Don't know what the Rufty Tufty is? The cast members of this year's spring play, Shakespeare's "Much Ado About Nothing," sure do. And so will you by the time the play ends its three-night run. The opening performance will be 7 p.m. Thursday at the North Attic Playhouse, followed by 7:30 p.m. shows Friday and Saturday. Lauren Piester offers the latest entry in our spring play diary.

The Illineks came up big at the Class A state indoor meet Friday in Bloomington, led by the second-place boys 4x800-meter relay team. Ruthie Welch finished third in the 800 run, and sprinter Tuli Bera took sixth in the 55 dash. Friday's meet was open only to the top track and field athletes in Class A.