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FIRE ON TESORILLO ROAD
A fire broke out this afternoon at the edge of the road to San Martín del Tesorillo, near Cortijo Nuevo. It burned about 1.5 hectares of scrub land and was fortunately put out quickly by several units of the INFOCA forest fire service. It is likely the fire started by some idiot throwing a cigarette out of his or her car window. This is not only dangerous but plain stupid. And also against the law. You can be liable for a hefty fine if caught, though that should never be the main reason for not doing it. It’s as well to remember that fires of any kind, for clearing purposes or any other, barbecues included, are strictly forbidden until mid October. (photo: TioJimeno)
WHATS ON?
CONFERENCES. The third edition of the Jornadas de Interpretación Cuenca del Río Guadiaro draw to an end this evening at 7 pm with a conference on the flora and fauna of the Genal Valley, and another at 8 pm about agricultural watering from the river.
JAZZ. Our sponsors, Bar-Restaurante La Estación in San Pablo, are offering a jazz concert at 11.30 pm tonight. It sounds interesting and tonight is Saturday night so an early start tomorrow may not be necessary to some.
CLASSICAL. The Council’s Cultural Autumn programme includes a concert at 8 pm at the Misericordia Church. Click on the picture to read the programme (thanks to TioJimeno at www.tiojimeno.org).
SUNDAY AGAINST VIOLENCE ON WOMEN
PRESS RELEASE. Jimena -As this Sunday, November 25th, is International Fight Domestic Violence Day, Jimena’s Social Services department has being holding workshops on women’s health and safety in San Pablo and Estación.
The Department headed by Councillor Mercedes Segovia organized the four-day event in conjunction with the District Women’s Information Centre and the San Pablo Vice Mayor’s office. It covered many aspects of its subject including that of the woman’s body, which is as yet unexplored because of the influence of a massive confluence of studies that present an andro-centric point of view that hides the peculiarities of women.
Other aspects covered by the workshops were public health, rights and responsibilities in terms of health, institutions responsible for health, food and health and environmental problems and health. Read the rest of this entry »
AGADEN’S ‘CASA VERDE’
Agaden, the district’s environmental pressure group, inaugurated its new home last night, which also kicked off an ambitious two-weekend series of lectures, films, exhibitions and activities under the appropriate title of ‘The Environment is Everything’ (See complete programme here).
The work carried out on the 100-year-old building on Calle Sevilla just below the Town Hall and once the village school, is trully magnificent. It was carried out, according to the head of the local chapter, Quico Rebolledo, entirely by volunteers working in their free time over several years. The objective is that it should be used for all kinds of social activities and thus provides the town with another place to hold small concerts, movie shows, lectures, exhibitions, etc.
The Agaden community is to be congratulated on their new venture, and let us hope that their basic premise, caring for the environment at the local level, gets the push it needs and deserves.
AGADEN THIS WEEKEND
This is the weekend when Agaden, the environmental pressure group, inaugurates its new headquarters. The ambitious programme, this weekend and next, includes lectures, exhibitions and more activities presented under the umbrella title of ‘The Environment is Everything’. To see the programme, click on the picture.
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