Feds lend funds to coffee corp. CHUCK COOK, MP for North Vancouver, recently an- nounced that North Vancouver-based Americas Coffee Corporation (AMESCO) will receive a $47,000 loan from the Western Diversification Program. The federal assistance will go towards the cost of a marketing ” a & business briefcase Michael Becker campaign and obtaining Under- writer’s Laboratories approval for the company’s coffee machines. AMESCO produces a unique line of automatic coffee machines for use in the office coffee service trade. The machines grind fresh ceffee beans for each cup and allow for coffee preferences. The Western Diversification Fund was established to assist in the diversification of the western Canadian economy by encouraging new products, new markets, new technology, improved productivity and import replacements. For more information about AMESCO cail 988-7676. wat SCOT HALL, of Grammatically Yours, is offering two Grammar Crammer Workshops. The workshops are designed to upgrade grammatical levels. Hall teaches Effective Communication Techniques at BCIT and has also polished corporate prose for Flet- cher Challenge, H.A. Simons, Federal Business Development Bank, Can-Dive Services and the City of Vancouver. Said Hall, ‘‘Writing, to most of us, is as natural as breathing. We never stop to examine the actual mechanics of breathing. Likewise, most of us never give @ second thought to the mechanics of writ- ing; that is, to the spelling, gram- mar, syntax and punctuation that are the inner structure of a sentence.”” The one-day workshops will be held 9 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., Saturday Oct. 21 and Friday Oct. 27 in the board room of the Delbrook Business Centre Ltd. at Delbrook Plaza, 3741 Delbrook Ave., North Vancouver. For more information call 987- 1139. See Earn Pago 42 GILC. HOTLINE | 1 0 Bonus } I 0 interest ; 683-0893 (24 hrs.) Metropolitan Trust RETIREMENT PLANNING SEMINARS RAF OR ANNUITY... which is better for you RRSP CHANGES... what are the new rules INVESTMENTS AND TAX PLANNING... How to minimize taxes NORTH VANCOUVER *Delbrook Community Centre October 23rd 7:30-9:30 pm - Oak Room 600 West Queens Sireet WEST VANCOUVER * Park Royal Hotel River Room 540 Clyde Ave October 24th 130-330 pm October 26th 130-330 pm 41 - Wednesday, October 18, 19895 - North Shore News NEWS photo Cindy Goodman AMESCO'S SHAUN Casey displays fresh coffee beans which are fed into the company’s unique in-office cof- fee machines. The North Vancouver company was one of the many North Shore companies which participated at ast month’s business trade show staged by the North Shore Economic Development Commission. Nobody beats our rates for GIC’s among the lop ten banks O Central (9) Guaranty has the “Best Rate GIC". it’s your guar- antee that the rate of interest you earn is as high, or higher, than the rates offered by the other nine leading finan- cial institutions in Canada. Namely, the Royal Bank, Canadian imperial Bank of Commerce, Toronto Dominion Bank, Bank of Montreal, Bank of Nova Scotia, National Bank, Royal ae Trust, Canada Trust and Nationa! Trust. xi C And, among the top ten, oO only Central Guaranty offers Seniors 55 plus an additional 44% per annum bonus on all of our GIC terms, if a monthly interest payment directly = . mt “BEST RATE GIC 154% 8 MONTH GIC VM 1 YEAR GIc “Best Rate GIC's” in gitect until November 1A, 1989, . Oo To further help a or develop = investment and trust companies. deposited into a m@ Centro! Guaranty m chequing or savings account is chosen. pi _ 0) All of which inl means, when a Oyov're buying a GIC, or renewing a GIC, for the best rate going go directly to Central Guaranty. z strategies and finan- cial insights, Central Guaranty has created a booklet called “Investment Services~ Developing Strategies for Success”. Your copy is yours for the asking at the same place you get your “Best Rate GIC”. Your nearest branch of Central Gueranty. There is no charge for the seminar but as space is limited, we ask that you call to reserve your place at the location of your choice. Phone: 688-9577 or, toll-free at: 1-800-663-0644 CENTRALTIF GUARANTY CENTRAL GUARANTY TRUST COMPANY/ THE CENTRAL & GUARANTY TRUST CORP. Member of Canada Depow! insurance Corporation Member of Canade Depast Insurance Corporation Members of the Central Guaranty Irustco Group of companes Park Royal South Shopping Mall 922-0158 wis 2 SOLGUARD Financial Ltd. CONSULTANTS AND BROKERS Since 1974