2006 Special Olympics Opening Eyes Event Schedule updated 20 March 2006 Date Location Coordinator E-mail 21 Jan Hong Kong Rufina Chan orufinac@inet.polyu.edu.hk 4 Feb Philippines Carmen Abesamis-Dichoso menchiedichoso@yahoo.com eyedoc@info.com.ph 11 Feb Basseterre, St. Kitts Ike Duru onwa2@hotmail.com 11 Feb Syracuse, New York Amy Stone optigal@twcny.rr.com 23 Feb Batna, Algeria Ahdan Rizki     Omneya Fawzy ofawzy@somena.org 26 Feb Wisp, Maryland Diane Serex drdiane@comcast.net 22-25 Mar Cd. Delicias, Chihuahua Mexico Elsa Ma. Villalobos Torreblanca elsa_opt@yahoo.com   elsamariavillalobos@hatmail.com 25 Mar--2 Apr San Salvador, El Salvador Gonzalo glarraburec@yahoo.com 25 Mar Tenom, Malaysia Molly Matthew  Toh Teck Hong ranjit@pc.jaring.my thtoh@yahoo.com 31 Mar Portsmouth, New Hampshire Jim Mancini jmanciniod@comcast.net 8 Apr Osk Kosh, Wisconsin Kellye Kneuppel tvtc@execpc.com 24-25 Apr Ifran, Morocco Dr. Galal Sharki Omneya Fawzy lantry_lmpe@yahoo.com ofawzy@somena.org 28-29 Apr Tampa, Florida Adele Paul dradele@bellsouth.net 28 Apr-1 May Singapore Rebecca Chew rebecca_chew@alexhosp.com.sg rebeccacyk@yahoo.com.sg 2-6 May Manama, Bahrain Taqi Hussain Khlaf thkhalaf@health.gov.bh 5 May Topeka, Kansas Julie Anderson jbanderson@everestkc.net 6 May Fort Jackson, South Carolina Jeff Magun vapec@aol.com 6 May Macau Tina Ye ytt@mail.eye.ac.cn 7-8 May Accura, Ghana Adjoa Pokua Osae Awuku pokydarl@yahoo.com 10 May Oklahoma Wes Derosier derosier@nsuok.edu 12-14 May Beirut, Lebanon Adib Jabr adjab@inco.com.lb 13 May Alleghany, Pennsylvania Hans Lessman vdi@nauticom.net 14-18 May Amman, Jordan Dr. Ahmad Ali Anis Gamal Al Namoura Omneya Fawzy sojordan@wanadoo.jo ofawzy@somena.org 16 May Jurbarkas, Lithuania Davia Sosienne sosiene@one.it 19 May Creighton Univ, Nebraska Ellen Weiss ellenweissod@hotmail.com 19 May Ames, Iowa Jay Christensen drjc@fmctc.com 19-20 May Albuquerque, New Mexico Alice Baumstark ajb.ranger@swcp.com 19-21 May Auburn, Alabama Chris Teichmiller drchrisod@aol.com 19-21 May Nashville, Tennessee Brad Altman baaltman2020@bellsouth.net 20 May Hammond, Louisiana John Labbe jhlabbe@I-55.com Labbeeyeclinic@BellSouth.net 23 May Washington, D.C. Nancy Ross nreyesok@aol.com 24 May Texas State, Texas Ralph Herring Judy Hughes jhughesod@earthlink.net 24 May Tunisia Safaouane Ben Salah safouane.bensalah@laposte.net 24-25 May Tenom, Malaysia Daisy Khoo Toh Teck Hong thtoh@yahoo.com 24-27 May Antwerp, Belgium Ignance Fransman Ignace.Fransman@ehsal.be opticien@easynet.be optometrie@easynet.be 26-27 May Arlington, Texas Charles Shidlofsky Ralph Herring dr-s@dr-s.net RHerring@OPTOMETRY. UH.EDU 27-29 May Hawaii Pat Ichimura pichimura@netscape.net 29 May Israel Ken Koslow koslowk@mail.biu.ac.il drkoslowe@013.net.il  1-3 June Mount Pleasant, Michigan Phil Irion irionsandymsc@hotmail.com 2-3 June Fargo, North Dakota Nicole Dillavou ndillavou@yahoo.com 2-4 June Richmond, Kentucky Bill Reynolds reynoldskyod@msn.com 2-4 June Raleigh, North Carolina Heather Hickson littleeyz@hotmail.com 2-4 June Fort Lewis, Washington Erick Hartman drhartman2020@hotmail.com 3 June Emory Univ., Georgia Krystal Bragg Jennifer Dattolo kpbragg@frontiernet.net Jdattolo@bellsouth.net 3 June Kingston, Rhode Island Lori Duquette drduke@cox.net 3 June New York City Joanie Portella Melissa Lee jportello@sunyopt.edu melissaleeod@gmail.com 3 June Colorado Marcy Rose marcy7770@comcast.net npvvt@algxmail.com 7 June Indonesia National Games TBD TBD 7-10 June Chieng Mai, Thailand TBD TBD 5 June Northern California Meredith Whiteside mwhitesi@berkeley.edu 8-10 June State College, Pennsylvania Mike Cybor mjcymbor@adelphia.net  9 June Stevens Point, Wisconsin Kellye Kneuppel tvtc@execpc.com 9 June Towson, Maryland Diane Serex drdiane@comcast.net 9-10 June Newark, Delaware Don Blackburn Jon Buzby Dr. David Matusiewicz visionrehab@doctor.com jbuzby@UDel.Edu eyeballz@comcast.net 9-10 June Richmond, Virginia Roxann Robinson rox@roxrob.com eyequilt@roxrob.com 9-11 June Strunjan, Slovenia Matjaz Mihelèiè optika.mesec@volja.net 9-11 June Myanmar National Games TBD TBD 10 June Northern California Meredith Whiteside mwhitesi@berkeley.edu 10 June Orono, Maine David Douglass eyeguys5@aol.com orono3@aol.com 10-11 June New Haven, Connecticut Chris Agro Bob Aube enfield-eyecare@cox.net robertwaubejr@conversent.net 10-11 June Hoogezand-Sappemeer, Netherlands Onno Rueck Eva oarueck@home.nl eyecatcher@planet.nl 12-13 June University of Lagos, Nigeria Nwakaego Ikor egoiloro@yahoo.co.uk 15 June Kota Kinabalu, Malaysia Molly Matthew  Toh Teck Hong ranjit@pc.jaring.my thtoh@yahoo.com 15 June Albany, New York Amy Stone optigal@twcny.rr.com 16-17 June Bloomington, Illinois Chrsitine Allison callison@ico.edu 17-18 June Long Beach, California Eunice Myung emyung@scco.edu 20-26 June Kecskemet, Hungary Dora Domotor dora@szempatia.com 21-25 June Belfast, Ireland Lynda McGivney  Nichola Kennedy opticians@mcgivneys.com 22-24 June University of Minnesota, Minnesota Duane Rutz drutz@ruralaccess.net 22-27 June Kapfenberg, Austria Walter Gutstein gutstein@optiker.at 24 June Columbus, Ohio Levelle Brislow-Jenkins Sandy Workmaster SWorkmaster@optometry. osu.edu 25-26 June Eaubonne, France Sophie Bie  Jean-Paul Roosen sbie@mac.com jp.roosen@wanadoo.fr ico.direction@wanadoo.fr 29 June-7 Jul USA National Games, Ames, Iowa Jay Christensen drjc@fmctc.com 1-4 July Czech Republic Martin Janek martin.janek@gmail.com 1-4 July Boston, Mass Lions convention TBD 18-23 Jul Bradon, Canada Steve Mintz eyetoeyembca@hotmail.com 18-23 Jul Bangkok, Thailand Danai Tonketmonghon dtonketm@thaioptometry.org 31 Aug Harbin, China TBD TBD 1-3 Sept Boise, Idaho Jack Zarybnisky burleyeyecare@safelink.com 8-9 Sept Jakarta, Indonesia TBD TBD 11-15 Sept Berlin, Germany Stefan Schwartz sschwarz@kontaktlinsen -fachinstitut.de 15 Sept Kota Kinabalu, Malaysia Molly Matthew  Toh Teck Hong ranjit@pc.jaring.my thtoh@yahoo.com 30 Sep-5 Oct Rome, Italy Giulio Velati giulio@velati.it 1-8 Oct Queensland, Australia Susan Walton SKWalton@ozemail.com.au 6-7 Oct Provo, Utah Dale Hardy drhardysve@yahoo.com 7 Oct Bingham, New York Amy Stone optigal@twcny.rr.com 12-20 Oct China Pregames, Shanghai, China TBD TBD 28 Oct California Carmen Barnhardt Cathy Heyman cbarnhardt@scco.edu cheyman@scco.edu 3-5 Nov Japan Irvin Tsumoto tsumoto@kikuchi-college.ac.jp 5-11 Nov Mumbai, India TBD TBD 9-17 Nov Middle East/North Africa Games Fifth Regional Games Dubai, United Arab Emirates TBD TBD 17-18 Nov Topeka, Kansas Julie Anderson jbanderson@everestkc.net 2 Dec Columbia, Missouri Lee Ann Barret lbarrettod@sbcglobal.net 3-6 Dec Batna, Algeria Ahdan Rizki Omneya Fawzy ofawzy@somena.org   Return to Opening Eyes home