2000 Guestbook

PCPF Guestbook - 2000

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Jeff Frantz - 11/24/00 19:07:30
My Email:jeffrantzPCPF@aol.com
Are or were you a Peace Corps volunteer, staff,
family, friend, or other?: Yes
Did you serve in Panama?: Yes
Site(s) in Panama?: Chitre
Years in Panama?: 67-69
How did you locate this PCPF website?: my daughter

John Pradere - 11/05/00 15:47:44
My Email:praderePCPF@fiberpipe.net
Are or were you a Peace Corps volunteer, staff,
family, friend, or other?: yes
Did you serve in Panama?: yes
Site(s) in Panama?: Panama City & David
Years in Panama?: 65-67
How did you locate this PCPF website?: My son, the internet guru

Comments:
This is really a great web site, and it's good to see all the interest in PC Panama. It's also good to see the names of some of my friends from Panama.

Ed Murray - 10/24/00 01:51:43
My Email:emurrayPCPF@students.wisc.edu
Are or were you a Peace Corps volunteer, staff,
family, friend, or other?: Future PCV
Did you serve in Panama?: Yes, I will
How did you locate this PCPF website?: Yahoo! Search

Comments:
I'm leaving as a CEE Volunteer on January 15th. I just got my invitation last week, and I am really excited. This site is great!

Julia McGinn - 10/13/00 03:32:12
My Email:jmcginnrPCPF@yahoo.cmo
Are or were you a Peace Corps volunteer, staff,
family, friend, or other?: PCV
Did you serve in Panama?: COS 4/13/2002
Site(s) in Panama?: Oriente de Risco, Bocas del Toro
How did you locate this PCPF website?: search

Comments:

A lariza Bayliss - 09/23/00 18:28:43
My Email:aldbayPCPF@ctaz.com
Are or were you a Peace Corps volunteer, staff,
family, friend, or other?: other
Did you serve in Panama?: no
Years in Panama?: 14
How did you locate this PCPF website?: looked around for pictures

Comments:
Hi, i tried to look at the pictures from the carnival, since my whole family is actually from Las Tablas, and i was a Princess in 1997 in Calle Abajo, i just wanted to let you know this very nice, but for some reason i could not see the pictures, its grea anyway, i still go to Panama every 2 yrs, of course for the carnival (whenever i can)How did you like Panama????, Keep up the good work.--
Webmaster note: You can see Las Tablas carnaval pictures now at: www.pcpfpanama.org/lavaina/carnaval99-1.html.

jon rittgers - 08/30/00 00:00:22
My Email:iguana978PCPF@aol.com
Are or were you a Peace Corps volunteer, staff,
family, friend, or other?: volunteer
Did you serve in Panama?: yes
Site(s) in Panama?: Alanje
Years in Panama?: 63-65

Comments:
To all the oldtimers from Panama II et. al. Those of you who may remember David Witt from Panama II, he is losing his battle against Cancer. Anyone caring to send your regards or whatever please feel free to e-mail me and I will pass along your thoughts After his service in Panama he spent a tour in Viet Nam and then continued his Civil Service career in the Dept. of Ag., retiring five years ago to care for his ailing father. He was diagnosed in February and so that's the way it is. I'll be seeing hi in September. Que vaina!

Ben - 08/10/00 04:21:43
Did you serve in Panama?: no
Years in Panama?: 12
How did you locate this PCPF website?: search

Comments:
Hello Panama!

Greg Sun - 08/09/00 19:29:38
My Email:gregmsun PCPF PCPF@yahoo.com
Site(s) in Panama?: isla de canas

Comments:
My sons and I visited Isla de canas in Panama from aug 4 to aug 6 2000. Great experience for all of us. We were attended by Sarah, a PC volunteer on Canas, a marine biologist, who gave us a lot of info.

Greg Sun - 08/09/00 19:11:57
My Email:gregmsun PCPF PCPF@yahoo.com
Site(s) in Panama?: isla de canas

Comments:
My sons and I visited Isla de canas in Panama from aug 4 to aug 6 2000. Great experience for all of us. We were attended by Sarah, a PC volunteer on Canas, a marine biologist, who gave us a lot of info.

Gina Arias - 07/22/00 19:15:06
Are or were you a Peace Corps volunteer, staff,
family, friend, or other?: RPCV, Niger 1994-1996
Did you serve in Panama?: No
How did you locate this PCPF website?: NPCA

Comments:
The National Peace Corps Association is selling $50 subscriptions to Hotline (the RPCV publication for job seekers) yet it is available online for FREE on the Peace Corps web site (http://www.peacecorps.gov/rpcv/careertrack/hl/download.html) for anyone wh has Acrobat Reader. Don't let what happened to me happen to you . They refused to refund my $50 despite the fact that the only reason I subscribed was because the Peace Corps web site clearly stated that Hotline was not available online because then anyo e could have access to it and it was being advertised as a publication to mainly serve RPCVs.

russell adams - 06/28/00 20:12:06
My Email:radams5453 PCPF PCPF@aol.com
Are or were you a Peace Corps volunteer, staff,
family, friend, or other?: volunteer
Did you serve in Panama?: yes
Site(s) in Panama?: el toro,los santos and VC for Agriculture
Years in Panama?: 2.5
How did you locate this PCPF website?: searching for it

Comments:
Panama was a great experience and was a positive influence on my life. After the Peace Corps I got a masters in international management so I could change the world through business and am ironically working for a chinese internet company that is helping o open up China to the world which is good. I look forward to sharing with any current volunteers my insights to working in Panama and would also like to hear from volunteers I worked with while in Panama.

Choty - 06/21/00 18:29:02
My Email:Choty25 PCPF PCPF@hotmail.com
Are or were you a Peace Corps volunteer, staff,
family, friend, or other?: Friend
Did you serve in Panama?: my friend Kati Davidson
Site(s) in Panama?: Purio
Years in Panama?: 67-68
How did you locate this PCPF website?: internet

Comments:
I am very happy to meet this page. In this page a saw a name of great friend named Kati Davidson. She knew me when I had 11 year old.(1967) Her parent helped me paying high school. Now I have 45 years old and three sons

Wade Kniseley - 05/24/00 23:25:55
My Email:wknisele PCPF PCPF@specent.com
Are or were you a Peace Corps volunteer, staff,
family, friend, or other?: PCV
Did you serve in Panama?: Yes
Site(s) in Panama?: Tonosí, Los Santos
Years in Panama?: 1965-1967
How did you locate this PCPF website?: easy

Comments:

Tony Starks - 05/10/00 16:04:42
My Email:suerwkr.PCPF PCPF@aol.com
Are or were you a Peace Corps volunteer, staff,
family, friend, or other?: not yet, going Sept 00
How did you locate this PCPF website?: from PC packet

Comments:
Hi everybody, I'm Tony Starks, new to the web, new to computers, and going to the PC in Panama (Ihope) in Sept of 00. My website is suerwkr PCPF@aol.com (No I am not a plumber) and I have made this my dream, to set aside my worldly goods and strike out to he p others and have a groovy time. I would like to hear from others who are going to Panama in Sept. If all goes well, I am going to Miami Fla on Sept ll 2000, then to Panama the next day. In country training is Sept thru Dec. Web me (or whatever they c ll it--I just got on to this whole thing about two weeks ago) and let me know your feelings about: a. "older" (56) PCVs (I'm picking up the lingo!) who are selling thsir homes, closing their businesses (Law practice in San Diego CA for 20 years) saying goodby to former wives, children, professional collegues (I never could spell that) and all that s familiar. No blockbuster, CNN, NYTimes, Cinema 24, whatever. Can I make it without a support group? b. How bad is the weather anyway? I've been in Washington DC in August, New England in the late summer, and Baja CA, Mex in all seasons, but can I hack 90 plus (please don't tell me it's not the heat it's the humidity) weather consistently. I'm ass ming my volunteer service does not include air conditioning. Do I just sweat it out with my Graham Greene novels and G&Ts or do I get acclimated after a while? This is a serious question. c. I hate roaches. How big are they? Somebody said "see Texas." What does that mean? I mean like when I wake up are my socks moving across the floor or what? d. I read in my PC stuff that the reason many older volunteers don't make it (I guess this means after the 3 months training period they tell you to ride into the sunset and keep riding) is that they can't make the language. How much do they expect rom us after the training, to be conversant, literate, inarticulate, or deme otra cerveza, wha? e. I guess that's all, my attention span has ended. Get back to me so that I know there is someone out there.

David A. Singer, EdD - 04/20/00 20:03:01
My Email:MohonkCT PCPF PCPF@aol.com
Comments:
From: MohonkCTPCPFPCPF@aol.com Date: Sun, 6 Feb 2000 23:57:46 EST Subject: Trip to Panama To: pcpfpanamaPCPFPCPF@yahoo.com I would truly appreciate any help that Peace Corp Members could give me. I represent the Mohonk Children's Services and I am going to Panama Between 2/17 - 2/29. I would like to know where there are one or more children's programs, especially for orphans or homeless children and adolescents where we can bring some donations and/or needed supples( sports equipment, clothes, toys etc.). I would also like to know where I can rent a 4x4 less expensively. Lastly, does anyonme know if we can drive part way up Volcan Baru so that we can limit the ike to 3 or 4 or 5 or 6 or 7 hours round trip to the summit(age range of our kids are 6-13). Thanks David A. Singer, EdD

Barry H. Evetts - 04/20/00 19:53:27
My Email:bevetts PCPF PCPF@cantv.net
Comments:
From: "Barry H. Evetts" | To: Subject: Re: The Panama Affair Date: Wed, 19 Apr 2000 10:22:59 -0400 To: Peace Corps Panama Friends Good day, My name is Barry Evetts and I am contacting you in respect of a novel I have written - a thriller called The Panama Affair, which has now been published and is viewable, can be browsed through, and even purchased from, the publisher's website at www.iuniv rse.com I am hopeful that The Panama Affair will be of interest to your members. I have taken the liberty of attaching a copy of a press release recently sent to the US media, a press release sent to the English language/bilingual Panamanian media (The Panama News, The Visitor, The Bulletin) and a copy of the book's cover. Please feel free to contact me if you want to know anything further. Sincerely Barry Evetts Caracas, Venezuela

Steve & Lennie Poitras - 04/12/00 20:06:23
My Email:SpoitrasPCPF@wy.nrcs.usda.gov
Are or were you a Peace Corps volunteer, staff,
family, friend, or other?: yes 1991
Did you serve in Panama?: yes
Site(s) in Panama?: san juan de peqeni
How did you locate this PCPF website?: with my mouse

Comments:
Hey all drop a line somtime!

Steve & Lennie Poitras - 04/12/00 20:05:22
My Email:SpoitrasPCPF@wy.nrcs.usda.gov
Are or were you a Peace Corps volunteer, staff,
family, friend, or other?: yes 1991
Did you serve in Panama?: yes
Site(s) in Panama?: san juan de peqeni
How did you locate this PCPF website?: with my mouse

Comments:
Hey all drop a line somtime!

Melissa Mayernik (Brunton) - 04/07/00 22:38:32
My Email:oliverisisPCPF@aol.com
Are or were you a Peace Corps volunteer, staff,
family, friend, or other?: fvolunteer
Did you serve in Panama?: yes
Site(s) in Panama?: Darien Jungle and LaMesa
Years in Panama?: 67-69
How did you locate this PCPF website?: surfing

Comments:
It's great to see how we can help and to catch up with old friends.

Bill Salisbury - 04/04/00 18:49:58
My Email:bsalisburyPCPF@peacecorps.gov
Are or were you a Peace Corps volunteer, staff,
family, friend, or other?: Volunteer, Staff
Did you serve in Panama?: No, Nepal!
How did you locate this PCPF website?: NPCA

Comments:
The Crisis Corps is desperately in need of Spanish speaking RPCVs to assist in the reconstruction from hurricaines Georges and Mitch. These 3 to 6 month assignments are for RPCVs only and require good Spanish language skills. Volunteers are provided wit travel to and from post, a living allowance, health care and a readjustment allowance-- very much like Peace Corps service, only shorter term. People with backgrounds in health, agriculture, water sanitation, social work and community organizing are all needed! For more info, call 1-800-424-8580 ext. 2250, visit the Crisis Corps pages on the Peace Corps web site, or e-mail to CrisiscorpsPCPF@peacecorps.gov.

Paul Garner - 03/31/00 15:53:07
My Email:prgamgPCPF@aol.com
Are or were you a Peace Corps volunteer, staff,
family, friend, or other?: no
Did you serve in Panama?: yes
Site(s) in Panama?: Margarita Canal Zone
Years in Panama?: 19years
How did you locate this PCPF website?: Surfing the web

Comments:
Love Panama and the people of Panama. Keep up the good work.

Meghan Hagerty - 03/28/00 20:48:48
My Email:mhagerty77PCPF@yahoo.com
Are or were you a Peace Corps volunteer, staff,
family, friend, or other?: will be volunteer
Did you serve in Panama?: I will
How did you locate this PCPF website?: information packet

Comments:
I'm looking forward to leaving for Panama in May as a Community Environmental Education Volunteer. I am also hoping to perhaps find an RPCV from Panama in the DC area to talk to for advice etc. before I leave...Thanks

Ron Green - 03/16/00 18:01:51
My Email:rongreenPCPF@aol.com
Are or were you a Peace Corps volunteer, staff,
family, friend, or other?: vol -
Site(s) in Panama?: Buenos Aires/Bejuco
Years in Panama?: 67 - 69

Comments:
In the small world department, my younger daugheter is the Peace Corps type. She has completed most of the tramites and is tentatively aiming for Central Asia -- although a two year stint in Panama would be welcome as well. She just returned from a week long conference on Violence against Women held in Nicaragua. There she met Panama 8 RPCV Kathy Whittaker - doing well and living in California. Have I mentioned in other places that Panama 9 RPCV John Rossetti called my house about 30 years ago asking if I wanted to go out for a cervecita o dos. Turns out, that was the night of our engagement party. John came to the party, met my sister-in-law nd married her 6 months later. Happily ever after.

Bil Grauel - 03/15/00 16:12:46
My Email:grauelwPCPF@tivoli.si.edu
Are or were you a Peace Corps volunteer, staff,
family, friend, or other?: Paraguay 90-93
Did you serve in Panama?: que va
How did you locate this PCPF website?: While looking for myGeocities website that I never developed

Comments:
I've really moved up in the world since PC/Paraguay. Unlike Itapua, Paraguay, in La Palma, Darien I have running water, electricity, and I didn't have to build my own latrine. It's an applied research project of ANAM/STRI with funding from ITTO to study and develop management plans for cativo (Prioria copaifera) swamp forests. Come visit.

carol toussant - 03/11/00 18:53:03
My Email:twosant2PCPF@pacbell.net
Are or were you a Peace Corps volunteer, staff,
family, friend, or other?: no
Did you serve in Panama?: no
Site(s) in Panama?: no
Years in Panama?: no

Comments:

Susan Larkin - 03/01/00 01:19:46
My Email:salalbion PCPF@hotmail
Are or were you a Peace Corps volunteer, staff,
family, friend, or other?: vol.
Did you serve in Panama?: yes.
Site(s) in Panama?: Rincon de las Palmas
Years in Panama?: 65-67
How did you locate this PCPF website?: search

Comments:
I am interested in visiting Panama. Are there any volunteers who are now in Panama in the Penoname area? Please contact me Muchas Gracias, Susana

Zack Silber-Coats - 02/29/00 10:51:21
My Email:zsilberPCPF@ucdavis.edu
Are or were you a Peace Corps volunteer, staff,
family, friend, or other?: not yet...
Did you serve in Panama?: not yet...
How did you locate this PCPF website?: through "peace corps crossroads"

Comments:
Espero que algun dia I'll be one of you guys...

Bill LeMaire - 02/24/00 06:18:23
My Email:bltciPCPF@aol.com
Are or were you a Peace Corps volunteer, staff,
family, friend, or other?: PC Volunteer
Did you serve in Panama?: Yes
Site(s) in Panama?: Santo Domingo
Years in Panama?: 1967-1969
How did you locate this PCPF website?: E-mail

Comments:
Great to see some comments from old friends. Glad that so many people besides me have great memories of Panama. I get out the old Panama slides every once in a while and enjoy them. I decided to become an accountant in 1969 after taking a quickie course in accounting in Puerto Rico with the Peace Corps. I am still doing accounting in San Francisco and still enjoying it. I would love to hear from people in my group. Bill LeMaire

John R. Fillis - 02/19/00 19:40:25
My Email:gohogsPCPF@chiriqui.com
Are or were you a Peace Corps volunteer, staff,
family, friend, or other?: yes
Did you serve in Panama?: yes
Site(s) in Panama?: Los Pozitos de Alanje
How did you find this PCPF website?: Janice Jorgensen

Comments:

Sherry Anderson - 02/18/00 20:03:56
My Email:LillysailPCPF@aol.com
Are or were you a Peace Corps volunteer, staff,
family, friend, or other?: Invited and accepted
Did you serve in Panama?: Not yet
How did you find this PCPF website?: PC Invitation pak

Comments:
Exploring your website for information on my assignment in Panama to begin in May 2000.

Maria Bailey - 02/15/00 22:49:42
My Email:baileyPCPF@admin.vgcc.cc.nc.us
Are or were you a Peace Corps volunteer, staff,
family, friend, or other?: family
How did you find this PCPF website?: my niece Jennifer Newman is a vol. in Panama

Comments:
Very nice. Jennifer does a newsletter for her friends and family. It would be interesting to see some of the personal stories from some of the other areas.

Esteban Bell - 02/10/00 16:33:25
My Email:lsenorPCPF@hotmail.com
Are or were you a Peace Corps volunteer, staff,
family, friend, or other?: yes
Did you serve in Panama?: yes
Site(s) in Panama?: Potuga de Parita
Years in Panama?: 67-68

Comments:

Peter Snow - 02/09/00 20:41:07
My Email:psnowPCPF@ucla.edu
Are or were you a Peace Corps volunteer, staff,
family, friend, or other?: rpcv
Did you serve in Panama?: yes
Site(s) in Panama?: Old Bank, Bocas
Years in Panama?: 93-95
How did you find this PCPF website?: search

Comments:
Hi all. I'm working on my Ph.D. in linguistics at UCLA studying creole languages and will be returning to Panama this summer to do field work in Bocas. Wondering if anyone out there has heard or heard of an English-based creole spoken by Panamanians of We t Indian descent in Puerto Armuelles, Chiriqui. Please contact me if you've ever been to Puerto Armuelles, I'd love to hear from you and from all the EE folks from 93-95.

bruce pahl - 02/01/00 04:50:40
My Email:bruce_pahl
Are or were you a Peace Corps volunteer, staff,
family, friend, or other?: Volunteer May 2000
Did you serve in Panama?: Panama May 2000
Site(s) in Panama?: don't know yet
Years in Panama?: hopefully 3
How did you find this PCPF website?: internet

Comments:
I would like to hear from anyone who served as agriculture volunteers . I will be serving as agroforestry agent and hope to take a range management approach to ag. resources. thank you all.

Bob Nishimoto - 01/28/00 23:01:44
My Email:oopuPCPF@hgea.org
Are or were you a Peace Corps volunteer, staff,
family, friend, or other?: PC volunteer
Did you serve in Panama?: Panama XIV
Site(s) in Panama?: San Blas
Years in Panama?: 1967-68
How did you find this PCPF website?: search

Comments:
Thnaks to all those that kept the group together.

Rebecca Talbot-Neely - 01/28/00 02:49:02
My Email:mwratneelyPCPF@earthlink.net
Are or were you a Peace Corps volunteer, staff,
family, friend, or other?: Volunteer
Did you serve in Panama?: yes
Site(s) in Panama?: Chitra, La Laguna
Years in Panama?: 95-97
How did you find this PCPF website?: from an email

Comments:
Hi to anyone who remembers Mike and me. I would like to get in touch with Jackie Flynn if anyone knows where she is. I tried the email address she posted but it doesn't work. I think about my time spent in Panama and there is so much I miss. Someday I wil return.

Wade Kniseley - 01/24/00 00:16:33
My Email:wkniselePCPF@specent.com
Are or were you a Peace Corps volunteer, staff,
family, friend, or other?: volunteer
Did you serve in Panama?: Yes
Site(s) in Panama?: Tonosí, Los Santos
Years in Panama?: 65-67
How did you find this PCPF website?: I've been connected

Comments:
It is great to see the increased activity on the web page, now that so many of us are online. Saludos to Group 8.

Christy Rauch - 01/21/00 14:29:53
My Email:christyrauchPCPF@hotmail.com
Are or were you a Peace Corps volunteer, staff,
family, friend, or other?: PC trainee on 1/24/00
Did you serve in Panama?: Yes i will

Comments:
I can't wait to discover all Panama has to offer!

Charley Stough - 01/17/00 04:26:43
My Email:copyboy_1PCPF@msn.com
Are or were you a Peace Corps volunteer, staff,
family, friend, or other?: Panama VI -- '64-66

Comments:
1/16/00. Just came back from 10 days in Panama, all the houses we built still standing tall and more built everywhere; traffic a mess in the city but Panamanians generally optimistic about the canal experience if put off by unfortunate protocol glitches een in the canal reversion. I saw lots of reason for optimism about Panama myself and hope to return often. Que viva.

Gena Vossenberg-Bernal - 01/17/00 01:10:20
My Email:gena_panamaPCPF@yahoo.com
Are or were you a Peace Corps volunteer, staff,
family, friend, or other?: volunteer
Did you serve in Panama?: yes
Site(s) in Panama?: Santa Ana, Los Santos
Years in Panama?: 2.3
How did you find this PCPF website?: Janice

Comments:
Hey guys how are you all?? I have cool news. I am meeting new Peace Corps Director Mark Schneider (RPCV, El Salvador) on Martin Luther King Day!! He is here in town (Miami)to send off the El Salvador volunteer's. The Miami Peace Corps Fellow program group is to meet him at John Martin's pub. I will write to Janice for the Vaina and tell you what he is like...

Humberto Reynolds U. - 01/12/00 14:27:05
My Email:reynoldsPCPF@sinfo.net
Are or were you a Peace Corps volunteer, staff,
family, friend, or other?: Citizen
Did you serve in Panama?: Must of my life
Site(s) in Panama?: All the Country
Years in Panama?: 61
How did you find this PCPF website?: Public Relations

Comments:
I will like to know several friends who are working with us in Panama, to coolaborate with them in everything can be possible....Thanks.

Jack W. Hill - 01/05/00 21:23:02
My Email:jack_hillPCPF@adg.ardemgaz.com
Are or were you a Peace Corps volunteer, staff,
family, friend, or other?: PC Volunteer
Did you serve in Panama?: Yes
Site(s) in Panama?: Monagrillo de Chitre
Years in Panama?: 1965-67
How did you find this PCPF website?: Search

Comments:

janine suira - 01/05/00 15:39:21
My Email:chicaharley15PCPF@hotmail.com
Are or were you a Peace Corps volunteer, staff,
family, friend, or other?: no
Did you serve in Panama?: no
Site(s) in Panama?: ----
Years in Panama?: 17 years
How did you find this PCPF website?: putting volunteering in panama!

Comments:
Hola, soy Janine,tengo 19 anios...nacida en panama(la ciudad) pero vivo actualmente en israel,jerusalem. Y como soy interesada en vountariados, simplemente averigue que websites tenia panama en este aspecto y me alegra saber que existe esta asociacion. Yo voluntario aqui en israel con inmigrantes etiopes y es algo muy especial. Si algun dia se me da la oportunidad, de VOLUNTARIAR en PANAMA, ya se que me contactaria con uds. Cualquier cosa, este anio que voy para alla, voy a ver como me comunico y quien sab en el futuro pueda ser miembro o algo asi. Estoy interesada en que me proporcionen su direccion y telefonos, y el nombre de la persona a quien debo dirigirme, se lo agradeceria muchisimo. Bueno por ahora, estoy orgullosa de que uds. se preocupen por mi pais panama!, y lo que yo puedo hacer desde tan lejos es representarlos haciendo lo mismo pero con otros. muchisima suerte y estamos en contacto. chao gente, janine suira nathan

SCOTT ROSS - 01/04/00 19:45:17
My Email:PANAMASCOTTPCPF@MINDSPRING.COM
Are or were you a Peace Corps volunteer, staff,
family, friend, or other?: YES
Did you serve in Panama?: YES
Site(s) in Panama?: LAKE MADAN/ALALUA.
How did you find this PCPF website?: BEEN HERE FOR A WHILE

Comments:
Still visiting Panama, and traveling throughout cental and south america. I am now living in Atlanta, any RPCV's passing through, your welcome here, anybody else hear from the sum '91 class let me know.