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Members of Solina W.l. Section Two The Canadian Statesman, Bowmanville, Wednesday, February 24,1993 5 M.J. Hobbs Teachers Win Volleyball Title : i ' President Lois Yellowlees read a Valentine Poem to begin the February : meeting of the Solina Women's Insti- ■ tute on February 10th, at the hall. This was followed by the Ode and Mary • Stewart Collect. The minutes of the January meeting meeting were read and approved as were the minutes of the executive meeting. The financial report was read by secretary-treasurer secretary-treasurer Alma Langmaid. Plans were discussed for the upcoming upcoming Casserole Luncheon March 24th. Correspondence included thank you notes, and letters from Farm Family Family Enhancement whose meeting on Retirement is planned for March 25. Call Sally Barrie for further informa- .tion. A letter from the Visual Arts Centre asked for sponsorship of; their youth program. We were made aware of the Durham Environmental Network Network "D.E.N.", whose booklet provides provides addresses, information, etc., for recycling, etc. Booklets are available from D.E.N. A letter from the "Good Neighbours Group" invited us to participate. participate. We were told of the "smoke free environment" proposed By-law and were urged to contact our local councillor with our support. The Friendship Report was given, by Eileen Knox. Margaret Ford reported reported on "Breath of Life" and gave us information on CPR, Heart Saver, and Lifesaving First Aid courses available in our area. Contact Marga-. ret for further information. Pat Best gave a report on Haiti re: foster children. children. She helped answer many questions questions we had concerning sponsor children. children. Lois announced the beginning of the 4-H project at the Solina Hall March 1/93 at 7:00 p.m. Contact Karen Karen Dair or Jennifer Bowman. It is entitled entitled The Great Chicken and Egg - a cooking club. The Quilt festival was discussed and we thanked Marion Peters for her work on the very attractive wall hanging hanging to be entered from our W.l. It was agreed to charge $15.00 for our fees this year due to rising costs. Our nominating committee is Dorothy Snowden, and Doris Hills. The roll call "How has W.l. helped you culturally to be creative?" was answered answered in many positive ways. All seemed to agree W.l. has helped in many ways. Viola Ashton, Group Leader for Newtonville W.l. Report The ladies of Newtonville Women's Women's Institute met on February 17th at ! the home of Janet Paedon. The president president Jean O'Neill welcomed the ladies ; and opened the meeting with a poem. ; Silent Snowfall. Mary Stewart collect ! and Institute Ode were sung and rc- | peated in unison. . Minutes were read and adopted. ' Olive made a motion that we do not enter the quilt fest at Milton this year. ; Second by Elizabeth and carried. ■ Mary Jones and Inez Boughen ; have consented to be the nominating • committee for this year. An invitation i was received from Solina to attend a ! meeting there on March 8th. A thank • you was received from Daniel and Lu- anne Prosck for gift received at the time of their fire. Meeting was then turned over to Helen. Elizabeth read a poem The Gift of Friendship. Roll call, name one of the most nutritious foods for our age group, brought interesting answers with some discussion following. Motto, Motto, nutrition for seniors was answered by Elizabeth with Janet adding other thoughts on nutrition. A contest was held with Olive being being the lucky winner. Olive also had the lucky cup. After a delicious lunch," Jean thanked Janet for inviting us to her home for this meeting. PJR.O. E. Skelding From Page 2 Letters from my cousin in England usually get to me within three to four days of her popping them into the ' mail box in Barnstaple, Devon. ; That's pretty neat, especially when • one considers that I am still awaiting the arrival of my Christmas envelope * from my dad. Some Canada Post stories arc rath- -t-er humourous,-though. ' • " - ■ >-• ' ■>l' Take my roommate's boss, Jcan- Marie Baker, for instance. Jean-Marie . - .is the music rental librarian at Booscy i and Hawkcs' Toronto location. . She was sent a bottle of Lindcmans _ "1991 Hunter River Scmillon (Australi- " an) wine for a Christmas present from ? Peter Grimshaw of Wahroonga, Australia, Australia, who also works for Booscy and Hawkcs. Canada Post's "Wine and Intoxicating Intoxicating Beverage Department" wrote l iter to say they don't deliver liquids, ' so they could send it back to her . friend or it would be destroyed. The letter said the wine would be destroyed destroyed and not consumed by anyone. Jean-Marie opted to pay the extra ' cost and send it back to her friend, fig- 'You'vo got nominl blood pressure but no pulse." James Publishing Printers Since 1854 M Kin* St. W., Bowmanville 623-3303 uring if she couldn't enjoy it, someone should. When it was returned to Peter, the cork and wine were missing from the bottle. It seems that the liquid inside had cither been consumed or dumped. Peter contacted the local paper, The Sydney Morning Herald, and they ran the story on the front page of the paper. He received two phone calls the day the story was printed. The first was from the head of the Australian Post Office who called to apologize to Peter. After all, they had assured him when he had called that the wine would be delivered to his friend. The second call was from the owner owner of the winery producing the wine. He called Peter to thank him for some free publicity and to inform him that a representative from the company would be going to Canada shortly. That person would deliver a bottle of their wine to Jean-Marie. A bonus would be that Peter would also receive a bottle of wine. The next day, Peter found out that the Canadian Consulate in Sydney called the editor of the paper looking for Peter's address so they could send him some Canadian whiskey. A couple of days later, Peter received received two aiqilanc-sizc bottles of whiskey and a pamphlet on what you etui and cannot send in the mail to Canada. Since Peter's little problem, the Sydney paper has uncovered a problem problem that another person had with sending liquor through the mail to Canada. The woman sent a bottle to a friend living in British Columbia. When the woman in B.C. received her letter telling her about the Post Office Office being unable to deliver liquids, she was told she could pick it up. However, she would have to do it m Toronto. Needless to say, not all the stuff one hears about the Post Office is bad. When I lived in Woodstock, N.B. I had my mail sent General Delivery. The clerks were friendly and always could put their hands on my mail quickly. So, as you can sec for yourself, even though we all can think of beefs, there arc the good points too, > Now, if only my Christmas card would gel delivered. WEIGHT RESTRICTION REGULATIONS DURHAM REGION will be in force on roads under the jurisdiction of the Regional Municipality of Durham effective March 1 to approximately April 30,1993 Vehicle loads are restricted to FIVE TONNES per axle In accordance with Durham Region By-law Number 251*89. Signs will be erected on all Regional Roads to which these Weight restrictions apply. VA Sllgollli, P. Eng. Commloolonorol Woiko Hoglonnl Municipality ol Duiltam the East Group began the Cultural Activities Activities program with a Valentine Reading. She also gave an informative paper on the reason for the forming of Women's Institute as the Motto. She told of Adelaide Hoodless and her work to "raise the standard of life for farm and rural people". She emphasized emphasized how W.l. through Adelaide Hoodlcss, its founder, was instrumental instrumental in the beginning of such things as "wrapped bread, white lines on highways, highways, fluorescent paint, having fowl graded and the beginning of hot lunches in schools," as well as the "mandatory dimming of car lights on highways". Viola then introduced Karen Cockerham, of .Cockerham Florist in Bowmanville. Karen's topic "Flowers say Love," definitely said much through flowers. Karen prepared five beautiful floral arrangements during which her commentary gave us many useful hints and ideas. Everyone enjoyed enjoyed Karen's presentation. Pat Best thanked Karen for her presentation and her expertise. We were then favoured with Cindy Ashton's beautiful solos. Cindy Sang "Friends" followed by "Through the Eyes of Love" from Ice Castles. We enjoyed her lovely voice. Ladies with birthdays, anniversaries, anniversaries, etc close to Valentine's Day were recipient of the attractive centrepieces. Recipients were Doris Rett, Ida Bray, Cindy Ashton, Pat Best and Lois Yellowlees. Yellowlees. Our March meeting is March 10/93 at 8:00 p.m. with Bradley's Group in charge. A.C.W.W. draws. Speaker will be Barbara Hiemstra . You are welcome. Our meeting closed with O Canada and the Institute Grace. A social hour followed in the lower lower hall, decorated for Valentine's Day. A delicious lunch and tea were provided provided by the East Group. Donna Barkey P.R.O. Solina W.I. Volleyball Star Give Pointers to Wolves About 40 players from the Ganaraska Wolves volleyball teams were the benefactors last Wednesday night of a visit by Mark Dunn, who was a member of Canada's National Team from 1988-91. He was also an OUAA all-star for five years while attending the University University of Toronto, and last year, was an All-Canadian MVP. Also in attendance attendance was Orest Stanko, the head coach of the U of T for the past 12 years, and a six-time OUAA Coach of the Year. Mark is shown above conducting a drill with the help of Richard Hood. The above teachers from M.J. Hobbs Senior Public School combined combined to win the Northumberland and Newcastle Mixed Volleyball Tournament that was held in Port Hope recently. In the finals of the 24-team tournament, they trailed the team from Clarke High School 11-4, but rallied to win the game 15-13. Team members include, front row, (1-r),Michelle Walters, Cheryl Brown, Rita Bonriclta, Harvey Harvey Webster (kneeling), Carol McMurray. Back row, (1-r), Roger Stere, Lance Milne, Steve Coles. Absent was Hugh Walters. CA$H BACK H&R BLOCK Why wait for your tax refund when you could get Cash Back fast? If you qualify you can get a cheque for 85% of the first $300 of your tax refund and 95% of the rest. Plus your tax return will be accurately prepared at no extra charge. 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