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Members' Profiles
Name: Ray Griggs I was blessed with the opportunity to serve as an agricultural
missionary with the Honduras Moravian Church from 1983-86. I helped
start trading posts with a development agency called MOPAWI (Mosquitia
Pawisa). My training is in Agricultural Engineering.
Currently I am an agricultural engineer with the Texas Agricultural
Experiment Station (part of the Texas A&M Univeristy System)
in Temple, Texas.
I recently spent 6 weeks on the East Coast (Gracias a Dios Department)
assessing the needs for recovery after Hurricane Mitch. My family
is also currently considering/planning to return to the East Coast
permanently. Name: Carl J. Gagliardi Distributor in Central America for two companies that manufacture
tankless hot water heaters and water distillers. Name: Carl J. Gagliardi Distributor in Central America for two companies that manufacture
tankless hot water heaters and water distillers.
ProfileMick was born in W. Hollywood FL and is still trying to figure out what he is doing in Syracuse. He loves the lower latitudes and has spent much time sailing in the Eastern Caribbean. His love for the water leaves him in pursuit of capturing a piece of the Caribbean. He holds some beachfront near LaCeiba and has recently become very interested in Utila. He has participated in several dental/medical missions to mainland Honduras and plan in the future include helping the people of Utila with their clinic. Snorkeling, SCUBA, sailing and sportfishing from a sailboat (to eat), cooking are a few of his interests. Chronological age is 42; behavioral age 32 and decreasing all the time. "I stay young by racing my Hobie 16." "I detest sexism and racism." "I love life and love Honduras and their people; I plan to love life and live in Honduras in the future." Name: James M. Gummersheimer ProfileMy girlfriend & I will be vacationing on Roatan June 26 to July 10. We are both divers and will be staying at Fantasy Island. Any information about the island, dive sites, places to visit, car rentals & anything in general would be greatly appreciated. I'm especially interested in detailed maps of the Roatan & Honduras. My address is (329 BB Rd. - Columbia, Illinois - 62236) Name: Becky Kivak ProfileName: Ken Yorgan Profile"I became interested in Honduras as the result of a want ad in the back of a trade bulletin which spoke of the shortage of DC's (chiropractors) in that country. My planned initial visit to Honduras was curtailed when the doctor who would have been my host suffered a medical emergency a week prior to my flight. Then came Mitch." Ken is 52 and practices in Racine, Wisconsin (north of Chicago, south of Milwaukee) . He's a member of Rotary, has served on the board of his state association and holds a patent on a physiotherapy device for treating cervical spine problems. Participates in CASC (Central America Solidarity Coalition) locally. Usually signs his postings as "Doc". Left hondo1 for a few months but developed eccentricity withdrawals and came back. Name: Kirk Leach ProfileI was a Peace Corps Volunteer in Ceguaca, Santa Barbara from 8/89 - 12/91. Ceguaca is about 20K south of the town of Santa Barbara. I also lived in Santa Lucia during Peace Corps training. I enjoyed my experience in Honduras and still have many friends in my town. I have been back twice, in '94 when they were having the electricity rationing, and again in '97 for our honeymoon. It was my wife's first trip outside the U.S., but she loved it. We rented a cay off Utila the first week, and then went to my site and Copan. My travel includes all over Honduras, and to Guatemala and Bolivia (which I highly recommend - stunning). Since the Peace Corps I have worked for U.S. Congresswoman Nita Lowey as a District Rep., the Foreign Policy Association as the Manager of the Great Decisions program, and currently as a Development Officer for International Planned Parenthood Federation/Western Hemisphere Region. I am looking for a position that will get me back to Latin America, where I would like to raise a family. My education includes a Master's Degree in Public Administration (Non-Profit Mgmt. specialization, International Development concentration) from New York University. Saludos to all the Santa Barbara pateplumas!
ProfileEconomist, Journalist, Author. Born August 15, 1918. Principal: Belveal & Company (Consulting firm) Commodities Press (Publishing company) Mr Belveal is the world's most widely published author on commodity trading and futures markets, with five volumes under his imprimatur. He also created the Registration Examination that all Commodity Solicitors must pass to be licensed to trade on Regulated Commodity Exchanges throughout the world. He has served as economic consultant to some of the world's most distinguished commercial firms, as well as some governments. As a correspondent, he has lived, worked and traveled extensively in the United States and Canada, Mexico, Central and South America, and Asia. He keeps his international press credentials current and does some consulting. He writes occasional business and economic reporte, as time permits and his personal interests justify. Web Domain <http://ldbelveal.net> Name: Richard A. James ProfilePermanant resident in Honduras. Industrial and business consultant. Name: Nuria Mayela Nones ProfileI am a Honduran native from Puerto Cortes. I have a degree in Industrial and Systems Engineering from the Ohio State University. I have been living in Houston for about 8 months and work as a consultant. I would like to get in touch especially with people from Puerto Cortes. Please email me at nurita22@aol.com. Name: kevin j. kavaney Profilerecreational traveler.. have visited most of the bay islands since 1985. originally more scuba and photography, but now more hiking and generally going more remote and less tourist or resort destinations... Name: Chris Kibler Profile30's SWM, Real estate professional with an interest in Honduras, particularly North Coast and Bay Islands. Name: Scott Adams ProfileFull Time Army National Guard Environmental Officer that will work in Honduras for a month. Want to know more about Honduras. Name: Sara(h) Braun ProfileI am a Spanish-English translator and editor (legal, literature, finance), writer, "artist" waitress, etc. My partner and I are moving to La Ceiba this summer - he has a teaching job, I just need to leave NYC. I lived for a while in Chiapas, Mexico. Don't know much about Honduras yet, but I am thrilled to start learning. Name: Sandy Cope ProfileOwn property in Guanaja. Name: Marlon Machado ProfileI am originally from Puerto Cortés and my wife Edna is from San Pedro Sula. We live in Mobile, Alabama since 1992. My wife is a lawyer and I'm a computer scientist. Name: Jess Smigielski ProfileI am very interested in Honduras both as a country and as what is happening with the floods. Although I have no direct connection, it is one of my goals in life to visit Honduras some day. Name: Gregory Woods ProfileI am a 26 year old divorced writer, traveler and troublemaker looking to continue my professions. I have been to Honduras 5 times, the first time by accident. The second time because I had nothing better to do with a few weeks. I am looking forward to returning to Honduras to visit my friends. Since several of you have posted your favorite beer: I prefer Salva Vida. I still fondly remember my visits in San Lorenzo, Tela and La Ceiba. I do need to go back. Name: Gari and Betty Spire M.D.s ProfileGraduated from UNAH 1988 family in Tegucigalpa and Arizona miss Honduras but can't make a living there. Name: Gari and Betty Spire M.D.s ProfileGraduated from UNAH 1988 family in Tegucigalpa and Arizona miss Honduras but can't make a living there. Name: Sarah kirkconnell ProfileNative Roatanian, lives in Houston, husband kelly Kirkconnell, five kids. Owns and operates construction company. Name: Laura Roberts ProfileI lived in Trujillo, Honduras for a couple months during 1995, then left to live in San Pedro la Laguna, Guatemala for the remainder of that year. I frequently return and visit old friends in Guatemala, though I haven't yet had the time to return to Trujillo. Name: Alexis Zepeda ProfileI am a graduate of the University of Florida (History, '98) currently applying to graduate programs in Latin American Studies and International Affairs with a concentration in Human Rights and Humanitarian Affairs. My sister and I were born in Tegucigalpa but have since migrated to Florida with our U.S. born mother. My father was involved in Honduran government during the 1980s so I've always had a loose line of communication and information exchange with my home country. It seems that the hondo1 list and my subscription to Honduras This Week On-line will allow me to keep up with more current info. on national and regional news in C.A. Name: Tom VandeStadt ProfileUnited Church of Christ minister in Syracuse, New York. I work with a grass roots development group in a small village not far from Yoro and get down to Honduras once or twice a year. Name: Becky Lo Dolce ProfileName: Connie Lanier ProfileI am a computer trainer working for the University of New Orleans. I once lived in San Pedro Sula Honduras, and worked for EIS (the international school). I travel to Honduras normally twice a year. I have a good friend living in San Pedro. Her name is Hilda Yolanda Rodriguez. I lived in SPS from August of 1990 to March of 1993. Honduras and the people of Honduras have a special place in my heart. Name: Kirtley O. Madsen ProfileHave son, Elder Kent K. Madsen, that is serving a mission for the LDS Church in the San Pedro Sula Mission. He loves the people and the country. My wife and I are interested in learning all we can about Honduras and the people. Name: Connie Lanier ProfileI am a 39 year old single female living near New Orleans, LA. I lived in San Pedro for several years.
ProfileComputer programmer/technical writer at Clayton College & State University south of Atlanta. Four mission trips to Agalta Valley in Olancho with Honduras Outreach Inc. Planning to go back at least twice a year in the future. Name: Cathleen Malmstrom ProfileI'm an adoptive parent of two terrific Honduran kids. We try to keep up on what's going on there and we'd love to communicate with other Hondurans in our area. Name: Jim Sereyka ProfileHands on manufacturing engineer, machine shop & framing experience. Love science,sailing,frugal attempts at snow boarding, and making things work. Young grandad of 2, partnered for 29yrs. Past Jaycee president, business owner. Name: Diana Deck ProfileA good person helping a friend find his family Name: Allison P. Brumback ProfileI spent some time in Central America during my college years. Some of that time was spent living with a Honduran family in San Luis, Ocotepeque. I fell so much in love with the Central American people, especially my FAMILY! I miss it very much and am looking forward to getting to know some others with the same passion and love for Latin America. Name: Dina Coffey ProfileI sponsor a family in the village of Duyure near the town on San Marcos in Southwestern Honduras through Good Samaritan Baptist Missions. Love to hear anything about Duyure anybody knows! Name: Jeff Denning Profile
Name: Laird Jenkins ProfileElder Scott Jenkins ( son) serving in the LDS Tegicigalpa Honduras Mission. Name: T. Jeff Callard ProfileI am a Social Worker working in mental health, a musician (sax, guitar, flute), a husband of a wonderful wife for 33 years, and the father of two incredible adults, both active within the Episcopal Church. I have been practicing T'ai Chi Ch'uan for 10 years with Abbi Marchesani, a student of William C.C. Chen. When my wife's brother married a citizen of Honduras, I gained family from San Pedro Sula to Choluteca. In 5 years I'll be 62 and eligible for my pension from the State of Michigan, and the plans are to retire in Honduras. Name: Nancy Cady ProfileI am in the U.S. Foreign Service and served in Tegucigalpa from 1983 to 1986. My son and daughter are Honduran - I adopted them while I was living in Honduras. Soy diplomatico en el Departamento de Estado de los EEUU. Trabajaba en Tegucigalpa desde 1983 hasta 1986. Adopte mi hijo y mi hija en Honduras cuando vivia en Honduras. Name: Lois H. Hoyle ProfileI have friends who have not heard from families in Cortes, Yuro and Tocoa. Is there anyone who has information on people in those areas? Name: Lois H. Hoyle ProfileJose Cruz Machado of Greensboro has heard nothing from his family in Tegulcigalpa. They live in Colonia Flor No. 1, Salida Olancho. Does anyone have information on that part of the city? Name: Richard Ramirez Profile36/male - Hispanic, 6' 2", medium build. Former U.S. Army Soldier. Was stationed in Honduras. Name: Ken Myers ProfileActive Missions Oriented churchmember of New Life Fellowship,Westwego,La. I have been on several mission trips to Honduras. I have helped build a church in Pedragal,a small village north of Teguicgalpa. My church is currently trying to help send relief to Honduras. Name: Kathrine ProfileName: Cynthia Swain ProfileHi there...I am 36 years old, born and raised in Prairieville, LA. Love to snorkel and am a certified diver.Have friends on Roatan and have been to visit 6 or 7 times over the last couple of years, and just love it there, especially West End. My hopes are that construction will be limited soon or this little piece of paradise will be no more!!!! Name: Richard A. James ProfileI am an industrial & management consultant. Have been living in Honduras over 25 years. Name: Mickey M. Cline ProfileI served on a medical/dental mission team to Santo Domingo through Mision Bautista and plan to return soon. I am also involved with helping Orphanage Emmanuel in Comayagua. Name: Mickey M. Cline ProfileI served on a medical/dental mission team to Santo Domingo through Mision Bautista and plan to return soon. I am also involved with helping Orphanage Emmanuel in Comayagua. Name: Donald Moore ProfileDon Moore 427 Catalpa Independence, Ks 67301 316-332-0616 wrk 316-331-2459 hm Commercial Broadcast Engineer Worked in Honduras 10 years. Installed HRSL on Roatan. Worked with HRPC and HRYT in San Luis,S.B. and San Pedro Sula Name: Chris Reilly, Ph.D. ProfileName: IVAN & SILVIA SCOTT ProfileName: ProfileMother of Ted Maschal ("Ted E.Danger") who was living with his bride, Kamilla on Roatan, SCUBA instructing, and at the time "Mitch" hit was probably still in a cast with a broken ankle. My profile is unimportant; I am only hoping to find some word of or from my son; last word was a telephone call (made on a cell phone) last Tuesday morning at 4:30 (SF time) when Ted said they were expecting "Mitch" to hit that day, that they had a safe place to go to, and that he was going to try to safely moor a couple of boats in the harbor for someone he knew. He said he'd call when it was over. I realize that with the damage to the infrastructure that may be some time in happening; getting any answer on the net may be just as delayed-- but I try. Name: Elizabeth Dannner Knowlton ProfileName: Operation Shoebox ProfileWe are a non-profit, 501(c)(3), corporation that has been providing humanitarian aid to Honduras for over 10 years now. We initially focused on giving Christmas gifts (in shoeboxes - hence the name) to Honduran children but have had a major focus on providing medical and dental supplies and brigades over the last 5 years or so. We are mounting a major campaign for worldwide donations of supplies and money for the hurricane victims at this time. Name: Mark Siegmund ProfileWhile I am interested in all of Central and Latin America (haved lived and worked in both Mexico and Belize, and have visited Costa Rica, Guatemala, Honduras), I am especially interested in Belize. My longstanding work and interests revolve around both peace and international development, especially, peace through development. I, after many years of consideration, development and work, have put together a peace through development project, based on Buckminster Fuller's concept for a strategic world game to "Make the World Work for Everyone". The focus of this project in its first stages will be Belize--as a micrcosm nation-state model. Anyone interested may view the Tetworld Project at http://members.tripod.com/~Tetworld/+index.html Name: Travis Harrington ProfileA US Air Force member who had the plaesure of serving a tour in Honduras in 1995-96. I have revisited Honduras every year since then. With many friends in Comayagua, Siguatepeque and Tegucigalpa, my travls about the country have only been wonderful. Honduras has forever captured my heart. I will not betray her love. Name: Julian (Jay) Flores ProfileI'm from U.S., wife is from Honduras, married 7 years now, have travelled and driven through much of the central and western part of the country. Name: Somanika Jerhada ProfileI am a 29 year old new mother of 5 month old twin boys. I studied in La Ceiba, Honduras as an exchange student from 1986-1987. That was the best experience of my life. I still have several friends and what I call my "family" there. I plan on retiring there someday. Assuming that they will be able to bounce back from this horrible storm. I have joined hondo1 on the hope that I will be able to gain some information on the status of my "family" and friends there. Name: Jose Manuel Paz ProfileMy wife, Leysabel and I were born in Honduras. We have resided in Gretna (on the West Bank of New Orleans) for about 27 years and have lived in the area for about 36 years. I am a graduate of the University of New Orleans and presently work as a Systems Analyst/Programmer/Computer guy. We have a son who resides in Seattle and a married daughter who lives in the area. We visit our homeland at least once every two years. Both of us still have family residing there. Name: Jim Dunn ProfileI've been diving on the Bay Islands since 1988 and have several close friends there. My house project is in it's fourth year and complete (whatever that means) except for kitchen appliances and cabinets. House is located on the west end behind Sueno del Mar dive shop. I'm planning on semi-retiring there in the next two years. Name: Carrie Hutton (formerly Dodds) ProfileI lived in SPS between 1990 and 1992 with my ex-husband Philip Dodds who worked with Tabacalera Hondurena SA. I now live and work in Cyprus and would like to hear news of old friends like Helen Austin (who I believe is now in Tela at the American School), the Barbers and Aharon and Oralia Rubinstein who moved from SPS to Choluteca. I fondly remember Alba Umanzor who helped me round the house and became a second mother to me. I have been very concerned about everyone because of the hurricanes which prompted me to join Hondo1 through which I would appreciate any news. I regularly read Honduras This Week Online and have been following the news reports on the storms with horror. I wish everyone in Honduras well and all the luck in the world. Name: Mary Ann Nuñez ProfileMy parents are missionaries in La Ceiba. I am married to a Honduran, Javier, born in La Ceiba. His family lives in Olanchito. We have a beautiful son Jonathan Enrique who will be 1 in December. We lived in SPS for two years. We are currently living in New Jersey but miss Honduras terribly. Name: Arnold Lagos ProfileName: Steve Sanderfer Profileattorney, lived in Honduras 3 years, my wife is Marta Gissela Bustillo of Comayaguela. We have 2 children. Name: Gerald M. Jordan ProfileHonduras visitor, hoping to return permanently. Single male, 50 yrs old, frequent traveler, self-employed, would love to do volunteer work when sale of my business permits Name: Ray Bonham ProfileName: Michael Joe Thannisch ProfileGraduate of Conroe High School and Rice University. Ten years as a Monk(Episcopal). Fourteen years as a missionary of the Episcopal Church as follows. Tela(Teaching at Holy Spirit School), Puerto Lempira (Founded 4 missions plus moblile dispensary plus schalarship help and flood relief), Pto. Cortés (St. John's School), Concepción Del Norte, Santa Bárbara (4 missions), Danlí (3 missions, seminary instructor), Omoa (1 mission and seminary instructor) Currently teaching at an alternative school in Houston after violence became too much for me to bear. My wife, María is from Sta. Bárbara, and I have 6 children and one granddaughter. Name: Susan Scott ProfileSusan and spousal unit Mike Saunders are cruising the NW Caribbean and are presently located in Brick Bay. Mike is a merchant marine currently working in the Gulf of Mexico. Name: Dine Mayer ProfileName: Daiel T. DeMetris ProfileI have been building slowly on the west end of Guanaja since 1985. So far have a well, one building a big barbacue area dock and have planted lots of fruit trees and have designed a canal system which will keep the natural ecosystem in check but allow the rain water level to run ot to the sea. Intend to build two cabanas and put a mooring out in front for my sailboat. Also will have a bar, food - correction have been building since 1995 not 85 Name: Paul & Candida (DeVito) Bennett ProfileI am a 53 year old Gringo, who married a wonderful Honduran woman, Candida. After traveling to Honduras for the first time in 1992, I fell in Love with the country. We have family living in Tegucigalpa, La Ceiba, Juticalpa and Las Limas, Olancho. We visit Honduras yearly and hope to retire there in the not too distant future. I am a computer technician, programer and program manager. I work for a non-profit agency in Lynn, Ma.. My wife is a bilingual teacher with a Masters from Boston College. She works for the Boston Public Schools. Name: Paul & Marlen Chaney ProfileMarlen and I own a tree service business. She is a native of Savá, Colón. We've been married 4 years and have a son, Sam. We also have her daughter, Maresa, who lives with us, and her 3 brothers, who live in Savá, and my 2 daughters, who live in Colorado, ahd their brother, who goes to school in St. Louis. Marlen studied to be a natural science teacher, but then started and ran a milling business before coming to the USA. Marlen has strong mechanical abilities, and eye for art and design, and a strong desire to own and operate a retail or an import business. My background includes a degree in horticulture, certification as an arborist, and licensure as a tree and landscape contractor. Besides being interested in amenity and production forestry and horticulture, I take an active interest in community improvement, individual liberties (including abolition of the income tax), women's rights and education, and sustainable development of resources. I'm also active in my church as a Sunday School teacher. Our joining this list was precipitated by hurricane Mitch. Both of us are deeply concerned about the conditions in Honduras. Marlen endured Hurricane Fifí as a 4 year old, and saw many of her family's modest possessions obliterated with one lightening bolt, and saw the rest float away with the floods. Name: Tim & Tracewell Krause ProfileWe live in Chicago and own a villa at the Mayan Princess. Name: Amey L. Adams ProfileI am currently completing my doctorate in Animal Nutrition at the University of Florida. I served in Honduras as a Peace Corps Volunteer from 1985 to 1988. My work site was a small town named Maraita about 10 km (?) from Zamorano. I have a strong interest in International Development issues, and particularly want to keep in touch with what is happening in Honduras Name: Ed Hill ProfileName: Jeffrey Teague ProfileI'm a 41 yr. old food exporter, married to a beautiful and intelligent hondurena (financial planner). We've been married for 3 years now, and have a 14 mo. old baby boy. We are planning on retiring to Valle de Angeles in about 5 years and opening up a small business there. We visit Honduras twice a year, for a few weeks, since my wife's family lives in Tegucigalpa. Name: Don Rocks ProfileDon spent most of his working life as a political appointee. He finally left the business before he got the business. Don and Janice are building what they prefer to call a villa on Roatan above Politilly Bight. Don was Bobby Kennedy's driver in the Oregon Presidential Primary, a paratrooper in the 82nd Airborne Division, hits a 240 yard drive at least half the time, doesn't play enuf tennis, won't fish unless drugged, travels well without medication and occasionally drives a concours '67 Toronado that Janice has never deigned to ride in. Don and Janice are not afraid to drink the water, but prefer wine with dinner. Don does skads of chores to take a load off of Janice who continues to operate a thriving partnership. An 18 year old top cat named Shogun--who enjoys menacing small to medium sized dogs when not napping--rounds out the happy household.
ProfileWe will be arriving in La Ceiba around the 19th of September 1998. While there we will be teaching english at a local school. This will be our first travelling experience and we have no idea what to expect. Name: Jim Stewart ProfileMy wife Maria, is from Honduras and lives a long way from home up here in Washington State(12yrs). We recently spent a month in Honduras and try to visit Maria's family in Tegucigalpa, Choleteca, and Tocoa, at least every two or three years. We are contemplating moving closer, maybe Florida, and possibly buying a small home in Teguc in a year or two. Due to current laws we will probably put anything we buy in Maria's name, as she is still a Honduran citizen. Name: Ted Danger ProfileTed Danger although claims Utilan descent actually hails from the Haight Ashbury district of San Francisco where he was born with the sir name Maschal. A Magician, Gold Miner, Film Maker, jungle explorer, as well as dozens of other professed occupations, he is obviously confused and impatient. He currently teaches Scuba in the Bay Islands where his lives with his Princess Wife Kamilla. Watch for his upcoming show on the discovery channel.
ProfileRon taught nineteen years in the music department at Southeastern Louisiana University before becoming general manager of KSLU public radio eleven years ago. "Being in the radio business has given me a more flexible schedule and allowed me to travel all over the world as a performer. I started traveling to Central America with a bilingual jazz band, performing for trade shows and US Embassy events about 8 years ago, the majority of which were to Honduras. Presently I enjoy lecturing on history of jazz and producing some radio shows for Stereo McIntosh in La Ceiba." Primary interest is in the music, cultural, and educational scene in Tegucigalpa and La Ceiba. Favorite beer is Salva Vida!
ProfilePartially trained as a nuclear physicist, Alan soon discovered a paucity of work in his field. Undaunted, he changed careers, and now works as a plant psychologist (specializing in small plants). He has never worked as a stevedore, dishwasher, professional wrestler or seamstress. Author of “The Six Habits of Highly Unsuccessful People” (unpublished), he now lives in Huntsville, Texas (center of the Texas prison system) where he manufactures license plates for the Texas Department of Criminal Justice. Occasionally married, with various known children and some grandchildren, he is now building a home in Roatán, where he is well known as a connoisseur of Salva Vida and Flor de Caña. Name: Warren Post ProfileWarren Post first came to Honduras in 1986 as a diplomat assigned to the American Embassy in Tegucigalpa, and returned to stay in 1990. Since then Warren has occupied himself as a beach bum in Trujillo, a marketing director in San Pedro Sula, an English teacher on a cattle ranch, a jungle guide in the Mosquitia, and currently operates a family restaurant with wife Orlanda and their three children in the mountain town of Santa Rosa de Copan. In their free time Warren and Orlanda are both active in the local Rotary Club and the Santa Rosa 2000 civic committee.
ProfileLarry is a 52 year old ex Steel Mill bum turned Investor by a lucky twist of fate. Larry ain't never dun anything important in his life except be lucky. Larry has a wife who is a teacher, and a son 27. We live near Portland Oregon. Larry loves Central America/Carribean area and travels there as often as he can. He is now in the process of buying beach property near Xcalak Mexico about a mile from the Belize border. Name: David K. Evans ProfileDave Evans is an Anthropologist with over 37 years research interest and experience in the Bay Islands in general and on Roatán in particular. He directs WFU's Overseas Research Center (ORC), and conducts both his ethnographic research and a field school on Roatán each year. The Evans family own "Ruby Lee Ridge" above First Bight and have almost completed their island home (first envisioned in July of 1961) "La Casa Promesa". Plans exist to construct a research center on their property as well as (hopefully) a trade school for local youth in the future. The Overseas Research Center houses a wide selection of bibliographic materials on the Bay Islands, and has recently published : THE BAY ISLAND SOURCEBOOK: A WORKING, ANNOTATED BIBLIOGRAPHY, 1502-1995. The ORC supports students and others interested in the Bay Islands in general and in Roatán in particular. Name: Rob Bonar ProfileI have a University degree in Commerce with a major in marketing and business administration, and have spent almost all of my career in computers and communications. Semi-retired at 50, after my last stint of 14 years of wireless communications experience, the relaxation is welcome. I'm married to Michele who unfortunately, still toils in the salt mines. I've only had 2 visits to Roatan, the last for a month in the spring of 1998, when I ran a small hotel for the owner who had to go Stateside. Roatan interests me as a retirement location, and I love the beaches, the people, and the beautiful weather. Hopefully, I'll be able to get down again in the near future for a "land shopping" trip...but its so hard to pry myself out of the ocean, snorkeling happily over the reef, to drive around looking at land. I've been a member of Hondo1 for about 1 1/2 years, and enjoy both the information that is always available, and the banter between the members.
ProfileI grew up in Honduras until 1990, when we moved back to Miami. I went back to La Ceiba for a year and seven months (Aug 15, 95 - March 16, 97 to work as a volunteer for "la Iglesia Gran Comision."I am a Second year full-time student at Miami-Dade Community College. My field of study is Marketing, with a minor in comunications. I work as a part time web designer and HTML programer. My hobbies are Graphic arts, music and the guitar, surfing the net, and spending time with my friends.
ProfileEconomist, Journalist, Author Born: August 15, 1918 Principal: Belveal & Company (Consulting firm) Commodities Press (Publishing company) Mr. Belveal is the world's most widely published author on commodity markets, with five volumes under his imprimatur. He created the Registration Examination that all Commodity Solicitors must pass to be licensed to trade on Regulated Commodity markets throughout the world. He has served as economic consultant to some of the world's most distinguished commercial firms, as well as governments. As a correspondent, he has lived, worked and traveled extensively in the United States and Canada, Mexico, Central and South America, and Asia. He keeps his international press credentials current and does some consulting. He writes occasional business and economic reports, as time permits and his personal interest justifies. <http://www.goodfelloweb.com/lorenzo/> Name: Joe Baugh & Kathy Olis ProfileJoe is a medical laboratory supervisor and has been for the past 25 years. He has been in Saudi Arabia for the past 11 years working for Saudi Aramco. Kathy is a speech therapist working with the Saudi Aramco Schools for the past 14 years and will be taking early retirement September 1998. We are both avid divers and have been to many sites around the world. Last year we purchased 3½ acres in the west end of Port Royal with the plans of building in the near future and retiring to a life of leisure and diving.
ProfileRon is a 36-yr-old Photojournalist for the St. Petersburg (FL) Times and an avid Scuba Diver. Lidia is a 32-yr-old high school teacher and native born Hondurana. She was born and raised in Danli and has family living both there and in Tegucigalpa. She moved to the USA in 1984. We have one child, Joseph who was born in 1996. We also have a dalmation, two cats, a moray eel, a rabbit and a frog. We are presently purchasing 2.5 acres on Roatan and plan to retire there in the future. Our property is along the ridge overlooking First Bight. |
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