panne: oo as Castlégar News November 12, 1987 Sikhs came to B.C. at turn of century By DAPHNE BRAMHAM Press Canadian PALDI, B.C. — In 1914, Canada kept 350 Sikhs waiting on a ship in Vancouver harbor for two months before refusing them entry. By then, Mayo Singh had been working in a British Columbia sawmill for a few years. It was not a friendly country he had chosen to make his home. Early Canadian immigration policy allowed entry to some non-white men — East Indians, Chinese and Japanese — to work in the mills and on the railway. Because India was part of the Commonwealth, East Indians were not subjected to the “head tax” as were Chinese immigrants. But restrictive laws made it nearly impossible for Indians to bring their wives or families to Canada. “They came here because there were jobs,” says Joan Mayo, Mayo Singh's daughter-in-law. “Pulling lumber in a sawmill didn't require any special training or schooling and it didn’t require you to speak English well.” BUILT TOWN More than 70 years later, the Vancouver Island village of Paldi that Mayo built and named after his home in the Punjab is just a shadow of its bustling past. Only about 20 families live in the community, which has no store or school. At one time, about 500 sawmill workers and 350 loggers worked for the Mayo Lumber Co., transforming the huge trees of the Cowichan Valley into lumber. The Paldi mill closed in 1946, although Mayo’s eldest son, Rajindi (who took Mayo as his last name) ran the company's logging operations until the early 1970s. He and his family still live in Paldi, about 55 kilometres north of Victoria on the southeastern end of the island. Although Mayo Singh died more than 20 years ago, his legacy is strong. The Sikh temple in Paldi is flourishing, having been rebuilt in the 1960s and repainted last summer. Nearby Duncan, with a population of just over 4,000, has nearly 400 Sikh families and an orthodox Sikh temple. It's the second largest concentration of Sikhs in British Columbia outside the Vancouver area. For nearly 40 years, Mayo Singh was like a kindly grandfather to a large family of employees in his town. He is for his g to hospitals and charities and there is a scholarship named after him at the University of Victoria. Mayo is still revered by former employees like Phil LeMare, a Vancouver Island native who started working for him in 1990. “It was a great place to work,” says the retired steam engineer looking around his rumpus room decorated with photographs from that time. “I worked in the woods there and the crews used to be Japanese, Chinese, East Indians and a few white people. Mayo was the finest fellow to work for. It didn't matter to him what nationality you were, you were another human being . ... Everybody who worked for Mayo thought it was grand — just like a great, big family.” When Mayo Singh arrived in Paldi in 1916, he was the only Sikh in the area. Joan Mayo says barbers refused to cut his hair, claiming that East Indian hair was different. “Duncan was the retirement place for many British officers who had served in India, who were not very friendly,” she says. “The East Indian workers were not very welcome in town. They had trouble buying supplies from local merchants. But there were white people living in Paldi who would do their shopping for them.” Whenever Mayo and his wife, Bishan Kaur, went to Victoria once a month for supplies, Joan Mayo says they would canvass their little community to see what everyone needed. “There are all kinds of stories about Mrs. Mayo going into department stores in Victoria and if there was a sale on boys’ shirts, she'd ask the clerks to get one in every size and all different colors and take them back to Paldi.” These days, despite the success of Sikh lumber barons like Mayo Singh and more recently Herb Doman’s Doman Industries Ltd., there remains an uneasy peace between the white and Sikh communities. Some Sikh radicals have been at the centre of contro- versies relating to their wish for an independent Sikh homeland in India. Haymour eyes memorial VANCOUVER (CP) — A thousand years from now, Eddy Haymour wants to be remembered, so he's not in terested in a run-of-the-mill grave plot or a porcelain ash urn. ‘The 55-year-old draftsman wants to dig a mausoleum on Rattlesnake Island in Lake Okanagan and then have his children dump three tonnes of cement on top of him. But there's a sticky prob- lem — the British Columbia government doesn’t want to give the tiny island in the heart of the semi-arid tourist area back to him. “They have to give it back,” said Haymour. “It’s really my island. “I want to carve a grave in the rock — it'll take me six months or a year. Then I want to tell my children to put three tonnes of concrete over me so maybe in a cal film he is preparing on his life, Haymour said. Towards that end, Hay. mour sent an emotional letter to Premier Bill Vander Zalm three weeks ago to try and win back his island. But he is yet to get a response. “I used to talk to Bill Vander Zalm before he was premier,” he said. “But now he’s changed his style. “Now I can't even get him on the phone.” Frank Hudson, a spokes- man for the premier’s office, refused to say if Haymour's letter had been received or answered. “If we have received a letter it's on a confidential ROGERS Alderman thousand years someown will find me and remember how ugly the world can be.” Haymour, who the B.C. Supreme Court recently Energy for the Future! ruled was the victim of a massive conspiracy by the ROGERS | »§ B.C. government to keep him Amnesty says prisoner: tortured LONDON (AP) — Am- nesty International said to- day that Nepal imprisons journalists, trade unionists, students and others for polit- ical beliefs. It also said some. of the prisoners are tortured. “The government of Nepal has persistently violated the human rights of its citizens through political imprison- ment and torture,” said Am- nesty, an international hu- man rights organization based in London. It called on the Nepal government to release all political prisoners immedi- ately and to take measures to end torture. A 48-page Amnesty Inter- national report on the Asian country said at least 100 political prisoners are be- lieved held. It said torture is used routinely to extract confessions from criminal suspects, and sometimes political prisoners are sub- jected to it. Cited in the report was the case of Sarbottam Dangol, a teacher arrested in May 1985 and detained for two years without charge or trial, in- cluding two months in soli- tary confinement. He was re- leased earlier this year. “He said he was hung up- side down and beaten and left injured in a cell for four days,” Amnesty's report said. basis and I can't tell you about it,” he said. The lack of response hasn't phased Haymour, who wants to fashion himself after Van- der Zalm, whose wife, Lillian, is owner of a theme park | called Fantasy Gardens in Richmond, B.C. CHERNOFF, LAWRENCE CHERNOFF Is Optimistic He will COURAGE commericial development to widen ulate employment. ELECT FOR ALDERMAN ‘aggressively EN- industria ond the tax base and AWANA CLUBS FOR BOYS & GIRLS Sparks — Kindergarten, Gr. 1&3 Tues. afternoons 3 p.m.-4:30 p.m. PHONE CAROLYN MASON +3206 Pals & Chums — Gr. 3&4 Pioneers & Guards — Gr. 5&6 Tuesday nights 6 p.m.-8 p.m. PH. JUDY DUDLEY 365-5702 Junior Varsity — Gr.7&8 Friday nights 7 p.m.-9 p.m. PH. ROD KENNEDY 365-5702 from building an amusement park on the island which he bought in 1971, has been given $155,000 and a public apology by the province. But the province is holding onto the island which he signed away for $40,000 while inside a psychiatric hospital. Haymour claims that he signed the document to get out of the hospital. So intense is Haymour's attachment to the island that shortly after his release in 1976 he seized the Canadian embassy in Lebanon with four cousins to protest his plight The takeover ended with out a shot being fired when Ottawa promised to help Haymour get justice. Now Haymour wants to throw a party for the hos tages he inconvenienced “I want to give them a shish-kebab and a beer,” he said. “I want to make them happy. pay for them, kiss them and say I'm sorry.” That party would be a good ending for an autobiographi. VOTE BOB MacBAIN FOR Beautiful Christmas utiful Chri ALDERMAN el nls CHRISTMAS ARTS & CRAFTS FAIR (Thurs., Fri. & Sat.) 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FERRARO'S *SuperValu will double the face value of any manufacturers coupon when applied to the purchase price of the coupon item available in our store. This offer is limited to one coupon per purchased item. Offer does not apply to mail-in coupon offers or free merchandise coupon offers. This offer does not include coupons offered by other stores. (Not to exceed total item's value). By CORALEA SCHUEPFER Stanley Humphries secondary school's swim team were named champions for the sixth year in a row at the Kootenay Regional Swim Trophy. The swim meet, held at the Nelson Pool on Sunday, saw SHSS place first with 192 points followed by L.V. Rogers (Nelson) 181, Ross- land 86, J.L. Crowe (Trail) 80, he Selkirk (Kimberley) 38 and ,Traf- algar (Nelson) 14. The swimmers, qualified in 17 out of 20 events, plus two events were doubled with SHSS swimmers who placed in first and second positions. In some cases the top three finishers will swim as alternates if other swimmers from other schools do not participate in the provincials. With the exception of three senior ALL WET... Stanley Humphries secondary school’s swim team captured top spot at the Kootenay Regional Swim meet in Nelson. © Swimmers win trophy by Carmen Guide swimmers, SHSS will have its youngest team in many years participating in the B.C. Provincial Championships to be held at Crystal Pool in Victoria on November 20th-21st. Coach, Ray Yule, contributes the The Castlegar Rebels have a new coach after the team's executive fired Jerry Hurd Tuesday. The Rebels new coach, their third this season, is Gary McQuaid while Ted Hargrave has been hired as assistant coach. Hurd, who accepted the coaching job after Brian Burley quit days before the regular season was to begin, said his firing centered around the hiring of an assistant coach. “The only dissension I had with the executive was that they wanted to hire as assistant coach for me. Never before had the executive hired an assistant coach especially without notifying the coach involved. I felt this was unjust as I had already a well qualified coach in mind,” Hurd told the Castlegar News Wednesday. He said he had made arrangements for Dave McKinnon to take on the duties of assistant coach, but the executive had someone else in mind. Hurd said he was telephoned at home on Tuesday night, just as he was about to leave for a Rebels’ practice, and told he had been fired. “I personally feel that it’s up to the coach to pick his own assistant because he has to work with him all year and it has to be someone that's compatible,” said Hurd. He added that the players were happy with the job he was doing as coach and said his firing may affect the team's performance. “The players found out at practice Tuesday night and what I had heard was that they weren't too happy. I was a volunteer coach. I was asked by the executive to coach the Rebels after the first coach had other commitments out of town. I dedicated all my time, gave up a lot of work commitments and I just feel that I wasn’t given a fair chance,” said Hurd. He added that he feels “bitter and let down” by the Rebels executive. “If things continue the way they're going, the Rebels will be looking for a coach for a long time. I've come to the conclusion that maybe there's more problems than with what are showing,” said Hurd. The Rebels-are leading the Kootenay International Junior Hockey League's west division. Hurd said the team's skating is improving but that any losses they have suffered ‘@ result of “mental letdowns.,” © up-toe many goals at certain times during the game and I feel that was one of the points that I was going to start working on to keep them going for 60 minutes instead of 25 or whatever. It (firing) could affect their play. I had a lot of confidence in a lot of the players and I felt they had confidence in me and it was just a matter of organizing things and getting them hyped up,” said Hurd. Hurd, who has been involved with minor hockey for 15 years and has served on the Rebels executive for three years, says he would not become involved with the Rebels fire Hurd, McQuaid hired JERRY HURD . .. feels “bitter” at being fired Rebels again — at least with the present executive. “T've been on the executive of the Rebels for three years. At the present time I wouldn't be on their executive. I just feel bitter,” said Hurd. Hurd, who holds a level four coaching certificate, added that he would consider other coaching positions if any were offered. He said thi did not hold any with him to discuss any problems it felt the club had. McKinnon and said the only qualified candidate for an assistant coach was McQuaid. “The basis (for firing) was the lack of development of the players. Jerry's a hell of a nice guy, he's a friend. McQuaid offered his services (as assistant coach) and Jerry said he couldn't get along with him and that’s understandable. These things happen. We saw no quali- fied assistant ‘gi today. high performance of thé to the combination of our two local swim teams, the Castlegar Aqua nauts and the Robson River Otters. REC HOCKEY Hi-Arrow stops Shell By SURJ RATTAN Staff Writer Hi-Arrow Arms thumped Woodland Park Shell 10-2 in Castlegar Recreation Hockey League action at the Community Complex Monday night. Wayne Zino opened the scoring for Hi-Arrow in the first period with an unassisted goals. Shell's Rick Christensen tied the game at one after he was set up by Alan Conroy and Vince Antignani. George Roberts gave Hi-Arrow the lead again after taking a pass from Rick Penner and Doug Jay. Conroy came back and tied the game at two for Shell. Mike McCormack and Antignani assisted on the play. The rest of the scoring belonged to Hi-Arrow. Robin King scored his first of two goals to give the Hi-Arrow the win. Bill Nazaroff and Rod Zavaduk set up the play. Penner made it 4-2 for the Hi-Arrow after he was set up by Jay and Roberts. Wayne Kinakin added to the Hi-Arrow’s total after he took a pass from Chief Metcer and Zavaduk. In the second period, King made it 6.2 with Nazaroff and Doug Makortoff helping out on the play. Roberts made it 7-2 for the Hi-Arrow after taking a pass from Jay and Nazaroff. Zavaduk and Jay set up Nazaroff for Hi-Arrow'seighth 1. foe penner fed Stacy Molnar a pass to make it 92 before Makortoff was assisted by Molnar and Penner for Hi-Arrow’s 10th and final goal. ‘On Sunday Shell had no trouble smoking the Sandman Inn 143 as Kelly Keraiff came up with four goals and three assists. Bruno Tassone opened the scoring for Shell after he was set up by Martin Sander and Bob Larsh. Sander made it 2-0. ‘Alan Conroy and Larsh set up the play. Keraiff scored his first goal after taking a pass from Conroy and Tassone. Peter Tischler made it 4-0 for Shell after being set up by Keraiff and Conroy. Chad Carr spoiled Shell's shutout in the second period. Rick Shukin and Ian Stewart set up Carr, giving Sandman its first goal. Larsh responded for Shell with two goals. Tassone and Conroy assisted one and Sander and Tischler on the other. Ron Deazdoff gave the Sandman its second goal of the game after the play was set up by Shukin and Chris man. Keraiff continued his scoring drive for Shell after getting an unassisted marker. He followed that with a hat- trick. Assisting on the play were Wayne Popoff and Tischler. Conroy made it 9-2 after taking a pass from Tassone. Keraiff notched his fourth goal early in the third period on an assist. Brodman replied with Sandman's last goal of the game. Wade Walsh and Stewart assisted on the play. Sander fed Tassone a pass for Shell's ninth goal and then Tassone picked up a hattrick after being set up by Keraiff. Conroy rounded out the scoring by getting the last two goals of the game. He was assisted on the first goal by Larsh and Tischler and on the second goal by Keraiff and Sander. On Saturday, both Penner and Jay each came up with hattricks to help lead the Hi-Arrow to a 9-4 win over Shell. Penner opened the scoring after being set up by Mercer. Antignani took a pass from Larsh seconds later to tie the game at one for Shell. Mercer gave the Hi-Arrow the lead with Zavaduk recording an assist. Penner then fed Jay a pass to put the Hi-Arrow ahead 1. Tischler replied for Shell. Keraiff and Popoff assisted on the play. Keraiff tied the game at three in the second period after he was set up by Larsh: and Tischler. Jay gave Hi-Arrow the lead with assists going to Mercer and Sean Coulson. Antignanl €ame back and tied the game at four with his second goal of the game. The play was set up by Christensen and Conroy. The rest of the scoring belonged to the Hi-Arrow. Peiiner opened the third period scoring by notching an unassisted marker. Jay made it 6-4 for the Hi-Arrow. Roberts and Mercer assisted on the play. Mercer fed Coulson a pass for Hi-Arrow’s seventh goal of the game. Penner got his hattrick after scoring an unassisted marker, that was followed by Jay's hattrick. Zavaduk assisted on the play. Sandman faces off against Shell in action at the Community Complex tonight. Rebels win in overtime By CasNews Staff The Castlegar Rebels needed 2:02 of overtime to slip past the Elk Valley Raiders 8-7 in Kootenay International Junior Hockey League action at the Community Complex Sunday after- noon. Walter Sheloff scored the winning goal. Castlegar forward Keith Semenoff led the way for the Rebels by picking up a hattrick. Elk Valley opened the scoring in the first period when Billy Lindsay scored after being set up by Perry McLarty and Dave Soukeroff. Semenoff tied the game at one at the 6:39 mark after Lorne Kanigan and Rick Crowe set up the play. Captain Dave Terhune put the Rebels in the lead at 11:19 after taking a pass from Jason Hughes and Kevin Emsley. McLarty tied the game at two for Elk Valley after he was fed a pass from Lindsay at the 15:62 mark. Soukeroff put the Raiders back in the lead 6:48 into the second period. play. Sunday. Walter Sheloff tied the game at three for the Rebels at 8:10. Dave against. Ki The following players contributed in the scoring in Saturday's game Complex against the Kimberley Atom Zarikoff and Terhune ded the assists. Emsley put the Rebels in the lead just 20 seconds later, taking a pass from Kanigan. Less than one minute later captain Lee Saunders tied the game at four for Elk Valley after he was set up by Brent Miller and Blaine Beranek. Jeff Adams gave the Rebels the lead at the 11:08 mark. Terhune and Sandy Renwick assisted on the play. Semenoff made it 64 for the Rebels at 18:14 when he scored an un- assisted goal. Mike Miller opened up the scoring for the Raiders in the third period when he scored an unassisted goal at the 4:03 mark. Soukeroff tied the game at six for Elk Valley when he scored off of a pass from Lindsay at the 5:16 mark. says of her crashing six times last winter she loves the world of high-speed ski racing. “That's why I fall so much,” she Semenoff gave the Rebels a 7-6 Lebsack. Lebsack stopped a ‘total of 11 lead and picked up a hattrick at 6:36 shots in the third period and one in when he took a pass from Elk Valley tied the game at seven after Sean Renwick i and Saunders assisted on the play. The period ended in a tie which gar net for the whole game, stopping 35 sent the game into overtime. Zarikoff shots. and Adams set Sheloff up at the 2:02 mark of overtime and he managed to when they play host to the Rossland get the puck past Raiders’ goalie Jeff Warriors. Atoms win two By KATHY SWANSON The Castlegar Atom Rebels start- ed their West Kootenay League season with two wins against the Trail Atom Reps in games Oct 30th and Bist. The Atom Rebels travelled to the East Kootenay this past weekend for games against Kimberley and Cran- brook. After a tight checking against Kimberley on Saturday, Castle- gar merged with a 2-1 win, followed by Lindsay and MeLarty assisted on the *" &0 shutout against Cranbrook on overtime. Mike Ribb played in goal for scored. Lindsay s next game is on Friday seosred after being set up by Todd Bondaroff and Rick Fauth notched a goal after being fed a pass by Mark Perrier. ‘The Sunday's game against Cran- brook Vince Antignani, Darren Pottle, Rick Fauth, Derek Read, Mike Byers, Ryan Coulson, Pat Biln and Mark Perrier all collected. Mike Kooznetsoff, the Castlegar Atom Rebel goalie, had an excellent two games in net. The Atom Rebels next game is on Sunday at 5 p.m. at the Community game Darren Pottle, Reps Percy flirts with danger on ski slopes EDMONTON (CP) — Put her on a Whether you make it through or not is a different story, but that’s OK.” there is, however, more to Karen Percy than speed — some World Cup veterans have called it reckless speed — and guts. Competing in all four dis- ciplines on the circuit last season, she had 11 top-15 finishes. style. “It's She ranks 15th in super giant aggressive something I don’t think about. It's part slalom, 25th in downhill and 47th in of ski racing, a big part. Ski racing ig a giant slalom. high-risk sport and if you're not willing to take the risk, forget it. “To win you have to take risks. Already, some are beginning to call her Canada’s best all-around Alpine ski racer since Nancy Greene.