Looking ahead
Put this on your calendar. The Lakeside Women’s Health and Beauty Fair is set for Tuesday, October 16. The event will provide lots of useful information, a buffet lunch, a silent auction and the opportunity to browse and buy from talented local artisans and merchants.
Proceeds will got to various Lakeside charities including Programa pro Ninos Incapacitados del Lago, A.C., Cruz Roja and others. Watch for more information as the date grows nearer.
Your family
The Genealogy Forum will meet on Monday, July 30, 2 p.m. in the Sala of the Lake Chapala Society (LCS). Marci Bowman will present an updated and expanded presentation on “Genealogy and DNA testing—what it can and cannot do.” She will be talking about the various kinds of tests and how they can be used to augment your genealogy research. She will include real life examples. Bring questions and your own situation will be discussed and how you could or could not use DNA tests to prove or disprove relationships. Everyone is welcome to attend.
For further information, contact Fran Murphy, 766-0067 or Bowman, 762-0520.
The British
The Lakeside British Society will meet next on Saturday, August 4, 1 p.m. at Manix Restaurant, Ocampo 56 in Ajijic. The speaker will be Jeremy Dando, who is visiting the area and will present an overview of the design and development of cardiac catheters, including the time line needed for obtaining regulatory approval. Dando works for a major medical device manufacturer.
The menu for the luncheon meeting includes a choice of stuffed pork chops, corn soufflé and twice-baked potatoes or grilled white fish with mushroom cream sauce, each with a small salad for 120 pesos (including tip). A large salad is available for 80 pesos. Dessert is tres leches cake. Contact Alicia Mc Niff at 765-4786 or Society President Ceri Dando at This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. to let them know you’ll attend and your choice of menu. Visitors are welcome.
Coincidence?
You’ll be hard pressed to convince the 45 people who participated in the Rain Dance for the Tarahumara on July 22. Libby Townsend, who sponsored the event to send rain to the drought-stricken area on the northern rim of the Copper Canyon, received word on July 23, that a rain storm big enough to fill the arroyos and the streets arrived in the late afternoon of July 22. Send lots of good mojo their way to keep the rain coming! Townsend wants to thank all of those who attended and participated in the event.
Auxiliary
American Legion Ladies’ Auxiliary Unit Seven of Chapala is throwing a “Wings and Things and Just Desserts” meal on Thursday, August 9, with cocktails at 5 p.m. and dinner at 6 p.m. The menu will be chicken wings of many flavors, French fries and a huge dessert buffet. The price is 80 pesos. Tickets are on sale at American Legion Post 7, Morelos 114 in Chapala.
Yard sale
The next Ladies’ Auxiliary Unit Seven Yard sale is set for Friday, August 3, beginning at 8 a.m. There are always lots of great bargains and you can have a good breakfast in the Legion kitchen. Those who want vending space for the sale should contact Susan English at 765-3303.
Bus trip
The Lake Chapala Society (LCS) has a bus trip scheduled for Thursday, August 9 for Andares Mall in Guadalajara. This trip will leave at 9:30 a.m. and return from the mall area at 3:30 p.m. Another trip is set for Thursday, August 30, for the Galerias Mall. This trip includes Sam’s, Walmart, Costco and Mega. The bus will leave at 9 a.m. and return at 3:30 p.m. Tickets are 200 pesos for the round trip and are on sale at the front desk at the Lake Chapala Society.
Joining forces
Thursday, July 19, the newly formed sewing group of the Tepehua Community Center delivered the fist batch of gurney sheets they made from donated used sheets to the local Red Cross. Cruz Roja also accepted some surplus medical supplies that had been donated for to the center for a clinic being built at there. Due to the construction the center had nowhere to store the supplies. The sewing group has committed to continuing the sheet project as a way for them to contribute to the community at large. The sewing project’s main goal is to help outfit with school uniforms 100 children from the Tepehua barrio. Make contributions of sheets at the Cruz Roja table at the Lake Chapala Society.
Community sale
Several local charities will hold a jumble sale on Sunday, July 29, 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. at Flora Exotica on the libramiento near the intersection with the Chapala-Jocotepec carretera.
Found dog
A bull terrier has shown up at John McWilliams’ house in Rancho del Oro. She’s white with one black eye, polite and quiet. She has a collar but no tag. Call 766-0620.
Unitarians
The Lake Chapala Unitarian Universalist Fellowship (LCUUF) meets each Sunday, 10:30 a.m. at Santa Margarita 113 in Riberas del Pilar. Sunday, July 29, Fred Harland will lead a presentation entitled “Ethics in Everyday Life.” This will be a participatory service utilizing questions about ethics and case studies. Members of the LCUUF Ethics group will facilitate the discussion. Everyone is welcome. A coffee hour get together follows. For more information call 766-1119 or email to This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it..
St. Andrew’s Anglican
When you think about the story of Jesus feeding the multitude, who is the one character that springs to mind? For most people it’s probably the boy who that day offered his lunch of five barley loaves and two fish. He only appears in one telling of the story, but makes an indelible impression. This week’s sermon at St. Andrew’s asks, “What’s That Kid Doing Here?” and chances are you’ll be surprised at the answer.
Worship at St. Andrew’s begins at 10 a.m. and is always followed by a time of refreshment, welcome and fellowship. The church is located at Calle San Lucas 19, a block south of the carretera in Riberas del Pilar.
Christ Church Anglican
Christ Church Anglican Fellowship will celebrate The Ninth Sunday after Pentacost on July 29 at 10 a.m. in the ground floor space at Manix Restaurant. As it is the fifth Sunday of the month, the service will be Morning Prayer, Rite I. The sermon topic for diaconal candidate Rob Wells is “The Five Loaves and the Two Fishes,” based on John 6:1-21. Wells will preach the same sermon at The Little Chapel by the Lake at the 11 a.m. service there.
Presbyterians
Do the Ten Commandments seem negative, old fashioned and restrictive to you? Pastor Ross Arnold at Lakeside Presbyterian Church will continue his series focusing on why the Ten Commandments are truly the Grand Positives at the service on July 29, beginning at 10 a.m. The topic this week will be “Down Time.” Lakeside Presbyterian Church is located on the mountain side of the carretera, just west of S&S Auto.