Nicole Batzek

Molly Dunne, the marketing and events coordinator of the Humane Society of the Calumet Area, grew up in Lansing, Illinois, but currently lives in Dyer with her boyfriend and dog, Anthony and Walter. She attended college at Saint Mary’s College in...

Rob Walker, a La Porte High School agriculture science teacher, grew up in Hebron where he attended Hebron High School. He continued his education at Ball State University in Muncie, where he studied natural resources and environmental management....

Matt McLindon, the Lowell High School interactive media and television production teacher, was born in Chicago, but grew up in Merrillville where he attended high school. Ever since McLindon was a child, he dreamed of being in the FBI. During his...

Bob Jacobs has had a love for golf for as long as he can remember. Throughout his entire life, he has played golf, which is a sport his entire family enjoys. “My dad was the one who got me into golf. I also have older brothers who played golf, so...

Carey Garwood, of Garwood Orchards and Bethany Lutheran Church, was born and raised in La Porte and still currently resides there with her husband, Brian and her four dogs and cats. She attended school at Indiana University briefly before she came...

Kevin Zwiers, the Community Education Manager of Behavioral Health Services for Community Healthcare System, is a Northwest Indiana native who currently lives in Lowell with his wife, Allison, and 5-year old identical twin boys, Cal and Ryne. Zwiers...

Pam Vickrey, a 2nd grade teacher at Winfield Elementary School in Crown Point and the 2012-2013 Crown Point Elementary Teacher of The Year, has lived in Portage her entire life. She attended grade school through high school in the Portage School...

Ross Ratliff is the President of the Indiana Junior Chamber of Commerce of the La Porte Jaycees and the Four Winds Casino training manager. He grew up in Rolling Prairie where he attended New Prairie High School and continued his education at St....

Chuck Gutzwiller, the senior programming director at the Valparaiso YMCA , grew up in southeastern Indiana in a small town called Versailles. He attended school at Indiana University in Bloomington where he studied and obtained a degree in outdoor...

Rita Barnas, a customer service and welcome center coordinator at the Portage YMCA, is originally from the southeast side of Chicago. Shortly after Barnas married her high school sweetheart, she and her husband moved to Hammond. After living in...