University of Wisconsin-Platteville hosts Program for Local Kids Runde Auto Group is a proud sponsor of College for Kids and Middle University, July 6-9 at the University of Wisconsin-Platteville. Started in 1982, the program offers regional students the opportunity to take hands-on classes created just for them at the University of Wisconsin-Platteville campus. “College for Kids and Middle University expose children to science, technology, engineering, and math through exciting, hands-on projects and courses,” said Kerie Wedige, Community Education Program Manager at U-WP. “Learning in a fun and friendly environment like our camp can spark a lifelong interest in learning.” Students from kindergarten to 7th grade have plenty to choose from, with classes covering topics like chemistry, dinosaurs, art, the solar system, insects, woodworking, pioneers, popcorn, painting, gardening, acting, and more. More than 150 children are signed up this year! “This year we have had an outpouring of support from local service organizations,” Kerie said. “Currently 14 scholarships have been awarded [...]
Area Residential Care is hosting its 14th annual Corporate & Community Games on Thursday, June 18, at the Port of Dubuque, and Runde Auto Group is proud to be sponsoring Team Resources Unite! Games coordinator Carrie Haas said this is Area Residential Care’s biggest fundraiser of the year. “The funds go to support the mission of empowering individuals with intellectual disabilities to achieve their highest quality of life,” Haas said. “This year, in order to work toward that mission, the funds will be used to purchase vans to transport the individuals that receive services from the agency.” There are 68 teams participating (including Team Resources [...]
If you haven’t yet seen Credité Velo-Trek in action, you will have a chance soon when they race in the Tour of Galena, Friday-Sunday, June 5-7! The professional cycling development team, based out of Dubuque, has had some good performances so far this season. “As a professional development team, our goals differ somewhat from a team whose sole objective is to win races,” said Dave Hartig, the team’s business director. “In the sport of road cycling, the step between top amateur and professional is a big one and often has as much to do with athletes adapting to the lifestyle (on the road constantly) than it does raw talent. So Galena will be a nice opportunity for our riders to stay in one area, close to the team’s home base, and showcase another of our great [...]
Reflections in the Park, the annual lights festival that raises money for Hillcrest Family Services, is celebrating its 20th year! Open 5-10 p.m. daily through Jan. 3 at Louis Murphy Park in Dubuque, this year’s event features about 65 displays. Runde Auto Group is a proud sponsor of Rudolph riding in a Corvette! Tickets are $10 per vehicle. On average, about 10,000 vehicles drive through the display each year. Cars, trucks, and SUV’s line up along South Grandview Avenue on the south side of Dubuque just waiting to get into the park to see the spectacle of lights. “This annual lights festival has bec
Runde Chevrolet (now former) salesperson Nick Roche will be a featured artist in an upcoming exhibition at Gallery C! The show, called Surroundings, will feature Nick’s abstract oil paintings, as well as work by Amy Fuller and sculptures by guest artist Gary Carstens. “I’m excited to show there because I’ve only exhibited in smaller venues before,” Nick said. The opening reception will be 5:30-8:30 p.m. Friday, Nov. 14 at Gallery C, in the Schmid Innovation Center, 900 Jackson St., Suite 113, in Dubuque. It will continue through Jan. 11. Nick studied creative writing and studio art with an emphasis in painting and drawing at Loras College. “My paintings are inspired by landscapes,” he said. He recently competed in Art Slam at Voices X, winning second place in the professional category. Amy Fuller, a Studio Works artist, will show a series of oil paintings that were inspired by her trips to India and Spain. Guest artist [...]
A Runde rental van was recently part of helping out a great cause. Participants in the 6th annual Research for the Kids Poker Run used a 15-passenger Runde rental van for the event, which raises money for the University of Iowa Children’s Hospital. To date in 2014, they have raised $148,555. In the last six years, about $800,000 has been raised for the hospital to use for pediatric brain tumor and heart defect research. “Every year, doctors come before the ride leaves and tell us about what they do with the money and the machines they buy to help the little ones,” said Lori Dupont, a participant. “There are no in-between people, all the money goes directly to them. I think [...]
Runde Chevrolet salesperson Nick Roche was awarded second place in the professional category of Art Slam at Voices X on Saturday! This was his first time competing in the 90-minute live painting competition. “It went well,” Nick said. “It went really fast. It was kind of hard to know when to stop because you only had so long and so you didn’t want to put too much in and not be able to fix mistakes. With about 10 minutes to the end, I was pretty much done.” The subjects of the painting were models posing in the warehouse at the corner of 10th and Jackson streets. Nick’s favorite part was the feedback he received. “A guy was watching me – my dad overheard him, actually – and he said he knew by my style who I had learned that under,” Nick said. “He came up to me after and said he was interested to see [...]
Runde Auto Group is excited to once again be a sponsor of Voices From the Warehouse District and they are very excited about Voices X. This year marks the month-long art exhibition’s 10th anniversary, and Voices X is set to be bigger and better than ever. “We really wanted to focus on things that we haven’t had before — more installation artists and more digital media artists,” said Janice Roerig-Blong, exhibition coordinator of Voices X. There will be 14 exhibiting artists, including local, regional and some from as far away as Seattle and New York, as well as three guest artists. Gene Tully, the founder of Voices, will also be exhibiting his work this year. “He hasn’t (exhibited) since I think the first or second Voices,” Janice said. One of the pieces [...]
Construction on our Runde Chevrolet Buick GMC store in Platteville is coming along nicely! The store, located at 885 E. Business Highway 151 in Platteville, will feature: An expanded Service Department Brand new Parts Department New Showroom, with new sales, finance and insurance offices New Service reception area There also will be improved customer parking at the Platteville store, as well as room for up to four vehicles to be shown inside the showroom. The project, including the original building with additions, will total more than 24,000 sq. feet! These changes are part of Runde Auto Group’s mission to continuously improve our customer experience, making it a pleasant visit whether you are here for parts and service, or to purchase a new vehicle! Below are some photos of the construction’s progress, as well as a rendering of what the front of the building will look like. Construction is set to be completed [...]
Had a great time yesterday at the 2014 Julien Film Festival Launch Party! Check out the video below for some coverage of the event. The first video features comedian Rell Battle and Dubuque Symphony Orchestra’s Maestro, Robert Tomaro, as they join hosts, Michael Coty and Susan Gorrell. They talk about what you can expect to see at the festival and some insight behind the event. In the second video, actress Abigail Breslin speaks at the Film Festival Launch Party about being in Dubuque and her career. Maria McDonald, title sponsor and founder of Momentum Productions also shares some information behind her donation and her FUG sweater movie. For more information, list of films, trailers and more about the Film Festival, please [...]
Spring is here and the Credité Velo bike team is ready for action. Around the Tri-State area there are many great bike trails, paths and routes for the casual and recreational biker but I feel that there isn’t much awareness of people and teams that take it to the next level and compete in pro-level races and circuits. I was in this same category of “bike naïveté” until I sat down with Dave Paquette and Dave Hartig who have exposed me to the sport of pro cycling. The two recently opened a cycling business which encompasses a professional development bike team based out of the Tri-States! Pedal on to learn more! What exactly do you guys do? What we do is two-fold. Part of our business is [...]
