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The Home & Country ROSE Garden is published three times a year by the Federated Women’s Institutes of Ontario. Editor Andrea Morrison andream@fwio.on.ca Proof Reader Ruth Kennedy Graphics Big Footprints Inc., Cambridge www.bigfootprints.ca Copyright © FWIO 2013 Copyrighted material, including graphics, may be reproduced as long as it remains in context, its source is recognized and it is not used for monetary gain. To reprint copyrighted material under any circumstances, contactthe Editor. ISSN â€" 1715-216X Printed on recyclable paper by Signal-Star Publishing, Goderich, ON. Publications Mail Agreement No. 40036824 Return undeliverable Canadian addresses to: Federated Women’s Institutes of Ontario 7382 Wellington Road 30 RR 5, Guelph ON NlH 6J2 Tel: 519-836-3078 Fax: 519-836-9456 Email: fwio@fwio.on.ca www.fwio.on.ca The FWIO switchboard is open Monday - Thursday 9am â€" 4pm. lfyou call and get our answering machine, we are busy helping someone else. Please leave a message and we will return your call as soon as possible. IMPORTANT CONTACT INFORMATION FWIO Provincial Office (see left) ROSE Program Coordinator Andrea Morrison roseprogram@fwio.on.ca 519â€"836â€"3078 Advocacy Coordinator Glenna Smith advocacycoordinator@fwio.on.ca 519â€"824â€"0217 International Officer Cindi Rabstein internationalofficer@fwio.on.ca 519â€"843â€"2222 Additional contact information is available with the Coordinator & Officer reports on pages 12â€"13. NEWSLETTER DEADLINE DATES If you would like to be featured in an upcoming issue of the Home & Country ROSE Garden, please send stories and photos for consideration to the FWIO Provincial Office orandream@fwio.on.ca no later than the deadline dates below. Please note that these dates have changed slightly. The office is open Wednesday and Spring/Sum mer 2013 Thursday 9am - 4pm. â€" April 1, 2013 Thegjflcgi ~Sl§§iQHEEE-X§s Fall 2013 â€" August 1,2013 “51193733 “‘“szx£fld ~ “3“ M" ON THE COVER FWIO President Meets "the Queen" FWIO President Elsie Stephenson travelled throughout Ontario this past fall, attending eleven Area Conventions. Each Convention offered a different theme, along with many new and familiar faces to greet her. Elsie even had the privilege of meeting "the Queen” at Hamilton Area’s 86th Convention. Special thanks to Her Majesty (June Ashcroft) for paying a visit to Vittoria, Ontario. Needless to say, it was an enjoyable Convention. As Elsie mentioned,”| haven’t been that close to royalty before!” Q’hs‘ide: 5. 6. In Memory of Margaret Zoeller Back 2 Basics 7. Headquarters Fund Update 8-0. Down the Garden Path 70-77. iOOth Anniversaries 7?. Canada 150 78. 75. Membership Message Woman of Excellence in Agriculture Award ‘1“ ‘ WEE/{1033’ "‘