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Three of the first stamped envelopes posted from Clitheroe exceeded auction price expecta­ tions.


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It was brew time across the Ribble Valley as cups were raised for a cancer charity.


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A Clitheroe wine and spirit business has won a major award for the eighth time.


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George Banks (7) completed the Junior. Great North Run and raised £500. .


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More than 3,000 people entered our Ribble Valley Explorer con­ test to win a weekend break.


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There is a bid to halt the drink­ ing of alcohol in public places in Chatbum.


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Biathlete Julie Pym clinches a world silver medal.


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Nick wins royal award for his work in Africa


by Duncan Smith


CLEAN and safe, drinking water is something that most of us take for granted, but for millions of people around the world it can mean the difference between


life or death. Now a former pupil of Clitheroe Royal Grammar School


has received a prestigious award from Prince Charles for his vital work in improving water supphes to some of the world’s poorest people. •


Nick Hepworth (31) is a vol­


unteer supporter of Water Aid, the world’s leading water and sanitation charity. His work for the international organisation was recognised when he was presented with the Prince of Wales’ Water Aid President’s Award for outstanding volun­ tary contribution. The Prince is president of


the charity and Nick received a certificate personally signed by him and presented by, the Rt Hon. Baroness Chalker of Wal­ lasey. He was one of just 11 volun­


teers to receive the prestigious award this year at a ceremony held at the Institute of Civil Engineers, London. Nick lived in West Bradford


with his family when he was a pupil at the grammar school, and now has a house in Lan­ caster. His parents, David and Dorothy Hepworth, live in


ment Agency arid has been


Grindleton. He works for. the Environ­


involved with Water Aid for eight years after seeing first hand the need for their efforts while working in Africa. In tha t time he has organised fund-raising and challenge events and promoted the organisation’s work through talks and slide shows. In 2001, he used his profes­


sional expertise to carry out important research work for the charity in Tanzania. Work­ ing in the country’s chief sea­ port, Dar es Salaam, Nick led a team to investigate the quali­ ty of groundwater in the city, the source of water for more than a million of its poorest residents. This pioneering work has led


to a partnership between the Environment Agency and the Tanzanian authorities to share knowledge on technology and policy for environmental pro­


tion with the Environment Agency to act as an ambas­


tection. Nick has also used his posi­


basic necessities; I t ’s pretty shocking tha t even today a child still dies every 15 seconds from water-related illnesses, and tha t is so unnecessary when you consider it costs less than £15 to bring someone safe'


■water and sanitation for life. ■.••“WaterAid’s work is vital


and is really about making the world a fairer place. WaterAid’s local teams do a fantastic job in helping communities . improve their quality of life.


I t ’s not just about stopping African kids dying from pre­ ventable diseases, but about helping people gain the free­ dom and dignity of a safe water supply near their homes. “When kids and women


have to spend most of the day fetching water from far-off,


“Nick has amassed a tremen­ dous range of achievements. His contribution.coyers the whole range of. organisatiorial activities from fund-raising to


sador and advocate for Wat­ er Aid, both in the UK'and internationally. • ' • The charity’s chairman said:


advocacy to research and field


work.” Speaking after the presenta­


. feel lucky that I have been able to make a contribution towards helping some of the world’s poorest people get life’s most


tion, Nick said: “I’m very hon- dured to receive this award. I


■ often polluted springs, it means that they miss school or can’t do other work to generate an income. I would urge people to get involved oruto make a donation if they cari. If you have access to the Internet, you can have a look at Wat­ erAid’s new fund-raising tool kit on www.wateraid:org/tool kit. There are many ways of


Soldier shoots prize picture


A CLITHEROE soldier has won the top award in an Army photographic competi­


tion. Sgt Paul Brownbridge won first prize in


the "Best Use of Digital Medium" category in the 2003 Army Photographic Competi­


tion. Sgt Brownbridge, originally from


I gettirig involved - everything ' from mountain challenges to Mnging for water-to campaign­ ing on the big issues.”


. Baroness Chalker.,(s) ■ > ■ «. _____'


Clitheroe, has been in the Army for 14 years. He is in the Royal Logistic Corps and currently based in Northern Ireland. The Army Photographic Competition is


j| Nick'jis picturedjreceiying 'the President's Award, signed b y ’Prince Charles. from


designed to promote the high standard of photography across the Army, to recognise photography as a skill in the Army and to utilise the opportunities Army life presents


for photography.- Sgt Brownbridge’s winning picture was


digitally manipulated to show a soldier pouring water over his face. He digitally inserted the jungle backdrop and combined water splashes from several separate images into one frame. He was presented with his prize, a Canon


nets a car!


IT must be a frustrating life for 14- year-old Holly McGovern. She lives in a pub, but is too young to


Christmas at . . . 'AWSON’S & J h w e


have a drink. And now she has won a car, but is too


young to drive it! Holly, who lives with her family at


She could not believe her luck when , .


the Craven Heifer, Chaigley, bought a £1 raffle ticket in a Channel Swim Raf­ fle run by Westholme School, Black­ burn.


she heard th a t her ticket had been drawn and that she had won a trendy new Smart car, worth more than £8,000. It has come from Westwood Mercedes, Blackburn, one of several local companies to support the school’s fund-raising effort. Now Holly is the envy of her school-


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friends, not to mention her younger brother, Alistair (12), and older sister Charlotte (16). But it will be a few years yet before she can get behind the wheel of her star prize and take to the roads. Until then her parents, Terence and Janet, will have custody of the car keys. The Channel Swim Raffle waspart


of a major fund-raising effort at West- holme School, which has now raised


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more than £50,000 for a new sports complex. Two teams of swimmers from the school completed the equivalent of swimming the English Channel in just over 12 hours. ■ To celebrate their success, a Jazz


Sunday Lunch was held at Ewood Park, where the two swimming team captains drew the winning ticket in the raffle. Holly was not at the event, but received a telephone call soon after­ wards to tell her that she had won. She


Vicki home after round%therWorld


A RIBBLE VALLEY mother is cele­ brating having her seafaring daughter home again after an epic 11-month round-the-world yacht race. Freya Williams’ daughter, 30-year-


old Vicki Holt, was one of 14 crew members aboard the Bristol Clipper, which sailed into Liverpool on Saturday at the end of the Clipper 2002 Round the World Race. Just two points separated the Bristol


Clipper from the winning yacht, the Jersey Clipper, after covering more than 35,000 nautical miles. This week Vicki (pictured) was find­


ing her land legs again in the Ribble Valley. She stayed for a few days with her mother, who lives at Cow Ark, before setting sail again on Tuesday to take the clipper home to Bristol for a huge civic reception this weekend. Each


yacht in the race is backed by an inter­ national city which gives its name to the vessel. ■ . . •


very proud of her adventurous daugh­ ter, who sold her house and car to take part in the race. ■ She said: “I was waiting at the dock-


Mrs Williams is, understandably,


i side when she sailed into Liverpool and I really felt my heart was bursting with


pride that she’d actually done it. We’re all very, very proud of her." Mrs Williams has spent the past 11


months closely following her daughter’s progress around the globe, by visiting the race website and plotting her route with pins on a map of the world. Moth­ er and daughter also kept in touch through e-mails and phone calls when­ ever possible. A highlight of the year was when


Mrs Williams married Ted Downie, of Slaidburn, and Vicki read one of the lessons via satellite telephone from Panama! I t was an emotionally- charged moment, with hardly a dry eye


in the church. Vicki also became an aunt to four-


month-old William while she was away. An unusual aspect of the Clipper


2002 Race is that the crew members on all the competing yachts are novice


; sailors, but led by experienced skippers. • - .Vicki had never sailed seriously


and her mother travelled to Ewood, where they were presented with the keys to the car Our picture shows Holly with the car


keys and her mother in the driving seat of the prize car. (B260903/6)


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before joining, the Bristol Clipper, but now she is a seasoned sailor and hoping, to gain her own skipper’s ticket soon. Her epic sea journey took her from


Liverpool to Portugal, Cuba, the Pana­ ma Canal, the Galapagos,Islands (where she swam with hammerhead sharks!), Hawaii, Japan, Singapore, Mauritius, round the Cape of. Good Hope, to Salvador, South America, New York, Nova Scotia, Jersey and, finally, back to Liverpool. ,.: • It was the experience of a lifetime for


her, but the source of considerable worry to her mother back home.- . . “I did worry, yes, but I think she


always played down the datigers,” said Mrs Williams.


“She said the worst time was in the » r c ( ,


seas approaching Japan* with ice every­ where and 20ft. waves. She kept won­ dering if the fibreglass hull would last. “I t ’s a big relief .to have her.home 4


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