I was recently notified by a constituent that someone was dumping garbage on a vacant lot on the corner of Church and Fifth streets in Thompson Falls. To be sure it wasn’t garbage carried by a bear and deposited on the lot, I took a look. It was primarily beer cans and baby diapers, clearly left by a person. What responsible member of a community deposits garbage on vacant lots? They don’t, but irresponsible people who don’t care about neighbors, community pride, and the environment, do. If you see someone throwing garbage where it does not belong, please be part of the solution. Get as much identifying data as you can safely get and then notify police.