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Community News N 15
WEDNESDAY, May 29th 2013
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A quiet and Cudeca Marbella Burger & chips re-opens charity night retiring chap? After 27 years and 26 days Mike Thompson, the owner of The Bee’s Knees in Benalmadena Costa, is retiring.
You may remember Mike and The Bee’s Knees from the Channel 4 TV programme The Coast of Dreams on which Mike and his wife Betti were asked to advise newcomers to the Costa on how to set up their business to be a success. Mike, pictured below, who is originally from East London, was a sales director of a company specialising in quality colour reproduction before coming to the “Coast of Dreams “ and setting up
the pub which he ran together with Betti for 16 years, then for another 10 on his own with, of course, very able assistants.
Mike who is now 71 and has decided that he wants some ME time. He will spend his days playing some more golf, travelling and visiting his children who live in such diverse places as Scotland, New York and Cyprus – that should keep him busy.
So Good Luck in your retirement from all at The News and from everyone who knows you. Enjoy your ME time Mike!
The Cudeca shop on Avenida del Mar, Local 23 in Marbella was re-opened last Tuesday following its total refurbishment with the event attended by their finance director, volunteers and staff of the Cudeca Foundation and D. Manuel Cardeña, Social Welfare Councillor of the City of Marbella.
After completion of the works to gain more space and light, the shop is ready to resume its fundraising activity; so necessary to continue offering the Cudeca special kind of caring for patients suffering from cancer and other advanced and noncurable illnesses.
He says: “I welcome the fantastic news that the Gibraltar FA has finally been admitted to UEFA. It has been a monumental effort by Team 54 and their supporters. For 120 years football has been an important part of life in Gibraltar for young and
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Gib joins UEFA Sir Adrian Johns, Governor of Gibraltar, is over the moon with the news that Gibraltar has been admitted to football’s UEFA family.
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The goal now is to extend the opening hours in the evenings also, for that CUDECA needs volunteers who can offer four hours, one evening a week.
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Last Saturday Mr Jeeves in Montemar hosted a fabulous Burger and Chips evening in aid of SOS the animal charity.
The evening was well supported by many locals as well as Mr Jeeves regular customers and a good crowd of holiday makers also joined forces for the charity. All the proceeds from the burgers and chips were donated to SOS and over €400 was raised on behalf of this very worthwhile cause.
SOS (Spay Our Strays) is an animal charity founded in 1997 located on the Costa del Sol that is funded entirely by donations and sponsorship. Every animal that comes through their gates receives the utmost care and affection and their pledge is never to euthanase any animal unless it is absolutely essential and then only on veterinary advice. They are fortunate in having sister organisations in Sweden and the UK that help rehouse some of their animals. On arriving at the refuge every dog and puppy costs SOS €200 in basic medical costs. This
covers neutering, vaccinations (including rabies) blood tests and microchipping. After that each animal costs €240 every six months in feeding costs, plus worming and flea treatment. SOS long-stay sponsor dogs cost €40 a month each. This does not include subsequent vets bills should they discover a medical condition that needs treatment.
The overall running costs for the refuge depend on the number of animals at any one time, but in the winter months, it costs around €550 a week for rent, food, cleaning materials, electricity and so on. This does not include veterinary bills. So you can see how important evenings like Mr Jeeves put on are to the charity.
Everyone had a brilliant evening at the Burger & Chips night and big thanks were given to Kat and her staff for an excellent evening. The bar was heaving and even Spanish local TV turned up to cover the event. So well done Kat from Mr Jeeves and well done SOS from all of the animals. Keep up the good work. See www.sos-animals.org
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