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I Although the influences around now tend to give you stamina, you I do have to watch that you're not straining yourself too much or. | trying to force yourself to do things that you don t want to do. Too I muon will power can sometimes make you tense and rigid; .Really 1 >ou will not be at your most outgoing and sociable, you will be sappiest in the quiet backwaters for a few weeks. Relax In your


| own company when you can and look ahead of immediate | obstacles to better times coming. Call my Anes line to hear more.


TAURUS


3 0906 589 4165 Apr 20-May 20


Everything does seem to be getting under your skin at. the moment- But you probably (eel the circumstances aren t such that you cag lose your tempor. which at least would get it all out Into the open- Better by far to bo discreet, and plough on steadily, without looking to left or right. Focus on your long-term financial goals and then Immodiate problems will seem smaller. Stick close to friends and team mates and stay optimistic. Call my Taunts line tohearmoro. •


GEMINI


3 0906 589 4166 May 21-Jun 21


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1 The more cautious you are now the better. There are times when | throwing caution to the winds Is for the best. But this Isn t one of | thorn. Be exceptionally meticulous and attentive to detail. If I anytnmg rnoour me point and you win find in a lew days time that I you are really glad you did. There are hints of you gaining success I at work now, though oddly enough you may think you are not I doing well. Somehow you feel others claiming credit for your l achievements. Stand up for yourself. Call my Gemini line to near


3 0906 589 4167 CANCER


Try lo'koop your energy more,under control. If you scatter off in all directions 'at work you will only end up hot and cross. Mars around now'tends to rev up your engine, but in awkward aspect to Saturn, you will find it is all very stop start. A s soon as you try to shift into a higher gear you meet immovable objects. So just move- slowly. Luckily you are coming across as confident and good with words which will boost your popularity. Call my Cancer line to hear more.


3 0906 589 4168 LEO


Be cool, calm, sensible and you’ll find that you end up with one Important task neatly and tidily done. All you have to do is stick to me straight and narrow, no matter what the distractions or I irritations around you. Certainly this is not the time for frivolities or 1 indulgence. If lilo feels a minor struggle just remember that your perseveranco will pay off. You will be looking for deeper answers than usual and you neod partners who can snare your vision. Call my Leo line to hear more.


BB ' VIRGO 3 0906 589 4169 Aug 23-Sept 22 j PISCES


Leaping recklessly into telling other people exactly what you think I of mem in a abrasive way may be all too tempting but it could I backfire. It will just not be easy at the moment to moderate what I you're try-ing to say. You oither under-do it or overdo it. Try to bo I


sensitive to the needs of those close at this time. At work just now I you will prefer to work in a one-to-one partnership even though your patienco will bo stretched Call my Virgo line to hear more. -


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if you'ean make'.your goals: modest then you'll probably.get everything done well ana get praise from otherpeopfe. But if you aim too High, become uppity or over exuberant you could come unstuck, i f s all a question of attitude and approach. Luckily you are practical, more than usual at the moment, keen to get details In the right place. Less worried about getting praise, than In being helpful you will be of great service to the right people.'Call my Libra line to hear more,


SCORPIO


3 0906 589 4171 Oct 24-Nov 22


Thero Is an old saying that plants which shoot up fast, wither just as quickly. Diamonds on the other hand which are produced very slowly under great pressure last forever. Applied to life it means that persistent effort overtime produces long lasting results. Don't dash In this week expecting ovomight miracles, especially where cash Is concerned. Try to find time for fun since you are moving Into a more sociable few weeks. Wear your heart on your sleeve. Call my Scorpio line to hear more.


SAGITTARIUS


3 0906 589 4172 Nov 23-Dec 21


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Somehow you teel that the situation with one close partner means you can t make much of an impression. Issuing ultimatums will not make any difference. So you know you have to hold yourself back until the tide turns In your favour. Talking to family members, since they help you sort out muddles or tensions, which have been swept under the c arp el More sensitive and private than usual,


you really want to retreat into your nest and be quiet. Call my Sagittarius line to hear more.


. v > ; Jun 22-Jul 22 B CAPRICORN


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] Rather grind and groan influences are around how. Certainly life is not perfect. Indeed It may even be loss perfect than usual. But what can you do? Get real for one thing. Once you accept the bottom line, then everything will become much easier to handle. Be down-to-earth and dutiful without pushing past your physical


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limits and you might even come out of it with your halo polished. Maybe you are scattering your attention in too many directions at once. Call my Capricorn line to hear more.


Jul 23-Aug22 AQUARIUS


3 0906 589 4174 Jan 20-Feb 18


| II you can be patient and knuckle down to do-ing small chores in a meticulous way, you will fare better. The trouble with having a


I Mars Saturn aspect around Is that it tends to make you erratic. I You get dutiful for a little while, then resentful and fly off the handle. Just recognise that making more money Is your key priority and you should not get distracted from that. You want the good life but you also need to boost your savings. Call my Aquarius line to hear more.


3 0906 589 4175 Feb 19-Mar 20


Influential people In your life may seem to be more of a nuisance


I than usual. You coufd end up feeling rather discouraged. Blame I Saturn which is a real wet blanket. Whan it is around strongly you can lose your self-confidence. Stand up for yourself at home and at work but do it tactfully. And rely on your birthday Sun to bounce up your spirits. You have moved resolutely through a tricky few


| weeks and now you deseive fun when you can escape from responsibilities. Call my Pisces line tohe armoro.-


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behaving like children I AM-13 years old and, like some teenagers,' I do not- particularly find reading the newspaper orwatchmg the news very interesting, but-I-do these things some-: times. ■


Our two leaders are It tT( * j >


esting; I t has been mostly about the, war the USA, wants to inflict upon Iraq.


; just because they think it has got nuclear weapons? So |wha,t, America and loads, of other’ countries have! them.' . ' : For goodness "sake, we probably gave them most of


a pair of plonkers and Rodney Trotter or ”,Trigger", would make a better leader than them. . They are behaving like kids, to them it appears to be a case of: "I don't like that country, let's bomb it," or "that country has oil,T want it, let's bomb it." But honestly, who would go to war with a country


Personally, I think Tony Blair and George Bush are .


their weapons. Where is the logic? How many people want a war? Nine per cent. Com­


pare it with who will have, a war if the UN agrees and people who do not'want a war- 91%. As you can see, it is not the country that wants a war, but its leaders., Who will have to face the consequences? Not


George Bush or Tony Blair. They will be having a lie- in while other people will have been up.for hours bombing a country, sacrificing their lives for. Queen and country. What is all this for? To get rid of one person. What will itaccomplish? You may say you are too


young to understand or they are doing it for the best. Well I do understand, and they are not. All they are doing is turning people against them. Not a good idea for when the next election comes up. That is.if any countries are left to vote for a leader.


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ELIZABETH STEVENSON;


Topical thoughts - written


in the 19th Century THE earth is our mother, ' Whatever befalls the earth


Befalls the children of the earth, This we know.


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I have found the news these past months very inter­ ..v , -


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. Like the blood which unites one family. -; ; : We did not weave the web of: life,- ■ t .-■ “ We are merely strands in it, • : . ' - • Whatever we do to the web


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. We do to ourselves. (Chief Seattle, 1854.) . - , . How relevant is this at a moment in time when hell is about to be released!


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do they cost us weekly? I UNDERSTAND that farmers' subsidies cost every man; woman and child in Britain £20 a week. , i Is this figure correct?, - ‘ - • If not, will our MP kindly tell us through your columns what the correct figure is?


DAI BACH. (MP Nigel Evans is (o (able a Parliamentary question on this issue - Editor)


Living in both towns, I


speak from experience REPLYING to a'."Caring Clitheronian", I spent my first 23 years living in the cosy little Valley. The next 35 years were spent living in, and working


around, Burnley. The last two years have been spent back in the cosy


little Valley. Now, what is it that you think I should be getting


to know about the new, vibrant and colourful way of life in Burnley? What I have to tell you is that I am British born


and bred. I am not a racist or a hatemonger (whatever one of


those is), nor am I hindered by. political correctness. In fact, it would please me to see a greater number of the members of the ethnic minorities in Her Majesty's Armed Forces.


. I am not, nor am I likely to be, a member of the


BNP. I do not see the same dark clouds as you. As for telling the clergymen: "We are right behind


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The earth does not belong to us, r, '1 \< tv ' We belong to the earth. M| .-.■■ All things are connected


you", count me out. I am not sure that I would know which cleric to follow. The impression that I get from your letter is that the correct one would be the one approved by you.


, -’ Finally, I hope that you are soon m a position to tell


us of your hasting been led to live in one of the vibrant, colourful places that you mention. Do not worry about me.Tam not holding my .


breath.


J.AUBIN, Kenilworth Drive, Clithcroe


. Farming subsidies: what Which version of the


Bible is being quoted? NEITHER m my Bible, NRSV, winch is an accurate translation, nor in the King James version is there anything in Genesis 2:1-9 of the scattering of the nations to their appointed places. . In Acts 17 it says with the help of some ruffians


they formed a mob and set the city in an uproar. Per­ haps this was the Jewish National Party of the time (JNP). In Acts 26 Paul testifies to the living Christ


. and his own conversion. Deuteronomy 32:8 is about Israel as God’s personal inheritance, written with an echo of polytheistic mythology. Steven Smith, the BNP organiser from Burnley, either cannot read the Bible or has written his own. Personally I am sick of unsolicited flyers from the


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DELVING into Dow produced a keepsake 1 the village and a near lJ book sales at Clitheroe I Mrs Anne Musson’f


Beloved Downham,” has I a t the town's library nj months. It has become one of th<|


ers” and, with purchases at ( Information Centre, Kaydel people buying directly froirl self, it has resulted in sales t f


Fascinatil speaker


MEMBERS of ClitheroJ Naturalists heard about: lake of contrasts wheil Stephen Greenwood gave i lecture, “Focus on Ullswal ter.”


Gentle flat landscapes at]


BNP shoved through my door in Low Moor, all with what I regard as racist undertones. Is the BNP being judgemental? “Hard working, law


abiding members of ethnic minorities can stay but must obey our laws and adapt to British values?” Whose laws and whose values, the BNP’s? This last leaflet has a whiff of ethnic cleansing and then we have the words of the Bible and the teaching of Christ misquoted in the organiser’s letterl As Christians we are taught to love not just bur


the north end of the laktf change to the mountainoiu| south of the Helvellyr range with clear traces oi glaciation in the north! west.


scoops, making it impossij ble to see more than two-j thirds at any one time. Slides illustrating pre-j


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neighbour but also our enemies. My prayers will be for you, Steven Smith. My life


experiences do include Moss Side and areas of Brad­ ford. I also have Christian friends who work with the multi-racial communities in Qldham so I am not unin­ formed, and neither is the Rev. Atkinson, who is a very discerning Christian minister.


LOW MOOR CHRISTIAN Our long history of


patience is tested IN answer to all the letters both for and against asylum seekers. The most important question is surely this:


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and needs of our own communities to show a political correctness that is detrimental to the indigenous people of this country, who will, as time passes, become more likely to turn thpir votes to an extremist party to alleviate their worries. Do not underestimate the will of the people


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Holtom reminded us that “the BNP is a legal­ ly constituted political party and is entitled to put up candidates to contest aiiy’of the wards in the Ribble,yaUey;”.' He is right, hilt also pro-' foundly wrong. Democratic politicians should be aware that wherever the BNP slides through the town hall door, the virtues-that make local political life so vibrant - tolerance,' consensus and respect for others - rush towards the exit. • Mainstream parties should reflect on the


lessons offered by recent BNP victories. I con­ tend there are four. One - the BNP is experiencing strong


growth in East Lancashire. It is increasingly confident and well financed. Each victory brings it more confidence and further chances of success. Two - it concentrates on three national


debates: asylum seekers, immigration and high crime rates. These are debates which no one can seriously argue are’local election issues in the Ribble Valley. - - , Three - mainstream parties make the error


of playing down the BNP threat, pretending it is “business as usual”. . Four - the BNP hopes to win on a low turn­


out. Voter apathy is its biggest ally. "i If we are to stop it, mainstream parties need : to do a number of things. .


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losing seats to the BNP. • Two - they should miss no opportunity to


! One - recognise the here and now danger of


demand that the BNP tells people what its . local policies actually are. This will quickly expose the vacuous nature of its programme.'


..Three-.mainstream parties should appeal to community groups, churches and democrats to'., join them canvassing and campaigning in ; those wards targeted by the BNP A high voter turn-out will see it defeated.


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cians have commented that they underesti­ mated the BNP and were shocked to lose.' . r • ■ On election night, let us not hear that in ;


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