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The Drawing for Chopper School's Chopper #1 took place at Courtside Grill on Dubuque's West End, and guess who won the $22,000 custom motorcycle? Jim Petersen, guidance counselor at Hempstead! And get this. He bought one ticket at the Superintendent's address at the Grand River Center at the start of the school year. It gets better. Jim didn't have any cash, so he borrowed the money for the ticket from a friend, Dr. Kris Hall, who was the guy who suggested he buy a chance on the chopper in the first place. So when the winning ticket was drawn by Superintendent, John Burgart, at Courtside Grill at a party Friday night, Dr. Kris Hall, who was on hand for the drawing as well, quickly found Jim's number in his cell phone directory and gave him a call. Jim answered the phone from the stands at the Hempstead Homecoming football game.

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elcome to Central Alternative High School's Chopper School Program. Teaming up on this enterprise is the Dubuque Community School District and Midwest Motorcycles on Cedar Cross Ridge in Dubuque. Specializing in custom motorcycles and parts, this company is best known for designing and building one of a kind road machines called "choppers."

Jim... Teacher: "We want to build a bike we can sell... that someone will actually want to buy."

From Central, teacher Jim Adams and para-professional Anna Loeffelholz are managing the program and bringing the students to the shop on a daily basis to work on their bike. Midwest's ace motorcycle builder, Jeremy Ludovissy, will get the opportunity to fulfill a desire he has had to teach.

The program has been filmed as the students progressed. Cameras were rolling on a weekly basis for a cable television show on Mediacom's Channel 19, the Dubuque Community Schools exclusive channel. The episodes are running right now on Mediacom Cable 19 in Dubuque's Mediacom market including Galena, Illinois.

New Students Join the Class During the Fourth Quarter:

Brian Mess - Owns a Harley

Blaine Wright - We'll learn more about Blaine in the weeks to come.

Adam Slade - And we'll learn more about Adam, too.

Kristy Lewis - Admits to little knowledge of motorcycle building, but has some excellent marketing experience she brings to the table.

And these are the Original Students:

Ashley Bartolotta - Senior - Grew up with Dad who always had motorcycles.

Amanda Sproule - Senior - Buying her uncle's Harley when she graduates.

Nick Krier - Works on cars

Dusty Hanson - Work on cars.

John Berwanger - Works on cars, has experience cutting grinding and welding metal.

Jeff Yeo - Works on everything, has experience cutting, grinding and welding metal.

Jason Palmer - Has a "super-sport" high-performance motorcycle, and he works on everything himself. He has experience cutting, grinding and welding metal.

Teachers

Jeremy Ludovissy - Partner with Midwest Motorcycles.

Jim Adams - Business Education Instructor at Central Alternative High School, Has motorcycle license.

Anna Loeffelholz - Para-educator - Owns a Harley.

Below are logos from the program and the teleivision series available to download.

The cast (and characters) of Central Alternative High School's "Chopper School."
Amanda... Senior - Buying her uncle's Harley when she graduates.	Dusty... Works on cars, but is looking forward to working on bikes..
Jeff... Wants to work on everything.	Jason... Has a "super-sport" motorcycle, works on everything, has experience cutting grinding and welding metal.
Jeremy... The instructor and motorcycle builder from Midwest Motorcycles of Iowa, Jeremy attended and graduated from Central. It's a chance for him to give something back.	John...- Works on cars, has experience cutting grinding and welding metal. Photos on this page are linked to enlargements suitable for printing.
	Ashley Bartolotta... She wants to be a mechanic.
Nick... Works on cars, has experience cutting grinding and welding metal. He's looking forward to riding the bike when it's completed.	The New Students (below)
Blain...A quiet guy but a real enthusiast, and he pitched right in from day one.	Kristy... Knows how to ride them since taking the motorcycle class at NICC, and now she's helping craft and execute the marketing effort.
Brian...Knows a lot of about mechanical stuff... cars and bikes. He grabbed a wrench and fit right in.	Adam... The third brother to go to Central. Knows a lot about mechanical things.

Central's innovative website will contain information on the program and many other programs that this fascinating school sponsors. Central is an Expeditionary Learning School. Students have opportunities to journey through applied learning activities that stress teamwork, creativity, and real-world, hands-on project building.