Home & Country Newsletters (Stoney Creek, ON), Winter 1986, p. 5

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u I." g '4; First year board directors are fea- tured in top photo. From I. to rr., first row are Marlon Dougall, Orplm Trapanler, Dorothy Perch, Doris Bell, Jean Tandberg and (back row) Helen Bums, Elizabeth Thomas. Isabelle Booker, Barb Patterson (J’WIO) and Mabel Logan. Second year board din ecrors (opposite) are from row (I. to r1.) Dorothy Hamden, Luella Lewis. Winnie Wilson. Berry Van Potter, and (back row) Evelyn Both well, Wyn Allary, Jeannie Butcher {J W10), Eva Tuck and Theo Sinninglte. (Photos by Daryl Marriette/OMAF) (continued from Page 4) may be used at all levels of the WI at this time to honor and pay tribute to our deceased member. RESOLUTION 7 Whereas. in Ontario. one woman in 11 has mastectomy surgery which reâ€" quires a breast prosthesis for balance and appearance; and whereas, under the present Assistance Devices Pm» gram of the Ontario Ministry of Health, young women of 18 years and younger can receive up to 75 per cent of the cost of breast prosthesis after mastectomies; and whereas, a properly fitted prosthesis is not always affordable for women on limited incomes; therefore be it resolved that the FWlO request the Ontario Ministry of Health to extend financial assistance toward the purâ€" chase of the required prosthesis to all women having had mastectomies. RESOLUTION 8 Whereas. directions for quantities and use of various commercial prod- nilâ€"1"“;- ucts are so important, and the misA understanding of them can have serious consequences; and whereas printed directions for use of some products are so small it is necessary to use a magnifying glass to read them; therefore be it resolved that the FWIO request the Department of Consumer and Corporate Affairs to enact legislation requiring minimum standards for print size and legibility in or on packages. RESOLUTION 9 Whereas the Ontario farm economy has experienced several years or de- pressed product prices resulting in a severely depressed farming economy, and the three Ontario political parties have, in their pre-election promises. been seen as having similar solutions to the farm crisis; and whereas the FWlO have long been recognized as a women's organization supportive ofa healthy farming economy; there, fore be it resolved that the FWIO be asked to arrange a meeting between representatives of the FWIO and the three Provincial leaders to gain Meet your 1986 board It " directors {~â€" i assurance ill‘ld dcxclup a [mic iitinik for the positnu action the} hate promised on behall’ of larmcrs. EMERGl-ZNCW Rl-ZSULL T[0\b Whereas [he Ontario gmcrnmcnl hm granted the teachers of Ontario the right to strike: und “here'th iltr slu. dorm of the PFOVIHL'L' oi ( lntario are being denied the right to continuing education because of paxli current and possibly {inure \ltiixe‘s; {hurt-lore be it resolved that lilC F\\ It) tiigcnlr Iy request the Ontario Kllilislt’f «it Education to implement u luu Li‘ltll'llgL' to deny tcacherx of Ontario the right to strike Whereas Ontario‘s KillllNlL‘l‘ at (my sumcr and Commercial RCillllmh plans to Introduce legislation to ll'llr plcmcnl the Liberal gtucrumcnl'x campaign promise to ulluu the stile oi‘ beer and wine in grocery and or convenience storm; therefore be ii resolved thut the l-’\\'I() urge Uni tnrio's Minister of Consumer dilLi Commercial Rcltltiom [but the \Llis.‘ 0| beer and wine be con! incd lo twisting outlcls.

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