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A lack of democracy - as the voice of the people of Clitheroe is not heard
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A DECADE of unstinting ser- . The presentation was made by The presentation was watched vice to the Scout movement in Mr John Hemingway, president of by fellow committee members and Clitheroe has earned Mr Eddie the District Scout Council, above, other officers of the District Scout
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Hoare’s ten years as treasurer.
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| SUPPORTERS of the Anglican Church locally are being asked for their views
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years are especially in mind, against a background of likely
| funding cuts imposed by the Church Commissioners. They
I want to spend more of their money in poorer, usually large inner city, areas.
Company, Clitheroe, explained the benefits e-business could have for them. Mr Smith said: "We have suc cessfully used the web as the sole
method of marketing our new franchise business. I encourage others in East Lancashire to stop talking about the web, and get on and do it, as it has proved a great success for us." Mr Smith, who has shops and coffee houses in Blackburn, Clitheroe and York shire, has used the Internet to launch the "Caffeine Rush", a new franchise business across the UK.
the diocese soon so the views of everyone can be discussed. Each of the 250 parishes in the diocese will then be asked to make a full response by the middle of Febru-
Meetings are to be held across
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mission step forward for the Church of England in Lancashire, building on our experience of the past with confidence for the future," says the Bishop of Black
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until then. Mr Harding heads a well- publicised protest group which has col lected a petition opposing the felling prior to such consultation. His ques tions to the council drew attention to the lack of democratic process in that the voice of the people of Clitheroe was not being heard. He said that the people had not
As I see i t . . . by Robbie Robinson Further into his questions, Mr
been consulted, not recently and cer tainly not specifically on the felling of the trees. On the suggestions for alter natives, Mr Harding and others are sure that councillors do not know what local people want. He asked: "How will the council know unless it talks to the people?" He said: "Do councillors not care
ough Council, a member of the public, Mr Jo Harding, expressed opposition to the council for its decision to pro ceed with the tree-felling plan without better public consultation and requested postponement of the plan
what the people think or feel? Because if they don't, at next year’s best value review and at the next local election councillors may regret alienating the voters and ratepayers." This caused many murmurs and much shaking of heads.
Harding asked: "How can this council he so cynical and undemocratic as to start felling on the morning of this full council meeting, when it knew, or could reasonably have anticipated, that the matter would be raised this evening? Does the council really not care what the people think?" When Mr Harding had left, a
response to his questions was made during reference to an earlier meeting. Coun. John Hill rose to protest about the way he claimed council officers had been treated by those opposing the plan. He said that councillors had put up with a, sustained campaign against them which undermined the democratic decision of the council. Referring to Mr Harding, he said: "I
affronted and seemed to feel Mr Hard ing was out of order. However, Mr Harding's questions were perfectly valid; it was Coun. Hill who was out of order. Democratic processes do not mean
that a plan must be carried out simply because a majority of politicians or councillors vote supporting its imple mentation. Councillors are not voted in to act regardless of the considera tions of the electorate, but with due regard for those considerations. As protests, letters to the press and peti tions showed, there was sufficient opposition to the council's tree felling plans to warrant such regard. It did not happen, hence Mr Harding's searching questions and pointed state ments. In Cheshire, the people, through
don't think we should take this man seriously. Any man who stands here and does not understand that men have to wear jackets really can't be taken seriously." Coun. Hill appeared
A FORMER Clithero? Royal Grammar School pupil has come runner- up in a major regional apprentice engineer
contest. Nineteen-year-old
representation to and through its councils, have prevented a develop ment they felt was unnecessary and potentially hazardous. In the Ribble Valley, the people have'been ignored. In Middlewich, the people have
Decade of service to Scouting r looking back 100 years ago
SONGS and mandolin solos launched the first evening of a three-day conversazione held at the Congregational Hall. Councillor Garnett, fighting for re-election,
addressed with wisdom and foresight the important themes of the Technical School and the Free Library. He said that the former should be mod ernised and the latter needed the establishment of a
reference library. Mr A. Whittaker was presented with a Glad
stone bag by fellow members of the Clitheroe branch of the Blackburn and District Power Loom Overlookers Association, on the occasion of his leaving for similar employment in the USA. Colonel Aspinall, of Standen Hall, accepted the
Mayoralty. 50 years ago
DESCRIBED as a model election, 90.2% of the local electorate turned out to vote. The Conserva
tives were returned with an increased majority, mainly as a result of the absence of a Liberal candi
date. The national turnout was 82%. A vivid account of riots in the Suez Canal Zone was forwarded from a soldier's wife living with her
Just misses; out on a :j top awards
Joanne Cheshire (pic tured) is taking an engi neering degree on day release whilst working as a technical apprentice at Hurel Hispano, Burnley. The competition was
been shown respect and co-operation. In the Ribble Valley, we have scorn and poisoned tree stumps.
for the Irene Short award, in honour of a former county councillor with a strong commit ment to industry. I t was run by the
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North West Aerospace Alliance and judged by assessment and inter
view. The winner out of
eight finalists was Mark Thornton, of Cheshire.
Amateur talent
RESIDENTS of the Ribble Valley are invit ed to Burnley to view some of the finest ama teur talent in the coun try this November at Burnley's annual Festi val of Speech and Drama and Stage Dance. The festival takes
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A NETWORK o| quiet roads anc greenways could b<j developed around Chipping and SlaidJ
burn. Consultants a r |
working with Lanl cashire County Counef and the Forest of Bovj land Joint Advisor! Committee to look al ways of developing thl routes for local peopl to enjoy.
Agency defines qui<| roads as minor rur.T roads, already light! trafficked, where extl traffic measures wl
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improve their attractixl ness for non-motorisl users. Greenways al unsurfaced routl designed for shared u|
place in St Peter's Church and will feature winners from all three disciplines, and the stan dards of the festival will be amply demonstrated. The concert is on Sat urday, November 10th,
family in Ismailia. She described how a mob of stu dents and youths from Cairo broke into and looted
flats and the NAAFI shop. However, as many could not read English they consumed Dettol and Jeyes fluid along with the beer and wines, so required
medical treatment. The riots followed the Egyptian Government s
abrogation of the Anglo-Egyptian agreement and the turning down of the Middle East Defence plan. The Clitheroe Fuel Officer said there was no
doubt that the public would have to be very careful about the use of coal within the following few weeks. The town's coal supply situation was described as serious.
25 years ago
PUPILS at St James Primary School built a robot called Mr Think. Made of card sprayed silver and complete with flashing lights, Mr Think had a cen tral role in the school play, always popping up to tell children if they were doing wrong, such as shoplift ing or throwing fireworks, and making them think twice about it. Mr Think toured all the classrooms to join the younger children’s lessons. Hundreds of people braved the rain to climb
at 7.30 p.m. and mem bers of the public are warmly invited. For further details
Relics of the past
MORE restoration work is in mind at All Hallows' Church, Mit- ton. The major re-ordering
of the church is creating great interest among vis itors. Now attention is turning to the Shireburn Chapel and items not involved in the recent work such as prayer boards and medieval
Pendle Hill on Hallowe'en. The Pendle Witch Hotel in Sabden was packed and police said the revellers
were all well behaved. Renewed efforts were made by Tootal to sell the
printworks site at Barrow. Some 500 top European and 1000 British companies were sent details in an
intensified advertising campaign. A "Coffee Happening" was run by Whalley
tiles. Plans are being made
to compile the church's history in an effort to raise funds for the preser vation of these relics of the past. In the meantime, con
Youth Club members at Castleford old people's home. The event attracted 200 visitors and the
stalls and auction raised substantial funds for the home and charities.
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contact Mr Peter Jelley, on 01282 774306.
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Brockhall Village, LJ They believe a vehl G r a sm e r e !
LAKELAND poet Grasmere is the startl guided walks being ol Lancashire Area of t i | this Sunday. A coach, stopping 11
Whalley, will take wall spot. Both members a | ation are welcome tol phoning Mrs Hands ol
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: curling up in ‘ front of a real
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gregation members feel that they are privileged to have a place as glori ous as All Hallows as their place of worship.
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I various people in the public eye. They have apparently also warned British people not to go in tall buildings or aircraft. The primary reason is not that they want to give people anthrax or kill them, but they want to use the weapon of fear to disturb and paralyse as much of our
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society as possible. ■ Fear is very powerful. How many people will allow their teeth to ache and rot because they are afraid of going to the dentist? Fear of failure stops us launching out into new ven tures. Fear of death, of spi ders or cows, of people or of loneliness, of enclosed spaces or open spaces can all affect the lives of individuals to
e r r o r i s t s have been sending anthrax through the post to
cause restriction, hurt or even
illness. Is there an answer? There was a time when the peo
ple of Israel were fighting the Philistines who had a champion named Goliath. He was a giant of a man who was trained to fight and kill. He challenged Israel to send someone to fight him and whichever of them won the fight would win the whole battle for their nation. The king and army of Israel looked at him and were paralysed with fear. But then a teenager named David came along and saw the situation. He said to the king: “Don’t worry about this big ugly giant, I
will go and fight him.” Everyone said: “You can’t do
that, you are only a youth.” David said: “I trust in God. He
helped me fight against a bear and a lion and he will help me defeat this giant.” The king and the army had their security in their own ability
to deal with the situation. David had his security in God and he knew God was greater than this Philistine giant. The key to over coming fear is to have our security in something that is bigger than
our problems. God tells us 366 times in the
Bible: “Fear not.” That is once for each day of the year, including a leap year. Clearly He does not want us to be ruled by fear. He invites us to put our trust in Him and have a relationship with Him that enables us to overcome our fears. He tells us that “Perfect love drives out all fear.” The only perfect love is the love He has shown us in the Lord Jesus Christ. If our security is in Him we will be able to overcome the weapon of fear, because He is*bigger than any of our problems. When our future is in His hands we are
secure.
Brian Clark, Clitheroe Community Church
'It's all a b o u t y o u !' i Ribble Valley's own monthly magazine D o n ' t m i s s it November Issue OT NOW U ! Coal & Si Dean Mill,iPlumbe S' I
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