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The Lucknow Sentinel, 1984-05-30, Page 4i* Luc ow 'Sentinel, Wednesday, May 3.0, 1984—Page 2 *win page •organization are. be • n• Recently they institute• ecame .an-assoc• iate member of Associatei. Country Women of the World, The Lucknow branch of, theJunio . ' Women's •Iistitute. just .celebrated' its 10 , anniversary following its inception May,;.. 1974. The group Molds•a iChristmai.part ( for-. seniorcitizens each year, raises money for, ,community ;service, by. selling crafts the 'Members make at the: K'inette Community 'Bazaar each December and assist the 'a Yucknow. . D stri t , Agricultural ,Society,: by nerving at the:banquet for the..contestants in he nNi4i Midwestern -Ontario, pageant, at the uciknow Fall°tpn . e of to' Recently tiiewgoup made donations to the "`Lucknow Medical Centre for an I V pole and , HCG cart aid to' the tucknow School Concert Viand for new>uniforins 'In Aprillast year. the • Lucknow branch,;hosted;'the`- spring":.district She attended a provincial ` executive meeting which inc uded morning Workshops meeting in Fordwich, the: -summer after the inception of the Lucknow institute and sat -as program advisor on the exeeiitiive 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 thepositions on the executive except secretary -treasurer, including board director to the Federated Women's Institute of Ontario., ? ar , June Alibi!' on interior decorating,„children's cake decor- ating, dance fitness and- astrology/palm reading. In the afternoon session, guest speaker, Sheila Richards, spoke about the .Blyth Summer Festival. As a group the members attend. a play at yt umriier estiYa ; O , a amt y cnic and enjoy' provocative discussions initiated by• interesting guest speakers. June became involved as; a member of the ' s 'tuft' � Mowing • completion of eighteen 4� horn eking clubs and six agricultural el i;. �a logical progression' from 4-H clubs t' the junior institute, she says, and this progression is.^being emphasized. as 4=H. club members decide to stay together as a unit forming junior institute branches. Bl h S F l h Id f '1 Personally her involvement; with the' provincial executive has permitted her ,to travel within 'Ontario and even to British Columbia to attend the Associateed Country Women of the World Conference in ' June, 1983. ti" She has met people she would never have had the opportunity to meet attending branch .formation'. ;Meetings, district meet- uigs,yanniversary meetings; and area •cb ven- tons. 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 replace the provincial spring meeting, which was dropped five years • ago because attend- ance . wassuffering with two provincial meetings `a. -year.. The institute. 'continues t� hold an antral conference in the fall each year -which is a major, undertaking of the. executive, which. to -ordinates. this event. The branch Which • hosts the. spring district meeting acts as, the district executive for that year, The provincial -executive provides direc- tion to the branehes aseach area hosts 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 andwhat 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 Weiland. -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. ' Theexecutive would like to see the junior and senior institutes work ' more closely together : while maintaining their own identities; They have the same objectives and goals, says June, but the senior institutes have many older members and they see no n+ew meiulers .coining in. They fear the senior, institutes may -die off, if an age limit . is not •,imposed on. the junior organization. June hopes the two groups can workmore 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 eiecutive, to ',discuss the issues using survey o theineriibership as a basis to support theif proposals. Theministry of Agriculynrey ,is. working with each rural organization to establish short_and long term goals. T:birty,five, per cent of the membership replied to the -questionnaure which showed the followiiig results -Should'we 'drop the word Junior from our name or change : oar name? No - - 97; „expresses; youthfulness; . Yes 31, Junior is subordinate.. term; 13, no opinion. '-Sh'ouldt there be any age limit? No - 97, leave choice to individual; ?Yes - 31; 13, no opinion., . „ • Do"we need to increase membership and would you help? No - 12;. Yes -117, could ask someone in community to join; 12, undecid- ed. • Would you be comfortable joining'FWIO? No, - 97, ,age , difference, too many committees 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. to You' agree? Why? 22, no; 82, yes, too structured; 19, undecided; 18, no opinion. etien o fere fiscal responsibility to area delegates A tough central government that can be fiscally responsible is the offer being made by Liberal' leadership candidate Jean Chre- tien. Mr. Chretien was at Stratford's Victorian, Inn, in the Winner's Circle on May 23, exact- ly xactly two weeks after another leadership can- didate, John Turner, spoke across the street. at the Stratford Country Club. Both men spoke to 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 prime minister. it was a big smile for Jean Chretien as he met with delegates at theVictorian Inn in Strat- ford. g a from ,Ontario including the Huron. Brute andPerthPerthridings. m► many ridings in� Southwestern He said he wouldn't apologize for taking on,Quebec'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 in 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, in 1984', the American deficit is at about $200 Million. 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 aquestion and answer period with. the delegates, Mr. Chretien said while he wouldn't make any promise about cutting back federal civil servants, he rioted 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 while some other ministers had 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 are narrow-minded. "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 in an 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 will 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 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 uncomniit- 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 comes across as sincere, honest Turn to page 4®