury land, which is the south of what modern Creme Egg variety? country? A. Caramel Egg A. Russia B. Crunch Egg B. Germany C. Mint Creme Egg C. Scotland D. Dairy Milk with Creme Egg D. Sweden 10. How many people in the world de- 5. True or false: Chocolate was a drink pend on cocoa as a source of income? before it was a food. A. 100,000 6. Candy is made from the heating of B. 500,000 what two materials? C. 100 million D. 50 million BAH, HUMBUG 7 NOV. 29 - DEC. 12

mas Carol will open at the Grand Opera This year’s concerts will feature special House beginning on December 7. guest soloist Monique Whittington, an ‘89 Clarke alum who has performed as Robert Lynn will portray Ebenezer a vocalist, actress, songwriter and play- Scrooge, the miserly businessman who wright. Whittington has been perform- looks beyond nothing but his ledger sheet ing in church choirs since she was three, The Northeast Iowa School of Music has and pocketbook ... until one Christmas and most recently performed dual roles announced its second annual Playathon Eve, when the Ghost of Christmas Pres- in the new musical Josephine Tonight! in to be held on Saturday, December 1, at ent takes Scrooge on a journey through Chicago. the Kennedy Mall from 10 a.m. - 3 p.m. time to Christmas Past and Christmas Fu- What’s a “playathon,” you’re asking? ture, and Scrooge begins to see where he Tickets for the event are $10, and they We had the same question. Turns out a has made the wrong choices in his life ... can be purchased by calling 563-584- playathon is a huge public recital for NI- and how he can make everything right. 8642. For more information, contact the SOM students. Clarke College Public Relations Office at Performances of A Christmas Carol will 563-588-6318. Students will be collecting sponsorships be held on Friday through Sunday, De- will be received by the shelter ... and, in the weeks passing up to the event. Ten cember 7 - 9, and Thursday through Sun- percent of all donations collected for the well, the shelter is a non-profit organi- day, December 13 - 16. The Thursday zation and it can always use help. For playathon will be set aside for NISOM’s show is at 7:30 p.m., the Friday / Sat- Pets in need of love scholarship fund, which provides free or those wishing to help the shelter, its vol- urday shows will be at 8 p.m. and the The Dubuque Regional Humane Society unteers and most importantly its animal reduced-cost music instruction to students Sunday matinees will be at 2 p.m. The from low- and moderate-income fami- has done and continues to do a wonder- inhabitants, tax-deductible cash, check production is helmed by director Melissa ful service for our community ... specifi- and credit card donations can be made lies. The remainder will go toward other McGuire, aided by co-directors Chris Lu- NISOM community programs. NISOM is cally, the pawed members of our commu- in-person, via mail or online at www. descher and Jan Haverland and musical nity who might otherwise be abandoned dbqhumane.org. The shelter also main- a non-profit 501(c) 3 organization, and director Megan Gloss. For more infor- all donations are tax-deductible. Every- or left for worse. Every year, the Humane tains a wish list at the same Web site, and mation, visit www.thegrandoperahouse. Society stages its holiday year ... and this McCall notes an urgent need for clay cat one is welcome com, or for tickets, call 563-588-1305. to attend the year is no exception. The Dubuque Re- litter, paper towels, bleach, canned food, playathon recit- gional Humane Society’s appeal is in ef- and, well, cash money is never a bad al at no cost. fect as of now and it will run throughout thing. For more information, contact the the month of December. shelter at 563-582-6766. 365ink heav- To make a private donation or if you are ily endorses donations to help animals, with a business that would be willing According to Society President & CEO be they dogs, birds, ferrets, chinchillas, to be a Playathon sponsor by donating Jane McCall, more then 5,000 animals cockatiels, parakeets ... and, yes, cats. prizes, call NISOM at 563-690-0151. The playathon is sponsored in part by Ameri- can Trust & Savings Bank, and the piano will be provided by Foster Family Music.

For a Blessed Christmas There are some people who restrict the playing of Christmas music from three days after Thanksgiving until a few days after Christmas Day. There are others who keep a CD of Christmas music in their car year-round. My wife and I are the latter type (although we’ve modernized; the music is on our iPods), and make no mistake ... ever since I began attending Clarke College several years ago, I have made it a point to attend Clarke’s “For a Blessed Christmas” arts event.

The annual concert takes place in Clarke’s Sacred Heart Chapel (located in the Atrium), and this year, it will take A Christmas Carol ... one of the most place on Saturday, December 8, and time-enduring tales of the holidays. Sunday, December 9. The traditional Charles Dickens knew what he was do- concert portrays a retelling of the Christ- ing, it looks like ... with so many retell- mas story through both spoken narration ings and adaptations of the classic story, as well as musical performances from Dickens’ idea has lasted for more than the various Clarke ensembles. “For a a century. Add another one to the list, Blessed Christmas” has always featured a as an original adaptation of A Christ- guest artist, and this year is no exception: HAPPY CARS GET HAPPY WASHES AT SIMONIZ 8 NOV. 29 - DEC. 12

ers, holiday stickers, construction paper, glue, glitter, snacks and volunteers … you name it. Everything that one would need to make a bevy of beautiful cards. We had a ball! Apparently, so did many other young card-maker troop-support- ers. Simoniz had about 150 kids come through their lobby to make cards for over-seas delivery.

Now that the Honda is clean, and the cards have been sent, I feel as though I could put a ribbon on my car asking others to “Support Our Troops.” Maybe I will just go back to Simoniz and drop something off in the Toys for Tots box. Toys and car washes, you ask? I venture to guess it is as useful as car washes and homemade holiday cards. by Tanya Tjarks How could I explain why we are in a war, and better yet, what could she and During one afternoon of driving and count- I do to actually support our troops, this ing the yellow ribbons on cars (which are far into the game? These questions had more plentiful than slug bugs), my six-year- been rolling around in my head, when old daughter asked, “Why do we have a an email came to me asking for help in war?” This, and many other questions, promoting an event. Simoniz Carwash such as, “Why do farts sometimes smell was organizing an afternoon for children and sometimes don’t?” come from her in- to come in and make holiday cards for quisitive mind. Obviously, some questions our soldiers overseas. Simoniz? I could are much easier to explain than others. see this from a Pixie Stix or a Staples type of establishment, but Simoniz? I decided She was two when the war in Iraq be- it was worth checking out, and on No- gan. She has not had to sacrifice -be vember 17, that’s exactly what we did. cause of said war, nor does she under- stand what our soldiers are fighting for. We rounded up our six-year-old bud- She is old enough to read the “Support dies and took the schmutzy Honda for Our Troops” yellow ribbons and she has a card-making, car-cleaning afternoon a vague understanding of something go- (although the car-cleaning was not re- ing on somewhere that makes top of the quired for participation). And it was fab- hour news on NPR. ulous. A huge table full of crayons, mark- YOU’RE SNOWBODY TILL SOMEBODY LOVES YOU 9 NOV. 29 - DEC. 12

breast sautéed in a traditional mushroom There’s no biz like Snowbiz! At least in the and sweet wine sauce served over garlic Christmas variety show category this holi- mashed potatoes with the house antipasto day season. Staged by the “Mistletones” salad, Italian flatloaf bread, and chocolate and co-produced by Fred Bonnet of Fried cannoli for dessert. The Sunday, Decem- Green Tomatoes at Galena’s Turner Hall ber 9, matinee will be a dessert show with the weekend of December 6-9, Snowbiz: “a whole host of Christmas goodies.” Din- A Cool Yule promises a fun, dinner theater- ners come with a complimentary glass of styled program of Christmas favorites. wine and a cash bar is available. Note that lunch, dinner and dessert are all Backed by a seven-piece band, the Mis- served an hour before curtain. The balco- tletones are singing sisters Cathy Good- ny at Turner Hall will also be available for man and Tori Richter, along with the vo- those who want to see the show but skip cal talents of Christen Tebbe, Jim Ott, and the dinner. Tickets for the dinner or lunch Mark Oppedahl. The Mistletones will be matinee show are $40, the dessert show backed by a different children’s choir for is $30, and balcony seats for the show are each show, including some of Christen $24. For more information, visit www. Tebbe’s students and kids from Jim Ott’s mistletones.biz or www.friedgreen.com. church choir. The schedule for Snowbiz: A Cool Yule Vocalists this talented need a backing is as follows: band to match and this one proves more than up to the challenge, featuring Terry Thursday, December 6, dinner at 6:30 Dillon on piano, Dave Richter on bass, p.m., 7:30 curtain (featuring Diana Mark Munson on drums, Jim Sherry on Luke’s Choir) trumpet, Ken Killian on sax, Marty Busch on trombone, and Rob Shepherd on syn- Friday, December 7, dinner at 7 p.m., 8 thesizer. Readers familiar with Good- p.m. curtain (featuring Christen Tebbe’s man’s 2005 Christmas CD collaboration Choir) with her mother, A Very Geri Christmas and a Cathy New Year, might wonder Saturday, December 8, matinee lunch why Geri is not part of the lineup. Cathy at 1 p.m., curtain at 2 p.m., dinner at 7 assures us she asked her mother well in p.m., 8 p.m. curtain (featuring Christen advance – last year, in fact – but it turns Tebbe’s Choir in afternoon, out all her Christmastime weekends are Jim Ott’s Kids’ Church Choir already booked until sometime in 2009. in evening) We join Cathy in hoping we’re as popu- lar when we reach our 70s! Sunday, December 9, dessert served at 1 p.m., New Diggings General Store and Inn We did mention this was a dinner theater curtain at 2 p.m., Sunday, December 16th 2007 show, and the dinner part (always close (featuring Christen Silent Auction @ Noon • Live Auction @ 3 p.m. Music 6pm - 9 pm : The One Hat Band to our hearts at 365) is a showstopper Tebbe’s Choir) in its own right. Catered by Fried Green The Benton School District Empty Stocking Fund and The Hazel Tomatoes, the menu varies according to Green Food Pantry were well cared for from the proceeds of last LIVE MUSIC year’s auction. They will be joined by a third charity as we do it the performance. Dinner shows, sched- again in 2007! CALENDAR! uled for Thursday, Friday, and Saturday There are many ways to help support the New Diggings General •Missisippi Man evenings, will feature pork osso buco, a Store and Inn’s 3rd Annual Christmas Auction and the Secret Sun., Dec. 2, 3:30-7:30 PM slow-roasted pork shank served with port Santa Tree. You can donate an unwrapped gift for the auction by •Tracey Beck Sunday December 9th, a perishable unwrapped gift by Saturday Sat., Dec. 9, 3:30- 7:30PM wine sauce and cheddar mashed pota- December 15th, you can select a mitten off the Secret Santa Tree toes with Fried Green Tomatoes’ house and shop to brighten a child’s holiday, or you can simply show up •One Hat Band on December 16th and join all the fun of the Auction! Win prizes, Sun., Dec. 16, 6:00- 9:00 PM antipasto salad, Italian flatloaf bread, have tons of fun and get in the Christmas spirit with the Diggs! •Arctic Thunder and chocolate cannoli for dessert. Yum! And don’t forget, firewood raffle tickets $2 each. Delivery within a Sun., Dec. 23, 3:30-7:30 PM 20 mile radius of the Diggs. Join us for fun and a good cause. The matinee lunch on Saturday, Decem- ber 8, will be chicken marsala, chicken 365INK: USE IT TO PAY YOUR LANDLORD INSTEAD OF PAYING RENT 10 NOV. 29 - DEC. 12

CD, a compilation of holiday favorites. Double the Slade, In addition to the holiday music, Teresa, Steve, Jeanne, Andrew, Adrian and Jil- double the fun! lian will perform a selection of Broad- way tunes, as well. With an upcoming performance on Janu- ary 6 nearly sold out, the Bell Tower The- Tickets for the Slade Family Singers are ater has announced that it has added an- $17, with discounts available for groups other date to the appearance of the Slade of 20 or more. For tickets and infor- Family Singers in Dubuque! mation, call 563-588-3377, or visit www.belltowertheater.net. The Slades will now perform on Satur- day, January 5, at 8 p.m., and Sunday, January 6, at 3 p.m. The concerts will celebrate the release of their newest

will take on the format of traditional variety shows. Mayor Roy Buol will emcee the event ... and he’s also going to sing. Seriously! Other performers include the Dubuque Chorale, the Wahlert High School Choir, the Slade Fam- ily Singers, Paul Hemmer (also the official pops arranger of the Symphony) and ... well, what holiday celebration would be complete without Santa Claus? Dubuque Symphony Holiday Pops The Friday and Saturday shows will take November 30, December 1 & 2 place at 7:30 p.m., and the Sunday mati- Five Flags Theater nee will perform at 2 p.m. Tickets are available by visiting the Symphony’s Web The Dubuque Sympho- site at www.dubuque- ny Orchestra is ready to symphony.org. regale you with holiday music, with its Holiday Pops Celebration on No- vember 30, December 1 and December 2 in the Five Flags Theater.

The annual concert has long been a fami- ly-favorite tradition in Dubuque, with the talented musicians of the Dubuque Sym- phony playing many holiday favorites, and this year it’s taking a bit of a twist: This year, the Holiday Pops Celebration 365INK: CANDLES CAN INDEED SET IT ABLAZE 11 NOV. 29 - DEC. 12 Dubuque Museum of Art Richard Moninski: Brystklut www.calendarjunkies.net. We’re very November 23 – February 24, 2008 impressed with how nice the project Winter Exhibits Brystklut refers to the sewn, beaded, or turned out and we’re sure you will be Opening Friday, November 30 embroidered ornamental bodice inserts too. It’s a great Christmas gift for just found on Norwegian women’s folk cos- about everyone on your list. Artist Harold Martin’s “Sym- tumes. Intrigued by the rich bols”, and Richard Monin- cultural heritage inherent Get them here: ski’s “Brystklut” opening in the bodice designs, Min- All Hy-Vee’s, Borders, A & W Oky- Doky, Basket Expressions, Theisens, to a reception on Friday, eral Point, Wisconsin artist Stone Cliff Winery, Grand Har- November 30, from 5:30 Richard Moninski visited bor Resort Giftshop, Fagan’s, Brew to 7:30 p.m. and remain on Norway in 1996 and 2000 Haus, Dubuque Welcome Center, Van’s Li- display through Winter. to study the geometric and Dubuque’s Hidden History quor Store, Dubuque Coin and Antique, The traditional patterns inte- Hairberdashery, River Lights 2nd Edition, Harold Martin: Symbols grated into these complex The coming year-long celebration for and the Mississippi River Museum. Nov. 23 – March 9, 2008 pieces of fabric. Inspired Dubuque 175th birthday in 2008 has The Dubuque Museum of by the intricate and abstract been, thus far, a bit quiet, but finally at Art presents a major exhibi- patterns, he created this least one very visible piece of history has tion of work by Galena painter Harold ongoing series of realistic textile paint- hit the streets. Dubuque’s Hidden History, Martin. Employing masterful technical ings that draw on traditional trompe- a beautifully constructed 2008 calendar, skill, Martin’s paintings depict realistic l’œil techniques. Brystklut is sponsored was just released and is available through- figures in imaginative and at times sur- by Cottingham & Butler. out the community, featuring 12 months real surroundings. Using friends and of Dubuque’s most interesting stories and acquaintances as models, Martin incor- The Museum is open Tuesday through unique characters in vivid color, each porates symbols or sym- Friday from 10 a.m. to 5 month is loaded with photos facts and triv- bolic objects in relation to p.m., Saturday and Sun- ia that celebrate the heritage of Dubuque. the figures. The juxtaposi- day from 1 p.m. to 4 p.m. The calendars is also pre-loaded with lots tions not only complete the Regular admission is $5 for of 2008 festivals and events from the 365 aesthetic structure of the adults and $3 for students database. The calendar was made possible images but seem to hint and seniors. Thursdays are through support from the Diamond Jo Casi- at some deeper meanings. free. The Museum is lo- no, Julien’s Journal, Dubuque Bank & Trust, Ultimately viewers are left cated at 701 Locust Street Giese, Radio Dubuque and, of course, to ponder the relationships in Dubuque. For more in- 365ink. A portion of the proceeds supports between symbols and form, figures and formation, visit www.dbqart.com, or call the Center for Dubuque History at Loras their surroundings. the Museum of Art at 563-557-1851. College. Get more information online at NO HUMAN CAN STRETCH LIKE THAT 12 NOV. 29 - DEC. 12

motion.” The parallels between the to study. While on the island of Koh Tao, in Anyway, as it turned out Wat Pho is also style and yoga are evident, to the the Gulf of Thailand off the country’s east the traditional center for the School of point that some have called Thai side, she delved deeper into the practice Thai Massage. After wandering about the massage “the lazy person’s yoga.” of traditional Thai massage. Working with expansive temple grounds, I stumbled In fact it is believed that the roots of an experienced master, she completed a upon the school where, for the equiva- the Thai massage tradition are based 90-hour course over a full two-week stay lent in baht of a few dollars American, on Ayurveda health practices and on Koh Tao, building on basics she had you can get an hour of Thai massage. Not yoga from India and the practice learned and practiced into deeper tech- knowing what I was doing, I figured out was introduced to Thailand over niques. “While the others were relaxing on the correct amount, paid, and proceeded 2,500 years ago by Shivago Kom- the beach, I was working,” she laughed. to have an old Thai man who spoke very arpaj, a contemporary of Guatama little English bend, stretch, and twist me Buddha. (Yes, THAT Buddha.) My own experience of Thai massage first in every direction, kneading my muscles occurred on a visit to the Thai capital of with his thumbs, palms, elbows, and Cre8 Studio Expands Offerings Through her study of Thai mas- Bangkok when I was living in Japan. My heels until I was a loose pile of rope on sage, Ellerie is not only bridging a natu- wife Julie had taken ill with some sort of the floor. It hurt a bit but I felt fabulous. Jaime Ellerie Brings ral interest between her experience in virus on the flight over, leaving me to ex- yoga and massage, but also creat- Back at the hotel, I gushed to Julie about Yoga & Thai Massage ing a personal understanding of the the experience, vowing to take her there by Mike Ironside overlapping benefits of different but as soon as she had sufficiently recovered complementary ancient traditions enough to enjoy the invigorating manipu- For Jaime Ellerie, home could be any of of health maintenance. “Combin- lation. A couple days later, she felt bet- the number of places around the world ing yoga practice with body work,” ter and we made our way to the ancient she’s visited, but she might have found she explains, “is a really healthful temple. The cost of the massage being a new home in Dubuque’s Cre8 Studio. way of preventative medicine.” so inexpensive, I urged her to indulge in After an extended stay in Mexico and a the full, hour-long massage, but having whirlwind tour through Asia, the yoga Ellerie first studied Thai massage in recently enjoyed the experience my- instructor and massage therapist is back Chicago – a growing interest that took self and feeling actually a bit guilty in Dubuque offering her talents and ex- root during trips to the city for yoga for paying so little, I opted for the perience to the expanding supporters of classes and massage seminars during half-hour version. Another old Thai the Main Street studio dedicated to yoga, her tenure at Pure Prana. Yoga drew her man, different from the first time and Chi-gong, Capoeira and any number of to Mexico where she studied with yoga speaking even less English began the pursuits of mind /body health. master and martial artist Duncan Wong. process – kneading, stretching, twist- She practiced both therapeutic and Thai ing – until 30 short minutes later he Many in Dubuque will remember Ellerie massage as well as hosting yoga classes stopped, leaving me hanging there for from her work as a massage therapist and at Verana, a small boutique hotel in Ye- a moment … “Please, that can’t be yoga instructor. As a partner with Chris- lapa, Mexico, serving as the hotel’s all,” I thought. “It feels so good.” “An- tine Conlon in Pure Prana Yoga, formerly spa director for two years. other half-hour?” he asked. “Yes, PLEASE!” located above the Mississippi Mug on I begged. I don’t recall if I had to pay for Bluff Street, Jaime worked with 350 stu- Though undoubtedly hard work, it the second half-hour before he continued dents of yoga. In fact, while she’s only seems Jaime remembers her time there or when I was done but either way it was been back since October, word-of-mouth fondly. South of Puerto Vallarta (and worth every baht. of her arrival has spread, with many for- about the same latitude as Hawaii) Ye- mer clients calling for her services with lapa is accessible only by boat. There I’m sure Jaime has plenty of stories to share no advertising or “official” announce- are no cars so residents and visitors about her travels. To hear a few or experi- ment of her partnership with Cre8. travel by burro or bicycle. There is also ence traditional Thai or therapeutic massage, little electricity, very few phones, no set up an appointment with Jaime Ellerie Former students will be happy to learn TV … only sun and sand and time to by calling her at 563-581-9538, or email- that Jaime will host yoga classes at Cre8 appreciate the simpler things in life. ing her at [email protected]. Studios Wednesdays and Fridays at 10 Jaime’s yoga classes are Wednesdays a.m., and Thursdays at 5:45 p.m. “All But work in paradise is still work and after and Fridays at 10 a.m., and Thursdays nations welcome,” laughs Ellerie, ex- two years, Ellerie needed a change of pace. at 5:45 p.m. at Cre8 Studios, 1113 plaining that the classes are open to any After some vacation time in the San Juan Main Street in Dubuque. level student of yoga practice – from be- Islands, she took off across the pacific for ginners to more advanced practitioners. the aforementioned whirlwind tour of Asia. Look for another article in an up- Traveling with her Philippine friend Johan- coming issue of 365ink where we In addition to yoga classes, Ellerie will of- na, Ellerie visited five countries in South- will focus on even more Cre8 Stu- fer massage by appointment – both thera- east Asia – the Philippines, Singapore, dios offerings, including the Chi- peutic massage, utilizing a range of tech- Malaysia, Thailand and Cambodia over a nese equivalent of yoga, Chi-gong; niques from various traditions, and Thai ten-week period. “It was really exciting,” the Brazilian martial arts-inspired massage, the traditional style of massage she declared, reeling off the relentless trav- plore the city on my own while she recov- dance, Capoeira; more yoga classes; dis- from Thailand that incorporates a focus el necessary to complete such an extended ered in the hotel room. One day I visited cussion groups into the spiritual aspects on flexibility from the yoga tradition and excursion – 11 planes, 23 extended bus the city’s oldest temple, Wat Pho, famous of yoga; and the power of meditation in deep tissue manipulation for an experi- rides, 11 boats or ferries, 2 trains, countless for a huge reclining figure of Buddha. (It promoting peace. Namaste. ence both relaxing and invigorating. taxis and tuk-tuks (tuk-tuks are Thai three- could have been the largest reclining Bud- wheeled taxis, named for the sound the en- dha in Asia, but anyone whose traveled at Clearly excited about being able to offer tra- gine makes and known for a style of driving all in Asia soon realizes that every place ditional Thai massage, Jaime describes a bit that is not necessarily for the faint of heart) you go claims to have the biggest, or tall- more about the practice: “In Thai massage, 5 countries, 16 major cities, and 19 guest est, etc., depending on the posture of the the person lies on the ground rather than houses. “It was exhausting,” she added. Buddha and the material from which the a massage table. We manipulate the limbs, figure is constructed, but suffice it to say it taking all joints through their full range of During her Asian tour, Jaime took time out is a very large Buddha.) WHO’S YOUR FAVORITE MOOSE? NOT MARTY MOOSE! 13 NOV. 29 - DEC. 12

T Pain & Soulja Boy i wireless Center, Moline, IL • Sunday, December 2 Brian Setzer Orchestra X-Mas Show Potawatami Casino • Tuesday, December 4 Hannah Montana Allstate Arena, Rosemont, IL • Saturday, December 8 Trans-Siberian Orchestra Wells Fargo Center, Des Moines • Thursday, Dec. 13 Sister Hazel “I saw a lady frosting roses on pastries, and I was House of Blues Chicago, Chicago, IL • December 28 & 29 What’s Your Story? intrigued,” he says. “I decided to give it a shot, and Trans-Siberian Orchestra I made my first rose like it was nothing. My mom Alliant Energy Center, Madison, WI•Saturday, January 5 James “Moose” Paradiso looked at it and said, ‘That’s a good rose.’” Big Bad Voodoo Daddy House of Blues Chicago, Chicago, IL • Wednesday, Jan. 24 Executive Chef, 180 Main From there, his path was set. His first real job at a Martina McBride by Tim Brechlin restaurant was at the Elks Lodge on John F. Kennedy Hilton Coliseum, Ames, IA • Sun, Jan 27, 2008 07:30 PM Road (now Sullivan Chiropractic), as a 14-year-old dishwasher. His career quickly took off, however. Lord of the Dance When one hears that there is a moose within the Adler Theatre, Davenport, IA • Saturday, February 8 kitchen of the restaurant at which he is dining, the reaction would likely be one of surprise, confusion “One day, the executive chef and the cooking staff, Rascal Flatts and quite possibly even fear. After all, who wants to they just up and walked out; I was the only one left,” i wireless Center, Moline, IL • Friday, February 18 know that a gigantic hairy beast is near the prepara- he says. “I had to start cooking. The owner came in, Martina McBride tion of their chicken parmesan? Well, folks, time for and all I could tell him was, ‘They left, dude.’ He Alliant Energy Center, Madison, WI • Saturday, Feb. 24 a news flash: There’s a moose in the kitchen at 180 liked what I was doing and I cooked all the dinners Main. Granted, it’s not the gigantic, hairy beast kind from then on.” (although he is not of insignificant size): It’s James “Moose” Paradiso, the executive chef of 180 Paradiso graduated from high school at about the Main at the Busted Lift. same time the Silver Eagle was open- ing, and, after applying for any posi- Obviously, the first question one must ask tion available, received a position in is, how on Earth does one get the maintenance. After meeting ex- nickname of “Moose”? Parad- ecutive chef Chris Diederich, however, he quickly trans- iso counts not one but actual- Cracker Barrell Presents ly two sources for the origins ferred to the kitchen. of his moniker. Lonestar “Chris Diederich is one of the My Christmas List Tour “The first one goes all the way most important people in my Thursday, November 29th, 7:30p.m. back to when I was a senior in entire life,” says Paradiso. “A high school,” says the Dubuque fun-loving, very good guy. Tickets: $45.75, $38.75, $29.75 native. “We were at a restaurant, He inspired me to go to culi- and the owner needed a guy to car- nary school.” The FIve Flags Center Presents: ry a huge filing cabinet for 50 feet. “The Nutcracker” After I did it, he said I moved like a Paradiso then attended the Col- Performed by the Dubuque City Youth Ballet lege of Culinary Arts at Johnson moose.” and Heartland Ballet & Wales University in Providence, Rhode Island. December 14 & 15 at 8:00 p.m. & 16 at 2:00 p.m. Fair enough. How about the second time around? Though being suddenly out on the East Coast after a life in the Midwest might be something of a lifestyle “The second time I got the name is actually a little adjustment, as Paradiso says, “It all started on the Jim McDonough presents: bit of a play on words,” says Paradiso. “I was work- East Coast.” ing out on the East Coast, and in the kitchen I be- Holiday Grande came known for my mousse. It pretty much stuck.. After graduating from Johnson & Wales, Paradiso December 8, The owner said, ‘James is professional, and so is began a series of jobs, beginning at the Radisson 2:30 p.m. Moose.’ And just like that, it happened: I was on in Baltimore (“I was carving ice for my first two 7:30 p.m. the schedule as Moose, and I had a coat that said months,” he says) and working his way up and Five Flags Moose.” down the East Coast, including a brief stint at Walt Theater Disney World in Orlando. He then began work- Paradiso traces his kitchen experiences back to when ing his way back towards the Midwest, including he was just a wee one, 8 years old, and his mother a time at a golf club in Memphis, Tennessee, where would put him to work in her bakery before school. Continued on page 27 ALL THESE BOOKS TO SIGN ... AND NO PENS TO SIGN WITH 14 NOV. 29 - DEC. 12

ing Homespun Iowa; Katherine Fischer, signing Dreaming the Mississippi; Patricia Local Author Jochum, signing River’s End; Frances Ken- nedy, signing The Just-Right, Perfect Pres- Book Signing ent; Sandra Principe, signing Murder on the (and a lot of em’ at that!) Mississippi; and Abdul Sinno signing copies of his book of panorama photographs, Trea- River Lights Bookstore, 2nd Edition sures of the Mississippi (the fruits of which Sunday, December 2 were recently featured in 365ink).

River Lights Bookstore, 2nd River Lights Bookstore, 2nd Edition Edition, celebrates local writ- is located at 1098 Main Street. Call Tuesdays ers with a Local Author Book Sign- 563-556-4391 or visit www.rlb2e. ‘Round Midnight Jazz w/ Bill Encke - Isabella’s, 9 p.m. - 12 a.m. ing event, Sunday, December 2, com for more Pub Quiz - The Busted Lift, 8 p.m. First 3 Tuesdays of the month. from noon to 3 p.m. Eight local information. Karaoke - Rainbow Lounge, Canfield Hotel, 7:30 p.m. - 2 a.m. Karaoke - Dave Lorenz, Player’s Sports Bar, 9 p.m. - 1:30 a.m. authors will be on hand to sign cop- DJ Music - Double J DJ’s, Rooster’s, Platteville, 9 p.m. - 2 a.m. ies of their work, adding a personal touch to your gift purchases or those Wednesdays for your own collection. Participating au- Open Mic - Hosted by the Dert Tones, The Busted Lift, 9 p.m. - 1a.m. thors include Brian Cooper, signing copies of Mississippi Band Duo - Galleria Lounge, Fountain Park, 5 p.m. - 8 p.m. Live on Main Comedy - 2 great standups, Bricktown, 9 p.m. - 11 p.m. Red Faber: a Biography of the Hall of Fame 3100 Club Comedy - Midway Hotel, Bricktown, 9 p.m. - 11 p.m. Spitball Pitcher; Robert Curoe, signing Are Cigar Club, Bartinis, 7 p.m. - 11 p.m. There Closets in Heaven?; Lois Farley, sign- WJOD Wild West Wed - (Country Dancing), Fairgrounds, 7 p.m. - 11 p.m. Karaoke - C-Sharp, A&B Tap, 8 p.m. - 12 a.m. Karaoke - Becky McMahon, Denny’s Lux Club 8:30 p.m. -12:30 a.m. Karaoke - Borderline Karaoke, Bricktown, 9 p.m. - 1 a.m. Karaoke - Rainbow Lounge, Canfield Hotel, 7:30 p.m. - 2 a.m. Karaoke - Dave Lorenz, Player’s Sports Bar, 9 p.m. - 1:30 a.m. Thursdays Live Music - Robbie Bahr & Laura McDonald, Gobbies, Galena, 9 p.m. -1a.m. Y-105 Party Zone - Dbq Co. Fairgrounds, 7 p.m. - 10 p.m. Open Mic - Grape Harbor, 8 p.m. - 10:30 p.m. Open Mic Showcase, Isabella’s 8 p.m. - 12:00 a.m. Karaoke - Rainbow Lounge, Canfield Hotel, 7:30 p.m. - 2 a.m. Karaoke - Rocco - Riverboat Lounge, 8:30 p.m. - 12 a.m. Karaoke - Becky McMahon, Ground Round, 9 p.m. - 12 a.m. Karaoke - Flyin’ Hawaiian, Shannon’s Bar, 9 p.m. - 1 a.m. Karaoke - Soundwave, Bulldog Billiards, 9:30 p.m. - 1:30 a.m. Karaoke - Dave Lorenz, Player’s Sports Bar, 9 p.m. - 1:30 a.m. DJ Music - DJ Brian Imbus, Jumpers, 8:30 p.m. - 1 a.m. DJ Music - Double J DJ’s, Rooster’s, Platteville, 9 p.m. - 2 a.m. Fridays Firewood Friday (3rd Friday’s) - Isabella’s Bar at the Ryan House, 9 p.m. - 1 a.m. Live Music - Leonardo Roldan/Romeo Bautista, Los Aztecas, 6 p.m. - 9 p.m. Karaoke - C-Sharp, A&B Tap, 9 p.m. - 1 a.m. Karaoke - Rainbow Lounge, Canfield Hotel, 7:30 p.m. - 2 a.m. Karaoke - Riverboat Lounge, 8:30 p.m. - 12 a.m. Karaoke - Flyin’ Hawaiian, Sublime, 9 p.m. - 1 a.m. Karaoke, Becky McMahon, 3rd Fridays, Kuepers - Dickeyville, WI, 9p.m Karaoke - C-N-T Entertainment, T.J’s Bent Prop, 9 p.m. - 1 a.m. Karaoke - Dave Lorenz, Player’s Sports Bar, 9 p.m. - 1:30 a.m. Karaoke - Brian Leib’s Essential Entertainment, Aragon Tap, 9 p.m. - 1 a.m. DJ Music - Main Event DJ, Gin Rickeys, 8:30 p.m. - 1:30 a.m. DJ Music - Sound Ideas DJ, Timmerman’s Supper Club, 8 p.m.-12 a.m. DJ Music - DJ Brian Imbus, Jumpers, 8:30 p.m. - 1 a.m. DJ Music - Karaoke w/DJ 007, Riverboat Lounge, 9:30 p.m. - 1 a.m. Saturdays Live Comedy - Arthur House Restaurant, Platteville, 9 p.m. - 10:30 p.m. Live Music - Leonardo Roldan/Romeo Bautista, Los Aztecas, 6 p.m. - 9 p.m. Bluff Street Live Open Mic, Mississippi Mug, 8 p.m. - 12 a.m. Karaoke - Borderline Karaoke, Bricktown, 9p.m. - 1 a.m. Karaoke - Rainbow Lounge, Canfield Hotel, 7:30 p.m. - 2 a.m. Karaoke - Riverboat Lounge, 8:30 p.m. - 12 a.m. Karaoke - C-Sharp, A&B Tap, 9 p.m. - 1 a.m. Karaoke - Flyin Hawaiian, George & Dales, (East Dub.) 9p.m. - 1 a.m. Karaoke - Dave Lorenz, Player’s Sports Bar, 9 p.m. - 1:30 a.m. Karaoke - Starburst Karaoke, w/Dave Winders, Instant Replay, 9 p.m.-1a.m. DJ Music - Main Event DJ, Gin Rickeys, 8:30 p.m. - 1:30 a.m. DJ Music - Sound Ideas DJ, Timmerman’s Supper Club, 8 p.m.-12 a.m. Sundays Open Mic with Sean Kramer (Mississippi Flat Miners), A&B Tap, 9 p.m. - 1 a.m. Karaoke - Flyin’ Hawaiian, Knicker’s Saloon, 9 p.m. - 1 a.m. Karaoke - Phoenix Entertainment, The Hangout (East Dub.), 9 p.m. - 3 a.m. SUNDAY DINNERS AT 180 MAIN. SWEET. 15 NOV. 29 - DEC. 12

Ten Marts, St. Mark’s and many area Artists donating work for the auction include schools or $4 at the door. What a packed Dubuque Rescue Mission Rose Ann Wilgenbusch, Steve Van Vleck, day of fun for such a small price. The Miniature Art Auction Earl Steininger, Linda Pratt, Kay Monson, Jill crowd of kids is always amazing every Saturday, December 1 Millhouse, Sharon Krapfl, Alda Kaufaman, year the the smiles are huge. Stefan Jensen, Deb Horch, Roy Haught, On a mission for the Mission, support- Donna Gibson, Paul Filler, Odra Everhardt, Proceeds benefit St. Mark’s Community ers and organizers invite all to attend Dick Davis, Mary Cunliffe, Charles Cunliffe, Center and a host of Tri-State business- a Miniature Art Auction Fundraiser on Barbara Collins, Gail Chavnelle, Kristen es pitched in once again to make it all Saturday, December 1, at 6:30 p.m. at Bukowski, John Bissell, Marie Barth PBVM, possible including Super Hits 106, Ea- the Dubuque Holiday Inn’s Blue Moon Mary Arenz, and Richard Lewis. The servic- sySell USA, Choo Choo Charlie’s Con- Room. Besides the art auction, food, es of the 5-6-7-8 Dancers and the Dubuque HOP TO IT! cessions, Molo Oil, LT Amusements, wine, deserts, coffee and entertainment Senior High School Madrigal Singers will Dubuque365, EDSB, Hy-Vee, Swiss are part of the evening. be auctioned as well. The seventh annual Jingle Bell Hop is Valley Farms, Scion Services, MyCap coming December 9 from 1 p.m. until Vending, The Dubuque County Fair- A benefit art auction of miniature- art Sponsored by St. John’s Episcopal Church, 4 p.m. at the Dubuque Country Fair- grounds, the Diamond Jo Casino, DDI work, the event is a fundraiser for the the event is dedicated to the memory of B. grounds Ballroom. The fun festival party Inc, The Girl Scouts, The Classy Sassy Dubuque Rescue Mission. Established Eric Johnson. The Dubuque Holiday Inn- is designed from children under 10 and Red Hatters, Hempstead Football, Se- in 1932 during the Great Depression Five Flags is located at 450 Main Street. their parents. Your ticket invites to you nior High Ambassadors, Wahlert Stu- to provide a ministry to those less for- Advance tickets are $20, or $25 at the door. join in the reindeer games, face paint- dents, and Liz picker and the St. mark’s tunate, the Dubuque Rescue Mission is Call 563-582-2566 for more information. ing, balloon sculptures, arts and crafts, Staff. Whew, that’s a mouthful! We’ll celebrating its 75th year this year. the bounce house, a DJ who plays mu- see you there! As part of the celebration, hors d’ sic you can dance to with your kids, oeuvres, wine and soft drinks will singing of Christmas carols during a ka- be served along with coffee and raoke session, hot chocolate and cook- deserts. Entertainment will be pro- ies. Plus, naturally, a visit from Santa, vided by “Jake and Elwood,” John a treat bag from Santa and you can “Cab Calloway” Woodin, Dubuque get your pictures taken with Santa by 5-6-7-8 Studio Dancers, and the Dubuque365 which will be available Dubuque Senior High School Mad- later for download on Dubuque365. rigal Singers. com. Advance tickets are just $2.00 and available at Big THE GRASS IS ALWAYS GREENER ON THE OTHER SIDE ... OF WINTER 16 NOV. 29 - DEC. 12

often as I discard these items. “Are you ready to pledge Green?” I CAN eliminate 800 pounds of wasted resources per year. by Mayor Roy D. Buol TOGETHER, all Dubuquers can eliminate 9,000 tons of landfilled resources and 7,000 tons of carbon dioxide emis- As we consider the beauty of the season with its holly and sions each year. ivy and decorated trees galore, I invite and encourage each and every citizen of Dubuque to consider how to ensure NATURE “sustainable beauty.” If we commit to simple, achievable ac- I PLEDGE to provide a bird feeder and/or bird bath to im- tions, we can lead by example and make a big difference in prove habitat for native songbirds. our children’s future. I CAN make my backyard and neighborhood more suitable for our feathered neighbors. At www.cityofdubuque.org, click on “Green Pledge” and join TOGETHER, all Dubuquers can improve habitat for dozens your neighbors in conserving our way forward! Thank you! of bird species and thousands of songbirds.

GREEN ECONOMY THE PLEDGE: I PLEDGE to purchase and try one new environmentally preferable product each month. ENERGY I CAN protect the environment by using more earth-friendly I PLEDGE to replace four light bulbs with Compact Fluores- products. cent Lighting (CFLs). TOGETHER, all Dubuquers can empower green manufac- I CAN eliminate 1,800 pounds of carbon dioxide emissions turing that keeps tons of carbon dioxide out of the atmo- over the life of the bulbs. sphere. TOGETHER, all Dubuquers can prevent 20,000 tons of car- bon dioxide emissions, which is the equivalent of eliminat- ECO-LITERACY ing 4,200 tons of coal. JAYCEE EVENT CALENDAR I PLEDGE to learn more about environmental issues by view- ing one relevant TV program or video each month. Thursday November 29, 2007 Election Night: Loca- WATER I CAN improve my scientific knowledge of environmental tion & more information will be available soon! (check I PLEDGE to turn off the faucet while brushing my teeth. emails for more information when its available). This is problems and solutions. the night when the Dubuque I CAN save four gallons of water a day. TOGETHER, all Dubuquers can become more informed citi- TOGETHER, all Dubuquers can save enough water to fill zens in order to vote for and secure a better future. Saturday December 1-3, 2007 Toys For Kids Setting Up: one Olympic-sized swimming pool every week. 10:00am - 2:00pm will meet at Clubhouse to take toys to the Holiday Inn Hotel (450 Main Street) & begin setting FOOD up. More info: contact Tammy at [email protected] MOBILITY I PLEDGE to purchase $10 of local produce (or meat items) I PLEDGE to eliminate one car trip a month with walking, Wednesday December 5, 2007 Salvation Army Bell weekly when seasonally available. Ringing: 10am - 6pm at the Kennedy Mall Main En- bicycling, carpooling or public transit. I CAN improve local farm income and have fresh, healthier I CAN decrease carbon dioxide emissions by 500 pounds trance. We need many people to help ring bells for food choices. a good cause. The times will be in 1 hour shifts from per year. TOGETHER, all Dubuquers can expand a safer and more 10am to 6pm. Please contact Carrrie at (612) 325- TOGETHER, all Dubuquers can decrease carbon dioxide 3179 or [email protected] for what times sustainable local food economy. are available. Be advised to dress warm & no costumes emissions by 5,400 tons – the equivalent of conserving 50,000 gallons of gas. such as “Santa” are not allowed! SHELTER Thursday December 6, 2007 New Board Training: I PLEDGE to use one less toxic product in maintaining my 7:30pm at the Clubhouse. This is a meeting for the AIR workplace and/or home each month. I PLEDGE to plant or care for a tree or a few native plants by 2007 Board to meet/train the 2008 Board. I CAN keep toxic fumes and materials from entering the en- watering, mulching, and removing litter. vironment. Saturday December 8, 2007 Toys For Kids/Holidays I CAN help a mature tree keep 48 pounds of carbon dioxide From The Heart Giveaway: 8:00am - 2:00pm at the TOGETHER, all Dubuquers can protect our families and Holiday Inn Hotel 450 Main Street. per year out of the atmosphere. other living things from exposure to toxic and dangerous TOGETHER, all Dubuquers can keep more than 1,200 tons materials. Monday December 10, 2007 X-Mas Caroling: 5:30pm of carbon dioxide out of the atmosphere – the equivalent of we will meet at the Clubhouse to car pool to local 35 fully loaded semi trailers. “Long range planning does not deal with future decisions. It nursing homes. This is a great holiday event where we sing traditional holiday songs, and spread the seasonal deals with the future of present decisions.” - Peter F. Druck- cheer at nursing homes in our community. This event is RESOURCES er, U.S. management consultant and author. kid friendly also. For more details contact Carrie (612) I PLEDGE to fill my recycle bin with acceptable material as 325-3179 or [email protected]. NO, YOU CAN’T GAMBLE WITH THE DIRT 17 NOV. 29 - DEC. 12

some spectacular surprises that we plan to be announcing shortly.” And no matter how much 365 begged, pleaded and offered bribes, Moyer was resolute: Whatever these sur- prises are, they’re sure to kick ass.

America’s River Phase II Construction Update!

With an official groundbreaking ceremony held just a few weeks ago, and work hav- ing begun on the former massive parking lot on Bell Street a few months back, it’s Moyer also pointed out that the Diamond clear that the next iteration of the Diamond Jo has continued to work with the Clean Jo Casino is well underway. As part of our Air Conservancy. The CAC was founded ongoing coverage of the America’s River in 1992 as an environmental non-profit Project: Phase II, we at 365 decided to agency, establishing legal framework for check in on Todd Moyer, general manager the donation and retirement of market- of the Diamond Jo, for an update on the able environmental permits, allowances casino’s construction and an idea of what and offsets, working to reduce harmful will be happening in the coming months. gas footprints by structures. “The project is currently on-schedule,” re- “We are rigorously tracking fuel usage,” ports Moyer. “We’ve completed the piers says Moyer. “And we are taking steps to and the grade beams, which completes mitigate our carbon footprint, which will the work on the foundation. We’re about in turn mitigate subsequent environmental 80 percent done on the site utilities, the impact. When our construction phase is water and the storm sewer, and work on complete, the goal is to be certified NETZE- that will continue through the winter.” RO by the Clean Air Conservancy. The NETZERO program helps businesses track their daily greenhouse gas emissions, and then the CAC retires the equivalent amount in carbon dioxide emission credits.”

The Diamond Jo has also been actively working with Mayor Roy Buol and City staff to find parks for the planting of trees, in the effort to absorb future carbon dioxide emissions. All of this is part of the Diamond Jo’s ongoing campaign to minimize the Modern Piping, the mechanical company environmental impact of its construction, contracted for the project, has started its and it’s great to see such “green”-oriented work for food and beverage service and construction in the Port of Dubuque. has begun installing the gas system in the building, which is rather important, given that the new Diamond Jo will feature the Kitchen Buffet restaurant, the Farmer’s Feast Cafe and a still-secret signature res- taurant within its 35,000 square feet.

You may have noticed the piping sticking up in the building footprint at the mo- ment. According to Moyer, that’s from the underground food and beverage piping “You know, we can all make a differ- and the underground raceways. Conlon ence,” says Moyer. “We’re just following Construction has poured retaining walls, the three basic principles: Reduce, reuse which means that structural steel is next and recycle.” ... and that’s on schedule for beginning this week, along with the first floor slab Make sure to stay tuned to future pages of pour. Onlookers will begin to see some 365ink for more information on the ongo- real visible progress as December begins, ing construction at the Diamond Jo Ca- and exterior wall work begins. sino as it prepares to open in 2008 ... and hopefully, maybe, possibly, they might let “We’ve completed all of our interior de- us know what their surprises are! Every- signs, as well,” says Moyer. “And we have one loves surprises... Saturday, December 1 Thursday, December 6 Denny Troy Country Tradition Grand Harbor, 5:30 - 9:30 PM 19 Mooney Hollow Barn, 8 PM - 12 AM Roy Schroedl Katie & Brownie Captain Merry, 6 - 9 PM Irish Cottage, 8 - 11 PM Mistletones The Do Overs Turner Hall, 7:30 - 10 PM The Pit Stop, 9 PM - 1 AM

Mixed Emotions Da Vinci’s, 9 PM - 1 AM

Massey Road The Wharf, 9 PM - 1 AM

Rocket Surgeons Busted Lift, 9 PM - 1 AM

BadFish Softtails Saloon, 9 PM - 1 AM

Tantrym Doolittle’s (Cuba), 10 PM - 2 AM James Kinds & the All-Night Riders Thursday, November 29 Friday, November 30 Da Vinci’s, 9 PM - 1 AM Lonestar And That Too Sunday, December 2 Typhanie Montique & Neal Alger Five Flags, 7:30 - 10 PM Kuepers, Dickeyville, 8 PM - 12 AM Bartinis, 9:30 PM - 12:30 AM Mark Hans Schowalter Brian Marceau Blue Willow M-Studios (Galena), 12 - 5 PM Isabella’s Open Mic Grand Harbor, 5:30 - 9:30 PM Grape Harbor, 9 PM - 12 AM Isabella’s, 9 PM - 12 AM Mississippi Man Open Mic Night White Rose New Diggings, 3:30 - 7:30 PM Grape Harbor, 7:30 - 11:30 PM Softtails Saloon, 9 PM - 1 AM Friday, December 7 Open Mic w/ Sean Kramer Isabella’s Open Mic Denny & the Folk-Ups A&B Tap, 8 PM - 12 AM Tom Nauman Isabella’s, 9 PM - 12 AM Copper Kettle, 9 PM - 1 AM Cafe Manna Java, 6 - 9 PM

Corey Jenny The Stumble Bros. Monday, December 3 Mistletones Da Vinci’s, 9 PM - 1 AM Sandy Hook Tavern, 10 PM - 2 AM Turner Hall, 8 - 10:30 PM Busted Lift Book Club Busted Lift, 7 - 9 PM Paul McHugh Friday, November 30 Saturday, December 1 Irish Cottage, 8 - 11 PM Nothin’ But Dylan Just Cuz Tuesday, December 4 Big Muddy Duo Stone Cliff Winery, 7 - 11 PM Grand Harbor, 5:30 - 9:30 PM Open Jazz Jam Grape Harbor, 9 PM - 12 AM Jim the Mule Blue Willow Isabella’s, 9 PM - 12 AM Roma di Luna Busted Lift, 9 PM - 1 AM Stone Cliff Winery, 7 - 11 PM Isabella’s, 9 PM - 1 AM Wednesday, December 5 Katie & Brownie Marty Kramer Artie & the Pink Catillacs Irish Cottage, 8 - 11 PM Grape Harbor, 9 PM - 1 AM Open Mic w/ Dert Tones Eagles Club, 8 PM - 12 AM Busted Lift, 9 PM - 1 AM Okham’s Razor Mike & Amy Finders The Dert Tones Perfect Pint, P-ville, 8 - 11 PM Isabella’s, 9 PM - 12 AM Live on Main Comedy Murph’s South End, 9 PM - 1 AM Bricktown, 9 - 11 PM Ken Wheaton Fizgig Grape Escape, 9 PM - 12 AM Softtails Saloon, 9 PM - 1 AM

DUBUQUE365.com Friday, December 7 Sunday, December 9 Saturday, December 15 Saturday, December 15 Zero 2 Sixty Mistletones Catch 3 Taste Like Chicken! Jumpers, 9 PM - 1 AM Turner Hall, 2 - 4:30 PM Grand Harbor, 5:30 - 9:30 PM Pit Stop, 9 PM - 1 AM DRILL Open Mic w/ Sean Kramer Sounds of Nashville Massey Road Sandy Hook Tavern, 10 PM - 2 AM A&B Tap, 8 PM - 12 AM Mooney Hollow Barn, 8 PM - 12 AM The Wharf, 9 PM - 1 AM Miracles of God Tracy Beck Katie & Brownie The Boys’ Night Out Busted Lift, 9 PM - 1 AM New Diggings, 3:30 - 7:30 PM Irish Cottage, 8 - 11 PM Rumor’s, 9 PM - 1 AM

Saturday, December 8 Tuesday, December 11 Julien’s Bluff Dog House Lounge, 9 PM - 1 AM Blue Willow Open Jazz Jam Borders Books, 1 - 4 PM Isabella’s, 9 PM - 12 AM Justin Morrissey Grape Escape, 9 PM - 1 AM Mistletones Turner Hall, 2 - 4:30 PM Wednesday, Dec. 12 BlackBloom Da Vinci’s, 9 PM - 1 AM Jim McDonough Holiday Grande Open Mic w/ Dert Tones Five Flags, 7:30 - 10 PM Busted Lift, 9 PM - 1 AM Runside Down Isabella’s, 9 PM - 12 AM Mistletones Live on Main Comedy Turner Hall, 8 - 10:30 PM Bricktown, 9 - 11 PM DRILL Doolittle’s (Cuba), 10 PM - 2 AM 50 Pound Rooster Roy Schroedl Jammer Mooney Hollow Barn, 8 PM - 12 AM UW-Platteville, 8 - 10:30 PM Mr. Obvious Softtails, Saloon, 9 PM - 1 AM Doolittle’s (Lancaster), 10 PM - 2 AM Massey Road Thursday, December 13 Jabberbox Moose Lodge, 8 PM - 12 AM James Kinds & the All-Night Riders Jumpers, 9 PM - 1 AM Isabella’s Open Mic Busted Lift, 9 PM - 1 AM Paul McHugh Isabella’s, 9 PM - 12 AM Richter Scale Irish Cottage, 8 PM - 12 AM Doug & Lisa Frey Red N Deb’s, 9 PM - 1 AM Open Mic Night Grape Harbor, 9 PM - 12 AM Blue Willow Grape Harbor, 7:30 - 11:30 PM Potter’s Mill, 8 PM - 12 AM

Ken Wheaton Friday, Dec. 14 Grape Harbor, 9 PM - 12 AM The Boys’ Night Out Truckstop Souvenir Red N Deb’s, 8 PM - 12 AM Isabella’s, 9 PM - 1 AM Katie & Brownie The Dert Tones Irish Cottage, 8 - 11 PM Da Vinci’s, 8:30 PM - 12:30 AM Sid V & the Human Resources Tantrym Softtails Saloon, 9 PM - 1 AM Jumpers, 9:30 PM - 1:30 AM

L.O.C. (Left of Center) Ace’s Place, 9 PM - 1 AM

Jabberbox Softtails Saloon, 9 PM - 1 AM

The Safes Grape Escape, 9 PM - 1 AM

Richter Scale Dog House Lounge, 9 PM - 12 AM

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to her, ‘Well, I’ll eat chocolate if it’s good These are candies bursting with flavor. chocolate.’” I sampled a cabernet sauvignon truffle during my visit to Choco- “So, we decided to lat’, and it was akin to a import the best choco- symphony of taste. lates from around the world,” says Bellen- Further, Chocolat’ has Continued from page 4 dier, who sells them developed a number of from her modest 650- specialty items, including “The Internet is a great tool and offers a square-foot store at 229 dipped sweet strawber- lot of great options, but it’s not personal,” South Main Street and ries, creamy homemade says Ettleman. “If you want to buy candy has done so for about fudge (including a turtle from us, you have to either walk in our two and a half years, fudge that looked amaz- front door or pick up the phone and ac- now. The chocolates, ing), cherries soaked in tually talk to us one-on-one.” which have no preser- Napoleon brandy and vatives, are kept at 65 amaretto for six months It’s worked. The Kandy Kitchen is a pop- degrees, and there are and then dipped in choc- ular tourist destination along Galena’s a wide variety of of- olate ... and so many Main Street, and Ettleman reports a large ferings, as one might more. We can’t spoil base of regulars frequents the shop as expect when they’re them all, you know! well. With offerings like homemade imported from so many You’ve got to try some for fudge, Georgies (the Kandy Kitchen’s countries. Chocolat’ yourself. equivalent of Turtles) and divinity ... well, keeps anywhere be- sounds like a sweet tooth delight, doesn’t brainchild of owner Bonnie Bellendier tween 225 - 250 vari- “It’s not just ‘Give me a it? The Kandy Kitchen is open from 10 and manager Lisa Steinle. eties of chocolates on caramel’ when you come a.m. - 5 p.m. Monday through Thursday, hand at any one time. into the store,” says Bel- and 10 a.m. - 9 p.m. on Fridays and Sat- “It all began as a joke over dinner,” says And these aren’t just lendier. “The flavors that urdays. Bellendier. “I’ve been in business in Ga- standard chocolate, we’ve imported are lay- lena for 28 years, and I wasn’t quite sure either: The French Valrhona Collection, ered, and complex, and there’s so much Also down the street in Galena is Choco- what to do as a new venture, a new road for example, features black currant, port, to experience.” lat’, a specialty importer of fine Swiss, to take. Lisa and I got to talking about lavender, Grand Marnier, lavender cara- German, French, Belgian, Italian and chocolate, when she said to me that she mel and many other flavored chocolates. Bellendier notes that while it’s hard work, Venezuelan chocolates. Chocolat’ is the had never seen me eat a chocolate. I said Continued on page 25 THAT’S TOTALLY A MYSPACE PHOTO 22 NOV. 29 - DEC. 12

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Contact Matt today at 563-590-9693 or e-mail [email protected]. 365INK: WE SQUASH GOOD HEALTH IN THE NAME OF YUMMY 23 NOV. 29 - DEC. 12 11⁄4 tsp apple pie spice Festive Fun with Fondue 1⁄4 tsp baking soda Rich Mocha-Chocolate Fondue 1⁄4 tsp salt Fondue – it’s fashionable, fun and festive A deliciously rich blend of hot mo- 11⁄2 tsp shredded fresh gingerroot this holiday season. So why not gather RECIPE cha and dark chocolate. Serve with 6 tbsp chilled organic butter a group of family and friends together slices of fresh fruit for decadent dipping. 1 beaten egg for a New Year’s Eve celebration or any 1⁄4 cup molasses holiday celebration and serve simple yet All you do 1/4 cup water tasty fondues and dippers? 10 oz bag Nestle Chocolatier 62% Orange juice and sugar (optional) baking chocolate morsels The history of fondue (meaning “to 3/4 cup Hy-Vee fat-free evaporated milk All You Do melt”) originated in Switzerland. Dur- 1/4 cup fresh-brewed coffee Preheat oven to 400°F. Combine flour, ing the cold winter months, families and 1/2 teaspoon pure vanilla extract baking powder, apple pie spice, baking friends would gather around a warm pot soda and salt. Stir in ginger; cut in butter of cheese simmered with wine and dip in All you need until mixture resembles course crumbs. chunks of dried crusty bread. In a small saucepan slowly melt choco- Combine egg, molasses and 1⁄4 cup water; late with cream and coffee. Stir frequent- stir into flour mixture. Stir until moistened. Today fondue continues to be a popular ly until smooth. Stir in vanilla. Transfer to Turn dough onto floured surface; knead 10 food for gatherings of friends and fami- a fondue pot; keep warm. Serves 22 (2 to 12 strokes. Pat into an 8-inch circular lies. Besides traditional cheese fondues, tbsp) servings. pie or cake pan; cut into 12 wedges. Place other fondues are just as popular. Holiday aromas wedges 1 inch apart on an ungreased bak- Nutrition facts: 70 calories, 8g carbs, 1g ing sheet. Brush tops with orange juice and When planning a party, plan to serve protein, 4.5g fat, 1g fiber, 10mg sodium. fill the air sprinkle with sugar, if desired. Bake 10 to three or four types of fondue or delicious 12 minutes or until done. Serves 12. dippers. Make one fondue for dipping Imagine the aroma of gingerbread cookies Baked Spinach & Gouda Dip Nutrition facts: 153 calories, 21g carbo- bread, one for dipping meat and cheese, baking in the oven or the scent of freshly and another for dipping fruits. Rich and creamy, this delicious dip- made plum pudding drizzled with a sim- hydrate, 3g protein, 6g fat, 1g fiber, 33mg RECIPE per is perfect for a hearty evening mering cider sauce. Ahhhh…the scents of cholesterol, 157mg sodium. celebration with friends. the seasons promote feelings of warmth Berry Peppermint Fondue and relaxation during the holidays. 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RECIPE 2 cups organic all-purpose flour 2 tsp baking powder LOOK, WE HIRED A REPUBLICAN! NO PHONE CALLS PLEASE! 24 NOV. 29 - DEC. 12

car, took photos of the Business Own- Before he got into his vehicle, I asked er with the Candidate, and then told the former vice-presidential candidate the former Senator, “I hope you don’t and current presidential candidate if Life Stiles mind, but I’m a Republican taking your he would pose for a photo with yours photo—so don’t be surprised if there’s a truly. Earlier this month the United Auto little extra ‘red’ in your eyes.” Edwards Workers organization held their Dis- A Raucous just chuckled. Then, when the candi- As Edwards put his arm around me, trict 4 convention at the Grand River date exited Mario’s 20 minutes later, flashed his million-dollar smile and Center, and I ventured down to the Caucus City I was there to take a “money shot” of adjusted his $600 haircut, I mentioned Port of Dubuque to take photos of as by Jeff Stiles him in front of the restaurant sign. Hey, that I interned for U.S. Senator Jesse many of the presidential candidates as I gotta pay my bills somehow! Helms (a Republican) when I was in Friends from other parts of the United possible. Of course, since this was a college at N.C. State. States have been telling me lately that UNION convention, the likes of Rom- I’m a very lucky man. Sure, they know ney, Giuliani, Huckabee and “Oh well, that was a long time I have a wife who is both beautiful and McCain were nowhere to be ago,” Edwards said. intelligent. Sure, they know from read- found—although that would ing my columns that I have a wonder- have made for some interesting “True,” I whispered under my ful daughter and two delightful step- photos! Anyway ... former U.S. breath, “but some things haven’t children. Sure, they’ve heard me boast Senator John Edwards gave the changed that much since then.” about living in an All-America City. typical UAW-catered speech And yes, they’ve probably heard me say that Wednesday morning, and * * * that, at this point in my life, I wouldn’t I found myself intrigued pri- trade what I do for a living—whatever marily for two reasons: For This past Tuesday I took photos that is—for any other job in the world. one, in the mid-1980s I was of former president Bill Clinton However, none of those are reasons for a resident of Edwards’ home as he spoke at the Peosta Com- the jealousy of my friends. state of North Carolina, where munity Center on behalf of his I attended North Carolina State The real reason for their envy is because wife’s own presidential run. University. And secondly, my every four years, in the months leading brother Ben in South Carolina up to the Iowa caucuses, we here in And this Friday evening my wife has an accent that’s almost Dubuque have an almost steady stream and I have been invited to a pri- identical to that of Edwards. A of presidential candidates visiting our vate residence where GOP pres- local friend filming the speech city and begging for our attention. idential candidate Mitt Romney for the UAW that morning let will be the featured guest. The truth is, no matter how often Ameri- me get up front for some great pics, but those were not nearly cans complain about election cycles be- I haven’t completely made up as good as the photos I got later ginning earlier and earlier, the good part my mind which candidate I’ll be that afternoon. about this extended period of politicking casting a ballot for come Janu- is that Dubuquers can spend even more ary 3, but I am enjoying living You see, when I stopped by Ma- time seeing, hearing and even shaking in a state that’s getting a lot of rio’s Italian Restaurant on my hands with those seeking our nation’s attention—even if it’s only for way home that day, I learned highest office ... while our friends in our votes. other parts of the nation can only watch that Edwards himself (along and his entourage) were din- our hometown events on their TVs. Yes, we are so lucky to live in ing in the back room. I quickly ••• Dubuque, Iowa. retrieved my camera from the I JUST WANT TO SWIM IN THAT VAT OF CANDY 25 NOV. 29 - DEC. 12 years,” explains Sr. Kathleen. “But even- tually, agricultural work became diffi- cult to procure, and monasteries began to transition towards cottage industry, in many cases the food industry.”

In Massachusetts, a community had ac- quired a Greek-influenced caramel recipe and was producing the candy. By 1964, some of the sisters at Mississippi Abbey had tried “a few things” with candy, ac- cording to Sr. Kathleen, and in 1965, some traveled to Massachusetts to learn the trade, returning to Dubuque and pro- ducing caramels thereafter.

Continued from page 21 it’s still fun. “There’s a lot of work that goes into a place like this, just keeping it clean, for example,” she says. “Lisa does the Eu- “It began small, but the business has cer- ropean traveling, and we’ve met so many tainly grown over the years,” says Sr. Kath- people ... in New York City, we met the 75 leen. “We’ve branched out over time … we best chocolatiers in the world!” began with plain vanilla caramels. 25 years ago, we began producing mint candies. Considering that this is a store that brands Later, we made chocolate mints, and then chocolate as the eighth deadly sin ... well, a hazelnut meltaway. And just recently, sin away. Or check out the Web site at within the past year, we’ve finally devel- www.letustemptyouwithchocolat.com. oped a vanilla caramel froth.” Coming back across the river into Dubuque, one Trappistine Creamy Cara- might be familiar with the mels, as the business is Trappistine Creamy Cara- known, is the primary mels, the candies made source of income for Our by the Trappistine Nuns of Lady of the Mississippi Ab- the Mississippi Abbey (not bey, and just about every to be confused with the nun works on the candy. Trappist Monks of New Sr. Kathleen, who handles Melleray Abbey, who make publicity for the abbey and beautiful caskets). spoke to me, took time away from her work on the “While we’ve only been candy crews for the making candy here for a little more interview! Work be- than thirty years, our monastic or- gins at 8:15 a.m., after der dates back for more than 1500 morning prayer, and years,” says Sister Kathleen O’Neill, continues until 11:30 OCSO (bonus points if you know a.m., with work re- the Latin words for this acronym). suming later and go- ing well into the late The Trappistines are followers of afternoon. These are the Rule of St. Benedict, which es- the busiest months for sentially a guidebook for monks and the sisters, as more nuns living in community (in abbeys or than 70,000 pounds of caramel products monasterys). The 48th Chapter of the Rule will leave their doors through the month of of St. Benedict states that one is only truly December. living a monastic life if one is living from the work of one’s hands … and the Trap- Trappistine Creamy Caramels are sold pri- pistine nuns truly are doing so at the Mis- marily as a mail-order product, either on- sissippi Abbey. line or on the phone. To view the catalog and to place an order, visit the Web site “Traditionally, our order had focused its at www.trappistine.com, or call toll-free work on agricultural products, because 866-556-3400. that was the primary market through the Continued on page 33 FRIENDS DON’T LET FRIENDS DEAL WITH IN-LAWS 26 NOV. 29 - DEC. 12

referring to is the down and dirty, premeditated comment that obviously required some serious pondering. We’ve all let little comments slip that in the grand scheme of things were fairly inconsequential and most reasonable people can overlook what was obviously a poor choice of words. But when someone goes out of their way to purposefully make you look bad Naughty or Nice? or, worse yet, feel bad, that is rude and hurtful. And when we react, we Wouldn’t it be great if you could say give them the satisfaction they were what you really wanted to say, clearly looking for. expressing how you felt and leaving absolutely no room for confusion? We all have people in our lives Sure, this isn’t very nice and is that do not bring out the best in us. completely wrong on so many levels, Unfortunately, these people know but I wonder if such honesty wouldn’t it and use it to their advantage. And be liberating. Instead of tolerating while it’s frustrating to always be on insufferable circumstances over and the receiving end of such intolerant over again, we could, for example, behavior (naturally, the other party turn to the woman who insists on doesn’t think they’re doing anything standing uncomfortably close while wrong), we really do possess the we open our wallet to pay for groceries ability to avoid the continual cycle and say: “If you stand any closer you’ll of drama. So how do we stand up wind up on my other side.” Instead, for ourselves, not let bad behavior go for the sake of civility, we tolerate. unnoticed and avoid reacting? Strangers aside, how do we maintain Obviously, difficult personalities don’t a sense of decorum around those know they’re difficult, so, those of us who are sure to do or say something who are willing to change carry the to provoke a reaction? Whether it’s heavier burden. In other words, we a relative, colleague, or a friend’s are the ones who have to learn how obnoxious spouse, these interactions to deal with them and as hard as it leave us wishing we could trade may sound, it’s best to be authentic. for another equally powerless Phony just won’t cut it in the long experience. run. What may be required is to find something about the other person to Or should it? admire, even if it’s small. Yes, I know this sounds challenging if not painful, Why do we let these people get away but when we can associate a quality with such bad behavior? Why should we like in an individual who clearly we be the one stunned in silence, or dislikes us, we may begin to form a worse yet, react with our own brand sense of forgiveness. We are never of childish conduct? going to receive the apology that we are looking for ... instead we have the Ideally, giving someone the benefit of power to nicely respond to naughty the doubt is a good place to start. But actions and maybe, just maybe, we beyond the inevitable misdemeanor can get through the next encounter of bad manners, the felony I’m with minimal scarring. MOOSE IS NOT REALLY A MOOSE. WE PROMISE 27 NOV. 29 - DEC. 12

Continued from page 13 greeted by two French pastry chefs who, he cooked for such luminaries as Tiger well, didn’t take kindly to a newcomer in Woods and Jack Nicklaus. He then found their midst, particularly one with a pastry himself back in Dubuque, working at the background. Diamond Jo in Dubuque, where he had the opportunity to meet Julia Child and “Oh, man, those French guys just hated me,” diced herbs for her. Paradiso says, laughing. “So, we decided to have a cook-off, kind of a loser-leaves-town “It was an honor to be in her presence,” sort of thing. They didn’t last long.” he says. “I still have the knife.” Paradiso trumped his opponents with If you’re getting the sense that Paradiso a dessert that has since become his sig- didn’t stay in one place for very long, nature: A mango / passion fruit mousse, well, you’re right. “The key to excelling in topped with a chocolate drizzle. this profession is traveling as much as you can,” he says. “Month after month, year “As soon as Peter (O’Brien) cut in, he said after year, everything changes, and you to me, ‘I knew I hired you for a reason,’” need to be experiencing as much of that says Paradiso. change as possible.” The dessert was such a smash hit that, in After a period working as the executive fact, the French Patisserie purchased the chef at the Blackwater Grill at the Brick- recipe and design, and the dish is sold all town Brewery in 2004, Paradiso decided to across the nation. Its name? The Paradiso. interview for a kitchen position at the Elk Mountain Resort in Montrose, Colorado. “It’s really an honor, a huge honor, to have my name on a dish that people all over “A guy named Peter O’Brien was the ex- the country are tasting,” he says. ecutive chef out there, and he interviewed me in a phone call,” Paradiso recalls. “He By 2005, Paradiso was the evening sous hired me on the phone, right there. When chef (essentially the number-two man in he actually brought me out there, he was the kitchen) as the Elk Mountain, and it blown away.” was then that he concocted another stel- lar dish as a special: The Gunpowder Paradiso quickly remembers his early Elk Chop. He served an elk chop with a days at the Elk Mountain, when he was Continued on the next page (28) IF YOU’RE NOT DROOLING ON THE PAPER YOU HAVE NO SOUL 28 NOV. 29 - DEC. 12

Mountain and gone else- nerstone Country Club back in Montrose,” ing the first weekend of the new menu where,” says Paradiso. “But he recalls. “Peter called me one day and offerings ... well, 180 Main flat-out ran they had decided that the gun- said, ‘Pack a bag; you have a ticket to out of food. In fact, Paradiso’s mother, powder elk chop had to be the the late flight to Colorado.’ I was -fortu who lives in Gays Mills, Wisconsin, re- featured dish for our presenta- nate enough to be in a position where I ports that she has people coming to her tion, and I went out there with could just pack a bag and take off ... and raving about her son’s food. There are Richard Chamberlain, few honors greater than that. from the Elk Mountain restaurant.” “People are intrigued by flavors,” says Paradiso. “You can do so much As Chamberlain had with different sauces and glazes and already cooked at the spices that adds layers of flavor to James Beard House and, the meal, and I think Dubuque is after all, the gunpow- starting to really realize that. A gifted der elk was Paradiso’s chef can make just about anything, creation, Chamberlain but you’re only as good as every surrendered most of the single dish that comes out of your cooking duties to Para- kitchen.” Continued from page 27 diso. The final bill to diners was sweet potato mash, acacia sauce, cipol- $185 per plate -- $225 with wine. And now, it seems, James “Moose” lini onions, golden beets, and the “gun- Paradiso has come full-circle. He’s powder”: Ground espresso. The dish was “Cooking at the James Beard back in his hometown, he’s the ex- a smash, and when representatives from House ... once you’ve cooked ecutive chef of one of the premier the prestigious James Beard House, one there, you’ve made it,” says Para- dining establishments in Dubuque’s of the most distinguished culinary insti- diso. “You’ve done everything thriving downtown area, and, well, tutions in the world, held a mini-confer- there is to do. It’s the greatest achieve- I wound up working there for Peter again, he’s making great food. ence at the Elk Mountain, gunpowder ment of my life.” and I was out there for six months, until I elk was the featured dish. The represen- decided that it was time to go home.” “This is really the perfect spot for me tatives were floored ... so floored, in fact, After cooking at the James Beard House, right now,” says Paradiso. “I am loving that they invited the kitchen of the Tarra- Paradiso returned to Dubuque, where he It turned out to be perfect timing, in the what I’m doing right now. It’s an honor gon Restaurant (the restaurant at the Elk spent some much-needed time with fam- beginning of 2007. 180 Main at the Bust- to work for Tommy and Heath (Miller Mountain) to cook at the James Beard ily and friends ... until he got a call from ed Lift opened up in the very beginning and Hutchinson, owners, respectively). House in February 2006. an old friend. of spring, and when Paradiso was toying They’ve done a great job here.” with getting out of the business, 180 Main “By that time, I had actually left Elk “Peter O’Brien was at a place called Cor- cook Matt Dvorak approached him. So, what’s next for Moose?

“Matty, knowing my pastry background, “Naturally, every chef’s dream is to open said to me, ‘Dude, come help us with our his own place,” he says. “But I’m in a desserts,” says Paradiso. “So I came in and I good spot right now. I have experienced dropped off my resume, and I pretty much a lot of good things. My own philosophy became the pastry chef. A little while after, is that you work, you sacrifice, you make ownership said to me, ‘We want you to re- things happen, and everything unfolds write the menu.’ So ... I did.” like a napkin. You share your experi- ences, you learn, and that’s all there is And it was an instant success. In fact, dur- to it.”

Every child deserves a little hope.

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had two courses, at 9 and 10 a.m. and not being able to find a bath- Another friend, J., dreams of driv- on Monday, Wednesday, and Friday. room, or finding one that has no ing around in the frozen North in a But I kept missing them. And I felt doors, or toilets with the seats glued blizzard on bad mountain roads and terrible about this, just terrible. down, or – you get the idea. I’m running out of gas sure Freud would have had a field Last night I had to give a poetry The variations are endless. Maybe day with that one. (Or Jung – he’s You may have seen the three dream reading. I was ready, but I was out you’re not a student, but the teacher. the one who thought dreams were characters – Abraham Lincoln, a shopping before the reading and Now there’s a class you don’t want a direct message from the personal chess-playing beaver, and a deep- the crowds were pretty bad, which to miss. Maybe you didn’t just miss unconscious.) sea diver – advertising the new pre- a test, you missed the entire semes- scription sleep aid Rozerem. The

DUNN made me anxious about getting to ter. What a waste of your student My daughter, who was an intrepid tag line is “Your Dreams Miss You,”

- the lecture hall on time. I was also concerned about the outfit I had on, loans! The fact that you were actu- paper carrier for many years, says her meaning, I gather, that the body and a short, yellow flowered dress with ally sleeping while this non-event night terrors often begin with a phone psyche benefit from the R.E.M. sleep a black jacket. But hey, I had my po- occurred just makes it more compli- call before dawn, informing her that cycle that produces dreams. ems and approached the po- her papers are late and dium ready to read. The thing the customers are scream- Some people say, “I never dream.” was, I didn’t have a nice, neat ing, but she has no idea I don’t believe them. Everybody sheaf of papers to read from. who is on her route. Hav- dreams, it’s just that not all of us re- The bundle in my arms was a ing helped her on many member. I’m willing to dream about bit of mess – small cardboard a winter’s Sunday morn- playing chess with an aardvark, boxes, 45-rpm records, you ing, I know the actual ex- washing dishes with Marie Antoi- name it. perience was enough of nette, or even being chased through a nightmare, so I’m sur- the sewers by wild potbellied pigs, When I started reading the first prised I don’t have these if it will help me work through my poem, I was embarrassed when dreams, too. stress, solve problems, or just feel I couldn’t pronounce some of more rested in the morning. But I the big words I’d used. Then, My friend D. dreamed wouldn’t mind, for awhile anyway, I heard my old college profes- into her thirties that she waking up with no clue about what sor, Dr. Bauerly, cajoling me, was very young, and was went on in my head the night be- “Don’t you think you should locked out of her house. fore. have practiced?” Though I’m She could hear her par- ents talking, but could not Pam Kress-Dunn PAM KRESS PAM sure she was laughing with me more than at me, this was not my finest cated. “I’m sorry, professor, I missed make a sound to call out to them. [email protected] hour. the semester because, uh, you’re just part of my dream life.” His booming “FAILED!” sounds just as

So I decided to wing it. I began mak- • ing up a poem on the spot called, scary in your dreams as it would in “How to Write a Poem.” It began, your waking life, at least until you “First, you find a noun. Next, find surface. an adjective to modify it. Then put a verb on the page. Think of an adverb As a child, I had nightmares all the to set next to it.” And so on. time. Often they were double fea- tures, with the second one always The crowd bought it, or at least I the same. I might start out dreaming think they did. I was prepared to that the sky was full of rainbows that bask in their raucous applause for turned into icky caterpillars (this re- my brilliance, but – thank goodness ally happened) and then segue into – that was the point where the alarm the Scary Tickling Witch dream. The rang, and I woke up. fact that my older sister loved to tick- le me mercilessly leaves this dream Aren’t anxiety dreams fun? I’ve with little to interpret. (Thanks, Bon- been having so many lately, they’ve nie.) Often, I would cry out, and my turned into a serialized novel, with mother would come and get me. My each night delivering another chap- dad, saint that he was, would then ter. It’s become so interesting, I’ve move into my twin bed in order almost begun to look forward to to get the rest of his much-needed each installment with a kind of sick sleep, while I went back to dream- fascination. land cuddled in with Mom.

We’ve all had the one where we find As I got older, anxieties became ourselves at a desk in a classroom, more real (no longer the witch, but pencil in hand, bluebook sitting the GRE or the job interview) and blank, as we try to answer questions dreams became more diverse. When on a test we never studied for. For a my mom developed Alzheimer’s, I course we never knew we were sup- kept dreaming that the garage at her posed to be taking. In a classroom in house – where I seemed to be living the middle of a maze. In fact, that’s again – was full of yowling cats, all how this latest round of dreams of which I was responsible for. One started for me. Somehow, I knew I of my most persistent, maddening

GIVING VOICE GIVING dreams is of needing to – uh – go, HE IS RIPPER. HE IS DESTROYER. HE! IS! GELMSOWULF! 30 NOV. 29 - DEC. 12 Bob’s Book Reviews have turned Beowulf into a conflicted, a master- Heroes & Villains self-doubting wimp whose only claim to piece out by Bob Gelms heroism is based on a deception. I was of a master- disappointed, mostly because the epic as piece.” I’m There are three reasons to talk about Be- it was written would have made a great certainly no owulf, an epic written over a thousand movie. Instead, Messieurs Gaiman and expert, but I years ago: Robert Zemeckis has just made Avary have turned Beowulf into a charac- have read Be- a movie based on it; the great Irish poet ter that is more conducive to the guest list owulf in Old Seamus Heaney has recently translated it on Dr. Phil’s show than one of the great- English as well into modern English; and the movie calls est heroes in English literature. as a few trans- e-mail Bob: lations in Modern attention to John Gardner’s extraordinary [email protected] novel Grendel, which is a telling of the That’s why, if you have never read the English, and I think story from the perspective of the monster. book, see the movie first then read Sea- you can disregard all other ver- mus Heaney’s translation. sions. Mr. Heaney’s book has the added If you know nothing about the story of value of providing you with the Old Eng- Beowulf, the movie just released by di- Beowulf is one of the great works of lit- lish on the left-hand page and his Mod- rector Robert Zemeckis will overwhelm erature in the English language. It also ern English translation on the right-hand your eyes with images of wondrous happens to be one of the first works of page. Seamus Heaney’s Beowulf is noth- beauty. Even the overpoweringly violent literature in the English language. As ing short of a treasure. and bloody scenes are choreographed such, it is written in a very old form of into a grisly dance much like the films of English that looks imponderable on the John Gardner’s novel Grendel is the tell- Sam Peckinpaw. It is absolutely riveting page. If, however, you hear someone re- ing of the first third of the Beowulf epic to look at. I can’t help but think I was cite passages from the epic you can hear from the point of view of the monster. looking at the way a lot of films will be quite a few words that come to us almost Told in the first person, we get -an in made in the future. unchanged into modern English. I was side look into the mind of one of world literature’s most terrifying monsters. A monster who is, quite literally, the stuff nightmares are made of. Who wouldn’t want to read a diary written by Dracula, Frankenstein, Mr. Hyde, Hannibal Lecter, or Dick Cheney?

Here is a tip that will increase your enjoy- ment of the book: I don’t think Grendel will have its full impact on you unless you read Beowulf first. However, you only need to read the first third of Beowulf for Grendel to make sense … then you can go back and read the rest of Beowulf.

From the epic,

“They said that of all the kings upon the earth he was the man most gracious and fair-minded, kindest to his people and keenest to win fame.”

If, though, you are familiar with the story fascinated by that and that is the reason I of Beowulf, your eyes might be enrap- decided to take a class in Beowulf, which tured but your sense of who Beowulf is required the reading of the epic in Old and why he does what he does will come English. It was hard, labor-intensive, and, crashing to the ground. The movie follows although I can’t say I loved it, it was not the epic closely until just after Beowulf unpleasant. On the other hand, it’s not and the monster Grendel meet. Then, the an experience I would like to repeat any- movie not only has little to do with the time soon. Happily, I don’t have to and epic but also does the character of Be- neither do you. owulf such disservice that it undermines the reason the great anonymous English Seamus Heaney is a world-class Irish poet wrote the epic to begin with. poet. In 1995 he was awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature. He has done some- The screenwriters, Neil Gaiman and thing close to the impossible. He took Roger Avary (I’m naming them so you the epic, translated it into modern Eng- will know who to blame), have liter- lish and he improved it. The review in the ally removed the soul of the epic. They Financial Times says, “Heaney has made PUZZLES? NO THANKS, MY BRAIN IS FULL. 31 NOV. 29 - DEC. 12 WELCOME TO OUR ALL NEW TIME-KILLING 365 PUZZLE PAGE

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Dear Trixie: HOROSCOPES I got transferred from Los Angeles six months ago and I’ve yet to discover ARIES No need to buy a big gift for your special any sort of ‘edge’. I’m not used to the someone this year. Hundres of small ones should do just fine. silence. I feel anxious without the sounds of gun- shots and police helicopters. I’ve been going to plays and TAURUS Your DVR is out of control and no matter how much you art openings but it’s just not giving me that special nervous try to stop it from endlessly recording the same episodes of Myth- busters ... but this is only the beginning of its rebellion. Soon it will rush. What can you suggest? Cryptoquip take over your satellite controls. Soon you will be forced to watch --New In DBQ MTV non-stop. Act now before it’s too late.

Dear New In DBQ: GEMINI The cream inside a Cadbury Creme Egg, though delicious Living on the edge here means never using condoms or turn and full of sugary love, is not actually an egg white. Cooking that Crossword signals. substance can end in only one way: Poorly. So do it at your friend’s house and totally destroy his kitchen. And then claim, “Hey, dude, I Dear Trixie: was just cooking an egg!” I am a divorced 51-year-old woman who has found the per- fect guy. He’s quite a bit younger than me - thirty-one years CANCER Please note that your ability to tap your hands on your younger, to be exact. He makes me feel great about myself steering wheel in time with the beat of the music does not mean that and my new life. I think I might be in love with him already. you are a drummer. Drummers require extensive training and expe- Can you tell me if there is a downside to dating him? rience. Tapping your hands on the steering wheel and tapping your --Helen O. feet in time, though? Dude! You’re golden! LEO So your significant other is really getting you down and not Dear Helen: pulling his or her end of the bargain, well, it’s time to send a mes- I can’t think of one. He’ll keep you young and you can buy sage. Lie in wait the next time he or she is in the shower, and as soon him beer. as they get out ... throw a bowl full of flour at them. And then calmly walk away without saying anything. And prepare for a sleep on the Even Exchange Dear Trixie: couch that will probably be so worth it. Each Thanksgiving, my parents start nagging us for our Christmas lists. It’s not so much that I don’t want neat stuff, VIRGO If you think about it, “Santa Claus is Coming to Town” is it’s just that I feel like I’m being harassed. Every day closer to a really creepy song. Basically, Santa voyeuristically spies into the Christmas it gets even more relentless. What do you want? private moments of our lives in order to determine naughtiness and What do you want? It’s too late to mail-order anything now, niceness. Does Santa have an NSA clearance? Was he watching Mega dear. And the thing is, whenever I’d make a list they’d never when you brought the farm animals home? Was he watching when Maze get me anything I asked for anyway. What should I do? I’m you turned American Idol on? not ungrateful, I’m sick of the rituals. -Forty-two-year-old Son LIBRA That slowly growing rash on your feet isn’t athlete’s foot, ec- zema, dermatitis or any other sort of natural disorder. Time to face the facts: You’ve taken the first step towards becoming a zombie. Just Dear Son: embrace your inevitable fate. But try some tough-actin’ Tinactin first, Do your parents provide you with their lists at Thanksgiv- just in case you’re not developing an appetite for brains. ing? Perhaps they are merely hinting that they do not wish to receive the Old Spice shaving set or another bottle of SCORPIO On another Christmas carol note, “Rudolph the Red- that Jean Nate After Bath Splash. Parents are smart these Nosed Reindeer.” Who else in our society has red noses? That’s right: days. They can tell that you got it at the truck stop as an The cocaine freaks. The song is subliminally glorifying drug use and THE ANSWERS Questions on Page 6 afterthought. Also, it’s never a good idea to wrap presents many other forms of depravity. Sweet. in aluminum foil. Why not next year, ask for the things you 1. In Australia, candy is classified as really want but would never get: Cigarettes and real estate. SAGITTARIUS If you’re getting really mad at that one co-worker “chocolate” or “lollies.” who’s always driving you nuts, write “(Name) was here!” all over the Dear Trixie: walls. And during the inevitable dressing-down of your co-worker by 2. In the UK, cotton candy is called Can you settle an argument? We are looking to buy a new your boss, wait for him to yell, “Why would so-and-so write YOUR candy floss.. name on the wall? LIAR!” Bonus points if you can produce evidence vehicle. I want a small Toyota or a 4-door Nissan. My hus- 3. B. The cacao tree is native to South that the co-worker was drunk the night before. band wants a huge, hulking Yukon. Or a Chevy Suburban. America. I don’t think it’s right to use so much gas. It’s expensive and CAPRICORN Knowing all the words to Fleetwood Mac’s “Rhian- 4. D. The fictional Geatland was south- keeps our country dependant on foreign oil. We agreed to non” isn’t going to help you in your quest to pick up women. Actu- do what you recommend. Please settle this argument. Can ern Sweden. ally singing it in public? You’re either going to have people fleeing or 5. True: Chocolate was drank before it you tell us which vehicle to buy? the cops will just slap you with a public intox on instinct. Is it worth was eaten. --Mrs. Tara Toma it? Keep it in the car, man. 6. A & C. Sugar candy is made from the Dear Taratoma: AQUARIUS The television & movies writers’ strike will work in your heating of sugar and water. No. favor. Finally, you will realize that so many of your favorite “reality” 7. B. Snickers is the most popular candy shows are scripted after they get yanked off the air. Don’t be afraid. bar in the world. Dear Trixie: Come into the light. And leave Survivor behind. What are they on, like Is two or three times a week a normal amount of sex for a Survivor 34? Trust the Doctor. It’s better this way. And it’s okay to cry. 8. A, chocolate intake triggers the married couple? release of serotonin. PISCES Your long nights with an inability to fall asleep may stem --Hitched In ‘92 9. B. The Crunch Egg is not a Cadbury from your excessive consumption of sugared energy drinks. All that variety. Dear Hitched: caffeine gets to you after a while. Instead, drink a bottle of wine ev- It is if they are both dating other people. ery night and pass out for sixteen hours straight. You’ll wake up with 10. D, 50 million people depend on a headache and a rested body. cocoa for livelihood. POP QUIZ: WHO WAS BETTY JANE? 33 NOV. 29 - DEC. 12

The first question that people always have about Betty Jane Candies is … who’s Betty Jane? Was she Kloston’s wife? Nope (her name was Linnea). Daughter? Nope (there were three). In fact, Betty Jane was simply the name Kloston concocted that looked the best in the script typeface he had cho- sen for the shop’s sign. Myth busted!

“It’s absolutely a family-run operation and it has been from the start, and I think that’s one of the keys to what makes all of this work,” says Gail, whose fiancé is also involved in the company as a candy and ice cream In 1972, Betty Jane Candies expanded into maker. “We’ve all been involved with the Kennedy Mall and added a second down- actual making of the candy at some time town location (later moved to Warren Pla- or another, and that’s allowed the tradi- Continued from page 25 za) in 1973. These expansions were over- tions from the early days to continue on.” seen by Ruth, Kloston’s oldest daughter, Of course, no discussion about Dubuque- and her husband, John Heinz, after they Gail describes the products of Betty made candy would be complete without took over the reins of the company fol- Jane’s today as a “blast from the past: taking a look at the big kahuna that is lowing Kloston’s passing in 1967. Today, We’re using the same formulas and same Betty Jane Candies. The family-owned their son, John Heinz, Jr., is the president recipes as they did in the very begin- operation, now in its third generation, of the company and also the chief candy- ning. While tastes evolve over the years, dates back to a gentleman named Peter maker, while daughter Linnae manages and certain offerings will come and go Kloston, a native of Corinth, Greece, who retail sales and daughter Gail manages came to the United States and learned human resources, all from the company’s Continued on page 35 the candy-making trade as he worked candy-making headquarters at 3049 As- his way along the East Coast. Eventually, bury Road, which opened in 1996. Kloston made his way through the Mid- west and landed in Joliet, Illinois, a west- ern suburb of Chicago. In 1938, when Kloston was 40, a traveling chocolate salesman informed him that a candy fac- tory here in Dubuque was closing and, as a result, there was a surplus of experi- enced chocolate dippers: The closing put a lot of ladies out of work. The choice was simple: Kloston moved his family to Dubuque, took what he had learned about the business and opened Betty Jane Candies at 965 Main Street. COMEDY IS A FULL-CONTACT SPORT 34 NOV. 29 - DEC. 12

THE FRYMAN ics as Louie Anderson, Gilbert Gottfried, Friday & Saturday, Nov. 30 & Dec. 1, 9 PM Tommy Chong, and many others. Brian’s Arthur House, Platteville, WI stage act has a unique style which will A 16-year veteran of the stage, he is one have you rolling with laughter! of the white guys to appear on B.E.T.’s Comic View. He’s also done three military The Mighty Jer Dog comedy tours overseas for the troops. The Wednesday, Dec. 5, 9 PM Fryman can also be heard on XM Radio! Bricktown Entertainment Complex Check him at www.thefryman.com and It’s always 4:20 in Jer Dog world. Don’t www.myspace.com/frymancomedian. miss this up and coming comic with an in your face look at life, family, sex, mon- JR Brown ey and the green stuff … Jer started and Wednesday, Dec. 5, 9 PM stars in the Corn Comedy tour through Bricktown Entertainment Complex dozens of cities in the Midwest and East. JR Brow has been in punk bands, rock You know him as Jailhouse Jake on Bob bands, and finally comedy. JR leaves no N Tom! stone unturned as he contrasts music genres of the New Millennium with those of the ‘60s through the ‘90s. JR has ap- Nick Lullo Presents: peared at the HBO U.S. Comedy Arts Fes- “LAUGH TOUR 2008!” tival and has performed on NBC’s Comedy Combining the Funny & Fantastic! Showcase with Louie Anderson and Fox’s Friday, January 11, 2008, 8 p.m. Show Me the Funny. JR’s a Bricktown Fav. Five Flags Theater, Tix: $19.50, $17.50 Don’t miss this one! Join us for a spectacular eve- ning of entertainment with Brian Hicks performances by stand-up co- Friday & Saturday, Dec. 7 & 8, 9 PM medians Vince Carone, Tyron Arthur House, Platteville, WI Foston and Steve Mulcahy. From the depths of Chicago’s South Side The event will be headlined comes a comedian so creative, so irrev- by a performer you may have erent, and so hilarious, he must be seen seen on NBC’s America’s Got to be believed! Brian has spent the last Talent, Late Show with David eight years performing and writing stand Letterman or the Discovery up comedy at The Improv, Zanies, Barrel Channel: “The World’s Most of Laughs, Funny Bone, and other com- Dangerous Comic”, Mark Faje. edy clubs throughout the country. He has More information available at shared the stage with such notable com- www.NickLullo.com.

GARY OLSEN’S HIGHER EDUCATION IF CHOCOLATE IS A SIN I DON’T WANT TO BE GOOD 35 NOV. 29 - DEC. 12

“He had to work, and work hard, to find and we featured in in our pages, the his jobs in the days of the Depression,” 365 staf must have made about 50 trips she says. “While he was learning the tra- back to Freddie’s Popcorn for fresh bags ditional candy recipes, he was also af- of Uncle Buck’s caramel corn. we’ve Continued from page 33 fected by his European influences.” recently had a very expensive bag of this kind of confection at the Bella- from the menu, our core candies are un- Between cherry cordials, chocolate-cov- gio in Vegas... and it does not touch changed.” ered nuts, English toffee chips, clusters, Freddies. cream centers and more, Betty Jane Can- She points to her grandfather’s experi- dies’ offerings are traditional and tasty … But you don’t want to experience all of ences in the 1930s as key to the Betty and that’s what counts. these flavors just from reading, do you? Jane taste. Nuts to that! Get yourself out to one of “There’s a lot of love that goes into what these places post-haste and enjoy some we make,” says Gail. And after biting holiday confections. into a Betty Jane Gremlin, well, you’re Tell ‘em 365 sent you! going to see that you’ll have a lot of love for the taste.

Betty Jane Candies has locations at 3049 Asbury Road, Kennedy Mall and in War- ren Plaza. For more information, menu offerings and contact information, visit www.bettyjanecandies.com.

Boy … that’s a lot of candy, isn’t it? And we’ve just scratched the surface: Between the oh-so-delicious caramel corn at Freddie’s Popcorn on the 1000 Block of Main, the offerings of the Great American Popcorn Company, all the of- ferings of the shops on Bluff Street, and so many more … heck, just reading this article might well be enough to put you into a diabetic coma. Since it opened, MerryMerry ChristmasChristmas