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page 8 . QEbaffep’s ifitk‘ CMFEY’S max “ENS-WSIHUTE Sixteen ladies met for the W.I. meeting, Oct 8th at 7:00p.m.for dessert in the home of Cathy Veitch. After a time of informal chit-chat, our president Thea Dodge called us to order and our meeting was opened with the Ode and Collect repeated in unison. Our roll call revealed fine ideas as we answered the question"What can I personally do to help our Rideau Canal's 150th Celebration in 1982". The motto for the even- ing was"the pessimist sees diffâ€" iculty in every opportunity while the optimist sees opportunity in every difficulty." Many disabled persons who had achieved in spite of their disability were named. Kathryn Scott drew to our attenâ€" tion the need to give thanks for the many abilities with which we have all been blessed. It was announced that our Nov. meeting will be in the home of Mary Warren at 7:00p.m on the 12th. Our secretary, Maureen Teevens,read the minutes and correspondence. Our business was dealt with at length. A request to rent the hall to teach Ballroom dancing was approved. It was decided to have the sound system installed. Euchre parties will be held again- dates to be posted. The Christmas party for the community will be on December 6th. The topic for the evening was given by Thea Dodge on Addiction. She stated this usually refers to alcohol or drug use but all of us are addicted to something and need to learn how to overâ€"come our habit. It is a personal and sensitive area but when we face honestly our need of help, we are on the first of the twelve steps leading to victory over our problemu She then read the succeeding steps with brief comments on each one. Many have found the joy of overâ€" coming in this method which is taught by the A.A. and is as follows: Step One. We admitted we were powerless,that our lives had become unmanageable. Step Two. Came to realize that a Power greater than ourselves could restore us to sanity. Step Three.Made a decision to turn our will and our lives over to the care of God, as we understand Him. Step Four.Made a searching and fear- less moral inventory of ourselves. Step Five.Admitted to God,to ourâ€" selves and to another human being, the exact nature of our wrongs. Step Six.Were entirely ready to have God remove all these defects of character. Step Seven.Humbly ask Him to remove our shortâ€"comings. Step Eight.Made a list of all persons we had harmed and became willing to make amends to them all. Step Nine. Made direct amends to such persons whereâ€"ever possible, except when to do so would injure them or others. Step Ten. Continue to take personâ€" al inventory and when we were wrong promptly admitted it. Step Eleven.Sought through prayer and meditation to improve our conscious contact with God(as we understand Him,)praying only for knowledge of His will for us and the power to carry that out. Step Twelve.Having had spiritual awakening as a result of these steps, we tried to carry the message to others addicted and to practice these principles in all our affairs. Spontaneous applause thanked Thea for her presentation of this splendid topic. Votes of thanks were extended to our hostesses and a movement to adjourn closed our meeting. WESTPORT WESTPORT AREA SKATING CLUB On Thursday, Oct 22, the Westport Area Skating Club was formed. This group includes parents of children who are taking figure or power skating lessons at the Westport Arena. Skating lessons have been offered ,in the past few years. Adminise tration of funds has been handled by several groups, not necess- arily the same ones each year. Due to a change in rink policy it was necessary to form a committee to rent ice for the skating lessons. As the teacher, Lynn Houghton, is not in a position to act on such a comâ€" mittee, the other source is the parents of children benefitting from the service. Ruth Mead, area representative for the Canadian Figure Skating Association, addressed the group. Ruth stressed the need for an active committee to administer funds and to assist in nonâ€" teaching aspects during lesson time. The basic requirements for setâ€" ting up the club were ovtlined. It was also explained how the club could expand its horizons as the children reached higher levels of skating. Ruth left several manuals and handbooks to be read by parents. As the cost of ice time plus the teacher's fee exceeded the receipts to date from regis- CLIP THIS AD FOR 10% OFF YOUR WICKERWARE SELECTION WHEN YOU MAKE YOUR NEXT VISIT TO CHANTRY CUT 8 STYLE. Etration it was felt that an iexecutive should be formed 3immediately. The executive émembers are: fPresident-Isobel Trowbridge ,Treasurer - Jill Doak ,Secretary - Carolyn Boyce qublicity Chairman- ; Barbara Purdy. i Lessons began Saturday, Oct 24. Half hour lessons for each group are held between 3:00p.m. and 5:00p.m. A child registered for lessons may skate outside of his lesson time during the two hour period. Only those child- ren registered for lessons may use the ice between 3 and 5.p.m. Lessons for pre-schoolers are held Tuesday mornings. There are still vacancies in the figure and power skating classes. Fees for late registrants are; $h5.00 per child, $15.00 for each additional child per family. Lessons continue until Mid-March. CHANTRY CUT & STYLE 92 3â€" 2710 MORE THAN A "HAIR SHOP", AND NOW ' WE'VE EXPANDED AGAIN! I COLOUR’ WICKERWARE IN FANS, WALL DECORATIONS, BASKETS, SHELVES AND FURNITURE. CHANTRY CUT 8 STYLE HAS ALWAYS BEEN WE HAVE A LARGE SELECTION OF 'NATURAL