THE BEST FINANCE NEWS ON PAGES 26 30 Issue No. 1957 5 - 11 January 2023
COSTA DE ALMERIA • EUROWEEKLYNEWS.COM
CHRISTINE LOGAN, hus band Bill and their rescue dogs Bella and Brandy moved to Spain in 2018 and whilst setting up home, Christine was en thralled to discover that there was a local animal shelter. Without another thought, she took her size 39 paws to the gates and jumped straight in; volun teering to clean, feed, wa ter, exercise the dogs and undertake whatever chores needed attention. Not one for sitting and thinking, but for doing, Christine decided to raise much needed funds for PAWSPATAS and in Jan uary 2021 decided to walk a million steps in 50 days. This was followed in January 2022 with anoth er spectacular idea and she swam 10,000 metres in her swimming pool wearing an array of amus
Image: Christine Logan
INCREDIBLE LADY
FUN SHOW: Christine and Jamie ready for their walk.
ing headwear. To date, both these incredible
fundraising events has raised in excess of €5,000.
So what does the month of January 2023 welcome? Christine has another fun show to pre sent and after the annual New Year swim in Moja car, Christine will don a dog outfit and walk every dog in the shelter; cur rently housing 77. The grand finale on Jan uary 31 will see Christine snuggling up with Jamie for a sleepover. “Jamie was left at the gates in 2019 and is now probably about eight years old” Christine explained. “His ears have been clipped to make him look hard but he is a lover, not a fighter; such a friendly, intelligent and beautiful boy.” To foster or adopt a dog or to donate and help Christine Logan reach a goal of €2,000, please vis it the website: paws patas.org or the Face book page.
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Festivities extended Betty Henderson MOJACAR is to keep its prize Christmas lights thanks to their popularity. The town won the dazzling decora tions in the Ferrero Rocher’s ‘Together we shine brighter’ competition and they can now be admired until the end of January. The council announced that the lights will remain up until at least Tuesday, Jan uary 31, thanks to their pop ularity which has seen peo ple from all over Andalucia and further afield flock to the town to see the famed display. Local mayor, Rosa María Cano said the spectacular lighting display could even
remain up for longer than the end of January if interest remains so high. The council explained, “This way Mojacar will shine brightly for longer.” The de cision is set to stimulate local business in the town centre. Mojacar won the Italian chocolatier’s Christmas competition earlier in De cember, which seeks to award a bespoke Christmas lighting creation to an Alme rian town which meets its criteria of having a rich histo ry, culture, cuisine and wel coming atmosphere. The town received the el egant display featuring dis tinctive Ferrero Rocher de signs as a result.