.clitheroetoday.co.uk Clitheroe 422324 (Editorial), 422323 (Advertising), Burnley 422331 (Classified), www.clitheroetoday.co.uk . Clitheroe Advertiser & Times, February 6th, 2003 Help to make apstick, Mrs A. D’Arcy and


'rs N. Hudson. ‘ ^ SIMONSTONE


'rs Parnel Rothwell will peak about her visit to loemfontein..


ravel news Members of Simonstone others’ Union will meet on uesday at 7-45 p.m., when


chool on Tuesday mornings uring term time for 9-15 to


1-15 a.m. SLAIDBURN


oung farmers Members of, Slaidburn


irrets to the village hall. He spoke about looking ter them and how to prepare is rabbits when entering hem in shows. Most members ,-ere keen to handle the rab- its rather than the ferrets. Ir Read was thanked by homas Wells. The junior quiz team was


oung Farmers’ Club had an njoyable evening when Mr im Read, of Waddington, rought along his rabbits and


ongratulated on winning the econd heat of the county


iuiz. Next week’s meeting will be tock judging at Catlow


?arm, Slaidburn, by permis- ion of Mr and Mrs Robinson, lembers should meet at 7-45 .m. prompt.


WHALLEY


ife for Christians after the ■ivil war in that country. Offerings towards the work


‘Focus on Sierra Leone”, Mr nd Mrs Chadwick described


vick, of Nelson, to the lethodists for World Mission t Whalley Methodist hurch. In their talk, entitled


ar away places An illustrated talk was iven by Mr and Mrs Chad-


f restoration of 40 manses mounted to £100.


eflect and pray for the situa- ion in Iraq and the threat of mminentwar.


ill be open from 10 a.m. to 7 ,m. today for anyone who “shes to call inside and spend few quiet moments to think,


rayers for peace Whalley Methodist Church


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Vhalley Library, starting at 7- 0 p.m. The speaker will be Richard


o the Inca ruins. Entrance is by ticket only, riced £1, available from


rekking in the Peruvian ountains and include a visit


ilbert, and his topic is “Peru the Andes Experience". Mr ilbert will show slides of


lide shdw ’ On Monday evening, there , ill be a slide show and talk in


School may be small in size, but there are big ideas to create a specialist environment


: by John Turner


PUPILS gave a temporary facelift to their school hall in a bid to become the smallest sch o o l'in B r i ta in to gain


technology college status. They created a bistro atmos­


phere, complete with candles, in, the 376-pupil Bowland High School, as the school launched its bid. More than 100 people gathered


in the hall, heard the headteacher Mr Maurice Graham talk about Bowland, its traditions, its popu­ larity and its successes and its bid to become a specialist school Once the Hydro Lodge Hotel


Ballroom, the school hall was arranged around a cabaret theme, with the audience sitting at can­ dlelit tables. In between the pre­ sentations, the pupils entertained


the audience with a variety of singing and dancing performances. The purpose of the national spe­


cialist school movement is to pro­ vide parents with choice and diversity and, if successful, the school will receive extra funding, up to £400,000, which will be used for new buildings and to generate income back into the local com­ munity. Mr Graham showed the plans


for a new state-of-the-art perform­ ing arts studio and constantly stressed how community groups could use it at weekends and after school. In order to receive the extra


funding, the school has to raise £42,000 and, although this has not been an easy task, Mr Gra­ ham said, the response so far was "heartening", with the school attracting a number of sponsors, including Tesco, Castle Cement, Rufus Carr, Synetix, Rectella,


3M, Ibbotson's, Dugdale Nutri­ tion, Promethean, Ribble Valley Enterprise Park, Barrow, and A. J. A. Smith Transport, Salthill.. There was also an opportunity


for local business to talk to ex­ pupils of the school who had gone on to study the arts. Claire Runnells, Thomas Stead


and Bridget Hartley all spoke about how important performing arts were to them and how the opportunity to take part, and even watch, helped them in their achievements.


• Mr Graham described the tra-


, ditions of Bowland and how the school had prospered because of its ability to adapt quickly. The head showed many of the


changes that had taken place in the school's history and he con­ cluded that this final change, the application to become a special­ ist school, would necessitate all the support from the local busi­


Fond farewell from parish m


ness community that was avail­ able. The future of the country is in


the hands of today's young people, and Mr Graham was absolutely convinced and confident that the young people, not just of Bowland, but from the surrounding schools, would rise to the challenge, making the most of the opportunities avail­ able to them and generate prosperi­


ty. Should any individual or organi­


sation wish to become a sponsor for Bowland or for its partner school, St Augustine's RC High School, Billington.they should contact the school. Most of the sponsorship was in the form of £100-£500 pledges. The application will be submitted later this year. Our picture shows some of the


Bowland pupils demonstrating their abilities to the guests at their launch.


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most of leisure AIMING to improve and enrich the qual­ ity of life of its residents, Ribble Valley Borough Council has embarked on a new consultation exercise. , The council has produced a Draft Cul­


tural Strategy in a bid to discover how the, authority can help groups and organisa­ tions which are already providing leisure activities.


pated that lifestyles will change as: • More people work from home • The largest growth in the population


will be the over-7Os • There.will.be more independent


learning using remote access - most peo­ ple will have access to the Internet and e- mail through television in their homes • A dual society will exist, with work­


ing people being cash rich time poor and those not working cash poor time rich. And, according to recent surveys,


spending on leisure is now the largest ele­ ment of household expenditure. The implications are that: cultural


events will have to be timed in order to fit around changing working patterns; the Internet will increase in importance as a form of communication; key markets will be the affluent over-50s, women and fami­ lies; and the cash rich-time poor social trend will lead to a further rise in the num­ bers of multi-activity developments, such as cinema complexes with retail and restaurant facilities on-site. As a result, the council has produced a


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vhist winners were: Mrs M. aylor and Mrs Edith Cham-


bbey winners At this week’s Abbey senior itizens’ drive, in Whalley,


ey. Dominoes: Mr J. Hartley nd Mrs Joan Peel. Raffle: 'rs J. Peel.


ttended Whalley Village Hall m Saturday evening to see a erformance of “The Ladies of .ranford”.


ive theatre More than 50 people


vho played the roles of Mrs atty Jenkyns and her maid, artha, together with other illage characters who fea- ured in the novel by Mrs taskell based on Knutsford, n Cheshire. Their performance was


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The Hunt Roberts theatre


A VICAR and his wife from the Ribble Valley had a big crowd to lunch on Sunday. The Rev John and Mrs


Susan Birbeck were joined by 200 parishioners who attended a Jacob’s Join at Stonyhurs t College to mark the vicar leaving the parishes of All Hallows, M itton, and St John's, H u rs t Green, af te r ten years.


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on behalf of All Hallows and Mr Robert Bailey spoke for St John’s. Mr and Mrs Birheck


were presented with a table, a water colour of a local scene and a cheque from parishioners.


There were also gifts7,


from the Sunday School and Pram Praise.'. The couple are.moving to


Rawmarsh, near.Doncaster, a totally different kind of parish to the one they have served in the Ribble Valley. Mr and Mrs Birbeck are


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