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Picture of the Year Fran Farrell Presented CitiIen oi the Year Award Fran Farrell. FWIO Board Director for the Western Region. was presented with the Kincardine 2001 Citizen of the Year Award for her volunteer activities, including her Involvement intheCounty 4-H projects and Women‘s Institute. Last year. Fran led five 4~H Clubs, two ot which were pilot projects. She enjoys implement- ing new projects and working with young people in the community. Fran has served at Branch. District and Area levels in the WI. Fran is currently a member of the Purple Grove WI, Bruce County. "Women's Institute has given me opportunities for leadership training, self-confidence and organizational skills that enable me to pursue many personal goals." Her other involvements are numerous, including Past President of the St. Andrew's United Church Women and the Ripley Horticulture Society, Past Chair of "Roots of Bruce" and Associate Director of the Ripley Agricultural Society, as well as a Horticultural Judge, member of the church choir and a spare for the Ripley Curling Club. Jim and Fran Farrell own and operate a diary/cash crop farm and have four children â€" two girls who attend the University of Guelph and two boys who are In high school. Fran enioys gardening, quilting, crafting, writing and music. Picture of the Year 2001 In the Summer2000 issue of the Home & Country newsletter, a Picture of the Year contest was first ad- vertised on page 16. This photo submitted by the Holstein Women's Institute In Grey South District was selected as the Picture of the Year for 2001. It was felt that this photo best fit the criteria as outlined below. It appeared in the Winter 2001 -2002 Home & Country on the front cover. When selecting the Picture of the Year. the Committee will try to adhere to the followrng criteria. The photo must be: - clear and sharp v focused on a WI program topic or activity a current - "tell" a story on its own A Labour of Love . ' lake” by 5 WI member Expert quilters gathered in March to create quilts (or the London chlldren's Huspltat using fabrlcs saved a printed in one of the previous fourissues of the by the late Georgina Henderson. The Maple Leaf W! in Perth North donated all the batting. Seated at the newsletter. sewing machines are Shlrley Webauleit) and Linda Robertson (right). Starr dlng from left to rightare Donna Public Relations Officers - grab hold of this Mitchell. Ruth Dewar. lola Subject, PatHagerwaard and Marian Knoblauch. Absent qullters Include Diane opportunity to promote you, Branch 50 get out Williams, Ruth Robinson, Verna Caneybeare, Roblna Alexander and Barb Darroch. your cameras and start shooting! Submrtled by Ruth Dewar. PRO. Maple LeotWI. Penn North. Memory is what makes you wonder what you forgot to do. 10 Home 8. Country, Summer 2002