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Local cooks whip up tasty pastries at April meet

Culinary Arts Society of Ajijic (CASA) members continuously strive to exceed even their own previous tasty dishes as they engage in friendly battle during the group’s monthly competitions. Each month members choose between the selected main dish and the chosen dessert category and then hope to add a first place to their annual score. 

53 years and counting...the selfless needlepushers of lakeside

In Needlepushers’ early days, the women would sew 30 or 40 dresses each year for Ajijic and Chapala girls and knit sweaters for the boys. How far has the group come since then. This March, members of Needlepushers accomplished the largest distribution in the 53-year history of the organization. They fitted 207 dresses and 132 vests onto delighted children at the Encarnacion Rosas Kinder and Virrey Antonio de Mendoza Primary in Mezcala.   

Love in action opens remodeled dorm

Present at the ribbon-cutting of the newly remodeled dorm for the older girls at the Love in Action shelter are, from left, benefactors Geoffrey Kaye and Charles Lloyd, the facility’s supervisor Kari Romey, and John Gonzales of Chapala Sunrise Rotary Club. Lloyd, who funded the project with a gift of US$22,500, flew to Mexico so he could spend the day in Chapala. He was given a special certificate from the local Rotary Club and was made a Paul Harris Fellow for his exceptional service project.

Neurosurgeon to discuss dementia, Alzheimer’s

Dr. Gabriel Varela, neurosurgeon, moved his 18-year Guadalajara practice to Lake Chapala more than ten years ago. During this decade he has built a thriving local practice and sees more than 200 Lakeside patients a year. “I especially like living here so that I can be on hand to provide attention to my post-op patients and for emergencies,” he says.