Electronic voting set for third trial run
The Jalisco Electoral Institute (IEPC) has scheduled its third trial run of electronic gear to be employed for the 2012 state and local elections in 43 designated municipalities, including Chapala, Jocotepec, Poncitlan and Ixtlahuacan de los Membrillos.

Bonsai enthusiasts from all over Mexico will congregate in Chapala later this month to attend the 10th annual national convention of the Federacion Mexicana de Bonsai, headquartered at the Centro Cultural Gonzalez Gallo.
Lake Chapala is showing a dramatic dip as the dry season evaporation rate takes its toll. The water lapping on the shoreline in front of Chapala’s Malecon promenade has become so shallow that bathers can now easily wade out as far as the artificial island holding up the Jesus Pescador statue.
The Instituto Tecnologico Superior de Chapala (ITS) is one of a dozen college level technological schools nationwide selected to take part in the development of a new curriculum geared to train engineers in digital animation and visual effects.
Tequila Film Studio selected locations in downtown Chapala to shoot a new commercial entitled Cochinito (piggybank) for the drink mix product Frutimax.
Lakeside headquarters for the Jalisco Traffic Department (SVT) moved into new digs in downtown Chapala early this month, offering only limited services pending reconnection of its telephone line.