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Organisers o f a drug awareness week criticise par­ ents for tlieir lack of support.


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Clitheroc’s dino­ saur exhibition has proved a huge suc- c e s s w i th i ts — 1,000 visitors.


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A -1,000-strong petition against post office privisa- tion is handed over.


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by Sheila Nixon


TH E parents o f brain tumour boy Jo Gould have sent their heartfelt thanks to a Kibble Valley village, after winning their race against time for life-saving treatment in America. Friends in Chipping and


in other parts of Lanca­ shire have rallied round to raise a staggering £56,000 in a fortnight to pay for the treatment. Ten-vear-old Jo flew out


from Manchester on Tues­ day with his sister. Holly


(8) and parents Roger and Michelle Gould, a f te r learning that a former L.vtham doctor, now work­


ing in New York, could offer him the best chance of recovery.


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’s fund takes off as he flies out for USA treatment s J.thirFP


plane, his devoted par­ ents, who will be at his bedside throughout his treatment, took time out of their busy schedule to remember the efforts of Chipping residents during t h e w h i r 1 w i n d fund-raising.


More than 100 collection


boxes have been placed in shops, pubs and public


buildings in the village and many fund-raising events have been held.


“ Thank you to all our


friends in Chipping for everything they have done to raise Jo’s spirits and to help him on his way to New York — and, we hope, to recovery,” said former Chipping couple Mr and Mrs Gould, who


live in Whitegate Drive, Blackpool. The village is now anx­ iously awaiting news of Jo,


whose parents were told in July that he might have only months to live. He was discharged from Bir­ mingham C h i ld r e n ’ s H o sp ita l on Tu e sd a y morning, after Mr and Mrs Gould felt he was well enough to travel to New York.


Mr Gould said: “We are


flying today thanks to British Airways and the charity Childflight, which has organised the flight, and, of course, all the peo­ ple who have ra is ed money. They have done wonderful things in a very short space of time. "We have got over the


first hurdle, but people are s t i l l r a is in g money , because Jo will have to have two to three cycles of


chemotherapy treatment, which w i l l take three months."


As already reported in


the “ A d v e r t is e r and Times,” the fund-raising campaign, “Go for it, Jo,” was launched on IT V ’s "Richard and Judy” show two weeks ago and dona­ tions have poured in, including £20,000 from the Mohamed A1 Fayed Chari­ table Foundation.


Comedian Phil Cool,


who lives near Chipping, is also donating money from his show in Blackpool and the Bob Johnson pop group is planning a fund- r a i s i n g e v e n t o n


Status quo for Valley


THE status quo may not have been the ace picked by Ribble Val­ ley residents betting on unitary status, but it was clearly the card dealt yesterday by the Local Government Commission. There were no jokers or


But unitary status fight goes on by Vivien Meath and Stewart Pimbley


As the decision was


announced, MBs through­ out Lancashire, including Kibble V a l le y ’s N ig e l Evans, expressed dismay and, it seems, many will be asking for it to be reconsidered.


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Fears after funfair attack on


teenage son A C L I T H E R OE woman has expressed concern about the safety of the town’s children, after her son


was attacked by gang of thugs during


an evening at the fair. The 11-year-old boy was


surrounded and beaten around the head and face by a gang of youths, while visiting the funfair with friends on Edisford Road on Saturday.


His shocked mother,


who wants her family to r e m a i n a n o n y m o u s , explained that he'had been chased by between 15 and 20 youths, aged around 15, before several of them assaulted him.


Fortunately, the boy


escaped with what bis mother described as “ a few aches and pains,” but now she fears other chil­ dren may nut be as lucky.


"After my experience 1


am concerned about the safety of other children. Some might not be as for­ tunate to get away with minor injuries,” she said.


A fte r the attack, the


boy inanaged to reach the police station to g iv e details of his horror story.


Clitheroe Police are now investigating the assault.


T h e b o y ’ s m o t h e r


warned other parents to be aware o f the dangers faced by youngsters in Clitheroe and not to fall into the trap of thinking it is a crime free town.


"People think Clitheroe


is an upper class town, but there is vandalism and vio­ lence. I think parents should be aware of the possible dangers their children might be in,” she said.


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Valley Borough Council stays as it is. I f his deci­ sion is rejection, e ve ry­ thin)' goes back into the melting pot and the com­ mission would have to embark ou some sort of consultation exercise, pro- lo n g in g th e w h o 1e procedure.


Kibble Valley Council’s


chief executive Mr Ossie Hopkins said the council


was disappointed that a unitary solution had not been recommended. “We feel it’s a lost opportunity to improve and revitalise an outdated local govern­ ment system for the bene­ fit of the people, but this is not the end of the process by any means.” He added that there was


some uncertainty and the reasons for the review still


stood; the duplication of services between county and district councils, con­ fusion about who does what and provision of ser­ vices closer to the people. "Whatever the outcome,


we have learned a lot from this process and will con­ tinue to work together in p ar tn e rsh ip with our parishes, local businesses, voluntary groups, neigh­ bouring districts and Lan­ cashire County Council, but, most important, with the p eop le o f K ib b le Valley.”


Mr Evans, speaking


from Westminster, said it had always been bis belief that the Kibble Valley should not merge with


Hyndburn. “ We are a rural authority and merg­ ing with an urban one


would have been a gross mistake. “The review was set up


with a view to bringing local government closer to the people and 1 can’t see how this is going to be established by the status quo.


“ It doesn't quite end


here. I do hope that if the commission looks at it again, it will pay heed to the representations made by the people of the Kibble Valley, that the authority should be given unitary status to go it alone with out being merged.” Reporters from all over


the North West gathered in Manchester to hear


what had already been widely anticipated, follow


ing the recent county-wide survey showing 60C


J of


residents in favour of the status quo — with 56G favouring that option in the Ribble Valley. Announcing the deci­


sion, lead commissioner Mrs Ann Leviek said: "H a v in g conducted an extensive public consulta­ tion exercise and weighed all the evidence, we are recommending to the Secretary of State for the Environment that the county retains the present two-tier structure of the county council and 11 dis­ trict councils. "The commission found


no groundswell of opinion in the county area that


local government in Lan­ cashire was in need o f reform; indeed, there was generally strong support for the existing two-tier structure.” Despite 30% of Ribble Valley respondents writ­


ing letters expressing sup­ port for a unitary’ Kibble Valley during the consul­ tation period and overall


9 continued on page 16 Costly exercise


IT has been a tremendously costly exercise. And whether you agree or disagree with the Local


Government Commission’s recommendations, one thing is certain — past months have seen the cur­


rent structure o f local government in this coun­ try subjected to a rigorous examination. There is more to come. Yesterday’s recommenda­


tions now go forward to Secretary of State John Gummer and it is far from certain that lie will accept them. Lancashire County Council’s Left Wing cam­


paigning stance, we are told, has won it no friends m Whitehall. Reaction from Ribble Valley unitary authority campaigners was, as expected, initially one of disap­


pointment. The status quo is widely seen as a com­ promise and their response echoed that. Ribble Valley Council leader Coun. Bill Fleming


was disappointed, but not surprised: “We have not really lost anything, just as we have not really gained anything.


“There was a lot we could have lost and we need to


remember the magnificent CARVE campaign, which really fought off a split of the Ribble Valley.” Coun. Mrs Joyce Lilburn, after yesterday’s press


conference, paid tribute to all who had campaigned on behalf of the local authority, but added: “ I f one thing


has come out of this, it is that it has made us think about ourselves." In the county council camp there was celebra­


tion and The Friends of Lancashire Trust secre­ tary Mr Ron Pickup reiterated that his sole con­ cern was to save the Ribble Valley. “ Le t’s now get on with the job together,” he declared. LCC leader County Coun. Louise Ellman wel­


comed the announcement as "a victory for common- sense and people power,” adding that the commis­ sion had listened to the people of Lancashire.


November Uth at the Tal­ bot Hotel, in Chipping. The Gould family used


to l iv e in C h ip p in g ’ s Windy Street and Ferry- butts area and Jo was a popular pupil at the village school. Since moving to Blackpool, they have kept in touch with the village. They wrote to Katli


Latham, daughter of Chip­ ping sub-postmaster Jeff Latham and his wife, Syl­ via, only days before their (light — but before they had realised their initial target. They said:


‘At the time of writing,


the appeal has reached £30,000 a g a in s t th e required target of £56,000 that we need to get Jo admitted to hospital. We are confident of reaching


that target and plan to fly out on Tuesday afternoon. “Then we will have to


pay the money and keep it flowing to enable us to stay there during the duration of Jo’s treament. Once again, our heartfelt thanks to you all and our very best wishes, espe­ cially Jo’s.” It is expected that radi­


cal trea tm en t at New York Cancer Clinic will include an operation to remove as much o f the


tumour as possible. Mean­ while, a row has blown up over British patients seek­ ing cancer treatment in the USA.


A statement from spe­


cialists at the Walton Centre of Neurology and Neurosurgery, in Liver-


JO with his mum


pool, said: "We have been concerning the treatment increasingly concerned o f children with brain over the last few weeks tumours in the United about the impression gen­ e r a t e through tile media 9 continued on page l(i


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THREE-YEAR-OLD Gladiators fan Ashley Rutherford is lucky to be alive. Indeed, the Whalley toddler now looks such a


picture of health that it is hard to believe he was rushed to hospital only a week ago, after doctors feared he was suffering from the potentially fatal disease meningococcal meningitis.


Last week the “Advertiser and Times” reported


that two children from the area were being treated for the disease at Queen’s Park Hospital, Blackburn. Tlie other child, a 17-month-old boy from Clith­


eroe, has since recovered sufficiently to be discharged from hospital and now, after a week of worry for Ashley’s parents, Mr Trevor Rutherford and "Miss Louise Breckell, lie is well enough to follow suit. But things could have been very different and


Ashley’s parents have praised the prompt action of medical staff, which they feel saved his life and prevented him from suffering serious side effects such as blindness, deafness and brain damage. Mr Rutherford, a well-known local figure who


inns his own window cleaning business in the village, described how the drama began. He said: “Ashley hadn’t been himself all weekend. On Sunday night I went into his bedroom to check on him and when I felt his head it was burning hot.’ At this stage the couple, who live in The Crescent,


thought that Ashley might have caught one of the many bugs to which children are often susceptible. However, in the early hours o f next morning,


Ashley became delirious. So, following a telephone call to the emergency call-out doctor, they took him first thing the next morning to see their GP at Whalley Health Centre, who arranged for him to be admitted to hospital immediately. By now, the couple were becoming increasingly


worried, as Ashley seemed very poorly and had deve­ loped a rash all over his body. Mr Rutherford said: “On the way to the hospital


Louise first wondered whether Ashley could have meningitis — I suppose because it’s something that is always at the back of every mother’s mind when their child becomes ill.”


On arrival at the hospital, staff lost no time in


starting an intensive course of treatment, using the powerful antibiotics needed to fight the disease. This was the most anxious time for Ashley’s par­


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