Plans are progressing for an exciting evening to benefit the Lakeside School for the Deaf and Children with Special Needs. “One Thousand and One Nights,” set for March 11 will be Lakeside’s most elegant formal affair this year and will feature an exotic Arabian theme. Guests will be greeted by an elaborately costumed Sultan and later be entertained by an exotic belly dancer. The whole romantic scene will play out at the beautiful Villa Encantada Event Center in Chapala.
Tickets are now available for 750 pesos per person. For further information contact Jim Lloyd at 766-3070 or Leslie Martin at 766-2274.
The purpose of this non-profit organization is to provide professional education for deaf children, teach them sign language, how to speak, do sculpture, carpentry and the arts. The Lakeside School for the Deaf provides all types of hearing aids to improve their quality of life.
LCS Learning
The next Lake Chapala Society (LCS) Learning Seminar will be on Tuesday, January 26, noon, in the Sala. Fred Harland will be the moderator. Via the Internet, author and mythologist Devdutt Pattanik will take an eye-opening look at the myths of India and of the west, and show how these two fundamentally different sets of beliefs about God, death and heaven help us to consistently misunderstand one another. He also looks at modern life and business through the lens of mythology and suggests that we try a tactic of our ancestors: to find life lessons in myth, ritual and shared stories.
All LCS members are invited to this presentation and exercise their minds in the discussion that follows.
The Blanket Project
The Tarahumara Blanket Project to take aid and comfort to the indigenous Tarahumara of the Copper Canyon is having one last push before transporting donations to Creel and the Santa Teresita Clinic at the end of January. The event, “Help the Tarahumara,” is set for Sunday, January 24, noon to 5 p.m. at La Bodega Restaurant, Calle 16 de Septiembre 124 in Ajijic. There will be lots of opportunity to eat, drink and shop (lots of new intriguing handicrafts by the Tarahumara) with proceeds going to the Complejo Asistencial Santa Teresita, A.C. The event will also feature works by local artists and jewelers. Everyone who brings a donation in cash (any amount) or in kind (blankets or warm sweaters and such) will receive raffle tickets for a fabulous watercolor painting by Yvette Chaussee Clevish and other items donated by local artists and artisans.
Music for the event will be furnished by Antonio Encisco and his group, who will play easy listening (Mexican style) music from noon to 2 p.m. and by Joel Barker (of the Tall Boys Band) and Daniel Cordero from Psychostasia from 2 p.m. to 5 p.m.
There are no tickets to buy. Just show up and enjoy. Besides the donations and sales going to the Tarahumara, restaurant owners Javier and Martha Gonzalez are donating a portion of the food and drink sales.
To reserve tables call (376) 766-1002.
The Tarahumara are among the poorest and most neglected in Mexico. Their winters are especially hard, with many dying from exposure. Come out, have a good time and save a life.
Shrine dining
The next Dine with the Shrine will be on Thursday, January 28, at Hacienda Ajijic, The Steak Place, located on the west end of Ajijic at Carretera 268. Of special note is the restaurant’s ample parking area. Special dinners will be served from noon to 9 p.m. The menu has two great entrees up for the Shrine special. The first is filet mignon with baked potato and the other is sea bass (prepared any style) with fettucine for 120 pesos. Drinks, salad and dessert are not included.
Restaurant director general Jorge Ancona Noriega will donate all proceeds from the special dinners to the Shrine Club’s transportation and treatment fund to take care of Lakeside children requiring medical care at the Shriner’s Hospital for Children in Mexico City.
Reservations may be made by calling (376) 766-4906 or at the restaurant. Indicate that you will be coming for the special dinner.
Shriners appreciate the community’s continuing support for this program and they look forward to seeing everyone on January 28.
Skin cancer screening
Dermika, the dermatological clinic in Ajijic at Carretera Oriente 56, locales 4 and 6 (Plaza Ajijic), will offer free skin cancer screening on Saturday, January 30, beginning at 10 a.m. Direct any questions to the clinic at (376) 766-2500 or check out the website at www.dermika.mx.
Navy League
The Lake Chapala Council of the Navy League met on Saturday, January 16 at Manix Restaurant in Ajijic. The speaker was to have been Capitan Edson Ramirez, the Port Captain of Lake Chapala, but due to illness, he was unable to attend. In his place was his assistant, Lt. Raquel Valdez, who gave a presentation about Lake Chapala and the duties of the Port Captain’s office. Her talk was very informative and was enjoyed by an appreciative audience.
The next Navy League meeting is set for Saturday, February 20, 1p.m. at Manix Restaurant. All are invited to attend. Prior military service is not required.
Red Cross bus
Cruz Roja Volunteers are offering the following bus trips in January and February. The deluxe motor coach departs promptly at 9 a.m. from Auditorio de la Ribera del Lago in La Floresta for each of them.
The trip for Thursday, January 28, is to the world class Guadalajara Zoo, including the aquarium and the safari park. The cost is 250 pesos. Tuesday, February 9, it’s off to the Galerias Shopping Mall that features Costco, Sam’s, Mega and Walmart. Tickets are 150 pesos.
Tuesday, February 23, the bus goes to Tlaquepaque for 150 pesos.
Tickets and information are available Monday through Friday at the Lake Chapala Society Cruz Roja table or through June Cooper at 766-4939.
Auditions for fashion
Auditions for female models for the 10th Annual Red Cross Fashion Show are scheduled for February 1, 4:30 p.m. on the terrace at the Hotel Real de Chapala. This year’s show theme will be “Fashionistas: A Tribute to the Fashion Capitals of the World.” Show producer, Cece Girling, is most excited about plans for new music and production methods. She promises that this year’s show will be “the best ever.”
Those auditioning for the show should show up wearing high heels and a skirt. For more information contact Girling at 766-3964 or This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. or back stage coordinator Nicole Sergent at 766-4375 or This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. .
The fashion show will be held March 19 at the Hotel Real de Chapala. Tickets will go on sale in February.
Kitty help
The “cat lady” at the Animal Shelter, Barbara Hess, is putting out the call for someone who could foster a cat long enough to determine whether she can be nurtured into a good pet. “Naomi,” an all black Siamese cross, was rescued and brought to the Animal Shelter after a “teen-age” pregnancy and already on to her second litter. She was really past the age that the Animal Shelter keeps cats because she was 10 1/2 months old and not suitable for the “main cage” with the other cats, but she is so beautiful that Hess decided to try. She has resisted socialization but has put out some indication of needing attention and affection. Like many cats, the time she can tolerate being caged is limited and she’s beginning to show physical signs of stress. She needs to be in an “only child” situation for a time-long enough to test the theory that having her own home would change her surly behavior so that the Shelter doesn’t have to send her “over the Rainbow Bridge.” If you can help, contact Hess at the Animal Shelter (765-5514) or call her at home at 766-2759.
The Cookoff
Yep! It’s that time again. The 32nd Mexican National Championship Chili Cookoff is set for February 26, 27 and 28 from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. each day. The location will be the Tobolandia grounds across the highway from Walmart.
As always, the event will provide three days of musical entertainment, food and drink, great shopping from more than 50 vendors including the famous Ojeda Knives, great leather goods, furniture and more.
Most important, profits from this event will be given to Lakeside charities. Last year, seven charities received 35,000 pesos each to help our less fortunate neighbors.
Put this on your calendar and help the Chili Cookoff continue its mission.
Ancestors
The next meeting of the Genealogical Forum will be held Monday, January 25, 2 p.m. in the Lake Chapala Society (LCS) Sala. The meeting will be led by Sandra Loridans, co-chair of the Forum. She will cover the Early Wars of the United States and how they might relate to your ancestors. Records from these wars may provide clues as to who these ancestors were, where they lived and sources one can use to look for them.
Because this subject is very broad, it will be presented in two sessions: the first, at the January meeting, will cover the Colonial Wars through the Revolutionary War period. The second, to be held at the regular meeting on February 22 will cover the War of 1812, the Texas War for Independence, the Mexican War and the War Between the States.
Anyone interested in learning more about his or her own family history is invited to attend the Genealogy Forum. For more information call Fran Murphy at 766-0067 or Phyl Gaskell at 766-2722.
Early spring
Get an early start on spring cleaning! Lakeside Presbyterian Church is accepting donations of items suitable for resale at their bazaar planned for February 19 and 20, 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. The church is offering free pick-up of your donations, or you may take the items to the church at Carretera Chapala-Jocotepec 231A in Riberas del Pilar. Please contact Bobbi Little at (376) 766-5876 or This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. .
Unitarians
The service for January 24 at the Lake Chapala Unitarian Universalist Fellowship will be “Letters from Birminghan.” The service will begin at 10 a.m. at the Lake Chapala Jewish Congregation Center, Santa Margarita 113 in Riberas del Pilar.
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