The
CAGAYANLifestyle TIMES Weekly de Oro
Volume 4 | No. 23 | Cagayan de Oro City | January 16-22, 2017
Kagayanon International Feature:
TAPOK 2017 will be in San Francisco, California By Gwendolyn R. Garcia
A Brief History of TAPOK The idea of gathering Kagay-anons living abroad was a seed planted by the late Roy C. Gaane, founder and president of Kagayanon International (KI). Roy was instrumental in drawing up a list of Kagay-anons who had migrated to the United States by keeping track of new arrivals ultimately connecting everyone via his KI Newsletter. It was thru said newsletter that homesick Kagay-anons not only heard fresh news about recent happenings back
home. They also learned about recent arrivals. Remember that all this took place before the age of computers, emails and Facebook. Everything had to be done manually through a typewriter and painstakingly sent out by snail mail. One thing led to another setting off the first big gathering of Kagay-anons in Chicago in 1982. This reunion of sorts evolved through the years and is now popularly referred to as TAPOK. This biggest gathering of town mates from the old hometown
is now on its 16th event, covering a span of 34 years from its initial inception. TAPOK through the Years 1982 Chicago 1984 Los Angeles 1986 Toronto 1988 Seattle 1992 New York 1996 San Francisco 1998 Las Vegas 2001 Houston 2003 San Diego 2005 Honolulu 2007 Las Vegas 2009 New Jersey 2011 Los Angeles 2013 Toronto Kagay-anons in West Covina, California gather in remembrance of the late Roy 2015 Vancouver C. Gaane, founder of Kagayanon Int’l led by his wife Gerlou during his 1st death tapok/PAGE 2 anniversary last Jan. 11, 2017.
The Night Stalker
Loreto’s Hosts Meet-and-Greet with Kagay-anon author KK Levis Fans and friends of a Kagay-anon author now based in Sydney, Australia had a rare chance to hobnob with
The Praternal Order of Eagles national president Kuya Louie Ceniza andministers the ceremonial turn over of leadership of the NMR1 outgoing Governor Kuya Maximo Dondon Allorin to the incoming Governor Kuya Anjun Gomez.. MD photo.
her in person during a meet-and-greet hosted by Loreto’s Grill and Restaurant last Saturday, 14 January 2017.
Kristyn Kay “KK” Maslog-Levis is the author of “The Girl Between Two Worlds”, published locally by Anvil Publishing House and marketed by National Book Store. The event was organized by Donna Ocampo, KK’s former colleague at ABS-CBN Northern Mindanao who is now the station manager for Cagayan de Oro. Later in the evening, KK had a “jolly good” reunion with her former colleagues in the ABSKK Maslog-Levis autographs her book amidst stories CBN news department about it published in some local newspapers. loreto’s/PAGE 3
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