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Dairy cattle show


DESPITE uncertainty with milk buyers, a packed ringside of bidders attended the' latest dairy cattle show and sale at Gis- burn Auction Mart, confirming the con--


■tinning demand for newly-calved dairy, cattle for sale.


- ‘ - ' The pedigree-dairy cattle show was


judged by Robert Burrow, of the Stardale herd.: The championship was awarded to G; D. Donkin,'of iCopster. Green, showing, a' quality heifer just seven days calved,-


. but already giving 30kgs. She later sold to an undisclosed buyer for.£2,160. ; ; : - The second prize rosette went to


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i THE Barrow Bash raised more than £3,000 for a Ribble Valley village school.


;. Organised by the Friends of


. Barrow School; the event,-held at Clitheroe Golf Club, was a great


disco were enjoyed by the 85 peo-'' pie who.bought tickets for the event. Among the prizes up fo r : grabs in the raffle and auction


• success. A three-course meal and •. Gear” show - they added £525 to •


. were four tickets to be in the audi- - ence during the filming of a “Top


: the total raised on the night. , ;; Our photograph shows some of : those who attended the Barrow,


Bash. (T070609/10) - More pictures from tins


event will be in the next edition of The: Valley, out on July 16th. -


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S Queen celebrates her


■ SABDEN’S new rose queen joined 30 other ex-holders of; , the title when she took part in the annual celebrations. . ' Miss Ellie Lonsdale was., crowned St Nicholas Church s 60th rose queen before the church garden party when she ; was attended by pageboy . Thomas Lonsdale.and flower -


‘ girls Poppy Billington,, Danielle Olizant and Annie.; Finnigan. Then on Sunday a l l ,. surviving rose queens since the. tradition began 60 years ago were invited to take part in the


'annual procession of witness'


; around the village and 30 of them joined other members of the congregation to walk in the


^procession which was led by Accrington Pipe Band. Afterwards there was a spe­


cial service in church and a memorabilia exhibition in the church hall when people also enjoyed refresh'ments. ■ The:; garden party was opened by village stalwart and churchwarden Mr Bernard Parfitt and raised £1,700 for church funds.


Watching the birdy is fascinating experience


VISITORS to the Forek of Bowland can literally watch


the birdy. f The unfolding story of a pair of


hen harriers can be seen on the big screen at the Bowland Visitor


Centre. ■ Footage from a hidden camera means the centre is the only place in England where unedited film of the harriers and their two chicks can be seen. Nick Osborne, from Lancashire


Countryside Services, said: “This is so exciting especially as hen harriers are so rare. Everyone is really enthusiastic about sharing this experience.. I t is fascinating to watch what is going on at the nest and I find it incredibly addic­ tive. You just can’t take your eyes off the big screen in case you miss something.” , ' . The hen harriers on camera are


part of a-very small population in England. Last year only 10 pairs


nested successfully in England - eight of them in the Forest of Bowland.


. Pete Wilson, the RSPB’s Bow-.


land Officer, said: “The hen harri-; ers in Bqwland are an excellent example of conservation organi­ sations, landowners and game- keepers working together to ensure hen harriers have a future. ■ “We want to see this successful


partnership replicated elsewhere and are actively asking other ■ landowners and land managers to . help us increase the number of hen harriers in England to 40 ‘ breeding pairs by 2010.” And Caroline.Holden, United


Utilities' acting Bowland estate manager, added: “As a major landowner in Bowland, United Utilities takes its conservation responsibilities very seriously. We’ve worked with the RSPB for many years and it. is hugely rewarding to see such tangible


evidence of hen harrier success on this estate.’T . : ■


• • Continuous footage of the


hen harriers on camera can be ■viewed seven days a week at the Bowland Visitor Centre on Bea­ con Fell Country Park. Viewing is possible from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. every dayand you can also find out the latest from the nest by reading the hen harrier blog at:


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School frijends enjoy charity .bash


Clitheroe422324(Editorial),01282426161 (Advertising),Burnley01282422331 (Class'ified); Man threw drug


bag over a wall A WOMAN who went to, help a teenager she found crying in a back alley in the early hours was so concerned for his welfare she


. called the police. ...... : Blackburn magistrates heard


th a t when!they arrived the woman reported she had seen him throw something over, a wall. The police recovered a bag containing cannabis and Ryan


: Lee Bower was arrested. ; Bower (19), of Longworth


. Road, Billington, pleaded guilty : to possession of cannabis. He ■was fined £80 and ordered to pay £75 costs.. :Miss Emma Morrissey


(defending) said Bower had been ■ drinking heavily and remem-


.- bered little of the incident. She - said the witness had heard him crying in the back alley at 6 a.m. and when^ Bower said he was freezing cold she went inside and got him a fleece, a t the same time calling the police. .


Any footballers up for a game?


‘ HERE’S an unusual appeal for some fairly useless footballers who are up for a game on Satur­ day! Barney Smith and a group of


- pals will be in Clitheroe this Sat­ urday as part of a stag weekend and are keen to have a kickabout against some local opposition as long as they’re not too good.


- Barney writes: “We've got a pitch booked for 3-30 p.m. at the Roefield Leisure Centre in Clitheroe. We are a team of


■ seven who will be rubbish, and ; any team - whether it be girls, under-threes or overT50s - who fancy a game are welcomel


V' “We can play five, six.or • seven- a-side, but my bet is we'll need a sub option due to a signif­ icant lack of fitness, so five or six


aside.” Anyone local team up for the


challenge can call Barney on 0191 384 8905 (daytime) or 07795 074700 (evenings) or e-


' mail. ■ him at: BSmith @ckscience.co.uk


Memorial for lost servicemen


■ VALLEY residents are being asked to provide information to


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- •. help establish a special Armed -Forces memorial.


■ ■ The Preston and District Vet­ erans’ Council is trying to verify


• details of servicemen from Pre­ ston and the immediate sur- rounding area who have died while serving with the Armed


: ■ Forces since 1945. ■ Part of the project will also


■ ■include putting together a Roll, ■ ofHoriour with details of each


’.individual.


.Local people, whose relatives ■ may have lived in or around the ■ - Preston area, are being asked to


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■ ring 01772 906113 or e-mail: ■ c.forrest@preston.gov.uk to help


’ organisers verify the details they ■ have gathered so far or provide information on those who have


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TAKING the lead from Scottish band “The, Proclaimers’’, Ribble Valley man Bill Good­ man walked 500 miles. Twenty-seven days after leaving St Jean Pied de Port, in Southern France, Mr. Good-:


- man; of Wilpshire, reached Santiago de Com­ postela in Spain. He walked between 16 and 26.: miles each day and on day one climbed to ; ■ 1,700 metres within 20 kilometres having cho- ■


■ sen to cross the Pyrenees by the arduous path known as “Napoleon’s Route”.


' - Bill (pictured) said: “I t has been an amaz- ■ ing experience and I met fascinating people of all ages and nationalities, including a compa- triot New Zealander who walked most of the.


■ way with me.


“Leaving each hostel every morning between 6 and 6-30 a.m. and carrying all my


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- worldly goods, weighing 12kg, in a backpack has given me an insight into the feeling of homelessness. ' ; . “ There was no supper and no bed for the


• night until I reached the next hostel - late ■ arrival could mean the top of a three tier bunk, in a dormitory full of folk who snored!”- ; ' The East Lancashire Hospice is set to bene­ fit from sponsorship money collected by Bill, who is on his.way to achieving his £l,000.tarr.


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Clitheroe Advertiser &Times, Thursday, June 18th, 2009 . 9


Red letter day in long history of local firm


A BRAND new office com­ plex a tClitheroe-based Dugdale Nutrition was for­ mally opened by Mr. Billy Dugdale on Tuesday. / He cut the ribbon on the


new offices, which are part of a ■ £750,000 investment program in the business over the p a s t ' year and represent the Dugr dale family’s ongoing commit-'


; ment to being a key part of th e ; livestock industry for many years to come. The new building, which:


becomes the administration:; hub for Dugdale Nutrition, ; also contains three office suites available to rent. Tuesday’s opening marked a significant event in the long histo^ of the company, as these are the first purpose-built offices it has had in more than 160 years of trad­ ing. The company’s founder, John Dugdale, was already trading a t 'Waddington Post


Office in 1850 and six genera­ tions later the business is one of the leading suppliers of farm feeds in the N o rth of England. , " Employing 40 staff a t its Salthill mill, the company manufactures and distributes


. more than 100,000 tonnes per ■ year of animal feed and sup-,- plements to famers throughout the North. ■ On Wednesday, the compa-. ny held an open day for its cus-,'


^ tomers, which also served as a - fund-raising event for the : ; North West Air Ambulance, recognising the tremendous service it provides to the rural community. Our pictures show Mr Billy.


Dugdale cutting the ribbon to open the new office complex (CR160609-3) and, below, Dugdale N u tr i tio n ’s staff gathered for the opening. (CR160609-4)


Health Trust is ahead of Governhientr patiient targets


MORE than 95% of all patients a t East Lancashire Hospitals. , have been diagnosed, assessed


and received their first treatment within 18 weeks of referral. Latest performance figures


show that 98.7% of outpatients are treated within th a t time, exceeding the Government target


of 95%. And 92.8% of those whose


conditions require a stay in hos- : pital are treated in th a t time,- compared to a government target of 90%. The latest figures are in s ta rk . ’


contrast to those of 10 years ago, : when Department of Health archives show that more than a. quarter of all patients in East Lancashire waited more than five months to.be admitted to hospi­ tal for surgery, and almost one in five waited that long for an out­ patient procedure. The Depart­ ment of Health is planning to raise the bar again later this year, with new targets requiring an even g reater percentage of patients to have their first defini­ tive treatment within 18.weeks. The clock stops only if a


patient chooses to delay their own treatment, or is placed on a transplant waiting lis t .- :.


' ;'Val Bertenshaw, Director of Operations for East Lancashire Hospitals NHS T ru s t , said:


“ Everyone in the T ru s t has worked hard to achieve such a strong position against these tar­ gets, and further analysis shows us that those who did wait longer than 18 weeks usually missed out on the target only by a few days. “Targets are set to get even


tougher.in September, but the T ru s t’s strong performances place us in a great position to rise to th a t challenge.” ’


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