MERRILLVILLE – The Quality of Life Council, the Lake County Advancement Committee and the Shared Ethics Advisory Commission will host a seminar, “Ethics in Government: Northwest Indiana at the Crossroads,” from 8 to 10:30 a.m. Friday, March 11, at Avalon Manor. The program is free, but reservations to attend are needed by March […]
Indiana’s deepwater port at Burns Harbor on Lake Michigan stokes the state’s economy to the tune of $14 billion a year and provides more than 104,000 direct and indirect jobs. It’s a key component of Northwest Indiana’s economic engine – and it could all disappear on Jan. 1, 2012, if an environmental provision put in
Chicago Bears For ticket and team information, visit chicagobears.com. (All seats in 61,500-seat Soldier Field are sold out for the 2010 season, but additions to the waiting list are accepted with a $100 non-refundable deposit.) Training camp opens July 30 at 3 p.m. at Olivet Nazarene University in Bourbonnais, Ill., and ends Aug. 19. Admission
Sports Play Ball! Pros take the field in Chicago and Northwest Indiana. Ticket information Chicago Cubs www.chicago.cub.mlb.com Chicago White Sox www.chicago.whitesox.mlb.com South Bend Silver Hawks 574/235-9988 www.silverhawks.com Gary RailCats 219/882-2255 www.railcatsbaseball.com Chicago baseball is smiling. The season has just begun and both the Cubs and White Sox are in the thick of a pennant race.
Sports School Spirit College football is a big deal at Indiana’s big three sports institutions. Major college football in Indiana For more information on Indiana’s major college football programs, visit these websites: University of Notre Dame www.und.com Purdue University www.purduesports.com Indiana University iuhoosiers.cstv.com College football fans in Indiana are excited about a new season. Fall
WEST LAFAYETTE – Purdue University has announced it has received double-digit increases in research funding and the number of new patents issued for Purdue technologies. Joseph B. Hornett, senior vice president and chief operating officer of Purdue Research Foundation, and Richard O. Buckius, vice president for research, reported a record $438 million in
CROWN POINT – The Franciscan St. Anthony Health-Crown Point Auxiliary recently presented a $100,000 check to the hospital’s Capital Campaign. David Ruskowski, hospital president, thanked the auxiliary for the donation and for its other donations over the years. Since the hospital opened in 1974, the auxiliary has raised more than $2 million.
HOBART – The Northwest Indiana Quality of Life Council will hold an education summit, “Educating Our Way to a Better Economy,” at 3 p.m. on Wednesday, Feb. 23 at Hobart High School, 2211 E. 10th St. The deadline to register is Wednesday, Feb. 16, at Center of Workforce Innovations, 2804 Boilermaker Court, Suite
