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Around Town
Paving the Way: Again!
Oh yes, it’s that time of year once more. Though thinking about it we seem to have kicked off a bit earlier than last time round. This can only be an improvement on the ’let’s dig up the streets during the Easter holidays when the first tourists are arriving in 2008’ debacle. But, as we have possibly mentioned in previous editions, here at the Bugle we are in no position to point the finger at local construction work, and are actually really rather impressed at the comparative lack of disruption caused. We did, after all, spend a lot of time when we were living in Oxford going through the ’Let’s remodel Cornmarket saga (Cornmarket is the central shopping street in Oxford).
For all we know, this saga is still going on (we left the country, not just because of this, but it may have helped to tip the balance), this project cost millions and millions of British currency type things, and according to our latest information, the town planners still haven’t worked out how to cope with the medieval sewers. Some of our readers may not believe this, but the drains here in Rethymnon work so much better and are far less smelly than the ones from the editor’s home town. Anyway, for us, the work here in Rethymnon is actually really rather refreshing in terms of lack of hassle. Hopefully, if work goes the same way as it has done before here, it will look really lovely when it is finished. And of course we have a vested interest as the Bugle street (no, even with our megalomaniac tendencies it’s not really called that!) is one of the places that is going to be revamped.
Sport: Pie in the Sky?
ASTERAS: Well our local football cuties needed a little bit of time to recover from the Christmas and New Year’s break. Too much Vasilopita perhaps? We can’t be sure if it was the festive calories that played a part but they started the year off with one loss, and a draw. However, they have recently pulled their socks up which has resulted in two wins. Asteras are now fourth in the league table. Chania and Giouchtas are the runaway leaders, being 15 and 13 points ahead of Asteras. All to play for, then!
AGOR: As we said last month, our local basketball team seem to have lost the plot a bit. Now they would appear to be on a very slippery slope indeed. They have lost four our of their last five games (seven losses in all for the whole of the season so far); not great for a team that has championship ambitions. AGOR are now sitting somewhere in the middle of the table, this makes it extremely difficult for them to get back to the potential promotion places in the league.
OPER: Our female volleyball team continues to go from strength to strength. OK so they lost against the league leaders AEK. But as AEK have not lost a single game yet this may not come as a total surprise. However, our stunning stars have managed to win all of their three latest games. Oper are well placed in the top half of their table and they seem to be entirely comfortable in this position. Way to go! .
KRISSES: Our local women’s football team is continuing to have a bit of a rough time. They are full of motivation, and work really hard, but luck doesn’t really seem to be going their way. So far they have had one win and two losses in January. This may be no more than one might expect, but something will have to change if Krisses will have any chance of ending up in the top half of the table at the climax of the season. We hate to say it ladies but those boots are not just made for walking!
Electrical Goods Recycling Awareness Day
On Saturday, January 16th, Rethymnon was one of five cites that were selected to take part in a National Recycling Day. The event was sponsored by Skaï Radio Station in collaboration with one of our local radio stations—’Team FM’. The municipality of Rethymnon has been providing facilities to enable citizens to recycle electrical goods for quite some time now, but this day was a great way in which to try and raise public awareness of the scheme. From early morning until lunchtime people were invited to bring their broken / disused electrical goods to the marina. At the end of the session, more than 8,000 tonnes of waste electrical goods had been collected. This is a clear indication that people here are certainly willing to participate in recycling schemes. However, what does seem to be needed right now is better publicity about the various
recycling initiatives that are currently in operation.
Red Recycling Bins
Rethymnon has now just got two red recycling bins (located by the Marina and by the Courthouse) for medical waste. These bins are for the exclusive use of dentists and doctors. The idea to provide these bins came from the Rethymnon Dentists’ Association, who were becoming increasingly concerned about the amount of medical waste that ended up going into the general rubbish collection. This initiative is the first of its kind in Greece. Bravo and thanks!
