ARCR’s English Language Magazine November / December 2019 $3.95 Free for members Published by ARCR Administración S.A. Apdo. 1191-1007 Centro Colón San José, Costa Rica (www.arcr.cr) El Residente FIFTY YEARS AGO IN COSTA RICA Also in this issue: Alternative Medicine Gliding Eagles Bookshelf Ferias, Fiestas, & Festivales The Community at the End of the Road s yo to pa tici vite pat In in the 2019 e All presents and donations gathered will go to needy children who might not receive anything otherwise. For more information about how to make a donation, call Ivy at 2220-0055 or write
[email protected] November / December 2019 Contents Across the Board Editor's Note ARCR Board of Directors 4 Fifty Years Ago in Costa Rica Steve Johnson 6 t’s Check Out Time! Out and About Do you want to help some deserving children in Mitzi Stark 10 Costa Rica hospitals have a better Christmas? Check Guest Column out the Tree of Hope ad on the facing page. Your gift will Christopher Howard 14 Ibe used exclusively to brighten some child’s holiday. Monteverde Moments Like to read? Know someone who does? Christmas is just Marshall Cobb 15 around the corner and what better gift than a book? (Even if it’s for yourself, you can always pass it on.) Check out On The High Sea Christine Monteith 18 the annual Bookshelf article in this issue; there are some excellent reads there, including some new additions. A Day in the Life Allen Dickinson 21 If you are looking for something to do with your free time? Check out Club Corner in this issue; there From the Embassies 26 have been some new groups added.