The Guadalajara Reporter
Guadalajara's Largest English Newspaper
If you’re looking for a rollicking good time to put you in a upbeat mood and relieve the winter blues, you won’t want to miss the terrific Lip Sync Six song and dance show, booked to run for four straight dates next week at the Auditorio de la Ribera. The event is programmed as a fundraiser to continue the auditorium renovation project.
Jocotepec is winding up for two straight weeks of fervent festivity starting Tuesday, January 7 as the townspeople renew their reverence for spiritual patron El Señor del Monte (The Lord of the Mount).
A seven-year-old boy from Tlajomulco who was seriously burned in a fire at his home on December 17 has been airlifted to the Shriners Hospital for Children in Galveston, Texas, thanks to the intervention of a well-known Mexican charity.
*This article has been corrected to reflect that the Rotary Club of Ajijic paid for solar systems at Love in Action in Chapala and Hope House in Ixtlahuacan de los Membrillos, while the firm eSun contributed by selling and installing the systems at cost price to Rotary.
Christmas came early for the Lake Chapala Society (LCS) when solar energy company eSun made the 59-year-old community organization the recipient of its annual charity giveaway.
“Canadians are settling in the Lake Chapala area in sufficient numbers for the migration to be almost called a ‘boom,’” wrote The Reporter’s Jack McDonald in July 1974.
Organizers of Jugueton 2013 extend a special thank-you to all of the foreign residents who generously contributed to this year’s campaign, helping them reach an all-time record of 2,631 toys collected to brighten Christmas for impoverished children.
Last summer Mayor Joaquin Huerta was actively pitching an ambitious renewal plan for the eastern leg of Chapala’s waterfront Malecon.
During the final month of 2013, the Chapala municipal government received visiting delegations from two Asian nations with the aim of building ties of friendship in matters of mutual concern.
Cruz Roja Chapala is making great strides in beefing up its medical staff, reports Board Vice President Norm Pifer.
