Two Geneva restaurants with shared heated patio launch Giving Tuesday program Heated by natural gas heaters, the shared Preservation and Atlas patio has kept people safely outside all winter. Courtesy of Isabel Feldhaus
Updated 3/6/2021 1:12 AM
Tuesday, March 9, will be the first Dine & Share #GivingTuesday for Preservation and Atlas Chicken Shack in downtown Geneva.
The two restaurants are launching a monthly program that highlights a different local charity each month.
In addition to special events and offerings, a percentage of every Tuesday s sales will go to the non-profit. We not only want to support local organizations that are in current need, we also want to give non-profits the opportunity to educate our community on what they do and the type of help they could use, says Jason Oles, bartender at Preservation and founder of the program.
Updated 3/4/2021 5:51 PM
St. Charles Finance Director Chris Minick has a term for the budget difficulties the city s endured for the last year: the COVID deficit.
At last weekend s city council retreat, for the first time Minick outlined for Mayor Ray Rogina and the aldermen the ongoing impact of a COVID deficit that will create a nearly $3.2 million hole in the projected budget for the 2021-22 fiscal year that begins on May 1.
Minick said projected revenue of about $47 million is shy of a normal year where the city would expect $49.25 million. A significant amount of the decrease is from hotel/motel tax revenue that s projected to be at $750,000, compared with $2.2 million in a normal fiscal year.
Learning on the fly: LC softball team has just one soph
With just one sophomore,Trailblazers crave experience
Pete Hayes, phayes@thetelegraph.com
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Allison Beckman of Lewis and Clark Community College fouls off a pitch last season. Beckman is the only sophomore on the team’s roster.Pete Hayes | The Telegraph
GODFREY LCCC softball coach Ronda Roberts can tell you a thing or two about having an inexperienced team.
And how.
Roberts, whose Trailblazers started their delayed season this week, feature only one sophomore, Allison Beckman, a third baseman/catcher from Breese Mater Dei. Everyone else on the Trailblazers’ roster is a freshman.
Prenzler will lead East-West Gateway Council board
Scott Cousins, scousins@thetelegraph.com
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EDWARDSVILLE – Madison County Board Chairman Kurt Prenzler has been named chair of the East-West Gateway Council of Governments’ board of directors.
Announced at the organization’s January meeting, Prenzler will serve for one year. Prenzler, who recently won a second term as board chair, said although he had been part of the organization he had been more focused on the county.
“It’s an opportunity for me, now that I’ve been through one term (as board chairman),” he said “There’s a lot for me to learn about the metropolitan issues. It’s a good time for me to learn more.”