A piece of wall from The Ed Sullivan Show's set, signed by all four Beatles members when they made their historic first appearance on the program on February 9, 1964,…
by Tom Finan, Executive Director and Co-Founder, Construction Forum Yesterday (Sept. 1) Rich Ledbetter became the CEO of Guarantee Electrical, a national $300M, 1,000 employee organization that traces its history to the 1904 World’s Fair. He succeeds CEO Rick Oertli, whose grandfather, Fred Oertli, Sr., joined the company in 1926 as a laborer. When Fred […]
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The COVID pandemic changed the way America does business. And that includes the educational business. Many schools are publicly funded but those public funds are used to purchase intrusive surveillance tools for the sole purpose of preventing distance learners from somehow “cheating” on their own education. Never mind the fact that cheating doesn’t guarantee success. […]
ALTON - Monica and Mike Schwegel were both “excited” after they learned of Alton City Council approval for video gaming in their store. The Conservatory in Alton was also given the council approval to establish video gaming in its business. Monica said their store has had some business slow down with the road/sewer work in the area. She added that some media attention resulted in positive results for a period, but it has somewhat slowed down. The Schwegel's co-owner hopes the new video gaming will draw in more customers. She also encouraged customers not to forget them because overall the year has not been one of their best from a financial standpoint. Shown are a few photos of the work underway at Schwegel’s to establish video gaming. The next step will be to get state approval. She said once the work for the new area is finished, the state approval should come. “We don’t know how long the whole process will take, but we hope to have it running by th