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■ - Over the past 45 years of being a cor-' • respondent and writing to many regional and national newspapers I have always used the' signature “R. J. M. Loebell” in any matters that are expressing my own personal views and beliefs. When I joined UKIP some six years


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N last .week’s .“As I See It” there seems to have been a lot of misin­ formation provided by the writer, which needs redressing. .


ago and up to my retirement from active politics last November I always used the signature “Ron Loebell, UKIP” for any p a ^ correspondence in the newspapers.' This has been comrrion knowledge which the writer has ignored. .'


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know who he is by the way?) writes that people should not trust UIQP and its sup-. porters and members and gives out some absurd, laughable and ridiculous remarks about what that party s t^ d s for and why people should not vote for them. ' He goes on to drag into the equation my


The writer, Ged Mirfin (does anyone


personal comments and observations on a subject that millions of people - not just here in the UK but also in France, Germa­ ny and Italy- are deeply concerned about.


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watching an ITV news programme (Sat­ urday February 2nd, 6-30 p.m.) that had an interview with a.now ex-Toiy council­ lor who stated that he and thousands more former Tory members are leaving that party on the same grounds as my com­ ments?


totally misled the public into thinking that I have some homophobic views and that the UKIP party have the same, and that we are both tarred with the same brush. So how is it that I have just finished


The programme also revealed that ' ,


lookingback 50 years ago


IT was reported that the thaw which had begun earlier in the week had brought .welcome relief to main roads in Ribbles- dale and Rowland: “Wednesday’s gales whipped up snow from the fields and by earfy morning, almost eveiy road in Bow- land was blocked. Side roads in the Clithe­ roe area were also blocked. Further snow on Wednesday added to the chaos and drivers on the main Clitheroe to Whalley road between Clitheroe Golf Club and Primrose bridge were driving, though a


school would be ready for opening on schedule for the Autumn term. The school had cost in the region of £21,000.


“white storm” as snow was driven across the road. • Chipping’s new Catholic junior


He seems to be stating that any party that has members and supporters who; like myself, have a subjective view on things is a party of homophobic, extreme national­ ist views, rabid intolerance, dogmatic in­ tolerance... the list goes on and on. . f Coun. Mirfin and his bedfellows have


.party’s dictates. That statement is, of course, my own


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there are people in this Valley who wish to silence the voices of reason and debate. This smacks of the kind of system used by the Nazis and Russians many years ago to stop opponents speaking out on the ruling


and not UKIP’s. So Coun. Mirfin, please be very careful in future about using my own personal comments and mixing them in with the sensible UKIP policies for your own ends.


that the Tory party can also be labelled with the words, homophobic, extreme na­ tionalist views, rabid intolerance, dogmat­ ic intolerance... and whose supporters are cranks, gadflies, finiitcakes, loonies, closet racists? (words used recently by Cameron, Howard and other senior Tories to de­ scribe UKIP supporters). What comes out: of all this is simple;


more than 100 Tory MPs are so angry that Cameron is going down the same path, which I and hundreds of millions in the countries mentiohe'd above oppose, that they will cross the floor and revolt on the vote for gay marriages. Many, of course, might cross the floor never to return. So Coun. Mirfin, can we now assume


MARKETING expert Christine Cort, from the Ribble Valley, has joined the team of Marketing Lanca­


to the existing board of public sector stakeholders, and help to develop the county as an excellent place to visit, live, work, study and invest in. ■


rock biit who workSprofessionally under her maiden namej-is managing director of the Ma:richester Intemational Festival, one of the most successful festivals in the world with a reputation for staging world premieres.


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“THE battle to'save the Dales Rail serv­ ice has not been won by any means,” Clitheroe Deputy Mayor Coun. Bert Jones warned town councillors this week. “If the line is closed, the Ribble Valley would becpme.a backwater. We cannot afford to turffitourism or industry away,” he added. Tire threat to the serv­ ice has arisen mainly.due to the expense of the upkeep of thefiines Ribble Valley viaduct. The townxouncil decided to send a representative to the next meet­ ing of the action group fighting to keep open the Settle to Carusle line. • Houses for sale in this week’s paper


included a “superbly modernised cot­ tage” on Downham Road, Chatbum, for sale at £25,000.


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her career at London’s Riverside Studios and worked with many big names includ­ ing Kenneth Branagh, Vanessa Redgrave, Gore Vidal,.Richard Wentworth and Max Wall, then joined Sir Terence Conran’s team at the Design Museum. She was headhunted to join Time Out,


She grew up in Blackburn and started


SPA PARTNER: Janine Bradley, ;/ manager of the * ; luxury spa at ^ Stanley H o u s e , . ' / Mellor.


j ' Christine^ whoseimarried name is Shor-


which is chaired by restaurateur Paul Heathcote.' The aini is to bring their business skills


directore recruited from the private sector to the board of the company, formerly the Lancashire and Blackpool Tourist Board,


shire, the partnership that promotes the county. She is one of three new non-executive


hidden gems like the Forest of Rowland, with extraordinarily good inns, hotels and gastro-pubs that people outside the area might not know about. Clitheroe is a re­ ally beautiful market town. 'Whenever I bring people here from London they’re impressed by how open and friendly peo­ ple are.”


NEW CHALLENGE: Christine Cort


where she was promoted to marketing director then group marketing director across the Time Out Guides. After 10 years with the group she relo­


cated with her family to the Ribble Val­ ley and was sought out to help set up the Manchester Intemational Festival. She said: “I’ll be bringing to my ap­


lion visitors who contributed £3.37 billion to the local economy and helped support nearly 56,000 jobs.


Stanley’s girl Janine is an ‘ila’ pamper queen


JANINE Bradley, manager at the Spa at Stanley House, Mellor has been rec­ ognised as one of the best therapists in the UK by intemational product house,


. The 28-year-old spa manager,' who has introduced the unique product and treatments to clients at Stanley House’s- luxuiy new spa, was listed as one of only four British “ila therapists of the year” ' finalists.'Janine, who narrowly missed out to winning the award, was praised


; is the only spa in the whole of the north west which offers ila products which are 100% organic. It’s fantastic to be recognised by such a luxury brand on a national levei.” : ■ Fqr-more information about the spa call the team on 01254 769229 or visit www.stanleyhouse.co.uk


Thought For The Week


UNFORTUNATELY we don’t have a lot of information to go with this old photo, ■ but it is notable for a couple of reasons. , : •V It was pulled from our own archive and' dates from the end of January 1993, just 20 years ago, but we have been unable to find the clippiiig that goes with it so we’re - not too sure.what the occasion was.f?'■' - . ;'Clearly the photo was taken in Ribble


chamber, in Church Street, Clitheroe and at it s centre is the borough’s Mayor at the time, Coun. John Travis. We think the man shaking his hand is John Ander­ son, or possibly Alderson - but we don’t jmow why - and some of the others could be council employees? And on the far left, looking remarkably


Valley Borough Council’s main debating


young and fresh-faced,Is Ribble Valley’s now veteran MP Nigel Evans. Now a sen­ ior figure in Parliament, as Deputy Speak­ er of the House of Commons, he was, at the time this photo was taken, still very much feeling his way around the corridors of power. It was less than a year since his election in April 1992, when wide-lapelled double-breasted suits were all the rage!


. moods: V^en the sun shines light on the world we can see i t ’s colours and every­ thing looks so much more vibrant and alive. • ■We all need light. Light is necessary for


life. The energy from light helps chemical reactions to take place in plants to pro­ duce food for the plant and ultimately, if


more alive. Even if you do not suffer from SAD the presence of light can affect our


for a disorder that has a number of symp­ toms including feelings of depression and lethargy and comes with a lack of expo­ sure to sunlight. It is no wonder when it gets to this time of year we marvel at the extra light that occurs day by day as we move towards Spring. It puts a spring in our step and we feel,


D SAD is an appropriate acronym


o you suffer from Seasonal Affective Disorder, or SAD?


So for all sorts of reasons, light is frmda- mental to our wellbeing.- ;


about “throwing light” on a subject and “bringing something into the lighf’ when. what we really mean is that we understand something better, or that what was once',; unclear or hidden is now clear and seen for what it really is. Light is seen as a metaphorical prereq- -


We use l i^ t as a metaphor top. We talk


uisite to enlighten our minds, improve bur knowledge and understanding, and our for our mental, emotional and even spir- itualvision: It is no small wonder then that in the


place in our skin too and it enables us to produce vitamin D. Light and other forms of electromagnetic radiation tfansihit heat which all plants and animals need to live.


it is an edible plant, food for us. ' . Light'makes chemical reactions'take


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^ world”. Christ is the one who brings life to the world, without Christ there is no life. The light of Christ shines on all creation. The light of Christ shows us the naturb of God and God’s everlasting love for us and for all creation; : ; : ; '


Bible, Christ is called the “light of the


able us to learn to see things more clearly, ' distinguish right from wrong, and learn to how live.ahd love so that all can have life. in all its fullness. ■


Walking in the light of Christ can en­


; walk with a spring in our step because the •light of Christ reveals to us that we are,


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REV. MICHELE JARMAN Y, ' Minister of Clitheroe, Barrow and Newton-in-Bowland United ' Reformed Church


; If \ve walk in the'light of Christ we can


• each one of us, loved by God and nothing can put that l i^ t out.


for the way she had communicated the products to clients at the multi-million- pound spa. ■Janine commented: “StanleyHouse


appointments from the private sector in the very near future - it is a veiy exciting time for Marketing Lancashire” In 2011 Lancashire attracted 60 mil­


ments are tmly excellent and bring bal­ ance and additional strength to the exist­ ing public sector directors. “We aim to make one or two further


Bmce from the University of Central Lan­ cashire and Jane Cole, general manager of Virgin Trains, Preston. Paul Heathcote said: “These appoint­


band Paul, an artist illustrator, and their son Jack, who attends Clitheroe Royal Grammar School. The other new directors are Margaret


Christine lives at Wilpshire with hus­


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