As is customary, San  Antonio Tlayacapan will celebrate Mexico’s Independence with belated festivities, scheduled for this weekend.

Looking for places to go to join your Mexican neighbors in celebrating the nation’s independence? Here is a brief guide to patriotic happenings going on this weekend in lakeside’s principal communities.

The Country Club de Chapala’s 15th annual golf tournament to benefit the Chapala Red Cross will be held Thursday, November 8, and club officers are hoping this year’s event will be the most successful in its history.

A record number of 50 students will receive financial support from the University Vocational Assistance (UVA) Scholarship Fund this fall/winter. The funds were handed out a recent biannual “check-day” ceremony hosted by UVA.

Chapala Garden Club members and guests will tour Casa Philea, the imposing Mediterranean-style villa in Jocotepec owned by expats Shan and John Coulton, on Wednesday, September 19.

Lake Chapala Baptist

The old adage is, “sticks and stones may break my bones, but names will never hurt me.” Is that true?