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The Jaltemba Express


The Almost Daily Newspaper for Jaltemba Bay and Surrounding Areas  Circulation 1626


Los Ayala Photograph by Bill Bell

Photo taken from Bob and Suzy's House on the hill


Good Morning - Buenos días.... and Welcome to Paradise

Wednesday January 31, 2007

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HEADLINES


Gay Mexican man gets asylum in U.S. – Click here

Cold spell kills over 5,000 farm animals in northern Mexico – Click here

7 US-Mexico Border Tunnels are Unfilled Raising Security Concerns

- Click here

Calderón not bothered by LatAm leftists – Click here

Sports club to retrofit all its gyms, avoids suit – Click here

 


JALTEMBA NEWS & NOTES


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Today’s Best Pics

 

Riding Horses in Los Ayala
 

 

 

 

 

Eric Nice Plays Mateja’s

Eric Nice will play tunes at Matejas Bar and grill today from 2 to 4. He has agreed to play here for the remainder of the season on Wednesdays, Saturdays and Sundays.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

“CARNIVAL 2007”

La Peñita de Jaltemba Nayarit from Feb 17 to 20.

We invite you to enjoy this carnival and most of all to join us in all activities upcoming

SATURDAY Feb 17  8:00pm beginning of the carnival:

Starting on main street (La Avenida) with the whole town participating in a parade with all the authorities from this county and people from our town. With a musical band following all the way to the rodeo ring Las Isabeles where there will be a rodeo with horse and bull riding and a dance afterwards...FREE!!!!

 

SUNDAY Feb 18  3:00pm great rodeo challenge !!

The two best teams of charros will go head to head. CHARROS DE PUERTO VALLARTA V.S. CHARROS DE HACIENDA LA PUYECA FROM COLIMA. At the end of the rodeo there will be a dance with BANDA MATONA at the rodeo ring Las Isabeles

$100.00 (one hundred pesos) for both of these events.

 

MONDAY Feb 19   8:00pm - 12pm

FREE DANCE ON THE AVENIDA. Come and have fun.

 

TUESDAY Feb 20   Starting at 10:00am

A great parade starting on the Avenida (at the bus stop) with all the schools, hotels, charros and the whole town. Join us and wear a great disguise.

At 5:00pm rodeo/dance at the rodeo ring. Las Isabeles with the internacional band “Original Banda Limon” de Don Salvador Lizarraga from Mazatlan Sinaloa, grupo Duranguense, “La Brigada de la Sierra and grupo norteño “Los Indomables” bulls from “La Guadalupana” and bareback riders from Ruiz Nayarit.

Come and enjoy yourself. $150.00 pesos

Ticket sales at these meat markets:  Miramar, La Nayarita, and Nayarita II   

Annual Margarita Challenge -- Tickets are Sold Out!
We have room for 2 more Contestants and additional Silent Auction Items -- Remember, all proceeds go to charity!
For those of you who have tickets, consider yourself lucky! We just sold the last ticket this morning!
We only have room for 2 MORE CONTESTANTS to participate. If you think you have a winning margarita recipe, email me now at MexicanaAlly@att.net. You can enter either category -- traditional (lime) or exotic (anything other than lime). And be sure to prepare a short song and dance, because the judges are expecting to be entertained.
Remember, all proceeds from the SILENT AUCTION go to charity. Please bring your items to Bob Howell (Flamingos #14, Guayabitos) ASAP so we can get them organized before the event. Hope to see you all there!


AMIGOS DE LO DE MARCOS INAUGURAL MEETING TODAY
WHO: All full or part time residents, native and foreign
WHEN: Wednesday, January 31, 2007, 11:00 am
WHERE: Marguerite’s Restaurant----Calle Luis Echeveria
WHAT: A discussion about ways the foreign and native residents can better integrate for the betterment of the Lo de Marcos community

Ginger’s Back - Medical System PraisedJaimie gives ginger a big hug

For two years Ginger has suffered with a bad pain in the back. She and the medical community back home thought it was her sitaica…..Numerous tests and numerous doctors’ appointments in Oregon didn’t alleviate the pain. There were no definitive answers and certainly no help.

Ginger just hasn’t been herself and certainly the “terror on the golf course” was not to be seen on the greens.

But that is all old news. Today Ginger looks radiant once again. The spicy Italian Virginia is ecstatic about the surgery to her legs. SHE IS NO LONGER IN CONSTANT PAIN. She and husband Byron can’t praise the medical staff at the  Cornerstone Hospital in Puerto Vallarta enough. They talk about tests and results being performed immediately. They rave about the chief surgeon for the operation flying down from Guadalajara just for her. The attentive care of the staff. Ginger has her life back.

Welcome home Virginia!

(She wants to give a special hello to her grandkids Derek and Jon. Guys your grandma looks hot.)

La Peñita School Has FansTeacher Jorge Vivanro and George along with children admire new ceiling fansLa Peñita Deputy Mayor Pedro Figuaroa

A La Peñita school has fans here and in Saskatoon. La Peñita Deputy Mayor Pedro Figuaroa was at the school yesterday with wife Martha to celebrate the installation of the new fans and basketball hoops. The money for this equipment and a dozen or so softballs came from a group of Saskatoon visitors and residents headed by Doug and Karen Martin. The group has an auction in Canada for Zaney Mexican Items and the proceeds are donated to charity or good works. They raised over 3500 pesos.

Many of the group have stayed at the Hotel California and were convinced by George and Martha that this was a needy school that would greatly benefit from just a few dollars. The dollars were stretched a long way. Each of the two classrooms has fans that can blow your socks off and are sure to keep the youngsters cool in the high temps.

Teacher Jorge Gutierrez Vivanro looked pleased as he stood outside proudly at the basketball hoops. The small cemented court will provide inexpensive activities for the children. Already there are plans for a makeshift bowling game.

Thank you all. George and Martha for helping bring together two communities, getting the equipment and ensuring that every penny was well spent. To the very generous Saskatoon folks who remembered their tiny community when they returned to their Northern home and to Deputy Mayor Pedro Figuaroa who personally installed the fans in the classrooms

Feb. 22-25: 7th Annual San Pancho Music Fest:

This event offers a bi-cultural  showcase of volunteer musical talent. It is a "happening," not a totally planned and scheduled event. There is no entry charge and nothing is sold. All musicians are welcome; everyone else is invited to come and listen and enjoy the festival. Musicians need an audience, and an audience needs someone on stage - spread the word. Maps of San Pancho's restaurants are available, or bring your own sandwiches, beverages and chairs.

Music/Practice Schedule:

Tues-Fri: Open stage during the day for sound checks, jamming and scheduled musicians. 

Thurs. Feb. 22: 7pm-The Redneck Mothers

Fri. Feb. 23: pm-Frida's Eyebrow, a talented group of local musicians led by Dana and Bob "Q" of San Pancho

Sat. Feb. 24: 2-10pm-live music, some planned but most are walk-ons; 4pm-Kindergarten of San Pancho

Sun. Feb. 25: 12-2pm-Spiritual music; 2-10pm-live music, some planned and some walk-ons; 4pm-Kindergarten of San Pancho; 8:30pm-Gallo & Friends will close the festival.

 

Tianguis HARDWARE TOOL SalesEnrique Gomez Pina

Our favorite hardware store on the corner of Highway 200 and the Avenida is having a sale for his American and Canadian friends. Starting this Thursday, a 10% discount will be given on all TRUPER Tools. Drop in and see what he’s got.

Enrique Gomez Pina is the manager of Ferretaria Jaltemba located on the Avenida on the left hand side as you turn off Highway 200.  Friendly, helpful and understands English.   Mr. Pina will order in the part or hardware device that you need and once in while he will even let you try and find it in the back...a special treat for those us who miss the self serve back home.
 

 

5th Annual Fundraiser Fashion Show
Reserve Now for this Always-a-hit Event

Monday, February 26, 2007 at Estancia San Carlos
Lunch at 12:00 Fashion Show at 1:30
Cost: $225 pesos for Lunch and Presentation
There will be a No Host Bar, raffles, door prizes, items for sale by local artisans, and entertainment. The proceeds will go to La Tercera Edad - the Senior Center in La Peñita to assist in building a kitchen for the center. Tickets will be available as soon.  Reservations can be made by e-mailing gerst4000@hotmail.com.

Ticket sales will be limited, so reserve your space early.

SUPER BOWL PARTY – Hinde & Jaime’s ANNEX Tickets are now on Sale! 150 pesos I survived tee shirts too!

Plans have been approved by the boss” says Jaimes. “We’re going to have a Huge Superbowl Party in the Annex.”

Hinde and Jaimes will be hosting their Annual Super bowl Party once again this year at their new location. The H & J Annex is located 20 feet from their front door and gives the expected crowd lots of room…

There will be a BIG SCREEN TV so everyone can view the game. Mexican Entertainment will be provided by Roberto Curiel – a wonderful vocalist from Guadalajara who belts out Mexican Favorites.

Go to the restaurant now to sign up for a variety of pools. This is a MUST GO for all sports fans. Click Here

 

Los Ayalas School fundraiser

Click Here for more Information

 


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Art and Julie Gariepy from Topinabee, Michigan

My husband reads your Jaltemba Express every day, and keeps showing me things. He just had you post the ad regarding Las Mariposas in San Pancho.

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Judy Cuenca

OLD STYLE COUNTRY MUSIC – Cindy & Hudd

Good morning. Thanks for providing such a great newspaper. Cindy and Hudd would like to invite all our old friends back to

 'HINDE AND JAIME'S'

this Thursday at 6 pm for our brand of older style country music.

We would also like to invite anyone who likes the older type music to join us and sample some of HINDE'S famous and well known dinners.

We especially like to have the dancers.

Starts at 6PM and probably over by 7.30 as Cindy has to build up her fingers .

Hudd

EMS UPDATE

Last Saturday night at the Plaza in Guayabitos was great. The people enjoyed the Music and fire works. Due to the cold weather the Beer sales were slow but the people were great at digging into their pockets for donations. We raised another 3600 peso. THANKS TO ALL. We now have 16,000 plus. Our Defibrillator is approximately $3,000. US. We are also hoping to buy Portable Oximetres. The dream of the Defibrillator is close to reality and we have 2 more weeks at the Plaza in hopes of accomplishing this. Please come out and enjoy the entertainment and of course drink Beer or add to the donations.

Since putting this info in this paper I have been told that a lot of people did not realize we now have this service. We were able to get Protection Civil in one year ago (Jan. 23 2006) since then we have averaged 60 calls per month. This includes all the highway accidents and out areas between Las Varas and Lo de Marco. The 2 hospitals that we use are San Poncho and Las Varas. If necessary we also go to P.V. and Tepic. The State supplies this service as far as the wages for the men and the equipment. When I say equipment this is the trucks, ambulance and fire. The added equipment like life helping are at a minimum and are needed, medicines, defibrillators etc.

We had a request from an area to help with LIFE SAVING and WATER RESCUE. Life saving courses are obtainable here but have been unable to date to find available at this time someone to teach the Water Rescue. If anyone is experienced in this field could you please contact me at 274-1193. I will keep people up dated or if interested drop by the office at the entrance at Guayabitos. ALL HELP APPRECIATED.

 Diane Bell

Hi Bells.  Just a short note letting everyone know how much we miss 
life around Jaltemba Bay.  One day back to work had me scuttling home 
to read all the back issues of the express that I had missed on the 
drive home. Hi to all our friends at La Penita RV park and from 
Jaltemba Bay animal rescue.  Thanks to Carole for finding us a new 
spot after we overstayed our welcome.
If you find 2 of those lots/fixer uppers of your dreams keep us in mind!
See you in November, Heather Erickson
 


La Peñita hits the big time in Montréal's Gazette


We had some visitors last week and although they didn't expect to like us, the life and food editor of Quebec´s largest English Language Daily came away loving Jaltemba Bay...who could blame him.  The following is his report

 

  • German food? We must be in Mexico

    LA PENITA, Mexico – Up and down the Pacific coast of Mexico are small beach towns with distinct gringo subcultures.
    I almost didn’t want to head down this way because I knew I’d be meeting a lot of people just like myself – Americans and Canadians on holiday, many on extended six-month holidays, and some who had quit their old lives altogether to start a new life here.
    What’s the point of flying through two time zones and over  several mountain ranges, only to meet the same people you left behind (even though the weather is warmer)?
    The answer is that this isn’t Disney World. The Nortamericanos who come to places like La Penita don’t expect vacuum-sealed five-star accommodations. They don’t freak out when the hot water and Internet go down. The old-timers speak fluent Spanish, buy their groceries at the local market, invest their time and energy in their houses and local businesses, and generally do the things other Mexicans do. These really aren’t the same people we left behind in Montreal.
    The Canadians we meet are Canadian Mexicans. The Mexico we’re visiting on the Pacific coast isn’t less pure because of them. Is Montreal less pure because of its immigrants, or is it a new and different Montreal?
     As more development comes to this region, as high-rise condos and gated communities build physical and social walls between gringo and Mexicano, the culture will change. But for now, the two solitudes do mix.
    Usually, at least. The gringos still participate in certain rituals that are distinctly their own.
    Like Friday nights at the Bavarian Garden, on the coastal highway at the edge of this town about an hour’s drive north of Puerto Vallarta. Friday night is buffet night at the Bavarian. For 90 pesos (about $9), you get to line up for a plateful of sweet ribs, smooth mashed potatoes, a sausage, and sweet-tangy piles of sauerkraut and pickled beets.
    It’s no less Mexican than the stir-fry Chinese food we had for lunch downtown, is it?
    What’s striking here is the crowd. It’s as if an alert went out on the Emergency Broadcast Network urging all Canadians and Americans to report for their German food. You see every gringo face that you noticed on the streets of La Penita during the week, and you do notice them. They don’t ask questions; they just show up.
    Every Friday night, every seat is filled at the long white plastic tables at the oudoor terrace on the edge of the road. The Redneck Mothers, a band of ex-pats, are playing their weekly gig of soft country tunes, serenading the older couples on the dance floor who shuffle around the customers lining up at the buffet.
    It’s reunion time, even for my wife Monique and I, who have been here only a week. We see former B.C. resident Bill Bell, who with wife Dorothy runs the popular website Ontheroadin.com for the RV crowd. There’s Eleanor, the woman we met at Jaimie and Hindie’s local-hangout restaurant-bar.  And there’s Susana Escobido, who drove all the way down from Chacala, a tiny beach town a half-hour away, with sons Casey and Randy and husband Poncie. We stayed at her B&B two days ago and had no idea she was coming. We introduce them to our old friends (five-day-old) Eric and Laura and their 19-month-old son Forest, from Washington State.
    Here come the frozen margaritas. The pork ribs are fall-off-the- bone tender, the sausage is juicy and perfumed with sage, every mouthful from the plate sings of sweetness, vinegar and friendship.
    “Wasting away again in Margaritaville,” the Redneck Mothers  sing, “searching for my lost shaker of salt.”
    They couldn’t have known I was coming, could they?

Animal Rescue


Thank You! Thank You! Thank you!
To all the fabulous volunteers & generous donors who helped make the first ever Lo de Marcos spay/neuter clinic a great success, both in the Quantity of animals fixed & in the quality of care given them!

Without you the clinic could not have happened, & we are forever grateful! To work with so many concerned & caring people, so many of who worked tirelessly for long hours under less than ideal conditions, was a marvelous, memorable experience! Also marvelous was to experience the appreciation of the community residents whose animal friends were fixed and who understand the importance of controlling/reducing the dog & cat population!
In all, 89 animals were fixed (35 female dogs, 25 female cats, 16 male dogs, 13 male cats), & there were 11 additional consultations. All animals were dewormed & treated for fleas/ticks, & all animals that underwent surgery recovered and were either returned to their original owners or adopted. Only a few remain in foster care awaiting adoption. If you are interested in adopting an animal, young or adult, please contact one of us!
After all expenses, $6,140.87 pesos remain in the Lo de Marcos spay/neuter fund that can help pay for another clinic next winter season. We need & welcome your suggestions and feedback, & we & the animals would be blessed by your continued compassion & assistance! Most sincerely,
Ann Embury-Lewis, Karen Olesen, Anne Henshaw, Melanie Blair
 


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