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The people’s paper ISSUE NO. 1846
19 - 25 November 2020
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TURRE’S Fusion Charity Band recently presented local mayor, Martin Morales, with €530. The money was raised one day last week in the afternoon at Bar Restau rant Solare, where the presentation took place, and the money will go di rectly to Turre Town Hall’s Community Food Bank programme. Marisa Freeman, who works at the town hall was also present, as she is re sponsible for coordinating the Food Bank. The Turrebased Fusion Charity Band is composed entirely of expats Alan Taylor (singer), Lesley Darling (ukulele), Michael Dawson (cajonista and occa sional singer), Pamela Taylor (ukulele) and Bob Blackburn (ukulele) who are all retired, with the exception of Lesley who works at the local vets, Clinivet. THE regional government cleared more than 115 stream and riverbeds in Almeria Province, removing 6,300 tons of vegetation, silt and litter. Carmen Crespo who heads the Junta’s department of Agri culture, Livestock, Fisheries and Sustainable Development, re cently visited Rambla Morales just outside Almeria City. The regional government has restored 184 kilometres of the province’s streams and rivers, spending what Crespo described as a “historic” €10.2 million on the project. This environmental mainte
DONATION: Fusion Charity Band members with Martin Morales and Marisa Freeman.
Going with the flow nance was long overdue, she admitted. “The president personally took on this commitment dur ing his visit after 2019’s DANA storms,” Crespo pointed out, referring to the Junta’s presi dent Juanma Moreno. “I’d also like to stress the ecological importance of this work,” she continued. “Not only have the water ways been cleared but we have also replanted 120,000 trees and shrubs all belonging to
native species bringing about a complete environmental re newal.” Crespo, who was accompa nied by Almeria City’s mayor Ramon FernandezPacheco, thanked not only the local ad ministration for their coopera tion, but also the area’s farm ers and growers. They too had helped in con serving these zones through their Compromiso Blanco pro ject that was directed at recy cling their agricultural plastics,
she said. “We aren’t only talking about safeguarding Almeria’s image but something much more important, reducing risks and increasing the safety of the local population during periods of torrential rain,” Crespo added.
Until about three years ago they had never played a musical instrument nor been involved in any musical activities, they admitted. However, when musician Stephen Gear started a ukulele class, one or two who now belong to the Fusion Charity Band went along and became interested in learning to play the in strument. One thing led to another and even tually a band was formed. Members play only for fun and wherever they play, a collection is taken for local chari ties. The band explained that the Bar Restaurant Solare staff had been very generous in donating their tips jars, which contained a significant amount of money, while Sami Samran was es pecially supportive, they said.