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Launching an appeal for help

[By NANCY WEATHERLEY | | a 7

THERE’S LIGHT at the end of the

onom ane 2 Presentation House - if they can raise enough money by the end of this year to satisfy the Royal Bank which stands ominously in the background, snuffer in hand.

A week ago three staff members were working on a publicity campaign for a Da™ Vinci exhibit scheduled for this summer. Late Thursday the bank stopped payment on their Hydro cheque as a gesture of “extreme con- cern” over the financial position of Presentation House says Director Bob

That effectively put a stop to the exhibit which features the newly discovered Salvator Mundi. It also eaused one part time and three full time employees to betayed off.

There was fear that the doors would close on the arts centre altogether. However, a meeting with the bank Tuesday, during which a groups. Hopes of a costs without increased

ALL THE WORLD'S a “drastically revised” budget professional theatre com- funding, has accumulated

stage. And the drama

was presented. resulted in an agreement that will allow the house to continue running this year.

The budget has been cut to the bare bones, of course, and projects as well as staff have been chopped.

What's left is a skeletal centre which will proceed as well as t{ can as a rental facility for community arts

pany operating out of the complex have been upstaged by the financial problems for the time being.

The slashed budget should keep the house in the black after grants from North Van City, the District, and the province are received in the summer

But a $46,000 defecit, a result of increased operating

over the last two years. This must also be tackled. But the news isn't all bad. Chris Tyrell and Jean Bell, both victims of the budget slash, are helping out at the moment on a voluntary basis and many other volunteers have come in to help with a widescale phoning program. The object is to get as CONTINUED ON PAGE C3

continues as a smaller cast tries to perform as well as they can on a low baodget. Acting General Manager of Presentation House, Bob Carey looks hopefully ahead to a positive future, while behind him. workers strike the set of the Woolgatherer .

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