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Naturalist Alisha Zick colors with Genevieve Driscoll, 7, of Chesterton, during a recent Critter Camp session.

Critter Camp mixes kids, nature

May 23, 2019 at 7:40 a.m.

Some kids have never seen Lake Michigan. Some have never walked near sand dunes. Others think they hate bugs. That is, until they spend a week at Critter Camp, a...

One scene in the play includes an impassioned sermon by a small-town preacher.

Highland Summer Outdoor Theater marks 35 years with performance of ‘Footloose’

May 23, 2019 at 7:40 a.m.

It started more than three decades ago, with 76 trombones and trouble in River City. That 1981 performance of "The Music Man" began a tradition that continues — the Highland...

Nora Koleno, 5, gets ready to enjoy her meal.

Corny fact: Highland event a favorite

May 23, 2019 at 7:40 a.m.

Munster resident Sal Lagosta summed up why more than 1,000 people devoured 2,700 ears of corn at the annual roast sponsored by the Highland Rotary Club. "This may sound corny...

WIld West re-enactor Charlie Graham used a pretend straight razor to shave parks volunteer Coleman Wells of Portage. Visitors were treated to history lessons of the early 1900s as they traveled through the Buckley Homestead during the barn's 100 year birthday party.

‘A birthday party for a barn’

May 23, 2019 at 7:39 a.m.

It was all about the barn. The oversized, well-worn structure that greets visitors to Buckley Homestead is officially one century old. And the Lake Co. Parks Department, which owns the...

Aliana Bravo, 5, of Dyer, wants to make sure the dollhouse she is interested in has all its parts and works well.

Youth merchants sell wares at Kids Garage Sale

May 23, 2019 at 7:39 a.m.

It's not every weekend that youngsters have an opportunity to sell unwanted items, learn how to make deals and close the sale, and put the profits in their own pockets....

Hammond College Bound students sold soft drinks and water during the Polka Party event in Hammond.

Hammond Polka Party has hundreds hopping

May 23, 2019 at 7:39 a.m.

Thomas and Mary Porowiec of Chicago belong to a large group of Polish relatives who routinely get together each summer. This year, they chose the recent 13th annual Polka Party...

Richard and Vera Witlow of Cedar Lake made a note of ideas for their garden while on the tour.

Tour features yards that are back in bloom

May 23, 2019 at 7:38 a.m.

Darla and James Gallagher of Crown Point just purchased a new home and have been facing landscaping issues for the past three months. "The foliage around the house is overgrown...

This is the Octave Chanute Glider replica memorial recently installed at the Gary Ivy Tech campus. The glider is fitting at this location because of its origins in the nearby Dunes. Chanute tested flying experiments off the Indiana Dunes in 1896.

Chanute replica glides into Gary

May 23, 2019 at 7:38 a.m.

When pilot Ken Rapier flew his red-tail airplane over the crowd gathered on the Ivy Tech campus in Gary, he was greeted with red, white and blue flags waving on...

Bob Baringer of Riverdale and Frank Carrington of Crown Point explain the construction of their remote control airplanes.

Hobbyists take flight at Shepherd Center event

May 23, 2019 at 7:37 a.m.

The drone flying high in the air was an eye opener for brothers Brian Kozik, 10, and Jeremiah Kozik, 2, of Portage. The colorful drone kept them entranced for several...

A group of children from Hobart's Caring Hearts Ministry use shelling devices to remove corn kernels from cobs of corn.

Deep River County Park offers weekday adventures

May 23, 2019 at 7:37 a.m.

Pam Castro has been checking out affordable activities for her summer camp children at South Lake Worship Center in Hobart, who range in age from 5 to 12 years old....

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