: Clltheroe Advertiser&Tlnies,Thursday, December 2,2010 Trees


A FUN-FILLED.Christmas: tree festival will be held next' weekend. ,


_ . Members of St Michael and St


•John’siGhurchj Lowergate, are : hosting the second Christmas' Tree Festival from December^ :10th to 12th, between 10 a.m..


■ to 4 p.m. on Friday; 12-30 to 4 p.m. on Saturday and 11 a.m. to; 4 p.m. on Sunday. ,:;


. ' 0 Other churches, organisa-


: tions,-charities, schools.and .businesses in the area are all working together on the event, which will have various trees and decorations on display.' Groups will be using their trees'to advertise their own


■ Christmas events. 'Visitors will be asked to vote for their fa­ vourite tree, and there will be prizes for the most popular en­ tries.',- ■


■ ■ ■' As part of the festival, there


. will be a ceremony opened by the Mayors of Ribble 'Valley and Clitheroe, singing from three local choirs,: a memory tree for visitors to commemorate bap-


■ tisms, weddings or the loss of a loved one, and a wish tree. There will also be carols, a visit from Santa, refreshments


■ and a raffle and tombola. - For further details, e-mail:


. ; by Julie Magee


A FARMER is pleading for dog owners to keep their, animals on a lead after one of his ewes was mutilated.


' . The three-year-old Texel.


sheep was attacked when grazing on the farmer’s land, off Pimlico Link Road,- Clitheroe.


, The injuries were so ap­ palling that the animal, which was in lamb at the time, later died. The-farmer said: “I


think it may have been attacked by two dog’s : because it was such a mess. The land has a public foot-, path, so I don’t know if the. dog got away or ran off. - ‘Tt was awful. People


should have, their dogs on a lead at all times around live­ stock.” Following the incident,’


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HORRIFIC INJURIES: The mutilated Texel sheep, (s)


vember 25th, the owners of Higher Grccnhead Farm, Sawley, have been forced to bring all their sheep off that land, as they are worried a similar thing could happen again.. ■ ■ •


PC Ian Dickinson, who is


a rural officer for Clitheroe Police,.said a similar inci­ dent had occurred on land off Ribble Lane, Chatburn, on November 20th; during which four sheep had been worried by a, dog, with at least three dying. :;


: He explained that these


•• incidents tend to occurwhen poachers' are after deer and their dogs end up attacking


. the sheep in the fields, j • V He added that these inci­ dents weremore common


;: during the winter months of• December, January, Febru-


: ary and March, just prior to : the lambing season. • - : ' .......“It’s rare due to increased


...signage and awareness, however, domestic dogs do occasionally attack sheep.” PC Dickinson added.


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“The farmers feel the ef­ fects of these often tragic and preventable incidents. “I would .reiterate the


message for people to keep their dogs secure and on leads when they are in fields with livestock, whether it’s lambing time or not.” Anyone who has informa­


tion about either of the two incidents which took place, in November should call Clitheroe.Police on 01200 443344.


MUSICAL TALENT: Young performers and guests.


YOUTH was to the fore at the . final concert in the current Mu­ sic at St Mary’s season. . Clitheroe’s Parish Church


held an excited air of anticipa­ tion as people gathered to hear young musicians perform. , The Mayor of Ribble Valley,


Coun. Lois Rimmer, and her consort and husband Gordon, were among the audience, to­ gether with the Deputy Town Mayor and Mayoress Council­ lor Simon Entwistle and his wife Pamela.


' Ribble Valley MP Nigel Evans'


said he had enjoyed the concert so much last year he wanted to come again to support the youngsters, aged from 12 to 18. Priest-in-charge at St Mary’s, Rev. Andy Froud, acted as corh-


pere. Each of the performers was given a voucher to spend at


• Clitheroe Music, in Moor Lane. Performers wore Oliver Rob­


erts; Grace' Handscomb; Eliza­ beth Meyer; Katie Wlodarczyk; Annie Allen; Ruth Hallows; Rhiannon Wickham; Shannon


•Gateley; Lizzie Wlodarczyk; Thomas Wiggans and Jamie Allen.


' ' Organisers expressed their


gratitude for the kind support of Clitheroe Music, and also pianist Janet Ismail, who gave her time so generously to accompany per­ formers. The generous audience donated around £300 in aid of the St Mary’s Spire Fund. For information about ne.xt


year’s events visit: www.st maryclitheroe.com.


‘Drunk, violent bully ’ hit partner


A MAN who hit his partner in the face at her home in Clitheroe has been described by a judge as a “drunk, violent bully”. Ian Brown later tried to per­


suade Anneli Yates to retract her complaint to the police, Preston Crown Court was told. Brown (44), of York Street,


Blackburn, admitted charges of common assault and perverting the course of justice at a previous hearing, and appeared before the court for sentencing. Mr Fraser Livesey (prosecuting)


said the defendant could be argu­ mentative \vhen in drink. . His partner was at home in Low-


ergate, Clitheroe, when the as­ sault happened on April 14th. She


claimed he had been drinking on that day, although he denied it. Ms "Yates told him to leave, biit'


he hit her in the face, grabbed her hair and began to drag her on the floor. Her nose was bleeding. He claimed Ms Yates had


struck him with a baseball bat, but police found no apparent injury to Brown. : ■ Brown was remanded in custo­


dy. He made three phone calls to' the woman, saying she should go and make a retraction statement. Miss Zoe Nield (defending) said


Brown accepted hitting the wom­ an in the face and pulling her hair. That arose after he had fallen over the baby gate, she said. Ms Yates was at court to support


: him and was happy he had sought help for his alcohol problems. Miss Nield said: “He is facing up


to his alcohol problems.” Judge Heather Lloyd said the offences warranted a pris-


;On sentence, but the 218 days already spent.on remand meant he had effectively served that sen­ tence of 58 weeks. ,


• ■ She added: “Ifyou don’t comply, your licence will be revoked. Ifyou re-offend, it will be on your record that you received this prison term. “Until you accept that you are a


drunk, violent bully, and until you do something about it, this spiral­ ling behaviour will continue with the next partner and the next, or : even with Miss Yates.”


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Change of use plan for Perry’s


A PROPOSAL to change the use from a car show­ room to class A1 retail use with alterations to the front elevation to create two new shop windows and erection of gates to entrance has been submitted to Ribble Valley Borough Council. Comments on the pro­


posal at Perry’s Car Sales, Waterloo Road, Clitheroe (number.0916) must be made to the council by De­ cember 3rd. - ■ . Other plans submitted include: Clitheroe: Proposed in­


stallation of a new shop front with illuminated fas­ cia signs inside and exiernal at 34 Castle Street (0909). Proposed new single sto­ rey rear extension and in­ ternal alterations to create utility, kitchen, dining and sun room. Monopitch roof with Velux roof lights at 4 Longsight Avenue (0912). Certificate of lawful devel­ opment for a single storey lean-to rear extension and alterations to existing front porch to add a door and window at 28 Copperfield Close (0915). Renewal of planning consent for the demolition of existing ga­ rages and construction of three affordable dwellings at land adjacent to 28 Kirk- moor Road (0918).' Bolton-by-Bowland:


Proposed change of use of activity centre to a bed and breakfast business, exten­ sion into the old rest room to form a guest lounge and alteration of the windows at Fell View-Barn, Bayg- ate (0925) and construction of agricultural buildings to provide animal housing and storage and extension of existing track (0889 and


0924). Whalley: Demolition of


existing disused public toi­ let block and clearance of site at King Street (0755).'


Sightless unit visit


ACTION for Blind Peo­ ple’s pioneering mobile Sight Loss Information Service will visit Whalley


next week. :


■ . The unit, which is visiting at the invitation of Lanca­ shire Fire and Rescue Serv-


' ice, will be packed with the latest aids and specialist- advice for blind and par­ tially sighted people. : It will be based at Whal­


ley Village ■ Hall next Thursday, December 9th, betxveen 11 a.m. and 2-30


p.m. ■ , : . ■ ; - Locals dig deep for Rotary


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MEMBERS' o f C l i th e ­ roe Rotary Club held their annual collection at the town’s Booths store in aid of the May­ or’s Christmas Food Parcels and other Rotary Charities. Over three-and-a-half cold


days, Rotarians raised more than £1,800. Chairman Bill Honeywell


said: “Once again the people of Clitheroe have given gener­ ously. We are veiy grateful to Booths for allowing us to un­ dertake this important annual collection - and for letting the Rotarians stand in the warmth inside!” Rotary. International pro­


vides an opportunity for men and women of all ages to make a world of difference, to their local community and those across the world. :


GOOD CAUSE: Ian and Pauline Armstrong were two of the Rotarians who collected more than £1,800.


, For more details visit wxvw. ribi.org.


CRGS strike on the cards?


by Duncan Smith ■


TEACHERS at Clit­ heroe Royal Gram­ mar School could go on strike before


Christmas. . , Many of the teach-,


ers there are unhappy at a proposal to apply for Academy Status. If achieved, it would give the school the right to adapt the National Cur- riculm.and take charge of many administrative matters including set­ ting the length of the school day, or week, and school holidays. But crucially for the


teachers, it would also give the school’s gover-


- nors control over setting ■ pay and conditions of staff employed there. More than two-thirds


of the 100 teachers at the school are union members and the three unions represented there - the NASUWT,


the NUT and the ATL - have been balloting their members over pos­ sible industrial action. The first to declare


its ballot results was the:NASUWT, whose spokesman John Gird- ley said members had given a clear mandate to pursue industrial action


• over the Academy pro­ posal. Of the 25 ballots sent to NASU'WT mem­ bers at the school,'15 were returned on time. Of those, 14 were in fa­ vour of action short of a strike and one against, while 13 were in favour of action including a strike and two against. Mr Girdley said he


expected similar results -from the ballots con­ ducted by the other un­


ions, but added: “We are ready to meet management at any time and would hope to avoid such action.” . In a statement is-, sued to members, Mr


Girdley reported that union representatives had put two options to the two, options to the school’s chair­ man of governors, headteacher and bur­ sar. First - and the preferred option -


to


withdraw.the Acad-; emy proposal com­ pletely; or second, to put it on hold for a year, removing the need for industrial action and paving the way for further dis­ cussions.- However, the state­


ment added that if no agreement was reached soon, and subject to the other ballot results, some form of industrial ac­ tion might happen before Christmas. “Assuming we get a


yes vote, this will give the Governors three


weeks to make a- deal with us,” read the statement. “If the management does not compro­ mise, then current Industrial Rela­ tions Law will ac­ tually force us to take.some action p r io r to Christ­


mas.” Speaking to the


Clitheroe Adver­ tiser, Mr Girdley added: “Any school that cannot take its employees with it on such a divisive pro­ posal is storing up real problems for the future. They urgently need to rethink their position.”


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' - Kind pupils from Whalley Primary, Barrow and Oakhill, plus the church-


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