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Cricket club in a spin for fund-raising


MEMBERS of Clith­ eroe Cricket Club are getting into a spin, but i t has n o th in g to do- w ith th e ir s ty le of bowling! Instead, they are


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expecting spins and spills a t a fund-raising Scaletrix grand prix to be held in their Chat- burn Road clubhouse from 8 p.m. tomorrow evening. Tickets are available


on the door. Everyone is welcome.


MEMBERS of Clitheroe Round Table said an annual formal thankyou to their ladies during a


recent social event. Their "Ladies' Night" was held at


the Calf's Head Hotel, Worston, Clitheroe, attended by 60 revellers. After dinner, thanks were proposed


to the ladies by Table chairman Mr Michael Anderson, and the reply was given by Ladies' Circle chairman Mrs Elaine Buckley. Guests later danced the night away


to the "Two of Us" disco. Pictured are Mr Anderson and Mrs Buckley (centre) with guests.


Mountain bikes worth £1,000 are taken from a house in Worston


VALUABLE mountain bikes have been s to len from a home in


Worston. The two bikes are both Marin


machines. One is described as purple and blue and valued at £1,000, the other is silver and valued a t £600. Both are computer post coded and therefore identifiable.


A workshop a t the side of the


detached house was entered between 8-30 am and 11-30 a.m. on November 14th and the cycles stolen. Also taken were a set of Mizuno golf


clubs valued at £1000, a compressor, £250, and a Bosch cordless drill, £200. Police are seeking information con­ cerning the incident.


Juveniles on vehicle charge


are bailed FOUR juveniles, one of them only 12 years old, and a 19-year-old Clitheroe youth, app­ e a red before B la c k ­ burn magistrates char­ ged with ag gravated taking of a motor veh­ icle. William David Park,


of Primrose Street, and the boy aged 12, two oth­ ers aged 15 and a 16- year-old girl were all remanded on bail until December 7th.


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THREE new classrooms and a library at Whalley CE Primary School could cost up


to £500,000 to build and equip. The governors are teacher Mr Brian Beres-


organising a public meet­ ing at the school a week tonight to give more details of the project. Only a small propor­


tion of the cost will have to be raised locally - but pupils, staff and gover­ nors are keen to meet the challenge. The rest of the money


will come from the Gov­ ernment and various


grants. The new accommoda­


tion will replace the orig­ inal school building, which incorporated the headmaster's house. The condition of this


part of the complex dete­ riorated quickly last year and repairs were not pos­ sible. The building, to which the new p a r t is linked, has been out of use for some months and is to be demolished in the spring. I t is hoped that the replacement will be built over the summer, ready for use next autumn. The cost of the project


will be relatively high due to the sensitive nature of the conserva­ tion area site. Materials used and design features will have to blend in with the suroundings. "The building work


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using to replace the closed rooms is working well. Playtimes may have to be staggered but that should be all." The school has 210


pupils and is receiving an increasing number of inquiries for places fol­ lowing its exceptional OFSTED report. Meanwhile, building is


going ahead briskly at the Calderstones estate on the edge of Whalley - it is not clear whether a school is going to be pro­ vided for the children who live there, or whether the village school will be expanded. There is room for more classrooms, but it is not yet clear whether they will ever be needed. In the meantime,


everyone at the school is looking forward to hav­ ing new and very well equipped accomodation. The new library especial­ ly will be a big step for­


ward. Thursday's meeting


will be well screened from the rest of the school and we should be able to carry on much as normal," says head-


will be addressed by the architect, Mrs Samantha Smith, from a practise in Manchester. The gover­ nors are emphasising th a t she and they are keen to answer questions and do all they can to ensure support for the project from the village as a whole.


'Best value’ checks cause problems for borough council


| local authorities provide "best value" have caused problems for Ribble Valley Borough Council. Officials have been


THE Government's ways of checking that


| ectors and providing records they requested, but there has been little to show for it. Now a new and more


faced with extra work in dealing with visiting Audit Commission insp-


cross-cutting approach to deal with the legal requirements


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provide the information and evidence required is being adopted. The lead inspector is


helping by making some suggestions. As previously report­


ed, the first best value inspection caused some


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ment is under the spot­ light and the report about it will be released


suggested that a three- year programme be adopted for the rest of the inspections, so they are completed within the Government's five-year time limit. In the council year


in Januaiy. Council officials have


2202-3 it is planned to offer strategic services, the "customer and visi­ tor experience" and transport for inspection. From 2003-4 the ser­


vice features under the spotlight could be cul­ ture, recreation and leisure provision, envi­ ronmental and commu­ nity protection and the entire housing field, municipal and private. This would leave, for


2004/5, the protection of the built environment, resource management covering both human and financial aspects, and the various support services.


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| and staff of Oakhill Col­ lege were then given much food for thought in


tions were opened by the principal of the college, Mr P. S. Mahon, who welcomed everyone and talked about helping those in need, particular­ ly in light of the recent tragic events in America. The children, parents


| an address by Margaret Huggan representing the


T.O.M.A.S. Group (Tho­ se on the margins of soci­ ety) from Blackburn. She talked about the


work of the organisation, the nature of the support it provided to homeless people and how the har­ vest gifts brought in by the children and their parents were going to help feed such people in the days and weeks ahead. For their p a r t, the


children presented a play about sharing gifts with those in need, and their songs, prayers and gifts were all gratefully received by Margaret Huggan on behalf of T.O.M.A.S.


Purity of fountain water cannot be guaranteed


AT least some people - possibly tourists - have been drinking water from the fountain in the


| centre of Whalley. But members of the


parish council, which installed it to mark the Millennium, cannot guarantee the purity of the supply. At last week's meeting


of the council, concern was expressed at the pos­ sibility, however remote, of legal action resulting from illness caused by the water.


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a small but very clear plaque warning that the water is not for drinking be placed on the foun­ tain.


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A 40p increase in annual precept TOWN councillors have agreed a 40p annual


| increase in the precept levied on Clitheroe house­ holders. The in-line-with-inflation rise means that


| for the financial year, April 1st, 2002, to March 31st, 2003, people living in Band D equivalent properties


| will be asked for £13.18, compared to this year's £12.78 rate.


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