Wednesday, July 1, 1992 @ TheFARSIDE Trews Sync “Well, there they go again. The Stenbergs are always acting like life is one big musical.” Car accident takes” young father of four @ Fiery auto wreck kills Robson man, local RCMP search for cause NEWS STAFF A 25-year-old man died as the result of a car accident Saturday. ‘Todd Steven Jubinville, of Robson, was travelling west on Highway 3A when his ve- hicle left the road just east of the Brilliant rest area. According to an RCMP re- port, Jubinville’s car dove ap- proximately 30 metres down a steep bank and burst into flames on impact. “We're basi@ally done our investigation,” said RCMP Cpl. Al Brown. “Now it’s just up to the coroner.” A coroner’s investigation is expected to last through the end of the week. Jubinville was buried Tues- day at the Park Memorial Cemetery. The Edmonton-born man is survived by his wife Nadine and had four daughters Day- na, Haley, Cassidy and Jessi- ca. Kootenay pilots downed @ Shocking fire bomber c un Kd investigation NEWS STAFF Two West Kootenay men died in a plese crash while fighting a forest fire in Yoho National abe on the week- end. Forty-year-old Richard Cline of Grand Forks and 43- year-old Dennis Percival of Nelson perished when their ConAir TS-600 twin piper Aerostar went down 25 kilo- metres west of Field. According to a report, the two men were commanding the lead plane in front of the water and chemical-carrying bombers used to combat forest fires. The cause of the accident has not been determined. The report states the presi- dent of Abbotsford-based ConAir has said the crash will be investigated by the compa- ny as well as the Canadian Aviation Safety Board. Castlegar Savings Credit Union offers competitive rates on Term Deposits. You can invest from 30 days up to 5 years depending on your circumstances. 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SUB RATES The News is published by Castle News Ltd. for Canwest Publishers Ltd. Mail subscription rate to The News is $37.50 per year. The price on newsstands is 75¢ for each edition. The price delivered by newspaper carrier for both editions is only 90¢ number 0019. Bear parts trial ends with guilty plea Neil Rachynski NEWS REPORTER A Castlegar man has pled guilty to two charges under the Provincial Wildlife Act. Fifty-one-year-old Jung Kil (John) Chang pled guilty Tuesday to one count of exporting wildlife out of the province and another count of selling bear gallbladders and paws. Chang has been ordered to pay $1,000 for each charge/“~ Four other counts have been stayed. Judge S. Enderton passed the sentence on the recommendation of a joint submission by the Crown and defense counsels. Chang was not present in the Castlegar provincial court- room. Instead, his lawyer John Carpenter en- tered the guilty pleas on Chang’s behalf. All charges stem from incidents in Novem- ber of 1991. The Crown related circumstances of a for- mer Chang employee who said he had been asked by Chang to deliver a box to St. Albert, Alta. The 19-year-old witness, who was trav- eling to Edmonton after completing a tree- planting job, agreed, picking up the box from Chang’s residénce. Unaware of the-box’s contents, the witness was told to deliver it to a family named Pak in St. Albert. After several unsuccessful attempts at delivering the box, the witness returned to Trail and removed it from his car because of the smell. The witnesses dog then ripped open the box to reveal four bear gallbladders and 30 bear paws, as well as a photo of a hunter with a grizzly and a note written in Korean from Chang to Pak. The witness then contacted the RCMP who handed the matter over to the Castlegar conservation office. Chang was later picked up at the Castlegar Dairy Queen when he went to meet the witness to discuss the whereabouts of the box. Chang paid about $700 for the bear parts and planned on selling it to the Paks for $1,200. Defense lawyer Carpenter argued that Chang “is of Korean descent and that culture perceives bear parts as having medicinal qual- ities.” Carpenter said the intended recipient of the bear parts was an elderly woman with a skin condition. Conservation officer Barry Farynuk says the decision “was fair.” “We got convictions on the two strongest counts.” Farynuk added that though the bear in the seized phi aph was a grizzly, he believes the parts are probably from black bears. “More than likely (the photo) was to prove authenticity of the parts,” he said. Farynuk said the individual Chang bought the béar parts from is currently under investi- FUN RAISER Doctors Takaia Casler and Lisa Datchkoff.were out with the rest of the IECO bantam girls fastball team last Saturday at a car wash fund-raiser for the team to travel to Squamish this weekend for the provincial finals. News photo by Jonathan Green Castlegar opposes truck plan Scott David Harrison EDITOR Gary Williams is giving the gears to the Ministry of Transport. Castlegar’s city administrator has written a letter to the Kootenay-Boundary highways manager, protesting any moves that will see more trucks travel ugh the city. In‘a letter to John Bodnarch’ Williams states the ministry plan that would reroute loaded truck traffic off the Warfield hill through Castlegar “totally unacceptable.” Saying the transport department has already recognized the interchange at Highways 3 and 22 as a trouble spot, Williams believes the rerouting plan is doing no one any favors. “We think we have a greater problem here,” Williams said Tuesday, pointing to the steep decline of the highway interchange. Williams said his letter is the first step in an all-out protest by the city. Saying his outlined “technical reason” for the city’s opposition, Williams said council will draft a letter of its own following, its July opposition to the rerouting plan will be sent to Transport Minister Art Charbonneau. The rerouting plan comes in the wake of a near-fatal accident in Warfield when a loaded semi-trailer lost its brakes and slammed through a residential home, While MLA Ed Conroy isn’t thrilled about the rerouting plan, he says Castlegar can’t adopt a not-in-my-backyard mentality. “I know we don’t need more truck traffic in Castlegar, but there comes a time when we have to help our neighboring communities,” he said Tuesday. “The concept of more trucks drives people around the bend, but something has to be done. The possibility of someone being killed (in Warfield) is real. Conroy reiterated that any rerouting plan would be “short-term” until improvements to the Warfield hill could be made. He also said the province will enter into talks with Washington state to see if it’s willing to upgraded the Northport to Waneta roadway for loaded trucks so the Warfield hill wouldn't have to be used. “We have to recognize that and help be part of the solution.” ‘denounce province @ Health Minister, BCMA continue wrestling match Glen Freeman ~ NEWS REPORTER Health Minister Elizabeth Cull says B.C. doctors are losing sleep over nothing. The B.C. Medical Association is upset with Cull and her Bill 71, a document which would limit medical spending to $1.27 billion this year. In a_ telephone press conference Thursday, Cull gave The News her “personal guarantee” that the medical budget would not run dry before the end of the year. “The way we were going to manage the budget is on an incremental basis,” Cull said, adding that the medicare would be streamlined to make it run more efficiently on less money. “We're not. going to spend all the money and then when it’s gone say ‘oh well, that’s it.” But according to BCMA president.Dr. Steve Hardwicke, Cull is doing a “smoke and mirrors thing” with the press. “Lhave no confidence in her statements at all,” Hardwicke said. “She’s spending so much time with the press because she. knows that she has an indefensible situation.” Hardwicke added that Cull is misleading the public by saying spending has been increased by 4.7 per cent over last year. “If this was thrown out to an independent review process, there’s no way the government would come out shining.” The BCMA feels that “at least $60 million” should be added to Cull’s budget.