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SCHERERVILLE
Business women put on fashion show
American Business Women's Association will present a Mother's Day Fashion Show at 11:30 a.m. Sunday at Villa Cesare, 900 Eagle Ridge Drive. Doors open at 11:30 a.m. and lunch will be served at 1 p.m. Silent auction, cash raffle, vendors and door prizes will be featured. Cost is $25.
For tickets, call (219) 865-2857.
Dance fans gather for afternoon of fun
Indiana Lakeshore Dancers will host an afternoon of dancing from 1:30 to 5 p.m. Sunday at Second Street Dance Studio, 121 E. Joliet St. Cost is $3 for students with ID, $6 for members and $9 for guests. Doors open at 1:30 p.m., rumba lesson will be at 2 p.m. and general dancing will be from 3 to 5 p.m. DJ Tony Nevers will provide swing, Latin and ballroom music.
For information, call (219) 972-0664.
EAST CHICAGO
Celebrate Cinco de Mayo at K of C hall
Cinco de Mayo celebration will be from 6 p.m. to midnight Saturday at Knights of Columbus Hall, 1104 Knights of Columbus Drive. Dimension Escropio and Mariachi Juvenil will provide music. Cocktails will be served from 6 to 7 p.m., dinner from 7 to 8 p.m. and dance and show will be from 8 p.m. to midnight. Cost is $35. Event is sponsored by Xel-Ha School of Dance.
For tickets, call (219) 378-9000.
Flagpole dedication, celebrate mark Arbor Day
Arbor Day Celebration will be at 10 a.m. Friday at Veterans Park, 4525 Indianapolis Blvd. Event will honor East Chicago as a Tree City USA. A flagpole dedication in honor of the late Jacqueline Jones will be at 4 p.m. at Kennedy Gardens. Jones, a longtime resident, was an environmental steward for the park, helping clean it up and revitalize it.
For information, call (219) 391-8476.
HAMMOND
Bird lovers can flock to migration hike
Bird migration hike will be at 8 a.m. Saturday at Gibson Woods Nature Preserve, 6201 Parrish Ave. A Lake County Parks naturalist will lead the hike, allowing participants will look for Baltimore Orioles, Scarlet Tanagers and other birds. Registration is required.
For information, call (219) 844-3188.
Celebrate Arbor Day at community center
The city will celebrate Arbor Day at noon Friday at Jean Shepherd Community Center, 3031 Mahoney Drive. Hammond is a certified tree city and will be planting trees in parks throughout the city. A short tree-planting ceremony will take place in Dowling Park followed by a tree seedling giveaway (flowering dogwood) to the first 300 Hammond residents who attend.
For information, call (219) 853-6378.
Families can create homemade lotion
Homemade lotion program will be at 2 p.m. Sunday at Gibson Woods, 6201 Parrish Ave. Participants will create their own personalized lotion and jar. Event is part of the Family Nature Crafts program.
To register, call (219) 844-3188.
HIGHLAND
Flower sale gives boost to athletic club
Highland Adult Athletic Booster Club will host its annual flower sale from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. May 8 at Highland Middle School, 2941 41st St. Orders must be submitted by Monday.
To place orders, call (219) 924-3912.
Friendship day promises fellowship
May Friendship Day will be at 9:30 a.m. May 7 at Gloria Dei Lutheran Church, 3711 Ridge Road. Reservation deadline is Monday. Theme is "In Faith, Women Shape the Future Through Friendship." Event is sponsored by Church Women United of Greater Hammond. Event will feature music, scripture, prayer and a skit.
For reservations, call (219) 924-4624.
MUNSTER
Book group to discuss 'Off Keck Road'
Thursday Afternoon Book Club will met at 1:30 p.m. May 6 at Lake County Public Library's Munster branch, 8701 Calumet Ave. Readers can discuss "Off Keck Road" by Mona Simpson. In the book, Bea Maxwell comes of age in Green Bay, Wis., during the 1950s. As the years pass, she discovered much about the world from her hometown experience and in the process has a profound influence in the lives of those around her.
To register, call (219) 836-8450.
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