10 Clitheroe Advertiser &Times, Thursday, February 4th, 2010
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. paid £2,200 for the reserve cham pion a t the January Pedigree Dairy Cattle sale at Gisbum Auc tion Mart. Both the reserve champion,
WORSTON farmer D. Walmsley
with a solid VG pedigree by Comestar Outside, and the cham pion, a Fustead Emory Blitz daughter backed by two genera- - tions of VG breeding, were from
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Animals in fine fettle at auction T A H p ni an rl o fair play now
Walmsley' R. L. & M. S. Mares, of Black- snape, the champion selling to livestock agent Aubrey Greenhal- ghfor£2,600.
. . Pre-sale show judge Colin Mid
dleton commented on the excep tional quality of the animals at the first such sale of the new year. Trade for the remaining heifers
was slightly slower than of late, but cows giving 30 litres or more
were easv to seU. with D. E. & M. A. Booth leading the trade at
y ell,
£1,900 for a third calf cow by Silky Gibson, giving 46kg. Heifer calves made up to £380 and in- calf heifers up to £1,780.
Gisburn Auction Mart’s next
Cogent Breeding pedigree dairy cattle show and sale is on Thurs day, February 18th. Auctioneers were Richard Turner & Son.
A GOVERNMENT promise to appoint a “ s u p e r m a r k e t ombudsman” to enforce the Groceries Supply Code of Prac tice is long overdue, says the Country Land and Business Association (CLA) in the North. Now, say the rural
tor CLA North said: “Creating an ombudsman who could protect producers and suppliers from restrictive practices by large retailers has long been a major priority in the CLA’s Food Chain Initia tive, and is a direct result of lobb3dng on the issue.' “Large retailers can impose imrealistic
conditions on their smaller suppliers. These suppliers are expected to carry a
economy experts, the key is its quick and effective implementation. Douglas Chalmers (pictured). Direc
ment is to implement the recommenda- tions of the CLA and its industry sup porters is to be welcomed, and could offer
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' a turning point for many smaller produc ers who are struggling to develop their markets.
. “But this
announcement.is only the.
beginning; it is its implementation that will make the real difference. This watch dog must have teeth, but it must also be willing to use them and be allowed to do
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h a p p y LAD: Thco Jackson playing on his Nintendo DS. (s)
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tory 'World, at Hansons Garden Centre, Barrow, had a whip round with his team of employees and bought six-year-old Theo Jackson a new DS, worth over £100, after reading an appeal in the Clitheroe Advertiser. “One of the lads was reading the
Advertiser at brew time and came across the le tte r about i t going missing,” Stafford explained. “I turned around and said it had obvi
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ously been a Christmas present, we’ve all got kids ourselves, so I said lets chip in and treat him. We all know these things aren’t cheap.” Theo’s mother Joanne Jackson had
written the letter to the paper in the hope that someone had found the lost DS and would return it. . She explained that Theo, a pupil at Brookside Primary School, Clitheroe, has autism and that the DS provided a “lifeline” to the family providing “peace. and quiet time”. Joanne told the Advertiser she is total ly thrilled at the Conservatory World' - te am’s kindness.
“I t ’s such a selfless act. Stafford and.
his team are real diamond geezers,” she said.'.' “I never expected anything like this to
happen wheni wrote the letter. I just hoped someone who had found the DS - might corne forward.” : Since her letter appeared in the Clitheroe Advertiser, a local youngster • has also contacted the paper offering to donate a:DS that he no longer plays: with.. _ : And the landlady of Clitheroe’s White
• Lion pub, Mrs Claire Ellls-Crossley, pre sented Joanne with a donation for £20 to : buy Theo a game for his console. ■
A BIG-HEARTED businessman and his staff have bought a Clitheroe youngster'a'-new Nintendo DS after his console went missing early in the new year. Stafford Linford, who runs Conserva
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disproportionate share of the risks and costs, and m ^ y have found dealing ’ with supermarkets par- i ticularly intimidating ■ “Of course, theindus-1
try is heavily dependent; on the supermarket sec- ' to r as customers, hut's these trading conditions i have caused great uncer- i
tainty for many produc- j ers.
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Clitheroe Advertiser & Times, Thursday, February 4th, 2010 11 call about council tax ‘refund’
RESIDENTS of the Ribble VaUey are being warned not to fall for a scam offering council tax refunds over the phone in exchange for bank details.
A borough householder contact-, ed Ribble Valley Borough Council
property had been mistakenly rated as Band F, instead of B and D, for council tax and offered them a refund of thousands of pounds
after being targeted by a caller pre-; tending to be a council officer. The caller claimed the resident’s
over the phone. Ribble Valley Borough Council’s
revenues and benefits manager, Mark Edmondson, said: “This is a sophisticated scam, where conmen and women contact householders claiming to be council officers and
coimcil does not offer council tax refunds by telephone and if in doubt to contact us without delay.” You can call Ribble Valley Bor ough Council on 01200 425111.
offer council tax refunds by phona “Residents are advised that the
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