ys. a2 Castlégar News _ September 13, 1987 ° It's BABY WEEK Police file Castlegar's new Sgt. Sept. 14 to Sept. 19 Terrific savings on almost everything in the store, sweetheart-seats, strollers, car seats, cribs, decorations and lots, lots, more. A two-ear crash on High- way 3 Tuesday afternoon re- sulted in a total of $2,000 damage. _ According to Castlegar RCMP, Thomas Waring, 57, of Pincher Creek, Alta. made a u-turn Tuesday afternoon on Highway 8 colliding with Patrick Metge, 38, of Castle- gar who was driving a 1984 Buick. ‘There were no injuries but Waring was charged with making an unsafe u-turn. . 8 «6 BABY STOR, “Where Quality Counts!" 109 - 402 Baker St. Nelson Trading A young offender has been charged with failing to yield after a two-car crash that resulted in a total of $3,000 damage. Ph. 354-4410 Are You Interested in Spending Your Evenings Learning a EW LANGUAGE? Selkirk College's Continuing Education Department is offering the following language courses on the Castlegar Campus. French — gs. fee $40, Beginning — Oct. 5-Dec. 14, 1987, Mon. 7-9 p.m., fee, $40, registration deadline Sept. 23, 1987. Sponish — Beginners: Oct. 1-Dec. 3, 1987, Thurs., foe $40, registration deadline Sept. 25, 1987. inner and Intermediate Level: Sept. 30-Dec. 3, 1987, Wed. i dline Sept. 25, 1987. Russian — Beginners and Intermediate: Oct. 6-Dec. 10, 1987, Tues. or Thurs., fee $45, registration deadline Sept. 29, 1987. To register or for further information contact 365-7292, local 261. DONT FORGET TO LOOK AT YOUR CONTINUING EDUCATION CALENDAR FOR A WIDE VARIETY OF COURSE OFFERINGS. ki CASTLEGAR CAMPUS le i? Box 1200, Castlegar, B.C. VIN 3/1 — 365-7292, local 261 ~ OJO-}540-] 3590 KOOTENAY BROADCASTING sysTem presents... ANDY STEWART’S ORIGINAL WHITE HEATHER SHOW DIRECT FROM SCOTLAND Starring: The Tartan Lads SHOW TIME | 8:00 p.m. JOHN SHEARER with... Lots of comedy and magic. Nelson Civic Centre Tuesday, Sept. 22nd Trail Jr. High Auditorium Wednesday, Sept. 23rd TICKETS AVAILABLE AT: L&J Books — Trail Pete’s TV — Castlegar Oliver's Books — Nelson Summit Music — Creston Alpine Drug — Rossland Admission — $8.50 [SPONSORED BY KBS According to RCMP, a 17- year-old youth from Castle- gar drove through the inter- section at 9th Avenue and 6th Street early Tuesday morning colliding with a car driven by Gordon MacDon- ald, 19, also of Castlegar. There were no injuries. ._ 8 « A Castlegar man received minor injuries Tuesday morning in a two-car crash that resulted in a total of $3,500 damage. According to RCMP, Rich- ard Hubert, 22, of Castlegar escaped serious injury when the 1976 Honda motorcycle he was riding collided with a 1978 Pontiac driven by 20- year-old Timothy Donkersley of Castlegar at the 2900 block of Columbia Ave. The investigation con- tinues. oe A two-car crash Wednes- day morning on Columbia Avenue resulted in a total of $500 damage to both veh- icles. According to RCMP, Gor- don Laycock, 75, of Castlegar was driving a 1985 Toyota when it was involved in a collision with John Lither- land, 18, of Castlegar who was driving a 1968 Mercury. No one was injured and no charges were lai Weather Mainly sunny today with afternoon cloud build up and a chance of a thunder shower tonight. Monday's outlook is for clouds with showers. Highs today will be between 24° and 27° with the lows between 7° and 10°. By MIKE KALESNIKO Staff Writer RCMP Sgt. Jack Keddy rests his elbows on his new desk and surveys an office that seems surprisingly lived in. “T guess I'm as settled in as anyone can be in 24 hours, he says. Keddy, 44, began his first week of duty as head of the Castlegar RCMP detachment Monday and says the trans- ition from his past post in Mackenzie has been relatively painless. Keddy, to be promoted to Staff Sgt. Keddy later this month, has taken over the position vacated by retired Staff Sgt. John Stevens. Married with no children, Keddy has-been with the RCMP for almost 24 years. Transfers to him are nothing new. Born in Nova Scotia, Keddy joined the marine services of the force in Halifax in 1963 at the advice of a close friend who suggested the two work together as police officers. Though sounding good in theory, RCMP officers never stay in one place long, and to this day, Keddy has yet to work in the same detachment as his hometown friend. Keddy spent the first three years of his career Court news patrolling the coast of Quebec before being transferred to the marine services in Victoria. After that, an endless list of transfers followed, to In Castlegar provincial court this week, Graham Campbell was fined $400 when he pleaded guilty to one count of failure or re- fusal to provide a breath- alyser sample. . 8 « Peter Cheveldave was given a two-year suspended sentence with conditions when he pleaded guilty to one count of assault. Give the United Way. Compliments of . ss tlégar News HIT SINGLES... * Should | See Ah all along B.C.’s coast and throughout Vancouver Island. ‘Though Keddy was in the marine division for years, he said it is almost impossible to pinpoint only one outstanding memory. Work to rule may end soon NEW DETACHMENT .. . RCMP Sgt. Jack Keddy began his first week of work he monday heading Castlegor’s RCMP detachment. Keddy takes of over for retired Staff Sgt. John Stevens. Story below. Coahews Photo by Mike Kalesniko He said sea rescues were almost commonplace and he said he usually recalls specific instances when other police officers get together to relate theirs. Keddy does remember battling a bout of sea sickness once but the emphasized that it was only once and the winds outside were blowing at 177 kph. “I probably had (the sea sickness) frightened out of me,” he said. Keddy traded in his patrol boat for a patrol car in the 1970s, eventually working as a plain clothes officer in Kelowna and later put in charge of the Anahiem Lake detachment. Keddy says he is certain he will enjoy living in Castlegar. “Your environment is basically what you make of it,” he said. He said he enjoys curling, golf, “and playing baseball if I have to.” He also likes hunting and fishing but he expects his new duties will probably take up much of his time this season. Keddy said that all his duties and responsibilities should remain the same, even after his promotion to staff sergeant. He said now the only technical difference is a staff sergeant can head a detachment of between 15 and 40 men. Castlegar's has 15 empl including the three female clerks and 12 male officers. “Otherwise nothing changes,” he said. “The operation stays the same.” Keddy said his first objective is to familiarize himself with the community and the people of the Castlegar and develop a working relationship “with the best interests of the community in mind.” VANCOUVER (CP) — The instruction-only campaign by British Columbia teachers could end soon, Elsie Mc- Murphy, president of the B.C. Teachers’ Federation, said. She said the Fort Nelson school board has agreed to remove letters of reprimand from the files of teachers who took part in a one-day walkout earlier this year to protest the provincial gov- ernment’s teacher legisla. tion. ENROLMENT. continued from front poge Though the board originally esti- mated a drop of some 40 students, the number of students attending school from Grade 1 - 12 is up somewhat. On the other hand, the board estimated 195 kindergarten children would at- tend this fall but so far the number sits at only 183. McMurphy said Golden and Peace River North are the only districts who have refused to remove the letters of reprimand but she is hope- ful they will meet during the weekend to resolve the prob- lem. The legislation gave tea- chers the right to strike if they form unions at the dis: trict level but also took away several functions of the fed- eration and handed them to a newly created college of tea- chers. No weather records broken how Castlegar's weather in terms of record setting temperatures can be described since Sept. 1. Although the weather has been hot over the past week it has not been hot enough to break any records, according to Tom Wilson at the Castlegar Airport weather office. “We've come very close on most days but usually we've fallen about one degree under from break- ing any records,” Wilson said Friday afternoon as the temperature reached 30. Since Sept. 1 the aver- age temperature in Castle- gar has been 31. That's a long way from the record 35.6. “If these numbers hold until Sept. 30, the grants from the Ministry of Education must be increased slightly,” said Wayling, but he pointed out that the number of Grade 12 students tends to fluctuate during the first month of school. “I think it’s safe to say that we don't anticipate any reduction (in crease, funding), but maybe a modest in he said. “Ina broader context, there seems to be some indication that the outward migration, which has been a bit of a concern over the years, may be slowing down a bit,” he said. “That means a fF Tah) \ é. 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(CP) — Dave Stupich, a long: time New Democrat member of the legislature for Nanaimo, confirmed Saturday he will take a shot at federal politics, Stupich, 65, who has represented the Vancouver Island riding for 21 of the last 24 years, said he will try for the NDP nomination in the new federal riding of Nanaimo-Cowichan. Canada, France meet LONDON (CP) — Canadian and French negotiators met for four hours Saturday in Paris in a bid to reach agreement on quotas for French fishermen in disputed waters off Newfoundland. No breakthrough was made in the talks, but the two sides agreed to meet again Monday as scheduled, officials from both countries said in telephone inter- views. France and Canada are trying to agree on interim quotas for the years 1988-1991 inclusive for French fishermen in the disputed waters surrounding the tiny French islands of St-Pierre-Miquelon off the south coast of Newfoundland. Jackson thrill TOKYO (AP) — Michael Jackson moon-walk gyrated and postured through 16 songs before a sell-out crowd of 88,000 frenzied fans at a baseball stadium Saturday night, making his first concert appearance in more than four years. The singer drew shrieks of “Mai-ke-ru,” the Jap- anese pronunciation of Michael, as he sailed through his array of stylized poses, karate kicks and his’ trademark moon-walking — sliding backward while appearing to move forward. Peter Tosh killed KINGSTON, Jamaica (AP) — Three motorcycle gunmen trying to rob reggae star Peter Tosh at his home killed him and another man and wounded five people when they resisted, police said Saturday. They said Tosh’s longtime companion Marlene Brown was among those wounded in the Friday night attack on the home of the former Wailer, who was one of the founding fathers of Jamaica's vibrant music of revolution. Service disrupted —_ ZWELITSHA, South Afriea (CP) — Armed black policemen burst into a church servibe Saturday commemorating the death 10 years ago pf black con- sciousness leader Steve Biko, but severgl ended up joining the ceremony, witnesses said. The in the ly i black homeland of Ciskei was one of almost a dozen planned throughout white-dominated South Africa. Peace deal BEIRUT (CP) — Yasser Arafat has secured the PLO's foothold in Lebanon in a peace accord with the Shiite Amal militia that some analysts say amounts to tacit recognition by Syria of his pre-eminent role in the Palestinian movement. The agreement, under which Amal will end its siege of Palestinian refugee camps, also presents Israel with a more united Moselm opposition in Lebanon and gives Damascus a freer hand in dealing with the country’s Christian-dominated government, analysts said. — Rebels fight MANILA (AP) — Communist rebels battled troops in fierce fighting near Manila that began at 5:30 a.m. Saturday and still raged more than 15 hours later, with at least 13 combatants killed, military sources said. Meanwhile, a top guerrilla leader, Satur Ocampo, appealed Saturday for support against the “bankrupt and worn-out” government of President Corazon ‘Aquino, shaken by a failed coup and subsequent cabinet crisis. Aquino delayed an announcement on changes in her cabinet, which resigned last Wednesday following the Aug. 28 coup attempt by Col. Gregorio (Gringo) Honasan and about 1,500 followers. Plane crashes RAYLEIGH, England (AP) — A twin-engined cargo plane broke apart in the sky minutes after takeoff Saturday and plunged 2,000 feet into a car showroom, killed the pilot and setting off a series of fires, officials said. No one on the ground was hurt. “It is a miracle we are alive,” said Victor Rise- borough, 45, whose house was clipped by the plane. “I was in bed when I heard a bang. I didn't know what it was at first. All I concentrated on was getting my family out.” Police and fire brigade spokesmen said it appeared the plane lost power from one engine shortly after it took off at about 3:30 a.m. and broke up in flight. It was carrying more than a tonne of fuel. Hartz warning WASHINGTON (AP) — A Hartz Mountain flea and tick spray will carry a label warning against its use on vulnerable cats or dogs until additional toxicity tests are d, the U.S. it 1 Pro- tection Agency says. ‘The label will advise against using Hartz Blockade spray on young, old or pregnant cats or on puppies or sick dogs, the EPA said. The action follows more than two dozen pet deaths which consumers claim were related to use of the aerosol spray, made by Hartz Mountain Industries of Secaucus, N.J. APOLOGY continued trom front page He would like money from the federal government for the fish boat it took away from him — but more importantly he would like the government to admit it made a mistake and say it is sorry. He doesn’t think Ottawa will do either, “An apology from the government is the main thing. It's sad that so many ministers (of governments) have not done ‘anything. I don't want to sound but I INTERNMENT CENTRE . . . At right. come at the don’t think they'll (federal. government) compensate us. who w: e forted tolive | It's sad. By the time they might give us we won't be here.” Matsushita's father worked as a fisherman in while worked as a ” Matsushita's father had his awn fish boat but was unable to continue working after he became ill. _ “My father got sick. We were a large family, three Boys and eight girls. My father begged me to come back and because I was the eldest I had to come back,” he says. Matsushita worked with another man on the fish boat and all the money he made he gave to his father, who used it to buy a new fish boat. Matsushita then returned to work as a carpenter and his boss allowed liim to build a drum — which is a large reel on the backs of fishing boats that holds nets — with the material that was in the shop. His boss, who felt sorry for Matsushita, also paid for all of the mechanical parts for the fishing boat. But that boat — built and paid for by Matsushita's hard labor — was not about to remain in his or his father’s possession for very long. “All of a sudden the war started and the total of that boat after two generations of working for it — that boat was taken away. At that time they (government) formed a committee to sell all the boats. My boat was sold for such a price but it was way under price,” recalls Matsushita. ‘By the time they might give us something, we won't be here.’ Soon after the government began relocating the Japanese Canadians to the internment camps, and although the government. took away most of their possessions, it restricted what few items they had left that they could take with them to the camps. “We weren't able to bring any more than 150 pounds for an adult and 75 pounds for children. How much could you carry? Not very much. I was one of the to old shacks that used to use the Japanese who were interned in New Denver. Mainland). They had big farms in the valley (Fraser last ones to leave and we were New Denver,” says Matsushita. Bob Barkley moved into the Slocan Valley in 1949. It was the early years after the war. He grew up in the area and most of his time was spent with a Japanese Canadian family he had become friends with. Barkley says the conditions the Japanese Canadians were forced to endure during the internment were terrible. “They didn't live in a good situation up here. They came in tents, construction came in ahead of them building small cabins 14 feet by 28 feet, housing as many as 10 people. No insulation or nothing. The first winter apparently there was frost in the atties,” says Barkley. When the war ended it was apparent that the government did not want the Japanese Canadians to remdin in British Columbia. It demanded they sign a document declaring that they would either go out east or go back to Japan. But for some, such as the Japanese-Canadians like Matsushita, Japan was a completely different world, one they knew little about and had never seen. “Even before the war there was a shortage of food in Japan. Why send those people back to Japan when there's a shortage of food? This is what I told these people. I said, ‘I'm not going to sign your form. How will I live? I t read or write,’ ” Matsushita recalls. “As I told my wife, ‘I will rot here.’ ” Chie Kamegaya came to Canada in 1931 with her husband and they both worked as teachers until the start of the war. Kamegaya was then relocated from New Westminster to Kaslo. Like her friend hita, she Valley) and I think there were some individuals down there (Lower Mainland) who were jealous of this. It (internment) was a good excuse to push them out of the area. “To push them out during the war is one thing but I think they should have maintained their properties for them and given them back after the war, and if not that, then justly pay them for it,” says Barkley. Kamegaya frowns upon what the Canadian govern- ment did, mentioning how they broke a promise to the Japanese Canadians. “The government promised to keep our property for us but they auctioned it off. So many things they did were wrong.” “] think this redress is an important issue, especially in view of the fact that the older folks are passing on and I think they're the ones who are due in theig later years to have some sort of better times,” says Barkley. But he does not believe money is keeping the federal government from compensating the Japanese. He thinks if Ottawa the Ji the might have to start compensating other groups. “I don’t think it's the money factor. I think it's precedent. I think in their (government's) view it's a precedent-setting thing, but I don't know precedent setting to what, be it the native Indians or who it is they're worried about. I don’t think it’s a money issue-$400 million is a drop in the bucket to get this straightened out,” says Barkley. also refused to sign the document instructing her to leave B.C. “The government wanted to send as many of us to Japan as they could. Some people wanted to go back to Japan because of the discrimination. Some, like me, didn't want to go back to Japan. How could the government send Canadian-born people to Japan? This was wrong. Very wrong. But that's what they did.” Barkley agrees that the Japanese Canadians were discriminated against more than any other group. He. says there were .bad feelings towards the Japanese Canadian community even before the war si qj “This redress of the Japanese-Canadians. They're not asking for a hell of a lot. We didn't see the Germans interned. We didn't see the Italians interned. Their fishermen controlled the fisheries in that area (Lower says that some of those who were interned in the camps told their children what had happened during the internment era, but others refused because “what happened was bad enough but they didn't want to go on and cry about it.” He adds that it is now the third and fourth generation Japanese Canadians who, after going to school and learning about the internment era, now are fighting for compensation. “When we were growing up it was hard times and we had to work. Our parents couldn't afford to send us to school. Now the third and fourth generations are getting well educated,” says Matsushita. Kamegaya adds that in an ironic sense the Jépanese Canadians benefited from the war and .from beiftg interned — or at leastone of her former students thought ‘so. bg “Some people said at the time, ‘Why didn't you do anything? What could we do? One of my students said, “This war is a good thing that happened to us because before this war we were nothing. Now we can be ' anything we want.’ ” Matsushita says the war was both good and bad for Japan, “Look how Japan came back after the war. Before the war everything made in Japan was junk. Not anymore.” He then pointed to my camera and asked what make it was and when I replied it was a Minolta he replied, “See what I mean?”. “In one way it was good that the war happened. But to us who lost everything it was a bad thing. That's why we want compensation.” Barkley thinks a monument should be established to mark the era of internment but he feels it would be better situated in the Lower Mainland rather than in the Slocan Valley. “T'm in agreement that a monument should be set up it I believe it's best situated in the Vancouver area where they were interned from, like in the Oppenheimer Park area. “In the Slocan Valley itself we started two years ago construction of a building of a replica of the cabins from the internment camps. But because we wanted to house artifacts in it, it now sits with insulation, gyproc, electricity, heat, things like they never had in those cabins,” says Barkley. Shizuye Takashima is a Canadian artist who was interned in a camp for three years as a child. She kept a diary during those three years and later transformed it into a book called A Child In A Prison Camp. One night, as she and her family sat in one of the decrepit wooden shacks they had been forced to call home, she recalled a friend having a conversation with her father. “I hear Mr. Kono talking to my father. blessing our children are healthy and do not . Imagine eating by candlelight. No water.” “Father replies, ‘We're complaining to the BC Security Commission again. We won't give in. We cannot walk a mile for drinking water with the winter coming.’ “Mr. Kono’ asks, ‘Will they listen?” “Father's voice is impatient: “They will have to. After all, .it’s beyond human dignity.’ ” LOCKER BEEF ALBERTA GRAIN-FED © GRADE A cook 5ABW. 2.49 fronts... 36 1.64 CUT, WRAPPED AND FROZEN. Downtown Castlegar Store Only. co 1.99 To the Residents of Castlegar, Robson and surrounding area: The Boad of Tr Monday, Sept. 14, 1987 atl 1:00 fr.m.