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Drug user jailed IRibblesdale’s success is due to quality tor ‘nasty’ assault I j teaching and learning - headteacner
on a man of 74
Llkway between it he Grand Cinema act with enthusi-
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Lily used in official Jissions), which is , the Grand is to
|s , a link with an gelical Christian e for young people ny words, but those
ne, means that any aspirations have knocked on the
fcrand prior to alter- ■ve permanent rep-
loach to arts provi- 1 is disingenuous to lire least. The loss of
i speak as Trinity of a twin-site
“ nent will be a body |v to the arts here. 1 temporary provi- I will lose the clientele ; has steadily built
J is sad that the mak- land shakers of this In cannot wait until larts centre is in situ pre we lose the Grand
|y have faith th a t Jnething wonderful H replace the cinema lh e town. After all, it Is bought from the Incil with the benefac- 1s money in Trinity's be and with Trinity’s
lema. pnce gone, we can
A DRUGS user with "an appalling record" has been sent to prison, for a year after knocking a man of 74 unconscious in the grounds of Clitheroe Castle. Tyrone Bridges (29),
of Curzon Street, Clitheroe, admitted assaulting Mr Denis Parker causing actual
bodily harm. Passing sentence at
Preston Crown Court, Judge Barbara Watson highlighted Bridge's
criminal record, which included a custodial sen tence for assault, and said that he had commit ted a "nasty" offence. Mr Nigel Booth (pros
ecuting) said th a t the assault happened in May when Mr Parker had been walking his dog in the Castle grounds. Mr Parker could only
and seemed frightened and intimidated. "Bridges was right in
the other man's face and gave the impression that he was spoiling for a fight," said Mr Booth. Bridges had swung a
cider bottle at Mr Park er's head. The heavy blow caused Mr Parker to fall to the ground and he appeared uncon
scious. Bridges claimed to
witnesses that he had been struck first and his nose had been broken,
went on Mr Booth. Mr Howard Bradshaw
(defending) said that Bridges and his parents knew th a t a custodial sentence was inevitable. The incident had been
preceded by a rather sad history, said Mr Brad shaw. But the assault happened after an entirely
remember setting off and then coming round at Blackburn Royal Infirmary. However, three other people who had been walking their dogs saw what hap pened, said Mr Booth. Bridges was waving
ti0sn ______________________ r --------------. - •■■■■ .by Tim Procter
THE success of Ribblesdale High School Technology College, Clitheroe,« due to the Quality of learning and teaching, head teacher Ms Glynne Ward told the presenta-
school's examination
h ™ e ? iS ^ T h f U * » „ s ,r« v r io d an d H . , ,o r k -
record of 55 at GCbC j nd> most important- A star grades this year ® "a grade considered to * ^ Utr u i i a u v a n . - - . -----M
b e unattainable by the
majority of our pupils - and said that success made its own treadmill. The ratio of pupils
passing five or more GCSEs of grade C and above has gone up from 29% in 1992 to 62% this
year and Ms Ward made it clear more was expect-
encounter between the defendant and the com
chance
plainant: I t was not, on any
view, a prolonged attack. "My client has been
beset by problems of substance abuse since
his arms about and Mr Parker was heard to say repeatedly: "I want nothing to do with you"
isiness plan, before Ing handed, at the hefactor's request, to [ charity with Trinity nanage.
J taken away. ■Cinema has a long his-
eluding myself, con- fnplated that it would
m Jo one at the time,
y in Clitheroe. I have j doubts for its future.
JtUCE DOWLES, Jhallcy Road, |ithcroc.
prevalant hancer
I s this is breast cancer Iwareness month, sho-ld Jesidents in Clitheroe Ind the surrounding Ireas not be given an Ixplanation as to why Ibe disease is so preva lent here!
■Lancashire, 106.06 for iRibble Valley, 121.07 for ■Clitheroe and 133.93 for | (the four wards of
•ates for breast cancer in women - with the national average being h 00 - are 106 for East
The standardised . Bolton-by-Bowland,
IChatburn, Grammar 1 School and West Brad-
I ford and Grindleton. I These figures cover 5the combined years f 1993-8 and are from the i recent East Lancashire ! Health Authority Report on Health Status in and around Clitheroe, July 2001.
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YOUNG scribes at St Mary's RC School, Sabden, are celebrating after their poetic work was chosen
to go into print. In February, the school sent ott
I 18 poems written by the junior class to a young writers' competi-
tl0And delighted headteacher a •*- inei
Mrs Tina Bradley said the judges were so impressed that 15 of the poems are to be published in an anthology, "Poetic Voyages in East Lancashire", due out in
Rrndlev said the judges select between 30% andl 50 /oo
December.Mrs Bradley said: "There were more than 88,000 entries for the competition. Organisers usually
A THIRD major conservation project has been carried out on the River Hodder with the help of a Clitheroe company. Castle Cement has again
donated a large quantity of boul ders for a project to repair the banks of the river at Newton. The boulders from the Clitheroe quarry have been used
to create artificial weirs m o r te to improve habitats in the Hodder and Ribble for fish and other wildlife by deepening and oxy
______o'.fifininl weirs in order damage Demg i H genating the water.
by the Ribble Valley Catchment. Conservation Trust, which was formed in 1997 by a group of local people who felt strongly-about
The work has been carried out . , . ten.
select between 30% and 50 /.o f | the poems submitted, but they
selected almost all our work. The children are really pleased.
Patrick reading one of the poems he and his classmates have writ- |
Pictured is pupil Thomas l1 itz- (B210901/1) ______________ __________ _______________. Firm’s help for conservation pr°Jeri ace being caused to the Rib- cause.
boulders we require would have been prohibitive."
“The cost of the amount ot , damage being caused to the Rib-
W Chairman Mr Philip Lord said: "The project simply woman t have gone ahead without Castle | Cements commitment to the
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been a regular hard drugs user."
Ramblers in return to Rivington area
MEMBERS of Clith eroe Ramblers enjoyed a 10-mile walk in the Riv ington area on Saturday, foot and mouth restric tions having been lifted
there. The 10 walkers set off . „
in dull, misty conditions, but enjoyed a warm and sunny afternoon for their return to Rivington. The walk, led by Mr
lowed a bridleway along the northern slopes of the Yarrow Valley and lunch was taken by the stream in Lead Mines Clough, the site of 19th Century lead workings. Afterwards the party climbed to the memorial
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whicli marks the site of a Wellington bomber crash in 1943 and then walked
John Hudson, started at Rivington Visitor Centre
and after passing Riv- ington Hall Barn crossed the lower slopes of Riv
ington Moor to the Riv- ington-Belmont road. Thp orrouD th en fol-
down to the banks of Anglezarke reservoir, and on to the hamlet of
White Coppice. Their route back to Rivington followed
paths on the west side of Anglezarke and Upper Rivington reservoirs.
ed."It is hard but nev- erthless very rewarding and invigorating. Climb ing the ladder, nor main taining our position, doesn't just happen. It is achieved by hard work, dedication, clear goals and direction, with pupils, teachers and par ents working in tandem,
emic results
of the education of the whole person at Ribbles
1 m; uuwx‘*..»*-o--- re only
resuits are only pariart
dale, said Ms Ward. Clubs and activities
abounded, there were numerous school trips, the community curricu lum week offered wide- ranging opportunities, Year 10 members were "outstanding ambas sadors" for the school when they went on work
experience. "The list is endless -
thank you to each and every one for your tremendous support and contribution to the life of the school," she said. Teaching continued to
she said.Ribblesdale pupils quickly redressed the balance for anyone cyni cal about world events,
said Ms Ward. "The pupils before us
and the vast majority of our school community
give us hope for the future.”
Most pupils were kind, considerate and caring.
. S&
was only a few people in the world who wished to destroy rather than
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more change is on the way."Demands from the
Ihn it
a vtsiy uni^uiv j —» the school's departments had been innovative and
build. Ms Ward commented
I enjoyed seeing the school in action. "Classrooms have a good atmosphere,
on how much she
New police officers for rural beats
NEW officers will soon be pounding local rural
beats.Two more constables have recently joined the ranks of the force in the Ribble Valley and will
have specific duties in nominated villages. PC Ian Dickinson will
be working out of Chat- burn police station, cov ering the eastern rural area. He has special responsibility for the Newton detached beat. As reported elsewhere
in this issue, PC Paul Sherrat is the new beat officer for Sabden and will be living in the police house once refurbish ment work is complete. He will be based at
author Mr David Welib read ing an exlract from one of his adventure hooks to Year 6 pupils (11270901/3)
analytical and had responded to the demand for higher achievement. "Can I thank col
leagues for their support and dedication. We are a school which takes plea-
be plagued by a high level of external pressure. New Education Secre tary Mrs Estelle Morris, a former teacher, was prepared to listen, but said Ms Ward: "She is neverthless a politician
and if she is to avoid her own political demise,
pupils are iearning." outstanding acad-
GUEST speaker Mr Nigel Evans is pictured with two of the school's pupils, Adele Alston (12) and Kerry Bamber (13) (KOI 1001/4)
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munity of teachers who would just like more time to devote to that which we are best at - teaching," said Ms Ward. Welcoming local Mr
“We are a proud com
thanked by head girl Jennifer Bond and head boy Michael Houghton. There was music by
Blackburn. Thomas Het- herington-Fogg Memorial Award — Melissa Ryan. Ribblesdale School
singer Grace Lawton, saxophonist Adele Barnes, flautist Isabella Peregrine, violinist Rachel Cowell and Robyn Isherwood and Katy Smitton on key
Mr Nigel Evans to pre sent the prizes, Ms Ward said: "When I first came to Ribblesdale, and real ly until 1998, I think we were under the impres sion th a t, politically, there was only one school in'the Valley, but since Nigel’s visit in 1998 and a subsequent invitation for us to visit the House of Commons and Down ing Street we have estab lished good relations and I think I can say without fear of contradiction that Nigel holds Ribblesdale in high regard as an edu cational establishment. Mr Evans was
boards. .Here is a list of pupils who received prizes at
the presentation evening. SPECIAL AWARDS
Lord Derby Award -
head boy, Paul Arthur. Evelyn Garnett Memorial
Award — head girl, Rachael Edwards. Michael Watkins Memori al Award for English liter ature - Gemma Warbur- ton. Karen Kay Memorial Award for food technology -Rachel Harrison. Robert Hargreaves Memorial Award for graphics - Chris
Brown. D. Mortimer Merit Award - Ben Wear- den. Philpott Cup for sus tained progress - Shaun
Association Awards for Academic Attainment Olivia Barlow, Jill Brooks, Denis Craven, Thomas Craven, Rachael Edwards,
Rachel Harrison. Young Enterprise
Awards. Hyndburn and Ribble Valley Trophy - Rachel Harrison. East Lancashire Trophy - Ben Wearden. North-West Final Customer Care Tro-
nhv - Rachael Edwards. SUBJECT AWARDS
English: W.L. King Award - Sophie Thomp-
Award for chemistry
Sarah Mason. French — Rachael
Edwards. NVQ — Craig
Jones.Geography - Patrick
Eldridge. History - Alex Verlan-
der.Religious Studies -
Gemma Seed. Sociology - Sara Pickup. Spanish - Grace Thorn-
son.Mathematics: J.L. Gar ner Award - Denis Craven and Thomas Craven. E. Duckworth Award for progress - Patrick Eldridge. Statistics —
Rachel Harrison. Science: J. Winnard
Award for biology — Matthew Preston. J.S. Wright Award for physics - Denis Craven. .1. Farley
bcr.Expressive arts. Two dimensional art - Rachael Edwards. Ceramics - Melissa Griffin. Drama - Pamela Cowgill. Music - Emma Cowking. Resis tant materials - Olivia Barlow. Sculpture - Jen nifer Finney. Textiles -
Sarah Mason. Business studies -
Matthew Preston. Physical education -
Louise Ilolroyd, Ben
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THE words read by author Mr David Webb were enough to fire the imaginations of pupils at St Michael and St John RC Primary School, Clitheroe.
A u th o r ’s v is i t in sp ire s p u p i ls b o o k week e t io r ts , .
full-time writer of children's stories, was a classroom guest when the school held a book
week.
I Mr Webb, a former head teacher from Bury who is now a
Mr Webb read extract s from , ,
his adventure books, which include "Eye of the Storm" and
"Double Trouble", to Year 6 pupils.
Book week was co-ordinated
by teacher Mrs Kath Duck worth to promote reading and encourage writing skills. Among the other activities
were a visit by performance poet Mr Terry Caffrey, an in- school book sale by Clitheroe store Kaydee Books and a day when staff and pupils were encouraged to dress-up as a favourite book character.
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