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Page <br /> 5 <br /> Jean Thomas: Chuckie, do you think You can get enough people to cone <br /> forward for your committee <br /> Chuck -Green: The .recreation Coin. could generate a workforce, Materials <br /> -- <br /> I can' t speculate..monies and Materials might cone hard, with the economy <br /> the way i t i s. If we can' t do the whole thing, why not fix up one of it <br /> so we can use it seasonally? That way, we wouldn' t have to worry about <br /> the $30-0 a month that the heat would cost. The Recreation Dept* has <br /> been active in looking for grant funds. other departments have conebe- <br /> fore Town Meetings to get grant funds. Let' s consider this building <br /> belongs to school department (present Town lull) , no contract that says <br /> we can use it forever- -- maybe someday we ' ll have to build a new Town <br /> Mall. we could just use that building -- and -add on to it. <br /> George Benway: Your comments are w ll , tal en. <br /> Frank Nicks : ' I went over that building with some state inspectors . The <br /> building is sound. It has only been reshinc led once. Ahd the`_-_.EQ0f has <br /> been retarred once. All it needs is some new shingles and the roof re- <br /> tarred <-igain. I ' ll admit the heating system is old and expensive to <br /> run. . Eliminating that, the building could be put to some use. Not <br /> once, -though it was checked regularly, did we get a report that the <br /> building was infested with termites. I would think we could fix that <br /> building up for $50 ,000 - of course , 'I d,on' t know how arch would have <br /> to be done to 'the plumbing. This building has a lot of possibilities. T <br /> was on the Board when we purchased it - as I remember.? we paid $19 ,00 <br /> for the building, $1,000 for the contents . The American Legion- ran it <br /> for some years before that. After Town Meeting voted to buy it, we <br /> spent $3,000 building a vault. <br /> Hannah Averett: I 'm gland s.o many are here . It could be used for a <br /> cultural center for the tribe, and still allow other groups. to use it. <br /> The Sr, Citizen' s C nter is so heavily booked. Instead of ,having to go <br /> out of town to rent a building for a wedding reception. or an anniversary <br /> party,, we could use that building. The basemen coup be used for the <br /> Child Development Center - they need more room. I can see so many uses <br /> for it as a community building. It 'ould be disasterous to have it <br /> destroyed! W 'have so many people in the building trade who could help <br /> repair it. The only really bad part is that section of rool over the <br /> old police station. I just hope - there are enough people who care about <br /> that building to help us sage it. <br /> George Benwa r: I ' m sure we could all think of lots of uses for it, but <br /> it comes down to money --- but it is owned by the Town, and should be <br /> used for the whole community. <br /> Earl Mills : DaveY ou done a study? Have you really looped at it It <br /> seems to ane we' re approaching it bas's-ackwards - let people talk - there <br /> are still people, here who haven' t' been heard. If it' s going to cost a <br /> million dollars , and we find that out for sure - then we all know we <br /> can' t sage it! But there are lots of people here with talents. Maybe <br /> I 'm out of order - you say you don' t want to destroy anything, but <br /> boarding something up, closing it, is a very subtle way of destroying <br /> something -- quickest way to destroy anything is to close it up. <br /> 'anise 'leilis : I was going to say many of the same things Ear did - he <br /> stole my thunder, and we hadn' t talked about it, - eider. But I feel <br /> there is a great urgency to get the building opened up - there is n <br />