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A Valpo Life in the Spotlight: Susan Foster 

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Susan Foster earned her bachelor’s degree in elementary education from Purdue. She then returned to her alma mater to get her master’s in special education, and today uses both degrees throughout the Region. She works as the special-education instructional coach for children in grades K-eight within the Valparaiso Community Schools.  Foster grew up in Lowell, and it’s where she went to high...

A Portage Life in the Spotlight: Ashlyn Gentry

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The Distinguished Young Women (DYW) Competition is an integral part of the high school experience for many young women. The competition provides these students another opportunity to make lasting memories and friendships as they move into adulthood. Ashlyn Gentry, a junior at Portage High School (PHS), was afforded the opportunity to participate in the school’s DYW competition. In addition to...

A Northwest Indiana Life in the Spotlight: Suzanne Teesdale

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Featured image taken by Emily Baginski.Coloring outside the lines has never looked so good for Suzanne Teesdale, an art teacher at Timothy Ball Elementary School. She inspires creativity in her students by encouraging them to be makers and doers – and to grow through the creative process. For Teesdale, creativity is about more than just producing finished work. It’s about exploration, trial...

A La Porte County Life in the Spotlight: Karen Waltz

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Karen Waltz’s journey to becoming a kindergarten teacher at Indian Trail Elementary School has taught her that it’s never too late to write your own lesson plan in life. When her twin daughters were first starting preschool, the then stay-at-home mom began volunteering at the school’s get-togethers, but Waltz never imagined that stepping into her daughter’s classroom would also be the...

A Michiana Life in the Spotlight: Sunny Kaminski 

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Originally from South Korea, Michiana chef Sunny Kaminski settled in Mishawaka in 1992 when she was just 22 years old after briefly living in North Liberty. She operated Sunny’s Korean Restaurant for just over 30 years before beginning Sunny’s Gourmet Products. When she first came to the United States, Kaminski fell in love with the country. She arrived empty-handed, but she quickly...