<div dir="ltr"><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;line-height:115%;font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:black"><b style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-size:24pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">Irish Singer James Kilbane headlines St. Patrick’s Day party
in Avon Lake</span></b><br></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;line-height:115%;font-size:11pt;color:black"><font face="times new roman, serif"><b style=""><span style="font-size:12pt;line-height:115%">A<u style=""> family-friendly and
alcohol-free St. Patrick’s Day party and celebration</u>, presented by Sober
Seventeenth, Inc. and sponsored by the ,</span></b><span style="font-size:10.5pt;line-height:115%;color:rgb(68,68,68);background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial"> </span><b style=""><span style="font-size:12pt;line-height:115%;color:rgb(68,68,68);background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial">The Mental Health, Addiction and Recovery
Services</span></b><span style="font-size:12pt;line-height:115%;color:rgb(68,68,68);background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial"> (</span><strong style=""><span style="font-size:12pt;line-height:115%;color:rgb(68,68,68)">MHARS</span></strong><span style="font-size:12pt;line-height:115%;color:rgb(68,68,68);background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial">) <b>Board
of </b></span><strong style=""><span style="font-size:12pt;line-height:115%;color:rgb(68,68,68)">Lorain County</span></strong><b style=""><span style="font-size:12pt;line-height:115%"> returns to Avon Lake’s elegant
Ahern’s Banquet Center for the seventh consecutive year to offer a family
friendly, rip-roaring good time from 5pm to 8pm on Tuesday, March 17<sup style="">th</sup>.
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;line-height:115%;font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:black"><span style="font-size:12pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Times New Roman",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 serves no alcohol, but it offers an
abundance of fun and enjoyment through authentic Irish culture. The event
offers:</span></p>

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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt 0.5in;line-height:115%;font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:black"><span style="font-size:12pt;line-height:115%">●<span style="font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-stretch:normal;font-size:7pt;line-height:normal;font-family:"Times New Roman"">     </span></span><span style="font-size:12pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">Back by popular demand and directly
from Ireland is James Kilbane. Kilbane is, famous for the 2005 “You’re a Star”
televised competition and has gone on to achieve multi-platinum sales of his
recordings in Ireland and become County Mayo’s number one singer. James will
entertain with Irish ballads, folk songs and popular favorites. </span><span style="font-size:12pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"></span></p>

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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt 0.5in;line-height:115%;font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:black"><span style="font-size:12pt;line-height:115%">●<span style="font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-stretch:normal;font-size:7pt;line-height:normal;font-family:"Times New Roman"">     </span></span><span style="font-size:12pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">Making
their Sober Seventeenth debut, Stephanie McNamara and Brendan Hearn from
Cleveland performing traditional Irish tunes on fiddle and cello;</span></p>

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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt 0.5in;line-height:115%;font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:black"><span style="font-size:12pt;line-height:115%">●<span style="font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-stretch:normal;font-size:7pt;line-height:normal;font-family:"Times New Roman"">     </span></span><span style="font-size:12pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">Guests
will be greeted by bagpipe tunes by 14-year-old prodigy Reece Calovini. Reece
is the youngest piper in the history of the 87^th Cleveland Pipe
Band, a competitive pipe band founded in Cleveland in 1987.</span></p>

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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt 0.5in;line-height:115%;font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:black"><span style="font-size:12pt;line-height:115%;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial">●<span style="font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-stretch:normal;font-size:7pt;line-height:normal;font-family:"Times New Roman"">    
</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial">The award-winning Brady-Campbell School
of Irish Dance, with locations in Cleveland and Avon Lake, will showcase
authentic Irish culture through the performance of young Irish step dancers,
always a crowd favorite. </span><span style="font-size:12pt;line-height:115%;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial"></span></p>

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</span></span><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">Fun for kids, including shamrock
face-painting and a St. Patrick’s Day theme coloring contest with valuable prizes</span>.
The children’s activities are sponsored by <span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">Judge
Sherry Glass and the Lorain County Family Drug Court. .</span><span style="font-size:12pt;line-height:115%;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial"></span></p>

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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt 0.5in;line-height:115%;font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:black"><span style="font-size:12pt;line-height:115%;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial">●<span style="font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-stretch:normal;font-size:7pt;line-height:normal;font-family:"Times New Roman"">    
</span></span><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">A saintly serving of Irish and
international favorites for every taste and appetite including: Corned beef,
Swedish meatballs, Italian sausage, cheese crackers and veggies, fresh fruit
display, chicken lollipop (gluten free), mini hamburgers, pasta marinara and
pasta Mediterranean, tea, coffee and soft drinks.</span><span style="font-size:12pt;line-height:115%;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial"></span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;line-height:115%;font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:black"> </p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;line-height:115%;font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:black"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">"It's so much we don’t need booze," explained Jack
Kilroy, President of the nonprofit Sober Seventeenth, Inc.  "But seriously, we help people in
recovery prevent relapse, we provide a counterpoint to the pervasive drunken
Irish stereotype and we give families a chance to show their children authentic
Irish culture away from the sea of alcohol that has flooded the day meant to
honor the patron saint of Ireland."</span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;line-height:115%;font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:black"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"> </span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;line-height:115%;font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:black"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">"On certain holidays in particular, our culture
promotes excessive drinking as a synonym for 'celebration.' This no-alcohol St.
Patrick's Day event sets a new standard as a terrific celebration of music,
families, and friends. It welcomes people of all ages, and those who are in
recovery, and sets a great example to the wider community of celebrating
without the need for substances," says Elaine Georgas, Interim Executive
Director of the MHARS Board.</span></p>

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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;line-height:115%;font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:black"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">Admission includes parking, food and great entertainment.  Tickets are $20 and $10 for kids aged 10
& under.  Advance sale and online
tickets are only $17 and $6 for kids. Tickets and are available online at <a href="https://march17.brownpapertickets.com">https://march17.brownpapertickets.com</a>
and paper tickets are available at Casey’s Irish Imports in Rocky River, Ohio.</span></p>

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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;line-height:115%;font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:black"><b><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">Contact:
Jack Kilroy at <a href="mailto:sober17th@gmail.com">sober17th@gmail.com</a> or 440-759-1253</span></b></p><div><br></div>-- <br><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_signature" data-smartmail="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div>Jack Kilroy </div><div>Tel. 440-759-1253</div><div><br></div><div><font color="#333333" face="Lato, Geneva, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><span style="font-size:15.5555562973022px;line-height:20px"><i><span style="background-color:rgb(242,244,245)"> </span>People who say it cannot be done should not interrupt those who are doing it.</i></span></font></div><div><font color="#333333" face="Lato, Geneva, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><span style="font-size:15.5555562973022px;line-height:20px">  (George Bernard Shaw, Irish writer)</span></font></div>
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