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The Chamber Salutes … Lucky Strike Lanes

8/30/2017

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Lucky Strike Lanes owner, Chuck Kane

When Chuck Kane accepted a consulting job in Warsaw seven years ago, he thought it would be a one-year commitment. But earlier this summer, after seven years in Warsaw, the Elwood native decided it was time to come home, where he could apply his professional expertise to updating his own business, Lucky Strike Lanes. Since then, that’s where his entire focus has been.


“We’ve been tweaking old ideas,” Chuck said, “stealing some and coming up with new ones all our own. … We have a lot of potential. If our stars align, we’ll have some success.”

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The Chamber Salutes … Prestige Art Glass

8/17/2017

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Jeff Ball displays the piece he made to commemorate his wife, Carol, who passed away early this year.
Jeff and Carol Ball started Prestige Art Glass in 1990 because, as Jeff puts it, “I like creating and building things that make people happy. So I thought it might be a good way to spend my life.”
            Local glass artisan Joe St. Clair had died in 1987, and three years later, his equipment was being sold at auction. Jeff, a tinsmith by trade, had already decided to craft a new career direction, so when he learned Joe’s equipment was available, he and Carol snatched some of it up.
            “Joe seemed pretty happy with his life,” Jeff said, adding, “We’ve been making glass ever since.”
            Over the years, he said, Prestige Art Glass has carved a niche for itself as a source for specialty glass items.
            “We get requests almost every day for custom pieces,” he said.

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The Chamber Salutes … The House of Glass

8/17/2017

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Joe Rice at work
Joe Rice is the last member of the St. Clair family still actively involved in making glass art. His grandfather, John “Pop” St. Clair, established St. Clair Glass in 1938, specializing in paperweights, ashtrays, pen holders and lamps. When Pop died in 1958, his son, Joe – who was Joe Rice’s uncle – took over the operation until he died in 1987.
            “I started working with my uncles at 408 North Fifth Street in 1962,” Joe said during a recent interview. “I was making glass paperweights when I was 12 – with no formal training or apprenticeship, just hands on.”
            In 1971, Joe’s brother and sister-in-law, Bob and Maude, started another glass business west of Elwood on State Road 28.

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