Tucked along the shores of Lake Michigan, Beachwalk is both a resort and a neighborhood – a place where families spend their summers or put down roots for a more permanent life on the beach. It’s a vacation community offering a blend of luxury and tranquility in Northwest Indiana, with chances for kayaking, fishing, beach volleyball, tennis, and more.

Managed by 1st American Management Company, Beachwalk maintains its charm and order through year-round care. With its scenic views, plentiful amenities and leisure activities, and a close-knit neighborhood, many families stay for decades. One of those long-term residents is Rich Murphy, who, along with his wife Jill, has called Beachwalk home for 25 years.

“I was initially drawn in by the Lake Michigan and Dunes lifestyle,” he said. “It’s as if a beach of southern Spain was dropped into Indiana, but in the fresh waters of Lake Michigan. We’re raising our family here, and have three daughters.”

Murphy’s love for the community led to his election to the Beachwalk Property Owners Association. His involvement extends beyond residency, and he noted that Beachwalk attracts visitors from all over the world.

“I think people might be surprised that we get residents from all over the country and the world,” he said. “Beachwalk is a destination, and I’ve heard people say that our beach is among the best they’ve ever experienced.”

While some residents only stay during the warmer season, Murphy values the year-round experience.

“My favorite part of living here is our friends, family, and neighbors who all have homes here,” he said. “I also appreciate the changing dynamics of Lake Michigan. You can see the Mediterranean-like blue waters of the summer, the shelf ice of mid-winter, and all the blazing sunsets over the Chicago skyline. The beauty of Lake Michigan is always there, but ever changing.”

Daniel Sullivan, a five-year resident of Beachwalk, feels that most of the community shares Murphy’s admiration.

“I think the vibe of the community is of a shared appreciation for the environment,” Sullivan said. “We all love these homes that have a traditional feel of a beach community, spending time with family and friends surrounded by white picket fences and stunning architecture. You get the sense that you’re on vacation all the time.”

“Beachwalk is a beautiful community. I think many people, especially those of us from Northwest Indiana, take Lake Michigan and all it has to offer for granted. From salmon and perch fishing to pleasure boating, miles of sandy beaches and breathtaking sunsets, it’s truly a special place,” said Michael R. Bottos, President and COO of 1^st American Management Co., Inc.  “We’ve built a strong relationship with the residents of Beachwalk and are excited to see what the future holds for this community.”

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Several individuals from the Adel-DeSoto-Minburn Track and Field Team are being recognized with postseason honors for their performances at the state meet in May.

ADM was recently named the Class 3A Champions for the second consecutive year, and have been selected for many events by the Iowa Association of Track Coaches in the All-State and Elite All-State divisions.

For All-State, junior Elise Coghlan and senior Josi Dufoe got in for the 100 meter hurdles, while Dufoe qualified for Elite All-State. Coghlan was also named All-State in the 400 meter hurdles, while senior London Warmuth got All-State and Elite All-State for the High Jump. Then, the Tiger relays of the 4×100 (Dufoe, Calli Seehase, Jada Grove, and Peyton Standley) and 4×200 meters (Dufoe, Seehase, Grove, and Aniston Tollari) made All-State, with the Girls Shuttle Hurdle Relay, consisting of Dufoe, Coghlan, Bella Smyth, and Haley Nelson achieved both All-State and Elite All-State as they captured a state meet record of 1:01.15.

In addition, ADM Head Coach Bart Mueller was named the Class 3A Coach of the Year from the IATC.

SAN DIEGO — Former San Diego State men’s golfer J.J. Spaun captured the 2025 U.S. Open, battling a weather delay on arguably the toughest course in the world at Oakmont Country Club in Oakmont, Pennsylvania, 10 miles outside of Pittsburgh. Along with a pair of major wins last season by Xander Schauffele at the PGA Championship and The Open, a former Aztec has won three of the last six majors.

Spaun, who starred for SDSU from 2009-12, carded a final round 2-over-par-72 to finish as the lone player under par at 1-under 279, beating runner-up Robert MacIntyre by two strokes. Spaun, who had one career win entering the tournament in the 2022 Valero Texas Open, was at 5-over through his first eight holes of the final round with five bogeys before a 96-minute weather delay. When he resumed on the ninth hole, he had three pars, and then went three-under over his final seven holes with four birdies and a bogey.

Spaun’s 64-foot, 5-inch putt on the final hole to clinch the two-shot win was the longest in the field for the tournament. Spaun became the fifth U.S. Open champion to finish his tournament birdie-birdie in regulation and just the second player in the last 120 yards to shoot a 40-plus on the front nine and to win the U.S. Open. Spaun opened with a 66 in Thursday’s opening round to lead by a shot at 4-under. He followed with a 2-over 72 on Friday before a 1-under 69 on Saturday had him playing in the second-to-last group today. The other three players in today’s final two groups shot a combined 20-over par while Spaun carded a 2-over par.

Spaun entered the weekend as the 25th-ranked player in the Official World Golf Rankings (OWGR).

Spaun twice received All-America recognition by both the (GCAA) and Golfweek during his time at San Diego State (2009-12). He captured five individual tournament crowns during his career at SDSU, which is tied for most in school history with Aztec Hall of Famer Lennie Clements.

In addition, Spaun earned Mountain West Player of the Year honors as a senior in 2012 and garnered three straight all-conference accolades. He concluded that season ranked 17th nationally by Golfstat.com and 21st by Golfweek after leading SDSU to its best-ever Division I team finish with a fifth-place tie in the match-play phase at the NCAA Championships.

Justin Hastings, meanwhile, was the only amateur to make the cut. He opened with back-to-back 73s, before shooting 73 and 76 on the weekend and finishing tied for 55th at +15. It was the second straight amateur Hastings competed in where he was the low amateur (also the Masters). San Diego State is likely the first college to have a U.S. Open champion and the low amateur medalist in recorded history.

Hastings had arguably the best season in San Diego State history, racking up two victories and posting the second-best scoring average (70.33) in program history. Out of his 11 collegiate tournaments, he had two wins (by four strokes each), a runner-up finish and six top-10 efforts. Hastings became the fourth Aztec to win a MW Championship, April 25-27, carding an 18-under-par 198. He also won the Lamkin Classic, March 10-11, in a tournament-record 16-under 200. He was named an honorable mention All-American by two publications, as well as a PING All-West region selection for a third straight season, the Mountain West Golfer of the Year and an all-MW pick for a third consecutive year. Last weekend, Hastings led the Internationals to a 35-25 win at the Arnold Palmer Cup after going 4-0 in his events at Congaree Golf Club in Ridgeland, South Carolina.

San Diego State won its fourth consecutive MW championship last month and a spot in the NCAA Tallahassee Regional, where the Aztecs tied for seventh out of 14 teams, two spots from advancing to the NCAA Championship.

The full costs of building the temporary facility and hosting the event has not been publicly revealed.

In February this year, then Senior Parliamentary Secretary for the Ministry of Culture, Community and Youth Eric Chua said that construction cost of the temporary facility is still being finalised, but it is expected to be “comparable” to the cost borne by other host cities that built temporary facilities to host the event.

He added that tourist revenue generated from the upcoming World Aquatics and World Aquatics Masters Championships is projected to hit S$60 million (US$44.7 million), with 40,000 international visitors expected at the month-long event in Singapore.

Mr Chay echoed similar comments on Monday when asked about the cost of the arena and whether it was within the budget.

“At these major championships, they built temporary venues for all events. But for us, we’re using an existing venue at OCBC Aquatic Center for two of our major events – diving as well as water polo. And we built this facility for swimming as well as artistic swimming, and of course, in Sentosa, we’ll have open water and diving,” he said.

“I’m happy to say that the cost of organising this, building this facility, is comparable to that of Doha as well as Fukuoka (World Championships).”

Late last year, the Pan Pacific Hotels Group, Trans-Eurokars Mazda and OCBC were unveiled as the event’s hotel, automobile and banking partners, with Singtel on Monday announced as the official network connectivity partner of the meet.

The women’s track & field team continued to re-write the record books and competed in the NCAA Indoor and Outdoor Championships.

Sophomore JaMeesia Ford earned the Commissioner’s Trophy at the SEC Outdoor Championships after taking gold the 100 meter and 200 meter events and joined senior Jayla Jamison, and sophomores Cynteria James and Zaya Akins in taking gold in the 4×100 meter relay and 4×400 meter relay events. She also won gold in the 200m at the SEC Indoor Championships and was named the SEC Women’s Runner of the Year after the Outdoor Championship. Sophomore Salma Elbadra won the SEC Outdoor title in the 1500 meter event and was the SEC Women’s Newcomer Runner of the Year.

The Gamecocks sent eight competitors to the NCAA Outdoor Championship in Eugene, Oregon. where Ford was crowned champion in the 200 meters, while Jamison finished seventh in event, allowing both to take All-American honors. Jamison, James, Akins, and Ford were also the runner-up in the 4×100 meter relay, clocking a program record 42.40 to take silver as well as First Team All-American honors.

Ford captured her third All-America nod at the National Championship event after finishing as the runner-upin the 100 meters, running 11.14 and finishing just .003 seconds behind Southern California’s Samirah Moody. Salma Elbadra and Cheyla Scott were each named to the Second Team All-American squad after placing in the Top 16 in their respective events.

As a team, South Carolina finished with 28 points and took seventh place in the overall standings. This was the first Top 10 finish since placing 10th in 2019 and marks the best team finish since 2006 when the Gamecocks placed third.

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The Boston Red Sox traded slugger Rafael Devers to the San Francisco Giants on Sunday in a deal that could shake up pennant races on both coasts.

San Francisco sent right-hander Jordan Hicks, lefty Kyle Harrison, outfield prospect James Tibbs III and minor league righty Jose Bello to Boston for the 28-year-old designated hitter, who had bristled at his demotion from third base this year.

The Giants are two games back of NL West-leading Los Angeles after losing 5-4 to the Dodgers on Sunday night.

Harrison was on his way to the bullpen to warm up for Sunday’s start when he was called back to the clubhouse and informed of the trade. Reliever Sean Hjelle was told about 30 minutes before first pitch that he would start.

“Yeah, it was a lot, and it was late, but you know what? This is something we really needed,” Giants manager Bob Melvin said.

“To get a guy like Devers … there’s a lot you have to give up for him, but this fits us perfectly. It’s a power left-handed bat, a guy that can go the other way and hit for power in our ballpark. I mean, it’s tailor-made for us, so kudos to the front office to swing this.”

On on 5: Devers arrives at Fenway after being traded to Giants

A three-time All-Star who signed a 10-year, $313.5 million contract with the Red Sox in 2023, Devers is batting .272 with 15 homers and 58 RBIs in 73 games, including a solo shot in Boston’s 2-0 victory over the New York Yankees on Sunday that completed a three-game sweep.

But his relationship with the team began to deteriorate when the team signed Gold Glove third baseman Alex Bregman during spring training and asked Devers to move to DH; he balked before agreeing to the switch. When first baseman Triston Casas sustained a season-ending knee injury, the Red Sox approached Devers about playing the field and he declined, saying the front office “ should do their jobs ” and look for another player.

A day after Devers’ comments to the media about playing first, Red Sox owner John Henry, team president Sam Kennedy and chief baseball officer Craig Breslow flew to Kansas City to meet with Devers and manager Alex Cora.

The situation became more difficult when Bregman sustained what the team called a significant right quadriceps injury on May 23.

“Everybody around the league, I think, was paying attention to that. When any team is having some kind of drama like that, with a player like Devers — he basically was the face of the franchise,” San Francisco shortstop Willy Adames said in an on-field interview during the ESPN broadcast.

Buster Posey, a seven-time All-Star who took over as San Francisco’s president of baseball operations in September, said he reached out to Craig Breslow, Boston’s chief baseball officer, about two weeks ago. Trade talks picked up momentum over the past few days.

Posey and Melvin declined to address what position Devers would play in San Francisco — “That’s a conversation for myself, Bob and Zack (general manager Zack Minasian) to have with him,” Posey said — but they are convinced Devers’ bat will have a significant impact on a lineup that has produced only 16 homers from the left side this season.

“We’re excited about adding one of the best hitters in all of major league baseball to our lineup,” Posey said. “We’re obviously taking on a lot of dollars, but there’s a belief that adding a guy like this puts us in a good position keep winning ballgames, get into the playoffs and try to win a World Series, which is our ultimate goal.”

The Red Sox have won five out of six against the rival Yankees over the last two weekends to improve to 37-36, but they are still fourth in the AL East, 6 1/2 games behind division-leading New York.

Devers was 20 when he made his major league debut with the Red Sox in 2017. He helped the Red Sox win the 2018 World Series and led the team in RBIs for five consecutive seasons from 2020-24. He has finished in the top 20 in voting for AL MVP five times.

The Giants have lacked slugging since Barry Bonds hit 45 homers in 2004; they are the only team in the majors who have not had a batter hit 30 homers since then. Devers has hit at least 30 homers in three different seasons.

“It’s tough losing (Harrison and Hicks) … but we’re getting a guy back who changes the lineup, who’s probably a top-10 hitter in baseball every year,” Giants pitcher Logan Webb said.

“Any time you add a player of that caliber, I think you give yourself a chance every day. I don’t know where he’s gonna hit, but I don’t think it really matters. The guy’s a stud, plain and simple. I’m excited about it.”

Devers is not the first Red Sox All-Star to be traded away: The team sent Mookie Betts to the Los Angeles Dodgers before the 2020 season in a salary dump — just a year after he won the AL MVP award and led Boston to a franchise-record 108 wins and its fourth World Series title since 2004.

But the Devers deal is perhaps most reminiscent of the 2004 midseason shakeup when Boston traded disgruntled shortstop — and fan favorite — Nomar Garciaparra.

The Red Sox went on to win the World Series that year, ending their 86-year championship drought.

The acquisition of Devers is the latest big move by Posey, 38. He signed Justin Verlander to a $15 million, one-year contract in January and Adames to a $182 million, seven-year deal in December.

Harrison, 23, is 9-9 with a 4.48 ERA and 178 strikeouts in 39 games for the Giants over three seasons. Hicks, 28, was 5-12 with a 4.83 ERA and 139 strikeouts in 42 games over two seasons. Tibbs, 22, was the 13th overall pick in last year’s draft; he is hitting .246 with 12 homers and 32 RBIs in 57 games for Single-A Eugene of the Northwest League this season. Bello, 20, is 1-0 with a 2.00 ERA in eight games for the Giants’ rookie league team in Scottsdale, Arizona.