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ARTISTIC pupils at a Clitheroe primary school have clinched the top ‘ prize in a competition to


ervice will be hosted by St Gary’s RC Church this year .nd will take place on Wednes- lay, December 17th, at 7-30


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Dhoir ’he choir from St Mary’s RC


Ichool will be joining choirs rom all over the county in a ombined choirs Grand Christ- nas Concert at Preston Guild fall on Sunday. This week the school has


een presenting its Christmas lay “The Shepherds’ Story” yr parents and friends. They Iso gave a performance for upils at Sabden Primary chool on Monday and today hey will perform for the resi- ents of Littlemoor.


Jursery iong^serving assistant at Sab- en Nursery School Mrs Hilda tawcliffe officially opened the ew extension this week. Mrs


ltawcliffe was guest of honour t a special service to switch on he Christmas lights which ras followed by a Teddy bears’ icnic for the children, fext Wednesday the children 'ill be holding a Christmas lappening when they will put n a short performance of mgs and rhymes for parents nd visitors at 10-30 a.m.


School abden Primary School will resent its annual nativity lay on Thursday, December 1th, in St Mary’s Church at -15 p.m.


3aper Jext Tuesday is waste paper ollection day around Sabden. ’lease leave your old paper utside in the white sacks pro- ided and it will be collected.


Doffee abden Bowling Club is hold- lg a Christmas Cheese and Vine evening on Saturday rom 7-30 p.m. in the pavilion o which everyone is welcome.


3rooch If anyone lost a brooch in


he Whalley Road area about wo weeks ago will they please all 778652 any evening.


Drganist ?he church of St Nicholas is ortunate to have the services if a very able organist up to Christmas. Mr Roger Britnell, who has


ust vacated his post at St lohn’s Accrington, does not ake up his new appointment n the diocese until the New Year and in the meantime is to bring his very talented playing to the worship at Sabden. The parish is still trying to find a permanent organist when the congregation returns to the main church in February. There is a realistic financial package with the post and myone interested should con-


la c t the vicar, Fr Trevor ■Vaughan, on 01282 771384.


SIMONSTONE


Prelude Simonstone with Read Women’s Institute’s “Prelude to Christmas”will be held on December 15th. The evening of carols and readings will be held at St John’s Church, Read, starting at 7-30 p.m.


SLAIDBURN


IChristingle A Christingle service will be


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held in St Andrew’s Church in Slaidbum on Sunday at 3 p.m.


Proceeds from the service


will go towards the Children’s Society which helps severely disadvantaged and abused children.


Rum affair Members of Slaidburn


Young Farmers’ Club met in Dunsop Bridge Village Hall for an evening making rum truf­ fles under the guidance of Mrs Janet Wells, assisted by Mrs Jean Parkinson, Mrs Rowena Parkinson and Mrs Rachel Alpe. Thanks were expressed by


Steven Walker. Members Richard and


Thomas Wells. David Parkin­ son, Robert Harrison, John and Steven Walker were con­ gratulated on gaining second place in the County Ten-Pin Bowling Competition against 22 other teams. Next week’s meeting will be


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frog racing in Slaidburn Vil­ lage Hall at 7-45 p.m.


WEST BRADFORD


Sifts galore There will be gifts galore


and something for everyone on [the various stalls at the Christ- nas Fair in West Bradford


Methodist Church, Chapel Lane, on Saturday afternoon, iternoon teas will be served


for those who wish to sit and chat.


In 2004 the church cele­


brates a century of worshp in the present building and spe­ cial souvenirs to mark this landmark will be available on Saturday. Everyone who goes along is assured of a warm wel­ come. ■ FOR more News From


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design a one-metre tall cut-out paper man to pro­ mote recycling. :


St James’ Primary


School, in Greenacre Street, came up with the winning design in the competition organised by the Rethink Rubbish campaign. Launched last year, the


campaign aims to encour­ age people to think about how they dispose of household rubbish and get them to use their kerbside paper collection service. Headmaster a t St


James’, Mr Paul Adnitt, said: “We’re delighted to have been selected as the. winning school. We a re r always thinking a b o u t - ways to improve the envi­ ronment and to encourage all the pupils .to think about recycling, especially in the run-up to Christ­ mas.” R ethink Rubbish in


Lancashire links with the national Rethink Rubbish campaign, which was launched in 2002 as the largest waste-awareness programme in the UK. I t unites retailers, local


authorities and the waste management sector to deliver a high profile cam­ paign with the aim of reducing the amount of rubbish we throw away and increasing the amount we recycle.


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Top award for a super market!


STAFF at Booths in Clitheroe were celebrating this week after news that the supermarket has scooped a top national award. The family run chain of supermarkets has


been awarded the BBC Radio 4 Food and Farming Award for Best Regional/National Retailer of the Year at the BBC Good Food Show in Birmingham. The awards were created in 2000 to celebrate


the people and organisations in Britain who produce and sell quality food. Judges for this year’s awards included such


names as Sheila Dillon, presenter for The Food Programme; cookery writer Marguerite Patten OBE; farm-owner and former chairman of Northern Foods, Lord Haskins of Skidby and Derek Cooper OBE. Edwin Booth, chairman of the family run


business, commented: “At Booths, we have been doing business with small, regional suppliers for


over four generations. This award recognises our continued commitment to th a t unbeatable combination of localness and high quality food


and drink.” Trip back into the past


AT the meeting of Whalley and District His­ torical and Archaelogical Society, Mr Frank Lofthouse spoke on “Keepers of the House”. He mentioned his family connection, his


great-grandfather being a workhouse master. From the 1500s when churches were main­


ly involved, to the late 1800s and early 1900s the various parishes built prison-like accom­ modation and hospitals to house the poor and


in 1945 the Poor Law was passed. His detailed research and vast knowledge of


the subjet gave a fascinating glimpse into the past and culminated in his writing of the


book. The next meeting will be tonight when Mrs


Lizzie Jones will entertain with a monologue.


A CLEVER team of bright sparks proved they were real “quiz kids” after coming top in a competition. After weeks of revision, Year 6


youngsters from Brookside Primary School, Clitheroe, scooped the win­ ning shield for the Ribble Valley Fire Safety Quiz competition. The annual event, held at Burnley


Football Club, was organised by Lan­ cashire Fire and Rescue Service and attracted 24 schools from around the Ribble Valley. The five winning pupils had to face


a nail-biting few hours, as they took part in numerous activities including answering several questions about fire, safety and taking part in an observa­ tion test.1


Commenting on the achievement,


headteacher Mr Graham Claydon explained: “I t is very pleasing and obviously important that children are aware how important fire safety is. “Youngsters and staff worked very


hard to train for the competition spending most lunch hours watching fire safety videos and learning about fire awareness in and outside the house.” Our picture shows the champions


with the winners’ shield, (from left) Danielle Rush (10), Sabastian Hem­ ingway (11), Rory Thompson (10) Jason Walsh (10) and front Eleanor Burrill with the fire safety revision guide (10). (K241103/3)


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Our picture shows some


of the winning pupils, clockwise from the bot­


tom left, Arron Barlow, Aron Stevenson, Asif Kamal, Isobel Marshall, Lauren Ross and Kirby Robinson. (B281103/4).


by Duncan Smith


A MOTORCYCLIST died instantly when a 481b deer jumped out in front of him on a remote country lane. An inquest heard th a t Jeffrey Barsby


(35), who had been riding motorbikes since he was six years old, had no chance of avoiding the animal and suffered a broken neck when he was thrown from his


machine. Coroner Mr Michael Singleton, describing


the incident as a cruel tragedy, questioned whether some divine power had simply decid­ ed that Mr Barsby’s time was up. “Had the deer jumped out a second earlier


he would have had time to take evasive action'a'nd a second la te r he would have


PEOPLE trying to phone Clitheroe Police Sta­ tion at the end’of last week were unable to get


through. A fault in the telephone system meant people


phoning the main 01200 443344 number were left hanging on the line while the phone rang. Unfortunately it was not ringing at the other


end for part of Thursday and most of Friday. As soon as staff at the police station, in King


Street, became aware of the fault, BT engineers were called out and it was quickly rectified. Insp. Bob Ford said: “Unfortunately, people


trying to ring the police station at the end of last week didn’t get their calls answered because of the fault.lt has now been mended and I want to apologise for any inconvenience caused. “The emergency 999 number was not affect­


ed by the fault.” Quiz kids are all fired up! New truancy iH


sweep proves a success


YOUNG people throughout the Ribble Valley are being reminded of the importance of attending school thanks to a series of truancy sweeps. Lancashire County Council's


Education Welfare Service, together with the police, the Youth Offending Team and Connexions are working together on the la te s t series of


sweeps. A total of 28 operations are being


run countywide aimed at stopping school-aged children on their own or with their parents when they should


be in school instead. The Lancashire truancy opera­


tions have been organised a t the same time as sweeps held in towns


and cities all over the country. r’-The sweeps’are due'to finish a t | the end of this week. Figures from the last two county­


wide sets of operations show that the message on truancy is getting through with the numbers of young people being stopped having fallen


significantly. In December lasy year a total of


627 pupils were stopped from the 24 operations; 88 were alone, 539 were with a parent. In May 2003, 425 pupils were


stopped from 25 operations; 67 were alone and 358 were accompanied by


a parent. Lancashire County Council's act­


ing area education welfare officer Mr Mike Sunderland, said: "The truancy sweeps together with poster and bus shelter campaigns and increased contact with the media have helped to raise the profile of the importance of school a t te n ­ dance across the county. "Combined with all the work


done by the Education Welfare Ser­ vice together with schools, there has been both a reduction in the rate of unauthorised absence in Lancashire and an improvement in overall attendance in the county's schools."


Thieves steal topstones


TOPSTONES worth £500 were stolen from a wall in Standen Road, Clitheroe and eight topstones val­ ued at £150 were stolen from a wall on Claremont Avenue, Clitheroe.


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missed it altogether,” said Mr Singleton. “I t almost leads you to wonder whether


there is some great being conspiring against us.


“The only consolation I can offer to Mr


Barsby’s family and friends is that he clearly had a great passion for motorbikes and he died pursuing his hobby,” he added. Mr Graham Barsby said after the inquest that his brother had died doing what he loved


doing. “He had been riding bikes since he was six


years old and lived for them,” said Graham. “He was a really careful rider and there


was nothing he could have done to avoid the crash. I t was a one in a million chance, a


freak accident.” Earlier the inquest heard from Mr John


Lever how he and Mr Barsby, of Higher Causeway, Barrowford, had enjoyed a Sun­


day outing on th e i r Kawasaki 750 c.c.


machines., They had been to the Lake District and


North Yorkshire and were making their way home through the Trough of Bowland in the early evening. Mr Lever was following his friend and as they travelled on a straight stretch of Whitewell Road approaching Cow Ark Bridge they were travelling at between


50 and 60 m.p.h. He said th a t without warning the deer


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do about this.” The coroner recorded a verdict of acciden­


tal death. Silent calls to police Council agrees new 13 % increase


THE amount Clitheroe Town Council levies through the council tax will be increased by £1.79 next year. • Each individual town and


parish council can raise funds through the “parish precept”


- a relatively small amount added to the council tax bill


in its area. Members of the town coun­


cil agreed a t their last full council meeting to approve a precept of £78,000 for the


year 2004/2005. This repre­ sents an increase of £9,000 or 13% on last year’s figures. This means th a t on an


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