People and Events

Lottie Hicks figures that when you pass 100 you have a right to celebrate your birthday in a big way.

She took her first helicopter ride at 101, sailed aloft in a blimp at 102 and did a guest shot on the Johnny Carson Show at 103.

And now, with No. 104 approaching on Jan. 30? “Well,” said Lottie, who lives in Alhambra, “I thought it would be nice to ride in the Rose Parade.”

She mentioned her wish to Rafael Cordero of the American Centenarian Committee, a senior citizens’ group, and Cordero arranged for her to get a seat on Home Savings’ float.

“Isn’t that wonderful?” gushed Hicks, who is hot these days, having appeared recently on the “Older and Wiser” radio show on KFAC-AM.

Lottie feels she’s an appropriate choice for the float.

“After all,” she said, “the parade is 100 and I’m a hundred and . . . more than that.”

Well, didn’t NBC analyst Bob Costas call the Dodgers “one of the weakest” teams in World Series history midway through the Fall Classic?

So it was with a clear conscience that the Los Angeles City Council officially ruled on Friday that the Dodgers’ triumph over once-powerful Oakland was an “unpredictable event.” That way, the lawmakers could speedily designate Monday as Dodger Day.

Under state law, if the council votes on an item, it must give at least 72 hours notice . . . unless a special finding is made that the event was unforeseen.

The council approved $5,963.50 for Monday’s Dodger party. Here’s how the tab breaks down:

Security $1,400

Electricians $1,391.50

Custodial $1,314

Barrels, barricades $644.50

Communications $430

Painters $300

Carpenters $210.50

Printing $150

Elevator mechanics $82

Materials $41

Speaking of numbers, city workers are painting big white numerals on the trees outside City Hall for Dodger Day.

“In the past, no matter what we’ve done to keep people out of the trees, they’ve refused to stay out,” said Gregg Wilkings, the special events coordinator in the city’s Department of General Services.

“This time we have numbered all the trees and when somebody falls out and breaks an arm or a leg, the spotters will be able to say, ‘Go to tree so-and-so and rescue someone.’ ”

Not all the T-shirts popping up around town pay tribute to the Dodgers. Concert promoter John Brower will unveil T-shirts protesting the Albert Goldman book, “The Lives of John Lennon,” at noon today at the Golden Apple Comics bookstore in West Hollywood.