Clltheroe Advertiser & Times, May 13th, 1999 3 Clitheroe 422324 (Editorial), 422323 (Advertising), Burnley 422331 (Classified)


Skillshare centre celebrating a bumper crop of results from adult students


STUDENTS at the Clitheroe-based Skillshare Adult Education Centre are celebrating a bumper set of suc­


cessful examination results. Nearly 60 students sat examinations in


the latest round in a ran p of subjects and 58 passed, with 36 excelling themselves by gaining distinctions. However, the celebrations were tainted


by the gloomy news that Skillshare, once again, is staring extinction in the face, suf­ fering from an acute funding crisis. Following the latest batch of success sto­


ries, the centre continues to live up to its philosophy of providing education for all, with candidates from a variety of back­ grounds, aged between 18 and 84, passing examinations in text and word processing, business and communication skills, book keeping and accounting. Skillshare managers say the popularity


and success of the centre flies in the face of Lancashire County Council's reasons for discontinuing funding of Skillshare last year. The Lancashire County Council Edu­ cation Committee provided core funding for over 10 years until it withdrew, saying many of the courses were being duplicated by education establishments elsewhere. Centre manager Mrs Melanie Kilmister


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donation from Ultraframe entrepreneurs Mr John Lancaster, and his wife, Rose­ mary, saved the centre from closing. Now Mrs Kilmister says the centre is in


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says one pupil came from as far away as Blackpool to take an examination in book keeping, because she was advised by the Royal Society of Arts examination board that the Trinity-based centre was the near­ est venue where she could sit the paper. In addition, Mrs Kilmister argues that


many pupils come from rural areas and would not have the time, money or trans­ port to travel further afield to take courses


elsewhere. Last year, after months of trawling pos­


sible funding sources, only an eleventh hour


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Youth worker is praised for magnificent effort


A POPULAR local youth and community work­ er has been presented with a special award for 25 years' tireless service to Clitheroe's Trinity Centre from former Clitheroe Mayor Coun. John


McGowan. Mr Pino Pozzi (43)


walked through the Trini­ ty Centre's doors in 1973 and threw himself into youth work in the area. One of his first tasks was to help raise much-needed funds through setting up a disco a t the centre. Very quickly Mr Pozzi's North­ ern Soul Night became a major crowd puller, with dozens of youngsters queueing around the block


to get in. In his time he has been


involved in many areas of the centre's youth work, including co-ordinating the Out oi School Club, canoe­


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ing, mountain biking and survival walks around Win­ dermere. He is very much the outdoors man, and his award, in recognition of his contribution was, appropri­ ately, a GPS satellite navi­ gation system, a hand-held instrument which helps pin­ point the adventurer's loca­ tion, be it in the air, on land or at sea. Speaking of his highlights


while working at the centre, he said: "Making new friends is one of the best things about this job and I have met people from all


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over the place. "The centre is so impor­


tant for young people as it is somewhere where there will be a friendly face to greet them, somewhere where they can sit down and have a chat." Talking after the presen­


tation, he said: "It was a fantastic evening, because


Police say beware change deception


POLICE are warning all retail outlets to be beware of a "sorry, I've no change" decep­


tion. "It is hard to believe, but the peo­


ple who pull this trick have an uncanny way of confusing staff, and they end up £10 better off," says a police spokesman. The person buys a small value


item, offers a £20 note and then, after the assistant has taken it, "realises" he does in tact have change to pay. Bantering regarding the return of the note and its value can quickly cause confusion. At least £10 was obtained at one


Good arrows - from the WI team


BULLY for a team of Downham lady darters (pictured), which has put the village on the


county map. New lo the game and


never having previously played together, Mrs Valerie Eccles, Mrs Kirsteen Walm- sley and Mrs Eileen WiEon, alongside reserve Mrs Mar­ ion Courtney, have been crowned the Lancashire Federation of the Women's Institute darts champions. In the competition, which


is held every two years, their aim held steady against 4G other team.s. Their final tri­ umph came over a side from Weeton, leaving the Down- hum arrows to collect indi­ vidual medals, a trophy and a s h i e l d . ( 0 2 0 5 9 9 / 9 / 1 2 )


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of the several Ribble Valley places the trickster vEited on Monday. He moved between Clitheroe town cen­ tre and a Longridge garage, via the post office at Hurst Green. "We ask anyone visited by thE or


any other person to contact us at once and note full descriptions, including that of any vehicle," say


the police. The man "working" the deception


on Monday was around 30, tall, with grey-black greasy hair in a ponytail, and wearing a dark coloured jacket, possibly with a zip. The police number for any Ribble Valley location is now 01200 443344.


the same position again, needing a mini­ mum of £50,000 to keep it running for another year. She said: "There is only enough funding to last us for another month. We have put in a lottery bid, but we will not know how that has gone until the end of the month and by that time it could be too late. People who have done their examinations here have done really v/ell and we have a waiting list of people


wanting to take theirs in June. "I was absolutely delighted that the lat­


est students did so well because many of them were so nervous. When they first started their courses, if we had even men­ tioned the possibility of taking examina-


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Guilty plea to cannabis offence


a helps build people's con­


fidence. We can't just let it close down." Last year, £26,000 of core funding was


provided by the Lancasters with other money coming from Enterprise pic and the European Social Fund. The money helped fund the running of


IA CHATBURN man was given a conditional dis­ charge for 12 months by Blackburn mag is trates af ter pleading guilty to possession of cannabis. The court heard th a t


the college, as well as the Rosie Rabbit's Nursery, which allows many young moth­ ers to return to education by providing child care facilities while they study. Mrs Kilmister says that even though this fits in with government policy of trying to help mothers back into work, without Skillshare there would be no nursery. Increasing its scope, the centre also


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hopes to launch a course called Fun and Chips in conjunction with Age Concern for


older pupiE. who might feel that computer rifiTd, L t Skillshare provides the sort of technology is leaving them behind.


I Chatburn. . He was | approached by a police offi-


Matthew Braithwaite (18), of Pendle Drive, was seen acting suspiciously on play- | ing fields off Sawley Road,


1 cer and, when asked if he had any drugs, handed over


a w a away from home for 12 ^hs because of family


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a small amount of cannabis, which he said he had bought for £5 in Blackburn. Mr Nick Turner (defend­ ing) said Braithwaite came | from a good family back­ ground, but had been living y


"He has moved back lE


home and is getting back together with his family and he has aEo got a job as | a labourer on a temporary contract a t Ultraframe,", said Mr Turner. "Just when his life started to get going again he has committed thE silly offence."


Crash nien treated at hospital


TWO men were hurt in an early-morning crash in fog and heavy rain on the moors between Blacko


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and Gisbum. The accident happened


shortly before 2 a.m. on Saturday on the A682 between the former Grey- stones Inn and the lane to Cold Weather House. Police say one vehicle lost


i control in fog and heavy I rain and collided with a wall. The second vehicle then struck the first. . Both drivers were taken


to Burnley General Hospi­ tal suffering from whiplash injuries, but were released after treatment. They were Mark Thomp­


it's great being appreciated for your work. I am not one for public speaking, but I was moved to rattle on for


five minutes." Trinity Centre manager


Mr Geoff Jackson paid tr ib u te to Mr Pozzi. He said: "He has put in a mag­ nificent effort over the last 25 years. He has con­


tributed a great deal and has managed to build up a good relationship with many young people in the Ribble Valley. He E as well recognEed by young people in the area as anybody." Our picture shows Mr Pozzi (left front) receiving


. hE award from Coun. John McGowan, while Trinity's


Victorian tea to welcome visitor


A VICTORIAN tea party in Clitheroe is being planned for the homecoming of a descen­ dant of the former mill-own­


ing Garnett family. Dr Veronica Condon, who


lives in Victoria, Australia, will be treated to a celebratory meal at a local restaurant when she visits the town later this year. The trip is to mark the 200th


anniversary year of the launching of the Garnett family's former Low Moor mill enterprise. It is a century ago that Dr Con­ don's great-grandfather, James


Garnett, staged a jumbo tea party for his employees to celebrate the 100-year milestone. When Peter and Joyce Jenkin-


son, owners of the Caprice Tea Shop, in Moor Lane, heard about Dr Condon's visit, they decided to invite her to,a Victorian tea party - using an authentic menu. Mr Jenkinson said: "Dr Condon


has been delighted to accept our invitation. We have approached the Tea Council of Great Britain to ascertain what tea would have been served at such an event, and we are working on details for the food."


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