The Guadalajara Reporter
Guadalajara's Largest English Newspaper
The Lake Chapala Society (LCS) celebrated its 60th anniversary Saturday, November 7 with a full-day celebration, opening its doors to hundreds of foreign and native residents and dozens of local charity organizations, non-profit groups, business enterprises and entertainers. Representatives of municipal, state and federal government entities were also on hand for the festive occasion.
Canadian Consul Francis Uy (far left) and Ambassador to Mexico Pierre Alarie (second from right) visited lakeside Wednesday, November 11 to accompany members of the Royal Canadian Legion and 904 Wing of the Royal Canadian Air Force Association for the annual Remembrance Day Service. Later in the day they appeared for a meet-and-greet at the monthly meeting of the Canadian Club of Lake Chapala and squeezed in a private meeting with Chapala Mayor Javier Degollado.
The 96 golfers and many sponsors of the Annual Cruz Roja Golf Classic held Thursday, November 5 at the Country Club de Chapala added 200,000 pesos to the Chapala Cruz Roja new equipment fund.
St. Andrew’s Anglican
“Repent! The end is near!” The cartoon caricature of a wild-eyed fanatic in a sandwich board in New York’s Times Square makes the Christian notion of the Second Coming of Christ seem absurd. But “First Things First,” Fr. Winston Welty’s sermon Sunday, November 15, 10 a.m., at St. Andrew’s Anglican Church, takes seriously both Jesus’ promise to return and His unwillingness to set a date. Welty simply asks what we’re to do in the meantime.
The Lake Chapala Society (LCS) is responding to the popularity of the organization’s October Fall Health Day by planning another day-long event for all residents, guests and visitors on Wednesday, December 9.
Longtime lakeside resident Alejandro Grattan-Dominguez is planning a benefit screening of his last movie, “Only Once in a Lifetime,” as a fundraiser for Niños Incapacitados, the local organization that provides medical and surgical care for area children. This film will be shown on Monday, November 16, 1 p.m. at the Cinemas del Lago in Bugambilas Plaza.
More than 20 years after starting S&S Auto at lakeside, owners Karen Herrtwich and Spencer Shulman are reinventing their business, preparing it for the next decade. They have expanded their Riberas del Pilar facility to accommodate more makes and models and are increasing their office size to better serve their clients.
