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Shamaria Lucious (right) helps process some of the 1,500 letters received from Northwest Indiana students bound for students in Uganda while working at the New Tech High School in Gary, Ind., Tuesday, April 24, 2012. (Andy Lavalley â Sun-Times Media)
Life guard Hayley Balko watches over the last minutes of adult swim before the kids are allowed back into the pool at the Hub Pool Monday, July 16, 2011, in Crown Point. The 44 year-old pool will be getting $67,000 in improvements this year including a ADA chair lift. (Sun-Times Media)
Owner Mark Hines is shown at the Town Club Restaurant and Lounge, which has been in business for 65 years in Highland, Ind., Tuesday, April 24, 2012. Mark and his wife Tina Hines have owned the restaurant for 14 years. (Stephanie Dowell - Sun-Times Media)