Tuesday, June 13 2017

Hello Tuesday. It's James.

Sometimes what a person needs to take the leap and start a business is the love and support of their significant other. That was the case for couple Randi and Bethany Myers. Madeline Keener takes a look at the story of their photography business To The Stars Photography and also looks at why they might be the perfect fit the next time you need photos.

Navigator full story: How To The Stars Photography Created A Business Out Of A Dream

The Rundown:Weather: 90. 30% chance of precipitation, mostly after 1 PM.To do: Easton is having another edition of their Movies By Moonlight. Starts at 9 PM and this showing is of "Storks". All the details here.

Navigator Originals:What Caused This Creepy Explosion Of Blue Light An Hour West Of Columbus?Insane video from near Dayton that shows a massive blue explosion of light caused by an electricity arc. The 10 Tallest Buildings In ColumbusList only valid until the completion of Market Tower.Local Leather Crafter Creates Stunning Products Inspired By NatureZoey Miller has a profile of a local Clintonville artisan making awesome leather products inspired by nature. 2017 Ultimate Runners Guide To Columbus Races: Summer EditionColumbus has lots of great summer road races, from typical 5ks on up, to obstacle courses, and even a gag race in the Columbus HalfK.Check Out The Fun Events Columbus Libraries Are Hosting To Celebrate The Summer Reading ClubThe Columbus library has an awesome slate of summer activities for kids, including reptile classes, a rollercoaster building course sponsored by COSI, a chick hatching class, and more.

The Tuesday Conversation:Charter school company Electronic Classroom of Tomorrow (ECOT) has been ordered by the state of Ohio Board of Education to repay $60 million in state aid for lying about attendance figures.  [Candisky/Dispatch]Akron is turning a disused highway into a pop-up forest in an interesting transformation of blighted space into something useful. [Smithsonian]In a wide ranging criminal network dating back decades, 8 people in the Cleveland area are facing prison time after poaching (at least) 39 deer. Some were shot from the back window of a house one of the people owned. Thousands of pounds of meat were sold, and the poaching ring may have gone back all the way to the 80's. [WideOpenSpaces]

Longread for your lunch break:Racked delves into the world of high end wedding planners. Not the ones planning weddings at the six figure level - these wedding professionals are doing weddings that cost millions (sometimes tens, or even hundreds of millions) of dollars. And at times they have to plan in mere weeks.Come for the totally insane pictures, stay for the obscenity of oligarchs spending 8-9 figures on multi-day events where guests are sometimes all costumed (two examples: a wedding where all attending were outfitted by Lord of the Rings costume designer Ngila Dickson, and another where attendees all dressed as French aristocracy ) or totally normal food is served, in totally normal amounts (like 20 kilos of caviar.)Racked: Weddings of the 0.01 Percent

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