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during a walk in our wonder­ ful countryside we could count on the help of our dedi­ cated local mountain rescue volunteers. Despite the fact that


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groups such as the Rowland and Pennine Mountain Res­ cue Team, which covers the Kibble Valley area, are so invaluable, it has been revealed that National Lot­ tery bosses have refused the team a £200,000 grant to build a new emergency response base. They have been told that


they do not qualify for the Community Fund payout since their work does not serve “those in greatest disad­ vantage in society”. The fund distributes cash


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Support where it is needed As I see i t . . . by Julie Magee


any of us take for granted that if we were unfortunate enough to run into trouble


qualifying groups. These include asylum seekers, eth­ nic minorities, the elderly, dis­ abled and children. The team has operated


from its present base at St Mary's Health Centre, Pen- wortham, Preston, for the past 20 years, on a site where it has rented a garage from the local council. However, the group has


become a victim of its own success and now needs more storage space. . The news of the funding rejection has outraged many, including Ribble Valley MP Nigel Evans, who has written to the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport - the Rt Hon Tessa Jowell MP, calling for her to personally intervene in this matter.


And I couldn’t agree more


with Mr Evans, who recently commented: “The Rowland and Pennine Rescue Team work with the youth and dis­ abled people of the Ribble Valley, running team building activities, and helped out when the cockle-pickers were stranded in Morecambe Bay. They deserve all the funding they need.” The 45-strong team pro­


vides 365-day mountain search and rescue service in the rural and urban districts of Lancashire, and beyond when assisting other teams. It covers a vast area from the Cumbria border in the North, to the coast to the West; East to the A59 and South to the West Pennine Moors. The last few years has seen


a considerable increase in the number of requests by Lan­ cashire Police for assistance in non-mountain or open coun­ try environments. These requests have included searching for elderly, confused or potentially suicidal people , or searching snow-bound roads for stranded motorists In addition to the police,


the group is regularly asked to provide cover for the Ambulance Service during periods of particularly bad weather. Another part of the team’s


activities is that of education. Members regularly give talks on first aid and mountain safety to schools, Rotary and Round Table, universities, Women’s Institutes, Scout groups and rambling groups.


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possible for people of different Christian traditions to wor­ ship together, to pray togeth-' er and to share together. This is the only way forward. We must work and pray


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together. Recently I was able to take part in the Welcome Service for the Rev. Norma Johnson, the new United Reformed Church Minister. When I went forward to shake her hand and welcome her on behalf of the Methodist people I used the words: "I will work with you and I will pray for you". It is important that we share each other’s burdens and lift each other up before God. Paul’s first letter to the Corinthians Chapter 13, con­


u r in g this week of Prayer for Christian Unity, i t has been


tains for me one of the most beautiful and powerful pas­ sages in the New Testament. This is the passage th a t begins: "Love is patient and kind". What follows is per­ haps the most complete and perfect description ever writ­ ten of Christian love. When­ ever I read it I realise how much I fall short of love hke this and yet at the same time I am always inspired by the passage. "Love is patient and kind;


it is not jealous or boastful; love is not arrogant or rude; love does not insist on its own way; i t is not irritable or resentful; it does not rejoice at wrong but rejoices in the right. Love bears all things, believes all things, hopes all things, endures all things. Love never ends. So faith.


100 years ago


PREPARATIONS were under way this week for the “function of the year”. Due to the held in the Public Hall, in Clitheroe, the annual Catholic Ball was expected to attract a big audience. The event - which was in its 17th year - promised something for both the organisers and the visi­ tors. Many people were involved in the prepara­ tions and said that tickets were selling like hot cakes. If this continued, the ball would be a huge success. • Negotiations began with the trustees of a


Chipping foundry this week, with the object of establishing a weaving shed of 200 to 300 looms in the village. The two former cotton mills in the village had shut down a long time ago and devot­ ed to other uses, so weavers were waiting for the new shed to be launched as quickly as possible.


LOOKING BACK 50 years ago


CLITHBRONIANS over the age of 70 were preparing to gather at the Parish Church School later this week for the traditional distribution of charities. They were due to receive money from the Hyde Charity, Whipp Charity and the Lau­ retta Brady Charity. At last year’s distribution, 230 residents benefited, each receiving 7s. ® Work began this week on a third block of


garages providing accommodation for 12 vehicles on the Henthoni Estate. The move followed com­ plaints by residents in Seedall Avenue and Sid- dows Avenue with regards to new buildings being built nearby and the lack of parking spaces in the area. The site was inspected by members of the Housing Committee and the new garages were expected to be completed in about a fortnight’s time.


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th a t a group like Bowland and Pennine MRT, which is an entirely voluntarily manned and funded organisa­ tion, receives no funding from the Government to support the free rescue service that the team provides. Many other local groups,


which provide invaluable ser­ vices, are also forced to rely on the generosity of local peo­ ple and businesses to survive. Although Bowland and


Pennine MRT has since received smaller grants of around £5,000 from the National Lottery, i t ’s about time they were given the appropriate recognition and valuable financial support they deserve from those who have the power. Anyone who would like to


support the team can e-mail their fund-raising officer on fundraising@bowlandpen- ninemrt.org.uk


25 years ago


CLITHEROE FC’s ambitious plans to improve facilities at Shawbridge and possibly turn the ground into a sports complex were being delayed because of the threat of a housing development. The club was concerned because a 28-acre site off Pendle Road was one of six spots proposed for future houses in the Ribble Valley Council’s consultative document sug­ gesting how Clitheroe could develop during the next 10 years. • Town council bosses turned down the “free gift”


offer of Castle House because of the high cost of maintenance and lack of grant aid. Members decid­ ed that the building should be offered back to Rib­ ble Valley Council. Town Council officials agreed to turn down the


offer and handed the building over to Clitheroe - leaving ratepayers to foot the bill.


Make love your aim


hope, and love abide, these three; but the greatest of these is love. Make love your aim."


That passage is phrased in


slightly different terms in dif­ ferent translations, but the passage is, of course, an echo of the life and teaching of Jesus Christ who said: "A new Commandment I give to you ’Love one another as I have loved you’.” The important thing about making love our aim is that it takes our atten­ tion away from ourselves. I t concentrates our minds on someone else. I t makes us for­ getful of self. Forgetful of petty concerns. Forgetful of hurts; even forgetful of pain or suffering. Love is that pow­ erful. My daughter is in her final year of training as a nurse in


Bedford and it’s a standing joke amongst her fellow stu­ dents that when they start reading all the various medi­ cal books and studying all the different techniques to deal with all the things that people suffer from, they start apply­ ing the symptoms to them­ selves and they pretty soon begin to think th a t they’re suffering from every ailment imderthesun. On the other hand people with quite severe handicaps are able to endure their difficulties by concen­ trating on helping someone else, and so many times in ministry I've seen this for myself. Fo, "Love endures all things". Prayer can be a means of


concentrating our minds on someone other than ourselves. Time spent in prayer for


someone else is time away from dur own concerns, oui own hurts, a time of peace in which we can carry our own problems "lightly". Love bears all things. So let’s just spend a few moments today being forgetful of ourselves by remembering others in prayei - those known to us who are perhaps in distress or difficul­ ty. And I give below just a few words of a prayer to help u£


focus. "Lord help me to die to sell


that I may live more fully foi others and for you. Help me to make love my aim that in love I might bear all things, hope all things arid endure all things for your love’s sake.


Amen.” Chris Chccscmar


Superintendent Clitheroe Methodist Circuii


i'.- MP meets politics students


RIBBLE VALLEY MP Nigel Evans visited Stonyhurst College to speak to the A-level poli­ tics pupils about the dif­ ference between UK and US politics. Mr Evans is pho­


tographed with the presi­ dent of the Stonyhurst Politics Society, 17-year- pld Mark Glowinkowski (pictured left) from Long


MeFord, Suffolk, and for­ mer Stonyhurst pupil Simon Fell (right) who is Nigel Evans’ chief researcher. Later this year the


Stonyhurst A- level poli­ tics pupils will be visiting the Houses of Parlia­ ment, the Welsh Assem­ bly and Scottish Parlia­ ment as part of their A- level course, (s)


Historic inn - anci resident ghost - for sale


A RESIDENT ghost is just one of the his­ toric features of a Ribble Valley leasehold pub which has just come on to the market. The Sun Inn, at Chipping, is known for


the legend of Lizzie Dean, a tragic young bar wench who hanged herself after learning of her childhood sweetheart’s marriage to another - but not before putting a curse on the couple’s future children. Hell hath no


fury like a barmaid scorned! The busy and picturesque pub, pictured, is being market­ ed by the Manchester office of licensed prop­ erty agents, Christie and Co, acting on the instructions of existing owners, Jan and Steve Hasleden. Although disappointed to be leaving the


inn due to other interests, Jan and Steve said: "Were it not for other concerns, we


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would never consider leaving the Sun Inn as we have built such an enjoyable rapport with the village. In fact, we like the area so much that we will be taking up permanent resi­ dence and becoming customers ourselves!" The Sun Inn is currently on the market at


£150,000 for the leasehold interest. For more information, call Sean Hartley at Christie and Co on 0161 8333311.


This joke proves a hit


THE children’s novel "Mrs Jolly’s Joke Shop" inspired one young Chatburn library user to write a winning review. Joshua Picot’s review on the book


by author Allan Ahlberg was chosen as the Relay Readers’ champion review for December. The Relay Readers scheme, which


is run by Lancashire County Library Service, encourages young people to read more books and then write down their thoughts about them on a special review sheet. The scheme involves a monthly


competition for the best review. Joshua (seven), of Grindleton,


explained that the reason why he enjoyed' the book so much was because of the humour. He said: “When the flood comes


in it’s really funny, and also the joke which the milkman tells.” Joshua, who is a pupil at Chat­ burn CE School, said his favourite


RENOWNED organ­ ist Richard Tanner will give a recital a t St Bartholomew’s Church, Chipping, at the end of this month. The concert, which


characters were Mr and Mrs Jolly, along with Jennifer Jolly. On the back of his review sheet,


Joshua (pictured) drew a picture of his favourite part of the story.


A musical end to the month


starts at 7-30 p.m. on Monday the 31st, will also feature acclaimed soprano Phillipa Hyde. It will be followed by


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