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, 4 . Clitheroe Advertiser &Times, Thursday, February 12th, 2009


' www.clitheroeadvertiser.co.uk say: by Faiza Afzaal: IRRESPONSIBLE dog ovraers?,


in Mellor-beware! . There is more chance of you


receiving a fine for. not cleaning up after your pets now that school-; children, police and dog wardens i are working together.. . . ^ “Enough is enough”, say children r. from Mellor St Mary’s School, who ■


- are fed-up of dirty pavements in the village. They are so concerned about the'


problem that they have decided t o . , put pen to paper by writing letters and designing posters urging people to clean up after their pets. • Adele Scott, the environment’


enforcement officer for Kibble Val- ^ ley Borough Council, said: “Eigh-: teen months ago a blitz was carried ; out in-Mellor where things p r o - ; grossed.


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ful of careless dog owners and litter^!' louts.


“However, we again have a hand- - • ' ■ '


“We need the local residents to :


also take a role in tackling this offensive behaviour. “The main area affected is th e ’5


" ,' “Children have written a letter in ;


the hope tha t pet owners will■^ realise the impact of their actions - and keep the streets of Mellor nice; and tidy. ■ “Police will be clamping down on'


this problem too and if anyone is


. caught allowing their pets to foul in . ;public, they will be asked to visit; ■ the school and explain their actions ■ to the children.' ' “I shall also be’qut and about


and shall not hesitate to issue a fine if anyone is caught.” ■' She added: “Please call Kibble- Valley Borough Council’s environ­ mental health department on 01200 425111 with information.’.’


An open letter written by 10- ■ ’ year-old LUCY CALDERBANK .


. ■:'Dogs are a man’s’best:friend, right?


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footpath along Church Lane and ■ we really need to stamp this prob- .< lem out.


’ I can tell you for certain, dogs are ,


'definitely not your mum’s best ■friend when she has just washed' ‘ and ironed your school trousers and. polished your shoes and then you ; walk through the door smelling like a rotten egg with yoiir trousers and v


■ shoes dyed a horrible brown colour.^: ' Now you’ve heard our point of. ;


.view and our muni’s point-of-view so it ’s your choice.V.whether, to be;v responsible and pick up the poo or ,: ■not. ' ;


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;?;vWe hope you make the right:' choice and help Mellor, to become a/- cleaner and safer place.


'■Top tip: Keuseyou old shopping: bags,to pick up the poo!.’,, - ’ ...


•' OUR picture shows Sgt John Lindsay, of Clithcroe Police, with Adele Scott and children from Mclior Primary School > :


keen to crack down on the increasing problem of dog fouling (S220109/2) , : ^ ^ .


An open letter written by 10- ■:year-old MORGAN COOPER


.TT'T T e , the children of Mellor ' \ / \ / School, want to walk to ;; V V ' school, but we can’tl ; The problem is the amount of dog dirt on the pavement. I once


stepped in one, .thqsmell.;was -,- revolting and I had to cleaii it off-, myself. Our school has set up a walking . ,


bus, which reduces the fumes from j cars and keeps us healthy.: How does it work? 'We all gather;. ' at one place and walk. The children;:


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Alexia is a star-with a tennis racquet YOU wouldn’t normally associate'; ', tennis with this time of year, :■/ . unless you were watching the Aus-.g tralian Open.


‘ . Yet tennis is an all-year-round


' sport and, as part of the Lan- . . cashire Tennis Association’s role to ■ '-nurture young talent, there are - ■ competitions year round in the ; local area. Seven-year-old Alexia Siguero- ;'


: Campo is a Year 2 pupil at Oakhill College, in Whalley, who is show- ■. ; ing great promise with a tennis ’ . -


Spurredon to victory!


-A SCHOOLGIRL has come up smelling of rosettes after scoop-',!; ! ing an amazing array of awar^ N


• at a prestigious competition. ;'. Victoria Lundy, pictured, who ;


: attends Oakhill College, Whal- ley, attended the recent North ; '


i'East Lancashire Riding Club V presentation evening. ; ' . The Year 7 pupil, of Rising


, ; Bridge, near Accrington, has .’ : been around horses all her life, as


|n h e r parents own Croft Top Rid- ■ling School. Even so, to get as far .; as she has requires considerable '


I i, dedication and an equal measure of skill.


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-,v:;;She was particularly delighted to be awarded the “Most


.! Improved Rider” title for the ' i: club and was presented with two !


trophies and a rosette in recogni-; tion of her achievements. •< -:


Not only that, she also collect-'


ed two further trophies and a ' first place rosette for be com in g : the Points Champion in the ' - Working Hunter class with her .; 'horse “Star”.


-This was judged bn the basis, ,


of her style of jumping and then on confirmation. And, just to round the evening


?. off, Victoria was presented with , i yet another trophy and a blue ;, rosette for, coming second in the . equestrian event.-(s)


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' Clearly it was training that paid . off, as Alexia, from Sabden, has now won the Under-8s competi­ tion in the Ribble Valley. She won she consecutive matches


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who walk have said-they are unhap- ; py about the dog dirt.


. : V Our headteacher says “I find it


v d if f icu lt 'to walk down Mellor Lane.” ' If you carry plastic bags and dis-


; pose of these properly, we would be _very grateful. ■


. OUR ph’olo- . graph shows " Jean Aspden, of the Keep Lodge Ladies Commit­ tee, presenting a cheque to


Sharon Crimble ■


; from the East Lancs Hospice. (T080209/G) .


his letter concerns the mat-:


■ter, of dog dirt .and the chil- ,dren of .Mellor St Mary’s School and manypeople who use the paths daily. ■ ■ ■ .


, by Kate Grieves________ A FURIOUS Simonstone woman-


,.has blasted planning chiefs and .claimed her £500,000 plan’s for hol­ id a y homes in the village have been blocked for more than two years;"'' .'Mrs Victoria Slater won planning 'Permission in June 2006 to build 10 ■ holiday, cottages on her land in Trapp


: -Lane. But she says that since then she ■has had nothing but knock backs and refusals which have stopped her start­


l in g work and has cost her £30,000. ■ ; A spokesman from Ribble Valley


iBorough Council planning depart­ ment, which initially granted the per-


-'mission, denied the claims and said: issues with ;the application were'


[responsible for the hold-ups. vj;-;Mrs Slater said: “This has been my complete ruination, I am near bank­ rupt and it feels like a persecution. We have not been able to move on for years and I am at the end of my teth­ er.”


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Clitheroe Advertiser &Times, Thursday, February 12th, 2009 5 woman slams council over build delays After the plans were approved in


2006, Mrs Slater said she was told she could not knock down some walls to build on the land, although she says the plans showed this would have to happen. ; The 10 cottages were then reduced to eight single-storey buildings and the


. roofs, which were initially going to be blue slate, were declared not suitable,. and will have to be replaced by syn­ thetic slate roofs, Mrs Slater said. The council was then due to send her


. a methodology report to outline what ' needed to be done to move the plans forward, after Mrs Slater’s agent issued one, but said she has never received one and also that she did not receive proper advice from Ribble Val-; ley Borough Council. ; ■ : ‘)The original plans estimated that


the cottages would be finished in 26 weeks but it’s been more than two and a half years. “After I started knocking the walls


down, the council said I wasn’t allowed to and said they would enforce a stop­ page injunction. It is one thing after


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another and I don’t know what to do next.” . Mrs Slater has complained to the


Local Government Ombudsman, who is looking into the issue and his report is due shortly. A Ribble Valley Borough Council spokesman said: “We have spent a sig­


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nificant amount of time trying to help Mrs Slater understand the planning process and will continue to do so. “With the co-operation of all con­


cerned; we are confident this matter can be resolved in accordance with planning law.” - (B040209/1)


A 46-YEAR-OLD farmer remains in the intensive care unit this week after being kicked in the stomach by a cow. Mr John Wearden, of


Farmer still in intensive care Hospital where he is said to ^


•be in a “stable” condition.; ' . It is understood the inci-!;


■ dent happened around mid-. f ■


; day on January 29th, while


Shaw House Farm, suffered '.-Mr Wearden was in one of.- scrious injuries and..was-;;-v;thc pens with some of the : taken to Royai Blackburn - cows on the family-run farm.-•=


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Lottery wins W IN N ER S of the


■ East Lancashire Hos­ pice Lottery for the draw held on Friday, February 6th were: Mrs Wharton, of Clitheroe, £ 1,000; Mrs Aspin, of Knott End on Sea, £250; Mrs Yates, of Black­ burn, £100. There were also 15 £10 win­ ners. To join the Lot­ tery please call Gill on 01254 342865.'.


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A helping hand from the ladies


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THE Ladies Committee of Keep Lodge has donated £550 to the East Lancs Hospice. Three events ^ a soup and coffee


■ morning;:a garden party and a race night - aided the fund-raising efforts. A further £1;000 raised by the com-


- mittee has been donated to the worship- ful master of the lodge and will be


: donated, to good causes including the North West Air Ambulance.


Lots for all ages


’ The varied programme of events: ranges from:


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: ; Monday classes of a Jack and : ; ■ Jill Pre-Nursery play group, ladies' ; badminton and Beavers and Cubs..';: . On Tuesdays Age Concern m e et !;


in the lower.hall, and there is a: , >.■ Jujitsu class.


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■ ' Little-Voices meet in the main -'j hall on a Wednesday as do Brown- ;j ies who'meet in the lower ha l l . - i ; Thursday is a Latin dancing :' '•■ ;■ •


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