🌱 Meet the Valparaiso athlete honored with a 2026 Players with Heart scholarship
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In today's newsletter:
- Meet the Valparaiso athlete honored with a 2026 Players with Heart scholarship
Also on today's calendar: Beginner Square Dance Class - Open House! and 6 more events.
Today's riddle: Want to hear a joke about a broken pencil? 🤔 (Answer below!)
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- Thursday: Intervals of clouds and sun, with a high of 67 and low of 48 degrees.
- Friday: A couple of afternoon showers, temps: high: 68, low: 57.
- Saturday: A shower in the a.m.; cloudy, with a high of 70 and low of 57 degrees.
📰 News we're reading
• Beck's and Brownfield Recognize Athletes Making a Difference 2026 (brownfieldagnews.com) — A Valparaiso student-athlete, Isabella Bryan, has been named a 2026 “Player with Heart,” earning a $1,000 scholarship from Beck’s and Brownfield Ag News. The program honors high school athletes across the Midwest for leadership, character, and community service, spotlighting students who make a difference beyond the playing field. 
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★ Featured events ★
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Art + Innovation Summer – Valpo →
Valpo Creates Center, 256 Indiana Ave #5, Valparaiso
5:00 pm
Wednesday June 17
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Other local events
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Board of Works Meeting →
Valparaiso, IN Calendar, 166 Lincolnway, Valparaiso
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Mainstage: A Little Night Music - Third Weekend
Memorial Opera House - Valparaiso IN 46383
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Hilltop Mission Kitchen Meal →
Valparaiso, IN Calendar, 608 Union St., Valparaiso
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Dunes Hospice Grief Support Group: Coffee Creek →
Valparaiso, IN Calendar
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Tuesday Weekly Assembly →
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City Council Meeting →
Valparaiso, IN Calendar, 166 Lincolnway, Valparaiso
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Human Relations Council →
Valparaiso, IN Calendar, 166 Lincolnway, Valparaiso
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Beginner Square Dance Class - Open House! →
Trinity Lutheran Church, Valparaiso, 201 N. Washington, Valparaiso
6:30 pm
Friday May 22
Monday May 25
Tuesday May 26
Thursday May 28
Monday June 1
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🗓 Events Nearby
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CULINARY ARTS →
Three20 Recovery, 320 S Calumet Rd, Chesterton
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Advisory Plan Commission →
Chesterton, IN Calendar, 726 Broadway, Chesterton
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Robert Rolfe Feddersen →
Running Vines Winery, 101 Broadway Ave, Chesterton
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Mainstage: A Little Night Music - Third Weekend
Memorial Opera House - Valparaiso IN 46383
8:00 pm
Thursday May 21
Friday May 22
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💬 Chatter
What your neighbors are talking about on social media
- Gardant Management Solutions, Inc. posted a job opening for Activity Assistant in Valparaiso. Apply here.
- Chilli's posted a job opening for QA/Expeditor - Valparaiso Chili's in Valparaiso. Apply here. You can search for other jobs near Valparaiso here.
🗞 Nearby News
Chesterton
- Penn wins, Kimbrough and Swanson shine at IHSAA girls track and field sectionals (inkfreenews.com)
- Chesterton Celebrates Rededication of Historic Bandstand (xrock1039.com)
- Chesterton Man Charged After Allegedly Impersonating Police Officer Near Valparaiso University (regionnewssource.org)
Portage
- City of Portage Launches New Comprehensive Planning Effort; Community Invited to Participate (greatnews.life)
- State investigation documents ex-Portage firefighter's alleged fraud, problems with city's oversight (chicagotribune.com)
- A Portage Life in the Spotlight: Benjamin and Katelyn Leonard White (greatnews.life)
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-- The Patch AM Team
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