THE BEST FINANCE NEWS ON PAGES 14 - 17 Issue No. 1912 24 Feb - 2 March 2022
Day of the Pedal.
IT’S A RACE T H E 33rd edition of the Day of the Pedal (Día del Pedal) will be held in Nerja on M o n d a y , Fe b r u a r y 28, starting from the Verano Azul Park at 12pm. The councillor for Sport, Daniel Rivas, pointed out the im‐ portance of the event for Nerja, as it “brought more than 2,000 cycling enthu‐ siasts together in the last edition, held before the start of the pandemic.” The Day of the Pedal will be based on a four‐kilometre route that will start and finish at the Ve‐ rano Azul Park. There will be prizes for the most veteran cyclist and the person with the most original bicy‐ cle. There will also be a prize draw among all partici‐ pants for 30 bicycles and a trip. Registrations can be made at the Sports Office and in the covered pavilion of the Ciudad De‐ portiva, as well as at the Tourist Office, located on the ground floor of the town hall, or on Fe b r u a r y 2 8 u n t i l 11am at the Verano Azul Park.
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COSTA ANIMAL SOCIETY: Successfully rehomes and assists abandoned animals.
THE Costa Animal Society (CAS) is seeking animal‐ loving, energetic, social media savvy persons to come on board. The charity said: “If you’re a compassionate person who respects the lives of unfortunate ani‐ mals who live a treacher‐ ous life in the wild, hop aboard. There is an occasional heartache, but the re‐ wards in homing animals and receiving videos of these rescue dogs and cats romping about in their forever homes is something to behold.” This small, voluntary charity organisation has been successfully rehom‐ ing and assisting aban‐ doned animals in the Ner‐ ja, Frigiliana and Maro for more than 30 years.
They are looking for en‐ thusiastic people to join their committee, continu‐ ing the work started by the sitting committee, some of whom have re‐ cently stepped down af‐ ter many years of service. Most importantly, the official posts of President and Secretary need to be filled. For more informa‐ tion, please contact act‐ ing President Mae De‐ laney on 601 629 938. (It should be noted that these are voluntary, un‐ paid positions.) If inter‐ ested, there will be a long‐standing cadre of volunteers to provide all the necessary details and assist you along the way. The charity is also seek‐ ing donations and said: “Despite the horrors of the pandemic, the Brexit
chaos, etc, CAS relies ex‐ clusively on donations to cope with the continuous flow of abandoned dogs and cats requiring our at‐ tention. “If you could chip in a little to help, or consider becoming a member of CAS, we and the animals would be most grateful.” For more information you can contact CAS on 601 629 938, visit the shop, or online at www.casnerja.webs.com or on Facebook \casnerja.
R E S I D E N T S legally registered in Torrox can now benefit from the free municipal trans‐ port service from Monday, February 21. The mayor of Torrox, Óscar Medina, has said that those who use the transport system o n a d a i l y b a s i s s h o u l d a p p l y f o r t h e t r a n s‐ port card first, as it is expected that there will be huge numbers of applications in the first few days, and this will allow those who need it most to get it first. Torrox is one of the few municipalities in Spain to offer this free service to its resi‐ dents. The mayor explained that this economic benefit will be especially significant during the summer, when families often travel to the beach. A family of four or five could save €10 a day on such trips. “Our town will be safer, more sustainable and we will help to protect the environment,” concluded Medina.