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Why I cannot get into a state about US election


s I drove to work this morning the lead item on the BBC’s national


radio news was tha t the American vice-president and his opponent in the forth­ coming election had gone “head to head” in a televised debate. Of course, I didn’t see the


debate, because I don’t live in America, where it was screened. And that is probably why


I really couldn’t care less about the American vice- president, whoever he is. So why does the world


media, and in particular the BBC, seem to think I should care? In recent weeks the news


schedules have been saturat­ ed with the American elec­ tion campaign, who said


As I see i t . . . by Duncan Smith


what to whom, who is creep­ ing ahead in the polls, who is visiting the key state of Alabama today... and so it goes on. Strong national and


regional UK news stories have all played second fiddle to the latest bout of election­ eering from across the pond. Maybe I should care. I ’m


sure that on a global scale it is important and I should take an interest, but I ’m sorry. I’ve never even been to America. It all became clear when I


saw Mr Bush, the picture of sincerity, reminding his “fel­ low Americans” that they would be voting not just for


their next President, but for the “leader of the free world”. So that’s it then. That’s


why the US election has dominated the UK news - because whoever Mns it will be, to all intents and purpos­ es, our leader too. Certainly the BBC must


believe it, judging by the , coverage. I also heard on the radio that the Beeb is send­ ing 300 staff to America to cover the election, presum­ ably paid for from the licence fee.


A few years ago there was


a feature film about an American ganpter who came to operate in England.


I t was called “The 51st State” - a reference to Eng­ land becoming little more than another of the United States of America. Once upon a time, Britain


listed America as one of its colonies, but it seems the boot is now on the other foot. So if the next “Mr Presi­


dent” is to be our leader too, what about Mr Blair? What is his job? According to his political


opponents, his job is to ask “How high?” when the Presi­ dent asks him to jump. When a General Election


is held here next year, I won­ der if that ivill dominate US news channels?


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we sometimes feel like we want to turn the clocks back a lot more than just one hour! Maybe we hanker after a bydone era when life


h is weekend we will all have to turn our clocks back one hour as we leave British Summer


seemed simpler! Maybe, there is something about our own lives in the past we wish we could go back and change. Possibly, it is a past regret or mistake th a t we still live with or an opportunity that we had that we did not take. One of my favourite films


has to be “Back to the Future!” where the inventor Doc builds a car that takes young Marti McFIy back to the 1950’s when his dad was his age. Marti learns that his interfering with the past


T H O U G H T for the week


IN aid of the Tuition Fund, high-spirited mem­ bers of the Borough Prize Band held the first of a series of sacred concerts in the town’s Public Hall. Despite the miserable weather, some of the most talented artists across the town and district per­ formed first-class entertainment in front of an appreciative audience. The concert raised £10 and plans were instantly being made for a similar event in the next few weeks. B A RECENT demonstration on the wonders


of a brand new “Bread Maker” sparked interest among housewives in Clitheroe this week. The town’s women were invited to witness a demon­ stration by staff at Baldwin’s stores in King


Street about the benefits of the three-minute machine. 9 THE Local Government Board held an


inquiry into the application by Clitheroe Town Council for the loan of £3,000 for the erection and equipment for new slaughter houses at Henthorn, on land next to Poulsykes Mill.


LOOKING BACK 50 years ago


“NO photographs can do her justice. She is very beautiful. - This description of Her Majesty the Queen was given by the town’s Mayoress, Mrs C. Chatburn, who together with the Mayor, Coun. C. Chatburn, attended a reception at Knowsley Hall, in Liverpool. The lucky civic couple were among other Lancashire Mayors and Mayoresses as well as 300 civic leaders at a reception held to welcome the Queen. The couple also had the opportunity to meet the Duke of Edinburgh and


Lord and Lady Derby who accompanied the Queen. B CUSTOMERS at the Parkers Arms Hotel


in Newton, joined in efforts to fight torrents of flood water, which rushed into the hotel from a burst culvert at the rear of the premises. Rooms on the ground floor were flooded three times in three hours and further flooding was only pre­ vented by knocking down a wall at the side of the


hotel - allowing the water to flow into the road instead of into the building.


Yet for all of this, I cannot bring myself to give two


hoots about American poli­ tics. Whatever the BBC thinks,


it is simply not part of my daily life.


Johnston Press, the com­


pany tha t publishes this newspaper, has a motto that “Life is local”. In other words, people are


interested in the things that impact directly on their everyday lives. The news coverage we


strive to provide should reflect that - it should be ■ “local”. We try to listen to our


readers and produce the kind of newspaper they want, the kind they are paying for. Perhaps it is time the BBC started to do the same.


A WHALLEY woman has finally met her best friend after 52 years of


exchanging letters. Mrs Mavis Crabtree (66), of Waters


Edge, began writing to her Canadian pen- friend, Marilyn, as a 14-year-old after her Mansfield High School teacher suggested it


to the class. Mrs Crabtree, whose son, Andrew, moved


25 years ago


PLANS were under way for a witch to be burnt at the stake and ghosts, ghouls and goblins to go on the rampage through the streets of Sabden. The blood-chilling scene was due to take place when villagers got into a watching mood for their Hallowe'en pageant. A torchlight procession led by Clitheroe Morris Men was planned to consist of numerous floats - all telling something to make your blood run cold. ■ THE possibility of Billington and Langho


residents using the playing fields at St Augustine’s RC High School outside lesson times was being discussed at a meeting. The proposal was submit­ ted by Billington parish council, which was con­ cerned about the lack of facilities in the villages. It was calling for the borough council to make a “serious and sustained” attempt to have the school open to the public outside lesson times. Lancashire Education Authority together with Ribble Valley Council’s Recreation and Leisure Committee were looking into the matter.


Turn back time


begins to alter what will hap­ pen in the future, which threatens his own existence. Time machines of this


kind are just science fiction and we are very much bound by time. But wouldn’t it be great if there was someone who was beyond time and could see everything, past, present and future, who


could help us and guide us in our big decisions, always giv­


ing us hope for a better future?


As a Christian I believe


there is such a person who is God. He is eternal and he has always existed even before the universe was cre­ ated. He will always be - as there has never been a time or will there ever be a time when God doesn’t exist. From his eternal view on our lives and with the advantage that he knows us better than we know ourselves, he can be


the best guide we could want. God can give us his guid­ ance through others, through


circumstances, through our reading of the Bible, if we willingly place our lives in his hands and trust him as our


Father. God cannot turn back


time for us, but he can help us to let go of the past and live for the present as we


trust him for our futures. MR MARK C. SLEET


Lay-minister of Waddington and Grindleton Methodist


Churches, Free Church Chap­


lain of Clithcroe Community Hospital.


out to Canada two years ago with his job in the RAF, finally had the opportunity to meet her penpal during a visit to see her newborn granddaughter, Lexlie. She admits it was like seeing a life-long


pal. She said: “She was just how I imagined her to be. I had seen photographs, but never spoken to her before. “We went for a meal with her husband,


then they came back to my son’s home. “It really did feel like I had known her


my whole life.” Mrs Crabtree, who has a daughter, Susan, and two more grandsons, Connor (sue) and MacKenzie (15 months), left her Burnley home after she married 30 years ago as her new husband worked in Blackburn. After leaving high school she worked in a number of mill offices. She visited Canada once before, for the birth of her first granddaughter, Lauren,


almost two years ago. On this latest occa­ sion Marilyn insisted on making the 12- hour drive to Calgary from British Columbia. “We write about once a month,” said Mrs


Crabtree. “We have a lot in common, we both attend church, have grandchildren and enjoy cookery. We really gelled.” Mrs Crabtree says she hopes her invita-


tion to Marilyn for a UK visit will be accepted. She said: “Marilyn is now retired so I think she would love to come. Within a day or so of landing back in


England, Marilyn had sent me a letter about the visit, soT think she enjoyed it as


much as I did.” Our picture shows Mavis (right) with


Marilyn. (S)


T h om a s is g r in n in g a f te r rev iew of b o ok se e s h im crowned ch am p ion


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THE children’s novel “Groosham Grange” by Anthony Horowitz inspired one Ribble Valley schoolboy to write a winning review. Thomas Hughes-Good-


ing’s (pictured) review on the book, which he said kept him “gripped and grinning” saw him crowned the Relay Reader champion reviewer for September out of all the other reviews submitted from children across the Ribble Valley. The Relay Readers


scheme is run by Lancashire County Library Service and encourages young people to read more books and write down their thoughts about


them on a special review


sheet. The scheme then recog­


nises monthly winners for the best review. Thomas (nine), pictured,


of Rogers Field, Langho, wrote on his review sheet that the book was gripping and exciting until the end and is all about “weird” things happening a t a school. The nine-year-old, who is


a pupil at St Mary’s Prima­ ry School, in Langho, explains that the story is about a boy called David, who after being expelled from his old school, is sent to “Groosham Grange” -


which has only one day’s holiday a year. But David soon discovers


lots of weird goings-on. New pupils are made to sign their names in blood and every­ one has to wear black rings. Thomas added; “David’s


first impressions of the school are not good and soon he realises what a strange place it is. “He tries to escape, but


soon discovers his true reali­ ty of being the seventh son of the seventh son.” Thomas is now looking


forward to reading the sequel to the book called “The Return to Groosham Grange”. (CR131004/1)


* ........... ....... Sisters are doing


it for themselves READ sisters Mrs Catherine Turner and Mrs Louise Johnson (pictured) are the proud new owners of the vil­ lage’s Spar shop, which is now a Nisa


store. Mrs Turner, (34), a former senior


advertising executive for The Clitheroe Advertiser, is married to David, and the couple have three chil­ dren. They are Danielle, (16), Matthew, nine, who attends Read Primary School and three-year-old Katie. Married to Gareth, Mrs Johnson


formerly worked for the Simonstone Pensions Agency. She has a daughter, Mollie, who is five and attends Read Primary School and a son, Thomas U3). Mrs Turner said: “Taking on our own business has been a massive challenge but we are really enjoying it and the response from the customers has been fantastic.” (G201004/3)


52-year wait to meet penpal


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