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Show 'Rainy day' grant awarded to Utah Sh akesp·e arean Festival A rece11t grant from the National than three hundred fift y applicants were Enclowrncm for the Arts promises up to a :nvarded a total of eight million dollars. The hundred thousand dollars in cash reserves Festival 's granc will be awarded as a cash for the Utah Shakcspcare-Jn Festival. ·n1e reserve as sort of a -rainy day" fund co be grant is a major boost for the growing used for unpl:rnncd. or emergency the:ure company. but c,·cn ,,,.......-- ---....--~--.-. expenses. more valuable than the cash "For example, one season itself is the association with we had a crisis with a light the NEA and the possihk board. It was almost time to fu nd-raising opportunities that open and we were in the arc cre:1ted by that dark," Shule r said. ''That's the association. kind of situation when this "This shows the faith and fund will come into play. It's confidence that the N"EA has a little like a savings account and we borrow from in what we're doi ng and the fact that they believe we are ourselves ifwe have the doing it right, " said Jyl Shule r, need." developme nc director for the 1l1e reserve w ill be a Festival. Shuler explained that perpetual fund and the NEA grams are awarded o nly Festival will pay back any part afte r a. very thorough of it that may need to be used. That cushion of security will evaluatio n of each applicant. "For us, it shows the tnist help ensure quality they have in the Festival. They 77ze :Jta~i Shakesp~arean productions without the fear know we 're in for the long Festzval s p roduction of of major fi nancial disaster. haul and we are a good 77ze Greenshow In the Festival's thirty-seven invest ment of their funding. " year histo ry, this is just the 1l1e grant awarded to the Festival falls second N"EA grant received. The last one under the category fo r planning and was for five thousand do llars in 1990, w hich was awarded fo r general operation stabilizatio n. It w ill be provided within the expenses. 111is year's grant is much more next two fiscal years at a one-to-three matching ratio. For every three dollars the significant no t only in dollar am ount, but Festival earns, e ithe r in surplus or in because of fund-raising doors that could be o pened by this recognition. do natio ns, the NEA w ill grant o ne dollar. That gives the Festival two years to come "People might ask why the association up with three hundred tho usand do llars in with the NEA co uld be so impo rtant. For us order to secure the full grant. it's like the Procto r and Gamble or Good In the planning and stabilization Housekeeping seal of approval," Shuler category, o ne h undred fifty-five of mo re said. • First time buyer program • With student II? get $500-$1,000 off all used vehides or 3%-5% off all new cars • College grads get $400 off from GM • Great deals on new & used vehicles BRIAN BAKER (Student Sales Rep.) 3 60 No. M ain, Cedar City 586-6595 &Company Thank You Cedar City for Making Us #1! Full Service Salon Including: Hair • Nails • Waxing • Permanent Makeup • Electrolysis r------------, Deluxe manicures and pedicures • Fiberglass • UV gel • Ear piercing • Makeovers Pink and white acrylics • Choose from 1500 colors FREE NAIL ART WITH ANY NAIL SERVICE We also do hair perms, cuts, colors S5 OFF FULL SITT: S2 OFF : I FILL i AT NAIL BIZ I I L-------------l 110 \V. 535 South 586-9393 |