Clitheroe Advertiser & Times, March 22nd, 2001 i.co.uk co.uk £800


slurry leak from tank


SLURRY which was "highly polluting" leaked into a brook at Sawley from a farm tank, magistrates were


told.


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Ian effi-1 Isupervi- Tate oth- Ixample. L-spoken I iale was I


led by a I Tends and She took l modern I


lg in later I lember of lb, which | Igularly. ■was wid- | Tars ago. amber of |


leces. |Wareing I londay's I


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Sawley, admitted allowing slurry to enter a waterway


Retired farmer Eric Baines, of Greenhead Farm,


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when he appeared in court at Blackburn. He was fined £800 with £467 costs. Mrs Liz Bowen (prosecut­


ing) said that a member of the public noticed dis­ colouration in the water, and the Environment Agency


was called in before the pol­ lution could cause a major problem. It was more pollut­ ing than sewage, added Mrs


Bowen. • Mr Patrick Newell


(defending) said th a t his client was retired but rented the farm to his son. "He reacted immediately


Store is given It go-ahead


at local farm


I t h e building of a recy- | cling store at a local farm has been approved by members of Kibble


[Valley Planning and Development Commit-


t66.Councillors heard the


[ construction of the recy­ cling store at Clark House


I Farm, Old Hive, Chipping, I was part of a scheme to col- | lect and sort agricultural plastics from farms, bale it and transport it to a repro­


I A new access would also cessing plant.


have to be built. The scheme will provide


employment for two part- time workers.


Video haul


I VIDEO equipment worth | £2,500 was stolen in a bur­ glary at a house in Sawley


and spent a considerable amount of time and money trying to rectify the leak, emphasised Mr Newell. He did not deliberately set out to discharge the slurry mto a waterway and i t was not done for financial gain." As soon as the problem


I investigating. THE civic wheels of Clitheroe


was detected, the defendant drained the slurry tank and then spent most of the fol­ lowing week finding and repairing the leak.


mouth crisis, said Mr Newell, the farm had not


Because of the foot and ,


been able to move a single animal for the past month and had not received any


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School’s £400 boost for


PUPILS a t Moorland School, Clitheroe, raised a


Comic Relief staggering £400 in aid o


Red Nose Day. The day began with a


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rebellious start when pupils turned up in civvies and had to be fined for not wearing


imposed for breaking non­ talking contracts, and vari­


ous sums changed hands m exchange for sweets, cakes drinks and the abolition of


were kept turning Mayor and Mayoress, Conn and Mrs Alan Tearing, heldtwo At Home evenings m the town


^Guests were invited to make a close inspection of t


Entry to t!own museum


free for aj day ENTRY to Clitheroe’s Castle Museum is to be free for all, b u t only for


^Councillors sitting on Ribble Valley Borough Council's Community Com­ mittee have agreed to sup­ port an initiative by the Civic Trust to encourage people to become interested in the r


4-v.ftir* lnr.al herittage, which includes opening up


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that night's prep. The day s highlight was


I A series of town walks and access to the parish church spire are also being arranged for that day.


8th. I ,,


the Red Nose Olympics, in which two houses, Delacy


and Shireburn, competed against each other m a van-


. ety of wacky events. Needle threading, eating dry crack­ ers, transporting peas from one container to another


using suction and a straw; and many more events took


If stars to have lorn “The'Hoi


LINS is one of to d Lift”


P^The most popular was the maggot marathon, in which competitors enshrouded in sleeping bags had to squirm and wriggle their way mag­ got-style over the racecourse. Mr G. Sanderson, maths


Councillors were told that Saturday entrance fee takings usually average between £40 and £70.


ak n u re r — ag


the museum free of charge on Saturday, September


“ d informal Conversations on both occa-


Sabden’s Kitty (63) is limbering up for 14th London Marathon


MARATHON mama


will not go away for Miss Kitty Garnett. The 63-year-old enthusi­


ast from Sabden is taking par t in her 14th London


Marathon.


pound the Tarmac of the roads in training, rather than the footpaths which are out of bounds because of the foot and mouth epi­


And she is having to .


demic."I reckon to do 50 miles a week in training," she said. "It is not as nice, having to


run on the roads. Miss Garnett, who only


took up running at the age of 47, has raised hundreds of pounds for charity over


0f unds er


the years through her long distance running. This time she is raising


funds for Francis House, a children's hospice run by the Rainbow Trust at Dids- bury, near Manchester. The retired nurse tutor,


who spent 20 years working at Calderstones Hospital,


Whalley, has a London Marathon best time, of 3hr.


50min. And she has no plans to retire from run­


ning. She said: "Every|year I 1 T


think: 'This is great, I can still run.' I know it doesn t go on for ever, nothing does,


but I am glad I am able to run. I have friends who are


unable to." ^ sions.The guests were from town


heads of neighbouring local authori­ ties, including the Mayor and May­ oress of Rossendale, Coun. aI\d Mrs David Hancock; the MayorandMay- nrpss of Wyre, Coun. and Mrs J. Lawrenson;;the Deputy M a ^ n d Mnvnress ofi Wyre, Coun. and Mrs V. E s t e r ; the Mayor and Mayoress


of Longridge, Coun. Mrs Margaret | Brown and Mrs Anne Crompton.


Coun. Yearing said: "Both evenings |


were very successful. I t was our way of saying thank you to people involved with the town council. Our picture shows the Mayor and Mayoress of Clitheroe with civic


guests at their At Home evening. (T080301/1)


Replacing primitive


park toilets


PUBLIC toilets in , Clitheroe park are to be replaced after being I described as "primitive . The toilets, which are


more than a century old, serve visitors to Brungerley


Park. The decision to replace


them as part of Ribble Val­ ley Borough Council s pub­ lic convenience rolling pro­ gramme was backed by Community Committee


councillors. They heard the borough s


Director of Commercial Services Mr John Heap call


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the loos primitive. Work to demolish the toilets will start next January, with a replacement facility to be completed by March, 2002. 7 .


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teacher and Shirebum repre­ sentative, brought the Olympics to a rousing con- elusion. I t was a closely- fought battle, but Delacy just pipped Shireburn to a win with a final score of 8-I.


Tools are stolen POLICE are investigating


the theft of tools worth £200 from the garage of a housem


Vihiers Close, Whalley. The incident happened on Satur­ day night,


Theft from cafe


BURGLARS stole ice cream flakes and toppmgsworth £100 from the cafeat Edis ford picnic site, Clitheroe, some time over the weekend.


A LESSON in the a r t of scarf tying was given to members of the Ribble Valley Ladies Luncheon Club a t their 10th fund-


raiCPl* Held a t Stirk House


Hotel, Gisburn, the well- attended lunch was another


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medieval house to the te w«£ to WQrk ^ weu as to live.


She explained how homes ^ J ^ , hen Allan Blanchf lower The next meeting ^


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New computer shop has winning 4MM


NEW computer shop with an . old background has opened in


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business in Preston, which, opened in 1982 in Friargate.


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smallest word-processing Litch, throuqh Windows: reloads to,..tut - system rebuilds by the techntcal


For those using the Internet, there is web and E-mail advice and


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business expands, i* is pxDected that 60 A, 9T | f


requfrernents will be from; business users, with home use meking upthe rest, which is similar to that in


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some of whom have been with 4MAT for 18 years and are located as far apart as Widnes and Bury. By \ focatnqP its second shop m \ Cntheroe, many customers will not


have to travel into Preston. Mr George! Wilkinson, business


nartner at 4MAT, pointed out that, Respite the premises being small, there was a workshop on site and the Clitheroe shop could call on the B resources of the parent business


' if necessary. He said: “Anyone who purchases


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her colleagues, who demon­ strated numerous ways to tic a scarf, members and their guests also enjoyed a talk by former osteopath Mr Donald Norfolk. Hav­ ing treated many people, he recalled many anecdotes from his working life and also spoke about Ins


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