.1 4 Clitheroe Advertiser &Times, Thursday, May 15th,2008. Fault leaves village


homes without power THOUSANDS of homes were plunged


into darkness after a power cut in Whalley. ; More than 2,000 villagers were left with­


out power in the early ho'urs'of Saturday morning after a fault at an electricity sub­ station at Riddings Lane. ■ ■


■ \ A spokesman for. United Utilities said:


“Power was interrupted at around 1-20 a.m. on Saturday. By 2 a.m., electricity had been restored.


Unfortunately, a small number of house­ holds were without power until Saturday afternoon, while repairs were completed. We apologise to those customers who were inconvenienced.” •


Brick attack on house


A BRICK was thrown to smash the ground-floor window of a house, in. Mitton Road, Whalley. The incident occurred between 10-30 a.m. and 7 p.m. on Sunday, causing £100 damage. ; .


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SOCCER ace David Bent-^ energy. The Blackburn-:-ular.Blackburn--based artist ;• l^eft^Christopher and Julie ley is pictured at the open- " Rovers’ star kick-started-?-Rdss . Eccles-at ;the Art^.^McCabe wi^^ David.Bent- ing ceremony of an exhibi-' the celebrations for a solo . :-;Decor Gallery, in WHalley. ; ' ley, artist R ^ s Eccles and .tion celebrating talent and exhibition of works by pop-. ,-;--Our picture shows (from . his daughter Dawn, (s)


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A NEW choir was launched in the Ribble Valley on Monday night. More than 30 singers attended the


first rehearsal of the mbced-voice group based in Whalley. They rehearsed a widely-varied set


including the Slaves’ Chorus from Verdi's .‘‘Nabucco’’, the Sanctus from; Schubert's second “German Mass”, . the opening section of a Vivaldi “Glo-, ria” and a spiritual, “Down to the river to pray”.


. - . . Founder-conductor Glen Pate said:


“For a first rehearsal,'this was very encouraging. We had experienced choral singers and several who were taking part for the first time. “I am confident that this choir will


grow rapidly in performance skills, but we need more men for a better balance of voices. There are no auditions or voice tests and a love of singing is more important at first than ability.” He added: “I have already had


inquiries about concerts from a num­ ber of sources, but it’s early days and I don't intend to commit to anything until we are ready. We haven't chosen a name'for the choir yet, but I have one or two ideas in mind. I would welcome any suggestions.” ■The choir will meet again at English


Martyrs' RC Church, The Sands, Whalley, next Monday. Anyone inter­ ested is asked to ring 01254 824312 or ' go along on Monday.


Viva Espana at school


OLYMPIC fever hit Whalley-based Oakhill College Preparatory School recently! With the Olympic Games taking


place in Beijing this summer, a full day of curricular activities centred around a Chinese theme and included hat-making, Chinese writing, flag and dragon making, cooking and sam­ pling Chinese food and outside physi­ cal challenges. Two.days later the school held it’s


first major event in its newly opened sports academy, a mini Olympic


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games. The pupils were di'vided into 12 teams spread across all the conti­ nents of the world. At the closing ceremony the princi­


pal Mr Michael Kennedy presented medals and certificates to the top three teams. The United States of America took


bronze and South Africa the silver, but it was Spain who stood on the winner’s podium and received gold as the Spanish national anthem was played and everyone stood to applaud the efforts of all the teams.


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Make village


better place WHALLEY has been entered in the Lancashire hest-kept village compe­ tition in its 50th anniver- saryyear. Writing on behalf of


Whalley Action Group, Don Nicholson, who lives in Church Lane, states in a leaflet delivered to all households: “The assis­ tance and participation of everyone in the ■village should prove worthwhile. Even if we don't win, the attempt should make the village a better place for all.” The bid is supported


by the Parish Council, the Chamber of Trade, the Pickwick Committee and Scouts and Guides. Judges will visit the vil­ lage on two days between June 1st and July 13th. Working parties to


clean up the village - suitable clothing and bin bags required - are on Saturdays May 31st and June 28th, with everyone meeting in The Square at 10 a.m. The Action Group has


contacted local authori­ ties, United Utilities and the En'vironment Agency pointing out areas in which they can assist. The judges will be


looking for well-main­ tained private properties, including gardens, out­ buildings, driveways and hedges.


Summer ball


A SUMMER ball is being held next week to boost funds for Whalley Crieket Club. The eoektail party, to be held a week


on Friday at Mitton Hall Hotel, is a chance for the gents to dust off their din­ ner suits and the ladies to persuade their better halves to buy them a new dress as the club aims to repeat last year’s suc­ cessful fund-raiser. .


' ' Cocktails and canapes will be served on


arrival accompanied by live music as the party gets under way at 7-30 p.m. Attractions during the evening include a hot buffet and a disco as it progresses and/Hj^y a raffle to help swell the funds with many’W^ prizes kindly donated by numerous busi­ nesses and supporters of the club.- Tick-


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by Vivien Meath


A NEW social networking site is ready for take off and could become the next darling of the internet


boom. From a small base in


Ciitheroe, a worldwide revolu­ tion is quietly under way. Flags are flying as people move to turn their towns and cities into their breakaway republics via BreakawayRe- publbc.com. The concept took more,


than 18 months to fine tune. ^ Founders Sheraz Arshad


and Matthew Cowan have been joined by technical guru Olli Aro and are watching closely as word slowly spreads about the virtual realm that provides all the trappings of sovereign statehood to every village, town and cityin the world. “Every town, village and


city on planet Earth as we know it has the ability to declare itself an independent republic, with its own flag, national anthem, constitution and much more. And every person in the world can join this new world as a citizen of


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world will declare their inde­ pendence and unlimited num­


bers of users will be able to register their citizenship with­


in one of these new nation states, each one with a unique identity and its own tailored and highly-customised con­


tent. , Republix owners and citi­ ' _ ,


zens in this new virtual world communicate, interact and trade with each other, with “Republbc” exchanging hands at prices agreed between own­


one of these newly-estab­ lished nation states,” said Mr


Arshad. Like the ultra-successful


Facebook and My Space, BreakawayRepublbc.com is a social networking website, but with a difference. I t is based on the real


world, enabling registered users to customise and man­ age profile pages based on their status, as a citizen or country owner. Content includes music,


video, pictures and text. Mr Arshad explained that it was a site where people could come together around places they knew and loved, or inter­ act with people across the world v/ho shared an affilia­


MP blasts plans to scrap rural phone boxes


PLANS to remove more tele­ phone boxes from rural areas in the Ribble Valley have been


slammed by Nigel Evans ME Speaking from Westmin­


ster, Mr Evans said: “Once again, the implications of


removing such services as phone boxes will hit rural areas the most. “These phone boxes provide


- a much needed public service.. “Not everybody; has a.


^YjPlnobile telephone and certain- ly in many areas of the coun- tryside, mobile reception is very poor anyway.


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■ -"“The phone box in my yil-’ lage of Pendleton is one that is due to be removed along with telephones in Gisburn,.


. ' West Bradford, Whalley and other rural areas.


; ■ - ; “I could not disagree, with


the decision more vehemently. I t should be par t of BT’s remit to maintain the public service telephone boxes pro­ vide to those living in the countryside. “This applies especially to


elderly people who may not, have access to mobile phones. “Bit by bit we are eroding the traditional rural way of


life. ' “The number of post,


offices, schools, pubs and tele­ phone boxes in these areas are


dwindling and we do not pro­ vide enough support for farm­ ers or local small businesses. :, i; “I t is high time tha t the


Government stepped in to protect our countryside and that companies such'as BT recognise that they have a sig­ nificant role to play as well.”


tion to a given place. The site is run by SMOG Media, the initials of the co-founders, based in Ciitheroe. Users can use the tools provided to interact with people they know or with people who share an affiliation with a given town or place. And for a limited time, all new users can claim one town completely free. Ownership of a breakaway


republic is unique, meaning that once a town or city has been claimed, no-one else can own it, except, of course, if the incumbent o™er chooses to trade the claim. In time, the three behind


the site hope that more than four million places across the


ers, and citizens being select­ ed to serve as Ministers with­ in the republics they have chosen to reside within. Republb: owners can even sell links to local businesses or publish adverts relating to their local town or city. “I t’s a virtual replica of the


real world, with the subtle dif­ ference of there being four million countries instead of 192!” said Olli Aro. “Add to that the fact that anyone can claim free citizenship within a breakaway republic of their choice, and you’ve got a diverse and vibrant global ■ community coming together


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