Mac Whyte, interim president of the Satellite Rotary E-Club of Lake Chapala, is accepting pledges for the virtual walk from his home in San Juan Cosalá to Mexico City that he plans to complete by the end of February.

Juan Allera, director of a San Miguel de Allende sausage and cheese-making company, was the featured speaker at the October 20 meeting of the Culinary Arts Society of Ajijic (CASA). He offered the group insights on the fusion of French and Mexican food, and discussed the making of cheese and sausage in San Miguel, Guadalajara and at lakeside.

Operación Compasión, a community-driven initiative to provide free sterilization for the cats and dogs of families of limited resources living in the Jocotepec municipality, is sponsoring a fundraiser, the Spay-ghetti No Balls Dinner, on Saturday, November 22, from 5 to 8 p.m. at the Raquet Club.

The weather was perfect, the golf course was in great shape and the food spectacular – these forces combined to make the 11th Annual Cruz Roja Golf Classic at the Country Club de Chapala a huge success.

Rotarian Santiago R. Hernandez drew parallels between the dangers of the Ebola virus and polio at an October 24 World Polio Day meeting of the Rotary Club of Ajijic.

Among the headline annual holiday events at lakeside are the spectacular Christmas banquets prepared and served by students at the Jaltepec Education Center in Hotel and Hospitality Management.