Pine Lake History - 1990-1999

              Friday. February 5, 7999, County News
PINE L A K E WI.
The first meeting of 1999
was held in the Hub Com­munity
Centre with our
new president, Kathleen
Lawrence, presiding.
A committee was struck
to organize the annual
Heart Fund Card party
( whist) to be held Fridav,
Feb. 27, 1999, at the Hub
Community Centre at 8
p. m. Wc will continue our
twinning with the province
of New Brunswick with
studies, correspondence
and the making of a wall
hanging. We will also par­take
i n a ' stocking' project
in which we will he putting
dimes ina small stocking
with the resulting amount
of money to be used for
A. C. W. W. projects at the
end of the year.
Several members plan on
attending the A. W. I. Dis­trict
Conference/ Workshop
to be held at Lougheed
Centre in Lougheed on
March 9, 1999.
Millie Munro, Education­al
convener for Citizenship
and Legislation presented
an interesting program.
She informed us that anew
modernized Citizenship of
Canada Act was tabled in
Parliament, Dec. 7, 1998. It
will set out clearer guide­lines
on what it takes to
become a Canadian Citizen.
The new act is expected to
also include a modernized
citizenship oath for new
Canadians. The current
oath emphasizes allegiance
to the Queen, her heirs and
successors. The topic was
" What Canadians Don't
Know About Canada" —
one i n two Canadians ( half
of us) cannot pass a basic
test about our country. At
least that's what the
results of an Angus Reid
poll suggest this past sum­mer.
The survey conducted
in May asked about 1500
adults from across Canada
20 questions about our
country. Then to see how
each one of us stacked up,
we were invited to answer
the quiz to see what we
knew. The results were
quite startling.
To end the evening we
showed a picture of an old
building or landmark. The
next meeting of EL. W. I. will
be held on Feb. 9 at 6: 30
p. m. at the Hub in the form
of a Pot Luck supper. We
will be entertaining our
Red Deer Centre Con­stituency
convener. Vi
Moore.
Doris Warke
DISTRICT 3 COiU-' ERLNCL/ WuRKSliOP
March 9, 1999
at Lougheed,
D i r e c t o r - M a r c e l l a Bacso
MARY STEWART COLLECT
Keep us O Lord from pettiness; let us be
large in thought, in word and deed
Let us be done with fault finding and leave
off self seeking
May we put away all pretence and meet
each other face to face, without self (
pity and without prejudice
May we never be hasty in judgement and
always generous
Let us take time for all things; make us grow
calm, serene, gentle
Teach us to put into action our better
impulses straight forward and un­afraid.
Grant that we may realize that it is the little
things that create differences; that in
the big things of life we are one
And may we strive to touch and know the
great human heart common to us all
and
O Lord God let us not forget to be kind.
PINE L A K E W. I.
The February meeting of
the Pine Lake WI. began
with a pot- luck supper to
honor our guest, Con­stituency
Convener Vi
Moore and her guest, Helen
Vincent, Constituency Edu­cational
convener for Agri­culture.
Mrs. Vi Moore gave an
interesting update on a l l
aspects of Women's
Institue from branch level
membership to our world
body, Associated Country
Women of the World.
We also welcomed a new
member to Pine Lake W. I.,
Teresa Greening of Pine
Lake.
Preparations were com­pleted
for our annual Heart
Fund card party which will
be held Feb. 27 at 8 p. m. at
the Pine Lake Hub Com­munity
Centre.
Plans were begun to
sponsor a Children's Gar­den
Club this summer as
well as plans to attend the
District 3 Workshop to be
held in Loughheed on
March 9th.
The evening came to a
close with a fun quiz given
by Marilyn Wattenbarger.
Doris Warke
PINE L A K E WI.
Ten members braved the
deep snow to attend the
\ March PL. WI. meeting at
the Hub Community Cen­tre.
A very successful Heart
Fund card party was held
at the Hub on February 27.
Forty four people attended
with eleven tables in play
with all proceeds donated
to the Heart and Stroke
Foundation. Kathleen
Lawrence reported on
information received at the
Representatives meeting
for Red Deer Centre W I .
Constituency including the
forth- coming Handicraft
Competition and Tea as
well as the R. D. C. W. I. con­ference.
On February 18 one of
our members, Marion
Brown - Provincial Educa­tion
Convener for Agricul­ture,
had the privilege of
attending the honor of the
Alberta Legislature recog­nizing
Alberta Women's
Institute; 90th anniversary.
Each year at this time
P L . W I . holds a B l i n d Auc­tion
within our branch to
glean funds for the Feder­ated
' Willow's' Project.
This project keeps the for­mer
home of Adelaide
Hoodless in condition. A
fun time was held with a l l
the items donated by mem­bers
being auctioned off by
Marilyn Wattenbarger.
Pine Lake W. I. will spon­sor
a Children's Garden
Club this year. Vanessa
Elliott, on behalf of this
committee presented some
ideas and regulations on
the project.
Health Education con­vener,
E l l a Sawyer, showed
two interesting videos, on
on Osteoporosis and one on
Nutrition for the over 50,
after which she handed out
various brochures.
Doris Warke