18 ; Clitherae Advertiser &Times, Thursday, February 12thi^2009


A very strong demand for in-lamb ewes


; p 'e D IGREE in-lamb' i Texel sheep peaked: at £360 for a Texel gimmer shearling a t Gisbum Auc-


: tion M a r t’s fortnightly sale of breeding and store sheep.


; 'V Sired by, an.imported . pure^jDutch.^raihi and ' scanned-for twinsj the -top-price-iTexeljfrom


• Harry Barrow, of;JVigton, Cumbria',-was bought by


;D.’Moore," of-Sowerby Bridge,-:Wffit Yorkshire."' S 'iThe next lotunder the


hammer from Mr Barrow was'ahother-shearling


i gimmer,' again in - l^ h for twins to'an;impo'rt'ed


■: Dutch ram; which sold to • Jonathan Fran k lah d ,^ Rathmeli; Demand for in-lamb


commercial ewes was very strong, with Ross Green­ wood,'of Carleton, Skip- ton, selling in-lamb Texel ewes for £102 to Mark and .Elaine Hartley, of Roughlee.


- - Richard, and David Sandham, of .Yeadon, Leeds, achieved prices ranging from £85 to £90 for their 60 powerful in­ lamb Mule ewes, due to' the Charollais ram. In the store hoggs section; M. and I. Horsfall, of Sower- by Bridge, sold a pen of Texel' hoggs to sheep buyer Andrew Atkinson Auctioneers ; were • Richard rTumer and Soh.-


Half-termfim at Roefield


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A FUN packed week is promised a t Roefield to keep eight to 13-year-olds


.active during the half ■ term holiday.' A varied programme


has been planned in a safe and supervised environ­ ment. Activities will include climbing, swim­ ming, football and bad­ minton among others. ' The scheme will run ' between -9 a.m.' and 5


' p.m. next week from -Monday un ti l Friday, •with extended hours from


, 8 a,m. until 6 p.m. also available.


: For further details, or


.'to book a place, ring 01200 442188. '


i Hieroglyphics at the library


' THE., traditions - of . ancient Egypt are coming to Clitheroe. On Thursday, a special


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; Egyptian-themed session will take place in the jun­


i o r section of Clitheroe iLibrary. Between 2 and 4


; p.m., youngsters from the age of five are invited;to


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■: take part in the free activ­ ities. Children will be able to


'make masks afid'amulets,' ia s well as'(trying-their ;' ha'nd at hieroglyphics.


1 by Duncan Smith .


'A TASK force to tackle fraud- ■ sters who try to steal identities. ;;


online is .being headed up b y Ribble Valley M P Nigel Evans. -I . He is chairman of - the All -Party


Parliamentary. Group, oh'Identity I Fraud; which marked the launch of f


^ Europeah'Data Protection Day by}\. iiannouncing an inquiry, into “phishr^.v ing’.’,'^the practice-of attempting to'.s


'acquire personairdata by'.mas-,?;-; "querading ^


or business wth'a'seeinihgly official • e-mail.' ■ '


a trustworthy person ’ : ‘


;.'The most common examples of -;


phishing e-mails purport to be from ' , a ba'nk or building society and ask • ■ their recipients to respond by click- . ing onto a link and then providing personal details. These can then be ; • used to commit fraud..


, - ■ - Another currently “ doing the :•


rounds”, tells the recipient that he or she is due a tax refund and • should click on the link to respond.- :' ’ Now the All Party Parliamen- ; tary Group on Identity.Fraud is calling on businesses and con­ sumers who have fallen victim to a ' ; phishing attack to write to it with '


NIGEL EVANS


their experiences; In October, the Group reported figures showing incidents of cred i t/d eb it .card cloning and phishing increasing by 182% in the second quarter of 2008 compared with the same period in 2007. Phishing attacks cost $2.8 billion


in 2006, compared to $137 million in 2004; and the number of US citi­ zens who received phishing e-mails


Lap-top will help forum members access benefits


A PLEASANT taskwas undertaken a t the la te s t ; meeting of the Ribble Valley Seniors' Action Forum, when Coun. Mrs Mary Wilson presented a lap-top ' computer to Ernest Law-Riding. ; The computer, will be used to gather information so


it is accessible for the benefit of members and has been • funded by a grant from Lancashire County Council. ' During the meeting, members also heard a talk about Help Direct, the council's new information service.' : The forum meets regularly, to discuss matters of


importance to senior citizens. The next meeting will be in Whalley Methodist Church on March 5th at 10 ? a.m. when a representative from Lancashire County Council will talk about traffic problems in 'Whalley. • : The meeting is open to all residents'of the Ribble Valley who are aged 50 or over. (S220109/1) ■ ..:" -


Police urge victims of sex text pest to come forward


POLICE investigating a sus-; pected text pest who th ey believe'may have targeted' hundreds of people across. East Lancashire are appeal­ ing for victims to come for­ ward.


. - ' Officers suspect'the man'


. - men and women who believe •. they have been targeted, by i: the man. ; f -PC Lisa. E lding-P arry


■ said: “ We believe the.nian "' has sen t sexually explicit --•messages to a t least:41 peo-. pie and suspect there may be *


has sent ' thousands*'of obscene text messages and made sexually explicit phone • calls, using personal mobile: numbers from Iqcal newspa-;


'peradverts.’''?,'';^' j : .V. Police have recewed some, 41' complaints’from^both.


'. hundreds more potential -vie-; ; tims who havemot yet come forward.. The ■victims of this •


?■; man have been left disturbed - ■: by the content of; the text •;:i messages, which have been fj sent a t all times of the day. and night.


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: : “I urge anyone who thinks they have been contacted by


■ this man to call the police, . even if they have since delet- . ed the messages.” - ■ y • -


/ . . Victims are asked to con- , tact police on 0845 125 3545 : quoting log reference num­ ber LC-20090204-0561. ■ • On Tuesday, February 3rd, a 33-year-old man was


- arrested in Rishton on suspi- . cion of causing a public nui- , sarice. He has been released


i; on police bail until March 31st.


Plan for shop extension A PLANNING application has


: been submitted to Ribble Valley Borough Council for the p ro - ' posed extension to form staff 'i room and kitchen to existing ' hairdresser's shop. "The proposal also involves re- ■


siting the access stairs to the-'. flats above the shop and the ere-* ation of a balcony area for use by the flats. Comments on the plan for 1 Accrington Road, Whalley (number 0005) must be made to : the council by February 13th. ■


,. Other applications submitted - include: ,


, Ribchester: Demolition of the- . existing garage at Ribblesdene,- Greenside (1016). Amended application for proposed stabling'


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and accommodation block, with six stables and tack, hay store ;, and three holiday lets at land off - Stoneygate Lane (0045). Langho: Proposed side exten-


. sion to form garage and en-suite - and rear extension to form sun


. . lounge , a t-2 Kirkdale Road (0017).


r: . ‘ West Bradford: Application to -‘discharge condition number 4 -. relating to materials and condi- -’; t io n -12 re la tin g to drainage scheme/treatment plant at West-


field (0056). , Whalley: Demolition of former


. nursery building (0046) and pro­ posed new office development


, and:car.-parking.(0047) at 7, Accrington Road.


Close run contest, but trophy comes to town ■


YOUNG scientists from a * : Clitheroe primary school found the ■winning formula in a hard-fought .


competition. ■/ For the past three years St


• Augustine’s RC High School, at Billington, has hosted a Science Quiz for teams from.the many - local primary schools which feed pupils into it; In both the first and second years of the competition,/


‘the team from St Mary’s Primary, . at Osbaldeston, emerged victori­


ous, but this year the team from St Michael and St John’s RC Prima­ ry, in Clitheroe, broke their rivals’ grip on the trophy. / - ■ As usual the competition was


very close, with teams going into the final round neck and neck. . - Even the teachers werejnvolved, .


/ “It was a very well organised / •. event and thoroughly enjoyable,’’ .


- said Martin Connolly, deputy , . headteacher at St Michael and St '


, John’s. “In addition to the science ■' aspect, the event allowed children


having to label the parts of a skele­ ton; Eventually, St Michael and St ■ John's emerged as winners, h ar-. .- • rawly beating St Hubert's, Great: ; Harwood, into second place. ' / • -.


. from the feeder primary schools'to ineet together, and that can only'' ■ be a good thing.”


■ ■ Our'picture shows the winning


./■team from St Michael and St John’s with their trophy.- (s) ■''' ' '


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/109 million in 2008. The GetSafeOnline campaign in


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s:'tb identity fraud through phishing, internet scams and data theft.


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- Mr Evans commented: “The ; ihessage is simple - banks and busi- : nesses will not e-mail to ask for per-,


- sonal information. If you receive any communication of this type it


. should be forwarded to the imper- : 'sonated organisation and no fur- . ther action should be taken. ,


' ■ “Ordinary people are finding the : recession tough enough without


. falling victim to these faceless •. ; crimes. We are urging all those who have been affected by these attacks to write to us with their experi-


' ences, so that we can build a picture - of how these scams are affecting the


' UK and alert others to the risk of a phishing attack before they fall vic­ tim.”


• You can write to: Nigel Evans MP, Chairman of the All Party Parliamentary Id en t i ty Fraud


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:^iv^ more support to your church


, ;,IAN ROBINS succinctly demon- ; strated (“Contrarian lives up to his' name” Feb’. 5th) the limitations of Contrarians thinking on the partic- ■ ular issue of hospital chaplaincy and, in so doing, has highlighted the much broader issue of the role of . the.National Church in a broadly


: secular, society: the somewhat strange paradox that many who do not profess any meaningful religious


faith still expect the Church to be there for them. And, of course, the Church is here for them; and we always want to be ’


, here for them: to pray with them ', and for them, to rejoice with them ' in their happiness, and to console them in their pain and grief. I t ; was William Temple who observed that the Church exists pri­ marily for the.benefit of its non­ members, and that ethos of service


permeates Christian faith across the world. Over 70% of the population


nationally (around 85% in the Rib­ ble Valley) described themselves in the 2001 Census as “Christian”. Yet because only around a tenth of this number comes to worship on any regular basis, such self-ascription seems largely meaningless. Never-, theless it does suggest that a sub­ stantial majority of Clitheronians want, for whatever reason, to iden­ tify themselves with the Christian Faith, although they do not appear to want i t to affect their lives too much!


There may be many different rea­


sons for that, and ultimately it is entirely a matter for individual con­ sciences. But I wonder whether such folk


really understand that the only rea­ son why the Church to which they give a p ^ in g nod, and which they expect to b'e'there if and when they


.want to use it, only continues to have a presence in the town because'" those who do faithfully gather to


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worship God (the main function of the Church) also put their hands in their pockets to ensure'it remains a going concern.


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, Church buildings may. have been provided through the generosity of


: previous generations, but they still .have.to be maintained and kept'in - good repair; heating and lighting' bills have.to be paid; the grounds- have to be cared for; vandalism-


.. (sadly, quite a regular occurrence in ■: our church yard, where some see nothing wrong in urinating, and - even defecating, in the graveyard) has to be repaired; and the Church’s minis try a t local, diocesan and national levels has to be funded. Your readers may be interested to


know that it costs around £110,000 a year to keep St Mary Magdalene, the old parish church of Clitheroe, functioning - th a t’s just a bit over .£2,000 per week, every week of the year. ■ . I t may not have occurred to the.


large number of “Christians” in the town that the money doesn’t just magically appear, like manna from heaven! As Ian Robins made' clear, there is no national funding in this country as there is for some church­ es abroad. Funding comes from the. people who a t te n d . I t is solely because of their continuing generos­ ity, that there are churches here in Clitheroe at all, ready and waiting to serve the community. But don’t imagine either that churchgoers are wealthy; many, perhaps most in some places, are pensioners giving generously and often sacrificially from limited and declining incomes. In ad d it io n , most roles in the churches are filled by volunteers


etters


giving hours of their time and a great deal of their ta len t to the greater glory of God; They do so because of their faith and because of their desire to help others'. ' So perhaps the next time some-


;-body thinks of such-and-such a ' ib u i ld in g as “my. church”: (even ■ though- they; seldom," if ever, attend), or they need support in dealing with a crisis, they might


_ just spare a thought for those good, • ordinary people by whose love, com­ mitment and generosity, the Church is still here for them. Perhaps they might then begin to think of some . practical contribution they them-;, selves could make to help keep it available for. future generations.: Perhaps they might'even want to • reconsider why, if they are one of the 85% who have chosen to c a l l ; themselves “Christian” but don’t do- - much about it, they don’t take the implications of that self-designation rather more seriously. ■


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PETER SHEPHERD, Assistant Pricsl, St Mary Magdalene, Clitheroe


Be grateful this


work is being done WITH reference to the letter from Adam Howard regarding roadworks causing misery.


• * Be thankful that United Utilities


are spending some of our money in renovating and updating the sewage network. I have lived in countries where they don't have a sewage sys­ tem. I t ’s not very nice. Do what I and many others do,


MARTIN JAMES, Meadowside, Grindleton


- / Well done to our


local post office IN "view of the publicity given to the


• Post Office in the Advertiser and Times, I th in k this would be an


/appropriate time for a word of praise - for our own local office. :


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/ Considering the additional pres­ sure by the closure of smaller branches, the service offered is excel­ lent, the premises always clean and warm and the staff, without excep­ tion, are always pleasantly-polite and most helpful. . Queueing is sometimes criticised,


but if we all decide to attend, at the same time what can we expect? Per­ haps a little consideration might be advantageous.


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G. ARNOLD, Queen Streei, Clitheroe


Not an impressive


reply to my call ON Tuesday, February 3rd a t 4-30 p.m. I reported a pollution incident in the culvert in Shawbridge Street to


-the environment agency and was given a reference number 650602.


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. , I reported a grey/creamy solution; in the water coming from a pipe just - above the bridge that looked like it" could have been an emulsified oil.'*# After about 20 niihutes I was


just leave home 20 minutes earlier, then i t’s no problem. While you are at the lights, it will give you chance to think about the importance of having a 21st Century sewage sys­ tem r and how important the work is to our future.


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called back by an environment officer. who asked if I had ^ n any dead fish. and as it woujd soon be dark and the; lady in question didn't know what ? they would be able to do'in that situ- ■ ation, they would have to look at i t in ; the morning. , If our rivers'are in the profctiori of .*


these corporate ladder-climbing spe­ cialists who cannot be bothered to / have a look a t ah incidentJn case i t : makes them late for supper, and they - ; obviously thinik that it .is OK for filth'/ to be pumped into bur watercom^j . all I can see is the return of stagnant . filth-ridden rivers th a t once again-/ cannot support life.


DISGUSTED , - (name and address supplied); // '/ Trains: still room


for improvement THANK you to Paul Wilson for p u t ; ' ting me straight on the new rail times.- - I was away when the new timetable


came out. I know the early morning trains are not very often on time. I- agree that a half-hour, service will never happen. ; I t doesn’t alter the fact that you


. cannot go to a concert in Manchester and then come home by tra in . I would be happy to be able to leave - Manchester at 11 p.m. ' -


ALAN JOHNSON, Langshaw Drive, Clitheroe _ •


■. Thank you to this


Good Samaritan TO whom it may concern - thanks to a kind gentleman who called the ambulance when he found my mother on the ground in Fairfield Drive, Clitheroe, on Tuesday morning, Jan­ uary 13th.


VERY GRATEFUL The joys of global warming!


“■WHAT’S wrong with global warming- sounds nice” was a title which attracted the attention of Clitheroe and District Probus Club members.-


• • Dr Robin Mcllveen took global


:warming as his theme and gave a well- balanced -view, seasoned with humour. ,


. . He preseiited a valuable and easily digestible summary of the history of temperature changes experienced by the earth over its geological history. ■ ' ■ With diagrams, sketches and slides he


■vi-vidly illustrated the sometimes cata­ clysmic events which herald the start or end of an ice age. • As we leave, the present ice age, mankind’s production of greenhouse


gases is being carefully monitored around the world while efforts increase to control emissions. After a brief question time Dennis


Ogden gave a vote of thanks for an ; extremely clear and interesting presen-


. tation, of great importance to everyone now and in the future. ■ - • Clitheroe and District Probus Club


meets on the first and 3third Fridays of the month at 10-45 a.m. in the Pendle Club, Lowergate, Clitheroe. / • ■ ' ■ / . / The next meeting-will be on February


20th-when Mr Gordon Bartley will return with a talk on "NaturabHarmo- ny and Light On.The Landscape!'.' Inquiries to 01200 429207;: ■ • * /" ‘ . '


Grand ideas for half-term


IF you’re stuck for. what to do with the kids during halLterm, look no further than The Grand, Clitheroe’s multimedia music and arts performance venue. /


; ■ It has organised a great line-up of fam- - ily and educational events for half-term, including crafts,'circus skills, family fun - and a D J workshop.


• / - (3n:Monday, February 16th, the Cir-. cus’ Skills Workshop is aimed at children aged four to eight from 10 a.m.-to noon and at older children, aged nine to 12,' from 2-30 to 4-30 p.m. The cost is £5 per child. - Tuesday sees a craft day from 10 a.m.


; to 4 p.m. Entry is free,-'although some o f ;


- the activities will carry a'small charge to cover the cost of materials.:


■ On.Wednesday there will be a DJ


/Skills Workshop and Friday sees th e , . return of the popular Family Fun Night. * -More information is available from The Grand on 01200 421599 or online a t : ' wvw.thegrandvenue.co.uk Places at the - Family Fun Night must be booked in' advance, due to demand. '


': ' ■ - ■ The Grand Cafe will also be open '


throughout all the events, for parents to enjoy refreshments while reading the ’ papers or even surfing the Internet:


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