RIEFS Cars stolen THE WEST Vancouver Police are trying to identify thleves responsible for three stolen vehicles recovered in the community over a two-day perind at the end of May. According to a West Vancouver Police spokesman, the first vehicle, a 1991 Chevrolet pickup truck, was stulen from Sechelt and found on Bay Street in the Horseshoe Bay area early on May 28. A 1992 Ford Mustang was found in Lighthouse Park the following morning. The Mustang had been set on fire and destroyed. It had been stolen in West Vancouver. Meanwhile, a third vehicle, a 1983 Cadillac Eldorado, was found in the Park Royal Shopping Ceatre on May 29, The Cadillac had been stolen from North Vancouver. According to the police, a 1985 Pontiac Firebird was reported stolen at the shopping centre approximately two hours after the Cadillac was found. Drug charges A 37-YEAR-OLD Surrey man was recently jailed a total of 15 months in connection with numerous theft and drug-related charges. Steven Lorne Melton pleaded guilty to: Bi four counts of stealing mail belonging to two women, a man and the owner of a strata corporation on Feb. 9, 1993, in West Vancouver; and @ one count each of trafficking heroin, trafficking cocaine, possessing heroin, possessing cocaine and pos- sessing $430 related to ilegal narcotic activity on Nov. 2, 1993, in Saskatoon. Melton also received 18 months’ probation in connec- tion with the charges. Judge Reginald Grandison included a probation order stating that Melton was not to be found in West Vancouver. Theft payments A 20-YEAR-OLD Langley man was recently required to pay restitution of $1,974 in connection with two theft- related charges in North Vancouver City. Steve David Turner pleaded guilty to the charges stemming from Oct. 2, 1993, incidents. Turner was charged with possessing stolen property consisting of: & speakers belonging to a man; and @ a radar detector belonging to a woman. He was also charged with stealing a black bag belonging to a woman. Judge Bill Rodgers broke down the restitution pay- tnients as: & $1,044 to ICBC; {8 $530 to the speakers’ owner; @ $200 to the radar detector’s owner; and Hf $200 to the bag owner. Turner received 24 months’ probation in connection with the charges. He was sentenced in North Vancouver provincial court on May 17. (THESE WRITS were filed with the court registry in Vancouver between May 30 and June 3, 1994. Information is taken from the state- ments of claim.) Plaintiff: Maple Plumbing Ltd., 6403 Rosebury Ave., West Vancouver. Defendant: Rick King, 3855 St. Georges Ave., North Vancouver; George Clifford Moore, 2316 Jefferson Ave., West Vancouver; and Doris H. Moore, 2316 Jefferson Ave., West Vancouver. Claim: $1,620.73 and general damages. Plaintiff: Southfork Management Trust, 810-800 West Pender St., Vancouver. Defendant: Weissgeld Capital Group Ltd., 220-1199 West Pender St., Vancouver, and Robert Klein, 1273 West 20th St., North Vancouver. Claim: An accounting of funds received for a sale, and proceeds of the sale. Plaintiff: Canaccord Capital Corp., P.O. Box 10337 Pacific Centre, 2200- 609 Granville St., Vancouver. Defendant: John B. Sieffert, 4503 Marine Dr., West Vancouver. Claim: $39,315.27 owing on an account. Native vets seek post- war justice From page 1 mented ina book called The Forgotten Soldier, which outlines how native saldiers were ignored and discriminated against after serving the country, “Noo-tndian veterans got te- establishment grants and towns to purchase a house (and) farm grants, And if they came from the coast, whatever the noo-lndian vetenin wanted, he got,” said Nahanee. He applied tor an education print and was turned down; after tisking life and limb in the war, he had to pay for his own high-school equivalency training, Native veterans have not forgat- ten thi unequal treatment, and have been lobbying Ottawa for redress. A Royal Commission is studving the situation, But, Nahance noted, the Royal Canadian Legion has never stood up for its native members and protested this wrong. “People have to understand ~— we're not asking for anything more than anyone else got.” When it comes to honoring those who served, many natives prefer to do it their awn way. Several years ago, Nahanee returned to Europe with 20 other native veterans from B.C., making a pilgrimage to Canadian war cemeteries. They spent two weeks travelling from cemetery to cemetery, per- forming private ceremonies. When they arrived at Normandy ona tainy day, those who had fought there during the war naturally found it much changed. They got lost looking for the spot where they had landed, and wound up travel- ling down a road which fortunately took them to the beach they sought. Nahanee said the veterans formed a circle, said a prayer and sang a song. “We ail started to cry,” he said. “You could feel the spirit of the place.” Today (Sunday) at 2 p.m., the Squamish will hold a War Veterans D-Day Commemoration at the Squamish Nation War monument, next to St. Paul’s Indian Church at 424 West Esplanade. The event will include prayers, a sweet grass or smudge ceremony, a drum cere- mony and, Nahancee hopes, a piper. “Some of our boys marched with the Scottish regiment,” he said. He thinks the event should serve as an important reminder to the young about the wars that have been fought and the sacrifices that have been made. As yet, it’s impossible to tell how many native veterans will attend. Nahanee noted that many of thern are elderly and might not be able to travel. A traditional salmon barbecue lunch in the basement of the church will follow; everyone is welcome to attend. A flag pole is being erected behind the simple black stone memorial. Nahanee isn’t sure which flag will fly. “We fought under the Union Jack,” he noted. But the band hasn’t decided which emblem would be most appropriate at this occasion: the flag of B.C., the flag of Canada, or the banner of the Squamish Nation. CORRECTION NOTICE |The advertisement for | Furnitureland in Friday June 3 issue should] have read FREE GST. We apologize for any | inconvenience this may have caused. Sunday, June 5, 1994 - North Shore News - § clan ieatenestentantesianheskindlaskeghententarkackantatkententertentoaten \., CARPENTER ANT! (FACTORY FUTON | Entrance In rear = Mon-Sat. 11-6 pin Sunday 12.5 pm 984-4504 | CONTROL 60 YEARS EXPERIENCE 926-0236 MILES PRICE SR ae ee ae mee me oe oe ca cree ee owe one ee re on man wre ee cal FUTON BLOWS uml a Dbl. 397. wer Includes... 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