Powered by Pink fundraiser
Hardee’s, 1126 E. 12th Ave., will have a “Share Night” Friday from 4 to 8 p.m. to benefit the Powered by Pink campaign at Newman Regional Health.
Twenty percent of all proceeds from sales during that time will benefit the campaign to complete a comprehensive breast care center at NRH, including digital mammography and stereotactic biopsy equipment.
Ground Hog Dinner
The 17th Annual Ground Hog Dinner at First Congregational Church will be held from 5 to 7 p.m. Saturday in the basement Fellowship Hall. The public may enter on the west side of the church, located at 12th Avenue and State Street, and there is an elevator for those who need assistance.
The menu includes individual ham loaves, baked potatoes, green beans, rolls, salads, deserts and coffee or tea. Suggested donations are $6 for adults and $3 for children aged three through 10.
Proceeds go towards the church’s special projects.
Lions apparently not enough to keep intruders out
With 120 lions, tigers and other big cats on the grounds, the owner of a Colorado refuge didn’t think he needed a security system. Nick Sculac says he changed his mind after two January break-ins at Serenity Springs Wildlife Center, 20 miles east of Colorado Springs.
The Colorado Springs Gazette reports someone scaled a 10-foot fence lined with barbed wire and cut a hole in a cage, letting three tigers out. Workers found the tigers roaming the compound the next morning.
Days later, employees arriving for work found two people inside the compound trying to pet a cougar through its cage. Sculac says they scaled the outer fence and drove away. Sculac says nobody was hurt. He says he hired a guard and is shopping for a security system.