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WORK done at Calder- stones Hospital has earned members of Trin- i ty Y ou th ' C en tre , Clitheroe, the top prize in a county contest to mark the International. .Year of Disabled People. Hundreds of youngs­


ters have helped. with the hospital residents .since 1973, organising a children’s club, roller skating, trips, parties' and discos — and they


hope to continue the good work for several years.


Now their efforts have


been recognised by the county council’s Liaison Commit tee fo r the' IYDP. •


It judged the Calder-


.stone's p r o je c t the winner of a youth award scheme, which carries


' with it a £300 grant to further the work.


Eight members, along


with leader Mr ■ Geoff Jackson, received _the presentation on, , Friday •


during a reception at the Imperial Hotel, Black­


pool. Another small • group


from the centre attended an •' informal reception with .county council chairman. Mrs Louise- Ellman at Preston yes- "


terday. , Mr Jackson said that:


all the members were. • d e l igh ted with the


‘ award, which gave them' “a welcome bit of pub- .


licity.” '. ‘ '• -•The grant will. probT,


. The theme behind the project was explained in the - centre’s submission • for the award; I f read; -


ably be spent on an in­ flatable therapy play area and accessories. »


' “We bring , fun and lots-. ; of activities, but behind .


each there is a growing relationship of sharing


; time and experience bet­ ween young people and


; the mentally hand­ icapped. “This, experience is


shared with family and friends and ■ we hope to integrate our friends into society by changing people’s attitudes to the mentally handicapped.” . In. addition to the grant, the centre will


also receive a hand-made chess set — the work of mentally handicapped trainees at Fleetwood..


Liaison Committee chairman . Mr Ron Glas­


gow warmly praised the contest entrants. “There were 24 excellent en­ tries, testimony to the wonderful work being done by young people to help the disabled in Lan­ cashire,” he said. .


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CLITHEROE doctor’s daughter Sarah Neville (18) has gained a place at Trinity College, Cam­ bridge.


will be reading modern languages from October.


Sarah, of Pimlico Road, A former pupil o f


Pen d le Ju n io r and Clitheroe Girls’ Grammar. Schools, she studied for English, French and Latin A-levels at QEGS, Blackburn.


working in a sports shop in Zermatt, Switzerland, until Easter, which no doubt will give her a chance to enjoy one o f her favourite hobbies — ski-, ing. She is also a keen musician.


Currently Sarah is Sarah is the only


daughter of Dr and Mrs Richard Neville.


MR FIELDING (left) and Mr Silverwood look on .


. . . . . - the mink.


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Opposition to quarry extension


STRONG objections are to be made by Wadding- ton Parish Council to the Ribble Valley and Lanca­ shire County Councils against ah application. ,by, | Waddington Fell Quarries,


to extend their workings. ; I t ’ is felt that .the.: re­ quest would’ only increase


| the problems of noise and pollution already caused by the quarry wagons |passing through the


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have to live with daily. In addition to the prob­


lems caused by the wagons, the council is against any extension of the workings because of disturbance to the land­ scape. It believes the pre­ sent workings, already de­ tract from the high scenic value of the area. . The 'council will be


seeking, the support of county councillors, as the application for an exten­ sion is to be determined by the county council.


Raid on clothing mill


CLOTHING valued at be­ tween £5,000 and £10,000 was stolen from:Lancaster Hosiery’s Waterloo ..’ Mill, Clitheroe, . following a


[ weekend raid on the pre­ mises/;


' ... Thieves entered at the


front of the building and stripped scores of jumpers, and sweatshirts from racks where they _ had been left.priqr to delivery to customers.


■ It is belifeved that vans


or. lorries'were used to remove the .stolen goods.


COUN. BODEN Future


leaders DEPUTY Mayor-elect of the Ribble Valley is to be Coun. Ted Boden, of Chaitburn’. He- will take office when Coun. Mrs Myra Clegg, of Wiswell, becomes Mayor. The . nominations were


made by the Ribble Valley Council’s Policy and Resources Commit­ tee,' subject to the ap­ proval of the full council.


Covered yard


A PLAN to cover in an open yard area at the rear of The- Workshop, Hall Street, Clitheroe, has been approved by the. Ribble' Valley Council’s Development Sub-Com­ mittee. -


as the hounds sniff out


AN extra production by Whalley Church Play­ ers has meant that for the first time in four years the cast is com­ posed mainly o f chil­


TW.O Ribble Valley men are setting up a mink-hound pack in a bid to help, local landowners and others troubled by the menace which is posing a grave threat


to wild life in the area. in bagging a number of


Farmer Mr Miles Field­


ing, of Cottam’s Farm, Bolton-by-Bowland and Mr Jim Silverwood, a retired, farmer, of New-o-Nook Farm, Waddington, feel it is time positive action was taken in a bid to stamp out the deadly pest which is threatening to make some forms of-natural fauna extinct. The pack will cover the


same area as the Hodder Valley Fox Hounds, but be run as an entirely separate entity, regis­ tered with the ever-grow­ ing Mink and Coypu Hunting Association. /


Interest


. the - -B ow land ” 'Mink- Hounds — will be looked after by Mr Silverwood, while Mr Fielding — joint master of the Hodder Valley Fox Hounds — will use his extensive ex­ perience in his capacity as huntsman. A number of people


Administration of the pack — to be known as


have already expressed interest in joining them and anyone else who would like to help hunt- mink is invited to contact Mr Silverwood (Tel. Clitheroe .22008) or Mr F ie ld in g (C l ith e r o e


41474). . ■ -They are also seeking support from local fishing clubs : and other organisa­


tions such as the Ministry, of Agriculture and the North West Water Au­ thority, • • as., well ■ as land owners, farmers and gamekeepers. After, the hunts get


underway, probably in the spring or early summer, they wouldlike to hear^ from any; landowners or. farmers who, are particu­ larly troubled by mink. “There is no restriction


on when we can hunt mink and our area will stretch from Chipping to the Yorkshire border, so wherever, there .is a par­ ticular nuisance, we would be only too willing to offer our services,” said Mr Fielding.


Success “As well as providing


us with sport, we feel it would be’ offering the public a very necessary service. “Mink have been ram­


paging through the area for some time now and have been causing untold damage to wild life. , ‘.‘The West Yorkshire


Mink Hounds held a few hunts in the , Hodder Valley, area last summer and were fairly successful


the pests. . “Although there are several mink hunting or­ ganisations in the south of England, the West York­ shire sef-up and our own will be the only ones in the north. Since our areas overlap to some extent, we will be working in close liaison.”


Thriving Mr Fielding (29), who


moved to the Ribble Valley two-and-a-half years ago to begin his farming career, said the mink menace was particu­ larly bad in the Hodder Valley area because of the proliferation of rivers. “This is ideal for the


mink and-they/are thriv­ ing,” he said. “Now is the time to do something posi­ tive in a bid to stamp them out.” Mr Silverwood (62),


who has lived in the Ribble Valley all his life and retired two years


' ago, after farming for 25 years at Waddington, is a member of the ■ Hodder Valley Fox Hounds Com­ mittee.


Singers wanted


to make ‘merrie’


A GLIMPSE of-the days


of Good Queen Bess could come to Clitheroe this summer if plans to per­ form “Merrie England” on the Castle- bandstand. go


ahead. ■ The date has been, pro­


visionally fixed for June' 21st to 26th, but a public meeting is to be held in the Parish Hall on March 2nd, at 7-45 p.m., to see if there are enough people willing, to .take parts, which mainly involve sing­ ing, and to finalise ar­ rangements. '


Although the idea has .


come from Clitheroe Parish Church .Players, the group is appealing to other organisations in the town to join in the two- and-a-half hour produc­


tion. The group is looking lor * ■ , .


old copies of the score to borrow. Another need is for cur­


tains which can be used to make costumes.. Anyone


. who can help should con­ tact the Players’ trea­ surer, Mr Ron Pickup (Tel. 24705).


'


Pupils do their bit for Poland


YOUNGSTERS at Clitheroe’s Ribblesdale School have done their bit to help the troubled people of Poland.


Members of Hodder


More drink driving offences


THERE was a slight in­ crease in the number of people prosecuted for drink-driving offences in the Ribble. Valley last year compared with 1980. In his annual report to the licensing justices,


Chief Supt. Joe Hender­ son stated that 40 people were prosecuted for such offences, compared with- 35 in 1980. There-were 35 convictions,' three cases are pending and two were dismissed. . During the year 17 men


(14 last year), one woman (3) and a juvenile were prosecuted for drunken­


ness. . There were 14 prosecu­


tions for assault where al­ cohol was a factor. One concerned a policeman. During 1980 there were three such assaults-on the police and 15 on members, of the public. During the year police


paid 639 visits to licensed premises. There were no prosecutions against licen­


sees. row~‘commonsense


THE Ribble Valley’s refuse collection ser­ vice will-not, after all, be., going private.


' A previous . decision to-


'consider takeover propos-. als made; by the London- based Exclusive Cleaning. Group -was this week overturned by councillors —■ a decision .described as. “a . victory, for common- sense.” •


- Instead, council officials


and union representatives will ;:npw,' discuss possible i ways . to , make economies


in the present service. The' authority’ s 50


binmen, the majority, of whom' are members of -the National VInion of Public, Employees, strongly op­ posed the cleaning group’s: scheme.


. . .


./T h e y , fe a red any' takeover would mean re­ dundancies, poorer pay', and conditions for. those mert who were re-employ- ' ed by the group , 'plus an


;inferior .but more expen- sive service.


NUPE had planned to step up its campaign by


lobbying this month’s council. meeting and dis­ tributing leaflets, while a number of supporting pet­ itions have been collected by householders in the


Clitheroe area. But at Monday’s meet­


ing-of the Policy and Re­ sources Committee, it was unanimously agreed — without. discussion — to take no further action over the private contract


proposals. : • ' NUPE’s Assistant Divi­


sional Officer, Mr John Dempsey, said he was


very pleased with the committee’s decision. . •-“ It’s a victory for com-, monsense and shows that our members’ strong feel-


■’ ings must have percolated through to the council­ lors;” he added. “ It is one


■ thing to suggest a better service, but another thing


to gamble on it working.” His' members were


quite happy to ' discuss possible improvements to


.the present service, he said. “ I’m sure" we can come to some amicable agreement on how best this can be done.”


. Mr John Wilkinson, the


.local'NUPE branch sec­ retary, ' agreed that com- monsense had in the end prevailed.


“Our lads have had a


marvellous reaction from local residents who want to see the present service remain.' They know their binmen and really ap­ preciate the service they


' receive,” he said. Local: Nalgo president


Mr Bruce Dowles added that he thought the coun­ cillors has -taken a wise decision. "


House staged a-food col­ lection and on Tuesday handed over 120 tins at the Oxfam shop. in the Market Place.


' Housemaster Mr Wil­


liam Seed said the youngsters understood that the people in Poland — under military rule for more than a month — were in difficulties and they wanted to help. Three pupils, from the


left, Andrew Dickinson' (12)


(14) and Paul Birtwistle (13) , called at the Oxfam shop with M r Seed to de­


liver the tins. They were accepted by


shop leader Mrs Cissie


Sainsbury (back, middle) and helpers Mrs Connie Briggs (left) and Mrs Greta Grange.


QUARRY TO BE FILLED IN


THE Ribble Valley Coun­ cil’s Development Sub- Committee has backed a proposal to fill in a former quarry to restore land to agricultural use at Black


Hall Farm, Chipping. The final decision rests with the Lancashire County Council.


, Karen Greenbank


dren. Twenty-eight youngs­


ters and five adults will be appearing in “The Snow Queen,” by Hans Christian Andersen. The play, in Whalley


CE School, runs for three nights, beginning on Wednesday at 7-30 p.m. There will also be a m a t in e e on the


Saturday. Producer Dorothy


Duckworth has made most o f the costumes and it is hoped that Whalley CE School choir will sing between scenes. An appeal for a pan­


tomime horse was un­ successful, so the cast has improvised and cre­ ated one from old blan­ kets. Tickets are available


at Whittakers shop in Whalley or at the door on the night. Pictured in a scene


from the production are the guardsmen with Debbie Caton, who p la y s G e rd a , and ravens Elizabeth Alblas. and Ian Chambers.


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