A SPECIAL REQUEST

EVERY year the 74 children attending the Raquel Paya school in Denia for children with special needs, receive a visit from Santa who brings a present for each child. There is also a special request from the school for help with a project.

This year it is for assistance to finance transport for the children’s school outings, for which a cheque for €1,500 was presented, €1,200 from The Charity Shop, and special thanks to Diane and Pauline who donated a further €300, raised at their tennis tournament.

On Friday January 27, 10 members of staff were invited to visit the school.

Headmaster Miguel was delighted to receive the cheque and explained how important it was that the children have the opportunity to go on school outings. We were given an extended tour of the school and information about the methods used to teach the 74 pupils skills within their learning capacities.

Miguel also wished to express the gratitude of the 47 professionals for the support and assistance given by The Original Charity Shop over the last 30 years.

The Original Charity Shop is situated on Carrer de Nancy 1, in Javea’s Arenal, the library is to be found in Javea Park. The

Outstanding student

LA NUCIA resident Blanca Pastor Molina won the 11th edition of the Rotary Club’s Isidro Cortina award for the Marina Baja’s best student. The €3,000 prize goes each year in recognition of an outstanding Marina Baja student’s efforts in achieving academic excellence.

shop and library are open Monday to Saturday from 10 am until 1 pm.

Blanca, who studied at Colegio Almedia in Callosa d’En Sarria, obtained 11.84 out of a possible 12 in the Selectividad University entrance exam, the highest mark that any Marina Baja student has obtained in any previous edition of the Isidro Cortina award. She is now working for a double degree in Mathematics and Computing at the Polytechnic University in Valencia City. La Nucia’s mayor Bernabe Cano and Education councillor Sergio Villalba attended the prizegiving by the Rotary Club’s Benidorm branch at the Hotel Benidorm Plaza on January 26.

Linda Hall

THE National Police recently arrested 10 people and seized 1,500 fake designer items in Benidorm and Villajoyosa. The merchandise was on sale in five shops in Benidorm’s Rincon de Loix and on six stalls at the