Costa Daily News

Are you interested in Family history?

I am trying to get a regular UK Family history meeting going here on the Costa del Sol.. The idea of the group would be to get together and share hints and tips.

We have been tracing our family tree for over eight years and have devoted a website http://www.vaughanfamilytree.co.uk/ to help us reach other members of our family that are also tracing their ancestry. It started as a bit of a homework project with me helping my daughter but our interest in family history has let us to find many missing and previously unknown family members and would love to meet other family historians to compare notes and share tips.

Maybe between us we can break down some brick walls

Contact Russell 665 01 63 74

Local girl Martina Guilherme Florencio, age 6, was the brainchild of an initiative of solidarity between children in Marbella and Haiti.

Together with the participation of her school, Colegio Platero de Marbella, Martina and her friends put together 'shoeboxes of love': shoeboxes filled with gifts and tokens of love for children injured in the earthquake of Jan 12th, and hospitalised in the General Hospital in Port au Prince, Haiti.

March Madness

Friday 20th of March 2009 - 5pm till late - Avd. Blas Infante

Some of the businesses in Avd. Blas Infante on the top road in Alhautrin el Grande are having an open day. Come and join us for a drink and a bite, while you are here get special discounts from a variety of shops and enter our free raffle.

All the shopkeepers are putting up prizes for this draw and all you have to do is fill in a form to enter

The draw will take place on the 20th March

Bedlinen Direct

Come and browse the fantastic beds and accessories and treat yourself to a new set of bed linen – it’s our SALE NIGHT and, as a special treat, come and dip in our CHOCOLATE FOUNTAIN

Brit Essentials

For all the things you miss from the UK - special 10% VOUCHERS and loyalty cards for the more mature together with special treats for Easter.

Carniceria Antonio

The best in meats including home made sausages to your specifications – special March offer is BBQ packs at 20euros and COOKED SAUSAGES to sample

Crazy Cod

Fish and chips to eat in or take away - come and taste a sample of our FISH AND CHIPS with tea or coffee

Deep Blue Pools

Everything for your pool plus free advice – offer of the month on CHEMICALS and POOL TOYS – come and try our tasty treats and MINI BLUE LAGOON cocktails

88.2 Heartfm

Your community radio station we are the Heart and soul of the campo – summer is here and to celebrate we are serving strawberries and cream

La Parada

Sorry closed till April for refurbishment

Mint Micro Computers

For all your computer needs including repairs and servicing - FREE COMPUTER ITV till the end of March and free internet installation to the first 20 customers – come in and enjoy a drink with us

RentaCar3000

Quality cars at affordable prices - cakes and soft drinks with 5% off hire prices

Rimi Pan Bakery

Where fresh bread is baked everyday - you can buy fresh pastries and have cakes made to order – come and taste our sample bocadillo

Taste Buds Bar/Restaurant

Tapas, bar snacks and full English meals served every day – FREE TAPA with every drink served at the street party

William Shatner was born March 22, 1931 to Ann and Joseph Shatner of Montreal, Canada. His grandfather, a Ukrainian-Jewish immigrant named Wolf Shattner, changed the family name to "Shatner." Though known primarily for his kitsch appeal, Shatner got his start in dramatic films such as "The Brothers Karamazov" and "Judgment at Nuremberg." But it was his role as James T. Kirk in "Star Trek" that made Shatner a bankable star. Though the original show only aired for two seasons, Shatner and the rest of the cast re-teamed for a series of blockbuster "Star Trek" films including "Star Trek V: The Final Frontier" (which he directed). But unlike the confirmed bachelor James T. Kirk, Shatner married four times. He also had three daughters, one son and is now a grandfather. Shatner also recently returned to television work, appearing in "The Practice" and as the spokesperson for Priceline.com.

ave you ever wanted to trace your family tree?

“helpfindmyfamilytree.co.uk" recently launched a new service that can help you do just that.

Most of us know our grandparents names but what did they do when they were younger? Who were their parents? Where did they live? What where they like?

“helpfindmyfamilytree.co.uk” will trace your family tree and get you started delving into your family history. Genealogy is very popular right now with lots of television programs and newspaper articles all telling stories of long lost family and historic heritage. But where do you start?

True Story !
Ed Freeman

You're a 19 year old kid. You're critically wounded, and dying in the jungle in the Na Drang Valley , 11-14-1965, LZ X-ray , Vietnam . Your infantry unit is outnumbered 8 - 1, and the enemy fire is so intense, from 100 or 200 yards away, that your own Infantry Commander has ordered the MediVac helicopters to stop coming in.    You're lying there, listening to the enemy machine guns, and you know you're not getting out. Your family is 1/2 way around the world, 12,000 miles away, and you'll never see them again. As the world starts to fade in and out, you know this is the day. Then, over the machine gun noise, you faintly hear that sound of a helicopter, and you look up to see an un-armed Huey, but it doesn't seem real, because no Medi-Vac markings are on it... Ed Freeman is coming for you. He's not Medi-Vac, so it's not his job, but he's flying his Huey down into the machine gun fire, after the Medi-Vacs were ordered not to come. He's coming anyway. And he drops it in, and sits there in the machine gun fire, as they load 2 or 3 of you on board. Then he flies you up and out through the gunfire, to the Doctors and Nurses. And, he kept coming back.... 13 more times...... And took about 30 of you and your buddies out, who would never have gotten out. Medal of Honor Recipient, Ed Freeman, died on the 26th of Jun 2009 at the age of 80, in Boise , ID ....... May God rest his soul...... I bet you didn't hear about this hero's passing, but we sure were told a whole bunch about Michael Jackson.

Medal of Honor Winner Ed Freeman!

Shame on the American Media!