12 Clitheroe Adverttser & Times, August 14th, 2003


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You will have to find a bencr balance between your head and your heart Success in the outer world can never be fulfilling unless you have a settled emotional base. But equally you cannot fill all your needs in your intimate environment So )«u will need to get your thinking cap on. Don't let one passing tricky situation get under your skin, ^ c te r by far to be discreet and plough on steadik without looking to left or


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This is not a week to stick yourself into tedious routines or get bogged down in following other peopled agenda. But watch all the same that you donY get crossed tines and mixed messages along the way.Thcre could be communication or even travel muddles If you do not keep your eye on the ball at times. If you can be cool, calm and sensible for a couple of days, youll get one task neatly done. Ignore distractions or irritations around you. Call my Gemini line to hear


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You may be pondering on cash and love, asking yourself whether you should alter the way you share, care, relate and co-operate. But it might not be such a great idea to decide anything on Uie spur of the moment. Getting your own security pulled together is something only ^ can


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Finding the balance between inner and outer, duty and pleasure is what is on your mind now,You know you cannot be entirely self sufficient but equally you don't want pushed and pulled by too many demands from elsewhere. You wonY be able to assert yourself decisively for another ten days or so. Issuing ultimatums will not mate any difference, so you know you just have to hold yourself back until the tide turns in your tivour. Call rny Virgo line to hear more.


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to stay with i t You do realise that getting better arrangemenu and agreements sorted out is vital, especially If you are feeling short changed or not valued properly. But it wonY happen overnight Remember the old saying chat a n t in g that shoots up fast like phnts growing in a swamp, will wither just as quickly. Persistent effort over time is needed for long lasting resulu. Cul my Capricorn line to hear more.


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You may be especially sensitive aware since the Full Moon falls In your own sign, a once a year occurrence. DonY leap to any Instant decisions about a close partnership since your judgement rnay be a little o^ track. Just try to keep a balanced view. At work, if you can be patient and knuckle dovm to being meticulous, you will fare better. The Mars Saturn aspea will tend to make you erratic.You get dutiful for a little


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Feeling resentful about helping loved ones only means you'll feel worse. And they won’t appreciate your gestures since they'll seem forced. Give raurself the odd treat to boost your spirits, and it will ail work much better. But remember to make your goals modescThcn youll probably get everything done well. If you aim too high, become too enthusiastic or exuberant you could come unstuck It’s all a question of attitude and approach. Call my Pisces line to hear more.


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Letters to the -j Write to: The Editor, Clitheroe Adyerliaer and Times, 3 King Street, Clitheroe BB72EW Editorial e-mail: viricn.meath@eastlancsnews.cauk — Sculpture trail wreckers


are not bad - just stupid THIS morning, my two labradors took me for a walk into Brungerley Park. We crossed over Brungerley Bridge, walking alongside the river and eventually reaching the weir opposite Waddow Hall. The scene which met my eyes was not an unusual


one - crisp packets, beer cans, cigarette packets, bot­ tles, broken glass, two pairs of sports socks and a pair of underpantsl Thoughtfully, the people who had left this mess also left several carrier bags at the scene. I was tempted to walk on by, but f could not and spent the next 20 minutes cleaning up. Skye (my black labrador - a working dog) helpfully


swam in the river and collected a few beer cans for me, but Captain (my yellow labrador - from show dog extraction, i.e. lazybones) preferred to watch us both beavering away. The site did look much better for our efforts.


I know that the people who left aU this rubbish are


not bad people, simply thoughtless. Equally so, I am sure the people who have destroyed the sculpture trail in the park are not bad, just stupid. I know the council had asked for ideas on how to improve the park and I wonder if It would be possible to employ a park war­ den and extend the patch along the Ribhle Way in order to deal with this litter problem? I t is such a small minority which spoils this lovely


park for local residents and visitors by destroying such a work of art as the sculpture trail and leaving litter along the pathways, so maybe the council, with a little


help from everyone who uses the park for enjoyment, could help.


EILEEN G. DICKINSON Pimlico Road, Clitheroe


We want a village hall that


community can sustain WE, the residents of Chapel Street, Slaidbum, wish to reply to last week’s letter from Stuart Charles Mackintosh.


the village less than a year and admits he has never attended any of the public meetings regarding the chapel development?


How can he write such a letter when he has lived in


A few points for his and your information. Public meetings were first attended by over 70 peo­


ple, but due to the development group not listening to requests, numbers have diminished to around 40. All that the people of Chapel Street are asking for


is that the entrance and terrace be redesigned, so that it does not intrude over a right of way and block a nat­ ural route of flood water.


opment will raise the flooding in nearby cottages by up to a foot and recent near misses will become hits. Because the self-elected development group will not


A survey carried out shows that the proposed devel­


listen to our requests the only way left open to us is to fight to save our chapel building, which could quite easily be altered and made into a village hall. A recent survey shows that at least 30 households


including 47 retired people, sustain such a big build­ ing when management plans show it needs around £10,000 to keep going and have 873 lettings a year, with 11 groups that do not yet exist accounting for around 360 lettings a year? What if these groups never get off the ground? We are not against a new village hall, but want one


that the village can sustain and is in keeping with the village.


THE NEARBY RESIDENTS OF THE CHAPEL BUILDING


Secret ballot only fair way


to decide on hall plan MR MACKINTOSH (letter, August 7th) writes: “Why not let the people of Slaidbum parish who voted in the meeting have the final say?” The basis of modem democracy in Britain is the secret ballot, and the only true indication of the amount of support there is in Slaidbum for the demolition of the Methodist Chapel and its replacement by the pro­ posed new village hall would be by a secret ballot of the inhabitants.


group admitted that even though they had seen the plans they did not realise how far the entrance came out and that the ground would be built up around four feet at the back. How can a village of around 150 inhabitants,


in the village wish to keep the chapel building and therefore retain some of Slaidbum’s history and her­ itage. Only last week, three members of the development


Those attending the public meetings who are


opposed to the proposals have felt intimidated. Mr Mackintosh refers to a petition on the local notice- board signed by a lonely contributor. 'When I tried to sign this petition on A u ^ t 3rd, someone approached me with another petition on a clipboard, which I signed. I was told then that the organisers of the peti­ tion had over 200 signatures, but had only left a token page out in public, as an earlier petition had been destroyed. A secret ballot -would, I think, show that the over­


whelming local support for the proposals is similar to that enjoyed by Saddam Hussein in Iraq before the war, and that the children who are supposed to be the beneficiaries will not be, but are a convenient front for a building which could only support itself by being run commercially for the benefit of those outside Slaid­ bum.


THOMAS WOODCOCK, Whiteholme, Slaidbum


We need to fight for rural


self-governing authority I DO not doubt that Coun. the Rev. Chris Sterry of Whalley, who wrote last week, has the concerns of the Ribhle Valley at heart. But I had to think whether the letter was -written by a Blackburn or a Ribhle Valley coimcillor. On his pessimism on the possibility of largely rural


self-governing authorities, I would suggest that he looks at options being put forward in the largely rural counties of Northumberland, Durham and North Yorkshire. I can also demonstrate the viability of at least one largely rural self-governing authority in the North-West region. That would be North Lancashire, including the Ribhle Valley as a strong element. A strong case could be made for merging the Valley


with the adjoining and largely rural Lancaster district to the North, and possibly also with the adjoining and similar Wyre district to the west. Our valley wmdd be a significant component of this potentially exciting prospect. There would be a combined population of well over 200,000 and the authority would be most capable of carrying out effectively the present Lan­ cashire County Council services. That would leave the urban Hyndbum area to join


up with the highly-rated Blackburn and Darwen self- governing authority, allowing satisfaction of the lat­ ter’s expansionist ambitions. Another four authorities can be mapped out


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for the rest of the county. But Blackburn has been openly working up options for its objec­ tive of expansion affecting wholly or at least partly the Ribhle Valley, presumably without any agreement from the Valley. And we are not allowed to propose extending into any part of the Blackburn area. The Ribhle Valley needs to adopt an


approach just as ambitious, proactive and tac­ tical as Blackburn’s. We must influence the boundary committee now. After all, working for Ribhle Valley’s interest is what the coun­ cillors are elected for, is it not? In what is left of the time up to the dead­


line for submitting ideas of September 8th, any person or organisation has the opportuni­ ty to send meaningful and constructive option ideas to the Local Government Review 'Team (Lancashire), Trevelyan House, Great Peter Street, London SWl P2HW. You must include your own postal contact details.


ALAN SCHOFIELD, Chairman, Clayton-Ie-Dale Parish Council


THIS CAR! ' ' i Put Red Rose back on


our boundary sign THE wording of the story on page three of last week's edition, and indeed the fact that you published such a story, suggested to me that the paper in some way supports the cam­ paign for the Yorkshire marking stones to be placed at the old (pre 1974) border bound­ aries. I, along with numerous other proud Lan­


castrians, am disturbed that a newspaper pro­ fessing to be the voice of the Ribhle Vcdley (an area of Lancashire) should have even given it column space. I suggest that Mr Geoff Hoyle, the oh so dedicated Yorkshireman, should have had his words of wisdom in a newspaper that is from his beloved county. I believe Skip- ton has its own local newspaper and feel sure his fellow White-Rose colleagues would have been happier reading about it than us Lancas­ trians. The feature did not mention anything


about the remo-val of the Red Rose from the present (and officially the only) boundary on the A59 east of Gishum. I would like to Imow if its removal is because of maintenance work or is it an act of vandalism by some of the sup­ porters of this “Move the boundary hack” campaign? It anyone who travels that route regularly,


as I do, is missing that welcoming and friendly sign as they cross into what us Lancastrians trtdy know is “God's Country”, feel free to drive past my house, where you will see the beautiful Red Rose proudly displayed!


NEIL WALSH, 4 Peel Park Avenue, Clitheroe


Site must be found for


mental health scheme I WAS interested to read of a planning appli­ cation for flats in Mitchell Street. They are to be purpose built for people with


cussed at committee for a development cater­ ing for people with mental health problems? We were then told there were serious


learning disabilities and the elderly. Is this the same piece of land that was dis­


drainage problems and also th a t the owner could not he traced. Could someone give an answer on when pro-


■vision is going to be made for sufferers of men­ tal health problems in the Ribhle Valley? We live in a highly-stressful society and any


could find somewhere suitable for these very important people.


Name and address supplied


Y o u r l e t t e r s . . : 9 The Editor welcomes letters on any sub­


ject, but correspondents are reminded that contributions may be edited or condensed, must not exceed 350 words and should reach us by noon on Tuesday. Letters with noms de plnme arfe now only


accepted for publication if the editor agrees that there is a valid reason for the writer's identity to be withheld. Letters can be sent by post to the


Clitheroe Advertiser and Times, 3 King Street, Clitheroe BB7 2EW, via e-mail to vivien.meath@eastlancsnews.co.uk, via fax to 01200 443467 or texted to 07799696447.


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one of us could suffer from mental health problems at any time of life. Surely, in this prosperous town of ours, we


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Valley hosts big ski event


Club will host its annual National Slalom Race, with up to 100 competitors from across the country expected to gather in the Ribhle Valley to take part. Plenty of local racers


IT will be all downhill liter­ ally for 100 skiers who will converge on the outskirts of Clitheroe this weekend. On Saturday, Pendle Ski


should be in the running for top prizes. In the build-up to this


weekend’s event a three- day ski course, run by ex- British team member Mal­ colm Erskine, started at the club yesterday.


Alterations


A PLAN for improvements at Bolton-by-Bowland CE School has now been grant­ ed, following alterations to a previously refused one. Approval has been given


by officials of Ribhle Valley Borough Council, acting under their delegated pow­ ers, for an extra classroom and staff room spaces, a disabled access and removal of a dormer win­ dow.


No tanning


AN application for plan­ ning permission to create a tanning salon on the first floor of number 65 Whalley Road, Read, has been refused. Officials of Ribhle Valley


Borough Council, acting under delegated powers, have made the decision on highway safety and resi­ dential amenity grounds.


Depot units


includes offices, toilets and access arrangements, was dealt with by officials of Ribhle Valley Borough Council, acting under their delegated powers.


Plan refused


PLANNING permission has been given for 10 sepa­ rate industrial units to be created by extending a haulage depot in Salthill Road, Clitheroe. The application, which


AN application to put a | lightweight timber-clad extension over the flat- roofed area of Clitheroe Health Centre has been refused. Acting under their dele- j


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gated powers, officials of j Ribhle Valley Borough | Council have made the decision on conservation [ area appearance grounds.


Medicine


A HERBAL medicine practice can use a barn at Lower Gylls Farm, Rim- ington, for consulting and treatment, say officials of Ribhle Valley Borough Council. They have approved a


plan for conversion of tlie barn, acting under their delegated powers.


Assault case


A CLITHEROE man has pleaded guilty to assault­ ing a 17-year-old girl. John Chapman (35), of


Whalley Road, was remanded on bail until September 1st by Black­ burn magistrates. The magistrates ordered ,■


the preparation of pre-sen- | tence reports.


Roof scheme


THE by-products yard at Rose County Foods, Saw- | ley, can be roofed over, say officials of Ribhle Valley Borough Council. Acting under delegated they have


approved a planning appli- I cation which also includes- the creation of a new hides | chill.


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