BOWEN ISLAND-based C-Tow is entering its fifth season of assisting local boaters who find themselves in troubled waters by laun- ching a new commercial ser- vice. For a small annual membership fee, C-Tow’s New Secure Boaters ‘ Group, a kind of auto club of the sea, offers members free vessel assistance at sea, free and reduced towing fees, communications assistance and product and repair discounts at a number of marine dealerships. business briefcase Michael Becker Over the years, C-Tow, operated by Jim MacDonald, has helped hundreds of power and sail boaters out of dangerous situations. For move information contact C-Tow at 947-2875, Box 146-14 Venture Road, Bowen Island, VON 1G0 or VHF 16 ““C-TOW”’. geen e A NEW item on the market and available at retail outlets including Foture Shop, Computerland, Grand & Toy and London Drugs, brings software commands into quick focus by way of a handy reference-guide wheel. Wheel Ease, developed by Wheel Ease Reference Corporation in Victoria, does away with having to tifle through program manuals and help-screens to execute com- monly-used commands. Wheel guides currently available for word-processing software in- clude Wordstar Original v1.0-3.3; Wordstar Professional v4.0; WordPerfect v4/4.1, 4.2 and 5.0; MS-Word v3.xx and 4.0; MultiMate Advantage v3.6; DisplayWrite 4 v1.0; MS-Works. Other software guides include MS-DOS _ v2.xx-3.xx; Crosstalk XVI v3.6; Lotus 1-2-3 vi .xx-2.xx; dBASE HI PLUS v1.0; Ventura Publisher; MS-Flight Simulator v2.12. weene MANY SUPERVISORS and man- agers often take on their jobs un- prepared to manage complex rela- tionships. Students of Mike Battistel’s Ef- fective Supervision Course, offered through North Shore Continuing Education, enrol to change that situation. GLC. HOTLINE Bonus % % Interest} 1683-0893 (24 hrs.) Trust | BUSINESS (BOATERS WHO RUN INTO TROUBLE Local firm offers towing assistance 35 - Sunday, May 14, 1989 - North Shore News CAPILANO MALL Sears store manager Ian Mitchell was recently honored by Sears management and staff for completing 35 years with the com- pany. Mitchell has managed the Capilano Sears department store since 1980. Pictured are (left to right) retired Sears general manager Bruce Ward, Eileen Mitchell and fan Mitchell at a party held for Mitchell. Said Battistel: ‘‘From construc- tion foremen to small business op- erators, all those in a supervisory rale want to lead their employees effectively, and they need skills and knowledge to accomplish that.” Course topics during four Tues- day night sessions include lead- ership and delegation; motivation and attitudes; performance plan- ning and training; communications and problem solving. The course will be offered May 30 to June 20. For registration in- formation contact North Shore Continuing Education at 986-8888, or pick up a copy of the Joy of Learning Magazine at 2132 Hamilton Avenue in North Van- couver, et ken NORTH VANCOUVER RCMP Cpl. Terry Grimm will be among the guest speakers at the seminar Small Business Crime Prevention Tuesday, May !5, 7 p.m. to 10 p.m., at the Queen Mary Com- munity School library. Grimm will be joined by North Vancouver RCMP operations In- sp. Dave Roseberry and Crown prosecutor Suzanne Williams. For more information contact the police at 985-1311. FREE REAL ESTATE SEMINAR Leam how people can inves for profit, with security, in prime residential real estate. Most people do not have the time, the expertise, or the finan- cial reserves necessary to prudently invest in real estate by themselves. Nor are most investors interested in becoming landlords, with the unexpected problems and expenses that occur in property management. UC. Home Equity Development Inc. has developed a proven investment program which allows investors to pool their funds and purchase a portfolio of quality homes The pariners share a list of 30 benefits, including the profits! Date: Tuesday, May 16, 1989 Time: 7:30 pm. Place: The Lonsdale Quay Hotel, Discovery Room * refreshments will be served This seminar is sponsored by C.ESecurities Limited Robert Potuzak Christine Potuzak President Registered Financial Planner FINANGIAL PLANNING —S PLANNING - SECURITIES DEALER 802 - 1200 Burrard St. Please call Denise at 685-0790 29 ) Teserve your place. -- seating is limi Ce Securities LiMiTED Vancouver, B.C. V6Z 2C7 - ADVERTISEMENT ~ SUING A GHOST: “Derek Cave What remedies are available to a person who receives bodi- ly injury or property damage in an accident caused by a hit and run driver? Formerly under common law no remedy would exist since there would be no one ascerizinable against whom a lawsuit could be commenced. Fortunately in British Columbia that is no longer the case. If injury, death or property damage is caused in British Colum- bia by a hit and run driver, the victim has a suit directly against L.C.B.C. for all personal injuries, and property damage which exceeds ' $150.00. There are, however, certain conditions which must be satisfied ~ before such a suit can be successful: 1 Written notice must be given to 1.C.B.C. within six @ months after the hit and run accident. The victim must make ail reasonable efforts to ascer- tain and identify the owner and driver of the hit and run e vehicle. In a case of vehicle damage, the owner of the vehicle 3 should have reported the loss to the police within 48 hours e of the discovery of the damage. There are certain monetary limits to these actions (at the time of this writing $200,000.00) but subject to that, and obser- vance with the above conditions, a suit against 1.C.B.C. for damages caused by a hit and run driver should be no more com- plicated, nor should the victim’s award be any less, than if the identity of the third party driver were known. For advice concerning a motoring problem or injury claim please call our personal injury group at: Derek Cave Dennis Quinlan Martha Konig 687-3216 G Ferguson Gifford Barristers & Solicitors Suite 500-Park Place 666 Burrard Street Vancouver, B.C. V6C 3H3