In a world driven by the need for the newest technology, it’s comforting to meet a young man who finds his contentment in cardboard.

If you’re ready to thin out crowded garden beds in preparation for the rainy season or have potted plants to spare, the moment is ripe to support the second annual Ajijic Plant-In project organized under the auspices of Delegado Hector España and his ad hoc citizen advisory committee.

During the May meeting of the Culinary Arts Society of Ajijic (CASA) members competed in two categories: main dish salads and pies and tarts. While judges Pedro Palmer, Margery Eddington and Andrew Robertson tasted and tallied the results of the contest, Steve Alvarez, owner of Las Playas Pescaderia in San Antonio Tlayacapan spoke to the group about fresh fish.

Longtime lakesider Ross Brownridge, (better known as “the Candyman”), Mimi Gardner, Michael Hall, Ruth Wehelm, Norda Paul, Gudren Jones (representing husband Dryden) and Lila Kawanakoa, were honored at a birthday party in the Happiness Garden on the second level of Plaza Montaña in Ajijic.

An eye-catching fashion show put on by models donning body paint designs and accessories made from condoms was a highlight of the fiesta held May 21 at the Ajijic plaza to benefit the Canacinta chapel construction project.

Local non-profit organizations are being urged to participate in the 4th Annual CAN-AM Day hosted by the Lake Chapala Society (LCS) from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. on Wednesday, July 2. The selected theme for the day is “People Helping People, 60 years with LCS.”