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GEP’s ‘Cheaper by the Dozen’ Saturday at Palace"Cheaper by the Dozen," which has been made into a movie twice by Hollywood, will be performed on stage at the Palace Theatre starting this weekend."Cheaper by the Dozen" was first made into a movie in 1950 and more recently in 2003, with Steve Martin, Bonnie Hunt and Hillary Duff.The dates for the play are March 19 to 21 and March 26 to 28.Friday and Saturday performances begin at 8 p.m. and Sunday show time is 2 p.m.The box office for the play is at the Carnegie Cultural Center, 205 N. Freeman in Luverne.Box office hours are 1 p.m. to 5 p.m Tuesday through Friday and noon to 4 p.m. Saturday. This season marks the 26th year the Green Earth Players have been providing live theater for Rock County.Home Show set for March 27Luverne’s 13th annual Home Show has been set for Saturday, March 27.Various local and regional businesses will showcase their wares in the Blue Mound Ice Area from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m.The focus of the day will be on new construction, remodeling, landscaping, financing and home decorating.As of Wednesday, 16 booths have been reserved by various businesses.If you would like to show off your business or home products, there is still time to rent a booth.For more information, contact Mike Engesser at 283-4463 or Jim Boeve at 283-2366.Home Delivered Meals, now available to rural residentsNutrition Services, Inc., Waseca, MN, the new provider of Senior Dining and Home Delivered Meals will now provide those same options for rural residents.The new rural meal delivery will be provided to people over 60 years of age or disabled younger people.Meals normally consist of frozen meals once per week.Hot meals will be delivered the first day that meals are ordered and frozen meals for the rest of the week.Senior dining meals at the Luverne Senior Citizen Center are available to anyone age 60 and over and spouses of an eligible diner regardless of age.If you would like to know more about the program, contact Neva Clausen at 283-9846.All meals are approved by a registered dietician.Nutritional Services Inc. provides Senior Dining and Home Delivered Meals in 5 regions in Minnesota and have 175 dining sites and expect to provide over one million meals in the coming year.Family Fun Night for summer recreationA Family Fun Night for the Luverne Community Education Summer Rec program is scheduled for Monday, March 22.The evening will start at 6:30 p.m. with registration for softball and baseball At 7 p.m. the Spotlight Dancers will perform before the main event, which is the Luverne Has Beens (teachers) vs. the KELOland Almost Stars.16 or more teachers will provide the talent for the Luverne team with another 8 serving as coaches, referees and cheerleaders.Publisher Roger Tollefson can be reached by e-mail at tolly@star-herald.com

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