Bumper Christmas puzzle pull-out inside. Issue No. 1955 22 - 28 December 2022
COSTA DE ALMERIA • EUROWEEKLYNEWS.COM
Linda Hall AS 2022 draws to a close, the Vera and District Lions Club held their third annual Jingle Bells Ball. The event at the Irish Rover in Mojacar was a complete sellout with 130 people at tending, all of whom were more than ready to make the evening a sizzling success. The raffle table groaned with an amazing array of prizes, the entertainment schedule was packed with a myriad of musi cal delights and the dance floor was never empty. “People may not be aware how far the Lion’s arms and resources have stretched in or der to assist individuals and other charities,” the club’s president, Zoe Rylett told the Euro Weekly News after wards. “I would like to extend roar ing thanks and gratitude to all the supporters who have do nated items or their valuable time and talents, be it supply ing specialised equipment,
Photo credit: Vera and District Lions Club
THE LIONS SHARE!
ROARING SUCCESS: Raffle table at the Vera and District Lions Club Jingle Bells Ball.
supporting someone with a serious illness or keeping the food bank stocked to help feed 1,400 families,” Zoe ex plained. “Our continuous aim is to ensure that we are able to im prove the lives of others in our local communities,” she added. The jingle bells will eventual ly drift off for another year, but the Vera and District Lions Club committee are already
planning an actionpacked monthly event schedule for 2023. “The San Agustin children’s home in Vera relies heavily on the Lions and with the amaz ing amount of €2,100 that was raised at the Ball, we can sup ply the children with winter coats and track suits,” Zoe said. Any amount left over will kickstart the funding that the Lions need in order to under
take major renovations at the home. Constructed in 1872, and originally a hospital to at tend the sick and the injured who worked in the Sierra de Almagrera mines, the build ing needs considerable atten tion. Further information about the Vera and District Lions Club can be found on the www.veralions.com website or email the zoerylett@gmail. com email address.
FREE • GRATIS
Flamingoes return home
FLAMINGOES and other wading birds are gradually re turning to the Las Salinas salt beds in the Cabo de Gata Nijar national park. They have been seen feeding in pools there for the first time since Las Salinas dried up last June after spring rains damaged the infrastructure that fed seawater into the salt beds. Speaking to the Spanish media on Thursday December 15, Aranzazu Martin Moya, the Junta’s delegate to Alme ria, described the birds’ habitat as “controlled” and said that repairs to the conduits would be completed by Jan uary 2023. A day later, a meeting of the Cabo de GataNijar park’s board of governors heard that work was progressing well. “Only 12 metres of piping remain to be cleared of ob structions before we reach the sea,” said Joseph Perez, technical director of the saltextraction concessionary Union Salinera.