Friends and fans of Agustin Vazquez will be pleased to learn that the widely admired San Juan Cosala restaurateur and community leader is now on the mend following a recent health scare.

The Texas BBQ feast held August 10 at the Ajijic plaza was rated as a big hit among the predominantly expat crowd of more than 200 who turned out to support village improvement projects. 

On Saturday, August 2, maestros Jose Luis Cortez, an award-winning ceramicist from Tonala, and Jose Manuel Robles, a painter from Tlaquepaque, spoke to the children at the Lake Chapala Society (LCS) Children’s Art Program about the importance of Mexican Folk Art and helped them with ideas for their artwork.  

Libby Townsend’s second annual Tarahumara Rain Dance drew a crowd of 40 lakesiders intent upon conjuring up the good graces of Mother Nature and lending support to the Complejo Asistencial Clinica Santa Teresita located in Creel, Chihuahua.

A throng of Ajijic youngsters and their parents patiently lined up for a long wait at the foot of the Ajijic plaza bandstand last Sunday as a village couple and a band of helpers doled out close to 400 packets of free school supplies. 

In a bombshell announcement coming at the tail end of the academic year, administrators of the lakeside’s Roosevelt School informed staff, students and parents that the institution was shutting the doors, ceasing operations for the 2013-2014 term.