!10 'C l i th e ro e A d v e r t is e rs Times, Thursday, August 7th, 2008


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Doris and Elsie are celebrating


by Faiza Afzaal COMIC duo “Doris and


• Elsie” have been celebrating the launch of their sixth pub­ lication.;


' The wit ty duo, otherwise Youngsters are sporting: Stars


PICTURED are the two victorious ori­ enteering teams from Gisburn Primary School. ■ • The top photo shows the Year 3 and 4


team, the second photo, below, shows the Year 5 and 6 team. Both teams won the Rowland cluster group competition


in May and so went on to the Hynd-. burn and Ribble Valley School Sport v Assosiation final, held at Wilson's Play­ ing Field, Clayton-le-Moors, where : ■ they both won their event. Each child : was presented with a medal, and each . ■ team.was presented with a shield, ( s ) :


•known as Kath Eccleston, of Kemple View, Clitheroe, and Anne Wareing, formerly of Bar­ row, are proud of their latest- humorous book of poems enti­ tled V Wish you were here”. : The foreword has been written . by “Coronation Street” star Malcolm Hebden, otherwise known as Norris. Cole, who writes: “It is my pleasure to sup­ port these two ladies, who not only write and self-publish their books of rhyme, but also go around the county entertaining, and selling their books to raise money for Derian House Chil­ dren’s Hospice in Chorley.”


' The final word has been writ­ ten by Hilary Cookson, who is full of praise for the duo.


:■ Kath and Anne met through their work at Maureen Cook- son’s more than 20 years ago and put pen to paper after a request from BBC Radio Lancashire. Between them they have man­


aged to raise £3,000 for Derian House from the sale of their pre-


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vious five books, which have proved a massive hit with both the young and old readers alike. Their latest 44-page book is


recommended as a good read and features illustrations by Kath’s son-in-law, Martin Pendlebury, who lives in Clitheroe. Said Anne: “The success of


‘Doris and Elsie’ is down to th e , wonderful people of Lancashire who book us to ‘do a turn’ and


• buy the books. “The people of Lancashire are


extremely generous and if it was­ n’t for them then we would never


have been able to raise so much money for charity.’’


; The book is being stocked by


Kaydee Bookshop, Moor Lane, Clitheroe, Maureen Cookson’sat Whalley and Blackburn Visitor Centre, priced at £3.50 each with 50p of each sale being donated to Derian House Chil­ dren’s Hospice. ■ Our picture shows (from left)


Kath, Malcolm and Anne hav­ ing a chuckle reading the latest Doris and Elsie book. ; V (B300508/3)


Today’s the day for watching otters - weather willing! The sites will also be assessed


IP the weather is good, today is the day that Environment


-Agency staff will be out and about monitoring the otter pop­ ulation of the Ribble catchment. ■ A total of 60 sites will be'


searched including Wig- glesworth. Long Preston and Horton-in-Ribblesdale. • Jana Kahl, Environment


Agency Biodiversity Officer • said: “Because Otters are elu- .


. sive, nocturnal creatures, we have to look for other signs of their presence, which includes


■ looking for their poo (technical­ ly known as spraints) and foot- ■ prints”


/ On the day, sites around the


Rivers Ribble, Hodder, Calder and Darwen will be surveyed by approximately 30 staff, who will be using an established bridge ■ check method to pinpoint the ■ otters. ■ This method involves search­


ing for signs beneath targeted ' bridges and along the riverbank, 15 metres upstream and down­ stream of each bridge.


. as potential sprainting sites to help guide future monitoring exercises. This is an essential part of the Environment Agency’s commitment to moni­ toring a priority UK Biodiversi­ ty Action Plan species and European Protected Species. The survey is weather depend­


ent and will not go ahead if the areas are wet as this will remove any signs. If the survey is can- • celled it-will be rescheduled until laterintheyear. .


Big top skills,prove a hit with pupils at arts day


■LEARNING skills suitable for the big top and how to apply theatrical make-up were just two of the activities available at Bow-


: land High School’s arts day. : .


■ The event proved


to be a big success with more than 200


; pupils participating in a variety of worW shops which ran “ throughout the morning and after­ noon.


- .T h e activities


‘ photograph shows pupils taking part in a drumming workshop during the Arts' ActhityDay (B180708/2)


, were funded using •Specialist School . 'Money.


HAMMOND- HARGREAVES


A SOLOIST sang in St Helen’s Church, Waddington, for the wedding of Miss Katie Hargreaves and Mr Mark Ham­


mond. The bride is the daughter of Mr and Mrs


Eric and Trish Hargreaves, of The Square, Waddington, and works as Group Digital Sales Manager for Johnston Press Pic. Her bridegroom, the son of Mr and Mrs


Sean and Pam Hammond, of King’s Close,


■ Ilkley, is Digital Motors Director for Northcliffe Media. Given away by her father, the bride wore


an ivory taffeta A-line gown with drop shoulders and applique lace detail. She pr- ried a hand-tied bouquet of peonies, . hydrangea and roses. .


.• Attendants Mrs Claire Jones and Miss •


Laura Hatton wore tea-length dresses in mocha satin with puffball bottoms. They. wore wrist corsages of pink roses with pearls and carried pewter-coloured clutch bagswithdiamantedetail. • Best man was the bridegroom’s brother, Mr Simon Hammond, head groomsman


was Mr Neal Jones and his fellow grooms- men werO'Messrs Matthew Atkinson, MatthewDando, Mark _Loynd and


Richard Dakin. • The service was conducted by Canon


Pceoff Dearden and a soloist sang “Come , What May’’, from the musical “Moulin. Rouge”, during the signing of the register. - A reception followed at the Inn at


' Whitewell and the newlyweds honey-; mooned in Venice, Rome and Sorrento.


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A HONEYMOON in the Lake District followed the wedding of


•Miss Merlhi Lavarello and Mr Andrew Hodgson. The bride, a GP, is the daughter


of Mr Jose Francisco and Mrs Rebeca Lavarello, of Peru. - The bridegroom is a chef and is


the son of Mr and Mrs Noel and Elaine Hodgson, of Bleasdale Avenue, Glitheroe.


. ■ . Given away by her father, the


bride wore an off-the-shoulder chif­ fon and sa t in gown w ith pearl detail. She carried a bouquet of Peru-


vian lillies and white roses hand­ made by her sister, Adalize. She was attended by.bridesmaids


Adalize and Rosa Lavarello. They both wore burgundy satin


dresses and carried bouquets of white roses and euchareis lillies. The dame of honour was Marilu


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