Birthdays
Feb. 26: Pam Dolan
Feb. 28: Scotty Foster and John Byrne (who is now 40) share this day
March 1: Diane Kozlowski
March 2: Heather Evans
Calendar
March 8: Daylight saving time begins. Spring forward and loose an hour of sleep. Firefighters remind every one to change the batteries in your smoke detectors. Our bravest want you to be safe.
FISH FRIES
St. Andrew’s Ameling Hall, 801 W. 73rd Ave., Merrillville. Every Friday in Lent except Good Friday. Time: 4-7 p.m. Cost: Adults $10, kids 12 and younger $6, carry-outs $8. No doggie bags. Fried or baked fish, pierogi (potato/cheese or sauerkraut), baked potato or fries, salad, coleslaw, coffee, punch and ice cream.
Knights of Columbus Fish Fries cooked by the Lowell Knights all will also have fried chicken
Feb. 27, St. Edwards Gym in Lowell
March 13, St. Edwards Gym in Lowell
March 20, St. Elizabeth Ann Seton Hall east of Lake Eliza at 500 W. Division Road, Valparaiso
March 27, St. Edwards Gym in Lowell
OTHER
March 8: Protection of The Virgin Mary Orthodox Church presents its Fashion Show and Luncheon “Fire and Ice” at Avalon Manor Banquet Center at 3550 E. U.S. 30, Hobart. Donation is $35 per person. Doors open at noon, luncheon at 1 and show after luncheon. For tickets call Nada Buczek 765-4314 or Elizabeth Pedersen 365-6360, ptvm.com
March 13: A Dog Tale Affair, 7-10:30 p.m. at St. Elijah Hall, 8700 Taft St., Merrillville. Adults 21 and older only. Free food, cash bar, raffles, silent auctions. For tickets or sponsorship information call Crown Point High School athletic director Bill Dorulla at (219) 663-4885, Ext. 11136. This is a fundraiser for all athletic programs at the high school.
March 17: St. Patrick’s Day. Lots to do in Crown Point. St. Baldrick’s Day – get your head shaved in the Fire Department ambulance bay and raise money for research to end childhood cancer. Corned beef dinner — for tickets, call the Crown Point Park Department. Parade from Solon Robinson grade school to around the square, the only night parade around the area. Call Crown Point Special Events to be one of the entrants in the parade. Entry must be lit up or no one will see you.
Strange facts
True or not? Check it out:
The whole nine yards: American Fighter planes in World War II had machine guns that were fed by a belt of cartridges. The average plane held belts that were 27 feet (9 yards) long. If the pilot used up all his ammunition he was said to have given it the whole nine yards.
Cobweb: The old English word for “spider” was “cob.”
Comments made in 1955:
I’ll tell you one thing, if things keep going the way they are, it’s going to be impossible to buy a week’s groceries for $10
If they raise the minimum wage to $1, nobody will be able to hire outside help at the store.
When I first started driving, who would have thought gas would someday cost 25-cents a gallon. Guess we’d be better off leaving the car in the garage.
More thoughts on aging:
Some people try to turn back their odometers. Not me. I want people to know why I look this way. I’ve traveled a long way and some of the roads weren’t paved.
(This one is especially for me.) “Lord, keep your arm around my shoulder and your hand over my mouth!” My husband would wish that were true.
I wish I could do this: I’m not going outside until the temperature is above my age.
