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Another JFK elected? S


ome times I wonder if I am the only man alive who remembers the hope and


John F. Kennedy as president of the United States of America.


H e was rich, young, handsome and


charismatic. He had an elegant wife and beautiful children. He belonged to a new generation that had not been ground down by the vicisatudes of the Great Depresaon ; or the Second World War.


i 'l iiHe seemed to represent the best and ■i most glamorous there was in the world and, ’' simply by being a Roman Catholic, he gave 'the‘American people the opportunity to


i shovv that they were no longer hidebound . 'by the old prejudices. : In his very person, he represented the optimism of the ag& Barack Obama is his


• dona : \ Well, how did Kennedy turn out? In. ■


: truth, there are only four things that I ■ remember. He was assassinated. He ' brought his mistress, Mariljm Monroe, into his home and paraded her in front of his wife. He tried to invade Cuba and failed


■miserably. And he converted a little, local ; difficulty in "Vietnam into a war that sucked in half a million .American soldiers and led


expectancy that greeted the election of . . . .


'■ As I „. b y Contrarian,.,., ! R e a d oUier As I See I t


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w w w .cU th e ro eM v e rU se rco .'^ IS V L " '


to untold misery, death and social division. The antithesis of Kennedy was lUchard:


Nixon. He also became president of the. United States. Hesweated on televiaon. He" . looked awkward and shifty. He needed a shave. He was moralistic, mean, small minded and backward looking. Like Jack Kennedy, he bent the rules, every now and


again. But he made peace in Vietnam. .And he •


brought China into the comity of nations, enabling it to become the workshop of the world and, in the process, to bring a quar­ ter of the world’s population out of grind-. ing poverty and into modernity. Instead of being a thiWt to the civilized world, China, as a result, will help to fund it through the current global recesaon. This week, our American cousins have


Looking Back 100 years ago


AN evening with Irish poets and writers was held by Mr-J. W. Hayhurst. Sup­ port was shown by the Rev. C. W. Annis, and hearty thanks was expressed by all attending. , • Mr Enos Bacon gave a recital in the


public hall in Clitheroe. It was well attended with Mr Bacon performing songs such as “Nightingale’s Trill” and ‘Memories of Home”. His sketches


included scenes from “Nicholas Nickle- by” and “When I survey the wondrous cross”.


50 years ago


WATERLOO Sunday School won the trophy in Clitheroe Wesley Circuit Fes­ tival of Youth. This was the second time in succession where the Sunday school received the most points for activities such as singing and a scripture quiz. The fes tival was held in Wesley School Room, and the trophies and certificates were presented by Miss Jessie Reeday. • A speech marked the opening of


Clitheroe Girls’ Grammar School. Pre­ viously, both boys and girls shared the York Street site


25 years ago


THREE t in y children’s shoes were found in the rafters of the Aspinall Arms at Mitton. A professional joiner said that artefacts used to be put among the bricks by the builders so their work could be dated. The shoes were put in a show cabinet behind the bar of the pub for the customers to see. ■ • A coffee morning was held by SS


Michael and John’s playgroup to raise money for the Save the Children Fund. A total oM 5 0 people attended. The effort raised £255.


-bought for the Week Is death th e end?


TOVEMBER brings 1 ^ ^ the first blasts of win-


-J- ^ ter as the days shorten, the leaves fall and the world


appears to die. So it is no coin­ cidence that on October 31st


-and the onset of winter, the . ancient ■ Celts , honoured 1 Samhain, their God of death.


•That day the dead were ■thought to roam the land and


; criminals were executed by fire. .. In Christian times the fol-'


■ lowing day, November 1st; was chosen for the celebration of -


f'grims who flocked to'-Ronie to i


j


■the feast of All Saints, and the new harvest provided food in ■ abundance for the 'many pil-;


celebrate this important festi­ val.


Europe these two festivals that celebrated both harvest and


: death come together in Hal­ lowe’en, All Hallows’ Evening, All Saints’Eve. Maybe it was the time of


year or glass of wine that turned a recent conversation to the topic of death where my belief in life after death was challenged. (I suspect it was the wine; Northerners do not readily enter in to conversation


-. about- death . with total ■ strangers). f‘Do you know that there is a-life after death?” I-


. . hesitated. “You don’t, do you!”; - •, My hesitation had been mis­


construed and I hurriedly ■ . explained that though I firmly.


Eventually in i Northern' , death I am unable to prove it • . sected nor examined under the - ; believe that there is a life after’


as I can prove that two and ■ two equals four. But th a t ’ inability to prove it on paper ■ should not imply that i t does­ n’t exist.


. •■ ' From the earliest recorded


microscope, but it really exists . and is a driving force of the . Universe. :


history every people and cul­ ture has believed in some form ■ of life after death; It was so with those ancient Celts hon- ■ ouring Samhain. Belief in an afterlife appears to be th e ’: default, setting of the humanv, psyche. Only in our. age does > that belief appear to be wilting.?-


:, In life wei unashamedly; accept many, things on trust : that cannot be proved by sci­ ence,: including' the most important of. all: that we are loved. Love can neither be dis^ :


.' In the same way, I believe with conviction that there is a life after death that will sur- pass my greatest expectations ,■ I do so because I have learned to trust:the word of Jesus^,


:: Chirist who promised just that. ,, ■ And-it is in that confidence that as a priest ! am able to sit j, by. the bedside of a dying P^i< ?j' son ahd a s s i^ them that


4 are entering on the joumePB a lifetime that will bring them ’


' to a joy that -vvill exceed their .


• wildest d r e a m s . > - ' m g r JOHN CORCORAN, v


■ 'St Michael and St John s •; RCChurch, ; Clithcroe.^.,


Now welcome is official


"V "TEW “Welcome to ^ Waddington” signs have


i ' N been .erected at: the entrances to the-village. The signs are carved from stone


and were donated by Waddington Fell-Quarry as a goodwill gesture to residents in Waddin^on village, as a ^ i^ k you for their continued suppN^^*^ interest in the quarry, operations.


. : Carved by stone mason Gary Devine^ the three signs have been. erected at Fell Road, West Brad- , ford Road and Edisford Road.


■' Quarry Manager Gordon Dick explained: “The working relation­ ship between Waddington Fell


Quarry and.the local populationis essential to our continued growth, and success. We appreciate the work that is undertaken by the vil­ lage in maintaining an attractive, picturesque area and we are keen to help and support their efforts. The ‘Welcome to Waddington’ are the latest in a long line of


support that we hope to continue.”: Our picture shows, from left to


right, Waddington Parish Council­ lor Ken Jackson, sales manager at Waddington Fell Quarry Karl Holmes, stone mason Gary Deirine


■ and quarry manager Gordon Dick, - with one of the new“Welcome to • ■Waddington” signs. ,(B3009,08/1).


been voting in a beauty contest between a Jack Kennedy lookalike and a Richard Nixon look alikaTt seems a foregone con­ clusion that, by the time this column


appears, they will have elected the Kennedy


.: lookalike and, like it or not, he will have ■ become the “leader” of the Western world. He faces two overwhelming questions.


The first is how on earth to restore confi­ dence in world financial markets and thus avoid the global recession turning into a irieltdown. '


; vAnd the second is how to prevent Iran, a


: country which is conunitted to the physical annihilation of its neighbours, from obtdn- ing the nuclear bomb and unleashing an


■ Islamic variety of fasdsm on the world. Perhaps fortunately. Senator Obama


does not seem to have any particular under­ standing of .either question and we can therefore anticipate that he will content himself with following the advice of the American Establishment and the higher reaches of its civil servica That should stand us in good stead while


he preens himself and concentrates on giv­ ing the appearance of being a great states­


man. c-maiLthe contrarian@hotmaiLco.uk


Mary’s heart will stay with CAB devoted service at the organisation’s A


annual meeting. Mrs Mary Gysbers has been involved


with Ribble Valley CAB as either its chairman or vice-chairman since its inception 21 years ago, in 1987. Now she has decided to call it a day,


but told those gathered at the ACM that after such a long time her heart would stay with the organisatio'n. “You can take the woman out of Citi­


zens Advice, but you can't take Citizens Ad-vice out of the woman,” she quipped. Katy Marshall, the Ribble Valley


STALWART o f the Citizens’ Advice Bureau in Clitheroe was praised for more than 20 years’


CAB manager, presented Mary with a piece of artwork as a farewell gift. She told the meeting that Mary would


be very much missed as a cheerful, open- minded and forward thinking chairman,


■adding that she hoped that the bureau would continue in the direction in which Mary has led it so far. The public meeting was attended by


more than 40 people, filling the main seating area at the Ribble Valley Bor­ ough Council chamber. The borough’s Mayor, Coun; John


Hill, was present as the ^ e s t of honour and spoke warmly about the value of the free and independent adxrice service to


local people. A wine and cheese reception preceded


the meeting, sponsored by Byrnes Wine Merchants and Taste@backridge.


Clients’ testimonials about the help


they had received from the CAB formed part of the meeting and Miss Gosha Gibek, a local artist who is originally from Poland, presented a piece of her artwork to the bureau in appreciation of ■ the information and help she has|


received. Our pictures show CAB manager


Katy Marshall presenting a farewell gift to Mrs Mary (iysbers, left, in recogni­ tion of her long" service and also receiv­ ing a gift on behalf of the CAB from | local artist Miss Gosha Gibek: (s)


Help put an end to child poverty


you having trouble get­ ting the benefits you’re entitled to,-or struggling to pay for your gas, elec- , tricity or phone? • • How does it affect your.


D


children? Are you strug­ gling to meet the costs of


■ your children’s school uni­ forms, trips' and PE kits? Do you find it too expen­ sive to celebrate your children’s birthdays or


' take them on a trip? • • j These arathe questions, being asked by Ribble Valley Citizens’ Advice ■Bureau, which is appeal-


. ing to hard-pressed local families to share their sto­ ries to help end child- poverty. The bureau is taking part in a nation­ wide CAB campaign with the aim of making sure


■ the Government sticks to its pledge to halve child poverty by 2010.


'■ As part of this it wants


families to contribute evi­ dence to a reporthy shar­ ing their experiences via


. the charity’s national - website (wwwcitizensadr vice.org.uk). The infor-


O you find it hard


to make your money last? Are .


Citizens ad v ic e b u re a u


mation can be recorded anonymously and will feed into the “End Child Poverty” campaign being waged by a coalition of charities including the CAB. . Ribble. Valley CAB manager, Katy Marshall,


. said: “Citizens Advice - will hold the Government to account to keep their


. promise, but to do this we need to hear from families willing to share their story. • “You can te l l us in


complete confidence, but the information collected


nationally will be.pre­ sented to the Govern­ ment to make sure they know.’i


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‘ For more information you can contact .Katy Marshall at Ribble Valley. : ' CAB oh 01200 428998.


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