Portage Exchange Club

It is that time of year once again! The annual Portage Exchange Club’s Bill Proctor Memorial Golf Outing will be held Monday, May 13, 2013, at The Brassie Golf Club in Chesterton starting at 10:00 a.m. This is the best outing for the dollar you...

Former City Councilperson Ed Gottschling was the speaker at the March 27 Portage Exchange Club Meeting. Gottschling, a 19-year member of the Exchange Club, served four consecutive terms (16 years) on the Portage City Council. He discussed the...

The Portage Exchange Club welcomed four outstanding MCJROTC cadets as Students of the Month for March. Assistant Principal Michael DePasquale and ROTC instructor Major John Johnston accompanied the students. Exchange Students of the Month are...

The Portage Exchange Club, the Portage High School MCJROTC cadets and Applebee’s Restaurant teamed up for another successful fundraiser. Two of the Exchange Club’s missions are to help children in need and to help prevent child abuse. In order to...

The Reverend Tim Engel, pastor of Holy Cross Lutheran Church in Portage, and golden retriever Barnabus the Comfort Dog were guest presenters at the February 20 breakfast meeting of the Portage Exchange Club. Engel told the club about Lutheran Church...

The Portage Exchange Club welcomed four outstanding PHS seniors as Students of the Month at the February 13 breakfast meeting at Miller’s Assisted Living Meeting Room. The students were accompanied by PHS Assistant Principal and Exchangite John...

The Portage Exchange Club welcomed VFW Commander Rex Lewis as its guest speaker on February 6. Lewis has served 15 years (not continuous) as Post Commander of Veterans of Foreign Wars (VFW) Post 9323 located at 2750 Central Avenue in Lake Station. He...

The Portage Exchange Club welcomed columnist/author/radio host Jerry Davich and his radio co-host Karen Walker to its January 30 breakfast meeting. Davich is well known in this area. He writes a metro column that appears almost daily in the...

The Portage Exchange Club welcomed three outstanding seniors as Students of the Month at the January 23 meeting. The three represented students of the Career and Technical Education Department. Exchange member and PHS Assistant Principal John Zack,...

Mignon Kennedy, Director of Gabriel's Horn short-term shelter for homeless women and their children, spoke to the Portage Exchange Club at the January 16 breakfast meeting at Miller's Assisted Living. She discussed statistics and changes in the...