Diary Dates Casa de Ánimo, Alcalalí:
First Sunday of month: Afternoon Tea 4-6pm Second Friday of the month: Parkinson’s Positive Living Group 2-4pm. Next one is April 11th. Call Christopher 688 883 127 or email:
parkinsonsjvh@gmail.com
Jalon Valley Help in time of need
Tuesday Coffee Mornings: 10am to 1pm Thursday Craft Group: 2.30 to 4.30pm Tues March 25th: Race Night with Matt Curtis at El Cid, Benidoleig. Two-course meal followed by an evening of hectic entertainment! Sun May 11th: May Fayre at Jalon Rastro Car Park: bookings are already being taken for stalls * By July 1st: Photographic Competition for JVH calendar 2015. Start taking your photos of ‘Aspects of Life in the Jalon Valley’* Charity Shops: opening hrs 10am-1pm Mon-Sat (Alcalalí 96 648 2970, Jalón 96 648 1004)
Helpline: 659 624 643 – also for loan of wheelchairs, walking frames etc. No charge is made but a deposit is requested. Donations are always welcome to keep the service going.
VOLUNTEERS NEEDED: to help in either shop or in any other way. Please ring 659 624 643 or call into one of the shops.
Full info on our work and activities:
www.jalonvalleyhelp.com
U3A Vall del Pop
FORTHCOMING EVENTS 10th April: IKEA & Primark Shopping Trip
28th April: Race Night at Torre Bar, Alcalali 6th May: Cruise the Fjords and much more 11th – 14th May: Trip to Codoba & Seville 7th – 15th Sept: Trip to Green Spain - includes a visit to the Mountainous Picos de Europa National Park DISCOUNTS: 50+ local businesses offering discounted rates to U3A members. More added each month! CARITAS CHARITY: Helping local needy families. Non- perishable donations of food & toiletries still required; please bring to the meetings. There will also be a cash donation tin available at the meetings GROUPS INFORMATION: See website for updated info
www.u3avalldelpop.com U3A Vall del Pop always has ‘Something Going On’ with events and activities to suit all tastes.
What’s On is sponsored by Humour Xaló Dear Mum, From: The Pensionista: THE LETTER
Our Scoutmaster told us to write to our parents in case you saw the fl ood on TV and got worried. We are okay. Only one of our tents and 2 sleeping bags got washed away. Luckily, none of us got drowned because we were all up on the mountain looking for Adam when it happened.
Oh yes, please call Adam's mother and tell her he is okay. He can't write because of the cast. I got to ride in one of the search and rescue Jeeps. It was great. We never would have found Adam in the dark if it hadn't been for the lightning. Scoutmaster Ted got mad at Adam for going on a hike alone without telling anyone. Adam said he did tell him, but it was during the fi re so he probably didn't hear him. Did you know that if you put petrol on a fi re, it will blow up?
The wet wood didn't burn, but one of the tents did and also some of our clothes. Matthew is going to look weird until his hair grows back. We will be home on Saturday if Scoutmaster Ted gets the bus fi xed. It wasn't his fault about the crash. The brakes worked okay when we left. Scoutmaster Ted said that with a bus that old, you have to expect something to break down; that's probably why he can't get insurance.
We think it's a super bus. He doesn't care if we get it dirty, and if it's hot, he lets us ride on the bumpers. It gets pretty hot with 45 people in a bus made for 24. He let us take turns riding in the trailer until the policeman stopped and talked to us. Scoutmaster Ted is a neat guy. Don't worry, he is a good driver. In fact, he is teaching Horace how to drive on the mountain roads where there aren't any cops. All we see up there are big logging trucks.
This morning all the guys were diving off the rocks and swimming out to the rapids. Scoutmaster Ted wouldn't let me because I can't swim, and Adam was afraid he would sink because of his cast, so he let us take the canoe out. It was great. You can still see the trees under the water from the fl ood. Scoutmaster Ted isn't crabby like some scoutmasters. He didn't even get mad about the life jackets. He has to spend a lot of time working on the bus so we are trying not to cause him any trouble. Guess what? We have all passed our fi rst aid merit badges. When Andrew dived into the lake and cut his arm, we all got to see how a tourniquet works.
Steve and I threw up, but Scoutmaster Ted said it was just food poisoning from the left-over chicken. He said they got sick that way with food they ate in prison. I'm glad he got out and became our scoutmaster. He said he sure fi gured out how to get things done better while he was doing his time. By the way, what is a pedal-fi le?
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I have to go now. We are going to town to post our letters and buy more beer and ammo. Don't worry about anything. We are fi ne and tonight it's my turn to sleep in the Scoutmaster's tent.
Seeya next time … T�� P�n�i��ist�! 5
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