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Nicole Schuhrke of Griffith, right, listens to advice from supermarket tour guide Estelle Jensen as she choses items in the produce department at Ultra Fresh Foods in Gary.

Nutrition classes include supermarket tour

May 23, 2019 at 7:25 a.m.

Nicole Schuhrke of Griffith does her grocery shopping once a month, bringing home six carts of food for her nine-member family. As she consults her long list, she travels to...

Seamstress offers free sewing classes at Gary library

May 23, 2019 at 7:25 a.m.

Mary Harris-Brooks has taken her longtime hobby of sewing to another level — by offering free lessons at the Kennedy Branch of the Gary Public Library. "I decided to offer...

Pam Demore of Munster takes a whiff of a candle offered by Denise Molitsky of Gold Canyon Candles during the Girls Night Out fundraiser at Paws Resale Shoppe in Highland.

Girls Night Out benefits Humane Society Calumet Area

May 23, 2019 at 7:25 a.m.

Sisters Jennifer Williams of Crown Point and Jolene Carter of Homer Glen, Ill., live 50 miles apart, but make it a point to get together once a month for quality...

Paula Hauprich, right, of Hammond received a bone density test given by St. Catherine Hospital employee Cheyann Abreu. There are many ways to test for bone density, but the heel of the foot is a good screening indicator, according to Abreu.

Chronic Disease Fair at St. Catherine packed with good information

May 23, 2019 at 7:24 a.m.

Lizabeth and Javier Orozco of East Chicago aren't covered by medical insurance. So when a neighbor told them about the recent Chronic Disease Fair at St. Catherine Hospital in East...

Retired school teacher Joannette Willis of Gary, seated, contemplates moving her health care needs to Oak Street Health in Gary. When she attended a recent open house at the clinic, she was greeted by outreach director Ty Brown, left, and and outreach associate Michelle Thomas.

New health clinic in Gary focuses on seniors

May 23, 2019 at 7:24 a.m.

There's a new health clinic in town, and it's not like many others in the area. Oak Street Health, which focuses on adults using Medicare, opened its doors on Broadway...

Keri Moore of Hobart, left, takes a tip from Community Hospital nurse Anne Yakubill as she practices CPR on a mannequin.

CPR class geared toward educating regular folks

May 23, 2019 at 7:24 a.m.

Seventeen area residents recently participated in a Family and Friends CPR session at Community Hospital in Munster that included not only adult-sized mannequins but children- and infant-sized too. "I have...

Eagle Scout in Crown Point carries on family tradition

May 23, 2019 at 7:24 a.m.

Association with the Boy Scouts of America is continuous tradition with the Lilovich family of Crown Point. Daven Lilovich, 18, recently received the rank of Eagle Scout, an honor also...

Prom Queen Kim Pieramico (right) talks about the evening's agenda with her sisters, from left, Karen Grace of Crown Point, Marge Kelly of Crown Point and Sherry O'Donnell of Dyer.

Prom held in Hammond for those with special needs

May 23, 2019 at 7:24 a.m.

The main dining room at Dynasty Banquet Hall in Hammond recently resembled a high school gymnasium, complete with the arrival of the prom king and queen in a limousine. The...

Moe Pratt of Hobart received his Quilt of Valor and Patriot Guard Freedom Medal while seated in the back row of the hospital auditorium with his wife, Faith. Pratt is a veteran of both the Korean War and World War II.

Quilts offered as a tangible display of appreciation for veterans

May 23, 2019 at 7:24 a.m.

When Indiana Patriot Guard senior ride captain Dale Ready attended an Indianapolis ceremony for a fallen soldier from Northwest Indiana three years ago, he was surprised when he received a...

Ted Zale of Lansing, Mich., signs a book he wrote about his uncle, two-time middleweight boxing champion Tony Zale, at the Hammond Public Library. Before the booksigning, Zale gave a short biography of his famous uncle, a Gary native, and showed clips from some of his uncle's most famous fights.

Gary native remembers boxing great Tony Zale, his uncle

May 23, 2019 at 7:24 a.m.

Ted Zale's earliest memory of his uncle Tony Zale, a Gary native who was a two-time middleweight boxing champion, was when he was still just a boy. He listened in...

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