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Thursday, January 11th, 2001 No. 5,975


Mother’s killer bug crusade


A Clitheroe acade­ mic receives the CBE in the New Year’s Honours


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A new managing director s ta r ts the new year a t Ultra­ frame.


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Clitheroe Wolves name their player of the month - but it is a team effort.


: ■ page 2 There is a spectacu-


j la r end to a f i r e - , ■ fighter’s career.


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\ A C ha tb u rn resi- • dent launches a hew • community bus ser-


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The transport inter­ change a t Clitheroe has received more national recognition.


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A quartet of Ribble Valley musicians is to hit the high note in Manchester this


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FO G G IT T ’S W E EK EN D , WEATHER: Mild, b u t cloudy, with showers.


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exclusive story by Natalie Cox


A RIBBLE VALLEY pub is prov- ing to be a fitting place to hold a


spiritual service. • As churchgoers have always found room


somewhere a t the inn since the bir th o Jesus, choosing to hold a mid-week Holy Communion service in a village hostelry looks to be providing the perfect solution for one Valley vicar.


On Thursday morning the Rev. Chris _ .


Sterry and 15 members of the congregation from Whalley Parish Church convened at


. the Dog Inn, King Street, for the weekly half-hour communion service.


At a church council meeting this week,


warden Mrs Barbara Johnson reported tha t all those who had attended had been warmly welcomed to the new temporary venue. She added th a t i t had been a very reverent service in a very welcoming


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From the s tarret of the New Year until i ... said Mr Atty.


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Easter Sunday, Whalley Parish Church has closed to enable workmen to complete a major refurbishment scheme at the histone building. To ensure that church life contin­ ues as normal new venues, including the village's primary school and Abbey, have had to be found to host the various ser­


vices.However, the Thursday morning service


proved more of a problem until pub land­ lord Mr Norman Atty stepped in offering his pub as an alternative venue. "It is part of the hospitality of an old village inn,


• Following the inaugural service he said . . ,


the reaction from villagers had been very positive. "I have been surprised how many people in the village have commented favourably on it and have asked if every­ thing went all right," said Mr Atty. "There has been a very positive reaction, not a negative one at all. I t is an example of the church going out to the community." Our p h o to g rap h shows Mr S te r ry


preparing for the first service in the pub. O Churchgoers prepare for facelift - page 6 -


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Pain killer invention could give massive boost to Valley jobs


---- £5.3m. investment plan


secures exciting future Jnlie Frankland reports


WOULD-BE local investors have been'told to keep their money in their pockets now that plans to float a Clitheroe-fo'unded company havaibeen


abandoned The


^Solicitors Wills


Family Probate


Conveyancing Matrimonial Mediation


Yet the decision not to go


ahead with the share issue could bring a return to its roots for th e firm, Advanced Pain Manage­ ment (APM), and an influx of new jobs to the Ribble


I For A ?M managing d ire c to r Mrs Vicky Lee, who is also propr ietor of Clitheroe's Lee C a r te r H e a lth Studios, and its board of dire c to rs have agreed to an "irresistible offer" to form a strategic trading alliance with Mid- dlesborough-based market­ ing outfit, the thanx group. The partnership is set to


Valley.


inject £5.3 million of mar­ keting into APM, which manufactures, markets and distributes a Battery-oper­ ated pain-relieving device called XPain-TSE. Such an investment should make the invention - currently being tested in hospitals and pain clinics as a drug-free option in the treatment of a vari­ ety of conditions ranging from post-operative and cancer pain to sp o r ts in ju rie s - a household name, according to Mrs


She said: "We had no


option b u t to accept this ex trao rd in a ry offer. We were hopmg to raise £1.5


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Star so c c e r b a ll is a b ig w in ner


A FOOTBALL signed by Blackburn Rovers play­


ers has scored a winner for charity. The soccer keepsake was offered to readers iof the


Clitheroe Advertiser and Times by Mr John WaUbankto raise money for the Meningitis Research Foundation and the National Meningitis Trust. Mr Gary Scott, from Chatburn, offered £60 to net the ball for his daughters who are Rovers fans.


The money will be added to the sum which has alrea y , ,


been raised by Mr Wallbank in memory of his daughter, Kelly who died of meningioccol septicaemia in March 1005 a t the age of 14. Since then, with his wife, Kathleen, andfsons T<mr(18) and Bradley (15) he has raised more


^K^lly's' grandparents, Mr and Mrs Tom and Connie Wallbank, of Billington, have also helped raise money for the two charities. On the occasion of their golden wedding in March last year the couple asked for donations to the organisations, rath er th an gifts. Said Mrs Wallbank. "Kelly was a lovely girl. We are very proud of her and the efforts everyone who knew her have made to raise money for research into meningitis."


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Spotlight on class of 2001


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- C O M M E R C I A L M A l l E l l S . - C R I M E - A C C I D E N T S - . I - A M I L - Y


million through flotation and a share issue for 25 per cent of the.company. How­ ever, the trading alliance with the thanx group will introduce £5.3 million of marketing. This level of investment should make it possible for us to realise APM's ambitions." Having launched the


company in Clitheroe six years ago, Mrs Lee relocat­ ed i t to Blackburn to take


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advantage of Government business g ran ts . Yet its premises at the Saturn Cen­ tre have now been deemed as too small by th e go- ahead thanx group, whose Mancunian founder Mr Mike Smallman becomes APM's new chairman. Mrs


Lee is looking for new premises and is to begin a massive staff recruitment'


drive. Said Mrs Lee: "We are looking a t re tu rn in g


; :----------------------------- - Quick thinking saves athlete’s life


LOCAL generosity and quick I thinking helped save the life ot an athlete, who collapsed as


wits uii I rm n u ifl Ribble Valley 10km Red Cross, MrsEntwistle, of Ley- he neared the finish of the n i b b l e


1 road race on New Year’s Eve. Mr Tony Croft (54), a member


I of the North Fylde Running Club, tor,


port skills to keep him alive until Lan parramedics arrived.


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Mr David Hill, chief executive of raise funds to provide 300 defibril- j


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a nf raise funds to Drovide 300 defibri


A member of the Clitheroe-based restoring the heart to its normal Valley Centre of the British


arrtsi. ulli < - to has ,ong recognised the need to pro-


' stopped breathing after suffering a the chanty by Ribble Valley res. ™ e _ ^ aider Mrs Wendy ^Entwistle, wto Praising Mrs Entwistlc’s actions,


h v ^b b leV a l lev resi- vide automatic defibrillators in the and has established the


'Heart of Lancashire Appeal’ to


■ said: "Each minute of d e lay m restoring the heart to j te xmrma^


mhiilance Service lators across the county and.to •


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0r delay in train first responder volunteers in Wendy s action is an


■ - the benefits volunteers can bring in areas such «» equipment and skM.d


as Lancashire." The Ribble Valley Centre of the


British Red Cross, which is located in Back King Street, is beginning a • continued on page 13


APM to the Ribble Valley, possibly to Barrow Enter­ prise Park. To cope with the anticipated demand for XPain-TSE devices, we are also re c ru it in g telesales staff, administration clerks and people to work in pack­ ing and dispatch." Mrs Lee added: "We


would, however, like to thank the many people in the Ribble Valley who came forward to support us when


we announced we were to float. We are very grateful to them and I hope they understand th a t the offer from the thanx group left us , no option, but to join forces with them.”


• Our photograph shows I Mrs Lee with new chairman Mr Smallman and Ribble Valley Olympic silver medallist Mr Ian Peel, who is a XPain-TSE user.


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