ss BUSINESS BRIEFS WATER WINNERS WHEN GLENN Bailey and Cameron Falconer bought the Canadian Springs Water Co., most said the firm would fail. Today, four years later, the Burnaby-based business employs 80 peopie, has 20 trucks and sells some two million gallons of water a year to individual customers. Bailey and Falconer, both 29, are the 1991 winners of the Fed- eral Business Development Bank (FBDB) Young Entrepreneur Award of B.C. Bailey was the one who came up with the idea of marketing spr- ing water and coolers. He. con- vinced his friend Falconer to leave law school and go into business with him. Bailey made a purchase offer on a spring water distribution com- pany that was in receivership. The offer was accepted and the two men became partners. Within one month they doubled their custom- er base. “The large number of cusiom- ers we recruited in four years who are satisfied with our services con- stitute our main competitive ad- vantage,’’ said Bailey. The two partners said their business success is due to the quality of their product, their cus- tomer recruitment approach, of- G fering free ‘ater tasting sessions and their commitment to customer satisfaction. The FBDB Young Entrepreneur Award was created four years ago to recognize the accomplishments of young business owners who distinguish themselves through an exceptional sense of entrepreneur- ship. NEW SEASPAN EXECU- TIVES JOHN R. Barker has been ap- pointed vice-president of market- ing for North Vancouver-based Sesspan Internationa? Ltd. while Roberi C. Stewart is the firm’s new vice-president of .marine operations. Barker joined Seaspan in 1976 and has held positions in market- ing and traffic. He received a bachelor of commerce degree from the University of B.C. and an MBA from the University of Washington. Stewart has been with the FOUR LUCKY kids got to he fire chief for a day recently as part of the seventh annual get out alive’ program sponsored by local fire departments. The junior chiefs are (left to right) -| Nathan Rayment (Lions Bay Fire Department), Ryan Gilmore (North Vancouver City), Jennifer Cutting (West Vancouver) and at the wheel, Marissa Jarzyna (North Vancouver District). NOTIC Roly x E 70 MOTORISTS PORTEAU BLUFFS ROCK SCALING PROJECT SEA-TO-SKY HIGHWAY 99 The Ministry of Transportation and Highways advises that there will be week- day closures on the Sea-to-Sky Highway at Porteau Bluffs, 25 km north of Horseshoe Bay, from Monday September 30 until! Friday November 1. The closures are needed for rock scaling, bolting and blasting work. Closures are [I scheduled as follows: Monday to Thursday 10:00 AM —- 12:30 Noon 1:30 PM - 4:00 PM Friday 10:00 AM — 12:30 Noon 2 There will be no closures on Friday afternoons, weekends and statutery B holidays. For further information, please contact the Ministry of Transportation and Highways 24-Hour Road Report at 525-4997 (Greater Vancouver), 938-4997 (Whistler), 371-4997 (Kamloops), 860-4997 (Kelowna), 855-4997 (Abbotsford), | 380-4997 (Victoria). In all other areas please call 1-800-663-4997. Province of tA British Columbia os, es woe eee eee ees eere vee Ministry of Transportation and Highways Hon. Lyall Hanson, Minister Sunday, October 27, 1991 — North Shore News - 24 Seaspan group of companies since 1966 and has held a variety of posts in management and marine operations. Seaspan operates Canada’s largest fleet of tugs and multi- purpose barges providing a wide- range of miarine transportation service to industry on the west coast of North America and is engaged in shipbuilding and ship repair work through its North Vancouver-based division, Van- couver Shipyards Co. Ltd. POWER SMART B.C. HYDRO'S Power Smart program held its own against some very stiff competition on the night of Oct. 17, provincial elec- tion night in B.C. Preliminary results of a tete- phone poll showed that 78% of B.C households were aware of this year’s annual event, which just happened te coincide with the closing of the poils at 8 p.m. on election night in B.C. Some 54% of households par- ticipated in Power Smart night by turning off unnecessary lights. Last year’s results were almost identical in both categories. “Frankly, I’m surprised and pleased with this year’s result, | “te given the recent public focus on the Clarence Thomas hearing and the B.C. election campaign and teturns,’’ said B.C. Hydro chief research analyst Alan Burr. 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