Clitheroe Thursday, July 27th, 2006 vertiser andTimes


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Two-page special - 8 and 9 her life from war zone by Sally Dahmke


A READ aid worker has told of her dramatic escape from bomb- ravaged Lebanon and her fears for the future of the Palestinian and Lebanese friends she has had


to leave behind. Cherise Chadwick (21) had been in


the Middle East just days when the teirfying bombardment from Israel started in retaliation for the kidnap­ ping of its troops by terrorists. “We were the last people out on


the road before it was bombed and the bridges destroyed,” said Cherise, who was with a party of 20 volun­ teers carrying out aid work for the United Nations, teaching English in refugee camps. She told how her party boarded a


bus to head north after the Beirut bombings intensified and the airport was destroyed. However, as they made their escape towards Tripoli and Biblos, they discovered yet more danger and devastation. “If we had waited, I don’t know


what would have happened to us as the hostel where we were staying has now been flattened. Because the highways to Syria had been blown up


the bus had to go through the moun­ tains,” said Cherise, who is studying Arabic at university in London. “I t took us five hours to get to the bor­ der on a journey that normally takes


'two hours. “We just saw people fleeing their


homes and buildings flattened. At the border with Syria people were frantically trying to get out - it took us five hours to get through and then once we were over the border in Syria it took six hours to get to Damascus by bus.” The party waited 48 hours before


boarding a plane for Manchester and the safety of home, to the relief of


Cherise’s parents, Mr and Mrs Ian and Liz Chadwick, of Read, and her sister, Ainsley (24). . “I t was really distressing to leave


everyone else behind,” she said. “There were many people who just couldn’t come with us, including the Lebanese who gave us food. I have a lot of friends in the south of the country who I haven’t heard from and I ’m just tr5dng to get informa­ tion. That area’s cut off from the rest of the world and there are no reports of what’s going on down there. “I think my parents were more


afraid than me,” said Cherise, adding that communication links with the outside world were hit and many British people were struggling to contact the British Embassy. Cherise, who found out about the


volunteering opportunities on the Internet and hopes to forge a career in aid work, said she chose to work in Lebanon rather than the West Bank thinking it was a safer option, but had to abandon all the teaching materials she had taken. She was on a three-month mission


to help the Palestinian people, but now she is planning to carry out charity work in Egypt for the rest of the summer.


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A WARNING has gone out to pet owners follow­ ing a spate of cat shoot­ ings on a Clitheroe hous­ ing estate. Eddie Pearson (52), of


Spa G ar th , Highmoor Park, has told residents to be on their guard after his p a r tn e r Anita Mitchell’s 12-year-old cat. Splash, had one of its leg blown off by a air rifle.


Warning to pet owners as cat is shot Mrs Mitchell (41) and


the couple’s two young daughters, Abigail (13) and Rebecca (19), were deeply shocked by the inci­ dent, which happened laSt Monday at 10 p.m. Splash, who managed to


hobble home despite the shoulder joint of one of its front legs being completely shattered by a pellet, was immediately rushed by the


family to Myerscough Vets in Princess Avenue. There, they were pre­


sented with two options - either am p u tate the injured leg or put Splash down. They chose the for­ mer and their beloved cat is now getting used to life with three legs. Describing the inci-


Our


picture shows a sedated Splash


after the operation


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