B6- Wednesday, January 19, 1983 - North Shore News @ business After just 5 months of operation, the = province's LIFT (Low Interest Funding Today) Program for small businesses has sparked “phenomenal” response, says Paul Palm. Business Finance Director of the British Columbia Development Corporation. The Development Cor- $190 milhon program) on behalf of the provincial government, and Paim reports that the phones haven't stopped ringing since LIFT was announced. “Since the beginning of September, we've logged 2,154 inquiry calls and we're processing over a hundred poration ts administering the More scoop f FROM PAGE B2 follows close behind with give wins and two losses. Games played last week include: Seycove 48, Windsor 42, Hillside 58, Argyle 46: Sentinel 47, Sutherland 36; Sutherland 60, Hillside 33; Sentinel 60, Carson Grahaim 35; Windsor 57, Howe Sound 30; Howe Sound 50, Windsor 48, Seycove 58, Argyle 37, Hillside 68, Howe Sound 52. Junior Boys: Although Hillside, with three and two, trails West Van (4-2) for the league’ leadership, the Highwaymen managed to edge the Highlanders 38-37 in a key game Friday with Cohn Dison earning 12 points for the winners. A second win for Hillside came Wednesday, a 37-34 decision over Balmoral John Dafoe was the Ingh sconng Highwayman with 11} points. Other games that week include Balmoral 44. Handsworth 34S. and West Vancouver 34, Handsworth 28 Juvenile Girts: Aquinas ts the only undefeated squad left in the league with a 40 record to date Balmoral has a taght hold on second with four wins and only one loss. Games last week include Old Crows OTE tat 51 ea ~ * > Grep Myers scored a pal? of goals to lead Old © rows to a 6 S upset win over Drillers on Sunday tn North Shore Semon Recreathon Hockey ae (hom la the othe: game played Canadians overoame a stubborn Ovbd Buzzard defense to posta / } win The teams were tread at three oan the thied perrend whee Canadians scored a paw of short handcd goals doo bbb ded the © anadhans woth two pensds loans under the program — Aquinas 31,- Hillside 19, Sentinel 43, Argyle 24, Windsor 31, Handsworth 20: Balmoral 40, Seycove 19: West Vancouver 54, Carson Graham 18: Balmoral 53, Argyle 10. Juvenile Boys: Hand- sworth and Hillside are tied for first with four straight wins apiece, although Windsor with 3-1 is waiting in the wings. The most exciung game of the week undoubtedly was the 46-45 squeaker of Handsworth over Sutherland which came at the end of double overtime. Other games include: Sutherland 36, Argyle 28; Aquinas 38, Balmoral 37: Hillside 55. Seycove 22: Argyle 54, West Van 37. and Windsor 56, Balmoral 33. Bantam Girls: Three games into the season, and already Sutherland 1s the only school with an un- defeated record (3-0) Game to watch was ae two-voint squcaker with Windsor defeating Hillside 32 30 in overtime Thursday Gsames played oo inctude Argyle 4. Sentinel 26. Sutherland 48 West Van Red 24. Windsor ys. Handsworth 23 Balmoral 4) Seyecove 26 West Van Black 430 Carson Graham 14. Aquinas 31, Handsworth % and Sutherland of, West Win CORRECTION international Paybook In the Central Autoparts Cheques pages 116 120 should read $15 OG to any purchase of Gattery not $75 00 We are sorry foe any an CONVENE & have Customers ths may Caused Out Castor enlarmerrerits vapor todd x 20) Copy meagativers from your pons FOR THE PRICE OF th) Meare tid 1&4 SHIRON Photo Lab 24066 Marine Drive West Van V2e PAY applicatonss for . to a total value of more than $59 million. Loan offers have alredy been made to 49 companies.” And according to Palm, these companies represent the full range of small manufacturing and processing businesses around the province — a Shake and shingle i in Ruskin, a food processing company in Vancouver, a window manufacturer in Victoria, a dry kiln in Smithers. These are the types of businesses that the LIFT program was designed for, according to the legislation that set it up, as part of a larger economic recovery program for the province. “LIFT's low interest rates (currently about 13.5%) allow companies to start up, expand, or replenish depleted working capital during today's tough times,” says Palm. “And that means two things that are our most important considerations here — jobs created and yobs preserved.” As Palm points out, these businesses not only employ people for their own Small business responds to big lift Operations, they also buy goods and services provided by other companies, and other workers. From Palm's prospective. and that of the BC. Development Corporation, success of this strategy for economic recovery 1s already evident in the in- terest’ the small business community is expressing in LIFT. rom the hoop Van Black 35. Bantam Boys: Last but not least 1s bantam boys action, where Windsor is the school in the lead to date with three straight wins m a young season. Scores in from last week's games include: Hillside 47, Sentinel 25. Handsworth 36, West Van 34; Windsor 74, Seycove 20: Sutherland 54, Seycove 14; and Windsor 48, Balmoral 29. Now you know Fully 90 per cent of the wine consumed in_ the United States is domestic. Americans drink more than two gallons a year. While far less than the 30 gallons the average Frenchman. of Itahan puts away annually, wine consumption is rising steadily. 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