Ron Baker, president of Roseburg, Oregon-based Public Health International (PHI), addressed the Rotary Club of Ajijic on September 23, listing the many projects the organization is involved with around the world.

Inclement weather did little to dampen patriotic spirits during the string of Independence Day festivities held this week in the Lake Chapala area.

American Legion Post 9 Commander Arsenio Romero and several post members, together with volunteer Donna Leach, are helping the public primary school “Juan Rulfo” in the tiny and poor village of Hacienda la Labor, northeast of Chapala.