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To pay in person at the Chapala City Hall Catastro office, bring last year’s receipt, pull a numbered ficha from the ticket dispenser and wait until the number lights up on the digital screen above the windows at right of the seating area. Payments (cash or bank card) are collected by the same method at the cashier’s window on the opposite side of the lobby. Hours: 9 a.m. to 3 p.m., Monday-Friday.
Tucked away in Chapala a fiber artist, a novelist, composer, writer and visual artist are experiencing a dream. Each was selected from the field of applicants anxious to take part in a month-long arts residency in Mexico.
During 2015 the Chapala government will operate on a proposed spending budget of close to 331 million pesos (22.45 million dollars). The allocation approved by the city council on December 11 is still subject to review and ratification by the state congress.
The Chapala municipal police force have used a monetary donation from the expatriate community to purchase six boxes of apples to distribute to local children as part of the annual Three Kings Day celebration.
The Lake Chapala Society (LCS) in Ajijic will throw a big Mexico-themed shindig on Saturday, January 31, 2:30 to 7 p.m., as the principal 2015 fundraiser for its community education programs.
There are many novel ways to help others at Lake Chapala. Now a dedicated group, the Villa Infantil “Lunch Bunch,” needs additional help – just a single time, once a week or once a month. Assistance couldn’t be more simple. Volunteers purchase, prepare and provide a nutritious “child friendly” lunch for the 30 children for whom the orphanage is a loving home.
Following an unexpected reversal of fortunes in his political ambitions, Joaquín Huerta could earn the record for taking the shortest government leave of absence in Chapala’s history.
Set aside Saturday, January 24 to attend the Bomberos Soccer Tournament fundraiser and lend support to dedicated firefighters serving the lakeside area.
The Lake Chapala Birders report that they have received many reports of Ajijic and San Juan Cosalá residents who have heard the call of the Great Horned Owl around 10 p.m. and again in the pre-dawn hours.
