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Foundation, in partnership with Aviva, Chance to be Chancellor is open to all .14 to 18-year-olds across


Nigel Evans is backing the launch of Chance to be Chancellor 2012. He is calling on local schools and young people to take up the challenge to learn about, and share their opinions on. Budget 2012. Run by the Citizenship


IF you are under-18 and think you could do a better job of managing the UK’s finances than today’s politicians, here’s a chance to prove it. Ribble Valley MP


Westminster, Mr Evans said: “At these times of economic uncertainty, I think it absolutely right


20th, participants can enter into a national competition to win great prizes, arid visit HM Treasury in London. To find out more and get involved visit: www. charicetobechancellor.- org.uk.


u n d e r s ta n d and be involved with the decision making at the heart of government which affects the UK economy all the time. I would urge young people to go to the website and get Involved - your opinions count.” Running until February


that everyone should be given that chance to air their views, particularly young people, as they will be the ones holding the purse strings next. “ T h e y n e e d t o


by Duncan Smith


LANCASHIRE’S first candidate for the new post of Police Commissioner says a 2.5% increase in council tax to cover the police .spending shortfall is “an insult to the hard-working


public”. . R ib b le V a l le y


, from being savaged by budget cuts. “I t s e ts a very


businessman • Kevin H o r k i n w a n t s a s s u r a n c e s th a t th e e x t ra money - equivalent to £3 on eve^one’s council tax bill across the county - will spare vital front­ line policing staff


worrying precedent,” he said. “We all now have to. find an extra £3 - what if it’s an extra £10 next year? “The decision of


L an c ash ire Police Authority shows total


-numbers are not cut, and they remain highly visible, both for public confidence and the credibility of the force,” said Mr Horkin. “Will the Chief


job to do, but it is vital that police officer


commissioner, says he sympathises with the Chief Constable, but that the public deserve assurances. ’' “He has a very tough


believes a fresh pair of eyes would shine’new light on important public issues. “We a r e a l l experiencing hard times right now,” he said. “T h ere are cuts


AN. OLYMPIC poster campaign for the whole of Hyndburn and Ribble Valley has been won by a pupil from St Joseph’s RC Primary School, in Hurst Green.


design was chosen from hundreds of others to win the Hyndburn and Ribble Valley School Sports


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r ight across local government. In the private sector, business owners like me are having to make some very tough decisions.” “However , it is


HITTING OUT: Kevin Horkin, who hopes to be Lancashire's first Police and Crime Commissioner


disregard for the public at a time when we are all watching the pennies. “It’s an insult to the


Authority voted to add extra to council


hard-working public.” Lancashire Police


tax bills to allow Chief C o n s ta b le S tev e Finnigan to spend more on policing. Mr Horkin, who


C o n s ta b le now remove the axe which is hanging over the men and women who. wear the uniform of the Lancashire Constabulary, the people at the very frontline of policing?” Before the police


announced last month that he is to run for election as the county’s first police and crime


authority meeting. C h ief C o n s ta b le Finnigan admitted cuts of £43m. over the next four years had already begun to hit police services in the county.' He also said the cuts


would make it harder to reduce crime. If elected, Mr Horkin


always p ru d en t to ensure certain things must be ring-fenced and protected. “The public want to


• new eyes, I will oversee a fresh approach to policing, and I will question everything.” Elections for the post


see more police officers on the beat, and they want to engage with a police force which is willing to listen to their concerns. “If elected, I will look at everything with


of Police and Crime Commissioner will be held in November.


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partnership was invited to enter, and the standard was extremely high. The children had to design a poster showing the Olympic Values - Friendship, R e s p e c t a n d Excellence - and the Paralympic Values - Determination, Courage, Equality and Inspiration. Eve’s poster was outstanding.


Partnerships classroom competition. Every school in the


Games Organiser for the Ribble Valley, said; “This is an exciting time for youth sports, with the 2012 London Olympics and Paralympics on the horizon, and there is a lot for our children and young people to aspire to. This was an excellent opportunity for the children to explore what the Olympic Games means to them.”


WINNER: Eve Gilbert with her winning design and prizes.


and she was presented with her prize, soft toy versions of a Olympic mascots Mandeville and Wenlock. 'The school was also presented with the Team GB mascot Pride the Lion. Jane Sheridan, School


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who received an MBE in 1986 for services rendered to the British community in Brussels, was well-known in the Ptibble Valley. His mother, Hannah


A FORMER Waddington man, who. emigrated to Belgium in 1948, has died aged 87.' Mr Leonard Thomas Oddie,


Primary School, he started- as an apprentice to become a joiner He was 16 when the Second


W i lk in so n , was f rom Waddington and his father, Thomas O d d ie , from Ciitheroe. After attending Waddington


World War broke out. During the war he volunteered at the age of 19, following a request on the radio for tradesmen to come down to London to help repair the houses damaged by the Luftwaffe bombardment (in Gapham Common, the site where most of the damage had been done). Between 1944 and 1947,


TRIBUTES: Mr Leonard Thomas Oddie MBE who died in Belgium, (s)


in Brussels in the NAAFI (Navy, Army and Air Force Institutes) 21 Club in June 1946. The couple married in January 1947, in Brussels, then


he served in the Household Cavalry, Royal Horse Guards first at Combermere Barracks, Windsor, and then in Menden/ Iserlohn, Germany, in the British Army of the Rhine (BAOR). He met his future wife, Josie,


member, but also as chairman in several British organisations in Brussels: Toe H, The Brussels British Community Association (BBCA), the Royal British Legion, Brussels British Football Club, British United football Gub and many charities.


Rotary display - and chance to help


help support their international charity work by donating any old computers which you.no longer need. The Rotarians are


The Rotary clubs of C i ith e ro e and Ribblesdale are joining forces to celebrate International Rotary Day, on Thursday, February 23rd. A n d y ou c a n


• Box on display, more than 20 of which - all paid for by funds raised locally - have gone to help in disaster areas over the past two years. Members of the


. the work carried out by Rotary clubs both locally and internationally. In the Ribble Valley, that includes vital and ongoing support for Crossroads Care, North West Air Ambulance, Multiple' Sclerosis Society and many more. One of the major


taking over the shop at 6-8 Castle Street, where there will be a display of


achievements has been-the part played by Rotary in the eradication of polio worldwide, with India not having a recorded case for more than 13 months.


public are also being encouraged to bring their old computers (desktop or laptop) which, when stripped of information and then refurbished, go to carefully selected schools in .Africa. So far more than 40 have been donated and processed. I f you have an old computer which you can donate, take it to the Castle Street shop on February 23rd, or alternatively call 07977 042867. Also at the shop will


be information about Rotary membership and how to become involved in other ways. For more information visit www.clitheroero- tary.org.uk or speak to any Rotary member.


displays, there will be an Emergency Shelter


As well as visual


Danny was born. Sadly, Mr Oddie’s wife Josie died of cancer in 1989 at the age of 67. He was extremely proud of being a member of the British Legion and belonged to several branches in Belgium, but also in Ciitheroe, partly because of his personal involvement during the occupation in Germany, but also in memory of his father, Tom who, as a soldier, lost an arm during the First World War on a battle field in Northern France. He was actively involved, as a


spent some time in Germany and England before finally settling in Belgium. In 1948, the couple’s son


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said: “Although he spent most of his life in Belgium with his wife and family, his heart remained in his native village, Waddington, which he used to visit whenever possible. He often talked of the happy memories of his youth and remained in contact with the locals. He surely missed the Bowling Green, billiards in the ‘readin room’ and going out for a pint with the old pals he knew.” Mr O d d ie h a s two


20 years of his life with Yvonne, his partner. Together they travelled to England on several occasions. Paying tribute, his son Danny


St Andrews Church in Brussels, who will sorely miss him. As a longstanding member, he took his various duties over the years seriously and carried them out with great diligence. During Sunday school classes, children were spellbound by his testimony, and enjoyed listening to his stories illustrated by photos and mementos. He sh a re d th e la s t


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place on Wednesday, April 11th, at Waddington Chapel. Danny added; “According to my father’s wishes, his cremated remains are to be interned in my mum’s grave at St Helens’ Churchyard, Waddington.”


granddaughters, Ann Catherine (36), and Deborah (34), and four great-^andchildren, all of them living in Belgium. A memorial service will take


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