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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.”
Jose Gonzalez Valenzuela doesn’t remember a time when he was not running on rough mountain trails.
The Rev. Gene Raymer and several members of The Little Chapel by the Lake traveled to the village of San Juan Tecomatlan on May 6 to distribute 20 life jackets to 17 fishermen and three fisherwomen. Missionary Dr. Daniel Boatright was the interpreter for the donation ceremony, which took place in the town plaza.
French food was the theme of the April meeting when the Culinary Arts Society (CASA) of Ajijic met at Min Wah Restaurant.
