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BUSINESS BRIEFS
TICKET SALES

ENCORE TICKETS Ltd. has
entered the ticket sales market in
Greater Vancouver with a staff of
18, what it calls the most advanc-
ed computerized ticketing system
in Canada and contracts for ticket
sales and related services for sev-
eral clients.

Encore president Michael Kelly
. Said the company currently is sell-
ing tickets for clients which have
signed contracts giving Encore ex-
clusive distribution rights over
their ticket inventories.

The clients are Promo Adven-
tures, the Fend Players Society,
which represents stage productions
at the Station Street Arts Centre,
Punch Lines Comedy Thestve and
Keith Lawrence Symphoay Ses-
sions, which offers Vancouver
Symphony Orchestra packages.

“These are the first of many
contracts we expect to have in
hand in the weeks and months
ahead,”” said Kelly, whose com-
pany began selling tickets in Gc-
tober after a year of develop-
menta! work.

BUSINESS COURSE

ASPIRING SMALL business
owners, new business owners and
students will want to tune in when
the Burnaby-based Cpen Learning
Agency offers Something Ven-
tured, an innovative ‘‘ielecourse’’
on entrepreneurship.

The four-month course begins

- in January.
_ Something Ventured includes 26
half-hour programs televised on
the Knowledge Network, 28
print-based lessons and telephone
contact with an experienced tutor.

‘*Business owners and learners
will get a comprehensive overview
of entreprenéurship,’* said pro-
gram coordinator Maurcen
Lawrencs.

“*By vicwing televised segments,
completing course readings,
preparing assignments and a ma-
jor project, students will earn
three credits and learn what it
takes to be a successful business

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Course participants will learn
how to investigate and evaluate
business opportunities, acquire the
skills and knowledge needed 10
establish a new firm, market pro-
ducts or services, manage the
human and fiscal demands of a
business and meet the organiza-
tion’s social and legal respon-
sibilities.

To register for the Something
Ventured telecourse, contact the
Open Learning Agency Registry at
431-3110. Registrations can be ac-
cepted no later than Jan. 5.

Televised segments will be
broadcast on the Knowledge Net-
work Saturday inornings at 13
a.m. starting on Jan. 9, repeating
Thursday evenings at id p.m.
beginning Jan. 14.

BUSINESS WARNING

THE BETTER Business Bureau
warns businesses of a nationwide
phoney invoice.

The invoice is in the name of
Canadian 1.8.T. Business Reper-
tories Inc. and states that ‘‘your
account is past due’’ and uses an
unauthorized GST number.

It comes front a box number in
Ouawa.

Several B.C. businesses have al-
ready received the phoney in-
voices.

Businesses are urged to contact
their local police department if
they receive the fake invoices.

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NEWS photo Neil Lucente

CHRIS AND Linder Anderson and North Vancouver MLA David Schreck cut the ribbon to of-
ticially open Pier 96 at 115 East Esplanade. The former Versatile Pacific heritage structure will
serve as a flea trade market, at least for the short-term. The Nerth Vancouver Community Arts
Council, which has iaunched its Christmas flea market in an adjoining building, is hoping the
building can be permanently secured for cultural use.

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