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The Clitheroe Thursday, June 20th, 2002 No. 6,050 news and views from the Centre of the Kingdom' imes


Drama in the flash floods


Seven terrific destinations on offer - see page 16 AT A GLANCE


Fund-raising has begun in a bid to buy a £200,000 “Magic Eye” scanner which will help in the early diagnosis of cancer.


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There is a dramatic lunchtime crash on the A59.


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Glitheroe Wolves are named among unsung heroes of the North-West.


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Clitheroe’s cybercafe is on-line for a prestigious prize.


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A mother of two from Clitheroe who was always keen to help others dies at 47 after a fall at her home.


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Our photographers visit local schools to capture the reception classes.


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The Ribble Valley is still in jubilee mood - and we carry two more pages of pictures to prove the point.;


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demand by MP to end ‘torture’


of families by John Turner


LOCAL M P Mr Nigel Evans has stepped up his cam­ paign for a new; sec­ ondary school in the R ib b le Valley.1 in a bid to end’the la t e -■


places decision “ tor­ ture” faced by fami­ lies. The MP is wading


into the fight on behalf of an 11-year-old Chat- bum schoolgirl who can not be educated in the Ribble Valley - one of a growing number of chil­ dren for whom there are not enough secondary places in their locality. Mr Evans and Coun­


ty Councillor Albert Atkinson will thrash out


the facts at a meeting with Lancashire's new education officer Mr Jack Bennett and Coun. Alan Whittaker, cabinet member with responsi­ bility for education, in two weeks’ time.


. The girl is the latest casualty of too few sec­ ondary places in the Ribble Valley for Ribble Valley children. In the case of the


Chatburn girl she has lost a final appeal and the place she has been offered is at Moorhead School in Accrington. "This is clearly not


acceptable," said the MP speaking in Westminster this week. "It is basically torture


for children like this girl at Chatburn. The Ribble Valley desperately needs extra secondary school provision in the Ribble Valley." He said the new homes being built at


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Calderstone and Brock- hall Village would make the provision of extra places, even more urgent. - Mr'Evans put out a plea for constituents who have had problems over school places to contact him. He said it had been


difficult getting the full facts and figures from Lancashire County Council. "I don't want to turn


up at the meeting with­ out as many facts as I can get hold of," he added. . A Lancashire County Council spokesman said there were eight pupils having difficulty over places. The county was happy they would be satisfied after the appeals process had been completed. "Our appeals process


follows nationally-recog­ nised procedure," he added.' The Chatburn case is


the latest in a string of cases across the Ribble Valley, .where children have failed to be allocat­ ed their choice of schools in the Ribble Valley. Two months ago the


Clitheroe Advertiser and Times highlighted a case in Clitheroe in which a pair of twin boys were faced with a trek of 20 miles to attend Walton- le-Dale High School. It would have entailed


the two boys in a long school day, having to catch a bus at 6-45 a.m. each day to reach the school. ■ The boys are now like­


ly to attend Oakhill Col- lege.


by Julie Frankland . •


IF you want to get ahead i" get a hat, so the saying goes, but the committee members of Ribble Valley Ladies' Luncheon Club (pictured) feel that the least they can do is to doff theirs to fellow


club members! For in just four years, the club,


which now has approximately' 400 members, has raised ■ £200,000 for the charity Cancer Research UK and its work to ■ combat childhood cancers. Explained founding secretary Mrs Karen Weaving, co-propri-


‘ e to r 'o f G is b u rn 's S t i r k H o u s e , - ■ • 'Hotel: "The’ club forpied from a • • committee set up to organise a


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■: fund-raising ball at the hotel. Since then, it has gone from strength to strength and we have members of all ages and from all walks of life. The ball, the Lan­ cashire County Ball, has also become an annual event. "One thing all club members


have in common though is their commitment to raise money for Cancer Research UK’s work. We had set ourselves the £200,000 total as a year-end goal; To reach it now, six months early, is a fan­ tastic achievement." And the achievement has not gone unnoticed. At the club's


.'meet fora’quarterly luncA.date7:):' - at Stirk House Hotel—letters of congratulations from the Queen'; and Duchess of York were read out. Guest speaker, best-selling author and broadcaster Sarah Harrison, also added Her applause. For further information on the


•summer luncheon— .members


club and its fund-raising activi­ ties, telephone 01200 445581. Pictured are, from the left:


Mrs Penny Green, Mrs Dorothy Cosgrove, Mrs Weaving, Mrs Kate Brunskill, Mrs Annie Far- rimond and Mrs Liz Bell. (K170602/3)


picture by Kevin Rogers


Disappointing cash support from town groups for CCTV


by Natalie Cox


FINANCIAL contributions from various organisations towards the Ribble Valley's new CCTV system have been described as "disap­


pointing". At a meeting of the borough


council's Policy and Finance Committee, concern was expressed about the small sums of cash being offered towards the scheme by Clitheroe Chamber of Trade and the town council. A report to members said that


over the next three years Clitheroe Chamber of Trade had


agreed to an annual contribution of £500, with Whalley Chamber of Trade offering £1,600. It also said that Clitheroe Town Council had decided to award a grant of £500 per year for the next five years towards the revenue costs of the CCTV system. .' Coun. Philip Nierop (Bolton-


by-Bowland) said he was "disap­ pointed" with the small sum being offered by the town council, espe­ cially as it was set to "significant­ ly gain" from the new camera sys­ tem. And Coun. James Rogerson (Longridge) expressed similar sentiments about the offer from Clitheroe Chamber of Trade. . Committee chairman Coun. Chris Holtom (Wilpshire) said he


wished Lancashire Constabulary luck in trying to get financial sup­ port from businesses in the two main centres which will he affect­ ed by the closed-circuit system. The police will be leading the ini­ tiative to secure cash contribu­ tions from firms. Coun. Holtom said previous'


attempts to secure money from businesses had not met with a great deal of success. However, he added: "I think everyone needs to be aware that we need help from the commercial retail sector gen­ erally." . There was also concern from


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Joanne is tops for enterprise in North- 'J;V> J v


AN enterprising business advis­ er from the Ribble Valley is the best in the North-West.


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' Mrs Joanne Brindle, of Brock- hall Village, has been named as the North-West Regional Winner in the Young Enterprise Business Adviser of the Year Award 2002. She was nominated for the award by pupils from Bowland High School


following her involvement with their Young Enterprise company, "Garden Force". In her role as adviser to pupils at


the Grindletoh school, Mrs Joanne Brindle met the youngsters on a weekly basis, helped them formulate business plans and also to put pre­ sentations together, as well as deliv­ ering Christmas trees to the compa­


ny's customers in the evenings. This year was the first time Mrs


Brindle (26) had been involved in the Young Enterprise scheme as an advis­ er, although her involvement in the school-based business contest goes back further. As a school pupil at Bow- land, she herself was involved in a company which entered the competi­ tion.


. : , . • • • Said Mrs Brindle: "I am an example


of the success of Young Enterprise. I must have got so much out of it that I went on to set up my own business, which has been trading for five years. I think Young Enterprise.really stood me in good stead." She is a director of Brindles Ltd, a


vehicle funder, which she runs in part­ nership with her husband, Ben, who was also an adviser to Bowland's Young Enterprise firm.


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D R IN K IN G and drug taking by teenagers in the Ribble Valley is being targeted in a link-up between police and youth workers. PC Gail Lyon, who is sta­


tioned at Clitheroe, and youth and community work­ ers Lisa Harvey and Lisa


Richardson are taking the campaign directly to young people. The trio have devised a


roadshow which gives detailed information and advice about the dangers to the young of drink and drugs. The first venue is Sab den


Village Hall on Wednesday at 7 p.m. The next stop will be Chipping.on a date to be announced.


page 3 workers’ bid to PC Lyon said that the three -


had got together to address some: particular problems about teenage drinking and behaviour in Read in Novem­ ber. The exercise worked so well


that they decided to continue their work at other venues. "At Read, quite a lot of


adults turned up. They didn't know a lot of the facts, like how to spot the symptoms of drug taking. It was quite help­


ful in that respect," said PC Lyon.


. "The alcohol problem is.


serious. Quite a lot of young­ sters are actually drinking alcohol by the age of 14, main­ ly at weekends from Friday teatime when they get their pocket money." She said alcopops were


causing a problem. They tast­ ed like sweet soft drinks, but were actually 5% proof, the same as strong lager.


"You can't escape the fact


that it is a difficult problem stopping them obtaining alco- chol. Prevention is better than reaction," she added. They were planning to


stage the roadshows at various locations throughout the Rib­ ble Valley and, eventually, in Clitheroe itself, she said. Anyone wanting further


information can call PC Lyon on 01200 458711 or the two Lisas on 01254 824544.


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Town’s speed camera clicks into action


CLITHEROE’S first speed camera is up


and funning. The camera, on the


A671 at Waterloo Road, near the junction with Peel Street, began oper­ ating last Friday after the associated white lin­ ing of the roadway was completed and tree branches close to the unit were trimmed. The unit is one of 48


.for Road Safety said that since traffic cam­ eras were introduced in


new cameras which were promised last year and which have now been fit­ ted at selected sites, bringing ‘ the county total to 117. A spokesman for the ' Lancashire Partnership'


ing driver behaviour.” Statistics indicate


that there have been 20 deaths or injuries in the last three years in Waterloo Road, which has a history of crashes and a high level of speed­ ing motorists. It is also claimed that


the majority of crashes and collisions involving pedestrians occur on roads where the speed limit is 30 m.p.h. or less and that at 35 m.p.h. a car takes a further 21ft.


‘ likely to kill someone at the higher-speed.' -


to stop. It has been cal­ culated from this that the, driver is twice'as


.•Lancashire)' the number o f accidonts on road.s.:


where they-are’fitted has been cut by 34%', : with a 64% reduction in accidents causing:


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If caught ait 36 m.p.h.,


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