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4 • Visit us @ www.ChampNews.com SF The Champion • Wednesday 18 December 2013COMPLETE KITCHEN RESPRAYS...DON’T REPLACE, RESPRAY!Turn my old kitchen into newSave me thousands of poundsColour matching serviceNo obligation, Free quotationFast, friendly serviceNo need toredecorate orchange carpets...all our surrounds areMADE TO MEASUREMEGA SALEStarts 9am Saturday28th DECNEVER TO BE REPEATEDONE-OFF DEALSFirst come, first servedFind us onKitchen BeforeKitchen AfterUnit 1, Phoenix Industrial Estate, Rossmore Road East, Ellesmere Port CH65 3BRDon’t forget to book youradvertising space earlyfor the Christmas and New Yeareditions of the ChampionPlease take note of thefollowing deadlines:For publication on Christmas Day25 December 20133pm on Friday 20th DecemberFor publication on New Year’s Day1 January 20143pm on Monday 30th DecemberFor more information please call thesales team on 01704 392392We wish all our advertisers,readers and distributorsa very Merry ChristmasNEXUS£995of SouthportHOLE IN WALLCHOICE OFCOLOURSLONSDALESURROUNDONLY87/89 Eastbank Street, Southport, PR8 1DGTel 01704 531041Mon-Sat 9-5 • Sun 11-411244301125273WAS £495NOW ONLYChildren’s author visits bookshopTHE OLDE Book Shop inFormby welcomed a specialvisitor to their store lastweek to celebrate a newbook launch.Rachel Braddock, achildren’s author fromLiverpool visited theFormby store on BrowsLane to launch her thirdchildren’s book,Caractacus Cat.Some 30 children turnedup on the day to hearRachel read her latest bookand receive a signed copy.Jon at the Olde Book Shopsaid: “It was fantastic, allthe children really enjoyedthe reading.”Caractacus Cat, is the thirdbook in her series of booksto be launched afterCatullus the Caterpillar andAriadne Armadillo.Bid to make library‘community asset’Friends group could get six months to comeup with plan and funding to buy facilityReport by Ollie CowanBIRKDALE Library could soon be listed as anasset of community value.The proposal has been put forward by theFriends of Birkdale Library Group, and ifapproved by Sefton Council tomorrow(Thursday, December 19) it means theLiverpool Road building could not be sold forsix months to give time for the group to raisecapital and bid for the facility.The library meets all the nomination criteriato be listed an asset of community value as itcontributes to the social wellbeing and culturalinterests of the community.Friends of Birkdale Library is a recentlyestablished charity that features three trusteesincluding chairman Val Owen, Sally Moss andSouthport MP John Pugh.Where an interest is registered by a groupsuch as Friends of Birkdale Library, the assetcannot be sold for six months.This is to give the group time to develop aproposal and raise the required capital to bidfor the asset when it comes to the open market.The idea for nomination was prompted bysimilar action taken by Friends of CarnegieLibrary in Crosby in October.Chair of the trustees of the Friends of BirkdaleLibrary charity is Val Owen who is a formerhead librarian in Southport.She said: “We have applied to the Councilunder the Localism Act 2011 to have BirkdaleRachel Braddock with two young readers. Code 1064588Birkdale Library could soon be listed as anasset of community value.Library registered as an Asset of CommunityValue. This means that we would have firstrefusal if the council wants to sell the site sometime in the future.“We would then have six months to puttogether a bid to acquire the whole site, to runit as a community facility.“Library campaigners continue to meet on aregular basis, developing our business plan, sothat we would be ready to move if the Councildoes decide it wants to sell.”The Community Right to Bid does not obligethe asset owner to sell the asset to thecommunity group nor is it intended toinfluence the price at which the asset iseventually sold.Equally, community groups which haveregistered an interest are under no obligationto bid for or purchase the listed asset.WE WILL NOT BE BEATEN ONPRICE OR QUALITYTHE WORLDS MOSTEFFICIENTRUBYWITH GASOR ELECTRICFIREFREENO OBLIGATION SURVEYFOR PEACE OF MINDSUPER HOT4.2KW GAS FIRENOW ONLYBRASS/STOVE£495 CHROME £295Also at: 127-139 Breck Road, Anfield L4 2QXTel 0151 263 0660 Mon-Sat 9-5 • Sun 11-4£295 £695WAS £6951125268