Director of Operations at Wee Care Child Development Center, Rebecca Thode was born and raised right in Chesterton, Indiana, meaning her home is not too far away from where she runs the business that’s been in her family for almost 40 years...
Raised in Valparaiso, Indiana, Andrew Hanaway has been positively affecting The Region with his outgoing personality for many years. After spending years in the area, and because of his work ethic, his impact has been all the more widespread and...
No matter where one spends their childhood, it's never certain they'll spend the rest of their life there. However, despite where life takes them, everyone's guaranteed to take a piece of their hometown with them, just as Milwaukee, Wisconsin native...
Born in Texas, Dorothy Bass has made quite the journey in her life. As her father was part of the Navy, she spent most of her childhood and young adult life growing up on the East Coast, where she attended high school, college, and graduate school....
An outsider to The Region since he was born and raised in Houston, Texas, Dick Clarke has made quite the journey in his life. Even if it is what others may call leisure, he’s created a glamorous living for himself out of all that he enjoys to do,...
Sports have an easy way of bringing people together, especially the younger generations. With youth sports, it’s not uncommon for kids to be smiling like angels when they hit their first baseball off a tee, or when their small figures lob up a...
Life’s a good pitcher, in that it’s good at throwing anyone and everyone curveballs. Those tricky pitches can be aimed at anything, too — one’s work life, their health. While these challenges exist for everyone, there’s one man in the...
Nowadays, it’s not rare to find people — especially the teachers of the Earth — who can speak multiple languages, those people even going as far to teach said languages as a full-time job. One of those educators happens to make her living right...
The next generation of leaders will forever be indebted to those who have first-hand seen them come up in their lives, and some of those special influencers happen to be the educators of the world. One of those seminal forces resides right here in...
When great people take on big roles in their working lives, just as Lynn Gralik has by becoming the Director of Human Resources (HR) for the City of Valparaiso, lives are bound to be impacted in promising ways. And it’s even more positive when...
