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Child Of The Month By Barb Corol Oscar Roman   You first met Oscar just shortly after he joined Niños Incapacitados in July 2012. He was 9 months old. He is the youngest of five children and lives with his family in Jocotopec. Oscar was diagnosed with Sindrome Cornelia de Lange often termed as Bushy

Profiling Tepehua By Moonyeen KingPresident of the Board for Tepehuamoonie1935@yahoo.com   Tepehua Centro Comunitario A.C, is concentrating on sexuality, education, birth control and help to maintain dignity through one of the worst pain tunnels a woman can endure: the birth of a child. Each year half a million women die due to pregnancy and childbirth.

LAKESIDE LIVING   Sandy Olson Phone: 331-283-8529 Email: sandyzihua@hotmail.com   June 2015   PAST EVENTS HAIKU FOR YOU   Mel Goldberg   We’re proud to announce that local writer Mel Goldberg has received notice that two of his haikus* were published in May, in Asahi Shimbun,  a national newspaper in Japan.  And here they are:

Bridge By The Lake By Ken Masson   The modern game of duplicate bridge has evolved to the point where competition has become fierce as each side jockeys for supremacy. Gone are the days when opponents meekly surrendered after the other side opened the bidding – now it is very rare to play in an

Caring For Caregivers By Keith Coates   kscoates@telus.net   I was caregiver for my wife, Carol, through her eight plus year battle with dementia. I went through all the stages and stress of care-giving. By sharing my experience, I hope to give you a clearer perspective of this side of the dementia equation.  Early signs of

My Nepal Tribute By Mark Sconce   Friends, today I speak from the heart—a broken heart. When I served in Peace Corps/Nepal from 1967 to ‘69 I never imagined that I would live amongst some of the nicest, most gentle people I had ever met. As my language ability improved, the walls almost disappeared, and

Letters to the Editor   Dear Sir: In your May editorial you “falsely” state it is “established fact that some 97% of the world’s scientists believe…. etc.” This is a commonly heard claim that has been debunked by any number of experts in the field of earth science. I suggest you google “the 97% myth”

“Agreement And Disagreement” By Fred Mittag   Kenneth Crosby, in his article “Normal Muslims and the Paris Assassins” (May Ojo, 2015), emphasizes the sacred scripture of both the Bible and the Koran as authentic guides to the practice of religion. Those ancient scriptures, however, are too contradictory to provide reliable guidance. Instead, religious practice is

Anyone Can Train Their Dog By Art Hessartthedogguy@yahoo.com Can a dog really understand English words?   Yes… if you link the words to the appropriate object or action. Dogs can learn language just like infants do. You hold up a teddy bear and say “teddy” to your infant over and over and soon he associates

Welcome to Mexico! By Victoria Schmidt Three Seasons   People who make Lakeside their permanent home, soon learn about the “low season” and the “high season.”  Which are the hands on our community clock. In the upper Midwest of the USA, we joked that we had only two seasons:  Winter and construction. Here, the population