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Helping students build a future through woodworking

What began as a notice posted on the LCS bulletin board seeking carpenters and “handyman types” led Richard Bansbach on his volunteer path at Lakeside. With five years of handyman experience under his tool belt, Bansbach replied to Richard Williams’ notice. The two of them met and hammered out the logistics for Mr. Hammer, an organization that teaches Mexican youth woodworking and carpentry skills.


A bird’s-eye view of Chapala

Most people know Chapala from a ground-level point of view.  Thanks to his drone photography, retired German-American expat Bernd Sawatzki is allowing us to see the town from an entirely new perspective.

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St. Andrew’s new rector gets down to work

On Sunday, April 30, Rector Bryan Beveridge happened to be one of the guests at a farewell potluck, given for interim Rector Robbin del Nagro at St. Andrew’s Anglican Church.