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Home My WebLink AboutZurich Citizens News, 1976-06-02, Page 15t. brand end IT'S PUPPET TIME—Karen Rumball, left and Barbara Clipper- ton enjoy the warm weather by holding their puppet show outside at the Grand Bend Nursery School. News Photo Changing churches Citizens News, June 2,1976 -Page 15 Playhouse receives $20,000 grant from Arts council Bill Cochrane,• Huron Country Playhouse Board Chairman, -announced Friday that the Play- house has rece Ved a- "$20,Q0Q. operating 'grant from the Ontario Arts Council. The grant is to assist the Playhouse in thc production of its 10 week Festival of Summer. Theatre . which con- sists • of 4 plays and 4 musical comedies. The Playhouse .season is pescntcd at the Playhouse in Grand Bend and taken also to Meaford and Owen Sound. • The Playhouse first received Ontario Arts Council support in' 1974 during its 3rd year of operation. •It has received Arts Council assistance also \with its annual school tours \which enabl- • ed the Playhouse to take live theatre to students throughout the Region. The Playhouse student matinee series which was begun last' season will be dropped for the current year. Last season. high school students were bused to the Playhouse to see "'The Importance of Being Earnest". Nursery school moving The Grand Bend nursery school will be moving to, a new location next September. At present it is located in the basement of the United Church three days a week. The instructors hope to make the move to enable the nursery school to operate five days a week. Exactly where the school is moving is not definite, but it will likely be to the Anglican Church. There are a few minor alterations which must be done to meet proper standards before the move can be made, but Donna Mitchell, orie of the instructors, says they are hoping the move ' will take place without too many problems. Both instructors, Donna Mitchell and Fay Blair, are grads of Lambton College's Early Child= hood Education program and with the aid of a few volunteers manage to run the nursery school on their own. The girls run two sessions, one morning and one afternoon. The school is for those 21/4 to 5 years of age, so a half-day is usually enough to tire them out. "Once you get into full days then you are into day care centers and there are a lot more regula- tions you must meet," says Donna. . The school runs from Sept. to June and takes the same holidays as the public school system so Zurich pe-r'sona I s Mrs. Earl Flaxbard, Zurich, and her daughter, Ruth Anne of London returned from a trip to the west coast visiting with. friends and relatives on Van- couver Island, Alberta and Saskatchewan. Mr. and Mrs. Jerry Rader, Mrs. Leona Rader and Clarence Reichert, Mr. and Mrs. Tom Arthur, Exeter, Mr. and Mrs. Bill Taylor of Hensall• and Mrs, Beatrice Rader attended the wed- ding of Cheryl Horman in Wood-• stock on Saturday, May 29. parents do not have to • take the children out of school when the rest of the family wants to take a vacation. This year 23 children were registered but Donna and Faye. are hoping for more next year. They can handle up to 20 children per session, although when they take field trips the girls like to have a few volunteers along. In good weather they take about one field trip a week, usually on Friday. It is a full morning or afternoon for the children as activities are rhany and varied. The session begins with one and one-quarter hours of free play, and there is a lot to play with. Blocks, books, toys,paints, a rope climber, a wooden climber, a puppet stand, 'blackboards, you name it and you can probably find it. There's even a sand room with a raised sandbox. After playtime came clean-up time, and according to Donna it's usually needed. "The kids, are really good, you know they just love to help." Next comes snack, apples and juice is a favorite and competition is keen 'to see who gets to pass• things out. After snack it is circle time. A theme is chosen each week and every day the children learn something more about the theme. Last week the theme was weather, and the chil- dren watched fascinated as Faye held the bulb ofthe thermometer in her' hand to make the temp- erature rise. Singing and games are includ- ed in circle time•until the children are only too happy to take a rest, although some of..them don't like to rest for long. If the weather is nice this is fol- lowed by free play outside .. until the parents come to collect their children. It's a full two and one-half hours and 'the children seem to love it. The cost of the sessions for five days a week is $45 a month. You don't have to take a 1 five days, but Donna and Faye advise 12p ,1.: - 12 m NDA ' - THURSDAY 12,m - tar - FRIDAY & SATURDAY 12pm - 12am - SUNDAY 1 ZURICH — TAKEOUT 236-493 it. Otherwise the child misses out and may feel behind the days he is there. You can get more information on nursery school by calling 238-8612. The Ontario Arts Council grant will help the Playhouse to meet the difference between operating. costs and operating - revenues. Mr. Cochrane pointed out that if the actual costs of production were passed on to the consumer and were reflected in the price of tickets, not many people would be able to attend the theatre. To keep tickets moderately priced, the Playhouse seeks private and public. assist- ance in meeting -an annual opera- ting -deficit. Huron Country Playhouse also receives program assistance from local governments and recently received a grant from the Town- ship -'of Stephen, in which it situated. Rec committee votes '1,000 for Zurich arena The Grand Bend recreation committee passed a recommenda- tion Tuesday that Grand Bend council made a donation of $1,000 to the Zurich •Arena and Parks Board. Mrs. Fat Kading reported to the committee that the minor sports banquet was a success. They made $363 on the raffle for half a beef. Also, the Lionettes plan to start "Meals on Wheels" sometime in September and have taken over responsibility for the. nursery school. It was moved by Harold Green and seconded by Pauline Lingard that the committee hire Lynn McKay as a lifeguard for the summer months. Roy Harris is again to be responsible for thc treasure hunt' on the beach for the Buffalo - burger Fest. It was suggested there could also be races for the children on Sunday, June 20, on the beach. Buffaloburger Fest is to be on• June 18 and 19 this year. Sub -committee chairmen were set up by the committee to get everyone involved: Chairman, Stewart' Bell; Deputy chairman, Roy Harris; Secretary, Brenda Mawson; Finance Chairman, Roy Harris; Beach Aquatics. Harold Green; Swim Instruction, Pauline Lingard; Fund Raising, Leo Morningstar; Special Events, Aldona Lach; Promotion and Advertising, Nancy Michaud and Bill Baird; Program Chairman, Bob Barkman and Facilities Chairman, Bill Baird. YOUR HOUS PINANEWCOAT FROM REN IN • oNt .. i 4. • r ?JIFF M., 1. a f ..`a :,via . 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