Happy birthday
March 12: Jerry Caravana shares this day with first lady Katie Uran
March 15: Fay Iorio
March 16: Jim Quirk
March 18: Sheri in the clerk-treasurer’s office
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Now is the time to sponsor a statue for the summer art display in Crown Point. It is just $2,250 for a life-size bronze or painted sculpture that will have a plaque with your sponsorship name on it. Call the mayor’s office at 662-3240 and you will be directed to Councilwomen Carol Drasga and Laura Sauerman, who are working on this art project.
March 13 is the Sons of Erin Dinner at the Avalon.
March 14 is an epic date: 3.141592653 = pi. or 3/14/15 at 9:26 and 53 seconds in the morning. Good Luck to all.
March 17 is St. Patrick’s Day and the wearing of the green. Just don’t make it bright green whipped cream on top of a key lime pie. I still shudder. The rest of the day be at the Crown Point Fire House, 126 N. East St.:
*To either get or watch heads being shaved to raise money for St. Baldrick’s campaign to fund research to end childhood cancer. From 3 to 7 p.m. Call (888) 899-2253. Participants need $30,000 to go over their goal. The Eisenhower Bald Eagles are leading the pack with more than $12,000. The Determined Dolphins have about $5,000 and the mayor has about $3,000.
*Get a great corned beef dinner in the bay where the big fire trucks usually park. They will be outside so everyone can sit at tables to eat. Get tickets in advance from the Parks Department or at the fire house. Tickets for dinner are $10. Special tickets are $9 for seniors and $4 for a kids meal without corned beef.
*The business window decorating contest winner will be announced at the reviewing stand during the parade.
*Crown Point’s parade is the only night parade in the region. It starts at dusk and all entries must have lights. The Crown Point Star was in the first night parade in 2009 and it was a lot of fun. Kim Mathisen (that is her married name) danced a jig for the whole parade.
March 20 Fish Fry at St Elizabeth Seton Parish between Lake Eliza and Valparaiso from 4 to 7:30 p.m. The Knights from Lowell are cooking.
March 21 Breakfast with the Easter Bunny and Fun Fest by the Zeta Chi Chapter of the Kappa Kappa Kappa sorority. From 9 to 11:30 a.m. at Lowell Middle School, 19250 Cline Ave. Admission is $5 per person. Activities include breakfast with the Easter Bunny, cup cake decorating, face painting, removable tattoos, sucker pool, windsock creation, pin the tail on the bunny, cakewalk, duck pond and a disk drop. Proceeds go to help Tri Kappa charity and other events in the Lowell community. There will be time for a photo op with the big bunny.
March 29 is Palm Sunday and Easter is April 5. Easter is early this year.
