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ii, _, Student drug use dropping The Addiction Research Foundation of Ontario recently released the results of its biennial survey of alcohol and other drug use among students throughout the province. A total of 4,154 students in grades 7, 9, ii and 13 completed an anonymous questionnaire during the early months of 1985. The researchers found that drug use (both licit and illicit) had been in overall decline since 1981. For a copy of the report, or for more information, you may contact Dr. Reginald Smart, Addiction Research Foundation, 33 Russell St., Toronto, Ontario, M55 251. Skills training rom colleges, unions. . . A new program, designed to improve he skills of people who are 25 and .- lder and who are eligible to work in ntario, is now available from the i ' ' try of Skills Development. Called asic Skills for a Better Future, the mgram is free and offered at colleges l‘ applied arts and technology, through nions and employer assoeiations. i he program is divided into three arts: training readiness, academic pgrading and job search. You can take as many parts as you need. If you, or someone you know, wants to start the Ontario Basic Skills program. get in touch with the Ontario Basic Skills Office at your local college of applied arts and technology. Or call the toll free training hotline 1â€"800-387-5656. Correction The Canadian Standards Associa- tion (CSA) was incorrectly called the Consumers” Standards Association in the January, February, March issue of Home 8L Country. Please make note of this correction. Butler update The Butler Project, sponsored by the Oxford North and South Women‘s Institutes was incorrectly referred to as the Ross Butler Agriculture in the Classroom project in the January, February, March issue of Home & Country. Please note this correction. Also, The Butler Project video is available in VHS and Beta by contact- ing Donna Kitmer, R.R. #3. Lakeside. NOM 200. The Butler Project original artwork will be featured at the Woodstock Art Gallery Sept. 10 to Oct. ii and the National Museum in Ottawa for the month of December. '. . information. . .information. . .information. . nformation. . .information. . . information. . .in F W10 elections The following officers of the Fedcrr ated Women’s Institutes of Ontario (FWIO) will be elected in Nmemher president elect. public relations officer. and program converter. UUldCilndÂ¥ {or these positions and also the applica- tion form for president elect arc available from your board director and area presidents, secretaries and public relations officers, as well as the FWIO office in Guelph. Essay for use Mrs. Aureen Richardson has writtcn a ninerpagc essay called Reflections of My Mother A An Institute Meme her. She is looking for ways and or ideas on how the essay can be used. Please contact her at R.R. ttS. Warkworth. KOK 3K0, Communications . . . continued from page 5 is a communications tool we will pm~ bably use again. By strcnglhcning tlic weak links. we are a more cl‘lccmc organization. We will do our part. so help us to help you keep the Women‘s Institute going forward. Margaret Munro FWIO President What is ACWW?. . . continued from page 5 A Corresponding Society is any group of women not eligible for either of the above categories, I! may send two non-voting representatives to the conference. Fee is 10 pounds sterling. Contributing Members are indiviâ€" duals who pay an annual subscription of five pounds sterling. Life member- ships are also available All memberships include a quarterly newsletter, the Country Woman. If, as a rural women’s group or as an individual member, you are interâ€" ested in learning more about this H & C July, August, September l987 organization or bccoming :1 member. write to the office in London, England. The address is on the inside front cover or this magazine. The current president. Ellen Machan, is a Women‘s Institute member from Nova Scotia. She has received the Order 01‘ Canada and also an honorary doctorate from St. Frances Xavier University in recogni- tion for her work in the rural com- munity. In November. she will be in- ducted into the Canadian Agricultural Hall of Fame at a special ceremony in Toronto, As Canadians, we should be very proud to have this lady repre- senting us at the international level. l9