18 Clitheroe Advertiser &Times, Thursday, April 14th, 2005
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Stay clean and disease free
By Duncan Smith
A CAMPAIGN to promote good biosecurity at livestock markets will visit Clitheroe and Gisburn next
month. Owners, dealers, hauliers and the public
will be able to get one-to-one advice at Gis burn Auction Mart on Thursday, May 5th, and the Ribblesdale Centre, in
Clitheroe, on Tuesday, May 10th. • Launched in February, the campaign is
being jointly run by Defra, local authori ties and livestock industry organisations. It highlights how good biosecurity is essen tial, not just when there is a major disease
outbreak. Biosecurity helps protect against the
spread of endemic diseases like salmonella and
E.coli. The campaign reminds those at markets
of their responsibiiities; • not to bring any clotliing, vehicles or
equipment contaminated with animal muck on to the market , • to wear suitable footwear and clean
and disinfect it on leaving the animal area • when leaving the animal area, to use
the changing and washing facilities to clean any gross contamination from clothes or change • to ensure vehicle wheels, wheel arches
and mud flaps are cleansed and disinfected when leaving the market. Posters and leaflets, advising "Don't
Spread Disease - Biosecurity Protects Your Business", are being made available at all markets in England.
Tall stories are totally wrong! Youngsters are going ‘potty’ forshow
PUPILS at Grindleton CE Primary School have made an early start for this year’s village show. They have been going “potty” to
start off their competition sunflow ers.
' The seeds will be kept in the class
room for a few weeks then planted out in the school grounds. They will be measured just before school
breaks up for the summer holiday to find the winner of the St Ambrose Sunflower class. This is just one of the Grindleton
Show classes specially designed for children aged 11 and under. They can also have a go at hand
writing; a decorated plant pot; a birthday card made on a computer; a miniature garden on a dinner
plate; and butterfly buns. And they have plenty of time to get their entries ready - the show ivill be held on Bank Holiday Saturday, August 27th.
■ A full schedule of all the classes
has been posted on the Grindleton website -
www.grindleton.org . It will also be sent out with the next parish magazine, (s)
GHAIRED by member Dorothy Gertson, Glitheroe Speakers’ Club held its annual “Tall Story” competition. Eight speakers tried to
mislead the audience regarding the truthfulness or otherwise of their four- minute story - the winner being the one with the most wrong votes. Visitor Sharon Jones, saying her first words to the club, accrued the most “wrong”
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votes, but the club trophy was shared between two club members, Ron Loe- bell and Gene Holmes. A speech was given at
short notice by Dennis Ogden, replacing a mem ber who was unable to attend. Clitheroe Speakers Club
meets usually on the first and third Monday of the months of September • through May, to provide guidance in speaking in
front of a small sympa thetic audience. Participa- tion is voluntary with social members equally welcome to come along without any obligation to get involved. The next meeting is on
Monday April 18th. at 7- 30 p.m. a t the Young Farmers Club, Clitheroe Auction Mart, Lincoln Way. Inquiries to 01200 422887, or via the web site
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Agency now in charge of flood work
FLOOD defence responsibility for four Ribble Valley w a te r courses has passed from the borough coun cil to the Environment
Agency. By taking responsibili
ty for smaller rivers brooks, becks and streams across the region, the agency hopes to achieve a more unified approach to flood defence. Responsibility for 67
rivers, brooks and streams across the North West passed to the Environ ment Agency on April 1st. The four in the Ribble
Valley are Waddington Brook, Shaw Brook and Pimlico Watercourse, both in Clitheroe, and Boyce’s Brook, in Ribch-
ester The Environment
Agency is already respon sible for flood defence
measures on main rivers” in the region - those that have been con sidered of particular strategic importance where flooding is con cerned. Flood defence for smaller watercourses has been largely managed by local councils. The 67 lesser water
courses, known as “Criti cal Ordinary Watercours-
■ es”, form the second stage in a process which began in November 2004. I t was then th a t the
first 52 watercourses in the programme became the agency’s flood defence responsibility, and a fur ther 90 will be transferred to the agency in one year's time. Taking control of these
smaller watercourses will help the agency to pro vide a better standard of flood protection for com munities across region.
The Environment
Agency’s regional flood defence manager, Jeff Lawrenson, said: "Previ ously the amount and standard of maintenance carried out on these watercourses varied wide ly, and in many cases local authorities did not have the resources to carry out the work required. "Bringing them under
the agency’s management will provide the benefits of our expertise in flood management and a con sistent approach. "This programme is a
significant step forward towards one single organi-
- sation being available for the public to contact in relation to flooding from rivers and the sea. “This will be much less
confusing, especially dur ing a flood when those affected may need to con tact someone urgently.”
Rambers enjoy circuit
ON a bright spring morning, 20 members of Glitheroe Ramblers set off for a moorland circuit near Bolton Abbey. The first stop was at Beamsley
Beacon, from where they had good views of the countryside
below. Following leader Robert Mor
peth, the party continued north east to Little Gate, then turned east following the boundary stones across Middleton Moor. Pausing for a photo call at Lip- persley Pike, they then headed south through the heather for a picnic lunch at The Shooting House. Back on track, the group
watched two gamekeepers start a controlled burn, then continued on their way as smoke and flames billowed skyward. The next point of interest was
the March Ghyll Reservoir, a good spot for bird watchers. Two tiny, black and white newborn lambs on the drive to West Moor House also attracted considerable interest.
In-warm sunshine, the walkers
took to the moors again, north west towards Langbar Moor and back on the lane to Howber Hill
Farm. Our photograph shows the
ramblers before they set off for their walk, (s)
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Drink-driver given community order
A CLITHEROE man has been made sub ject to a community rehabilitation order for 18 months and disqualified from driving for 16 months by Blackburn magistrates. Kirk Brannon (33), of Bawdlands, was
convicted in his absence of driving with excess alcohol and failing to stop after an
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