Clitheroe Advertiser & Times, November 4th, 1999


weekly look at local issues, ptople and places, compiled by Tim Procter


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• Low ratos • No “call-out” charge COLCARE


01200 427973 HEYWORTH E. R. Car Valeting


Painter & Decorator Telephone


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Also generaI house maintenance


offering competitive rates. ( Contract:


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T. CattermoSe & Sons LANDSCAPE & GARDEN SERVICES


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ANY people would'like the public sector to be as quick on its feet as,


haps significant, way the East Lancashire Health Authority has • met this ideal (one it would proba­ bly not acknowledge itself) with an idea not seen previously - printing its annual report, plus informative extra pages, in the form of a calen­


dar.It is unlikely to push the Miche- lin and similar offerings from the walls of the area's workplaces, but will find its use in more medical


and allied surroundings. The calendar is a quality publi­


outl


cation and the information it con­ tains is well-presented - anyone unaware of how much looking after us all costs can easily find


The authority, in charge of com­ missioning all necessary health and allied services and overseeing the quality of their delivery, paid various trusts and other groups


u a n oup As I see it


£347m. in the year to April, £ 2 7 .5m. more than the year before. The money comes direct


from the Government. The Blackburn, Ilyndburn and


• hospitals in Manchester and Liv­ erpool, and Wrightington Iiospi-


Ribble Valley trust received £67m., with Communicare earn­ ing £19m. The Burnley Trust pro­ vides community as well as hospi- tal services, so its money totalled £77m. Many patients go to Pre- ston, to the tune of £8m., and other specialist treatments bene­ fiting local people but carried out elsewhere involved payments to places such as Christie's, children s


tel- In the authority's area itself, pri­


mary health care cost almost £33m. Contractors will be happy with the health authority's busi­ nesslike approach to payment. Nearly 90 per cent of bills were


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settled within 30 days, many of the others being the subject of


query or dispute. • As for the Ribble Valley, figures


show what is already well-known - having 30 doctors for a population of less than 50,000 puts the area on a better footing than say Rossendale, whose practices cover 72.000 people with 33 doctors. In Hyndburn there are 36 doctors for


78.000 people. U n d e r a re la tiv e ly new scheme,


■ ship of the answers to those needs.”


not typically associated with poverty and social deprivation,


Although the Ribble Valley is „ „ .


special primary groups oversee basic health care. And the one cov­ ering the Ribble Valley, well aware of the problems, is keen to know more about them and what the calendar (July 2000 page refers) describes as "strong local owner-


u n u s u a l t o p u b l i c i s e


^ i i t h o r i t y g o e s f o r a n u s e f u l w a y


" i ts a i m u a l r e p o r t


those problems do exist, says the calendar. It emphasises the value of commitment to joint working between health, social services, local authority and voluntary sec­ tors. The work of the Hodder Val­ ley Day Club is particularly spotlit as the type of project which could be established elsewhere. . The role of carers, especially in isolated places, is recognised. But this can apply to doctors, too - the Slaidburn single-handed practice receives an inducement payment due to its isolation and small size. In his report, chief executive Mr


David Peat - whose salary seems rather less than what a private industry chief with the same spending responsibility would command - thanks everyone involved in achieving the year’s challenging targets. He says that major changes in public expecta­ tions and the increasing use of the Internet empower the individual -


and challenge the professions! TIM PROCTER


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Staff take to the champagne as they -win a top national industry award for the second time


STAFF a t one of the area's oldest indepen­ dent travel agencies are celebrating after being voted tops by their cus­ tomers to win the


I industry's major award for the second time. Altham's Travel, which


j has a branch in King I Street, Clitheroe, won the I title of Best Travel Agent at this year's Observer and Guardian Travel Awards repeating their win of 1997, while last year they


I came runners-up. The Observer and.


Guardian Awards are a prestigious annual event


iand were launched 12 j years ago to poll newspa­ per readers on their views


| of the travel industry. Readers were asked to


| rate the level of service | they received by ticking relevant boxes in a ques-


| tionnaire. The results were | pooled to find the winners | in 13 categories and Altham's won the best overall travel agent


| nationally, beating all the I national retailers by a I considerable margin. Altham's, which is 125 years old this year, is one


| of only three independent I small chains left in the


country and Managing Director Mr Eddie Starkie said the award was a credit to all the staff. "We're extremely pleased to have won and it's down to the staff in the branches; they're the people who give the ser


vice," he said. The award was collect­


ed a t a ceremony in Munich by Altham's Operations Manager Mr Peter Mackie who said: "This is an accolade from our customers for the highest standard of ser­


vice," and he said the com­ pany was proud to retain its independence. "This means we can offer our customers more choice, expert knowledge and experience, personal ser­ vice and impartial advice. This is borne out by the


Amber’s fun-filled lifestyle is just the trick for book-lover Catherine


the month is Catherine T Furniture Refurbisher


John Schofield- Tel: Clitheroe 4292 1 7


Mobile: 0 7 9 7 0 154917


LIGHT HAULAGE & REMOVALS & SINGLE ITEMS


| Singleton, of Chatburn. Aged 10, Catherine attends the village Church


| of England school, and is in the Grindleton Brown-


| ies. She is a keen member of Ribblesdale Swimming


Club. Her review is of Paula Danziger's "Amber Brown


Goes Forth." Catherine writes:


“Amber Brown is going to the shoe shop, ready to go back to school. She is going to be in the fourth


| grade. Justin, Amber's best


friend, has moved country, y / \ s & u ‘ and Amber is missing


him. The shop assistant


remembered Amber. Once when in that shop she had thrown a tantrum and he had not forgotton. She


H E Ju n io r R e a d e r 's Club award winner of


had her right foot in her left shoe and her left foot in her right shoe. The assistant had cor­


rected her and she had threatened she'd report him to the Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to the Children Who Need Their Right Shoe on Before Their Left. Amber woke up the


next day and wondered what her teacher would be


like. She showered and got


dressed in a long T shirt and some black leggings. Mrs Holt was the


answer to Amber's ques­ tion they had to fill in a form which had details to fill in. Brandi came late Mrs Holt asked where she


should sit. Amber shouted th a t there was a place next to her. Hannah told on her for not putting her hand up Mrs Holt said neither did she Hannah. Hannah blushed.


Amber and Brandi became best friends. Brandi put braids in Amber's hair once when Amber went to Brandi's house for tea. They decid­ ed to be nice to any new children who s ta r t late and feel left out, stick up for them when Hannah the bossy child picks on them even though they'd still be best friends. I enjoyed this book and would recommend it to


my friends. accolade of winning this


award." Our picture shows Mr


Starkie with the award watched by, from the left.Leanne Dand, Sandra McAllister, Peter Mackie and Janet Haworth. (271099/1/7)


International wood in the making!


A LEAGUE of nations is helping to preserve a his­ toric wood on the Stony- hurst College estate. Pupils who come to the


college from abroad are taking part in a project to "plant a tree for the Mille­ nium", and so are numer­ ous British ones. Foxfall Wood is current­


ly subject to active man­ agement, involving clearing some trees and replanting others. Now the college biology department is arranging for seedlings to be grown by pupils so that the wood can be enjoyed by future generations. "Make your mark on history with your own Stonyhurst Tree" the boys and girls are being urged.


A


LEGEND about Jesus describes how, when everyone shuddered


and tu rn ed away from the


| body of a dead dog, He stopped and called attention


i to the animal's fine teeth. Jesus has that way of seeing


the best in people. He appeals to the highest and best in us, even as the devil tries to bring out from us the lowest and the worst. However, the decision is always ours and so we live our lives


| accordingly. The main sin of all is selfishness,


I regardless of consequences. The temptation comes to ignore possi­


putting our own interests first


ble devastating effects on the life of others. Such lack of considera­ tion goes dead against the teach­ ing of Jesus, for consideration for others and subsequent caring and sharing should be the hallmark of the Christian. It is tragic when the phrase "See how these Christians love one another" is said in a sar­ castic vein, with just a modicum of


. time, the Scribes and Pharisees, were apt to be very proud of their righteousness. To stress their great piety and impress others, they would stop to say their prayers at the corner of the street. Jesus recognised some of these people for what they were, bigots and hyp­


truth. The religious people of Jesus


ocrites who were seeking to be noted by their outward show of holy living. However, we must not condemn them all as a generalisa­ tion. They were the people who were trying to follow out the teach­ ings and laws of Moses. Most of them were sincere, good- living people, but the minority brought them all into disrepute by their falseness. This position is apt to be reflected in the Christian church at times, with a few letting the rest down. People are apt to note the worst


aspects and fail to appreciate the good. I have heard people noting failure and unwortliiness in some Christian's life, remark: "If that's a sample of Christianity, I want


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nothing to do with-it." Uncon­ sciously folks who talk like this are adopting a "holier than thou" atti­ tude, greatly to be deplored. Some folks expressing horror at the conduct of another, inferring


- that such things are utterly abhor­ rent to them, forget that some of us have good memories and if we venture to remind them of their own trespass in this direction long ago, may find it difficult not to blush with shame. It is true that people who live in glass houses should never throw stones, but surely no one should ever throw stones at alii


Joe Stansfield


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