In 2013, Debra “Dis” Disney retired from teaching health and physical education at Wheeler High School. Before Disney’s retirement, though, she shared about how much teaching meant to her and how much she enjoyed her position of being …
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Kathleen Gerber and Josh Gerber have devoted many years working at True North Stables. Josh Gerber grew up on the property of True North Stables, and he knew that by the time he was in college that he wanted to work in property management. “I grew up on …
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For over 110 years, Larson-Danielson Construction Company has been a part of the La Porte community as both a business and other involvement with various organizations. “We’re a family-owned business, but the people are treated like family. We …
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Noah Simmons has devoted 12 years of his life to the home grounds of the Gary SouthShore RailCats. Simmons started grounds keeping for the RailCats in sixth grade and worked his way up to the title of head groundskeeper. “When I was …
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Kristen Eleftheri-Cunningham is a seventh-grade math teacher at Union Township Middle School. Eleftheri-Cunningham found her love for teaching through her own family. “I grew up with a lot of teachers in the family. And through middle …
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Richard (Rick) Eilts is a sales consultant at Currie Motors Ford of Valpo and has been for the past three decades. Eilts found his love for sales through a friend who was a salesman, and the rest is history. “At the time, I was not sure I wanted to be …
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Ever since March of 2020 the world has turned upside down because of the COVID-19 pandemic. Letty Zepeda, health administrator for Porter County Health Department, believes that staying inside and getting vaccinated are the best things we can do to stay …
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