General News

On Tuesday, April 29, Operation Feed and the Rotary Club of Ajijic held a ribbon-cutting ceremony to mark the installation of a new walk-in refrigeration system at Operation Feed’s headquarters in San Juan Cosala.

Children, grandchildren, and the young nieces and nephews of firefighters in Ixtlauacán de los Membrillos were showered with gifts on the April 30 celebration of Día del Niños.

Following their participation in a series of weekly workshops that began in January, 29 young men and women celebrated their graduation from the Salto mentoring program at a ceremony on April 26, held at the Lake Chapala Society (LCS) campus.

For the second consecutive year, the non-profit Smile Network International (SMI) sponsored a cleft lip and cleft palate surgery campaign in collaboration with Fundación Salud para Todos and hosted by Hospital Ribera Medical Center (RMC).

The Ajijic Recycling Center remains open and operational, despite ongoing administrative and electrical service issues, according to a press release issued this week by the board of directors of Ecología de Ribera Chapala, A.C. (ERC).

Chapala hosted the Fiesta al Estilo Jalisco folkdance festival on April 27.

A highlight of Easter observances at lakeside was the Resurrection scene played live out in the atrium of Ajijic’s San Andrés church during the celebration of Mass on the night of Saturday April 19.

May temperatures in the lakeshore region soar to their highest levels of the year, creating a sense of lethargy amplified by the constant hum of las chicharras (cicadas), which signal the upcoming rainy season in mid-June.