Yes, we did make a mistake

Question: Don't you think it is libelous to make flat statements like in Kevin Taylor's piece today about CdA Lake that there are 75 million tons of heavy metals in the lake bottom? I have tried to correct various Spokesman writers regarding this lie for years. Just read the references by USGS and get the numbers right. A retraction/correction would be nice to see also. -- Fred Brackebusch, Kellogg

Answer: The writer is correct, there was a mistake in the story. A correction was printed in Wednesday's paper (6/16). The correct figure is 77 million tons. -- Steve Smith, editor

Posted by Ken :: 05:22 PM Jun 16

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Steve Smith has been editor of The Spokesman-Review since July 2002. Before coming to Spokane, he served as editor of The Statesman-Journal in Salem, Ore., and The Gazette in Colorado Springs, Colo. Smith is married to Alexa Conway Smith, an independent computer consultant and has two children by a previous marriage, Sam, who is 17 years old, and Alissa, who is 13.

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Gary Graham is managing editor of The Spokesman-Review. He recently moved to Spokane from Binghamton, N.Y., where he had been managing editor of the Press & Sun-Bulletin in for six years. Graham grew up in Fort Wayne, Indiana. He graduated from Ball State University in 1972. He is married and has one son.

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Ken Sands is managing editor of online and new media for The Spokesman-Review. He has been a reporter and editor at The Spokesman-Review since 1981. Ken grew up in Portland, Ore., and is a graduate of the University of Oregon. He and his wife have two children.

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Doug Floyd is editorial page editor of The Spokesman-Review. He moved to Spokane in 1969 after graduating from college and then spending three years in the U.S. Army. He is married and has two grown children and two grandchildren.

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