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We never fail to be amazed at our remarkable school leaver^


the Advertiser and Times I


cannot write about the remarkable number, vari­ ety and geographical spread of higher education opportunities earned by


the CRGS leavers. This year there have been


some 270, from Susan Addison (physiotherapy at the Universi­ ty of East Anglia) to Samina Younis (law at the University of Central Lancashire.) Going into employment or


T'S a hardy annual and all the better for it - perish the day that


A s I - s e e i t . . . b y T i m P r o c t e r 400 applications for the 120


places available every year. As previously reported, the


13 leavers who were offered conditional places at Oxbridge all achieved the required


grades. But there are many other


universities, some better known than others. When it comes to distance, Ryan Bradford is clearly the furthest traveller due to his soccer scholarship in Oklahoma. Emma Tubman is


I many CRGS ones take them. The exceptions include a police


taking a year out are options for some school leavers, but not


entrant. The CRGS sixth form cur­


rently has 614 pupils and there is still room for some more, although the lower school is full. There are anything up to


crossing less sea to study media at the University of Ulster, but, although several leavers are going to Welsh universities, with rather fewer choosing


Scottish ones. Barely half-a-dozen' future


doctors, dentists or opticians have set out to help humanity this year. Business is the name of the game for many leavers,


Kathryn book Nurse of Year final place


DEDICATED Kath­ ryn Roney has been named as one of the finalists in the Nurse of the Year competi-


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I November. Mrs Roney, who has


worked at Padiham Medical Centre for six years, was nominated by a patient for the compe­ tition, which is run by national magazine Prac-


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prepare a lengthy docu­ ment on the work that I do and next month a panel of judges will be coming to interview me for up to three hours. I will have to give a pre­ sentation about my role and they also want to speak to everyone else


I here." Her pioneering work


with diabetics is what caught the attention of the judges. The number of people contracting the condition is rising, but many have to wait months until they can get a hospital appoint­ ment and be put on life saving insulin.


So Mrs Roney went


for special training work­ ing alongside a consul­ tant and she is now qual­ ified to put a patient on insulin. She is the only nurse in Burnley provid­ ing this service. An assessment from


Mrs Roney can soon result in a diagnosis and it means th a t she can work closely with patients, building up a


rapport. She said: "It is good


for the patient because they see the same person every time." After training at Blackburn Royal Infir­


mary, Mrs Roney com­ pleted her midwifery training and worked her way up to become a sis­ ter. She has three chil­ dren, Daniel (13) and 11-year-old Liam, who are pupils at Ribbles- dale School, and Jessica, who is three and attends Moorlands Nursery. A number of col­


leagues will be going along to support Mrs Roney at the awards night, including practice manager Diane Holt. Also accompanying her will be husband, Aidan, who works as a team leader at Castle Cement. Mrs Roney (pictured)


_______ ' L O O K IN G B A C K 100 years ago


ANOTHER rhyme about Clitheroe by the master of the Grammar


School was quoted. "A pretty large town, without a


good street: Pretty good shambles, but very


bad meat; A poor looking church, with a


musical steeple; Very poor looking houses, but fat


looking people." The newspaper wrote: "We are


added: "We won't know who has won until the night, so it will be very nerve-racking but also exciting."


TV spotlight on infamous bend


ONE would not normal­ ly associate sometimes acerbic "Look North"


television pundit Alan Beswick with the Ribble Valley. But he was here on screen last week, looking at the infamous double hairpin bend leading to Painter Wood, Billington. The Advertiser and


and his picture of the stuck lorry was used by us and in Mr Beswick's


film. A shot of the roving


Times has often featured the bend, most recently when a lorry got stuck there a couple of months


ago.Long-standing resi­ dents including the Rev. I. D. II. Robins feel that the traffic problems there are worse then ever before - but the authori­ ties are making no promises. So Mr Robins is conducting a tactful but pointed campaign


reporter pushing aside vegetation which app­ eared to largely hide an "unsuitable for heavy vehicles" sign at the top of the long hill made good television and there were also some sharp if politely put comments


by local people. But Mr Beswick had


no more success in get­


ting any promises of action out of Lancashire County Council than anyone else. The vegeta­


tion is to be moved, but any improvement to the bend tha t was at all effective would be a big job, and such money as there is goes to more seri­ ous problems eslewhere.


pleased to be able to state that Cor­ poral Stubbs of the 10th Hussars has been made a Sergeant, a posi­ tion which we are sure he has earned and of which our readers will be pleased to be informed." He contin­ ued to forward correspondence about the Boer War. St Mary's Parish Church, that


had been seriously mishandled by the Labour Government, which had not only failed to make Britain's voice heard, but had failed in the whole cause of peace itself. He said: "We are dealing with an Oriental country and negotiations under those circumstances take a very long


time." A National Savings Campaign


instructed Britons that to live in peace we must be strong. The "Lend Strength to Britain" campaign advertisements were headed: "We are re-arming for Peace."


25 years ago


venerable edifice, was reopened after three years on the completion of a rather extensive scheme of restora­


tion. The Lord Bishop of Manches­ ter conducted the ceremony and the


collection from the two services amounted to £300.


50 years ago


A RISK day was allocated to Clitheroe on which power cuts might be put into operation should it have been found necessary to interrupt supplies during peak hours. By allocating a specific day, customers would be aware of cuts and know they would not be affect­ ed during the rest of the week. MP Mr Richard Fort said that the situation in Persia (now Iran)


MEMBERS of the National Childbirth Trust loclly are asking parents to have a spring-clean of their


t h o u g h t f o r t i r e w e e k


I angina, also arthritis in her spine. Her husband is subject to heart trouble, despite heart by­ pass operations. This is in addi­ tion to passing through more dif­ ficult times and traumatic expe­ riences than trouble most of us


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thankfulness to God shines through clearly. We agreed that we had experi- | enced a one-woman testimony meet-


regularly. In conversation her faith and


UR old friend Evelyn, who called yesterday afternoon, suffers from


ing, in our living room this morning. In conversation, Evelyn's faith and


belief shone through naturally and her warm smile charmed us as it lit up her


face. "I do not know how we could have


managed without the Lord's help" "It's good to know that come what may, He will never let us down". Evelyn backed-up her statement with her warm smile. "It is good to rely on Him through every experience of life" she


enthused. The inevitable happened next, as


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some doubtful soul asked "But Eve­ +


lyn, don't you think that Go^/Joes let ■


you down when you have all these


troubles?" "Oh no", came the quick reply "We


don't blame God for illness". "He would never want us to sufferl Didn't Jesus go about healing the sick? We don't think for a moment that He is responsible. He helps us to face up to those times, and always does His best for all of us". We agreed, she had a valid point


ued to occupy our thoughts, to lead me into passing on this message to you. Has your faith impressed anybody


lately? If our sinless Lord is willing to for­


MASSIVE r ALL remair 2001 Mode


give us with all our faults, how can we withhold pardon from those who have sinned against us? True Christ-like forgiveness is


there and admired her unswerving , faith. We also agreed, next morning, that she had made her visit into a one- woman testimony meeting, and the loyal, grateful words of Evelyn contin­


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always ready to completely forget the' incident as if it had never happened. Such forgiveness is complete. Just, think. Consider what happens to your fellowship with God when you hold on to a grudge (Matt 6.15).


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Over four inches of rain in Septem­ ber started the the ancient Heald’s Well in Wellgate flowing again after it had been dry for five weeks. Fish­ monger Mr Brian Hall, whose busi­ ness was next to the well, said that it had dried up only once before in living memory and that was for one day, 30 years previously. The Vicar of Whitewell received


notification that he was to take charge of the parishes of Whitewell, Hurst Green and Mitton, planned for linking owing to rising costs. The Railton family drove home to Clitheroe from Saudi Arabia, where Mr Railton had worked for four years. Their trip took them through Jordan, Turkey, Greece, Italy, Aus­ tria, Switzerland, and France. They had practised desert driving


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with courses in business studies and accounting, property man­ agement, accountancy and finance, tourism management, management and marketing, economics and management and computing for business being very common. Teaching course entrants are


chemical and pharmaceutical science, and sports and excer- cise science. Naturally there is a good


sprinkling of leavers opting for traditional subjects such as his­ tory, law, English, French and


geography. There is quite a lot of interst


few and far between, though other leavers may aspire to this profession after obtaining a degree. On the other hand, criminol­


ogy, forensic science and related sociology subjects have half-a- dozen or so entrants and there are many others wide scientific fields. Courses include physics with astronomy, physics with astrophysics, marine zoology, neuroscience, biosciences and health, earth sciences, biovet- erinary science, equine science, environmental chemistry,


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in the media and related sub­ jects, with boys and girls going for public relations, media stud­ ies, publishing with English and editorial design. The educational system


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Liam writes a glowing review


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THE children's book, "Tom's Midnight Gar­ den", transported Clith­ eroe nine-year-old Liam Tucker back to Victori­


caters for all sorts of interests these days. One leaver is taking horse studies, another music technology and audio systems, another international hospital­


ity management! Already, next year's leavers


have been looking round uni­


versities. The list of subjects and des­


tinations will be longer and probably more fascinating than ever before!


an times. It so impressed Liam,


a pupil of St Michael and St John's RC School, Clitheroe, that his glow­ ing review of the book by Philippa Price, is the lat­ est-winner of Clitheroe Library's "Relay Reader" competition. "The story is exciting


In association with


cofoal


from Salterforth began a whist drive safari in Bolton-by-Bowland Vil­ lage Hall. Before they played 12 hands of whist, the village hall committee served scones and tea, and the visitors were so delighted with the facili­ ties they would like to return in the near future. The party then left for


Safari whist A party of 50 visitors


Bispham, Whalley Abbey and finally to their home base at Salterforth, having played 48 hands of whist during the day.


Tricks and spots It was a relief to wel­


come players to the first whist and domino drive to be held in Bolton-by-Bow­ land Village Hall since the outbreak of foot and mouth disease. MCs were P. Metcalfe and J. Kenyon. Whist winners were:


Ladies - M. Jackson, E. Jackson, J. Robinson. Gents - J. Hartley, R. Fairburst, J. Kenyon. Dominoes: P. Metcalfe, G. Thompson, K. Nowell,


M. Davies. Players were reminded


and magic" wrote Liam, of Brotherton Meadows, Clitheroe. The book tells how


Tom is alone in quaran­ tine with measles until a grandfather clock in his house strikes 13. That opens the door


that the postponed whist drive in aid of Cancer Research will be held on October 18th.


Thanksgiving A large congregation


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for Tom to go back in time in the magical gar­ den and find some play­ mates from another era. ■ Liam, a karate fan, says reading is just one of his many hobbies, but he tries to read as many books as he can. Liam (pictured above)


Degrees


DEGREES from the University of Central Lancashire have been awarded to two local


Sue Marsden is celebrat­ ing her upper second- class honours degree in fine art. Mrs Marsden is a for­


women. Pendleton artist Mrs .,


is the son of Mr Stephen and Mrs Jane Tucker. He has a sister aged 10.


gathered in the beautifully decorated church of St Peter and St Paul, Bolton- by-Bowland, for a harvest thanksgiving service on Sunday. Because the parish had been so devas­ tated by foot and mouth, the rector, Canon D Mewis, had carefully pre­ pared a service to empha sise the fact that, in spitt of everything, thank: should be given for work harvests. A psalm was read givin;


hope for the return o sheep and cows to loca fields, and prayers wer said for farmers who sti had stock, but were exper encing great difficulties. Thanks were als expressed for the frienc


ship and kindness whic pariahioncra Viad ottered, t farmers during da: depressing days. Lessons were read t


mer pupil of Clitheroe Royal Grammar School and was involved in the Art Barn Project held in the Forest of Bowland as part of her degree. She is continuing to


Field". Following the service,


produce artwork from her home and her Pre­ ston studio, and is cur­ rently holding a mini exhibition at Art Decor


in Whalley. Mrs Janet Pra tt, of


Garnett Road, Clitheroe, received her upper sec­ ond-class B.Sc. honours degree in neonatal spe­ cialist practice. She stud­ ied part time while work­ ing as a neonatal nurse and looking after her two children, James (11) and Lydia (6). Mrs Pratt's degree dis­


harvest lunch was servt in the village hall and su plus fruit and vegetabl were sold. As a result of all the


Keith Garside and Geo frey Curry, and schoo children sang "Lord of tl Harvest, Lord of tl


activitie, £400 will : given to the Royal Agi cultural Benevolent Ins tution, together with donation to Christian A to help the refugees Afghanistan. On Monday, harvt


gifts were distributed the older members of t parish.


Annual meeting At the annual genet


sertation was focused on pain and the importance of minimising discomfort in sick newborns. She will use this new


meeting of Bolton-b Bowland YFC, offici; elected were: Thom Whitwell (chairmar Rebecca Whitwell (sec: tary), Alison Pilkingt (treasurer). At next week's meeti


knowledge in her contin­ uing nursing career, pro­ viding holistic care for the infants she looks after.


D a y of p rayer


A LOCAL sufferer from the ME/chronic fatigue syndrome is urging peo­ ple to mark Sunday as a day of prayer dedicated to those involved. Mrs Marjorie Hod-


on Monday, there will hi talk by a member of t paramedic team, in t village hall at 7-45 p.m. The annual club dinn


dance will take place October 12th - for ink


before they left by crossing Saudi Arabia on a 2000 mile tour on roads which were often little more than soft sand tracks.


Items wanted for nearly-new sale


belongings for the trust's fifth nearly-new sale. The local branch is


holding the sale at Clitheroe's United


Reformed Church on October 13th. Sellers receive 70% of


the price of any goods sold and the remaining 30% goes to the trust.


bod, who lives at Simon- stone and is connected with St Peter's Church there, can no longer fol­ low her teaching career. She was overtaken by what she describes as "the baffling and debili­ tating" illness three years ago.


found fatigue and intense muscle pain bearing no relation to activity," says Mrs Hodbod, who is cir­ cularising people she knows asking them to pray for sufferers, carers and research-ers on Sun­ day.


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