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SLA1DBURN primary school children have been harvesting boxes of baby supplies and toiletries for Romanian youngsters less fortu nate than themselves.
Endowed School pupils handed over the fruits of their efforts to the leader of the Pendle for Romania group, PC Chris Crcelman, on Friday.
T h e B r e n n a n d ’s
ising a collection for Romania for weeks, but only realised a local person was involved in aid convoys to the coun try when they read about PC Creclman in the “Advertiser and Times.”
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about 150 hand-made teddy bears being pre sented to the Clitheroe policeman, appeared in the newspaper the day before their harvest fes tival service, when the collection was being held.
The story, which was
arouse the children’s interest,” Mrs Barbara Milne-Redhead said. “ I t ’s nice that some body local who has a c t u a l l y b e e n to Romania can come and speak to the children and tell them where the supplies will be going.” The children are pic
had been to Romania, PC Creelman offered the perfect chance to b r o a d e n t h a t understanding. “It really seemed to
tured with PC Creel- man and their harvest of d ish c lo th s ,so ap , washing up liquid, baby powder, tea towels and other necessities, which are unavailable to their Ro m an i a n counterparts.
Barbara Milne-Redhead said the service and collection were aimed at bringing the meaning o f h a rv e s t in to a modern context. They were ways of making p u p ils th in k ab o u t resources in the world and opportunities for redistributing them. As a local person who
H e a d te a ch e r Mrs They had been organ
A bid for unitary status wins vote
IT was one of the most important debates to take place in the Rib ble Valley Borough
discuss their recommenda tions to the Local Govern ment Commission in the certain knowledge that the fu tu r e of th e local authority is at stake. Three hundred employees must be watching and waiting intently, won dering what the future holds for them if the much feared large urban merger is forthcoming. Sadly, despite a huge
Council chamber. Councillors prepared to
response from question naires and well attended public meetings, just six members of the public took their seats in the public gallery.
chief executive Mr Ossie Hopkins was unable to attend due to a family b e re av em en t . Coun. Howel Jones (Clitheroe), leader of the Liberal Democrats, was not pres ent due to county council business and Coun. Bert Jones (Clitheroe), the sole Labour councillor, sent his apologies due to illness, but stressed his prefer ence, a unitary Ribble Valley followed by the sta tus quo.
In the chamber itself,
been recommended for rejection, as it is thought unlikely that the Commis sion will consider main taining the present two- tier structure of 14 dis tricts and the county coun cil in Lancashire. As expected, a vote to support a bid for “unitary”
The latter had already by Vivien Meath
status for the Ribble Val ley won the night. I t would give a population of 51,767, maintain the rural identity and, most impor tantly, is quite obviously what the council taxpayers want. Whether it is what they
Brogden, Barnoldswick, Bracewell and Barley were some of the names incorporated. Coun. Frank Dyson
appeared, have been straightforward. Things rarely are in local govern ment and Monday’s meet ing proved no exception. A merger with Craven
to vote for the recommen dation as it stood, with the second option — an enhanced rural authority with a population of 90,800 — perplexing some. The council’s corporate
was thrown in, obviously to the surprise of many present. Councillors were asked
will ultimately receive, following a long and undoubtedly costly exer cise to shake the fabric of local government again, remains to be seen. The meeting should, it
(Clitheroe) told the meet ing he believed th a t chances of a “unitary” Rib ble Valley were unlikely. The ru ra l option was lengthening the lines of communication, he said, as he asked for Craven to be merged with the Ribble Valley as an option. Coun. Harry Backhouse
of which have been the loss of our stage manager, following his removal from the area, and the death of our friend and electrician, Alan Shaw,” said spokes
woman Diane Boothman. “However, we are still
keen and active and if anyone wishes to join the society in any capacity whatsoever, a warm wel come is assured.”
Last-minute hitch with Craven
suggestion
It would give Ribble Valley a 51,767 population and keep rural identity
block recommendation with four listed options, when he disagreed with two of them; an enhanced rural authority and a merger with Hyndburn. He proposed that each option should be voted upon separately. I t appeared at th a t
strong public feeling and current policy and proce dure guidance did not let the authority cross the co u n ty b o rd e r in to Craven. Summarising, there were, she said, seven
options open. Coun. John Sutcliffe
(Waddington), a farmer, added his support and questioned the “decline in agriculture” as one of the “cons” in the “unitary” bid
planner, Mrs Pamela Dearden, explained that the option incorporated parts of Wyre, Preston, South Ribble and the Pen dle are as , giving the weight of an additional 40,000 population and 100 square miles to the “uni tary” option. It appeared that the
review team had dipped into its shopping bag to
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(Clitheroe) said she found it difficult to see an affin ity between Ribble Valley and Pendle. With Craven, she said, there was confu sion between administra tive boundaries and county boundaries. If Craven’s request was forwarded to the Secretary of State and
Coun. Catherine Hooper
stage to be the voice of commonsense. It was not to be. Coun. Fleming pro posed the recommendation as i t s to o d and th e majority of the Liberal Democrats abstained. A fter the meeting,
(Clitheroe) told his col leagues that the meeting should have taken place months earlier. “We find ourselves on an incredibly short timescale,” he said, accusing the council of feeding the electorate an unbalanced programme of information geared to pro duce one answer, a unitary Ribble Valley authority. Coun. John Travis
Coun. Fleming insisted that there were “no poli tics involved” from his party’s point of view. The enhanced rural authority was in second place due to public opinion and, he claimed, the Liberal Democrats were “totally out of touch with the majority of feelings of the people in the Ribble Valley.” The majority of resi
then discussed as an authority, option, it would be for part Craven District Council of the Ribble Valley to be has asked for boundary “married” to it.
dents, he said, wanted to avoid being swallowed up by a l a r g e r u rb a n
a request for the whole of not been sent to the Secre- the Kibble Valley to be tary of State. Mrs Dear- married with Craven, not den stressed that time was part of it. We should enter important and Ribble Val- discussions with Craven to ley’s submission had to be get what we want, not what is put upon us,” she said. Coun. Dyson reiterated
“We should put forward mission, but to date it has
that he was not proposing a move back into York-
shire, but the link-up of submission, setting out its the Ribble Valley and bid to become a unitary
cillor admitted to being “baffled” by the sudden emergence of Craven into the equation and therefore the possibility of a two- centre administrative operation, council leader Coun. Bill Fleming (Bil- lington) said the Skip- ton/Clitheroe administra tive bases were not even something the council could think about. Craven had asked the Commission to consider
man (Mellor) dismissed it as “not a sensible option; i t ’s too far from one boundary to the other.” As one Longridge coun
crossing the old county boundaries only after it found itself placed with Harrogate. “The indica tions are that the Commis sion would not even con sider it. It is a red herring at this stage,” he said. Following the loss of
Coun. Dyson’s amendment to substitute a merger with C rav en fo r an enhanced rural authority as a second option, Coun. Stephen Holt (Clitheroe) attempted to bring logic to bear. He told the chamber he was unable to vote for a
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orities featured in the council’s merger options, has published its draft
authority, but with options including an East Lanca
shire authority, a merger with Ribble Valley and a merger with Burnley. And, as a point of
in te re s t, the political make-up of Craven Dis trict Council features a strong Liberal and Con servative presence, with Pendle Borough Council top heavy Labour, then L ib e ra l, followed by Conservative.
dispensation via the Com-
(Simonstone) was quick to denounce his remarks, stating that the council had consulted more widely and faster that most other boroughs in the country and was “ahead of the field.” Coun. Frank Dyson
and strong road links, as a substitution for the s e c o n d o p t io n , an enhanced rural authority. A vociferous debate fol
(Clitheroe) asked that Craven be reinstated in the council’s options, due to its affinity with the area
lowed, resulting in an amendment which was lost, with Liberal Demo crats voting in favour and Conservatives against. The recommendation to
in by December. Pendle Borough Coun cil, one of the other auth
take the four options as previously listed, en bloc, was then carried, with Conservatives voting in favour, Coun. Sutcliffe against and the remaining L ib e ra l D em o c ra ts abstaining. The council’s review
team must now prepare its submission to the Local Government Commission by December 5th.
M o r e o n lo a n
FILM buffs in the Ribble Valley are borrowing 177% more videos from Clitheroe Library. A meeting of the Ribble
Valley Council’s Recre ation and Leisure Commit tee also heard there had been a 23.5% increase in the number of cassettes borrowed and a 34% increase in the number of compact discs.
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