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|all - successful evening with first and third in the set theme with “Winter Storm” and “Dancing on Gold Satin”. In second place was Mr


Denis Kendal, another new member, with “Krimulier


Falls”. The conclusion was that members need not be long­ term stalwarts of the club to do well in competitions and that many of the better entries were of sufficient standard to be entered in the prestigious internation­ al competition at South- port. The next meeting is a viewing of the Lancashire and Cheshire Photographic Union’s colour print folio for 2002/2003.


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A LARGE cheque received by the Derian House Children’s Hospice, which is based in Chorley, was the result of lots of 2Pp pieces collected by car­ ing children in the Ribble Val­ ley.


The money was raised


through a children’s fun day organised by the Lee Carter Health Studio, in Clitheroe, last summer. The amount raised - an


enormous £750 - was handed over on Friday by.Lee Carter manager P at Worswick to hospice representative Mrs


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Betty Trueman. The effort was one of two


charity days organised by the studio last year. Earlier, staff and customers


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managed to raise £6,500 for cystic fibrosis research with a sponsored run. “We normally have two fund-raising events during the year. “Our plans this year are


still under discussion,” said studio proprietor Vicky Lee Carter. Our picture shows Mrs


Trueman receiving the cheque from the studio. (C310103/7)


Could you help a Ribble Valley artist to scoop this prestigious £10,000 art prize?


by Vivien Meath


ARTISTS in the Ribble Valley have the chance of winning a new annual £10,000 prize for contemporary visual art in the


North of England. The Comme Ca Art Prize


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North 2003 will bring the ar t, artists and galleries associated with the North of England to a wider audience. Artists can be nominated by members of the public and forms are being distributed through arts net­ works and can be printed off the


website www.commecaart.com. The closing date for entries is April 30th. The winner will be selected from a shortlist of artists, whose work will be exhibited at the Comme Ca Art Gallery, Castlefield, Manchester, from October 8th - the day the jury announces the winner. Lewis Biggs, director of Liverpool


Biennial, is one of three jury mem­ bers, who will select the winning


. artist from a short list to be announced in October. He says: "Liverpool Biennial is


the UK’s contribution to the global family of big exhibitions celebrating cutting edge contemporary art. Its unique ability to exhibit the work of


internationally renowned artists alongside tha t of those from the region fits well with the aim of the Comme Ca Art Prize to draw atten­ tion to artists living in the North of England." Manchester-based Comme Ca


Art, the North’s leading visual art agency, has been promoting artists working and exhibiting in the North for a decade. It started out staging exhibitions in venues including cafe bars, restaurants, department stores, offices and public spaces across the North, which led to the opening in 2002 of the Comme Ca Art Gallery. The patron for the Comme Ca


Art prize in the first year is Chris Ofili, the Manchester artist who won The Turner Prize in 1998 and is representing Britain at the Venice Biennale in June. He said: “I very much hope this new prize will encourage and draw attention to artists working in the North.” The contest will be judged by an


invited jury, which will select the winner from an exhibition at the Comme Ca Art Gallery, in October. Artists should be nominated by a


member of the public. The prize will be open to artists who live and work in the North or have exhibited there in the two years before April 30th. Artists must demonstrate a mini­


Church group aids


TV appeal TOYS, cakes, books and gifts will be brought and,, bought;at a Clitheroe church hall on Sunday in aid of a children’s televi­ sion programme good cause. Supporting the Blue


Peter Bring and Buy Sale will be members of T.R.Y.O. - the Sunday morning group for young people which meets at Trinity Methodist Church. The group’s sale will be


taking place at 11-45 a.m., and as well as stalls selling goods, hot drinks will be served. Proceeds will go towards


Blue Peter’s appeal to raise money to support clean water projects across the world as statistics suggest that a child dies somewhere in the world every 15 sec­ onds from water-related diseases.


Remand on bail


CLITHEROE man Mark Edward Croasdale (37), of Whalley Road, was remanded on bail until February 10th by Black­ burn magistrates. He is charged with pos­


sessing cannabis with intent to supply.


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Secondary schools are invited to help in the battle against drugs


SECONDARY schools in the Ribble Valley are being asked to take part in the first UK pilot project to develop a comprehensive drug education pro­ gramme. The aim is to find out what will


over two years. The education pro­ gramme is aimed at 11 to 13-year-olds and secondary schools in Lancashire


work in enabling young people to make well-informed decisions about drug use, thereby reducing the num­ ber of young people in Lancashire taking drugs of any kind. The schools will form a group of 30 nationwide to test a new way of learning about the dangers of drugs through specially designed lessons, group discussions and input from families, parents and local health experts. The Blueprint Research Pro­


gramme, run by the Home Office, the Department for Education and Skills and the Department of Health, will train teachers and provide funding to deliver the new skills-based approach


are being asked to apply now to take part in the ground-breaking project, which is based on evidence gathered from drug education schemes around the world, and from two very success­ ful programmes in the USA. Mr Bob Ainsworth, Home Office


Minister, said: "Research in the USA has shown that a comprehensive drug education programme can reduce drug taking by young people. Howev­ er, we have no similar evidence from studies in the UK. The Blueprint pro­ ject will allow us to put that right by monitoring the impact of drug educa­ tion over five years so we can see exactly what impact it has on young people's drug use." "We are appealing for secondary schools in Lancashire to come forward


‘History of Holidays’ talk to entertain Trinity Fellowship


AT the first meeting of the new year for Trinity Ladies' Afternoon Fellow­ ship, there was a good attendance in spite of the weather. Guest speaker was the Rev. R.


Atkinson, whose chosen subject was John and Charles Wesley. Refreshments were served by Mrs


Morris, Mrs McGowan, Miss Hether- ington and Mrs Scott. Flowers were sent on members’


behalf to Mrs May Rushton, who has had an accident. At the February meeting, Mrs


Pickup will speak on “The History of Holidays”.


Denise and Roan are


stars on pets’ TV show A LADY and her dog who are well known in the Ribble Valley are making an appearance on the popular television show “Pet Rescue” this. week. Mrs Denise Berry and Roan, her English working cocker spaniel, will demonstrate the


work of a support dog. Wheelchair-bound Mrs Berry tells viewers


how Marble, who came from a rescue centre at Leigh, picks things up for her and helps in 101 different ways. The pair are regular visitors to the Boots store in Clitheroe, where Mrs Berry raises


money for the Support Dogs charity. Mrs Berry, of Burnley, and her faithful


friend have also given talks to a number of organisations in Clitheroe and the Ribble Val­


ley. mm The programme was first shown on Chan­


nel 4 yesterday and will be repeated tomor­ row, at 3-15 p.m.


Car park facelift plans


will help in security bid A CLITHEROE car park could be given a facelift if plans to alter its boundary wall are


given the green light. An application for Wellgate car park has


been submitted to Ribble Valley Borough Council, seeking permission to remove the boundary wall to comply with “secured by design” status for car parks, replacing it with a low wall and bow top railings. Resurfacing and block paving work is also


planned. Comments on the proposal (number 0057)


should be made to the local authority by Feb­ ruary 21st.


Mercedes badge was stolen


THE emblem on the bonnet of a Mercedes car parked in Chestnut Crescent, Barrow, was stolen on Saturday night. / The loss will cost the owner £100.


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and apply to join this exciting project. They will receive full training and support from local and national per­ sonnel and all the materials necessary to take part over a two-year period." Eligible schools will be receiving an


(DPAS) North West Regional Man­ ager Mr Mike Ryan said: "The evi­ dence shows that schools that com­ bine skill-based education on drugs with parental involvement, media campaigns, local health initiatives and community partnerships is effec­ tive. So this is what we will be doing. When it comes to drugs, all these ele­ ments have to come together to make a difference to young people's behav­ iour. "Blueprint is about equipping


young people with life skills, not preaching to them. The programme helps young people to address peer pressure about drugs, not to over esti­ mate the extent of drug use among their peers, to think more critically about images of drugs in the media and make better, informed decisions in their own lives." Schools interested in applying


should contact Ruth Joyce OBE, Blueprint Programme, Room 350, Horseferry House, Dean Ryle Street, London SW1P2AW.


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