Clitlieroe Advertiser & Times, June 23rd, 199j 15 jitheroe 2232!, (Editorial), 22323 (Advertising). Burnt eu 2,22331 (Chmnijted)


TONY AT CENTRE OF THINGS


HARD work and enthusiasm are the ingre­ dients new Rocfield Leisure Centre manager Mr Tony Rodia plans to plough into the day- to-day running of the Edisford facility. Mr Rodia (-11) lias taken over from Mrs i)i;me llol-


lingworth, who will be leaving at the end of the


month. He has brought with him a wealth of experience


gained as activity and development officer at West View Leisure Centre, l’reston, for the last two-and- a-lialf years. Although Mr liodia acknowledges Roefield is a


different'kettle of fish altogether than the coun­ cil-run West View, which has a swimming pool and


half a million users annually, lie is confident of his ability to put new ideas into practice. One of these is an innovative summer play scheme


which lie introduced successfully in l’reston. Mr liodia also hopes to realise the full potential of Hue- field. making good the years of painstaking fund-rais­ ing which have gone into the centre. "My door is always open and I would he interested


off-peak ilours."


Applause for impressive organ society concert


AN enjoyable evening’s music received much applause, when Clitheroe Parish Church Organ Society presented its 255th concei t on Saturday in Clitheroe Parish Church.


Coates (soprano), Ann Criscnolo and Sarah White (violins) and Charles Mvers (organ and piano). Charles Myers opened


The soloists were Sally


the programme with the “ Imperial March,” by Elgar, arranged for the organ, which built up to an


impressive ending. Sally Coates sang two


groups of songs. In the


firs t half of the pro­ gramme, she sang “June," by Roger Quilter, “Fox­


gloves," 1>V Michael Head and "Sweet Polly Oliver,” arranged by Benjamin Britten. L a te r in the p ro ­


in ideas or suggestions from any groups or clubs,'' he said. "From 5 to 10 p.m. the centre is already extremely busy. 1 would like to develop further the


field. Mr liodia will also he contributing an interest­ ing cultural flavour to the llihhle Valley. Horn near Naples, Italy, he emigrated to England with his par­


I - n u mWhile overseeing tile day-to-day running ol Roe-


ents when he was nine years old. lie spent most of his early working lile as a


A BLUE Austin Mini sto­ len from a house in Chat-


toolmaker. A keen sportsman, Mr liodia is a quali­ fied tennis and badminton instructor, as well as enjoying football and he decided, after 16 years with'houseware manufacturers I’restigc. in Accring­


ton, to make a career change. lie first obtained a higher national diploma in


Lancashire.


of lloeficld. He used to play badminton in the barn and has alwavs been fond ol the ( litheroe area, as


For wars, Mr Kodia lias tollowcd the development , , , ,


his wife. .lane, is originally from Whallev. The couple, now living in Clayton-le-Moors, have


her A-levels at Blackburn College.


Chain letter warning


CLITHEROE residents are being urged to ignore a chain letter that has been circulating in the Edisford Road area. A woman, who wished


not to he named, was dis­ traught when she received the chain letter, which urges recipients to post 20 copies within !Hi hours or


face job loss, automobile problems and even death. The woman explained


that the letter had arrived on Thursday — the birth­


wanted to' tell people to chock them. They are a


Day.“It's disgusting. 1 just


load of rubbish," she said. “It couldn't have come on a worse day."


A clanger warning


WITH the school summer holidays on the horizon, N'orweh i.< issuing warn­ ings to children and their parents, reiterating the dangers of playing on or a r o u n d e l e c t r i e a 1


equipment. Norweh is increasingly


concerned that interler- ence with equipment by a minority of people can lead to appalling injury or


death. The dangers are height­


day of her late lather, who died last year, and just a few davs before Father’s


ened in Miiiimer when chil­ dren and young people have more time on their hands and the weather encourages outdoor pur­ suits. Norweh asks anyone who sees children behav­ ing suspiciously near sub­


stations or power lines to call the company or the


police.


two children, Tony (2(1), a student at the University of Hirmingham. and Maria (IS), who is studying for


business and finance from iilackhurn College, then a postgraduate diploma in tourism, leisure and ser- vice nKinagement from the University ol (..entwu


I RECENTLY made a late-evening trip to Grindle- t.m Fell it) the hope, hut not the expectation, that the nightjars which were there two years ago might have returned. I wasn’t too surprised not to see 01 heat- anv. Although the nightjar breeds from South- orn England to the West Coast of Scotland, it is only in Southern England that extensive areas are


surveys carried out from 1988 to 1991, does not reveal any in Lancashire at all; the 19(>S to 1972 sur­ vey had found 10 sites. This decrease mirrors the situation in many parts of the country. It is unusual for a bird not to contract its range when its numbers fall, so it seems unlikely that climatic change is the cause of the decline. It is more likely that loss of natural heathland breeding habitat, increased human disturbance and a decrease in large insects due to the use of pesticides are the cause.


occupied. The IVrO’s New Atlas of Breeding Birds, based on


are able to nest among the dead debris that follows the harvesting of conifers. Indeed, there have* been some local increases in populations where a great deal of felling has taken place recently — hence the poten­ tial for recolonisation of Grindleton Fell. It would be worth keeping an eye, or better still an ear open at oilier suitable local sites during the next month. I he male's charring call is very far reaching, but it does


Nightjars need bare ground for their nest site and


not start until well after dusk. My time on the fell was not entirely wasted. While


it was still light, the sight of a short-eared owl work­ ing its way across the cleared woodland and then the moor made it all worthwhile. They fly low over the ground, in daylight, hoping to flush small animals. 'did not see this one eatch anything, though it did briefly disturb a pair of red grouse, which 1 had heard'hut had been unable to see until then.


species prefers moist uncultivated ground, of which there is a fair amount in this area, though a survey carried out by the East Lancashire Ornithologists Club three years ago found only a few. Later. I was to see a female, so 1 am hopeful that we have at least


Another bonus was a singing male whinchat. Ibis one pair on the territory. T()NV COOPER Naomi lends a legal hand


ONE student determined to keep it step ahead of the law is Clitlieroe Koval Grammar School A-level pupil Naomi Lishman.


litis just taken time off from her studies to promote the new Higher National Diploma legal studies course being offered by Blackburn College.


Higherfieltl. Langlio, Naomi (IS), of


Promoting Ihe course meant dressing up in a


barrister's gown, complete with sash, and telling everyone what the new course had to olfer.


The establishment of the new two-year HND


marks a Itrst for Blackburn College, as


it is now the first college in England to have one.


; would also give her the t option of going on to


I study for a law degree. t • . ^


n h


; In addition to her i studies, she would spend two weeks working for a local law


firm. She is currently


studying English literature, French and classics tit the grammar


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school.The course launch was the brainchild of Mr Koshani Swift, head or the higher education division in the faculty


of business and management, who, at the same time, also helped establish a new HND course in leisure


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