GA Advertiser-June 08

Our magazine WITH our new page turning software can now be read on websites across the Costa Blanca FREE to all of our advertisers

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Hello Everyone, Welcome to June’s SPECIAL edition.

What a strange month May was with weather that should have been here in February or March, still the rain was needed, but now we will be looking forward to plenty of sunshine for the rest of the summer.

As you will see this month we have increased the size of your Gran Alacant Advertiser, we hope you like it.

The 30th of May saw the official opening of Buddies (formally Crazy Daisy) with it´s brand new snooker table and 2 pool tables, see their ad on page 39, also the same evening The Yellow Submarine disco opened, their ad is on page 43. We wish them well.

The Town Hall of Santa Pola also asked for 2 pages in the magazine, which they supplied and paid for.

We feel we must add that, any Political content supplied to us, always remains the views of the Party concerned.

page number 4/5

News pages

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Angies beauty page

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Police page

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GA Library news Computer page

M.A.B.S. Cancer

GA Entertainment Scene Vet page

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Tourist information

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Wordsearch

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Map of Alicante

70/71 Progress 73 76 77

Sudoku

Map of Gran Alacant Map of Santa Pola

78/79 Bus timetables

Have a good month Barry & Sandra

PROBABLY the BEST ADVERTISING PRICES ON THE COSTAS 35 euro per month for a 90mm x 60mm advert 55 euro per month for a 128mm x 92mm advert 95 euro per month for a 153mm x 202mm advert 120 euro per month for a 153mm x 240mm advert

Our little dog from the front cover has hidden herself away in the magazine, can you find her?

Last month she was riding on the train.

For a free quote contact Barry or Sandra on Home phone: 966 699 167 (answerphone available) or Email: laneinspain@hotmail.com or read the whole magazine on our website at www.granalacantadvertiser.com

JUST A NOTE: We do provide all of our advertisers with FREE design work and therefore ask that this work not be supplied and used by other publications.

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GRAN ALACANT – GA0067 Ground floor apt, 2 bed, 1 bath, fully furnished, south facing.

Communal pool.

Great price !

118,000€

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Lovely views. 2 bed, 1 bath, big kitchen.

Gated urbanisation.

Communal pool.

129,000€

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New duplex, 2 bed, 2 baths, fully furnished, communal pool. Sea and mountain views.

137,000€

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Gated community, communal pool, furnished.

145,000€

An exasperated mother, whose son was always getting into mischief, finally asked him 'How do you expect to get into Heaven?'

The boy thought it over and said, 'Well, I'll run in and out and in and out and keep slamming the door until St. Peter says, 'For Heaven's sake, Dylan, come in or stay out!''

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We at your Gran Alacant Advertiser continue to bring you all of the news from the Gran Alacant Councillor, Loreto Cascales, as we have since May 2005.

THE TRAIN is coming to GRAN ALACANT Official approval has been given for the train (pictured).

It will take 2 months for the train to be provided and for all of the paperwork to be completed meaning a mid July delivery, so, in the meantime, in mid June, a smaller train will be starting the service until the larger size one becomes available.

The train will run continuously around GA on a circular route.

This means that you could either go on your own tour of the urbanisation, or get on or off at any point that suites you,

including near to the beach. Once the route is finalised, we will add it to our map at the back of the

photo: May 2005

magazine.

Another Commercial Centre is being built, as if we do not have enough now. As you come off the N332, turn left at the roundabout, it is in front of all of the new properties on your left. See pic at the bottom of this page.

The Town Hall is building at the moment “3 Petanca” courts in the Municipal Sports Centre on Gran Alacant. There have been requests for this from the people living here so the Town Hall is having them built for us all to use. As you know Penanca is the Spanish word for Boules or Petanque, so please make use of them.

The new school year will start in the new school for the children of Gran Alacant. There will be 450 places for the children, the school will have a dining hall, sports area and all the facilities that the children need to have a good education. The cost of the new construction of the school is 5.5 million euros and has been paid for by the Valencian Government.

There has also been a total amount of 1.600.000 euros invested for the rehabilitation of the other schools already built in Santa Pola.

There is a new water tank in Gran Alacant. This new tank has a capacity of 2.000 m3 and it has been constructed to cover the

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needs for water that we require on Gran Alacant. This tank has been constructed with the latest techology and the best materials to give the best output.

There is a new Paeditrician service for Gran Alacant children now, at the Medical Centre. This service will be every Tuesday and Friday from 9.00 to 11.00am, and it is hoped soon to be able to have this service every day. The Councillor of Health and the Mayor are negotiating with the Valencian government for the construction of a bigger Health Centre in a different area on Gran Alacant, with more Doctors and services, we will tell you more when there is news from the Valencian government.

Other news We were asked if we could help

one morning, when 4 kittens were left in a box outside The Phoenix restaurant.

We contacted Shell who is a Unsheltered animal volunteer, she arranged to collect them that day.

We telephoned Shell 2 days later to find out how the kittens were, she told us that she thought they were only 5 weeks old, so she gave them some special food then immediately took them to the Vet, who did tests and is going to treat

them for a skin complaint, as Shell said, they will have to be kept away from other cats until the complaint is cleared up, all this costs alot of money, and as they rely on donations any help would be much appreciated. It is good to know that there are people like Shell around who do try to help abandoned animals.

If you would like to donate or even become a foster carer please contact Shell on 697574199 or email shellmapfre@gmail.com Our magazine this month has for June moved to a larger format, to accomodate the number of advertisers wishing to join us.

We have also received a large response from our website, where you can read the whole magazine via our new page turning software.

We were contacted by the Costa Blanca Forums, who asked us if we would like to make the magazine available to their site.

This then gives all of our advertisers the opportunity of reaching potetntial customers not only on the Gran Alacant forum, but also the forums of: La Marina, Santa Pola, Alicante, Torrevieja, Guardamar, Almoradi, Algorfa, Dolores, & Javea.

We have decided NOT TO CHARGE for this, but to make it available to all of our readers and advertisers, FOR FREE. Also, to help businessess through these difficult times, we also intend to keep our prices, as they were when we launched the magazine, nearly four years ago.

This makes our prices, almost HALF that of some of our competitors.

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Roses are red, violets are blue, sugar is sweet, and so are you.

But the roses are wilting, the violets are dead, the sugar bowl's empty and so is your head.

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750cc

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50cc

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250cc

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EDI:AMERICAN 150cc 3,500€

HONDA GOLDWIND 1000cc MOTO-GUZZI V50-III

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250cc

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YAMAHA

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CUSTOM YAMAHA SPECIAL BIKES

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CROSBONNE 49cc 11,000€

MICROCAR YANMAR

49cc 2,9000€

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We install and provide different TV systems for European channels in Spain.

Javier for more details on: Mobile: 660 631 380 Tel: 966 1075 48 Fax: 965 4117 93 E-mail: info@diginova.es

A man had just settled into his seat next to the window on the plane when another man sat down in the aisle seat and put his black Labrador dog in the middle seat next to the man. The first man looked very quizzically at the dog and asked why the dog was allowed on the plane.

The second man explained that he was a DEA agent and that the dog was a 'sniffing dog'. 'His name is Sniffer and he's the best there is. I'll show you once we get airborne, when I put him to work.'

The plane took off, and once it has levelled out, the agent said, 'Watch this.' He told Sniffer to 'search'. Sniffer jumped down, walked along the aisle, and finally sat very purposefully next to a woman for several seconds. Sniffer then returned to his seat and put one paw on the agent's arm. The agent said, 'Good boy', and he turned to

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I take my wife everywhere.... but she keeps finding her way back. the man and said, 'That woman is in possession of marijuana, so I'm making a note of her seat number and the authorities will apprehend her when we land.' Say, that's pretty neat,' replied the first man. Once again, the agent sent Sniffer to search the aisles.The Lab sniffed about, sat down beside a man for a few seconds, returned to its seat, and this time he placed two paws on the agent's arm.The agent said, 'That man is carrying cocaine, so again, I'm making a note of his seat number for the police.' 'I like it!' said his seat mate. The agent then told Sniffer to 'search' again.

Sniffer walked up and down the aisles for a little while, sat down for a moment, and then came racing back to the agent, jumped into the middle seat and proceeded to poop all over the place.

The first man was really grossed out by this behaviour and couldn't figure out how or why a well-trained dog would behave like that, so he asked the agent, 'What's going on?'

The agent nervously replied, 'He just found a bomb!'

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UNTIL END OF STOCK

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UNTIL END OF STOCK

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WHAT IS A BUNION ?

Bunions are what we can sometimes find on the side of the big toe, they are caused by the changes in the framework.

Bunions are a progressive disorder. They begin with a leaning of the big toe, gradually changing the angle of the bones over the years, & slowly producing a bump "Bunion " which can become increasingly prominent.

WHAT CAUSES A BUNION ?

They are most often caused by inheriting a faulty bone structure, we seem to think it´s down to our footwear, shoes that are crowding our toes won´t actually cause a Bunion, but it can sometimes make the symptoms worse, earlier.

Women are more prone to Bunions than men, because their feet are often in high heel shoes ,or tight closed in shoes.

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THE SYMPTOMS These are some of the symptoms you might experience:Inflammation & redness, A burning sensation , and sometimes some numbness.

Because Bunions are progressive, they don´t go away, & will usually get worse over time . To ease the pain of Bunions , choose shoes that have a wide toe box, & forget those high heels. Place pads over the Bunion to minimize pain. (you can buy Bunion pads from the Farmacia ). Also apply an ice pack to help reduce inflammation and avoid standing for long periods of time. Sometimes surgery is needed, but this is in very severe cases .If you are in pain please see your doctor or podiatrist, who will be able to advise.

Angie

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La Marina..La Marina..La Marina..La Marina..La Marina..La Marina..La Marina

La Marina..La Marina..La Marina..La Marina..La Marina

*1 Pounds = 1.36 Euros.

A superb opportunity to acquire a mid terrace one bedroom property. Briefly offering salon / kitchen, bedroom and bathroom. Being sold furnished.

Price: £40.000

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Ref: T1937

Situated within a short walk of the newly established commercial area. The property is in superb maintained order and comprises of spacious frontal garden, salon / kitchen, two bedrooms and bathroom. Furnished.

Price: 108.150€ Ref: T2056

A quad property offering 3 bedrooms, bathroom, salon, kitchen, utility room, solarium, communal pool.

Being sold furnished.

Price: 139.050€

Ref: Q1960

Barclays Properties are proud to present this beautifully maintained detached villa offering living room, dining room, independent kitchen, 2 bedrooms, bathroom and under build salon. Air conditioning.

Price: 130.000€ Ref: D2009

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La Marina..La Marina..La Marina..La Marina..La Marina

'Husband Wanted'.

Next day she received a hundred letters.

They all said the same thing:

La Marina..La Marina..La Marina..La Marina..La Marina..La Marina..La Marina

A lady inserted an ad in the classifieds:

'You can have mine.'

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La Marina..La Marina..La Marina..La Marina..La Marina..La Marina..La Marina..

La Marina..La Marina..La Marina..La Marina..La Marina

A Woman's Prayer:

Dear Lord, I pray for:

Wisdom, To understand a man, to Love and to forgive him, and for patience, For his moods. Because Lord, if I pray for Strength I'll just beat him to death '

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The “Almarcha” advert on the right hand page can be found in La Marina village.

From Gran Alacant take the first La Marina exit.

Follow the La Marina signs at the roundabout. Drive through the village and look for the Farmacia on your right.

Turn right here.

The company is on the right.

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La Marina..La Marina..La Marina..La Marina..La Marina

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ACTIVITIES AT THE GRAN ALACANT LIBRARY

Two events for your diary this month are:Friday 13th June: Astronomical Observation at 9:00 pm. in front of the library Monday 16th June: High Fidelity by Nick Hornby.

The Winery (below) and Spicy Paradise (opposite) are both at the end of the road that holds the Gran Alacant Thursday market. (see the map at the back of this magazine) The Winery holds all of our excess magazines.

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Lounge Bar Open every night with Live Entertainment on dates as listed below.

Now showing SPORT on our 42" TV Screen Opening Hours Mon - Fri 7.30pm till late Sat & Sun 1pm till late

Entertainment for June

June 3rd Quiz Night June 4th Karaoke June 5th Chris Stuart - Resident Pianist June 6th Disco June 7th Karaoke ( Private Function) June 10th Quiz Night June 11th Karaoke June 12th Chris Stuart- Resident Pianist June 13th Disco June 14th Kinni Lee - Female Vocalist June 17th Quiz Night June 18th Karaoke June 19th Chris Stuart - Resident Pianist June 20th Gabriella - Female Vocalist (1st time on Gran Alacant) June 24th Quiz Night June 25th Karaoke June 26th Chris Stuart - Resident Pianist June 27th Disco June 28th Reflex - Duo Book now for Birthdays, Anniversaries, or Special Parties - We cater for all your requirements.

Tel: 676 529 640 Av. Escandinavia Gran Alacant (Next to Quicksave) www.raffles-alicante.com

FOR EXACT LOCATION SEE MAP AT BACK OF THIS MAGAZINE

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My wife got a mud pack, and looked great for two days. Then the mud fell off.

Avenida Escandinavia

Gran Alacants most Stylish Bar/Restaurant * A la Carte Menu

A three course meal for TWO PEOPLE

* Set price menu

including 1 litre of wine.

* Open lunchtime & evening

for only 31.90 (set price menu only)

* Pick up & drop off service

Loyalty Cards Valid

* Enclosed back terrace * Ideal for families

CAR SERVICE

* Loyalty cards

Pick up and drop off

* Entertainment nights

in GRAN ALACANT

* Music & dancing

phone: 966 699 812 for details

(selected nights only)

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FANTASTIC VALUE

* Sunday roast

& reservations

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I married Miss Right. I just didn't know her first name was Always.

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Why do people pay to go up tall buildings and then put money in binoculars to look at things on the ground?

This months news from the

Local Police in their monthly column.

Eight new police faces have joined the force to up the numbers. We may see some of them around Gran Alacant in the future.

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Come and join us at

PLAZA MAYOR

behind Supervalu supermarket (see map at the back of this magazine)

VET for all your pet needs

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CHURCHILLS Bar - quizzes pool table karaoke - all sports

FOR SALE

DARBYS CHIPPY Traditional fish & chips, plus lots more, including an internet cafe.

See our full page ad. on the back of this magazine.

CAFE del SOL Come and try our POPULAR BIG BREAKFAST and our big bap rolls fresh from the English bakers.

Breakfasts, Snacks, Lunches.

Also 3 different home made soups & crusty bread.

Open 9am - 4pm 7 days a week.

freehold

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BALLUSTRADES

UNDERBUILD CONVERSIONS

BASEMENT PARTITIONS

ELECTRICAL WORK

PLUMBING, KITCHENS, BATHROOMS

PAINTING & DECORATING

POOLS, DRIVES, PATIO´S, WALLS

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Remember every good looking; sweet, single male is someone else's ex-boyfriend!

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Gran Alacant will open for the next term its first Public School with the capacity for 450 students, consisting of 12 primary classrooms, dining room sports area and accommodation for school caretaker, etc. This magnificent building has had invested more than 5.500.000 euros (nearly thousand million of the old pesetas).

The Popular Party and the Mayor, Miguel Zaragoza, keeps the promise he made to the citizens of Gran Alacant to give them their first Public School n. 7.

Once again we have exposed the LIES AND UNTRUTHS OF JUANI SORIANO when she maintained without any shame that the Popular Party would not construct a school for the children of Gran Alacant only prefabricated huts. Sra. Soriano, what lies will you now invent, now that the school is finished? Maybe you will say it is thanks to your “political negotiation” in the Town Hall.

Sra. Soriano, in politics not anything goes; it is not ethical or moral to trick people just to gain a handful of votes, reflex on it if you can, and apologise to the parents of the children of Gran Alacant who believed in your words and now feel defrauded and deceived by you and your leader Sra. Lafuente and your followers.

In the 16 years that the Socialist governed Santa Pola, and the 4 years that Maria Lafuente was the councillor of education, never once did she have the minimum interest in getting a public school for Gran Alacant.

The Popular Party keeps all its promises that were made in our Electoral Programme, modernisation under structure of drainage, saving of water, etc., we are finalizing the work on the New Public School Virgen de Loreto, extending the IES Cap de l’Aljub and to implement new public services for all citizens.

THE POPULAR PARTY KEEPS ITS PROMISES

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The Popular Party with the sport. We have now rinks to practise the sport of Petanca, so demanded by the people who will enjoy these when they will be finished at the Public Sports Centre of Gran Alacant IN THE POPULAR PARTY WE WORK FOR THE CITIZENS

Thanks to the negotiation realized by the Popular Party, the children of Gran Alacant Hill have, for the first time, at their disposition a medical consulting room of the S.V.S. of a paediatrician (consulting Tuesday and Friday between 9.00 till 11.00 hours). In the many years of the socialist of Juani Soriano, the only type of service of medical health in Gran Alacant was private health in which she worked. From the time the Popular Party took office and governed the municipality in 2003, Gran Alacant began to enjoy the necessary services you needed: the public doctor consulting room, municipal office, international library, post office, public sports centre and all these services that now can be found in Gran Alacant.

Why Juani Sano as a professional in the health service did not have any interest in creating a Public Health Service in Gran Alacant?

We have also been able to get for the citizens of Gran Alacant for the first time the service of a new Tourist Office situated at the side of the Municipal Office. The Popular Party invites you to go along and obtain information of our municipality, the Valencian area and rest of Spain.

THE POPULAR PARTY WORKS FOR YOU TO HAVE ALL THE SERVICES IN GRAN ALACANT

Sede Santa Pola: C/ Santa Isabel esquina San Antonio.

h t t p : / / w w w. p p s a n t a p o l a . c o m

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phone: 608 64 11 21 formerly Crazy Daisy

Fully refurbished Watch live sport on our NEW plasma TV’s All Parties catered for Upstairs Games room SNOOKER TABLE (bookings only) 2 POOL TABLES both with monthly medal competitions.

Mondays and Tuesdays “FUN SNOOKER & POOL” ALL WELCOME DARTS, TV’s and THE INTERNET

*Downstairs & Outside terrace Traditional home cooked food.

Breakfasts Full Sunday Roast & Full menu * Quizzes Wednesdays * Karaoke Tuesdays & Fridays * Eyes down Thursday’s * Disco’s Sundays * LIVE ENTERTAINMENT (please ring for details or watch our boards) to find us see map at back of this magazine

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The next 10 pages show

The Carabasi Bars Complex down the hill by the Nature Reserve

Another new venture gets under way, with the “Yellow Submarine” disco.

Spanish owned and Spanish run.

Their advert is opposite showing the fare on offer on the opening night.

So much to sample on this strip of businessess.

Bars, cafes, restaurants, live entertainment, karaoke, quizzes, etc. etc.

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7D A A W YS E 2-3 0pm EK - 4a m

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NEW TO OUR EXTENSIVE MENUS “ABERDEEN ANGUS FILLET STEAK”

MENU FAVOURITES SUNSET CURRY GIANT COD CUTLETS OF LAMB ARGENTINIAN STEAK ROAST LAMB DINNER BEEF DINNER Take aways available on all meals

We will only use & serve the Best Produce - Guaranteed “NO CHEAP GIMMICS” “JUST GOOD WHOLESOME FOOD”

LIVE MUSIC for JUNE June 6th - TRIBUTE TO “CHER” June 14th - PDQ LIVE BAND June 20th - KIMI LEE June 28th - JIMMY MAC as ELVIS FOR FURTHER DATES, PHONE

OR CHECK OUR INFO BOARDS

VERY POPULAR book your table for dinner from our Main Menu or our Special Menu of the Day, then sit back and enjoy our Live Entertainment

EVERY SUNDAY OUR XTRA SPECIAL ROAST

beef, lamb, or steak pie 3 fresh veg, Yorkie, Roast & new pots + All the trimmings Roast beef & lamb available all week.

NEW COCKTAIL MENU WHISKY MENU SHOT MENU

TEL: 663 079 279

SKY SPORTS

THIS POPULAR BUSINESS IS FOR SALE for details ring numbers on the advert

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BREAKFASTS SPANISH or ENGLISH

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One summer evening during a violent thunderstorm a mother was tucking her son into bed. She was about to turn off the light when he asked with a tremor in his voice, 'Mummy, will you sleep with me tonight?'

The mother smiled and gave him a reassuring hug.

'I can't dear,' she said. 'I have to sleep in Daddy's room.'

A long silence was broken at last by his shaky little voice: 'The big sissy.'

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Marinated Roasted Lamb Cutlets with cherry tomatoes and garlic. Serves 2.

4 lamb cutlets.

8 garlic cloves (unpeeled).

8 baby cherry tomatoes.

Sprigs of fresh thyme/rosemary.

Olive oil.

Method. *Season lamb cutlets with a little salt, ground pepper and a squeeze of fresh lemon juice. Place in an ovenproof dish. *Put a small cross in the top of each tomato and place on top of the cutlets. *Scatter the eight garlic cloves (unpeeled) over the lamb cutlets. *Arrange the sprigs of thyme around the dish. *Drizzle over ingredients with a little virgin olive oil. *Place in hot oven 200C (ovens vary) cook until cutlets are pink and the garlic and tomatoes are soft to the touch.

Serve with pea hummus mash or new potatoes. Garnish with fresh mint. *N.B. Go to Touch of Class Website for receipes.

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An added bonus is the facilty of converting the underbuild into a self contained apartment.

Offers in the region of 185,500 euros.

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Only 5 minutes from Gran Alacant.

Take the N332 towards Alicante. The first right signed El Altet takes you to a roundabout. Take the first exit. When you arrive at the first set of traffic lights turn left. Straight over the next roundabout, then you will find Eurocars on the very next roundabout.

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Welcome to the monthly computing column brought to you by David the Computerman (MCSE)

Dave The Computerman.

Preparing an older computer to run Windows Vista

If you really must use Windows Vista, it is much easier if you buy it already installed on a new computer. But there are many users who like to install an operating system themselves, or feel the need to run the latest operating system, and for all of you I have done the dirty work myself.

If you are going to install on your system the first thing YOU MUST do is run Microsoft's Windows Vista Upgrade Advisor tool, which can be found at www.microsoft.com/vista.

On the left-hand side of the screen, under featured downloads you will see a link to the Windows Vista Upgrade Advisor. Click on this link and download the software. It is 6.6Mb in size. Once downloaded, run the programme and this will check if your system is CAPABLE of running Vista and will also highlight any areas that need upgrading.

When doing so ensure you have everything plugged in that you will use with the new system. This includes your printer, camera, scanner etc. There is no point updating to Vista if your camera, printer, scanner or anything else is not compatible. If any parts of your system are currently not compatible with Vista, try checking the items manufacturer's website support pages for your device to see if they have, or will be likely to supply, drivers for Vista. Check very carefully, or you could end up unable to use your camera/printer, or be forced to buy new models.

If your computer is capable of running Vista, you can now purchase your copy and run the install programme. When the installation begins, it seems like an age for it to install and about one third of the way through the installation the computer seems to freeze.

It has not and do not turn it off, nor start hitting keys or the whole system will come crashing down.

If you have room on your computer's hard disk, my recommendation would be to dual-boot Windows XP and Vista, thus if Vista fails you van always erase it and stick with XP, or when XP is no longer supported you can simply remove XP. If you do not know how to do this, then my advise is to ask a professional to help.

Current Updates

For those of you using the free AVG anti-virus suite there is a new stable version, AVG 8. To get the free version type free.grisoft.com into your web browser and follow the links to download the software. Be aware that it is a 45.5Mb file which takes about 20 minutes on a broadband connection. Once downloaded it is necessary to restart Windows before downloading any updates to the virus database, so do not start the installation until you are prepared to do this.

For those using Adaware SE anti-spyware, be advised that this is no longer supported and when you open the programme to run it, you will see a link to update the programme. Click on this link and follow the instructions to download Adaware 2007, the latest free version.

I hope that you find the column useful and if you have any further questions, or need assistance please call me on 637 554 579 or contact me via email at gacomputerman@yahoo.es.

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BAILE BUS COMPANY

...will again this year (Starting July) be running a bus, round and round Gran Alacant.

It will include Los Arenales, BUT NOT Alicante or Santa Pola.

Their normal service will still cover these routes.

The service, will enable us all to get on or off at all parts of our urbanisation and will include the beaches.

Look for the bus with the signs in the window Gran Alacant Los Arenales.

Many people last year were not aware of this service.

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New timetable and earlier shows during the summer, more information in next months advert.

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The

entertainment SCENE in and around

gran alacant Before the buzz of what is Plaza Mayor Square, there stood just two symbols that epitomise the British Empire - Churchill's Bar and Saffron Indian Restaurant.

To celebrate four years of business here in Gran Alacant, Debbie and Denver, owner's of Churchill's Bar threw a party.

A buffet was provided by Darby's Chippy (the food was delish!) and friends and regulars alike turned out as local crooner Steve Dale entertained.

Reliable as ever, barman Mike (good Liverpool supporter) pulled pints as fast as he could to meet demand.

With a smooth intro including Dean Martin's 'That's Amore', Steve steadily increased the tempo with Eddie Grant's 'Hope Joanna' and his signature tune - Tina Turner's 'Simply The Breast' No that isn't a misprint. If you want to know the significance of the subtle song name change then go along to one of his gigs.

A seasoned Costa Blanca entertainer, Steve played upto six nights a week in and around the Torrevieja area. However the birth of a grandchild and a house move had somewhat obstructed his nocturnal activities. All that behind him now he is eager to get busy once more for the upcoming season.

On a quieter day, Churchill's has the feel of a quaint country inn. A place to switch off, reflect and with stunning views to the mountains Denver must feel as though he is in his native country - Wales but without the rain.

THE VERDICT: Bar Prices : 2€ for a strong Spanish beer.

1 - 10 Rating : 8 Return Visit : First port of call after a domestic dispute.

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OBESITY (II)

Continued from last month

MY PET IS DEFINITIVELY OVERWEIGHT WHAT CAN I DO?

-Treats must be considered when calculating the daily quantity of food for the dog. If we think treats are absolutely necessary weʼve got two options: -Decreasing the daily quantity of normal dry food.

-Using the dry food as a treat: every kind of food coming from our hand, together with nice words, would be preceived to the dog as a prize.

Another common source of confusion would be when and where has our dog to eat. Some people believe the dog must have meals just after the owner in order to encourage owners authority, but this is not the most important thing, but the place where the dog has his meals: he should have a specific place where he will have some fresh water available and the bowl with the food.

Itʼs a good idea to provide the food always at the same time, to leave it for 5-10 minutes in order to let the dog eat peacefully, and then to remove it (even if it is not empty), until the next day (if the dog is only having one meal a day), or until the next meal (if the dog has several meals a day). The first days he wonʼt probably learn the lesson and he will ask for some extra food between meals, but if we are tough those first days, weʼll see the results very soon.

Of course, we mustnʼt offer the dog our food, and especially when we are actually having lunch or dinner. If we are not tough enough to ignore his

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requirements, weʼd better close the door of the dining room and leave the dog out, without inviting him to have some food from his bowl.

We must not "watch" our dog while he is eating, because some of them will think we want to steal his food, and some others will think we are expecting them to finish with the bowl quickly (which may produce overfeeding in some cases).

Most dogs are not looking for food when they approach us or when they bark because we are back home, but if we feed them when they do it, they will learn to eat without hunger, or even worse, they will learn this inadequate behaviour (barking when we are back home, sitting on our legs when we sit on the sofa) because we are encouraging it unconsciously by using edible treats.

The kind of food we provide our dog is also very important: weight loss diets are specially designed for providing enough proteins to avoid muscular loss, but they have a very low quantity of fat.

For this reason, in some cases just reducing the daily quantity of the normal maintenance diet the dog is having may not be a good idea, because we are reducing both fat and proteins, so the dog may start to lose muscle weight. In those cases a much better idea would be providing a normal quantity of a low calorie food (quantity of proteins remains the same, but fat is decreased, so the dog will lose weight without losing muscular weight).

The daily quantity of food will depend on the degree of overweight the dog has, and the diet must be controlled by a Vet, in order to get a weekly weight loss of about 0.5 - 2%, that means an average period of 20 weeks for a controlled weight loss to reach the ideal weight of the dog.

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Hello to everybody Welcome to the sunny hot days in the Costa Blanca.

June is the month for the celebration of one of the biggest fiestas held in Spain “ Bonfires of St. John” there you can enjoy so many things, for example bullfighting from the 10th to 25th, fiesta in the streets from the 20th to 25th, on the night of the 24th the burning of the beautiful cartoon monuments.

After the burning of the monuments for one week there will be held a fantastic international fireworks contest.

Also all these municipalities that celebrate their main fiestas, Moors and Christians among them. Elda 3rd to 7th , Benjuzar 13th to 20th, 17th to 20th,

Pego 24th to 27th, Agost 24th to 28th , 25-28 Benissa 25th to 28th.

On the night of the 23rd , hundreds of fires will be lit on the beach to celebrate ancestral rituals and traditions, there will also be a fiesta on the Levante beach.

On the 21st there will be a concert in honour of the Lady of Rosario, on the 22nd, very early in the morning “La romeria” The “Cape Pilgrimage” to Our Lady of Rosario. The Lady is moved from town to her chapel situated in the Cape of Santa Pola and you are welcome to come and join us.

Bye

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We provide a high quality Cleaning and Key holding Service for either short term or long term contracts.

We are a trustworthy and reliable English couple based in Gran Alacant with many years experience of working in Spain and can offer that “personal touch”.

Our aim is to ensure that you and your family, friends and clients can relax and enjoy your time in Spain.

We will endeavor to resolve any problems with your property, should they arise, in an efficient manner keeping in contact with you at all times during the process.

Welcome packs are available on request and we can provide your guests with local information (including local fiestas), maps, restaurants, bars, markets and other places of interest. Plus Transfers.

For any further information or for references, please contact us at the following: Richard – 676779273 / 966695359 or Claire – 660339927 Email – Newhorizonsinspain@hotmail.co.uk

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PROGRESS ........

Gran Alacant school ....Santa Pola swimming pool

The new school on gran alacant

....is taking shape, due to be finished in readiness for the new intake in September.

There has been major amounts of work to do since the main structure was erected.

Outbuildings, gym, play area, terracing, canopes, solar panels, trees, etc, etc.

It looks to be a venture that the whole of the area can be proud of.

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The SANTA POLA SWIMMING POOL.....

....should be ready for us all to use, once the sea and our pools have turned too cold.

The facility is located next to the Santa Pola market car park, marked on our map of Santa Pola in this magazine.

photo we took November 2007

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WORDSEARCH

WORDSEARCH “Learn your Spanish” all words associated with OPPOSITES

search for the English word and its Spanish counterpart

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SUDOKU ANSWERS ON NEXT PAGE

To solve the puzzle each 3 x 3 box, each row and each column must contain all the numbers 1 to 9.

While the rules of this logic puzzle may be simple, there are numerous strategies to help you solve Sudoku.

For hints and information visit www.sudoku.org.uk DOODLE AREA

easy hard

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If you miss your copy of our

go to

“The Winery ”

where all of our extra copies are available.

You can see their advert and location in this edition of our magazine.

If you would like to collect a reserved copy from here each month, contact us at the magazine.

S U D O K U

S O L U T I O N S

This facility is FREE

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Below, and on the next two pages are maps of Alicante, Santa Pola and Gran Alacant, to help find your way around and to see the location of our adverisers

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TEMPORARY SCHOOL

Churchills Cafe del Sol Darbys Chippy Vet GA Exotics Flannagans

PLAZA MAYOR & BAILEYS

NEW SCHOOL

22 CARABASI BAR COMPLEX (DOWN THE HILL) CASANOVA - SANDHILLS PHOENIX - JOES - OCEAN 11 YELLOW SUBMARINE CARABASI BAR - HISPANIA SAMS - SHOOTERS SUNSET BAR - OʼDUILLS SILVER SPOON

HOMEFINDERS/SOLEIL HEATHER CRAFT DUNBARS BUDDIES LA PALMA

NAN KIN CHINESE RESTAURANTS II and VIII

TOPTONE ECLIPSE TERRAZA

25 THE WINERY 25 SPICY PARADISE 27 MAXCOOP SUPERMARKET 28 SUPERVALU SUPERMKT 29 MERCADONA SUPERMARKET 29 BEER HOUSE above MERCADONA 30 MEDICAL CENTRE POLICE STATION G.A. COUNCILLOR MUNICIPAL OFFICES NEW LIBRARY 31 SPORTS CENTRE 32 THURSDAY MARKET 34 NEW NANKIN Vlll CHINESE RESTAURANT 44 POST OFFICE 46 AMOROS 49 NEW SCHOOL 51 BAR SIOUX 52 RAFFLES PIANO BAR 53 LEMAR ELECTRICAL APPLIANCES SHOP

DESIGNER DEPOT

BAR SIOUX

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TOURIST INFORMATION

NOT JUST DESSERTS SENSE LLIMITS

P U T YOU R B U S I N E S S . . . .O N T H E M A P. . . .

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. . . . P U T YO U R B U S I N E S S . . . .O N T H E M A P

1. McDonalds 2. Market and red cross bus stop 3. Main Elche street 4. Castillo 5. Town square 6. Tourist info Police station Town hall 7. Fishing port

8. Post Office 9. Tourist info 10. Nan Kin Chinese Rest 12. Salt Lake museum 13. Civic & Social Centre 14. Sharmila flowers

15. Casa de Cultura 16. Lyneli hair 18 Santa Pola Marina.

19. Bailen 20. Aquarium 21. Suma Office 21. Mini Motoʼs (new) 22. Public refuse tip 23. site for New swimming pool 24. Indoor market 25. Mini Motoʼs (used)

27. New police station 28. Model boating lake 29. Pola Max shopping centre

Paulis Jewellery

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THIS BUS TIMETABLE FINISHES ON JUNE 23rd

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SUMMER TIME TABLE STARTS JUNE 23rd TO ADVERTISE IN THE “GRAN ALACANT ADVERTISER” phone: 966 699 167

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Not just a Chippy + an extensive menu + seating inside

+ 2 outside seating areas + ice creams + drinks + sweets & chocolates + internet computers + pool table

FRsEmEeals up

ren of 12 child the age menu to kids in from n eating whe ith one lt w adu g payin

PLUS a take away service on Gran Alacant that can deliver to your home phone: 966 69 70 70 Your “local� publication Produced locally on Gran Alacant & Printed locally in Santa Pola