Javea Grapevine June 2013

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Issue No. 162

June 2013

All Jávea´s THREE Blue Flags stay Page 6 !!

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Last call for Summer!

Last month we confidently packed away our woollies.

Then it hailed!

Who could believe that we would have so much hail, so fast and so suddenly? However - May is done and June is already begun - so let´s concentrate on the important stuff of Summer and leave Spring worries to next year!

Except that work on the Storm Drains in the Arenal has already begun (see my photos in Out and About) and blocked roads to businesses have already caused stress. On the plus side - once the two months´worth of work is finished - the Arenal will be ready to weather seasonal anomallies all the better - which with Blue Flag status to protect, is important to residents and visitors and our economy.

Thank you everyone for the very positive feedback we have had for the new website and for the online Grapevine magazine. Our Facebook Group is already over 350 strong, with some really interesting and useful nuggets of topical information flying around - so of you haven´t joined it yet, please do - everyone uses their own names and advertising is restricted to the relevant days - so it is a great place to meet people and make friends online, who live near enough to meet up with, if you want to try one of the restaurants in the magazine. We already have a Welsh Society that started in the group and is now running quiz nights. Did you know we got more readers and impressions than Euroweekly and the RTN online added together for the week our last issue came out !!!

Well here we go again - bigger even than the last issue - plus we are trying to work out ways of getting the magazine into other formats. Please keep the feedback coming - good or bad - it all helps make it better :-) Gaile

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Dear Grapevine Readers, The Town Hall’s Services Department has now taken delivery of the new cleaning, brushing and scrubbing machine which is already being used for maintaining the Paseo David Ferrer (Arenal), Plaza de la Iglesia and the Plaza de la Constitución. This should ensure that these public areas are maintained to a high standard; nevertheless the cooperation of the public is also requested to keep our beautiful town and beach areas clean.

In addition to this, ten new wooden information panels have been installed by Services on the Passeig David Ferrer in the Arenal which highlight the new regulations for the use of this public area which has recently been renovated. The new regulations have been implemented in response to demands from the public, and consultation with various associations and the police.

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that in 2012 AMJASA supplied nearly 7.8 million cubic meters of water, compared to 7.5 million in 2011. He also announced that in 2012, the company sold much more water to other nearby towns, showing an increase of 29% compared to the previous year.

My political party, the PSOE, recently hosted a conference at the Parador entitled ‘The Digital Universe: The new means of communication’. The speaker was Señora Milagros del Corral a former Deputy Assistant Director-General for Culture at UNESCO Paris, and former Director General of the National Library of Spain. She gave a fascinating talk about our new virtual society which lives in a digital world. For many people their constant companions are now “i-gossip” and the new “daily bread” of email, websites, blogs, e-commerce, digital libraries, e-learning, social networking, and apps. She explained to the capacity audience about ‘digital natives’ (those born after the introOnce again the beaches at La Grava, the Arenal and Gra- duction of digital technologies) versus digital immigrants nadella, plus the Club Náutico have been awarded Blue (the generation from the pre-digital age).

Flags for 2013, for their cleanliness and environmental quality. Xàbia and Calpe are the two towns in the Marina Alta with the most flags.

The ‘Minijocs’ (Mini-Olympics) for participating teams of primary school children in the Marina Alta were held in Dénia on 24th, 25th and 26th May. The teams of young boys and girls from Xàbia were successful in winning a total of three gold, five silver and four bronze medals. This year Xàbia was the only town with teams/ participants entered in every single event which included swimming for the first time.

I am pleased to announce that following the AGM of the municipal water company AMJASA the final accounts for 2012 were unanimously approved showing a profit of 707,083 euros, an enhanced result over the previous year which ended with a profit of 138,336 euros.

The report confirmed the positive development in the company, which met its targets for the year and has in place plans to improve the network’s performance, contain costs, make energy savings and maximise the management of its assets.

During the course of the meeting, the CEO, José Luis Henarejos submitted a report which highlighted the fact

My father and I on a recent occasion.

The month of May ended tragically for my family with the sudden death of my father on 28th May after a short illness. He will be greatly missed by all his friends and family.

The funeral service took place at the church of San Bartolomé in the Pueblo and was attended by a full congregation of family, friends, civic dignitaries and citizens.

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Cover Story:

Jávea´s keeps all three Blue Flags Official !!

Congratulations are in order - The Councillor for Tourism, Antonio Miragall, and the mayor of Beaches, our own Doris Courcelles, attended an event organized in Benissa to collect the blue flags that the Association of Environmental and Consumer Education (ADEAC) has granted beaches Granadella, Arenal and Gravel, for their clean beaches again this year. In addition the Club Nautico has a flag in the ports category.

Life guards will be back at the Arenal on June 1st, services at the other beaches start on 15th June. They will remain on duty, during the day, until September 30th - But always check the timetable before swimming!

The safest area to swim is the Arenal beach, with its long flat sandy approach, childrens’ play areas and shallow water. However, as we have seen over the last few weeks, the weather is still changeable so please check your sun cream is within its use by date.

Did you know that Sun Protection Factor Numbers halve every 12 to eighteen months as the chemicals degrade over time - even more so when they have been opened. So last year´s sun cream is likely to be half the factor number it says on the outside! However new the sun protection cream is it should also be re-applied every two hours you are in the sun as it loses part of its efficacy as it is absorbed into the skin... Sometimes, when you live here, it is easy to forget :-)

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ANOTHER DAY OFF

Midsummer Fires As temperatures begin to climb, it may come as a surprise to some people that Jávea will already be looking to celebrate the middle of summer this month. One of the most anticipated fiestas of the year is the ‘Fogueres de Sant Joan’, festivities which honour the Nativity of St. John the Baptist but have their origins in the great Pagan solstice celebrations marking Midsummer when bonfires were lit to ward off the evil spirits that roamed freely once the sun, having reached its highest point in the sky, began to track back southwards, bringing longer nights and, eventually, the chill of winter.

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The modern celebrations of Sant Joan (San Juan in Castellano) stretch back more than 60 years and taking centre stage during the festivities is a special group of local youngsters who turn 18 during the year and are invited by the town hall to form the ‘quintà’. It’s a huge honour to represent the town but not everyone takes up the invitation for it’s an expensive obligation with families expected to find several thousands of euros to support the participation of their son or daughter.

Whilst the ‘quintà’ is the central figure of Sant Joan, the peñas are the heart and soul, groups of friends whose sole aim is to enjoy the fiesta together.

There are many expats and holidaymakers who consider the fiesta to be solely the fireworks and burning of the huge statues on the night of Sant Joan but there are almost two weeks of celebrations which lead up to this magical night.

It all begins with the ‘Proclamación de las Reinas’, the official presentation of the queens, their courts of honour and their escorts, all dressed in traditional costumes, some of which can cost in excess of 2,000 euros.

It’s a long, drawn out affair that’s really only appreciated by proud parents and close friends. The presentation is often followed by a sort of “phoney fiesta” when nothing much happens for a few days until the much-awaited ‘Pregón’ which is the formal announcement of the beginning of the festivities and takes place in front of the town hall in the church square. Rarely on time, the officials appear in the top windows of the town hall building and the announcement is read out: let the festivities begin!

If there was ever any event determined to split opinion, it is the bull-running which, despite everything, remains a requisite part of the Spanish fiesta.

Jávea’s bull-running is not quite on par with the huge televised spectacle of San Fermin but it is enjoyed by many people not just from the town but from the surrounding town and villages.

The event itself might be seen as an unorganised affair and at first it might seem that its people milling about the arena, waving at the animal and then diving to safety inside the cages when it charges.

However, in most cases, if you look closely at the hands of some of them, they will be holding small metal rings and their objective will be to get as close to the animal as possible to slide this ring over one of the horns. To do so attracts great applause and further enhances their credibility as a “torero”.

As the night of Sant Joan grows ever closer, the festivities begin to lift a gear and become more intense. Peñas often their own parties to which other peñas as well as friends and the occasional unwitting member of the public are invited and these often last well into the night.

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Photographs by Fay Hughes-Smith

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There is a whole programme of live music in the main square, mainly provided by a manufactured “orquesta” bands that play all the latest hits to a not always appreciative audience whilst those who appreciate something a little more sedate might go in search of the traditional dancing that takes place in Carrer Nou or marvel at the decorated streets which are competing for prizes.

A slow beat of drums heralds the start of the spectacular as hooded figures begin to creep through the darkness along the edges of the street; keep an eye on them.

The anticipation lifts a further notch until the drums suddenly change beat and the darkness comes alive with explosions of white and yellow as the hooded figures emerge dancing to the infectious rhythm and There is something for everyone during Sant Joan start spraying the happy crowd with hot sparks. It and the full programme of events is available from hurts, but only briefly. the tourist offices as well as published in a special book of the Fogueres.

The procession flows slowly around the outskirts of the historic centre.

The penultimate night – the eve of Sant Joan on June 23rd – is probably the one which most people Keep an eye on the balconies above for there are are waiting for more than any other, aside from the strings of firecrackers hung across the road at final night in the main square. several locations.

This magical night has recently been made a Fiesta With a loud bang, the strings are set alive with of Local Tourist Interest and it’s the one with the cascades of burning sparks whilst the crowd jumps fire-jumping and the manic ‘correfocs’. and chants below them.

The fire-jumping takes place at midnight when several fires are lit in positions along the perimeter of the old town where there once stood a gatehouse through the huge walls that encircled the town until the late 19th century.

Eventually, the procession makes its way into the Plaza de la Constitución where the fun continues for a few more minutes; watch out for the “bull” and maybe even a bicycle. As the square fills, the theatre company moves onto the large steps on one side and remove their hoods reveal themselves to Thousands of people descend on the historic centre, cheers from the ground. most of them wearing weaved crowns of clematis flammula and some carrying roasted beans, and The final day of the festivities, June 24th, is jamthen attempt to jump all the bonfires for good luck packed full of explosive events. The early morning and purification. ‘despertà’ blows away the cobwebs after the night The procession ends up in the small square near the before and, after a special mass in the old church, Repsol petrol station known as Raval del Baix in the deafening ‘mascletà’ later in the early afternoon the centre of which a huge pile of old furniture and removes everything else. bits of wood has been heaped.

That evening, there is the cavalcade of the fiesta As the crowd begins to encircle it, the year’s ‘quintà’ queens, both current and those of the ‘quintàs’ take centre stage and the queens and their courts of celebrating their 5th, 10th, 15th, 20th and 25th honour are often charged with setting off the string anniversaries. There’s music from the ‘charanga’ of firecrackers that will ignite the heap into a huge brass bands and sweets fly in all directions as excited inferno. children watch the parade armed with plastic bags to collect them; it’s a dentist’s nightmare.

And this is the point in the evening when the crown of flowers is removed and flung into the inferno to Space is at a premium in the bars and restaurants cleanse the soul and hope for good luck throughout around the old town as the growing crowd grabs a the year. drink and perhaps something to eat before making its way to the Plaza de la Constitución for the final As the flames begin to die and the more foolhardy couple of acts of the celebrations. tease the fire-fighters with their high pressure hoses, the evening is not quite over just yet.

As the square begins to fill with an excited crowd, there is often live music on the big stage whilst The final act is the remarkable ‘correfocs’ which most admire the ‘Foguera Central’ which is lit up broadly means “running fires” and it usually begins to one side. in the same location. The most valuable tip that I can give is not to wear your best summer clothes, Amongst the trees of the Parque Montaner to the think seriously about long trousers and, although north of the square, pyrotechnic engineers are it’ll be two in the morning, consider wearing a hat putting the final touches to a spectacular firework and sunglasses! display set to a musical theme.

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By midnight, the square is full to bursting, shrill whistles demanding the start of the explosive light show. A single rocket often gives a short warning that the display is about to begin; the street lights going out means that it is imminent.

The theme varies from year to year; in the past the explosions have been choreographed to a medley of movie themes or to heavy rock music. Almost every year a tree catches light and the firemen standing nearby rush into action, dousing the flames the best that they can.

The crowd sweeps into the void that had been previously cordoned off for the firework display, many making for the steps on the northern side of the square which afford the best view of proceedings.

At the base of the ‘foguera’, shadowy figures have already begun to pour liberal amounts of flammable liquid over the statue; a long string of firecrackers known as a “traca” lead away from it to the designated ignition point, either just inside the safety fencing or on one of the balconies of the nearby apartment.

As the music reaches the crescendo, the explosions A loud explosion and flames begin to rise through the become more thunderous before an intense burst of light statue, thick black smoke rising into the night sky. usually concludes the show and the huge crowd breaks into applause, appreciative of another great display.

The rising intense heat momentarily pushes the crowd back a few metres; firemen using their hoses to keep the inferno As light debris continues to drift out of the night sky, under control occasionally turn them on the spectators attentions switches to the ‘foguera central’ fenced off at closest to the fire, the cool water a blessing against the one end of the square. high temperatures building in the square.

Once everything is deemed to be (reasonably) safe, the ‘quintà’ is allowed forward and they begin to join hands to encircle the blaze.

They start walking around the fire, still holding hands, singing and chanting before breaking into a run, jumping over as best they can the powerful jets of water from the fire hoses. They are determined to enjoy the experience; it’s their final act as ‘quintà’ of the year’s festivities. And just in case some of them don’t realise that their reign is coming to an end, there is often much commotion just outside the fencing and kept just about in check by the police is the following year’s ‘quintà’, ready to step into their shoes.

As the ‘quintà’ continues to enjoy its final moments as the “headline act” of the Fogueres, the big stage comes alive once again with live music and there are still just a couple of hours more to enjoy the festivities before the ‘Fogueres de Sant Joan de Xàbia’ come to an end for another year.

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WHAT’S ON THIS MONTH For a regularly-updated What’s On Guide for Jávea, featuring live music, sport, cinema and much more, see www.javeamigos.com Mike Smith www.javeamigos.com SHARING A PASSION FOR JÁVEA Photographs by Fay Hughes-Smith

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Doris Courcelles, councillor for “services, environment and beaches” was born in Belgium and studied at a French university. She speaks Castellano, English, French, Dutch, and German and is still trying to improve her Valenciano. As a consequence, she knows many residents and societies of Spanish and other nationalities here in Jávea. She moved to Spain in 1978. She has a son aged 30 and can empathise with parents in a foreign country.

No rest for the wicked...

Well, in French we say: “Pas de repos pour les braves”!

I personally think that you have to be young and healthy to bear the month of June. If you have lived here for a long time, you know that Jávea will be in “fiestas”..... They officially start on the 8th when they present the court of honour, ladies and queens for the 2013 “Fogueres de San Juan”.

Until the 24th, you will be able to attend plenty of events.

A musical pyrotechnical firework display and the subsequent burning of the “Foguera” (papier mâché statue) on the “Plaza de la Constitution” will close the celebrations.

Mind you, you won’t have time to rest a lot as the “International Festival” will take place at the Via Augusta from the 27th to the 29th June. This is the annual exhibition of the world’s different cultures with musical performances, gastronomy menus etc......

While more than the half of the population will be enjoying themselves, my department won’t be unemployed, as at the same time, we begin the summer season.

Have you noticed the new palm trees that we have planted at the “Arenal”? These “washingtonias” should resist the ocean currents.

We also finally got the new machine to clean the “Paseo”.

Of course (nothing is perfect!): we notice the sticky chewing-gums a lot more now but it is an improvement.

As far as the beaches are concerned, I have good news again this year: we got the three blue flags from the “foundation for environmental education” which rewards us for the quality of the water, the cleaning services, informative posters, rescue etc....

Don’t worry too much!

We had a surprised guest this week: a shark was found dead by one of our fishing boats.

It is not a dangerous one and it has nothing to do with “jaws”.

He might have wanted to join us for the FIESTAS!!!!

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Follow Agenda 21 on agenda21-xabia.wikidot.com

June 9th - Marketing the Med to the tourists A number of interesting points came out of the one day conference on Tourism on June 7th - One was that the concept of “The Mediterranean” had a good reputation, for example among the Nordic countries - so much so tha Croatia is using this adjective in its tourism marketing.

Secondly: it was better to look at the average expenditure of tourists rather than stats on the numbers of tourists; thirdly, that brands muste be created which survive changes in administrations.

The importance of building a brand and applying it was also emphasised. From XAD: Una Jornada....

June 6th - 45 major works building licenses granted in first quarter of 2013 Las Provincias recently published a review of urban development for the first quarter of 2013, revealing that 45 licenses have been granted for major works. A considerable number of these permits were for the construction of new houses, with work starting on two overlooking the isla del Descubridor. The total budget of the work amounts to 3.5 million euros, generating revenues 190,000 euros for the Town Hall coffers. From XAD: Xàbia concedio

June 5th - Sale of municipal land yields June 7th - The graduates caught in a debt trap €300,000 for infrastructure projects This year, the 2,235 graduate and PhD students who took out a loan from the Education Ministry for the 2010-2011 semesters will have to start paying back around 300 euros a month.

But in a country with nearly six million unemployed, finding a job is almost a miracle, and that’s despite the fact that these university students long ago gave up on finding work in line with their level of education.

Right now they would gladly accept a job as a waiter, a supermarket cashier, a telephone operator… anything. For full story see: El País in English

June 6th - Jávea Park Civic centre becomes focus for general municipal enquiries The new Civic centre (Cívic Punt) in Jávea Park which was established under an EU grant following a University study, has found itself the focus of general municipal enquiries i.e. enquiries in relation to Town planning and Services, rather that just social services issues as was intended.

The Social workers at the centre have helped with general enquiries and in some cases, directed questions to the relevant departments.

People have also made requests there, such as a for local library, cultural activities at the Arenal, improved street cleaning and garden maintenance and the installation of waste paper bins in Jávea Park Square.

The problem of how to develop the square remains a thorny issue.

The main problem is that the land is private and the town hall cannot intervene although it has bye laws it can use.

People have said that it should be made into a proper plaza, where children can play, and people can sit - this is a long standing request . From XAD: Jávea Park pide...

The auction of a plot of land in the Portitixol area raised €300,000 second time round (the first auction was declared void). The reserve price for this 1147 square metres of prime building plot was €285777. The proceeds will go entirely on infrastructure projects, many of which had been proposed by citizens for the Citizens participatory budget. This includes expansion and rehabilitation of pavements in the Port, improvement of a section of the Via Augusta, creation of a park in the plot which used to house the now demolished Guardia Civil barracks, the illumination of windmills on la Plana and the further restoration of the Granadella Castle ruins. From DiarioInformatica.

Xàbia Vende...

June 3rd - Xàbia asks to be considered a disaster area The recent hail storm apparently damaged 90% of grape, orange, olive and vegetable crops in Xàbia, and the town has joined with Gata in asking the regional government to declare the town a disaster area. Other towns badly affected were Pedreguer, Orba and Benidoleig. From Las Provincias Xàbia se suma...

Hail storm damage in Carpark - photo XAD

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By Popular request we return the Humour page... ...But ONLY ONE PAGE!! OK Guys - Let´s Rip!!

Reasons To Keep An Open Mind (on having a Jokes “A cookie store is a bad idea. Besides, the market repage versus not...) search reports say America likes crispy cookies, not soft and chewy cookies like you make,” -- Response to Debbi “Man will never reach the moon regardless of all future Fields’ idea of starting Mrs. Fields’ Cookies. scientific advances.” -- Dr. Lee DeForest, “Father of Radio & Grandfather of Television.”

“We don’t like their sound, and guitar music is on the way out,” -- Decca Recording Co. Rejecting the Beatles, 1962.

“The bomb will never go off. I speak as an expert in explosives.”-- Admiral William Leahy , US Atomic Bomb “Heavier-than-air flying machines are impossible,” -- Lord Project Kelvin, president, Royal Society, 1895.

“There is no likelihood man can ever tap the power of the “If I had thought about it, I wouldn’t have done the experatom.” -- Robert Millikan, Nobel Prize in Physics, 1923 iment. The literature was full of examples that said you can’t do this,” - - Spencer Silver on the work that led to the “Computers in the future may weigh no more than 1.5 unique adhesives for 3-M “Post-It” Notepads. tons.” -- Popular Mechanics, forecasting the relentless march of science, 1949 “Drill for oil? You mean drill into the ground to try and find oil? You’re crazy,” -- Drillers who Edwin L. Drake “I think there is a world market for maybe five comput- tried to enlist to his project to drill for oil in 1859. ers.” -- Thomas Watson, chairman of IBM, 1943 “Stocks have reached what looks like a permanently high “I have traveled the length and breadth of this country plateau.” -- Irving Fisher, Professor of Economics, Yale and talked with the best people, and I can assure you that University , 1929. data processing is a fad that won’t last out the year.” --The editor in charge of business books for Prentice Hall, 1957 “Airplanes are interesting toys but of no military value,” -- Marechal Ferdinand Foch, Professor of Strategy, Ecole “But what is it good for?” -- Engineer at the Advanced Superieure de Guerre , France.

Computing Systems Division of IBM, 1968, commenting on the microchip.

“Everything that can be invented has been invented,” -- Charles H. Duell, Commissioner, US Office of Patents, “640K ought to be enough for anybody.” -- Bill Gates, 1899.

1981 “The super computer is technologically impossible. It This ‘telephone’has too many shortcomings to be serious- would take all of the water that flows over Niagara Falls to ly considered as a means of communication. The device cool the heat generated by the number of vacuum tubes reis inherently of no value to us,” -- Western Union internal quired.” -- Professor of Electrical Engineering, New York memo, 1876.

University “The wireless music box has no imaginable commercial value. Who would pay for a message sent to nobody in particular?” -- David Sarnoff’s associates in response to his urgings for investment in the radio in the 1920s.

“I don’t know what use any one could find for a machine that would make copies of documents. It certainly couldn’t be a feasible business by itself.” -- the head of IBM, refusing to back the idea, forcing the inventor to found Xerox.

“The concept is interesting and well-formed, but in order to earn better than a ‘C,’ the idea must be feasible,” -- A Yale University management professor in response to Fred Smith’s paper proposing reliable overnight delivery service. (Smith went on to found Federal Express Corp.)

“Louis Pasteur’s theory of germs is ridiculous fiction.”

-- Pierre Pachet, Professor of Physiology at Toulouse , 1872

“The abdomen, the chest, and the brain will forever be shut from the intrusion of the wise and humane surgeon,” “I’m just glad it’ll be Clark Gable who’s falling on his face -- Sir John Eric Ericksen, British surgeon, appointed Surand not Gary Cooper,” --Gary Cooper on his decision not geon-Extraordinary to Queen Victoria 1873. to take the leading role in “Gone With The Wind.”

And last but not least... “There is no reason anyone would want a computer in their home.”

-- Ken Olson, president, chairman and founder of Digital Equipment Corp., 1977

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OK, OK I give in... these are cute - you can have 3 HUMOUR PAGES - but that really is it!!

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GIOVANNI male, Shelter since 15.03.2013 Crossbreed, DOB 15.03.2013 – Puppy

GIA female, Shelter since 15.03.2013 Crossbreed, DOB 15.03.2013 – Puppy She is one of four puppies which were born here in our shelter.

Their mother is a mastin cross and a very nice dog and excellent mother. Gia is playing and eating all day. She is a beautiful puppy that likes attention, action and a lot of fun. She is not just waiting for a new home in a loving family.

SANTA, female, Shelter since 27.03.2010 / Alsatian Mix, DOB 15.12.2009 – 60 cm Santa was thrown over our fence in the night, together with her sister Sebra. She now lives in kennel together with a group of other dogs and she is having in lot of fun there. Santa is very bright and she is always ready for a good joke. She is always the first one when it comes to exploring new things and she has absolutely no fear. She should therefore have a new owner who has some experience in educating dogs.

She is one of four puppies, which were born here in our shelter. Their mother is a mastin cross and a very nice dog and excellent mother. Giovanni is as pretty a boy as his brother and he shows the same preferences as his brother. He too likes people and he is also fond of being touched. He would now be ready for an adoption in a nice family where he could grow up to become a good dog.

ESTHER, female, Shelter since 18.03.2013 Mastiff-Mix, DOB 25.01.2013 – Puppy (Main Picture Opposite) She is one of three puppies which were found in the Arenal. After a few days in the shelter they went to a foster home where they got acquainted with people and were given the possibility to adapt to a new environment. But they have all grown very quickly and we had to house them in the shelter again. Esther´s character is a mix between the ones of her sisters. She is a bit timid, but also lively at times. If she is in the mood, she would approach you and ask for your attention but if not, she also likes to do things on her own.

This nice girl is also ready for a start in a new life with some exercise in a good family.

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Prices are only a rough guide. = A MICHELIN STAR / “f.” means when closed (fermé).

HOT NEWS & RESTAURANT OF THE MONTH! AL SANTUARIO Jávea’s much loved restaurant reopens on June 21st.

This restaurant, with its beautiful, intimate small garden courtyard captured the hearts of many over the years not only for its ambience, charm and service but for the wonderful food that was offered so that it was with great sadness that gastronauts saw it close in 2010. Their Tarta de Cebolla was of world-class ! We hope they can repeat it. We hope the garden will, at least, be muzak-free. Now it is to reopen under the management of a cousin of the owner and we look forward greatly to our first visit and to writing about it next month. Take the road from the summit of the Jávea/Denia road and turn right towards the lighthouse on the Cabo San Antonio. About half way along (2km?) there is a monastery on the right – Al Santuario is directly opposite. We are sure that booking will become essential ! Good parking.

Tel: 96 507 6317 or e-mail reservas@alsantuario.es NEWS The PARADOR OF JÁVEA : The good news for Jávea is that a charming new manager (Snra. Nieves Montisi) and a new and superb chef (Sr. Francisco Pagan) are working to bring this hotel back into the community (after a long absence !).

JUNE 5th & 6th : THE LAST ENGLISH TEAS at the JÁVEA PARADOR UNTIL SEPTEMBER was on Wednesday 5th & Thursday 6th June 2013 at 16:30h – yes, such is their popularity that they now run the teas on two consecutive days ! Bravo… let us celebrate that this has become a well established fixture of Jávea life! Teas will resume on Sept. 4th & 5th. The hotel offers perfectly made tea (incl. Earl Grey) as well as cucumber sandwiches, delicious scones (with clotted cream and red jam) and carrot & walnut cake and a glass of Cava to finish. A delight. Yes, readers .... this is a triumph and all for €10. Because the teas have been so successful it remains essential to book [96 579 0200]. Make up a small group and always book early

PARADOR’s SPECIAL LUNCHTIME OFFER : Their restaurant now offers a truly gastro-nautical treat - and UNTIL THE END OF JUNE - there is a special lunchtime menu-del-día, at €21. The finest “Duero” I have ever tasted was offered here at €3.75 a glass.

VERY TOP OF THE CLASS for all true Gastronauts !

JÁVEA : Restaurante BONAMB : Dutch owned, this restaurant (formerly Giardino, at the Tarraula roundabout at the end of Cabanes and the beginning of the Benitachell/ Golf Club Road ) enjoys a sophisticated and comfortable interior and beautifully laid out gardens and terraces. This is the most important gastronomic investment in Jávea - ever - and it really puts Jávea on the map completing the triangle of world-class restaurants formed by Quique Dacosta (Denia) and Casa Pepa (Ondara). I was both charmed and enchanted by my visit. Our visit a month ago, and again last week, were both supremely memorable. Autumn menus : MIDDAY : €24 (Aperitif BonAmb/ two starters/ 4 main courses/ 2-3 desserts + one beverage or glass of red or white house wine. DINNER : The 7-course dinner is € 49.50 and the 9-course dinner is € 70. f.Sunday p.m & Monday.

Tel : 96 508 4440 / E-mail: Reservations : reservas@ bonamb.com / Website: http://bonamb.com/index.html A “gastronaut” wrote : very much enjoyed the degustation menu - the ideas, flavours and presentation were exceptional and we were pleasantly surprised by the wine list prices. Also enjoyed an excellent lunch.

SPECIAL OFFER JÁVEA : CINEMA JAYAN - special offer (dinner + ticket on Tues - Wed - Thurs at 18:45h for only €14) : The excellent Restaurante LA RENDA is right beside the Cinema Jayan and offers a pre-performance menu del día including your cinema ticket for €14 (which means, on a Tues or a Wed., a meal will cost you €8 !). This newly and beautifully appointed restaurant offers some some serious, adventurous and very creative cuisine. To take up this offer you must book. Tel: 96 579.3763 / f.

Monday / E-mail: larenda.javea@gmail.com N.B. To find out what film is showing, go to : http://www.cinejayan. com/ click English “English version”.

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Restaurante MIRA JÁVEA : Situate - with the best view of the bay - over on the right side of the beach front above Atalaya. After a very promisiing start earlier this Restaurant ATALAYA : On the right side of Jávea’s summer we are now not sure what is going on here. Very Arenal beach. This restaurant serves creative dishes of well appointed. Beware that the outdoor cocktail area of superb quality. Previously held to account for appalling Atalaya can be heard everywhere. Menu-del-día €11.90 muzak, recent reports suggest that this is less of a problem (Mon-Fri). Tel: 96 647.0055 /E-mail: info@mirajavea. so we are pleased to acknowledge their excellent culinary com / www.mirajavea.com

skills with the proviso that we hope that common sense Restaurante LA PLAZA No.6 : (in the “triangular square” has now prevailed here and that clients are now spared the (sic) opp. Humpty Dumpty). All-year-round successful (previous) infernal noise ! Tel: 96 628.9666 / f. / Web: and delightful German-owned establishment offering http://atalayajavea.com/ excellent international cuisine (and can even include the excellent Wiener schnitzel !). A favourite with residents Restaurante LA BOHÈME (Jávea, Arenal beach front) : in tranquil surroundings. Menu del dia €11 (midday) & This restaurant (and Los Remos de la Nao, Le Gourmand €19.00 evenings. Kitchen open till 23:30h. Live music & Atalaya) are the best French styled restarants on one evening a week (Thurs). Tel: 96 646 2314 /f. Monday the Arenal beach front. Fine tapas, superb steaks. Menu / / www.laplaza6.com / E-mail: oliver@laplaza6.net del dia €15.95. Consistently excellent reports throughout the summer but comments reveal this is an expensive Restaurante EL RODAT (Jávea) : Superb restaurant of the Rodat Hotel (A small hotels of the world member place. Parador end of Arenal promenade.

Tel : 96 579.1600 / open daily. / http://www.javeacompany. - but regrettably with muzak - although beautifully appointed). Menus at €55 & €42. Tel: 96 647.0710 / com/javeacompany/boheme/index.html E-mail: info@elrodat.com / Web: http://www.elrodat. / http://www.elrodat.com/gastronomia Restaurante LE GOURMAND : Carretera Jesús Pobre com/en/cuisine

202. Six months have passed since Le Gourmand moved Restaurante SOFIA’S : Avda. del Pla 20, Jávea. Really to their new premises and excellent reports from many delicious and excellently prepared food. Muzak now sources continue to reach us regularly showing that it tamed ! The Menu-del-día is one of the best, cost/quality, has become a major success in our community and is that we know (currently Euros 14.50h with a glass of wine established in the affections of a very wide range of resident - but available Thursday lunch only. High standards gastronauts as one of the very best restaurants in the area. pervade all their dishes and the restaurant is beautifully We foresaw that a move away from front-line tourism on appointed. Easy parking. Tel: 96 646.2903 / Open 19:00 the beach would allow their reputation, amongst serious 22:30h / f. Sun/Mon www.sofiasrestaurantspain.com eaters, to blossom throughout the resident community - and so it has proved. Booking is now essential ! For Restaurante LA SORT : Avda.Madrid 1, Moraira : summer there is a large covered area in the garden.

Excellent “gastro-menu”. Muzak was turned off on Tel: 96 628.9686 / f. Monday / E-mail : legourmand. request. Tel : 96 649.1161 / daily javea@gmail.com http://www.lasort-restaurante.com/index-engl.htm

Restaurante MASENA (Jávea) : Go to the end of Cami Restaurante TOSCA (Arenal beach, on the bridge Cabanes road (behind Barclays) and immediately left onto overlooking the creek and close to Jávea Parador); Creative the Benitachell (Golf Club) road. Beautifully appointed cooking. Approx. Euros 35.00. Excellent Menu-del-día Belgian-owned restaurant with a stylish air of Mexican 17.90 Euros. Muzak here can be irritating (they say decoration. Menu del dia €17 (but not Sundays). Good they play it to cover the noise from the kitchen !). BYO meat a speciality notably Chateaubriand and steak cooked “corkage” is a good idea but charged at an outrageous €9. on hot stone. They are always busy so must book! Muzak Tel : 96 579.3145 / f. Monday midday / Web: http:// always turned down on request. Tel : 96 579.3764 / f. Tues www.buscorestaurantes.com/restaurante/RestauranteWeb : http://www.restaurantcostablanca.com/restaurantes/ Tosca-105829-0.html Alicante/Javea-Xabia/Masena/ Sister restaurant to Masena:- MASENA at <VALL de CAVALL> (Gata): Their sister restaurant is situate in beautiful open countryside, with spectacular mountain views, attached to the riding centre; off the N332 outside Gata. Heading southwards out of Gata, close to the northern entrance to the gorge, take the last turn, where the buildings end, down to the left.

Also with pool. Menu del dia €17 (but not Sundays). Tel : 96 505.8475 / f. Mon http://vall-de-cavall.com/seitespa. htm (click on gastronomia) IN A CLASS OF THEIR OWN (from €35+ per head)

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Restaurante EL RANCHO : Cta. Cabo de la Nao (between the German clinic & Saladar SuperMarket). Another recently reopened restaurant ! A young British couple (Simon & Danielle) have taken over and added, recently, a French chef to make the 3-chef team. Well appointed Continued... and in delightful surroundings the kitchen team has settled down well and, after all these years, the food can again EXCELLENT (c. €25-30 per head) be taken seriously ! Reports are, overall, are on the good to excellent side. Menu-del-día (€13.95 & €22). We Restaurante CALIMA (Jávea port, Avda. de la Marina think you need to book ! Good parking either side of Española - pedestrianized seafront). Next to Piri-Piri main road. Tel: 96 577.1126 / f. Sunday p.m. & Monday. and recently refurbished. Imaginative and sometimes E-mail: elranchojavea@hotmail.com / Web : (under rewardingly experimental. Jazz on Thurs. Menu del construction) dia €11.95 (Mon-Sat) but Sun. €13. Tel : 96 579 4821 / open daily. Email: restaurantecalima@gmail.com www. Restaurante LOS REMOS de la NÃO (Jávea, Arenal restaurante-calima.com beach front) : French owned and was probably the best of

all the Arenal beach restaurants although there are recent Restaurante CHEZ ANGEL (Jávea Arenal - close reports of improved standards they have proved shortto Humpty Dumpty on right after Arenal traffic lived. Lies at the extreme right hand end of the bay on lights). Brasserie style. Excellent meat - absolutely the the edge of the large car park overlooking the beach. Fish best Châteaubriand in the area (with Masena at No. 2 !). a speciality. Great views. Menu del día €15 (Sunday Wonderful Cous-Cous. Serves copious vegetables. Menus €20). Best to book. Tel : 96 647.0776 / f. Tues. www. del dia c.€16.00 & €25.00. Tel : 96 579.2723 / f. Tues losremoslanao.com Restaurante LA COCINA : leaving Jávea port towards the old town - on the corner of the last of row of shops before petrol station. This restaurant is acclaimed all over the Jávea community. The food is truly excellent, well presented and served with charm and showing flair. Adventurous regional Spanish & international cuisine. What is remarkable is the pricing structure of €16 (two courses) or €19 (three courses) making the whole experience, in terms of quality/price, “top of the class” ! The wine list is fascinating and very honestly priced; it is also a challege but do not be intimidated as you will receive good advice if needed ! Quality wines also available by the glass. Evenings only.

Tel: 96 579.5140 (f. Sunday & Monday) / Web: www. lacocinajavea.com / E-mail : info@lacocinajavea.com STOP PRESS ! This restaurant now offers many of its main courses deep-frozen at €5 each to be taken home.

We’ve had 4 so far – truly marvellous – even essential if you don’t much feel like cooking !

Restaurante NESFOR : Cta. Cabo de la Nao-Pla 25. Reopened by the same family after 14 years, this restaurant has immediately impressed. A lunch visit (we ate à la carte) proved excellent. New parking area at the back.

Tel: 96 646 3872 / E-mail: reservas@restaurantenesfor. com / Web : www.restaurantenesfor.com

Restaurante LA PERLA de JÁVEA (Arenal beach front, right hand side). Menu-del-día €14. Some very good reports have been reaching us. Tel : 96 647 0772 / open daily / Web : www.laperladejavea.com

Restaurante LA RENDA : Cristo del Mar, Jávea Port, right beside the Cinema Jayan. Beautifully appointed restaurant with some serious, adventurous and very creative cuisine - we even found sweetbreads on the menu. Menu del día €12.50. Live music on Friday.

Muzak turned off on request. Tel: 96 579.3763 / E-mail: larenda.javea@gmail.com www.larenda.es N.B. See pre-cinema special menu from 18:45h p.26 FAMILY RESTAURANTS / GOOD & RELIABLE (Euros 20 - 35 per head) Restaurante AUSTRIACO has been sold and a new Italian restaurant is now open - see under LA TAGLIATELLA.

AUSTRIACO Bakery (Jávea; Arenal beach front). This excellent bakery continues to offer their superb bread/ croissants & gâteaux from 07:00h daily. (also served at their café. (Another source of very excellent bread is the expensively-priced Saladar Supermarket).

Tel : 96 647.1004 / open daily /

Restaurante AZORIN : Jávea Port (in street behind Napoli). Superb fish (especially sole) /chicken & chips.

Menu del dia €9. Kids love it. Tel : 96 579.4495 / f. Sat.

Restaurante BACCHUS (Jávea) : Wonderful quality, Swiss owned. Cook your own (superb) steak on stone. Pinosol-Cansalades road. Must book. Menus-deldía from €15 (W/ends €18). Tel : 96 647.3096 / f. Mon. / http://www.infocostablanca.com/bacchus/first%20en.htm

Wine bar & ITALIAN specialities DOLCE e SALATO : Avnda Marina Espanola 13, Javea (next to Calima & Piri Piri). Wow ! What a discovery … a charming Italian (Luca) and his Greek wife (Pamela) offering a range of (in-house created dishes) from their delicious home baked bread through the best possible tsatziki and other original Eastern Mediterranean tapas (read mezze !) creations - not to forget the best Mozarella in town and Baklava – too long to list. We look forward to Pamela’s Taramasalata and Melizanosalata (the Greek version of Mtabal) very soon, please !! Sensationally good house wine (red). A delightful new arrival.

Tel: Mob: 667 246233

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Restaurante MONTGÓ : 2-3kms along Jávea -Jesús Pobre road (on left, with large stone tablet outside).

Amazing choice/ value/ quantity/quality & well presented.

Best fish ‘n’ chips of the region (with Azorin). Menu-deldía €11.50.

We remind readers of the equally valid ALMENDROS restaurant on the opposite side of the road. Tel : 96 579.5020 / f. Thurs.

Restaurante PIRI-PIRI : Excellent/imaginative (copious) ‘tapas’. Widely praised and popular with residents. On the port’s pedestrianised sea-front, leading from the bridge.

Arrive early for lunch, but best to book. Excellent MenusRestaurante L’ÉCHALOTTE : Jávea Costa Nova, del-día €11.50 (w/ends €14.50). Charming host & very beside the tennis club just before the La Guardia cross professional - one of our favourites Tel : 96 579.4745 / roads. International cuisine of excellent quality with barpiripiri@hotmail.com f. Sun.pm & Mon (closed early covered terrace behind. Good parking.Tel: 96 647.3364 New Year).

Restaurante EL GAUCHO (formerly Las Brisias on the Jesús Pobre road). This re-opened restaurant has gained Restaurante PIZZERIA PEPA (Jávea: Arenal beach many plaudits under the management of the excellent front, nr. middle). Spanish; excellent value, swift Pizzeria Pepa (at Arenal) and offers an especially service. Pizza takeaway. VERY efficient, popular worthwhile restaurant for the residents of Montgó. Meat with good atmosphere; muzak low; must book! MenuThe best quick-service “family” a speciality, of course ! Best to book. Tel: 96 646.1338 / del-día €16. restaurant at the beach. Tel : 96 579.2572 / open daily www.pizzeriapepa.com

http://www.pizzeriapepa.com/site/page-2-2-3.html Restaurante LUNGO MARE (Jávea, Arenal beach

front) : Excellent Italian restaurant - beware large portions Restaurante LA TAGLIATELLA : (Jávea, Arenal beach (some can be shared !). Beware, muzak can be bad front) : Another elegant looking Italian restaurant, close to ! Often fairly full so best to try to book. Now there is hot Lungo Mare. Reports awaited, please. el: 96 647.2984 / competition next door ! Tel : 96 647.1196 / open daily www.latagliatella.es / f. ? http://www.verema.com/restaurantes/46085-lungo-marejavea JÁVEA’s TOP MENUS DEL DÍA

[ between €14 - €20 : full details in text ] Restaurante MEZQUIDA : Main road from Jávea towards Arenal, on right side, just after Iceland roundabout on left but before Sol-Mar offices. Good ambience/very popular Many restaurants are now producing menus-del-día of Spanish ‘family’ restaurant. Serves the best Arroz negro (a such outstanding quality that we thought it best to recogdelicious rice and squid dish) that we know of. Good prices, nise their achievement in listing them here. Fuller details superb meat. Spotless & mostly muzak-free. Delightful, in the main text. large and musak-free terrace. Menu-del-día €16. Tel : Amarre 152 - Masena - El Rancho - Parador (€33) 96 579.3620 / open daily / E-mail: rtemezquidaxabia@ Piri-Piri - La Plaza - Los Remos - La Renda La Rustica - Sophia’s (Thurs. only) - Tosca hotmail.com http://www.restaurantemezquida.com/

Restaurante MINTT RUSTICA (Jávea - Cami Cabanes).

JÁVEA’s TOP MENUS DEL DÍA [ between €14 Take road to right of Barclays, right at roundabout; it’s €20 : full details in text ] along on the left after the first bump. Formerly La Rustica, now under new management. Opened Saturday 4th May. Reports welcome, please. Tel : 96 577.0855 / Open 7/7.

Restaurante MONSOON THAI (Jávea, Arenal beach front) : Excellent food - we can confirm this without hesitation - but the “washing-machine” musics (sic) they play, mixed with those of at least 2 of their neighbours, makes for an indescribable noise. You need have nerves of steel, or be totally unmusical, to survive this. Probably better in winter ? Tel : 96 647 2862 / f. Sun/Monday midday / http://www.monsoon-thai.com/

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EASTERN RESTAURANTS INDIAN RESTAURANTS Restaurante TAJ MAHAL (Indian) : The “top rank” Indian restaurant at Arenal beach, overlooking main car park. Lunch buffet €7.40. Voucher for 10% discount available from Campobello on request. Re-opened after holidays. Tel : 96 647.1684 / open daily / http://www.javea247.co.uk/restaurants/taj-mahal-indiancuisine/

Bar/Restaurante LAS OLAS : HAVE YOU EVER WONDERED why there are always so many cars outside the Bar LAS OLAS (on the Cabo de la Nao road, on the right, half way between Barclays and the Ferreteria PLA48) ? Well, go discover it for yourselves. Here is, indeed, a real surprise.

A huge range of really good, copious tapas far cheaper than the Arenal beach front! The size of the portions means this is perhaps 50% of the cost of the beach establishments? Be careful how much you order - you may not be able to finish. Ideal for hungry kids ! Clean tables, good service, bi-lingual menu. TV inside but mostly quiet outside. Tel: 96 577.0175

FISH Restaurante THE GREAT INDIAN : Another quality (from Euros 25.00 per head) Indian at Arenal beach (in the middle outside of the road

that runs right around the beach area). Takeaway facility Restaurante AMARRE 152 (Jávea) : literally “Mooring and Wi-Fi. Noisy, but with appropriate(!) muzak and TV. 152”, tranquil situation by the bobbing boats at the very Open 7/7. Tel: 96 646.3768 head of the mooring creek that goes inland from the Parador. Menus del dia €18 & 20 (fish). Excellent for NEPALESE RESTAURANTS rice/fish dishes. A recent visit showed them on top form.

Being largely ignorant of Indian cuisine one wondered why Tel : 96 579.0629 / f. Monday these next two restaurants are talked about over and above all other (Indian? style) restaurants and both are listed at Trip Advisor higher than the other Indian restaurants. I can only assume it must be the Nepalese influence ! Go and try them.

Restaurante BUDDHA PALACE : Arenal - opposite Banca March (newly opened). This was a most enjoyable experience ! Tel: 96 579 2894 / E-mail: buddhapalace1@ gmail.com / Open: 7/7 Restaurante GURKHA PALACE : Avda. Jaime 1, No.8 in Jávea port. Fine food with good ambience. Take away service. Menus del dia : €9.50 & €11.99 A la carte €2030. Tel: 96 579. 3331 / f. Tues.midday INDONESIAN TAPINDO (& “Take-Away”) : In the last row of shops on the right side as you leave Arenal shopping area towards Mercadona. Produces excellent Indonesian food (especially Bami Goreng & Nasi Goreng). All sorts of combinations can be served to take home although there are facilities for eating on their terrace. Ideal for the hungry !

Tel: 96 646.4191 / f.Sun. CHINESE Restaurante The WOK BUFFET: Jávea, at the Barclays roundabout. Very good. Refurbished, with an extensive choice of shellfish included in their bargain price. Eat all you like for €9.95 (special price for kids under 7). Go early (12:30h lunch, 19:30h dinner) when the huge spread is at its best. Attentive. No muzak. A bit of a “canteen” ambience but a great quality “fill-up” if you are hungry.

Tel : 96 579.7016 / daily 12-24h.

http://www.verema.com/restaurantes/36008-amarre-152-xabia-javea

Restaurante SUR : ...at the beautiful Granadella creek (down off the Cabo de la Nao); certainly the best fish restaurant in Jávea (they own their own boat!). Our absolute favourite for fish and a beautiful location.

Sensational puds ! Highly rated in Spain’s Gastronomía Guide. Best to book. Tel : 96 577.1612 / daily 10-18h / Open lunch only (closed c. 15 Dec - end Feb). http:// www.restaurantesur.com/

Restaurante MENA : On the rocks at the end of the Las Rotas road (go over Jávea / Montgó to Denia Rd, hard right at bottom roundabout). Xenophobic (but you might catch them on a good day !) - drive on a little further and there’s another good restaurant on the right. Tel : 96 578.0943 / f. evenings / http://mena.restaurantesok.com/ aquiok/detallrest.jsp?id=547&prov=Alicante

FISH ‘n’ CHIPS INCODNITO < Fish ‘n’ Chips > : Jávea, Arenal beach, on main car park. It is not usual for such an establishment to find its way onto this list but it has proved to be very reliable with both fish and chips of excellent quality. Tel : 95 577.0068 / f. Sunday. ________________________________________ Sensible comments and information up-dates etc. are always very welcome at : gastro@campobello-javea.es E & O E : 130503 - 2013 J.G. DEACON

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Monday 10 June ·

Wed 19 June ·

Tuesday 11 June ·

Thursday 20 June ·

18:00 h. Conservatori de Música - Student Recital 22:00 h. · Pista de basquet del col·legi Graüll Curset de dansà. Sessió preparatòria la dansà al carrer Nou 19:00 h. · Conservatori de Música Audició 19:00 h. · Tourist Info Port Ruta Temàtica. Der Hafen, die Kirche und die Strassen

Wednesday 12 June ·

19:00 h. · Conservatori de Música Audició 22:00 h. · Pista de basquet del col·legi Graüll Curset de dansà. Sessió preparatoria la dansà al carrer Nou

Thursday 13 June ·

19:00 h. · Conservatori de Música Audició

Friday 14 June

17:00 h. · Centre de Dia Sta.Maria de Betània Música. Audició 21:30 h. · Pl. Església FESTES. Pregó de festes Fogueres Sant Joan

Sunday 16 June

Aparcament Av. Palmela FESTES. Bous al carrer 22:00 h. · Parque Reina Sofia - FESTES. Concert de bandes de música

Monday 17 June · 18:00 h. · Conservatori de Música. Audició

Tuesday 18 June ·

17:00 h. · Centre de Dia Sta. Maria de Betània Música. Audició 18:00 h. · Conservatori de Música Audició 19:00 h. · Tourist Info Port - Ruta Temàtica. The port, church and streets

20:00 h. · Casa de Cultura Teatre . Mostra del Taller de Teatre 22:00 h. · Pl. Convent FESTES. Certamen de Rondalles 01:00 h. · Pl. de la Constitució Concert. Nit de concert 19:30 h. · Casa de Cultura Taller. Una nova forma de vida dijous 20 de juny · 22:00 h. · Pl. Convent FESTES. Sainet

Friday 21 June ·

23:30 h. · Pl. de la Constitució C oncert. Nit de rock

Saturday 22 June ·

19:00 h. · Pl. Església FESTES. Ofrena de flors a Sant Joan 22:00 h. · C/ Nou A ctuació grup de da nses Portitxol. Dansà al Carrer Nou

Sunday 23 June ·

00:00 h. · Centre Històric FESTES. Nit dels Focs de Sant Joan 13:30 h. · Aparcament Av. Palmela F ESTES. Mascletà

Monday 24 June ·

00:00 h. · Pl. de la Constitució FESTES. Castell de focs d’artifici

Thursday 27 June ·

18:00 h. · Av. Augusta - Gastronomia. Festival Internacional

Friday 28 June ·

18:00 h. · Av. Augusta - Gastronomia. Festival Internacional

Saturday 29 June ·

18:00 h. · Av. Augusta - Gastronomia. Festival Internacional

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Festival 2013 (Javea) Date : June 20, 2013 Venue : Festival 2013 City : Javea Address : Plaza de la Constitucion, Javea LA PEGATINA - LIVE!!

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Dear Sue, I understand the problem, unfortunately the postal service is not part of the Council´s remit, I have filed many complaints to the central mail offices in Madrid and also to the ombudsman. My advice is that for all important communications you designate the address of your

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Edgar B. of Apartments Cala Blanca, (JĂĄvea) .

Dear Oscar;

I have two apartments in JĂĄvea, one I use for rent in summer and monthly rentals and the other where my wife and I live.

I received a e.mail from people who are interested in renting my apartment for the summer and they asked for the energy performance certificate.

They said they had talked to their lawyer and if I did not have the certificate I was a no legal rental is this true? I have to get an energy certificate? Know what price?

Hi Edgar, the energy performance certificate is provided as a buyerâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s right, not an obligation for the seller.

They cannot fine you for not having the energy certificate. In your case the energy certificate is not required for rentals for vacations, you only have to get it when it comes to long term rentals, when used in normal houses.

If the tenant does not want or does not require it, that can be mentioned in the lease and you would not have to contribute to it.

The prices depend on the certificate you want to get.

One simply to analyze the degree of energy efficiency in your apartment can cost between 80 and 120 euros.

If you request a certificate that comes complete with proposals to improve the energy efficiency of your home, that can be more expensive. (For more about the Energy Certificates see the article on Page 40)

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Llanos at The Help Desk (Avenida Amanecer, nº2) would like to clear up any doubts regarding the renewal of the Municipal Census (Padrón) letters going out.

Letters like the one on the next page are being sent out regularly from the Town Hall. Several people have asked what it is all about and what it all means. Basically it is telling you that your Padron is due for renewal - To renew your Padron you should present yourself in person at the O.D.A.C. (Oficina de Atención al Ciudadando – Citizens Office) at Jávea Town Hall, before the appointed day. You should bring accredited documentation (copy and original of Passport or NIE/ NIF/National Identity Card) with you.

If you do not renew within the time limits proceedings will begin to remove you from the list.

Why people are being asked to renew their Padron

5th Exhibition of Paintings and Art by

The Painting for Pleasure Art Group, Casa de Cultura, Els Poblets, 14 – 29 June 2013, 5-8pm, Sundays 10am to 1pm

There are 2 possible types of renewal: 1.

EUROPEAN CITIZENS

• Those registered on the Central Register of Foreigners ( Holders of Green Residents Sheet) For European citizens, included in the files sent by the INE (National Institute of Statistics) and under the proposal of the Registration Council dated 27th June 2008, enrolment on the Municipal Census has to be renewed every 5 years for those registered on the Central Register of Foreigners.

You are cordially invited to view our new collection of paintings, drawings, painted ceramics, collages, cards and prints at our 5th Annual Exhibition from the 14th to the 29th June.

We are in the Casa de Cultura, Els Poblets (above the library and opposite Mas y Mas, on the main street.)

Come along and meet one of our friendly artists daily from 5pm to 8pm (but only 10am to 1pm on Sundays).

We have portraits, Spanish and British landscapes, seascapes, animals including a ferocious lion and a gorgeous lynx, fruit and flowers honest copies of Vermeer ( see above ) and Degas, and much more.

Many for sale at affordable prices direct from the artist. Cards and prints at bargain prices. Gifts galore!

Looking forward to seeing you there.

Come along and find out more about our friendly Art Group and the Art Classes held in Rafol d’Almunia near Orba.

You can read about them at www. artonoffer.com or email jantheartist1@yahoo.co.uk

• Those not registered on the Central Register of Foreigners.

For European citizens, included in the files sent by the INE (National Institute of Statistics) and under the proposal of the Registration Council dated 27th June 2008, enrolment on the Municipal Census has to be renewed every 2 years for those NOT registered on the Central Register of Foreigners.

2.

NON-EUROPEAN CITIZENS.

For non-EU citizens, as published in Official State Bulletin nº 128 dated 30/05/05 of the Resolution dated 26/05/05, residents without a permanent residence permit must renewed every 2 years. If not they will be removed.

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The EHIC card will not cover you if you wish to see a private doctor (not state healthcare) or if you wish to have specific medical treatments in Spain; for this second case, you will have to ask for a S2 form from your local health authority in the UK.

Fact File Nº 21 – 2013 Following the talk on Healthcare issues given by the British Consulate Healthcare Team, please find a list of useful telephone numbers and e-mail addresses to obtain more information or paperwork necessary for processing healthcare issues.

International Pension Centre: issues S1 form/certificate for UK State Pension recipients and long-term Sickness Benefit recipients. Tel: 0044 191 218 7777 www.gov.uk Overseas Healthcare Team: issues S1 form/certificate for those who have contributed to UK National Insurance Scheme in the last 3 years but no longer work. Issues EHIC application forms for registered S1 holders and Provisional Replacement Certificates in the case of a lost EHIC. Tel: 0044 191 218 1999 Website: www.gov.uk/dh Her Majesty’s Revenue & Customs: issues form S1 for posted workers who are working in Spain Tel: 0044 191 224 7010 Website: www.gov.uk/hmrc Foreign and Commonwealth Office: provides help and support to British nationals abroad. www.gov.uk/fco If you live mainly in Spain, the EHIC may not be used to access state healthcare; you must register for this in another way in order to make sure you are fully protected.

If you are unsure about your entitlement to state healthcare then you can complete a questionnaire on the British Consulate’s website: www.healthcareinspain.eu (on the Home page: “Online Questionnaire”). It is designed to help guide you to register correctly for state healthcare in Spain. It will make assumptions based on your answers to questions, but please remember that your final entitlement will be decided by the Spanish and/or UK authorities.

The Spanish Social Security web-page: www.seg-social. gob.es can be viewed, partially, in English. On the Home Page (in English) you will see “New Service” : “Healthcare: checking of Entitlement” but, as far as I can see, after the first few steps, the page reverts into Spanish .. nevertheless .. if you get to this point and have someone who can help you in Spanish, you can continue with the process. The same is true if you wish to obtain a “Cita Previa” .. Prior Appointment.

Claiming back overcharges on Prescriptions: Two forms are available from local Health Centre a) Form for the refund to be paid into your bank. This is to be taken to your bank so that they can certify your bank details b) “Agregado de Re-embolso” .. this has to have the details of the claimed overcharge on prescriptions and the receipts.

This documentation has to be taken to Denia Hospital (SAID) to the “Servicio Atención al Cliente” and the monies will be returned to your bank account within 3 months.

There is a telephone nº for queries: 900 101 081.

Voluntary Payment Period for “Basura” (Rubbish Collection) Tax and Vehicle Tax has now closed!

If you haven’t paid your rubbish collection tax or your vehicle tax then penalty charges are now being applied. Sort things out as soon as you can!!

Reminder The voluntary payment period for IBI (Property Tax/Rates) will open on 6th August and close on 21st October 2013

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Following the talk on the Energy Efficiency Certificate organised by the Help Desk, Notary Juan Luís Millet and Ingeniería Bataller-Catalá on 17 May, please find below a summary of the information provided:

ENERGY EFFICIENCY CERTIFICATE - Royal Decree 235/2013, 5th April

Listed below are the main issues that must be considered in relation to the aforementioned Royal Decree: Who does this Royal Decree affect?

Property developers, property owners, future buyers and future tenants, as well as public authorities occupying building with a total usable surface area of over 250 sqm, frequently visited by the public.

What is the energy efficiency certificate?

It is a report that contains information regarding energy characteristics and ratings of a building in part or in whole.

The energy efficiency certificate should be presented by the developer or owner of the building to the competent body of the Autonomous Region in building energy certifications, for it to be included into the corresponding records within the national context. Once registered, the owner of the building should hold onto the certificate.

Energy efficiency certificates will be available to the competent authorities, whether registered in the Construction Register, if necessary, or held by the owner of the whole or part of the building or the president of the homeowners association. It will be valid for a maximum of 10 years, and must then be renewed, unless the certificate has already been issued due to changes which have previously been made affecting the certification.

The attainment of the energy efficiency certificate will grant the right to use the energy efficiency eco-label during the qualifying period. This eco-label should be included in all offers, promotions and publicity, directed towards the sale or lease of the building or unit.

All private buildings or units frequently visited by the public, with a surface area equal to or greater than 500 sqm, must obligatorily display the energy efficiency eco-label in a prominent place clearly visible to the public. Buildings occupied by public authorities, frequently visited by the public with a usable surface area over 250 sqm should display said eco-label in a prominent and clearly visible place. In all other cases, the display of the energy efficiency eco-label is voluntary and in accordance with the provisions adopted, to this effect, by the autonomous regions.

What properties are excluded from having to obtain the energy efficiency certificate?

The following buildings do not need to obtain the energy efficiency certificate: • Buildings and monuments officially protected as part of a World Heritage Site or due to special architectural or historic value.

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Buildings used exclusively as places of worship and religious activities.

•

Buildings with a useful life equal to or less than two years.

•

Industrial, defence and agricultural buildings.

•

Buildings with a surface area under 50 sqm.

THE

Following the requirements of recent EU directives (Directive 2010/031/EU) relating to building energy efficiency, this new Royal Decree establishes the obligation to make energy efficiency certifications available, to buyers or users, that include objective information regarding a buildings energy efficiency. In order to understand the minimum requirements for buildings or units we must consult the Technical Building Code.

ENERGY

was published on 13th April 2013, in the official state bulletin, approving the basic procedure for the certification of energy efficient buildings.

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CERTIFICATE

• Buildings purchased for major renovations or demolition and buildings or parts of buildings with dwellings used for less than 4 months a year and with an expected energy consumption of less than 25% of that which would result from all year use, provided this is declared by the owner.

What information should be included in the energy efficiency certificate?

The certificate should include the following information: •

Identification of the building to be certified.

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Indication of the procedure used to obtain the energy efficiency rating.

• Indication of the regulation on energy saving and efficiency applied at the time of construction.

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Description of the buildings energy characteristics.

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The energy efficiency rating stated by the corresponding eco-label.

• Recommendation for improvement of optimal or profitable levels, if necessary, of existing buildings.

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A brief description of the tests carried out for the energy rating.

•

Compliance with technical installation environmental requirements.

Who should the energy efficiency certificate be presented to?

This certificate must be made available to buyers or users of buildings, in order for them to be able to value the building and favour the promotion of highly energy efficient buildings.

When a building is sold or let, before its construction, the seller or leaser will provide its project energy rating issuing the certificate once construction of the building is finished.

When an existing building is the object of a sale contract in its totality or in part, the energy efficiency certificate will be made available to the buyer. In the event the building or part thereof, is the subject of a lease contract, it is enough to simply display the certificate and provide the tenant with a copy.

What happens if the requirements of the Royal Decree are not met?

The Autonomous Regions can carry out as many inspections as they feel necessary to check and monitor compliance with the requirements of the energy efficiency certification for buildings. The Royal Decree establishes that non-compliance with the provisions of the Basic Procedure included therein, will be considered an infringement of the buildings energy efficiency certification and shall be punished in accordance with the provisions of the applicable statutory laws. It also establishes that if this non-compliance constitutes an offense against the interests or consumers and users, it is also punishable according to Royal Decree 1/2007, 16th November. Article 51 of aforementioned Legislative Royal Decree establishes the amount of minor, serious and very serious infractions ascending from an amount of €3,005.06 for minor offenses, up to between €15,025.31 and €601,012.10, this could be exceeded by up to five times the value of the assets or services infringed in the case of very serious infringements.

When does the Royal Decree take effect and from when will energy efficiency certificates be required?

Royal Decree 235/2013 took effect the day following its publication in the Official State Bulletin (Official State Bulletin Nº 89, Saturday 13th April 2013).

The presentation or availability of the energy efficiency certificate of the building to buyers or tenants, for the whole or part thereof, as appropriate, will be required for sale or lease contracts signed after 1st June 2013.

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WARNING We all know to be on the lookout for Turkish coins

ONE TURKISH LIRA EQUALS

€ 0.40

We have received a report from Phil Fraser, Neighbourhood Watch Montgo (NHW) about Turkish 10 lira notes being passed on the Orihuela Costa for 10 euro notes.

“Please always check notes received in change as these are identical in colour and size.”

TEN TURKISH LIRA EQUALS

€ 4.00

The City of Javea has allocated € 300,000 to its projects from selling a plot in Mar Azul

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The governing body of the City of Javea has today authorised the sale of a parcel of land, to an individual for 300,000 euros plus IVA. According to Councillor for Heritage Miragall Antonio, a 1,147 square metre plot of land, classified as urban, is in the Partial Plan for Mar Azul, near the entrance to Portitxol. The plot went out to auction with a base price of 285,777 euros, and the final buyer offered 300,000 euros.

The contractor has 10 days from the auction to make the full payment to close the sale successfully, the money will go entirely into investments to fund ongoing projects, said Miragall.

As was reflected in the budget of 2013, the sale of assets will be used to execute some projects voted by the public in participatory budgeting. In particular, it will go to the rehabilitation of pavements in the port area (100,000 euros) and the preparation of a section of the Via Augusta (60,000) and possibly to the empty plot that needs sorting out after demolishing the former barracks of the Civil Guard, which will become a small park area. Selling public land will allow the use of the proceeds to ensure the enhancement of our heritage – such as the windmills that will be illuminated and rehabilitated ($ 40,000) and the ruins of Castle Granadella that is due to receive 18,000 euros for its improvement. Another investment will be devoted to smaller projects such as the refurbishment of school sports zones, in disrepair.

This whole battery of investments are already budgeted into the 2013 accounts (which in turn includes the restoration project at Central Cinema / building Surco and others such as the repair of Candelaria House being run

by Municipal Heritage) reflect the Council’s commitment to citizen participation, since in all cases these are projects voted on through the forum on participatory budgeting. For this reason it is important that the local government forum is mobilised by as many citizens as possible so that it is truly representative of local need.

NEXT PUBLIC MEETING is JUNE 13 Councilman Cesc Camprubi would like to remind everyone in Jávea that will be another Forum meeting on Thursday, June 13, at 8pm in the Casa de Cultura when the next list of proposed projects will be discussed and submitted to a popular vote. It is open to all Jávea Citizens (but it will mostly be in Spanish).

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So, there is cause to link statin use and sleep disturbance.

What can we do? The simplest way to find out whether this applies to you is to just stop the statin and see what happens with your sleep pattern. I would take 3 weeks off from statin, at least, to see if and how things change.

In these three weeks your cholesterol levels will go up, of course. There is no way around this but the ill effects of three weeks of high cholesterol are not measurable and most likely negligible.

If your sleeping improves while you are off simvastatin we know who the culprit is. You could then try to re-introduce simvastatin but at a much lower dose. If your sleeps stays satisfying, then slowly increase the dose and watch yourself.

If at any dose of simvastatin your sleeps is disturbed then I suggest you try another drug out of the statin group.

Dear Doctor, I am writing to ask about the medication I take for my cholesterol. It is called simvastatina, I believe it is quite commonly prescribed for high cholesterol as some of my friends take it as well.

I know that it can cause muscles to ache but in this respect I am fine.

What I find is that I cannot sleep as well as I used to do and I think this started when I began to take the simvastatina.

Could that be possible?

I am 63 years old and also take medication for high blood pressure. It´s called amlodipino but I have been on that for a long time.

Dear Henry from Gata Residencial, Simvastatina belongs to a group of medication ususally referred to as statins and they do indeed have side-effects which can be quite bothersome.

Certainly the most common one is the muscular ache you mention.

If that ocurrs the treatment quite often has to be changed.

Either you try reducing the dose or you choose another preparation out of the same group.

Your problem however is disturbed sleep which you associate with taking the statins.

It is indeed well known that statins can change the sleep pattern causing patients to wake up earlier.

It can also happen that with taking statins you find you are getting more nightmares.

There are differences in their side-effect profiles and another statin might just suit you better. You would have to talk to your doctor about which one to choose.

There are alternatives to the statins as a group when lowering cholesterol levels is required. Should it turn out that any statin affects your sleeping then one of the slightly older types of anti-cholesterol drugs would have to be employed.

But of course it might be that your simvastatin has got nothing to do with your sleeping at all.

There are many other causes for disturbed sleep.

If changing the statin does not work you should then make a note of what it was that woke you up.

Is it a need to pass water maybe?

Is your breathing troubled during the night and is that waking you up?

Ask your wife if she can hear your making strange noises during your sleep or if you have recently started snoring or may even be stopping breathing altogether during your sleep.

There is a very long list of possible causes.

The first step into any exploration into them would be to listen and observe for any changes to your sleeping habits.

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Banking without banks through the networked world

by Christine Betterton-Jones.

Based on a talk given at the Jávea Computer Club, May 2013

As we all know, banks are in a mess these days. Things are also bad for those of us who use banks. Interest rates for borrowers are high (always assuming you can persuade a bank to lend you money) and rates for savers are so low, they do not even match the rate of inflation. Bank charges seem to appear magically on your statements and exchange rates on foreign currency transactions are not very favourable.

But the good news is that there are cheaper alternatives for many banking services and these can be found on-line.

The Internet enables people to be connected with many other people who have absolutely nothing in common except money... or the lack of it.

International money transfers without banks Take the following scenario: There is a Spanish student studying in a UK university. He needs to get some money from Spain (euros) and convert it into pounds sterling. At the same time there is a retired English pensioner living in Spain. He needs to get some money from the UK (pounds) and convert it into euros.

If the student and pensioner use the normal bank transfer system to send their money overseas they may be charged a fee, in addition, banks mark up the exchange rate by 3-6% to their own benefit. However, if the student and pensioner get to know each other, they can cut these costs to almost nothing by doing a swap. They check today’s exchange rate and the student pays euros into the pensioners Spanish bank account, and the pensioner pays the same value of pounds into the student’s UK pounds account. The euros stay in Spain and the pounds stay in the UK. Simple.

This is the idea behind Transferwise (http://transferwise. com/) – a “crowd-sourced currency exchange” set up by the inventors of Skype and Paypal. The company has bank accounts in the countries and currencies they need. This means when customers want to send some money, they pay it to Transferwise at one end, and the company pays it out to the recipient at the other end from a different account, directly in the target currency. The company tries to match payments on one side to payments going the other way (our student and pensioner scenario – a “peer to peer” arrangement). But if there are no matches it simply hands over money from its own coffers. The exchange rate used is the “mid-market” or “spot rate” with no mark-up, and charges are low. If I want to send €1000 from Spain to the UK, Transferwise would save me around €40 at current exchange rates.

Too good to be true ? Quite a few Jávea residents use it and it has excellent reviews.

Lending without banks A similar arrangement can be used to connect borrowers directly with lenders. It’s called “peer to peer lending” or “crowdfunding.” This is the practice of lending money to unrelated individuals, or “peers,” without going through a traditional financial intermediary such as a bank. Basically the loans are unsecured personal loans. Interest rates are set by the lender, and loans are spread among different borrowers (to reduce risk). Lenders get a much better return than from banks (5% or more), and borrowers also pay less interest than a bank would charge. The US currently leads the world in the volume of crowdfunded transactions, but Europe is catching up with companies

based in UK, Germany, Italy and Spain. (See_http://www. forbes.com/sites/groupthink/2013/04/23/crowdfundingin-europe-the-top-10-peer-to-peer-lenders/). Top UK companies are Zopa, Funding Circle and Ratesetter. Zopa (http://uk.zopa.com/) has been in existence since 2005 and so far has lent £301,854,170. Savers and borrowers who are good with their money are rewarded by receiving lower rate loans and higher interest on savings. So there is an incentive to behave responsibly. The top Spanish company is Comunitae (http://www.comunitae.com/) which is head-quartered in Madrid. Since its 2009 launch its community of lenders has funded €2,181,025 in loans and received €206,601.25 in interest.

Peer to peer lending instead of giving to charity

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venture capital company – which would take a cut of your profits. However these days you can hold on to 100% of your profits and still raise the money (if your idea is good enough) by posting your project on a crowdfunding site such as Kickstarter. (http://www.kickstarter.com/). Project creators set a funding goal and deadline. If donors like a project, they pledge money to make it happen. Projects must reach their funding goals to receive any money at all.

Nevertheless, an impressive 44% of Kickstarter projects, in total more than 40,000, have been funded since its launch in 2009. Money donors don’t receive any profit, but may receive discounts, free samples, free tickets, T-shirts, etc. depending on how much they donate. Some project ideas are so popular they receive many times their stated goal. Unfortunately, Kickstarter is currently open only to US and UK residents. However, Verkami (http:// www.verkami.com/) is a similar Spanish site. At present it is much smaller than Kickstarter, with only 1052 funded projects to date.

There are moves in the US to promote “equity crowdfunding.” This is a system which enables donors to receive a cut of the profits. But there are many legal hurdles to overcome first. If the move is successful, we shall be returning to capitalism as it was practised hundreds of years ago; that is, groups of people clubbing together and pooling money to fund projects which are too expensive to carry out independently, the reward being a share of the profits.

We hear all kinds of stories about how charitable aid money sometimes ends up in the wrong hands, how some of it ends up buying fancy 4x4’s for third world dignitaries to drive around in. But there is a better way to help the third world poor – instead of giving, lend small amounts of money for specific projects through a microfinancing organisation. This way you will know where the money is going, what project it will be used for, and better still, it is likely that the money will be repaid. You won’t get a return on your loan, but it can be lent again and again. Forefront in this field of microfinancing is Kiva (http://www. kiva.org/ . There is a site for Spanish speakers on: http:// www.kiva.org/team/spain_team ). Lenders can lend as little as $25, and thus far (since 2005) they have disbursed The future of banks? $429,275,600 in loans with a repayment rate of 98.99% Banks will not go away. It’s very rare to find someone willing to lend for 25 years, but it’s common to find people Venture Capital via crowdfunding who want to borrow for a mortgage for 25 years. The same Say you have a great idea for the design of some jewellery, is true of business borrowings -- five years to pay for some or a gadget, or a computer game, or a stage production, or machinery perhaps. So banks will still be around for long you are a member of a brilliant, but as yet unknown band. term loans. Still, they will have to clean up their act and You need money to get started with your project. Tradi- get competitive if they are not to lose a lot of business to tionally you would apply to a bank for a loan, or specialist the networked world!

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Hi all, from Spectrum FM Well, we are into June but still waiting for the Summer, June 23rd is the official start of summer in Spain but we will schedule some real ´summer songs´ this week to help it on its way!

We are hosting an official start of Summer party at L´Ancora Tennis Club on Saturday 22nd June (12 noon onward) and I have said I am definitely going in the pool that day so I do hope it warms up pretty soon!

Saying that we watched the Javea triathlon in May and had some friends take part, how well they done as the sea decided to give them a real hard time for the start of the race swim, huge waves really ´bashed them up´ on the swim out and sapped all of the contestants of their energy during the 750 meter swim, directly after that they had a 17km bike ride followed by a 6km run, I was exhausted just watching them from the promenade!

What a well-organized and great day, it really was a great event to watch and yet again made me feel so lucky to live in Javea.

Another fun event for June is the ´It´s a knockout´ competition in aid of EKA and Guardian Angels, again to be held at ´L Ancora Tennis Club.´ Spectrum FM have a team participating and as well as the fun competition itself there are also various stalls available on the day along with a BBQ and of course some great music all day, it is sure to be a great day for everyone, whether taking part or spectating.

Finally on the events front we have some fantastic events arranged throughout this summer including some boat parties with some real special surprises planned, do any of you like Michael Bublé for instance... I did say special didn´t I, this one is going to be rather special, watch this space!

Becky Sweetman from AKIRA dog sanctuary has asked for extra help as despite the great work they do all year round, the summer always proves to be very difficult finding homes for the many stranded dogs. If anyone can help in any way (volunteers, donations, events, etc) please contact Becky and ´like´ the AKIRA face book page; AKIRA Dog Sanctuary.

One of the things I enjoy most about living in Javea is the great community spirit, there is always so much going on; all sorts of events and some great charity work bringing the people of Javea together on so many occasions, if we at Spectrum FM can help you with any charity event throughout this summer please feel free to email myself with details and we will help with in any way we can.

I look forward to writing the July edition and commenting on how hot it is!

As always, thanks for listening,

John Migan john@spectrumfm.es listen in on 90.2FM or online at www.spectrumfm.net

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Then you should ask yourself if the size of the screen really matters. You are going to pay more for a 10 or 12-inch screen, so you really need to ask yourself if you need a bigger screen.

Is a big screen going to facilitate what you plan to use your tablet device for? On the flip side, is a 7-inch screen going to hinder your use of the device? You must remember that a larger screened device is going to make your tablet device harder to carry around. You may struggle to put a 7-inch device into your coat pocket, so imagine the difficulty you are going to have with a 12-inch wide screen tablet device.

The software that it comes with and how it’s configured is an important factor too. If the apps and tools are in the middle of the device’s home screen then it is easier to operate with one hand. This may not seem like such a big deal, but if you are planning to use your tablet a lot then you will find this very important.

Easy

computer-talk

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JPG

Hi Everyone!

On previous posts we have been discussing some pros and contras of having a tablet PC, and today we are going to talk about what tips we should find useful if we decide to add one to our list of gadgets. These devices are not cheap, so knowing what can be relevant for the daily use can help to make the correct choice amongst all the offers we can find.

It should provide you with short and long-term utilization benefits and it doesn’t end up becoming another gadget to fill your drawers at home.

Let’s see some tips about real-world issues revolving around usability, usefulness and practicality, against entering the, at times, complex understanding technical specifications.

I would start with the most evident, which should be the ergonomics of the device. With this I mean how does it look and feel when you use it, it is going to spend a lot of time in your hand.

Believe me, when you hold it for an hour your wrists, hands and fingers hurt. When you hold it for two hours every day then by Sunday your wrists, hands and fingers are aching.

The feel of the device relates to its size. The thicker a device is then the harder it is to hold for long periods. However, you should be aware that the size of your hand plays a very important part in this. Le larger the size of your hand, bigger is the tablet we will feel comfortable with.

Then I would look at the weight of the device, as it plays a big part when it comes to tablet use.

Being meant to be held on one had for long periods of time whilst the other hand operates the device, so not only you have to hold the device in one hand, but also to resist the force of your other hand pushing upon it. When you are testing a tablet device, ask yourself if you would feel comfortable or not holding its weight for an hour.

This is important for usability and for the entertainment value of the tablet. Many people use their tablet device to play games, and the really good ones use up a lot of CPU power. Some tablet devices do not enough RAM and graphics capabilities and/or the CPU processing power to handle these games. The processing power affects your usability by the fact that having your applications stutter and freeze will become very annoying. Ideally, if you set a program a task, you want it completed smoothly and without any problems. A device with little processing power may not be able to hold true to that ideal.

Battery weight and capacity is basic too, being a major contributor to the size and weight of your device. This means that manufacturers have to make a compromise. They lower the battery life in order to make a smaller device, or they install a more sophisticated battery and increase the price of your tablet. If you come across a thin and lightweight device that is economically priced then there is a high probability that battery life and power has been sacrificed.

And last, but not least, boot up and re-awaken speed when coming out of standby or sleep mode is also important. The benefit of a mobile device comes through being able to use it quickly.

All for now, I hope this brief list of tips can be of some help for those of you that are interested in acquiring a tablet device in the near future.

Please find our contact details below; in case you have any questions or queries, we can assure a quick and professional reply. If these queries are of general benefit, we will post the reply on further editions of the Grapevine so they can be for everybody’s benefit. Also, please visit our new Facebook page, where we will try to keep you all posted on latest news about computers and the world around them. Here is the link: http://www.facebook.com/pages/Valencia-Javea/JPG-Asistencia/121514197877746 you will find a link to the Grapevine’s website too, where you’ll always find the latest edition for online reading.

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Local Club Directory

Al-Anon Support Group The Al-Anon group for friends or relatives of alcoholics to share their experiences. No membership fee. 96 646 3689.

Costa Blanca Male Voice Choir rehearse every Tuesday 7-9pm, at Bar Mediterraneo, Teulada. New members always welcome, no experience necessary. Come along and give us a try! Tel: Mike Evans 965744577 or go to our web site: www.costablancamalevoicechoir. wikidot.com

Arsenal Costa Blanca Supporters Club, meets every match day at Cheers Bar, Javea Port under the archway.

All club matches are shown live. If you live in or around Javea or are just visiting and would like to renew or start your support for the club, come along. All will be made welcome, young or old. Any further information, e-mail, Bob at arsenalcostablanca@gmail.com

Crib Club every Thurs 8pm at Bombers Bar in the Port

ARNAAP - Association of Royal Navy, Army and Air Force Personnel. If you enjoy lunching in congenial company join us. It is not essential to be Ex-Service, just like minded. Call Susan on 966 404650, or shollister@hotmail.com

Javea Book Circle We meet on alternate Tuesdays at 19.30 for 19.45 at the Centro Social, behind the Centro de Salud Contact Eleanor Joy on 96 647 2876

Art Centre Association - Javea Subjects available are: - Painting in Oil, Acrylic, Watercolour, Pastel, Drawing, Mixed Media, Portraiture, Creative Textiles and Restoration of Porcelain. Join any time. Visit the Art Centre, we can fax, E-mail or post info and map or more details tel: Lorely Griffiths, Javea 96 647 20 49. artcentrejavea@yahoo.com Facebook Page www.facebook.com/ArtJavea Art Clubs for Oils, Watercolurs, Pastels, Acrylic now meet in Javea at ArtyFacts, Denia, Cumbre del Sol & Benimeli. Call Lesley Clark 96 579 4462 or email lesleyclarkjavea@gmail.com Backgammon Club We meet on Mondays at the Grand Cafe residential Toscamar at 20.00. For more information please call Steve on 96 647 1708 or 635 377 335.

Benitachell Christian Fellowship Sun. 11am in the Arts Museum Tel David Newman 650738638 Ray Davies 96 649 4036 Club Nautico, Javea Yacht Club www.cnjavea.net Crochet & Soft Yarn Club Meets fortnightly in a private house in Javea. Contact lesleyclarkjavea@gmail. com or phone 96 579 4462.

Costa Blanca Anglo Spanish Association meetings and trips to further our knowledge and understanding of Spain; its history, geography, culture and institutions.

New members are welcome. Visit www.anglospanish.org or email the secretary on secretary09@anglospanish.org Costa Blanca Astronomical Soc. Meets on first Tuesday of every month at 4 p.m. in Montgó Visitors Centre in Dénia. For details and directions call Ed Morley on 96 574 4612 or cbastronomy@gmail.com

Costa Blanca Yachting Assoc.The CBYA welcomes all boat owners; We meet every week, please our for details & location of the meeting website www.cbya.org.

Expatriate Ostomates of Spain EOS Contact Cynthia on 96 646 0063.

Javea Bridge Club Avd de Paris 2. www.javeabridgeclub.com or call Margaret on 96 579 3413.

Jávea Conservatives Abroad meets socially 6 to 7 times a year contact secretary@javeaconservatives.org Javea Grapevine Group interact with The Grapevine, its readers, contributors and friends on Facebook add your photos, club and event news for the next issue, via the Group https://www.facebook.com/groups/JaveaGrapevine/ or through www.grapevinespain.com Javea Green Bowls Club - Inn on the Green - www. bowlinginspain.com/clubs/IndClubs/JaveaGreen. htm Javea International Civic Society Enquiries to Jeni Jackson Phillips 96 579 0470, 619 270 493.

Javea International Magic Club For more information please call - 627 046 897 or 96 579 2808.

Javea International Tennis Club (JITC) is based at the idyllic setting of the La Sella Tennis Complex near Pedreguer on the Costa Blanca. www.javeatennis.net Javea Netball Club Playing Wednesdays, 20.00 - 21.30 at L’Ancora Playa Tennis club. contact Anita on 96 647 2169 or 660 782 165.

Javea Public Lending Library Borrow books in English from Javea Public Lending Library, FREE! The English section is open every Tuesday and Saturday morning between 10.00 - 12.00. The Javea Public Library, Calle Mayor 9, Javea Pueblo, the old town. Javea Public Lending Library: Contact Alma Dorndorf on 96 646 3262 or 636898162 Javea School of Bridge and Social Club Edifico 80, Avenida Tamarits. Tel 96 649 1539.

If you have changes to make or have a club you would like to add to this list please email editor@grapevinespain.com

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Javea U3A - 1,155 members, new members always welcome. Anyone interested in joining can turn up at the monthly general meeting at the Parador Hotel at 10am on the last Wednesday of the month. www.u3ajavea.org

Stress Busting Yoga Club in Javea Yoga for beginners. We meet Tuesday at a house on the Jesus Pobre Road. For more infomation call Maria Palomar on 96 646 0851.

Jávea Welsh Society - meets in Jávea - for more info see our Facebook Page www.facebook.com/pages/ Javea-Welsh-Society/553465378018197

Toscamar Tennis Friends - Join us for a friendly game of tennis on Mondays and Wednesdays 10.00 - 12.00 at Ciudad Toscamar, Javea. Just turn up or ring Christine on 96 649 3900

Javea Whist Club meets every Monday and Thursday (7.45 for 8 p.m.) at L’Ancora Playa, Arenal to play progressive partner whist. All players welcome particularly at the Thursday session when the numbers are lower.

MABC - The Marina Alta Business Club meets in in and around Jávea & Denia All nationalities welcome.

Meetings conducted in English. Contact Gaile on 96 646 1913, email manager@mabc.biz MABS Cancer Support Group Jacqui 96 579 4083 or 686 305 006 Brenda 678 843 666 or for Valencia area Cynthia 652 835 063 Kirsten 646 865 308 Rian 619 876 062 www.mabscancersupport.org Montgó Vegetarians - delicious meals out in Javea and surrounding areas, special menus created just for us, all welcome don’t have to be veggie! https://www.facebook.com/montgovegetarians

The Firs Nursery Mother & Toddler Group Every Monday from 14.00 - 15.30. Children aged from 18 months to school age. Call 96 647 2929 for more information.

The Javea Branch of the Royal British Legion meets every 2nd & 4th Tuesday of each month at Scallops. We start our meetings at 11.30am but most people start arriving at 11.00am to have a coffee etc, before our meetings. You don’t have to have been in the services to now join the Legion, anyone can join or come along and see what we do. We have a great social programme thoughout the year, so come and join us, you will be most welcome. Make your self known to Pam and Roger.

Mujeres Emprendedoras De Jávea www.facebook. com/Mujeres.Emprendedoras.de.Javea

The Javea Players produce 5 plays a year at Gata theatre and in their own Studio theatre. Cine evenings and socials. New members welcome, contact Gerald on membership. jp@gmail.com or 96 647 2876 www. javeaplayers.com

New Country Linedancers Line Dancing classes every Thursday at Socco on the Arenal Beginners: 7.00 - 8.00pm Intermediate: 8.00 - 9.30pm For further information phone David on 96 647 0632

Taoist Tai Chi Society of Javea New instrucors, new space. Beginners welcome anytime Mon and Wed 11.30 at Danza Ronda Sur (near paint shop in old town) Info 649 161 290.

Patchwork/Quilters Group meet Wednesday 10.00 13.00 at the Centre Public Formacio e Persones Adultos in Javea, Calle Ramon Llido, Javea. Contact Debbie on 96 579 0086

UFO Discussion/Research Group We meet on the first Friday of every month at 10.00 for 10.30 start in the Social Services Centre Javea. contactPresident, Jeanine El Khouri. Tel.no 965795148 or Christine Newton tel. no. 618111376. e.mail ufojavea@gmail.com Facebook Page www.facebook.com/UFOandWorldMysteries

Peña Javeamigos The international supporter’s club and now the primary source of info for CD Javea. For more details, see www.javeamigos.com Royal Air Force Association. The North Costa Blanca Branch meets at Los Arcos Restaurante, Pedreguer (N332, west side) on the second Monday of each month at 12:00 to 13:00, followed by lunch. We have nearly 140 members, who enjoy friendship, help and support with RAFA; and we always look for new members who have, or have not, served in the RAF. For more information, www.rafa-ncb.org or call 966 430 215 Scottish Country Dancing To book and for Enquiries please call 96 645 6881.

Stamp Collectors /Philatelists /Postcards meets - 2nd & 4th Monday of every month 10.00. For more details please call Derek Guyett on 96 579 5499 or Dave Anderson on 96 647 6034

Wall Hangings and Rug Making Club We meet every other Tuesday in Javea from 09.30 - 12.00. Contact Amanda on 639 987 301 or email amrug@telefonica.net Women in Business Club Monthly Business Meetings open to all members and non members, but you must be a WOMAN 3RD MONDAY OF THE MONTH JAVEA - L’Ancora Tennis Club from 2pm to 4pm Location: L’Ancora Tennis Club Xabia Rugby Club formally Javea Bulls. Our 1st Team plays rugby in the Valencia 2nd division with a multi cultural mix of players and a wide range of ages! We are proud of our Junior section which has continued to grow and is now producing some good players for the future. www.javearugbyclub.com

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Dining Out Around 88 members have enjoyed recent eating out experiences locally with great service and high quality food.

Membership is full, but to join the waiting list contact group leader Peter Speer at dining.out@u3ajavea.org.

Discussion The May meeting at the Social Centre was set to debate ‘What are the benefits of multiculturalism, does it change the character of a country?’ If you would like to have a say, contact Gill Birch, group leader, at depgroupcoord@ Javea U3A has more than 50 groups, but ideas for new u3ajavea.org. ones are always welcome. Among those currently being considered are Floristry for Beginners. Karen Smith, a Foodies qualified florist, is interested in setting up a new group to teach the art. The workshop would be for 2 hours, 1 hour Members were off to the market this month – on a special of demonstration, followed by 1 hour of practical. Fresh visit to Alicante … with time to sample some of the food flowers will be supplied. For more information, contact on offer in this popular Costa Blanca city! Any Javea U3A Karen at flowersforyouspain@gmail.com. members who would like to get a taste of what’s going on Ladies that Lunch among Foodies can get in touch with group Gillian Breen at foodies@u3ajavea.org.

This new monthly group is a way of meeting new people over lunch and a jolly good chin-wag. It is likely to be History limited to 40 ladies, so if you are interested be quick and contact group leaders Sally Wells or Katrina Frost on la- Victoria’s Children is the subject of this month’s meeting dies.that.lunch@u3ajavea.org. on May 13 (12.30pm) at the Casa de Cultura when Dee Craig will give a talk on the long-serving Queen’s nine Badminton offspring. Victoria has been described as a mixture of a There are now two sessions for badminton – on Mondays dependent personality and a control. By definition, everyfrom 10am-midday and on Thursday from 10am-midday. one in the Jávea U3A is a member of the History Group so Any U3A members interesting in finding out more should anyone is welcome to go along; there is no need to book. contact group Philip Gauron at badminton@u3ajavea.org. Contact group leader Pilates

Travellers Tales

The Beginners and Intermediate groups have proved very popular and are full. Any members who are interested in being part of a new beginners group with a minimum of 8 people should contact the group leader, Carol Pilgrim.

Meetings are in the Javea Players’ Studio in the Old Town at 11 am for an 11.30 am start. Members are asked to contribute 1€ pp to cover the cost of room hire, which includes tea/coffee and biscuits. New members always welcome!

Just contact Angela Chantry at travellers.tales@u3ajavea. org

Book Club The group meets at 3pm on the third Monday of the month and the morning group at 10.30am on the first Tuesday, both at the Parador Hotel. If you are interested in joining either group, please contact Kay Thomas (morning group) on bookgroup@u3ajavea.org or Pru Hughes (afternoon group) on bookgroup.two@u3ajavea.org.

Cycling The wheels are truly turning for this relatively new group, but any Javea U3A members interested in joining enthusiastic riders “on the road” can contact group Philip Gauron at cycling@u3ajavea.org.

Some of the smaller groups such as Backgammon, Bridge, Digital Photography, Poetry and Spanish, do need new members.

Anyone interested in these groups should contact the group leader in the first instance. * Javea U3A currently has 1,155 members, but new members are always welcome. Anyone interested in joining can contact the website or turn up at the monthly general meeting at the Parador Hotel at 10am on the last Wednesday of the month.

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Finally Spring is Over!

Marina Alta Business Club is as busy as ever, with members working up and down the Costas, in Lanzarote and Malawi !

Javea Grapevine Group on Facebook has now over 362 members, all using their personal IDs in the Group, which is brilliant... THANK YOU !!

OK - you are asking yourself - I only have one Facebook account which is my name ( in other words your own Personal ID) - so what is brilliant about that?

Well - this is from the Group “Blurb” and may help to explain...

The Javea Grapevine group “...is to put the PEOPLE of Jávea & surrounding towns in contact with each other, so all members must be PERSONAL Facebook profiles, & only one per person.

However, if you have a business website or Facebook page, you are welcome to advertise it once a week, on the days listed, in the interests of fairness & ease of administration!! And don’t forget, all members can have a free classified entry in Jávea Grapevine online Magazine on www.grapevinespain.com” It has been common practice with Facebook users for years to join as themselves and to join as a business, or club, or hobby as well - so that they can build up a specialised friends list that doesn´t cross over into their personal life. It was considered no different from having a free gmail account for friends and a gmail account for business. This means a lot of very nice and perfectly legal people have ended up with two or three identities on Facebook. The rules always frowned on this - but it was sooooo easy... and no-one ever worried... but three things happened...

1) Facebook has started to tighten up on the rules - but has put a free system in place to help legitimate users convert their accounts into pages - so they don´t lose their “friends and clients” 2) Facebook then started deleting the obvious “unlikely to be a personal name” accounts - which means that if it was a person acting as a business on their own with no shared pages, they lost everything.

3) People with multiple business ventures were joining as multiple users - which is not necessarily bad - but, it encouraged people to misbehave... If someone joins as a business ID they are invisible - a Bar, might, for example have 2 or 3 bartenders “being” the “person” on Facebook so a legit business could simply confuse clients... but an illegal, unregistered business, uninsured and not paying autonomo... could join as multiple people and multiple businesses - they endorse each other developing a personae and friends for each ID. They post comments praising the work they pretend to have done for each other and, before you know where you are, they have built up a circle of trusting clients who pay out money and then get ripped off. If they join as a fake person, they are far more likely to get caught out than as a “product or business” as it will eventually dawn on a Community group that “Julius Sergio Entwhistle” has no photos of himself, no “real” mates and never turns up at community events tho his comments indicate he was there. So you can see the reason why we feel a Community Group should be Transparent wherever it is - including Facebook - and why we are so proud that 362 people so far (and growing) have agreed with us!

Gaile Griffin Peers, Marina Alta Business Club www.mabc.biz and www.mabusinessclub.com email for more info: manager@mabc.biz

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CATHY: Buenos días a todos.

(Good morning everyone.) ¿Cómo estáís? (How are you all?) ¿Qué tal hacéis frente a este tiempo tan frío? (How are you coping with this very cold weather?)

DEREK: Hemos tenido una ola de frío siberiana y me dicen que es la peor en 57 años. ¿Es verdad? (We have had a Siberian cold spell and I have been told that it is the worst for 57 years. Is this true?)

lugares, supusieron las mínimas absolutas desde el inicio de las medidas termométricas. (Throughout most of the Peninsula extremely low minimum temperatures were recorded for a great many days which, for very many places, meant the lowest ever since temperatures first started to be recorded.) En muchos sitios se registraron temperaturas negativas en casi todos los días del mes, y en los más fríos, las temperaturas medias diarias resultaron negativas todos los días del mes. (In many places below zero temperatures were registered almost every day of the month and in the oldest places the average daily temperature was below zero every day of the month.) Las temperaturas medias mensuales fueron inferiores a las normales en toda España. (The average monthly temperatures were below normal throughout Spain.) Fue el mes de febrero más frío del periodo desde 1901 hasta 1956 y comparable únicamente por sus temperaturas bajas al mes de enero de 1914. (It was the coldest month of February during the period which went from 1901 to 1956 and was only comparable to the low temperatures in the month of January 1914.)

CATHY: Sí, eso dicen. (Yes, that’s what they are saying.)

Hace ahora 57 años de la histórica ola de frío de febrero 1956. (It’s now 57 years since the historic cold spell of February 1956.) Muchos consideraban entonces que fue de tal nvergadura y duración que habría que retroceder a la pequeña edad glacial para encontrar un acontecimiento semejante. (At that time any people thought that it was so extensive and so long that you would have to go back to the minor ice age to find similar conditions.)

Aquel mes de febrero quedó fuertemente marcado por dos intensísimas invasiones de aire polar continental, seguidas por una tercera algo menos intensa. (That month of February was deeply affected by two extremely intense attacks of con- JENNY: ¿Nos puedes proportinental polar air, followed by cionar algunas estadísticas? a third somewhat less intense.) (Can you provide us with some statistics?

ROSIE: ¿Afectó a toda España o sólo algunos sitios? (Did it CATHY: Sí, como no.(Yes, of affect the whole of Spain or course.) La temperatura más just some places?) baja registrada en España en todos los tiempos desde que CATHY: En la mayor parte hay mediciones fueron los 32 de la Península se registra- grados bajo cero en los Piriron bajísimas temperaturas neos de Lérida el 2 de febrero mínimas durante muchos días del 1956, aunque es probable que, para un gran número de que en las alturas se alcan-

zaron los 50 grados bajo cero.

(The lowest temperature ever recorded in Spain since measurements were started was 32 degrees below zero in the Pyrenees in Lérida, although in the very highest part it probably reached 50 degrees below zero.) Algunas otras temperaturas mínimas registradas aquel mes fueron menos doce grados en San Sebastián y en Cuenca, menos ocho grados en Bilbao, Granada y Zaragoza, menos nueve en Madrid y menos siete en Valencia.

(Some of the other minimum temperatures registered that month were twelve degrees below zero in San Sebastián and Cuenca, eight degrees below in Bilbao, Granada and Zaragoza, nine below in Madrid and seven below in Valencia.) En Alicante sólo bajó a 4,6 grados bajo cero. (In Alicante it only went down to 4.6 degrees below zero.)

ROBERT: Supongo que esto no ocurrió solo en España. (I suppose this didn’t only happen in Spain.)

CATHY: No, por supuesto que no. (No, of course not.) La invasión de aire frío afectó a toda Europa con temperaturas mínimas de 35º bajo cero en San Petersburgo, 32º bajo cero en Innsbruck, 25º bajo cero en Varsovia y Estocolmo y once grados bajo cero en Paris.

(The attack of cold air affected the whole of Europe with minimum temperatures of 35º below zero in Saint Petersburg, 32º below zero in Innsbruck, 25º below zero in Warsaw and Stockholm and eleven degrees below zero in Paris.)

VALERY: ¿Cuál ha sido el año más cálido en la historia de España? (Which has been the hottest year in the history of Spain?)

CATHY: Os vais a sorprender. (You’re going to be surprised.) Fue el año 2011. (It

was the year 2011.) El año 2006 había sido el más cálido hasta entonces. (The year 2006 had been the hottest until then.) Aunque prácticamente todo el año se desarrolló con mercurios por encima de las medias nacionales, las temperaturas más elevadas el año 2011 se registraron al final de la segunda decena de agosto, alcanzándose el día 19 los valores extremos de 42,5º en Sevilla y Badajoz. (Although temperatures were above the national average practically throughout the whole year, the highest temperatures in 2011 were registered at the end of the second ten days in August, reaching the ultimate level of 42.5 in Seville and Badajoz.)

En otoño también se produjeron récords insólitos como los 36,5 grados que se registraron en Jerez el 12 de octubre. (Autumn also produced unusual records like the 36.5 degrees recorded in Jerez on the 12th. of October.)

DON: ¿Y qué nos dices de la lluvia. (What can you tell us about the rainfall?)

CATHY: En cuanto a las lluvias, el año 2011 resultó algo más seco de lo normal en el conjunto de España. (As far as the rainfall is concerned 2011 turned out to be drier than usual throughout Spain.)

La precipitación media en España alcanzó los 555 mm que quedó en torno a un 7% por debajo del valor normal.

(The average rainfall in Spain reached 555mm which ended up at about 7% below the usual amount.)

Bueno; ya está para hoy.

(Well; that’s it for today.)

Goodbye everyone until next time Cathy

Cathy has not been very well for a while now we wish her all the best for a speedy recovery

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Out & About in and Around Jávea last month...

Imagine you have just gone into your business/ home as normal and you suddenly find that the entrance to your road is blocked off - even tho it is one way and - no warning and possibly for 2 months with no redirect signs either !! That is what happened when the contactors moved in to do the drains on C. Nisa - they blocked off the next road as well then disappeared for the day!!

The I Padel Charity Tournament of Javea Villa held at the beginning of June, raised € 1,200 which will go to the food bank and support programs for struggling families organised by the Red Cross. Thanks to Xabia al Dia for the photo

The Business Women of Javea - Mujeres Emprendedoras de Jávea enjoying the May meeting at Calima

Jávea Town Hall has been authorised as a centre for survey information (Punto de Información Catestral) or PIC this will facilitate ease of public information relating to public land a survey records (Catestral) via an information point which will be based in the council offices of finance ( Área Economica) on Calle Mayor No 5. Here the public will be able to find survey details and digital data (which do not fall under the data protection act). Information pertaining to Changes of name and segregation and unification of plots and properties will also be accessible.

The councillor for finance Oscar Antón indicated that this authorisation is an added facility for the local people which will mean that they no longer have to go to Alicante for this information. All the tariffs involved will be the same as in Alicante.

Please send your pics and news to the editor@grapevinespain.com

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Out & About in and Around Jรกvea last month...

Some beautiful photos from Kevin Bennett Thank you Kevin With your Jive Javea and MirrorBall Moves we have no idea how you found the extra time to take these !

Thank you for sending them to us and letting us share them with our readers.

You can contact Kevin on mirrorballmoves@live.co.uk

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The photo above was taken from the lighthouse viewing area on Cap de Sant Antoni. on the night of the last heavy rain in May. I only had my trusty Canon with me, and the standard lens, but with patience I managed to get this shot that night.

The beach shot was taken the same night just next to the siesta bar, shortly after I caught the remnants of a rainbow over the water. you can see that the storm is heading out towards Ibiza by now

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In Javea Players’ production of ‘What’s for Pudding’ boring accountant Jack makes a real prat of himself when he tries to be a little less boring.

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(l-r) Jack (David Garnett), Ted (Keith Livesey), Maureen (Geraldine Livesey), Mary (Carol Saunders)

The Javea Players Extra Night for Summer Show.

The all-but sold out Javea Players’ Summer Show –t here are just a few seats left for the Monday night – is to play an extra night. Originally Javea Council were unable to make the Casa de Cultura available for the Thursday evening but now find they are able to do so and the Summer Show will now play the full week from Monday July 1 to Saturday July 6.

The Bar Imperial will be serving the theatre-goers with a splendid pre-theatre tapas supper with mixed salad, bread, alloli, dessert and a half bottle of wine in Javea Old Town’s lovely Plaza de Baix at 7pm.After supper they will go into the Casa de Cultura to enjoy two very funny farces

by David Tristram; ‘What’s for Pudding?’ and ‘Last Tango in Little Grimley’.

In ‘What’s for Pudding?’ Jack, an accountant who, according to his wife, couldn’t do anything interesting if his life depended on it, played by David Garnett, is spending a quiet Saturday night at home bickering with his wife, Mary, played by Carol Saunders. In spite of the hour, it is gone 9.30, the door bell rings and there, on the doorstep, stands their friends, Ted and Maureen, played by Keith and Geraldine Livesey. They stay for a drink or two. Then a late night shopper, Dennis, played by Gerald Joy, arrives looking for a pair of trousers. Very quickly the quite night in turns into something of a hilarious riot.

‘Last Tango in Little Grimley’ tells the story of the desperate efforts the four remaining members of the Little Grimley Amateur Dramatic Society make to save their society from extinction. Chairman, Gordon, played by Andrew Cleven, a man with a Simon Cowell like eye for making the extra buck, provides the daring rescue plan. He knows that what puts bums on seats are sex and scandal. So, he writes for his society to stage a play with more than sufficient of both to be worthy of an X certificate. And, then the really demoniacally cleaver bit, he makes the purveyors of the sex and the scandal barely disguised local people.

Hardly cricket but hilarious fun.

The all inclusive price for the evening – two very funny plays, alfresco supper with wine –is 15 euros. To book for the few remaining seats for the Monday night (July1) or for the extra Thursday night (July 4) ring Gerald or Eleanor on 96 647 2876 or email boxofficejp@gmail.com Best regards, The Javea Players

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Have you ever been to IKEA? You go to the nearest store, miles away, wander round picking up pretty things you donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t really need, find the checkouts, pay, figure out how to fit it all in the car, load up then drive it all back home. The next day you open the flatpack box and find a set of cryptic instructions, a bag

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For more information about easy flatpax visit www.easyflatpax.com or like our Facebook page www.facebook.com/easyflatpax If you want advice about which IKEA products we recommend just get in touch! Get your stylish, affordable IKEA furniture delivered straight to your home safely and stress free!

We cover the Costa Blanca & Costa Calida. We guarantee to beat any other quote you receive and we are faster than any other shopping service. www. easyflatpax.com. We can also assemble your furniture for you so your dinner chairs donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t end up with the legs on the wrong way! Just ask for a quote, our assembly work is guaranteed for 2 years!

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Glen Campbell is an American country music singer, guitarist, television host and actor.

During his 50 years in show business, Glen Campbell has released more than 70 albums. He has sold 45 million records and accumulated 12 Gold albums, 4 Platinum albums and a Double-Platinum album. Of the 74 trips up the country charts, 27 landed in the Top 10.

Glen Campbell was born near Delight in Arkansas. He was the seventh son of 12 children.

His father was a sharecropper of Scottish descent. He started playing guitar as a child without learning to read music. He credits his uncle Boo for teaching him the guitar.

He was 18 years old when he moved to Albuquerque to join his uncle’s band known as Dick Bills and the Sandia Mountain Boys. There he also appeared on his uncle’s radio show and then Glen formed his own band, the Western Wranglers.

In 1960, Glen moved to Los Angeles to become a session musician and very quickly was in great demand.

He was part of a group of studio musicians that became known as “the Wrecking Crew”. During this period he played on recordings by Bobby Darin, Ricky Nelson, Dean Martin, Nat King Cole, The Monkees, Nancy Sinatra, Merle Haggard, Elvis Presley, Frank Sinatra and Phil Spector.

For eighteen months, Glen Campbell was a touring member of the Beach Boys, filling in for Brian Wilson.

He also played guitar on the group’s Pet Sounds album, among other recordings. On tour, he played bass guitar and sang falsetto harmonies.

But solo hit records were soon on their way and “Gentle on My Mind” was an overnight success. It was followed by the bigger hit “By the Time I Get to Phoenix” later in 1967, and “I Wanna Live” and “Wichita Lineman” in 1968. The 1969 song “True Grit” by composer Elmer Bernstein and lyricist Don Black, and sung by Campbell, who co-starred in the movie, received nominations for both the Academy Award for Best Song and the Golden Globe.

Campbell hosted his own weekly variety show, The Glen Campbell Goodtime Hour which was hugely successful and hosted major names in music on his show including: the Beatles, David Gates and Bread, the Monkees, Neil Diamond, Linda Ronstadt, Johnny Cash, Merle Haggard, Willie Nelson, Waylon Jennings, and Roger Miller.

Campbell’s biggest hits include John Hartford’s “Gentle on My Mind”, Jimmy Webb’s “By the Time I Get to Phoenix”, “Wichita Lineman” and “Galveston”, Larry Weiss’s and Allen Toussaint’s “Southern Nights” but “Rhinestone Cowboy” was his largest-selling single, initially with over 2 million copies sold.

He had a musical partnership for many years with songwriter Jimmy Webb.

Campbell made history by winning four Grammys in both country and pop categories in 1967. For “Gentle on My Mind” he received two awards in country & western, “By the Time I Get to Phoenix” did the same in pop.

Campbell was inducted into the Country Music Hall of Fame. He is a highly regarded guitarist by his contemporaries and is often overlooked by many who see him as just a Country and Western singer but he is much more than that.

Glen Campbell is a lifetime Republican and performed the National Anthem at the 1980 Republican National Convention and made a number of campaign appearances afterwards.

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Apparently, Campbell, Ronald Reagan and Charlton Heston – three proud Republicans – were close friends.

In June 2011, Glen Campbell announced that he had been diagnosed with Alzheimer’s disease six months earlier. He had been suffering from short-term memory loss for years.

Campbell sang “Rhinestone Cowboy” as a goodbye at the 2012 Grammy Awards. He went on a final “Goodbye Tour”, with three of his children joining him in his backup band; his last show was in November 2012 in Napa, California.

Ghost on the Canvas is the final album from Glen Campbell.

With beauty, power, heartfelt emotion and deep spirituality, this set of songs traces Campbell’s life, from dirt-poor, tiny-town Arkansas origins to Hollywood triumphs on the pop charts, TV and movies. From days of youthful touring to hobnobbing with Elvis, Sinatra and the ‘Duke’. Stories of drink and drugs addiction and bad choices to a place of personal and spiritual redemption. This album charts the 75 years of a man who has made his mark.

Bringing Business Together in and around Jávea and Denia www.mabusinessclub.com & www.mabc.biz

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Review Concerts With The Costa Blanca Male Voice Choir And The Cwm Bach Male Voice Choir In May “ What wonderful Concerts” “ The best yet” “A resounding success” “ More concerts please” These were some of the comments made by members of the audience at both the Teulada and Calpe concerts given by the Cwmbach Choir from Wales and our own Costa Blanca Male Voice Choir.

The Teulada concert held at the new Auditorio was a sell out with an audience of 620. The choirs were joined by the DOLCE DIVAS who performed numbers from their extensive repertoire.

The concert raised a valuable sum for the organisers The Anglican Chaplaincy.

The Costa Blanca Male Voice Choir And The Cwm Bach Male Voice Choir

The concert at the Calpe Casa de Cultura organised by the Calpe and Benissa Lions was performed to an audience of more than 400 and added valuable income for their charitable causes.

Both concerts were a resounding success and prompted standing ovations from a delight audience resulting in raising funds in excess of 10,000 euros.

If any gentlemen in the Costa Blanca area would like more information with a view to joining the choir they should contact Mike Evans 965 744 577 or visit www.costablancamalevoicechoir. wikidot.com/

IT IS WITH GREAT SADNESS THAT WE ANNOUNCE THE PASSING OF CHOIR MEMBER MIKE MANNING AFTER A LONG BATTLE WITH CANCER. Some of the Choir joined Costa Barber Singers members to sing at Mike’s funeral on Saturday 8th June.

Our condolences go to his wife Judy

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Photo Ola - Denia Cat Protection League â&#x20AC;&#x201C; Aldea Felina http://aldea-felina.blogspot.com/

CAT OF THE MONTH

OLA was rescued by our vet from the engine of a car. She is a really pretty tri-coloured cat, very affectionate, playful and nosey. Always around you, she wants a permanent loving home and somebody who takes care of her. Sterilised and vaccinated. D.O.B. 01/07/2011 If you want to adopt Ola or any of our other cats, please call Lynda 648 100 629.

Aldea Felina is a charity registered in Spain to shelter, feed and re-home cats abandoned in the Denia area. Our helpers all work on a volunrary basis.

We have a variety of feline friends, old and young, waiting to be adopted.

All adult cats are blood tested, wormed, vaccinated and sterilised and the kittens wormed and vaccinated. If you can give a loving home to any please call Lynda on 648100629.

We also require short-term foster homes, teaching the young to interact with people or bring an ill cat to full health. To help, please contact us on one of the numbers above. Denia Cat Protection League â&#x20AC;&#x201C; Aldea Felina http://aldea-felina.blogspot.com/

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Useful Telephone Numbers

With thanks to Amparo Botella for this list of contact numbers extracted from Seminal Jรกvea Magazine (has English pages) www.semanaljavea.com

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ART CENTRE ASSOCIATION, JAVEA The aim of the Art Centre is to encourage both beginners and experienced artists alike, by offering tuition in a wide variety of traditional and contemporary arts and crafts. There is an occasional newsletter, and an ‘Antiques Road Show’ for charity each year. Membership is €5 per year from September to September.

Members are welcome to use the Art Centre as a meeting point.

The Art Centre is in a quiet country house not too far away from ‘Inn On The Green’ bowling club and near Las Laderas Urbanization. Part of the house has been remodelled with extra windows, special lighting and central heating for the two studios, reception area and coffee lounge. WIFI is available and free.

There is easy parking and wheelchairs are welcome.

Lorely and Glyn Griffiths have retired after more than 35 years working around the World. Glyn had previously been involved in telecommunications (now promoted to car park attendant and janitor for the Art Centre ! ! ) This will be the 4th Art Association Lorely will be running. She started the first Design College in Nairobi more than 30 years ago and finally was looking after the Art Society in Dubai for many years.

Subjects usually available are: - Painting in Oil, Acrylic, Watercolour, Pastel, Drawing, Mixed Media, Portraiture, Creative Textiles, and Porcelain Restoration.

All of the subjects are available for absolute beginners or for those more advanced. Although the Art Centre is a non-profit association, there will be a flat charge of 20 Euros per 3-hour session, whatever the subject, this pays the teachers and covers the overheads. Also everyone is welcome to arrive early and leave late or come for a coffee any morning. Usually groups will meet (3hrs per session) once a week, in the mornings, 10am to 1pm which includes free tea, coffee & ‘choccy bikkies’ at any time ! ! We will always welcome enthusiastic and experienced people to teach any existing or new subject. Those who would like to attend could add their names to the subject “Wish List” and in that way everyone can be tied in together. It is advisable to pencil your names in to secure a place. Didn’t you always say when you had time, you would learn to paint ! !

In addition the Art Centre Association has studio/meeting rooms available for ANY group or club who want somewhere to meet on a ‘one off’ or regular basis or, who just want to come along and make a mess ! ! Fully equipped studios with tables, comfortable chairs, easels, good lighting, projector screen, paper roll, white spirit, art & antiques reference library, car park, central heating, wheelchair access, coffee lounge, ‘choccy bikkies’ and as much tea/coffee/softies as you can drink (but bring your own wine ! !). All of the above included free for €5 per head per morning or afternoon session. As this is a non-profit association, if the meeting is cancelled you don’t have to pay.

Come and visit the Art Centre, (we can E-mail or post you a map) or for more details please contact Chairwoman: Lorely Griffiths on Javea 966 47 20 49.

E-mail: artcentrejavea@yahoo.com

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Benitatxell International Festival new date Due to the bad weather over the weekend at the end of April the Benitatxell Town Hall have decided to postpone the International Festival that was schediled for Sunday on Sunday and re date it for Sunday 23rd June from 11.30 - 6.30.

Tony and Corinne - www.signshopjavea.com As of the beginning of May, The Signshop, Javea moves to super new premises next to Sparta Gym in the Arenal info@signshopjavea.com Telephone 96 579 0710

The format will be exactly the same and there is now an opportunity to expand this event and add a nearly new section. Please put this new date in your diary and if you would like a space please contact me direct. I apologise for any inconvenience and look forward to seeing you in the 23rd either as a guest or a stall holder. I will send you more information soon thank you Ann Martin 680 673 871 info@benitatxellartscentre.info

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Free Classifieds

To add your FREE advert (text only) to the classified section you can fill in the form on www.grapevinespain.com or join the Javea Grapevine Facebook Group https://www.facebook.com/groups/JaveaGrapevine/ Where to look for Local Information: Whats on and Where - Mike Smith - Javeamigos - http://

www.javeamigos.com/news/index_whatson.htm

Jávea Ayuntamiento website link http://www.ajxabia.com/ Jávea Buses http://www.javeamigos.com/dir_holiday/pages/ Buses%202013.htm

Useful phone numbers http://www.ajxabia.com/ciutat/directori Street map http://www.ajxabia.com/ciutat/guia-de-carrers Farmacias http://www.ajxabia.com/ciutat/farmacias Transport http://www.ajxabia.com/ciutat/mobilitat-i-transport British Consulate https://www.gov.uk/government/world/spain Amjasa water company on Facebook https://www.face-

book.com/pages/Aguas-Municipales-de-J%C3%A1vea-SA-Amjasa/118621461633526?fref=ts Ajuntament de Xàbia on Facebook https://www.facebook.com/ ajuntament.xabia?fref=ts Protección Civil Jávea-Xàbia on Facebook https://www.facebook. com/proteccioncivil.xabia?fref=ts

Comparison websites banks http://www.mejorescuentascorrientes.com/ energy http://www.comparador.cne.es/ Mortgages, bank cards http://http://www.comparador.com/ Car insurance https://www.rastreator.com/landing/s...&utm_cam-

paign=

Insurance - house, health, car, life http://www.asesorseguros. com/seguros-salud/

Bars/Restaurants/Entertainment Live Entertainment Irish Des http://irishdes.webs.com/ The Shamrockers http://theshamrockers.webs.com/ Sharon Crowson-Sharni Professional singer/entertainer. www.thesharnishow.com

Restaurants and Cafés

Driving in Spain as a Resident from the UK consulate https://

GJ´s Café – Arenal https://www.facebook.com/ events/131347643723010/?ref=3

The DGT http://www.dgt.es/portal/es/la_dgt/bienvenida/

Tribus - https://www.facebook.com/pages/Tribus/338745956236061

Child safety in cars http://www.seguridadvialinfantil.org/legis-

Iberia: Café, Tapas & Copas

Legal aid in Spain http://ec.europa.eu/civiljustice/legal_aid/le-

Iberia Gastrobar a New Concept to eating tapas in Javea.

Be sure to book a table in advance as the busy season begins. reservas@iberiagastrobar.com or call us on 96 599 67 16.

www.gov.uk/living-in-spain#driving-licences-in-spain

lacion-asientos-ninos-coches/legislacion-asientos-para-ninos-en-espana-2/ gal_aid_spa_en.htm

Fiesta days http://www.seg-social.es/Internet_1/Masinformacion/ CalendarioLaboral/index.htm

autónomo system http://www.advoco.es/hot-topics/43-guide-tospains-autonomo-system.html

reporting illegal workers http://www.empleo.gob.es/itss/web/ Sala_de_comunicaciones/Como_denunciar_ITSS.html

fuel prices & petrol stations - select your fuel, input you location, and up pops a list of petrol stations and their prices

Indian Resturant Singham: welcome to the new indian restaurant singham 965996980 biggest taste biggest portions best price come and give us a try in Jávea Avd Fontana 7 gur212223@ yahoo.com Pizzeria & Grill Bótanico ( Arenal, Jávea) Sat 22nd June 20:00 until 23:00 Dancing & Dinner € 15,00 P.p. Kids FREE Passive Entertainment Jávea Grapevine – www.grapevinespain.com

http://geoportal.mityc.es/hidrocarburos/eess/?l=sl#/

UKTV4U - www.uktv4u.com

location of speed cameras! Click on “radars” and you can see all

5Ws Magazine Online Home and Leisure Magazine based in Jávea - www.5Ws.biz

the location of speed cameras - and click on the camera and see what speed it is allegedly set to! Useful if you are going elsewhere... also good for latest traffic flows, and petrol stations in the area with their prices! http://mapas.race.es/

Telecoms where to complain about Telecoms companies http://www.usuariosteleco.es/Paginas/index.aspx

Live in Spain Magazine iPad and Kindle Magazine www.liveinspainmagazine.com

Kindle Books and paperbacks - U P Publications - www. uppbooks.com (includes Jávea authors)

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Homes and Gardens – cleaning, maintenance, building

A D Lawton Construcciones www.adlawtonconstrucciones.com Floor-Restore - Restore Marble, Terazzo, Terrocotta,Tiles and bring them back to their former glory you can contact us on 689075125 or email floor-restore@live.com

Polly’s Bookshop Javea www.facebook.com/pages/Pollys-Bookshop-Javea/322859944483274

Maya Middlemiss http://beyondmanana.com/keeping-our-children-safe-uk-and-spain/

IT & Electrical Satpc Guy- Jon Worby IT & Satellite - The Sat and PC Guy www.satandpcguy.com Sky TV Freesat and UK Satellite TV Installers For Javea Ebuys - Mike Wood IT & Electrical : www.ebuys.es

Body Beautiful Beauty and Fashion Lenceria Susan Body Beautiful ! www.lenceriasusan.com Shop in Javea old town, in the lane between the post office and church. Something for everyone at anytime Fitness and Health Bernadine Davis Turpin - www.massagepilatesjavea.com Chiringuito Moskito ( Montañar, Jávea) Sundays 16th and the 30th June FREE Salsa Lessons Hora/ Time: 19:00 until 21:00 Clubs & Associations (inc Facebook) and Education Clubs and Associations Marina Alta Business Club Bringing Business Together in Spain www.mabusinessclub.com & www.mabc.biz

Costa Women http://costawomen.ning.com @costawomen on

Twitter

Costa Blanca Business Association - The CBBA is a group

of established businesses on The Northern Costa Blanca. For more information visit www.cbba.es

Mujeres Emprendedoras De Jávea https://www.facebook.

Miscellaneous inc Money Matters Miscellaneous My Destination Alicante can bring your business to life with videos and 360º tours. www.mydestination.com/alicante www.facebook.com/mydestinationalicante Sarah Farrell

Krazykidz - come along to Krazykidz in Javea Port www.facebook.com/krazykidz.rentals Money Matters Glenn Tullett https://www.facebook.com/SpainCurrency, www.infinityinternational.co.uk Fully Regulated Independent Foreign Exchange Broker.

John Hayward Financial Adviser Spectrum IFA http://www. financialadviceinspain.es Arts, Crafts, Cakes & Gifts Art Association, Javea – Art Classes, Porcelain Restoration and more https://www.facebook.com/ArtJavea Javea Photos – local photos and photographers (includes mild “adult” content) www.javeaphotos.com Winks Inks - personalised hand crafted cards/glasses/frames -

com/Mujeres.Emprendedoras.de.Javea

totally bespoke - made to order - all languages and occasions https:// www.facebook.com/pages/Winks-Inks/285548558231877?

Montgó Vegetarians - delicious meals out in Javea and surrounding areas, special menus created just for us, all welcome don’t have to be veggie! https://www.facebook.com/montgovegetarians

Tanya Lacey Organic home-grown herbs, scented sweet peas and more. Every Sunday 3-7 www.facebook.com/VeganLifeEnergy?

Costa Blanca Male Voice Choir - always looking for new

singers, rehearse in Teulada every Tuesday at 7.00pm...great cameraderie, a few beers and enjoy our singing, come along for a try www.costablancamalevoicechoir.wikidot.com

Javea Welsh Society - https://www.facebook.com/pages/

Javea-Welsh-Society/553465378018197

Costa Blanca Yacht Association - www.cbya.org Art Association, Javea – Art Classes, Porcelain Restoration and more https://www.facebook.com/ArtJavea Education Howard Westcott ...education, home tuition UK exam subjects www.cbhometuition.vpweb.co.uk Lynn Cobb - learn-aprender www.learn-aprender.blogspot.com.es

Hibiscus Cakes for your cupcakes and celebration cakes..... https:// www.facebook.com/hibiscus.cakes?

Charity Request With the latest atrocity which took place in Woolwich last month, we are redoubling our efforts at Jaspas Bar to raise money for Help for Heroes and the British Legion. I thought it would be an idea to ask anyone who advertises their business on Javea Connect on Facebook, or sells and item, or even gets some useful information there to donate a Euro to the cause. We can call it “A Euro for a Hero” :) I would also like to ask for some help from local shops and bars who would be willing to take donations and keep them safe til November, when we could distribute the money collected on Poppy Day. Once we get a few volunteer dropoff points, then we can ask the members to donate a euro (or more if they like).

Loraine. Jaspas Bar

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Whilst there, I realised that many elderly or ill people often need help that cannot be addressed through the conventional channels – as regardless of their level of Spanish, many here do not have the benefit of a close knit family structure nearby.

YOU ARE NOT ALONE! How can I help you?

With your Administrative Tasks?: N.I.E., Driving Licence, SIP Card, Social Security….

Acting as an Interpreter in your visits to Town Hall, Notary, HEALTH CENTER & HOSPITAL…?

(Possibility of FLAT-RATE and PICK-UP SERVICE)

M.S.P. ASSISTANT SERVICES was born with the idea of helping them all, residents and nonresidents, who need a PERSONALISED AND TAILORED QUALITY SERVICE HERE ARE SOME OF THE SERVICES WE OFFER: ADMINISTRATIVE TASKS Helping you • To get your N.I.E, Residencia, S.I.P. Card, Prescriptions, get or renew a Driving Licence and to prepare Taxes, • deal with Suppliers of Gas, Water, Electricity...

• deal with Banks: direct debits and standing orders...

Offering Home Assistance or House Maintenance?

• with Certified and Non-Certified Translations …

HOME HELP SERVICE for elderly and ill people …

People to help you at home: Household, Gardener,….

M.S.P. ASSISTANT SERVICES How can I help you?

Mónica Suárez Manager

My name is Mónica Suarez Penoucos, I was born in La Coruña and arrived in Jávea in 2004. Since I arrived, I have worked in diverse Service Sectors ranging from Executive Assistant, Banking, Export Department, and Real Estate Customer Service to working in the Health Sector gaining so much experience in all of them, that creating M.S.P. Assistant Services was the natural outcome.

Working in both Hospitals and in various Health Centres, as an Interpreter and Administrator gave me critical insights and Health Sector experience that has helped to inform the area in which I now specialise.

TRANSLATIONS We can act as an Interpreter in your visits to Town Hall, Banks, Notary, any Administrative Tasks, Police….

And/or to GP, Health Centre or Hospital: maybe one of the most IMPORTANT parts of my job. The understanding between DOCTOR and PATIENT is ESSENTIAL PICK-UP SERVICE & FLAT-RATE

We can also arrange a – PICK-UP SERVICE for those who need the translation service and can not or do not want to drive, as they do not feel safe.

– FLAT-RATE to make it cheaper for those who may need the personal translation service very often HOME HELP SERVICE for elderly and ill people, this includes an option for nursing care …

NOT ONLY • Nursing Assistants to take care of everything related to the care of the elderly or ill person: medication, blood pressure, personal hygiene etc BUT ALSO • People to help you at home, supermarket/ pharmacy purchases, gardener, plumber, “Neighbour Service” …

QR CODE: • As an extra service for every client, we will provide a unique M.S.P. QR CODE, in which we include all the relevant Health information which does not appear on the client´s SIP Card, such as the list of normal medication, allergies and/or ailments that the bearer suffers. This can be read by any health provider from their smart phone. Giving them critical and potentially life-saving information quickly and efficiently We provide all the benefits associated with Bupa and Sanitas but with the advantage of providing a personal service tailored to your requirements. You will be assigned your own Client Relationship Manager who will help and advise on all aspects of cover, be it in English or Spanish.

PARTNERSHIP: To offer the Best Service, I have the Best Partners

Because of its: State-of-the-Art Technology, Equipment and Services, International Department, Care and Support

STM Nummos Life SL, as official intermediaries for Bupa International and Sanitas health insurance, we have a wide range of plans specifically designed for expatriates, to suit all needs and pockets.

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Mid Month Gig Guide from Eric Taylor on Javea Grapevine Group on FaceBook www.facebook.com/groups/JaveaGrapevine/

Friday June 14 (North)

ALTEA: Bar La Plaza – Black Glitter. 00.30 ALTEA LA VELLA: The Hills Bar/Rte. – Ian Henry BENIDORM: Vincents, Old Town – Karaoke Night.

21.00.

BENITACHELL: Rusty’s Rte. & Bar – Sharni CALPE: Bar Texas, Avd.Rosa de Los Vientos – Live Music with Robby Derringer. 22.00 Bar Aleman – Timewarp Duo DENIA: Steinways Blues Bar – Latin/Cuban Music with Inti and Arley. 00.30 Rock n Roll Club Night Café Alter Ego, C/Loreto – Los Labios. 22.00 JALON: La Tortuga Bar/Rte – Key West Band JAVEA: Olivia Bar of Arts, Arenal – Olivia’s Blues Band. 22.00 Rte. El Faro, Balcón al Mar – The Brink Geographic Bar, Arenal – Encore Duo L’Ancora Club, Javea Park – Acoustic Session – Celtic Knot. 20.30 Mintt Rustica – KC Experience. 13.00 Mintt – Black Glitter. 18.00 Jaspa’s Bar, Balcón al Mar – Steve Solo LLOSA de CAMACHO: Bar Emilio – Jazz Night – Jon Turner’s Jazzyboyz MORAIRA: Bar Ambiente, Moravit – Karaoke Night with Eleanor & Dougie Jacaranda Bar & Rte – Karaoke & Disco with DJ Spam.

22.00 Druids Cave II, Paichi Centre – Karaoke Night with Brian O’ Brien ORBA: Bar Ca Pep – Freeway PARCENT: Bar Planet – Acoustic Session – The Hoaxx Accoustic. 21.30

Saturday June 15 (North) ALBIR: Nog-

gy´s Bar, Centro Commercial – Paul Harris ALFAZ/ALBIR: Bar Escandalo, N.332 – Live Rock & Blues Music. 23.00 ALTEA LA VELLA: The Hills Bar/Rte. – Gill Henry BENIDORM: Vincents, Old Town – Karaoke Night.

21.00 BENITACHELL: Tasca Les Fonts Bar/Rte. – CB Blues Club – Live Blues Music Party. 19.30 CALPE: Bar Texas, Avd.Rosa de Los Vientos – Live Music with Robby Derringer. 22.00 So What Bar, Av de Europa – Live Music. 21.00 Phoenix Rte, (ctra. Calpe-Moraira) – Juan Saez (spanish guitar) DENIA: Steinways Jazz n Blues Bar – Black Glitter Band. 00.15 JAVEA: Olivia Bar of Arts, Arenal – The Howlin’ Mojo’s. 21.30 Laguna Ribs – Karting – Hangover Tuesday. 22.00 MORAIRA: Namaste Indian Rte., Moravit – Ian Henry ORBA: Pasaje Bar/Rte. – Rob Sweeney PARCENT/TARBENA: Coll de Rates Rte. – Chill Factor. 13.30 SANTA POLA: The Beer House – Black Glitter TEULADA: L’Almacera Restaurant – Chill Factor

Sunday June 16 (North)

BENIDORM: Villamar Camping – Karaoke Night. 20.00 Vincents, Old Town – Larry and his Rock Guitar.15.30 Vincents, Old Town – Karaoke Night. 21.00 CALPE: Bar Texas, Avd.Rosa de Los Vientos – Live Music with Robby Derringer. 22.00 El Barco – Karaoke Night. 21.00 DENIA: Café Alter Ego, C/Loreto – Nacho Pereda.

18.30 Arena Bar (near Port Hotel) – Jazzify. 15.30 JALON: Aleluya Bar – Jam Session with The Soggy Bottom Band. 19.00 JAVEA: L’Echalotte Rte., Costa Nova – Gill Henry.

13.00 GJ’s Rte./Bar – Vikki Reynolds. 14.00 Jaspa’s Bar, Balcón al Mar – JJ Jones (Neil Damond Tribute). 15.00 Black Beluga – Black Glitter MORAIRA: Bar Ambiente, Moravit – Karaoke Night with Eleanor & Dougie Spencer’s Bar, Moravit – Timewarp Duo. 21.00 Don Quijote Bar, Paichi Centre – Off Limits. 20.30 PARCENT: El Paraiso Bar/Rte. – Lee Napier. 14.30 PARCENT/TARBENA: Coll de Rates Rte - Chill Factor (John Acoustic). 13.30

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LAUNCH Friday 21st June, from 7pm until 11:30pm.

Stuart Bennett and Hannah Smith are opening up a new shop in the port of Javea.

To be more precise, this shop will reside where the old Xabia Bikes shop existed for over two decades (Avenida Lepanto 21).

The shop is named Barquitos.

Which in English is roughly translated as “Little Boats”.

They will be stocking clothing, home ware, jewellery, accessories, gifts and much more. Being situated in the beautiful port area of Jávea, the shop has a strong nautical style associated with most products, hence the name of the shop.

Stuart and Hannah are a young couple and at 27 and 22 it is a big, bold decision to open their own shop doing what they love.

They are launching their new business on the evening of Friday 21st June, from 7pm until 11:30pm. and have asked The Grapevine to pass on their invitation to you for you to join them to celebrate.

For more details please email info@barquitos.com or call direct on 673 836 600

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