“It’s a good thing that Lake Chapala is the epicenter of serendipity and coincidence,” says artist Kim Tolleson, “because you sure can’t tell what will happen here next.” 

Lake Chapala Baptist 

“This week we talk about the birth of Jesus,” says Brother Bob Hendrick of the Lake Chapala Baptist Church. “Our focus, however, is not on a manger in Bethlehem, but rather on the story a twin brother named Jacob whose story leads to that manger and beyond. 

The board of the educational organization Niños de Chapala y Ajijic honored five volunteer English teachers and their students who have completed their current level of study in the extracurricular English classes during the group’s posada on Saturday, December 12. The language classes are held without cost for the financially challenged. 

Music, in all of its genres, thrives at Lake Chapala. The area seems awash with musicians of every ilk. It must be the laid-back nature of music makers that allow them to so easily flow into the rhythm of a new place, picking up companions and experiences like quarter note leads to the verse.

Lakeside retiree Graciela Estrada, 75, won six medals, more than any other athlete present, during the November 28-29 Track and Field International Championship in Dolores Hidalgo, Guanajuato.

Last spring, local senior fitness expert Ron Krayewski was diagnosed with malignant tumors in his brain.