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private jets, a total cost of hundreds of millions of pounds and a massive “car­ bon footprint”. And what was achieved? ‘-■ an a^&ment to attempt (without say­ ing howj'^to. limit global warming^o two d eg r^ centigrade by 2050 - an outcome that could have been reached with a few phone calls!'


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■ In return; .we are-asked to drive five miles less per week and plastic bags are now a rare commodity. If our leaders are not serious, what difference can the man in the street make? It's about time they looked at the big­


ger picture. There are two major contrib­ utors to global warming. By far the greatest is the number of people on the earth, and the second is the destruction of the rainforests. This is where the effort needs to be put, not in telling us to switch off lights and use fewer plastic bags.


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was attended by tens of thousands of del­ egates, security personnel and hangers- on from 192 countries. This involved hundreds of flights on


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There’s too many of us! Ml See It...


by Steve Davies


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We have to recognise that modem life


is what it is and people will still choose to fly away on holiday and use their cars instead of walking. Advances in technol­ ogy will, in the next 40 years, greatly reduce the carbon emissions of many of our activities as well as providing clean combustion of coal and other cleaner methods of energy generation (if we don't get a few selfish people objecting to wind turbines situated 12 miles away). Of course every little helps and we can


all do our bit by not wasting energy, but whatever we do we won't “save the plan­ et” unless we tackle the big problems. So instead of complaining about air travel, campaigners should be supporting family planning around the globe and the devel­ oped nations should be pumping money and resources into preventing the wanton


Looking Back 100 YEARS AGO


Choral and Orchestral Society per­ formed Handel’s well-known oratorio “Messiah”. The audience met the per­ formance with he^ty appreciation.


LOCALS were told what to do in the wintry weather to help stay warm and well. A little dry snow was nothing to be afraid of as it was the finest tonic in the world. If you were going out walking you should wear light clothing, but all wool, and going into a public house to have an alcoholic drink to keep out the chill was discouraged because alcohol only lowers the body temperature. Readers were reminded that huddling round a fire only warmed the front of the body and were encouraged to sit well back. • CLITHEROE’S Parish Church


50 YEARS AGO


A DEVELOPMENT of Grindleton CE School was discussed at a meeting. The decision about whether to build three rather than two new classrooms was debated because the school’s population of 50 children meant it was a borderline case. The local education chairman had branded it “ridiculous” to spend thou­


YEARS AGO . ;


signed a petition to stop the closure of the Church of England village school. The school, attended by 16 children with one teacher, was due to be closed after the summer term of 1961. The , petition, along with a letter, had been handed to the Divisional Education Executive at a meeting in Whalley.


sands of pounds for just one or two chil­ dren. • THIRTEEN villagers in Wiswell


A 22-YEAR-OLD Clitherbe man under­ went a five-hour double kidney opera­ tion. Alan Gudgeon, a kidney sufferer since the age of 12, had the best Christ­ mas present he could hope for with the promise of a normal life from 1985 onwards, having had 24 hours-a-week of dialysis treatment for the previous 10 years. • CLITHEROE firm Spiroflow, one of


the country’s leading manufacturers of powder handling equipment, celebrated going in to the New Year with plans to build an extension to its premises at the Up Brooks Industrial Estate. A planning application was subnoitted to Ribble Val­ ley Council to build a new development and testing lab, along with facilities for a new filling and weighing system.


-bought for the Week Truth or truth


rypha, and then, we have the New Testament and the Bible complete. All these Holy Inspired Writings lay down in aborigi-


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■ nal language how to live a whole and respectable life according to each our culture. There are those who believe


Jesus the carpenter’s son is yet to come as Jesus the Sav­ iour, there are those who believe'Jesus the Christ has been, then there are those who know Jesus Christ the


E have the Torah, Old Testament, Koran, the Apoc­


Saviour is here now and forev­ er. In life we seem to recognise things come in threes, what goes around comes around i.e. past - present - future, bad luck comes in threes i.e. don’t take the third light - third time lucky. Early Scripture (in the


main) i.e. Torah, Old Testa­ ment, Koran, more .up-to- date Apocrypha, New Testa­ ment, and Complete Bible. We have Heaven, Hell, or is that Hell on Earth? Finally, we openly know of three the­ atres of conflict i.e. Iraq, Afghanistan. Oops, th a t ’s


only two, the third, our secu­ lar politic and religious/com- mercial life.We are here this second on the Eve of a New Beginning, God has sent, is sending His Holy Son to res­ cue Humanity. Comic book heroes such as Batman, Superman,' the Fantastic Four, even the Ninja Turtles can’t rescue humanity. On a personal level I am, as


well as a minister of faith, a professional magician fully accredited by two profession­ al magic circlesj I hold a D.D., Dip. Theo., Dip. Bib., I have a grandiose working title of


“The Right Reverend Doc­ tor”, and yet I like other more superior academics can’t res­


cue humanity. As Human’s Intelligentsias


we, the people of earth, seem to miss the point every time. Whether you believe in the Torah, Koran, Bible or any other inspired doctrinal writ­ ings, it is the same God, and He is our, all of us included. Guardian Of Destiny. Not us. Happy new year to all


evers^where. REV. DON JOHNSON,


Minister of Billington Com­ munity Church


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e n e r o u s staff and customers at C l i t h e r o e ’ s N a t West branch have


donated dozens of toys and Christmas presents for underprivileged children as part of the bank’s “Toys From Us” campaign. The gifts, which includ­


ed CDs, DVDs, books and board games as well as toys for younger children, were donated to Barnar- dos, the national charity


which helps vulnerable children throughout the UK. All Nat West branches in


East Lancashire took part in the campaign, which ran across all 390 Nat West branches in the North West, Yorkshire and the North East. I t collected more than 1,500 toys in total. Carolyn Melling, Senior


Branch Manager for NatWest in East Lan­


cashire, said: “Toys From Us is a very worthwhile event as every contribu­ tion makes a difference to an underprivileged child at Christmas. I would like to thank


everyone who took part and particularly our cus­ tomers for their generous donations.” Our picture shows Car­


olyn Melling surrounded by some of the toys donat­ ed by NatWest staff and


Sergeant’s decorations


destruction of the rainforests which are the lungs of the planet.


The world's population is currently 6.8


billion and is projected to grow to 9 bil­ lion by 2050. Already, we can't feed all the world's mouths, so proper population control will go a long way to solving two problems. I t has been estimated that 38 return flights from London to Sydney would be offset by one prevented birth in the UK, 82 flights for each American and 15 flights for each Chinese. In terms of cost effectiveness, family


planning and reduced deforestation win hands down. The cost of saving one tonne of C02 by family planning is $7, by reduced deforestation $13, by wind power $18, by carbon capture and stor­ age of coal $57 and by the use of electric vehicles $131. Since the global total of unintended


births in the period 1995 to 2000 has been calculated as 88 million, family planning is the obvious answer. If the people of the state of Kerala in south India can restrict the size of their population to a sustain­ able level, then the rest of the world can.


competition is a great way for the soldier chefs to show off their varied catking skills, but it also benefits charities, as the


Sgt Chadwick joined the Army in 1990 and is now attached to 2nd Battalion The Yorkshire Regiment (Green Howards), based at Weeton Barracks, near Kirkham, where he lives with his family. The festive cake decorating


(35) beat other Army chefs from across the region to win the “Senior Regular Military Chef” section of the competi­ tion, held at at Fulwood Bar­ racks, the headquarters of the Army in the North West. Originally from Clitheroe,


tion. Sergeant James Chadwick


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n Army chef from Clitheroe was the winner of a festive cake decorating competi­


entries are donated to worth­ while causes which the Army supports. The Army Benevolent


Fund, Broughton House (a home for ex-^rvice personnel in Salford) and the BLESMA (British Limbless Ex-Service Men's Association) home in Blackpool all receiv^ cakes to either auction off or to feed residents over the festive sea­ son. Other sections of the com­


petition were for Junior Regu­ lar Military Chef and, for the firt time this year, a category for Ministry of Defence civil servants to take part in.- One of the panel of judges


was Warrant Officer Nik Smith MBE, the Pood Ser­ vices Warrant Officer of 42 (North West) Brigade, who said: “There was an outstand­ ing standard of cakes. Some of our chefs were taking part


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alongside also working hard towards deploying to Afghanistan. ■ “The competition is great


the Army has with the wider community.” Picture are Clitheroe’s Sgt


because it shows the diversity of military chefs, while sup­ porting worthwhile charities and improving the links that


Bank’s kind gesture for needy children


James Chadwick (left) with another of the judges. Brigadier Bill Aldridge, Com­ mander 42 Brigade, and the winning decorated cake, (s)


Teen shows his poetic skills


son is the exception. The 17-year-old, formerly of


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Clitheroe and now living in Bolton, has won several local poetry competi­ tions in recent years and seen his work published. Now he has penned a Christmas-


themed poem and sent it to us here at The Clitheroe Advertiser and Times. Benjamin writes: “I hope you'll be able to publish it for people to read and appreciate. “I used to live in Clitheroe, and I


love the place. I visit there often, buy­ ing your newspaper while I'm there. “People are really warm towards


poetry and the creative arts at Christ­ mas, and I want to spread the creative warmth I feel at this time of the year.” So here is Benjamin’s poem, entitled “Christmas Love”:


Snow replaces grass and stone A lime we seldom Jeel alone The British Christmas Jails tonight To set our eager souls alight.


I see your light, your tender stare Your outstretched arms and skin so


fair This town looks good beneath the sky Reflected in your gazing eye.


Smiles replace the mid-year frown As we see the saviour’s crown Snowy flakes swoon, they fly! Promise you'll never say goodbye.


Watches lick the years away Why this love for just one day? Thank your northern star above Preserve the British Christmas love.


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