UNCOMMON COMMON SENSE By Bill Frayer “When I was a Kid…” Before moving here, I lived in New England, where citizens still make decisions about spending in small towns using the venerated “town meeting.” The citizens gather, usually on a Saturday in March, and vote on the proposed budget for the coming year. These
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BRIDGE BY THE LAKE By Ken Masson Ken Masson has been playing, teaching and writing about bridge for 35 years. Originally from Dublin, Ireland, Ken has been living in Toronto since 1967. He and his wife and bridge partner, Rosemarie, are now in their third year wintering in Lakeside. The bidding on this hand
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Op-EDBy Maggie Van OstrandYou Got To Know When To Fold ‘Em When Kenny Rogers sang, “Ya got to know when to hold ‘em, know when to fold ‘em …” in his hit, “The Gambler,” he was singing about more than playing cards, he was singing about life with Josefina. With all that’s going on in
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Editor’s Page By Alejandro Grattan-Dominguez What follows is an announcement that will run in the August debut issue of our new sister-publication El Ojo del Mar. The decision to expand into Mexico’s Gold Coast was not made lightly. The move will entail a great deal of time, expense and effort. What has given us
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Loss Of What!? By Jim Rambo When I wasn’t in the courtroom with judges and juries, I would sometimes act as an arbitrator of civil cases. Generally the cases took about an hour or two and the pay was $300.00. I was on the state payroll and so the extra money came in handy.
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The Microcosm of a NationOr The Curious Case of Elie Wiesel By Jim Muir “Hay que tenir cuidado al elegir a los enemigos porque uno termina pareciandose a ellos.” If any individual could symbolize the psychic and moral disconnection that is reflected by the words and actions of the Zionists who comprise the
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GRINGAS & GUACAMOLE By Gail Nott Mechanic Ally Challenged I am not sure if it is because we are mechanically challenged or we are unprepared for the intricacies of living in Mexico but nothing works like we think it should. I am getting so paranoid, I look at a safety pin with skepticism. The
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FALLS ( Part III )By J. Manuel Cordova, M. D. From the time we are born and first start to walk, we experience falls. Then, life parody comes again as we grow older and experience falls in a more serious way. You’ve heard the saying “An ounce of prevention is worth a pound of
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PAW PRINTS ON MY HEART By Gudrun Jones, Co-Founder & President of the Lakeside Spay & Neuter Center Everyone who has dogs would like for them to be well trained and well behaved. I too would like that but to be very honest my brood seems to have acquired the German stubbornness by osmosis
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LOCAL SYNAGOGUE By Alison Solomon After two years of bringing in guest Rabbis to conduct High Holiday services, this year the Lake Chapala Jewish Congregation will be running everything themselves. “As our community has grown, we have become a magnet for Jews who want to live in Mexico but don’t want to lose their
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