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U3A Calpe news
BOOKINGS are currently being taken for the programme of events arranged for the Coronation weekend in May: a Quiz featuring questions on the years of the new king’s lifetime on May 5, a Buffet Meal with live music on May 6; a StreetParty style afternoon tea, with a singalong and bingo, on May 7, and a Dinner Dance with live music at the Oceana Club, on May 8. For further details please see the U3A Calpe website: u3acalpe.org. Queries or reservations should be sent to Dorothy WarnerJones: DorothyWarn er2@outlook.com or 634 319 632
There will be the usual Coffee Morning on Thursday April 20 between 10.30am and 12.00 noon at the LAFMA premises. Following the retirement on health grounds, of the previous Group’s Coordinator, U3A Calpe is very pleased to welcome Gareth Jones to the committee. With over 400 members in U3A Calpe now, Gareth will be keen to encourage a wide variety of activities for members. Membership still costs only €10 for a year.
AI for skin cancer
RESEARCHERS at Alicante University are using artificial intelligence to reduce the waiting list for skin cancer cases. An engineering group is calling for patients’ data to be used to obtain 100 per cent efficiency and hope to extend the technique to other diseases.
Calpe NGO
OPHTHALMOLOGISTS , optometrists and nurses, a doctor, paediatrician and an anaesthetist from Calpe
NGO Visió are now in Sierra Leone operating on small children suffering from cataracts who require a general anaesthetic.
Ring busted
THE Guardia Civil have smashed a group that has stolen the legacies of 22 elderly people who died in the Marina Alta. The leader is now in prison. Eight people were arrested and a further three are under investigation for organised crime.
Healthy tourism
TEULADA MORAIRA is holding its first WellBeing Fair from March 29 to April 5. The fair will highlight the health and wellbeing opportunities available in the town to encourage cycling, walking, swimming, yoga and health tourism.
Charity funds
THE women’s charity run in Benitachell managed to raise €962 for Aprosdeco, an organisation that helps parents and guardians of people with intellectual functional diversity, some of whom live in the town.
Five arrested
THE police have arrested five people in Benidorm and Almeria for allegedly stealing coins from launderettes in eight towns. The thieves were using a device emitting electromagnetic waves to obtain the coins.
