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'LATE LAST NIGHT, Lord Kitchenerwasappointed
Secretary of State for War. Many rumours reached London yesterday, of naval conflicts in home water,
in the Mediterranean andin the Atlantic. All these asyet lack confirmation. It is, however, officially
announced by the British Admiralty that at n oon
yesterday,the third British Destroyer Flotillasank the Hamburg-Amerika.’Shewasloadedwithminesand caught approaching the mouth of theThames, and,
attempting to escape, was torpedoed and sent to the bottom with all hands. Numerous German merchant vessels were captured by British ships in the English
Channel and other home watersyesterday and are being brought into British ports byourwarships."
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There’s no Devil any more. It’s true. It said so in a'relative ly small news item recently about references to the Devil being dropped from the Church of England service of baptism. In a decision overshad
owed by the big one over women bishops, the General Synod approved new word ing because some thought the traditional service was too complex and might confuse people who were not regular churchgoers. So parents and godpar
ents will no longer be asked: “Do you reject the Devil and all rebellion against God?” and so on. The substitute wording, approved by the General
As I See It... by Eric Beardsworth
Synod and already being used by hundreds of Anglican churches, only asks wheth er parents and godparents will “turn away from sin” and “reject evil.” Back in medieval times, the
illiteratepeasantsneededtobe scared into being good by art ist’s impressions of a hideous -looking bloke with goats’ horns, cloven hooves and a pointed tail, aided by deformed demons who would skewer sinners in many unpleasant Bruegel-ish ways. In this modern world it seems we’re too sophisticated
for that kind of simplistic propaganda. So that’s it, then. TheDevil,
Lucifer, Beelzebub, Old Nick, or whatever we wish to call him, is redundant. He has been given his P45.
Thousands of years of tradi tion up in smoke, flames and brimstone. Hell hath been downsized. So,Devilorevil? Any differ
ence? Ifyou don’t believe evil exists, look at some examples: Hitler, Stalin, Pol Pot, Rwanda, the 9/11 hijackers, the armed morons who carelessly shot down the Malaysian airliner. I don’t believe they were
prompted by that red bloke withthetail. They all held a p e r verted b e lie f that what
they were doing was right
regardlessofothers’suffering’ As Oscar Wilde said: “We
are each our own devil, and we make this world our hell.”
Here’s an even more real
istic modern wording for the Christening service...
Priest: “Willyoucomeback
to church some time?” Parents: “Can’t promise.” Priest: “Not even whenyou.
want to send the brat to our church school, rated excel lent by Ofsted?” Parents: “Maybe." Priest: “And will you leave
a couple of quid in the collec tion on your way out to the head-wetting booze-up where
you’ll be paying£3.8oapintfor lager?”
Parents: “No chance, Rev.”
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Clitheroe-based family wine merchant D. Byrne & Co have been recognised at the highest level, picking up not one but two of the industry’s most prestigious awards. The International Wine Challenge awards dinner took place at the Grosven- or House Hotel in London where family member Andrew Byrne was on hand to collect the awards for Regional Merchant of the Year for North West England and National Specialist • Merchant for Australian Wines, having also been shortlisted for all five of the categories which they en tered. A jubilant Andrew com mented: “These are the most coveted awards in our industry and we are very flattered to receive recogni tion for our unrivalled range of products and services. This is a very tough competi tion which is entered by the very best in the trade and so we are very proud of our achievements.”
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A new committee has been set up in the Ribbie Valley to help raise vital funds for Marie Cu rie Cancer Care.
The group, made up of six locals, will meet regularly at the Emporium in Moor Lane, Clitheroe, to discuss differ ent ways to raise money and awareness for the charity in the local area.
They are starting with tak
ing control of the charity’s collection tins in local busi nesses, then later in the year will be looking at organising fund-raising events and local Christmas collections. Marie Curie community
fundraiser Lucy Leemingsaid: “We are really excited about our new fundraising group. “In the past we have had
lots of collections in the Rib bie Valley area, and we have always received generous sup port from the members of the public.
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Thenew Ribbie Valley Marie Curiefundraising group, fromtheleft,JohnHighton, Fran Bond, AnneGill, Anne Eve rett, Gary Arnott and CarolTelese.
“We’re looking forward to
all the exciting opportunities for the group.” Thenewgroupwillsupport
the vital work of the charity in continuing to provide Marie Curie nursing care locally.
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Marie Curie nurses give peo ple with all terminal, illness es the choice to die at home if they so wish. They provide them and their families with hands-on care and emotional support.
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out more information about the group, call Community Fundraiser Lucy Leeming on 01254 855042 or send an email to: lucy.leeming@mariecurie.
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Policing in the area was dis cussed at the quarterly meet ing of the Lancashire Police Forum hosted by Ribbie Val ley Borough Council. The forum is made up of
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pleased to be able to host the police forum within Clitheroe Town Hall and get the oppor tunity to bring to the police commissioner’s attention all of our particular concerns
all borough councils within Lancashire who meet with the county’s police and crime • commissioner to discuss is sues. Ribbie Valley Community
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Safety Partnership chairman Coun. Kevin Horkin said he had been pleased to be able, to bring issues that affect the Ribbie Valley to the forefront of discussions. He said: “I was extremely
■ relating to the policing of the Ribbie Valley. “Issues thatwerediscussed
included the policing of civic and community events, the policing of the night time economy and rural crime. “The police and crime com
missioner was particularly impressed with the many community safety projects that our own community safe ty partnership have initiated.”
Deputy Policy andCrimeCommissionerlbbiMasters.Policeand Crime Commissioner Clive Grunshawand Kevin Horkin, chairman of the Ribbie Valley Community Safety Partnership, who hosted the forum, (s)
T H O U G H T F O R T H E W E E K LO O K IN G BA CK
soyearsagcT Landbank scheme
“RURAL SITES FOR low cost housing for local people were in short supply, Ribbie Valley cou ncillors heard during a discussion onthelandbankschemeThe council s housing committee heard that there had been a low response to a request for parish councils to identify suitable landforthe scheme. Sites had
Little Mitton and these would be further investigated h r S enideu
by council officers as to their suitability for housing purposes. Members heard that the council was
trying to drawup a land bank to help solve the rural housing problem. The plan was to acquire and use the land for tri-partite agreements, involvina boroughandcouncilcontacts."
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25 YEARS AGO The new Stirk House
TTTOOKFOURweeks and twentyskilled workmen
operating around the clock to create the new dining room at the Stirk House Hotel, but everyone agrees it is a superb transformation. In fact, the end result exceeded all expectations-the dining room must now be one of the most Charming anywhere in the north of England, let alone East Lancashire and the Ribbie Valley. First impressions are of an airy, spacious, Adams style room, with light pink paisley wallpaper blending perfectly with afloral patterned dusky pink carpet, reproduction chairs and a beautifully ornate ceiling, a reminder of a period of around a lOOyears ago and uses the Lancashire rose as a motif."
that this is a problem which . cannot be ignored. Recently published
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research from DEFRA adds weight to claims of bodies like the Trussell Trust that food poverty is a real issue in theUK. In May the St Mary’s
Centre hosted a confer ence on food poverty, “Feed a Friend”, at which we heard froih the man ager of the Ribbie Valley ' Foodbank about the needs • presented by local people in its first year of opera tion. We then heard from
ood poverty is an issue which affects all communities. With the rise in the useoffoodbanksin the UK, it has become clear
. representatives o f the Solomon Project, CAFOD and Christian Aid. These speakers reminded us about global food poverty and made links between the UK picture and the. global problem. One of the recurring
themes of the conference was about looking for the root causes of food pover ty, both here in the Ribbie Valley and abroad. A quote from Arch
bishop Desmond Tutu was used by one of the speak ers to illustrate this point: “There comes a point where we need to stop just pulling people out of the river. We need to go upstream and find out why they’re falling in.” Foodbanks and over
seas emergency aid are like “sticking plasters”. They are the first aid reac tion to genuine need. But i f we want to tackle
the problems properly, we need to look “upstream” and find the reasons. These might be to do with global warming and the environment or the systems for claiming benefits. They might be to do
with the fact that wages haven’t gone up with the cost of living or because Western corporations are exploiting those in the developing world. Many of us, whether
Christians or not, have a calling to help those in need; to provide shelter, clothing and food for our
neighbour. And as Jesus' tells us through the gos-
. pels, our neighbour is here in the Ribbie Valley, in rural Kenya - and eve rywhere in-between! I Dave Hardman, of
Christian Aid, reminded us of the value of old-fash ioned. campaigning; writ ing letters and sending postcards to let our deci sion makers know what
' we think. It was this kind of campaigning that led some of the supermarkets to stock more Fairtrade products in the 1990s. So as we enjoy the rich
diversity of local foods at the Clitheroe Food Festi val, let’s also take lasting action to “Feed a Friend”. REVANDREW WHITEHEAD
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