Clitheroe A dver tiser & Tim e s, A u y u s tS tX JO O ^ Clitheroe 22321, (Editorial), 22S23 (Advertising). Burnley 422331 (Classified)


Terrier Rusty just champion


THE Ribble Valley has a new champion — an Irish terrier officially named Champion Rutlan Red Rum, but known


at home as Rusty. His title of champion


was confirmed this week by the Kennel Club, following a year of successful showing by Mrs Jill Livcsey, of West Bradford Road, Clitheroe. To qualify as a


in the Welsh Kennel Club and West of England Championship Shows, Rusty completed the qualifying three wins in style by taking the best in show title at the biggest show for the breed — the Irish Terrier Association Championship Show. Held last month in


8,000 dogs of all breeds at the Southern Counties’ Championship Show. Rusty is Mrs Livesey’s


fourth champion and in 12 years of showing Irish terriers she has also bred a world champion, establishing a reputation as one of the top handlers and show preparation experts in


champion, a competitor requires three wins as best dog in breed at a championship show. Following previous wins


July cooler and wetter than usual


THE prevalence of a west­ erly-type Atlantic air- stream ensured that July continued in a cool and wet pattern.Only seven periods of 24 hours escaped rainfall and consequently the total for the month was just over four inches. The drab weather, with


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Northampton, this show is more popular and competitive for the breed than Crufts and Rusty won from an entry of 60, including five already qualified champions, one of which had won reserve best in show the previous week from more than


the breed. He is the second dog


with which Mrs Livesey has won best in the Irish Terrier Association Championship Show. The previous dog also won best dog in breed at Crufts and was best in breed at the prestigious


Dublin St Patrick’s Day Show for an Irish breed. Rusty, owned in part­


,


nership with Dublin-based Hughie Kelly, who has entrusted his UK show campaign to Mrs Livescy, is halfway to qualifying as a champion in Ireland, so


that, as well as completing his planned UK shows through to the


1994 Crufts, it is hoped he will make trips to Ireland and finally become an international champion by qualifying in two countries. Mrs Livcsey is pictured


with Rusty and his latest trophies.


Financial reward


Helped husband to run Lowfield medical practice


A FORMER Clitheroe woman who helped her husband in the running of a;medical practice the town lor years has died m Eastboui nc.


Mrs Elizabeth Macdon- aid worked with the Red


lengthy cloud cover, res­ tr ic ted tem p eratu re s


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Total rainfall: 103.Gmm - 4. 14 inches.


Drove lorries throughout working life


RETIRED lorry driver Mr Squire Warburton, of I Manor Road, Clitheroe, has died aged 69.


burton moved to Sabden . during his youth and lived ■ there with his late wife, j Jean, until settling in | Clitheroe some 10 years I ago. He worked as a lorry ! driver most of his adult life, first with the Lanca­ shire County Council Highways’ Department and then with Atkinson’s Haulage, of Clitheroe, and finally Dutton’s Transport, a t Whalley, re t i r in g through ill-health in 1982. Mr Warburton, who was


Padiham-born Mr War- ; |


known as Mike by his friends, was a keen darts player and played with pub teams both in Sabden and Clitheroe. Also, he was a member of ballroom dancing clubs in Burnley and Accrington and of Read and Simonstone Bowling Club. The funeral takes place


Exceeded 100 m.p.h. on M65


A g r i n d l e t o n


motorist was travelling at over 100 m.p.h. when he was spotted by police on the M65, Burnley magis­


Top Town Head Cottage, pleaded guilty to speeding on th e motorway at


trates heard. K e v in , D u d d le ..(37) , . o f


| cuting, said that Duddle’s ! speed was checked at 100.2 m.p.h. when police saw him driving a Ford Sierra at 9-05 a.m. Duddle told the court


Hapton.He was fined £161 banned from driving for seven days and ordered to pay £30 costs. Mr Mark Gornall, prose-


TOP apprentices from the Castle Cement company were presented with cheques for outstanding achievement both m college and


&Vhe top apprentice was 19-year-old Alistuii Howard, of Fat Hill Farm, Bolton-by-Bowland, who


is studying electrical maintenance. Mechanical maintenance apprentice Lee Yates.


of


Harrow Drive, Blackburn took second spot. The awards are made to apprentices showing the


best results in college, as well as their yearis work within the company, which is monitored by Training


^ s o ^ r e s e n t at the.awards ceremony, which took place atrthe Calfs Head Hotel Worston were three former apprentices, Mr Roger Presho (electrical) and Mr Richard Hindle and Mr Mark Seed (mechanical), who had successfully completed their training.


Helping police


FOUR local youths are. helping Clitheroe police .


in Whalley.


with their enquiries into J a number of recent inei-. dents involving thefts and interference with vehicles


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aid will be remembered as a bright spirit by family and friends alike. She came to Clitheroe soon after marrying her hus­ band, Dr John Macdonald,


in 1931. He established a medi­


cal practice in the town at “Lowfield,” where the present health centre now stands in part of its origi­ nal garden.


land, Mrs Macdonald was born in 1905 and spent her early life in Craigellachie, Speyside, then trained as a teacher in Aberdeen. She taught for some years before marrying. In Clitheroe, Mrs Mac­


Originally from Shet­


donald energetically and ably assisted her husband


in the running and man­ agement of his practice. The couple made many


Cross. As a member of Glitli-


eroe Parish Church, she attended services regu- larly and often hosted the annual fete in the garden at “Lowfield.” Her home was also a focal point foi the couple’s extended Scottish families. In 1963 the couple


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retired to Eastbourne, where Dr Macdonald died three years later. Mrs Macdonald continued to travel extensively, visiting family in Canada, America


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and Australia. At home, she was an avid bridge player and


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especially loved poetry and music. She also a t ten d ed the United Reformed Church in East­


bourne for 20 years. Mrs Macdonald, who


lifelong friends in the Kib­ ble Valley and participated in numerous community and social activities. Dur­ ing the war, Mrs Macdon-


had six grandchildren, is survived by her daughter, Mrs Norma McMichael, of Queensland, Australia,


and her son, Dr Ashley Macdonald, of Ontario, Canada.


An a d v e r t i s in g f e a tu r e


from Castle Cement’s engineering manager Mr Peter j Walker.


Our picture shows Alistair receiving his award j __________


j J Be on your guard to


that he was employed as circulation controller for East Lancashire Newspa­ pers and needed his com­ pany vehicle for work. He drove 20,000 miles a year and did not have any pre­ vious convictions. “I chanced my arm a lit­


beat garden thieves CLITHEROE police are warning residents of out­ lying Ribble Valley villages to take extra precau­ tions, following a spate of thefts from greenhouses


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ber of incidents recently where someone is visiting outhouses, sheds and the like and pilfering various garden implements and tools, which can be expen-


<1ian Hartley commented: “We have a num­


tle bit, but the road was fairly clear and the visibil ity was good. I was con centrating on the road rather than the speed," he


said. S‘Tnsp! Hartley added that stone troughs, hang­


ing baskets and chimney pots had also been stolen from the front of houses in rural areas. “People need to be extra vigilant and report any


suspicious siting and their help will be treated in the strictest of confidence,” he said.


Ajt th e W a te r ’s E d g e


tomorrow at Accrington Crematorium. Mr Warburton leaves six grown-up children.


Warning for students who


go abroad STUDENT back-packers in Europe need to take the same precautions abroad as they would do at home, rather than assuming that


Europe is immune from the problems encountered


in Britain. This is the warning


being given by Ribble Val­ ley MP Nigel Evans, who is calling on the Foreign and Commonwealth Office to introduce guidelines. Mr Evans was respond­


S l p i By Martin James W 1


LET’S get kids hooked on fishing and not drugs — the major promem facing lids today, which wasn’t Shout when I was a kid. The pushers and dealers don’t care who they get hooked on drugs or who they kill They have no respect for young or old, rich or poor.


Join Rotaract — and join in the fun


A few questions answered to help you decide


IS Ribble Val l ey Rotaract the club for you? Here’s your chance to find out.


When do members meet? On the 2nd and 4th


i What arc their aims?


Tuesday of the month, at the Starkie Arms Hotel, Clitheroe, at 8 p.m.


1 Set up in 1979, the club is a Rotary-sponsored group which aims to encourage young people from all backgrounds, aged between 18 and 29, to get together for social and charity events. P re s id e n t B a rb a ra


welcome. Recent events have included canoeing, a pop quiz, a sports day and a conservation weekend at Kirkby Stephen. The club is part of a


Bryan explains: “Often people move into the area Arith their job or come


back from university and want a chance to socialise


outside work. Rotaract is a great opportunity to meet new people and also get involved with charity.”


What do they do? The club, which cur­


rently has 22 members, offers a varied and hectic social programme, com­ bined with a more serious commitment to raising money for charity. The social element has


dollars into the education of schoolchildren against this 20th century ki er.


County to the fishing tackle industry and business people throughout the area have come help and manpower to get the kids to the waterside.


Rill Young a fishing tackle dealer in Dalles, Oregon, told me it had beena 100% cfnrv nvpr the Dast few years. From the sheriffs department of Wasco


Thev have three age groups, five to seven years, eight to 10 years and 11 to


and bait Th e kfds^ho come from poor families are given tackle and bait so that they can take up the sport.


13 wars, and all the kids who register get free Pepsi and hot dogs. All the ton anglers get involved in teaching the kids and help out with taclde


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ing to the recent tragedy in France, when a young girl from Blackburn, Kery Clegg, was b ru ta l ly assaulted and left foi


dead. He said: “Most young


people who travel through Europe do so by train and I would like to see those stations which sell Euro- Rail tickets warning peo­ ple of the dangers of trav­


elling alone. “The brutal assault on


18-year-old Kery Clegg has brought home the need for safety advice to be made available ^to all youngsters travelling m E u ro p e an d o th e r


countries.” BW Y0UnJWhen> the C p M ic e I spoke for


mvohved. Be'aiis|d^™sheriff was^thdr friend in a lawl6SS State'


today’s youngsters get hooked on fishing, not drugs. rod V


needle in their arm when they get older. andhathey _ , . ^ o d e rm i c Ribble Valley Rotaract Club would like to thank the


following sponsors:- P. Carlton, D. Wightmart, Pye's ofCUtheroe,P£


and the stick bent- It>s called having fun‘ Give


i t r t r y , «j^ e i^ s ^ a n d '^ iM ^ '” Office!VshaU^


the waterside. If you’re interested, please let me know. some°more teach-ins1 at IS l^ p IS e F d t a ^ S t i £ “ Ltd, M y tton Fold Farm Hotel. c a s U e C e m ^ L t d , J . H . M y e r s


network of 22 clubs throughout North Lanca­ shire and Cumbria and many of the social activi­ ties involve other local clubs, offering a chance to meet people from further afield.Events planned for the future include a local con­ servation weekend on the banks of the Ribble, a joint walk with Rotary on August 24th and — at the next meeting, on August 10th — a treasure hunt around the Ribble Valley. The club’s fund-raising


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activities are by no means dull. Members will be


MEMBERS of Uibble Valley Rotaracl Club who hold their regular meetings at the Starkie Arms Hotel, Clitheroe


holding a balloon race at the Mayor of Worston’s Fun Day in September and for this year’s Chil- dren in Ne e d in November, they have planned a 24-hour spon­ sored Scalextric race, speeding the cars around the track to raise money. The list of charities


something for everyone — with new ideas always


paign to buy a lifeboat; they have supported the Hearing Dogs for the Deaf appeal and raised money for Blackburn Children in


helped by the club is extensive. They have con­


tributed to Rotaboat, the national Rotaract cam-


sises that Rotaract is not just a youth club. She says: “People have to be prepared to make a com­ mitment to charity. But at the same time the main thing is to have fun — in both the social and charita­


Hospital. Barbara Bryan empha­


ble aspects of the club.”


How do you join? New members and new


ideas are very welcome at Rotaract and the club is ideal for those who want to meet new people or get involved in new activities. Membership of the club costs £9 — or £4.50 for


students. A n y o n e wh o l s


F or more information, contact


interested in joining or knowing more about the club can contact:


dent) — 0254 249623; Maggie Howells (secre­


Barbara Bryan (presi­


tary) — 0254 249693; Steven Lord — 0200


22797. Alternatively, why not


go along to the treasure hunt on August 10th. The cost is £1.50 — including supper — and cars will be meeting at the Ribble Val­ ley Borough Council car park at 6-40 p.m.


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