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INFORMATION
DUTY chemist: Peter Buckley Ltd, 4 Railway View, Clitheroe: Sunday, noon to 1 p.m. POLICE: 01200 443344. FIRE: In_emergency99?.and askforfir^seiyjce.ii; ^ ELECTRICITY: 0800 1954141:^ " Gas: 0800' 111999. WATER: 0845 462200. COUNCILS: Ribble Valley Borough Council, Clit- heroe425111. Clitheroe Town Council, 424722. HOSPITALS: Royal Blackburn Royal Hospital: 01254 263555. Airedale General Hospital, Stee- ton: 01535 652511; Clitheroe Community Hospital: 427311. ALCOHOL Information Centre: 01282 416655. AIDSLINE:.01282 831101 (7 p.m. to 9 p.m.).'. DOMESTIC Violence Helpline: 01282 422024. CRUSE Bereavement Care: 01772 433643. ENVIRONMENTAL Agency: Emergencies - 0800 807060.
” , . by Faiza Afzaal A-VILLAGE, butcher sh'ot;
■himself in the head with a cat-'- tie gun after, suffering from depression..
• : Mark Edward Robinson (41), a father, who worked in the popular family-run Robinson Bros butch ers
in.Garstang Road, Chipping, ■ shot himself in the garage of his home on March 6th. He was air lifted to Royal Preston Hospital, : but died, there a week later on March 13th. At an inquest; held on Monday
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at the Ribble Valley Borough Council Chamber, Clitheroe, East Lancashire Coroner Mr Michael Singleton confirmed that the cause of death was a traumat ic brain injury and that Mark had killed himself due to the imbal ance of his mind. ' The inquest heard how in May 2003 Mark was first diagnosed as
. ber 2003. He seemed fine after
that.” The inquest heard that in De-.
cember 2009 Mark stopped ta k - ; ing his medication. A day before his suicide bid, he =
said to his wife that “he felt down ■ and that everything was on top of-., him”. Susan added: “It was all a bit out of the'blue and we had a chat. He said he felt better after*' the chat.’’
. SAD LOSS: Mark Robinson.
suffering from depression and was prescribed with anti-depres- sants.
' His wife, Susan, said: “He was up and down a bit and never quite came back to the full Mark. On a couple of occasions he went to Royal Preston Hospital where he spoke to psychiatrists who changed his medication in Octo-
• • The next morning (March 6th), ' • however, Mark did not want to . = get out of bed and Susan per suaded him to visit Royal Pres- . ton Hospital because she felt he- was in need of urgent attention. She explained: “He saw a doctor ; -
■ who asked if he had any suicidal ■; thoughts to which he replied .‘yesL
not remember exactly when.” ■ Susan added that the doctor did not prescribe anything, but
.instead.asked the couple to ar range an appointment with their local GP.
'• On arriving home, Susan re
‘ He said he stopped taking his . me'dication at Christmas because lie felt fine and also had read in ; the paper about the long-term ef-' : fects of the drug. He did, howev er, state that he had re-started his.-' medication a week ago, but could : ■
John is the new chairman
A NEW chairman has been ■ appointed to Calderstones
. Partnership NHS Founda tion Trust. . John Berry, who took up
■;his duties this month for a three year term of office, first joined the Trust in No vember 2006 as a non-exec-' ■utive'director after a career in senior commercial and general management roles ' mainly with Bae Systems.:
' As amon-executive di-.- rector and subsequently deputy chairman and acting
-chairman, John chaired the- -Trust’s finance committee and has been a member, of the audit committee, and : the remuneration commit tee. John said: “I am honoured to have been appointed to -
NEW CHAIRMAN: . John Berry, (s)
take on this key role. The delivery of top class services for people with a learning disability is very important and I believe that Calder- • stones’ vision for the future development of services will
benefit service users, their families and our staff. I am delighted to be chairman at this very exciting period in the development of Calder-
. stones as a foundation trust, = helping them in their mis sion to ensure they continue to provide innovative, caring and supportive services.”
. Trust chief executive Russ Pearce said: “Fm de lighted our governors have appointed John as our new chairman. He has a wealth of experience that will be of the greatest value to the
-Trust as we move forward ; developing first rate services
, for people with learning dis abilities.”
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; John will receive a remu neration of £42,000 per an- „ num'for this appointment. .
Golf equality is the only fair way
• be .blowing a gale through.,.. must have a say in the selec- : our. local Ribble Valley ' tion process. '
THE winds of change will ; ., lady members who, by law '
golf clubs over the next few, Playing rights must also
. months as the full force of . be equally available arid it •the Equality Act impacts on v.will no longer be permissi- ■
what has traditionally been ' ' " seen as one of the last has- tions of male domination. ;
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Weekend weather: It will be sunny andi warm, even very.warm on Saturday. : =
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Sunrise: 4-40 a.m. Sunset: 9-44 p.m. Lighting up time: 9-14 p.m.
. . The. Act received ;,the ; ■Royal Assent in April and'-, while the most relevant pro- -
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i. visions are not yet‘in force :it is anticipated the main: ; provisions will be operative between October 2010 and ' April 2011. >;;The.-Act marks the end-; Of decades of second;class. * citizenship for women golf
■ club members asit demands ;, j the'exclusive use of “Ladies that all adult golf dub mem- --^Lounges”; a loss which many, vbers be regarded'as;equals will see'asa disproportion-
' in every sense of the word. ,;'ate swap for gaming access 'No longer,will the p r e s t ig - to the v,‘‘Men’s’i, Snooker^ ious position of Golf Club - room'
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Gaptain.be the preserve of.y;;H;';Gommenting Ion the; .. the men, but be open also to*.; changes, the Honorary Sec-|
hie for men to have the ex clusive use of the course for their Saturday competitions, as has been the custom at many golf clubs. > But some of the changes' may. not be too popular .with lady golfers as they will be obliged to
pay.the same, subscription rates as the men -j.which in some clubs will mean a substantial hike in cost for the ladies - and they will also have to forego.
: retaiy of Whalley Golf Club, Richard Crossleyj said that'
• despite representing a chal-; : lenge to traditional golf club
• \yays, the Act also presented ;. - an opportunity for clubs’:
.- like'Whalley. to present, a more female-friendly, face' . to women thinking of taking.
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S ' ■;!\We haye always liatl ax V. thriving Ladles’ Section a t ; Whalley and we:will em- : brace the greater opportuiii-'j ,;lties for women to'participate
/ with enthusiasm;’; he said.,S' .■ .- ■
e 4th',. to encourage people ; s to join their local club, and/-
:-;an ‘Open’Day^at Whailey' Golf gubon:Sunday, July.;;
j-whast offering ■ come to all;T can assure any ;'
.;Women thinking of; taking Sup gplf that they will be es^ = pecially welcome to corhe ®
along on the day and' find • a out what we have to offer.’!
called Mark wanted to be left alone, but had the meat ready for delivery. Susan decided to deliv er the meat for him and left the house at around 2p.m. She re turned approximately six minutes later to find Mark’s parents,' Bill and Margaret Robinson, at the house and she knew immediately that there was a problem. Susan added that emergency services were called and local residents, some of whom were nurses, were helping with medical attention. Tire inquest heard how Bill had
discovered thejcattle gun, which was normally kept in the butch ers; lying on the floor behind Mark’s head. *'■
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■ :Mr Singleton offered his con dolences to the family.
Degree of success iat
The Manor House STAFF from The Manor House in Ghatburn have gone one degree better in their studies. : Two members ofthe team from the Chatbum nursing home have celebrated achieving NVQ Level Five qualifications, with 11 more earning
: NVQ Level Four and three receiving registered managers award.
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Their success .was celebrated at a special graduation day attended byttlie Mayor of the
; Ribble Valley, Coun. Lois Rimmer, Glitheroe .Town Mayor, Coun. Alan Yearing and Deputy High Sheriff of Lancashire Peter Robinson. At the awards evening thVfollowing mem-
. bers of staff received high level awards: ■ NVQ Level Four in health and social care;
•Carrie Ford, Georgina Walker, Jill Holden, Andrea Johnston,- Antonnia Loi, Paula Dee,
■ Tracy Brunskill, Lisa-Wightman,' Irene Lawson, .Sarah Penman, Heidi Henshaw Snowden. NVQ Level 5 in management: Karen Walker, ,
Sara Rushton. Registered Managers Award: Judith Barnes,
Suzanne Braodbent, Susan Barnes. On the night NVQ LeveLTwo and Three awards were also presented along with some ■ special awards.
HospitsQ fbr/fire pmr
TWO people were taken to hospital after a fire broke out at a house in Clitheroe on F r i d a y ' Firefighters from Clithefoe'extinguished a
fire involving a toaster at the house at'Black Lane Croft. . .
, , , Two ap'pliances attended the incident at just
. after 9-30 a.m; and two people were taken to hospital for a precautionary checkup.; :; ;
•:.“We already had planned: Overturiibdcj^
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air.ambulance responded to a call out at Gisburn after,a car'overturned on Monday^af-- ternoon; blocking the road.! •'
; ,_,f Happening shortly after 2*30 p.m. at the . junction of the A59 with the A682 'on Gisburn’s Main Street, two people were injured after the vehicle overturned on the mini roundabout.; 'The road was subsequently blocked while the. emergency services dealt with the incident, but
.the
air.ambulance was eventually;turned away due to the minor nature of the injuries. :
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.. There was light smoke damage to two down stairs rooms.
I S i h by Julie Magee
MEMBERS of Clitheroe Youth Forum are through to the final of the National
Lottery.Awards 2010 -thanks to your votes.
- The group was'one of only 10 projects
to make it through to the semi-finals for the Best Heritage Project category of the awards.
DEVOTED MOTHER: Wendy Rice with her daughter Amy. (s)
. Loving mum Wendy dies aged just 36
A POPULAR family-orientated mum from Clitheroe has died peacefully at • theageof38. ; r.
•{j >* Wendy Rice, ne'e Mullins, had only
been ill for a short time when she died ■ at her home on Monday surrounded by her loving family and friends. A former'pupil at Edisford Primary
School and Ribblesdale High School, Wendy worked as a cook at Beech Grove Care Home in Low Moor. Born in Bacup but brought up in the Henthorn area of Clithcroe, she
. was the daughter of John and Linda and the sister of Melissa, Joanne and Sandy. She also had a daughter, Amy, who is expecting what would have been Wendy’s first grandchild. ; During her illness Wendy was cared
for by her partner/Ian. . She loved listening to music, par
ticularly Robbie'Williams and Take That, and she was a real homebird, = loving nothing more than a family get- ■ together. After leaving school she had a few
part-time jobs in catering; but her main focus was always on bringing up ; Amy and spending time with her fam- ■ ily and friends.
‘ Wendy’s funeral is due to take place
next Wednesday at 11 a.m; A service at St Paul’s Church, Low Moor, will be followed by burial at Glitheroe Cem- etety'. . X' Wendy’s family say that all her many friends are welcome to, both the serv ice and burial.
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Teacher on child porn charges :4
A SENIOR teacher at Clitheroe Royal Grammar School is due to appear in court charged with possessing indecent photographs of children. Arthur Ian Lawson (4s), who
MR LAWSON
lives in Longridge, was charged on Tuesday with 16 counts of possessing indecent photographs ofchildren. ' ■ ; * ; - . ■ Mr Lawson has been the school’s Deputy Head and in
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charge of its Chatburn Road site since 2007, but was suspended after his arrest on March 29th. He was questioned by detectives' at Blackburn CID. At the time a ; police spokesman confirmed that computer equipment used by Mr Lawson had been seized and was
. being examined. ■■.. . . ■ = , Mr Lawson is due to appear
before Blackburn Magistrates on Friday, July 9th.
RV Food Trail II - the sequel!
AN award-winning food trail devised by Ribble Valley
i Borough Council is to be re-. , launched twoyears after first
. becoming a runaway success. ■ . Now the search is on to find;
' tile best food producers, retail-;; ; ers and restaurateurs for inclu-.' sion in the revised and updated.
i Ribble Valley Food Trail.; ; ;. • Launched in 2008, the origi- ;
■nal food trail heralded Rib ble Valley’s ongoing recovery from the 2001 foot and mouth epidemic. ■' •: It showcased the borough’s
;; fine food and drink and acted , as a springboard for Taste Lan-;
■ ducers, fanners’ markets, chefs and fine food.
; Tlie trail featured 36 restau- . rants, inns,' shops and delica-; ; tessens, each chosen for their > top-quality food, exceptional ■
;. customer service and commit- • 7 ’
ment toTocal produce; The
; trail was available either as a- map-style leaflet or via its own
■, dedicated website; ' . ' As well as unearthing some
fantastic success stories, in- eluding several businesses that
. had successfully diversified fol lowing the devastation of foot j and. mouth, the trail scooped ;
:; casliire ’08, a year of events co-; .ordinated by the Lancashire ;■ and Blackpool Tourist Board aimed at oromotinc food oro- •
;; several awards, including ones Trom the Chartered Institute of ■ Public Relations,' Lancashirei
, and Blackpool Tourist Board ;■ and the Countrvside Alliance; ■'
■It also featured in several na tional newspapers, magazines
'and Sunday supplements, en couraging an influx of “food ie” tourists keen to taste the delights of Ribble Valley. ■ Now it is to be re-launched and the project team is on the lookout for new members. Ribblc Valley Borough,
Council’s tourism officer. R e - . becca Kay, said: “The Ribble Valley Food Trail was'a huge success for a variety of reasons and we hope to make it even: bigger and better. : . , ,* • , , , “We want to hear from food producers, retailers and res taurateurs who are passionate about food, particularly pro-;, ducers with off-the-beaten- . track farm shoos, or who sell
• from the farmhouse door.” ; . As well as a high-profile
launch, several initiatives aimed at supporting the food
..trail are planned, including a Clitheroe Fine Food Street Market co-ordinated by the Glitheroe Chamber of Trade and Commerce in August; :
' Applications packs for membership of the trail will be. available online at www.ribble-
valleyfoodtrail.co.uk from the end of June. Existing members
;; of the trail will have to re-apply in order to be included.; * V' For a preliminary discussion,- , call Rebecca Kay on 01200
' 414496, or the borough coun cil’s principal communications
. officer, Theresa Robson, on- 01200414483.
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' And now, the Forum, alongside two
other projects in that category that re ceived the most votes, are progressing to the final round of public voting, which will run from July 26th to August 13th.
Mel Diack, leader of the forum and
who was awarded an MBE for his services to the local community, said: “I would like to thank your readers for their sup port in voting.”
, •All the projects in the running for the
prestigious award have already received Lottery funding and the awards celebrate how they have used it. The Clithcroe Youth Forum used lot
tery funding to teach young people about their heritage. .
This was done by involving them in
the creation of a Remembrance book, a Braille book, a website and a film to remember the 72 servicemen and one
woman from Clitheroe who were killed in the Second World War. The project was started after it was discovered that a book
. of remembrance for the Ribble Valley casualties of the war did not exist. The finals will take place in London at
the beginning of September and the win ning project in each of the seven catego ries will receive national recognition on a BBC One show later this yearT ' ' In addition to the Lottery funding they
have already been awarded, the win ners will receive £2,000 to spend on their project.
Details of how to vote for the group will be published shortly.
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lucky to have been given a liver donor. : = • ^ ■ “f also feel happy that; I cari use my 21st bityhT- day celebrations to hope: fully give something back to the hospital and raise as much money as possi ble for the Leeds Teach ing Hospitals Charitable Foundation. “I have asked my fam
ily and friends to make donations in lieu of presents so that more research can be carried out into liver-releated' diseases.” , Helen expressed her
Strike apose
Primary School, Clitheroe, took part in a Ribble Valley Schools Dance Festival at The Grand, performing a street dance routine to two songs from the
musical “Bugsy .. Malone".
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children from St James’
gratitude towards her family and friends for their “fantastic support”. She added: “I have a brilliant family with my elder sister Louise, my mum Gillian and my dad, Michael. They have been my rock throughout my treatment.;! also want to thank my friends who made me feel positive during my stay in hosjii- tal by writing to: me. A special thanks to my best friend Becky who has al ways been there for me. “It will , take a Tong
time to get used to how different ,my life has become. Lam now hav ing my bloods checked weekly, am taking 27 tab lets a day and every four weeks I have to yisit the. hospital for a check-up, but I feel the best thing I can do is to raise aware ness and help others in a similar situation.” ■ Anyone wishing to
support Helen'can do so by logging onto: ww\v.
justgiving.com/helen- rawlinsonO ;
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