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WH1TBY FREE PRESS, WEDNESDAY, APRIL 25, 1984, PAGE 5' LETTE R TO THE EDITOR Poli won't dampen NDP's spirit DearSir: Theý Gailup Pol resulta which were released. recently cer- L ta«inly gave no cause for rejoicing to New Democrats and any of us who pretend that we The Church Speak*s Sponsored by the WHITBY MINISTERIAL., ASSOCIATION LiJ- By THE REV. GERALD A. HUNT Pastor Whltby Baptiat Church -~ Where is the real heart of our community? Is it ln the cemeteries and museume, where golden memories are kept? Do the gravestones'~the old butter churns and rocking chairs make us mýore thoughtful and grateful for life andwarm our hear- tg? Shopping centres must be the scene'of greatest activity. Occupying land once farmed or where tiny flowers competed with tail trees for sun and rain, they are now the "people places"!., Our politicians.would insist that the heart of the town is in the government buildings - coundil cham- ber, courts, registry and department offices. Surely that te where you find the heartbeat of the town. Without these there would be no real town. Many would agree wlth the developers and real estate people that the heart of any community is in its homes. Who would dispute that? Church leaders would like to tbink the heart of the commumity throbs in the churches. And there are cultural places that would dlaim they are part of the heart. Truth is that the town bas no single heart. Some would say it bas no heart at ail. Cemeteries answer the question best with the largest permanent collec- tion of human hearts. But none of them work. .Homes vacated during the day and stores closed at night canbardly bethe heart of life in the town. -Churches B11e empty for many hours of the week and centres of culture are not always open. Government is not the life of the people. So the town doesn't have a heart that beats constantly., When we talk about'heart, it is sornething that means lUfe and bas spiritual dimensions. It refera to wbat we feel and need and do. Heart i5s o much more than a quivertng pump, a location or an emotional pbantasy. The heart is an area where-loneliness, emptiness and evil often reign, where constant help is needed to put things rlght and restore purity. Twenty-five centuries ago, Jeremiah of Jerusalem looked at hils town. He saw it as God's place, even the cemetery and the garbage dumpi But its people had lot heart. They didn't need a community centre 'or shopping' mail. But they needed te be reaquainted with -God and have bis laws written on their hearts. Their true unity would like in niaklng a covenant with the God who creates hearts and puts people together. We have the conviction that ail the mighty progreo and growth of ours and neighboring communities wiI not give life a unifying centre. We will stil bave a town without a heart. The marigolds wlII continue te <ie every fail and need to be reseeded every spring. The "lheart"l we'need can be found in Jeremiiah's formula: to know God and have bis laws written on our bearta. It will give meaning to our business, culture and government. It wiil give us the touch of eternity before the cemetery catches up to us or we are buried in our own waste. A keen student of the tewn and city, Harvey Cox reminds us tbat man was made not just to shape the world, but to delight in it, not just to glorifyGod but "'te enjoy Him, forever." That is the heart of the matter, the real meaming of our business, culture and government. Perbape we had forgotten!1 A .<~ ~ s k~~- 1-800-268-6362 Send a UNICEF card today and help a child to a better future. For a FREE BROCHURE call the tolt free number and ask for Operator 508. to ORDER BV MÀAIL ask for ùperator 509 ( and charge it to vour Visa or Masterchargef ln TORONTO For f ree brochure andi sales information catI 487-4153 were flot very disap- pointed by the results would -be' acting less than honestly. Even Tory commen- tators seem to be baf- fled by the results whicb show them moving ahead and the Liberals are clearly disappointed by' the 'results, especially 1those Liberals wbo thought that - Teudeau's resignation. would restore the good fortune of the party.. It is fairly clear to many of us that the -country wants tbe Liberals out. Unfor- tunately, I believe that the election of a Conser- vative government wili be' something akin to "dropping out of the frying pan into the fire". Wbat causes tbe working people of this country to believe that a Conservative gover- nment wiii do much for tbem, the majority, in terms of reducing unemployment, job security, interest rates, Medicare, and so on is beyond my understan- ding. The evidence 18 not very clearly apparent in the Tory provinces of British .,Columbia, Alberta or Ontario. The province showing the best fiscal gover- nment, best social programs, bowest deficit and best use of material resources in terms of benefit to its people was Saskatchewan, wbicb until a year ago bad been governed by a New Demnocratic gôver- nment. Those who like to blame the demise of this country on socialists, New Democrats, unions or whatever there is other than the Liberal --and Conservative par- ties sbould take a moment to refiect on the fact that most of the provinces> bave bad Tory government for many years, and the country bas been in the banda ._of the Liberabs -and Tories for the last bundred years'.-1 As we book at our country today, a coun- try of vast wealth and fine people, many of us are discouraged by the squabbling, labour unrest, regional disparity, poverty and despair that seems to prevail. Sureiy the other -two parties have had. their chance and it is time for a real change. Gallup PolI or no Gailup Poil, we New Democrats wiil continue, to be there to act as an alternative for those wbo want a change and we shail keep in mind those worda of Yogi Berra, the great catcher for the New York Yankees..."It ain't over tii it's overi" Geoff Bison Whitby EDITOR'S NOTE: Mr. Bison wIII be the N.D.P. candidate li On- tario RidIng durlng the next federal election. 112 Coiborne St. W.- Whîtby 1400 DUN DAS ST. E. 1WHITBY - i.. 668*432 I K.&M CLEANERS SAME DAY SERVICE ALTERATIONS AND REPAIRS WHAT 15 DRYCLEANING? "What 15 drycleanlng?" This question is often asked. Many people believe that their clothes are cleaned "'dry". But that is flot soi ln drycieanIng your clothes are cleaned ln a liquid solvent for a short time. The "dry" means simply that the solvent contains littie, If any, water. There are three dîf- ferent types of soivent that a cleaner may use. 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