If I am really hungry and craving a sub at school, I am going to one place and one place only. That place is Our Hero. The white building located across from the cemetery on Plum Street in Springfield, Ohio, has a variety of different foods ranging from sandwiches, hot dogs, chili, onion rings, to fried mushrooms. She said, “We have all sorts of artery cloggers.” But if Our Hero is known for one thing, it surely is their sandwiches.
Lisa Rolland has been involved in the food industry since she was 15 years old. She is currently 40 years old, married with two daughters, and is the manager of the Our Hero on Plum Street. Her husband’s father owns the Our Hero franchise, which is a locally owned business with three restaurants here in Springfield.
Lisa grew up in Ohio and attended Urbana University in hopes of becoming a teacher focusing on elementary education. At this point in her life, she had no intention of running a business at some point in her life. This quickly changed though. She became server at a restaurant called Scooters, where she was a server. Then, in 2005, she was an unemployed single parent when she first got involved with Our Hero through her future husband. She started out working as a cashier but shortly became the manager of the restaurant.
She worked at Our Hero until 2008 when she moved to Virginia where she and her husband opened up Gionettis sandwich shop in downtown Roanoke. Very similar to Our Hero, she worked there for about a year but then came back to Springfield, due to her husband having health issues.
Back at Our Hero, Lisa has a great relationship with the Wittenberg students. She stated, “I absolutely love Witt Students. You guys are a wonderful class of a person.” She also stated that Wittenberg definitely gives them a good boost in terms of business.
Since Lisa first began working, she has not really encountered too many problems within the business. There has been no dining and dashing due to the fact that you have to pay before you eat. Sometimes in the summer though, people use the bathroom to either bathe or take a few hits of their drug of choice or the skateboarders use their parking lot. “This only happens on occasion though”, she stated.
When I asked her what her favorite sandwich was, she said that she makes her own chicken Philly combining chicken, cheddar, bacon and ranch. The weirdest request for a sandwich she ever has gotten was someone who asked for a sandwich with every single type of meat they had. She replied that she was definitely going to have charge extra for that one.
It doesn’t seem like Lisa will be leaving Our Hero anytime soon, but when she does she will probably pass on the business to her kids. She said that she definitely wants it to stay in the family. When she does retire and pass the business on, she could always go back and teach with her degree, something she said she wouldn’t mind doing.
I asked Lisa if she ever gets sick of sandwiches and she said, “Sure I do. I’m sure you get sick of going to class.” She said she just goes to bed, wakes up with a better attitude the next day. “I guess it’s just what I love to do”, she said.
Friday, April 30, 2010
Friday, April 23, 2010
Frolf: A True Experience
If you are a prospective student touring Wittenberg’s beautiful campus, you may notice these 4- foot high chained holes scattered throughout the campus. That seems to be a typical occurrence for newcomers looking at Wittenberg for the first time. Prospective student at the time, Merrick Austin, remembers thinking, “What the heck are these things?” A year later, a freshman at Witt, he was more than familiar with what these objects were.
Frisbee disk golf, or “frolf” as many of Wittenberg college students call it, is a game where you aim to throw a disk into a chained hole. There are a variety of pars, from three to five, just like in real golf. There also are a variety of types of disks ranging from drivers to putters. Some people who just play occasionally for fun just have one disk while others have an entire case of Frisbees.
Disk golf first originated in the late 1960’s. The first Frisbee golf courses were “object courses” where people could use anything from trees, light poles, garbage cans, to fire hydrants as targets. Since then though, the sport has really developed and now has legitimate chain catching devices and a variety of equipment.
Wittenberg’s Frisbee golf course attracts people left and right. On weekends, if the weather is nice, the course is usually filled with students frolfing. “There’s nothing better in college than a nice sunny day, no homework, and playing frolf with all your homeboys”, said junior Robbie Farquhar.
People sometimes even have to wait to tee off at certain times. Frolf at Wittenberg has been become so widely recognized that sometimes people outside of Wittenberg’s community come to Springfield just to play on Wittenberg’s course!
Wittenberg sophomore, Benny White, got in hole in one earlier this year and described it as “one of the best moments in his life”
Although Frisbee golf may look easy, don’t let it fool you. Frisbee golf takes a good amount of skill and requires much practice to become good. It is nothing like tossing a regular Frisbee. One has a variety of factors to take into account when playing such as how to throw the Frisbee, what Frisbee to use depending on how far away from the hole you are, and other natural factors such as adapting to wind conditions and avoiding various trees.
Many students at Wittenberg have never even heard of the game until they came to school here at Wittenberg. Now, students play rounds of nine holes day in and day out. “It’s an enjoyable game to play with friends that you can do for hours,” said junior, Alec Nicolovski. If the sun is out and the wind is calm, why not play some frolf.
If you are a prospective student touring Wittenberg’s beautiful campus, you may notice these 4- foot high chained holes scattered throughout the campus. That seems to be a typical occurrence for newcomers looking at Wittenberg for the first time. Prospective student at the time, Merrick Austin, remembers thinking, “What the heck are these things?” A year later, a freshman at Witt, he was more than familiar with what these objects were.
Frisbee disk golf, or “frolf” as many of Wittenberg college students call it, is a game where you aim to throw a disk into a chained hole. There are a variety of pars, from three to five, just like in real golf. There also are a variety of types of disks ranging from drivers to putters. Some people who just play occasionally for fun just have one disk while others have an entire case of Frisbees.
Disk golf first originated in the late 1960’s. The first Frisbee golf courses were “object courses” where people could use anything from trees, light poles, garbage cans, to fire hydrants as targets. Since then though, the sport has really developed and now has legitimate chain catching devices and a variety of equipment.
Wittenberg’s Frisbee golf course attracts people left and right. On weekends, if the weather is nice, the course is usually filled with students frolfing. “There’s nothing better in college than a nice sunny day, no homework, and playing frolf with all your homeboys”, said junior Robbie Farquhar.
People sometimes even have to wait to tee off at certain times. Frolf at Wittenberg has been become so widely recognized that sometimes people outside of Wittenberg’s community come to Springfield just to play on Wittenberg’s course!
Wittenberg sophomore, Benny White, got in hole in one earlier this year and described it as “one of the best moments in his life”
Although Frisbee golf may look easy, don’t let it fool you. Frisbee golf takes a good amount of skill and requires much practice to become good. It is nothing like tossing a regular Frisbee. One has a variety of factors to take into account when playing such as how to throw the Frisbee, what Frisbee to use depending on how far away from the hole you are, and other natural factors such as adapting to wind conditions and avoiding various trees.
Many students at Wittenberg have never even heard of the game until they came to school here at Wittenberg. Now, students play rounds of nine holes day in and day out. “It’s an enjoyable game to play with friends that you can do for hours,” said junior, Alec Nicolovski. If the sun is out and the wind is calm, why not play some frolf.
Friday, April 9, 2010
Back on Top?
On Monday morning, the wind was blowing, the sun was shining, and the grass was flawlessly cut. It was a perfect day at the Augusta National Golf Club. It was a perfect day to welcome champion golfers from around the world to the 2010 Masters Tournament. And better yet, it was a perfect day for Tiger Woods to get back on par.
The four-time Masters champion became famous for one thing and one thing only; playing golf. People have been watching Tiger Woods on TV for years now because he is one, if not the best, golfer in the world. A graduate of Stanford University, the man has become one of the most recognized sports figures in the world as he has won 14 major golf tournaments and 71 PGA Tour Events. Recently though, the champion golfer has had much more to worry about in his life other than golf.
Unless you have been living under a shell for the last few months, you probably have heard about all of the chaos in Tiger’s life. The man was found cheating on his wife on a number of occasions. In addition to that Woods was in a car accident a day after the first affair was made public. Because of the whole sex scandal ordeal, Woods has lost family, friends, sponsors, and people in general look at his differently now. The media has gotten their hands on just about everything and for lack of a better word, have attacked him day in and day out. Sure the man made some poor choices and he is going to have to live and deal with them but those decisions he made are now in the past
Today, April 8th, 2010, Tiger Woods teed off at 1:42 p.m. A large crowd of hundreds of people awaited as the man confidently walked onto the first tee in his striped green shirt. Throughout the day, Tiger was shown talking to people, smiling, and really enjoying himself. And better yet, he finished the day with a career best first day at the Masters as he shot a 68, 4 under par.
Tiger showed everyone today that he can move on and put the past in the past. People make mistakes in life all the time. Sure, this was a huge and costly mistake, not to mention life-changing for Tiger and his family but what happened happened. Tiger has been through sex addiction therapy, has talked to many people, dealt with the media constantly and their ridiculous questioning, and now he is back. And after not playing in a tournament for 144 days, to shoot a 68 and be tied for 7th place after the first day at the biggest tournament in golf history; well, I think it is safe to say he is back on track. And for everyone who has made judgments one way or another about Tiger, that’s fine. But people have grown to know Tiger Woods for who he is as a golfer, not anything in his personal life that had to be exposed to the public because of the fact that he is famous. And after the first day in August, it seems like he’s back on top.
The four-time Masters champion became famous for one thing and one thing only; playing golf. People have been watching Tiger Woods on TV for years now because he is one, if not the best, golfer in the world. A graduate of Stanford University, the man has become one of the most recognized sports figures in the world as he has won 14 major golf tournaments and 71 PGA Tour Events. Recently though, the champion golfer has had much more to worry about in his life other than golf.
Unless you have been living under a shell for the last few months, you probably have heard about all of the chaos in Tiger’s life. The man was found cheating on his wife on a number of occasions. In addition to that Woods was in a car accident a day after the first affair was made public. Because of the whole sex scandal ordeal, Woods has lost family, friends, sponsors, and people in general look at his differently now. The media has gotten their hands on just about everything and for lack of a better word, have attacked him day in and day out. Sure the man made some poor choices and he is going to have to live and deal with them but those decisions he made are now in the past
Today, April 8th, 2010, Tiger Woods teed off at 1:42 p.m. A large crowd of hundreds of people awaited as the man confidently walked onto the first tee in his striped green shirt. Throughout the day, Tiger was shown talking to people, smiling, and really enjoying himself. And better yet, he finished the day with a career best first day at the Masters as he shot a 68, 4 under par.
Tiger showed everyone today that he can move on and put the past in the past. People make mistakes in life all the time. Sure, this was a huge and costly mistake, not to mention life-changing for Tiger and his family but what happened happened. Tiger has been through sex addiction therapy, has talked to many people, dealt with the media constantly and their ridiculous questioning, and now he is back. And after not playing in a tournament for 144 days, to shoot a 68 and be tied for 7th place after the first day at the biggest tournament in golf history; well, I think it is safe to say he is back on track. And for everyone who has made judgments one way or another about Tiger, that’s fine. But people have grown to know Tiger Woods for who he is as a golfer, not anything in his personal life that had to be exposed to the public because of the fact that he is famous. And after the first day in August, it seems like he’s back on top.
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