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By Jennifer Lang this case, with those who knew the man best. “I technically couldn’t break character, so I had If you’re out and about in Surrey this summer, to introduce myself as Mac!” explains Anand, who be sure to keep an eye out for the Re-enactors – wasn’t nervous, but felt some pressure knowing he an award-winning heritage re-enactment troupe was portraying a real person bringing life to true characwho was a husband and father. ters from the city’s past. “You want to do justice to This season, there’s a new that. I felt like it was positively character with a Cloverdale taken by them and they felt I connection: Sarjit Singh, was doing a good job,” he said, or “Mac” Singh as he was describing how he was able to known, was a Cloverdale chat with the family after the businessman and farmer. performance was over. Mojit Anand, a 27-year“It was really nice, because old professional actor, plays I could talk with them about the trailblazing Singh, who what he was like.” owned Cloverdale Produce The Re-enactors have been and was one of the first South around for several years, Asian Surrey residents to own IMAGE NC178C COURTESY SURREY ARCHIVES appearing at City of Surrey a commercial farm. Sarjit Singh, left, and Bob Bose, right, at a Jay events and breathing life Singh broke new ground, into such pioneers as Reeve marrying a Caucasian woman Cee meeting in December 1950. T.J. Sullivan, carpenter Eric in 1956 and challenging race Anderson, school teacher Mary Jane Shannon, and barriers both personally and professionally. veteran Zennosuke Inouye through interactive and Singh also chaired the Surrey Damming and fun performances. Dyking Commission, and became an advisor to Last spring, the troupe announced the creation the Minister of Agriculture. Anand – and the character of Mac Singh – made of a new character, Mac Singh, a man who represents a major storyline in Surrey’s evolution into their debut at Surrey Doors Open in June, after a culturally-diverse, modern city. two weeks of rehearsals. Re-enactors creator Yvette Dudley-Neuman con“It is an honour to play this character,” says tacted Singh’s wife Gerrie and two of his brothers, Anand, who met Singh’s family during the characSucha and George, and his former business partner ter’s inagural performance. Bob Bose. Re-enactors have three different scripts, or stories, and are also expected to rove through the See SINGH / Page 2 crowd answering questions in character – even, in
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approached. “At this time we are looking at our data very closely and monitoring our trends and identifying which municipalities we need to approach,” Lee said. Fraser Health advice to people who use drugs, and to their friends and families:
• If you are using drugs, do testers and go slow. • If you are using drugs, have a buddy you can trust with you who is sober, able to recognize the signs of an overdose, and willing to call for medical help if you need it. • If you are using drugs alone, tell someone before you use, leave the door unlocked and have someone check on you. • If you are using drugs, we strongly advise you not to mix multiple substances, including alcohol. Mixing opioids with downers or opioids with uppers puts you at higher risk of overdose.
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Singh ‘believed in himself, pushed on’ From page one
Hours of recollections were boiled down into three scripts developed for the character, spanning 1941 through the early 1970s, giving him an innately modern appeal. Anand was thrilled to land the role. “I can really relate to him a lot,” he said. “Whether it be through peer pressure or racism. Being the first to try to make a name for himself.” Anand, who was born in India but grew up in Kelowna, has an undergraduate degree in biochemistry. He decided to pursue acting six years ago, setting aside plans to enter naturopathy. Initially, his parents resisted, because “It’s against the norm,” he said. Singh, he says, faced more than his share of adversity, from losing his father to quitting school in order to help out on the farm. “But he believed in himself, pushed on and became such a successful man that we are here today helping people remember him.” Singh’s 250 acre farm on 168 Street, grew carrots, potatoes, onions, turnips, celery, artichokes and even green peppers. He co-owned a 50-acre potato farm at Fry’s Corner. “I like the idea that even back then, he was promoting a plant-based diet,” grins Anand, who is a vegan. He hopes to leave people with a better understanding of Mac Singh’s role in farming – and in breaking down race barriers in Surrey. The Re-enactors are back in Cloverdale on Aug. 6 at Cloverdale Station, operated by the Fraser Valley Heritage Railway Society. Also look for them at the Fibre Arts Festival Saturday, Aug. 13 at Surrey Museum from 1-4 p.m. and at Cloverdale Market Days on Aug. 27. For more, visit Surrey.ca/heritage
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Hotly-contested Sullivan development gets the nod Opponents say more housing will put added strain on overcrowded area schools majority voicing opposition to the project. In June, Surrey council sent the development back to staff after a public hearing. It came before council again on July 25, and it passed, with restrictions on how quickly the project is built. The developer will have to work with the Surrey School District to make sure the project doesn’t bring a huge influx of students to the area. Cindy Dalglish, who runs the website southnewtoncommunity.com, has long said Sullivan schools cannot meet the needs of the existing population, let alone those coming by way of new developments. The school district agrees and passed a motion in April asking for a moratorium on
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Cop show shoots in Cloverdale Fans of the series Rogue, a crime and police drama, can look forward to spotting shops in Cloverdale when season 4 airs. The Canadian-American production – set in Oakland, CA, but filmed in B.C. – spent a day filming interior and exterior scenes on 176 Street in Cloverdale, where it’s getting difficult to keep track of all the TV and film crews coming to town. On July 20, crews started at Create-It-Emporium in the 17500-block of 56A Avenue, later moving equipment on carts to Kearney’s Funeral Services in the 5700-block of 176 Street. They also planned to shoot inside the Cloverdale BIA office just down the street, and at Hawthorne Square. The DirectTV series stars Cole Hauser and Sarah Jeffery. Later this month, Cloverdale welcomes the Hollywood movie production, Why We’re Killing Gunther, which will be filming on 176 Street for several days. – Black Press
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opment certainly does help us with planning for the enrolment demand,” Watson told council at last week’s land use committee meeting. Council also was eager to have the purpose-built rental housing, but wanted assurances from the developer that it wouldn’t be changed to strata in the near future. A housing agreement to that effect has been added to the requirements, but a sunset clause has not yet been determined on it. The first phase of the Redekop home development will be complete in September 2018. The application passed with only Coun. Dave Woods opposed.
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17710-56A Ave., Surrey, B.C. Hours: TuesdaysFridays, 9:30 a.m. to 5:30 p.m., Saturdays: 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Sundays from noon to 5 p.m. Closed Mondays and holidays. Admission sponsored by the Friends of the Museum Society. Info: 604-592-6956 or www.surrey. ca/heritage, follow us at @ASurreyMuseum EXHIBITIONS KIDS GALLERY AT THE SURREY MUSEUM On display to September 18. Kids get their hands on fun new interactives about water in this new gallery exploring sustainability from a kid’s point of view. Climb into the tree fort, play water-cycle pinball, explore the pipe wall, and more! FREE EVENTS FIBRE ARTS AND CRAFTS FESTIVAL Explore displays and demonstrations of heritage fibre arts like spinning, knitting and weaving, then try them out yourself. Discover Surrey’s true stories with lively performances by The Re-Enactors. Saturday, Aug. 13, from 1-4 p.m. All ages, drop in. Free. DISCOVERY SATURDAY: TALES FROM THE HONEYCOMB Take part in a honey of an event, Saturday, Aug. 20. We’re partnering with the Honeybee Centre. Sample honey, try on a beekeeper’s suit, make crafts and watch a 20-minute presentation on the mystery of bees. From 1-4 p.m. All ages. By donation.
Making hay while the sun shines RITA VISSCHER PHOTO
Rita Visscher sent in this photo of Peter Szlovicsak on his tractor, baling hay on his farm in Cloverdale, where the family has been farming for more than 50 years.
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13723 Crescent Road, Surrey. 604-5926956. Hours: Tuesday-Friday, 10am-4pm, Saturday, 12noon-4pm. Entrance by donation. www.surrey.ca/heritage THE AMAZING FARM SCAVENGER HUNT Saturday, Aug. 13, from noon to 3 p.m. Participants of all ages show off their settler skills through clues, riddles and challenges to test their knowledge of Surrey’s history. Teams can register by 2 p.m. Stay tuned to @ StewartFarm1 on Twitter and Heritage Surrey BC on Facebook for time saving opportunities.
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5642 176A St., Surrey, B.C. 604-598-7320. www.surreylibraries.ca. Hours: Monday to Thursday 9:30 a.m. to 9 p.m., Friday 9:30 a.m. to 5 p.m., Saturday 10 a.m. to 5 p.m., and Sunday 1 to 5 p.m. Closed on holidays. PJ STORYTIME Tuesdays from 6:30-7 p.m. Stories, songs, puppets and fun! Wear your PJs, bring your favourite cuddly friend, and meet your neighbours at this perfect family evening activity. All ages, drop-in. FAMILY STORYTIME Fridays from 10:30 a.m. to 11 a.m. Turn off the cartoons and join us for 30 minutes of fun with favourite songs, stories, puppets, rhymes and circle games. Storytimes help children enrich their imaginations and build a life long love of reading. This program promotes language and social development and is a fun way for caregivers to learn new songs and stories to share. All ages, drop in. Call 604-598-7326. MOVIES AT CLOVERDALE Aug. 21 from 2-4 p.m. join us for a free familyfriendly movie. Bring your blanket and snack. All ages welcome. Parents must stay with children under 10. Drop in. Call 604-598-7326 for more information. At the library meeting room.
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Send Old Curley home to Surrey
Re: “A Museum for all Surrey,” July 20 Maybe the expansion of Surrey Museum might include space for ‘Old Curley’, the logging locomotive that has been at Burnaby’s Village Museum for decades, when it never operated in Burnaby. Time to have Old Curley
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So many memories Re: “Heritage icon up for sale,” July 27 As I said to someone just today, it’s just brick and mortar.
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estate bubble, causing a rapid reversal of the long sellers’ market that has taken on a life and a psychology of its own. One thing is certain. The province’s windfall from the property transfer tax can only grow even further as foreign buyers pay up. The size of this windfall was shown in the government’s audited public accounts for the 2015-16 fiscal year, which de Jong released just days before announcing the new real estate tax. The property transfer tax has been a cash cow for the province since Bill Vander Zalm introduced it in the 1980s, and by 2015-16 it had reached about $1.5 billion. For comparison purposes, that’s almost twice as much as total provincial revenue from the forest industry. The current B.C.
budget had forecast that property transfer tax revenues would decline this year and next year. The public accounts showed that for 201516, the government took in $468 million more than expected, meaning real estate accounted for most of the provincial surplus. How much more is raked in by the new transfer tax on foreign buyers remains to be seen, but it will be substantial. And Coleman allows that he has been developing “a really cool plan” to use that money to improve the housing situation for lower-income people. A couple of weeks ago I described the clamour of urban protesters demanding that governments build thousands of units of social housing. Coleman has long rejected the idea of social hous-
ing projects that create clusters of poverty, and he assured me last week that isn’t going to change. B.C. has 20,000 low-income households getting a rent subsidy today, and Coleman suggested that will be increasing. He’ll be announcing new measures in September to stimulate construction of new rental housing. It remains to be seen how that will work as well. But it gives the B.C. government lots more money to spend in an election year. This is the latest of a string of Clark’s election-year fixes. I’ll look at some others in a future column.
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Local organizations say Vancouver group doing more harm than good By Kevin Diakiw A makeshift safe injection site has been set up in North Surrey, raising the ire of local organizations that are trying to create a permanent facility in Surrey. Last week (July 27), a volunteer with a Vancouver support group for drug users set up a table on 135A Street to give people a safe place to inject their drugs. Ann Livingston, a longtime volunteer with the Vancouver Area Network of Drug Users (VANDU), said she was motivated to bring the safe injection site to Surrey for several reasons. The first is the fact Surrey experienced 43 overdoses over one weekend earlier last month. Adding to the risk was the fact that July 27 was welfare cheque day for many people. Drug use, Livingston noted, usually spikes around those days. Livingston said the creation of the safe injection site also served
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“They were all here when we came,” Livingston said. Ron Moloughney, president of the Surrey Area Network of Substance Users (SANSU), is not pleased with the VANDU approach. SANSU, which as 286 local members, has been working with the city and the Fraser Health Authority to Continued next page
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By Tom Fletcher The B.C. government has passed amendments to its Human Rights Code to specify protection for “gender identity and gender expression,” a reversal by the B.C. Liberals after years of saying transgendered people are already protected against discrimination. Premier Christy Clark and Justice Minister Suzanne Anton staged a group photo with MLAs and transgender advocates before the legislation was introduced July 25. Vancouver-West End NDP MLA Spencer Chandra-Herbert, who has advocated the change for the past five years, said the government has finally relented. “The minister has to admit that what we were saying all along was correct, that in order to have your rights protected, you need to know you have rights,”
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“I realized it (beekeeping) could be a career, not just a hobby,” she said. Pawsey’s already got a head start; she’s acquired 20 hives during her studies, and is being mentored by the instructor. Casey Albers, 22, was also attracted to the program because it opened up the possibility of owning her own business. She also wants to use her new knowledge to travel the world, educating people on honeybees and how they’re impacted by humans. “Through our everyday actions, we affect them and the ever-changing environment we live in,” she said. The information session is Thursday, Aug. 11 from 6:30-8:30 p.m. at the Honeybee Centre, 7480 176 Street, Surrey. Register at kpu.ca/cps/commercial-beekeeping/info-session. For more info, email alyssa.purse@kpu.ca or call 604-599-2996.
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By Jennifer Lang It’s a honey of a career. If you’ve ever wondered about beekeeping, Kwantlen Polytechnic University has an opportunity that might have you buzzing. Program instructors and current students of KPU’s new commercial beekeeping program are hosting an information session in Cloverdale. The 11-month program was introduced last January, with the first stream of students graduating in December with the skills to work in, manage and grow existing beekeeping operations – or establish and grow their own businesses of up to 300 hives, which provides a family income. “There has been a shortage of beekeepers and honeybees in B.C. for over a decade,” says program instructor John Gibeau, president of the Honeybee Centre. “Each year, literally thousands of beehives are imported from Alberta to satisfy demands for blueberry pollination in the Fraser Valley alone.” The program couldn’t be timelier. Pollination-dependent crops comprise an increasing portion of the B.C. agricultural landscape, with honeybee pollination already responsible for more than $200 million per year in agricultural production. Thanks to an increasing consumer demand for locally-grown food, it’s a sector that’s poised for growth – directly through honey production, and more indirectly by increasing crop yield through pollination services, Gibeau said. He estimates the local market could consume up to 50 times more than what is currently produced. Graduates of KPU’s commercial beekeeping program will have the skills to start their own businesses, which could include pollination services, honey production and apitherapy services. Students receive instruction in colony care and management, bee botany, integrated pest and disease management, queen rearing, processing, packaging and marketing – and bee business planning, management and growth. When she graduates, Surrey’s Christine Pawsey, a 51-year-old student, hopes to support her family through commercial beekeeping.
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Seven medals for Arianna Hunsicker
Athletes shine A strong showing by athletes from Surrey powered the Fraser River (Zone 4) team to a third-place finish in the medal standings at the BC Summer Games last weekend in Abbotsford. A little more than half of the 51 gold medals won by the orange-clad Fraser River group were by Surrey athletes. Fraser River won 135 medals overall, behind only Vancouver Island/Central Coast (177 medals) and Fraser Valley (143). Much of the success achieved by the Fraser River zone came in track and
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field. Of the 31 gold medals won by Surrey athletes, 19 were won in athletics. Among the multiple gold medalists were Special Olympians Melissa Semke, winner of gold medals in the 100m, 200m, 400m and 800m races, as well as the long jump, and Malcolm Borsoi, the winner of the 400m, 800m, long jump and shot put events. Semke and Borsoi were also on the Zone 4 team which won the male/female 4x100m race.
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By Jennifer Lang A young swimmer from Cloverdale turned in an outstanding performance at the 2016 BC Summer Games, picking up medals in all seven swims in the para swimming class. Arianna Hunsicker, 12, won six gold medals and one silver at the games, held July 21-24 in Abbotsford. She raced against both male and female athletes from across the province, proving her hard training with the Surrey Knights Swim Club is paying off. Hunsicker – who dreams to
one day represent Canada at the Paralympics – pushes herself to continuously beat her personal best swim times. At the Games, she managed to do just that in six of seven races. Hunsicker, who will enter Grade 8 at Lord Tweedsmuir Secondary this September, is also a proud CHAMP. She’s a representative of War Amps’ Child Amputee program, which offers services to child amputees and their families, including financial assistance, regional seminars and peer support. She started swimming at a
young age, and by the time she was eight had completed all levels at the YMCA, but didn’t make the move to full-time swimming until she was 11. She will be watching Canadian Aurelie Rivard at the upcoming Paralympic Games in Rio. Rivard is a para-swimmer in the same classification as Hunsicker, who hopes to swim nationally next year and be selected for the Canada Games. Her ambitions don’t end there – she plans to work hard over the next four years in hopes of attending the next Olympic trials at 16.
Teens paddle to gold By Jennifer Lang A pair of local paddlers, Devon Holcroft and Elissa Elmandani, each earned medals at the 2016 BC Summer Games, welcome payoff for a lot of hard work and training leading up to the event. Both are students at Clayton Heights Secondary and are members of the Fort Langley Canoe Club. Holcroft won gold in Mixed K4 500 metres and a bronze in K1 200 metres at the games, hosted by
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Above, Devon Holcroft competing at the B.C. Summer Games two weekends ago, where both he and teammate Elissa Elmadani won gold medals. Both athletes attend Clayton Heights Secondary and belong to the Fort Langley Canoe Club.
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Wednesday, August 3, 2016 The Cloverdale Reporter 13
U.S. wins gold, Canada third at worlds By Nick Greenizan In the end, after 10 days of competition, Canada’s high-octane pitching duo simply ran out of gas. But despite a lopsided 11-1 loss to the twotime world champions from Japan on the afternoon of July 24, Team Canada still had plenty to cheer about after winning bronze – matching the country’s best-ever finish at a world softball championship; the team also placed third in 2010 in Venezuela. At the last two world championships – Whitehorse in 2012 and the Netherlands in 2014 – Canada placed fourth. “We’ve now demonstrated very clearly over the last eight years that we’re among the top four countries in the world and have moved a step closer to the (gold medal) game,” said head coach Mark Smith. “With the youth of our kids, the way they’re playing the game and the experience they’re gaining, it’s all good news.” The news wasn’t as good July 24 against Japan, however, as the Japanese squad slammed four home runs en route to the victory, which propelled them into Sunday night’s final against Team USA, which the Americans won 7-3. Japanese hitters were able to take advantage of Canada’s pitching
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Team USA outfielder Haylie McCleney hits a home run.
staff, which – led by veteran Lauren Bay Regula and 21-year-old South Surrey native Sara Groenewegen – had been dominant for much of the week. Canada had relied almost solely on the pair throughout the week, especially after No. 3 pitcher Karissa Hovinga left the tournament Friday to attend her sister’s wedding in Nebraska. “We just ran out of pitching,” said Smith. “Wagon’s tank was empty.” After an initial 6-1 loss to Venezuela on July 18 in the first game of the championship round-robin, Canada rattled off five straight wins, including do-ordie victories against China, Mexico and Netherlands, largely on the strength of Bay Regula and Groenewegen. Against China Friday afternoon, Bay Regula got the start, striking out two and allowing two runs through three innings, before Groewenegen took over,
striking out eight in four frames. On Saturday, Groenewegen – the University of Minnesota’s top pitcher and a White Rock Renegades alum – tossed a gem against upstart Mexico, throwing a complete-game shutout. She then tossed an inning of relief later in the day, in the team’s 9-2 win over Netherlands. Against Japan, Groenewegen’s rise ball and screwball “didn’t have the jump that it had, the changeup wasn’t quite biting like it needed to,” said Smith. “Against lesser teams you can get away with that, but not against the Japanese. “We knew with Lauren we were going to get three or four quality innings out of her per outing. And then Hovinga had to leave. We spent a lot of pitches to get to this point. “And everybody knows how good (Japan) are. They capitalize on your mistakes.”
Groenewegen admitted Sunday that it had been a long week of pitching, but didn’t use it as an excuse for the semifinal loss. “We didn’t score more than one run… we can play way better. Japan came to play and we didn’t.” Canada’s lone run came in the second inning when North Delta’s Jen Yee – limited to designated-player duties for much of the week due to an injury – singled and later scored from third base on a passed ball. “You obviously don’t want to have your last game at world championships be like that,” said veteran shortstop Jenn Salling, a Port Coquitlam native. “We had some hits, had plenty of runners on base. The hitting was never really a problem. “Our pitchers threw so well for us all week, between Lauren and (Groenewegen). At some point you run out of gas a little bit. Like (Bay Regula) hasn’t thrown in eight years and she threw everyday here the last three days.” In the championship tilt Sunday evening, the U.S. – in front of 4,500 fans at Softball City – defeated Japan to reclaim the world title, having lost to the same team in the 2012 and ‘14 championship game. Prior to Japan’s backto-back titles, the U.S. squad had won seven straight world championships. American outfielders
Haylie McCleney and Michelle Moultrie each hit three-run homers to pace the U.S. attack, while four pitchers combined to shut down
the Japanese hitters. The next world championships are planned for Japan in 2018, with softball also expected back
in the Olympics for Tokyo 2020; a vote to reintroduce the sport is planned for August.
– Black Press
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