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Sorority donates to new outdoor theater
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Touring the construction site for the new DeKalb County Outdoor Theater on Wednesday are, from left, theater board treasurer Tom Smith, construction supervisor Mike Ley, vice president Kent Johnson and president John Chalmers, with Psi Iota Xi members Pat Schlosser and Sue Simpson. Psi Iota Xi, Eta Xi Chapter, presented a major donation to the theater project. (Photo by Dave Kurtz)
AUBURN — Psi Iota Xi, Eta Xi Chapter has
donated $15,865 toward construction of the new DeKalb County Outdoor Theater in
Auburn.
The sorority supports art, literature and music. The gift represents proceeds
from a national convention the chapter sponsored in 2007.
The money will allow the theater include features that otherwise would have been
deleted due to increases in construction costs, said officers of DeKalb County
Outdoor Theater Inc. Those features may include soundproofing and theater
rigging.
Construction of the theater is under way on a site east of Cedar Creek and south
of Eleventh Street.
A handicapped-access ramp at the rear of the stage has been completed. Work
continues on stage lighting, doors and a stone driveway, which should be
finished in the next several weeks. A fence and landscape also are scheduled for
completion.
The project’s supervisor, Mike Ley of Signature Construction, said lead
contractor Fetters Construction has donated aluminum steps for the front of the
stage.
