Margaret Lee from Springford was our guest and brought greetings from the District. Evelyn Arthur of the Agriculture and Canadian Industries group presided for the program. She read several humorâ€" ous baking tips such as a pinch of this or a smidgen of that. She also had a very humorous reading entitled "The Exercise Diary." f Margaret Arthur read two po'emls I‘zlr} w T: cams se Crtocadancri WI enjoy cookin ~Some: ofâ€"the members had their "Grandma‘s Legacy" on display, which was very interesting.. _ =<â€" _ > : The Oxford District spring Board méetâ€" ing will be held on Monday, March 26 at 6:30 p.m. at Springford. ‘Lunch will be served;.cost $3. ~ : : ‘There is to be an Oxford Children‘s Ground Water Festival to be held at Pittock Lake from May 26 to June 1, time 8 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. Volunteers are needed for this program. The children will be bused in from the schools in Oxford County. Rxowns Womené Institute meeting was held on Tuesday, February 20 at 10 a.m. in the School. The President Janet Uren presided and read a poem "February." _ raise of the Farmer, The Associated Country Women of the World Conference is being held in Hamilton from June 10 â€" 15. On June 13 a bus is leaving Embro at 6:30 a.m. Cost $85, lunch included. Optimist Petites win league title er Barb Boscarato, head coach Peter Westelaken and Marty Thomson. Absent are Joanie Doxtater and Kirsten O‘Drowsky. (Contributed photo) The St. Marys Optimist Petite ringette team for 2000â€"2001. Front: goalie Adryon Thompson. Second row, from left: Kristen Cardiff, Leanne Hartwick, Jillian Nairn, Richelle Forrester and Carly Westelaken. Third row: Kim Cox, Tanya Colbert, Erin O‘Drowsky, Brittany McNaughton, Kaitlyn Armstrong, Jill 0‘Keefe and Brittany Bailey. Back row: Coaches Mark O‘Keefe, managâ€" Wednesday, March 28 ad two poems "In Who is a Little Bit Browns wi . , 2001 ing demonstration A e ‘Sue Day demonstrated making a cake with a cake mix and several different vegetables and ‘cooked on top of the stove. She also demonstrated her new Food processor and what it would ‘do, making the cake and cabbage salad, which we had for lunch with meat loaf, rolls and chili sauce. The Roll Call ‘What do you prepare for unexpected company?‘ Please bring the recipe. Pennies for Friendship was 5¢ for each letter in the title of your recipe. Evelyn â€" had â€" another _ reading "Grandmother‘s Apron." of Everything,"‘and ‘gave cight food facts. § pima‘‘g Ais}* Janet closed with a reading ‘Advertisement of W.I.‘ A contest "What‘s Cooking" was won by Janet Uren. The next meeting will be on Tuesday, March 20 at 10 a.m. Please note change of day to Monday instead of Tuesday. Browns euchre Browns W.I. Euchre party was held on Thursday, February 20 at the School at 8 p.m. The winners were: high â€" Donna Jeffrey and Verna Pratt; lone hands Verna Switzer and Ernie Oliver; low Evelyn Arthur and Jim Kennedy. The door prize winners were Gordon Smith and Ina Pickel. _ The next euchre. will be on Thursday March 8 at 8 p.m. RINGETTE ROUNDâ€"UP Ebrin 1(4 Cadrel M}iter‘s C]dujh“ff,r* Doing net duty. Salukis‘ Stacey Dundas, left, and Erin Miller attempt to block a smash hit by a member of the St. Mikes Warriors during exhibition senior girls volleyball action last Wednesday afternoon at St. Marys DCVL (Photos by Pat Payton)