NEW SCHOOL FOR CARTAMA
Representatives of the Junta de Andalucia and Cártama town council signed an agreement last week ceding 12,000 square metres of land in Cártama Estación on which the regional government plans to build a new secondary school. Mayor José Garrido said the plot is close to the rapidly growing Chaves urbanisation which will soon need a new school. Currently, there are only two secondary schools in the area - the Jarifa school in Cártama town and the Valle del Azahar in Cártama Estación.
COIN TO GET NEW SPORTS COMPLEX
Coín mayor Gabriel Clavijo and some of his councillors visited the area outside the town known as Los Llanos to check out the ground for the new sports complex the council wants to build there. Sr Clavijo said the complex would not put the area's aquifer at risk. In response to warnings from the town's Izquierda Unida (IU, United Left) party, he told reporters: "The plans for the complex were drawn up by specialist environmentalists and biologists and will not do any ecological harm." He said the town desperately needed a complex where people could enjoy their favourite sports. "At the moment, they are practising them in uncontrolled areas where they are at risk from traffic or can injure themselves on uneven terrain." The project has yet to get the go-ahead from the Junta de Andalucia.
CRIMINAL FAMILY CLAN BUSTED
The Guardia Civil have arrested a gang of drug traffickers involved in two shooting incidents in Coín. They said the gang was a "family clan" in which the women did the planning and looked after the investments, while the men transported the drugs and settled scores. Operacion Fuensanta, named after the area in Coín where the two shootings took place last November, came to a head on February 13th, when searches carried out in Malaga, Mijas and Fuengirola provided vital information for cracking the case. Two-and-a-half kilos of high-purity cocaine, two pistols and ammunition, together with several vehicles and cash in both euros and dollars were also recovered. Three people have been sent to jail without bail, and another three have been released on bail with charges against them.
RACE FOR LIFE CAMPAIGN
There is a great deal on UK television at the moment about the "Race for Life" campaign, as there are many ex-pats in the Coin area, is there any one organising a similar event over here?
Elizabeth Streeton
streetonscoin@yahoo.com