Are you an eye donor? Many of us have checked the eye donor box on our driver’s license or state ID card, but do you really know what it means? Did you know you can be an eye donor even if you have cataracts, bad vision or have had lasik surgery?...
Methodist Hospitals
Street Closures for 2015 Ringing in Spring 5K
Come help Ring in Spring, with the Annual Ringing in Spring 5K, 10K, 5K Prediction Walk or the Kids Fun Run on Saturday, April 4th at the Valparaiso Family YMCA. This run benefits the Y’s Annual Community Assistance Campaign, which helps members of...
The Calumet Roundtable Raises Hundreds in Food Drive
The Calumet Roundtable fundraised over $300 and collected food items for the Food Bank of Northwest Indiana in a food drive that began on March 2 at Purdue University Calumet. The food drive was created by the students from COM 434 TV/Radio Practicum...
Porter Health Care System Honors Assistant Director After 37 Years of Service
After 37 years of service, Janet Levihn, assistant director for Porter Health Care System’s Food and Nutrition Services, has announced her retirement. Levihn began her career at Porter Health Care System as a Clinical Dietitian, providing diet...
Join us at the Memorial Opera House on Thursday, February 26 for LET’S DANCE
The concert will feature a variety of dance music from jazz to waltzes to ballet and more. Tickets are $12, and you can purchase them now at this link: http://tickets.mohlive.com/ordertickets.asp?p=489&backurl=default.asp The concert begins at...
Four Merrillville High School Students will Share the Value of their Internship Experience at Methodist Hospitals
After completing a 10 week internship rotation at Methodist Hospitals four Merrillville High School Students will be conducting presentations where they will share information pertaining to their internship experience at Methodist Hospitals. Medical...
Crown Point Businesses Invited to Participate in 2015 St. Patrick’s Day Window Decorating Contest
Mayor Uran’s Office of Special Events is inviting Crown Point businesses to help transform the downtown into a St. Patrick’s Day experience in anticipation of the annual St. Patrick’s Day Parade. Participating businesses in the downtown...
IU Northwest Festival of Dance Set for February 13-15, 2015
The Indiana University Northwest Dance Company invites the community for its annual Festival of Dance, set for 7:30 p.m., Feb. 13 and 14 and 2:30 p.m., Sunday, Feb. 15 at Theatre Northwest on Grant, 3660 Grant St., located one mile west of the main...
Westchester Public Library Briefs, December 30, 2014
Sunday Matinee at LSC to screen This is Where I Leave You Sunday Matinee will take place at the Library Service Center, 100 W. Indiana Avenue, Chesterton, at 1:30 pm on Sunday, January 11, with a showing of This is Where I Leave You. Westchester...
Highland Resident Graduating from Purdue Calumet with Job and Much More
Ask Sarah Kern to describe a high quality, college education, and she’ll tell you about caring, helpful professors and a campus learning environment that, as she puts it, “has enabled me to bloom.” The 24-year-old Highland resident is on track...