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Today will prove that you can really count on Kath P
’ ho has got the bigge st, e l e c t i o n headache of them all? It
is not the candidates, nor th e i r h a rd -w o rk in g
agents. It is not even the
party stalwarts, making tea and addressing enve lopes into the small hours. No, it is the person on
whom overall responsibil ity rests for the smooth running of today’s elec tions — the Ribble Valley Borough Council’s Elec to r a l and L ic e n s in g
Officer, Mrs Kath Law. The average voter may
never have heard her name but, considering the
sheer magnitude o f the task facing her, she ought
| to be on double Valium oy now, rising to treble by the time tonight arrives. She sleeps with a pad and pencil beside the bed, waking to record not her dreams, but any item overlooked during the day for her shopping list of s e a l in g w a x , ru b b e r
[ bands, posters, ballot boxes and polling booths. Fortunately for the Rib
ble Valley, Kath Law is not popping pills as the final countdown begins. F o r she is a supreme organiser, with a good sense of humour, who thinks of everything, down to the last drawing pin in a presiding officer’s polling station pack. At her capable finger
tips is a file for each regis ter of electors, not to men tion complex paperwork in an election in wnich every
ward of the borough is being contested for the first time in its history. With 24 wards for the bor ough and a total of 48 for the 35 parishes, there could have been 72 differ-
I ent ballot papers for her to prep are. Though she
admits with re l ie f that such a s c en a r io was remote, the feeling is that she could certainly have coped. In fact, she has been on
the go since Christmas, p repar ing for the big moment — sending out
letters to book the polling stations, for instance — and one has the distinct impression that her nerves will still be as steady as Clitheroe Castle’s lime stone rock by the morning ent'
claims “ I ’m not here to make money, I just love
my job.” As she says herself: “There’s no time to get
bored with life or to sit and meditate.” She has to check that all the facts are correct on the nomination papers, that all the candi dates, their proposers and seconders are on the appropriate register of electors. She must deal with applications for postal and proxy votes and liaise with printers to make sure that signs are ready for the 47 places of poll, along with the ballot papers — colour-coded with the bal lot boxes in white for the borough and green for the town and parish councils. T e le p h o n e c a l ls ,
appointments and queries ranging from the siting of p o s t e r s to e le c t io n expenses constantly inter rupt her work, but she maintains her equilibrium, h e lp ed no d ou b t by e x p e r ien c e . She has county, Euro and General Elections, plus a Parlia mentary by-election under her belt in the past six years of overall responsi bility — but has actually been involved with elec tions for 20-odd years. This one has the distinc tion, however, of being the first to be fully compu terised, maybe a mixed b les sing, though her thoughts are her own on
that. “A lot o f the general
public think we make up the rules as we go along,” she says, “but we don’t, of course.. We’ve got to stick to the Representation of the People A c t .” I f in doubt, her “ B ib le ” is Shaw’ s “ Guidance to Voters.” Today, Kath Law will
be manning her desk from 7-15 a.m., in case of any
queries from polling sta tion officers, who come on duty 15 minutes later. Here she will stay, catch ing a sandwich i f she is
lucky, until the close of the poll and then she will be
after the night before. “ I am generally a metic
ulous ana methodical sort of person,” she explains. “ I can’t work in a mess. I ’m one o f those people who’s got to have a pi geon-hold for everything.”
Her colleagues know
her well. By her desk, where she sits flanked by 50 we igh ty box files,
someone has propped a polling station notice in
letters eight inches high and a cartoon poster pro
o ff to the count, which should he declared around 1-30 a.m. tomorrow morn ing. Even then, she will not be collapsing straight into bed, for the used bal lot papers have first to be secured in the council strongroom, where they are kept for six months. There will be time for a
couple of hours sleep, but she says she will be back at her desk again by 8-30 a.m. to clear up. “Although I ’m not the
Returning Officer or his deputy, it’s what I do that
counts,” she says. “ I f I hadn’ t done it right, I would feel responsible. “ I have to put aside all
other thoughts and go into election mode and focus on it . Tha t way I ’ ll g e t through.”
>UGHT for the week
THE preacher in the Primitive Methodist Chapel, that Sunday in 1920, was a Burnley coal miner known to everyone as “Old Zeck”. He was one of those stalwarts who could truly be described as the salt of the earth. Limited by an elementary education, through
poverty and lack of opportunity, he was dedicated and sincere, possessing intelligence and wisdom that sub stantiated his preaching to a remarkable degree. Recognised as a spiritual giant, he spoke with convic tion of a saviour with whom he was on intimate
terms. Noting the presence of several strangers on this
occasion, Zechariah, to give him the full dignity of his Christian name, decided that for their sakes he must outline the true significance of infant baptism. Clearing his throat, he began to address his little congregation. “Nah this morning is special, ’cos a babby has been
brought into God’s house to receive a Christian name. These young parents are ’ere in this way to give God thanks for this little one put in their charge. I hope as this’ll be b’t’first of many times they’ll be bringing their child to church. It’s a lot better to bring ’em than to send ’em and stop at ’ome yerself. Ah can tell yer
| that for nowt!” “Nah this watter ’asn’t come from River Jordan;
we’ve just getten it out o’ t’ tap. It’s just as good
and clean. It could be even cleaner!” “Mary Martha did yer say? Them’s two good names
mother. “G’ve us ow'd o’ that bairn lass!” “Ah! Bless yer love. Don’t be scared o’ owd Zeck!
Ah’m nobbut coin' to put a drop o’ watter on thi bonnie head an then tna’ll be one of us wi two grand names to
be proud of, Christian names given in God’s house. “Mary Martha, ah now welcome thee into Christ’s church an baptise thee in the name of the Father God,
1 Son and Holy Spirit. Nah then mother, take ’er ome, bring her up as God’s child as well as yer own and God'll pay yer wages in all sorts o’ ways of ’is own. And now all yo folks, as ’as witnessed this Christen
ing, ah call upon yer one and all to give this couple all the ’elp yer can, to encourage ’em to bring this little girl up in a Christian Jome so that in time when she’s
old enough to choose for herself, she can become a fully dedicated member of the Christian churah. • “ I f yer agree with what ah’ve just said, will yer now say, ‘Amen, we will do just that as long as God is our ’elper’.”
The congregation echoed the requested pledge and
little Mary Martha was taken home for her next feed and old Zech continued his ministrations to an assem bly who had become conscious of the blessing of the Almighty as the service continued. ..... . > .
Old Zeck was called to glory and higher service, long ago, and I am happy to retain even that short glimpse
into his ministry, and trust that in reading it, after all this time, vou will share in the blessed memory of it. . / '
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COUNCIL PAYS TRIBUTE TO FORMER EMPLOYEE
COUNCILLORS paid tribute to their former director of development, Mr Philip Bailey, at a retirement presenta
tion in Ribble Valley Council Chamber. — Mr Bailey, who took early retirement in
January as part of a wider package of council redundancies, has just returned from a holiday in India. He attended the last meeting of the full council before the end of the municipal
year to receive a farewell gift. The Mayor, Coun. Kate Hodkinson, said Mr Bai
ley’s skills were evident throughout the borough and his expert advice would be missed.
. “He came to the Ribble Valley in 1979 as chief
architect and planning officer,” she explained. “His title changed a few times, but his commitment and dedication to the council never did. He will always be remembered for his sound advice to the planning com
mittee. even when it wasn’t taken!. “Philip has often had a hard time from councillors
at planning meetings. He has always stood his ground and lost sometimes, but always with good grace.” The Mayor singled out the council chamber itself and the new market site as two of his many design
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