I), www.clitheroetoday.co.uk Clitheroe 422324 (Editorial), 422323 (Advertising), Burnley 422331 (Classified), www.clitheroetoday.co.uk


jo create a "hotel". I now under- llents of Billington want Broad I s length so that pedestrians are Ific. (With a reduction in traffic


Bbesafe). linds and Church Lane have suf- Jtions on them as they stand, but li. Broad Lane is a country lane


I understand it: 1 didn't destroy Whalley Abbey.


County Council chose not to ■■cause of cost. What cost to the


lo t doing so? L's Park was given planning per- Inow it was not necessary. Thank


las are not used by anybodyl sey as a village need a bus station? jthe concrete waste of money (the


| l what use is Vale Gardens? ■he lot and make a fantastic car private wardens charging £20 per


Awards for youth club


by Robbie Robinson


YOUNGSTERS from the Rib- b le V a l le y have a g a in been winning trophies in the Lan­ cashire Clubs for Young People


Competition. During 2003, members of the


youth' club a t Trinity Youth cen­ tre took part in a variety of sports. As their skills increased so have their competitive abilities and sev­ e ra l tr o p h ie s now grace th e ir homes. The five-a-side football team,


made up of Michael.Horsefield, Tom Hall, Thomas Eglin, Ryan Rigby, Chris Fort, Daniel Livesey, David Walmsley, Zak Holgate and


[te p lan is th e )f th e wedge


jlikely that the planning applica- lien t caravans" to be sited in a jggy field at Dutton will go before I planning committee on February


liuch in your columns recently t throughout the area about cara-


Jits as a substitute for housing. It lise to us to find that for planning I ' and "chalets" are virtually the


In were to be granted, the green


fon is the thin end of a very nasty , we resist this application not


is for objection to the Horseshoe [itton is the illogicality of planting aybe 200 people in a rather wet I ; or more from the nearest shop.


n field, and what happens next?


[•eason, but on a number of other 1 are valid "planning reasons" for These have been made known in


Mark Hollinrake, won two competi- • tions. Other successes were: The Coun­


ty Fair Play Trophy, which was won • by. Adam Williamson, Simon Wor- < thington, Jus tine Limbert, Ross Mclean and Dale Cardwell: the Team Quiz; L aura Waddington, Laura -Winkley and Jade Green­ wood: Air Rifle Trophy; Andrew Mercer, Lee Dewhurs t, Joshua Greenwood, Joel Eaton: Off-Road Vehicle Driving; Daniel Parkinson, Chris Underwood and Eric Avci: National Dance Festival; Laura Becks and Katie Holden: The MAC Trophy; Trevor Porter, Mark Hollinrake, Joel E a to n and Lee Dewhurst. County Football representatives were Zak Holgate and M a r tin


Kemp. As well as the trophy win- ,, ners, local girl Becky Bateman vis­ ited th e USA in September, as National Clubs for Young People ambassador. During 2004, the members will be


continuing with their competitions, as well as trying other pursuits such


as sailing, .white-water raf tin g , snooker, pool and orienteering. , Any youngsters keen on trying


something new or different are encouraged to contact the club. More volunteers are also required


to assist the young people. Anyone interested in knowing more can con­


ta c t Mr MelDiack or Ava Rush- worth a t the Trinity Centre, tele­ phone number 01200 427886. Our picture shows the award win­


ners, with Becky Bateman, centre, accompanied by Mr Geoff Jackson of Trinity, a t left, and youth volun­ teer Mr Diack. (K200104/10) •


Cold and sunny canal adventure


COLD b u t sunny conditions prevailed for Clitheroe Canoe Club’s first canal trip of 2004. Twenty members, many of


them juniors, embarked on the Sunday trip along the Leeds and Liverpool Canal, setting out from Greenberfield Locks, on the edge of Bamoldswick. There was some initial con­


s te rn a tio n among th e early arrivals as they discovered part of the canal a t Greenberfield had been drained for dredgingl However, the lack of water did


not perturb group leader Jem Lees. A shor t walk along the towpath, carrying the kayaks and Canadian canoes past the northern-most lock gate, led the group of paddlers to a canal full of water. The group paddled their way


|ie of letters sent to the planning i like to add another point. All of


Ihe Kibble Valley, or any other le, must be aware that we hold it |tm e generations. As a group, we lely about this and object to this Ih bears no relation to farm diver- ^ offers no benefit to the existing This application is, we believe,


^ than "rural asset stripping" and dent th a t our councillors will 3 such and reject it.


fMAN, [•seshoc Woods Action Group, Ine,


[h e a r all s id e s of jum en t


lof voters put Labour into Gov- lie last General Election,


light, Gary Titley, Labour MEP, p t a high turnout in future elec- ! e extremists less chance of win- 1 the region, (January 29th edi- ko are the extremists? [ice, less than 24 hours prior to T it ley ’s letter, I read th a t a


Incillor, in a nearby town, had | r he was found guilty of miscon- Iding for election while disbarred. 1 out th a t he had spent time in faulting two police officers. I hope nber this at the future by-election, lerve better.


Open invite to local hustings


YOUNG people from the Ribble Valley are being urged to share a role in Lancashire democracy by joining their district youth council. Elections will be taking place throughout


February and March to elect members of Lancashire Youth Council's Executive and UK's Youth Parliament. Members of the Youth Council Executive


meet with Lancashire County Council's Cabi­ net four times, a year to discuss matters such as public transport, recycling or improving


sports and social provision for young people. The county's 12 district youth counciis willr


each elect three young people. ■ Two of them will become members of the


Lancashire Youth Council Executive for a year and the third individual will sit on the UK Youth Parliament for two years. Anyone aged 11-25 is eligible to join their


district youth council which meets a t least once a month and is fully inclusive, welcom­ ing young people with special educational needs and from the care sp tem to ensure that their needs are fully considered. Lancashire County Council's leader. Coun­


ty Coun. Hazel Harding, said: "We are look­ ing forward to welcoming even more young people to our district youth councils over the coming weeks. "We have enjoyed lively debates with the


)ider front, the only weapons of lion I see are the Labour Govern-


It two deceptions being the war [regime change is what it was all Itheir manifesto U-turn by voting Jiuition fees. listy Government this lot is. Some 1 OTth me, but as I see it, we should j l sides of the argument.


9WICK,


Irre sh a d e of ^ash th is is!


litness on television the hitherto lomposed Judge Hutton snarling I t animal viciousness: “Well the


|d it”? dite phraseologyl Especially as


p e that 90% of the population She supposedly learned judge him- Sewed it”. ^gramme broadcast on refutable the BBC is uncompromisingly


I that has destroyed the infrastruc-


lher\vise stable country and under- lefutable erroneous information, a 1 is fully exonerated. I bizarre hue of whitewash indeed.


IKER, •enue.


Lr letters. .. ttor welcomes letters on any sub-


lorrcspondcnts arc reminded (hat Ims may be edited or condensed, ixcced 3.50 words and should reach I on Tuesday.


Iwith noms de plume arc now only lor publication if the editor agrees 1 is a valid reason for the writer's I be withheld. can be sent by post to the Advertiser and Times, 3 King


litiicroc BB7 2EW, via e-mail to 1i(h@cus(lancsncws.co.uk, via fax |l34()7 or texted to 07799696447. submitted by any of these meth-


Jiowever, include the writer’s name Istal address.


jyou any news? Ring Iwsdesk on 01200 422324


Youth Council's Executive members who have put forward challenging and well-researched arguments on many issues. "Many people wrongly assume that young


people are not interested in politics, but we have seen that the young people of Lancashire have a healthy interest in making a difference and are keen for their voices to be heard." Any young people wanting more informa­


tion on joining their district youth council should call: 01772 532834.


Driver staggered from crash car


A CAR being driven from Waddington towards Clitheroe collided several times with a bridge wall before failing to take a right hand bend and crashing into a gate post. Blackburn magistrates heard that the dri­


ver, Dale Graham Counsell, was staggering after climbing out of the passenger side of the


vehicle. And a subsequent breathalyser test showed


he was more than three times the legal drink-


drive limit. Counsell (35), of Netherfield Gardens, Nel


son, pleaded guilty to driving with excess alcohol. He was fined £500 with £55 costs and disqualified from driving for 30 months. Counsell, who gave a reading of 112 micro­


grammes of alcohol in 100 millilitres of breath against the legal limit of 35 microgrammes, agreed to be referred to the drink-drive reha­ bilitation programme which, if completed successfully, will reduce his ban by up to 25%. Mr Dermot Woodhead (defending) said


Counsell was employed by a firm in Leeds as a print demonstrator. “He travels the length and breadth of the


country and his business mileage is between 40,000 and 50,000 miles a year,” said Mr Woodhead. “I t has been made crystal clear to him th a t he will lose his job immediately a period of disqualification is imposed.” He said Counsell had been for a meal with


friends in Waddington. His intention was to leave his car and take a taxi back to Clitheroe where he would spend the night a t a friend’s


house.“During the night there was a disagree; ment and he took the view it would be appro­ priate for him to leave,” said Mr Woodhead,


P e n d le C lu b w in n e r s


B RIDG E winners a t th e Pendle Club, Clitheroe, were: Mrs Joan Scott, Mrs Paula Dukinfield, Mrs Marjorie Collier and Mrs Doris Farnsworth. ■ Winners of Friday's domino drive were Mrs R. Kiddie, M. Woods and J. Pye (joint second) and M. Berry and M. Pye (joint four th).Solo w h is t : winners on Monday evening were: Mr R. Knight, Mr A. Hartley, M. Holding. Line dancing takes place every Thursday a t 1-30 p.m. and new members are welcome to attend any of . the above events.


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through open countryside, enjoying Jem's observations of the flora and fauna. ■ The canal towpath formed


p a r t of the Pendle Way.for a short distance a t the s ta rt and the paddlers again came across groups of towpath rtvalkers for a section near East Marton, where it is joined by the Pennine Way. I t was a t East Marton th a t th e group paddled under the


A59 Clitheroe to Skipton Road. They could see th a t the bridge was of a most unusual construc­ tion with two arches, one on top of the other. A half-hour break for lunch followed just north of East Mar­


ton a t Green Bank. After lunch a very bendy canal following the


contours of the hilly landscape towards the finish a t Bank New­


ton. The most hazardous part of the journey was encountered just south of the finish when a pair of territorial swans, given the names Eric and Brian by some of the juniors, objected to the presence of th e b rig h tly coloured vessels invading their stretch of water! Clitheroe Canoe Club, based


in Chatburn, is a family-orient­ ed club which offers opportuni­ ties in recreational and competi­ tive canoeing and kayaking to people of all ages. If you are


interested contac t the club’s membership secretary Marie Heyworth on 01254 822440, or visit the website (wmv.clitheroe- canoeclub.org). P ictu re shows some of the


members enjoying their first canal paddle of 2004. (s)


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