February 22, 1989 it pouKnosor | Week in C Rail Station. Above BE eer visitors discu: Chapel House on Zuckerberg Island. — cosdiews photos by 5 jot y Monday with a flurry of activi Bill Ronkin points to photos of the Doukhobor community while two the display. Above right, Henry Senetza, assistant terminal supervisor HERITAGE WEEK COMMUNITY © at the Castlegar ~Herttoge Week continued until Sunday with displays ver vents at the station and at the Pulp mill spending $40 million VANGOUVER (CP) effluent prompted the federal government to shut down A north coast pulp mill whose nearby shellfish harvesting last December is launching a $40 million program to reduce its\dioxin output Skeena Cellulose Ine. m releasing ¢ ilts of dioxin tests Environment Canada or dered Skeena tc ade the announcement while problem, ) undertake in oceamwater outside its Prince of operations, Western Pulr operate mills in nearby Howe Sound, were also ordered to it has prodded us to gc and Canadian Forest Products, which conduct djoain tests by Environment Canada and the B.C Environment Ministry In our case, after a bigger Reg Lightfoot, Skeena’s senior vice-president said inan interview Rupert mill ACCEPT POINT The te lowed-eprohit on crab harvesting ad We don’t think jt is all understood (the impact of jacent to Skeena’s mill and we other millsin HoweSound_" dioxins), but we accept the prefhis¢ that you shouldn’t-be north of Vancouver. Environment Canada closed the areas ng foreign matter into receiving bodies of water because of dioxin contamination in shellfish 19 and 20 revealed the Prince Dioxins, produced mainly by the use Of chlorine in per quadrillion of pulp n turing, have been linked to cancer and o-chlorides, another genetic de nlaboratory animal rtonne of effluen Pesticides continued from front page drinking a gla PCB: aid one woman who did not Kobylnyk responde PCB polych { CPR’s applications to spray the ‘ompar s in the West ntred around the ministry’s decision to We would hope that the program we are undertaking will reduce dioxin levels to almost organo-chlorides to about 1.6 kilograms, ceptable levels for dioxins or organo-chlorides. The Green peace environmental group wants dioxins lowered to zero Of the $40 million to be spent over the next year, Lightfoot said $$33 million will be spent on secondary from the effluent, a treatment to remove suspended solids measure aimed at reducing organo-chlorides REDUCE CHLORINE An additional $5 million will be dioxin levels by substituting chloriné dioxide for chlorine in “They seem tc pulp bleaching, considered a major contributor to produc tion of dioxins Japan continued from front poge acr of the Castlegar-E mbetsu twinning agreement Perra said Embetsu does not have a college located in the region but it does have an education system with which the Castlegar develop a relationship. He said the first s would be school district. could step in initiating this proce for the board to consider participating in the planned visit to Embetsu this coming spring Such participation would permit the exploration of a future relation ship,’ Perra said Trustee Doreen Smecher. suggested examining further the opportunity and consider sending superintendent of 1 nothing and total Lightfoot said Skeena said the Environment Ministry has not set ac The mill, a division of Repap Enterprises Corp., 0 Montreal, is aiming to reduce its chlorine use by 30 per cent The mill witspéiid $2 milion to reduce ‘use of wood considered to pulp-making preservatives and a defoaming agent, produce dioxins at the! beginning of the process, said Lightfoot A Greenpeace spokesman said the mill's program was encouraging, particularly in developing secondary treat ment of waste But the measures do not go far enough in addressing the dioxin problem spent on reducing be enormously small quantities of dioxins but with the volume of discharge peing so high it adds up,” said Renate Kroese In memory Peter Laktin Peter J. Laktin of South Slocan passed away Feb. 17 at Mount St Francis Hospital at age 79. Mr. Laktin wag born March 19,1909 at Midado, Sask. He moved with his parents to Brilliant in 1913 where'he grew up. He lived in various communities in the Kootenays but finally settled in Slocan Park in 1935 He married Nora Popoff there on April 3, 1937 During his life he worked as a carpenter in the construction trade. He was a life member of the United Brotherhood of Carpenters and Joiners and the USCC. He enjoyed writing poetry and plays for the students that he taught in Russian school. He also enjoyed reading. He is survived by his wife Nora of South Slocan; three sons, Jim of South Slocan, Peter of Nelson and Cyril of Duncag; one daughter, Anne Moore of Sherman Oaks Calif; 12 dchild fous grea. ——— sa 2, February 22, 109 Castlegar News A3 WILDLIFE WINNERS . . . Sontveer and District Wildlife Association's award coyote accepted awards at the group's annual dinner held recently. ye ay grand bang trophy from Gary Ingham whi .25-yea plaque from Davis. Castlegar News TREET TALK First prize in the Nelson Italian-Canadian Society's annual winemaking contest Saturday evening was Castlegar resident Alfredo Ambrosone. Discerning eyes, noses and palates of jtidges, in cluding former Nelson mayor Louis Maglio, had a dif ficult job deciding. The robust, red wines made from Zinfandel grapes were all of a high quality. Two Nelson residents, Alberto Pulice and Pasquale Ceracciolo, took second and third prizes respectively The Kootenay Country Tourist Association recen- tly helped make the B.C. booth at the recent Anaheim Sport, Recreation and Travel Show a winner. The 40-foot-long booth took top prize for best overall display. The province was represented by various tourism regions — including the Kootenays —— picture ot-amuch- more rigid, Iris i apani cubes you to look beautiful. Her Body ‘Shapers Toning Salon opens Feb. 27 at 619 Columbia CosNews Photos Photo at left shows Bernie jancic Roy Percival receiver HH proud of our Service BG hydro Ave. The salon will be open9 a.m. to9 p.m. Monday to Friday: One of B.C.’s most familiar graphic-images has been modified and updated The 27-year-old B.C. Hydro symbol, a stylized let ter ‘‘H"’ within a circle, is giving way to a new design that makes greater use of Hydro’s familiar blue and green colors. The new logo was unveiled at the B.C. Home Show which continues until Feb. 26 at B.C. Place Stadium “We felt the old logo and company name, com: bined with the words ‘power’ and ‘authority,’ painted a authoritative and close: organization than we are trying to develop,” said‘Chris Boatman, vice-president of Hydro’s corporate affairs LETTER TO THE EDITOR Answers needed Editor's noté: The following letter was published in the Feb. 12 edition of the Castlegar News. Unfortunately, the content of the letter became gar- bled before the paper went to press. We reprint the letter as a courtesy to Sandra Wyllie with our apologies. What we don’t The public information meeting of Feb. 6 provided new insight as to the dimensions of damage to the Robson Raspberry watershed. The Ministry of Forests logging to the rest of our watershed should be addressed NOW promises of good intention. We need concrete answers. The ministry and the companies have made many promises COLD RELIEF SALE toeach other and to us in the past, most of which they have broken, except one They promised to log our watershed and they have Sandra Wyllie Robson need is more CARL'S COUGH AND acknowledges that there should be no distinction made as to whether Hadikan Bros. Lumbering or Atco Logging was responsible for creating this mess. Whatever they did, they did in-direet-breach-and-contravention-of the terms of the cutting permits. The ministry acknowledges its responsibility in failing to properly in- spect, monitor the logging, and assess and remedy the damage | agree completely with the ministry P FOR NIGHTTIME RELIEF OF COLDS Nyquil | $347 “2: VAPORUB FORMULA 44 OR 44D COUGH MEDICINE WJ THE SUPER CONTEST THAT ‘OUTPRIZES’ THEM ALL! FOR FULL DETAILS CHECK AT THE STORE “FLORIDA” IR CANADA FRIP FOR TWO ‘OR WIN UP To $1000 CASH BARO OF BEEF BONELESS . . 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