Jerry Davich – Page 25

Julie Teixeira, the parent who co-organized the "Happiness Wall" event at Solon Robinson Elementary School in Crown Point on March 20, 2018.

Davich: Finding happiness is easy; keeping it is more difficult

December 14, 2018 at 6:00 p.m.

One after another, students walked up to the "Happiness Wall" across from the school cafeteria and plastered it with handwritten messages or drawings. Each message began with "I will share...

Dennis Norman, right, with his former student, Matt Atherton, at Willowcreek Middle School, where Norman began his teaching career in 1962.

Most students have an ‘all-time favorite teacher’ — who was yours?

December 14, 2018 at 5:39 p.m.

Dennis Norman didn't bring any props or visual aids. He didn't have a PowerPoint presentation with photos or graphics. He didn't have any handout materials to share with this class...

From a distance, the Gary Area Career Center looks like an abandoned warehouse, according to its director, Michelle Meadows.

After years of neglect, Gary Area Career Center invites students to discover ‘unused potential’

December 14, 2018 at 5:28 p.m.

From a distance, the Gary Area Career Center looks like an abandoned warehouse. A few vehicles parked outside. Another rusted-out building in the Steel City. Inside, however, it feels like...

‘Maddy the caddie’ wins friends and a scholarship

December 14, 2018 at 5:10 p.m.

Maddy Haskell had no clue what a caddie did when she showed up for work three years ago at Long Beach Country Club. Then a Chesterton High School freshman, she...

Kelly Asbell celebrates her 40th birthday March 21 by performing 40 acts of kindness for strangers, which she listed on paper.

Valparaiso woman with cystic fibrosis celebrates 40th birthday with 40 acts of kindness

December 14, 2018 at 5:01 p.m.

Kelly Asbell pulled out a fresh bouquet of tulips from her vehicle and hustled into Avalon Springs Health Campus in Valparaiso. "Is there a resident here who could use a...

Twitter, it turns out, is an excellent platform for spreading actual news.

New study proves old truth: Lies travel faster than facts

December 14, 2018 at 4:40 p.m.

In 1710, the sharp-tongued satirist Jonathan Swift wrote, "Falsehood flies, and the Truth comes limping after it." In 1821, William Tudor, editor of the literary publication, "The North American Review,"...

Upon exiting the building, Evanston HS students carried signs during their walkout to supporting the Parkland, FL shooting victims on Wednesday, March 14.

Post-Parkland gun reform protests a chance for older generations to pass the torch of social activism

December 14, 2018 at 4:31 p.m.

Ollie Grcich used a bullhorn to rally fellow students outside Valparaiso High School after they walked out of school Wednesday to demonstrate against gun violence. She gave opening remarks to...

Abandoned buildings ‘lost to time’ fascinate Crown Point videographer

December 14, 2018 at 4:19 p.m.

Joel Henderson pulled out his trusty smartphone in lightning quick fashion, like a gunslinger in the Old West. The 38-year-old father of three from Crown Point has used it to...

Davich: AR-556 shooting experience triggers unexpected feedback from gun owners

December 14, 2018 at 3:58 p.m.

I've written dozens of columns on gun-related issues over the past 20 years, but I've never heard from so many gun owners as I did in response to my latest...

Wirt-Emerson Academy in the Miller section of Gary is scheduled to be closed permanently after this academic school year.

‘Old Troopers never die’: Saying one last goodbye to Wirt before its closing

December 14, 2018 at 3:45 p.m.

It felt like visiting an old friend who is dying. But it was important that I visited my former high school while it was still teeming with life, not abandoned...

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