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Theresa Valade of Success Trek and Joe Ubben of BreakAway Performance Group are teaming up to offer a series of three workshop titled, “Dealing with Difficult People?” “One of the most common complaints Joe and I hear from our clients centers around …

    As part of the United Way’s Day of Caring, Tudor Carpet One (aka Tudor Floors) of Valparaiso has given a wonderful gift to The Salvation Army.  They donated beautiful brand new carpeting for the front offices and reception area to The Salvation Army …

Understanding precisely how fluid boils in tiny “microchannels” has led to formulas and models that will help engineers design systems to cool high-power electronics in electric and hybrid cars, aircraft, computers and other devices. Allowing a …

About a year after returning from serving a two-year humanitarian service mission for The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in the Philippines, Philip and LaDawn Empey of Valparaiso are headed off to another exciting adventure.   The Empey’s …

Fashions From Around the World, presented by Art Barn School of Art, will feature articles from David’s Clothier of Valparaiso and Judee’s of Laporte. Join us for a silent auction of original artwork as well as a live auction of original artwork …

Dine to Donate On Wednesday, September 30, come dine at Applebee’s in Chesterton. They will be giving the Porter County Aging and Community Services 15% of their sales for anyone who presents the Dine to Donate flyer during the lunch and dinner hours …

Governor Daniels and the entire Indiana delegation believe that this has been a very productive trip. The commerce model is growing more global each day. This has had both positive and negative ramifications for the US economy. We can pretend its not …

A Valparaiso University professor of meteorology will present a training session in November for volunteers interested in joining a national network of backyard weather observers. Dr. Teresa Bals-Elsholz, assistant professor of geography and meteorology, will …

Consider this: A new business model based not on businesses offering long-term or permanent employment in which corporate loyalty is rewarded but rather a model in which businesses hire only for short-term needs. According to Sudhir Vankatesh, professor of …

Purdue University will use a Hewlett-Packard grant to develop and test a new teaching approach designed to boost the academic success of underrepresented minorities in engineering programs. The teaching method represents a potential new model for retaining …