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TV_ad connection pondered

Thieves torch vehicles

By DAVID TAYLOR
A RASH af stolen and
torched vehicles in the Ter-

macé area-has police wonder- fz

ing if there’s a connection to

A television ad,

In the past month, four
vehicles have been set
ablaze, at feast three of
which were stolen.

Inspector Steve Leach of
the Terrace RCMP detach-

“ment says police have some

suspects. but have made no
arrests.

“T’m finding this is start-
ing to happen more often,”’
Leach says of the blazes,

But he adds that as far as
he knows, there has never
been a similar string of car
torchings in Terrace,

And that has him wonder-
ing if a recent advertising
campaign by ICBC may
have ~ unintentionally
prompted the torchings.

“It certainly has crossed
my mind,’’ Leach says.

The television ads feature

-a blaring rock soundtrack as

a teens steal a vehicle, take
it on-a joy ride, then set iton
fire, The ads are supposed to
remind people to lock their
car docrs and combat thefi.
But some people wonder
if the ads might actually en-
courage thefts by glamoriz-
ing the event.
*T can't say for sure,’’

. says Leach. “But you put

these kinds of ideas in
people’s heads and you
never know what they'll
do,’’

Paul MeNicholls, manager
of the Terrace ICBC claims
office, says the issue was

Recycle

bylaw
backed

‘JF RECYCLERS insist on

thwarting the law, they will
be fined,

That’s the word from the
Kitimat-Stikine regional dis-

‘trict after Thomhill resident

Lionel Sears fought a $100
fine for salvaging material
from the Jower part of the
dump, known as the active
face.

Sears says he won't break
the law again, but points out
lots of garbage going into
the dump could be reused
and he just doesn’t want to
sce it go to waste.

Regional district works
manager Roger Tooms says
there ate good reasons why
bylaws prevent scavenging
at the dump’s active face.

“We already have a recy-
cling area set up right by the
gate,’’ Toom says. ‘‘There
are dozens of old bikes,
lawnmowers, appliances
etcetera sitting there. People
are always stripping parts
off. them, taking transmis-
sions from the car pile and
pieces of wood from the
wood pile. We want people
to take that stuff.’”

But Tooms says for
recyclers to go down to the
active face is dangerous and

could be a nuisance for.

those dumping their gar-
ibage.

“We've had people call us
and say, ‘Hey, what's going
on? My garbage hadn’t even
hit the ground before some-
one was into it,’’ Tooms
says, “‘Lots of people don’t
want others sifting through
their bank statements, cor-
trespondence and other per-
sonal things.”

Tooms also says breaking
open garbage bags before
they get buried creates un-
wanted odour and flics —
making life uncomfortable
for those dropping off their
garbage.

Tooms admits that re-
usable items like clothing

and toys are brought to the-

dump every day. That’s why
he says the recycling area at
the dump may be expanded
inthe future.

In ihe meantime, he says, —
the two thrifi stores in town

accept used clothing and

- other items, then sell them

for cheap prices.

- “Let’s start by reducing
the amount of garbage going
into landfills,’ Tooms says.
‘In a perfect world, there
wouldn't be anything at the
dump for people to sal-

: Vage.?!

patel

- vince,’?

BRIAN LEFRANCOIS of Riverside Auto Wrecking ex-
amines a recently stolen and then torched van.
There's been an increase in vehicle thefts as well as

torchings in the last while

stolen from the Terrace Inn
was found torched near J&F
Distributors on Railway
Street. _

Then on June 29, a-car
was stolen from a home on
Walsh Avenue. It was. later
found a charred wreck. on

Highway 16 west ucar the:

Zymacord River,

Just twa days later, anoth-
er vebicle was stolen. This
time it was from a residence

on Larch, The car was found .

torched on
Road.

Finally, on. July 6, a
vehicle parked near the Mt.
Layton Hotsprings was
destroyed by’ fire. Police
haven't yet determined if it

Rifle” Range

_ had first been stoicn,

discussed when the ad was
put together.

**The decision to proceed
was made because il (car
torchings) was already hap-
pening around the pro-
he says. ‘The
reality is this is a big prob-
Jem in B.C.”

MeNicholls paints out that

-B.C. has the highest rate of
auto theft in the country —’
‘35,000 vehicles were stolen

last year.
Theft numbers here were
down for the first part of

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but they have since jumped |

back up.

“Tm really hoping this is
justa blip, nota trend,’’ said
MeNicholls of the latest fig-
ures.

Leach
remind drivers to lock their
car doors, stow valuables
safely and keep vebicles in
garages whenever possible.

kh kkn

The first theft occurred
early in the moming of June
8, when a vehicle reported

and  McNicholls ,

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