A Metroland Community Newspaper Vol. 140 No. 6 Tuesday, March 30, 1999 40 Pages 750 (GST included) r I Police seek two suspects ,Youth shot at Rotary Park A 16-year-old Halton His youth received relatively minor injuries when hie was shot at Milton's Rotary Park Friday migbt. The teenager was approacbed by two maies, one of wbomn produced a smali calibre handgun and demand- ed bis waliet. *lien the victim refused, bie wa shot in the shoulder, Haltoai Regional Police said. Botb suspecta then fled on foot. The victimi returned to the social event bie was Mi prior to going to the paaic and eventually taken to Milton District Hospital where be was treat- ed and later releasedi One suspect is described as a white maie, between 25 and 28 years coloured pants. coloured jacket. of age, five-foot-nmne and weigbing The other suspect is male witb a Anyone with information on this around 170 pounds. He bas ligbt- dark complexion. six-foot-two witb a matter is asked to calI detectives at coloured bair and was wearing a stocky build and goatee. He was 825-4747. ext. 2415, or Crime )9r-cloured windbreaker and dark- wearing a wbite t-shirt andi a dark- Stoppers aM 825-8477. *Hospitalfundingfalls short By IRENE GNL Thae Champion New annual health care funding isn't generous enough to offset mounting hospital expenses, said Halton Heaitheare Services president John Oliver. He was responding to a $67 mil- lion bocal i yearly growth funding for Ontario bospitals announced recently by healtb minister Elizabeth Wibner. The annouincement stated tbat eacb bospital li the province will receive funding rougbly equlvalent to 1 per cent of its base budget. For Hallon Healtbcare Services (HHS>, wbicb nans tie amalgamated Oakville-Trafalgar Memorial and Milton District bospitals, that trans- lates into a total of about $570,000. 0f tbat, Oakville will receive a $452.500 share of tbe loot, wbile Milton wll nab just over $118.000. The base budget is the annual amounit transferred by tbe ministay to bospitals. For HHS, tdat amotants to about 85 per cent of the operating budget. . s» MORE on page 3 An ai ambuane a clled n Atheintima lifte tole the ockh elmbnkmet - utk byin thenreis terdno vta igs 60tets o hevivce o h l f y eergn personnal Poeie usuccsaul The fatamlac ai ocurred t apprxi mtely n ita . .