Double check the dates
A couple of glitches in last week’s edition may leave some of you scratching your heads – or even worse, showing up at the wrong place at the wrong time.
The correct date for the Hash House Harriers’ 20th Anniversary celebration is Tuesday, October 25 (Hotel La Nueva Posada).
The correct date for the garage sale to benefit the Tarahumara Project is Saturday, October 29 (Ocampo 98 at Seis Esquinas).
Thanks for that
The Lake Chapala Society and the Special Events Committee wish to thank the many volunteers and contributors who made the recent Oktoberfest such a success. They put out an apology to the many folks who wanted to join in the fun but found the tickets sold out. One hundred and thirty ticket holders and 50 volunteers got a taste of Bavarian food, music, and exuberant toasts. Everyone managed to consume plenty of beer, bratwurst and yummy side dishes.
Special thanks to the Corona team, along with David Ladd, Diane and Bill Pretti, Kim Cavelli, Linda Fossi, Ginger Perkins, Sandy Feldman, Helen James, Brad Felser, Anita and Ken Caldwell, Robert Hille
man, Jack Furnessm Clark Drummond, Bebe Hurd, Barbara Rothaler, Joann Schmidt, Gunther Schaeffer, Anita Strehlow, Javier Aquilier, Tim Schubert, Arlene Schubert, Dixie Strum, Leslie Martin, Justus Hauser, Karl Homann, Johanna’s Restaurant, Luisa Julian, Jay Shuffle, Bob Crisfali and El Figon Microbrews.
Singles
The Mix & Match Singles Club will get together on Thursday, November 3, at Villa Bordeaux Spa located on the Carretera Ajijic-Jocotepec near San Juan Cosala, west of the balneario (hot baths). Meet at the spa a
nd enjoy the hot spring pools and steam room as well as other optional spa facilities. It’s a great opportunity to get together under the sun and treat your bodies well. Call Walt Bowker at 766-5710 for time and other pertinent information.
Learning opportunities
Martha Nussgen (young people’s advocate extraordinaire) is at it again. A few weeks ago she put out a call for financial help for tuition for classes at CONALEP for kids and young people who aren’t usually on the scholarship list. Community response to her request means that 40-some kids are now enrolled in basic computer and electricity classes on Saturdays.
The school is now willing to provide courses on Sundays for the kids who work on Saturdays. Besides the computer and electricity classes, CONALEP will soon offer plumbing, refrigeration, combustion and training in other trades. The cost is 500 pesos per students for the 20-hour courses taught over five weeks. A minimum of 15 to 20 kids is required to run a course. The school will provide all needed material and “proof of attendance,” with advanced classes in these disciplines to follow. Free transportation to CONALEP is being provided by DIF Chapala.
If you would like to sponsor one or more students for this program contact Dr. Nussgen at (376) 766-2549 or This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it..
Red Cross bus
Cruz Roja Chapala will run two bus trips to Guadalajara in November. They are to Galerias Mall on November 1, with its Sam’s Club, Costco, Walmart and Mega and lots of restaurants. The ticket price is 200 pesos for the round trip.
Tuesday, November 15, it’s off to the upscale Andares Mall – also for 200 pesos. Sign up at the Cruz Roja table at the Lake Chapala Society Monday through Friday, 10 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. For more information contact June Cooper at 766-4939.
Learn Spanish
The next term of the Lake Chapala Society (LCS) Warren Hardy Spanish Program begins Monday, November 7. Terms are seven weeks long with two class meetings of one and a half hours each, every week. Registration costs 600 pesos with additional materials required. Payment must be made at the time of registration. Visit the website http://lakechapalasociety.org/test/Member_activities_06_spanish.php for program description and cost of materials. Registration dates are October 31 through November 4, 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. on the blue umbrella patio at the Lake Chapala Society or any Tuesday or Friday at the service office. Email This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. with questions. Membership in LCS is required.,
Congratulations to the new grads of the Warren Hardy Level IV Spanish class in the Lake Chapala Society program (see photo left). Sign up for the next sessions of classes begins on October 30.
Shrine dine
The Shriners are dining again! The Lake Chapala Shrine Club will host the Dine with the Shrine event on Tuesday, November 1 at Roberto’s Restaurant. The special dishes will be available from noon to 9 p.m.
The two choices are: “El Chino’s” Sesame Chicken (tender morsels of chicken breast in a light corn starch batter, deep fried and finished in a tangy fruit glaze with toasted sesame seeds, served with the house fried rice and homemade spring roll or Veal Marsala (fine U.S. veal scaloppini, sautéed in butter with herbs and mushrooms, then finished with imported Marsala wine and demiglaze, served with pasta Alfredo. All of Roberto’s entrees are served with carrot croquets, salmon mouse and your choice of Soup du Jour or House salad.
Please note that the Shriner Lunch Special, a small portion for 80 pesos, will be served from noon to 3 p.m. The Shriner Dinner, with a slightly larger portion, will be served from 4-9 p.m. for 100 pesos. Roberto is donating 100 percent of all the sales from the Shriners’ Special Meals to the Lake Chapala Shrine Club to benefit Shrine activities.
For those who may not like to order the Shrine Special, Roberto will offer the regular menu, plus many great appetizers and delectable desserts.
Roberto’s is located on the Carretera Pte. 135. Reservations may be made at the restaurant or by calling (376) 766-1616. There is additional convenient parking on Calle 5 de Febrero on the north side of the highway on both sides of the street.
Golf classic
If you haven’t signed up yet for the annual Cruz Roja Golf Classic set for Thursday, November 3 at the Chapala Country Club, you’d better get at it. More than 50 golfers are already on the list. The entry fee is 1,400 pesos and you must register at the Chapala Country Club Pro Shop. Practice and breakfast begin at 8 a.m. The shotgun start is at 9 a.m.
Non-golfers can show up and enjoy the fine Mexican buffet to be served after the tournament ends (about 3 p.m.). The buffet includes two kinds of mole, a pork dish, chiles rellenos, frijoles, rice and lots of side dishes. Tickets for the buffet are 250 pesos per person and are available now at the LCS Cruz Roja Sales Table, the Country Club Pro shop and with some Cruz Roja volunteers.
Entertainment will be provided by Carol Bedford and Jerry Mayfield and there will be a raffle for a new Sony TV and lots of door prizes.
All proceeds will go to the Cruz Roja Chapala. For more information, contact Don Marie Fraser at 766-4990 or Debbie Thompson at 766-5728.
The horses
Also benefiting Cruz Roja Chapala will be a charreada (Mexican version of a rodeo) on Sunday, October 30, noon to 7 p.m. at the Lienzo Charro, located at the foot of the street that the Wednesday tianguis is on next to Salavador’s Restaurant.
A special treat will be the horsemen from Los Tres Potrillos ranch owned by singer Vicente Fernandez. The escaramuzas (female riders) will be sitting pretty on their side-saddles and all kinds of entertainment will be on hand. Entry is 50 pesos (at the door) and there will be lots of food and drink for sale. Folks who haven’t experienced a charreada really need to. It’s an experience you’ll never forget and indigenous to this part of Mexico.
Caregivers
The Caregiver Support group meets on the second and fourth Wednesdays of the month. The next meeting will be October 26, at 10 a.m. The group is run by a professional counselor with extensive group experience. No fee will be charged. Contact Valerie Rhoda at 766-4522 or This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.. The group could be a big help in allowing the caregiver to manage all of the chores caring for a sick loved one and to save some time for himself or herself.
Expats of SAT
The second gathering of expats in San Antonio Tlayacapan will have their second get together on Saturday, October 29, 6 p.m. at Cenaduria Elvira located at Ramon Corona 127-A. Tacos, tostados, tamales and pozole are on the menu. Those who wish can come as their favorite character (it’s almost Halloween) or can bring along a photo of a loved one who has passed away to place on the altar. Contact Annette Enciso at (cel.) 331-243-1832.
US Consulate
Representatives from the United States Consulate in Guadalajara have changed their November visitation date to American Legion Post 7 in Chapala. The new time slot is the second Wednesday of November on November 9, 9 a.m. to 9:45 a.m.
Christ Church Anglican
Sunday, October 23, 10 a.m., Christ Church Anglican Fellowship will meet for the first time in the ground floor area of Manix Restaurant to celebrate the Holy Eucharist. Father Danny Borkowski’s sermon topic will be “Whose Lord?” based on Matthew 22:23-46. What’s this “love” business all about, anyway?
Since this is the fourth Sunday of October, the interchurch sing-along will be at Alicia’s Convalescent Home at Paseo del Lago 7 in lower La Floresta at 5 p.m.
Unitarians
The Lake Chapala Unitarian Universalist Fellowship (LCUUF) meets each Sunday, 10:30 a.m. at Sta. Margarita 113 in Riberas del Pilar. The service on October 23 will be given by Fred Azbell and is entitled “Morals, Ethics and Common Sense.” Many people mistakenly believe that morals and ethics come from man-made religions. In fact, they are universal truths having nothing to do with the interpretations of man.
There will be a coffee hour after the service. For more information please call 766-1119 or This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it..
Presbyterians
Pastor Ross Arnold’s sermon for Sunday, October 23, 10 a.m. at the Lakeside Presbyterian Church is “Real People: The Organization of Nehemiah” from Nehemiah 1: 1-11.
Lakeside Presbyterian Church is holding its Canadian/American Thanksgiving Dinner on Thursday, October 27, 3 p.m. at the church. It’s a potluck, so they are asking folks to take their favorite traditional Thanksgiving side dish. The turkey and beverages will be provided by the church. The cost is just 60 pesos. Call Pat Courtney at 766-1404 for tickets.
Friday morning Bible study in the Gospel of Luke continues on October 21 at 10 a.m.
Lakeside Presbyterian Church is located on the mountain side of the Carretera in Riberas del Pilar next to S&S Auto and Bubba’s Restaurant.
St. Andrew’s Anglican
Fundamentalists? Those who know anything about the Anglican tradition will find that word surprising in the Anglican lexicon. But this Sunday’s sermon, “Fundamentalists, One and All” insists that there can be no faithful discipleship apart from fundamentalism. Confused? Welcome to the club! And welcome to St. Andrew’s where Sunday worship begins at 10 a.m. and is followed by a fellowship hour. The Church is located at Calle San Lucas 19, just a block south of the Carretera in Riberas del Pilar and there is easy parking available on the street or in the lot.
It’s just a few days until the Harvest Comida (Wednesday, October 26); and since this is a sit-down dinner, reservations are required. You can sign up Sunday at Church or Monday at the Church office between 9 a.m. and noon. Only 100 pesos and your choice of a dish to bring for the best turkey dinner you’ll ever have.