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Oh dear, less than 38% turnout for another election; Lanca-:;' shire County Council.' i . . ^ The Po'lice Commissioner one \vas even worse.


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I am ju s t about to write to him, to ask i f he is a) Still alive; b) t Usefiil; c) Not just a Labour - puppet. Are people realising, in an increasingly terrorised “mul­ ticultural" Britain, where the security forces have access to all information, that your vote is not secret! Think;whenyougoin,they- give you'a numbered ballot pa­ per, take note o f your registra­ tion number, which is written then beside the ballot paper Number-:—-.Worsethan >- some Third World countries? Or perhaps people realise that all politician micturate in the


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I As a fatherof two small chil­ dren this a welcome attempt : to solve the problem of dog mess. However more s t i l l : : needs to be done because while the vast majority of dog : owners are conscientious ■ and clean up after their dogs, , unfortunately there is still a - minority who fail to do so and don’t care about the wellbeing ; of other residents and visitors to the town.


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WASTEPAPER


I’m puzzled by torn bottoms Has anyone been puzzled b y : . the fact that many of Ribble '■ ■ Valley Borough Council’s sacks for paper have holes in the : bottom? . ' * .


My last week’s sack, although ■;


looking new, had a huge hole - in the bottom, which needed repairing before putting in an­ ything, even an old Clitheroe - Advertiser! This week, I asked one of the ?.


, paper collectors why so many : had holes, and learnt it was ::f: ; because people overload their sacks and/or drag them over f i rough surfaces.


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. Some older folk may not be ; able to lift their sacks, but they are unlikely to be overfilling V :


: them and making them heavy;: the rest o f us should have no ; ’ problems lifting them, should , we? RVBC is doing what it can to reduce unnecessary spend-: ing; isn’t it our respohsibil- >: ity to take better care of these : sacks? Name and address supplied


BY-ELECTION


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ONLINEPORN .


We must wipe out child porn Calls for on-line child porn ■ sites to be blocked are long overdue and every pressure must be applied to Google and Microsoft until this happens.: But meanwhile I believe there '


is also a need for the sentenc- 4 ing o f those who access such: disgusting images to be tight- / enedup. Currently m a n y o f - : those caught having down- ■


loaded this filth do not even go tojail. 1 totally understand the ra- : tionale behind sending them on intensive sex rehabilitation courses, including the well- .: respected “Northumbria” ' course, as this can address the underlying problem and so . protect the community. But those for whom only :' prison is appropriate receive ‘ sentences frequently marked in months rather than years • ; thanks to sentencing guide- ■ lines handed down to judges j to follow. , This is no deterrent at all. Pae-.


dophiles, particularly t h o s e •' distributing images to other t perverts, need to know that : such behaviour will land them ' behind bars for a very long -


time for they are attacking the fabric of society. -


,We have a duty to protect our; children hnd every obscene ' image means thatachild^i somewhere in the world has ’ * been abused to meet the de­


mand of deviants and their life ■ scarred forever. It is appalling


and must be stopped. - ' PaulNuttall


; UKIP North West MEP;


The last District Elections J werejust over two years ago. ;; it didn’t appear remarkable; ] then that a Conservative who /: won one of the two seats in the Littlemoor Ward where I live j in Clitheroe was from Read.' : But then we didn’t have the : dash for Housing on Green 4 Fields we have now. Conserva­ tives could win in many case s : regardless ofwho or where: from. Last October I involved my- :; self in the hope o f denying48 houses on the field behind us : that at the time had cattle on -: it. This Conservative didn’t ■ come to the Planning Commit­ tee whenasked by me (she did- send someone else) and when I checked she hadn’t and didn’t come to many Committee • Meetings anyway - in fact not ’ one Council Meeting. She has now not attended anything in . six months and has ceased t o : beacouncillor. : Just a few weeks ago at th e : = County Elections a Conserva­ tive took the Clitheroe Seat from the sitting Liberal Demo-. crat, but more to the point narrowly beat Steve Rush who4 surprisingly stood notas UKIP: as previously, but as an Inde-: ' pendent. The forthcoming by-election v in Littlemoor Ward should be extremely interesting. :■


Can the Conservatives find a ' , local candidate (and some- - ‘


one who will turn up) and will 'f Steve Rush continue as an In­ dependent?


Not forgetting the Liberal Democrats, whose sitting Lit-


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tiemoor representative (who was and still is on Planning; ■ Committee) gave me sterling ‘ support and whose losing can- didate was and no doubt still


is a very worthy contender on planning and other is su e s .' - So watch this space.


. Bruce Dowles, ' , g a l l e y Road, Clitheroe WHALLEYHYDRO


Restoring the balance on


^^alley Hydro ’Two recentletters have sought:


to undermine our Whalley ■ ' Hydro Scheme before the fund raising for it starts. : . ; " : ' ■


Both seek to make a compari- ‘


son with another scheme at ‘ ' Settle.


All hydro schemes are unique- i ly shaped by the river on , ‘


-which they are si ted and our^ | scheme differs from that at ‘ : 4 .


Settle in several key respects; ^


: Probably the mostsignificaiii4 ; feature is that we are right'-4- • at the bottom o f the Calder s " :


catchment(3iGsqkm)and have data on river flows from' 4


an official Environment Agem I cy monitoring station going : : :


backover4oyears.Usingthis 4 ; and other data we commis-


sioned a major design study ■ with funding of £20,400 from i-


the Department of Energy and i Climate Change.:


The company that we commis- ? sioned to do the study was suf- V; ficiently impressed that it is : prepared to give us aperform- ance guarantee on which our 4 business plan is based. The scheme’s official prospec-' |


:tus will be issued later this ■ : / year and should contain a l l : f.: the information people needif; they are to make a considered ■ investment decision. n - We are reluctant to enterinto: ^ a debate via your letters col-.' umn, but felt it important to - challenge statements that are I clearly mischievous and mis- -i leading. Muchofthefishing lobby has one (seldom declared) aim,


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which is to tear do wn all weirs . including the historic one a t ; ; ; Whalley that has been there ' since aboutisBo. Most local :; j people, I suspect, would object ; strongly i f this were to hap­ pen. The weir is important as part ofthe historic built : • landscape ofWhalley and also j serves to aerate the water of the Calder. It acts as a barrier i? to the upstream migration of salmonoid fish in certain river conditions. For this reason •: ■ .: one would have expected that, ; anglers would warmly wel- ■ ; come the fish ladder, which is, an integral part o f our scheme, . since this will alio w fish to pass at almost any time.


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Our proposed Archimedean; ,; ; screw turbine is officially rec-; ognised as being fish friendly despite some shroud-waving d stories to the contrary. The ' Environment Agency, which regulates the use ofthe river, v, has been extremely demand- ing in ensuring that our


BOLTONBY-BOWLAND


Whist and doms, Winners:Whist- '


: ■ H.Pickard, M. Jackson, H . :: Grainger, M. Grainger, J . .


Traynor, H. Wright; Dominoes


- -A . Partington;D. Partington, ' E. Nowell, J. Plumbley, A. kj


Sutcliffe,A. Fox.Thisevent was


in aid of Cancer Research and raised approximately £370.: .


CHATBURN . . Thanks .


. ko Chatburn Village Com- ' . mittee would like to thank all " residents and businesses who


kindly donated bottles for the tombola stall which the com- ' : mittee ran during the 20/20 cricket fun day on May 26 t h . ;: .The magnificent sum o f £200 ; was raised for village funds. ■


Summer proms


. ; ‘>' iThe summer season o f . Chatburn proms start on June


, 16th at 2 pm in Christ Church: Chatburn.


A great variety o f music


, performed by The Eagley Band stirring the emotions with ; '


: rousing marches, hymns, clas­ sical, pop and movie m u s i c . ; Spend a lazy Sunday after- - . noon in this beautiftil church?


: enjoyingawiderangeofglori- : ous music in aid ofthe Church Development Fund to improve


■ facilities for everyone; Spon­ sored by Shackletons Home ‘ . and Garden, Chatburn. ■ V--' Tickets, costing £6 and


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■ ; including fight refresh-' .. : > • ” me’nt, are available from Roy .• Porter Butcher, Chatburn, or ;•


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Coffee morning A Marie Curie Cancer Care -


coffee mo’rning is being held at •The Manor House tomorrow!'


- (Friday) from 10 to 11am;: ■ - • Stalls include cakes, tombola,


' plants,books,andraffle. Ad­ mission is free, £1 for refresh- . ■ ments. Everyone w e lcom e.: ■


DOWNHAM ,


Collection The recent collection in


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scheme is not in any way eco­ logically detrimental. There is not long to wail now,,,, . before our prospectus is pub- fished, but people can already , obtain much more informa-; , tion about the scheme i f they; ? , visit our website at: whalley-; ; ;


hydro.co.uk. ' ■: i '1: ,. Graham Sowter ;


Director, Whalley Community, - Hydro


Dovvnhamand’Twistonfor j-k. Christian Aid amounted t o . £245.97. Many thanks to all who gave so generously.


GISBURN 1 X


Young Farmers 'Members travelled to . '


Threshfield where they -


enjoyed a very informative -id', farm walk by kind permission of Angus, John an Dorothy r;- v: iDean. The evening came to a .w


' close with an excellent supper. Many thanks to all concerned..


Volunteer needed ' - Gisburn Festival Hall is


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Northcote celebrates tourism top three Ml I M •


The Northcote Group, which h ashelpedputEastLanca- -( shire and Ribble Valley on ... th em ap fo rgo odd in in g .is : celebrating a bronze award in the VisitEngland 2013 Awards fo r Excellence, pre- > sented a t Old’Trafford. '. CraigBancroft, Northcote managing director, said “We are absolutely delighted. ", . To be recognised in th e top three o f Small Hotels in Eng­


Anyone who is interested ■ ‘ ■ should please'e-mail festi-'-; valhalI@gisburn.org.uk o r : come to the next meeting on Tuesday June 18 th at 7-45pm at the Festival Hall.


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. The annual sports d a y : ; • • takes place in Grindleton on ■ ; Saturday June 15th beginning- withafancy dress procession down the Main Street. The ;■ ? theme this year is the “Wild ; , West”.


- (Teas at the sports day will ■ ' .


be served by Grindleton WI ( . i and organisers would very r ; :i < much appreciate any dona-sT-:; tions of cakes. These can be brought to the Pavilion on the Saturday morning between 10' and ii-3oam or brought on the afternoon.-


Women’s Institute . l Members of Grin'dleton !• .'ij


WI are hoping for a lovely ;:vua; summer evening for th'eir. barbecue on June 13th at the v/ pavilion at the earlier time o f c : 7 p.m. They are reminded to ; bring their own food tqcook j (or something cold i f it’s a wet-'; i night), cutlery and plate and •; : the salads and desserts t h a t ■ they have kindly offered to v.; ' make. The bar will be open : and there will be lighthearted fun and games on a royal 4. theme to mark the 60th ah- T niversary o f the Coronation.*':’.; ’ Members are invited to weari\ .


land is a huge achievement .> and one we are extremely.. -. proud of.” The Northcote G roup df . ; Companies, owned b y Lynda and Richard Matthewman . . . (chairman),NigelHaworth ' andCraigBancroft()oint'... managing directors) i n j ..,.. d ud e s Northcote restauran t


" at Langho, the conference ■ ' and banqueting divis ion ;: |. Northcote a t Blackburn Rov-


red, white and/or blue and to - bring items for a Coronation ■


. memorabilia display. The ‘ • competition is for the best hand-decorated sun hat. Entry forms for the Clitheroe area ' --’, show should be brought to ‘ this meeting or taken to Sally. Dowds or Catherine Taylor in clearly marked envelopes by '• July 4th at the very latest, this ■: being the deadline for entries.


HARROPFOLD


Fellowship . - . OnThursdaylastHarrop ■


Christian Fellowship wel- corned the Rev. Diane Hunter ; ■ as the guest speaker. She was i :


' accompanied by her husband: Keith who provided the music. Diane began a series on Bibli-; cal prayers starting with The ■ ; Lord’s Prayer. The Fellowship 1.


. looks forward to her next visit. - 1’ ■ Last Sunday was the 194th •. anniversary o f the chapel when the guest speakers .:; were M e n ^ and Lucy- France, o f Kays Farm Fel- J lowship, Sco'rton, who have si;-;


. founded children’s homes and:; maintain others in the Middle: ;


; East. Mervyn spoke on having.; “faith”, basing his message on t '; the blind begger Bartimaeus ";;: who was healed by his faith in .; Jesus stating that Jesus always has time for the “nobodys” in t-.-: this fife. Lucy sang two beauti- i- fill gospel songs. -* ^ V An excellent ahniversary^i i '


meal was prepared by Peggy a . ;: Sue Pinder and enjoyed by ■


: : ers, and Ribble Valley Inns - w h ich consists o f The Three


. - Fishes, Afitton, The Clog and : , Billycock',Pleasington,The .- Bull a t Broughton and The .. Highwayman Inn, Kirkby ; Lonsdale.


. Pictured from le ft are Kaye


:..Matthew,salesandmarket-.: ing director, Craig Bancroft, managing director, and ;


:. Laura Crabb, marketing and PRexecutive. . . , . '


everyone after the’service , and a most enjoyable tirhe o f : fellowship with friends old . and new.


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' -Tonight, the guest speaker will be Mr Charles Scott- - ~ Pearson, o f Bedford. The ■ meeting will be held at 7 pm : at the chapel. There will be - a Power-Point presentation - on the fife and work of David ■ Livingstone in Africa. There u' will be a book stall and f ig h t .


: refreshments will be served at the close ofthe meeting. Next. Sunday MrEdrvin Holland, o f ' Preston, will be the speaker. ”; : The Fellowship looks forward to his visit and the service • ■ will start at 2 pm. All are very \ welcome.


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Women’s Institute . ” ‘ I: Put the next WI meeting in


your diaries, Thursday June : 27th at 7-30pm, members and ■ : visitors welcome. The talk sr will be entitled “Funny ta le s !:f from an undertaker” and i iv the speaker is Neil Harvey. Members are reminded that;;’- it is time to hand in your entry forms for the Clitheroe Show. ■ :


YouthClub - A” : " > 5: The youth club meets to-: - mof row (Friday) at the Memo-: rial Hall. All young people over the age of nine’are welcome; * !- The youth club is run by volun­ teers and is always glad to add i new people to the rota. - Newmembers or helpers;":: •


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