MERRILLVILLE – TradeWinds Services recently hosted their 20th annual fundraising Gala in the Celebrity Ballroom in the Radisson at Star Plaza. CEO Jon Gold reported the event raised over $54,000. This year’s committee chose a “Ports of Call” adventure and offered the cuisines of Genoa, Hong Kong, Barcelona, London, New York and Marseille at food […]
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West Lafayette-The F4 tornado that crippled Moore, Oklahoma this week is a very rare event, says Michael Baldwin, Associate Professor of Earth, Atmospheric and Planetary Sciences, Purdue University, West Lafayette. Most tornados, he explains, are weaker ones— EF0 to EF1—in the United States and here in Indiana. He says that Indiana has experienced serious tornados,
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INDIANAPOLIS – Finishing first in the Indy Car series in 2012, Ryan Hunter-Reay says after qualifying this past Saturday, “I’m a happy driver with a car that can win any week. That makes me a very happy person.” He goes on to say how everyone working with team owner, Michael Andretti, is happy to be
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OKLAHOMA CITY – The devastating May tornadoes have left most Oklahomans stunned and wondering what they could do to help. United Way of Central Oklahoma advises that monetary donations are the best way to assist. The organization activated its disaster relief fund on Monday where individuals may contribute specifically to the May tornadoes relief and
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MUNSTER, IN – Beginning at 11:30 a.m. on Monday, May 27, the men and women of Munster VFW Post 2697 will conduct a ceremony at the Edward P. Robinson Community Veterans Memorial. The public is invited to take part in the activities planned at the park in remembrance of the men and women of our
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WESTVILLE – The Indiana Commission for Higher Education has granted approval to Purdue University North Central for the College of Engineering and Technology to offer a bachelor’s degree in civil engineering. PNC students will have the opportunity to enroll in these bachelor’s degree classes this fall. This becomes the 23rd bachelor’s degree program offered by
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SOUTH BEND – The CPA firm of Kruggel, Lawton & Company LLC, has announced that five of its professionals have been awarded the Chartered Global Management Accountant designation. They are Rita Hochstedler, Leslie Hoeppner, Rita Miller, Kevin Zink, and Margene Zink. The CGMA designation was created in 2012 through collaboration between two of the most
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GARY – Gary Mayor Karen Freeman-Wilson joined the board of directors of The Gary/Chicago International Airport Authority has dedicated the new $11.6 million Airport Road overpass in honor of World War II Tuskegee Airman Quentin P. Smith, long-time Gary leader, educator and recipient of the Congressional Gold Medal. The Quentin P. Smith Tuskegee Airman Memorial
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Porter-Starke Services Foundation will host its 4th Annual Living Health, Balance & Hope Symposium and Breakfast with Dan Gediman, Executive Producer of the popular NPR radio series “This I Believe” on Thursday, May 23, 2013 at 8:00am at Valparaiso University’s Harre Union located at 1509 Chapel Drive in Valparaiso, Indiana. Using the inspirational power of
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SCHERERVILLE – Regency Centers Corp., a national owner, operator and developer of grocery-anchored and community shopping centers, has begun construction on the first phase of Shops on Main, a 147,851-square-foot community shopping center anchored by Gordmans, Ross Dress for Less, HomeGoods and DSW Designer Shoe Warehouse. The center is located at the intersection of U.S.
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