. . 18 Clitlieroe Advertiser <S Times, November 23tli, lUOti


Calf scheme extended


A SCHEME to pay farm­ ers for withdrawing male calves, under 20-days-old, from slau g h ter has been extended.


S in c e S u n d a y , male


calves of all breeds became eligible for the European Union-funded Calf P ro­ cessing Aid Scheme.


Previous ly, only male


calves of designated dairy breeds were eligible for the scheme.


te r ia remain unchanged, while two rates of aid will be introduced. The ra te for dairy calves will be 120 ecus (£102.79). The ra te for all other calves will be 150 ecus (£128.48).


F u l l d e t a i l s o f th e


scheme can be obtained from th e In te rv e n t io n Board on 0118 9531670.


Council’s public


session HAVE you a grumble or a grouse about your local council? I f you have, coun­ cillo rs and o ff ice rs a re waiting to hear from you.


Ribble Valley Borough


Council’s next public par­ ticipation session tak e s place in the council cham­ ber on Tuesday, December 10th, a t the earlier time of 6 p.m.


'Written questions must


be submitted to the chief executive no la te r than noon on Friday, December 6th.


A G O O D Y E A R F O R P O N Y C L U B B E R S


THE Chipping branch of the Pony Club chose Brick House Bowling Club again as the venue for the annual award presentation


evening. Dis tric t Commissioner


Anne Williams welcomed 100 members, parents and friends and reported on th e success of the club, which has 52 members and receives good support for e v en ts , p a r t icu la rly the


camps. Cups and c er tific a te s


were p re sen ted by Mrs Joan Crook, well-known in the area for h er involve­


m en t w ith h o r s e s and ponies.


Results


Sandham Trophy: 15 and over — Maddie Forrest; 2, Adele MeCally; 3, Sarah Keighley. Jack Berry Cup: 13-14 years — Lara Williams; 2, Laura Wood; 3 Elizabeth Baines. Marika Cup: 10-12 years — Sarah Turner; 2, Anna Wood; 3, Donna Knowles. Weath- eroak Trophy: 8-9 years — Laura Weld-Blundell; 2, Lisa Alpe; 3, Lucy Whitaker. Pre­ liminary Trophy: seven and under — Jade FJitcroft; 2, Amy Robinson; 3, Pippa Weld-Blundell. Dressage. Lyndeth Trophy:


15 years — Maddie Forrest. Hosker Trophy: 13-14 years


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snippets of music which she RgSllltS played — "Climb every moun­ tain”, from ‘‘The Sound of Music” , the Dance of the Sugar Plum Fairy, from the music for Tchaikovsky’s ballet “The Nutcracker", “My Way”, by Andy Will ia ms , “Memories", sung by Elaine Page, from the snow “Cats”, and ending her talk with the first Pomp and Circumstance inarch, when all the ladies joined in the singing. Pianist was Mrs Sarah


(Network) meeting on Thurs­ day. Mrs Nellie Kay intro­ duced guest speaker Mrs D. Slaiding, of Clitheroe, who gave an unusual talk about


dance at Waddington Method­ i s t L a d ie s F e l low sh ip


December 12th, there will be a Christmas afternoon with a special tea to which all ladies are invited.


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wending his way to Chipping next Thursday night — the guest of honour at a speeial


Christmas cheer Father Christmas will be


seasonal party night organ­ ised by traders and residents. There will be late night


jacket potatoes, mince pies, cheeses, shooting and fishing


shopping with a street market from 6 p.m., stalls selling


will go to village hall funds and organisers nope that the


gear, fancy goods, Christmas trees, holly wreaths, cushions, applique goods — in fact everything you need to make the festive season start with a swing. Proceeds from the evening


late night extravaganza will revive a little bit of history, Chipping having been an old market town. More information is avail­


able from Ann Bretherton, tel. 01995 61391.


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One of the county's leading artists Richard Wood lias painted these charming local scenes in water colour each one is signed and individually numbered as a Limited Edition Print.


Green are destined for Flee­


Outing Over-sixties from Hurst


December 17th, with the coach leaving Clitheroe at 6- 20 p.m. and Hurst Green Memorial Hall at 6-35. It costs £5 for Over 60s club members and £10 for non-members. Anyone living in the Clitheroe area can contact Doris, on 01200 423688, for more details. Winners at the club’s social night were as follows. Raffle:


Christmas tr ip is to the Marine Hall to see the famous folk group. The trip takes place on


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Baines and refreshments were served. At the next meeting, on


Fellowship There was a good atten­


1, Mr A. Moon; 2, Mr A. Hoi- lage Hall, den. Whist — ladies: 1, Mi’s E. Hartley; 2, Mrs M. Jack- son. Gents: 1, Mr J . Hart­ ley; 2, Mrs J . Meyler. Dominoes: 1, Mr A. Holden;' 2, Mr W. Knowles; 3, Mrs M. A. Cardwell; 4, Mr H. Ains­ worth.


WESTBRADFORD


monthly whist and domino drive in West Bradford VII-


There were 18 tables at the this year.


Dominoes: J. Blackmore, K. Edmondson, J . Abbot, E. Weaver, P. Taylor. Raffle: A. Aspden, V. Sharp, P. Taylor, B. Preston, Mr Heald. C. Bristol.


Underwood, T. Cowperth- E x h i b i t i o n waite. Gents: R. Barker, H. C Lofthouse, Mrs Green, E. I r e l and, G.. Walms l ey.


lows. Ladies: A. Aspden, M, Edmondson, J . Wells, D.


Whist winners were as fol­


annual ex h ib itio n again Splendid total proved successful as the par-


l! RIBCHESTER R ib ch e s te r A r t Club’s


place on December 18th and Christmas whist on December 23rd.


Christmas dominoes takes


ish centre, Stydd Lane was visited by a steady stream of art lovers, eager to pore over the pictures and part with their money. The takings over the two


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days were over £1,400, which meant that £140 was donated to Schizophrenia Research,' the group’s chosen charity


the parishioners of SS Peter and Paul RC Church, Rib­ chester, more than compen­ sated for the sleet and snow outside when profits of the


annual sale of work were announced on Sunday. Five hours of hard work had raised the magnificent sum of £2,394.


Sunny smiles on the faces of r


In the raffle, Mrs Eileen5 Ormand won the pic tu re


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fminted by Joyce walms- •


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ey,and Mrs Burgess, of Chor- ley, the owl painting.


F o r t h e l a r g e s t s e l e c t i o n o f F i r e p l a c e s in t h e a r e a


'o'? t ,ir 77“ * ^ 1 Well done!


TH E Pop p y Ap p e al in C l i th e ro e has ra is e d a m a g n if ic e n t £3,253 fo r R o y a l B r i t i s h L e g io n c h a r i t i e s . F a c to r i e s , offices and shops which helped with the collections hav e b e en g iv en a big t h a n k yo u b y th e organisers. “Without your help, we


Festive season


Riverside Trophy C: Sarah Turner. Horton Trophy D+: Janet Spence. Shield D: Pippa Weld-Blundell. Preliminary: Charlotte Nuttall. Handy Pony. Fifteen and


Ten to 12 — Anna Wood. Thirteen to 14 — Laura Wood. Fifteen and over — Adele McCally. Chipping Endeavour Cup:


winner: Lara Williams. Nine and under —; Amy Robinson.


Mary Dewhurst. Vic Marsh Trophy for Progress: Lucy Whitaker. Mary Stott Trophy for Associates: Katie Forrest. Metcalfe Trophy: Laura Williams.


MP’s surgery


THE Ribble Valley’s MP, Nigel Evans, will be avail­ able to talk to constituents a t two advice sessions in Clitheroe.


would be unable to con­ tinue our welfare and ben- ovelent work,” says the official message.


C l i th e ro e C o n se rv a t iv e O ffice , R a i lw ay View Road,tomorrow, between 10 a . m . a n d 2 p . m . Another su rg e ry will be h e ld a t th e o f f ic e s on December 13th between 2 and 5 p.m.


Mr Evans will be a t the


over— Sarah Keighley. Thir­ teen to 14 — Elizabeth Baines. Ten to 12 — Joanna Flitcroft. Nine and over — Lisa Alpe. Tack and Turnout. Overall


— Laura Wood; Onduline Tro­ phy: 10-12 years — Donna Knowles and Sarah Turner. S ta b le M an a g em e n t .


United Reformed Church attracted church members and shoppers galore. A host of stalls, among


will sparkle! THE festive season at a Clitheroe church looks set to sparkle thanks to a fund-rais­ ing Christmas fair. The fa ir , held a t the


them cakes, books, toys, Christmas gifts and greet­ ings cards helped to raise nearly £1,000 for church funds. Th e C h r is tm a s g i f t s


[hotpot lunches and cups of tea. As our picture shows,


w e re m ad e by c h u rc h members, who also served


face-painting proved p ar­ ticularly popular, as did a sale of novelty balloons, tombola and raffle. T h e R e v . G e o f f


All other-eligibility cri­ Clitherac i2232i (Editorialfj22323'23 I I ’


Centr e w o u ld be a s s e t to a l l


an


back to the OP practices and CommumCaie.


w an t p eople co n ce in eo that b u l ld o z e r s a r e jom g


to be moving on s ite tomorrow. Thei simply no question of that. We have the oppo tumty to c re a te a facility 'ik e


nothing else m E a s tL a n cashire, a real asset to the Ribble Valley.


th e E a s t .L a n c a s h i r e H e a l th A u th o r i ty s u p ­


Last week’s meeting 01 _


p o r te d ' th e b i d th a n k e d a p p l ic an ts foi refining their proposal fol­ lowing i ts rejection la st


year. A t th e me e tin g , Miss


V iv ie n A s p e y , th e authority’s director of pn- marv and community caie, said: “The need for a new primary resource centre in


C l i th e ro e came to tn e attention of the authority ju s t over a year ago.


fairly detailed explanation of the inadequacies of the


Calling


budding authors ,


IF you h u r ry , b u d d in g authors should find a talk being given a t Clitheroe Library this afternoon a t 2 p.m. very entertaining.


Although No rth York­


shire writer Barbara Whi­ te h e a d h a s w r i t t e n 10 books and a series of crime novels s e t very firmly in the North, she is virtually unknown.


On moving to Murton,


Rodgers, minister of the United Reformed Church, thanked church members for making th e ev en t a success and all who sup­ ported it by attending. (Picture order no. CAT


5086). Bridge winners


WINNERS a t this week’s Pendle Club Bridge Drive were: 1, Mrs F . P o r te r and Mr P. Roche, 2, Mrs E. Crossley and Mrs D. Farnsworth.


near Yor k, B ar b ar a decided to become a w riter and a fter trying her hand a t historical novels she felt she wanted to write about the present day so turned to the crime genre.


She decided to s e t her


novels in York and h e r ability to prod memories of this quaint old city makes h e r b o o k s p a r t ic u la r y fascinating.


H e r l a t e s t , “ S w e e t


Death Come Softly” is the fourth in her York cycle of mysteries and deals with th e c h o c o la te ma k i n g industry, for which York is famous.


“This r e p o r t g iv e s a


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' e x is t in g health centre. The


space is not well organised and i t does not match the


” ~ -Q „taee is some- ee(| s 0f p r im ary care m


t im e in t h f f u t u r e . Mr t"he 1990s. C ar parking is S a m -a id : J a n o t h e r problem.^


She said th e problems presented an ideal oppor-


tu n i ty to develop a new c entre which would ade­ quately encompass all the n e e d s o f p r im a r y c a re development.


Fight to crack


terrorism


PO L IC E in L a n c a sh ire are using the slogan Ter­ rorism . • • help us defeat i t” in a p o s te r campaign aimed a t increasing public awareness in the run-up to


Christmas. The p o s te r asks: Have


you sold a vehicle in suspi­ cious c ircum s tan c e s , do you r e n t r e s id e n t ia l o r commercial property? Are you suspicious about your te n a n t s ? Do y o u h av e information about people or activities th a t could be linked to te r ro r is t crime.' Assistant Chief Consta­


ble David Smith, Lanca­ shire Constabulary’s head


of operations, said:“I t is im p o r ta n t to k e e p th e th re a t of terrorism jn per­ spective because, for most of us, terrorism is some­ thing which we only hear about on the news. But,


equally, i t is important to remember th a t Lancashire has been targeted before, which is why we are ask­


ing people to be a le rt and r e p o r t a n y t h i n g suspicious.”


Lucky escape


A CYCLIST had a lucky escape a fte r falling under th e w h e e ls o f a c a r in Clitheroe on Saturday. C litheroe f ire- fig h te rs


tre a ted th e mail for grazes a t th e scene of th e acci­ dent in Queen’s Road. The alarm was rais ed a t around 4-50 p.m. Station officer Mr Dave


M cG ra th s a id th e y had r e c e iv e d a r e p o r t o f a cy cl is t tra p p e d u n d e r a car, bu t when they arrived he was free. T h e c y c l i s t w a s n o t


taken to hospital/ His bike was severely damaged in the accident.


AL TE RNE FR O OOK A


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