• Water-Negotiations are under way with Pima County and SRP to construct a macro desalination plant here in Rocky Point, in order to provide clean water to our residents and tourists, as well as exportation to Arizona residents. This will create revenue for the city and many jobs for local residents. 
• Emergency Preparedness-We need a local hospital that tourists can brag about, and the planning stages have begun. In addition, 2 previously closed police stations will be reopening, and our fire stations are being remodeled, and equipped with new vehicles.
• Seafood Processing-As one of the leading shrimping ports in Mexico, the cruise ship port is a huge opportunity to prosper in one of our strongest areas. Plans are under way to build a seafood processing plant, in order to serve the departing ships. This will generate millions of dollars in revenue for our town.
• Roads-New roads will be built to direct traffic flow straight to the departure port. Additionally, many roads in town will be paved and/or widened. This includes repaving of roads that were poorly paved initially. Additionally, the city plans to build a network of bike paths, linking major roads.
• Border-The city is in talks with both the US and Mexican governments about expediting the border crossing at Lukeville/Sonoyta. The U.S. is already on board with opening more lanes for high traffic travel times. Work is now being done to add an additional 2-3 lanes on the side entering Mexico, as well as high powered vehicle scanners to help expedite the process.
• Tourist Attractions-We will be breaking ground on a large city market, that will be architecturally modeled in a style similar to the famous San Miguel Market in Madrid, Spain. This market will be located at the end of Blvd Fremont, on your way to Las Conchas. This will also be the site of a planned macro-park. The city is also in planning stages for two local museums. One will focus on the Sea of Cortez, while the other will be geared towards the history of Rocky Point.
• Infrastructure -The governor of the state of Sonora, Claudia Pavlovich made a trip to Rocky Point last month, during which she has committed to investing 400 million pesos into our infrastructure and home port success!

    Ruidoso News

Village leaders met Saturday evening to talk about the Mexico problem, and nobody said a single word about higher border walls or deportations.

On the contrary, the problem under discussion was how to establish closer cross-border relations, and the solution was already at hand - a sister city for Ruidoso south of the border.

The new relation is Puerto Pe�asco, but its mayor, Kiko Munro, prefers to use the name the site was first given by a retired British naval officer looking for pearls and precious metals there nearly 200 years ago. Robert William Hale Hardy scanned the barren shoreline through his telescope in 1826 and christened it Rocky Point.

"We're branding our hometown so we can make it an international site for visitors and investors," Munro explained during a reception at the Elegante Lodge near the convention center. "Rocky Point is easier to remember."

Munro's answer suggests why village development director Greg Cory decided years ago that Rocky Point and Ruidoso would be ideal partners and allies with a lot to learn from each other.

At first glance, the two towns don't have much in common. Rocky Point is home to more than 50,000 people. It sits in Sonora desert at sea level, on the narrow northern shore of the Sea of Cortez. It was first established as a fishing village. Nowadays most of its U.S. visitors come from Arizona, Nevada and California.

But Cory said Saturday he made the 600-mile trip to the town several times in recent years and was struck hard by its underlying similarities with Ruidoso.

"We wanted them," Cory said. "It's a remote resort community with a large number of second home owners. It has water issues. Tourism and real estate are their prime economic drivers."

Munro agreed with all that and added another point of common experience.

"We have struggled alike," Munro added. "Since 2008 we have both been recuperating, Ruidoso from the hurricane damage and Rocky Point from the recession."

Cory said the new sister city pact accomplishes a mission he took on a decade ago when he was Chamber of Commerce president. But things didn't really start happening until last summer when Cory teamed up with chamber director Becky Brooks to get Ruidoso into Sister Cities International.

That organization referred them late last year to the Mexican consulate in Albuquerque.

"Their consul, Efren Leyva, was very responsive," Cory said. "He picked up the ball, and within 36 hours we had an agreement with Puerto Pe�asco."

Leyva and several of his staff members were here Saturday evening to bless the partnership they had brokered and to stage a display of Mexican folkloric costumes for reception guests to admire.

"It's not hard to build friendship when both sides want to be friends," Leyva said. "This will be good for the futures of both towns."

Munro said the next step would probably be an exchange of trade delegations. Then he said village leaders would be invited to Rocky Point to talk about ideas for improving government services. Munro said he was already impressed by the village's strategic planning process and Ruidoso's emergency notification systems. Cory said he wanted a closer look at Rocky Point's special policing policies for tourists.

After that there will be teacher and student exchange visits and cultural events in both towns, and the relationship can grow from there in whatever direction the two sides want it to.

"We have quite a bit in common," Munro said. "We both experience seasonal influxes of tourists. I think we can learn from each other. I think it's going to be good."

Rocky Point already has several other sister cities, including Fremont, CA, and Pima County, Arizona, where Tucson is located, plus others within Mexico. But large families of sister cities are common. Chicago has nearly 30 sister city pacts. Munro said Ruidoso would not have to stand in line for attention.

"We appreciate the fact that we are the first sister city of your village," he said. "We take that responsibility seriously."

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Most adjectives in Spanish go after the noun which they qualify or modify, although there are many exceptions, and the language gives its students plenty of flexibility without necessarily violating some especially-thorny grammatical point.

Some adjectives go before the noun, others can go before or after, and still others change their meaning depending on whether they precede or follow the noun.

One more or less reliable rule-of-thumb is that adjectives which differentiate an object from others of its kind - el coche azul (the blue car), la mesa redonda (the round table) - are placed after the noun, while those that underscore the quality of a thing precede the noun - una gran idea (a great idea), un perfecto caballero (a perfect gentleman), qu� lindos ni�os  (what lovely children).

Some examples of adjectives that precede the noun are those of quantity or number. Los primeros d�as del mes (the first days of the month), el cuarto poder (the fourth estate).

Adjectives of color, shape, and status almost always go after the noun, although even here there is poetic license. Others can go quite comfortably before or after - La pr�xima semana (next week)  or la semana pr�xima are equally acceptable. Likewise, una ola enorme (a giant wave) or una enorme ola are both correct.

There are also adjectives that have different meanings depending whether they are applied before or after the noun they modify:

Es la �nica l�mpara que tengo (It's the only lamp I have); Esa l�mpara es �nica (That lamp is unique);

�l es un perfecto tonto. He is an unmitigated fool; Fue un d�a perfecto. It was a perfect day;

En la tienda venden puro jugo. In the shop they only sell juice; En la tienda venden jugo puro. (In the shop they sell pure [unadulterated] juice).

Set expressions such as bellas artes, (fine arts),  have the adjective first. Buenas noches (less common, but also used, is buena noche) is good night, while Noche Buena means Christmas Eve.

In some cases, choosing whether to put the adjective before or after the noun can depend on whether you want to impress upon the listener the thing itself or the quality of it. Un tremendo ruido (a tremendous noise) suggests noise is objectionable, while un ruido tremendo stresses how loud it was.  This is somewhat subjective, although writers-and especially poets-will move the order around for effect.

When several adjectives are applied, they can be grouped before, after, or on either side of the noun, usually following the same rules and patterns as single adjectives, although it's unusual to string several together as you would in English without "y" in-between: It was a cold windy day - Fue un d�a fr�o y ventoso; Beautiful red leaves - Hermosas hojas rojas; The last gray autumn days. Los �ltimos d�as grises de oto�o.

As examples here indicate, adjectives follow the same endings rules as nouns for masculine and feminine, singular and plural. One irregularity: Mi tercer aniversario. My third anniversary, but  Rey Ricardo Tercero de Inglaterra. King Richard the Third of England. El primer cap�tulo, (The first chapter) but el cap�tulo primero.