Cory-Rawson High School will present "The Idi-Odyssey," by Burton Bumgarner, at 8 p.m., Thursday and Friday, March 22 and 23, in the school auditorium.
The play is called "an enjoyable spoof of 'The Odyssey,' which will delight young and old.
With a cast of over 35 students the action never stops. Tickets are $6 for adults and $5 for students. Tickets are available in advance at the superintendent's office or at the door the night of the performances.
An American Red Cross blood drive is slated for Jenera on March 8. The drive takes place from 1 to 6 p.m., Thursday, March 8, at Trinity Evangelical Lutheran School, 105 Allen St.
How to Donate Blood
Simply call 1-800-RED CROSS (1-800-733-2767) or visit redcrossblood.org to make an appointment or for more information. All blood types are needed to ensure a reliable supply for patients.
More than 150 members of the Bluffton University community gathered on Friday to reflect on the life-changing events of March 2, 2007, when a bus carrying the Bluffton baseball team to spring-break games in Florida crashed in Atlanta, taking seven lives.
But speakers at the service marking the fifth anniversary of the tragedy also remembered the caring and support that came the community's way in the accident's aftermath.
Peter Suter of Shirley's Gourmet Popcorn, 117 S. Main St., announced that "Mint Chocolate-Chocolate Chip" is Shirley's popcorn flavor of the month for March. Store hours are Thursdays 9 a.m. to 5 p.m., Fridays 8 a.m. to 5 p.m., and Saturdays 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Shirley's website is shirleyspopcorn.com.
In an effort to promote shopping close to home, the Bluffton Area Chamber of Commerce held the first of several breakfast meetings with downtown business owners on Feb. 28.
Nearly 30 chamber members representing almost 20 downtown Bluffton businesses met at Jeanne's Kitchen and discussed a several ideas for downtown promotions.
Lead by Aphaphanh Nussbaum of Ten Thousand Villages and Julie Stratton of The Black Lab, the group agreed to meet again at 7:30 a.m., Tuesday, March 27, at Jeanne's to further the discussion and create more concrete.
Bluffton University's dining services, Sodexo, launched its "Simply To Go" off-campus catering service on Thursday, with a spread in Marbeck's Kreider Room that made the mouth drool.
According to Elaine M. Adams, catering manager, the service can provide catering for as small a party as two or as large as a 400-guest wedding reception.
"We provide everything from box lunches, continental breakfasts, lunches, buffets, hors d'oeuvres to dessert bars," she said.
Bluffton baseball offers shear support to kids with cancer
More than 12,000 children and teenagers are diagnosed with cancer every year. Wednesday afternoon, about 45 Bluffton University baseball players and coaches symbolically showed they care.
Having already raised more than $7,700 in the last month for the St. Baldrick's Foundation-which funds research for potential childhood cancer cures-the baseball Beavers took their support a step further on Wednesday, having their heads shaved in solidarity with young cancer victims.
