The Guadalajara Reporter
Guadalajara's Largest English Newspaper
There’s a flurry of activity at Jocotepec’s recently condemned El Corazan de Ancianos this month as a group of volunteers, a handful of local workers and some of the elderly residents pitch in to repair the cracking and crumbling building while learning a newly revived green building method which uses recycled materials.
Distinguished Columbian journalist Javier Dario Restrepo (below center) and Chapala Mayor Joaquín Huerta (right) presented a plaque to the Reporter’s veteran news hound Dale Hoyt Palfrey recognizing her 21-year stint covering current events in the lakeshore region.
Only four of the ten driving teams signed up to compete in the first Rally Sierra Chapala made it to the final challenge of the July 11 auto race, demonstrating their maneuvering skills on a short slalom track set up at the south end of Chapala’s main drag. Three unregistered drivers also took part in the slalom to beef up the spectacle.
Summertime and the livin’ was easy for a large crowd that turned out on Saturday, July 11 for the first-ever Lake Chapala Society (LCS) Summer Music Fest.
Several groups held get-togethers on July 4, U.S. Independence Day.
Young at heart lakesiders can relive their teen years while dancing on the beautiful lakeside terraces of the Hotel Montecarlo during Cruz Roja’s “Rock the Lake” on Wednesday, July 29. DJ Howard will spin the jukebox favorites from the 1950s, 60s and 70s. Attendees are encouraged to rock out in tie-dye, fringed vests, poodle skirts, dungarees or disco attire from 6:30 to 10 p.m.
The brothers of Axixic Masonic Lodge #31 were out in force to shore up children’s bicycles in Santa Cruz de la Soledad on Monday, June 27.
