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Thank you for all your kind wishes


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WE would like to say thank you to all our customers, friends and col­ leagues for their support and good wishes during the closure of the information centre. ■ '


: • We have been overwhelmed by all


the cards, telephone calls and kind thoughts that we have received durr ing the last few days. It has been a privilege to'have served the people of Clitheroe and Kibble 'Valley, and to


. have made so many friends through our work here. .


■ We would also like to thank our colleagues from Kibble Valley Bor­ ough Council and to wish them con­ tinued success in their new tourist information centre. ■ ■ Thank you all so much.


DAVID AND LESLEY, - .Clilhcroc County Information Centre Spending my time


with some hoodies TO be 80 years old and in the com­ pany of a crowd of “hoodies” is per­ haps a doubtful experience? It wasn’t. The group was the Kib­


ble Valley Athletic Group and their coach, Don Lennon. The Kibble Val­ ley should be proud'of this club and the dedication its members show.. The club was competing at'Wigan


on a rainy Sunday against stiff com­ petition from" the North West. The members won some and lost some,


.but my reason for writing is not about the glory, but about the way they conducted themselves. When these athletes had finished a race, they stayed on the track to shake hands with the other competitors until the last had arrived. True sportsmanship indeed. . The Kibble Valley should be proud


of this club that takes its name to all parts of the UK, Portugal and Malta. The experience was almost as


exciting as watching Blackburn Kovers draw with Man Utd this month!


FRANK RIDING,


. Riddings Lane, Whalley •


What about advice


to HGV drivers? I WOULD like to send my most sin­ cere condolences to the family and friends of Anthony Smith who was tragically killed while riding his bike in London. Having myself spent 10 years working and riding in London I am all too aware of the dangers posed to cyclists in the city environment. I am not one for writing letters,


but the structure of the report in the Advertiser and Times last week got . me quite irate.


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■ Yet again it is seen that’ the blame ■ for the accident seems to be focusing on the cyclist and not the driver. The onus seems to be on cyclists


wearing fluorescent clothing and hel­ mets and not drivers of HGVs con-


w/ww.clilheroeadvertiser.co.uk our Letters Follow' (he debate at i.Wnleto: The Editor, Clilhcroc Adverlipr and Times, 3 King Street, Clithcro^BB72EW’or c-niiid : \ i'icn [ n ^


centrating on driving r- "the driver of the large truck.was thought to be unaware that the collision had taken place". The article continues - "the crash


has prompted a road safety plea to cyclists". Why haven't campaigners made a road safety plea to HGV drivers? The final paragraph is from Lan­


cashire Road Safety Group. While I have worn a helmet for 20 years and would always advocate all cyclists to wear them it is not the solution, all it does is shift the responsibility to the cyclist. These are not the rantings of some


car/truck hating eco warrior. I love, cars and speed, but it's all about being aware of other road users and using appropriate behaviour. Wear­ ing a bike helmet does not make a cyclist invincible, flesh and bones do not stand up well to tons of steel. Next time you are in your car just give cyclists a little more room and if you have to wait please do so......


RICHARD PAIGE, Butts Grove, Clitheroc


this most urgent of matters, which I


; find difficult to comprehend, is both sad and disappointing. People of all religious faiths (and of none) should be able to stand together as children of the same “Heavenly Father” (to. use a particularly Ghristian expres­ sion) and denounce those who com­ mit acts of violence, particularly those who do so in the name of a lov­ ing, merciful and compassionate God and who thereby commit the great­ est of blasphemies. Only then will we be able to work together, with mutu­ al truk and integrity, for peace and justice in this broken and divided world; a world in which ordinary people like us die daily due to famine, war and the greed of power­ ful, immoral and truly godless rulers, r' 'What a pity that Mr Hitman - who foolishly commented that I had­ n’t similarly ‘chided’ him for some article on “fungal infections in hedge plants” because he was not a Muslim -seems totally incapable of further­ ing the discussion of such a serious issue in a more mature and intelli­ gent manner.


PETER SHEPHERD


Deafening silence Too important for was rather sad


sloppy thinking


I DON’T know whether Gerald Hit­ man has misrepresented my letter deliberately or whether he has done so out of ignorance. . I tried hard to explain, not only gently and supportively, but also with sufficient clarity that I would not be misunderstood, particularly by those with racist agendas (this is a purely religious issue; religious ter-" rorism arises from a distorted theol­ ogy), that, in the climate of suspi­ cion and fear fed by high-profile tri­ als and the almost daily revelations of the perverse thinking of self- styled martyrs as expressed in their “suicide videos”, it would be a posi­ tive contribution to the healing of community divisions to hear local representatives of Islam denounce the violence planned and enacted in their name. I certainly didn’t sug­ gest that any local Muslims might support such evil; indeed, I expressed my hope and belief in the exact opposite. Nevertheless I sought to point out the religious and moral imperative for people of gen­ uine faith to speak out against those, of any religion, who maim and kill. In fact, it would have been entirely reasonable - prompted by Mr Arshad’s article on orphans - to have reflected prayerfully on those who were orphaned by 9/11 and 7/7, as well as those who will inevitably be orphaned by the next such atroc­ ity.


The apparent deafening silence on


IS it possible that two quite incom­ patible views can both be correct? Lou Marsden seems to think so, (let­ ters April 24th). Referring to the difference


between Contrarian and myself on global warming, he states: “One believes that the changes'in our weather are due to natural changes, while the other believes that mankind is responsible.” What it boils down to is whether


burning fossil fuels is a major cause of global warming. Either it is or it isn't. You can't have it both ways. Global warming is too important to us all for sloppy thinking.


CHRIS GATIIERCOLE, Whallcy


Great disservice to transplant work


. RE. “Kidney nationalisation.” The Clitheroe Advertiser has done


a great disservice to the national transplantation service and the NHS by publishing the ill-informed diatribe against the Human Tissue


. Authority and its chief executive by Contrarian. ' The process of transplantation


raises numerous ethical issues. There are therefore strict ethical and legal guidelines controlling the whole process. In the case in question, I believe there was no documented statement


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difficult decision. Making the NHS a convenient


punching bag seems to have become an easy way for journalists to fill


newspaper pages. Such articles thoroughly under­


mine the morale of health service workers, most of whom take great pains to provide the best state-run health service in the world. I hope this article does not put off


people from becoming organ donors. We already have a huge shortage of organs in the country.


P. GOSH, MS, FRCSEd (Gcn.Surg.), Salthill Road, Clithcroc


• Mr Gosh might like to consider


that, when a person dies intestate, his house goes to his family rather than to the person the state thinks is most deserving. All I suggested in my column last


week was that the same ought to be true of his kidneys


- Contrarian Who do you think


collects this dirt? MY wife and I spend a lot of our time walking in the beautiful coun­ tryside that we are so fortunate to have in the Kibble 'Valley. However we have noticed a


strange and growing trend that is the responsibility of some of those walking their dogs. I refer to those plastic bags which


contain dog waste, which they hang in trees and shrubs at the side of paths. A particularly unpleasant exam­


ple was a full size Morrison's bag hung three feet from the ground (with its contents clearly visible) down by the Kibble near Brungerley. So my question to these dog own­


ers is “Who do you think collects it?” '


You obviously think about other :


members of the public who do not want to stand in the stuff, but I must ^ inform you we don't want it in a plas­ tic bag hanging from a tree either.. The plastic is a far worse piece of waste than its contents surely? At least the dog waste is bio-degradable. So might I suggest that the people


responsible for this litter look to the majority of dog owners and take the


waste in its bag to a designated waste bin.


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MRSSHEARS St Anns Square, Low Moor


UKIP meetings ON Thursday, April 10th, the North-East Lancs Branch of UKIP held another of its well-attended monthly meetings at The Dog, in Wellgate, Clitheroe. In the absence of the branch chair­


Change of day for


man, Graham. Cannon, the meeting was chaired by David Duthie. The chief feature was a UKIP video called “Remote Control - How the EU Controls Your Life” which showed in convincing detail the widespread the effects of EU mem­ bership, how disastrous they are and that the European Commission and governments of member states are prepared to lie and cheat in order to achieve full economic and political union despite adverse public opinion. This video can be viewed on


www.noremotecontrol.org. The branch decided to hold future


monthly-meetings on Monday evenings. Accordingly, our next monthly meeting will be at The Dog on Monday, May 12th, at 7-30 p.m. Everyone who wants to help save


our country from European Union is welcome to attend, j '


RICHARD RAWSTHORN,


; Park Road, Cliviger


Name new arrival and wm a prize!


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, THE opening of a new Birds of Prey and " Education Centre in the Kibble Valley ^


' f cannot come soon enough for its new ■ V arrival - 'a two-day-old European Eagle Owl.' , The centre will be based at Hawksh'aw


, Farm - home to the Dowson’s Dairy ice cream business - on the A59 at Clayton- le-Dale, and is set to open this summer. The’Dowson family behind the project are thrilled to have already hatched their very first owlet. “It is so wonderful to see something


from the very start. It is the beginning of a really exciting summer for us all,” said Amanda Dowson. “My little girl is absolutely besotted.” Named “Hawkshaw’s”, the new centre


' is dedicated to the rescue and rehabilita­ tion of birds of prey and stepped in when the baby bird was rejected by its mother. Head falconer Malcolm Shred originally rescued the owlet’s mother and is now feeding the new hatchling every hour to ensure it stays strong and healthy. The Dowson family has not yet named


the baby owl and would like help in find­ ing a name fitting ot the big occasion. ‘■We don’t yet know if our new little


■ one is male or female,” said Amanda, “but would really like some help in find­ ing a name. Hopefully it is the first of many to come!”, If you would like to make any sugges-


: tions, please e-mail it to: nikita@hawk- shaws.co.uk or send it to: Owlet Compe-


■ tition, Hawkshaw Farm, Longsight Road, Clayton-le-Dale, Nr. Blackburn, BB27JA. Please include your name, age,^ tele­


phone number and address. -The winner of the competition will also


get a true hands-on experience,during a free half-day falconry course at the cen­ tre. All entries must be received by May . 8th.- ■ -


Churches’ unity


celebrations TO mark the Week of Prayer for Christ­ ian Unity, all eight Clitheroe churches . are taking part in a Day of Prayer


today. Ascension Day. Between noon and 8 p.m. each church


in turn is hosting a 45-minute service or time for reflection, beginning with the Community Church at noon and ending with St Mary’s at 7 p.m. The St Mary’s service is an Ascension Day United Eucharist at which the preacher is the Rev..Tim Thorpe, of Trinity. The other venues are St Paul’s at 1


Y o u r l e t t e r s . . .


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edited or condensed. Letters with noms de plume are


now only accepted for publication if the editor agrees that tlicre is a valid reason for the writer's identity to b ^


p.m., Trinity at 2 p.ra., United Reformed Church at 3 p.m., St Michael


■ and St John’s at 4 p.m., St James’ at 5 . p.m. and the Salvation Army at 6 p.m. Anyone is invited to visit any of the churches or join the “church crawl” from one to another and experience the differ­ ent prayer events which follow the com­ mon theme of “Prayer without Ceas-


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