12 ClitheroeAdvertiser & Times, November 13th 2003 M a r jo r ie O r r 4- ’ t i t r s


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LOVE T A R O T fo r th e w e e k a h e a d 0 9 0 6 5 8 9 4 I 7 7 O u r scar gazer, Marjorie O r r has prepared a more in depth horoscope .for you.


For a complete reading o f your stars this week call the number.next to your star sign. March 2 1-April 20


Sept 24-Octobcr 22


Fretting and complaining doesn’t seem to be getting you anywhere very rot. OK, so there is a temporary roadblock ahead and you may have to wait a bit for that to dear. But you could also be chipping away at whatever stands In your path. At the weekend youll feel more relaxed. New love relationships are around, o r old relationships will feel better. You're soothing and smoothing and making tilings much more agreeable than they nave been. Call my Aries line to hear more.


To hear more, call 0906 589 4165 TAURUS


High energy Mars Is meeting slow moving Saturn so very hard work Is ' to be expected. If things are not going quite as well as you’d planned,.


just remember that patience will help. Don’t avoid the problem, lust work quiedy at trying to remove o r overcome i t Then youll reckon you deserve a trea t You may be tempted to eat and drink more than


. usual, since your will power will be low and the opportunity presents Itself. Call my Libra line to hear more. / '


April 2!-Mny 20


If anchors are dragging with one project you need to sec your ingenuity to work.There's no point in giving up.Tadde It head on. just


>uTI not want to tackle anything practical or routine. Call my Taurus line to hear more.


To hear more, call 0906 589 4166 GEMINI


To hear more, call 0906 589 4171 SCORPIO


i Refreshing sentiments


from this head teacher I AM writing to say how refreshing it was to read that a Ribble Valley headmaster has had the courage and integrity to stand up and say th a t the prevalent


Oct 23*November 22


Your Irritation button will tend to be switched on or switched ofT.Just don’t let feelings of Inadequacy hold you back. Recognise that you a n only do so much and that achievements will not be spectacular. Happily youll be able to wind down fairly quickly towards the weekend. Venus in aspect to Jupiter will leave you feeling contented and rather laxy. It may not last long but the moment will be worth savouring. Cali my Scorpio line to hear more.


May 2l*June 21


You may feel cut off from the important people In your life just briefly. Really what is happening is that you are cutting off from your deeper feelings. Try to relax, be honest in a calm way and all will come together again in a couple of days time. Give yourself a treat at the weekend.Your tastes will run to the flashy and the frivolous.YouTI be spending gleefully on definitely non-essential items. Call my Gemini line to hear more.


To hear more, call 0906 589 4167 CANCER


To hear more, call 0906 589 4172 SAGITTARIUS


drug/alcohol/yobbish culture will not be tolerated in his school. He has given a very clear message to his pupils that


unacceptable behaviour will receive the sanctions it deserves. He is to be congratulated on the stand he has


taken and I only hope that his contemporaries in the area will follow his lead. I t is not before time that the stamp of discipline was


Nov 23 -Dec 22


There's a rather restrictive set of Influences around, so if you a n focus your concentration In a very self-disciptlned way you will sort out detailed tasks. But be areful as you go, since you a n end tripping over your feet o r being slightly accident-prone. Later in the week, however, your lucky touch will be working well.YouTI be extravagant. Indulgent and very enjoyable. Call my Sagittarius line to hear more.


June 22-July 23


If you can adopt an attitude of acceptance of your present difficulty without becoming discouraged, then it will pass by. Try not to let yourself be hemmed In; otherwise you'll get irritable or touchy.Then, at the weekend try to be out with friends on the party trail. You will avoid difficulties, duck out of arguments and generally head for the easy options, but the end result will be a pleasure. Call my Cancer line to


hear more. To hear more, call 0906 589 4 168 July 24-August 23


Certain pushy mates may feel they are in a position to tell you what to do. Don't let them get to you. just knuckle down to doing what is true for you. If you work very hard you will achieve something, admittedly modest, but it will last over time. Once you've got over the immediate obstacle try to find more amiable pursuits. If you have been backing away from a difficult conversation, the weekend might just be your chance to build bridges and mend fences. Call my Leo line to hear more.


To hear more, call 0906 589 4169 August 24-Sept 23


There may be one situation where you get yourself more in a stew worrying than is entirely necessary. Get a grip of your concerns, look at the bottom line, and you will find it all becomes much easier thereafter.Then you a n afford to pamper yourself. Venus Is In aspect to Jupiter, so you'll not be gening much work done. There will be moments when you feel at peace with the world and want to share your feelings with everyone around. Call my Virgo line to hear more.


To hear more, call 0906 589 4170


You may feel as if your energy is stuck. You could be clenching your teeth with irritation.The main thing to remember is that it will pass by. Just focus on essentials. Then you'll start to smooth your way round problems. If the tricky situations linger, you'll be taking the diplomatic route to finding an answer rather than stamping your foot and throwing a tantrum. Call my Pisces line to hear more.


To hear more, call 0906 589 4176 Service provided by fuslon-lCS Leeds, LS2 8JA. Calls cost 60p per minute at all times.


To hear more, call 0906 589 4173 CAPRICORN


re-introduced into our educational culture in order to instil into our youngsters that they have a responsibility to society to act and conduct themselves in a reasonable and socially acceptable manner. Well done, Mr McNamara.


ANDREW J. MOORE, Kenilworth Drive, Clitheroe


Dec 23-jan 20


Certain people close to you will be getting in your way so you may be sitting on your temper. But with Mars speaking off Saturn you only grit your teeth for so long, then youTI let fly verbally. It’s not very easy to be assertive in a aim,steady way in these circumstances.Once you’re through a sticky couple of days, try to relax. Much better to let it all hang out and head for the happy crowd.There’s no doubt about your popularity. Call my Capricorn line to hear more.


To hear more, call 0906 589 4174 AQUARIUS


and well-managed service LAST month we went on holiday. As we are now required to place our refuse in plastic


Jan 21-Feb 19


Try to keep your confidence high. If you start with a negative attitude, then quite often you create your own bad luck. So think positively and put your best foot autiously forward. Luckily you’ll bounce back up quickly.YouTI be warm and friendly to everyone you meet and maybe even lucky financially. Money could be coming in. but naturally going out rather fast as well. Call my Aquarius line to hear more.


To hear more, call 0906 589 4 175


bags on the pavement, some days prior to departing, my wife visited the council to establish the procedure for refuse collections during our absenca She explained that if we left our bags outside on leav­


ing, we could be fined by the council and the bags could be attacked by animals. ■ We were reluctant to leave behind a full dustbin. The receptionist to whom she spoke said that nobody


else had raised these issues. Nevertheless she confirmed that the person responsi­


ble would telephone us to make arrangements. ) He failed to do so. The refuse was not collected and


we returned home to a smelly dustbin. This was Octo­ ber. Imagine the problem in'Aujgust! Why are we given only one bag? How do large families


etc.


manage? A better service would replace the bags left out. Thus if one leaves out two bags one receives two back ;


My wife saw a notice in the council offices to the effect that 50 bags can be purchased for £35. That is 70p eachl


Black bags can be purchased from a Burnley shop at 50 for £1.49 - that is 3p eachl The priority of Ribble Valley Borough Council should


be to serve the ratepayers not exploit them. Admittedly, the council’s bags are tougher and brand­


ed with a council’s name (a waste,of our money), but one can double or treble up a cheap bag and it is still far bet­ ter than paying the council’s prices. Some months ago we received a leaflet from RVBC


explaining the new collection service. ; : I t advertised a free home composter. This seemed a


good idea so I rang the number provided. I t did not exist. RVBC had provided the wrong number. I discovered the correct number and placed an order.


We have heard nothing since. No delivery, no apology. I question the management of RVBC cleansing >■


department. What are the elected politicians on the council going


to do to ensure that the ratepayers and voters receive an efficient and competently managed service in the future?


R.I. SNOWDEN,•..


Claremont Avenue,' ;; Clitheroe '


We have a right to efficient This was not a decision


that was taken lightly ON Saturday (November 1st), 37,000 law abiding peo­ ple - many from this region - committed to refuse to accept a hunting ban should the Government cave into its backbenchers. This is unprecedented in history and raises serious


questions. Those who signed the “Hunting Declaration” includ­


ed JPs and churchwardens, pensioners, teachers and civil servants. These are not anarchists. Should they have to go through with this, they will do


so insisting that they are tried and punished. Breaking the law is wrong, and hence they must not seek to avoid the consequences. I t is their respect for the law that forces them to con­


sider this. Bad law, made for the wrong reasons and forced on to the statute books in dubious circumstances will never be respected. If the Government breaks its promise to deal with the


hunting issue on the basis of evidence then that is what will happen. The Government can still avoid such a ridiculous and damaging outcome. When the Hunting Bill ran out of


-a


time in the House of Lords last week it was blamed on the hereditary peers frustrating the will of the Com­


mons.. In fact the Bill attracted the support of only 20% of


Labour members. If the all the Tory, Liberal Democrat


. and hereditary peers had not even turned up, a ban would still not have been carried. Worse still, the Gov­ ernment was offered the chance of completing the Bill


and refused. By the Government’s own admission, a hunting ban


will be hard to enforce and will fail to improve the plight


of animals. I t will damage communities and fragile economies


and will be seen to be driven by prejudice, not principle. Rural people would welcome the eradication of cruel­ ty, while retaining the proper opportunities to manage


wildlife effectively. We are about to discover if the Government is driven


by the desire to honour its commitment to the nation or its fear of offending Mr Tony Banks, a backbench MP from East London.


SIMON HART, Chief Executive, Countryside Alliance, 367 Kennington Rd, London


, It must be time for these


arguments to return again! JUST as April Fool’s Day comes round once a year, so does the pro-hunt letter from Dr L. H. Thomas and Pro­ fessor W. R. Allen. Almost unaltered since its first publication in “The


Times” nearly four years ago, it consists of arguments submitted to and rejected by the Burns Inquiry into hunting. They s ta r t off by ludicrously claiming th a t the


RSPCA is an animal rights group, which it is not. I t is an animal welfare group, and always has been. They then proceed to explain that hunted animals


have evolved the capacity not to suffer stress even when being pursued and it is “no more than strenuous exer­ cise”. This nonsense is simply to ease the conscience of those who terrorise animals for so-called sport. Animals, even hunted ones, have the same capacity to


feel pain and stress as humans similarly being chased to the point of exhaustion. The hunted animal feels no less horror and pain In the


jaws of the hounds than we would if attacked by a pack of rottweilers. Hunting is not “natural”, it is a totally con­


trived activity designed to provide a long gallop for subscribing riders at the expense of the hunt­ ed animals’ welfare. Foxes are at the top of the food chain and


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throughout their evolution have never been hunted by other predators over long distances. Yet fox hounds are bred for stamina rather than speed, which ensures that the fox, which is ini­ tially much faster than the hounds, can run a long distance before the hounds can catch it up. Hares use their speed to escape from natural


predators, who give up the chase if not success­ ful within a relatively short distance. But as with fox hunting hare hunting is carefully con­ trolled so that the hare is run to the point of exhaustion by the slower chasing hounds. The Bums Inquiry concluded that there is lit­


tle or no need to control hare numbers, which have declined dramatically. Hunting with hounds is a barbaric and total­


ly unnecessary pastime, which has no place in a society that considers itself civilised. G. METCLAFE On behalf of the North West League Against Cruel Sports support group, PO Box 359, Chorley, PR68WA


Lovely evening well


worth every penny WHAT a lovely evening three of us from Whalley Village Players and three friends had a t Trinity Drama Group’s presentation on Thursday. The audience was treated to two short


plays from Alan Ayckbourn’s “Confusions”, with a meal of meat and potato pie, apple pie with ice cream, and tea. As one of our Australian friends comment­


ed: “The price of £4.50 was well worth it for the meal alone!”


JEAN MILLER, Whalley


• A review of this performance can be found on page 20.


What a pleasure to see


this great turnout AFTER the shambles at the Castle gate last year, when members of the public and the Town Mayor waited for the maroon for more than two minutes after 11 a.m. to start the two-minute silence, it was a pleasure to see such a good turnout this year. I am glad to say the attendance this year included all our Mayoralty and the senior members of the council officers. Furthermore the period of silence was observed at the correct time. Congratulations, and thank you to them


all. I hope they manage to attend every year in the future.


OLD SOLDIER F.R. HONEYWELL, Salthill Road,


Clitheroe Your letters. . .


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Phone cards stolen


TEL E PHO N E cards worth £500 were stolen from a newsagent in Clitheroe. A man entered Thorougoods in Henthom


Road, Clitheroe, on Friday, a t approximate­ ly 2-25 p.m. and made off with the cards while waiting to be served.The male is described as white, in his early to mid-20s. He was approximately 5ft. 10m. to 6ft. tall: He is of slim to 'medium b uilt and was


wearing a dark blue sweatshirt, grey track- suit bottom and white trainers) Police inquiries are continuing.


X by Duncan Smith


WORK has started on a £70,000 Ribble Valley Council scheme to revamp a popular Clitheroe park. The ambitious six-month


scheme a t Brungerley Park will see the re s to ra t io n of gates, improved signage, the thinning out of shrubbery, repairs to walls and paths, a disabled parking scheme, new street and garden furniture, bench rep a in tin g , an enhanced woodland area and wildflower meadow habitat,


Speaker brin| touch of coh


ing was opened by the chairmarf corned the 40 members present. Held at Ribblesdale High School!


CLITHEROE Gardening Club’s lJ


gy College, the chairman remindeT about the club dinner on Friday. Members were told that the sail


closed until February 22nd for st<[ and restocking ready for the new s<| The club had ordered 10 lightwl


ing tables to use for its various funl these were due to be delivered very| The main part of the evening wa


Mr Peter Foley on “Winter colour J den”.


His talk was illustrated by a v l


plants he had brought in for the ocl These were arranged, banked u J across the auditorium creating a v |


' ful winter garden indoors. He went through the variousl


plants explaining their origins, mef ter plants, care and cultivation. The audience was invited to strd


them and enjoy the various scents! off. I t was a joy to see an expert!


enthusiast at work and it would hal surprise if he had started talking to | he so lovingly handled. Following the members’ draw, p |


offered for sale. The next meeting of the club is o I


day, December 3rd, when Mrs Sari son will give a talk and a demonsf Christmas flowers.


Go-ahead giv<


for village proj BRAND new jobs and training| nities are to be created, after ; was given to a development a t ll cent to Gisburn Diner, Gisburn.| The scheme, which comprises:


tural and training enterprise, wi| erection of various polytunnels: manent store/office building a s | temporary portable building. The new project, situated ju l


A59, will support people with leal abilities through training, work-el and job skills with the focus on tlf of organic horticulture. Despite opposition from res!


Gisburn about the plan, the 10 [ five metre building will have limel straw bale walls and a timber shil Planning permission was g rai


ject to a number of conditions i work only to be allowed on the I


between 8 a.m. and 6 p.m., M | Saturday. No work should be carried oufl


days or Bank Holidays. Coun. Frank Dyson (St Marl was happy to support the applicl


Church appeal reduce rubbij


RIBBLE Valley parishioners are bl to help reduce waste mountains to 1 St John’s Church in Hurst Greenl


help from parishioners to reduce [ overflowing bin bags and dustbins collection by recycling as much as pi The reduce, re-use and re-cycle|


introduced by the church, highlight! for the reduction of waste.


i


Some of the key points emphal when in the supermarket, products


tie extra packaging should be bougl bags should be used again and al time you shop and skips for cardbol glass and plastic bottles should r tackle the problem. The church collects aluminium|


j foil. Allegation is withdrj


AN allegation of using threateninl or insulting words or behaviour I drawn against Gary Fullard (20l House Lane, Slaidburn, by Burnl|


trates.


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