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being asked to approve the proposal, which will help complete the cycleway between Langho and Billington and enable rid­ ers to avoid the Petre Arms roundabout. The existing footway will be widened where possible and the whole scheme is part of the county’s commitment' to improve cycling facilities and safety.


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A GRATEFUL grandfa­ th e r has offered more than one hand of thanks to the staff and pupils of a Clitheroe p rim a ry school who have helped his granddaughter cope with a long-term illness. Mr George Hardman was


so touched by the level of support- shown by St Michael's and St John’s RC


Primary school for his seven-year-old grand­ daughter, Jasmine Valovin, he felt moved to carve an impressive wooden school plaque bordered by two sets of clasped hands to show his family’s apprecia­ tion. ■ Jasmine’s attendance a t


the school has been severely disrupted since she became poorly with a rare illness nearly three years ago.


Since then she has spent long periods of time in sev­ eral hospitals nationwide receiving specialist treat­ ment for her condition. Her fellow pupils and their


parents at the school, and her teachers were deter-


mined to rally around their friend in her time of need.; The children sent numer­ ous get-well cards and let­


ters as well as saying prayers for Jasmine in assembly, while parents and teachers raised money in order to help her father and mother, Mr David Val­ ovin, a trainee draughts­ man, and his wife, Valerie, with the expensive travel­ ling costs incurred visiting their little girl in far away hospitals. With a little help from her


the head, because I realised the praying hands were supposed to be the hands of the apostles. One set of hands were for St Michael and the others were for St John,” he explained. He began work on the


lime-wood carving and decided to include the shool’s crest in the work, which really made the pro­ ject a family affair, as Jas­ mine’s 10-year-old brother, Jake, had created the design for the school’s badge in a class-room com­ petition. Headmaster Mr Vincent


friends and a lot of loving care from her family, Jas­ mine’s health has consider­ ably improved and, gradu­ ally, she has been able to spend more time back at school. Mrs Valovin approached


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Murray was full of praise for Mr Hardman’s “handi­ work,” which will greet vis­ itors coming in through the entrance to the school, and will be illuminated by a spotlight by night. “I t symbolises everything


her father, Mr Hardman, an enthusiastic carpenter in his spare time, to carve out a g i t of thanks for the;


school. ‘ - : I t was a task he was all too


pleased to take up. “Jasmine was really uplift­


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ed by the amount of sup­ port she got. I t has been overwhelming.


“She has always enjoyed


going to the school and even when she was very poorly she would look for­ ward to going back,” said Mr Hardman, who is a maintenance worker a t Calderstones Hospital, Whalley. “Valerie asked me to make something in appreciation


for the school. I pulled out a couple of articles from a wood carving book and she said she liked the look of the hands. “I t was then that I must have had a rush of blood to


.’. -“I t expresses.what we strive to be, more eloquent­ ly than any words we could put down,” said Mr Mur­ ray. In addition Mr Hardman


the school stands for. The hands on both sides of' the crest represent the school’s relationship with the com­ munity and the children’s familes.


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. The passage reads: “I t is a story of “love, faith, sacri­ fice and gratitude.” “I t ’s in keeping with how


presented the school with a framed picture of the hands accompanied by a text explaining its origin.


we feel about Jasmine,” added Mr Hardman. Our picture shows Jasmine


and Mr Hardman (front) alongside the impressive carving, with, from the left, Mr Hardman’s wife, Ida, grandmother Mrs Marie Valovin, head teacher Mr Murray, Mrs Valovin and Jasmine’s brother, Jake. (CAT13437)


Friends and family travelled from Malta for the wedding of Miss Joanne Louise Waring, the only daughter of Mr and and Mrs Terry Waring, of Moorland Crescent,.- Clitheroe, and Mr Dion Borg, only son of Mr and Mrs Joseph Borg, of Balzan, Malta.


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The ceremony was a t Clitheroe Parish Church and Canon Eric Chard officiated.


The bride was given away by her father and wore a crino­


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line-style dress of ivory satin with a bodice trimmed with pearls. Her shower bouquet was of lilies, champagne and ivory roses. The bridesmaids were the Misses Samantha Lawson,


Joanne Dobson and Samantha Preston, friends of the bride, and the Misses Catherine Orrell and Rebecca War­


ing, cousins of the bride. The best man was Mr Mario Gatt, a friend of the bride­


groom, groomsman was Mr Matt Greeenwood and ush­ ers were Messrs Gareth Waring and John Vella. The reception was at the Moorcock Inn, Waddington,


and a blessing and reception are also to be held in Malta. After a honeymoon in Austria, the couple are to live in Malta. Photo: Pye’s of Clitheroe.


Driver whose ‘momentary lapse’ resulted in fatal crash fined £300


THE “severe pyscho- logical trauma” suf­ fered by an auxiliary nurse involved in a fatal crash was described by her solici­


tor in court. The driver of a car being


overtaken by Mrs Vir­ ginia Bateman (52), of Henthorn Close, Clith- eroe, was killed after she pulled o u t to overtake and smashed head-on into a car coming the opposite


way. “She sees herself as some­


b urn magistrates. “She finds i t difficult to cope with the thought of some­ one dying in these circum­ stances,” he explained,


one who helps preserve and extend life,” solicitor Mr. Mark Fallon told Black­


describing his client as “a sensible woman, who had a momentary .lapse in con­ centration.” ;


with £75 costs for careless driving, which she admit­ ted in her absence through her solicitor.


Bateman was fined £300


• Mr Neil Standage (prose­ cuting) said the accident


: happened a t 7-15 a.m. on October 24th last year. The defendant entered Wilp- shire at a speed of 45 m.p.h. on part of the A666 where the limit is 30 m.p.h..


Approaching the orphan-' age, she pulled out to over-' take a car driven by Mr Peter Carlisle, of Chapel Rise, Billington.


vehicle was coming towards her. There was a head-on collision which brought


“Regrettably, another


both cars to an immediate standstill,!’, said. Mr Standage. , . V:o He explained that the rear


of the defendant’s ' ear flipped up and landed on the roof of Mr Carlisle’s. ’ Very sadly, he died in the accident.


there had been a delay in the case coming before the court because of the need for a police reconstruction of the accident. But, he pointed out, the defendant had pleaded guilty to the offence a t the earliest opportunity. Mr Fallon told the bench


Mr Standage said th a t


been arrived at by the police because the reconstruction had shown th a t the com­ bined impact speed between it and the approaching one was between 90 m.p.h. and 100 m.p.h..


The speed of her car had


lighter, i t would probably have been going the faster of the two, suggested Mr Fal­ lon.


But, as the other one was


that the reconstruction had been necessary because his client had no recollection of the accident. She was travel­ ling to work as an auxiliary nurse at Blackburn Royal Infirmary as usual.


sive and extremely serious injuries in the collision, frac­ tured arms, legs and pelvis and internal bleeding. As a result of them, and the severe pyschological trauma she suffered, she was unable to return to work, or attend court, said Mr Fallon.


She herself received exten­


only 18 months before the accident and had a clean licence.


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