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1 0 President’s Perspectives The following analogy is taken from n address given by President Peggy l "app at a 199] District Annual. in . hich she compared CHANGE to a oman. "She came up behind me. really. and topped suddenly before me. She was ery tall. and fully dressed in black: uit. stockings. shoes - and a very natty ittle hat with a black veil that hid her eatures. ‘Who are you?,’ I wondered. ‘Why m ljust a little bit afraid of you? Why id you come up to me so stealthily? ho are you?‘ But there she was. her hand out- tretched, her head tilted to one side. as fshe is challenging me. ‘How shall I react?‘ Shall I mumble a polite greeting. 00k at her awkwardly, wait for her to r ake things easier for me (which she oes not). and then walk away to join ld familiar friends whom I know and rn comfortable with? Will I freeze into inaction. lose my ongue, gape at her waiting for my frozen tongue to loose itself and say something? I try; I can‘t cope. She would turn and walk away. and I would have lost an opportunity to get to know her. She looks formidable. Awesome. [ don‘t like her; I don't trust her; and 1m intimidated by her. Indeed. I'm afraid of her and I think I will flee from this Situation. But no. there is something very in- triguing about her. My curiosity is pi- qued. Maybeldon'tlike her,butlthink I‘d like to see what is behind that veil! She might lead me into trouble. or ex- citement. or take me to new places. She might even destroy me, But I have to get to know her. She is a challenge. And then she turns her face towards me and I take the time to really look at her. 'Is that a smile on her lips? A light in her eye?‘ There is an energy and an excitement about her. There's some- thing interesting in the way she holds her head. ‘ls she beckoning to me?‘ There is something very familiar about her. ‘Have we met before? Why am I so attracted to her and yet afraid to get too close'?‘ Then I hear a sigh. followed by a soft peal ofher laughter. She reaches up and pulls the veil aside. just a little. Of course she‘s familiar! I’ve met her before - many times - in my life! Sometimes she‘s been cruel and I‘ve been hurt and angry and upset. But I grew. thanks to her! Sometimes she has taken me to ex» citing places. into dangerous waters. into situations filled with problems. challenges. opportunities. joys and satisfactions. Why. I have even lived with her. She is part of me; part oflil'e: part of progress and discovery. Without her. neither you nor 1. nor the Women's Institutes can move forward. I reach out to her. I welcome her. i embrace her. 1 link arms with her and go forward with her to meet the future. She is CHANGE." Peggy Knapp President, F W10 utler Project promotes Agoâ€"CULTURE In the early 19305, Ross Butler - an enthusiastic. young artist » approached the Ontario Department of Education with the idea of creating a series of aintings of Canada's major domestic breeds of farm animals. He wanted eproductions of his paintings to be used as teaching aids in classrooms across the country. Butler hadcompleted 22 paintings of various breeds, when the government cancelled his contract at the start of World War II. This initial collection of prints formed the basis of an agricul- tural education kit used in schools for more than half a century. In 1987 the Oxford North and South istrict Women's Institute initiated and sponsored a campaign to reprint and redistribute these animal pictures. Recently. the project has been com- pleted. Known as Agri»CULTURAL Con- nections. the Butler Resource Kit is now available in Schools across the province. The resource kit consists ofa series of prints from the original work of Ross Butler. A bilingual teacher‘s handbook ac- companies the illustrations. providing background information on the various breeds of animals. The handbook is in- terdisciplinary. and outlines suggesv [ions on how the material can be used at various levels within the existing curâ€" ricula. Ross Butler has been a farmer. a pioneerin artificial insemination. alerâ€" sey and poultry breeder. a song writer. a poet. a sculptor and a painter. But he views "the proliferation of his art in the schools one of his greatest accomplish- ments." Check with the schools in your area. if they have not yet received a Butler Resource Kit. please contact the apâ€" propriate Board of Education Office. Personal Growth and Renewal Seize this great opportunity to be a part of the Ontario Women's Institute's new venture. Come to the Crieff Hills Retreat near Guelph and take one oftwo Personal Growth and Renewal (PG & Rl courses offered: More Pleasure in Music or Battcnburg Lace. The dates of the courses are to be announced early in I992. For more iii/"(narration contact: lane Croft - (4|6)854â€"2789 or Donna Russett - (613)395-3643. H & C July. August. September I991 3