Okay, I'm trying to decide whether Flat Rock should be insulted or gratified by the editorial's title, a take-off on the 1955 Cold War satirical novel The Mouse That Roared (made into a movie in 1959 starring Peter Sellers). I think I'll go with "gratified."
An editorial from this Sunday's Times-News:
The Flat Rock Village Council was both generous and wise to give the Flat Rock Playhouse $100,000, provided the money is used to pay off debt that threatens the theater’s future.Read it all.
Council voted unanimously Thursday to give the struggling theater a “one-time emergency donation” to pay down its short-term debt. In doing so, it fully matched a $100,000 challenge grant the Playhouse received Tuesday from an anonymous donor.
Council members and the anonymous donor both recognized the value of the Playhouse as a major business and tourism draw for the village and Henderson County. Village leaders were smart to attach stipulations that will prod the Playhouse toward a return to solvency....
Flat Rock has as great a stake in its namesake theater as any community. Village leaders deserve a “bravo” for recognizing this fact by giving this significant gift, with strings attached and no promise of an “encore.”
An institution in Henderson County for 60 years, the Playhouse is too important to be allowed to slide into oblivion. It’s up to theater leaders to see that these generous gifts are used efficiently to return the theater to solid financial footing....
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