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industrial development of- ticer and operating costs.

Government officials also suggested a marketing scheme for municipalities, with the province supplying up to $5,000 for each ap- proved marketing project, designed to attract business and industry.

There is also tax relief for new, expanded or mod- ernized industrial construc-

tion, with the municipalities agreement

who sign the

MARILYN BAKER .. cautiously optimistic

JACK LOUC ve Worthwhile ideas

permitted to provide relic? fer 50 per cent of the tax load for the projects in ques- tion. Baker said municipalities will be per- mitted to go up to {00 per cent ‘if they so desire.”' Baker was cautiously op-

timistic about the new agreement, saying municipalities have to be

careful not to compete with each other. However, she said she was supportive of the move toa allow municipalities 1o develop joint economic strategies.

“Overall, it's something we've already looked at in the District for a jong time. We'll be looking at it very seriously now since there’s an incentive to go ahead and actually do it,’ said Baker.

Mayor Jack. Loucks of North Van City, also speak- ing from Victoria, also ex- pressed pleasure. He said announced increases in money available to municipalities under the Revenue Sharing Act are welcome as are incentives to attract new industries.

“First thing we'll do is go through the changes with a fine-toothed comb to. see what the impact would be on the community,’’ Loucks said. ‘They've given us a lot of effort. They may have some worthwhile ideas."”

Mayor Derrick Hum- phreys of West Vancouver did not attend Friday's meeting with the premier because of previous long- standing committments. To deadline for this edition of the News, he was not available for comment on the budget.

As well as the incentive programs involving the municipalities, the governm- ent's budget has provided employee tax credits and other breaks for small and medium-sized businesses in hopes that the financial moves will encourage private businesses to expand and hire more employees.

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DIVERS CONFER before diving into 85 feet of water in their search for the body of diver Peter Devoe,

‘Peaceful death’ says instructor

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brother at the time of the accident, that the cause of the death was a lack of air in the drowned man’s tank,

Shaw said he debriefed Joe Devoe immediately fol- lowing the accident and was told although the two men had checked their air tanks once while diving for crabs, it wast until it was too late that Peter discovered he did not have the necessary 300 pounds of air left in his tank to ensure a safe ascent to the surface,

Shaw said when Peter signalled to his brother he

was low on air, Joe motion- ed to go up. But. said Shaw, when Peter pressed the but- ton to inflate his buoyancy control device — a sleeveless-type vest, worn by all divers wearing wet suits — there was not cnough air left in his tank to inflate the vest.

“The problem was also probably relevant to the weight of his ‘voody bag’ which had all his crabs in it,’ said Shaw, adding the bag was clipped to the vest. “If he had been carrying it in his hands, he might have had a beter chance to swim to the surface.”

Peter, reacting to his lack of oxygen, signalled that be wanted to ‘buddy-breathe” with Joe’s equipment. As the two men began taking turns breathing from Joe's mouthpiece, water got into the regulator. When Joe swallowed some of the water and began choking, he headed for the surface, dropping his weight belt. He does not remember disengaging the belt.

“Tt owas part of his: sur- vival instinet, he did the rivht thing. Had Peter been able to drop his belt, the regulator system (which de- pends on water pressure)

made him,”

air

would have i said

available to Shaw.

He added it is likely that Peter then experienced shallow water blackout, a situation in which too much carbon dioxide and a lack of oxygen combines to shut off the respiratory system,

“With drowning, people envision a great struggle, but the truth is shallow water blackout is instantaneous, Within four to six minutes, the person is brain dead, or in serious trouble brain-wise. It's actually a peaceful way to die,’ said Shaw.