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.V .V , 'a T ;A g l a n c e . . . • ^ Celebrating life in Chatburn - page 9-


: .1 -Bowland pupils praised - page 10 ' Toy appeal takes off .-page 12 - Future TV presenter? - page 13


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SUNRISE: 08-07 a.m. SUNSET: 3-51 p.m'. LIGHTING UP TIME: 3-21 p.m.


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: been arrested after graffi­ ti was scrawled all over


"the walls of Ribblesdale High School Technology College, Clitherqe,. last Tuesday.


. by Faiza Afzaal


THOUSANDS of wor­ ried-patients have come forward to fight closure: plans of a vital medical


service. ,.. The ^dispensary ; a t Clitheroe Health Centre pro­ vides a valuable service for around 7,000 residents, par-; ticularly elderly people liv­ ing in outlying villages such as Chatburn, Grindleton, Bolton-By-Bowland, Down- ham and Gisburn. . However,’ new. Go.vern-


ment plans published in the P harmacy White.. P ap er could see the role of . pharma­ cies expanded,'_but the.end of dispensaries - including the one a t Clitheroe Health Cen­ tre.


• At the moment, patients who live more than one mile away from a chemist can acquire their medicines from the surgery, but should the dispensary get the axe, these


do with us FOLLOWING today’s beautiful snowfall the area we live in did look stunning... however I am disgusted that there were no signs of any gritting facilities.


■ I live in Holden and


travel to Boltonj-jonly to find th a t all routes to Bolton were reasonable to pass coming home from work this evening, b u t no at ten t io n had


’.been given to the danger­ ous condition . of the rb a 'd s ', into '.Holden,.


- Grindleton or Bolton-by- Bowland.


- . ’ We pay extremely high


council tax fprj what? To drive in treacherous con- ditions?t'Has the.council' run out of m o n e y ? ' . , ' . T' am . absolutely


appalled th a t a simple amount of snow cannot'


■ be dealt with efficiently; by the Ribble Valley, -v ■


CHARLOTTE AYRTON, Holden


• Ribble Valley. Bor­


ough Council’s response was::“Road and pave­ men t’g r ittin g is d e a lt


• with by the Highways Authority at Lancashire County (Council’’ - .--, Editor


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patients may have to make a second journey to reach the nearest chemist.In October, concerned staff at the health, centre in Railway View


..Road, launched a “Save our ■ Dispensary” campaign, call- iiig on Ribble Valley patients to.oppose the plans, which would result in 12 job losses.- The campaign also won


. the backing of Ribble Valley MP Nigel Evans, who is . fighting the closure. Mr Phil Mileham, manag­


ing p a r tn e r dfvjthe Castle Medical GroupV has been impressed iwith the support received so far.. -y - He commented: “The offi­


cial period of public consul­ tation on the Government’s proposals has ended and we have had a fantastic response


■ from the public, and others. “We have received more than 1,000 letters of support


’ from p at ien ts to keep our , dispensary open - we are really grateful to everyone for taking the time and trou­


ble to support the cause. ■


sent to the;Department of Health.”


“All these letters have been . .


• He added: “We have also .


had support from Ribble Valley Borough councillors. Coun. Richard Sherras pro­ posed a motion to the coun­ cil on October 21st, at which I also attended and present­ ed ourcase.


: -.“The council voted over­ whelmingly to support the motion of ‘no change’ to the current regulations for dis­ pensing doctors and have responded as a council to the Department of Health. “I have also had a letter of


support from MP Nigel ■Evans, who is opposed to the. proposed changes. ‘‘We certainly hope that


the Government takes notice of public opinion. We now just have to wait and see hqw, the Government respond. “We do not know when this will be, probably in the New Year.”


I HAVE to question the wisdom and motivation behind the proposed closure of our Clitheroe Health Centre dispen­ sary.'.'. ■


■ Perhaps the powers th a t be think


th a t i t ’s a good idea to increase the number .of people walking around on our streets spreading potential infec­ tion: After all, the drug companies can make more money if more people are exposed to disease. I t ’s all part of' a “Corporate Nazi”


ideology where large corporations lobby government to make everything as inef­ ficient (difficult)_and expensive as pos­ sible, especially for people living in rural areas. A key part of the plan is the sys­ tematic dismantling of our welfare state, while at the same time providing a virtual welfare state for the Banks and their stock market parasites. The only beneficiaries of the pro­


posed closure will be the franchises of the corporate multinational drug sup­ pliers on the high street. Of course there is also the dubious opportunity of being exposed to buying something that you don't actually need.


GORDON PYE, Downham Road, Chatburn


Nothing to Next step in demolition plan


HEALTH chiefs have given the green light for the next step of the controversial plans to demolish Clitheroe Community Hospital. ' The approval means the pro­


posals are one step closer to being ■ finalised, despite the protests and campaigns to save the old hospital building, the Clitheroe-Union Workhouse, which, dates :back to 1873.


. ' . ' r ' English H er itag e has made


moves to protect th e building, which-is an early example of the work of well-kno-wn local architect, Jonas James-Bradshaw and is


made from local stone from Coplaw Quarry. Clitheroe’s Cmc Society, the Friends of Clitheroe Community Hospital and th e ' national Victorian Society have all protested against the scheme.. 'The £12m. plans include a new


state-of-the-art health facility on the current site and new housing, which would mean the demolition of the historic building. The go-ahead to proceed to the


next step came at a meeting of the NHS East Lancashire board, for-


. merly the East Lancashire Prima­ ry Care Trust, when the board


recommended approving the scheme to the Strategic Health Authority (SHA), which will then look at the plan’s finances.. Mr Chris Dixon, director of


finance, information, and estates a t NHS East Lancashire, said:


“ The PCT supports this and it will go to the Strategic Health A u th o r ity in Ja n u a ry and finances should be sorted in Feb­ ruary but English Heritage have put a spotcheck bn the building which could affect the proposed demolition.”


Icy blast leads to power cuts O conlimicd I'rom pajlc 1


?they had been'gritted. ' Pendle'Hill was closed on Tues­ day from 5 p.m? due to the icy con- ’ ditions after a motorist skidded on ^


dee colliding with a bridge while travelling up the road over. Pehdle.:


.. The snow also forced the closure of the A682 Gisbum to Long Pre­ ston rqad,-with an HGV further adding to lh e delays by becoming stuck in snow a quarter of a mile' up that road. Elsewhere, there were treacher­


ous conditions on many village roads, side streets and pavements. leading to complaints about Lan­ cashire Countjr Council’s High-. ways, which is responsible for grit-v ting the roads. ■ Local traders in Clitheroe com-


plaineSx th a t pavements «in Clitheroe Town ■


Centre were only


gritted at 9-30 a.m. on Wednesday morning, while Bolton-by-Bow-


land residents queried whether


:. th'eir rural roads had been gritted at all.


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. ; “Routes have been gritted in accordance with LCC codes of - practice. These target primary-.


^routes, but staff have alsb.man- , aged to grit some key footways (pavements) in Clitherbe town centre,”, a spokeswoman for Lan-


; cashire County Council said. : ■ “Primary, routes inRibble Val­ ley were gritted at 7 p.m. on Tues­ day and again a t 5 a.m. Wednes­ day, and some of them in between those times.”


• Yesterday, gritting teams once again concentrated on keeping pri-' mary routes open, aiming to then;, tackle secondary routes and pri- : mary footways.


f gritting crews have been working around the clock and, despite hea'vy and continuous snowfall on - Tuesday, managed to keep almost


' The spokesman stressed that the


all primary routes open. . . ■After coping with such haz­


ardous conditions during the day, a total of 1,700 residents on Tuesday were left -without power from 8-30 p.m.


. . ' Wliile temperatures plummeted


outside, residents on the Highmoor Park estate in'Clitheroe and sur­ rounding area endured a power cut for around an hour and a half.


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Mike enjoys a special honour


by Julie Magee


OUTDOOR pursuits enthusi­ ast Mike Halpin is most defi­ nitely a man with a head for heights. The geography teacher from


Chipping has become only the third person to conquer all 443 English and Welsh mountains... twica The modest 55-year-old, who i s '


a member of Lancashire Moun­ taineering Club, told the Clitheroe Advertiser and Times: “I t really hasn’t sunk in yet!” - Mike started walking in his 30s


at'about the same time that he was doing teacher training a t Biddulph High School in Staffordshire. I t was then th a t he started a


competitio'n with .the deputy head teacher of the time, Nick Kingston, to complete all the mountains in the Nuttall’s guide - The Mountains of England and Wales. • But, once they had completed


this feat,' Nick threw down the gauntlet once again by embark­ ing on his second round. Mike readily accepted the challenge and began his second round with Pavey Ark in January 2002. By this stage Mike, who works


a t Carr Hill High School in Kirkham, had met Liz, (58), his


future -wife. And it was n o t long before


Mike’s enthusiasm for climbing rubbed off on Liz, an education­ al adviser, who helps children with speech and language diffi­ culties in schools throughout the North West.'


“When Mike and I moved in


together one of the first things he did was to put his Hill Walkers’ Register certificate on the office wall.” Liz explained., - : ^ “Later that year he celebrated


with his friend, Nick Kingston, the completion of his round. I had been on some walks and noticed the frantic ticking and checking th a t went on after a walk and so I had to ask what it was all about. “‘We have both stood on the


summit of all the 2,000ft. plus mountains in England and Wales,’ they explained. A seed was sown and in 2001, when Nick announced th a t he was well on' the way with his second round, I saw a glint in Mike’s eyes and knew I had to join in and so in January 2002 Mike began his sec­ ond round and I started my first. “I will admit th a t, a t first, I


was ra th e r half-hearted, but when my birthday present was my own chart to tick and colour, 1 knew 1 was hooked.” Mike, who asked Liz to marry


him a t the summit of Mynnd Mawr, Wales, only realised he


B ab y death heartbrea^ Understandably de-vas-


- An inquest was opened on Tuesday into the death of Jessica Sarah Fen'wick, who was rushed to Royal Blackburn Hos­ pital from her honie in Taylor Street, Clitheroe?


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A NINE-month-old baby from Clitheroe has died after being found by. her mother floppy and unresponsive in her bed­ room.


tated by their loss, Jessi­ ca’s parents, Stacey Kemp and Matthew Fenwick, th is week, issued a brief statement via Clitheroe’Police. I t reads: “We loved our


■ j e r mother, Stacey ^ em p , alerted emergency services a t 2 a.m., but resuscitation attempts’ were unsuccessful; ' • The inquest heard Jes-


. sica had been unwell for ab out four weeks with chestiness and noisy breathing.


■ daughter very much and miss her deeply. We would like to th an k everybody for their sup­ port and best wishes a t this time, but we’d like to


:be given space and time to grieve.”


^ A spokesman for Clitheroe Police added:


: “This is a sad and tragic . incident and we are try- '.ing to give the family as much support as we can ■ at this time.”


would be the third person to com­ plete the 886-mountain challenge, after phoning the authors of The Mountains of England and Wales, John and Anne Nuttall: He and Liz celebrated the


achievement with 13 friends on top of the final peak. Place Fell, in the Lake District, which they climbed on Saturday, November 1st. “I t was a misty day, as so many have been, but after a while the


• mist cleared and we had blue skies and clear -views to enjoy the cake,


■ and champagne we had carried to the top. “All of the people with us had


already been part of one of the walks completed,” said Liz. The couple are hoping to raise


funds for Cancer Research through their efforts and anyone wanting to make a donation should log on to their “Give in Celebration” page ■


a t www.giveincelebration.org.UK/ce


lebrations/mh2979 Our pictures show .the couple


celebrating a t th e summit of Place Fell and th e view they enjoyed, (s)


Horses disappear from farm


POLICE are appealing for information after two horses went missing from a farm in Bolton-by- Bowland. They disappeared from Lower Flass, Settle Road,J)etween 3-30 p.m. on Friday and midday on Saturday. . A 15-hand three-year-old black and white geld­ ing and a 10-year-old mare are missing despite the gate to their field being secure.


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. Anyone with information should contact- Clitheroe Police on 01200 443344.


:; Till target in takeaway theft


RAIDERS broke into a takeaway on a busy road in Clitheroe and escaped with £70 from the till. ■ The offenders gained entry-into-the business in^


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Whalley Road, through a window and escaped.. unseen with the cash!. Police investigations are continuing into the incident, which occurred between 11 p.m: on Saturday and 4-15 p.m. on


Sunday. - - ' .If - youhave-any.’information,'please call


Clitheroe Police on 443344, or the free-and-confi- ■ dential Crimestoppers line on 0800 555111.


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