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Around £500 was raised for the Mayor of Burnley's Charity - Action for Autistic Spectrum Disorder, based at King's Mill, Briercliffe - with a walk/horse-ride around Hurstwood on Easter Monday.
County Cllr. Steve Large has £1,250 to spend and the 1st Cliviger Beavers, among others, have applied for £340 for paper, glue, soil, pots, various beaver badges, bean bags, etc.
A REPLY has been received from the highways department at Lancashire County Council regarding residents' fears surrounding the poor lighting in Church Square.
Dave Johnson, police community support officer for the rural area, informed the parish council that 54 incidents had been reported in Worsthorne, of which six were crimes.
THE Parish Council has learnt that the East Lancashire Primary Care Trust has refused permission for a pharmacy to open on Brownside Road on the grounds it is not necessary as there is already a pharmacy 1.71 miles from the village centre.
THE highways department has sent letters to people in Brownside Road, between the junctions of Townfield and Lindsay Park, in the hope they will cut back overgrown hedges as soon as possible.
The Parish precept has been set at £5 per household and will be used to: undertake safety and improvement works at the Methodist Graveyard; help towards the cost of cutting the grass in the graveyard; renovate the water fountain in Church Square; and plant a hedge around part of the youth shelter.
AN APPEAL has been made to the Planning Inspectorate in respect of the controversial planning application for 11 Chapel Street - raising of roof height by 800mm to incorporate bedrooms in the roofspace.
St. John's Church has developed two small leaks in the roof which require attention and some necessary leaf-clearing work has been carried out with more to follow.
Martin Waterson, the organist at St. John's Church, has explained to the Parochial Church Council the problems being experienced with the Church organ are due to its age and the fact that replacement parts ar no longer available.
THE Wine Circle are offering another full programme of exciting and tempting events to tickle your taste buds during 2008. The Annual General Meeting saw the appointment of the following officers: Chairman - Arthur Cassidy; Vice Chairman - Harry Halstead; Secretary - June May; Vice Secretary - Lynda Farrar; Treasurer - Jim Leaver; Vice Treasurer - Christine Dean.
PARISH councillors learnt that Parkwise had still not taken effective action against illegal parking on the double yellow lines outside the cottages on Brownside Road above the bridge.
STEVEN Smith, of the England First Party, has written to the Parish Council offering to donate, free of charge, a flag pole and 30 flags so that the flag of St. George can be flown from the Reading Rooms all year round.
