THE BEST FINANCE NEWS ON PAGES 12 - 16 Issue No. 1931
7 - 13 July 2022
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ON Wednesday June 29, the first deputy mayor of the municipality of Velez‐ Malaga and deputy mayor of Torre del Mar, Jesús Pérez Atencia, presented the upcoming ‘42 Reasons to Fight against ALS’ chal‐ lenge, which aims to raise awareness of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS), a type of motor neurone disease (MND). The event was attended by the councillor for Sports, Hipólito Gómez, and the brothers Kiko and Jorge Montoro, who are promoting the initiative. Pérez Atencia said: “This sporting event aims to raise awareness of this terrible disease and raise funds for research into finding a cure.” He encouraged peo‐ ple to participate in the race or to donate on the website www.sacalen guaela.com. The event will take place on August 6. Saca la Lengua a la ELA (‘Stick your tongue out at ALS’), which is organising the challenge, is a non‐ profit organisation based in Fernan Nuñez, Cordoba, dedicated to raising awareness of and funds for ALS. It was founded by Miguel Ángel Roldán
aImage: Saca la Lengua a la ELAImage: Nerja Town Hall
A FIGHTING CHALLENGE
Athletes participating in a recent event and raising money for Saca la Lengua.
Marín, an active and healthy physical education teacher who was diag‐ nosed with the disease at the age of 39. ALS is a fatal neurode‐ generative disease that impairs the connection be‐ tween nerves and mus‐ cles. According to data from Saca la Lengua, three people are diagnosed with ALS in Spain every day; 4,000 people suffer from the disease in Spain; 90 per cent of the cases ap‐
pear at random and 10 per cent are hereditary and the life expectancy is be‐ tween two and five years. There is currently no cure, and research is key. Atencia thanked Kiko and Jorge Montoro for their work and everything they have done through Saca la Lengua a la ELA. The Montoro brothers then expressed their grati‐ tude to the Torre del Mar Mayor’s Office, the De‐ partment of Sports, the
Velez‐Malaga Town Hall and the sponsors. They also gave a special mention to the Scouts, who will be carrying out the important task of dis‐ tributing a total of 42,000 bookmarks with the infor‐ mation about Saca la Lengua a la ELA from the beaches of Nerja to Torre del Mar. For more information about the event, visit https://www.facebook.co m/SacaLenguaELA.
Flavours of the world “TORROX does not sleep, Torrox does not stop,” said the mayor, Óscar Medina, on Monday July 4, speaking at the presen‐ tation of this year’s edi‐ tion of the Foodtrucks Xperience. He was joined by the councillor for Commerce and Development, Sandra Extremera, and the man‐
ager of Baobab Eventos, Fabián D’Angelo. Until Saturday July 10, a total of nine food trucks will stop on Avenida El Faro in Torrox Costa to of‐ fer residents the chance to travel around the world through international dishes. There will also be live music every evening. According to the mayor,
this event is “one of the nicest ones of the sum‐ mer, both because of the location itself and because you can enjoy internation‐ al cuisine with your whole family in a great atmo‐ sphere.” As well as the food trucks, there will be activi‐ ties for the whole family, a children’s area, craft stalls
and live performances from 7pm to midnight.
Image: Almuñecar Town Hall
ELECTED: Juan José Ruiz Joya has taken over from Trinidad Herrera as the mayor of Almuñecar.
New mayor of Almuñecar JUAN JOSÉ RUIZ JOYA (Partido Popular), who was previously the deputy mayor of La Herradura, was elected the new mayor of Almuñecar on Wednesday June 29. He was backed by Más Almuñecar, Ciu‐ dadanos and the union between Izquierda Unida and Podemos, receiving 11 of the 21 votes. Juan Carlos Be‐ navides (Convergencia Andaluza) received seven and Rocío Palacios received three. Ruiz Joya has taken over as mayor following the resignation of Trinidad Herrera, who was elected to be an Andalucian mem‐ ber of parliament in the elections of June 19.