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“a ‘01 Menuefiaapuatpom (Linuaw M313“)! “Ll.- The Burnstown Women's institute recently honoured long-time members. Standing from left to right are Jean Denniston, 40 years, Eileen Brydges, 20 years, Jessie Fraser, 80 years. Seated is 80-year-member Carmel Stewart. Missing are 20-year-members Goldie Moore and Bridget Mulvihill, and 4t)- year-member Adele McLeod. Burnstown WI honours members The December meeting of the Bumstown Women’s In- stitute was full of good food and fun, while honouring la- dies tint have been members of the branch for 20 or more years. Held at Burnstown United Church on Saturday. Decem- ber (i. 1997, the meeting started with members, fami- lies and friends enjoying a huge variety of dishes at a potluck supper. Allerwards, ashort business meeting was conducted. with motions to give donations to Renfrew Hospital‘s Tree of Lights Campaign and the Renfrcw Collegiate Institute Drama Club. in celebration oftlie IOUth anniversary of the Women’s Institute. the Burnstown branch presented members with year pins. Although inâ€" dics recerve a life member ship after 25 years of consecutive membership, the branch wanted to honour members who reached a milestone of 20. 30 or 40 ycars. whether or not these years were consecutive. As Irene Robillard, the branch‘s public relations ofi'icer. pro» vided details, vice-president Kay Reid presented the pins. Twenty-year pins were presented to Eileen Brydges. BridgetMulvihill and Goldie Moore. Eileen has been a member forexactly 20 years. while Bridget has been a member for 23 years, Goldie has been a member ofthe WI for many years but has been coming to the Buni- stown branch for 25 years. having transferred her iiiein~ bership from another branch Thirty-year pins were pre» sented to Jessie Fraser and Carine] Stewart. Although Jessiejoined the branch the earliest ofall pre- sent rneinbcrs. she took some time off to rinse licr funiin and has been a member for 36 years Cannot has been It member for 18 consecutive years Fortyvycar pins were pre sented to Jean Deniiiston and Adele McLeod. Bothjoined in April 1957 and became life members in 1984. This centennial year marks their 40th year with the branch. Throughout the program everyone sang Christmas songs with guest Phyllis Dool providing the music. Pat Maika conducted a guessing contest of wrapped gifts with the winners receiv- ing the gift. The evening ended with entertainment by the Blue Plate Troupe from Renfrew, They performed a niimberof skits, written by their own members. The nirdience thomughly enjoyed the humour and good fun provided. A poor pliannacist tried to explain the new pricing of seniors‘ prescriptions, two indies tried to find the perfect renter. .1 Senior enjoyed his day of freedom from the Mllllul’. and a grandfather brought his friend “Hobby” to meet his daughter and faintly Watch for the next meet» ing. Visitors an: at“ ays wel- come Guests bring Nunavut x home to Burnstown ‘ By NOREEN SrldITH Special to the Mercury Tw 3.7/3c7oa ' At its June meeting.,the Burnsrown Women's Institute hosted the Lochwinnoch branch for an evening of educa- tion and fun. 1 Burnstown prestdent. Eileen Brydges, reviewed the his- tory and geography of Nunavut, Canada‘s vast new territu- ‘ ry. Gordon Wallace, one of the evening's guest speakers, understands all too well the vastness of Nunavut, This res- idcnt oleiite Lake has been a First Air pilot for the past. 20 years and as a result has become very familiar with the territory The airline. operating out of Carp. serves the Z,Oi)0-mile~decp by l.500»rm|e~wide territory. Tourism 15 the second largest industry in Nunavut, but. getting there does not come cheap. Expect to pay $1,800 for a return flight to the territory and you certainly won’t ‘ travel in a halfcmpty plane; what space is not taken up by passengers is used for cargo, The high cost of transportaâ€" lien is reflected in the price ofgoods brought in from the ‘south’. For example. expect to pay $9 for4 litres of milk. The other airline that serves this vast remote area is Air Inuit and both airlines provide the interesting and informaâ€" tive magazine ‘Abovc and Beyond‘ for inflight reading. Renfrew resrdcnr Season Osborne, editor of ‘Above and Eeyoiid’. was the other guest speaker. Osborne distributed rcccnt edrtions of this magazine to the audience. I‘wo articles in the most recent edition Inglilighthow the old and the new Come together in Nunavut. CHI: describes the filming of tho ancrent Inuit oral hisr {Dry/legend ol'Ataiiarjuat or The Fast Runner‘. It is the lust teletisron movie produced in an aboriginal language. in this case lnuktutut, winch [S the mother tongue of our most northerly Citizens. Another article looks ‘dl a modem driy Nurwegran-led adventure retracing the northern scienâ€" tific expedition ofa captain lmm Mirâ€"way a century ago, Osbourne charmed the gathering \Vilit stories of first imprcmmis nl' Iqaluit (formerly known as l‘robisher Bay and now capitol ol Nuiimut). As well as Igloolik, Cope Dorset and Resolute Bu}, \Vith enthusiasm and humour she described ilL’l lust contact wuh the people ol‘tlrc North and :ictu'ities such as dth s and throat signing Among other mprm, slit: touched upon the cultural his, tor} rrr'thc lmul and gave on i.‘\pitll’ttl|ilttt of the reason for the iitukchtih on the Nunut tit lltig, I'Iic inukchuk, which is .r SCI'ICS of stones set one upon the other so as to resemble :i truth. is tr lintlitronttl Slg'lpuSl on lht: \‘1l5l land. ltillCrllll‘l" l\ .rn impurtrtn‘ nummi nt'The tcdcrtited \\'| mnitlnte. \\ am (trutiuvtllinn rvl‘pt‘rxonol growth llllti com- lllllli‘ll‘ :Irluin ll tih‘ t> “(Irwin‘s ticu members, Anyone llllCIt‘h'Cti rr'. tniiiuig the idulllhlUV-ll branch can do w by calling' [‘tlltilfl it'lutiuns officer N u Smith ill 752-0506 Page lit 7 Till‘ \loi'uur). Ronl'reii, Ontario â€" June 27.