Not with the program nt] Perfect Pipers p31 Only 4 out of 42 schools in NV Argyle girls soccer team school district prepared for quak finish remarkable year JUNE 3, 1998 Bright Lights Business Be The meeting place * North Shore Atert : : a8 for North African ¥ Sports i ; a aes cuisine: Morocco ; Table Hopping ; ; j _ em : | _ Desert detights p26 1139 Lonssale Avenue North vane: B Canasert Pupicahins Maé Sate: The Voice North and West Vancouver since 1969 Car rear-ended at high speed Anna Marie D'Angelo News Reporter dangclo@nsenws.com A North Vancouver teen and her good friend were killed on Saturday when their car exploded into flames. Moargue Ishikawa, 9. of North Vancouver, and her trend Kimberly Brooks, 1S, of Port Coquitlam, died immediately in a rear-end crash at the Peace Arch border crass s Island RCMP Highway Parrol spokesman, Pole say a speeding [967 Pontiac Grand Am struck the back of Bracks’ 298) Honda Accord. Her car was stooped waiting ina line to clear customs into Car ada at 9 pom. The Honda was dust tueled wath natural gas and comentional s.soling, said Scatf Set. Bern Janset A poli vestigator said thar at this time, there was no indication thar the natural gas stem: failed or thar the natural gas was the vause of the explosion. A mechanical inspec- tion of the car is under wav. Witnesses estimated that the speeding Pontiac was going 112 to 160 kni-ft (70 to 100 mph) when ic hit the Honda. Police said that three other vehicles were darnaged in a chain reaction following the | A memorial service for fatal collision. One person sustained minor Monique tshikawa is set injuries and was treated at Peace Arch hospi- for tomorrow in North Vancouver. The driver of the Pontiac Grand Am, Julia Campagna, 27, of Kirkland, Washington ts charged with ovo counts of dangerous driving causing death. She appeared in Surrey provincial court on Monday and was remanded in custody tor a psychiatric assessment. Campagna is slated for a court hearing on June 15 to determine if she should eleased from custody pending the outcome of her charg daughter, an only child, also wanted to buy CDs co listen to while on the plane to Japan. onique had planned to go to Japan today to visit relatives and friends for the first time in many . * “Sheh ‘really a child. She was basically an adult so she was makiny her first tip by herseifto go back there,” said Con Ishikawa, Monique Ishikawa was born at Grace Hospital, When Monique was to months old, her parents, Cat and Fumiv, moved to fapan where they lived for about 10 yea When the family returned to Canada, Monique attended Queen Mary and Brooksbank el:mentary schools. She graduated from Sutherland secondary last year. Monique was enrolled for fall classes at Capilano College at the time of her . - : death. NEWS photo Terry Peters Cart Ishikawa said his daughter talked about becoming a doctor. As a child, Monique lived with her ailing Japanese grandparents Conce ntrated effort “She spent so much of her childhood around very ill people and she v kawa, ed to do something to combat chat in her awn life,” said Cat | THE 163 Thunderbird Squadron Royal Canadian Air Cadets were granted “freedom of the city” A memonil service is slated for tomorrow at 4 p.m atthe Boal Chapel of the by North Vancouver City Mayor Jack Loucks on Saturday. Tia Megahy, 14, (fereground) holds First Memorial Funeral Services, 1505 Lillooet Ra. a squadron fiag. She was a member of the color guard during the celebration. It's the In lieu of flowers, the Ishikawa family requests thar donations be made to squadron's 50th anniversary this year. the B.C. SPCA in Monique's memory.