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Changing The Future By Mike and Sally Myers     Think about how good you would feel if you could give a rewarding future to someone who otherwise would never get a chance to have what we do: a good life! And change it not only for them, but also for their families and future […]

QUESTIONS ABOUT CHAPALA? Courtesy of Elliott’s Ajijic Update   All I hear about is the violence in Mexico, how can it be safe? DRIVE into any inner city crime area in the US and the area you will be in has much higher crime rates than Mexico. The difference is that in the US the

RE-DESIGNING ANGEL’S WINGS By Bob Tennison   Adrian’s Boutique was undoubtedly the most exotic store in the city. The highest fashions with prices to match. It was located in an upscale shopping village away from the main part of town, and its window displays always attracted tourists and residents alike with their cameras, and TV

Congressional Reform!   1. No Tenure / No Pension. A Congressman collects a salary while in office and receives no pay when they are out of office. 2. Congress (past, present & future) participates in Social Security. All funds in the Congressional retirement fund move to the Social Security system immediately. All future funds flow

THE LEGEND OF THE KWAYTAYS By Micki Wendt   Once upon a time there was a village on a beautiful lake in the mountains of a very faraway land that had almost perfect weather almost all the time. The people fished, grew crops, raised families, and were peaceful and happy and spent a lot of

Intel 2012 Lakeside Community Awards Nominations due by December 23, 2011   Lakesiders have this opportunity to nominate those individuals, in the follow categories, for their outstanding contributions made during 2011. Please consider carefully any one or more people you feel deserve to be recognized for their dedication while improving our Lakeside life style! The

Madre By Liza Bakewell A book review by Kay Davis     During her many sabbaticals in Mexico over the years, Liza Bakewell, a linguistic anthropologist at Brown University, inquired about the use of the word madre because she saw it written as graffiti in confusing and sometimes unflattering terms. She heard it used by

A New Team Manages the Student Aid Program for LCS Submitted by Blue   After 19 years of running the Lake Chapala Society’s Student Aid Program (SAP), Coralee White is stepping down.  And she’s stepping down proud as a peacock. She’s worked with more than 300 students throughout those years who have received student aid

Communicating In “Latin American” By June Summers   Hurdle the language barrier by learning Latin American hand and voice signals. These vary from one culture to another. The following are distinctly Latino: The Wagging Finger–is the way to say no, definitely and finally. No one questions this dignified and simple way of saying “No.” Just

Swap Meet By Allen McGill     “We can’t leave yet,” Laura insisted. “We ain’t checked even half the tables yet.” “Honey,” her husband moaned, “this swap meet goes on for miles.” He stopped to rearrange the array of shopping bags, plastic sacks, boxes and packages in his hands, on his arms, hanging from his