THE OAKVILLE BEAVER Friday, June 18, 1993 â€" 30 yA t o43 q NOA t ; 36 96 200 M 23 135 4 ie( Personal investment pays off (Continued from page 29) Technology has advanced so rapidly that information can be transferred around the globe with relative ease. In North America, for example, a computer is purchased every two seconds. Information and the ability to process that information is the ingredient that will determine your personal success. It will become the basis in the competition for jobs and wealth. This will be of tremendous importance to us individually. Plus, it will affect us as a country. As we continue to accelerate the pace of change within our shrinking global economy, information will provide the introduction to the evolving trends. Information provides you with the flexibility to adjust to tomorrow‘s challenges. The process of the learning experience will be part of the benefit. A fit mind will be an asset to understanding new trends. There is a strong parallel with learning and retirement planning. Retirement planning requires you to invest now in order to build your retirement nest egg. You are able to invest now because you have an income that provides the money to invest. You must ensure that you will continue to have an income. The best way to protect that income is to continue to upgrade your skills. If your skills are current, you have a HEALTH CARE FIRM EXPANDS ANOTHER ©700,000 IN SALES LAST WEEK! stronger chance of maintaining your income. Which brings us to the starting point... Prepare for the future and invest in yourself. Peter Watson, MBA, CFP, RFP is the president of Peter Watson Investments Limited â€" an Oakville firm specializing in retirement planning, RRSPs, and investment planning. He can be reached at 842â€"7602. GLEN ABBEY GLEN ABBEY Sancella, Inc. president William Myers shows Mayor Ann Mulvale some of the equipment installed in the expanded area of the firm‘s Oakville facility. The company, a unit of Scott Health Care, is a leading manufacturer and distributor of health care products including adult incontinence products, drapes and gowns and wound care products marketed to hospitals, nursing homes, clinics and home care. The company‘s head office here employs 36 people. The company is the result of a partnership between Scott Paper Company of Philadelphia and Molnlycke of Sweden. (Photo by Riziero Vertolli) Canadian retailing realities can sometimes be puzzling The longer I observe, study and am involved with Canadian retail, the more. questions remain unanswered, iJ Huge eatin kitchen 0 ‘ï¬n to Iamfly room with floortoâ€"cel and French doorenbance m patio. Main floor den, hardwood in dining room, four executive sized bdrms., ‘Better Homes Gardens!‘ Huge private lot in fantastic area J â€" with concrete pool, enclosed patio area, garage, tone floortoâ€" ceiling fireplace, 4 bedrooms. Rare opportunity to buy in this area. 218 Great split level home with fireplaces in family living rooms, fantastic secluded lot with terraced back garden, two baths, large walkâ€"in linen closet finished basement. Well maintained home! GLEN ABBEY All set for summer with lovely back garden deck ideal for a hot tub, nicely landscaped, and two walkâ€"outs. Two bedrooms in basemment, graceful dircular stair, Arthur Blakely quality throughout. ADVANIAGE PLUS meacry nc 700 Dorval Drive, Suite 103, wtvle Ontanio Large, elegant stair sweeping all levels, ) ensuite bath, walkâ€"out from dining room and family room, gourmet style eatin kitchen, many large bright windows. Built by Somerset Homes â€" 3400 q. ft. with Joft on third level with skylights, open kitchen family room, fireplace in living and family room. Must be seen, there is a lot of value! IN 4 DAYS This home has it all Finished basement with new bath, fireplace, recreation room, lots of storage, updated kitchen, sparkling hardwood Aoors, jacuzzi tub in main bath, builtâ€"in BBQ with deck in private yard. §44 4444 the less I understand this whole business. Why, Jout to deck. 3+1 bedrooms. Col neighbourhood. Great Value. Immediate posse EAST OAKVILLE UNDER APPRAISED VALUE . OPEN HOUSE Sun. 2 p.m. to 5 p.m. 2101 Blyth Crescent Spacious 4â€"bedroom, renovated kitchen w. sunny eating area, fin. bsmnt., nanny suite, pool, sauna, hot tub, newly decorated, quiet crescent in desirable area, near schools and GO, landscaped 120‘x 100‘ lot, $465 M, 842â€"6413. Approx. example, do we support two foreign supermarket chains which, at least in Ontario have brought no new ideas nor retailing technologies. But, at the least, the one in _ Ontario is continuously undersold by independents and should at least, in (See ‘Retail‘ page 32) | room ie e ï¬nerlace onial doors and trim throughout. Mature