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Left to right, Lou Ann, Stephen, Mary Lou, and Dave, Levici and Marty Fuhry._______________
David Fuhry is Judge Nominee
On Tuesday, March 2, avid L. Fuhry of Parkman, Ohio, defeated four opposing Candidates for the Republi-Can nomination for the Court Common Pleas Judge for Ceauga County. The posi-l0n is for a six-year term Parting on January 1, 2005. Fuhry is an attorney in Urton, Ohio and Magistrate the Chardon Municipal . 0Urt. His wife, Mary Lou, a St. Anne #4 member of MLA, as is her mother ga Horvath. Her grandmother, Frances Centa, was °ne of the early founders of ■ Anne’s, who retained her etT>bership until she died at 99. ah four of the Fuhry mtdren are fourth-operation members of St. jme’s Lodge #4. They have Participated for a while in
® St. Vitus Slovenian
School.
Lou Ann, who graduated j Lfrsuline College, is a
nurse at University Hospital. Son David is a junior at Kent State University and a computer specialist at the Geauga County Auditor’s Office. Stephen, a senior at Notre Dame Cathedral Latin School, will enter Borromeo College next fall. Martin, an eighth-grader at St. Helen’s in Newbury, will attend Notre Dame-Cathedral Latin in September.
Their mother, Mary Lou, is a teacher in the Warren City Schools. A few months ago she was awarded the prestigious National Teachers Certification.
Although he has been a trustee of Parkman for the past 20 years, this is the first big venture of David Fuhry into the county political arena. We congratulate him on his successful nomination and wish him well in the November election.
^lomsek’s Thoughts on Lent
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The second evil of the times is an unsatiable craving for amusements and good times. People want to enjoy the good things of life, but without the effort of earning the things they want.
The third evil of the times is unbridled covetousness of the things belonging to other people. What is mine is mine, but what is yours must become mine, too.
—St. Vitu* Church Bulletin
Bob Dolgan Talks About ‘Heroes, Scamps, etc., at Heritage Lecture
The Slovenian-American Heritage Foundation invites all to attend the first talk in their 2004 lecture series. The Foundation is extremely pleased that Bob Dolgan will discuss his new book Heroes, Scamps, and Good Guys: 101 Colorful Characters from Cleveland Sports History.
The event, which is free and open to the public, will take place on Wednesday, March 31 at 7:00 p.m. in the Lower Hall of the Slovenian Society Home, 20713 Recher Avenue in Euclid. A coffee and strudel social will follow the lecture.
In his talk, Bob Dolgan will review the many colorful characters who crowd the world of Cleveland sports. As described in his book, Bob will discuss a roster that includes heroes like Rocky Colavito and Jesse Owens. Scamps, from Joe Jackson to Albert Belle. Good guys, like Lou Groza and Mark Price. And a few special cases - legendary grease-bailer Gaylord Perry, for one - who was a bit of each.
Sportswriter Bob Dolgan has written about them all
while covering the sports beat for The Cleveland Plain Dealer for the last 43 years. His writing has also appeared in The Sporting News, Baseball Digest, and Golf Digest. He was named one of the top 10 sports columnists in America by the Associated Press Sports Editors in 1985, and has won many other national, state, and local sports-writing awards. Since 1995, he has written frequently about sports history for The Plain Dealer, including contributions to a nationally recognized 1997 series on black baseball players and a 2001 series on the 100lh anniversary of the Cleveland Indians.
In 1999 he was inducted into the Cleveland Journalism Hall of Fame. He is also co-author of The Polka King, with Frank Yankovic.
A Cleveland native and a graduate of John Carroll University, he lives in Willoughby Hills, Ohio with his wife, Cecilia. He has a daughter, Ann, and a son. Bob.
Ostanek Undergoes Bypass
Exactly a month after attending Grammy festivities in Los Angeles as a nominee, Canadian Polka King Walter Ostanek underwent major quadruple bypass surgery on March 9 at the Hamilton General Hospital.
It’s no wonder he has been given VIP treatment since the staff recognized him as the 3-time Polka Grammy Winner and an individual acknowledged by the Canadian Government for his great work in polka music. He obviously will not play accordion for at least three months.
Greetings can be sent to him (send air mail if from the states) at 41 Geneva Street, St. Catharines, Ontario L2R 4M5 Canada.
A special 2 hour “get well” live radio tribute aired recently on WELW (1330 AM) and worldwide on line at 24/7polkaheaven.com with listeners responding on Tony Petkovšek’s show.
Band Leader Walter Ostanek
We judge ourselves by what we feel capable of doing, while others judge us by what we have already done.
—Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
A ship in harbor is safe, but that is not what ships are built for. -John Shedd
Happy 60th Father Boznar
Rev. Joseph P. Boznar, pastor of St. Vitus parish in Cleveland, will mark his 60Ih birthday on his Name Day, St. Joseph’s Day, Friday, March 19. This year also marks 25 years as pastor.
The following day, Saturday, March 20, Father Boznar will be honored in the Slovenian National Home on St. Clair Avenue as that hall’s honoree for this year. The sold-out festivities will include a banquet and salute to each honoree for each of the nine Greater Cleveland Slovenian Homes, plus two main honorees, Celeste Frollo and Tony Mannion.
Congratulations to Father Boznar, a kindly man, whom we in the Slovenian community are honored and proud of your accomplishment of keeping the Slovenian parish on an even keel during your tenure, being a steadfast and guiding force in the neighborhood, a servant of God, and for being a friend and trustworthy priest to all!
I Lenten Fish Fries
Lenten Fish Dinners wil be available all Fridays of Lent at: the Slovenian National Home on St. Clair Avenue - rear mansion club room. Four kinds of dinners will be featured as well as take-outs.
Also, St. Mary’s (Collinwood) on Fridays of Lent. $7.00 for fish fries. Shrimp or combo dinners are $7.50. The macaroni and cheese dinners, children’s! fish dinners and half dinners are $3.50. Serving from 4 to 7 p.m.
Waterloo Slovenian Home will also be featuring fish on Fridays as per usual.
Newburgh Slovenian National Home on E. 80th will also feature fish fries and related sea food on Fridays during Lent.

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Praying for Sense of Humor
by RUDY FLIS
It has been almost 20 years since I received this nice prayer book from a friend. It contains more than 1,000 pages of prayers and devotions. I read it - but not often enough.
There is a prayer in this fine book I seek most, and read most. It will reveal to you my weak foundation as a Christian, and perhaps cause you to pray for me. God knows I need it. I will tell you the first sentence, the middle sentence and the last sentence, of the “Prayer for a sense of humor.”
1.	- “Lord Jesus Christ, for some reason many Christians seem to lack a sense of humor.”
2.	- “I ask today that I may cultivate a sense of humor and use it to help others as well as myself.”
3.	- “Teach me to stress the positive side of life and develop a fine sense of humor.”
When I laugh, I reside close to our Lord. When I
laugh, it’s painless. When I laugh, all is well. Humor causes me to laugh, and I enjoy laughing and that is the reason I pray for a sense of humor.”
If I am unable to tell a story in an interesting manner or a joke in a witty way, so what, as long as I am able to enjoy it and laugh at it. Do you agree?
So, Ray Mlakar, I pass the baton to you our “joke teller.” Mike and Sam looking for a Catholic Church is your joke.
So that you may appreciate that I know my limitations as a story teller, this little truism of marriage is at the request of a good friend of mine who I shall not name.
“What are the three rings of marriage?”
1.	- Engagement ring.
2.	- Wedding ring
3.	- Suffering
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Growing obesity among older Americans could reverse the gains this group has made in staying healthier, a new study predicts.
By 2020, the treatment of medical problems related to excessive weight will consume one in five health-care dollars in people aged 50-69, according to a study by Rand, a Santa Monica, Calif, think tank.
The findings also suggest obesity-related illnesses could wipe out recent health-status gains in older Americans that reflect their reduced exposure to disease, better medical care and changing behavior, including smoking habits.
“The long-term consequences of obesity are likely to be more serious than people expect,” particularly because “severe obesity is increasing at a much higher rate than moderate obesity,” said Roland Sturm, the study’s lead author and a senior economist at Rand.
Severely obese older people are more than twice as likely as people of normal weight to be in fair or poor
health and have about twice as many chronic medical conditions. The study, in the current edition of the bimonthly journal Health Affairs, found a 44% increase in health-care costs among people who are moderate or severely obese, compared with those of normal weight.
The study also looked at the effects of obesity on disability among older Americans, including their difficulty of performing tasks such as bathing, eating, dressing and getting in dr out of bed. The increase in the likelihood of such problems rises 50% in men who are moderately obese and threefold in those who are severely obese. In women, the probability of such limitations doubles with moderate obesity and quadruples with severe obesity.
These findings underscore the need to distinguish between moderate and more severe levels of obesity, the study authors said. Researchers define obesity as a body mass index, or a ration of weight to height. Moderately obese people have a
BMI of between 30 and 35. For the purposes of the study, severe obesity was defined as a BMI of 35 or more. An average adult man with a BMI of 40 or more is 100 pounds or more overweight.
Dr. Sturm says the study anticipates the future consequences of obesity among the elderly by perhaps a decade. That is because obesity rates haven’t yet increased much in absolute terms among people age 65 and older, but the rates are spiking in people who are 10 to 15 years younger.
“As obesity becomes more and more prevalent among the elderly, it will be more and more difficult for other social trends to counter its adverse health effects,” the study concludes. So “unless the factor underlying past trends toward better health becomes even stronger, Americans who will be ages 50-69 in 2020 may not have better health and functioning than this age group has now.”
— Wall Street Journal
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Questions may be directed to: Cancer Answers, Cleveland Clinic Cancer Center (R23), 9500 Euclid Avenue, Cleveland, OH 44195. Questions will be answered by mail. You may also call our toll-free Cancer Answers Line (1-800-862-7798) and speak directly with a Cancer Clinical Nurse Specialist, Monday through Friday, 8:30-4:30 p.m. EST.
QUESTION: My husband is going to start on a chemotherapy pill to treat his cancer. I’m worried that his insurance will not cover the cost of the medication because we don’t have prescription coverage. What can we do?
ANSWER: Your first step should be to check with your doctor’s office to see if they help to investigate your insurance coverage for the medication or if the pharmacy where you have the prescription filled check this out for you. The insurance company may need documentation from your oncologist’s office regarding the necessity for the medication before it will be approved. If the medication
is not covered by insurance there are other avenues that can be explored in order to obtain the needed medication.
Most major drug companies have medication-assistance programs, which will provide specific drug therapies at no cost to qualified, uninsured patients as part of their commitment to charitable efforts. Your oncologist’s office may have information regarding gome of these programs. The type of assistance varies from one company to another but most programs work in a similar fashion. Information regarding the patient’s medical insurance status, income level and assets is needed. Most programs require that patients do not have third-party prescription coverage. Companies may need to see verifying statements from the physician, which shows the patient’s need for the drug. Each company has their own application forms asking for necessary information.
There are different types of assistance programs for the medically uninsured or
underinsured patient. Some focus on helping to determine what the patient’s insurance coverage for medications and assistance with claim denials. Some plans offer payment limitation programs for very costly medications. Once patients reach the predetermined limit the company will pay all other costs for the needed medication.
A few medication-assistance programs retroactively reimburse for drugs that already have been dispensed to patients. This way treatment is not delayed and patients are not charged for medication that may have been administered prior to enrollment.
Resources available to get more information regarding pharmaceutical medication assistance programs can be obtained from pharmacists, nurses and social workers. The Internet also has sites from the various drug companies. --Josette Snyder RN, MSN
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Tickets for ‘Passion’ Movie
The two Slovenian parishes in Cleveland, St. Vitus and St. Mary’s in Collinwood have 200 tickets each for the Mel Gibson movie, “The Passion of The Christ,” to be shown on Sunday, March 21, at 4:30 p.m., at the Lake Shore Cinema, E. 225lh Street and
Lake Shore Boulevard in Euclid, Ohio. There is no charge for the movie tickets, but it is suggested a free will offering be made to St. Vitus Food Bank or St. Mary’s Community Center. The theater tickets are now available at each parish house.
Life in the Refugee Camps
1948
By Anton Žakelj, translated and edited by John Žakelj
Sunday, June 13,1948
Today was my dl8' birth-Only Cilka and some pf the other wpmen noticed.
We went to Mass at 7 a tn. and again at 9. At the Second Mass Dr. Jagodic confirmed 30 youngsters. Kocmur pushed past 3 other Photographers to make sure he got the best pictures.
Cilka was the sponsor for Irena Primožič. She gave her 25 shillings, a prayer book, a rosary, cookies and some cake.
After the Confirmation, we had a wonderful banquet, '^eluding soup with meat in 7® soup, potatoes, roast ch'cken and lettuce.
Dr. Jagodic left at 3 p.m., Kocmur at 9.
Monday, June 14,1948
I went to see the doctor ecause I was feeling sharp j^'os in my ribs. Dr. An-0n°v said I have inflamed JPoscles. He ordered me to ‘e face down on a bed. Then ey brought in something hat looked like a saddle with °ts electric lights. They ut that on my back, and en blankets on top of that. 0°n I feit jjjjg j was ijeing 0°ked. I sweated and that eerr,ed to help. Dr. Antonov c Ve me permission to skip anj>P work for two days. t, r' Antonov mentioned he is treating two refu-s with penicillin for >n h'S- ^ this were known , the camp, it would be a hhge scandal.
received letters from j q/16. Mire and Franc in jatel^3 anc* rcPl’ctI immedi-
^ received approval from
the camp administration for us to have an electric “hot plate” in our room. Wednesday, June 16, 1948
The Chilean consulate accepted 100 Slovenians and about 400 Croatians and Ukrainians for immigration, including our friends Karl Erznožnik and Rudolf Primožič.
Dr. Antonov approved two more days of sick time for me. I am using some of this time to write letters to my father and sister in Slovenia.
Friday, June 18,1948
After 4 days, I started doing camp work again. I’m still too weak to lift a sledgehammer, so I’ve been stringing fencing wire and peeling bark off logs so we can use them as fence posts.
This evening we had a rainstorm with hail and thunder.
Monday, June 21,1948
I received a 6-pound package of photos from Kocmur, altogether 685 pictures, for which I own him 3,031 shillings. They are all very well done. I went around the camp this evening and sold 1,000 shillings worth.
Tuesday, June 22,1948
Ristič, a Serb in our camp who is also a photographer,
came to look at Kocmur’s photos this morning. I wasn’t there, so he talked with Cilka. He said he is the only one with permission to sell photos in our camp. He asked Cilka to give him Kocmur’s photos, but Cilka refused.
Ristič returned this eve-
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ning - with a police officer. The officer wanted me to turn over all the photos and pay a percentage of their value to the camp administration. I refused and we almost got into a fist fight. Instead we went to see McKeon to help us settle the matter. Ristič said he was the only one with permission to sell photos in our camp. Kocmur had permission to take photos for the newspapers, but according to Ristič, not to sell them in the camp.
After some debate, McKeon decided that Kocmur and I were not at fault, the problem was with the camp administrator who allowed Kocmur to take photos. I should tell Kocmur that, in the future, he will have to pay a percentage of all sales to the camp administration. “How much,” I asked. “Let’s talk about that tomorrow,” McKeon replied. Wednesday, June 23,1948
McKeon told me to forget about the whole affair with Ristič.
(To Be Continued
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Cilka Žakelj and Irena Primqzič in the Trofaiach refugee camp, June 13, 1948. Cilka was the sponsor for Irena’s confirmation. During those years the future was so uncertain that children were confirmed whenever possible, sometimes even before their First Holy Communion. The Primožič family eventually settled in Argentina. Photo by Marjan Kocmur.
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Mlakar Walks Down Memory Lane
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by RAY MLAKAR
Ray is back and just hope with God’s help I can get this article typed into the computer for without a doubt the eyes are playing hell with me but fortunately I just have a couple of more weeks before “D-Day.”
Before I go on, thanks to Donna Ohman, Eda Kovach, Brother Frankie Mlakar in Erie, PA, and my sister Irene for their well wishes of cards and calls on my birthday last week. Thanks again for remembering me, but then when one gets as old as I am which is a hell of a lot older than Moses himself, 1 really don’t look forward to birthdays at all and perhaps feel I am getting closer to the to of St. Peter’s Call List. Unfortunately, I was at therapy for the legs when my sister dropped by with a cake for my birthday, but she came again today to help me polish it off. It won’t make my doctor happy but then it is my birthday (eat your heart out, Doc.).
Speaking of the doctor, he never has any good news for me, for last week he stated that my cholesterol was high and with a ticker that is not operating at 100% said I have to eat more eggs and cheese and drink special calcium milk. I’d like to tell him what he can do with his egg, cheese and milk but no use getting him mad at me. I am sure that we are all in the same boat, as we get older, everything goes wrong. Being retired and having a few dollars under the mattress (besides the dog), now when I can afford to buy things I would like to eat, the doctor tells me I can’t. Bummer.
Come on Ray, let’s hear a joke for a change. Here is a good one for the cat lovers, because I love cats, too. Anyway, a man hated his wife’s cat and decided to get rid of it by driving the cat 20 blocks from their home and leaving it in the park. When the man arrived home, he saw the cat walking up the driveway.
The next day he decided to drive the bat 40 blocks away. He pulled over, put the cat on the ground and headed home. When he arrived home, the cat again was walking up the driveway. The man. continued to take the cat further and further away and the cat would always beat him home. At last he decided to drive a few miles away, turn right, then left, pass the bridge, then turn right again, until he reached what he thought was a safe and confusing distance from his home, where he left the car. Hours later the man
called his wife, “Jane, is the cat there?” “Yes,” she answered. “Why do you ask?” Frustrated the man said, “Put the blasted thing on the phone. I’m lost and need directions.”
Okay enough about cats but now that I think of it, just last week I purchased a squirrel nut feeder and bought 10 pounds of shelled circus peanuts for the little rug rats. It is a clever feeder in the respect that it looks like a bird house but has a glass front so the squirrels can at least see the nuts. The roof to the feeder is on a hinge and has about a one inch overhang. One thing I have to admit, they are smart but then maybe they went to John Marshall, too, for it did not take them long to figure how to get at the nuts. They used their heads. By sitting on the perch and pushing their head up against the overhang roof, the roof moves up and the squirrel pokes his head in the box and eats like there is no tomorrow. I seen him at it again today and for awhile I thought it was pregnant but it was just from the squirrel eating all the nuts the day before. Fortunately they do not have to see a doctor so they do not have to worry about their cholesterol. It seems that every couple of months I buy 100 pounds of bird seed and 10 to 15 pounds of nuts. Wonder what George Bush will say if I indicate them as my dependents on my tax return. I think I can get away with listing the dog, the cairn terrier for I can name him as “Harry,” a three year old that
never stops eating for even when he sleeps his jaws are moving. He is a good kid though, honest. The other night in fact it was the night before my birthday when he got up at 2 in the morning and went into the living room baking like there is no tomorrow. I got alarmed thinking maybe I was getting company so I turned on the hall light and said, “Harry, shut the hell up, it’s 2 in the morning. The birds, rabbits, squirrels, chip monks have all gone to bed and time for you to hit the sack now too. Move. Guess he was disappointed, but came to bed with me.
The next morning when I got up he was already in the living room waiting for me to show me the surprise he arranged for me the night before. Maybe he had an inkling that it was my birthday because there on the floor he had one dollar bills sprawled all over. SUR
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PRISE. No, he didn’t go to i uncovered for 40 minutes in a 375 degree oven. 4 servings. J the bank, but apparently he went into my trouser pockets and took all the paper money out to surprise me. Thank God he did not try to make change of it. To be honest, he is the one who makes me look forward to tomorrow. I even got a birthday card from him in the mail but from the penmanship I know that he did not write it, he got my sister to buy it, sign it and send it. He has a way with women.
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News from Slovenia
D&B Upgrade Slovenia’s risk outlook remains stable this month following the release of broadly positive data on inflation, the world’s leading rating firm Dun&Bradstreet says in its March report.
U.S. Budget Earmarks $3.5m for Slovenia The U.S. State Department 'S to earmark funds of $3.5 trillion for Slovenia in 2005, according to a draft U.S. for-eign affairs budget that Secretary of State Colin Powell submitted to the senate budget committee.
Of the total sum $2 million is to be distributed to the Foreign Military Financing Program, $950,000 under the International Military Eduction and Training program, $495,000 for de-mining, anti-terrorist, border control and other programs.
NATO Wants Ratification Documents Foreign Minister Dimitrij j^upel has received a letter r°m NATO Secretary Genial Jaap de Hoop Scheffer ln which he invites Slovenia !? join the North Atlantic reaty Organization by depositing the accession docu-ments. All seven NATO in-'otees will deposit ratifica-l0ri documents with the necper of the Treaty - the government - on the Sarr>e day, expected to be
April 2nd
Rop Hails Croatia's Ratification
Slovenian Prime Minister J*,too Rop welcomed Croa-a'a s ratification of the ofeement on the succession £ the former Yugoslavia. cr°atia was the last of the Y°Untries of the former Ogoslavia to have taken a ls step. The succession foment was signed by all y e successors to the former ,ugoslavia in Vienna on Une 29,2001.
, 2S0,h Anniversary of athematician Jurij Vega f ”e 250th birth anniversary
nia VVortd-acclaimed Slove-Y	utathematician Jurij
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4°econd half of March a number of events, a
new publication, and a collection of coins. Vega (1754-1802) earned praise with a manual of logarithms.
Entitled “Thesaurus Loga-rithmorum Completus,” the book was translated into all major European languages, saw more than 100 editions and was in use almost until the invention of pocket calculators.
Importance of Sea Transport
A second rail track between the towns of Koper and Divača is one of Slovenia’s most important infrastructure projects. Transport Minister Jakob Presečnik has stressed, as the Maritime Day was celebrated on Friday, March 5.
The track construction will boost development and performance of companies that are involved in sea transport, and will enable the port of Koper, Slovenia’s	only
commercial port, to compete with its EU rivals, said Presečnik, in Koper.
He also stressed the importance on modernizing the railway connection between Koper port and the markets located along the fifth pan-European transport route running from Barcelona to Kiev.
Presečnik is convinced the purchase of new ships by the Slovenian shipping company Splošna plovba Piran and the growing volume of shipping in Koper suggests a satisfactory growth of sea transport sector.
Open Door Policy
The adoption of the single European currency and Schengen standards are the most important projects of the Slovenian government, Prime Minister Anton Rop said on Sunday, March 7.
Slovenia is thus expected to adopt the euro in 2007, when it is expected to meet the Schengen criteria, Rop said. He believes the country must still invest a lot of money to protect the EU’s external border, which is not cheap.
Thanks to Phil Hrvatin for all this news.
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Q. - Who was the greatest comedian in the bible?
A. - Samson. He brought the house down.
Q. - Who was the most flagrant lawbreaker in the bible?
A. - Moses. He broke all 10 commandments.__________
Phil Hrvatin submitted these bits of humor.
The Azman brothers Eddie and Louis on the left, Frank and Bill on the right, and their mother, Anna, ran Slovenian meat market that doubled as a hangout for folks in the Slovenian community on St. Clair Avenue in Cleveland.
Azmans Served Sausages with a Side of Slovenian Charm
by ALANA BARANICK The Plain Dealer
The Azman brothers shared duties at their Slovenian sausage shop, but each had a field of expertise.
Frank Azman, who died Jan. 21 at age 84, specialized in charming the customers at the store on the corner of St. Clair and Addison avenues in Cleveland’s St. Clair neighborhood. He called shoppers by their first names, asked about their children and bought countless raffle tickets to benefit their churches, clubs and sports teams.
He “acted as if we were all family,” said Joseph Serazin, a customer from Elyria who made shopping pilgrimages to the Cleveland store. “We’d go in on holidays and periodically through the year to stock up on meats. Frank, always gave me a bottle of beer to take home with me, and he gave my wife a pop. Frank was a good fella.”
Azman grew up in an apartment in the back of his parents’ market. He and his five older siblings were sweeping up and bagging groceries at the store before they could read.
Their immigrant parents immersed them in Slovenian culture. Azman attended Slovenian School and joined the Slovenian lodge’s gymnastic team.
“Frankie was a good tumbler,” said his brother Eddie. “When he was 6 or 7 years
old, he used to wow ‘em at the Slovenian Auditorium.”
The smallest member of the group, Azman impressed the audience with handsprings and flips. But his most spectacular maneuver was atop a human pyramid.
He climbed to the top of the pyramid, formed by older, larger gymnasts. After holding the configuration long enough to amaze the crowd, the bottom tier of gymnasts purposely fell down, and the pyramid collapsed. Azman, wearing an unseen safety harness, was left suspended from the ceiling. He appeared to be flying above the stage.
“He brought the hpuse down,” his brother said.
As a teenager, Azman continued to be light on his feet. He danced to polkas and waltzes at the Slovenian National Home across the street from the store. Still the athlete, he landed a spot on a Class A baseball team.
“He was a good shortstop, but he couldn’t hit the side of a bam,” his brother said.
After serving as an Army medic in the Aleutian Islands during World War II, Azman returned home to join the family business. He found that his three older brothers had assumed the coveted responsibility of making saur sages according to their father’s recipe.
Sometimes they let their little brother grind and weigh meat that went into the spicy mixture. Azman checked on sausages curing in the smokehouse behind the
store. Mostly, he stocked produce, unloaded trucks and ran the cash register.
In 1959, Azman bought a beat-up Model T Ford reminiscent of the Model T truck his father once owned. He and his oldest brother Louis refurbished the vintage car and posted a sign on it to promote the store. Louis ended up driving it in parades and at community festivals. Frank got to ride in the back with his wife, Ann.
Frank and Ann made their home in an upstairs apartment in back of the store for 17 years before moving to Euclid 41 years ago. They had two sons and a daughter.
Azman entertained his kids with nonsense rhymes and riddles. He played whiffle ball with them and their friends in the back yard. He frequently took them to Cleveland Municipal Stadium to watch baseball and Browns football games.
“When we went to the games, we could have anything we wanted,” Frank Jr. said. “You could drink a hundred pops, hot dogs, whatever you wanted.”
Azman watched his kids play team sports, too, from youth league baseball and basketball to adult softball, until poor health stopped him about a year ago.
He worked at the meat market until May 2001, when a fire forced him to close it for 18 months.
“When we came back, Frank didn’t do much,” his wife said. “He had Parkinson’s.”
ŠKA DOMOVINA, MARCH 18, 2004
AMERIŠKA DOMOVINA, MARCH 18, 2004
Warren Zimmermann Dies; Last Envoy to Yugoslavia
Warren Zimmermann, the last American ambassador to Yugoslavia, who held senior diplomatic posts in several other countries, died Tuesday, Feb. 3 at his home in Great Falls, VA. He was 69.
The cause was pancreatic cancer, said his son, Tim.
Mr. Zimmermann served in a united Yugoslavia beginning in 1989 and was recalled by the elder Bush’s administration in 1992 to protest the increasing violence of the civil war there.
Seeing the country’s breakup and the further increase in violence along nationalist lines, he urged the Clinton administration to take military action.
When that administration at first demurred at the use of force, Mr. Zimmermann resigned in protest from his next job, as director of refugee affairs, in 1994.
In more than three decades in the Foreign Service, Mr. Zimmermann served in France, Austria, Spain, Switzerland, Venezuela and the Soviet Union. He was chairman of the United States delegation to the Conference on Security and Cooperation in Europe and was a deputy in negotiations with the Soviet Union over nuclear arms and space.
But Mr. Zimmermann’s focus at the peak of his career was on Yugoslavia, and that country’s disintegration both surprised and horrified him. When he first settled in
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Belgrade as ambassador, he was quick to dismiss the centrifugal forces pulling the country apart. “1 believe it w'ill stick together as a unified country,” he told The Boston Globe in 1990.
Yet the violence grew, primarily fueled by the nationalist appeals of the Serbian president, Slobodan Milosevic, and Muslims were the target of a plan of “ethnic cleansing.” Mr. Zimmermann, who had been strongly supportive of the Bush administration’s policy, increasingly spoke of the need to curb Serbian aggression.
In 1994 he became the most prominent of several Foreign Service officers who quit their jobs and left the Foreign Service to dramatize the need for intervention in Bosnia.
Warren Christopher, then secretary of state, recognized Mr. Zimmermann’s principled stand soon after he resigned.
When the Clinton administration eventually persuaded NATO to bomb Serbian positions and brokered a peace agreement in Dayton, Ohio, to end the war, Mr. Zimmermann felt vindicated, his son said.
Secretary of State Colin L. Powell called Mr. Zimmermann “among our finest career ambassadors” and “an eloquent defender of human rights and refugees.”
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If sick or suffering one she knew, .
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No thought of self, but of “the other”
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- Vesti iz Slovenije -
Svetovna banka odslej šteje Slovenijo za eno od gospodarsko razvitih držav sveta
V torek je v Slovenijo pripotoval James Wolfensohn, predsednik Svetovne banke. Sodeloval je pri podpisu dokumentov, s katerimi Slovenija zaključuje svoje članstvo v Svetovni banki kot jemalka posojil in postaja država, ki bo aktivno sodelovala v njenih razvojnih programih. Pridružuje se 25 državam, ki so ta prehod opravile v zadnjih Štiridesetih letih.
Kriteriji za razvitost so preprosti in ne pomenijo, da je država rešila svoja razvojna vprašanja. Imeti mora dostop do mednarodnih trgov kapitala, kjer so za plačilno sposobne države pogoji ugodnejši. Svetovna banka daje kredite predvsem državam, ki drugje ne morejo priti do kapitala in nimajo razvitih institucij ekonomskega in socialnega razvoja. Dohodek na prebivalca mora hiti višji od 5185 dolarjev v razmerah stabilnega gospodarstva in rešenih temeljnih vprašanj revščine. Slovenija je v očeh Svetovne banke kriterije izpolnila.
Samuel Žbogar predlagan za novega veleposlanika Slovenije v ZDA
Na svoji seji pretekli četrtek je slovenska vlada predlagala državnemu zboru, naj zamenja dosedanjega slovenskega veleposlanika v ZDA Davorina Kračuna državni sekretar v Ministrstvu za zunanje zadeve Samuel Žbogar. Službovanje ameriškega veleposlanika v Sloveniji Johnnyja Younga gre h kraju in je v postopku procedura za njegovega naslednika.
Slovenya 29. marca v NATO - Slavnostna seja državnega zbora ob vstopu Slovenije v Evropsko un|jo pa bo 29. aprila
Slovenija bo s še šestimi drugiimi povab-Ijenkaipi v NATO stopila v ponedeljek, 29. marca. Predsedniki vlad sedmih držav bodo ta dan na posebni slovesnosti v Washingto-nu pri ameriški vladi deponirali ratifikadj-ske dokumente za ustanovno washingtonsko Pogodbo NATA z dodanimi pristopnimi
protokoli. V Ljubljani so potrdili, da se bo slovesnosti udeležil tudi slovenski premier Anton Rop.
Znan je tudi datum slavnostne seje parlamenta ob vstopu Slovenije v Evropsko u-nijo, in sicer v četrtek, 29. aprila. V Rimu je veleposlanik Vojko Volk na zunanjem ministrstvu deponiral pristopno pogodbo k EU, ki jo je državni zbor ratificiral 28. januarja 2004. Italija namreč hrani vse pogodbe članic EU od leta 1957.
Jorg Haider zopet koroški deželni glavar
Jorg Haider bo tudi v prihodnjih petih letih poglavar na avstrijskem Koroškem. Preteli petek zvečer je sklenil koalicijski dogovor s socialdemokratsko stranko o skupnem vladnem programu za štiriletno mandatno dobo, ki mu hkrati zagotavlja vnovično izvolitev za deželnega poglavarja. Na deželnih volitvah 7. marca je Haiderjeva svobodnjaška stranka ubranila mesto najmočnejše stranke z 42 odstotki glasov, socialdemokrati so ostali na drugem mestu kljub temu, da so izboljšali rezultat od zadnjih volitev za šest odstotkov. V pripravi je koalicijski dogovor, ki bo, pravijo v obeh strankah, predvideval tesnejše sodelovanje s Slovenijo, ni pa menda pričakovati kaj naklo-njenejše stališče do slovenske manjšine in njenih vsaj po črkah avstrijske ustave zagotovljenih pravic.
Najpočasnejši rast BDP v Sloveniji v zadnjih enajstih letih
Slovenski bruto domači proizvod se je lani po prvih ocenah statističnega urada v primerjavi z letom 2002 realno povečal za 2,3 odstotka, torej najmanj v zadnjih enajstih letih. Na prebivalca ga je prišlo za 12.154 evrov ali za 13.714 ameriških dolarjev. Dodana vrednost se je realno povečala za 2,6 odstotka.
Imenovanje - Predsednik Slovenije Janez Drnovšek je imenoval svojo nekdanjo tekmico Barbaro Brezigar za članico evropske ustanove Eurojust.
GRADNJE MOŠEJE ŠE DALEČ - Na fotografiji sta ljubljanska župaqja Danica s>č in mestni svetnik Mihael Jarc. Prva nasprotuje ideji o referendumu o gradnji °šeje v mestu, drugi referendum zagovarja. Zadeva je šla po odločitvi celotnega mest-sveta pred ustavno sodišče, ki naj bi odločalo o ustavnosti referendumske pobude, j° je podpisalo kar 12.000 občanov. Nasprotniki lokacije, predvidene za mošejo, me-U° med drugim, da so proti velikosti zgradbe (4000 kv m), načrt predvideva, da bo ^avba visoka do 60 čevljev (dobrih 5 nadstopij), minaret pa visok več kot 85 čev|jev. Sloveniji je kakih 47.000 muslimanov oz. 2,4 odstotka prebivalstva, nimajo pa še no-"e roošeje in je Slovenija baje s tem edina država v Evropi, kjer je muslimanska v^"a, hrez mošeje z izjemo Švice. Muslimani zagovarjajo svojo že|jo za mošejo že Lot 30 let, za razplet spora se menda zanimajo tudi v EU.
Iz Clevelanda in okolice
Pevski-literarni nastop—
Dramsko društvo Lilija s sodelovanjem ameriško-slo-venskim svetom vabi na pevski-literarni nastop v petek, 26. marca, s pričetkom ob 7.30 zv. v Slovenskem domu na Holmes Ave. Nastopila bosta umetnika Tone Kuntner in pevka Bogdana Herman. Vstopnina za odrasle $5, otroci do 12. leta imajo prost vstop. Vse podrobnosti na str. 8.
Akademija—
Otroci Slovenske šole pri Sv. Vidu bodo v soboto, 27. marca, zv. ob 7.30 sodelovali v akademiji, med katero bodo nastopili učenci in učenke vseh razredov. Pridno se pripravljajo na svoje nastope in prav bi bilo, da bi bila udeležba s strani javnosti primerno velika. Več v dopisu na str.
10.
Prodaja zavitkov—
Pri župniji Marije Vne-bovzete imajo zopet letos prodajo jabolčnih, češnjevih in sirovih zavitkov. Dobite jih lahko vsak petek v šolski dvorani med serviranjem ribjih večerij. Jabolčni zavitek je $7, češnjev in sirov pa po $7.50. Zavitki so zmrznjeni in tako jih lahko spečete po vaši želji. Ribje večerje servirajo od 4. pop. do 7.30 zv. in je cena ali $7 ali $7.50 odvisno od vrste večerje, ki jo želite.
Novi grobovi
Frank E. Ogoreuc
Dne 10. marca je umrl 86 let stari Frank E. Ogoreuc, mož Frances, roj. Dep-tola, oče Charlotte Perdan in Franka, 4-krat stari oče, 3-krat prastari oče, brat El-meija ter že pok. Edwarda, Ernesta in Edwarda. Pogreb je bil 13. marca v oskrbi Brickmanovega zavoda s pokopom na Vernih duš pokopališču.
Elizabeth Ivančič
Umrla je 80 let stara Elizabeth Ivančič, rojena Dobrzeniecki, žena Milana “Ed”, mati dr. Milana ml., Betty Lou Clifford, Franka in Bonnie Nelson, 16-krat stara mati, sestra Richarda, Johna, Leonarda, Alberte Knop, Rosemary Buzzelli ter že pok. Wande Merrit in Eleanor Merrit. Pogreb je bil 13. marca s sv. mašo v cerkvi Brezmadežnega spočetja v Willoughbyju s po-
(dalje na str. 12)
Okrogla rojstna dneva—
Včeraj, 17. marca, je ga. Mara Cerar Hull slavila rojstni dan z okroglo letnico. Ga. Hull je spoštovana in poznana pisateljica, urednica slovenskega dela Glasila KSKJ in kulturna delavka, ki večkrat prispeva članke tudi za AD. Ob življenjskem jubileju ji čestitajo in želijo vse najboljše ter veliko mero zdravja in božjega blagoslova sorodniki, znanci in prijatelji, pri tem še posebej člani društva Kristusa Kralja št. 226 KSKJ in odbor Slovenske pisarne, katerih članica je.
Jutri, 19. marca, bo pa svoj 60. rojstni dan obhajal č.g. Jože Božnar, župnik teh zadnjih 25 let župnije sv. Vida. Rev. Božnarju čestitajo farani in številni znanci in prijatelji, o njem lahko berete v prilogi Federacije slovenskih narodnih domov v današnji AD,' kajti je bil izbran za moža leta SND na St. Clairju: in bo banket Federacije to nedeljo v omenjenem domu.
Bob Dolgan bo govoril—
V sredo, 31. marca, zv. ob 7. uri, bo v SDD na Recherjevi ulici v Euclidu o svoji novi knjigi govoril športni novinar Plain Dea-lerja Bob Dolgan. Večer je v sklopu govorov, ki jih sponzorira Slovenian American Heritage Foundation in je vstop prost. Knjiga nosi naslov “Heroes, Scamps and Good Guys”. G. Dolgan še objavlja dva članka tedensko v Plain Dealer]u.
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svoj vsakoletni pomladanski banket v SND na St. Clair Ave. Večerja ob 6.30 zv., za ples bo igral ansambel Grand Avenue Band.
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2. - Kosilo v korist Ohio
BoyChoir, v avditoriju pri sv. Vidu, od 11 dop. do 1. pop.
8. - Pevski zbor Jadran
ima svoj poslovilni koncert v SDD na Waterloo Rd. Zbor bo nato prenehal z delovanjem. Večeija od 5. do 6.30. zv., sledi ob 7h (OALJE na str. 11)
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Kristusovo trpljenje po Gibsonu
Za pepelnično sredo je v Združenih državah Amerike po več kot leto trajajočih polemikah zagledal luč projektorjev Gibsonov film Kristusovo trpljenje. O njem govorijo in pišejo povsod po svetu, tudi v Sloveniji, čeprav je bil le redkokje (razen v ZDA) že predvajan. Zakaj je film zbudil toliko pozornosti? Problem ni v grobosti filma, ampak v domnevni pro-tisemitskosti. Ob vsej zadevi je človek v skušnjavi, da jo odpravi kot problem peščice preobčutljivih zastopnikov judovstva. Resna pa postane v trenutku, ko dopustimo možnost, da bodo kristjani film videli z drugačnimi očmi kkot Judje. V prizorih, ki ponazarjajo Jezusov proces in smrt, bodo morda eni videli Odre-šenikovo trpljenje, drugi pa nesrečno in možno sovražno stereotipiziranje Judov.
Kaj ta možnost različne interpretacije pomeni za Kristusovo trpljenje in za medije na splošno? Navsezadnje ni nobeno presenečenje, da gledalci - bodisi kot posamezniki bodisi kot kulture - različno razumejo isti medijski proizvod. Kje so meje spodobnosti in, da, krščanske ljubezni? Ali sme ena (verska, rasna, razredna, kulturna) skupina upravičeno pričakovati od druge, da bo iz obzirnosti do nje spremenila svoje ravnanje in morda celo svoj pogled na zgodovino?	i.
Za to namreč gre pri Gibsonovem filmu. Avtor zatrjuje, da mu je šlo za čim bolj zvesto ponazoritev Jezusovega trpljenja, kot je zapisano v evangelijih. To mu redkokdo oporeka. Avtorji evangelijev so dokaj neposredni v trditvah, da so judovski voditelji odgovorni za Jezusovo smrt. Naj Gibson - ali kdorkoli že - svetopisemska besedila prilagodi današnji občutljivosti in politični korektnosti?
Po drugi strani je jasno, vsaj izobražencem, da evangeliji niso zgodovinske knjige. Njihovo sporočilo je teološke narave. Namen evangelistov ni bil prikazati Jude kot božje morilce. Judovsko (nasilno) zavrnitev Jezusa so razumeli in opisali v kontekstu posebnega odnosa med Bogom in izvoljenim ljudstvom. Izvoljeno ljudstvo je vedno znova zavračalo Boga. V tem okvirju je Jezusova zgodba le vrhunec drame, katere glavni igralci niso Judje, ampak človeštvo v odnosu do Boga. Evangelisti so poročilo o Jezusovem trpljenju in smrti pisali kot Judje, ne proti Judom.
Literarna verodostojnost in zagotovila cerkvenih voditeljev sta dejstvo. Dejstvo je tudi evropski (krščanski) antisemitizem, ki se je v najtemnejših trenutkih pogosto skliceval na svetopisemske odlomke. Če bi Gibson napisal strokovno razpravo, ga ne bi nihče opazil. Ker pa je posnel film, v katerem z genialno spretnostjo zabrenka na gledalčeve čustvene strune, se je znašel v središču polemike. Po pravici. Večina gledalcev verjetno ni poučena o zgodovini in teologiji. Zato je upravičeno vprašanje, ali bodo zmogli ob sočustvovanju s krvavečim Kristusom sami sebe postaviti v vlogo Judov, ki so razlog za Odrešenikovo trpljenje, ali pa bodo nekritično stopili na “Kristusovo stran” proti Judom - podobno, kot so prenekateri storili v preteklosti.
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Večer slovenske ljudske in umetne pesmi
CLEVELAND, O. - Ko se bosta mudili na obisku med slovenskimi rojaki v sosednji Kanadi, bosta slovenska umetnika Bogdana Herman in Tone Kuntner obiskala tudi nas v Clevelandu. V Kanado ju je povabil Slovenski kanadski kongres. Nastopila bosta na Kon-gresovem občnem zboru v nedeljo, 28. marca, to sicer v Torontu. Nas v Clevelandu pa bosta obiskala in nastopila že v petek, 26. marca, to v dvorami Slovenskega doma na Holmes Avenue v Collinwoodu. Nastop se bo pričel ob 7.30 zvečer.
Kdo sta umetnika?
Bogdana Herman je študirala slavistiko in se posvetila jeziku, predvsem ljudskemu jeziku, ki ga je našla v ljudskih pesmih, objavljenih pa tudi še neobjavljenih. Zna zapeti čez stopetdeset pesmi iz vseh slovenskih pokrajin, to poleg mnogih iz slovenskega zamejstva v Italiji, Avstriji in Madžarske. Poje brez inštru-mentalne spremljave.
Slovenske ljudske pesmi je Bogdana Herman doslej izvajala v več kot dvesto nastopih širom Slovenije, to v koncertnih dvoranah, cerkvah, gradovih, šolah. Nastopa pa tudi v drugih državah in na mednarodnih prireditvah.
Petindvajsetletnico obletnico svojih tovrstnih nastopov je lani kronala s koncerti v Bruslju, v prostorih evropskega parlamenta, evropske komisije in komiteja evropskih regij.
Bogdana Herman je izdala zgoščenko (tj. CD) “Stare ljudske” in sodelovala na LP plošči “Slovenske ljudske pesmi in glasbila”. Prisotna je tudi na zgoščenkah: “Folk pre-
porod na Slovenskem”, “Daleč je...” in “Sodobna ljudska glasba na Slovenskem I”.
Tone Kunter je pesnik, književnik, gledališki igralec in izredni profesor za umetniško besedo na Akademiji za gledališče, radio, film in televizijo (AGRFT) v Ljubljani. Stalni član je Mestnega gledališča ljubljanskega.
Tone Kuntner se je rodil 13. maja 1943 na Tratah v Slovenskih goricah. Ljudsko šolo je obiskoval v Mariji Snežni, klasično gimnazijo pa v Mariboru. Leta 1963 je maturiral, nakar se je vpisal na AGRFT, kjer je 1968. leta diplomiral. Krajši čas se je študijsko mudil tudi v Berlinu.
Od leta 1967 je povezan z Mestnim gledališčem, od leta 1986 pa tudi z AGRFT. Član je Društva dramskih umetnikov, Društva slovenskih filmskih delavcev. Društva slovenskih pisateljev in Slovenskega PEN centra.
Doslej je izšlo že 20 Kuntnerjevih pesniških zbirk. Med njimi Je tudi angleški prevod “Moje hiše (My House), ki je izšel v Sydneyu v Avstraliji leta 1987. Poleg angleščine so Kuntnerjeve pe-
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Za svoje pesniško in igralsko delovanje je Tone Kuntner prejel številne nagrade. Med njimi so: Prešernova študentska nagrada (1967), Priznanje ZDUS (1980), Borštnikova nagrada (1983), Severjeva nagrada (1985), Nagrada Prešernovega sklada (1970) za pesniško zbirko Lesnika, leta 1998 pa je bil nominiran za nagrado Veronika za pesniško zbirko Cmurek.
Kuntner sodeluje tudi z občino Velike Lašče, ki organizira kulturne večere na Trubarjevini v čast domovini v Trubarjevi rojstni vasi Rašici.
Zadnja Kuntnerjeva pesniška zbirka “Mati Slovenija” je izšla ob deseti obletnici slovenske samostojnosti in državnosti.
V	tej zbirki je pesem “Kdo je sanjal”. Pesem sestavljajo silno težka in zgodovinska vprašanja: Kdo je sanjal slovenske sanje, ko ni bil čas za take sanje? - Kdo jih je sanjal ponosno in smelo, kdo se jih je sramoval? - Kdo je zmagal, ko so zmagale sanje? Tem vpra-šanjam dodaja pesnik v oklepaju še zadnje: Ko so zmagale sanje, smo zmagali vsi!?
V	petek, 26. marc^, bomo torej imeli priložnost poslušati izvirne, pristne in lepe slovenske besede in pesmi, te izgovorjene in pete v izvedbi dveh poklicnih, priznanih umetnikov iz rodne domovine Slovenije. Takšna priložnost se nam ponudi le zelo, zelo redko.
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CLEVELAND, O. - Odbor Slovenske šole pri Sv. Vidu že pridno vadijo svoje vloge, ko bodo nastopili na odru šolske dvorane v soboto. 27. marca, ob pol sedmih zvečer. Pojejo, deklamirajo, ponavljajo, igrajo in vestno poslušajo, da bi čim bolje uprizorili, kar jih njihove učiteljice in učitelj uče. Radi nastopajo in pokažejo staršem in drugim, kaj vse so zmožni.
Najmlajši bodo s pesmijo Zajček najbrž, kot vedno, osvojili srca občinstva. Vrtec bo tudi še deklamiral pesmico, v kateri bo pokazal, da otroci vedo dneve v tednu.
Otroci prvega in, drugega razreda bodo izrazili čast in hvaležnost Bogu ter pozdravili sveto Marijo. Tudi staršev se bodo spomnili. “Materinski dan v mali vasici” je igrica, v kateri bodo otroci v četrtem in petem razredu pokazali svoje talente.
“Ustoličenje koroških vojvod” je pomemben zgodovinski prizorček. V njem bodo z vso resnostjo in z navdušenjem nastopili učenci in učenke šestega, sedmega in osmega razreda.
Brez petja ne bi mogli reči, da je pristen slovenski večer. Kar dobro se otroci odrežejo v petju.
Pridite na to prireditev, da bo v veselje nastopajočim in vam. Po programu boste postreženi z okrepči-
li.	Tako boste, upamo, še dalj časa pokramljali v prijetni slovenski družbi.	M. Stropnik
V Italiji: Oživitev zgodovinskega spomina...
Od Raba do Gonarsa: resnica prodira na dan
Trst/Gorica - Pred nedavnim se je v Italiji praznoval dan spomina na množično uničevanje Judov med drugo svetovno v°jno; tega so po zgledu drugih držav uvedli s Posebnim zakonom. Ob tej priložnosti so se zvr-stile številne spominske slovesnosti in tudi javni Mediji so dogodku posvečali precejšnjo pozornost. Zlasti televizija je prika-z°vala številne prizore iz Nacističnih taborišč.
Le malokdo je ob tem °menjal, da je tudi fašistični režim v Italiji med v°jno uvedel internacijska ^borišča. Zato je v zad-nJem času toliko bolj prijetno presenetilo dokaj Nbširno poročanje nekaterih zelo razširjenih italijanskih dnevnikov o Pravkajšnjem izidu pri založbi Einaudi temeljne-dela o fašističnih ta-b°riŠčih v obdobju 1940-ki ga je napisal arte Spartaco Capogre-c°’ sicer po poklicu zdravnik-pediater, a obe-nern docent na fakulteti kitičnih ved na univerzi J" Cosenzi v Kalabriji. 20 je sistematično razi-Sk°val gradivo v raznih arhivih in zbiral tudi o-
sebna pričevanja ter si osebno ogledal vse kraje, kjer so stala taborišča.
V Italiji je bilo kakih 50 taborišč, kamor je fašistični režim interniral domače politične nasprotnike, ki so se mu zdeli nevarni v vojnih razmerah.
Skozi ta taborišča, ki so bila v glavnem v srednji in južni Italiji, je od leta 1940 do 1943 šlo kakih 20.000 ljudi. Ta taborišča je upravljalo notranje ministrstvo, medtem ko je taborišča v severni Italiji na območju Dalmacije upravljala vojaška oblast.
Konkretno je šlo za taborišča na Rabu (za Slovenijo in hrvaški Gorski Kotor), na Molatu in na Prevlaki v srednji in južni Dalmaciji, Gonars in Visco v Furlaniji, Mo-nigo in Chiesanuova v Venetu in Renicci v Tos-cani.
Ta taborišča so bila namenjena Slovencem in Hrvatom z zasedenega področja in v njih so vladale neznosne bivalne razmere, zaradi katerih je na stotine oziroma na tisoče deportirancev (moš-
kih, žensk in otrok) umrlo.
Edina krivda internirancev je bila ta, da so bili pripadniki slovanskih narodov, izrecno poudarja avtor omenjene knjige o taboriščih.
Kot rečeno, je ta taborišča neposredno upravljala vojska, in to zelo nemarno in nasilno tako glede prehrane kot zdravstvenih razmer. Zaradi tega je mnogo internirancev pomrlo. Po jugoslovanskih oziroma slovenskih virih je samo na Rabu umrlo 4.600 internirancev, v Gonarsu pa okrog 500.
Po splošnem prepričanju bo Capogrecova knjiga Ducejeva taborišča odločilno prispevala k oživitvi pozabljenega zgodovinskega spomina na to plat fašističnega preganjanja in tudi nečloveškega zatiranja dejanskih ali potencialnih nasprotnikov, ki so ga v Italiji ves povojni čas iz različnih razlogov prikrivali.
Ob tej priložnosti moramo še omeniti, da je pred kratkim izšla tudi knjiga o taborišču v Gonarsu, ki jo je napisala univerzitetna raziskovalka Alessandra Kersevan iz Vidma po večletnem raziskovanju v slovenskih arhivih in v vojaških arhivih v Vidmu in Rimu.
V njem med drugim omenja posredovanje Vatikana, ljubljanskega škofa Rožmana, goriškega nadškofa Margottija in krškega škofa Srebrniča pri italijanskih oblasteh, da bi izboljšale razmere v taborišču in omogočile pošiljanje paketov s hrano in obleko internirancem.
Od naše strani naj dodamo, da se je takrat v Gorici na pobudo msgr. Brumata v ta namen u-stanovil v okviru škofije poseben center, ki je zbiral pomoč za internirance v Gonarsu.
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Oblikovanje opozicijske vlade v senci
Ljubljana (Delo fax, 12. marca) - Prvak Slovenske demokratske stranke (SDS) Janez Janša je napovedal ustanovitev vlade v senci. Rekel je še, da bo takšna vlada tudi poimensko predstavljena do konca meseca. Dejansko bo to po statutu SDS strokovni svet, ki bo le z minimalnimi spremembami sestavljen po vzoru resorjev v vladi Antona Ropa. Brez dvoma gre za še eno izmed predvolilnih potez, kar potrjuje tudi Janša, s tem ko prav, da je SDS skupaj z NSi dejansko edina realna alternativa sedanji oblasti in da je vse skupaj v teku volilne kampanje možno izpeljati tudi v obliki tekmovanja programov, “česar doslej nikoli v nobeni volilni kampanji v takšnem smislu nismo imeli”.
Po besedah Janeza Janše so v zvezi z oblikovanjem vlade v senci izpeljali interno pobudo med člani in simpatizerji stranke. Očitno pa Janša pri sestavi ne bo imel lahkega dela s selekcijo kadrov, saj je pred dnevi zatrdil, da se je za različna področja, ki naj bi jih pokrivala vlada v senci, v zelo kratkem času prijavilo skoraj petsto strokovnjakov. Sicer pa je v kontekstu aktualnih debat o ženskih kvotah v politiki Janša zagotovil, da se bodo trudili, da bo v strokovnem svetu tudi čim več žensk, “ki so na nekaterih področjih po našem mnenju dejansko najboljša Izbira ne glede na spol”.
Naloge vlade v senci, katere predsednik bo kajpak Janez Janša, bodo zlasti tri: pripraviti oceno stanja oziroma zbrati skupaj ocene, ki so tako ali tako že narejene.skupaj z izvrševanjem koalicijske pogodbe sedanje vladne koalicije, pripraviti alternativni program posamičnih področij za naslednji mandat, s katerim se bodo predstavljali volivcem, tretja naloga predsednikov posameznih odborov pa bo sprotno reagiranje na sicer ravno na vsako potezo vlade, gotovo pa, na pomembnejše predloge sistemskih sprememb ali zakonov, ki jih bo predlagala Ropova vlada.
Janša je svojo odločitev podkrepil z vzori iz tujine. “Tako približno delujejo vlade v senci tudi v tujini, kjer je to ponekod, denimo v Veliki Britaniji, skoraj ustavni inštitut.” Tam vlada v senci denimo dobiva tudi vso gradivo. Janša računa, da bo tudi v Sloveniji tako? Pri nas tega seveda ne pričakujemo, glede na to, kako je vlada reagirala že ob naših zahtevah iz začetka lanskega leta, odgovarja Janša in dodaja, da imajo slabe izkušnje z vlado že, ko gre za poslanska vprašanja v zvezi s stvarmi, na katera bi vlada morala odgovoriti. “Že nekaj časa čakamo na odgovor na poslansko vprašanje v zvezi z vladnim letalom. Zato tudi ne moremo predstaviti nekaterih izračunov, ki smo jih obljubili. Vlada ima očitno velike težave z odgovori, za katere je trdila, da so popolnoma enostavni.”
Navsezadnje pa takšen korak, torej oblikovanje opozicijske vlade v senci, nujno naredi politični prostor bolj prepoznaven oziroma pregleden, je prepričan prvak SDS.	Mateja Babič
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Ali ima nekdanji predsednik Slovenije politično bodočnost - ali pa kakšne ambicije o njej?
Vrnitev Milana Kučana?
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V času, ko se je bližal koncu svojega od ustave zadnjega dovoljenega zaporednega predsedniškega mandata, so bile špekulacije o možni politični bodočnosti Milana Kučana, saj je bil še sorazmerno mlad ((1941. leta rojen) in tudi, po anketah javnega mnenja sodeč, še precej priljubljen. Letos, ko bodo zopet parlamentarne volitve, na katerih utegnejo opozicijske stranke imeti precejšnjo možnost zmage, se je zdelo novinarju Dela Janka Lorencija primerno podati svojo analizo o tem, ali ima Milan Kučan ali možnost ali oz. in željo za vrnitev v aktualno politiko. Članek sledi v celoti. Omenil bi, da je bratska organizacija SNPJ povabila Milana Kučana, naj se udeleži slovesnosti 3. aprila ob stoletnici SNPJ in da bo bivši predsednik Slovenije na tej slovesnosti, sicer v Pittsburghu, tudi prisoten.	Ur. AD
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Ljubljana - Če se bom hotel vrniti v politiko, mi ne bo tega nihče preprečil, je v enem svojih zadnjih predsedniških intervjujev nenavadno ostro rekel Milan Kučan. Zdaj ko je ustanovitev Foruma 21 samo še vprašanje časa, se Kučan posredno že vrača. Se lahko vrne v politiko tudi neposredno? Nekaj pogojev za to obstaja.
Kučan je bil v zadnih dveh desetletjih izstopajoča figura slovenske politike, verjetno edini politik iz tega obdobja, ki ga bodo omenjale zgodovinske knjige, kot je rekel nekdo. Bil je vpliven, odločujoč, hkrati pa priljubljen, kar ne gre nujno skupaj.
Svoje zvezdno obdobje je imel je imel od leta 1986, ko je prevzel vodenje slovenske partije, do konca 1992, ko je bila zagotovljena samostojnost Slovenije. Odločal ali bistveno soodločal je o se-
stopu s (partijske) oblasti, o vojni in o miru. Večina Slovencev ocenjuje to njegovo obdobje izrazito pozitivno. Kdor ga ne mara, ga skoraj sovraži.
Ko je'postal predsednik republike, je veliko moči izgubil, kajti ustava je bila v tem pogledu pisana proti Kučanu - velikih pristojnosti ni smel imeti. Ostal pa je priljubljen, morda še bolj kot prej. Tako je obdržal tudi veliko neformalnega vpliva - kdor je na tako dobrem glasu pri ljudstvu, ga mora hočeš nočeš u-poštevati tudi politika. Tega, da je levičar, ni nikoli skrival, toda njegova priljubljenost je segala čez politično prelomnico levo-desno.
K temu je pripomoglo več stvari: zasluge iz časa osamosvajanja, dejstvo, da mu ni bilo treba nositi odgovornosti izvršne oblasti, profesionalnost, s katero je opravljal svojo funkcijo, njegova osebna, težko opisljiva karizma, gotovo pa tudi neverjetna mreža stikov, ki jih je sčasoma spletel skozi vso paleto družbenih plasti po vsej Sloveniji.
Majhnost države, dolga vladavina in njegova vseprisotnost so počasi skovale rek, da je zraven na vsaki pasji procesiji; Kučan ga je kljub slabemu prizvoku vsaj navzven jemal kot priznanje. Kot se je, pravi, začel zaba-
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vati nad demoniziranjem, s katerim je njegovo početje spremljala delnica, še zlasti Janez Janša, ki je do bivšega predsednika države osebno sovražen in začne ob njegovem imenu prav grdo gledati. Paradoksno pa je Kučana to razglašanje za praočeta vsega zlj} v Sloveniji prejkone krepilo.
Priljubljen ostaja t\idi po uradnem slovesu od politike. V medijih ga je počasi vedno manj, iz javne zavesti pa (še) ni izginil. Tako ostaja potencialno politični faktor.
Približevanje volitev je oživilo ugibanje o njegovi vrnitvi v politiko. Za tem je nekaj medijsko atraktivnega špekuliranja, nekaj pa realnih osnov. Ker levici vsaj trenutno slabo kaže, obstaja tudi nekakšno splošno pričakovanje, da ji bo prvi predsednik države priskočil na pomoč.
Dva pomembna pogoja za vrnitev obstajata: prvič, še vedno živa Kučanova priljubljenost in vplivnost, in drugič njegova pripravljenost, da bi se tako ali drugače vrnil. Bivši predsednik sam je zadržan, vendar se zdi, da ni dokončno
pokopal te ambicije. Na to kaže že načrtovana u-stanovitev Foruma 21.
Predvsem pa je Kučan polnokrven politik, ki mu je bila politika nekaj desetletij način življenja. S tem je težko pretrgati. Kot predsednik države z majhnimi pristojnostmi je imel za svoj temperament, energijo in ambicije, čeprav nepriznane ali neuresničljive, v bistvu na pol zvezane roke in njegovo živahno neformalno delovanje je izviralo tudi iz tega. Kučan bi bolj kot na čelo države spadal na čelo kake močne stranke ali vlade. Skratka, želja po vrnitvi zelo verjetno obstaja. Ke so vrata v mednarodno areno zelo tesno odškrnjena. ostaja domači teren.
Tu pa se stvari vrtijo tako - in to je tretji, najpomembnejši pogoj -, da je vrnitev hipotetično celo mogoča. Pri tem je Jasno, da Kučan kot realist ne bo silil z glavo skozi zid, ampak bo čakal na razplet dogodkov.
Forum 21 je lahko priprava na njegovo vrnitev - ali pa ne. Verjetno bo odprt za različne možnosti razvoja.
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Trst/Gorica - V Mariboru bodo letos z najrazličnejšimi prireditvami in slovesnostmi zaznamovali 750-letnico prve omembe tega mesta, “štajerske prestolnice”, po velikosti drugega mesta v Sloveniji. Predvsem poskušajo premostiti razvojni zaostanek v primerjavi z drugimi območji v državi, ki se kaže zlasti v težavah in ukinjanju podjetij in v velikem številu brezposelnih.
Mesto Maribor je v slovenski zavesti znano predvsem po tem, da ga je v politično razburkanem in napetem obdobju po prvi svetovni vojni general Rudolf Maister s svojo vojsko ubranil pred Avstrijo, s čimer je zagotovil njegovo pripadnost Sloveniji.
Ob jubileju mesta je v reviji Mariborčan njen glavni in odgovorni urednik Srečko Pirtovšek zapisal, da bitk tudi za našo generacijo še zdaleč ni konec, samo puško in sabljo bosta kot orožje zamenjala trg ln denar”.
Do konca tega leta bo zgrajena moderna avtocestna povezava med Mariborom in Ljubljano in morebiti k° v prihodnje tudi zaradi časovne bližine vpliv Mariborčanov v slovenskem glavnem mestu večji, kot je Sedaj. Sicer pa se v Mariboru navdihujejo s prodornostjo sosednjih mest. Pogledujejo v Gradec, v Avstriji kjer so veliko naredili kot evropsko mesto kulture, in v Celje. Tam so zgradili nov nogometni stadion, °dprli razkošno športno dvorano in že drugi velik iinocenter, medtem ko v Mariboru prvega šele! gra-dij°-	M.
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Manj kot odstotek tu-^ naložb v bruto doma-* Proizvod Slovenijo uvr-a na rep tako med dr-avami članicami EU kot jbed pristopnicami, med atcrimi prevladuje Esto-diJa s kar 66-odstotnim eležem tujih naložb, v °kratni izdaja piše Gos-P°darski vestnik.
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Tuja, pa tudi domača podjetja po pisanju Gospodarskega vestnika počasi bežijo iz Slovenije. Po besedah direktorja Danfossa Compressorsa Leopolda Panjana je sedanja prednost Slovenije le še inercija. Če bi se Danfoss, ki je v Sloveniji ogromno vložil, zdaj odločil za odhod iz Slovenije, bi v celoti gledano s svojo naložbo imel izgubo. Potrebnega je namreč precej časa, da se zaposleni naučijo delati, in
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Prvič, ostal bo forum, civilnodružbeno telo, podprto z denarjem sodelujočih direktorjev, namenjeno predvsem ohranjanju vpliva in javne prisotnosti Milana Kučana. Janez Škrabec iz Rlka je za Finance prostodušno rekel, da potrebuje Kučan za svojo dejavnost večjo infrastrukturo. Jasno je, da sebo Forum, kdorkoli že bo v njem, vrtel okoli bivšega predsednika in da ga brez njega sploh ne bi bilo.
Forum je lahko tudi institucija za predvolilno pomoč levici. Njegov (Kučanov) profil je jasen, Kučan ima spodobne odnose z LDS in pred volitvami verjetno ne bo molčal. To je toliko bolj verjetno, če bo Drnovšek, kot se zdi zdaj, še naprej drsel proti desnici, ki ga vneto snubi v svoje vrste. Najbrž ni dvoma, če bi se Kučan pred volitvami jasno in nedvoumno izrekel v prid levici, bi to lahko pomembno vplivalo na neopredeljene volivce.
Forum pa je lahko vendarle tudi priprava za neposreden vstop v politiko.
Tu se načeloma spet odpira več poti. Najbolj atraktiven bi bil samostojen nastop, ustanovitev nove stranke. Toda časa za to je malo, izkupiček pa negotovo. Nova stranka bi verjetno vsrkala vse volivce Združene liste (ZL), nekaj privržencev LDS, segla med neopredeljene in nekoliko morda tudi v zmerni desni tabor.
Toda staviti vse samo na eno ime, čeprav še tako veliko, je skrajno negotovo početje. Hkrati bi tak nastop uničil Združeno listo in poslabšal volilne možnosti LDS oz. celotne levice. Taka poteza bi spominjala na samostojni volilni nastop Ralpha Naderja v Ameri-
muniji, zato je nevarnost, da se bodo morali iz -Slovenije umakniti. Tudi direktor Sava Tires Richard Johnson pravi, da je Slovenija po ceni delovne sile predraga, čeprav je po drugi strani zadovoljen s svojimi zaposlenimi.	STA
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ki, ki brez upa zmage krade glasove demokratom in jih je na prejšnjih volitvah verjetno že pokopal. Skratka, ta vrnitev z novo lastno stranko se zdi zanemarljiva.
Druga možnost: Kučan prevzame vodenje LDS ali ZL. Z vrha LDS takega vabila ni pričakovati. Nekoliko drugače je z ZL: stranka je notranje razmajana, Pahor je priljubljen, stranka pa ne. Če bi tako povabilo prišlo, pa bi ga Kučan skoraj zanesljivo zavrnil. Vodenje šibke, z njenim pedigrejem obremenjene ZL bi mu zmanjšalo format in njegovo splošno privlačno moč. In če se nekdanji predsednik res hoče vrniti v politiko, se hoče na velika vrata.
Obe možnosti bi zapustili polje teorije le, če bi LDS in ZL tik pred volitvami kazalo skrajno slabo. Sicer pa bodo o teh možnostih tekle ali že tečejo raziskave javnega mnenja. Zainteresiranih je veliko.
Če še enkrat pogledamo v celoti in ocenimo vse te variante, se zdi, da bo Milan Kučan do jesenskih volitev skoraj zanesljivo ostal v svojem Forumu, zunaj neposredne politike. Velikega comebacka, ki se ga nekateri bojijo, drugi želijo, ne bo.
A možnost vrnitve morda vendarle obstaja - po volitvah. Še najbolj verjetna je, če bi levica z volitvami, ki se bodo najbrž končale s tesnim izidom, zgrmela z oblasti. To bi zlasti za LDS, že desetletje vajeno suverenega vladanja, pomenilo hud pretres in notranjo krizo. Ta bi se utegnila končati na različne načine, morda tudi s povabilom Kučanu. Bi ga sprejel?
Odgovor je skrit v zvezdah in v Milanu Kučanu. Scela gledano se zdi najbolj verjetno, da bo
Forum pred volitvami podprl levico, po njih pa nadaljeval življenje kot ena od podobnih institucij; najbrž po nadpovprečno vplivna in tudi dobrodošla, če bo dajala od sebe pametne in zmerne predloge. Takih besed in širše priznanih avtoritet v tem času histerije obupno manjka. Sveta Forum ne bo vrgel s tečajev, bodo pa lahko ljubitelji teorij zarote z njegovim šefom še nekaj časa strašili otroke.
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22. - Pevski zbor Korotan poda svoj vsakoletni koncert v SND na St. Clair Ave. Pričetek ob 7. uri zv. Po koncertu zabava in ples.
30. - Društvo SRB sponzorira spominsko sv. mašo pri Lurški Materi božji na Chardon Rd. opoldne, popoldne ob 3h bodo molitve na Vernih duš pokopališču. JUNIJ
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Kres ima piknik na Slovenski pristavi.
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SEPTEMBER
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velikonočnim praznikom. Že dobra polovica postnega časa je minila. Ves ta čas smo se zvesto udeleževali spokornih pobožnosti, vsaj v svoji župni cerkvi. Odprli smo svoje srce in dušo Njemu, ki nosi nas vseh križe in trpljenje. Spomnili smo se vseh bolnih in starejših dobrotnikov, vseh misijonarjev, in vseh onih, ki so se nam priporočili, da molimo zanj. Bog daj, da bi vsi globoko doživeli velikonočne praznike.
Od srca do srca iz misijonskega sveta
Oglasil se je misijonar Franc Pavlič iz Bolivije: “Že kar sedaj vam voščim globoko pripravo na velikonočne praznike, ki so pred nami. Čez Golgoto gre pot v radost - pravi ena od velikonočnih pesmi. To moje rano voščilo gre vsem poznanim članom MZA, rojakom v Ameriki, Kanadi in povsod, kjer živijo, delajo, trpijo in se veselijo.
Zaradi boterstva dijakom srednjih šol je število pisem že tako narastlo, da bi potreboval tajnico, da bi na vsa pisma odgovarjala. Pa tega ni ne morem privoščiti.
Sedaj smo v hudi deževni dobi, ki se je pričela že meseca novembra. Narasle reke prevračajo celo natovorjene kamione polne cisterne goriva - pa to je čista resnica. Nobene možnosti nimam, da bi šel v La Paz (to je glavno mesto Bolivije), da bi oddal pošto.
Sicer smo dež resnično potrebovali, pa ne toliko, kajti dežja nismo imeli od julija pa vse do novembra. Ljudje, živali niso imeli niti kaplje pitne vode. Strašna suša. Edini vir pitne vode “potok” se je popolnoma izsušil. Bogu hvala, da sem lansko leto uspel narediti pomožni vodovod za misijonsko hišo, ki je prav dobro reševal stisko pitne vode celotnega centra misijona.
Zaradi pomanjkanja vode so se vse gradnje, ki sem jih planiral, popolnoma ustavile, pa tudi finančne možnosti misijona so se popolnoma izsušile in izpraznile. Potreb in načrtov je še in še; žal, kar vse delo je obstalo. Zaupam v božjo Previdnost in dobroto ljudi. Čeprav sem na finančni nuli vseeno načrtujem, molim in prosim. Bog in dobri ljudje me ne bodo pozabili. Na tem misijonu sem se naučil: “Če je božja volja, bodo načrti stekli, ker se bo po dobroti ljudi blagajna napolnila in delo se bo nadaljevalo. Če pa je sad moje domišljije, bodo načrti propadli.” Torej računam na božjo pomoč in dobroto ljudi.
Lansko leto smd naredili ogromno in sem Bogu zelo hvaležen. Namreč za skupnost krščenih smo uspeli zgraditi kapelo in bivanjski prostor za profesorje. Sicer je tu potrebna še fina izdelava in oprema. Prostori za bivanje profesorjev so bili popolnoma neprimerni. Namreč v enem prostoru 2x3 metre je stanovala petčlanska družina. Lahko si sami predstavljate, kako je to izgledalo: kuhinja, spalnica, delavni prostor itd. Veseli me, da sem uspel tej dobri družini pomagati.
Uspelo nam je tudi izgraditi pritlični del kmetijske fakultete. Ta prostor bo tudi služil za predavalnico srednje šole in za razna srečanja mladinskih skupin. Saj do sedaj smo se vsi zbirali v mali pločevinski zakristiji. Iz tega sami lahko sklepate, da misijonar ne uči samo verouk pa tudi ne opravlja samo enkrat dnevno sv. mašo; ampak mora biti v prvi vrsti delavec, zidar, planer: torej mora služiti ubogim in jim pomagati v vse smeri.
V	letošnjem letu moramo dograditi kmetijsko fakulteto. Pa za to bomo po predračunu potrebovali US$ 55.000. Upamo, da bo dobrota in usmiljenost ljudi priskočila na pomoč. V to stavbo bo potrebno tudi speljati cevi za pitno vodo. Potem bivalne prostore za profesorje. Sanitarije, pravlico itd. - stroški za to bodo znesli US$ 13.500. Kajti profesorji srednjih šol in univerze so sedaj na stanovanju na misijonu. Potem bo še potrebno preskrbeti prostore za bivanje študentov in za to bomo potrebovali dodatnih US$ 25.000. Upam, da bomo nekaj pomoči dobili od kanadske ambasade in pa od dobrih ljudi, ki razumejo bedo ljudi in misijonarjevo ljubezen pomagati tem ubogim ljudem.
V	prvem letu bivanja na misijonu sem uredil misijonsko hišo. Ko sem prišel na misijon bi najrajše kar odšel. Namreč spal sem na tleh, kajti postelje ni bilo. Nisem imel nikakršne odeje, ne krožnika, ne vode, ne elektrike, ne sončnih kolektorjev. Lahko si predstavljate, kako sem se počutil. V deževni dobi mi je voda dvakrat vdrla v misijonsko hišo, ker odvodnih kanalov ni bilo. Odločiti sem se moral za kopanje kanalov za odvod vode. Sanacija mi je uspela, hvala Bogu. Do sedaj poplave še nisem imel.
Popravil še ni konec. Tudi cerkev je bila nujna popravil. Nujna je bila sanacija temeljev. Uspelo mi je obnoviti tlak v notranjosti cerkve. Nabavil sem potrebne mašne knjige in oblačila, kelih, kajti cerkev je bila izropana in tako rekoč prazna. Torej popravil še ne bo konec. Cerkvena stavba je iz šestnajstega stoletja in je potrebna obnove zi-
dov znotraj in zunaj. Z božjo pomočjo in dobroto vas vseh, ki boste brali te vrstice, bom zmogel delo dovršiti.
Vprašali se boste upravičeno, kaj pa pastoralno delo? Upravičeno, da mi postavite to vprašanje. Vesel sem, da je bilo kar precejšnje število krstov. Imel sem celo tri poroke v lanskem letu, kar je pravi čudež. Veliko časa sem porabil za mnoga popravila, toda verjele mi, da nisem zanemaril pastoralnega dela, kar je moja prva dolžnost. Za vsak vaš dar vam bom neizmerno hvaležen, posebno pa še to ubogo ljudstvo. Bog plačaj že v naprej vso vašo dobroto. Hvaležen pozdrav v Gospodu, misijonar
Franc Pavlič CM (lazarist)”
Sr. Tadeja Mozetič, ki deluje v Paragvaju, piše: “Dragi prijatelji misijonov. Prejela sem bogati dar od MZA in njenih dobrotnikov za naš misijon. Tisočero Bog plačaj. Ker vlada tukaj precejšnja lakota zaradi strašne suše bomo s hvaležnostjo vnovčili vaš bogati dar za nekaj vreč riža, mleka v prahu in moke. Del pa bomo uporabili za revne otroke z nakupom šolskih potrebščin. Še enkrat, Bog plačaj vsem, ki so kakorkoli doprinesli k daru in bodo s tem nasitili mnoge lačne. Naš dar vam bodo naše hvaležne molitve, da vsem dobri Bog stotero povrne.
Delo na misijonu teče. Zadnji dve leti nas pesti suša in huda vročina. Vendar se vedno najdejo velikodušni dobrotniki. Tudi španski Rdeči križ je pripeljal hrano za vse družine.
Moje zdravje ni nič kaj za pohvalo. Čutim bolečine v kolenih. Zelo sem zaposlena: gospodarstvo, administracija, ambulanta, sama sem na misijonu. Čutim božjo pomoč in duhovno podporo molilcev. Resnično čudovito je zavest, da smo v Kristusu vsi povezani.
S pomočjo mladih smo organizirali tritedenske delovne počitnice. Vsak dan se je zbralo na misijonskem dvorišču po 150 otrok. Po starostnih skupinah smo predelovali šolske snovi in spremljali smo Marijo na njeni poti z veselim delom rožnega venca. Tako so odraščajoči in malčki globlje doživljali evangelij.
Vesela novica iz našega misijona: Letos so kar štiri novinke naredile redovne zaobljube. Med njimi je prva Indijanka iz plemena Nivocle. Za nas sestre in za vso vas in celo pleme je bil to velik dogodek. Bogu smo neizmerno hvaležni, da je po 75-ih letih dozorel duhovni poklic. Lepo pozdravljam, za vse zelo hvaležna tudi v imenu ubogih, s. Tadeja.”
Darovi: N.N. iz NJ $2000; N.N. iz Kalifornije $100. Prav danes sem prejela pismo bogoslovca, ki ga vzdržujem v semenišču Ggabe. Dolgo pismo z veliko hvaležnostjo za pomoč. Še en dar dobrotnice iz NJ $500, s pripisom: “Jaz bi pa priloženo rada poslala s. Mariji Pavlišič na Madagaskar. Da bo še kakšna deklica dobila novo obleko in kak fantek ali bolan v zaporu dobil kekse...”
Prisrčna hvala in Bog plačaj obema za tako bogate darove, katere bomo skušale takoj odposlati. Potrdila za IT vam bosta poslali novi blagajničarki MZA.
Želim vam v teh postnih dneh še mnogo bogatih duhovnih doživetij, ko se pripravljamo na velikonočne praznike. Hvaležen misijonski pozdrav od	Sonja Ferjan
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Umrla je Frances G. Habian, rojena Barle, vdova po Antonu, mati Jamesa in Raymonda, 4-krat stara mati, 2-krat prastara mati, sestra Mary, Rose, Margaret in že pok. Antonije Prusha. Pogreb je bil 15. marca v oskrbi Fortunovega zavoda na Fleet Ave. s sv. mašo v cerkvi sv. Lovrenca in pokopom na Kalvarije pokopališču.
Edward J. Trobenter
Dne 4. marca je na svojem domu v Euclidu umrl 86 let stari Edward J. Trobenter, roj. 9. avgusta 191? v Clevelandu, zadnjih 62 let živeč v Euclidu, mož Helen, roj. Mihelich, oče Jamesa in Patricije Petrik, 6-krat stari oče, 3-krat prastari o-če, brat Mary Ribic, Christine Huber, Rose Smole, Frances Bencin, Alice Ro-beda, Josepha, Fredericka in Williama (vsi že pok.)-Privaten, družinski pogreb je bil v oskrbi Cosicevega zavoda na Willoughby Hillsu.
Matthew L. Žnidaršič
Dne 3. marca je umrl 84 let stari Matthew L. Žnidaršič, mož Catherine, oče Matthewa ml., Sharon Wol-len in Kennetha, 7-krat stari oče, 6-krat prastari oče, brat že pok. Ann in Pauline. Pogreb je bil 6. marca v oskrbi Brickmanovega zavoda s sv. mašo v cerkvi sv. Felicite in pokopom na Vernih duš pokopališču.
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FEDERATION OF SLOVENIAN NATIONAL HOMES
43rd. AWARDS BANQUET
\25th. SPECIAL EDITION
March 20, 2004
Slovenian Man of the Year 2004
Anthony Mannion
Slovenian Woman of the Year 2004
Agnes Tomazin
Lorain
John Hozjan, Sr.
Collinwood
Fr. Joseph R Boznar St. Clair
Marilyn Lazzara Slovenian Society Home, Euclid
John M. Hrovat Newburgh
Anthony L. Lukezic Barberton
Carl Golinar
Fairport
West Park Veterans
West Pa^rk
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Frollo, C...	■ Pg.	5
Barberton	Pg.	9
Collinwood .	• Pg.	11
Euclid 		• Pg-	13
Fairport ...	• Pg.	23
Lorain 		• Pg.	19
Newburgh ...	• Pg-	21
St. Clair .	•Pg-	15
Waterloo	Pg-	7
West Park...	• Pg.	25
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Anthony J. Mannion, “Tony” as he is called, was born on August 3, 1953 to Wilfred and Anna Mae (Pelko) Mannion. Tony was named after his two grandfathers: Anton Pelko (former Newburgh Slovenian Man of the Year) and James Mannion. Tony was the third child born into the family. He has an older sister, Mary Ann (Dave) Gesing, and brother, gillie. His other brothers and sisters include: Michael (deceased), Jim (Karen), Tom (Sue), Joe (Kathy), Brigid (Greg) Farone, Katie (Mark) Kawczynski, and Jean (Jim) Marinčič.
Tony attended St. Lawrence Grade School. While at St. Lawrence, Tony was an Altar B°v and played CYO Basketball. Tony enjoyed riding the school bus to and from school, especially when his Grandpa Pelko would join him for the bus trip to sdhool. there was always candy from Martinsek’s or a walk to the h'iash for some pop and chips. After graduating from St. Lawrence, Tony attended Holy hjame High School. While at' Holy Name, he played football and baseball. During his high school years, Tony worked at alley Mold as a Mail Carrier. n his senior year, he started to W°rk at United Parcel Service °n the belt lines. After
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This is where he was first introduced to a fundraiser called, “A Night At The Races.” He has since brought the “Night At The Races” to the Nash. It is an ideal fundraiser and very profitable.
While growing up, Tony was always willing to help his mother by working at the A.M.L.A. (SDZ) Juvenile Christmas Parties - being the projectionist, clown, or by doing whatever was asked of him. He was a Checkroom Attendant a the Nash and cleaned the halls with Mr. John Grahek and his younger brother, Jim. Little did he think that he would be a Board of Director of the Slovenian National Home, the President, and in 1993, the Newburgh Slovenian Man of the Year. Now, the 2004 Federation of Slovenian Homes Man of the Year! Tony joined the Board of Directors in Newburgh in 1988 - he was elected Vice president, then President in 1990. Tony worked closely with Frank
Mahnič, Sr. on the quarterly Lottery Raffle.He now runs the Raffle. He has overseen much change at the Nash during his tenure as President.
Tony enjoys bowling and golf. He is a part-time Bowling Alley Manager at the Slovenian East 80th lanes, where he is instrumental with the-Moonlight Bowling and Youth Bowling, along with his sister, Katie.
Tony has been involved with the Federation of Slovenian Homes since 1990. He has served as President of the Federation and is currently the First Vice President. He also chairs the Federation Fundraisers. He has helped other halls to start fundraisers, whether it be the idea of a fundraiser or help run the activities.
You can see Tony at all of the many fundraisers and doings going on at the Newburgh - East 80th Hall throughout the year. Tony loves what he does and makes every effort to keep his ethnic heritage and traditions strong and alive!
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“You are always my Man of the Year”
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Uncle Tony
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2004 Federation Man of the Year
We Love You!
Your Nieces & Nephews Therese, Sean , Annie, Elizabeth & Veronica
Willie
Jimmy & Katie Chrissy & Colleen Patrick & Dylan Alexandria
Becky, Judy, Kaitlin, Sarah & Christine Margot, Brenna, Alainna & Andrew
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Msn and Woman oftbe Yea^* And all Honor-ees
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President- Helen Sumrada Vice-President-Kathleen Trebets Secretary-Gerri Trebets Treasurer-Pam Dirk
Auditors-Barbara Grzincic, Ed Lipovec, Rudy Perdan
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Celeste Frollo
Federation Woman of the Year
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SWH Man of the Year
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Picnic - July 4, 2004 At SNPJ Recreation Farm Dance to Alfie Nipic From Slovenia
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And while she is honored to be the Federation of Slovenian National Homes Woman of the Year, to be honest, doing anything less with her life would have left Celeste unfulfilled. “Looking back over my life,” she said, “it seems 1 was always involved in something.”
The oldest of four children of Bill and Louise Kozely, Celeste started her first job at age 13, working behind the soda fountain at Standard Drug. She was a freshman at Collinwood High School, where she would watch a classmate named George Vojnovich eventually become mayor of Cleveland, then governor, then senator from Ohio.
Celeste’s goals in life were not as lofty as those of the one-time president of her class. Instead, the shy, diligent woman who likes to read and cook worked mostly behind the scenes, never leaving the Collinwood school district.
Celeste is a mother of two, Mary Jo and Joe Jr, and a grandmother of five. Her husband of 43 years, Joe Frollo, died in July. Both Joe and Celeste served as president of the Slovenian Workman’s Home, Celeste’s term lasting eight years.
Celeste has served in one Opacity or another at the Waterloo Home since 1990, also as vice president and currently as financial secretary. She has chaired many activities at
raffies and the hall rental agency. She works at fish fry and has often has been called upon to make sure the bar, the offices and the organization as a whole is running smoothly.
She also is vice president of AMLA #8 and is a member of #147 Vodnikov Venec,
PSWA Circle 1, Slovenian Woman’s Union, Branch 14, Waterloo Pensioners and Holmes Avenue Pensioners.
For a number of years. Celeste has been active with the Federation of Slovenian National Homes, serving as corresponding secretary, as Christmas party chairman and organizer of the commemorative banquet newspaper.
Her Slovenian heritage has always been a source of pride for Celeste, but it was not until her children were grown and off on their own that she became deeply active in the Cleveland-area Slovenian history. Until then, most of her time as spent with and around her own family.
Celeste began working for Ohio Bell in 1955 as a service representative. When she took a leave of absence to have her first child in 1966, she was an office supervisor. Thirteen years later. Celeste returned to work, eventually retiring in 1993 with the responsibility of writing the company’s service training manuals.
When she was not driving her children around to whatever activity they were involved in - from baseball practice to Girl Scout camping trips - Celeste found time to be president of the Our Lady of Perpetual Help Mother’s club and co-leader
Congratulations to CELESTE FROLLO
Federation Woman of the Year Circle #1 Member And All Honorees
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troop. She was the first female president of Northeast Little League and the youth baseball organization’s first recipient of the Diane Pierce Volunteer Award in 1989.
She gave what she could of her time and attention, but what made her proudest was the foundation of success she was able to give her own children. Both Mary Jo and Joe Jr. are married. Mary Jo and her husband Dan own two businesses. They live in Avon with their children Jason, Madison and Michael.
Joe Jr. and his wife Andrea live in Canton, where he is an assistant editor at The Repository. Their two sons are Jacob and Aaron.
Both of Celeste’s children graduated from Catholic high schools and both earned undergraduate degrees in college.
Through it all, Celeste has been willing to volunteer because it is what she does. She is always willing to pass on a little bit of Slovenian hospitality wherever she can.
Celeste Frollo
CELESTE FROLLO
YOU TAUGHT US TO BE KIND,
TO GIVE OF OURSELVES,
AND FAMILY COMES FIRST. THANK YOU FOR SETTING A TIMELESS
EXAMPLE.
MOM AND GRANDMA
CONGRATULATIONS ON ALL OF YOUR ACCOMPLISHMENTS
DAN, MARY JO, JASON, MADISON AND MICHAEL SUSTAR
CongratuCdtions from
Jim & June
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" remembering the past, celebrating the present, preparing for the future.
Established in 1925
Congratulations Celeste Frollo
Federation Woman of the Year
Joe Frollo
SWH Honoree
Modern Crusaders No., 45 AMLA
Congratulations
To Lodge Members
Cdcstc Frollo “Woman of the Year" Joe Frollo SWH Honoree (Posthumously) Fr. Joseph Boznar St Clair Honoree
SA/PJ Lodge #147 Vodnikov Venec
JOIN US FOR OUR ANNUAL PICNIC & RAFFLE
At the SN)PJ Farm on Heath Road on Sunday, June 8th - Music by FRED ZIWICH & THE INTERNATIONAL SOUND MACHINE
In Remembrgnce Of My Friend
Joe Frollo
Waterloo Hall Honoree
Sadly Missed, Joyce Plemel
Joe Frollo
Your Smile was infectious, Your Spirit always giving,
Your love never ending.
You WILL LIVE IN OUR HEARTS FOREVER
Dad and Grandpa
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Not a day goes by when we don’t think of you
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In Loving Memory Our Special Friend
Joe Frollo
SWH Honoree Posthumously
Sadly missed, Always Remembered
Grace & AI Marinch
Congratulations
Celeste Frollo
Slovenian Woman of the Year
Joe Frollo
Waterloo Man of the Year Posthumously
SNPJ Cleveland Athletic League
Picnic SNPJ Farm August 29. 2004
Congratulations Joe Frollo
Posthumously Waterloo Man of the Year
Waterloo Pensioners Club
Meetings 2nd Tuesday Each Month
Slovenian Workmen’s Home 15335 Waterloo Road
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Celeste Frollo, Fed. Honoree Joe Frollo, SWH Honoree
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Joe Frollo - SWH’s Everyman
Joe Frollo was not Slovenian. It was the Joe coached basketball at Our I .aHv of P^r.	%J
first thing he admitted whenever accused of being a good Slovenian.
Don’t let anyone kid you, though. He was a great Slovenian.
Joe was born March 17, 1933, the fifth of ■tine children to George and Helen Frollo, Slovaks from Johnstown, Pa.
Joe died July 9, 2003, while traveling Europe for the first time. It had been his dream to see Slovenia, the land of his adopted heritage. He died in Lubjania at the tail end °f a two-week bus tour.
He may not have been born Slovenian, but we can say he died one. And while he denied the honor many times the past 10 years, we finally can call him something else as well -The Man of the Year from the Slovenian Workman’s Home.
Joe was first elected to the Board of Trusses at SWH in 1985 and served president from 1995-99.
He was a bartender, a busboy, a handyman, a gopher and a friend to all. Joe always had a Joke a smile for whoever wanted one. And °ften to the dismay of Celeste Frollo, his wife °f 43 years, Joe rarely said no to anyone, no ■Natter how early in the day or how late in the n'ght the call came.
Joe worked at Victory White Metal until re-tiring as the plant foreman in 1995. His days aj> a volunteer stretched back to when his children, Mary Jo and Joe Jr., were babes in h's arms.
Joe coached basketball at Our Lady of Perpetual Help and St. Christine’s schools for two generations of children. Joe served as president of the OLPF1 Father’s club and worked bingo there for more than 10 years.
He was president of Northeast Little League and gave his time as coach and umpire for parts of four decades.
He was a member of AM LA #8 Kras, SNPJ #147 Vodnikov Venec, Waterloo Pensioners, Holmes Avenue Pensioners, the Slovenian Workmen's Home Auxiliary and Federation of Slovenian National Homes.
Joe graduated from Johnstown High School in 1953 but soon said goodbye to his family, moving to Cleveland, where he met his wife and found a new home.
His daughter, Mary Jo, and her husband Dan own two businesses and live in Avon with their children, Jason, Madison and Michael.
His son, Joe Jr., and his wife Andrea live in Canton with their sons, Jacob and Aaron.
No, Joe was not Slovenian. But he married one and he came to embrace her heritage as his own.
Like everything else in Joe’s life, he gave it everything he had, without qualm or reservation.
Now that he is gone, let’s remember Joe for what he was - a good Slovenian.
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SWH Honoree Posthumously
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Slovenian Workmen’s Home Patron Ads - 2004 Celeste Frollo Federation Woman of the Year Joe Frollo SWH Man of the Year, posthumous	
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Dorothy Smrtnik	Bertha Dovgan
Pauline Krall	Betty Rotar
Millie Bradač	Marion Slejko
Angie Žabjek	Louise Fudja
Mary Wolf	Florence Unetich
June Slapnik	Eleanor Godec
Al & Grace Marinch	Dorothy Gorjup
Christine Lowrey	Dolores Dobida
Chris & Joan Chermely	Jo Ann Heinz
Matt & Fran Kajfez	Joseph Samsa
Ray Yerak	Alice Cech
Mary Truden	Frank A. Sechnick
Marilyn Vidmar	Gene March
Mike Pipoly	Evelyn Pipoly
John & Frances Mauric	Tom & Cynthia Čebular
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Hank Skody	Harold E. White
Allan Pestotnik Painting Contractors	
Tom Pestotnik Painting Contractors	
Donna Pestotnik Troy, RN	
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Congratulations to
Woman of the Year
Celeste Frollo
And Honoree
Joe Frollo
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2003 SWH Update
The year “2003” was a sad year for the Waterloo Hall on the passing of Joseph Frollo. Joe and his wife Celeste were on their vacation in Europe.
Joe took ill in Slovenia and passed away in a hospital. Joe was on the board for over 15 years. He was dedicated to the Hall, always willing to work whenever he was needed. He was a past President and wore many hats during these years. He is Slovene Man of the Year
from the Waterloo Hall, posthumously. He never wanted this honor, but his children felt he was deserving of this title.
We extend our deepest sympathy to his wife Celeste Frollo, her family and friends. Joe leaves a void at the hall since his parsing.
This summer we had the Hall redecorated along with getting new drapes. The Hall looks just great with the new look.
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Our Ladies and Men’s Auxiliary are always hard at work.'» They sponsor the Fish Fry every Friday. We thank this group for their ongoing dedication.
We have the honor of having our own Celeste Frollo as the over all Slovene Woman of the year. Celeste is our current Financial Secretary. Previously she was our President and has been on the Board for about 15 years. She has done an outstanding job and has worn many hats these many years. Our congratulations and best wishes to her.
JoAnn Heinz is chairperson for our bimonthly raffle. This event brings additional revenue to the hall.
Our President, Tom Čebular has worked with St. Jerome’s Catholic Church to rent them our hall for their bingo fundraiser. They hold their bingo sessions every Saturday and we are very happy to have them as a tenant.
Jadran Singing Society will hold a concert, dinner, and dance on Saturday, May 8, 2004. Due to declining participation it is said to be their “final” one. We hope that they will be able to continue sometime in the future. This organization has been a part of SWH since the early years.
We are sorry to see them leave and thank them for their loyalty to our hall these many years.
We had our annual raffle at our yearly certificate holders meeting on January 18, 2004. The raffle was a great success along with the many donations we received. We welcome Linda Gorjup back to the board. She accepted a position after a few years absence.
A special thanks to Richard Zele for always saying yes whenever we ask him to print tickets and for the 2004 calendars. Everyone always asks for them long before they’re


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The 2004 Board of Trustees of the Slovenian Workman’s Home are: Tom Čebular, Presj' dent; JoAnn Heinz, Vice Presi' dent; Dorothy Gorjup, Treasurer; Eleanor Godec, R6' cording Secretary; Celeste Frollo, Financial Secretary; Millie Bradač, Trustee; Kenneth W. Kleinhenz, Sr., Properties Chairman, Joyce Plemel, Audit; Chris Chermely, Audit; Gordon Luce, Bar Chairman; Phillip Čebular, Trustee; Linda Gorjup, Trustee.
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Lukezic Carries On Family Tradition
Anthony L. Lukezic’s strong support of Tigers and one of their star players, for-	^
the Barberton Slovenian Independent Society Home is a family tradition that began when his father became a charter member of the organization in 1919.
As the society’s Person of the Year, he has faithfully carried on that tradition, serving variously as a member of the Administrative Committee, Secretary and, most recently, as President in 2000.
Currently, Tony handles a wide range of office tasks - checking the daily mail, writing checks, handling banking chores and occasionally bartending for hall func-fions. It’s all work that he handles in a most responsible manner despite nagging health problems, according to the society trustees.
“I do anything the trustees ask me to do and 1 do it as efficiently as 1 can,” he says Proudly, adding, “Overall, I think we’re doing very good and improving our overil business operation.”
The 80-year-old native of Barberton graduated from Barberton High School in 1942 where he played guard on the foot-hall team. One of his fondest recollections was playing against the Massillon
mer Cleveland Browns player Horace Gil-lam.
Tony enlisted in the U.S, navy soon after he graduated from high school and served as a Carpenter’s Mate on assignment for two years in New Guinea and the Philippines.
Upon his return to civilian life, Tony joined the Pittsburgh Plate Glass Company where he was employed in the Carpenter Shop until he retired in 1984 after nearly 42 years of service. He and his wife, Jennie, were married 55 years and had five children - four boys and one girl. His wife passed away in 2001.
Until his health worsened, Tony was an avid hunter and fisherman and a long-time member of the now defunct Slovenian Hunter’s Club. He also enjoyed bowling and playing poker with friends. But his favorite pastime was Dancing. “Jennie and I loved to dance the polka, especially when Frankie Spetich, Johnny Vadnal and Frankie Yankovich were playing in our hall,” he says with a twinke in his eyes.
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Anthony Lukezic
2004
A depressed economy and high unemployment contributed to a sharp downturn in the revenues for the Barberton Slovene Center in 2003, according to President Edward F. Gabrosek.
"Hardest hit was our hall operation, which in the previous year had one of its finest years," Gabrosek says. "The first eight months of 2003 saw a sharp reduction in wedding receptions, but, fortunately we bounced back in the last four months. Bookings for are much improved."
The center's private club operation also felt the sting of the economic downturn, but still managed to record a profit. The bowling operation had improved profits due primarily to management reorganization.
' "A major refurbishing of the center's AMF pin spotters and the alleys and the purchase of new pins during the summer provided an incentive to our regular leagues and was instrumental in acquiring a new league," Gabrosek notes.
Along with the reduced revenues, the center was faced
with major expenses in the bowling operation and the purchase of a new air conditioning unit for the ballroom, which taxed cash flow and resulted in a drain on reserve funds.
Two bright notes for the year were the Homeland Boosters club, which was able to maintain club membership, and the launching of an archiving project to begin collecting memorabilia of the Barberton Slovene Community.
"In the Lodge increased the dollar value for each of the two annual scholarships to $1,000.00 from $500.00," Gabrosek says. "In the past five years, the Lodge has awarded 10 scholarships totaling $11,000.00 for which we are very proud.
Gabrosek notes that the accomplishments made in 2003 ..were primarily the result of a strong Executive Board and a team of hard-working and devoted operations managers and their employees as well as supportive membership.
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MR. HOZJAN Tony & Deanna Miklich

I was bom April 25, 1942 in Prurmurje, Slovenia to Bolti-zar and Ann (nee Toplak) Hozjan. I came to the United States November 24, 1957 at the age of 15 and began a new life,
I attended St. Mary’s the Assumption School in Collin-Wood and graduated in June, '^58. Attended John Hayes High Schoohfor one year and Said that is enough and began "ty work career at Richmond brothers (3 Years), Ohio Gear ('2 Years), Towmotor (10 Years), Caterpillar Corp. (9 ^ ears) in Pontiac Illinois and relired January 31, 1993.
Shortly after entering the 'eork force I met and married the apple of my eye, my wife Jane, September 14, 1963.
have five children John 'G Robert, Janet, Mark and ^seph and seven grandchil-dren Johnny (18), Karen (16),
Michael (14), Richard (11), Brianna (11), Zachery (5) and Amanda (1 1/2).
We currently reside in Cleveland, Ohio and are parishioners of, Collinwood’s Slovenian Parish, St. Mary Of The Assumption for 46 years.
I am currently co-owner of Bob’s Auto Repair and Mechanic at 16190 Saranac Road, Cleveland, Ohio, (216)541-8037.
I am on the Board of Directors of the Collinwood Slovenian Society Inc., and KSKJ #
169 and am a member of AMLA # 29 and St. Mary’s Holy Name Society. I am also an active member of the house committee at the Collinwood Slovenian Home.
In my spare time I enjoy cooking and my specialty is preparing excellent chicken wings with my special hot, medium and regular sauce
(secret formula) Ha Ha. I sometimes cook for KSKJ meetings and for special Wing Ding parties at the Collinwood Slovenian Home Clubroom for Club members and the Holmes Avenue Pensioners after a few of their meetings.
I also enjoy working on cars, around the house and taking care of my garden.
I wish to THANK everyone, especially the Collinwood Slovenian Home Board of Directors w'ho have so honored me as their Man Of The Year for 2004.
Last but not least 1 THANK my wife Jane (41 years) and all of my children and grandchildren for their support and encouragement.
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GRANDPA JOHN HOZJAN
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Evelyn Pipoly - President Deanna Miklich - Vice President Joyce Segulin - Treasurer Alba Plutt - Financial Secretary Jennie Tuma - Recording Secretary Karen Richard - Corresponding Secretary AUDITORS
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CONGRATULATIONS DAD JOHN HOZJAN Man Of Year 2004 Collinwood Slovenian Home From Children, John Jr., Robert, Janet, Mark, and Joseph.	Congratulations To Mine Husband JOHN HOZJAN Collinwood Slovenian Home Man Of The Year 2004 Your Wife “The Apple Of Your Eye”
	
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Collinwood Slovenian Hall 2004
The members of the Board of Directors were Mary Blatnik, Dorn Cekada, Ann Dagg, John Hozjan, Arlene Martin, Deanna Miklich, Mary Podlogar, Evelyn Pipoly, Mike Pipoly, John Plutt, Alba Plutt, Steve Richard, Karen Richard, Joyce Segulin and Jennie Tuma. Tony Miklich is our alternate.
Dorn Cekada, John Plutt and John Hozjan take care of our maintenance problems.
We thank Lou Koenig whom we are able to call at anytime for our air conditioners and boiler problems. Rich Zgrabek has also been a helper for us. John Kozlevchar, Matt Zabukovec and Tony Ruttar also have been aiding us in many ways.
John Kozlevchar is President of our Pensioners Club. He prepares a bulletin for every meeting listing dates of all events for the month. The attendance at the meetings is averaging 175. In February all members having birthdays 80, 90, 100 are honored. Anniversaries for 25, 30, 35, etc. are honored. Matt Zabukovec is able to get a proclamation for these members. A delightful skit is presented at this meeting. Myra Jerkič also presented a skit at one of our meetings. Such talent we have!
We have bi monthly 50/50 raffles and they are very successful thanks to our great helpers and our many supporters. On the side boards -Frank Zernic, Lou Koening and Matt Zabukovec. At the door - Florence and Frank Urankar. Food preparation - Mary Podlogar, Alba Plutt, Joyce Segulin, Dee Grace, Val Cekada and Mary Blatnik. Bingo cards -Jennie Tuma. Bar - Mike Pipoly and John Plutt. Other helpers are Steve and Karen Richard, Dee Miklich and Alene Martin.
Eddie Rodick was honored as our Musician Of The Year. We thank everyone who helped
or attended this very special event to help make it such a success.
The Day At The Races had a good turnout and everyone had a good time rooting for their horse to win. Thanks to Jim Krann for running the projector.
We had a great Rigatoni Dinner in the Club-room with Alba Plutt as the chef and we had a wonderful time.
We thank John Kozlevchar for being our tabloid editor and for helping us with tickets for our events.
John Hozjan had a couple Chicken Wing Dinners during the year and again everyone had a wonderful time and enjoyed the wings. Our WING DING PARTY.
We started a league on the bowling machine in the Clubroom. Bowlers had a good time and we had a steak dinner to celebrate the First finish. A new league is now under way with 14 teams. Anyone interested can join us by calling the hall.
On a sad note we lost one of our most loved and dedicated member of the hall, Gus Pete-linkar.
Mike Pipoly was our Collinwood Man Of The Year Honoree and Evelyn Pipoly was the Federation Of Slovenian Homes Woman Of The Year.
On behalf of the Board Of Directors I wish to thank all who have sent donations to the hall and those who have attended our many social affairs. We appreciate your cooperation.
Congratulations to our 2004 Collinwood Man Of The Year Honoree John Hozjan.
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Marilyn developed her love of dancing while attending Collinwood High School. She was always front and center in the school social room doing the jitterbug with anyone who would take the challenge. Marilyn graduated from Collinwood in January 1954.
After graduation Marilyn Worked at the Pick-n-Pay supermarket in Maple Heights as a produce clerk and casher until 1962. She left Pick-n-Pay to become a stay at home atom and later returned to work after her children w^re grown. In her later years she Worked as a clerk at Winkle-wan’s located in the Rich-utond Mall for 18 years until she retired in 1997.
Marilyn’s mom, a first gen-eration Slovenian, was instru-utental in teaching her ethnic values as well as culinary techniques. The basic roots of family, friendship, love and Aspect were taught to her at an early age. She acquired the kuack of cooking and learned t° make many kolački, pohanji (flancete), and krofe. After marrying Frank S. Lazzara in
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Marilyn currently resides in Richmond Heights on Highland Road with her daughter Marlena (1969), son Vince (1971) and his fiancee Michelle Grenig. She loves to garden, spends hours canning tomatoes and makes homemade jellies in the fall.
Marilyn is still an active member of the San Leone Society, a fraternal Italian organization of which her deceased husband was a life long member.
Marilyn also belongs to the Women’s Auxiliary at the Slovenian Society Home. She was often seen working fish fries on Friday nights or servings coffee and pastry from the kitchen at Recher Hall.
And true to herself, if she’s not working she’s dancing. Always with a big smile -Marilyn just can’t sit still.
Marilyn believes in the importance of keeping her heritage alive by supporting the Slovenian polka bands. You will often find Marilyn on the dance floor at SNPJ Farm,
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ST. Clair Slovenian National Home MAN OF THE YEAR 2004
Parishioners, Friends and Benefactors of St. Vitus Parish
Parish Organizations
St. Vitus Altar & Rosary Society St. Vitus Alumni
St. Vitus Catholic War Veterans (C.W.V.) Post #1655
St. Vitus Dads Club
St. Vitus Holy Name Society
St. Vitus Finance Advisory Council
St. Vitus Food Bank Volunteers
St. Vitus Ladies’Auxiliary (C.W.V.) Post #1655
St. Vitus Pastoral Council
St. Vitus Slovenian School, Parent Board & Teaching Staff
St. Vitus Usher Club
St. Vitus Youth Choir
St. Vincent DePaul Society
Legion of Mary
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American Slovenian Catholic Union (KSKJ)
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Our Lady of Fatima Lodge #255
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Fr. Božnar A Man Of The People
Joseph P. Boznar was born ish facilities. The church This venture has proven to
on March 19, 1944 in Pristava near Polhov Gradec, Slovenia. His late father, Milko, became a war refugee in 1945 and spent four years in various refugee camps in Austria. In 1949, his father immigrated to Canada and eventually settled in the northern mining town of Timmins, Ontario. Five years later his mother Marija and her three children Milce, Justi, and Jože joined their father in Canada. The following year another child, Mary was bom to the couple.
Joseph Boznar graduated from O’Gorman Catholic High School in 1963 and enrolled in St. Augustine Seminary College in Scarborough, Ontario in the fall. A chance contact with Monsignor Louis B. Baznik, Pastor of St. Vitus Parish, in Cleveland, Ohio, lead to Joseph’s eventual transfer to the Cleveland Catholic Diocese where he completed his
undergraduate studies in American History at John Carroll University. He pursued graduate studies in theology and earned a Masters °f Divinity degree at St. Mary’s Major Seminary in Cleveland. Bishop William Cosgrove ordained Joseph P- Boznar a priest in the Cleveland Catholic Diocese on May 30, 1970.
Father Boznar’s first assignment was in 1969 as beacon at St. Robert Bel-iarmine Parish in Euclid, Ohio. Then from 1970 to 1972 he was assigned and served as associate pastor at St. Felicitas Parish in Euclid, Ohio. From 1972 to 1979 he was transferred to Ihe position of associate pas-tor of St. Vitus Parish. He ^siuned the pastorship of St. Vitus Parish in 1979.
St. Vitus’s new pastor had Itis work cut out for him.
He had many ideas for the future of St. Vitus and was °ffered many suggestions from its parishioners. With flte cooperation of its faith-frd, changes and improvements were made to the en-ffre parish.
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organ was repaired and update. The interior of the church was renovated, painted, and its mechanical, electrical, and plumbing systems updated. This was all completed in time for the parish’s 100th Anniversary in 1993.
Over the years concern continued over the various problems with the tile roof on the church and parish house. A decision was made to first replace the parish house roof and if successful continue with the church. The completion of the rectory roof in 2004 convinced the parish council they should continue with a total replacement and repair of the roof on the church.
A major undertaking was the building of a facility for parishioners who chose to live close to their parish. In 2001, St. Vitus Village opened with 31 apartments at the comer of East 61st Street and Lausche Avenue.
be not only successful, but a new landmark in the community. The parish will lease the closed elementary school and auditorium to the new Catholic Fligh School, St. Martin de Porres.
Father Bodnar’s parents and brother are deceased.
His two sisters Mary Mayer and Justina Novak along with their families live in Ontario Canada. He has six nieces and nephews in addition to other relatives in Canada, the United States, Argentina, and Slovenia.
St. Vitus Parish has been . fortunate to have the leadership of Father Boznar during these past 25 years as well as the support of many parishioners, friends, and benefactors. To Father Bodnar, our congratulations on this special day as you are acknowledged as the St. Clair Slovenian National Home Man of The Year for 2004, and 25 years as pastor of St. Vitus.
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The Slovenian National Home (SND) made many inroads in addition to laying the groundwork for the future.
The year began with our club-room staff hosting weekly Lenten Fish Fries to packed houses. All the profits generated from the Fish Fries and tips are invested into the clubroom. This year we are serving dinner from 5:00 P.M. and 8:00P.M. Carryout service is available.
Our Federation 2003 honoree was Tony Hiti who is very involved in the Slovenian Community and represented our Slovenian Home with honor.
In May we held a well attended ‘Night at the Races”.
Our next ‘Night at the Races’ is April 16, 2004. Join us for an exciting, fun filled evening.
The SND purchase the four-suite house adjacent to our Parking lot to protect our interest in addition to improving the area. A discussion ensued concerning the expansion of our Parking lot in conjunction with °ur neighbor SIFCO Industries. A donation arrangement with SIFCO was worked out for their Parcels with a joint usage agreement. Decorative fencing, appropriate landscaping and the additional new parking spaces vv*ll be a costly venture. The Pr°ject is moving ahead and major fundraising plans are in the works.
In July, we hosted the Eckart Ansambel from Maribor, Slo-Venia. The audience enjoyed °ver five hours of concert and
ance music. It was truly a Wonderful performance!!
Our annual fall social was held in September. Julie Zalar’s excellent meal is always an important contribution to our success. We look forward to this year’s scheduled annual social on Friday, September 17, 2004. We are pleased Mrs. Zalar agreed to cook another delicious dinner.
Our month-end socials are successful and provide a night out for many of our fellow Slovenians.
We continue to look for new ways to improve our facilities and raise much needed capital to keep our buildings in good repair. We have redecorated our lower hall, purchased round tables, updated the electric in the hall and op the newly rebuilt stage. We feel these improvements will make the hall more
attractive to smaller groups and allow more bookings.
We paid off our 15-year loan to A.M.L.A.! This loan was used for improvements completed over the past five years. We paid off this loan several years early! Thanks to the generosity of our many supporters. Good Slovenian Know How!!!
Best wishes to all the Slovenian Homes in 2004. It is an increasing challenge to keep our various facilities up and running, but Slovenian people have always been dedicated and met the challenge.
We wish our 2004 honoree Father Joseph P. Boznar many more years of successful leadership at St. Vitus Parish. You have truly helped shape the parish and community!
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Lorain Slovenian Club
Another year has passed and despite the hard economic times in our area, the club managed to continue on.
As the years roll on we stop and take a moment to remember those who passed on.
Our fish fries every Friday continue to be the best in the area. “We are told by many”, and although we have decent crowds, we are not as busy as we once were. We hope that they pick up, as their success is vital to our continuing on.
Joan Rogers is our fish fry chairman and does a fine job during these trying times.
Our bar is doing much better, but with the states new gambling laws they have hurt not only us, but also all the social and ethnic clubs in the area. We wonder whose side our legislatures are on.
Sue Kosco and her crew are doing a good job in boosting the bar activities with darts, golf and a very popular bowling machine league. Our Saturday Ohio State and Sunday Browns games are a huge success with a good spread. It goes a long way toward making the games (especially the Browns) easier to watch.
Monthly Jam sessions Sundays, February through December continue to draw large
crowds. Ralph Szubski and his musician friends do a great job entertaining them.
Also our board members would like to thank our president, Linda Sekular for all her hard work and time spent trying to hold our club together.
Many thanks to our board and our social members who chip in and help at various activities and events.
Currently our Board consists of:
Linda Sekular------President
Ted Piškur---------Vice President
Donna Snyder------Treasurer
Bonnie Knepper-----Recording Secretary
Jim Muzek---------House Chairman
Dorothy Brletic---Auditor
Frank Renusi—Entertainment Chairman
Juanita Upton-----Board Member
Joyce Dugovich—Board Member Helen Urbas------Board Member
In closing, thanks and congratulations to Aggie Tomazin and all the honorees and the Federation of Slovenian Homes for making this day possible.
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Agnes Rešek was born on December 28, 1919 in Lorain, Ohio to her parents Joseph and Anna Resek.
There were 6 daughters in their family. Frances, Beatrice, Mary, Josephine, Ann (deceased), and Agnes. Her friends and family know her better as Aggie. Aggie lived throughout Northeastern Ohio until she graduated from Wooster High School in 1937. Upon graduating from Wooster High School, Agnes entered the Military and served as a wave in the United States Navy nursing c°rp. program during World War II. Aggie served her country for a period of two and one-half years before feturning to Lorain, Ohio. After coming home, Aggie fell in love with her life long friend Michael “Mickey” Tomazin and they were married in 1951 at Cyril Metho-ditis Church by Father Slaje. Aggie and Mickey were married for forty-two years. During their marriage, Aggie was a homemaker, cooking all those great Slovenian dishes and caring for her family.
Aggie has two daughters, Francie and Sylvia and a son, Michael. Later, Aggie worked many years as a housekeeper for the Dovin Funeral Home in Lorain, Ohio. Aggie has two grandchildren, Amber and Jeffrey, and one great-grandson, Jacob.
Aggie has many great memories of various functions that she and Mickey participated in over the years. Some of these events included steak-fries, baking her famous Robert Redford cake for the jam sessions, baking cakes and desserts for the fish fries on Friday, cakes for our yearly club picnic, getting together and baking that great apple strudel while chatting with her lady friends from the Lorain Slovenian Club Auxiliary. Aggie’s husband, Mickey, served on the Lorain Slovenian Board of Directors from 1988 until he became ill. Mickey was also honored as the 1993 Man of the Year by the Lorain Slovenian Home. But her favorite memories were and still are her love for the Button Box
Accordion. Aggie played and traveled with the button-box group called “Erie Shore Button-Box Club. Aggie played many jobs with the group, local nursing homes, picnics and summer festival and jam sessions. But h^r greatest achievement was when the group produced a polka button box tape Mickey and the grandchildren loved listening to her play especially when she had the group over to her home. Even the neighbor would come out to listen to her play. Aggie also belongs to St. Cyril Methodius Church, Alter and Rosary Society and the Slovenian Women’s Union where she served as President for several years and the Lorain Slovenian Club Ladies Auxiliary.
Aggie stated that she started going to the Lorain Slovenian Home as soon as she was old enough to get in the door and hasn’t wanted to leave since. She tries to go down there every chance she can and still enjoys watching the door for Friday Night Fish Fries.
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Board of Directors
Linda Sekular, President & Fin. Sec'y Theodore Piškur, Vice-President Donna Snyder, Treasurer Dorothy Brletic, Auditor Bonnie Knepver, Recording Sec'y Frank Renusi, Enterainment Chairman James Muzek, House Chairman Joyce Dugovich, Juanita Upton, Helen Urbas
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The year 2003 in Newburgh, was very busy and filled with joy, sadness and fulfillment. It started off with our first Moonlight Bdwling on a Friday in January. It was a very successful event! There were also four other Moonlight Bowling events throughout the year which all had very good attendance. They were very good revenue generators for the bowling alley and bar. Moonlight Bowling is $25.00
also entails a lot of work and volunteers.
A new event this past October was the St. Lawrence School and Friends Reunion Dance which started out with mass at St. Lawrence, then, dancing at the Nash. This will become an annual event.
The annual Clambake is held in October, too! The Clambake has been a strong event for over thirty years!
November is Night at the Races month. This is a very
per couple which includes a meal, bowling and prizes. This good fundraiser. We are is a great deal! It is usually planning on having two in held on a Saturday evening and 2004-—one in May and one in is run by Tony Mannion and November.
Katie Kawczynski.	Also in November, we held
There were six 50-50 Raffles an evenl honoring the Living held during the year, too! The and Deceased Honorees of the
tickets are $10.00 per couple, includes a chance to win a top prize of $500.00 or a $ 100.00 prize, and two sandwiches and
Slovenian Home. An invitation was sent to the families of the deceased and all but one family was able to attend.
beverages. The raffles are held A Polka Mass was held in the on a Wednesday evening. small hall of the Nash, cele-During Lent, our Fridays are brated by Fr. Dominic busy with Fish Fries. We serve Mondzelewski. Father an-Walleye, Pike or Shrimp,	nounced all of the honorees at
Pierogis or Macaroni and	the Mass. The hall was
Cheese. An added plus is a	packed to the brim! Immedi-
band for your listening and/or ately following the Mass, the
dancing pleasure. The cost is $9.00 per person—children 10 and under is $4.00.
On Mother’s Day, we have our annual Mother’s Day
Brunch (adults $8.00—children and music provided by 10 and under $4.00). This is a Wayne Tomsic. huge success and always very well attended. We serve from 9:00 AM to 12:00 Noon. Also in May, we have a Dinner-Dance honoring someone. In 2003, we honored the Rest of the Band (Wojtilla’s). In 2004, quarterly Newsletter, begin-we will be honoring Eddie ning in January.
Kenik.	Without the fundraisers,
During the first full week of which does keep the Board of June, we hold our Annual Directors very busy, we Rummage Sale. This is one of would not be able to exist to-the hardest working event that day. Donations are always
doors to the Main Hall were opened, where the hall was set for the dinner, followed by a dance. The meal was catered by our own KJ Catering
Something new this year — A Newsletter was sent out to all Certificate Holders in 2003. It was very well accepted and received favorable comments. It will become a
we sponsor. It is one of the best moneymakers we have. It is definitely a lot of work, however, without our volunteers, this would not be possible.
In September, we have our Wine & Cheese Festival. This is another excellent event, but
welcome!
We continue to remodel our upstairs hall by painting and cleaning rooms that have not been used in years. John Kužnik is in charge of the volunteers. The many volunteers include: John Hrovat,
Members and Officers of
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offer their felicitations to each honoree of the respective Slovenian National Homes, with an added personal acknowledgement to our own member,
Federation Slovenian Man of the Year—2004 Anthony J. (Tony) Mannion and to
Newburgh Slovenian Man of the Year - 2004 John M. Hrovat
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Arthur and Florence Zanutic, Willie Mannion, Frank Hrovat, Raymond Zabak, Agnes Zabak, Bob Zabak, Marge Rys, Dorothy Bishop, Dolores Hrovat, Frank Sadar, Joe Zack, Laverne Sadar, Evelyn Yarro, Paul Grill, Anna Mae Mannion, Anna Mae Kostura, Tom Mannion, Tony Mannion, David Ross.
This year, we received donations from the Ellis Electric Company, Fortuna Funeral Home, Lausche Foundation, Federation of Slovenian Homes, A.M.L.A. Lodges #10-20-24, Joseph Lipovec and others.
We have kitchen volunteers for all of our monthly doings. They are: Katie Kawczynski, Jean Fortuna, Anna Mae Kostura, Olga Sray, Mae Kastelic, Mary Jane Stark, Marge Rys and our Board Members. We also have youth members who help when and as they can, too, and are Kaitlin, Sarah and Christine Kawczynski and Alexandria Farone.
During this past year, w'e lost two of our very special supporters. First was Jim Miklich, our handyman. Jim could fix anything and everything. He attended many, if not all, of our fundraisers and loved to dance and have a great time! Second was Genevieve (Nefka)
Kastelic. Nefka was a former Board Member and a great ticket seller! She supported the Nash in any way that she could. When she was not at her table for an event, which was very seldom due to illness, everyone would ask, “Where is Nefka?” Nefka was a great lady and is missed by all.
The main ticket sellers for the Nash are John Kužnik, Anna Mae Mannion and Florence Mirtel. The rest of the Board Members also do their part.
Congratulations to all of the honorees from all of the halls, especially to our John Hrovat. We are very proud, that the Federation of Slovenian Homes has chosen our President, Tony Mannion, as the Federation Slovenian Man of the Year and Celeste Frollo, the Federation Slovenian Woman of the Year. Two VERY deserving people!
Now that you have been caught up on the NEWS from the Nash, perhaps you will come and join us some time. You will be sure to have a great and memorable time!
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John M. Hrovat was born in Cleveland (Newburgh area) on December 29, 1937 to Joseph and Mary Hrovat. John has four brothers: Joseph (deceased), Frank, Martin (deceased), Louis, and one sister, Mary, who is an Adrian Dominican Sister. John’s formative years were closely intertwined with St. Lawrence Church where he was baptized and is an alumnus of St. Lawrence Grade School. He went to Benedictine High School, then,transferred to the Franciscan Monastery in Lemont, Illinois and became a Franciscan Brother.
In 1956, John joined the U. S. Navy. He served on board the U. S. S. Severn. John was in the Navy for two years of active duty and two years of reserve duty.
On November 28, 1959, John and Dolores (Sadar) were married at St. Lawrence Church and have resided in Seven Hills for the past 32 years. They have three children: John (Alicia) Hrovat, Marianne (Dave) Wensel and Dolores (Scott) Rukavina. John and Dolores are the proud grandparents of John III, Allison, James (deceased), ChristieAnn, Joey,
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John was employed as a policeman for the City of Cleveland from 1965 to 1995 and retired after 30 years of service.
John’s dad, Joseph, and father-in-law, Frank Sadar, belonged to Zvon Singing Society at the Slovenian National Home in Newburgh. Steeped in the tradition, John and Dolores encouraged their son
John to play the accordion. What joy he brought to his grandparents as they would sing along with the music in Slovenian.
John and Dolores sang with the Planina Singing Society of Maple Heights, were members of the United Slovenian Society, and are currently board members at the Slovenian National Home, Newburgh, and members of the Newburgh-Maple Heights Pensioners. John is a life-long member ofKSKJ #146 & AM LA #10.
John is a past Vice President of St. Lawrence Holy Name Society and member of St. Columbkille Parish and Holy Name Society in Parma. He was a board member of the TrinityBand Boosters, where their daughters attended school.
John’s hobbies, now that he has retired, have been remodeling a summer home in Pennsylvania. This huge project could not have been accomplished without the help of a few very special friends and family. His other interests include renovating the National Home and other day-to-day tasks as needed. In giving of his time, John is helping to keep the tradition of the “Nash” alive. The benefits of his labor of love are friendship, dancing, singing, and thanking God for all the gifts He has bestowed on our family and friends.
John is a person who is always there to lend a helping hand for whatever needs to be done, not only for family, but for friends and neighbors as well. Life is good!
Congratulations, Dad!
John and Alicia Hrovat Dave and Marianne Wensel Scott and Dolores Rukavina
You’re the Greatest Dad
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On Being Man of the Year! With Much Love,
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It was another busy but successful year at the Ameri-can-Slovenian Club in Fair-port Harbor as we put the finishing touches on the 18 x 30 ft Annex and started enjoying its use. Part of the building is used for storage while the major portion is a beautifully decorated meeting room. The Board of Directors meets there as well as several Slovenian Lodges including AMLA and SNPJ.
The Annex stands as an example of the brother-hood that permeates through the Club as it was built primarily with voluntary labor. Board member Joe Barbish who also worked as the construction
leader, putting his carpentry and woodworking skills to good use on the project designed the building.
There were other capital additions to the Club as a new refrigerator and freezer were put into the kitchen and we christened a new clam steamer that was designed, built, and donated to the Club by new Board member Stan Baucher.
Incidentally, the kitchen is getting more action these days serving sandwiches and some say “the best wings in town.” And three times last year, a group of members who like to play “Slovenian”, under the auspices of John


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As usual, balina plays a big part of the year at the Club. This year we had 17 teams competing five nights a week in the summer league. The winning team consisted of four Grzelys—Lou, John,
Tim and Matt—and Matt Zalar.
A seven-week Fall League, some call it a polar bear, league attracted eight teams and was won by a team consisting of Tony and Mary Jo Bertone, Joanne Lindsco, and John Carlucci.
The year would not be complete without the annual one-day Bucky & Andy Tournament. Members John Leskovec and Andy Pillar sponsor it. Four person teams are comprised of players whose names are drawn from a hat and no hitting is permitted. There is food, drink, and a barrel of laughs all day.
Several special events took place over the year. Ben Wilcoxon, husband of bartender, Char, and operator of a fishing charter boat out of Fairport, donated enough Lake Erie Perch for a fish fry that went over very well and hopefully will become an even bigger annual event.
Another member, Jack Kovach, a culinary artist put on a chicken paprikas dinner during a “Bit of Budapest in Slovenia” night that was sold out.
John Grzely and Matt Zalar had the beef and pork turning on the spit for hours, producing the main food attraction
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for the Slovene of the Year picnic in July honoring Board Member Ann Barbish and the Federation’s Man-of-the-Year, Lou Grzely, the Club’s treasurer. Lou was the third Club member so honored by the Federation. The others were Hank Zalar, long-time treasurer of the Club and owner of the Vogue Lounge in Painesville and Stan Modic who has been affiliated with the Club in various capacities on committees and as a member of the Board for 46 years. Stan is currently serving as president. The covered balina courts were turned into a dance floor as Wayne Tomsic entertained the crowd.
In September, the Clam Bake was a sell out, as usual. Ray Polance provided the music. Other special events included the children’s Christmas party, the members Yule Party featuring Singing Ron Sluga and his swinging strings, and the November membership party.
For the first time in many years the Club entered a float in the village’s Mardi Gras Parade. It had a grape arbor and several accordion players. It took first place in the Float category.
Another first was a cooperative venture with member Tony Petkovšek of Kollander Travel to promote a week’s trip to Slovenia. Thirty folks went along and had a great time enjoying personal meetings with some of the top musicians in that country.


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Carl Golinar, Mr. Fix-It Is Fairport Slovenian Club Man of the Year
He could be known as Mr. Fix-It. But it turns out he is much more than that.
Carl Golinar, the Slovenian Man-of-the-Year represent-mg the American-Slovenian Club in Fairport Harbor, not only fixes, but he also creates solutions for equipment or storage problems as they come up at the Club.
Carl enjoys working with wood and sheet metal. “I like to duplicate or modify Mngs that I see or find in need or repair or replace-ttent,” he says. “I enjoy working with people and helping out whenever possible. My motto is ‘I’m going to do this for you whether you like it or not and most People don’t object when they see the result.” He also enjoys gardening, puttering 'n the yard and babysitting his six grandchildren—four hoys and two girls ranging in age from four to 15. He admits a benefit of baby-sitting his grandchildren was that they taught him how to use the VCR.
Carl has been a member of the ASC for five years and a ,T|ember of the Board of Di-'ectors for three years. He (“Ul'rently serves as vice President. He claims his association with the club has een one of the best experi-^ttces he’s had. “Being a 'fe-long resident of Euclid, Joining the Club made the tjtove to Painesville easier,
0r in the short time we’ve een members we have made
a number of new friends,” Carl says.
“For the past couple of years it has also been a very busy time for Carl and others at the Club as Carl has been very generous in volunteering his time and talents in building the new Annex which includes storage space and a meeting room,” said Stan Modic, Club president in announcing Carl as man-of-the-year. “ His efforts made a major contribution to the successful completion of the new addition to our grounds.”
Behind every busy man, there is usually a supportive woman and Carl is no exception. He has been married to Pauline (Daniels) for 44 years. She can also be seen at the Club helping out in the kitchen at various events.
The couple moved to Painesville from Euclid in 1999. They have two children, Steven and Sharon, and six grandchildren.
Carl was born in Euclid in 1935 to Frank and Katherine (Juran) who immigrated to the U.S. from Hotiza, Slovenia, at the turn of the century. He was the 121'1 of 13 children. Eight are still living. Five sisters, Ann, Rose, Mary, Martha, and Margaret all live in Euclid. One brother, Don, lives in Mentor while a second brother, John, resides in Highland Hgts.
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and Euclid Senior High. He graduated in 1953 and the next day went to work for Crescent Metal Products. He retired from there 43 years later in 1995 as a foreman.
He was drafted into the army in 1958. After basic training he was stationed in Friedburg, Germany, with Elvis Presley with whom he got quite well acquainted. Carl says Presley wasn’t permitted to perform there because of contract restrictions but was treated pretty' much like any other GI.
Not listening to Elvis’ rock ‘n roll didn’t bother Carl, who was really a polka-loving kind of guy. For a time during the 1960s he worked part-time as a bartender at Gorse’s Tavern. This gave him an opportunity to rub elbows with some of the leading polka personalities of that time—Pecon, Luzar, Haller, Kotnick to name a few-—that showed up for the labeled jam sessions at Gorse’s.
In addition to his activity at the ASC. Carl has been active in the American Legion Post 343 in Euclid for some 20 years and was named that organization’s man-of-the-year in 1992. He also has been a member of the Euclid Slovenian Men’s Club. Carl is also a car buff and keeps up on the current trends in the automotive industry. Fie can readily spot and identify cars that date back into the 30s and 40s.
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2004 Federation Archive Report
The writer records the activity of the Federation of Slovenian National Homes, its affiliate member Halls, of fellow Slovenians who have been recognized for their out standing achievements to their respective Slovenian Homes and/or for the benefit to the Greater Cleveland Slovenian community.
March 2003
The Slovenian community gathered to recognize this year’s honorees on Saturday, March 15, 2003 at the 42““ Slovenes of the Year Awards Banquet hosted at the Slovenian National Home located on St. Clair Avenue in Cleveland, Ohio.
Historian Footnote: This is the Federations forty-forth annual dinner and the forty-second annual awards recognition program. This is noted for a perspective of historic fact from actual Federation meeting minutes.
The Slovenian Workmen’s Home, hosted the 2003 banquet, with the Home representatives and members of the Federation coordinating all arrangements for the gala evening event.
At the March 18lh meeting held at the West Park Slovenian Hdme located on West 130,h Street in Cleveland, Ohio, a discussion about the concluded banquet gave highlights on a number of issues. Compliments were expressed about the cook, Julia Zalar and staff, to the comasters of ceremony, Patricia Ipavec-Clarke and to Charles F. Ipavec, to Mary Blatnik for her decorations, and to the host Home for their wonderful coordination of the successful event.
The meeting continued with reports from the Homes representatives. Election of Federation Officers will take place at the May 20,h meeting at the Slovenian Society Home of Collinwood.
May 2003
The Executive Board was disbanded and election of new officers for 2003 took place with the following roster of officers: President, Patricia Ipavec-Clarke from the Slovenian National Home on St. Clair Avenue; First Vice President, Anthony Mannion from the Slovenian National Home No.2 on East 80lh; Second Vice President, Robert Royer from the West Park Slovenian Home; Treasurer, Lou Grzley from the Fairport Slovene Home; Recording Secretary, Chris Novak from the Slovenian Society Home on Recher Avenue; Auditors: Anna Mae Mannion, Slovenian National Home No.2 from East 80,h, Evelyn Pipoly, Slovenian
Society Home of Collinwood
on Holmes Avenue, and Edward Gabrosek, from the Slovenian Independent Society Home; Historian,
Joseph F. Petrie of the Slovenian Society Home on Recher Avenue, John Habat of the Slovenian Society Home of Collinwood on Holmes Avenue; Historian Emeritus, Ella Samanich of the West Park Slovenian Home on West 130lh; Legal Advisor, Charles F. Ipavec of the Slovenian National Home on St. Clair Avenue. The Officers for 2003 were swom in by Charles F. Ipavec.
Activities for the month consisted of a Night at the Races hosted by the Slovenian National Home on St. Clair Avenue and monthly Poor Man’s Raffles
held on the last Wednesday of each month.
A donation to each Slovenian National Home was Christmas Dinner made at the meeting to assist December. The representa-
their endeavors.	t,ves and 2004 honorees and
Slovenian Society Home of guests Wl11 be in attendance.
Euclid, Ohio hosted a morning Memorial Day remembrance with a buffet breakfast served by the Ladies Auxiliary.
Representatives from the Slovenian Workmen’s Home reported that renovation to the upper hall was completed. Also, St. Jerome Church has rented the lower hall for bingo for one year.
The Federation of Slovenian National Homes nominated	unanimously
Anthony Mannion as Man of the Year and Celeste Frollo as Woman of the Year from the Federation for 2004.
NOVEMBER 2003
Tickets for Tony Petkovsek’s	Thanksgiving
Day Party were purchased by the Federation and raffled off to members.
The Lorain Slovenian
til
Home hosted their 80 Anniversary Dinner, which was sold out.
The Slovenian National Home on St. Clair will host the annual Federation
DECEMBER 2003
every week at the Slovenian Workmen’s Home is very busy and is doing well by the Ladies Auxiliary. If you enjoy
purchased the house on the back property for additional parking.
It was reported at the July meeting that Mrs. Zalar will take care of the catering at the 2004 awards banquet.
SEPTEMBER 2003
The Slovenian National Home on East 80th hosted a for the
Home.
A donation of $20,000 was made to the Friends of Slovenian National Home on St. Clair from the Germ Trust. The board of directors were very happy and thankful for the generous donation.
The Home also reported that Sifco Industries, a manufacturing company located on East 64th Street, donated four parcels of land to the Home for additional sixty-two parking spaces.
Slovenian Society Home
The Federation is also grateful to the American Home Publishing Company for the printing of this twenty-fifth tabloid edition.
We pause for a moment to remember all our departed members and honorees-Their endeavors have driven the purpose and practices th6 Federation of Slovenian National Homes stands f°t-Through their examples anO encouragement,	futut6
generations will be able to perpetuate the Slovenia*1
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benefiting the Home, attend- our communities, ance was very good.
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A delicious dinner was served to all attendees at the Christmas dinner hosted at the Slovenian National Home’s mi 2003	Kenik Room. President
The Friday Fish Fry hosted Ipavec-Clarke introduced the
2004 Slovenian Men and
Women of the Year.
The representatives and guests at the dinner made
a good fish dinner, please donatiorns 1° ^ S1°ve"® come to the Waterloo Home. Home for the ASed and th® The Slovenian National amoulntj c°lle5ted . Home on St. Clair Avenue has matched by the Federation m
a collective amount 01
$700.00.
The Ipavec family attended the Slovenian	American
Heritage Bishop Pevec St. Nicholas benefit	for the
needy. A	check	was
presented	from	the
Federation for $100.00.
The Federation thanks the media for coverage of the wine/Cheese	Fest	for	the	2004 awards	banquet,
benefit	of	the	Home,	especially to Tony Petkovec
Attendance was well attended f°r his personal interview of by members and friends of the the main honorees.
West Park Salutes the Vets
Some fifty years ago the young men of West Park, who served their country in World War II, began coming home. Most of these men were close childhood buddies, and if they were not they found their common experience in war made them close. This close-
ness brought them together to I form a social organization that would perpetuate their com-mdeship. Their first effort was to organize with the help of Annunciation Catholic church the West Park Catholic War Veterans. After a few years with interest waning the members became disillusioned for whatever reasons; they decided to start an independent veteran’s organization.
The decision to break away Would mark the beginning of the West Park Veterans Club.
The new social club with few members, approached the leaders of the West Park
Slovenian Home and negoti-ated a deal to use their basement meeting room once a month for holding monthly meetings. The Slovenian eadership approved the deal charging the veterans $3.00 Per month. In a few short ^ears the membership in the est Park Veterans began to jpmtv. With growth came °wling teams, baseball teams arid social activities for veter-ans and their families. As ^owth continued into the 50’s members decided it was time 0 make their social club a *ate recognized chartered Wterans organization.
Members organized to Pr°cure a State charter. The ctnbership chose a consti-Utl°nal committee to draw a new Constitution and WLaws. After months of 0rk they submitted a Con-’hition and By-Laws to the l^mbership f°r approval.
J Membership approved ^ d submitted them to the dte of Ohio for review < approval. The exis-nce of the West Park Vet-wans of Cleveland, Ohio .as approved on February ’ 1952. Under the guid-^ Ce °f President Albert SteSta anc* Secretary, Jack
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With an influx of younger members who served in Korea and Vietnam, members in
1972	decided it was time to look for a new meting place. After negotiating a lease in
1973	with Leonard and Josephine Brodnik for their property at 4629 West 130,h Street the west park Veterans had a new place to do business and hold regular meetings.
In 1998 the West Park Veterans returned to the West Park Slovenian Home to hold their monthly meetings and continue their long time relationship with the Slovenian Home.
The West Park Veterans now have more than 110 members and can boast of having members through a third generation who have all served their country proudly and honorably. Many members have moved from the neighborhood but still return to see old friends, reminisce about the past and always plan for the future. It is not very often a troop of men and their families have friendships lasting more than fifty years and have brought together new friends with a common bond that could last fifty years.
Representing West Park Vets is John Piter. John was born in April, 1948 to George and Laverne Pinter. He was raised in the West Park area and graduated from John Marshall High.
In 1968 he married the Slovenian love of his life, Diane Hosta.
He was inducted into the Army in 1969 and received communications training and then was posted to Germany. He and Donna lived in a small German village and had the opportunity to travel all over Western Europe.
After discharge in 1971, John went to work for Ohio Bell from where he retired in May, of 2002 with 31 years service.
John joined the West P^rk Vets in 1972 and became secretary in 1976. An office he holds to this day.
John graduated from Cuyahoga Community College in 1986 where he earned an associates degree in Industrial Management.
John is proud to say he is a social member of West Park Slovenian Home.
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BOARD OF DIRECTORS
Robert Royer, Pres.	Chuck Gove, VP
Rudy Pivik, Hall Treas.
Michelle Bartunek Treas. Marie Pivik, Social Dir.
Auditors
Theresa Krisby, Marian Royer	Ruth Lach
West Park Update
With all of the turmoil in our world today the West Park board of directors are proud to take this opportunity to honor all of our veterans, but in particular our own neighborhood men “the West Park Vets”. God bless them and thanks.
This past year (2003) was one of the most challenging in our recent history. The club-room business continued to drop off and by the end of the year it was necessary to close the barroom and re-organize. Hopefully with new promotions and renewed energy we will be able to bounce back. While we were closed it gave us a chance to do some renovations and painting.
The bright spot of our year was once again the Friday night dances. With a faithful following and wonderful musicians we always have a great time. Marie and Rudy Pivik do a great job of lining up the top bands in the greater Cleveland area. Bill and bob man the bar and make sure everyone is happy.
We are looking forward to adding a few new people to our board of directors to allow us to share the load, and possibly add some other activities to our calendar.
Congratulations to all of the honorees and especially the West Park Vets.
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Mimi Stibil
Ruth Lach
Joe Peresutti
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