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ePre~p.Weclnesay. Mabusine1ss Sandoz to p roduce new drug Lescu A new drugr that reduces excesa choiesterol at a iower pieis being produced at the andoz Canada Inc. plant in Whitby. Lescol (think: Less Choies- terol) ia beîng marketed jointiy by Sandoz and Astra Ph arma Ine. Changing a diet te consume boss saturated fat and choiesterci is a first step in treating elevated chobest.erob, recognized as a signi- ficant riskÏ factor in beart dis- ease. Drug therapy with medications sucb as Lescol is added when dietary change doesn't produce satisfactory resuits, Especially in those with coronryher dis- ease or when other risk factors are present. Sandoz says the xnonthly cost for Lescol, 20 miiligrams a day, is about 1$22.50 (not including dispensing fees) compared to more than $50 for the most commoniy prescribed dosages of other drugs in the same clas. At its other available dosage, 40 miiligrams a day, Lescol's monthiy cost is $31.50, about 40 per cent less than equivalent doses of medications in its class. L.escol acts by reducing the ainount of cholesterol roduced in the liver, and the liver res- ponds by removing more choies- teroi from the blood. Canada is the second country te iaunch Lescol, after the United Kingdom în January, 1994. STAFF AT the Whitby K-Mart celebrated the store's 3th birthday Friday. The store opened March 12, 1964 with about 300 empboyees and was the fourth K-Mart in Canada. Store manager Jan Kuhlmeyer says several employeés have been with the store sic pnngday. WityFi rs By Sharon Stevenson With a wide varietycf pas- tries, cakes, donut enimeats and an assortmont cf breada, Linda and Wayne Perro's Cen- trai Bakery andl Delicatessen on Dunlop Street East in downtown Whitby sounds like a food lover's dreamn. Before they got in the bakery business Linda taught hairdress- ing whilo Wayne was employed ini the food industry. When the1 opened their store the Parros "Just wanted te take the chance and work bard and do it," said Linda. Central offers lunch sand- wiches, a sou p cf the day and desserts for takeout. Wayne aise bakes a 'large selection cf dif- férent specialty cakes and birth- day cakes. Itero are also sand- wiches, squares, ve«etable and dip platters aiong with different pickles and cheese trays. Linda says their focus is te now build the business back up. "It just icoke a lot botter, it is cleanod un> and it's bringing pipe in.§ that is our goal, you know, tepet buy and sSthat we can make it," says Linda. In the future they plan te expand tihe deli section and becorne a cake supplier, londing out such items as cakepans. So fer the Parros lilco being their own boss and hoe the future wili brintz "a busy shop." JA trades;i fir upcoming;,! The first Trades Fair te be heid by the local Junior Achiove- ment oaization wiii be held from Marc 17 to 19 at the Pickering Town Centre. Junior Achievoment promotes youth in business. The fair is noar Kmart in the mail. For more information cail 64.4- 7058. Getting FITT in the global marketplace The Forum for International TlradeTraining (FITD)in Ottawa, in assocation with the Canadian The Durham chapter of the Certified General Accountants Association of Ontario will hold a free tex cinic for individuels with Canadien pension and interest income oniy, on Saturday, Merch 19, 10 a.m. to 3 p.m., at Northminster United Church, northwest corner of RoWsand Road and Simcoe Street, Oshawa. Cimes are by appointment only. For morning appointments, cali 430-8524;, for afternoon appointments, cail 428-1325. Confideniai: Document Shredding + High volume equipment wilI reduce your shredding cost # Secure Iocked containers at no extra cost # Bonded drivers #*100% of paper is recycled # Certificate of destruction' + Volume discounts available year-end, clean-outs CAIL NOVf (905) 427-3605 (Derrick) WASTE SYSTEMS Chamber cf Commerce and Canadien Manufacturera Assoca- tion, and in consultation with many private and public etners,badeeod a course, Global Entrepreneurship,' which th.l give business and industry th onwledge to adapt and assois their marketing strategies and deveiop an international business plan. The 45-heur course is being offered through the Durham Managment Centre.cf Durham College from Merch 22 to May 24, Tuesdays from 6:30 te 9:30 p.m., and alternating Saturdays from 9 a.m. te noo)n, starting Merch 26. The fee is $450 and, upon completion, $225 is refunded te the company througb Ontario Skcills. For more information and te register, cali 721-3340. By Brin O'Connor After working in automotive retailing for 23 years, as well as preiously owningacony catstore, Halley Phaure bas corne toeexyect certain things froîn a business and its custo- mers. Her new store, CH Puif N' Stuif, has just opened on Brock Street North, repiacing the well- known Shorty's Cigar store. Right from the start, Phaure has been pleasantly surprised with the encouragement she has "Sine te ay we opened, the customers have been wonderfui and encouraging," she says. "I have received nothingz but positive remarks from a il my customers. A lot of people are glad we opened here, as many of them hadt depended on Shorty's before." Phaure decided te open CH Si. John Ambulance To register for a course, or te leern about St. John ,Ambulance programe and services in Durham Region, Sni (905) 434-7800. Puf If Stuif when she saw the lease sign in the window of Shorty's, and now realizes she made a wise decision. Like Shorty's, PuiffIf Stuif stili selis candy, tobacco, iottery tickets, niilk and bread, maga- zines and last minute inciden- tais. But in addition te ail this, Phaure hopes to add a country craft area that wiii seli dried flowers, wrapping paper and crafts. "They will be reasonably priced east minute gifts," she says. -CorrectWion] In last week's edition, it was incorrectly state. that McDonald's Restaurant in Whitby became smoke-free. I fact, the Whitby location is not one of 500 Mcflonald's res- taurants inCanada that changed their smoking policies on March 7 to become smoke-free. The smoke-free policy is still under consideration at the Whitby McDonaid's franchise, saîd a spokesperson for the res- taurant. The Free Press regrets the error. t . * 4. 1e 1 . 1, f, .4 ' ' , , - e 301h year Puff N" Stuif replaces Shorty's