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\"Shifting Sands on the Path to Sustainability\" Documentary The new documentary Shifting Sands on the Path to Sustainability can be viewed at the following times and locations: - April 22, 9 p.m., premiere broadcast on Lakeshore Public Television - April 23, 11 a.m. and 1 p.m., Indiana Dunes National Lakeshore\'s Douglas Center, 110 N. Lake St., Gary - April 24, 2 p.m., Dorothy Buell Visitor\'s Center of the IDNL, 1215 N. Ind. 49, Chesterton - May 7, 10 a.m., Field Museum\'s Simpson Theater, Chicago - May 16, Valparaiso Chain of Lakes Group will hold a public screening at the Porter County Administration Center.

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March in Indiana is Disability Awareness Month. Girls On The Run serves girls of all ages in Northwest Indiana.

Medicaid expansion helping to cover thousands in NWI

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Like a seed that was haphazardly blown or dropped into just the right soil, I landed in Miller accidentally and have taken root like nowhere I’ve lived before. Such is my confidence and contentment in the community that I’ve bought four houses here – my own and three that are rented out. Mindful of my neighbors, potential tenants go through a vigorous vetting process. This worked well, until recently. The house I’m trying to rent out now is one most people would like. It’s a 1952 ranch house with classic mid-century features preserved among modern updates. Original (and sometimes quirky) features include radiant heat from hot water pumped through pipes in the floors and walls, custom kitchen cabinetry built on-site, an off-center wood-burning fireplace in the living room, screened wooden louvres built into the walls that can be opened for natural ventilation and a front porch whose railings are differentially spaced according to an ancient Greek principle of the ideal ratio, the Golden Mean. Best of all, it sits on a wooded dune in a cul-de-sac two blocks from the beach, a quiet and private location. A huge screened porch off the kitchen gives wooded views on three sides for watching deer or listening to waves on windy days. None of the applicants so far made it through the screening process. Culled from almost 100 responses to listings on Craigslist, Zillow, Trulia and Hotpads, they include: -A man who checked “no” on the “Have you ever been sued” question; the credit report revealed otherwise. He arrived in a Porsche and has a good income, but chose not to pay bills; -A guy who listed one year in prison for a drug offense; turns out it was actually two-and-a-half years for aggravated assault and being a felon in possession of a weapon, among other charges. -A couple with a history of three evictions whose former landlord, when asked if he’d rent to them again, replied “Hell no.” -A couple who declined to provide any documentation of a supposed $300,000 annual income from a pension and a business, but said I would not regret letting them move in. There’ve also been countless people who’ve insisted, despite the “no pets” designation, that their dogs are well behaved, who swear they always go outside to smoke even in the dead of winter despite the “no smokers” requirement, or who list their husbands, wives and mothers as references despite the “NO RELATIVES” notation on the application. One guy wrote “baby mamma” to describe his relationship to a woman he listed as a reference. Fellow Millerites, I ask for your help. In addition to my immediate self-interest in renewing the rental income, it’s also about finding respectful, responsible people who will appreciate our community, possibly participate in it and at the very least not degrade it. If you know people like that who are looking for a 4 bedroom, 2 bathroom house in Northwest Indiana’s best little community, please give them my number: 219-616-4973. If you’d like to drive by the house, it’s at 930 N. Warrick. And I’d be pleased to show it to you if you’re just curious and like to look. I do, too. Your neighbor, Linda Gibson

Good news everybody, we\'ll be out on Friday April 22 from 3:30pm to about 7:00pm. Same place. The corner of Melton Rd and Old Hobart Rd. Hope to see you there!!!!!!!

Several groups opposed the plan, saying Gary should not be known as a \'prison town\'.

Just a heads up, the Gary Police Department has switched over to Central Dispatching. When making NON-EMERGENCY calls for service please use 219-660-0000 instead of 219-881-1260. This will direct your call to the proper location. For all other calls to the police department you may dial any known number directly or call 219-881-7300 for automated assistance.

Back by popular demand – 25 booths filled with all kinds of goodness: art, crafts, food, music. Join us in our Corner Cafe and listen to some live music while you shop for a Father’s Day gift or that perfect gift just for you! Friday June 10 5-9pm and Saturday June 11 3-8pm

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MBACD will be exhibiting sculptures created by Wirt-Emerson students in a week long workshop facilitated by Calumet Artist Residency, where students will create sand molds using local sand that will then be positively cast by pouring molten iron into the molds. Iron will be salvaged from scrap yards to introduce an element of recycling. This process resembles the process used in local steel mills and the workshop combines disciplines and incorporates lessons in math, science, and art.