Expat Living

Newlyweds Cleola Mary Hengstebeck, 94, and John Wester, 92, are all smiles at the end of their Saturday, November 7 New Braunfels, Texas, wedding ceremony.

The bride and groom are long-time lakeside residents.

The wedding date was carefully set around schedules of family members and, according to Wester, a Naval Academy graduate and World War II Navy pilot, so it wouldn’t coincide with the annual Army-Navy game.

Poetry readings by two British-born, lakeside area thespians will be broadcast on a local television channel throughout next week’s nine-day International Book Fair (FIL).

The Lakeside Garden Guild presented its 2015 Floral Design Show, “Destination in Paradise,” at an invitation-only afternoon event. 

The Lake Chapala Society (LCS) celebrated its 60th anniversary Saturday, November 7 with a full-day celebration, opening its doors to hundreds of foreign and native residents and dozens of local charity organizations, non-profit groups, business enterprises and entertainers. Representatives of municipal, state and federal government entities were also on hand for the festive occasion. 

Canadian Consul Francis Uy (far left) and Ambassador to Mexico Pierre Alarie (second from right) visited  lakeside Wednesday, November 11 to accompany members of the Royal Canadian Legion and 904 Wing of the Royal Canadian Air Force Association for the annual Remembrance Day Service. Later in the day they  appeared for a meet-and-greet at the monthly meeting of the Canadian Club of Lake Chapala and squeezed in a private meeting with Chapala Mayor Javier Degollado.

The 96 golfers and many sponsors of the Annual Cruz Roja Golf Classic held Thursday, November 5 at the Country Club de Chapala added 200,000 pesos to the Chapala Cruz Roja new equipment fund.