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The Clitheroe L o i l ip o p p r o f e s s <sV> = AT A GLANCE


pulls out all the stops and resi- (1 c u t s g j v u generously.


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which gives them more space.


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Health trust chair­ man stops down a f t e r ca lls t o resign from his £20,000 post.


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Persistence pays off as college let turer is elected to serve villages at his eighth attempt to win the vote.


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Prestigious award for restoration of Clitheroe’s railway s ta t io n shows council is on the right tracks.


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dents Aguiiist Toxic Sub- tuiive.-- (IIAlSi. (levlining


received and ; to the organi


kilns. A le t te r


discu toxic


Cement Were lint Vet avai lable and. said the pekesman. it wmild lie


premature to address a meeting at this stage.


night's meeting was Dr V.vvyan Howard, senior lecturer in infant and foe­ tal pathology at Liverpool t 'niversitv.


available in the New Year, at which time there would •< <' u |> e r i 0 d o f nsultation. 'file main speaker at last


The results would tie


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•ontrnry. representa- ''•ould not In* present


spokesman told the vrtir-er and Times" dfspitc reports to


meeting, which was


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Keslllts »f II.MIP's most vent It-sls in (' a.-. 111*


held last night to > the burning of waste in cement


AN invnuti.tn t,, attend an meeting at (’Inhume


Pupils at a Kibble Valley school are going up in the world, thanks to a n e w extension


All systems go to help, Children In 1 ’ecu as tile area


takes some Sicking P a g e 13


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Exciting facelift plan unveiled for estate


i'2ti.0t)() per house. The on. Heated council houses." w were built soon after the se world war. have deteriorat. n ndition and the estate i


Clitheroe es tate has I unveiled. Tower Hill homes are h renovated at an average n


eed <if repair. AN exciting i'l.-lm. facelift for


i.-t of -fah- liicli


Housing Association and a public meeting js taking place on


a series of meetings between tenants and council staff that began three months ago.


Wednesday, at Clitheroe Parish Hall, at 7 p.m. The scheme has evolved from


agreed to transfer the land, off t hatburn Road, to St Vincent's


Kibble Valley councillors have


scheme have been enthusiasti­ cally greeted by residents who are looking forward to work starting on the site in April.


Detailed plans for the 53-house


• For a full report, plans and pictures, see pu^e 8.


Council shake-up controversy


Second chief officer to P-n


of chi e f f inancial officer Mr John Hunt’s early retirement came


tivc, .Mr Ossie Hop­ kins, during a heated


Hill Fleming introduced the proposals as heralding an excellent relationship between council members, the workforce and the public.


j comprising a mix of coun- I | cillors and non-elected


bureaucratic and too intro­ spective. We now have a window of opportunity,


that people still see the council as too remote, too


research over the last three years has indicated


tees of their wishes on cer­ tain matters. They would, Mr Hopkins claimed, give local people a far greater say in the running of local government. He said: “Extensive


not make decisions, but would advise the commit­


members. The area hoards would


| hoards, covering selected j parts of the borough and


: tees would he supple- 1 merited by a series of area


j


that the present 10 com­ mittees would he replaced by committees for policy, 1 development and commu- 1 he new-iook commit-


Mr Hopkins explained nity services,


said the proposals were being considered with indecent haste and claimed that morale among council stalf was low and that chief officers were being [licked off for early retirement. Council leader Coun.


Committee on Tuesday night. Hut Liberal Democrats


hoards — were given the go-ahead, helorc a (tacked gallery, by the council's l’oliey and Resources


ing a reduction in the num­ ber of committees from 10 to three and their replace­ ment with a series of area


debate in the council chamber on proposals to radically alter local g o v e rnm e n t in th e riibble Valiev. The proposals — includ­


this week with the news that a second chief officer is to leave. The announcement,


CONTROVERSY surrounding Ribble Valley Council mus'


mushroomed ________,


amid a call for a vote albeit narrow of no confidence in the council's chief e.xecu-


by Theresa Robson


sive response which rebuts the criticism of remoteness with area boards, the criti­ cism of bureaucracy with the streamlining of our de­ cision-making system and the criticism of introspec­ tion by refocusing the efforts of our workforce on customers."


Mr Hopkins added that the aim was to set up flex­


claimed council staff were afraid that, if they failed to "toe the line," they t would he sidelined or lose


have been put to us in a different manner than they have been tonight. This whole thing is a fait accompli. What is happen-


► continued on page 21


Local striker sold in £10,000 deal


plays in the GM Vauxhall Conference, the semi-pro-


trials with FA Carling Premiership club Norwich City earlier this season. I hey had still been keep- ing tabs on him prior to Southport’s swoop. The seaside town team


Crescent, has been trails- ferred from Clitheroe FC to Southport, a former football league club, in a deal worth £10,000. The local striker had


111 ayht^profes^h,t|a ]°soccer\ ‘S gettlng closer to his Pers°nal ambition of Jon Henman (23), of The


sfossiona! division below “I am aiming to gain a the Endsleigh Football regular place fn the first


step towards professional football.


enjoyed my time at Clith­ eroe, but I have had to take the move to South- port to make a further


Ribblesdale High School pupil Jon is hoping that he will be able to nelp the club to achieve that aim. Said Jon: “I have really


each year and former


conference are promoted to the professional domain


League. The champions of the


team at Southport.” h He signed a two-and-a-


travels to Gateshead, which is just a sign of things to come for Jon, who will have to travel as far afield as Dover and Yeovil for future league ntaJches. • Full story on page 35.


entertained Merthyr Tydfil. This week, the team


ning and made his debut as a substitute the day after, when Southport


nalf year contract for his ew club on Friday eve­


among council staff been as low. “These proposals should


eroe) made a lone call for a vote of no confidence in Mr Hopkins, saying: "This could be the beginning of the end for the Ribble Val­ ley. Never has morale


among council staff is lacking.” Coun. Bert Jones (Clith­


being done in our name of which we have little or no knowledge? A confident workforce is essential, but, at present, confidence


heir jobs. He said: "Are things


proposals are the most far- ■ reaching we have been ; asked to consider for a long time, but we are being asked to consider them straight away. These ; area boards will "be une- - leeted, undemocratic and I will merely dissolve into ; talking shops." Coun. Jo n e s also


sub-committees. He commented: "These


leader Coun. Howel Jones said the area boards would degenerate into talking shops and would spawn a p l e t h o r a


ible, customer-focused teams within the council and that it was hoped this could be done without the need for redundancies. Hut Liberal Democrat


0 f :


THE most expensive available in Chtheroe customers are being r; they can have.


enough to last us" until Christmas,” he said.


delighted to get our hands on it. It is a fantastic cof­ fee and we hopefully have


you £15, while if you sit in the coffee shop for a sam­ ple, it costs £2.20 per person.


For the world’s most


chance to taste it. we are rationing customers to half a pound each!" he added. Half a pound will cost


"To give more people a


the trade counts for a lot, ami 78 kilogrammes were- delivered last week, much to the delight of company owner Mr Mark Smith. “We had to pull a lot of s t r in g s , but we are


Jamaica Blue Mountain coffee, which has to be tasted to he appreciated. Only 80 tonnes of it are produced each year and. because of its limited yield, the Clitheroe coffee merchants have struggled to import it in the past. But their experience in


Company, Wellgate, has laid its hands on a scaled barrel of the extra special W a 11 e n f o r <


The Exchange Coffee 1 E s t a t e


Coffee scoop for Clitheroe


collee in the world is


—■ but it is so rare that titioncd as to how much


the £) cappucino 1 paid for in Nice, France, earlier this year, it is a veritable bargain.


Matthew Evans tries out the world’s most


have royal approval —Heri i Majesty the Queen drinks I


expensive brew The famed beans even ;


t!


sample the world's rarest coffee!


fee's Christmas blend which includes fine beans from Colombia, Costa Rica and Ethiopia. At ill.75 per quarter, that might be the more affordable wav to


beans are contributing to this years Exchange Cof­


attendance when the ship­ ment was delivered. Some of the Wallenford


able barrel at tracted attention from Radio Lan­ cashire, which was in


| The arrival of the valu- 1


represents good value for money. Indeed, compared with!


expensive beans, the price


police for Exchange Coffee Company owner Mark .Smith is .Martin Smith.


‘-•up of rare Jamaica Blue Mountain


ford r.stutc coffee, since only 8(1 tonnes are pro­ duced annually.


unique flavour arc a favourite of Her Majesty the Queen mid retail at i'.'it) a pound. Ihc popular ( lithcroc coffee shop had to pull strings to acquire a barrel of the coveted Wallen-


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Ihc pair arc standing guard over their special (Idocry of the rare beans whose rich aroma and


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The programme is expected to


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