British
The Lake Chapala British Society will meet Saturday, May 5, 1 p.m. at Manix Restaurant, Ocampo 57 in Ajijic. The menu for the luncheon meeting will be a choice of Mexican pork ribs (pibil style) and stuffed chayote and rice or white fish wrapped in Holy leaves (anise) with chayote and rice. Either choice comes with a small salad. The cost is 120 pesos, including tip. A third choice could be a large salad and dessert for 75 pesos. The dessert (Mexican flan) costs 25 pesos.
The subject of discussion for the meeting will be about any experiences guests have about friends or relatives needing extra care and special attention.
Contact Alicia McNiff at 765-4786 or Society President Ceri Dando at This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. if you plan to attend and let them know your choice of menu. Visitors are always welcome. Remember that Manix has extra off-street parking in the lot next to the restaurant.
Tea Party
The Lakeside Tea Party will hold its next meeting on Tuesday, May 8, 4 p.m. at Sunrise Café in Riberas del Pilar. The discussion will be about possible hidden areas contained within the “Obama care” bill: items that have nothing to do with healthcare, but that will cost the average person money of which they are completely unaware. The discussion will also cover information about how the bill will affect healthcare delivery services in the future for both average taxpaying citizens and the impact on physicians. The presentation will be led by retired Arizona physician Dr. Bernie Metcalf.
Math contest
Terra Nova Institute students (L) Ginnett Rodrigues Corona (4th grade) and Maria Jose Salcedo Avelar (6th grade) were the big winners in the regional Mathematics Olympics contest. They will both proceed to the state-wide contest. Good luck, girls!
Legion dinner
Dine like a king on Thursday, May 17, with cocktails at 5 p.m. and dinner at 6 p.m. American Legion Post Seven (Morelos 114, Chapala) will be serving up Chicken Parmesan with spaghetti, mixed green salad and a mystery (guaranteed delicious) dessert for 100 pesos. Tickets are available at the Post. Advanced ticket sales only.
Memorial Day
Look ahead to the traditional U.S. Memorial Day bash at Post Seven on Monday, May 28. The patriotic ceremony will begin at 1:30 p.m. with dinner served at 2:30 p.m.
The menu is pit roasted pig, corn on the cob, broccoli salad, garlic toast and ice cream floats for dessert.
The Legion will offer one free drink to any card-carrying members of any military organization and there will be a Canadian-style meat draw (raffle). Tickets for 150 pesos are on sale now at the Post.
Poppies
Look for volunteers around town distributing traditional Memorial Day and Veterans Day poppies. The paper poppies are made by disabled veterans and donations for the flowers are earmarked to benefit disabled veterans and/or their families. Volunteers for poppy distribution will be from the American and the Canadian Legions.
Big meeting
The next meeting of the Lakeside Association of Fraccionamientos and Condos (LAFC) will hold its next meeting on Thursday, May 10, 10 a.m. at the Chapala Country Club in Vista del Lago.
At the last meeting Rick Feldman gave an excellent presentation on the use of cameras for neighborhood security. On May 10, a demonstration will be given about very affordable cameras for home use. Representatives from the Mirasol neighborhood will present a short synopsis of the hidden costs they encountered in the installation of cameras there.
Alberto Costales of the Community Safety Initiative (CSI Chapala) will give an update on that organization’s accomplishments to date and their plans for the future. This will be a good time to separate the facts from the rumors as to local security.
All of the presenters will be available after the meeting to answer questions. This meeting is not restricted to members of LAFC.
Niños Incapacitados
Programa Pro Niños Incapacitados del Lago holds their final meeting of the season on Thursday, May 10 at the Hotel Real de Chapala in La Floresta. Coffee is on at 10 a.m. and the meeting starts at 10:30 a.m.
Clinic Coordinator Rich Peterson will introduce one of the children in the program and there will brief reports from other board members.
This will be the last meeting of Niños Incapacitados until September. Everyone is welcome.
St. Andrew’s Anglican
Evangelism is not something that Anglicans do very well, or with much comfort. That is why a very strange story from Acts of the Apostles is the focus of this Sunday’s (May 6) sermon at St. Andrew’s.
“The Unlikely Hitchhiker” refers to an early Christian believer named Philip. Philip became the Church’s first evangelist and brings the most unlikely of converts to the faith, thereby establishing a pattern for genuine evangelism that can be followed even today. Of course, for Anglicans the beauty of worship is also an aspect of evangelism that members of St. Andrew’s look forward to with each Sunday morning Eucharist at 10 a.m. All are welcome to enjoy the service and the fellowship time in St. Andrew’s garden afterwards. St. Andrew’s is located at Calle San Lucas 19, just one block south of the Carretera in Riberas del Pilar.
Christ Church Anglican
Christ Church Anglican Fellowship will celebrate the Fifth Sunday of Easter on May 6, 10 a.m. with Holy Eucharist Rite II in the ground floor area of Manix Restaurant. The sermon topic by Father Danny Borkowski is “How to Get what You Want,” based on John 15:1-8.
Unitarians
The Lake Chapala Unitarian Universalist Fellowship (LCUUF) meets each Sunday at 10:30 a.m. at Sta. Margarita 113 in Riberas del Pilar. Sunday, May 6, the presentation topic will be “We are the 99 Percent: Why Egalitarian Societies Fail and Why This Time Might Be Different.” A cry for justice and an innate sense of fairness is being discovered by societies all across the world – and so the world is shrinking.
This talk will be given by Cate Howell and Frank Howell will be the service leader. A coffee hour get-together will follow. For more information please call 766-1119 or email This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it..
Presbyterians
Pastor Ross Arnold will preach on “The Road to Maturity: Talking with God, Part II on Sunday, May 6, 10 a.m. at Lakeside Presbyterian Church. He’ll outline a practical approach to having a more fulfilling daily relationship with God.
The Men’s Breakfast is open to anyone who is interested at 9 a.m. on Tuesday, May 8, at Sunrise Restaurant. The interactive Bible study continues on Friday, May 1q, 1o a.m. at the Church. Everyone is welcome.
Lakeside Presbyterian Church is located on the mountain side of the Carretera just west of S&S Auto and Bubba’s Restaurant.