Jades, S.A. welcomed several congressmen and senators from the United States, including John Cornyn and Richard Shelby.
Archive for March, 2004
U.S. Senators pay visit to Jades, S.A.
Posted in International, Jades, Notables on March 18, 2004 | Leave a Comment »
Jades S.A. Celebrates its 30th Anniversary
Posted in Community, Jades, The Ridingers on March 18, 2004 | Leave a Comment »
Jades S.A. celebrated their 30th anniversary in May 2004 with a party to introduce our new jewelry designer, Andrea Novella, our 19 year old granddaughter. She inaugurated her own jewelry design business this year, Novella Creations, to help defray the cost of her freshman year at NYU.
Jades S.A. sets an example, gives back to the community
Posted in Community, Jades, The Ridingers on March 18, 2004 | Leave a Comment »
Jades, S.A. helped workers rom Camotan, one of the poorest and most remote areas of Guatemala, to learn to polish, grind, shape, and drill a soft calcite stone from their own land.
Dalai Lama Visits Guatemala
Posted in Community, International, Notables, Press on March 18, 2004 | Leave a Comment »
Guatemala welcomed the Dalai Lama in October and we basked in his message of world peace, which was welcome as we suffer murky political moments around the globe.
In the photo above the Dalai Lama is about to place a rose in the Monument for Peace, at the National Palace of Culture, on his first day [...]
Jades S.A. Active Promoting Jade Museums
Posted in Community, International, Jades, Press on March 18, 2004 | Leave a Comment »
Jades S.A. is selling Jade Museum/Showroom franchises in the region to local owner-operators. We are excited about the success of the first two, Ambergris Jade Museum on Ambergris Key and Maya Jade Museum of Belize in Belize City. We are moving on others in Mexico, Honduras and El Salvador.
New Cruise Port Facility at Puerto Quetzal
Posted in Archaeology, Community, Cruises, Humor, International, Jades, Notables, Press, The Ridingers on March 18, 2004 | Leave a Comment »
A new cruise port facility on the pacific coast at Puerto Quetzal was inaugurated with the arrival of Holland America’s ship “Zaandam” on May 5, 2004. Mary Lou Ridinger was aboard lecturing on Maya Archaeology and Jade.
Jades S.A. helps keep Sister Cities ties alive
Posted in Community, International, Jades, Notables, Press, The Ridingers on March 18, 2004 | Leave a Comment »
Jades S.A. is doing its part to sustain the recently renewed Sister City relationship with Coral Gables, Fla., near Miami. Sales Manager Veronica Ortiz traveled to Coral Gables last September with a contingent of Antigua business and civic leaders.
Jade search reveals untouched Mayan site
Posted in Archaeology, Community, Jades, Notables, Press, The Ridingers on March 18, 2004 | Leave a Comment »
While scouring the Sierra de las Minas for additional sources of blue jadeite that the ancient olmecs had mined, Jake Ridinger discovered an untouched Mayan archaeological site.
