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FOR th e f irs t tim e ever, th e Ribble Valley has its own reg­ istered cancer charity. Towards the end of 2002, the


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lie exposure in the population Tducing any additional fluo- Imme for caries prevention" find Oral health, WHO, Gene- nount consumed at any one 3 small, but fluoride accumu- ■ body and populations are i it from a wide variety of


|luding food, tea, toothpaste, , drops, tablets, gels, medi-


Ithe country there are many | Is and groups opposed.to flu- 1 the North West there are 31


lils and approximately 27 of Iposed to fluoridation, includ­ ible Valley, Blackburn and I Many MPs are against fluo- jicluding Nigel Evans, Jack Greg Pope, who are all


jiumerous independent polls I, which all confirm the public Int fluoridation, lie should be warned about ! Jfrom fluoride. If an individ- lieves that the possible bene- li the risks of side effects, and lilement their daily intake of len they have the right to , I her to take fluoride in tablet I as a mouth wash, have it . Jheir teeth or in toothpaste. ; believe that adding fluoride hr supply is unnecessary, (scarce money and infringes Til's right to choose.


| ur group. Our local Commu- , Council is also opposed to , as are many others. There


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Id 28 tramps on smallpox leroe Workhouse, but they Ir Green asked if the Local |uld intervene in the mat- non Wilson said that they > from coming. Mr Green


Infected areas for cattle, so |ngs? I that it was rather more


Iduals than cattle, but Mr | tramps were quite as bad he disease with their wan-


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leatened disruption at a Jouncil. When a statement fm Salt Hill had been pur- i hospital joint committee, l that that power had not


Ikering, he was shown that Ited to the committee and or the hospital were pro-


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lich would make parents ■■.demeanours of their chil- | the vicar of Whalley as a nile crime.


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len is that when crime is I only is the criminal then 1/ itself, which produces the [• when they are young, is piling to train its young to | the community.”


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] Rural Council proposed le village be restricted to a


lears ago llo-gooders do good?” was ] Fellowship at Whalley Uter some debate it was


■occasional mistakes, they Teacher said that the relax- py “do-gooding” policy I resulted in an increase in


II intimidation of teachers, liter vandalism and swear-


lewards committee at Rib- las accused of employing p. meeting about its contro- dist local firemen. A work-


I he blacklisting.” Jibed the workers’ claim as Ithat a ballot of the entire •unnecessary in the light of


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Anna Dylan Cancer Foundation received the good news from the Charity Commission in Liverpool. ’ I t was the icing on the cake for


the foundation's founder and name­ sake, Anna Dylan, pictured right. "Obtaining charity status was one


of our primary objectives at last year's annual meeting and I am very happy to announce that the Chari­ ty Commission has recognised the work that we do and the vision that we have for a holistic cancer centre in Ciitheroe for the Ribble Valley," she said this week. "Our society is so centred on the


pursuit of personal happiness through personal financial gain that when something like cancer or any other life-threatening tragedy


strikes, most of us are unprepared and un-equipped to cope with the challenge. This is where and when the foundation wants to come in,": explained the Ribble Valley mother who is fighting her own personal battle against breast cancer. Currently, the foundation uses


premises at Corbridge Court, Ciitheroe, for regular sessions with cancer patients and their families, with Monday, January 20th, being the date of the first session in the


, ing in which to house a range of ser­ vices, including counselling, comple­ mentary therapies, advocacy, infor­ mation and advice about other can­ cer charities and organisations, social events and talks by profes­ sionals. "I have experienced the physical,


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emotional, psychological and practi­ cal consequences of cancer. I can relate to its devastation, but I am also witness to its positive life­


changing reality," says Anna Dylan. "The holistic approach is.definitely changing my life." With a strong band of supporters, including foundation president Rib­


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ble Valley MP Nigel Evans and patron Rob McLoughlin, of Grana­ da Television, she aims to ensure that the foundation "makes a differ-, ence" in the Ribble Valley, to the lives of Ribble Valley cancer suffer­


ers. "We want to walk alongside each


individual and turn the tide of despair into a wave of hope and transform the perception of bleak­ ness into a constructive and positive outcome of light, even when con­ fronted with a terminal diagnosis,"


she added. The mother of a teenage daugh­


ter, she launched the cancer charity in 2000. In January of that year she discovered a lump in her right breast


; and was told by doctors that she had cancer and would need a mas­


tectomy. Treatment followed at Manches­


ter's Withington Hospital and, dur­ ing the months that followed, she threw herself into the pursuit of a dream, to open an holistic support centre in Ciitheroe for Ribble Valley


Kurt seeks helper to ghost write a soldier’s tale with a difference


by Tim Procter


WHO will step forward to h elp o n e - t im e H i t le r Y o u th b row n s h i r t an d Wehrmacht Russian front


corporal K u rt Rech write his autobiography? “From the Rhine to the


Ribble” is the projected title. The native of Mannheim


met a member of a prominent local family, the Metcalfes, while on a working holiday 52 years ago, He returned to marry her


and has lived in Ciitheroe ever since. Mr Rech has chilling memo­


ries of the ruthless efficiency of the Nazi machine in peace and war, of the horrors he faced fighting the Russians and of his desperate crossing of the Elbe in a small boat a few minutes ahead of the vengeance-hunt­ ing Soviets. I t certainly sounds like the


stuff of fantasy! But Mr Rech has two Iron


‘ Aryan who, like many others, inescapably suffered for Ger­


many. ■Mr Rech gave up a universi­


ty degree course in Mannheim to marry his wife, Ruth. The couple’s son, Philip, a former CRGS pupil, is senior partner in a Nottingham architectural practice. Friends at the Lower Buck,


Waddington, have joined a list of people almost demanding an autobiography from Mr Rech, given his varied life. “But I cannot do it on my own and so I am looking for a


Crosses, complete contempo­ rary diaries and photographs to show he is no Walter Mitty of the war. A few minutes’ chat con­ vinces one that here is a classic


ghostwriter,” he told the Adver­ tiser and Times. “Whether there would-be any financial reward I cannot say, but I can guarantee it would be interest­ ing work. “Properly planned, it need


not be too big a job; I have got a good memory and plenty of written material to draw on.” Mr Rech was accepted by


the Metcalfe family and spent some time at its engineering works in Waddington. Later he had similar jobs in other places, • spending many years in Whal­


ley. “I was prepared for some bit­


terness about the war when I came here, but faced very lit­ tle,” recalls Mr Rech. “At that time, over 50 years


ago, people still remembered that in the '30s Germany had nine million unemployed and was on its knees. President Hindenburg thought Hitler would be our saviour and so did many Germans. In any case, there was no other leader.” Not long after he was auto­


' ' Later, as a teenage corporal, he led his platoon in trench fighting as a Russian penal bat­ talion drove the Germans back on the Latvian front. A spell at an elite officer


matically drafted into the Hitler Youth, at the age of 14, the young Kurt was knocked up by a policeman, hours before the war officially started. The Nazi machine had tasks for everyone, and Mr Rech had to sleep at the police station for a time, ready to act as a bicycle messenger in case of bombing.


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training college followed, and then Mr Rech was drafted to inspiring Hitler Youth to fight for the Fatherland - and teach­ ing them to do so in a fortnight. He was promoted in the field as his squad resisted the Russians advancing through Germany.


' military ones are grist to the mill for Mr Rech, who has remarkable, credible recall of them all. Via the Advertiser and


sity. He was only a short while away from a coveted degree when he encountered the holi­ day romance which changed his life. Family, political and even nationalistic issues as well as


Mr Rech helped some wounded men into a small boat to cross to the American side. Within a few months, he was back at school and later went to univer­


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Times, he is keen to meet any­ one who might consider helping with his autobiography.


MP’s fury at loss of police stations


IN less than five years, the Government has reduced the number of police stations in Lancashire from 102 to 88. These were figures quoted by


Ribble Valley MP Mr Nigel Evans as he fifed a broadside at the Government for its poor record on law and order. Mr Evans, who received the


closure figures in an answer to a parliamentary question, said: "I am shocked by the creeping closure of our local police sta­ tions in Lancashire. “In the Ribble Valley we


have seen Chatbum lose its sta­ tion only a year ago and Slaid- ’ burn no longer has its village bobby - and all this when the


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Government is pumping up taxes to finance public services. Where is the money going?" Mr Evans added: "The Gov­


ernment has lost control of the tide of violent crime on our streets. While Lancashire Con­ stabulary is having to close police stations, gun offences rose by a third in the last year. "We have seen more than 100


initiatives from the Home Office and 12 Criminal Justice Bills. “It is about time the Govern­


ment stopped meddling and let the police do what they do best - tackling thugs and criminals. Let us free the police from chasing artificial government


targets and bureaucracy and put them back on the streets. "It is now more dangerous to


live in the UK than in New York, and the Government must take responsibility for this dreadful and terrifying sit­ uation." A spokesman for Lancashire


Police, who are soon to launch a mobile police station for use in remoter areas of the Ribble Valley, said the majority of the closures were rural beat proper­ ties which had been unused since before 1997. Some of those properties


closed had been "turned into alternative police premises", she added.


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Porch is saved


A PORCH which was already built when the current owner bought the house has been saved from demolition by councillors. At a meeting of Ribble Valley Bor­


ough Council’s Planning and Develop­ ment Commmittee, homeowner Mrs Janet Anderson was seeking permission to retain the porch. I t had been built on to White Carr


Lodge Barn, Ribchester, when work was being undertaken to convert the barn to a house. Officers had recommended that


action be taken to remove it, as it was built without planning permission and contrary to council policies, but coun­ cillors decided that the construction could remain..


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cancer patients and their families. The formation of a committee


and two years of fund-raising have followed, during which she has spearheaded the campaign to bring support nearer to the many people suffering from cancer in the Ribble Valley. In August last year, she was given


the keys to a community house in Corbridge Court, an ideal tempo­ rary base. Expressing gratitude to the Corbridge Court management, she said that the foundation now


meets there every first and third Monday of the month. The after­ noon sessions are from 3 p.m. to 5-15 p.m. and the evening sessions are from 6 p.m. to 9 p.m., and thera­ pists, counsellors and foundation members are at the house during the sessions on a rota basis. Patients and their families are


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invited to just turn up, or to contact the foundation, telephone 01200 440113 - all calls will be dealt with in confidence.


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AN award has. been won by a Ribble Valley company for its automated storage bin system. Hurst Green Plastics Ltd.,


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