Pooler shuttle available for St. Patrick’s parade
The Pooler Chamber of Commerce and Visitors Bureau, Inc. will partner with Kelly Tours to provide shuttle service from the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force to downtown Savannah Friday-Sunday from 5 p.m. until 12:30 a.m. and on Monday from 7 a.m. to 12:30 a.m.
The cost is $20 for anyone 10 and older or $10 per child nine and under. Cash or credit card will be accepted at shuttle pick up at museum, 175 Bourne Ave.
Reserved parade seat bleacher seating is available through Kelly Tours. For more information, visit www.kellytours.com or call 912-964-2010.
The chamber also will be selling chances for $10 each to win a 2014 Mazda 3 from Fairway Lincoln Mazda until 2 p.m. Monday. The drawing will be at 3 p.m.
G650 sets speed record between New York and Mumbai
Gulfstream Aerospace Corp.’s G650 has its 42nd city-pair speed record, this time between White Plains, N.Y., and Mumbai, India.
The G650, manufactured at Gulfstream’s plant in Savannah, took off from the Westchester County Airport in White Plains on March 10 with two passengers and four crew members on board. Thirteen hours and 49 minutes later, the aircraft
landed at Chhatrapati Shivaji International Airport in Mumbai, giving it an average cruise speed of Mach 0.85 for the 7,115-nautical-mile/13,177-kilometer flight.
Pending approval by the U.S. National Aeronautic Association, the record will be sent to the Fédération Aéronautique Internationale in Switzerland for recognition as a world record.
“The G650’s ability to link these two key business destinations reinforces its utility as a vital tool for corporations to advance their economic interests around the world,” said Gulfstream’s Jason Akovenko.
Immediate care center collecting for nonprofit
St. Joseph’s/Candler Immediate Care in Bluffton will be collecting canned goods, personal care items and nonperishable food items until the end of March to benefit Bluffton Self Help and Shepherd’s Closet at First Baptist Church in Bluffton.
Most-needed items include canned protein, beans, rice, pasta, peanut butter, canned fruits, canned vegetables and personal care items such as toothpaste, deodorant and shampoo.
Anyone brings in five cans or more will be given a coupon for one free game of bowling at Station 300.
Donations can be delivered to St. Joseph’s/Candler Immediate Care at 3 Progressive St. in Bluffton’s Buckwalter Place Monday through Friday from 9 a.m. to 8 p.m. and Saturdays 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. or Sundays noon to 5 p.m.
For more information, go to buckwalterplace.com or call 843-705-9400.
