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I rhilipJ h o y l e I - h o u g h t f o r t h e W e e k Don’t belittle Christ


hroughout'the'Valleyr ,< and indeed the world, '; young children are


• preparing fo r their, nativity. , plays in schools and churches.:: ••.Many parents and grand--


; . parents -will be misty-eyed as they watch their little ones


■ playing the par ts of Mary, ‘ Joseph, the shepherds and the/;


playing the nativity parts. Most of these teenagers will have moved on to something * “more adult” than the birth of Jesus. .: ..As^they become parents


, them*selves, they may well w an trn a liv ity plays once again, but this time for their


i*;wise men:; At'one level i t ’s &fgood:that'the stupen'doW;. -^^event at Bethlehem.is told as ■ r-'--much now as ever it -was! • r '


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( children. Parents have often ;said;to me: “We want our ,child to know about Jesus,’’ to ■.which'I reply: “Fine,;but do yOufiWant; Jesus for your-


i'S\Christ feyo'ung childhop'd;7|yat'tractive because he is vul- %|For those'same parenys and')-^^era^


4 ;grandpar ‘ents jwTyirtrio'tj< W<5jwe,Jin do we like with f^._wat‘chihg thein;13"an'dii4-y^^^^^


?4>year^ld sons'and daughters as we choose. We need


baby of Bethlehem is our imagination can move babies


to give equal importance to the majestic Advent season which has ju s t begun, to-;- savour it fully and, as far as ‘■ possible, leave Christmas for later this month.


\ , For Advent focuses our A Christ like that can never


attention on Jesus the Judge and Jesus the sovereign Lord, before whom “the powers in ; space MU be driven from their ■


course”. There’s no belittling a Christ like that. He cannot


. be.put in an infancy box any - more than a tiger can be' se t- ; ■ tied in a c a t’s basket: He' evokes not the misty eyes'of ; parents enthralled by their children, but the adoring and ■ obedient eyes of those who ;traly accept him for who is. ■


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be ir re lev an t, or good for someone else. He is the be-all and 'end-all of 'life. He is the one who will return to earth gloriously one day to bring in “a new heaven and a new ea r th where righteousness dwells”. Christmas can be


•trivialised. Advent is charged with -vigour, hope and convic­ tion.


ties being just child-centred, it is good to involve adults as well.


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■ Moor and priest-in-chargc of ■ Cbatburn and Downham.


M •And finally, to avoid nativS


• The children, Bradley Pickles h(seven) from Thornton-in-Craven,


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Stonyhurst St Mary's Hall - have appointed their first-ever head boy and head girl.


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'an d Isobel Riding (six) from Clay- ton-le-Dale were chosen after dis-


; playing particularly good qualities to their teachers.


- Marie Lea,' head of pre-prep a t Hodder House, explained: “Both


Bradley and Isobel will be wonder­ ful ambassadors for Hodder House.


N keeping with a long tradition a t Stony hurst, Hodder House- th e pre-prep d ep a r tm en t of


■: ;“Even though;theyiare'so young


they will have a say a t school coun­ cil meetings, as it is important that thexhildren take on positions of?: responsibility for-their own'deveKr


opment v“0 n e of‘ Bradley and,Isobel’S;'


• main tasks will be to meet and talk ? to’visiting parents.’.’ -s, . ' ’ There has been a long tradition of-j


appointing head boys and head girls;: at Stonyhurst.iHowever, this’is the|i first time that, such: appointnientjj haw been made'at Hodder Houseij| .^Our p ic tu re showsTsobel and^ Bradley, (s)’


A DAIRY farmer was lucky to be alive after he was injured by a cow during a busy cattle sale. Mr Arthur Proctor, of Whalley, was rushed home with serious injuries after the incident a t Clitheroe Auction Mart.


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•= • An enjoyable social and dance was held in the hall at Lowergate, Clitheroe. The'successful event attracted a large audience and highlights included music by the Catholic Band; The event was held to raise money to decorate the interior of the building. . . ,


. ; A farmer appeared in court for


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i.' I—I . politicians admitting th a t they ■ A A were completely wrong and that


V they had se-verely damaged the interests of Vi the people they were meant to represent? ; rthoughtnot! •


f^,-jiWelI,Tast Tuesday, the members of the ? • Planning and Development Committee of iiRibble Valley Borough Council saw the -light:- . "1 '


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! ; J At long last, they have realised that, •‘ because of their mistakes, Clitheroe is in , ^rious decline as a place to shop and th a t . something has to be done if the decline is -. not tobecometerminal.


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' Apparently, well-run small towns, like Melton Mowbray, can attract 37p in the i r pound of the retail spending of their local •


. ; pwple, but Clitheroe only attracts 22p in the p o u n d an d falling,


i. They have recognised what we all know; • that, to be attractive to us ordinary shop- ^


' pers, the town must attract the key, multi- ■ pie retail brands and allow the large stores to be built which the big chains want. They have even identified the part of the town which most needs the attentions of the bulldozers and property developers.


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Surprise! Surprise! I t is the part that is owned and was developed by the council itself and was even designed by a council employee.... . At long last, our dead and alive market


will receive some proper attention and Stewart Bailey, who runs the planning department, will get in proper, outside experts, this time, to work up a master plan to bring attractive, new buildings to the site and to make the town buzz. There is even some hope that M&S Simply Food could be at the heart of it. If only this had all been done years ago,


Clitheroe would be a much more prosper­ ous place than it is today and more of our people would have been able to find jobs and do their shopping locally instead of


Looking Back 50 years ago


•ABOUT 140 people danced to the music of the "Four Friends" at the Clitheroe Divisional Conservative Association's annual ball at the Swan and Royal Hotel, Clitheroe. Among those present were Mr Richard Fort MP for Clitheroe, agent Miss M. Whalley and officials of the divi­ sional association. • A play written by 15-year-old Ian S.


Fell, of King Street, Whalley, was sched­ uled to be seen on BBC TV on New Year’s Day 1959, with Ian in the lead. ■ • Villagers in Pendleton were looking


forward to a busy social life, for the £6,000 village hall, for which efforts had; been going on for 14 years, was finished ■


•25 years ago :


A GLITHEROE youth group was about to receive the perfect Christmas present this year - a £500 cheque to mark its work in helping: the mentally-handi­ capped of the area. Trinity Community Centre’s Youth Action Group had been voted top in the 'Whitbread Community Care Awards Group category.- • Clitheroe was to plug into Christmas


with the big switch-on of the town’s fes­ tive lights. - This year>marked a'milestone for


Clitheroe’s festive preparations, because i t was 30 years since the crib at the entrance to the Castle grounds was first erected. •


having to drive long distances, every day, to earn their living. But it is never too late to start doing the right thing and, rather than criticising our councillors for the past, we should congratulate them on doing the right thing now. • As it says in the Good Book: “Joy shall


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be in heaven over one sinner that repenteth more than over 90 and nine just persons which need no repenUince.” There will be some who hope that we


can keep things in genteel decline. They are the same people who want to stop nec­ essary modem office development in the town so that roughly half of us have to drive out of the borough every day to work, and who want to drive most of our youngsters out of the borough, to find a home, when they grow up, by obstructing necessary housebuilding here. At long last, the council has voted to


stand up for our young people and for the future. Three cheers for John Hill, our Mayor, Mike Ranson, the council leader and for Richard Sherras, chairman of the Planning and Development Committee.


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Top marks for council


Council has scooped a top prize a t the Chartered Institute of Public Rela­ tions’ 2008 North West PRide Awards. Held a t Manchester’s Hilton Hotel,


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the PRide Awards showcase the best PR work being carried out across the


,UK. While just the thought of a council’s


annual report might be enough to send some people to sleep, the team at Ribble Valley - led by its head of cor- ; porate communications and former Clitheroe Advertiser and Times jour­ nalist Theresa Robson - proved it does not have to be that way. The report was judged the outright


winner in the Best Publication catego­ ry, the award presented in front of more than 400 top PR professionals • from across the region. Commenting on the win, Ribble - .


Valley Borough Council’s delighted chief executive David Morris said: “The PRide Awards recognise the most successful communications proj­ ects in the UK and being shortlisted, let alone winning, is a fantastic


achievement. This award is a testa­ ment to the hard work of everyone at the authority, particularly the coun­ cil’s corporate communications unit, which produced an excellent docu­ ment.” . ■ , • : , The council’s 2008 annual report is due for publication tomorrow, and


Tradition filters down


copies will be available from the coun­ cil's corporate communications unit on 01200 414483.


. , Our picture shows, from the left,


council leader Mike Ranson, Miss Robson, Mr Morris and, representing the award sponsor PR Week, Kate MacCee. (s)


The Queen’s Nose proves a winner!


Reader baton. She is the latest winner of our monthly


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review award run as part of the Relay • Reader scheme by the library service in


association-with this newspaper. ,


' Rhianydd’s award winning review was: on Dick King-Smith’s novel “The Queen’s - Nose”. She enjoyed the book, especially when r Harmony was on tele'vision. : . .


. Rhianydd also liked Harmony’s puppy v :


and her rabbit, which was called Anita, -- and her third favourite thing .that she liked


; best about the book was when Anita was . found. Rhianydd wrote: “I liked theillustra-


c.tions. And Harmony’s pets. I also liked it when Harmony was on the trail of her present'from Uncle Ginger. I think it’s . exciting. I loved the book. ” . ; :


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EVEN-YEAR-OLD Pendle Primary School pupil Rhianydd Sword (pic­ tured) has been handed our Relay


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