Dumezich for US House Indiana 1st?

From @daltonsbriefs of Porter County Politics

NW Indiana - Dumezich for House?

I’ll start the conversation here, and then round robin to some of our other great conservative sites in the state. Of course you're welcome to engage the same topic on twitter as well (@daltonsbriefs)

I believe that Dan Dumezich should re-think his options and run instead against Pete Visclosky for the first district seat.

• Dan can raise money, both inside and outside the district
• Dan has a strong and well known name in the district and has recently put old turf wars with current Lake County GOP chair behind them
• Pete is as weak as he’s going to be, with PMA lobbying money scandal and having to remove himself from position of earmark power
• The voters in the first district are getting pretty sick of calls for increased taxes to bail out Gary and the northern Lake County communities.
• If Dan wins, we pick up a seat no one thought would ever go R. If he loses by 4-5 points, he is the logical successor to Senator Lugar who will I’m sure soon retire.

I’ll let you the readers tell me I’m all wet, that’s fine, since that’s the primary goal of this site and other similar ones. But, before you cry ‘impossible’ think carefully about the possibilities.

Merely an opinion - Dumezich should run against Visclosky (from Hoosier Access)

Happy and Thoughtful Easter

Happy Resurrection Sunday - Easter

Happy Resurrection Sunday - Which we call Easter

Roughly 2,000 years ago Jesus Christ raised himself from the grave, he was all the way dead don't play games with the story in your head, and he overcame that death to show that he/God is dominant over even death.

"Where o death is thy sting ..."

Although we as Christ followers believe in our own mortality and depravity in sin, and our need for a redeemer to pay the penalty of our sins, and therefore the dominant role of the cross in helping us remember the horrible death and sacrifice of Christ

The Resurrection is in many ways more important. All other sacrifices died, the lamb the goat the bird, never to be seen again.

Jesus Christ rose again ... that's a really big deal. Quite possibly the most important event in human history, in 7,000 years, the resurrection of Jesus Christ. A 100% man, who was 100% God (of course we can't understand that tension) died a horrible death and then three days later raised himself from that tomb, rolled away a multiple ton rock, and walked out still bearing the holes in his hands and feet ... the marks of the price he paid on our behalf.

Sorry for this pause in political debate, but it's well worth the pause. If you are offended at this blatant statement, or feel that no one has the right to state "truth" when there are so many different opinions in today's society ... welcome to post modern predictable thought ... you too have been duped by humanities 7,000 year desire to be "my own person" and "not need a god"

Take a deep breath and dare yourself to ask "where do I stand for eternity?"

Centier Bank's Curt Gill honored

From the Times

Curt Gill embraces opportunities to further projects, programs and education in Porter County.

A Valparaiso resident since 1976 and vice president of Centier Bank, Valparaiso branch since it opened in 1988, he believes in the community and to giving back.

Gill served as director of the American Cancer Society for 30 years. He just retired in August. He has been a member of Valparaiso Rotary Club for 21 years and is a past president and is currently involved with the Porter County Tobacco and Education Prevention Coalition. He serves on the Valparaiso Economic Development Corporation, was a member of a delegation to China last October, and has been on the Valparaiso Town Gown Committee for at least 15 years.

A 12-year member of the Porter County Career and Technical Education Advisory Council, Gill recently received its Outstanding Service Award. His support of career and technical education students and programs were cited as some of the reasons for the award. School principal and director Jon Groth presented the honor.

The purpose of the advisory council is to provide assistance to the county Career and Technical Education administration in system design and program evaluation, to bring community input into the planning process to better serve the interests of students, parents, future employers of graduates and the community.

"I work in the community, want to be involved and I plan to continue," he said. "And Centier Bank is very supportive of volunteer opportunities and me in these pursuits."

Plane in Hudson Video

I posted earlier this week, There's a plane in the Hudson

Here's the video found showing the plane landing in the water and then the passengers getting out on the wings, plane comes in at 2 mins

Northwest Indiana News and Bloggers

Just posted a pretty comprehensive list of links on stories and news for today, feel free to add more in the comments section ... thinking one of us should host a comprehensive list every day.

Worth reading - NW Indiana Today

Like many of our readers, I try to skim through the Times and the Post each morning online, and then my google reader feeds for NW Indiana ... recently I've added a few more bloggers and the #NWIndiana twitter stream just to keep my eyes open for interesting news. See NW Indiana bloggers if you want to add some great new sites.

Head to link above for the entire post, and feel free to leave comments here too with links to NW Indiana related posts today.