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Somerton signs sister city agreement with Puerto Peñasco

KAWC | By Victor Calderón
Published June 14, 2022 at 11:23 AM MST
Somerton Mayor Jerry Anaya, third from left, and other city leaders met with Puerto Peñasco Mayor Jorge Pivac Carrillo, second from left, to sign a sister city agreement on Thursday, June 9, 2022 in Puerto Peñasco. Also attending were, left to right from Anaya, City Manager Gerardo Cabrera, Economic Development Director Marlene Lara and City Attorney Jorge Lozano.
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Somerton Mayor Jerry Anaya, third from left, and other city leaders met with Puerto Peñasco Mayor Jorge Pivac Carrillo, second from left, to sign a sister city agreement on Thursday, June 9, 2022 in Puerto Peñasco. Also attending were, left to right from Anaya, City Manager Gerardo Cabrera, Economic Development Director Marlene Lara and City Attorney Jorge Lozano.

Somerton signed a sister city agreement last week. And it’s somewhere familiar to Yuma County and Arizona residents.

Somerton Mayor Jerry Anaya and other city leaders signed the agreement with Puerto Peñasco. It’s also known as Rocky Point.

Mayor Anaya and Jorge Pivac Carrillo, the Mayor of Puerto Peñasco, signed the agreement during the Festival Regional de Pesca y Acuacultura (Regional Festival of Fishing and Aquaculture) Sonora 2022.

This is a ratification of an agreement first signed in 2017.

Somerton Economic Development Director Marlene Lara represented the city and the 4FrontED Binational Megaregion in a panel at the festival organized by CEDO Intercultural.
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Victor Calderón
Victor is originally from West Sacramento, California and has lived in Arizona for more than five years. He began his print journalism career in 2004 following his graduation from Georgetown University in Washington D.C. Victor has been a reporter for the following daily newspapers: The Monterey County Herald, The Salinas Californian and the Reno Gazette-Journal, where he covered stories including agriculture, education and Latino community news. Victor has also served as a local editor for Patch, a national news organization with hyperlocal websites, in Carmichael, California in the Sacramento area. He also served as the editor for The New Vision, the newspaper for the Roman Catholic Diocese of Tucson, which includes Yuma and La Paz counties. Victor lives in Somerton. He enjoys spending time with his family and friends and following most sports.
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