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Home My WebLink AboutTimes Advocate, 1992-11-11, Page 3Regional; wrap up Parents told OPP too busy to .s.to.p. Parkhill gang PARKHiLI- - A 14 -year-old autistic youth en route to a bible study was roughed up by a gang in Parkhill last Wednesday night, but Ontario Provincial Po- lice said they had no officer avaiiable acthe,timc. According tc the -Parkhill Ga- zette, the gang threw the handi- capped youth to the ground twice, and forced him to butt his head against a pair of bicycle handle bars. According to a parent, the in- cident happened before 7 p.m. but police didn t call the home until 10 minutes to 11 Earlier in the evening, youths chased and harassed customers of a Main St. pizza outlet_ Actingchief cleared by inquiry Si. MARYS A six-week criminal investigation involving more than 44 witnesses has con- cluded with no criminal charges being laid against acting chief Lion Oke. According to the St. Marys Journal Argus, the OPP Crimi- nal Investigation Branch out of London was called in after alle- gations of a criminal nature were made against Oke. Oke returned to work Monday but not to the tank of acung chief. Instead, Oke will act as deputy chief St. 'Marys honours Canadian sports writer ST MARYS - Canadian spores writer Milt Dunnell was named as St. Marys' first "Hon- ourary Citizen" at the annual dinner meeting of the arca ser- vice clubs at the St. Marys com- munity centre Monday night. According to the St. Marys Journal Argus. Dunncll was born in Downie• Township in 19061 He joined the Journal Argus while in his early 20s and con- tinued his career moving to the Stratford Beacon Herald and eventually the Toronto Star where he served as spans editor and .columnist. Although he ro- uted arued in 1972. Dunnell continues to write throe columns a week for the Tbruoto Star. • Donnell was elected to the Sports Hall of Fame in 1991, and is also a member -of the mc- dia apclion of die Hockey Hall of Fame. Football Hall of Fame and Horse Racing.Hall of Fame. Dunnell will also receive the prestigious Special Sovereign Award by the Jockey Club of Canada on December 4. $30 ,000 multi -vehicle accident MITCHELL - An accident in- volving five vehicles resulted in close to $30.000 damage last Friday mariung in Mitchell. According to the Mitchell M- vocate, a 1978 Ford pick-up was westbound on Ontario Rd. when it slowed to turn into ihepsrking lot of a czar dealership. Before the tuns was complete. it was etruck -by a 1985-Freightiwcr tractor -trailer. After the initial collision, die pick-up spun and collided with three parked bars in the dealer- ship lot, a 1992 Pontiac Bonne- ville, a 1989 Bonneville -and a 1989 Sunbdd. The tractor-ua+ier , saccivcd S20.000 in damage. A charge of hollowing too close was laid and there were no injuries. conawation Authority claims to be In squeeze EXETER - Thq Amiable Bayfield Conservation Authority has drafted its budget proposal for 1993 pro- grams -and activities. 'lite prepara- tion- of an annual budget. a -task- performed as year-end approaches, weighs program priorities against economic reality: the number and scope of individual projects direct- ly depend on available funds. . The largest portion - 45 percent in 1992 - of the ABCA's annual - -budget is provided by the pr+ovin- - cial government. These grant funds are received from the Ministry of Natural Resources in the form of transfer payinents'. Another anwtc of funds is the 'municipal levy'' a fee paid by tech of the mtmiclpali- des within the watershed area. 'in - 1992, this accounted for 15 percedt - ofthe ABCA's revenue. Municipal- ities that stand to benefit from spe- cial projects in their immediate lo- cale pay an addido nal sum. Other revenue sources include user fees (from the ABCA's Camp Sylvan educational program and propeny rentals", sale of goods (primparily trees), and provincial payments through OMAFs Land Steward ship program, the Ministry of the Environment's Cl IRB program. and others. Timing can be a critical factor that poses a challenge in fulfilling plats and completing pcojecti: last year. the Conservatinn Authority snhmitted their budget proposal in the fall of '91, and received confir• minion of provincial grants only in mid-summer'92 when they dis covered that the MNR had reduced funding by 10 percent. Such restraints have coloured de- cisions in drafting 1993'2 budget proposal says financial manager Sharon Romphl "We don't have any capital pro- jects for conservation areas includ- ed in our '93 budget - that means no nee development for our parks. The only way that we can still af- ford to maintain our conservation areas is by not planning any im pavements such as the building of, pavilions or establishing new trails. As well, there is a cost to have staff maintain those areas for the safety of the puhlic. if we can't maintain them we can't keep them open." "One of our most imporant activi- ties is the water quality program that affects everyone in the wa- JUS'' IN TIME FOR CHRISTMAS! tershed," she continues. "Any re- duction in grants would have a big impact on that program. We're at the point where we can't pare down any piograths. They will have to be cut completely "We're caught in a squeeze. The province is reducing its funding to us, and the municipal councils are unwilling to make up the s'hbrtfall. At the same time, the envirottrnent is at the forefront of importance, end the public-expects-us--tohike.on . more environmental programs - not cut back .. 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