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6 -- PORT PERRY STAR -- Tuesday, April 12, 1988 ~ THE WHIP, HAMMER, AND CROSS. In big, bold leuers slashed across the page. A daz- zling new production if the ads are to believed. ~ "Nlustrated, dramatized message," is the prom- isc. "Live costumed characters, palace ensemble. Live orchestra choir, solos, duets." And if that doesn't make you rise up and shout hallelujah, maybe A RESURRECTION MUSI- CALE will. Or how about the "Children's Palm Waving Event!"? No? Then consider THE VOICE--"A Dramatic Musical Experience of Christ's Death and Resur- rection." Or Lamb Of God (and Easter Musical). If you'd rather sce "a Resurrection Musical," there's Lamb Of Glory. Before you rush out, consider Behold The Lamb with its "exciting staging lighting and dra- ma. So much to choose from. I had no idea relig- ion could be so dramtic. So theatrical. So...so show business. Sure I've seen the impassioned evangelists on television. But they're expected to be all pomp and gloss. Yet right her in our own backyards, church- es are tripping over each other, vying for our atten- tion with big, busy ads full of promises for dra- matics and "Charismatic Worship." All of the above salvation spectacles were ad- vertised in a Toronto newspaper the week before Easter. ~ "Doors will be closed when filled," they prom- ised. "Come early. Sorry, no reserved seats" for one "Easter spectacular." "4,000 seat auditorium" boasts another. ~ We're all invited to "witness the exciting stag- ing, lighting and costuming." In sort, religion has jumped into the entertain- ment business and every add screams that its church will out-entertain the other. Most also mention a special collection to be taken. Don't for- get to bring your wallets, folks. Someone has to One Woman s View by Chris Carlisle RELIGION -- IT'S GREAT ENTERTAINMENT : pay for all this fine entertainment What ever happend to plain old worship at 10 a.m. Now it's "Six Dynamic Services" and "Tickets available at the door." All of this gleaned from just one newspaper's religion ads. And on that same day we have "NEW--The Last Supper, Miracles of Jesus, Pi- late, The Resurrection, The Ascension." We have "The Passover presented by Jews for Jesus," "The Potter and The Clay," and a "service of inspiration--God's Prisoner--a dramatic presenta- tion of the Apostle Paul's prison experience." If plays aren't your thing, and you just want the straight message, there are still sermons but they're dressed up as pastor's topics or meditations. Along with all those dramatic presentations, were talks on "Exalted Emptiness--the Whole Pic- wre," "The Agony of Tough Decisions," "The Pa- tience of Mercy Does Have an End," "A Godly Glue" and "From Palms to Thorns." And one church even advertsied "Passion/Palm Sunday 'Cross-Time™ whatever that is. We all get to try it? There was to be a re-enactment of Jesus "on a real live donkey, with the children waving palm leaves" and "foot washing" services. "EXPERIENCE THE DIFFERENCE" one ad shouted. Experience it indeed. If plain old-fashioned Sunday services with a little organ playing, hymn singing and Bible read- ings just aren't enough to keep you awake and pay- ing attention, then the bright new world of relig- ion entertainment has a front row seat for you. You just sit back and watch and thank the Lord for providing all these neat stories that make such great plays and musicals and give you something to do on Sunday. And to show your appreciation, be sure to take advantage of the audience participa- tion part and dip deeply into your pockets when the "freewill offering" is taken. Modern religion has something for everyone. But what do you suppose the star of the show would think of it all? Letters Recycling the answer To The Editor: Regarding Viewpoint April 5 - Finally some awareness regar- ding garbage and lack of recycl- ing trends! In Vancouver at age 18, I began to recycle household garbage and although I didn't ful- ly understand the importance' back then, I did it because the ma- jority of people were recycling and everyone seemed excited about it. Before long, recycling became a habit and now 16 years later, I'm in a minority among new friends, neighbours and acquain- tances. Yet I feel very sure my lit- tle bit still counts. A small example of the enor- mous strain imposed on our dump site is as follows: Jim Grieve (Port Perry, 1.G.A.) estimates 4,500 cases of pop are sold from his store each month. There are 24 cans per case and when emp- ty, we are left with 108,000 recyclable pop cans which pro- bably ended up in our dump much to Mr. Grieve's dismay. That figure multiplied by 12 (months of the year) gives us an annual total of 1,296,000 recyclable pop cans (from his store alone) that take up mountains of space in our already over-burdened dump. May I suggest an experiment for anyone who needs more con- vincing? Save all your glass/tin or both for one month, multiply the amount by 2236 (the amount of homes in Ward 2 serviced by garbage pick-up) and by then you should realize the enormous amount of unnecessary "tossing into the tin" there is in our society. Here's hoping that doing "your little bit" makes you feel as good about recycling as my minority do. Yours truly, Monique Howat, R.R.3, Port Perry. Phantom (From page 5) voice his opinion in a letter and has been able to do so without di- vulging his name or address? It 1s clearly stated and I quote "that a letter writer sign his or her name." I hasten to add that you do agree to with-hold publication of a letter writer's name if you feel there are very good reasons to do so. What could those reasons be in the Phantom's case? I hope that T will be one of those people who you feel does not have to divulge his name or address and that you will print my letter. Phantom 11 Editor's Reply: You are quite right in pointing out the inconsis- tency in the letters policy regard- ing the Phantom. He/she became something of a community spirit over the last few years, popping up 'with letters on a variety of things. However, the Phantom is now taking a decidedly political stance, and in future, we shall in- sist on knowing the name and ad- dress of the Phantom for letters publication. And that goes for you too, Phantom 11. Random Jottings by J. Peter Hvidsten ¢ VANDALS AT WORK One unfortunate event that occurs annually when Spring rolls-around is the emergence of van- dals. It would appear that after a long, cold winter they can hardly wait to get started on their damag- ing, cestly pranks. What sparks these comments are some first- hand observations one night last week when out for a walk downtown. The first thing | noticed was one of the cross- pieces on the new light standards, which are there to hold flower baskets, was broken-off. This make three standards that now have to be repaired. Al- though | must admit | did not see the culprit who performed this magnificent prank, there have been witnesses to the other two damaged poles. In both these cases it was young people who jump onto the poles and grab the cross-piece. The same evening, while walking by the news- paper boxes beside the Post Office, | noticed the smell of smoke: Looking into the alley | saw a pile of newspapers on fire on the ground in front of one of the boxes. Quickly | stamped out the fire, and was told by a witness from one of the apartments across the road a young teenager was seen lighting the paper before running behind the Post Office. Just what compels people to pull this type of vandalism is beyond comprehension. In both of the cases mention here the damage was minimal, but why do they find it necessary to cause damage at anytime? it won't be long now before the Township plac- es the new garbage containers and park benches back onto Queen Street, and we can only hope that these will be treated with respect. Last summer one of the garbage containers was damaged when it was thrown onto the street late one night, two park benches were stolen, and one has never been located. It's no wonder council's, organizations and indi- viduals are reluctant to try and make their town and homes more attractive, when a few scatter-brained people find it necessary to destroy everything. Hopetully this summer we will see a return to sanity by those who seem intent on vandalism. ENTRIES COMING IN FOR HEART OF GOLD It's has been gratifying to see the number of en- tries coming in for the Air Canada Heart of Geld Award during the past week, but we are sure there are many more deserving recipients out there. For those who may have missed the first article, or the advertisements published about this unique award, it has been established to honour anyone who goes out of their way to make our community a better place in which to live. The Air Canada Heart of Gold Award is co- sponsored by Air Canada and your local newspaper (The Port Perry Star) and is open to residents of Canada who are 19 years of age and older. Nomina- tions for this special award should be sent to, or dropped by the Star office as soon as possible. Don't procrastinate, get it started right now by turn- ing to page 12 of this issue of the Star and complet- ing the nomination form found in the half-page ad- vertisment. To make the case about the person you are nominating as strong as possible, include any spe- cial reasons why you feel this person makes our community a better place to live. Letters from other who can give recommendations will-also help. Do it NOW before you forget! DELIVERY DILEMMAS It's been an unusual year so far with motor vehi- cles around the Star. Normally we don't seem to have many problems, but | must say I'm getting dam tired of unloading vans because of break-downs. Our first incident occurred early this past winter on one wet, slippery deliver day for the Star. Ca- thy, who was out delivering newspapers, hit some wet slush which dragged her into the ditch. About an hour later, J.B. and | found ourselves out on that same road, unloading about 20 bundles of newpapers from the back of a van tilted at a 45 -degree angle in a ditch. Another incident occured a few weeks later when the drive shaft fell out of the van on the way back from Bowmanville with a full load of newspa- pers. Our trusty driver, Annabell, called us from the home of the Grieves at Blackstock and once again (Turn to page 8)