I N S I D E UOTE OF I N D E X Life goes on D \I/Ills & Estates Flood warning THEWEEK 'I thinkthat seniorsand kidsshouldhangouttogether downtown,withour dogs.• Editorial ......... Letters ......... Street Talk ....... Calendar ........ 4 4 5 6 Arts & Culture. . . . . 7 HOUSE INSURANCE COMMERCIAL BUSINESS LIFE BOATS • TRAVEL ; ...... ,, ... ,. ... u-,,.,.,..., 11,,.a.., issued -JeanSpratley, Seniors' SupportNetwork Business ........ Sports . ......... 8 8 -~~~:_-~yv:_ ,~~t:~~~:~"7-~ .. - Classifieds ....... 9-11 ;;,,~.,, .... Jn;.,.~~~ ... see page 3 Crossword . ...... 10 421 Baker Street ...seepage 1 Horoscope ....... 11 Nelson, B.C. 352-7217 Fax 352-7099 0 WEDNESDAY, MAY 29, 1996 SERVING NELSON & THE KOOTENAYS B.C. VOLUME 8, NUMBER 29 FREE Sparks fly Sludge worries ■ residents Farmer spread compost from Celgar; neighbours fear for their drinking water by Ethan Baron KRESTOVA-A The sludge is black, and Christmas tree farmer has comes from the effluent spread 80 tons of pulp mill ponds at Celgar. The com- sludge over his land, pany previously incinerated prompting a strong outcry it as a matter of course, but from nearby residents. "it's proven to be very good "It's agricultural land out soil enhancement," said here, and all I'm trying to Terry Kinrade, environmen- do is farm it," said Mark tal protection officer for the Hatlen, who got the sludge environment ministry. free from Celgar to use as Celgar has been testing the compost. "I followed my material's growth-enhance- permit to the letter." ment capabilities for a year A statement signed by 14 with positive results, and a residents says there arc four private land owner from drinking wells within 18 to Fruitvale took 100 tons of 400 feet of the sludge, with the sludge in September, he another 30 wells in the sur- said. Ethan Baron photo rounding two-kilometer The ministry has tested WORK IN PROGRESS: Journey-level carpenter Dean Anderson of J. Sawada Contracting area. the material, and found it lo in Nelson cuts re-bar for renovations at Nelson's Civic Centre. "I'm not saying it's be safe for the use Hatlen' s unsafe or it's safe right making of it, he said. Generations meet Workshop highlights interaction. Spratley, president of the Seniors' now," said neighbour Nick Kootnikoff. cent safe." "Nobody's assured me that it's I 00 per Hatlen had applied the "You could basically fun- nel water through it and drink the water if you were so inclined," Kinrade said. The people living around "I think that seniors and kids Support Network, secured provincial sludge to an area of his land Hatlen' s farm are particu- stereotypes, fears should hang out together downtown, government funding for the work- close to the United larly concerned ahoul the with our dogs," said Jean Spratley, shop, and joined with Nelson and Christian Doukhobor Hall, levels of cadmium-a by E1ha11Baron which contains a day care. heavy metal-in the sludge. 64, a workshop organizer and partici- District Home Support Services in NELSON--Young and older got pant. putting it together. After complaints from area Kinrade said his ministry together for an "intergenerational" About 15 older people took part, Our social environment-including residents, Hatlcn moved the has no regulations govern- workshop last week, and many said aged from 31 to 78, along with a the media, families, advertising and material away from that ing the use of pulp sludge, we all need that more of that kind of slightly greater number of teenagers. area, he said. Please see AGES - page 2 Please see PULP - page 6 100% recycled photocopies! Cowan's copy center uses 100% recycled copy paper ar no extra charge' ROOFTOP FUTONS IDsee 11P us! -~~ = ~Jll""'!~ 517 VICTORIAST Tel 352-5507