New tax forms
There is a new information reporting form that United States taxpayers will start using this tax filing season to report specified foreign financial assets for tax year 2011. The Form 8938 (Statement of Specified Foreign Financial Assets) should be filed by taxpayers with specific types and amounts of foreign financial assets or foreign accounts. It is important for taxpayers to determine whether they are subject to this new requirement because the law imposes significant penalties for failing to comply. Form 8938, the instructions, regulations implementing this new foreign asset report and other information to help taxpayers determine if they are required to file Form 8938 is available on line at www.irs.gov/businesses/corporations/article/0,,id=251217,00.html.
Shriners
Getting together at the recent Shriners’ Potentate Ball at Lake Chapala were (L-R) Cesar Rubio of O’Rourke and Associates, the new president of the Lake Chapala Shrine Club; Master of Axixic 31 Masons Lodge Wes Weston and the new Anezeh Temple Potentate of Mexico and Guatemala, Graham Paull. Shriners do a lot of good work at Lakeside and in Mexico. Attend their Dine with the Shrine event on Friday, April 13 at Hacienda Ajijic’s steak house.
Pasta feed
American Legion Auxiliary Unit 7 will throw a “Hasta la Pasta” dinner on Thursday, April 12 with cocktails at 5 p.m. and dinner beginning at 6 p.m. at Post 7 headquarters, Morelos 114 in Chapala. The menu will be varied homemade pasta dishes with which diners can stuff themselves at will. Tickets are 70 pesos in advance and 80 pesos on the day of the event. Seating is limited.
Take home
American Legion Auxiliary Unit 7 will hold a “Take ‘n Bake” event on Wednesday, April 18, 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. (or until sold out). Besides the usual array of goodies for the sweet tooth, homemade dishes ready for the freezer, the oven or the microwave will be packaged up and ready to go. They come in handy for folks who live alone or those who would rather not spend too many hours stirring and chopping. The sale takes place at American Legion Post 7, Morelos 114 in Chapala.
Romantic
American Legion Post 7 will hold a “Wine and Roses” dinner on Wednesday, April 25. Cocktails at 5 p.m. and dinner at 6 p.m. The menu will feature premium rib-eye steaks in sautéed onions, twice-baked potatoes, Caesar salad and one glass of red or white wine. Dessert will be cheesecake with chocolate drizzle. Music for dancing will be by DJ Eduardo. Tickets are 170 pesos and on sale at Diane Pearl Colecciones in Ajijic. Seating is limited. Tickets must be purchased in advance.
Canadians
The Canadian Club of Lake Chapala invites you to meet Alberto Costales and hear him speak about the “number one” security problem in the Lake Chapala area on Wednesday, April 11, social hour at 3 p.m. and the program at 4 p.m. at La Nueva Posada, Donato Guerra 9 in Ajijic. The answer to much of the security problem is job creation through skills development programs.
The Club will also meet and elect and new slate of officers as snowbirds are bid a fond farewell for the summer. Everyone is welcome. There is a 50-peso charge for non-members (includes one 25-peso drink ticket. Check out the website at www.canadianclubmx.com.
Fly boys
The 904 (Lake Chapala-Mexico) Wing of the Air Force Association of Canada will hold its annual general meeting on Thursday, April 12, from 4 p.m. to 6 p.m. at La Nueva Posada, Donato Guerra 9 in Ajijic.
President John Prichard and members of the Executive Council will present their annual reports and talk about activities that took place during the past year. Past President Mike Briscoe, chairperson of the nominating committee, will present the nominees for the 2012-2013 Executive Council.
The guest speaker will be Colonel (retired) E.W. (Rick) Hardy, Officer of the Order of Military Merit, recipient of the United States Air Medal (awarded twice) and the Canadian Forces Service medal for more than 32 years of service.
Shrine dining
The next Dine with the Shrine event will be held on Friday, April 13, at Hacienda Ajijic’s steak house. Special dinners will be served from noon to 9 p.m. Restaurant owner Jorge Ancona Noriega has planned two great entrees at a cost of only 150 pesos.
Both begin with a house green salad. One entrée is beef fillet with baked potato or fettuccini. The second is fish fillet (sea bass) with rice or fettuccini. Tip, drinks and dessert are not included. Ancona will donate 100 percent of the special meal sales to the Lake Chapala Shrine club to benefit the club’s activities, most importantly helping Lakeside children with medical needs.
Make reservations by calling (376) 766-4906 or stop by the restaurant. Indicate that you will be coming for the special Shrine dinner. Get a group together and have some fun and a great meal in a great restaurant.
Because of community support, the Lake Chapala Shrine Club has helped nearly 500 children at a cost of more than 1.2 million pesos. The community’s continuing support for the Dine with the Shrine program is greatly appreciated and the Shriners look forward to seeing you on April 13.
Yard sale
The monthly yard sale at American Legion Post 7 won’t be held on the first Friday of the month in April. It’s set for Friday, April 13, 8:30 a.m. Vending space costs 25 pesos per table. Contact Susan English at 765-3303 for space.
St. Andrew’s Anglican
The Easter sermon by Father Winston Welty for Easter asks the question: “Afraid of Easter?” That seems to have been how the first witnesses reacted to Jesus’ resurrection, and it’s that very realistic response that may precede our own internalizing of the Easter message, since that message turns upside down everything we thought we knew. Easter worship at St. Andrew’s is at 9 a.m. and 11 a.m. with a full choir at both services and a time of fellowship, welcome and refreshment between the services. St. Andrew’s is located at Calle San Lucas 19 in Riberas del Pilar, just one block south of the Carretera.
Lakeside Presbyterian
Lakeside Presbyterian Church will hold a special Easter Sunrise Service on April 8, 8 a.m. at the Hole-in-One Restaurant with a free breakfast for everyone after the worship service. There will be a regular Sunday service at the church at 11 a.m. (special time because of the Sunrise service). The sermon by Pastor Ross Arnold will be “The Resurrection of Christ.” Lakeside Presbyterian Church is located on the mountain side of the Carretera just west of S&S Auto and Bubba’s Restaurant.
Christ Church Anglican
Christ Church Anglican Fellowship will celebrate the Feast of the Resurrection of Jesus Christ on April 8, 10 a.m. with the Holy Eucharist Rite II in the ground floor area of Manix Restaurant. The service will include the blessing and lighting of the Paschal Candle and Renewal of Baptismal vows. The sermon topic by Father Danny Borkowski will be “The Mystery of the Experience of the Risen Lord,” based on Mark 16:1-8.
Unitarians
The Lake Chapala Unitarian Universalist Fellowship meets each Sunday, 10:30 a.m. at Sta. Margarita 113 in Riberas del Pilar. Sunday, April 8. Sue Kelley and Joan Jaquish will lead the group in celebrating spring and their “honorable heretical past” with a flower communion followed by a potluck meal. For more information please call 766-1119.