‘tioned | bear Bears attracted to the garbage Trash By SARAH A. ZIMMERMAN RESIDENTS cf Lambly and Labelle streets are of- ficially the worst offenders in Terrace when il comes to atlracting bears to their homes. The nol-so dubious dis- tinction comes after the local..Bear. Aware. program executed a series of night- time -raids identifying garbage cans pul out the night before pick-up. “Basically our goal is to reduce the attractant for bears,” says Deidre Price, Bear Aware coordinator for the Skeena region. “With garbage being the number one attractant, it gives bears all night to tip over cans and eat away.” ’ Price targeted various areas in Terrace over the course of three weeks be- tween Oct. 15-Nov. 5, to see which homes leave garbage out the night be- fore pick-up. Garbage cans sitting on the curb the night before pick-up were identified with - stickers saying “Garbage Kills Bears.” ‘After the three weeks of raids were concluded, resi- dents on’ Lambly and La- belle just didn’t learn — some garbage cans ended up with three weeks worth of stickers plastered on thei, Price says. ~—n one case, a resident who left out curb-side parbage too early had it tipped to shreds by a bruin and its contents scatlered aver a neighbouring yard. “It is disrespectful to your neighbours, forcing them to clean up a pre- ventable mess and having to live with a food condi- near their home,” Price says. Garbage and fruit are the twa main sources of can off IF YOU find this bear sticker on your garbage can, it means that Deidre Price and other Bear Aware patrollers have been in your neighbourhood. A ser- ies of night time visits in the area looked for people The Terrace Standard, Wednesday, November 27, 2002 - A3 enders tagged who put their garbage cans the night before, turn- ing them into an unfortunate food source for wan- dering bears. Bear Aware wants people only put out their garbage on pick up day. Fruit should be picked as it ripens. The safest and most bear conscious streets in Terrace go to Johnstone, Walsh and Birch, Price said, After all three garbage taids in those areas were completed, only one garb- age can was placed on the curb the night prior to pick-up. The good news is that reports of bears to the Conservation Officer Ser- - vice are down this year - over last. Since Jan. L, 2002 there have been just 70 reports about bears in the Terrace area. That compares to 211 by the beginning of De- cember 2001. Bears destroyed by con- servation officers sits at five both this year and last. The latest of those bears destroyed occurred Nov. 19 when a bear cub was killed in the Wren Road area of Thornhill. Conservation officers had received numerous re- ports of the four or five month old cub which ap- peared to have been se- parated from its mother. Aircraft landing record will improve AN INSTRUMENT landing system (ILS) at the airport will be activated on Nov. 28, ushering in a new era of more consistent winter air travel. A tibbon-cutting ceremony will take place that morn- ing in the terminal building, says Northwest Regional Airport manager Rick Reed. The system has been successfully tested, but can’t be used until Nov. 28, when the newly designed approach for this airport is published in aviation journals. three-quarters of a mile visibility. “It’s expected to cut the number of misses by 80 per cent,” he said. An even more advanced system — using what’s called a precision approach — is possible here, he added. It would mean a further $400,000 upgrade — 95 per cent covered by federal grants - to airport approach and edge lighting systems. That would cut the decision alti- tute by another 50 feet to 200 feet. Your Christmas donation guide HERE ARE some ways you can help others enjoy their Christmas. Light up the tree HELP THE Terrace Child Development Centre purchase specialized equipment for kids by spon- soring a red, silver or gold light on the Tree of Lights in the Skeena’ Mall. The annual campaign, now in its 16th year, is the CDC's biggst fundraiser of the year. Donations support the centre's: programs for-special- needs children, including therapy, education and support. The centre also sponsors prenatal programs to ex- peetant mothers. Purchase a light for the tree be- tween now and Dec. 16. Tax receipts are available. It’s a special meal THE BREAD of Life Soup Kitchen is asking for your support this holiday season, Organizers host a party and dinner for families and individuals who would not otherwise have a Christmas meal. Tax deductible financial donations can be made to RR3, S-3A A-10, Terrace, B.C. V8G 4R6, or by calling 635-2807. The soup. kitchen is operated year round by volunteers from the Seventh Day Adventist Church, along with donations from two local businesses, Safeway and Tim Horton’s. Salvation Army appeal THE SALVATION Army delivers hampers filled with all the fixings for a Christmas meal and gifts for children to hundreds of local families. Volunteers seeking your generous support will be ringing bells and manning kettles at various loca- lions around Terrace, including the Skeena Mall and ather major retail locations. A food drive is planned for Nov. 30 at the Safe- way parking lot. Look for the Salvation Army truck. Some focal businesses collect donations of new, unwrapped gifts. Terrace Totem Ford will fill its Sharing Truck with gifts and non-perishable food items. Gifts for the Sharing Tree, a campaign in its 31st year, can he dropped off at the offices of the Mix, CIFW, and NTV (at the corner of Lazelle and Emerson across from the Post Office}. You’te asked to donate an unwrapped, new gift for a child, teen or adult. The gifts will be distributed by the Salvation Army. Send a gift to a child IMAGINE Christmas morning without any gifts under the tree, Thanks to Terrace Anti-Poverly, and its Christmas Campaign partners, Zellers, the Bar- gain Shop, and other local groups, that doesn’t have to happen. You can purchase a gift or article of clothing for a focal child or teenager through the Children’s Christmas campaign. Select a gift tag containing a child’s age, first name and clothing size from one of the trees de- corated at Zellers or the Bargain Shop and pur- chase a gift. Volunteers will wrap and distribute ; .. the: gifts... . ‘Donations: can- also be dropped: off. at Terrace Anti=Poverty, located at 4628 Park Avenue. A submission to pursue a precision approach has been sent to Ottawa, he said, but won't be actively pursued until the airport assesses the effectiveness of ‘the new atyeebete ob ldnas dais The new landing system should dramatically trans- form the ability of planes to land at the Terrace airport in poor weather. Right now pilots must go no lower than 527 feet be- ILS.” fore deciding if they can see the runway. Otherwise they Nav Canada; the fidt:to%.jirofit agency ‘iri charge of air execute a missed approach. navigation, spent $1 million to alter equipment and ‘bear problems in Terrace, To: Preyent bear pro- blems;. garbage must be stored in a shed or garage ‘where bears can’! get to it ade until the morning of pick- up. : Reed said the [LS will cut that limit to 250 feet and Sale at NEID ENTERPRISES. 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