Happy birthday
March 5, Bruce Woods
March 7, Marty McCoy Jr.
March 8, Tyler Bush
March 10, twins Mark and Melissa, 1984
March 11, Todd Wikening
Sue Landske’s passing: I am very sad at the passing of former Sen. Sue Landske. She truly knew how to serve and care for the people she loved. I loved listening to her tease her husband, Bill. She always said she would call him from Indianapolis when she was heading home so he could wash the dishes that had piled up in the sink while she was gone. Bless you, Sue, for enriching all of our lives.
Lenten fish fries
*Fish fry dinners at St. Andrew Church every Friday in Lent except Good Friday.
*Knights of Columbus fish fries with Lowell Knights cooking are all on Friday nights and at St. Edward gym in Lowell except for March 20 at St. Elizabeth Ann Seton between Lake Eliza and Valparaiso.
Happenings
*Lakes of the Four Seasons 2015 Fireman’s Ball at St. Elijah Serbian-American Hall from 6 to midnight Saturday, March 7. For tickets contact Lakes of the Four Seasons volunteers at 662-7576. Tickets are $60 per person, $100 per couple or $450 per table. Doors open at 6 p.m. with dinner at 7 p.m. Have fun.
*Daylight saving time begins Sunday, March 8. Spring forward one hour. And our fantastic and bravest men and women in blue, our firefighters, remind everyone to change the batteries in your smoke detectors.
*Bagger Dave’s Burger Tavern will be open for business, with burgers and beers and trains … oh, my! … on Monday, March 9, in the Beacon Hill Shopping Center (Strack’s) on Broadway just north of 109th Avenue.
*Get ready. Something epic is coming on Saturday, March 14. Be prepared or be square.
Did you know?
Strange and unusual notions — check them out, look them up, find out for yourself if they are just silly or real:
When you are looking at someone you love, your pupils dilate, and they do the same when you are looking at someone you hate.
Your thumb is the same length of your nose. (At this very moment I know you are putting this to the test)
Traveling by steamboat was considered the height of comfort. Passenger cabins on the boats were not numbered. Instead they were named after states. To this day, cabins on ships are called staterooms.
When the first oil wells were drilled they had made no provision for storing the liquid so they used water barrels. That is why, to this day, we speak of barrels of oil rather than gallons.
Hot off the press: As paper goes through a rotary printing press, friction causes it to heat up. Therefore, if you grab the paper right off the press, it’s hot. The expression means to get immediate information.
Comments made in 1955
Have you seen the new cars coming out next year? It won’t be long before $1,000 will only buy a used one.
Did you hear the post office is thinking about charging 7 cents just to mail a letter?
Fast food restaurants are convenient for a quick meal, but I seriously doubt they will ever catch on.
