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HomeMy WebLinkAboutTimes Advocate, 1999-11-03, Page 1818 Business Wednesday, November 3, 1999 A Mei Nemingmammillib- Cashway buys five Do -It Center stores HENSALL — Cashway Building ,Centre has bought five area Do -It Center franchises. The five franchises include those in Exeter, Zurich, Seaforth, Ilderton and Forest. The sale of the businesses is sched- uled to be finished on Nov. 23 and does not include the Parkhill Do -It Centre, which the Hensall District Co-operative (HDC) will continue to run until it can be sold. The HDC made the announcement last week. HDC CEO Earl Wagner said with the continuing growth of HDC's elevator, crop products, feed, petro- leum and propane busi- nesses, the retail lumber and building supply busi- ness did not fit HDC's future business strategy. The deal is worth $9 million, with the HDC retaining ownership of the property the five stores are on. Cashway will lease the property from HDC, Wagner said. Wagner said he is pleased Cashway has bought the five locations and said Cashway intends to maintain most of the product lines in the s ...-res and offer employmdlft to all of the 50 full time and 60 part time employees. - Wagner. said the money from the sale of the busi- &aesses will be used to 'Trhprove the HDC. - He said the company will continue to invest in its global agri-business, . improve profitability and review potential acquisi- � The Hensall District Co-operative announced the sale last week of five of its Do - It Centre stores to Cashway Building Centre.The sale includes stores in Exeter, Zurich, Ilderton, Seaforth and Forest. (photo/Scott Nixon) tions. Do -It Center sales were 15 per cent of HDC's over- all sales of $140 million annually. With the purchase of the five Do -It Center stores, Cashway Building Centre will hake 66 stores in Ontario. Breast screening centre opens in Stratford STRATFORD -- A new breast cancer screening centre is up and running in Stratford. The site opened in late October along with -two other screening sites in Niagara Falls and Orillia, bringing the total number of breast screening centres in Ontario to 48. Since 1996, the govern- ment has invested an addi- tional $24 million to expand the Ontario Breast Screening Program (OBSP). "We know that early detection of breast cancer saves lives," said Health and Long -Term Care Minister Elizabeth Witmer. "And it is in order to save lives that the government is providing five times as much funding for breast cancer screening as it did in 1995." The OBSP screens 150,000 women annually --- an increase of 40 per cent over last year and the goal is to screen 325,000 An outstanding senior Hensall Reeve Cecil Pepper presents Betty Simmons with the village's senior of the year award. Simmons volunteers at Queensway Nursing Home and throughout the community. (photo/Scott Nixon) women every year. It's estimated 7,400 Ontario women will devel- op breast cancer this year and about 2,100 will die. Research shows early detection can reduce the number of deaths from breast cancer by about 30 per cent for women age 50 and over. Routine mam- mography screening has not been shown to reduce deaths from breast cancer in women under 50. The main risk factors for breast cancer are age, pre- vious breast cancer and a family history of pre- menopausal breast cancer in a mother or sister. However, more than 70 per cent of breast cancers occur in women with no known risk factors. Women may be referred to an OBSP by their family doctor or they may call to make an appointment. Women who are screened by the OBSP receive follow- up invitations so they can be rescreened every two years. Other area breast screen- ing sites include llistowel, Walkerton and London. 1stland Moitgage MONEY AVAILABLE at 6.5% interest or less Personal Loans Totally Unsecured if you quali- fy, monthly payments as low as Amt A ... Mthly Payt. $5, I $27.68 $10,000 $54.16 $15,000 $81.25 Consolidate Your Debt. 1(800) 387-1932 Astral Funding The program is adminis- tered by Cancer Care Ontario, an organization the government estab- lished to provide improved cancer care for Ontarians. For more information, call the OBSP information line at 1-800-668-9304 or visit the Web site at www. caucercare. on. ca/o bsp. It is the second largest lumber and building sup- ply retailer in Ontario with sales of over $320 million annually. BEST eIC. 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