NEWS photo Terry Pot

A DIFFERENT kind of cheque presentation took place when a salm-
on handed over the donation to Sentinel Work Activity Program
(SWAP) child care worker Murray Grant (left) from Coho Festival
treasurer Don Griffiths. The $918 donation went to SWAP to build a

salmon Jadder for Rodgers Creek.

ancouver

THE DOORS to the First City
Trust branch, that opened Mon-
day in West Vancouver, haven't
stopped opening and shutting,
according to a spokesman with
the firm.

Jack Carley, vice-president of
branch operations, said the
response by West Vancouverites
has been incredible.

In the first week of opening,
the West Vancouver branch at-
tracted between 50 and 100 new
accounts in West Vancouver.

“We felt West Vancouver was
a very good market. A lot of our
business is in investment and we
tend to locate in markets where
there’s enough income for sav-
ings,’’ he said.

He said the bank, located in
Ambleside, is attracting many
seniors and residents with
disposable income interested in
investing.

‘‘Our branch caters to deposit
customers — a lot of peoric tke
the personalized service they get,
rather than waiting in lines.’’

Carley described the new
branch in West Vancouver as a
“little gem’? on Ambleside
Street.

“It has a bright, classy-looking
office. It’s pleasant to the eye.”’

First City Trust is the only na-
tional financial headquaters in
the West, and it plans to open
four more branches in 1987.

Besides the opening of the
West Vancouver branch in '86,
another branch opened in China-
town, in Vancouver, and a
branch in Kerrisdale.

First City Trust celebrates its
25th anniversary next year.

Carley said the bank’s reputa-
tion over the past 25 years is why

it was able to expand.

Two branches are expected to
open in Winnipeg and another
two in Vancouver next year.

The Vancouver-based company
First City Trust will have six
Vancouver branches, compared
to one the previous year.

Throughout Canada there are
34 branches in 21 cities.

The company was first started
in Edmonton in 1962.

_ Other advantages to custom-
ers, said Carley, is its competitive
rates for customers, and the fact
it specializes in Registered
Retirement Savings Plan.

_ Industry insiders have reported
that First City Trust appears to
be positioning itself to replace the
Bank of British Columbia, which
was recently taken over by the
Hongkong Bank of Canada.

And president of the company
Edward Daughney agreed there
may be some truth to that com-
ment.

He said there are six million
people in the western provinces,
and they can support a major
chunk of the Canadian economy.

First City Trust, he said, is
there to help the West get back
on track.

Carley added: ‘‘We are taking
advantage of the fact we’re the
only national financial institution
in the west.’”

He said the public has also
supported the bank’s expansion,
noting last year it enjoyed a de-
posit growth in excess of $300
million.

“The time is right. We see all
these financial institutions closing
their doors, and it’s leaving a gap
in the market.”’

41 - Wednesday, December 17, 1986 - North Shore News

ANNUAL SPRING FAIR

Science students prepare

NOW IN its fifth year, the Vancouver Regional
Science Fair has already provided hundreds of stu-
dents with the opportunity to receive recognition for
their work and increase their knowledge and
understanding of science.

Organizers say participating students learn not only
from the creation of their projects but from the expe-
rience of presenting their work to the judges and
general public.

Students, in grades six to 12 are now being invited
‘o contribute to the Fifth Annual Regional Science
Fair, to be held April 3 and 4, at David Thompson
Secondary School, 1755 East 55th Street, Vancouver.

Science Fair projects may be entered in one of four
different categories: computer sciences, life sciences,
physical scicnces or engineering sciences. Prizes in
each category include trophies, cash, books or a grand
prize of an all expense paid trip to the Canada Wide

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Science Fair, to be held this year in Mississauga, On-
tario.

On Jan. 25, the Arts, Sciences & Technology Centre
is hosting a Science Fair Project Workshop. This
workshop is open to students, parents and teachers to
help them produce a successful science fair project.

Leading the workshop are Rob Kiddell, a science
teacher at St. George’s, and Sian Spacey, past
Canada-Wide Science Fair winner.

The workshop will begin at 2 p.m,

The Arts, Sciences & Technology Centre, 600
Granville Street, Vancouve:, is open to the oublic
Mon. through Sat., 10 a.m. to 5 p.m., Sunday and
holidays, | to 5 p.m,

Admission is $3 for adults and $1.50 for seniors,
students and children. For more information please
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