mm' +2 Clitheroe Advertiser &Tiines, Thursday, November 30lh, 2006
INSIDE YOUR CLITHEROE ADVERTISER AND TIMES
I Valley Matters..........................8 and 9 I Village News .................. 18,19 and 20 ■ Letters ..................................32 and 53 iWeekendpIus
..........................Mto56 I Family Notices ................... 30 and 31 I Readersplus............................... .57 I Property Today........................ 33 to 48 I Motors Today.............. ............69 to 76 I Sport .............................. . . . . .7 7 to 80
AT A GLANCE...
Driver “tried to squash cop” - page 5 Support our Toy Appeal - page 7
Pickwick Night preview — pages 28,29 Clitheroe FC in crisis - page 78,80
INFORMATION
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Council rapped over mosque plan refusal
by Faiza Afzaal
R IB B L E Valley B o rou g h Council has been found guilty of maladministration regarding a controversial planning appli cation and urged to pay £250 to a complainant. A complaint was made to the
Local Government Ombudsman by the local Muslim community after council officials quashed a bid to build a mosque on the former coun cil depot off Kirkmoor Road, Clitheroe, in November 2004. Despite the District Valuer
chief executive of the borough council, spoke of his disappoint
advising a t the time th a t they would get more for the land if it was sold for a combination of mosque, business and housing use, the council’s Policy and Finance Committee voted the best use for the site would be for sheltered housing for the elderly. Yesterday Mr David Morris,
ment at the Cmbudsman’s decision. He said: “We are carefully con
sidering the Cmbudsman’s findings. The Cmbudsman has found that we did not act unreasonably in our decision not to sell the land for a mosque, but has found maladmin istration in relation to our asset management. Naturally, we are disappointed and a full report bn this issue will be made to council lors in due course.” ■ In a report, released yesterday,
. Cmbudsman Anne Seex said she found faults in the council’s deci sion-making process, but concluded that it was entitled to make a deci sion. She found maladministration by
the council in its “asset manage ment” of the site, not dealing with the sale in accordance with recog nised good practice and reaching a decision that was not supported or justified by the information before the committee. Although she was critical of the process, she did not find that deci-
sion was “unreasonable”. She added that the council was entitled to consider the proposed use and to take into account issues such as traffic and other impacts on neigh bouring residents, even though such matters would also be consid ered by the council as planning authority. The decision comes nearly a
month after local Muslim leaders submitted a new application for a “place of worship and community partnership centre” at the former Lappet Manufacturing building in Mount Vale, Lowergate. Mr Sheraz Arshad, spokesman
that we were right to submit a com plaint and we will continue with our proposals for a place of worship as we have and hope for a fair out come.” • See letters, page 53.
Musician Joe scoops woodwind award
TALENTED young musician Joe Wickham has played his way to another outstanding suc cess. The 12-year-old clar
inettist gave a remarkable performance to win the 18-and-under instrumen tal prize a t this year’s Blackpool Festival. Joe, from Sabden, took
the individual woodwind prize with a performance of one of the pieces which earned him a distinction in his grade 6 exam earlier in the year. Then in the junior finals the Ribbles dale School pupil out shone the 16 and 17-year- old winners of the brass, string and percussion sec tions to receive the overall trophy. Joe, a student of Whal-
ley musician Katherine Blebta, hopes to become professional performer. Katherine said: “Joe
Hi'fr
for the town’s Medina Islamic Edu cation Centre, said: “I t’s not about the money, the £250 compensation will be donated to charity. The Ombudsman’s findings show
Festive fair
help needed A FESTIVE plea for help to stage'its Christmas Fair has gone out from the Ribblesdale Chil dren’s Centre, in Queen’s Road, Clitheroe. Crganisers of the event,
on Saturday, December 9th, froin 10 a.m. to noon, are seeking donations of items for the stalls, par ticularly prizes for the tombola and raffle, crack ers filled with gifts and jarola items - decorated jars filled with gifts, but not sweets.
Volunteers to help out
on the day are also need ed. Any cakes should be brought in no earlier than next Friday, December 8th.
Staff at the centre wish
to thank local business who have already donat ed items.
Visitors to the fair will
be able to enjoy face painting, cake, toy and craft stalls as well as a tombola, Santa’s grotto, jarola and crackers.
Whist wins
SOLO whist winners at the Pendle Club were: Mrs A. Foster, R. Knight, P. Holden. New members welcome
every Monday at 7 p.m. Bridge winners at the
Pendle Club were: Mrs Anne Cooper, Mrs Dorothy Jackson, Mrs Eva Velvick, Mr Brian Holden. Experienced players
welcome every Monday at 1-30 p.m. Domino winners: joint
1, Mrs J. Sagar and Mrs H. Simpson, Mrs D. Knight, Mrs P. Oddie, P. Metcalfe. New members welcome
every Friday at 7 p.m. Sequence dancing is
won with a very mature musical performance which really put him in a class of his own. “I have no doubt that
he will achieve his goal of becoming professional clarinettist one day. I am very proud of all my pupils who took part and
several players came away
with certificates on the day.” Sabden’s Maisie Dug-
dale (11), was also cele brating a second prize in the 11-and-under wood wind class and for Victoria Cooper (14),
from Oswaldtwistle, in the 15-
and-under novice piano class.
Mehren Sulaman (10),
a pupil at Mellor primary school, also won third prize in the 11-and-under novice piano class. Pictured, are, from the
left, Maisie, Joe and Vic toria. (s)
Youth worker set for Downing Street visit R |
BB “I am taking my suit to
the dry cleaners and have booked myself in for a hair cut before the big dayl” Steve, who lives in Bar-
row, works as a part-time youth club manager for the town’s Trinity Partnership and is the local youth development officer for the Philip Lawrence Awards Scheme - a project which recognises contributions to the community which
bring out the best in peo ple. In addition, for the past 18 months he has vol untarily been working to set up Chtheroe’s 4 Youth Juice Bar - a multi-func tional youth club, which will be open to members of the public and an enter tainment/ “chill-out” spot for teenagers to visit at night. The former pupil of
Chtheroe Royal Grammar School has been involved in many youth and com
munity projects protecting and developing the inter ests of youths in the past decade. As well as miming youth clubs in local towns and villages, he launched Phase One of the town’s award-winning skatepark project, which earned him the prestigious Philip Lawrence Award in 1999. Our picture shows com
munity youth hero Steve with the invitation to meet the PM Tony Blair. (CR281106/1) •
Website vote
THE results of last week’s website vote - Should Clitheroe have
a celebrity to officially switch on its Christmas
lights?” -were 81% yes and 19% no. Visit
WWW. c l i t h e r o e
today.co.uk to take part in this week’s voje.
held every Tuesday at 7- 30 p.m. and line dancing every Thursday at 1-30 p.m.
Bridge club
WINNERS at Clitheroe Bridge Club on Monday evening were: NS equal 1st, Pa t Ward and Roy Ward and J. Pawlicki and John Renton. EW Moira Philips and Jean Bailey, Kath Higson and Joan Bowker. On Thursday evening
winners were: NS Richard Lapthorne and Ruth Reid, J. Pawlicki and Pat Murray. EW Brenda Wil son and John Renton, Ken Geddes and Peter Hargreaves.
GP Bracelet GOLD bracelet was
found in Moor Lane, Clitheroe, on Monday morning. If you think it is yours, call 01254 823780.
by Marcia Morris
BOWLAND FR E SH has announced that an organic ver sion of i ts milk h a s been launched with leading regional retailer Booths. The milk comes from Rowland
Fresh farming family, the Robin sons, of Wood House Gate Farm, Slaidbum, who have been certified organic since 2001. Fully trace able, i t is collected and bottled entirely separately for the compa ny by a local processor. The Robinson family has
farmed in Rowland for more than five generations and, like many of the Rowland Fresh producers, they are a true family farm with Harvey, his wife, Margaret, and son, William-, looking after the herd of 115 holstein friesian milk ing cows as well as a flock of Lleyn sheep on their 190 hectare farm. William Robinson said: “The Rowland Fresh brand is a great
match to the ethos of organic farming, as both reduce food miles and are good for the en-vironment. Locally structured businesses -will be the future for remote areas like this.” William Sllnger, Rowland Fresh
director, said: “We know th a t there is a big demand out there for organic milk - even more so for organic milk th a t comes from a local source and is as fresh as it can be.
“It was a logical move for us to
start pro-viding it with Booths, as their customers have been faithful supporters of the Rowland Fresh- brand from the very beginning.” Recent research has shown that
organic milk has a range of impor tant health benefits and can pro vide up to 71% more essential Omega-3 than conventional milk as well as having higher levels of •vitamin E, -vitamin A and antioxi dants.
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Organic dairy farms do not use artificial pesticides on pastures
where cows graze, while organic farming practices have been shown to pro-vide considerable benefits to the en-vironment. Rowland Fresh milk travels a
fraction of the food miles of nor mal milk. Crucially, a t a time when low milk prices are dri-ving many dairy farmers out of the industry - one dairy farm a day went out of business in 2005 - Rowland Fresh farmers receive more for their milk than they would on the wholesale market. The greatest feature of the prod
uct is that consumers know exact ly where their fresh milk comes from and that they are directly supporting the North West’s farm ers and their families. All the farmers in the scheme produce their milk to the highest standards of hygiene and animal husbandry and welfare. Pictured from the left are the
Robinson family - Harvey, Mar garet, William, Alison and baby Nathan.(s)
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TWe Clitheroe companies are celebrating after being hailed among the best in the North West at the British Chambers of Commerce Annual Business Awards. Helen Colley, founder of
Regional awards for Valley firms Whittle Eastern Europe
from seven other regions in their respective categories at the national award finals. Helen Colley founded
the multi award-winning Farmhouse Fare, based in Lincoln Way, was named Entrepreneur of the Year at the regional finals, while Barrow-based Whittle Eastern Europe Logistics Ltd won Exporter of the Year. Both firms will now com pete against the winners
Farmhouse Fare at her par ents' Gisbum farm and has nurtured i t to become a national company, with around 70 employees based at a 35,000 sq. ft. purpose- built production facility. I t • supplies premium puddings to most of the high-street supermarket stores. Helen said: “I t was a
thrill to win this award, because the competition was so tough.”
Logistics Ltd, based in Hey Road, Barrow, won after being praised for tapping into the lucrative Eastern European haulage market by ensuring their staff speak a customer's language - thanks to a workforce which speaks 23 different languages. Pictured are award win
ners Helen Colley (left), of Farmhouse Fare, with Mark Wightman and Debra Tugwell, of Whittle Eastern Europe Logistics Ltd. (s)
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CHILDREN at a Clitheroe Prima ry School have become singing stars to record their own CD. The “Music From Pendle” CD
features all the children at Pendle Primary School, who worked with Paul Lee, from “The Schools’ Music Initiative”. They recorded a huge variety in
the songs, ranging from perform ances by the whole school to songs
from the very youngest children. The school’s orchestra and recorder group also accompanied many of the songs, which included the tradi tional “Land of Hope and Glory” and “An English Country Garden” and the less traditional “Romeo and Juliet” song from MacBeth, which is a harmony in two parts. “The singing was very mature and the CD should be an excellent
reflection of current music teaching in the school,” said headteacher Mrs Margaret Carrington. Any past pupils or parents who
are ex-pupils who would like to order a copy of the CD should con tact Mrs Hulme in the school office (Tel. 01200 423539). The children at Pendle Primary School are pic tured during recording of their “Music From Pendle” CD. (s)
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