(La Porte, IN) - Residents around Pine Lake are planning to send this year’s 4th of July holiday out with a bang.
There’s one more fireworks show going on tonight. It’s being put on by the La Porte Lake Association.
Lake resident Steve Zawada, who came up with the idea, says he just spread the word and passed the hat, and the plan came together. "It was kind of a grassroots effort," he said. "We all got together, a small group of us, and we came up with 'Light Up the Lake.' We started advertising, and it all came together like a puzzle."
Zawada says they chose July 6 so that it wouldn’t interfere with other fireworks shows in the area. And the event is not on the taxpayer's dime. The group rasied their own money trhrough donations and sponsorships. They were able to hit their fundraising goal, and then some. Extra money will be used towards hopefully having fireworks over the lake next year.
Tonight, the fireworks orchestrated by Mad Bomber Productions will be shot off from the back yard of a resident on the north end of Pine Lake sometime after dark.
