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Need new equipment? So do we. Fixing an old broken bike is one thing, but when the crank is worn and the chain keeps falling off… time for a new bike. Sometimes it’s not that easy.
With your help, we’ll make wise investments today that bridge the gap to the future of our Hospital.
PHOTO BY JESSICA CRANDLEMIRE
It takes time to plan and build a new Hospital. In the meantime we need to update our outdated Emergency Department to make it as efficient as possible. Our current 1950’s style layout is an old model of care and we want to keep up with the best, most recent practices. A change as simple as reconfiguring work stations to improve sight lines to patients or increasing storage areas for medical supplies, means that doctors can get to more patients quickly, reducing wait times and increasing efficiency.
ABOVE: Rick and Anke Lex opened the “black box” Simcoe Street Theatre in 2015 in the former Enterprise-Bulletin newspaper building. “It’s quite magical what happens on that little stage,” says Anke.
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urther proof of live theatre’s allure for both participants and audiences is the phenomenal success of Gaslight Community Theatre Productions in Collingwood. This grassroots theatre group has put on a series of sell-out performances every November for the past six years. The format involves four 20-minute plays performed by local amateurs and mounted in different venues in the downtown core. Small audience groups gather first in the Collingwood Public Library, where they get an official greeting from the Town Crier. They are then escorted from one venue to another with the help of costumed Gaslight guides who impart historical information (and sometimes juicy gossip) during the walk. The theme changes every year to showcase a different aspect of Collingwood’s history. The founder and artistic director of Gaslight, Arlene Noble, left Collingwood early this year to move to Toronto, which was a shock to her many followers and Gaslight fans. But “she left a great template and a great team of volunteers,” says Monica Wilson, who was hand picked by Noble to take over as Gaslight’s executive producer. Wilson had been involved in every capacity of the productions from the very first year, and although she is filling some very big shoes, she says confidently,“There’s not much I don’t know about Gaslight, and I’m sure we will continue to be a success.”