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‘\\ hateier the mind can conceive and you can bring yourself to believe. ion can Lichieie!” For me. the next year in .lunior \\t\nieri\ institute is limited only by our imagination and our desire to helieie in ourselves! -\i our recent fall conference, held .it Stilina, I sensed :1 mood of renewed enthusiasm and commitment at both the branch and prmineinl levels. I am honored that you hate expressed your tnitli in my lendership by asking me to be your president for the :1th year. My lntUhCmCl’ll in WI goes back .1 long nay, [0 my earliest days in a rural community in Halton. Through Jill. \\I scholarships and Junior luriners. I gained an appreciation of the deep concern the W! has for rural “omen. More recently. I have served on the JWIO c\cctiti\e and as editor \‘i \‘lJI‘ hook. Still More of Everyâ€" thing. The highlight at my Institute \ctirs was serving on the provincial hotirtl of Federated Women's Insti- tutes til Ontario l’rom [983 to 1985. Carol Hyde ____â€"â€"__._ The network of friends I have made in WI enriches my life. _ The Wl has changed and is being challenged to change and grow even more. 1 too have felt the pull of our busy world. To try to meet the needs of two sons. one clergy-husband, church ties, a full-time museum job, Institute work and needs. It is towards this challenge that I will try to lead the JWI during this year. We will be taking the last half of the motto, "for personal growth and community involvement" to heart. Every branch will be challenged to find at least one real need in their community and then do something creative to meet it. I hope this will involve branches with other community groups. A sense of working and achieving something together is very rewarding. l have always felt the cxisten a close bond between Jwiczsg FWIO. It has been gratifying for me to see a _slow but steady growth in communication and mutual under. standing in rccent years. We much in common that mutu should be automatic The ways in which the work is accomplished is imâ€" material. The end result â€" community enrichment â€" is the goal of all of us That is why, I personally, have never been hung up on names and ages. The work, whether accomplished by 20 year-olds or 80 year-olds, is still accom- plished! An atmosphere of Open dialogue and shared experience is green hat thinking. Who needs black hat thinkers all the time? In closing, I would like to thank the other members of my executive for coming on board. Together “E can make this ship either sail or flounder. It’s up to us to make all JWI members believers in themselves. Carol Hyde J W [0 President have so al respem Annual meeting, tours speakers at fall conference [he Junior Women's Institutes of Hntnrio held their illintlfli conference in (lctoher. focusing on an annual IliCCIIl‘lg, several presentations and [Oil-T‘s. A. new executive {listed on this page] was elected and complete updates were gnen on our commitment to the ()nt.irio Wheelchair Sports Associa- tion; our book. Still More of lzictything; and the new constitution. The .lWlO Scholarship Award was presented to Anne Hart of Hastings .lWl Brunch. Anne is studying to be u Registered Nurse, Also. Certificates oi \lerit were presented to Jane Hall and Carol Hyde l'or their work on S'till More of Eierything. Diane Wtilbridge, Bonnie Prevost and Henrietta Clause also received Certia i'icuies of Merit on the recommenda [Inns of their branches. ('arol Stewartdx'irkby. editor of Home 6'1. Country, and Barb Weese, Riirzil Organimtion Specialist. [ed the group through a discussion on different attitudes. identified by different colored hats. The remainder of the conference was sprinkled with accusa- tions of black hat thinking or plaudits for green hat thinkers! We all came away impressed by the power of our attitudes to color our success or failure. FWIO President Charlotte Johnson brought us upâ€"to-date on the 90th anniversary convention in 1987, the upcoming free trade seminar and other news. Ken Knox, director of the Farm Products Marketing Branch of the Ontario Ministry of Agriculture and Food, was the banquet speaker. He urged all JWI branches to St‘l some realistic goals and to become more visible in the community. Tours of the home of the thunder of General Motors, Col Sam McLaughlin, and of Cullen (,iardens in Oshawa rounded out the weekend. Thanks to Village People Branch for hosting the conference. The 1987 conference will be held in the Brant- Haldimand area on Oct. 16 to 18. Carol Hyde New J WIO executives (Junior Women’s Institutes of Ontario 1986-1987 Executive) Past President: Marion Koepke, Owen Sound President: Carol Hyde, Rockwood Vice-President: Linda Tottenham, Owen Sound Secretary: Jeannie Butcher, Erin Treasurer: Joanne Yungblut, Fonthill Public Relations Officer: I Nancy Snyder, Proton Station Senior FWIO Board Director: Barb Patterson, Caledonia Junior FWIO Board Director: Marg Greig, Gorrie ‘ Alternate FWIO Board Director: Donna Henderson, Listowel 20 H & C .lon. Feb. Mar. I987