Didya know, security at the dump is so tight guys come to the mali... it’s easter
to shoplift here than it Is to scrounge a used bucket up there!

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frowned upon in polite society is an indication that .

polite society needs to adjust its attitude about what
it throws away.

One would think the salvaging of useable
material that would otherwise go to waste would be
a highly respected activity in a society supposedly
galvanized with ecological values and pervaded with
the dogma of functionality. Yet there is a stigma
attached to salvage, the same stigma that is attached
to anyone saying, "Help, I've become so desperate I
think I am going to steal some food.”

Having people wandering around in the landfill
could not be allowed to continue because along with
a certain amount of re-use and recycling, it also had
other effects, including fires set in trash that occa-
sionally ignited discarded tires, a problem that still
plagues the dump in Thornhill. The order to impose
regulation on access to the Terrace landfill was
issued out of concern for public welfare, but it also
closed an avenue of support to a number of people.

So intricately interconnected is our society that
we cannot extinguish even 4 noxious fire without
depriving some stranger of warmth.

CATCH, RELEASE, KILL

To the Editor;
These ramblings, gleaned from many years of,
observation and study of our priceless rivers and:

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hills, will not win me a "Grammy" award from B.C.

sportsman. -

The B.C. Steelhead Society, and even members of
my own family may share different views on the
topic of which I will speak. (However, there are
people born in this peautiful B.C. of ours, as well as
others, who enjoy and appreciate the natural inherit-
ance that we are so fortunate to share, that will save
my hide from being nailed to the barn door.)

With our once famous steelhead now verging on
the endangered list, I find it hard to believe that
conservation officials are actually encouraging the

hook and release by sportsmen of our steelhead. Most

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