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'C .■’• Clitheroe 422324 (Editorial), 01282 478111 (Advertising), 01282 422331 (Classified) www.clitheroeadvertiser.co.uk 2 r Clitheroe Advertiser &Times, Thursday, October 2nd, 2008 -


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■ Valley Matters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .6,7 ■ Village News . .. .. . .. . . . . . . . . 1 6 , 1 7 ■ Letters . . . . . . . . . . . . . .■ . . . . . . . . ■ Weekendplus ......................... ■ Thursday feature ...........


■ Family Notices................ '. 24,25 ■ Readersplus . . . . . . . ----- ■ Motors Today................. ■ Sport ..................


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. UFO mystery solved - page 5 Beauty spot up for auction — page 15 Valley couples say “I do” - page 26 Blues cup :dream in tatters - page 48


INFORMAliON;


Du(y chemist: Read and Simonstone Pharmacy, 90 Whalley Road, Read: Sunday, noon to 1 p.m.', ' : Police: 01200 443344. •


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Fire: In emergency 999 and ask for fire service. Electricity: 0800.1954141. Gas: 0800 111999. Water: 0845 462200. Councils: Ribble Valley Borough Council, Clitheroe 425111. Clitheroe Town Council, 424722. Hospitals: Royal Blackburn Royal Hospital: 01254 263555. Airedale General Hospital, Steeton: 01535 652511. Clitheroe Community Hospital: 427311. Alcohol Information Centre: 01282 416655. Aidsiine: 01282 831101 (7 p.m. to 9 p.m.). Domestic Violence Helpline: 01282 422024. Cruse Bereavement Care: Ribble Valley 01200 429346. Environmental Agency: Emergencies - 0800 807060.' Drugs: Local confidential advice and information line: 01254226200. National: 0800 776600. Ribble Valley Talking Newspaper: 01200 428604. Samaritans: 01254 662424.


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Monthly Volunteer Helpline: 01200 422721. Lancashire Rural Stress Network: 01200 427771.


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QUEST (specialist smoking cessation service): 01254 358095. Ribble Valley Citizens’ Advice Bureau: 01200 428966. '


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I XI v ^ J: f LIGHTING UP TIME: 6-10 p.m.


Heartfelt thanks to


hospital staff AN elderly man died from pneumonia two weeks after falling down the stairs at his home. Mr Russell Elliott.(86),


fell during,the night a t his home in Fountains Avenue, Simonstone, on Jan u a ry 29th, an inquest a t Burnley was told.. His wife of 61 years, Mrs


Margaret Elliott told the hearing that she believed her husband had'got up in the night to go to the bath­ room and may have fallen searching for the light. She said: “His mobility


wasn’t too good towards the end and he suffered Jrom dizzy spells: He was never really able to tell me what had happened when he fell. I would like to thank the hospital staff who were excellent with him.” Pathologist Dr Walid


Salman, who conducted the post-mortem examination,, said -that Mr-Elliott died from bronchial pneumonia- brought'on by-'fractures from his fall. East Lancashire Coroner-


Mr Richard Taylor recorded a • verdict of ■ accidental death.


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SATs results: pupils still waiting four months on


AROUND 120 Ribble Valley students • are still waiting for exam results fpr tests they sat four months ago. Pupils currently in Year 10 at Bow-


land High School sat their science SAT (Standard Assessment Test) paper in May and as yet not one has received their marks. Headteacher Mr Stephen Cox has described the situation as “a fiasco”. He said: “All we have heard from the


people responsible is that our scripts were given out to a marker who then pulled out of their job with the Amer-


cian-based Educational Testing Ser­ vice.”


: • • ■ Mr Cox said he had been told efforts


are being made by the N ational Assessment Agency (NAA) to try and trace his students’exam work as cur­ rently all 117 scripts appeared to have “disappeared into the ether”. Earlier-this year secondary schools


across the country faced some delay in receiving Year 9 SATs results which ' were being delivered by ETS. Now the - NAA has stepped in to help ETS deal with the situation, which has caused disruption to schools across the coun­ try.


? Said Mr Cox: “The last e-mail we


received was on Monday morning from NAA to say our query had been passed to head office and asking us to inform them if we hear anything. They are actively looking for the papers, but we have not had any fur­ ther information as to where they are.” Mr Cox said using feedback from


SATs tests was a key p a r t of the school’s success in science: “ We-use the feedback as a platform for Year 10 and these pupils have not had th a t oppor­ tunity. The credibility of these results when we do actually get them and their relevance will be much lower. “The pupils feel really le t down.


They worked very hard for these tests, as did the teachers, and they have


nothing to show for it at this point in time.” Mr Cox added: “What has hap­


pened does call the credibility of the system into question for pupils) staff and parents and has dented people’s confidence in the system.” ' • A request for a comment on this


story from the NAA had not been met by the time the Clitheroe Advertiser went to press.


by Julie Magee


A BABY boy weighing an eye­ watering 111b. and 8oz. is believed to be one of the biggest born in the Ribble Val­ ley. , .' Odin Morris-Barrow, the new­


born son of Onward Outward out­ door gear shop owners Chris and Cheryl, is the biggest baby Ribble Valley midwife Annette Dugdale, of Chatb'urn, has delivered.


Already mother to four-year-


■ old Heidi and 20-month-old Scar­ lett, Cheryl said: “I didn’t actual­ ly realise how big he was, but then I started looking a t all the


'.o th e r babies on th e ward and thought I ’d gone and given birth • toatoddlerl” Cheryl, who lives with her fam­


ily in the picturesque rural set­ ting of-Dalehead, near Slaidburn, joked: “I t must be all the fresh air, or the fertilizers from the fields!”


Both Cheryl and Chris, who


enjoy outdoor-pursuits, particu­ larly walking, are above average heights. Cheryl is 5ft. 9in. and Chris is 6ft. 2in. Cdin, who is aptly named after


the Norse god of war and wisdom who was born from g ian ts , is already in some th re e to six- inonth-old clothes. Cur picture shows baby Cdin with mother Cheryl, father Chris


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Miglitv ‘tot’ Odin size prize!


Singing sensations


in town SINGING sensation Jonny Lloyd will per-


: form a homecoming gig at The Grand in Clitheroe vrith his hot new boy band Avenue. ■ .Currently gearing themselves up to per­ form with the Sug-


. arbabes next month, the band whose debut single “Last Goodbye” is winging its way up the charts, will appear at the state-of-the-art music and arts venue on Friday, Cctober


,10th, at 7-30 p.m. The band shot to : fame two years ago


; after being booted off TV talent contest “X- F ^ to r” for breaching show rules. :. ; Frontman Jonny,


who is a former Clitheroe Royal Grammar School • pupil and the son o f ) Ian Lloyd, of Mor-


. timers, Clitheroe, and his -wife Anne, always said he would love to perform a gig in his home town. Tickets for the con­


cert cost £5 and are available at The Grand venue reception or at the cafe, which is open to the public between 8-30 a.m. to 2-30 p.m. Cr, call the box office on 01200 421599 or log on to WWW.ticketline.co.uk.


Pendle Club latest wins


. BRIDGE winners at the Pendle Club were: Mrs Anne Cooper, Mrs Pat Holden, Mrs Sylvia Walsh, Mrs Frances Porter. Solo whist winners at


the Pendle Club were: B. Wood, K. Holding, D. Knight. ■ New members wel­ come every Monday at 7 p.m. Domino winners: W.


Cooke, E. Fox, S. Barker, joint 4, J. Sagar, and J. Thomber. ; New members wel­


come every Friday a t 7^ p.m.


Line dancing is held


every Thursday a t 1-30 p.m. and sequence danc­ ing every Tuesday, a t 7- 30 p.m. ■ '


^ ( a l l e y j n e w ^ l ,^vertiser.co.uk: Janet Bailey. EW Merle Allen and Joan Bowker, Chris Pollard and


were: NS Adrian N o r r i^ an d Higson.On Thursday.evening Lillian Wharfe, Brenda Wilson WilhamNorns, Chns Pollard and winners were Moira Philips aiid and John Renton


BndgeUlub on Monday evening; Ilse Park, Joan Bowker and Kath Steve Higson, Geoff Wharfeaiid CP


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PICTURED is Mrs Dixon receiving the cheque from Andrew Jackson IromClilhcroc FC (T270708/2)


PLAYERS of all ages and abilities,- including begin-


Invite to join chess club ad u l ts f rom-7-30 p.m.


^ ^■ 3, are invited to join ■^Rheroe Chess Club for the start of a new season. , -This'' friendly and


encouraging club meets at the Catholic Social Centre,: in Lowergate, every Tues­ day in the upstairs com­ mittee room.


; . Junior sessions are from 6-45 to 7-30 p.m. and


■onwards. I f you are keen to p i t


your chessboard skills in team matches against other clubs in East Lan­ cashire, or just fancy an occasional friendly game,


-.then this is the place for you. For further details contact Brendan Brown on 07800830531 or v is it: www.elca.org.uk/


your blogs at .


.ciiine folk celebrate Wi- by Duncan Smith


IT might have been a miser­ able suinmer, but there’s no wiping the sunny smile off


those cheerful Chipping folk. The reason for their sunny dis­


position is that their spick-and- span settlement has just notched up its second major accolade in as many weeks; judged the over­ all -winner of the 2008 Calor Lan­ cashire and Merseyside Village of


- the Year competition. News of this la te s t victory


came as villagers were still cele­ brating winning the medium-


’sized village category fo the Lan­ cashire Best Kept Village Com­ petition, as reported in our pages recently. Now.there is even more cause for a ticker-tape parade... but'just think of the mess! The Lancashire and Mersey­


side Village of-the Year competi­ tio n is run by the Lancashire Association of Local Councils (LALC), with sponsorship pro­ vided by Calor - the UK’s lead­ ing supplier of LPG, the fuel source for may isolated rural homes. Chris O’Bee, of Calor, present­


ed representatives of the -winning villages with their prizes a t an awards event in Pen-wortham. As the overall winning -village. Chip­ ping received a cast iron plaque and a cheque for £500. The run­ ner-up, Crouton, on Merseyside, received £250, with £100 for th ird place Wrea Green, near Lancaster. A special Community Spirit award and £75 in’prize money went to Crooke Village, near Wigan. Competition organiser Marion


Gelder, speaking on behalf of LALC, said: “The standard of


entries was very high so our con­ gratulations go to all the -villages involved, whether they have won ' a prize or not. This year’s final­ ists were very strong and the judges appreciated the effort that went into the applications and


, the detail th a t was pro-vided.” As the Lancashire and Mersey­


side champion village. Chipping will now go forward to represent the region in the Calor Village of the Year for England competi­ tion 2008/9. This will give vil­ lagers the opportunity of gaining recognition a t national level as well as a share of a prize fund totalling more than £40,000. Marion Gelder added: “We


, wish Chipping the best of luck with the next stage of the compe­ tition. They’re a great communi­ ty and we’re sure they’ll do really, well at national level.”


FC boosts hospital


A CASH boost has been given to a worthwhile local cause. ; The Friends of Clitheroe


Community . Hospital (FOCCH) were delighted to receive a cheque for £1,500 from Clitheroe FC. Mrs Brenda Dixon, who


has been chairman of FOCCH for 30 years, said:


“ We are grateful for the - donation as we are not fund­ ed by the Government and rely on support from gener­ ous members of the public. “Our role is to help provide


patients -with the ‘luxuries’ that the NHS cannot afford. Recently'we have bought a heart machine, special chairs and tele-visions.” . '


Vital public meeting


A PUBLIC meeting.is being staged by Ribble Valley Diabetic Group and East Lancashire PCT for people with diabetes on .Wednesday, October 22nd, a t 7-30 p.m. a t the Clarion Hotel' Foxfields, Whalley Road, Billington. This key event will include a panel of local-


decision makers and healthcare'professionals; taking part in a question and answer session; giving local people with diabetes the opportu­ nity to voice their -views about local diabetes; care and services. Issues could range from qual­ ity of care in hospitals'or a t the GP surgery to shortage of staff. For. more information contact . Mr G. Dixon on 01254 245611.'


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