By Gary Larson 77 arrest ny tae Fons an High above the hushed crowd, Rex tried to remain focused. Still, he couldn't shake one nagging thought: He was an old dog and this was a new trick. Thitrttrs CounterAttack set to nab drunk drivers Glen Freeman Fay NEWS REPORTER Drunk drivers killed 216 people and injured more than 6,000 in 1990. That makes the drinking driver the biggest single factor of traffic fatalities in the province... again. And that’s why local RCMP, the Ministry of the Attorney General and the Insurance Corporation of B.C. are crack- ing down on drunk drivers from May 29 to June 7. “CounterAttack is a check for impaired drivers and an at- tempt to get them off the road,” Castlegar RCMP Const. Stuart Schmidt said. And apparently it has been effective. “The number of impaireds we have been detecting over the last number of years has gone down,” Schmidt said. “I know we're not catching all of them, but our checks cer- tainly have had an affect.” Schmidt said he and his fel- low officers: will be using a roadside screening device to determine if further testing for impaired driving is needed. “It literally fits in the pock- et of any police officer,” Schmidt said. “They are calibrated every two weeks and are quite accu- rate.” Schmidt said that the only way to avoid getting charged with drunk driving is not to’ drink and drive. 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Save $5.00 off your family purchase of $50.00 or more (excluding tobacco and fluid milk) Limit 1 coupon per customer Sat 9:00 a.m.-6:00 p.m a.m.-8:00 p.m WEINERS SPARTAN @ Wednesday, May 27, 1992 \ as 3a SecondFRONT i CALL THE NEWS @®General inquiries Bear parts trial Ed Mills NEWS REPORTER A local man accused of buying, exporting and trafficking bear parts had his day in court put off again. For the third time since six charges under the Wildlife Act were laid against Jung Kil (John) Chang in March, his case went to court and left it without a trial date being set. Chang was not present in Castlegar Provin- cial Court Monday when his lawyer success- fully challenged the information in the Crown’s charges against him, which could delay the trail another two weeks. i Contending that the Wildlife Act charges were too vague, Chang’s lawyer John Carpen- ter got his way after he and Crown Council Hugh McSheffrey argued points of law for most of the morning and into the afternoon before Justice R.G. Fabbro. Carpenter told Justice Fabbro that each of the charges against Chang were deficient in some detail. After the proceeding, the Crown agreed to amend the charges by adding the particulars Carpenter requested. “It’s what we wanted, it’s fair,” Carpenter said after the hearing. If all the specifics are in order when the case returns to court June 9, Carpenter said Chang will enter a plea and a trial date will be set. Chang made only a brief appearance in the morning, pleading not guilty to a related charge of obstructing justice. That charge stems from allegations that Chang threatened a E 8:30 a.m. to 5 p.m. Closed on weekends and statutory holidays. “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¢ a week (collected monthly). GST extra. Second class mail registration number 0019. No the dress code hasn't been thrown to the wind at Stanley Humphries Secondary School. These attractive folks were participants in MOGA Madness Tuesday. They took first place in the costume category and second in the race which saw them frolicking in Jell-O and puppy chow. News photo by Glen Freeman Pulp mediations continue Scott David Harrison EDITOR Eric Mitterndorfer isn’t sure whether B.C.’s pulp industry talks have gone forward or backwards. ; One week into mediation, the president of the Pulp and Paper Industrial Relations Bureau has yet to meet with the Pulp and Paperworkers of Canada president Stan Shewaga. “(Mediator Vince Ready) hasn’t brought the two sides together,” Mitterndorfer said Tuesday. “Right now, he just continues to shuffle between the two.” Mitterndorfer, who declined comment on his discussions with Ready, said he had no idea if or when the two sides would be brought together. “T can’t even say if they will be brought together,” he said. “Sometimes the two sides never see each other.” Mitterndorfer said he is putting his faith in Ready’s abilities. “Ready is an experienced mediator and he'll call the sides together when he senses the time is right,” he said. “That is something I am comfortable with.” A news blackout prevents any information of the mediation process from being released. However, prior to the mediation it was reported that the PPIRB had offered B.C.’s 13,000 pulp and paper worker a three-year deal which called for a 15 cent per hour raise in the first year, a 30 cent per hour hike in the second year and a two per cent increase in the final year. The PPWC, who is negotiating along with the B.C.’s smaller Canadian Paperworkers of Canada, had originally sought a $2 across-the-board increase. PPWC president Shewaga was unavailable for comment. oo put on hold... again a witness in the bear parts case. Chang elected to be tried by judge alone in that case, which was put over to Aug. 17. Interviewed briefly outside the courthouse, Chang said he isn’t guilty of any of the charges he faces. Each of the six counts Chang stands accused of carries a maximum penalty of $5,000 fine and/or six months in jail. Meanwhile, Carpenter included in his argu- ment an accusation against a local newspaper of “trying, convicting and sentencing” his client before the trial has begun. “It’s already been printed that he’s done all these things,” Carpenter said. Carpenter said he couldn’t specify the article or the newspaper he was referring MLA Conroy angered by NDP delays Wi Frustrated Ed Conory wants province to commit to Castlegar-Robson bridge Scott David Harrison EDITOR Ed Conroy is becoming increasingly frus- trated with his own government. Not happy with New Democrat action re- garding the Castlegar-Robson bridge., Conroy says he’s having a hard time staying true to his colors. “I’m having a hard time using we when I speak about the government,” the Rossland- Trail MLA said Tuesday, “sometimes I just want to use they.” Conroy’s comments come in the wake of a 45-minute closed-door meeting with Transport Minister Art Charbonneau regarding the fate of the $23.5 million crossing. “He’s a person with a very difficult situation to deal with,” he said. “I just wanted to make sure that we're on the top of the list to get this project down.” Conroy said rumors have been floating around that the Castlegar-Robson bridge would be delayed until 1994. Candidly speak- ing, Conroy said that would be unacceptable to him and his constituents. “T feel I have a fairly good pulse for the com- munity, especially when my own family ‘unit starts complaining that we aren't doing any- thing,” he said. “Believe me, I’m as frustrated as the next guy trying to drive through traffic at 4 p.m.” Conroy said he is fearful that the worst may happen before the bridge is in place. “It’s not a matter of if we’re going to have an major accident involving a truck, it’s when,” he said. “And who knows what that truck will be carrying. i Despite his disappointment with Charbon- neau, Conroy insists he will keep knocking on the minister’s door. “(The government) has to show some mea- sure of faith to the Castlegar area,” he said. “I don’t think the people are going to get too despondent or down in the mouth as long as we see the light at the end of the tunnel, but we haven't seen that light. “The people of Castlegar, Robson, Raspber- ry and Pass Creek need to have that glimmer of hope to hold on to.”