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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Citizen, 1989-12-19, Page 23THE CITIZEN, TUESDAY, DECEMBER 19, 1989. PAGE 23. The world view from Mabel's Grill Pencil brigade Participants in thesixthannual Winter Writers’ Retreat sponsored by Blyth Centre forthe Arts held a public reading on Saturday at the Dinsley Street Garage. Front row, from left: Crystal Salverda, Lorna Wilson, Cheryl Swarts, Laurie Fyffe, Colleen Curran. Back row: Katherine Kaszas, Jerry Franken, Katia de Pena, Bob King, Peggy Coffey, Paul Haddad. Cost of operating facility questioned at Festival’s meeting Continued from page 1 federal and provincial arts agencies plus unexpectedly high costs for things like housing the staff mem­ bers last summer put the Festival in a deficit position. “I’d hate our incredible artistic achievement to be overshadowed by the deficit,” Katherine Kaszas, Artistic Director said in her address to the annual meeting. While the deficit is a problem, she stressed too much attention shouldn’t be given to the financial problem. Expenses for the year topped $1 million for the first time at $1,110,040 for both summer and winter programming. Revenues for the summer and winter programs, including grants and fundraising were $991,103. Government grants were down about $22,000 for the year but fundraising was up more than $27,000 from 1988. The figures do not include fundraising or grants for the $1.8 million expansion program which has seen a new rehearsal facilities and shops built on Dinsley Street and is currently seeing an addition built to Memorial Hall. Total expense for capital projects (equipment and buildings) totalled $781,364. In answering a question from the floor General Manager Joel Harris said about $540,000 of that was for the Dinsley Street building which will likely cost more than $600,000 before it is complet­ ed. Honorary board member Cenetta Bainton asked how much the new building would cost to operate but Mr. Harris said the real costs are still undetermined. Projected costs for the building before construction started were that it would cost $8,000 - $9,000 a year to operate. Ms. Kaszas said the Festival must find ways of generating revenue through rentals and workshops at the facility to help pay the addi- tional costs. Ms. Kaszas said that working in the new Dinsley St. facility this summer had been wonderful even if it wasn’t finished. She said she was looking forward to completion of the new addition to Memorial Hall because “the things we could be doing are just monumental”. She said the Festival is becoming truly a major regional arts centre, not just a summer festival. Continued from page 4 a cattle beast to pay the bill.” And what, Julia asked, were you doing in Kitchener? Hank looked kind of embarrass­ ed and admitted he was down there shopping. “You’ve got to save money where you can,” he said defensively. Maybe, Tim said. Hank might have even saved enough to pay for the gas he used driving down to the city. WEDNESDAY: Well, said Billie Bean as he shivered his way into Mabel’s this morning and ordered two cups of coffee so he could wrap one frozen hand around each, so much for the green house theory that the world’s heating up. “1 think they should be starting the ice house theory instead, the way the temperature’s been the last few days.” It won’t be long, Ward Black predicted, before some scientist is going to be coming out with the theory of a new ice age, the way they were talking about 10 years ago before the green house effect became so popular. Maybe, Hank said, they could put all the scientists in one room and let them fight it out among themselves as to what is the right theory, then whichever group came out alive, we could listen to them instead of having to listen to both sides. THURSDAY: Next to biting the hand that feeds you what could be worse than firing the guy who pushes your wheel chair, Tim wondered this morning when he heard that Harold Ballard had fired the guy who’s spent the last year pushing him around. Well said Julia, since Harold’s already got Yolande pushing him around he was overstaffed. If they ever make a remake of A Christmas Carol, Harold can play Scrooge, Billie figured. And Yol­ ande, said Julia, can play the ghosts of all three Christmases because she wouldn’t want any­ body else to talk to Harold. FRIDAY: The politicians in Ot­ tawa sure are suffering to help bring down the deficit, Hank said. They’re going to have privatized lunch rooms and they’re getting rid of two jets used for the cabinet ministers. “Maybe if they got rid of the rest, the politicians might decide they want the trains after all.” Can you imagine, said Julia, what a different world it might be if the politicians had to drive them­ selves around like the rest of us? If politicians really had to drive in Toronto do you think they’d put up with traffic the way it is? Chauncey’s Hairstyling Blyth, Ont. 523-9722 PIZZA PIZZA PIZZA THURS., FRI., SAT. 5P.M.-12A.M. BLYTH INN EAT IN OR TAKE OUT 523-9381 NEW YEAR’S EVE DANCE ATTHE B.M.&G COMMUNITY CENTRE BRUSSELS DANCING9-1 $8. per person ADVANCE TICKETS ONLY Contact Steve Coulter 887-9289 Sponsored by Brussels Jr. C. 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