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funds for the new season, featured a raffle and book stall ivith visitors also getting the chance to sample cakes and preserves.
season MEMBERS of Read Cricket and Bowling Club held a successful coflee morning in the cricket pavilion. The event, to raise
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Tories tighten grip on Ribble Valley
by Duncan Smith Top of the science bench
ju^the right elements to excel in a national competition. of the Bench is a national contest run by the Royal Society *v Chooiistry for 14 to 16 year-old-students which involves testing
A TEAM of young chemists from Whalley’s Oakhill College had
tor the hnal at Imperial College, to pit their wits against other super keen chemists.
tne London schools who were obviously very experienced in the competition. The day was rounded off by a trip around the Science Museum and the whole event was a wonderful experience.
Team Oakhill were just pipped at the post by one of
practical test in a proper undergraduate lab, tackling real chemical problems. .1.
their factual chemical knowledge and practical chemical problem solving skills as a team. TJe OalAill team of Reece Moore, Nathan Wenbom, Jonathan rebb and Thomas Wright (pictured above) travelled to London
Tension was high as the students headed off for the chemistry knowledge test in the morning, followed after lunch by the
100 to walk the 100km challenge
e x p e c t e d to r a i s e in excess of £16,000 through sponsorship from walkers taking on the challenge and completing the 62-mile route in less than 30 hours.
A HUNDRED people are set to take on the Kibble Way Challenge, which is a 100km walk, over the weekend of June 18th to 19th for national charity Sue Ryder. T h e
c h a l l e n g e is by Faiza Afzaal
Bowland Pennine Mountain Rescue Team, who will be
assisted by their support crews will set off in the early hours of Saturday, June 18th, from the Ribblehead Viaduct in Settle, North Yorkshire, following much of the River Ribble and finishing within 30 hours at the Dolphin Inn, Longton, on the Sunday. The event is partnered with
Teams of four walkers,
assisting walkers every step of the way.
encouraged to raise £250 each as a part of their commitment to the event, this means for every hour they walk the Ribble Way Challenge they will
Conway said: “The participants’ safety is our top priority and we will ensure they have an excellent challenge while in the safe hands of our experienced mountain rescuers.” Wa lk e r s have b e e n
Mountain rescuer, Neil
3,000 hours of nursins care to adults with life limiting conditions such as cancer, stroke, brain injury, multiple sclerosis, Huntington's disease, Parkinson’s disease and motor neurones disease. To enter a team or find out
more information, contact fundraising on 01 772 698145 or visit
www.sueryder.org/ ribbleway.
have raised enough to provide a nurse during that hour. This would equate to over
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ough Council, Conn. Michael Ran- son, who comfortably held his own Waddington and West Bradford seat, said his party would continue to tackle the national spending cuts without making savage cuts in the borough. “I think we have been judged on
Derby with Thomley, where Liberal Democrat Rose Marie Adamson lost her seat to Conservative Stuart Carefoot and fellow Tory Jim White held the ward’s second seat. Leader of Ribble Valley Bor
ley’s 2009/10 Mayor, Liberal Demo crat Beverley Jones stood down this time, with the Conservatives gaining her seat and retaining the ward’s second seat. The Tories’ third gain came in
roe both came in wards where long- serving Lib Dem councillors had decided to stand down at this elec tion. In Littlemoor, the Lib Dems’ husband and wife team of Stephen and Margaret Sutcliffe chose not to defend their seats and while Sue Knox polled the most votes (361) to hold one of the ward’s two seats for the Liberals, the second was lost to Conservative candidate Chris Bar- trop. In St Mary’s Ward, Ribble Val
sbe seats on the council, while Inde pendent Jim Rogerson held his seat in Alston and Hothersall. None of the three UK Independence Party candidates standing in Clitheroe and Billington managed to gain a seat and there are still no Labour Party councillors in Ribble Valley despite fielding 22 candidates across the borough last Thursday. Voter turnout was 44.9%. The Conservative gains in Clithe
the Conservatives had gained three seats from the Lib Dems - one each in Clitheroe’s Littlemoor and St Mary’s Wards and the third in Der by with Thornley Ward. That reduces the Lib Dems to just
tion - which saw every seat on Rib ble Valley Borough Council up for grabs - the Conservatives held 30 of the 40 seats available, with the Lib eral Democrats having nine and a lone Independent councillor. When all the votes were counted,
CONSERVATIVES in Rib ble Valley are celebrating after strengthening their grip on the borough council. Prior to last Thursday’s local elec
TORY GAINS: Members of the Conservative group celebrate their success (main picture) along with Council leader Michael Ranson (above top) and lone independent Jim Rogerson (above)
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won four seats before the voting even began, with their candidates elected unopposed in three of the borough’s 24 electoral wards. They were Richard Sherras in Gis- burn and Rimington, Ian Sayers in Ribchester, and Stella Brunskill and Noel Walsh taking the two seats in Mellon In the remainining wards the re
sults were (winners in bold type): 0 Aighton Bailey and Chaigley
situation J2 to 18 months ago and we are seeing the benefit of that now. There will be further financial constraints to come, but we already have plans in place of what we are going to do about those and it will not involve cutting services.” Ribble Valley’s Conservative MP Nigel Evans also welcomed the
our record over the past four years,” he said. “People have recognised we have not made hysterical decisions and cut services and they have voted accordingly. “We started preparing for this
(one seat) - Rosemary Elms (Con) 496; Gill Rose (Lab) 70. 0 Chatburn (one seat) - Sarah
(two seats) - Gary Cooper (LD) 153; Simon Kerins (UKIP) 245; Gcd Mii^n (Con) 466; Carl Ross (Con) 492. 0 Bowland Newton and Slaidbum
Horc (Con) 449; Jennifer Shervey (LD) 94.
Bryant (Lab) 99; Howard Douglas (Ind) 43; Gary Scott (Con) 438. 0 Chipping (one seat) - Simon
seats) - Jim Rogerson (Ind) 439; David Smith (Con) 493; Catriona West (LD) 96. 0 Billington and Old Langho
(one seat) - Jan Alcock (Con) 380; Ross McLean (Lab) 91; Tania Slater (LD) 60. 0 Alston and Hothersall (two
part, to the excellent work of Con servative councillors on Ribble Val ley Borough Council who have fro zen council tax and not cut back on frontline services. They are model for the rest of the country to follow and I am not at all surprised that the people of the Ribble Valley have re warded them and put their faith in their Conservative councillors.” The Conservatives had already
news. Speaking from Westminster, he said: “To gain three wards is a fantastic achievement for the Con servative Party in the Ribble Valley and a credit to the campaign that the candidates waged. “This success is down, in no small
vard (Lab) 272; Lois Rinuner (Con) 621; Michael Thomas (Con) 523. 0 Littlemoor (two seats) - Chris
seats) - Jo Barlow (Lab) 219; Alastair Crooks (Con) 214; Ruth Hargreaves (LD) 282; David Hinder (Lab) 172; Alyson Hudson (Con) 208; Ron Loebell (UKIP) 215; Alan Yearing (LD) 351. 0 Langho (hvo seats) - Frank Ha-
seats) - Richard Bennett (Con) 828; Samantha Bruce (LD) 232; John Hill (Con) 836; Paul Slater (LD) 125. 0 Sabden (one seat) - Andrew
Berryman (LD) 266; Ian Brown (Ind) 178; Pamela Dowson (Con) 323; John Field (Lab) 100; Kath Hill (Con) 211; Amy Killen (Lab) 109;
Cathcart (Lab) 168; Graham Geldard (Con) 242; Allan Knox (LD) 330; Andrew Pearson (Con) 184; Mary Robinson (LD) 378; Mike Rose (Lab) 193. 0 Read and Simonstone (two
Bartrop (Con) 343; Alex Collinson (Lab) 226; Sue Knox (LD) 361; Luke Montague (Lab) 193; Simon Morley (Con) 321; James Shervey (LD)305. 0 Primrose (hvo seats) - Charles
Flitcroft (LD) 174; Ken Hind (Con) 481; Chris Parkinson (Ind) 116; Dav id Robinson (LD) 51; Adam Scott (Lab) 136; Charles Smithson (Lab) 177; Rupert Swarhrick (Con) 459. 0 Edisford and Low Moor (two
- Rose Marie Adamson (LD) 232; Stuart Carefoot (Con) 440; Jenny. Doran (Lab) 202; Sarah Rainford (LD) 144; Jim White (Con) 390. 0 Dilworth (two seats) - Jeffrey
sgreave (two seats) - Peter Ains worth (Con) 783; Katherine Burn (Lab) 215; Doreen Taylor (Con) 607. 0 Derby and Thomley (hvo seats)
0 Clayton-le-Dale with Ram-
ack (Ind) 258; Terry Hill (Con) 867; Joyce Holgate (Con) 978; Andrew MacFarlane (Lab) 317. 0 Wilpshire (two seats) - Sue
seat) - Paul Atkinson (Lab) 86; Robert Thompson (Con) 486.
Bibby (Con) 646; S tu ar t Hirst (Con) 699; Robert Kellaway (Lab) 213. 0 Wiswell and Pendleton (one
□ VOTERS last Thursday also had their s a y on whether the U K 's current "first past the pos t" sy s tem of voting should be replaced with the "A lte rn a t ive V o te " method. N a t io n a l ly the p ro p o sa l to
move to A V w a s overwhelming ly defeated and it w as a similar story here in the Ribble Valley, with 1 5,1 3 8 votes a g a in st A V and only 4,982 in favour of it. Senior Vice-Chairman of Rib
Berryman (LD) 93; Richard New- mark (Con) 368. 0 Salthill (two seats) - David
ble V a lle y Conservatives Coun. Ken Hinct commented: "W ith a 4 4 % turnout and 7 4 .8% voting against it, the Ribble Valley re soundingly rejected A V as a vot ing system for the UK. "W e w o u ld to thank all the
people in the Ribble Valley who supported the 'N 0 2 A V ' cam paign for their support. This ref erendum w a s fought out on the internet a s much as on the door step."
CLITHEROE MAYOR-MAKING CEREMONY: SEE PAGE 47
ford (nvo seats) - Bridget Hilton (Con) 836; Michael Ranson (Con) 871; Paul Robinson (LD) 203; Re becca Sharp (Green) 250. 0 Whalley (two seats) - Mel Di-
Field (Lab) 178; Paul Hogarth (Lab) 171; Kevin Horkin (Con) 502; Adam Howard (LD) 318; Ruth Moores (Con) 554; Simon O’Rourke (LD) 314. 0 Waddington and West Brad
Steve Rush (UKIP) 223; Paul Webb (LD) 157. 0 St Mary’s (two seats) - Laura
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around seven years in the late 1980s to 1990s, although this will be the first time he will serve on Clitheroe Town Council and Ribble Valley Borough Council. “The Government keeps going on
time so I will be listening intently, learn ing on the job and doing whatever I can for the residents of the St Mary’s Ward and the borough as a whole. We’re living through difficult times and I’ll do what ever I can to assist the local economy.” In the same ward, Ruth Moores polled
by just one vote as he was the mayor elect, so that is regrettable, but that’s local de mocracy and how it works,” he added. “I’ve been out of local politics for some
the most votes with 549, while Simon O’Rourke failed to gain a seat with his 397 votes. In all the other Ribble Valley parishes,
where out of 10 candidates competing for seven seats, Roger Park (145 votes), Rog er Dewhurst (145), Elizabeth Moorhouse (144), Dennis Capstick (140), Allan Cle ments (122), David Blackledge (102) and Mary Walsh (89) were elected. In Edisford and Low Moor, three can
only a handful of elections took place where there were less seats available than candidates wanting to fill them. These included Bolton-by-Bowland
didates stood for the two seats with Alan Yearing (3 72) and Valerie Cooper (318) beating Ron Loebell (266) to be elected. In Clitheroe’s Primrose Ward, which
also has two seats, Mary Robinson (513) and Allan Knox (437) fought off compe tition from Graham Geldard (264). And in Clitheroe’s Salthill Ward, Pam
number of candidates matched or was less than the number of seats available, councillors were elected unopposed. G See Steve Rush’s “As I See It” arti
cle on page 6.
competed for five seats, with Ribble Val ley estate agent Bill Honeywell gaining a seat and polling the most votes with 227. Other successful candidates included Marilyn Wood (188), Andrew Bristol (181), Carol Cherry (152) and Terry Pike (134). In all the other parishes, where the
Dowson (353) and David Berryman (341) beat off competition from Steve Rush (272), Ian Brown (241) and Paul Webb (214) to claim the two seats being contested. In West Bradford, seven candidates
about the wider ‘big society’ and although I already do some charity work for the Community Foundation, I thought town centres and politics in general need as much help as possible from local people. I thought it’s about time to assist in what ever way I can,” Mr Horkin explained. “I felt very sorry for Simon missing out
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