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Why so negative? I


FIND, it disappointing and sad that Kibble Yalley Borough Council’s considerable efforts to seek the views of local residents on the area’s >


asiseelt


by Richard Sherras Chairman of Kibble Valley


Borough Council’s planning and development committee


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: main issues facing the area. Sight seems to have been lost of the fact


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ITEMS for sale in the paper this week included a newly built house in Park Av­ enue, Ciitheroe, and “good houses” on Brennand Street, Castle View and Wad- dington Road. Also included were a gen­ tleman’s riding saddle and a “magnificent and costly high class second hand suite, fit for any mansion”. • A letter to the council from a Skip-


ton resident visiting Chatbum stated that “whilst cycling past Downham Bridge on September 25th, I saw a motor accident there which narrowly escaped being a tragedy and in which three men, one woman and four children narrowly es­ caped with their lives”. The writer assert­ ed that the spot, at tlie bottom of a steep hill, could be improved at very little cost. The Chairman of the committee said he agreed that the bridge needed attending to and estimated the cost at £10. It was


agreed that the surveyor should proceed with the work. .


full document and page 6 of the explana-


, tory booklet. Numbers have not been • “plucked” out of the air, as was suggested in last week’s As 1 See it, but have been derived from masses of evidence gathered over several years. National rules for planning and devel­


opment are put into place by the Govern­ ment, but it is the responsibility of local councils and their communities to devise detailed plans for their areas, and at every ■ stage of tlie Draft Core Strategy Ribble Valley Borough Council has taken the opinions of as many local people as pos­ sible into account.


, Results and conclusions from numerous studies have been put out for consultation


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and comment over the years, and arc re­ ferred to in the consultatiori document both in the text and in the glossar)', such as the Strategic Housing Market Assessment (2.3.2), Ribble Valley Settlement Hierar­ chy (2.3.13) and Ribble Valley Housin- Needs Assessments (2.3.10), all of which are available either on the Ribblc Valley Borough Council web site, or on request^ The Core Strategy will cvemiially form part of Ribble Valley Borough Council’s


. Local Development Framework - a port­ folio of themed documents setting out fu­ ture strategic iand-use.


-The framework emphasises the


need for community involvement in the preparation of strategics and the council has therefore made consider­ able efforts to seek the views of residents. Be assured, all the views expressed in the consultation will be considered carefully and seriously, and will help to formulaic the next version of the Draft Core Strate­ gy, which will also go out for consultation.


being expressed by some will not deter people from exercising their right to com­ ment.


.,1 Hopefully, the negative views currently


A SUCCESSFUL launch evening was enjoyed by Kibblesdale High School Technology College’s


Young Enterprise team. The company this year is called Pro-


togenia and consists of 21 directors. T The evening, whicli was held at The Eagle at Barrow, started with a couple' of singers from the school to greet the guests on arrival. . Tliis was then followed by six presen­


tations, from Matthew Ashwortli, MD, Emily Hading, company secretary, Ka- songo Swana, finance, Megan Jackson, design. Amber Dawson, leavers’ book, and Hugh Graham, Olympics. They outlined the plans for the com­


ing year and gave an expected financial turnover and the purpose of a young enterprise company. The products and services for the ■


coming year include a chocolate bar, a leavers’ package and an Olympic game for primary school pupils. As well as entering local trade fairs, the company intends to visit a trade fair in Brussels and the national trade fair in Stratford.


“ Neil Ashworth, link teacher, said:


“This is a strong team in the tradition of Ribblcsdale’s Young Enterprise companies. After the presentation 130 guests enjoyed a buffet and dancing.”


50 yeara ago


CLITHEROE Rural District Council was not willing to sell a strip of land at Green Park, Whalley, to a building firm for ac­ cess to a proposed housing development. The 18ft strip of land, at the southern end of the open space was to provide a 36 feet access road into Tlie Sands. , • Stock car racing sounds, a very dan­ gerous sport, but attractive farmer’s daughter Florence Capstick, of Lower Kempstone Farm, Chatburn, competed in her first race. At one of her many visits to Belle Vue, 21-year-oId Florence saw Jack Ollerenshaw, also of Chatburn, who lent her his old Studebaker car for the only ladies’ race and she was thrilled to come third out of 12, going all the way without going into the barrier. • The importance of sixth form work


and the dangers of classroom overcrowd­ ing were stressed by Mr G. Hood, head­ master of Ciitheroe Royal Grammar School, in his annual Speech Day report.


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Westminster Cathedral at the time of the Pope’s visit to this country. . . . . The young man was Paschal Uche, a


- Lite steps of


; pharmacy student who welcomed the, Pope on behalf of.the young people of England, Wales and Scotland. Though


■ he had prepared what he wanted to say, . he seemed to speak spontaneously with ' .wprds filled with,enthusiasm that obvi-v .ously came from the heart;- •'


. v, .: .The 2,500 young peojile gathered with ■:


; him were, he said, “a truly living Church - that offers great opportunities for young'. ‘ people.to encounter the love of Christ-. and share it”, and he went on to pray that ■' the Pope’s visit would inspire them to be


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you watched it on television, you ' •will.not easily forget that day la s f September when a young man spoke


.“saints of the third millennium”..


; Inspire them to be saints? Was Paschal being a little loo enthusiastic? Surely not


all those young people aspire to become' saints? Well, why not?


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All who follow the Lord are called to be saints. In fact. Paschal was responding . to what Pope Benedict had said the pre-'


vious day at another gathering of young: people. He had explained that no matter' now wealthy or successful we.are “it will


.not satisfy us unless we aim for something: greater still and that only God can satisfy the deepest needs of our hearts'


: fhat when we ac- -


cept God s love for us, eyeiything in dur . lives begins to change and that we want to '•


help people who are poor and liungry to ^ comfort the sorrowful, and to be kind and' generous; And once these things begin to matter to you, you are well on the vvay to -


becoming saints.” ■' During his visit Pope Benedict drew


dinal Newman among the'BlessedThere are countless more, unknown to the world at large, whose lives of faith and goodness reflect the gentleness and love of Christ. For all of these we give thanks on “All Saints’Day”. ' -


v :Duns6p Bridge .


MONSIGNOR JOHN CHALONER, ■ Parish Priest of St Hubert’s , .


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our thoughts to the known saints of Scot­ land England and Wales. In Scotland he recalled Saints Ninian, Mungo, Columba and Margaret: In Westminster Abbey he knelt with the Archbishop of Ganterbuty before the shrine of St Edward the Con­ fessor. In Westminster Cathedral he bless­ ed a new mosaic of St David of Wales.-. ■At the end of his visit he declared Car­


25yeafsago I Q u e s t tO f in d COUIlty’s tO p Y o u n g Q t i z e i l ■


A WHALLEY fish and chip shop owner fled his premises via a bedroom window after a fire started in the upstairs of the shop on King Street. Unable to leave by the staircase, Mr Paul Brown escaped on to an extension roof and jumped to safe­ ty. The fire was tliought to have started as some clothes caught alight whilst dry­ ing in front of the fire in the living area of the propertydThe living room and con­ tents were almost completely destroyed and four of the bedrooms were severely smoke damaged, but the cooking range and shop remained untouched. • Ciitheroe Health Centre cel­


ebrated it’s 10th birthday. The centre was equipped with a £37,000 computer holding records of the Valley’s 30,000 patients and it was reported remark­ able that doctors had all this information available at their fingertips. Installed in 1982, the computer was the first of its kind in the North of England


THE High Sheriff of Lancashire has launched his search to find the Lancashire Young Citizen of the Year 2010. Tile High Sheriff is inviting applications


to find a young person aged up to 21 who has helped either their local neighbour- hood, an individual, family, member or lo­ cal organisation.


■. Sufyaan Patel (17), from Blackburn,


triumphed in the awards last year, having completed more than 260 hours volun­ teering since February, 2009. This year. High Sheriff Dennis Men-


doros, wants to hear about young people involved with all kinds of projects; ones that help make local communities safer, and better places to live; those which help to regenerate deprived areas; or those which help people to build confidence and


■ unlock their true potential. BAE Systems is once again the title


sponsor for the Awards and is proud to be associated with the scheme. Paul Earnshaw, public affairs manager


at BAE Systems, said: “Young people are often portrayed in a negative light, out the


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BUDDING ENTREPRENEURS: Pupils from Ribblesdale’s Protogenia Young Enterprise company at the launch evening, (s)


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fact is, troublemakers are in the minority - they are far, far outweighed by the thou­ sands of youngsters who make a valuable contribution to their community’s day in, dayout.”


Closing date for Young Citizen of the


Year nominations is January 31st, 2011. The winner will receive £250, plus a spe-. cially commissioned trophy and certifi­ cate. Application forms are available online


at www.lanpac.co.uk or by calling 01772 412372.


Chapter and verse on Chris


TRUE CRIME fans at Ciit­ heroe Library had the chance to borrow a surprisingly dif­ ferent “book” - County Coun. Chris Holtom, Chairman of Lancashire County Council. County Coun. Holtomj


who represents Ribble Valley South West, was appearing as part of the county council’s


. ' “Living Books in Lancashire” scheme. Book browsers of all ages -were able to “hire out” Coun-


. ty Coun. Holtom to hear his ' eyewitness account of the


- committal proceedings of th e ' notorious Kray twins at. the


’ Old Bailey, London, in 1969. .'. He used to work close to


; 'the Old Bailey, in the ad- vertising department of the .'Westminster Gazette nevvs-


: paper, before he moved to. Lancashire. ■' . He said: “I was pleased to


LIVING BOOK: County Coun. Chris Holtom, chairman of Lancashire County Council, with young people from Rib­ ble Valiev at Ciitheroe Library’s Livine Books event,


' be.asked to be a ‘living book’ ' and hope the people of CliL ■ heroe found it interesting to learn about one of the most! infamous trials of the 20th - centuiy,-'. -


. ■ i ■ ■ ' , : “Being at the pre-trial com-


mittal was fascinating. I got to find out about everything from the murder of Jack ‘The Hat’ MeVitie to the roles each brother played. “I was surprised by people’s


reactions, and the fact that young people were particu­ larly interested.” Living Books in Lancashire


is part of the county council’s plans to encourage local peo­ ple to come and find out more about the lives of people from different backgrounds across the county. Some of the subjects living


books have discussed include inspirational stories; local his­ tory and cultural knowledge; career achievements or details of interesting jobs; life-chang­ ing experiences, unusual hob­ bies and much more. ■ County Cdun. Holtom add­


ed: “Lancashire is a diverse- county with people from many - walks of life and Living Books


. in Lancashire is a superb way of finding out more about the stories behind the people who: live here; I was pleased to be '. part of this latest event.” -.


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