Four-time champion Fernando “Dory” Mejía González is set to defend his title in a field of 500 scrappy runners registered to tackle Ajijic’s grueling 13.8-kilometer Chupinaya mountain race on Sunday, July 14.

Lake Chapala Society volunteer Steve Balfour and local Chamber of Commerce delegate Benjamin Mora brought in Chapala Traffic Department Director Gerardo Bautista and Police Chief Raúl Valenciano as guest speakers for the July 9 session of the Conexiones Entre Amigos program.

Chapala’s 2018-2021 administration has formed the Ecology and Sustainable Development Advisory Council, established Tuesday, July 10 with representatives of the municipality’s academic and business sectors, civil associations and City Hall officials.

A collection of objects and images related to the Virgin of Zapopan is temporarily on display at the Centro Cultural Antigua Presidencia in Chapala.

Chapala will welcome the beloved Virgen de Zapopan on Sunday, July 14 for a three-day visit that will be enveloped in fanfare and religious fervor marking the tenth anniversary of the icon’s coronation as La Reina del Lago (Queen of the Lake).

The normal flow of traffic will be interrupted in downtown Chapala and the Chapala-Jocotepec highway on Sunday, July 14 due to festivities surrounding the visit of La Virgen de Zapopan and the simultaneous running of Ajijic’s Chupinaya mountain race.