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6 • Visit us @ www.ChampNews.com CMBA The Champion • Wednesday 11 December 2013TurkeyCrowns(Frozen approx2.5 kilo)£14.99Crem PotsFrom£4.99All major credit cards accepted*Images for illustration purposes onlyTake youranywhere!Download your FREEChampion Newspaper APP today!Full Leg NewZealand Lamb& Piece ofRoasting Beef(approx 2lb)£14.997.5 kilo bagWashedWhitePotatoes£2.991125094For my 60th birthday,I want to cycle the Coastto Coast Challenge!Litherland mancompletes 160miles trek forBootle care homeby Tom MartinA LITHERLAND man has completed agruelling challenge and cycled 160miles across three days in aid of a carehome in Bootle.David Jackson managed to raise£2,600 from donations and a largechunk of the cash has been handedover to Roxburgh House.It was also his 60th birthday this yearand instead of having a low keycelebration – he chose to complete theCoast to Coast cycle challenge.The journey started in Whitehavenand the route took him all the way toNewcastle.And David did it because he wantedto give something back to the carehome that looked after his parentsMargaret and Bill.The elderly couple had beenseparated with Bill living in RoxburghHouse and Margaret at a Thorntoncentre – but they were reunited inOctober 2012 and managed to spendtime together in the Bootle care home.David and sister Collette about tohand over the moneyThey had been married for morethan 60 years but Bill sadly passedaway last February and Margaretcontinues to be looked after inRoxburgh House.David, who has two sisters Colletteand Kathy, was inspired by thekindness of the staff and he is givingthe centre £1,300 of the total amountraised, with the remainder of themoney doing towards theAlzheimer’s society.David said: “Our first experience ofRoxburgh House was to visit our dadwho was transferred there havingbeen in hospital with heart andbreathing problems.“We had hoped that dad wouldQUALITY MEATDIRECT TO THE PUBLICNO GIMMICKS · NO MEMBERSHIP CARDS0151 474 9289 • 07905 806274Unit 3-4, Bridge Road Industrial Estate,Bridge Road, Litherland L21 2QGOpen Mon-Sat 7am-5.30pm • Free Car Parkingspend three or four weeks there andthen get back home but unfortunatelydad never did manage to get back to alevel of health that allowed this tohappen.“By this time mum was also in a carehome in Thornton.“We asked the team at Roxburgh ifmum could transfer to their Dementiaunit and this was achieved in October– allowing mum and dad to spendtime together every day.“This was a great comfort to thewhole family.“Dad never did improve health wiseand deteriorated further and finallypassed away in February.“It was a difficult month but the staffat Roxburgh were fantastic”.David, who now lives in Carlisle,hopes that the money can be used togive the care home a refurbishment.A cheque presentation was made byDavid and his sister Collette to thecare home last week.A spokesperson for Roxburgh House,said: “We will be using the donationto make a Snoezelem, which aidspeople with Dementia and helps withvisual, auditory and sensorystimulation for our residents.“We will also be getting scattercushions for our lounges and ourgardens will be made a fun place to bewith visiting families and friends.“All the staff would like to thankDavid for the kind contribution andwe appreciate it very much.”JUST TOP QUALITY MEATS AT UNBEATABLE PRICES · LIVERPOOL’S BEST KEPTSECRET IS NOW SPREADING FAST · COME AND SEE FOR YOURSELVESOUR CHRISTMAS TREEPRICES WILL NOT BE BEATEN!REALCHRISTMASTREESONBLOCKSFrom 5ftFrom only£19.99Pigs inblankets3x10£4.993GammonmonJointsapprox 1 kiloeach£9.99Full LegNew ZealandLamb & FullChicken(approx 3lb)£12.995 SirloinSteaks£9.995 RibeyeSteaks£9.99CHRISTMAS FOOD ORDERS NOW BEING TAKENBRIDGE ROADPRINCESS WAY CHURCH ROADBRIDGE ROADASH RD.Full Leg ofNew ZealandLamb9.9910 New ZealandLamb Leg Chops£5.99BREAKFASTSPECIAL4lb selected rindlessback bacon,2lb pork sausage,1 black puddingstick - chubb, or1/2 dozen eggs£9.99CROXTETH AVE.BEECHGARAGEPENRHYN AVE.KFCWE AREHEREHAWTHORNE ROADLINACRE RDTESCO1125102
The Champion • Wednesday 11 December 2013Green Dream team dig into create wildlife zoneReport by Tom MartinA COMMUNITY group has plantedmore than 400 trees in Bootle with thehope that they can create a wildlifecentre for children.Green Dream are looking totransform four acres of empty landlocated at St Mary’s Complex, onWaverley Street.They hope to create a wildlife facilitythat schoolchildren and members ofthe public can visit in the next fewyears.Volunteers grabbed a spade and dugup hundreds of holes before plantingthe seeds for trees including oak,hawthorn, rowan and silver birch.The Green Dream are part of SAFEProductions, the company that ownsthe land. It was formed in 2000 tohelp fund art projects in the local area.Project co–ordinator, Andrea Ku,said: “The volunteers have beenworking really hard.“It’s important to look after wildlifein the city and not just in thecountryside or rural areas.“By planting trees now, we aremaking a difference in ourenvironment to help create cleaner airfor us and homes and food for lots ofThe Green Dream volunteers, top, and above working on the site.wildlife. Hopefully one day there canbe school activities because it willbecome a really nice wildlife place.“The soil was perfect so I’m sure thatthe trees will mature quickly”.The tree planting is a project run byThe Woodland Trust, which is theUK’s leading woodland conservationcharity.Mike Smithson, a volunteer fromBirkdale, said: “I am delighted to beBApart of this tree planting event andknowing that it’s good for wildlifemakes it even better!”The Green Dream project alsoinvolves growing urban food for thebenefit of the local community.Since the group was formed, theyhave harvested one ton of fruit andvegetables – and they have nowplanted more than 500 trees, shrubsand hedgerow plants.A CONMAN who pocketed morethan £2,500 from an elderlydementia sufferer and committeda string of other mean offenceshas been jailed for two years.Judge Stephen Everett toldBootle man Paul Fleming: “Thetime has come when you must goto prison. You are a con man.“You say whatever you thinkwill assist you, firstly about yourdebts and lifestyle to get moneyfrom other people.“Secondly when you had a seriesof chances from the courts andindeed chance after chance in2013 you talked the talk butactually when it comes to realresults you are not prepared torehabilitate yourself.He also told 48–year–oldFleming, who stood in the dockshaking his head: ”You are aselfish individual who only thinksof himself and does not give twohoots for anyone else.“If someone is likely to losemoney at your hands you don’treally care because all you thinkof is getting money for yourself.”Liverpool Crown Court heard thatFleming conned an 85–year–oldAlzheimer’s sufferer out of £55for allegedly cleaning her carpets.When her worried nephew calledround he found the receipt butsaw they had not been cleaned.He also found that £60 wasmissing from her purse andinquiries revealed that 11cheques had been taken from herVisit us @ www.ChampNews.com • 7Conman whostole £2,500from dementiasufferer jailedReport by Lynda Roughleybook and cashed for a total of£2,520.Fleming also returned to hisvictim’s home in West Derbyclaiming to be from Virgin Mediato fix her television, said LloydMorgan, prosecuting.The court heard that after theoffences in June he persuadedwoman in the Old Swan area tolend him her £1,300 Kirbyvacuum cleaner and despiterepeated requests never returnedit as he had sold it for £100because of his cocaine habit.While taken into custody his£100 belongings were take offhim. When he was released onJune 28 the custody sergeantwrongly gave him £300 fromanother prisoner who had beenadmitted at the same time andFleming took the cash and did notpoint out the error, said MrMorgan.While on bail he stole meat froma supermarket in the Old Swanarea and perfume worth £100from a Southport store.Fleming, of Abbeystead Road,Bootle, pleaded guilty to all thetheft offences and also admittingpossessing two counterfeit £20notes in May this year.Brendan Carville, defending,said that until this year Fleminghad been out of trouble for tenyears but his marriage broke upand he began using cocaine.He was normally a hard workingman employed as a salesman anddespite breaching court ordersimposed for dishonesty earlierthis year has been trying to turnhis life round.11249681124968
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