Laramie
Project’ teaches students tolerance, acceptance
By KATIE WORRALL
For Madeleine Smith, presenting The Laramie
Project is a sobering experience. The Springside School
student, who is in the cast of Moisés Kauffman’s
play based upon the1998 kidnapping, beating and death
of a 21-yerar-old homosexual college student, said that
that while rehearsing for the play, it hit home how much
hate there is and how much more aware she is on how accepting
people can be.
Smith is among the 30 cast members of the Springside-Chestnut Hill Academy Players’ production...
The
following crimes are from the week of November
30 to December 6, 2003.
December
1. 200 block W. Sunrise Lane. Complainant states
that when she returned home she noticed living
room patio door ajar. The only thing she noticed
missing was a jewelry box containing quarters.
Reported at 8 a.m.
December
3. Unit block E. Hartwell Lane. An unknown person
stole a blue 1984 Oldsmobile Cierra, Pennsylvania
tag WRO639F. Reported at 7 p.m.
December 3. 300 block E. Willow Grove Ave. An unknown...
A sure thing
By MARIE LACHAT
Just because we forged ahead with
the Holiday House Tour despite the untimely stormy winter
weather, which was a bit uncooperative for our liking,
you probably think this column is about Saturday’s
tour.
Or maybe you’d think so
because many hundreds of people came to Chestnut Hill
by car, by trolley, by bus, by foot to see extraordinary
homes dressed in designer holiday fashions accessorized
with a winter wonderland.
Or maybe you’d think so because our volunteers braved Buffalo conditions to man their posts, and florists and designers carted their wares from trucks and vans through sleety winds and icy surfaces while our generous homeowners still allowed the crowds of slushy Martha Stewart aspirants into their exquisite one-of-a-kind buffed, tinted, glazed...