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A bouquet of 160 flowers to Bill and Chris Edwards, owners of Tucson Appliance, 4229 E. Speedway, who donated 160 blankets so that children on the Tohono O'odham Reservation can sleep warmly.

The Star collects gifts for the Intermountain Centers for Human Development each year and what the kids needed were toiletries, craft projects and blankets.

Star Reader Advocate Debbie Kornmiller was stumped as to where to find 160 blankets.

She put out a call to the Star's Sportsmen's Fund Send A Kid to Camp members asking for help in finding blankets for the Star's annual project that helps children in troubled families on the reservation near Sells.

Member Bucky Lovejoy mentioned this to the Edwardses, who committed on the spot.

It's a story as warm and fuzzy as the heavy fleece blankets for the girls and boys.

Thorns to the person who ripped up the sod on a soccer field at the Salvation Army's Amphi Corps.

The Sunday afternoon joyride seriously damaged the field, 218 E. Prince Road, which had been sodded only 10 days earlier. About $5,000 in damage was done.

The 100 children who attend the Amphi Corps after-school program were not only disappointed, they also learned an ugly lesson about needless destruction.

The $5,000 to make the repairs can probably be raised, but that is $5,000 that our community won't be able to use to the benefit of others elsewhere.

If you want to donate to help restore the field, call 888-1299.

A thorn to Tucson Convention Center officials who booked the season finales of Arizona Opera and Broadway in Tucson — A Nederlander Presentation in the Tucson Music Hall on the same weekend in April.

Broadway in Tucson has moved its musical "Cats" to May 12-18. Arizona Opera's "La Traviata" is scheduled for 7:30 p.m. April 26 and 2 p.m. April 27.

This error gives the impression that Tucson is unprofessional. And it has happened before — though not to this degree.

We've even fallen victim. Several years ago, a performance at the Star-sponsored Family Arts Festival was scheduled in the center's Leo Rich Theatre at the same time as a community group performance.

The Tucson Symphony also found itself at Centennial Hall in spring 2003 when the Music Hall was double-booked with the Tucson Philharmonia Youth Orchestra.

Double-booking the Music Hall with big productions on multiple days is a big mistake. The Star's Cathalena E. Burch reported that the TCC will pay the costs Broadway in Tucson incurs because of the change.

No cost estimate has been made, but it could include refunding those who bought tickets for April and won't be here in May.

Tommy Obermaier, deputy director of the TCC, attributed the double-scheduling to an administrative oversight and said he didn't see it happening again.

We hope not. Such blunders put our community in the bush league.