Pine Lake History - 1990-1999

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Kathleen Lawrence
Ten members were present for
the January meeting held in the
Hub meeting room.
The audited Financial
Statement was presented and
accepted. Lists of Constituency
Educational Convenors and
Executive, ably compiled by
Marilynn Warrenbargar, were
given to members.
The annual Heart Fund card
party will be held on Feb. 25 at
the Hall, at 8 p. m.
Founder's Day will be I
recognized with a pot luck supper,
invited guests and slides of the
Hoodless Homestead.
The branch will subscribe for
one year to the Country Woman
for the use of the International
Affairs Convenor.
Criteria pertaining to
Branch Life Membership will
presented at the February
meeting.
Program, International Affairs,
given by Carolynn Richards, dealt
with the action of the Canadian
Food Grains Bank and the
assistance given to Third World
Countries in their efforts to
become self- sufficient.
I Pine Lake
Kathleen Lawrence
In recognition of Founders
Day, Feb. 19 the regular meeting
was preceded by a pot luck supper
with members and guests. Con­stituency
Convenor Helen Wil­liams
and District 3 Director Grace
Grover, joined us.
Criteria for Branch Life Mem­bership
were presented and dis­cussed.
Members voted to adopt
guidelines.
One hundred and fifty persons
attended the information meeting
on the proposed changes in Pro­vincial
Water Management legis­lation.
A resolution will be pre­sented
at the District 3 Confer­ence.
Membership in the new [
Farmer's Market Association was
discussed with the result that no
membership will be taken out, at
this time.
Helen Williams spoke briefly
on the structure of WI " member"
to International ACWW. The?
design of a gown for Unit 37 at
RDRHC was shown and approved.
Material for seven gowns ( one per
Branch) will be purchased and on
March 25, 9 a. m. a workshop will
be held at the Pine Lake Commu­nity
Centre to cut and assemble
the gowns.
A " Homemade" Valentine gift
exchange followed the meeting. |
Pine Lake • Kathleen . VI. Lawrence
April 11 marked the 39th
• Anniversary of the Pine Lake WI
Branch ami was special in that the
branch presented a Life Membership Hi
Charter member. Vera Jcnneiic Pierce
Vera has been a faithful and dedicated ; member and is credited with 26 years
i ot perfect attendance.
Following Uie business meeting,
husbands and gucsls were welcomed to
be present for the presentation and
refreshments.
On April 5, the eight gowns made
! as a Constituency project for Unit 37 of
RDRHC were presented to the staff by
Irma Lawrence, Gayle Olson and Lillie
Clutton.
Five members assisted during
handicraft judging, April 20, and seven
members were on duly for the handicraft
lea.
The annual WI coffee party will be
held at the Community Centre,
' Wednesday, June 7, marking Uie 30Ui
I Anniversary of Uie coffee party. A
j special display will feature handicraft
' dune by members over the last 30 years.
Program for April was
j Environment presented by Ella Sawyer,
I featuring a video entitled A Link in Uie
| Chain dealing wilh farm life on the
I prairies from the Dirty Thirties Uirough
Pine Lake - Kathleen Lawrence
In Honor of" Mothers was the title of]
the poem read by President IrmJ
Lawrence to bring to order the Ma) j
meeting.
Marion Brown. Agricultura
Convener, will plant ( lowers on the Wl|
corner.
Pine Lake WI placed first in the|
recent handicraft competition with 6.11
points.
The Farmer's Market at the Bi- L<
Service Station commenced on Ma;
19, sponsored and supervised by tht
Pine Lake WI.
Information for the Advocate":
column Volunteer of the Week ha:
been compiled and. with a picture wil
be forwarded to the Advocate.
Doris Warke and Kathleen
Lawrence will attend Provincial
Convention at Camrose and in lieu
articles for the sales table will tak
cheque for $ 10.
Program for the month was Health
given by Isabelle Beck, the topic being
Garlic is healthier than expected. New
research has shown that garlic helps
keep arteries from clogging, tends to
thin the blood, discouraging blood
clots and reduces cholesterol.
A suggestion for the summer outing
was a trip to Rosebud for the summer
mainstage production of QuUiers.
Roll call was bags and plastic
containers for the Food Bank
By LANA MI CHE LIN
AdGvraoccea Gtero vSetra cfofll apsed because
of heart trouble — so she's going
out of her way to climb steep stair­cases,
and do brisk housework.
" I'll be doing all the things I'm
not supposed to do," jokes the 66-
year- old bookkeeper, because her
heart is being monitored on the job
and at home.
The portable halter monitor
Grover wears in a waist pouch
should detect any irregularities
that could crop up when she's
over- exerting herself, so she can
receive treatment.
The Red Deer woman is
among 10 to 20 Central
Albertans who on any given
day have their cardiac rhythm
recorded while performing regu­lar
activities.
The device, the size of a small
head- phone cassette player, has elec­trodes
that are taped to a patient'
chest.
Photo by JEFF STOKOE/ Advocate staff
Grace Grover ( left) with portable
heart monitor
The monitor is worn for a 24-
hour period, and saves people from
being booked into hospital for an
electroc^ Lrxhogram ( ECG) scan. It's
definitely a " fringe benefit" at a
time of budget cuts, said Murray
Yarish, cardiology and respirato­ry
therapy director at Red Deer
Regional Hospital Centre.
" But that's not this depart­ment's
goal," he said. " We're in­terested
in catching a lot of the
( heart) problems before they
become serious."
At about $ 1,700 each, the
monitors are much cheaper
than $ 15,000 ECG scanners,
which can only test a small
number of people daily.
They are also more effec­tive
at finding irregularities
that aren't chronic problems,
said cardiology supervisor
Vera Krause.
Please see HEART, on Page A2