1992 visit with Yanubi
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2011 Reunion
Per Tena Carter: Reunion! Tembagapura Reunion in Vancouver, Canada on May 27-30.
1992 Tram Ride to Grasberg Mine from the Mill
Layout and Design changes
Currently, there are some layout and design changes taking place on the Tembagapura Blog. Each post, when called up as an individual post, will have some funky borders. Please excuse the mess during this process.
Art and Wilavi "Wilie" Schairer
I also pass along that our mother Wilavi (most remember her as Wilie) passed away on 2/15/2009 due to short battle with cancer. Dad (Art) passed away in November 1991.
We we there from ’74-’79.
Irian Jaya 7.6 earthquake
The U.S. National Weather Service has reported a 7.6 quake in the “bird’s head” area of Irian Jaya on Jan. 3, 2009.
Does anyone know if the jobsite was affected by this.
Wayne & Riri Clark
The Lopez Family
Hello to everyone from Tembags. We arrived in about January of 1982 and left in May of 1985. I remember with great fondness our good friends such as the Herrs, Crafts, Foulds, Rendons, Carters, the Johnsons, the Steels (sp?) and many others whose name, but not faces, escape me. My father, like many others, worked in the mine, my sisters Tamara and Vanessa and I attended the school where my mother, Twyla, was the General Music teacher. It would be really great to meet with others townmates we knew. For those of you on My Space, I’ve created a new group for the Tembagapura. Feel free to join by going to http://groups.myspace.com/Tembagapura [Jack's links are dead]. In addition, I am there under www.MySpace.com/paraaz [Jack's links are dead]. Love, Jack Lopez-Turner
Terri Foster
Bob Foster’s wife Terri Foster has passed away. The Fosters were long time residents of Tembagapura.
Hello from Jones Family
Hello to all Tembagapurans! What a great thing to find this site. Wonderful to see all the names we remember and the photos from the reunion, even though it was three years ago. We were Tembagapurans from 1986 to 1991.
We put up some photos of us then and now.
I have been with Stillwater Mining Company (Platinum/Palladium) in Montana for 6 years. I’ve worked here with several TPRA vets, as one would expect: John Arrasmith, Bob Schuler and Jim Phipps are here now. Bob Taylor, Allan Schappert, Denny Stout, and Ed Wernett have been here previously. Ralph Barker consulted here a few years back. And a couple of RAM Raisers are still alimak-ing and have been through here as well.
Thanks to Jason Scarabin for keeping this site. It is great to see new photos. Are they joking . . . A Tembagapura shopping mall?!? A Sheraton Hotel in Timika?!?
TPRA was our greatest experience and we are happy to see so many who feel the same.
Doug, Sharon, Tacey, Zachary, and Nathan Jones