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Roaring start
THE Lions Club in La Cala de Mijas are kicking off the 2023 fundraising with a charity lunch at La Sierra Restaurant on Wednesday, February 15. The glitzy gourmet event will allow guests to socialise and enjoy a delicious threecourse meal while raising money for a deserving cause.
The varied menu offers three tantalising options for each course, including a vegetarian option. Main choices consist of pork, hake or aubergine dishes.
The talk, organised by the council in collaboration with Attendis Schools, will be free, but guests are asked to register at Fuengirola’s Casa de la Cultura. The event is expected to reach capacity, with at least 800 people attending. The talk will begin at 7.30pm in the Palacio de Paz.
THE international community in Estepona are coming together to solve accessibility issues in the area. The Foreign Residents Association of Estepona (AREME) have embarked on a scheme to raise €16,000 for a ramp on the footbridge across the A 7 motorway between Benamara and Benavista.
The group announced their campaign on Sunday, January 22 now that they have begun dialogue with Estepona Council.
The group are proposing to add a ramp to a footbridge which is being created on the A 7 motorway.
The ramp would allow wheelchair and pram users to cross the road as safely as other pedestrians.
AREME has already made a payment of €6,360 to engineers who have undertaken a survey and ground and soil checks.
Each of the surrounding areas which are set to benefit from the ramp on the footbridge are required by the council to contribute to the €16,000, but donations have only been received from six of the local neighbourhoods.
AREME are asking locals to contribute to their campaign, because if the total is not raised, the footbridge adaptations may not go ahead. Their email is: info.areme2022@gmail. com
A COMPLETION delay of the new Las Lagunas school in Mijas has caused concern among parents and the local community. The local division of the liberal centre party, Ciudadanos are also taking the conservative, Partido Popularcontrolled regional government to task over the project.
The project, which was initially supposed to completed in June, in time for the next academic year, has faced several pushbacks with regional authorities now saying it will only be finished by the end of 2023. Ciudadanos are concerned that 445 students will now start the next academic year in temporary classrooms.
Ciduadanos launched a campaign on Monday, January 23 to urge the Junta de Andalucia regional government to complete the planned work within the proposed period to give children the best educational prospects.
Mijas’ deputy mayor and Ciudadanos councillor, José Carlos Martín and the councillor for Education, Mariló Olmedo, say there is no reason for such a lengthy delay.
Diners will also be serenaded by Mark Connor, who will perform classic hits by Neil Diamond and Elvis Presley.
The lunch is set to raise money for the Lions Club International’s campaign against childhood cancer, on Children’s Cancer Awareness Day. The special initiative is one of five campaigns by the international organisation including supporting people with sight issues, ending global hunger, supporting diabetes patients, and environmental campaigns.
Tickets for the lunch cost €35 and can be purchased from La Cala Lions’ shop in La Cala de Mijas. The meal is at 12.30pm on the day, at the restaurant which is located at Cerrado de Aguila Golf Club.
