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Clitheroe Advertiser & Times, May 14th, 1998 15 Clitheroe 422324 (Editorial), 422323 (Advertising), Burnley 422331 (Classified)


Camera club in battle for


print honours


THE eagerly-awaited p r in t and slide b a t t le against Bury was compared by the chairman of Ribblesdale Camera Club to a small soccer club taking on Manchester United. Someone else thought


the David and Goliath comparison more apt. Bury was founded over 100 years ago and has been one of the North West's most successful clubs ever since. But the evening pro­


duced a major surprise - justifying the biblical com­ parison - when the judge, David Marsh, of Lytham, gave his comments and marks and the totals were finally calculated. Each club had to enter 10 prints and 10 slides and it was immediately obvious that the general standard was extremely high. Most styles of work were repre­ sented from monochrome to colour and from nature pictures to digitally-modi­ fied images - one from Bury was indistinguishable from a pen and wash paint­ ing. Often it was impossible to guess whether the effect had been produced in cam­ era or in computer. Con­ versely, simple pho­ tographs were also well rep­


resented. The highest mark in the


prints was given to a superb photograph from Bury of "Sand Martins on the Nest" but only half a mark behind was Kibbles- dale's John West with "The Landing Stage", one of his series of photographs from Venice. Two Ribblesdale high scorers were "Once Upon a Pier" by Stewart Clark and "Old Landing Stage" by Roy Mason.


"Janie" by Raymond Greenwood was just behind and overall Ribblesdale had a commanding half way stage lead by 80.5 to


Bury's 72.5. The slides produced a


similar story, with John West receiving full marks for "A Walk on the Quiet Side", a most delicately pastel-coloured Venetian picture and a high mark for "La Mancha", separated by "Spanish Dancers" from


Ken Geddes. The totals for the slides


were Ribblesdale 74, Bury 66 and a half, and the final totals were 154 and a half against 139, a very wide margin for this typo of competition. The final result was received in stunned silence and: "We were thoroughly done over" was the comment from one


Bury memberl The current "Exhibition


on the Wall” in the club- room at Ribble Lane, Chatburn, is by John West, and many prints which have received high honours in international competi­ tions are on display. Next week's speaker is


BILLINGTON'S Sophie Wenbom is the Clitheroe Advertiser and Times Junior Reader of The


Month.


Clitheroe, her favourite subject is English and she is a particularly avid reader. Her mother, Mrs Judith Wenborn, is a teacher at her school and says Sophie (8) is


A pupil of St James's CE School, , , badge, she loves playing short ten


nis and she is a member of the school's French club. She enjoys science and history,


and has ambitions to become a sci­ entist or an archaeologist when she


is older.


also a very keen writer and poet. Sophie's favourite books are the


"Stig of The Dump" by Clive King, and here we reproduce extracts of her prizewinning


She certainly enjoyed digging up , review:


"Famous Five" books by Enid Bly- ton and Spike Milligan's madcap poems in "Silly Verses for Kids . A wide range of interests keep her busy in and out of school: she has just earned her 1,090m swimming


.


"This book is about a boy called Barney who, when looking around a dump, finds a caveboy called Stig. They have many adventures together, but when Barney and


, earned her LOPOm swimming


than hunting foxes, they should kill the horses for meat. "Stig frightened one of the hors­


es by pointing a spear at him. The horse reared up and the rider fell off. Barney's sister, Lou, who was on the hunt, thought she saw a lit­ tle figure (who was Stig) going off but later decided she had imagined


Stig go hunting, Stig says ratuhier, —


''""Even when Barney told people about Stig they did not believe him. I liked the idea of someone, like Stig, living in a dump under­ ground — a secret place that no one else knew about. When people threw things into the dump, Stig could always find a use for them.


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Emerald Isle is destination for fund-raisers


A TRIO of Clitheroe men with hearts of gold hope to raise £20,000 for a kindergarten by embarking on a 135-mile trek around one of the Emerald Isle’s most beautiful regions


------------- -------------------- --------------------— Public rallies for the Reality Mission


MORE excellent support from the public is expected as Clitheroe's Reality Mission


draws to a climax this weekend. There are special services at var­


ious churches, a major youth band festival in the Castle grounds and


an organ recital. During this week, a youth team


from Bristol has been visiting local schools - many children as well as adults enjoyed Saturday's family fun event in the Castle grounds. The Rev. George Billington, a


fire-eating clergyman, attracted a crowd, who were impressed by his skills and stayed to listen to his


mission message. On Friday evening, the Love ana


Joy Gospel Choir from Liverpool earned a standing ovation at St


Paul's Church, Low Moor. The singers were introduced and


Mr Bob Dennis from Beb- bington, Wirral, who is cur­ rently president of the Lan­ cashire and Cheshire Pho­ tographic Union. His talk is entitled "Enigma Varia­ tions." New members are always welcome and infor­ mation can be obtained from the chairman, Ken Geddes, 01200 423474.


thanked by the vicar, the Rev. Rod­ ney Nicholson, and were greatly appreciated for their efforts. All those involved will be looking at the results of the mission, but


they will not be easy to assess. Our picture shows just one of the


family fun day activities, face painting by Louise Moss. She is at work on Janie Kelsall and Kirsty High.(090598/17/19)


Farming community to sow spiritual seeds at Rogation service


A CHURCH in Clitheroe has organised a special Rogationtide service aimed at sowing spiritual seeds among people con-


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finance director REGIONAL Independent Media has appointed Sue Laverick as its group


finance director. P re v io u s ly g ro u p f in a n -


cial controller for United Provincial Newspapers, Mrs Laverick (above) has been appointed to the post by this newspaper's parent


company.


1978, she has worked in a number of centres holding a number of roles before taking the controller's post in 1996, when she estab­ lished a central accounting system at the head office in


After joining UPN in ITT,X T ■ Leeds.


has been instrumental in negotiations leading to the purchase of UPN's Lan- cashire and Yorkshire titles


Recently, Mrs Laverick T . .


g,Th?wit"Sip«r operation, ®hich is a koy part oi the club's [inaitcial viability,


by Candover. In her new role, she will


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be working closely with chief executive Chris Oak­ ley in putting a new finan­ cial structure in place and shaping the group for an exciting future.


“ j ± 7 d ° t e i S ? » is nMded to keep’the


MEMBERS of Pendle Ski Club exchanged their ski suits for informal


evening wear to attend the annual din ner-dance at the Moorcock Inn, Waddington.


recent request for luncheon club helpers.


Around 20 people attended the event, which was subsidised by the club itself


, ,, . The club, which has been running for


more than 30 years, has around 600 mem­ bers from the Ribble Valley, Burnley, Pen­ dle and Nelson areas and is open to botn skiers and snowboarders. Our picture shows some of the guests at


the dinner. (080598/20/09) . I _


nected with the Ribble Val- ley farming community. The service, entitled


"Family and Farming", is to be held at Clitheroe Parish Church at noon on Sunday. It has been organ­ ised in order to show the church's support for the agricultural industry, par­ ticularly at a time when many farmers are strug­ gling to preserve their


livelihoods. The Rev. Canon Philip


Dearden explained the idea


behind the service. He said: "Rogation Sun­


day has always been one of the traditional times when the church has prayed for


the success of crops. Clitheroe is the centre of the Ribble Valley's rural community. I thought it appropriate tha t the church should care thoughtfully about farm­ ers and those people who care about the land. After


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all, it benefits us all. "It is a particularly diffi­


cult time for farmers in some respects and I think


it is important we show we are aware of that. "We are encouraging ordinary folk in the town to come and anyone who makes a living through the farming indus­ try. I expect a good atten­


dance." Farmers will take part in


the service and have cho­ sen the hymns and read­


ings for it. Waste paper volunteers needed


Pendle Ski Club members enloy their annual dinner


^ 14 1—J mm'f'A , Incredible


slides of unspoilt area


WITH the destruction of rain forests all over the universe, Dr A. Huson transported members of Clitheroe Garden Club to Northern Queensland to an area untouched by the demands of the modern


world.Slides of incredible clari­ ty, beauty and composition made members realise the need to retain these fast­ disappearing areas, which have taken thousands of


years to form. Diverting from the for­


est, members of the expedi­ tion depicted many humor­ ous moments, all combin­ ing into an evening of knowledge and excellent entertainment. Meetings will resume in


October and seats are still available for the visit to Bodnant Gardens and


Llandudno on June 6th to see the laburnums, azaleas and rhododendrons in bloom. There will also be a visit to Birmingham Botanical Gardens on August 8th. For more details, ring 01200 424165. A coffee morning will be


held on July 8th at Tee- wood Farm, Fell Road, Waddington. The annual show will take place on August 22nd.


Lack of funding may close centre which helps jobless back into work


mg-A special general meet­ ing has been called for May 27th to discuss the dissolu­ tion of the 12-year-old training scheme, based at Trinity Community Cen­


tre.


withdrawal of core funding by Lancashire County Council. Its annual contri­ bution has been in the region of £26,000, but the council now says it can no


The move follows the .i.


ty education in the Ribble Valley for the last 12 years. "When our original


funding was withdrawn by the last Government, our project was rescued by the county council. Now, due to financial constraints, the council can no longer fund us and we are in dan­


ger of closing." The centre is currently


longer afford the funding. Meanwhile, the county


has given the centre £6,000 to tide it over while other


funding is explored. The seriousness of the


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letter to the Skill Share membership by manager Mrs Melanie Kilmister. She said: "It is vital that


you attend this meeting as Skill Share is in serious and


imminent danger of closing down, and staff have been issued with redundancy


notices. "There is only one item


Share.” The meeting is to be .


held in the adjacent Trini­ ty Methodist Church Hall


at 7 p.m.Mrs Kilmister told the Clitheroe Advertiser and Times : "Skill Share has been pioneering communi-


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on the agenda for the meet­ ing: the dissolution of Skill


catering for 80 skill seekers a week. It has a staff of four supported by 14 vol­ unteers. The nursery linked to the scheme is training a young person in


child care.


information technology, computing, book-keeping, keyboard skills, assertive­


Courses on offer include


ness training, maths, Eng­ lish, European and Asian cookery, plus leisure classes


in guitar music, photogra­ phy, line dancing and fly


fishing. The centre also helps


jobless people with basic interview skills and CVs for entering the work mar­


ket and colleges. I t is registered as an


examination centre with RSA and Lancaster Uni­ versity regards Skill Share as a valuable resource for delivering the community access programme.


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Tony Clarkson, decorator Mr John Greenwood and architect Mr Steve Burke will set out across the Irish sea bound for the South West of Ireland, in order to attempt a marathon hike across the little-walked Kerry Way, which threads through the Carrauntouhil mountain peninsula. Completing the circular route from Killarney will take them nearly two weeks and will demand the men, whose average age is 50, be in the peak of fitness to reach the Carantouhil peak, which at 3,300ft. is Ireland's highest mountain. Mr Clarkson said the trio was more concerned about falling foul of a very Irish


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why they had chosen the Kerry Way as the location for their odyssey. "I have always had a love of Ire­ land. You can walk around parts of it and see no one for days on end in scenery that is simply breathtak­ ing. Five thousand people a year do the coast-to- coast walk, we wanted to do something a little bit


Mr Clarkson explained . ,


different." They intend to take


notebooks and cameras with them and produce a book about their experi­ ences. I t should make for interesting reading-watch


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affliction. "We're more bothered about alcohol poi­


soning than altitude sick­ ness, what with the Guin­ ness being so good over there, but we're getting in plenty of practice," he


joked.Mr Clarkson was all set to do the walk last year, but was thwarted by an Achilles injury. Deter­ mined to see it through, however, this year he has enrolled the help of Messrs Burke and Greenwood to crack the Kerry Way. With considerable backing from local sponsors, and with the support of his wife, Sheila, and two daughters, Louise and Clare, they hope to raise £20,000 for a kinder­ garten in Lancaster, which Sheila was instrumental m


Fair trading at Oxfam


THE Clitheroe Oxfam


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