Aé - The Terrace Standard, Wednesday, July 28, 1999 Think twice before shooting Ravens have their role here Dear Sir: I really hope this man is just voicing one opinion about his pet peeve, the beautiful and majestic raven (‘Man urges city to gun down ravens,’’ The Terrace Standard, July 14,1999), This story particularly of- fended my wife who is a member of the Raven Clan. Surely this man must have researched the native legends. Could anyone be that ig- norant in 1999 about their surroundings? Why does he think natives include the raven in their artwork, which, by the way, is world renowned because of the herilage and the story be- hind the art. I really think this man should think twice CORRESPONDENCE FOR THE TERRACE STANDARD The Mail Bag before shooting a raven. Secondly, ravens eat eggs, small birds, and carrion which may include your garbage. It is called the food chain. Get over it. L lived right in the middle of town on Lazelle and we had a few ravens hanging around. With our en- couragenient. Ravens and crows will not get into you garbage if there is nothing in there for them to eat. By the instinct placed wilhin them by God, they They're still a Dear sir: Regarding the problem of ravens, (The Terrace Stan- dard, July 14, 1999). Mr. David Hull of the city council thinks that natives still honour ravens as their ancestors..... [doubt that. My native relatives don’t. Most natives call them- selves Christian now, and do not belicve that prirai- tive, nice myth any longer. ‘We don’t want to push our beliefs down their throats and native Canadians should not force their religion through our throats either, Ravens are a nuisance ito us and to their fellow birds. I am glad that our natives don’t do to me what their so-called ancestors do to me and our property. They drop their dirty stool on me and Church among us all Dear Sir: It has been very encourag- ing to sce a number of pecple from different chur- ches in Terrace coming to- gether to pray and plan out- teach events, It appears as though the common ground of knowing Jesus Christ and 2 heart for sharing His love with the community is enough to set aside doctrinal differences. The community —- at — large must get quite con- fused at times trying to fig- ure out which church is right. There are, after all, so many of them, Here’s the thing: If you have accepted Christ and are folowing Him then you don’t go to church, You are the ‘church’ — the living, breathing body of Christ in Terrace. This makes things in- credibly exciting, especially when you get together with Christians from other denominations, So, way to go ‘church’. The community will finally see the reality of God’s love as we begin not only to speak of it but to live it. Rod Myers, Terrace, B.C. (received via ematt} rip open my garbage bags, looking for rotten food. We saw this egg stealing and nest destruction on Dis- covery Channel this weck, We do eat cows regardiess of the fact thal some lonely Canadian Hindu considers that beast holy. We Canadians in general are our cleaners of cock- toaches, termites, bac- lerium, rats, etc. The presence of these creatures is directly propor- tionate to our cleanliness. Has he ever heard of gar- bage cans? Our ravens used to come and call every morning and if T slept in, they would land in the cherry tree oulside my window and call me out. I found this to be such an amazing event I almost al- ways got up and fed them. pest do not believe in holy cows, neither do we believe in holy raveus, do we? By the way, these “ravens’’? might be crows tistcad, I cannot tell the dif- ference, but perhaps Mr. David Hull can. Bill Homburg, Terrace, B.C. Also, I've had as many as 20 crows in the yard ai the same time. Arc these the birds he wants to murder? There is an old male think) that perches around the library that my wife and 1 actually _ communicated with. If you have never tried, you will never know, He seemed to be talking to us so We tried. {0 mimic his sounds. This went on for 20 minutes and then we shared a bagel with him and went on our way. It was a profound and en- lightening experience. Is this the raven he wants to murder?, I wonder where such a person would stop if he had the authority. Pigeons also have droppings. Swallows have droppings. So do dogs. Cats have droppings and have been known to make noise in the middle of the night. People walking home from the bar have been known to make noise. 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