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NO ONE involved in a Clitheroe primary school’s "penny race" could have correctly forecasted the outcome. The children at Pendle Primary School decided to have the unusual race to raise money for Children in Need. Everyone joined in by taking their pennies to school and placing them on a square "snail-trail."


The staggering total of 13,523 pennies


were placed in the race, making a total of 260 metres. Pictured are (from the left) Oscar Dum-


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Despairing dad Gary has settled dispute with CSA


AN expert in Child Support Agency mat­ ters, Mr John Wickham, has praised top officials within the Government body for resolving the controversial case of a Clitheroe father. ■ Mr Gary Heskett hit the headlines in the


Clitheroe Advertiser and Times this summer after a string of blunders by the CSA - which assesses and controls child maintenance pay­ ments to ex-partners - left him on the brink of despair. ■ But now, with the help of Mr Wickham,


who is also a consultant at Houldsworths solicitors, he has reached a settlement with the Birkenhead-based officers and is making regular payments to support his two children from a previous marriage. •. “I ’m happy to say everything has been


sorted out now,” said Mr Wickham, who is . also a member of top-level advisory panels dealing with CSA mat ters. ,


: • “When I first met. Gary i could hardly,


believe the mess his case was in - there were' problems with arrears figures, Gary had lost his job through direct and persistent pressure" from the CSA and, to cap it all, a member of staff had asked for a scan picture of his unborn child to prove his wife was pregnant!” hesaid. The CSA was currently trying to collect


evidence to hold an internal investigation ' '


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into this matter. “It was a complete sham­ bles,” he added. Mr Wickham said the experience had had


a dreadful impact on Mr Heskett, his new wife, Sally, and baby daughter Gabriella, and Ribble Valley MP Nigel Evans had taken up the case. However, he is now quick to praise those


CSA officers who, he says, have “pulled out all the stops” to come to a fair and accurate assessment. He says he was delighted with the speed at


which senior officers arranged a local meeting and the back-up they received from members’ of the senior resolutions team.


“They have not only assisted their two senior officers to achieve the positive result!


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■which has occurred, but they have relieved a very stressed and despairing family,” he said. • “They promised they would deal with the matter as a priority and get to the bottom of it and that is exactly what'they did. Praise where praise is due.” ;


'/ . .A A A O A And he added: “I sincerely hope that


everyone at the CSA, from the case officers and relevant team members to the top offi­ cials, have learnt something from Gary’s case and will endeavour to make sure that this never happens again. . “I am quietly confidentfthat something


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CHRISTMAS has come early for a local woman, who won a mountain bike in a charity quiz - having had one stolen earlier' this year. Mrs Joanne Chamley, check­


out manager at the Sainsbury’s store, Clitheroe, received the green and yellow coloured bike as the top prize in the quiz organised by the Mayor of Clitheroe, Coun. Joan Knight. - Mrs Chamley said: “I am


very pleased to have won the bike. We went on holiday to Turkey in September and when we came back my son’s bike was missing. This is like a godsend to


The bike was donated by the


Mayoress of Clitheroe, Mrs Helen‘Ashworth, in order to ' raise funds for North West Air Ambulance, one of the Mayor’s favoured charities of her year in office. “It was only £1 to enter the


quiz, and I entered it because I am a keen supporter of the North West Air Ambulance,” said Mrs Chamley. Our picture shows (from the


left) Coun.Knight, Mrs Cham­ ley, Mr Dave Kearney, duty manager at Sainsbury’s, and Mrs Ashworth.


New local Methodist worship leaders are commissioned


NEW circuit stewards and wor­ ship leaders for the Clitheroe Methodist Circuit were commis­ sioned at a special service. It was led by the chairman of


the North Lancashire Methodist District, the Rev. Stephen Poxon, together with Rev. Chris Cheese- man and other members of the cir- " cuit staff. The new circuit steward is Helen


Coles, of Trinity, and the five new worship leaders are Louise Atkin­ son, Helen Coles, Christine Beggs


(all Trinity), Janet Callender (West Bradford) and Val Parker (Chatburn). Miss Parker has recently had


major surgery, but was so keen to attend the service that special per­ mission was obtained for her to be brought from Clitheroe Hospital and returned afterwardsr- The worship leaders underwent a course of training and practical assessment before being licensed. They are now able to help in lead­ ing worship in their own churches.


Summer job led to death 50 years on


A STUDENT summer job proved to be the death of James


Morton - half a century later. An inquest heard th a t the 69-


year-old retired engineer handled asbestos while working at a power


station where his dad was a boss im 1953. .


'■' . He died in August as a result of asbestos-related cancer. In a statement made before his


death, Mr Morton (pictured right), of Shireburn Avenue, Clitheroe, told howhe wentto uniyersity in Man-


: Chester) iri'1952 after leaving school. His father was in management at a Bradford power station and got him a job there the following summer. ; Mr:Morton told how he had worked on the overhaul of a boiler, which involved the removal of asbestos lagging. The inquest in Blackburn heard


that Mr Morton was diagnosed as having a maesothelioma in May, 2003, by which time his health had deteriorated. His wife, Olwen, told how he eventually collapsed and died at their home on August 5th. The medical cause of death was


given as pulmonary embolism as a result of thrombosis caused by a malignant maesothelioma. Recording a verdict of death due to


of Mr Morton’s achievements as he whs a modest and unassuming man whose life was shaped by his Christ­ ian principles and beliefs. He was described as “a real Christ­


ian gentleman” and one of his many friends wrote in tribute: “I never saw Jim being aggressive, unpleasant or judgmental towards anyone.” . He was an approachable man with


a gift of encouragement and a quiet sense of humour. A member of St James’ Church,


Bom in Famworth, near Bolton, in


1934, Mr Morton moved to Bradford, attending the grammar school there and then going on to Manchester University to study mechanical engi­ neering. I t was during this time that he


worked at Bradford Power Station and was exposed to the asbestos that would one day take his life. He graduated with a first class


an industrial disease, deputy coroner Carolyn Singleton, described the dis- ease as horrendous..


.'said Mrs Singleton. ' “It always make me wonder what


we are doing now that will come back to haunt us in years to come.”


. years, before .the symptoms of this horrible malignancy come forward,”


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honours degree, followed by an MSc. He worked at Warton, for English Electric, followed by a year at Pilk- ingtons helping to develop “float glass”, and then for many years at Lucas Aerospace; Burnley, as busi­ ness systems manager. Although a brilliant scholar and an


accomplished musician and qualified piano teacher, very few people knew


enjoyed hiking locally, but was limit­ ed in later years by multiple sclerosis. Even so, he was a familiar figure out with the family’s red and white bor­ der collies until severely afflicted by maesothelioma in 2002.


■ Taking early retirement in 1991 as a result of the MS, Mr Morton still managed to lead a full and active life where possible. He became a member of the MS


Clitheroe, for almost 40 years, he served as churchwarden from 1976 to 1987 and as a parochial church coun­ cil member from 1971 until the time of his death. A keen walker since childhood, he


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Society and served as welfare officer and was also a member of the Clitheroe Concert Society, serving^ on its committee. In his spare time/ he typed for Wycliffe Bible Transla­ tors. Though his death came at the


height of the holiday season, with many dear friends unable to attend, St James’ Church was packed for the service of thanksgiving and funeral, led by Rev. Ron Philpot. Mr Morton leaves a wife, Olwen,


two daughters, Elisabeth and Helen, and a sister, Margaret.


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MP’s praise for Stonyhurst and England Rugby World Cup stars


EX-STONYHURST pupils Will Greenwood, Iain Balshaw and Kyran Bracken have this week been praised by the Ribble Valley and Fulwood MP, Nigel Evans, for their contribu­ tion to the England team’s continu­ ing success in the Rugby World Cup. In a week where the national side has reached the final, Mr Evans,


speaking from Westminster, paid tribute to Stonyhurst’s sporting pupils, calling their selection to the squad an immense tribute to the school and it’s sporting prowess. He said: “I don’t believe any other


school has turned out so many play­ ers for one squad in this tourna­ ment.”


Voicing his confidence in the team,


he continued: “I congratulate Will Greenwood on his performance against France and hope that we can see more of Balshaw and Bracken, as we did against South Africa and Uruguay, in the final, where I’m con­ fident they will defeat the Australian side.”


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