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Minutes for the 350th Celebration Trust <br />March 7, 2001 <br />(01 to Order 7:35 PM March 7, 2001 <br />In attendance: <br />Mark Cardono, chairperson <br />Bill McLaughlin, Member <br />Kurt Habel, Member <br />Everett Blodgett, Member <br />Review of applications for money from the 350th Celebration Trust and the Historic Preservation Trust. Under the <br />Historic Preservation Trust were 2 applications. <br />1. The First Congregation Church of Reading, UCC — Request for money to preserve, restore, and copy record <br />books from the 1770'x_ We were. unsure of the request amount_ We decided to invite in Alan Ulrich, who <br />wrote the application, to clarify the amount of the _request_ <br />2. Reading Parents Supporting Student Theatre (PSST) — Request for money to put on a play written by the <br />students_ The play i- based nn historical information of Reading role in the Salem witch hunts of 1692_ <br />There was some question of the origination of the play. A play was written for this period for the <br />Antiquarian Society. We decided to invite Rosemary Lewis in to clarify the. o--' nc of the book_ The. re guest <br />was for $3,000.00. <br />350th Celebration Trust also had 2 applications. <br />I Crardens Committee R eq tlest for money to print invitations and flyers for the tour of Reading <br />gardens. The proceeds are to fiind their project to fedn the. gardens at the Coolidge School We, decided to <br />•invite Ellen Mounteer into clarify what their needs are. The request was for $2,800.00. All members <br />thought that it was an extravagant amount to spend on invitations_ <br />7. Reading Summerfest, inc. — Request for money to put on the fireworks. This is an annual event that we have <br />granted money to in the past. We questioned what was going on with the proceeds, and decided to invite in <br />William Lavoie. His records showed that we ftmded $1,000.00 for the fireworks in 2000. We also saw a <br />donation to the Reading Band Parents organization. This made it appear that we. were making an indirect <br />donation to the Band Parents. His request this year is for $1,000.00 <br />It was brought up that the town website misstated the. deadline of applications from March 1, 2001 as March 21, <br />2001. We decided we would allow applications up to the postmark of March 21, 2001. <br />Next Meeting, March 28, 2001 _ <br />Meeting adjourned 9:30 PM. <br />A <br />114 /1 <br />