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l .‘llrtgtljllt'jht‘ Rural Home): Hunw s t'uuntrx n u publirutmn tor rurul nunlcn'x groups"! 0111mm. it ~ i‘ltr‘lhl'kll tn [hL' Ruml Uruumulmns ull'lll Sm Ices Brunch oi the Ontario \llnlle r‘l \grnuliurc .lnd Food Home 8- Country. has mouhycctlvcs' in prmrde s mnununlmuum ltnlt humor-n rurul \mmcns groups In ‘ 1EILIIIU =-\ 3m in: L‘dllculuvndl nutcml whiting nv urgumtntlnnul and individual tutu-lamp dcwlnpincnt l'ltmq more“ lll corrupundcnm r Guelph \pncullurc Cclllrc P0 BM 1030 Guelph, Onuirlo NIH oNl EDITOR Curnl Ste“ uanll'lxi‘) EDITORIAL COMMITTEE \lar} Ellen Non-y Cur {chairperson}. Geraldine Cumpbell. Loretta P Sl‘l‘llth. lune Hull. Dunn Runnulls. Nuth Barber. Elma Van Trtgt. loan Law. lll}(:‘ Cunning. Curol Stcwart-Ktrkby. Lori Jamicson December. January I989 N0. 2 Deadlines Please nihscnc Lhe following deadlines when submitting stories or photographs to Home St Country. DEADLINE. October 30 â€" December. January Issue DEADLINE Dcccmbcr 20 A February. March Issue DIMDLINE: Fehmary 20 7 April, May Issue DEADLINE August El 7 October. November issue Index Associated Country Women of the World Update . . . . . . Wl Members Tackle 1PM Catering Job . . . . r . . Congratulations . . . Hon. to Conquer Stress .. . Comment vuincre to stress Everyone Can Help Nominations Committee . . . , . . . . . . . . . . . 6 Maple Syrup Festival in Oxford WI Member Named Top Farmer... , Techniques For a Productive Meeting . . . . . . . . r . . , . . . , . . . . 7' Resolve to Recycle In 1989! . r . . . . . . . . , Get to Know the Recycling Language , . . . . . . . . . . . . . _ _ 8 How to Write a Good Repon. . . . . . , . . . r . . . r . . . . . . . . . . . . 9 Preparing a Farm or Home History... , . , , . , . . . . , . . . , . 10 Moxsley WI Participates In Club Award Program . . . . . . . . . ll Inlormation . . . . . r . . . . . . . . . [2, 13 What's Happening . . . . , , . . . . . . . A . . r . . , . . . . , 14 How to Write a Good Report . . . . , . . . . . . . . . . . r . . . . . . . . . 16 7 H & C December, January 1989 Editorial Carol Stewart-Kirkby Home & Country readers will have noticed a low dif. l'erenccs in the last (Oct. Nov. 1988) issue of the magazine. I feel it is imponant at this time to provide some background information on why these changes took place during the summer, In June, a six per cent spending cutback was announced for the entire Ontario Government. Each section at the government was responsible for deciding how it would read. just its spending to save the six per cent. The Rum] 09mm. Lions and Services Branch (the publishers of this magazine) chose to spread the cutback across several branch actr lites, rather than one program bearing the bnmt of the financul m, The two magazines published by ROS (Home 8; Country and The Enthusiast). were designated as one area . . .‘ut- back. As a result, some decisions had to be made cont:w exactly how the money would be saved. The Oct. N08; Country showed the three moneyâ€"saving features . ' ed upon â€" 16 pages instead of 24, cheaper paper. «Jul no colored ink. We felt readers needed to continue to receive the mu; little four times a year, instead of three issues annually which was a costâ€"saving alternative we considered. The paper stt , l: we have decided to use is lighter weight than what we‘w used in the past, but still good enough to handle photograph reproductions. We hope to make the magazine auras-ore to readers without relying on the second color, which you will particularly notice is missing from the cover. I hope this explanation will help you to understand why Home & Country looks different. I would like to emphasize however that I want readers to continue to send in news items and photogmphs of local activities. The onus will be on me to make the best possible use of the reduced space. i will also continue to rely on the members of the editorial mm- mittec to help plan content and give me feedback on setting priorities for the magazine content. #**1* During the fall, I received a few letters requesting copies of the summer Home 8: Country. Last winter, the editorial committee made a decision not to publish a sununer issue since many readers were not receiving it until the fall. There are still four issues per year however. The issue data art Feb/March, AprillMay, Oct./Nov., Dec/Jan. This leaves a gap over the summer from May to October. If you‘ve writ- ten looking for the summer 1988 issue. please don't ctpw to receive it, because there wasn't one! *ttitiiiit Our Cover , 77m Federated Wbmen's Institutes of Ontario featured 11W recycling eflbrrs in a display at the 1988 Royal Agriflll'm’ Winter hir in Toronto. Many visitors stopped a: the boom to pick up literature and buttons pmmoring WWW?- Far more lnfannau‘on an recycling, turn to page K w