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Clilheroe Advertiser & Times, December L


Disquiet expressed over way staffing changes revealed


COUNCILLORS’ claims that they are not being fully informed of what is taking [dace


within the Ribble Valley authority came to the fore during the December council meeting. Conn. Stephen Sutcliffe ami Resources Committee


(C l i t h e r o e ) a s k e d th e chairman of the Bersonnel Commi t te e , Coun. Ted Boden (Chatburn), why. in view of the chief execu­ t iv e ’s evid en t de s i re to r e s t r u c t u r e th e lab o u r force and bearing in mind what he described as "the v e r y b r i e f win d ow of o p p o r t u n i t y . ” w a s n o at tempt made to discuss fu r th e r res ignat ions and res t ructur ing in the Pe r ­ sonnel Committee. He also asked why news


of the imminent depar ture of th e c h i e f f in a n c i a l of f icer , Mr Jo h n Hu n t , was withheld from mem­ b e r s o f t h e c o u n c i l ’s Finance and (leneral Pur-


Ribchester Hospital future is


still uncertain


AN update on the situation regarding Ribches- te r ’s heleagured hospital was given to Kibble Valiev councillor


l ’mm. Harry Backhouse


(Waddington) said the re wa> still concern that the se rv ic e s c u r r e n t ly p r o ­ vided oil one site would he divided betwe en several sites in Lmigridgo. Let te rs , saiti the vice-


chairman of the council's Knviroiunciital and Social Services Commi t tee, had p u i f to the Secretary ol State for Health. Virginia Bottomlev, ami to Kibble Valley MB Ni^el Kvans. During tin- full council


in e r t in g . Conn. David S m i t h t I , ii i) r r 1 d g c t s t re s sed that the prime oblt'fl i \ » of t he Uii'chi->t cr Ho.-pital A--! am 1 Irmip a a.- now to create a hospital at Fell Vieu . I .migritL’e. Conn. Smith, chairman


of t h e a c t i o n g m u t ' . l h a n k e d th e c o u n c i l 's director of environmental services. Mr David Mor­ ris. for Ids suppor t ami advice and at tendance al all the meetings. Coun. . love r Li lb u rn t B o l to n - by • B o w 1 a n <1 <


echoed the fears of many of her colleagues when Mu- said that tlu- same battles wen* again being fought with the health authority as hail been fought with rega rd to the closure ot Brantley Meade.


"We hope that it does


not f inish on the same note." she added.


Coun. Bert Jones iClilh-


eroc> said there were hits of areas in the Kihblc Val­ ley whore cuts had been made and advised r e s i ­ dents of the Uihches ter ar»*a not to settle for any­ th i n i: l e s s t ha n t h ey alroady had.


He added that it was his


hope that CommuniCare’s r ep re s en t at i ve. M r Ken Johnson, and Hast Lanca­ shi re Heal th Auth o r i ty repre sentat ive Mr David Chew, who had spoken to councillors in November, we re people they collid trust and that their prom­ ise s would c a r r y some weight .


] Party time Excellent Holiday for young


children


Neotocbnic l . td. Cl i th- croe, when more th an


Kill e hi I ( I re it. a g e d b e twe e n two a n d 111,


d e s c e n d e d o n t h e Uplirooks factory prom- I ises and had a magnifi- I cent Chr is tmas par ty. 1 Wi th mag ic ian Neil


Row man en te r ta in in g , bal loons galore, lots of food prepared by a s sem­ b ly s u p e r v i s o r Mr s S h e i l a P r o o t o r a n d helpers, plus music, the


. a f t e r n n o n c e r t a i n t y went wi th a swing, with


| the f inale a visit f rom F a th e r Ch r i s tma s and


I presents for everyone. ! For the older chi ldren t h e r e wa s a v i s i t lo t f u a s e r I .a s e r . I t la ek- b u r n . wi th p l e n ty of o p p o r tu n i t i e s for d i s ­ posing of excess energy.


Popular traveller


mourned


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VC A'UK


S T A R S WITH


JUSTIN TOPER


Check out what stargazer Jus t in Tope* says is in store tor you this week!


CAPRICORN (Dec 22 — Jan 20) i 0891 543 597


Tl-,e sun in Capncorn is nov Mine: irnnoluou’• panel Mar tat.


| ‘UA ct -i-.tuMN ' Hie thing tor meat i;t e ‘ in.no


. , 41 .ei o>!. aciccs an


, Therelore. certain mvi- suro to prove irresistible •,ure out ol signt does not


ix -iihj mjijeJ on by tne


AQUARIUS (Jan 21 — Feb 19) ? 0891 543 590


No doubt men* vai! all sorts ol treats Of surprises in store But v.nat . souk! p'ease you most in that some kind o' dispute fr cmillicl will suddenly be resolved in


tinm 'or ' .-innbn.i'. PISCF.S (Feb 20 — March 20)


r: U891 543 599 r j 1


p.etnem nr (., h , ;p. imm m .\C »•:,<• 11• r;•;j . man un.j.u c., tr i ••rlain'v ♦->i>« ■"t • owe '-b-csu


1 e p a f 111. u i a ’ . < •.. p«’ ■: t • ■ It n C b i


istii'.i,. L skji utio., tnat )e 1 (ir more* excilablo or e s.cne toke*n. you can Dui: it .von t be’


ARIES (March 21 - April 20)


?? 0891 5-13 508 l; Chnslmas [Jay in !h*“ wurkhous**1 Alternatively ara Putter ways l<> spend ynut tune >,lan slavin')


duns t)Oost TAURUS (Ap r il 21 — May 21)


TT 0891 543 589 Tins Christmas should be one ol amazing responses ;md also Irenetic activity Just don't bo surprised il


your nearest and dearest Hare up lor no reason, not lo mention lake oil al the drop ol a hat


GEMINI (May 22 — June 21) TJ 0891 543 590 Christmas or not. be prepared lor some extra (level opmer.ls or unbelievable scenes on the home from In other respects, mere could be mom presents in your stocking Ihr. year Including one you certainly weren t


expecting CANCER (June 22 — July 23)


f? 0891 543 590


To say that partners, relatives or other individuals are in a leslive mood or hyped up is not an exaggeration. Whatever way. this is one Cnnstmas you are nol likely


^


lo lorgel in a hurry LEO (July 24 — Aug 24)


f j 0891 543 592 Planetary activity urges you to do everything in moderation and not go overboard wilb the spending. ™ strangely enough, every L.oo should have a rea­ son lo splash out this Christmas. More .Man one


actually. VIRGO (Aug 24 — Sep 20)


As°Mnrs in Virgo is superbly aspected by the sun in cinneom you' definitely don't need any encourage-


monl In fact Ibis looks like being a Christinas 0 smouldering passion but also one or two emotional


outbursts LIBRA (Sept 24 — Ocl 22)


Homelweet home' Nol exactly. In spite ol that, some nolent aspects must l.nally release a lot of pressure or tension i? not blow the lid oil things this Christmas. One way or another, your conscience is now clear.


SCORPIO (Oct 24 — Nov 22) ^ . ,


nr a hot s low Nuvei mind, a marvellous aspect lo your ruler Mars on the 24th must give you a Women-


J : I , It ' |'


fain •rai 1


Mitlilup and


hi i nt r 1 a


- m-»4 h !> . 11«»rn M t an’- >’ at if at


I Tli.'.-'lil V rai ’av an


11isl>ui n


Ba r f<( w fma l . M ii


( 'ivmatm ium. A ft«-ru anl.-. t huf f c- a> a


" u al \u" at tin* 1L, Kt- "I N't.rk H"t«4 in Burnk y. At ' It -as! 15n j m *i * j > 11 * at t i 'iul'd


tin- fiun-fai. I’. J i i f -aid tin- tenr tai


fan-t-ti no jtfi.lt!. ni ' . and till j.f. -rii.p of till* tfat t’if inolof rvrli Us riisUf.-ti a


t •• mi h(i i I. |> a s s a e >• t >• f 1 intt'.ifiiff.- M f l luiisl an ))•• dif<i


tf.iin na.turnl f.itisrs. had 1 i\ ♦ -d a ii'tinaiiif l i l fstyl r. nial.iny a hutnu in raravat r wi t h h i s


l a m i 1 y a n «i


ff ir m l - . laf u*dy m t !.»• Btifiih-y and 1A -milt an-a 1 n t liu ju t s : . h f had


flash.-tl wit li tin- aut hofi t i«-s aft< i' jiafkinu hi.- \ «-hi f li-s oil jtuM Il-U -'U noil land t hn uteli' nit thf aiva. M i I hi list a n . v\ ho as


from Bui n l o \ . h-a\os a win*. Amy, and fhi ldivn ' K<il.oft. Alfa* and AH'ofl.


; C o u n c i l g r a n t s


j w a s t e l i c e n c e j A C I . m i K K u K garagu I j i r u p r i e t ‘»r h a s b e e n 1 granted a waste disposal : t ie r nee by La nca > h i iv


i ( ‘minty i 'mined. 1 'H ie cu u i i f i lA Wa s t e I Regulation Sub-committee ; ^ tve Mr Steveil Turner , of i Aulopar l> DiMiiunth-rs, | Salt hill Industrial Kstate, lhe gu-ahead to handle fuel and pet rol wa s te s from >erap vehicles. But councillors warned


J said no more th an MM) i tyres eoidd he kept at the


against contaminat ion of nearby Mearlev Brook and


I site at any one time. They also prohibited Mr


Turner from keeping any bat ter ies at tIn* site, other th a n th o se a t t a e h e d lo part-dismantled cars.


between Black" j me a t . a lone


S t *if k > Lain*. t .. B u i n 1 < !


news for coach two local villages


;T\V<> Kibble Valley cum- I muni t ion a r e to benef i t


from a JLliT'hn. Jui ro p e an in j e c t io n of tu n d s to r


i regeneration in the North Wes t .


j Sabden and Kead have been listed as two areas in


I the Lancashire allocation ! to receive funding from the Single Programming Document.


, The Luropean Commis­ s ion ha s a p p r o v e d th e


| funds for the two villages, which will benefit from the


1 nat ionwide grant al loca­ tion est imated to amount to i ’LTl). There are Id industrial a r e a s a c r o s s L n g la n d ,


timetable


HUS s e r v i c e s ru n by Stagecoach Kibble over the Chr is tma s and New Ye a r pe r iod will he as follows: Christmas Kve: Normal


S a tu rd ay se rv ic e s unt i l approximately S p.m. Christmas Day and Box­


ing I lav: No services. T u e s d a y . D e c e i n b e r


U7th: A number of special services will run and are d e ta i le d in Stag e co a ch Kibble’s publicity for the Christmas period. Wednesday. Th ur sday .


n o s e s a n d P o l ic y an d Kesoi i rces Commi t t e e s until af ter the lat ter meet ­ ing on No\ ember 29th. Following that meeting,


a particularly stormy one in view of cont rovers ial


proposals to radically al ter local government in the Kibble Valley, councillors w e r e i n f o rm e d of Mr Hunt ’s ret irement as they left the building. In reply, Coun. Boden


said that , even if the chief exe cut ive ’s r e p o r t . en t i ­ tled "Towards the Affir­ ma t ive A u th o r i ty .” had been prepared by the date of the Personnel Commit­ tee meeting, it would not have been appropr iate to discuss it before the Policy


, Sco t la nd . W a l e s an d i (iihraltar. which received ; eommission approval for ‘ this sort of funding. The No r th Wes t p ro ­


TKAVF.I. l .INC folk from a wi*h- aiva gathmvd h»r 1 hr funeral uf Wayne Dun- ' M an i 35 i. \\ h<> died >ud- -


g r am m e is a im e d a t improving the economic c omp e t i t iv e n e s s of th e area through wealth crea- j lion and new employment ; opportunities, j


( I r a n i s i towards wi l l


! projects which contribute I towa rd s


a wide the


object ives ,


including improvements to work si tes and premises, envi ronment al pfoyrammes


to


schemes, improve


the skills of the workforce ami those


aimed


t hi‘otiuh - : Alistair Burt t h * * • ex c e l len t ■ v


regions at s u p ­


porting business needs. Following the announce- Sponsor Minis ter said: "This is for


news concerned. the J hey


I can now gel on with the im p o r t a n t b u s i n e s s of implementing tile plans - cont r ibut ing to the eco­ nomic development of the


area."


Trying to unravel mystery


Cu t W I L of ficial- are iiMpniL* that "Adver t i>er


.iid! Time-" rentiers may be aide to unravel a mys- t c r y - u r n i i i nd i ng t he


ii\\ ner.-hip ol a piece ol mm! a I Payt borne, near


i li.-burn. Mrs Diane Rice. Kibble


Valley Borough ( 'oiim-il's solicitor, is hojiing that the history of a piece oi laud o p p o s i te Th e Ruck Inn


; m a V h e r e v e a le d by s om e o n e wi t h a good


i knowledge of local history. . Al though the vi l lage’s postbox and telephone box are both si tuated on tile lamb the Rost Office and


, BT have no record of any applications for permission


; being made to the land's i owners. Mrs Rice’s other | enquiries cannot trace any


i details of ei ther ownership | or former use and it is not


I recognised as part of the


' highway. Anyone with any infor­


mat ion can contact Mrs Rice at the council offices.


S m a s h w i n d ow


V A N D A L S c a u s o i l d ama g e valued at £700


when they sma shed the window of Romero Pizza and Kebab House in Well- gate. ( ’litheroe, between 1 and 9-30 a.m. on Friday.


Key to county council services


may also be a lew tantrums. Three guesses wny. SAGITTARIUS (Nov 22 — Oec 21)


® 0891 54:* 596 go unrewarded. Far from it- ,0 accept invitations. You h e p u t range of


and F r id a y , De c emb e r | 2Sth-:i0th: Mostly Satur - j day services will run. with ■ some minor exc ept ions , j notably: Service Cl-o — , Cl i the roe local se rv ic e s ; ( M o n d a y t o K r i d a y service). Sat u r d a v . De c emb e r


3 1 s t . New Y e a r ’s Kve: Normal Saturday services u n t i l a p p r o x im a t e l y S p .m. , then late evening services as on Chr istmas


Kve. New Y e a r ’s Day: No


services. Monday. J a n u a ry 2nd:


: Sunday services. !


Tuesday. ; N o rm a l Janua ry s e r v i c e s


3rd: wi l l


1 resume. Kurt her information is


avai lable from Cl i theroe 23»»2>.


Min c o pie s


MKMBKKS of tile 1 'em lie l 'lub, r i i th e ro e . enjoyed


an afternoon of carols and mince pies on 1 hursday. The Cl i theroe KVeiling


Townswomen's lluild choir jt r t. v i d e <1 t h e


entertainment The next meet ing will


t a k e [dace <>n J a n u a r y 12th. \\ hell there will he a Hide >h*»v. mi the Rockies.


Mo b i l e p h o n e


, A PI UN K K R radio-cas- ! se t te p l a y e r an d a BT mobile telephone, valued


' t o g e th e r at iT»D(l. we re ! s t o l e n f r o in a B M \V parked at Woodland Park. Whallev. at 1-35 a.in. on ; Mondav.


TKIBUTKS were paid to j ret i r ing chief officers Mr I Philip Bailey and Mr Joint j Hunt at t lie last formal j counci l me e t in g of th e ' year.


Farewell to retiring officers


Kibble Val ley May o r ; j


(\>un. Ka te Hodkinson ; told councillors that both j of ficers, the d i re c to r of I development and the chief j financial officer, respec- i t ivelv. had requested no | fuss.


"1 h a v e v e r y mu c h ;


e n jo y e d w o r k in g w i t h ' them over the years." she j said, adding that both had j


i contributed greatly to the i • running of the author i ty ' and to many of the volun- ; tary organisat ions within I the borough. "I know that Philip Bai- j


ley is going to increase his ; work with the Red Dross 1


i and. when 1 go around ; v i s i t i n g v a r i o u s loc a l ; ; voluntary organisat ions . ’


there is invariably one ot ' our officers the re doing voluntary good work, she said, co n g ra tu la t in g all who were involved in any


way. W o r t h n . 0 0 0


, lU'UGI .AUS st.ila i-n.li puier equipment valued at .. ......... Iroin an account anl '> p r emi s e s in Kmy St reet . Clitheree. ketUcel) 7-30 p.m. "ii Friday ami


j 1 1-|5 a in. mi Saturday. The;. >ioie both c«»m-


I puier hardware and soft ; wa re eq u ipmen t in t he ’ raitl at 1 ‘emi iehury. ( lorst ! ami Hoare.


" " TURN LEATHER SALE


STARTS A T 10.30am TUESDAY 27th DECEMBER


HUNDREDS OF FANTASTIC B A RG A IN S


For outstanding value in leather clothing shoes and accessories


T u rn Tann ery, Portsmouth Mill, Huntley Kd. lodniorden Telephone: 0 7 0 6 S I3 5 6 3


FOR OUTSTANDING VALID ON TOI" QUALITY IF Al HER GOODS IWo u - 1-Vi 9:»i*i - 5 -0 (> p n i . S a l V —LAO.^ S u n 1 2 - 4 .M)


|


had had a chance to con­ s id e r th e pol icy is su e s involved. “ I am s u r e t h a t th e


councillor will appreciate th a t the s ta f f ing is sues cannot he considered in isolation from the othe r s t ran d s ident ified in the repor t ,” he added.


Wi th r e g a r d to th e


second que s t ion, Coun. Boden said the reason that news of Mr Hunt’s depar ­ ture was not given until a f t e r t h e P o l i c y a n d R e s o u r e e s C o m m i 11 e e meeting was so that mem­ b e r s h e a r d t h e n ew s b e fo r e th e p r e s s , who were in at tendance at the me e t in g , and to t r y to keep it confidential until 1 Mr Hunt had time to tell his s t a f f th e fol lowing morning.


Coun. Bert Jones (Clith­


eroe), who failed in his bid for a motion of no confi­ dence in the chief execu­ tive at the meeting of the Po l icy an d R e s o u r c e s C o m m i t t e e , a 1 s o expressed his disquiet at the way in which the mat ­ ter was handled.


.BARGAINS r GALORE IN BOTH ’ELECTRICAL r AND CYCLE DEPARTMENTS


’j


Prices to match or beat multiples Plus


’ Unbeatable After Sales Service


’dnd, 1994 CUT PR ICE ’CHRISTMAS


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Happy New Year to all onr customers


Merry Christmas and a


28th DECEMBER 10.00a.m.


OLD FASHIONED SALE STARTS WEDNESDAY


NO GIMMICKS, JUST GOOD OLD FASHIONED DISCOUNT OFF OUR NORMAL PRICES


15% OFF EVERYTHING


LOCAL residents are being given the chance to learn more about the services Lancashire County Council provides with the publication of key performance indicators for the first time. They include the fact that the county council has


spent £(>38.98 per head of population, providing ser­ vices for the people of Laneashir- during the year, and that the county has provided 20,102 children under the age of five with school places. Also revealed is that the Home Help service visited


20,000 people at least once a week during the year and that there was a rise of over a quarter of a mil­


lion in visits to libraries. The information is being published in local newspa­


pers in accordance with the requirements of the Government’s Citizen’s Charter.


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