The Guadalajara Reporter
Guadalajara's Largest English Newspaper
Thousands of local children will load up backpacks with pristine notebooks, brand new pencils and other implements of learning early Monday, August 20 to head off for classes on the first day of the 2012-2013 school year. Lakeside area students enrolled in the University of Guadalajara and its affiliated preparatoria high schools initiated their studies last week.
Jeff Marsh (L) won a 4-day vacation to Puerto Vallarta resort Villa del Palmar in the first Guadalajara Reporter Dine Out At Lakeside Raffle.
The Lakeside Presbyterian Church has received official licensing and registration with the government of Mexico as the “Instituto Teological de Lago,” (Lakeside Institute of Theology).
In aid of the Chapala Red Cross, the Damas and Juventud auxiliary groups will be out in force Sunday, collecting donations for the organization.
While countless north shore restaurants have come and gone over the last 25 years, Ajijic’s Manix stands among the few that have managed to survive through thick and thin. Founded in 1987 by brothers Manuel and Hector España, it’s an establishment that has maintained popularity among discerning diners with consistently great food and unmatched friendly service.
Local animal support groups, the municipality of Chapala, local veterinarian Dr, Erik Sanabria, another local veterinarian and individual pet activists, led by Lucille Van Straaten and a host of volunteers have readied a second free sterilization clinic focusing primarily upon the pets of Mexican households.
Christ Church Anglican Fellowship of Ajijic (sometimes referred to as St. Manix as the congregation meets at Manix Restaurant), will take their “Church-in-a-Box” worship service and a “Moveable Feast” for the picnic afterward to “La Sagrada Familia” (The Holy Family) congregation in Mazamitla on August 5.
