The Ibiza Sun 727 eissue 27th March 2014

Ses Illetes beach in Formentera has been voted the 7th best beach in the World by Tripadvisor in their 2014 Traveller's Choice awards. Tripadvisor describe Il-letes as “Illetes beach is a superb place to

swim, snorkel, chill out and relax” and go on to describe the area as “surrounded by crystal clear waters lapping the pink, coral-encrusted golden sand.” Topping this year’s poll is the Baia do Sancho in

Brasil, and though it is not Illetes first appearance in the global shortlist, the locals will be justifiably proud. The Guardian newspaper recently de-scribed Formentera as “a refuge for hip-

pies, clubbed-out Ibiza veterans, Italian tourists by the boatload and the occasional supermodel.“ What do you think? Does the Formentera Bohemian idyll image have any basis in reality? We are talking to the Formentera Vice President very soon for an insider’s view of life on the tiny isle. Meanwhile Ibiza held it’s head up in the awards with Cala Bassa classed as the 7th best beach in Spain. Cala Bassa is a perfect beach to visit in the low season. The back of the long gen-tly curving beach is fringed by trees, open land and picnic areas. A large part of the raised terraces are now part of the Cala Bassa Beach Club. There are still plenty of public areas for those preferring a simpler approach to a day at the beach. Any awards have to be good for the people and businesses in the area, but Tripadvisors are just about as good as you can get.

Seventh Heaven Claire’s Out & About Again, Art, Music, Drink & Rugby P8

Start Your Engines Motorsport & Minefields P5

All About Baby The Spanish Admin Survival Guide P6

The Ibiza Sun, Thursday 27th March 2014, Issue 727 Page 2

Ibiza News HIV Detection Improves.

It was announced that HIV test-ing, throughout the Baleares, has increased & improved because of the introduction, since last July of quick testing at chemists. 87 of these quick tests have been carried out in Ibiza.

Jesus Cut In Two!

Neighbours & opposition council-lors are up in arms about the electrical supply installation work being carried out in the Can Rimbau, Calle Canari & Cap Martinet areas of Jesus village. They say that bad planning of the work has meant that the vil-lage is cut in two with neighbours not being able to ac-

cess the centre of the village from these areas without taking a lengthy detour via the outskirts of Ibiza Town. Bus services have also been badly disrupted.

Access To Prehistoric Fort Blocked.

Access to the site of the officially listed prehistoric defensive site located at the top of the Puig Redó hill in the Sant Josep area has been blocked. A chalet being built in the same vicinity has closed the alleged public right of way to the Bronze age fort with a metal gate. PSOE opposition Socialists on the Town Hall Council are demanding that the PP Conservative take action to

reopen the public right of way. They are also questioning what they see as the dubious legality of giving planning permission for the chalet to built in the first place near the fort site. The Town Hall re-sponded by taking action against the builders of the cha-let for having installed the gate without permission. It is still not clear if this historic walk-way to the bronze age fort is a public right of way or not. The planning authorities are suggesting that most likely it is part of the chalet estate & can be closed if the owners ask for the right permits.

Well Restored.

As part of the on going work to restore the historic & culturally important “Punta des Moli” area at the end of the Bay in San An-tonio, the Town Hall has spent nearly 10,000€ in restoring a “Senia” (well head) to it's origi-nal state. “Senias” are stone & wood structures with winding devices, usually driven by mules, which draw fresh water to the surface from a well underground. Introduced to the island in the 18th century, there once existed 35 “Senias” in the San Antonio area alone.

Super Yachts

As they are on the point of sign-ing an agreement with an Ameri-can yachting firm, “International Yacht Register”, the Town hall in San Antonio announced this week that super, luxury yachts will be mooring in the port this summer. It appears that these vessels will dock in the area of the port where the ferry from the mainland arrives & it is expected that they will bring an important number of high sending nautical tourists to the town.

Helicopter Connection.

If the test flights taking place at the moment go well, Ibiza & For-mentera could be connected this summer by a privately run heli-copter ferry service. The flights will take off & land in the port

area of Ibiza & La Savina in Formentera.

No Fast Track Plan-ning Permission For Playa Den Bossa.

The Consell Island Government refused to

apply any “fast track” planning process to the

plan by the Matutes Company to build a tourist & commercial development at the far end of Playa den Bossa. The Consell believe that the development should go through normal plan-ning procedures & will most likely not fit with the existing planning laws. They suggested to the firm that a way forward would be for the Matutes com-pany to lobby the Sant Josep Council for a special modification of their planning laws in favour of the project. This in turn would allow the Consell to re-access the situation but such a process would take a considerable length of time. Having already tried & failed to get a planning exception for the project from the higher Balearic Government, this No from the Consell is a major blow to the tourist & commercial develop-ment going ahead in the foresee-able future. The problem more than anything appears to be that the land they hope to use has various planning classifications from urban to rural & needs spe-cific reports in favour from lots of different governmental au-thorities. The Matutes applica-tion for development permission is much more complicated & harder to fit with other “fast track” solutions that have been used in the past on other islands such as for the redevelopment of the Playa of Palma area. Disappointed because they be-lieve the redevelopment will benefit the whole of Playa den Bossa, the Matutes firm appear to be prepared to wait & follow the necessary planning proce-dures. With such a big invest-ment at stake, they want to make sure that they are investing on “firm ground” in terms of plan-ning laws. Matutes has already carried out some of the plan with the conversion of Club Playa den Bossa into the Ushuaïa hotel & tower as well as the conversion of Club Don Toni into the Hard Rock Hotel which will open for the first time this May. However

planning permission is still needed for the rest which in-cludes a 5 star apartment com-plex, a golf course, a 50,670m2 commercial centre, an industrial estate, a sports complex & a sys-tem of walkways to give the vil-lage of San Jordi easy access to the beach area of Playa den Bossa. Later in the week the Mayor of Sant Josep, Neus Mari, sug-gested that the Sant Josep Coun-cil like the project because they believe it will bring economic benefits to Playa den Bossa. However, they realise that the planning application is not easy to grant & will take time because of the heavy work load of the department & the array of plan-ning laws affecting the proposed area of the development.

Hotel On Rabbit Island.

The Matutes Group has asked the relevant authorities in Ma-drid if it would be possible to transform the lighthouse on Conillera (rabbit) island into a small rural hotel. The company owns the island, which lies in front of San Antonio, but 80% of the surface is public domain & it is located within a nature reserve area. It seems that the firm have the idea to convert the existing lighthouse & out buildings into a small 4 bedroom hotel without any added construction needed to the already existing lighthouse. Supposedly such an installation could help maintain the light-house structure, dating from 1857. This idea might be fa-voured by the Central Govern-ment as it obviously reduces state expenditure on maintaining these historic features. News of this tentative approach by the Matutes Group to Madrid caused uproar from the amongst envi-ronmentalists & political groups who had set up the area, which includes the other islands of Vedrà, se Vedranell & els illots de Ponent, as a EU recognised nature reserve in 2002. Fearing

New regulations for traf-fic fines are going through the Senate and will come into effect soon. Radar.

If a radar inhibitor of any sort is installed in the car, the fine is anything up to €6,000 and the loss of six points.

Non-Reporting

A fine of €1,800 will be levied if the car has been involved in a serious or very serious offence and the national police author-ity (DGP) is not notified of who was driving the car. There will be no loss of points for this.

No Insurance

If the vehicle weighs less than 3,500 kilos and has no valid insurance the fine will be €1,500, no loss of points but the vehicle will be immobilised for one month. If the vehicle is parked and has no insurance then the fine is €800.

Drink Driving

If the driver doubles the legal alcohol limit, is a frequent of-fender or refuses to take the breath test then there is a loss of six points and a fine of €1,000. The same applies for driving under the influence of any amount of drugs. There will also be a loss of four points for a driver who is over the alcohol limit but without doubling it

Speeding

There will be a fine of €600 and a loss of six points for a ‘very serious’ speeding offence. There is a loss of six points and a fine of €500 for lesser speed-ing offences.

License

A loss of four points will be applied if the driver is not cor-rectly licensed for the vehicle.

Driving Fines

See also motoring p5

Rabbit Island with it’s solitary lighthouse, centre right.


any development would endanger the natural environment & wildlife, it was pointed out that at present no one even can land on Conillera unless they seek prior special permission.

Political Union Against Oil Exploration

Balearic Government President, Jose Ramon Bauza & his counterpart in the Canarian Government, Paulino Rivero, allowed themselves to be photographed together at the Moscow Tourist Trade Fare. This was interpreted by the press as a clear statement that they are united in their stand against oil exploration in the coastal waters around the 2 archipelagos. Aids also reported to the press that the 2 Presidents had discussed the oil situation when they met to talk about tourist issues such as the lack of flights.

Protest Against Crisis

There was a well attended protest against the suffering caused by the economic crisis in Spain staged in the Vara del Rey in Ibiza Town at the weekend. It was timed to coincide with the huge protest held in central Madrid where huge numbers of protesters arrived at the Spanish capital, on foot from all over Spain to ask for dig-nified solutions from our Government to problems such as the lack of housing & work. At the same demonstration in Ibiza the anti oil exploration platform collected over 2000 signatures to a petition which they will be sending to the EU. In the last few days a total of 3500 residents have signed this cause which seems to be close to the heart of our community.

Environmental Reports Can Stop The Oil Exploration.

The Central Government Energy Minister, José Manuel Soria, reiterated that a nega-tive environmental study would stop all plans for oil exploration around the coastal waters of the Baleares. This response came from Soria after being questioned in public about the Balearic Governments threat to take the Central Government to court over the oil issue. Soria said he re-spected the right of every autonomous region to protect what they believe to be in the interest of the region. However, the Central Government had to think nation-ally & follow the official procedure when considering allowing or not the oil explo-ration.

More Russian Flights Needed.

Reports from the MITT (Moscow Tourist

Trade Fare) suggest that, despite cur-rency problems reported in last weeks paper, there will still be plenty of Russians coming to Balears this year. Their tour operators did complain about the lack of direct flights & also that they have to wait too long to go through customs when they land. Another problem is the time needed for Russian travellers to obtain a travel visa from their embassy in Spain because it is saturated with applications. Whilst Mallorca will have plenty of direct Russian tourism, it appears that Ibiza is being pro-jected as an excursion destination for those Russian tourists who have opted to visit the mainland of Spain.

High Rental Prices.

Ibiza Town is one of the most expensive towns in Spain to rent a property. In Feb-ruary alone the price rose from an average of 9,77€/m2 to 10,03€. This is 3,11€ more than the average for the Baleares. Madrid has an average price of 8,99€/m2 whilst Extremadura & Castilla-La Mancha are the cheapest areas to rent a home with prices ranging from 4,77€7m2 to just under 5€. Barcelona is still the most ex-pensive city in Spain to rent with prices of 10,60€7m2.

Old Government Building To Be Knocked Down.

The old derelict Government building, located on the Isidoro Macabich street in Ibiza Town, is finally going to be demol-ished. Costing 381,836€ the demolition will make way for 50 much needed park-ing spaces in the town centre costing an-other 248,749€. The site will remain a parking until a future use is decided. All in all, including these 50 new spaces & 40 more to be created near the post office, over the next few weeks the council will be creating 200 new centrally located public parking places.

Ecological Goats.

Last week, for the first time, 5 examples of a local breed of goat “Ovella Eivis-senca” were butchered for market. This species of goat is been reared ecologically on a farm in Sant Eulalia by local man Ronnie Anderson who specialises in pro-tecting local breeds of animals.

Costs The Earth To Own A Taxi.

Reflecting just how much money can be made from owning a legal taxi, the prices charged for such a license will surprise our readers. For example in Santa Eulalia it costs a “mere” 48,000€ whilst in Sant Josep it costs 150,000€ & Ibiza Town a

160,000€. Anyone can apply for a license but it appears that preference is given to those that have been work-ing as a driver of a taxi for another license holder.

English Resident Detained For Repeat Drug Of-fences.

A 49 year old English resi-dent was detained last week for having a marijuana plan-tation growing at his country house in Cala Vadella. The same man had been previ-ously detained for drug re-lated offences last summer. This time police found drug processing equipment, 24 kilos of marijuana ready for sale, 22 grams of hashish & hashish resin & doses of speed as well as 7000 in English Pounds & 1000€. The marijuana plantation was set up in the empty swimming pool of the prop-erty & had sophisticated watering & temperature controls in operation to speed up the flowering of the plants.

Drug Hid In Car Baby Seat.

Police checking cars as they boarded the ferry in Ibiza Town heading for Denia became suspicious & stopped a car belonging to a 31 year old Spanish man. An exten-sive search resulted in the man's detention when the police found 2.532 grams of heroin hid in 3 packets in the baby seat of the car. There has been quite a spate of drug smuggling between the island & Denia. Recently 2 more Spanish men were detained as they tried to smuggle 43000 MDMA tab-lets on to the ferry in the car they were driving. Police are testing the pills as they are working on the the-ory that there is a drug mak-ing factory on the island. This because the authorities find it is so unusual for drugs in big quantities to be smug-gled off the island rather than on to it!

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.. and if history is anything to go by, 2554 to go. Both the founder of the Ibiza Sun Chris Langley and my predecessor Dan Darvey did almost to the week 7 years stints with the newspaper. Many thanks to everybody who has sent in best wishes during the week. The first issue seems to have found favour among many of our readers which is very pleasing to hear. One thing that has come as a great surprise during the week is our clearly committed global band of on-line readers. As soon as the weekly update was overdue the mails started to come in and it developed into a, well not a flood, but a pretty damn hard downpour seems justifiable. Not only was it the volume of the readers but the spread. Every corner of the world. I hadn’t intended to do a great deal with the website, it is so basic and dated in it’s functionality that I had already commissioned a completely new project but that will take a little time. For now those off island readers particularly will be keen to see our new e-paper. It’s pretty cool if I say so myself. Turns just like a newspaper, except it is on your screen. Last week’s e-paper can be viewed at

http://issuu.com/nickgibbs/docs/ibiza_sun_726_minimal

It should be just as easy to access this and future week’s at the same location. We have more great content from some of our new writers this week. You’ll read Carly for the first time with her very well structured article on baby admini-

stration, and also Tom Berry has his first motor page. Over the coming weeks I’ll introduce each of the people behind the pen.

Claire B Claire moved to Ibiza from London about two years ago, after she took redun-

dancy from her job as a Researcher in Learning Tech-nology from one of London’s universities. Wanting to escape the rat race, the hustle and bustle of London and the English weather, she decided to give Ibiza a try, having spent many a happy holiday on the white isle. Since living here she’s written for Ibiza-Blog [http://ibiza-blog.com] and MyBest5Ibiza [http://mybest5ibz.tumblr.com] and is looking forward to contributing to the revamped Ibiza Sun and passing on some of the passion she has for this little island in the sun.

Tom Berry Tom is an ex-professional kart racer, rally driver and instructor from the UK. Now a consultant techni-cian working on automotive, motor-sport and marine projects. When not working Tom spends his time in Ibiza and enjoys scuba diving.

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Motorsport

Tom Berry Considering Ibiza's size it has always had a surprisingly active motor-sport community and the year ahead serves to be one of the best yet, due to the addition of two extra high pro-file events. Ibiza is hosting the finish of the spectacular Gumball 3000 Rally this year. The competi-tors, mainly consisting of celebrities in exotic supercars, start in Miami and have to cross two continents, 5 countries, racing over land and sea to the finish line in Ibiza. Well known for the outrageous parties and antics along the way, it can only be described as a real life 'cannonball run'. The race finish currently scheduled on 11th June in Ibiza promises to be one of the highlights of the year. The second newcomer to Ibiza this year is the UIM Class 1 Powerboat Races on the 5th - 7th of September. This offshore racing is widely regarded as one of the most spectacu-lar motorsports in the world, with the twin engine boats reaching speeds in excess of 160mph. Racing is scheduled to take place off the coast of Playa den Bossa with the service park being in Botafoch Mariner. This year is also the 30th Subida Isla de Ibiza, otherwise known as the Cala Vicente Hill climb. This forms part of the Spanish national championship and consists of several runs along a 2km twisty tarmac road between San Juan and Cala Vicente. Spectators who make the effort to walk the course are re-warded by a selection of prototype cars, his-toric rally cars and sprint cars roaring through the hills. There is always a good atmosphere and food and drink stalls are on site at either

end of the course. Autocross events take place at Sa Coma cir-cuit and Sant Rafael Stadium. There will also be the usual karting, motor-cross, offroading events and classic car meets throughout the year, A fantastic year ahead for motorsports in Ibiza.

Motor Ibiza... 2014 Ibiza Motorsports Key Dates

30th March – Autocross

26th April – Rally Sant Josep

11th May – Autocross

11th June – Gumball Rally

5th - 7th Sept- UIM F1 Powerboats

12th October -Autocross

18th - 19th Oct – 30th Subida Isla de Ibiza – San Vicente

14th December - Autocross

Did You Know? When your UK photocard driving licence expires you will not be able to renew it with the DVLA if you are residing in Spain. It may be easier to convert your UK licence to a Spanish licence before it expires. Simi-larly, if your licence is lost or stolen you will not be able to replace it through the DVLA. You can apply to the DVLA for a ćertificate of entitlement’ in Spanish that can be used to apply for a Spanish driving licence.

The Registration Game Tom Berry

The great British car debate continues in Ibiza . . . Many of us became island residents along with our trusty foreign car, believing (perhaps naively, perhaps wish-fully) that as we were all part of some larger European community that it would 'all be all right'. You can for-give people for thinking this, after all, we had been made to exchange our green paper UK licences for new plastic 'European Driving licenses' and even our number plates have a blue edge with a circle of gold stars representing Europe. However, despite this European regalia, all was not go-ing to be quite so. You quickly learn there are actually

quite strict rules requiring the costly re-registration of UK cars that have been in Spain for more than 6 months. In addition UK cars may not be driven by Spanish resident card holders. Residency, now being re-quired at the latest 6 months after arrival, possibly 3 months in some circumstances, pretty much meant that keeping and using your UK car here was impossible and re-registration was often uneconomical. These rules created headaches for many people and consequently there has always been much debate on UK cars with few reasonable solutions available. Ultimately, non-compliance could lead to your UK car disappearing off on the back of a Police Tow truck. Then, there has always been the ITV issue. You have been able to obtain an ITV (Spanish MOT) on these UK registered cars which apparently should no longer be here and you shouldn't be driving. Of course this is advis-able for safety reasons but has only fuelled some peoples beliefs that their UK car had some legality here. Well, it's been that time of year again, where the Police and their new seasonal officers are out in force and have had their focus on UK cars, amongst other things. Inci-dentally, we also have had reports that child booster seats have been under scrutiny recently so please ensure you have these if necessary to avoid a fine. However, we were dealt a small twist this year as we have had reports of the Police themselves suggesting a method of registering your UK car in Ibiza without changing the registration to Spanish. People stopped by the police in UK cars have been advised to go to Traffico

and register the UK car, for a fee of course, in order to continue using it in Ibiza. This sounded great, initially. But further details suggest you still may need a UK MOT rather than ITV and there still seems to be an issue actually driving the foreign car if you have Spanish residency. Admittedly, information on this has been very elusive and we are still trying to get confirmation of the details let alone an idea of its full implications on the already unclear situation. It seems the real progress is, that you didn't get towed away on the spot. As to whether your UK car that you may have paid for an ITV for, paid for Spanish insurance and now also have been invited to pay for a tax at Traf-fico is actually legal to be here yet or not will continue to be a very grey area for a little longer. In coming weeks we’ll be working to:-

• get the definitive legal position on grey insurance

• find out exactly what this pay & stay tax is all about

• investigating ways around Ibiza’s 2nd hand car tax.

• attempting a d.i.y Spanish re-registration of a U.K. plated car—and sharing a step by step guide

Watch this space for more information.

See also driving fines p2


Carly Sorenson In Can Misses hospital on November 16th 2013, my beautiful baby girl entered the world. She looked up at me with wide blue eyes and I fell instantly and completely in love. Exhausted from a 36 hour labour and elated to have given birth, I felt sure I'd just completed the biggest challenge a woman could face. But I was wrong. For I'd yet to run (or rather, 'stumble blindly through') the gauntlet of bureaucracy that comes with obtaining documents for a Brit-ish baby here in Spain. Something which really would have helped me would have been knowing which documents I needed and in which order I should get them. It would have saved many wasted jour-neys and much time spent queuing before being told that I couldn't get a medical card without a social secu-rity number, or a social security number without an NIE and so on. Therefore, with hindsight as my helper, I've decided to compile a rough guide.

Documents 1 and 2: Birth Certifi-cate and Libro de Familia.

These were fairly easy. I took the yellow forms and baby's health re-cord book issued when I left hospital, mine and my husband's passports and birth certificates and our mar-riage certificate to our local 'Juzgado de Paz' (Justice of the Peace). We filled in some forms and answered questions (in Spanish ㋪! take a translator if yours isn't up to much)

about ourselves, such as when and where we were married and parent’s names and nationalities. A friendly lady took copies of everything and a couple of days later we had a phone call to say the documents were ready for collection. We came away with Ela's 'Certificac卲n del Acta de Nacimiento' which is the same as the UK short birth certificate), 'Certificac卲n Literal', same as UK full birth certificate, and a 'Libro de Familia'. As far as I know, this legally re-quired book detailing births, deaths and marriages within a family has no UK equivalent. It seems to be useful when acquiring other official docu-ments and can be used alongside the NIE in lieu of a passport on domestic flights and ferries.

Document 3: Passport.

If you or your partner is British, then your baby is too, even if they were born here in Spain. This means you need a UK passport in order to then get an NIE, tarjeta sanitaria (medical card) and so on. I asked a worker at the Comisaria de Policia Nacional if Ela was entitled to a Spanish passport, as she has a Spanish birth certificate. 'Of course,' came his reply, 'But she must have an NIE to get the passport and she must have a UK passport to get the NIE.' You couldn't make this stuff up. Getting a UK passport whilst here is relatively simple. The application and payment are completed online at

www.gov.uk/browse/abroad/passports.

Click on the 'Get a passport for your child' link and follow the step by step process. It takes a while, but is fairly straightforward. At the end of your online application, you'll be asked to pay; we paid 122.96€ for applica-tion from abroad inc. postage and courier fees� print the forms and to send them, 2 photos (1 counter-signed. For a list of persons quali-fied to certify go to

www.gov.uk/countersigning-passport-applications)

and the relevant documents to an address given. The only problem I had was knowing which certificate to send. I was told over the phone that 'the one with translation on the back' (certificacion del acte de nacimiento) was suffi-cient. It wasn't. I received an email three weeks later asking for the cer-tificacion literal too. So to clarify, I sent: • Completed, signed applica-

tion. • Husband's birth certificate

(only 1 parent necessary) • 2 photos, 1 countersigned • BOTH birth certificates. We still received the passport within six weeks of applying online. If only getting the next document had been this straightforward.

Document 4: NIE.

Anyone who's ever been to the Co-misaria de Policia Nacional will know what an ordeal this can be. Interminable queues simply to get forms and an appointment, workers who go off on half hour breaks leav-ing the desk unmanned and ever more agitated people waiting even longer, and a general sense that no-one really knows what they're doing.

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All About Baby

Quick Ref. 1/2. Birth Certificate and Libro de Familia Juzgado de Ibiza, C/Isidor Macabich, 4. 971 31 49 62 Juzgado de Santa Eulalia, C/San Jaime, 72. 971 33 00 07 Juzgado de San Antonio, C/ Progreso s/n (top floor of indoor market – this is the one I went to) 971 34 25 23 Juzgado de San Jose, C/ de Consultori, 1. 971 80 05 19.

• Yellow forms from hospital and babies health record

• Parent’s Passports

• Parent’s birth certificates

• Marriage certificate

3. Getting a UK Passport Abroad www.gov.uk/browse/abroad/passports

• Completed and signed application form.

• Parent’s Birth Certificate (only 1 parent neces-sary)

• 2 photos, 1 countersigned – see website for who can sign

• BOTH birth certificates.

4. NIE Comisaria de Policia Nacional, Avenida de la Paz, s/n, Ibiza, 07800. Tel 971 398 831

• Application Form, completed and signed.

• Form 790, completed, signed and stamped by a bank to say the 10.40€ fee was paid.

• Child’s passport, plus a copy.

• Parent’s Passport, Tarjeta Sanitaria and NIE, plus copies.

• Libro de familia, plus a copy.

• Parent’s last 2 nominas (pay slips), plus cop-ies.

• Evidence of income in Spain. Stamped copies of bank statements for the last six months. Online printout’s may be rejected.

5. Social Security www.seg-social.es

Avenida de Espana, 57

• Parent Passports and NIE.

• Child Passport and NIE.

• Libro de familia.

• Parent’s tarjeta sanitaria You will receive a Documento Acreditivo Del Dere-cho Asistencia Sanitaria

6. Tarjeta Sanitaria (Medical Card) Local Medical Centre (San Antonio has an office in reception)

• Documento Acreditivo del Derecho Asistencia Sanitaria

• Photo of Child (Spanish Passport size)

• Parent and Child’s NIE’s.

• Parent and Child’s Passports.

• Form Modelo 046 – taken to the bank within 5 days, stamped and paid 10.54€ (current price at time of print)

New mum and Ibiza Sun correspondent Carly Sorrenson, takes us through her own journey in the procedures for the registration of baby and obtaining the various required documentation.

Please note that this information is provided in all good faith how-ever as we all know Spanish procedures can change often and will not always follow what is known to be the correct procedure in any given circumstance. We would appreciate your feedback if your experience of any of the steps detailed is different or changes over time so that we can advice readers accordingly.


School News

Ferns

John Hitchin Ferns are a plant that can be grown both inside and outside the house and there are both hardy and tender varieties. The hardy varieties prefer shady moist conditions and are easily grown. Most types need a neutral or alkaline soil but some such as the Thelypteris or Blechneum varieties need an acidic soil to grow in. They all need shade or dappled shade and regular watering when they are first planted so in an Ibiza garden they would need to be irrigated to keep the soil moist even when they are established. As hardy ferns will survive a frost with some of them even keeping their leaves through the winter they are an ideal plant for Shady areas in a garden in Ibiza. Once the new spring shoots start showing the old leaves should be cut off to allow the new growth to thrive.

The tender ferns can be grown indoors or outside as long as the temperature does not drop below 10-15 deg c otherwise they should be grown in a green house or conservatory but they will need to be kept out of direct sunlight and be kept moist at all times. Propagation of ferns can be car-ried out in several ways some ferns produce small plantlets known as Bulbils which grow amongst the leaves which are known as fronds and these are propagated by pinning down the frond with Bulbils on them into potting compost until they grow roots they can be separated and potted on and planted out about6 months later. Ferns also produce small cap-sules known as Sporangia which produce large numbers of spores underneath them which can be sown on potting compost. These will then produce small growths that will produce both male and female organs.

The male organs will then pro-duce sperm which will swim across the surface of the growths and fertilize the females. This method may take between 18 and 24 months before the ferns can be planted out so it would take a real enthusiast to propa-gate in this way. One of the ways in which ferns add to a garden is that their fronds or leaves add a different type of texture amongst the leaves of other shrubs and trees which is caused by the refraction of light. Therefore planting them amongst plants with variegated or silvery leaves adds interest to a garden all year round and even though some people think they are a boring plant they are a worthwhile addition to any shrub of flower bed if careful thought is taken about where to plant them. [email protected] www.danieltylerlandscapes.com

I went five times in total. Every time the list of documents I needed was added to. To get an idea of it watch the short film '036' on youtube. This is the list of documents I needed: • Application form, com-

pleted and signed. • Form 790, completed,

signed and stamped by a bank to say the 10.40 euro fee was paid.

• Ela's passport, plus a copy. • My passport, tarjeta sani-

taria and NIE, plus copies. • Libro de familia, plus a

copy. • My last 2 nominas (pay

slips), plus copies. • Evidence of income in

Spain. I took printed, stamped copies of the last two maternity payments to go into my Spanish bank account and a printed, stamped copy of my bank statement for the last six months. A friend said she'd taken printouts from her online account but they were rejected as the bank needs to stamp them.

On the day I finally got the NIE, the officer looked slowly and carefully through all my docu-ments and asked to see her birth certificate. I'd come prepared for this. I smiled triumphantly and handed over the originals and copies, asking if he wanted to keep the copies for his records. He didn't. Defeated, he raised an eyebrow, glanced at the bulging folder in which I carried abso-lutely every document the Span-ish or British authorities had ever issued me, sighed and produced Ela's NIE card. I almost cheered. Carly one, bureaucracy nil. • Comisaria de Policia Na-

cional, Avenida de la Paz, s/n, Ibiza, 07800. Tel 971 398 831

Document 5: Social Security number and form to say that baby has a right to medical card.

To do anything at the social secu-rity office, you first need to make a 'cita' or appointment. DON'T go to the office at Avenida de Espana, 57 in Ibiza to get one as they won't make appointments. This must be done online at

www.seg-social.es. Click on the 'Cita Previa' box on the right of the home screen, then follow the steps. You'll receive an appointment, and an email con-firming the appointment. You'll also get a text nearer the time to remind you when your appoint-ment is. If only this were avail-able for NIE's! On the day of the appointment I went along to the office with: • Mine and Ela's passports

and NIE's. • Libro de familia. • My tarjeta sanitaria A lovely, smiley lady made copies

of it all, did a bit of typing, then issued me with a 'Documento Acreditivo Del Derecho Asisten-cia Sanitaria' and instructions to take this, a Spanish passport sized photo of my baby (slightly smaller than UK passport sized, photographer will know what you need if you tell him what it's for) and the same documents I'd pre-sented today, along to my medi-cal centre to get Ela's tarjeta sanitaria.

Document 6: Tarjeta Sanitaria (Medical card)

To get this you need to make two visits to your local medical cen-tre. Mine in San Antonio has a dedicated office for medical cards in reception, and I presume the others do too. On the first visit you need to hand over your 'Documento Acreditivo Del Derecho Asisten-cia Sanitaria', baby's passport photo and your and your baby's NIEs and passports whilst the official puts your baby's info into the system and scans the photo. You then get three copies of a form called 'modelo 046'. Take these to the bank and pay the fee of 10.54 within five days. Once paid, make sure the forms are stamped. You have up to a month to go back to the medical centre and exchange one of the forms for your baby's tarjeta sanitaria. Easy when you know how!

Summary

It's taken three and a half months to get all the documents neces-sary to make Ela 'official'. I've been through a lot of unnecessary too-ing and fro-ing, a great deal of queuing and dealt with innu-merable government workers� some friendly and helpful, others grumpy and officious. At times I would have happily received an-other epidural as an alternative. Or administered one to the un-smiling automaton bleating scripted responses at me from the other side of the desk Anything to make the whole process less painful. I hope that this article takes some of the pain away for you. However, do remember that Spanish bureaucratic rules are as murky and changeable as the British weather, so what was required for me may not be the same for you. If you can afford it, pay a Gestoria to do it all for you. Failing that, take originals and copies of every document ever issued to you, your partner or your child to each appointment you attend. And a Spanish speak-ing friend if yours isn't up to much. Oh, and a hefty dose of patience. Good luck!

In Next Week’s Ibiza Sun The Santa Gertrudis Fan Club—we talk to Jo and Charlie

Ibiza Markets—who, why, what, when and how

All your regulars and much more

Gardeners Corner..

School Absenteeism.

Ibiza has the highest number of unjustified school absences of any of the Balearic islands. 149 pupils missed between 25-50% of their classes, 168 missed be-tween 10-25% & 554 pupils were said to be sporadic in their absences from school in the 2012-13 school year. Not only did absenteeism increase on the island but so did very bad behav-iour with 362 cases being re-corded. In total there were 3.068 reported cases of behav-ioural problems amongst children attending our schools & colleges. It will be interesting to wait & hear the official explanation of these figures from the education authorities. Representatives of the teachers are saying that it is normal that there is an increase in bad behaviour & conflict be-tween pupils as well as between pupils & the teaching staff. Small classes are easy to control but the school population has in-creased by 20% & teaching staff numbers have been cut.

School Playground Still Closed After 16 Months.

A large area of the playground at the Es Vedra school in San Agustin is still cordoned off 16 months after the parents first complained to the authorities about the dangerous condition of the installation. After the school was renovated in 2012, new basket ball nets were installed but the playing surface was left with an earth covering. Several manholes protruded up to 10cms above the surface making it dan-gerous for the children to use the court. At the time this area was cordoned off & remains that way today. Another play area was left without the installation of the rides or a protective cork floor-ing. Also play areas have been left without the provision of shade from the sun. Repeated promises by the educational au-thorities to repair these play ar-eas have not been fulfilled & now the parents are fed up with the situation & are calling for imme-diate action.

Slower Implementation Of 3 Language Education.

Whilst from 2014-2015, pri-mary schools will be teaching children in 3 languages, Span-ish, Catalan & English, the sec-ondary schools will have longer to introduce the same system. Starting with the lower year groups in the secondary schools & colleges, teaching in English will be introduced in a less inten-sive way to eventually reach the desired 3 language education of all school years by 2017. Though going some way to please the teaching unions by offering more flexibility, the teachers still feel that this new calender, set up by the educa-tional authorities, isn't realistic given the technical difficulties they face in implementing a tri-lingual education system in the Baleares.


Claire B

Beach bars open around Ibiza Town

Now that the days are getting longer and warmer the island’s beach bars and restau-rants are starting to open. Here’s where is open/opening soon. • Salinas: Jockey Club –

April 4 • Es Cavallet: La

Escollera open • Playa D’en Bossa:

JD’s open on Sat and Sun, Hulalai open on Sat and Sun, White open every day, Lips open every day, Nas-sau Beach Club opens on April 5

• Figueretes: Bistro Magnus, All Café Bis-tro and América are all open

• Talamanca: Bar Flo-

tante, Hostal Talamanca, Bellamar are all open

• Waterfront in Ibiza Town/Marina Botafoch: Mar y Sol, Calma, Cappuccino (Marina and Botafoch)

Medieval Festival

• Ibiza Town (Dalt Vila/La Marina) – May 9-11

Every year at the beginning of May Ibiza celebrates its World Heritage Site status with a Me-dieval Festival, within and around the streets of Dalt Vila. The streets are decorated for the event, and are filled with market stalls with stallholders dressed up in medieval costumes, selling everything from crafts, clothes, jewellery, food and drinks, and there will be live entertainment and performances throughout the

town. The festival opens on Fri-day May 9 at 18.30 with fire-works in the Reina Sofia Park with fireworks and continues throughout the weekend. There will be more about the festival nearer the time, but be sure to put this in your diary as its worth experiencing.

International Music Summit –

• Playa D’en Bossa and Dalt Vila – May 21-23

The 7th International Music Summit (IMS) returns to Ibiza from May 21-23, but will be taking place in a new venue, The Hard Rock Hotel in Playa D’en Bossa. The highlight for locals is usually the two parties held in Dalt Vila, and this year’s line-up has just been announced. Thursday May 22: Manu Gon-zalez, Pretty Lights (Live), An-

nie Mac, Pete Tong and Steve Angello. Friday May 23: Marino Canal, Bob Moses (Live), George Fitz-gerald, Anabel Englund (Live), Eats Everything, Seth Troxler and Jamie Jones. Tickets for each night are on sale for 40€. Full details at:

www.internationalmusicsummit.com

Art exhibitions in Ibiza Town

• Expo Art - Sala de Cultura

Sa Nostra-Consell de Ibiza, C/ Aragón, 17 – March 20-May 9

An exhibition of work from 34 of the artists from AMAE (the Aso-ciación Multi Arte de Eivissa). The work on show includes paintings (still lives, landscapes, abstract art) and sculptures. Open Monday to Friday 11.00-14.00 and 17.00-20.30. • Jose Rosales - Es Polvorí,

Baluarte de Santa Llucia –

Until March 30 An exhibition of paintings by Ibizan artist Josep Rosales. The exhibition is in the cultural space below the Bastion of Santa Llucia in Dalt Vila (behind the terrace bar). Free entrance. Open 10.00-13.30 and 16.00-18.30 (shut on Mondays). • Museum of Contemporary

Art (MACE), Ronda Narcís Puget, Dalt Vila

• The Museum of Contempo-rary Art (MACE) in Dalt Vila currently has two tem-porary exhibitions.

Extrems (Extremes) features works from the museum’s collec-tion from the 1960s. Works are on show by Bechtold, Floris, Broner, Micus, Zush/Evru, Flanagan, Vedova, Schlosser, Hausmann, Le Parc, Tàpies, Gordillo, Dmitrienko, Hinterre-iter, Vallribera, Broto, Faber, Tur Costa, Echarri, Portmany and others.

Active Ibiza ... Claire B has been on neighbourhood watch in her home ground around Ibiza Town and Playa D’en Bossa.

Here takes us through some ideas for April and great events coming up.

Could you be a Claire? We would love to hear from anybody in the North of the Island or San Antonio who is interested in taking up their local beat as a com-munity writer. Email for an information pack.

[email protected]

RugbySpy Ibiza Tens

• Can Misses Football Stadium, Ibiza – June 6-8 The second RugbySpy Tens tournament returns to Ibiza at the be-ginning of June. This year it’s been expanded to take place over three days with 40 men and women’s rugby teams from around the world expected to compete in the knockout tournament, which will also include DJs and bands. The finals take place on the Sunday and the event will come to a close with a live gig from the one and only Happy Mondays. Tickets are priced at £45 for all three days, includ-ing all the after play events and Happy Mondays. For info and tickets

www.rubgyspy.com


Alex & Nell

Local faves Alex & Nell are packing up their bags and head-ing off into the big wide world. Well Majorca anyway. It’s your last chance to catch them. Will there be tears? Nell ran through their last Ibiza gigs ... Apr 5th - Can Xicu, San Josep

from 4-7pm Then at 9 - 1 2 p m same day, we play in Mon-tana in Santa Eu- l a r i a which is like the n e w Sandys. April 13th is the big f i e s t a jam session at Raco V e r d from 3pm. Fiesta prices on food and drink and e v e r y -one's welcome!

Marathon Man Many people will know Lee John as the running man. Lee kindly agreed to tell us a little more about a very special passion in his life. Originally I started back in the day on the Butlins/Haven sites, eventually joining Ibiza for 13 odd sea-sons after starting for Club 18-30 back in 1998 in Lloret De Mar. They say you can take the boy out of the West End but can’t take it out of the boy, which is all so true. I started my Ibiza days working for

Julian Cobby from Simples and then got more and more involved in mainstream club events in and around the island eventually joining Eden and Judgement Sundays which I can say were some of the best days of my life! My recent Barcelona Marathon came around after I started running 2 years ago whilst on tour in Australia. Running for the official Bone Cancer Research Team charity I entered and run London in 2013, with that and Berlin in Septem-ber 2013 I have raised approx £4000 for BCRT. I was fortunate to do Berlin with 3 friends who also run and had such a good time that we planned a 2014 marathon schedule including; Barcelona, Madrid, Newcastle, Berlin and New York to name a few. So far so good and only 2 weeks till the Shef-field half and 5 weeks till Madrid. No rest for the wicked as they say. Barcelona was good fun, nice and warm at 26deg c, only 17,000 runners but best of all after an intense 5 months train-ing (including hill training in the Peak District) I achieved a new PB of 3hr34min. Good times and more to be had when I take on Berlin again in September and go for a sub 3hr30min finish! f anyone would like to donate to my charity Bone Cancer Research Team for my previous and/or up and coming marathons (Sheffield 6th April / Madrid 27th April / Great North 7th Sept / Berlin 28th Sept / New York 2nd Nov) y o u c a n s i m p l y a d d f u n d s to [email protected] on Paypal. Your support is always greatly appreciated

Opening Hippy Market 2014:

Wednesday, 2nd of April 2014, 1 0 . 0 0 - 1 8 . 0 0 h Enjoy a great day at this years first Hippy Market of Punta Arabí, the authentic one of Ibiza. We have live perform-ances from Jon Michell Trio at our tent "La Carpa" at 14 h, Azibi will play at the "Painters square" and Benidrums at the entrance. All this is surrounded by fantastic stalls with exclusive handmade products, fashion and products from all over the world. Don't miss it! In late May we inaugurate our

corner for the little ones, where they can create their own souve-nir of the Hippy Market or join other workshop while the par-ents relax at the snack bar "Hippy Kids". During the season we are plan-ning to do a photo exhibition of a photographer from Barcelona who did a photo documentary in the 70ies about the Hippie era in Ibiza and especially in the Hippy Market of Punta Arabí. Please visit our to stay informed about news and events of this season.

www.hippymarket.info

Ibiza Rugby Club. Those that know, know. Those that don’t know will be very confused


. The Far East

The 2 Old Rockers Mum’s Day. Just in case you need a reminder, it’s Mother’s Day in the UK this Sunday 30th March. Many of aren’t lucky enough to have our mums or children here on the island so instead we take our wives/partners out on behalf of our children, who then of course “always” refund the cost of the meal out. So where to go? Over here on the sunrise side of the island we’ve learned the good news that Bar Mariposa on the Pueblo Asparagus are re-opening this coming Saturday 29th March and are offering their very popular Sunday Roast on Sunday 30th March, Mother’s Day, and every Sunday until further notice. Such has been the demand in the past that reserva-tions are strongly recom-mended� especially on special occasions such as Mother’s Day. In addition to this the Mariposa offer some superb food from a truly amazing English breakfast, Daily Specials and mouth-watering salads. (see their ad for contact info). Restaurant La Casita on Val-verde are one of the islands 12 restaurants recommended in the 2014 Michelin Guide. This comes as no surprise to us and many others that have ex-perienced the high quality of the restaurants food and service, so where better to go for a “Definitive dining experience” that La Casita always achieve to provide. The amazingly excellent Desgustacion Menu served on Saturdays and Sundays just has to be tried. (see their ad for res-ervation info). Where ever you decide to go or whatever you decide to do, make it a special day.

A Sad Farewell. It was with great sadness that we learned that Carole Davidson had passed away on Wednesday 19th March aged 60 following a long and bravely borne illness. Carole was the wife of singer/guitarist Barry Davidson and it is ironic that it would have been their 41st wedding anniversary on Monday 24th March, the day of her internment. Carole was a lovely lady� she was probably Barry’s greatest fan and loved to hear him play his steel guitar. We would like to offer Barry his family and friends our sincere condolences.

Letter from Juan

Juan I am ashamed to say as a local Sant Josep/San Augustin inhabi-tant I haven’t been up in Sant Josep for all of the celebrations of Sant Josep day. Although I should really say Sant Josep month! I even missed out on Flower Power night! I am sorry but it never ceases to amaze me what people see in flower power night, mind you I speak as a per-son who was living in the USA in the sixties and I couldn’t see the appeal of it then. I must have been born an old fuddy duddy. It also amazes me that these Saint days celebrations go on for a month, sorry over a month from 8th March to the 12th April. So maybe I still have time to have a go on the bouncy castle or I should say the bouncy pirate ship. So if you are at a loose end check out Sant Josep there is bound to be something happening in or around the area, like next Saturday you can go to the Ver-tical Climbing Centre (at the old Clown school buildings) and try your hand at, yes you’ve guessed it vertical climbing. Sounds too scary and too much like hard work I think I will stick to hori-zontal climbing or more com-monly known as walking. As I am in warning mode we are ap-proaching the time of year when the white wine vintages start to change. You will start to see 2013 wines appearing on the shelf, so if there is a particular wine you like you might consider stocking up on it as the new wine may not taste the same or if you are like me over the next two months I will be making sure I pick up the 2013 bottles as I don’t believe that most of the less expensive wine keep very well, I like them young and fresh – no rude comments please! So what-ever your tipple, I hope you have a great week. Cheers, Juan.

View From the Pew

Lynne Pamplin The English-speaking Church THOUGHT FOR THE WEEK: Give us today our daily bread. Forgive us our sins as we forgive those who sin against us. These words follow on from last week's Thought for the Week from the Lord's Prayer. Jesus shows that it is not wrong to ask for things for ourselves, but with a limitation! “Our daily bread” represents what we really need, and just for the immediate. We

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Call for Action

I'm writing this as a call for action (before more tourists ar-rive) as we can see a lot more incidents like this happening and to be honest are thankful noth-

i n g h a s h a p p e n e d b e -fore. (Although I believe there have been some before we ar-rived on the Island). There was an accident this morning when a mother and small 3/4 year old child riding a bike went off the sea walk in front of Hotel Tropical Gardens St Eulalia. (The grandfather also riding bike was in front fortunately he didn't go off) At approx 10.30/45 we saw people running around outside the front of our prop-erty. Emergency services were called and they did perform a text book rescue from the stony beach approx 16/18ft below. Briefly - the child ''Mattie'' seemed fine and I hope he has just escaped with a few scratches to his face the Mum has been taken to Can Misses hospital I expect for a full back/neck scan. I very much hope they are all OK. The narrow pathway is just in front of the log and is not even a metre wide. Who should we contact to get this widened? Apparently its protected trees. Can anybody help with who they should contact? Please drop us an email and we’ll pass it on.

Sooooo Happy

I am soooo happy I read the Ibiza Sun on-line last week about the price of fuel in Ibiza. We usually wait until we get here to fuel up but decided to get off the motorway in Spain + called in a little village where we put 100 litres of diesel in our van at only 1'221€/ltr we were

shocked to see diesel here at 1'409€/ltr it is usually cheaper here. What is happening Ibiza? Chris + Roy

Easter Fundraiser

Dear Charity Supporters. I’m pleased to tell you all that last Sunday’s Charity Walk raised a total of 458,50€ with 18 people turning up to enjoy the morning out. If you were unable to take part then remem-ber there will be another oppor-tunity this coming Saturday when a another walk takes place meeting at Bar Noella in Sta Eulalia at 9-30am lasting about 2 hours. Please bring your spon-sorship money with you. For more information please call me on 971 196394. This year’s Easter Fair will be held on Saturday 19th April 19-3 0 a m t o 4 p m a t Bar del Cruce San Rafael. (sorry readers—it can’t be 19.30a.m. but it’s too late to check—It’s sometime in the morning anyway.) I’m appealing for donations of items for stalls that will be sell-ing, PLANTS – HOME MADE CAKES – JAMS & CHUT-NEYS - JEWELLERY – BOOKS – BRIC A BRAC – TOYS - NEARLY NEW CLOTHES – DVDs – VIDEOS – TOMBOLAS. Prizes are also needed for the raffle which will be drawn at 3pm followed by the Grand Auction will take place at 3-30pm. Donations can be left at Thomas Greens in San Antonio are call me on 971 196394. Thanking you in anticipation of your support and I look forward to seeing you at the fair. Marga-ret Nawaz. Proceeds to Age Concern & the Homeless—Please come along & support us.

Dear Nick Gibbs

I took exception to your com-ments in the Ibiza Sun last week. We have recently moved to an unfamiliar part of England, a picturesque village where the people are warm and friendly and helpful, (they are now look-ing after our home whilst we are away!). People in our village are certainly not miserable! Perhaps they are in London, although I think most London residents would fiercely contest that! Conversely, since coming to Ibiza for a part of each year, we have been served with a denun-cia by a neighbour, (despite our community presidente opposing

it and supporting us), we have witnessed our community meet-ing turn into a drunken brawl, we have been robbed, (once seri-ously and one attempted), our garden plants have been stolen and our TV satellite dish regu-larly interfered with! So please don't make unfair comparisons which only serve to sound smug and self satisfied. Without want-ing to cast aspersions on your community, when all is said and done, Ibiza has a very mixed population and although beauti-ful and having a delightful cli-mate, is still a holiday island with its own Mafiosi, corruption, drugs and criminals and with a level of hedonism even the an-cient Romans would have baulked at! None of which we have to contend with back home! Best of luck with the paper, Pat (not an ex-pat) You are quite right Pat, it is always wrong to generalise a nation, I apologise. Perhaps it is our respective approaches to hedonism that result in me be-ing better suited here and you there. I’d never think it some-thing to contend with. When I was writing last week’s editorial my wife said she was surprised how restrained I had been. She will be reassured to know I managed to upset some-body when on my best behav-iour. You are also quite right about the denuncia culture Pat, some-thing many of us will never understand. I hope you have some fond and positive memo-ries of Ibiza, I guess there must be some connection there or you wouldn’t be reading our humble publication. Thanks for the best wishes and the same to you and your fam-ily.

Bring back Dan

Dan has gone and also the prompt Ibiza sun,It is 1 week since Dan left and what happens to the promp publication,It all went west,A avid reader Thanks for that, a really super letter. I was wondering, whether I could interest you in a job at the newspaper. You look like just our kind of chap.

Postbag


have to trust God for the future. And it's no good asking for wealth, fast cars – or whatever is our idea of luxury: Jesus only mentions our real needs. The next part of the prayer reminds us that we have a God who forgives. We are encouraged to ask him to forgive us for the things we have done wrong, and he loves to do it. But look what follows. Jesus taught us to ask for God's for-giveness in the same way that we for-give others! Have you ever said, “I can't forgive him (or her).” Or, even if you have tried to forgive someone who has offended you, or hurt you, have you found it easy? I don't think of myself as an unforgiving person, but I definitely find it hard to forgive at times, and have to work at it. It's even worse when I have to forgive a person who has hurt someone I love. We have a God who will forgive any-one who asks him, and of course asking him for forgiveness is an admission of our guilt. But we need to be equally forgiving when people have treated us badly. Failing to forgive can actually make us very miserable. It can turn to hate, it can split families, destroy friendships, and make us bitter. When-ever we repeat the Lord's Prayer, we are saying, in effect, that we will for-

give those who have injured us. It's hard to do it, but with God's help, we can. THIS WEEK Sunday 30th March: 11.30 Informal Service followed by lunch at S辿ort de Can Masia, near Santa Eulalia (See Ibiza Ibis or ring 971 33 98 35 for directions.) Monday 31st March: Lent course 10.30 at S'Hort de Can Masia Friday 4th April: Lent course 18.00 at Can Bagot (Chaplaincy House) LOOKING AHEAD Sunday 6th April: 09.30 BCP Holy Communion at San Rafael Church 11.00 Service of the Word with Praise & Worship at San Rafael Church

contact the Locum Chaplain on 971 34 33 83 or email: [email protected]

Food Appeal for Caritas

From the English-speaking church on Ibiza Every year since the crisis, more and more people struggle to put food on the table. CARITAS in San Antonio supply more than 90 families in the bay area and San Jose with basic necessities, and run a soup kitchen for over 40

homeless people every day. They ur-gently need more Colacao, flour, sugar, tinned food, and disposable nappies in all sizes. All branches of CARITAS on the island help to supply food to people in their area who are in need. In Santa Eulalia, they specially need biscuits, spaghetti, sugar and lemons or or-anges. If you can spare a tin or packet of any-thing - please drop it in the baskets. Ongoing collecting points are at Tho-mas Green’s British Supermarket in San Antonio and The White Island Cornershop in Santa Eulalia, where non-perishable food can be dropped off in the basket or extra items bought for it! Any and every kind of non-perishable foods are welcome. The English-speaking church collects food on behalf of CARITAS around Christmas and Easter so people can have something more to help them cele-brate the holidays. There will be a bas-ket near the altar of the church of San Rafael during this time for anyone who would like to drop off food there, as well as a basket at the altar at all the English-speaking church services until Easter. It’s been a long winter for many, so please help! Thank you, and God bless.

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Several positive comments re the crossword and none negative—so I hope we have found a good compiler.

Jack Wharrie Two fathers and two sons go fishing one morning in the hope of a good catch for their dinner. They manage to catch 3 big fish. Everything else they have caught they throw back. That night they each had a whole fish for their dinner. How was this possible? The correct numbers for last week’s magic square 2 9 4 7 5 3 6 1 8 (All lines add up to 15) L a s t Week’s

C r o s s -word An-swer

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Community Doris Loves The World LIQUID ASSETS

doris, the new age guru Next year, five years since me Dad died, High time to face music, assets liquified, I've taken precautions, laid extra towel, To catch remnants from big dog's bowel, She suffered outburst, spattered on floors, Carpets wrung out, weekend on all fours, Then me little one cried, unable to move, Spasms in her spine, but I couldn't prove If was discal hernia or old age arthritis, Like me, aches all over, geriatric-itis, Drops, pills, cortisone, injected back, Wrapped in little coat in a woolly sack, Today me bosoms, squidged in mangle, What webs we weave, tubes in a tangle, Next week dentist, then check me eyes, All set for future, easily downsize, Ćos hoarding Dad's paper, (not toilet kind), Traps me with files in a double bind, So aim to clear out in all sorts of ways, So that I can relish happy simple days, Where life's beautiful, not stuck in mire, Time for dead wood on a funeral pyre, It can join toxic waste and if hits the fan, I'll escape to mountain in me hippy van ! Meanwhile I've to face Inland Revenue, They want pounds of flesh thoít´s not due, P´raps I'll send more than they bargain for, Dog hair and residue from me front door, Teabags and diarrhoea – they can liquidate, Tired of bowing to them, before it's too late I'll surprise them in post with a fat cheque, While I catch rays upstairs on me roof deck, Where I can pontificate on greater things, Like how to make world peace from angel wings, Or how to heal waters of our troubled earth, Yes, it's time to let go to create new birth. Luv doris, the new age gurux www.dorisandfriends.com email: [email protected]


Ligament Damage.

Kevin Ligaments are part of the skeletal system as they connect bone to bone around (and sometimes in) a joint or articulation. They are composed of strong fibrous tissue, very similar to tendons which connect muscle to bone. There are other types of ligaments such as periodontal ligaments that attach the teeth to the bones of the mandible and the maxilla. But nor-mally when we refer to ligament, we are referring to those that attach bone to bone, which are more precisely called articular ligaments. They offer stability to a joint, normally limiting and sometimes preventing certain movements. This is important in all joints but particularly relevant to the knee. One of the problems with ligament damage is that they have relatively poor blood supply, unlike muscles, therefore do not easily heal and cannot regenerate by themselves. Sometimes

surgical repair is necessary so a complete recovery can be made. O t h e r m o r e chronic injuries occur when liga-m e n t s a r e stretched, particularly over a pro-longed period of time. A good example would be people who have wide hips, their walking style or gait, normally puts extra stress on the medial collat-eral ligament (on the inside) of the knee. The natural movement of the knee is only flexion and extension. So the collateral ligaments should be tight, preventing rotation and side flexion of the knee. However if over time these ligaments become slack or stretched they offer less stability to the knee causing pain and a greater chance of injury, and repetition of the same injury. Inside the knee the cruci-ate ligaments (anterior and posterior) prevent over-extension and hyper-f lex- ion. The tests for these liga-

ment injuries of the knee are relatively simple. If when placing stress on the knee during a specific move-ment causes pain the test is said to be positive, this means the ligament is dam-aged. For example the ante-rior drawer examination takes seconds to perform and tests the integrity of the anterior cruciate ligament. Ligaments are found around the vast majority of joints to give stability. It can be difficult to diagnose liga-ment damage of internal

joints, e.g. those of the spinal column. Firstly there are many: intraspinous, supraspinous and facet capsular liga-ments to name a few and these are found between each of the 24 verte-brae. Muscle and tendon damage have similar symptoms and can arise in the same area. However the treatment is similar. In an acute aggravation or injury cold should be applied to limit inflammation, followed by rest, com-pression and elevation if appropriate. These early steps should minimise pain. Not resting enough can be counter productive. If a damaged or stretched ligament isn’t given enough time to ‘reset’ then repetitive innocu-ous movements may cause further aggravation, delaying functional re-covery and increasing pain. Later if properly administered, mas-sage can increase blood flow to the area removing toxins and opening the area to more oxygen allowing more rapid healing. Localised heat can also aid this process. Gentle stretching may also be included in a managed rehabili-tation programme. If you would like me to address any health related topic, please get in touch via The Ibiza Sun or at the email below. Kevin works as a nurse and sports massage therapist. Tel 634527800 [email protected]

ARIES - Five of Cups You’re never one to hang about if feeling unappreciated so best you don’t look back on what might have been. Cut your losses and stride forward to a brighter, better future. Much water has passed under the bridge regard-ing events that transpired last year; hanging on to resentment will only bring you more of the same. For-give and release. TAURUS - Ten of cups This card’s so in its element in sensual Taurus. What's not to love about you this week? Others seek your company, with one or two of them proving useful allies especially where aspirations lay career wise; they can help to turn dreams into realities. Romantically you'll be beating them off with a stick, but be careful not upset the applecart! GEMINI - The Wheel of Fortune Hold on to your hat Gemini; be prepared for a hectic week. Juggling personal and professional engagements will be stressful at times. You like to think you're master or mistress of your own ship however, be prepared for others to cause unexpected excitement or drama in your life. You alone must decide if this is a good or bad thing! CANCER - The World Your world is probably much more intimate than other signs. If all ticks along nicely with no cloud on the hori-zon; then all’s good. This week however, you’ve decided that change is the only way forward. This is down to a desire for more sweeping life changes. You’re preparing the ground for future success; therefore coming across as more confidently. LEO - Five of Wands Wands are ruled by the element of fire as is LEO which makes for a sensitive and combustible week. This is however, a healing time as you finally get to grips with clearing the emotional baggage that's recently cramped your style. By all means clear the, but use some humour not a blow torch to get your point across. VIRGO - Justice A week to do a number of things that hopefully brings a sense of balance and perspective to life. However, you’re in the mood to settle old scores and are heartily fed up with those who ignore warnings not to cross your line of sand. Review lifestyle choices; is it time to look into better health, diet and fitness regimes? LIBRA - Six of Cups Close friendships and relationships will mean so much to you this week and you'll have a greater understanding of why the ones you love are in your life. Single Libra’s could even meet and be attracted to someone who's not normally their type and may have the curious feeling that they’ve met them before. It's a Karma drama! SCORPIO - Four of Cups You’d be right to be cautious over committing to what looks like a great opportunity this week. The indica-tions are that a brighter prospect is heading your way and by jumping into something through desperation will only lead to later regrets and a sense of having missed out. Don’t be so anxious; be discerning and have more faith. SAGITTARIUS - Knight of Wands Take opportunities to travel; especially for career or to further your education. The people you meet and what you will learn could end up having a big impact on your future. Creative Sagittarians do especially well this week as others are more than willing to back your bright ideas. New business opportunities will also flourish and colleagues have your back. CAPRICORN - Three of Disks Ambitious Capricorns need to take a close look at excit-ing business; especially if it means going into partner-ship with one or more people. Although there is defi-nitely money to be made, make sure you read the small print before signing any legally binding documents. Also, make sure you're able to commit the time and finances to make new ventures succeed. AQUARIUS - Seven of cups Expect the unexpected this week Aquarius - in a good way. This is a fortuitous time when new opportunities are being presented almost on a daily basis. You must however, crack on with the projects in-hand if you are to see the signs of success. With so much heading your way though, it’s hard to decide what to do first! PISCES - Temperance Keep a clear head regarding business matters. It's good to have a dream, but you are still in the planning stage and more patience is required before you roll out the next phase of a venture. Be assured you are on the right track; and if you believe in angels, there are a few around in human form this week.

Astroblog March 2014 Part4

Ibiza Astrologer Well, since last week the Sun has moved into Aries, and Russia has moved into Ukraine. In Egypt some 529 Muslims are sentenced to death, ostensibly for crimes against the state, but realistically because of their religion. In astrological and political parallels to pre-WW2, we see fas-cism under various flags arising worldwide. The technical bit I explained last week, and adding the warning that we will be into 2016 before the current head of steam decreases. Another parallel to history is the call by Britain’s military men to strengthen its forces rather than deplete them. ‘Speak softly, but carry a big stick’ goes the adage, and it may well be that as in 1939, the big stick will be too late in readi-ness to prevent further bullying and aggression. If it does carry on, who will stand up to the bullies? Wretchedly, we the spectators are brainwashed by the preva-lent doctrine. Typically we are told that fascism is a right-wing philosophy, and democracy is a left-wing philosophy. Both are lauded, both are condemned. Promises of a ‘new freedom’ by both regimes always carry in their shadow the reality of an imposed doctrine. One of my teachers defined it thus: “Come soon the revolution my friend, then everyone will wear top hats and smoke big cigars”. Timidly, the reply…. “But I don’t want to wear a top hat and smoke big cigars…..” “Come the revolution my friend, then everyone WILL wear top hats and smoke big cigars”! And so it is today, across the world. We all do (mostly) what we are told is best for us. Challenge, or dare to think and speak differently results in someone being ‘offended’. Oh my….. the calamity that we should ‘offend’ someone. As Salman Rushdie succinctly put it: Freedom does not truly exist unless there is the right to offend. And for the coming week..? Well the weekend should prove exciting, with a New Moon in Aries on Sunday, but preceding that on Saturday, the Moon crosses the equator in a Northerly direction, which together suggests some dramatic weather, tides and geological upheavals – earthquakes to you and me… Saturday will also ‘little local difficulties’ as Mercury conjuncts Chiron to deliver a lesson or two, and Venus squares Saturn, suggesting a lovers tiff, or a hard bargain somewhere. Weather wise, the New Moon is not promising anything nice, in fact it’s difficult to find much nice to say about the chart! Cold windy and wet for a week or so it seems. A few warm days I’m sure, but I feel we may well have been spoiled by the hot days of late. Well, life goes on thankfully….. better than the alternative we believe. Despite all that we feel critical of, we should count our blessings one by one. The Cosmos blesses….. be truly thank-ful!

Tarotscope 26 March-2April 14.

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Lamb & Date Tagine

Danny Ortega

Ingredients Lamb - either a shank per person or shoulder chopped into portions Onions - chopped Carrots - chopped Red & green peppers - chopped Celery - chopped Leek - split washed and chopped Parsnips - chopped Garlic (lots) - chopped Tin of tomatoes Half litre of water or stock Table spoon tomato purée Table spoon of Harissa or fresh chilli - chopped Dates - chopped Jar of chick peas (optional) Ras Al Hanout - shop bought or make your own (below). Salt & pepper M e r g u e z s a u s a g e s

(optional) Chicken pieces (optional) This is a delicious recipe that is simple to make. Method The first thing is to get hold of or make is your spice mix 'Ras Al Hanout' Which translates as 'head of the shop' and implies a mixture of the best spices the seller has to offer! I have been lucky enough to buy said mixture in the souks of Marrakech. The beauty of Ras Al Hanout is that it's not an exact mixture. It is a shop keepers choice therefore making it isn't a science more a bit of this a bit of that. Around a teaspoon of each : ginger, paprika, cinnamon, mace, all spice, coriander seeds, nutmeg,

turmeric, black pepper, cayenne pepper, fennel seeds, cloves. Grind all to a fine powder. Don't be put off by the multitude of spices above! If you only have a few of the list, no problems. Heat the oven to 160oC I have used just lamb for this recipe although a mix-ture of lamb and chicken is a beautiful combination and the addition of merguez sausages completes a great ménage a trois. Smother meat in a table-spoon or 2 of the Ras Al Hanout and leave for as long as possible (overnight in the fridge ideally). In a casserole dish fry the merguez sausages (if us-ing) & all your vegetables on a low heat until soft. Season with salt & pepper

Now add another table-spoon of Ras Al Hanout, the tomato purée and the Harissa/chilli and fry for a minute or 2 Now add the chick peas and the chopped dates. Add the lamb to the casse-role dish and the tin of tomatoes, water or stock. Bring to the boil then transfer to the pre heated oven and forget about it for a few hours. If using chicken pieces then add an hour or so before the end of cooking time. I have used chopped dates as I had them in my fridge although dried apricots or sultanas would work just as well. Merguez sausages, Ras Al Hanout & Harissa are all available in the Moroccan supermarket.

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Sport Jezza’s Sports Report

Jeremy Parmenter Well, well, well! Under new management and hope you like the new format although' I can't say that I like being relegated to

the end of the Sports section, especially as I now take second, nay, third fiddle to the local In-door Pool League and local Ibiza football� what is the world com-ing to, I ask myself, so I'll just have to have a word with my

heavyweight friends (Sir Alex, Jose, and Messrs Wenger, Rod-gers, Martinez et al) to have a “word in yer ear” with my new Ed! Apart from them, “ér indoors who must be obeyed” isn't too enamored as well. Still, mine's not to reason why, so they say! Anyway, onwards and upwards and, unusually for this column, I just have to start this week with Footie and the Premier League in what was an incredible w/end. Goals galore, incredible hat-tricks and crazy refereeing just about sums it all up and I can only pass on these amazing sta-tistics: 42 goals at an average of 4 goals per game, the first time in the Premier that 3 of the top 4 scored 5 or more goals and 5 fixtures had 5 or more goals. Goal of the week tho' must be The Roo's in Manchester United's 2-0 win at West Ham as he scored a la Beckham, from just inside the opposing half. Mind you, it was so nearly matched by Tettey's wonder-strike in Norwich's 2-0 home win agin Sunderland. As for crazy refereeing, at Stamford Bridge, where leaders Chelsea absolutely humiliated 4th placed Arsenal 6-0 (not a nice present for Mnsr Wenger celebrating his 1000th Arsenal match), the ref even red carded the wrong Gunner, send-ing off Gibbs, their worst de-fender, instead of the Ox, their best attacker! Hat-tricks too, firstly at the Etihad for Yaya Toure, his first in the Premier, as Manchester City stuffed bot-tom side Fulham 5-0, and at Cardiff, for that man Suarez, to take his tally to 28 for the sea-son, in Liverpool's 6-3 win. So, Chelsea remain top, with the 'Pool 4 points behind but with a game in hand, City 3rd, 6 points behind the leaders but with 3 games in hand, and Arsenal in 4th. However, it could all change this week as City go to OT for the Manchester derby on Tues-day and Liverpool are at home to Sunderland (that's 3 points to the 'Pool then!) on Wednesday. Chasing CL places, Tottenham are now in 5th after their 3-2 home win over Southampton and Everton are in 6th after their 3-2 win over Swansea. At t'bottom, only one team, Norwich, won out of the bottom 8, as Crystal Pal-ace were beaten by a 93rd minute goal at Newcastle, West Brom-wich lost at Hull 2-0, and Aston Villa lost at home by 4-1 to Stoke City� whilst on the sub-ject of the Villa, will somebody please explain to me in words of 4 letters, how is it that Villa can

beat league leaders and form team Chelsea on one Saturday and within a week succumb, with the greatest of respect, of course, to a mid-table side such as Stoke, and by 4 goals to boot? Ah, the vagaries of the Premier League, no doubt. In to Europe now, and last week also saw the final two places up for grabs in the Quarters of the Champions League and hallelu-jah! as both places were taken by English teams. Firstly, Chelsea overcame the Drog and his Ga-latasaray side, 2-0 at the Bridge, and, as I hoped and predicted, Man Utd came through 3-0 at OT to overturn a 2-0 deficit from their trip to Olympiakos. Mind you, could be a case of jumping from the frying pan in to the fire as the draw pitted them against holders Bayern Munich altho' I do have a very sneaking suspi-cion that the Red Devils could upset Pep Guardiola's team. Chelsea appear to have the easier task, on paper at least, as they were drawn against Paris St Germain but we'll see how both get on next week. In the Europa League, it was “adios” to our last reps, Tottenham, as they were held to a 2-2 draw at Ben-fica, to be ousted 5-3 on aggre-gate. And did you see “El Clasico” on Sunday night in La Liga? What a game, which certainly lived up to it's billing, as Barca came back from 2-1 down to win 4-3 with Messi scoring a hat-trick inc. 2 penalties (1st correctly, 2nd no way!) to really blow the title race wide open, with only un point separating the top 3. Cricket now, and in the World T20 Cup, being held in Bangla-desh, England got off to the worst possible start as they lost by 9 runs to New Zealand. Bit unfair really, as having batted very well to set the Kiwis a not-so-easy task of 173 to win, the match was halted after only 5 overs by incredible thunder, lightning and tropical rain which reduced their target to only 42, which they attained with some ease. With favourites Sri Lanka on Thursday and South Africa

on Saturday, England must really beat both to progress but stranger things have happened. Ditto in the Women's World T20 Cup as England, in their first match, also lost by 9 runs, against the Windies and need to win their next two to progress. Tennis, and Our Andy is in to the 4th Round at the Miami Mas-ters after a couple of difficult matches and now faces French-man Tsonga in the Quarters. Having just split with his coach, legend Ivan Lendl, he needs to get a tournament win under his belt pretty soon as he's already dropped to World No 6 and with his old foes, Djokovic and Federer still in, he's going to need to go some. Great news in another racquet sport, as in Squash, Laura Mas-saro became the first English-woman to win the Women's World Championship for 15 years, by taking the title in Penang, Malaysia to add to her British Open success. With Nick Matthew winning the Men's World Championship in Novem-ber, what a coup for English squash, as this is the first time there have been English world champions at the same time. Finally to Rugby and in Union, in the Premiership, Saracens took over as leaders after a 39-17 win at home to Harlequins, Northampton are now in 2nd, but only 3 points behind, after sur-prisingly losing 19-6 at Sale, Bath remain in 3rd as they demol-ished London Irish 23-44, with Leicester on the same points after their 45-15 win against Exeter at Welford Road and Gloucester appear to be on their way back to form, winning 40-33 at home against Newcastle. In the Super League, St Helens continued their good form and 100% winning run to lead the table as they beat Wakefield, Leeds are in 2nd, whilst 3rd placed Castleford lost their unbeaten record losing at Salford. Champi-ons Wigan, in 6th, won their 3rd in a row while Hud-dersfield lost at Catalan Dragons.

Ibiza Sun Pool League

JackWharrie Welcome back pool fans! The calm of the storm is here... A time of relaxation as we head into the final furlongs, the last 3 weeks... Before we begin a match was postponed, Ibiza Piratas A vs Ship Inn. It was played on Wednesday so it'll be included in next week's report. Let's begin properly with a match of delicious proportions, as the Smugglers A team went to chow down on a plate of Fish and Ships. It was a close match between two happy teams, each going tit for tat until a “lucky hit-and-hope finish” by the smugglers banter-man Paul Worrell sealed the victory for the A team. Fish and Ships 4 – Smugglers A 5. Now onto the Sun and Moon where they were scheduled to face Bar Home, now I say scheduled as it was reported that Bar Home's fes-tivities of the day had gotten to the team, leaving the majority of the team worse for wear as they just managed to get to the match before the imposed forfeit deadline of 10pm. Sun and Moon took the lead early gain-ing a 4-2 lead by half time but

failed to prevent a Bar Home counter-attack in the doubles as they managed to win all 3 and take the match. Sun and Moon 4 – Bar Home 5. Finally we have the clash of the B teams as Ibiza Piratas B played hosts to the Smugglers B team. Smug-glers B were hoping to be only the second team to deal a loss to the Piratas despite their current record of 11wins and 1 loss so far. It turned into a gentlemanly pursuit between the squads, yet charm was not enough to win the game, even though it made night a great experience for all. Ibiza Piratas B 7 – Smugglers B 2. For anyone wishing join in the fun and contribute to the banter, next week's matches are Bar Home vs Fish and Ships on Thursday and Smugglers B vs Smugglers A (the Smggulers derby), Ship Inn vs Ibiza Pira-tas B (the battle between the top two) and Ibiza Piratas A vs Ship Inn on Friday with Sun and Moon taking the week off. Matches have a tendency to start at 9pm but can be subject to changes to time and date. I'm Captain Jack “Sparrow” Wharrie, with all kinds of beau-tiful sights, places of legend and lore, right in front of me! What an exciting island, indeed!

What better way to fill that last piece of space than with this shot of the mighty Ipswich Town’s 91st minute winner after coming back from behind.


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Carly Sorenson Ibiza in the low season is my favourite place to be. Sunny and warm most of the time,

deserted beaches, beautiful walks and fantastic celebrations organised by each ajuntament to honour their par-ticular saint. They are always full of a diverse range of activi-ties for all ages and the current St Jose fiestas are no exception. As soon as I saw ´Mini flower´ advertised in the programme of events for the Fiestas de St Jo-sep I grew excited. I love an ex-cuse to dress up and if I also get to dress my four month old up as well, then all the better! So, on Saturday morning Ela and my-self (Daddy refused to wear fancy dress) put on our floral finest and headed into St Josep. The overcast, chilly weather hadn't deterred the crowds and there were a good number of kids and parents in hippie regalia crowded into the church square, floral headbands, wigs and bright colours in abundance. One lady even decked out the dog. We were entertained by a mag-nificently exuberant and enthusi-astic children’s entertainer who sang, danced and got the parents to do so too. There was none of the classic Ńo no, not me,´ from these parents. Once asked, they

got up there and Gangnam styled, chicken danced and waved their arms with gusto… I'm not sure who was having more fun, them or their kids. The entertainer also did magic tricks. He was, however, up-staged by a toddler in the front row who called out in Spanish ´That isn't magic, I can see how you're doing it´, then proceeded to explain how the trick worked! Brilliant. All credit to the enter-tainer though, he laughed it off and called the little man onto the stage to demonstrate. As for my little hippie, exhausted from our earlier excursion to watch the water polo and syn-chronized swimming (I couldn't tell you what was going on there, other than everyone looked like they were having fun, the kids doing synchro were very cute and it was lovely and warm) she spent much of mini flower asleep on Daddy's shoulder. I however, loved every second and will be going again next year. Mini-flower…not just for the minis! The celebrations of St Josep continue until early April, with highlights including ´San Pepe Rock´ on Saturday 29th and the annual walk (or run if you're so inclined) up Sa Talaia on Sunday 30th. For more information visit

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Mini Flower... Healing Ibiza

The organisers of Healing Ibiza have announced that this year's event is expanding to a 2-day feast for the mind, body and soul. Healing Ibiza 2014 will take place on the 11th and 12th May at Atzaro Hotel and Spa. Event Organiser Toby Clarke said, "Following on from the success of the last three years, we are delighted to be extending Healing Ibiza to a 2-day event for 2014. The purpose of the second day is to give the general public the opportunity to take a half-day workshop or course in areas they are interested in. This will give people the chance to learn something valuable that they can take away with them and use for the rest of their lives. Other new features this for this year include a full musical con-cert on the Sunday evening and we are proud to present for the first time a Shamanic area, which will take place in a special tipi." On the first day Healing Ibiza will once again feature a Yoga Area, Oracle Readings, Thera-pists, the Children's Area, Speakers, Workshops and a Meditation Zone, all spread across the grounds of the beauti-ful Atzaro. This year's Medita-tion Zone will be hosted by the world famous David Lynch Foundation. Day 1 will be or-ganised into one hour drop-in sessions for all the areas and therapists and will also allow the general public to sign up for the following day's workshops. It's also a special year for Atzaro, as the venue celebrates it's 10th anniversary. The organisers are keen to stress that Healing Ibiza will continue to be a free event, although dona-tions are welcomed. Event Or-ganiser Belinda Clarke said, ''Over the last three years Heal-ing Ibiza has raised more than €35,000 for non-profit organisa-tions that are making a real dif-

ference here on Ibiza and we are very proud that Healing Ibiza continues to be a completely not for profit event. A team of more than 100 volunteers works to-gether in a spirit of selfless co-operation to produce the event. This year's theme is 'Love' and we feel our team of volunteers expresses this theme perfectly. The event is produced with love and for the love. We believe that here on Ibiza, we have the oppor-tunity to be a shining example to the rest of the world of human-ity's highest potential, of what is possible when we put our hearts and minds together." Healing Ibiza 2014 will be rais-ing funds for APNEEF - The Association for People with Spe-cial Needs on Eivissa and For-mentera. This non-profit organi-sation supports the development of boys and girls who have spe-cial educational needs and may have physical, psychological, sensory and/or cognitive disabili-ties. APNEEF were recently able to buy Equine Therapy materials for the children as a result of previous Healing Ibiza donations. Toñi Cardona, APNEEF Co-ordinator said, “Equine therapy is very beneficial for working with children with learning dis-abilities. It is a playful and thera-peutic project which favours the development and improvement of the capacities of the boys and the girls by connecting with the horse and with nature. This takes place in a natural environ-ment where they are being treated without being conscious of it, they live this as a fun and exciting experience.” Previously, Healing Ibiza has also made donations to the Red Cross Ibiza, the Universal Man-dala School, the Samasound As-sociation and Alzheimers Ibiza.

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