Foto: Cortesía.
Redacción.- Eran las 13:05 horas del 19 de septiembre cuando un sismo de magnitud 7.7 con epicentro a 63 kilómetros de Coalcomán, Michoacán, apenas una hora después del simulacro sorprendió a los mexicanos.
El temblor fue percibido en el territorio jalisciense y otros estados de la república. Hasta el momento a nivel nacional se reportan sólo dos fallecidos en Manzanillo, Colima.
En Jalisco, Colima y Michoacán hubo suspensión de clases, además de cortes en el suministro de luz. El terremoto sucedió el mismo día que los mortíferos sismos de 1985 y 2017.
En el municipio de Chapala siete edificios públicos, dos comercios y dos fincas fueron afectadas en menor grado. Aunque se sabe que sí hubo afectaciones en el municipio de Jocotepec, aún no se da a conocer el parte oficial.
En la ribera de Chapala no se reportan lesionados de gravedad.
Decenas de personas salieron de las viviendas y comercios a ponerse a salvo de los movimientos del temblor por la zona centro de la cabecera municipal de Chapala. Foto: Comunicación Social Chapala.
Redacción.- Siete edificios públicos afectados en grado menor, dos comercios y dos fincas en la cabecera municipal de Chapala, una de ellas con fallas estructurales, son el saldo en el municipio ribereño del temblor que se presentó este 19 de septiembre, y que se sintió tanto a nivel estatal como nacional.
Fue el edificio del Ayuntamiento de Chapala (antiguo Hotel Nido); el Centro Cultural Antigua Presidencia (CCAP); el Centro Cultural González Gallo (antigua estación del ferrocarril); la delegación de San Antonio Tlayacapan y la biblioteca municipal, algunos de los edificios públicos que sufrieron daños menores pero que no afectan su estructura, señaló el director de Protección Civil y Bomberos de Chapala, Lorenzo Antonio Salazar Guerrero.
Salazar Guerrero informó que también dos escuelas sufrieron daños menores, al igual que dos fincas en la cabecera municipal (por calle López Cotilla), una de ellas con daños estructurales un poco más que menores, por lo que se emitirá un apercibimiento de riesgo para que desalojen esas viviendas.
La tienda de Coppel en la cabecera municipal, así como Black Coffee en San Antonio Tlayacapan también sufrieron de algunas grietas, que no comprometen su estructura, dio a conocer, Lorenzo Salazar, por medio de un audio a los medios de comunicación locales.
El temblor tuvo el epicentro en el Estado de Michoacán apenas una hora después del simulacro habitual de esta fecha. Las autoridades registran al menos un fallecido por el derrumbe de una barda en un centro comercial de Manzanillo (Colima), las autoridades han alertado tras el terremoto de un posible tsunami en los Estados de Michoacán y Colima, en la costa del Pacífico, informó el diario El País en su edición digital.
Vista del lago de Chapala desde la orilla de la delegación de San Antonio Tlayacapan. Foto: D. Arturo Ortega
Redacción.- El Lago de Chapala cerró el mes de agosto con un incremento en su nivel, ubicándose al 69.42 por ciento de su capacidad debido a las constantes lluvias que han favorecido su recuperación.
El lago más grande de México registró hasta el 31 de agosto 5 mil 642.11 hectómetros cúbicos de una capacidad total de 8 mil 126.41, según información de la Comisión Nacional del Agua (CONAGUA), considerando que cada hectómetro cúbico equivale a un millón de metros cúbicos.
Con una ganancia de 88 centímetros respecto al año pasado, actualmente el Lago de Chapala se ubica en la cota 95.77 metros. Al finalizar el mes de agosto del 2021 el lago se encontraba en la cota 94.89 metros.
Cabe mencionar que la cota actual máxima se fijó en 1981 a 97.80 metros, por lo que al lago le faltan dos metros y 10 centímetros para llegar al límite de su capacidad.
Alcaldes de la región del Lago de Chapala durante el taller para comenzar un plan de desarrollo urbano regional. Foto: Ayuntamiento de Chapala.
Jazmín Stengel.- Los alcaldes de Chapala, Jocotepec y Tuxcueca se reunieron el 4 de agosto para comenzar un plan de desarrollo urbano único regional, como el primer paso, para conformar la metropolización de la Ribera de Chapala.
El objetivo es lograr un proyecto de estructura urbana que vaya a la par de crecimiento de los municipios y su foco turístico. Es decir, planear el crecimiento demográfico de las localidades, cuidando factores como la población flotante, la migración, la derrama económica y las oportunidades de empleo.
El uso de las energías limpias y renovables, así como el cuidado del agua, son factores que los alcaldes de Chapala, Alejandro de Jesús Aguirre Curiel; de Jocotepec, José Miguel Gómez López y la alcaldesa de Tuxcueca, Karina Briseño Basulto, consideran con el fin de cuidar el medio ambiente de la región lacustre.
“La Ribera de Chapala tiene condiciones muy diferentes a la Zona Metropolitana de Guadalajara (ZMG)”, comentó Aguirre Curiel. Esta es la razón por la cual los munícipes se reunieron para diseñar un plan de desarrollo urbano independiente y formar su propio consejo metropolitano y adquirir un presupuesto independiente.
En dicho proyecto se ve involucrado personal de la Asociación Intermunicipal para la Protección del Medio Ambiente y Desarrollo Sustentable del Lago de Chapala (AIPROMADES), de la Secretaría de Medio Ambiente y Desarrollo Territorial (SEMADET), de la Comisión Estatal del Agua Jalisco (CEA) y de la dirección de Obras Públicas Municipales, así como del Consejo de Pueblo Mágico de Ajijic.
La elaboración del proyecto, también incluye la participación de estudiantes de la Universidad de Guadalajara (UdeG), el Instituto Tecnológico y de Estudios Superiores de Occidente (ITESO) y del Tecnológico de Monterrey. Además de asociaciones como el Consejo Consultivo del Agua, Instituto Corazón de la Tierra, Lake Chapala Society A.C. y Visión Chapala.
Vista al Lago de Chapala desde la Isla de los Alacranes en Chapala. Foto: D. Arturo Ortega.
Redacción.- En lo que va del temporal, el Lago de Chapala ya ha recuperado casi un metro de su nivel, informó el presidente municipal de Chapala, Alejandro de Jesús Aguirre Curiel.
Según declaró el Edil a Canal 44, el aumento de su cota no solamente genera más visitantes, sino que ayuda a alejar a los invasores que aprovechan el deceso del vaso lacustre para apropiarse de terreno federal.
“Ahorita llevamos cerca del metro, esperamos que al término de este temporal lleguemos a los dos metros, que es una gran ventaja para el Lago de Chapala, que recuperemos el nivel, que recuperemos el atractivo que tiene Chapala, en los últimos años hemos tenido muy buenos temporales, pero para nosotros lo más importante es que las zonas federales estén cubiertas (por el agua), porque en el momento que se baje el lago, esas zonas federales pasan a ser una tentación para ser invadidas. Hay bastantes invasiones”, declaró Aguirre Curiel al medio de la UdeG.
Con la visita a Chapala de la Virgen de Zapopan el pasado 10 de julio, tanto el malecón como el centro de la población lucieron abarrotados de paseantes, tanto locales como turistas.
De acuerdo con datos de la Comisión Nacional del Agua, el Lago de Chapala se encuentra al 62. 1 por ciento de su capacidad y en crecimiento por la temporada de lluvias.
Ubaldo Emmanuel G. se encuentra en prisión preventiva oficiosa por un año. Foto ilustrativa: Cortesía.
Redacción.- La Fiscalía Especial en Personas Desaparecidas (FEPD) logró la captura y posterior vinculación a proceso de Ubaldo Emmanuel G., señalado como presunto responsable en los delitos de desaparición cometida por particulares y homicidio calificado de tres hermanos en Chapala.
Al imputado se le relaciona con la desaparición registrada el 12 de septiembre del 2020 en el municipio de Chapala, después de que los familiares de éstos no supieron de su paradero y acudieron a denunciar.
Los operativos de localización y búsqueda arrojaron como resultado la localización de los cuerpos sin vida en un rancho ubicado en la agencia de Riberas del Pilar, del municipio de Chapala.
Al continuar con las diligencias ministeriales se logró obtener datos de prueba con los que se acreditó la presunta participación de Ubaldo Emmanuel G. en este hecho, por lo que fue detenido en días pasados mediante una orden de aprehensión.
Una vez que el Juez de Control analizó el caso determinó que existían suficientes datos que hacían presumir la participación del hombre, decretó el auto de vinculación a proceso por los delitos de desaparición cometida por particulares y homicidio calificado, además de la medida cautelar de prisión preventiva oficiosa por un año.
Por este mismo hecho, ya se encuentran bajo proceso otros seis sujetos, los cuales permanecen en prisión preventiva.
After the rainy season began on May 15, Lake Chapala gained one centimeter,
according to the National Water Commission (Conagua). Mexico's largest lake is at
61 percent of its capacity: during the dry season it lost 1.04 meters. In the 2021
season, the reservoir gained 2.04 meters.
Translated by Patrick O’Heffernan
Cast of the Bare Stage production of “Scenes from an “American Life”. Photo: Bare Stage
By: Patrick O’Heffernan
A.R. Gurney was one of America’s prolific playwrights. Over his career he wrote over 50 plays, many winning multiple awards. He was also a challenging playwright – challenging to actors, directors, and audiences in their complexity and layers. His play “The Dining Room”, set in a single room, requires 18 set changes – a stage manager’s nightmare. But it pales in comparison to the challenge presented by Scenes From American Life which introduces100 characters in 40 scenes that randomly appear over 5 decades, all played by a handful of actors.
The Bare Stage and director Rosann Balbontin took on this challenge and they succeeded, producing a striking display of extraordinary acting, subtle but on-target directing, and logistical brilliance that delivers 90 minutes of entertaining and fascinating – if not always easily understandable – theater.
“Scenes from American Life,” which opens Friday June 24 at the Bare Stage Theater in Riberas del Pilar, was written as dramatic comedy by A.R. Gurney uses a series of random vignettes that span 50 years but focused on one family to hilariously skewer the upper classes in Buffalo, New York, and by extension, everywhere. But despite the many witty barbs and cultural references Gurney loads the work with, it was actually written to show off the talents of the actors, and Balbontin took full advantage of it.
The play was originally written for 8 actors who must portray a wide assortment of characters and situations in time periods, ranging from 1930 to 1990s. Each actor has to go from tragic to comic, from oblivious to angry, from youth to old age, from one character to another in the blink of an eye. And they do it flawlessly for the most part.
Just to make it a little more challenging, Bare Stage is presenting the play with 6 actors (probably all they could fit on the stage) , not the 8 called for by Gurney, meaning each actor has a few extra characters to portray. On stage were Mark Donaldson, Sharon Jarvis, Kathleen Morris, Roxanne Rosenblatt, Tony Wilshere, and Ken Yakiwchuk , all of whom not only moved from character to character like shapeshifters in Star Trek, but also were in the right place with the right lines for the right character through all 40 scenes. I don’t know how they did it – kudos to Director Rosann Balbontin for putting this puzzle together.
There is no plot; there are a couple of common elements in most of the scenes, but they are hard to follow, so I don’t recommend it. Otherwise you would have to sit in the audience with a scorecard or spreadsheet to figure where each scene fits into the play’s trajectory; just go with the flow.
A few scenes are likely to be jarring to a modern audience because they foreshadow situations in the US that never materialized. Just accept that the play debuted in 1970 when there were anti-Vietnam War activists and Nixon was spying on them. Watergate was still 2 years away. However, there are some scenes that resonate today, although in ways the playwright could not imagine.
This is a complex play but it really invites you to not overthink it. Just take each bit as it comes and laugh along the way. Watching the acting is pure joy; you can think about what it all means later.
Cast of “Match”. From left: Mark Nichols, Linda Goman, Shawn Sherwood, Donna Burroughs. Photo: Patrick O’Heffernan
Laguna Reviewers. The Lakeside Little Theater kicked off its 2022 ART (Ajijic Readers Theater ) series of live read plays with a riveting tale that blends humor, heart-wrenching pain and emotional release in a splendid reading of the Stephen Belber script “Match, directed by Lynn Gutstadt.
Shawn Sherwood shines as Tobi, the talkative, story-telling, aging choreographer-teacher who inside is deeply sad and lonely. He is interviewed at his home by Lisa, played by Linda Goman, and her husband Mike, played by Mark Nichols, under the pretense of interviewing him for Lisa’s thesis. In reality they are trying to glean information that would establish that Tobi is Mike’s father from a brief affair 43 years earlier.
The interview goes off the rails – and the play explodes with passion – when Mike veers into the dance community’s sex life in 1959, ultimately accusing Tobi of impregnating his mother and desertion and forcibly extracting a DNA sample from him. The scene brings forth Mike’s anger and angst in a precisely calibrated performance by Nichols that changes what had been a humorous scene into an exciting physical drama.
In the second act while Mike is offstage, Goman, who has been playing Lisa with quiet intelligence masking a deep vulnerability, brings her character’s vulnerability to the surface, pouring her heart out in a deeply moving conversation with Tobi that veers from her loneliness, her husband’s pain, to the mutual joy of cunnilingus. The chemistry between the two, and the contrast between Tobi’s extroverted raw emotion and her quiet cry for attention is palpable and wrenching.
Donna Burroughs as Narrator expertly sets the scenes, visualizing the action and providing the audience a physical and emotional context that gives life to the stark stage furnished only with the chairs and the music stands of the actors.
Gutstadt injected a higher level of energy into the production by directing the actors to leave their chairs and engage in critical scenes, a welcome departure from the usual custom of actors staying in their chairs during a live read, regardless of the scene’s physicality.
This is a thumbs-up play that is at once funny and sad, with spot-on acting and deft direction that blends and highlights both emotions. The language is explicit, the emotions are raw, the laughs are real, and the characters are ones you won’t forget soon. A well-chosen and powerful beginning to the ART series. “Match” runs June 17,18, 18. Tickets at lakesidelittletheatre.com
Note: some of the emotional scenes in Act 2 are delivered with quiet, emotion-constrained voices that may be hard to discern, especially in the back rows. Audience members with restricted hearing may want to use the free hearing assistance headphones available in the lobby.
The image of San Antonio de Padua that a mysterious woman left more than a hundred years ago in the hands of Feliciana Carrillo. Photo: María del Refugio Reynozo.
By María del Refugio Reynozo Medina
They say that Saint Anthony of Padua helps you find what was lost and remember what was forgotten. Benita Lomelí Hernández grew up wrapped in the fervor of a 15-centimeter tall sharp-faced figure, which has belonged to her family since before she was born.
The origin of this small sculpture dates back more than a hundred years. In the town of El Sauz in the municipality of Jocotepec, Benita’s grandmother, Doña Feliciana Carrillo was in the courtyard taking the afternoon’s last sun, with a view of the road that crossed the town. In the distance, she could see the silhouette of a woman approaching.
The woman, after greeting Doña Feliciana, asked her if she would hold the package she was carrying. The woman told Doña Feliciana that she was on her way to San Luis Soyatlán, but that she would soon return for the package. Doña Feliciana could not see the woman’s face clearly as she wore a shawl covering her head and walked slowly. When Doña Feliciana’s daughter came out, she told her daughter what had happened. No one else could see the mysterious lady.
The small package fit in both hands and was wrapped in worn, time-stained scraps of cloth. “Take it up to the roof,» she asked her daughter, with a tone of respect for other people’s things. A few months passed, the woman did not return, and everyone forgot about the package.
Doña Feliciana’s house was the meeting point for personalities who sporadically passed through the village. It was a very remarkable house because it no longer had a dirt floor inside: it had cobblestones, tiles and a fireplace. On one occasion when a priest arrived to do evangelization work, Doña Feliciana remembered the package that the woman had given her to keep and that she had never dared to open. With the priest as a witness, they took the package down from the attic.
The parish priest was removing the layers of battered cloth one by one until a fine figure was revealed. “It is St. Anthony of Padua,» he told them. “What was lost and forgotten will return when they implore him to do so.”
Doña Feliciana was impressed, for her the image was alien. “Take care of it, it is yours,» the father told her. He also asked Doña Feliciana to celebrate it every June 13. “That woman will not come back,» he told them with certainty.
Some said that the person who gave the precious image to Doña Feliciana was not from this world. She never appeared again, and no one else besides Feliciana could ever see her. Her presence was a mirage, but the fine figure of St. Anthony of Padua was real. From the moment he was discovered among the cloth rags, Benita’s grandmother entrusted the image to her youngest son, who was then three years old.
When that three-year-old boy came of age and got married, his brothers came to give him the oxen, goats and corn cribs after the three days of the wedding. “You will know if you take care of your capital,» they said. Along with this, they also gave Benita’s father the sculpture of San Antonio, as was his mother’s wish.
That is how Benita grew up, with the veneration of the saint professed by her parents who guarded the image that came from who knows where. That faith spread to the neighbors who began to visit Benita’s house to pray for their lost causes and then to carry candles in gratitude for all that was found.
Benita remembers a prayer said by her mother:
Antonio, Antonio, in Padua you were born, in Padua you were raised, you went to school, your prayer book was thrown away, your father found it for you. Antonio, Antonio, the lost is found and the past is remembered. Antonio, Antonio forever. AMEN.
The image of Saint Anthony that Benita now keeps is made of a single piece of wood, carved by unknown hands. The statue’s facial features are fine, at the waist of his Franciscan habit he wears a tight cord, and in his arms he carries a child of barely four centimeters in length.
This particular little boy was bought by Benita’s mother, who has lost count of the number of children replaced because the original was stolen. “They stole my child again,» she would say to the sales clerks at the religious articles store when she went to replace the small statue. “They think he will bring them a boyfriend, but St. Anthony does not give boyfriends,» she said. “[For] good husbands one must ask St. Joseph.”
Every June 13, in Benita’s house, candles are lit and fresh flowers are placed in honor of the little image full of history that brings back what was lost and reminds us of what was forgotten. And Benita along with those of the faithful neighbors invoke the Saint of Padua:
Antonio, Antonio, Antonio…
Translated by MaryAnne Marble
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