1 : Sita 1 B8 CASTLEGAR NEWS, Thursday, July 5, 1979 r-GIVEAWAY HAY, 1% acrea elanding, Ph. ges.s7e4,” 2/28 PUPPIES, Male & Female. Read; iA os June 23rd, le ais SaSvSITTING Job need. eel time fr sun ne holldays, ne TE! hige to Nelson, Mon. - ae eam p.m, Fi toxibia, Ph 0 Jeon on Sarena aad 4:30 p.m. Ph. 35-40: Mi2i26 - ToT & FOUND The Country Parsong PWA Offers by Fi ik Clarke Economy Fare Pacific Western Airlines has announged that effective last Monday, a new night economy fare will be offered to passengers travelling be- tween the Edmonton Inter- “Uusually the accidents that make folks hugh; are happening ost In downtown Castlegar, pout 7 Ronen a ng $5 eecien LOST 9-mo.-cld white and sandy egqloured cat In Frultvale area, Sadly missed. Reward offered. biel to Tutly. Ph. 367- fey or FOUND at old arena, child'a baneball love. Ph. 365-3455. BUSINESS OPPT NEIGHBOURHOO! 95,1 s, a tnentis. ies yt Gall Century 21, Victorla. Ph. bd aerate canal Easy, cheap ani dick. Sod delivered and inataled. oo jscaping available. Ph. Bea Column Home On the Range Discontinued _ Recipe hunters will no longer find the cooking col- umn Home on the Range in this publication. The News/Mirror_re- gret the author, Susan Mac- Kintosh, is leaving the area and will no longer be sub- mitting her tantalizing, yet dishes. national Airport and Kelow- na, B.C. From June 25 until Sept. 16, passengers will be able to fly from Kelowna to Edmon- ton or from Edmonton to Kelowna at the price of $89 one-way; a cost saving of 45 per cent off the regular fare. This discount is appli- cable only on Pacific Wes- tern’s non-stop flight 104, departing Kelowna at 11:35, arriving Edmonton Interna- tional at 1:90; and flight 105, also non-stop, departing Ed- monton International at 11:06, arriving Kelowna at 11:16, Both flights run Mon- day through Friday. All passengers presently holding other types | of tick: luding the By HEATHER WATT Mutch is. a layer of material, preferably organic, which is placed on the soil surface t ~ TERRGLINGUQ LANDSCAPING COLTD 359-7193 the few which do come up are easily removed as tho soil is loose and moist. Mulching is also good for This is suppress weeds “and ulti- mately improve soil struc- ture and fertility. Observing nature we can see that covering bare soil is a natural practice, whether the cover be plants or decaying matter. Experiments have shown several advantages to mulch- ing. The roots of mulched plants are not subjected to such extremes of tempera- tures'as exposed plants. It acts as keeping the conserving very useful in a bag dry summer with water short- ages. It prevents the sun and cedar sawdust as it contains elements toxic to plants. Weeds and native grasses can also be used if gathered before they go to seed. Pine needles will make an excellent mulch for your acid loving plants such as wind from the soil causing evaporation. Mulched plants will often endure a dry, hot season with little or.no water. There are many mate- rials which are suitable for a mulch, but I will mention only those that are easily available in this area, Good soil cooler on hot days and warmer on coo) days. Some materials used for mulch contain nutrients that gradu- ally work into the soil through the action of water and time. One of’ the greatest benefits of mulching to the average gardener is the near of weed- include grass clip- pings, straw, shredded leaves: azaleas and blueberries. Bark chips and | stones are used as permanent mulches. Mulches are usually ap- plied after the soil warms up in the case of vegetable gardens, or when plantings are finished in the case of ornamentals, the area to be ‘mulched should first be weed- ed well, cultivated and well and leaves if they are mixed with some- thing else. 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Weeds don't have a chance to get established and 1979 Pontiac Lemans with sawdust to counteract its nitrogen defi- ciency, Be careful to avoid Take a step in the right direction, Take a few. purpose of the mulch, It should be thick enough to prevent the growth of weeds. With straw and other. porous materials six inches or more is needed. While two to four inches of sawduat is sufll- elent. alayer of black plastic —we acrated with holes made by: garden fork — can be pla down before the mulch. If: new planting {s being mads: the planting pockets can it; dug, thon the plastic laid then only small holes are needot where the new plants ate planted. Remember that thought mulching is not very exciting: it is a great labor-saving, The mulch ‘is placed be- tween rows and up to but several inches away from the stem or trunk. In permanent plantings, on level or near level ground, device. 1973 METEOR Adoor, Bopper. :4;, Neither technological nor. ethi ards. are sufficiently developed in the ‘nu- clear power: industry to ensure the safety of the public, ‘That was the message submissions by two religious organizations to the royal com- mission enquiring into the safety of uranium mining and exploration in B.C. Spokesmen for members of'the United Church and the d, Keep in mind the V-8 aute., vinyl tool, wlalr teeeeeee 1974 COMET 4 door, green, V-8.automatic, p.s., wnitateads V-8 automatic, Siny! foof, ead ee ‘ 4 door, silveriblack, V-6 automatic, p.s., p.b., radio. Regular $4895, now ... 2 door, green, 6 cytinder automatic, power steoring and vadlo and vinyl root....sessceessrseoes 1977 oe 1976 MONARCH 1972 COMET $1995 $2495 1977 VOLARE 4door, green, V-8 automatic ANd radio... .ccssecsessccesens 1971 HORNET SIW | V-6 automatic and radio. 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Aeguiar $2895, now weecee seeeeseesees 1973 ald § 4 door, copper, V-8 automatic, Power steering and brak: Argenta Friends (Quakers) ‘Meeting told the provincial ch: aired by Dr. David Bates the immediate and long-term health risks resulting from uranium mining and exploration would outweigh it benefits. : Rev: Cameron MacGuire of..the “church's Kootenay Presbytery dealt with the moral responsibility for, public health risks caused by the nuclear energy industry while Norman Polster, speak- ing for the Argenta Friends, told’ the the in- during assessment of safety standards and inadequate funding for the hearings as well as the exclusion of Public Safety is Primary Concern Uranium may appear clean and therefore beneficial to a mining executive but not to an ecologist.” The United Church spokesman questioned whe- ther nuclear power planta sources of tion predicted 40 million U.S. , children would be susceptible to thyroid ‘cancer .within:20 years, the U.S. Federal Ra- distion Council reduced the “guides” from 20 to.6rem, he said. Further health studies, he sald, led to the U.S. * act cheap electricity when “the ‘unaccounted-for millions of tax dollars invested to start “Agency's reduction of the level to .075.rem in 1977, “The consideration of up the nuclear ‘the cost of decommissioning reactors, the cost of storing , and guarding spent fuels” are * included in the industry's cost ing. The nuclear NORMAN POLLSTER - ++. Stresses hazards sign the Nuclear Non-Prolife- ration Treaty or give ade- quate assurances that it will use the uranium for peaceful “ethical i espe- cially risk, benefit and end uses of uranium in bombs and nuclear reactors” from the ‘s terms of refer- dustry had not. solved the waste disposal problem which posed the most serious public health hazard. . Explaining the United Church position, MacGuire sald the 10 presbyteries, 317 * congregations and about 56,000 members of thechurch in’B.C. are “not neutral” on uranium mining, exploration and milling because their “ex- pressed policy and judge- Tent calls. us to conserve those social, economic, politi- cal and technical processes, and ‘public or private initia- tives which enhance the viability of our ecosystem.” : The’connection of short- and long-term health risks to nium mining and milling and fonizing radiation “is not debited” by the scientific community, he said. ji“Phe debate centres rathor in the struggle to antify the nature, degree, and duration of the existent risks,” the Kootenay Presby- tery. spokesman said. “The scientists: have not yet achieved consensus, their col- lective distilled wisdom is not ponents and propo- ence. “The stated purpose and terms of reference for this inquiry presuppose that ura- nium mining is in he Public interest at this " Mac- Guire said. “We lieve that the question of whether to proceed logically preceeds andhas precedence over how or on what terms to pro- ceed.” Other ethical issues which deserve consideration, MacGuire said, include the right of the federal govern-' ment to “withhold informa- tion from the public, concern- ing any aspect of the uranium mining and nuclear industry, when the public needs that information to protect. what it iti parenives 2 to be its health “Does the federal gov- ernment have the right to pass- an order in council - which denies anyone the right to divulge information about this cartel? Does the federal g have the The church is also op- .. posed, he said, to the unfair distribution of risks and benefits of uranium mining and milling, “There is considerable concern among church people that those who would benefit most financially if uranium mining were to proceed in B.C, might not be made accountable for bearing these costs,” he explained. “It, is feared that the short-term financial benefits would be externalized ‘atid corporatized while the long- term risk and cost would be socialized. There seems to be justice in insuring.that those who stand to benefit most would also be most Hable for covering the cost implied in the assumed risk.” Whether the benefits associated with uranium min- ing and milling outweigh its risks ‘depends on “value ~ considerations” MacGuire sai id. “What is assumed to bea benefit by one may appear and be a liability to another,” he said. “By those corporate who stand to profit right to make the sale of uranium to France legal as of January of this year when that country still refuses to handsomely by the mining and sale of uranium there are many assumed and, I might add, radvortised benefits. power industry has “a veated interest in. having the public perceive that uranium: min- ing and milling” and its end uses “are of enough benefit to warrant our assuming the associated risk and cost,” he said. “The church is concern- ed that what is sold as benefits for the many by a few of the powerful may, in fact, be of benefit to the few at the expense of the many,” _MacGuire told the commis- sion. “We believe it is im- moral to manipulate’ public perception by self-serving special interest groups at any time, but especially when the consequences and issues are so serious.” ~ Polster, formerly a re- search scientist in these is now based on the effect to the fetus, the most sensitive form of human life,” Polster said. “In Can- ada, I learned, the ‘permis- sible’ levels for radiation are still three rem for the general ‘ public and 1.6 rem for children less than 16 years old. This is 40 times the U.S. standard.” Recent studies on large populations exposed to low levels of ionizing radiation “can help us to ake Fal rational “CASTLEGAR ane Thu fey “aly power units unless owners could prove they had solved the disposal problem. He also pointed out the without having to“depend on health risk guesses.” “We have learned that ‘ there is no ‘safe’ level of radiation and that in fact low levels are more hazardous than a linear relationship would have lead us to be- eve,” he said. Noting that no univer- sally acceptable method has yet been developed for disposal of uranium mining tailing’ and spent nuclear reactor fuel, he cited 1977 legislation by the Swedish parliament forbidding the operation of new nuclear federal by the Sci- ence Council of Canada early this year that large-scale nuclear fission power pro- grams be postponed until radioactive wastes can be safely contained and the Canadian Medical ‘Associa- tion statement that it would be “irresponsible" for the to de- 3 Cl into the waterways thereby; posing serious health an environmental problems; which have yet in be ade quately addressed.” * “We have an opportu: nity in B.C. to learn from the experiences of Ontario and® the United States,” Polster, concluded, “We do not haves’ to subject ourselves, our chil.) dren, their children and countless generations in the future to the hazards of I cancers: and birth velop uranium mining and reactor construction “until a safe, proven disposal tech- nology is developed for the wastes that have already been generated.” Further citing ways in which other governments view the threat of ionizing Solar Energy ‘Makes Mining Unnecessary? Conservation and ‘the application of solar energy would make uranium mining unnecessary in B.C., a Slocan Valley architect told the Bates commission. Eric Clough told the’ provincial government-ap- inted commission members that combined with energy- - the measurement of low-level radiation, stressed the Friends’ concern over “the hazards to present and future generations from all stages of the nuclear power industry.” Tracing the history of radiation standards in the nuclear power industry, Pol- ._ ster said before 1961 stan- dards for public exposure to radioactive Iodine 131 “were saving the use of such systems as solar-power- homes -— which: he de- scribed as his specialty — would reduce power needs to “25 per cent of what we currently use.” “We've been hearing a great deal tonight about how terribly dangerous. nuclear power is from its exploration all the way through to, the reactor stage,” he told the th on linearly extrapolated values based on radiation damage at high levels,” while workers deal- ing with the substance were exposed to 10 times’ the public allowance. After a 1957 study of leukemia and ionizing radia- and the approximately 200 spec- tators in the Regional Rec- reation Complex. “On those grounds alone I say we should terminate all activity of that sort. ieee ERIC CLOUGH ... solar is practical before research on solar energy was discontinued in favor of the cheaper but non-renewable fossil fuels. Asked by commission member James Murray about the suitability of B.C. for solar energy, Clough agreed more -ever, the other that we don't really need it.” With the hydroelectric more suitable. “The farther north you get, the more difficult it . becomes,” he explained. “But he told the com- mission West Germany has a court-imposed moratorium on nuclear power plants until the waste disposal problem is solved and the California State Energy Commission recommended to the state government last year that no more licences be issued until safe waste disposal has been demonstrated. But the disposal problem is still unsolved despite the 5,000 studies on the disposal of nuclear wastes over the past 25 years, Polster said. “Approximately 80 million tonnes of mill tailings lie on _ the surface and in the lakes of the area surrounding the mills at Elliot Lake, Ont., from mining in 1953,” he said. “These tailings have leached * KINNAIRD TRANSFER LTD. defects from ionizing radia-:, tion from uranium mining or’ nuclear power plants.” He said the Argenta Friends’ submission did not deal with the hazards the uranium industry posed to workers because even if high’ safety standards could be maintained “the public haz- ard of exposure to fonlzing radiation remains.” L. A. (Tony) Geronazzo, Manager EXCAVATION.—.HAULING — BACKHOES "CONCRETE GRAVEL — PIT RUN GRAVEL TOPSOIL — 7/8 CRUSHED ROAD GRAVEL DRAIN ROCK — MORTAR SAND PHONE 365-7124 CASTLEGAR nents, as..well as the public he make it too easy to get an abortion. 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