A buffet breakfast/brunch will be served every Wednesday in March at Salvador’s in Ajijic to benefit the families of the victims of the May 2012 massacre at Lakeside. Food will be served from 8 a.m. until noon and cost 100 pesos.

The 7th Annual Lake Chapala Shrine Club Ribfest, held again at the beautiful Villa Encantada located on the curve heading into Chapala from Ajijic, is coming up on Wednesday, March 6, 2-6 p.m.

Dust off your Stetson, polish those cowboy boots and get ready for a rootin’-tootin’ weekend of fun as the 35th Mexican National Chili Cookoff blasts off Friday, February 22 for a three-day run at the Tobolandia Water Park.

Members of the Canadian Air Force Association held their seventh annual golf tournament at the Chapala Golf and Country Club on February 7.

The owners of an Ajijic bed and breakfast are spearheading a program to find sponsors to underwrite the education of children enrolled at a community center in an economically challenged Chapala neighborhood.

Life along Chapala’s north shore has quieted down again following two straight weeks of boisterous carousing that marked Carnaval festivities in Chapala and Ajijic.