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Page.2, News, Tuesday, April.7,.1992 _. Community briefs Snow trail funding Forty kilometres of snow- mobile trails between Marathon and Terrace Bay will be cut as a result of a $113,000 grant from Canada Employ- ment and Immigration. The grant also provides for 60 kilometres of trail to be cut between Marathon and White River. Community Calendar | Alcoholics Anony- | mous meets each | Monday and Thurs- | day evenings at 8 pm at the Community Church in Terrace | Bay. The Catholic Women's League meets every second Monday of the month H in the basement of St. Martin Church at H 8 pm. | *The Chimo Club | hold its regular meet- | ing every third Friday i of the month at 7:30 _ pm. In April, howev- | er, the meeting will | be held April 24 | because of Good Fri- | day. Crime of the month Between Feb.23 and March 15, 1992, a building in Ross- port was damaged. The original window of the building, situated at the comer of Boon and Main Streets, was damaged with a rock or pellet gun, causing a small hole in the window. Replacement of this win- dow is estimated at $700-800. If you have any information about this crime, please contact Crime Stoppers at 1-800-465- 6844. Panel to address police budgets An eight member panel has been appointed to address the issue of municipal police ser- vices budgets, Municipal Affairs Minister David Cooke and John Harrison, co-chairs of the provincial/municipal Dis- entanglement Steering Com- mittee have announced. Mr. Harrison is past president of the Association of Municipali- ties of Ontario. "I'm |pleased we are "eee, the long-standing issue of local authority and responsibility to approve municipal police budgets," Cooke said. "I'm convinced we can find better ways to effectively and responsibly deal with local police budgets while maintain- ing good community policing standards. For his part, Harrison said "municipalities have iong voiced their concem about the lack of responsibility and accountability for police bud- gets. Now we can look forward to resolving this issue." The panel is expected to report to the Disentanglement Steering Committee by this spring. Special Olympics Torch Run The sixth annual Law Enforcement Torch Run is expected to arrive in Terrace bay either June 1 or 2. The Special Olympics are an ongoing program of fitness, recreation and sport for people who are mentally disabled. The goal of the Ontario Special Olympics is to ensure that dis- abled athletes have the oppor- tunity to participate. Last year, 5,500 law enforcement runners carried the torch over 7,000 kilometres and raised $500,000. They hope to better that amount this year. The torch run originated in Kansas in 1981, and today it is the largest fundraising project for Special Olympics in the world. SKI-DOO 1993 We've got all the news on the new 1993 Ski-Doo models. We've also got a deal that can save you up to $800 on the purchase of a '93 sled. See us before April 30, 1992. And while you're in, ask about the new Formula* Z's! BOMBARD! 21 SKF-M00. G. FIGLIOMENI & SONS INC. Schreiber, Ontario 824-2443 Certain restrictions apply. See us for complete details. Offer excludes the 1993 Formula* Mach Z. Savings based upon manufacturer's original suggested prices. *®Trademarks of Bombardier Inc. by Darren MacDonald The News A committee formed by Terrace Bay Council hopes to have a donations policy passed by the end of this month, Councillor Chris Jou- bert says. "We're getting close to the end of the process now," Jou- bert says. "Hopefully within about three weeks we're going to have some- tions Policy Committee is made up of Joubert, Council- lor Mike King, Clerk-Trea- surer David Fulton, Librarian Jean Marcella, Recreation Coordinator Dean Main, and Tourism Coordinator Susan Johnson. The purpose of the policy is to set guidelines for Coun- cil to follow when dealing with requests for financial assistance. "Up until this point, Coun- cil would look at every request individually and decide what we wanted to do with it," Joubert says. "And if there was money left in the budget, fine, we might be able to help them out. The way this policy is going to work, we're going to. have set time limits and look Final donations policy from committee coming soon, Councillor says ""We need some more groups are type of policy dealing with what we're doing with 3 thing passed taxpayer $ out of town that's final." funds.?? groups. We need The Dona- Councillor Chris Joubert S°me type of pol- at them all together." One of the driving forces behind the policy is the increase in the number of requests, he says. "When I first got on Coun- cil seven years ago, we'd get the odd person asking for a donation," Joubert says. "But over the last few years, more and coming in and asking for money--whether it's in town or icy dealing with what we're doing with taxpayer's funds." Council has seen the first two drafts of the policy, and Joubert says the most recent one has been sent to the Recreation and Tourism Com- mittees, as well as the Library Board, for their input. They based the policy on existing ones in other towns and cities, Joubert says. "Thunder Bay and a few other towns 'have one," he says. "We've looked at them, but we also had to make it sensitive to what our needs and expectations are." Joubert says he's optimistic that the final policy will help Council "make some better judgements. "It will give us some guidelines." The McCausland Hospital's Cash Calendar Winners Week: Fourteen Mar 30: Maureen McDonald Terrace Bay, $10 Mar 31: Alyson Mannisto, Terrace Bay, $10 Apr 1: Christine Marinovich, Sault Ste. Marie, $10 Apr 2: Jane Tackney Thunder Bay, $10 Apr 3: Vince Maggio, Schreiber, $10 Apr 4: B.M. Nelson, Terrace Bay, $50 Apr 5: Ken Turner, Terrace Bay, $10 This space donated by The Terrace Bay Schreiber News Police board continued from page 1 A budget of $35,300 for the PSB itself was proposed. Chief Fenton also recommended that a two way mirror be purchased for the interview room so sus- pects could be monitored at all times. Without the mirror, he said the only way to allow suspects private conferences with their lawyers is by allowing the accused out of their sight, which can be dangerous. "I know from personal experience that not having an continued on page 3 You pArvacable at SALVATORE ORIGINALS Passap & Studio Kuctting Machines Cowe Yaris & Supplies Ht Large Selection of Kucttiag Machine Books Come aud See Cathy by appointment 824-5157