Happy New Year! I hope that your Holiday Season has been super terrific and that you got everything that you wanted for Christmas. We at Sonoran Resorts wish you Health, Happiness, and Success throughout this new year.
I'll start this month's newsletter on a serious note. I would be remiss in my responsibility to you if I tried to sweep the events of December 18th under the rug. I am sure that you have heard many different versions, most of them are more than likely only loosely based on the truth. As they say, "The tales get taller on down the line". I can sum up the experience in just five sentences. After that, I"m finished with the subject and ready to continue down the very positive path that we're on.
It was a secret Federal operation to take down a criminal element that was in town and staying at Bella Sirena Resort. It was conducted at a time with the least possible tourists in town and no people on the street - 4:00 a.m. on a Wednesday in mid-December. The bad guys were tipped off to the operation in advance which increased the scale of the conflict, nonetheless it was a complete success and no innocent people were injured. Rocky Point will remain a safe place because of it and it sends a very strong message that this little city will not tolerate criminals or criminal activity. Life here was completely back to normal by the early afternoon and the vast majority of comments have been positive and thankful that our Police and Military are doing their jobs to protect Puerto Penasco.
OK. On to the big news about the Home Port. Long story short, Construction Has Started! For the naysayers and doubters, just come and take a look for yourselves. There was a small ceremony on December 10th as work actually began. The official ceremony should be coming soon and I'll let you know as soon as I have information on the date and who is expected to be here. Since Sami from RP360 has already written a great article on the subject, I will re-post her article below rather than repeating the information myself. We're on our way!
The Black and White Ball, held at the new convention center, was a huge success again this year. Unfortunately, I was unable to attend this time but everyone that I talked with who had been there told me that the convention center is absolutely beautiful. It is most certainly another huge asset to Rocky Point and will help bring large groups of people to discover our paradise.
Paving continues on the main Boulevard Benito Juarez and you can expect to detour around the construction as you come into town. Samuel Ocana is slated to be the next road to begin repaving (story below). Even though there are a lot of very bad roads in town, the new ones are being built with hydrolic concrete and should last for a very long time.
It's official! The year 2013 marked a record high in both number of resales and total dollar amount of resales since the inception of our Sonoran Resorts Sales Department many years ago. Officially, we had 62 Closed and Pending sales for a total of over 20 Million Dollars. I am very much looking forward to this being another great year as we continue to maintain our leadership role in Puerto Penasco.
We will be at the Scottsdale Barrett-Jackson Auto Show and Auction again this month so if you're going, please be sure to look us up. We'll have lots of great giveaways and we would appreciate you stopping by to say Hello. If you have never been to one of the Barrett-Jackson events, you may want to check it out. They are very impressive, over-the-top events, and are lots of fun to attend, even if you're not looking for a collector auto. Here is a link to the Scottsdale show: http://www.barrett-jackson.com/scottsdale/
We still have a few of the Puerto Penasco map books left and now we have added some really nice Sonoran Resorts 2014 wall calendars to our special giveaways. Just stop by our Sonoran Sky Sales Office (or my office at the Sky) and pick up your belated Christmas gifts. They're yours for the asking for as long as they last and we'd love to see you.
As always, I'm here full time and I am more than happy to help you with whatever you need, whether Sonoran Resorts related or not. Just give me a call or send me an email any time and I will do my very best to help you. If I can't help you myself, I'm sure that I can point you in the right direction.
Please check out some of our condos for sale along the right column.
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Puerto Peñasco Launches Construction of Cruise Ship Home Port

"We have reached the point of no turning back. The Home Port in Puerto Peñasco is a reality," explained Javier Tapia Camou, Coordinator of the Sonoran Commission for the Promotion of Tourism (COFETUR), during an informative meeting held shortly after the project's groundbreaking ceremony that took place mid-morning of Dec. 10th at the area known as the Reef in Sandy Beach.
Tapia, joined by Puerto Peñasco Mayor Gerardo Figueroa, engineering consultant Jesus Flores Sanchez, Gustavo Brown and Reyel Taylor of Sandy Beach Resorts, along with various city officials local business leaders, and the press gathered on the chilly, windswept sands located at the reef for the traditional "waving of the flag", marking the launch of work on the first phase of the project. The first phase, explained Engineer Jesus Flores Sanchez, will consist principally of rock fill, or rather breakwater construction extending 1290 meters out, making this the longest fill on the Mexican Pacific side. A rock quarry, located 14 kilometers from the home port site, will provide three sizes of rock needed and a road through the Federal Zone will allow trucks to make their way to the construction site. He detailed the breakwater will consist of a 40 meter surrounding ring, while reaching an average depth of 20 meters. This is to help prevent having to dredge the area from which cruise ships will eventually depart. He added the rock going in exceeds minimum standards which, in addition to being part of the breakwater, will form artificial reefs and become part of the habitat.
At a press conference held later in the day, Sonora COFETUR Coordinator Javier Tapia Camou once again highlighted qualities that led to Puerto Peñasco's selection as a Home Port spot. Among these is its strategic geographic location and proximity to U.S. states across the Southwest, 52 weeks of seaworthy waters, the launch of international flights to the area, as well as the natural wonders surrounding it, including the Pinacate Biosphere Reserve UNESCO World Heritage Site and thousands of islands throughout the Sea of Cortez. He detailed the project, expected to be open to ships by Summer of 2015, will have a 40 year lifespan and may be expanded upon in the future to accommodate more ships. To begin, ships will be fueled at the port in Guaymas, Sonora, which just this week once again began receiving cruise ships with the arrival of ms Statendam of Holland America.
As a Home Port, Puerto Peñasco will serve as a departure and arrival point for cruise ships rather than solely as a stopping point along cruise routes. This would make Puerto Peñasco the first Home Port in Mexico, and is anticipated to have a significant impact on the entire region with the eventual arrival/departure of 3 ships per week and 130,000 visitors annually...
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Here is a story about an interview that we did with Gus Brown 2 years ago. It is worth another read. Even though it took longer than anticipated, things are turning out pretty much as predicted: Gus Brown Sets the Record Straight...
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Roger Clyne, RCPM and Friends Bring Seventh Annual January Jam to Rocky Point, JJ's Cantina and The Hut!
This is going to be another one of those "Don't Miss This!" weekends in our little slice of paradise by the sea as Roger Clyne and his Peacemakers converge on their favorite third world cantina (Patio Stage at JJ's Cantina in Cholla Bay) to jam for their loyal fans, a January tradition since '08.
Always with a new and flavorful playlist creation, this year they'll open the two-day event on Friday January 24th at The Hut (formerly Chango's) with lead guitarist, Jim Dalton playing some of his newly recorded songs along with drummer PH Naffah, bassist Nick Scropos and Harley Husbands from Shurman in their "temporary" band called The Lawbreakers.
Around 10:00 pm RCPM are going to play their favorite "cover" tunes to top off the opening night.
On Saturday it's on to JJ's at Sunset for a full night of rock 'n' roll as only Roger and the boys can bring it. Jason Boots starts the music off at 5:00 pm with RCPM coming on the patio stage at 6:00 pm.
For even more fun again this year, the 2nd Mexican Moonshine Classic Golf Tournament to help various charities in Rocky Point will be held at the Links course at Las Palomas on Saturday morning.
So, here's the schedule summary and ticket information:
FRIDAY JANUARY 24th at The Hut (formerly Chango's)
Tickets are On Sale Now! $20.00 USD in advance @ www.circusmexicus.net (Tickets to be picked up at Will Call on day of show)
8:00 pm - Shawn Johnson
9:00 pm - Jim Dalton & The Lawbreakers
10:00 pm (approx) - Roger Clyne & The Peacemakers "Undercover" play a set of their favorite cover tunes!
SATURDAY JANUARY 25TH at Las Palomas Golf Links
Mexican Moonshine Tequila Golf Classic 10:00 a.m. Shotgun Start
Remember, this is for charity...so sign up! Oh, and buy some raffle tickets for a chance to win one or more really great prizes! Raffle Tickets just $5.00 dollars.
For more information and to register for the tournament visit: www.circusmexicus.net.
SATURDAY EVENING JANUARY 25TH at JJ's Cantina in Cholla Bay
Tickets are On Sale Now! $30.00 USD in advance @ www.circusmexicus.net. (All tickets to be picked up at Will Call.)
5:00 pm - Jason Boots
6:00 pm - Roger Clyne & The Peacemakers jam the night fantastic!
For more information on this great weekend: visit www.circusmexicus.net.
For discounted condos at Sonoran Sea and Sonoran Spa: Visit www.rprmexico.com and use Discount Code RCC0124.
All we can say is, What a great way to start the new year!
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Santa Devoted Lots of Time To Needy Kids (and Parents) In Puerto Peñasco During The Holidays!
We never tire of conveying the gratitude shared by thousands of impoverished Rocky Point families who are recipients of the selfless generosity of our readers, made up of the expat community here and those of you who love Rocky Point like it's your second home. Many of you bring down clothing, food and toys when you come, especially during the holidays when the needy need them most.
Were it not for your generous thoughts and actions thousands of kids would have no Christmas at all. Thanks to your donations through the collection efforts of many local businesses and non-profit organizations, each year needy local families can count on having a Christmas meal, a warm blanket, shoes, shirts, pants and jackets.
How do we know your indispensable contributions make the season jolly for so many? We employ the "Santa's eye view" method of witnessing the tremendous amount of benevolence that abounds throughout our little slice of paradise by the sea during this season of sharing and giving, of sparing and forgiving.
Our method involves simply following Santa as he makes his charitable rounds as scheduled by various organizations. We say "simply", not "easily", because Santa's devotion to making kids happy and parents proud does not allow for much rest. In the case of Mark Olszewski who doesn't play Santa, but rather becomes Santa from the very moment he dons his oh so recognizable furry, fluffy red and white suit with the elegantly flowing white beard. You may know Mark as one half of Mark and Barb, who, between them, have not been able to say no to anyone in need for over 13 years. Their omnipresence has resulted in, among others, the formation of their own charity called Adopt-a-Classroom that has provided school supplies and equipment to elementary schools serving about 4,000 students here.
Even toys take on a much deeper philosophical importance to children accustomed to being deprived of the simplest items. Just imagine what it means to a young boy who receives his very own brand new soccer ball; how important that single present could be in keeping him out of a gang or away from drugs.
Likewise, imagine what an iconic Barbie Doll could mean to the development of a young girl's self esteem and sense of responsibility to have a little "friend" of such highly perceived value to her imagination and creativity.
This holiday season, in addition to their normal munificent services, local social clubs spread Christmas cheer to include the parents of children who are physically challenged by crippling diseases and accidents requiring their full time care, love and devotion, plus ongoing therapy and special equipment to facilitate their needs. For this, clubs worked with DIF, the 28 year old municipal service for Integral Family Development assistance and invited the brave moms to receive gifts along with their afflicted children. And Santa was there, too.
As we followed Santa around, it became clear that the number of needy kids and families had increased noticeably this season over last; at least one function experienced attendance nearly double that of last year. Good news is that there were toys and other gifts aplenty for everyone. It was as if all you caring donors anticipated this year's surge of needy Rocky Point residents!
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Country of the Year? Try Mexico.
If an award could be given in 2013 for Country of the Year, Mexico might deserve it. No other country has done more this past year to put reforms in place to transform a nation - and with startling democratic consensus.
The latest reform, approved by elected lawmakers, will allow foreign and private investment in the oil sector for the first time in more than 70 years. The move upends a notion of Mexican patriotism that stated the national identity rests on government monopoly of the petroleum industry.
In adding this historic reform to earlier ones - in banking, taxation, education, telecommunications - Mexico is well on its way to implement an agreement among three political parties reached last December after the election of President Enrique Peña Nieto.
The successes of the so-called Pact of Mexico only adds to the nation's achievements in becoming fully democratic in 2000 and in joining NAFTA in 1995. The new reforms also create optimism in the United States that the poorest among Mexico's 112 million population might someday stop crossing the border for jobs.
The US debate over "immigration reform is going to be very passé," said Gov. Rick Perry (R) of Texas, predicting that Mexico's advances will create more domestic jobs for Mexicans. "The idea about border security may shift from the United States and Mexico border, down to the Guatemalan-Mexican border," he added.
Mexico still has plenty of challenges in dealing with high levels of corruption, poverty, and drug-related violence in parts of the country. And implementing the reform laws will require political courage to make sure they are done with the least graft and widest benefit, but a reformist attitude has been implanted in Mexico, driven by a desire to ensure that Latin America's second-largest economy remains globally competitive.
As the fifth-largest producer of crude oil, Mexico badly needs reform of its national oil company, Pemex. The company provides about a third of the federal budget and is the nation's single largest employer. Yet oil production has been in decline even with big investments. Despite its vast natural gas reserves, Mexico still imports gas from the US. Pemex needs foreign technology and advice, especially in tapping deep-water oil deposits and shale gas.
Reform of the oil industry would spill over into many parts of the economy. Being able to turn gas into fertilizer, for example, would help boost production on the 60 percent of Mexican farmland not currently fertilized.
While the two main parties, the Institutional Revolutionary Party (PRI) and the conservative National Action Party, have led the reform effort, it is the Mexican people themselves who are slowly finding a new view of themselves. That is represented in a rising middle class and greater expectations of clean and effective politics.
The Pemex reforms, notes Mexican historian Enrique Krauze, reflect a desire to look more to the future than the past. That's certainly deserving of some award.
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Crazy Ed's Satisfied Frog Restaurant to Open in Rocky Point
After decades of cooking barbecue and making chile beer in the Valley, Ed Chilleen has moved to Puerto Peñasco in Mexico and is opening the latest in his long line of Crazy Ed's Satisfied Frog restaurant incarnations.
Chilleen will debut Crazy Ed's Satisfied Frog Restaurant, Cantina and Outhouse in Rocky Point.
"I gathered up some partners and we leased an old building in what I consider to be the premier location in Rocky Point," Chilleen said. "We are located at the Fish Market, also known as the Malecon, right at the end of the one-way street where every car leaving has to pass."
The place will be "a beach bar, wood-fired pizza and hamburger joint, with smoked chicken and ribs, plus the best sunset view in all of Rocky Point," he said.
Food will be cooked outdoors on mesquite wood and charcoal, and the pizza oven also will turn out freshly baked artisan bread. Chilleen is building the pizza oven himself.
For 25 years, Chilleen served up heaping portions of cowboy grub in Cave Creek, until he closed the restaurant in early 2008. He later opened - and closed - smaller versions of the frontier-style eatery at other locations in Cave Creek, northeast Phoenix and, in partnership with his son and daughter-in-law, Scott and Donna Chilleen, a spot called Kid Chilleen's Badass BBQ in Black Canyon City.
The Black Canyon location remains open, though it's now called Chilleen's on 17 Saloon, Steak & BBQ.
After shuttering his last effort, Satisfied Frog on Bell (aka Little Frog on Bell) at 28th Street and Bell Road in Phoenix in late 2012, Chilleen and his wife Maria relocated to the Mexican beachfront town, about five hours southwest of the Valley. At age 75, retirement looked good, he said.
Yet he was still the spokesman for his Cave Creek Chili Beer, a Mexican-style lager spiked with fiery Serrano peppers, and was selling his Chilibeer Hot Sauce, made in Rocky Point. Another motivator: The tourist town is very popular with visitors from Arizona.
Naturally, chile beer will be on his menu, too.
"In my 50-plus years of being in the restaurant business, I have learned many things," Chilleen said. "One of those was, 'don't get into the restaurant business.' Since I'm not a good listener, I ignored that advice and took the leap one more time. I promise you, Maria, this is it."
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Unique Seashell Designs at "Made in Puerto Peñasco"

As one walks the Malecón main drag, every little shop overflows with thousands of Mexico memorabilia from colorful serapes, woven sombreros of every size, handmade toys, games and masks, to silver jewelry and large brass wall hangings, plus hundreds of other products you'll only find in Mexico.
Less known are the small shops and restaurants along the narrow side streets that lead to and from the seaside walks of the Malecón connecting to the web of narrow roads that weave throughout the Old Port barrio. Colorful eclectic shops just steps away from the bustling bars and restaurants that overlook the ever-changing Sea of Cortez offer their own brands of unique Mexicana.
One of those shops, just around the corner on Calle Ulloa (the first street encountered after entering the Malecón) is a unique little seashell art emporium called Made in Puerto Peñasco. It occupies a small space at the rear of a compact step-up patio area flanked by the Scooby Shack hot dog and curio stand and next door to Viva México, a local favorite taco eatery.
Made in Puerto Peñasco is owned and operated by seashell artists Gina and José Avilés. Many of Gina's artistic creations and all her skills were handed down over 30 years ago from her mother, an accomplished shell artist known for the detail in her seashell art purchased by the government to give as gifts to foreign dignitaries. Working with her mother in a shop on old Cholla Road, Gina developed the creative skills required to design, cut, polish and assemble thousands of different seashells into hundreds of unique objets d'art and useful household accessories that serve as memories of Mexico and specifically the beaches of Puerto Peñasco. Today, Gina assembles her designs and it's José who contributes his skills to cutting and polishing shells to the natural color and consistency design specs of Gina as well as handling most of the purchasing and packaging.
As you stroll through the little shop your eyes are constantly drawn to distinctive jewelry pieces cut from polished abalone shells, bracelets, necklaces, coral crosses, earrings and jewelry boxes emblazoned with glistening seashells of many varieties just to name a few. There's a wall full of crosses beautifully decorated with hundreds of colorful shells and a couple in all white. You'll also find night lights, shells made into floral arrangements, large wall mirrors, shadow boxes, picture frames, even hors d'oeuvres picks (see photo for these one-of-a-kind party items). You can also purchase already cleaned and polished seashells by the fishnet bag and lots of other solo sea items like starfish, sea horses, natural coral trees...and the list goes on further than the average imagination can stretch (because there are a lot more types of shells than we know exist!)
Made in Puerto Peñasco is open Thursday through Tuesday from 9:00 am to 5:00 pm; closed on Wednesdays. Gina speaks fluent English and both she and José are very hospitable folks. You can call Gina while here in Puerto Peñasco on her cell phone at 638-380-8233 or from the U.S. at (602) 618-8340. You can email them anytime at gna_enterprises@hotmail.com.
There's a whole world of seashell treasures awaiting you...and all Made in Puerto Peñasco!
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Brazil Says 'Yes' to Genetically Modified Foods. Mexico Says 'No'
According to Mexican media reports, a federal district judge issued an injunction suspending field trials of genetically modified corn. It has been illegal to grow GM corn for consumption in Mexico since 1998, so the decision effectively means no one can grow genetically modified varieties of Mexico's national crop for any reason.
Contrast this with what's happening in Brazil. There, Embrapa, the national agricultural research and development institute, is going full-tilt on a project to bring to market a bean genetically modified to fight off the golden mosaic virus, a plague that, according to the Financial Times, costs the country 8 percent of its average annual bean crop. (Beans are as ubiquitous on Brazilian dinner plates as corn tortillas are in Mexico.) Some 85 percent of Brazil's soy crop is already GM, and the country's Centro de Tecnologia Canavieira (CTC) is working on genetically engineered varieties of sugar cane, a major crop.
Amid the global debate over genetically modified foods (also called genetically modified organisms, or GMOs), it's striking to see Latin America's biggest economic engines going in such different directions on the issue. Throw the U.S. into the mix, and you begin to see just how many ways people can disagree about the acceptability of tinkering with DNA in search of higher yields and hardier plants.
In the U.S., the controversy pits agricultural giants such as Monsanto and commodity corn, cotton, and soy farmers against organic farmers and the consumers who favor their produce. The debate is playing out mostly in state ballot initiatives as to whether foods with GM ingredients must be labeled as such on store shelves.
In Mexico, corn stands at the center of the conversation: The staple crop originated here, a fact deeply bound up in the nation's sense of itself. Patriotic favors protecting corn as natural, including the crop's many distinctive local varietals, making any threat of genetic contamination particularly pressing. "There are lots of social issues, religious issues, ethical issues-philosophical issues that arise any time you want to talk about corn in Mexico," says José Falck-Zepeda, an agricultural economist at the International Food Policy Research Institute.
Genetic modification in crops without corn's special sociocultural significance hasn't merited comparable outrage. Mexico allows the commercial cultivation, for example, of GM soybeans and cotton, Falck-Zepeda points out.
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Casa Hogar Home for the Aged: A Miracle of Efficiency; A Haven of Comfort for the Elderly
Among the nuclei of donation worthy charities in Puerto Peñasco, one of the most inconspicuous, yet highly effective health service providers is the Catholic extended care facility known as "Casa Hogar" home for the aged. Within the mission-style walled surrounding is a comfortable and secure atmosphere presently called home by 30 elderly citizens. Without the benefit of Casa Hogar, which exists entirely on donated funds and supplies, none of its residents would have a place to live, as one of the requirements for being accepted into the warm care of Casa Hogar is that patients have no other family to care for them.
Currently there are three Sisters, all experienced in-home care givers assigned by the Catholic diocese to run the home and provide care to the 30 residents.
What's close to miraculous about Casa Hogar is that since its completion in May of 1992, over 21 years ago, it has not only been maintained entirely on donations, but operated with great efficiency by just three Catholic nuns and a staff consisting of two grounds and maintenance people and three in the kitchen. The Sisters have recruited several loyal volunteers, young people from neighborhood schools who clean and help wherever needed.
The biggest inconsistency, it seems, has been keeping a board of directors intact, and that is because the board is made up of volunteers who don't commit for long periods of time. One, however, has remained steadfast among the advisors in good faith, assisting in any way possible with fulfilling the needs of Casa Hogar as the Patron President. That person is Rubén Rodriguez Rico who, along with his wife, Clarisa Flores de Rodriguez serves as co-chairmen and has done so since 2009. Rubén explains that his motivation is from his father's lifelong wish to build a home for the aged, which never happened before his passing seven years ago.
Rubén took up the crusade by devoting all his spare time to help Casa Hogar while running his large business, Tips Party Planning and Supplies, which you've seen around Puerto Peñasco. His main store is on Benito Juarez serving as a veritable party and holiday headquarters.
Rubén has been responsible for securing funding, much of it from the municipality, to have the rooms renovated each year, as well as getting the city to pay the electric bills for the facility. He and Clarisa were instrumental in having meals prepared for the residents three days a week by Flavio's (Aquí Es Con Flavio), The Pointe and Cocina Express. Someone from Casa Hogar (or a volunteer) picks up the meals on Monday, Wednesday and Saturday. Rubén continuously looks for other restaurants that might provide meals for the other days of the week. His goals are to secure ongoing donations in the major areas of operations expenses and overhead to ease the burden of constantly searching for funding to provide essentials for patients.
The Sisters who run Casa Hogar are so appreciative of every small donation which is obvious from the broad smiles visitors receive. Their religious devotion is a pleasure to see as well.
Mother Superior Sister María Del Buen Consejo has been at Casa Hogar for three years. She has two other Sisters on her staff: Sister Maria Gloria and Sister Maria Trinidad. They are all members of the 126 year old Order of Maria Imaculada.
Sister Maria Del Buen Consejo was born on September 16, Mexican Independence Day, in the famous little down of Dolores, Guanajuato, where the war for Mexican Independence actually began on September 16, 1810 with a shout for arms by Father Miguel Hidalgo from the bell tower of his church.
She is the oldest of seven siblings and got her calling when she was only 14 years old, but she had to think about it for two more years. She became a nurse and served 25 years assigned to hospitals and another 17 years assigned to homes. Her assignments have included such locales as Rome, Italy, the jungles of Ecuador and all around Mexico.
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Families Helping Families Dedicate Two More New Homes to Needy Families in Puerto Peñasco

As they've done every Christmas holiday season since the early 2000's, the non-profit group of incredibly generous volunteer families has put their hearts and souls into building complete homes in Puerto Peñasco and presenting them to deserving families selected from applications by needy familial enclaves who heretofore lived in totally impoverished shanties making the best of what they had.
Since 2001 Families Helping Families a registered non-profit organization in the U.S. in conjunction with their Mexican non-profit affiliate, Casas Perpetuales, made up of role model parents and their devoted off spring, mostly of the Mormon faith from Utah, Arizona and surrounding states, have built about 30 homes in Puerto Peñasco.
Even more astounding is the miracle of how these organizations have selflessly worked with so many other entities to accomplish home building feats you might not believe if they weren't documented in chronological pictorials that show how groups of up to 200 young people can work together (under the professional tutelage of equally dedicated, faithful and experienced construction and project management executives) to build three concrete block homes foundation up in four days flat (that is correct, four days, and we'll give you a link to see it for yourselves later in this story!)
We've written about these beautiful people before, but today's story is about just two of the families to whom homes were presented over the last weekend of December closing out the year 2013.
In the Barrio Obrera, encompassing the area surrounding the Cholla Mall curio shops, on a short dirt road affectionately known as Brown Road because Sandy Beach Resorts developer, Gus Brown donated the property on which Families Helping Families have now built 11 homes, a very moving event took place on Saturday December 28th, 2013.
Two recently completed homes, including all furnishings and appliances, right down to toys and clothing were presented to two deeply appreciative destitute families, thus changing their lives for the better, forever. Amidst the cheers of more than 150 volunteers most of who had participated in building these homes, keys were awarded to Ignacio and Guadalupe Encinas and their seven children, and Flavio and Marlin Corral and their four children. Pictures are worth a thousand words, they say, and in this case, they may be worth even more....
For seven long years the Encinas family had occupied a squatters' shack along the railroad tracks as their family grew to seven children: Rubin 15, Andrés 13, Cristina 12, Ana 10, Bella 7, Ignacio 5, and Avilena 3. Only recently the federal railroad department had notified all residents of this long row of plywood and cardboard shanty dwellings that the entire area would be leveled and they would have to vacate the premises by the end of January of 2014. The surprise and overwhelming relief of Ignacio and Guadalupe upon hearing that their application had been accepted for one of the new homes cannot be over emphasized.
In the case of the Corral family, Flavio, Marlin, Angel 11, Sergio 7, Juan 4, and baby Zoe Camilla just three months old, the blessing of this new home took them from an undersized old dilapidated trailer Flavio had found and moved everyone into just for protection from the elements. Imagine their surprise and happiness upon realizing the gift of a new home culminated their holiday season to offer them a chance at a new start on life.
Words can't do justice to the goodness of the people behind such benign deeds as changing the lives of those in need, but we've tried on previous occasions, such as in our story at http://www.sonoranresorts.mx/?p=5132, which we promised you at the beginning of this article.
These benevolent folks embody the Christmas Spirit, the power of faith, the true value of charity and the real meaning of "Service above Self".
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¡Por fin! Finally! The City Secures Funding to Improve Blvd Samuel Ocaña!

This is great news for many, especially those who live in and stay in the Sandy Beach area when they visit Rocky Point. In keeping with his pre-election promises, Mayor Gerardo Figueroa Zazueta continues to secure funding and initiate road improvement projects to better the infrastructure of our little slice of paradise by the sea. Completion of the Cholla Road extension by the new Convention Center was followed by the beginning of repavement work on Benito Juarez, and now we can count on a smooth ride down Samuel Ocaña that will allow us to pass by several stores to make last minute purchases on our way to the Sonoran Resorts and the many other nice condominiums along Sandy Beach. According to a press release issued earlier in the month, road work on Blvd. Samuel Ocaña is part of the city's comprehensive urbanization and modernization plan to improve infrastructure and will begin before the end of this year. This type of improvement takes on even greater meaning with the recent ground breaking for the new cruise ship home port for which funding has also been secured. Nearly 30 million pesos was transferred from the state to the city on December 23rd, which gives the city the go ahead to begin the first phase of improvements beginning at Benito Juarez for 1.3 kilometers to Ave. Juan Barrera before the end of the year. The project plan is to have two driving lanes and a parking lane along each side for the length of the road. Paving will consist of hydraulic concrete. Engineer Reyna Orozco indicated the City has both the technical ability and human resources to carry out the projects while strictly adhering to legal provisions and norms derived from the present agreement, guaranteeing the correct application of resources and fulfillment of goals. This is refreshing news to the many who know that Samuel Ocaña is the first impression many get of our city upon initially entering. Read Entire Story:
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The Birds!!!
We have seen an unusually high number of birds near the shoreline in recent weeks. It seems that conditions have been just right for the large schools of sardines and other bait fish and all varieties of birds have taken full advantage.
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Feeding Frenzy Christmas Day 2013 Puerto Penasco - This is a good one!
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Feeding Frenzy Sea of Cortez Puerto Penasco Mexico
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Pelican Feeding Frenzy Puerto Penasco Mexico
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19 Fascinating Facts About Whales
Whales are entering the Sea of Cortez for their annual migration to feed and breed in the warm smooth waters of this beautiful blue paradise for sea life. Here are 19 of hundreds of fascinating facts about earth's largest creatures:
- Whales belong to the order cetacean, meaning they are mammals that are fully adapted to aquatic life. Like dolphins and porpoises, whales are believed to have descended from land animals that returned to the water roughly 50 million years ago after living millions of years on land.
- There are approximately 80 different species of whale with two suborders to which all species of whales belong: toothed whales and baleen whales. Toothed whales include sperm, killer, and beluga whales, and they prey on large fish in deep waters as their main source of food. Baleen whales include blue and humpback whales, and they are filter feeders that feed on small organisms such as krill and plankton by straining large amounts of sea water through a comb-like structure in their mouth called a baleen
- Whales breathe voluntarily, unlike human beings. Since they have to remember to breathe, researchers believe humpback whales sleep by shutting off half of their brain at a time. Because whales must rise to the surface often to breathe, only one half of their brain sleeps at a time. This process allows their body to get adequate rest while still providing for the necessary function of breathing to survive.
- Whales that are found in both Northern and Southern hemisphere never meet or breed together. Their migration is timed so that they are never in breeding areas at the same time.
- The age of a whale can be estimated by looking at the wax plug in its ear. This plug has a pattern of layers when cut lengthwise that scientists can count to estimate the age of the whale. Whales can live as long as some humans-and much longer if that human is the one whose job it is to estimate the age of a whale by slicing the wax plug in its ear!
- Whale calves gain much of their weight while they are nursing, consuming 100 pounds a day of their mother's rich milk which consists of 45% to 60% fat. A blue whale calf will gain as much as 250 pounds a day during the first three weeks of its life.
- Orcas, also known as Killer Whales, are the fastest of all whales with speeds up to 35 miles per hour. Only tuna, marlin, sailfish and swordfish are faster. They are also one of the top predators in the marine world, feeding mostly on fish, but some hunt seals, sea lions, and walruses. Orcas, as do most toothed whales, use echolocation to hunt their prey, bouncing a clicking sound off a nearby object, such as a squid, and measuring the time it takes for the echo to travel back. Hearing is a vital sense in the dark depths of the ocean.
- Pilot Whales and Killer Whales have the word "whale" in their name, but for classification purposes, they are actually considered dolphins.
- Some cultures see whales as divine beings, such as in some places in Ghana and Vietnam, who occasionally hold funerals for beached whales.
- The Blue Whale is the largest known mammal that has ever lived on earth, with a length of up to 105 ft long and weight of 150 tons or more. That's the weight equivalent of 150 small cars and the size of a 737 commercial airliner.
- Though the blue whale can weigh over 200 tons, it feeds exclusively on krill-a crustacean smaller than a child's finger.
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Life in the Fast Lane
We like to go fast in the USA. Instant gratification is the relevant phrase. We drive fast, walk fast, talk fast (except, maybe in the South), must have smart phones and texting for fast communication, we even eat fast. We've got "fast lanes" on the freeways, "fast food" restaurants with drive-up windows for a "fast getaway", fast Internet service via broadband, and even at restaurants the waiters will present the bill as soon as the food is served in order to help you get out of there fast so they can quickly get someone new seated at your table. We want everything RIGHT NOW, no waiting, no delay. Time is money!
Whew! I'm exhausted just thinking about it!
One of the most difficult things for gringos to adjust to in Mexico is the whole "time" thing. With some exceptions (like driving), going fast is just not important here. Life is too short to spend it going fast, especially since going slow can be so much more pleasant. And sometimes going fast is just plain rude.
Take the restaurant thing, for example. In Mexico you should not expect a waiter to zip by with the check the minute you've been served. It would be considered very rude for the check to be presented before you have asked for it. Even if they are very busy and really need the table, they will wait for you. When you are ready to leave, catch your waiter's eye and ask for the bill. Even then they usually won't hurry-- it would be rude.
Service in restaurants and bars is generally fairly prompt, but not always. I'm fond of recalling one incident in a local restaurant bar that had a nice view of the ocean. Our party ordered drinks (one was a vodka and orange juice) and some appetizers, enjoying the fact that there wasn't another single customer in the place. Well, the waiter kept plying us with chips and salsa ("On the house, senor!") but the drinks never came. We waited and waited, and just as we were starting to get annoyed we spotted a young boy breathlessly rushing into the kitchen area carrying a bag of fresh oranges. Our drinks materialized almost immediately thereafter.
They didn't want to say they couldn't make the drink, so they sent someone to the market to buy the ingredients. Especially for us. And kept giving us free snacks to compensate for the delay. How can you beat that? We subsequently enjoyed a very pleasant couple of hours there, and return often.
Things often work that way in Mexico, and getting angry or frustrated at the pace is counterproductive to your enjoyment of life. My suggestion when dealing with local people and businesses is to chill out, go with the flow, don't get your knickers in a bunch. Are you really in such a big rush to get through life?
Ah, Mexico! Where going slow is an art form. Slow down, man, and enjoy the
ride!
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Why Lard is Healthier Than You Think
This old school grease was vilified when animal fats were turfed in favour of plant-based oils. But could this ostracized high-calorie food actually be healthy??
In order to better prepare you for this month's recipe, I thought it prudent to give you some up-to-date information on one of the main ingredients - Lard. Lard, like chocolate, coffee, and egg yolks, it seems, has been getting a bad rap in the USA for a very long time. It however, unlike the others on my list, has not overcome the stigma that it causes obesity and heart disease.
Lard is and long has been a staple of Mexican cooking. Maybe they knew something that we didn't, long before we figured it out? Either way, I do think that things taste better when cooked in or with lard and now I can feel a little better about eating them.
This rendered pig blubber is not a typical saturated animal fat. With an unusual chemical composition, pure lard contains no trans fats.
And in terms of its fatty acids, it's better than butter: Lard is 60 per cent monounsaturated fat, which is associated with a decreased risk of heart disease. Butter is only 45 per cent monounsaturated fat.
Most of lard's monounsaturated fat is oleic acid, a heart-healthy essential fatty acid found in olive oil and associated with decreasing LDLs, thus lowering "bad" cholesterol. Lard contains about double the amount of oleic acid than found in butter, says Nick Bellissimo, assistant professor in Ryerson University's Department of Nutrition.
Lard's smoke point is high, about 190C (375F), making it the ideal frying oil, offering lighter, fluffier, flakier and crispier battered chicken in a shorter time, without burning and turning carcinogenic.
Pig fat is odorless and tasteless when rendered properly.
Lard and butter have the same trace amounts of cholesterol - about 95 milligrams per 100 grams of fat, says Bellissimo.
So, go ahead and make yourself some delicious tamales. You may just decide that they are too good to be considered a holiday food and you'll want to make them all year long.
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Pork Tamales
Tamales are a staple food in Mexico during the holidays and all through the year. There are many different varieties, some with meat, some without, and some are even sweet and meant to be eaten for breakfast or desert. One thing is for sure, though. You can't go wrong making tamales for your family or for a gathering. They are a bit labor and time intensive but you'll find that it was worth every minute. Here is one of the literally hundreds or thousands of recipes out there.
Ingredients
- PORK BUTT
- 2 ½ lbs. Boneless pork butt
- 1 Tbsp. Garlic powder
- 1 Tsp. Salt
- 1 Tsp. Black pepper
- MASA
- 10 lbs. Masa (cornmeal flour)
- 4 cups Pork lard
- ¼ cup Water
- 3 Tbsp. Baking powder
- 2 oz. Chile Ancho to color masa
- TAMALE ASSEMBLY
- 6 dozen dried corn husks
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- CHILE SAUCE
- ½ lb. Chile Ancho
- 1 Tsp. Garlic powder
- ½ Tsp. Ground cumin
- 2 cups Water (stock saved from boiling the Chile Ancho)
- 2 Tbsp. Pork lard
- 2 Tbsp. Salt
Directions - PORK: Place pork butt in medium-size stock pot. Add the garlic, salt and pepper. Add cold water to cover the pork. On high heat, bring to a boil, then reduce heat to medium low and let it simmer partly covered for about 1 ½ to 2 hours. Remove pork from the stock and let it cool at room temperature. When cook, begin shredding the meat into fine threads.
- CHILE SAUCE: In a large saucepan, boil the chile ancho for about 10 - 12 minutes or until softened. Drain the chiles and reserve the water. Rinse the seeds out of the boiled chiles. Put the chiles, garlic and cumin in a blender and blend well. Add the 2 cups of reserved water. In a heavy, large-size saucepan, heat 2 tablespoons pork lard over medium high heat. Add the drained chile puree very carefully because it will splatter. Reduce the heat to low. Cook over low heat for about 10-15 minutes. Take sauce off the heat. (Reserve about 2 ounces of this sauce to color the masa). Combine the pork with the chile sauce.
- MASA: Place 10 pounds of masa in a large mixing bowl. Pour water and add the baking powder over the masa evenly. Add salt and begin mixing the masa with your hands. Add the pork lard and two ounces of chile ancho sauce (this adds color to the masa) and knead the masa once more. Masa is ready when it starts to feel thick and compact. Pad it down in bowl and set it aside.
- TAMALE ASSEMBLY: Soak the dried husks in warm water for about an hour and a half or until soft. Drain the husks well; pat dry with paper towels. For each tamale spread about 2 tablespoons of the masa mixture on each cornhusk. Spoon 2 tablespoons of the filling lengthwise down the center. Fold husk and secure with strips of cornhusk. Steam for about 1 hour.
- STEAM TAMALES: At this point, the tamales are ready to be steamed. Use a stock pot with wire lining or steamer insert. Add enough water as to keep it below the steamer. Add a few husks to prevent the tamales from getting wet. Tamales must be placed open side up along the inside perimeter of the stock pot. Place extra husks on top the tamales and cover the pot. Steam for about an hour or until the husk peels away from the masa easily.
- Serve warm. Can be frozen after cooling.
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More Fun With Spanish - Suffixes and How They Work
Do you want to increase your Spanish vocabulary? One sure-fire way is to take the words you already know and learn how to apply suffixes to them.
Suffixes are simply word endings that can be used to modify a word's meaning. We use them in English all the time, and nearly all of them that we use in English have a Spanish equivalent. But Spanish has an even wider variety, and their usage isn't always as obvious as it would be in English.
Take a common word like manteca, for example (Lots of talk about manteca this month, isn't there?). That's the word for lard, and, as we have already established, a much-used cooking ingredient in Mexico. Add the ending -illa, a common ending, and it becomes mantequilla, or butter. Add the ending -ero, and it becomes mantequero, which can mean either a dairyman or a butter dish. (The spelling is changed from "c" to "qu" to maintain the pronunciation.) Add the ending -ada, and it becomes mantecada, or buttered toast. Add -ado, and it becomes mantecado, or french ice cream.
Unfortunately, as the above words are an example, it isn't always possible to figure out what a word means simply by knowing the root word and the suffixes.
But usually the suffixes may give enough clues that in context you can make a more educated guess. For example, the -ado and -ada endings are often the equivalent of the English "-ed." So it isn't hard to see how mantecada could come to mean something buttered, just as in English "a malted" can refer to a milkshake with malt in it.
Most Spanish suffixes can roughly be classified as diminutives, augmentatives, or pejoratives. Of course, this is an overly simplified version and, even here I have probably lost you already. If not, let's continue...
The Adverbial Suffix
Probably the most common Spanish suffix is -mente, which is usually added to the feminine singular form of adjectives to turn them into adverbs, just as we add "-ly" in English. Thus simplemente is "simply," cariñosamente is "lovingly," rápidamente is "quickly," and so on.
Diminutives
These suffixes are extremely common and are used to make a word refer to something smaller, either literally or figuratively as in a form of endearment. Thus, un gato is a cat, but un gatito is a kitten. In English we sometimes do the same thing by adding "-y." The most common diminutive is -ito (or its feminine equivalent, -ita), sometimes expanded to -cito or, less commonly, -illo or even -zuelo. You can add one of these endings to many nouns and adjectives to arrive at a diminutive form.
Examples:
- perrito (little doggy)
- hermanito (little brother)
- papelito (little slip of paper)
Augmentatives
Augmentatives are the opposite of diminutives and aren't used as much. Augmentative endings include -ote, -ota, -ón, -ona, -azo, and -aza. For examples, un arbolote is a large tree, and un hombrón is a big or tough dude. Just as the diminutives sometimes are used to denote an endearing quality, the augmentatives can be used to convey a negative connotation. Whereas un perrito may be a cute puppy, un perrazo could be a big scary dog. One augmentative, -ísimo, and its feminine and plural forms are used with adjectives to form a superlative. Bill Gates isn't just rich, he's riquísimo. (although, that word could also be used to describe a food that is very delicious - but that's another story).
See you again next month. Until then, Happy New Year! May all your positive dreams and wishes come true this year.
Saludos, Jim Ringquist
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