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A TEENAGER sacked from his job at Clitheroe Golf Club in the morning went back drunk in the afternoon and became abusive and aggressive towards staff and mem­ bers. Blackburn magistrates


heard that Terence Van Eisden challenged one member to a fight, but he replied: “I ’m not here to fight, I’m here to play golf." Van Eisden (17), of


Springdale Road, Lang- ho, admitted a breach of the peace. He was bound over in the sum of £100


to keep the peace for six months. Pat Bramley (prose­


cuting) said Van Eisden was asked to leave, but refused and persisted with his behaviour until the police arrived. Miss Clare Knight


(defending) said her client claimed he was owed some wages and this was why he had returned to the club. “Things got a little heated and he accepts that a breach of the peace occurred,” said Miss Knight. “He has been in custody for some time as a result.”


9 A SPECIAL ladies-only evening is being hosted at Whalley Primary School tonight. For ir> ladies will receive a glass of bubbly, a free


dip in a chocolate fountain and a Clarins goody bag. Tonight’s event, which will start at 7 p.m. and end at


9 p.m., is being organised by (he Friends of Whallcy School as part of a bid to raise £10,011 towards a sports wall. Tickets can he bought on the door, and further information can ring Bev Roberts on 07871 8:iLl.')(i.


Busmesswomen aim Farmer fails in Lords fuel fighj for top annual awards


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A BARROW woman is one of four final­ ists in the annual Be Inspired Business


Awards. • Jennie Bracewell (34), managing direc­


tor of a small group of Lancashire-based day nurseries, has won her way through a field of 167 applicants to the section’s woman of the year award. The finals are to be held at Blackpool’s


Tower Ballroom next month. The event is a sell-out with 650 people


scheduled to attend. Qualifying in 1992, Jennie was first


appointed as a nursery nurse at Le Monde Petit Day Nursery in Burnley in 1993. Working her way up the managerial lad­


der, she become manager in 2000 and, in 2004, she took an opportunity to become operations director of all four nurseries in the group, going on to become managing director in 2006. Providing high-quality care for 240 chil­


dren every day in Burnley, Longton, Pre­ ston and Clayton-le-Woods, Chorley, the thriving nursery group comprises three limited companies and one registered char­ ity and has five registered provisions in all. Jennie, pictured, lives in Barrow with


husband 'Tony and stepdaughter, Stacey, who is a pupil a t Glitheroe Grammar School’s sixth form, (s)


9 THE proprietors of a new Clitheroe


bridal shop have also won through to the finals of this year’s Be Inspired Business


glittering “Oscar’s-style” award ceremony in Blackpool. The pair’s business - w h i^ t provides a full range of special o c c a s jJP gowns and accessories for bridal parties, mothers of the bride and prom-goers, as well as other accessories - made it to the last four out of 200 hopefuls. The company was nominated by the


Ribble Valley Enterprise Agency, which helped Joanne and Kelly put together their business plan. To earn a place in the last four, Joanne


and Kelly had to face a panel of five for a “Dragon’s Den”-style interview at the Chamber of Commerce headquarters in Preston. Both women were brought up in


Clitheroe, where they still live with their husbands, with parents and grandparents close by. After leaving Ribblesdale High School,


Joanne, trained as a midwife in Preston, moving to Blackburn when she qualified. Kelly who is married to Joanne's broth­


Awards. Sisters-in-Iaw Joanne Driver and Kelly Dixon opened Amelia’s in Moor Lane, just four months ago. Now they are down to the final four in


the Most Promising Business of the Year category Next month, they too will attend the


er, Chris, attended Bowland High School, Grindleton, and on leaving school trained in child care, becoming a teaching assis­ tant. Joanne said: "It seemed a natural pro­


gression when the opportunity arose to open our own b rid al shop, as we had attended many wedding fairs promoting our hand-crafted wedding stationery busi­ ness and we felt we had learned to caterjor _ everything the modern bride requires."


Breda’s food proves a hit


STAFF at Whalley restaurant, delicatessen and outside catering outfit Food by Breda Murphy are celebrating after earning the county’s top food award. They have just been presented


with a “Highest Quality Assured” award by Lancashire and Blackpool Tourist Board in partnership with Made in Lan­ cashire under its “Taste Lan­ cashire” scheme. It comes following an assess­


ment by Wigan-based Global Solutions Ltd, the main contrac­ tor to Visit Britain on its Quality in Tourism Initiative. Food by Breda Murphy was judged on the quality of its food, facilities, hos­ pitality, cleanliness, service and efficiency. Points were also scored for the use of local produce. In all,, the Station Road eatery totalled a,very impressive 88.73% to achieve the prestigious accolade, which is only presented to venues with scores over 80 %. In presenting the award to pro­


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prietor Breda Murphy, who only launched the business just over a year ago, Steve Partington, head of business support at Lancashire and Blackpool Tourist Board, said: “Food by Breda Murphy’s success in achieving the Highest Quality Assured award is fantas­ tic news. “When you consider that about


a fifth of all visitor income is spent on food and drink, it is clear to see that eating out is a key part of the visitor experience.” Commenting on the accolade, Breda said: “We are delighted to


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Charity ball raises £3,100 in Angie’s memory by Julie Magee


A CHARITY ball to celebrate the life of Miss Angie Walmsley has raised £3,100 towards helping make the wishes of children with life-threatening illnesses come true. Organised by Angie’s sister,


Mrs Nikki Maffia, (36), of Chat- burn Road, Clitheroe, the black tie event was held a t the Stirk House Hotel, Gisburn, on Satur­ day evening. “Two hundred and forty six


tickets were sold,” said Mrs Maf­ fia, “and it was so good to see so many of Angie’s family and


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friends together again to help cel­ ebrate her life. “I would like to say a huge


thank you to the Stirk House for having us and helping make it such a memorable occasion. Thanks must also go to our Mas­ ter of Ceremonies Mr Peter Har­ greaves. You bring a whole new meaning to the art of auctioneer­ ing! And finally, thanks to our hostess Miss Dixi Tucker. Angie would have loved you. You brought fun and laughter to the evening and there was never a space on the dance floor. “With donations from local businesses, family and friends


and all who attended the ball, £3,100 was raised for the Round Table Children’s Wish.” Miss Walmsley, who died five


years ago aged 29 following a bat­ tle with cervical cancer, was pas­ sionate about the charity’s work. So far more than £10,000 has


been raised for the charity in Angie’s memory by friends and family. Clitheroe’s French Con­ nection group, of which Angie was a life-long member, regularly makes donations in her memory. (T250208/3)


9 FOR more photographs


from this event, see next month’s issue of the Valley.


A CAMPAIGNING Ribble Valley farm-owner has failed in a last-ditch legal round of a test case fight against the burning of fuel derived from animal waste f^^astle Cement. ^ ^ r y Horner claims that burning


“Animal Waste Derived Fuel” (AWDF) a t Castle Cement’s Rib­ blesdale Works, on the edge of Clitheroe, will blight her home, con­ taminate her farmland and could force her to have her cattle slaugh­ tered. However, la s t Ju ly London’s


Court of Appeal dismissed her legal challenge to the scheme. Now, in a decision just published, that ruling has won the backing of


the House of Lords. Three Law Lords have dismissed an application by Mrs Horner to appeal against the decision of the Court of Appeal, which in turn had backed a previous decision of the High Court. In July 2005, Mrs Horner lost a


High Court battle to quash Lan­ cashire County Council’s grant of planning permission to Castle Cement Ltd to build machinery to burn AWDF a t i ts Ribblesdale Works. In a lengthy and complex judg­


ment, Mr Justice Ouseley dismissed her challenge and backed the coun­ ty council’s stance. Refusing to accept defeat, Mrs Horner asked the Court of Appeal


to rule that the judge got it wrong. She sought an order quashing the decision and demanding a rethink by the council. However, the Appeal judges


instead backed the High Court with Lord Justice Auld saying: “I would agree with the view of the judge th a t there was nothing to suggest that the council had overlooked any point of real practical significance.” He added that it would have been


“impracticable, inappropriate and disproportionate” for the council to attempt any more elaborate consid­ eration of the “Best Practicable Environmental Option” factors. Still undeterred, Mrs Horner refused to accept that ruling and, in


a last ditch legal bid, took it to the House of Lords. Now th a t final bid has failed,


with the Law Lords upholding the earlier ruling of th e Court of Appeal. I t was the Environment Agency


that granted Castle Cement a per­ mit to allow the burning of AWDF a t the works. But Mrs Horner’s legal b attle


centred on the Lancashire County Council’s decision to approve the development needed to make it pos­ sible. I t granted permission in January


2005 for the development of facili­ ties to handle AWDF, comprising a tanker off-loading area, a storage


A SIXTH form student who moved her car 100 yards so it would be safe from vandals was breathalysed and found to be double the legal limit. Blackburn magistrates heard th a t


Joanne Mary Green had a part-time bar job and believed a drink served to her by a friend may have contained a “generous” measure. Green (18), of Mytton View, Clitheroe,


pleaded guilty to driving with excess alco­ hol. She was banned from driving for 16 months and fined £200 with £75 costs. Miss Claire Grant (prosecuting) said


police saw Green drive the car from out­ side the Dog Inn to a car park on Lower-


silo and an extraction system to feed the fuel into a kiln known as “kiln 7”. Challenging th a t decision, Mrs


Horner claimed th a t emissions would contaminate her neighbour­ ing 140-acre Lane Side Farm, at West Bradford, separated from the works only by a river, and would also reach her home a t Heights Farm, Bolton-by-Bowland, on a ridge of hills to the north. She claimed th a t her family’s


home is already affected by airborne emissions from the works, giving rise to adverse health effects and serious concern, and argued th a t this will only be made worse by the burning of AWDF.


Ban follows 100-yard journey


gate. Their attention was drawn because she set off without switching her lights on.


Mr Alfred Rebello (defending) said


Green, a sixth-form student at Clitheroe Royal Grammar School, had previously had a car vandalised and was moving it from outside the pub to a well lit car park where she thought it would be safer for her to leave it overnight. Mr Rebello said Green coached a local


ladies’ football team and the Ribble Val­ ley Netball team and these activities would be more difficult without her driv­ ing licence.


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have scored so highly. We are very much a team here, all of us com­ mitted to serving the finest food using the best local ingredients whether visitors eat in, take out from the deli or have us cater for a, wedding or similar event.” Launched last year, the Taste


Lancashire scheme is a two-tier award system for eating estab-


lishments. Besides the Highest Quality Assured award, there is also a Quality Assured award for venues scoring 60% or above in assessments, which are undertak­ en annually. Our p icture shows Breda


(right) celebrating the award with head chef Gareth Bevan and manager Jodie Morgan, (s)


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