INDIANAPOLIS – Screenings at the Heartland Film Festival began Oct. 15 and one of the opening films was “Soul Thunder,” about how Conrad “Prof” Johnson turned a mediocre high school jazz band into a sensational award winning phenomenon at Kashmere High School in Texas. The documentary was a tribute to a remarkable music …
CROWN POINT – The expansion of the Purdue Technology Center of Northwest Indiana will be at 2 p.m. Tuesday (today) at 9000 Connecticut Drive. The keynote speaker is U.S. Rep. Pete Visclosky, D-Merrillville, who was instrumental in getting the center locate in Northwest Indiana. The $2.2 million, 12,000-square-foot expansion brings the Purdue Technology Center to …
WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Sen. Richard Lugar, R-Indianapolis, will receive the National Association of Manufacturers Award for Manufacturing Legislative Excellence for his consistent support of manufacturing in the United States. “Sen. Lugar has demonstrated a true understanding of manufacturing’s key role in our economy and has acted to maintain and create manufacturing jobs …
MERRILLVILLE – As part of Breast Cancer Awareness month, the Barden-Gary Foundation will honor breast cancer survivors at a Jubilation Celebration from 6-9:30 p.m. Friday, Oct. 22 at the Radisson Hotel. After a pre-networking session, attendees will break into groups and travel by limousine to one of 19 restaurants or venues. They include …
LAPORTE – Tickets for the 16th annual LaPorte Hospital Foundation Holiday at the Pops program are on sale. The concert is 7 p.m. Saturday, Dec. 11, at the LaPorte Civic Auditorium, 1001 Ridge St. Doors open at 6 p.m. Entertainment will be provided by the LaPorte County Symphony Orchestra, directed by Philip Bauman. …
VALPARAISO – Porter Health System has announced that interventional radiologist Amjad Alkadri recently performed Porter Hospital’s first translumbar type II endoleak repair. “Endoleak is the most commonly identified complication that occurs in patients who undergo endovascular grafting,” said Alkadri. “What endoleak means is that blood flow occurs within the aneurysm sac.” He explained …
CROWN POINT – The Northwest Indiana Small Business Development Center is holding a seminar from 6 to 8 p.m. Tuesday, Oct. 19, on starting your own business. The seminar will focus on the challenges of business ownership and examine the ability of entrepreneurs to handle the challenges involved in business ownership. The seminar …
LAPORTE – The Visiting Nurse Association Hospice of LaPorte Regional Health System will hold a bereavement support group series on Mondays from Oct. 28 to Nov. 18. The series, “Moving from Grief to Hope and Healing,” will be held from 5 to 6:30 p.m. at the First Church of God, 2020 E. Lincolnway, …
INDIANAPOLIS – As part of the 2010 Heartland Film Festival that runs from Oct. 14-23, eleven high school filmmakers will debut their films. Among those films is “Clay,” by John Gordon, about a boy left in the rubble of the Jan. 12 Haitian earthquake; “Glimpse of Horizon,” by Regina Nicholson, about a teenage …
GARY – John Betjemann, 70, the former president and chief executive officer of Methodist Hospitals, has died. He was a hospital executive for nearly 40 years. Mr. Betjemann died of complications of Parkinson’s disease. Mr. Betjemann came to Northwest Indiana in 1980 after being named president and CEO of Methodist Hospitals. Before that, he …
