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(Left:) Present at the Remembrance Day observance of the 904 Wing of the Canadian Air Force on November 11 were (L-R) Father Dr. Leo Theriault;, chaplain of the 904 Wing; Ron Hudson, president; Sister Maria Benedicta, Sister Maria Donata and Mother Maria Renata. The observance was held on the Benedictine nuns’ property.
Los Niños de Chapala y Ajijic (NCA), with nearly 200 deserving Lakeside kids enrolled in their scholarship program, will stage its Third Annual Fundraising Dinner and Concert on Saturday, December 1 at the Lake Chapala Society.
Ajijic’s lively fiestas patronales honoring patron saint San Andres commence Wednesday, November 21 with a parade of religious floats that rolls out from the rear entrance of the parish church, 4:30 p.m., proceeding along Zaragoza, Aquiles Serdan and Hidalgo.
The first Bring On the Apocalypse Bash charity fundraiser will be held on Chapala’s south shore Tuesday, November 27.
A Canadian military attaché based in Mexico City will visit the Chapala area for the first time on Friday, November 16.
Sponsored by Open Circle, Dr. Donald Aiken will present a Power Point lecture on global warming, Sunday, November 18, 10:30 a.m. to noon, at Club Exotica located at the back of El Jardin Restaurant on the Ajijic plaza.
Bernice was an U.S. Army nurse stationed at Ft. Benning, Georgia. Mark was a Combat Platoon Leader, also stationed at Fr. Benning. From the beginning of their romance, Mark Scott knew he would be deployed to Vietnam. It was 1969 and Bernice, who had received orders for Japan, knew that when they separated the chances were that they would never see each other again. Instead of taking advantage of the easier stretch in an Army hospital in Japan, she asked for a change in her orders. She was told in no uncertain terms, “This is the Army. You go where you are told.”
