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JULY

2007

VOL.=20 ONE

u Find out more about the publisher

u Find=20 out how to PROMOTE AND advertise your business

u WHAT=20 WILL the northwest INDIANA CHRONICLE offer the = community?

Live!

addressing=20 the needs of the community by providing news about where we live and = what we are=20 doing--consistantly and planting the seeds for a secure = future.

Leslie=20 McCloud has been reporting news in and around the Region for nearly 10 = years.=20 She started her career at the City News Bureau of Chicago in 1998 and = went on to=20 the Chicago Defender in 1999.

The=20 Northwest Indiana Chronicle

=85is a = community=20 newspaper on line

By Leslie Jones = McCloud

Creating commerce in our = community is up=20 to us. This communication vehicle can be used to let literally the world = know=20 about your business.

Although this is only a = newsletter to tell=20 you about the Northwest Indiana Chronicle, the community newspaper = online will=20 become a

NWIChronicle=99=97what=20 does the name mean?

I chose the name =93Chronicle=94 = to describe=20 the on line newspaper because it will record what goes on in the = community as=20 time goes by. The community will help direct and guide what appears in = the on=20 line publication. There will be plenty of photos and some video of = community=20 members living and evolving.

web site businesses and other = members of=20 the community can use to convey their message.

Advertising = you=20 control

Each advertised business will = receive a=20 news story to go along with the advertisement. Rates are low =96only = $500 for six=20 months sponsorship of the NWIndiana Chronicle! Call for details,=20 219-977-1463.

Read=20 samples of news stories

PATRICIA MILLARD pets = a cat up for=20 adoption Saturday December 2 at the Northwest Indiana Humane Society = during an=20 income-based, low-cost pet wellness promotion designed to bring more pet = owners=20 in to get their dogs and cats spayed or neutered. Millard brought her = cats Honey=20 and Sweetie in for shots. (Photo by Leslie Jones McCloud)

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Contact

writeformoney@hotmail.com

SUPPORTERS OF=20 GEORGE

Van = Til gathers for his = fundraiser

held November 30 at = Teibel=92s=20 in

Schererville. = Among those in=20 attendance

were East = Chicago mayoral=20 candidate

and Democratic Party=20 Chair,

Anthony Copeland;=20 (left)

Lake County Surveyor, = George Van=20 Til;

his son Ethan and Lake = County=20 Treasurer John Petalas. (Photo by Leslie Jones McCloud)

Apply for = unemployment=20 benefits on line

People who are laid = off or lose=20 their jobs can apply for unemployment insurance benefits online, = according to=20 the Indiana Department of Workforce Development.

"This is a very busy = time of the=20 year as seasonal unemployment and mass layoffs reach their peak," said = Andrew=20 Penca, commissioner of the department.

"As we are in the = midst of=20 shifting from paper to electronic filing of claims, we want to make sure = that=20 claimants are aware of this. With the online application, they can apply = any=20 time they want, day or night by using any computer with internet access. = Electronic submissions actually speed up the process and result in = faster=20 service to the claimant," Penca said.

In addition to home = computers,=20 libraries and other community-based centers that offer computer access, = Work One=20 offices throughout the state have computers readily = available.

To apply, people need = their Social=20 Security number, the names and addresses of all employers for the last = two=20 years, their dates of work and the reason they left each job.

To be eligible for = unemployment=20 benefits, a worker must lose his job through no fault of their own and = must look=20 for work each week. Benefits are fully funded by employers through = unemployment=20 insurance taxes. The online application is available 24 hours a day, = seven days=20 a week at http://www.in.= gov/dwd/job_seekers/ui_to_file.html.

Because=20 this type of news is community focused. They are not falsely = gleeful nor=20 are they only focused on crime. Instead, these stories are a chronicle = of events=20 in our cities. Advertisers will be guaranteed a spot in the = publication=92s pages.=20 Any other editorial content will vary and be subjected to the = publisher=92s=20 control--following standard journalism ethics. Many of these stories = never saw=20 the light of day while Leslie worked at other local publications. They = regularly=20 will be featured in the pages of the Northwest Indiana=20 Chronicle.

Gary=20 School board member at- large Darren Washington, signs an autograph for = a=20 supporter at one of his fundraisers during his 2006 bid for mayor of = Gary.=20 (Photo by Leslie Jones McCloud)

The=20 NWIndiana=99 Chronicle