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THURSDAY, DECEMBER 9,1993 PAGE B1 CK1LBERG LOSES APPEAL Idaho conservation officials rejected Skip Chilbergs appeal of 'Mudstock fines and kicked him out of their reserve program. STORY, B2 ALSO TODAY: NORTHWEST, B2 IDAHO INDEX, B4 BULLETIN BOARD, B4 THE SPOKESMAN-REVIEW Agency seeks women, lads exposed to lead 1-800-915-4567. The agency also has begun a search for people who were 9 months to 9 years old between Jan. 1, 1974, and Dec. 31, 1975, and living near the smelter.

At one point, there was an estimate that 50 percent of the Superfund sites have lead in them and a very high percentage have heavy metal contamination, said Dr. Wendy Kaye, chief of epidemiology and surveillance in ATSDRs division of health studies. she said Wednesday. I ran a front-end loader at the zinc plant, unloaded anhydrous ammonia. You bet Im interested in a study.

Kaye said previous studies have documented well the heavy lead exposure in the Silver Valley. Now her agency wants to study the health effects of that exposure. I understand their perspective: If theres a problem, do something and stop studying us, she said. But they have a lot to contribute to help them and help others. Please see LEAD STUDY: BIO to study their health.

Were thankful they want to do a study and understand why theyre concentrating on that population, said Barbara Miller, leader of the Silver Valley chapter of the Idaho Citizens Network. I just hope they get what they want. I think theyll have trouble finding woipen to participate. Millers organization has lobbied the ATSDR to help with lead-related health problems rather than march into the Silver Valley, chronicle the problems, depress everyone and leave. People here have got to see that ATSDRs studies produce something, she said.

Studying us just to make ATSDR happy is not justified and its not fair. Sylvia Sjogren worked in the labor pool at the smelter for years. The Pinehurst, Idaho, resident, who suffers from a variety of health problems she relates to her exposure to lead, said she would participate in a study. I hadnt heard anything about it, Opposition rises to spending taxes on development By Steve Massey Staff writer POST FALLS The infatuation this town has had with developers of a sprawling 600-acre shopping and industrial complex is fading. On Wednesday, North Idahos leading tax opponent launched a campaign against the use of taxpayer money to speed development of International Expo, planned on farmland west of town.

And Post Falls Mayor Jim Hammond who recently gave unqualified support for such taxpayer assistance backed away from the idea, saying it needs further study. The Kootenai County Property Owners Association opposes the use of taxpayer dollars to defer costs for $10 million worth of streets, sewer hookups and other infrastructure for Expo. This, to us, is tax-paid welfare for developers, said tax activist Ron Rankin at a Wednesday press conference. Rankin is president of the Koote- nai County Property Owners Asso- ciation as well as the Idaho Property Owners Association. Both" groups vehemently oppose the use of tax-increment financing which allows cities to back bonds to pay for By Cynthia Taggart Staff writer The U.S.

Public Health Service wants to study Silver Valley women and children who were exposed to high levels of lead to learn enough to help people living at other Superfund sites. The service, through its Atlanta, Agency for Toxic Substance Disease Registry (ATSDR), is asking women who worked at the Bunker Hill Mining Co. smelter in any capacity and at any time to call Teen tells of rape, shooting Misfired gun saved life of another girl Associated Press POCATELLO, Idaho A Missouri teenager who was raped, shot and left for dead by confessed killer James Edward Wood told a judge on Wednesday that her desire to see Wood punished drove her after the attack. I didnt care if I died; I just wanted him caught, Jamie Masen-gill, 19, testified during Woods sentencing hearing for last summers abduction and murder of 11-year-old Jeralce Underwood of Pocatello. Masengill sobbed during most of her 45 minutes on the stand before 6th District Judge Lynn Winmill, who must decide whether to sentence Wood to life in prison or death.

Winmill said he would impose the sentence Jan. 14. A Pocatello teenager raped by Wood on Nov. 28, 1992, testified earlier Wednesday that she feared for her life after being abducted. Investigators said the girls life was saved when Woods gun misfired as he held it to hef head.

Wood told police he saw it as a sign she should live. Half the time he acted friendly, the teen said. The rest of the time it was like he wanted to kill me. Bannock County Prosecutor Mark Heideman urged Winmill to order the death penalty for Wood, whom he called a black-hearted monster who murdered a child and mutilated her body. But Public Defender Monte Whittier asked for a life prison term without parole.

Whittier said the system failed Wood because he never received psychological help. In all, Wood has admitted to 10 rapes, 10 robberies, four attempted homicides and one other murder since confessing to Jeralees slaying. Lake Coeur By J. Todd Foster Staff writer COEUR dALENE Slowing down boaters, fencing cattle away from streams and engaging in organic farming are among the partial cures to an ailing Lake Coeur dAlene, scientists said Wednesday. Whether politicians have the guts and lake users have the selfless spirit to enact and practice such therapies will determine the lakes future, they 'Wonder old We could learn something here to help others.

The studies are in the proposal' stage at this point. But they are the first federally funded health studies proposed for Silver Valley residents in more than a decade. If enough women respond and enough former children are found, Kaye will seek approval and funding for the studies. The project could begin as early as next fall, she said. Valley residents expressed mixed emotions about the ATSDRs plans to jail after a sentencing hearing in concentration of heavy-metal-laced sediment, the nutrients are threatening future water quality, experts said.

Although benthic invertebrates worms, clams and magflies are most at risk, up to 2,500 lakeshore families draw their drinking water from the lake, officials said. Phosphorus and nitrogen created by runoff, poor farming and logging practices, pesticides, sewage treatment plants and leaky septic tanks shops up development, then pay back the bonds with future tax money from land improvements. Until recently, Watson Associates proposed International Expo enjoyed widespread support. But the tax-increment plan seemingly has stirred a spirit of questioning, if not opposition. Hammond said hes cooling off on the use of tax-increment financing to pay for all of Expos infrastructure.

A plan to delay $10 million in taxes over 10 years is a burden far too heavy for the city, Hammond said Wednesday. He admits thats a sharp departure from statements two weeks ago, when the mayor supported the plan, even pitching it to taxing districts. The more I talk to constituents, the more Im concerned about the dollar amount and the time delay, Hammond said. This is a major project and it shouldnt just move along quickly. It deserves some debate.

Expo a development that would bring major retail stores, restaurants, hotels and an entertainment center to Post Falls is the largest retail project proposed 'in the Inland Northwest. California developer Jim Watson promises his Expo will bring Please see TAXES: BIO Distribution coordinator Ken Trent of the Volunteers of America had planned for weeks to use another site for this years Christmas Bureau. When that option was withdrawn earlier this week, Trent gained permission from Eagle Hardware to use the East Sprague address where it plans to build a store. Trent urges applicants not to worry that they wont get help if they dont arrive the first day. We always have people waiting in line hours before we open our doors, he said, but the benefits are the same, whether they get there the first day or next week sometime.

Catholic Charities and the Salvation Army also help administer the Christmas Fund program. But it is your donations that bring relief to more than 25,000 area residents. Wednesdays mail included a $75 gift from the McIntosh Grange No. 1001 of Rockford and another from Please see FUND: BIO Bureau will be open with help from Eagle James Edward Wood Is led back dAlene needs help, scientists report By Michael Guilfoil Staff writer The Christmas Bureau will open as planned Friday, thanks to some last-minute help from Eagle Hardware and Garden. The bureau will occupy the former Frey Meyer store at E5204 Sprague.

It will remain, open weekdays from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. through Dec. 23. Needy individuals and families can apply for Christmas aid and pick up food vouchers, toys and candy at the bureau.

Applicants are asked to document their income level and bring a birth certificate or report card for each child to get a toy. Associated Press Pocatello. cause runaway algae growth. River-banks eroded by cattle grazing, floods and wakes from speeding boats also contribute to the damage. When the algae die and decompose, they reduce the amount of oxygen in the water, threatening aquatic life.

Oxygen depiction also could disturb heavy metals now caking Lake Coeur dAlenes bottom and release them into the water. Please see LAKE: B4 a storm, said. The U.S. Geological Survey on Wednesday unveiled the results of a two-year, $1.4 million study that confirms Lake Coeur dAlene is growing before its time. Excessive amounts of nutrients entering the lake from the Coeur dAlene and St.

Joe rivers are accelerating the aging process, called eutrophication. Combined with the worlds highest Woman saves a bundle because theyre on sale. Compare house brands with name brands True Fact No. 3: Last week, Amy won two radio station -giveaways. Her prizes were $75 in cash, two CDs, some bottles of Snapple, a T-shirt and 16 jars of pickles.

My favorite TV show is Supermarket Sweep, adds 1 Amy, beaming. The woman is loyal to Albertsons mainly because the supermarket chain honors coupons from other stores. Albertsons is pretty loyal to the Warrens. During our two-hour shopathon, the manager keeps bringing cups of coffee to Amy and Mike as they snake their way down the aisles. As the gridiron action in the paper towel aisle proves, Amy knows how to have a swell time while saving money.

Finally, we wheel our three heaping carts to the cash register for the moment of truth. How good is Amy? The bill is $263.94, minus $113 in coupon savings. Amy writes a check for $150.94, She has saved 43 percent. Tnte Fact No. 4: Amy once got a two-for-one deal on bungee jumping.

brown barbecue sauce. At $2.59 a bottle, this is not a great example of how to save money on your shopping bill. that is why I am following this pair through Albertsons like some lost dog. Amy is the Wonder Woman of grocery savings. This 28-year-old manipulates discount coupons with the consummate skill of a Vegas blackjack dealer.

Im a professional shopper," she explained cheerfully when inviting me to watch her in action last Friday night. True Fact No. In the cereal aisle, Amy combines two coupons and a manufacturer's rebate so that the Kelloggs company actually will pay her a penny to eat a box of Frosted Flakes. As she explains this to me, I stand with my mouth gaping like some slobbering fool. This is not my kind of consumerism.

Im a buy-high sell-low kind of guy. When I go into a grocery store to pick up, say, a can of soup, my journey from the canned goods aisle to the chcckstand is a textbook example of impulse buying. Eight packages of Ho-I los, three magazines, a paperback, ice cream, cookies, wow, look at the neat She fades back like John Elway, waving wildly to her husband who stands 25 feet away. How bout I try something fancy this time? the woman hollers a second before unleashing an under-the-leg bomb. Its going, A wife playing football with her hubby normally would be a sweety and touching scene.

Except Amy Warren isnt on a field. This good-natured fruitcake is jumping around in aisle 12 of Albertsons Southgate supermarket in Spokane. What she has just launched into the air is a roll of Sparkle paper towels. Amy needs work on her aim. Like a wounded goose, the towels wobble over aisle 12 and disappear into the bowels of aisle 13.

CRASH! Amys hail-Maiy pass has connected with two large bottles of Mesquite Marinade with lime juice. The floor is now a miniature Exxon spill of broken glass and gooey little flashlights Thatll be $97.50, Mr. Clark, says the smug checker. Paper or plastic? True Fact No. 2: One day, Amy found a $20 bill in the bananas.

Amy concedes shes a bit compulsive when it comes to gleaning a deal. Let me tell ya, she says, if theres one of something on the shelf and someone else wants it, Ill fight for it. What a pistol. She scours newspapers and magazines for coupons. Once they have been clipped, she categorizes and alphabetizes and stashes them in a pocket organizer.

(Sounds a little tightly wrapped? Get this: She even alphabetizes all the boxes and canned goods in her cupboards.) Amy keeps track of practically every refund and rebate on the market. It takes some work, but its nice to be able to save the money, says her husband, Mike, a postal worker. Even someone like me, she says, can save money by following a few simple rules. Always eat before you shop; otherwise, everything looks good. Dont buy things you dont need just 1 teiAiti Mi iirt hfll I fcaddafriiftifliiliatLrhiinfrfciVnihiii Hi h.

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