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This year a group of volunteers gathered together to try something that no one else seemed inclined nor willing to do...

To hold a community Christmas event that did not revolve around spending large amounts of money, or centre around one group of friends over another, or on saving people's souls, but instead to promote the rather old fashioned idea that no matter who you are, where you're from or what your beliefs, this time of year can be simply about getting together and appreciating those around you; showing kindness to others and being thankful for little joys while sharing some warmth with family and friends, both old and new.

This simple idea began with a quest for a place to sing carols at Christmas time. Sounds The Editor continued his financial negotiations to keep the community newspaper running in the face of great adversity and asked for volunteers to help him... easy, doesn't it?

As the idea developed it was suggested that in order to get people together we may want to give them some entertainment. A TARA volunteer decided to hold a raffle. A mum offered to help organise some transport and get ideas together for children and adults to enjoy. A Cake Fairy said she could make some mulled wine and do The Sioux City Saloon team volunteered their time to make the event happen, showing yet again how commitment and hard work can overcome even the most difficult of times some baking, with the help of her little pixies. A lady of faith collected songs to sing and some candles together.

Momentum started to grow as their good idea took hold, two preacher men joined forces to lead an impromptu Three of the main organisers Sanna, Louise & congregation, some amazing The Olive Grove Language Academy joined in Diana joined Sheriff Nick Claus in welcoming performers offered themselves the spirit of things for a proper seasonal giggle the crowd and started a procession freely, and the people of a unique wild west town Pastor Gavin and Father Peter volunteered their time to entertained the gathering live and unplugged before leading help make this idea turn in to the Christmas carol singalong reality.

In the end a couple of hundred people old and young gathered and sang seasonal songs, ate Aron, one of Sioux City's finest horsemen, food joined with others from The Cake Fairy entertained many on the night Extreme Horror Magician Jay Delosmuertos rode in with his posse to the rescue to save including the Surf Canaries crew wowed the kids and scared the parents across the world and collected Christmas over 1200â‚Ź for worthwhile DJs and music men for the night Gary (KISS) A fun loving and well dressed crowd showed causes. and Javi played got them up and dancing their appreciation throughout The Canary News would like Lidia Leder of the Leder Family to thank everyone who was was one of the amazing Sioux there. You made us very City performers to give up their Saturday night for the proud to be part of your Canarian singer Jenny Oliver did face painting event for the kids before wowing the crowd community. Thank you.

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A LEGAL GUIDE TO (SAFELY) PURCHASING PROPERTY IN SPAIN Buying a property is one of the most exciting and important projects in most people’s lives. If it is to be somewhere other than your home country it usually creates additional excitement as it is likely to be either a place to enjoy holidays or a new home for a new life abroad. For these reasons it should be considered a serious matter and not be undertaken lightly.

Therefore, our initial advice for people planning to buy a property in Spain is to bear in mind that the procedure to complete a successful and pleasant transaction requires an accurate knowledge and understanding of the legal formalities and obligations to be fulfilled both by the vendor and the buyer.

Only a registered Spanish Lawyer can guarantee proper and professional advice about the legal considerations to be taken into account. Once the decision to buy a certain property has

been taken and the price has been agreed with the vendor, the wisest move is to instruct a local lawyer to start dealing with the legal issues involved. The main point at this stage is neither to sign any document nor to pay any money or deposit before your lawyer provides you with their professional advice about the best way to proceed.

First of all, your lawyer should furnish you with an approximate estimate of all costs and taxes involved in the purchase: Secondly, your lawyer should check the legal situation of the property in order to avoid any unpleasant surprises regarding mortgages, attachments or any other kinds of problem that could affect your ownership after completion.

Once confirmed that the property is free of encumbrances your lawyer will be in a position to draft a private "Option contract" between you and the vendor in which all the terms and conditions of the agreement can be ratified on paper. This document is of huge importance in securing a safe outcome for your interests as it is the contract with which both parties definitively state essential issues such as the price of the property, the payment conditions and the prospective compensations to be awarded in case of breach of contract.

The next step in the purchase procedure is to sign the Public Title Deeds at the Notary´s office. Your lawyer will provide the Public Notary with all the relevant information and documents required to draft the Title Deed.

Finally, your lawyer should be able to undertake "aftercompletion" tasks on your behalf, such as payment of all relevant costs and taxes within the appropriate legal term and subsequent Registration of your Title Deed at the local Land Registry in order to obtain full and public protection of your rights to ownership.

In conclusion, our main duty is to be prudent and to avoid unnecessary risks when purchasing property in Spain. Correct professional advice provided by a duly registered Spanish Lawyer will guarantee a safe outcome for your investment and your only concern should be to simply enjoy your new home!

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eurozone experiences Festive Harmony As we approach the festive season some form of harmony appears at last to be creeping into the Eurozone. A couple of weeks back all 27 Eurozone ministers managed to agree that a mechanism to control banks within the eurozone should be introduced, the issue at the moment is how to achieve this without creating too much red tape and what happens to the auditing of the smaller banks, this will be resolved sometime in 2013.....

The eurozone has seen date this month that a slowdown in decline again with its index for manufacturing and services at a nine month high of 47.3 up from 46.5 in November, good news however anything under 50 still means a contraction but lets hold on to the positive and that is, the zone is improving. France and Germany thankfully are contributing to the improvement and particularly the services sector in Germany where the sector stood at 52.1. In Spain Mr Rajoy has once again made his position clear holding off on requesting a government bail-out until he understands the full requirements

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For now however keep an eye on Italy where political uncertainty could have a negative impact upon the euro as struggles with its public debt which has now passed the 2 trillion euro or around 82000 euros per household, GDP is alos expected to hit 126.5% second only to Greece.

In the UK there was no early Christmas gift from The Bank of England in the shape of further QE and they also left interest rates unchanged, is it too much to ask that they focus on "how to get banks to lend money again"?

With industrial output falling and importing goods worth more than £3.6 billion than it exports the the deficit is bound to increase and quarter 4 in the UK is going to be difficult, will it put the UK back into recession?

The US is also battling to avoid the fiscal cliff and ensure its

people will still have money in their pockets to spend and that has been reflected in the fall in the number of unemployed however unless the politicians can find a compromise before the year is out, taxes will increase and that will have a negative impact upon growth for 2013. At the time of writing the dollar is on the back foot and has lost ground against the pound and the euro.

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Kim's Bar in Playa del Ingles has once again shown why they are one of the top local bars with residents and tourists alike. Having been approached by four local DJs to support their Movember Big shave off Kim held a massive shave off event for Colin, Shuggie, Giles and Mark to invite all their supporters to for the great shave managing to raise over 2000€ and becoming 2nd highest Movember fundraising team in all of Spain! We know several others joined in to raise money and awareness for the charity in support of Men's Health and the fight against prostate cancer and we couldn't help but think if we had all joined forces then the English speaking community on Gran Canaria could well have been 1st in all Spain. We are very much looking forward to next year and will be keeping you informed in plenty of time how to join in and help keep men healthy and top lips hairy for Movember

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Friends in GC was rather representative this year of the ever increasing phenomenon that is the rise of social

networking, and namely Facebook groups, being used as a community tool to bridge distances between people who live often far from one another allowing strangers to connect in ways that would have been previously difficult, to say the least. The group ws started by a lady who, having just moved to the island, was eager to meet people and make friends. She started a little page on Facebook and within 3 days over 300 people had joined the call. What makes this group unlike most of the others out there is that it had no commercial affiliations and united people with the singular and rather open minded altruistic purpose of getting new friends together. It was especially 'liked' by many of those out their who do not really enjoy pub culture, but who would still like to meet new people at social gatherings.

Although the founder of the group is ironically not known to many of its members, she should be proud that she spawned a completely new set of gatherings here on the island and was a catalyst for many new friendships, among people who would not have otherwise met. They even started off Christmas time in style with the very first full Christmas Dinner Party of the season, held at the Red Cow in PDI with a full menu sumptiously created for and devoured by this jolly bunch of strangers-come-friends who all shared a drink and a giggle to get the season started. GREAT!

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The Memory Tree

by Barrie Mahoney

Barrie Mahoney was a teacher, head teacher & school inspector in the UK, as well as a reporter in Spain, before moving to the Canary Islands as a newspaper editor.

He is still enjoying life in the sun as a writer & author

I guess that most expats have our own special Christmas traditions, which follow the same routines and rituals each year. For me, it is putting up the Christmas Tree on 6 December, which is the day that the Christmas season really seems to step up a gear in the Canary Islands. Needless to say, getting a real tree is neither economic nor environmentally desirable in the almost treeless landscape where we live, and so we have to make do with an artificial one.

We call our Christmas Tree, a Memory Tree, for that is really what it is. As I decorate our tree with ornaments and garlands, I remember the many people that have contributed to it over the years. It has become one of our special traditions and one that many of our friends have contributed to over the years.

Maybe it is a glass bauble, a knitted toy or something special given to me by some of the children that I have taught. We also have small decorations collected from some of the countries and cities that my partner, David, and I have visited over the years. “Ah, yes, that blue china bear was from an Amsterdam market”, or maybe “Do you remember the trams in San Francisco?” are some of the predictable, yet strangely comforting, conversations, that we have with each other every year, as we recall the special memories associated with each trinket or toy that we are about to hang.

We hang decorations that once adorned the trees in our grandparents’ homes, or in the homes where we grew up. Some decorations have a special poignancy for us, such as the brightly coloured knitted robin that David’s mother so skilfully made for us many years ago, and who passed away this year. We hang the small, brightly coloured, rainbow flag on our tree and remember the tiny charity shop in the Castro district of San Fran-

cisco where we bought it. It was during our visit many years ago after the city had been decimated by the AIDS virus, and at a time when it seemed that there was very little hope for HIV sufferers.

At last it was time for the crowning glory of our Memory Tree, the Christmas Fairy, which was to be placed at the top of the tree. I take it gently from its box and blow off the dust. Although it now looks a little worse for wear, the fairy is still fit for another year. My Auntie Mim gave it to me for my first Christmas, and I have always treasured it.

As I hang it on the tree, supported by the usual lump of Blutack and Sellotape, I remember a little girl whom I taught in my very first year as a teacher. I had been to great pains to plan a lesson that retold the Christmas story, as well as preparing the appropriate visual aids for the religious education lesson.

The children sat in awe as I told them the story of the first Christmas, and the visit of the angel to Mary to tell her that she was expecting a baby. The children sat in silence and later went back to their desks to write their account of the story, whilst being reminded that as it was end of term and parents evening was a few days later, I wanted to show off their best handwriting.

Silence reigned in the classroom for a good twenty minutes, before Michelle arrived at my desk and proudly presented her work. In her very best handwriting, she had painstakingly written “ Mary and the Fairy” at the top of the page. Well, I couldn't really argue with this. After all, as I was growing up, people kept telling me it was an angel and not a fairy at the top of the Christmas tree, which I guess was all about religious correctness. I always protested; after all, have you ever seen an angel carrying a wand? Anyway, we all need a fairy at Christmas.

If you enjoyed this article, take a look at Barrie’s websites: www. barriemahoney.com and www.thecanaryislander. com or read his latest book, ‘’Expat Survival’ (ISBN: 978 147 913 0481)

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Spanish Lesson 73

Back To The Past

We´ve covered the past tense previously including lessons 24-27. However, I´d like to look again at the most useful one, the ‘past simple’ or preterit. This is for short, completed actions, with a date or time normally given.

Here´s a breakdown of how to form the endings, so that you can talk or ask about stuff that has already happened. You need to learn two sets of verbs off by heart. I´d suggest HABLAR

by Theresa Coe (to speak), so you can copy endings Language Exchange Group (LEG) co-ordinator for any action-word ending in AR, and COMER/SALIR (to eat/to go out), for any verb ending in ER or IR.

hablar (spoke)

comer (ate)

yo (I)

hablé

comí

salir (left/went out) salí

COMER til you get to the one you want (bebí, bebiste, bebió: I drank, you drank, he drank). If you always go in order, you´ll select the right endings and avoid confusion as to who you´re talking about: bebió (‘beh-bee-YO’) mucho anoche – he drank a lot last night.

‘We’ endings same present and past At last, some good news.

Regular verbs ending in AR or IR are the same in the past simple as in the present for ‘we’: hablamos can mean we speak or we spoke, and salimos: we go out or we went out. So if you can talk about ‘us’ instead of ‘I’ it´s much easier. As soon as you use a key word like ayer (yesterday) or give a time: a las dos (at two o´clock), people will know you´re talking about the past:

comiste

saliste

él/ella/eso habló (he, she, it)

comió

salió

nosotros/ hablamos nosotras (we)

comimos

salimos

Tú form: ¿ISTE or ASTE? These endings are very handy for asking questions to people about what they did:

ellos/ hablaron ellas (they)

comieron

salieron

PAGAR: to pay - ¿Por qué pagaste la cuenta? Why did you pay the bill? (LIT: why you paid the bill) or negative: ¿Por qué no pagaste? (Why didn´t you pay – lit: why you no paid?)

Remember, for any negative, just use the positive form with ‘no’ before the verb: No salimos el sábado pasado (LIT: we no went out the Saturday past) And for questions, just use your tone of voice to indicate that you´re asking not telling: ¿No saliste anoche? Didn´t you go out last night?

A note about ‘usted’ Verb endings for USTED (the formal ‘you’) are the same as for ‘he/she/it’, (usted habló= you spoke; usted comió = you ate) and those for USTEDES (you plural – informal or formal) are the same as for ‘they’ (ustedes hablaron = you all spoke; ustedes comieron = you all ate).

Accents vital to pronunciation Be careful to push down where you see an accent. With verbs ending in AR, it´s important to pronounce the first and third person correctly so the listener knows if you´re speaking in the present or the past: hablo (AB-loh: I speak) but habló (a-BLOH: I spoke). Compare, for example: trabajo (tra-BA-hoh: I work) with trabajó (tra-ba-HOH: he/she worked).

ER/IR verbs – full of i´s Every single regular verb ending in ER or IR has an ‘i’ in the past tense – don´t miss them out. So if you want to say ‘he drank a lot last night’ you need to think of the original verb, to drink: BEBER, and then copy the endings for

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tú (you) hablaste

Try to make up short sentences or questions once you´ve mastered each verb-set in the correct order as it appears in the list.

For example: Ayer, hablé con mi hermana - yesterday I spoke with my sister

Language

Hablamos español: we speak Spanish. Anoche hablamos ingles: last night we spoke English

TERMINAR: to finish - ¿A qué hora terminaste? (at what time did you finish?)

VER: to see - ¿viste a Ben en la fiesta? Did you see Ben at the party? (LIT: you saw Ben in the party?)

PEDIR: to order/ask for - ¿Qué pediste? What did you order?

Question format In questions, you can usually leave out the subject but if you put it in, it should go AFTER the verb: Did Juan go out? ¿Salió Juan?

If we already know who we´re talking about, it´s enough to just say ¿Salió? (did he go out?) ¿Dónde comieron las chicas? (where did the girls eat? LIT: Where they ate, the girls?)

Any preposition (little words like from, with and for) needs to go at the START not the end of questions:

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Language Exchange and Spanish conversation club: new venue

As well as our usual venue the Mono bar, we now meet at the equally gorgeous ‘Amigos Coffee’ in Playa del Inglés (Av. de Italia; www.amigoscoffee.com). This is also the new venue for the Spanish Conversation Club run by Cynthia Griner every second Saturday; enquiries to: cynthiagriner@yahoo.es.

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Where to Eat! Whereitsat@TheCanaryNews.com Ever wondered where is a good place to eat in Gran Canaria? What the food tastes like at the local hotspots, ice cream bars, and beach front cafes? Here you will find honest and independent reviews of the various places to eat around the island....

Fork Rating:

WOW!

by Clive Williams

Will return & recommend

Could do better!

Never again!

Kim's Bar - Situated in the Gran Chaparral in playa Del Ingles, and is one of those bars that I have always been worried about entering. However, the other morning as I was returning down the GC1 I had an urge for a full English breakfast. This urge is not something that happens often as I am incredibly fussy when it comes to my breakfasts.

I found myself thinking where to go, and remembered that friends had recommended Kim’s Bar, and thought I would give it a go, and see for myself. The location is not great, and there is a constant stream of people walking through the split sides of the bar. This I would imagine is excellent for business, but perhaps not so appealing if you want to simply sit quietly and eat breakfast.

I found a table easily, and was attended to by a cheerful young lady, who took my order of full English and a coffee. I am very fussy and wanted to swap some items, which she happily agreed to do, and I was so far impressed. The coffee came out in a huge mug, which is great if you want your caffeine fix for the day, however, very little milk, and far too strong in my humble opinion.

There was a slight delay on the breakfast, unsure why, but the toast arrived a long time before the breakfast, which I thought strange. My toast was therefore, cold by the time the breakfast arrived.

However, when the breakfast did arrive I was rather impressed, the food had all been cooked in clean oil, and everything looked delicious. I tucked into my plateful, and felt full when I had finished, which is always a result. Once I had finished, the plate was not collected and no one reappeared to see if everything was ok.

I found myself wandering up to the bar to pay, whilst the lovely young lady continued her conversation with her friends. Overall the food was good, excellent value for money, plenty of it, and all cooked well. The service was ok, could have been better, and the atmosphere was lacking, but as a breakfast venue it was good. I can see why so many locals and tourists recommend this place.

Food: Service: Atmosphere: Price: Other: Location not the most appealing

Been anywhere lovely recently? Is there a restaurant or eatery in Gran Canaria that just seems to excel at creating the type of experience that you want to repeat again and again? Where can we find the best world foods, British Foods, German or Scandinavian fayre? Who, without doubt, has the most delicious and authentic Canarian menu?

Where can we find to-die-for desserts? Who has the ambience just right for either an intimate dinner or a romantic occasion?

We'd like to hear from you.

Tell us all about the best places to eat on the island and we will try to send our man Clive along to put them to the test.

He likes his food, so he won't mince his words And if he likes what you do, we'll tell the world.

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GLAY Awards 2012 The fourth annual Gay and Lesbian Association of Yumbo Awards were held on Friday December 7th to full house at Garbo's Unforgettable in the south of Gran Canaria.

The awards show par excellence was presented, as usual, by it's inaugural host Derek Payne, outgoing president of GLAY. The importance of this event should not be underestimated as it represents a gathering of some of the most successful entertain-

ers, venues and bar owners on the island, and in particular one of the few thriving commercial centres on the island catering distinctly to foreign tourists and residents and native Canarians alike.

There was a distinct buzz in the air as the great and the good came together to celebrate what is much more than a simple popularity contest. This year for the first time nominations as well as voting were opened to the public, with

over 4,000 votes cast The Glay A's 2012 represented the most accurate picture yet of who it is that has managed not only to reach out to the paying public but also, within their local community to gain recognition of either good work or outstanding achievment amoung peers and colleagues.

Of course, this was probably the best dressed event of the year.

Homage was paid to Tammy Pax, the much loved drag queen who

died earlier this year, after whom the award for Hostess of the year was named 'The Tammy'. Much loss too was felt for another of the most famous drag queens to pass on this year, Ricky Glass, after whom the bar Ricky's was named.

May they twinkle on in heaven, never forgotton.

Big winners on the night were Sparkles Showbar, who's well oiled team has this year won the hearts and votes of many. And special mention too was made of the Facecook team and local AIDs charity ACES for their hard work for the greater good. You can find pictures of the event on our website. We look forward to 2013!

Cabaret Bar of the year

Sparkless Show Bar Drag Queen of the Year

Andi Martine. Sparkles The Artist of the Year

Andi Martine. Sparkles Stephen Can Award (Tammy Pax) Host/Hostess of the year Award Michael Marouli. Sparkles Restaurant of the Year

Facecook Gay Resort of the Year

Villas Blancas Independent hotel / hotel group

Lopesan Worker of the Year

Kevin. Diamonds Bartender of the Year

Stefano. Mamma Mia Nightclub of the Year

Coco Loco

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Day bar of the Year

Buddies Local Gay Friendly

Garbos Fetish bar

Basement Studios New Business of The Year

Gossip New Face in the Yumbo Daniella Mantrap. Sparkles Seller

Posh Shop Youth of the Year

Stefano. Mamma Mia The most popular +30

Marcus. Bunker Dj of the Year

Pako 80 Lesbian Event, Place or Person of the Year

Lyndsey. Rickys

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Caipsho work out of a small building underneath the main church in San Fernando de Gran Canaria. Their mission, unique in this part of the world, is to provide basic needs to those living on the streets, or simply at subsistence level, by providing food, clothes, blankets, access to hygienic wash facilities and basic advice. They have asked that anyone who can offer things like blankets for the homeless at this time of year step forward and donate to them. Do you have any spare blankets you can offer them?

Caipsho do more than simply offer daily meals to those who most need it, they offer hope to the most vulnerable in our society. Hope is a much undervalued commodity nowadays, but it is vital in times of hardship. Caipsho aims to not just fulfil basic needs of the worst off in society but to provide a route to "personal recovery" within both employment and social spheres to promote 'autonomy' and help each person to help themselves out of the most desperate of situations.

If you think you might like to be of assistance to them, you can get in contact with them directly through their website or their drop-in centre, or if you are worried that your Spanish is not up-to-scratch, then send us an email here and we will try to field and forward any questions or suggestions you may have. We will assist you in any way we can to assist your local community.

Catti, one of the CAIPSHO coordinators says: "In winter time we have ever more need for blankets, to give to the people we serve. Can you help? Do you know anyone who has spare blankets? Do you have more at home?

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UNTIL 07 JAN 10:00-22:00 Nativity Scene in sand Place: Las Palmas de Gran Canaria (Playa de Las Canteras) UNTIL 05 JAN Casa de la Navidad Triana, Las Palmas UNTIL 06 JAN Traditional Hebrew nativity scene Arucas UNTIL 31 DEC 12-6pm Christmas in Vegueta Las Palmas 28 DEC 20.30 Return to Neverland Maspalomas Cultural Centre 29 DEC & 30 DEC Grand New Year’s Concert Teatro Pérez Galdós, Las Palmas

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Gáldar Collectors’ Market Guaires, 26, Tel: 928.55.21.40 Ingenio En el Ejido: First Sunday of every month 09.00-15.00 Jinámar Ramblas de Jinámar (Telde): Sundays 9:00-15:00 Las Palmas Rastro Terrace on top of the bus station Every Sunday 8.00-14.00 Maspalomas Second Hand Market CC Faro 2, Campo Internacional, Maspalomas Sundays 10.00 onwards Maspalomas Artisans’ Market Next to Global Bus Station Meloneras Mercadillo en Meloneras: Every Thursday 10.00-17.00 Mendizábal Calle de Mendizábal, Vegueta, Las Palmas Third Saturday of every month Moya On top of the bus station: Every Sunday 08:00-14:00 Playa del Inglés Artesan market, at Parque Europeo, (next to the Minitren). Everyday except Sunday 19.30-23.30.

Puerto de Mogán Traditional craft market Plaza del Parking, Puerto de Mogán: Every Monday 09.00-14.30 Puerto de Mogán General Market El Muelle Deportivo: Every Friday 08:00-14:00 San Fernando San Fernando Municipal Market, Maspalomas.

Every Wednesday and Saturday: 08:0014:00 San Fernando Municipal Market Skating ring in San Fernando Every second Sunday 09:00-14:00 San Mateo Every Saturday: 08:00-20:00 and Sundays 08:00-15:00.

Santa Brígida Underneath the municipal park in Villa de Santa Brígida. Every Saturday 08:00-20:00 and every Sunday from 08:00-14:00 Santa Catalina Mercadillo in Las Palmas de G.C. Art Gallery of Parque de Santa Catalina Every Sunday between 08.00-14.00.

Santa Lucia Mercadillo de Santa Lucia: Every Sunday 8.00-14.00 Santa María de Guía Plaza del Casco Historico Every Tuesday and Sunday 10.00-14.00 Telde Plaza de San Gregorio, by the bus station Every Saturday 08:00-14:00 Teror Around the Basílica de Nuestra Señora del Pino Every Sunday 08:00-14:00 Valleseco Mercado Municipal : Every Sunday 08.00-14.00 Valsequillo Calle Isla de la Gomera : Every Sunday 08:00-14:00 Vecindario Agricultural Market Recinto Ferial. Every Monday 08:0014:00 on La Karpa, Avda. de las Tirajanas Every second Saturday 08.00-14.00 Vecindario General Market Recinto Ferial. Every Wednesday 08.0014.00 Vegueta, Cultural and Craftsmanship market Plaza del Pilar Nuevo, Las Palmas de G.C. Every Sunday of every month (except July, August and Sept.) 10.00-14.00.

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In a symbolic ceremony already repeated 49 years running, Councilman for culture Álamo Ojeda stated that this particular visit coincides with the celebration of the 50th anniversary of tourism on Gran Canaria and appointed the both Lucias to the Canaries. It was 50 years ago that the construction of Maspalomas started, largely thanks to the Swedish capital. 50 years representing a strong and long lasting bond between Swedish and Canarian peoples.

Both Lucias expressed their sincere gratitude for the reception they recieved up and down the island starting in the English Holy Trinity Church in Las Palmas (pictured above with the

Swedish Consul, The Mayor of Las Palmas and the President of The Cabildo) and then on to a

reception in Maspalomas, showing them some of the highlights of this excellent tourist town, they said they were proud to represent their respective populations in this cultural exchange.

Canrian Lucia Omara Ramos, speaking of those who live in the municipality of Santa Lucia de Tirajana, added "from very little, all village girls dream of someday receiving this honour. " Spokesman of the Embassy of Lucias and the current promoter of this cultural exchange and tourism initiative, Tomás Sánchez Araña, thanked the City for their support saying he looked for to next year marking the fiftieth anniversary of this initiative launched by his father.

Councillor Carmen Perez Perez recalled the excitement that was caused the first time a Swedish Lucia visited the town of Santa Lucia, where all the youngsters of Tunte and Tirajana valley walked to meet her.

The celebrations continued on the feast day of Santa Lucia, in the town of the same name, as they celebrated their saint's day in the lead up to the Labradores Fiesta the following Sunday

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CARA

AVA Tara's baby angel AVA lost his person due the loss of a job and with no money and no place to take her because of having to leave the island. She is back to TARA's fosterhome and we are searching a new home for this special little sweetheart. She is around 2 years old, about 8 kg and is so, so, so good natured, loving and obient. She is good on her own at home and doesnt bark when left alone.

Please contact TARA if you want to meet her and fell in love like we have here.

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Barney was found wandering around El Tablero in bad condition. No chip and no one looking for him. He is looking for his retirement home where he can just relax and spend his golden years.

His character is funny and good natured.

He gets along with other animals.

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Cara is a beautiful older golden retriever, who is looking for her retirement home.

She is still quit energetic lady and wants to enjoy life. She is around 31 kg and approx 10 years. She gets on well with other dogs and is friendly. Cara likes kids and all people in general, she just loves attention really. She isnt the biggest fan of cats, but wouldn´t attack one; just barks at them. Her vaccinations are up to date. Due to her age we are looking for a home here in Gran Canaria

Rabbit the rabbit , URGENTLY LOOKING FOR A NEW HOME !

A "friend" recently left the island leaving behind a rabbit (male, approx 1 year old as far as we know) There is also a small, homemade hutch, and some food. Please contact TARA Female , around 2 years , around 8 kg urgently if you want to give a loving home TEDY GIRL to a cute bunny.

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“I am fond of pigs.

Dogs look up to us.

Cats look down on us.

Pigs treat us as equals.” ― Winston S. Churchill

Well here we are again celebrating Christmas and the extended season - New Year and Kings.

Watching our local school Nativity play for 2012, I suddenly realized just how many animals feature in the Bethlehem story. Once again, the tea- clothed heads of the shepherds are watching their sheep, the cud - chewing oxen are lowing, the little donkey is carrying Mary, the cow has given up her manger for baby Jesus, the camels are transporting the 3 wise men (Kings) with their precious gifts - and centuries later good old reliable Rudolph the red-nosed reindeer is guiding Santa’s sleigh through that foggy Christmas Eve….’though one suspects not in Bethlehem!

Do you have a favourite story of the Season from when you were a child? We all like the ones where the underdogs come out on top – e.g. Rudolph with his big red nose, being sneered at and ridiculed by his peer group. Despite this, Santa recognized that what was seen as a severe handicap by the other reindeer, was in fact the best thing since sliced bread (if there had been such a thing in those days!) What others saw as a defect to be laughed at, old Santa Claus saw as the practical answer to his toydelivery problems that year.

I like the following seasonal story, and all the kids in our family love it too. It involves a certain long-eared animal who is often portrayed as stupid, stubborn, and smelly, yet is chosen to get the job in hand done…and not only that, but done well…

It was a quiet Christmas Eve in the barn, and as the animals and birds began to settle down for the night, the wise old Owl began a conversation.

“Whoo, hoo” she said , “ I wonder who is God’s favourite among us?” “Me, me” shouted the Peacock as he spread his beautiful tail feathers for all to see and proudly boasted. “I am

the most handsome creature on earth” Beautiful indeed” called the hen, “but haven’t you ever looked down at your feet?” The peacock deflated his beautiful tail feathers and bowed his head in shame. For he already knew about his feet. He had heard tell that when God discovered the first peacock strutting with pride, He turned his feet inwards as a punishment!

The sheep began to baa in unison. “We visited him after He was born in the stable and gave our wool for His swaddling clothes and as bedding in the manger. We must be favourites.

One of the old cows began to moo her stake in it all. “You were not the only ones there: when His mother Mary was tired, we gave our milk to feed

Him” The camel humphed and declared that camels must surely be the chosen favourites.“We were carrying the gold, frankincense and myrrh as we followed the star with our three Kings bearing gifts” he boasted.

The discussion got noisy as each and every animal and bird tried to make their point.“Shush” called the Owl, then; “I notice that you have little to say” she indicated to the Donkey “what is your claim to fame”?

“I may not be beautiful, or give fine wool or nourishing milk or carry one of the three Kings” the donkey replied quietly and

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gently, “but without boasting I think that I maybe do qualify”.

All the animals fell about laughing.

“Why” snorted the horse “you are not even a proper horse like ME. You are small and stupid. You are smelly and slow and you have an ugly Heehaw voice”.

The donkey smiled and continued. “Well, I was the one who carried Mary from Nazareth to Bethlehem when she was almost ready to give birth to her baby. It was I who gave the warmth and heat in the stable before the shepherds and sheep arrived.

Suddenly the fox, which had heard the tail end of the story when he sneaked in through a gap in the side of the barn sneered “What reward did you get then you stupid ass?”

“I never asked for a reward” the donkey humbly replied. “I did everything I was supposed to do without complaint. Of course I would like to have been more clever, more beautiful, much faster and less smelly, with a lovely voice - but that was not to be - and not what was needed that night.

He did however give me something extra special. You see this cross upon my back?” he said, standing sideways.

“He put that there to remind everyone, including myself, that on the day of the Saviour’s birth I was His best friend- and no one can ever take that away from me”.

Then the donkey burst into joyful song as he brayed a simple but heartfelt tune…

“I’m Don, Don-Key, here’s the sort of load they gave to me, A girl - about to be a mum, On her way to Bethlehem ordinary as they come.

But there - in a stable bare, this girl she had a lovely baby boy, And all you animals – the oxen, camel or the horse Have never carried The King of Kings, Never carried The Lord of Lords, Who carried Jesus? Why me of course!

“Whoo, hoo…. Who has anything more to say?” the old Owl asked……..but there was absolute silence as all the animals and birds stood quietly with their heads bowed in admiration ….

Kay Owen Edition 79 2012-2013.

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The Unexpected Farmer Welcome to our mad world! We’re farming by experiment and laughing along the way. Come for the eggs, stay for the life lessons! Who would have ever thought farming could be such hard work?!

The Unexpected Farmer

Christmas Decorations Christmas is fast approaching which means that my children relentlessly ask for the tree to be put up until I give in and spend hours faffing with the decorations. In all fairness this nagging has nothing to do with the Christmas feeling, it is because I put the presents under the tree as soon as it goes up.

This will then cause the "you have more than me" argument, followed with the continuous shaking to see what the present is, until it can be shaken no more.

In all fairness I do like the tree when it goes up, however within a very short space of time, typically a week I am bored of it and want it back down! I join the children in the countdown to Christmas, not for the presents, but for when I can remove the tree! Unfortunately we have two Christmases here, which results in the tree needing to stay up even longer.

Someone asked me the other day if I was decorating the chicken coop and orchard, and I stopped for a moment, not to consider this insane thought, but to think they were really stupid for asking. Why on earth would I want to give the chickens anything else to poop on and eat!

However, it seems that many people do in fact take the time to decorate their chicken coops, and provide their feathered friends with some Christmas cheer! I seriously do worry about people on this planet. Anyway, I suppose if they have the time, energy and money to put decorations up for their chickens then good for them. Who am I trying to kid, they are insane! and need to attend therapy!

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Both churches meet all year around and you would be very welcome to join with us any Sunday at the same times and venues as above.

For any further information please see our website, drop us an email or give us a call.

For to us a child is born, to us a son is given, and the government will be on his shoulders.

And he will be called Wonderful Counsellor, Mighty God, Everlasting Father, Prince of Peace.

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Corner groundfloor bungalow with large terrace in beloved complex with large pool, beautiful gardens, tennis court and parkinglot. With 2 Bedrooms: 168.000,- € 4. CAMPO INTERNACIONALMASPALOMAS. Magnificent two-bedroom bungalow with 100 sqm. sunny private garden and large terrace. Luxuriously furnished and excellently equipped with airconditioning etc. Quietly situated in a very well maintained complex with large pool and easy parking. Close to the shoppingcenter Faro2 and the golfcourse of Maspalomas. Ideal for proper use ! Price: 200.000,- € 5. SONNENLAND, 2-Bedroombungalow, refurbished, terrace and small garden with views. Complex with large pool. 210.000,- € 6. PLAYA DEL INGLÉS, NEAR YUMBO

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Kanariska Nyheter Svensken Adam Holm vinnare av vindsurfingtävlingen Mundial Kona Gran Canaria 2012 Efter att ha besökt Danmark, Frankrike, Kanada, Norge, Sverige, Thailand och USA så är nu tävlingen avslutad av Internationella Seglingsfederationen (ISAF).

Svensken Adam Holm, 18 år, fick den 7 november en ärorik förstaplats i världstävlingen där det deltog hela 80 vindsurfare från 4 olika kontinenter.

Adams yngre syster Andrea Holm, endast 16 år gammal, lyckades kamma åt sig en femteplats i tävlingen.

Ryanair visar intresse för flygningar mellan de kanariska öarna Ansvarig från Ryanair för marknad och försäljning i spanien, Luis Fernández-Mellado, har nyligen bekräftat att lågprisbolaget är intresserade av att erbjuda flygningar mellan de kanariska öarna. Detta sedan Islas Airways tillfälligt har lagt ned sina egna flygningar.

Fernández-Mellado har sagt att på grund av ”gällande begränsningar” så är resultatet att man ”kan flyga billigare till London från kanarieöarna, än att flyga mellan öarna”.

Daniel Karlsson

Kona är en klass inom vindsurfing som växer snabbt i världen. Den baseras på strategi, teknik och taktik. Alla använder likvärdig utrustning anpassad efter vikt och ålder, för att kunna tävla på lika villkor.

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Bokrecension Svenskarnas avtryck i Maspalomas En intressant bok har nyligen publicerats på initiativ av Nordiska samfundet i Maspalomas.

Boken ”Pionjärerna” av Birgitta Frejhagen består av cirka 170 sidor med berättelser och presentationer av Gran Canarias nutidshistoria.

Den kretsar runt turismens utveckling i området San Agustín och Maspalomas, där svenska investerare var bland de första att se potentialen i området.

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– svenskar och spanjorer ville skapa ett turistparadis på Gran Canaria Jag heter Birgitta Frejhagen och har ett långt yrkesliv bakom mig och bor nu större delen av året i San Agustin. För ett par år sedan började jag intressera mig för min nya hembygd. Varför är vi svenskar och övriga nordbor här? Hälsa och välbefinnande är de första självklara svaren. Men hur har detta kommit till stånd? Vilka var de första nordborna, som vågade ta steget ut till denna lilla ö i Atlanten. Hur mötte de spanjorerna? Vilka ambitioner och visioner hade

de? Jag tror många är intresserade av historien.

Jag har gjort ca 70 intervjuer med svenska och spanska entreprenörer och nybyggare resultatet av det är boken “PIONJÄRERNA - svenskar och spanjorer som ville skapa ett turistparadis på Gran Canaria”.

För drygt 50 år sedan kom de första turisterna i modern tid till Gran Canaria och de flesta var svenskar. Idag är det hundratusentals svenskar som varje år besöker eller bor på denna lilla ö i Atlanten, Gran Canaria.

Från början så var det Las Palmas som var målet för svenskarnas semestervistelse på ön, men för ungefär 50 år sedan lades istället grunden till de svenska turisternas huvudort – San Agustín.

I boken berättar jag den spännande historien: Om när svenska entreprenörer och en spansk grevefamilj för 50 år sedan la grunden för ett turistområde i världsklass.

Boken innehåller foton och illustrationer om för området viktiga personer och anläggningar, så som Rocas Rojas, Nueva Suecia och många fler. Det var även många från norden som flyttade till Gran Canaria för arbetstillfällena som skapats och flera såg värdet i det goda klimatets effekt på bland annat lungsjukdomar och reumatism.

Priset fram till jul är 22 euro såväl för ett ex av boken Pionjärerna på svenska som för ett ex av boken Los Pioneros på spanska.

Svenskar har för vana att planera och organisera sitt arbete och efter hand som utvecklingen tog plats, skapades nätverk likt TT-gruppen med kända representanter som Electrolux, ASEA, konsul med flera som sammanträdde varje månad.

Tillsammans stod svenskarna i frontlinjen av Maspalomas urbanisering.

Om du beställer från Sverige kostar boken 200 kr inkl. moms, men porto tillkommer och är normalt ca 50 kr.

Du kan köpa boken på svenska eller spanska direkt av mig på mitt spanska telefonnummer 600903161 eller mitt svenska telefonnummer 070 6260870 eller hos Skandinaviska Klubben I San Agustin eller Las Palmas. Du kan också beställa boken/ böckerna här

Boken finns både på svenska och spanska. Den går att beställa direkt från förlagets hemsida;

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Vi på The Canary News vill se oss som en del av din familj.

Vi vill ge dig både nyheter, information och underhållning utan något krav på motprestation eller ens betalning. Jag som ny redaktör vill därför ge dig ett nyårslöfte; att utveckla vår hemsida till en av Gran Canarias bästa mediekanaler.

Detta för att du ska kunna få färskare nyheter och själv kunna välja precis när och hur du vill ”hålla kontakten” med Daniel Karlsson Jul Svensk Redaktör vår redaktionella familj.

God jul & ett gott nytt år!

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Jultomten är mer än en skäggig välgörare Han kommer som från ingenstans i sin nästintill oemotståndligt kramvänliga, röda dräkt. Uppdraget är att lämna gåvor och snabbt skynda vidare så att all världens barn ska hinna få alla sina julklappar i tid. Men den man som går vid namnet Jultomten har inte alltid varit lika moderiktig som idag…

Santa Claus, Saint Nicholas, Father Christmas eller kort och gott Santa är vad han kallas i USA. Det är också därifrån bilden av dagens pråliga tomte kommer.

Jultomten har funnits i flera olika former och utseenden, men först på 1800-talet fick han det gemytliga utseendet han har idag. Runda kinder, stort böljande vitt skägg, röd yvig tomtedräkt och så tomteluvan förstås.

Första gången han förekom i den formen var i en dikt som skrevs av Clement Clarke Moore år 1823, och sedan dess har bilden av vår Jultomte annalkats och förstärkts av både böcker, filmer och Tv-serier runtom i världen. Jag tror att de flesta av oss kan minnas den återkommande Tv-reklamen från en av världens största dryckestillverkare, där Jultomten sveper runt i en lastbil istället för på sin släde. Detta företags reklam har haft en enormt viktig roll i att forma vår kära Jultomte till vad han är idag.

Innan media och kommersialism fick grepp om julen, var Jultomten istället en magisk varelse som fanns i en mängd olika former runtom i världen. I norden var det förr även vanligt med en hustomte. Han var en småväxt varelse som

sällan syntes, men som smög runt på gårdarna och tog hand om djuren. På julen satte man ibland ut en skål med gröt som tack för hans goda arbete. Precis som många av västvärldens tomtar så var han tidigare oftast klädd i grönt. Men oavsett var eller hur Jultomten har förekommit, så har han nästan alltid stoltserat med skägg.

Något som julen har gemensamt världen över, oavsett vad tomten har för kläder på sig eller om han delar ut presenter, är att det är en tid att visa uppskattning och samhörighet med vänner och familj. I takt med att religion fått en aning mindre betydelse för julen, så blir även denna aspekt allt starkare.

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Ett underbart hus till salu i närheten av Arguineguin.

Huset är vackert dekorerat i kanarisk stil och innehåller 4 sovrum och 3 badrum, med ett stort garage med plats för nästan 4 bilar. Ett fantastiskt hem till ett suveränt pris!

En lägenhet med ett sovrum till salu i hjärtat av Puerto Rico. En mycket välskött anläggning som erbjuder en gemensam pool omgärdad av gräsmattor. Lägenheten har ett sovrum, kök, badrum, vardagsrum och en balkong.

AG147V: 4 Sovrum, 4 Badrum € 265.000

PR70V: 1 Sovrum, 1 Badrum € 65,000

PR161V: 2 Sovrum, 1 Badrum € 79,000 En lägenhet till salu i Puerto Rico med två sovrum, badrum, kök och ett vardagsrum. Lägenheten är högt belägen med en fantastisk havsutsikt samt från två balkonger utsikt över Puerto Rico. Anläggningen, som ligger nära Puerto Rico centrum, har en gemensam pool.

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ML82V: 2 sovrum, 2 badrum € 310.000 Ett vackert radhus i tre våningar, till salu. Samtliga dörrar och fönster av aluminium och försedda med säkerhetsgaller.

Varje rum har luftkonditionering. Mycket stor gemensam pool och en säker inhägnad anläggning. Enbart 5 minuter till stranden och restauranger.

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TR98V: 3 Sovrum, 1 Badrum € 149,000 Ett underbart hus med privat terrass på framsidan och ytterligare en stor terrass samt trädgård på baksidan med utrymme för BBQ och med två små skjul. Utöver detta ingår 1400m² tomt (dal) med fantastiska vyer. Idealiskt för de som har hundar och gillar att odla grönsaker eller tycker om landet och den orörda naturen.

AR144V: 4 Sovrum, 4 Badrum € 379,000 Ett vackert och spektakulärt hus till salu i hjärtat av Arinaga. Huset är väldigt stort med ett mycket bra läge, 280m². Vackert designat till en mycket hög standard, komplett med hiss. Luftkonditionering och säkerhetsalarm är installerat. Ett mycket vackert och felfritt hem.

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I en symbolisk handling som redan har nått sin 49:e upplaga, erinrade fullmäktigeledamoten inom kultur Álamo Ojeda att detta besök kommer att

San Bartolome De Tirajana har fått besök av delegationen för både den svenska och kanariska Lucian 2012. Även kända som ljusets drottningar, är de

utvalda i år Amanda Larsson,19 år från Luleå samt Omara Ramos Báez, 22 år från Cruce de Arinaga.

Under 2013 firas jubileum efter 50 års kulturutbyte som startades av forskaren Vicente Sánchez Araña.

sammanfalla med högtidlighållandet av turismens 50-årsdag på ön och utnämnde de både Luciorna till Kanariefåglar. Det var för 50 år sedan som uppbyggnaden av Maspalomas startade, till stor del tack vare svenskt investeringskapital.

Båda Luciorna var smickrade av

utnämnelserna till ”kanariefågel” och stolta över att få representera sina respektive befolkningar.

-”Det är något som vi alla drömt om att få mottaga någon dag, ända sedan vi var små flickor.” sade Omara Ramos Báez.

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