When Earl Ward first heard about growing food in a mostly-closed aquatic system by using fish waste for nutrients, "aquaponics" wasn't even a word. In fact even as I wrote this, a squiggly red line indicated that as far as Microsoft Word is...
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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...
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As the sub-zero temperatures shifted back to the arctic where they belong, I sat down with Lora Larkin, owner of Pay One Price Photography, and a 100-lb Mastiff named Max who hasn't figured out he isn't a lap dog yet. Besides the puppy, Larkin's...
Read MoreA Northwest Indiana Life in the Spotlight: Julie Romano
Business Owner. Wife. Mother. Volunteer. There are many words to describe Julie Romano, but the best would be Animal Lover. Julie Romano was born and raised in Highland, Indiana where she met and married her husband. Together they own Romano's Pizza,...
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"Actor, singer, magician, school mascot, coach – you name it I do it." These are the bragging rights for William Akins, a Merrillville High School student and extremely involved and talented eighteen-year-old. Born in Gary and raised in...
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Over the past weekend I was blessed with the opportunity to sit down and talk with one very special woman. Patricia Hamilton, Pat to most people, uses her time to put towards volunteering in order to make her community a little better. Pat grew up on...
Read MoreA Northwest Indiana Life in the Spotlight: Serena Sutliff
Driving down Porter Avenue in Chesterton, you might see an old-fashioned mansion with the middle school behind it and a neighborhood of houses across the street. Against those surroundings, the brick mansion may seem out of place, which is funny...
Read MoreA Northwest Indiana Life in the Spotlight: Mike Bazin
Having reached the pinnacle of the high school coaching world after only two seasons as head coach of the Crown Point High School boys soccer team, Mike Bazin’s next goal is to make sure Crown Point remains as a name to be reckoned with on the...
Read MoreA Northwest Indiana Life in the Spotlight: Paul “Crazy Legs” Stofko
As a man who’s made it his business to keep people active, one could say Paul “Crazy Legs” Stofko teaches by example; with everything he’s involved in, it’s hard to believe he still has the energy to train for “ultra” runs himself. We...
Read MoreA 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...
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