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The challenge of the initiative is to raise 125,000 euros to finance palliative care treatments for an additional 211 people in 2025

The course, given by Espacio Drang, offers 15 places, is free of charge and will take place on Sunday mornings in February in La Cala

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The Club Balonmano San Francisco de Asís Mijas acknowledges the five sportswomen who won gold with the Andalusian team

Mijas plans a budget of more than 133 million for 2025

The accounts, which will be presented for initial approval at the extraordinary plenary session on Friday 17th, include a 3.02% increase over the previous year NEWS/02-03

of Mijas, Ana Mata, defined the proposal that has been developed from the Town Hall for the accounts of 2025 and whose main points were described by the mayoress together with the deputy mayors, Juan Carlos Cuevas Dawson and Juan Carlos Maldonado, and the councillor for Economy and Finance, Mario Bravo. The items allocated to the areas of Social Inclusion, Family and Equal Opportunity and Senior Citizens, totaling more than 6,367,000 euros, stand out / B.Martín.

GARDEN BEAUTIFICATION

continues

is the preferred option

In the surroundings of the hermitage of Mijas Pueblo, this tradition will be celebrated on Friday 17th; there will be mass at 12 hours and the animals will be blessed NEWS/04 NEWS/04

The Basic Income socio-labor insertion program opens a new call for applications

Those interested in applying for a job may submit their applications in person or online until February 17th

The Town Hall allocates 726,500 euros to 13 sports clubs in the municipality The grants have increased by 76.100 euros compared to the previous year and benefit 3.138 athletes SPANISH PAGE /10

The municipality puts out to tender the maintenance service of the Gran Parque

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The patron saint of Las

The initial project has included some changes such as the reduction of water consumption and the enlargement of parking areas

will go out in procession on Sunday, January 26th NEWS/08

In these tasks, the planting of species that require little water

Lagunas

“Budgets based on prudence, realism and control of public spending, which reflect the commitment to budgetary balance and financial sustainability”. This is how the mayoress

MIJAS ALLOCATES 726,000 euros to subsidies for sports organisations

The aid has increased by 76,100 euros compared to the previous year and benefits 3,138 athletes

Report by Cristina Bejarano and Cristina Luque

The Mijas Town Hall awards grants for more than 726,500 euros to sports entities in the municipality. The councillor for Sports, Mari Francis Alarcón (PP) announced on Tuesday 14th that the 13 clubs that have met the requirements will receive the amount allocated to each of them in the next few days. These grants, awarded on a competitive basis, will be used to cover operating costs for the year 2023.

The thirteen sports entities that

councillor for Sports, Mari Francis Alarcón, together with the representatives of the subsidised sports entities / C.Luque.

MARI FRANCIS ALARCÓN Councillor for Sports (PP)

“These grants are important for the functioning of the clubs in Mijas, which is why they have been increased by 76,135.28 euros compared to the previous year. Furthermore, for the Town Hall, the promotion of sport and support for clubs and athletes is essential”

will receive aid are: Club Balonmano Mijas Costa, 78,000 euros; Club Deportivo La Cala de Mijas, 57,046 euros; Club Deportivo Mijas, 43,400 euros; Club Deportivo Pescadores Mosca Málaga Fly Fishing, 2,709.86 euros; Club Deportivo Raquetas de Mijas, 59,600 euros; Club Bádminton Suel, 4. 312.79 euros; Club Deportivo Mijas Unión Basket, 63,401.16 euros; Candor Club de Fútbol, 53,145.44 euros; Club Nata-

ción Mijas, 63,900 euros; Club Polideportivo Mijas, 292,525.43 euros; Club de Ajedrez Tarmina, 1,179.85 euros; Club Deportivo de Gimnasia Rítmica Sohail, 1,674.75 euros; and Club Deportivo Sala de Armas Adalid Mijas, 5,611.68 euros.

According to the data provided by the clubs, a total of 3,138 athletes (2,205 in collective sports and 933 in individual sports) have benefited from this aid. Of the overall total, 257 athletes attended Andalusian championships and 94 attended Spanish championships.

Furthermore, in this announcement, aid has been granted to three more clubs than in the previous year.

The clubs will receive this aid to defray the operating costs they incurred that year, which include federation expenses, transport, accommodation and meals, staff costs, equipment, medical expen-

Mijas celebrates San Antón, one of its most popular festivities

This tradition, in which animals are blessed, takes place around the hermitage

J.P./C.A. On the morning of Friday the 17th the neighbours of Mijas, mainly those of Osunillas, wake up to the sound of the horn produced when one of the Stewards of San Antón blows the conch shell from the hermitage. A sound that serves to announce the festivity in honour of the saint and whose celebration is one of the most deeply rooted in Mijas. “In the 18th century, some sailors who were about to be shipwrecked on the coast decided to

build this chapel in honour of San Antón, to whom they entrusted themselves, and in 1981, the chapel was rebuilt because it had deteriorated over time and since then San Antón has been celebrated”, said the president of the Stewards, Toñi Barranquero, who explained that “although the story of the shipwreck is not closely related to the animals, they chose San Antón as the patron saint of the Osunillas area”.

Mass will be celebrated at 12:00 noon in the chapel built and afterwards the parish priest of Mijas, Hermán Marcel, will bless the animals for the first time. “It is true that this festivity is only celebrated on one day, but we live it with great joy, with many memories, because it is something that we have been living since we were very young”, said the president of the Stewards.

As always, the stewards of San Antón will hand out ‘callos’ (tripe) to those attending and ‘wheel’ games will be played in the square.

One of the special features of this festival is to throw a ‘chinita’ at the saint to find a partner, but, beware, behind this deep-rooted custom, there is a false belief. “I don’t know why this confusion arose, but girls who want to get married have been coming here to throw the ‘chinita’ at him”, explains Barranquero, who invites all the people from Mijas and the neighbouring municipalities to join in the celebration.

76.100 to supp t 13 clubs

ses, insurance costs, renting of facilities, trophies, prizes, administration and operating costs, etc. According to Alarcón, “these grants are important for the functioning of the clubs in Mijas, which is why they have been increased by 76,135.28 euros compared to the previous year, exceeding an overall amount of 726,500 euros. Furthermore, for the Town Hall, the promotion of sport and support for clubs and athletes is essential. Thus, with these subsidies, the Town Hall supports clubs, athletes and families, who play an important role in

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promoting the values of sport and physical activity”.

On the 16th of September 2024, the announcement 2024 of Grants to Sports Entities of Mijas to finance the running costs of the year 2023 was published in the Official Gazette of the Province. These grants are awarded through competitive process and prior justification of expenses, this being the second time that this procedure has been used. The Sports Department has already announced that next year there will also be 800,000 euros for subsidies to these entities.

Tiktoker from Mijas nominated for the TikTok

Awards

J.P./C.A. For her video entitled ‘A day with me as a private chef’ the content creator and influencer Carito Pérez has been nominated for the 2024 TikTok Awards in the Video of the Year category. “This video was the first one where they heard my voice and I thought about playing a private chef. I use a lot of sarcasm, humour and entertainment, but I’m not a chef”, said the Mijeña, who is very happy to have been nominated for these awards on the social network.

With more than 3.3 million followers and 126 million ‘likes’, Carito Pérez has managed to attract the attention of this social network with this video which

has more than 29.3 million views, 2.8 million hearts, more than 3,500 comments, and has been shared by 39,600 users. But that’s not all, the video has been added to the favourites list almost 226,000 times. “Creating your own style and being yourself are always the key”, said the tiktoker.

Carito asks for the support of the Mijeños so that with their votes she can get the prize in this category, in which she competes against eight other users, among them, Ibai Llanos

So if you are a user of this platform and you want to vote for Carito Pérez, you can do it through the application’s website.

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Carito Perez, nominated for the Tik Tok Awards / Tik Tok.

Toñi Barranquero, president of the Stewards / J.P.

MIJAS JOINS THE CAMPAIGN BeCudecaHeart

The challenge of this initiative is to raise 125,000 euros to care for 2,100 patients this year and the mayoress of Mijas, Ana Mata, showed the support of the Town Hall, highlighting the solidarity of the neighbours

Report M.J. Gómez / Design

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/ Translation: C. Arroyo cipality will continue to help the foundation.

The number of patients cared for by the Cudeca Foundation has almost doubled in the last decade, from 1,013 to 1,902, in fact, according to the institution’s forecasts, the figure will grow this year by more than 200 patients, so that in 2025 it will exceed 2,100. Therefore, there are 2,100 reasons why the foundation needs our help so that no one is left without the care they need. For this reason, this non-profit association has launched the campaign #SoyCorazónCudeca (#BeCudecaHeart).

Until the end of February

why the foundation needs

For his part, Rafael Gómez , doctor and care manager at Cudeca, indicated that Mijas is part of the heart of the social entity and that with this campaign they are looking to raise enough funds to have one more home care team. “Cudeca’s history is one step at a time and this is one more step. What we are looking for is for the people of Mijas to help

The Mijas Town Hall showed

more people this year. The ma(PP),

that this campaign achieves the

Last year, the Town Hall offe-

The Mijas Town Hall showed on Friday 10th its support for the initiative, which aims to raise 125,000 euros to finance palliative care treatments for 211 more people this year. The mayoress of Mijas, Ana Mata gave her support to the initiative, while highlighting the work that Cudeca’s professionals carry out in the municipality: “If Cudeca did not exist it would have to be invented. It does an incredible job helping hundreds of people in the final phase of their lives, so we are going to do everything we can to ensure that this campaign achieves the best results and helps 211 more patients. We should all have that social responsibility”, explained the mayoress, who also reported that in 2024 the foundation assisted 140 Mijeños. Last year, the Town Hall offered 40,000 euros in aid to the organisation, and the mayoress also announced that the muni-

help patients. We have already raised about 70,000 euros and the campaign will be active until the end of February”, said Gómez.

The challenge is to reach 125,000 euros, which is the estimated amount needed to subsidise one home care team per year to assist patients. Cudeca offers personalised care with good symptom control and psychological and social support, both for patients and their families and carers, guaranteeing patients’ dignity, respecting their vulnerability and the need for quality, person-centred

RAFAEL GÓMEZ

Doctor and care manager Cudeca

“Cudeca, since its beginnings, has relied on the hearts of the people who have supported its cause and Mijas has always stood out as one of the places that have given the most to accompany the work of the foundation”

ANA MATA

125.000 euros

tory is one step at a time and and psychological and social shops, by emailing / 692 257 053 10,136 us finance this equipment to care. so

Mayoress of Mijas (PP)

“Mijas will always be sensitive to the needs of Cudeca because they do invaluable work. That’s why the town supports the foundation with grants and the neighbours do everything they can to help”

DO YOU WANT TO BE A CUDECA HEART?

goal to ACHIEVE

To collaborate with this initiative, donations can be made until the end of January via the website soycorazoncudeca.org, Bizum 07761 (in the option ‘Make donation’ of your bank, including full name and NIF), bank transfer to the account ES11 2100 9032 3722 0010 8366 (indicating full name and NIF); in person at Cudeca’s socios@cudeca.org and/or by calling 952 564 910

Cudeca reminds us that any donation can have tax deduction of up to for legal entities). To take advantage of this beneﬁt, you must inform the foundation of your full name and tax ID number at socios@cudeca.org.

Paiative care

In 2023, 433,163 people died in Spain (according to the INE), of whom it is estimated that between 300,000 and 350,000 needed palliative care. Of these, only 135,000 received care from specialised team due to the complexity of their situation. In Málaga , people died that year and it is estimated that around needed palliative care. This is why it is important to support Cudeca’s work which focuses on caring for, relieving, accompanying and offering specialised palliative care to patients living in our province, suffering from cancer and other diseases, in advanced and terminal stages, and offering support and comfort to their families.

The mayoress of Mijas, Ana Mata, together with Rafael Gómez, care manager at Cudeca / M.J.G.

Mijeños join forces to

plant hope in Los Arenales

Around 50 volunteers take part in a new reforestation organised by the WWF collective and the Mijas Town Hall

Francisco M. Romero

The area around Los Arenales became an oasis of activity and hope on Sunday 12th with a new repopulation of indigenous vegetation. Around 50 people took part in this initiative, organised by the World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF) in collaboration with the Town Hall, to bring life back to an area affected by a fire. The coordinator of this NGO in Malaga, Claudia Perlini, explained that it is “a site that was affected by a fire a couple of years ago. We let the land rest for a while so that it could recover on its own and now we are starting with the Town Hall and the Environment group to reforest this burnt area with indigenous plants”.

The Environment technician, Juan Luis Vega, explained that the reforestation aims to create a mixed forest with holm oaks and other shrubs such as aladierno, mastic and juniper. This long-term project includes further planting and monitoring operations to ensure that the plants take root and thrive.

The councillor for the environment, Marco Cortés (PP),

The technician Juan Luis Vega gave instructions

expressed his gratitude to “these volunteers who gave their time on a Sunday to take care of nature, which belongs to all of us”.

Solidarity support

The volunteers were also excited. Trinidad Palavecino, one of the participants, said that “we are very happy because I have a friend with whom we always go hiking in the mountains and she heard about this event and as she knows that we like nature and collaborating, she invited

us and we are really excited”. Miguel Taipe, another volunteer, underlined the importance of these actions: “After an area burns down we have to replant more trees for the good of the planet”.

Every entity, institution and person did their bit to care for the environment and raise awareness of its importance. With initiatives like this one, Mijas demonstrates its commitment to nature and the community.

YOUTH

Registration success for the Youth trip to the Caminito del Rey

The trip will take place on February 1st and all 45 places have been quickly booked

C.L./C.A. The Youth Department has organised a trip to the Caminito del Rey. The registration period opened on Tuesday 14th and the 45 places have already been booked, so the department has announced that they will soon prepare new activities due to the great interest in this event.

The trip is part of the Youth agenda for this 2025, as the area is already planning all its programme and proposals for young people. On this occasion, the trip to the Caminito del Rey includes transportation and admission to the site. A total of 45 places are available, and will be assigned on a first-come, first-served basis, from the opening of the registration period.

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“It is an activity designed for

over the age of nine, although those under sixteen must be accompanied. Places are limited so I encourage you to register as soon as possible”

“It is an activity designed for Mijeños over the age of nine, although those under 16 must be accompanied by an adult. Places are limited so I encourage those who want to participate to register as soon as possible”, explained the councillor for Youth, Mari Francis Alarcón (PP).

The bus will leave from the Las Lagunas water park at 7:00 hours on February 1st, and the visit to the Caminito del Rey is scheduled to start at 9:20 hours.

The Lions Club thanks its collaborators for the help to the victims of the DANA.-

The Mijas Lions Club has concluded its campaign to collect basic goods through donations from individuals and groups to help the victims of the DANA. The association describes the collection as “satisfactory” and thanks all those who have supported “an important mission aimed at relieving people who have lost everything”, including this house, Mijas Comunicación, “for spreading the word about our activities”. One of the Club’s members, Luis Domínguez, was in charge of personally taking the proceeds to the city of Elche, where colleagues from the local Lions Club were waiting for him to receive the donations and distribute them.

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The councillor for the Environment, Marco Cortés and Lourdes Burgos participated / M.C.

The collaboration of volunteers is essential / M.C.

Mijeños

MARI FRANCIS ALARCÓN Councillor for Education (PP)

The Caminito del Rey / Archive.

Acosol and Mancomunidad commit to building a desalination plant in Mijas

The mayoress Ana Mata affirmed that “we are working to guarantee the resources that the Mijeños deserve”

Francisco M. Romero

The Mancomunidad and its public water company, Acosol,

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have made a commitment to the Mijas Town Hall to develop the draft project, within its investment plan, which will

make the second desalination plant on the Western Costa del Sol possible by first requesting funding from Aquamed, which

Presented the events for the 40th anniversary of the Virgen de la Paz

On Saturday 25th a mass will be celebrated and on Sunday 26th of the patron saint of Las Lagunas will go out in procession

J.Perea. The president of the Brotherhood of Jesús Vivo, Nuestra Señora de la Paz and Nuestra Señora de la Piedad de Las Lagunas, Bosco Rivas, and the councillor of the government team Juan José Torres Trella (PP), presented on Thursday, January 16th, the commemorative events of the 40th anniversary of the patron saint of Las Lagunas, the Virgen de la Paz, after unveiling the poster made by Mijas Comunicación. “We have already sent invitations to all the brotherhoods and parish groups in Mijas, and also to the neighbours

depends on the State. This was highlighted on Monday 13th by the mayoress of Mijas, Ana Mata (PP), after a meeting held with the president of the Mancomunidad, Manuel Cardeña , and the managing director of Acosol, Matilde Mancha, to analyse the services provided in the municipality.

Within the

investment plan of the Mancomunidad is the draft project for this construction

Mata expressed the importance of this first step and stressed the benefits that this infrastructure will bring to the municipality. The mayoress said after the meeting that “we are working to guarantee the resources that Mijas deserves and, for this, the

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For his part, Torres Trella assured that “since 1985, when the Virgen de la Paz began in the chapel of Fátima, many things have happened, many brothers, and we have to give this 40th anniversary the importance it deserves” and showed his support for the brotherhood, as “on behalf of the Town Hall we will offer them everything they need and that they continue to grow as they are already doing”.

of Fuengirola because we are very excited about this 40th anniversary, we want to give it the importance it deserves”, said Rivas.

On Saturday 25th of January, at 19:00 hours, the Eucharist of the Solemnity of Our Lady of Peace will be celebrated in the Church of San Manuel González, and after the mass, the procession will take place. On Sunday 26th, it will leave in procession through Las Lagunas, at 11:30 in the morning. For this special occasion, the route will be different from previous years, as the procession will go through the neighbourhood of Los Santos. “We have prepared a new route, the brothers of Medinaceli have given us their float for this special occasion, the 40th anniversary, and we want to offer a couple of petal tosses and see how it is received”, said the president, who pointed out that after the procession there will be a bar with drinks and food at popular prices.

Eucharist

“We are working to guarantee the resources that Mijas deserves and, for this, the involvement of the different administrations is essential. I would like to thank the Mancomunidad and Acosol for their predisposition and their firm commitment to Mijas” ANA MATA Mayoress of Mijas (PP)

involvement of the different administrations is essential. I would like to thank the Mancomunidad and Acosol for their predisposition and their firm commitment to Mijas”.

The president of the Mancomunidad de Municipios said that “in Mijas we are going to carry out a series of actions to guarantee the supply of drinking water, where the second desalination plant will be one of the major projects to be developed in the medium term”.

Creamar Mijas group is looking for volunteers to help conserve the marine environment

The platform aims to take immediate action in the event of possible incidents on the coast

Join

I.P. The new Creamar Mijas group, created last December after the signing of an agreement between the Mijas Town Hall and the Aula del Mar Foundation, is looking for volunteers to help conserve the marine environment and will soon be holding a day to train people interested in this subject.

te change, strandings, nesting and custody of protected areas, among others.

You can sign up for this group by emailing voluntariado@auladelmarmed.org, by sending a WhatsApp to 690 288 167, and also through the QR code that appears on the poster of the activity.

To join this volunteer network you only need to be of legal age, live near the coast of Mijas and be available to participate in the actions that are necessary to address specific discharges, impacts of clima-

Creamar reminds us that Mijas is one of the municipalities with the greatest marine biodiversity in Malaga, especially for its posidonia meadows, hence the importance of raising public awareness of the need to protect our coastline.

The mayoress Ana Mata (centre) and the councillor Daniel Gómez Teruel (right) together with representatives of the Mancomunidad and Acosol / Acosol.

through the QR code that appears on the poster/ M.C.

Iglesia San Manuel González (Las Lagunas)

Casa Hermandad Jesús Vivo (Las Lagunas) Procession

Bosco Rivas, president of the Jesus Vivo Brotherhood, with the councillor of the Mijas Town Hall, Juan José Torres Trella / J.Perea

THE MAINTENANCE SERVICE of the gran parque Mijas puts out to tender

This aspect had not been considered by the previous government team, says the local executive

The councillor for Works and Infrastructures of the Mijas Town Hall, Juan José Torres Trella (PP), visited on Monday 13th the works of the so-called Gran Parque, located on the El Ahogadero estate in Las Lagunas, whose works are at 90 percent completion. During his visit, the councillor reported that the Mijas Town Hall has put out to tender the maintenance service for this new green and leisure area. An aspect which, Trella stressed, had not been considered by the previous government team which, in 2023, promoted this initiative.

“We are talking about the comprehensive maintenance of the park, in terms of gardening, cleaning, conservation of the facilities, lighting of the whole area, maintenance of the transformation centres and the water engines, without forgetting the whole security system, which is very necessary, due to the extension of this park, which is around 270,000 square metres”, explained the councillor, adding

that “it is a job that we have had to do from scratch because the previous government team had not foreseen it, despite its importance”.

Regarding this maintenance contract, the head of Works and Infrastructures pointed out that it will cost three million euros a year, and will last for three years, “although as time progresses, the government team will study the way to make concessions, either fully or partially, so that these maintenance costs are lower, as each concession will be responsible for maintaining its corresponding service or area”.

Changes to the initial project of the Gran Parque Trella also pointed out some of the changes to the initial Gran Parque project. One of them will reduce the water consumption required by this green space, in which more than 2,900 trees are to be planted, “and we have chosen to change the type of trees to others more typical of our Mediterranean climate, such as olive trees, so that water consumption will drop from 1,350 cubic me-

tres per month to just 350”.

Likewise, actions are being carried out to improve the accesses to this park, as in this first phase, the councillor pointed out, “the creation of bridges that had been planned from the area of the cemetery and Venta La Morena is not going to be included”. In this sense, the councillor argued that “what we have done now has been to adapt the entrance road to this park so that access is easier and we have also considered a parking space in the area of the cemetery access, with capacity for more than 1,000 vehicles, something that was not included in the initial project but which is essential, especially if we want many people to come and enjoy this space”.

The work on the Gran Parque de la Costa del Sol could be ready by next May, announced Trella, who also recalled that this new infrastructure will offer large walking areas, children’s play areas, spaces for sports, two lakes and an amphitheatre with seating for more than 1,500 people, among its main attractions.

Updates ON THE PROJECT

Change in the type of trees to reduce water consumption, so 2,9,000 olive trees are to be planted.

Actions to improve accesses.

Parking area in the access area for more than 1,000 vehicles.

Report by I. Pérez and C. Luque

The councillor for Works, Juan José Torres Trella (right), together with the works manager, Rafael Fernández / C.Luque.

Among other spaces, the Gran Parque includes an amphitheatre for more than 1,500 people / C.Luque.

New parking area at the entrance / C.Luque.

Some of the olive trees planted / C.Luque.

The park is currently 90% complete / C.Luque.

The plan to beautify the green

spaces of Mijas continues

The Parks and Gardens staff have also been working these days to improve the ‘Ana Gámez’ crossing and one of the entrances to Avenida de Mijas

Report by I. Pérez / Design: I. M. / Translation: C. A.

The Parks and Gardens Department has started the year with important actions focused on the recovery and maintenance of the green areas of Mijas. One of them has involved the pruning of around twenty ficus trees in Calle Río Darro in Las Lagunas, which will be transplanted in the next few days to the Gran Parque. Taking advantage of the comprehensive remodelling that is going to be carried out on this road in Las Lagunas, the Department of Parks and Gardens has decided to move these 23 specimens of ficus and albizias to another location which the department considers more suitable: the new Gran Parque. As explained by the councillor of the

department, Daniel Gomez Teruel (PP), “in the Gran Parque these trees will serve to provide shade, moreover, there they will not be as destructive as they have been in this area, as the roots of these trees are

expansive and affect pipes and drainage, however in the Gran Parque they will be able to spread freely, which will also make them larger and leafier”. During his visit, Gómez Teruel thanked the team of

When talking through shapes and colours

Sheri Aletaha and Samarah Al Ahmar, students of Mirjana Lucic at the UP, show everything they have learned in their classes

C.B./N.L./C.A. On Friday 10th of January, Sheri Aletaha and Samarah Al Ahmar inaugurated their painting exhibition at the La Cala Cultural Centre, an exhibition in which the artists show through their paintings everything they have learnt in the UP classes under the guidance of Mirjana Lucic

These classmates and friends work mainly in painting, using acrylic and in some cases mi -

xed techniques. With their paintings, they turn a visit to this room into a sensory and emotional journey in which visitors are immersed in the world of feelings.

According to Sheri, “painting, although I also make sculptures, in shorts, being creative, is the most important thing for me because I can connect and talk through colours and shapes. I love to let colours meet,

IMPROVEMENT OF THE CROSSING ANA GÁMEZ GONZÁLEZ

Another green space that has undergone much improvement has been the well-known ‘Ana Gámez González’ crossing, next to the Islas Marianas roundabout, where the entire lawn area has been recovered, while maintaining the floral decoration. “I think that the municipality of Mijas has some very nice entrances and roundabouts with gardens, and we want to continue in this line, but also focusing on the need to save water, that is why we are trying to plant flowers and

NEW AREAS WITH

XERISCAPING

Work has also recently been completed on the beautification of one of the entrances to the Avenida de Mijas, where xeriscaping has been applied with the aim, once again, of saving water.

municipal gardeners, “who do a commendable job and take great care of all the green areas”, and at the same time asked for the cooperation of the public to keep these spaces in good condition. “We only ask for a little

come together and mix. My source of inspiration is nature”. Samarah said, “I started painting almost six years ago, when my husband died. The first thing I wanted to do, I don’t know why, because I had never painted, was to start painting”.

Originally from Iraq and Iran, but residents in Mijas for some years, the Culture Department of the Mijas Town Hall has given these two wo -

that need

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maintenance, as we have done at this point”, said Gómez Teruel.

“It is a very pretty spot, because we have made an arch with rockery stone and we have planted low water-consumption plants such as palms, coconut palms and teucriun, adding a touch of colour with cyclamen flowers, which also resist the cold and the wind quite well”, the councillor pointed out.

empathy, especially from those residents who walk their pets in the parks, so that they respect the work of our gardeners and avoid leaving their pets’ excrement in the gardens”, he concluded.

men the opportunity to show their emotions through art in an exhibition. “I think that, in this way, the circle of training, involvement and, above all, participation of foreign residents in the cultural sphere of the municipality is closed”, said the councillor for Culture,

The exhibition can be visited until the 3rd of February.

This access from the A7 to Avenida de Mijas has been embellished with xeriscaping elements / I. Pérez.

shrubs

little water

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Councillor for Parks and Gardens, Daniel Gómez Teruel, together with the workers of the department / I.P.

Juan Carlos Maldonado (PMP).

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Maldonado with the two artists / N.L.

The ficus trees in Calle Río Darro were causing damage to the pipes in the area / I.P.

WHAT´S ON

FRIDAY 17TH

Festivity of San Antón

San Antón Hermitage (Mijas Pueblo), from 12 hours

After mass, the animals will be blessed, the ‘chinas’ will be thrown at the saint, there will be ‘wheel’ games and a bar with food and drink

Exhibition by Nina Reistad and Joanna Butler

Folk Museum in Mijas Pueblo at 20 h

Until the 10th of February

FRIDAY 24TH

‘Donde mueren las palabras’ Manuel España Theatre, 20 h DMLP Producciones brings this play about friendship and miscommunication Free admission until full capacity is reached

SATURDAY 25TH

‘Un secreto a voces’ Manuel España Theatre, 20 h A comedy by Pablo Puyol, Virginia Muñoz, Noemí Ruiz and David Ordinas 16 euros in advance and 20 euros on the day