In contrast with the heated encounter with villagers in Santa Cruz de la Soledad experienced last week, Chapala Mayor Javier Degollado and key staffers received a warmer welcome and no fire-works at the public audience held Wednesday, April 13 at the Ajijic Plaza.

Under the supervision of Chapala Public Sanitation Department director Juan Cuevas (at left in black cowboy hat), a crew of street sweepers set to work last Saturday clearing litter and weeds from upper Ajijic’s Calle Encarnación Rosas.

Gran Kermes, fun-filled family fair to benefit the Programa Pro Niños Incapacitados del Lago (Pro-Niños), will be held Sunday, April 17, at Chapala’s Cristiania Park, with unprecedented backing from the Mexican community at large.

Now that the dust from a colossal three-day shindig has settled and the requisite number-crunching done, board members of the Mexican National Chili Cook-off completed their 2016 mission with the distribution of proceeds among seven deserving community organizations.

Ben White was re-elected as the president of the Lake Chapala Society (LCS) board of directors at the recent annual members meeting. 

New Hope Christian

The non-denominational congregation of the New Hope Christian Fellowship will meet in its newly configured upper room of the Lakeside Presbyterian Church on Sunday, April 10, 10:45 a.m. for refreshments and fellowship. As a part of the 11 a.m. service, the congregation will observe open communion. Prior to that Pastor Gene Raymer will deliver the message “God Isn’t Fair.”