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Page THE HERALD OUTLOOK Saturday March IS 1M9 FWIOnews Outlook op Lifestyle Womens Institute members conduct own courses Over women have par tidpated in the Farm and Home Landscaping courses run by Well ington and Halton County Womens Institutes For many years OMAF Ontario Ministry of Agriculture and Food had provided adult courses on a variety of subjects With their restructuring these courses are no longer available through OMAF So the Womens Institutes in Wellington and Halton counties hired a consultant wrote the course and conducted the course all without government assistance This puts into practice some of Womens Institutes objec tives namely promoting good family skills identifying and resolving needs in the community and promoting leadership The Womens Institutes in Grey and Bruce counties are developing a similar course on Cooking for One The Federated Womens In stitutes of Ontario President Margaret Munro is currently on the Farm Womens Study Tour of Nicaragua When she returns she will be participating in the Women and Development Conference Parallel Issues and Solutions for Rural Women in Ontario and the Third World to be held at College April 2122 Although not a money raising as such last year the Womens Institutes donated over One of the ways they raise money is shown by West Oxford Womens Institutes 2lst Annual Maple Syrup Festival to be held April at the Family Farm Sweaburg This festival was MYGMEQflTIOtf Fashions For The Young 115 MAM ST S Across Fran Knox 873 FLORAL Silk Flowers Plants FREE Home Consultation at your convenience by appointment only Margaret and Ann 8531928 ACTON l J Application Weddings Special Occasions BY APPOINTMENT ONLY FREE BRIDAL CONSULTATION RATES CAROLINE Just Call Us Your Electronics Hospital Specialist In Rapalrs To All Models TVa SIMMS VCRl MrcmrlvM 90 Day Warranty PartjaadLaoaar IhaaEqatemerrl Far Sale FREE ESTIMATES To Alt Cafrytn Rapatra JJ ELECTRONICS jHBaalpliitIWt47 8731820 started in as a Centennial Pro ject and has been going ever since Visitors to the festival will not only sample maple syrup and have a conducted tour of the maple syrup operation but they also have a chance to purchase local crafts In this way Womens Institutes prove agricultural knowledge help the local economy and also raise funds Last year nearly 1 women joined Womens Institutes the largest rural womens tion in Ontario Through belonging they now join a network in Ontario of over 1000 branches and a net work that spreads throughout all the provinces in Canada As well they belong to the International network of farm and rural women called Associated Country Women of the World Ellen McLean a Womens Institute member is ving her second term as President of The ACWW will be hav ing its 19th Triennial Conference in Kansas City Missouri Sept 1 with a theme of Partners in Pro gress Many Womens Institute members are planning to attend This will give the members an op portunity to have contact with farm and rural women throughout the world Waste Management Recycling the Womens Institute theme for 198889 has provided the opportunity for Women s Institute members to participate in displays prepare briefs for coun cils and to speak to other groups such as Hilde Morden Program Coordinator speaking on this topic at the Farm Show in Lon don The theme for 196990 will be Women and the Environment a theme that will apply to all who live In the rural community Many women have expressed an interest in learning more about Womens Institute but are not sure who to contact or where their nearest branch is Phone your nearest OMAF Ontario Ministry of Agriculture and Food office and they will give you the branch nearest to you and a contact per son Ift Directory of Services Offered in Our Community