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WhItby Fr00 Pros, Wednesday, May 10, 1995 Page 9 ~ Empre cntines rnovaionsat frmerP.ria.p..t.. sion of the former Purina plant te insulate and heat the building on Hopkins Street last year and remove old e-quipment and adcf had hoped te begin production by the capacity for more processes, January. which has caused a delay. Jim Papadopoulos, Empire's, marketing director and trea- "Ites going te go stage by stage. surer, says the company decided We have te, try some of th e Whitby hosts cmputer fair On Sunday, May 28, il a.m. to 5 p.m., the Ontario Computer Fair wiil take place at Soccer City,- 100 Sunray St., Whitby. The fair serves thé home market, including famiIies, students and smail businesses, and is sponsred by We Compute Magazne. More than 60 dealers will offer top selection in computera, soft)Iware hareware, peripherals and other computer-related producta. Ail eaers are Canadian-based. Representatives from various local clubs wiil offer information. Admission is $6 for adulte, and Anderson on VC, lb oar d Doug Anderson, publisher of the Whitby Free Press, has been appointed te the board of directers of the Veriried Circula- tion (VC) program of the Canadian Community Newspa- pers Association. Anderson is one of five mem- bers on the board which oversees the circulation audits of more than 350 community newspapers across Canada. A circulation audit is an in- dependent third party verifica- tion of circulation statistics. The VO board is responsible for setting the procedures and standards te which the member newspapers are required te ad- here. .Anderson says he applied for the position because he believes that audited circulation is essen- tial te the image of the community newspaper industry. "Advertising is largely a cost per reader decision. Without third party verification te a stan- dard set of rules, newspapers wil almost always embellish their dlaims," says Anderson. "Every false dlaim diminishes the reputation of the entire industry. Business club meets May 24 vTle Durhamn Business and Professional Women's Club will hold the annual general meeting on Wednesday, Mlay 24. The club will meet at 6 p.m. (dinner at 6:45- p.m.) at the Victerian Garden Banquet Hall, 60 Randaîl Dr., Pickering Vil- lage, Ajax. For more information, cal Karen Graham at 427-6930. 'The vast majority of newspapers have audited circula- tion," he said, 'but there are still some key players that do lot." Anderson believes that if the community newspaper industry is te, keep pace in the broader marketing mix that includes radio, TV, magazines and daily newspapers, then ahl community papers should be willing te sub- mit their circulation dlaims te outside verification, as do other media.. children 1L2 and under are free. For more information, contact Ontario Computer Fairs, 185 Macdoneil Ave., Toronto, M6R 2A4, or cail 1-800-465-8286. L Mj Information about the new Durhamn Training and' Adjust- nment Board wiIl be available at a session te be held in Whitby tomorrow (Thursday) night. Durham will receive funding from the federal and provincial governments for training pro- grams, and local organizers of the board are encouraging busi- ness owners and managers te learn more about the plan for a new system of training. The meeting will start at 7 p.m. at the new Durham Board of Education headqurtrs (room 2007) on Taunton Road East. E] [Elr 9L-JrlL E E- aMm0mm !M R($4LkAT N ro Elk(KT <00 i Efo ElM Ela El 11:30 arn Thursday, May llth rol pl Pi Ballots will be rEl LUo~ given out for a [Ml [aie~$ dinner for two. r ElOPEN [ro E! ~MOTHER'S DAY ME M12 NOON E THE IN-TA KIDS DANCE CO. 0F WHITBY presents CIJRTA&IN CALL An evening of competitive and- performance dance~ PLACE: G.L. Roberts, Oshawa DATE: Friday, May i 2th, 1995 Y TIME: 7:Opmn For tickets, upcoming company auditions and further information, cail 666-1528. The Studio of Dance X-Xiand Pertorming Arts 307 Brock St. N., Whitby equiment and processes." underway later this month or Tat testing is hikely toq get early June, he adds. wuiniwCiVI-TAN CLUB HIRST MEETING 0F THIS NEW CLUB Thursday, May 111h at 7:3Opm At the "&-tri of Durham" Brock and Hwy. #2 &X~1VIE ANiT"JcMN T41IFS! Civitan is a co-ed, international organization dedicated to community service with ernphasîs on the needs of handicapped and disadvantaged children. For further detaiLs cali Geof Rison at 430-9000. Tee j:aria It's not fair that too mnany Durham residents have to travel outside the region for hospital care. An Educational Program of [OSPITL COUNCIL 0F DRHAM REGON Your Hospitals Working Together By Mark Reesor Empire Foods hopes te have its new Whitby plant in full produc- tion by the end of this year. The Unionville-based comn- pany, which processes vegetable oil and margarines, took posses- Info seso in Durham . training board