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I'd like to send an open letter to the Janesville Jets.

Dear Janesville Jets,

We had an awesome time at the game on Friday. My new little brother and I enjoyed the NAHL action. I now know that body checks are similar to some of the blocking Lorenzo does on the Michigan State Spartans team on the Janesville Youth Football League. We shared the noise sticks, and we had an opportunity to talk about why John McPoland was being honored. Lorenzo even learned how to take pictures using my cell phone.

We just have one request, though. You played a lot of AC/DC while battling the Springfield Jr. Blues, but didn't play Lorenzo's favorite song til last. He was really hoping to hear "Thunderstruck", and you only played the intro. Would it be possible to continue playing that song while the fans are leaving, or does that violate licensing rules? I look forward to your reply.

Very truly yours,

Beth Wheelock

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Why, yes, dear reader. After 28.5 years of female siblings, I have a new brother. Ten-year-old Lorenzo is formerly my radio intern and has recently been promoted to familial status. As intern, he would come to work with his dad, then put on his official WCLO badge and help me edit audio. Since he's an only child, his dad (my coworker) asked if I'd like to take on a big sister/mentor role. Heck, yes I would!

We hang out about once a week. This week he might (finally) get to show me how to play Wii and his Pokemon computer game. He's been trying to get me to do that for aaaaaaages. But since we couldn't leave the hockey game early to play video games (and since he had football in the morning), the video game extravaganza had to wait. We have yet to arrange a meeting for our dogs, and he has yet to bike to my house. But we'll get there. So now I'm thinking about fun things we can do, and trying to convince him that coming to the farm to clean out chicken pens is actually ::snicker:: fun. Ok, I can't even type that with a straight face.

Now that I've conquered the "What fun things are there to in Janesville?" question, now it's "What fun things are there to do with a ten-year-old in Janesville?"

Lorenzo set up the cell phone for a spontaneous pic taken by another young man at the hockey game.