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AT A GLANCE


A respected Clitheroe club stew-" ard has died suddenly aged 46.


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A Chatburn pensioner whose ambition was run to the summit of Pendle 1,000 times dies just short of his target.


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After spending a World Cup day drinking, a Clitheroe man assaulted his girlfriend.


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Our search to reward Valley peo­ ple with big hearts continues.


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A former , Clitheroe Royal Grammar School pupil who was aged 21 is killed in a road . accident in France.


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A delegation of the Ribble Val­ ley’s “great and good” could; meet the. Queen next month.


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Arsonists are thought to have destroyed a £5,500 Cornish crabber boat housed at Chat- burn.


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j . - . ' i " ^Zilpahlaiiis :pmn|; by Fiona Ritchie THE daughter of a Gis-


.burn publican'- '.has scooped her first present­ ing job on the popular Channel 4 show “A Place


in the Sun”. ■ I t has been a whirlwind


■ three weeks for 26-year-old Zilpahi Hartley whose mother, Moira Mortimer) is t k e f


will go but when she makes. ..this week; "Sometimes, so her TV debut early next yeafi^;iimchfa:®cpect^^ but-1 Describing the moment she am luckyfto.have been given was'offered the job, Miss 'thisfphe’floor/bf .amazing Hartley said: “The whole' -ogportujnity.^Eyeryone has thing is so surreal. I have been so supportive. ... waited for something to come.' ■ Miss Hartley, who was rip for so long, but this is working in the marketing


, beyond anything I ever dreamed of and I just keep thinking, ‘what do I do with it


now?’” But Miss Hartley (pictured


ly lives in London, will-set off ;'traihing 'from forDijon, France, on Satur­ day where she will start film­ ing for her dream job. She will be responsible for


showing four different proper­ ties to couples looking for a holiday home or an invest­ ment abroad. The show is currently


screened at 4-30 p.m., but she does not know what time it


,awar<l-lwinning director and -


her favourite part - three days clothes shopping with her stylist.


She hopes that “A Place in .


the Sun” will take her to far- flung comers of the globe. ‘I’m very nervous and have


department a t the Times newspaper before she scooped her first presenting job, has also worked for the BBC and had previously completed a


owner of the Whitp Bull Inn. has hadbttle t o e to think, as dlifig ‘^ h $ £ undertook ' Miss Hartley, who current- .,she hasbeen kept busywith a BAFTA


work'pla'cbihehts with East Lancashire Newspapers. ■" ’ In the final year'of her


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three-year course she decided to specialise in broadcast jour­ nalism.


the same feeling as I had when London and I spent.along new


health centre as site search starts


■ by Julie Frankland ■ ' CLITHEROE’S health centre is


, to close,'withiri.two years'.’, ' - V r - The building in(Railway View, which is used by two GP practices serving 22,500 patients, has been ear­ marked for closure in plans drawn up by Hyndburn and Ribble Valley Pri­ mary Care Trust. The plans are set to be rubber-


stamped a t a meeting later this month. They form part of a joint bid with the primary care trusts of Burn­ ley, Pendle and Rossendale and Black­ burn with Darwen, which is set to bring ah initial £7.6m. of funding into the area to improve grassroots health services. A tranche of this money will go


■ iTVThe new^health centre .will be pui^ pose-built and state-of-the-art, able to undertake more - diagnostic/services', and minor procedures, .which-will save- patients having to travel to hospitals in Blackburn.:It will also have staff' training facilities and possibly even room for local voluntary sector organ­ isations to make it their base.". Yet the question of .where the new


progressive,- modern practices which occupy it.


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centre will be is still to be answered. According to Dr Griffin, a number of' possible town centre sites have been identified, but he is keeping them


secret. . Said Dr Griffin: "There is no great


mystery, but if I reveal the sites, it may prejudice future sale negotia­


directly to providing Clitheroe with,a new health centre. It will be "state-of-the-art" so that it


tions." ' The trust is also considering build-'


not only replaces the existing health centre, the base of Pendleside and Cas­ tle Medical Practices, but expands on the care and services offered there, according to Dr Leigh Griffin, chief executive of Hyndburn and Ribble Valley Primary Care -Trust. He explained: "For some time, the feeling has been that Clitheroe Health Cen­ tre, which was built about-25,years ago, has become too cramped. "It hasn't the space to provide the full range of facilities needed, for, the


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ing the new health centre,oh land it already owns at Clitheroe Hospital, but'admits this location raises trans­ port issues th a t 'i t would have to address. Added Dr Griffin: "Whatever site


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a variety of jobs; includ­ ing a spell at Clitheroe's bleachworks, later to become Stalwart Dye­ ing. But, for the past 30 years, he had worked as a general builder at Frank Ireland Building Con­ tractors, West Bradford. Mr Ireland paid trib-


locally or'i ing on a big route in Scotland; He'will be truly missed by all of his many friends and his memory will live on with us, particularly in his beloved mountains." Mr Millward said that


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ing for research work for a long time and went nowhere. It is incredibly competitive in


She said: “I had been look­ ' '


T was'about to go travelling time being up against people around Australia," she said with years of experience for


jobs that paid peanuts com­ pared to the cost of living.” Miss Hartley was tempted


not to fill in any more applica­ tion forms for fear of rejection, but when she received an e- mail saying that Channel 4 needed a TV presenter, she decided,to “give it a whirl”.


Since then she,has not


Voyage” to British shores at the weekend for three months, come home for.a two-week break, and then set off to find


another place in the sun. Picture courtesy o f The Times


Eric answers call from Games at the double


looked back. Miss Hartley will say “Bon


dies after


A HIGHLY-RESPECTED member of Clitheroe Mountaineering Club has died days after a tragic accident in which he fell almost 50ft. from a rock face at Ingleton. The many friends and


colleagues of Mr Alan Grooby, whose home was . in Waddington, were this week mourning the death of a man who was held in high esteem for his knowledge and love of the outdoors. Mr Grooby (55) was


with friends abseiling from Twistleton Scar when he fell. He was air­ lifted to Preston Royal Infirmary by the North West Air Ambulance having suffered serious skull and leg fractures and internal injuries. He died on Friday. Just three years ago,


Mr Grooby celebrated becoming a "munroist," joining an elite list of local climbers to have conquered the 284 Scot­ tish Munros - mountains over 3,000ft. I t had taken him just eight years, although his first was climbed much earli­ er, 86 years before. Born in Holden, he moved to Waddihgton


ute this week, saying: "Nobody had a bad word for him. Wherever he • had worked, he had always been liked." The company's longest-serv­ ing employee, he had used his skills on con­ tracts large and small all over the area and was known to many'of the customers. Clitheroe Mountain­


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eering Club chairman Mr Nick.Millward yes­ terday paid tribute to a man who had a "true passion for the hills and mountains." He added: "Alan had been a very <


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. However, with the money, set, to come through next-year, it is hoped Clitheroe's new health centre will be ready for business by 2004.


we choose, there will be a period of public consultation so that any issues, whether transport or anything else, can be ironed out before building.work on the new centre starts."


NOT^ many villages are provid­ ing a resident aged 72 for a dou­ ble Commonwealth Games role -


Council services grind to halt as strike bites


COUNCIL workers in.the:Rib­ ble Valley made-their, "double our offer" strike bite yesterday. Many workers employed by Ribble


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They are sticking out for double, that, - or £1,750. '


■ The council's manual workers were


The councils have offered,them 3%. :


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reported to be almost solid in their support of the action, which meant that there were no dustbins emptied and no street cleaning or grass cutting being carried out anywhere in the bor­ ough. Only two refuse vehicles were operating, .- The Ribblesdale -Pool - whose staff;


day.


drivers, at least. There was no,sign of car park inspectors. Chief Executive Mr.David Morris


There was some good news for car


Valley Borough Council who are mem-. bers of the local government union, UNISON, obeyed the national call for a day's strike in support of a pay claim.


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said around 60% of the office staff had decided to work, and a skeleton service to the public was being operated. "There will be some disruption in the level of customer service, that is


• of- good nature about the dispute. 'JThere is a great deal of under­


inevitable," he said. (Mr,Morris said there was a,degree


• handled it.” He said the council had issued extra


are due to be presented with a quality award on Friday by the Mayor,. Coun. : Mrs Joyce Holgate - was closed for, the


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standing and good nature about it. It is not conflict as such between those on strike and those not on strike. Nobody is being harrassed in any shape or form. We are very, very pleased with the way the staff have;


: bin bags last week to help household- ■ ers cope with the situation; : There was an agreement that staff,


: would: be available if anemergency, occurred.


but Whalley isl Former parish council chairman


Coun. Eric Ronnan is one of the cho­ sen runners to take the Queen's Baton through Lancashire on Monday, wear­ ing special running gear. And when the Games open, the one­


time RAF table-tennis player will be one of four team leaders helping to run the sport's sessions in the main.com-


plex. There are no concessions to seniori­


ty, for Mr Ronnan's shifts start at 7 a. m. on eight days. He will be equipped with the now familiar purple and black outfit, complete with trendy hat. I t is the first time table tennis has


ing the baton across Britain, but four times that number were nominated, so it is clearly a privilege. How many oth­ ers are over 70 like me, I do not know." As reported in the Advertiser and


"Altogether 2,500 people are carry­


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been in,the Games, so the occasion is very significant and has great impor-. tance forenthusiasts. Coun. Ronnan, a retired plumbing contractor, is chair­ man and a founder of Whalley Table. Tennis Club. He has served for many years on


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Whalley Parish Council and is social secretary of Clitheroe Probus Club. : . "Being selected is an honour for


Whalley and that is what I am think­ ing about rather than seeing it as something for myself," says Goun. Rbrinan. 'T do actually know who nominated me as a runner, although-! have no-idea what was put on the form.


along the A6 through the Lancaster area in quarter-mile stages. "We are being picked up by a coach at a central point, dropped off for our run and picked up again - it is all carefully organised," says Coun. Ronnan. ■ He tries to keep fit and hopes to be able to complete his quarter-mile in well under the five minutes seen as a maximum time by. the Games authori­


Times, several local people have parts to play in the Games, although none are as old as Coun. Ronnan. He is keen to hear from anyone else in Whalley, or who is in his age group. Some 20 runners will take the baton


ties." After being selected as a helper for


the Games, Coiin. Ronnan mentioned his experience of table tennis and was appointed to the 60-strong team run­ ning the sport, being then chosen, as a leader. .


"We have walkie-talkies and are ■ ..... ■.......


making ourselves familiar with every­ thing we will.have to do to look after thousands of spectators and hundreds of competitors," says Mr Ronnan "My colleagues are from all over the country."


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