The resurfacing of the Chapala-Ajijic Libramiento bypass will continue provoking inconvenience and danger to motorists at least until the end of this month, municipal authorities reported this week.

Chapala Mayor Javier Degollado and a cadre of his department heads received a less than cordial welcome in Santa Cruz de la Soledad when they showed up Wednesday, April 6 to kick off the local government’s new community outreach program.

Students enrolled in the tourism service curriculum at Chapala’s Escuela Preparatoria Regional will be able to learn all the in and outs of operating a successful restaurant business through the Centro de Empredurismo Sentli program to be launched within the next couple of weeks.

“Good afternoon. My name is Bob” were the words pronounced by instructor Bob Dietz April 5 as he kicked off an English-language study program designed for the men and women serving with Chapala’s municipal police force.

Tragedy struck a Chapala family Sunday, March 27, when a fire broke out in their home, fatally trapping a five-year-old girl in a second-story bedroom.

Officials at the Chapala Ministerio Público (district attorney’s office) have reported the apparent suicide death of long-time lakeside resident Donald Lee Howse.