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01200 422323


rence’s call for a more moral and caring soci­ ety, following the con­ viction of her hus­


F


band’s murderer. She is a tremendous exam­


ple of someone who is try­ ing to save others from the


tragedy which she .herself has suffered. As well as grieving herself, she is using her experience in a positive and courageous way. Nevertheless, we need to


look carefully a t the calls which others have made subsequently. There is talk of more moral and spiritual content in the schools’ teaching. But these ele­ ments are already there in the National Curriculum. There is always room for improvement, but it would be a mistake to say we are starting from square one. Both Roman Catholic and Church of England schools can be assumed to give def­ inite Christian teaching already, but many county schools too have at least as


f o r t h e w e e k


ew people can be unmoved by Mrs Frances Law­


strong a spiritual and moral framework as they had


years ago. I t is a mistake, however, to shift responsibility on to


the schools. Anyone can “pass the buck” and blame the Government, schools,


churches or this or th a t group of people. On the


whole, morality must be copied, not taught. I t is no good expecting schools to teach right and wrong if children see their parents and other adults behaving differently. The majority of families in


enjoying a free ride, avoid paying a parking


Some people are quid tell children to be po while they themselves


be rude to all sorts of { pie. One can deplore i


lence in the young, but nurse b itterne ss one: towards some real or s posed enemy. One can c demn loose sexual mo: while enjoying other p pie’s sins, as graphic: portrayed in some news pers.


th is area are loving and responsible when it comes to their children. Even so, those who talk about chil­ dren’s morality must be careful about their own. Adults can, in one breath for example, criticise chil­ dren for their language, while they themselves swear, take God’s name in vain or have television pro­ grammes on which may give their children many questionable images. I t is easy to ta lk about


right and wrong, but then to be less than honest in one’s tax re tu rn s or in


At the end of the d there is little point in t ing about morals with taking God seriously.r. means, among ot things, obeying His cry clear command to wor Him weekly in the con ny of others — i.e. church on Sunday. T1 who treat God so triv as to disobey Him in fundamental matter fo the right to be listene on moral issues. Lawrence herself, course, is a practi Roman Catholic Chris Rev. Rodney Nicho


OPTICAL SELECT


t is a month now since the Cher­ nobyl children


here. The 20 youngsters, aged between six and 12, live 150 miles north of the site of the worst nuclear accident


the world has seen. The radio-active cloud cre­


ated by the fire and explo­ sion a t the Chernobyl power station drifted north, over the children’s birth­ place, towards Kiev. The wind carrying i t then turned about, bringing the cloud back over the area again. In the process, the town


A s I s e e i t break from these conditions


benefits them. They have calculated that one month in healthy surroundings


can increase the me expectancy of young peo­


ple, particularly pre-pubes-


cent children, by a year* Again not many statistics


are available for the area, b u t the average life expectancy for men in the region is now down to 58. So a month in the Ribble Valley equals an extra year of living. That is why 20 children spent September


among us. Recently, I met some of


where they live, and the country surrounding it, was grossly polluted. In comprehensive terms,


the men and women who had taken these children into their homes as Friends of Chernobyl Children. I t


this is damage done for ever. The radio-activity which affects these children


has a half-life of 24,000 years. In other words, there will still be half the current levels of pollution in the year 33986. The result of this poison­


ing was f irs t a tide of leukaemia, then large num­


bers of thyroid cancers and currently an increasing number of various stomach cancers. There is no clear picture of


.was an evening full of funny stories, most of them predictably revolving round communications.


the future. Scientists find it hard to pool information which might lead to them thinking the unthinkable, th a t the region is simply uninhabitable. Vested interests are everywhere. There are no plans for evac­ uating the area and people are so poor that families are heavily dependent on food they grow locally, food grown.on the heavily-pol­ luted land th a t surrounds the town. Experts believe that giving any resident of the area a


family’s little guest came out with her first recognis­ able word when asked which kind of potato was her favourite — potatoes figured strongly among what the visitors would eat and all the parents were understandably preoccu­ pied with feeding the youngsters as well as possi­ ble. Did she prefer chips, mash or jacket potatoes? Her answer was located in the Russian dictionary. I t took some time for the penny to drop when the reply turned out to mean “in full military uniform”.


One man described how his


bered his young visitor's horror when one of his chil­ dren pointed to the family goldfish to try and explain that they were having fish for tea.


Another father remem­


The stories involved every­ thing from bathroom floods


Margaret gets a top job in


the newsroom


LOCAL journalist Mrs Margaret Parsons has been appointed head of the news team a t our sister paper,


the Burnley Express. In her new role as Head of Content, Mar­


garet (pictured) will be responsible for the day-to-day running of the news-gathering operation a t our Bull Street head office, heading the news team th a t covers the


town’s events. A journalist with many years’ experience, Margaret was previously the Express’s deputy news editor. In 1994, she was named Journalist of the


Year by Lancashire Publications Limited. She began her journalism career as a


THE council officer who helped put the Ribble Val­ ley on the art map is leav­ ing to run a new arts pro­ ject at another Lancashire authority. Ribble Valley arts officer


Miss Heather Fox has been involved in se tting up Clitheroe’s Platform Gallery and the sculpture trail at Brungerley Park.


development officer a t Wyre Borough Council, which is starting a project to promote art in its area. .


She is taking over as arts


trainee with the Burnley Express and enjoyed spells as a Padiham area reporter and a sub-editor. She also spent a time as a reporter with


returned to the Express newsroom five years ago, later being appointed deputy news editor. A native of Sabden,where she still lives,


the Advertiser and Times. After a spell in PR and marketing, she


she is married to Kieron, an engineer, and they have three children. Her father, Mr Frank Wright, a retired farmer, also lives in Sabden. For many years, Margaret has also acted


as Sabden village correspondent for the Advertiser and Times.


Heather off to pastures new


been here for four and a half years and have been involved in a lot of interest­ ing projects, such as the gallery and sculpture trail. I will miss the people of the Ribble Valley, who I have worked with on many arts projects.” The new position is a pro­ motion for Miss Fox. I t will


Miss Fox (26) said: “I have


allow her to develop an arts programme in a bigger urban area. She is determined to keep in contact with the Ribble


Valley a f te r leaving in December. In particular, she is keen to watch the development of the sculp­ ture trail which she helped to establish in 1993. Miss Fox added: “We are


in a position where we could put in a lottery bid to develop the trail over the next five years.” She came to the Ribble


Valley from Cabus, near Garstang, arid previously worked a t Lancaster Cas­ tle. Her new job will be based at Garstang.


to bicycles, neighbours to nightmare s. Everyone involved was clearly com­ pletely bowled over by the generosity th a t the chil­ dren had met throughout the Ribble Valley.


One said: " I t is amazing. Less than a year ago, we


were talking of bringing 10 children over in March of next year. Here we are now, having already had a visit from 20 of them, starting to plan next year.”


How had the families felt


when th e ir guests went home? One organiser said


Simply: “We were wrecked.” A woman said! “I just closed the door of her bedroom until I could deal with her having gone. I t was a week before I even stripped her bed.”


No one should misunder­


stand the nature of these people’s reaction to the experience of the childrens visit. Sentimentality is not the nature of their good deeds. One organiser said: “We recognise th a t what we are doing here is absolutely minute in the context of the huge prob­ lem th a t exists, b u t i t is something; it does a t least give these 20 children a month of health and fun.”


Talking about plans for


the long term, one woman said: “We would love to have our girl back every year, but that would be for us and that isn’t what this


is about, is it? That would really be selfishness on our part.”


group of people, it seemed a remarkably unlikely vice for any of them to be wor­ rying about.


Tony Cliff. In the co ntext of this


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