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The Rural Voice, 1987-08, Page 36«UTLER� • Silo Unloaders • Belt Feeders • Belt Conveyors For Quality Equipment At Competitive Prices * STIKINE • Grain Brain Multi -Feeder • Liquid Manure • Roller Mills Equipment • Rota Spreaders • Chain Conveyors Some Used Silo Unloaders Available Call: SELECT EQUIPMENT SALES R.R. 3 Dashwood 519-237-3205 (anytime) STEEL IS OUR SPECIALTY / iii/ /Iiia", We have a Targe selection of: flats, rounds, tubing, re -bar, hog panels, beams, plate, survey bars, and items too numerous to mention. Come in and see our extensive stock, and check out our low prices. Also Available: ►' , Clothes Line Poles $50 per set of 2 Heavy Duty Farm Gates 6Bar 16'$110 ATV or Garden Tractor Trailers $200 BRANDER STEEL INDUSTRIES LTD. STRATH ROY EXETER 519-245-4790 1-800-265-7000 519-235-1462 34 THE RURAL VOICE NEWS WI CELEBRATES ITS 90TH YEAR Enhancing the quality of life in rur- al communities was the central theme at the 90th anniversary celebration held by the Federated Women's Institutes of Ontario (FWIO) in North Bay last month. More than 1,100 women and 80 men were present to hear Alex Sim, a sociologist and educator, discuss his recently concluded study, The New Rural Communit, . Neighbours, he said, have lost touch as rural communities have changed, and urban people moving in often suffer culture shock. He chal- lenged the Women's Institutes to knock on doors, initiate communication, and again establish a caring community. Beatrice Reeves of Prince Edward Island, president of the Federated Women's Institutes of Canada (FWIC), seconded the challenge. The FWIC, she noted, is focusing on agriculture and public relations. Among its accom- plishments are the free trade seminars held recently in each province, the set- ting up of an international fund to bring a woman from a Third World country to study at the Coady Insitute in An- tigonish, Nova Scotia, and a project in Ethiopia to install a solar -panelled water pump as a source of energy for crop irrigation. As Margaret Munro, president of the FWIO, said in regard to the conven- tion theme, Building for Tomorrow, FWIO members have contributed $72,000 to various organizations and projects and must continue to meet the challenges of this "computer age." In a review of the new constitution of the Women's Institutes, several changes were noted. The first president- elect will be chosen at the annual board meeting of the FWIO in November, 1987, and program co-ordinators (rather than conveners) are to be elected at all levels. In addition, scholarships com- memorating the 90th anniversary were awarded to institute members who are furthering their education. The winners were Etta Nowak of Cochrane, Mary Alice Rock of Tavistock, andJoan Bates of Lakefield. The FWIO's international scholar- ship winner, Libbylu Allen of Jamaica,