You’re Invited! This Memorial Day Weekend, downtown South Bend will transform into a massive Birthday Weekend Celebration, celebrating SB150 (our sesquicentennial), with 50,000 friends and neighbors! On May 22-24, 2015, visitors will experience food, kids’ activities, history, basketball, South Bend Cubs games, a zip line across the river, and plenty of music – including national performer […]
Thirteen NASCAR Sprint Cup teams are scheduled to test at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway on Wednesday, April 29. Defending Crown Royal 400 at the Brickyard race winner Jeff Gordon and reigning Sprint Cup Series champion Kevin Harvick are among the drivers scheduled to attend. The test is open to the public at the south terrace
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WEST LAFAYETTE — A professor at Purdue University who has studied the source of earthquakes in Nepal and other countries along the Tibetan Plateau says it is a very complex region influenced by powerful geologic forces. Lucy Flesch, an associate professor in the Department of Earth, Atmospheric and Planetary Sciences, uses GPS measurements of ground
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CROWN POINT — More than 60 companies are set to be recognized for their outstanding achievements in construction and safety at the 2015 Construction Awards Banquet, hosted by the Construction Advancement Foundation (CAF) and the Northwest Indiana Business Roundtable (NWIBRT). This year’s event will be held at the Avalon Manor in Merrillville, IN, on May
WEST LAFAYETTE — Researchers at Purdue University have discovered several technologies that support environmental protection, and some have been commercialized by startup companies. These technologies and companies include: * Biowall. A Purdue technology draws air from the building through plants placed in a wall. The plants remove hazardous chemicals and the filtered air is recirculated
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Jack Kapsa’s mixed media approach to his work incorporates photography and painting, using traditional and non-traditional dark room processes with digital image making to create surreal images. Exhibit open through June 28, 2015 at Art League Gallery. Artist Reception Friday, May 1, 2015 5:00 – 9:00 p.m. Gallery Talk with the artist at 6:30 p.m.
Members of the Franciscan St. Anthony Health-Michigan City Guild of Volunteers presented hospital president James Callaghan, MD, a check for $80,000, to be used to purchase medical equipment, during their annual awards luncheon April 14. Callaghan thanked the group for its “selfless dedication.” “Every year, I marvel at how the guild is able to raise
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Porter Regional Hospital will offer Healthy Heart Diet classes in May. 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, May 5 and 12 and from 6 to
