New center helps Down syndrome kids reach potential

Denise Babjak holds her daughter Lainy, 4, at the Chasing Dreams center on Chicago Street in Valparaiso. Babjak opened the doors to the center earlier this month, offering programs for children with Down syndrome.

New center helps Down syndrome kids reach potential

Lainy Babjak, 4, plays Thursday in the new Chasing Dreams center in the former St. Paul School in Valparaiso.

New center helps Down syndrome kids reach potential

Lainy Babjak, 4, plays with toys Thursday at the Chasing Dreams center in Valparaiso. The center offers support for children with Down syndrome and their families. Lainy's mother, Denise, opened the center in response to her own experience with Lainy, who has Down syndrome. "There's nothing …

New center helps Down syndrome kids reach potential

Denise Babjak works in the Chasing Dreams center, which provides services for children with Down syndrome.

Lake Station built fields within Field of Dreams but no one came

Lake Station Public Works employee Henry Montes floats concrete for a dugout this past spring at the Lake Station Field of Dreams. No one used the fields due to disagreements.

Field of Dreams near completion

Concrete is poured for a dugout last spring at the Lake Station Field of Dreams. The fields went unused due to disagreements.

Field of Dreams near completion

A concrete truck drives outside the fence for the Lake Station Field of Dreams earlier this spring. The fields were never used due to disagreements between city officials and the Lake Station Little League.

Field of Dreams near completion

Lake Station Public Works employees Steve Schau, kneeling, Joey Taylor, left, Ron Metz, center, and Henry Montes, right, smooth concrete for a dugout recently at the Lake Station Field of Dreams.

Field of Dreams near completion

Lake Station Public Works employee Henry Montes, right, recently prepares to smooth concreate for a dugout at the Lake Station Field of Dreams. Two fields at the site are scheduled to be open for the first games April 28.

Securing your dreams of life shouldn't revolve around baby

Dreams of life with a baby could be one-sided, romantic moments, an attitude that can come and go like a headache. In those few moments of passion and idealizing what your mind is set on, safety can be lax, because nothing happened those other times.