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f . g h S ^ e b t h e t , S u S r iS V b o f o - S g h beyoad th a t , the county


■ The cost of building even a modest secondary school would currently be in the region of £7m., he added, ■stating that the county did not have that kind of sur­ plus money. Bowland High School is


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was still keeping its! eyes open for a possible site for a 1 new school if funds became available.


INQUIRIES are being made into a caravan gas


: bottle fire at Stubbins Vale, Sabden, on Saturday night.


. While the occupant of ithe caravan was asleep,


someone opened the bottles valve a t the back of the vehicle for a short time and lit the escaping gas. . ■ . • The valve was turned


back off,' but not before £700 of damage had been


done. Police are investigating


reports th a t youths were seen in the area.


undergoing quite extensive improvements which are | considered to be long over­ due and certainly essential.


Two village voters start


ly who they wanted to vote for on General


Election day. The problem was th a t


William and Oliver James would not have been able to find th e candida tes th ey wanted - even if


| they could have got past the deputy returning offi­ cer a t the polling station in Billington.


young! A PAIR of voters in Billington knew exact­


Bridge Club WINNERS of the Howell Movement ,on Monday at Clitheroe Bridge Club were Mr and Mrs R. Atkinson, Mr J. Pawlicki and Mr J.


Clitheroe


Award-winning scholarship in Kenya will help the children of Chernobyl


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A CLITHEROE man is off to Africa next month after winning a Millennium award from the Earth-


watch Institute. Mr Brian Davies's travel scholar­ . ,


ship to study rare plants in Kenya will also signal the start of an environ­ mental project for children from


Chatburn and Chernobyl. Kenya.


will work alongside leading scientists from the charity Earthwatch m


Mr Davies (54), of Shays Drive, .


| most threatened ecosystems to ensure its conservation.


The scientists' are recording the botanical diversity of one of Kenya s


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Alongside his trip will be. a project on a piuu u i io i iu w • —


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. William is only seven and his brother is just five. . Their parents, Mr Glyn


and Mrs Virginia James, were amazed to find polling cards on the mat inside the front door of their home at Sunnyside Avenue for the


two boys. I t was not Conservative,


Labour or Liberal Democ­ rat that the two boys had eagerly singled out for their election cross. ■ Mr James said: "One of


them wanted to vote for mummy, the other wanted to vote for. dad. We are obviously doing something


right." But he was a t a loss to


understand how the two boys managed to get the vote ahead of time.


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n°Mr Davies has earned a reputation for being an adventurer since he retired early from his job as a BT manager. He is a mountaineer and has cycled from Land's End to John o'Groats, with friend Mr Mike Boult, and taken,part in two legs in an around-the-world yacht race. He said: "I am delighted to have


won this award: I t provides me with the opportunity to get involved with an international environment charity and gives me the chance to learn what conservation work needs to be done,


and is being done, abroad. »T „r?11 K r i r i r r K q p V fV»P s k i


Renton., . y - On Thursday, winners


were: NS, Mrs B. 'and Mrs C. Pollard, Mrs J. Martin- dale, and Mr B. Guha. EW, Mrs B. Wilson and Mr :J.' Renton, Mrs A.Peddarand


"I will bring back the skills and


knowledge learnt in order to share them with the local children and the Children of Chernobyl, a charity of which I am the local treasurer." Mr Davies wrote off for the award after reading about it in the SAGA


magazine. He has agreed with the organisers


of the awards that he can arrange his flight home to fit in an extra week back-packing around Kenya. "For me it really is a case of life


beginning at 50," he said. "I am hav­ ing the time of my life in retirement." Our picture shows Mr Davies, left,


with Mr Boult meeting last year’s town Mayor Coun. Alan Yearing.


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A MUCH-LOVER arid respected former Salva­ tio n Army c ap ta in has died suddenly just.days after his 85th birthday.


Sudden death of father whose Bible was his life from the post two years


• Up to five weeks before his death, Mr John Smith, p ic tu red , was o u t and about in Burnley, Pendle and Clitheroe doing what


he did best - preaching. His life was his Bible. With his wife, Elizabeth,


and two of their three sons, Gordon and John, Mr Smith travelled down from Millom in Cumbria to take up the post of captain at Burnley Citadel in 1977. Even though he retired


later, he still stayed heavily involved ,with the Salvation Army and carried on travel­ ling to numerous citadels, including Clitheroe, as well as throughout the North-


West, preaching the Gospel. As well as travelling to


preach, Mr Smith also held weekly Bible fellowship groups a t his Burnley


home. He also single-handedly


edited' and produced the Salvation Army magazine "In Touch" and, for the last 13 years, he was involved each year with the Salva­ tion Army and Burnley


Express's annual Christmas Toy Appeal. In a touching tribute, his


devoted wife, Elizabeth, , said:. "John was totally ded­ icated to the Salvation Army; besides his family, it was his life. In fact, the Bible was his life. "But on top of his teach­


. humour. He always had a twinkle in his eye and always had something spe­ cial to say to everyone." More than 200 mourners


ing and preaching, John was so loved as a person. He had a lovely sense of


attended his funeral a t Burnley Citadel, which was followed by burial at Burn­


ley Cemetery.


Mr G. Capstick. ■ I t is regretted that due to


the spread of foo t'an d mouth disease, bridge has had to be cancelled. Mem­ bers should telephone the secretary oh 01282 822363 on Monday morning to dis­ cover whether bridge i? on inextweek.


. Warning after !


£2,750 safe theft HOTELS, pubs and simi­ lar premises are being warned to be on their guard after a £2,750 theft from a


and police have not said which business has .lost the money. I t is believed that the safe was entered when someone not authorised to


Inquiries are ongoing


have the keys was able to obtain possession of them


briefly without anyone


I knowing. . Pendle Club


whist winners


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