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- January 9, 2005: Headlines: COS - Tonga: Writing - Tonga: University Education: Creative Writing: University of Michigan: Tonga RPCV Jan Worth teaches creative writing at University of Michigan Sunday, January 16, 2005 - 2:43 pm [4]
- January 9, 2005: Headlines: COS - Tonga: Writing - Tonga: Romance: LA Times: Tonga RPCV Jan Worth says: My new "boyfriend" (silly term, because we are on the senior side of middle age) drove with me into Yosemite on a blustery, rainy spring day. We'd known each other 25 years before in the Peace Corps. We found each other again, unexpectedly, through a friend and with the help of e-mail. Our rediscovery of one another has been a miracle Saturday, January 15, 2005 - 12:09 pm [1]
- December 7, 2004: Headlines: COS- Tonga: New Albany Tribune: Andrew Homan left the United States last month to begin his two-year assignment as an English teacher in Tonga Saturday, January 01, 2005 - 7:53 pm [1]
- September 26, 2004: Headlines: COS - Tonga: PCVs in the Field - Tonga: Blogs - Tonga: Personal Web Site: The Palangi Files Wednesday, November 01, 2006 - 11:02 pm [2]
- November 1, 2004: Headlines: COS - Tonga: Bicycles: Tourism: Los Alamos Monito: Tonga RPCV Suellen Bowersock has managed to do what most of us only dream about: She has combined her talents with her passions and created a career she loves. Her company, Enchanted Lands Adventures and Tours, has been in business since 1997 Monday, November 29, 2004 - 3:29 am [1]
- October 20, 2004: Headlines: COS - Tonga: Urban Planning: Advertising: iberkshires: Nathan Winstanley, a veteran of Peace Corps service on the Pacific island of Tonga, president and creative director of Winstanley Associates, the advertising agency and media development company on Main Street, presented his plan at a joint meeting of the Selectmen, the Zoning and Planning boards and the Conservation and Historic commissions on Oct. 1 Saturday, November 06, 2004 - 2:42 pm [1]
- October 1, 2004: Headlines: COS - Tonga: News Leader: Katie "K.T." Huggins went through a myriad of emotions and changes as she spent 21/2 years on the island of Ha'apai in the Kingdom of Tonga located in the South Pacific Saturday, October 09, 2004 - 12:34 am [1]
- January 1, 1998: Headlines: COS - Tonga: Environment: Television: California State University: RPCV Robert Stevens writs about Trouble in Paradise in Tonga Thursday, August 26, 2004 - 5:36 pm [1]
- March 7, 2003: Headlines: COS - Tonga: Red Cross: The Lincoln County News: PCV Anita Taylor works with the Vava’u Red Cross in Tonga Thursday, August 26, 2004 - 5:34 pm [1]
- August 1, 2004: Headlines: COS - Tonga: PCVs in the Field - Tonga: Blog: Personal Web Site: Peace Corps Volunteer Brian Romanowski in Tonga Thursday, November 25, 2004 - 5:26 pm [2]
- August 1, 2004: Headlines: COS - Tonga: Budget: PCVs in the Field - Tonga: Personal Web Site: The continuing adventures of Mark & Erin in Peace Corps in Tonga and through life Saturday, August 14, 2004 - 5:00 pm [1]
- August 1, 2004: Headlines: COS - Tonga: PCVs in the Field - Tonga: Personal Web Site: Peace Corps Volunteer Jim Jawn in Tonga Saturday, August 14, 2004 - 4:59 pm [1]
- August 1, 2004: Headlines: COS - Tonga: PCVs in the Field - Tonga: Personal Web Site: The Adventures of Dean and Patti in Tonga Saturday, August 14, 2004 - 4:58 pm [1]
- August 1, 2004: Headlines: COS - Tonga: PCVs in the Field - Tonga: Blog: Personal Web Site: Peace Corps Volunteer Sandeep Koorse in Tonga Saturday, August 14, 2004 - 4:58 pm [1]
- July 25, 2004: Headlines: COS - Tonga: Baltimore Sun: Tonga will be Peace Corps volunteer Lauren Drexel's home for the next 27 months, while she works on a project to teach schoolchildren about the environment Tuesday, July 27, 2004 - 6:43 pm [1]
- May 29, 2004: Headlines: COS - Tonga: Crime: Murder: Safety and Security of Volunters: Elle: American Taboo: A Murder in the Peace Corps Saturday, May 29, 2004 - 8:17 pm [2]
- June 15, 2004: Headlines: COS - Tonga: Murder: Crime: Safety and Security of Volunteers: LA Times: A Cover-Up at the World's End Tuesday, June 15, 2004 - 8:07 pm [1]
- June 15, 2004: Headlines: COS - Tonga: Murder: Crime: Safety and Security of Volunteers: Village Voice: The case against Dennis Priven seemed like a slam dunk. As 23-year-old Peace Corps volunteer Deb Gardner lay bleeding to death from stab wounds, she whispered a name: "Dennis," a fellow volunteer. Wednesday, June 16, 2004 - 7:07 pm [1]
- May 17, 2004: Headlines: COS - Tonga: Crime: Murder: Safety and Security of Volunters: New York Magazine: In 1976, Tonga Peace Corps Volunteer Dennis Priven stabbed Deborah Gardner, another volunteer, 22 times, and went free, with the help of the U.S. government Monday, May 17, 2004 - 4:51 pm [1]
- April 28, 2004: Headlines: COS - Tonga: Art: Crafts: Lincoln County News: Tonga Peace Corps Volunteer Anita Taylor says There’s More to Native Handwork Than Meets The Eye Tuesday, May 11, 2004 - 7:13 pm [1]
- January 3, 2004: Headlines: COS - Tonga: PCVs in the Field - Tonga: Blog: Personal Web Site: Jim Jawn in Tonga: The blogs of a guy who quit his job, sold or gave away all of his possessions, joined the Peace Corps and moved to the tiny island Kingdom of Tonga. This is his (and only) his story. Monday, April 26, 2004 - 5:15 pm [1]
- January 3, 2004 - Maine Lincoln County News: Anita Taylor served in Peace Corps in Tonga Tuesday, March 09, 2004 - 2:37 am [1]
- January 3, 2004 - Personal Web Site: Sandy Mackintosh's Essays on her life as a Peace Corps Volunteer in Tonga Tuesday, October 10, 2006 - 5:24 am [2]
- January 3, 2004 - Personal Web Site: Mary McCoy and her adventure in the Kingdom of Tonga Sunday, May 15, 2005 - 9:02 am [2]
- January 24, 2004 - Nuku'alofa: While Ambassador David Laurence Lyon was in Tonga he swore-in 20 new Peace Corps volunteers to Tonga Friday, February 27, 2004 - 1:53 am [1]
- January 16, 2004 - Personal Web Site: Mijal's Blog - ranting and raving of a Peace Corps Volunteer in Tonga Tuesday, January 27, 2004 - 5:48 pm [1]
- January 15, 2004 - Matangi Tonga: 20 New Tonga Peace Corps Volunteers sworn in by Ambassador David Laurence Lyon Thursday, January 22, 2004 - 8:10 am [1]
- January 6, 2004 - Friends of Tonga: Visit the Friends of Tonga Web Site Thursday, January 15, 2004 - 8:01 am [1]
- January 3, 2004 - Personal Web Page: Traditional Courtship in Tonga by RPCV Lolo Masi Monday, May 22, 2006 - 9:37 am [2]
- January 3, 2004 - Personal Web Page: Thoughts and Impressions of Tonga written by RPCV Lolo Masi Saturday, January 10, 2004 - 10:23 am [1]
- January 6, 2004 - The Mercury News: Tonga RPCV Joseph Gashler who died in ski accident in Colorado was a Stanford University graduate who majored in physics, Gashler worked as a marine researcher at the Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute in Moss Landing Saturday, January 10, 2004 - 10:22 am [1]
- January 3, 2004 - Barloga.com: In 1966, Dennis Barloga was given a camera to document an upcoming Peace Corps experience in Tonga Thursday, January 08, 2004 - 6:26 pm [1]
- November 21, 2003 - Wise Nomad: The Positives and Negatives of Solo Backpacking By Tonga RPCV Paul Neville Thursday, January 08, 2004 - 6:26 pm [1]
- February 2, 2003 - Broadway to Vegas: It was while James Pelegano was in the Peace Corps stationed on the South Pacific island of Tonga that the oceanographer became friends with the island physician Thursday, January 08, 2004 - 6:25 pm [1]
- July 5, 2001 - Personal Web Site: Peace Corps Picture Album from Tonga by Sandeep Koorse Thursday, January 08, 2004 - 6:25 pm [1]
- July 5, 2001 - Personal Web Site: Arturo Giron Leaves to Head Peace Corps Mission in Tonga Thursday, January 08, 2004 - 6:24 pm [1]
- November 1, 2000 - Personal Web Page: A Letter to Incoming Tongan Peace Corps Volunteers from aul W. Neville, Group 58 Tuesday, January 06, 2004 - 9:55 pm [1]
- September 12, 1997 - Indiana University: Aaron Shiffrin learned the Tongan language in country and then set about a monumental task: creating and initiating a national science curriculum project for the country's secondary school system Tuesday, January 06, 2004 - 9:54 pm [1]
- January 6, 2004 - Reno Gazette Journal,: Tonga RPCV Joseph Gashler dies in ski accident in Colorado Tuesday, January 06, 2004 - 9:54 pm [1]
- June 4, 2003 - Grist Magazine: Tonga RPCV Jeff Lahl is project manager for the Solar Electric Light Fund (SELF), a nonprofit that works to bring solar electricity to developing countries Monday, January 05, 2004 - 8:44 pm [1]
- January 3, 2004 - General Board of Global Ministries: Dr. Cobb served on the Tonga Islands in 1968-1969as a Peace Corps volunteer, working with an agricultural extension program. Monday, January 05, 2004 - 8:39 pm [1]
- January 3, 2004 - AAYC Book: Carrie Carlile says there is comfort to be found in a crooked line, something that draws her in. This may reflect her Peace Corps service in Tonga. Monday, January 05, 2004 - 8:39 pm [1]
- January 3, 2004 - New Orleans Saints: Spencer Folau's parents met when his mother, who is from Wyoming, was a nurse in the Peace Corps Sunday, January 04, 2004 - 9:45 pm [1]
- January 3, 2004 - Tin Can Mailman: Will Mauck created the Tin Can Mailman with 400 books he borrowed from a friend, and a stack of fruit crates, which he nailed to the wall as extemporaneous bookshelves! The project began in 1972, after Will's volunteer years with the Peace Corps in Tonga. Wednesday, March 15, 2006 - 12:46 pm [2]
- August 1, 2003 - New Farm: Pam Flory first apprenticed at Howell Living History Farm near Lambertville, NJ, before serving as a Peace Corps volunteer in Tonga Sunday, January 04, 2004 - 9:44 pm [1]
- October 14, 1976 - Dayton Daily News: RPCVs remember Peace Corps Volunteer Deborah Gardner who died while serving in Tonga in October, 1976 at Age 23 Saturday, January 26, 2008 - 11:43 pm [5]
- December 20, 2003 - Personal Web Site: The Peace Corps in Tonga Sunday, December 21, 2003 - 11:22 am [1]
- December 20, 2003 - Personal Web Site: Justin & Rebecca in Tonga Monday, October 27, 2008 - 3:05 pm [3]
- October 5, 2003 - Greenville News: John Parsell served in Tonga Tuesday, December 28, 2004 - 9:33 pm [2]
- February 1, 1999 - EVA: Peace Corps Volunteers conquer Kao Sunday, June 03, 2007 - 10:08 am [6]
- Paul W. Neville's Time in Tonga Saturday, January 03, 2004 - 1:04 pm [2]
- Soon to COS, need a place to crash and surf in Tonga! Sunday, November 03, 2002 - 12:48 pm [1]
- JENNIFER LANG LIANG - October 1994 to December 1996, Science Teacher, Peace Corps, Tonga, South Pacific Monday, July 09, 2001 - 3:26 pm [1]
- Michael B. Thomas - Peace Corps Volunteer, Tonga, Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry, 12/1989 - 4/1993 Sunday, August 21, 2005 - 11:22 pm [4]
- A Peace Corps Adventure: Trouble in Paradise by Robert Stevens, RPCV 1995 to 1997 Monday, July 09, 2001 - 3:22 pm [1]
- Peace Corps Programs in Tonga Monday, July 09, 2001 - 3:21 pm [1]
- Peace Corps Volunteers in Tonga Tuesday, March 01, 2005 - 11:35 am [5]
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- 2006.12.27: December 27, 2006: Headlines: COS - Tonga: Fallen: Safety: Aspen Times: The Family of Peace Corps Volunteer Tessa Horan says the Peace Corps' handling of her death in a shark attack in Tonga in February left them with a bitter feeling Sunday, May 20, 2007 - 1:49 pm [16]
- 2006.10.09: October 9, 2006: Headlines: COS - Tonga: Security Magazine: Peace Corps Tonga Gets Security Donation Wednesday, November 15, 2006 - 6:23 am [1]
- 2006.11.12: November 12, 2006: Headlines: COS - Tonga: Safety: Fallen: Libraries: Santa Fe New Mexican: Tess Horan's family traveled to Tonga to carry out her dream of establishing a library on the island Thursday, December 28, 2006 - 1:43 pm [2]
- 2006.09.01: September 1, 2006: Headlines: COS - Tonga: Banking: Michigan Banker: Tonga RPCV Doug Cook Named President/CEO Of West Michigan National Bank & Trust Wednesday, October 25, 2006 - 9:51 am [1]
- 2006.10.16: October 16, 2006: Headlines: COS - Tonga: Writing - Tonga: Peace Corps Writers: John Coyne writes: It has taken Jan Worth (Tonga 1976-78) 30+ years but finally she has written her novel of the October 14, 1976 murder on the island of Tonga of the PCV, Deborah Gardner Monday, October 16, 2006 - 11:01 am [1]
- 2006.09.11: September 11, 2006: Headlines: COS - Tonga: SouthCoastToday.com: Heather Chu to serve as Peace Corps Volunteer in Tonga Thursday, September 21, 2006 - 8:58 am [1]
- 2006.09.15: September 15, 2006: Headlines: COS - Tonga: Planet Tonga: The Headquarter for the US Peace Corp joined the national mourning for the death of H.M. King Taufa’ahau IV Monday, September 18, 2006 - 8:42 am [1]
- 2006.03.31: March 31, 2006: Headlines: COS - Pakistan: COS - Tonga: Relief: NGO's: Herald & Review: Tonga RPCV Amber Johnson is communications director for World Vision Friday, August 11, 2006 - 9:47 am [1]
- 2006.06.21: June 21, 2006: Headlines: COS - Tonga: Marriage: State Journal-Register: Tonga RPCV Dorothy Dennis marries classmate after 60th high school reunion Sunday, June 25, 2006 - 5:42 pm [1]
- 2006.05.16: May 16, 2006: Headlines: COS - Tonga: Obituaries: Secondary Education: Daily Herald: Tonga RPCV Robert J. “Bob” Ranieri was considered a master teacher at Wheeling High School, where he taught English and reading for nearly 30 years Saturday, May 20, 2006 - 6:58 am [1]
- October 21, 2005: Headlines: COS - Tonga: Directors - Vasquez: Tonga News: US Peace Corps reconfirms ties with Tonga Saturday, February 25, 2006 - 5:58 pm [1]
- February 1, 2006: Headlines: COS - Tonga: Obituaries: Safety and Security of Volunteers: Peace Corps: Peace Corps Mourns the Loss of Volunteer Tessa Horan Friday, March 31, 2006 - 4:24 am [10]
- December 29, 2005: Headlines: COS - Tonga: Corvallis Gazette Times: Tonga RPCV Tom McLennan named director of development for Oregon State University's College of Education and 4-H program Friday, December 30, 2005 - 11:52 am [1]
- October 17, 2005: Headlines: COS - Tonga: Obituaries: Country Directors - Tonga: The Santa Fe New Mexican: Tonga Country Director Preston G. McCrossen dies in New Mexico Friday, December 16, 2005 - 11:45 am [1]
- October 24, 2005: Headlines: Directors - Vasquez: COS - Tonga: COS - Fiji: Peace Corps: Peace Corps Director Travels to Tonga and Fiji Sunday, December 10, 2006 - 12:17 pm [5]
- October 19, 2005: Headlines: COS - Tonga: Obituaries: Albuquerque Tribune: Tonga RPCV Preston McCrossen dies Thursday, October 20, 2005 - 5:35 am [1]
- August 21, 2005: Headlines: COS - Tonga: Jobs: Job Hunting: Employment: Washington Post: Peace Corps Volunteers Pick Up Useful Skills, but Must Market Them Saturday, August 20, 2005 - 2:34 pm [1]
- June 10, 2005: Headlines: COS - Tonga: Blogs - Tonga: Personal Web Site: Peace Corps Volunteer Adrianne in Tonga: Feeling at home Tuesday, August 16, 2005 - 5:54 am [1]
- April 9, 2005: Headlines: COS - Tonga: Blogs - Tonga: Personal Web Site: Peace Corps Volunteer Kyle in Tonga: It might seem that I’ve lost compassion for the Tongan population Thursday, January 11, 2007 - 2:06 am [2]
- August 27, 2003: Headlines: COS - Tonga: Blogs - Tonga: Personal Web Site: Peace Corps Tonga Steve: thoughts on why Tuesday, August 16, 2005 - 5:46 am [1]
- November 1, 2000: Headlines: COS - Tonga: Blogs - Tonga: Personal Web Site: Peace Corps Volunteer Paul Neville in Tonga: A Letter to Incoming Tongan Peace Corps Volunteers Tuesday, August 16, 2005 - 5:41 am [1]
- August 13, 2005: Headlines: COS - Tonga: Blogs - Tonga: Blog Policy: Freedom of Speech: Personal Web Site: Peace Corps Volunteer Jim Jawn in Tonga: I'm not allowed to express my opinion in any manner, shape, fashion or inkling about anything politcal here in Tonga Tuesday, August 16, 2005 - 5:39 am [1]
- May 22, 2005: Headlines: COS - Tonga: Blogs - Tonga: Personal Web Site: Peace Corps Volunteer Randi in Tonga: Coming up to a year Sunday, August 07, 2005 - 4:30 pm [1]
- October 19, 2004: Headlines: COS - Tonga: Blogs - Tonga: Personal Web Site: Peace Corps Volunteer Kyle Edwards in Tonga: I used to think that bringing technology to Tonga was evil. This could be farther from the truth. Sunday, August 07, 2005 - 4:28 pm [1]
- November 17, 2003: Headlines: COS - Tonga: Blogs - Tonga: Early Termination: Personal Web Site: Peace Corps Volunteer Jim Jawn in Tonga: First Early Termination Sunday, August 07, 2005 - 4:26 pm [1]
- August 7, 2005: Headlines: COS - Tonga: Married Couples: Planet Tonga: Ofa McGinley says: I came to the USA after marrying my husband who was a Peace Corps Volunteer in Tonga from 1998-2000 Sunday, August 07, 2005 - 4:19 pm [1]
- June 12, 2005: Headlines: COS - Tonga: Pittsburgh Live: Robert Goetschkes, spent 1990-1991 in the South Pacific's Kingdom of Tonga Sunday, June 12, 2005 - 2:57 pm [1]
- April 28, 2005: Headlines: Obituaries: COS - Tonga: Columbus Dispatch: Tonga RPCV Ralph M. Yoder dies in Ohio Thursday, May 05, 2005 - 7:56 pm [1]
- March 28, 2005: Headlines: COS - Tonga: Police: Crime: San Mateo Daily Journal: Two local police officials returned last week from a trip to the South Pacific island of Tonga to learn about its culture. Cpl. Mark Phillips of San Bruno and Sgt. Ed Nakiso of Burlingame traveled with Emile Hons, the general manager of the Shops at Tanforan, who lived in Tonga while with the Peace Corps. Emile Hons was an art teacher in Tonga in 1976 when Dennis Priven, a friend and fellow Peace Corps volunteer, carried out the brutal murder of Deborah Gardner Saturday, April 02, 2005 - 9:42 pm [2]