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Playing fields site could solve the Whalley car parking problem


Options being considered to bring about solution by Natalie Cox


Residents and traders had


ANOTHER package of mea­ sures aimed at solving Whal- ley's car parking cr is is was aired a t top le v e l ta lk s on Tuesday. Representatives from the parish


council and chamber of trade met Kibble Valley Borough Council's Car Park Working Group in a bid to progress the on-going saga. At the conclusion of Tuesday's


meeting, the council's Engineering Manager, Mr Graham Jagger, said the involved parties would now consider all the options before July 20th. A report would then go to the council's Planning and Develop­ ment Committee for detailed con­ sideration.


packed last week's meeting of Whalley Parish Council, at which members voted in favour of yet another proposal aimed at solving the parking problem. If given the go-ahead, the latest plan would see a long-stay 50-space car park creat­ ed on the Queen Elizabeth II Play­ ing Fields, situated out of Whalley centre, and restricted parking on King Street. The two parish repre­ sentatives, Councillors Stephen Barker and June Brown, were asked to put the suggestion forward


at this week's meeting. The proposal for the QEII car


park was discussed at the parish council meeting, where the subject


was again on the agenda. As well as dominating discussion during the public participation section of the meeting, the topic was also talked about widely by members of the


parish council. Coun. Joyce Hol- gate, who apart from being bor­ ough representative, is chairman of Whalley’s Chamber of Trade and has a shop in the village, left the meeting and did not take part in the discussion or the following vote. During the debate, Coun. Jack


Taylor and Coun. Brown had called on their council colleagues to reject plans to use the Vale Gardens site. "It is the only bit of green we have," said Coun. Taylor. News, reported by the parish


be pushed forward, he also said that he felt to forget Vale Gardens alto­ gether would be a "very regressive step". Eventually, parish councillors


council clerk Mrs Janet Halfpen­ ny, that Lancashire County Coun­ cil would consider time-restricted on-street parking more sympathet­ ically if the village had a long stay car park, was described by Coun. Brown as "a big move forward". And although Coun. Barker said


the QEII scheme - the site suggest­ ed for a long stay car park - should


voted in favour of the proposal for a 50-space car park on the QEII site and the introduction of restricted parking on the village's main thoroughfare. Members also agreed that the borough council should be asked to look at other private land sites too. During the second public partici­


pation section of the meeting, Mr Henry Shepherd, secretary of the village's chamber of trade, said he was happy to support the proposal that had been put forward, adding that he hoped other traders would follow suit. He also said that find­ ing a solution was what everyone wanted to see.


Go-ahead Valley firm launches nationwide computer contest


Every primary school can enter e-mail art challenge by Tim Procter


EV ER Y p rimary sch o o l in Br ita in has the ch an ce to en ter a major e-mail-based art competition being run by Ribble Valley com­


pany Time Computers. It is on a European


theme and was launched at the Foreign and Common­ wealth Office by Minister for Europe Mr Keith Vaz MP . lie will host the finals


there later in the year. The main company's


Time Education offshoot is joining with Internet ser­ vice provider Supanet — based just across the road - to e-mail the entry invita­ tion to every primary school, state and indepen­ dent. But the firm docs not for­


suite of 18 new machines suitable for personal or


group work. The suite was officially


handed over by Time Com­ puters Sales Director Mr Colin Silcock to Mr Tony Baron, chairman of the Oakhill College governors. The national contest


seeks entries in any artistic form which can be e-mailed on the theme: "My Vision of Europe".


Tool box stolen


A MULTI-COLOURED metal tool box and a large quantity of tools, including spanners, wrenches and screwdrivers, were stolen from a farm outbuilding in Easington Road, Newton. The goods are valued at


£500.


get the local area and recently provided Oakhill College, Whalley, with a


computer, it can be e- mailed direct," says a Time spokesman. "But we want even the smallest school and the youngest child to have a chance to enter. So any work such as a conven­ tional drawing or painting can be submitted, provided it is scanned in and e-


"If the work is done on a


mailed." Time Education is natu­


rally enough using the occa­ sion to exploit the value of e-mail and assures th a t


even if every primary school in Britain enters, its resources will have no diffi­ culty in coping. Judging may test more


human capabilities, howev­ er. The company will draw up a shor t- list for final choices to be made in Lon­ don. The national prize is a


five-user network complete with printer and print serv­ er. The winners of the 12 regional heats, from areas based on European parlia­


ment constituencies, will each receive a Super Prima­ ry Internet-ready machine with software and video conferencing. Provision of computers


and allied services from nursery schools to universi­ ties is highly competitive, with Time Education a leading and rapidly expand­ ing player. The company uses proved educational software designed to raise achievement and support learning across all sectors.


Time Computers itself is in many other markets and is one of Britain's major start­ up success stories. Staff numbers at the local site are increasing all the time. Our picture shows


Oakhill governors' chair­ man Mr Tony Baron, left, receiving the keys to the computer suite from Mr Sil­


cock. Also on the picture are governor Mr Stephen Alcock and principal Mr Philip Mahon. (090500/1/11)


Ultraframe boss buys his wife a double decker bus


by Vivien Meath


W H E N it com e s to b u y in g b irth d a y pre­ sents, Clitheroe million­ aire Mr John Lancaster is no d ifferent to any o th e r h u sb an d . He admits he struggles! His wife, Rosemary, is


Prices are per person based on a basic room with bed and breakfast.


All holidays subject to availability. Prices may change the day after this publication appears.


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as a delayed birthday gift The £250,000 youth resource centre is to visit town today


already in use as a mobile lifecentre,


used to living with the man who not only created Ultraframe, but turned it into an international suc­ cess story. So, never just sure what he is going to come up with next, she was n o t too su rp r ised when, in lieu of a b ir th ­ day present, he decided to buy her a double decker bus! The bus, costing


£225,000, is a state-of-the- a r t youth resource. I t is


through Greater Manches­ ter to provide a training resource with a difference. I t is fully f itted with Dreamcast Playstations and the latest sound equip- ment and has been well received by young people. Mrs Lancaster has not


travelling


yet seen "last year’s birth­ day present." Today, that is set to change as the EDEN bus makes its first visit to Clitheroe. Referred to by Mr Lan­


caster as "Rose's bus," it will be at Ribblesdale Technolo­ gy College High School this afternoon, where it will be


used as a teaching resource. The bus was the brain­


wave of Mr Andy Hawthorne, director of the tru s t "The Message to Schools," a Manchester Christian youth charity. Manned by qualified and


experienced youth workers, the bus is providing fun opportunities for the young people to get together to try out the latest sound and IT equipment, as well as acting as a resource providing advice and information on a number of topical issues, such as substance abuse, pregnancy, crime and debt counselling. Said Mr Hawthorne:


"Time and time again,we are asked to help communi­ ties who have a real problem with young people. We have a passion for teenagers to develop their full potential and see there is more to life than drugs, sex and crime. This bus, and the talented


.team that will work on it, will be able to help in a practical way, and we are very grateful to the Lan­ caster Foundation for putting this show on the


road." Will Mrs Lancaster be in


the driving seat? Unfortm nately not, although she admits that she will be one of the first on board.


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Drink-driver walked into police station


Teenager ‘put himself in custody by own actions’


STU D EN T Matthew Edward Brearley Smith walked to Clitheroe Police Station in the early hours of the morning after crashing his mother's car on the A59.


Blackburn magistrates


heard that, when officers spoke to Smith, they immediately realised he had been drinking and he su b seq u en tly failed a breathalyser. Smith (18), of Bucking­


ham Drive, Read, pleaded guilty to driving with excess


alcohol and without insur­ ance. He was fined £250 with £50 costs and disquali­ fied from driving for 12 months. Smith agreed to take part


F O R B E S s o l i c i t o r s


Smith who was eventually breathalysed at 5-40 a.m. "He effectively put him­


self in the custody of the police by virtue of his own actions,” said Mr Potter. Mr Brent Patterson


in the drink-driver rehabili­ tation programme, which could reduce his disqualifi­ cation by 25 per cent if completed successfully. He gave a reading of 63 against the legal limit of 35. Mr Phillip Potter (prose­


cuting) said an officer had gone to Clitheroe Police Station where he spoke to


(defending) said Smith had been out with friends and got home between 3 and 3- 30 a.m. "He does not know why, but he got the keys to his mother's car and went for a drive," said Mr Patter­ son. "After crashing the car he walked to the police sta­ tion where he was complete­ ly honest with the officer." He said Smith, a student


at St Mary's College, had a part-time job as an ice cream salesman and would pay any financial penalties himself. "His parents are refusing to help as they are very upset, to say the least," said Mr Patterson.


Reward on offer for return of


a Harris hawk


A CASH reward is being offered for the safe return of a three-year-old Harris hawk which


went missing more than a week ago. Owner Mr Raymond Balch had "cast-off" the bird of prey in the Primrose Bridge area of Clitheroe, but the


hawk never returned. A search around the Ribble Valley to places within a


three-mile radius of where the bird was last seen has so far proved unsuccessful. There has only been one possi­ ble sighting of the hawk, more than a week ago at Kem- ple End.


"However, he is wearing jesses and a leg bell." He described the hawk as brown with terracotta


Now Mr Balch, who has had the hawk since he was 16 weeks old, has put up a £50 reward for his safe |


return. "People may mistake him for a crow," said Mr Balch.


flashes on the tips of his wings, white tips on the end of his tailfeathers, a yellow beak and yellow talons. Anyone with information should ring 01200 429206.


Jailed for indecency offences A MAJST said by the judge to have been in a "frag­ ile state" has been sent to prison for four indecen


cy offences. George Stephenson (42), of Loft Shaye Farm, Roch­


ester, pleaded guilty at Preston Crown Court. Stephenson, who had no previous convictions, was


placed on the sex offenders' register for 10 years. Judge Peter Smith said: "Your mental and emotional


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