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Village Squire, 1978-04, Page 42PEOPLE 4It was a case of one former Stratford resident saluting another that the series Something Ventured appeared on C.B.C. television on April 2. One of the people who stuck their neck out and succeeded who were featured on the program was Tom Patterson the Stratford journalist who had the crazy idea to start a Shakespearean Festival in the small railroad city back in the 1950's. That crazy idea has grown into one of the biggest theatrical operations in the world today, despite its improbable origination. The man doing the saluting was Allan Gough, who is a Stratford native and whose parents, Mr. and Mrs. Ronald Gough still live in the city today. The series was produced by Magder Film Production Inc. of Toronto. Although growing up in Stratford he had heard the legend of the founding of the Festival, Mr. Gough never met Tom Patterson until he began filming in July. The show included many scenes from around Stratford. Skating can take you a long way in this world. For Lori Baler of Mitchell and Lloyd Eisler of Seaforth it took them half -way around the world last month to Megreve, , France where they took part in the world junior figure skating championships. The couple finished sixth in the pairs competition, behind fellow Canadians Paul Martini and Barbara UnderhW of Toronto. Lori also placed 14th in the singles competition. She and Barbara Graham represented Canada there. Both were only novice skaters but were chosen for the competition over the junior champions from Canada. Lori said she was for perhaps the first time in her life, slightly nervous when it came time to trace the first figure. If things were nervous for Lori, they were much more upsetting for her sister Sherri who with her partner Robin Cowan had to withdraw from the world senior championships in Ottawa when she was injured. It's the kind of thing a kid could dream of and never think to see: 150 pounds of chocolate carved into a replica of Stratford city hall. It's a project of Victor IacobeWs chef of the Stratford Country Club who carved the culinary architecture for a food show in London to be held April 17. The carving measures 18 inches at its widest and 13 inches at the tallest point and is carved on a scale of 1 inch to eight feet. The sculpture is as accurate as possible and Mr. 'lacobellis even used blueprints of the city hall to help his work. He also took photos of the building. The show he's taking part in will pit the skills of 85 chefs from Toronto to Windsor. In a similar show last year Mr. lacobellis placed second. But this year he's got city hall on his side. Tony McQuail has been practising what he's now preaching for several years now. The Lucknow area farmer has been very conservation conscious in his own farm operation. He lives in a solar -heated house PG. 40. VILLAGE SQUIRE/APRIL 1978. and provides supplementary heating with a wood stove. He's experimented with other renewable energy sources as well. Now he's the head of a seven -member project which has set up energy conservation information centres in Lucknow and Goderich. Mr. McQuail and the rest of his staff will provide information on how to cut back on your expensive energy needs whether it be simply with insulation, or whether you're interested in something more exotic like solar greenhouses or a methane -gas recovery unit to turn manure into fuel. For Dean Robinson it was like coming home recently when he took over the job of news director for CJCS radio in Stratford. He's been a Stratford resident for several years even though he has been working in Kitchener as a reporter -announcer for CKCO television. CKKW and CFCA radio stations. The Mitchell native, whose parents Mr. and Mrs. Kingsley Robinson still live in Mitchell, started out while in school working for the Mitchell Advocate. He worked for the London Free Press and the Stratford Beacon -Herald before he entered university in 1975. He graduated in May 1977 with a Masters Degree in Journalism from the University of Western Ontario. His wife is a member of the staff of Northwestern Secondary School, Strat- ford. Many things can be said about Robin Philips but he will never be accused of being too timid. Mr. Phillips created a stir in the theatrical worl 1 last month when he challenged large grants the National Arts Centre received this year to help it set up its new national theatre program, including both a French and and English resident company. What irked Mr. Phillips was that at a time when other theatres were facing cutbacks from such bodies as the Canada Council, the National got a special grant of $1.1 million outside the regular channels of the Canada Council set up its program. It means the Canadian taxpayer will pay a total subsidy to the National Arts Centre this year of $10.3 million. Mr. Phillips predicted that next year that figure would go to $12 million. He cited the plight of the National Ballet and the Canadian Opera Company, neither of which have a home. as places where aid is better needed. Mr. Phillips indicated that he was trying to do something at Stratford to aid the situation of smaller theatres needing more money. He said he tried to convince the Festival board to give back its Canada Council grant but the board wouldn't go along. The Festival, he said, is working towards the day when it can finance itself out of box-office and private funding and not have to accept government subsidy. 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