🌱 Patch AM: Gary-born jewelry leader and singer remembered for trailblazing career

Hello Gary! Here's our latest buzz. Let's get into it. ☕️️

In today's newsletter:

• Gary-born jewelry leader and singer remembered for trailblazing career
• What Gary loses after its landmark gun lawsuit is tossed

Today's riddle: The world champion tongue twister just got arrested! 🤔 (Answer below!)

Weather forecast:

• Tuesday: A little snow in the p.m., with a high of 27 and low of 24 degrees.
• Wednesday: A little snow in the p.m., temps: high: 33, low: 9. ⛄️ Brr!
• Thursday: Mostly sunny and colder, with a high of 23 and low of 16 degrees.

📰 News we're reading

• Juell Kadet, local jewelry chain executive and nightclub singer, dies at 96 (chicagotribune.com) — A longtime jewelry executive and singer who was born and raised in Gary and graduated from William A. Wirt High School has died at 96. She went on to help lead Rogers & Hollands Jewelers, design original pieces, champion women in a male-dominated industry, and raise significant funds for cancer research through a foundation and her music.
   

• Court dismisses Gary's lawsuit against firearm industry (wishtv.com) — A 26-year-old lawsuit that Gary filed against gun manufacturers and sellers has been dismissed by the Indiana Court of Appeals, which ruled that only the state can sue the firearms industry. State officials say the decision keeps gun rules uniform and preserves access for law-abiding buyers, ending a long legal effort by Gary leaders.
   

📸 Around Gary

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🗓 Events Nearby

Tuesday December 30

• One-On-One Tech Help: Everyday Technology
  Highland - Meeting Room A
  10:30 am
• Noon Years Eve Party
  Merrillville - Meeting Room A
  11:00 am
• Laugh for Your Health
  Merrillville - Meeting Room C
  1:00 pm
• STEAM Squad: Winter Wonderland
  Hammond Public Library , 564 State St , Hammond
  2:00 pm
• Taekwondo in the Park
  Portage, IN Calendar , 2100 Willowcreek Road , Portage
  4:30 pm
• Restaurant Crawl in Downtown Highland
  Downtown Highland parking lot
  5:00 pm
• Open Fly Tying Seminar
  Bass Pro Shops , 6425 Daniel Burnham Dr , Portage
  6:30 pm
• 12/30- Merrillville, IN- La Dolce Vita New Year's Eve
  Cooper’s Hawk Winery & Restaurant , 2120 Southlake Mall , Merrillville
  7:00 pm

Wednesday December 31

• New Years Eve Party
  Izaak Walton League Griffith , 1532 E Main St , Griffith
• Zumba in the Park
  Portage, IN Calendar , 2100 Willowcreek Road , Portage
  9:00 am
• Bellabration
  Lake County Parks & Recreation Bellaboo's Play and Discovery Center - Crown Point IN 46307
  10:00 am
• Noon Year's Eve: Ages Birth to 6 Years Old
  Griffith-Calumet Twp - Children's Programming Room
  11:30 am

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Thank you 👏👏👏 to the local businesses for making Gary PatchAM possible:

• Mindsee.it — (646) 663-8317
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💬 Chatter

What your neighbors are talking about on social media

• Hi everyone, my cat had her babies back in October and we are looking for forever homes for them we have one boy and one girl.
  Please let me know if you are interested. They are also litter box trained and great with kids. (Nextdoor Miller Beach)
• Bye, Bye Emiquon
  An alternatively rainy and foggy morning gave way to deer, trumpeter swans, and greater white-fronted geese. I got a little wet, but it was worth it… (Nextdoor Miller Beach)

• Sodexo, Inc. posted a job opening for Driver - Goods-Materials-Psngr in Gary. Apply here.
• Meijer, Inc. posted a job opening for Produce Clerk in Highland. Apply here. You can search for other jobs near Gary here.

🗞 Nearby News

Griffith

• Business news: MAAC firefighter graduates and wetland restoration grant (chicagotribune.com)

Hobart

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-- The Patch AM Team

P.S. The answer to today's riddle: I hear they’re giving him a really tough sentence.
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