Today's News

The Lancaster Lady Bruins’ soccer team fell in its playoff opener Monday at Fort Mill, dropping a 5-0 loss to the Region III-AAAA champion Lady Yellow Jackets.

FM was on the offensive early as Kaitlyn Marr scored seven minutes into the match.

Fort Mill continued its scoring with two goals a minute apart. FM’s Ashton Wolfe headed in the Jackets’ second goal and a minute later, Abbie McDonald broke through the LHS defense to tally.

Now, there’s nothing wrong with getting Mom flowers for Mother’s Day, but why not surprise her this year by thinking outside the vase? A little advance planning can go a long way. A heartfelt, homemade card is a great start, but it doesn’t have to end there. And you don’t have to spend loads of money to do it, either. If you know what she loves, you can come up with the perfect Mother’s Day gift that will have her bragging about your thoughtfulness and creativity months from now. A Mother’s Day gift doesn’t have to be expensive.

Jenny Arnold

jarnold@thelancasternews.com

The Lancaster County Council of the Arts is planning a two-day art event called ArtFest for May 22 and 23.

The event will kick off with the ever-popular art draw on May 22, in which art lovers have the chance to win original pottery, paintings, gift baskets, handmade jewelry and other items.

The art draw begins at 5:30 p.m. at the LCCA gallery at the Springs House, 201 W. Gay St.

The agriculture science class and the Future Farmers of America at Buford High School have started their annual greenhouse plant sale to benefit those programs.

The school greenhouse is brimming with plants and flowers of every shape and size.

Now in its second year, the students have been growing dozens of varieties of plants to sell, including perennials, annuals and vegetables, said Agriculture Science instructor Jeffrey Whisenhunt.

This is no plant resale, he said. The 32 students have done all the cultivating.