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The Jaltemba Express
The Almost Daily Newspaper for Jaltemba Bay and Surrounding Areas Circulation 1266
Aschenbrennner Hands Over Dough
The Fall Fundraiser was a great hit. It is absolutely wonderful that folks came together to help support the needy in the area.
Treasurer for the Fall Fundraiser, Jerry Aschenbrenner has presented Bob Howell and Vicky Flores - Fund Administrators with 45,000 pesos raised at the December 15, 2006 event.
Bob & Vicky are most appreciative for the efforts of the Jaltemba Express, Hotel California, organizers, volunteers, contributors and successful bidders; making this the most successful fundraiser held to date; raising twice as much as in 2005. Funds raised will be go a long way in helping Bob & Vicky with the large task of helping the needy in the area.
Plans are already underway for the 2007 fundraiser!
Good Morning - Buenos días.... and Welcome to Paradise
Thursday January 4, 2007...back to sunshine and great times
Headlines
UN Appoints Mexican to Top Humanitarian Post - Click here
Zapatistas Continue to Wear Black Ski Masks - Click here
Calderon: Long Drawn-out Offensive Against Drugs - Click here
Jaltemba News & Notes
San Pancho Music Fest 19-25 FEBRUARY
Started in 2001, the San Pancho Music Fest began with 12 performers in one day and grew to 116 performers over three days for the 6th annual event held in February of 2006.
On the last weekend of every February, a musical show is held in the Jardin de Grillo of Casa Puerco, #9 Calle Africa, San Francisco (San Pancho), Nayarit, Mexico.
The purpose of this fest is to show off the tranquil village of San Pancho, the musical talent of those residents who live in or are visiting the area, provide a common thread of joy between the cultural mix of those who reside in and visit the area.
THERE IS NO ADMISSION CHARGED. MUSICIANS PERFORM FOR FREE. NOTHING IS SOLD.
2007 SCHEDULE 19-25 FEBRUARY
MONDAY-FRIDAY The stage, sound & lighting is free and open for sound checks and jamming 9 am to 5 pm
OPEN PERFORMANCES (ALL NAYARIT TIME)
THURSDAY 6 pm to 9 pm
FRIDAY 6 pm to 9 pm "FRIDA'S EYEBROWS"
SATURDAY 2 pm to 10 pm - OPEN MIKE
SUNDAY 12 pm to 2 pm SPIRITUAL MUSIC
SUNDAY 2 pm to 9 pm OPEN MIKE
SUNDAY 9pm CLOSING WITH GALLO AND FRIENDS
9th Annual "el Famoso" Horseshoe Tourney Update
Those of you that wish to donate a raffle prize bring to the directors table the day of the event or give to Jan, Bill, Genie or Harry prior to the horseshoe event..
T-Shirts
Rumor is that all pithcers/staff volunteers will be receiving 2007 "EL FAMOSO" tee shirts... This is the first edition/collectors handed out to all participants....
The proceeds of the Horseshoe event will go towards the needy - administered by Bob Howell and Vicky Flores - Fund Administrators
La Peñita NEIGHBORHOOD WATCH
The La Peñita Neighborhood Watch meeting will take place on January 9 at 4:00PM at the Hotel California. This is for all residents of La Peñita. You do not need to be a property owner to attend.
If you are concerned about keeping La Peñita a quaint, safe, clean village attend this meeting. Contact anesthesia94@yahoo.ca for more details.
Hotel California Donates Dinner for FORE!
Jorge Aceves Gives for Golf For a Cure
Steak? Those Famous Shrimpballs? What'll it be? Jorge has donated a dinner for FORE from the Hotel California to the 1st Annual Community Golf Challenge, on February 25, 2007, the Field of Dreams Golf Course, Campo Ensueño. Teams from throughout the Bay Area will compete for the Jaltemba Cup - the Best Golfers in the area. Each community will challenge the others to determine which Town receives the Cup. We are expecting a sell out crowd of 150 people including players, audience and media. All proceeds will go to Cancer Research, specifically the Dana-Farber Research Hospital in Boston, associated with Harvard Medical School. Their work has been a benefit to cancer patients throughout the world and they continue to be a leader in the field of cancer research.
The event will attract a large number of people because it involves community pride - the Best Golfers in the area. Each town will have at least one team representing their community. It will also have a number of smaller events within the event; Driving Competition, Putting Competition and potentially best Cheerleading Squad. The goal is to have a fun event and to raise money for a Cure to this deadly disease that has touched all of our lives.
HAMMOCKS FOR HOUNDS
Hala has pulled through again!
Without a doubt, Hala's got the most gorgeous hammocks in the Bay Area. She has personally selected the best craftspeople in Merida and has worked with them to produce some of the most sought after hammocks in the country. These aren't the kind that you will toss after one season. No. She has selected the best fibers, the tightest weaves to ensure you get quality when you buy from her shop.
Once again, Hala has opened her heart to the community and given the Animal Rescue Group a Hammock to kick start their fundraising efforts. It is a beautiful brightly covered hammock chair, one of her most popular sellers, that will keep you swinging in your home in Paradise. It is the perfect gift for tourist or residents alike.
Carole Thacker at the La Peñita RV Resort and Spa will be auctioning this hammock chair as well as a few other great prizes in the next few weeks. You can purchase tickets from her at the La Peñita RV Park at Taco Tuesday and Hamburger Nights. If you are not a Park resident and wish to purchase a ticket write editor@ontheroadin.com and we will make sure you can get a ticket.
Repairs for the Bridge of Life
DO SOMETHING REALLY GREAT FOR EVERYONE AROUND YOU
Volunteers urgently needed to donate time and /or money to fix the walk and bike suspension bridge between La Peñita and Rincon on January 7th 2007 PLEASE MEET at the BRIDGE at 0700am. The estimate to fix is 1300USD and volunteers will be adding and pulling cable, replacing screws and boards, installing new cyclone fencing, installing two posts to stop the motorized vehicles that are tearing up the bridge, two trash barrels at each end. THE ONLY ONE WHO WILL APPRECIATE THIS IS THOSE WHO USE THE BRIDGE - BUT THE ONLY ONE WHO WILL REPAIR THE BRIDGE IS YOURemember folks that this is your community newspaper...if you would like to contribute any article, photograph, event or ad please feel free to by writing editor@ontheroadin.com
Letters to the Editor
SUBSCRIPTIONS
Editor,
Please add my vecina to your mailing list. Thanks for the good work.
Susan Schrandt
Editor,
I would like to subscribe. Please add my email address. Thank you,
Roger Cormier
Editor,
Thanks for adding our name to your mailing list We got our first edition today. We will be visiting friends in Rincon in Feb and are so excited to hear all the news about life in La Peñita and Rincon. I loved the restaurant reviews. See you in Feb Mad and Mark.
Dianna
Editor,
We LOVE your Jaltemba Express, and would like to subscribe to it. Our winter home is La Peñita and you are doing a wonderful job keeping us all informed!
Thanks to you both for all your dedicated hard work!
Jan and Elaine
FEATURE ARTICLE
Editor,
Thank you for the piece on Gifford and Esther Newlon (Feature Article). It is a nice tribute to our dear friends!
Jill Koncar - Salt Lake City
SAN PANCHO MUSIC FEST
Editor,
You might want to add The San Pancho Music fest, 22-25 February, to your upcoming events calendar. All musicians and spectators are welcome. "We charge nothing, Pay nothing, and Sell nothing"
John and Trish Alexander
AD & DONATION
Hello Dorothy, here is a photo of the trailer, with ad again if you will please put it in your next newsletter. Many thanks, and our contribution of syringes and time is to the Spay and Neuter clinic.
Hilary Sampson
OFFENSE at SMUG CANADIANS ARTICLE
I take offense to the letter about smug Canadians. For ever we have had to put up with Americans and their attitude that they are the most important people on this planet. Anywhere you meet one, be it on vacation or doing business dealings, you can sense their feelings of superiority. Its about time Canadians started talking back and not let them push us around anymore.
The reason we compare to the US, is because that is all we see-on TV, in the movies, on vacation-everywhere we are exposed to their way of thinking.
If sticking up for our policies and condemning the states for wanting to run the world makes me a smug Canadian in the eyes of the Americans, then so be it. But in my eyes I will always be a proud, friendly Canadian. In fact, we are compared to Mexicans because we don't have to be the centre of attention and we don't take over areas and make them like our home towns and cities.
Kim Bullock
(Editors Note: We do not share you opinion. We think that individuals should be judged by their individual actions and not berated because they are one nationality or another. Our American neighbor can be equally boorish as our Canadian or Mexican one. Or absolutely wonderful….Here in Paradise we find that the latter is pretty much the case AND THAT’S WHY WE’RE HERE.)
Humor -
Favorite Things - Submitted by Jos
A Texas country boy sees a sign in the restaurant reading "Happy Hour Special: Lobster Tail & Beer"
"Lord almighty!" he says to himself, "My three favorite things."
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TRUTHS - by Cutshall
1. The nicest thing about the future is that it always starts tomorrow.
2. Money will buy a fine dog, but only kindness will make him wag his tail.
3. If you don't have a sense of humor, you probably don't have any sense at all.
4. Seat belts are not as confining as wheelchairs
5. A good time to keep your mouth shut is when you're in deep water.
6 How come it takes so little time for a child who is afraid of the dark to become a teenager who wants to stay out all night?
7. Business conventions are important because they demonstrate how many people a company can operate without.
8. Why is it that at class reunions you feel younger than everyone else looks?
9. Scratch a dog and you'll find a permanent job.
10. No one has more driving ambition than the boy who wants to buy a car!
11. There are no new sins; the old ones just get more publicity.
12. There are worse things than getting a call for a wrong number at 4 a.m.; it could be a right number.
13. Think about this..., No one ever says "It's only a game" when his team is winning.
14. I've reached the age where the happy hour is a nap.
15. Be careful reading the fine print. There's no way you're going to like it.
16. The trouble with bucket seats is that not everybody has the same size bucket.
17. Do you realize that in about 40 years, we'll have thousands of old ladies running around with tattoos? (And RAP music will be the Golden Oldies!)
18. Money can't buy happiness -- but somehow it's more comfortable to cry in a Corvette than in a Yugo.
19. After a certain age, if you don't wake up aching in every joint,you are probably dead.
Jaltemba Bay Animal Rescue
Contributions are Coming In! 1,340.34 USD
Tom and Bruce from Casa Libertad contributed $170.00, Linda M Caterer $100.00, Alexandrine Allard $50, Audrey Allard $50, Amélie Drolet $50, Charlotte Drolet $50, Julie Drolet $50, Pierre Etienne Drolet $50, Sarah Drolet $50, Anaïs Plante $50, Charles Plante $50, Cleo $25 (also a rescued dog!) & PicNic $25 (a dog Regine and Rene rescued from Los Ayala last year), Jane Hill $100.
Brenda and Jeff Bitkoff, Nina Steffins and Ed and Marylyn Doll for their kind offers of accommodation for the vets and their assistants.
Thanks to Nancy Milski and Rosalie Hope & Fay & Fred Hodson for their contributions of lunch for a day at the clinic in Los Ayala. Deb and Rick Martin and Heather and Rob Erickson who dropped off catheters, stethoscopes and other medical supplies.
Barry, Sheila and Pauline - over $200 of IV supplies, stethoscope, and linens
Dr. Jeff Schucker and Staff, VCA Feist Animal Hospital - Supplies
Current Needs
1 Volunteers to help with lunches and refreshments during the clinic
2.Volunteers to help with the clinic
3.Donations
Many thanks to those of you who have donated!
Lin ( linchimes@hotmail.com)
YOU may now give directly to the Animal Rescue fund. PLEASE GIVE BY CLICKING THE BUTTON BELOW All donations will be listed the following day
Speak Spanish - That Should be Your Goal! Learn Spanish Today
Can you Speak Spanish? How long have you been studying Spanish? Between high school classes, college classes and you own efforts you could easily have a couple years already under your belt. During this time you have likely built up a good Spanish vocabulary, along with a basic understanding of Spanish verb conjugation. But can you speak Spanish?
Why is speaking Spanish so hard? Would you feel comfortable approaching a native Spanish speaker and starting a conversation? Why not? Why is it so hard to speak Spanish even after years of study?
Beginning high school and college Spanish classes, as well as most self study Spanish courses start off by teaching vocabulary and verb conjugation. You practice speaking, but the focus is on the individual word or phrase. Lists of words are memorized and tests are given on verb conjugation. So when it comes time to speak, the words and phrases are separate in your mind. It becomes a matter of trying to pull all the pieces together and form them all into a sensible sentence, not just speaking.
The key to becoming more comfortable in speaking situations is to practice and learn the sentences as a whole, not in separate pieces. This way when you are trying to remember what to say, the whole sentence pops in your mind, not just one word. You will speak Spanish more correctly, more fluently and more confidently than ever before.
The Visual Link Spanish Course allows you to utilize this effective way of learning and practice speaking Spanish. In our free online demo lessons, you can see how we utilize these strategies to truly teach you to speak Spanish. You will be able to recall everything you learn and words will come into your mind as a complete sentence not separate individual words. You will already be on your way to speaking Spanish more fluently and more confidently. |
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La Peñita RV Resort News & Notes
Raffle Tickets for Animal Rescue can be purchased on Taco Tuesday and Hamburger Night or at the Office
Spanish Classes
We have a Spanish teacher. She will be in the park 3 days per week, starting this week. There is a sign up sheet on the bulletin board.
NEW YEARS Special Thanks
A special thank you to Cheryl Sholan for the great New Years Eve party a t the pool side the other night...Cheryl and her helpers Cornel and Lori who were selling drinks, plus numerous others that helped with the decorations made it another special New Years Eve. But, it was Cheryl that spent several hours burning CD's for music, purchasing balloons, building those beautiful blue and white balloon arches, plus acting as "DJ with the mostest" that made it the big hit that it was.....Thanks Cheryl, LPRVP is fortunate to have a volunteer like yourself.
Linda & Jim Ross
Those of you that wish to donate a raffle prize bring
to the directors table the day of the event or give to
jan, bill, genie or harry prior to the horseshoe event..
Rumor is that all pitchers/staff volunteers will be
receiving 2007 "EL FAMOSO" tee shirts... this is the
first edition/collectors handed out to all
participants....
jimmy howell (tournament director) barbqueguy1@yahoo.com
Hinde and Jaimes   
Georges Sunset Bar and Grill
Wow Martha has outdone herself !!!! she will be making shrimp balls or BBQ your own steak (filet mignon) or half and half but here comes the yummy part......they all come with Martha's Mexican "sloppy joes" that's delicious CHICKEN MOLE ON A BUN...MMMM...MMM...MMMM...so see you here from 5pm till 9pm at the SUNSET BAR AND GRILL
PIZZA MADNESS
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For a more detailed description of Events Click here
JANUARY
Jan 9: La Peñita Home Owners Association
FEBRUARY
Feb 10 Annual Horseshoe Tournament - Check-in will be at Mateja Restaurant on the beach, Rincon de Guayabitos on Friday February 9, 2007. The Tournament is the next day.
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