Sal 13 ALFREDA PRICE points to where u Al2-The Terrace Standard, Wednesday, June 19, 2002.‘ e ee i aie ph ie nknown thieves on June 12 ripped a shrub from the ground in front of the new Sears location on Kalum St. Plant pilferers on rampage GARDEN THIEVES have struck again. This time they dug up and stole three. newly planted shrubs from: land- scaped beds in front of the new Sears building. on Kalum St..on the night of june 12. Alfreda Price and her husband - who own the property and -have just spent money landscaping it—are furious, “It’s really upsetting,” Price said. “The city wants: ’ you to improve your prop- erty to make. it look nice and then we get vandals.” She said she will offer a reward © for ‘information leading to the perpetrator, Few bears BEAR complaints in the Terrace area are down this year over last. Officials at the conser- vation officer service said there have been only two complaints about bears in Terrace this year com- pared to seven at the same time last year. Senior conservation of- ficer for this area Martin Melderis says motorists should be cautious when travelling on highway cor- tidors because bears may frequent those areas. Highway .37 between Terrace and Kitimat in particular may see in- creased bear activity al this time:of the year. “It’s really important al this time of year that bears don’t get access to non-na- tural food sources,” Mel- deris said.” People should keep garbage in a shed or gar- age until the morning of garbage day and reduce smelly, . bear-attracting compost contents to avoid attracting: the bruins. If bears don't find unna- tural food sources they'll continue on to feed natur- ally, Meideris added. Spring is also the time of year to prune back fruit trees, \ Reduce Garbage! - Becomea’ - GREEN — SHOPPER! Visit PITCH-IN CANADA’S Resource Library to tind out how! www.pitch-In.ca : or is willing to waive pro- secution if the offenders simply return the plants. Janet Haw is devastated after a decorative wooden windmill planter was sto- len. from her Sparks: St yard the night of June 11. “It's not worth a lot of money,” she said of the three foot long, two foot tall planter. ‘But it has special senti- mental value because il was passed down from her grandmother to her mother and finally to her. Both her mother and grandmother have since passed away. She ‘also said she just wants the windmill planter back and is hoping the culprits will return it. Plant pilferers also dug up most of the bedding plants from landscaped beds next to the Terrace Inn Friday, June 7. “The people who were in the bar that evening had plants decorating their ve- hicles when they came out,” said Cnst. Jeannette Beauregard. In another incident of plant thievery, police are still looking for a woman who witnesses say stole a maple tree in broad day- light from the Grand Trunk Pathway May 25. The one-year old tree is worth $300 police said. raiding town so far “As the fruit ripens the bears will climb the trees and break the branches,” Melderis said. “If they are not going to use the fruit at all they should cansider removing the trees,” If pecple do see a bear poking around their garb- age Melderis says people should do what they need to to chase the bear away so it doesn’t get accus- tomed to humans. “We'll continue to re- spond if there is an immi- nent threat to human safe- ty or property damage,” he said. The types of calls which officers will no longer to respond to are si- tuations such as bears sim- ply tipping over garbage cans. te WINTER AND SUMMER YOU BET! hee pod STOCK? Does not include fishing tackle and gear HOUSE OF COMMONS Andy Burton Member of parliament for Skeena Constituency Office 4654 lazelle Ave. Terrace, B.C, VBG [$6 Phone: (250) 635-1401 Fax: (250) 635-4109 Toll Free: 1-800-661-2208 E-mail: andy@andyburton.ca Website: www.andyburton.co REOPEN THURSDAY, J “S'S REGULAR HOURS OF OPERAT We Apologize for any inconvenience BEAUDETTE CONTRACTING ‘OPEN HOUSE rh Coast Land and Resource agement Plan Saturday, June 22, 2002 12:00 pm to 5:00 pm Skeena Mall, Terrace You are invited to atlend an Open House in Terrace for the North Coast land use planning process. Maps, photographs, and background documents will be on display. Local input regarding management of land and resources is welcome. We also welcome your suggestions to help build an inventary of key Narth Coast recreational features and locations. For further information, contact: Famon O'Donaghue, Ministry of Sustainable Resource Management Smithers Email: eamon.odonoghue@gems9.gov.bc.ca Tel: 250-847-7495 Toll Free through Enquiry BC at 1-800-663-7867 Website: http://srmrpdwww.gov.bc.ca/coaststrategy/index.htm r a file Edit View. Go Favorites Tools Window Help eat3 23 Pe «Internet Explorer. Terrace Standard , WEBEXTRA: Flash fire Posted en 95/04 2002 22 FIREFIGHTERS were kapt busy Tuesday nightcontaining a grass fireon the ; grounds of Mills Memorial Hospital. Firefighters from T etrace and Thomhill were there, along with ambulance service personnel and B.C. Forest Service staff, details The Terrace Standaril is Check out our site or call ‘wwwilerracestandard.com 638-7283 for advertising information a Lo Sama OPENTHEDOOR Fishing Tackie-a d Charters. Action Sparks “Foon |