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Garibaldi’s Adopt Baby Girl from China
Mark, Pia and Andre Garibaldi from Morrisville, A went to China to adopt a I'ttle baby girl.
She was bom in Hunan r°vince and was brought |° the orphanage by a po-1Cernan. If you give birth to a baby girb yOU are forced 8*ve her away or have an a ortion. China has a “One ^ hd per farnjiy” policy.
0se who break the law ^ find themselves fined Reportedly up to 3 years "alary) or the inability to egister the birth of the 'Id. If the birth is not Properly registered, the
‘ fi is unable to attend schools.
A couple with more than
one child may also find it impossible to find a job or receive land. This policy coupled with the century-old cultural bias toward boys, has resulted in the abandonment of thousands of healthy infant girls.
At the beginning it was hard for the baby to adjust. She was eating grownup food and without teeth she had a hard time chewing.
On June 11, 2000, she was baptized and became a Christian. Her name is Alexandra. They kept her Chinese name Yanhua (translated: magnificent, or splendid swallow) as her
middle name. Hopefully.
she will grow up, stay healthy and realize how much she is loved.
Pia is the daughter of the late John Krepfl and Gloria of Wickliffe, Ohio, sister of Martin of Colorado Springs, CO, and Monica of Chicago. Pia is an emergency room physician at the Medical Center of Princeton, New Jersey, and Mark is a Computer Programmer for the Attorney General’s Office in New Jersey.
They all hope Alexandra will become a proud American and cherish the freedom that this country offers. God bless them all.
Slovenian Coalition in a Crisis But will Carry On
LJUBLJANA, Slovenia -Slovenia’s ruling parties declared their coalition agreement dead on Wednesday after falling out over a new electoral law, but agreed to remain in government until a general election.
The end of the coalition agreement between Prime Minister Andrej Bajuk’s conservative People’s Party (SLS) and the center-right Social Democrats (SDS) followed a parliamentary vote on Tuesday night to enshrine the present proportional representation system in the constitution.
The Social Democrats, the junior party in the coalition, had wanted to replace it with a “winner takes all” majority voting system.
The two parties depend on the votes of independents for their slender majority of parliament.
Bajuk, who also supports the majority system, said he would remain in office until the election, but intended to form a new party after that.
“I decided to leave the party and form a new political option... but will use all my powers to ensure continuous normal work of the present government,” Bajuk told a news conference.
Among prominent SLS members only Foreign Minister Lojze Peterle has so far said he was considering joining the new party.
The head of SLS, Franc Zagožen, said his party would continue to support the coalition and that he saw no reason for Bajuk to resign as prime minister.
“We expect parliament will be ready for constructive work... A no-confidence vote just before elections is not an option,” Zagožen told a separate news conference.
The Social Democrats also said they intend to remain in government.
Social Democrat spokeswoman Patricija Sasek said. “The main task of the new government is to continue Slovenia's preparations for the European Union and this should not depend upon problems in internal politics.”
Months of political uncertainty have delayed Slovenia’s preparations for possible membership in the European Union.
Parliament faces a substantial backlog of legislation which must be adopted to hannonize the prosperous alpine republic’s laws with those of the EU. Slovenia started EU membership negotiations in 1998 and hopes to be ready to join by 2003.
Political commentators said the coalition had a reasonable chance of holding together for the next few months.
Jozef Watson becomes an Eagle Boy Scout
Jozef Watson received his Eagle rank in Boy Scouts this Just )cto^er' T*1'8 is the highest rank a Boy Scout can earn.
over 2% of the registered Scouts attain the Eagle, d , °zefis Eagle project involved the construction of wood houses and bat houses. These houses were mounted to
free
s m Indianapolis’ Eagle Creek Park.
Ea i °Ze^ *S 3 rnemfier °f Troop 269 which is sponsored by has* C ^ree*c Eark. Jozef earned 21 Boy Scout merit badges. It the en many years of effort and determination to achieve an Eagle. In addition, Jozef earned the “Arrow of
^ade!-6 •*laS servefi as assistant senior patrol leader, patrol °Uts ’'nstructor and troop guide. He attended many camp-been .? Went to several summer camps. His father, Jerry, has 'h Scq etrooP treasurer through most of Jozef s involvement
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grands C 'S ^ son ^erry anci Margaret Watson and the ahd {(j.*1 Patella Valant Watson. He has two sisters, Marija ’stina. They are all members of SNPJ #34. Jozef s
great-grandparents were Louis and Louise (Dragan) Valant. His great-grandfather, Louis Valant, was Lodge #34’s secretary in the 1930s.
Jozef and his family are also members of St. Aloysius KSKJ Lodge #52. He and his family try to participate in the many lodge activities. Their latest participation was the KSKJ canoe trip on Whitewater River. He recalls the water was very “refreshing” at times. Jozef has participated in the last two KSKJ basketball tournaments. In 1999, his team came in first place.
Jozef and his family are members of the Slovenian Cultural Society and help them in their participation in the annual International Festival.
Jozef and his family recently greeted the Indiana Pacers’ first draft choice, Slovenian Primož Brezec at the airport.
He also plays his trumpet for the Slovenian Choir at Holy Trinity Catholic Church. He generally can be heard at Easter and Christmas. His father and great-aunt Jeanie Gorenc Miley sing in the Slovenian Choir.
AMERIŠKA DOMOVINA, AUGUST 3, 2000
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Slovenian Bands Plan Benefit at Pristava
Sunday, August 13 will be a unique opportunity to relive a slice of the past. Since the 1960s, numerous bands have come and gone, but each has left its mark on your memories. Maybe as a teen you danced late into the night at New Year’s Eve
festivities. The place, Baragov Dom, the orchestra, Sonnet. Or maybe it was your wedding reception at the Slovenian Home on Holmes Ave. 500-600 people gathered into the smoke-filled upper hall while everyone danced into the early morning hours. Were you there when the youngest musicians in the Cleveland area made their debut at the Slovenian Home? That night a group of teens calling themselves the Wanderers played publicly, albeit nervously, for the first time.
You’ve probably been to the Oktoberfest more than a few times and dances to the music of the Alpine Sextet and enjoyed Duke Mar sic's Happy Slovenians. Funny how the lilting strains of
Avsenik polka and waltzes were always easy to find rising above the din of the crowd. All of these bands have, at some point in time, touched your life.
Think back, and draw from the depths of your memory those moments that were somehow enriched by the music created by the bands of the last 35 years.
It was just such a conversation about past musical moments that recently sparked the creation of an event reuniting these musicians and singers. Members of past bands, Sonnet, Duke Mar sic’s Happy Slovenians, the Wanderers, and the Alpine Sextet have willingly agreed to take their musical instruments out of storage, dust them off, tune them up, and play for your listening and dancing pleasure. Plan to attend this event reuniting the bands of the past. Also take the opportunity to reunite with friends, neighbors and acquaintances spanning the last 35 years, and share a few memories.
Slovenska Pristava will host this event on Sunday, Aug. 13 at 3 p.m., rain or shine. All proceeds will benefit the Slovenska Pristava. —Tony Ovsenik
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The Smell Will Tell
by RUDY FLIS
This past Friday was unique. It smelled. And it smelled from mid-morning until the end of the working day. It all started at Malen-sek’s Meat Market. I picked up about 10 pounds of smoked klobase for friends and customers. The klobase was in my passenger seat emitting a tantalizing smell as I drove. Wow, what a great smell.
On my way to Norwalk, I stopped at a peach orchard and bought a basket of peaches. Soft, juicy and sweet smelling they were. I put them on the back seat in my car. Every once in a while their sweet smell sneaked into my nostrils, causing my mouth to moisten. “They’ll make great pies,” I thought.
After Norwalk, I headed for Strongsville. I found myself on a road in midconstruction, with what seemed like a million orange barrels and one lane of traffic in each direction. Did I mention S-L-O-W traffic.
I was stopped for a red light. It was hot. My windows were closed and my car was kicking out cool air, making my drive more bearable. Just before the light turned green for me, a garbage truck made a turn pulling on the road just ahead of me. It was a big
juicy smelling garbage truck. The air behind the truck was very heavy and smelly- The garbage truck driver had t° be an experienced driveF because he was driving very slow, but just fast enough t0 keep the smell out of his cab-And can you guess where the smell was going? That s right. Right into my air conditioning system. Getting cool as it entered my car, <h nothing good for the garbag6 smell. The smell seemed aS bad as the honey-dew wag' ons of Germany I remember so well.
My appetite for suppe^ was almost gone, when all o a sudden from nowhere was the smell of sweet peaches-Thank you Lord. What a sweet saving smell it was-
Highway construction
ended. Two lanes of traf,c now and I floored my 8aS pedal while lowering ^ windows to let in very h° FRESH air. The juicy gar' bage truck and its smell wef
listory.	f
This winter I will sav<^ he flavor of a peach P‘ weet and juicy, but not | nemory of the big faf JulC nd smelly garbage truck- _ As I passed that srne^,, uicy garbage truck, I j red my car windows an ^ xperienced the true nic^ ng of the old saying*


Annual St. Jude Parish Festival
On Sunday, Sept. 3 St. Jude Parish, 590 Popular Elyria, Ohio will hold their annual festival and chicken ^ B-Q dinner on the parish grounds from 12 noon until 9 p-There are activities for all ages and plenty of food.
Pastor is Rev. Frank P. Kosem.
Starting Over in America
by ANTON ŽAKELJ
translated and edited by
JOHN ŽAKELJ
(Continuedfrom last week)
Thursday, Sept. 17, 1953 Mrs. M. begged for a delay in the eviction until the end of the month. After checking with the attorney, 1 agreed, on the condition that she pay September’s rent by Monday. She no longer has visitors night or day.
Roman Švajger returned from the seminary in Cincinnati after 8 days. He realized that the priesthood is not right for him.
The Cerar family (in the npstairs apartment) bought a television and invited us to come watch.
Sunday, Sept. 20, 1953 Beautiful weather. In the afternoon, I took son John to ^ee Karel Mauser’s play Kaplan Klemen” in the St. Clair Slovenian National Home. It was produced by Ciga (the League of Slove-nian American Catholics) and was well done.
Tuesday, Sept. 22,1953 At the shop, the foreman Was upset about the poor Quality of our work. The steel is so hard and brittle that the threads crumble as VVe cut them.
Wednesday, Sept. 23,1953 Mrs. M. hasn’t paid her rent as she promised
At the shop, they brought ots °f new parts to work on.
e 11 have enough work for ^aturdays and 10 hours a day next week. O.K.! Thursday, Sept. 24, 1953 The M. family received a etter from the court that eV will be forcibly evicted ^morrow if they don’t leave y 1ft p.m. tonight.
Saturday, Sept. 26,1953 Nothing happened with ^ e M. family yesterday. To-ay they finally moved out. r' M. said this house isn’t in0rth $3,000 - its all rotten the basement. He is par-
tial!
y right.
Sunday, Sept. 27,1953 At St. Vitus we got a new t’est. Father J. Varga.
f n the afternoon, the Kete ramily
came to look at the
>ty apartment; then also
l^U ' Nrtnota, Jakob Fortuna, O" Erznožnik and the Ca Senek family. Jože Kete
'viti,6 'n t*ie evenin&
cho ^0r October. We ho°Se a wallpaper. Then two Urs later, Mrs. Kete came
thi an<d cancelled every-
haclf 1 ^aVe ^er t^ie'r money 'Vork ^ Kete Promised t0 niak *°r me C°r a day to ® UP for the trouble, jnday, Sept. 28,1953
Pare/ ^ Came and pre'
kitchen in the
etppt Micnen m me ^ apartment for wallpa-
pering.
In the evening, our sponsor Mary Brežic from Willard, Wisconsin, arrived for a visit. We still call her “Aunt” as we did when we lived with her and Mr. Brežic on their farm during our first six months in America.
We would normally be very happy to see Aunt Mary, but just now, everybody in the family is sick and throwing up.
Tuesday, Sept. 29,1953
Although I still felt sick, I went to work this morning. I only lasted until noon and went to see the doctor. He gave me a shot and pills.
At 10 p.m. I went with “Aunt” Mary to the railroad station downtown. She complimented me on the houses. She thinks we made a good purchase.
Monday, Oct. 5,1953
I enrolled in an evening English course taught by Mr. R. Moore.
After 5 years, I received my first letter from Frau Ruhlicke, an old friend in East Germany. Our correspondence began during the war, when I ordered a machine from her husband’s factory. I didn’t have the proper ration cards, but she was willing to accept a different type of ration card. Our business and correspondence continued through the war. When the war-time shortages and other problems got much worse in Slovenia. 1 complained to her about that. In her reply, she tried to revive my spirits by reminding me that fortune never falls on sagging shoulders.
But hard times came to her, too. Towards the end of the war, two bombs fell on their factory. The first bomb buried her husband, but the second one uncovered him. He is still alive. Other bombs destroyed everything in the city. The only thing left standing was the factory’s chimney, but after the war, the neighbors took that down and used the bricks to rebuild their houses. Her
husband became so depressed, he shot himself. She went to Munich, where they had a home, but found that the Allied troops had thrown out all the furniture and burned it.
I wrote to Frau Ruhlicke and reminded her of the encouragement she had earlier given to me.
Friday, Oct. 9,1953
Our ad appeared in the “Ameriška Domovina” today: “5 room apartment with bathroom for rent. Inquire at 5515 Carry Ave.”
Very soon a number of people came to look at the apartment:	Mrs. Zupančič
from Glass Ave., with some friends. Then Melaher, Petrovčič, Valenšak, and others. Finally Mr. T., who didn’t seem completely satisfied, offered me $60, and I agreed.
Sunday, Oct. 11,1953 Mr. and Mrs. Hace are celebrating their 50^ wedding anniversary today. Monday, Oct. 12,1953 I worked on preparing the apartment and missed the English course.
Wednesday, Oct. 14,1953 I bought six 4’ x 8’ pieces of plywood at Fleishman’s and other lumber at Erie Lumber.
At Erie Lumber, I asked how much of a discount they would give me if I paid cash. They said I could get a 3% discount if I paid on 30 day credit, but no discount for cash. I can’t understand this. In Europe, the sooner we
paid, the less we paid. I’m beginning to believe the saying, “Whatever was right in Europe must be wrong to be right in America.” Thursday, Oct. 15,1953 Mr. Rihtar helped me put up new plywood walls in the empty apartment. Cilka worked on the plaster walls and prepared them for wallpapering.
Sunday, Oct. 18,1953 Mr. T. cut linoleum for the kitchen floor all afternoon. He doesn’t know what he’s doing and he is not willing to listen. He and his
wife have one child. They don’t have anything and they don’t pray.
Monday, Oct. 19,1953 In the evening, I worked on connecting the heater in T’s apartment and missed the English course again. Friday, Oct. 23,1953 The papers are writing about a possible war breaking out for Trieste, which was not settled at the end of World War II. The Anglo-Americans want to give it to Italy, but Tito is threatening war. They say that all men aged 18 - 55 in Jugoslavia are being drafted.
At the shop, there was a collection for Mr. Gosar, who has been in the hospital for three days for a hernia.
Saturday, Oct. 24,1953
At 7:45 a.m. we went to a Mass at St. Vitus for Rafko Zonta, who died in Korea this July.
Thursday, Oct. 29,1953
The paycheck today was for $140 plus a bonus of $74 - more than I expected!
In the evening, I went to the first meeting of the Norwood Community Council. The speaker was police chief Storey.
(To Be Continued)
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Enjoying the tranquility of an evening at Our Lady of Lourdes Shrine in Euclid, Ohio, during the KSKJ sponsored devotions to Our Lady of Brezje last May 23 is Janez Blatnik of Slovenia visiting with his grandsons Andrew Turk, 4-years-old, and his brother, Mattew, 2-years-old. Parents are Dr. David and Neja Turk of University Heights, Ohio.
(Photo by Phil Hrvatin)
News from Martin Krpan Society
'SLOVENE FOLK TALES'
Slovenia and Abroad
Dr. Andrej Bajuk stepped down from the party that elected him prime minister of the Republic of Slovenia. He will be starting his own party.
Gas prices in Slovenija have been dropping just like in the US. Slovenia still has the cheapest gas in all of Europe.
The Slovenian House in the city of Sydney, Australia is rated one of the best among all the nations who have set up facilities for athletes and tourists during the Olympic games. There will be a restaurant that will be catering Slovenian peasant food.
So if you are going to the games, visit this place where Slovenian culture and athletes will be hanging out.
Top Olympic athletes of the Republic of Slovenia are:
■S Brigita Bukovec: Track and Field
S Iztok Cop: Rowing
^ Britta Bilac: Track and Field
S Gregor Cankar: Track and Field
v' Mitja Petkovšek: Gymnastics
v' Alenka Bikar: Track and Field
^ Slovenian Handball Team: 15 athletes
Slovenian News in Cleveland:
Congratulations to St. Vitus Parish for having a nice picnic. It was especially good seeing a lot of Pristava members coming out of the woodwork like Mr. Tony Petkovšek and many others. Veseli godci played true Slovenian music for the die-
hard Slovenians who listened and danced all day.
Camp Pristava was a success as usual. Fifty young Slovenian campers came out and had a very good time. Head Counselor Franci Zalar had them hard at work all week. The only sad thing was that not a lot of Slovenian language was used among the campers. I know the language is one of the hardest in the world, but they say if you start them off young they will learn it.
The Primorski klub will be having their annual veselica at Slovenska Pristava on the 61*1 of August. Ansambel Tony Klepec will be playing for dancing and pleasure.
Slovenska Pristava will be hosting Slovenski dan on the B1*1 of August. This day will be of great enjoyment as bands will be playing that have not played in many years. Please come and join us as this will probably be a once-in-a-lifetime event to see true Slovenian bands reunite for this one day.
The Martin Krpan Society will be hosting its 1st annual fundraiser early next year. The money raised will be for the Slovenian Cultural Center to be built in the Cleveland area. After many hours of meeting under the middle pole at the bar of Slovenska Pristava, and debating the issues at hand, we have come to a conclusion that this endeavor will be a good thing for the Cleveland area Slovenians.
Comments to the editor: martin_krpan@hotmail.com
Taxing Social Security
Let’s examine how Social Security is taxed. For example, a single, retired person who receives $950 a month ($11,400 annually) from Social Security, a pension of $1,600 per month ($19,200 annually) and $1,200 a month ($14,400 annually) interest from CD’s, Money Market Accounts, Trust Mortgages, Bonds, Savings, etc. can expect to pay tax on their Social Security. As follows:
!4 of Social Security $5,700 Pension & Taxable Acct 33,600 Total combined income 39,300 Threshold (single) 25,000 Exceeded threshold 14,300 How $14,300 is calculated 50% x $9,000 = $4,500 85% x $5,300 = $4,505 SOCIAL SECURITY SUBJECT TO TAX $9,005 Potential tax on
Social Security	$2,521
(Based on a 1999 Federal tax bracket of 28%.
$9,005x28% = $2,521)
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The rock “needle”
Once upon a time a giant lived on the mountain of Raduha, hunting deer between Solčava and Luče. He had everything in abundance, except for a wife. One day, however, he found a lady in the woods near the river Savinja. She was as tall as a fir tree. The giant asked her to sew a shirt for him. “How can I sew a shirt for you if I do not have a needle?” she complained.
The giant went to the top of Raduha, broke off a big rock and gnawed it down to make a sharp needle. After he had collected some deerskins, his wife made a shirt for him, but before she had finished her work, a big rock fell from the mountain and killed her.
Howling with grief, the giant took the needle and threw it into the valley. It is still there today, driven into the ground.
Desperate and lonely, the giant dragged himself back into the cave and from that day to this nobody has ever seen him. However, he still hunts deer on Raduha and drinks water in the underground cave at the intermittent spring. When the water level slows to a trickle in the spring, it shows that the giant has quenched his thirst.
The mountain of
ŠMARNA GORA
Once upon a time there lived a giant on the territory around Srnama gora. His name was Hurst.
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All the farmers living there were afraid of the big, wicked giant who stole their cattle and destroyed their fields.
The giant lived in a cave and a big dangerous dog was his only friend.
A 16-year-old boy, Kajžerjev Janez, a poor widow’s son, decided to kill the giant. He took a big stick and a bag with a rabbit in it and crossed the river Sava one day early in the morning.
As he came to the cave, the giant’s dog woke up and sprang upon the boy, but he quickly opened the bag. The rabbit jumped out of it, and ran away. The dog ran after the rabbit and so Janez got rid of the guard dog.
The giant woke up and came out of the cave. He sneezed so strongly that he blew the boy across the river into the crowd of people who stood watching the boy-When the people ran off, the angry giant started to throw big stones at the boy across the river. He kept throwing stones all day long. In the evening he took a big step over the river. He was pleased to see the big heap of stones he had made. He was sure the boy was buried at the bottom. So he sat on the top of the heap and sank down into it, never to reap' pear. The boy had earlier escaped and went home to a hero’s welcome.
The place where the giant disappeared is seen today as the saddle between Šmarna gora and Grmada.
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The Story of St. Vitus Village
(This is the second of a con-1 inuing series of articles “bout St. Vitus Village, the fifst concentrated new permanent housing to be erected in the St. Clair Ave-nue area over the past 50 years)
by STANE KUHAR
New 'n the
permanent housing St. Clair Avenue
ne*ghborhood was being by-Passed in the 1970s and 980s due to a number of act°rs. These included but Were not limited to ineffec-b^e political leadership, loss of so-called “middle in-^me” households where ®adership and professional j* 'll set on this issue could ave developed, and a jpneral lack of direction or tocus.
% the early 1990s a brief Opportunity arose for new errnanent housing in a most eculiar site. That being the airier East Madison Ele-entary School and sur-r°unding area.
^ East Madison Elementary anCho°l. one of the oldest sch St'** stancling elementary had0°*S *n ^leveland’ Ohio,
. already seen its glory
the^ an^ Was a disaster in taking over a number of
stru^	buildings	were
ctUraHy unsafe, windows \Va^e broken, school yard ovgr * hazard, and general a maintenance was
being neglected. The end result of years of neglect was an old and unsafe building for any person, much less little children.
A proposal was made to the business and political leadership of the St Clair Avenue neighborhood in the following manner: the entire site would be purchased, asbestos would be removed along with related materials, and the existing buildings would be demolished.
In place of the decrepit buildings 17 new town-houses would be erected for working class families. The townhouses would have to be purchased, meaning home owners would reside there versus renters. In addition to the 17 townhouses future plans called for seven more townhouses. Financing would have been available via funding from the United Auto Workers Union. But the former political leadership in Ward 13 was opposed to this plan. In the end this idea died.
The outcome of that decision is apparent today. The buildings of the former East Madison School are even more neglected than in the 1990s, significantly more of a safety and fire hazard for surrounding residential neighborhood, and no new investment dollars for nearly six-to-seven years. The only improvements to the former
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Representatives of the estate of the (late) Joseph Smole approached St. Vitus Parish in the early 1990s with a request to determine if the parish was interested in purchasing three permanent parcels of land that had four buildings and set of garages located on Glass Avenue, and directly across the street from St. Vitus School.
After much dialogue, a decision after consultation by both parish finance advisory and pastoral councils that the property in question could be purchased but for only one of two uses: parking, or if enough property were available to seriously consider the idea of permanent housing, either re-habbed or new, for seniors.
There were several factors incorporated in this decision-making process. A new housing proposal in the East 36tb Street and Payne Avenue area was being purchased for permanent housing needs of Chinese Americans on a much smaller piece of land than in the St. Clair Avenue area.
Second, the Sisters of Notre Dame had informed the parish that its community would no longer be residing in the St. Vitus Convent. This meant the possibility, if feasible, to connect the convent building and land to the proposed property being offered by the Estate of Joseph Smole.
And third, a number of parishioners had begun to individually indicate that an independent form of living in the parish area would be acceptable to them; and they would live in such an environment.
At this point the last living member of the Perusek family from Bonna Avenue passed away. Ms. Angela
Perusek had been assisted by the senior ministry program and had decided that upon her demise the bulk of her estate would pass to the parish with a restriction that the proceeds be used to continue
this ministry by the parish.
After the estate had been adjudicated through probate court the parish received approximately $500,000. It was at this juncture that the parish could have a starting point toward the possibility of providing permanent housing for seniors in an independent living arrangement.
By September 1995 Bishop Anthony M. Pilla, diocese of Cleveland, gave permission to St. Vitus Parish to purchase real property of the estate of Joseph Smole on Glass Avenue for the two stated purposes described above. It should be noted that all real property purchased by a Catholic parish is held in the name of the then residing bishop of a diocese even though the parish normally pays for the said property while at the same time must perform all related maintenance on the property at a parish’s expense. The property is therefore always titled in the name of the bishop’s office (and not individually).
After the interior and exterior of the buildings were examined it was determined
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that rehabilitation or remodeling would not be a prudent approach. Asbestos would have to be removed and the four buildings and set of garages would have to be demolished. The site could then be used as a temporary parking facility until the
question of permanent housing for seniors could be addressed.
To this end then Councilman Gus Frangos, Ward 13, helped secure a $50,000 block grant for these two related tasks as he understood the significance such a project could achieve for the St. Clair Avenue neighborhood.
By July 1996 all remaining residents had been resettled and the process of asbestos removal began in earnest. By October 1996 all of the buildings had been demolished so that by November 1996 a security fence was installed. By this time an Ad Hoc Committee was established to seriously begin the process of visiting like-kind facilities in northeast Ohio and make a report on the feasibility for permanent new housing for seniors in an independent living manner.
(To Be Continued)
Dr. Neilsen Scholarship Grants
St. Vitus Endowment Trust, under the administration of St. Vitus Parish, Cleveland, Ohio, is pleased to announce first time available applications for the Dr. Neilsen American Slovenian Scholarship Grant Program.
Applications will be available to incoming college freshmen and sophomores only. Criteria is based on merit (academic record) and volunteer/leadership activities, especially involvement in American Slovenian communities. Applicants must be of Slovenian descent. Grants range from $250 to a maximum of $500 per applicant. Applications will be processed on a first come, first served basis. A limit of $5,000 will be awarded per school year.
Core requirements include a grade point average of 3.00 or higher (senior year) and an accumulative grade point average of 3.00 (or higher.) Copy of most recent report is required.
Applications must be obtained in person at St. Vitus Parish Rectory, 6019 Glass Avenue, Cleveland, Ohio 44103. Applicants must be able to present valid identification. For school year 2000-2001 applications will be available from July 26 to Aug. 18, 2000.
Contact the parish rectory during normal business hours of 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday thru Friday at (216) 361-1444 for additional information.
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AMERIŠKA DOMOVINA, AUGUST 3,
AMERIŠKA DOMOVINA, AUGUS1 3, 2000
6 Maribor Bishop Kramberger visits Cleveland
by STANE KUHAR
Bishop Dr. Franc Kramberger, Diocese of Maribor, Slovenia, will visit Slovenian communities in the USA from August 31 to Sept. 5.
Bishop Kramberger will first visit the Lemont-Joliet communities from Aug. 25 to Aug. 27. He will then visit various sites of the founder of the diocese of Marquette, Slovenian missionary priest and bishop, Frederic Baraga.
Bishop Kramberger is scheduled to arrive in Greater Cleveland on Aug. 31. Primary hosts for Bishop Kramberger’s stay in Cleveland are the mixed singing chorus Korotan under tne leadership of Terri Rihtar, president, and the Slomšek Mission Circle Cleveland, under the direction of Mr. Frank Urankar. An Ad Hoc Committee, comprised of various individuals representing a number of organizations in the Greater Cleveland American Slovenian community, are coordinating the bishop’s stay and schedule.
During his stay in Cleveland, a Solemn Mass will be celebrated at St. Vitus Church, 6019 Glass Avenue, Cleveland, on September 3 at 2 p.m. A reception, consisting of light food and refreshments plus fellowship, will follow the Mass in the parish auditorium.
On September 2, Bishop Kramberger will partake in a social and cultural program at Slovenska Pristava, a recreational facility in Harpers-field, Ohio. Principal host is Korotan. A steak dinner will be served starting at 5:30 p.m. A short cultural program and social will follow the dinner.
The complete bishop’s schedule will be provided within the next week. A short biography of Bishop Kramber follows:
Franc Kramberger was born on Oct. 7, 1936. He was baptized at St. Lenart Parish in the local known as “Slovenska goricah,” in the Republic of Slovenia. He attended and was graduated from the local “gimnasium” (i.e., mixed high school and junior college program) in Maribor, Slovenia in 1954.
He then entered as a seminary student under the Theology Faculty Program at the University of Ljubljana. On June 29, 1960 he was ordained a diocesan priest in the Roman Catholic Church by his predecessor, the late Bishop Maksimilijan Drzeczek.
From 1961 until 1965 he was an associate pastor at Corpus Christi Parish in Maribor. He was appointed prefect for the local seminary in Maribor in 1965 and held that position until 1972. He was appointed the school’s principal in 1972 and held that position until 1982. In 1976 he was also assigned the additional responsibility as the school’s director of finance.
Father Kramberger completed his post graduate studies with a doctorate degree in January 1973. His dissertation dealt primarily with the theological aspects on the life and times of the founder and first bishop of the Diocese of Maribor, Bishop Anton Martin Slomšek.
In November 1973 he was appointed vice postula-tor for the beatification Cause of the Servant of God, Anton Martin Slomšek.
Father Kramberger was named to the post of bishop for the Diocese of Maribor-Lavantine on Nov. 10, 1980. He assumed the duties of this position on Nov. 14, 1980 and was officially installed as the Bishop of Maribor on Dec. 21, 1980.
Bishop Kramberger was one of the ordaining bishops to preside at the installation of Auxiliary Bishop A. Edward Pevec in July 1982 at
the Cathedral of St. John the Evangelist in Cleveland. On Sept. 19, 1999 Anton Martin Slomšek was officially beatified by His Holiness, Pope John Paul II in Maribor, Slovenia as the first native Slovenian to be named “Blessed” in the Catholic Church. A. M. Slomšek’s cause now moves toward the final canonization process with the intended end result he be declared a saint in the Catholic Church.
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Pope John Paul 11 has named three Slovenians as bishops These auxiliary bishops arc Dr. Anton Sires for Maribor. Prelate Andrej Glavan, assistant bishop for Ljubljana, and Dr Jurij Bizjak, his Excellency Bizjak auxiliary for the Diocese of Koper. Ameriška Domovina and ns retiders extend their congratulations to the new bishops.
This year again the Friends of the Youth of Slovenia proposed a research competition The annual competition is intended to encourage young researchers on their assigned projects. In response the various schools prov ided 115 projects for work. Most awards were presented to successful participants at respective school gatherings. Congratulations to the young researchers! May they be on their triumphant way!
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Sunday, Aug. 6 Primorski Club picnic at Slovenska Pristava.
Saturday, Aug. 12 Volleyball Tournament at Slovenska Pristava. Coed Grass Sixes - All Divisions 1/3 female per team. After tournament players party -live music (entry fee $5 for non-participants). Call Tim Percic 216-738-1624.
Sunday, Aug. 13 Old polka bands reunion at Slovenska Pristava. Wednesday, Aug. 16 Federation of Slovenian Pensioners Picnic at SNPJ Farm, Kirtland, Ohio.
Sunday, Aug. 20 St. Mary’s (Collinwood) parish picnic at Slovenski Pristava. Veseli godci band.
Sunday, Sept. 3 Bishop Franc Kramberger of Maribor, Slovenian celebrates Mass in St. Vitus Church, Cleveland at 2 p.m.
Sunday, Sept. 3 St. Jude Parish Festival, and chicken Bar-B-Q dinner on parish grounds, 590 Poplar St., Elyria, Ohio from 12 noon until 9 p.m. Activities for all ages and plenty of food. Rev. Frank P. Kosem, pastor.
Friday, Sept. 8 West Park Slovenian Home, 4583 W. 130 St., 2nd Annual Reunion with Ed
Zalar Band and Happy timer’s Button Box.
Saturday, Sept. 9 Korotan picnic at Slovenska Pristava.
Sunday, Sept. 10 St. Vitus Altar Society Annual Dinner in St. Vitus Auditorium.
Saturday, Sept. 16 Slovenian	Folkorna
Skupina Kres program, 7:30 p.m. Slovenian National Home on St. Clair. Entertainment following by Veseli Godci.
Sunday, Sept. 17 Collinwood Slovenian Home honors Tony Petkovšek as “Polka Man of the Year.”
Sunday, Sept. 17 Wine festival with Veseli godci orchestra at Slovenska Pristava.
Saturday & Sunday* Sept. 23 & 24 Bishop Baraga Days in Marquette, Mich.
Saturday, Oct. 14 West Park Slovenian Home, 4583 W. 130 St, Cleveland celebrates 8® Anniversary with Dinner an Dance.
Sunday, Oct. 15 Koline dinner (retirees o SP) at Slovenska Pristava.
Saturday, Nov. U Jadran Fall Dinner’ Dance, Concert.
Slovenian General Election Oct. 15
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LJUBLJANA, Slovenia -Slovenian President Milan Kucan said on Thursday the country’s general election will be held on October 15 in a bid to end six months of political uncertainty.
“I determined October 15 of this year as the election date... the government needs the support of a stable majority and we need to get such a government as soon as possible,” Kucan told reporters.
The announcement comes a day after Slovenia’s ruling parties - the conservative People’s Party (SLS) and the center-right Social Democrats (SDS) - declared their coalition agreement dead after falling out over a new electoral law.
The two parties came into office only seven weeks ago after the previous center-left administration of former Prime Minister Janez Drnovšek lost its majority in April.
Prime Minister Andrej Bajuk said on Wednesday he would remain in office until the election but intended to form a new party in the next few weeks.
The October poll will be Slovenia’s fourth multi-party election and the third since
agreement between Bajuk 5 SLS and the SDS followed a parliamentary vote on TueS day night to enshrine t 6 present proportional repi-6 sentation system in the con stitution.
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Services for Sophie Opeka were held Monday, July 31st at St. Vitus Church at 10 a.m., with Rev. Joseph Božnar, pastor, officiating, and Most Reverend Bishop A. Edward Pevec was con-celebrant.
Sophie passed away Wednesday, July 26, 2000 at the Slovene Home for the Aged in Cleveland.
Sophie was a long-time member of SNPJ Spartans #576 and AMLA St. Anne Lodge No. 4. She was a member of St. Clair Pensioners, Slovenian National Art Guild, Junior Board of Meridia Euclid Hospital, a longtime member of the Board of Directors of St. Clair Slovenian National Home, and member of Friends of the St. Clair Slovenian National Home.
She had been employed m the Accounting Depart-ttent of Gould for 40 years.
Sophie was the sister of Ann Opeka; the daughter of Anton and Anna (nee Mekinda) (both deceased), and a dear friend of many.
Friends called at Zele Funeral Home, 452 E. 152 St., Cleveland on Saturday, July 29 from 6-8 p.m. and Sunday, July 30 from 2-4 aud 6-8 p.m. Burial was in All Souls Cemetery.
Donations to the St. Clair Slovenian National Home, 64°9 St. Clair Ave., Cleveland 44103 or the Slovene Home for the Aged 18621 Neff Rd., Cleveland 44119 'U her memory would be appreciated by the family.
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Farewell to Msgr. Aloysius Zitko
OAKLAND, Calif. - After a long illness. Monsignor Aloysius Zitko died on Thursday, June 15, 2000 at 5:05 p.m. The Mass of the Resurrection was held on Wednesday, June 21, on the feast of St. Aloysius - his feast day and his birthday (1905).
Bishop John Cummins was the celebrant and also delivered the eulogy. He recalled how Msgr. Zitko reacted to being named a monsignor in 1976.
“I have loved being a priest,” said Msgr. Zitko. “There was never a moment in my life when I did not love being a priest.”
Msgr. Zitko was the longest ordained priest in the Oakland Diocese when he died on June 15. He would have celebrated the 72n<^ anniversary of his ordination on June 29.
“1 have only tried to be a good priest,” Msgr. Zitko also remarked on being named a monsignor. “I do not think that I have done anything extraordinary, only what I promised God I would try to do, to the best of my ability, when I was ordained a priest.”
A native of Goricia, Msgr. Zitko studied at the University of Ljubljana, Slovenia before his ordination in 1928 at age 23. He served as curate in several towns in the Alps (near the Austrian border) until the Germans invaded Yugoslavia in 1941. He returned to Ljubljana to become a spiritual director at a minor seminary there until 1945 when political pressure forced a move to Austria.
After serving as an assistant pastor in three Austrian parishes, the priest came to the U.S. in 1949 and was assigned to St. Rose Parish in Santa Rosa, Calif. There he met Msgr. Martin Walsh, then serving as an associate at the parish, and they became friends. Msg. Walsh, now retired and living at the Bishop Begin Villa in Oakland, recalled that Msgr. Zitko didn’t speak English when he arrived. The priest learned the language from a local nun and received addi-
dent Eugene Kogovšek.
Friends may call at Zele Funeral Home, 452 E. 152 St., Friday, Aug. 4 from 2-4 and 6-8 p.m.
Burial will be in All Souls Cemetery.
Donations to St. Mary Church in his memory.
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Msgr. Walsh described his old friend as being very prayerful, good-hearted and very interested in helping others. “He was a real friend to the people,” he said.
In 1958 Msgr. Zitko was assigned as an associate at St. Jarlath Parish in Oakland. He later served as associate at St. Columba Parish, Oakland, before being appointed pastor at St. Patrick Parish in Rodeo in 1964. He retired from the parish in 1970 and returned to St. Jarlath where he served for 13 years as an assistant to the late Msgr. John Connolly, who was pastor at the Oakland parish from 1970-1991.
Msgr. Connolly paid a warm tribute to his assistant with a page-long commentary in the parish bulletin in 1976 when Father Zitko was named a monsignor.
He wrote: “The people of St. Jarlath’s know the kind of priest Msgr. Zitko is: humble, devout, kind, zeal-
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ous. He is a good confessor. He loves the sick. He is dedicated to the Ladies Sodality Altar Society and the Legion of Mary and the St. Vincent de Paul Society men. He is a priest from the top of his head to the tip of his toes, always and everywhere. To the announcement of his elevation to the mon-signorship we say, “It is truly right and just.”
Upon being elevated to Monsignor, Rt. Rev. Zitko said, “I would like to greet all my friends and people I have tried to serve here in the United States of America, of which 1 am proud to be a citizen (for the past 20 years). I thank you for coming today to share my happiness.
“I feel very humble on this occasion. Our Most Holy Father, whom 1 dearly love and gladly serve, has graciously made me a Monsignor. I don’t know why. I have only tried to be a good priest. I do not think that I have done anything extraordinary, only what I promised God I would try to do, to the best of my ability, when I was ordained a priest.
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crosses, which the good Lord has asked me to carry, in imitation of himself. The most difficult was to leave my native country, Slovenia.
But I have found another home here in the United States of America, among wonderful; people. I have been happy here. I have enjoyed serving the people.
“This is one of the finest days of my life. Not because of the honor bestowed upon me, which only confounds me, but because it gives me a chance to acknowledge my gratitude to God for having made me a priest and for having kept me faithful. I am happy, too, because of you, my friends.
“Orem us pro invicem. ”
After the funeral Mass at St. Jarlath, Msgr. Zitko was buried at Holy Sepulchre Cemetery in Hayward.
Krofe Sale
St. Vitus Altar Society will be holding a Krofe and Noodle Sale on Saturday, Aug. 5 in the school social hall.
Ask the Travel Expert
by PATRICIA COIL Euclid Travel * I
Question: Do you have any suggestions for helping me stay organized when I travel?
Answer: For long trips, I often take along an inexpensive shoe bag that can be hung on the back of bathroom doors in hotels, etc. I use it to hold my toiletries, hair dryer, curling iron, etc. This is particularly helpful when the bathroom lacks adequate counter space.
Question: I am going to apply for my first passport; is there anything special that
I should do?
Answer: You should always wear nice clothing when you get your passport picture taken. I would even suggest a jacket and tie for men. Because no matter how tired and unkempt you might look at immigration, the officials can readily see that you are usually neat and clean.
Question: This summer I plan to take my laptop computer to Europe. What advice do you give me?
Answer: You will need an electrical adapter, because the current in Europe is DC and not the AC we have in this country. Also purchase a surge protector to safeguard your laptop from damage.
Question: This fall, I am going on a cruise and want to know if I can use my
electric shaver in my cabin aboard the ship.
Answer: Most ships have 110-volt outlets in the cabins. To be sure, check with your travel agent, who will be glad to contact the cruise line for you and answer any other questions you may have.
Question: What tips can you offer for travel in India?
Answer: Recently when I was surfing the net I came across this tip from Paul James of Canada: “Be sure to carry a pair of pliers with you whenever you are exchanging money. Large amounts of Indian currency usually comes stapled together. You can work the staple out with a back and forth twisting motion. It is important to remove the staple without tearing any notes because shopkeepers and taxi-wallahs will not accept damaged bills. Also, hang on to your small bills as much as possible. Most everyday transactions will require them and you don’t want to fall prey to the taxi-wallahs that never seem to have change.
If you have a question related to travel, write this newspaper or call Euclid Travel at 216-261-1050, write us at 22078 Lakeshore Blvd., Euclid, OH 44123 or send your e-mail to travel@euclidtravel.com and the answer will appear in this column.
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AMERIŠKA DOMOVINA, AUGUST 3, 2000
AMERIŠKA DOMOVINA, AUGUST 3,
Growing Up in Collinwood
1 “Don’t Go Near the Water”
by JOE GLINŠEK
Even though I was down around the lake (Erie) almost every day in the summer as a teenager, I was deathly afraid of the water.
This stemmed from two incidents early in life, when I almost drowned. On one occasion, my foolishness got me into the wrong end of a public pool. My dad pulled me from the bottom, but all I remember is waking up on a playground “teeter-totter” with water gushing from my nose and mouth.
This was my second “drowning” incident, which proves you don’t necessarily learn from experience. In 1935, uncle Mike took me to the rocks at Maple Beach. He had heard and believed that people will instinctively swim if they fall in the water, so he just tossed me in. When I didn’t bob to the surface, he rescued me from six feet of water. It was nothing compared to the near disaster I experienced later, and I think he was more scared than I. It was
clear that I had no natural instinct for swimming.
After these two “accidents,” I acquired a natural instinct to stay away from the water. I had a real phobia about situations that could result in my being in water over my head. No amount of taunting, teasing or ridicule could persuade me to go into water unless I knew I could stand on the bottom with room to spare. As a teenager, this caused me great embarrassment. Sometimes we were out with girls in a group or just with a gang of guys, but if there was water and a canoe or rowboat involved, there was nothing that could induce me to join in. Even though I was the butt of their jokes, I just couldn’t admit that I was afraid.
This fear of water lasted until I came home from my Army service in Korea. Al about age 25, 1 took a modest first step toward overcoming my fear. With my-friends Matt Dolenc and John Poznik, I joined the downtown YMCA. We went
down every week to work out and swim. They were in the deep end -6f the large pool, and I splashed around the three-foot end. There was an instructor, but the first thing he wanted me to do was the “dead-man’s float.” There was no way he could convince me to put my face down in the water.
Gradually, by watching others, I learned to float on my back by doing a version of the backstroke to stay afloat. It was just enough to rid myself of the dreadful fear of being near the water.
I was never comfortable in deep water until we came to Florida and the warm salt water of the Gulf. I discovered that I could relax on my back with the water just over my ears, and float without effort. A very comforting revelation. * 2
Glinšek “Grew up Slovenian” in Collinwood, and now lives in Sarasota, Fla This article is excerpted from a book he hopes to have published.
Volleyball Tourney
Volleyball Tournament at Slovenska Pristava on Saturday, Aug. 12.
Coed Grass Sixes - All Divisions - 1/3 Female Per Team.
After tournament players party - live music (entry fee $5 for non-participants).
Check web site www.blacksquirrelvolleyball .com or call Tim Percic 216-738-1624.
Michigan Named by the Indians
Maps of Michigan are dotted with Indian descriptive words which became the names of rivers, towns and cities such as Petoskey, “the rising sun”; Otsego, “meeting place”; Escanaba, “flat rock”; Ishpening, “high up”; Negaunee, “the pioner”; Calumet, “the peace pipe”; and Leelanau, meaning “big water” or “great lake.”
Indians sometimes give their children descriptive Indian names in addition to English names. The eldest^ person in the family, such as the grandparent or great-grandparent observes the child’s personality or body characteristics, and gives a name such as “Laughing Cloud” or “Big Woman.”
Never tell people how to do things. Tell them what to do and they will surprise you with their ingenuity..
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Any jackass can kick down a barn, but it takes a good carpenter to build one.
When I get a little money I buy books; and if any is left I buy food and clothes.
—Erasmus
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This recipe uses blueberries in a different and most imaginative way—to add color and juicy sweetness to a main dish salad. It’s an appetizing and healthful toss of fresh blueberries, cubes of smoked turkey and peach slices in a creamy lowfat dressing. Serve the salad on a bed of mixed greens with slices of crusty bread and a spreadable cheese for a satisfying summer meal that takes only minutes to assemble.
Blueberries are not only low in fat, but there is growing evidence that the antioxidants they contain may help lower cancer risk, heart disease and other ailments associated with aging.
Blueberry and Turkey Salad
Vi cup light mayonnaise Vi cup plain low-fat yogurt 'A cup orange marmalade
2	tsp fresh lemon juice
Vi tsp ground black pepper
3	medium peaches (about 1 pound) cut in wedges
2 cups fresh blueberries
2 cups cubed smoked turkey (about 8 ounces)
In a bowl, combine mayonnaise, yogurt, marmalade, lemon juice and pepper. Add peach slices, blueberries and turkey; toss until well-coated. Serve on lettuce leaves.
Yield: 4 portions Per portion: 310 calories, 14 g protein, 12 g fat, 38 g carbohydrates
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Donations
Thanks to the following for their generous donations to the Ameriška Domovina: Blaž Vavpetič, Madison, Ohio - $5
Frank and Maria Klement, Cooper City, FL — $5.00
Milena Salehar, Cleveland — $10.00
Dr. Leopold Seme, Olympia Fields, IL — $10.00 Louis and Angela Hribar, Painesville, Ohio — $5.00 James Slapnik, Jr., Cleveland — $15.00
Al and Agnes Koporc, Bratenahl, Ohio — $10.00 Mrs. Anthony Ravnik, El Cerrito, Calif. — $10.00 Matevž and Ivanka Tominec, Cleveland — $5.00 Anonymous, Cleveland — $5.00
Agnes Tome, Euclid, Ohio -$11.50
Mr. and Mrs. George Koch, Durham, NC $10.00
Mary Jerse, Euclid, Ohio - $10.00
Stanley Erzen, Euclid, , Ohio -$10.00
Stanley Kodrin. Willoughby Hills, Ohio — $5.00 Paul	Lenassi,
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Mary and Thomas Celestina, Richmond Hts., Ohio — $5.00
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- Vesti iz Slovenije
Slovenski premier dr. Andrej Bajuk in zunanji minister Lojze Peterle te dni ustanavljata novo konservativno stranko
Slovenska tiskovna agencija poroča 31. julija takole: “Dva in pol meseca pred jesenskimi parlamentarnimi volitvami ter po razpadu vladajoče koalicije na slovenskem Političnem prizorišču nastaja nova politična stranka z imenom Nova Slovenija (NSI) -krščanska ljudska stranka.
Nova Slovenija je sodobna, odprta politična stranka, ki želi pomembno prispevati k zvišanju slovenske politične kulture,’ je v ‘utenu iniciativnega odbora o ustanavljanju nove stranke ter o izhodiščih njenega delo-Vanja na novinarski konferenci poudaril ^drej Bajuk, ki je tudi pobudnik za ustanovitev nove stranke.
Slovenija potrebuje novo demokratično Politično stranko, ki bo politiki pomagala vrniti verodostojnost ter stranko, katere cilj da se s pomočjo politike v javnem živ-'jenju uveljavijo pravičnost, zvestobo dani besedi in več poštenja, je pojasnil Bajuk ter dodal, da z ničemer niso obremenjeni.”
Poročilo STA dodaja, da intenzivno po-tckaio priprave za registracijo stranke, njen ustanovni kongres naj bi bil že jutri. Po Pajuku bo stranka na začetku financirana 0c* ljudi, ki se jibodo želeli pridružiti, ko b° dejansko registrirana bo pa stranka de-
pristopil kdo od poslank in poslancev oziroma ministrov nekdanje SKD, je Bajuk odgovoril, da niti en poslanec ali poslanka ter, razen zunanjega ministra Peterleta, k iniciativi še ni pristopil nobeden minister.
Volitve v državni zbor bodo 15. oktobra
Pretekli četrtek je predsednik Slovenije Milan Kučan določil nedeljo, 15. oktobra, za datum parlamentarnih volitev. Volitve bodo razpisane 16. avgusta, ko bodo začeli teči tudi roki za volilna opravila. Volilna kampanja sama uradno začne teči 30 dni pred dnevom ‘glasovanja. Republiška volilna komisija bo imela sejo 21. avgusta. Ob svoji odločitvi je Kučan pohvalil sedanji državni zbor, ker je 25. julija dopolnil 80. člen ustave in s tem na ustaven način prepričljivo uredil volilni sistem, saj je za omenjeno dopolnilo ustave glasovalo kar 70 od vseh skupaj 90 poslancev.
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*ave> kakor velja pač za druge stranke.
O stranki je Bajuk še dejal: “Prispevati 111013 k temu, da bodo ljudje spet lahko ^jeli, da pošteno delo prejme svoje plači-’ tia trud za dobro ni brezploden in da Pavica ni prazna beseda.”
Zopet STA: “V iniciativnem odboru za astanovitev nove stranke so poleg pobudni-
Bajukova vlada deluje normalno
Kljub temu, da sta premier dr. Andrej Bajuk in zunanji minister Lojze Peterle izstopila iz stranke SLS+SKD in sta tako vsaj trenutno brez stranke, nadaljujeta redno v svojih funkcijah. Prav tako v vladi še sodelujejo drugi ministri iz vrst SLS+SKD ter SDS. Govori se torej o nekakšnim “tripartitnim dogovorom” o delu vlade do konca mandata, a do tega še ni prišlo. Podpredsednik SDS Milan Zver je dejal, da bi bil tak dogovor itak “odveč”, kajti v ničemer ne bi izboljšal delovanja vlade. Zver je rekel, da Franc Zagožen, predsednik SLS+SKD takega sporazuma ali dogovora še ni ponudil oz. pripravil.
g Andreja Bajuka še: Anastazij Živko ^UlJa, Lidija Drobnič, Alfred Killer, Gregor p0Vak, Matija Ogrin, Lojze Peterle, Ciril in rZa^ ®rane Senegačnik, Marko Štrovs • ^Ur'j Zupan. Na vprašanje novinarjev, ali k pobudi za ustanovitev nove stranke
Kadrovske zamenjave se nadaljujejo
Slovenska vlada nadaljuje s kadrovskimi
spremembami na krajih, kjer ima za to pristojnosti. Nova opozicija, predvsem LDS in ZLSD, osredotoča svoje kritike Bajukove vlade prav na te spremembe. V ponedeljek je bil zamenjen svet Kliničnega centra, novi predsednik naj bi postal Dimitrij Kovačič.
Prežgi e,a,li v,adajoče koalicije so se zbrali 22. julija na sestanku, ki ga je bil sklical
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Primorska veselica—
Primorski klub vabi to nedeljo na Slovensko pristavo, na svojo letno veselico. Od 1. do 3. pop. bo kosilo, po njem bodo pa ves popoldan in večer na voljo čevapčiči in sendviči, tudi pijače ne bo manjkalo. Za zabavo bo igral Tone Klepec ansambel. Pridite! Krofi in rezanci—
Oltarno društvo sv. Vida ima prodajo krofov in rezancev to soboto v društveni sobi avditorija ob običajnem času.
Novi grobovi
Frank Žnidar
Umrl je Frank Žnidar, mož Danielle, roj. Grili, oče Danielle Curtis, Franka, Paula in Garyja, 3-krat stari oče, brat Eugene Kogovška, član KSKJ št. 169, Kluba upokojencev na Holmes Ave., DNU pri Mariji Vnebovzeti in Katoliških borštnarjev. Pogreb bo v o-skrbi Želetovega zavoda na E. 152 St. v soboto, 5. avgusta, zj. ob 8.45, v cerkev Marije Vnebovzete ob 9.30, od tam na Vernih duš pokopališče. Ure kropljenja bo jutri, v petek, pop. od 2. do 4. in zv. od 7. do 9. Priporočeni so darovi v pokojnikov spomin župniji Marije Vnebovzete, 15519 Holmes Ave., Cleveland, OH 44110.
Sophia Opeka
Dne 26. julija je v Slovenskem domu za ostarele umrla 85 let stara Sophia Opeka, sestra Ann Opeka in hčerka že pok. Antona in Anne (r. Mekinda) Opeka, zaposlena 40 let v knji-govodstvenem oddelku podjetja Gould, članica SNPJ društva Spartans št. 576 in ADZ št. 4, dolgoletna članica direktorija Slovenskega narodnega doma na St. Clairju. Pogreb je bil 31. julija v oskrbri Želetovega zavoda s sv. mašo v cerkvi Sv. Vida in pokopom na Vernih duš pokopališču. Priporočeni so darovi v pokojničin spomin Slovenskemu domu za ostarele, 18621 Neff Rd., Cleveland, OH 44119 oz. Slovenskemu narodnemu domu na 6409 St. Clair Ave., Cleveland, OH 44103.
(dalje na str. 16)
Za Slovensko pristavo—
V	nedeljo, 13. avgusta, ste vabljeni na Slovensko pristavo na veselico, na kateri bodo zopet igrali nekateri polka ansambli, ki so bili aktivni v preteklih desetletjih. Ves prebitek veselice je namenjen za potrebe SP. Prvi ansambel bo začel igrati ob 3h pop. Pridite!
Romarjem v Lemont—
Vsem, ki ste se prijavili za romanje v Lemont, sporočamo, da bo odhod s parkališča pri cerkvi sv. Kristine, zj. ob 6.30 v soboto, 12. avgusta. Ob 7. uri bodo pobrani potniki, ki bodo čakali na St. Clair Ave. nasproti Baragovega doma. Vrnitev bo v nedeljo, 13. avg., okoli polnoči. Naprošeni ste: bodite točni. Piknik upokojencev—
Piknik Federacije ameriških slovenskih upokojenskih klubov bo v sredo, 16. avgusta, na SNPJ farmi na Heath Rd. Serviranje kosila se bo pričelo ob Ih pop., za ples in zabavo bo igral Fred Ziwich orkester, za vstopnice (rok je 9. avg.) pokličite 216-481-0163 ali pa 440-943-3784.
O delovanju nacistov—
V	ponedeljek, 21. avgusta, bo zvezni sen. Mike DeWine vodil sestanek v dvorani Gartner v Cleveland Museum of Art na 11150 East Blvd., na katerem bodo govorniki pojasnili vsebino več kot 400 tisoč strani dokumentov za časa 2. svetovne vojne iz ameriškega Office of Strategic Services. V njih so podatki o delovanju nacistov in njih kolaboraterjev.
Tisti, ki bi se sestanka radi udeležili, naj si javijo na 216-566-9200, ext. 504. Predstava bo trajala od 9.30 dop. do 1. pop.
Spominski darovi—
Ga. Terezija Zupančič, Euclid, O., je darovala $50 v podporo našemu listu, v spomin na moža Leopolda. Fran Mavko, Marblehead, MA, je darovala $10 v spomin na staršev Valentina in Frances Mavko. G. Tony Krašovec, St. Catherines, Ont., Kanada, je daroval $25, v spomin Joan Krašovec. Hvala vsem!
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V slovenski državi z njenim delovanjem in s tem povezanim pravnim redom ne moremo biti zadovoljni. Človek ne more verjeti, da imajo pravni strokovnjaki lahko povsem različne poglede na (ne)veljavnost najosnovnejših zakonskih določil. Pred poslanci državnega zbora, ki ga bomo volili na jesenskih volitvah, je najpomembnejša dolžnost sprejemanja takšne zakonodaje, da bo Slovenija res pravna država. Zato ni nepomembno, kakšni ljudje bodo sedli v poslanske klopi.
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Pravičnost in pravna država
Pravičnost je ena najpomembnejših osnov za družbeno sobivanje in eden od pogojev za korektne medčloveške od-noste. Ko pravičnosti ni, sta podrejenost in spor nujna. Razumevanje pravičnosti je v različnih družbenih okoljih odvisno od kulturnih, verskih, zgodovinskih in političnih razsežnosti ter tudi od mnenj in občutljivosti vladajočega dela družbe. Za kristjane je osnova za pravično skupno življenje v božjih zapovedih, ki določajo spoštovanje staršev, prepovedujejo krajo, laž, prevaro ter ubijanje, zahtevajo zvestobo zakoncev in opozarjajo na zlo, ki prihaja iz zavidanja in nevoščljivosti. Jezus Kristus je starozavezne zapovedi dopolnil z zapovedjo ljubezni, da ljubimo Boga z vsem srcem, svojega bližnjega pa kakor samega sebe.
Pravičnost se povezuje z dvema področjema družbenega delovanja: z razdeljevanjem gmotnih in drugih dobrin in s pravnim urejanjem ter kaznovanjem. Za urejanje in izvajanje skrbijo različni zakoni, pravila in predpisi ter najrazličnejše ustanove in organizacije. Pravna ureditev v družbi je tako lahko zelo različna, odvisna od politične ureditve (ali je ta bolj demokratična ali totalitarna in centralistična) in usmeritev ter ciljev družbenega razvoja. Eno od načel demokratičnih je tudi izvajanje pravičnosti, vendar nam vsakdanje izkušnje kažejo, kako zelo je lahko krivična tudi formalno demokratična država. Zavedati se moramo, da je dobra pravna ureditev države sicer eden od temeljev za pravično družbo, da pa ta sama po sebi pravičnosti še ne zagotavlja. Odnos do pravičnosti je odvisen predvsem od vrednot, ki jih družba sprejme in po njih tudi deluje.
Pred sodnimi palačami običajno stoji kip “Pravičnosti” v podobi ženske, ki drži v levi roki meč, v desni roki tehtnico in ima z ruto prevezane oči. Tehtnica simbolizira vestnost in točnost, preveza na očeh naj skrbi, da bo sodba neodvisna od tega, za katero in kakšno osebo gre, meč pa pomeni primerno kazen za očitno krivdo. Ta simbolična podoba pravnega reda in pravičnosti pa je prevečkrat daleč od resničnih dogajanj. Če nadaljujem v prispodobi. Vidim množico, ki gre mimo kipa in proseče dviga pogled k “Pravičnosti”. Ta udari s svojim mečem zdaj otroka, zdaj ženo, delavca, pred njenim mečem so obvarovani tisti, ki mečejo zlatnike v skodelice njene tehtnice. Mož v črni togi ji zapoveduje: “Ne glej nikogar v obraz!" Iz množice skoči mladenič in strga prevezo z njenih oči. Namesto ostrine pogleda vidi množica motne oči, ki odsevajo umirajočo dušo. Zdaj se ve, zakaj je imela prevezane oči.
Mariborski škof dr. Franc Kramberger bo obiskal Slovence v Clevelandu
CLEVELAND, O. - Naši slovenski skupnosti sporočamo veselo novico, da bo na povabilo Slomškovega krožka in pevskega zbora Korotan prišel iz lepe zelene Štajerske med nas mariborski škof, prevzvišeni dr. Franc Krambergr. G. škof bo tu v Clevelandu od 31. avgusta do 5. septembra.
Pripravljalni odbor, v katerem so vključene obe slovenski fari, slovenskek šole in še nekatere druge slovenske ustanove, načrtuje celoten program, ki pa še ni dokončen, zato omenjamo danes le dve točki programa, ob katerih boste imeli priliko za srečanje s škofom.
Zopet doma!
CLEVELAND, O. - Hočem in želim se zahvaliti vsem, ki so me obiskovali v bolnišnici in izražali lepe želje z lepimi karticami. Toliko nepričakovanih obiskov! Res, človeka ceniš po meri njegovega srca.
Velika hvala ge. Cirili Kermavner, ki me je vedno spremljala v bolnišnico in domov, še poleg moža Hinkota. Hvala tudi ge. Danici Čemas, ki me je peljala v bolnišnico, in Stankotu in Ivanki Vidmar za vso njuno pomoč.
Lep Bog plačaj č.g. župniku Jožetu Božnarju in msgr. Franciju Petriču.
Velika hvala tudi moji sosedi Anuški in vsem njenim domačim.
Vsem in vsakim posameznim se lepo zahvaljujem. Naj vas vse Bog nagrajuje z veliko mero zdravja!
Še velik Boglonaj ge. Ivanki Cenkar za vso njeno dobroto in njen obisk, kakor tudi ge. Metki in g. Francetu Dejak in vsem drugim. Preveč bi jih bilo, da bi vsakega posebej imenovala. Marya Zupančič
Pevski zbor Korotan prireja svojo vrtno veselico na Slovenski pristavi v soboto, 2. septembra, prav v času škofovega obiska. Korotanci bodo še posebno počaščeni, da bodo ta večer imeli v svoji sredi visokega cerkvenega gosta, saj jim je g. škof že dvakrat omogočil, da so bili del množičnega zbora, ki je prvič prepeval ob priliki prvega obiska sv. očeta v Sloveniji, in potem spet lansko leto, ko je sv. oče proglasil škofa Antona Martina Slomška za blaženega.
Za obiskovalce te vrtne veselice bo to že ena od prilik, da se srečajo in pozdravijo s prevzvišenim. Na programu tega večera bo tudi kulturni spored, na katerem bodo poleg zbora Korotan sodelovali tudi moški pevski zbor Fantje na vasi, dramatsko društvo Lilija in folklorna skupina Kres.
Gotovo pa bo višek tega škofovskega pastoralnega obiska slovesna sv. maša, ki jo bo mariborski škof daroval v farni cerkvi sv. Vida v nedeljo, 3. septembra, ob dveh popoldne, ob asistenci župnika fare sv. Vida č.g. Jožeta Božnarja, župnika fare Marije Vne-bovzete č.g. Janeza Kumše-ta ter še nekaterih drugih slovenskih duhovnikov. Po maši bo v farni dvorani srečanje z g. škofom dr. Krambergerjem. V dvorani bodo na voljo tudi razni prigrizki.
Pripravljalni odbor upa, da bodo dnevi, ki jih bo škof dr. Kramberger preživel med nami polni lepih doživetij zanj kakor tudi za nas vse. Za odbor: M.P.
Z Ameriško Domovino ste vedno na tekočem!
Slomškov krožek poroča
CLEVELAND, O. - Že dolgo se nismo oglasili. Hvala Bogu, da je bil škof Anton Martin Slomške proglašen blaženim lansko leto 19. septembra. Nikoli ne bomo pozabili te lepe slovesnosti na Betnavi pd Mariboru. Ameriški Slovenci smo veliko pomagali pri kritju stroškov beatifikacije.
Kakor smo že slišali, bo prišel mariborski škof dr. Franc Kramberger na obisk v Lemont in Cleveland, da se osebno zahvali ameriškim Slovencem za vso pomoč.
Slomškov krožek v Clevelandu je vsa ta leta nabiral darove za kritje stroškov beatifikacije. Zdaj smo pa prejeli še nekaj darov in še več nam jih je obljubljenih. Porabili jih bomo za delno kritje škofovega obiska, ostalo bomo darovali škofu Krambergerju za Slomškovo gimnazijo v Mariboru.
Prejeli smo od neimenovanih $100 in $50 od ge-Slavke in g. Pavleta Intihar. Najlepša hvala.
Ker je predsednik Slomškovega krožka g. John Pe' trič onemogel in je sedaj v starostnem domu na Neff Rd., bosta darova sprejemala:
Julka Smole, 1233 E. 58 St., Cleveland, OH 44103, tel. 216-391-6547; in Frank Urankar, 396 Steven Blvd., Richmond Hts., OH 44143, tel. 216-531-8982.	U.F.
V BLAG SPOMIN
19. OBLETNICE SMRTI očeta in starega očeta

LUKA KUHAR
Umrl 6. avgusta 1981-
Sonce naj na trato sije, kjer počivaš dragi Ti.
Duša pa naj srečo uživa, tam v rajski večnosti.
Žalujoči:
Lojzi, Frančišek, Stane, Bogomir — sinovi Metka, Marcy — snahi Uršula Marija — vnukinj3 Marko, Niko, Benjamin in Andrej — vnuki in ostalo sorodstvo v Argentin >
Ameriki in Sloveniji-Cleveland, Ohio. 3. avgusta 2000-
MILVVAUŠKE TRIGLAVSKE
MILWAUKEE, Wis. - Še smo živi na Triglavskem parku, čeprav se že nekaj časa nismo oglasili. Bili smo kar precej “bizi”. V juniju smo lovili lepe dne-ve» da se je Park pripravil *n olepšal za prihodnje pi-knike. Kar je najnovejše v Parku, je visoki steber z izrezljanim napisom “Hej Slovenci - 2000”, mojstrsko delo Joškota Cimermančiča, ki poleg medveda in drugih njegovih rezbarij krasi našv park (gl. foto).
Četrti julij je bil kot vedno članski piknik. Ker so nekdanji tekmovalci že večinoma srečali Abrahama, Se sedaj udeleže parade le roinjši na okrašenih kolesih, P°tem pa jezero oživi z olimpijskimi plavalci in skakalci.
Pa še nekaj posebnega le bilo na ta dan: hrib je d spremenjen v poletno ‘aborišče. 5., 6. in 7. julija le bil tam “First Camp Triglav”, ki sta ga vodili Kathy in Helenca. 22 mla-ih Triglavanov je spalo P°d šotori in se vsak dan udeleževalo slovenske šole
telovadbe, ki jo je vodi-'a P^ari Strmšek. Otroci so
Sp
Posebno veselili telovad-Poleg tega je bilo na dnevnem redu plavanje, ve-Slanje, odbojka, kolesarje-nie’ balinanje in tarok.
Še posebno pa so se otroci izkazali, ko so pod vodstvom Jožeta Smoliča in Ivana Bambiča sestavljali iz lesa ptičje hišice, ki sedaj visijo na lipah pri Domu (gl. sliko!).
Omeniti moram še “Science Day”, ko so otroci primerjali žabe iz Triglavskega jezera z živo žabo iz Afrike. Vsak udeleženec je naredil tudi svojo “Triglav
NOVICE...
Camp” majico, ki jo sedaj ponosno nosijo.
Iskrena hvala Kathy in Helenci in vsem, ki ste pomagali k uspehu. Navdušenje v “Čampu” je bilo veliko in bo to sedaj vsakoletna prireditev.
Na Triglavu je vedno luštno, če ni vzroka, pa ga najdemo! V enem tednu, komaj so bile stvari pos-(dalje na str. 12)
PAVLE BORŠTNIK
Čemerna
Slovensko politično “pomlad” bi lahko primerjali vremenski pomladi, kakršna se pojavi od časa do časa in se kar ne more uveljaviti. Nad hribi visijo težki oblaki in vlažne megle se vlačijo po dolinah. Ljudje so čemerni, razdraženi, prepirljivi in življenje se vrti brez kakršnihkoli razveseljujočih trenutkov.
Ko je tako za hip zasijalo sonce sproščenosti in nekoliko razjasnilo in ogrelo ozračje, je spet vse zagrmelo in zdaj stoji slovenska “pomladna” politična opcija na še enem pogorišču lepih načrtov in visokih upanj.
Kaj se je pravzaprav zgodilo? Političnih prerokov med Slovenci ni nikdar primanjkovalo, toda to pot se je zdelo, da so vsi obnemeli, ker se je s padcem Drnovškove vlade položaj tako zapletel, da je bila potrebna zvrhana mera korajže že za samo ugibanje, kaj šele za napovedovanje. Zato je bilo zelo tvegano spuščati se preko nenevarnega suma, “da bodo že nekaj pogruntali”...
Pa vendar so obstajali znaki: Danilo Slivnik je v dveh uvodnikih v svojem Magu zapisal, da je predsednik Milan Kučan vse to “dovolil”, ali tako nekako. Dovolil? Torej je imel, po Slivnikovem mnenju, najvišji predstavnik komunistične ideologije v Sloveniji celoten položaj ves čas pod kontrolo?
Slivnik je sicer tudi sam človek posebne sorte, toda politične neobveščenosti bi mu ne mogli očitati, in nad to njegovo navedbo se velja resno zamisliti. Vse je torej mogoče. In ob tem, kar se je v resnici zgodilo, kdo bo to njegovo trditev prepričevalno zavrnil?
V ospredju vsega dogajanja je spet stranka, ki je še enkrat dokazala, da njenih obljub ne gre resno jemati. Politično uskoštvo sicer ni nič novega tudi v slovenski zgodovini, najnovejši še sploh ne, toda, če je šlo v prvem takem primeru za enega samega poslanca, v drugem pa za dve dami, ki so ju takoj krstili za “histerični babnici”, je zdaj “prebegnila” cela stranka! Vsa “konservativna” polovica nove vladne koalicije in specifične “Koalicije Slovenija” je zbe-žljala in se v vprašanju volilnega sistema čez noč
“HEJ SLOVENCI - 2000” - Novi steber v Triglavskem parku.
Sin'r k'* letos “TRIGLAV CAMP”. Na fotografiji so vsi otroci skupaj z Jožetom 0 'Čem in Ivanom Bambičem. Otroci držyo “ptičje hišice”, ki so jih bili sestavili.
Prvem “TRIGLAV CAMP” je bila med aktivnostmi tudi kolesarska tekma.
Perry, Ohio
pomlad
spečala s strankami kontinuitete. In to stranke, ki so jo komunisti še enkrat izigrali!
Pri tem se je ironično zaobrnilo celotno njeno stanje. Medtem ko je nekaj časa kazalo, da imamo o-pravka s stranko brez voditelja, se je zdaj njen “sodobni” voditelj po briljantni karieri, podobni planiški skakalnici, od točke, ko je zbral 17% celotnega volilnega telesa, pa od padca do padca “povzpel” na točko, kjer stoji sam, brez stranke, pri čemer prihajajo človeku na misel Levstikovi verzi: “kar z rokami razrahlja si, to z nogami potepta si...“
In vse je zdaj odvisno od dobre volje človeka, ki dokazuje tudi v teh zmešanih trenutkih, da je visoko nad tem perfidnim dogajanjem in bizantinskem spletkarjenjem slovenske politike.
Andrej Bajuk, “edini tujec v Jeruzalemu”, je tudi to pot presenetil: ni namreč vrgel puške v koruzo, temveč je iz tiste nenačelne “koruze” zakoračil na svetlo in se začel ozirati za ljudmi, “katerih beseda nekaj velja”. S tem je svoji stari druščini pokazal vso bedo njenega preteklega
(dalje na str. 12)
V BLAG SPOMIN
25. OBLETNICE SMRTI NAŠE LJUBLJENE ŽENE, MAME IN STARE MAME
Marjanca Dragar
ki je umrla 6. avgusta 1975
Pri Bogu se zdaj raduješ, k nam na Zemljo pogleduješ; mi pa prosimo Boga, da se v nebesih snidemo.
Žalujoči:
August Dragar - soprog Martha in Rezka - hčerki Peter - Sin Leni - snaha Chris in Scott - zeta vnuki in vnukinje ter ostalo sorodstvo v Waukeganu in Sloveniji
ČEMERNA POMLAD
(nadaljevanje s str. 11)
p. dr. Vendelin Špendov	Lemont, lil.
LEMONTSKI ODMEVI
ekskluzivističnega manevriranja, ki ji je nekoč že prineslo popoln, celo fizičen poraz, slovenskemu narodu pa nepopisno travmo.
Kontinuiteta pa se z “zadoščenjem” bije po prsih: Slovenija je dozorela, opravila je politično maturo in zdaj se spet bližajo “srečni časi”. Ni kaj, treba “jim” je dati kredit: potem, ko so pogazili vsa ustavna določila in se enostavno u-prli končni odločitvi ustavnega sodišča, zdaj proglašajo, da je zmagala “ustavnost” in da je vse v najlepšem redu. Toda ta burka je stara že petdeset let!
Najbolj otipljiv, takojšnji rezultat vsega tega prerivanja, je seveda skoraj popolna osamitev Janeza Janše in njegove socialdemokratske stranke. V končni analizi je bil to najbrž tudi glavni Kučanov cilj in najtehtnejši razlog, zakaj je vse to “dovolil”, če Slivnikova teorija drži.
Janševe težave imajo svoje osnove v politični in ideološki neprečiščenosti njegove stranke. Jasno je, da je njen položaj desno od centra, čeprav se ponaša s klasičnim “levičarskim” imenom. Otresti se ga ne more kar čez noč, saj se je v preteklosti glasno označevala za stranko Ivana Cankatja, Etbina Kristana, Albina Prepeluha in drugih.
Njen sedanji položaj, v katerem se je znašla brez nezanesljivih, verolomnih zaveznikov, je v nekem oziru torej močnejši kot doslej, saj ji bo dovoljeval
večjo svobodo pri odločanju in ukrepanju. Ne bodo je več omejevale koalicijske obveznosti, saj se bo morala zanašati le na lastno moč. Značilno je namreč tudi, da se ji po vsem, kar se je zgodilo, dr. Bajuk ni pridružil, čeprav je bil naravnost “povabljen”, a svoje osnovne politične orientiranosti le ni hotel zanikati.
Potreben pa je realizem. Da bi dr. Bajuk “rešil” nastali položaj in omogočil eni ali drugi verziji slovenske “pomladi” obstanek na jesenskih volitvah, bi bilo skoraj preveč pričakovati. Razen, če se bo zgodil še en slovenski “čudež”, je jasno, da bo njegov nastop predvsem pomenil vdor zdrave pameti in neoporečnega poštenja v slovensko politiko, res da kratkotrajen, a morda le dovolj močan, da bo ljudem odprl oči in jih osvestil, da se bodo le znebili marksističnega lišaja na svojem političnem telesu.
Življenje gre naprej. 15. oktobra bodo v Sloveniji volitve. Če je država res dozorela in položila politično maturo, potem bo to dokazala s polnoštevilno udeležbo na teh volitvah. Samo tako namreč bo na ta dan izražena resnična volja slovenskega naroda, pa naj bo potem ta volja že taka ali taka.
Vse to pa bo veljalo tudi za nas v ZDA samo tri tedne kasneje.
(Op. pisca: Upoštevan je razvoj dogodkov do 1. avgusta 2000.)
V avgustu je več Marijinih praznikov, z osrednjim zapovedanim praznikom Vnebovzetja Marijinega, 15. avgusta. V bogoslužju pri sv. maši ta dan molimo: “Vsemogočni Bog, brezmadežno Devico Marijo, mater svojega Sina, si s telesom in dušo vzel v nebeško slavo. Naj bomo vedno usmerjeni v to, kar je božjega”.
Teden dni po tem prazniku pozdravimo Devico Marijo Kraljico. Ker je Marija, Božja Mati, v nebesa vzeta, je deležna tudi kraljevanja	svojega	Sina.
Zato poje	vstopni	spev:
“Gospod je povišal svojo Mater za Kraljico nebes in zemlje”. Ni čudno, da mnogokrat najdemo to tudi v slovenski pesmi: Češčena bodi o Kraljica, nebes in zemlje ti Gospa; Ti o Marija, naša	Kraljica;	Naša
Kraljica si, Marija Pomagaj.
Poleg teh pa ne smemo prezreti frančiškanskega Marijinega praznika, Porci-unkule, 2. avgusta, ko obhajamo “Spomin posvetitve cerkvice Marije Angelske v Assisiju”. Ta cerkvica je v spomin na sv. Frančiška še ohranjena, saj je tam pričel svoj red, pa tudi izročil svojo dušo Bogu. Nad njo so sezidali mogočno cerkev, baziliko Marije Angelske.
Sv. Frančišek je izprosil od papeža popolni odpustek obiskovalcem, če zmolijo določene molitve. Sedaj je možno prejeti ta odpustek v vseh frančiškanskih cerkvah, ko ob obisku cerkve zmolimo Očenaš, izpovemo vero in kako molitev po namenu sv. očeta.
Od sobratov ta mesec obhaja rojstni dan p. Bernard Karmanocky, 25. avgusta 1946, goduje pa 20. avgusta.
Naslednje sobrate je Bog poklical k sebi v avgustu: p. Krištof Sedlak, 10. avg. 1973; p. Inocenc Ferjan, 12. avg. 1985; p. Pelagij Majhenič, 13. avg. 1994; p. Pij Petrič, 14. avg. 1965; p. Kerubin Begelj, 17. avg. 1964; p. Hieronim Sellak, 25. avg. 1987; p, Hiacint Podgoršek, 27. avg. 1954. Naj jim sveti večna Luč.
Medeni piknik bo v nedeljo, 27. avgusta. Razposlali smo pisma, vabila, ki smo jim dodali srečke za žrebanje denarnih dobitkov. Prosimo, da bi jih odkupili, če ne mogoče vseh, pa kolikor morete darovati. Kakor je znano, so vsi do-
hodki Medenega piknika namenjeni vzdrževanju samostana, sploh celotnega slovenskega Lemonta.
Obenem se priporočamo za pomoč, najsibo v kuhinji, pri pecivu, malih dobitkih, predvsem pa na hribu s prodajo srečk itd. Obenem se priporočamo za pecivo, potice, štrudelj in drugo; pa tudi za “male dobitke”, ki bodo ob tej priliki izžrebani.
Vaši darovi so redno objavljeni v Ave Maria. Nekateri ne želijo objave, ker darujejo za Boga in Marijo Pomagaj. Vsem smo hvaležni in se jih vsak dan spominjamo v molitvah.
Zakaj naslov “Medeni piknik”? - Kmalu bo 80
TRIGLAVSKE
NOVICE...
(nadaljevanje s str. 11)
pravljene, je sledilo novo slavje - 50-letnica poroke Milke in Frančka Menčaka. Bila je to prava ohcet, s “poročno torto” in vsemi mogočimi dobrotami. Seveda smo bili povabljeni vsi Triglavani. Med nami so bili tudi gostje iz Slovenije - Frančkov brat z ženo in drugi. Med gosti je bil tudi dr. Gole, ki smo ga z veseljem pozdravili, saj je bil letos prvič v Parku po težki operaciji.
Iskrene čestitke zlatopo-ročencema! Zapeli smo jima “Kol’kor kapljic, tol’ko let” in še druge. Frančka pa je posebno ganila tista “Oj mladost ti moja, kam odšla si, kje si...“
Naš prvi piknik je bil 25. junija. Vreme ni bilo ravno naj lepše. Ponoči je bila huda nevihta, vendar pa se je do jutra zlilo in smo imeli mašo pri kapelici. Maševal je to pot naš stari prijatelj, g. Jože Mejač, ki je iz Ljubljane prišel k svojim sorodnikom na počitnice.
Bil je praznik Sv. Reš-njega telesa, g. Jože nas je spomnil na lepi običaj naših procesij doma, ki jih žal tukaj ne poznamo. To so lepi spomini! Prepevali smo kot običajno, vendar se čuti, da nas je zmeraj manj.
Popoldne je bilo kar lepo. Muzika je privabila veliko plesalcev. Imeli smo tudi običajni srečelov in smo dobre volje odšli domov, pripravljeni na naslednje srečanje.
Za Triglav:	MK
let, odkar je p. Janez-John Ferlin prinesel iz Slovenije dve čebelni matici - kranji-ci. Te matice še danes veljajo za ene najboljših na svetu. Ko je nabavil nekoliko panjev čebel, so si hitro opomogle z novimi roji. Ker je bila v tem kraju čebelja bera dobra, so v panjih hitro napolnile satovje z medom.
P. Janez je prišel na idejo, da bi ob priliki lemont-skega piknika izžrebali dobitke medu. Ko so čebelarju “muhe” (kakor ponekod pravijo čebelam) nanesle dovolj medu, je bil glavni dobitek 100 funtov medu. Ko so mnogi svetovali, naj bi namesto medu vpeljali denarne nagrade, so patri to vzeli na znanje. Medu je bilo še vedno dovolj na razpolago, kakor ga je še sedaj.
Pričetek romarske sezone v jubilejnem letu je bil, kakor vsako leto, na dan, ki je posvečen družinskim o-četom, Father’s Day. Članom in članicam društva Prekmurje so se pridružili mnogi rojaki iz bližnje in daljne okolice. Popoldne so bile, kakor ob romanju vedno, večernice: pete litanije Matere božje in blagoslov z Najsvetejšim. Tudi pri večernicah je bila lepa udeležba. Navdušeno so za sklep prepevali “prekmursko himno”: Marija nebeška Kraljica. Bog naj še vnaprej blagoslavlja društvo Prekmurje in njihove družine.
Tudi pri romanjih v juliju je bil kar lep obisk za leto jubileja, saj nam sv. oče, papež kar naprej govori, naj se duhovno poglobimo, zlasti na priprošnjo naše nebeške Matere Mari-
je-
Zadnjo nedeljo v juniju je bil praznik Sv. Rešnjega Telesa in Krvi - Telovo. Kakor vsako leto je bila po maši procesija s štirimi blagoslovi. Kakor prejšnja leta, so oltarje pripravili-prekmurski rojaki ob njihovem križu za prvo postajo* rojaki bivše fare Sv. Štefana v Chicagu za drugo p°' stajo; za tretjo postajo so poskrbeli Jolietčani; četrta postaja je bila pri groti. kjer je bil tudi sklepni blagoslov.
Z žalostjo smo tisto nedeljo popoldne gledali p°' drti “Prekmurski križ”. ^ sreči je bilo po procesiji* ker je bil prav tam oltar telovske procesije.
Prvo nedeljo v juliju je
bilo doslej “Vseslovensko
romanje”. Vnaprej bo ro
(dalje na str. 16)
V BLAG SPOMIN!
Ob drugi obletnici naše drage žene, mame, stare mame, sestre in svakinje.
1925
1998
Antonija (Tončka) Šega
Dve leti sta že minula, odkar odšla od nas si k Očetu v večno domovino, nam draga in ljubljena Ti žena, mati.
Močno pogrešamo dobroto in ljubezen tvojo. Naj On, ki naš je dobri in večni Oče poplača Ti ljubezen in dobroto tvojo.
Žalujoči: Družina Šega in sorodniki. Ohio, Idaho, Indiana, Slovenija in Argentina.
Koncert mladinskega zbora iz Velenja
Toronto, Ont. - Dekleta ln fantje gimnazije Velenje so v ponedeljek, 10. julija, pripravili za torontske Slovence pravo presenečenje s krasnim pevskim koncertom v newtorontski dvorani.
Sredi poletja so na pevski turneji evropskih zborov v Kanadi rezervirali ta večer za srečanje s slovenski-mi rojaki v Torontu.
Iz uvodne brošure povza-rnerno nekaj podatkov o teni zboru. Voditeljica Da-nica Pirečnik je študirala §lasbo in zborovsko vodstvo v Ljubljani. Vodila je že več glasbenih skupin. Naj-Veeje uspehe pa je dosegla z zborom Velenje.
Leta 1983 je prevzela vodstvo dekliškega gimnazijca zbora, leta 1987 pa ie Pridružila še fante. Us-Pešni nastopi po Sloveniji So prinašali vabila za gostovanje po Evropi in ude-težbo na svetovnih mladinskih pevskih tekmovanjih.
ta 1998 so na svetovnem Povskem festivalu v Powell Riverju, Britanska Kolumbi-la v Kanadi dosegli veliča-^o prvo nagrado izmed mladinskih zborov iz ce-le§a sveta.
f^anes je ta mladinski presegel prvotno obli-šolskega mešanega zbo-a' Roditeljica Danica Pi-ečnik ima s svojim delom aamen vzgajati čut za lepo-’ ljubezen do petja in ranjanje slovenske naro-dne dediščine.
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^*0st in lepo vedenje, har-0 'Ja in dinamika glasov.
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t'otralePOte’ ki dvigne in dtio njC 0^0Sati našo tru-pesi^. Vsakdanjost. Izbrane duš S° °dsev slovenske U0sn’e otožne in vesele, po-Prer.e 'n nagajive, ljubeče, pobožM v paj0 J m Programu izsto-“M> Pesmi “Pa se sliš“,
banski iZar°”’ “Ta
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derneerpretacija pesmi mo-teija ^ sl°venskega sklada-rist ^da ^umarja - Tu-2 nenavadnimi glaso-
vi in mimiko, je posebno razgibala poslušalce. Ni čudno, da je ta pesem prinesla zboru 1. 1998 najvišjo nagrado. Mladi pevci so slovesno in z občutkom peli še “Slovenija, moj dom brez mej”. K skupnemu petju so povabili vso dvorano.
Slovensko kanadski svet (Ema Pogačar, Andrej Pa-hulje, Blaž Potočnik) je s tem koncertom ponovno povezal torontske Slovence z domovino. Župniji Brezmadežne (č.g. Ivan Plazar) gre zahvala za uporabo dvorane.
Poslušalci, čez tristo jih je bilo, so z močnim aplavzom počastili voditeljico Danico in njene pevce za krasno kulturno doživetje. Dokler bodo v Sloveniji prepevali zbori, podobni Velenju, bodo veljale Cankarjeve besede o deželi pod Triglavom: Veseli ljudje bodo živeli tod, pesem bo njih govorica. Bog daj, še stoletja!
Anica Resnik
V BLAG SPOMIN
10. obletnice smrti našega ljubljenega moža, očeta, starega očeta, brata in strica
Otmarja Tašner
ki je umrl 7. avgusta 1990
Deset let je ie minilo, odkar te več med nami ni. Smrt ti vzela je življenje, končala tvoje je trpljenje.
V božjem miru ti počivaj, dragi, nepozabni nam.
Pri Bogu rajsko srečo uživaj, do svidanja na vekomaj.
Žalujoči:
Anica, žena,
ter ostalo sorodstvo tukaj v Ameriki, doma v Sloveniji, in drugje po svetu. Westchester, III., 3. avgusta 2000.
Odhodi
Mara Cerar Hull
(Novela)
II. nadaljevale
“No, mama, obrni se, da boš lahko jedla juho.”
Duh goveje juhe se je priplazil do njenih nosnic kakor spomin. Nedeljsko opoldne, kosilo na mizi, otroci okoli mize kakor živo srebro, mož, ki je jo gledal pričakujočimi očmi: ’Kaj si danes skuhala na juhi?’ V ustih je okusila grenkobo, ostro kakor pelin.
“Mama,” je vprašala Stanka in se dotaknila njene rame.
“Vode,” je rekla Meta.
“Seveda sem ti prinesla tudi vodo. Glej, cel vrč, da boš pila, kadar boš hotela.
Za trenutek se je zamislila in se zasmejala.
“Vidiš, kozarec sem pa pozabila. Počakaj, da grem ponj.”
Odšla je in se v par minutah vrnila. Meta je slišala nalivanje vode in se počasi obrnila na hrbet.
“O, mama, ali imaš bolečine?”
Meta je odkimala. Njeno telo je bilo težko kakor svinec. Vsak ud in vsaka mišica ima svojo lastno, posebno težo, kosti so ji kakor železo lažale pod kožo. Sklepi in vsaka dolžina kalcija se je zajedala v udrtine na žimnici, toda to ni bila bolečina.
“Vode,” je ponovila.
“No, tukaj je, vidiš. Malo te bom vzdignila, takole, ali ne?”
Pustila je, da ji je hči podprla glavo in ji nagnila kozarec k ustnicam. Hladna, osvežujoča tekočina ji je osvežila grlo, hladila pljuča in se razlila po želodcu. Sveža voda iz svežih gora, voda bistrega potoka izpod Gabrovke. Blagoslovljena voda naše zemlje, so včasih rekli njena mati.
“Jutri bom nekje kupila slamice, veš, take cevke, da boš lahko kar leže pila. Nekje jih bodo že imeli. Če jih ne bom našla, jih bo šel Pavel iskat v Avstrijo. Ali pa v Italijo. Bo lažje zate, da boš pila, kadar boš hotela,” je govorila Stanka in čakala na odgovor.
Meta se je napila in se skušala nasmehniti. Cevka rukaj, cevka tam, ob koncu bo imela same cevke. Ena za vodo, da bo tekla notri, druga, da bo tekla ven. Samo da jih ona ne mara imeti.
Mišice na obrazu se kar niso hotele stegniti. Komaj je premaknila ustnice.
“Hvala,” je izpregovorila.
“No, sedaj pa še malo juhice, potem pa še malo krompirčka. In teletnino, ki je tako mehka, da se kar stopi v ustih, ali ne?” je vprašala Stanka.
Meta je našla oporo in se prevalila na stran. Skrčila je kolena, najprej enega, potem drugega, skoraj ob zidu, in potegnila odejo preko ostrino kosti. Same kosti. Kosti in koža.
Pogled ji je padel na biblijo in hitro je zaprla oči.
“Mama, kaj ne boš jedla?”
Ne dolgo nazaj je Meta verjela, da je duševna hrana tisto, kar jo je držalo pri življenju, duševna hrana svetega pisma, kakor ga je razlagala Franca in njeni soverniki. O, Bog, kako je verjela!
Vroče solze so se ji nabrale pod veki. ’Seveda ne vsi, Meta, seveda ne vsi.’ Ne
I vsi ali nihče? Ne jaz, nikdar več jaz. Prišla bo noč, črna kakor ovitek te biblije in jaz ne bom nikdar več videla svetlobe.
“Mogoče pa pozneje, mama, ali ne? Ko bomo mi pojedli bom prišla in ti preme-njala posteljo in očistila cevke. Mogoče boš pa pozneje lažje jedla.”
Solza ji je zdrknila izpod veke in se razlila med lase.
’Nekateri, seveda, nekateri bodo.’ Nekateri ali nihče? Kaj pa vsi tisti, ki so že umrli? Tudi ti so verjeli, da bodo med izvoljenimi, ki bodo dočakali velikega prihoda Jehove. Ali so tudi oni čutili to razočaranje? Kako so sprejeli ta nerazložljiv preklic obljube večnega življenja na tem svetu? Tedaj svet še ni bil pripravljen, vsi znaki in simboli še niso bili doživeti’, je enkrat hitela razlagati Franca.
Kateri znaki? Jehova? Kateri simboli? Da je svet poln grešnikov? Da se je človeštvo pregrešilo čez vsako zapoved ne enkrat, ampak vedno in ponovno, vsaka generacija in vsi ljudje od roda do roda? Petsto let, tisoče let v preteklost so se raztegovali grehi in zločini človeka - ali niso bili to eni in isti dogodki, simboli, ki jih sedaj jehovska vera prikazuje kot znake, ki naznanjajo prihod konca sveta? ’Evropa se združuje v novo zvezo, v povezavo dvanajsterih.’ Kolikokrat se je Evropa že združila - in razdružila - v zveze? V srednjem veku, med vojnami in po vojnah, med osvajanjem celin in preko kolonalizacije plemen. Združevali so se narodi in države. Kralji in cesarji so združevali ljudstva pod svoja okrilja, politiki in predsedniki so pisali in podpisovali pogodbe - zakaj niso bili to tisti znaki, ki so napovedovali uresničenje prerokbe?
Samo en znak, eno in edino dejstvo je prepričalo Meto, da ima Franca prav, da je njena vera, jehovska vera, prava in zakonita vera novega svetega pisma. Judje so končno spet dobili svojo lastno državo.
V spominu je videla Franco, pet let mlajšo, ki jo je tistega pomladanskega večera spremljala domov in ji razlagala pomen znakov, kakor so jih nakazovali dogodki v svetu. ’In po vseh teh letih, po dva tisoč letih brez doma, so se Judje spet združili v samostojen narod in ustanovili svojo državo, ki jo imenujejo Izrael,’ je rekla po dolgem naštevanju simbolov, ki Meto do tedaj niso prepričali. Franca jo je pogledala z dolgim, presunljivim pogledom, kot da je vedela, kakšen vtis bo naredil ta dokaz v njeni duši.
In Metino srce se je odprlo kakor žejen cvet, kot speči otrok se je prebudila njena duša. Vse njeno bistvo, suho in neplodno kot tla puščave, je vsrknilo vase to razodetje, tako dolgo prikrito, neuresničeno skoraj dvatisoč let, to milost božjo, to milost Jehove, podeljeno njej v tihem mesecu pomladnega večera, pod na novo prižganimi zvezdami, v temno modrem, žametnim nebom, na vsakdanjem potu domov, v naravi stvarstva. V tistem trenutku je Meta vedela, kaj pomeni nositi cerkev v sebi.
Danes pa ji je Franca povedala, kar se je Meta najbolj bala: da ona ne bo dočakala.
(se nadaljuje)
Kanadčan Tom Priestley predstavil v Selah svoje delo
Profesor Tom Priestly iz Kanade je predstavil svoj raziskovalni projekt “Manjšinski problem slovenščine v Avstriji” in se predstavil tudi kot prevajalec slovenskih pesnikov v angleški jezik
Za predavanje si je izbral prav kraj, ki je zanj zelo pomemben - Sele.
Prišlo je lepo število domačinov in nekaj jih je prišlo celo od zunaj, kot npr. dr. Herta Maurer-Lausegger, dr. Teodor Domej in konzul Republike Slovenije Jelovšek. Na začetku predavanja je Marija Olip prebrala pesem o Tomu Priestleyju, ki jo je napisala neka domačinka. Znanstvenik se je te razveselil in nato predstavil izsledke raziskovanj. Referiral je o tem, kako je začel z raziskovanjem selščine. Prišel je do rezultata, da vsak govori po svoje. Citat Prie-stleyja: “Vsak človek ima svoj poseben Šprah”. Razlagal je svojo teorijo s tem, zakaj je selščina izgubila srednji spol in zakaj namesto pljuča rečejo pljuči. Govoril je tudi o povpraševanjih, ki jih je delal v nekaterih vaseh, o odnosu do slovenščine.
Drugi del večera je bil posvečen prevajanju. Malo je govoril o tem, kako je začel s prevodi. Začel je s preprostimi pesmimi Jožice Čertov, Gustava Januša, Milke Hartmann, nato se je lotil Janka Messnerja in Maje Haderlap, sedaj pa prevaja s svojim soprevajevalcem Henryjem Coo-perjem izbrana dela Franca Prešerna. Te prevode je pred kratkim izdala Mohorjeva založba. Nekaj svojih prevodov Prešerna je prebral in večer zaključil z Zdravljico. Po predavanju je društvo pripravilo zakusko, da so lahko poslušalci pokramljali še nekaj časa s prof. Tomom Priestleyjem. Večer je zelo dobro uspel, bil zelo zanimiv.
Intervju s Tom Priestleyjem: Bil sem v jezikovni šoli pri selškem gozdarju
(Pogovarjala se je Mihaela Hartmann)
Kako ste prišli v stik s slovenščino?
Ko sem dobil službo na univerzi v Alberti (Kanada), kjer še danes poučujem, sem kot slavist obvladal samo en slovanski jezik, namreč ruščino. Na univerzi je bilo očitno, da potrebujem še dodaten jezik. Drugi jezikoslovci na mojem oddelku so govorili ruščino, ukrajinščino, bolgarščino, poljščino ali češčino, nihče pa se ni zanimal za jezike, ki jih govorijo narodi v bivši Jugoslaviji.
Odločil sem se za slovenščino predvsem zato, ker je zelo nenavaden jezik in je njena posebnost mdr. dvojina. Prvi stik z njo pa sem imel na Seminarju slovenskega jezika v Ljubljani leta 1973. V tem letu sem iskal tudi teren za raziskave in prišel v Sele.
Sele so mala vas. Kako ste se odločili ravno za ta kraj?
Najprej sem se hotel ukvarjati s knjižno slovenščino, nato pa sem se le odločil za narečje. Prav posebej še zato, ker mi je, potem ko sem prebral knjigo o selskem narečju iz leta 1939 in ko sem obiskal Sele, bilo to najbolj zanimivo. Poleg tega so mi bile Sele od vsega začetka zelo všeč.
Ste na začetku imeli na Koroškem težave z jezikom?
Z jezikom sem na začetku seveda imel težave. Toda stanoval sem v hišici na Kobli in imel vsako jutro jezikovno šolo pri starem gozdarju, ki se je zelo rad pogovarjal z mano. Takrat še nisem obvladal knjižne slovenščine, kar pomeni, da sem se najprej naučil narečje. Pri tem je je zanimalo predvsem oblikoslovje in to, kako narečje zveni.
Z ljudmi samimi ni bilo toliko težav, čeprav v 70-ih letih niso bili tako odprti do tujcev kakor danes. Sprva niso vedeli, kdo sem in od kod prihajam. Kmalu pa sporazumevanje sploh ni bilo več težko.
Raziskovali ste tudi splošni položaj koroških Slovencev. Kakšni so Vaši zaključki?
V prvih 15-ih letih sem raziskoval samo položaj v Selah. Hotel sem vedeti, koliko se uporablja slovenščina in kakšen odnos imajo do nje ljudje. V zadnjih petih letih sem se začel ukvarjati s položajem na splošno in pravzaprav sem si za to izmislil projekt, na katerem sedaj delamo od predlanskega leta naprej.
Nekaj rezultatov že imamo, ki so zelo zanimivi. O
Predsednica KPD Planina Pavii Čertov je Tomu Priestleyju v zahvalo in spomin podarila sliko o Selah, kijih je znanstvenik tako vzljubil, kot bi bil tam doma.
teh sem govoril tudi na predavanju v Selah, npr. da so ženske bolj realistične glede položaja na Koroškem, kakor so to moški. Glede prihodnosti so bolj
pesimistične. Vzrok za to je najbrž, ker so bližje življenju kakor moški, npr. z otroki. Zakaj so pesimistične glede prihodnosti, je zelo zanimivo in mogoče je
Zopet nova težava za koroške Slovence...
Privatni radijski postaji Korotan/Agora pred koncem?
Celovec (Naš tednik, 21. 7. 2000) - Kakor vse kaže, so privatne radijske oddaje koroških Slovencev in gradiščanskih Hrvatov soočene z usodnim udarcem. Državni sekretar Morak, ki je na uradu zveznega kanclerja pristojen za medijska vprašanja, je v torek, 18. julija, sprejel predsednika NSKS Bernarda Sadovnika in predsednika ZSO dr. Marjana Sturma. Sporočil jima je, da bosta radijski družbi Korotan in Agora v letošnjem letu skupno prejeli 5 milijonov šilingov (lani 10), hrvaška radijska družba na Gradiščanskem Mora sama pa prav tako pet (kakor lani).
Toda to še ni vse. V naslednjem letu naj bivše tri družbe ostale popolnoma praznih rok. Zanje ni predviden niti šiling. Resno pa se išče, tako Morak, nadomestna rešitev v okviru ORF, pri čemer državni sekretar upa, da bo začela veljati že v prihodnjem letu.
Zastopniki vseh treh radijskih družb so na skupni tiskovni konferenci v gradiščanskem Velikem Borištofu poudarili, da bi vsaka subvencija, ki bi za posamezno radijsko znašala manj kakor pet milijonov šilingov, pomenila konec privatnih radijskih postaj. S strani radijske družbe Agora napovedujejo, da bodo v tem primeru ukinili oddaje že meseca avgusta.
Predsednik NSKS Bernard Sadovnik je po obisku pri Moraku poudaril: “Vlada mora zagotoviti obstoj privatnih oddaj vsaj tako dolgo, dokler se za celodnevni radio ne najde druga rešitev.” Sadovnik ima občutek, da vodstvo ORF oz. generalni intendant Weis in deželni intendant Draxler resno razmišlja o rešitvi tega vprašanja v okviru avstrijske radio-televizije. “Vsekakor pa bi morali pri nove-lizaciji zakona o ORF nujno zagotoviti programski nalog za narodne skupnosti,” tako predsednik NSKS v stališču za Naš tednik.
Tudi predsednik ZSO dr. Marjan Sturm poudarja, da črtanje podpor za privatni radio zanj ne pride v poštev brez ekvivalentne rešitve za celodnevni radijski program. Sturm v stališču za Naš tednik. “Slovenska narodna skupnost je vedno zahtevala celodnevni radijski program v okviru ORF. Bivša vlada nam je dala frekvenco za Korotan/ Agora, ki smo jo sprejeli samo pod pogojem, da jo država financira. Če država hoče to spremeniti, lahko to stori samo v primeru, da zagotovi celodnevni radijski program v okviru ORF. Kljub temu pa bi bilo treba razmisliti, kako omogočiti, da lahko na obstoječi frekvenci deluje privatni ra^*°-	Janko Kulmesch
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V četrtek, 27. julija, je bila v Celju izredna seja Slovenske škofovske konference, na kateri so prvič sodelovali novoimenovani pomožni škofi. Seja je bila pri Sv. Jožefu v Celju in je bilo na dnevnem redu več stvari, med njimi duhovna oskrba vojakov in oseb v zaporih. Sporočilo za javnost, posredovano po fax-u, pravi še:
“Škofje nameravajo s pastirskim pismom povabiti vernike k odgovorni udeležni na letošnjih volitvah. Pripravili so tudi posebno molitev za domovino pred volitvami.” Tekst te molitve:
Molitev za domovino pred volitvami 2000
Troedini Bog, večna modrost!
Ti vse čudovito urejaš in vodiš.
Usliši nas, ko te prosimo za našo domovino.
Naj jo odgovorno vodijo ljudje, ki bodo za javno blaginjo nesebično skrbeli. Naj jo vedno in povsod dostojno predstavljajo ter se zavzemajo posebej za vse, ki so v kakršnikoli stiski.
Nam pa daj, da bomo odgovorno volili po svoji vesti tiste, za katere upamo, da bodo s svojim javnim delovanjem pospeševali življenje ter duhovni in gmotni napredek naše države in tako pomagali graditi Božje kraljestvo na zemlji, ki je kraljestvo pravičnosti, miru in ljubezni. Amen.
naš. Zdrava Marija. Slava Očetu.
imprimatur: Slovenska škofovska konferenca.
Celje, 27. 7. 2000
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Na desnem bregu sotočja Soče in Idrijce pogosto odkrijejo ostanke hiš, na levem pa grobišča. Vsa mostarska zemlja je zaščitena. Tisti, ki želijo na njej graditi, morajo počakati, da svoje najprej opravijo arheologi. Tokrat so na delu zaradi gradbišča čistilne naprave.
Most na Soči je starodavni kraj. V njem so ljudje živeli že 2000 let pred našim štetjem. Ta prva znana poselitev je trajala vsaj do četrtega stoletja našega štetja, torej najmanj 2400 let.
Tej dolgi dobi sledi večstoletna vrzel. Ni znano, kakšno je bilo življenje o-koli sotočja v dobi preseljevanja narodov in takrat, ko so Posočje začeli naseljevati tako imenovani alpski Slovani.
V 12. stoletju v to časovno temo posveti cerkvica sv. Mavra, ki da naselju
Predlagana je odprava 5-letnega roka za vpis umrlih med vojno in neposredno po njej, ki niso bili vpisani v matično knjigo umrlih
Zamolčani v knjigah
Ljubljana - Spremembe zakona o matičnih knjigah, ki jih je 21. julija obravnaval državni zbor, še niso sprejete; parlament je namreč obravnavo o njih prekinil. Predlagana je odprava petletnega roka za vlaganje zahtevkov oziroma predlogov za vpis smrti oseb, ki so življenje izgubile neposredno po koncu vojne in tudi med njo in niso bile vpisane v matično knjigo umrlih. Zahtevke bi bilo mogoče vlagati neomejen čas.
Predlagatelji postopka naj bi postala tudi društva, ki izkažejo upravičen interes; o tem bo presojal upravni organ, pristojen za ugotavljanje in vpis smrti, in sicer na podlagi ciljev in nalog, ki jih je društvo opredelilo v svojem temeljnem aktu. To pomeni, da bi bilo lahko predlagatelj postopka ugotavljanja in vpisa smrti le tisto društvo, katerega dejavnost je tudi proučevanje tega zgodovinskega obdobja oziroma dejstev in okoliščin, povezanih s smrtjo posameznikov, ki lahko pripeljejo do podatkov, pomembnih za ta postopek. Spremembi sta nasprotovali poslanski skupini LDS in ZLSD.
Poslanci so po skrajšanem postopku sprejeli novelo zakona o splošnem upravnem postopku. Gre za spremembo 306. člena. Za vzpostavitev ustreznih evidenc in izmenjavo podatkov glede poravnanih obveznosti do države je treba oblikovati ustrezno računalniško in drugo logistično podporo, hkrati pa je treba usposobiti tudi osebe, ki bodo vodile postopke, povezane z vročitvijo upravnih odločb. Za izvedbo vsega tega je vlada predlagala, poslanci pa sprejeli podaljšanje roka za dvanajst mesecev.
Sekretariat državnega zbora za zakonodajo in pravne zadeve je pri predlaganem besedilu opozoril, da bi bilo treba ponujeno rešitev pred sprejetjem ponovno celovito pretehtati, zlasti iz razlogov dejanske izvedljivosti v praksi. Kaže, da je bil šele pred kratkim sprejeti osnovni zakon v nekaterih določbah premalo pretehtan. Šele po njegovem sprejemu se je ugotovilo, da ga kljub odloženi šestmesečni uveljavitvi v nekaterih podrobnostih pravzaprav ni mogoče izvajati iz več razlogov (pomanjkanje evidenc, neustrezna računalniška podpora, kadrovske težave in drugo). Zato ostaja odprto vprašanje, ali bo to določbo zakona o splošnem upravnem postopku po preteku na novo določenega roka sploh mogoče uveljaviti v praksi.
Matjaž Albreht, Marko Jakopec DELO, 22. julija 2000
tudi ime Ad Pontem Sancti Mauij. Arheologi vedo, da je bil kraj, ki bi se mu po slovensko reklo Pri mostu svetega Mavra, dokaj velik in precej starejši od cerkvenega hrama.
Če povzamemo: kulturne ostaline Mosta na Soči pričajo, da imamo v tem kraju opraviti s tremi naselitvenimi obdobji, starožele-znim oziroma halštatskim ter rimskodobnim oziroma latenskem, ki se deloma prekriva s prazgodovinskim in kasnoantičnim.
Staroželezna doba, ki so jo poimenovali po nekdanjem imenu Mosta na Soči Santa Lucija, je dala največ enkratnih in vznemirljivih najdb. In še novost v zvezi z njo: čeprav mineva sto let od prvi odkritij iz tega časa, se še vedno krešejo mnenja domačih in tujih arheologov, katero ljudstvo je tedaj živelo tu. Po imenih nekaterih ljudstev, ki so poseljevala to območje v času rimske province Norik, sodijo, da je mogoče šlo za noriško pleme Am-bisonti (=Obsočani, Posoča-ni torej).
Starodavne civilizacije so levi breg Idrijce spremenile v velikansko nekropolo. Odkopali so že več kot sedem tisoč grobov. Na prelomu 19. in 20. stoletja so jo raziskovali tujci, za časa žolte monarhije in Italije zlasti arheologa Szombathy in Marchesetti. Njuno delo, katerega sad so zbirke, ki jih hranijo na Dunaju in v Trstu, je v sedemdesetih letih nadaljeval novogoriški arheolog Drago Svoljšak. Ta zdaj izroča raziskovanje mlademu Mlinarju, ki ognjeni krst samostojnega dela doživlja prav te dni na grobišču tik ob jezeru.
Ob pogledu na prelepe, skoraj dva tisoč let stare najdbe se opazovalcu zastavi vprašanje, kdo so bili ljudje, ki so jih naredili in jih s seboj nosili v posmrtno življenje.
“Lahko jih uvrščamo med brezimne, lahko jih opredelimo po Mostu na Soči najbližjem podobnem najdišču Idriji pri Bači kot idrijsko kulturno skupino,” so povedali arheologi.
Najdbe so za stroko dragocene, ker so na Mostu na Soči prve te vrste in bistveno dopolnjujejo arheološko podobo kraja. Na o-gled bodo skupaj z drugimi v zbirki Tominskega muzeja. Slednjemu se letos pri-
BRALCI
AMERIŠKE DOMOVINE! PRIPOROČAJTE NAŠ I I^T!
družuje še muzejček mostarske osnovne šole, ki ga domiselno urjejajo na ostalinah velike starodavne hiše.	Katja Roš
DELO, 22. julija 2000
KOLEDAR
AVGUST
6. - Veselica Primorskega kluba, na Slovenski pristavi.
20. - Veselica župnije
Marije Vnebovzete, na Slovenski pristavi.
20. - SKD Triglav, Milwaukee ima drugi piknik v svojem Parku.
SEPTEMBER
2. - Veselica pevskega
zbora Korotan, na Slovenski pristavi.
10. - Oltarno društvo
pri Sv. Vidu priredi kosilo, v dvorani Sv. Vida.
16. - Folklorna skupina Kres priredi program v SND na St. Clairju.
Tom Priestley
(nadaljevanje s str. 15)
Z mojem soprevajalcem Henryjem Cooperjem sva že govorila o možnem nadaljevanju s prevodi del Franceta Prešerna. Sam pa bi rad prevajal koroške pesnice in pesnike.
V glavi imam tudi že projekt, ki ga pa še nisem do konca razvil. Mogoče bo to izbor najboljših pesmi vseh koroških pesnic in pesnikov, ki še živijo. Mislim, da, ko bom čez kaki dve leti v penziji, ali celo že prej, se bom lotil tega projekta.
(Vse gradivo v zvezi s Tomom Priestleyjem je iz Našega tednika z dne 21. julija 2000. Kakor sem že prej objavil, je Tom Priestley dolgoletni vodilni član Družbe za slovenske študije in je bil urednik več številk “Papers in Slovene Studies”, ki jih izdaja omenjena družba. Ur. AD)
Misijonska srečanja in pomenki
1340. Spomladi je dobrotnica iz Kalifornije
darovala lepo vsoto za otroke v misijonih, kar smo razdelili na tri misijonarke, ki delajo na takem polju. Prva se je oglasila misijonarka salezijanka s. Marjeta Zanjkovič, ki dela na Madagaskarju, in piše:
“Spoštovana Marica, ne morete si misliti, kako sem se razveselila Vašega pisma in daru, toliko bolj, ker sem v tem času prisrčno molila za božjo Previdnost. Vaš dar je jasen odgovor božje Ljubezni na našo prošnjo. Letos sem morala namreč sprejeti odgovornost za to skupnost v Beta-fo, kar ni to lahko in enostavno zame, saj je to formacijska hiša. Skrbim namreč za naš bodoči naraščaj (aspiranti-nje in postulatinje).
Poleg tega imamo 80 notranjih gojenk iz zelo revnih družin, ki ne morejo plačevati šolnine in stanovanja; osnovno šolo za 700 otrok, center za mlade in kuhinja za najrevnejše. Do sedaj nam je Bog čudovito pomagal, zato z zaupanjem sprejemam to službo služenja najpotrebnejšim.
Za Vaš božični dar smo lahko kupile tople odeje za 80 deklet, in ta zadnji dar bo za hrano. Od srca se Vam vsi skupaj zahvaljujemo. Povejte dragi ge. Lojzki, da lepo molimo za njo in jo priporočamo Bogu, da bo zdrava in zadovoljna v starostnem domu.
Želimo Vam in vsem dragim dobrotnikom božjega blagoslova in Vas najprisrčneje pozdravljamo. V molitvi vedno združeni, hvaležna s. Marjeta Zanjkovič.”
Sestra je priložila fotografijo, ko ona sama in še tri dekleta držijo omenjene deke.
Drugo pismo je od misijonarke uršulinke s. Zore Škerlj iz Bocvane, in piše:
“Draga gospa, prisrčna hvala Vam, ge. Lojzki in MZA za denarno pomoč. Z vašim darom bomo pomagali programu za “play groups”, kot imenujemo predšolsko pripravo za San ali Bušmanske otroke. Ta enoletna priprava je zelo potrebna, ker je uvajanje v redno osnovno šolo zelo zahtevno za te otroke, zaradi okolja, v katerem živijo. Šola je še vedno nekaj “nepotrebnega in tujega” tudi za njihove starše.
Vas, go. Lojzko in vse dobrotnike spremljamo z molitvijo. Tudi sama se priporočam v molitev, še posebno, ko se
Misijonska Znamkarska Akcija (MZA) Catholic Mission Aid (CMA)
je javna, "nepridobitna, dobrodelna misijonska organizacija. Ustanovil jo je Fr. Charles A. Wolbang, CM. Registrirana je v mestu Columbus, Ohio, ZDA.
Za pomoč slovenskim misijonarjem zbira finančno pomoč za njih delo med ubogimi v misijonskih deželah ter za vzdrževanje bogoslovcev za domači misijon.
Hvaležni bomo za vsak dar, ki ga boste darovali v ta namen.
Spomnite se misijonarjev in ubogih v svojih oporokah. Za vse prejete darove izdamo potrdilo za “Income tax”. Uradni naslov:
MZA - CMA
17826 Brian Ave., Cleveland, OH 44119
Glavni odbor MZA-CMA, Cleveland
v teh mesecih trudimo z manjšo skupino San ljudi, da bi dobili zemljo za življenjsko potrebno hrano in tudi za prodajo zelenjave. Istočasno naj bi ta projekt tudi pospeševal konservacijo zemlje in okolja. In to je zemlja, kjer so oni živeli že nekaj generacij in kjer počivajo trupla njih prednikov. Na žalost je opozicija uglednejših, gospodarsko močnejših in bolj premožnih, zelo močna.
V skupnem prizadevanju za rast božjega kraljestva, Vas prisrčno pozdravljam, s. Zora Škerlj.”
Tudi ta sestra je priložila fotografijo malih predšolskih otrok, ki bodo deležni dobrote te blage žene.
Pa se tudi mi pridružimo molitvi k tem sestram misijonarkam ter še drugim, da bi Bog blagoslovil njih delo. Molimo pa tudi za dobrotnike, katerim naj Nebeški Oče poplača vso dobroto, ki jo delijo s potrebnimi.
Pretekli teden smo imeli obisk iz Slovenije. Rektor ljubljanskega semenišča g. Tone Slabe in mons. Franci Petrič sta bila med nami. Vsako jutro smo imeli slovesno sv. mašo, posebno še zadnji ponedeljek, ko se je tema duhovnikoma pridružil še zlatomašnik dr. Pavel Krajnik.
Bili so tudi na pikniku Pristavskih upokojencev, kjer smo imeli še malo sestanka z obiskovalcema in nam je g. rektor razložil o življenju v bogoslovju in kdo to vzdržuje.
Hvala Vama za vse lepe misli, za vse, kar smo koristnega slišali in prejeli. Vsi Vama želimo obilo božjega blagoslova pri Vajinem delu, kot tudi g. Franciju Urbanija, ki se je v sredo vrnil v Argentino.
Vsem iskren misijonski pozdrav!	Marica Lavriša
1004 Dillewood Rd.
Cleveland, OH 44119
LEMONTSKI ODMEVI
(nadaljevanje s str. 12)
manje slovenske župnije v Lemontu. Naj po Marijini priprošnji Bog blagoslavlja našo mlado župnijo. Sveto mašo je daroval voditelj župnije p. David Šrumpf.
Pred leti so slovenske župnije iz Chicaga in drugih krajev imele vsaka svojo romarsko nedeljo. Žal so zaradi sprememb v župnijah, ponekod tudi opustitev, romanja odpadla. Priporočamo jih Bogu in Mariji.
Člani in članice Sloven-sko-ameriškega radio kluba so kot običajno poromali k Mariji Pomagaj drugo nedeljo v juliju. Tudi popoldanske večernice so bile, kakor je navada ob romanjih, tokrat s prošnjo, da bi Bog še vnaprej blagosla-
vljal tedensko slovensko radijsko oddajo.
Tudi 16. in 23. julija so bila običajna lemontska romanja: 16. julija so poromale k Mariji članice Slovenske ženske zveze, 23. julija pa Društvo Sv. Ane KSKJ št. 170.
Slovenskega rojaka iz Jo-lieta, Fr. Davida J. Stalzer-ja je 18. junija 2000 Bog poklical k sebi. Fr. David je bil rojen 28. junija 1947, in krščen v slovenski cerkvi Sv. Jožefa. Mašniško posvečenje je prejel 9. novembra 1974. Deloval je kot kaplan in župnik v Lockportu, na-
to dolga leta pri fari Marijinega rojstva in Sv. Magdalene v Jolietu.
Kot zaveden Slovenec se je poglabljal v slovensko dediščino in rad o njej govoril in pisal. Zavratna bolezen - rak - mu je pretrgala nit življenja v najboljših letih - star 53 let. Naše sožalje materi in sorodnikom. Father David, p°' čivaj v Bogu in uživaj njegovo večno Luč.
AVE MARIA Avgust 2000
NOVI GROBOVI
(nadaljevanje s str. 9)
Richard M. Podboy
Dne 28. julija je v Lake-West bolnišnici v Willough-byju umrl 69 let stari R>' chard M. Podboy iz Wick-liffa, rojen v Clevelandu, od mladih sodeloval z družino pri lastninjenju in v0' denju raznih gostiln, v 60ih letih pa v službi kot dosta-vljalec pošte v Wickliffu> mož Eleanor, roj. Timko, oče Dawn Fenske in R*' charda ml., 1-krat stari oče, brat Michaela in že pok. Alvina, veteran korejske vojske, clan AMLA >n SNPJ. Pogreb je bil L aV; gusta s sv. mašo v cerkvi Our Lady of Mt. Carmei in pokopm na pokopali^11 Mentor.
Anton Pavlovec
Umrl je 70 let stari A11' ton Pavlovec, rojen v Baču’ Slovenija, vdovec po Aloj2' ji, roj. Turšič, brat Vilme (Slovenija), Lojzeta (Avstra lija) ter že pok. Staneta in Ivana, stric, zaposlen k0* strojnik pri Teledyne-Ostef
19 let, do svoje upokojitve' Pogreb je danes, 3. aVSu sta, v oskrbi Želetovega za voda na E. 152 St. s & mašo v cerkvi Marije Vne bovzete in pokopom na Vernih duš pokopališču.
Josephine E. Mlinar Umrla je Josephine ^ Mlinar, rojena August, v va po Franku, mati Brinovec, Franka, Anthony
ja, Dominica, Theodore
Jamesa in že pok. Josep ^ ne Mlinar, 14-krat sta^. mati, 1-krat prastara ma ^ Pogreb je bil L aVSuSta u sv. mašo v cerkvi ^ur of St. Mary na Char Villageu.
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