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ANGOLA — Jen Sharkey has long been an ambassador of sorts, in her Steuben County government job and on soccer fields internationally.

Sharkey is Steuben County’s highway engineer. She is responsible for planning and assisting in supervising safe construc-tion and repair of county roads and bridges.

A Battle Creek, Michigan native, Sharkey holds three college degrees, a bachelor’s degree from Tri-State Univer-sity and a master’s degree from Purdue University, both in civil engineering, and a master’s of business administration degree from Ball State University.

Much of her job entails cooperation, especially on federal and state-funded projects.

“I think the advantage is I interact with all members of the highway department,” she said. “I know the problems and how to tackle them. A lot is coordination with (the Indiana Department of Transportation).”

For bridges, she prepares an inventory that looks at a variety of issues.

“Bridges are inspected by a licensed professional bridge inspector and is done every two years,” she said. “Fortunately, Steuben has been No. 1 with the best bridges and we’re looking to continue that.”

Prior to working for Steuben County, she was a consultant for A&Z Engineering LLC, Fort Wayne. But the Steuben County lake country beckoned her.

Sharkey said much of her job with the county is public relations and answering resident questions.

“The best part of my job is the variety

and opportunity to get to interact with different levels of government. There’s still teaching, engineering, budgets, public relations, positively engaging with the community and marketing to get grants,” Sharkey said.

The most frustrating part, she said, is many of the responsibilities that fall into her lap take time to complete.

A major part of the job is taking concerns about roads.

“For our pavement management, when a resident calls us about their roads, we look at the pavement, if it’s asphalt versus chip and seal. To explain why their road is higher up or down on the list we look at pavement surface with evaluation on a rating scale of one to 10,” she said.

One thing the public doesn’t know is road construction and maintenance are pricey, she said. For example, it’s $20,000 for one mile of chip and seal and $10,000 for one mile of sand and seal.

Aside from her engineering career, Sharkey has just wrapped up her second year as Angola High School’s girls’ soccer coach. Prior to that, she was assistant coach at the school for four years. She played the sport in college and internationally.

“I’ve played since a young age at Tri-State and Purdue. I played internation-ally in Brazil, Australia, New Zealand, Italy and Germany as part of a U.S.A. sports ambassador program,” she said. “It would be players from across the country … I believe that’s helped me transition for different soccer strategies.”

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Jen Sharkey, Steuben County’s highway engineer, poses with a front-end loader. The piece of heavy machinery is often used to accomplish road projects. She is responsible for planning and supervising construction and repair of Steuben County roads and bridges.

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KENDALLVILLE — A typical day for Kendallville resident Julie Desper, a busy mother and wife with a demanding job, begins at about 6:15 a.m. and doesn’t end until about 11 p.m.

“You’ve got to have balance in your life. My husband Chris and I decided early on that work is for work and family time is for family. We don’t take our work home with us. We try not to talk about work while at home. That’s family time,” she said recently.

After waking early on a typical work day, she will spend from about 6:15-7:30 a.m. getting 15-year-old son Ryan and 11-year-old daughter Kayla around, make sure their lunches are packed and get them to school.

Desper is manager of Parkview Noble’s Physical, Occupational and Speech Therapy Department, located in a building at the corner of Drake

Road and S.R. 3. She has 20 staff and oversees the operation, attending meetings, completing reports and schedules, reviewing quality informa-tion, checking in with staff and making sure patients are registered properly. She arrives at work about 7:45 a.m., eats lunch on the run and leaves work about 5 p.m. “Sometimes I leave work feeling I still have much to do.”

After work she’s attending her children’s after school activities. Her son plays golf and tennis, and her daughter plays basketball and volleyball. By about 7 p.m. the family is home, including husband Chris, who works at Campbell & Fetter Bank in Kendallville. She makes dinner and the family eats from 7 to about 8:30 p.m. She helps with homework and spends time with the children until about 10 p.m. “Chris and I talk and spent time together from about 10 to 11 p.m.”

When asked how she balances her

commitment to work and family, Desper said a very supportive husband and family helps. “Do not beat yourself up when you feel you come up short,” she advises other women about balancing their busy lives. “Help out others any time you can. Sometime you may need help.”

Desper grew up in Liberty Center, a small town in southern Wells County, and graduated from Southern Wells High School. She majored in speech and hearing at Indiana University where she met her future husband. She earned a master’s degree in speech pathology and moved to Kendallville with her husband in 1996. She went to work for Parkview Health and became manager of the Physical, Occupational and Speech Therapy Department three years ago.

As manager she encourages her staff to have good balance in their lives. “There’s a time for work and there’s a time for family,” she said.

When asked what advice she would give young mothers trying to find that balance in their lives, Desper said no one is perfect. “You are going to make mistakes. Each day is a new day to start over and try again.”

She recommended building a network of support from family and friends. Get to know other parents at your children’s schools. “For the most part, people want to help other people when they can.”

And again with reference to family time, Desper advises: “Remember, this is not your life forever. Kids grow up very quickly and there will be a time when you will miss all the chaos.”

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AUBURN — The eldest of 14 children, Judy Strock grew up in a farming family and enjoyed the role of peacemaker.

“I was always trying to help,” Strock recalled. “I came from a peaceful background. My mom was noted for helping people. My dad was quiet. I thought, ‘When there’s work to be done you do it. If there’s a need, you do it. You take care of it.’”

Strock, 68, continues to embrace the qualities of peace, harmony and helping others as she reaches out to women who find themselves in dangerous and violent situations.

She is a domestic violence advocate and chair of the DeKalb County Domestic Violence Task Force. Both roles are volunteer positions that she took on after retiring in 2010. She had worked as a domestic violence advocate for the YWCA for 10 years and prior to that had worked for the Northeastern Center.

Strock began her professional career after raising three children.

“I went back to college and got my degree, then worked at the Northeastern Center and then for the YWCA,” Strock said. “In that process I’ve gotten empowered, too, so why don’t I help other women become empowered to be who they are and what they can be?”

As an advocate, Strock helps victims of domestic violence access the resources they need and follows and supports them through the legal process if necessary. Strock said her role and relationship with each victim is based on the victim’s individual needs.

“There shouldn’t be violence,” Strock said. “I love kids, I don’t like to see them in that situation. When you empower the women, you empower the kids.”

Strock said it is gratifying to see women she has helped who have left abusive situations and gone on to support themselves and their children, obtain employment, go back to school and be in healthy relationships.

“The women themselves give me the strength,” Strock said. “I don’t go away feeling sad and depressed. I go away feeling empowered and feeling good, or I would have burned out a long time ago.”

Along with her passion for putting an end to domestic violence, Strock is equally passionate about being a good steward of the land and its resources and serves as a board member of the DeKalb County Soil and Water Conservation District.

“Our water and our air and our soil are important too, just as much as relationships,” Strock said. “I want to leave my imprint on this earth, whether through water, soil or a person and how they’re treated.”

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LAGRANGE — Since she first went to work helping her family run a business in Shipshewana, Beth Sherman has known she has a knack for business.

Now as the executive director of the LaGrange County Chamber of Commerce, Sherman has watched LaGrange County businesses grow, and witnessed women playing a larger role in that growth.

Sherman said when she first arrived at the Chamber nearly eight years ago, women weren’t playing nearly as big a role in local business as they do now, including operating the chamber.

“That is really changing now, and you can see that just by looking at our board,”

Sherman points out. “When I got here eight years ago, it was mostly men.”

These days, the chamber’s board of directors is composed of as many woman as men. Sherman said that gradual shift took place as more and more women started stepped forward and taking the reins of many local businesses.

“There are a lot of women out there controlling businesses,” she explained.

Sherman said she thinks women care for businesses much as they care for a family.

“Women are more nurturing, and that’s adds a personal aspect to owning a business,” Sherman said. “I think they tend to treat their businesses like they would treat their children, helping them grow,”

The growth of women in business has not only helped the local economy, but it has helped fuel new growth at the Chamber grow as well. That organization has expanded from 140 members in 2006 to more than 400 companies on the local Chamber role of members today. Sherman said growth within the Chamber has helped many local businesses expand their own bottom lines.

“The No. 1 thing that I like about this Chamber is the networking,” Sherman said. “When I started here, people didn’t even know what businesses were in their own community. They would go to South Bend or Fort Wayne, for example, to find things. But we have those businesses right here and now they’re all working together. That was our mission, to advocate for the success of our members, and that’s what we’re doing.”

Sherman said the shift in local business dynamics has also helped women gain an equal footing with men in the local business climate.

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A trio of women in Drs. Roush and Will Optometrists’ offices in Noble County are breast cancer survivors. Each woman works full time: Amy Vice, optical assistant/technician in the Albion office, and Sharrel Wells, technician, and Jennifer Luttman, business tech, in the

Kendallville office.Here are their empowering stories:

Jennifer Traster LuttmanJennifer Luttman, 56, of Kendallville

is the wife of Jeff Luttman; they are the parents of daughters, Emily McKinley, her husband Chad and their two children Carter and Owen; and Hillary Risk and

her husband Matthew.She discovered she had breast cancer

in December 2006 after a routine mammogram and biopsy. She had major surgery/reconstruction with no treatment as all margins were clear.

Luttman’s advice for people going through difficult times is to rely on the support of family and friends.

“No matter what challenges we are given to overcome, having a positive attitude and faith will help you through your life’s journey,” she said.

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A 10-year survivor, her cancer was discovered through a mammogram that she tried to cancel twice. She chose a lumpectomy and radiation.

Helping her get through the difficult times were her “awesome family and office family and awesome employers.”

“Family, friends and my faith got me through the difficult times,” she said.

“Especially my hero, my dad, who drove me to and from Fort Wayne every day for treatments and then we had our time for lunch.”

The experience showed her that “when you have your health, you have everything.”

“Men also take care of yourselves as we girls need you!” she added.

Traster-Wells’ main interests are reading, antiques and grandchildren.

Her favorite quote is The Golden Rule: “Do unto others as you would have them do unto you.”

Amy ViceAmy Vice, 52, and husband Charlie of

34 years, are the parents of sons, Andy, who is deceased, and his three children, Katie, Rece and Landen; Cory and his wife Ashley and their four children, Madison, Kennedy, Liam and Oliver; Tony and Anna; and Alex and Heather

and their son Trey.Their oldest son, Andy, died in a

car accident Oct. 5, 2009. “When I was diagnosed with breast cancer, two years later, it really wasn’t that big of a deal to me,” Vice said. “In my eyes I had already had the worst thing possible happen to our family. In the last three years I have accepted that it really was a big deal and helped me know I can survive anything, and I am stronger and proud of that.”

Vice was diagnosed with cancer at age 49, through a routine mammogram on June 6, 2011. She had surgery, chemo and radiation.

“My husband, Charlie, stays by my side and takes care of me when I’m discouraged,” she said. “He makes me laugh, cooks, cleans, everything.”

She said that also helping her get through difficult times are, “love and support from our family and friends and

seeing other women who have survived — if they can do it, so can I — and the support and love from our work family at Roush and Will. I work with some awesome people.”

Vice said she has learned that, “I’m a survivor. It has been three years,” she said, “but cancer has helped me really believe I am a survivor. It’s important to keep laughing and loving.”

They lived in Albion for most of their married years and just recently moved to Steinbarger Lake in Wawaka. Her main interests are decorating their new home, scrapbooking and taking care of their grandkids. They love watching them at their sporting events.

Her favorite quotes are, “Every time you were completely convinced you couldn’t possibly go on, you did,” “It’s OK not to be OK,” and “The only thing you can really control is how you react to things out of your control.”

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that feature hot colors of the season. Pastels, orange and neon colors are big for the spring and summer. Orange can also carry into autumn. A bold blazer will add appeal to an office combination. A printed scarf paired with a neutral blouse and pants adds some color and whimsy without being too bold. Printed pants can be a fun choice for a night on the town. Those who prefer to play it safe may lean toward classic lines and colors, but don’t forget to add some punch with strapped shoes or flashy accessories.

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Elizabeth Vargas, known for her work on the television newsmagazine “20/20” as well as her role as anchor of ABC’s “World News Tonight,” made headlines of her own when she left that network’s popular morning show to seek treatment for alcoholism. The news came as a shock to many viewers, not only because Vargas was a successful professional who had risen to the top of her field but also because few people associate alcoholism with women. While the stereotype of an alcoholic may suggest an old man of failing health, women, even young women, can suffer from alcoholism.

In a 2013 radio interview with National Public Radio, author Ann Dowsett Johnston discussed her own alcoholism and whether or not today’s young women are drinking as much as young men. Johnston noted that in her research for her book, “Drink” (Harper-Wave), she noticed that women in the United Kingdom were dying of late-stage liver disease, which is often associ-ated with old men, as early as their late 20s, and that American female college students are consuming comparable amounts of alcohol as male students, which may be leading them down a path to alcoholism after college.

Though excessive alcohol consump-tion is harmful to men and women alike, women who consume comparable amounts of alcohol as men are very likely putting themselves in more danger than their male counterparts. That’s because, according to the National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism, alcohol disperses in body water, and women have less water in their bodies than men. So when a man and a woman of the same weight drink the same amount of alcohol, the woman’s blood alcohol concentration

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• Liver damage: Females who drink are more likely to develop alcoholic hepatitis, or liver inflammation, than men who drink the same amount of alcohol. Alcoholic hepatitis can also pave the way for cirrhosis, a chronic disease of the liver that is often the result of alcoholism.

• Pregnancy: Many women are aware that drinking during pregnancy carries enormous risk, but few may know the actual consequences of such behavior. When a woman drinks during pregnancy, her fetus is more likely to have learning or behavioral problems during its lifetime and may even develop abnormal facial features, such as a thin upper lip and decreased eye width. In addition, the divot or groove between the nose and upper lip flattens with increased prenatal alcohol exposure.

• Heart disease: Heart disease can be traced to a host of causes, not the least of which is chronic heavy drinking. But female heavy drinkers are more suscep-tible to alcohol-related heart disease than men.

• Breast cancer: The NIAAA notes that women who consume roughly one drink per day have a 10-percent higher risk for breast cancer than women who abstain from alcohol. And that risk only rises with each extra drink a woman has.

Alcoholism is rarely associated with women, which may give some women the false impression that alcoholism is not something they need to worry about. But alcoholism does not discriminate based on gender, and women would be wise to learn about drinking and how their own habits may be affecting their immediate and long-term health. More information is available at niaaa.nih.gov.

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during pregnancy, and weight gain is one of the changes most often associ-ated with pregnancy. But excessive weight gain during pregnancy can cause complications for a woman and her baby.

The American Congress of Obstetricians and Gynecologists reports that more than 50 percent of pregnant women are overweight or obese. Many women begin their pregnancy intending to eat healthy throughout their pregnancy. But those good intentions can get pushed aside when morning sickness makes it hard to stomach certain foods. In

addition, craving certain foods for no apparent reason can make it hard to stay on course.

Other women may already be overweight at the onset of pregnancy and continue to gain weight. Women who have not lost pregnancy weight from a previous child may begin their subsequent pregnancy at a disadvantage.

Contrary to popular belief, a woman does not need to double her calorie consumption to provide nutrition for her baby. Nor should she gain too much weight. According to BabyCenter and the Institute of Medicine, the amount of weight a

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woman should gain during her pregnancy depends on her starting weight and her body mass index, or BMI, which measures the relation-ship between height and weight. If a woman’s pre-pregnancy BMI is in the healthy range, she should gain between 25 and 35 pounds during pregnancy. Underweight women should gain between 28 and 40 pounds. Those who are overweight or obese should gain between 11 and 20 pounds. But the amount of women gaining 40 pounds or more during pregnancy has increased by 29 percent over the last 30 years, according to the National Center for Health Statistics. Many of these women did not begin their pregnan-cies with a healthy BMI.

Gaining too much weight during pregnancy puts a woman and her fetus at risk for complica-tions. Extra pounds can increase the risk of developing high blood

pressure, early-stage heart disease, type 2 diabetes, and other issues. Preeclampsia, gestational diabetes and postpartum weight retention are other considerations. In terms of the fetus, cesarean delivery, stillbirth, prematurity, congenital anomalies, and childhood obesity are common among babies born to overweight mothers. What’s more, obese women may not be able to elect for anesthe-siology, like an epidural or spinal anesthesia, during delivery because obscured physical landmarks and excessive layers of fat can make administration risky. It’s also more difficult for doctors to conduct ultrasounds on obese or overweight women, making it challenging to track the baby’s well-being.

Nutritionists warn that good eating habits during pregnancy should begin as early as the first trimester. Too often pregnant women do not realize they have a problem until they’ve already gained weight. Compounding the issue is that many OB/GYN doctors do not readily discuss appropriate weight gain with

pregnant patients. Weight gain may be an afterthought to blood tests, genetic testing and lifestyle options doctors mention early on in the pregnancy.

Many women feel that pregnancy is a chance to eat without regard to diet and a time to enjoy foods that may normally be off-limits. However, this could be a recipe for excessive weight gain. Doctors offer these recommendations for keeping healthy during pregnancy:

• Only consume an extra 300 calories per day and not until the second and third trimesters.

• Aim for 30 minutes of exercise most days of the week.

• Stock the refrigerator with healthy, fast snacks.

• Track calorie intake to make yourself more accountable.

• Lose weight before you become pregnant again.

• Talk to a nutritionist if you need help managing meals.

• Make breastfeeding part of your postpartum plan. Breastfeeding burns around 500 calories per day.

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