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Anyone living on, or visiting Gran Alacantcannot help but notice all of the work goingon at the moment.All the new paving will make the walking agreat deal more pleasant, especially if youare pulling shopping trolleys or pushingprams/pushchairs.The new childrens area outside theMunicipal office, has more than doubled insize and has lots of new play equipment,and along with the refreshments kiosk inamong the pine tree, makes for a nice areato while away the time.After watching tv programmes telling all ofthe horror stories of living in Spain, wemust consider ourselves veryfortunate to live in such a nice area.

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and timetables73 Phone numbers73 Map of Alicante74 Map of Gran Alacant75 Map of Santa Pola

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We at your Gran Alacant Advertisercontinue to bring you allof the news from theGran Alacant Councillor,Loreto Cascales, as we havesince May 2005. photo: May 2005

The day before we had our meeting withLoreto, Valencian Officials announced thatthe new tram system that will eventuallyrun all along the coast to Murcia will havea stop on Gran Alacant, The tram will linkAlicante to the Airport then El Altet, GranAlacant (near the Repsol garage) on toSanta Pola , it will then have stops all theway down to Murcia. The tram will be veryfriendly towards the environment and theline will be flanked with trees, and atsome points, with a cycle track.

Also announced at the same time, wasthat Gran Alacant is to have a new,purpose built medical centre, which willcater for our needs with many specialisedunits. It will be built on the land justbefore Monte Faro and the Santa Pola LifeResort. The plans for this centre are nowto be drawn up.

All of the tenders for the Park are in, andthe construction company has beenchosen. Work is hoped to start around theend of July.

Around the same date, the work on thelandscaping of the edge of the Clot willstart.

Again at this busy time, we will also seethe start of the closing in andmodification of the Sports Hall.In the same area work will soon start onthe new custom built Gran Alacant

market site. Below is the initial plan,showing the layout for the stalls, car

parking and landscaping. The area is tobe designed as to be available toaccommodate other functions in the samearea.

Those that live here will see the massivelengths of new paving now beingconstructed, both eminating from the GACentre roundabout. One length going fromhere down to the new school and theother length stretching all the way to thepost office. The previous kerbing laidmany years ago, did not allow for paving,so new kurb stones have had to be laid togain the correct height for the newpaving.

The area we mentioned last month, whichis to have patanca and a childrens playarea (halfway between the GA Centreroundabout and the new school) waschosen by the Council as it is an area thatgot alot of complaints about untidiness.As this is a sandy dusty area, which

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always sees sand blown about, the carpark area will be surfaced in such a wayas to eliviate this problem. You will beable to access the area from the newpavement on the side of the road, as wellas two other entrances. Trees will bereplanted from the area where some ofthe pavements are being laid. Also newtrees and lighting will be added to makeit a very nice area.

We do have an article elsewhere in thisissue about the area of Puerto Marino

where there are untidy areas.. One areawhich Masa had for their sales offices isto be cleaned up an made to look alotbetter.

WE have been asked why the swimmingpool in Santa Pola is still not available tous all. 3 companies were awarded theinitial contract but recently one of themwent into insolvency. This has obviouslycaused problems in finding a newcompany, however, the other 2 have cometogether and agreed to take on the extrawork, so, we are now back on track andhope to have it completed by the end ofthis summertime.

Two road areas where we were asked totalk about speed bumps have come tofruition. The first has already had twoslow down bumps placed and the other, ata junction coming out onto a main road

where cars are travelling quickly, makingthe junction dangerous is now beingconsidered.

Residents in the area high above thebeach road juction where the newpumping and sewage area is, have beencomplaining of nastly smells in the area.We have been down there, and indeed, attimes it is very unpleasant. We havespoken to Loreto. and she will speak tothe department concerned.

A temporary church is now being built ina residential block near to the newschool. Masa have always promised to oneday build a church, but at the momentmoney is a problem.so...they have agreedto kit out a commercial building to satisfythe needs of the church goers until moneyallows them to built a brand newchurch..one day.

The Gran Alacant fiestas supplied freefrom the Towh Hall will take place on July24-25-26. All events will be held outsidethe municiple centre. Three days ofchildrens games, music from the newReckless now renamed Dark Night,Spanish dancing and refreshment areas.These events are due in future to bestaged at the site of the new market.

More GA news on page 65


Baptising an Irishman (sent to us by an Irish friend)An Irishman, is stumbling through the woods, totally drunk, when he

comes upon a preacher baptising people in the river.He proceeds to walk into the water and subsequently bumps into the

preacher.The preacher turns around and is almost overcome by the smell of alcohol,

whereupon he asks the drunk,'Are you ready to find Jesus?'The drunk shouts, 'Yes, oi am.'So the preacher grabs him and dunks him in the water.

BEGINS

GASP!, Gran Alacant's new amateurdrama group, have announced theirfirst production - and they're aimingto start with a bang!

The play, well-loved British authorAlan Bennett's hilarious comedy"Habeas Corpus", is set inpermissive-society Brighton in the1970s, and as one of the charactersremarks, "It´s sex, sex, sexeverywhere these days!"

Described by GASP!'s director Roger


He pulls him up and asks the drunk, 'Brother have you found Jesus?'The drunk replies, 'No, oi haven't found Jesus.'The preacher shocked at the answer, dunks him into the water again for a little longer.He again pulls him out of the water and asks again, 'Have you found Jesus me brother?'The drunk again answers, 'No, oi I haven't found Jesus.'By this time the preacher is at his wits end and dunks the drunk in the water again ---but this time holds him down for about 30 seconds and when he begins kicking his armsand legs he pulls him up.The preacher again asks the drunk, 'For the love of God have you found Jesus?'The drunk wipes his eyes and catches his breath and says to the preacher, 'Are you suredis is where he fell in?'

Keevil as "a saucy seaside postcardcome to life", the piece features allthe classic figures of traditionalBritish Carry-On comedy - largeladies, frustrated spinsters, andmalpracticing doctors, as well as alustful vicar and a pretty young girlwith a secret!

Rehearsals are well under way, andafter a summer break - "This play'shot enough, without the addedexcitement of tropical temperatures,"quipped Roger - tickets will begoing on sale in September inadvance of the performances atSanta Pola's Casa de Cultura Theatrein Calle Elche on Saturday 7th andSunday 8th November 2009. Watchthis space for more details aboutwhere to get your tickets.

GASP! will be donating profits fromthe play to Costa Blanca charities,but with a difference. "We know thatit's traditional for manyentertainment groups to makedonations to all sorts of local Britishcauses," said Roger, "and we'll bedoing exactly the same. But, to showour appreciation for all the supportwe've received from the Santa Polaauthorities, we also want toreciprocate that support by giving toa local Spanish-based organisation,and we'd like that to be a suitableSanta Pola-based children's group."

For more information, or to find outhow you can join GASP!,email [email protected] call 966 695 043.

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Have you noticed that manyareas on Gran Alacant havean area of green land,somewhere near, for thekids to play.

For over 4 years now, residents here on PuertoMarino, have been trying tobuy some land from the developers to use for theirenjoyment.

There are 3 areas of land, allowned by the GA Centre.

1. The area which housedthe temporary school classrooms. This lies idleand un-used

2. The area next to the carwash, not a pretty sight.Cluttered up with junk.

3. Probably the first piece ofland that visitors to our urbanisation, see as theyenter, is the piece of land onthe right, that was the Masaoffices. What an eyesore asyou come onto Gran Alacant.

After many inaffective meetings over a long periodof time, these residentshave almost given up theirfight.

The Town Hall do not ownany of this land, so are fairlypowerless to do anythingabout it.

Why no green land on

Puerto Marino(the area behing the GA Centre as you come into Gran Alacant, on your right)


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Carabasi Garden areasthat are coming under a bit of abuse.

As you can see from the top picture, compared to the one at thebottom of the page, great strideshave been made to improve thisarea. As we mentioned in an earlierissue, the businesses had all got together and paid to landscape thearea. A couple of the bars now payfor the upkeep of the area, so it is abit dis-heartening for them to see itabused.

Unfortunately youngsters have beentaking the caps off the watering system, uncovering all of thepipework and interfering with thewater system.

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Plenty of opportunity for break-fasts, lunches,

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live music, all night disco etc.

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Carabasi Area

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On the lower level from left to

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Yellow Submarine and

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Upstairs from left to right are,

Ocean 11, Joes, Sandhills, and on

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Hi everyone, this month and next Iam going to talk about Massage.

Swedish Massage this is the type ofmassage that I am qualified in.

Mmmmmm, pure, heavenly and simply divine, just the thought of a massagemakes you feel relaxed.

So what is Massage? Massage is the useof hands, feet or mechanical means to manipulate the soft tissue of the body, inparticular the muscles. Massage is usedfor relaxation, rehabilitation and stimulation of the whole body. It enhancessuppleness of the muscles, improves circulation and reduces stress.

So where does it come from? Massage isnot a technique derived from one culturebut from many. People the world over usetouch as a form of communication andcomfort. Animals use touch in a similarway, e.g. grooming their young, lickingwounds and nuzzling each other to showaffection. The use of massage has beenrecorded in China from 3000BC. In Indiamassage has always’ been used as parttraditional Ayurvedic Medicine. At Romanbaths, business life for all members of society, massage was central to the wholeritual. For the ancient Greeks massageformed part of everyday exercise and

fitness. Modern massage is based on techniques used by Per Henrik Ling (1776-1839) a physiologist and fencing master, hewas from Sweden and massage is still referred to as Swedish Massage becauseof his influence. At the end of the nineteenth century massage was battlingfor respectability. The name was oftenused in relation to prostitution and therefore the therapy was not taken seriously. In order to combat this eightwoman founded The Society of TrainedMasseuses in 1884. Massage now has become a reputable and recognized therapy thanks to an increased awarenessand interest in complementary therapies.

What Massage does?Massage is beneficial to all of the bodiessystems. It is a natural and effective way totreat psychological problems (relating tothe mind) such as stress, by enabling thebody to relax, thereby reducing tension itrelaxes the mind, thereby reducing anxietyand its effects and gives a “lift” to our emotions and increases positive feelings,enhancing self esteem. Massage will increase you energy by invigorating allbody systems and reducing fatigue. Massage is also effective in treating thePhysiological (relating to the physicalstructure of the body) by improving skintone and colour by removing dead skincells and improving circulation. This is an

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excellent natural way of keeping the muscles in our face strong and younglooking facials are an important part ofkeeping that youthfulness for both menand woman. It encourages deeper andtherefore more efficient breathing, it encourages better lymph drainage and reduces swelling , it relieves muscle fa-tigue, soreness and stiffness, encourages

sleep, boosts. In the long term mass willlower high blood pressure, balance the di-gestive system, relieve insomnia, improveskin elasticity and circulation and boost immunity. Next month I will discuss other types ofmassage available to you.See you then

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DRIVERS LICENCES IN SPAIN


DRIVERS LICENCES

Recently a new law by the waspassed by the Spanish Government and will come intoforce in the near future. This concerns all holders of a non-spanish drivers licence. Thislaw was passed to prevent discrimination that can work in thefavour of foreigners resident inSpain and who hold a drivers licence issued in another memberstate of the European Union. If anoffence is committed by the driver

of a vehicle, they will be obliged totransfer their foreign drivers licence for a one issued by theSpanish Traffic department. Oncethe drivers licence is issued it willautomatically carry the number of points lost according tothe offence committed.If an offence is carried out by adriver who is not resident in Spainand has a foreign drivers licence,the Spanish authorities will contact the relevant authorities inthe country where the drivers licence was issued.Therefore if you are resident inSpain it would be advisable to exchange your non-Spanish drivers licence for a licence issuedby the Spanish authorities.Another change was the requirement of a medical certificate for the Spanish trafficdepartment. When an applicationis made for a Spanish drivers licence in exchange for a foreign


drivers licence, it is no longerobligatory to undergo a medicalexamination. You still require amedical certificate when yourenew a Spanish drivers licence.As the laws in Spain change sofrequently (sometimes on anhourly basis!) I'm sure you can understand the frustration wesometimes experience when weapproach Trafico with documentsthat were acceptable the day before, only to be told that there isan ammendment to the previousrequirements and there are nowother documents required!!!When the requirements change,there is no information releasedpreviously so you can be preparedfor the changes.If there are any more changesmade regarding Driving in Spainwe will let the readers of the GranAlacant Advertiser know as soonas possible.

Until next month, safe driving.

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is very friendly, housetrained, vaccinated, micro-chipped and

neutered.

Max is a 16 month old Boxer. He is avery playful, loving boy. He is good

with other dogs, housetrained, vaccinated and micro-chipped. He

sleeps outside in his kennel at nightbut still likes to get cuddles every

now and then.

Lassie is 10 months old, weighs only4 kilos and was wandering aroundthe campo near La Marina for morethan 4 weeks. She is a very sweet little girl who loves to be cuddled.

Luna is a beautiful small Chihuahuacross the was found in the camponear Catral. She was rescued by a

local resident and then she contacted us. Luna is approx 1 year

old, a little timid when she firstmeets you but very loving once she

gets to know you. She is housetrained and likes to play, she is a

little cutie!

For more information please call 654027748 or 654628884Email: [email protected]

To view more animals for adoption please go to: www.petsinspain.info


We have been inundated with puppies thrown onto the streets recently and even rescued 10 in 1 day, so we are in urgent need

of homing these animals as all our foster homes are full.


WHAT’S THAT IN THE CLOT?

by Mark Etheridge

There are some species of birds, particularly among the Warbler and Larkfamilies, which can reduce even themost experienced birdwatcher to a gibbering wreck when he is called uponto actually identify what it is. Sometimesthe final diagnosis can depend on thelength of just one particular feather inthe wing, for example, and the only wayto do that is to actually trap the littleblighter in question and bring out thetape-measure.But as you wander around the Clot, thereis no need to arm yourself with a mist-net and a ruler, as there are plentyof birds which can be identified fromsome distance away by even the novice.And here’s one of the easiest ones – theBlack-winged Stilt, known as Cigueñuelacomún in Spanish (literally – “CommonLittle Stork”). It can be seen anywherethere is water, or even just a damp patch,at all times of the year although there are always fewer around in the winter, whenthe more sensible ones fly south to the warmth of Africa.Unlike your Indeterminate Warbler or Problematic Lark, you don’t have to worry toomuch about the finer points of the bird’s plumage, the Black-winged Stilt (or justStilt as you are allowed to call it because there’s only the one species of this bird inEurope) has the unmistakeable basic blueprint of ultra-long red legs, black wingsand a white body, but the head and neck can be all white to partly black and all stations in between. When they take to flight, those long legs trail behind themmaking them look like mini-flamingoes, and anyone who doesn’t know what aFlamingo looks like has obviously never driven along the N332 through the SantaPola Salinas, or has done so with their eyes shut – not recommended on any Spanish road.Although my picture would seem to show a quite dainty bird, they tend to congregate in ASBO style groups, showing off, calling and bickering with eachother in order to impress the ladies, somewhat like a rowdy queue outside a nightclub. Also they will give any potential predator short shrift; being mobbed byan irate bunch of Stilts with those vicious needle sharp beaks is probably not on apredator’s list of fun things to do.These birds are rare but not unknown in the UK, and some of them have even bredthere. The sad thing is that when they do, for some peculiar reason the male is always called “Sammy the Stilt” in the ensuing publicity. Unless you are underseven years of age, you most definitely ought not to do this when you see one.

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A little girl was talking to her teacher

about whales.

The teacher said it was physically impossible for awhale to swallow a human because even though it was avery large mammal its throatwas very small.

The little girl stated that Jonahwas swallowed by a whale.

Irritated, the teacher reiteratedthat a whale could not swallow ahuman; it was physically impossible.

The little girl said, 'When I get toheaven I will ask Jonah'.

The teacher asked, 'What ifJonah went to hell?'

The little girl replied, 'Then youask him'.

THANKS MURPHY

Barbara would like to thankMurphy at Sol Builders forchoosing her for a Free dayswork in completing lots of badlyneeded jobs in her house.

Barbara said that nothing wastoo much trouble for Murphy andshe was absolutely delighted with his workmanship.

Sol Builders always have a fullpage advert in this magazineevery month, so, give him a ring!


The entertainment SCENEin and around

gran alacant

The very popular Yellow Submarine “Disco” on Gran Alacant, celebrated its firstanniversary in June. Regulars not only come from Gran Alacant, but also Torrelano,Elche, El Altet, San Juan, Santa Pola,Balseras etc


Please pass on my heartfelt thanks to Murphy ofSol Builders and his pals for the work they carried outon my friend Barbara's house.

As you know Barbara was the lucky winner of thecompetition run by Sol Builders to help an O.A.P. in Gran Alacant. Those whoknow Barbara know what a bad time she has had over the past two years andwhat a sweet lady she is.

Murphy decorated her house and he and his pals carried out some household repairs efficiently and to a very high standard and without any charge whatsoever, which will quieten some sceptics who say you get nothing for free.

Sol Builders have restored Barbara's faith in humanity and given her a new leaseof life Well done Murphy your kind gesture was outstanding keep up the goodwork.

My sincere thanks once again.

Norma.

Hi Barry and Sandra,

Thank you for the best and always most informative mag in the area!

We are however more dismayed with each passing year as always the hard workand efforts made within G.A. are always channelled "up the Hill" and seldom inthe area of Puerto Marino, which as you may recall in 2001/2 was promised asbeing the "Flagship entrance of Gran Alacant".

During my hapless years serving on the Committee and as President of PuertoMarino we were constantly in pursuit of our missing Green Space and in tidyingup the area. Several meetings on this subject were held at Santa Pola Ayuntamiento and were well represented by Council Officials and local electedMembers. The awareness that usable "green space" area was urgently neededas well as being a legal right to residents on an urbanisation of this size wasfreely acknowledged.

Why, five years later is the fine G.A.Commercial Complex still surrounded by thethree only remaining open spaces being fenced in and neglected?

The impression given on entering by road or even walking around the Urbanisation is one of shabby abandonment.

We are not talking of major funding here-more a request that some commonsense and agreement be applied between the governing bodies at the Ayuntamiento and the Owners!

Keep up your excellent work.Geoff and Marian Roberts.(C/Finlandia 6. Puerto Marino/Gran Alacant.)

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KIDS, the little darlingsA Sunday school teacher was discussing the Ten

Commandments with her five and six year olds.After explaining the commandment to 'honour' thy Father and thy Mother,

she asked, 'Is there a commandment that teaches us how to treat our brothersand sisters?' Without missing a beat one little boy (the oldest of a family) answered,'Thou shall not kill.'

One day a little girl was sitting and watching her mother do the dishes at thekitchen sink. She suddenly noticed that her mother had several strands of whitehair sticking out in contrast on her brunette head. She looked at her mother andinquisitively asked, 'Why are some of your hairs white, Mum?'Her mother replied, 'Well, every time that you do something wrong and make mecry or unhappy, one of my hairs turns white.'The little girl thought about this revelation for a while and then said, 'Mummy, howcome ALL of grandma's hairs are white?'

The children had all been photographed, and the teacher was trying to persuadethem each to buy a copy of the group picture. 'Just think how nice it will be tolook at it when you are all grown up and say, 'There's Jennifer, she's a lawyer,' or'That's Michael, He's a doctor.' A small voice at the back of the room rang out,'And there's the teacher, she's dead.'


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Welcome to the computer column presented by Dave the Computerman.

Windows 7 to launch OctoberThe new operating system from Microsoft, simply called 7 will be on sale fromretailers from October 22 this year, just in time for the Christmas spendfest.It is an improvement on Windows Vista (let’s be honest…the abacus is animprovement on that), but is built upon the Vista system. I have tried it and itis very good, but I will not be changing my XP computers until they die.

Outlook Express and Hotmail synchronization endingIf you're still using Outlook Express for checking your Windows Live Hotmail,listen up. Microsoft will be cutting off your access in three months. On September 1, 2009, the support for Distributed Authoring and Versioning, theprotocol that Outlook Express and a handful of older clients currently use toaccess Hotmail, will be discontinued. Microsoft originally planned to cut offaccess for Outlook Express users on June 30, 2008. However Outlook Express users got a stay of execution after they complained that it was toosoon. Microsoft's management agreed and gave users another year to makethe migration. Microsoft has stated that these changes are necessary to support the larger and larger mailbox sizes that Hotmail supports. The saythat that due to the Outlook Express programme’s age, it can no longer keepup with the demands placed on it.

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Outlook Express was last included with Windows XP. Windows Vista includesWindows Mail, but it does not feature the direct Hotmail connection featuresthat were present in Outlook Express. Windows Vista users who wish to connect to their Hotmail accounts can use Windows Live Mail. Users of Outlook Express who wish to continue using the client can reconfigure theclient to connect using POP3, which was added to Hotmail in March 2009. Aspart of Microsoft's new distribution strategy, Windows 7 does not include anymail client by default, but users can optionally install Windows Live Mail.This change will have no affect on users of Microsoft Outlook 2003/2007 usingthe Office Outlook Connector since it also uses Microsoft's new protocol.However if you're using a previous version of Outlook, you'll need to or reconfigure your clientto connect using POP3. Users who check theiremail using only the web browser based versionof Hotmail, will not have to make any changes totheir account.

Brand New Laptops For SaleI have brand new laptops for sale with Vista inEnglish, 250Gb hard disk, 2Gb memory and wire-less connectivity for €400.

I hope that you find the column useful and if youhave any further questions, or need assistanceplease call me on 637 554579 or contact me [email protected]

The Royal British Legion Gran Alacant Branch meets the1st Tuesday of each month at 7.30pm prompt.

Please note for July, August and September meetingswill be held in JP's Bar, Avd. Escandanavia opposite theDoctors and next to Destinations.

We hope to see you all there.

For further info please contact Barbara Turnbull, Branch Secretary on 966699828 or [email protected]


Monte Mar Bowls and Social Club – Sponsored by Super Valu

Novices Cup

This month saw the first annual Novice’sCup competition, held in beautiful weatherat the Monte Mar club. The competition was for bowlers with less

than three years bowling experience, andattracted good numbers of new bowlers,most of whom had graduated through BillYoung’s Club Coaching School.The format of the competition was on a

league basis, each player playing fourmatches, with the winner being decided onnumber of victories and then, in the eventof a tie, shot difference.The event attracted a large number of

spectators, and we novices were kept inorder by eleven of the more senior bowlers,who acted as markers for the individualmatches.The competition had been well organisedby Competition Secretary Dave Melville,whose good lady Liz, together with Club

Captain John Chapman and his lady Kath,conducted proceedings on the day.On behalf of all of us who bowled, the

scribe would like to thank all of those mentioned above for providing us with sucha good days bowling.The competition itself was fierce, with onlyone bowler, Pauline Merry, winning all fourmatches played, and a further three players(Scribe included) winning three out of fourmatches. Of those four players, John Caigerhad the best shot difference, and wasawarded second place.The winner’s trophy was presented to

Pauline by Club Captain John Chapman, andour owner Don Antonio Martinez, who isshown in the photograph wearing his normalday job uniform.

A great day enjoyed by all, and congratulations to Pauline for an excellentwin.

Other Club News

Coaching School

The coaching sessions, conducted by for-mer Spanish National Team Manager BillYoung are on hold this month, but willrecommence on Sunday mornings in July. Existing and prospective new members areinvited to contact Bill on 966796851, or E-mail to [email protected] If you have never bowled before come

along, you may surprise yourself.

Club Website

If you haven’t visited our website yet, overten thousand others have, and now it’s evenbetter.Our new Club Secretary Les Bounds has

developed and has been looking after (orshould I say administering) our website for acouple of years now, and has recently totallyre-vamped it.The result is a totally professional and easyto use site, which contains all of the infor-mation about our popular, friendly club.You can find our website at www.mon-

temarbowls.com, we will be pleased to hostyou.

The Scribe

GRAN ALACANTSPORTBowls, football, darts.

+ coming soon, we havebeen asked to providemonthly information onSanta Pola football club


There has beensome greatnews for GranAlacant Footballclub this monthat the time ofgoing to printthey were justdays away fromtheir first

tournament and with more and more Spanish players coming into theteam each week things are lookinggreat.Funding is also looking better after

a fund raising night held at the end ofMay in Legends bar raised somemuch needed cash...i have to thankthe local community for the big turnout and their continued ability to partwith their money for their local football club.

Richard and Clair have been working their socks off putting upposters and having meetings to getthe club into the local league in september ....on top of this the clubhas also launched it,s own web sitewhere you can keep up with the latest news about the club and information about the latest trainingdates atwww.granalacantfc.blogspot.com/ The team is still on the look out for

more players to take part and in particular some players over the ageof 30 and we are also looking for amember of the local community whocan speak spanish to help in meetings and with the spanish play-ersIn the next issue we hope to bring

you the news on how the team did inthe mini league in the meantime anybody who wants to help in any-way please contact us the numbersare at the bottom of this pageLuton

CLAIRE...HOME 966695359CLAIRE... MOBILE 660339927RICHARDCOACH...MOBILE 676779273LUTON ENGLAND 07877647922

Gran Alacant Dart’s League 2009Sponsored by On Stage (Music Bar)On Stage league division 1

Most 180’s Barry (Destination’s) x4

On behalf of the Gran Alacant Advertiser and Simon organizer ofthe winter league -We would like to apologise for lastmonth’s winter league presentationnight photo’s publicised. The onlyphoto’s received were from Destination’s, unfortunately it waspast the time limit for print when wereceived photo’s from Chasers.(YOU SEND EM, WE WILL PRINT EM)

So Congratulation’s to :

Destination X Division 1 WinnersR/Up Bar SiouxCarabasi Division 2 WinnersR/Up BuddiesFlannagan’s Richard Keeler Memo-rial Cup Winners R/Up On Stage AChurchill’s Vase Trophy WinnersR/Up Shooters AChasers Division 1 Cup WinnersR/Up RafflesChurchill’s Division 2 Cup WinnersR/Up On Stage BHarry Chasers Singles WinnerR/Up Richard RafflesRoberto/Gaz Destination X Pairs Winners R/UpRichard/Kev RafflesSophie/Barry Destination X MixPairs Winners R/Up Steve/ MarilynDick Turpin’sMaggie Churchill’s Ladies WinnerR/Up Marilyn Churchill’s

Destination 5 5 0 0 35 5 5 40Oceanʼs 5 4 1 0 27 13 4 31Chaserʼs 5 2 2 1 23 17 2 25Churchillʼs 5 2 0 3 19 21 2 21On Stage 5 2 1 2 17 23 2 19JPʼs 5 1 2 2 17 23 1 18Carabasi 5 0 0 5 11 29 0 11Buddies 5 0 2 3 11 29 0 11


WISDOM BY THE LOCALS FOR THE LOCALS

On a local level, residents of, and visitorsto, the Gran Alacant area are already

benefiting greatly from a newly foundedlocal site - www.granalacantforum.eshere local and national information is

posted by local people for local people.The Forum's simple aim is: "To provide a

friendly internet meeting place for residents of, and visitors to, Gran Alacant,in order to enrich our lives with words that

inform, educate and entertain." Its motto is 'Rhetoric with Respect'.As you would expect, you and your

opinions will be treated with respect. Noone need be hesitant in writing something

for members to read. Simply show respect and receive respect. Of courseyou don't need to write anything, maybe

you'd prefer to be a reader and use www.gaforum.es

as you would a daily newspaper. It is great for that too.

One of the great benefits of recent years is Internet Forums.These Forums have given us easy access to information about

the wide world and the activities of its inhabitants.


“NEW” DISEASES AND CLIMATE CHANGE

CONTINUED FROM LAST MONTH

Sometimes we hear some of thesediseases are “new” or “mutated”, but what really happens isweather conditions have changed, sosemi-tropical diseases which werevery rare some years ago are becoming more and more commonbecause their vectors (fleas, ticks andmosquitoes) are more and more common because the new weatherconditions are better and better forthem.

Another “not new but spread-

ing parasitic disease” which is becoming quite important these lastmonths would be cardiopulmonary infestation by the worm called Angiostrongylus vasorum, or “Frenchheartworm”. As the name indicates, isa very similar disease to classicalmosquito transmitted heartworm, butthe transmission in this case is viasnails, or by drinking contaminatedwater. Anyway, there is nothing toworry about if your dog is havingheartworm prevention, because it covers both worms, so, another danger to be taken into account, anda very good reason to continue


The “Gran Alacant Advertiser” is excessable on all of thesesites, making our advertisers and all information, available to

thousands of readers, in addition to our printed copies.

importations and make quarantinesand other legal requirements for travelling with animals be respected,because when protecting them, weare also protecting ourselves.

About the suddenly popular(but not new!!) Swine flu, cannot betransmitted to dogs or cats. Cat flu orkennel cough cannot be transmitted topeople, but it’s true that some respiratory diseases in birds and rabbits may affect people, but they arenot newer or more serious than traditional human flu.

heartworm prevention even when thedog is living at the UK, because thereis no northern limit for snails habitat,opposite as mosquitoes one.

Which is the best antiparasitictreatment? It depends on the animaland his life conditions: if he lives indoors or outdoors, if he walks onplaces with lots of plants and bushes,if there are carpets and central heating at home, if he is shampooedvery often, etc. According to all thesevariables, the Vet will decide in everycase which is the best treatment(s) inevery case.

Apart from climate change,another factor which is encouragingthe spreading of vectorial diseases isthe mobility of lots and lots of differentspecies of pets, some of them withoutany kind of control. In case of these“exotic” pets the diseases the maytransmit are more serious, so morestrict controls at the borders would bevery desirable in order to stop illegal

Liliana Aldeguer Cerdán col 793English translation by Sergio ReinaEsteban col 747Do you want us to write aboutsomething specific you wouldlike to know about your pet? E-mail us: [email protected] your suggestions will be welcome.


Hello everybody!

On the 16th the fishermen celebrate their mayorfiestas, “Our Lady of Carmen” in the eveningthere is a religious procession and later adisplay of fire works on the Levante Beach isheld.

On the 19th will take place the XIVswimmingcrossing Tabarca-Santa Pola, a real aventure forthe 600 swimmers taking part on it, this swimming crossing has become the most popular in Spain, there isn’t any other swimmingcrossing like this one, so long 5900 mts. and with so many participants.

In the surroundings plenty of parades, as youknow it is not possible to give the exact datesbut the approximate dates are as follows:Rojales 1st to 4th , Orihuela 11th to 18th , Cox

11th to 14th, Jávea 15th to 18th, Guardamar delSegura 20th to 25th, Albatera 16th to 18th, Jalón16th to 18th, Novelda 19th to 25th, Villajoiosa24th to 31st, Almoradi 26th to 4th of August.Also in Denia from 3rd to 11th celebrate the peculiar fiesta of “Bous a la Mar” bulls to thesea, this fiesta is declared of international touristinterest. Furthermore if you missed the spectacular Bonfires of St John go to San Vicentedel Raspeig from 15th to 18th and you can havea sample of what was like. Finally, in Torrevieja23rd to 30th the International Contest of Habaneras & Polyphony is held, if you a fond ofthis type music, this is your festival.

Bye bye friends this is all for now .

for further informationplease ring: 966 792 276

My wife and I were sitting at a table at my high schoolreunion, and I kept staring at a drunken lady swigging her

drink as she sat alone at a nearby table.

My wife asked, 'Do you know her?'

'Yes,' I sighed, 'She's my old girlfriend. I understand she took todrinking right after we split up those many years ago, and I hearshe hasn't been sober since.'

'My God!' says my wife, 'who would think a person could go oncelebrating that long?'

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What would happen if one of us dies in Spain?

Ask yourselves these questions:

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SLS Lessons of the Month www.spanishlanguagesite.com orwww.storyflip.com

The learning of the SpanishLanguage supplied

by Matthew Brock

There are many expressionsthat use the verb 'tener' (often inEnglish these use the verb 'tobe'). It is a nice trick to usethem, because once you havelearnt to conjugate 'tener', allyou have to do is add the appropriate word, and you haveanother verb!

For example, 'tener suerte' is 'tobe lucky', so to say 'I am lucky',you simply conjugate 'tener' inthe first person singular present, 'tengo', and then add'suerte', 'tengo suerte'. Thegreat thing is that you can put'tener' into whatever tense youwant, and then add 'suerte'. So,'has tenido suerte' would be'you have been lucky', and 'tendrás suerte' would be 'youwill be lucky'.

Other expressions are:

Tener razón - to be rightTener X años - to be X years oldTener calor - to be hotTener frío - to be coldTener hambre - to be hungryTener sed - to be thirstyTener cara - to be cheekyTener cuidado - to be carefulTener éxito - to be successfulTener miedo - to be scaredTener prisa - to be in a hurry

Jan


SLIGHT CHANGES TOOUR DELIVERIESWith over 40 distribution points onGran Alacant for our

we have decided to leave slightlyfewer copies at each of these points,always of course, giving priority tothose businesses that advertiser with us.

So that after our initial delivery, ifyou are looking for a copy of yourfavourite magazine, you will only haveto look at threedesignated points, rather than lookingall over our 40 outlets on Gran Ala-cant.

These points are at 3 different areasof our urbanisation, at:-“The Winery ”“Euronics” or“The Phoenix”See our Gran Alacant map to findthese outlets.

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ANSWERS ON PAGE 73

SUDOKU

To solve the puzzleeach 3 x 3 box,each row andeach column mustcontain all the numbers1 to 9.

While the rules of thislogic puzzle may besimple, there are numerous strategies tohelp you solve Sudoku.

For hints and informationvisitwww.sudoku.org.uk

DOODLE AREADifficulty rating: medium

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BUS TIMETABLES from June 23rd - August 31st

Three pages of bus and train timetables.On these 2 pages bus times to and from

Gran Alacant and Santa Pola.


BUS TIMETABLES from June 23rd - August 31st

On the next page bus and train times for enabling you to move around Gran Alacant.


Timetable and route for the

Gran Alacant Train


When onGran Alacantlet the trainor the bustake thestrain.

The trainruns everyhour and thebus every 1/2 hour.

Bus routeBus timetable

Traindetails


Below, and on the next two pages are mapsof Alicante, Santa Pola and Gran Alacant, to

help find your way around and to see the location of our adverisers


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Aquagest 24hr............. 902 250 170Aeropuerto.................. 969 919 000Ayuntamiento-Gran Alacant.

966 692 276Alicante Bus Station.... 965 130 700Alicante Train Station.. 902 240 202Bomberos (Fire).......... 085Biblioteca (Library)...... 966 692 773Butano gas.................. 966 672 222Guardia Civil............... 062Guardia Civil............... 965 411 290Iberdrola..................... 901 202 020Local Police................ 092Local Police................ 966 696 035Medical Health Service..966 699 081National Police........... 091Red Cross (Cruz Roja)...965 416 936Red Cross emergencies.....112Rubbish collection...... 966 693 955Suma.......................... 900 103 104Telefonica................... 1004

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1. McDonalds2. Market and

red cross bus stop 3. Main Elche street4. Castillo5. Town square6. Tourist info

Police stationTown hall

7. Fishing port8. Post Office

9. Tourist info10.

12. Salt Lake museum

13. Civic & SocialCentre

14. 15. Casa de

Cultura16. Lyneli hair

18 Santa PolaMarina.

19. Bailen20. Aquarium21. Suma Office21. 22. Public refuse tip23. site for New swimming pool 24. Indoor market25.

27. New police station

28. Model boating lake

29. Pola Maxshopping centre

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

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