PAGE 8, WEDNESDAY. FEBRUALRY 4, 1976, WHITBY FREE PRESS DES1IN Individual involvement in one's commuflity "can create stability and nourish the reality of democratic free- dom", former Mayor Des Newman told mnemfbers of the Whiitby iwanis Club Thursday. Speakiilg at a mici.ibership nighit, Mr. Newman told of what service ta the commun- ity can do for a businessmnan, and went on to talk of the need for leadership in today's commnrities. "We clearly need leader- ship ta plan our strategies. ta listen to the dreami as \vell as the comnplaint", said Mr. New- man. "We need a set of goals or auir very life niay deteriarat e". Mr. Neývnian stated how the cornplexity of life causes people to ask '"What are we, what are xve doing, and wbere are we going? Growth and technology are rtîrning faster thaân we can adjuisi. Govero- ments are reactiiig ta crisis", he said. Quoting froni the federal gavernmient's 1970 Thrane Speech., Mr. Newman said thiat Canada faces a new Lge because of a change of vaIles, and if mnan daes not learn ta live in harrnonly ith his enviramnent, his life support systeinss may col-lapise. [EWMAN Involvementprovidslaehp the peol hmevs n 1- n i hunn ternis delegate authority, fihe clubs toucn the n( pentopl. galrenrue i UilI "lCommunity government should represent thie citizen on' those problems which touch his life", hie said. Mr. Newman called for the creatiori of a develop- mient strategy for planning conimunities to cope with the ililions who are "flood- ing into the cities". "That - surge of humian settlernent must be carefully guided", hie said. We have oanly a limnited timie ta set goals for a balanced socio-ecoioarni*c progranm. We have permîit- ted decay to occur iii our ral coimmutnities and will pay the price in dollars and his remnarks to the role of business in the commruflitY, stating that business "is a dynamnic ,ever-changing thing". "No longer are efficiency and high productivity enoughi to keep a compaiiy going. There, are sociological and political pressures on business as well as financial pressures" Mr. Newman described management as the "custQ- dian -of the profit systemi, the unseen force that drives the physical 'to get a fair return on investment'. Managemient must have a basic philasophy, hie said - the desire and ability ta employees, and a.realization tha t authority cannot be separated from human res- ponsibility'. Mr. Newman also spoke of the 14very deep and broad relttionship" between the worker and management, which shapes ail maniage- ment decisions today. Addressing himself to ser- vice club work, Mr. Newman said one of the mo)st impor- tant aspects of service work is thie people one meets, who are dedicated ta conimunity service. Special projects of service eeds of the the lives of service clubs also provide mnembers with an under- standing of the essential ingrediants of order in meetings, said Mr. Newman.' Above ail, he said service clubs provide good corn- munity leadership. "Without v ,ision, the people perish", said Mr. Newman, quating from the Proverbs. lHe urged the members and prospective miembers of the Kiwanis Club to become involved in the community leadership he considers so important in today's society. Quoting also from a speech by Ontario Premier William Davis in November 1971, Mr. Newman said that the British North 'America Act cannotý deal with the current urban problemns, and the re is a mismatch o f revenue and expenditures, and an imbalance in the federal systemi. "Bath governiments have admitted that rapid change hias created situations where the attention of governmients ai the' cammunity level is needed", said Mr. Newmnan, but he pointed out ihat the governients hiave nat nmet that need. "We hiave a frightening concentration ai power Lt the federal and provincial levels", said Mr. Newmanl. "We- need in ternis of conmnuniy leadership a deconcentration of pawers ini provincial termis. There should be mare power vested in the local level". Mr. Newînan pointed oui thiat Maud Coimmrission an lacal gaverninent in Britain hiad sîated that strang cainmuitiy goverîîient wvas needed, because in a periad of fast manving growth and great change, "huge unrepre- sentative organizatians" are Former Whitby Mayor Des Newman stressed the need for individual involvement in the community at a membership meeting -)f the Whitby Kiwanis Club last Thursday. He spoke on the need for greater commuîiity leadership, and the role of service clubs in providinp2 that leadership. Free Press Photo Smoking Clinie- Monday Dr. John Deadman, mnedical director at the Whitby Psychiatric Hlospital, ýwill be anc of the speakers at a smoking withdrawal course to be held ini hw starting fvonday. ""Cotn tdown on Soig wviII I) coiidLited iii six sessîofls y the l)urham Region TB ifd Respiratory Diseu.sc Associatlionlit the Dr F. J. C-11-nr~îo giate, Hiarmiony Raad South. Sîarting Monday at 7:30 p. Othier speake -rs d'uring the ceurse wili hc Dr. Norman Delarue, Dr. llarry rc, Dr. 1-l. R. Rowseil, and D)r. R. J. Kimmcîiely. A speciLil lili ii Vil!l he slîovviilial c session, uind t here will hc oroup discusîsoîs i)id q1uestionI1 LU 1 11V.et-ei ds ro reogîser. cal! 723 -3 1 1. 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