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Loral blood donors give tludr signa- turos as eatnpaign is launched to save vital transfusion centre.


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Toddlers are put to th e t e s t in Clitheroe to help raise iTm. target for Chi ldren in Need appeal.


Loony party mem­ ber rates a men­ tion in Mb's daring new novel.


Postmen rally in town to deliver stamp of disap­ proval on privati­ sation move.


Petition calls for crossing on busy r o a d i n t o Clitberoe.


Muscle men pre­ pare to battle it out for champion­ ship t i t l e .


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Nest, won an internation­ ally renowed culinary


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contest which, like the Olympics, attracts the


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medal in the Fine Foods Salon Culinaire Competi­ tion, run in the city, while working at a top hotel there. Her success crowned a


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The paper that champions the Ribble Valiev cause , ;v v & T * page 7 Stephanie strikes gold in the kitchen


“wonderful year” Down Under for the 25-year-old farmer’s daughter, who went to Australia in April, 1993, to add to an already impressive inter­ national career. After a period at the Park Hyatt Hotel in Sydney, she transferred to the Hay- man Island Resort in the G re a t B a r r ie r I tce f w a te r s , o f f N o r th Queensland.


world while I was still young and I had a fantas­ tic time in Australia,” she sa id . ‘‘Hayman Island Resort is a very exclusive place on a tiny island and in my spare


“ I decided to see the by Sheila Nixon


acclaimed hotel and res­ taurant at Linton, near Wetherby, working as second in command to head chef Andrew Mit­ chell, who was previously


returned home to take up a position as sous chef at Wood H a l l ,


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AS they watch their children go to school for the first time, all p a ren ts a re touched


by feelings of pr ide tinged with anxiety, wondering how their


Cancer boy Marcus in a class of his own


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of June that single mum Alison Butt first heard the news that every parent dreads — that her four- year-old son, Marcus, was suffering from neuro-blas- ca toma, a rare form of


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she asked the doctor to take a look at a mysterious lump that had appeared on Marcus’s ch e s t. She suspected the lump may have been caused by a recent fall and felt reas­ sured when the doctor agreed with her and said that it should disappear within a week. However, a week later,


Butt, of Station Road, had taken Marcus to see her doctor at Clitheroe Health Centre, believing that he had chicken-pox. During the consultation,


unchanged. That night he was adm


Marcus and his mum returned to the doctor when the lump remained


treated any differently,” Miss Butt said. “He's a n o rm a l , som e t im e s naughty, little boy and,


from his latest stay in hospital and, within a day, he was back at school. “I don’t want him to be


was determined that he wanted to go to school just like his friends and I didn’t see why he should miss out on something that every other little boy or girl looks forward to.” Last week, he returned


had five chemotherapy sessions over the past four months, Marcus nas just spent his first days at Whalley CE Primary School. Miss Butt said: “Marcus


Park Hospital, Blackburn, and the following day, when it was diagnosed as a tumour, the family’s night­ mare began. Now, despite having


mitted to Queen’s


ncer. Just days before Miss


has remained optimistic, even though she is fully aware that there is a long road of treatment ahead and, even if all goes well, it could be 10 years before th ey know w h e th e r Marcus has won his fight.


suffering from neuro-blas- toma survive, compared to seven out of ten children suffering from leukaemia.


She said: "1 know that only one in four children


if you have only a one per cent survival rate, you’ve


“This is not brilliant, but


still got that chance and there’s always someone worse off than you — at least, there’s something that they can do for us.”


be travelling to Manches­ ter, continuing the series of treatments and assess­ ments with the possibility of surgery and a bone marrow transplant next year, if all goes well.


For now, the family will


try to keep things as nor­ mal as possible, and going to school has helped. Marcus is a very friendly little boy and loves being with other children."


course, things had been tough, but she remains philosophical.


luck. Marcus has had the cancer since before he was born,” she explained. “They’re hoping that one day there may be a test that can be given to all new-born babies to detect the disease. But at the moment, this form of can­ cer is extremely difficult to diagnose.”


“This is just really bad


family hope that their story may help others and, in the future, they hope to raise money for Pendle- bury Children's Hospital.


Miss Butt and her


Mother’s anguish as she hears that son has


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have said that perhaps I’m being too optimistic, but that’s the only way you can be. It has brought us closer together, if that’s possible. You just have to


Miss Butt said: “People


New machine ju st the t ick e t at


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C L ITH E R O E t ra in passengers will soon become th e f i r s t in Lancashire to have a new-style ticket office, where a computer dis­ p e n s e s all th e ra i l


Agency, of Castle Street, has formed a new division — CTA Rail — to run the ticket machines at Clith­ eroe station as a business venture, placing its full confidence in the recently restored daily passenger service. “I don’t know of another


travel products. Cl itn ero e Travel


now known as the station gallery.


to obtain a full range of rail products, including tickets to anywhere in Britain on the national rail network, Rover Rail cards and information from an electronic timetable. Next year, it is hoped that Con­ tinental travel tickets will also be available.


Passengers will be able


anything like it before, so it must be rare, if not unique. But I must stress that passengers will not be able to ope r a t e the machines themselves. “We will be running the operation as a business — we are certainly in it to make money — and we have created a salaried


post for a person to run the ticket office.” It will be given space in


ticket service will go into operation on October 1st and opening hours will coincide wi th those already in place for what is


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which has been superbly renovated recently tor use as a borough council-run arts and tourist informa­ tion centre. The hope is that the new


the old station buildinr ng,


similar type of ticket operation within a 50-mile radius of the town," said the agency’s sales and development representa­ tive, Air Nigel Pratt. “In fact, I haven't seen


capable hands of Mr Bob Greenwood, a retired civil servant, who will run the service for CTA Rail.


machines will be in the th e


Operation of


Ribble Valley Rail — the campaigning volunteer group which played a lead­ ing role in bringing back passenger trains to Clith­ eroe — and a lifelong rail­ way enthusiast, he has an


As vice-chairman of


envy him, because the job puts him at the centre of things, doing work which coincides with his love of the railways," said a RVR member.


sh ' or tly aftter •


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The computer system


Keen angler found dead by Ribble


A KEEN Ribble Valley angler was found dead on the banks of the River Ribble on Tuesday.


dog-walker Mr Ian Waddington, of Downham Road, Chatbum.


equipment was found nearby. He was attended by paramedics and police officers,


Hall Lane, West Bradford, was found on the banks of the Ribble, nearly a mile from Grindlcton Bridge, by


Frederick Samuel Martin (74), of Littlebeek, Eaves Mr Martin was wearing fishing attire and angling


was not being treated as suspicious, but that police -----------------— - j -


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apart from his hair loss, he looks just the same as the other boys in his class.” Throughout, Miss Butt


of three daughters of Tosside farmer Colin Moon and his wife, Kaye, a former journalist with the “ Advertiser and Times.” Recently, Miss Moon


time I learned to scuba dive — among sharks and turtles!” Miss Moon is the eldest


chef for the King of Jordan. “Stephanie had a won­ derful time in Australia,


Tossidc Village School, Settle High School and Craven College, Skipton, where she gained her City and Guilds catering certificate and gave a taste of things to come by winning the Student of


but she has always felt her roots in the north of England pulling her home," said her mother. “Her ambition is one day to run her own kitchen — and she will be quite happy for it to be in the north, even though she has travelled the world.” She was educated at


England and to the Dor­ chester as chef de partie and cooked for a slate banquet, held by the Sul­ Qutan of Brunei for the


een.


Dorchester, she worked at hotels in St Moritz, Switzerland, and Mun­ ich, Germany, learning fluent German, as well as acquiring new skills in international cuisine. In 1992 she returned to


and at the Dorchester, London. After training at the


accolade of being the stu­ dent with the best work experience profile gained in two Harrogate hotels


the Year title. She also earned the


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A CALL for a ban on the burning of Cemfuel failed by one vote at a Ribble Valley Council meeting on Tuesday.


Cemfuel ban fails by single vote


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mental and Social Services Committee was asked to give its backing to the long-standing campaign by Residents Against Toxic Substances.


The council’s Environ­


soil and animal tests. He also called for a ban on the burning of Cemfuel while the tests were analysed. The debate ended in a


(Clitheroe) asked council­ lors to urge that health checks be conducted in the area and that the Ministry of Agriculture carry out


asked to support an “immediate moratorium” on the burning of the fuel at Castle Cement’s Ribb- lesdale Works until a pro­ tocol was adapted and there was a “full public debate on the matter." Coun. Howel Jones


Her Majesty’s Inspec­ torate of Pollution, was present and the public gal­ lery was packed. The committee was


Mr John Isherwood, of


seven vote tie. with chair­ man Coun. Harry Wad- dington (Gisburn) giving his casting vote against the proposal. Instead, the committee


approved a proposition by Coun. Chris Holtom (Wilpshire) that HMIP


adhere immediately to the protocol for the burning of Cemfuel at Castle Cement


after the meeting: “I am pleased that members of the council now view the burning of Cemfuel with serious concern and hope they will pursue the legal­ ity of what is happening in the Ribble Valley.”


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