Ethan Ferba had big plans for the offseason.
The Hobart diver got a taste of competing against the best when he finished 26th at the IHSAA state swimming and diving competition last February in Indianapolis.
When Ferba returned to Northwest Indiana, he sat down with Hobart diving coach Katharine Rinas and the two put together a summer workout plan that would allow the then-sophomore to take his diving to the next level.
Then COVID-19 hit and pools around the Region shutdown, including Hobartâs sparkling new swim facility.
âWhen everything with COVID happened, it was bad,â Ferba said. âWe had a whole summer planned out for workouts. It made all those plans go away.â
CROWN POINT â A 23-year-old man was sentenced Friday to 12 years in prison for two home invasions, including one where a retired Gary police captain was shot.
Kevon Dixon, of Gary, pleaded guilty in July to aggravated battery, a level 3 felony, in connection with Capt. Charles Austin s shooting and burglary as a level 5 felony in a separate case.
Lake Criminal Court Judge Jamise Perkins sentenced Dixon to nine years for shooting Austin and three years for the burglary.
Perkins rejected defense attorney Cipriano Rodriguez s request to order the sentences be served concurrently, instead ordering they be served consecutively.
Austin, 69, said he wanted to share the story of his life and how he nearly died.
Northwest Health has honored two nurses with Daisy Awards for extraordinary and compassionate service.
The annual awards were established to honor the late J. Patrick Barnes, whose family wanted to recognize the nurses who treated him after he died at 33 in 1999 because of complications from the idiopathic thrombocytopenic purpura autoimmune disease.
The health care system honored Patricia (Patti) Martin, the manager of the Infusion Center at Northwest Health â Porter, with a Daisy Award.
âIt is difficult to find words to express my gratitude for line nurse Patti Martin at Northwest Health â Porter, said the patient who nominated here. She was my first nurse when I began cancer treatment in summer 2019. She took my first blood draw for labs and accessed my port-a-catheter the first time. I was anxious about my first port access. Patti s steady hands and gentle approach made the access absolutely painless along with every time since the first visit.
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