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hi all i have reproduced the updated calendar below for the entire month of june specifically so that those list-members who have submitted recurring events to me [i.e. monthly, semi-monthly, bi-monthly ] can check the current month's entries please advise me of any errors or omissions; i will be entering the duplicate events for the next six months during the next week or so if the calendar gets too unwieldy i can foresee splitting it into two sections: one section for recurring events and one section for one time events but it will only get unwieldy if i have lots and lots and lots of events to enter the usa is well represented here; however, i have only one entry for canada and one entry for spain i seem to recall some mention of events in australia [but can't find them] how about europe, asia, africa, the rest of the americas? any one else? islanders? one other point; as the 'calendar control supervisor' i am solely responsible for entering events into the calendar; even though 'add an event' appears on the web page it is not activated for our calendar account. please e-mail me directly with any events to be added or modified and please use the following format: event date [include frequency if repetitive]: event time: event description: event sponsor / group / org: physical location ie building [optional]: street address [optional]: city: state / province / country: contact name, area code and phone number, e-mail: yrs in super-vision janet janet paterson aka calendar control supervisor 51/10 - sinemet/selegiline/prozac - [log in to unmask] quotations: http://newww.com/cgi-bin/do_cal?c:newvoice pwp event calendar: http://newww.com/cgi-bin/do_cal?c:pwpc a new voice: http://www.newcountry.nu/pd/members/janet/index.htm *************************************** People With Parkinson's (PWP) Event Calendar Support Group Meetings Special Conferences PD Walks and more... e-mail [log in to unmask] to add events *************************************** June 1998 Monday, 1 June 1998 Young Parkinson Support Group meeting in Saint Louis, Missouri The Gateway Movers and Shakers (GWM&S) young Parkinson's support group meet on the first Monday of every month at 7:30PM. Contact Bill Heit at telephone 618-628-0123 or e-mail at [log in to unmask] Saint Louis, MO @ the Kirkwood Methodist Church Women's Support Group Meeting in Fairfax, Virginia Meetings are held on the first Monday of every month at 12:00 noon. Contact: Chava Sladek, APDA, at telephone 703-876-0836. Fairfax, VA @ the Taurus Room at 2990 Telstar Court Wednesday, 3 June 1998 NPF present "Stretching the Bounds in PD Management" in Houston, Texas In addition to a special guest speaker, this conference will also feature neurologists, physical therapists, occupational therapists, speech therapists and psychiatrists, who will all participate in "break out sessions" with patients and careigvers to teach them how to "stretch" their bodies, minds and horizons to better live with Parkinson's disease by combining non-medical and medical treatments. Contact Bonnie Cunningham at telephone 800-327-4545 or e- mail [log in to unmask] Houston, TX Thursday, 4 June 1998 Support Group Meeting/Picnic in Saint Joseph, Missouri The Support Group meets on the first Thursday of every month. Contact Stephanie Mefford at Heartland Hospital 816-271-1033. Come to the June 4, 1998 meeting at 11:30AM for a picnic. Meat and drink provided. Bring a covered dish to share. Saint Joseph, MO @ the Shelter House at the top of the hill at Krug Park Saturday, 6 June 1998 Parkies-on-the-Town Italian Dinner in Woodland Hills, California The Tri-Valley and San Fernando Valley PD Support Groups hold a dinner on the first Saturday of every month at 7:00PM. Contact Barb Mallut at telephone 818-705-3037 or e-mail [log in to unmask] Woodland Hills, CA @ at Maria's Italian Kitchen at 23331 Mulholland Drive telephone 818-225-0586 Monday, 8 June 1998 'Champions of Parkinson's Research' Reception in Newark, New Jersey The Parkinson's Unity Walk, along with the APDA, NPF, PDF, PAN, Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital, and Rutgers University, will present certificates of honor to members of the New Jersey delegation to Congress, who co-sponsored the Morris K. Udall Act. Dr. Lawrence Golbe and Dr. Roger Duvoisin, who lead the scientific research teams responsible for discovering the first gene linked to familial Parkinson's, will also be honored. The reception will be held from 3:30PM to 5:00PM. Contact Ken Aidekman at telephone 973-701-9800 or at e-mail [log in to unmask] Newark, NJ @ the Center for Molecular and Behavioral Neuroscience at Rutgers University's Newark Campus Support Group Meeting in Manassas, Virginia Meetings are held on the second Monday of every month at 7:00PM. Contact Chava Sladek, APDA, at telephone 703-876-0836 Manassas, VA @ the Westover Baptist Church at 10301 Sudley Manor Drive Tuesday, 9 June 1998 Support Group Meeting in Oxford, Ohio The PD Support Group of Oxford, Ohio meet on the second Tuesday of every month at 9:45AM. Contact Camilla Flintermann at e-mail [log in to unmask] Oxford, OH @ the Senior Centre Information and Education Seminar in Salem, Oregon The Mid-Willamette Valley Parkinson's Information & Education Seminar meets on the second Tuesday of each month at 2:00PM. On June 9th, Dr. Pat Moore, Medical Director of the Salem Hospital Regional Rehabilitation Center, will talk about Restless Leg Syndrome. Contact telephone 503-399-7599 or 503-393-7629 or David Moreland at e-mail [log in to unmask] Salem, OR @ the Saint John Lutheran Church at 1350 Court Street North East Parkinson Association Meeting in Santa Barbara, California Meetings of the Parkinson Association of Santa Barbara (PASB) are held on the second Tuesday of each month at 2:00PM. Speech therapy classes are available at 1:30PM. Contact Bev Steward at e-mail [log in to unmask] Santa Barbara, CA @ the First Christian Church Support Group Meeting in Arlington, Virginia Meetings are held on the second Tuesday of every month at 2:00PM. Contact: Chava Sladek, APDA, at telephone 703-876-0836. Arlington, VA @ the Calvary United Methodist Church at 23rd and South Grant Wednesday, 10 June 1998 Support Group Meeting in Concord, Massachusetts Meetings are held on the second and fourth Wednesdays of every month at 2:30PM. (Summer meetings are canceled between 06/24/98 and 09/09/98) Contact Diane Meserve at telephone 978-287-3760 or George Lussier at e-mail [log in to unmask] Concord, MA @ the Emerson Hospital in the Wheeler Assembly Room Support Group Meeting in Portland, Oregon "Will Cope", the Willamette-Columbia PD Support Group, meets on the second Wednesday of each month at 7:00PM. Contact Helen Mason at telephone 503-413-7717 or e-mail [log in to unmask] Portland, OR @ the Easter Seal Building, 5757 Macadam Avenue APDA Chapter Meeting in Annandale, Virginia Meetings are held on the second Wednesday of every month at 7:00PM. Contact: Chava Sladek, APDA, at telephone 703-876-0836. Annandale, VA @ the Byzantine Catholic Church at 3410 Woodburn Avenue Thursday, 11 June 1998 Support Group Meeting in Ridgecrest, California Meetings are held on the second Thursday of every month at 2:30PM. Contact Ron Vetter at e-mail [log in to unmask] Ridgecrest, CA @ the Adult Day Care Center at 231 Station Street Live! On Line! Chat! World Wide AOL PD Meeting Vern Dauphin, a founding father of the Parkinsn Information Exchange Network (PIEN) mailing list, hosts an AOL meeting room on the second and fourth Thursday of every month at9:00PM [EDT]. Vern said: "Now listen up, folks. I need you to not only be there, but to talk it up, to show the level of interest, and secure the chat slot. This is a way to promote the mailinglist, since AOL has a billion members (maybe not quite that many). A LOT of those folks are PD folks, and a LOT of those are new to the internet. We need our list-members there, talking about the PIEN mailing list, about the Udall Bill, about the WebRing, and about how Jerry can't spell." from AOL's Welcome screen, select "Go To", then "Keyword", then type "SoFla Chat" Jupiter, FL-Not on AOL? -sign up for a free trial Saturday, 13 June 1998 APDA present "Parkinson's Discovery 98" in Nashville, Tennessee The Middle Tennessee Chapter of the American Parkinson Disease Association presents "Parkinson's Discovery 98" on Saturday, June 13, 1998 from 8:30AM TO 1:00PM. Contact: APDA, 2300 Patterson Street, Nashville, TN 37203 or telephone 800-493-2842 Nashville, TN @ the Columbia/HCA Corporation Building at 2501 Park Plaza Young Onset Support Group Meeting in Santa Monica, California The Los Angeles Metro Young Onset Parkinsonians, partners with the San Fernando Valley Young Onset Parkinsonians, meet on the second Saturday of every month at 1:00PM. June 13's topic, led by Marty Polonsky, PhD and PWP: "Psychotherapy and Parkinson's" and Open Forum Discussion. Contact Marty Polonsky at telephone 213-666-1796, or Mary Yost at telephone 310-824-7416 or at e-mail [log in to unmask] Santa Monica, CA @ the Main Annex of St. John's Hospital at 1328 22nd Street Young Onset Support Group Meeting in Baltimore, Maryland The Young Onset Support Group of Maryland meets on the second Saturday of every month at 10:00AM. Contact Bruce Warr at e-mail [log in to unmask] Baltimore, MD @ the Johns Hopkins Outpatient Center at 601 North Caroline Street Sunday, 14 June 1998 PAN's Public Policy Forum in Washington, DC (06/14 - 06/17) The Parkinson Action Network's fifth annual Public Action Forum's focus is face-to-face meetings between members of the PD community and Members of Congress - particularly those with direct influence over medical research funding. In addition to training and support for lobbying meetings, the Forum features news from leading PD researchers, updates on the Udall Act, discussion of Medicare reimbursement, and much more! Contact PAN at telephone 800-850-4726, at fax 707-544-2363, or email at [log in to unmask] Washington, DC @ the Hotel Washington Monday, 15 June 1998 Support Group Meeting in Glendale, California The Glendale Support Group meet on the third Monday of every month at 1:30PM. Contact Claudia Perdices at telephone 800-841-8765 or at e-mail [log in to unmask] Glendale, CA @ the Glendale Adventist Memorial at 1500 East Chevy Chase Drive Support Group Meeting in Dallas, Texas The General Membership Meeting of the Dallas Area Parkinsonism Society (DAPS) is held on the third Monday of every month. This month, Dr. Paul Solomon will speak on "Wellness." Dr. Solomon is a family physician, a gerontologist, Medical Director of the Presbyterian Primacare Medical Clinic, and Clinical Associate Professor at the University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center. Contact DAPS at telephone 972-620-7600 or Art Hirsch at e-mail [log in to unmask] Dallas, TX @ the University Park United Methodist Church at 4024 Caruth (at Preston) Tuesday, 16 June 1998 Support Group Meeting in Klamath Falls, Oregon The Parkinson Support Group of South Eastern Oregon meets on the third Tuesday of even-numbered months at 2:30PM. On June 16th, guest speaker Dottie Greene will speak about swallowing problems. Contact Jane Ross at telephone 541-783-2205 or at e-mail [log in to unmask] Klamath Falls, OR @ the Community Health Education Center at 2200 Eldorado Boulevard Support Group Meeting in Stratford, New Jersey This group meet on the third Tuesday of every month at 10:00AM. Contact Don Nees at telephone 609-346-7777 or e-mail at [log in to unmask] Stratford, NJ @ the Kennedy Gerontology Centre Support Group Meeting in New Hartford, New York The Central New York Parkinson's Support Group Incorporated meet on the third Tuesday of every month at 1:30PM. Contact Pat Moylan at telephone 315-866-3594 or Ed and Nancy McCaffrey at e-mail [log in to unmask] New Hartford, NY @ the New Hartford First United Methodist Church at 105 Genesee Street Young Parkinson Support Group Meeting in Dunwoody, Georgia Meetings of the Atlanta Young Parkinson's Support Group are held on the third Tuesday of every month at 7:30PM. Contact: telephone 770-956-9461 or e-mail [log in to unmask] Dunwoody, GA @ the Columbia-Dunwoody Medical Center on Shallowford Road Thursday, 18 June 1998 Young Parkinson Support Group Meeting in Chevy Chase, Maryland The Young Parkinson's Network meeting is held on the third Thursday of every month at 7:30PM. Contact Perry Cohen at telephone 202-686-9430 or at e-mail [log in to unmask] Chevy Chase, MD @ 4550 North Park Avenue Support Group Meeting in Lima, Ohio The Lima Area Parkinson Support Group of Lima, Ohio meet on the third Thursday of every month. On 18th June, a video of the PD symposium held in Bowling Green will be shown, and a talk on how pets can help People With Parkinson's [PWP] will be given. Contact Don McKinley at e-mail [log in to unmask] Lima, OH @ the Senior Citizens Service club on Elm Street Support Group Meeting in Fairfax, Virginia Meetings are held on the third Thursday of every month at 2:00PM. Contact Chava Sladek, APDA, at telephone 703-876-0836 Fairfax, VA @ the Little River Glen Senior Center at 4001 Barker Court Friday, 19 June 1998 Support Group Meeting in Eureka, California The Parkinson's Support Group of Humboldt County meets on the third Friday of every month at 2:30PM. Contact Nancy Cornelius at telephone 707-822-8565 or Marling McReynolds at e-mail [log in to unmask] Eureka, CA @ the Humboldt Senior Resource Centre at 1910 California Street Support Group Meeting in West Seneca, New York Meetings of the Western New York Parkinson's Support Group are held on the third Friday of every month at 1:30PM. Contact: D.K. Wood at e-mail [log in to unmask] On 19 June, Nurse Pat Weigle will speak on the surgical procedures for PWP. West Seneca, NY @ the West Seneca Senior Citizen's Building at 4620 Seneca Street Support Group Leadership Conference in Portland, Oregon (06/19 - 06/20) A leadership conference for support group leaders of "Will Cope" (the Willamette-Columbia Parkinsonian Society) will be held on June 19 & 20. "Will Cope" has 25 chapters throughout Oregon and S. Washington. Cony Zhang will be there to demonstrate Tai Chi to those attending. Cony is from Beijing and teachs throughout the Portland area. Contact "Will Cope" at telephone 503-413-7717 or Helen Mason at e-mail deitzm@aolcom Portland, OR Saturday, 20 June 1998 Support Group Meeting in Encino, California Meetings of the Tri-Valley PD Support Group are held on the third Saturday of every month at 1:00PM. Contact Barb Mallut at telephone 818-705-3037 or e-mail [log in to unmask] Encino, CA @ the Encino Hospital at 16237 Ventura Boulevard Support Group Meeting in Lakeridge, Virginia Meetings are held on the third Saturday of every month at 10:30AM. Contact: Chava Sladek, APDA, at telephone 703-876-0836. Lakeridge, VA @ the Westminister at 12191 Clipper Drive Tuesday, 23 June 1998 Support Group Meeting in Leesburg, Virginia Meetings are held on the fourth Tuesday of every month at 2:00PM. Contact Chava Sladek, APDA, at telephone 703-876-0836 Leesburg, VA @ the Parlour at Leesburg Baptist Church, 835 Lee Avenue SouthWest Wednesday, 24 June 1998 Support Group Meeting in Concord, Massachusetts Meetings are held on the second and fourth Wednesdays of every month at 2:30PM. (Summer meetings are canceled between 06/24/98 and 09/09/98) Contact Diane Meserve at telephone 978-287-3760 or George Lussier at e-mail [log in to unmask] Concord, MA @ the Emerson Hospital in the Wheeler Assembly Room "Stretching the Bounds in PD Management" in Minneapolis, Minnesota This conference, sponsored by the National Parkinson Foundation, will feature a guest speaker, along with neurologists, physical therapists, occupational therapists, speech therapists and psychiatrists, who will all participate in "break-out-sessions" with patients and caregivers, to teach them how to "stretch" their bodies, minds, and horizons to better live with Parkinson's disease by combining non-medical and medical treatments. Contact Bonnie Cunningham at telephone 800-327-4545 or e-mail [log in to unmask] Minneapolis, MN Thursday, 25 June 1998 Live! On Line! Chat! World Wide AOL PD Meeting Vern Dauphin, a founding father of the Parkinsn Information Exchange Network (PIEN) mailing list, hosts an AOL meeting room on the second and fourth Thursday of every month at 9:00PM [EDT]. Vern said: "Now listen up, folks. I need you to not only be there, but to talk it up, to show the level of interest, and secure the chat slot. This is a way to promote the mailing list, since AOL has a billion members (maybe not quite that many). A LOT of those folks are PD folks, and a LOT of those are new to the internet. We need our list-members there, talking about the PIEN mailing list, about the Udall Bill, about the WebRing, and about how Jerry can't spell." from AOL's Welcome screen, select "Go To", then "Keyword", then type "SoFla Chat" Jupiter, FL-Not on AOL? -sign up for a free trial Support Group Meeting in Fort Belvoir, Virginia Meetings are held on the fourth Thursday of every month at 1:30 PM. Contact Chava Sladek, APDA, at telephone 703-876-0836 Fort Belvoir, VA @ the Fairfax Recreation Center, 9140 Belvoir Woods Parkway Friday, 26 June 1998 Lee Silverman Speech Workshop at Portland, Oregon (06/26 - 06/27) The workshop is sponsored by "Will Cope" (Willamette-Columbia Parkinson Society of Oregon) Contact "Will Cope" at telephone 503-417-7717 or Helen Mason at e-mail [log in to unmask] Portland, OR @ the Portland State University Saturday, 27 June 1998 Support Group Meeting in Granada Hills, California Meetings of the San Fernando Valley PD Support Group are held on the fourth Saturday of every month at 1:00PM. Contact Barb Mallut at telephone 818-705-3037 or e-mail [log in to unmask] Granada Hills, CA @ the Granada Hills Hospital at 10445 Balboa Boulevard Support Group Meeting in Newport, Rhode Island Meetings are held on the fourth Saturday of every month at 10:00AM. Contact Jim Finn at e-mail [log in to unmask] Newport, RI @ the Newport Hospital's Birthing Center meeting room 7th floor ***************************************