Clitheroe 422324 (Editorial), 422323 (Advertising), Burnley 422331 (Classified) 14 Clitheroe Advertiser &Times, Thursday, June 8th, 2006 We need to


recycle more “RECYCLE more” is the message to Ribble Valley residents, as the borough council has its target for 2007/08 increased. Ribble Valley Borough


Council is among the 24 local authorities with the lowest recycling rates in the North-West to have their targets for 2007/08 raised. Neighbouring Pendle Bor­ ough Council and Hynd- bum Borough Council are also on the list. Latest Government fig­


ures show that Ribble Val­ ley actually exceeded its target - to recycle 18% of its waste - in 2004/05, while many other councils failed to hit their targets. By recyling 9.22% of their waste and composting 9.33%, Ribble Valley resi­ dents helped the council achieve a combined total of 18.55%, just ahead of its target. But that figure still puts


Ribble Valley way down the list, with the UK’s best performing councils now recycling up to half of all waste produced by their residents. Now the Govern­ ment wants more, upping Ribble Valley’s target for 2207/08 to 20%, along with 23 other local authorities in the North West. To help them meet these


targets, the Government is also proposing more target­ ed intervention and engagement with the poor­ est performers. This will include careful assessment of the problems faced, extra training and closer working with Defra. Local Environment


Quality Minister, Ben Bradshaw, said the changes would help to narrow the gap between the best and the worst authorities while ensuring a more even level of service across the coun­ try. “Recycling in this country has trebled since 1997 and many local authorities are now produc­ ing rates in line with the best in Europe,” he said. “Some are already show­


ing that recycling rates of 40% and even 50% are possible, and we want them to continue to lead the way”.


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Scheme to allow carers to have a little TLC too


by Natalie Cox


CARING for carers is the aim of a Ribble Val­ ley-based organisation. Crossroads is a regis­


tered charity which pro­ motes and provides a high quality service for carers and those who have care needs in their own homes. Next week Ribble Val­


ley Crossroads Caring for Carers is joining a nation­ al celebration of the con­ tribution carers make to their families and commu­


nities. In conjunction with


Carers Week, which runs from June 12th to the 18th, Ribble Valley Cross­ roads is sta^ng a display at Clitheroe Tourist Infor­ mation Centre. Represen­ tatives from Crossroads will also be in Booths, Longridge, next Thursday and in Clitheroe’s Sains- burys store next Friday and Saturday. Other events planned for the future include an Open Garden weekend on July 14th and 16th when Mr and Mrs Gerald Hitman will open the garden "of their home a t The Old Zoo, Brockhall Village. Crossroads trustees, staff and supporters will be serving afternoon tea. The aim of Carers Week


is to raise awareness of carers’ issues, publicise the services which are available, support carers th a t are already known and reach out to the many hidden carers in the area. There are around six


million carers across the country and Ribble Valley Crossroads is just one of many registered charities which provides help. Across the Ribble Valley 76 families are supported by the Crossroads and the type of care given covers a wide range, giving carers time to themselves for


respite, rest and time to pursue social activities. Ribble Valley Cross­


roads employs paid trained carer support wokers who go into peo­ ple’s homes enabling car­ ers to take a break and pursue a social activity, maintain employment, take up training or simply have a rest and time to be themselves. Crossroads also support services which provide palliative care and has schemes which support children, including activities for those with learning dis­ abilities and play schemes during the holidays. A recent customer care


survey carried out by Rib­ ble Valley Crossroads received these comments: “Having Crossroads has improved my quality of life enormously, I felt iso­ lated before I had the service, they spend time talking to my husband. Crossroads Carers are like my extended family, they go out of their way to help you, we don’t find the service bureaucratic like some.” Crossroads Care is


available to anyone who needs help in caring for someone. The organisa­ tion works closely with families and any statuto­ ry or voluntary service who are involved. Refer­ rals come from social serv­ ices, health care profes­ sionals and self-referrals, private care can also be arranged. Anyone wanting to find


out more about the help and services Ribble Valley Crossroads has to offer can contact the office which is based at 5 Waddington Road, Clitheroe and is staffed every week day between 9 a.m. and 1 p.m. Alterna­ tively ring 01200 422104. Crossroads Carers are pic­ tured at work (s)


Farewell to retiring


president MEMBERS said their farewells to retiring presi­ dent Robert Morpeth at the annual meeting of Clitheroe Speakers Club. The members presented


Mr Morpeth with a farewell present to mark not only his sterling service to the club over the past two years, but also to wish him and his wife Gill all the best on their emigration to Australia. Dorothy Gertson was


welcomed as the incoming president. She joined the Clitheroe club after being a member of the Blackburn Ladi^ Club, and has been education director respon­ sible for the Clitheroe club programme for each meet­ ing. The evening concluded with the traditional refresh­ ments brought by mem­ bers. The next event is the “walk-about” treasure hunt on Wednesday. Look out for flyers in Clitheroe Library and Clitheroe Tourist Information Cen­ tre. For further information call 01200 427870 or 445580._______________


Nursery sale


QUALITY used nursery items will be on sale in Clitheroe this weekend at the latest of the popular sales organised by the local branch of the National Childbirth Trust. The NCT sales give par­


ents a chance to have a good clearout, with sellers receiving 70% of the pro­ ceeds from their items and the remaining 30% going to the NCT towards train­ ing local volunteers. For buyers it is an opportunity to find good quality nurs­ ery items at a fraction of the cost of buying new. The sale takes place on


Saturday from 10-30 a.m. to noon at the St Mary’s Centre, Church Brow, Clitheroe and all are wel­ come. There is still time to enter items for sale and anyone interested should phone Hazel Dewhurst on 01254 822707 for more information.


The future of St Paul’s Low Moor is hanging in the balance


FACED with an over-large Victorian church building and a 1970s parish hall which is past its sell-by date, St Paul’s, Low Moor, is doing some hard thinking about its future, according to the vicar. Canon Rodney Nichol­ son. The problem, said Canon Nichol­


son, is that the church will need thou­ sands spending on it in the next few years. “We spent £60,000 in 2002 on three


projects, but other parts of the build­ ing need attention,” he explained. “To bring the kitchen and toilets up


to present day standards, as well as rectifying various structural prob­ lems, will cost tens of thousands of pounds - money which we do not


have.” Canon Nicholson added that the favoured option was to sell the parish hall - a choice which the church council has already agreed - but stressed that this is a long-term aim, nothing definite having been agreed so far. Leaders of groups using the hall have not yet been approached, but will be consulted as soon as something specific is known. “We don’t want to ‘turf anyone


out’, said Canon Nicholson, “but to talk with our regular hall users,' whose support we much appreciate, and nat­ urally give proper notice - which we cannot do until we have definite infor­ mation ourselves.” However, a spokeswoman for one of the groups, which uses the hall on a


regular basis, said they could not live with the uncertainty and have already secured alternative premises. To meet some local needs. Canon


Nicholson has approached Edisford Primary School, ■with which as a gov­ ernor he has close connections, know­ ing that the school is keen to develop its community links. He confirmed th a t the school would he happy to accommodate several of the groups, which currently use the hall, but that further discussions were needed. “I t is no secret that St PauFs, like the entire Church of England, is in a


time of change,’’ Canon-Nicholson pointed out.


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This, however, is a good thing, he emphasised, because the church, in


common with life itself, can never stand still. “We can’t afford to be a church


locked in the past,” he warned, “but be ready to adapt to new ways of wor­ shipping God and engaging in mission in ways that are relevant to the third millennium.” One new way forward for St Paul’s


could be to make alterations to the building with money raised from the sale of the hall, installing, for exam­ ple, a kitchen, toilets, a lounge and a recreation area. Nevertheless, Canon Nicholson advised th a t the funds needed to repair the building and carry out such conversions would far outstrip the assets from the hall. Canon Nicholson added th a t St


Paul’s is not an independent unit, but part of Blackburn diocese and the other Clitheroe churches. “We want to work in co-operation


with these groups,” he added, “as well as with non-church groups who might want to use our church in the future. “We have been wide-ranging in our


discussions”, he concluded, “even con­ sidering selling the church building and erecting a new combined church and hall on the parish hall site, but financially this is a non-starter.” Caiion Nicholson assured the


Clitheroe Advertiser and Times that he is happy to talk with anyone wish­ ing to discuss the matter further, and can be contacted on (01200) 458019.


A SPECIAL display was an added attraction at the 75th annual Slaidburn, Newton, Dunsop Bridge, Lane Ends and Tosside


Display is an attraction to annnal event


May Queen Festival. Staged by Jenny Bradley in


Dunsop Village Hall, the dis­ play charted the long history of the festival, which retains much the same format today as the very f irst one held in


1931. Photographs of all the previ­


ous May Queens were included and will remain on display at St Andrew’s Church, Slaid­ burn, for several weeks. This year’s fesGval, held on


Bank Holiday Monday, began with the t ra d i t io n a l May Queen Festival Service at St Andrew’s, led by Rev. Mark Russell Smith. Slaidburn Sil­ ver Band played for the church service, which ended with Mr John King Wilkinson present­


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• POLICE have renewed their plea to elderly residents to ensure their homes are secured at all times. The plea, by PC Peter Wareing, of Clitheroe police, has been, issued after callous thieves forced their way into a 78-year-old woman’s house and escaped with £75 from her purse. The theft took place while the pensioner was asleep upstairs in her Whalley Road home. After the break-in, PC Wareing said: “It is


important that doors and windows are locked at aU times.”


ing primary school leavers with dictionaries. The band then moved to


Dunsop Bridge to accompany the crowning of the 2006 May Queen, Rebecca Alpe, of Dun­ sop Bridge, pictured. A fancy dress competition


was won by William 'Whitaker, ■ dressed as Pinocchio. Second were Holly Shutes, Eve and Anna Bennett, as Bill and Ben, and third was Holly May Ben­ nett as a bunch of flowers. The football team from


Dunsop Bridge beat Slaidburn in the annual football competi­ tion for primary school age children. The afternoon was rounded off by the sports, despite interruptions from occasional showers. Even this was traditional, as


the newspaper report from 1931 stated that the event was interrupted by a thunder shower, causing people to shel­ ter in a barn!


Festival results round-up 80 Yards


Age 11 to 13, boys: Daniel


Parker, Joe Bentley, Jonathon Parker. Girls: Laura Coup­ land, Holly Finlay, Heather Alpe. Age 14 to 16, boys: Jack


Fernhead, Charlie Williams. Age eight to 10, boys: Jack


Finlay, Stuart Hartley, Jack Nightingale. Girls: Anna Blakey, Charlotte Rowland, Hannah Bentley. 40 Yards


Age five to seven, boys:


Thomas Benn e tt, Deaglan Hazelhurst, Gabriel Astin. Girls: Bethany West, Autumn Bolton, Emma Robinson. 25 Yards


Up to four years, boys:


Lawrence Whalley, Reece Hutchinson, Roger Stansfield. Girls: Sarah Carr, Eleanor Goode, Madaline Callaghan Aunger.


Sack Race Boys - Seven years and


under: George Whalley, Maxim Joffey, Nicholas Bailey and George Bristol. Eight and nine years: S tu a r t Hartley, Kim Astin, Robert Spencer. 10 to 11 years: Ja ck Finlay, Jonathon Parker, James Kidd. 12 years and over: Peter Han­ dley, Daniel Parker, Simon Wells. Girls - Seven years and


under: Rachel Spencer, Anna Bennett, Bethany West. Eight and nine years: Holly Shutts, Kendal Jones, Iris Joffey. 10 and 11 years: Rebecca Alpe, Laura Coupland, Hannah Bentley. 12 years and over: Heather Whalley, Lucy Allan, Lizzie Davies.


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Seven years and under:


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fern and Jack Femhead, Laura Cowking and Heather Whal­ ley, Simon Wells and James


Hartley. Egg catching James Alpe and Ian Jones.


Two pages of Ribble Valley news in picture^ — see pages 22 and 23


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