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SENIOR SEMINARS Senior seminars have been sponsored at District level and are open to all as well as W.I. members. A restructuring of the Ministry of Agriculture and Food resulted in senior short courses that had been the norm for many years being changed to either an evening or afternoon session (or both) on tOpics relevant to current issues. 1985 Cancer and You 1988 Clean Water Garbage â€" Not In My Back Yard 1989 Nuclear Waste 1990 Literacy Healthy Eating 1992 Cancer and Me - emphasizing the increasing incidence of cancerof the breast in women over 50. Also encouraging the free mammogram.Xâ€"Ray at the Kingston Breast Screening Clinic. 1993 Accessible Transportation - public meeting held at Community Centre - Pictan â€" April 28, 1993 - 7:30 pm 199A Allergies â€" public meeting Pinecrest Elementary School, May 31, 199A 8 pm. Guest Speaker, Dr. Antonia Belda, pediatrician and allergist with a Belleville practice, parents, Rick and Janet Gooch speaking on their son's allergies to nuts, and Karen Brooks on Celiac disease. President, Evelyn Peck, introduced the Speaker, and also serves on the Education Committee of our District WI. 1996 Breast Health and Cancer Awareness - a dinner meeting at Bloomfield Town Hall with guest Speaker Dr. Diane Prose, Ontario Breast Screening Program, Kingston. Tuesday, June 11, 1996 6.00 pm. In 1991 the only screening centre was in Kingston, but due to the concern and interest displayed by Mary Lou Norton representing Wbmen's Institutes and who is also Chair of the OBSP Advisory Committee for Prince Edward and Hastings, three other centres have been Opened. The Belleville centre opened officially February 17, 1997 With Mary Lou helping to cut the ribbon. This centre is located at the Prince Edward and Hastings Health Unit. Rednersville WI was asked to provide cookies for this day. lei