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Highlights the campaign by families living near Calgary's Glenmore Park to cleanse the park of homosexuals. Calgary police service Sgt. Brian Willis said homosexuals have met around the public toilets for over two decades, but activity has escalated in recent years. Complaints of sexual activity mid-week and in the middle of the day; Favored hours for gay cruising'; No evidence of prostitution; Difficulty in catching the culprits; Comments on getting the public involved.

Questions the safety of recreational skydiving. Rookie skydiver Kerry Thomas Pringle, 29, died August 7, 1993, when his parachute failed to open. The RCMP is now investigating. Training in the Canadian Armed Forces; Numbers of skydivers killed in Alberta over the past three years; Comments from Jim Mercier, owner of Calgary Skydive Center, where Pringle was killed.

Reveals the City of Calgary has sent a directive to all departments asking them to differentiate between bare essentials and cuttable frills. The city council has asked municipal departments to allocate 90 percent of their 1993 budgets to core services, thereby sending a clear message to civil servants: protect what's crucial and arrange everything else in suitably bite-sized pieces to make budget cuts easier. Details.