TUESDAY at the BCP Event Center
10:30 am to Noon
Used Book Sale & Farmers Market 9 am to 12 noon
To become a Vendor Email BCP Market Manager
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WHERE: BCP Theater & Event Center, Across Feria Bridge from Downtown Boquete, on the right.
To suggest a speaker , Email the Moderator
COST: $1.00 to cover the room rental, collected at the door to the theater except for commercial meetings which have no cover charge. The vendor pays the BCP for the time and space.
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.
BoqueteNing.com: If you live in Boquete or are interested in living in Boquete you can read BoqueteNing.com for the buzz of our community.
BCP Website is http://bcpeventscenter.org/ for more information on the BCP.
June 2: To Chile and Back
Jim and Kate Bondoux, expats in Boquete since 2010, chose to experiment with an alternative residency in the thriving country of Chile.
In 2014 they packed up and moved to Santiago, drawn to that capital city's bright lights. They were gratified to find many of the amenities they had expected, but also discovered a couple of missing ingredients which proved to be, for them at least, fatal flaws. These flaws show the contrast of living in Boquete to many other alternatives.
Jim and Kate are in the process of re-establishing themselves in Boquete. Jim will recount their experience and share their key findings from the experiment.
June 9: Dr Karen Zapata, Dermatologist will discuss the effects of our intense sun and risks for skin cancer.
June 16: Jeffery Dietrich The presentation will be on the ecology of the cloud forest highlighting the flora and fauna
June 23: Subject: What to do When the Lights go Out.
A complete over view of all forms of alternative energy from candles to the new tesla system. Pros and cons of candles, oil lamps, UPS system, generators, grid tied batteries, solar, hydro, wind.
Basic cost of doing different systems.
An understanding of all the parts of each system and what they do.
Discussion of batteries from lead acid to tesla's lithium battery.
Learn the basics of understanding electricity – watts, amps, volts, ohms – delivered in a simple and easy to understand way.
Learn how to size a system for your needs.
How to reduce power usage.
What is required to manage each system.
Where to get everything.
All attendees will receive a link to the notes and a spreadsheet calculator for sizing a solar/hydro system.
Chris McCall was the designer of the solar hydro systems at rancho de caldera a 70 panel system with 4 hydro generators. He also designed systems for Jerry Hedrick and Lorraine Handler. Chris no longer does consulting and is not promoting any products/services with this talk, it is purely for information.
June 30: Miguel Chang will try to answer all the question discussed on BoqueteNing about his condo project on the Highway near the Cefati Building.
Important Boquete Contacts
IMPORTANT PHONE NUMBERS
Alto al Crimen
Emergency Service number
6477-6662
English and Spanish 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.
Boquete Hospice and Health Support
Hospice hotline 6781-9250
Website – BoqueteHospice
Helping the terminally and seriously ill with Health Support.
Blood Donor Information
Charlotte Lintz at 6693-5005
Andrea Moss 6665-5398
Other community groups:
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 at the Tuesday meeting. For more information, contact Louise Orr <panamaleo@gmail.com>. www.buenosvecinosdeboquete.com
Biblioteca de Boquete (Boquete Library)
In addition to lending books, the library offers many services and programs, such as art shows, concerts, presentations, a variety of educational programs for children, and free Wi-Fi.
Phone: 720-2879
Bid 4 Boquete
Visit at www.bid4boquete.com This organization is Boquete's equivilent of the United Way. One donation for many causes. Bid4Boquete can use volunteers as much as money.
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 and Carolina 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.
Amigos de Animales de Boquete (FADAB) provides spay/neuter clinics on the last Sunday of each month on the same street at Mike's Global Grill. In addition, FADAB provides feeding stations around town and supports the rescue and adoption efforts for area homeless dogs and cats. Donations for the large monthly expense of these projects are welcome and very much appreciated! See us at www.fadab.org. Click on the Adoptions button to find unconditional love.
Handicap Foundation of Boquete /Fundación Pro Integración, Capítulo de Boquete, is a nonprofit organization run by volunteers whose mission is to improve the quality of financially-challenged handicapped residents of the Boquete District and promote their integration into society. For additional information visit our website You can also request additional information or make a donation through Irene, at the book sale counter.
The Boquete Jazz & Blues Festival Foundationis a charitable, private not-for-profit foundation dedicated to support and enrich cultural life in Boquete and beyond. It is run exclusively by unpaid volunteers.
The main activities are the annual Boquete Jazz & Blues Festival (Panama's second largest music festival), and the support and promotion of musical education in local schools.Our mission is to promote the musical arts and tourism in the Chiriqui highlands and beyond by attracting growing numbers of Panamanian as well as international music-aficionados to this beautiful area. www.boquetejazzandbluesfestival.com
In Need Of Help in Boquete? A ride to a doctor? Need groceries delivered while ill? Need Spanish translation for a medical visit? Visit from a friend? Whatever the need, we are there to help. The Stephen Ministers at San Juan Bautista Church. Call 6886-6818.
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