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A A T A “GLANCE


A po o rly teenager was due to have his spirits lifted in hos­


p ita l last nigh t, with a v is it from two o f his so c ce r idols.


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Jobs may be under the axe if plans by a gas bottling plant are scuppered.


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A R ib b le Valley farming duo have won a top prize for the best milk in the North. _ _ _ _ _ page 2


Three brave people are commended at an inquest for their efforts when they rescued a trapped pensioner from her blazing home.


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There is a unique W I double fo r a mother and daugh­ ter.


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A charity fund-rais­ er hopes that a novel idea of his will be a pushover.


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LEADERS ARE HONOURED


Area’s soccer youngsters make headline news Mark steps out at Wembley __ by Margaret Parsons


R IB B L E V A LLE Y student Mark Smith is all set to lead his dream team out on the hallowed turf of Wembley next month in


the Coca Cola Cup Final— mark two. Twenty-year-old Mark of Whalley Road,


Sabden, is player-manager of his university team at Teesside in Middlesbrough where he is a second-year computer science student. On his team’s behalf he entered a national


universities competition run by the drinks company and was staggered last week to learn that he had won his team a dream trip to tne twin towers, where they will compete m an


eight-team knockout competition, the Coca Cola Universities Tournament on Sunday,


June 1st. .


Win or lose, each player will receive a shirt with his name on and a team photo in front of


the nets. Transport and overnight accommo­ dation in London is also being provided. “ I can’t believe it, I don’t think it’s sunk in


yet,” said keen footballer and Clarets fan Mark. “ I haven’ t played at Wembley before, it will be my debut” he added, tongue-in-


cheek. He is hoping that his Middlesbrough team


will go one better than that other Middles­ brough team who lost out to Leicester City in


that other Coca Cola Cup Final recently! It will not be the first time his team has tast­ « i i ___ ■ 1___ i.1____LSm a k i n t-OOTM VlOO ftJ


ed success, however, as they have won every [Tsma in the local Middlesbrough league this


season. Unfortunately they lost out in a cup final last Wednesday, but his disappointment was overshadowed when the postman arrived with the news of the Wembley date the fol­ lowing morning. Mark, the youngest son of Paul and Kath­


leen Smith, is a former pupil of St Augustine’s RC School, Billington, and Clitheroe Royal


Grammar School. He says he is now putting his team through a


rigorous training schedule in preparation for their Wembley Match of the Day..


Tories in bid to make council ‘true blue’ again


by Tim Procter


A LABOUR councillor h a s proved that democracy is alive and well in the Ribble Valley’s local politics. Now there is promise At Tuesday’s annual coun-


, of a hotly-contested ci l meeting, Coun. Mrs by-election, which will ecj unopposed as Mayor,


, . . J Coun. Mrs Eileen Lowe. * *n Jennifer Grimes was elect-


move the action up a following Liberal colleague few gears!


C ontrol-of- t.he cou n ci l------W hen the time came to could change at an excep- choose a d epu ty mayor,


tionally significant time, as the new L a b ou r g o v ­ ernment may hand back som e o f th e tow n ha l l powers which the Tories took away over the years.


who will succeed Coun Grimes in a year’s time, the Liberals and Conservatives each made a nomination. But Labour’s Coun. Bert


Jones wanted to see fair play, with top posts alter­ nating. So with the two main parties having exact­ ly the same number of votes, he cast his in favour o f T o ry nominee Coun. David Smith. This meant that the Liber­


al choice, Coun. Brian Col- lis, was pipped for the post


by just one vote. Coun. Jones is the only


Labour member on a Lib­ eral-run council in a bor­ ough which has just vividly shown its commitment to having a Conservative MR He sees his po s it ion as


holder o f the balance of power on such issues as a great responsibility. There is no dramatic


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shouting o f odds from Coun. Jones, but after the meeting he did tell us: “ The Liberals are again holding the Mayoralty, and I think it’s fair to everyone that it alternates — so I voted for a Conservative deputy and am pleased to have had the opportunity and proud to have taken it. In the coming year I will be looking at each issue on its merits, as always.” The fa c t that Liberal


Coun. Denis McWilliam is going to live in Germany


BOLD but so far secret plans to seize coun- • cil power — Tory leader Coun. Chris Holtom, whose party aims to win a St James’s Ward by- election (CAT 9143)


could make Coun. Jones even more powerful. The necessary by-election in St James’s Ward will give the Conservatives a chance to become the largest party — at the moment they have 18 seats to the Liberals’ 19. But sometimes councillors’ absence from meetings can be vital, and put more pres­ sure on the ever-present


Coun. Jones. The Liberals are certain to


work very hard to retain the seat, but Tory leader Coun. Chris Holtom clear­ ly has some b o ld plans. However, he is currently being enigmat ic a b out them. “We are having a meeting next week to dis­ cuss our tactics,” is all he will say. But he did express the hope that, despite the Liberal bid to hold b oth Mayoral posts, “ the busi­ ness of the council can be conducted in some harmo­ ny.” But L abour supporters


may well feel that the big increase in their support


locally and nationally gives


them a very good chance in St James’ .T h e euphoria surrounding the Govern­ ment’s “hit the ground run­ ning” boldness could well be worth many votes even in a local council by-elec


tion. The fact that the parties


could n o t agree on a deputy mayor, so forcing the v o te , b y no means marred the d ign ity and good humour of the annual meeting. The contest itself was conducted very quietly and the new mayor showed little sign of nerves, more the control expected of a degree qualified nursing professional with years of experience and a testing post. Everyone was happy to agree with her proposer Coun. Kate Hooper, who said: “ Coun. Grime is a beaut iful woman with a beautiful smile — but far more im po r tant is her beautiful soul.” • Full repo r t and p ic ­


ture o f the Mayor-mak ing - page 14.


CLITHEROE Wolves Under 10s are pictured after clinching the Burnley Youth Football League Wolstenholme Cup. They beat Knuzden Juniors 3-2 in the final at the Prairie, Burnley (CAT 8942)


THE leaders in world youth football welcome Clitheroe Wolves over the The local club have been invited to take part in the 12th International Tournament for And the Wolves are set to take on youth teams from the likes of giants Feyenoord and


Youth in Wassenner, Holland. . . PSV Eindhoven — where Dutch master Ruud Gullit first came to prominence ana


German side Fortuna Cologne. And there will also be teams from Denmark, Belgium and


France. The Under 14s leave from Clitheroe at 5 a.m. tomorrow


morning with a squad of 16 players, five parents and man­ ager Paul McGuire for the two-day competition.


T hey pick up the ferry at Harwich and then drive


through to Wassenner. Twenty sides will be in the Wolves’ age group, and they


will be split into groups, before the final positions are cal­ culated.


Games will be 11-a-side, played over 12-and-a-half min­


utes each way, with the final 15 minutes each way. Afonagcr Paul McGuire said: “ It is a great experience for


the team, and although the competition will be very tough, we can only learn from our time there.


“ It is also a great honour to be invited. “A team is always invited from England, and we are


pleased to have been thought of. “The Dutch are the leaders in producing young players


and we are thrilled to be taking part." ,


We wish the team the best of luck, and there will be a full report of their progress in next week’s issue.


Thefts cost thousands of pounds


. DE TERMINED thieves, prepared to defeat vehicle or property security devices, stole thousands of pounds worth of property from the Sabden and Simonstone areas


| last week. No place, not even a church, is


I safe from the unscrupulous visi- tors.With the summer bringing more and more visitors to the area, police are asking for renewed vigi­ lance from the public. St Nicholas’s Church, Sabden, is


faced with replacing over £1,000 of ground maintenance equipment. A vehicle must have been used to


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carry away a £500 Honda mower and a Pro 43 strimmer and a Stihl strimmer, each worth £250. The equipment was stored in a


shed near the church, but on Fri­ day it was found that thieves had smashed the lock off. It could have


happened any time in the preced­ ing two or three days. In Whins Lane, Simonstone, an


£8 ,000 mini-digger was stolen from the driveway of a house with­ in an hour of being parked there on


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F rid a y tea -t ime . I t is a blue Kuborto K X 36 model with the name D. Hollinrake on the side. A high wall at Huntroyde Nurs­


eries, Simonstone, did not deter thieves from taking hundreds of pound sworth of varied items from the gardens and a shed on Thurs­


day night. It included 15 pairs of gardening


gloves, several lots of weedkiller, some plants and dried flower arrangements. Early morning car thieves got


away with a K-registered white Ford escort car from the drive of a


house in Lawrence Avenue, Simon­ stone. The vehicle — which had a security device — was taken some time between 12-30 a.m. and 8 a.m. on Saturday. It is valued at £4,000. The alarm of a house in Whalley went off a short time after some­


one fo r ced entry on Saturday. Whoever it was fled, taking £150 of foreign currency. Police are keen for information on


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Teenager sees friend’s ear bitten off in


nightclub A CAMPING hol­ iday at Newquay turned sour fo r a 19-year-old Clith­ eroe man when his friend had his ear b it ten o f f in a


nightclub attack. Ben Neary, of Fair-


field Drive, Clitheroe, went to his friend’s assistant and ended up in hospital suffering


from head injuries. And postman Mark Wor­


th in g t o n . o f W o ls e le y Street. Blackburn is how having to come to terms with the disfigurement of having lost an ear. M e a nw h i le . B en , who


works for British Telecom a t P r e s to n , sp en t tw o days in Treliske Hospital, T ru ro , fo r ob servat ions and is now back a t work. • His parents, Felicity and Les Neary, travelled down to Newquay to drive Ben


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