[Noticias] Tuesday Morning Meeting

 

Tuesday Morning Meeting Used Book Sale & Market   WHEN  ALMOST EVERY TUESDAY  Tuesday Morning Meeting 10:30am to Noon    To suggest a speaker , call      Hershel Stolebarger at 6780-9605   Used Book Sale & Farmers Market      9 am to 12 noon     To become a Vendor, call  Vicki Phelps 6780-6909   operationsbcp@gmail.com   WHERE      BCP Theater & Event Center       Across Feria Bridge, on the right   COST  $1.00 to cover the room rental, will be     collected at the door to the theater.   MAIL TO USA If anyone is going to the U.S. this week, please pick up stamped mail from Irene at the Used Book Table or, contact her at 720-4880. If you have mail to go to the U.S., please give it to Irene at the Used Book Table.   IMPORTANT PHONE NUMBERS             Alto al Crimen   Emergency Service number                6477-6662           English spoken -------------------------------------------------   Other emergency numbers: Boquete Police:   720-2145,  720-1222                                                        Cell phone in Police car: 6885-5829 Boquete BOMBEROS (Fire Dept): 720-1224 Note: Spanish speaking only. Learn how           to describe your location in Spanish.   THIS Tuesday May 24 Moderator: Jim Hatch Steve Bliss is the founder of Contextual Solutions and will be speaking along with Dr. Paul Day on the history, approach and application of the organization here in Panama and now taking their initiatives Internationally. They will then share what they have learned and what everyone from the developed world needs to learn from the Indigenous Indians.                        June 7                    Bill Trantham, a retired marine biology professor, Moderator:     will present "Dangerous Marine Animals".  Dianne                           There is a lot more to dangerous marine                 animals than you might think from Hollwood                movies. Sharks and barracuda are the least                important things to worry about in the oceans                of the world. In fact the most dangerous animal                by far in the seas is man. But there are lots of                little things that can kill you or cripple you for                life that you probably have never even heard                about and my students have encountered many                of them first hand. Come and see what's really                out there that can harm you or your children on                a day at the beach.   June 14                  The Library Committee for the newly constructed Moderator:     library will be our speaker.  More later. Jason   June 21           Gilberto Barria Vallarino <gbvdco@gmail.com> Moderator:      presents the benefits of Tai Chi.  There will be Jerry                on-stage demonstrations.   June 28          Maria Ruiz presents  "Positive Contributions -  Moderator:    a Boquete Story" as Boquetenians, our today's Dianne            decisions will affect the life of others in the near                         future. Very small changes at the beginning of                         any journey will represent new options and ways                         of sustainable life in the future. Let's understand                         what this has represented in the life of Boquete.   July 5              Donna O'Tool will be our speaker. More later. Moderator: Jerry   July 12             Mark Jones will be our speaker.  More later. Moderator: Dianne July 19             Silvio Sirias, author of  "Meet Me under the Ceiba"  Moderator:      (and other books), born in Nicaragua, raised in L.A.  Jerry                and Currently living and teaching in Panama City,                           will be joining us thisTuesday to speak about his                           latest and current books...and perhaps, some of                           his personal experiences.   Aug. 2              Toward Top Class Research - Generation of Moderator:      knowledge empowers locals to value, use and Dianne             develop capacities laying around. The Knowledge                          centers are key assets in any society progress                           path. In this opportunity, we will get to know what                          is taking place in the University of Chiriquí and                          opportunities for further development of young                          scientist locally."                             The speaker is Prof. Ariadne Batista - PhD and a                           Post-Doc from FSU-Jena-Germany in Chemistry.   Aug. 16            The head of ACODECO , Snr Alexis Ortega, will be Moderator:      our speaker.  More later. Dianne   Aug. 23            The New Boquete 24 hr Medical service Group                          (from Mae Lewis) will be here and will talk about                          the services they are providing.  More later   Sept. 6             Rainelda Mata-Kelly will be our speaker.  More                          later.    Boquete Hospice and Health Support                                            Hospice hotline 6781-9250                               Website - boquetehospice.com                          regarding the terminally ill and help with the                                seriously ill and Health Support.              Buenos Vecinos de Boquete Buenos Vecinos de Boquete is a small group of volunteers who deliver food  supplies to the handicapped and elderly on a monthly basis. You can make donations of food or money (or both) at the Tuesday meeting. For more information, see Irene at the meeting.                      Used Book Sales Well over 350 used books DVDs and CDs for sale and U.S. stamps for your mail. All proceeds from the book sales are equally divided between Handicap Foundation of Boquete, Buenos Vecinos and Carolain Alvarez Concepcion who is blind.  Now also selling Milagros Pinzon's book about Boquete for $5.00 and Stanley Heckadon-Noreno's book "Naturalists on the Isthmus of Panama" for $15.00. Donations of books, Cds, DVDs, magazines and jigsaw puzzles will be gratefully received.