photo MICHAEL 4. BORREN

BRUCE STREBINGER made his parents happy by winning for them a trip for two to England. He entered a
draw for the trip at the Park & Tilford Centre Save-On Food & Drugs and came up a winner. Left to right are
Shasnoa Mahoney, Park & Tilford Centre assistant manager, Michael Strebinger, Bruce Strebinger and Judy

Shoppin:

trip resu

its

in a trip to Europe

A SHOPPING stop at Park
& Tilford Centre was recent-
ly parlayed into a holiday
stopover in England.

While shopping at Ssve-On-
Food & Drugs, Bruce Strebinger
filled out a contest entry form for
his father for the centre’s Win A
Trip For Two To England — The
Garden Of Europe contest.

The form proved to be the win-
ning entry. Bruce's father Michael
and his wife Judy were wondering
how to celebrate their upcoming
20th wedding anniversary in May.

& phone call made by Shannon
Marency, assistant manager of
Park & Tilford Centre, alerzing
Michnel of his winnings (airline
tickets for two to England, ar-
ranged through Marita Travel, and
$900 spending money courtesy of
Save-On), gave them the answer
they were searching for.

Strebinger had approximately a
one in 16,000 chance of winning.

Electricty
use rises

BRITISH COLUMBIANS are us-
ing more electricity than ever be-
fore. Domestic use of electrical
energy rose by eight per cent in the
nine-month period to December
31, 1988. B.C. Hydro's latest in-

provement of $34 million over the
corresponding period of 1987,
whea there was a net loss of $23
million. This figure includes results
of stabilized export sales and par-
tial year earnings from discon-
tinued operations.

Loss on domestic operations was
reduced by $28 million, from $74
million in 1987 to $46 million. In-
creased sales were a major factor
in this improvement and, accord-
ing to Hydro chairman Larry Bell,
this was backed by continuing cost
containment and employee pro-
ductivity.

Total revenues for the nine
months amounted to $1,271 mil-
lion, up $25 million or two per
cent from 1987, Export revenues
were $79 compared to $142 million
@ year ago. Hydro reduced the
volume of secondary electricity of-
fered for export to maintain ade-
quate reservoir levels.

aentan

RCYAL LEPAGE recently an-
nounced plans to open a third of-
fice in North Vancouver, for a

business
briefcase
Michael Becker

fs]
total of five offices on the North
Shore.

The new office will be located at
Park & Tiiford, right next to the
new Save-On-Foods. The office is
due to open June 15 with a full
force of 24 sales people and a
full-time manager. The new office
is meant to better serve the Lynn

Want an
Exciting
Career in

a Booming

Industry?

Valley and Deep Cove areas of
North Vancouver.

aenene

ACCORDING TO a survey
published by Employment and
Immigration Canada’s Economic
Services Branch, a total of 7,600
jobs are expected to open for ac-
countants, auditors, underwriters,
tax consultants, loan advisors and
other financial officers during the
1987 to 1995 period in B.C.

Accountants and other financial
officer jobs represent the 11th
largest job group in the B.C.
economy. Based on a survey by
Hansen Consultants, annual salary
ranges in Canada in 1986 for
selected accounting and financial
positions included: $59,700 to
$124,000 for corporate financial
executives; $51,000 to $86,900 for
corporate controllers; $36,100 to
$65,000 for corporate accounting
executives; $29,600 to $49,700 for
senior auditors; $24,000 to $53,200
for auditors; $29,000 to $36,000
for senior cost accountants;
$20,800 to $33,100 for cost ac-
countants; $19,600 to $23,300 for
assistant cost accountants.

Partners and senior auditors in
public accounting firms bring in
more than $100,000 a year.

Capilano College's
new Business
Computing Co-op
program combines
practical business
computing training
with general
business
knowledge,
communication
skills and paid on-
the-job experience.

Beginning Septernber, 1989, students in this two-year
diploma program will spend 8 months in paid industry
placements and 16 months in the classroom. The
program is aimed at identifying the specific needs of
industry in microcomputer applications, programming,
and systems work, to ensure the successful

employment of alt our grads.

If you would like more information, phone 984-4980.

@em CAPILANO COLLEGE
2055 Purcell! Way, North Vancouver

31 - Sunday, March 19, 1989 ~ North Shore News

PROPOSAL CALL
Residential Building Site
Cedar Village Crescent
District of North Vancouver
B.C.Hydro invites offers for the purchase of a 2.4 acre (.971 ha) site
with a gross developable area of approximately 76,000 sq.ft. The re-
mainder is encumbered with a non-buildable transmission line right-
of-way and a restrictive covenant.

The current zoning is I-3 but the District of North Vancouver has
indicated a preliminary approval for residential rezoning. The pur-
chaser will be responsible for rezoning and subdivision.

Offers stating a firm price or a price per unit based upon the number
of residential units allowable under the enacted rezoning bylaw will
be considered. B.C.Hydro reserves the right not to accept any or all
offers.

Contact Alex Beleski, B.C.Hydro, Properties Division at (604) 663-
3291 or (604) 663-3913 for an information package.

BChydro &

THE CORPORATION OF THE
CITY OF NORTH VANCOUVER
As part of the City-wide View Study now being underteken
we would again Iike to hear from residents of the City of
North Vancouver.
Our Consultant will conduct two
workshop sessions at a:

Public Open House
on
March 21, 1989,
from 4 to 6 pm. and 7 te 9 p.m. at
City Hall,
141 West 14th Street.

If you have any questions or if you are unable to attend on
March 21, 1989, phone Development Services at 985-7761,
locals 215 or 216.

MILLAR - ZIELKE

Chartered Accountants

211-145 West 15th Street
North Vancouver