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A village'has been shocked by the death in a bridge fall in Devon of a 32-year-old former resident. >


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A £172,000 Lottery windfallwill enable a local mountain rescue team to avoid tragedies among walkers and climbers.


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Readers have a chance to solve a crossword which is part of a high-pow­ ered UK inter-busi­ ness sporting event based in the Ribble Valley.


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Clitheroe Royal Grammar School pupil Louise Hul- land writes a mov­ ing account of a lec­ ture by an Ausch­ witz survivor.


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A call goes out for clothing for Cher­ nobyl children who are to visit the area


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WHAT would you, our readers and residents of Clitheroe, like to see to per­ manently mark the Millen­


nium? Whether it is a statue, a town


clock', an area of woodland, a music scholarship or even a civic theatre, the Mayor, Coun. John McGowan, believes that


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Clitheroe is your town and that it should be you, the residents,


who make the decision. The turn of the century is less than two-and-a-half years away and Clitheroe Town Council intends that the historic occasion should be marked


display, commemorative mugs will be distributed to pupils in the town's pri­ mary schools and Clitheroe's sec­ ondary schools will receive a specially chosen tree. The Clitheroe Advertiser and Times


in several ways. There will be a spectacular fireworks


is pleased to be associated with the town’s Millennium Appeal and through our columns we hope that you, our readers, will make your views known. Said Coun. McGowan: “We would also like to know what the people want in the way of events. If they want street parties, fashion shows, concerts or parades, then we would like to


know.” Clitheroe has a proud history of cele­


brating major events in style and there will be an extra special torch­


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the century. Arrangements for that are already gathering momentum. In the coming months, the town’s sec­


ondary schools will be contacted by the Advertiser and Times in a bid to gauge the reaction of their pupils. Send your ideas and suggestions to


the editor, Advertiser and Times, 3 King Street, Clitheroe, BB7 2EW, ■ marked “Millennium”. Alternatively, drop your letters into the special edi­ torial box in our front office.


• Special Millennium report, see page 11.


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Family grateful to those who


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LITTLE leukaemia sufferer Zoe High is to make her dream


trip to Euro Disney. Friends of the family have pulled out all the stops to raise oyer


£1,000 to give the plucky five-year-old the holiday of a lifetime. Mickey Mouse, Donald Duck and all the other childhood characters of : the theme park paradise, oh the outskirts of Paris, await Zoe and her par­


ents;' Graham and Giy- " clear to go ahead and book dents in a bid to raise the nis High, in September, ».A Velour-day, holiday, but f


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almost came to’ nothing With the cash in the bank, the family was given the all


insurance companies want-


cashV. The first event, a darts


ed the family to take out a £5,00,0 medical premium to cover the eventuality of Zoe falling ill again before they would allow her to make the trip. Mrs High said that the


family could not afford to pay that, but she was adamant that Zoe was not going to miss the opportu­ nity and ruin all the hard work put in by the people who had raised the money. She said: “In a way, I can understand the insurance companies, but Zoe is not missing this chance. At first we were going to go without insurance, but now we have found special poli­ cies through the hospital and we can go with peace


of mind.” The family’s 11-month


ordeal — Zoe’s illness was diagnosed on August 1st last year — has touched many townsfolk. Clitheroe resident Mr Danny Bums came up with the idea of raising money to give Zoe and her parents a holiday together. He organised two events and encouraged local companies and resi-


challenge between the Mangrove Hotel, where Zoe lives, and the Craven Heifer, both oh Whalley Road, attracted a Scottish international darter. The second event;: held at the Mangrove Hotel, incorpo­ rated a country and west­ ern evening and another darts competition. Over £900 was raised to pay for the holiday and Tetley’s Brewery also donated an 11-gallon barrel of beer, which was sold and raised an extra £100. When Zoe (pictured with


Mayor and passengers shaken in accident


THE Ribble Valley Mayor and more than 20 other passengers were .badly shaken when their coach was involved in an acci­


Association members were returning from a visit to Wyre Borough 'Tourist Board when the accident occurred at 5-30jp.m. last Tuesday on Chapel Hill, Longridge. I t involved the coach and a car driven by Mr Stewart Walmesley, from Longridge. A police spokesman said


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Company formed to fund


teacher A REVOLUTIONARY


move by parents to fund a teacher at a Ribble Valley primary school has suc­ ceeded. ■, . The parents of pupils at Whalley CE Primary School have formed a com­ pany specifically designed to raise money, which is to be used to retain the seven . existing class teachers. School Times (Whalley)


Ltd held its first meeting on Tuesday and handed over a cheque for £6,166 to acting headteacher Mrs Linda Roberts. Believed to be the only one of its kind in the country, the hew company was set up as a direct response to a decision by the school’s governors to run only six classes in the next academ­ ic year and not seven as at present. Parents attended a meet­


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ing, called by Mrs Roberts' in April, to explain this • decision, which was a con- : sequence of the falling roll and the inevitable cut in local government funding. : But they were galvanised ; into action. . Instead of accepting the


all the coach passengers were wearing seat belts and this helped keep injuries down. ■ •


One of the passengers, Coun. Joyce Holgate, said tha t the accident gave everyone a great shock. She


.said: “I t could have been really serious.'Everbody was badly shaken.” : Paramedics were on the


scene in minutes. Mr Walmesley and his passen­ ger, Mr Matthew Draper, of Thomley, were taken to Royal Preston Hospital. One resident in the locali­


her parents ) was taken ill last year she was admitted to Manchester Children’s Hospital, and she has since undergone three intensive sessions of chemotherapy. At the end of this month


Motor cyclist is latest victim of notorious A59


THE main A59 road through the Ribble Valley has claimed yet another life, again from a


she hopes to finish her main treatments. Mrs High said: “This is


motorcycle. The roadworks in the centre of Gis-


another stepping stone reached. The holiday at Euro Disney will be a bonus for her. We would like to thank Danny and all those people who helped to raise the money to make her dream come true.”


burn were a key point in police investigations of the tragedy there, ‘ at 1-43 a.m. on Tuesday morning. Pillion passenger Mrs Tracey Autton


(29), of Harrogate, was thrown into a traffic sign after a head-on crash with a 38-ton Castle Cement loiTy. She is believed to have died instantly. Her husband, Mr Mark Autton, (32) ended up


in a ditch, and was taken to Airedale Gen­ eral Hospital with a broken arm and leg. Ambulance and police personnel con­


verged on the scene, right outside Gisbum Police Station, where kerb improvement work has led to traffic delays and carriage­ way access problems. Lorry driver Mr Craig Simon Meadows


V have been killed or injured in recent times. Many of the accidents have been at week­ end or holiday times, and few have been


(32), of Queensway, ■ Waddington, Clitheroe, was unhurt. Police said that the impact occurred on a bend in the road. Several motor cycle riders and passengers


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A POTENTIALLY dangerous spillage at a Clitheroe animal foods factory was properly dealt with, says Clith- eroe’s fire chief. A 1,000-litre container full of an acid-based forage additive at Dugdale and Son Ltd’s Bellman Mill, in Salthill, sprang a leak over


the weekend. It was at 7-30 on Monday


morning when the warehouse manager, Mark Braithwaite, arrived at work and smelled the noxious fumes. He imme­ diately alerted the emergency services. Three fire engines, the division’s


incident support unit, from Accrington, and 15 fire-fighters attended the accident. Four fire­ fighters donned breathing appa­ ratus and special chemical suits to deal with the spillage. They spent almost three hours decant­ ing the liquid preserve, 80 per cent of which was a blend of


acids, into two other containers on the site. Using ail absorbent material they soaked up the spillage and then they turned a couple of hose reels on to the affected area to swill it clean. Clitheroe’s fire chief, Mr Dave


McGrath, said the incident could have been very dangerous. But he added: “It was dealt with properly by people at the factory. When we arrived, we found a properly cor­ doned off area and all the correct information on the chemicals was


at hand.” Dugdale’s operations director, Mr


Steven Dugdale, was grateful for


the help of the local fire-fighters. He said: “They looked like some­ thing off the moon in those suits, but they did a great job. There was no problem on Friday night. The leak was between a valve and the container itself. While it was unfortunate to have occurred, the important thing was that it was dealt with without injury.” Mr McGrath confirmed that the


Environment Agency and North West Water had been called to the factory, but he said that no prob­ lems had occurred as a result of the accident. Nothing had entered the surface water.


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