= fre 36 - Suaday, April 1, 1990 - North Shore News IBOSUIVTSSS BRIEFS NV firm receives world attention THE OFFICIAL book launch of ‘‘Job Stories: [ Like the Work. I Like the Money’ will be held Wednes- day, April 11 from 5 to 7:30 p.m. at the Great Hall, located inside the Vancouver Law Courts Building, Job Stories is a collection of stories by women in the work force who describe what their jobs and Salaries are like. The book was edited by North Shore resident Donna Stewart. xa VISIONS, IDEAS and Solutions is a computer semi- nar that will be held on Wednesday, April 4 at the Pan’ Pacific Hotel from 10:45 a.m. to 5 p.m, Sponsored by Computerland, the seminar will focus on the visions, ideas and solutions today’s businesses will have to have in order to meet the businesses op- Portunities of tomorrow. For more information call 640-6927. wax IDEA NETWORK, an entzepreneur support network, will hold its inaugural, monthly continental breakfast on Saturday, April 7 at 8 a.m. at Fins Waterfront res- taurant in New Westminster. ‘*Many people have ideas and don’t know how to bring them into reality,’ says entrepreneur Bob Hooey, who hosts the Idea Network. ‘‘The profit from great ideas comes when you turn them into real- ity.” The regular monthly meetings will provide a forum for interaction, ideas and discussion of means to carry them out. For more information call 524-9639 tek THE NORTH Shore Economic Development Com- mission’s directory of technology companies is now Pyropaving dispenses with pits From page 35 To make virgin asphalt, oil has to be bought and gravel has to be up. removed from the earth. ‘*‘When dev Said Rorison, ‘‘To crush gravel you've got to open up pits, it’s like open pit mining except it’s open pit crushing — you knock trees down. When you buy asphalt oil, the money goes right out of the economy because B.C. is not an oil producer.” Pyropaving dispenses with the pits and reduces the need to pur- chase non-renewable resources. Rorison lives in Kamloops but @CKia located hydraulic motor work, I wanted to off, run across put it on. solved fast. have access to The Department © Typesetting © Graphit we [Ppipiings ° Camera McKim Printing (1988) Ltd. Service “Where you get a good deal and a good deal more” 985-0607 ® Intel 386 SX microprocessor © 16MHz processing speed © 2 MB RAM standard expandable to 16 MB © Three storage device slots © Super VGA on motherboard © Choice of 342" or 5%" floppy and hard disk formats © 5 full-size expansion slots (one 16 MHz memory dedicated) © MS DOS and MS Windows 386 “erie Call us today at 986-8170 “Yous North Shore NEC Solution” NEC QUALITY PRODUCTS © Desktop computers © Prospeed & Ultralite laptops ¢ Multisync monitors © Laser & Dot Matrix printucs * C.D. 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The exact category and award won’i be known until EDC representatives attend the international awards dinner and presentation in Minneapolis, Minnesota on May 7. enn THE ENTREPRENEUR of the Year Award will be handed out Tuesday, April 24 at the Hyatt Regency Hotel. The theme of the 1990 Entrepreneur of the Year Ave: rd dinner is ‘*Dawn of a New Decade’’ and the keyr.ote speaker will be Allan Gregg, founder and chairman of Decima Research, Canada’s largest public affairs research house. The winner wil! join a prestigious group of past winners, including West Vancouver businessman Jimmy Pattison. VANCOUVER MAYOR Gordon Campbell will give a talk on “Ethics In Public Service: Why We Musn’t Let the Business of Government Give Way to the Game of Politics,’’ April 1} from 7:30 to 8:30 a.m. at the Four Seasons Hotel. work at a number of B.C. airports ana rarks Canada is interested in the process for roadwork in Banff. **They don’t want an asphalt plant coming in and knocking down eloping this and it didn’t trees and digging a big hole in the be able totakeit ground to make asphalt. They’ve to the local already got the asphalt lying on the run back and road there,’’ Rorison said. | wanted problems to be Being down here we. all electronics, hydraulics, gas fittings — it’s ail within half an hour's drive.”’ of Transport is « Business Cards ¢ Stationery « Flyers ¢ Brochures A NORTH Vancouver truck and tractos manufacturer is. one of more than 160 B.C. companies receiving world-wide Publicity through the B.C. Trade* Develop- ment Corporation. Nocth Vancouver-Capilano MLA Angus Ree said detailed in- formation from Pacific Truck and Trailer Ltd., about its custom, heavy-duty vehicles for special ap- plications is being distributed in a catalogue-style bulletin called *“*Export B.C.,”’ which is published by B.C. Trade. **This information-packed bulletin is available to foreign buyers through the International Business Ministry’s nine trade of- Plus Steaks, Pasta, Salads & House Specialties BRAND NEW 1990 VW (as shown) Manual transmission. Crystal silver 4 metallic paint with 5 year, 100,000km VW Powertrain warranty. Construction sale Priced Guitarist Saturday Brunch Wednesday Evenings dine by the beautiful Harp music. Open 7 days & nights a week. 2427 Marine Drive, West Van. fices around the world, all of Canada’s overseas trade commis- sioners and a special mailing list of 3,200 interested buyers,’’ said Ree. International Business Minister Elwood Veitch, chairman of B.C. 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