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ISSUE NO. 1474
3 - 9 OCTOBER 2013
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Fiestas de San Francisco TONIGHT (Thursday) sees the start of the Fiesta de San Francisco in the Loma area of Albox. Many bars are taking part in the 1st Ruta de la Tapa Juan Manuel and will be offering speciality tapas with a small beer for €1.50. There will be live music on Friday, Saturday and Sunday night with traditional dancing on Friday night at 9pm.
Drugs found THE Guardia Civil have intercepted two parcels containing cocaine at a post office. The parcels were destined for Roquetas de Mar.
Stay sporty HOSPITAL Vithas Virgen del Mar, Almeria has set up a Saturday Sports Day aimed at the 40-yearold age group.
We won’t forget Tribute paid to expat killed in devastating floods By Stephen Lear VERA residents joined together to pay their respects to those who died in last year’s devastating floods One year on from the ‘gota fria’ that caused such devastation in the province of Almeria on September 28, 2012, a small group of citizens from Vera gathered at the bridge that joins Puerto Rey and Pueblo Laguna to lay floral tributes to the people who lost their lives in the floods. Veraplayazul President Miguel Jurado Hurtado presided over a simple ceremony in one of the worst affected areas and paid tribute to resident Diana Dudas, 52, who lost
her life on that tragic day. The neighbourhood association Veraplayazul has sent a registered letter to Queen Sofia of Spain with a request for help, asking for protection and mediation in order to get the government to sit down and address the problem of the floods. There are still hundreds of unresolved petitions asking for aid. Queen Sofia visited the area last year a few days after the storm and witnessed the devastation for herself. Ten people were killed in the floods across Almeria and into Murcia. Veraplayazul laments the fact that on the first anniversary of the disaster, there still continues to be a
threat from the rain with the lack of cleaning, dredging and channelling of the River Antas. One woman present at the ceremony was Mary McMurray who has had a property in Las Buganvillas since 2001. Mary had come along to pay respects to her friend Diana. Fighting back the tears, Mary recalled: “A lovely lady who is sadly missed by the community, a very gentle person who went far too young.” In a poignant moment, like teardrops from heaven, a few drops of rain fell from the sky just at the point when the small crowd threw flowers from the bridge.