PÂ~E Y2, Wifri~~j ~i~Ày DECF~i1~ERja,'i9~4 I-rrencuy, >ersonaî serviceI 24 Hours - 7 Days a weekI afopI 4SforT Ba~ OE o Cobie to close » down FR OM PAGE 1 In a press release, Richard Turner, president of Cobi, said that the dec- sion to close the facility and transfer production to the company's othor plante waspirompted by the need %t quicYy bcme more cost effi- cient" in order to minimize the competitive challenges being pro- sented by the free-trade a1ree- ment between Canada anf the Corporations donae $700,9000 vlxFROPAGE i While Whitby's increased population helps to build a stronger corporate institution, the strain is being feit by the hosipital. The corporate sector is, in turri, supporting the much needed expansion for the 20- year-old facility. It is estimated that Witbys population will be more than 75,000 by the year 2000. The current pqpulation is estimated at more t han 51,000, althouh more than 900 babies of Whitb residents were born outside th town, in Oshawa and Ajax. TI addition to the financial responsibility assumed by Wlutby's business people, there is aIso an underlying emotional drive that is playing a role. For Ed Buffett co-president of the First Class N'nd, and carn- paign director Bill Little, death Of family members bas helped them understand the imnportance of quality medical care in the community. Buffett, whose mother recentjy succumbed to cancer, pl~ed $70,000 on behaIf of u tiett, Taylor Associates over a five- year period. "I amn extremely pleased with the response fromi the corporate community,» said Buffett.. Other donations includue Lof- thouse Brass $50,000 over five yars; Banà of Montreal $5,000; CIBO $37 500; Royal Banlç, $37,506'; G.Q.'Seras $130,000; 'Our People Fund' $25,000; Bill Little, Marketing 14 Motivation, $25,000, and $5,000 from staff; $5,000 from Lofthouse Brass in memory of George Ljof- thouse. "I have other people coming right out of the blue to make a donation. It's very encouraging," said Bainbridge. POMMESB Proucr 0F ONTARIO HAVING A PARTY? May w. suggest a porly piafe h. HaIsty market? Hi0 mdâpu fr eo.' aitoers & frisnk Endangered SpacS plrookeB cn pressing questions Are Canadian willing to kt wilderneoe area becxne otuolete as part of the price of civilîzatioei? Do we envision a fatum without wldene.s? What do Canadians as a whole want? Twenty-one Ieading coesevaioists have joened fovSm in this book to discuss what bas bappened to our wildeness ares, wbat is happening and wee, and what must happen to protect these fragile tisIreS. $3995 Shop in person or &-nd $39.95 plus $200 shipping by cheque or money order to: e a r t h 0 d O nc -e mmsources for living in lune wlth the esrth = ON *U »&AM 0EN*IOM«xd4. -ru" ECMPO ,O, 67 KING ST. E., OSHAWA ONTARIO LIH 1R4 435-0497 United States. "TI addiion to the Whitbyi ope- ration 'and location itself not. being conducive to acchieving this, the handicap of having hig- her costing raw. produce, abor, packaging and imterest rates coprdte U.S. counterparta, demande total elimination of any controllable operatig inefficien- ci-,» Turner noted. Te'ssa Caroucher operations m 'anagter at the Whi*tby plant, said eepreferred "hot te mak any comments» on the plant clos- Mn "at t'istime." Bythe time the Whitby closure is complete in the secon afo 1990 the jobs of 9 hya of emp loyees, plus seasonal employees,, will have been affec- ted. The, plant processes- canned corri peas, punx kin, kidney beans and beans wfth pork. Production of canned corn is being moved 'te another (Jobi plant outoide of Ontario. *According te Turner, it is the companY's «desire» te increase production volumes of the other prducts within the other Ontario plants %t achieve grea- ter oconomios-of..scale» !lo is optimistic that Canadian prices on packaging material wil soon become more competitive, ho says. SHowever, ho said that these factrs, wi!thout adjustment te raw produce cost may not be adecute te, avoicl further pro- duction migration from Ontario. TERRY BALNBIDGE, chairman of the corporate foundation and fiuancjal insfitutions for the Whitby ienerai }iospital Firait ds iiicam- paign, last week announced corporate donations to date of *698,000. More than *3-dmion bas now been raised toward the *5.5-mflon goal. ChisRvI-ro P.php * ERE-E LARGE' FREE MEDIUMi PLSTXPLUS TAX Buy a large cheese pizza f3 Ga meimRcee iz GrETI1FREEG1T1FE *EXTRA ITEMS $2M OVERSB01H PIZZAS EXR1rM 1.0CVR OH PIZZAS jDouble cheese counts as two items. EXTRA it, neMso$1 coVnsa oems Time 1imited offer- va!id on pick-up only - Tirne limniedoffer 'valid on pick-up only -o M-M-M-M-M-M-M-M-M- - - M - M - M h ~434e29ob29--n--- IR ý 1