The record, 8 juillet 1987, mercredi 8 juillet 1987

Wednesday Births, deaths .7 Classified .10 Comics .11 Editorial .4 Farm & Business .5 Living .6 Sports .13 Townships.3 HOT JOHN COATES COOKSHIRI PRIMARY SCHOOt Weather, page 2 Sherbrooke Wednesday, July 8, 1987 40 cents One look at these gossip magazines and you know discussion is the bitter part of valor.Still no compensation for 1978 expulsion “AIDS! AIDS! AIDS!” Killiniq Inuit going home without government help By Jane McElhone for Mainland Press QUEBEC CITY — In early August, three Inuit families living in Northern Quebec are moving back home to Killiniq Island off the eastern tip of Ungava Bay.Here they will join three other families who moved home this spring, travelling by snowmobile from George River.In 1978, these Inuit were resettled in Northern Quebec after their Killiniq Island village of Port Burwell was closed down.At that time, federal government officials told the people that the cost of maintaining government services in such an isolated outpost were too high.As services in Port Burwell dwindled over the years, people began leaving.The health clinic closed and other government services were reduced.The population of Port Burwell shrankfrom 185 in 1971 to 45 in 1978.That year, the remaining residents of the village were forced out of their homes by federal officials, flown across Ungava Bay and resettled in other communities.Today, Mike Keelen is the store manager at the Quaqtaq Co-op.In 1978, he was one of the Inuit flown out of Port Burwell.TAKING INITIATIVE Keelen says there are 113 Inuit who want to move back home.For the moment, they have no choice but to make the move on their own.“We’ve tried to convince the government that we want to move back ever since they first took our village away.We’ve been unhappy for the past nine years, and the government is aware of that.They’ve been at the last three or four Heads-of-the-Family meetings.They’ve taken all the information down, but there has been no action on their part.” Keelen says, “It hasn't been easy for the families who have been resettled.They were forced to leave their homes and belongings behind, taking only what could be loaded on the planes.” GOOD HUNTING Keelen maintains that Killiniq Island is one of the best hunting and fishing areas in the region.“There seems to be a lot of game in the old area.It just seemed a lot easier to survive there.” Integrating into new communities was often hard for the displa- See Killiniq, Page 3.Capt.: Bases were poorly defended TORONTO (CP) — A Canadian Forces captain says he warned months ago that the country’s military bases are poorly defended and vulnerable to a terrorist attack similar to Monday’s early-morning explosions at a base at Lahr, West Germany.Investigators suspect sabotage in the explosions.Capt.William Welsh, in a appraisal published last fall, described the defence at bases as “a mixed bag of people of uncertain motivation with inappropriate training, inadequate firepower, indifferent and insufficient equipment attempting to defend a very vulnerable base.” But his suggestions, in the Canadian Defence Quarterly, didn’t lead to any changes in security, Welsh said in an interview with the Toronto Globe and Mail on Tuesday.“It’s a question of dollars and only so many bucks go around,” he said.Canada maintains the West German military base as part of its commitment to the North Atlantic Treaty Organization.No one has claimed responsibility for the explosions, which caused more than $2 million damage.Six military vehicles were badly damaged and about 10,000 litres of fuel was destroyed.Welsh, stationed in British Columbia, joined the armed forces in 1966 and was involved with base defence for 15 years.GETS LOW PRIORITY In his magazine article, he said base defence is perceived as a “Joe-job” and personnel are only assigned to it when they can be spared from other tasks.He said light machine-guns and mortars are not available and few base defence forces have flares for use at night.At most bases, the soldiers must scrounge or borrow radios, night observation devices and extra binoculars from local militia units and other sources, he said.Lemonade sales up, cookies down RECORD/GRAC1E MACDONALD * - Æ If The sunny hot weather of the past two days certainly warms the heart of children with an entrepreneurial bent.What better way to cool off than a 25 c glass of lemonade and a 10