GARY – A Gary woman has received the Inspire Award for her effort at helping inner city youth realize their potential and understand the importance of education, hard work, self respects and teamwork. The Inspire Award was created to celebrate the efforts of seven individuals and one organization for mentoring. Toi Baylor […]
WEST LAFAYETTE – Purdue University is part of a new consortium set up to improve the competitiveness and innovation capacity of small- and medium-sized businesses. The National Digital Engineering and Manufacturing Consortium was announced March 2 in Washington, D.C. The project is being led by The Council on Competitiveness, a nonpartisan group of
WANATAH – The fourth LaPorte County Rural Summit, “Think Regionally, but Act Locally,” will be from 8 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. (CST) Tuesday, March 15, at the Wanatah American Legion Hall, 203 S. Washington St. The morning session will focus on “What’s Happening in Northwest Indiana” and “Our Future to 2040.” In the
MERRILLVILLE – The fourth annual Build Indiana Summit will be from 7:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. (CST) Friday, March 18, at the Radisson Star Plaza. Sponsors are NIPSCO, the Northwest Indiana Forum and Porter County Alliance. The summit is designed to provide a clearer picture of the benefits of doing business in Northwest
MICHIGAN CITY, Ind. – MCTD, Inc., a Michigan City designer and manufacturer of custom machinery, tooling and fixtures has acquired Quality Industrial Services of LaPorte, according to a joint announcement from MCTD President Timothy J. Johnson and Richard Weller, owner of QIS. Details of the acquisition were not revealed, but Johnson and Weller
HAMMOND – Purdue University Calumet and the Center for Innovation Through Visualization and Simulation will be featured at the Chancellor’s Breakfast from 7:30 to 9 a.m. Wednesday, April 6. The meeting will be held in the Student Union & Library, Alumni Hall on the third floor. The meeting was originally scheduled for Feb.
PORTAGE – The Portage Economic Development Corp. has announced the hiring of Bert Cook as executive director. He is a native Portage, graduated from Portage High School and is a graduate of Purdue University North Central with a degree in business management. For the past five years Cook worked for the Greater LaPorte Economic Development
VALPARAISO – To help women learn more about daVinci Robotic Surgery, Porter Health System’s Healthy Women Program will hold a “Just Say NO to Abdominal Hysterectomy” seminar. Cheryl Short, an OB/GYN, will present the program at 6:30 p.m. Wednesday, March 2, at the hospital’s Education & Rehabilitation Campus, 1401 Calumet Ave., Valparaiso.
GARY – The Society of Innovators of Northwest Indiana, based at Ivy Tech Community College Northwest’s Gerald I. Lamkin Innovation & Entrepreneurship Center, has announced two innovators of the month. Karen Denyse Hannon was inspired by her 3-month-old son to launch a functional children’s wear line, Lounge N Lax, from her home in
It’s uncertain if the paths of Vivian Carter and John Maniotes ever crossed. It wouldn’t have been impossible for Maniotes to have at least heard of Carter, who was a pioneer in rhythm and blues radio in the 1950s in Gary. One thing is for sure: Both will forever be entwined. Carter and Maniotes are
