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0 Annual Meeting highlights The board of the Federated Women‘s In» stitutes of Ontario met for its annual meeting in November in Mississauga. Several newsworthy items were on the agenda and should be noted by members for future reference. Centennial A committee has been appointed to plan for the 1997 celebration of the :.Vomen‘s Institutes 100th anniversary, Details will follow as plans unfold in the -.urning years. If you have any ideas or :omments about the centennial, please end them to the FWIO office, P.O. Box .1030, Guelph, NIH 6N1. .xadersltip Training A leadership training workshop for 30 urea representatives called Visions for .‘olunteers was held Jan. 17 to 19. “"heme The theme for the 1989-90 WI year . Women and the Environment. Also, one has been designated as WI month. V WI members are planning projects or tents or the spring, they are encouraged v - focus their activities on June. tintario Farm Women’s Network FWIO Program Coordinator Hilde ' loran is worldng on the Ontario Farm “fomen's Network Planning Committee ‘ >r its March Conference, to be held 1 latch 20 to 22 at the Novotel Hotel, i lississauga. ‘ iicaragua FWIO President Margaret Munro has een accepted to be a member of the 6-person Oxfam Farmers' Brigade Women in Agriculture" Study Tour of Nicaragua in March. Presentations zbout the tour will be made at the Nomen in Development Conference (see inibrmation pages). i‘ederated Women’s Institutes of ‘anada The FWIC conference will be held in ictorin in 1991. FWIC is sponsoring a ompetition of folklore stories. The law must be written by an individual ranch member and be about 500 to ‘000 Words long. It must be typed, using double spacing on 8 by 11 112 paper and include the name of the member, address, telephone, name of branch. district. area and number of subdivision, in a sealed envelope. Each district is responsible for organizing the competition in the district and selecting one to be sent to the area. Associated Country Woman of the World The 1989 triennial conference will hL‘ held in September in Kansas City. Missouri. Information came aVallahlc just before the board meeting. Spiral-t In your board director ifynu want to knit“ more. Ten resolutions approved by FWIO board Ten resolutions were approved by the Federated Women’s Institutes of Ontario (FWIO) Board at its annual meeting in November. They covered a broad range of topics. 1. seeking more uniform sentencing for criminals 2. ban of all alcoholic beverages on television 3. all retirement and rest homes be sub jeci to government regulations, with frequent, unscheduled inspections 4. no day parole or temporary absence passes for convicted murderers or rapists 5. flashing amber warning lights on school buses 6. Special funding for care for umbulu’ tory Alzheimer patients 7. mandatory recycling in all munici- palities “'1 Ontario 8. mandatory ingredient labelling on all fast food. restaurant and cater- ing services '9. mandatory labelling on all manufac- tured foodstuffs sold in Canada. specifically identifying any flavorâ€" ing or coloring 10. investigation and testing for 3 solar pertussis (whooping cough) vaccine If you want more details on any ot’ these resolutions. contact your closest FWIO board director or the Resolutions Chair (see page 2). Back in the saddle again readers find at least one item of interest to them as they leaf through the pages. Now that I'm back, I‘d like to hear from you â€" what you like, what you don‘t like about this publication. My address is on page two. I‘ll be waiting! text: There was a slight mix up with the mailing of the Dec. Jan. Home & Coun- try, To avoid opening sealed bundles, some packages had two labels attached to them. The one on top was correct. Some very conscientious readers wrotc or returned the extra magazine. I apologize for this problem. ] hope everyone eventually got their bundle. If you didn't. please drop me a note. or call and we‘ll do our best to correct the situation. H & C February, March [989 9