The Lucknow Sentinel, 1990-04-18, Page 11i..eksow sem, wea.e.+.r, April u, 110—Page 11
FWIO board makes two major decisions
Encouraging wow to become more
lowledgeab1e and r.;•:7, , ' • ble citizens,
and identibing and = i needs in the
eofluw ruty have led the Federated
Won Iiastitutes3' of +Ontario, at their
recent Board meeting, in Guelph, 't0
Make two Major deelsions. -
b°or many years • OMAF, with: the
assistance of volunteer help • from
Women's hate ' erabem, had a s eriee
of leadership 4 uur:se a md. for farm
and rural Women. (OW has -disco*,
tinued these coup** however, the farm
and rural women realty needed these •
courses, and have been . res ing a
great concern at the loss :of the' cou rsee.
Federated Wonien's..Inssitute of Ontario
(FWIO) have started a two year pilot •
project with Barb Klage a anis Maxine In- -
nes Hollbrough to have these life
wow 'returned to the rural_ corn-
'
rnPPreious y the w
wd�IWere 'free but npw the
• pariticipants. will have to pay. Details on
how oath- district will. be par ticipating
will be announced. at the Upcoming WI•
District. Arn►uals. The two courses. for Ibis
year are Baking Bread and Landscaping
Your Home.. Any .person or group may
partiedpete in these court. Watch for
details in your district.
Secondly, the theme for FWIO for tltis
decade is Women and the Environment, .
To- help the Members understand how
their local efforts affect all Canada,' -
FWIo has `organised Conference -5.0 •
Women -and the Environment, to be held
at Carleton.finiversity, ,Ottawa, June.14
FWIO Board Directors were brought up:
to date on the ' speakers at the -
Conference.
Key -note speaker is Eleanor Wood,. who
offers encouragement to all women to be •
the best • they can • be. Among the •
workshop leaders are: Dr. DerWin
Burgess, speaking on "Can we see: the
Forest for the Trees"; Dr. Jack Valle*
tyne, better known to the school -children
as Johnny Bi . ' here, will discuss "The
Great Lakes, ' om Water Quality to
Mothers, and ..Their Milk'.'; Indian pro-
phecies and how the native people see
the environment willbe discussed by
Sarah Smith, a member of the Turtle
Clan of the Mohawk Tribe; A very active
Women's Institute member and Reeve of
her Township, Pat Salter, will be telling
pariticpants "To Learn To Live As If
Nature Matters".
In 1988 the Women's Institutes were
challenged to come up with 100 En-
vironrnental Projects, the final results
CRIME STOPPERS
1-800.2653787
Crime Stoppers of Grey -Bruce are seek-
ing the public's assistance in the in-
vestigation of- a break, enter and theft,
which occurred in. Brant Township.
The Walkerton Detachment of the On-
tario Provincial Police report that they
have exhausted all available leads con-
cerning a break, enter and theft which
occurred at MORRIS MEATS LTD.
(formerly CASSIDY'S MEATS), situated
on County Road 3, near Con. 8, Brant
Township.
Sometime during the evening of
January 10, 1990, persens(s) unknown
entered MORRIS MEATS LTD. by
smashing the front door window and
unlocking the door. Once inside, the
culprits removed a quantity of packaged
meat from the display counter and a
whole hind quarter and a sliced hind
quarter from the storage cooler. In addi-
tion, a quantity of meat was also spoil-
ed due to the display counter being left
open. The culprits then removed a cash
register before leaving the scene by what
police believe to be a vehicle. No tracks
were found at the scene due to a fresh
snowfall.
Estimated value of stolen and spoiled
meat is $1600.00. Estimated value of the
cash register is $400.00.
If you feel you can help in this or any
other case, Crime Stoppers of Grey -Bruce
are willing to pay a reward up to $]000.00
for information leading to an arrest.
CALL CRIME STOPPERS TOLL FREE
AT 1-800-265-3787. You need not identify
yourself. No one will know who you area
You will never have to testify in court.
will be announced at the Ottawa
AAs well the Conference participants will
be told how they can affect the lives of
rural and farm women throughout the
world.
A riculture is very much on the minds.
of ell FWIO members. Tea deferent
items on the agenda dealt with
agriculture issues. Including the aur
nouncement that Mrs. Annie�aggggerty,
-FWIO Nominee, had Leen accepted into
the Ontario Agriculture Hall of Fame.
FWIO reptant all women, rural and ur-
ban, on the Royal Winter Fair Associa-
tion, the showcase of the best of the
GATTagriculture of
, the'agriculture The tucow-
ec
riiunittes were discussed.
.,The availability of rural Child-care is
one of the concerns of FWIO, whom 1984
initiated the first pilot project *0 Ontario.
FWIO hes just sent out gwsdbaaires
throughout Ontario, on behalf of
Federated Women's Inititutes of Canada,
to assess the needs of rural a ikken Inn
all the rural area of Canada. Although
some r veal areas have beim
there ha not been .a
ed to mesa the . of all the rural
area from Newfoundland to British.
Telae ?WI() Board Directors who will
be travelling to England in July to help
the EmIlieh and Welsh Women's Institutes
celebrate their 75th were wished well.
taro will be h ri a hs pru at
O
tiOn.
ro Howehi, to this
special occasion.
Women's inetitiftea can trulybe said to
be worsen involved in concerns whether
they are local or global.
yuppie; and Poppies
*NW Patti Page poisd the
on a million or so records back
in the 1#ies: "How much is that doggie
in the window?"
tbSS� Canada can't tell you what
price was for a pet store
• , �, Tin l*. It can say that today
doggie stands a better thence of be-
ing taken home by a family at the high
income end of the scale rather than the
low income end. And the same goes for
cats and other household pets
A study of household income for MO
showed that in the lowest income group,
over12 a per cunt of households. had a dog,
per cent had a, cat and about 6
per cent kept some other kind of pet. In
the , income group, dog arnnership
30 per cent, lust under'25 per cents,
of , . had a cat and better than
15 per cent had some ether type of pet.
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