General News

The Lake Chapala chapter of Niñas Sabias (Wise Girls), an educational program geared to mentor adolescent girls’ menstrual health, hygiene and female empowerment, is emerging from the groundwork of the local Days for Girls group.

Gautier Mignot, chief of the European Union (EU) Delegation to Mexico, was the guest of Mayor Alejandro Aguirre for a September 25 day tour of the Chapala area.

The Chapala government is lined up to host two extraordinary open air musical events taking place early this month, both of which will be staged at the waterfront Malecón with free admission to the public.

In the market for unique artisan goods? The second edition of the Corazón Artesano festival is scheduled for Saturday and Sunday, September 24-25 at Ajijic’s Jardín Casa Vieja, with gates open from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m.

While the brand new Papalote Trail is getting a free pass from Ajijic’s Comunidad Indigena, organizers of the August 28 Ultra Trail Campanaria doubleheader claim they are getting a raw deal from the organization that holds title to the mountain property where the hiking paths are located.

Sporadic rainfall did nothing to deter attendance or dampen two years of pent up patriotic spirits for lakeside inhabitants eager to take part in the Independence eve festivities held on Thursday, September 15.

With a sellout field of competitors, the first Papalote Trail Axixic mountain race contests are set to kick off  bright and early Sunday, October 2, at the Ajijic Malecon.

The Lake Chapala Duplicate Bridge Club had games last week on Tuesday, Thursday, Friday and Saturday. There was a lesson at 9 a.m. on Friday.