Gran Alacant Advertiser Aug 09

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TO ADVERTISE IN THE “GRAN ALACANT ADVERTISER” phone: 966 699 1672

For a free quote contact Barry or Sandra onHome phone: 966 699 167 (answerphone available) or

Email: [email protected] orread the whole magazine on our website at

www.granalacantadvertiser.com

REMEMBERAfter our initial deliveries to

over 100 outletswe then during the month,

top up onGran Alacant at:-

The Winery

Phoenix Restaurant

Euronics

These three outlets are markedon our map of Gran Alacant atthe back of this publication.

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Hello,

What terrible news with the passing of “Frank”from Flannagans. Our hearts go out to thefamily.What a wonderful turn out at the funeral, somany people from GA, showing just how manypeople liked “Frank”.

Our brilliant front cover picture this month, wassupplied to us by Robin Bonathan, capturing thefirework display last month in Alicante.

Hope everyone who went to the Gran AlacantFiestas enjoyed themselves. There was certainlya good turn out.

Another new feature starts this month. We willbe following the fortunes of Santa Pola FootballClub throughout the coming season. Read thismonths introductory report fromKevin Randell.Please support the club in the coming seasonsfixtures and who knows, maybe a player fromthe GranAlacant team may one day progress tojoin Santa Pola F.C.

Try to stay cool and enjoy the month.

Sandra and Barry

JUST A NOTE: We doprovide all of our

advertisers with FREEdesign work and thereforeask that this work not besupplied and used byother publications.

page number4/5 News pages6/7 GASP Theatre group10 Santa Pola football18 Windsurfing45 GA football46 Beauty page50 GA fiestas54 Boat museum55/57 Emails58/59 Computer page59 British Legion60 GA Bowls61 K9 dogs62/63 Vet page62/63 Forums64/65 Tourist info65 GA darts66 Whats in the Clot67 mag in Iraq67 Spanish lesson68 Wordsearch69 Sudoku70/73 G.A. buses73 Phone numbers73 Map of Alicante74 Map of Gran Alacant75 Map of Santa Pola

Our little dog from the frontcover has hidden herselfaway in the magazine, canyou find her?Last month she was in thebenefit thieves joke..

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We at your Gran Alacant Advertisercontinue to bring you allof the news from theGran Alacant Councillor,Loreto Cascales, as we havesince May 2005. photo: May 2005

The people of Gran Alacant said,“can we have some trees?”and we got trees!!hundreds of them!!In fact almost a 4 kilometer length of

pavement and trees. Stretching from theschool, to the GA centre roundabout andon up the hill to the post office. What ascene it will be when they are all in leaf,We did ask, “no caterpillar pine treesplease” and so all of the trees planted are“tipuanas”, nice shady leafy trees withyellow flowers.There will be benches provided alongthese pavements. There have beenproblems with the old trees from the GACentre roundabout to the post office,where they were originally planted on topof water pipes. This has slowed downsome of the work, but all is now sorted.

As we go to print the next train providerhas not been decided upon. By the timeyou read this, you will probably know thenew operator.

The new supermarket being built between

the school and the GA centre, is not to bea bowling alley or similar.

No news on a starting date for the golfcourse.

Work on the closing in of the sportscentre has started, meaning thateverything will be able to take placeunder cover, in the shade, with a newplaying surface.

Meetings have taken place between theTown Hall and Baile buses, to improve allof the bus stops on the urbanisation. If atthe stops there is room, a proper stop withseating will be made.

A collaboration between the Town Halland the Association de Vecinos Residentsof Europe are to provide a moonlightsupper on the evening of August 6th,behind the library. This is the evening thata full moon will be in the sky and eachperson will be asked to bring their ownfood. Tell your family and friends tocontact the association and book a tableand chairs for a small donation.Tel: 609 932 578.

Gran Alacants first park should beunderway next month. The company to dothe work has been chosen..

Also starting in August, the new walkwayall along El Clot . This is yet another large

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project beginning. Many of the newprojects have to be finished by a certaindate or the final funding will not be given.This is why some of the projects have hadto be underway during ratherinconvenient times.

You may have seen council workmengoing around Gran Alacant taking downall of the untidy and unsightly postersthat people have put up and not takendown. One small poster has been put inits place, explaining that, any postersfound on posts or walls will receive atelephone call to the number on theposter, and the person concerned willreceive a fine..

Yet again we discussed the land in frontof the houses on the left as you go downthe beach from the post officeroundabout. Masa have in the past had ago at tidying it and will do so again. It isof course, NOT Masa that are causing itsuntidyness, nor indeed the TOWN Hall, butthe problem is caused by some people onGran Alacant and it is their responsibilitynot to keep spreading rubbish around.

We will be meeting the person at theTown Hall next month, in charge of theWorld Windsurfing Championships, to giveyou more information in our Septemberissue about what we can hope to see atthis prestigious event.

We were told at the meeting that theremay be even more news of more projectsto come in the future. We will of course,bring you news of them once we knowourselves.

The email to us about the possibility of abus station on GA and also a childrens

area around carabasi, are not in anyfuture plans, but will be underconsideration in the future.

Regards the re-routing of Baile buses. Ofcourse the Town Hall have no influenceover this, and the bus companys leafletswould have to be changed. It might be agood idea to pop into Baile buses officeand ask if this change in service could bepossible.

Other NewsYou will see that we have had moreemails this month about our beach,Carabasi Beach.This beach, as others between it, andtowards Alicante come under the ElcheCouncil. They as Santa Pola, have beenallocated money from the governmentwhich they are to put into the upgradingof their beach facilities. Carabasi beachwill remain closed off as there wereserious problems last summer when theambulance could not get down the roadto a very serious casualty. Work will beginon a raised walkway and otherfacilities. It may seem an odd time of theyear for much of this work to be carriedout, but the various councils in the areahave a deadline for all work to becompleted, or they will not receive thesubsidy.We are assured by one of the beach hutowners, that it will all be worth whilewhen we see the future improvements.

How nice to see on a Sunday, the bin lorrydoing its rounds and the road sweepingmen and ladies doing their best to keepeverywhere tidy.


SEX IN SANTA POLACITY!

Regular readers of the Advertiser willhave been following the progress ofGASP!, Gran Alacant's new amateurtheatre group. First they set aboutthe task of hacking their way throughSpanish bureaucracy in order to setup Santa Pola's first Englishspeaking official Association (“with

the brilliant assistance of LoretoCascales and her colleagues atSanta Pola council!” explained GASP's Secretary David Ashley thankfully),then they chose a play and gotrehearsals under way, and nowthey've selected the charities whowill benefit from their money-raisingefforts from this production. So wewent along to a rehearsal to see howthey're getting on ….

The play they're working on, “HabeasCorpus” is described as “a riotouscomedy by Alan Bennett”.Roger Keevil, the President of thegroup, who is also directing the

"Shock revelations by Lady Rumpers(Jakki Pearce)"


production, told us “It's a shame thetitle makes it look as if it's some sortof legal drama. Nothing could befurther from the truth!” In fact, theplay is a very funny send-up of thePermissive Society of the 1970s, andthe whole thing's about everybody'sobsession with sex - who's beengetting it, who hasn't, and thescandalous revelations that resultfrom all the naughty goings-on.

From the fun that the cast werehaving at rehearsal, as our photosshow, the subjects of illicit sex,boob-feeling, and unexpected babieslook set to provide plenty of laughsfor the audience. “Notthat there's anythingcrude ordistasteful,” Rogerhastened to assure us.“The humour ispitched very much atthe level of the Carry-On films of the time ora saucy seasidepostcard, with a fewdropped trousers forgood measure!”

“Habeas Corpus” will

be performed at Santa Pola's Casade Cultura Theatre in Calle Elche(we'll be adding the location to themap of Santa Pola at the back ofthe magazine) on Saturday 7th andSunday 8th November 2009.Tickets will be on sale fromSeptember from G.A. Homefindersin Gran Alacant and from OPIRentals in Gran Alacant and LaMarina, as well as from membersof GASP!

For more information about GASP!,phone 966 695 043or [email protected].

"Mr Shanks (Roger Keevil) gets to gripswith Mrs. Wicksteed (Penny Rooke)"


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An introduction to Santa Pola Club de Futbol................By Kevin RendallFounded: 1980 - an amalgamation of UD Santa Pola and Athletico Santa PolaHome ground: Estadio Municipal Manolo Macia - Avenida Albacete,Santa Pola. Capacity: 3500 (1000 seated)Club colours: Red/White shirts, Blue shorts, Red socks.League status: Group 4 - Valencian Regional PreferenteManager: Domingo Grau President: Jose Manuel Gonzalez Rivas

Barely six weeks after their last competitive outing at the conclusion of the 2008/09 season, Santa PolaCF returned to pre season training in the final week of July. Much has changed in that short space oftime with the election of a new board of directors, major development work at the clubs home ground,one or two new faces on the playing staff and regular starters from last year leaving the club to seekfootball challenges elsewhere.

Once again Santa Pola will start their 2009/10 campaign in group 4 of the Valencian Preferente; seek-ing promotion to the National third division, which itself is divided into eighteen regional sections. Fromearly September to mid May 2010, Santa Pola will take on teams from around the southern Costa Blancafrom Horadada to Orihuela and up to Altea and El Campello north of Alicante.

As always at the start of a new season hopes are high, this year the optimism surrounding the club does-n’t appear to be misplaced. In his first month in charge, new club President Jose Manuel Gonzalez hasappointed Domingo Grau, himself no stranger to success, to the position of first team coach. As recentlyas 2005, a Grau inspired Santa Pola narrowly failed in their quest for promotion from the Tercera (third)division to the Segunda B (Second division B), just one tier beneath that in which the big boys of Her-cules Alicante and Elche ply their trades.

Already fantastically well supported locally, with crowd sizes regularly comparing well with the best inthe division, Gran Alacant, an integral part of the greater Santa Pola community can play its part too. Awarm welcome is assured for British fans, who are actively encouraged to come along to lend theirsupport to a football club noted for an attractive, passing style that at times last year had spectatorspurring.

Prior to the start of Preferente hostilities in September, Santa Pola will take on local opposition includ-ing Torrellano, Elche Ilicitano and Torrevieja in crucial pre-season friendlies to fine tune preparationsand their match fitness. For more details of forthcoming games, season tickets or match by match en-trance prices, call Kevin on 650 594 112, or, alternatively email [email protected] hope to see you there.

President-Jose ManuelGonzalez and below

Kevin Rendall

pictures courtesy ofMark Welton

Resident in and around Santa Pola for over four years and a lifelongfootball nutcase I first began watching Santa Pola in 2006 and wasimmediately taken by the friendliness of the club and the kindness ofthe people involved with it. For a year or so I wrote of goings on in andaround Santa Pola in another local publication, these days my literary

efforts are now compiled for The Leader newspaper, for whom Idescribe Santa Pola matches, home and away.

Recently I was privileged to be invited to join the new Board of Direc-tors of Santa Pola FC, an opportunity I gratefully

accepted. Over the coming months, and thanks to the generosity ofBarry and Sandra, I’ll be bringing news and views from inside the club

to the Gran Alacant Advertiser readership in a serious ofregular monthly columns. Kevin Rendall

Santa Pola Football Club



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The location of both of the above businesses can be seenon our map on page 12

The children were lined up in the cafeteria of a Catholic elementary school for lunch.

At the head of the table was a large pile of apples. The nun made a note, and posted it on the apple tray:

'Take only ONE. God is watching.'

Moving further along the lunch line, at the other end of the table wasa large pile of chocolate chip cookies.

A child had written a note,

'Take all you want. God is watching the apples.'



These four businesses are all situatedtogether. Homefinders and Gran Alacant Services are side by side

above Destinations & Buddies is in thesame block.

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Private snooker room3€ per hour

Pool tableAll live sports shown

Kitchen open 9am-6pmBreakfasts2 big breakfasts for 10€

Baguettes, jackets,toasties, burgers.

Kids meals from €4including FREE ice cream

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See Homefinders 2 page spread advert on pages 38/39


We provide a high quality Cleaning and Keyholding Service for either short term or longterm contracts.We are a trustworthy and reliable English couple based in Gran Alacant with many years experience of working in Spain and can offerthat “personal touch”.Our aim is to ensure that you and your family,friends and clients can relax and enjoy yourtime in Spain.We will endeavor to resolve any problems withyour property, should they arise, in an efficientmanner keeping in contact with you at all timesduring the process.Welcome packs are available on request andwe can provide your guests with local information (including local fiestas), maps,restaurants, bars, markets and other places of interest.We offer a range of other services including allinterior and exterior painting (grilles, fencing,gates and balustrades). Garden maintenanceand hire equipment.Quality wall and floor tiling of bathrooms,kitchens, solarium and galleria.We ensure that your Property will remain secure in your absence and that only yourguests have access to the property.

For any further information or for refer-ences, please contact us at the following:Richard – 676779273 / 966695359 or Claire – 660339927Email – [email protected]

At the 12th hour 34 minutes and 56 seconds on 7th August 2009If you look at it closely this will onlyhappen in one lifetime in the wholeof the world. It reads1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9

Remember back to our May 2007 edition, when weshowed pictures of the veryprestigiousEuropean Windsurfing Championships held in Santa Pola.

It all went so well, that Santa Pola are now due to hold the:World Windsurfing Championships

a real coup for the town.

The spectacle takes place on the Gran Playa beach fromSeptember 9th - 19th



What would happen if one of us dies in Spain

Ask yourselves these questions:

1. Would you know who to call in the first place?2. Would they know the Spanish system on funerals?

3. Would they be able to cope with local laws and regulations inSpain?

4. Normally funerals are held within 48hr´s. Would family havetime to get here?

5. Would funds be readily available to cover all costs?6. Could you cope with the above at the time of great stress?

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Sierra MarGran Alacant

Good food/pleasant atmosphere

Friendly staff/varied menu

Prime quality steaks/lamb/chicken/fish

Homemade specialities all atreasonable prices.

Mixed grill with a drink for 13€ inc vat

Large choice of UNDER 10€ main meal

Phone:- 966 699 429

SEE MAP ABOVE FOR LOCATION

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The next three pages show four businesses in the traffic free Sierra Mar square.The Patagonia Steak House is also in this square, their advert is elsewhere in this magazine.


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Bacon bap €2.50Sausage bap €2.50Steak & onion bap €4.00

Fish, chips, peas or beansIce cream & fruitSmall beer, glass of wine, orcanned drink €10.00

Platter for 2 - Scampi, garlic bread,garlic mushrooms, mini corn cob, bbqchicken wings, spicy wings, jalapeño,bbq pork rib. Served with garlic mayo & BBQ sauce & wedges. €9.00

Small fish & chipspeas or beans1 slice bread & butter

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Swimming Pool, Restaurant, Cafeteria and Bowling Green.

All in the one area, behind Super Valu. See map at the back of this magazine.Already established as one of the most popular restaurants in Gran Alacant,due to it’s excellent, varied, and reasonably priced menu. El Rincón de Monte yMar will be offering a Special Menu throughout the year available between 6pm and 11-30pm.In the restaurant from Monday to Friday a Special lunch menu for only 8€.This consists of a mixed salad, appetiser, starter, main course and a sweet. Plus coffee and a half bottle of wine, or an alternative drink, per person.In the evenings in the restaurant we have a Special Evening menu for only 10€. The same menu as above but, plus an apertiser.

The cafeteria is open all day for breakfasts,tapas, snacks, baguettes, sandwiches etc,

all at reasonable prices.

For bowling green informationplease ring 696 18 60 20

Restaurant summerterrace

The swimming pool is open from11am until 7pm for only 3€ per day.Adjacent to the pool is a drinks bar.

There is music and dancing every Saturday night.

For enquiries or bookings please phone: 966 697 897 / 966 697 483



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Two different businesses together in one area.

Patagonia Steakhouse foryour food,

and Armonia the hairdresser& beautician.

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Los Belgas join the Carabasi Bars this month inthe restaurant that was formerly the Carabasi Bar

On the lower level from left to right you have,O’Duills and Casanova,

Upstairs from left to right are,Ocean 11, Los Belgas, Joes,

Sandhills, and on the far right by the slope, The Phoenix Nights Lounge Bar and the Phoenix restaurant.

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Gran AlacantFootball Clubplayed their firsts u m m e r c o m p e t i t i o n ,unfortunately theteam didn'tmake it to thefinal, but I want

to thank the lads who gave 100 percent and I would also like tothank the few supporters that turnedup.We will be having friendlies and

starting the league in September soplease look out for the fixtures, andplease try and pop down to theground to support the team.The picture above is of the team thatwas in the summer knockout competition. As you can see we alsohave a new kitThe lads have been training once aweek and fitness levels are improving in the team. We have hadsome new players and now we havea mixture of nationalities and I hopeit brings the community together.This month the GA football Club

Association will be set up and Iwould like to say a big thank you toour local councillor Loreto, she hasbeen so helpful and so supportive.

We urgently need a volunteer thatcan speak Spanish and English whocan spare some time in the future tohelp the club. Please contact me ifanyone is interested.

Please look out for fundraisingevents that will be happeningaround the area, we really need your

support.... this is your club, yourteam, and with this team in the futurewe can look at getting more teamsand even children's teams, so pleasedon't let this all be a dream, pleasesupport GRAN ALACANT F.C.

Claire 6603339927 Rich 676779273Or 966695359 or

email: [email protected]

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Indian head massage has been used forthousands of years to treat the mind andbody. In India Ayurvedic and traditionalmedicine is as important as orthodox medicine. It aims to treat the whole bodyso as to maintain a balance between thephysical, mental and spiritual. Indian headmassage uses and adapts classic Swedishmassage techniques for treating the scalp,face, neck and shoulders. It is extremelygood and effective for treating stress because it works on the areas of the bodymost affected e.g. shoulders, upper back,neck and head. In both my full body massages and the half body massage, I always’ include a head, neck and facemassage as head massage has a numberof benefits which include, increased jointmobility and flexibility in your neck, armsand shoulders. It reduces tension in the tissue, making them more flexible whichminimizes stress on bones and joints. Itimproves circulation removes waste in particular Lactic Acid. Petrissage movements on the neck and shoulders

helps reduce tension, releases tightness inoverworked and tense muscles. Stress reduction helps prevent stress inducedmuscle spasm in the back, neck and shoulders.

Buttock Massage and Exfoliation

Do you want a bottom like all the models?Then a buttock and exfoliation is the answer. This treatment consists of a 20minute workout on the muscles in yourbuttock, (Gluteus Medius, Gluteus Minimusand Gluteus Maximus) followed by a 10minute exfoliation of the skin to remove allthe dead cells. Clients who have had thistreatment have stated that they felt theirbuttocks were uplifted and felt clean afterwards.

Sports Massage. (This is not a treatment that I do)

Sports massage combines the use ofSwedish massage with additional more intensive techniques for the prevention andtreatment of sports injuries. It can be usedas part of a training program to help prevent injury, as part of a warm up for anevent such as a marathon and also as acool down after an event. Like other forms of massage, sport massage helps improve suppleness and

Tel:John or

Denise Hutt966 198 902


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Avda Escandinava(up from the post office) at no 46 Altomar 1. The

Telephone numberis still the same

659419264.

flexibility of the joints and muscles. It improves lymph and blood circulation andassists the body systems to function attheir optimum levels. Sports massage hasmore specific effects and benefits such asspeeding up the healing of damaged andoverworked tissue and muscle. It increases fitness capabilities and performance potential peak performance

can be reached faster and, once reached,sustained over longer periods.

See you all next month when I will be looking at Other Complementary Therapies.

Dott


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TO ADVERTISE IN THE “GRAN ALACANT ADVERTISER” phone: 966 699 167 50 TO ADVERTISE IN THE “GRAN ALACANT ADVERTISER” phone: 966 699 167

A wonderful three days of eventsorganised by the Santa Pola TownHall and the Association of EuropeanResident Neighbours of Gran Alacant for the people of Gran Alacant on24th 25th 26th July.

All events were supplied for free,which included many during thethree days for children plus live entertainment during two evenings.



Mick, Shirley, Son Nick and girlfriend Shireen (the Irish influence)have taken over Baileys Bar from Barry and Kelly.They took over on July 1st after living the last 4 1/2 years inFrance. Mick reguarly flew back to the UK to teach people how torun pubs, after being in the licensed trade for the last 31 years. The family have only recently arrived in Spain.

The premises will have 2 televisions, one outside and one inside,showing all major live sporting events, including British and La Ligafootball.August starts by including the Test Matches against the Aussies.

From a food point of view, breakfasts will be available from 10am - 2pm every day and snack food from 2pm till late.

Every Tuesday BINGO from 4pmEvery Wednesday QUIZ NIGHT 9-30pmEvery Thursday COCKTAIL NIGHT

In addition to this, live bookings so far in August, are:-

Sunday August 2nd Karaoke with “Emma”Thursday August 6th Karaoke and vocalist” KEV T”Sunday August 9th Karaoke with “Emma”Friday August 14th Karaoke and vocalist” KEV T”

plus a “Beach Party”Sunday August 16th Karaoke with “Emma”Friday August 21st Karaoke and vocalist” KEV T”Sunday August 23rd Karaoke with “Emma”Friday August 28th Karaoke and vocalist” KEV T”Sunday August 30th Karaoke with “Emma”

Phone: 966 182 407

Baileysis under new ownership



Boat MuseumThe Mayor Miguel Zaragoza

visited the work of the school workshopon the boat Museum Esteban Gonzálezlocated in the square of the Constitution,facing the consistorial House and next tothe fishing port entry to monitor jobsthat are beingcarried out atthe schoolworkshop forits adequacyas boat museumwhich reflectthe fishing tradition ofSanta Pola.

MiguelZaragoza wasaccompaniedby the Director of the boat and schoolteachers workshop, all experts specialists in the tasks of carpentry,electro-mechanicaland paintingfrom the shipbuildingsector of thetown. Seeingthe advancesbeing made inthe bridge, thecabins, the engine room.The enginehas been restored from a totally artisanprocess.

The Mayor has praised the workof the students who are learning a profession with support in the village andpossibilities of labour integration: wehave seen on the visit the good progressrehabilitation of fisheries EstebanGonzález, sensitive by its special complexity but whose fruits are already

being realised. "When within a fewmonths of the museum being completed and the boat is completewe can show the santapoleros andvisitors a very real approximation ofwhat is was like on board one ofthese vessels".

The Mayor stressed "the important tourist and cultural attraction at the boat Museum, that

will change itsface completely, offering spacesof leisure forchildren andolder persons, withlandscaping,lighting appropriate tothe environmentand, ultimately, alarge area for awalk to embellish ourseafront further".

A total of 36 students formpart of the workshop, which started in December 2008 to train them for two

years in the fieldsof masonry, carpentry, electromechanicaland painting. Themost emblematicdraft anticipatedduring trainingpractices of theboat Museum,consists of totalrehabilitation of

the fisheries, its musealisation andcommissioning value that can be visited, and after the direct work ofsome 20 pupils who daily developedthe work.


Hi Barry and Sandra,

Your reply in the June edition to my letter (enquiring aboutthe possibility of re-opening the pathway through El Clot),that this was an issue for Elche council rather than SantaPola, raises a serious point about the development of Gran Alacant, that occasionally issues affecting our town will fall outside of the control of our elected representatives. Howtherefore do we address this?

As another example in addition to the El Clot pathway, I would draw attention to the poorstate of the footpaths and indeed road on the approach to the beach. Although a major improvement has been made in the provision of additional car parking, the road throughthe sand dunes is a dust bowl. Is there no possibility of tarring this road and building properfootpaths that connect to the existing footpaths? The current situation is a danger to pedestrians as cars swerve to avoid the potholes and I do not accept that the current surfacing is more environmentally friendly. (I am now forced to use this route following theclosure of the El Clot pathway.)

Secondly, an issue for our council, are there any plans to build a bus station at the GA centre? Currently we have to travel to Santa Pola or Alicante and then change buses,which don't necessarily timetable conveniently, in order to travel onwards to Torrevieja, LaMarina, Guardamar, Cartegena, Murcia etc. A bus station near the GA centre would encourage buses passing along the N332 to stop here thus increasing the accessibility ofour town.

And with regards to the existing Alicante-Santa Pola Baile bus service, would it be possiblefor this service to use Avenida Noruega and Avenida Escandinava via the new roundaboutproviding stops along the way, instead of going along Avenida Mediterraneo which is unpopulated. Such a service while not inconveniencing anyone else on the existing route,would be much more convenient to the residents "down the hill" some of whom are over 25minutes walk from the existing stop.

And finally, when if ever, can we expect a childrens play park to be built in the vicinity of theschool or Carabasi complex?

I was just thinking about paragraphs 1 and 2 and surely the point here is that while thecouncillors of Santa Pola Council have no direct control, they are nevertheless members ofa politcal party which has members in the neighbouring council and so could raise our issues at party level and have the other councillors from Elche take it up on our behalf. Imean issues transcending council boundaries is not unique to Spain and surely that is howit would be dealt with back in the UK / Ireland. Fancy bringing it up with them and see whatthey have to say?

Also, someone told me they had heard a rumour that the new commercial building half wayalong Avenida Noruega (sort of opposite the new park) was actually going to be a cinema/bowling alley. I was sceptical and having walked past and had a nosey I'm unconvinced that the layout of the buidling would lend itself to such a use. Any insideknowledge you don't mind sharing?

Cheers, Cormac

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Hi Barry

It was with interest, as always, that I read the July issue of the Advertiser

However I was a little disappointed not to see someupdate on the issue I had asked about previously

That is the eyesore that is at the end of our streetCalle Canarias F32, the area opposite Frankieʼs Bar.

It is the open area that is being used as a toilet facility for it seems like every dog in GA.

It looks like there is a lot of improvements going on in GA at the moment which is wonderful but I donʼt think Masa are doing anything about clearing up/fencing off this area

Maybe I am wrong,it would be nice if I was, as I havenʼt been out since April but somehowI doubt it

Could you make this a priority the next time you speak to Loreto and ask if she could putsome pressure on Masa to do something

I know you are inundated with requests like this but if you could help at all I would be mostgrateful

Kind Regards Fiona

Hi Barry and SandraHave you any idea if and when

the access road to the carrabassi beach will be reopened,i know that it is in poor shape but for a lot ofthe not so young it is now an impossible trek to thebeach which is a shame for those with walking diffi-culties, angina etc.Would it be too expensive to gradethe road as was done a few years back and retain thenew carpark as an overflow parking area.

My wife and l enjoy reading your Magazine every month and long may it continue.

Cheers Maggie & Chris


Welcome to the monthly computer column compiled by Dave the Computerman

Windows 7Windows 7 is now available to download from the Microsoft website, and is available for testing. The official version will be made available on October 22nd2009, and will begin to appear on new computers from this date. It is also possible to pre-order a copy from Amazon or PCWorld at hugely discountedprices, and I would recommend all users who wish to change to the new operating system to do so. Sadly there is no upgrade path from Windows XP, butVista is upgradeable. This means that XP users will have to back up everything,format the disc and then install 7.

Google mailIt is possible to access Google mail using outlook express using. Log into your account and click settings, then click the forwarding and pop tab. Enable pop forall mail. A copy of all your mail will be kept on Google’s servers as a backup incase of your computer failing. Click the configuration instructions link to find outhow to connect to the Google mail pop server with your mail client and follow theinstructions. You can check your other email accounts in Google mail as well. This allows youto centralise all your email accounts instead of signing in to them separately. Goto Settings/accounts and choose add another mail account. Fill in the “enter theemail address” box with your email address, and click next. Google will enter theaddress details and then you must enter the password. Click add account. Youcan select to send mail from this address too. A verification email is sent to the

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given email address and it is necessary for you to sign in to your old email address and follow the link. This will verify that you do indeed own the email address.If you are on a dialup connection, Google mail has a handy way of allowing you towrite emails offline then synchronize your mail once you go online. To do this,enter Google mail and go to the settings link at the top right corner. Click on tabsand then click on enable offline Gmail for this computer. Download Gears as directed and this places a Gmail icon on the desktop. Use this link offline andGmail will synchronize the next time that you go online. This makes emailing easyand a lot cheaper for dialup customers.And Finally…Beware fake security softwareCriminals can make a fortune by fooling people intobuying fake security software.To get people to the site hosting the rogue software,the cybercriminals use search engine optimisationtechniques. They add misspelled keywords such as"licnese" or "obbama" into pages on compromisedwebsites. Search engines index these pages and display them as top search results. Once the victimhas been lured to a compromised site, they are redirected to the site offering the bogus software. Ofthe 1.8 million visitors who were redirected in one recent attack, around 1.79 per cent paid the £34fee…thus making over a million pounds for the criminals in a 10 hour period.I hope that you found this column useful and I wouldlike to thank all the readers. I can be contacted on637 55 45 79 or [email protected]

Royal British Legion-Gran Alacant Branch BR 3606

The Royal British Legion Gran Alacant meets the 1st Tuesday of eachmonth at the Norwegian Club, Sierra Mar Urbanisation next to “Not Just Desserts”.

Branch Meeting for August will not be going ahead due to the closure of the Norwegian club during the months of June, July andAugust.

The next meeting is scheduled for 1st September in the NorwegianClub and we hope to see you all there. Time 7.30pm prompt.

New members/visitors are welcome and you don't have to be ex-forces to join.For further information contact Branch Secretary Barbara Turnbullon [email protected] or Tel: 966699828.


Kings Cup – Monte Mar v La Marina

Monte Mar – 7 pointsLa Marina - 4 points

Last Wednesday saw the end of this season’s campaign for our club, andwhat a good way to finish against one ofthe top clubs in the competition, ourfriends from La Marina.

The victory by 7 points to 4 was excellent, but it could have been so muchbetter, as in two of the four disciplines wewere leading until the final end, only tolose one and draw the other.

However, all credit to the La Marinateam, who refused to accept a whitewash, and deservedly salvagedsome points from the match.

Brian Harman got us off to a good startby winning 21-13, and our pairs team ofJohn Corbet and Bill Young played welltogether to win by 27-12.

The triples of Dave Melville, Lynne andColin Armitage tied 15 shots all, and therinks of Chris Merry, Danny Redgewell,June Young and Harry Dobson lost a veryclose game on the last end 13-14.

The friendly match, a pairs, was won byBill Clifton and Babs Caiger, against theopposition Captain, Rex Cameron andhis partner.Captain, Bill Young, would like to thankall of the players who participated throughout the twelve match season,and also wishes to thank Vice-CaptainAlan Ashberry and third selector, Colin Armitage.

He further stated, that our good positionin the league shows what can beachieved by gelling good players to-gether in their respective disciplines, andthe selectors abiding by the criteria they

set before the season got under way.

The photograph shows the Kings Cupteam for the final match.

Other Club NewsCoaching School

The coaching sessions, conducted by BillYoung, are on hold this month as we arehosting several open days for our suppliers, sponsors and friends (more innext months edition), but will recommence on Sunday mornings in July.

Existing and prospective new membersare invited to contact Bill on 966796851, orE-mail to [email protected]

If you have never bowled before comealong, you may surprise yourself.

Club WebsiteIf you haven’t visited our website yet, overten thousand others have, and now it’seven better.

Our new Club Secretary Les Bounds hasdeveloped and has been looking after (orshould I say administering) our website fora couple of years now, and has recentlytotally re-vamped it.

The result is a totally professional andeasy to use site, which contains all of theinformation about our popular, friendlyclub.

You can find our website at www.montemarbowls.com, we will be pleased to host you.

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For Adoption

Poppy is an 11 year old Pointer andwas found wandering alongside acanal, a common place for huntersfrom the campos to abandon their olddogs once they have outlived their usefulness. She was covered fromhead to toe in fleas and ticks. Poppydeserves to be somewhere where shecan end her days in comfort and contentment with people that will love her.

Bilbo is a beautiful large German Shepherd x Husky was found wandering around in Mercadona carpark by the Local Police in San Fulgencio. With the help of the localsecurity guard they managed to lurehim into a storage unit. The Policethen called us and we went to collecthim. He is a big friendly dog and is approx 4 years old.

Strumpy is 1 of 5 puppies found onwaste ground in the baking heat closeto thechurch atLa Marinawhen theywere just3 weeksold. Theyare approx9 weeksold nowand thevet saidwill re-main smallto mediumsized dogswhenolder.

Juke wasfound bya manwhilstout walk-ing hisdog. Hefollowedthemhomeand heseemedto bevery relieved to be back with peopleagain. He is a gentle giant, very calmwith a laid back personality. He does notbark and is easily pleased. He will be agreat and loyal companion for his newowner. He is approx 18 months old, isgood with other dogs and would notmess his cage up whilst in the Vets forthe night.

For more information please call 654027748 or 654628884Email: [email protected]

To view more animals for adoption please go to: www.petsinspain.info

We are struggling again to keep up with the amount of animalsthat are being abandoned and will soon not be able to take any

more dogs in unless we manage to re-home some .


WISDOM BY THE LOCALS FOR THE LOCALS

On a local level, residents of, and visitorsto, the Gran Alacant area are already

benefiting greatly from a newly foundedlocal site - www.granalacantforum.eshere local and national information is

posted by local people for local people.The Forum's simple aim is: "To provide a

friendly internet meeting place for residents of, and visitors to, Gran Alacant,in order to enrich our lives with words that

inform, educate and entertain." Its motto is 'Rhetoric with Respect'.As you would expect, you and your

opinions will be treated with respect. Noone need be hesitant in writing something

for members to read. Simply show respect and receive respect. Of courseyou don't need to write anything, maybe

you'd prefer to be a reader and use www.gaforum.es

as you would a daily newspaper. It is great for that too.

One of the great benefits of recent years is Internet Forums.These Forums have given us easy access to information about

the wide world and the activities of its inhabitants.


CHILDREN AND PETS

In summer, children and petsspend a longer time together than theydo in winter, for example at the street,restaurants, commercial centres, andalso at home (with or without guests). Inthis article we are going to try to explainthe most common dangers involvingchildren and pets when they play together.

It’s a very uncommon thing adog or cat causing a serious damage tochildren who live with him, even if thechild is a baby and the pet is a big sizedog; as a matter of fact, dogs are usually excellent nannies, and very wellbeloved games partners for children,

so, normally the problem comes fromthe child “abusing” the dog or cat, butnormally without serious complications.Of course, we are always talking aboutproperly vaccinated and wormed pets(which includes internal and externalparasites), because transmission ofworms from pets to children is relativelycommon since children can’t stop kissing and holding the pet, and theyoungest ones usually forget to washtheir hands after touching the pet. Anyway this can be easily prevented byusing good internal and external antiparasite treatments (internal are themost important ones, because it’s not


The “Gran Alacant Advertiser” is excessable on all of thesesites, making our advertisers and all information, available to

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owner says “he never bites”, This is specially important if we and our children are “intruders” in the pet’s territory. Another important thing is thebreed: attacks caused by large dogs areless common than the ones caused bysmall dogs, because a big dog is muchmore respected by children than miniature ones (children think they canuse them as teddy bears). So, the firsttime the child meets the pet we mustkeep the eye on both ones attitude, andif we have any kind of doubt about whatis going to happen, the best thing is tokeep them apart (of course, withouttying or punishing the pet).

common for peoples to suffer from fleasand ticks infestations).

About vaccinations, just remindeverybody that, apart from rabies, dogsand cats infectious diseases are nottransmissible to people. Only parasitesand fungal skin infections must worry us.So, a healthy animal is not a risk for children health (except, of course, incase of a allergic child).

A source of worries for the parents are children being attacked bydogs or cats belonging to other people,because, as we said, dogs normallyprotect and respect their family’s children, but what about strangers? It’squite common to see a dog that allows“his” children to brush and even to putclothes on him, but might show angriness with other children. A similarthing happens with dogs that are usuallyaggressive with other cats but evensleeps together with “his” cat.

So, we must always warn children that they mustn’t touch unknown dogs and cats, even if the

Liliana Aldeguer Cerdán col 793English translation by Sergio ReinaEsteban col 747Do you want us to write aboutsomething specific you wouldlike to know about your pet? E-mail us: [email protected] your suggestions will be welcome.


Hi everybody!This month in the Costa Blanca you can enjoy so many different activities that is impossible todescribe them all, however this could be a good sample.These are the cultural events held in Santa Pola and in Gran Alacant:Saturday 1st 10.30pm ‘El Palmeral’ Auditorium Free Entry‘Nit de Tradicions’ (Night of Traditions), with performances by ‘Sal Marinera’ Dance Group, ‘ElCastell’ ‘Rondalla’ and Choir, and ‘El Freu’ Choir.Wednesday 5th 8.00pm Gran Alacant Public LibraryStorytelling, GRUPO ARENA, organised by the Public Libraries.Wednesday 5th 10.00pm Gran AlacantConcert by the Santa Pola Levantina ChoirThursday 6th 8.00pm ‘El Palmeral’ Park Free EntryStorytelling, ACTIVA 3, organised by the Public LibrariesFriday 7th 10.30pm ‘El Palmeral’ Auditorium Free EntryConcert by the Santa Pola Levantina ChoirSaturday 8th 9.00pm ‘El Palmeral’ Auditorium Entry with ticketMagic showWednesday 12th 8.30pm Gran AlacantPerformance by Magic Dexter, of the show ’25 years of dextermillandote’Friday 14th 8.30pm Fortress-Castle Free EntryFamily and Children’s Theatre. ‘Superecos’ show, by the ‘Banda del Drac’Saturday 15th 10.30pm Fortress-Castle Free EntryOfficial presentation of the ‘Fiestas Book 2009’Concert by the United Musical Group of Santa Pola, as voted by the Alicante Provincial Council,during the 14th People’s Music CompetitionWednesday 19th 8.00pm Gran Alacant Shopping CentreStorytelling, PAMPOL, organised by the Public LibrariesWednesday 19th 10.00pm Gran AlacantPerformance by ‘El Castell’ ‘Rondalla’ and Choir, and the ‘Sal Marinera’ Dance GroupThursday 20th 8.00pm ‘El Palmeral’ Park Free EntryStorytelling, PAMPOL, organised by the Public LibrariesSaturday 22nd 10.30pm ‘El Palmeral’ Auditorium Entry with ticketElection of the Santa Pola 2009 Fiestas’ Queen, with the accompaniment of ‘MALÚ’. Ticketsales anticipated. Information: Santa Pola Town Hall (Ayuntamiento). Fiestas department.Sunday 23rd 8.00pm ‘El Palmeral’ Auditorium Free Entry

for further informationplease ring: 966 792 276


Election of the Children’s Fiesta Queen, and presentation of members of the Festive and CulturalAssociation of Moors and Christians, with the accompaniment of the ‘Inmaculada Jaén’ DanceSchool.Monday 24th 8.30pm ‘El Palmeral’ Auditorium Free EntryElection of the Senior’s Fiesta Queen and her Court.

In the Costa Blanca every day you can enjoy a fiesta or a parade in different villages or towns,main parades of Moors and Christians in Aspe 1st to 8th, Cocentaina 8th to 11th, Elche 8th to12th, Verger 13th to 15th, Castell de Castells 14th to 21st, Benilloba 14th to 18th, Xixona 21st to23rd, Camp de Mirra 21st to 26th.

Also really special activities like “Misterio de Elche” Cultural World Heritage Event 11th to 15thand “Nit de l’Alba” 13th fantastic display of fire works in Elche, not less important and impressive “Castell de L’Olla” 8th in Altea a beautiful combination with fire works and music,just to have an idea there will be burnt more than seven thousand kilos of powder.

Remember these are just approximate dates, enjoy yourselves

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WHAT’S THAT IN THE CLOT?

by Mark Etheridge

I sometimes wonder about the Spanishchap who one day suggested to hischums that he thought it might be funto leave a pig’s leg hanging up on ahook for about a year, and then seewhat it tastes like. Actually, it turnedout to be quite a clever notion, as anyaficionado of Serrano Ham will tell you,and his mates didn’t cart him off to thenearest looney-bin.

He might have got the idea from this fellow, the Southern Grey Shrike. He is aclose relative of the Great Grey Shrike, which is a rare winter visitor to Britain,but in Spain the Southern Grey Shrike occurs all year round, and is fairly common. If you have a look at the tops of the taller trees in the Clot, you maysee one perched prominently surveying the area below him. Basically a grey-and-white bird, with a pinkish tinge to his white breast, he has a LoneRanger black mask around his eyes and a heavy beak with a hooked tip whichsuggests he might just be a little bit sinister.

What he is doing from his lofty perch is watching carefully for any passinglizard, rodent, large insect or small bird which may be unaware of his presence, then he will swoop down and dispatch it swiftly. What happens next is not for those of a weak stomach.

He may well decide he’s not in the mood right now for a snack of crunchygrasshopper or whatever, so he will keep it for later, and he does this by finding a thorny bush or line of barbed wire, and impaling his prey on thespikes. This is his larder, and if you come across a gruesome gibbet of smallanimals skewered up like this, you’ll know the local Shrike has been at work.Goodness knows what these morsels will taste like after being out for a fewdays in the hot sun, and well past their sell-by date; I’ve no intention of findingout either, but the Shrike is quite happy to do this.

He has another distant cousin, the Woodchat Shrike which is somewhatsmaller and different in colour, it is a black and white bird with a striking chestnut-coloured head, usually occurring only in the summer months, butregular in the Clot, and he also has the same spiky habits

The Spanish name for the Southern Grey Shrike is Alcaudon Real, meaningRoyal Butcherbird. I can’t see what’s royal about spiking your food out in theopen, but until I came to Spain I was quite happy to take my ham pre-packaged, so there’s hope for me yet.

See you next month.


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Saying ´some´in Spanish

There are a couple of ways ofsaying ’some’ in Spanish. As weknow, ’some’ is an adjective,and therefore it must agree withthe noun that it is describing.‘Alguno’ is the usual way of saying ’some’, and this has fourforms: ‘algún’, ‘alguna’, ‘algunos’ and ‘algunas’.

In English we use the word’some’ for singular uncountablenouns, for example ’somemoney’, ’some people’ etc., andfor plural countable nouns,’some chairs’, some cars’ etc.,and this is why the Spanishneeds the four forms.

Let’s translate these fourphrases:

‘Some money’ - ‘algún dinero’‘Some people’ - ‘alguna gente’‘Some chairs’ - algunas sillas’‘Some cars’ - ‘algunos coches’

For the last two, ‘unos’ and‘unas’ could also be used.

Have a go at these phrases,translating them into Spanish:

1) Some bicycles2) Some balls3) Some rice4) Some coats5) Some coffee6) Some water


Barryand Sandra

Please see attached photoof myself and some work colleagues in Kurdistan(Northern Iraq) with theJune copy of the Gran Alacant advertiser.

I have a home in Gran Alacant (Carabassi) and ama regular reader of your

magazine. Thanks, regards and keepup the good work.

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BUS TIMETABLES from June 23rd - August 31st

Three pages of bus timetables.On these 2 pages bus times to and from

Gran Alacant and Santa Pola.


BUS TIMETABLES from June 23rd - August 31st

On the next page bus times for enabling you to move around Gran Alacant.


When on Gran Alacant let the bus take the strain.It runs 1/2 hourly on a circular route.

Bus routeBus timetable


Below, and on the next two pages are mapsof Alicante, Santa Pola and Gran Alacant, to

help find your way around and to see the location of our adverisers


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Aquagest 24hr............. 902 250 170Aeropuerto.................. 969 919 000Ayuntamiento-Gran Alacant.

966 692 276Alicante Bus Station.... 965 130 700Alicante Train Station.. 902 240 202Bomberos (Fire).......... 085Biblioteca (Library)...... 966 692 773Butano gas.................. 966 672 222Guardia Civil............... 062Guardia Civil............... 965 411 290Iberdrola..................... 901 202 020Local Police................ 092Local Police................ 966 696 035Medical Health Service..966 699 081National Police........... 091Red Cross (Cruz Roja)...965 416 936Red Cross emergencies.....112Rubbish collection...... 966 693 955Suma.......................... 900 103 104Telefonica................... 1004

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7. Fishing port8. Post Office

9. Tourist info10.

12. Salt Lake museum

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19. Bailen20. Aquarium21. Suma Office21. 22. Public refuse tip23. site for New swimming pool 24. Indoor market25.

27. New police station

28. Model boating lake

29. Pola Maxshopping centre

Map to help you to find your way around Santa Pola.

It also includes our advertisers

Santa Pola'sCasa de CulturaTheatre in Calle

Elche

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Documents

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