The Citizen, 1999-12-15, Page 24PAGE 24. THE CITIZEN, WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 15, 1999.
Little voices
The sweet small voices of the kindergarten students at
East Wawanosh Public school rang out loud and clear
last week as they performed for the annual Christmas
concert. They are, in back from left: Nicholas
Frischknecht, Desiree MacDonald and Heidi Raynard. In
the middle: Gabriel Carter, Wesley Thompson and Daryn
Jorna. Seated in front: Ben Pletch and William Haines.
(There will be more pictures next week.)
Festival’s news good, bad
There was good news to report at
the Blyth Festival's annual meeting
Thursday night in that attendance
was up this past year but the bad
news was attendance didn't
increase enough to offset drops in
fundraising and government sup
port.
In the long run the Festival’s
operations ran a deficit of $22,418
for the year. Additional fundraising
of $50,750 for Endowment Fund
helped offset a $39,898 summer
festival deficit.
On the go'od news side of the
ledger, ticket revenue increased by
more than $50,000 to $374,538 but
this was based on five main stage
shows in 1999 compared to four in
1998. The additional revenue
couldn’t make up for a reduction in
revenue from fundraising events
and arts council grants. A special
program called the Silver Ticket
Campaign had been planned to
make up the difference but the ini
tiative fell short.
The problem for the Festival,
auditor Ron Burt of Takalo and
Burt Chartered Accountants point
ed out, is so many of its costs are
fixed and can't be cut back if rev
enues are not as high as expected.
He praised Karen Stewart, adminis
trative director and Anne Chislett,
artistic director, for reacting quick
ly and making what cuts they could
when they saw the box office was
not going to be as high as hoped.
“I can't stress enough that cash
flow is going to be very, very
tight,” Burt warned. Still, he
expressed “every confidence that
the current board and staff can deal
with it.”
Chislett, in her artistic director’s
report, said continued government
cuts have thrown additional burden
on fundraising yet there is so much
competition for available funds
because so many sectors of the not-
for-profit sector have also been cut
and need to raise funds privately.
At the same time, she said, compe
tition for audience has grown expo
nentially.
Chislett announced the two sold-
out productions from last year will
be return at the beginning and the
end of the 2000 season. Death of
the Hired Man will be seen early in
June, before the season officially
kicks off and When the Reaper
Calls will transfer from The Garage
to the main stage and follow the
regular season.
Jim Swan of London was elected
president of the board of directors.
Vice-presidents are Carol Oriold of
Wroxeter and Judith Walker of
Bayfield. Secretary is Joe Wooden
of Grand Bend. Treasurer is Sara
Trainor of Listowel. Past President
Keith Roulston and member at
large Marg Webster of Wingham
round out the executive.
Daylight burglars hit area homes
Three area homes were burglar
ized last Monday when a thief or
thieves took advantage of empty
houses during daytime hours.
One homeowner on County Rd.
25 just west of Walton discovered
the break-in when he returned from
work at 5:30 p.m.
The front door had been smashed
in and two rooms entered, said the
OPP. A Kenwood stereo, Sharps
television and VCR, Bell
ExpressVu satellite receiver, 200
CDs, jewellery and cash with a
total value over $8,000 were stolen.
OPP estimate the break-in occurred
between 2 p.m. and 4 pm.
A break-in on Cone. 14. Col-
borne Twp. was reported at 1:30
p.m. the same day. The back door
had been forced open, and a Sony
portable stereo, valued at $500, was
taken. There was $700 damage to
the door. It is believed the incident
took place between 10 a.m. and
1:30 p.m.
Less than an hour later, a bur
glary was reported at Cone. 1 1,
Tuckersmith Twp. Upon returning
from work, the owner found a door
kicked in and $5,000 worth of
property taken. The items included
golf clubs, 25” RCA television,
Sansui VCR, Pentium computer,
Hewlett Packard printer, Sega sys
tem and jewellery.
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