From teaching sixth graders about self esteem, to helping kids get through college, to making life easier for military families to making life easier for special needs kids, four Northwest Indiana women, who have collectively put thousands of hours...
Diane Spivak
Hammond PTA Founders’ Day Program Honors Education Advocates
The Hammond Council PTA 77th Annual Founders’ Day Program Friday night at Dynasty Banquets in Hammond honored 33 of Hammond Schools’ fiercely dedicated PTA members - parents, teachers and administrators. The hall was filled to capacity with...
A Northwest Indiana Life in the Spotlight: Mike Bonaventura
Success comes in different packages for DJ who lot 130 pounds Mike Bonaventura does what most people spend their lives striving for. He works at a job he loves. "Everything has been just so much fun for me," said Bonaventura, a Crown Point resident...
Lake Central High School Opens New Classrooms and Pool
What for years was a crowded mass of teenage humanity squeezing its way through the tiny halls of Lake Central High School in Saint John, appeared to be a well-oiled machine on Friday, as the school's 3,000 students headed out the doors at the end of...
Betsy Palmer, Edward A. Rumely Honored as South Shore Legends
East Chicago native actress Betsy Palmer and La Porte industrialist Dr. Edward A. Rumely became the newest inductees in the South Shore Legends Thursday. The ninth induction took place at the Indiana Visitors Center in Hammond, where South Shore...
A Northwest Indiana Life in the Spotlight: Cindy Horgash
Cindy Horgash lets no grass grow under her feet. On this particular Wednesday she’s conducting a morning exercise class, bending and stretching with senior citizens at Residences of Deer Creek, an assisted living facility that opened nearly a year...
SSCVA Hosts Holiday for Heroes to Honor Those Who Serve
Amelia and Ellie Buckner squealed with delight as they hurtled down the curving red slide atop Santa’s mountain at the South Shore Convention and Visitors Authority in Hammond Thursday night. The sisters, ages 2 ½ and 1, had just had a visit with...
A Northwest Indiana Life in the Spotlight: Paulette Young
Paulette Young has a philosophy that few, if any, others in her shoes would likely ever share. “I’m thankful for the gift of cancer,” Young said. The reason? “It’s because I can help a lot of other people with cancer, I hope,” the...
New “A Christmas Story” Window Benefits Opportunity Enterprises
Fans of the cult Christmas classic, “A Christmas Story” now have a new feature to check out at the Indiana Welcome Center’s annual “A Christmas Story” Comes Home display. At a special sneak peek Thursday a new window in the annual holiday...
Porter Drug Free Symposium Addresses Drug-free Workplaces
The statistics are grim when it comes to employee drug use. - Of employees who misuse drugs or alcohol, eighty percent steal from their employers. - Alcohol and other drug abusers use three times as many sick days, absent an average of five days a...