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A little understanding


and tolerance needed MAY I try to provide a bit of perspective in the current controversy surrounding Kemple View?


. ‘ - For the past five years I have acted as one


of the panel of .volunteer independent "hos- pitalmanagers" who hear and decide on the cases of patients compulsorily detained under the Mental Health Act. The cases can be routine renewals or


appeals for discharge. The act ensures that anyone detained in hospital cannot be deprived of his or her liberty without cause. Managers are a diverse bunch. Among


them are a prison governor, a former head of the mental service in Burnley and other pro­ fessional people. The leader of Ribble Valley Borough


Council, Coun. Chris Holtom, was a hospital manager until recently. None of us, I believe, would continue to


give our time to this work unless we had con­ fidence in the sta ff a t Kemple View as regards the welfare of patients and the safety of the community in which it is set. I believe that many of the problems Kem­


ple View faces stem from controversy a year ago. A patient absconded, went to visit his


mother in the Midlands and walked back into Kemple View a week later. In the meantime there was concern among


local residents that has continued ever since. Care needs to be taken not to cross the line and inflame tensions in sensitive areas such as mental health or race relations. Mental health is a complex, challenging


subject and the Press has a p a r t icu la r responsibility to present a balanced account. Only three weeks ago the Sun, fearing a


boycott by readers, had to make a brisk U- turn between editions, changing a story headlined "Bonkers Bruno Locked Up" to "Sad Bruno in Mental Home" and in re-writ­ ing the story changing him from a "nut" to a "hero".


. The patients a t Kemple View may not


have the celebrity of Frank Bruno, but they deserve the same respect. The primary purpose of Kemple View is


rehabilitation. Every patient is taken on with the aim of returning him or her into the wider community, sometimes back to inde­ pendent living, more often into a supported community placement.


, Not every attempt at rehabilitation is suc­


cessful. As part of the rehabilitation process, some


•patients progress from escorted ground parole, to unescorted ground parole, escort­ ed leave into a local town or to visit relatives and sometimes eventually to unescorted leave. In these circumstances it could never be guaranteed th a t p a tien ts would not


abscond but the risks are low. Kemple View is a low secure un it and


patients are selected carefully to fit into the facilities it offers. We should all be aware of the prevalence of


mental illness in our society. Around one in seven people will suffer from a form of men­ tal illness at some stage in their lifetime and one in three families will have direct experi­ ence of it. The Ribble Valley has a long history of


caring for the mentally ill and the mentally handicapped. Hospitals such as Calderstones, Brockhall,


Whittingham and Langho Colony, that once employed over 8,000 people, bear testimony to this fact. Kemple View is now a modern successor to


these institutions and provides a much-need­ ed service as well as providing jobs for 160 people. I t is by far the biggest employer in Lang­


ho and every year pu ts several million pounds into the local economy. Unecessary and badly informed attacks on


the institution cannot help but be felt per­ sonally by the professional staff who work there, as well as by volunteers like myself. Last Friday was World Mental Health


Day. The Ribble Valley with its history of car­ ing for mental patients should be the last


place to need reminding of the need for tol­ erance and understanding.


COUN. GRAHAM SOWTER, Whalley Old Road, Langho.


N ew assembly may


be the answer A TRULY elected North West Assembly plus the largest possible number of quality parish councils will be the answer to solving the pre­ sent difficulties in many of the departments of the present Ribble Valley Borough Coun­ cil.


Planning, housing, transport, civic spend­


ing. Parish councils becoming ever more important in the day-to-day running of our civic responsibilities, saving the total embar­ rassment of watching and suffering the antics of the present council. A group of my colleagues, councillors from


Grindleton, were totally amazed to witness the shambolic behaviour of our so-called rep­ resentatives at the recent council meeting discussing boundary changes etc. Two hours to determine whether or not to


offer suggestions for changel Party politics should be abandoned in the council chamber.


RONTOOTHILL, Chairman, Ribble Valley Branch, Lancashire Association of Parish and Town Councils,


Chapel Lane, Grindleton.


All children’s welfare


must be protected I AM deeply concerned th a t Disney has allowed People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA) to exploit a poster for its lat­ est animation, "Finding Nemo", to promote vegetarianism in youngsters. PETA is an extreme animal rights organi-


sation which has run high profile campaigns to have angling banned. This latest partnership is irresponsible and


potentially damaging, both in terms of nutri­ tion and in terms of young people's percep­ tions of animals and conservation. I t seems PETA wants children to believe


tha t animals have human emotions, which research suggests they do not. This campaign threatens the nutrition of a


generation which needs all the healthy dietary examples it can get in an age of junk food. Fish should be a key part of the diet, as


many nutritional experts agree, and a mar­ keting campaign aimed a t destroying this message is immensely harmful. Not only does PETA want us to believe


that fish inhabit the "happy ending" world shown in this cartoon, but that fishing itself is at odds with the welfare and conservation of fish - this could not be further from the truth. No one does more than anglers to ensure


th a t fish stocks and waterways remain healthy and flourishing. For a marketing campaign based in fantasy


to challenge the reality of angling is both insulting and damaging. Children need to be aware of the real world,


not force-fed trite fairy-tales. I will be writing to Disney to ask if it really


wants to be linked to a group that advocates an extreme code of putting animals ahead of the rights and welfare of people. If Disney truly has the welfare of young


people at heart, it should be promoting the sport of angling and the eating of fish, not denouncing them.


CHARLES JARDINE Director, Campaign for Angling, Kennington Road, London


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Your letters. . .


O 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 plume are 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


A d v e r t is e r and Tim e s, 3 K i n g S t r e e t , Clitheroe BB7 2EW, via e-mail to vivien.meath@eastlancsnews.co.uk, via fax to 01200 443467 or texted to 07799696447. Letters submitted by any of these meth­


ods must, however, include the writer’s name and FULL postal address.


Valley products all lined up for


PRODUCTS from the Ribble Valley will fea­ ture in Sir Ranulph Fiennes gruelling seven- day marathon challenge at the end of this month. Ribble Valley-based sports nutrition man­


ufacturer Science in Sport will be fuelling Sir Ranulph Fiennes and Dr Mike Stroud with Energy Gels (GO-GEL), Energy Bars (GO-BAR), Electrolyte Drink (GO) and Recovery Drink (REGO) during their seven marathons in seven days on seven continents in aid of the British Heart Foundation. Four months after suffering a near fatal


heart attack, Sir Ran will undertake this new challenge which is as risky as any he has attempted. He and fellow explorer and expert in endurance nutrition Dr Stroud will also carry a portable defibrillator on each marathon in case Sir Ran has any heart prob­ lems. Mr Peter Slater from Science in Sport said:


“We are extremely pleased that Ran has cho­ sen to use our products again on this very demanding challenge. We have supported Ran with products and nutritional advice in recent years when he has been competing in adventure races and mountain marathons.” The marathon challenge starts on October


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A LARGE detached house at Brockhall Vil­ lage, Old Langho, is set to get larger after councillors approved a substantial extension. Longwood House is set in sizeable grounds


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