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The people’s paper ISSUE NO. 1873
27 May - 2 June 2021
Smell of summer THE Frigiliana Tourist Board is delighted that a promotion in Madrid to welcome summer by El Corte Inglés features a shot taken in the town. The large image of a man and woman dressed in latest fashion decorates a number of bus stops across Madrid aimed at encouraging passers-by to purchase their summer wardrobes now.
‘Flag Ship’ Smart Tourism TWO new ‘Flag Ship’ spaces have been created in VelezMalaga to bring smart tourism to the area. They come complete with 55 inch touchscreens, which allow tourism content such as videos to be shown. The new smart tourism is said to be a pioneering initiative. It is hoped that the new technology will delight both residents and tourists in the area and allow them to easily find out what is going on locally.
Tsunami warning ON May 20, The Official Boletin (BOE) published the State Plan for Civil Protection against Tsunami Risk. The document is an analysis of how much danger the tidal waves on the Andalucian Mediterranean coastline poses. The results show Malaga is the province with the highest risk of suffering a tsunami.
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2,750 KMS IT was in May 2020 that Ruth Staines was diagnosed with Motor Neuron Disease (MND) and less than a year later in April of this year she sadly died, despite a defiant battle against the disease. Now, her partner Alisdair Anderson has decided that he needs to raise funds for the Irish Motor Neuron Disease Association in memory of Ruth and he will be cycling from Dublin (where they last lived) to Nerja where they spent five happy years together. The journey is not for the feint hearted and Alisdair expects to cover the 2,750 kilometres in around two months (which allows for rest days and any unforeseen circumstances) and expects to arrive on July 17. He has set up a just giving page which has already raised just over €38,500 from more than 1,000 supporters at https://www.justgiving.com/fun draising/ruth-staines? utm_source but as he moves through the UK, France and then Spain, he hopes that more people will be attracted to give their support and donate. There is no target as he doesn’t want to ‘tempt providence’ but will simply rely on the goodwill of people, which is why we at Euro Weekly News are more than happy to publicise his ride, knowing as we do, how generous and kind-hearted our readers are. MND/ALS is a neurological disease that impacts the nerves which enable movement of muscles and presents challenges to completing some of life’s most simple tasks that you might do
Credit: Alisdair Anderson
RAISING FUNDS: Alisdair with Ruth. every day with your hands, feet, legs etc. For Ruth, it began to affect her legs first, but as it progressed it prevented her from being able to even send a private text message or play her beloved Candy Crush, simple things we all take for granted. Alisdair was a chef at Restaurant 34 in Nerja for many years, although he first visited in 1994 with his family and regards it as not only his second home, but also as the place where he spent too little time with Ruth and because of the pandemic has not been able to return to work in Dublin, so has time to devote to this journey. As Alisdair explained his charity choice it becomes obvious how much it helped him and Ruth during what was such a dreadful time. “The Irish Motor Neuron Disease Association provides care and support to people with MND, their families, friends and carers. Without them, we
would have been lost. “The support they provided to Ruth throughout her illness allowed her to live a much more comfortable life. From mobility and wheelchairs, nursing, homecare support, counselling - these were all critical services we depended on. “They also provided Ruth with Eye Gaze technology, which allowed Ruth to send messages, flick through TikTok and of course play Candy Crush - all without the use of her hands. “I can’t thank them enough for the speed in which they moved, as time sadly was never on Ruthie’s side. All of these services cost money, however, and I’m aiming to do my bit to support these services by raising vital funds for IMNDA. Although much of the cycling will be done solo, Alisdair will be joined part of the way by Ruth’s brother Mark and he has worked out a route which may not be the shortest but will bring him to Nerja via the Spanish east coast.
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68 residential homes THE town hall of Rincón de la Victoria has proposed a ‘pio‐ neering’ active ageing residential project to be implemented in the district of El Cantal. Miguel Angel Jiménez, the council‐ lor for Town Planning reported on the characteristics of this cooperative, social, and non‐profit project open to citizens through the method of ‘cohousing,’ which consists of the de‐ sign of community housing based on cooperative principles. This is, as Jiménez described, “a new form of collective liv‐ ing focused on efficiency and sustainability, made up of peo‐ ple who share common values, many of whom have previ‐ ously lived alone. In 15 years, one out of every three households will be single‐person households, with people over the age of 65 accounting for nearly half of them. “From the town hall, we are taking a step forward to help this project, finding the feasibility and legalities and town planning fit required to adapt to these changing times, uses, and way of life. “In the next few days, a partnership agreement will be signed to allow people registered in the municipality to be a part of this project and participate with the Social Welfare, and be involved in the courses and activities organised by this new facility,” the councillor for the Elderly said. “Every day, we fight to give our older people priority, creating pub‐ lic policies to preserve their rights, now more than ever as the pandemic has converted them into a virus‐prone popula‐ tion,” Aguilar added. As a result, 16 of the spaces will be reserved for members of the Rincon municipality.
NEW PROJECT: A form of collective living.