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Farm Family Forums proposed Greetings and best wishes to you all for the remainder of 1986. 1 have been viewing our organizaâ€" tion in a bright, encouraging light in the last month as I housecleaned an accumulation of W.l. material colâ€" lected over many years â€" rereading, \‘Dl‘tiHE, labelling, filing away, and discarding reams of paper. Once again I am impressed by the tremenâ€" dous contribution W.I.’s have made to every community in this country and to many projects overseas. There is very little to report to you From FWIC since our FWiO Presi- dent, Charlotte Johnson, and I re- worted to the board meeting in Nov- :mber. FWIC has responded to the :overnment's request to submit our .iews on unemployment insurance. Jur FWIC President, Beatrice Reeves, 1nd our President Elect, Jennie Vlclnnes, attended the Agricultural Outlook Conference held Dec. 9 and ID, 1985, in Ottawa. They report that he general tone of the meeting stressed the difficult situation of the farmers n Canada from east to west. To quote from Jennie Mclnnes' report: FWIC Report Bernice Noblitt in 1985 agricultural production rose by 4°70, farm prices were down 5%, retail prices were up 3%. Milk pro- duction fell 2%. but its price did rise during the year. Good news for the consumer is that food prices should only increase 24% in the next ten years. Apparently the Hon. John Wise it proposing a series of Farm Family Forums and FWIC president has written him urging that Women‘s. In, stitutes be included in any action taken in connection with the forum. and support given by Agriculture Canada. One of the major concerns of \\'_l.in each province and federally over the years has been the condition and preservation of our environment. We have had resolutions on acid rain, land use, the effect of chemicals as illt‘} ullcct thc cnttrontncnt, [‘mlln lion 0| latltc» Lllltl sll'L‘iIllls. llllllltlllL trapping [[lCllitlLlN, LlL'ltllL’Nltllltlil, tlll pollution and l‘llIL‘l \. lltcsc cuttcct n- arc not confined ltt lllL' ( .tttddmtl \ccnc; they ttrc \mt'ld utdc cuttccrm and are lit-mg \llltllCtl In the l llllLLl Nations. ltt .lttnc tll- llllH \L‘.t| Llll lllr [Ct‘ntttionttl conimttlcc \\lll mcct lll Ottntta tn l‘lL‘Iil hrictx rind \ttllllll‘ sinus and hum: distttwunx on tltt‘ \wrltl uidc cn\tt't\nntcnt;tl \lltltlllttl't it is expected tltttt l'\\ IL “I” muhc a contriluttiun in light til tltc xtllch'l llthey hate ttluttts mpruxcd In {ltttl area. 1 \\ill keep you pmtcd on llll ln clming. l \mttld lth. m k'l‘ltlll" man Ol‘ lltt‘ FWK' .*\LlL'l'.llLlL‘ l’l\‘UtJlL'\Hotncstcud (‘mntnittctz to thunk you oncc ztgttttt lot )tIlll’ L'tlllil'lilllllg gcn El'DllN donations to Iltc Hilllic'Hic‘utl “1- non Intw rt nctt \‘hilllllltill In t‘cplucc Mt'x. Ruttdull ultn ltud In resign dttt‘ to ill ltt'ttltlt, and ti \L'LlL" tary to truth it Ill] the local cunnnttlcc Bernice Nohlitl is pus! president til the Federated “unit-It's llhllllllt‘ of Canada, Free resources at your library Are you aware of the many cost- tree resources which are available at your local library? Contact your local librarian to establish which of the following re- sources are available in your com- munity. BOOKS: â€" current listing of books available for purchase and books soon to be‘in print; â€" fiction and non-fiction books; â€" special interest books: “Self- Help", “How To", gardening, travel, crafts, foreign languages, local history, and tracing your family roots; â€" large print books; â€" “Talking Books” for the sightâ€" imbibed, from the C.N.I.B.; â€" Read- Guides: containing arti- clesffrom numerous magazines â€"â€" career-related materials; â€" university and college brochures; â€" local newspapers; â€" map collections; SERVICES: â€" films, filmstrips, slides. vidcos, and audio-visual equipment I’or borrowing; â€" shut-in service; â€" photocopying; â€" evening hours; - story hour for children of any age; â€" inter-library loans: â€" free memberships, or minimal charge memberships FACILI'I‘IICS: â€" lllL‘Cllllg I'Dlllllx; 7 community bullctttt lnnttd; â€" t‘ttmps l'nt‘ tlisublctl pcnplc. As you cut! we, llhl’itl'lt‘\ lllthl‘t tttc no lnttgct tltc l'lll'sllrlltl'xll thlllltllll ttl qttict mice, but the cttlttttttl lucttl point of the community. H 8; C' Aprtl, May, .lunc with IS