More than 12,000 children and teenagers are diagnosed with cancer every year. On Wednesday, Feb. 29, about 45 Bluffton University baseball players and coaches are going bald to show they care.
Having already raised roughly $7,000 in the last month for the St. Baldrick's Foundation-which funds research for potential childhood cancer cures-the Bluffton baseball Beavers will take their support a step further on Wednesday, having their heads shaved in solidarity with young cancer victims.
Reagan Mittendorf, Zoie Joseph, Emily Jones and Brittany Crouch will blow out their birthday candles on their birthday - for the first time in four years.
The four have one thing in common - each was born on a leap year. And as you know, Feb. 29 comes around only once every 1, 460 days.
Bluffton High School's String Orchestra participated in the OMEA Large Group High School State Orchestra Adjudicated Event held on Feb. 24-25 in Sandusky High School.
The string orchestra, under the direction of Rachael E. Lewis, performed in Class "B" and received a 'Superior' rating.
Music performed included "Contrast in e minor" by Feese, "Lullaby" by William Hofeldt and "M to the 3rd Power" by Carold Nunez.
Bluffton's Relay for Life teams will meet on Thursday, March 1, in the third floor of the town hall, according to Adam Blevins of the American Cancer Society.
Committee meetings are at 6:30 p.m. and teams meet at 7 p.m. The agenda and additional information about Bluffton's Relay is on the attachment at the bottom of this story.
