Casares´ Foreign Residents

viernes, 20 de junio de 2014

CASARES COSTA GETS READY FOR SAN JUAN CELEBRATIONS NEXT WEEK

San Juan will be celebrated with a feast of activities on the beaches of Casares Costa next Monday night. The official start of the summer season will also see the beginning of the Casares Costa Cultural Week which will last until June 30th. San Juan night gets underway at 7 pm at Playa Ancha with a children’s party with jugglers, clowns, acrobats, drummers and magicians. The evening’s activities will continue with flamenco and dance entertainment from La Cala orchestra. The party leads up to the climax of the traditional beach bonfire at midnight which this year will be made by Juan Angel Gomez Anja Tiedemann who has made works for previous years such as the The African Village and The Dragon. The Cultural Week starts on Tuesday with an arts and crafts exhibition, and continues on Wednesday with a zumba exhibition at Playa Ancha. The week will close with a cultural trip on Monday June 30th.

viernes, 13 de junio de 2014

RADIO CASARES STARTS NEW LOCAL SERVICE AVAILABLE ON YOU TUBE

Radio Casares is expanding its local news coverage by providing a new service on Youtube. Videos will be available from today with all the relevant news events in Casares. The service covered the Festival of New Andalucian cinema, the closing ceremony and the award winners. The Youtube videos can be accessed on all compatible electronic devices such as computers, tablets and smart phones. Each video will last no more than five minutes. Stories that will be covered will include the ferias in Casares and Secadero, the 24 hours sports events and the Espileta Sound Festival. The new service is part of the expanded coverage of local news provided by Radio Casares and has the collaboration of a professional camera operator and image editor.

TWENTY FOUR HOURS OF SPORTS EVENTS BEGINS IN CASARES THIS EVENING

Twenty four hours of sports begins at seven o' clock this evening in Casares. Over 500 athletes are entered in different disciplines with something for everyone interested in sport. There are indoor football competitions for seniors, cadets and children, seven a side football, paddle tennis and beach volleyball. The sports centre is ready for the marathon which begins tonight with the senior indoor soccer tournament in which 23 teams will compete in a continuous programme until 10 am tomorrow. The semi-finals and final will be played at five o' clock in the evening. The champions and runner sup will receive trophies and there are cash prizes in the senior soccer competition. The Sports Council says that these types of tournaments encourage a healthy lifestyle.

LOCAL COMPANY WINS TENDER TO PROVIDE LIFEGUARD SERVICES THIS SUMMER

A local company has won this year's tender for lifeguarding services on the beaches. SOS Mediterranea will provide health assistance, surveillance and rescue duties this summer. Four companies tendered for the service but the local compnay won the tender with a jid of 51,000 Euro, that's 8,000 less than the basic budget. The lifeguard service will operate on the beaches from June 28th until August 31st. There will be six lifeguards on duty along with the necessary equipment and trained medical personnel and an ambulance. The Ayuntamiento reminds anyone interested in applying for positions with the lifeguard service that they have until June19th to submit their applications in the municipal office in Casares, Casares Costa or Secadero. The Governing Board also awarded the contract for lighting at this year's ferias to PORGESA Cordoba.

VOTING TAKES PLACE TODAY ON THE PROJECTS PUT FOWARD IN THE CASARES PARTICIPATION PLAN

Citizens go to the polls today to decide on which projects will get the go ahead in this year's Casares Participation Plan. All residents over 12 years of age are entitled to vote in the three urban centres of Casares, Secadero and the urbanisations of Casares Costa. Voting takes place between 11 and 3 this afternoon and again from 5 to 8 this evening in the square in Casares, and in the Plaza de la Paz in Secadero. In the urbanisations on the coast voting will be done by assemblies in the different areas of Marina de Casares, Arroyo Parilla, Done Julia, Majestic and Bahia de Casares. Voters will have the poortunity to decide on various projects which have already been discussed at several neighbourhood meetings in recent months. The projects will have a total budget of 200,000 Euro. In Secadero the chosen projects have a budget og 45,000 Euro, while in Casares Costa the budget will be 90,000 Euro. Everyone is urged to get out and use your vote.