Clitheroe 422324 (Editorial), 422323 (Advertising), Burnley 422331 (Classified) 4 Clitheroe Advertiser &Times, Thursday, May 10th,2007
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Ribble Valley Radio A rather disturbing
state of affairs... AS a member and listener of Ribble Valley Radio I am rather perplexed as to the discussion process for consider ing funding for our project. Perhaps you could clarify the situa
tion for me and other bewildered interested parties. On the evening of May 1st I was
canvassed by Mr David Berryman (Liberal Democrat) for the forthcom ing elections to be held on Thursday May 3rd. After talking with him for a few minutes he asked if I had any questions I would like to ask him. I asked: "What do you know about Ribble Valley Radio?" His reply was: "Not very much. 1 know they are only broadcasting on the Internet at the moment." We continued our discus sion for a short while, during which he was unable to tell me anything else about Ribble Valley Radio, e.xcept that he had been on the working party regarding its funding application. How can this be? How can someone
be appointed to the working party without knowing anything about the subject in hand, but even more worry- ingly, having been on the working party, and made a decision regarding its financial future, still claim to know little about it? Surely, if you meet as a working
party you have to discuss the subject. Either he was being economical
with the truth regarding his knowl edge of Ribblc Valley Radio, or he was being truthful because no details or information were mentioned at the meeting/s of the working party, and that was why he knew so little about the radio station. If the latter is the case, I find it dis
turbing that an important decision about a voluntary organisation's future can be made with no discussion regarding that group, and if the for mer is the case, then it simply upholds the definition of a politician as being like a nappy.... it needs to be changed often and for the same reason.
\'IC GUOVIiS, fireeii Drive, Clilheroe
A terrible blow
from the council RIBBLE VALLEY RADIO has today been dealt a dreadful blow from our local council. Our ongoing achievements and hard
work has been completely disregarded by the RVBC funding decision mak ers who have been handing "commu nity enhancement" grants out. This is a stinging slap in the face for our nationally celebrated voluntary organisation. We have promoted the RVBC tor free since our inception, we have worked tirelessly to work in uni son with them and ultimately we have all fought hard to make this project the resounding success that it is. W'e are the only community radio service in the UK that cannot count
our local authority as a partner organ isation. To all of the great people and busi
nesses in the Ribble Valley who have supported us so brilliantly on our journey, please accept my eternal thanks for your generosity and vision in us. If we fail now, on the eve of sub mitting our full time license applica tion, please understand that it is not down to lack of passion, effort and good will of everybody connected with Ribble Valley Radio, but the complete lack of vision from your council.
STEVE SUTTIE, Chairman, Kibble Valley Radio Stalioii Manager, Salford Cily Radio
Council should
I AM very disappointed to learn that Ribble Valley Borough Council has decided not to fund Ribble Valley Radio. The amount asked for was modest
as the group has worked hard to raise money independently and has been supported by many local people and businesses. Ribble Valley Radio is a great
resource for the community and has proved itself to be a success. Council leader Coun. John Hill himself acknowledged that when he was inter viewed on air. He said that the council should support the station, a senti ment that he repeated. Nigel Evans MP was interviewed on air and fol lowed that interview with an effusive letter of support for the station which is displayed proudly in the studio. What price kind words from politi
cians? Shame on them.- PHIL STUTT, Lancasler Drive, Clilheroe
Stunned by this
latest decision WELL, after hearing about the deci sion not to fund RVR project, I am stunned. The amount of hard work, volun
tary, that the presenters’ put in to the project, is phenomenal. And as a group of dedicated, talented, dynamic enthusiasts that we are, I would like to know what projects the council does fund? I suppose there will be one day
when one famous listener hears about the lack of funding, and dips into their pocket and generously donates,
by e-mail, pele_sbiilllew<)rlhO(n nllworld.eom
I am sickened by
funding refusal I LIVE outside the Ribble Valley. I travel around 70 miles a week to be a presenter on its community radio sta tion - Ribble Valley Radio. I t sickens me that Ribble Valley
Borough Council has again lied about its support for the station. As presen ters we actively support local issues and have, until now I suspect, always supportod'RVBC. Presenters do not
give their services for free - they actu ally pay to present (such is the need for funds!). Many of the presenters are young
people, giving up their time and effort for something they believe in! Many of these people need re-assurances about their futures from “people in charge” and these re-assurances have been demolished. Not only this but their friends, families and listeners’ “faith” has been removed. I’m staggered, absolutely staggered
that the council has “used” us for its own gain. I t has, however, made us stronger to succeed, and succeed we will with or without its help. Thank you RVBC - for nothing!
PAUL A. SCOTT, Si John’.s Road, Pudihnm
support our radio Our radio dream now looks unlikely
I AM writing to express my sadness th a t our community enhancement grant application has been rejected. The funding we applied for was
only £8,000, and this money would have secured our future and got us onto the airwaves full time. The dream of Ribble Valley having
its own open access radio station now looks unlikely. I can’t believe the council has been so short sighted. This is a very sad day.
bv e-mail DALE BAMBER,
daicbaniber@bolmail.cnm
People’s efforts are
absolutely amazing AS a committee member of Ribble Valley Radio, I am absolutely gutted with the news tha t we have been turned down for a crucial funding grant from Ribble Valley Council. Working on the committee gives me
a great insight into the hard work that goes into this much needed, and much praised project. The effort put in by all members is amazing, and I just hope that we can get over this shock ing decision, and find the funding to continue. I understand that there is only so
much money to go around and I wish those projects that have had success with their funding all the very best of luck. But the council leader has con sistently promised financial support to us, live on radio and delivered noth ing. It is this fact that mdkes this deci sion so hard to take. I t is hard to understand what more we are required to do to prove ourselves as a community enhancement project. It is evident from a conversation with a colleague from RVR, that one of the councillors who sat on the decision panel knows nothing about the proj ect! How can this be? I would like to request a full explanation on how the grants were worked out, through this newspaper. If RVBC had shown zero interest in
us, and promised nothing then this decision would not have caused so much shock. How can the council jus tify giving in excess of £50,000 to a national organisation called Citizens Advice, yet turn its back on a grass
roots local organisation that works so hard to provide a genuine community
resource?
MARK EVANS, Clilheroe
Leader used us for
his soap-box AS somebody who has been heavily involved in the development of Ribble Valley Radio from the very first day, I have seen lots of ups and downs
along the waj'. This latest, blatent lack of financial
support from the council has really surprised me. This volunteer ran radio station has tried so hard to come into existence, and it has suffered so much because our area attracts such little funding, but still we have plodded along, reliant on good will and hand outs from local people and local busi nesses and, in particular, John Lan caster. This time, we thought the council would finally put some of its money where its mouth is. After all, the leader "ardently supports this project." The fact that the leader of the bor
ough council comes into our studio and uses us as a soap-box makes it even crueller that we haven’t got a sin gle penny in support, when the council is fully aware how much help is needed right now. I helped to produce the funding application, and I can tell you that the application states that help is urgently required to get this project to the next stage of FM broadcasting. It also states that Ribble Valley Radio is not looking for assistance year on year - but now, and only now, at this most crucial stage. Questions need to be answered here.
Why does RVBC consistently prom ise RVR funding, but not deliver? Why does RVBC use the service for its own publicity, but not see it as a project worthy of "community enhancement" grants? And finally, why is RVR the only community radio station in the UK that is not supported by its local authority? Is it because it is completely out of touch with community development? Come on RVBC, you can’t expect all of your community development work to be done for free! Explain yourselves!
ELIZABETH CHAPMAN, Henihorii Road, Clilheroe
Variations make for
interesting reading YOUR feature on April 19th on tem perature variations in February and March was interesting. This kind of analysis has an increas-
ing relevance as we become more aware of climate changes. It would be worthwhile for you to continue with, this kind of presentation, particularly if it is possible to make comparisons with previous years. But why are all the records in
Fahrenheit and not Celsius? 1 imagine that this is done to avoid
confusion, especially among older readers.
However, in trying to avoid confu
sion you are just contributing to it. The decision to adopt the Celsius
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scale for general use was taken in the early 70s. This was gradually to becoine the norm over a reasonable period of time. More than 30 years is too reasonable. The consequence is that a lot of people have not been encouraged to adopt a temperature scale that is tar more logical and very easy to use. When the Celsius scale was formal
ly adopted the wonderful Raymond Baxter featured it on the BBC science programme “Tomorrow’s World”. He set a competition in which viewers were invited to think of a way to help people have a concept of the new scale. The winning entry was brilliant in
its simplicity. It went like this: OC = freezing and lOOC = boiling.
That’s easy. Then think - 5, 10, 21 winter, spring and summer sun. Body temperature is not obvious
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class of 11 year olds when they learnt how to use a thermometer. It worked. Some of these children are now in their late forties and are destined to become middle aged or even old con fused people if you carry on in this way. You have got to help and credit them with some intelligence. If you said to me when I was 11 “28
barm cakes at 4/3d a dozen. How much change from four half crowns?" I could have told you. Now, since we went decimal, I have no idea, and it did not take 30 years to forget it.
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Here’s to our victory!
COUNCILLORS Doreen Taylor and Peter Ainsworth had more cause than most to celebrate victory following Thursday night’s election results. Coun. Mrs Taylor is the Ribble Val
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New regulations on livestock transport
FARMERS who transport animals over relatively short distances will need a new qualification from January 1st, 2008, with training available in Clitheroe. Northern Rural Training, based at
Clitheroe Auction Mart, is now provid ing training courses for farmers to obtain their Certificate of Competence in Transporting Animals (over short jour neys). This has come about from the European regulation th a t states from January 1st all farmers who transport animals over 65km. (40 miles) and less
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than eight hours will need a certificate of competence relevant to the type of ani mal they are carrying. Regular training and assessment days
will be run by Northern Rural Training at its centres in Clitheroe and Lancast er, with the training in the morning fol lowed by the NPTC assessment in the afternoon. The first one is on Friday, May 18th,
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Versions of events differ in court case
A CLITHEROE man suffered a multiple fracture of his cheek bone after being punched out side a town centre pub. Blackburn magistrates heard
that Barry Watson was momentar ily unconscious after being struck from behind by Wayne Duncan Jef fries. The court heard that Jeffries admitted grievous bodily harm, but not to the full extent alleged by the prosecution. Because of that, the magistrates opted to commit Jef fries for sentence a t the crown court, where the extent of the assault would be assessed. Mr Philip Potter (prosecuting)
said Mr Watson had been out with his flatmate and they ended up in the Bridge Inn were they were meeting a female friend. He spoke
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to Jeffries, who he had known all his life, but later in the evening became aware he was staring at him in an aggressive way. “He felt the other man was both
ered because they were with this female,” said Mr Potter. Jeffries was taken outside by a
member of staff and Mr Watson also went outside. As he turned to go back in he was hit hard on the side of his face. He didn’t remember falling to the
floor, but came round to see Jeffries trying to kick him in the face. For tunately he was able to deflect the blow .“As a result of the punch, his left
cheek bone was fractured in three places,” said Mr Potter. Mr Andrew Church-Taylor
(defending) said his client’s version of the incident was very different. “My client says he was outside
the pub trying to leave when the aggrieved stood in front of him and my client struck him a single blow,” said Mr Church-Taylor. “That caused the other man to fall to the floor at which stage my client left. The single blow and the injuries are accepted, but there is a considerable difference to the prosecution case.” Jeffries (20), of Holden Street,
Clitheroe, pleaded guilty to causing grievous bodily harm and was com mitted on bail to Preston Crown Court for sentence.
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