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Flying doctor Grant latest winner of a Heart of the Valley Award


by Julie Frankland


A MAN you never, want to come fa c e ’to face with is;the latest ■ of. o"ur H e a r t of th e


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Valley award winners! Dr Grant McKeating


is the Ribble Valley's fly­ ing doctor. While we all hope we will never need his services, it is reassur­ ing to know he is there to provide the kind of emer­ gency care th a t could be . th e difference between life and death. . And it is for volunteer-;


ing to take on this respon­ sibility tha t Dr McKeat­ ing will collect, the Clitheroe Aavertiser and Times-sponsored Brave- heart.award. I t will be pro- . sented to him at our star-


Ir fears tre bid


Scient detail in it and the access is ifrom a narrow road on which Sincreased traffic would represent ga hazard. But there are no objections


|from county highway, officials. The Ribble Valley officials'


ireport said the barn's,location [near the farm complex would J mean its new use would not be too [obvious and the new track would |be well screened by existing wood­ la n d . There would be a limited [detrimental visual impact on the [area of outstanding natural beau­


ty . The committee deferred the


|application for officials to approve Jit, provided the query about the |residence-employment space pro-


Jportion was satisfactorily resolved land an undertaking given that no [motorised activities take place.


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. studded Heart of the Val­ ley Gala Evening a t Gis- burn's Stirk House Hotel on Saturday, October 26th. Said Mr Chris Skelton,


managing director of East Lancashire Newspapers, to which the Advertiser • and Times, belongs: "Bravery has many forms but, when life hangs in the,, balance, i t takes a very brave man to make deci­ sions which could u l t i ­ mately determine whether or not a person lives or dies. To willingly volun­ teer for such responsibility shows enormous courage.” ' Dr McKeating, a father-


of-two, is a consultant in anaesthetics and intensive care a t the Royal Preston Hospital. He is married to a Clitheroe GP and lives in


. ■ »•*»! a > ■ %3'SC U h illm k iw i V < Clitheroe Advertiser & Times, October 10th, 2002 3


Harvest festival marks reopening of church


A HARVEST family service on Sunday morning will mark the - reopening of St Paul's Church,: Low Moor, Clitheroe. : The building has been out of


use over the past four months. for a £55,000 roof, stonework and dry rot repair project___ ' "I t has totally drained the reserves which giving and fund- , raising over the past four years had built up," says the vicar, the Rev. Rodney Nicholson. "Neverthless, the people of the church are in good heart as we look to new ways of extending our worshipping community." •The reopening service will be


atten d ed by the Mayor of Clitheroe, Coun. Mrs Mary- Robinson, the handbell ringers


will play and a baptism will add to the family feel of the cel­ ebration. ~ Tinned food presented at the'


service will be given to the Hyndburn Christian Stable in Accrington for use in work among homesless young people.


, T,There is also a harvest appeal for the Church-Army, with which St Paul's has close links. Its regional representa­ tive, Mr Derek Hartley, preached at the church hall ser­ vice a month ago. The vicar has paid tribute to


the "superb team" of painters, cleaners and gardeners who have put in a lot of work over the past fortnight to get the church ready.


New production director joins cement company


A NEW production director has been appointed to a Clitheroe-based firm. Mr Tony Allan will take up


the post with Castle Cement ; from November 1st.


.. , Speaking about his appoint­


Brockhall Village. He became flying doctor earli­ er this year through the ch a r i ty Med-ALERT. Until then, the Ribble Val­ ley's nearest flying doctor was in Colne. In order to reach the


scene of accidents and other emergencies in the shortest possible time, Dr McKeating spent £1,500 of his own money on a


satellite navigation system for his car, which is packed with the latest in portable life-saving equipment. He also pays for the car's fuel. . Dr McKeating now


joins the gala's VIP guest list, which also includes Whalley's Mr Darren Helm, who will receive the "Against the Odds" award and seven-year-old Steven Marsden, of Clitheroe,


who is our "Child of. Courage". The black tie gala is a celebration of the Ribble Valley's heroes and heroines.,Tickets for the event which, besides the awards ceremony, include dinner, cabaret, disco and charity auction, are £35 each. They are available from the Advertiser and Times office in King Street and Stirk House Hotel,


Martial arts expert Chris is ready to have a real smashing time for Children in Need


CLITHEROE m a r t ia l a rts expert Mr Christo­ pher Pate has a training headache! The father-of-two has


. before having'12 wooden ,'poles: broken'acrossjhis f


pledged his fighting skills to raise money for this year's "Children in Need" appeal. He plans to use his hands, feet and head to smash 50 wooden boards and 40 concrete slabs,


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i-.-The; finale: to th is demonstration is to halt wife Diane from landing a


full power blow to the top of his head with a sword! • Mr Pate has just split


seconds to catch the blade before i t connects, but how do you tra in for a such a dangerous stunt? Says Mrs Pate: "We’.ve


b oth practised m ar tial arts for the last 16 years and, although the sword blow is dangerous and must not be tried by any­ one a t home, we are experts and have worked on our technique to the point where we are totally confident in what we are doing. Motorbike mechanic


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ter Relief funds specialist nurses, Imt centres, and holds many events he coffee morning has become an collect for the charity and last year I t in £3.2m. for its vital services. 1 staff, pictured in fund-raising uni-


ih, thank all their customers and Same in for a coffee for their contri-


huge sucess


Irds, which can then be recorded and jited or published as web pages. |n 1999 the firm, which employs 150 fple, recorded sales of £6.4m. in 1)1 this rose to £16.4m. p u tt ing


JS-Promethean as one of the North- Is t's top five movers, and in the lional top 100. Mr Cann, chief executive, said: jTIVboard has been a tremendous Icess, and new applications are in


jistant development. Much of our Search is based on real-life expen­ ses of teachers and trainers in East pcashire, and we work with them to ye the products forward." Research for the listing was carried ; by Oxford-based Fast Track. Dr


Imish Stevenson said:. "Despite a leleration in the stock-market quot- Itechnology sector, there are many [optional and innovative businesses eking the trend. and TDS- bmethean is among them." (s)


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Mr P a te (31) is hoping townsfolk will sponsor his "smashing" demonstra­ tion, which will take place a t 8 p.m. on Monday,, November 11th, a t a


meeting of the Lan Kin Fa Ju-jitsu Club; He is an instructor with the club, which meets Monday and F rid ay evenings a t Clitheroe’s Trinity Centre. He undertook a similar


demonstration, minus the sword feat, last year, rais­ ing £300 for the Tina Stevenson Wheelchair


A PEDESTRIAN caused £ 2,000-worth of damage when he, threw a motor scooter into Mearley Brook, Glitheroe, on Satur- day night. The scooter had brushed


: threw it into the beck. Police are making


inquiries and say the pedes-, tnan may have been affect­ ed by drink. He is about 30 years old and of stocky : build, with short dark hair.


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telephone 01200 445581. Proceeds from the evening are being donated to the Ribble Valley Ladies' Lun­ cheon Club for Cancer Research UK. Next week, meet another award win­ ner and some of the stars being lined up to attend the gala. •' Dr McKeating is pic­


tured with Mr Skelton. (T081002/5)


ment, the married father-of- three said: "I am looking for­ ward to taking over from Peter Weller and carrying on the excellent work he has done dur­ ing, his term as production director. "I am also looking forward to


working with staff and unions in implementing single kiln operation at both our.Ribbles- dale and Padeswood works, which will make us a world-. class performer." Mr Allan will replace Mr


Peter Weller, who will, from January 1st, become the com-


. pany's managing director. , Before his promotion to the


position of production director, Mr Allan was general manager of Castle Cement's Padeswood


.works, where he successfully steered the firm through a planning application for the £48m. investment in a new kiln at the works. He also implemented an


in te rn a t io n a l environment management system standard


and a safety management sys­ tem, which made Padeswood the first cement works in the country to achieve this. Mr Allan will be based a t


Castle's head office in Birming­ ham.


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An Ultra-fun day for newsboys and girls


THERE will be an Ultra-fun day a t a Clitheroe company on Saturday. Local newsboys and girls have been invited


to Ultraframe in Salthill Road following a competition organised in conjunction with the Clitheroe Advertiser and Times. The winner of a contest to design a safety


logo to be printed on bags and tabards worn by these newspaper, delivery youngsters will


receive a new bike. Staff from this newspaper and the company


will be on hand, together with local police offi­ cers who will be postcoding bicycles and pre- senting -youngsters'with reflectors sponsored


by Ultraframe. \ A's,well’as iriviting the newsboys and girls,; ' .........


other'Clitheroe children have also been invit­ ed along from 10-30 a.m. to have their bikes postcoded and collect goodie bags.. Ultraframe's managing director, Mr Nick


Gale, said: "At Ultraframe we want to support' local community projects and what better way than to sponsor the safety competition run by the Clitheroe Advertiser. Road safety for. chil­ dren is extremely important and, in partner­ ship with the Advertiser and Clitheroe police, we hope that the high visibility bags, tabards and reflectors will be used by all the newspa­ per boys and girls."


Motorcyclist in road smash a


Appeal Fund. Adds Mrs Pate, an instructor with the Amayo Kia Karate- Club, which meets a t the Trinity Centre on Tues­ day evenings: "We are hoping to better this total. We are also hoping part of Chris's demonstration will be on television." The BBC, which organ­


ises the Children in Need appeal, is screening i ts


A P E O P L E c a r r i e r smashed into a line of parked care when the driver apparently collapsed at the wheel. The. drama happened on


against the man in Taylor Street and he picked up the machine, an Aprilla, and


the main road through Bar- row at noon on Saturday. It is thought that the acceler­ ator may have been jammed down when Mr John Day (72), of Moor- field, Whalley, was taken ill. He was rushed to hospital, but found to be dead on arrival. Bystanders rushed


mainstay telethon on Fri­ day, November 15th. Prime-time the following evening, it will broadcast a programme featuring video excerpts of viewers' fund-raising efforts. The show's makers have requested th a t Mr Pate's demonstration is filmed and the video forwarded to them. Among those hoping Mr Pate.makes it.


Scooter damage Driver collapses at wheel


to help as a nearby resident, Mr Garth Ellison; was injured when several cars were pushed into each other by the impact; He was standing by the rear of one of them and taken to hospi­ tal for treatment to severe­ ly bruised legs. Several cars were damaged and police closed the road as an acci­ dent investigator examined the scene. Senior ambulance officer, Mr Ian Barton, paid tribute to local people who helped out.


on to the . screen are his children Rosalind (eight), who already has a green belt in ju-jitsu and a yel­ low belt in karate, and 21. month-old Graham. Anyone wanting to


Pates preparing for their martial arts display. ;... (T081002/6)


sponsor Mr Pate should telephone 01200 443641. Our picture shows the


Indecent charge


A MARKET trader has appeared before Blackburn magistrates charged with indecently assaulting a 12- year-old girl. . Terence Hall (58), of


Woodlands Grove, Eden- field, Ramsbottom, was remanded on bail until October 21st. Conditions of his bail mean he cannot enter the Ribble Valley, not have unsupervised contact with children under the age of 16 and not have any con­ tact with the aggrieved or members of her family.


AN Accrington motor cycle rider was taken to Blackburn Royal Infirmary following an acci­ dent near the Copy Nook Hotel, Bolton-by- Bowland, a t 5 p.m. on Sunday. The man, aged 37, was treated for back and


neck injuries and treated at the scene by Lan­ cashire Ambulance personnel.


Policeman is bailed


A POLICE scenes of crime officer accused of child abduction has been bailed by Black- pool magistrates. Peter Sharpies (55),


of Glenview Court, Preston, has been charged with detaining: a girl under the age of 16 without. ...lawful; authority on Septem-; ber 21st this year. Prosecutor Malcolm


Isherwood told Black­ pool magistrates tha t the prosecution needed further time to review


the case. . - ' . Sharpies did not


attend the hearing and magistrates adjourned the case to October 21st. He was bailed on condition that he lives a t the address given, does not contact prose­ cution'witnesses and does not enter Sabden;


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