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TEENAGERS in the Ribble Val­ ley are se t to benefit from £170,000 of National Lottery cash handed out to help educate them


about the dangers of drugs. But before tne education project starts in January, they are being asked


Your ideas are vital


S T E W A R T P IM B L E Y R E P O R T S


to suggest activities they want to see included in the two-year scheme. It is being run by Clitheroe Drug


Prevention Partnership and aims to give young people alternatives to


drugs, as well as educating them about their misuse. The project is to be financed by


w an t to do and not what adults think they should. “There is no point me saying to


He wants to hear what young people


young people in Slaidburn, for instance, that they should all gtunoun-


tain biking on a Tuesday night if they want to do something else,” said Mr


funds from the partnership's recent lot­ tery windfall.


believes it is not just about educating young people about drugs. He said: “It is about providing alternatives to drugs and setting young people throughout the Ribble Valley with challenges.” Already numerous suggestions for


P ro je ct leader Mr Chris May


workers will visit villages in the Kibble Valley, organising activities aimed at giving young people a natural buzz. Mr May explained: “Young people use drugs for the adrenalin buzz and it is this we are trying to reproduce with these activities. They will be able to get the buzz without the dangers.” Over the next few months, Mr May


May. Under the project, a team of youth


activities have been put forward, such as mountain biking, climbing and organised expeditions, but Mr May is keen not to set a strict agenda.


and his team will be canvassing opinion in villages around the valley. Alternati­ vely, anyone wanting to suggest activi­ ties for the project should telephone the partnership on 01200 444484.


They signed a petition calling on the borough


PLANS for a boxing club will go under the council spotlight after more than 300 people proved they can pack a punch in the battle to beat drugs.


BOXING CLEVER


council to provide a boxing club for teenagers in Clitheroe. The petition was mainly


cil’s Community Commit­ tee meeting. Councillors have agreed


signed by teenagers and was presented by Clith­ eroe Drug Prevention Partnership to the eoun-


to look at the idea, and the woman spearheading the drive hopes they will sit up and lis ten to the teenagers. Partnership founder Mrs Delyse Broome said:


Numbers to ring for help


INFORMATION about drugs and other related mat­ ters is available from the following organisations. • Clitheroe Drug Prevention Partnership, a par­


ent-led group which runs a drug education campaign, can be contacted on 01200 444484. • The Community Drugs Team, offering general


drug advice and information about needle exchange, can be contacted on 01254 080520. • The Life Education Trust aims to offer preven­


tative drag abuse programmes to children aged three to 15. For further information contact chairman Mr Edwin Jacks on 01524 63721. • Lancashire AIDS Line offers confidential advice


about HIV/AIDS each day between 7 p.m. and 0 p.m. on 0645 800321.


Big thank you for


generosity


THE kind-hearted people of the Kibble Valley have been thanked for their generous donations to Help The Aged in door-to- door collections over the


last year.


The charity’s Head of Collections, Julia Sturdy, said: “I am overwhelmed by the generosity dis­ played by local people. Their contributions will enable us to continue with our vital work for older people in need.”


envelopes throughout Clitheroe, Longridge and Penwortham and collected


Volunteers delivered


a welcome £5,478. The charity is launching


a campaign for the millen­ nium which aims to tackle is su e s of sa fe ty and security for older people both inside and outside the home.


BMW stolen


THIEVES stole a red BMW 318, valued at £8,000, from outside house in G re en f ie ld Avenue, Chatburn. The registration No.


G89 CRW.


OVERY — SHARP


A honeymoon in Florida and cruising the Bahamas followed the wedding of Miss Kirst.v Sharp and Mr David Over.vat St Helen’s Church. Waddington. Miss Sharp, a bank


“I hope they take notice of the petition. It is obvious the kids want a boxing club.


prised me was the number of girls who signed the pe­ tition.They are particu­ larly keen in taking up kick boxing.”


“The thing that sur­


suggested, after it was shown th a t s im i la r projects in inner cities have been successful in keeping teenagers off the streets.


A boxing club was first


supervise the session and a doctor to carry out medi­ cals have been made, but the response has been poor. Anyone wanting to help can contact Mrs Broome on 01200 428810.


Appeals for a trainer to


tells drag horrors j


A IIAKD-HITTING magazine telling the


Horse’s Mouth” is a graphic account of how drugs have wrecked the lives of three Kib­ ble Valley men.


“Straight from the


the effect of drugs on the families of users and the difficulties they


It will also look at


have faced in coming to t e r m s w i th t h e


problem. The magazine is


being produced by n r £


Clitheroe Drug Pre­ vention Partnership and will be distributed around the Kibble Val­ ley later this year.


leader Mr Chris May explained the reasons for the magazine. She said: “Firstly, it will show what a problem drug use is in Clith­ eroe. The second aim is to help adult drug users to get the ser­ v ic e s th e y n e ed , because they get little recognition and are being treated as sec­ ond-class citizens.”


Partnership project


pulls no punches in its portrayal of the devas­ tating effects of drugs.


The free publication


It attempts to cover all sides of the story and the partnership now wants to hear from par­ ents or relatives of drag users wanting to share their story.


forward will not be required to have their name published in the magazine. For further information, telephone the partnership on 01200 444484.


Anyone who comes


THOMPSON — BOOTH


The wedding of Clitheroe woman Miss Gillian Booth and New Zealander Mr Andrew Thompson was a I truly international affair. I Guests travelled to the j


event, held at the Gibbon Bridge Country House Hotel, Chipping, from New Zealand, America and the South of England. The bride, a nursery nurse, is the eldest daugh­


te r of Mr and Mrs F. Booth, of Fairfield Drive, Clitheroe. The bridegroom, a first


officer for P&O Cruises, is the only son of Mrs H.


Christian is wanted for mammoth pilgrimage


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pilgrimage. The mammoth walk,


Paterson, of Christchurch, New Zealand, and Mr G. Thompson, of Wellington, New Zealand. Given away by her


called the* Pilgrims’ Way, is an ecumenical initiative involving churches and creeds throughout tile country. It will celebrate Chris­


father, the bride wore a full-length white wool-


crepe gown, which she designed and made her­ self, featuring guipure lace panels, which were hand­ made in America and Nottingham. She wore a pearl tiara


and carried a spray of white lilies, trimmed with green and gold foliage. Best men were brothers


cost). a group of British pilgrms will leave Borne and walk to Canterbury, arriving on May -Uth. St Augustine’s Day. Five hundred walkers


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Our Declaration of Independence


tianity by marking the anniversaries of St Augus­ tine and St Columba. On May 18th (Pente­


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Mr Toby Whale and Mr William Whale. Toby Whale and Mrs Debra Kean, the bride’s sister, were witnesses. A reading was given by William Whale and Miss Theresa Robson. The ceremony, held in


from throughout the coun­ try will then leave Canter­ bury for Derry, via Iona, taking three different routes. The walkers, six of them


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front Lancashire, will arrive in Derry on June llth, the 1400th anniver­ sary uf Coitimba’s death Clitheroe churches are


clerk, is the daughter of Mr and Mrs David Sharp, of Grindleton Road, West Bradford. Mr Overy is the son of Mr and Mrs Terry Overy, of Fairfield Drive, C l ith e ro e . A service receptionist, he plays ricket for Kibblesdale


the bandstand at the Gib­ bon Bridge, was p e r ­ formed by Clitheroe superintendent registrar Mrs Valerie Crookes and accompanied by music from “Phantom of the Opera” and the film, Harry’s Game”. A barbecue reception


Wanderers. The bride, who was


gave a speech. Clitheroe.


lo o k in g to sp o n so r someone, aged between IS and 30. to tak e par t in the


walk. Local GP Dr John


Hardy will also take part in the pilgrimage, which will involve between five md 15 miles walking a


followed, during which the bridegroom’s mother broke with tradition and


given away by her father, wore a full-length, off-the- shoulder satin gown with a full train. The bodice was encrusted with gold studs, pearls and silver sequins. She carried a shower of ivory and gold roses, cream alstromeria, cream iind gold carnations and red freesia.


Jackie Wood. They wore full-length gowns in pale


Collier and Mrs Ann Hart­ ley, were dames of honour anti bridesmaid was Miss


Her sisters, Mrs Jane


length gown of pale gold Shantung silk and carrying a hoop of ivory and cream


gold Shantung silk with carnations stand-up collars and puffed Rest man was the bride


sleeves and carried bou­ quets of ivory and cream carnations, ivory roses and


red freesia. The bride’s niece. Miss


Leanne Sharp, was flower girl, wearing a ballerina-


groom’s brother, Mr Carl Ov e ry . and a n o th e r brother. Mr Philip Overy, was an usher, with the b r id e ’s brothel*. Mr Michae l S h a rp . R1 r Andrew Macmillan was


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Theft o f TV


A PANASONIC colour television, valued at £*150, I


was among the property stolen from a house in | C l i t h e r o e R o a d , Waddington.


groomsman and the bride’s doors to gain entry some- a n d 3 -5 5 p .m . o n |


conducted by the Rev. Alan Bailey, a reception They also took a Pana-


After the ceremony, Thursday.


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Play premiere next month at local church


CLITHEROE will sec* the premiere nf a new play next month as Trinity Methodist Church Drama Group mounts the first production of "The Helvellyn Experience’’, by Steuart Kellingtun. Directed by the author, it is the story of a group on


a week's walking holiday. Mr Kellington retired recently from his post as


principal of Burnley College and has been making good use of his spare time. He wrote the play while on a walking holiday in the South of France. He said: “The weather was so hot, with tempera­


tures in tilt* mid-30s centigrade every day, that walk­ ing was out of the question. Wc* used to take the car up into the mountains, as high up as wc* could get for the coolness, and lie* in the shade of the* trees. That is where the play got written. We did not get much walking done but I did come* back with three com­


plete acts.” “The Helvellyn Experience*" is the* first lull-length


play Mr Kelliiigton has written. He wrote one-act plays as a teenager for the Methodist youth club of winch he was a member.


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