+ 54 ' Clilheroe Advertiser &Times, Thursday, June 26th, 2008 Special tribute to


all the volunteers IN response to the article last week regarding the North West Air .


-Ambulance being called out to an injured dirt bike rider at Bolton-by- Bowland, readers may note that the vehicle in the picture featured was a n . ambulance from St John Ambulanca


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' - St John' Ambulance has had a busy June covering many coimnuni- ty events. As featured last week in • the Advertiser, the Air Ambulance participated in the care and treat­ ment of a casualty from a motor bike event.'^ ’


’ Please don't forget that those St


John volunteers who ^ve willingly to attend many such events throughout the Ribble 'Valley are one aspect of a network that forms a team effort, from the fast response of the North West Ambulance Service, to the acti­ vation of the Air Ambulanca St John 'Volunteers treat many,


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peopla and it's the experience and training that will decide a t such events when other services are called for. I was co-ordinating St John vol­ unteers on that day. and those of other professionals in the seamless service interface that all these three organisations participated in. I would like to take the opportuni­


ty of paying tribute and thanks to the volunteers of St John Ambu­ lance, the Northwest Ambulance service crews from Clitheroe and Barnoldswick who attended that day and, of course, the North West Air Ambulance.


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PHIL TRAIN, St John Ambulance, Clilhcroc Division


Support your local football club


■ PLEASE support your local football


club. ‘ We are writing to encourage more


people in Clitheroe to support the football club.


- A football club in any town pla3Ts wwwr.clitheroeadverliser.cauk ' C l i t h e io e 422324 (Editoria!), 422323 (Advertising), B um l^ 422331 (Classifled) ^


■ free to'run their own affairs. . ■ . • It is a grrat pity. tlmt^^^^^


- “free EnglM’! have not b^ h allorred • to do the same as the W ^ 'B u t then


' again, we haw known for a long tiir^'S^ ■ that we vrould replace'diif own dicta^.^' tor Government with another from g Euipp^ by the denial of this Labour ^ (Jovemment to have a free vote that, e was proimsedtothe'millions when “


an important role both socially and economically^ and can dramatically improve the image of a town and reinforce its sense of commumty.


i Clitheroe FC, with its dedicated group of fans and volunteer helpers,


■ have made great efforts to make improvements a t Shawbridge and


• they deserve to be congratulated on their hard work and commitment. But they still need help to take,


the club forward and recent donation initiatives such as the “buy a brick” scheme and tracksuit sponsorship still need your support in order to help realise the dream of a new club­ house.


The club is a family and commu­


nity ba^d fadlity wWch ^ves a lot of pleasure to all age groups and can also provides opportuiuties for local youngsters to develop their football skills as we have seen with our son John-Paul when he played for the team.


' ■ ■ The club is now at an important'


crossroads and could progress much further in the future with its enthu­ siastic and hard-working manage­ ment. So come on people of ; Clitheroe, get behind the Blues! ,■


JOHN AND MARGARET FAGAN, Clilhcroc


Police have better


things to do 'VILLAGES are small communities that generally exist in amiable toler­ ance and understanding. ■ . . ' There are undercurrents, and over­


currents, and sometimes eruption or confrontation, but these are usually resolved with a couple of pints in the village pub. 'What I can’t understand.


is the pathetic mentality of those' : one or two people, who for whatever reason - a sense I suppose of their • own petty self-importance—want to stir up trouble for other people and ' engage the police for this purpose.., ■


As though the police have nothing


better to do. No wonder our real crimes go unresolved. I have presented in previous corre-


^ondence illustrations. The current drcumstance is one of parking. Vehi­ cles use th e ■ curving. stretches : between Darkwood Crescent and St Chad’s Avenue, Chathum. So, the police are called. You are.


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not allowed to park on a junction. • Technically the adjoining of two thoroughfares is a junction. But what junction? : .


, .'Where are the halt and stop agns? Or the traffic lights? L The junction concerned is a wide open area, diagonally across 24 metres. ■


' The distance across the road is eight metres. So, an advantage, espe- = c ia lly for vans, to use the wider, space, rather than clog the already


. packed streets. v i :-The matter can be resolved if the council can be persuaded to paint double yellow lines, so that residents may know clearly where they may, or may not park; ■ ■ :


ROBIN PARKER, Si Chad’s Avenue, r Chalburn ■


' Please backthis


worthwhile cause THE New. Children’s Hospital Appeal, launched in May 2006, has so far raised £15m. towards its tar-


- get of £20m.Entering its third and final year it needs to raise a further £5m. by June 2009, which is the date that the new hospital will open.: Though it will be based in Manches-, ter, the hospital ■will benefit the lives of 'thousands of children across the North West as it ■will be the b ig ^ t children’s hospital in the UK, with ' the most up-to-date equipment for


diagnosis and treatment. That is why it is good for Clitheroe


. to' give some support to the appeal and why we are particulalry grateful


- for the donation of £250 received last week from the local Rotary Club.


to the appeal (so far) to £1,165. . To learn more about the appeal


and how you can get involved with fund-raising, telephone the appeal


- office on 0161 2764522 or visit the ■webate at: www.newchildrenshospi- talappeal.org.uk


MARY MILLER, Candicmakcrs Court, Clitheroe


Irish have shown


us democracy WE, the English nation, have prid­ ed ourselves over the years in think-


. ing that we have freedom in the way • we live in this country - even when we imposed a dictatorship on others over the past few hundred years. But it has taken the Irish people


to show us how wrong we are in the assumption that these days we have freedom to run our own Uves. The Irish people were given a free


vote on whether they wanted to be ruled by the EU dictators or remmn


,theywant^thhvotesiiithelastfew elections.'"..'...’'.'..:-',"';;;, '


' 1116 other, main parties, Consery- -1


a t iv^ and Liberals^ are no better. None have stated that they will haTC . ,


' a vote. Even a Liberal MEP Peer, f Loiri Ashdown;;has labelled.^ that


want to pull but bf ^tbe EU as fools. Well he would, wouldn’t he, standing to lose that posable £360,000 salmy. andperksthat henow enjoys. r -; £' Even the Labo'ur:Foreign Secre-


' - taiy, David MiUiband, has accepted that vrith the result of the Irish vote . the dreaded treaty should be void, bu t hb still insists th a t we English


- This has brought our contribution :■ it on u


will not get a'say in the issue and thatthe Labour dictators will force


s . I wohder what the millions of dead


who gave up their lives in the last ■ two ■world would have made of it if they were still alive today. . - 'Was i t worth the sacrifice of all


these people to die for a country that once believed in freedom fpr all, so that some brainless dictatore who now reside in Downing Street and London can sweep away that free­ dom to have more brainless dictators inBrusselsruleoverus? . I Well people of England, there is |


light at the end of the tunnel for us " all. I t is called UKIP - the UK Inde­ pendence Party, who are totally opposed to the present EU concept. | Fbr more mforinatiori bh their EU


and UK polid^ look at their webate ^ "


" (www.uldp.org) or attend their next meeting at the Dog Inni Clitheroe, on July 14th at 7-30 p.m., or pve me a ring on 01200 428488 for a copy of a ' UKIP infonnation booklet.


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Cashing In on a Cachet


bargain basement runabout. . Yet the market is awash with


T OUR picture shows some of ..


the players who.; will be heading off to Malta next. year (s)


manufacturers keen to persuade you to the contrary. - Citroen, for example, who


would like small car buyers to register the existence of its C2 Cachet. Here’s a little car with an extra


dose of attitude and luxury all wrapped into one affordable package priced from around £9,000. OK, so f t ’s maybe not quite as affordable as the Perod- ua Kelisas and Daihatsu Cha-


■ rades of this world but the C2 has a far more sophisticated look and feel to it that makes it a car


ib e x e s ^


: that appeals as much more than lowest common denominator


■ motoring. ‘ - .


h e r e is not a great deal of kudos-cachet if you like - to be had in the business of buying a


By JO N A TH A N C R O U C H


Sit inside a C2 and you’re not


constantly reminded of-your penny-pinching ways. It feels cheeky, modern and agreeably sophisticated. - In Cachet form, the car is


available with a choice of two petrol engines (a l . l i and.a 1.4i) and can be ordered in 4 smart colou rs; black, arctic steel, posei- don blue and sport red. C2 Cachet special editions


come complete with air condi­ tioning and an MP3 compatible CD player, as well as remote cen­ tral locking, front electric win­ dows, twin front airbag. Isofix fittings and (if you go for the 1.4- litre version) alloy wheels. Prices?'Well, you’ll pay £9,095


for the l . l i and £9,795 for the 1.4i. . -


Both come in three-door form


only: you’ll need to opt for Cit- roen’s larger C3 if you need five doors. Performance from the 1.1-litre


version we tried is best described as modest, the 61bhp four-cylin­ der engine hauling the C2 to


' 60mph in 14.4 seconds and on to a rather frenetic top speed of 98mph. ~ - Fuel economy is, conversely, very good, the C2 averaging


. 37.1mpg around town, 57.6mpg on a long run with an overall combined fuel figure of 47.9mpg. I t ’s worth calculating how many miles you drive per year


. and how many years you plan to own the car before plumping for a pricier diesel version in the standard range. ■ •' Chances are that the C2 l . l i


model will work out as the more economical all-round proposi­ tion.


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IT is not a great time for manufac­


turers whose principal products are large 4x4's. Jeep can claim, how­


ever, that it has an out­ standing product in the Patriot which offers cus­ tomers around 42.2mpg from a car costing just £15,999. Building upon the suc­


cess ' of ; the Nissan Qashqai, the Japanese manufacturer has


-announced that it will be ' building an all-new com­ pact car at its plant in Sunderland from 2010.' This new vehicle will eventually replace the other Sunderland success story - the Nissan Micra. The Sunderland facto­


The downside of a small petrol


engine is that it can feel a little weedy on long inclines and you may need to stir the stick a little to inject some urge. Go for the 1.4i and a top speed


of 105mph means that typical motorway cruising speeds aren’t going to leave you looking like a shell shock victim after an hour behind the wheel although accel­ eration isn't that brisk: you’ll need 13.9 seconds to hit 60mph.- ■ . Fuel economy is predictably


good, this C2 averaging 35mpg around town, but recording vir­ tually identical extra-urban and combined fuel figures to the l .l i . . Although the styling may


divide opinion and the lack of three rear seats may strike it off the list of some, this Citroen is still a car that is going to suit many buyers in this sector, par­ ticularly those on the lookout for, shall we say, a dash of cachet. ,


ry has a growing reputa­ tion for producing a high-quality product and at a globally competitive price. '


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' These factors have been instrumental in the senior management of Nissan choosing the Sun-


’ derland plant for the production of this impor­ tant car. ' The Nissan plant in


Sunderland produced a record 374,000 vehicles


' in 2007.'Nissan is the . largest vehicle exporter from the UK, with around 80% of its pro­ duction sold outside of the country. Together with the engine assem­ bly plant and other facil­ ities, Sunderland currenh ly employs 4,700 work­ ers.


Gisburn school boasts anotKer success story


FOR the fifth consecutive year, Gisburn Primaiy School’s cross country team was victo­ rious at the SmaU Schools' Ribble 'Valley Cross Country event Held at St Michael and St


.' John’s RC School, Joshua Frankland took first place in the-boys' race andHcky Peel took - first place in the girls' race. The boys' team won the boys' team first place shield and the girls' team won the girls' team first place shield. Pictured is the winning team including the reserves, (s) ' ■


MALTA is the exciting destina­ tion for Ribble Valley-Netball Club. I t is planning to take three


teams - the Under-12s, Under- 13s and Under-14s -


to play in an


inte rn a t ion a l tournament in Malta in March next year. ' Currently the Under-14s are champions of Division One in


the Manchester Junior League, having won a ll their matches, and the Under-12s were pipped ' a t the post, coming second in :


• their group. _ .Ribhle Valley Netball Club - competes in tournaments locally - and around the country and is


currently looking for sponsorship to help with the costs of taking


the teams to Malta next year. Sponsors ■will be promoted ria


the teams tour strip, website, at tournaments and on club paper­ work,


. • Any. companies interested in


sponsoring the club, please con­ ta c t the following: ribhleval- leynetball@yahoo.co.uk or ring Stephanie Zakbn 07790721159.'


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