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WHAT’s INSIDE CONTENTS 4,5,6,8,10 NEWS IN ENGLISH 11,12,13,14 NEWS IN SPANISH 16 M.A.B.S. 18 TOURIST INFO 28 BLUEMOON COMPUTER PAGE 50 BOWLS 51 PETS IN SPAIN 51 K9 ANIMALS 53 BRITISH LEGION 53 OUR MAG HIGH UP 54 FRIENDS OF GA 55 GA PLAZA 55 GASP PICTURES 56 COOKING PAGE 57 EASY HORSE CARE 58 GA BOWLS PICS 59 GA BOWLS PICS 60 GA VET 61 THE CLOT 62 WORDSEARCH 63 SUDOKU 64 GA MAP 65 GA MAP 66 GA TOURIST TRAIN 67 LOCAL BUS TIMES
Hello everyone With Halloween this month, please send us pictures of your fancy dress around the urbanisation. Big event this month was the Annual Santa Pola Mixed Rinks Bowls Tournemant held on Gran Alacant. The Santa Pola Town Hall sponsors this, which has grown and grown over recent years. Because our magazine has so many pages, it is very expensive to print every month. When you advertise with us your advert fee also enables your advert to be seen on our internet website. We help to promote your business by recommending you to others if we are asked. You will also receive a supply of magazines. When advertises drop out, their copies are given to the advertiser that takes their place. No one gets something for nothing these days!!!, even in the magazine with no advert price increases for over eight years. Have a good month Sandra & Barry Our little dog from the front cover has hidden herself away in the magazine, can you find her? Last month she was on page 52 at the bowls club.
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We at your Gran Alacant Advertiser continue to bring you all of the news, including that from our Gran Alacant Councillor, Loreto Cascales, as we have since May 2005. It is our perogative at the magazine, NOT to update this 2005 picture, as we all looked a great deal younger!!! What is wrong with people. Can you believe it???!! A row of rubbish bins, one especially for cardboard boxes. Just fold them down and put them in the bin. But no...lets just chuck them all over the floor for someone else to clear away. Some of them even blowing into the road. BIN FOR CARD!! possibly too far away!! Why can’t people just show a bit of RESPECT, whether it is putting rubbish in bins. Not parking in the way of others, and not making excessive noise late at night. JUST DON’T BE SELFISH to your neighbours. ---------------------You may have noticed that the plot for the new Church is being excavated. The photos on page 5 may help you see its location, with the Gabi Market in the background. -----------We mentioned last month about the lack of classrooms for the Gran Alacant school. More space is now being provided as our picture on the right shows. Our Mayor and the Councillor of Education have had more talks in Valencia about the future new school. Land has been allocated and plans are drawn up and ready. -----------------------There are a wide range of courses and workshops being offered in the International Library of Gran Alacant. The City of Santa Pola , through its Department of Culture and Gran Alacant has prepared for the course 2013-2014 a program of workshops and courses in the International Library of Gran Alacant , covering various themes and intended audiences of different ages. The language workshops are the most requested, especially those relating to the English language. The course we offer has many levels : From Basic to Conversation, the first and conversation languages are focused on preparing students for them to be submitted to the Cambridge exams, as has occurred with students who took the June tests this year, with highly satisfactory results.
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Computer file pictures of the new Gran Alacant Church were not available, so we scanned inkjet prints. Not very good quality, but it gives us all an idea of what the new building may look like
GABI MARKET on the other side of the main road
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For children we offer English public preschool and primary and new for this year : "Baby English ", a workshop for parents and babies in which a native teacher teaches two days a week "classes" of English through games, songs and play activities. In languages we also want to emphasize that we will continue to offer French, German, Chinese and new this year, Russian, some basic levels . The Cultural Association is working with the library offering courses in Valencian oral level, elementary and mitjà for those who wish to sit examinations or simply want to learn our language. The workshops offer also includes physical and sport, like the strong following that pilates has. This year we offer also maintenance sessions. Also included are the ballroom dancing courses. The last set of workshops that will be offered include creative workshops: creative pastry shop ( cakes decorated cakes) , craft workshop for adults , creative workshops for children on Saturday mornings and Friday afternoons . The deadline to collect information and make entries begins on Monday September 9 . Most courses will start on October 1 and finalize some others in June and July 31. For any questions please call the International Library of Gran Alacant or write to email santapola.biga1 @ gmail.com . -----------------------
AN EMAIL TO US This is the first time for several years that we decided to stay out here in GA for the August.I was saddened to see how the Carabassi beach has become so commercial - beach bars, sunbeds, inflatables,pedaloes etc.I accept that many people enjoy these facilties and they provide jobs and revenue but I would like to think that the local authorities would try to ensure the beach does not become a mini Benidorm . The music from these bars is very loud and I do not think an evening swim in the beautiful Mediterranean, quite along way from the shore, should be spoilt by hearing songs with the lyrics Mother F..... !! The lady who hoped for better facilities for wheel chair users could try going to Playa Lisa which has dedicated parking right by the best facilities I have ever seen for disabled people Judith Williams
Unfortunately this beach belongs to Elche Council so Santa Pola Town Hall have no say over it. ----------------------Hi both Know it has been Santa Pola fiestas – but just wondered what was the outcome of Loreto’s discussion with the police as have now heard of 3 more thefts – same modus operandi (not our guests thank goodness)! But still worrying for GA/ Santa Pola tourism Haidee
We made Loreto aware of the above. She then had words with the police, again. -----------------------
The Netball Spain 2013 Tour Woo, what an event??? With everyone now back home and back to real life it's time to sum up the Hottest trip of the Summer!! A full week of sun, sea, food, cocktails, new friends and of course netball it's time to start planning 2014, it has a lot to live up too!! The week started with some settling in time at the accommodation with time spent soaking up the sun by the pool only moving to cool off and turn over, lol. 1st night out was a Race Night at Big Al's in Masa Square, Gran Alacant. The Netball Spain girls cleaned up with so many winners on the night we had to change some of our names!! BBQ night was next, the first opportunity for the whole group to meet and get to know each other, needless to say Netball was the hot topic of the evening. It's amazing how leagues and matches vary throughout the country. Friday morning was a huge breakfast at Not Just Desserts in Gran Alacant to build up our strength for a day of beach games and challenges - obstacle courses, electric fences, netball rounders; you name it, we did it, GO TO PAGE 8
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the sun bathers on Carabasi beach had plenty to keep them entertained that day. Dinner at El Texicano followed, fabulous food and cocktails led onto to karaoke in Molly Malones!! After a good nights rest (or maybe not!!), a day of netball at Grupo de Receacion la Deportiva was in store for Saturday. The chance to develop skills and learn some new drills in the morning was followed by mixed match play in the afternoon to prepare for our visiting team match on Sunday. A quiet night allowed fresh faces for our matches versus Rojales Ladies on Sunday, 2 games and 2 wins for the Netball Spain girls!!! Rojales were tough competition and tested all players in every position, a great experience for everyone on the court. Cowgirl themed prize night at the Gran Mundo Chinese restaurant was next; prize winners were, Emily Murdoch, Thea Adamson Lewis, Vicki Twell, Jenny Black and player of the tournament Sarah Risnes. Monday was a day of rest, some girls ventured the short distance to Alicante for some sight seeing and shopping while others enjoyed a day by the pool. With some players heading home it was the chance to say goodbye to new friends for life. With everyone departing by Tuesday it was a sad farewell to each other and plans made to meet up again at future trips. A great bunch of girls made this trip a pleasure to run and Netball Spain can't wait to see them all again next year. Roll on 2014!!! ------------------------
M.A.B.S. GARDEN PARTY The 9th of September hosted by Susan and Stuart the M.A.B.S. garden party sprung into life. With thunder storms expected we held our breath, but the thunder held off and the sun shone on the fifty guests who attended. Music was presented by the talented Big Kev who also compared and did Irish bingo and an auction of restaurant vouchers, which were donated by Aquarius, Tres Beso, and Casanova, plus an afternoon of pampering with Simone. Our lovely Joe gave four hours of housework. The Rich Bitch Show Bar in Benidorm gave a voucher for the best seat available for four people with a bottle of champange. The best sunhat was won by Keith who looked delightful in his hat decked with flowers. A raffle was run by Susan Gorfin. Sangria donated by Mary Flanagan, bread and balloons by Susan and a new bar erected by Stuart our hosts. The bar was looked after by Bill and Lin Hodges. The M.A.B.S. cake shop supplied the cakes, with the remaining sold at the end of the party. Decorations Jayne donated, with the help of Karen, the garden looked fit for a queen. Table service was done perfectly by Mathew and Kianna. Everyone enjoyed themselves. The money raised at the party was 961 euros, any extra wine is to be sold off and added to the total. Thank you all again for your support. Our next venture will be our show at Vivaldi the 4th-5th-6th of November. Tickets will be available in October. Please support us, GRAN ALACANT needs you. The final count for the garden party is â‚Ź1001.50. Jean Reiterbund, fundraiser.
There were many pictures sent in for the M.A.B.S. garden party so we have placed the rest on our website. --------------
GASP THEATRE Your local theatre group, GASP, will be on stage again at the
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Menu of the Day (every day of the year) weekday menu ............................................ 9 euros menu Saturday, Sunday and holidays ....... 12 euros.
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Life Resort on Wednesday 23 and Thursday 24 October. Each evening will present two one act comic plays; “The Balancing Act” and “Nobody Famous”. ''There will also possibly be a short sketch featuring our most senior member - Stella. 'Nobody famous' - a lesson here about fake fortune tellers. Sometimes they get it right and the results can be staggering! Be careful what you wish for. 'The Balancing Act' - features ex-pats living on the Costa, with a twist. Is Archie just a serial womaniser, or is there more to this? The truth is revealed, much to his wife's surprise.'' Regrettably tickets prices have had to increase to €7 euros, due to the increased cost of hiring the Life Resort theatre, and are available from 966 181 113, 966 181 194 or 628 774 461. Why not check out the new website www.gasp-theatre.org, where as well as reserving tickets, you can see all about GASP, including photo galleries of previous productions. As before it is hoped that a donation can be made to Santa Pola Cruz Roja, so when you buy a ticket not only are you in for a great evening, but you are helping your community. -------------------
FOR THE OLDIES, ....... like me. Any oldie fancy getting them limbs moving a bit more. How about one afternoon a week at the sports centre, playing a bit of football. Walking pace of course. No tackling. No getting hurt. Just a gentle afternoon. Contact Barry here at the magazine. -------------------
AN EMAIL TO US “On our recent visit to GA we noticed a lot of improvements which is always great to see. Everywhere looked cleaner with weeds that were overgrown in May now cleared and the litter problem seemed a lot less in evidence. The building of the new apartments at the end of our road is welcome even though our beach view will probably suffer but at least the area may finally be free of people walking their dogs and letting them foul in this area. Alas though the sad sight of the dilapidated apartment and shop complex "Sueno Azul" is still an eye sore on the main street. Does anyone know if there is a way of getting in touch with the committee/management company that look after these apartments to see if they would do a paint job on the building. It would make such a difference to what is actually a nice building with it's bell tower” thanks Fiona
Loreto says that this "Sueno Azul" area refuse to form a community so will not pay any refuse charges to keep the area clean. -----------------------13 brown direction signs have emerged over the urbanisation. So many people could find no roads signs, so it is hoped that these will help. ------------------GA residents above the beach bars on the coast, have filed for compensation against our Town Hall and Elche Council for allowing the noise. If the Town Hall has to begin reimbersing all of those effected by noise from bars, there is unlikely to be any money left to do anything for Gran Alacant in the future. Also, maybe in the future, we will have nothing at all on Gran Alacant deterring any summer visitors or residents.
What do you think? ----------------Two new bus stop shelters are to be built. The first was outside the old farmacia and the new one will be on the stretch of road between the Church and the School. ----------------more news next month................Sandra & Barry
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¿Qué le pasa a la gente? ¡¿Puedes creerlo?! Teniendo una fila de contenedores de basura, uno especialmente para cajas de cartón: simplemente hay que doblar los cartones y meterlos en la basura. Pero no... la gente deja los cartones tirados por toda la acera para que otras personas los recojan! ¿Por qué la gente no puede mostrar un poco de respeto, sea poniendo la basura en los contenedores, no estacionar en el camino de los demás y no hacer demasiado ruido por la noche? ¡Simplemente no ser egoísta! Puede que hayan notado que están excavando la parcela de tierra que será destinada a la nueva iglesia. En las fotos (página 5) podrán ver la ubicación, con el Bazar Chino Gabemarket en el fondo. -----------------------------------------------------------Ya mencionamos el mes pasado la falta de aulas en la escuela de Gran Alacant. Ahora están proporcionando más espacio como pueden ver en las fotos de las primeras páginas. El alcalde y el concejal de Educación han tenido una serie de reuniones en Valencia sobre una nueva escuela. La parcela ha sido designada y se están elaborando los planos. -----------------------------------------------------------Hay una amplia gama de cursos y talleres que se ofrecen en la Biblioteca Internacional de Gran Alacant. El Ayuntamiento de Santa Pola , a través de su Departamento de Cultura y Gran Alacant ha preparado para el curso 2013-2014 un programa de talleres y cursos en la Biblioteca Internacional de Gran Alacant, que abarcan diversos temas y público de diferentes edades. Los talleres de idiomas son los más solicitados, especialmente los relativos al Inglés. El curso que ofrecen tiene muchos niveles: desde el básico hasta la conversación, en el curso de idiomas se centran en preparar a los estudiantes para que sean sometidos a los exámenes de Cambridge, los estudiantes que se examinaron en junio de este año, tuvieron unos resultados altamente satisfactorios. Para los niños ofrecen Inglés para preescolar y primaria el nuevo curso de este año: "Baby English", un taller para los padres y los bebés en la que un profesor nativo imparte dos días a la semana “clases” de Inglés a través de juegos, canciones y actividades. En Idiomas, queremos hacer hincapié en que van a continuar ofreciendo cursos de francés, alemán, chino y el nuevo de este año, Ruso, en los niveles básicos. La Asociación Cultural colabora con la biblioteca ofrece cursos en el nivel oral de valenciano elemental, medio y para aquellos que deseen presentarse a los exámenes o simplemente quieren saber nuestro idioma. Los talleres ofrecen también actividades físicas y
deportivas, como el gran número de
seguidores que tiene pilates . Este año ofrecen sesiones de mantenimiento. También se incluyen los cursos de baile de salón. La última serie de talleres que se ofrecerán incluyen talleres creativos: pastelería creativa
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(pasteles decorados), taller de manualidades para adultos, talleres creativos para los niños los sábados por la mañana y los viernes por la tarde. La fecha límite para recoger información y realizar entradas es el lunes 09 de septiembre. La mayoría de los cursos se iniciarán el 1 de octubre y finalizarán en junio y julio. Si tiene alguna pregunta por favor llame a la Biblioteca Internacional de Gran Alacant o escriba un email santapola.biga1 @ gmail.com. -----------------------------------------------------------UN EMAIL: Esta es la primera vez en varios años que decidimos quedarnos aquí en GA para la Agosto. Me entristecí al ver cómo la playa Carabassi se ha vuelto tan comercial - chiringuitos, hamacas, hinchables, barcas a pedales etc. Yo acepto que muchas personas disfrutan de estas instalaciones y que además proporcionan empleos e ingresos, pero me gustaría pensar que las autoridades locales traten de garantizar que las playas no se conviertan en un “mini Benidorm”. La música en estos bares está muy fuerte. Yo estuve nadando en el hermoso Mediterráneo, bastante alejada de la orilla y todavía se escuchaba la música procedente de estos chiringuitos! La señora que esperaba unas mejores instalaciones para los usuarios de sillas de ruedas podría intentar ir a Playa Lisa, que tienen el aparcamiento a pie de playa y justo al lado se encuentran las mejores instalaciones que he visto para las personas con discapacidad. Judith Williams Desafortunadamente esta playa (Carabassi) pertenece al Ayuntamiento de Elche, el Ayuntamiento de Santa Pola no tiene ni voz ni voto sobre las actividades y negocios que se encuentran allí. -----------------------------------------------------------Hola a los dos! Sé que han habido fiestas en Santa Pola - pero sólo me pregunto cuál fue el resultado de las deliberaciones de Loreto con la policía… como he oído hablar de 3 robos más - con el mismo modus operandi (no han robado a nuestros huéspedes - gracias a Dios)! Sin embargo, sigue siendo preocupante para el turismo de GA / Santa Pola. Saludos, Haidee Volvimos a mencionarlo y Loreto ha hablado con la policía, una vez más. -----------------------------------------------------------El Netball España 2013 Vaya semanita!!! Con todo el mundo ahora de vuelta a casa y de vuelta a la vida real, es hora de resumir las vacaciones del verano ! Una semana llena de sol, mar, comida, cócteles, nuevos amigos y por supuesto el deporte netball es el momento para comenzar a planificar el 2014! La semana comenzó con un poco de descanso, pasando el tiempo en la casa y tomando el sol en la piscina. Primera noche estuvimos en el Bar Big Al’s en la Plaza Mayor, y participamos en la noche de carreras que organizan allí. Las chicas ganamos varias veces a lo largo de la noche! La noche siguiente hicimos una barbacoa, fue la primera oportunidad para que todo el grupo se reuniera y llegar a conocernos unas a otras , no hace falta decir Netball fue el tema candente de la noche. Es increíble cómo las ligas y partidos varían en todo el país. La mañana del viernes desayunamos en Not Just Desserts en Gran Alacant para reunir fuerzas para un día repleto de juegos en la playa y desafíos - carreras de obstáculos, cercas eléctricas, netball, lo que sea , lo hicimos, mantuvimos a los bañistas de la playa Carabasi muy
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entretenidos! Lo siguiente fue una cena en El Texicano, comida fabulosa y más tarde cócteles y karaoke en el Bar Molly Malones! Después de una buena noche de descanso (o quizás no!), una jornada de baloncesto femenino en el Polideportivo, por la mañana aprovechamos la oportunidad para desarrollar habilidades y aprender nuevos ejercicios, seguido del juego de hoyos mixtos. Por la tarde nos prepararnos para nuestro partido como visitantes. Una noche tranquila para estar lista para los partidos contra el Club Femenino de Rojales del domingo, 2 juegos y 2 victorias para los Netball España! El Club Femenino de Rojales fue una dura competencia y pusieron a prueba a todas nuestras jugadoras, una gran experiencia para todas! Por la noche cenamos en el restaurante Chino Gran Mundo que estaba al lado, se dieron una serie de premios, las ganadoras de los premios fueron, Emily Murdoch , Thea Adamson Lewis , Vicki Twell , Jenny Black y la jugadora del torneo Sarah Risnes . El lunes fue un día de descanso, algunas chicas se aventuraron a visitar Alicante para dar una vuelta e ir de compras, mientras que otras disfrutaron de un día en la piscina. Con todo el mundo listo para salir el martes, fue una despedida triste y se hicieron planes para encontrarse de nuevo en futuros viajes. Un gran grupo de chicas hizo que este viaje un placer y Netball España no puede esperar para verlas a todas de nuevo el año que viene. Roll en el 2014! -----------------------------------------------------------M.A.B.S. FIESTA EN EL JARDÍN El 09 de septiembre hicimos una gran fiesta, organizada por Susan, Stuart y MABS. Con las tormentas eléctricas acechando, pero el chaparrón pasó de largo, el sol brilló y los 50 invitados asistieron. La música fue presentada por el talentoso Gran Kev que también hizo el Bingo y una subasta de vales de diferentes restaurantes, los cuales fueron donados por el Acuarius, Tres Besos, y Casanova. Nuestra encantadora Joe donó cuatro horas de tareas domésticas. Simone donó una sesión de relax con ella. El Rich Bitch Show Bar en Benidorm dio un vale para los mejores asientos disponibles para cuatro personas con una botella de champange. Se votó al mejor sombrero y fue ganado por Keith, que parecía una delicia en su sombrero adornado con flores. La rifa fue dirigida por Susan Gorfin. La Sangría fue donada por Mary Flanagan, el pan y globos por Susan y una nueva barra erigida por Stuart. El bar fue atendido por Bill y Lin Hodges. El M.A.B.S. pastelería suministró los pasteles. La decoración del jardín fue organizado por Jayne, con la ayuda de Karen, el jardín parecía apropiado para una reina. Para el servicio de mesa los voluntarios Mathew y Kianna, que lo hicieron a la perfección. Todo el mundo se divirtió. El dinero recaudado en la fiesta fue € 961, el vino que sobró se vendió al final de la noche y se añadió al total. Gracias a todos por vuestro apoyo. Nuestra próxima aventura será nuestro espectáculo en Vivaldi los días 4, 5 y 6 de noviembre. Las entradas estarán disponibles en octubre. Por favor dependemos de su apoyo, GRAN ALACANT le necesita. Al final la recaudación total fue de 1.001,50 €. Jean Reiterbund, recaudadora de fondos. Había muchas fotos enviadas por M.A.B.S. de la fiesta en el jardín, así que las hemos colocado en nuestra web. -----------------------------------------------------------GASP TEATRO El grupo de teatro local, GASP, estará en el escenario de nuevo en el Life Resort el miércoles 23 y el jueves 24 de octubre. Cada noche se presentarán dos actos cómicos: "Un acto de equilibrio" y "Nadie Famoso". 'Nadie famoso' - una lección sobre los adivinos falsos. A veces lo hacen bien y los resultados pueden ser sorprendentes! Tenga cuidado con lo que desea…
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'Un acto de Equilibrio" - un extranjero que vive en la Costa Blanca, Archie es un mujeriego serial, o hay esconde algo más? La verdad se revela, para sorpresa de su esposa.'' Lamentablemente el precio de la entrada ha tenido que aumentar a € 7 euros, debido al aumento del costo al contratar el teatro Resort Vida, y están disponibles en 966 181 113, 966 181 194 o 628 774 461. ¿Por qué no echa un vistazo a la nueva página web www.gasp-theatre.org? donde además de la reserva de entradas, se puede ver todo sobre GASP, incluyendo las galerías de fotos de producciones anteriores. Al igual que antes, se espera que se pueda hacer una donación Santa Pola Cruz Roja, así que cuando usted compra un boleto no sólo puede pasar una gran noche, también está ayudando a su comunidad. -----------------------------------------------------------PARA LOS MAYORES, ....... me gustaría. Para cualquiera que le apetezca mover les extremidades un poco más. ¿Qué tal una tarde a la semana en el centro deportivo, jugar un poco de fútbol? A paso tranquilo, por supuesto, sin hacerse daño, sin patadas ni entradas agresivas. Sólo una tarde apacible. Póngase en contacto con Barry aquí en la revista. -----------------------------------------------------------UN EMAIL. "En nuestra última visita a Gran Alacant, notamos una gran cantidad de mejoras que siempre es estupendo ver. Por todas partes se veía más limpio, sin las malas hierbas que cubría todo en mayo y el problema de la basura parecía mucho menos evidente. La construcción de las nuevas viviendas en el final de nuestro camino es bien recibida, aunque nuestras vistas a la playa probablemente sufrirán, pero al menos el área estará finalmente libre de la gente paseando a sus perros y las correspondientes consecuencias. Por desgracia, el complejo te tiendas y bares "Sueño Azul" sigue dando pena, no queda muy bonito en una de las calles principales de la zona. ¿Alguien sabe si hay una manera de entrar en contacto con la empresa / comité de gestión que cuidar de estos apartamentos para ver si van a hacer un trabajo de pintura en el edificio. Haría la diferencia, es en realidad un bonito edificio, con su campanario y todo" gracias Fiona Loreto dice que esta zona "Sueno Azul" se niegan a formar una comunidad por lo tanto no se hacen labores de mantenimiento ni limpieza. -----------------------------------------------------------Se han erigido 13 señales de dirección en la urbanización de Gran Alacant. Ya que muchas personas no podían encontrar las señales de las carreteras, por lo que se espera que esto ayudará. -----------------------------------------------------------Los
residentes que se encuentran por encima de los chiringuitos de la costa, han pedido
indemnización al Ayuntamiento y al Ayuntamiento de Elche por permitir los niveles altos de ruido durante los meses de verano. Si el Ayuntamiento tiene que empezar reembolsar a todos aquellos afectados por el ruido de los bares, es improbable que haya dinero para hacer mejoras en Gran Alacant en el futuro. Por otra parte, quizás en el futuro, no tendremos que nada en Gran Alacant y de esa forma disuadiremos a los posibles visitantes de verano. ¿Qué piensa usted? -----------------------------------------------------------Se van a poner a cubierto dos de las paradas de autobús. La primera será la de la antigua farmacia y otra será en el tramo de carretera de la rotonda de la fuente. ----------------más novedades el próximo mes ................ Sandra & Barry
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MABS Cancer Support Group in Gran Alacant would like to
announce that they will be having their Christmas-time Get-together on Tuesday 26th November between 2.00p.m. and 5.00p.m. at Molly Malone's on the Carribassi Strip. The new owners have kindly agreed to host this Get-together for us. As before it is an opportunity to meet our Volunteers and learn more about us whilst enjoying a coffee or tea and a mince pie, first ones are free! There will be a Raffle and items for sale to help raise money. We will be advertising more information nearer the date, we look forward to seeing you. If you need to contact us please ring Jan Wright 966 697 754 and Angela Knapman 965 060 182.
On the right on page 17 is situated in
Los Arenales
almost walking distance from Gran Alacant. Meeting point is along the promanade above the square which is opposite the old derelict hotel. On page 9 is El Veintiseis which is on your left as you walk along the promenade.
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DRINKS, COCKTAILS open every night except Mondays 6pm - 2am or later.
phone: 96 691 07 35 www.facebook.com/MeetingPointPub
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Hi to everybody in Santa Pola or in the Costa Blanca. More fiestas in October, but as the temperature, the atmosphere about fiestas is cooling down.
Anyway you can still show your friends and relatives the parades in: Benidorm 5th, Crevillent 5th and 6th, Rafal, Planes, Callosa d’en Sarria 11th and 12th, Campello 12th and Calpe 20th to 25th.
There are also local fiestas in Jalon, Polop or pilgrimages like the well-known in Benejuzar “el Pilar” on the 12th.
And the popular “ Abel Anton – Gran Alacant “ race on the 13th. This is all for now
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We are easy to find in El Altet. From Gran Alacant turn off the N332 signposted El Altet. Over the roundabout. Over the traffic lights and we are on the right, before the next roundabout.
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PROXIMITY, national 1Red, 667 workshops in Europe, Near your house, you have a workshop, Confort Auto. RENEWED ISO 9001 Quality anuaimente by independent certification.
SOCIAL COMMITMENT TO USE organic products, tyres, oil etc. Colaboration with NGOs involved in road safety
There are coffee shops next to us when waiting for that short job to be carried out. For longer jobs drive your car over to us and we will run you home, and collect you when your car is ready, if in the Gran Alacant area.
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Why Men Wear Earrings Did you ever wonder why earrings became so popular with men ?
A man is at work one day when he notices that his co-worker is wearing an earring.
The man knows his co-worker to be a normally conservative fellow, and is curious about his sudden change in "fashion sense"
The man walks up to him and says, "I didn't know you were into earrings." "Don't make such a big deal, it's only an earring," he replies sheepishly.
His friend falls silent for a few minutes, but then his curiosity prods him to ask, "So, how long have you been wearing one ?"
"Ever since my wife found it in my truck."
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CARABASI COMPLEX ADVERTISERS on pages 23 to 27 Bar 1 Aquarius restaurant Olimpo Casanova Sandhills Phoenix Molly Malone The tourist train and the GA shopping bus, both stop outside this complex.
Casanova is the perfect choice for you to enjoy a freshly prepared meal made to our own special recipes. Old favourites PLUS new additions for the Summer Season Not forgetting our ever popular Sunday Roast. Full children's menu. Takeaway available. Open every day Mon - Sat from 5.30pm Open Sunday from 1pm For reservations Tel: 966 697 567 23
AT THE CARABASI COMPLEX
a subsiduary of Olimpo Construction & Reforms. open Monday- Friday: 10 am - 1 pm and 6.30 pm - 8 pm open Saturdays morning: 10 am - 1 pm.
visit our showroom visite nuestra sala de exposici贸n bezoek onze showroom
GREAT SWIMMING POOL PRICE OFFERS
For offers, go to: www.olimpopool.com Alex: 669 397 896
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FOR TAKE AWAYS, ENQUIRIES & BOOKINGS PHONE: 966 699 601 or see us upstairs at Carabasi or email Angie on: aquariusgranalacant@gmail.com
RIBS
STEAKS
LIVER & BACON
COMBO’S
CAJUN
FISH n CHIPS
CURRY
HOMEMADE STEWS & SOUPS
LAMB Chef says..
1/2 CHICKEN ROAST
PORK CHOPS
We are now serving our “NEW” WINTER MENU, with all of your favourites, plus some new additional Chef’s Specials. British cuisine at its best. “NEW” Parties up to 25 covers for that SPECIAL occasion. Look forward to cooking for you.
Chef
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EAT IN or TAKE AWAY
phone: 966 698 963
Monday - Wednesday - Thursday 5pm til late Fri - Sat - Sun 1pm til late - Closed Tuesdays
Ribs Sirloin steak Curries Authentic Indian& chips Fish Kebabs etable Lasagne Traditional or veg Beef burgers wiches Baguettes - Sand
ORIGINAL ITALIAN PIZZA’s After a tiring day, a commuter settled down in his seat and closed his eyes. As the train rolled out of the station, the young woman sitting next to him pulled out her cell phone and started talking in a loud voice: "Hi sweetheart. It's Sue. I'm on the train." "Yes, I know it's the six thirty and not the four thirty, but I had a long meeting." "No, honey, not with that Kevin from the accounting office. It was with the boss." "No sweetheart, you're the only one in my life".... "Yes, I'm sure, cross my heart!" Fifteen minutes later, she was still talking loudly. When the man sitting next to her had had enough, he leaned over and said into the phone, ... "Sue, hang up the phone and come back to bed."
THE PHOENIX RESTAURANT
The in place to be..... Don and Ann would like to welcome you to our restaurant upstairs next to the ramp at the Carabassi Centro, where our restaurant is your dining room.
Breakfast
Lunch
Dinner.
T KFAS Sm 2.95, Burgers, & Chips, Full Evening Menu BREAFish Med 4.25, Omelettes, Toasties Veggie, Kids, Steaks. from 2.25€ Lge 5.95. and much more....... Set price menu @ 10.99€ ed, ly cook - Freshevery Sunday Carvery Sunday from 12.30pm ducts pro glishveg, Help yourself fresh mash, roasties only 7.90€ alltoEn
Winter promotion Cut out this coupon for Free bottle of house wine with every two main course meals purchased cannot be used in conjunction with any other promotion or transferred.
Open Every day
Mon - Fri 10.00am - 2.00pm. Re-open 5.00pm - 10.00pm Sat 10.00am - 10.00pm Sun 10.00am - 8.30pm Tel 966 698 364 for reservations
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Scottish Wedding At the Scottish wedding reception the D.J. yelled..."Would all married men please stand next to the one person who has made your life worth living." -- The bartender was almost crushed to death.
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There is a Mass held at the library on Gran Alacant Every Sunday at 12.30pm DON’T FORGET every 3rd Sunday in the month all of the bargain stalls set up on the car park outside the Council Office in GA
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BMW 318 coupe silver E.W.E.M. alarm plus lots of extras RHD Spanish plates ITV till March 2014 2800 Euro ono phone David at 698 418 756
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A man goes into the doctors feeling a little ill. The doctor checks him over and says, 'Sorry, I have some bad news, you have Yellow 24, a really nasty virus. It's called Yellow 24 because it turns your blood yellow and you usually only have 24 hours to live. There's no known cure so just go home and enjoy your final precious moments on earth..' So he trudges home to his wife and breaks the news. Distraught, she asks him to go to the bingo with her that evening as he's never been there with her before. They arrive at the bingo and with his first card he gets four corners and wins £35. Then, with the same card, he gets a line and wins £320 Then he gets the full house and wins £1000. Then the National Game comes up and he The wins that too getting £380,000. bingo caller gets him up on stage and says, 'Son, I've been here 20 years and I've never seen anyone win four corners, a line, the full-house and the national game on the same card. You must be the luckiest man on Earth!' 'Lucky?' he screamed. 'Lucky? I'll have you know I've got Yellow 24 ..' 'Blow me,' says the bingo caller. 'You've won the raffle as well !!
Welcome to the area of Gran Alacant that includes the Commercial Centre. on the next five pages
As you leave the N332 to come on to Gran Alacant this area is on your right. Our advertisers in this area are:MARITAOS KITCHEN IV upstairs EURONICS/DIGINOVA, HOMEFINDERS, CAFE GLAROS RESTAURANTE and on page 3 GRANNET
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Lance Armstrong I think it is just terrible and disgusting how everyone has treated Lance Armstrong, especially after what he's achieved, winning 7 Tour de France races, while he was on drugs. -- When I was on drugs, I couldn't even find my bloom’n bike.
3 COURSE MENUS €9.95
SPECIALS from €4.95 to €6.95
l Open 12.00 till 24.00 everyday. l Phone: 966 699 775. l Our fourth restaurant since 2005 (see GA map in this magazine). l Professional chef, Considerate service, l Quality healthy food. l Take aways SUSHI l Asian restaurant that is that NOW “little bit different”. AVAILABLE l Big venue ideal for Special functions l Menus and prices on our website at:- www.maritaoskitchen.com
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PROPERTY OF THE MONTH
Urb: Monte y Mar GA0002 Semi-Detached villa with jacuzzi and views over Alicante. Part furnished. 3 beds, 2 baths, 250m2 plot. Open to offers 175,000 euro
139,500 euro
Urb: Monte y Mar GA0055 Detached villa with private pool. Un furnished. 3 bed, 2 bath, plot size aprox 640, aircon/ heating and solarium. 310,000 euro
143,000 euro
Urb Monte y Mar GA0006 Ground floor bungalow. 2 bedrooms, 2 bathrooms. Furnished. Solarium. Good views. A/C heating. Private parking. Communal pool. 129,500â‚Ź
79,950 euro
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65,000 euro
D SOL 85,000 euro
Urb: Monte y Mar GA0206 Semi-Detached villa with room for a pool. Great views. Furnished, 3 bed, 3 bath, A/C and heating and solar water heating. 175,000 euro
D SOL
Call at our office in the GA Centre
For our location, see the GA map at the back of this magazine. Easy to use web page updated daily in Spanish and English.
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Important information from ORKE Services
SPANISH DRIVING LICENCE
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Masa Square and Sierra Mar A clutch of adverts on the next seven pages are in two traffic free squares on Gran Alacant. See the map at the back of this magazine for the exact locations At Sierra Mar are Patagonia, La Paletta and Not Just Desserts At Plaza Mayor (Masa Square), you have, Hole in the Wall, Times Square, a second Patagonia, Rumours, Big Al’s, & Azafran Indian restaurant. The GA bowls club, is adjacent to the square.
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This and three other pages of advertisers at the
Masa Square marked on our Gran Alacant map at the back of this magazine. Azafran Indian Restaurant, Times Square, Rumours, Big Al’s, & Hole in the wall, all in the traffic free square for your enjoyment.
Bar - Chill out terrace & Ambience
Monday - Friendly darts
Live Sports Shown
Tuesday - Quiz with Peter Harris and
Play your cards right 9pm
Wednesday - Karaoke with Tony Hall 9pm Friday - Disco with the one & Only
DJ Tony Hall 9pm
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Having more money doesn't make you happier. I have 50 million dollars but I'm
just as happy as when I had 48 million.
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A DAY IN THE OCEAN
Dive Academy & Pola Mar hotel are right on the beach front, for your stay in Santa Pola.
Dive Academy
Pola Mar hotel
Drive By
A guy broke into my apartment last week.
He didn’t take my TV, just the remote. -- Now he drives by and changes the channels. Sick sod!!
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One thing often said about Gran Alacant is that there is nothing to do other than beach, bars and restaurants. I came across Dive Academy Santa Pola on google, rang them up and booked onto their famous Snorkel Safari to Tabarca Marine Reserve. Gary and Wayne the owners who live in Gran Alacant were happy to pick us up on route to the dive centre 10 minutes away. We had a fantastic trip and when we sat down for Tea, Coffee or Beers afterwards they told me I could actually go scuba diving!! I thought it was only the Jacques Cousteau’s and professionals that could do it. We booked to do the Discover Scuba Diving course designed to teach you step by step and although I was nervous to begin with the instructor was very professional and we
ended up having a lot of fun. It wasn’t as scary as first thought and we got photos to prove we did it! We travelled in the dive van to the site and then started with a theory lesson. Then we entered the water from the beach so it was nice and shallow and we completed some exercises designed to put you at ease. Then we went for our first dive in shallow water but later after a break for lunch we got to go back in and try a little deeper. This was the best one as I was so relaxed by then and we saw loads of fish and Octopus. We are all going to book for our Open water Diver licences and we get 10% off future courses and dive kit too. Dive Academy run these courses every day of the year what-ever the weather and my son wants to become an instructor now so he is working towards his Instructor Development Course in November 2013. You only have to book one day before and there is lots of information on the website and facebook. Tel: 966699088 or 648463310 www.diveacademy-santapola.com email: info@diveacademy-santapola.com
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MONTEMAR BOWLS AND SOCIAL CLUB (Sponsored by Super Valu)
Sunday 15th September 2013 - Gentlemen Versus the Ladies
In this annual event six teams of men play against six teams of ladies and after six ends the men move up a rink whilst the ladies remain. After eighteen ends the competition finishes. This year the ladies were two players short so two men suitably attired played for them. Colin Armitage the club captain and Chris Merry the club vice captain were chosen. At the end the ladies won on four of the six rinks, drew one and lost one. The final shot count being 189 to the ladies and 176 to the men. Well done the ladies. Prizes were presented to Jan Soars, Wendy Oxley, Wendy Sheridan and Babs Caiger the highest scoring rink for the ladies and to Mike Farrelly, Iain Sheridan, George Wilkinson and Tony Finan the highest scoring rink for the men.
Last month, September, saw the playing of the annual Santa Pola Mixed Rinks Bowls Tournament at the Monte Mar Club in Gran Alacant. Each year since 2006
this event has been staged and each year the competition between the team has been of the highest calibre. A total of 32 teams of 4 took part in the event which was held between 17th and 20th September. As an appetiser for the main event the club staged a charity practice session on the afternoon of Monday 16th September where a total of 100â‚Ź was raised for a local charity. Bowling took place over the next four days with teams from the Costa Blanca, Costa Almeria and England taking part. The semi-finals and finals took place on Friday 20th by which time the 32 teams had been reduced to 8. Four teams, who had finished second in their groups played for the Santa Pola Plate and four teams who won their groups played for the Santa Pola Mixed Rinks trophy, the main trophy of the competition. In the Plate the four semi-finalists came from Country Bowls, Monte Mar and two teams from Quesada. The winners of the Plate were the Country Bowls team of Steve Pearson, Peter Whitehall, Lynne Bishop and Eric Bishop who beat the home team of Babs Caiger, john Caiger, Ethel Finan and Tony Finan in the final. The two Quesada teams played for 3rd and 4th places. In the Mixed Rinks Trophy the four teams involved came from Monte Mar. La Marina and two teams from San Luis. The two San Luis teams contested the 3rd and 4th places and the home team of Monte Mar, Geraldine Fisher, Ron Campbell, Mike Farrelly and Gordon Fisher overcame strong opposition from the La Marina outfit of Jeanette Gugerly, David Gugerly, Janet Parsons and Peter Parsons. This was the first time since 2006 that Monte Mar had won this event. After both finals had been completed we had the closing ceremony which was conducted by Stan Routledge, Vice Chairman of the Monte Mar Club. Stan thanked all the organisers, helpers, spectators and players and also thanked Antonio Martinez, owner of the bowls club, and his staff for their hard work during the event. He also thanked the Santa Pola Council for their continued support for the event which he hoped would be a permanent fixture on the Costa Blanca Bowls Calendar. He then introduced Loreto Serrano Councillor for Tourism in Santa Pola, Loreto Cascales, Councillor for Gran Alacant and other dignitaries from the Council and opposition party. Loreto Serrano added her thanks for the very successful event which she hoped would continue in future years. Antonio also thanked all those involved. He said he hoped that funding and support for the event would be available in future years. Before the Prize Presentation we were given a gymnastics display by some young girls from a gymnastics school in Santa Pola. The girls were so excited and put on a lovely display for the watching crowd. They really appreciated the applause of the crowd and also the ice lollies they were treated to after. Prizes were then presented to the 8 teams. (pictures pages 58 & 59) 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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Pets In Spain is a website dedicated to the re-homing of abandoned and unwanted animals on the Costa Blanca. Whether you are looking to adopt an animal, advertise an animal or if you simply want to know more about taking care of your pet in Spain, please take a look at our site. To view more animals for adoption go to: www.petsinspain.com If you would like to advertise an animal email: info@petsinspain.info Pixie, Macareno and Cookie have all been adopted from last month’s edition. Cleo is around 8 months old and has already given birth to two kittens. Cleo will rub herself against you for a love and is urgently in need of a new home. She is tri coloured and is in good health. Call: 645 469 253
Maisie is approx 12 weeks old and was found in the Campo starving and dehydrated, she has beautiful markings like tiger spots and is now in a foster home, she is good with other cats and dogs. Call: 645 469 253
Jasper is 6 months old and he was bottle fed from just 1 week old, he is chipped, vaccinated and has his pet passport. He is a very active boy and very loving but does need to be either homed on his own or with dogs his own size or bigger than him as he can be a boisterous with smaller dogs. Call: 634 181 540 Petra is around 2 years old and was found in the Campo dragging her broken back leg, she has had surgery on it and is now completely recovered and waiting for a home. She is good with other dogs and cats and weighs just 6 kilos. Call. 645 469 253
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La Marina..La Marina..La Marina..La Marina..La Marina..La Marina
The DENTAL PRACTICE and CUTS R US are on the La Marina Urbanisation.
Tel: 966 797 119 659 728 128
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Tel: 966 797 119 or 659 728 128
Royal British LegionGran Alacant Branch BR 3606
As many of our regular readers will know. Our magazine has been taken all over the world. This time it has been to the top of Mount Snowdon, in Wales with Ralph Jones The village idiot named Fred is going really well on Who Wants to be a Millionaire. He's got to ÂŁ500,000 with all his lifelines. Chris: OK Fred, for ÂŁ1,000,000 which of the following was one of the Great Train Robbers was it: Ronnie Biggs, Ronnie O'Sullivan, Ronnie Corbett, Ronnie Wood. Take your time Fred: I'll take the money Chris. Chris: Are you sure, you've still got 3 lifelines Fred: I'm sure Chris,I'll take the money Chris: OK audience give him a big round of applause, but before you go Fred I'm sure you'd like to know the answer. Fred: I know the answer Chris. Chris: You know the answer? You've just turned down a million quid, are you mad? are you mental? Fred: I may be mental Chris but I'm no bloomin grass.
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FERAL (animals) FRIENDS OF GRAN ALACANT & nearby areas Bank account details: 0073 0100 54 0486406431 Iban ES94, Swift OPENESMM There are many Vet bills/animals in need. You can help by: Sponsor an animal for an amount per month or puntual donations.
Male Tintín´s eye has recovered. Tintín, 3 sisters & 3 young ones are tamed, loving and desperate for a loving ADOPTION
CHRISTMAS 3 KING´S DRAW
Each Raffle Ticket at 1€ (All tickets will be back-stamped by the org. FF) This year we´ll also have 5 to 7 prizes (to be listed in next month´s Magazine, the forum, other publications and GA businesses) CAN YOU BE A SPONSOR? Hurry and contact us A.S.A.P. Already Sponsoring: ALICANTE HOLIDAY VILLAS & NOT JUST DESSERTS (The big prize will be worth 100€)
FERAL FRIENDS DOES NOT HAVE A SHELTER. OUR WORK IS TO TRAP FERALS TO STERELIZE THEM AND SAVE & ATTEND THOSE INJURED OR ILL. Due to lack of funds since 2012 We are only attending extreme urgencies. PLEASE DONATE !!
SUPPORT US, PLEASE your support makes a difference
Foster Homes & Volunteers Needed. Litter, food & material accepted (except Generic Markets brand food. Aldi is OK). For info contact feralfriends.ga@gmail.com 697 574 199 (except Sundays)
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In our news section is the publicity for G.A.S.P. A couple of pictures to help to promote them. Always a pleasant evenings entertainment. ‘The Balancing Act’ ‘Nobody Famous’
CCW electrical services Qualified electrician All electrical work undertaken Tel 617872405 contact Clive or Wendy
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A recipe from
Sandra’s Cookbook
which you can read online at:- www.sandrascookbook.com compiled by Sandra Bonathan (not Sandra from this magazine)
Baked Jammy Doughnuts Improved
Directly from the oven, these look like a cross between a yeasted scone and a bread roll. Don't let that deceive you, they have a great texture - it's all in the finish! The dough is very sticky, hence the oil for rolling. Makes about 8 or 9 large cakes. Ingredients 1. 1 lb bread flour 2. 1 tsp salt 3. 4 tbsp oil 4. 8 fl oz milk 5. 2 oz sugar 6. 1 egg 7. 1 tbsp instant yeast 8. sugar for coating icing or castor sugar, choice is yours. 9. chocolate,raspberry or strawberry sauce for filling 10. Extra oil Method lIf the milk is from the fridge, warm slightly, just till tepid. lIn a large bowl put in the following order, salt, sugar, oil, egg, milk, yeast and finally flour. If using a machine, knead on low speed 3 min, medium speed 3 min. lIf by hand, a good 10 minutes, until you have a soft, very sticky dough. lCover and allow to double in bulk. lPour one or two tbs of oil onto your work surface and spread it around. lTurn out the dough, coat it in the oil and roll to about 1/2 inch thick and cut out with a greased round cutter. Size depends on the ratio of cake to jam you like! A 3 inch cutter yields a big doughnut. lPlace on a lined baking tray, leaving room for expansion. lCover with cling film and allow to rise until puffy but get the oven hot before they are completely risen. lBake at 200c until golden brown. lRemove onto cooling rack and when cool enough to handle, lightly brush with oil. Allow to cool completely before tossing in sugar and piping in the filling. lTIP - a jumbo syringe from the chemist does the job really well! lPlace with the hole up, on their sides to stop the filling running out. lFOR FREEZING - bake, cool and fill with jam, when defrosted, rub a small amount of oil over the doughnut and toss in sugar.
www.sandrascookbook.com
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Faith the pony who has a prosthetic leg has a new friend. Faith’s carer’s Sue and Rod Weeding, co founders of The Easy Horse Care Rescue Centre in Rojales saw young Cieran Kelso, an 8 year old double amputee from Northwich in Cheshire, with his parents, being interviewed on BBC Breakfast a few days ago. Sue explained “The TV was on in the background and I heard Winter, the dolphin from Florida with a prosthetic tail fin mentioned. I was intrigued because we had a discussion with Dwayne Mara who lives in New Orleans about this..He makes Faith’s and Molly the ponies prosthetic legs and is friends with Kevin Carroll from Alabama who made the fin for this dolphin. Winter was caught up in a rope in a crab trap and Faith was severely injured by a rope wrapped round her leg while tied to a tree so there circumstances were similar. The interview was with Cieran and his parents Gary and Gemma. Cieran had both his legs amputated below the knee when he was only 13 months old. He had contracted meningococcal septicemia. Cieran had seen the film “Dolphin Tale” starring Morgan Freeman and Kris Kristofferson and wanted to swim with Winter. After constant fundraising, which incidentally is still ongoing for Cierans future, the couple were able to afford a pair of prosthetic flippers to allow Cieran to fulfill his dream which he did this year. Sue continued “ I like many others are I’m sure amazed at how brave this young lad is. He has such a positive attitude for one so young. Like Faith he wants to be treated as normal and get on with his life which I’m sure he will. Just because you have prosthetic limbs doesn’t mean you are any different from anybody else.”. Faith and Cieran are both on Facebook and Faith has contacted him and invited him to meet up in Spain sometime in the future. They are going to keep in touch with each other and Faith has sent him a copy of her new book about her and Molly the pony which has been written for children. Also a T-shirt and DVD all about the Easy Horse Care Rescue Centre. Gemma added “ I am sure Cieran and Faith will meet one day soon and become good pals. It would be great to see Cieran walking Faith down the lane outside the Easy Horse Care Rescue Centre, what a photograph that will be!” Easy Horse Care Rescue Centre work closely with Rojales town council. Upon hearing about Cieran the mayor and his councilors have extended a warm welcome to this brave lad and his family when they come to visit Faith and have said they would like to meet them personally.
The Easy Horse care Rescue Centre
For further information about Cieran and his dedicated parents go to www.cierankelso.co.uk or search on Facebook. For more information about Faith go to www.easyhorsecare.net or search for Faith the Pony. The Easy Horse Care Rescue Centre is open to the public every Sunday from 1 pm. Come and enjoy refreshments and food in our garden café and go on our horse tour to meet our horses, ponies and donkeys.
In Gran Alacant: Therapeutic massages and relaxing treatments: back pain, muscle contractures, etc…. Treatments in your own home or in my treatment room. Tel: 647 935 536
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We were at the presentation cerem of the bowls competition described on page 50. The competition has become one of the main sports events held here on Gran Alacant.
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Tel: 966 698 569
Liliana Aldeguer Cerdán 793 English translation by Sergio Reina Esteban col 747
PROTECTED SPECIES TRADING (and some other illegal trades)
About 2 weeks ago, we found in a local newsaper (Diario Información of Alicante), an article about a pet shop placed in La Marina (Elche), which had been closed by the Guardia Civil. This shop used to sell pet foods, some other goods, and non-domestic Spanish birds, such as verderones, jilgueros and pardillos, very well known for the way they sing (and for the fact that they are endangered and protected species, so catching, selling or just having them at home, is considered a crime). The cages with the birds were placed in a secret, non-visible room at the back part of the shop, and the trading operations with the illegal birds (they also sold non protected birds, such as canaries and budgies), happened only on Sundays, at certain hours, in order to minimize the risk of being caught by the Police or Guardia Civil. Some Guardia Civil agents, wearing normal clothes instead of their uniforms, appeared at the shop and arrested the owners, who had enough time to open some cages and let some of the birds escape for making the evidences disappear, but they didn’t manage to make all of them disappear. We are talking about a double crime: in one hand, selling animals without a license, including some protected birds that cannot be sold in any way, not even having a license for selling animals; in the other hand, the other “non protected” birds they sold, had no documents, such as the CITES code (the one that proves the animal is coming from the legal exotic species trade). And, of course, let’s don’t forget that the shop paid no taxes at all, which implies another crime. It’s very important for everybody to cooperate for stopping this illegal trade, which implies an attack against the environment from the moment the steal animals from it, and a fraud, because, as anyone can imagine, no taxes at all are paid for an illegal trade (same as drugs). Logically, this kind of shops make no advertising at all (the potential clients get informed mouth-to-ear), so, it’s necessary for stopping them, that the citizens realize they must tell immediately the Police if they discover somebody breaking the law like this. We can see, in this case, SEPRONA (environmentspecialized Guardia Civil agents), made a good job and the offenders were caught and punished. Illegal animal trade (Iocal or international), is always a very high profit activity: millions of parrots and tortoises which get ill and die on their way to Europe, and lots of bitches which are forced to have litter after litter while living in extremely small cages, are two parts of the same problem. If we are suspecting there is something illegal about the animal we are intending to purchase, we should let the authorities know. First, we can go to the Vet, OCU (Spanish Consumers Association), or some animal rights association, for some advice. Talking about a high profit illegal trading, it’s also very important on-line medicines sale, via Internet. We can find flea collars, painkillers, even heart tablets, with very interesting prices, and with no need of Veterinary prescription. Well, according to actual Spanish laws, ALL these websites are illegal, since on-line sale of medicines is strictly forbidden in Spain, even if the medicines they sell are real, not fakes, which not always happens…
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WHAT’S THAT?
by Mark Etheridge
IN THE CLOT?
You would think that at this time of the year, most animals in the Clot have finished bringing up their youngsters, and are either moving south for the winter or establishing their winter territories for the long haul until the spring brings real warmth back to the area. But there is one type of insect that is hard at reproduction during the autumn months. You can see Dragonflies, often flying coupled together, throughout October and November as they mate and lay their eggs in the pools around the Clot. There are 70 or more different species of dragonflies and their smaller damselfly relatives to be found in Spain, but three of the commonest are in my photos, all taken in the Clot during September this year. The Red Darter is the bright red one, the blue one is the Lesser Emperor Dragonfly, and the black and yellow one is a Black-tailed Skimmer Dragonfly larvae may spend up to 5 years as an underwater nymph, followed by up to six months in the case of the larger species as a flying adult. During this subaquatic time, the larvae (or Naiads) are one of the main small underwater predators, feeding largely on mosquito larvae (hooray!), but also taking tadpoles and small fish. Once they metamorphose into adults, they maintain a predatory lifestyle, continuing to catch flies and mosquitos, and even other smaller dragonflies. Unfortunately for the Dragonfly, they have plenty of enemies themselves, and will be taken by birds, lizards, frogs , spiders and even fish. But enough survive to make them an important part of the wetland ecosystem. You can always tell the difference between Dragonflies and their smaller relative the Damselfly, as a Dragonfly always holds its wings out when at rest on the ground or on a plant. You need never fear the Dragonfly (Libelula in Spanish); they don’t bite or sting, they are far more interested in seeing off rivals and courting the dragonfly ladies than bothering with you! See you next month.
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WORDSEARCH “Autumn/Halloween” in Spanish & English
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SUDOKU
Difficulty rating: medium
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
Difficulty rating: hard
DOODLE AREA
ANSWERS ON GRAN ALACANT MAP PAGE
Difficulty rating: very hard
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A map to help you find places of interest, and the locaton of all of ALLOTMENTS
CARABASI BARS COMPLEX (DOWN THE HILL) *PHOENIX RESTAURANT *BAR 1 *OLIMPO *SANDHILLS *CASANOVA *AQUARIUS *MOLLY MALONE
PLAZA MAYOR
VET GA EXOTICS TIMES SQUARE AZAFRAN HOLE IN THE WALL PATAGONIA STEAK HOUSE BIG AL’s RUMOURS
SITE OF THE NEW CHURCH
SCHOOL
THURSDAY M
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PETANC AND CHILDRENS PLAY AREA
5 L’espigo
GA BOWLS CLUB
TOP-UP DELIVERY POINT Euronics
EURONICS ELECTRICAL
HOMEFINDERS /SOLEIL
MARITAOS KITCHEN
CAFE GLAROS
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RED CROSS UNIT for donations
GRANNET BOTTOM FLOOR OF THE GA COMMERCIAL CENTRE
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PROPOSED SITE FOR A NEW HEALTH CENTRE,
BLUE AREAS SUCH AS “SPORTS CENTRE” & BROWN AREAS SUCH AS THE “SCHOOL” are reserved for Council amenities, and are NOT for housing
CHIROPODY & PHYSIOTHERAPY
SUDOKU SOLUTIONS
from previous page MEDIUM VERY HARD
HARD
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our advertisers on Gran Alacant. Get your business on our map. PARK
TOP-UP DELIVERY POINT Phoenix
NOT JUST DESSERTS PATAGONIA no.2 STEAK HOUSE La PALETTA DENTIMAR
MARKET
TOURIST INFORMATION
1 MAXCOOP SUPERMARKET 2 SUPERVALU SUPERMARKET 3 MERCADONA SUPERMARKET 4 MEDICAL CENTRE G.A. COUNCILLOR MUNICIPAL OFFICES LIBRARY 5 THURSDAY MARKET 6 POST OFFICE 7 SCHOOL
PETANC AND CHILDRENS PLAY AREA
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SPORTS CENTRE & NEW MARKET GA ECO RUBBISH
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GRAN ALACANT PROPERTIES
GA farmacia
TOP-UP DELIVERY POINT Quicksave
GA TV G.A. SERVICES & SOL COMPUTERS
BRICO
CINEMA INN at the Life Resort
IMPORTANT TELEPHONE NUMBERS
Aquagest 24hr..(water co.)...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 Iberdrola..(electric co.)............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 Taxi sited at ALDI...................96 541 11 11 Telefonica..............................1004
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TIMETABLE & ROUTE FOR THE GRAN ALACANT TOURIST TRAIN
Winter Timetable from October 2013
From 16th October 2013 to 31st March 2014 we run from Tuesday to Saturdays from 11:00h to 14:00h. No service on Sundays and Mondays, except on 29th and 30th December 2013, and 5th and 6th January 2014.
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THE GRAN ALACANT SHOPPING BUS
which drops off and picks up, all around Gran Alacant :Mornings start at 09.30 from shopping centre, and every 30 minutes until 13.30 ending also at shopping centre. Afternoon: Shopping centre from 17.30 to 19.00 and finish at shopping centre a 19.00
A young ventriloquist is touring Minnesota and puts on a show in a small town. With his dummy on his knee, he starts going through his usual dumb blonde jokes. Suddenly, a blonde woman in the fourth row stands on her chair and starts shouting, "I've heard enough of your stupid blonde jokes. What makes you think you can stereotype blonde women that way? What does the color of a woman's hair have to do with her worth as a human being? It's men like you who keep women like me from being respected at work and in the community, and from reaching our full potential as people. It's people like you that make others think that all blondes are dumb! You and your kind continue to perpetuate discrimination against not only blondes, but women in general. Pathetically, and all in the name of humor!" The embarrassed ventriloquist begins to apologize, and the blonde yells: "You stay out of this! I'm talking to that little sod on your knee." Supplied by Keith Artherton
LOCAL BUS TIMES SANTA POLA to ALICANTE
ALICANTE to SANTA POLA
SATURDAYS
SATURDAYS
SUNDAYS & HOLIDAYS
SUNDAYS & HOLIDAYS
SANTA POLA to AIRPORT Mondays to fridays
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