New regulations regarding the sale of antibiotics to the public will take effect nationwide on August 25.

The Reverend Danny Borkowski has come out of his short retirement to occupy the pulpit of the newly formed Christ Church Anglican parish in Ajijic. A native of Dallas, Texas, Borkowski has a long educational pedigree that includes a Doctorate of Ministry in Ecumenical Studies from the Graduate Theological Foundation. He was ordained in the Holy Orthodox Church in 1980 and the Episcopal Church in Jerusalem and the Middle East, Diocese of Cyprus and the Gulf in 1998. Borkowski holds a Bachelor of Arts Degree in Mathematics from the University of Dallas and a Masters in Mathematics from the University of Houston. He and his wife Kay moved to Lakeside in 2005. Here he talks with Jeanne Chaussee.

Forecasters who predicted that the government would be eating crow over its annual inflation forecasts are being made to bite their lips as figures published last week showed that consumer prices actually fell in the first half of June compared to the previous month.

Florence Merrifield, who moved to Ajijic 20 years ago from Yakima, Washington and other points north, has turned her home patio into a virtual hummingbird refuge. She keeps 16 feeders numbered, cleaned regularly and filled with the simple syrup that the tiny visitors adore. Currently, there are about 200 mouths feeding at what she calls “Flossie’s Fast Food Fly Through.” Here, she talks about her passion with Jeanne Chaussee.