3 - Wednesday, July 20, 1988 ~ North Shore News ROUTINE CALL LEADS TO BLOODSHED ES A 42-YEAR-old drifter faces an attempted murder charge following a fight Sunday morning in which a North Van- couver RCMP officer was stabbed. The alleged assailant, Eugene Ernest Harland, of no fixed ad- dress, was shot in the chest and wounded by 26-year-old Cst. Carl Cavaco. Harland remains in crit- ica] but stable condition in Lions Gate Hospital’s intensive care unit. Cavaco was investigating a Bridgeman Avenue area resident’s complaint of a suspicious male in By MICHAEL BECKER the neighborhood. Cavaco was stabbed twice, in the left shoulder and arm, by a man after Cavaco had asked to examine a plastic bag the man was carrying. A police spokesman said the INTERNATIONAL HARD SUITS INC. German firm makes big $4.2 million Newtsuit deal NORTH VANCOUVER’S International Hard Suits {nc. (IHSI) has signed a tentative worldwide distribution deal for its unique Newtsuit with the world’s largest manufacturer and distributor of diving technology. As part of the eight-year distribution agreement, Dragerwerk AG of Lubek, West Germany, is also committed to buying 14 Newtsuits, worth $4.2 million. HSI. general manager Aris Morfopaulos said the deal is the company’s biggest thus far and will push projected Newtsuit sales well over the 1988 target of 15. THSI general manager Aris Mor- fopoulos... company’s biggest deal thus far, The deal between IHS{ and Dragerwerk gives the West Ger- man company exclusive rights to market the Newtsuit in all coun- tries except Canada, the United States and Japan. Morfopoulos said previous agreements signed with companies to market the suit in Australia and India will be terminated over the next 90 days, The agreements, he said, were non-exclusive and included no per- formance commitment from ‘the companies. Morfopoulos said the Dragerwerk deal.-gives }HSI the backing of a major international company and will allow [HSI to focus more on manufacturing than marketing. IHSI and Dragerwerk estimate the worldwide market for the suits to be 200 or over $50 million. Dragerwerk currently employs over 7,000 people in 40 countries around the world and. has By TIMOTHY RENSHAW News Reporter estimated annual sales of $475 mil- lion. The memorandum of agreement signed between IHSI and Dragerwerk follows 12 months of talks between the two companies. Negotiations were initiated through Andresen International Inc., which is also based in North Vancouver. In order to finance the expan- sion of !HSI's production facili- ties, the company has negotiated a private sale of 285,000 share units through Yorkton Securities Led. The deal is subject to regulatory approval. Morfopoulos said IHS! will double its current 3,000 square- foot Welch Street premises by ex- panding into adjoining buildings. He added that he also expects to hire another four employees over the next four months. THSI cur- rently employs eight people. [HSI expansion will, he estimated, increase company Newtsuit manufacturing capabili- ties to one to two suits per month by the end of 1988. With over 1,000 parts, Newtsuits, he said, are incredibly complex to produce. In June, IHSI announced that it had tentatively landed a $400,000 federal government contract to supply the Canadian Navy with a Newtsuit and training for six men. The U.S. Navy is also testing a Newtsuit. IHS] is scheduled to meet with Navy officials Aug. 2 to initiate the second phase of the tests. The company has sold four of the $250,000 suits thus far this year. Developed by IHSI_ president and Can-Dive Services. Ltd. founder Phil Nuytten, the Newtsuit has a closed-circuit breathing system that allows divers to work at depths of up to 1,000 feet without having to undergo subsequent. decompression. It also “ employs 36 patented rotary joints thai dramatically increase diver mobility under crushing deep- water pressures. rifter stabs assailant was shot from a distance of approximately six feet after lunging at Cavaco with a knife, The bullet entered the man’s chest and lodged in his kidney. The altercation took place at approximately 9:30 a.m. in the 1600-block of Bridgeman Avenue, in front of the Capilano Rock & Gem Shop. Eighteen-year-old Jodi McDonald, waiting outside a nearby Kentucky Fried Chicken outlet to begin her shift working as officer a cashier, heard and then saw the drama unfold. Said McDonald, ‘‘ I could hear these guys fighting in the street. Some guy was yelling at a police- man to leave him alone. It sounded like he (the suspect) was really mad and didn’! want the policeman to look into a bag. He then said ‘Come here and look.’ I guess that’s when the guy stabbed him. “I guess the guy was still coming after the policeman. I heard the policeman warn the guy twice, say- NEWS photo Cindy Bellamy SMASHING EXPERIENCE 7-ELEVEN STORE clerk Robert Read had a smashing experience recently when a Ford Taurus roiled through the 19th and Lonsdale store’s front window. The accident resulted in $800 damage to the store and minimal damage to the car. ; A 20-YEAR-OLD... Van- couver man leapt to his death from Lynn Canyon’s Twin Falls Bridge Monday night. - By MICKAEL BECKER News Reporter Stephen Daryl Lynch and a friend had been cliff diving in the treacherous stretch of canyon when the tragedy occurred. Lynch is the second person to die in the canyon this year. Eighteen-year-old Sergio Vera, of North Vancouver, died: March 19 when he fell to his death near the canyon’s suspension bridge during an early-morning drinking party. Lynch missed the water when he jumped from the bridge shortly ing ‘i'll shoot you,’ and then he shot. I saw the policeman put the gun down and | saw the smoke around him — that’s when | ran. The policeman had a big stain on his shirt. The other guy was lying on the street with his back to me.”’ A police investigator said the bag the assailant had been carrying contained ‘‘a rolled-up bedroil.’’ Cavaco was treated for his wounds at LGH and released. He is expected to return to duty next Business ........... Classified Ads.... Doug Collins.......... 9 Comics...............28 Dr. Ruth.............26 Editorial Page......... 6 Food ........... . 29 Bob Hunter........... 4 Lifestyles.............25 Mailbox...............7 Sports............... 17 TV fistings...........32 What's Going On.......31 WEATHER W Wednesday, sunny. High near 30°C. Thursday, cooler, high near 23°C. Second Class Registration Number 3885 iife cla Canyon site after 7 p.m. and landed on a rock ledge 80 feet below before tumbl- ing into the water. He was pulled to shore by his friend, who initiated CPR. But Lynch was in cardiac arrest when North Vancouver Unit Pro- vincial Ambulance Service para- medics arrived on the scene along with the North Vancouver District Fire Department at approximately 7:20 p.m. ' The fire department rescue crew raised Lynch from the canyon ona basket stretcher. And the paramedic team attempted to revive Lynch, but he was pro- nounced dead on arrival at Lions Gate Hospital. Said Tim Jones, North Van- couver unit chief of the Provincial Ambulance Service, ‘‘From our ’ standpoint, the chance of survival is very, very slim with cases like this — especially when they are submerged in the water after they’ve fallen. “Young people are going to have to recognize that the canyon doesn’t forgive. People are dying there all the time. The kids have to take extreme caution in that area. A lot of people who go off there aren’t given a second chance.’” This year’s fatalities add to an already extensive canyon death toll. A Burnaby man, 22-year-old Rob Grant, drowned in the creek in July 1986. West Vancouver res- ident Mark Wood, 19, drowned while attempting to help a friend who fell into the canyon in January 1984. In 1982, a boulder rolling down a canyon wall crushed 19-year-old Jacquelyn Angela Whittacker. American Martha Jane Norman, 21, lost her life when she feli into the canyon in 1980.