WV Rec Centre
needs volunteers

VOLUNTEERS ARE needed to help the West Van-
couver Recreation Centre prepare for special events
happening this fall.

A bike rodeo takes place Saturday, Oct. 22 and a
special Halloween event, Spooktacular '88, happens
Monday, Oct. 31. Both events require help prior to
and for the event itself.

At the bike rodeo, volunteers are needed to staff

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booths, assist children with safety activities and
answer questions.

Halloween plans are well under way but assistance is
needed with decorations, props, booth ideas, posters,
banners and general organization.

Gain experience in leadership and organization
while having fun. Anyone interested in volunteering at
these events should call Jill at 926-3266.

Western Economic Diversification is
listening to your ideas for:
¢ New Preducts:
¢ New Technology
¢ New Export Markets _
¢ Import Replacements
industry-wide
Productivity
Improvements

Economic development and diversification
are vital to British Columbia and its future
well-being. It means more job creation
opportunities as our economic prospects
improve and British Columbia’s products and
services become more competitive at home
and abroad.

The Federal Government’s Western
Economic Diversification Program is
heiping British Columbia’s
entrepreneurs with financial solutions as
well as with direction and

assistance in identifying

alternate funding sources. WD

is also playing an active role in
advocating western interests in

the formulation of national

policies and programs.

For further information, please
contact our Vancouver office at
666-6256.

Western Ministére de la
Economic Diversification de
Diversification Péconomie de
Canada VPOuest Canada

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Yope Van Kaauwen is building on the
entrepreneurial spirit in Vancouver for
Delta Injection Locator Inc.

Yope Van Kaauwen had
an innovative idea but
needed marketing
material
support.
: He needed to.develop an
educational and promotional
* video and purchase projection
equipment in order to market
a new diabetes ‘injector

locator’ device. -
Yope Van Kaauwen turned to Western

Economic Diversification for direction and

: assistance. With WD's help, he is now able to’
"market his company's innovative proc:ct that could

create new job opportunities for British Columbians
‘and expand market potential.

Bob Reimer is building on the entrepreneurial spirit
in Vancouver for Adventures in Learning Inc.

Bob Reimer knew he could
make a good idea
sound even better.

He wanted to produce locally top-notch educational
and motivational tapes like the 200 or more

titles his company already sells (two of

which are now on the best-seller list).

All the company needed was its own

facilities. Reimer turned to Western

Economic Diversification.

With WD's help in providing the funding _
he’s able to build a recording studio for
spoken word cassettes which will mean new
job opportunities for British Columbians and
could secure the company’s leadership in
replacing cultural industry imports.

Tony Orlitzky is building on the entrepreneurial spirit
in Delta for A.TS. Electro Lube Ltd.

Tony Orlitzky has proven that
for once, bigger is better.

He wanted to expand his line of smail-scaled automatic
lubricant dispensers, designed for use on industrial
bearings, to include a bigger model, the ‘Jumbo-Luber’.
Orlitzky tumed to Western Economic Diversification.

With WD’s help to cover part of the development costs,

he’s able to move ahead to meet increased customer demands,
create new jobs for British Columbians, and look towards

an international export market potential.

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