By Kimberly De Jong, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter, Brant Beacon Several residents gathered on the grounds of the Bell Homestead in July for Brant Theatre Workshops\u2019 performance of \u201cSkater.” \u201cSkater\u201d is a teenage girl living by her own rules. With a self-destructive attitude and hidden past that she guards close to her heart, the young girl finds herself in hot water when she throws a rock through the window of the local police station. While mourning her family, Skater falls asleep at their grave site and is discovered by an officer she calls \u201cBattle Axe Kate.\u201d Skater is taken into custody and sentenced by a judge to live in a group home known as \u201cSue\u2019s Place,\u201d a nod to Brantford\u2019s Why Not City Missions\u2019 Charlie\u2019s Place. It\u2019s there she meets… <\/p>\n
By Kimberly De Jong, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter, Brant Beacon Several residents gathered on the grounds of the Bell Homestead in July for Brant Theatre Workshops\u2019 performance of \u201cSkater.” \u201cSkater\u201d is a teenage girl living by her own rules. With a self-destructive attitude and hidden past that she guards close to her heart, the young girl finds herself in hot water when she throws a rock through the window of the local police station. While mourning her family, Skater falls asleep at their grave site and is discovered by an officer she calls \u201cBattle Axe Kate.\u201d Skater is taken into custody and sentenced by a judge to live in a group home known as \u201cSue\u2019s Place,\u201d a nod to Brantford\u2019s Why Not City Missions\u2019 Charlie\u2019s Place. It\u2019s there she meets... <\/p>\n