MERRILLVILLE – For each customer who enrolls in NIPSCO’s free paperless billing service between now and March 31, 2013, the company will donate $10 to Red Cross chapters across the state, to help provide critical services for people affected by disasters or coping with separation due to military assignments including community disaster planning and preparedness; […]
GARY – The Gary Economic Development Corp. (GEDC), the City of Gary, Accion, and the Northwest Indiana Small Business Development Center will host an open house to mark a new partnership and to kick off Accion and NWI SBDC’s office hours in Gary. It will Monday, Feb. 26, at Gary City Hall, 401 Broadway, at
MICHIGAN CITY – The Lubeznik Center for the Arts in Michigan City has announced classes for artists interested in glass and crochet and a show of the work by Midwestern artists. From 12:30 to 3 p.m. Saturday, Feb. 23, a Fused Glass class will be led by Twyla Butler. Basic glass working concepts will be
HAMMOND – The Indiana Welcome Center will feature an exhibit of artworks and illustrations by Mitch Markovitz from Feb. 1 through March 22. The exhibit, “Postcards from my Sixty-Two and Half Year Vacation,” will include early artwork, original paintings and original poster paintings from the South Shore Line poster series. Markovitz is best known for
GARY – Methodist Hospitals’ diabetes self-management education program has been awarded continued recognition from the American Diabetes Association. The ADA Education Recognition effort, begun in the fall of 1986, and is based on the National Standards for Diabetes Education that were developed by the National Advisory Board and endorsed by the diabetes community. It is
CROWN POINT – Kimberly Valich has joined the University of St. Francis Crown Point faculty as a full-time assistant professor. She earned a bachelor of science in nursing at St. Xavier University in 1989 and a master of science in nursing at University of Phoenix in 2002. She began her nursing career in intensive and
CROWN POINT – The Gamma Theta chapter of Crown Point’s Tri Kappa sorority is making decorated chocolate Easter eggs. The sale of the eggs is our chapter’s largest fundraiser, raising over $9,000 for Crown Point area high school scholarship programs. The sorority will make more than 5,000 Easter eggs on Friday, Feb. 22, from 3:30 to 9:30
MERRILLVILLE – The 20th annual Indiana Challenge at the Radisson Hotel at Star Plaza on is Thursday, Feb. 21. The competition is a DanceSport event and is sanctioned by the National Dance Council of America. Throughout the competition, there will be several special events. On Thursday, there will be a Dancing with the Local Stars
