2023-02-07 E-Edition

Alley-Oop for Awareness game a big hit

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From the moment Luke Hansen belted out a beauty of a national anthem that put a huge charge into the crowd, it was evident this was not just another basketball game that was about to be played. And it wasn’t just another game. It was a once-a-year event that has posted up in a special place in the hearts of […]

Chesterton couple returns from Antarctica

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It’s not uncommon for people to go south this time of the year, but just how far south? Kirk and Betty Whiting of Chesterton probably have everyone beat. The couple traveled clear down to Antarctica over the last couple of weeks of January with their friends, Kathy and Mel Goldman of Lowell and Donna and Ken Morgan of Connecticut. The […]

DeRuntz honored by Daughters of the American Revolution

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Robert DeRuntz, Social Studies teacher at Chesterton High School, was honored with a certificate and a check for $100.00 from the William Henry Harrison Chapter of the National Society Daughters of the American Revolution on Thursday. The award was given in recognition of Mr. DeRuntz’s outstanding work in the classroom and for incorporating the three tenets of DAR: Patriotism, Historic […]

Shelf ice spotted on Lake Michigan

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Icy conditions have ebbed and flowed along the Lake Michigan shoreline to an unusual degree this winter, corresponding with the extreme temperature swings. This week, a dangerous beauty known as “shelf ice” has appeared along the South Shore beaches. Just before Christmas when the area was engulfed by a polar blast that sent wind chills up to 50 degrees below […]

Terry Callaway

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Terence Joseph “Terry” Callaway, age 60, of Chicago, Illinois, passed away peacefully at home on January 30, 2023. Terry was born on December 4, 1962, to Thomas W. Sr. and Margaret (Ray) Callaway, in Gary, Indiana. Terry attended St. Joseph the Worker Grade School in Gary, Indiana and graduated from Chesterton High School in 1981, where he played basketball, football, […]

Eunice Alders

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Eunice (Morris) Alders of Chesterton, IN passed away on Tuesday, January 24, 2023 in Chesterton, IN. She was born on July 11, 1922 in Youngstown, OH to Oshel and Elva Morris. Eunice is survived by her son, Larry (Judy) Alders; grandchildren, Sarah, Jacob, Andrew and Jordan Alders; sister, Vivian Ayres; nephews, Jim and Steve; and nieces, Patty and Lisa. She […]

Echoes of the Past

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10 Years Ago Thursday, Jan. 31, 2013 – Friends of Indiana Dunes donates an all-terrain, all-weather motorized wheelchair to Indiana Dunes State Park. . . Westchester Public Library seeks volunteer reading tutors for a new service. . . . Peggy Sue’s Diner re-opens after remodeling. . . Duneland Family YMCA offers strength and toning classes with instructor Stephanie Gillespie. 15 […]

Community Calendar

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Submit calendar items to calendar@chestertontribune.com Tuesday, February 7 *The Duneland Photography Club meets at Sunset Hill Farm County Park at 7 p.m. in the Horton Family Education Center. Doors open at 5:30 p.m. for hands-on mentoring and question time, led by Jim Rettker and John Roquet. At 7 p.m. LeAnn Angerman will be leading a presentation on aspect ratio, cropping, […]

Super Bowl Soft Pretzels!

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With the biggest football game of the season about to be played, I thought it most appropriate to feature what historians consider to be the oldest snack food known to man – pretzels! With humble beginnings around 610 A.D., in the region between the south of France and northern Italy, monks first created pretzels, and likewise, shaped to resemble the […]