Mayor Costas - Valpo

Valparaiso Mayor Jon Costas

Portage softball coach Hayes

Portage High School softball coach Lisa (Anderson) Hayes was an assistant the past two years for the Indians.

Coach Lisa Hayes

Portage's Lisa (Anderson) Hayes, center, was also the varsity softball coach at Marquette in 2009.

Softball Coach Hayes

Portage High School softball coach Lisa (Anderson) Hayes is a 2003 Chesterton grad. She was inducted into the Indiana High School Softball Hall of Fame last summer.

Portage softball coach Lisa Hayes

Portage High School softball coach Lisa (Anderson) Hayes was a catcher for Chesterton. She also played for the University of Southern Indiana.

Mayors swap cities for show, discussion

Gary Mayor Karen Wilson-Freeman, right, jokes with Valparaiso Mayor Jon Costas on Monday before a Lakeshore Focus television show at Valparaiso University. The show "What Would You Do: Urban Revitalization and Community Transformation" gave mayors the challenge of stepping into each others' shoes.

Mayors swap cities for show, discussion

Lakeshore Focus host Keith Kirkpatrick, left, talks to guests Valparaiso Mayor Jon Costas, Gary Mayor Karen Wilson-Freeman, Whiting Mayor Joe Stahura, and former LaPorte Mayor Leigh Morris on Monday before the show at the Valparaiso University theater.

Mayors swap cities for show, discussion

Audience members of the television program Lakeshore Focus wait before the beginning of the show Monday at the Valparaiso University theater. The show featured mayors Jon Costas, Karen Wilson-Freeman, Joe Stahura and former mayor Leigh Morris.

Region full of effective bridge builders

Valparaiso Mayor Jon Costas visits second-graders at Hayes Leonard Elementary School on Nov. 14 and explains his job. The students were studying government.

Mayor makes the grade

Valparaiso Mayor Jon Costas visits second-graders Monday at Hayes Leonard Elementary School and explains his job. The students were studying government for their classes.

Mayor makes the grade

Valparaiso Mayor Jon Costas visits second-graders Monday at Hayes Leonard Elementary School and explains his job. The students were studying government for their classes.