Tembagapura Blog

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

Registration is open again. After you register and you’re certain you don’t know me and I don’t know you… please e-mail me to let me know who you are and what your interest in Tembagapura and the site is… otherwise, you’ll be promptly purged from the system. Also worth noting, if you have old postings, guestbook entries, etc… and you want to edit them or delete them or add to them, you will be able to access them once you’ve been changed to author and your name attached to the old posting. If your registration fails for some reason, it could be that you had registered at the main site and your data has been moved to the blog, so just follow the instructions for losing your password at the login screen of the blog.

The main site at http://www.tembagapura.com has been updated significantly to enhance visitors’ experience.  Take a look!  So much of what you”ll find are remnants of what the site once was.  The blog has really made it easier to manage because the information is now in a database and can be modified so much easier than in the past.  For what it’’s worth, I hope you”ll find visiting the site a pleasurable memory-inducing experience.  If nothing else, it’’s a great place to show your friends and family where on earth you lived, are living or will live. Worth noting: Since this original post, the site is in the process of migrating to new servers which may take a while before the updates described above are enjoyed.

Pad (Mile) 11 was the old “end of the road.” It was where builders had previously given up on a road to Amamapare (Portsite)… with fond memories of the old, rarely crossed bridge, and finding fiddler crabs while waiting for the Jeremiah to pick us up.

Listed below are those who have contributed financially to the operation of the web site.

Deron & Pam Scarabin, January 1, 2003 and January 2005

Eva Karubaba, December 4, 2002

Anita Barney, October, 2002

Chris Towsey, September 2, 2002

Louis M. ” D.D.” & Marilyn Scarabin, March 25 and June 5, 2002

The Lupa Lelah Club is probably the one common thread that ALL have with living in Tembagapura through all the years. The Social Club, restaurant bar and theater we’ll never forget!

Amamapare: The final Irian Jaya destination of the gold and copper.

Many of us have fond memories of taking the Jeremiah from Pad 11 to Amamapare (Portsite)… of the ships, strange lizards, seeing a croc, a casowary bird, playing in the mud, or seeing the magnificent villages along the way.

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Tembagapura.com has no opinion about, nor comment on, nor interest in Freeport-McMoRan’s operations in Tembagapura. Visitors to Tembagapura.com may have their opinions or comments but Tembagapura.com holds NO accountability for negative comments posted on the site.

Although privacy for visitors is extremely important, Tembagapura.com is not in a position to manage restrictions; i.e., usernames and passwords. By posting your e-mail address and contributing your personal information and photos, you are relinquishing some level of privacy. The site will do all that is feasible to safeguard your privacy, but will not commit to preserve it.

Tembagapura.com is averaging 43 thousand hits per month (Summer 2003). Naturally, spammers are keen on devouring the forum and guestbook for e-mail addresses. In addition, malicious advertisers will drop a site link there. Tembagapura.com will swiftly remove such hyperlinks, which is why visitors see an uncontaminated guestbook now. Trash and unsolicited material are strictly prohibited.

The material contained in Tembagapura.com is copy written unless stated otherwise.

Tembagapura.com has NO authority concerning employment, travel, living quarters, etc. in Tembagapura.

Tembagapura.com is privately owned and operated.

Regards,

Jason Scarabin

If it weren’t for a conversation my brother, Deron Scarabin, and I had in late 1999, this site would have never come to fruition. Naturally, it also wouldn’t have been possible but for my dad’s hard work and both of my parents’ willingness to move us over there.

Tembagapura.com is owned, operated, designed, edited and financed by Jason Scarabin.

Freeport was approached with a long list of proposals to enhance the site, but has failed to respond in a timely manner. With the site getting 43 thousand plus hits per month (avg. hits from August 2002-February 2003), it’s popularity has grown to proportions to become completely objective in its pursuits including, but not limited to, OBJECTIVE reporting on Freeport’s operations.

Tembagapura.com is owned, operated, designed, edited and financed by Jason Scarabin.

Freeport has been approached with a long list of proposals to enhance the site, but has failed to respond in a timely manner. With the site getting 43 thousand plus hits per month (avg. hits from August 2002-February 2003), it’s popularity has grown to proportions to become completely objective in its pursuits including, but not limited to, OBJECTIVE reporting on Freeport’s operations.

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