heey he, Be Le UN 7 ay Tg €ason opener Jury recommends changes A FIVE-member Coquitlam woman who drowned while scuba diving in In- dias Arm determined Thursday that the diver divd gs a result of misadventure. Cheryl Lee Buffett, 21, ed af approximately [ho a.m. on coronez’s drown- Saturday, Nov. 7, 1992, while div- ing with an instructor and two other students. The diving stu- dents were attempting to qualify for their advanced diving certifi- cate, Bulfett’s body was recovered in the dive area by RCMP divers at - 3:55 p.m. on the same day. Following two days of testimo- ny in North Vancouver provincial court, the jury recommended the following: wa tcaie! begets Ben panne ton $ jury investigating tye déuth NORTH VANCOUVER save hiniself, ola By Anna Marie D’Andelo News Reporter Le eaieernaenennEnInEnEEEEnee ns tmnemneneeemrermenremn "* aiteeeatin allied allie cian ain when diving the buddy system should not refer to the teacher; “each student myst be pgired with another while scuba diving; * five additional dives if the same area should be a prefeduisite for advanced certification training, The jury also determined that it wasn’t practical for a Seuba diving instructor Lo be bosh patther and supervisor during a dive--The jury VRAIN Fi Sse Rules due fo r¢ rainfall. to scuba PORT DAY Information on the North Shore waterfront and : Port Day activities. Sunday's defined the buddy person being reponsible another person, “What they recommended — is really good, whether they wil en- force it is another matter,’ said Buffets mother Joanne Sanford. In testimony, Buffett’s instruc. tor Bradley Coram, of Co- quitlam-bused Cross Current Divers, said the last time he saw Buffett was when the group was descending to the J10-feet (33- metre) level. The instructor said the two other student divers in the group “landed hard’? after him at the 110-foot (33-metre) level. In do- ing so, Duane Jones and Cory Kwak, both from the Abbotsford system as one for instruction Seay LS AaRLCAY eat Pang. RT aE TERRA COTTA Classifieds 986-6222 procedures area, stirred up a silt cloud that decreased visibility. Coram testifed he looked around for Buffett, but he had to focus his attention to a potential life-threatening situation involving Kwak. Kwak had grabbed Coram’s arm. The diving student then ex- tended his unbuckled weight belt in front of him “Wf he dropped his belt, you would be looking at a buoyanl as- cent,’’ said Coram. Coram said that he searched for Buffet: as best he could while dealing with the emergency con- cerning the weight belt. He said he expected to find See rene page 2 AG AACS on amas tone Container gardens can add a little splash of color. Distribution 966-1337 NEWS photo Mike Wakelisid District firefighter Brian Bagnall strains to attach a safety line to a Van- couver youth stranded on a rock Wednesday. Lynn Canyon Creek waters are extremely hig’. The teen was swept downstream, but managed to climb on to the rock to Student diver drowned Nov. 7, 1992. RCMP divers recovered body at 100-f level (30m). NEWS Graphic Joan Podersen PRUE em aNye sea REACHING EVERY DOOR ON THE NORTH SHORE SINCE 1969