Dear Minister Mackay:

My name is Ken Skiffington and I worked at the Garrick Theatre for around five years before Mr. Bradley retired and closed it. A year or so after I opened it myself, and for three years it done good, for only open 3 nights a week, but the building needed a lot of repairs like new clapboard and the roof leaked in a lot of places ect. It was to much to handle so it closed again,that was a sad day for me. There was a lot of disappointed people in the town and surrounding areas.People kept asking me when will the theatre open again,and they still do to this day. I would still have it open today if the building was in good shape. Please do not take away a chance for the people of Bonavista and surrounding areas to be able to go out with there familes and enjoy seeing a movie on the big screen again. Believe me there is nothing like it.I know that the theatre will be a big thing again in Bonavista,if you only give it a chance.

Yours sincerely,
Ken Skiffington
Bonavista
firefly@nf.sympatico.ca

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Hon. Loyola Hearn, Minister of Fisheries and Oceans
Hon. Danny Williams, Premier, Newfoundland and Labrador
Hon. Tom Hedderson, Minister, Tourism, Culture and Recreation
Hon. Kathy Dunderdale, Minister, Innovation, Trade and Rural Development
Scott Simms, M.P., Bonavista Gander Grand Falls-Windsor
Roger Fitzgerald, M.H.A., Bonavista South
Paul Mills, Vice-President (Newfoundland and Labrador), ACOA
Mayor Betty Fitzgerald, Town of Bonavista

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