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FWIO members t
a firm stand on issues
The mission statement of the
Federated Women's Institutes of
Ontario encourages members to
take a public stand on the broader
issues of the day through resolutions
• and briefs.
The 23,000 Women's Institute
members in Ontario come from
diverse backgrounds, therefore
their resolutions cover a wide range
of topics.' - -
• Not all concerns are addressed by
a resolution from the FWIO as a
whole. If the issue is deemed to be a
local or regional one, local branches
will deal with it and sometimes
letter writing by the members is
more effective.
Some of the resolutions passed at
the last board meeting include:
-Opposition to the closing of rural
-Make it mandatory that all
vehicles sold in Canada by 1989 be
equipped with three-point rear
seatbelts;
-That, where it proves beneficial
to the patient, 011IP cover the cost of
the new and improved fiberglass
casts instead of plaster casts;
-That the Ontario Ministry of
Revenue review the legitimacy of
the retail sales tax on federal ser-
vices;
-That the department of con-
sumer and corporate affairs .pass
and enforce laws to prohibit the
showing of war adventure cartoons
on television ancl the manufacturing,
importing • and advertising •of
military toys;
-In the Third World, 90 per cent of
the farm work is carried out by
women. Therefore the odic of
students coining to Canada from
Third World countries to study
agriculture under the CIDA
program be at least 50 per cent male
to female;
--That more information be
available to parents and children on
the possible damaging effects of
violent games;
--That the community health
programs ranch of the Ontario
Ministry of Heatlh extend its
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mandate to service all disabled
people, regardless of age;
-That the "Projects Lift" type of
service be available not only to those
in city areas, but to' the disabled in
the rural areas as well; •
-That all immigrants intending -to
come to Canada- besireviOttOieek
they are carriers of the AIDS virus;
That aU Weinen's -Institute
branches _urge their respective
councils te investigate, instigateend
iniPlement a program oir recycling
of glass, newspapers and tin;
• -That "irradiated" be printed on
all foods which lave undergone the
irradiation process;
wor ers, whether
inale or female, be included in the
Canada PonSion Plan.
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The Huron County 'OMAF office
has announced the appointment of
Nick-Geleynse to the Rural Organi-
zations and Services Breath.
Mr. Geleynse is a 1980 graduate of
the University »,Of »Guelph- witllTi
degree in » crop science., After
graduating, he SpePt five years in
1kt. as an agriculturist -
community
developer with the
Christian Reformed World Relief
Committee. Much of his work there
involved developing the leadership
skills of the Haitian agricultural
community and church leaders. As a
rural - organization specialist
working With leaders of rural
organizations, he hopes to use and
build on the experiences he gainedin
Haiti, -
Mr. GeleYnse, his wife? Fanny and
their three children, Jessica, Steven -
and Ryan, recently moved to Clinton` .»
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Church was continuing with great
eneese• Part of theaanci-ead heady - •
all the stone was drawn by the "
neighbors. Gideon Brown offered to -
dig the trench around it and the wall
was going to be built by JImes
Wallace. It was expected the »church
would open before the summer was
over. »It would be free to all
• denominations and everyone felt» it
would make» a big improvethent to
.the village.
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THE BUSINESSS OF GORDON WALTER (WINGHA1V1)
LTD. HAS CHANGED HANDS.. The new president
Jason Ainslie; has taken possession of tie bud-
- ness,
Mary and 1, would like to thank all our friends
and patrons of Wingham and area who have
• been loyal shoppers in our store for the past 19
years'
We trust you will give your support to Jason and
Mary & Gofrd
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