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[free-for-all Many charities now raise fends by collecting things to sell in their shops. I am in favour of people’sunwantedgoodsbe-. .
. ing sold for charity rather than being thrown away but, the col
lection process seems to have become a free-for-all.
In the days when charities held flag days and house-to-house collections, the local authority would allocate each charity a few days so there was no overlap. Now, not a week goes by without at least two plastic collection
bags being posted through my letterbox, Inevitably, many of them get
thrown away and, as there is no recycling for them in this area, they are going to finish up in landfill, to the detriment of the environment.
Today (Wednesday, April 17th), no fewer than three bags were
posted within the space of two hours. I will not embarrass the charities concerned by naming
them, but has the time not come for them to reach a voluntary agreement to stop this wasteful I overkill?
Anthony A. Ciooper Peel Park Avenue, Clitheroe [SHARES
Share prices too high
It is saddening to see Whal- ley Comrnirriity Hydro plan to launch their shares with such a high entry price of £250. This sitm, which must be regarded as risk capital, may be more than many people in the area can
spare, resulting iri only the “bet- ter off” participating. Worse still, thehundreds of
thousands of pounds generated by selling the hydro-electricity
interidedfofthebenefitofall residents and the environment will be controlled, almost feu
dally, by these s“betterofife”. , Community schemes shoitld involve as mMy local people and
be as democratic as possible, es pecially when local parish coun c i l have contributed financially and locd p eople Have given their
semcesfofnornohetarygam. I am asking local people to con tact the directors and request.
they issue 1,000 shares at £10 which can only be purchased by residents living in the locality. This would errsure the control of profits made in our community are in the hands of our commu nity and are not at the whim of
investors who could be living many miles away.
The websites at whalleyhydro. wikidoLcom and www.whalley-
hydro.co.iik give more details.
W.A.Kembeiy , . Wilpshire
COUNCILTAX
Facts, please^ not rhetoric
The lead article on the council tax freeze in the spring edition of nibble Valley News reads ihore like a Conservative Party elec tion leaflet than impartial, fac tual news from the council. The article was strong on politi cal rhetoric but somewhat weak on facts and while I accept that local government finance is a complex area, I think the public deserves better. Council leader Michael Ranson states Kibble Valley BC has fro zen the council tax “
...despite being given the go-ahead by the Government to increase it by 3.6%”. I don’t believe the Government would agree with this view as its aim was quite clearly to per suade local authorities hot to increase council tax and the Government once again offered incentive payments to those au thorities that either froze or cut their council tax. What the Government actually said was Kibble Valley couldhave increased the council tax by 3.6 % without the need to put the is sue to the voters in a referendum - quite different from saying they 1 approved of such an increase. In factEricPickles (Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government) referred to authorities that increased coun cil tax by an amount just below that which would have triggered
a referendum, as “democracy dodgers”. Coun. Kanson also says the coun
cil has never relied on Govern ment hand-outs to fend serv ices but Instead has employed “strong financial discipline and prudent management”. The latter statements may well be true but in 2011/12 KVBC re ceived over£78,ooo from the Government as an incentive not to increase its council tax. The same amount was received in 2012/13 Rnd without these pay ments the council tax would have had to rise by 2.5 % or the equivalent amount found in cuts.
Again in 2013/H KVBC has taken up the Goveriiment’s offer of
£31,000 (equivalent to 1%) as an mcentive not to increase coun cil tax and it will get the same
amount again next year. In addition, the council has re
ceived payments fix)m the Gov ernment under the New Homes Bonus. This is a sum paid to the authority for six years for every
new or converted home that comes onto the housing base and
it amounts to around £1,400 per home.
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I over£330,ooo. I The more houses built, the more
Last year the council received £179,000 under this scheme and in this financial year it will get
the council getsfor as longas the scheme continues. Had it not been for all these pay ments from the Government, thecounciltaxwouldhavehad to have increased significantly both last year and again this year to deliver a balanced budget. Whether you refer to the pay-
- mentsfroratheGovernrtientas bonuses, incentives or hand- 1 outs, the result is the same. I don’t criticise the council for receiving this money fixim the Government and it should continue to make every effort to bring in as much as possible from whatever fending streams are available. But please, in future, use council tM money to give us the facts, • not thepolitical rhetoric.
OBITUARY
David Waters Gisbum
Great teacher
and a good man Thanks foryour excellent trib ute to Ted Carter, teacher at CRGS. It was with a heavy heart I learnt of his passing. Ted was an inspi ration to me as ayoung man at the school fi:om 1974 to 1981. Tedledtheschool Scout group with “Beefy” Hesketh, another tremendous guy, inspiring us all and setting standards which
teachers of today should aspire to.
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Ted kept disciplined classes yet received respect and delivered interesting lessons. We travelled to Kanderstegin Swifr erland with the school Scout group, led on two occa-^ sions when I attended by Ted, during which time he taught us
to be proud and respect others as well as creating a wonderfully
enjoyable team environment. His example stayed with me as I
journeyed through life. It’s always a pifyyou cannot let
tiiosewhohadsuch apositive influence on your life know what
they did foryou until it’s too late. There’s a lesson for us all. Ted,
youwereagreatteacheranda goodman-Thankyou. Steve Hartley Ex-CRGSpupiL
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The Iron Lady and Lancashire
MrHind (Letters,ApriliSth) very eloquently states his case
Duncan Smith
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for Mrs Thatcher and the con tinuation of Thatcherism, as
practisedbytliatotherwell
known admirer, disciple and some mi^t say war-monger,
Tony Blair and the somewhat Inferior version of him, now
leading the Conservative party, David Cameron. .
Far more eloquently speaks the effects of this ideology, when viewing the damning statistics, relating to the heart disease risk,
in the industrial to wns of North East Lancashire.
Most districts with a high risk ofcoronaiy heart disease suffer fix)m higher than average rates of poverty and deprivation and
there in the top 10 nationally are Blackburn with Darwen, Hyndbum and Burnley. The best heart health districts are, of
. course, in London and the South East.
When win any party regenerate the North, bringing not ben efits but proper jobs, providing meaningftil work for qualify pay
and self-respect that brings hap piness? How? Well lets look across the Channel where they know how to Invest in their infrastructure.
The French build their own nu- - clear ships and deterrents. Cre- ateAmericanjobs? Notthem! The French utilities are 80% nuclear-powered and they build their own reactors. When we are having power cuts where do we think EDF (French company) will be delivering energy? The French have a magnificent road network with toll booths, providing work and ensuring foreign drivers also pay their way. They have a high speed train network up and running while we think it will take us 15 years to implement. Who has the contract? Two men with a barrow? The French would not counte-' nance buying foreign planes. They have just won a huge In dian contract for the Rafaele fighter plane, in direct competi tion with the UK and they would as soon buy British rolling stock as drink warm, mild beer. Com petition from foreign firms does not win their orders but then they are not in Europe are they? ' Is our inherent problem the lack of a cohesive long-term plan for regeneration and the constant focus on winners and losers not thegood ofsoclety as a whole? St Francis of Assisi, whom Mrs Thatcher liked to quote, never said “Where there is unity let me sow division and where there is peaceletmesowstrife”yetthat , appears to be what we are doing.
Sean Gallagher Brockhall Village
' BOLTON BYBOWLAND
Young Farmers On Monday members visited
“Battlestorm” in Clitheroe for an evening of Laser Quest.
Thanks to Steve for the evening which was enjoyed byall.
Nextweekpleaseallmeetat ; the Village Hall at 7-30 p.m.
Those who have trophies from County Rally please bring them with you.
CHATBURN
Medium An international medium called Val Williams, who trav
els all over the world, is doing a demonstration at The Brown
Cow at Chathurn on Wednes day, May 1st at 7-3op.m.
A proportion of the proceeds will be donated to Richard Cle ments —A Soldier’s Journey!
CHIPPING
JazzFest Freebird are to play the blues as part of the Kibble Valley Jazz Festival. The popular lo cal rock band will play a blues
concert at Chipping Village Hall (PR3 2QH) on Friday, May 3rd. Doors open at 7 p.m. and gig starts at 7-30 p.m. Admission is £5 (pay at door). Be there or be square. For more information visit:
www.rvjazzandblues.co.uk.
Young Farmers MembersbftheYFmeton .. Monday and travelled to Old Buckley Farm, Ribchester, by kindpermisrion of the Coates Family for a beef judging competition. Winners were 1, Vicki Seed; 2, Richard Seed; 3, Peter Holden. A vote of thanks was proposed to the Coates Family by Joe Gornall. Paul Bailey’s team travelled to Retford in Nottinghamshire on Sunday for the Northern Semi-Final of the Intermedi ate Brainstrust Competition. Although beaten by Derby shire and the East Riding, they put up a good debate and did Chipping and Lancashire • proud to even reach this na tional semi stage. Next week members should
■ meet to travel to BiUingtons Farm at Longridge, for sheep
judging. Stewards are Steve Morris and Liz Seed and all should meet at either 7pm at the Church steps or 7-iopm at thefarm.
GISBURN
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Memorylane Guest spencer Harold Hog- garth transported members of
, Gisburn Mothers’ Union back in time at their Aprllmeeting with his talk “'The Way We Used To Live” evoking memo ries of 6o-oddyears ago.
Pre-school is recognised as “outstanding”
HAPPY Tots pre-schoolin Read is certainly living up to its name after receiving an “outstanding” ftrom Ofisted. This was achieved across all areas, with manager Anne- Moir commenting that such
With the aid of excellent slides, he spoke of the war years, ration books, “Dig for Victory” and “make do and mend”withnomodconsto help the womenfolk and very little food to.feed the family. Early days of radio and TY , were recalled with excerpts' from such favourites as Tom my Handley (I.T.M jV.), “Have a Go” and “Billy Cotton’s Band Show” and the ladies sang along to Vera Lynn’s record ings of “We’ll Meet Again” and “White Cliffs of Dover”. The MU’s next speaker at Gisburn Festival Hall will be Mrs J. Davies, on’Tuesday, May 14th at 1-30 pm, and there will be a bring-and-buy stall. The annual Bowland Mothers’ Union deanery festival takes place at the Church of the Holy Ascension, Settle, on Monday, May 20th at 7-30 p.m.
GRINDLETON
Springclean Thanks have been expressed to aU those who came to help give the recreation groflnd a ‘spring clean”. Cleaners were
blessed with glorious weather. The equipment on the children’s play area has been cleaned and the MUGA swept. Litterhasbeenpickedup • fixim the whole site and stones picked from the bonfire site. Thanks to Belinda Logan who organised the event and pro vided everyone with welcome refreshments.
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recognitionis a creditto all the stafF“for their continued hard work and commitment to giving each and every child the best possible Early Years experience”. The Ofeted report stated:
Over the course of the next few weeks the final landscap ing around the front of the Pavilion will take place and the bonfire site will be reseeded.
Annual meeting Parishioners of St Ambrose
Church should note that the service of Holy Communion
on Sunday morning vvill be at the later time of u-i5a.m. The Annual General Meeting will take place straight after the service and this will be fol lowed by a Jacob’s Join lunch.
SundayLunch Tickets are available for the Sunday Lunch on Sunday, May 19th at ip.m. at the pavilion in Sawley Road.
The St Ambrose cooks will provide a buffet of hot and cold food, mouthwatering sweets, cheese and biscuits ’ and coffee.
It wiU give people an oppor tunity to see the new hall and enjoy its amenities and it vyill also give guests an opportuni ty of meeting the new Rector, the Rev. R. G. Wood and his wifeCarol.
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’Tickets are £12.50 each and are available from Carol Pye on 01200 441507 or any St Ambrose Church member. '
HURSTGREEN Afills and probate
The Hurst Green W.I. meet ■ , tonight, Thursday, A^ril 25 th in the Memorial Hall for “Wills
“The exciting, stimulating and extremely well organ ised environment, both in doors and outside, ensures that all children make rapid progress towards the early learning goals”.
and Probate”, a question and answer session by Prema Taylor. The competition is for a pen and guests are welcome.
. Hurst Green is a very active W.I. with a choir, book club and stitching group. For fur ther details contact Barbara Herd 826350 or come along next Thursday at 7-30 p.m.
BatWalk The Echo group will meet at St John’s old school at 7 p.m. tomorrow, Friday, April 26th. There will also be a talk by Phil Dykes fixim Lancashire Wildlife ’Trust about bats com mencing at 8pm followed by a bat walk around the church yard. All ages are welcome to attend.
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AnnualParty The Over 65s party takes place tomorrow, Friday, April 26th, at the Memorial Hall, starting at 7-30 p.m. Please contact Agnes 826559 or Gill 826378
for any last-minute altera tions.
GolfClub The ladies’ section is holding a coffee morning at the club house on Saturday,"April 27th from to a.m. to noon, and eve ryone is welcome to attend.
JoIntWaJk St John’s and St Joseph’s are
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