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Local students perform at Sears Drama Festival
Jennifer Hubbard,
GIZEIMIDMIS
Local students were honoured
last week as the St. Anne's and
CHSS drama clubs took the stage
during the 61st annual Sears
Drama Festival.
Held at Listowel District
Secondary School Feb. 28 to
March 2, the 2007 festival fea-
tured performances by 10 Huron
and Perth county schools.
St. Anne's presented two plays
on Feb. 28, Charley and Check
Please.
Both plays were student direct-
ed, and Charley was written by St.
Anne's seniors Sam Romijn and
Johannes Knap.
Check Please was written by
American playwright Jonathan
Rand.
The local school received four
awards.
First-time playwrights Romijn
and Knap brought home an award
of merit for Charley. Josh Romijn
was also honoured with an excel-
lence award for his portrayal of
Charley in the play.
Check Please won two awards —
an award of excellence for actress
Jacqui Bengough and an award of
merit for the entire ensemble
involved in the production.
Members of the award-winning
ensemble were: Bengough, Joel
Grace, Aaron Hillis, Courtney
Fleischaur, Stefan Hartman,
Kristy-Lee Maciesza, Robyn Lobb,
Melissa Arsenault, Nathan Bles,
Lisa Miller, Brent Schmidt, Kelly
Verberne, Sam Romijn, Alyssa
McCue, director Heather
Thompson and stage manager
Olivia Crook.
St. Anne's staff advisor Dan
Bodkin said he was pleased with
the outcome of this year's festival.
"Competition was intense. The
fact that both plays were student
directed and one was student writ-
ten is a huge accomplishment in
itself," he commented.
"It shows the growth of our
drama program here at St.
Anne's."
Central Huron won three awards
for it's rendition of The Zoo Story,
written by Edward Albee. The
school performed for festival adju-
dicators on March 1.
With just two actors — Alex
Munnings and Cam Laurie — the
play proved to be a worthy chal-
THE MUNICIPALITY OF CENTRAL HURON
is pleased to announce the 6th annual Central Huron Facade Grant Program. In 2007,
the Program is expanded and may include facade improvements for all properties in
Central Huron that are assessed as Commercial for taxation purposes. The Municipality
has set aside funds to assist property owners in the expansion or improvement of the
building facade or signage.
Budget
The current 2007 Facade Grant Program budget has been set at $15,00 divided into
two program releases (a maximum of $5,000 of matching funds per application). The
funds will be distributed on a "first come first served" basis. For the first application dead-
line of May 10th a total of $12,000.00 will be available. The remaining $3,000.00 will be
available for applications received after May 10th. Funding may be in the form of a cash
or in-kind contribution.
To Qualify
The structure for the proposed enhancement must be within Central Huron and must
currently be assessed as Commercial, in whole or in part, for taxation purposes. The
proposed facade improvement must meet the specific property criteria outlined in the
Facade Improvement Concept" and enhance the "cosmetic" appeal of the structure from
a streetscape viewpoint. The application must be completed in its entirety and must
receive approval prior to the completion of the works. It is understood that the applicant
will be reimbursed the grant amount following the completion of the works and submis-
sion of all project receipts. Successful applicants will be required to submit a post project
report identifying the use of the funds.
Application
Applications for funding should include:
• Description of the project
• Timeline for completion of the work
• Budget for proposed project
• Visual representation of the proposed project
• Supporting information, as appropriate
• Amount of funding requested, specifying whether a cash or in-kind donation is required.
Deadline
Applications must be received by 12:00 noon May 10th, 2007. If you have questions or
comments please direct them to the Municipal office at 482-3997.
Applications are to be addressed as follows:
"Central Huron Facade Grant Program"
Attention:
Richard Harding, Clerk Administrator
Municipality of Central Huron
P.O. Box 400, 23 Albert Street
Clinton, Ontario NOM 1L0
Interested parties must contact the Municipal Office to receive a copy of the
Facade Grant Program Policy and Application Form before applying for funding.
The Municipality reserves the right to fund projects as deemed appropriate.
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lenge for all involved. •
Munnings and Laurie, received
an award of merit and an award of
excellence, respectively for their
efforts.
Terry Zachar's senior construc-
tion class was also awarded for
excellence in set design.
"I'm very happy with how things
went," said Stephen Oliver, CHSS
staff advisor and director.
"Unfortunately we didn't have
more of our crowd there due to the
weather. We were storm -stayed in
Listowel that night and slept in a
Salvation.Army church basement.
It was an adventure all around."
Oliver said plans are in the
works for a local presentation of
The Zoo Story, "to help pay the
bills," from the festival.
A crew of eight students joined
Oliver behind the scenes to help
make the play a success.
Awards were presented to the
winning schools during a banquet
on March 3.
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