Post Seven has a ball
Plenty of fun was had at the American Legion Post Seven July 4 party with music, dancing and raffles.
Plenty of fun was had at the American Legion Post Seven July 4 party with music, dancing and raffles.
Lakeside’s Democrats Abroad celebrated the 4th of July with a bash that featured apple pie and other typical picnic fare, Ed Tasca’s abbreviated reading of the Declaration of Independence and a 50/50 raffle called in the middle of a downpour by event host Howard Feldstein.
The Lake Chapala Duplicate Bridge Club selected the University Vocational Assistance program (UVA) to be the beneficiary of 7,000 pesos the bridge players raised during their April “charity month.”
Members of the Rotary Club of Ajijic gathered at Yves’ Restaurant in Ajijic for an unusual ceremony during the last meeting of the season.
Lakeside area expats are celebrating the national birthdays of Canada and the United States at a series of parties going on throughout this week.
Given the overall modern façade of the area, it’s easy for expats who stay in the commercialized areas of the larger lakeside villages to believe that everyone here is fairly well off and that the country’s “poor” must live in other regions.
After a career of helping handicapped children, it was only natural that Kathie Byers would be attracted to the pathetic misshapen dog she spotted in the corner of a local veterinarian’s kennel.