24 - Wednesday, September 3, 1986 ~ North Shore News

Business

SERGIO’S RENOVATES

Oyster bar gets new

THERE’S A FRESH splash
of life at 304 Lonsdale Ave.
in North Vancouver.

The newly renovated Sergic's
Oyster Bar and Hippopotamus
Club are drawing in the young and
not so young with a winning bistro
and night club combination.

Partners Sergio Patrich, Simon
Patrich and Ricardo Munoz gutted
the former incarnation of Sergio’s
three months ago. Three hundred
thousand dollars later, the sparkl-
ing new version was unveiled last
week with a gala opening Aug. 27.

business
briefcase

by Michael
Becker
SRE

“It’s a good area. We’ve been
here for nine years. We've tried to
make a place where people can
come and eat and dance — a place
to spend an evening,’’ said
Patrich.

The menu includes a good selec- ;

tion of finger foods as well as main
courses and the club comes equip-
ped with a deejay and plenty of
good vibes,

Open for lunch and dinner,
Sergio’s 65-strong complement of
friendly staff ensure a well-served
well-deserved time out for fun.

kate

BALLARD TECHNOLOGIES
Corp has one foot planted firmly
in the future. :

.The North Vancouver new-tech
research and development com-
pany is quietly riding the cutting
edge of alternate fuel sources as a
world leader in hydrogen fuel cell
technology.

“There's a high interest in Ot-
tawa about this exciting techno-
logy. The view is that Canada can
lead in this, and possibly develop a
hydrogen-based economy,’’ said
Paul Howard, vice president of
operations at Ballard.

The fuel cell produces electricity
from hydrogen or methanol. The
advantages acccrding to Howard,
are an environmentally benign fuel
source — no noise, no pollution.
The waste product is pure water.

“It’s the clean fuel for the next
century. We’re working on
polymer plastic fuel cells and
reducing the amount of platinum
needed as a catalyst for the cell.
The problem in the past has been
expense. We’ve worked out a cost

reduction of 50 per cent from the

stage the technology was at in the
60s,’’ said Howard.

Howard sees commercial use of
the new cells two to five years
away, although prototype units are
available. Applications include
remote powering stations and
radar sites in the North for the
military.

The Department of National
Defence has sponsored research
for the past three years at Ballard.

On the North Shore in various

configurations over the past 10
years, the company is today doing
$3.5 million a year in contract
work and employs 40 technicians
and professionals.

nea

SEE THROUGH the many
mysteries of glass with Timothy M.
Dowler’s Glass Made Clear,
published earlier this year by Snap
Crackle Press Pub, Co. in West
Vancouver.

The reference work bursts with

scholarly and practical information
for anyone interested in working
with glass.

With historical anecdotes, tips
on glass design, physical proper-
ties, and chemistry, Dowler taps

shell

his ‘gla; nd spills a
covuprehensive bookful of shatter-
ing enlightenment.

The book is available at
Duthie’s, Behnsen Graphic
Supplies and at the West Van-
couver public library.

EE RE RR. CR ER LEE.

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