18 Clitheroe Advertiser & T im es, Thursday, July 2nd, 2009


Youngsters ‘hoppingon’


walking bus PRIMARY school children in Whalley are hopping aboard a “walking bus”. ' Run every Monday


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morning by the local Neighbourhood Polic­ ing Team, pupils from Whalley Primary School board the walk-: ing school bus, which sets off from Calder- s t o n e s , Housing Estate, - in Mitton Road. The village’s PCSO


Jane Pearson said: “This is a great way of keeping the children healthy and active and gives the officers and children the chance to get to know each other. “The. .walk, was,


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introduced following improvements made around the school, including a new zebra crossing, making walk­ ing to school a safe alternative to going in the car.'We would encourage more par­ ents in the area to ‘come on board’ and walktoschool.”' : ^ Anyone - wanting


further information about the walking bus. should call 01200 458766. .


•by Faiza Afzaal STAFF and'pupils at. Bow-


; land High School have been all smiles after receiving a. glowing Ofsted report.


: ! Ofsted inspectors recently vis­ ited the Grindleton school and gave top marks on a variety of key areas.


. The report commended the school on the balance it struck between promoting academic- achievement and the develop-


: ment of other life skills amongst its pupil; pointing out the school’s specialist status in per­ forming arts as underpinning the development of many of these skills.


. ; The report stated: “The most striking feature about this school; is the pervading sense of commu­ nity and fellowship that comes about from teachers knowing


. their pupils so extremely well.: ’ : . “Consequently pupils flourish and develop into mature, articu­ late and confident young adults.” ; Delighted with the excellent


report, Rowland High’s head­ teacher, Mr Stephen.Cox, said: “Some schools capitalise on their 21st century-buildings, their.


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Gar owner tracked


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A, . CAR owner who looked out of his bed-’ room window to see a


-man kick his car called -the police and followed


-the attacker to his home address.' Rlackbum magistrates heard that Christopher iThomas Hayton, a chef


at Stonyhurst College, was quickly arrested. -■ Hayton (22), of Hen-


'rthorn Road, Clitheroe, •pleaded guilty to damag­ ing the car belonging to Sajjad Hussain. He was


-fined £155 and ordered to pay £100 in compensa­ tion and £50 in costs.


’ - Miss Emma Kehoe


high-tech classrooms or their sprawling campuses. At Rowland


, we capitalise on knowing our youngsters extremely well.” .


■ . He went on to say thank you -.to all the pupils, staff and par- ents/carers for their support in making Rowland High the excep- ■ ■ tional school that it is.-


school community have worked tirelessly to improve and further develop the school and it is heart­ ening that this is recognised in such a glowing report,” he added. “I am tremendously proud of


the report as it encapsulates some of our great achievements, but also supports the school in the areas in which we will contin­


ue to strive for excellenca” - “Which headteacher would not


be proud of the opening line of the report, which read ‘Rowland High School is an outstanding school that provides the highest- quality of education and care for its pupils’.” . Pictured are pupils celebrating their school’s Ofsted success, (s)


.-(prosecuting) said Mr Hussain was woken by an argument outside his home and looked out to see a man and a woman. As he watched the man kicked his car. '- Mr Imran Hussain (defending) said Hayton had been drinking at a barbecue and there had been a drunken argument on the way home. . “ In a momentary loss


of self-control he lashed out and kicked the car,” said Mr Hussain.


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prong to reduce child swim hours


I AM forced to wonder what the thinking of Ribble Valley Rorough Council when it decided that it


. .was good idea to reduce the avail­ ability of swimming for children at-


,the Edisford Pool, as reported last week.


' There is a-scheme designed to encourage children to get excercise and have fun by providing free stvim- ming, which surely must be a good thing, but when it succeeds in attracting children the response of RyRC is to reduce the times when- children can use the pool. They dress this up as making more •


adult swimming available. Rut what do" they then do but put the “adults only’' swimming slap bang in the period when children’s s\vimming les­ sons are taking place each week night between 6 and 7 p.m. i . The practical effect is that; a) some of the children who are having lessons cannot swim before or after- their lessons; and b) the siblings who are not having lessons can no longer swim with their parents, as used to happen in my case, while the lesson takes place. Now the younger children either


do not go or have to sit and wait, while watching four or five adults having a leisurely swim up and down, and up and down, in an almost empty pool free from inter­ ference by the upwards of 20 children who used to take exercise and enjoy themselves. As a nation we are derided for our - lack of child friendliness and intoler--


■ ance of children in public places. RVRC has confirmed the stereotype and has a bizarre way of promoting the success of an initiative to encour­ age young people to swim by refus­ ing them entry at the prime time they might be expected to take advantage of the scheme. ■ • • RORINSTEPHENS, ■■ - Mill House,- Sawicy,


Let demise of DFB


be a wake-up call YOUR report (June 18th edition) on the collapse of Dairy Farmers of Rritain contained some figures that


• need correcting, along with some fur­ ther explanation of the scale of the problem. ... -


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' DFR have indeed gone into receivership, overnight leaving 1,800 dairy farmers with no buyer for their • milk. Recause this had been expect-


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between 15-17p per litre, s If you include all costs - deprecia-; tion, hired labour, contractors, vets - e t c . - along with money for. further., capital invertment, it is nearer 27p. v -:v"All l;800 producers will not be ,/ paid for ahy milk taken by .DFR ,


from May/lst to June 3rd (34 days), = meaning that a farmer with an aver- -. -ageyielding herdpf 70 cows (not biR .•


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by today’s standards) sending 1,400 litre per day will lose over £10,000. .. Add to this the fact that all 1,800 farmers will lose all of the money


-held.by DFR in their customer retention accounts (money retained by the DFR co-operative as working: capital).'The amount of this loss


■ varies according to the size of the farm. I am personally aware of two - farmers who are both facing/total losses in excess of £135,000. -, - , - . These figures show the inimediate -


-impact. For those who have found a buyer there is a future of sorts, but for those who can find no buyer the ; outlook is bleak indeed.'-


; It should be a matter of national; shame if these hard working family farms are simply le f f to go to the wall.


. .T h e company .which I work for - Clitheroe-based animal feed supplier Dugdale Nutrition-has, like Rooths supermarkets, worked for genera-, tions with farmers, supporting and helping wherever we can.


- , ■Rut they need the help of the.


■wider community - without farmers there is no food and no “green and pleasant land”.


. - This country is now, and has been


for some time, slipping deeper and deeper into the red when it comes to feeding ourselves. -- We are net importers of all major


agricultural produce, all meats, cheese, eggs, cereals, fruit and veg­ etables and even liquid milk. The total deficit is now £16.6 billion. Let the demise of DFR and the


plight of the farmers involved be a wake-up call to us all.- . HOWARD BLACKRURN, Managing Director, Dugdulc Nutrition, Bellman Mill, 'Clitlieroc


Why did youitry


to hide the fkcts? I READ with utter-amazement statements made by the Ribble Val-- ley MP Mr Nigel Evans. ■


: . He says of the current expenses


system: “It has been a rotten system whereby-MPs were able to uplift their pay-via allowances and perks; which people rightly find so’wrong’’;,, . Quite right, so why,-Mr. Evans,s, were you one of a group ofr-MPs, opposing the full .disclosure oh Par­ liamentary Allowances? Why did you sign an Early Day Motion sup- - porting. Michael Martin, Speaker of • the House of Commons, blocking attempts to force MFs to reveal the full details? • 'Could it be that; during the past seven years, you have been in the top three of the league table of MPs'. Additional Cost Allowance claims; (twice joint first!)? Could it be that you claim an aver-:,


-r - Could it be you claim £9,326 in air/


: fares for commuting to London when it only takes two hours by train to : Preston? - How is this justifiable? You also : state that “the thought of: living.; with some of my colleagues in a.i block of flats specially designed for >


. us (in Westminster),fills me with dread”.


■. ’: This is more thahour. troops get in -Afghanistan - why are you so privi- - leged? ,


. ■r ■' ■ ' - :, We read with interest that you say


•you haven't seen your previous expenses published yet; if you do not


- know what is going on in your own ' accounts, how can we trust you to ;


'. manage our affairs?rL and many other residents of the Ribble Valley,


-{ find these fibr es appalling and the _fact.that Mr Evans is now deciding' to jump on the political bandwagon ; and oppose the system is too little f too late.


• It's a disgrace-7 Mr Evans you' should be ashamed, not just for the •■


' unacceptable level of taxpayers’, money-you/have used,'but for attempting to hide the facts from the : public.


■ (The residents of 1;he Ribble Valley,; : most of-;who'm don’t even earn. £1,750 per month, have a right'to expect more from the person they elected to office - so isn't it time to come clean, accept what you have done is wrong and resign? COUN. PAUL FOSTER, Bambcr Bridge West, South Ribble Borough Council .


Scouts need more


admin help SCOUTING is prospering in Clitheroe and District, due mainly to hardworking, dedicated and unpaid leaders and helpers. Current­ ly 425 young people are enjoying the benefits of Scout training, as against 343 in 2006. However, a quite different picture


emerges if one looks at District and Group Administrators. All are in dire need of lay helpers/administra- - tors; in actual fact we are short of


• seven chairpersons, nine secretaries. and five treasurers..


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This lay help is essential if the Group/District is to perform in an -


. effective manner. At Group level the . Leaders/Helpers are having to do. administration duties in addition to the actual job of training our young people. This really means, or could mean,


; the young members are being let - down by lack of lay help. •; Almost everyone I speak to is very pro-Scouting and now is the time to come along--with positive support, v Certainly there are a great number of ex-Scouts; parents and supporters:


' who;.we feel, would be' prepared to ' come forward to ensure the future of-a 'Scouting. .S_-'We also feel confident there are a.- ■ lot of people who are only-waiting to , 'be^ked.'j j V.'"


allow Scouting to continue and prosT.-. per in Clitheroe. t


age £1,750 per. month mortgage :? interest, double that of other. M Ps ,; on your London flat? -


We need:your help;urgently,to i A police presence - .J" •'


; •.'. jPlease'give this your serious con-.-


•jsideratioh.'-Contact either John Hemingway (President)' on 01200 ;


'423476;: Coun.;"Mary|Robinson ■ ■(Chairman)ioni01200^.424289;.■;:


iFelicite Ruddock (District Commis-:- ■ sioner);on' 01254-243'^86;',Simoni -Nanson (Secretary) on 01200 425885;; or any group leader. JOHNHEMINGIVAY, President


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would be welcome. WELL Keith Talbot; yes I totally-, agree with your view .on “No- police/PSCO or ranger presence’’ as'


: I too had visited Edisford-Bridge; ,-with my own' children on a hot sum- ’ mer’s'day to find groups of mixed-


. teenagers. Most were well-behaved;,- ■■but spoilt-by one odd group-with; beer in hand and bad language.


Thanks for a really


warm reception A BIG bouquet from Belarus for the staff at the Clitheroe Castle Muse­ um for their warm welcome to a group of children from Mogilev. .


.' It was an unexpected visit for the museum staff, already stretched with 40 local schoolchildren. Never­ theless, 20 Belarussian children, two interpreters and three helpers from the Blackburn Group of Friends of


> Chernobyl’s Children were able to ; explore the museum.- We hunted for different objects on


a worksheet; we lifted flaps; we used a press to make marks, we magnified


-mini-beasts; we matched sounds: 'with birds and animals, we tried on- costumes. :


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tarred with the same brush. I am a very responsible dog owner,,he/is wormed and L have been known'to _ pick-up other dogs’ ,‘‘accidents”; bM my children and L walk there iii'all seasons, why should we'pr my dog be excluded?


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: He is well-trained and 'part of .dur family. On the day in'question the dog and children, including my own,


; had added pleasure frpm the river V and stones being th rb ^ for the dog! I am sorry Mr Talbot that you feel


you will no longer be visiting the beauty spot, but yes, a,: little more throught from dog owners and cer­ tainly a member of the police o ra ranger would be much safer for everyone.- NAME AND ADDRESS SUPPLIED


Impressed with ‘new look’ Castle


■ WE had some friends up from the Norwich area recently;: Being brought up in Clitheroe we decided upon a trip through the Trough of


//Rowland and a' vist^to. see the alter- /a t io n s tq'Clrtheroe Castle'.' Our


.'‘ All good, hands-on, interactive, learning, in any language. Friendly, helpful staff were on hand to guide, - explain, and point us in the right direction, as well as sharing their knowledge of life in Clitheroe in ear/■ lier times.


■ ■ : We’d already planned a day out in


Clitheroe, travelling by train from Ramsgreave and Wilpshire. We’d fol­ lowed a trail around the Castle and its Keep. -We’d found our way around the maze, and picnicked and played, before an ice cream and the train home. The museum visit was a bonus 'on


a great day out, right on our- doorsteps in Clitheroe.


/ Children and adults were equally


fascinated. Well worth a return ■visit. Check it out for yourselves! SHEILA GOODMAN, Somerset Avenue, . Wilpshire


Excellent carvery


at the White Hart A FEW weeks ago you published an article about the new owner of the White Hart public house in Sabden. I live in the village, but I have no connection with the new owner.


: ' On Sunday, my wife and I decided to try the food at lunchtime, choos­ ing the carvery menu. This not only represented excellent value for money, but both the quality of the food and the presentation could not be faulted. Well worth a visit; you will not be disappointed. • It may be that the facility needs to be marketed more and, in particular,. .there is a! ready-made opportunity to use the forecourt to advertise the-


:menu in view of the daily traffic • passing through the village. ■ ; v; MICHAEL HARDMAN By email


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'■ frieridsVer'e am'azed at the beautiful . scenery and Dunsop Bridge, cafe ..-.•and stream, plus ducks.;!.-:


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' ■ What a superb job has been made of Clitheroe Castle, it is so lovely and so in keeping."'


' . The old arid the new have been


- married together well. We were all impressed. ' .' Swales cafe was its usual good self and we had a blissful day out looking


■ at the shopping facilities, plus the weather was good. ^


v On the way home-we took in St


■Hubert’s RC, Church,-' Dunsop Bridge, a beautiful church with a


- very interesting history. Living in Clitheroe for a large part of our lives we had no idea that the cash raised to build that church (or some of it)


: was from a racehorse which won the Derby during the 1800s. ■ ' . Yes, Clitheroe you have.done a


very good job indeed. BETTY AND BILL PROCTOR, Morccambe


Now let’s get rid


of those trees! MAY-1, through your columns, say how good it is to be able to see Clitheroe’s one true asset once again.


: I mean, of course, the Castle. Just a few more trees to get rid of and then it will be back to original, where it can be viewed from all sides of the


■ town, and all sides.of the-town can be seen from the castle. .. The only dissapointment we had


.' ■ when we went up to the keep was the ■views, or lack of them, from certain points. BARRYDEAN, Kcmple View, ' Clithcroe


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A Grand night of ’ entertainnient


: LAST night (June 25th) I was at The Grand, in Clitheroe, to watch a


• performance by the members of ' ‘ “Streetfeet”;


^ , What:a great entertainment it


:was.-Dancers from the^age of: three • to young adults entertained family and friends to show what they had been learning in classes. It was obvi- ous they all enjoyed the experience, . as did the very appreciative audi-


-en c e .- 's / / ■. sss/.Very well done.-to all; Llook for- . ward to future events.' ' -


: What makes me put pen to paper ■ is not all dogs and their owners are .


- - BARBARA CLARKSON-BOYER;;. ; via c-mail


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