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Children in the Taylor County community who want to act are in luck.

Starting this month, Kentucky Classic Theatre will revive children's theatre under the name Campbellsville Youth Theatre.

The first performance of the new theatre group will be Disney's "Sleeping Beauty Kids" at the end of the summer.

The show will be conducted as a weekly performance class where students will learn elements of acting, singing and movement.

Winter weather has taken its toll on the American Red Cross blood supply. Nearly 70 blood drives have been canceled in the River Valley region since the first winter storm on Dec. 6.

Lindsay English, communications manager for the Red Cross, said the canceled drives equate to nearly 1,800 units of blood lost.

"This has been one of the harder winters that we have experienced recently," English said. "When schools and businesses close, we have to shut down as well."

A Taylor County Red Cross team has formed and training will soon be offered to certify those who have volunteered as members.

According to Michael K. Humphress, a Campbellsville resident involved with forming the team, there have been about 20 people who have expressed interest in forming a Red Cross group in Taylor County.

A training session has been scheduled for Saturday, March 8, from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. at Campbellsville Civic Center.

In just a few weeks, Campbellsville's fundraising effort designed to help pediatric cancer research will begin with the second annual Color to Conquer 5k road race on Saturday, March 15, at Miller Park. That event will be followed on Saturday, March 22, when this year's St. Baldrick's Shaving for a Cure will wrap up its seventh year, having raised nearly $280,000.

This year's effort has already received a $3,410 boost from a Dance Maroon fundraiser sponsored by Campbellsville University's swim team.