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ism with design studies, computer games program­ ming and football and sci­ ence.


tions of science are natu­ rally enough a main fea- tiiree of the leavers' list. 1 They include zoology, computer science, natural science, forensic science, anatomical science, chem­ istry with study in North America, chemistry, mole­ cular physics, astrophysics and chemical engineering. Business-based subjects


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are represented too - fash­ ion and textiles retailing, management studies, busi­ ness and German, interna­ tional business, manage­ ment with accounting, computing and manage­ ment, international man­ agement with American business, business finance and even business admin­ istration and psychology. One student has chosen


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ment based subjects have . attracted a- number^of leavers. They, are taking ' courses in such subjects as journalism,film studies and- French,- popular music, and recording, pub­ lic relations, music tech­ nology, a r t and design, theatre studies, drama, film and theatre, journal­


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Clitheroe Advertiser & Times, October17th, 2002 9


■year's steam fair, v ' ■ n- > rT h e , village Scouts, junior football dub, young farmers and Brownies were • beneficiaries. •Pictured, from the le f t.


CHEQUES of £200 each were presented to clubs for young people in the village of . Chipping following this


. Carole Millington and Sue Harrison (Chipping Brownies).: .■ • Representing the Scouts and Cubs are, from the left, Stephen Harrison, Michael Treacy, James Burrow, Chris Bailey, ‘ Adam Noblett and Tom Bailey. Representing the Brown­


are Bob Noblett (Chipping Scout Group), John Treacy (Chipping Junior FC), Mary Harrison (secretary and founder Chipping Steam Fair), Liz Cliff (chairman,- Chipping Young Farmers' Club),


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Lighting time I New health appointments are welcomed sign limited


THE hours at which signs oh a new joinery works in Clitheroe can,be lit are to be limited!;1; ': ! Residents have proteisted


Egyptology and a couple archeology, there are a few more doing subjects such as history or modern lan­ guages and there are also several teacher-training entrants. One boy has joined the RAF.


about the signs, already on the building at the junction of Peel Street and High- field Road, Clitheroe. Members of the Ribble


by Tim Procter


TWO.local personalities with long records of work for the National Health Service have


. been appointed to. new jobs. Read businesswoman Mrs


Valley Borough Council Planning and Develop­ ment Committee decided that the signs could be lit between 7 a. m. and 6 p. m. on weekdays, not on Satur­ day afternoons and not at all on Sundays.


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Christine Kirk is to be the £20,000-a-year chairman of the merged Blackburn and Burnley hospital Trusts.. For the last decade, she has been in the chair of Calderstones NHS Trust. The merger does not take place


until next April, but considerable preparation work is needed. Mr Graham Parr, who has just


Farm buildings of little interest


SOME agricultural buildings at Stonehill Farm, Grindleton, are of no historical inter­ est or utilitarian use, councillors heard. . Despite objections from nearby residents,


• and Development Committee renewed per­ mission for a bam at the farm to be made into


the Ribble. Valley Borough Council Planning


a house. The lean-to buildings at the bam are to be


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iwill provide an insight into I school has to offer - and it is Shat the child attends these p is they who will be spending s or more there after all.


In for parents. Vive an insight into the teach- fheadteacher and the past aents of the school to help


Jpen evenings are just one ' information on secondary


ischools have specialist status, f echnology colleges. • child is particularly inter-


le your decision, ghere are, of course, other i be considered,


| sciences or engineering, these could be a good choice. If sport or the arts


v >££ Coim. LFrank ;.D;yson: ( Cli theroe); said ..that. j - the buildings to be demolished had no'historic interest or utilitarian use and the committee voted the renewal through. ■ ; ■ ’ • c A plan to build two houses for subsidised


^marketed for employment use, but officers said that dwelling permission had been grant­ ed and it would be unreasonable not to renew it..- v' ’


demolished, partly for access reasons. One objector suggested that the barn should be


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lease to the elderly at the farm, also submit­ ted by the trustees of Grindleton Alms Hous­ es, was withdrawn. There were 11 objections and officers had recommended refusal, saying that guidelines would be breached and a dan­ gerous precedent set. '


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resigned as anon-executive direc­ tor of the Burnley Trust, takes over the Calderstones chair, the salary for which is £16,000 a year. . As Mr Parr points out, the •NHS is "the family business". His father, Mr Fred Parr, gave a life­ time's service to the Burnley and Pendle hospitals as group secre­ tary and then district administra­ tor. He was awarded the MBE for hiswork. Calderstones was, in its previ­


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ous identity, part of the Burnley grouping under Mr Parr sen.


Mr Parr jun. worked for the


NHS for 36 years, the last 25 as director of estates for the former


Blackburn, Hyndbum and Ribble Valley Health Authority. He says the NHS provided him


with a varied and interesting career which he enjoyed enor­ mously, so much'so that he took early retirement to continue his commitment in a different capaci­ ty. Three of his four children work for the NHS.


leged to have been appointed chairman and to be joining a team of such dedicated staff on a trust with such a strong reputation for providing high quality care." Mrs Kirk says she has.thor­ oughly enjoyed her 10 years at


Mr Parr says: "I feel very privi­ .


: Calderstones "watching its trans­ formation from a long-term stay institution to a highly-specialised medium secure unit." As the first chairman of the


new. East Lancashire Hospitals Trust, she will be responsible for creating the new board. I t will have executive and non-executive directors who, she hopes, will bring their individual experience and expertise to the Trust. Both posts are nominally part-


time, but long hours and many meetings and visits often stretch the hours into full-time commit­ ment for chairmen and board members.


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are a big factor, again you will need to think carefully. Remember, too, to


keep a second and maybe even a third choice school in mind, as some schools will be over­ subscribed and you may hot be allocated your top choice. The distance chil­


dren have to travel to school is a big factor, and education auth­ orities usually prefer youngsters to attend a school in their own area.


THE funds of Oakhill College, Whalley received a £1,292 boost following an evening of high drama and hilarious intrigue at the Shirebum Arms, Hurst Green. ' Eighty-nine sleuths attempted to solve one


murder which involved six suspects. - And only one table of detectives (staff, par­ ents and friends of Oakhill College in Whal­


not allocated a place at your first choice school, there is an appeals process which will hear your case. As we say, the


And if your child is


ley), were worth their salt. The hotel was converted for the evening to


a romantic location on a small island, con­ nected to the mainland only by. a causeway. - The finale revealed that the deed was done by "Norman," using a heavy bowl in the din- I


ing room. Pictured is “the murderer”, (s)


open evenings are but one source of infor­ mation to parents. Lancashire County


Man’s ‘embarrassing’ conviction not declared


Council can also help you make the choice. It has a booklet and information service available for parents at the Education and Cultural Services Directorate on 01772 254868. : The area education . office in:the Globe Centre,' Accrington, can also help - call. 01254 220708 if you , need advice. And Javed Khan


and the'information': service -. a t ■


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Library -is a third source of-assistance. You can-call him on 606361. ‘


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• described in'eourt as an "embarrassing" pre- - vious conviction failed to.declare it when he ! applied for a firearms certificate and a shot­


: A CLITHEROE man with what was


gun licence. ■ • Blackburn magistrates heard that Colin Wrighton (48), of Mitchell Street; Clitheroe,


■ had received the conviction in Manchester a month before' he filled in his application


forms. ■1 The conviction k


trates and not revealed in open court; but defence solicitor Stephen Barker said his client was embarrassed at being part and par­ cel of it and had not wanted to include it on


was. handed to. the magis-. s" . ,


the application form. * r «He hoped it would not show on,the police, national computer when his application was


checked, but clearly it did," said Mr Barker.,


! - Wrighton pleaded guilty to making false statements to-procure two licences .and was fined £200 with £50 costs. •


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