As damage assessment continues in scores of communities ravaged by the double whammy effect of hurricane Ingrid and tropical storm Manuel, Mexican authorities are anticipating that relief efforts for flood victims will be extended for many weeks and months ahead.

A roustabout died by electrocution and a workmate suffered serious injury while they were helping set up a traveling circus on the western outskirts of Jocotepec.

Cruz Roja Chapala celebrated completion of the overhaul of its Ajijic substation at a well-attended ceremony held Tuesday, September 22.

The Colegio de Arquitectos del Estado de Jalisco, the state association of professional architects, has formed a new branch for associates doing business in the Lake Chapala area. The Delegacion Chapala board of directors sworn into office on Tuesday, September 10 includes (left to right) Miguel Nuñez Flores, secretary; Gustavo Rivera Mendoza, vocal; Monica Guadalupe Alfaro Reyes, chairman; Luz Maria Briseño Olmos, treasurer; and Ulises Orestes Ortiz Martinez, vocal.

While the formal report on his administration’s first year in office was rather skimpy on detail, Joaquin Huerta dispensed plenty of substantive information on a wide range of topics ranging from the inner workings of his government to personal reflections on sitting in the mayor’s chair during two subsequent close-up encounters with the local press.

Stuck with little to say about concrete accomplishments, Mayor Joaquin Huerta’s focused the message of his first annual his state-of-the municipality report on coping with the “asphyxiating” debt left by his recent predecessors and his personal commitment to putting the local government on a steadier keel over the next two years.