Horses for kids
Get ready for the second annual yard sale on Sunday, April 22, 8 a.m. to 2 p.m. at the Chapala Country Club in Vista del Lago to benefit Pasos Milagrosos.
The place will be filled with all kinds of treasure from furniture and stuff for your house, high end clothing, goodies to feed your sweet tooth and more.
Pasos Milagrosos are the folks who help children with disabilities recover by bringing them close to horses. The kids love it and the therapy is a proven remedy for many things, including cerebral palsy, depression, autism and other maladies.
If you have donations for the sale or wish to sell some of your unwanted goods, contact Sally Gurll at (376) 763-5496, Elena Cooper @ 763-5763 or Marilyn Edwards @ 763-5037.
Shrine Club
President of the local Shrine Club, Noble Cesar Rubio presents a certificate of appreciation to the manager of Hacienda Ajijic’s, Marco Antonio Fernandez Higuera standing in for restaurant owner Lic. Jorge Acona Noriega. The restaurant donated 100 percent of funds raised from the Dine with the Shrine’s special meals event on April 13 to help pay for Shrine Club activities, most importantly the medical support of needy Lakeside children.
Bus trips
The next bus trips to benefit Cruz Roja (Red Cross) Chapala are to Tonala/Tlaquepaque on Wednesday, April 25 and to Galerias Mall on Thursday, May 3. The round trips to the Guadalajara metropolitan area cost 200 pesos per person. Tickets can be purchased at the Cruz Roja table at the Lake Chapala Society, Monday through Friday, 10 a.m. to 1 p.m.
Speak Spanish
The Lake Chapala Society (LCS) has announced that their next term of Spanish language classes will begin Monday, May 7 and cover seven weeks of study, using the Warren Hardy Spanish-language course designed for adults.
Registration is currently underway at the LCS office on Tuesdays and Fridays from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. and Monday, April 30 through Friday, May 4, 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. on the “blue umbrella” patio.
Spanish-language classes are open to all current LCS members. Membership can be obtained at the LCS office on an annual or month-to-month basis. Tuition is due at the time of enrollment and costs are determined by the size of enrollment in a particular class.
Introductory Spanish classes are open to all current LCS members. Tuition is 150 pesos and is due at the time of enrollment. Class materials are provided to the student during the class as hand-out materials. Minimum class size is set at four students and the maximum at 18 students. Check the Lake Chapala Society website at www.lakechapalasociety.org. Click on the home page, then to the Community Ed. Programs site and then to Spanish classes for more specific information.
Play time
The Lake Chapala Society (LCS) is offering monthly game days free for its membership. Non-members will also be able to sign up and play for a fee of 20 pesos per day. So whatever your leisure interests (limited to those appropriate to be played in public) you’re sure to find something you like.
Show up on Saturday, April 21, between 10 a.m. and 2 p.m. and choose between Texas Hold ‘Em, Mexican Train, Scrabble, Rummy Q, Hand & Foot, or darts. Additional games, including Blackjack, will be added if enough folks are interested. Don’t worry if you don’t know how to play the games. Volunteers will be on hand to show you how. This is a great way to spend a Saturday afternoon, learning new games and making new friends.
Future Saturday Game Days are May 19, June 23 and August 18. There will be no Game Days in July. For more information contact Patricia Doran at 766-0794 or the front desk at the Lake Chapala Society at 766-1140.
A no-host bar will be open, offering Bloody Marys, beer and wine. The LCS grounds will be open as usual, including all the regular Saturday programs and services, including the El Patio coffee and snack bar.
For more information check at the LCS information desk in the office or contact Patricia Doran at 766-0794.
Culinary workshops
Chef supreme Manuel España Ramos, founder of Ajijic’s popular Restaurant Manix, is cooking up a series of hands-on culinary workshops under the title Sabores de Mi Pueblo (Flavors of My Town). His focus will be on teaching the preparation of typical Mexican dishes, using traditional ingredients and cooking methods. Classes will be available in English or Spanish, with scheduling determined by the preferences of participants. For further information and reservations on the enrollment list call Manuel at 766-0061, direct emails to This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. or pop into the restaurant at Ocampo 57.
Navy League
The next meeting of the Navy League Lake Chapala Council will be on Saturday, April 21, at Manix Restaurant (Ocampo 57, Ajijic). The lunch/meeting starts at 1 p.m. Brief administrative remarks will precede lunch.
The speaker will be Commander Bill Wheat, the former leader of the U.S. Navy Flight Demonstration Team, the Blue Angels, from 1967 to 1969.
He flew an F-11F Tiger in the Blue Angels and transitioned the team from the F-11 to the F-4J Phantom II. Wheat will show and augment the narration of the DVD “The Magic of Flight’ that includes a section on Blue Angel training, as well as aircraft carrier operations.
Efforts to rebuild the Navy League Council continue. All are welcome to make suggestions or recommendations. Send them to Denny Strole at This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it..
To become a member of the Navy League you do not need prior military service. The only requirement is a desire to support the Sea Services (Navy, Marine Corps, Coast Guard and Merchant Marine). The Council is open to all, regardless of nationality. Membership information is available at the meeting. Those who plan to attend the April 21 meeting should call 766-0485 or email Strole before April 18.
Air Force Association
New officers of the 904 (Lake Chapala-Mexico) Wing of the Air Force Association of Canada, elected at the Annual General Meeting on April 12 are (L-R) Secretary Bob Gauthier, Treasurer Ken Reppen, Immediate Past President John Prichard, President Ron Hudson and First Vice President Don Slimman. The newly elected officers will take their offices as of July 1. Not pictured here is Second Vice President Keith Crockatt.
Christ Church Anglican
Christ Church Anglican Fellowship will celebrate the Third Sunday of Easter on April 22, 10 a.m. with Morning Prayer Rite I in the ground floor space at Manix Restaurant. The sermon topic is “The Reality of the Risen Jesus,” based on Luke 24: 26-48. The celebrant and preacher will be diaconal candidate Rob Wells, who is authorized to lead such services by Lino Rodriguez Amaro, the Bishop of the Diocese of the West in the Anglican Church of Mexico.
Presbyterians
Pastor Ross Arnold of Lakeside Presbyterian Church will continue his series on “The Road to Christian Maturity with “Listening to God” on Sunday, April 22,10 a.m.
The Friday interactive Bible Study will continue at 10 a.m. on April 27.
Lakeside Presbyterian Church is located on the mountain side of the Carretera just west of S&S Auto and Bubba’s restaurant.
St. Andrew’s Anglican
More than our pious words, more than our masked faces, it’s our hands and our feet – how we use them, where they take us – that best reveal who we really are. Maybe that’s why, when Jesus appeared to his frightened, distraught disciples on the night of Easter Day, the first thing he did was to show them His hands and feet. That’s the theme of Father Winston Welty’s sermon this week at St. Andrews – “Hands and Feet Don’t Lie.” St. Andrew’s is back to their season schedule of a single Sunday service at 10 a.m. each week, followed by a fellowship time. The church is located at Calle San Lucas 19, just a block south of the Carretera in Riberas del Pilar.
Unitarians
The Lake Chapala Unitarian Universalist Fellowship meets each Sunday at 10:30 a.m. at Sta. Margarita 113 in Riberas del Pilar. The Fellowship will celebrate Earth Day on Sunday, April 22. Kathy Koches will be the service leader and the talk – entitled “Water, Water, Everywhere” – will be given by Bob Koches.
Water, so abundant on the Earth’s surface and even in our bodies, is also a precious resource. Koches will ask the question, “Is there a way that we can ground our resource management in our UU principles and values?” A coffee hour will follow. For more information please call 766-1119.
The Lake Chapala Unitarian Universalist Fellowship is a welcoming congregation.