After Hours

Georgio's Pizza owner Brian Coli, center, surprises Lynn Reckamp of Downtown Crystal Lake and Jeff Pal of Crystal Lake Food Pantry with checks for $7,500 each tucked in Georgio's Pizza takeout boxes. These contributions are from Georgio's 20th anniversary celebration where 100% of sales were donated to the two organizations.

Echo Inc., Lake Zurich's largest employer, celebrated its 50th anniversary last week. A leading manufacturer of outdoor power equipment, such as lawnmowers, leaf blowers and chainsaws, the company invented the backpack leaf blower (1975) and the handheld blower (1978) among numerous other products.