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Sikh duty

acism is an ugly word that should have
ne place in the vocabulary of our
multicultural nation. But Wednes-
day’s ugly, violent scenes in the British Pro-
perties certainly did nothing to help banish it.

The outrage of B.C.’s Sikh community
over the recent killing of their co-religionists
in the Punjab by Indian troops is well
understood by other Canadians, many of
whom share their feelings. But this cannot
possibly excuse the action of the tiny group
of Sikh hotheads who turned a quiet residen-
tial avenue into a battlefield, fought with
police, invaded private property, smashed a
car’s windows and terrorized neighbors.

The fact that Sikhs here and in India bit-
terly oppose the present policies of the In-
dian government, whose consul general was
the target of the latest violence, is totally ir-
relevant. This country does not tolerate such
conduct by ANYONE, regardless of color,
creed or origin.

Aside from that, many Sikhs who have
lived in B.C. for years are Canadian citizens
who've freely chosen Canada as their home.
No matter how strong their emotional ties
with their Punjab birthplace remain, their
first duty now is to behave as all other law-
abiding Canadians are required to behave.

We believe the vast majority of B.C. Sikhs
recognize this duty. Hopefully they will
strive to impress it upon the extremist minor-
ity in their midst whose dangerous and
destructive law-breaking activities could, if
unchecked, invite a racist backlash against
their community as a whole.

Punishment?

he government’s belated indication that

it plans at long last to intervene in the

transit strike and the suggestion that the
buses could be running again this week as a
result will hardly endear Victoria to the vic-
tims of the nine-week stoppage. If it’s THAT
easy, after all, to get things moving again, the
,obvious question is why it wasn’t done at least
a month ago. Could it be the Socred way of
punishing all those naughty NDP voters in
Vancouver and Victoria, regardless of who
else got hurt?

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THE
as a political art form. The
setting on this muggy Thurs-

“COFFEE PARTY"

day evening is an elegant
waterfront Horseshoe Bay
home with a picture postcard
view of Bowen and the pass-
ing Nanaimo ferries.

Campaign ladies wearing
straw boaters bedecked with
candidate buttons greet
guests at a card table outside
the front door. Sign the
visitors’ book, please, not
forgetting address and phone
number. Here’s your stick-
on name label. A white wine
materializes in your hand.
Mouthwatering finger foods
beckon as you pass through
the dining room to the cool
of the patio and your fellow
voters.

The candidate circulates
from group to group. An
hour of socializing, sipping
and canapes until the
homeowner-host summons
the company, by now nearly
40, indoors to living room
chairs and sofas.

Bnef words of introduc-
tion, then the candidate
takes over. The message,
smooth and confident from
long practice, brms with
sincerity -- personal ties with
the community, a_ child’s
primer of the party plat-
form, vows of dedicated ser-
vice to constituents. And
now, please, your questions.

Polite applause, warmed
by several ounces of
Kelowna’s better vintages
The questions are triendly
and intelligent, with no hint
of heckling (this 1s, after all,
West Vancouver, where poh
uucs and good manners still
co-exist)

bo ee

sunday brunch

by Noel Wright

JIM FINLAY, NORM McPHERSON ...

new engineer

one of the most efficient of
all campaign tools. It can
take three hours or more of
house-to-house canvassing to
talk for a mere three or four
minutes apiece to 40 voters,
many not be in the mood for
a doorstep chat. In a private
home the same number can
be charmed and given the
full 30-minute story in less
than two hours. Personal in-
vitations and the glow of
hospitality guarantee a
receptive mood. Time and
footleather are saved. Rain,
snubs and nasty dogs are
avoided. And the captive
audience will be telling their
pals for days to come about
the nice evening they spent
with candidate X at Tom
and Margaret's

Meanwhile,
voter stall
agony of

if you’re a
suffering the
indecision, get

yourself invited to a ‘‘coffee

NATHALY HELIMANS with Rotary counsellor tric Small
North Van memorics among the tulips

Finally thanks from

everyone to cvcryone else On
that happy note Capilano

Posy hopetul Mary C offfinms

winds up ber 22nd coffec
party > tn five weeks with
another cight of amore te
come by polling day

September 4. Somewhere in
the hitehen the neglected cof
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other candidiastes arc patching
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FOLKTALES Crotooany
ideas about peace a hot

Clection Cops

since =o bona
Campagnolo got caunous
Joho Turner all upught by
embracing a nucicar freeze”
HWfooso. call Teresa McGee

(ORS 3263). secretary of the

North Van Catirens fon
Peace who will grill can
didates on the issuc alia
special meeting Tuesday

a busy year in North Van is
Nathaly Heijmans who at-
tended Carson Graham as an
exchange student sponsored
by North Shore Rotary
Clubs ... Still with Rotary, a
salute to B.C. Rail veepee
Norman MePherson, install-
ed as 1984 president of the
North Van club in succession
to Jim Finlay ... Catching up
on some of this year’s top
grads, congrats to West Van
Secondary’s Farhang and
Firouzeh Rabbani, winners
of $10,000 UBC entrance
scholarships (Farhang also
won the Governor General’s
Bronze Medal); likewise to
Sara Fumagalli (WV Teach-
ers Assn. scholarship), Brent
Mawdsley (WV Rotary Club
award) and Pippa Williams
(music award). Stay tuned
for others Off with his
family to Bloomington,
where he’ll study at the Uni-
versity of Indiana music
faculty, is 12-year-old North
Van violin prodigy Corey
Cerovsek who’s won musical

GRADS WITH A PLUS ... Pippa Williams, Sara Fumagalli,
Firouzeh and Farhang Rabbani, Brent Mawdsley.

(Aug.2!), 8 pm at St An
drew’s) Church, 1044 St
George's .. Eighteen happy
North Shore residents start
new jobs this week at the
latest 7-Eleven stores open

ing in North Van (2930
Lonsdale) and West Van
(1395S) Marine) Respective

managers are North Van's
Maureen MacDonald = and
Dave Hare whose family has
lived in West Van for over
20 years Proud reciptents
of Canada Cords, top award
in the Girl Csuide world, arc
ist Crown Pathfinder sisters
Tami and Christina Redi ...
Back home in Holland after

competition and recital
honors galore as well as be
ing a math, science and
computer whiz. Often ac
companying him is - sister
Kaqja, 14. herself a piano
competiton medallist Fi
nally, don't forget the blood
donor clinica at Lions Gate
Hospital tomorrow (Mon
day) 10 to 4 and Tuesday 2
to &

2 *

WRIGHT OR WRONG,
There are only two kinds of
secret -- those too good to
keep and those not worth
keeping anyway

ALL ROUND CORDS for proud ist Crown Guides

(front cow) Lana Rose,
Elizabeth Nolan,

Claire Spofforth;
Tanya Supruntuk, Julia Webster.

(second row)
Also

Cord winners bat missing from the picture were Colleen
( aldwell and Sherri MacPherson