Upper Arlington rallies to capture second straight Blue Jackets Cup
Golden Bears down St. Charles to repeat as champs of Capital Hockey Conference by Jeff Svoboda @JacketsInsider / BlueJackets.com
In the corner of the OhioHealth Ice Haus, there are two locker rooms for high school hockey teams - one for Upper Arlington High School, the other for St. Charles Preparatory School.
So maybe it s only fitting the familiar foes took to the ice surface Sunday in a battle for the Blue Jackets Cup championship for the second straight season. St. Charles is sort of our rival, UA head coach Hamish Baird said. We re rinkmates and friends. A lot of our players grew up with their players and they know each other. Oftentimes, they practice right after us, so we re walking out when they re walking in. Those things make f
Posted2/16/2021 5:30 AM
From its riverfront location to its acclaimed chef, the new restaurant opening this spring in downtown St. Charles is anything but ordinary.
The Graceful Ordinary is the brainchild of owners Chris and Megan Curren. Chris is the executive chef, while Megan is the restaurant s event sales manager.
Situated along the Fox River at 1 East Main St., the former BMO Harris Bank building was purchased in December by Frontier Development and local developers Curt and Conrad Hurst.
For the Currens, it s been a nonstop effort getting The Graceful Ordinary a 4,700-square-foot location occupying the first floor of the building ready to open in the next few months.
New Alton-based food truck, C-Rations Grub Hub, founded on a leap of faith
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C-Rations Grub Hub’s logo, original hand-drawn and created by Memphis, Tennessee artist Kalunda Smith. C-Rations’ owner Christina “Christy” Harvey sought an illustration for her food truck business via Facebook, receiving approximately 40 responses, but Smith was the only artist who did her work by hand, not computer generated or by graphic design software. Smith personally called Harvey and they collaborated on the design, featuring military symbolism for which Harvey’s heart will always belong, she said. Harvey joined the military when she was 17 and retired in 2014 at age 39. Show MoreShow Less
Aquascape doubles down on digital marketing in response to global pandemic Atlantis Water Gardens shallow pond and stream display. Courtesy of Tony Alcala
Updated 2/15/2021 2:59 PM
Aquascape Inc. founder and owner Greg Wittstock wondered how his business could overcome the obstacles created by the coronavirus pandemic. To continue training and inspiring his global network of pond and water feature contractors and their employees, Wittstock decided to have a faux backyard space built in his company s 180,000-square-foot warehouse located in St. Charles.
Unable to host his company s offseason Aquascape Academy Hands-On Training events, Wittstock knew he had to pivot quickly to keep the momentum going after a record-breaking year in sales.
Local students named to South Dakota State University dean s list
Updated 2/12/2021 10:31 PM
The following suburban Chicago students have been named to the dean s list for academic excellence after the fall 2020 semester at South Dakota State University in Brookings, S.D. To earn dean s list distinctions in SDSU s colleges, students must have completed a minimum of 12 credits and must have earned at least a 3.5 GPA on a 4.0 scale. Students with an asterisk received a perfect 4.0 GPA.
Overall, nearly 3,200 students from 34 states and 26 foreign nations are on the list. More than 1,350 students received a 4.0.
• Mark Raymond Gronowski of Naperville, Ill.: Jerome J. Lohr College of Engineering