tee of. my daughter’s school, and a supporter of this
School’s hot lunch program, I know that there are
other ways of providing food. for hungry children
besides .using education dollars, At Kiti K’Shan
Primary the Parent. Advisory Committee puts on a
hot lunch every Monday — with extra being given to
those children who don’t have lunches. The school,
with the support of the parents,. encourages the
children to share any part of their lunch that they
would normally have thrown away. The extra food is
put on a tray in one of the classrooms, then those
children in need can help themselves to this food.
And. last, but not. least, the PA.C. members have
volunteered to send extra foodstuffs, to be kept in the
teachers’ lounge refrigerator, that can then be
distributed as necessary. These are just a few of the
a ways that the parents can take on the responsibility
oo ; _ of looking after lunches for hungry children. I have
oq - also heard that the community may be setting up a
“) soup kitchen in an area close to. the majority of
elementary schools so that these children will have
access to hot lunches, a

I believe that there is enough concern from
parent groups and the community that the use of
educational funds is unnecessary.

_ T hope that you will keep these points in mind, as

I am sure there are other people who feel as I do
(three mothers that I work with do), as you are
reviewing these items. ,

Valerie Preston,

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A SERIOUS PROBLEM...

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To the Editor;

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‘ears ago with no mention of sewage problems from
the government Lands Branch. Now I find there has -

AREAS UR Treaty ots

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years.
{: Accepting taxes on this land also means accept-
ing responsibility. The residents of this area should
be compensated for septic improvement costs that
could not have worked in this ground and reim-
bursed on the sewer part of taxes paid, since this. .
it problern was discovered some. 20 years ago.
ee :. This area houses low income people, families on
Es welfare, war veterans and fixed income families.

‘+ There are "green" groups of people out saving us:
ftom clear cut logging, saving owls.from extinction,
saving the people of the world from all kinds of

environment problems. Here we have raw sewage

pouring into one of the world’s most famous and

productive fishing rivers. Pes ar i
=: Let’s get serious about this,

Pa Enos Kyle, |
_ Terrace,

":1 Terrace Review — March 20, 1992

Terrace, .

_ catch and release on steelhead. Mr. B

. I bought this home on Bobsien Crescent five

béen a'govérnment cover-up of this sewer problem for . ”

. the fall. They are genetically

.. NO LAUGHING MATTER.
To the Editor; | DS ,
The Bobsien Crescent sewer problem a laughing
matter? This morning I was reading the correspon-
dence from a number of Bobsien residents when. I
. heard a radio announcer make light of the local
situation. A comment about the fresh spring aroma
of sewer, followed by the sound of a flushing toilet..
Humourous? I think not. In bad taste? You be. the
judge. — oe . ae
Well, he’s in good company. We've had one
prominent doctor say, "To alleviate the problem don’t
use the bathroom." This person never-had kids, I
guess. Another, the Minister of Municipal Affairs
_ Stated, "There are other good’ communities with the
same problems." Being north of Kamloops, are.we
considered bad communities? te
_ We are all trying through all avenues to fix. this
problem, for the betterment of our local neighbour-
hood as well as those downstream from us.
Ponder-that over your morning cup of coffee. -
. Jim Olson, Director,
Bobsien/Queensway
- . Action Group,
.. Terrace.

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CATCH, RELEASE...
AND CONSERVE
To the Editor; | nn

This letter is in response to Victor Bryant's letter
in the March 20 Terrace Review about the practice of
ryant is obvi-
stocks locally, ~‘
and the life cycles of salmonids. Jack springs, for
example, do not spawn again, they die‘too. Summer
run steelhead are not in their "last stages of ‘preg.
nancy", they stay in the river for almost ayear, and’
their egg skeins are undeveloped when they enter in
adapted to do this, and
this is one of the traits that make them special.
Steelhead are not "the fastest disappearing’ sal-
monid"; I think coho’ are leading the way in: that
-particular derby being conducted by DFO.,

He also states that it is difficult to know how
many steelhead return to spawn again. There is a lot
of data concerning this, and it is available in ‘many
‘places. This information is, obtained from "reading"
scales. Also, a steelhead does not have to be 20 or 30.

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_ ously very ignorant of the state of fish

' Pounds to be considered mature — I doubt'that even -
‘one percent of the Skeena steelhead’ reach the’
: 20-to-30-pound range, and these are not necessarily
" "'vepeat spawners. Size has more to do with genetic
'.; potential and length of saltwater resi

dency.
Perhaps Mr. Bryant's most ignorant statements

are those concerning the release of steelhead. If done
. with even a minimum of care, they are not. “belly up