MUNSTER – Briar Ridge Country Club held its second annual Golf for a Cure recently, and raised $2,068 for the Community Cancer Research Foundation. “Before we reorganized our golf outing, we participated in Rally for the Cure, a national grassroots program that works to spread awareness about breast health and breast cancer,” said …
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Cary Supalo, a Purdue University alumnus and founder and president of Independence Sciences LLC (located in the Purdue Research Park in West Lafayette) was at the White House Monday demonstrating his products to help students affected by blindness and low vision. Supalo, a blind chemist who recently earned a doctorate …
INDIANAPOLIS – Megan Bradshaw and Dawn Devine, nurses with St. Francis Hospital & Health Centers in Indianapolis, have been named the first recipients of the hospital’s DAISY Awards. They are part of The DAISY Foundation, a nationwide program that recognizes extraordinary nurses. Bradshaw works in the critical care unit at St. Francis …
MERRILLVILLE – The campaign chairs for the United Way serving Lake and Porter counties will be on Lakeshore Public Television’s “Lakeshore Focus” with Dan Lowery at 8:30 p.m. Friday, Sept. 24. Ray Kasmark, business manager for the International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers Local 697, the chairman of the Lake Area United Way campaign, …
INDIANAPOLIS – Patrick Raftery of Indianapolis has joined Centier Bank as vice president of business banking. He will be responsible for businesses in Indianapolis and central Indiana. Raftery has 28 years of banking experience. He is a graduate of Indiana University and received his MBA from Butler University. He spent 11 years in …
SOUTH BEND – The South Bend Symphony Orchestra will present Masterworks I: With One Voice at 8 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 2, in the Morris Performing Arts Center. Maestro Tsung Yeh and the South Bend Symphony Orchestra open the 78th season with the “Firebird Suite” by Stravinsky and the World Premiere of “Requiem for the …
CHESTERTON – The Duneland Business Initiative Group, the Wizard of Oz Festival Committee and the South Shore Poster Art Management unveiled a new South Shore Poster Thursday at the Flower Cart, 145 S. Calumet. Artist Mitch Markovitz was at the event to sign the commemorative poster. The Wizard of Oz Festival continues through Sunday, Sept. 19 in downtown …
SOUTH BEND – Mayor Stephen J. Luecke has announced that South Bend is the first community in northern Indiana to be designated a Bicycle Friendly Community by the League of American Bicyclists. South Bend is now one of 158 communities in 43 states that have provided safe accommodation for cycling and encouraging residents …
MERRILLVILLE – The Purdue Technology Center of Northwest Indiana will host a biodiesel event at the Purdue Research Park in AmeriPlex at the Crossroads, from 9 a.m. to noon Wednesday, Sept. 15. Hoon Ge, a chemical engineer, will be the guest speaker at the Lake Michigan Consortium-U.S. Biodiesel Event. It is sponsored by CountryMark …
INDIANAPOLIS – The Indiana CPA Society will hold its annual conference Tuesday, Sept. 21 at the Marriott East in Indianapolis. Keynote speaker is Ralph Nach of Loscalzo Associates Ltd., who will provide information on accounting standards. For more information on the conference, contact Jenifer Groth at (317) 726-5010 or e-mail jgroth@incpas.org.
