'TASTY FARE -- Freddie Brown and Frank Gil slave over a hot griddle at one of the bimonthly pancake breakfasts at the Lake Chapala Society to benefit the Wilkes Educational Center programs.' - Photo By D Palfrey
As an adjunct to the Salsa Cookoff, a dance will be held at the Casino Azul in San Antonio (behind MBE on the carretera), Saturday, April 27, starting 8 p.m. There will be a 20-peso per person charge, with the proceeds going to the construction of the new park in San Antonio.
There are no stoves or cooking facilities at the site of the festival, so salsa cooks will prepare their recipes at home and bring the finished product to the plaza. The semifinalists will be chosen at Saturday, April 27, 6 p.m., and will go on to the final judging for the top five winners 6 p.m., Sunday, April 28. The winner of the first prize will be awarded 1,500 pesos and other gifts, the second place winner will take home 750 pesos, and the person taking third place will receive 300 pesos. Prizes for the fourth- and fifth-place winners will be announced at a later date.
There will be five contestants vying for the title of Salsa Queen, three young women from the Mexican community, one representing the Red Cross and one representing the Casa Ancianos. The title will be awarded to the contestant who sells the most tickets. Juanita Reed, representing the Red Cross, was named Salsa Queen in 2000, the last time the contest was held. All proceeds from ticket sales by the three contestants will go to the proposed park in San Antonio. Fifty percent of the proceeds earned by the two contestants representing the Red Cross and the Casa Ancianos will go to the San Antonio park fund, with the other 50 percent going to the two organizations.
This year's Salsa Cookoff promises to be a rollicking Mexican fiesta with live music starting at Noon both days, rides and games for the kids, a raffle with prizes donated by the sponsors and San Antonio merchants that will include a trip or two, a no-host bar serving wine, beer and soft drinks, and food available from local restaurants and organizations.
Mark your calendars now for April 27 and 28 and have fun while helping residents in the village of San Antonio realize their dream of a park.
Fundraiser dinner
A dinner to raise funds for the newly named and organized Centro de Formacion Jaltepec (formerly CECAHO) will take place at the school, Sunday, April 14. Cocktails and tour of the school is 6:30 p.m., dinner 7:30 p.m. Cost of the dinner is 500 pesos per person. As there is only seating for 40 people, early purchase is advised. Information about the school, tickets and directions are available by calling Linda Buckthorp at 766-1631 or [email protected].
This school has been in existence since 1965, teaching financially disadvantaged young Mexican women everything they need to know to qualify in hotel and hospitality management. The institution meets all the requirements of the Secretariat of Public Education (SEP) as a technical school, so the students receive a Technical School Certificate in Hotel and Hospitality Management upon completion of the two-year program. Cost per month to give students room and board and comprehensive and intensive courses in everything having to do with running a hotel is 1,500 pesos per month. They receive instruction in cooking to housekeeping to hospitality to bookkeeping, laundering and training in English language and grammar. Students are asked to pay 500 pesos per month for their training, but this amount is beyond the means of many.
Because it is a private school, no funding is received from the government. To cover the school's monthly shortfall of 20,000 pesos, supporters of the program struck on the idea of each month having a dinner, prepared by the students, for which they would charge 500 pesos.
Young girls from all over Mexico come to the school each year to participate in its training program, and because the school has an excellent reputation in the hotel management field, upon graduation they are almost assured of finding employment. The help of the community in assisting with scholarships for one or more students can make a difference. Give Buckthorp a call for more information about this deserving program.
Easter Sunday dinner
American Legion Post Seven at Morales 114 in Chapala will be serving Easter Sunday dinner, March 31 from Noon to 4 p.m. If you haven't yet made Easter dinner plans, you may like to try this dinner of ham, scalloped potatoes, vegetables, rolls and dessert for 60 pesos; 70 pesos at the door.
Rotary Club of Ajijic
The newly formed Rotary Club of Ajijic received its Charter March 15 and the following officers were installed. President Enrique Rojas; Vice President Jonas Frudenberg; Secretary Susanne Frudenberg; Sergeant-at-Arms Sandra Loridans; Director Service Committee Arne Olsen; Director, Vocational Service Committee Michael Molloy; Director Community Service Committee Aida Aguilar; Director International Service Committee Robert Deschamps.
Other charter members are Russell Aldcroft, Marty Olsen, Henri Loridans, Peter Johanson, Raymond Mulhern, Emanuel Garcia, Shannon Hunter, Johanna Kallio, Aurora Michel, Roberto Gutierrez, Luis Lopez, Cynthia Pattison, Robert Pattison and Wilfred Stover.
The Ajijic Rotary chapter was the dream child of Henri and Sandra Loridans, who, back in September 2001, visited the Country Rotary Club in Guadalajara to seek sponsorship for a Lakeside chapter. The first organizational meeting was held the following month and in November of last year Enrique Rojas Vargas was approached to serve as president. By February 2002, the required number of members to charter the club had been signed up, the name Club Rotario Ajijic was chosen and a logo designed.
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