BUSINESS BRIEFS BUSINESSES NOMINATED AMBLESIDE AND Dundarave shop owners were recently recognized at the Vancouver Board of Trade’s Business and Arts Awards at the Waterfront Hotel. The purpose of the award was “to recognize companies that have made special contributions to arts and culture. The Dundarave Merchants Association” and the Ambteside Merchants Organization were both nominated for -the small business “category by. the West Vancouver Harmony Arts Festival. -Harmony Arts Festival manager Colleen Reed said the Harmony Arts Festival encompasses numerous events but a hightight is - ArtBeat, a juried outdoor galleria of 70 merchant windows uniquely designed to showcase talents of artists and display artists. Environmental directory now available locally ‘THE NORTH Share Economic Development Commission has just published the first ever ‘Directory of Environmental. and Recycling Companies on the North Shore.” The cost of the directory is $25, plus $1.75 GST, for.a total of | $26.75, and caa be. purchased by sending a cheque, money order or purchase order ® to: North Shore Economic Development Commis- sion, !48 East Second Street, North Vancouvey, B.C. V7L 1C3. Or just drop in personally. Over 150 companies, contacts, organizations, retailers and wholesalers on the North Shore that have an environmental and/ or a recycling focus are included, along with many ‘‘Greer. Notes,”’ facts and tips on the environment. [ INTERESTED IN SAFE| ALTERNATIVES? Please Call: The North Shore’s only . Full Service Investment Firm 981-6600 RBC DOMINION SECURITIES MEMBER OF BOYAL DANK GROUP 201-250 15th St., West Vancouver Small West Vancouver businesses donate their windows for the week and some alsa pro- vide financial support, “Harnony's suceess relies heavily on local merchant par- ticipation, Hf only £0 stores lent as their windows, tOwould be a much less interesting festival,’ saict Reed, PMTL APPOINTMENT DR. 4. Stuart Donn has been named as the principal of the North Vancouver-based Pacific Marine Training Institute (PMT). Bud Harbidge, chairman of the board of directors of PMTI, said Donn has a strong administrative, operational and research background which he gained through his involvement as assis- tant director of the International Coordinating Ceatre (ICC) forthe Third [International Mathematics and Science Study (TIMSS), Harbidge said Donn has been involved in the educational fieid Colourful, } fun foam phones # save S10. wou Coo! conversation pieces. 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