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B2 The Dispatch and The Rock Island Argus Friday, April 24, 201 Weekend Time is right for surgery, but parents object a wedding this summer. My fiance and I are paying for it ourselves, so we are trying to keep it within a budget. I'm so excited I want to shout it from the rooftops because I thought this day would never happen. My problem is, when I have shared the news of our engagement, some people have told me, "I can't wait to get my invitation." We already have made up our guest list, and they aren't on it, so how can I tactfully reply without offending? My fiance and I have even discussed whether it would be worth the extra money each guest will cost in order to keep the peace and not have anyone carry a grudge against us. STRUGGLING TO BE POLITE IN VIRGINIA DEAR STRUGGLING: When someone who is not on your guest list says he or she can't wait to receive an invitation, that's your cue to explain that because of budget constraints, your wedding will be small pretty much DEAR ABBY: I am 23 years old, working full time as a teacher, and I'm about to move out of my parents' house.

I have decided to have breast augmentation surgery, and I know the best time to do it would be this summer so I'll have time to recover before school starts. The problem is my parents are adamantly against my having this surgery I've heard it all: "I wish you loved your body the way it "That's so and "You'll regret it!" I would wait until I move out, but my new place (which is being built) won't be finished until the end of the school year. I have postponed this surgery for several years, and now I have the money, and I'm ready How can I please my parents and also please myself? TIRED OF WAITING DEAR TIRED OF WAITING: Have another talk with your folks and explain while they might wish you loved your body the way it is, you don't. Tell them you don't friends for more than 30 years. INSULTED IN RENO DEAR INSULTED: You're not wrong.

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Contact Dear Abby at DearAbby.com or P.O. Box 69440, Los Angeles, CA 90069. immediate family only No one can argue with that. Taking a back seat to son's broken phone? DEAR ABBY: Yesterday, I spent the afternoon with a friend who was in town for her husband's business conference. Her 20-year-old son called her because he had broken the screen on his cellphone.

During the next two hours as we visited, she took phone calls from him, researched places to get his phone fixed, then proceeded to fill out insurance forms on her phone for the repair while I sat there. I finally stood up and said I was leaving because she seemed to be "busy." She immediately became offended and rudely said, "Well! Sorry I p-d you off!" Abby it was a broken cellphone, not a broken arm. Am I wrong for feeling the way I do? We have been DEAR ABBY feel wanting the surgery is superficial and you feel it will give you confidence about your appearance you don't have now. The decision about whether to have plastic surgery is a personal one. No one should make it "for" you; the choice should be yours and yours alone.

If you decide later you regret it, you can have the implants removed. Some women have done that but most women don't. Limited wedding list causing rifts DEAR ABBY: I am planning -L v' r. a rr i i I (rr i i.3r I A fi letters Home7 wins two Cedar Rapids awards ill "TjQi Ik, 1 4" i in hi Heart to Art: Bucktown and Genesis partner From page 81 Quad-Cities "see the merit of working with local artists." "The philosophy is 'work We're proud to have associations with high-caliber health systems," she said. Artists associated with Bucktown (including Ms.

Bereskin and Heidi Brandt of Boho Chic) also contributed works on permanent display in the new UnityPoint Health-Trinity addition in Rock Island, encompassing 200-plus locally created paintings and photographs. Art is playing an increasing role in patient-centered design philosophies in medical facilities, according to Trinity, which recently opened its new Heart CenterEmergency Department. For hospitals across the country artwork has become another means to create a nurturing, healing space for patients and their families, as well as staff, in an already stressful environment, Trinity has said. Karen Doy, manager of cardiac services at Genesis Health Institute, at the Genesis East campus in Davenport, agreed that inspiring, soothing art can aid in the healing process, as positive mental attitude can affect it, she said. The "Heart to Art" exhibit will be displayed at Genesis Heart Institute from Mav 12 through May 29.

"They are amazing. To think they are all local artists," Ms. Doy said of the artworks. The campaign's link with health care is that "medicine isn't all science," she said. "Medicine is an art in itself.

You don't use the same technique for each patient." Tonight's free activities will include blood pressure checks and heart health information provided by Genesis; heart-healthy refreshments (including red wine, dark chocolate and almonds); chair massage by Pam Kaufman; and special music by the Hand and Heart Drumming and the Bettendorf High School Symphony Quartet. Another passion project with a heart theme is the premiere tonight at Buck-town of "Buried Hearts." a 36-minute Gothic drama filmed in the Quad-Cities, written and directed by Jeremy Wernli, 25. of Princeton, Iowa. Inspired by films of Federico Fellini and Guill-ermo del Toro, "Buried Hearts" centers on Mercedes, a young independent woman visited by her estranged father. Thought to be dead, he shows up seemingly un-aged from over a decade ago.

"He left a suicide note, but his body was never found, and after two decades, he's pronounced dead," Mr. Wernli said this week. "He reappears when she's very lonely She's very much an introvert, and he comes back in an almost dreamlike state she's in." The movie was filmed in the area in early 2014, and features Alexandra de Wallau of Bettendorf and Cody Edward Johnson of Davenport. Mr. Wernli was familiar with Bucktown and thought it appropriate to premiere his film during "Heart to Art" because of its title "Her mother taught her to cultivate the heart," he said of Mercedes, noting her mother died of a terminal illness in the story when Mercedes was 10, and her father disappeared about five years earlier.

Tonight's 7 p.m. screening also will include the short films "The Chase" and "Chambers County" by Jonathan Burnett, in Suite 203, with a A directly following. Studio 56 Independent Film Cafe at Bucktown will host a wine and cheese reception at 6 p.m. for the filmmakers. For more information about Bucktown Center, visit bucktownarts.com.

IV- ft 'i is- i universal tale experienced by every soldier and his or her family," she said. "Letters Home to Hero Street" focuses on Frank Sandoval (a young Mexican-American from Silvis) and his personal view of World War II as told through the letters he sent home to his family. He was 23 when he Ti-mmrmniirniMiiiiMii 1 'Sizzlin' Sounds' on Sunday The Quad City Singers present their annual spring vocal jazz concert, "Sizzlin' Sounds," on Sunday at 3 p.m. at The Establishment Theatre, 220 19th Rock Island. The concert will feature arrangements of "Ain't That a Kick in the Head'Tve Got the World on a String" and "Goody Goody," among many other favorites.

The group is under the direction of Lori Potts and is accompanied by Marcia Renaud. Admission is $18 at the door. Snacks and drinks will be available for purchase. For more information, visit quadcitysingers. org.

Submitted the Army on Oct. 3, 1942, and served in North Burma with Co. 209 Engineer Combat Battalion. He was killed in action on June 26, 1944. Braking Traffik's "Any Kid Anywhere: Sex Trafficking Survivor Stories," which was produced by Cathy O'Keeffe, and written, directed and edited by the Rundles, also received a Gold Eddy last weekend in the Pro-Am Documentary category The documentary short shatters the myth that sex trafficking is just a big city or third-world country crime, and reveals the reality of sex trafficking in small Iowa communities through dramatic and harrowing stories of three brave young women, according to Fourth Wall.

"Any Kid Anywhere" is available by visiting BrakingTraffik.org. "Letters Home to Hero Street" is available at Amazon.com; The Book Rack in Moline and Bettendorf; Porkie's in Silvis; and the Quad Cities Convention and Visitors Bureau. said in a 2014 interview. Mr. Lynott died in 1986, and the last Thin Lizzy studio album was three years prior to that.

In October 2012, Thin Lizzy announced it would not record new material under that name, and the last incarnation of the band looked to form a new project. For more information, visit blackstarriders.com. Celebrating the Cedar Rapids Independent Film Festival awards are, from left, director Kelly Rundle; producer Lora Adams; actress Maya Chavez; actor Eric Juarez; actress Cindy Ramos; Frank Sandoval's brother, Taniio Sandoval; producer Tammy Rundle; and Frank's nieces, Irene Mawson and Josie Bustos. was killed in Burma during the war. Mr.

Sandoval was one of eight Mexican-American men who lived on 2nd Street in Silvis known since 1969 as Hero Street USA to fall in combat in World War II and the Korean War, the most from a single street in America. He joined 1969 in Ireland, best known for the hit songs "Whiskey and "The Boys Are Back in Mr. Johnson thought "This is going to have to be very speciaL We started working, and as we got further into it all of us had some uneasiness of putting out a new album calling it Thin Lizzy, without Phil Lynott in the band. He wrote the bulk of the songs," he i 1,. 4 i i tl i 1 iW.vJ?iLj BY JONATHAN TURNER jtumergqconline.com "Letters Home to Hero Street," a documentary by WQPT and Moline-based Fourth Wall Films, earned two awards at the 2015 Cedar Rapids Independent Film Festival last weekend.

Emmy-nominated producers Kelly and Tammy Rundle, and award-winning producer Lora Adams accepted the Silver Eddy in the Professional Documentary category and a Gold Eddy for the Audience Choice award. Fourth Wall previously has won four Gold awards and one "Iowa Connection" award at the Cedar Rapids festival, and this year was its first Gold Audience Choice award, for the 30-minute documentary-Members of Frank Sandoval's family including his brother Taniio Sandoval, and nieces Irene Mawson and Josie Bustos, attended the film festival and were joined by others with connections to Hero Street. "Receiving the Gold Audience Choice Award for the documentary meant BY JONATHAN TURNER Damon Johnson must like the Quad-Cities. The veteran rock guitarist will perform in Moline for the third time in less than a year at 9 p.m. Saturday at Rascals Live, 1414 15th St Mr.

Johnson is bringing his band Black Star Riders, which features veterans of Thin Lizzy. Tickets are S20 general admission in advance, S28 for reserved seats and $28 day of show general admission, available at Rascals or by emailing your name and phone number to rascals5rascalsmoline.com. Earlier this month, Mr. Johnson (also a veteran of Alice Cooper and Brother Cane) played with his own trio at Rascals, and invited students from the QC Rock Academy for a pre-show meet and greet Last May Black Star Riders came to Black Star return to Riders i rock Rascals a ox A so much to all of us." Ms. Adams of WQPT (the Quad-Cities PBS station) said.

"It was completely unexpected and such an honor, especially with members of Frank Sandoval's family in the audience. "We are thrilled that audiences responded to Frank's story, which is a Rascals and Mr. Johnson visited the academy in Davenport This Saturday's gig is one of only five U.S. dates the band has this spring. It later is touring Europe.

Black Star Riders includes guitarist Scott Gorham (Thin Lizzy, 21 Guns), vocalist Ricky Warwick (Thin Lizzy, The Almighty), drummer Jimmy DeGrasso (Megadeth) and bassist Robbie Crane (Ratt, Lynch Mob). The band is touring in support of its latest album, "The Killer Instinct" A February review of the new CD (at newnoisemagazine. com) said, "The cool thing about Black Star Riders, though, is that they aren't a classic rock band. They are just a band of younger dudes who happened to have been in a classic rock band that are making strong, punchy relevant rock n' roll" The record "genuinely mastered what a classic It I 7 hi 3 A i I Is- ft vr Submitted Black Star Riders are Robbie Crane, left, Damon Johnson, Ricky Warwick, Jimmy DeGrasso and Scott Gorham. rock band should sound like in 2015: a little bit heavy a lot of bit catchy and all of their songs tell interesting stories," the review said.

Me Johnson also has written and recorded with John Waite, Stevie Nicks, Carlos San tana, Sammy Hagar, Faith Hill, Slave To The System, Skid Row and The Temptations. When he began touring with Thin Lizzy (formed in.