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Prints, dvds or on memory sticks. (see inside for details)

WHAT’s INSIDE page 4 GA News 6 GA News 7 GA News 8 GA News 10 GA News 16 GA Bowls 28 GA Picture Gallery 1 29 GA Picture Gallery 1 32 GA Darts League 41 GA MABS 41 British Legion 47 Local Plazas 53 K9 56 GA Picture Gallery 2 57 GA News 58 Tourist Information 59 GA Clot 60 GA Vet 61 Friends of GA 64 Wordsearch 65 Sudoku 66/67 GA Map 68 map Alicante 69 map Santa Pola 70/71 Local Bus Times

Please let us know by the

14th of every month if you would like any changes to your advert

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

Last month she was in the Candela advert.

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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.

Firstly we would like to Wish all of our readers a very Happy New Year with not too many sore heads on the 1st January.

Hopefully this year will be better for everyone.

As many of you know we had a very sad ending to our year when we lost our very much loved little dog Pepsi who appears in the magazine every month, she will still be hiding somewhere in the magazine as normal. We would like to thank everyone for their kind words.

This month we had to get the magazine into the printers alot earlier so apologies to anyone who could not get their adverts into us to meet our earlier deadline.

We hope you will enjoy the new feature "Picture Gallery" on our website, which you can read about in the magazine.

Our front cover picture is of the acts that gave their services for free at the Carabasi Street Party.

Have a good month and a good year Sandra and Barry

IF YOU ARE A REGULAR ADVERTISER WITH OUR MAGAZINE send us any pictures and report of any event you have held at your premises and we will publish it for you FOR FREE

ew n g thin e e Som we ar g cin th. u d n intro his mo t m o r f We now have another photographer with us at GA events, or indeed Stefan will attend some functions in our place if we are unable to be there.

We have so many pictures taken on Gran Alacant, which there is no room for, in our

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printed editions. It seems a shame for us not to be able to share them with you.

Therefore, we will be uploading all pictures to our website for you to look through for

including artwork and

free advertising on our website!!

FREE. You may even see yourself in some of them.

If you have pictures you would like to add, particuarly OLD pictures of Gran Alacant in the past, please send them to us.

If you wish, we can supply you with photo prints, pictures on dvd or on a memory stick for your digital photo frames..

Just give us a call!

PLEASE REMEMBER After our initial deliveries to over 100 outlets, we do top up during the month at:-

“Euronics”, “Quicksave” and the “Phoenix Restaurant”.

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

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

So many good things to tell you about

this month.

We had the fashion show, held at the

Life Resort, where

volunteers modeled the clothes,

We cannot get over, how many good

others did the hair, and the make up,

who are always willing to "help out"

models to change clothes, giving up

people there are on our urbanisation, with many fund raising activities.Two

big events we have been to recently, highlight this.

The Big Street party. All people’s time

work behind the scenes helping the

their time with all the practicing that went on before hand. The effort that went into the fashion show, the

models, the helpers behind the stage,

given for free. The entertainers that

well done to all concerned especially

supplied free and just asking for a

it all and Sabine from Ab Fab for

performed for free. Beer barrels 1euro donation to Charity.

Ralph and Kate Jones who organised

Congratulations to all of the

businesses that took part in this

supplying the clothes.

The proceeds of 500 euro from the

wonderful effort. It was so successful that another is planned for early

summer. Thanks go to many people that include, Sabine from Ab Fab,

Maribel and Chris from ODuills, Mac

and Angie from Aquarius, Gabi from Hispania, Justina and Kelly Los

Alzheimer association of Santa Pola

by Ralph and Kate Jones.

Well done the people of Gran Alacant!!!!!

We have plenty of pictures elsewhere

in this issue of the fashion show and

Belgas, Maria O´Duills, our Carabassi

the street party and even more

Carlos our Santa Claus... Alain from

www.granalacantadvertiser.com

clowns Joe and Eddy, Ellianne Gunter, Los Belgas organised all the entertainers, Alan Swoffer,

Mr Bojangles , Convoy, Jimmy Mac,

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fashion show was presented to the

Bonovox , Nilo and Terryoke.

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Prior to the street party our new roundabout should have been

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officially opened. This could not

take place, due to electrical

problems with Iberdrola. We will let you know of the new date.

The Christmas celebrations at the

Life Resort will also have taken

place. We were at a meeting

where

we were informed of the itinery.

Again, so much work being put in for

the enjoyment of us all on Gran Alacant.

It is also good to always see the Town Hall representatives involved in

everything and also turning up to

enjoy the finished results.

We do now have an additional

photographer at all of the these

events. Stefan helps us to provide more and more pictures for our

magazine, and is now compiling dvd’s

of all of the events. See news about this, elsewhere in this issue.

The allotment keys have been handed over to those going to use the plots.

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Pictures show the

presentation of the keys by

The Neighbour Association of Gran

Alacant gave more than average ton

of foods to Cรกritas Charity in

December. The Gran European

Resident Neighbour Association

Alacant (ASVEGA) has made delivery

the Mayor of Santa Pola, Miquel Zarragozza. This is certainly a

pioneering project in our municipality providing 18 plots of 50 square metres.

GASP, our theatre group presented a cheque to charity after their very

to Parochial Cรกritas of Santa Pola of

562 kilos of foods for needy families, the members of the group had been

gathering tables of food during the 4th of December. The delivery to Cรกritas took place on the 7th of

December and both institutions were

made public by the councillor of Gran

Alacant, Loreto Cascales. According to Vicente Bonora "in the institutional speech of the Day of the Valencian

Community the Mayor requested aid

for the needy families, so on the 4th

popular performance during

we organized a food collection in

several supermarkets and through a

November.

table being set up in the Centro

We have also some very good artistic

the door of Mercadona, we obtained

people on Gran Alacant.. A group

Commercial on Gran Alacant next to

six car loads of donated food, "about 447 kilo". Later the association

bought in another 115 kilos, which

makes a total of 562 kilos of foods.

People have been wonderful, also the owners that gave all the facilities in

Centro Commercial, and is an initia-

tive that will continue to be organized every year.

attend weekly lessons in Los

Arenales, and their paintings were on display to the public. Our picture

shows two of the students either side

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of the tutor.

Friends of ours had people trying to

take their purse in one of our

supermarkets.. The robbers were still

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on the premises and were pointed out to the staff, only to get a shrug of the shoulders...shame!!

Two days before we went to print, our

Town Hall dignitaries, including the

Mayor, showed the Bishop of Orihuela

the plot of land that was being donated

to them by the Town Hall for the

building of a Church.

ON THE ROAD FROM THE GA CENTRE TO THE SCHOOL. TO GIVE YOU SOME BEARINGS, YOU CAN SEE THE HALF BUILT SUPERMARKET IN THE BACKGROUND.

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MONTEMAR BOWLS AND SOCIAL CLUB (Sponsored by Supa Valu) The re-arranged match between the Montemar Picadors and La Marina Explorers in the SABA Discovery League was played in the afternoon of Thursday 9th December resulting in the Picadors winning three rinks and drawing one. The rinks of Babs Caiger, Gordon Hemming and skip Bill Young did very well by scoring 32 to 8; Jan Soars, Mike Soars and David Eades scored 25 to 9, and Marilyn Gibbons, Ken Kirton and Ian Gibbons scored 20 to 15. While, Win Kirton, Terry Lemon and Terry Errington scored two on the last end to earn a draw 23 all.

Bill Judd's rink losing by three shots and Danny King's rink lost by six shots.

Total shots for the Picadors were 137, and those for the Explorers were 91.

Result: The Picadors 9 points and the Explorers 5 points.

On a wet morning on the 10th December, the Matadors were away to Quesada Swallows in the Southern League Division A, winning on Four rinks and losing on two. “Singing in the rain”, Pam Lee, Ken Kirton and skip Gordon Fisher won 24 to 13; John Corbet, Stan Routledge and Ian Gibbons won 19 to 12; Win Kirton, Fred Taylor and Alan Ashberry won 17 to 14, and Denise Ashberry, Gordon Lee and Harry Dobson won 18 to16. Dave Melville's rink lost 13 to 16 but scored five on the last end. The Chairman’s rink got lost in the wet 11 to 30.

Overall the Matadors just edged the shots by 102 to the Swallows 101.

Result: The Matadors 10 points and the Swallows 4 points.

Monday 13th December. Today in the SABA Discovery league the picadors travelled to Greenlands to play the Yellows. On a very fast green we managed to win on three rinks out of the six played. Congratulations to David Smy, Alan Ashberry and skip Danny King who won 36 to 12. Late replacement Fred Charman, Mike Farrelly and Bill Young who won 18 to 11. Ken Kirton, Gordon Hemming, and Bill Judd who won 18 to 17.

Total shots for the Picadors were 106 and those for the Yellows were 120 Result: Picadors 6 points and the Yellows 8 points.

“Bill Judd and Ron Campbell talking tactics” Please visit our web site at www.montemarbowls.com for more info about our Bowls and Social Club. New members are always welcome.

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ARMONIA

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Patagonia Steak house also have a restaurant in the Sierra Mar section.

GA Services have a full page advert on the centre pages.

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'I've had bad luck with both my wives. The first one left me, and the second one didn't.'

The Osteopathy below, can be found beside the library

Grupo Alicante are expanding their business in 2011 with the launch of their new website for holiday rentals for property located in the Costa Blanca Region.

All owners who have vacant property in this area, think about placing an advertisement with us and make use of your investment, utilising your holiday property for rent and making it visible to potential holiday makers world wide.

Why not take advantage of our new release offers and place an advert with us on our website.

We have several options available whereby we can manage all your enquiries and bookings on your behalf, alternatively you can manage them yourselves.

Anyone out there with a business that you want to make visible to holiday home owners, why not take advantage of all visitors to our site by placing an advert with us on our website. Advertising space is available for a reasonable cost.

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Our main advert can be found over the next page

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JANUARY PHOTO GALLERY Keeping YOU in the picture ...part 1

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PICTURES IN THE WHITE BOXES ARE FROM THE CARABASI STREET PARTY PICTURES IN THE YELLOW BOXES ARE FROM THE FASHION SHOW

SEE OUR WEBSITE FOR LOTS MORE PICTURES OF EVENTS ON GA at www.granalacantadvertiser.com

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GRAN ALACANT SERVICES,

A young man at a New Year始s party turns to his friend and asks for a cigarette.

'I thought you made a New Year始s resolution to quit smoking,' his friend says.

'I'm in the process of quitting,' the man says.

'Right now, I am in the middle of phase one.'

'What's phase one?'

'I've quit buying.'

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See Homefinders 2 page spread advert on centre pages and Victoria on page 21

HOMEFINDERS office 1, VICTORIA and FRICANDO are all in this block

Coming soon: 2011 calendars depicting landscapes & wildlife from the local area - Photographs courtesy of John B. Oliver (Our resident GA photographer).

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Simon and the league sponsor Chris at Simple Spanish Mortgages

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anish p S n i News

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Translations kindly supplied by Camila from OʼDuills & Alain from Los Belgas

¡Hay tantas cosas buenas para contar sobre este último mes!

No nos podemos creer, cuantas buenas personas hay en nuestras urbanizaciones, quienes siempre están dispuestos a ayudar con las actividades benéficas. Dos grandes eventos han tomado lugar recientemente.

La Gran Fiesta de la Calle.

Todos los participantes dieron su tiempo sin cobrar. El entretenimiento, que actuó gratuitamente. La cerveza fue suministrada gratis, sólo pedían 1 euro como donación a la organización benéfica.

Enhorabuena a todos las empresas que participaron. Fue tan exitoso, que otra fiesta está planeada para principios de verano.

Tuvimos un desfile de moda, donde los voluntarios hicieron de modelos, ayudaron con maquillaje y peluquería y voluntarios detrás del escenario ayudando a los modelos en los cambios de ropa, dando su tiempo libre. El esfuerzo que se metió en este desfile, los/las modelos, los ayudantes detrás del escenario...¡Bien hecho!, especialmente Ralph y Kate

Zo veel goede dingen om u te vertellen deze maand.

We willen jullie vertellen dat we zoveel goede mensen hebben wonen in Gran Alacant , die altijd bereid zijn om te helpen met fondsenwerving.

Twee grote evenementen hebben we te melden van afgelopen weken.

De Big Street party. Alle mensen bedanken die hun vrije tijd benutten om gratis zich in te spannen voor liefdadigheid er werdt gevraagd om een schenking van 1 euro aan liefdadigheid te doen. Proficiat aan alle bedrijven die deel namen aan deze prachtige inspanning. Het was zo succesvol dat er een andere party is gepland voor begin van de zomer.

We hadden de mode show waar vrijwilligers het model waren, anderen deden het haar, en de make-up, voor het werk achter de schermen om te helpen de modellen te kleden.

Dank aan alle betrokkenen met name Ralph en Kate Jones, die het allemaal georganiseerd hebben en Sabine van 'Ab Fab voor het verstrekken van de kleding.

De opbrengst van 500 euro uit de mode show werd gepresenteerd aan de ziekte van Alzheimer vereniging van Santa Pola door Ralph en Kate

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Jones, quienes lo organizaron todo, y Sabine de Ab Fab que suministró la ropa.

Lo mismo con la Fiesta de la Calle. Más y más gente de Gran Alacant se está involucrando con todas las actividades, para ayudar a quienes están peor que nosotros.

Gracias a mucha gente, incluidos Sabine de Ab Fab, Maribel y Chris de O'Duills, Mac y Angie de Aquarius, Gabi de Hispania, Justin y Kelly de los Belgas, Maria de O'Duills, nuestros payasos Joe y Eddy, Ellianne Gunter, Carlos nuestro Papa Noel... Todos los artistas; Alan Swoffer, Mr Bojangles , Convoy, Jimmy Mac, Bonovox , Nilo y Terryoke.

Tenemos muchas fotos en otras páginas de este número.

Antes de la Fiesta de la Calle, nuestra nueva rotonda tenía que ser inaugurada oficialmente. Esto no se pudo hacer, debido a problemas eléctricos con Iberdrola. Ya les haremos saber cuando es la nueva fecha.

Las celebraciones de Navidad en el Life Resort también habrán tomado lugar.

Estábamos en una reunión cuando nos informaron del itinerario. Otra vez, se están haciendo tantas cosas para todos nosotros en Gran Alacant.

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Jones

Hetzelfde met de Street party. Waar meer en meer Gran Alacant mensen betrokken waren bij deze activiteiten, Dit werdt georganiseerd om kinderen die het slechter hebben als ons een mooi kerstfeest te geven.

Dank gaat uit naar, Sabine van 'Ab Fab, Maribel en Chris van ODuills, Mac en Angie, Gabi van Hispania, justina, Alain en Kelly Los Belgas, Maria O´Duills, onze Carabassi clowns Joe en Eddy, Ellianne Gunter, Carlos onze Kerstman... Alle de entertainers, Alan Swoffer, mr Bojangles, Convoy, Jimmy Mac, Bonovox, Nilo en Terryoke.

Goed gedaan van de bevolking van Gran Alacant!!!!

We hebben veel foto's elders in het magazine, en ook op onze website.

Voorafgaand aan de Street party moest onze nieuwe rotonde officieel geopend worden . Dit kon niet plaats vinden door elektrische problemen met Iberdrola.

Wij zullen u de nieuwe datumlaten weten.

De viering van Kerstmis in het life resort zal ook hebben plaatsgevonden. We waren op een vergadering waar wij werden geïnformeerd over de werking van deze activiteiten.

Nogmaals, zo veel werk op been gezet voor het plezier van ons allemaal in Gran Alacant.

Het is ook goed om te zien dat de mensen van het stad huis betrokken worden bij deze activiteiten.

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También está bien ver a los representantes del Ayto. involucrados en todo y apareciendo a los eventos para disfrutar del resultado final.

Ahora tenemos un fotógrafo adicional para todos estos eventos. Stefan nos ayuda añadiendo más y más fotos a nuestra revista, y está compilando dvd's de todos los eventos.

Las llaves de los huertos ya han sido repartidas a quienes vayan a usar el terreno. Las fotos enseñan la presentación y la apertura oficial por el alcalde de Santa Pola, Miquel Zarragoza.

Este es un proyecto pionero de nuestro municipio, 18 parcelas de 50m cuadrados cada una.

GASP, nuestro grupo de teatro, presentó un cheque para caridad después de su actuación en Noviembre.

También tenemos algunas personas muy artísticas en gran Alacant. Un grupo que va a clases semanales en Los Arenales, sus pinturas estuvieron en exhibición.

Nuestra foto enseña a dos alumnos con el profesor.

La Asociación de vecinos de Gran Alacant dio una tonelada de comida a la Organización Cáritas en diciembre. La Asociación de Vecinos Residentes Europeos de Gran

We hebben nu een extra fotograaf die werk maakt van al deze gebeurtenissen. Stefan helpt ons om meer en meer foto’s te maken voor ons magazine, en is nu een dvd aan het samenstellen van alle gebeurtenissen. Zie nieuws over dit, elders in ons magazine.

De sleutels zijn overgedragen aan diegene die de percelen gaan gebruiken. Foto's tonen de presentatie en de officiële opening door de burgemeester van Santa Pola, Miquel Zarragozza. Dit is zeker een mooi project in onze gemeente het verstrekken van 18 percelen van 50 vierkante meter.

GASP, onze theatergroep heeft een cheque aan liefdadigheid gepresenteerd.

We hebben ook sommige zeer goede artistieke mensen op Gran Alacant Een groep wonen wekelijkse lessen in Los Arenales bij, en hun schilderijen werden tentoongesteld aan het publiek. Onze foto toont twee van de studenten aan weerszijden van de tutor.

De buren vereniging van Gran Alacant gaf meer dan een halve ton aan levensmiddelen aan Cáritas Charity in december. De Gran Europese Resident Neighbour Association Alacant (ASVEGA) heeft dit afgeleverd aan Parochial Cáritas Santa Pola en dit voor behoeftige gezinnen, de leden van de groep verzamelden voedsel op 4 december.

De levering aan Cáritas vond plaats 7 december dit werdt bijgewoond en openbaar gemaakt door het gemeenteraads lid van Gran Alacant, Loreto Cascales.

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Alacant (ASVEGA) hizo una entrega a la parroquia Cáritas de 562 kg de comida para las familias en necesidad, los miembros del grupo estuvieron recaudando comida el 4 de Diciembre.

La entrega a Cáritas dio lugar el 7 de Diciembre y ambas instituciones se hicieron públicas por la concejal Loreto Cascales. Según Vicente Bonora "en el discurso institucional del Día de la Comunidad Valenciana el Alcalde pidió ayuda para las familias necesitadas, así que el día 4 organizamos una donación de comida en varios supermercados y en una mesa al lado del Mercadona, obtuvimos 447 kg" Más tarde, la asociación trajo otros 115kg, lo cual hace un total de 562kg de comida. La gente ha sido muy buena, también los dueños de los locales que prestaron sus instalaciones en el Centro Comercial, es una iniciativa que se continuará organizando cada año.

A unos amigos nuestros les intentaron robar el monedero en Lidl. Los ladrones todavía estaban en el local y fueron identificados, sólo para que los echaran, sin la intervención de la policía.

Saludos

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Vicente Bonora hield een toespraak die dag in naam van de Valenciaanse Gemeenschap de burgemeester steunde deze actie voor de behoeftige gezinnen, er werdt gevraagd om voedsel in te zamelen aan de deur van mercadona aan het Centro Commercial op Gran Alacant, we hadden zes auto ladingen van gedoneerd voedsel,"ongeveer 447 kilo kregen we bijeen". Later kocht de vereniging de andere 115 kilo, waardoor een totaal van 562 kilo aan voedings middelen kon gedoneerd worden. Mensen hebben wederom vrijgevig geweest, ook bedanken we de eigenaars van het Centro Commercial, dit is een initiatief dat zal weder keren elk jaar.

Bij vrienden van ons is in lidl geprobeerd hun geldbeugel te roven . De rovers waren nog in de winkel aanwezig , dit werdt gemeld aan het personeel van lidl maar deze halden enkel hun schouders op , in plaats van de deuren te sluiten en de politie te verwittigen... u bent bij deze verwittigd wees op u hoede !!,

M.A.B.S. on GRAN ALACANT Firstly I would like to thank John at JP's Bar for hosting our Christmas Get-together, we tried to pay him for the tea and coffees but he would have none of it and he donated a prize for the Raffle too so we really appreciate this support. The Raffle raised 30 euros we also sold some of our MABS bags and Calendars. I would like to mention not Just Desserts who donated the most gorgeous large Chocolate Cake, which I did not win, and Quicksave for donating some gifts. Our President Jacqui Phillips came down from Moraira and along with our volunteers we had a very enjoyable afternoon. Aly one of our volunteers will be running in the Santa Pola half Marathon on 23rd January 2011 and she will be wearing one of our T-shirts and caps. Another family are coming over from England especially to support us who raised a lot of money this year in our "Walk for Life", Janet Gatwood, her daughters' Angela and Sharon and her husband will be running in memory of their father who died in January this year with Cancer of the pancreas.

MABS helped them through this difficult time so they wish to raise money and awareness for us, we will be there again to cheer them on. Jean Reiterbund who is our fundraiser for MABS in Gran Alacant and will be busy next year on the entertainments side to raise money and our Treasurer Bill Hodges also came along.

We are very sorry to learn that Dott is returning to Scotland, she is the Time for Me Therapies Masseur who has always supported us in many different ways and looked so unbelievable all dressed up in Pink for our "Walk for Life", our sincere thanks to her. Another lady who is a Masseur came in on Tuesday and said she would be happy to help us she is also qualified in Reiki, Stress and Chronic Pain Relief, also lymphic gland drainage which will greatly assist anyone going through chemotherapy. This would only be possible with consultation with the Doctor or Angie & Jan Consultant. If anyone would like to speak to this lady please contact me or Angela.

A Merry Christmas from Jan 966 697 754 and Angela 616 415 239.

Royal British Legion-Gran Alacant Branch BR 3606 Poppy Appeal Donations raised from Gran Alacant & La Marina totalled an excellent 4,475 Euros, which will be used to support our beneficiaries here in Spain.

Many Thanks.

The Gran Alacant Branch meets on the 1st Tuesday of the month at the Norwegian Club, Sierra Mar Urb. Near Dick Turpins & Not Just Desserts.

New members welcome, you do not need to be ex-forces to join us.

The next Branch meetings will be Jan 11th & 1st Feb at 7 for 7:30.

Further details from - Brian Hunt 636 917 971 or email secretarybr3606@gmail.com

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Modelo Rosa, independiente, situado en una parcela de 400m2 en una zona ideal de la urbanization. Parcela con gravilla y zonas con baldosas, trastero y suficiente sitio para poner una piscina delante o detras. La vivienda ofrece porche cerrado con aluminio, salon, cocina, galeria, 2 dormitorios y ba単o. Se recomienda visita.

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Modelo Lola (independiente) situado en una parcela espacioso que hace esquina en un sitio ideal de la urbanizacion con zona para aparcar el coche y sitio para poner piscina. Tambien ofrece garaje, porche cerrado con aluminio, salon de invierno, salon, cocina, galeria, 3 dormitorios, ba単o y solarium con vistas panoramicas.

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A detached model Rosa situated on an extremely large 400m2 plot in an ideal part of the Urbanisation. Part gravelled & part paved gardens offer off-road parking, large storage shed & ample room to accommodate a large swimming pool. Property comprises of glazed porch, salon, kitchen galeria, 2 bedrooms and bathroom. Must be seen.

A very well presented South West facing detached model Conchi, situated in a very central location, close to all amenities. Fully paved gardens offer various seating areas, large raised sun terrace, glazed porch, spacious salon, new kitchen, independent galeria, 3 bedrooms, bathroom.

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Situaci坦n sur-oeste, modelo Conchi independiente, en una zona central de la urbanizacion cerca del centro comercial. Jardines con baldosas y varios zonas de descanso, terraza, porche cerrado con aluminio, cocina nueva, galeria, 3 dormitorios y ba単o. Se vende amueblado.

Se recomienda visita interna.

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Tel: John or Denise Hutt 966 198 902

For Adoption www.petsinspain.info

in La Marina

This Leonberger puppy is just six months old and already he weighs 43.5 kilos! He was found abandoned in a country lane by the local police and they called us. He is in good condition and he has a gentle personality. We have names him Brutus.

Paco was found by the local police wandering along the middle of a main road through an urbanization. They were on their way to an emergency call-out and so, to protect him, they secured him behind the gates of a vacant house. My wife and I went to the location to collect him and take him to the vet clinic. He is in such good condition we expected an owner to come forward and claim him, unfortunately nobody has. He is small dog weighing approx 8 kilos and he has beautiful soft long fur.

Bingo is a small dog that was seen wandering the streets of an urbanisation for many days before his rescue. He is a little timid at first but he is very loving and enjoys the company of people. He is approx 3 years. Bingo is good with other dogs and with cats.

Dan is a beautiful Ginger and White cat. He is very sociable and good with other cats, approx 1 year old and likes to sit on your lap.

For more information please contact: 654 027 748 Email: info@petsinspain.info Spanish bank details for Direct Bank Transfer: BANK: Bancaja ACCOUNT: 2077 1126 56 3100126157 IBAN: ES78 2077 1126 5631 0012 6157 SWIFT/BIC: CVALESVVXXX

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Karaoke nights at Monte y Mar?

sent to us by Gary O'Donoghue

Keeping YOU in the picture

JANUARY PHOTO GALLERY .....part 2

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Having just finished a breakfast in Not Just Deserts (one of the favourites for the Best Breakfast Award ) a couple sat down at the next table to us and started to discuss the restaurant awards with the staff " we have some fantastic restaurants in Gran Alacant " they said .....butting in (like you do) I introduced myself as Luton Town from the forum and that it was I that ran the awards ... and in turn they introduced themselves as Up The Iron from the forum .....to cut a long story short they went on to tell me that when we launched this years awards on November 4th they had so many favourite restaurants they just could not make their mind up.....so they booked a flight out to try their favourites just one more time before they voted .....for me it just made everything worth while.

There has been a fantastic response to this years Restaurant Awards on the forums of Gran Alacant with over 340 votes cast so far but having just spent a week in Gran Alacant I find myself having to share a remarkable true story with you.

who meet every week at Los Belgas, raised funds and provided toys, for the under 18 abused childrens organisation at C.A.M. BAIX VINALOPĂ“-ELCHE

Stephen "THE BULLET" Bunting BDO player was due to fly over to Spain, for a Darts Exhibition to raise funds at SIOUX BAR. Raffles and Auction were to have taken place.

All proceeds to charity. Unfortunately his flight from the U.K. was cancelled due to the bad weather.

18th december SPONSORED BY MURPHY at SOL BUILDERS

Charity darts exhibition

Ralph & Kate Jones

Thank you to all concerned.

On Sunday 28th November at the Life Resort, Gran Alacant. A charity fashion show was held in aid of the Alzeimers and Dementia Association of Santa Pola. Various local businesses helped sponsore the show but all of the clothes and fancy dress costumes were provided by Sabine, the owner of Absolutely Fabulous Boutique. Local ladies from Gran Alacant and Santa Pola modelled the clothes along with five male models who helped to make the show a great success.

The FAT Club Five hundred euro was raised for the charity.

LETTER OF THANKS

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It is nice for us at the magazine to see so many votes cast (on the full list), for businesses that advertise with us.

IN THE BEST BEAKFAST SECTION Not Just Deserts......43 votes Aquarius.................42 votes Destinations............17 votes

IN THE BEST RESTAURANT SECTION Los Belgas........62 votes Patagonian........38 votes Tres Besos........31 votes Claudias............19 votes Aquarius...........11 votes

LEADING CONTENDERS as at 16th December

Thanks Luton (Ian Robertson)

You have until Jan 14th to vote so please log on and vote or join one of your local forums and vote ,details of the award sponsors and how to join your local forums are available on the Chicken Wing forum advert in this Magazine.

votes the fact that their customers had cared enough to vote mattered a great deal to them.

Hi everybody, In January the 5th we have parades for the Three Kings in every corner on the Costa Blanca. In Santa Pola it will take place on the 5th, of course, on the 2nd there will be activities, workshops, hold in Gran Alacant.

If you want to enjoy one of the best parades for the Three Kings you have to go to Alcoy.

I hope you have enjoyed, at least, one of the many cribs on display. In Santa Pola we have a beautiful one at the Castle. I know in Torrevieja there is another beautiful one. If you happen to go to Alicante, pop in at the Diputaci贸n Provincial building and have a look at the master pieces they got there.

In Ca帽ada next to Villena, they make a performance of the birth and the arrival of the Three Kings to bring presents to Jesus, is real theatre carried out by amateurs. This event is declared of national tourist interest.

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for further information please ring: 966 692 276 To finish I would like to remind you about the Half Marathon, it will take place on Sunday 23th at 10:30 a.m., If you have not seen yet, do please come and enjoy the atmosphere, In my opinion is absolutely fantastic, the day before on Saturday afternoon you can also enjoy the fun race for children, we called Mini-Marathon but last year more than 1200 children took part in it.

Be good and I sure one of the Kings will bring you a present.

Bye-bye.

WHAT’S THAT IN THE CLOT?

by Mark Etheridge

It must be great to be a sound effects man in Hollywood – when you are asked to reproduce the sounds of a tropical forest, you just reach for your Kookaburra recording and slap it on the soundtrack. It doesn’t matter where the film is set – Africa, Asia, America – if it’s a jungle setting then a Kookaburra sound will do.

That is why so many birders roll their eyes when a Kookaburra calls in a Tarzan film, for example, because they know that Kookaburras only live in Australia. But they do have a very distinctive call, and just about everyone knows what they sound like (a maniacal laugh if you’re one of the few who don’t).

Another very distinctive call can be heard in the Clot. It’s far-carrying, very recognisable and yet you rarely see the bird making it unless you know where to look. It’s a loud “kyew” repeated five or six times very quickly, and again sounds a bit like laughter, and it comes from the Green Woodpecker (Pito Real in Spanish). There are three or four pairs resident in the Clot, and the place to see them is on dead trees as in my picture, where they bore out insects beneath the rotting bark and they also forage on the ground for ants, which they lick up in vast numbers with their long sticky tongue. They can be difficult to watch because as soon as they realise they are under observation, they will hop round to the far side of the tree and peek out at you in best undercover spy fashion.

Now, as you may know, the Green Woodpecker is also resident in the UK, but I am now going to give you a chance to show your superior knowledge to visiting British birders. When they tell you they’ve seen a Green Woodpecker in the Clot, you can smile at them with an air of satisfaction and tell them that

actually they haven’t – what they have seen is in fact an Iberian Green Woodpecker, which is of the subspecies sharpeii and is subtly different from the British version; there is more grey in the head pattern, so they will owe you a drink for that!

Back to the Kookaburra – I was surprised to see a pair of Kookaburras in Torellano, just a few miles from GA a few months ago. The reason why both Spanish and British birders haven’t descended en masse to join in my sighting is that, sadly, they were in the window of the local pet shop, and to be honest it was a rather depressing spectacle – they don’t belong here, they don’t make good pets and they’d be far better off in their native Australia.

See you next month.

STOP PRESS : Anyone who read my Robin article last month and went into the Clot to look for one on or about the 1st of December – well I hope you looked closely because if you saw a Robin with red only on its sides just below the wings, you’ll have seen an extremely rare bird – a Red-Flanked Bluetail, an absolute Mega as we birders say!

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DOGS MUNICIPAL REGISTRATION Some weeks ago we had a letter from Santa Pola Town Hall, in which we have been told to remind our clients of some special requirements for owning a dangerous dog.

According to the Artical#17 of Ordenanza Municipal Reguladora de la Tenencia y Proteccion de Animals de Compañia (Municipal Ordinance for the Regulation of Companion Pet´s Owning and Protection):"...dog owners are obliged to register them at the Town Hall facilities"... This effect, not only dangerous dogs, but all of them. When registering our dog at the Town Hall, we are supposed to show an UPDATED Pet Passport, which implies: European Passport, a valid rabies injection, and a micochip. If the passport gets lost or has not been properly updated, a Vet can correct the status in a matter of minutes. Cats and other pets are excluded from this mandatory registration. This is a municipal ordinance, that means, the dog must be registered at the Town Hall where it is actually living. For example, a dog living in El Altet or Arenales del Sol, must be registered at Elche Town Hall instead.

There is another law (Law 50/1999) which refers specifically to potentially dangerous pets (not only dogs), and specifies that, apart from registration,

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the owner, who must be over 18, must have an Administrative License, which can be obtained at the Town Hall where the owner lives (even if the animal lives in a different town). For obtaining this License, apart from having the dog properly microchipped and vaccinated, the owner must pass a psychotechnical check (similar to the ones for diving and having weapons), and have a Certificado de Penales (where they certicate you haven´t commited any crime). In the case of Santa Pola Town Hall, you must go to the 2nd floor, to Negociado de Sanidad, and provide them with all these documents.

Here is the official list of dangerous dog breeds: - American Staffordshire Terrier - Staffordshire Bull Terrier (shame on this, we all know Staffies are not dangerous, but the law is the law..)

- Perro de presa mallorquin (Balearic Bulldog) - Fila Brasileño (Brazilian Mastiff) - Pero de presa canario (Canarian Catch Dog) - Bullmastiff - American Pitbull Terrier - Rottweiler - Bull Terrier - Dogo de Burdeos (French Mastiff) - Japanese Tosa Inu - Dogo Argentino (Argentinian Mastiff) - Dobermann - Mastin Napolitano (Neapoletan Mastiff) - Japanese Akita Inu

....and their crosses.

But a Town Hall may also consider as dangerous dogs all those weighing over 20kg and with a wide chest and powerful jaws.

Having a dangerous dog also implies putting a warning sign (beware of the dog), in a visible place, and building a fence enough for stopping the dog from jumping, and wide enough for stopping the dog from leaning its head out (and for stopping people inserting an arm inside)

carry them out. But, of course, the Town Hall is also obliged to make everybody carry them out, so, we can tell the Town Hall to do something in case of a dangerous dog running free or terrorizing the neighbourhood.

Some extra info is available at www.santapola.es and at Negociado de Sanidad, Santa Pola Town Hall, 1 Pza Constitucion 2nd floor.

All these requirements may vary depending on the Town Hall.

Lilana Aldeguer Cerdán col 793

Since the requirements are mandatory, the owner may be fined if he doesn´t

English Translation by Sergio Reina Esteban col 747

FERAL (animals) FRIENDS OF GRAN ALACANT & nearby areas It´s been many Vet Bills, animals in need, make a donation Bancaja Account no. 2077 7611 0011 4035 FUND RAISING BOOT SALE – RASTRO EVERY 1st SUNDAY OF THE MONTH IN WINTER MONTHS FROM 10.00 TO 14.00 at SUNSET BAR Carabassi Bar Centre, Gran Alacant Weather permitting New (or as new) articles and items at very low prices

In need of urgent adoption.

Books: Buy 2 or more at 0,50 cts. ea. (hardbacks & dvd’s 1€ each) Come and Support the cause by grabbing a bargain Animals NEED our help constantly !

PLEASE NO ARTICLES ACCEPTED DAY OF STALL/SALE

We do not have a shelter. Our work is to trap ferals to sterelize them and help animals in other ways.

Now we have several kittens & adults FOR ADOPTION

Donations, volunteers or Info...feralfriends.ga.@gmail.com or 697 574 199 except Sundays

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SUDOKU ANSWERS ON GRAN ALACANT MAP 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

Difficulty rating: easy Difficulty rating: hard

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A map to help you find places of interest, and the locaton of all of 8 CARABASI BAR COMPLEX (DOWN THE HILL)

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PETANC AND CHILDRENS PLAY AREA

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GA BOWLS CLUB

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PROPOSED SITE FOR A NEW HEALTH CENTRE, AND A SECOND SCHOOL

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Aquagest 24hr............. ..........902 250 170 Aeropuerto..............................966 919 000 Ayuntamiento-Gran Alacant. ............966 697 749 Alicante Bus Station...............965 130 700 Alicante Train Station.............902 240 202 Bomberos (Fire).....................085 Biblioteca (Library)..................966 692 773 Butano gas..............................966 672 222 Guardia Civil............................062 Guardia Civil............................965 411 290

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Iberdrola................................901 202 020 Library GA............................ 966 697 110 Local Police...........................092 Local Police...........................965 411 103 Medical Health Service........966 699 081 National Police......................091 Red Cross (Cruz Roja)........965 416 936 Red Cross emergencies.....112 Rubbish collection.................966 693 955 Suma......................................965 292 000 Telefonica..............................1004

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below, ARE THE BUS TIMES TO AND FROM THE AIRPORT. (Monday to Friday) THE MAIN BUS TIMETABLES ARE ON THE FOLLOWING PAGES

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ORBITAL BUS ROUTE ON GRAN ALACANT

Let the bus take the strain. Air conditioned and the cheapest transport on GA. Stops near you, every 30 minutes.

Below, and on the next page are maps of Alicante, and Santa Pola to help find your way around. The Santa Pola map includes our advertisers.

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

It also includes our advertisers

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Guardia Civil

Carlin Santa Pola's Casa de Cultura Theatre in Calle Elche

SANTA POLA FOOTBALL STADIUM

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 12. Salt Lake museum 13. Civic & Social Centre 15. Casa de Cultura 16. Lyneli hair 18 Santa Pola Marina.

19. Bailen

20. Aquarium 21. Suma Office 22. Public refuse tip 23. site for New swimming pool 24. Indoor market 27. Police station (Policia Local) 28. Model boating lake

29. Pola Max shopping centre

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WEEKDAYS SANTA POLA to ALICANTE

WEEKDAYS ALICANTE to SANTA POLA

WINTER BUS TIMETABLES 1st September 2010 - 22nd June 2011

71

SUNDAYS & FESTIVAL DAYS

SATURDAYS SANTA POLA to ALICANTE

SUNDAYS & FESTIVAL DAYS

SATURDAYS ALICANTE to SANTA POLA

Train Stop, Masa Complex above SuperValu

Afternoon Special 12-30-5pm

Monday-Friday & Saturday Small cod or haddock & chips €3.50

Daily Specials

only

€4

Small Cod or Haddock (with a slice of bread and butter, peas or beans and a pickled onion) €5.00 Large Cod or Haddock and Chips €6.00 Large Cod or Haddock, mushy peas or beans Glass of wine, beer or soft drink Ice cream and fruit €10.00

January Special Sausage & Chips €3.50

WE WOULD LIKE TO WISH ALL OF OUR CUSTOMERS A PROSPEROUS NEW YEAR Tins of Quality Street, Celebrations, Roses, Heros....only 8 euro Free delivery on orders over €10.00 Eat in or take away.

Tel: 966 697 070

at the PLAZA MAYOR Complex Gran Alacant Above Super Valu

TUESDAYs ONLY Bangers, mash, peas & onion gravy 1pm till 6pm January opening hours Monday - Saturday Closed Jan 1st & 2nd Monday........12.30 - 10pm Tuesday........12.30 - 10pm Wednesday... 5pm - 10pm Thursday.......5pm - 10pm Friday...........12.30 - 10pm Saturday......12.30 - 10pm Sunday..........closed