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4 days ago | 
rblandmark.com | Gregg Voss
The past year has been a whirlwind for soon-to-be Riverside-Brookfield High School senior Aryan Hernandez. Sure, he had plenty of schoolwork to do. He also performed in the fall play and spring musical, and was managing editor of The Clarion student newspaper, where he will be editor-in-chief in the fall. But there was another side of Hernandez, which was recognized by the highest levels of the United States government with the Congressional Award Silver Medal, awarded in April.
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4 days ago | 
teamusa.usahockey.com | Gregg Voss
All gas, no brakes.
That may very well be legacy of the U.S. National Sled Hockey Team in the 2025 World Para Ice Hockey Championships.
The U.S cruised to a gold medal Saturday 6-1 over rival Canada, thus reclaiming the world’s No. 1 ranking and securing an automatic bid for the 2026 Milano Cortina Olympic Winter Games.
But consider the full body of work. The U.S. went undefeated in the tournament held May 24-31 at the LECOM Harborcenter in Buffalo, New York.
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2 weeks ago | 
teamusa.usahockey.com | Gregg Voss
A silver medal in the 2024 World Para Ice Hockey Championship was a step back to reality, according to Dan Brennan, the U.S. National Sled Hockey Team general manager.
“You don’t want to lose in the gold-medal game after going undefeated for three years,” Brennan said.
David Hoff, the United States head coach, added that you can’t dwell on the past.
“We talked about it,” Hoff said of the 2-1 loss to Canada in last year’s gold-medal game.
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2 weeks ago | 
rblandmark.com | Gregg Voss
Five teams working independently throughout the 2024-25 school year came together to define and make actionable what equity is for Riverside-Brookfield High School 208.
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2 weeks ago | 
teamusa.usahockey.com | Gregg Voss
Steve Cash goes by the nickname “Money.” But it was never a pressure point for him. In fact, he rather likes it.
To him, it’s all about the confidence his teammates and many others had for him over his 16 years as the goaltender on the U.S. National Sled Hockey Team.
Over his career, he was money. Starting at 16 years old in 2005, Cash went on to appear in 150 games and walked away with a 1.22 goals-against average and a .898 save percentage.
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3 weeks ago | 
ecmag.com | Andrea Klee |Gregg Voss
Is the growth in U.S. coworking space a viable business opportunity for electrical contractors? It depends on who you are, and where you are located, it seems. According to an April 2025 report released by CoworkingCafe, a listing service for flexible office spaces, there was a net gain of 145 new coworking spaces in the United States in Q1 2025, for a grand total of 7,840 spaces nationwide. That total was up 2% from the amount at the end of 2024.
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4 weeks ago | 
teamusa.usahockey.com | Gregg Voss
Brady Skjei’s favorite movie growing up in Minnesota was “Miracle,” which recounted the 1980 United States men’s hockey team’s improbable march to the Olympic gold medal.
Now the Nashville Predators’ defenseman is ready to represent the red, white and blue himself.
Skjei is the oldest member of the U.S. squad that will participate in the 2025 IIHF Men’s World Championship, set for May 9-25 in Herning, Denmark, and Stockholm, Sweden.
“Obviously, it’s an enormous honor,” he said.
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1 month ago | 
rblandmark.com | Gregg Voss
David Hanke is already more than empowered to teach his STEAM classes at Riverside’s Hauser Junior High. STEAM, by the way, stands for Science, Technology, Engineering, Art and Mathematics. That’s thanks to 12 years working at the Field Museum in Chicago. But he’ll be a changed man come this fall, changed for the betterment of his students, and himself.
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1 month ago | 
ecmag.com | Andrea Klee |Gregg Voss
The U.S. Green Building Council (USGBC) announced in early April 2025 that version 5 of the Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED) green building rating system has been ratified by its members. LEED v5 for Building Design and Construction: New Construction Core and Shell, Interior Design and Construction: Commercial Interiors and Operations and Maintenance: Existing Buildings will ultimately replace LEED v4 and v4.1, though dates for that transition are still to be determined.
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1 month ago | 
rblandmark.com | Gregg Voss
The federal Department of Government Efficiency has notified Brookfield Zoo that $78,000 in funding for a bio-diversity and animal welfare program has been cut, POLITICO’s Illinois Playbook reported April 15. The POLITICO story noted that much of the funding for that program has already been delivered to the zoo.
