Archive for the ‘ Interview ’ Category
Evans On Evans
July 1st, 2005 by Thomas Tomczyk

Dr. David K. Evans first came to Roatan in June of 1961. On his way to Nicaragua’s Corn Islands, it was by chance that he landed on the Honduran coast and met Walter McNab, a young boat captain from French Harbour. “When I got off a mail boat in Coxen
...Read MoreSorrenti’s Serenity Canadian Designer Develops an Architectural Vocabulary for the Bay Islands
May 1st, 2005 by Thomas Tomczyk

After 20 years in architecture, Sorrenti now has architectural offices in Canada, Roatan and is planning in opening one in Nicaragua. He has the reputation of being the best architect-designer on the Bay Islands and the projects just keep on coming in.
...Read MoreMayor Of All Trades
March 1st, 2005 by Thomas Tomczyk

Mayor Cooper was raised and educated in Utila. He became a ship’s mate working abroad and came back in 1993 to become the first Utilian to be certified as a SCUBA diving instructor. He founded his own dive shop a year later and worked in real estate for
...Read MoreMr.Tatum
January 1st, 2005 by Thomas Tomczyk

Mayor Eddie Tatum, 37, was born and educated on Guanaja. Before being elected to his first public office as Guanaja’s Mayor, Tatum has worked managing his family’s dry-dock and freight service businesses. He is married and has two children. In the 2005
...Read MoreMinistering Tourism
December 1st, 2004 by Thomas Tomczyk

Thierry De Pierrefeu Midence, 45, was born in Tegucigalpa and studied in France, earning a Master’s degree in Finance. Upon returning to Honduras, he joined Grupo Midence, a holding company involved in several Central American countries. He formed a partnership
...Read MoreBottom of the Ninth
November 1st, 2004 by Thomas Tomczyk

Brad Warren, 43, comes from Southern California where, for 11 years, he had a career as a motivational speaker. “I realized that attitude is everything and I got tired of being broke,” said Warren. In 1999, he participated in several mission trips bringing
...Read MoreProtecting the Island
October 1st, 2004 by Thomas Tomczyk

Dr. Jose Guillermo Flores Rodas, 59, holds a degree in BS in Forestry, MA and PhD in Natural Resources Economics from University of Washington in Seattle. In 1975 he was one of the founding members of the National School of Forest Science in Ciguatepece.
...Read MoreBarely Enough Power Roatan’s Energy Crisis
September 1st, 2004 by Thomas Tomczyk

As the island grows the issue of dependable power becomes more and more critical. For two weeks in July, Roatan was faced with a series of unscheduled blackouts, sometimes as many as five times in one day, for as long as eight hours. The unpredictability
...Read MoreAdventures in Unpredictability
April 29th, 2004 by Thomas Tomczyk

It was an opportunity to be a part of a boy’s camp in Tobago that opened Lloyd Davidson’s horizons toward the sea and the Caribbean. He became fascinated with the sea, marine life and diving. Davidson, 58, from Tennessee, participated in the organizing
...Read MoreRoatan’s Timeless Lady
April 15th, 2004 by Thomas Tomczyk

Ms. Candace Wells Hammond is a graduate of North Carolina’s Tobi Coburn Girls College. Following her graduation she took a gardening course at Oxford. “To help the plants was my concern at the time,” says Ms. Candace. Back in North Carolina, she worked
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