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by Carrie White &EJUPSJ t (PMEFO 5IJT 8FFL Kicking Horse Mountain Resort (KHMR) will open its Gondola doors early this year, with spring operations kicking off on May 30.

Matt Mosteller, senior VP of marketing and resort experience for KHMR, says it’s the first time the resort has been able to open this early – a testament to the hardworking staff that accomplished a lot despite the amount of snow still in the alpine. “It’s great from an operational standpoint, but more importantly, we wanted to really show that Golden has this incredible summer tourism opportunity,� says Mosteller. “It’s not just about Kicking Horse. It’s also about the whole the whole community and everything that is offerd here. Golden is the base camp for adventure.�

Mosteller explains that the KHMR team was able to get a few things ready early this year as part of their annual preparation for the summer season.

Notably, the company’s “largest employee� was part of that as Boo –and the crew - helped to get his enclosure ready for viewing.

On the mountain top, staff created small pathways through some very deep and windblown snow banks and worked to ensure the Eagles Eye restaurant is open and ready to serve guests. “It’s a spectacular transitional time,� says Mosteller of the mountain conditions. “It is so fresh at this time of the year and getting to see the changing of the seasons is pretty cool. On top of the mountain during bright sunny days it’s really spectacular to look all the peaks around you that have a little ice cream on top, while things are getting green on the bottom half of the mountain.�

Mosteller notes that this is a good time of the year to see wildlife around the resort, so visitors are encourage people to bring binoculars with them. “You can look out at the green areas in the alpine paths as they open up. It’s a great place to see a bear.�

Though it is still early in the season,

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“ ... we wanted to really show that Golden has this incredible summer tourism opportunity ...

It’s not just about Kicking Horse. It’s also about the whole the whole community and everything that is offered here.

Golden is the base camp for adventure.� “We are also starting construction of the Via Ferrata, a new attraction that will open this summer - one of just three in Canada,� says Mosteller. “I think it’s the perfect complement to the adventure offering not only to the mountain but he greater community. When you combine it with the ridgewalk, the mountain biking

and Boo, now you’ve got a package that offers more options when people come here to stay and play.�

The Via Ferrata has two levels and opens up a new opportunity for adventure at The Horse. According to KHMR, the European-style adventure, which translates to iron road, offers a fixed-route ascent with a series of cables, ladders and bridges. “This gives people the opportunity to really experience something that has only been available for a few,� says Mosteller. “This gives people the chance to experience mountain or rock climbing in a safe and secure mode.�

Mosteller says that the resort will offer tours with two levels of difficulty, after an initiation course that covers technique and safety measures, all before clipping in. The first will track an elevation gain of 70 metres, while the second has a more challenging gain of 100 metres. “Don’t limit yourself and think that you can’t do it,� Mosteller says to those that might be a bit intimidated by the climb. “You’d be blown away with what a person can really accomplish.�

KHMR is aiming for a July open of the feature and guests will need to pre book their timeslot. Various times will be offered each day. “We will have a very good ratio of guide to guest so that everyone gets a real ‘hands-on’ experience,� notes Mosteller.

Beginning this weekend, early season lift operation hours are 10 a.m. to 2:30 p.m., every day from May 30 to June 26.

Guests can visit boo, take a few short walks at the top and have lunch at the Eagle’s Eye. As the resort moves into regular summer operations on June 27, the hours will extend and more attractions will be accessible. “Before that time, we may open certain features earlier with more snowmelt and warm temperatures,� says Mosteller. “Keep an eye on the website for conditions and updates.�

Summer seasons passes are now available until June 28 and the early bird winter seasons pass sale runs until June 27. Visit kickinghorseresort.com for more information or call 1-866-SKI-KICK (7545425).

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Mountain Festival makes gains in second year

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by Carrie White &EJUPS t (PMEFO 5IJT 8FFL Summer kicked off in Golden with sunny skies, warm temperatures and the Golden Mountain Festival.

Held over the May long weekend, the festival’s theme - Adventurers of Yesterday and Today - featured three days of events.

Keynote presenter and National Geographic Adventurer of the Year Will Gadd hosted a session at the Dogtooth Climbing Gym and a multimedia presentation at the civic Centre.

According to a recent Tourism Golden release, local adventurers were also on hand to talk about what makes Golden special. “There is literally a lifetime of adventures here,� says Ty Mills of the Dogtooth Rangers, who live and play here. The trio spoke to guests on May 15 to kick off the festival.

“The 2014 festival was a good start and this year was even better,� says Joanne Sweeting, marketing manager for Tourism Golden. “After gathering some of the numbers from ticket sales and the data from visitor surveys, we know that for the main event on Saturday with adventurer Will Gadd, ticket sales were up by 30 per cent.�

because for success, Tourism Golden wants and needs the community to be engaged. This is turn offers an authentic experience for visitors. “The adventure cards with explorer stickers worked well in terms of connecting people with businesses,� says Sweeting, adding that the grand prize draw had over 80 entries at the close of the festival.

“After gathering some of the numbers from ticket sales and the data from visitor surveys, we know for the main event on Saturday with adventurer Will Gadd, ticket sales were up by 30 per cent� _ +PBOOF 4XFFUJOH .BSLFUJOH .BOBHFS 5PVSJTN (PMEFO Sweeting says 50 per cent of the people surveyed over the weekend were visitors to Golden. That’s great for the organization

Some businesses were reported to have been exceptionally busy with a few even running out of the explorer stickers.

“That shows that traffic was certainly driven to businesses,� she notes.

According to Tourism Golden, 57 local businesses joined together to participate in the adventure card incentive program, offering discounts and specials during the festival.

Final statistics from the Golden Mountain Festival have not all been complied, but Sweeting says that Tourism Golden has noted that of the visitors that came to town, 90 per cent stayed two nights or more.

Additionally, ATV tours, rafting and skydiving businesses saw an increase on Sunday bookings. The Get to Know Boor tours, created specifically for the festival, were also sold out by the afternoon on May 17.

Going forward, Sweeting says Tourism Golden will examine their data and discuss what went well, what they can build on and what needs to be removed or changed. “The festival is still in its infancy so it will evolve,� she says. “Once we complete the final report in June, we’ll have an initial meeting to discuss the 2016 and 2017 festivals. Very definitely, we know that having some kind of keynote, be it a presentation or a movie night on the Saturday, still remains a lynchpin because it has been very successful over the past two years.�

The Golden Mountain Festival was made possible with funding from Columbia Basin Trust.

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Another Successful Mountain Festival continued ... Continued from page 4 Photos by Bruno Long Skydivers coming in for a landing at the Golden Airport with Mount 7 in the background.

The Dogtooth Rangers - Ty Mills, Cody Lank, and Isaac Kamink.

Krista and the Krybabies put on a free concert at Golden, BC Visitors Centre.

Grand Prize winners from left: Boon Koay, Brandi Beliveau, Karen Cathcart (CSRD Area A director) Donna Mozell, Ron Oszust (Mayor of Golden).

Wildsight hosted a bird watching breakfast at the Reflection Lake Gazebo.

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The story of us Janet Crandall-Swaffield Publisher I am so pleased to have attended the first Bearers of Tradition home movie film release, a collection of video interviews put together, of local folks who have spent significant portions of their lives here in the area.

Sitting in the audience it occurred to me that I might be among the youngest in the crowd. Even so, I found myself quite interested in each story.

Capturing these candid moments on film is the beginning of what is no doubt an invaluable collection of who we are, who Golden is. There’s a long, rich history that makes up the chapters of ‘Once upon a time, in a little town in the mountains ...’ Duggan Braisher told i5IF NPTU JNQPSUBOU UIJOH JT UIBU ZPV HPU the story of how he got started in the business JU TUBSUFE w of land clearing and road building, working for the Wolfenden family, how he met his wife, and so on.

Joan Titus, who can grow almost any vegetable in Donald, shared some of her experiences, and Julia Cundliffe spoke of her early days in the newspaper business, which of course was of particular interest to me.

My dad talked about how he came with Grandma and Grandpa to the Columbia Valley to work in the forestry industry, after farming for years on the prairies.

Roy Nixon’s face lit right up when he spoke of becoming a mechanic. I can remember us picking up our vehicle at his shop on several occasion.

The list goes on, and I found myself feeling profoundly grateful to those who took the time to share their stories and memories. I’m sure they will be treasured by many in the years to come.

Golden is a collection of people from all walks of life. Many bring different cultural backgrounds and experience to the community. And when you make the choice to live here, be it for a season or a lifetime, this place can get its hook into you, into your heart.

Well done, Colleen Palumbo, and volunteers at the Museum who made this project come to life. While there are many more stories to be told, videos to be recorded, I think the most important thing is that you got it started. Now it will take on a lifetime of its own.

It is, simply put, the story of us.

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Just add water!

The Golden Municipal Pool and Gushers Spray Park opened last week - just in time for the early season warm temperatures that have hit the area. See more pics on page 21.

Photos by Carrie White

NOTICE: We wish to advise that TRU Hardware Golden will be CLOSED all day Sunday, June 7, 2015, for inventory.

We will be welcoming the new owner on June 8, 2015.

We thank all our loyal customers for their patronage over the last 32 years, as we look forward to our retirement in Golden. ~ John and Penny Shapperd

Golden

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Golden Cadets partner with IGA, BBQ

Left to Right: Corporal Cadet Casey Dixon, Officer Cadet Jay Williams, Cadet Shelby Brown, Nicole Fortin, secretary and volunteer and IGA co-owner and operator Cam Dawes.

by Carrie White &EJUPS t (PMEFO 5IJT 8FFL

Golden’s Cadets, who are very active in the community helping others to fundraise, partnered with IGA to hold its own fundraising barbecue on May 25.

Under sunny skies and soaring temperatures, the group served up beverages and tasty treats, raising $365 toward some new equipment. IGA’s Coowner and operator, Cam Dawes, helped by cooking up the goods on the grill.

Officer Cadet Jay Williams explained that the money would go toward new uniforms and training equipment like upgraded GPS

systems. It will help to provide more field training exercises.

“Cadets is free to join and is for youth ages 12 to 19,” explained OCdt Williams.

Picturered here In the photo (from left) are Corporal Cadet Casey Dixon, Officer Cadet Jay Williams, Cadet Shelby Brown, Nicole Fortin, secretary and volunteer and IGA co-owner and operator Cam Dawes.

“The money would go toward new uniforms and training equipment like upgraded GPS systems. It will help to provide more field training exercises.”

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Musings on conscious parenting

by Cat Gibbs Special to Golden This Week

“Children have more need of models than of critics” - Carolyn Coats, author “Do what I say, not what I do!” - most any parent I’m a parent (of two lovely girls) and, like most North American parents, I operate from a place of wanting to do what’s best for my children … and so it was a personal epiphany for me when I realized the double standard by which I was parenting. I was the embodiment of “Do what I say, not what I do!”

I’m not sure what brought this double standard to my attention. I noticed it first with the simplest of things, I realized I constantly, and really rather rudely, interrupted my children at play with their friends but then I was irritated, horrified and embarrassed when they interrupted me rudely in return! An important question to ask ourselves is, what unspoken

messages does a child receive when they are treated disrespectfully in return? When I manage to interact with my children respectfully, in the manner I would prefer to be treated myself, the unspoken messaging is completely different.

I think I can be very difficult for us as parents to notice the disrespectful nature of our interactions with our children. A very simple reason for this is we tend to treat our children the way we were treated as children ourselves (we did a fantastic job of internalizing our own parents’ behaviour towards us!) One tool I use to ensure my interactions with my children are respectul is to keep in mind how I would work through an issue or problem with a good friend or colleague. How would I approach a friend! What tone of voice would I use?

Would I expect my friend to do something simply because I asked? Would I ‘force’ them (overtly or covertly) to comply with my demands? What strategies would I employ instead of threats or coercion?

When folks ask why I don’t reprimand my children for various ‘less-thandesirable’ behaviours or force them to apologize, I always say, until I am

consistently modelling something better, who am I to criticize them? What I do manage to model for my children is the humility necessary to fully “own” my inappropriate or ‘less than beautiful’ behaviour and to apologize for this behaviour, especially when it has been hurtful. And so it was sweet and lovely to witness another first for my children

a couple of months ago - a genuine, child-initiated, heartfelt apology from one daughter to her sister for terribly hurting her feelings. My child was modelling my own more mature behaviour - a very satisfying and joyful moment for me.

Yours in peaceful parenting, Cat Gibbs

C.A.A.T.S.

Columbia Area “A” Television Society

Annual General MEETING Thursday, June 18, 2015 3:00 p.m. at College of the Rockies

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Rescue 120 officially introduced to Golden

Submitted by Town of Golden

On May 22, the Golden Fire Rescue Association officially unveiled its stateof-the-art, heavy duty, highway rescue truck – Rescue 120. Built by Hub Fire Apparatus out of Abbottsford, B.C., and funded by the BC Gaming Corp., the new truck is a fully customized, heavy road vehicle that will greatly assist Golden Fire Rescue as a first responder unit on the area highways.

Securing funding for the rescue vehicle was a high-priority project for former Fire Chief Ken McClure.

The Golden Fire Rescue Association received the truck received in January and named it Rescue 120 - in honour of McClure.

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Eat Pure - “The Mighty Rhubarb�

It’s rhubarb season! What will you make first?

by Nicole Du Vent, Eat Pure Mountain Market Special to Golden This Week

Rhubarb season marks a distinct time for me.

While those of you with greenhouses may have already been enjoying fresh greens for some time or perhaps you’ve been out foraging for morels, for many, Rhubarb may be the first produce of the season.

It also marks the start of putting food away for winter. Whether it’s making jam, chutney or freezing, all of a sudden I am reminded that soon enough I will have overflowing bowls of cucumbers begging to be pickled, raspberries in need of daily

picking and base ball bat size zucchinis taking up my counter space!

I always think that the biggest gardening hurdle is getting it all planted and forget that later in the summer what looked like a few tiny rows of plants have ballooned into a screaming jungle begging for attention.

But let’s step back and remember that right now, here stands the mighty rhubarb, the taste of early summer. Let’s rejoice in the fact that we don’t have to start it in March and baby it along until we can finally plant it out. Rhubarb just comes up on its own year after year offering us its unique bitter sweet taste and begging to be dipped in sugar.

This year, why not try something new like a Spicy Rhubarb Chutney or perhaps this lovely Rhubarb Vinaigrette.

All hail the mighty rhubarb!

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Photo by Anna Schacher

Dancers and parents, family members and friends gathered at the Rec Plex this past weekend for Stage’s School of Dance year end recital. A proud moment for all.

Photos by Kat Hadford Photography and Anna Schacher

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Kids camp to foster love for local environment

by Carrie White &EJUPS t (PMEFO 5IJT 8FFL

Young Goldenites are being encouraged to Get Wild this summer.

From July 6 to Aug. 14, Carmen Dolinsky and Jayden Gross, camp coordinators for Wildsight Golden, will host the GET WILD! Summer fun day camp for children ages six to 12. The camp will operate from Monday to Friday, 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. and promises a variety of outdoor fun for local youngsters. “Wildsight has never had a summer camp before and the opportunity came about because the Golden Community Resource Centre isn’t able to run their program this year,� explains Dolinsky.

“We want to get kids to love and want to go out and explore their local environment ...

In Golden we are surrounded by the most amazing environment – the Columbia Wetlands, the Alpine regions and there so much forest to be explored.� “I was told about this and I jumped on the bandwagon, realizing that this is something I can do. I also have this amazing friend and we used to be counsellors together at the Blue Lake camp a really fantastic outdoors camp.�

Dolinsky explains that the Golden Arena Lounge will serve as a meeting place for the camp, but the counsellors intend to take the kids outside every day rain or shine. “We want to get kids to love and want to go out and explore their local

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Dolinsky says the counsellors hope to be able to work with the Golden Sprouts, another Wildsight initiative, helping with gardening twice a week. As well, they have planned a host of outdoor games, hiking, volunteer art projects and bird watching.

Once a week, they also hope to do an “out trip,� whether it is a visit to see Boo at Kicking Horse, an Alpine hike or even a trip to the Wolf Centre.

For Dolinsky and Gross, the chance to run the camp is a challenge they are both

excited about. “We are both studying environmental sciences and geography and Jayden is also studying creative arts,� notes Dolinsky. “This is a huge step into our future as well because we wanted to create our own programming; we’ll be working on our leadership skills and also teaching what we have learned in university. We love to inspire kids and we think this is going to be very positive for young Goldenites.�

Gross and Dolinsky both have wilderness first responder and lifeguarding training, with Gross also having his Occupational First Aid Level 3 certification. “So we are both capable of keeping the kids safe,� says Dolinsky.

On June 17, Dolinsky will hold a registration/playtime session from 12 p.m. to 6 p.m. at the Golden Farmers Market. “This is the last chance to take advantage of early bird registration rates.

We will have paints and a banner for kids to paint the GET WILD! flag,� she says.

Camp rates are $189 per week with early sign up (before June 17). For more information on rates and registration visit wildsight.ca or contact Carmen Dolinsky at getwildcamp@gmail.com Wildsight Golden is also organizing a camper subsidy program. If you want to send a child to camp and aspire to become a donor please contact getwildcamp@gmail.com.

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Looking at wild plants with new perspective

by Carrie White &EJUPS t (PMEFO 5IJT 8FFL

One person’s dandelion may be another person’s dessert.

On May 23, Wildsight and the MÊtis Nation Columbia River Society (MNCRS) partnered to share that concept with locals and visitors – walking around the area to find Golden’s edible and medicinal plants.

The joint effort of the two groups, Wild Foods and Medicines: A Harvest and Preparation Workshop, brought environmental educator and expert wild crafter Shanoon Leigh of Nelson, B.C. to town to share her expertise and show participants how to incorporate wild plants into a meal.

“Before embarking on the walk we took a moment to acknowledge the Ktunaxa UFSSJUPSZ 5IJT JT B NPNFOU of respect and good intent for the Ktunaxa, ourselves and the space we are working in.� “The sites we visited are in the territory the Ktunaxa people have historically and continually called home,� explains Kelly Mason, president of MNCRS. “Before embarking on the walk we took a moment to acknowledge the Ktunaxa territory. This is a moment of respect and good intent for the Ktunaxa, ourselves and the space we are working in.�

Mason says the group was diverse, with a variety of knowledge and experience around each species. “It was plenty to absorb,� says Mason. “Many species were introduced from where Shanoon stood; in fact we reviewed several small areas without having to leave the trail. She also brought to our attention ... Continued on page 16

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Mason says it was great for the MNCRS to collaborate with Wildsight.

“I went walking Sunday morning and found myself looking along the trail with a new set of eyes ...

On Friday, the bushes on either side of the trail were simply ‘underbrush.’

Yesterday I saw dinner.”

“They were a tremendous resource.

Natasha was great to partner with and very sensitive towards care and consideration regarding our impact in the field. We would look forward to aligning with Wildsight again to deliver another event like this in the future.”

At the close of the workshop, the group enjoyed dishes like spring floral salad, wild herb casserole, shoots and roots stir fry and dandelion flower fritters.

“These wild plants combined with simple healthy ingredients - generously donated by Overwaitea Foods - came together in a delicious way,” says Mason.

“I know we all felt fortunate to be learning together in nature and the place we call home.”

Participant Randi Bolton says the day was fun, informative and delicious.

“I went walking Sunday morning and found myself looking along the trail with a new set of eyes,” she says. “On Friday, the bushes on either side of the trail were simply ‘underbrush.’ Yesterday I saw dinner.”

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Where are they now? Big Bill Dhami

by Duane Crandall Special to Golden This Week

His steps are slower now.

And so they should be.

If we were counting, there would have been millions of them.

And, at age 97, in the sunset years of a very active life, the steps are still coming.

It’s also good that Bill Dhami, or ‘Big Bill’ as he has been known for decades in Golden, can look back over many of those steps and appreciate a life filled with challenges and challenges met.

So the question ‘Where are they now?’ has a good answer in the story of Bill Dhami. He is very much right here in Golden. In Bill’s case the question only fits when it is asked in the small village of Dhak Mazara in the Province of Punjab in northern India, only 70 km from the Pakistan border.

It would seem that when Bill was born in 1917 the furthest thing from most parents minds would have been that their child would live most of their life on the opposite side of the world. Surely most parents there would have expected that their son’s future would be in India, without too much reason for dreams beyond there. Yet Bill’s father set the pattern for a life which would do that very thing.

In the late 1800‘s and early 1900‘s India was, like much of the rest of the world, very undeveloped. While many in Western Canada were living in log houses, people in the Punjab were living in houses with mud/clay floors and walls with bamboo roofs held in place with wooden joists. Since the climate was very warm there was no need for heating systems.

The homes had doors and windows, but were not as tightly sealed as Canadian homes with the result that mice and, occasionally, snakes could find their way inside. Bill’s father was a farmer as were his grandfather and great-grandfather before them. They grew mostly wheat, rice and sugar cane and threshed the wheat by having the livestock walk on it and then throwing it up in the air by hand so the wind could blow the chaff away.

The Dhami farm - compared to others

Gurdal Singh Dhami, affectionately known as Big Bill. owned by people in the village of about fifteen hundred - was rather large and successful. Bill’s grandfather built the first brick house in their village in 1921. The Dhamis were called ‘the people with the brick house’ by others in the village. So it would seem that the family was doing well, with little need for change.

But everything changed for the Dhami family in 1906.

Bill’s father, Basanta Dhami, came to Canada.

He settled in Vancouver and worked for

the railway and in sawmills. He had come alone since he could only afford passage for himself and then from his wages he sent money home to his family. That first visit lasted seven years. He returned to India in 1913, just before the beginning of World War I. Bill was born a few years later, in 1917.

His early years were spent at the family home in the village but at the age of four, in 1921, his father returned to Canada for a second time. Bill wouldn’t see his dad again until he made his own trip to Canada

and stepped off the boat in Vancouver in 1934.

Bill’s trip to Canada had been an interesting one. First, his father, even though he was in Canada, told Bill to stay home. The depression was in its worst years at the time and he was afraid that Bill would have trouble getting work. But Bill wanted to come anyway, and he had an ally at home, his grandfather, his father’s dad. His grandfather probably thought that Bill had made up his mind so he might as well support the idea. So in 1934 Bill saved his money, got a passport and headed for Canada. The first leg of the trip was from Dhak Mazara to Bombay (now called Mumbai) on the west coast of India. As he left the village he didn’t look back. He was afraid that if he did, he might not want to leave. But he stayed on the train and in Bombay he boarded a boat on its way to Hong Kong. It was no cruise ship, in fact it wasn’t even a passenger ship. Instead it was a freighter. A slow freighter. It took two months to get to Canada, on two boats.

The first boat went as far as Hong Kong, the second to Vancouver.

Others making the same trip coached Bill in preparing for the trip. The ship, for example, had no passenger eating facilities, so Bill and the others had to bring their own food, enough to last for two months, and then had to do their own cooking. Then when the ship docked in Vancouver Bill was met by a friend who had gone to Canada a little earlier. The friend also brought an older man with him who Bill didn’t recognize. It was his father.

The Canada that Bill came to in 1934, however, was not the land of milk and honey that Bill hoped it would be when he left the Punjab. His father had been largely correct in that Canada wasn’t very prosperous at the time. In fact, his dad decided to leave Canada himself to return to India, leaving Bill alone in B.C. Bill took what jobs he could find, many times only earning 25 cents a day, and eventually followed his father back to India in 1940.

Before he left B.C. though, even though the depression had been hard and wages were low, Bill bought a house in North ... Continued on page 18

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Golden’s people continued - Big Bill Dhami ... from farmer to millworker to businessman ... Continued from page 17 Vancouver, a house that he still owns today, seventy-five years later.

He spent the next seven years in India, but with the end of World War II and the Canadian economy picking up, Bill returned to North Vancouver in 1947 and found work in a sawmill there and in Port Alberni. He stayed at the coast until 1957 when he came to work in the sawmill in Donald.

During the years of Bill’s return to India, from 1940 to 1947, he spent his time doing something you would not expect to find in this story. The story should read that he went back there and worked from morning till night on the farm, probably seven days a week. But that was not the case.

In addition to what you have already read about Bill, he was also a wrestler. And he spent most of those seven years back in India wrestling at the amateur level, and staying in shape to wrestle. He did well at the sport in India and when he returned to Canada in 1947 he was both in good shape and experienced and he became the B.C. Champion in his weight class in amateur wrestling in 1958.

Bill’s arrival in Donald in 1957 was not the first time that folk of East Indian descent had lived in Golden. The first East Indians arrived here in 1890 to work at the CRL mill in Golden, but when the forest fire of 1926 destroyed all of the timber on the west bench and the mill went out of business all the East Indian people left to find work in other places.

Bill’s work in Donald had another dimension to it besides handling lumber and machines. Manpower, in those years, was often hard to come by for a sawmill in a small town in a rather isolated location in the B.C. interior. Bill therefore took on the task of recruiting young East Indian labourers to come to Golden and he contracted their services to the sawmill while also helping them make all the adjustments for life in Canada. In addition to being their employer, Bill was also

Pictured here with his great-grandchildren. Left to right: Meva, Simran, Big Bill, and Harneet Dhami. their interpreter, housing coordinator, and medical, legal and personal advisor and provided every other sort of assistance they needed. That worked well for several months until the mill went broke and shut down. That, however, left Bill in a bad spot. He didn’t get paid, since the mill was broke, but he still owed his men for the wages they had earned.

And here, perhaps, is the measure of the man.

While many would have faced the daunting challenge that it was in some other way, Bill returned to Vancouver and

worked two jobs to provide his own living and to pay the men the wages that they had earned in Donald. He drove truck on day shift and worked in the mill on afternoon shift. He paid the men all they had earned in Donald.

Bill stayed in Vancouver until 1963 when he went back to India to arrange marriages for his children, and following that he returned to B.C., this time also arranging for his wife to come to Canada, which she did the next year.

Bill and his wife, Swaran, had been married in 1942. An earlier marriage of

Bill’s had not been successful, but Swaran and Bill started their life together in the Punjab, and while there were some long stretches of absence from each other with Bill in Canada, it was a marriage that would last 69 years, until Swaran passed away in 2011. They were together for the first five years until Bill returned to Canada in 1947. By that time Mohan had been born in 1945 and his sister, Balbir, in 1946 and Bill was concerned about their future.

That was the beginning of a long stretch ... Continued on page 19

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Where are they now? Golden’s people continued ... ... Continued from page 18 of absence. Sixteen years. Bill didn’t see his wife and the children again until that visit home in 1963. When he returned to Canada in 1964 Swaran came with him.

Their home was in Donald and Swaran became the first woman to work for the mill in Donald. She cooked for the work crews and also did cleaning work at night.

Bill was always concerned about the East Indian community members becoming part of the Canadian way of doing things and to encourage his own family in that regard he insisted that his wife wear Canadian clothes. So there were no saris for Swaran for several years, at least in public. Bill fully believed that life in Canada was good and he did all he could to make it work for his family.

The sacrifices in terms of being Pictured left: A younger Bill Dhami. Right: Taking a break in Donald. Left to right: Mohan Dhami, Gurdal Rai, and Big Bill away from each other were typical Dhami. of many immigrants to Canada from any one of them needed him. There was people in Golden. Among them are Davin way they are here. Public health systems Asian countries. Men coming first was a strong sense of family in the East Indian and Davene Dunn. “I got to know Bill right are more advanced in Canada. Things not unheard of in the case of European community in those early days of settling when I first came to Golden in 1967,” such as the water and sewage systems immigrants, but those absences were not in Canada and Bill Dhami was, to a very said Davene. “He helped me make my here provide good water. In India, even usually as long. Immigrants from India, great extent, the patriarch of the group. first real estate sale, and when I was a today, sewage systems are not developed however, and China as well, often endured And the community grew. At the time of notary public he often brought his people to a point where water sources are long periods of time separated from their to get assistance with their business and protected. You don’t value clean water families. It seems to have been the pattern the opening of the Sikh Temple in Golden immigration affairs. He has always been until you don’t have it. And when you need by which most families immigrated and, as in 1982 there were eighty East Indian families in the area, most or all of whom very honest and caring. For us, Bill is part medical treatment, the medical system in Bill’s case, many parents were not able were nurtured into their Canadian lives by of our family and we are part of his.” is better here than it is in India. Personal to watch their children grow up.

‘Big Bill.’

So Bill is now 97 years old, 73 years of safety is also much better in Canada. In When Bill returned to Canada after his So where are Bill’s family members which have been spent in Canada, most of India, if someone is hurt in a car accident 1963 visit back to India, work opportunities today? Sadly, some have now passed those years in Donald and Golden. In all of nobody wants to stop and help them in Golden called again. By this time Dick away. Swaran died here in Golden in 2011. those years, remembering the times spent for fear of being blamed for causing the Gondek was running the Selkirk Spruce His daughter, Balbir, passed away in 2009. in his homeland of Punjab Province, did he accident. There is still a lot of corruption in sawmill in Donald and needed men.

And his daughter-in-law, Mohan’s first ever think about returning to stay? At times government services and law enforcement Previous members of the East Indian wife, died in 2007. One son, Tarlochan, he did. But he came and stayed because there. The Canadian road and highway community had left after the bankruptcy whose mother was Bill’s first wife, is retired he always believed that it would be best networks are also much better in Canada of the Donald mill in 1957. So Bill decided and lives in Squamish. Mohan and his for his family. He seemed to always have a than they are in India. It can be very to take another chance on Golden and he second wife, Gurtej, live with Bill in Golden. mental focus that said that life in Canada difficult driving on Indian roads.” returned, again to the role of contracting Mohan has three children. His daughter, was best.

And so it would seem that those men to work in the mill. Bill again assisted So the question can now be asked decisions to come to Canada in 1934 and in bringing people from India and providing Kulvinder, lives in Calgary where she is a school administrator. His son, Mike, lives ‘How has it worked out?’ Mike Dhami, return in 1947, and the long absences the assistance they would need when in Golden and manages the Ramada Inn, Bill’s grandson, himself born in India and from his family, were for the best. His they arrived. In many cases new arrivals which the family owns, and his former raised there until he was thirteen years family is here, none have returned to India. were put up in Bill’s home for days and hockey-playing son, Jora, is an accountant old, believes Bill’s decision was a good He is called ‘Big Bill.’ And while he is weeks. It was a business relationship, in Vancouver. one. Mike is glad to be in Canada. And a large man physically, he is not nearly but in a sense, it was more than that. Bill With Bill assisting much of the East why? Is it only because of employment and as large as the legacy he has created, a had an expression that he used a lot when Indian community in Golden throughout business opportunities? blending of two cultures, two peoples, and referring to the men he brought from India those many years he has also become “There are opportunities in India too,” two countries, all of which are a long way and helped settle in Canada. ‘My boys,’ he very well known to, and occasionally a Mike says, “but the overall infrastructure from a little village called Dhak Mazara in called them, and indeed, ‘my boys’ they business partner of many of the Canadian and security systems are not in place the India’s Punjab Province. were for Bill was always there whenever

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Why is your WHY so important? front of you, will keep you motivated to continue doing what you need to do, even when you face obstacles.

“Make your WHY bigger than your fears.”

by Julie-Anne Pearson Special to Golden This Week

One of the first things you should do if you want to succeed in network marketing is clarify the reasons WHY you want to own your business. Your “why,” when kept in

Why do you want to run your own business? What motivates you? Who are you doing this for? These are all things you should keep in mind as you set goals.

But why is this all so important?

The business of network marketing is simple. We share our favorite products with people, and we teach others to do the same. Have you ever recommended a movie to a friend? If your answer is yes, then you’ve already done what we do! But what would happen if you asked all of your friends to go with you to that movie, and

they all said no?

Unless you like going to the movies alone, you’d have two choices; give up your hope of ever seeing the movie, or find some new friends who will go with you.

Nobody likes rejection, but the people at the top of this industry realize that rejection isn’t personal. In keeping with the movie analogy, perhaps you love movies about true crime, but your friends only like comedies. The rejection wasn’t personal; it was simply a matter of preference. In network marketing, rejection comes with the territory. It’s also the number one reason people quit in their first three months. How do you beat those odds?

Make your “WHY” bigger than your fears.

I was once with a group of consultants who took part in a brainstorming session.

We were each asked to list 21 reasons why we wanted to run our businesses. It surprised me to realize that our first eight items were almost all the same. The more

reasons we listed, however, the more meaningful they seemed to become. Get there. List as many things as you can, and you will find the ones that tug at your heartstrings.

Make a dream board. Clip out pictures of things that inspire you and paste them on. Post sticky notes all over your house, in your car, anywhere you spend time. Keep your “why” close to you at all times.

If your desire is strong enough, it will give you the strength to push through your fears. Are you courageous enough to meet new people? It might be uncomfortable…

Are you ready to push your limits, stretch beyond your comfort zone? Remind yourself why you want to do it!

We, in network marketing, have many different reasons why we do the business.

We understand that it is a brilliant business model. We know that if we are willing to do the work, it’s the perfect vehicle to get us from where we are now to the “why” on our own list. Remember your “WHY!”

A piece of history - The first Golden hospital

The attached photo shows the Golden Hospitals. The building to the left is the original hospital, built in 1893. It contained 9 beds, an operating theatre, kitchen and bathrooms.

After a few years it was determined that the hospital was not big enough to serve the needs of the community and a second building was built which is visible to the right. It became

the maternity or womens hospital while the first was used for male patients. Eventually the first building was taken down and the second became the general hospital. ~ Golden Museum

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Making a splash

Some of Golden’s youngest residents took to the spray park on May 27 to beat the heat. Gushers Spray Park is open every day until about 8:30 p.m. and is a great place for families to play together. Photos by Carrie White

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by Janet Crandall-Swaffield 1VCMJTIFS t (PMEFO 5IJT 8FFL Simpkins & Co. Ltd, a high quality confectionery manufacturer based in Sheffield, England, began producing in 1921, when founder Albert Leslie (A.L.) Simpkin returned from the Great War (WWI) due to injuries.

As part of his medical treatment, Simpkin was given liquid glucose to recover from his wounds. Upon discovering that it was not generally available in solid form, he created a product suitable especially for travelling, and he set about to produce something for the marketplace.

Comprised of the highest quality, natural ingredients, he targeted a niche market, selling his products through ‘dispensing chemists,’ the pharmacies of the day. The distribution choice was brilliant in that the sweets contained Barley Sugar Drops, proven to alleviate the symptoms of travel sickness, hence the term travel sweets, and went hand in hand with pharmacy distribution. Due to the association with travel, the sweets became popular in other parts of Europe as well.

“Simpkins sweets were one of the first English confectionery products to be sold in Japan, aided by the fact that the product already used natural colours and flavours, thus conforming to the strict Japanese regulations. “ Initially sold to drug stores in large jars, Simpkin changed up the packaging presentation to an airtight 8 oz. tin to extend the shelf life. Due to the high fruit juice content, the sweets would become sticky when exposed to moisture. The addition of white powder was added to combat the stickiness as well. Some experimenting with different tins led him to a seamless, completely airtight tin in the 1950s, which would keep the sweets fresh for years. This specific usage of the tins

would become something of a trademark for the company.

Simpkins sweets were one of the first English confectionery products to be sold in Japan, aided by the fact that the product already used natural colours and flavours, thus conforming to the strict Japanese regulations. The Japanese consumer also loved the tin itself, and it became

something of a status symbol, despite it’s affordable price, popular especially with the younger generation.

Simpkin had three sons, Neville, Brian and John, who all joined the firm. John ultimately took control in 2002, and the company passed to his two children, Adrian and Karen Simpkin, who operate the company as joint Managing Directors.

Today, Simpkins produces 80 types of sweets, and exports to more than 50 countries. With automated production, 35,000 tins a day are produced. The sweets are available in specialty stores worldwide. It is also important to note that the entire line of Simpkins Travel Sweets are gluten free.

Learn more at www.alsimpkin.com

Thrills Gum, a Canadian original “It still tastes like soap!”

Thrills Gum is an original Canadian brand created by the O-Pee-Chee company of London, Ontario. It was subsequently purchased by Nestle, and marketed under the Willy Wonka brand. Well known for its purple colour and grainy texture, but more for its soap-like taste, due to the distinctive “rosewater” flavouring. Rosewater is often used (sparingly) in cooking in many cultures worldwide, but is most commonly used in, you guessed it, soap.

Some say it is thought to have been a gag at first, based loosely on the idea of ‘washing one’s mouth out with soap’, when it become a surprise hit. Something like Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles I suppose. Beyond that, it was picked up

by Nestle to compete with the popular

Cadbury Adams product, Chiclets.

According to wikipedia, Thrills gum was a “staple of the ‘penny candy’ business of corner grocery stores in Canada.”

Produced at first in the 70s, production ceased in the mid- to late-80s due to a decrease in popularity. I guess no one was ‘thrilled’ (couldn’t resist). Concord Confections (Tootsie) then purchased the rights to Thrills and started producing it again at a Canadian location with updated packaging bearing the statement “it still tastes like soap!” At some point production was relocated, it is currently manufactured in a peanut-free facility in Spain and imported into Canada.

Despite the enduring controversy over the taste, you either love it or hate it, it is a popular product, widely requested.

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