Post-Tribune (IN) back issues from Tuesday, April 17:
About a tree, and a neighborhood name
Apr 17, 2007; ...THIS ELECTRONIC VERSION MAY DIFFER SLIGHTLY FROM PRINTED VERSION Yes, you could say the Black Oak neighborhood in Gary and Calumet Township started with an English accent. We have a good account of it, thanks to word of mouth being handed down in a family.I recently wrote how ...
Apr 17, 2007 ...THIS ELECTRONIC VERSION MAY DIFFER SLIGHTLY FROM PRINTED VERSION Valparaiso's hiring of a part-time neighborhood advocate is great. This is a direct link to City Hall. Could you explain the downside again?I think Portage should go smoke-free, the same as Valparaiso has ...
Hummel shows why he's an all-star off the court, too
Apr 17, 2007; ...THIS ELECTRONIC VERSION MAY DIFFER SLIGHTLY FROM PRINTED VERSION Indiana basketball hysteria is over for a while, but there is excitement yet to come with four young men from Northwest Indiana named to the All-Star team -- Mike Bizoukas of Munster, E'Twaun Moore of East Chicago and ...
Apr 17, 2007 ...THIS ELECTRONIC VERSION MAY DIFFER SLIGHTLY FROM PRINTED VERSION VALPARAISOVICTORIAN TEA BENEFITS IVY TECH: Ivy Tech Community College will conduct its third annual Victorian Tea at 2:30 p.m. Sunday, April 29, at Aberdeen Manor, 216 Ballentrae St. The afternoon will feature a ...
Spring preening
Apr 17, 2007; ...THIS ELECTRONIC VERSION MAY DIFFER SLIGHTLY FROM PRINTED VERSION Horticulturist Heather Scott (left) and volunteer Amy Carmody transplant flower plugs at the Valparaiso Department of Parks & Recreation greenhouse. The flowers will be planted around the city once the weather warms for ...
Vivian Society helps out
Apr 17, 2007 ...THIS ELECTRONIC VERSION MAY DIFFER SLIGHTLY FROM PRINTED VERSION During the April meeting of the Vivian Society, an auxiliary of Hobart Elks Lodge 1152, Connie Hickman (right), ...
Apr 17, 2007 ...THIS ELECTRONIC VERSION MAY DIFFER SLIGHTLY FROM PRINTED VERSION If the post office would move its mailbox from the old Walgreens drugstore at 61st Avenue and Broadway across the street to the new Walgreens site, it would collect more mail.Hobart does not need to buy the golf ...
Bunny visits Miller's
Apr 17, 2007 ...THIS ELECTRONIC VERSION MAY DIFFER SLIGHTLY FROM PRINTED VERSION Maurine Callaway, 97, offers to share her lunch with the Easter Bunny during its surprise visit to ...
Student helps senator
Apr 17, 2007 ...THIS ELECTRONIC VERSION MAY DIFFER SLIGHTLY FROM PRINTED VERSION State Sen. Earline Rogers, D-Gary, hosted Crown Point High School senior Ashley Green recently in Indianapolis. Green served as a page for ...
Valparaiso Lions honor two members for service
Apr 17, 2007; ...THIS ELECTRONIC VERSION MAY DIFFER SLIGHTLY FROM PRINTED VERSIONShorter version ran South Lake County. Leonard Pera and Edward Buttlar pose with their letters and plaques. They are two of the three Valparaiso Lions Club members to hold life memberships. (Gary & Porter County)(PHOTO) ...
Merrillville foundation hosts celebration
Apr 17, 2007 ...THIS ELECTRONIC VERSION MAY DIFFER SLIGHTLY FROM PRINTED VERSION The Merrillville Education Foundation is preparing to host its fifth annual Celebration of Food and Wine. Vintage 2007: The California Coast from North to South will run from 7 to 10 p.m. Friday at the Radisson Hotel, ...
ADAPTing Purdue
Apr 17, 2007; ...THIS ELECTRONIC VERSION MAY DIFFER SLIGHTLY FROM PRINTED VERSIONShorter versions ran C1, Gary and Porter County. Raymond Montgomery and Amy Ferguson perform a scene from Shakespeare's "Othello" during the Don't (Dis) My Art program at Purdue University Calumet's Alumni Hall in ...
Auxiliary plans sale
Apr 17, 2007 ...THIS ELECTRONIC VERSION MAY DIFFER SLIGHTLY FROM PRINTED VERSION Members of the St. John Ladies Auxiliary VFW Post 717 will hold a rummage sale and bake sale from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. Friday, April ...
St. Paul 'penny war'
Apr 17, 2007 ...THIS ELECTRONIC VERSION MAY DIFFER SLIGHTLY FROM PRINTED VERSION During National Lutheran Schools Week, students at St. Paul Lutheran School in Munster held a "penny war" ...
Apr 17, 2007 ...THIS ELECTRONIC VERSION MAY DIFFER SLIGHTLY FROM PRINTED VERSION HOBARTDEVELOPMENTAL PRESCHOOL REGISTRATION: The Hobart Family YMCA is accepting registration for its fall 2007-2008 Developmental Preschool program. A $50 non-refundable registration fee along with birth certificate ...
Oak tree near corner store gives Black Oak its name
Apr 17, 2007; ...THIS ELECTRONIC VERSION MAY DIFFER SLIGHTLY FROM PRINTED VERSION Yes, you could say the Black Oak neighborhood in Gary and Calumet Township started with an English accent. We have a good account of it, thanks to word of mouth being handed down in a family.I recently wrote how ...
Foster mom's goal: 'Give something back'
Apr 17, 2007; ...THIS ELECTRONIC VERSION MAY DIFFER SLIGHTLY FROM PRINTED VERSION Kim Phillips has always loved children, and recalls teaching her three younger brothers to read.Baby-sitting led to 10 years working at a day care center, before opening her heart and her home to more than 60 foster ...
Apr 17, 2007 ...THIS ELECTRONIC VERSION MAY DIFFER SLIGHTLY FROM PRINTED VERSION Let's look at history: Thirty years ago, Glen Park was a beautiful place to live, with diverse schools. Now, Glen Park looks like someone dropped a bomb in the area, and the schools in that community are horrible. The ...
Senior or disabled adults receive care at house
Apr 17, 2007; ...THIS ELECTRONIC VERSION MAY DIFFER SLIGHTLY FROM PRINTED VERSION Gloria Mbanu, owner of Great Lakes Adult Foster Care Home in Gary, shows one of the client rooms.(PHOTO) (DAVE BARTMAN/POST-TRIBUNE) When you approach the Great Lakes Adult Foster Care Home, don't expect to see a ...
Helping women, kids
Apr 17, 2007; ...THIS ELECTRONIC VERSION MAY DIFFER SLIGHTLY FROM PRINTED VERSION Latanya Slappy of Gary, in her fifth month of pregnancy, has her stomach checked for the baby's growth by obstetrician-gynecologist Anthony Iwuagwu at the Maternal Child Health Clinic in Gary.(PHOTO - Color) (PHOTOS BY ...
Apr 17, 2007 ...THIS ELECTRONIC VERSION MAY DIFFER SLIGHTLY FROM PRINTED VERSION GARYTRIP PLANNED TO GREEKTOWN CASINO IN DETROIT: Club Occaulistic is sponsoring a trip to Greektown Casino in Detroit on Saturday, May 5. Cost is $50. The casino will return $20. Price includes casino entrance, ...
In pursuit of a new limit
Apr 17, 2007; ...THIS ELECTRONIC VERSION MAY DIFFER SLIGHTLY FROM PRINTED VERSION Todd Zagurski will tackle two single triathlons, a triple triathlon, a quintuple triathlon and Canada's Ultraman -- a 10K swim, 418.3K bike race and 84.3K run.(PHOTO - Color) (LOS ANGELES TIMES) On the surface, ...
Commuters often running on fumes
Apr 17, 2007; ...THIS ELECTRONIC VERSION MAY DIFFER SLIGHTLY FROM PRINTED VERSION Washington commuter Caryn Hutson typically leaves her suburban home at 5:30 a.m. and doesn't get home until 6:30 p.m., if traffic cooperates.(PHOTO - Color) (THE WASHINGTON POST) For seven years, Gail Ennis has ...
New lupus drugs offer hope, but first need scrutiny
Apr 17, 2007; ...THIS ELECTRONIC VERSION MAY DIFFER SLIGHTLY FROM PRINTED VERSION Almost 30 years ago, Judy Adolph was handed a pamphlet -- and a diagnosis: systemic lupus erythematosus.In 1978, not much was known about the autoimmune disease, but the words in the booklet haunt her to this day. It ...
'Bodies' draws crowds
Apr 17, 2007; ...THIS ELECTRONIC VERSION MAY DIFFER SLIGHTLY FROM PRINTED VERSION The cadaver of a skinless man, sinewy muscles exposed, poised to shoot a basketball, is part of "Bodies ... The Exhibition."(PHOTO) (PREMIER EXHIBITIONS) The cadaver of a skinless man, sinewy muscles exposed, ...
Veterans Affairs system leads in paperless care
Apr 17, 2007; ...THIS ELECTRONIC VERSION MAY DIFFER SLIGHTLY FROM PRINTED VERSION The electronic medical record is the most important single development helping to usher in the Era of No Excuses in modern medicine. Medical student Alexandria Langer (left), doctors Moneera Haque, Divya Shroff and Zayn ...
Regional hospitals going paperless
Apr 17, 2007; ...THIS ELECTRONIC VERSION MAY DIFFER SLIGHTLY FROM PRINTED VERSION Northwest Indiana hospital systems are at different stages of implementing technologies that aim to make clinical care paperless.David Parry, director of information technology for The Methodist Hospitals, said the ...
Digital records
Apr 17, 2007; ...THIS ELECTRONIC VERSION MAY DIFFER SLIGHTLY FROM PRINTED VERSION Q: Do you gain more weight eating at night? I thought it was all based on calories consumed during the day. Now, I hear that you should not eat after 7 p.m. Is that true?A: I am not sure who came up with 7 p.m. as the ...
Apr 17, 2007; ...THIS ELECTRONIC VERSION MAY DIFFER SLIGHTLY FROM PRINTED VERSION (PHOTO - Color - 2) Garnier Face SerumWhether you're slathering on Creme de la Mer or creme de la CVS, any extra bit of pampering goes a long way toward a flawless complexion. Now the folks at Garnier, the ...
Apr 17, 2007; ...THIS ELECTRONIC VERSION MAY DIFFER SLIGHTLY FROM PRINTED VERSION NATION BRIEFSBears-Colts rematch Aug. 20 The Indianapolis Colts will play the Chicago Bears on Aug. 20, a preseason rematch of this year's two Super Bowl opponents. The Colts, who beat the Bears 29-17 ...
More teenagers are smokers than drinkers
Apr 17, 2007; ...THIS ELECTRONIC VERSION MAY DIFFER SLIGHTLY FROM PRINTED VERSION Dr. Wallace -- You constantly encourage teen readers to be void of tobacco products and alcohol. Do you have any statistics on the percentage of teens who smoke compared to those who drink? I'm sure many teens do both ....
Fiscal forecast: Less cash to spend
Apr 17, 2007; ...THIS ELECTRONIC VERSION MAY DIFFER SLIGHTLY FROM PRINTED VERSION Lawmakers will take in about $130 million less in tax revenue to spend on the two-year budget they are drafting than was projected earlier, according to a new fiscal forecast released Monday.The forecast by a group of ...
Wall Street Journal wins two Pulitzers
Apr 17, 2007; ...THIS ELECTRONIC VERSION MAY DIFFER SLIGHTLY FROM PRINTED VERSION The Wall Street Journal won two Pulitzer Prizes on Monday for exposing excesses of capitalism -- in America and in communist China. The Associated Press captured one for what the judges called a "powerful photograph" of ...
Jury picked for Wisconsin trial of S'ville truck driver
Apr 17, 2007; ...THIS ELECTRONIC VERSION MAY DIFFER SLIGHTLY FROM PRINTED VERSION Kozlowski(PHOTO) The trial started Monday for an Indiana truck driver accused of causing a 2005 crash that killed five people on a bus filled with students returning from a band trip.The St. Croix County jury ...
State budget may restrict new schools
Apr 17, 2007; ...THIS ELECTRONIC VERSION MAY DIFFER SLIGHTLY FROM PRINTED VERSION Two virtual charter schools were prepared to start teaching hundreds of Indiana students this fall -- but some lawmakers want to stop them from opening their online doors.Stuck in the middle of the debate are parents ...
Today's listing
Apr 17, 2007 ...THIS ELECTRONIC VERSION MAY DIFFER SLIGHTLY FROM PRINTED VERSION Bradley, Oliver B., 98GaryChapin, B. Ann, 92Hobart Dunlap, Emory B., 64Gary Grams, E.J., 89Crown Point Gribschaw, Catherine, 53Valparaiso Jovanovich, Robert, ...
End of season spurt leads to plans for postseason
Apr 17, 2007; ...THIS ELECTRONIC VERSION MAY DIFFER SLIGHTLY FROM PRINTED VERSION The Bulls haven't won as much as one playoff series since Michael Jordan was phased out nearly nine years ago, but 10 victories in the last 12 games can do wonders for a team, it seems.So it went Monday at the Berto ...
Apr 17, 2007 ...THIS ELECTRONIC VERSION MAY DIFFER SLIGHTLY FROM PRINTED VERSION Clouds and sun ...
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A stand-up guy
Apr 17, 2007 ...THIS ELECTRONIC VERSION MAY DIFFER SLIGHTLY FROM PRINTED VERSION Robert Cheruiyot of Kenya crosses the finish line on Monday after winning the 111th running of the Boston Marathon.(PHOTO - Color) (PHOTOS BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS)Top American Deena Kastor, of Mammoth Lakes, Calif., ...
St. Francis lands Bulldogs' Sertich
Apr 17, 2007; ...THIS ELECTRONIC VERSION MAY DIFFER SLIGHTLY FROM PRINTED VERSION Sertich Standout commits to St. Francis(PHOTO - Color) Now that Jon Sertich knows where he's going to play, he needs to figure out what he's going to play.Sertich, Crown Point's do-it-all football standout, ...
'IT WAS LIKE A WAR ZONE'
Apr 17, 2007 ...THIS ELECTRONIC VERSION MAY DIFFER SLIGHTLY FROM PRINTED VERSION An injured occupant is carried out of Norris Hall at Virginia Tech in Blacksburg, Va., on Monday after a gunman opened fire. Two people died in a dorm room, and 31 others were killed in Norris Hall, including the gunman, ...
Erratic behavior behind fatal high-speed chase
Apr 17, 2007 ...THIS ELECTRONIC VERSION MAY DIFFER SLIGHTLY FROM PRINTED VERSION Rose Marie Hurley, 44, hadn't been taking her medication for a mental illness, her ex-husband told police.That, it appears, led to some erratic behavior -- Hurley ran around an Illinois motel wearing only a bed sheet ...
Secrecy has council president boiling
Apr 17, 2007; ...THIS ELECTRONIC VERSION MAY DIFFER SLIGHTLY FROM PRINTED VERSION Holmes(PHOTO - Color) Michigan City City Council president Ron Meer is upset. And he says he's not alone."This was the year we were supposed to have this open communication between the schools and the public -- ...
WANT TO RESCUE A PET? IT'LL COST YOU $5 TO $10
Apr 17, 2007 ...THIS ELECTRONIC VERSION MAY DIFFER SLIGHTLY FROM PRINTED ...
Officer sees tire fire, calls for help
Apr 17, 2007 ...THIS ELECTRONIC VERSION MAY DIFFER SLIGHTLY FROM PRINTED VERSION Gary police Patrolman Frank Carrillo walks past a tire fire Monday along 15th Place in ...
Cheruiyot keeps his feat
Apr 17, 2007; ...THIS ELECTRONIC VERSION MAY DIFFER SLIGHTLY FROM PRINTED VERSION Russia's Lidiya Grigoryeva makes her last turn on Boylston Street as she approaches the finish line to win the 111th Boston Marathon on Monday. She won the women's division in 2:29.18.(PHOTO) (THE ASSOCIATED ...
Stewart surprisingly calm after getting dinged by Montoya
Apr 17, 2007; ...THIS ELECTRONIC VERSION MAY DIFFER SLIGHTLY FROM PRINTED VERSION You couldn't have asked for a better Nextel Cup race to return from a week off.Excitement from start to finish with controversial bumps and spin-outs, big names leading throughout the day and a photo finish with a ...
Man, 21, convicted of gun charge after judge denies public defender
Apr 17, 2007; ...THIS ELECTRONIC VERSION MAY DIFFER SLIGHTLY FROM PRINTED VERSION Clarence Pointer glanced at two detectives waiting to testify against him and asked for a public defender."You've been here for this three times and you didn't ask before," Gary City Court Judge Pro Tem Itsia Rivera ...
Debate to go on without Clay's presence at forum
Apr 17, 2007; ...THIS ELECTRONIC VERSION MAY DIFFER SLIGHTLY FROM PRINTED VERSION Mayor Rudy Clay says no debate is necessary this election year, and voters shouldn't hold their breath waiting for him to arrive at a candidates' forum Wednesday night."There's really nothing to debate," Clay ...
Law&Order
Apr 17, 2007 ...THIS ELECTRONIC VERSION MAY DIFFER SLIGHTLY FROM PRINTED VERSION GARYMan arrested in Ivanhoe break-in Shortly after Christina Jamison notified police that her children's father had broken into her home by shattering a window, police arrested the suspect at his house, Lt ....
Rokita apologizes after evoking images of slavery
Apr 17, 2007; ...THIS ELECTRONIC VERSION MAY DIFFER SLIGHTLY FROM PRINTED VERSION Rokita(PHOTO - Color) Indiana's secretary of state asked forgiveness Monday for evoking images of slavery in describing black voting trends during a Republican event in southern Indiana last week.During a ...
WIN WITH A PINCH
Apr 17, 2007; ...THIS ELECTRONIC VERSION MAY DIFFER SLIGHTLY FROM PRINTED VERSION Crown Point's Nick Hladek (right) congratulates Mike Kozlowski after he scored the winning run in the seventh inning against Chesterton.(PHOTO - Color) (PHOTOS BY ANDY LAVALLEY/POST-TRIBUNE)Chesterton pitcher Sean ...
Apr 17, 2007 ...THIS ELECTRONIC VERSION MAY DIFFER SLIGHTLY FROM PRINTED VERSION LAKE STATIONTexas Hold'em tournament Saturday Lake Station Veterans of Foreign Wars Post 9323 is sponsoring a Texas Hold'em tournament beginning at 1 p.m. on Saturday. The post is located at 2750 ...
Ex-Dow Chemical adviser removed from board's slate
Apr 17, 2007; ...THIS ELECTRONIC VERSION MAY DIFFER SLIGHTLY FROM PRINTED VERSION Reinhard(PHOTO - Color) A 37-year veteran of Dow Chemical Co. who spent 10 years as chief financial officer before being fired as a senior adviser denied the company's accusation that he was involved in a ...
Delta: Creditors like reorganization plan
Apr 17, 2007; ...THIS ELECTRONIC VERSION MAY DIFFER SLIGHTLY FROM PRINTED VERSION The airline has come a long way from a year ago when it faced a strike by pilots, says Lee Moak, Delta pilots' union official.(PHOTO - Color) Delta Air Lines Inc. said Monday unofficial voting results show its ...
Sallie Mae agrees to $25 billion takeover
Apr 17, 2007; ...THIS ELECTRONIC VERSION MAY DIFFER SLIGHTLY FROM PRINTED VERSION A group of investors announced plans Monday to buy Sallie Mae, taking the nation's largest student lender private in a $25 billion deal that comes as some regulators call for tougher standards and lower federal ...
Apr 17, 2007 ...THIS ELECTRONIC VERSION MAY DIFFER SLIGHTLY FROM PRINTED VERSION New charges filed in strangulation caseAn ex-convict charged in the strangulation death of his wife 16 years ago could have an additional 30 years tacked onto his sentence if he's convicted. Prosecutors filed a ...
Gunman kills 32 at Virginia Tech
Apr 17, 2007; ...THIS ELECTRONIC VERSION MAY DIFFER SLIGHTLY FROM PRINTED VERSION Blacksburg police officers run from Norris Hall on the Virginia Tech campus Monday in Blacksburg, Va. A gunman opened fire in a dorm and a classroom across campus.(PHOTO - Color) (AP PHOTO/THE ROANOKE TIMES, MATT ...
Citigroup profit drops 11 percent
Apr 17, 2007; ...THIS ELECTRONIC VERSION MAY DIFFER SLIGHTLY FROM PRINTED VERSION Patrons enter a Citibank branch in Boston on Monday. First-quarter profit at Citigroup Inc. dropped, but still came in better than expected, the company said.(PHOTO - Color) (THE ASSOCIATED PRESS) Despite strong ...
Apr 17, 2007 ...THIS ELECTRONIC VERSION MAY DIFFER SLIGHTLY FROM PRINTED VERSIONQuickly - What do you really think? Have a quote, question, quip or quarrelsome comment? Call Quickly at 648-3109 or (800) 753-5533, Ext. 3109, or send e-mail to quickly@post-trib.com.. . Quit complaining ...
Apr 17, 2007 ...THIS ELECTRONIC VERSION MAY DIFFER SLIGHTLY FROM PRINTED VERSION A story on page A6 of Sunday's Post-Tribune should have said Gary mayoral candidate Darren Washington would ask a panel of community members, including Gary firefighters and police officers, to help ...
Law&Order
Apr 17, 2007; ...THIS ELECTRONIC VERSION MAY DIFFER SLIGHTLY FROM PRINTED VERSION POLICE REPORTSHOBART Man threatens clerk, flees with cigarettes A man flashed a note that demanded money and read "I have a gun and I will kill you" to a clerk at Smoke Smoke Smoke, 1221 W. 37th ...
Chaos surely will govern end of session
Apr 17, 2007; ...THIS ELECTRONIC VERSION MAY DIFFER SLIGHTLY FROM PRINTED VERSION Things have been rather orderly for 14 weeks, as state lawmakers laid the groundwork on some major issues they hope to settle in the next two weeks.But trying to resolve them in a mad dash toward an April 29 ...
Using stereotypes wrong for everyone, not just Imus
Apr 17, 2007; ...THIS ELECTRONIC VERSION MAY DIFFER SLIGHTLY FROM PRINTED VERSION The reprehensible statements by radio personality Don Imus and his producer in reference to the Rutgers University women's basketball team shocked the core of every decent-minded person.To refer to such a fine group ...