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Again this Tuesday I'll be at the market with Hospital Cooperativo Medical Discount Plan cards to deliver to people who recently renewed or enrolled in the plan. I'll be walking around at the Market with a sign around my neck that says "MED PLAN CARDS." IF YOU RENEWED YOUR PLAN, YOUR WALLET CARD IS STILL GOOD, BUT YOU WILL RECEIVE A NEW PAYMENT CARD THAT SHOWS YOU HAVE PAID FOR ANOTHER YEAR. I'll attend the meeting at 10:30 and make an announcement there about the cards. Most of the time before and after the meeting I'll try to hang out near the stairway to the parking lot. Last week I was delayed after the meeting and missed some people. This week I'll be sure to be there right after the meeting. Please try to see me and pick up your cards. You need them, and I don't! Bob Gregory P.S. If yours is a new enrollment and not a renewal, it will be a good idea to make an initial appointment with a doctor of internal medicine to get acquainted, provide your medical history and establish a file. This way if you need urgent or emergency care later, there will already be some information on file.

See this unique collection of artistic works under the "Xulonn" sign on the back terrace at the Tuesday Morning Market at the BCP Center. The old - from Santiago, Panama - petrified wood and other minerals, including slabs, random pieces, and a driftwood lamp with a petrified wood slab in the base. Absolutely beautiful - and very unique. 20" wide base, 26" tall - $120. The new: A collection of many styles of pyrography on wood, birds painted in acrylic on cedro plates, lathe-turned tagua (vegetable ivory) miniature vases and bottle stoppers, candle holders, bowls, and more. Woodturnings by David van Harn, graphics and paintings by Richar Huiza.

Special prices on flavored kombucha at the Tuesday market.....January 30. Come taste as we explore various " sabores" to satisfy your tastebuds! 1 bottle....$5 2 bottles...$8 3 bottles....$10 Ask for Gleyda under the tent at the back, at the entrance of Ana's Veggie Court. Irie!

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I found an identification card for Ricardo Armando Sicilia Rosa. It's says cedula juvenil. If anyone can help get this card back to it's owner, please help. Call me at 6561-5120 to arrange this return. Regards, Judy

Great Beautiful Day Everyone, They say that a picture is worth a thousand words but what is a free sample worth? Yes, that's right this week at the BCP at the 2 Guys & A Cooler booth there will be free samples of our newest line to hit the market. We are calling it "The Sauerkraut Extravaganza!". We have been experimenting and perfecting the art of fermentation with various food items. This particular line (after many months) is finally ready and we are giving away free samples to anyone who wants to try the most daring and delicious foods at the market. If you have never had sauerkraut then we invite you to come out and experience "Kraut" for the first time. If you've had sauerkraut before and didn't like it, come out and give it a second try (for free). Some say that sauerkraut is a food that you either love or hate. Well, we are going to have to disagree. Sauerkraut is a food that is extremely versatile and making many different flavor profiles will give you options like never before. Imagine a Mexican Sauerkraut on you Fajitas or tacos. Think about a Caribbean sauerkraut on some fish tacos. What about a smoky sauerkraut on your hamburger or a ghost chili sauerkraut on your bratwurst or Ruben for a spicy surprise. We are not only thinking outside the box but we have completely thrown out the box for this one. Sauerkraut can easily be paired with any of your meals as a side or a topping (given the right flavor). So this week we are proud to bring to the market for the first time ever 9 different flavors of sauerkraut for you to sample (and buy if you want). We have expanded our ability to produce more sauerkraut and rather than making the same type over and over we have mixed it up a bit (or a lot). We will also be showcasing our new labeling and packaging with the unique Ferment Vent on it. This has been months in the development and has finally come to fruition. Here is this week's line up (click the name to read more about each one): Classic Caraway Sauerkraut Ghost Chili Sauerkraut Black Garlic Sauerkraut Smoked Apple wood and Hickory Sauerkraut Smoked Cumin Mexican Sauerkraut Fermented Beet Sauerkraut What's the Dill Sauerkraut Pumpkin and Cranberry Sauerkraut Spicy Caribbean Sauerkraut As you can see we've been quite busy. This line up is only the beginning of our new fermented food line. Next week we will be bringing to the market our authentic and traditional KOSHER Kim Chi. What makes ours different than everyone else's is our special Korean Spices that we use. Our Kim Chi uses Korean Gochugaru and Gochujang pepper which give Kim Chi its signature smokiness, sweetness, and flavor (spicy but not too spicy). Also we have added the Umami element of seaweed and shitake mushrooms to our stock as opposed to the briny shrimp that is traditionally used. You will love our new method of preparing this product as we have layered the flavors in such a way that the overall that the seasonings and vegetables work in a melodious way. We are so grateful to have the opportunity to serve the Boquete community and want to say Thank You for everything. Please remember that we have 3 coupons in the "ARF Coupon Booklet". The purchase of the booklet helps a worthy cause and our coupons alone almost pays for the entirety of the booklet. We have a coupon for a free brownie, we have a 50% off any entree (pick the most expensive one-no strings attached), also we have a buy 3 entrees get one free coupon (you get to pick the free item). All that we ask is that you use only one coupon per visit and if you preorder on our website simply let me know (in the notes section) which coupon you will be using. If you would like to see our complete menu please click this link below. This week we are offering more than 25 entrees of all types, many sides, salads, desserts, breads, and lots of extras. Click here to see our entire Menu Finally each week we put out an email/newsletter with fun ideas, stories, updates from our kitchen and so forth. If you would like to receive this email click this link below and fill out the quick blanks. All we require is name and email. Very easy! Join the Experience By Clicking Here Thank you for reading and we look forward to seeing you very soon!! If you preordered and have chosen to have me deliver your food I will be delivering earlier than normal this Monday. I will start deliveries at 11am. Please let me know if you have a scheduling conflict with this. See you soon Eric, Cecelia, Chandler, Keira, Aida,

ARF Open House February 3rd 3-6PM Animales building in Alto Boquete. Across from Ivan’s Supercentro Come and enjoy light snacks and beverages while learning all about ARF and what we do. Meet our volunteers and some of the animals in our care. Interested in becoming a volunteer? This is a great venue to hear about short and long term positions that are available. Have questions about becoming an ARF foster? You'll have the opportunity to speak with some of our fosters and see if it's right for you. Nothing to do on a Saturday afternoon? Say hello to our furry friends and see what ARF events are upcoming! ARF is the only community based, all volunteer, non-profit organization dedicated solely to the rescue, foster and adoption of animals in the Boquete area Visit us at www.arf-boquete.com www.arf.boquete@gmail.com

The Old Catholic Church welcomes you! HOLY MASS-10 am January 28, 2018: The 4th Sunday of Ordinary Time Calling all former Roman Catholics, Episcopalians, Lutherans or Anglicans— Come back to Holy Communion— Valle Escondido Chapel The Old Catholic Church of Antioch Is a Living, Growing Community. • Our pastor is committed to shepherd the Church family as a viable community of faith. • OCCA offers warmth and understanding to anyone who has found their path to God interrupted, and has stopped attending church, • You will be welcomed here, without reservation or judgment, even If you have experienced difficulties in other Catholic communities, or have found Evangelical communities lacking. Contact: His Excellency, Most Reverend Monsignor † Michael J Schamp DD Pastor and Presiding Bishop, Valle Escondido Chapel, Boquete, Panama +011 (507) 6644-4554 Email: fathermichaelschamp@yahoo.com

Hello, If you live in Santa Lucia please contact me with your: (Other neighborhoods may want to follow suit.) Address, phone or whats app number, email and if you have a walkie talkie, any medical needs. Mine broke so I ordered two new ones to be delivered. If you no longer live here, we apologize for the SL emails and are trying to get a new list asap. We have had two serious incidents occur in the last few days. The police responded in good time. Nevertheless, it is time for us to regroup and be "on guard". We will get a new whats app emergency group, weekly walkie talkie tests and work with the police to aide in their crime fighting. If you have outside lights please keep them on all night, cut back bushes near your home, keep doors locked day and night, if you have a security system - use it, if you see any people of interest call the police, do not confront them and protect your dog by bringing him/ her in at night ( a watch dog has allegedly been taken prior to an incident). We are taking back our beautiful neighborhood...please feel free to forward to our spanish speaking neighbors in espanol. Lori ecoquestpanama@gmail.com

Welcome to the newsletter of Boquete Health and Hospice Is this email not displaying correctly? View it in your browser. Did You Know? Perhaps the best kept secret of the Boquete Health and Hospice Foundation is our extensive array of equipment and expertise to assist Boquete residents with their respiratory (lung) problems. Whether it is an acute problem requiring equipment and medications or a chronic problem requiring continuous oxygen and other respiratory services BHHF is ready and able to help. BHHF has equipment for nebulizer medication treatments, Continuous Positive Airway Pressure (CPAP) and portable or stationary supplemental oxygen. One of our members, Merl Will-Wallace, is a registered respiratory care practitioner with over 30 years of experience in managing respiratory disorders in the hospital or at home. He heads the BHHF respiratory team and can answer specific questions regarding our ability to support a expat or Panamanian resident in need of respiratory equipment. To find out more, please start with a contact to our administrator at 6781-9250. Health tip: when traveling by airplane especially in cold weather, the oxygen at high altitudes might become problematic for you. Plan ahead if you have lung disease. Even though the airlines have oxygen on the flight, they can ask you to deplane before taking off if they feel you are at medical risk. A Gift for You! On Tuesday, January30, Boquete Health and Hospice will have a table at the Tuesday Market. Volunteers will answer any questions you have regarding the services we offer. A nurse will also be there to take your blood pressure. As a thank you for donations of $20 or more, we will be giving away exceptional gift bags. These insulated tote bags have a front pocket, a zippered enclosure and our logo that shows you are a supporter of Boquete Health. We will be at the Tuesday Market every Tuesday until the end of March. Please stop by and see us! Or email lojocollier@yahoo.com to donate and receive your gift. Watch for our friendly and helpful volunteers at the Tuesday Market! Please take 1 minute to view our descriptive video. Click on the link: https://youtu.be/EbYmYqBRs3Y We have entered our video in the Video Festival. The festival has been postponed. Between June 1-14 go to the YouTube link and click on the thumbs up to vote for our video. You can only vote once. We will appreciate your votes!! To Make a Donation: BHHF functions with the donations provided by the community. If you are interested in supporting the work we do, please make a donation. To make a financial contribution by check or cash contact Laurie Collier, our treasurer, at lojocollier@yahoo.com to arrange a place and time to pick up your donation. For more information, visit our website: www.boquetehealth.org We also have a Facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/boqueteheartshandsandhelp/?ref=bookmarks Please Like our page and Share the contents with your friends and families. To Contact Us Hospice/Health: 507.6781.9250 Blood Donor Program: 507.6590.2000 E-mail: boquetehospice@gmail.com E-mail: boquetehealth@gmail.com Confidentiality All patient information shared with any Boquete Health and Hospice volunteer is kept in the strictest confidence. Copyright © 2017 , All rights reserved. Our mailing address is: boquetehealth@gmail.com

THIS SUNDAY! Come out for wonderful food, dancing and singing along with your friends to old favorites from the 60s, 70s and 80s It's always a great party with --

Our 3rd Annual Poker Fun..FEB. 3rd, ..its like the Poker Runs done in the US by Car and Motorcycle Clubs. Ours is a 'Fun' because we WALK or drive around Boquete to various locations, where a playing card is drawn 'for your hand', and the BEST HAND wins a prize. There are 7 card draw locations, and you can purchase 'Wild Cards (up to 3) at the final stop. Best Hand wins our Prize, and there's a Lottery for additional Gift Certificates and prizes. The action begins at the Clubhouse at BCP at 2PM, on Saturday, Feb. 3rd where official score cards are purchased (2/$10, additional @ $5). Lottery tickets will be sold at the final stop.....Big Daddy's for final judging. Help us......Help the Community of Boquete. ACCBoquete 'Association of Charity of Community of Boquete', is a Panama Association (Resolution: 02-PJ-02-2018).

Reprinted from Newsroom Panama Tickets available from Felipe Motta in David or on the internet Canadian authored Panama musical debut A NEW MUSICAL set to make its first public performance in Panama on February 1 has already entered the record books with a series of “firsts” and if the dreams of its authors are realized, more records are on the way. Panama The Musical, the first featuring the country was created by two Canadian expats, Rob Brown and Yolanda Van Der Kolk, who both have Panamanian citizenship had been active in entertaining English speaking audiences in Coronado with dinner theatres. A request for something with a musical flavor led from drafts for a one night show, to a four-year immersion in the creation of a full-scale production that could take the performance to stages far from its launching pad in the Teatro Ateneo in the City of Knowledge. Co-writer and producer Brown has used his promotional talents honed as the creator of the Arts Marketing Company in Canada and the US to line up a team of talented experts in musical stage production while networking with theatres in Toronto, London and the US, to advance the production onto the world stage. Some of its theme music has already made its debut in London, and the show could be on the road to Toronto by November. Supported by Panama’s Tourism Authority it could also become an ongoing tourist attraction, emulating in its own way Agatha Christie’s “The Mousetrap”, which, after a 65-year run in London is still a must-see for thousands of visitors each year. Brown visualizes staging the musical in Panama during the peak tourist season each year, targeting visitors with the theme “You haven’t seen Panama until you’ve seen Panama the Musical”. The production in English with some Spanglish intertwined is set in the “Roaring Twenties” some nine years after the completion of the canal. Dances like the Charleston, the foxtrot and black bottom were the rage, Jazz was becoming mainstream and the wondrous new fad, radio was spreading all things American to the world, and nowhere more so than the isthmus with its Canal Zone, packed with Americans whose culture and influence overlapped into the local community, setting the stage for potential romantic interaction, and the theme for the musical. Ave July 4 (Avenida de Martires) bordering the Zone was the center of nightlife, and jammed with bars, cabarets and more dubious entertainment designed to syphon dollars from the pockets of “gringos” but also providing opportunities for those with dreams of making it big in showbiz. Melody Melody a young American would be songwriter and Tito a Panamanian musician join together to try to win a US broadcasting competition, but their hopes are dimmed by the intervention of a local cabaret owner who blackmail’s the songwriter’s younger sister into working for him. The struggle to protect her sister while advancing her career and romantic aims provides the plot for Panama’s first homegrown musical. The team that Brown has assembled includes Composer playwright, Robert McQueen, who was Associate Director of the musical Mamma Mia on Broadway. MonaLisa Arias Monalisa Arias recently returned to her home country from the United States sees the production as her biggest challenge while opening the door to her greatest professional achievement. Maestro Dino Nugent and international music supervisor, David Warrack are the musical directors. The cast of Panamanian artists and musicians, will blend Latin dances and tempos with the music and dances imported from the north “Think Moulin Rouge meeting West Side Story on the Panama Canal” says Brown. The cast includes recognized Panama performers like TV personality Gaby Gnazzo (Mama) and Julio Barsallo (Tito) and newly discovered talent like Alexandra Córdoba (Melody)

"The Clubhouse" in the BCP Hex Room is before and during our movies. Food and drinks - including popcorn - are available for purchase. ------------------------------ We don't charge admission, but we do ask for donations to support BCP and the Film Club program. February 4 - Everything is Illuminated (USA - 2005) February 11 - Amargosa (USA - 2000) February 18 - Honeydripper (USA - 2008) February 23 - No Movie (Jazz & Blues Festival at the feria) ---------------------------------- This Sunday, January 28 @ 1:00pm - Rumble: The Indians Who Rocked the World (USA - 2017) 1 hour, 43 minutes Ratings: 7.9 - IMDB, 89% - Rotten Tomatoes, 3/4 - Roger Ebert This documentary film was named after "Rumble" a simple but powerful 1958 rock & roll instrumental by Link Wray, an East Coast rock & roll musician who was a Shawnee Indian. It was one of the first records to use "power chords" which later became a staple of many of the hard rock styles. At the time the record was released, I was nearing the end of my sophomore year in high school in Chicago, and liked Rumble the first time I heard it. I never knew until I read about this documentary that Wray was a Native American. The record was released in April, 1958, and climbed to #16 that summer. According to Wikipedia, it had a major influence on many later rock and roll stars. If you never liked rock and roll, you probably won't enjoy this documentary. In my case, even though I was an usher for the Chicago Symphony Orchestra when the 45RPM single "Rumble" was released, I have enjoyed a very wide range of music most of my life, from classical to pop to rock & roll and even. From The Los Angeles Times: Link Wray's 1958 single "Rumble," a guitar-driven instrumental, was banned from key U.S. radio markets for fear that its loping, wordless swagger would encourage juvenile delinquency. [Plus the fact the "rumble" was slang for gang fights.] The grab-you-by-the-solar-plexus track has galvanized generations of rock and punk musicians. It's also a potent entry point for Catherine Bainbridge's new documentary, a vibrant survey of a criminally overlooked aspect of American popular music: the crucial contributions of Native Americans. Wray was a North Carolina Shawnee with childhood memories of Ku Klux Klan terror. A conflicted combination of artistic expression and the need to hide is at the core of Bainbridge's film. While celebrating the music and ethnic heritage of Wray and nine other performers, she and co-director Alfonso Maiorana show that many American Indians chose to identify as African or Mexican. Not every chapter in the loosely organized film delivers the punch of its eye-opening early sequences, which explore the infusion of indigenous rhythms into the blues of former slaves. But there are compelling mini-portraits of stars — Jimi Hendrix, Robbie Robertson — as well as figures who aren't household names but whose influence runs deep, among them Delta bluesman Charley Patton and jazz singer Mildred Bailey. With its rich range of genres, personalities (including the late great activist-musician John Trudell) and political history, "Rumble" could easily fill an extended series. Inevitably cursory, it's nonetheless a fascinating introduction to the ways that core components of Americana wouldn't be eradicated. Or silenced. Link to trailer Note: If you want to be added to - or removed from - our email list, reply to BoqueteFilmClub@gmail.com.) -- David van Harn

Two days ago a cute, friendly kitten wandered into my yard. She has clearly been someone’s cherished pet. She is about 4 months old, used to being inside and outside. She was very hungry so I fed her and kept her in my guest bathroom for the past 2 evenings. She slept quietly there until morning and after eating, she was happy to go outside for the day. Today she played in my yard while I was gardening. She is snuggled in my lap as I write this. Please contact me to claim your precious gatito. Kat McKay 6604-7201

AMIGOS DE ANIMALES SPAY/NEUTER CLINIC The First of 2018 CLINIC: Sunday January 28, 2018 WHERE: The Animales Clinic in Alto Boquete FOR APPOINTMENT: contact Magaly at 6563-8686 or boqueteanimales@gmail.com TO VOLUNTEER: contact Alicia at akcleavenger@hotmail.com please let me know if you can come in the morning, afternoon, or all day. TRAINING CLASS: Saturday January 27 at 10:30 AM – recommended for all new and returning volunteers Once again, we are asking that anyone who can, to please bring a dish to share for our clinic lunch.

• Are you no longer going to Church? • Are you disenchant by some "Catholic Faith" experience? • Have you found the "Evangelical" experience lacking? • Now, you can "Come Home" to the richness and fullness of the Holy Mass, and • Receive Holy Communion again, without restrictions! Join us, Sundays, at 10 a.m. in the Valle Escondido Chapel Contact: Father † Michael Schamp, Pastor, for more information Phone: 6644 4555 Email: fathermichaelschamp@yahoo.com Cheers & Blessings Father † Michael Schamp Pastor: Old Catholic Church Valle Escondido Chapel Boquete, Panama

This morning my wife found a stray black, female, apparently nursing dog wandering around Boquete Country Club in Alto Boquete. She was scared and disoriented so my wife brought the dog home where she is safe and being fed. We are concerned she might have puppies. Please post on News Boquete. We can be contacted at our e-mail addresses. Thank you, John and Linda Simpson From: lindacsimpson52 <lindacsimpson52@gmail.com> Date: January 23, 2018 at 5:58:54 PM EST To: johnrsimpson@icloud.com Subject: Dog