<div dir="ltr"><span style="display:-webkit-box;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;overflow:hidden;margin:auto auto 5mm;font-family:calibri,sans-serif;font-size:16px;width:612pt;height:792pt"><div id="gmail-contentsContainer" style="padding-left:72pt;padding-right:72pt"><div id="gmail-contents"><span id="gmail-E80" style="display:block"><p id="gmail-E98" style="color:rgb(0,0,0);list-style-type:none;padding:0pt 0px;margin:0px 0pt;text-indent:0pt;line-height:1.38;font-size:11pt;font-family:arial,"arial unicode ms",arimo,"microsoft sans serif",sans-serif"><span id="gmail-E99" class="gmail-qowt-font2-TimesNewRoman" style="display:inline;white-space:pre-wrap;font-weight:bold;font-family:"times new roman",tinos,"baskerville old face","bell mt",serif">March 15, 2017</span></p><p id="gmail-E100" style="color:rgb(0,0,0);list-style-type:none;padding:0pt 0px;margin:0px 0pt;text-indent:0pt;line-height:1.38;font-size:11pt;font-family:arial,"arial unicode ms",arimo,"microsoft sans serif",sans-serif"><span id="gmail-E101" class="gmail-qowt-font2-TimesNewRoman" style="display:inline;white-space:pre-wrap;font-weight:bold;font-family:"times new roman",tinos,"baskerville old face","bell mt",serif">For immediate release</span></p><p id="gmail-E102" style="color:rgb(0,0,0);list-style-type:none;padding:0pt 0px;margin:0px 0pt;text-indent:0pt;line-height:1.38;font-size:11pt;font-family:arial,"arial unicode ms",arimo,"microsoft sans serif",sans-serif"><span id="gmail-E103" class="gmail-qowt-font2-TimesNewRoman" style="display:inline;white-space:pre-wrap;font-weight:bold;font-family:"times new roman",tinos,"baskerville old face","bell mt",serif">Contact: Jack Kilroy at <a href="mailto:sober17@gmail.com">sober17@gmail.com</a> or 440-759-1253</span><span id="gmail-E104" style="display:inline;white-space:pre-wrap"></span></p><p id="gmail-E105" style="color:rgb(0,0,0);list-style-type:none;padding:0pt 0px;margin:0px 0pt;text-indent:0pt;line-height:1.38;font-size:11pt;font-family:arial,"arial unicode ms",arimo,"microsoft sans serif",sans-serif"><span id="gmail-E106" style="display:inline;white-space:pre-wrap"></span><br></p><p id="gmail-E107" style="color:rgb(0,0,0);list-style-type:none;padding:0pt 0px;margin:0px 0pt;text-indent:0pt;line-height:1.38;font-size:11pt;font-family:arial,"arial unicode ms",arimo,"microsoft sans serif",sans-serif"><span id="gmail-E108" class="gmail-qowt-font2-TimesNewRoman" style="display:inline;white-space:pre-wrap;font-weight:bold;font-size:18pt;font-family:"times new roman",tinos,"baskerville old face","bell mt",serif"> A New Party, a New Way, Irish, Sober, and Fun for Families</span></p><p id="gmail-E109" style="list-style-type:none;padding:0pt 0px;margin:0px 0pt;text-indent:0pt;line-height:1.38;font-size:11pt;font-family:arial,"arial unicode ms",arimo,"microsoft sans serif",sans-serif"><span id="gmail-E110" class="gmail-qowt-font2-TimesNewRoman" style="display:inline;white-space:pre-wrap;font-weight:bold;font-size:12pt;font-family:"times new roman",tinos,"baskerville old face","bell mt",serif"><font color="#000000">A sober St. Patrick’s Day party, sponsored by Sober Seventeenth, Inc., returns to Avon Lake’s elegant Ahern’s Banquet Center to offer a family friendly, rip-roaring good time from </font><span style="background-color:rgb(255,255,255)"><font color="#000000">5pm to 8pm on Friday, March 17th, 2017 fo</font></span><font color="#000000">r the fourth consecutive year in the Greater Cleveland area.  </font></span><span id="gmail-E111" class="gmail-qowt-font2-TimesNewRoman" style="color:rgb(0,0,0);display:inline;white-space:pre-wrap;font-size:12pt;font-family:"times new roman",tinos,"baskerville old face","bell mt",serif"> </span><font color="#000000"><span id="gmail-E112" style="display:inline;white-space:pre-wrap"></span></font></p><p id="gmail-E113" style="color:rgb(0,0,0);list-style-type:none;padding:0pt 0px;margin:0px 0pt;text-indent:0pt;line-height:1.38;font-size:11pt;font-family:arial,"arial unicode ms",arimo,"microsoft sans serif",sans-serif"><span id="gmail-E114" style="display:inline;white-space:pre-wrap"></span><br></p><p id="gmail-E115" style="color:rgb(0,0,0);list-style-type:none;padding:0pt 0px;margin:0px 0pt;text-indent:0pt;line-height:1.38;font-size:11pt;font-family:arial,"arial unicode ms",arimo,"microsoft sans serif",sans-serif"><span id="gmail-E116" class="gmail-qowt-font2-TimesNewRoman" style="display:inline;white-space:pre-wrap;font-size:12pt;font-family:"times new roman",tinos,"baskerville old face","bell mt",serif">It's a new party, a new way that has emerged as one of the biggest and best St. Patrick's Day celebrations in Northeast Ohio.  The Sober Seventeenth St. Patrick's Day Party has no alchohol but it offers a wealth of enjoyment through authentic Irish culture. The event offers:</span></p><p id="gmail-E117" style="color:rgb(0,0,0);list-style-type:none;padding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