Sarasotai Magyar Hirmondó, 2008 (14. évfolyam, 2-12. szám)

2008-04-01 / 4-5. szám

THE MESSENGER

Newsletter of the Kossuth Club April-May 2008. Vol. 14. No. 3-4.

APRIL PROGRAM

Thursday, April 24 at 4:30 PM In the Selby Library, 1331 First Street, Sarasota

THOMAS E, COLER:

DIGNITY AND THE RUDENESS OF AGING

Mr. Coler is a graduate of Georgetown University’s Edmund A. Walsh School of Foreign Service and the Thunderbird Graduate School of International Management. He has gained experience in Eldercare and Care Management while caring for his mother in the last 12 years of her life. “Marble floors, wood floors, wall to wall carpeting or linoleum floors cannot stop the “Rudeness of Aging”—says Mr. Coler. However, it is possible to mitigate its indignities through careful legal, financial and healthcare planning well in advance of its onset. Mr. Coler will share his own experiences with us in the labyrinth of eldercare in the Sarasota area. He is not associated with any of the care management businesses and is not an agent, just an advocate for dignified aging.

MAY PROGRAM

Thursday, May 22 at 4:30 PM In the Selby Library, 1331 First Street, Sarasota

PÉTER KENDEFFY:

ENVIRONMENTAL CONCERNS ABOUT THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE VERESPATAK (TRANSYLVANIA) GOLD MINE

Documentary film (2007) about Verespatak, founded by the Romans 2000 years ago as a mining town with colonists from Illyria. The Romans mined rich gold and silver ores in the dacite host rock. A Canadian mining company is currently trying to redevelop the deposit and expects to produce 300 tons of gold and 1600 tons of silver in the next 15 years. The mining method would use cyanide, generate 196 million tons of cyanide waste and pollute the environment for hundreds of years. The project would also involve creating the largest open-pit gold mine in Europe and would destroy the archeological remains of the ancient Roman town, now displayed in part in the Mining Museum.

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