CASTLEGAR NEWS, Thursday, October 25, 1978
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HUGE TREE les uprooted in a marshy area alot the Slocan
River. The picture at top shows the height of the tree while the
one at left shows how the tree was uprooted. Ten-year-old Graham
Campbell, who is 4’/: feet tall, stands beside the uprooted tree and
provides come idea of its size.—Castlegar News Photos

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Cominco Announces Refined
Lead Now 17% Cenfs Per Pound

: Reflecting strongly rising
prices for refined lead through:
out the world and increasing *
shorlage of supply, Cominco
has announced that offective
Oct, 16 ils price for refined lead
for sale in Canada is 172 cents
per pound,

Cominco also sald that
effective Oct. 16, there are
changes in its marketing policy
for primary refined lead sales
of Canadian origin in the United
Stales, The move resulls from
the recent determination by the
U.S. treasury department that
imports of primary refined lead
from Australia and Canada
have been sold in the United
States at less than fair value.

The dumping charge
against imporls of Australian
and Canadian primary lead,
originaled by Bunker Hill of
Kellogg, Idaho, now moves to

tenay Lake Water Quality

Three Year Study Nearing Completion

A three-year study of the
water quality of Kootenay Lake
is rapidly nearing completion,
and will provide the basis for a
masters’ thesis for Gordon
Ennis of Vancouver, a post-
graduate student with the
department of zoology at the
University of British Columbia.

Mr. Ennis’ reseurch is
being supervised by Dr. Tho-
mas Northcote of the depart-
ment of anima! resource ecol-
ogy at UBC, and is being
supported by Cominco and
West ‘Kootenay Power. The
two companies are providing
$3,000 worth of analytical
services through Cominco's
environmental contro! labora-
tory.

Cominco’s manager of en-
vironmental control, Laurie J.
Nicholson, said: “This study is
directed toward finding out
more about the factors control-
ling the growth of algae in
Kootenay Lake, including phos-
phorous, nitrogen, carbon dio-
xide, ete,

“We at Cominco consider
this a most worthwhile project’,
Mr. Nicholson said. “Recogniz-
ing the fact that part of the
nutrient loading to the lake
stems from our Kimberley
fertilizer operations, we have
carried out compr

“There are a few ways I'm
going about it,” Mr. Ennis says.
“First of all, I'm having a lot of
water chemistry analysis done,
and this is what Cominco is
doing, I'm collecting water
samples right where the algae
are, every week at some
stations, and every month in
other stations,

“I have six main stations
that I look at very intensively,
and I'm having these water
samples analyzed particularly
for phosphates, and trying to
find out how this is influencing
the growth. When I collect
water samples, I also scrape the
algac off the rocks.

“With each sample, I'm
doing three things,” Mr. Ennis
explained. “First of all, I'll do
chlorophy!! analysis, which will

give me the growth value; the -

second thing I'm doing is
ash-free dry weights, and all
that does is give me the weight
of the algae, or in other words,
the bio-mass, and that’s another
means of getting the growth
factor,

“The third thing I'm doing
is looking under the microscope
and doing quantitative counts
of the different species. This
will give me the growth, but it
will also give me-a picture of

‘Zwater quality,.suryeys of the

i whole Kootenay system during
the. past six to seven years.
“These data have been
made freely available to the
Fish and Wildlife Branch as
well as to Dr. Tom Northcote,”
he said. “We are most inter-
ested in the outcome of the
current study as well as future
studies, the results of which
should reflect the impact of the
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abatement project at Kimber-
ley.”

Mr. Ennis began his study
with some preliminary work in
ber of 1972, and under-

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took the main portion of his
research in early May of this
year. He expects to complete
his study in the fall of 1974, and
will then begin preparation of
his master’s thesis.

“I'm studying the shoreline
algae of the lake,” Mr. Ennis
said. “These are the algae that
grow on rocks, and I am mainly.
focusing on the amount you find
in various areas, and’ the
growth of it throughout the
growing season, as. well as
looking at the various species
you find.

“For example, there’ are
well over 100 species of algae,
although to look al them,
there's not much difference.

“What I am focusing on
especially is how the chemical
environment is influencing the
number that you find, (the
growth, in other words) and the
kinds of species.

—

the species

bf e are very gond for a
pollution type study,” he. said,
“because . there- are. many
species, and there are some
species that are very good
indicators of water chemistry.
You only find some, for
instance, where there is sewage
pollution, while others will only
live in a pristine environment,

“So, I'm looking at these
species in various regions, and
trying to pick out the differ-
ences between the South Arm
of the lake and the North Arm,
and the West Arm, which is the
outlet end.

“T can tie this in with any
chemical differences and say,
for instance, where there is
more of this nutrient, this
Species predominates.  ~

“To pursue this further,
T've been doing experiments
where I've set out plexiglass
plates in the various stations,
removed them every two
weeks, scraped Lhem and re-set
them, so I know what has
grown in two weeks.

“The key in water chemis-
try is controlling the species, to
gel some resulls you are more
sure of, I'm getting out a bunch
of plates in one particular
station, letting algae grow on
them so you get the same
amount of growth on. all the
plates, and then I'll transfer
these plates around.

“One plate I'll leave in that
station. I'll move one plate five
miles down the lake to another
chemical regime, and soon

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along the gradient. I also put in
control plates to find out what
is growing in that area,

“That way, if there is a lot
of one particular species in the
original station where it was
grown, and I find that species
does well in all the stations, as
well as in stations where it did
not grow before; then I know
the water chemistry wasn't
what was determining its
absence there before, but
something else,

“But,” he said, “if I find
that species is dying when it is
transferred, then I know the
water chemistry is actually
determining this species,
Through this means, I'm
getting a very good idea of just
how the chemica! environment
is influencing these species.”

Mr. Ennis has no interim
findings thus far, and is finding
it. very time-consuming in
identifying the various algae
species. “There seem to be
some unique species in Koote-
nay Lake that haven't been
described before,” he said, “at
least I haven't been able to find
them in any of the standard
taxonomic keys, so this has
really slowed me down at this
stage of the operation.”

Mr. Ennis was also able to
observe the algal bloom in
Kootenay Lake this “summier,*
and} was able to draw some
conclusions based on his own
research. “There were three
things that influenced it, I
think,” he said. “One: of them
was water clarity—the South
Arm was clearer this year than
it’s been for some time.

“Another thing is the
temperature. It was very warm
this year, and the water
temperature was relatively
high, The third factor is the
level of nutrients, particularly
phosphates, in the water.”

Mr. Ennis’ study ofalgae in
Kootenay Lake will enable ‘him
to obtain his master’s degree;
but more. importantly, it will

provide a sound basis for future
Studies of the lake.

the U.8. tariff commission for
dotermination as to whether or
not Injury is boing sustained or
is likely to he sustained by the
U.S, primary lead industry.

A decision is expected by
January of next year,

If injury is found, anti-
dumping duties may be im-
posed on Australian and Cana-
dian primary lead imports
which, for entries made on and
after Oct, 16, cannot under
American Inw be absorbed by
the producer.

Historically, the United
States imports large quantities
of primary refined lead to
satisfy consumer requirements
which substantially exceed the
supply capability of the U.S,
lead mining and = smelling
industry. At present, primary
refined lead is in start.
throughout the world.

First Aid
Symposium

The Industrial First Aid
Attendants Assocation of B.C.,
in conperation with the Work-
men’s Compensation Board,
will hold a symposium at the Hi
Arrow Arms in Kinnaird this
Saturday.

These symposia, held each
year in various areas of the
province, offer industrial first
aid -altendants an opportunity
to meet with each other and to
improve lines of communication
with locat doctors and hospital
staffs,

The topics to be covered
include:

Initial and latent complica-
tions of massive tissue injury
and large wounds.

Head injuries and compli-
cations. Positioning and exam-
ination of the unconscious
patient.

Recognition’ and manage-

ment of life-threatening situa-.

tions, Priority of treatment,

The practical session will
deal with the handling of spinal
injuries, both with and without
fracture boards. One of the
features of this session will be
the introduction of a new type
of fracture board.

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Kootenay Mountaineering

Club

To Hold’ General Meeting Nov. 16

First anit a night ina
snow cave,.on top of a
mountain, soveral climbs of the

ighest peak in the Gold Range,

18 epeone tent on boulders at

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ference '.Monday,:.two hours
before ‘noon;.two-hours in the
afternoon and:for an hour-and-
a-half: in the’ “evening. The
‘students —_ will not: be in
,attendance,

Since the Interim Report
‘Card was issued Oct. 24, this
;conference will provide an
‘ opportunity for parents to meet
with subject teachers,

Apart, from the Interim
Report, there’ willbe three
major reporting periods during

second report: card March 13
Nand the hal report’ card in
lune.

evening of the season, held at
the Robson Hall last Friday,

All these slides wore taken
at the 1973 Climbing Camp held
July 28 to Aug. 5 at the foot of
the Qdin. Glacior in the Gold
Range (southwest of Revel-
stoke),

The first (recorded) as-

cents were of Mt, Grady
with its twin Mt,
Burnham, from Nakusp and the
Galena Bay ferry) and of a
couple of previously unnamed
peaks, now’ tentatively called
Laag and Caribou. The highest
peak is Mt. Odin, which loomed
over the camp and which was
ascended by all 18 climbers at
the camp.
The club had also planned a
hiking camp at Gwillim Lake in
the Valhallas, This unfortuna-
tely was cancelled due to the
forest closure, as were many
weekend trips. However, there
were a number of successful
hikes and climbs in the Valhalla
Range and Kokanee Park, and
further afield, to Earl Grey
Pass and Mt. Begbie.

Already the 1974 winter
and, summer schedules of
skiing, ‘snowshoeing, climbing
and hiking trips are .being
prepared and will be presented
at the annual general meeting
at the Hi Arrow Arms Hotel on
Nov. 16,

B Provincial Government Acquiring

'Fruit Growers Mutual Insurance

The Insurance Corporation
of B.C. is acquiring the small
| Fruit Growers Mutual Insur-
ance of Kelowna as its first
branch ‘operation, Transport
Minister °.Bob-.Strachan an-
nounced last week.”
Mr. Strachan, the minister
responsible for the ICBC, said

insurance field March 1 as the

sole carrier in the province.
Mr. Strachan said it is

normal business operation for

one insurance company to buy

the book of another.
In 1971, the last year for
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will be "acquiring the book” of
the Okanagan company and

reported that Frutt Growers
had a total of 21,958 shares
jing worth a total of

vil
the $25 a share par value of the
stock they hold.

Negotiations were not yet
, complete, he said, and he was
‘unable. to! say what the
“government would pay on the
, deal,

He said the 60 employees
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i inegs in 1955 and has

H on automobile and

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Mr, Strachan said Fruit
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* fields...

i There are:no negotiations
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transactions, he said,

ICBC officially went into
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dnearanee ‘in’ competition with

$548,950,

It showed a net profit that
year of $95,393. Total assets
amounted to $1.9 million and
total liabilities stood at $1.3
million.

The company reported
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in 1971 in direct premiums for

‘auto insurance, $887,774 for “|
eneral insurance and $37,648
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panies selling insurance in B.C.

the same year received a total
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