Mr. Stacey Poynter has been named District Director of the U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA) Indiana District Office. He succeeds Gail Gesell who recently retired in 2014. Stacey has been employed by the agency for the past seven years. During his tenure he has held multiple positions in the Indiana District Office including Lead Lender […]
Indiana should surpass the nation in GDP and income growth. by Michael J. Hicks, Ph.D. As 2014 wrapped up, economic growth for the first three quarters was 2.3 percent. This is close to the 2 percent growth I predicted a year earlier. Growth in the third quarter showed a marked improvement from the 1.2 percent
Are you looking for relief from winter’s icy, gloomy grip on our region? If an evening out for an outstanding dinner, great comedy, and the opportunity to mingle with other winter-weary people sounds like fun, join us for a fundraising event that will support vital services provided by a local organization. This special event, Stand
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Blair Milo returns to LaPorte and becomes problem-solving mayor. by Michael Puente Blair Milo could be living a pretty incredible life in Washington, D.C. A little more than three years ago, that’s exactly what she was doing. The 28-year-old was wrapping up a five-year career in the U.S. Navy that saw her serve two deployments
MUNSTER — WGN veteran sports anchor Rich King is the guest speaker for the 8th annual Share the Love event, Wed, Feb. 11 at the Center for Visual & Performing Arts in Munster. Sponsored by the Friends of the Cancer Resource Centre in conjunction with the auxiliaries of Community Hospital, St. Catherine Hospital and St.
Porter Health Care System recently named Darlene McCrammer, director of Porter’s Chandana Surgery Center, as Porter’s Clinical Manager of the Year, and Debbie Bachman, director of Risk Management, as Porter’s Non-Clinical Manager of the Year. As Director of the Chandana Surgery Center and the Center for Digestive Health, McCrammer supervises all services provided at each
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INDIANAPOLIS — The Indiana Repertory Theatre (IRT) brings Lois Lowry’s Newbery Award-winning children’s novel, The Giver, to its Upperstage. This cross-generational story engages both adults who grew up reading the novel and children who are reading it for the first time. In this play, adapted by Eric Coble and directed by IRT’s Associate Artistic Director Courtney
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WESTVILLE — Purdue University North Central was recently recognized by the Carnegie Foundation for its ongoing commitment to community engagement. The Foundation announced that 240 institutions received the 2015 Community Engagement Classification, an honor PNC earned in 2010 alongside 121 other institutions, bringing the total number of Community Engaged institutions to 361. “It is a
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STARKE COUNTY — Everett James, director of engineering, and Michael Sharkozy, project engineer, who make up the Thermo Products Design Engineering Development Team, recently were inducted into the 2014-2015 class of the Society of Innovators of Northwest Indiana. The award recognizes individuals, teams and organizations that have proven themselves as innovators in the seven-county area,
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Porter Health Care System will offer Healthy Heart Diet classes in February. The free classes will provide an understanding on how to read food labels and choose heart-healthy food, along with teaching basic heart healthy food preparation tips. Classes will be held from 1 to 2:30 p.m., Tuesdays, Feb. 3 and 17 and from 6
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