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. 'T Nithe so-called civilised - I /World.of our-day,: two ■ JL great’economic systerns.
i are engaged in a struggle that ; could:.win our present- civili sation. ' ' Only 'time will reveal
/which, if:either, survives.:’.” . ■
’ / • A man plunged 23ft. to his death •
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. half slept and half watched the ■ news. It was full of pictures of-squirrels.
Iv eyed, turned on the television'and'/ K&sT See iip ‘ other day Lwoke up bleary:
•: Some were eating nuts. Others were climb- . ing up trees. Some were red. Others were grey.
:• Someone was talking. A woman whose ’> ■
wages are paid by the Government - that^
i is to say by you and me ^ was saying that all the squirrels in the country used to be :^
. red but that, since grey squirrels were introduced from America; quite a long , time ago, they have more or less taken over. They are just better
than.the reds- ' at li^ving in British conditions.
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• Then there was a map of Scotland on . the screen; It was in three colours. In the
'areas coloured red, the red squirrels s t i l l . predominate. In the areas coloured grey,
• you’ve guessed, the grey squirrels pre dominate. And, in the areas coloured green, the battle is still raging. -
• The map reminded me of my father.-
During the Second World War, he kept a map like that in his bedroom and updat ed it, after listening to the news on the wireless. Then came the bombshell. We pay. this
t Read other'As I See It futures at *.
, into vice. They go on strike when Italians %get job s .h ere. They follow people demanding “British jobs for British
r workers”; in the way the British Union of > Fascists did in the ’30s. It is terribly wor- ' rying.
: woman to run a team of people to update the map but she was making a proposal, for more spending. You and Lmust hire yet more people in order to join the bat-: tie between the greys and the reds. • , -• Our taxes must be spent to make sure - that the red squirrels preserve or expand: the territory under their control; They ■ are British and they must survive. - The grey squirrels, by contrast, have
/. And now we have a s ta te employee . saying we must hire marksmen and poi- r- soners to kill off the squirrels with for eign ancestors to make room for the ones
: whose ancestors can be guaranteed to be Aryan (soriy. British). : I switched off the television, got up,
shaved, showered and dressed, took the dog'out for a walk arid what did I see in , the treesT.He was sweet. He was charm
ing. He was grey! :: v God preserve him and his brothers in
foreign ancestors and the Government’ must employ people to kill them, to pre- ■ serve lebensraum for the British reds. *V: We are living through unprecedented
times in which the Government is ha'ving ■ to borrow and spend gargantuan sums, on our behah, to mend the financial sys tem on which we all depend. People are frightened. I know I am. Some descend
Looking Back 50 years ago
Scotland from these interfering lunatics. :God preserve us from contamination by their ideas.
;’ • Tomorrow I expect to wake up to the
' sight of a red squirrel, staring sweetly out . of the television screen and telling me, in all innocence, that his main residence is not in Scotland, but in the back bedroom of his sister’s terraced house in London.
e-maiLthecontrarian@hotmail.co.uk Oliver’s delight at top award
• A HIGHLY motivated student from Clitheroe has been reward-
■ X -Aed for his hard work with an aca demic excellence award by the Univer sity of Central Lancashire (UCLan). .
: Oliver Thorne was recognised for his outstanding academic excellence at the Combined Honours Awards for Excel
lence: 2007-2008. The 29-year-old achieved an overall mark of 71.4% in
. his first year while undertaking a Foun dation Year. A love of Japanese culture and Buddhism has led him to continue his studies this year in Japanese with counselling and psychotherapy. . “I was very surprised to have found
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IN the early hours of the morning Mr W. Harrison woke to smell burning. On ' going to investigate he found his living room was ablaze. He immediately closed his doors and rang the fire brigade who managed to put out the fire in one hour. Unfortunately Mr Harrison's furniture,
: carperts and curtains were damaged; : O In a disappointing game between : Chatburn and Helmshore Methodists there was
just.one goal scored by Neild iri the first 15 minutes.
; ©.Two ambulances were involved in a collision near Clitheroe Hospital due to confusion over indications. As a result one of the ambulances was spun round.
WHEN a mystery fire at Brungerley Farm in Waddington, broke out, 80 cat tle were rescued by farmers John and Margaret Berry.:/ ' ;- . The fierce blaze was brought under con trol by-24 Clitheroe firemen in one hour and 10 minutes.
, 9 A- 10-mile charity run was held in the Ribble Valley to raise money for
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: Children in Need.-Mayor Coun. Ted Boden fired the' gun a t noon, signalling the start of the race for 1,000 partici pants.
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. • A generous 77-year-old part-time cleaner died leaving £90,000 to be divid ed between three hospitals.
Just managers
’ Socialism is builLon the ' premise; that- a person owns ■
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rproperty.^thatds to be con-;; strolled byriociety,:as’far as;: •possible, in s te ad of .by the"* individual.' V".
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f|;'iCapitalism:is.built;bn:thes . preriiise 'tha t a' person: owns : property’that'?is'tO:becon-'.< /trolled by the individual, as ! far ^ possible;’, instead 'of. by: society. 7
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j/r;.: The Holy . Book would ■irspeak to both socialism and' V capitalism and say: “You are j/built upon a falsehood;. God };V:is the.owner.of the earth and • / all that dwell therein.” - ' If we all could accept the '/.truth that God is owner and • :: we are mere stewards',/we / -
vtwould see a vast’transforma-' s tion in our human and petty- s .‘
j.rejigious argumentative rela-’ '• tionships.
•' \ In/the main we are tlieolog-"' s:; ical believers'and economic ■>
.!'ihfidels.:(in’:
my.house are ■ many mansions).
' / Someone once said:-,“God- '-. ■/less economicriis worse than’ ' atheistie'evolutionism.” -
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■ Atheistic evolution shuts :.. .God out of the distant past.': ;’ • Godless economics shuts God ■ out of the present and unedu-,- "; ; cated religious squabbles b y •
third parties shuts God but of life. I t is time we faced up to
the truth’bf God’s ownership-.' ; and our stewardship. We per^ mit ourselves to judge sue- •; cess in terms of the material;;^ • i.We let gadgets become our '!
god. We p u t th e m aterial before spiritual.: We need to .rediscover- the truth that God ««
is/otvner.andwe'
are.man- agers. In conclusion, i t ’s not the
money that’s the route'of rilL’-
evil, but the abuse of money. Or, who has got the best god, it’s the same God, but differ ent ways of worship. If a person is captivated by
the ambition to be an owner, he or she faces the strong pos sibility of becoming less and less concerned about the eter
nal things of the spirit. Our egocentric ways face
the peril of; decaying in the midst of modern society and luxury if the economic and religious significance of origi nal godliness is not rediscov ered.'
REV. DON JOHNSON, •"■Minister of Billingion ' ■ Community Church
;out I ’d won this award,” said Oliver. “I •had no idea I was top of the class, but i t’s great to know my work has been recognised.”
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;: Oliver, who works as a yoga instruc tor and masseur, in his spare time.
decided to study for his own develop ment and personal interest. ‘Tve done a lot of travelling iri the
past and I ’m a big fan of Japan and Asian culture in general. I wanted to learn a foreign language as I want to go and live abroad, so I thought Japanese was a great choice. Added to that. I’m interested in Buddhism and find that - many streams of psychotherapy and counselling fit well with that.’r ■ • •Oliver received a certificate and
cheque for£200.. - Professor Mike Abramson, the
retired Head of UCLan’s Combined Honours Unit, presented the awards.' He said: ..“This ceremony rewards raw
■ academic excellence within UCLan’s - Combined Honours programme. Oliver r has worked extremely hard and h a s . achieved outstanding results. He is ' truly deserving of this award.” . ; ■ ■
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:^a'weeklv1o6lilt:l6cal issue^'people andjlac§„.^^^|-i::' State^financed madness OUR
picture shows Oliver
receiving his
certificate and cheque from - Prof. •
Abramson (s )
Child care success for two Helens
f I w o childminders in Clitheroe, I who between them have
' J . - almost 30 years’ childminding experience, have gained a top award. : Helen Lawson, of Kemple View, and Helen Taylor, of Highfield Road, have both been recognised by Lancashire County Council for offering high quali- ty care. ■' - They were presented, with the Lan
cashire Quality Award, which is a quali ty assurance scheme that encourages reflective practice, and has taken' almost three years to achieve.
They.attended evening training ses
sions, were observed in their settings by their mentor and verifiers and pro duced portfolios for each of the eight modules. : The two Helens, who are members of
the Ribblesdale Childminding Network and attend the childminders’ support group based at Ribblesdale Children’s Centre in Clitheroe, are among only five childminders in the county who have achieved the award. . Both have also been “buddies” for the Support Childminding Project for the past three years providing support for new childminders in the first 12 months after registration. ' -Helen Lawson is currently working towards an Early Years Degree and Helen Taylor has almost completed . Level 3 NVQ in Child Care, Learning and Development.
College students aim for British team OLD,'silver and bronze medals were
I —secured
by.Stonyhurst College pupils competing at the British Physics
Olympiad, making them the highest achiev ing physics students in the country. The gold medal was awarded to Joe Lea
(17), from Hurst Green. His medal success was described as “a significant achievement” by the British Physics Olympiad committee, as only the top 5%) of the 1,047 competitors achieve the required marks. Last year Joe was selected to attend the
Senior Physics Challenge Summer School at the prestigious Cavendish Laboratories at Cambridge University. He also has a condi tional offer to study mathematics at Oxford . University. - ■
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• ’ The silver medal went to James Chui( 18), from Hong Kong; James is no stranger to : medals as he has previously won gold medals in the GCSE and AS Level Olympiads. He . intends to read engineering at Imperial Col-, lege London upon completion of his studies -l atStonyhurst.
’ , Padraig Alton (18), from the Ribble Val-/
ley, was awarded the bronze iriedal. Padraig;; h ^ a condition£il place to read Natural Sci--\ ences (Physics) at Camb'ridge.;tj=..'! " In addition to the
thVee.medals, Lucy,
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Wang (16); from Shanghai, 'was award^ a'; commendation; Lucy has also been offered a conditional place at Oxford University, even though she is only 1 6 . * ' ■ - All four students are currently in Year 13 at Stonyhurst and were' competing in the
Round-Two AS Level section of the British ; Physics Olympiad; It required them to a t an ■ exaniination paper at the school, \rith 50. sucrekful candidate from this round now -
■ moving on to round three, 15 of whom will : ■ be offered places at a training camp before : >:■ selection for the British team in the Physics: Olympiad. /
, '.MrsLucinda Fisher, Head of Science a t
‘ Stonyhurst College, commented: ‘‘To ^ in : - even a silver or bronze is an outstanding.;
achievement - our best performance in recent years at this level was a silver in . 2004 - so Joe really has excelled in winning ’. a gold. “Only 48 gold medals have been award- 5.’
ed out of 1,047 entries. Joe is now invited ; to compete in the final round for a place on _
• the UK physics team of five.” ” • Our picture shows the four medal win-:"
ners with Mrs Fisher, arid Stonyhu'rst’: headmaster Mr Andrew Johnson, (s)
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