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ALERT:
On March 5, 2008,  SVCRC received information about the Mission Respository and a news story in the Coeur d'Alene Press.  The information referred to Barbara Miller, SVCRC director, as "not a credible person and was never to be quoted" in news stories at the CDA Press.
This attack is coincidental to a story indicating that Duane Hagadone, Coeur d'Alene Resort and newspaper owner, was desperate to locate a place to deposit tons of toxic waste from Blackwell Island.
This raises a degree of suspicion that EPA and IDEQ may have been collaborating with special interests to establish the Mission Repository.

One the web site of Hagadone Corporation it states:  " In Publishing we bring the communities that we serve superior unbaised news coverage."

For more than twenty years The Silver Valley Community Resource Center has been an advocate for the residents of the area and the environment.  This has often been an uphill battle, and we continue to face difficulties from those whose interest lie elsewhere. 

Over this time we have advocated for and achieved a positive impact on the health and economic status of the Silver Valley communities.

~Executive Director Barbara Miller has been recognized as a Ford Foundation Scholar for her work in community activism.
~SVCRC has implepemented clean up efforts and served as a conduit for providing information to the community about cleaning up mining waste.
~SVCRC has collected over 700 signatures to halt the Mission Repository because of its effort to educate and inform people about the impact of placing a toxic waste repository in areas subject to flooding and leading to more toxicity travelling to Coeur d'Alene Lake and the Spokane River.
~SVCRC has brought about awareness of lead toxicity and the need to adequately test for lead in children.  Even though this was through court action, Idaho, especially North Idaho, continues to fail to adhere to government guidelines for lead testing in children, especially those who live in low income families.  
~SVCRC has advocated for economic delveopment and jobs in the community allowing residents to gain employment in the clean up activities.
~SVCRC is the only community organization in the Silver Valley that works for the benefit of all residents in its mission to serve community needs while protecting the environment and public health.