The Guadalajara Reporter
Guadalajara's Largest English Newspaper
Congratulations are in order for the 20 young women who make up the second generation of graduates of the Segunda Oportunidad adult education program offered at the Centro de Empoderamiento de la Mujer (Center of Women’s Empowerment) in San Juan Cosalá. The center operates under the auspices of the non-profit Asociación Feminina Pro-Mexico.
Beyond the Dia de los Muertos (Day of the Dead) programs lined up in Chapala and Ajijic (as reported in last week’s edition of this newspaper), Reporter readers may be interested in experiencing some of the multiple special activities that will be going on in other nearby communities.
Chapala’s new government sent out a work crew this week to repair the potholes that riddle the low end of Ajijic’s principal north-south traffic artery.
Ajijic’s month-long devotions honoring Our Lady of the Rosary come to an end Sunday, October 31, with fund-raising activities scheduled to support the restoration of the Capilla del Rosario located at the northwest corner of the village plaza.
During the wee morning hours of October 5, self-taught architect Jorge Mendez was sleeping soundly in the one-story house he had recently gutted and redesigned in Ixtlahuacan de los Membrillos, a short distance north of the low mountain that skirts Chapala.
With barely a month on the job, Maximiliano Macías Arceo Aguirre, chosen by Chapala Mayor Alejandro to fill the post of acting Ajijic delegado (town administrator), this week welcomed the Guadalajara Reporter for an interview.
The Chapala government’s Instituto de la Mujer marked International Breast Cancer Awareness Day on Tuesday, October 19, by sponsoring the Caminata Rosa, a morning parade along Avenida Madero with marchers dressed in pink shirts and carrying rose-colored balloons.
Foreigners who settle down in the Chapala area often find that the challenge of picking up Spanish can be a stumbling block to accomplishing day-to-day tasks, assimilating the culture and making the most of Mexico living.
Members of Rotary Club of Ajijic concluded their October 19 weekly meeting at La Nueva Posada with the unveiling of the group’s new welcome sign installed at the edge of the Libramiento bypass opposite the Centro Laguna mall.
