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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