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Provincial Calendar of Events Apr. 13 â€" Board Teleconference May 6 â€" HandsromCraft Day at the Erland Lee (Museum) Home May 7 â€" June 1 - Women's Art Association Exhibit at the Lee May 15â€"16 A On Site Board Meeting (on site meetings are held at the Provincial Office) May 20â€"21 A Queen Victoria‘s Birthday Celebration at the Lee May 28 « Spring Event at the Adelaide Hunter Hoodless Homestead June 22 a Board Teleconference June 23-24 â€" June Luncheon and Antique Appraisal at the Lee (only items small enough to carry; no furniture please) July 1 7 Dominion Day at the Lee Aug. 19 â€" Unveiling of History of Stoney Creek Exhibit at the Lee Aug. 21-22 - On Site Board Meeting Sept. 14 A Board Teleconference Sept. 17 â€" Harvest Day at the Hoodless Homestead Sept, 19-20 - Han/est Luncheon at the Lee Oct 1-31 â€" Art Show and Sale at the Lee Nov. 2021 » On Site Board Meeting Dec. 3 â€" Christmas Open House at the Hoodless Homestead Jan 15 &17, 2001 - Off Site Board Meeting Jan. 16, 2001 r FWIO Annual Meeting 7 Open Day Feb. 27, 2001 â€" Annual Birthday Tea at the Hoodless Homestead For more information on the tirland Lee (Museum) Home events call 905-662-2691. Call the Adelaide Hunter Hoodless Homestead at 519448-1130. A Reminder to Grey-Bruce Area Women's Institute members from the Grey- Bruce Area are to provide crafts for the Erland Lee (Museum) Home in 2000. Please note that the Lee has an abundance of candles and needlepoint crafts, Donations of preserves and knitted clothes (sweaters/baby clothes) would provide a variety of items for sale in the gift shop, Send items to the Lee Home at 552 Ridge Rd, Stoney Creek ON L81 2Y6, Phone: 905- 662-2691, Fax: 9056622045. I!) Home E. (auniry, Spring 2000 Wanted â€" New Hospitality Homes While revising the Hospitality Homes List, it became apparent that there are several Subdi‘ visions with either no or few names listed Hospitality Homes from allSubdivisions are wel- come, Anyone interested in being on this List, contact Hospitality Homes Coordinator Gillian Catto at Box 16, Site 14, RR 1. Whitefish ON POM 3E0, Phone: 705-8660253. Remember, Hospitality Homes in Ontario are open to all Women's Institute members and their travelling companions for $10 per night per person. To obtain a list, send three 46 cent stamps to Gillian. Attention Emailers! Send an email to majordomo@tdg.ca to be- come part of Ontario's agricultural email network called OntAg. "OntAg is hosted free of charge by ht'tp://www.eharvest.com for the benefit of farmers and the agriculture indus- try ” It opens a world of opinion that we, as WI members, can share, It also gives us an oppor- tunity as rural women to offer opinion and ideas. WI could well become an active part of this network process Another idea from your Public Relations Coordinator. Try it! --~..---------..--..-..._ Attention WI Tour Organizers There has been considerable interest from WI Branches outside the St George area to plan dayAtrips to visit the Adelaide Hunter Hoodless Homestead. With this in mind, Curator Sue Doiron is now coordinating one and two-day trips for the year 2000. In addition to a visit to the Homestead, the village of St. George offers Victorian architecture, quaint tea rooms and unique gift shops. There are numerous sites and activities within a 5 to 20 minute proximity of the Homestead. They include: apple orchards: ginseng farms; a Jewelery company; antique and pottery shops; factory outlets (including Mary Maxims); architectural walkingtours; and, boat rides on the Grand River. It you are interested, contact Sue Doiron. She can be reached at the Adelaide Hunter Hoodless Homestead, 359 Blue Lake Rd., St. George 0N NOE 1N0, Phone. Sig-44871130. Have You Noticed! Have you noticed any change in 7hr. Ewing. issue from previous editions7 (95,21 :5 nriql‘iiEr‘ And that is because it is now bElng prlrlTE’J or: better quality paper stock4 50 lb boolr Signal Star Publishing based In Goderich is now print- ing the Home & Country They are offering 11: better quality paper v that is still rec/ria‘rlle r with no overall increase In the cost at prim. l to. packaging and distributing the newsleirei L97 me know what you lhll'll’ Corrections to Notc- Please make the following corrcrtions to the address list on page 2 of the Winter ‘999v2006 issue of Home 8: Country Christine Reaburn â€" Fax: 613-582-3550 Pat Salter â€" Fax. 519-846-9236 Faith Nelms 7 Fax' 6131580453 A Note from the Edilor Several years ago, a notice printed in the Home & Countiyasked for poems written by Women's Institute members or about the WI Many thanks to all who sent poems to the Provincu‘. Office For various reasons, the idea to compile the poetry book was shelved Once again, the idea was revived last summer at a Marketing Committee Meeting However, it is the Board’s decision that the compilation of a poetry book using the poems collected several years ago is not feasible Sorry for the anticipation and any inconvenience this may have caused those who made submissions The poems remain on file at the FWIO ProvinCIaI Office -.â€"â€"-.---....-a..-a.-a-..-- Don't be so serious You never really learn to swear until you learn to drive Two wrongs are only the beginning The problem With the gene pool is that there IS no lifeguard. The sooner you Iall behind, the more time you'll have to catch up A clearconsoenoe is usually the Slgfi oi a bad memory. FWIO 7382 Wellington Rd. 30 HRS Guelph 0" NW 612