Expat Living

Ceri Dando, president of the Lakeside British Society and a lifelong hands-on community contributor, has been awarded the British Empire Medal (BEM) in Queen Elizabeth II’s birthday honors list, announced this week.

“Tape-a-Bike, Save-a-Life” – an ongoing project of the Axixic Masonic Lodge – last week visited main plaza of Santa Cruz de la Soledad.

Inscriptions are now open for Chupinaya 2013, Ajijic’s 17th annual mountain running challenge. The doubled-pronged race will take place Sunday, August 11, taking off from the central plaza at 10 a.m., rain or shine.

A celebration of Jeanne Chaussee’s life — including many of the things she loved about Mexico: mariachi, marimba, charros, margaritas, baile folklorico, sayacas and fine Mexican food and drink — will be held on the Ajijic Plaza, Saturday, June 22, beginning at 4 p.m. 

Chapala’s DIF family services agency is giving a boost to its satellite center in San Antonio Tlayacapan by sponsoring expanded programs coordinated by its newly appointed director Ramiro Renteria.

Ajijic residents and friends are invited to support a town beautification project by contributing to the First Annual Plant-In scheduled for Friday, June 14, 10 a.m. to 1 p.m., at the waterfront park adjacent to the pier.