PAGE 8. WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 3, 1984. WHITBY FREE PRESS Red Cross wants 350 units of blood Oct. 9 ByMARGARET HORTON Blood donor clinics in Whitby quite often fall after long holiday weekends. Because of this our clinics are im- portant in that Whitby donors can help rebuild the blood supply that is quite often reduced af- ter a holiday weekend. The Oct. 9 clinie holds true to form - it falls on the Tuesday im- mediately after Thanksgiving. So, as usual, the Whit- by branch of the Canadian Red Cross Society is appealing to its regular donors to get out and give blood and we ask any people who are healthy and between the ages of 17 and 66 and who have wondered about giving blood, to give it a try next Tuesday. The clinic hours are from 1 to 8 p.m. and it is held at the Canadian Legion Hall on Byron St. S. For those who have •SOFAS •SECTIONALS *ROCKING CHAIRS never given blood, the whole process takes ap- proximately 45 minutes and includes registering, having your blood tested, giving the blood, resting and having a snack. It is im- portant that you eat regular meals on the day of the clinic. Giving blood, as any regular donor can tell you, gives a person a sense of feeling good, of having done something worthwhile because he knows that his blood may make the differen- ce between life and death for an accident victim, it may enable a haemophiliac to carry on a normal existence, or it may help a cancer patient continue to fight that dreaded disease. Whitby clinics are important in another way. 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Because it is the most common type, it is most often in demand. Anyone who has type "0" negative blood has particularly valuable blood. In an emergency situation where there is not the time for cross- matching of blood types between donor and vic- tim, where mere secon- ds could mean the dif- ference between life and death, physicians will transfuse type "0" negative blood. This means that hospitals need more type "" negative blood than is normally donated. If you are type "0" chances are that others in your family are as well - encourage them to be. regular donars as well if they are healthy and between the ages of 17 and 66. Give thanks in an unusual way this Thanksgiving. Be thankful that you are healthy enough to be one of the donors and not one of the receivers. Give the gift of life next Tuesday (Oct. 9) and help Whitby attain its goal of 350 units of blood. EDITOR'S NOTE: Margaret Horton is the chairman of the blood donor committee of the Whitby branch of Canadian Red Cross. 401 ramp closed The ramp from Har- wood Ave. to eastbound Highway 401 will be closed effective Oct. 1. The closure, which will allow construction of facilities for the Pickering - Oshawa sec- tion of the Go ALRT in- ter-regional transit system, will be in effect for about a year. During that time motorists can also expect single lane traffic restrictions on Harwood Avenue, both north and south of Highway 401. THE CORPORATION OF THE TOWN OF WHITBY NOTICE OF INTENTION TAKE NOTICE that the Council of the Corporation of the Town of Whitby intends to pass by-laws to stop-up, close and sell certain untravelled por- tions of the public highways municipally known as First Street and Byron Street and being described as follows: (1) That untravelled part of First Street, as shown below, lying south of Block F accor- ding to Radenhurst's Plan, now Plan H- 50047, designated as Part 3 on Plan of Sur- vey 40R-8178; and, (2) That untravelled part of Byron Street, as shown below, lying west of Block A accor- ding to Radenhurst's Plan, now Plan H- 50047, designated as Parts 4 and 5 on Plan of Survey 40R-8178. VICTORIA s'. W. Ir i [¯¯-1 AND TAKE NOTICE that the Operations Commit- tee of Council will, at the hour of 7:30 p.m. on the 5th day of November, 1984, in Committee Room One of the Whitby Municipal Building, 575 Rossland Road East, Whitby, Ontario, hear any persons who claim their lands will be adversely af- fected by the by-laws and who apply to the Clerk to be heard. DATED at Whitby, Ontario, this 26th day of Sep- tember, A.D., 1984. Donald G. McKay Clerk . The Corporation of the Town of Whitby 575 Rossland Road East Whitby, Ontario LiN 2M8 Phone: (416) 668-5803 The Church Speaks Sponsored by the WHITBY MINISTERIAL ASSOCIATION By THE REV. FR. STANLEY BLACKWELL Rector St. John The Evangelist Church Napoleon held that the fate of every battle was decided in the space of about five minutes. All the maneuvering and all the preparations led up to the strategic moment of crisis. If the leader had vision to take advantage of those few moments, the enemy's rout would be complete; if, however, he allowed it to pass, defeat was certain. In one battle, his forces were halted before a bridge over a deep ravine. If the bridge were not crossed, the battle would be lost. The soldiers were afraid to advance upon it inasmuch as it was swept by the fire of Austrian cannons. Napoleon snatched the flag from the standard bearer and rushed onto the bridge shouting, "Forward to save your general!" The effect upon the soldiers was eleotic and in that five minutes the battle was decided. It could very well be that the life of every pepson is not so much decided by the routine events of every day, but rather during two or three great moments of decision which happen in every life. As Shakespeare put it: There is a tide in the affairs of men Which tal(en at the flood, lead on to fortune; Ommitted, all the voyage of their i1fe Is bound in shallows and in miseries. If the opportunity is allowed to slip by unim- proved, success turns into failure. There is the name of a place which signifies such a turning point in the lives of men and that is Kadesh-Barnea, which is situated on the southern border of the Promised Land. There came a point in the pilgrimage when the children of Israel were within striking distance of their inheritance. They sent out spies, twelve of them to report on the land they were about to take. The majority report, made by the representatives of ten of the tribes, was that the land could not be taken because the cities were too fortified and the enemy too numerous. The minority report, brought in by Joshua and Caleb, was turned down despite the fact that God has told the people through Moses that they would possess the land. It was the point in the journey, like the five minutes in the battle, which determined their future. There is a Kadesh-Barnea . in every man's spiritual life. His background may have been filled with unbelief, guilt, dishonesties, adulteries and any of the seven pallbearers of the soul. Then there comes a moment of illumination to the mind, perhaps in a moment of sickness or a startling thought while reading, or the vision of innocence in a child. If this grace is responded to, a person is lif- ted out to himself, cuts connections with the past and starts out on a new career and new paths, with Heaven shining in his face. Men too often play with opportunity as a toy, and when their eyes are opened to see its value, lol it has vanished. Many reach the margin of a glorious destiny and then turn back to the desert. The famous painting by Holman Hunt entitled "Opportunity" pictures Christ at an ivy-clad door, knocking. Hunt has been criticized for not putting a latch on the outside of the door. The answer of the artist was "The door is opened from the inside." His words were a confirmation of the story of op- portunity "Behold, I stand at the door and knock. If any man hear My Voice and open the door, I will come into him and will sup with him and he with Me." These gracious words declare the long suf- fering of Our Lord as He waits for the conversion of sinners; but the love which seeks to bring the con- version about is a knock. The knock is an inspiration, a thought, an intuition - anything which seems to spring up from our sub- conscious mind, either telling us that we are on the wrong path or showing us the right path. Is the day your Kadesh-Barnea - your day of op- portunity. Take hold of that latch and open the door - to a new life of spiritual wonderment. Typeywriter RENTALS also S A LES & SE RVICE & Office Supplies 2AR --WOO D AV[E S A J AX SH OPP>ING PL A ZA T EL EPHONE : 683 1118 i k. 11HM ~E(eh'iIs]:I M. COLLIS FURNITURE 78 KING ST. W. 725.0332 OWNED & OPERATED BY M & G COLLIS FURNITURE (OSHAWA) LTD. 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