Erika Torres presidenta del DIF Chapala, durante la conferencia de prensa del 23 de marzo, en las instalaciones de la dependencia, en la cabecera municipal. Foto: Jazmín Stengel.
Jazmín Stengel.- Con la finalidad de recaudar recursos para los distintos programas sociales, el Sistema para el Desarrollo Integral de la Familia (DIF) Chapala organizará una serie de eventos.
El primero será la Happy 60’s Party, una cena, baile y show inspirado en los años sesentas a realizarse en el Hotel Real de Chapala, en la delegación de Ajijic, el 01 de abril a partir de la cinco de la tarde; el costo de entrada por persona será de 500 pesos, anunció la presidenta del DIF Chapala, Erika Erín Torres Herrera, durante una conferencia de prensa, el 23 de marzo.
Los boletos de la cena están en preventa en el DIF Chapala, las diferentes delegaciones del municipio, Súper Lake, Lake Chapala Society (LCS) y en el edificio del ayuntamiento. La entrega también cuenta con servicio a domicilio, los interesados pueden llamar al 376 765 – 3349 o reservaciones al: 33 2043 8272.
A decir de la presidenta, el ayuntamiento aporta mensualmente 680 mil pesos al DIF; sin embargo, tan solo la Procuraduría de la Defensa del Menor y la Familia que atiende 450 casos de maltrato infantil en el municipio, requiere mínimo de cuatro personas laborando; la nómina completa del DIF ya rebasa el medio millón de pesos mensuales, por lo que a la institución solo le quedan 160 mil pesos libres para cubrir las necesidades sociales.
Dentro de los programas sociales están los tres comedores comunitarios que entregan alrededor de seis mil platillos mensuales en Atotonilquillo y la cabecera municipal con un gasto de 115 mil pesos aproximadamente; las porciones de los desayunos gratuitos del programa 10-14, tienen un costo de 40 pesos por niño, para abastecer la demanda se requieren 16 mil pesos al mes.
La unidad de rehabilitación cuenta con dos electroestimuladores, un ultrasonido, bandas elásticas y una caminadora fuera de servicio. Sin contar que hacen falta polainas y kits de mancuernas especiales de diferentes pesos para las rutinas de ejercicio.
Las guarderías del DIF en las delegaciones también están en malas condiciones, por lo que Erika Torres, además de planear más eventos de recaudación, como el juego de lotería en la plaza principal, recomendado por los encargados del DIF de San Antonio Tlayacapan, ha pedido al presidente, Alejandro de Jesús Aguirre Curiel, apoyo para aumentar el presupuesto mensual de la institución.
Si desea ayudar en la causa puede hacer depósitos a la cuenta bancaria del DIF Chapala: 0143 4692 0014 8847 83 (Santander).
Alejandro de Jesús Aguirre Curiel junto al gobernador Enrique Alfaro durante la entrega de los 16 kilómetros terminados de la ciclopista Chapala – Jocotepec. Foto: Jazmín Stengel.
Jazmín Stengel.- Cuatro obras, entre supervisión y entregas son las que presentó el Gobernador de Jalisco, Enrique Alfaro Ramírez, durante su gira por Chapala, acontecida el viernes 25 de marzo.
El proyecto de la ciclovía de Chapala que abarca 16 kilómetros fue entregado de manera oficial el mismo día, frente al parque La Milagrosa. La obra inició durante la administración pasada 2018-2021, el presupuesto total, hasta Jocotepec fue de 211 millones de pesos, aseguró el gobernador.
Enrique Alfaro y el presidente municipal de Chapala, Alejandro de Jesús Aguirre Curiel, durante la supervisión de obra en la Telesecundaria Guadalupe Victoria en Santa Cruz de la Soledad, un alumno leyó un agradecimiento al respecto.
También se realizó la grabación de un video para presentar el proyecto de imagen urbana en la entrada de Chapala, es decir, la obra de rehabilitación planeada para la avenida Francisco I. Madero en la cabecera municipal, cuya inversión consta de 17.5 millones de pesos para la primera etapa y aproximadamente 80 millones más en la segunda. Se estima que la obra tardará dos años en terminarse.
Los dos proyectos supervisados son la extensión de la Telesecundaria Guadalupe Victoria en Santa Cruz de la Soledad con un presupuesto de 12.9 mdp y un nuevo módulo en el Instituto Tecnológico de Chapala, Mario Molina con una inversión ya asignada de 25 millones más 15 millones que el gobernador anunció durante la gira.
La primera etapa de la ciclopista que constó de 8 kilómetros desde Chapala hasta Ajijic fue entregada por el Gobernador en el mes de agosto del 2020 a la administración 2018-2021.
Busca la nota completa en nuestra siguiente edición impresa.
Enrique Alfaro Ramírez durante su última visita a la Ribera de Chapala. Foto: Sofía Medeles.
Sofía Medeles.- El gobernador de Jalisco, Enrique Alfaro Ramírez anunció que faltan solo cuatro meses para que se culminen los trabajos en el Auditorio de la Ribera, ubicado en la delegación de Ajijic, durante su última gira por la Ribera de Chapala, el 25 de marzo.
En total, la tres etapas de la remodelación del recinto, junto a la construcción de los edificios, tuvo una inversión aproximada de 70 millones de pesos, y fue parte del proyecto llamado «Cultura Cardinal» que pretende descentralizar la cultura de Jalisco con clases de diferentes disciplinas, oficinas de la Secretaría de Cultura, y presentaciones culturales en el auditorio.
Por otro lado, el equipamiento mobiliario del auditorio, no se encuentra dentro de los 70 millones de pesos, según lo que comentó Alfaro Ramírez, quien también agregó que ya se encuentran buscando maneras de financiarlo.
From left to right: Ricardo González, Alejandro González, director of COMUDE and Aurelio Márquez. Photo: Sofía Medeles
Sofía Medeles (Ajijic).- Two of Ajijic’s own, Aurelio Márquez Rodríguez «Nano» and Ricardo González González «Chicles,» will compete in the international race Ultra Machu Picchu, in Peru, on April 10, 2022.
For Ricardo, 63 years old and with 25 years of running experience, this race is one of many he has run abroad. For Aurelio however, who is 27 years old and has been running for three years, this is the first one he will participate in outside of Mexico. Both will run 30 kilometers; Aurelio «Nano» in the free category and Ricardo «Chicles» in the 60 to 64 years old category.
To support Aurelio with travel expenses, the Corredores Unidos (Runners United) group organized a race last Sunday, March 6, which attracted more than 90 people in the streets of Ajijic. There was also a fair to help raise funds.
For his part, Ricardo González said that he makes a point of putting money aside, so that every two years he can participate in an international race, the last one being in Argentina in 2019.
«On many occasions I have invited different runners to accompany me to international races but Nano (Aurelio) is the first one who showed interest. I invited him because he is one of the best that the town currently has and I like the runners to meet, go out together, meet other good people and make friends,» said Ricardo.
This being his first race abroad, Aurelio admitted he is nervous, but said he will do his best to give a good performance. He also believes that part of growing as a runner is meeting and competing with people better than he is, who motivate him to improve.
Alejandro Gonzalez Gonzalez, the head of the Municipal Sports Council (COMUDE) Ajijic, said he was willing to support local athletes who show promise, regardless of the sport they practice.
In particular, he noted that the construction of the track at the Unidad Deportiva, located in La Floresta, is continuing so that runners will soon have a safe space to practice.
Ricardo requested that family members of athletes make an effort to support and motivate them in their careers. To the public in general, he reminded them that practicing sports develops good habits in people, such as discipline, saving, healthy eating, etc.
Aurelio invited young people to take up running, and to surround themselves with people who have the same interests in order to feel supported and motivated.
For those who wish to support the runners, donations can be made at the Ajijic delegation.
Translated by Rebecca Zittle
Children who came to the call for the tryouts, at the Juan Rayo municipal field.
Jazmín Stengel.- Six children were selected by the Chivas de Guadalajara club out of 188 who tried out, after tryouts held on Monday, March 7, at the Juan Rayo Municipal Field in Chapala.
In the first category, 16-year-old Gerson García Ortega qualified in the field, while Eduardo Raygoza Pérez and Juan Diego Ascencio Vilchis of the same age, managed to stay in the red and white goal.
In the youngest category, three campers were selected, Fernando Guadalupe Martínez Casillas and Santiago Gutiérrez González, 12 years old, and Armando Karin Serna Pajarito, only 11 years old, being the youngest.
But the most important thing to qualify for this type of team is to be creative and bring novelty to the game, said Juan Miguel Siordia Vázquez, Chapala’s scouting coordinator.
Translated by Kerry Watson
Por Leticia Trejo, Salud y Bienestar
Mucho se insiste en que el Yoga (como sistema) o la Yoga (como disciplina) es una técnica que trabaja cuerpo, mente y espíritu; pero no a todas las personas les queda claro, ya que ubicamos esta práctica sólo como un método más de actividad física, cuando en realidad la práctica de asanas (posturas) es sólo uno de los ocho pasos para lograr los beneficios y la conexión de estos tres elementos que conforman nuestra identidad terrenal.
El Filósofo Patanjali (a quien ya mencioné en alguna publicación pasada) generó la metodología de los ocho brazos del Yoga para lograr la liberación, esto quiere decir, el cese del sufrimiento, y lograr el gozo de la trascendencia; es decir, que ya no hay obstáculos ni en nuestra mente ni en nuestro cuerpo para sentirnos uno con el creador (o universo, o este Ser o Entidad que nos arropa y nos cubre con su amor). Todo esto puede sonar un poco subjetivo, pero cuando revisamos cuáles son esos ocho brazos u ocho etapas, nos damos cuenta de que hace perfecto sentido y que, quien pudiera practicar Yoga en ese orden, con constancia y disciplina va a gozar de todos sus beneficios.
Yamas: son los preceptos éticos y morales de autoobservación para darnos cuenta como es nuestra relación con nuestros semejantes, con el entorno y con los animales y la naturaleza. ¿Qué se pide practicar en los Yamas? Ahimsa, que es la NO violencia; Satya, que es la verdad; Asteya, actuar con honestidad; Brahamacharya, que es la moderación; y Aparigraha, vivir con lo que generemos por nosotros mismos sin aceptar regalos vistos como atajos. Si lo pensamos bien, es claro que uno de los grandes conflictos y obstáculos para ser felices es tener problemas familiares, conflictos entre vecinos, aborrecer a los animales o maltratar a la naturaleza, lo cual genera pesares en la mente y en el corazón.
Niyamas: son los preceptos éticos y morales de autoobservación hacia la relación que tenemos con nosotros mismos. ¿Qué se pide practicar en los Niyamas? Saucha, que es la pureza de intención desde que un pensamiento cruza hacia nuestra mente hasta convertirse en acción; Santosa, contentamiento o gratitud, saber que somos privilegiados por el hecho de estar vivos y sentir; Tapas, prudencia, vivir sabiendo que cada decisión afecta el rumbo de nuestro destino; Svadhyaya, estudio del sí mismo, toda la vida mientras vamos creciendo y madurando aprender a conocernos con honestidad; Isvara pranidhana, dedicación de nuestro trabajo y dones a un Ser superior, al Universo o a algo que va más allá de nosotros.
Asanas: es una serie de posturas físicas en donde la intención es la purificación o desintoxicación constante del cuerpo, para gozar de salud y vitalidad y poder superar adversidades con un cuerpo fuerte y flexible.
Es así como podemos observar que antes de la práctica física, que a muchas personas atrapa, hay dos pasos vitales para liberar a nuestra mente de obstáculos generados por ella misma y la falta de conocimiento que tenemos de sus actividades. En la siguiente edición seguiremos enumerando los pasos de este milenario Sistema lleno de procesos claros y específicos para mejorar nuestra salud física, mental y espiritual.
Most people were treated at the Charro events. Lienzo Charro de Chapala during the coronation night of the 2022 Carnival Queen, Feb. 26.
Editor. – Civil Protection and Firefighters of Chapala treated at least 10 people during the Carnival celebration in the municipality of Chapala. The main venues were the municipal seat, the Delegation of Ajijic and Atotonilquillo.
From Feb. 26 to March 1, pre-hospital care was provided in the “lienzos charros” or rodeo rings. Most of the problems firefighters handled resulted from falls, alcohol ingestion and injuries to riders who participated in bull events.
In Chapala
On Friday, Feb. 26, a 20-year-old woman was treated after falling from a height of three meters during the charro event at the Lienzo Charro J. Jesús González Gallo. A 21-year-old woman was treated on Allende Street for an alcohol-related issue, and a 17-year-old girl was treated for an apparent headache.
A 7-year-old boy was taken for evaluation after a fall at the Chapala charro ring on Sunday, Feb. 27. There were 300 people in the place according to Civil Protection estimates and the boy’s grandmother took him to the Red Cross for further treatment.
In Ajijic
A 27-year-old man from San Juan Tecomatlán, municipality of Poncitlán, was hit by a bull during a bull event at the Ajijic charro ring on Monday, Feb. 28. The result was a slight injury to his lips. Civil Protection and Fire Department of Chapala personnel treated him and gave him some recommendations. In the same event, a 25-year-old man from the same town was dragged by the horse he was riding. Firefighters checked him and gave him some recommendations.
On Tuesday, March 1, in the same location, a 23-year-old rider needed stitches due to an injury near the lower part of the abdomen. Although the report does not clarify the size of the wound, nor what caused it, his relatives took him for further treatment. In the same bull handling event, a 27-year-old man from San Juan Tecomatlán, municipality of Poncitlán, was treated for a wound caused by a bull. No details were specified in the report.
In Antotonilquillo
A 43-year-old man who was convulsing was attended by Chapala firefighters in the Lienzo Charro of Atotonilquillo during a charro event on Monday, Feb. 28. The man, from the town of San Miguel Zapotitlán, had his vital signs taken and was given recommendations. Firefighters also treated a 22-year-old rider who attended the charro show in the Atotonilquillo delegation and was injured by a bull on the right side of his head.
Translated by Mike Rogers
Por Lety Trejo
Cuando no contamos con la información adecuada es difícil darle al organismo lo que necesita para su buen funcionamiento. Hablando del sistema digestivo, uno de los componentes más importantes para su bienestar se encuentra en la microbiota, que antes se conocía como flora intestinal. Estos son los microorganismos, es decir, bacterias, arqueas, aucariotas y virus presentes en todo nuestro organismo; por eso, es importante aclarar que hablamos de la microbiota intestinal. Del equilibrio en estos compuestos depende que nuestro segundo cerebro (intestinos), pueda realizar sus importantes funciones de separar los nutrientes, de los alimentos, de los desechos que éstos generan.
Un entorno intestinal saludable es clave en la prevención de muchas enfermedades, incluso de nuestro equilibrio mental. Por ejemplo, y para ponerlo en palabras menos científicas: las grasas saturadas favorecen el aumento de poblaciones microbianas asociadas a la obesidad. En cambio, los alimentos ricos en fibra insoluble como verduras, el pan integral y las semillas facilitan el crecimiento de bacterias beneficiosas que reducen el sobrepeso (investigación de la revista Gut and Liver). Y según otra investigación realizada por la Universidad de Zaragoza, estos microorganismos regulan los niveles de serotonina, un neurotransmisor relacionado con nuestro estado de ánimo, a mejor producción de serotonina mayor sensación de bienestar.
Existen tres grupos de alimentos de los que debemos alejarnos si queremos mantener una microbiota saludable:
Bollería industrial (demasiada grasa vegetal combinada con harinas de baja calidad).
Helados (también con mucha grasa vegetal y demasiados aditivos para darles una textura cremosa) y ojo, en este rubro entran las mayonesas del super.
Edulcorantes artificiales (el aspartamo es uno de sus principales componentes que incluso se ha comprobado que altera la resistencia a la insulina y dañan a los riñones).
Sería imposible cortar nuestra relación tan cercana con estos alimentos por lo que te aconsejo que lo realices:
Con gradualidad + con constancia + con mucha paciencia
La mejor forma de cuidar al sistema digestivo es saber que somos seres integrales, que la mente afecta al cuerpo y el cuerpo afecta a la mente; y ambos afectan la forma en cómo nos conectamos con el universo, con nuestros semejantes y con nosotros mismos.
Cuando vayas al nutriólogo no vayas con la idea de bajar de peso o verte menos gordo, eso es volver superficial algo que tiene mayor relevancia. ¿Qué te parece si cuando visites a tu nutricionista, lo hagas pensando en que tus intestinos estén sanos y puedas producir grandes cantidades de serotonina y favorecer un estado emocional más positivo? Que tengas un excelente fin de semana.
Mexico’s largest lake has lost 36 centimeters (about 14 inches) so far during the dry season. Photo: Archive.
So far in the dry season, Lake Chapala has lost 36 centimeters, and is down to 95.75 centimeters, 71 percent of its capacity, according to the National Water Commission (CONAGUA).
Francisca Lomelí Rodríguez is 96 years old and has retained all her vivid memories that describe the San Cristóbal of her childhood. Photo by: María Reynozo.
By: María del Refugio Reynozo Medina
Francisca Lomelí was orphaned at the age of eight. School was her life. In the San Cristóbal Zapotitlán of her childhood, classes only went up to third grade. She attended school and she remembers the name of her teacher, Trina.
The school was made of adobe and reed. It was not surrounded by a wall, but by a “wall” of huizaches and nopales (native trees and cactus). In addition to learning how to read, the girls learned how to sew and embroider napkins. They spent a lot of time at school because at noon they went home for lunch and then returned to continue the afternoon’s classes. At the end of the school year, the municipal president, accompanied by the town delegate, would go to see the students’ final work. The teachers would place a sample of the student’s embroidered napkins on display.
Corporal punishment was given by wooden ruler. When students did not finish their homework, they were given a few slaps of the ruler.
The teacher wrote lessons in chalk on a blackboard, using a cloth as an eraser. There were no notebooks. The students would buy a sheet of brown paper and tear it into four parts, and when the pages were worn out on both sides, they would buy another sheet.
Francisca remembers the delegate of that time, Beatriz Chavez’s father. He used to openly carry a gun every day. He was a man who was respected. He paid to have a cobblestone pavement installed in town. Despite looking different today, the plaza was the place to go for prominades and serenades.
Chica, as Francisca is known to the townspeople, remembers the nights of music and the women and men milling around. Some women would carry a “chiquihuite” or palm basket with flowers from their garden and sell them for pennies. It used to be very common for there to be fights on holidays. Men would go around armed with guns or knives. Sometimes as many as three or four people were killed, who were left lying around while the aggressor escaped, as there were no police as there are now. The police, who sometimes appeared, were called «Los Charros» by the people.
The women were guarded carefully by their male siblings and parents, although some, when there were weddings, carried a bottle of punch and danced to the music of the harp.
-We waltzed,» they would say.
Chica remembers “El Vapor,” which was a very large boat that came from Chapala. In the morning, very early, it arrived for the passengers and returned in the afternoon. On its journey over the waves of the waters of Chapala, El Vapor, emitted a high-pitched noise that reached the ears of the locals. It was a strange noise, like in the famous song «La Llorona,» the locals said.
People would come to the shore in the morning to say goodbye to their relatives and watch the boat floating in the water, until it was gone from view. In the afternoon, they would also come to the shore to receive the passengers, who came loaded with packages from errands in Chapala.
The steamboat was the only way out, since there was no highway around the lake in those times. The first streets that were made were called caminos. Everything was surrounded by mountains, so it was difficult traveling over them.
In town of San Cristobal, there was not much to buy. There was a store owned by Arnulfo and Lola Aceves. Everything could be bought by centavos: a centavo of butter, a centavo of salt, a centavo of cheese.
Another man was called Tacho. He sold meat, but not every day. When he was going to slaughter an animal, he would announce himself by standing in the middle of the street rubbing his knives against each other. The sound could be heard for many blocks and people knew that there would be fresh meat that day.
“Tacho is sharpening his knives,» people would think, and they would prepare to go shopping. Pigs and chickens were raised in the houses. On special days people would slaughter the pigs that they had raised. Chica remembers the whiteness of the lard and the smell of pork rinds from the houses, as there is no other smell like it. The pigs roamed the streets and none of them got lost. They could roam all day long and return home in the evening to sleep. Sometimes the sows were heavily pregnant and returned home, accompanied by the piglets walking alongside their mother. The chickens were also on the loose, going to and from their homes.
The water of the lagoon was so clean that the people could drink it. The townspeople went with pitchers to bring it back in order to prepare food and also to drink. Chica remembers that her grandfather had some beehives and extracted a lot of honey from them. He would invite the neighbors to bring a small pot to share his honey with them.
There was an «old boy» (that’s what they called him because he never married), but he was a older man. He sold bread in town.
The church was an old building, made of adobe and tile. Father Prisciliano Michel contributed to its improvement. Chica remembers, when she was a child, that after mass they would bring sand from the cemetery. Everyone cooperated, young and old, with whatever they could, and if they could bring a brick, they contributed.
The villagers contributed to the construction of the temple. There was a lot of religious fervor during Holy Week, remember that the women only made hats until Wednesday because Thursday, Friday and Saturday were days of mourning and fasting. The images hanging on the walls were covered with purple cloth as a sign of mourning. No music was played, and many went to church on their knees in the street. Nor did people ride horses; if they passed a cross, they crossed themselves with reverence and the men took off their hats.
In the town there was no Health Center; Daniel Cervantes was everyone’s doctor, he gave injections, he was very good at curing people. Then a doctor Ureña started to come, and another one was called Dr. Cuervo.
From her bed, Francisca continues talking about her childhood and youth.
It was nice,» she says with a smile.
When I ask her about her husband, she says:
“He was my first and last boyfriend.”
José Reynoso and she never talked, they shortened the distance with messages sent through friends, or with José’s whistles from the street informing her that he had been near. On some occasions her friend Margarita Solano, warned her.
-Chirin, chirin!
She would exclaim from the door and Chica would come out to greet her and raise her hand, while behind her friend’s back, Jose would return her greeting from a distance.
Translated by Colleen Beery
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