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George Scouras, co-founder and owner of the Towne Restaurant and a successful painting business, died Friday in Sisters Hospital after a brief illness. He was 78.

Mr. Scouras was born in Alexandria, Egypt. During World War II, his family lived in Austria, moved to Greece after the war and were classified as displaced persons. They moved to a camp in Italy, where they stayed until they came to the United States in 1951, sponsored by a church.

Mr. Scouras made the most of the opportunities in his new country. As a young man, he worked for Teds Hot Dogs, as well as for several painting contractors. In 1962, he opened a commercial painting business, Bison Painting & Decorating Corp., with his brother Peter and Lawrence Ward.

Ten years later, they opened a hot dog stand at Allen Street and Elmwood Avenue and called it Towne Red Hots. The business grew into a popular full-service neighborhood restaurant, now known as Towne Restaurant. Mr. Scouras remained active with both businesses until he fell ill.

A resident of Elma, Mr. Scouras was a longtime trustee for Painters District Council No.4 Trust Funds and a past member of the Kenmore Mercy Hospital board of trustees.

He is survived by his wife, the former Chrissoula Kalaitzis; two daughters, Eleni Konstantopoulos and Artemis Zotos; two sons, Paul and Dino; a brother, Angelo; and seven grandchildren.

Funeral services will be held at 11 a.m. Tuesday in the Hellenic Orthodox Church of the Annunciation, 146 W. Utica St.

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CROWN POINT | The concept of saving what architect James D. Smith called an endangered building and "a unique building to the planet" was pitched to area contractors and tradespeople Tuesday at Lucrezia's restaurant.

The luncheon meeting was organized to encourage them to help by donating at least a portion of the work needed for the project. Gloria Tuohy, artistic director of the Indiana Ballet Theatre and the driving force behind the effort to not only save the building but to transform it into a regional cultural arts center, has been working for 10 years on the project.

Tuohy said she has tenants for all the space in the building if it can be completed by the July 2016 deadline set by the Lake County Board of Commissioners, who donated the building to her.

Tuohy plans to operate a store on the first floor, and her ballet theatre would occupy the top floor. The rest of the building would be used by groups like South Shore Arts and a variety of other arts activities, and possibly would house a tearoom.

"For a building its age and for having sat idle for more than 30 years, it's in pretty good shape outside," Smith said. "Inside, a leaky roof and water have done damage. The wind was whistling through the building, and every time I'd go in I'd see another piece of plaster had fallen and see the raccoons scatter. It's moved along to the point where the building is preserved, and there is hope for it."

Built originally as a dormitory for nurses treating patients at the neighboring tuberculosis hospital at a cost of about $70,000, Smith said the cost to restore it and bring it up to current building codes will be about $3 million without some help from the contractors and tradespeople. The outside landscaping, including a tea garden, rose garden, natural playground, trails and other amenities, will be about another $1 million, he said.

Architect Taghi Arshame, who designed the landscaping, said, "This is a facility that could have a regional impact."

Among those at the luncheon was Gary Knesek, of Screen, Storm Window andLamp Repair Service in Crown Point. He has spent five years replacing and restoring all 127 windows, rebuilding the frames, reglazing them and painting the interior. He said all that's left is painting the outside when the weather warms and building storm windows to help preserve them.

James Sadlowski, project manager for Skyline Construction in Griffith, said he was drawn to the luncheon because all his family plays musical instruments and his sisters were in the Northwest Indiana Symphony Orchestra.

"So we are interested in the arts," Sadlowski said. "And we hope to do some of the work inside. I drive by it a lot."

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NEWS TWLOHA, Z Society raise suicide awareness by Mairead Crotty | Mar 24 2015 | 18 hours ago

The University chapter of To Write Love on Her Arms placed 1,100 black flags on the South Lawn Monday to represent the 1,100 college students who die by suicide every year.

TWLOHA is a nonprofit organization seeking to fight the stigma surrounding mental health, create a better and safer conversation about mental health and educate and inform people about the importance of receiving treatment.

With the help of the Z Society, TWLOHA placed the black flags, both to respect student lives lost to suicide and to raise awareness. TWLOHA Vice President Arianna Trickey, a Curry graduate student, said the campaign is a way to bring attention to the conversation surrounding mental health.

The Black Flag Advocacy Campaign is a way to break the stigma, Trickey said. Suicide is not something that anyone wants to talk about, even though the ripple effect of a suicide affects everyone.

The Black Flag Campaigns goal is to encourage students struggling with their mental health to seek the medical attention they need.

That being said, its not meant to be a bandwagon, Trickey said. Its part visibility, but weve also made sure that resources are available. We want to stress that suicide is not the answer there are other avenues to get help here at the University.

Trickey also explained the purpose of the University chapter of the organization.

As an organization we try to do a lot of advocacy work to end the stigma and discuss what being a college student in a culture that stigmatizes mental health is, Trickey said. Were trying to show that U.Va. is not alone in this problem, and that there are so many people who have faced these issues.

The main goal of TWLOHA is to educate and advocate for people struggling with mental health. Ten percent of students have depression, and an estimated two-thirds of those students are untreated, Trickey said. TWLOHA aims to connect people to the resources they need to combat mental health problems.

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Imagine you are in your 60s, looking over your shoulder for signs that your job will soon disappear. You don't have a pension. You don't have much money in your 401(k) plan. Indeed, you may have next to nothing. What you do have is your home, one you have lived in for a long time - long enough to have paid off the mortgage.

For millions of people, this situation requires no imagination. It is almost exactly what they are facing. Is there a way to turn it around?

I believe there is. It involves reimagining shelter. It means transforming your basic circumstances. Consider Bill and Ann, a couple who own a home valued at $208,000, the recent median sales price for existing homes. They own it free and clear.

But they're both 65 and have just lost their jobs. Worse, a previous period of unemployment forced them to draw down most of the money in their 401(k) plans. Now, their largest resource is their Social Security checks. As average workers, that's $1,215 a month for each, a total of $2,430 a month.

Now that they are involuntarily retired, the house they love has become a cost burden. Taxes, insurance, repairs, services and utilities cost them about $8,400 a year. Add their Medicare Part B premium of $104.90 a month, each, and only $1,520 a month remains to cover the cost of everything else.

What can they do?

Not a palace

Here's the transformation: They can sell their house and move to a resident-owned manufactured-home community. Doing so will provide them a two-bedroom, two-bath home with 1,000 to 1,200 square feet.

It won't be a palace, but palaces aren't good designs for aging in place, anyway. Homeowner association dues cover outdoor work such as lawn mowing. And they will have neighbors watching out for them as they get older.

They will net about $185,000 after the costs of selling their house and moving. Next, they buy a manufactured home for $65,000 to $70,000 - a common price level for manufactured-home resales in resident-owned communities.

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Madison Township trustees approved a new 2015 cemetery mowing contract last week after some debate over whether to bring the work back in-house as a cost-saving measure.

At their March 18 meeting, trustees voted in favor of a new one-year contract with G.A.G. Inc. to mow township cemeteries at a cost of $285 every seven to 10 days, as needed.

Public Works Superintendent Dave Weaver said it has been years since the township has had a new contractor for these services. He said the previous contractor, Hardin Lawn Maintenance, is no longer operating in the area.

"We haven't had to do this in so long. We've had a great contractor doing this, but they are no longer working in the area, and G.A.G. came in only $10 a week higher than what we'd been paying Hardin Lawn Maintenance," Weaver said.

Trustee Gary McDonald said in light of all the budget cuts that have hit the township in recent years, he'd like to know if the Public Works Department could handle this work.

"Looking at the cost of $285 a week, this adds up to a cost to us of about $8,500 for the season, and then add in the Mennonite cemetery and it's a little over $10,000 for the year," McDonald said. "I'm wondering if the road department can handle mowing these because of all the cuts we've been facing."

However, Weaver pointed out that many of the cuts have also affected his department, including reducing his full-time staff from nine employees to five.

"Our issue is manpower, because of all the areas that we already currently mow, not to mention last year we had about 300 nuisance properties we were mowing, along with cleaning up trash," he said. "I need my staff to do road repair and we're just stretched too thin."

Township Administrator Susan Brobst also pointed out that Madison Township doesn't have enough equipment to add part-time or full-time staff members to take on this work.

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How does the production of energy combine with a regions culture to affect the urban landscape?

That will be the topic of a talk by Wes Michaels, a landscape architect from Louisiana State University, at the University of Houston. The talk begins at 4 p.m. Wednesday in Room 101 of Cemo Hall.

Michaels is co-founder of the LSU Urban Landscape Lab, which researches the ecological and cultural relationships in urban areas, an outgrowth of the rebuilding of New Orleans after Hurricane Katrina.

The talk, which is sponsored by UH Energy and is free and open to the public, will address biofuels and wind power, as well as water infrastructure and how energy production affects the distribution and management of shared resources.

To attend, RSVP to sacoates@UH.edu or call 713-743-6100.

WHAT: Energy, Culture and Landscapes, presentation by LSU landscape architect Wes

Michaels.

WHEN: 4 p.m. Wednesday, March 25

WHERE: UH Cemo Hall, Room 101. Parking available in the Welcome Center garage, off

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