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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Lucknow Sentinel, 1984-05-30, Page 2Lleknow Sentinel, WedneOW? May 305 11984 ---,Page 2 e s member of Associated country Women .of ; 'the World: The Lucknow branch of. the Junior Women's Institute just celebratedits 10th anniversary. following 14 inception in May,.1 1974. The gtOttit014a-,-,ChriptnTs-party'r4r,. senior citizens each year, raises money for cominunity service, by selling crafts the inembers make at . the ',ginette' Community Bazaar each: eae ''il.beceinber and assists the neknow-rtDistrict- Agricultural Society. by • ,-,serving at the banquet fOrthecontestants in the Miss Midwestern Ontario pageant at the 141.1e bow Fall: Fair. ' Recently' 014timPluade donations to the Lucknow 'Medical Centre for an I V ipole and ECG cart theritOw,Schoo Concert •.0andifor APtillast year the Lucknowbran*OW** spring district ineetingAyhiCIOnclittleoptuirilitig workshops Onintetio*400144‘Pthildten's cake decor- ating, dance fituess and: -.,astrology/palm • reading, ;. In :the' afternoon session, guest speaker, Sheila; Richards, spoke about the Blyth Summer Sutnnters Festival. • As a the members attend a play at the .Blyth Summer Festival, hold a family picnic erijOy:Proveeative discussions initiated .by 'interestingipest speakers,- -June$441nO involved as imember of the 'insijtute following'etiinpleticin of 'eighteen kiting clubs and -Six agricultural progression from 4-H • Clubs' to the Junior institute, she says, and this progression is being emphasized as 44H • club members decide to stay together as a unit forming junior institute branches. • „June Alton 2 . She attended a provincial ' executive meeting in Fordwich, the summer after the inception of the Lucknow institute and sat as program advisor on the executive that year. Because she finds she needs a broader scope to remain involved in any activity, June progressed through the ranks. of the 'executive and has held all, the positions on the executive except secretary -treasurer, -including board director to the Federated -Women's Institute of Ontario. Personaily her involvement with the provincial executive has permitted her to travel within Ontario and eviii to British Columbia to attend the Associated Country Women of the World Conference ' in June, 1983. She has met people she would never have had the opportunity to meet attending branch forMation meetings, district meet- , 4 ings, anniversary meetings and area conven- tions. She also - attended meetings with Officials of •the Ministry of .Agriculture to discuss the role of women's groups in the province. .During her tenure as president, she initiated the ideas of districts within the institute,,which now hold spring meetings to replace the provincial spring meeting, which was dropped five years ago because attend- ance was suffering with two provincial meetings a year. The institute 'continues to hold an annual. conference in the fall each , year -whichls a major, undertaking of the executive, Which co-ordinates this event. The branch which hosts the spring district meeting acts as the district executivefor that year. The provincial •executive provides direc- tion to the branches as .each areehosts the _annual . conference which may involve a •group which has never attended the annual conference. Presently the executive is conducting a survey of what members think about programs to be offered and what structure they want the organization to take. A new • image is developing. The organization is no longer only a rural organization as four •branches are located in Guelph and one in Welland. A membership drive using the slogan "Junior. Women's Institute for Today's Women" hopes to meet an objective of • increasing membership to .500 in the _province. The executive would like to see the junior and senior institutes work more closely together . while maintaining their own identities; They have the Sarne objectives and goals, says. June, but the senior institutes have many older , members and •they see. no new members corning in. They fear the senior institutes may die off, if an age limit is not imposed onthe junior organization. June hopes the two groups can work more closely together to bridge the gap between the two. The junior institute executive plans to take • the results of the -survey to the senior institute executive, to 4discuss the issues • using survey of the membership as a basis to support their proposals. The ministry of • Agriculture -is • working with each rural orgabizatiorito,establish short and long term goals. •• • thirty-five per cent of the membership replied -to the -qUestionna# whichshowed the following results: ; •-Should'we drop the word iiinior from our name or change our flan*? No- - 97, expresses-yenthfulness; Yes 31,. Junior is subordinate , term; 13, no opinion. '-Should;•there. be any age limit? No - 97, leave choice to individual; res .-3-1+ 13, no opinion. •, -DOwe need to increase membership and would you help?- No - 12; Yes - 117, could ask someone in community to join; 12, undecid- ed. • " 0 • -Would you be comfortable joining FWIO? Np, - , 97, .age • difference, too . many c.c.bratilittees and convenerships; Yes - 35; only if no JWIO available, 9, undecided. -What are the differences between JWIO • and FWIO? age, attitudes and interests; more complicated hierarchy, more commit- tees and convenerships. / -FWIO "too structured" for JWIO member to want to join. DP You' agree? Why? 22, no; 82, yes, too structured; 19, undecided; 18, no opinion. etien offers fiscal responsibility to area delegates A tough, central govermrient that can be tiscalIST responsible is the offer being made • by LiberalleaderShip candidate Jean-Chre- tien. • Mr. Chretien was at Stratford's Victorian Inn, in the Winner's Circle on May 23, exact- ly two weeks after another leadership can- didate; John Turner, spoke across the street at the Stratford Country Club. 4 Both men spoke t� delegates and alter- nates from- Windsor to Kitchener who will represent' their federal riding associations at the June 14 to 17 leadership convention in Ottawa. ' • Mr. Chretien, the current energy ;minister, said there would be no "bicker- ing" with the provinces, but he would also not be run by the provinces if he is prune Minister. it was a big smile for Jean Ckretien as he met with delegates at the Victorian Inn in Strat- ford. The delegates mine from many ridings in Southwestern Ontario including the Huron - Bruce and Perth ridings. He said he Woulan't apologize for taking • OnQiiebec's Rene Levesque in the "Oui-Non referendum", Manitoba's Sterling Lyon on language, rights and Newfoundland's' Brian Peckford on the question of off -shore oil rights. On the off -shore oil rights, the leadership hopeful said the oil belongs to Canada and that he, won't let Canadians freeze m the dark. • "I- will speak for the. whole of the coun- try," said Mr.. Chretien. As for the fiscal responsibility, the Quebec MP said he can be fiscally responsible and referred to his term as president of the • treasury board when he was known as "Dr. No". But, Mr.. Chretien also said he wouldn't • promise to reduce Canada's deficit. "You don't take money away from cir- culation when unemployment is at 1.4 million," said Mr. Chretien. He pointed to the United States where President Ronald Reagan, in 1980, promised a balanced budget. Mr. Chretien said that now, in1984, the American deficit is at about $200 inillion. He also suggested that closing gas stations, a reference made by some to closing some Petro -Canada stations, would not be a positive step. The energy minister defended his par- ticipation in the Trudeau government by saying he has served both the Liberal Party and Canada well in his numerous portfolios. Mr. Chretien said his administration would be different from other administra- • tions in that his would be an "open" govern- •ment. ' During a question:and answer period with . the delegate's, Mt. Clretien said while he • wouldn't make any proinige about cutting :back federal civil servants, he noted that his own ministry has the smallest staff. Mr. Chretien added that 'at a time when he had more. than one portfolio he had only four assistants whilesome other ministers bad 25 assistants. Joking, Mr, Chretien said it is easy to make him prime minister as he only has to move 24 inches -or one seat over in the House of Commons. On the serious side; Mr. Chretien met negative comments about his leadership campaign head-on.. He said the people who say he shouldn't be prime minister because it would mean two consecutive Quebec PM's arenarrow-tninded. "I'm equal," said'Mr. Chretien : , The energy minister said he doesn't have a mission (as Mr. Turner has said) and he didn't tell. a college professor he wanted to be 'prime minister (as Joe. Clark allegedly did). Mr. Chretien said he is running .because he can "crush" Brian Mulroney inan elec- tion. The leadership hopeful commented that the Liberals don't need another Brian Mulroney another reference to John Turner, "I'm just quoting Gene (Whelan)," Mr. Chretien quickly added. "I don't know if he's (Whelan) right or wrong," he said. Mr. Chretien said he is "willing" and "ready" to be prime minister. • Area Liberal delegates wills support regional reps Most Liberal leadership convention delegates in Huron and Perth intend to . give their first ballot vote to their regional cabinet minister representative. In the. Huron -Bruce riding that represen- tative is Eugene Whelan and in Perth it is Mark MacGuigan. Delegates from both these associations have heard the two front-runners in the leadership race speak in Stratford. John Turner was in the Perth riding on May 9 and Jean Chretien came in two weeks later on May 23. Graeme Craig of R.R. 4, Walton and the Huron -Bruce Liberal candidate in the last federal election said Mr, Chretien appeals 1/ to the middle class. Mr. Craig has already stated he will vote for Mr. Whelan on the first ballot, but .after that he remains un- , committed. "I have to weigh what's best for the riding in co-operation with what's best for the country," said Mr. Craig. Perth's Liberal candidate in the last election, Bob McTavish of R.R. 1, Strat- ford has said he will vote for MacGuigan on the first ballot but says he is uncommit- ted after that. However, Mr. McTavish said if it came .down to a choice between Mr. Turner and Mr. Chretien he would go to Mr. Turner. "Jean Canes across as sincere, honest Turn to page 4*