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NOM 1S6 I. on amstd — — — — 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 North Middlesex & Lvnhton Since 1873 Wedne5ddy, May 4. 1994 SEIP'S valu-mart 4 & 83 Exeter 235-0262 Happy Mother's day Tem Cotta Bell Planter $7. 99 35 cm Other sizes and designs available h l! + Gc. G.S T i 90 cents 1 Inside New school? Catholic board may go it alone page 2 Resignations Two coaches give up teams Second front Peacekeeper A glimpse of civil war strife page 27 10th year Annual Lions Fishing derby Saturday EXETER - Hundreds of rainbow trout were brought from Thames - ford last Wednesday and they found a new home in the waters of Morrison Dam. Due to the efforts of the Ausable Conserva- tion Foundation and the Exeter Lions Club, the 10th Annual Trout Fishing Derby will be held this Saturday at Morrison Dam. The derby sponsors have improved every- one's chances of catch- ing fish by once again stocking the resevoir with 1,000 eight to ten inch rainbow trout as well as a few larger ones. Beginning at 7 a.m. and concluding at 2 p.m., anglers will be going for many prizes which are supported by area businesses and which will be presented at 2 p.m. As many as 200 are expected and the regis- tration fees are $1 for 16 years -and -under and $2 for those over 16. ' Trout were headed for the waters of Morrison Dam last Wednesday. this year's Lions Fishing Derby made sure they got there safely. Les Wernham, chairman of Exeter gets a future vision Grand Beiul ciciircll gets new stained glass ' cpuacillor wants cloqsd sessions Town Hall group forging ahead with studies on needs, building capabilities Cfpds Stews* (left) of Hyde Park and his crew installed a new stained glass window In GrandUnited s�nawindow Is the ork of o reponed artsaChr stopherWalwho operates his studio Jut north of Grand Bend See story page three. EXETER - The mayor's special committee to plan a future for the Old Town Hall and Library has already held its first meeting. Mayor Bruce Shaw, who said he reluctantly was elected chair of the committee, promised a full report by August. "It was certainly not my idea to be chair of this thing, but so be it," said Shaw. For now, the committce has dropped the "Heritage Square" name given the idea at the March 30 Strategic Planning Meeting. It will generically be called "the corner" for now, said Shaw. First on the committee's list of needs is a list of space requirements for the town offices and for "a library in the 21st century". An engineering report on the structure of the old library will also be needed to see if it can be renovated, or needs to be "razed" said the mayor. Architects will be invited to come up with plans for "the corner", only the winning proposal, if adopted, would he paid for, said Shaw. The mayor said there are many possibilities for the Old Town Hall, the Library, the PUC building behind, and the former police sta- tion. One proposal would see the town hall and library linked with an "atrium", saving the cost of making each separate building wheel- chair accessible. "We did decide the focal point of the town is in that corner, with the tow, hall, the li- brary and the cenotaph," said Shaw. With only about a half million dollars of in- frastructure grant funds available for the proitems - ject, Shaw said other avenues of funding might include "philanthropists" that did getw a fair bitr of di invo v d who help preserve old buildings. said Drummond, adding that an cm - The committee's next meeting is May 12. Councillor Robert Drummond asked how much consulting and studies phasic on nwatr and the sewage summaryro would cost, to which Shaw replied the only expense would be an engineer- jects "I think left this document out ofthe is a totally ing study on library's structure "which would have to be done anyway". Drummond pointed out that if the project proves impossible by August inadequate summary of that meet - there would be no time to re -apply for other capital funds under the infra- inWhend Drummond. councilloren Hcx1 structure grant program. enhoom moved to file Hundcy's Shaw agreed and said if the committee comes up with an answer sooner, it will. summary, council agreed. Councillor Ben Hoogenboom asked that town council meet behind now?" hat a kedµ' Drummond esend m who out closed doors with the committee, so its views could be expressed. "I think there are some suggestions that could be made to the committee, asked) that alengshown tot iier suit) m the preof- - them being blown up in the (newslpaper," said Hoogenboom.. Y Shaw said late May or June might be a good time to meet with the com- ficial u� l eofre� meeting. mayor mince. su suggested copies of the report be While Hoogenboom suggested the present town offices should be "partg8town of the discussion", Shaw pointed out the committee isn't being asked to availableat athe nterested office pick so consider anything other than the corner of Main and Sanders streets in its "peoplewho plans. A glimpse of how the town might look in 2015 EXETER - The Town of Exeter now has a mission statement. Derived largely from the conclu- sions of the March 30 Strategic Planning Meeting, administrator Rick Hundey presented a draft of the statement to council Monday evening. The five-page statement is es- sentially a positive, glowing de- scription of an Exeter some 20 years in the future. It places the community as the hub of a rural re- gion, as a centre for small industry and business, and as a bedroom community for London- based work- ers. The state- ment also describes the ex- istence of some yet - to -be - created agencies, such as a Chamber of Commerce, a Junior Achievement program, as well as community and cultural programs operating out of a "Heritage Square" civic centre. Councillor Robert Drummond took issue with the wording of the document. "It's jumped to conclusions. It's assuming things have already taken place that haven't," he complained. Ilundcy said such mission state ment documents typically are writ- ten in the present tense, to describe a future community that has reached its goals. "It's written as if this is what things are like in 2015," said Hun- dey. Councillor Ben Hoogenboom asked what happens if the goals aren't reached and "do we give our- selves a B -plus?" Hundey agreed revisions of vi- sion statements are common over the years. "I don't think these things are meant to be static." he said. Hundcy agreed to change thc wording of the statement to a future tense, but asked council endorse it so it could be included with a job- sOntario grant application. Council agreed. Moments later, Hundey presented a condensed version of the pro- ceedings of the March 30 Strategic Planning meeting. The two-page report was aimed at being provided to the members of thc public who expressed an interest in seeing their ideas documented. Again, Drummond took issue, calling the summary an inaccurate account of the evening. Mayor Bruce Shaw polled coun- cil members, most of whom agreed the summary contained the main ideas put forth by their focus groups. Drummond insisted his group's presentation was in- completely represented. Under scrutiny *Old Town Hall *Public Library *Cenotaph •PUC building •Transformer station •Former Police Station "It's jumped to conclusions ,It's assuming things have already taken place that haven't."