HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Lucknow Sentinel, 1990-03-28, Page 17Activities of Federated
'omen's. Institutes of Ontario
The Environment is still very much on
the minds of the over 20,000 Women's In-
stitute Members
nastitutein Ontario. They have
taken, their there for 1990.1, Women -
and the Environment - Family and Corn -
minty. This cfantinues their enVironmen-
tal theMee of the past two years,
A way of 'raising money to help
celebrate the FWIO Centenary in 1997 but
also a chance to aid in Recycling and.
Reductionhas lead the Women's In-
stitutes to sell Blue . Carry -All, Bags,
which can be taken to the grocery stores
and used instead of plastic . bags.
Originally designed to help people in
apartments take their recyclable articles
to the bins, the Women's Institutes have
carried the idea forward.
One hundred environmental projects to
be completed or atleast started by June
1990 was the target set at the Women's
Institute Conference in Kingston in 1968.
To date the number is 160 and. growing
every day. The'final,total and listof the
projects will be .announced at the *mei °
and their EnvirowneRt Conference - An
International Challenge Conference tobe
held June 1 - 3, at Carleton University,
Ottawa. At the Conference the Women's
Institute members will examine tie three
environments, Self, Family and -Com.! `
triunity, and the World around ''Us., Among
the topics under discussion wilt b€11 -
we
e: we see the Forest for the Trees?, Water
- our most Precious Resource, The En-
vironment - the view of a Native Cana-
dian
a a-dian Wonsan, The Family in the Ws,
Learning to live as if Nature Matters,
and Eat Well - Be Well. The impact of
this Conference will be felt throughout
rural Ontario.
As part of their community action the
Federated Women's Institutes of Ontario
have Just been invflived, with. Federated
Women's Institute. of Canada, in a Cana-
diary wide survey on the needs of and for
Rural Child -Care, This is the- only In-
depth survey that has surveyed all the
rural areas throughout all of Canada, "Tare.
results of this:.sanvey will be presented to
Health and Welfare Canada, and
Agriculture Canada, It was Federated
Womens Institutes of Ontario who spon-
sored the first Rural Child care project
in Ontario in 1964,
The world wide picture for FM ' will
take place when apof Women's In-
stitute ..embers will travel' to England in
July to help the Women's Institutee of
England and. Wales celebrate' their 75th
AnniversarJe. FWIO will be boating a
reception on July 13, at Ontario House in
London* for The British Women's In-,
atitute members. This opportunity will
also be used to ; promote Ontario
agricultural' products.
- An organization started in Stoney
Creek, Ontario in 1897 has certainly
grown to affect the lives of women
through out the World.
Ontario heath survey fact sheet
Some people may already .have been ."
.contacted in connection ,with a health •
survey of .about 50;000 Ontario residents
which commenced January title of turd$
year. Funded by the Premier's Council.
,, on Health. Strategy, the survey is design
ed to provide a compete picture of the
health of Ontario residents in order to
help plan for future heath ,needs.
Information' gathered will provide the
Minist y of Health and other agencies,
such as local health units, with a better
understanding of the social', medical and
psychological 'factors that contribute to
health. It will help planners identify
health needs and develop programs in-
eluding
n eluding health promotion activities. The
survey will be repeated every five years'
to keep up with changes in the popula-
tion's health status and to 'monitor pro-
gress of the province's health goals. .
Statistics Canada interviewers dining the
survey can be identified by photo iden-
tification badges they are requested to F
carry. Responses to questions are volun-
tary and respondents not wishing to pre
vide their names need not do so.
Respondents are protected by the
Freedom of Information and, Protection. of
Privacy Act, which guarantees all infor-
mation collected will remain confidential.
Any information to be used outside the
Ministry, for example, by public :health
units, will be carefully screened by staff.
of the Ministry of Health's Freedom °of
Information Office to prevent any, in-
dividual from being identified.
Questions about the survey may be
directed to the toll-free hotline which has
been set up at 1-800-387-5558.
INDIVIDUAL
HEALTH CARDS
Health Minister Elinor Caplan has an-
nounced distribution commencing this
spring of new individual health cards, for
every bona fide resident. of Ontario.
Health coverage will remain the same
but old OHIP paper cards and numbers
will be phased out. The new cards are
part of the Health Ministry's moderniza-
tion and consolidation of all information
systems, which should provide savings of
more than $1.5 billion over 10 years. Ten
per cent of that amount will result from
use of the new cards.
Currently many hospitals and other in-
stitutions issue their own cards and main-
tain large client registries. The new
number will eliminate the need for them
to maintain their own system, thus reduc-
ing,their administration costs.
Since residency in Ontario must be
established to obtain the new health card,
fraudulent and unintentional Use of On-
tario health benefits by non-residents will
be curtailed. Registration kits Will d be
mailed out to every household in the pro-
ACIi'S JOTTINGS
by Jack Riddell; MRP
vince over a two-week period commenc-
ing April 17.
GRANTS. TO RIDING
Minister of the' Environment Jim
Bradley has advised that the town of
Clinton will receive •.$30,000 to assist in
engineering work, forexpansion and im-
provements to the sewage works.
Goderich Municipal Airport has had its
maintenance subsidy increased to a max-
imum
aximum of $25,000 by the Ministry ` of
Transportation, -
Survival: Through Friendship House of
Huron' County will receive $2,500 from the
Ministry. Responsible for Women's Issues
to assist with workshops and information
sessions approximate20 communities
with Aspect, sexual assault -and related
issues.
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WISE, MEN
(from 1920. Sen. li) SAY
That . action speak louder . than- some'
people
That iif ' man obliging he is apt to
be pop , because he can be ' imposed
ThThat the ortunate thing about good
resolutions that they are often made
too late.
That . he is t worthy' of the
honeycomb uns the hive because
the bees have stings.
That often the things that vex us most
in others are the very faults in which
they resemble ourselves.
That politeness is like an air cushion.
There may be nothing in it, but it eases
the jolts wonderfully.
That it is so easy to find fault that self-
respecting persons ought to be ashamed
to waste their energies in that way.
That the men with pasts and the men
with futures have their admirers. But the
men with presents are the real winners. .
I ALWAYS HAVE THOUGHT
—A man really is what, he is while on
vacation.
—A half truth is the worst sort of a lie.
—Most men will be trustworthy when we
trust thein, '
—It is a dull country where the sun always •
shines. '
—A little religion is a dangerous thing.
A man's best•praying is done while he is
working.
—The truth will come out because lies
leave so many loopholes.
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