January, 1998 o e ons e 00 mnnngegesme essm 7,NEW5 i O T Valley Farmers‘ Forum | page i3 | eaburn will head Ontario W.l. Rura/ Canada’s ral famiilies that find themâ€" â€" Nine Steps. fascinatingto delve" intothese tion at the vInternational : A selves suddenly in need. Typiâ€" His wife Lady Tweedsmuir _ homemade histories. Plowing _ Match _ near | Ilfellne thrOUgh cally, it senta sizable chunk of â€" introduced the keeping of _ In two years Reaburn will Pembroke. She‘s been active | d,"Sa ster. money to flood victims in ~county histories with the adâ€" _ take over the head of the orâ€" â€" in the county‘s successful ag | S Manitoba. As a nonâ€"governâ€" monition "Don‘tloseyourhisâ€" â€" ganization. Something she‘s awareness program and the | BEACHBURG â€" Christine â€" ment organization recognized tory". She even recommended _ usedto. She‘schairedthemamâ€" Rural Ramble, in partnership 3 Reaburn is the new presidentâ€" â€" by the U.N. it, among other â€" a house log. Reaburn says it‘s moth Family Lifestyle Exhibiâ€" _ with the tourist association. . |} elect of the 14,000â€"member things, provided sewing maâ€" > ym c s hss rade s | Federated Women‘s Institute â€" chines for an African country. ‘ | of Ontario. From a pedigreed But with government cutâ€" _ | s seed farm and hog finishing â€" backs on safety nets the Instiâ€" | eazses operation in Renfrew County, _ tutewillreturnmoretoitshome _ | _ mm ww sh.e believes the Women‘s Inâ€" â€" roots. With 800 branches inâ€" : _# _ stitute, once the visible heart . tact, the Women‘s Institutehas . | 2 K I s M i «m | of the.rura_l community, will â€" a strong rural netwqu. Cl.ll'- t ® o ‘ FE_Lâ€" on | come into its own again. rently it‘s progressing with . | | 2 ~ \ \ . Reaburn says the organizaâ€" . partnerships on health proâ€" | | é A ( | tion has always worked hard grams, one with pharmacists «f q * % for the betterment 6f the rural â€" to promote healthfuldruguse. _ | \' / community. but in the age of The real roots of the organiâ€" . | h \ i ‘ 6 selfâ€"aggrandizement . has . zationgo back tothe 19thoenâ€" . | _ 3 Ca \ pllL. / { "never been good at blowing . tury and Govenor General . | ! * q teyâ€"â€" i4 * | its own trumpet". Buchan. Every one who took a. . | 5%, ~ ic LJ 7 @ & The Institute has always â€" grade nine English course in . | b, o 0“1 beenâ€"quietly at the forefront of Ontario.willremember him as En c o Senefit dances and helping ruâ€" _ the one who wrote The Thirtyâ€" 1 esÂ¥ e WB\ next Ontario president _ [Bpre®NI | | | > a _ Beachburgares Program (OBSD) These Coal J _ %:%{ woman erai partnerships enable Womâ€" _ | EP d Mess sn ‘ _ } | | Women‘s Institutes of Onâ€" en‘s Institutes to offer _ | 1 .e ‘ § â€" 4 4 C @:w,/; D l Tario (FWIO) next year. educational materials and _ | _ pa v& P o &Â¥ l P 1| [ Christine Reaburn was programs promoting | he i #alt ... Y . K) /| _ |_| chosen presidentâ€"elect of health and safety as they â€" | 5 F [ hi Alli [ migece / 1 ; /| | _ || the organization it is anâ€" â€" related to the various arâ€" | | \ y s a l 2 ~4 vjff':";l nual meeting held in easinvolved. | _ 6 w i wh,. _ | 0d _ | ) Cornwall last month. "I don‘t doubt that | ' e $ C med B . | | ’ Mrs. Reaburn said more partnerships will | | V ts . e * al? i\ that she anticipates reâ€" comealongin thefuture," _ | | ol _ >4" W gfï¬â€™rt structuring within the said Mrs. Reaburn. | | e on F5 V Bm . organization to be a sigâ€" The new FWIO presiâ€" | | 4 ue oo o * se 0P M "| nificant part of her work â€" dentâ€"elect, her husband, _ | 4 | es 9y t 4 M ) during her term ofoffice. Larry, and daughter, § J P ienss T /m # "We‘re downsizing the Janet, farm in Westmeath k on FX) provincial board," she Township near || a 1 - e 4 * // W M | said. "And we‘ll have to Beachburg. She has two _ | j : A e s Pn M revisetheconstitution to other daughters, _ | : t ~> 0 t e [R | jive with those changes." Catherine who is in uniâ€" _ | 1 s c 41 : In keeping with the versity and Charlotte in [ | it . V e | provincial theme, Safe high school. - | o e eA y and Healthy Communiâ€" Mrs. Reabutn is no l Sove & . ties, the FWIO has reâ€" â€" stranger to challenging | ie w cently entered into partâ€" . tasks, having chaired the | | Hikmg ce B nerships with the Comâ€" Family Lifestyles Comâ€" || | ; F munity Abuse Program of â€" mittee for the 1994 Interâ€" c 9 10 Rural Ontario (CAPRO), national Plowing Match. 6 ; ns m the â€" Pharmaceutical At present she is the | Tok > Py i o Manufacturers‘ Associaâ€" president of the Westâ€" _ | wl k * j e tion Cz))f Canada (PSMAC), meath Women‘s Institute _ | _ . a 3 y the Osteoporosis Society Branch and resolutions â€" | Christine Reabur‘rllvof Be,ac:'but!lg !'s 'h:(;"fs'.denéme’:gfl of Canada (OSC), and the coâ€"ordinator for North _ | [ _ Pf "“f F efle"atEdw omen 3 1 'ls_'EE q†niarnflr ( 6 )7 Ontario Breast Screening _ Renfrew District. > | Bil