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� EDITION 703 :: 06/09/2013 - 19/09/2013 :: ISLAND CONNECTIONSCanaryIslands
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This year for example, he has managed to get a very unusual boxed col-lection consisting of an inlaid lacquer ball mark-er, two marked balls and three tees, all with a special design from the American Embassy in Baghdad, Iraq, and ac-companied by a letter signed by Major Jefferson who is stationed there.
He is hoping that will bring big money in at the charity auction. Anoth-er friend, Micky More, has donated a gallon bot-tle of whisky and Taylor’s Lounge is donating €1,000 to the event for a hole in one competition in any of the holes on the course! €500 will go to the player and €500 to the charity. “The charity will get their share whatever happens,” John confides.
His wife Karen is usually not far away, “she’s here somewhere with a pink hat on” he laughed. John him-self is sporting one of his pink shirts which has been embroidered with a special logo which includes his sig-nature and the name of the charity. Anybody can go
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along to Stitches under the Golf Shop and have the logo done on their favourite pink gar-ment. “You’ve got to wear pink on the day” he affirms.
All the tees have been individually sponsored and the overall event is being sponsored by Blacktower Financial Management. Even if you are not a golfer, come along and bid in the auction or take part in the raffles for prizes including spectacular holidays at some of the Islands’ top hotels – it’s
all for an excellent cause. Spectators are more than welcome and you can al-ways join us for the gour-met barbecue at just €10 per person. Reservations 922 729 833
With the crisis, all the NGOs have had their pub-lic funding slashed, any money that is around is be-ing prioritised for food and clothing for those most in need, so this kind of fun-draiser is more important than ever if the charity hopes to continue with the excellent work it does. We hope to see you on the 14th at Amarilla golf!
Workers at the Arico re-siduals station were
shocked to discover a dead baby in among the rubbish they were sorting on the con-veyor belt.
Police were immediately called in and investigations begun to find out the area where the rubbish had been collected. Preliminary au-topsy results showed that the child had been born
alleged sex abuse
IrIsh prIest extradItIon
LoCaL star
Carla’s US Open runGran Canarian tennis player Carla Suárez’s US Open
dream was brought to a close in the quarter finals of the US Open in Flushing Meadows by favourite and on-form US star Serena Williams, 6:0, 6:0.
However, she became the first Spanish woman to reach the last eight of the Grand Slam tournament for 15 years. Her impressive US Open run saw the Canarian beat players of the calibre of 8th seed Angelique Kleber and will ensure she re-mains in the Top 20 when the rankings come out next week. Her last quarter final appearance in a major tournament was in Australia in 2009.
safety
Sea deathsWe highlighted the necessary work of our life saving
teams in our last issue. Sadly further deaths in the waters around the islands have underlined the point.
An Irishman died whilst diving off Puerto del Carmen in Lanzarote, a swimmer training in the sea at Poris de Abona became separated from his friend in the water and his lifeless body was recovered many hours later by the security forc-es and a fisherman in Fuerteventura was swept or slipped from the rocks on the coast of Las Salinas del Carmen and drowned.
alive, had lived for only a few hours and had recently died. Police received infor-mation from health cen-tres and hospitals to allow them to draw up a shortlist of possible mothers for the child. A 42 year old wom-
an, named by local press as María Zenobia Luis Mo-rales, was detained and ar-rested when she could not explain where her baby was. It is believed a doctor in the La Orotava area also contacted police with her
suspicions after she treat-ed the woman, whose preg-nancy was nearing its term but who failed to return for a scheduled follow-up visit. Reportedly, early DNA test results have been positive enough for a judge to order her remand.
The matter as to whether a doctor should have dis-closed confidential infor-mation is under debate.
An 85-year-old Catholic priest was detained in
Tenerife and extradited to England to face child sex charges.
Dublin born Francis Paul Cullen was arrested in Arona on a European arrest warrant issued by Britain and flown to Madrid to be quizzed by high-profile Spanish judge, Eloy Velasco. A police statement said the abuses on altar boys occurred in re-ligious centres and churches in Britain between 1956 and 1991. He has now been formerly charged with 27 sexual offences on children between eight and14 years of age. Mr Cullen was employed by Island Connections as a freelance salesperson for a few years at the turn of the century before being let go. Long serving staff members who remember him were shocked to hear the news about the soft spoken Irish man who “liked a drink” and said, “he and his father were builders!” It is understood he then went on to work for at least one other English language newspaper in the south of the island. Although a native of Dublin, Cullen holds an English passport. He was remanded in custody and is due to appear at the Crown Court later this month.
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