Eric Blosser: Coffee
and ministry
entrepreneur—
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The
Panthers run to
Regional title, move
on to Semi-State—
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SEGway News
Volume 1, Number 7
Serving South East Grant County
November 17-23, 2016
A Good News Ventures publication
Swap Black Friday for
Small Business Saturday
Founded six years ago
to answer a pressing need getting more customers to
shop at Small Businesses
during the Holiday Season
- Small Business Saturday
has quickly become a popular tradition. Last year, 88
million customers shopped
at small businesses on Small
Business Saturday, up 15%
from 2013. With an increase
in social media as a crucial
marketing tool, the hype and
buzz has grown in intensity
every year.
Why is it important to
become part of this tradition?
Nicole LeinbachReyhle says, “Year round,
small businesses shape our
communities and neighborhoods thanks to their unique
charm, characteristics and
one-of-a-kind personas, and
it’s these attributions that
help make Small Business
Saturday even more important to support and celebrate.
Putting small businesses
center stage on Small Business Saturday is the least we
can do as customers for businesses and the people that
work within them who do so
much for us year round.”
Program for those
grieving during the
holidays—Page 2
Squeezed between Black
Friday and Cyber Monday,
it could be easy to leave
your local small businesses
out of your shopping plans.
Remembering that your
holiday money spent in your
local economy, rather than
with big corporates, means
that your dollars are going
back into community infrastructure and jobs, rather
than out of the country.
Small Business Saturday
might be an opportunity to
check out a local business
that you haven’t tried out
yet. Try out a small plant
nursery for their last perennial sales, or live Christmas
trees. Look for a special gift
at your local antique stores,
and of course support your
independent restaurants in
town.
With the U.S Small Business Association reporting
that 28 million small businesses in America account
for 54% of U.S. sales, it’s no
secret that small businesses
are big business. So your
support on November 26
will go a long way to continue the success of small
businesses in your area.
GROCERY
AND
VARIETY
STORE
CALL: 765-998-1111
OK! Taylor to present
prize-winning musical
Taylor Theatre will present Rodgers and Hammerstein's Tony and Pulitzer
prize-winning musical Oklahoma! November 18-20, in
the Mitchell Theatre on the
Taylor University campus.
The show has already played
for the weekend of November 13 and was a great success.
The high-spirited rivalry
between the farmers and
cowmen of the Western Indian Territory provides the
colorful, turn-of-the-century
backdrop for Curley and
Laurey’s love story. But with
these headstrong romantics
holding the reins, the road
to love is as bumpy as a surrey ride down a dusty road.
Despite many hardships,
their rocky romance leads
to a new life beginning in a
brand new state.
According to director Tracy Manning, “Oklahoma!
is more than a love story. It
was produced just after the
US entered WWII... it’s part
of America’s story. Our production considers what this
story means for us today:
How do we address issues of
ownership, gender, and family in America? Do we share
the same dreams? By looking at our past, we might
find common ground.”
Taylor Theatre provides
an immersive experience for
audiences and participants
by pursuing excellence on
and off the stage, embracing
difficulty and asking questions in pursuit of truth.
Showtimes are Fridays
and Saturdays at 8:00 p.m.,
and Sundays at 2:00 p.m.
Purchase tickets through
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Taylor University Theater will present the Rodgers and Hammerstein musical “Oklahoma!”
winner of the Pulitzer Prize.
Taylor University Theatre’s
Box Office, Facebook and
Twitter pages, or contact the
box office: 765-998-5289
and [email protected].
On Thursday, Nov. 17, at
7:30 p.m., the Taylor University Jazz Ensemble and
Combo will present an Evening of Jazz in the Butz-Carruth Recital Hall.
A variety of big band selections representing sacred,
traditional, and contemporary jazz will be included
on the program. Compositions to be performed include Jumpin’ East of Java,
Amazing Grace, Saving All
My Love for You, Baby Elephant Walk, Battle Hymn
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of the Republic, The Surrey with the Fringe on Top,
Don’t Get Around Much
Anymore, and Sir Duke. Soloists will include Cameron
Eckmann, alto sax; Gardner
Stewart, tenor sax; Anders
Soderquist, baritone sax;
Caleb Grubb, trombone;
Braden Ochs, trumpet; Zach
Hensel, piano; and Joshy
Kongmaneechachawal, guitar.
The Jazz Ensemble, directed by Dr. Al Harrison,
and the Jazz Combo, directed by Jeff Anderson,
are active on and off campus, playing in a variety of
settings. Next semester the
Jazz Ensemble will be per-
Our production considers
what this story
means for us
today: How do
we address issues of ownership, gender,
and family in
America?
forming at the prestigious
Elmhurst Jazz Festival near
Chicago and at the Pendleton Correctional Industrial
Facility.
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