cent in zinc em.issions. 11 The provincial government Fishy But something looked fishy about the boat and wh.en border flLM TO PHOTO 'N Industries has been allowing Cominco to operate at variance with the emission laws while the modern- Business guards found out they were cheated, they made him pay up what was owing and, by law, pay Why wait Reply ization is being completed. "But there is still no way for us to get careless," he says. by Suzy Hamilton CASTLEGAR - Warfield resident Percival Sleuzalo found the same amount in penalties - a total of $5,600. Sleuzalo was then charged for your photos When you can enjoy them almost to Fish Cominco, Celgar and B.C. Hydro are part of a govern- ment/industrial team studying out the hard way it's cheaper to shop in Canada The ironworker thought he with uttering a forged document by the RCMP and pleaded guilty in Castlegar provincial court last instantly?Just drop them here on your way to Studies the effects of their operations on the Columbia River. Last year the study was designed by inde- would save some money on the Baja Islander 190 boat and trailer he bought in the U.S. for week to the charge. ยท "That was a pretty stupid thing to do," Judge Donald Sper- run errands,and pick them up on your way home! by Suzy Hamilton pendent consultants, and it is $12,500. He convinced the seller ry told him in court before fining CASTLEGAR - Two in- hoped the field work will begin to issue a fake invoice for $8,249 him$1000. dustries on the Columbia River this year, jointly funded by all last Sept. and saved himself His boat and trailer have CASTLEGAR whose emissions recently caused participants. Details of the study $2,800 at the border in duty and now cost Sleuzalo $19,100 -- not 4-292 Columbia alarm among Wash. state resi- are not yet available. taxes. counting the exchange rate. 354-4402 365-7515 dents say they are doing their best to reduce pollutants into the river system. OverNa1tea Two fish toxicity studies released at a Citizens for a Clean Columbia meeting two weeks ago found detectable levels of dioxins and furans in six species of fish. The samples were taken from Roosevelt Lake near Kettle Falls, and a fish eating advisory has subsequently Chahko Mon-Wed 9-6 been issued by the Wash. Mika Sale Prices EffectiveApril Thur-fri 9-9 Department of Health. Responding to the study, Mall WED THUR FRI SAT Sat 9-6 Celgar General Manger Jim Browne says once Celgar's ex- NELSON 24 25 26 27 Sun 10-5 pansion . project is complete, their AOX (combined dioxins and furans) level will be one- fifth the current amount pro- duced. Dioxins highly car- FRESH STRAWBERRIES SMOKED HAM cinogenic substances - can be detected over 10 parts per qua- Number 1 Grade Whole Ready to Eat drillion. "But the amount from the new mill will not be detec- table," says Browne. "The trick is While not to remove them, but not to Stocks Bone in produce them in the first place." Last. Part Browne says the new mill will produce 1200 kg of AOX Sorry Skinned and 2400 kg of suspended solids No Rain Uncut daily when the new mill is Checks operating at full capacity. Umit one The Colville Confederated Tribe also expressed concern Minimum with $25.00 over the heavy metals from 10 lbs minimum Cominco in the Columbia. Com- inco confirmed a spill of 2000 kg per per family purchase flat of zinc and 17 kg of cadmium entered the Columbia because flat lb of a pump failure in the zinc 2.16 kg plant two weeks ago. But ac- cording to environmental man- ager Graham Kenyon, the spill "just disappeared" in the Colum- Bulk ~~ ce bia. 'At 30 million gallons per Roger's Sugar Uquid minute, it just disappears," he 10 kg says. "It has had no apparent im- Honey pact on the river environment." Kenyon says that as a result Limit two. 22t of the pump failure, further con- Over limit per tainment procedures are being designed in the plant. "By the time our modernization is com- price $8.48 0 100 gr lb plete, we will have a 25 percent reduction in lead, 60 percent in cadmium, 20 percent in arsenic, Purex 65 percent in mercury and 5 per BATIIROOM Tidy TISSUE Dog Food 8 roll 8 kg CORRECTION to Ia.st Limit two. iss~e Over limit Price 2.98 Sorry. Last week when we told you about Nelson street worker Williams Omoniyi, we forgot to add that the $36,000 Reconnect Program is funded by Ministry of Social Services and Plant Hut Opening Sunday May 5th Housing. ' Page 12 THE KOOTENAYWEEKLY EXPRESS APRIL24, 1991