Short Takes : Johnny Carson Helps Hometown
Johnny Carson donated $600,000 to help build a theater at a high school in his hometown.
Carson sent the check in response to a letter from a school board member, Norfolk School Supt. Jim Merritt said Monday.
The $5.7-million construction project at Norfolk Senior High School includes a 1,200-seat performing arts theater, a gym and new classrooms.
In 1988, the “Tonight Show” host donated $650,000 to the Carson Regional Radiation Center at Norfolk’s Lutheran Community Hospital. Last year, he gave $50,000 to the Northeast Nebraska Zoo in Royal.
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