To: Bid Buster who wrote (334397 ) 4/27/2007 10:32:05 AM From: Real Man Respond to of 436258 I wish them the best of luck, cause it is too late now. -g- They will have to unrig the stock market soon or watch the dollar plummet to zero, or both. -vbg- The RealMan is coming to the manipulative bastards. Bear season underway FRANK PEEBLES Citizen staff (News) Wednesday, 18 April 2007, 01:00 PST The bears are officially awake. The city's first black bear complaint has been recorded by conservation officers. It was seen in the area of Aberdeen Road and Aintree Drive on the weekend. "It is time for everyone to start securing their garbage inside their garage or a solid shed and pull down the bird feeders or put them in an area where bears can't reach them," said Prince George conservation officer Gary Van Spengen. "We seem to get a lot of problems with bears and bird feeders in the spring time." This week the hiring will be done for the Northern Bear Awareness program, the annual summer campaign to educate the public and reduce the risk of bears and humans coming into conflict. "The program will be getting out to the schools, the events around town like Summerfest, and we will utilize that program to the best of our ability to get the word out about the bears," Van Spengen said. "The bears in Prince George are not going to go away so we need to learn how to coexist so they are not a problem. If people follow the simple management tools - keeping dog food inside, securing your garbage, keeping fruit picked, clean your barbecues, take down your bird feeders - we should be able to reduce a lot of the risk to bears and to people." Last year was local officers had to put down 29 bears (27 blacks and two grizzlies). "I am not a happy man when I have to put down a family group. I don't like even one bear being put down. It is very disturbing for us to do," said Van Spengen If anyone sees a bear problem, especially an aggressive bear, call the provincial conservation service hotline at 1-877-952-7277.