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Mark Bryson Chronicle Staff The year is 2000 and the setting is Waterloo. We‘re only moments away from staging the World Lawn Croquet Championships under the dome at Waterloo Park and the mood is festive. As a few lastâ€"minute stragglers come under the bubble from many of the city‘s countless bicycle routes and walkways (conceivâ€" ably yellowâ€"brick), the rest of the mostly wellâ€"toâ€"do gathering is busy giving thanks for the city‘s ‘"quality of life." SNA honors _ for Chronicle And while urban decay has saddled many of the formerly beautifui communities surroundâ€" ing Waterloo, the croquet enthuâ€" siasts look up through the plastic The award focused on an editorial written May 14, 1986 by Chronicle editor Rick Campbell entitled The Pot‘s Calling. The editorial strongly supported the idea of allowing a french fry truck to set up business in Uptown Waterloo. The Waterloo Chronicle has been recognized with a thirdâ€"place award for Editorial Writing in the Suburban Newspapers of America (SNA) 1986 competition. â€" â€" â€" o The Editorial Writing competition was judged by Professor Warren G. Bovee of Marquette University. In his critique of the Chronicle entry, Bovee said: e o ‘"Whether or not two young people should be permitted to operate a french fry truck on the corner of a downtown square seems to be a very minor issue, but this paper succeeds in showing how it can have rather wideâ€"spread significance. In this editorial and in others included with this entry, there is evidence of the paper‘s determination to establish both character and quality in the community. The editorial staff does a good job of assuring that Waterioo will have its own identity." The Chronicle salutes its sister publication Cambridge Times which won two secondâ€"place awards in the competition, one for editorial writing and one for lifestyle section. These three awards, to be presented at the SNA convention this month in Montreal, are the first three editorial awards won by Fairway Press community papers. SNA is a trade association comprised of 194 companies publishing more than 1,000 suburban and community newspapers in the United States and Canada. Combined these newspapers have a total circulation of 14.4 million. Committee hopes public input will help chart course Futures group seeks direction and thank their maker for the legendary 1986 city council, the one which had the foresight to establish a Futures Committeeâ€"â€" a dreamâ€"team which envisioned a better way of life for Waterloo residents in the 21st century. The first meeting of the Fuâ€" tures Committee took place at the Marsland Centre last Wednesday and it didn‘t take the eight members long to decide what route the committee should take. Public input, the group concluded, is a must. But even that didn‘t stop the ongoing question about the group‘s makeâ€"up. _ â€" ‘‘Is this committee set in stone? Are there people or groups that should be here that aren‘t?,"‘ asked Rev. Paul Bosch, Lutheran chaplain at Wilâ€" frid Laurier University. Eleventhâ€"hour application pleas by labor and ethnic groups fell upon deaf ears two nights prior. The committee was proposed last year by Mayor Marjorie Carroll during a council retreat at a Toronto hotel. To rely heavily on public involvement, it was originally envisioned as a vehicle to "daydream us into the year 2000."‘ And daydream the committee did. ‘"‘The city of Indianapolis deâ€" cided they would be the amateur One of UW‘s "little from plant operations, descends from the math building to remove a paintâ€"stained tie from the wall. The tie is used annually to mark home for math students. Word on campus had the enâ€" in the caper. TIED UP Mark Bryson photo sports capital of the world and they are. You have a choice," said Ald. John Shortreed. Former Kâ€"W Symphony presiâ€" dent Cathy Raithby said she would like to see more bicycle and walking paths in the city. Another member stressed the importance of preserving the city‘s heritage. In turn, each of the eight took a stab at dreamâ€" ing, some pie in the sky and others not. "I‘d like to see a dome over Waterloo Park but is that realisâ€" tic dreaming?," asked Universiâ€" ty of Waterloo teacher Barry WATERLOO CHRONICLE, WEDNESDAY. OCTOBER 1. 1986 â€" PAGE 3 Installation of watermains (Continued from page 1) "I know the rain slowed down construction, but my feeling is that if this were happening in Toronto or any other city, the jJob would have been done in a few days," said Cadman. _ D‘Arcy ar%ued that, because Erb Street is a main arterial in the city‘s core, a‘tighter work schedule should have been set out, with work going on between sunrise and sunset, not 9 a.m. to 5 p.m., and on Saturdays. "I understand the work has to be doneâ€"it‘s a fact of life. My only complaint is the contract is too slack. What‘s the matter with working Saturdays or nights to get the work done quickly,"" D‘Arcy said. D‘Arcy and Cadman both are looking into whether it will be possible to receive compenâ€" sation from the Region of Waterioo for the money they are losing because of the waterâ€" main installation . According to Mayor Marjorie Carroll, who represents Waterloo on the region‘s engineerâ€" ing committee, Uptown merchants who sufâ€" fered a drop in sales because of the work are entitled to compensation, but must carefully document their losses. ‘"*When you close a road it will affect the businesses, but there is no way we can do the work. If they document the loss they‘ve experienced because of a public works projâ€" ect, a road closure, compensation will be worked out. We try to avoid confrontation and court cases," she said. '-fiégidnil 'engineers estimate the work will be completed in two to three weeks. Realistic dreaming to Bell Canada manager Linda Padfield was making sure that femaleâ€" headed and povertyâ€"stricken families would be taken care of. McPherson. Carroll assured her that all "quality of life" issues would definitely be high priority items for the group. The committee‘s first attempt at attaining public input will take place at an open meeting on Oct. 29. It is hoped the audience will steer the committee in the right direction.