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FREE 01990, PAGE 9 30~q emlye sent home after explosion at Cobi FoodIs There was a minor exilosi'On "v1lnsiwm4 --- ai; Cobi Foods in- WIbyo Iiesday last week which filled the plant with smoke and foroed management to send 30 ei3loyees home. No one was i *ured in the 9:15 a.m. basat which, occurred while two men were unhooking a boiler used to steam =eeale .The qw.FjLràLujl Is urong enou 1 ta blow off "a couple of doors and left the two men ýwith singed hair. The Whitby fire department and Consumer>s Gas "both res- ponded to the eall and a thorough check was made for gas lealcs. According to a spokesman for the fire department, proper NATIONAL Trust. branch, Dundas St ,rather than having staff trade iDonaition 9flýisedPoe money for a to Hospi"lptientShown from left hospital.,are branch manager Paul Gawne, patients 'residents'coundil president -Ken LneCrouch. safery measures were flot taken by the men involved. The Cobi plant is scheduled to soon shut dolwn operations com- pletely. Soetens to discuss GST Rene Soetens, MP for Ontario riding, will discuss the proposed goods and 'services tax at the Oshawa Chamber of Commerce breakfast seminar on Jan. il. Soetens, first' elected ta the Hanse of Commons in 1988, is a meniber of the Standing Committee on Finance and the Standing Comniittee on Energy, Mines and Resources. On Jan. 1, 1991 the goods and services tax (GST) is slated ta be implemented. While the government is prepared ta keep its schedule, it was the job of the Standing Comniittee on Finance ta propose possible axnendrnents ta the workings of the GST, of which several were adopted including the 7 per cent rate. As a member of the Finance Committee, Soetens bas met with citizen groups, organizations and individuals from across Canada who are concerned with the impact Qf the GST on Canadians. The seminar will take place at the Oshawa Golf Club, 7:30 ta 9 a.m. Soetens will present an overview of the GST and will be available te diseuse and answer any questions on the implementation of the tex. Soetens will be accompanied by Rose Stèvenson, MP for Durham, and by niembers of the private sector who are knowledgeable on the subject of the GST. qeve1oped and Presented by DIETER W. KIRNER ,ith spedal guest lecturers Real Estate Expert PAUL LINDEN and noted Lawyers THOMAS CURRAN & WAYNE CUISACK Corne <iar Dur'hamn Regioný best known M1r savings eqert, Diter irner. m.a~nris widely recognized as the preemnent -local Iecurer for both g ~vernment &pivate industry. IOPICS lOBDE DISCVSSED Ar THIS FREE SEMINAR! *RRSP - WHAT? WHEN? WHERE? HOW? WHY? " RETIREMENT PLANNING IN GENERAL, - RRSP's/RRIF's, ANNUITIES " INVEST IN MORTGAGES & GENERATE VERY HIGH INTEREST " LIMITED PARTNERSHIP TAX SHELTERS T WO SEMINA R TIMES FO R YO UR CON VEMIENCE Aftsmoon Semnar 1:30 p.m. Evenlng Seminar 7.00 p.m. THURSDAy, JANUARY 18, 1990 Oshawa Public Library Audlito>rium ADMISS ION FREE-PLEASE CALL TAMMIE upCOMING SEMINARS FEB. .15, MARCH 22, APRIL 19, 1990 571-m0771 D.W. KIRER & ASSOCIATES F/NA NCIAL AD V/SORSIN RETIREMENT & TAXPLANMING 717 KING ST. W., SUITE 19 P.O.BOX 133 OSHAWAt'ONT. LlH 7L1 M