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Crumlin WI Wins Quilt Fest ’94 Competition he Ontario Agricultural Museum's (0AM) Country Quill Fest ’94 re- quested Women’s Institute Branches to submit wall hangings that incorporated the Home and Country emblem and a welcome message to the new FWIO Provincial office. The winning wall hanging was made by the Cnimlin WI Branch in the Middlesex East District. It was presented to the FWIO in September and will hang in their new office for three months. For more information about next year's Quilt Fest. call Dorene Collins, Promotions and Public Relations Co-ordinntor at the Ontario Agricultural Museum, Box 38, Milton, Ontario, L9T2Y3, (905)876-4530. â€" Mushrooms... continued from page 12 In the 16 hours ittakes to dry a single batch. Dave must check the mushrooms every two hours and adjust the temperature and air flow of the dryer to maintain the correct colour and shape of the finished product If he is late loading the dryer in the afternoon, he faces a .leepless night. Still, it all seems worth it. The Oak Forest Mushroom Association have finalized a [0-year contract with Alpha Gour- met International. a large fine food company. for distributing the dried mushrooms across North America. A Wisconsin newsletter. “Shiitake News." keeps the Reimers up-to~date on new equip- ment and advances. In addition, they take working holidays, visiting growers in the US. or promoting their shiitakes at food shows across the continent. most recently in Los Angeles and Anaheim. California. In their travels, they have yet to discovera come petitor at home or abroad that rivals them for size and quality of mushroom or volume of production - a volume that will increase steadily as the brothers expand from their present 35.000 logs to 100.000. No one in the Reimer family is complain- ing. Ruth, who also leashes kindergarten. seems to relish her double duty. “When I get home from work, I go into a different gear." she says. “I change my clothes and some- times work until 11 at night, sorting the mushrooms, packing them for shipping the next day, getting them ready for the dryer.“ She speaks for the whole clan when she adds. “I love it here at the farm, working together as a family.” This arlicle was prepared by F (Jutland Ontario. a w x e N: / , Pictured above. from left to right, are: Nancy Urquahart, Crumlin Wl member; Anna Jackson, FWIO Executive Secretary; Donna Hussett, FWIO President; Ann Van Denboscn. Crumlin Wl member: Betti Willis, Crumlin WI member; Marion Moore, Crumlin WI member; Helen Marsh. Cram/in WI member; and. Tony Price, (Acting) General Manager of the DAM. Pholo courtesy ol Ken Barton. Aliss, Ontario Waste Not, Want Not By Maxine Miner It was an evening of learning as township residents came to Warwick Central School to attend the Public Information Meeting “Understanding Your Blue Box: You Can Make a Difference.” Warwick WI (Lambton North District), Laidlaw Waste Systems and Warwick Township Council sponsored the evening to encour- age people to use the newly expanded recycling depot at their landfill site. The hallway and several rooms of the school were filled with demonstrations and displays: “Women and the Environment” Two Warirlick Women's Institute members, Sue Williams (left) and depicted three areas of concern to the Women’s Institute ~ developing a woman's personal environment and poten- tial. working to enhance the family and the community. and preserving global ecol- ogy; “Sign of the Times: Know Your Codes" illustrated the different kinds of plastic containers and how to identify them by number“, “Nuisance Mail" and “Return to Sender" revealed ways to deal with junk mail; and, “Adopt-Aâ€"Road" provided in- formation to residents on how toadopt and keep clean a stretch of road in theirrarea. Reid CleIand, Division General Manager of Laid- law Waste Sysâ€" tems, showeda . video of their'op’ erations. And Brenda Lorenz. Environmental Co-ordinator with Energreen, pro- , vided exampleson how Warwick ,, Township resi- r dents can "think green.” Maxine Minor is our of the Environment Educa- tion Cummings far the Maa'oiia Willoughby (right). are looking over the display shouting the WW seven different kinds of plastics. Home A Country. Fall '94 13