Ajijic’s month-long devotions honoring Our Lady of the Rosary come to an end Sunday, October 31, with fund-raising activities scheduled to support the restoration of the Capilla del Rosario located at the northwest corner of the village plaza.

With barely a month on the job, Maximiliano Macías Arceo Aguirre, chosen by Chapala Mayor Alejandro to fill the post of acting Ajijic delegado (town administrator), this week welcomed the Guadalajara Reporter for an interview.

Foreigners who settle down in the Chapala area often find that the challenge of picking up Spanish can be a stumbling block to accomplishing day-to-day tasks, assimilating the culture and making the most of Mexico living.

Chapala’s new government sent out a work crew this week to repair the potholes that riddle the low end of Ajijic’s principal north-south traffic artery.

During the wee morning hours of October 5, self-taught architect Jorge Mendez was sleeping soundly in the one-story house he had recently gutted and redesigned in Ixtlahuacan de los Membrillos, a short distance north of the low mountain that skirts Chapala.

The Chapala government’s Instituto de la Mujer marked International Breast Cancer Awareness Day on Tuesday, October 19, by sponsoring the Caminata Rosa, a morning parade along Avenida Madero with marchers dressed in pink shirts and carrying rose-colored balloons.