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INSIDE STORY Future of Chesterton 4

CURRENTS Purdue North Central 6 IUN 8 Ivy Tech 10 Valparaiso University 12 SANDS OF TIME Bill Bailey, CHS Teacher Celebrates 50 Years 14 HELPING HANDS Eighth Grade Reality Store 16 MAKING WAVES

Duneland Chamber Events 18 LAUNCH PAD

Welcoming New Members 28 MILESTONES Celebrating Member Anniversaries 30

Kyle Telechan / PhotographerKyle Telechan, photographer, has done freelance work for the Times of Northwest Indiana since graduating from Indiana University in 2007 and has over eleven years of experience in photojournalism. His interest in nature, architecture, and urban decay drives much of his non-photojournalistic work. Kyle currently lives in Portage with his wife Elise.

Beth Luncsford / Marketing DirectorBeth has over six years of experience in the design and publishing industry. After obtaining her degree in Graphic Design, she worked as a graphic artist for Lake Maga-zine in LaPorte. She later worked at Schofield Media in Chicago, where she was responsible for the design and layout of four industry publications. A lifelong resident of northwest Indiana, Beth currently lives in Michigan City with her husband, Aaron, and their young son Jacob.

Heather Augustyn / Managing EditorHeather Augustyn is a Chesterton native. She has been a correspondent for the Times of Northwest Indiana since 2004 and she teaches English composition at Purdue University North Central and writing at Chesterton Montessori School. She has published four books on ska music and lives in Chesterton with her husband and their two sons, Sid and Frank.

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50 YEARS OF TEACHING Bill Bailey8th Grade Reality Store Preparing students for real life

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In 2006, local business leaders part-nered with Chesterton High School to expose students to the real-life economic issues and dynamics of the Town of Chesterton, create awareness for senior students on issues confront-ing local business owners and town government, and allow students to present their ideas to the Chesterton Town Council in a special meeting.

Students worked on an issue facing the town, such as whether or not to hire a town manager, which was recommended and came to fruition; website

development, which was utilized by the town; and other issues of economic development. One decade later, that program still exists to achieve similar goals, and Chesterton High School Assistant Principal Judy Malasto who now heads up the program says that they have adapted the program to meet the needs ofstudents today.

Malasto says that the program founders and administrators provided the springboard for the current class which was recently revived and modified. “When the program started, the students in the program took an honors economics class, so they were largely speech and debaters, International Baccalaureate students, and students on the general education path, so it was a mix. Chesterton High School Principal Jeff Van Drie took over, but then we

had some shifting in staff members and there was a two-year break. We felt there had to be a real value to the student with a mission of providing them with an opportunity acquire real life skills—a real life problem to work through and gain from,” she says. Working with administrators and teachers, Malasto incorporated the program into a new class. She explains, “We felt that we would develop a new class called Advanced Business and incorporate the program into this class, as the final project. We are in the process of working with Purdue North Central to get it approved as a dual-credit business class. We then targeted students interested in business, so two thirds of the students are business minded and the other third have a strong sense of community and want to be involved with something that impacts ourcommunity.”

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The focus of the program is still economic development, and Malasto says that this year the project was centered on the arts. “The project the students are working on this year is the idea of an arts district in our community, so they met with Town Manager Bernie Doyle to get his input and they have spoken to other community members and have conducted a lot of research. They interviewed a number of people to gain the idea of what this arts district will look like. We’ve left the concept of an arts district wide open so that there is no clear-cut recommendation. Through their research, the students see that an arts district can mean music, food, literature, and it’s not just public art. There are different ways the students propose thoughts and ideas, such as bringing in smaller festivals or music venues, and some want to extend the European Market so there’s a lot of collaboration. There are different angles they all took. Three different groups worked independently and they culminate their projects in a presentation. They also provide a business plan and work with Jim Ton because he has past experience with the town programs, the town council, and as apast administrator so that’s really nice.”

Malasto says that the overall goal of the Advanced Business class is to show the students that Chesterton is a vital business community and that they are all active members. Additionally, she says they want to give students the tools they need to continue to be active in their communities throughout their lives. “We want to give kids opportunities to grow at the school and our strong curriculum is an important partof that.”

InternshIp Class for 2016

If you are interested in having an outstanding Chesterton High school student intern

at your business, please contact Judy Malasto

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Help keep students in the region.

Since 1967, Purdue North Central has been growing leaders in the region. PNC offers its students degrees in programs that will help open doors to meaningful, secure careers. PNC has more than 13,000 alumni and most live in Northwest Indiana, but PNC alums live and work in 49 states and five countries. Walk into any hospital, healthcare facility or school in the area and chances are you’ll find a PNC graduate at work. You’ll also find PNC graduates at work in engineering, construction and technology firms, banking, accounting, marketing, media, social work and beyond. Many PNC graduates go on to graduate school. PNC graduates have gone on to medical school, veterinary school, pharmacy school, dental school, and more. This year, PNC will change names as the organization of the campus undergoes unification with Purdue Calumet.

Purdue North Central in Westville and Purdue Calumet in hammond are only 35 miles apart, and this year they will officially become one entity— Purdue university Northwest.

Once unification is complete, Purdue Northwest will

be a comprehensive university enrolling approximately

16,000 students, employing more than 1,500 faculty

and staff, and offering more than 45 graduate and

undergraduate programs of study on two campuses.

The two campus locations will be respectively identified

as Purdue University Northwest-Calumet and

Purdue University Northwest-North Central.

James Dworkin, chancellor of Purdue University

North Central says that the unification will benefit the

entire region. “Both campuses already have many

strengths, but by working together closely we will be

able to create an even stronger presence in the many

communities which we serve. In the final analysis, we

will be better able to serve our students, which should

always be our highest priority. Thomas Keon,

chancellor at Purdue Calumet who will serve as

chancellor of PNW says, “Northwest Indiana is ready

for a more enriched Purdue University with strong

academic programs, strong faculty and quality students

to enhance the community and economic development,”

he said. “By investing administrative costs in faculty,


Purdue North Central and Purdue Calumet Become One Purdue University Northwest


students and programs, we can build an expanded

vision of educational excellence for the region that

will endure for years.”

Additionally, PNW in Westville moves forward with

their new Student Services and Activities Complex, a building that is 10 years in the making. The $33.4

million building will be paid for through $3.7 million

in gifts, along with $5 million to be paid from student

fees and state support of $24.7 million. The Student

Services and Activities Complex is expected to become

the center of student activity on campus. With a

gymnasium, walking track, exercise rooms, locker

rooms, study lounge and meeting rooms for student

clubs, PNW at Westville students will have a place to

work out, study or socialize when not attending class.

The athletic facilities will allow the intramural sports

program to grow to include more sports, giving more

student athletes the opportunity to enjoy their favorite

sports and activities. When complete, the building

will include 102,239 gross square feet, bleacher seating

capacity of 1,361, total event capacity of 2,065, a Great

Hall with a seated banquet capacity of 500 and a

seated event capacity of 980.

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Indiana university Northwest offers more than 70 undergraduate degrees from within the School of Education, College of arts and Sciences, College of health and human Services, and School of Business and Economics, and more than 20 graduate degree and certificate programs for professionals or postgraduates seeking to advance their career. They are are also home to

the IU School of Medicine-Northwest-Gary, which

serves as the region’s only medical school and both

this medical school and the campus itself are expanding

to meet the needs of the region.

The Indiana University Northwest campus will most

noticeably expand with the completion of their new

Arts & Sciences Building. The facility will be a three-story, 126,300-square-foot building to be shared with

Ivy Tech Community College and construction is on

schedule. The $45 million building is expected to open

for fall semester 2017. Half of the building will house

IU Northwest’s fine and performing arts programs,

as well as academic and administration space for the

College of Arts and Sciences. The building will also include a 500-seat auditorium and a black-box theater.

Thirty percent of the building will be occupied by Ivy

Tech science programs, and it will be a one-stop shop

for enrollment and admission services. The remainder

of the building will include classrooms and informal

study spaces to be shared by both campuses.

Indiana University Northwest also seeks to expand through the increase of their online offerings.

According to Angela Solic, associate director for IU

Northwest’s Center for Innovation & Scholarship in

Teaching and Learning (CISTL), from January to June

of 2015, CISTL supported the development of 30

online courses that were eligible to be offered in IU

Online Course Connect, which took IUN’s number of

courses open to other campus students from 23 last

spring to 59 courses for this spring! In addition,

almost 50 faculty members have been trained in the

last year to teach online. Finally, IUN is second in the

system behind IU East in the percentage of students

taking at least one online course (35%). More

instructors are utilizing audio, video, screen casting

apps, and interactive tools to make course content

interesting for students and are using video and audio

discussions that are built in to create connected

communities of learners.

IU Northwest has also established a connection to

the IU School of Medicine-Northwest-Gary and

progress is being made toward local residencies. Dr.

Pat Bankston, associate dean of the medical school at

Indiana University Northwest in Gary, says that the

program seeks to provide medical residencies to

students seeking to become doctors and these

partnerships are essential to that goal. “The fact that

we have so many agencies involved means they

understand the potential of residencies for what it

could mean for the kind of physicians we have here,

the quality of health care for our citizens and a

long-term solution for the physician shortage,”

said Bankston.


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Ivy tech Community College Northwest has eight campus locations in lake, Porter, and laPorte County. at their Valparaiso campus, President aco Sikoski says that in recent years they have established local partnerships to ready the next generation of the workforce. One of those partnerships was with Porter Health Care System to establish a paramedic science program at the Valpo campus. Porter donated $35,000 to Ivy Tech for the purchase of equipment for use in hands-on teaching. “We are offering career ready programs in the healthcare sciences area. Paramedic science is now being offered because the needs are there. We are partnering with Porter Regional Hospital to fill those positions, and that’s why they made the investment in us in the purchase of the equipment for our program,” said Sikoski.

Jeff Lawley, program chair for the paramedic science program, says that this is a program they have long wanted to develop and the donation from Porter makes

that possible. Lawley says, “Through this cooperative agreement between the college and Porter Hospital, we are now able to offer the first completely college-based program in Northwest Indiana where students can start from square one and get their licenses and

gen eds in one location and end with an associatedegree in paramedic science.”

The machine tool program is another program that Ivy Tech has been able to expand with the help of local partnerships. Sikoski says, “About a year ago we didn’t have anything, but with Urschel’s expansion and the help of Task Force Tips, we are able to offer a state-of-the-art program through these partnerships with the industry.” The Machine Tool Technology program offers both hands on learning and computer control machining. The employer input on the program is because of the high demand for solid training in the field of metal cutting operations. “We are also offering an energy technology curriculum and we recently had a ribbon-cutting ceremony where NIPSCO built a full-blown distribution lab. Our students utilize state-of-the-art equipment to train. Automation and robotics is the latest program we are offering. We are partnering with industry to teach all aspects of programmablelogical controllers (PLCs),” says Sikoski.


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Don Baker, machining instructor at Ivy Tech Community College in Valparaiso, instructs students in surface grinder operation during class.

Kathleen Kostecka takes visitors on a tour of Ivy Tech’s facilities after an announcement between a partnership between Ivy Tech and Porter Health care System on a new associate degree program in paramedic science.

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He continues, “In addition to these partnerships with local industry, we also have relationships with four-year institutions around us. Students can transfer to complete their four year degree at institutions throughout Indiana including Valparaiso University. Here they can obtain a minimum of $12,000 through a scholarship and up to $23,000, depending on their grade point average. We have had a minimum number of transfers in the past, but now we have increased these numbers exponentially. Students transfer to Purdue North Central, Purdue Calumet, and IndianaUniversity Northwest.”

These partnerships have allowed Ivy Tech in Valparaiso to fill jobs in the community, says Sikoski. “Our mission and vision is to align almost all programs with the real needs of the workforce for the local industry,” he says. Students relax in the lobby of Ivy Tech Community College in Valparaiso.

Valparaiso university has been bringing students to the region from around the globe since the school was founded in 1859. Valpo University offers more than 70 majors in five undergraduate colleges, a graduate school offering more than 40 master and two doctorate degrees, a law school, and study programs throughout the world. This past year, Valpo University announced a number of expansion plans that will benefit both students atthe university, as well as the community.

This past September, Valparaiso University broke ground on a new wet laboratory building that will provide essential laboratory spaces to enhance scientific research on campus and increase

opportunities within their strong, interdisciplinary science programs. The 55,000-square-foot science facility is slated to open in fall 2017 and will contain primarily wet laboratories for chemistry, biochemistry and biology students, along with informal student spaces and staff and faculty offices. Additionally, Neils Science Center, constructed in 1967, will be renovated and continue to provide classroom and teaching spaces.

In addition to expanding facilities, Valparaiso University is also expanding their programs. The school recently began accepting applications for the public health bachelor’s program, which strengthens one of the nation’s best nursing and health professions colleges by integrating evidence-based solutions to improve health conditions for communities at home and abroad with Valpo’s public health care curriculum of cutting-edge research, theory, and techniques. A professor in the College of Nursing and Health Professions, Amy C. Cory, Ph.D., RN, says Valpo is now in the position to help increase the public health workforce — those promoting and protecting the health of populations — domestically and internationally. “Valpo is in the prime position to move public health forward, including global health, given the international focus of the University’s mission, vision, and strategic plan,” she says. Students will have ample study abroad opportunities as well as exceptional public health internships domestically.

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Another new program is the minor in entrepreneurship. Small businesses employ slightly more than half of Americans, and the college is reaching out to future entrepreneurs. The new minor in entrepreneurship will give students greater insight into cultivating their ideas and growing and maintaining them in a global business market. The college’s program keeps Valpo competitive with other universities and colleges that have begun entrepreneurship programs of their own in recent years. The minor program takes students through principles and concepts of new business creation and complements minors in all of Valpo’s colleges and gives students – many of whom will work for a startup or other small business in their lifetimes – a clearer look at job opportunities they might never have known existed. The guidance hardly would end in a classroom; the proposed program would require students to examine prospects for new business plans or smallbusiness growth right here in Valparaiso and Porter County.

Valpo University has also announced two recent leadership appointments. Susan Scroggins has been promoted to the role of Vice President for Financeand Administration.

Scroggins, who had worked as Valpo’s Vice President for Administration, also will serve as the University’s treasurer and chief financial officer while continuing to lecture on occasion in graduate-level classes in Finance and Financial Management. Additionally, Valparaiso University has named Stacey A. Miller, Ed.D. as assistant provost for inclusion. In this role, Miller will work closely with students, faculty, staff and community members to advance diversity and equityas core values of the University and as central to its educational mission.


anyone who has graduated from Chesterton high School in the past five decades is likely to have had Science teacher Bill Bailey as their teacher, and chances are if they did, they will never forget the experience! Bailey has a way of entertaining his students with his funny stories and almost Yogi Bera-esque sayings that last long beyond the discussions of torque, inertia, and acceleration. It’s apparent that Bailey loves teaching, and as a result, Bailey’s students love his classes, year after year

Bill Bailey says he always had an affinity for science, physics, and engineering. He says, “I grew up in Washington, Indiana which is about 20 miles east of Vincennes. I grew up working on the farm and I like to do mechanical things. Anything that would break I would fix it. We had all kinds of applications of physics on the farm. I’ve always liked math and was pretty good at that and I had three older siblings who kept me pretty well informed, so I knew a lot of things before I even went to school and I always liked education. We didn’t have electricity until I was 13 years old so I did a lot of studying and homework. I’m kind of like Abe Lincoln in the cabin!” he says.

Bailey attended Purdue University in West Lafayette with a double major in math and physics in addition

to minors in chemistry and social studies. “I took a lot of classes!” he says. After attending the University of Missouri and receiving his master degree, he and his wife moved to the area because of relatives in the region, and the opportunity for growth. In 1963, Bailey took a position to teach physics and algebra at Valparaiso High School. He taught there for four years and also served as assistant football coach. In 1967 he came to Chesterton High School and has taught there ever since. “David Canright was one of my first students,” he recalls of the Chesterton Tribune publisher. “I’ve had lots of kids over the years and very very few bad apples. I’m talking half of dozen or so and none in physics. I get along well with everybody. I try to make it enjoyable. Kids come back and thank me and tell me they’re doing well and I’ve had a lot of kids go off to become heads of chemistry departments, engineers, a couple go through the nuclear submarine school in the Navy which is a very tough program, a lot of Air Force and Navy Academy kids, Notre Dame, Harvard, you name it. It’s not just me though—we have a lot of good teachers here in Duneland,” he says.

Dale Hewitt was one of Bailey’s students who went on to become a chemistry teacher at CHS. He says, “I remember Mr. Bailey was a pretty imposing figure back in the 70’s. He always had ‘Popeye’ forearms and could lift very heavy wooden chairs, keeping his elbow on the floor. Even the strongest students in class couldn’t come very close to doing it. I will assume he

was teaching us about force and levers that day. You could joke around a bit with Mr. Bailey, but you always knew when to stop and get to work. He was one of my favorite teachers at CHS.” Kim Stahura, CHS science department chair and chemistry teacher says, “He was very interested in encouraging students to connect physics to everyday events. For example, he would take his physics students to Physics Day at Great America/Six Flags in Illinois. For years, CHS had a J.E.T.S team (Junior Engineering Technical Society—a national non-profit organization dedicated to promoting engineering and technology careers). This team was very successful due in large part to the efforts of Mr. Bailey. He always encouraged the budding engineer.”

Even while teaching high school students, Bailey taught for at time at the university level during the evening simply because of his devotion to science and education. When asked what he loves about teaching, Bailey responds with a chuckle, “Why do I love it? Let me count the ways!” He says that he enjoys sharing what he loves—physics and science—with generation after generation. “You get to the point in teaching where they are your kids. They’re like your family. I try to bring them all along like they’re my own kids. I’ve had great report with the kids and I would rather be here trying to present the kids with some challenging ideas. One of these days I’ll get too old and when that happens, I’m gone, because as long as I can stand at the board and demonstrate these problems so that

Bill Bailey celebrates over five decades

of teaching in the region


the kids enjoy what I’m doing, I’m happy. I like to see students develop and go to college or trade school in whatever field they like,” he says.

In addition to teaching for over five decades, Bailey has also been married for over five decades—52 years to be exact, happily wedded to his wife Gracie Lois Bailey and together they have three children. He says, “My oldest son, Bill Jr., was in my physics class. He was a very good student and he went to Purdue and got straight As. He is manager of an engineering firm in Indianapolis. My daughter, Pam, was in my class and played basketball and she recently took a job in Indianapolis at a medical center. And my youngest son Rich works at Ben Franklin Middle School.”

Bill Bailey started on a farm in Indiana and today he and his wife have returned to the country in Jackson Township where he can enjoy a number of hobbies such as woodworking, clock making, model trains, and remote control airplanes. In addition, he continues to bring his love for science and teaching to more students in Duneland. If a kid taking a physics class suddenly comes home saying, “Less paw work, more jaw work,” or tells you that you’re “sitting there like a bunch of dead wood,” it is likely that Bill Bailey is behind those unique and hilarious aphorisms, just as he is behind their fascination for the laws of thermodynamics and fluid mechanics.

LEFT: Chesterton High School teacher Bill Bailey laughs as he trades school stories with former students, from left, Margaret Mochen, Mike Raffin, Rich Raffin, and Al Raffin.


Coordinated by the Duneland Chamber of Commerce’s

Partners in Education Committee—a working group

composed of community volunteers, Chamber staff,

and partners from the Duneland School Corporation—

the Reality Store is held each spring at the Chesterton

High School gymnasium. Chamber staff member June

Russell, who leads the Partners in Education

Committee, explains how the Reality Store works.

“Students are assigned a salary and a career based on

their GPA and their goals for the future career at age

28. They then come to the Reality Store and the first

thing they do is choose a ping-pong ball that tells them

how many children they have. They go through one

of a dozen and a half booths that simulate the realities

of life, such as taxes, education loans, food, clothing,

insurance, housing, and other expenses. The goal is

to have money left at the end of the month. But

students can go bankrupt, so they then go to the

bankruptcy table where volunteers suggest getting a

part-time job or going back and making better choices,

such as a smaller home or taking public transportation,”

Russell says.

If a student aims to become a doctor later in life but they are a D student, the Reality Store may be the

wake-up call they need to get back on track for those

plans. Even if the students do make good choices and

are on track for their future, the lessons learned are

valuable, says Janice Custer, chamber volunteer and

member of the Partners in Education Committee. “I

think students have a realization that it costs money

to live. The common comment is, ‘Gee, I didn’t know

my folks had to do all of this.’ In eighth grade, they

just think the money is there, so it’s the realization

that life is expensive. It’s a good learning experience.

Many parents tell us they wish we’d do it again, later

in high school!” Custer says.

“I come from a banking and a teaching background,”

says Sue Edds, member of the chamber, volunteer,

Kirk Futrell mans the Investment and Donations station during the 8th grade reality store at Chesterton High School. Marissa Ortega helps a student during the Duneland

Chamber’s Reality Store at Chesterton High School.

The Reality Store prepares students for real life!

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and member of the Partners in Education committee,

“So this is right up my alley! We want students to

know that it will take a lot of education to make a good

living and they need to gear themselves toward that

goal as early as they can. We also want students to

gain common sense on how much it costs to raise a

family, so when they are told by their mom or dad

that they can’t afford something, it’s true!”

The Duneland Schools also send home information

for the parents to continue the dialogue at home,

and they incorporate curriculum at school.

Additionally, members of the community who

volunteer at the Reality Store have the opportunity

to interact with the students which is beneficial to

both parties. Custer says, “Volunteers get to meet

teenagers, most of whom are very hardworking. In

the past few years we’re seeing more and more who

want to be pharmacists, architects, doctors and they

are polite, stop, and listen to each of the volunteers

which reinforces the belief that we have a lot of great

young people in our community.”

Kristina Koliboski, Duneland Chamber Office

Coordinator, says that the entire operation would not

be able to exist without the efforts of volunteers from

organizations and businesses around the community,

from the Chamber, and from the Duneland Schools.

“It’s the volunteers who really make it successful. The

Chamber organizes the event, getting people to make

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Dan Bloomquist helps student Tyler Darmon during the Reality Store event at Chesterton High School. Volunteer Bethany Thomas walks a student through their meal plan during the 8th grade reality store at Chesterton High School.

Carol Costakis helps a student during the Reality Store event at Chesterton High School.


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october 14, 2015 — after hours: ashley’s Jewelry by Design 4/ lisa mathis of housing opportunities and Craig o’Brien of ashley’s Jewelry by design

october 30, 2015 — trick or treat Downtown 5&6/ trick or treaters in downtown Chesterton

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november 11, 2015 — after hours: Dimensions school of social Dance 7/ Jim trout and lindsay trout of trout Glass & mirror, and Karl tatgenhorst of South Shore Networks


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november 28, 2015 — hometown holiDay celebration 8/ Child waving at Santa during the annual twilight Parade 9/ Twilight Parade float featuring Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer 10/ united methodist Church bell choir

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January 27, 2015 — annual meeting 11/ John marshall of 1st american management and maura durham of duneland Chamber of Commerce

12/ from left to right: Julie Paulson of harris, Welsh & lukmann, Christina dujmovich-Jarka of duneland School Corporation, Joanna Nelson of Porter Regional hospital, Jeff fleming of trans-united, Inc., lisa mathis of housing opportunities, Scott mundell of franciscan alliance, Jim Starin of Starin marketing Inc., mark Swanson of Brainstorm Computers, Paul Boyter of mcColly Real Estate, John marshall of 1st american management, ann lichnerowicz of Edible arrangements, marie foster of Purdue university North Central, tracy freeze of hmS midwest, llC, Craig o’Brien of ashley’s Jewelry by design, laura Gerhardt of absolutely dry, leroy flores of leroy’s ‘’hot Stuff’’ homemade mexican, Jackie Ruge-Perkins of first State Bank of Porter

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help us welcome the newest members of the Duneland chamber of commerce community. we look forward to a prosperous and profitable future.

boulDer riDge equine 935 N. 550 East • Westville • 773.720.8140 www.facebook.com/BoulderRidgeEquine,llC Boulder Ridge provides riding instruction, Equine assisted Psychotherapy (EaP), as well as Equine assisted learning (Eal) to individual and group participants. Staffed with corporate educations, the leadership of Boulder Ridge aims to take the equine experience to the next evolution. With twenty acres of indoor and outdoor riding space, instruction begins with the basics and aims to advance riders through a forward seat discipline. Boulder Ridge also customizes team/individual business and horsemanship off-site training sessions for corporate teams to work on communication, management, and leadership skills. It is also home of the Purdue university Calumet’s Equestrian team. brookDale senior living solutions 3444 Swanson Rd. • Portage • 219.763.4867 www.brookdale.com for more than 35 years, Brookdale communities have provided senior living solutions to older persons and their families. Brookdale is an operator of senior living facilities in the united States with over 1,100 communities in 46 states. We offer independent living, assisted living, memory Care, Skilled Nursing, Continuing Care Retirement Communities, home health, therapy and hospice. Brookdale communities provide customized solutions for each resident in a variety of community environments that collectively offer a broad continuum of care.

DunelanD soccer club 1544 Colonial Drive • Chesterton • 219.682.4096 www.dunelandsoccer.org the duneland Soccer Club was established in 1984. Its mission is to give kids in the duneland community the opportunity to play this internally loved sport. from our In-house Club to our travel Club, many of our kids have graduated from our Club and go to play on Varsity and College teams. Ran with the help of our volunteers, the duneland Soccer Club continues to develop athletes and friendship on the soccer field. kiDworks llc 1120 S. Calumet Rd., Ste. 3 • Chesterton 219.983.9675 www.kidworksonline.com Kidworks offers a complete spectrum of therapeutic services in an atmosphere designed to stimulate the mind, body and spirit. founded by mothers of special needs children, Kidworks ambition is to provide a higher quality and variety of services for kids ages 0 to 18. highly skilled and experienced therapists are dedicated to giving the best possible treatment for your loved one. a rehabilitation plan designed specifically for your child helps to maximize potential outcomes.

true north training stables 927 N. 150 W. • Chesterton • 219.728.7490 www.truenorthtrainingstables.org true North is a loving nurturing environment that uses horses to mentor children and their families. Our mission is to bring hope to affirm, to mentor and to bring purpose to others through our love of the lord and the use of horses. Each lesson is planned to connect the horse and student. It is our desire to bring hope to those in need. Every lesson will have a goal and will repeat the concept from the previous lesson and continue to build on that foundation. our goal is to connect the horse and the student to life concepts and spiritual insights. ZounDs hearing 3125 Calumet Ave., Ste. 9 • Valparaiso 219.286.7662 www.zoundshearing.com Zounds hearing designs, manufactures and sells hearing aids of the highest quality. our products are sold through corporate-owned and franchise locations. Zounds’ goal is to offer a portfolio of hearing aids and wireless devices that provide the world’s best performing technology at an affordable price to anyone with a mild, moderate, or moderate/severe hearing loss. our mission is to help the world hear better by providing a superior hearing system at an exceptional value in an accessible customer-friendly environment, and to build a world-class company for customers, associates, investors and business partners.




1 to 5recognizing you chamber anniversaries for member anniversaries april – June

advanced Water Solutions / 3 Bark of the town, Inc. / 1

Berglund Construction / 3 Bob Evans / 1

Bradley Company / 2 Clh, P.C. / 1

Coco’s Canine Cabana / 3 Country Inn & Suites / 5

dairy Queen Chesterton / 3 franciscan WorkingWell / 4

frontier Communications / 4 Growing Kids learning Center / 1

harbor trust & Investment management Company / 3

harley-davidson Shop of michigan City / 1

home helpers / 2 hot diggity dawg / 4

Jacob’s ladder Pediatric Rehab Center / 1

Kona Ice of the dunes llC / 1 lehman’s orchard llC / 4

meridian title Corporation / 2 New life Wesleyan Church / 1 North Shore health Centers / 5

Papa John’s Pizza / 4 Precision dental Center / 2

Riley’s Railhouse / 5 Rittenhouse Senior living - Portage / 5

Road to life Church / 5 Sherwin-Williams Portage / 3

Simplify / 3 Signature Corporation / 5

Stash Construction / 1 Subway / 4

Superior ambulance / 5 Sweet lou, that’s Who! / 1

Symphony of Chesterton / 1 teachers Credit union / 5

thrivent financial for lutherans - Besch / 4 Valparaiso Events / 5

Verify llC / 1 Vision Point / SunGlass Point / 2

above Board Construction / 6 american Cancer Society / 10

amt Computers / 9 Butler Winery / 8

dan Keilman / 10 duneland Business Initiative Group / 7 duneland dialysis - Coffee Creek / 8

duneland Education foundation, Inc / 7 East Wind acupuncture / 7

field Station Cooperative Preschool / 6 GGNet, Inc / 10

Green up 2 Clean up / 7 Indian Summer Boutique / 7

Indiana university health la Porte hospital / 10

mcColly Real Estate / 7 Nirmala murugavel, m.d. llC / 8

Patricia Carlisle / 6 Phillippe Builders, Inc / 9 RE/maX Pace Realty / 7

Rittenhouse Senior living - Valparaiso / 7 Serenity Salon & Spa / 9

Spa Speakeasy & Special Events Center / 9

Standard Bank & trust Co / 9 State farm Insurance - hudson / 7

Stooges, llC / 6 the Chronicle / 6

Wagner’s / 6

Ennis Builders, llC / 12 franciscan St. anthony health,

michigan City / 12 Gelsosomos Pizzeria & Pub / 14

Craft house / 14 Sunrise family Restaurant / 11

the uPS Store / 12

aspen Pines apartment Community / 20 Brassie Golf Club / 18

duneland dental Group / 16 Express Employment Professionals / 19

Gaston’s towing & auto Repair / 18 hopkins ace hardware / 16

Porter County Community foundation / 18

South Shore Insurance, Chris Newton agency / 18

trans-united, Inc / 20

hurst orthodontics, Inc / 24 mcShanes / 22

Professional appraisal Services / 23 Shelton fireworks / 22

the times / 24 united Way of Porter County / 22

fidelity National title Insurance Company / 28

George livarchik, attorney at law / 29 Chesterton feed & Garden

Center, Inc / 29 family & youth Services Bureau / 26

house of Berggren / 29 Indiana dunes State Park / 28

Indiana farm Bureau Insurance / 28 marc t. Nielsen Interiors / 27

orchard apartments / 29 Reling Refrigeration,

heating & air, Inc / 28 town of Burns harbor / 28 town of dune acres / 28

1st Source Bank - Chesterton South / 40 Pinkerton oil Co., Inc / 40

Purdue university North Central / 37

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occupational medicine that works as hard as you do.

Porter regional hospital is directly or indirectly owned by a partnership that proudly includes physician owners, including certain members of the hospital’s medical staff.

the health at work program at Porter regional hospital provides a full suite of job-related medical services, including 24/7 access to service Coordinators. our goals are to help prevent and reduce workplace illnesses and injuries, avoid lost-time accidents, and lower your healthcare-related expenditures. Promoting healthy behaviors, reducing risk factors, and careful case management are just a few of the ways we accomplish these goals. to learn why more employers are choosing porter Regional Hospital’s Health at Work program, or to schedule a consult, call 219-263-7200.

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