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Annual St. Vitus Summer Picnic
St. Vitus Parish in Cleveland will hold its annual summer picnic on Sunday, July 21 at Slovenska Pristava.
The picnic will begin with 12 noon Mass (there will be NO 10:30 Mass in St. Vitus Church).
Following the Mass there will be a barbecue chicken/breaded pork dinner. Cost is $12 for adults, and $6 for children 12 or younger.
For listening and dancing, the Joey Tomsick Orchestra will perform in the afternoon. There will be an appearance by Zeke and Charlie and the St. Clair Boys.
Later in the afternoon games will be featured for children.
Throughout the afternoon there will be other side foods and refreshments available as
well as a nominal fee for those inclined toward swimming in the junior Olympic-size pool.
No admission charge to Slovenska Pristava that day.
An arts/crafts show will be on display. The main raffle will conclude the evening’s festivities. All net proceeds are for the general and operating needs of the parish. - For additional information call the parish at (216)361-1444.
Directions to Pristava:
Go east on 1-90. Get off at the Geneva exit (Route 534) and turn right (south) on Rt. 534, travel two miles. Make a right turn on South River Road (big sign Chalet Debonne). Go one mile. Make right turn on Brandt Road. This leads to Slove-naka Pristava on the right.
Zeke and Charlie Premiere CD
:	The popular brother team
Zeke & Charlie will debut their new compact disc titled “Just a Jolly Group from Cleveland” this Sunday, July 21 at the St. Vitus Summer Picnic to be held at Slovenska Pristava in Harpersfield, OH. The CD event will take place around 5 p.m.
Price of the CD is $10
with all proceeds from Sunday’s sale to benefit St. Vitus Parish.
For more information regarding the purchase of CD’s contact 440-975-0683 (email fazitko@core.com or mail check for $12 (includes handling) do Zeke/Charlie CD, 35125 Martin Rd., Willoughby Hills, OH 44094.
United Altar Societies Invites You to Their Pilgrimage to Lemont
The United Altar and Rosary Societies of St. Mary’s, St. Vitus and St. Christine’s 'nvite you to join us on our ar>nual pilgrimage to Lemont, Illinois the weekend August 10-11.
Join us for a weekend of sPiritual growth and unity in Prayer for our families, Parishes, the missions, and increased respect for life, vocations, and our nation.
The itinerary is as fol-l°ws: We will depart from Euclid City Hall at 6:30 a.m. °n Saturday, Aug. 10.
Stations of the Cross will be held at 5:00 p.m. in Lemont. There will be a ^ass followed by a candle-i'ght procession along with Ihe recitation of the rosary, ^hich will be followed by |Le sung litany of the “lessed Virgin Mary.
On Sunday morning there will be two Masses, one at 7 a.m. and one at 11 a.m. At 2:30 p.m. there will again be the sung litany of the Blessed Virgin Mary with Benediction.
The cost of the trip is $90 and includes room and board; meals arc included. Interested persons are asked to make reservations as soon as possible. Reservations can be made by phone and/or through the mail. My phone number is 731-5827. My address is: Kristi Nemec 24364 Garden Drive #1303, Euclid, OH 44123. Reservations are on a first come, first serve basis. Make your reservations now. 1 look forward to hearing from all of you.
--Kristi Nemec
St. Vitus Boiler Fund Gets Big Boost
The above picture was taken in St. Vitus Church in Cleveland. The occasion was to present Rev. Joseph Boznar, Pastor of St. Vitus Parish, a donation totaling $6,100 toward the replacement of the St. Vitus boilers which cost over $80,000.
The proceeds were raised from a Chicken and Pork Dinner that was held on Sunday, March 24 at the St. Vitus Auditorium. St. Mary Magdalene KSKJ Lodge #162, St. Vitus KSKJ Lodge #25, St. Vitus Altar Society, and the St. Vitus Holy Name Society co-sponsored the dinner. This event was a part of the American Slovenian Catholic Union, KSKJ
Matching Funds Program. Included in the above figure is $2,000 from the KSKJ Matching Funds Program — $1,000 from each of the two KSKJ lodges which participated in organizing the dinner.
The committee would like to thank everyone, including the cook and her staff, for volunteering their services to make this dinner a huge success and to those who came to the dinner. A total of 560 dinners were served. A special thanks go out to James Slapnik Jr. Florist for donating the flowers that decorated the tables at the dinner. It was nice having the youth
of the parish helping at the dinner.
Included in the above picture from the left are Joseph V. Hočevar, Vice President of KSKJ Lodge #25 and 2nd Vice President of the KSKJ National Board, Albin Orehek, Treasurer of KSKJ Lodge #25, Joseph Baškovič, President of KSKJ Lodge #25, Fr. Joseph Boznar, Pastor of St. Vitus Parish, Betty Orehek, Vice President of KSKJ Lodge #162, Ivanka Matic, President of the St. Vitus Altar Society, and Charles Winter, President of the Holy Name Society and Auditor of KSKJ Lodge #25.
--Joseph V. Hočevar, ____________________Chairmen?
Fairfield’s Night of Slovenia
Rev. Milan Dimic (standing) and Father Alfred Pecaric, local Slovenian priests, enjoy the Slovenian evening at Holy Cross Church.
On June 22, St. Joseph Lodge KSKJ and Holy Cross Church of Fairfield, Connecticut hosted an “Evening of Slovenia II with the Savrinski godci.”
The evening’s events began with a holy Mass at 4:30 celebrated by Father Milan Dimic. The Savrinski godci, a Slovenian musical group, sang traditional Mass hymns in the Slovenian language.
The evening continued with wine tasting sponsored by two of Slovenia’s eastern vineyards, Tilia Vineyard of the Vipava Valley, and San-tomas Vineyard of Šmarje. During the wine tasting nearly 200 people were entertained by the Savrinski
godci who performed traditional Slovenian songs from the villages of Savrinski, eastern Slovenia.
Traditional Slovenian cuisine was prepared by the Holy Cross / KSKJ chefs. Special guests included the Consulate General of Slovenia, Mr. Andrej Podvrsic, wine-makers, and representatives from both the Tilia Vineyard and Santomas Vineyard, press from Slovenia, and Mr. Emil Gaspari of A-E Imports.
Many thanks to all people who helped to make the evening an excellent affair, —Ernie Lagoja President, St. Joseph Lodge
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The Great Game of Golf
by RUDY FLIS
Golf, is a game many of you enjoy. I play golf, and I can remember the first time 1 hit a golf ball. I was a caddie at Columbia Hills Country Club, near Valley City, Ohio.
The two men I caddied for asked me if I would like to tee the ball I found and drive it down the fairway. They gave me a tee and a driver and told me to hit the ball. I blasted it, and its flight was straight as an arrow and went past the drives of the two men. They suggested I start playing the game.
The above happened in the late 1940’s when I was a teenager. A neighbor lady gave me four golf clubs with wooden shafts. A 2 wood, (brassie), a 2 iron, and a 5 and 7 iron. I got to play on Caddie’s Day — Monday — for free. But I did not take up the game again until the end of the 1970’s when I entered sales. I love and enjoy playing golf and always have. I’m constantly inconsistent, a nightmare to a golfer, but not me.
Yesterday I played golf for the first time this year. It was at an outing with food and drink and old acquaintances, and it was great in
spite of that little goofy white round golf ball, which always tries to hide from me.
On the first hole it went into the water, but I could see it and dragged it out. Many times it went where I didn’t aim, trying to ruin my day. But with a refreshing breeze in my face, under clear blue skies on a day off from work, I could not help but thank God for these moments.
So no stupid little golf ball was going to ruin a day meant to be special. If I were a golf ball, I would cringe on the tee, waiting for the golf club to wack me. I would pray for the safety of the cup in the green, and I would get to that cup in one wack. A golf ball can be loved, and yes I said loved in a cup. I have seen elated golfers pick the ball out of the cup and plant a great big kiss on it after a great shot when the ball, for no apparent reason, ended up in the cup.
I am yet looking for that golf ball with brains that will get into the cup on the green from the tee shot. There aren’t many of those balls around, and until I find one,
I will not let the other stupid golf balls ruin any day in a life I intend to enjoy, especially on the golf course.
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Mlakar Marches bown Memory Lane
by RAY MLAKAR * I
Ray is back with a joke to tickle your fancy. It seems that an old cowboy went to the church for the first time in his life and afterwards talked about his experience with a friend. “I tied my horse to a tree in the coral,” the cowboy said. “That’s what is called a church parking lot,” the friend said. “Then I went up some steps and thru the main gate,” the cowboy continued. “That’s what the church calls the front door,” the friend said. The cowboy said, “Inside a man in a suit and tie gave me a piece of paper and pointed to the chute I should go down.” “That’s called an aisle,” the friend said. “Then
I saw an empty stall and sat down.” The friend said, “That’s called a pew.” The cowboy smiled, “That’s exactly what the lady next to me said - P.U.”
As time went on in Germany, things seemed to go more smoothly because
working in supply, one did not get much time to be lonely. After some six months, I noticed at the USO Club on post that they had a poster on the bulletin board saying they had a weekend trip to go to BADEN-BADEN, better known as the “Black Forest.” Leave Friday evening and return Sunday late afternoon.
Hey, I had been a good little trooper and felt I could get a 72-hour pass to leave the Kaseme. It was a deal I could not pass up. When I say it was cheap, I mean cheap from the word “Get-Go.” But then this trip was offered to U.S. servicemen only, and we were given a financial break, a break that would not break out wallets. It cost only $7 in our U.S. Army script money for the entire weekend.
Well, we went by mini bus. It was heaven just getting away from the Kaseme without some ding-a-ling looking for Ray so he can get to the supply room to
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pick up his laundry or get a clean set of linen because he got a wet bed. Speaking of wet beds, I will get into that in a later article, only to say that boys will be boys.
It was a good two hour ride by mini bus as the bus climbed up this slight incline up into the mountain area, and there stood this beautiful palace, if you will. Money was no object when they built it and it was an exclusive resort for a get-away weekend. It had its share of gambling rooms, but then I was not J. D. Rockefeller, so I did not indulge, but lavished the furnished food, the beautiful gardens both inside the establishment as well as the outside.
I had a room fit for a king with no ding-a-ling playing “I’m sending you a big bouquet of roses, one for every time I broke your heart.” This was the day the Lord had made. There were numerous other soldiers there, but none from Karlsruhe.
While in Europe, all soldiers had to wear their military uniforms and I must add that back in those days, both overseas and stateside, when one wore the uniform, they were extended many courtesies: you were treated like royalty. I had heard so much
about the “Black Forest” that it was a sight to behold for the entire area was full of tall pines, very dense.
Black Forest, Baden-Baden, the place was known for coo-coo clocks. Well, Ray had saved his money, Deutsch marks, and went into town and was able to purchase a beautiful hand carved coo-coo clock. This I had to send home as a German souvenir from the Black Forest. German marks? Yes it was expensive, but who was counting, for with the sale of a couple of cartons of American cigarettes, Ray was now in Rockefeller’s shoes.
That weekend seemed to fly for we had to be back on the mini bus for the return trip to Karlsruhe and then hop on the street car to ride back to the Kaseme. Needless to say I was eagerly greeted when I walked through the gates for the men from B-Btry were waiting for me with cheers like, “Mlakar, where the hell have you been? We have been looking for you since Friday. We want to get our clean laundry out of the supply room and the supply sergeant said you were unavailable.”
- Guess I should have felt touched to be missed, but
unfortunately, I was missed only because they could not get their clean laundry.
Well, tomorrow it is back to a full day of duty again, but after that wonderful peaceful weekend, I could take all the moaning and groaning that they could hand out. It goes without saying that in spite of Germany being heavily bombed during the war, there were still a lot of places that had not been touched, sights of pure beauty. Yes, Germans can be proud of their country, just like we can be proud of the USA.
Time to hit the sack even though it will not be a sack like I had at the resort of Baden-Baden, but then I can dream of nights gone by with food that was cooked by real cooks. Time to close for this edition only to say “God bless and watch over each of you and keep you safe and healthy - and perhaps healthy is the most important wish of all.”
Forks were two-pronged until the end of the eighteenth century when four-pronged forks became standard.
Life in the Refugee Camps
by ANTON ŽAKELJ, translated and edited by JOHN ŽAKELJ
(Continued from last week)
Wednesday, Oct. 31,1945
From 8 a.m. to noon, I looked for potatoes in five fields, but found only 15 kilos. All the fields have been cleaned out.
My brother Joze arrived from Feldkirchen. Mire left again, this time on a trip to Feldkirchen.
Franc Zupan (Jerry Zupan’s brother) began teaching a course in English, and 15 people signed up.
The British major moved 10 vehicles from the Jewish camp to ours because he’s worried the Jews will steal them.
Thursday, Nov. 1,1945
Today is All Saints Day. We had special prayers and singing at the cemetery in memory of all the Slovenians who have died.
Tomaz and Dora (who had been our neighbors in Ziri, but are now living with relatives in Feldkirchen) arrived by train for a visit. They will stay overnight.
The Jewish refugees were moved to Murdorf.
Friday, Nov. 2,1945
My brother Joze left with Tomaz and Dora to return to Feldkirchen. Tomaz and Dora said they will probably get married soon.
Cilka thinks it’s about time we got married, too. We’ve been engaged for many years. And, in two days, she’ll be 31, and I’m nearly 38. But I think she is sPeaking too much from her heart and not using her head, it makes no sense to start a family now. How can we Provide for children when tve have nothing?
Saturday, Nov. 3,1945
Our camp is now run by DNRRA, the United Nations Rslief and Rehabilitation Agency. We are getting niore bread, real coffee, and some meat.
We were saddened and angered today by the news that the British handed over Generals Rupnik and Nedič, arid Bishop Rozman to the Jugoslavs. Members of the Yugoslav government in ex-'i6 in Graz and Salzburg 'Vere arrested. Bad news!
Sunday, Nov. 4. 194*
We went to Masses at /
and 9 a.m.
This morning, the symbol of the “Black Hand” appeared on the door of the neighboring barracks, which is the residence of the camp’s chief cook. Someone painted it on overnight with a paint that will not wash off. And on the door to the assistant cooks, someone wrote: “Villa of the Gluttons.”
The camp leadership suspects that someone from our room is responsible, probably Mire. But Mire says, “This	is the	work	of cowards.	If I	find	someone
stealing food, I will paint a black	hand	right	on their
face!”
Because of the leadership’s suspicions, everyone in our room got only half the usual	ration	of	butter or
cheese today.
(Later, I learned that our chief cook really was dishonest and deserved to be criticized. One time, the well-known gymnast Fric Natlačen was visiting in the chief cook’s barracks. For some reason, I needed to go get him. When I got there, 1 noticed they were eating a veal roast. The chief cook tried to explain to me that he needed to bring the food back to his room because his wife was sick. I don’t know whether that was true, but I do know that the rest of us hardly ever got enough meat for ourselves.)
(1 didn’t write this in my diary, so 1 don’t know exactly when this happened, but I recall that about this time, people complained to UNRRA that the refugee leadership was getting their own food in the kitchen, instead of waiting in line with everyone else. UNRRA sent a letter to the refugee leadership, telling them they had to get their food the same way as the other refugees. The
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leadership posted that letter next to the window where we all got our food, so everyone could see it. But the letter was written in English and nobody understood it. I don’t think our leaders understood it either, because they kept on going to the kitchen and helping themselves.)
Karl Erznoznik’s wife, Mici, cooked him some dumplings and com mush today for a special treat.
(To Be Continued)
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Michael and John and I are going to play golf today. Great accommodations. The best!
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July Bean Casserole
Maureen’s neighbor made this for one of their parties, to rave reviews. It was originally her mother’s recipe.
Ingredients:
Vi lb. sliced bacon, diced Vi lb. ground beef
1	C chopped onion
28 oz. can pork & beans 17 oz. can lima beans, rinsed & drained 15-16 oz. can kidney beans, rinsed & drained Vi C barbecue sauce Vi C ketchup Vi C sugar	Vi C brown sugar
2	T mustard	2 T molasses
11 salt	Vi t chili powder
Directions:
In a large skillet, cook the bacon, beef and onion until the meat is browned and onion is tender. Drain. Transfer to a greased I'A quart baking dish. Add all of the beans and mix well. In a small bowl, combine the remaining ingredients, stir into the beef and bean mixture. Bake at 350° for 45 minutes covered, then uncover and bake 15 minutes longer. — Serves 12.
--Kim Ann Kaifesh X'	Our Family and Friends Recipes
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Your picnic meetings will be at Stafford Park on July 24th and August 21st at noon. The July attendance prize is $5.00.
Your September meeting will be at the Slovenian National Home, 3563 East 80th off Union Avenue on the 25th of September at noon.
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AMERIŠKA DOMOVINA, JULY 18, 2002
Recalling St. Lawrence Parish Life
by JOSEPH T. SNYDER (Continued
THE NEIGHBORHOOD
As we look back from our rose-colored nostalgia from our youth, we can honorably state that this was the best of times to be raised up and can be dubbed “The Greatest Generation.” The friendliness contrasted with the rivalries and competitive spirit that motivated one to outdo one another in any achievement. The schools, sports teams, games, picnics, hanging around, exchanging school and home stories begat one-upmanship. The intermingling of generations in church and social events gave each of us that special feeling of belonging to something greater than our own small sphere. This camaraderie keeps coming to mind when we reminisce. This was part of the legacy of St. Lawrence parish.
Back in the first half of the 20th century, people were identified by the parish or neighborhood that they called home. The grape vine was very closely knit, as the gossip, folklore, fables, actual facts, and family nuances were guardedly disseminated. The characters, nicknames, scandals, and mishaps turned from exaggerated stories to legends. Nicknames were prolific, to mention only a few including Yankers, Junda, and Yabalona.
Some “characters” included Tony Gabooch, who lived in a bam; Whistler, Logan, Goosie, Rooster, Gumps, and Gooch. Not everyone in the neighborhood possessed extraordinary genius, but there were plenty of hard-working people who found gainful employment and contributed to the well being of their surroundings.
We had a series of peddlers that periodically traversed the three streets, E.
80tn, E. 81st, and E. 82nd. Included were the fish man, the waffle man, the produce man, who was called the peddler, the umbrella man, the scissors sharpening man, milk men, the ice man; and Peter Zebich, the legendary Croatian strongman who would demonstrate his enormous strength to onlookers. Of course occasional beggars, a minstrel, and on rare occasions some photographer brought a pony as a prop for a Kodak moment.
Pranks were the order of the day as October 31st approached. On Cabbage Night, tick-tocks were placed on windows of the unsuspecting. The “dirt” in the “set-to-fire paper bag trick” was inherited from prior ages, but only talked about amongst the less savory characters amongst us. We had access to the railroad that abutted the backyards of residents on E. 82ml Street. As a carry-over from the depression, some families kept their homes warm from the coal strewn along the rails. Some venturesome chaps were known to have climbed onto the coal car to enhance their booty.
As children we yelled to the break-men: “Hey, Mister, how about a fusee?” These 5, 10, or 15 minute flares were highly treasured around the Fourth of July. Sometimes caps of dynamite were obtained, which we wrapped and placed on the top of the CTS trolley rails and waited for the surprised conductor to run over these miniexplosives that shocked the riders.
Pulling the trolley wires from the back of the streetcar was a challenge to the more daring. These dares begot plenty of challenges to more mischief, including petty theft from street vendors, or making crank phone calls ordering live chickens to be sent to unsuspecting house-
wives.
Yankers, an amputee from WWII was an early devotee of the motorcycle. His exploits became legend, particularly when he preempted a daredevil at a local carnival by driving his bike through a burning wall without protective gear while the crowd and professional performer watched in utter amazement. His prosthesis once dislodged in a minor traffic incident when a curious onlooker fainted over such a shocking display.
Mr. Kužnik, the owner of Kuznik’s Cafe, had the enviable position of possessing five beautiful daughters. The servicemen who were furloughed, found this center of joviality, music, and an avenue to exchange war stories. Being very patriotic, they displayed large 8x10 framed pictures of our local heroes in their front windows for passers-by to admire. As future scientists, we learned the power of the magnifying glass. In the late afternoon, the western sun beamed directly into these unshaded windows. The art of burning out the eyeballs from these photos was a prank that garnered all of the talents of dexterity and a good aim.
Slingshots, BB guns, pellet pistols, and rock throwing were not confined to a practice range. Windows, street lamps, wide rear ends and moving cars were not necessarily off-limits to a daring sharpshooter. Building projects were a source of risk taking exploits along the girders, particularly when the erection of the Slovenian E. 80,h Lanes was being undertaken. Hiding tradesmen’s tool pouches were challenging because they were undoubtedly aware of our exploits.
Smoking was not influenced by Joe Camel. Dried com silk wrapped in toilet paper was one form of Bull Durham. Smoking the tails
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from the catalpa trees was attempted with a severe challenge of one’s lung power, always unsuccessful. “Borrowed” cigarettes, mooching butts, and cutting cigarettes in half were part of our venture into the ‘bad habit.’ Learning how to blow smoke rings was a proud achievement for a 14-year-old. Cigarettes were less than 20 cents per pack. The removal of tobacco stains from our ringers required moist leaves that left a green color that could be easily washed off to keep our parents from discovering our newly-found
source of manhood.The scent from our clothing was never considered so we were often caught and appropriately punished by being required to smoke a cigar, which got one nauseous.
Most of us are thankful that we survived during that relatively innocent period of the 1950’s, while not having to be exposed to the temptations of the latter part of the last century. The saying used to be that “He will be OK when he gets older” or “When he goes into the Army,” or “When he or she gets married.”
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This summer, make JELL-O Homemade Pudding Pops and share the magic of a childhood favorite. Or let refreshing JELL-0 Fruity Gelatin Pops keep your family cool. Both are great tasting snacks for kids, and so easy to make they’ll keep everyone smiling.
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JELL-O HOMEMADE PUDDING POPS
2 cups cold milk
1 pkg. (4-serving size)
JELL-O' Instant Pudding & Pie Filling, any flavor
6 5-ounce paper cups
POUR milk into medium bowl. Add pudding mix. Beat with wire whisk 2 minutes.
Spoon into paper cups. Insert wooden pop sticks into each for handle.
FREEZE 5 hours or overnight until firm. To remove pop from cup, place bottom of cup under warm running water for 15 seconds. Press firmly on bottom of cup to release chiller. (Do not twist or pull pop stick.) Store leftovers in freezer.
Makes 6 servings.
Variations:
Rocky Road Pudding Pops:
Use JELL-O Chocolate Flavor Instant Pudding & Pie Filling, and stir in '/2 cup miniature marshmallows and 14 cup each chopped peanuts and chocolate chips.
Double Decker Pudding Pops: Prepare 2 packages (4-serving size) JELL-O Instant Pudding & Pie Filling, any flavors, each with 2 cups milk as directed on package for pudding. Spoon about 1/4 cup of one flavor pudding into each of 9 (5-ounce) paper cups.
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Repeat with remaining flavor of pudding.
JELL-O FRUITY GELATIN POPS
1 cup boiling water
1	pkg. (4-serving size) JELL-O gelatin dessert, any flavor
l/i cup sugar
2	cups cold water
7 5-ounce paper cups
STIR boiling water into gelatin and sugar in medium bowl at least 2 minutes until completely dissolved. Stir in cold water. Pour into cups. Freeze about 2 hours or until almost firm. Insert wooden pop sticks into each for handle.
FREEZE 5 hours or overnight until firm. To remove pop from cup, place bottom of cup under warm running water for 15 seconds. Press firmly on bottom of cup to release pop. (Do not twist or pull pop stick.) Store leftovers in freezer.
Makes 7 servings.
Variations:
Strawberry Pops: Use 1 cup boiling water, JELL-O strawberry flavor gelatin dessert, l/4 cup sugar, 1 cup cold water and 1 cup pureed strawberries.
Lemonade Pops: Use 1 cup boiling water, JELL-O lemon flavor gelatin dessert, Vi cup sugar, 1% cups cold water and 'A cup lemon juice.
Orange Pops: Use 1 cup boiling water, JELL-O orange flavor gelatin dessert, Vi cup sugar and 2 cups orange juice.
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Visiting Slovenia...
(Continued from last week) Memories of WWI
The next morning I plan to drive to the Alpine region on winding country roads. But it’s raining, and I decide to skirt around the mountains via a highway on the Italian side of the border. I return to Slovenia near Kabarid - a town that immediately makes me wish I could stay at least several days.
Tm soon settled in a wonderful, family-owned hotel with a fine restaurant. Before dinner I take a short walk to the Soca River, site °f the Eastern Front in World War I.
“The Winds of War” was filmed partly in Kobarid. A War museum in town is renowned as the world’s best °n the subject. The town and mountains around it are the real-life setting for Ernest Hemingway’s “A Farewell to Arms,” although he refers to Kobarid by its Italian-name, Caporetto.
“I remembered it as a little white town with a campanile in a valley,” Heming-way writes. “It was a clean little town and there was a fine fountain in the square.”
I walk through town and along the river to the Napoleon Bridge, which was destroyed and repeatedly rebuilt over the centuries as numerous great powers attempted to claim this beauti-firl and strategic comer of earth. The river is an un-earthly shade of green. Cup it in your hands and it is clear, and clean enough to drink. But as it rushes through a river bed over mineral-laden rocks, it takes °n a beautiful and striking hue.
In World War I, the Ital-
■an army sent half of its
troops to this area, hoping to
Push the Austro-Hungarian
Empire to the east. More
than 250,000 people died
along the river and the
mountains that shelter it in
and around Kobarid. For 28
months, there was absolutely
no movement, but soldiers
^ure ordered to continue
Jghting in a war of attrition.
Commanders started actions
nowing there would be no
faults,” a curator at the Ko-
arid Museum tells me the
flowing day. “From time to
'me they had to send a
C°mmunique to headquarters
Saying they had made a
Push, the fighting was brave,
ut they had to retreat. It
ecarne a procedure. A
rrian’s Ufe was worth noth-mg.”
Soldiers’ diaries are among the museum’s arti-eacts- “It did not stop raining ven for a moment in the ast four days,” reads one. t * was so cold 50 men tried 0 Walk down the mountain
with frozen feet. I was staying in a trench for 24 hours a day, crouching among dead bodies, ours and our enemies. The stink was unbearable.”
I walk in the dying light of day on a dirt road along the river, then turn up a mile-long paved road to a war memorial built in 1938 to honor Italian dead. More than 7,000 Italian soldiers were exhumed from war cemeteries around Kobarid and buried here. The name of each soldier - there are a few officers - is engraved on arched panels that surround a church in a series of staircases.
Ironically, Mussolini dedicated the memorial just before he sent more young men to die for Italy. In both world wars, Italy was Slovenia’s dire enemy. Mussolini even declared that Slovenian could not be spoken, and Slovenians were forced to adopt Italian names during his rule. How is it, I ask a museum curator, that the locals accepted in their land a memorial to such an enemy?
“People here saw the Italian soldiers suffering a lot. There was a lot of dying,” he answers. “They had pity, and humanity.”
Water Sports Galore
Today, the area is a mecca for water-sports fanatics and tourists looking for outdoor fun. At the Hotel Hvala, where I stay, owner Ales Hvala sells fishing licenses and organizes fishing tours. Slovenia will be the site of this year’s international fly-fishing competition and next year’s European Junior Olympics.
As he serves me an incredible five-course dinner, Hvala calls an outfitter based in nearby Bovic on my be-
half. The outfitter stops by to discuss the possibilities. He has to pause repeatedly as his words are drowned out by 20 Italian gynecologists, in town for a convention, boisterously singing opera and love songs in four-part harmony.
White-water rafting and kayaking are big here. But I am fascinated by two sports new to me: hydroplaning and canyoning. They seem to be two different ways of white-water rafting, but without a raft. Alas, the river is too swollen from melting snow and recent rains to safely try this pair of challenging sports. Missing them is one of the many reasons I wish I could return.
Hvala directs me to the Smrekar farm for riding in the nearby mountain village of Livek. Two hours is not enough; I want to take a two-or three-day trek, sleeping in farms along the way. But lakes Bled and Bohinj, to the north await me - as do, it turns out, Lillian and Gladys, of Norwich, England.
I meet the two self-described widowed pensioners in a tourist bureau at the base of Lake Bohinj. Having just gotten off a local bus, they are clearly disappointed to hear that the waterfall they’ve come to see is 10 miles away.
Infused with the spirit of generosity I’ve enjoyed from Slovenians, I offer them a ride. Lillian is particularly wary, but Gladys cautiously agrees. She insists they both sit in the back, where it would be easier, I suppose, to fend off a crazed driver’s ax attack.
Lillian and Gladys say they feel perfectly safe in
Slovenia. We tour the shores of the lake, take each other’s pictures and have ourselves a
lovely day. They repeatedly apologize for not having a present for me, as if they could have anticipated meeting an American stranger in Bohinj.
On the return to Bled, we stop for lunch. Lillian and Gladys order water, but I convince them to try a local vintage. “We do like a spot of sherry before dinner, don’t we, Lillian?” says Gladys. “Oh, yes,” agrees Lillian.
I say they probably like the overcooked vegetables -the first I’ve encountered in Slovenia. “Oh, yes,” says
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Gladys. “We go in these days for, what do you call it, 5 al dente? But we don’t like it, do we, Lillian?”
“Oh, no indeed.”
They thank me profusely as I drop them off before heading to the airport, about 40 minutes from Bled. But, of course, the thanks go to Gladys and Lillian. And to the people of Slovenia. If ever I get a chance to repeat just one trip, this is where I’d go^___________________
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Trieste Slovenians Receive First Holy Communion
On the 12th of May, the Slovenian parishioners of Barkovlje parish in Trieste, Italy, were exceptionally pleased to attend the celebration of 11 Slovenian children who received Jesus in Holy Communion for the first time in their life.
Very diligently the catchiest, Mrs. Vera Poljšak prepared the children for this special occasion. The successes of her efforts were evident in the way the ceremony was carried out with dignity. The First Communicants occupied the front rows of the church, which were draped in white material to signify that the occasion was special and with pure hearts they would be united with Jesus. During the celebration of the Mass, each First Communicant came forward to announce his or her petition of prayer and then laid it on the altar.
The priest celebrant of the Mass was Fr. Rafko Ropret, a Blessed Sacrament Father, originally from Cleveland, Ohio, who is the Slovenian associate priest in Barkovlje. Being a Blessed Sacrament Father, he put his heart and soul into the liturgy in order to help the children realize how much Jesus loved them on this special occasion.
At the conclusion of the Mass, the pastor of the parish, Fr. Elio Stefanuto extended a warm
welcome to the parents and friends of the First Communicants and expressed the wish that every Sunday the church would be filled with so many people.
The liturgy was greatly enhanced by the Slovenian Parish Choir, which was led by the capable director, Mr. Ladij Vodopivec, who came from Milan where he is employed. The organist was Mr. Andrej Pegan. The faithful in attendance prayed that the First Communicants would always remain faithful to God.
The joy and contentment of this special occasion could be reflected on the smiling faces of the First Communicants who were dressed in the native national costumes of the Slovenians of Trieste. The boys wore blue and white uniforms significant of the gondola navigators being a seaside area with flowered straw hats and the girls wore flowing white gowns with a blue sash and special tied head-pieces.
As this picturesque scene stood under the ancient linden trees in front of the parish church, what warmth and joy it brought to the hearts of all who were present. It was an unforgettable picture.
Treasure of Triglav Park
On May 4, Berliner Zeitung wrote that the Soča is an astounding river winding through the Triglav National Park in Slovenia where it is considered the most beautiful river in Europe.
In some places the river looks like an emerald, particularly when observed in proper light with half-closed eyes. Its color never changes, not even when it rains. The mystery, tackled even by Slovenian science, lies in its crystal clear water and the white limestone washed off Triglav, consequently causing the glistening of the river. The river’s source, where the water comes roaring out from a narrow stone rift, lies only a few kilometers west of the three-headed 2,864-meter-high mount Triglav, the highest peak on the fringe of the Alps.
The Soca winds through canyons and gorges, past dense forests, over waterfalls, rapids and cataracts, finally spreading out in the Trenta Valley creating space for rafters and canoeists. What is most surprising is that the river never changes its color, at least not in the Triglav National Park.
“Have you ever heard of the Golden horn?” asks an old man sunbathing in front of the Information Center in Trenta, which offers a well-made multi-visual show and a permanent exhibition on the Triglav National Park, its nature and customs. A mysterious white ibex with golden homs once guarded a treasure
hidden in the mountains. One day, a hunter shot it, but a flower emerged from its blood and gave the ibex its life back. Infuriated, he killed the greedy hunter and destroyed the mountain paradise leaving behind a stone desert. ‘The legend teaches us to treat nature carefully,’ says the park’s warden Edvin. He even attributes the idea to establish the National Park which emerged in 1908 to this mythological creature.
Yet, the Golden Horn’s treasure is not so well hidden. The Triglav National Park quickly reveals itself as a treasury of natural scenery: pristine valleys, unusual mountain chains, deep, hollowed-out gorges, steep slopes, precipices, forests, mountain lakes, rivers, torrents and idyllic villages where rustic inns offer delicious bread soup, smoked meat, maize porridge and other home-made dishes.
The Golden horn’s blue Triglav flower is not a legend. Not far from the Soca source lies ‘Alpinum Juliana,’ which blossoms in June. This 572-m-large botanical garden, established in 1026 by the merchant Albert Bois de Chesne from Trieste, provides an insight into the flora of the National Park, with over 800 plant species, including many endemic species found only here, like the Yellow Gentian, the Alpine Poppy or the Zois’ Bellflower.
__________________________—Slovenia Weekly
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Sunday, July 21 St. Vitus Parish Picnic at Slovenska Pristava, featuring Joey Tomsick Orchestra with special appearance by Zeke and Charlie and friends.
Saturday, Aug. 3 Annual Slovenska Pristava Campers Steak or Chicken Dinner from 6-8 p.m. Steak: $15, chicken: $12. Music. - Advance tickets call (216) 529-0579 or (440) 942-4688.
Sunday, Aug. 4 Picnic by retirees of Slovenska Pristava.
Friday, Aug. 9 Concert singing group Liguster and quartet Vita (from Maribor, Slovenia) in St. Mary’s Church in Col-linwood at 7:30 p.m.
Saturday, Aug. 10 Korotan picnic at Slovenska Pristava with special guests student singing group Liguster, quartet Vita and ansambel Storžič from Maribor. Dinner served between 5 and 7 p.m.
Sunday, Aug. 11 Primorski Club picnic at Slovenska Pristava.
Sunday, Aug. 11 Singing group Liguster and Quartet Vita will sing at 10:30 a.m. Mass in St. Vitus Church, Lausche Avenue in Cleveland.
Sunday, Aug. 18 St. Mary’s (Collinwood) picnic at Slovenska Pristava.
Sunday, Aug. 18 Second Picnic sponsored by Slovenian Cultural Society at Triglav Park in Wind Lake, WI.
Wed., Aug. 28 Fed. of Amer. Slov. Sr. Citizens Annual Picnic at
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Friday, Aug. 30 Concert Igor and Zlati Zvoki from Slovenia at Slovenian National Home on St. Clair, Cleveland.
Sunday, Sept. 1 Slovenska Pristava picnic (Zlati Zvoki).
Sunday, Sept. 8 St. Vitus Altar Society dinner.
Sunday, Sept. 15
Wine festival (Veseli Godci Ansambel) at Slovenska Pristava.
Saturday, Sept. 21 Bishop Baraga Association Slovenian Mass at St. Ignatius Church in Houghton, MI, 7 p.m. with reception in church hall.
Sunday, Sept. 22 Bishop Baraga Association Mass, 4 p.m. at St. Ignatius Church in Houghton, Mich. Banquet after Mass at MTU University Center, Memorial Union Ballroom, 1400 Townsend Dr., Houghton.
Sunday, Sept. 22 St. Lawrence Church, 3547 E. 80th St., Newburgh, Cleveland, concludes 100 year anniversary with Mass celebrated by Bishop Anthony Pilla, Bishop A. Edward Pevec, and Bishop Roger Gries. A dinner follows at Slovenian National Home on E. 80,h St. For information call parish office at (216) 341-0496.
Sunday, Sept. 22
Wine Festival sponsored by Slovenian Cultural Society at Triglav Park in Wind Lake, WI.
Saturday, Oct. 5 Slovenian men’s chorus Fantje na Vasi 25th Anniversary concert, 7 p.m. in St. Clair Slovenian National Home. Dance to follow featuring Veseli godci orchestra
Sunday, Oct. 13 Koline dinner at Slovenska Pristava sponsored by Retirees of Slovenska Pristava.
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Baraga Weekend Trip
The yearly Bishop Baraga Days will be held in Houghton, Michigan on September 21 and 22. Houghton is located about 100 miles northwest of Marquette, MI.
The Pristava Pensioners are organizing a bus trip to
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Sixth Anniversary
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July 14,1996
Gone But Not Forgotten
In our prayers	You are with us always,
And in our hearts	Never forgotten
It has been six years since your passing, and we miss you dearly, but you are always with us. You are present in our hearts and minds and a portion of who you were and how you lived your life is still present in each of us. You taught us to value our family, our friends, and our religion.
During your life you faced more than your share of adversity. At an early age you were forced from your family and your homeland by a war which claimed the •ives of many friends and family. Your formal education was limited, but you gained wisdom that could only come from a difficult life. You worked hard, cared for your family, and always kept God in your heart and in your home.
In your last years, your illness caused tremendous Pain, but you never lost sight of your family or faith. You accepted your suffering as God’s will and put yourself in his hands. When we questioned the will of God, you never wavered. You taught us a tremendous lesson in faith which none of us will ever forget.
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Father Boznar Marks 30 Years at St. Vitus i
St. Vitus Parish was established on July 29, 1893 with the ordination and appointment of Vitus Hribar as its first pastor, a 23-year-old Slovenian immigrant who had completed his priestly academic and theological studies in the United States.
Since that day there have been six pastors at St. Vitus: Father Vitus Hribar (who would later become Msgr. Hribar), Msgr. Bartholomew J. Ponikvar, Msgr. Louis B. Baznik, Father Rudolph Praznik, Father A. Edward Pevec (who later became Auxiliary Bishop Pevec), and Father Joseph P. Boznar, sixth and current pastor of St. Vitus.
The year 2002 is a milestone in parish history as Father Boznar marks 30 years of priestly service as both associate pastor and pastor of St. Vitus parish.
Joseph P. Boznar was bom on March 19, 1944 in Pristava near Polhov Gradec, Slovenia. His father, Milko, was a World War II refugee who fled his native homeland like many of thousands of other Slovenians due to the imposition of the Communist regime in Slovenia as well as the entire country of then Yugoslavia.
In 1948 Milko Boznar emigrated to Canada and soon found employment in the mining town of Timmins, Canada, situated in the northern province of Ontario. By 1954 the entire family was reunited.
Upon completion of high school in Canada, Joseph Boznar requested and was admitted to St. Augustine Seminary in Scarborough, Canada. Through contacts between then Father Aloysius Ambrožič (now Cardinal Ambrožič, Archdiocese of Toronto) and Msgr. Baznik, an arrangement was agreed upon whereby Joseph Boznar was transferred to the Roman Catholic Diocese of Cleveland with admission to John Carroll University.
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On May 30, 1970, Joseph Boznar was ordained by then Bishop William Cosgrove into the priesthood in the Roman Catholic Rite with 10 other candidates.
Father Boznar received his first priestly assignment as associate pastor at St. Fe-licitas parish in Euclid. He concluded this assignment and was transferred to St. Vitus parish in June, 1972 as associate pastor to then Father Praznik.
When Father Praznik died, Father Pevec was appointed pastor at St. Vitus. Upon the completion of Father Pevec’s assignment and eventual transfer to Borro-meo College, Father Boznar was appointed as the sixth pastor with installation on Ascension Tuesday, May 24, 1979. At the same time a newly ordained priest Father John Kurnse was appointed as Associate Pastor, an assignment that would last seven years as well as having in residence already, the now deceased Father Joseph Simčič, a retired religious order priest with a ministry to seniors.
One of the first jobs undertaken by Fr. Boznar was to begin preparation of parishioners for the 50th anniversary of the new church building in 1982. The premise for this occasion was to have a two-year preparation regarding renovation of the church interior according to changes implemented by the Second Vatican Council. Years of constant usage of numerous vigil candles and damage from smoke as well
as general use of the building resulted in a need to renovate the interior of the church.
A number of approaches were undertaken during this time including the use of a consultative committee to take on responsibility to have a satisfactory conclusion for the church interior renovation. The matter was not resolved at this time and was set aside for other parish concerns. By this time nearly $185,000 had already been raised for this purpose.
In 1981 two parcels of property adjacent to the parish were purchased with site preparation work performed to allow for much needed off-street parking. The parish also began replacement work of roofs on the parish auditorium, convent, and parish garages.
In 1982 Father Pevec was appointed by Pope John Paul II as auxiliary bishop for the Diocese of Cleveland. Much focus was placed on this event with a home coming Mass and gathering on July 4, 1982 to greet the newly installed Auxiliary Bishop A. Edward Pevec as his home parish.
By 1982 a new format was approved regarding the then Summer Parish Festival with emphasis on choice and multiple variety of food prepared, outdoor entertainment, Mass in the Eastern Byzantine Catholic Rite, display of art work as well as use of tents and printing of four or eight page tabloid newspaper to promote the event.
This lasted for approximately one decade. The results of the new format, a three-day parish activity, enabled the parish to install all new windows in the school, replace lighting in the parish auditorium, remodel storage and new rest-rooms facilities in auditorium, buy flower planters, and access for disabled persons on the west side of the church entrance, plus general maintenance of the parish. The parish at this time did not have a bingo operation to support church or school operations.
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“Hey, Dad,” one of my kids said the other day, “what was your favorite fast food when you were growing up?”
“We didn’t have fast food,” I informed him. “All the food was slow.”
“C’mon, seriously Where did you eat?”
“It was a place called home,” I explained. “Grandma Stewart cooked every day and when Grandpa Stewart got home from work, we sat down together at the dining room table, and if I didn’t like what she put on my plate I was allowed to sit there until I did like it.”
By this time the kid was laughing so hard I was afraid he was going to suffer serious internal damage, so I didn’t tell him the part about how I had to have permission to leave the table.
But here are some other things I would have told him about my childhood if I figured he could handle it.
My parents never owned their own house, wore Levis, set foot on a golf course.
traveled out of the country or had a credit card. In their later years they had something called a revolving charge card. The card was good only at Sears Roebuck. Or maybe it was Sears AND Roebuck. Either way, there is no Roebuck anymore.
My parents never drove me to soccer practice. This was mainly because we never had heard of soccer. We followed baseball. Also we didn’t have a car.
We didn’t have a television in our house until I was 11, but my grandparents had one before that. It was black and white, but they bought a
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The Church of St. Ursula
Highest Altitude Church in Slovenia
The 16th century saw Slovenia being repeatedly swept by Turkish invasions. Of their raids of plunder, the Turks avoided any fortified positions and mainly ravaged the countryside where, in repose to the light of bonfires heralding dangers, the locals retreated up unassailable mountain peaks.
In the Koroško region, they mainly sought shelter under the rocky overhangs of Mount Plešivec. By necessity, defense ramparts rose around fortified churches that acted as spiritual shields. Such impulses probably underpinned the idea to build a pilgrim church on Plesivec, an isolated mountain peak on the remote fringe of the Karavanke Alps.
The neighboring farmers decided to erect a mighty church with their own hands
despite their relatively poor building knowledge: in glory of their forefathers’ faith, in God’s honor and as a lesson for generations to come. As early as in the 1570’s, a few farmers, initiators of the church’s construction, already laid the foundation of the spacious church in the basin under the mountain crest, right on the regional border between the Štajersko and Koroško regions.
A makeshift church of smaller proportions made of quarry stone, which can be found in abundance in these parts of the country, was completed in just over a decade, when a still-preserved bronze bell dated 1584 first rang out.
More ambitious construction began in 1601 when Uršlja gora was first visited by Bishop Hren. Surprised at the farmers’ boldness and obstinacy that had built ‘a cathedral’ on an inaccessible peak, and intolerant of any
clumsy constructional imperfections, he helped draw the plans that were later used to complete the building. At the same time, he ordered the construction of three altar8’ which he personally consecrated on August 18 the following year.
The architectural design of the church of St. Ursula as a whole and its details follo^ the Gothic architectural tradition.
Bishop Hren and the “honest Slovenian farmers determination to conquer ‘evil,’ remains as a folk tale told among the local inhabitants, a symbolic parabkj about a water sprite believed to have lived on the mountain, but which was chased away by the harmoniou8 echoing pealing of the bell8 of the church of St. Ursula-which at 1,699 meters above sea level, is the highest altitude church in Slovenia.
The poem America the Beautiful was written in 1893 by American educator Katharine Lee Bates, ^t10 was inspired by the view from atop Pike’s Peak.
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Janez Drnovšek se odločil, da bo ostal premier skozi predsedniške volitve
Pretekli teden se se sestal svet Liberalno demokratske stranke. Na sestanku je predsednik LDS in slovenski premier Janez Drnovšek rekel, da želi videti kot svojega naslednika kot premier finančnega ministra in hkrati podpredsednika LDS Toneta Ropa. Sestanek je sicer potekal za zaprtimi vrati, a je predsednik sveta Gregor Golobič nato povedal novinarjem, da nihče ni imel resnejših pomislekov glede Ropa.
Drnovšek je pojasnil razloge, zakaj ne misli odstopiti kot predsednik vlade pred volitvami; “Gre za formiranje evropskega procesa in za članstvo v NATU, kar se bo praktično dogajalo v istem času kot volitve. ••• Res je, da je zdaj nastala posebna situacija. Po desetih letih prizadevanja za članstvo v EU in NATU namreč ključne odločitve sovpadajo ravno v čas volitev. In ob ponovnem razmisleku o celotnem položaju sem ugotovil, da pač moram dokončati ta dva procesa in temu potrebno prilagoditi odločitve, sicer bi se zelo slabo počutil, tudi pred volivci.”
Dr. Željko Knez bo vodil mariborsko univerzo do konca leta, nekdanji veleposlanik v Avstriji sedaj isto v Nemčiji
Dr. Ludvik Toplak, dosedanji (od leta 1993) rektor univerze v Mariboru, je 20. junija odstopil, ker gre jeseni letos za novega slovenskega veleposlanika k Sv. sedežu. Člani univerzitetnega senata so za njegovega naslednika izbrali (do konca leta) dr. Željka Kneza s fakultete za kemijo in kemijsko tehnologijo, dosedanjega prorektorja za raziskovalno dejavnost. Dr. Knez
je rekel, da se na sicer zelo razklani univerzi smatral le za prvega med enakimi.
Novi slovenski veleposlanik v Nemčiji Ivo Vajgl (zamenjal je Alfonza Nabrežnika) je v Berlinu izročil poverilna pisma nemškemu predsedniku Johannesu Rauu. Pred leti je bil Vajgl generalni konzul SFRJ v Clevelandu. Na Dunaju bo kmalu izročil poverilna pisma dr. Ernest Petrič, ki je bil zadnja leta veleposlanik Slovenije pri Združenih narodih, pred tem pa prvi veleposlanik neodvisne Slovenije v Združenih državah.
Na počitnicah
Poslanci državnega zbora so s 15. julijem odšli na počitnice, ki bodo predvidoma trajale do 1. septembra. Pred pričetkom letnega dopusta so pospravili z raznimi zakonskimi predlogi. Ker ima vladna koalicija za-neslijvo večinio, so bili izidi glasovanj njej pozitivne.
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Skoraj 300 novih doktorjev znanosti
Na višjih strokovnih šolah in visokošolskih zavodih je lani diplomiralo 11.991 študentov (+4,3% kot leto 2000), -905 jih je pridobilo naziv magistra ali specialista, 298 pa doktprat znanosti, je sporočil državni statistični urad. Delež žensk med diplomanti je dosegel že 59,4 odstotka.
Slovenske novice in Delo najbolj brana
Po polletni nacionalniraziskavi bralnosti (izvedba slovenske oglaševalske zbornice) sta med dnevniki na prvem mestu Slovenske novice (en. izid povprečno doseže 333.000 bralcev oziroma petino, prebivalstva med 10 in 75 leti) pred Delom (241:000 - 14,2 odstotka), Večerom (187.000 - ,11 odstotkov) in Dnevnikom (155;000	9,2 odstotka).
Slovenski ultramaratonski plavalec, 47-letni Trebanjec MARTIN STREL, je 4. julija, dan ameriške neodvisnosti, pričel s plavanjem reke Mississippi od njenega začetka v Lake Itasca, Minnesota, vse do njenega izliva pri Bear’s Den Landing, Louisiana, torej pol-nih 3797 kilometrov. Plavanje bo trajala predvidoma do 7. septembra (66 dni), torej do hmalu pred ameriškim zaznamovanjem terorističnih napadov 11. septembra lani v New Yorku in Washingtonu. Celotna Strelova spremljava šteje 20 oseb, postaja CNN je že trikrat poročala o podvigu, ki se sicer imenuje “Eye to Eye” (Iz oči v oči). Kakor Poroča Delo, je moč spremljati Strelovo plavanje na internet - www.martinstrel.com. Pričujoča fotografija je iz fotodokumentacije Dela, torej ne iz Lake Itasca 4. julija.
Iz Clevelanda in okolice
Piknik župnije sv. Vida—
To nedeljo bo na Slovenski pristavi piknik župnije sv. Vida. Ob 12. uri opoldne bo sv. maša. Sledilo bo kosilo z “barbecue” piško ali ocvrto svinjino. Cena je $12 za odrasle in $6 za otroke pod 12. letom. Joey Tomsick orkester bo igral ves popoldan, prav tako bosta nastopila “Zeke & Charlie and the St. Clair Boys”. Pozneje popoldne so na sporedu igre za otroke. Ves čas bodo na razpolago razna okrepčila. Vsi vabljeni.
Pristavski upokojenci—
Člani Kluba upokojencev Slovenske pristave so lepo vabljeni na mesečni sestanek v sredo, 24. julija, pop. ob 1.30 na SP. Dopis na str. 10.
77. rojstni dan—
Dne 13. julija je svoj 77. rojstni dan praznoval Vinko Levstik, lastnik Euro Diplomat hotel v Gorici, Italija, sicer največji hotel v omenjenem mestu. V hotelu je zaposlenih kar 17 Slovencev. Ob lepem življenjskem jubileju iskrene čestitke!
Novi grobovi
Cecelia Vadnal
Dne 12. julija je umrla Cecelia Vadnal, rojena Kolman, vdova po Franku Vadnal in Antonu Jankovichu, mati Stanleyja Jankovich in že pok. Edwarda Jankovich, pastorka Paul Vadnala, 4-krat stara mati. Pogreb je bil 17. julija s pokopom na pokopališču Lake View.
Frank Valentič
Umrl je 79 let stari Frank Valentič, brat Sally Canton, Ann Pollutro ter že pok. Michaela, Rudyja Opara, Josepha Opara in Olge LeBaron. Pogreb je bil 16. julija v oskrbi Želetovega zavoda s pokopom na Kalvarije pokopališču.
Lillian M. Orazen
; Umrla ' je"'85 let stara Lillian M. Orazen, rojena Zalokar, vdova po Mathiasu, mati Ed-a, Mike-a, Geraldine Mazzei, Jamesa in Cathy Mazzei, 19-krat stara mati, 15-krat prastara mati, sestra Marge Ivec, Therese Weber, Catherine Palumbo, Agnes ter že pok. Johna. Pogreb je bil 15. julija s sv. mašo v cerkvi Sv. Križa in pokopom na Kalvarije pokopališču. Družina priporoča darove v pokojničin spomin Little Sisters of the Poor.
Koncert—
V	petek, 9. avgusta, bo koncert vokalne skupine Li-guster in kvarteta Vita (obe skupini iz Maribora) in sicer v cerkvi Marije Vne-bovzete v Collinwoodu. Pričetek ob 7.30 zvečer.
Korotanova veselica—
V	soboto, 10. avgusta, priredi pevski zbor Korotan veselico z večerjo in plesom na Slovenski pristavi. Na tej veselici bodo nastopili gostje iz Maribora in to vokalna skupina Ligu-ster in kvartet Vita ter še ansambel Storžič. Pričetek ob 5h popoldne.
Piknik Primorskega kluba—
Primorski klub vabi na svoj letni piknik, ki bo v nedeljo, 11. avgusta, na Slovenski pristavi. Pričetek piknika bo s sv. mašo ob 12. uri. Hrana in pijača se bo začela servirati ob Ih pop. Za zabavo bodo igrali in peli gostje iz Slovenije (zgoraj omenjeni). Vsi res lepo vabljeni!
Ameriški rušilec v Kopru
Koper - V koprsko pristanišče je 11. julija zjutraj na prijateljski obisk (in na oddih pred odhodom v domače pristanišče na Floridi) priplula ameriška vojaška ladja The Sullivans (nosi družinsko ime pet bratov vojakov ZDA, ki so izgubili življenje med 2. svetovno vojno, op. ur. AD). na kateri je 340 članov posadke.
Gre za 154 metrov dolg in 20 metrov širok sodoben rušilec, ki je večji od vojaških fregat. Ladja je bila predana mornarici leta 1996, oborožena pa je z najsodobnejšim orožjem: raketami tomahawk, harpoon, as-roc, phalanx, s 364-mili-metrskimi torpedi, 127-milimetrskim topom in hitrostrelnim dvajsetmili-metrskim šestcevnim topom, ki lahko izstreli 3000 nabojev v minuti.
Ladja, ki je poveljuje Dixon Rhodes Smith, je sodelovala v operacijah v Arabskem zalivu in vzhodnem Sredozemlju. Na obisku je bila do 15. julija, vendar ni bila odprta za javnost.
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Pristavski upokojenci poročajo
CLEVELAND, O. - Meseca avgusta bo naš klub obhajal 15 let obstoja. To obletnico bomo lepo proslavili na našem pikniku v nedeljo, 4. avgusta, na Slovenski pristavi.
Piknik se bo pričel s sv. mašo pri Spominski kapelici na Orlovem vrhu ob 12. uri opoldne, katero bo daroval č.g. Franci Urbanija, ki je na obisku iz Argentine.
Naš klub šteje že kar lepo število članov, dva manj kot 200. Na žalost je umrlo v teh petnajstih letih kar 51 naših članov in članic. Vseh teh se bomo lepo spomnili pri sv. maši. Imena teh so: Ignacij Tavčar Max Ovnič Lojze Petrič Frank Kastigar Jernej Slak Apolonija Košir Jožica Varšek Francka Meglen Lojze Kodrič Vinko Rozman Milan Dolinar Lojze Gosar Janez Varšek Janez Košir Karel Gorišek Jože Anžič Cecilija Korošec Marija Zupan Janez Cendol Štefan Režonja Bogomir Glavan Ivan Hočevar Jakob Mejač Miro Celestina Pavla Adamič Anton Urbančič
Vili Zidar Frank Pustotnik Frank Cenkar Janez Pičman Andrej Kozjek Karol Bojc Agnes Bojc Viktor Kmetič Ivan Perovšek Lojze Bajc Antonija Šega Marija Sekne Jože Dovjak Matija Hočevar Marija Prosen Lojze Jarem Ivanka Kodrič Ivanka Kete Frank Smole Matevž Hočevar Frances Grčar Polde Pretnar Paula Pustotnik Janez Povirk
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O, koliko lepih spominov imamo o vseh teh. Naj v miru počivajo v svobodni ameriški zemlji.
Na večer življenja se radi zatekamo v spomine, se radi vračamo v mladost. četudi ni bila vedno sočna in vesela. Za premnoge izmed nas so bili tisti dnevi polni negotovosti in stisk. Nismo vedeli ne kod ne kam. A Bog nas ni zapustil. Hvaležni smo mu.
Dragi rojaki in prijatelji, izkoristite te lepe poletne dni, pridite v nedeljo, 4. avgusta, na naš piknik. Vsi boste dobrodošli, vsak bo sprejet in (DALJE na str. 11)
IZ ŽUPNIJE LEMONT
LEMONT, 111. - V nedeljo, 28. aprila, je pri enajsti maši zapel pevski zbor Lubnik iz Škofje Loke. Na predvečer, 27. aprila, so pri dokaj polni dvorani nastopali s koncertom v Slovenskem kulturnem domu in tam ubrano prepevali slovenske narodne pesmi. Zboru Lubnik hvala za obisk!
V nedeljo, 2. junija, smo praznovali Telovo, praznik Presv. Rešnjega Telesa in Krvi. Prišlo je veliko rojakov od blizu in daleč, saj je bil ta dan med nami tudi zlatomašnik p. Valerijan Jenko. Telovsko procesijo je vodil župnik p. Metod, pevci pod vodstvom p. Vendelina so prepevali za ta dan izbrane pesmi.
Sodelovalo je precej narodnih noš, male punčke v belih oblekah pa so posipale rožice pri oltarjih. Pomikali smo se od oltarja do oltarja proti lurški votlini, kjer je ob enajsti uri zadonela pesem “Zlatomašnik bod’ pozdravljen”. P. Valerijan je ob somaševanju župnika začel sv. mašo. Pozdravil ga je Lojze Gregorič, s katerim sta skupaj potovala iz Evrope v Ame-ko.
P. Valerijan je bil posvečen v Chicagu in je pred petdesetimi leti v Lemontu daroval novo mašo. Sedaj že 40 let deluje med Slovenci v Sydneyju v Avstraliji. Ob koncu maše smo od zla-tomašnika prejeli blagoslov in dobili lepe spominske podobice.
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Dobrodelni koncert mladih iz Slovenije za obnovo mariborske škofijske gimnazije
KDAJ? - V soboto, 3. avgusta, ob 7.30 zvečer.
KDO? - Vokalna skupina Liguster, kvartet Vita in ansambel Storžič; vodi jih duhovnik prof. dr. Ivam Štuhec iz Maribora KAJ? — Enourni koncert in po njem glasba za ples do zgodnjih jutranjih ur KJE? - V veliki dvorani Slovenskega kulturnega centra v Lemontu
CENA? - Vstopnina $15; vaš prostovoljni dar bo dodatno pomagal pri obnovi škofijske gimnazije v Mariboru.
Mladi bodo zapeli že pri maši na ta večer ob 6. uri.
Ti talentirani mladi nam bodo z nastopom obogatili večer. Z obiskom dobrodelnega koncerta pa jim bomo tudi pokazali, da cenimo prizadevanje mladih za dobro stvar. Vabljeni!
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Devetdesetletnica slovenskih frančiškanov v Združenih državah Amerike
Letos poteka devetdeseta obletnica, odkar smo slovenski frančiškani v Ameriki organizirani v komisariat (podružnica slovenski frančiškanski provinci). Vse slovenske rojake vabimo na praznovanje v nedeljo, 25. avgusta, ko bo po zahvalni sv. maši ob enajsti uri tudi tradicionalni medeni piknik, ki se bo začel s kosilom v Slovenskem domu. Cena kosila je $10, zanj pa je potrebna rezervacija (tel. 630-257-5102 ali 630-257-2494). Za to priložnost bo z nami provincial Slovenske frančiškanske province Svetega križa p. Stane Zore. Iz Slovenije pride tudi p. David Šrumpf, ki je doslej osem let deloval med slovenskimi rojaki tukaj. Med posebnimi gosti bo tudi moški Nonet Certus iz Maribora.
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Nonet Certus iz Maribora 18. in 25 avgusta v Lemontu
Devet pevcev, ki so vsi bili ali so še vedno zaposleni v mariborskem avtobusnem podjetju Certus, oblikuje nonet, ki poje že dvanajst let. Gostovali so že po mnogih krajih Evrope. Lani so s kakovostnimi nastopi navdušili avstralske Slovence v Melbournu, Sydneyju in Adelaidi, letos pa na vabilo frančiškanov v Lemontu prihajajo tudi v Ameriko. Samostojni koncerti bodo imeli v nedeljo, 18. avgusta, po enajsti maši v Slovenskem kulturnem domu, 25. avgusta pa bodo sodelovali pri praznovanju devetdesetletnice slovenskih frančiškanov v ZD. Vabljeni! Vstopnina $10.
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Kočevski Rog, grobišča in mi?
Iz govora dr. Jožeta Bernika na spominski proslavi v Kočevskem Rogu 9. junija
(Vzeto iz Svobodne Slovenije, 27. jun. 2002)
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...Ob vsakem obisku najdemo grobišča taka, kot so bila, zanemarjena in zapuščena od slovenskih oblasti. Vemo, kdo nosi krivdo za to. Vendar to ni popoln odgovor. Tudi sami imamo nekaj krivde na tem in zaradi tega bi rad nas vse popeljal v našo sedanjost, v našo realnost.
Omenil bom samo nekaj priložnosti, ki smo jih v naših desetih letih zamudili. To je bil greh odpuščanja. Že leta 1992 nam je zasedanje Pastoralnega občnega zbora ljubljanske nadškofije nakazalo nekaj naših odgovornosti in predlagalo tri stvari, med drugimi: Ugotovitev resnice in opuščanje neresnice je sestavni del sprave: zato je potrebno osvetliti vse dogodke, o katerih se ni smelo javno razpravljati in ovreči neresnične obtožbe;
Zgodovinski inštitut naj organizira raziskovanje o vojnih in povojnih dogodkih in s tem prispeva k celotni osvetlitvi vloge Cerkve in laikov:
Vodstvo Cerkve naj po svojih močeh posreduje, da se po krivem obsojeni rehabilitirajo.
Pristavski
upokojenci
(nadaljevanje s str. 10)
postrežen z odprtimi rokami. Na veselo svidenje na domačem srečanju na našem pikniku!
Vse člane našega kluba Pa vabimo še na naš mesečni sestanek, ki bo še pred piknikom in naslednjo sredo, 24. julija. Pop. ob 1.30 na Pristavi.
Na sestanku in pikniku se boste lahko prijavili za Potovanje na Baragove dneve, ki bodo letos 21. in 22. septembra v mestu Houghton, Michigan. Mesto je 100 milj severno od Marquetta. Za prijavo na to potovanje lah-io kličete za informacije našo tajnico Martino Štepec na 440-944-0016 ali Pa Franka Urankarja na 216-531-8982.
Za odbor: U.F.
Nekaj teh predlogov smo izvedli, vendar drugi še čakajo.
V preteklih dveh desetletjih so vsi nasledniki škofa dr. Gregorija Rožmana na sedežu ljubljanske nadškofije skušali najti medsebojni modus vivendi z vsakokratno komunistično vlado. Vsak od teh cerkvenih dostojanstvenikov je ponudil obžalovanje za morebitne napake svojega škofovskega prednika in vernikov.
Tudi Slovenska škofov-. ska konferenca je “izrazila pripravljenost priznati in obžalovati vse, kar se je na katoliški strani in še posebej v imenu katolištva zgodilo nemoralnega, zločinskega in proti-narodnega".
Ko to danes presojamo iz zgodovinske perspektive, vidimo, da nobena ponujena roka ni bila sprejeta. Vendar, pred nami je sedaj čisto nov izziv.
Kot veste, lani junija, je bilo v parlamentu prvič jasno postavljeno vprašanje vladi in celemu parlamentu o njihovih namenih za ureditev grobišč. Dobili smo nekaj odgovorov, toda ne vseh.
V tem času se je potem zgodila Slovenska Bistrica, z odkritji grobišč in morebitnih zločinov. Slovenska oblast je hitro spoznala nevarnost za svojo verodostojnost in je skušala to z medijskimi posegi opravičiti in je tudi zatrdila, da bodo prevzeli vse ukrepe, da se ta stvar razišče. Vendar, mediji so utihnili, tako je tudi vlada. Sedaj se tam ne dogaja ničesar več.
Nekaj mesecev kasneje, v lanski jeseni, je vlada objavila deklaracijo z napovedjo o pietetnem pokopu povojnih žrtev. Čeprav je ta deklaracija menda čakala na objavo dolgo časa, je vzbudila v nas vseh upanje za končno spremembo državne politike v odnosu do preteklosti in s tem napoved nekega bolj pravičnega pristopa k reševanju krivic storjenih slovenskim ljudem v času komunizma.
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Priložnost za srečanje s p. Valerijanom je bila po maši v dvorani SKC, kjer so pridne kuharice pripravile dobro kosilo.
Gostje so bili med drugimi prof. dr. Edi Gobec z ženo ter Rudi in Vika Kolarič, oboji iz Clevelanda.
V	poletnem času bomo imeli še več obiskov. Osmega julija je prišlo devet mladih iz Ljubljane s p. Silvinom Kranjcem. Gredo na srečanje mladih s papežem v Torontu, še prej pa kolesarijo po Baragovi deželi.
V	začetku avgusta bo med nami skupina mladih iz Maribora s prof. dr. Ivanom Štuhcem. Priredili nam bodo koncert, igrali pri maši in za ples, izkupiček pa ima dobrodelni namen: zbirajo za obnovo škofijske gimnazije v Mariboru.
Na samostanskem romanju in medenem pikniku 25. avgusta bo tudi praznovanje 90. obletnice slovenskih frančiškanov v Ameriki, to odkar so povezani v komisariat. Na praznovanje pride provincial p. Stane Zore iz Slovenije, p. David Šrumpf, ki je bil prej župnik v Lemon tu, p. Bernard in p. Krizolog iz Johnstowna oz. New Yorka ter drugi. Posebni gostje bodo tudi Nonet Certus iz Maribora. Že osemnajstega avgusta bo nastopil v SKC.
Več o novicah iz Lemon ta pa še kdaj drugič.
Pepca Kores Članica župnijskega pastoralnega sveta
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“Propagandistova” tožba
Poslanec zaradi prispevkov o njegovem sodelovanju na domobranskem propagandem tečaju zahteva pet milijonov odškodnine
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Ljubljana - “Najbolj me moti, da mi je Mladina pripisala sodelovanje z gestapom, ki naj bi me bil izšolal, in napisala, da imam nacistično preteklost. To ni res, takšne hude obtožbe ne more nič izbrisati,” je poslanec dr. Jože Bernik pojasnjeval razloge za civilno tožbo zoper Mladino, s katero zahteva pet milijonov tolarjev odškodnine. Njegovo zaslišanje so 1. julija prekinili, nadaljevali pa ga bodo oktobra.
Potem, ko je dr. Jože Bernik sprejel kandidaturo za predsedika republike, je oktobra in novembra 1997 Mladina objavila nekaj zapisov o predsedniških kandidatih, v katerih se je dotaknila tudi njegove domobranske preteklosti.
Igor Mekina je citiral zgodovinarja Ivana Jana, da je bil Bernik med domobranskimi častniki in podčastniki, ki jih je vodstvo SLS oziroma domobranstva na začetku novembra 1944 poslalo kot pomoč in okrepitev gorenjskemu domobranstvu. Večina naj bi pripadala skrajnim Mladcem, Bernik pa naj bi bil “med gestapovci izšolan domobranski propagandist”.
Mladina naj bi poskušala potegniti tudi vzporednico med njim in Kurtom Waldheimom. Prav ti zapisi naj bi ga poskušali diskreditirati in mu vzeti možnosti za uspešno merjenje moči v predsedniški kampanji, je 1. julija poudaril Bernik, ki ga na sodišču zastopa odvetnik Jože Hribernik.
Po njegovih besedah je bil le civilni uradnik domobranstva, ob zaključku propagandnega tečaja pa je spregovoril samo nekaj pozdravnih besed, kar naj bi Mladina izrabila in mu
z neresničnimi zapisi poskušala vzeti ugled.
78-letni Bernik je orisal svojo mladost in povedal, da je julija 1941 pred nacisti zbežal z Gorenjske v Ljubljano. Kot 20-letni fant, bil je zaposlen kot novinar začetnik na dnevniku Slovenec, je imel nato tri možnosti: odhod v partizane, priključitev k domobrancem ali vključitev v nemške delovne brigade.
Rekrutirali so ga domobranci in konec decembra 1944 so ga poslali v Kranj, kjer je bil v oddelku kranjskega domobranskega centra kot nekakšen uradnik, pravi Bernik, sodeloval pa je tudi na tečaju za propagandiste. Slavku Kreku, ki je vodil center gorenjskih domobrancev, je povedal, da bo sodeloval le, če ne bo imel uniforme, orožja in čina.
“Moj brat Stane je namreč šel v partizane, znašel se je na Gorenjskem v Vosu, moji starši, tri mlajše sestre in še en brat pa so bili ves čas v nevarnosti, da bi jih gestapo izselil. Enako grožnjo so izrekli tudi škofjeloški domobranci, kar je bil eden od glavnih razlogov, da sem iz Ljubljane odšel na Gorenjsko.
Z domobranci sem se hotel domeniti, da bi me obvestili, če bi zvedeli, da gestapovci nameravajo moje izseliti,” je pripovedoval Bernik. “Vztrajal sem, da nimam orožja, uniforme in čina, saj se z mojim bratom nisem hotel srečati v boju,” je dodal.
Po Bernikovih besedah je januarja 1945 sodeloval na seminarju za propagandiste na Brdu pri Kranju. Kot trdi, ga je
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Pa ne za dolgo. V Državnem zboru je ležal zakon o grobiščih in dolgo je bilo potrebno, da se je premaknil. Lani je slovenska vlada poslala v javnost deklaracijo, v kateri naznanja namen ureditve grobišč na pietetni način.
Oglasil se je tudi predsednik države, ki je poudaril potrebo po pietet-nem pokopu mrtvih v grobiščih in po njegovem mnenju naj bi ta predlog med drugim dokazoval, da bo domovina pokopala svoje mrtve otroke, da. bo izkazala spoštovanje vrednot za doseganje naj-višjih moralnih vrednot in sprejetje povojnih pobojev kot zgodovinsko dejstvo, ki bo vodilo k spravi.
Vendar v teh dokumen-dh ni zaslediti prav no-oene pietete. Take piete-:e, kot jo razume ves civiliziran svet.
V teh dokumentih ne moremo najti niti ene oesede obžalovanja za povojni genocid, nobene absodbe pobudnikov in storilcev genocida in no-oene obljube o popravi krivic. Na koncu smo :elo opozorjeni, da ni namen razprav in razmišljanj o polpretekli zgodovini kakorkoli legitimirati
V LJUBEČ SPOMIN
Ob četrti obletnici, odkar Te je Bog poklical v večno življenje 20. julija 1998
Lojze Bajc
Ko zemlja telo mi pokrije, in črna me tema. zakrije, Po pismu obljuba je dana, la duša je BOGU izbrana, popolno telo bo sprejela, i VEČNO ŽIVLJENJE imela.
Žalujoča družina: žena Maria
hčere Danica, Marijana, Karolina z družinami in Johanca sin Andrej z družino vnuki in vnukinje sestre Francka, Ivanka in Ana v Sloveniji ter ostali sorodniki
in/ali delegitimirati zgodovinskih dejstev. To pomeni:	zgodovine ne bomo
popravljali.
Razumljivo je, da naše oblasti potrebujejo tak zakon prav v tem času zaradi Evropske zveze in pride jim prav tudi finančna kriza.
Moramo vedeti, da vlada ta zakon in način pokopa utemeljuje s trditvijo, da so slovenski domobranci in četniki bili povsem istovetni s klasičnimi kolaboracionisti po drugih državah Evrope. Tam je taka kolaboracija bila globoko ideološka, politična in globalno vojaška. Nobenega od teh elementov ni mogoče dokazati slovenskemu domobranstvu.
Že samo ime zakona skriva eno od pasti: povojne žrtve poriva v vojne čase in s tem hoče zakriti njihovo identiteto, njihovo samo-obrambo in njihovo vojaško usmerjenost.
Razprava o tem predlogu zakona v parlamentu nas je močno presenetila, saj so nekateri poslanci vladne koalicije začeli dopovedovati, da medvojne revolucije nikdar ni bilo. To je povsem razumljivo, če vemo, da sedanje o-blasti skušajo prepričati svet in tudi nas vse -seveda, da komunistične revolucije med vojno in okupacije ni bilo, da je bila izključno borba proti okupatorju, proti njegovim pomagačem, torej neoma-deževana osvobodilna fronta.
Druga stvar, ki je zakon ne daje, je zagotovilo, da bodo na voljo finančna sredstva, da bo način prekopa in pokopa in vseh drugih postopkov pieteten in pravno utemeljen. Zakon molči o vojaškem statusu domobrancev, vlada pušča to odprto za potrebo morebitne manipulacije prihodnosti. da bo umorjene vojake proglasila za civiliste. Na ta način naj država ne bi imela težke odgovornosti, da vse te zločine razišče, ugotovi storilce zločinov in se sooči z vsemi dejstvi polpretekle zgodovine.
Moramo se tudi zavedati, da kljub dokaznim dokumentom na razpolago, ki pričajo tako o u-moru slovenskih domobrancev, med temi celo
ranjenci in drugih idejnih nasprotnikov, slovenske oblasti ne ukrepajo.
Nobena državna služba ni do danes še začela ugotavljanja barbarsko oskrunjenih grobov in v njih pokopanih oseb po drugi svetovni vojni; nikomur ni mar za slovenske ljudi, ki so bili obsojeni na smrt pred političnimi in revolucionarnimi sodišči; koliko jih je bilo in kje so komunistične oblasti nepietetno zagreble njihove ostanke. Kakšna pravna država!?
Zaključil bom z eno samo mislijo: na nas je, da vstopimo v akcijo. Slovenske oblasti morajo ustaviti vsiljevanje totalitarne ideologije, ki ima korenine v revolucionarnih “vrednotah" krvavega medvojnega časa. To je ideološki terorizem! To je neskladno s slovensko ustavo, z demokracijo in našimi državljanskimi pravicami. Državljani imamo pravico do javnega in zasebnega izpričevanja svojih prepričanj. Država pa te pravice nima.
Torej, na nas je, da se dvignemo, na nas je, da začnemo pričevati, na nas je, da podvzamemo vse pravne in civilne možnosti in ukrepe, tako doma, kot tudi zunaj slovenske domovine.
Kličem vas vse, pojdimo na delo! Z božjo pomočjo!
Alojz Perne, šef propadan-de gorenjskega domobranstva, prosil, naj spregovori nekaj besed, ker je pred kratkim prišel iz Ljubljanske pokrajine.
Mladina je objavila tudi fotografijo tečajnikov, na
Spremenjeni bankovec za 5000 tolarjev
Ljubljana - Banka Slovenija je zaradi zamenjave obrabljenih bankovcev ponatisnila bankovec za 5000 tolarjev (tj. $21.85 US po sedanjem tečaju, ur. AD), ki se nekoliko razlikujejo od bankovca, ki je trenutno v obtoku. Prek bank ga je izročila v obtok 15. julija, medtem pa ostajajo bankovci prejšnjih izdaj še naprej zakonito plačilno sredstvo.
Od bankovcev za 5000 tolarjev, ki so že v obtoku, se ponatisnjeni bankovec razlikuje po hologramu na sprednji strani, ki ima obliko slikarske palete, v katerem so stilizirani cvetovi ter številke 5000 v spreminjajočih se barvah, namesto svetleče folije. Na hrtbni strani je dodana varnostna kovinska nitka z mikro-tekstom, ki je vpletena ob levem robu bankovca.
kateri je obkrožen obraz, ki naj bi bil njegov, vendar Bernik pravi, da je obkrožen napačen človek, in da tečaja ni organiziral gestapo.
Odvetnik Stojan Zdolšek, ki zastopa Mladino, pravi, da je tednik določene podatke povzel po Janovi knjigi, tudi fotografijo. Tudi drugi podatki, ki jih je objavila Mladina, niso žaljivi, saj Zdolšek trdi, da revija Berniku ničesar ne podtika, temveč le navaja, kakšno je bilo njegovo sodelovanje z gestapom (gre za propagandni tečaj). Po njegovih besedah mu Mladina ni očitala nacistične preteklosti, prav tako ga ni povezovala z Waldheimom.
Tečaj za propagandiste je po Mladininih navedbah organiziral gestapo, vendar Bernika ni nikoli označila kot sodelavca gestapa, temveč je pisala le o njegovem sodelovanju na tečaju.
Hribernik je vzrojil, da gre za manipulacijo.
Zdolšek pa se sklicuje na posamezne listine iz arhiva pri inštitutu za novejšo zgodovino. “Nikakor ne piše. da je to seznam tečajnikov. Sploh ne vem, kaj ta seznam pomeni,” je komentiral Bernik, ki bo naslednjič pojasnil, kako ga je gestapo aretiral.
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43. SLOVENSKI DAN V TORONTU
Govor častnega generalnega konzula Republike Slovenije v Torontu g. Jožeta Slobodnika na 43. Slovenskem dnevu
TORONTO, Ont. - V nedeljo, 7. julija, je bil tradicionalni Slovenski dan na župnijski pristavi v Bol tonu, pod okriljem slovenske skupnosti v Kanadi. Dopoldne ob lih je bilo nedeljsko bogoslužje s somaševanjem župnika Ivana Plazarja CM, misijonarja Stanka Rozmana DJ iz Zambije ter župnika Valentina Batiča.
Ker je bila nedelja namenjena praznovanju Slovencev po svetu, je g. Batič v pridigi navezal na evangeljsko misel in na besede papeža Janeza Pavla II., ko je zapisal, da ima vsakdo pravico do svoje domovine, in katero je tudi dolžan ljubiti. V pridigi se je tudi dotaknil položaja in aktualnih razmer slovenskih Izseljencev v Argentini. Pred sklenitvijo bogosluž-ia je tudi vse prisotne Povabil, naj ob koncu meseca ob svetovnem sreča-nJu mladih v Torontu od-Prejo vrata svojih domov kr ponudijo gostoljubje mladincem, ki bodo pribil na srečanje iz Slovenje. Bogoslužje je oboga-dlo tokrat ubrano Ijud-sko petje.
Po obedu je sledil dobro oblikovan in domiseln kulturni program, iz katerega je mogel vsakdo Izluščiti njegovo sporočil-n°st. Poudarek letošnjega Slovenskega dne je bil na Praznovanju 11. obletnice slovenske državnosti, na slovenski kulturi, na uve-Ijnvljanju slovenske mladine v Kanadi ter v po-Slnbljanju boljših medsebojnih odnosov v sloven-ski skupnosti v Kanadi.
Po kanadski in sloven-ski himni so v imenu Prirediteljev pozdravili go-sk in navzoče sledeči. V imenu Slovenskega letovi-je predsedik John ^nri poudaril, da je leto-'dšče počaščeno, da se na njem vrši že 43. Slo-Venskl dan. V imenu Slo-Vensko kanadskega sveta Je Predsednica Ema Poga-^r poudarila, da so ime-b Slovenski dnevi v pre-kklosti pomembno vlogo 2a slovensko skupnost v Knnadi in da bodo isto Vl°go imeli tudi v priho-
dnosti.
V imeu Kanadskega slovenskega kongresa je predsednik France Rihar izrekel veselje nad praznovanjem 11. obletnice slovenske državnosti, hkrati pa je sporočil, da bo letos in v bližnji prihodnosti KSK posvečal svoje delo predvsem vračanju Slovencev iz Argentine v Slovenijo. Predsednik Vseslovenskega kulturnega odbora Florijan Markun je izrazil veselje nad razvojem v Sloveniji in povabil vse navzoče, naj podpiraoj Glasilo kanadskih Slovencev in radio Glas kanadskih Slovencev, ki ga omenjena organizacija omogoča.
Odpravnik poslov slovenskega veleposlaništva Jože Poličar je v nagovoru čestital organizatorjem Slovenskega dne in dejal, da je slovenska skupnost v Kanadi ena najbolj živih in dejavnih skupnosti po svetu.
Pozdravnim besedam je sledil koncertni nastop ženskega pevskega zbora Plamen, ki je dovršeno odpel narodno "Kje so tiste stezice”, Vodopivčevo “Žabe” ter ameriško skladbo “Over the Rainbow” s slovenskim besedilom. Zbor Plamen je danes gotovo eden najpomembnejših slovenskih zborov v Kanadi. Iz zbora izhaja ne samo glasovna vedrina, ampak tudi veselje do zborovskega petja, ki je pristno slovenski duši.
Stane Kranjc je nato predstavil slavnostnega govornika, častnega generalnega konzula RSlove-nije v Torontu, Jožeta Slobodnika. (Ur. AD: Govor je priobčen v celoti v današnji številki.)
Mlad umetnik, pevec iz Hamiltona, Vili Verhov-šek, je nato zapel dve slovenski in eno angleško pesem. S svojim izvajanjem je dokazal, da je visoko kvalificiran poklicni pevec. Prejel je velik aplavz.
Letošnjo kulturno nagrado, ki jo vsako leto podeljuje župnijska Hranilnica in Posojilnica Slovenija, sta prejela Mili in
Marjan Ulčar, to za njuno dolgoletno prizadevanje pri župniji Brezmadežne. Oba nagrajenca sta predstavnika druge generacije slovenskih naseljencev v Kanadi, ki odlično oblikujeta tretjo slovensko generacijo v odlične člane kanadske družbe. Nagrado je izročil Vili Stajan.
Mladinska plesna skupina Mladika je odplesala tri folklorne plese.
Predno je bil program sklenjen, je Stane Kranjc prebral čestitke k slovenski državnosti ontarijskega premiera Ernie Eves-a in župana Mel Lastmana. Prebral je tudi opravičilo kardinala dr. Alojzija Ambrožiča, ker se letos ni mogel udeležiti Slovenskega dne, bil je vse nedelje v juliju zaseden pri organizaciji Svetovnega mladinskega srečanja ob koncu julija v Torontu.
Program sta letos prikupno povezovala mladinca Lidija Fotivec (angleško) in Janez Smrekar (slovensko).
Ob koncu moremo u-gotoviti, da je bil letošnji 43. Slovenski dan programsko in časovno klasično izveden in na visoki ravni. Organizacija je dokazala, da bomo mogli tudi v prihodnosti prisostvovati tem potrebnim prireditvam.
Na Slovenski dan je prihitelo več kot 1000 rojakov iz Toronta, Hamiltona in drugih krajev Ontaria. Kulturnemu programu je sledila plesna zabava. Naj omenimo še dejstvo, da je danes slovenska cerkvena pristava kraj srečanj zelo številne slovenske mladine iz Toronta in okolice. Organizatorjem gre vse priznanje!	FH
Spoštovani!
V	čast mi je, da vam kot častni generalni konzul Republike Slovenije smem spregovoriti na že 43-em Slovenskem dnevu tukaj na Slovenskem letovišču v Bol tonu. Zahvalim se organizatorjem današnjega praznovanja, pod imenom “Slovenska skupnost” za povabilo. Pozdravjlam odpravnika poslov veleposlaništva R. Slovenije v Ottawi Jožeta Poličarja in njegovo ženo Bredo, vse duhovnike, organizatorje ter vse vas, dragi rojaki!
Na to Slovensko letovišče me vežejo mnogi lepi spomini iz bližnje - in malo manj bližnje - preteklosti. Tu sem pred leti spoznal svojo ženo Darjo in mi je že zaradi tega bilo to letovišče vedno zelo pri srcu. Upam, da je za mlajši rod ta kraj še vedno obdarjen s takšno energijo, da je to še vedno za mnoge kraj srečanja in sreče, kakor je bil za mene.
Na tem kraju sem se tudi - kakor mnogi od vas - tolikokrat odpočil in nabiral novih moči za vsakdanje delo.
V	spomin mi prihajajo mnoga imena tistih, ki jih ni več med nami, pa so mi ostali v lepem spominu kot tisti, ki so bili s srcem vključeni v dogajanje in razvoj naše slovenske skupnosti.
Štejem si v veliko čast in hvaležen sem, da mi je bilo dano srečati in pogovarjati se z ljudmi kot so bili: g. Janez Kopač, g. Andrej Prebil, Peter Markež, Janez Muhič, Otmar Mauser, Viktor Trček, Ludvik Jamnik, Lojze Babič, Dušan Klemenčič - in našteval bi lahko še dolgo. (Zavedam se, da je vedno tvegano omenjati imena posameznikov - človek jih nehote več spusti kot pa o-meni.)
Z njimi in z mnogimi vami sem se skozi vsa leta srečeval in smo se ure in dneve pogovarjali
v prijetnem, prijateljskem krogu. Na dan pa so poleg zgolj družabnega kramljanja in vsakdanjih dogodkov pogosto prihajala tudi mnoga pereča vprašanja naše slovenske skupnosti, njene preteklosti, sedanjosti in prihodnosti.
Čutil in podoživljal sem z mnogimi vami bolečino ob prisilnem odhodu iz domovine in o težkih začetkih v novi domovini Kanadi; globoko razočaranje in ogorčenost spričo tragičnih dogodkov bratomornega pokola ob koncu 2. svetovne vojne; pa tudi zaskrbljenost in ogorčenost nad nekdanjim totalitarnim režimom v stari domovini Sloveniji.
Čutil sem, kako se je v mnoge ta rana zelo globoko zarezala in jo je težko zaceliti. Spoštujem to bolečino, porojena je bila iz resničnega trpljenja in skrbi za slovenski narod. In vedno sem ji skušal prisluhniti tudi s srcem, ne le z logiko.
Prav je, da se spominjamo preteklosti, si prizadevamo za to, da se zgodovina piše kar najbolj objektivno, tako kot se je v resnici zgodilo.
V tem smislu pozdravljam prizadevanja tistih, ki se trudijo za to, da se preteklost naše zgodovine ne pozabi, ampak se objektivno piše. Prav pa je tudi, da se zavemo, da mora priti čas in dan, ko se čustveno ločimo od preteklosti in se z vso silo svojega ustvarjalnega duha oklenemo sedanjega trenutka in se zazremo v prihodnost.
Osebno gledam na življenje z vero, zato zaupam, da je v končni -večnostni - fazi vsaka žrtev, ki je koga v življenju zadela, za nekaj dobra; da je gradbeni kamen nečesa velikega in dobrega.
Prav zato ni in ne more biti glede preteklosti v meni prostora za jezo ali obsojanje. Ostane zgolj hvaležnost za njihovo žrtev in spoznanje, da so nam odprli nove mo-(dalje na str. 16)
INTERVJU: Dr. France Arhar, kandidat za predsednika republike
Nedeljo spoštujem. Če le možno,
Matija Grah
France Arhar, 54-letni doktor prava, si je ime ustvaril z desetletnim vodenjem slovenske centralne banke v najobčuljivejšem obdobju njenega obstoja, v času uvajanja slovenskega tolarja. S svojim življenjem kot da uteleša idealno podobo Slovenca, ki je previden pri sprejemanju odločitev, ceni pravo mero in se izogiba skrajnostim, je delaven, skromen in obenem varčen, hkrati pa ni brez potez, ki ga delajo za človeka iz ljudstva, zakoreninjenega v kraju svojega rojstva.
Že leta vsako delovno jutro potuje iz Cerknice v Ljubljano in se zvečer vrača domov, še več, celo hišo si je - v tipični slovenskosocialistični maniri -zgradil z lastnimi rokami. Njegov ugled med Slovenci je tako velik, da njegova izvolitev ne bi bila vprašljiva - če mu nasproti ne bi stal kandidat enako visokih kvalitet, dr. Janez Drnovšek.
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Kako da ste se nazadnje vendarle odločili kandidirati za predsednika republike? Kaj je pretehtalo - prepričevanje kolegov, pričakovanja javnosti, politične ambicije, ki so se prebudile v vas...?
Na prvem mestu je bila vsekakor moja osebna odločitev. Deset let sem bil dnevno vpet v dogodke v tej državi, lahko rečem, da v najbolj ekskluzivnem času. Kot generacija smo bili deležni posebne sreče, da smo v tem prostoru bili ravno v trenutku, v katerem je uspel veliki projekt samostojne države. Lahko smo samo veseli, da smo sodelovali pri tako pomembnih odločitvah.
Kljub temu ostaja odprta še vrsta neznank -kaj se bo dogajalo s to državo? Tranzicya še ni končana in situacija bo morda postala boji normalna s formalno vključitvijo Slovenije v EU. Še vedno sta odprta zlasti dva procesa:	proces v
zvezi s preteklostjo, ki kljub enajstletnemu prizadevanjem še ni zaključen, in proces v zvezi s prihodnostjo, ki ima za-
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enkrat samo želeni ciljni datum, ne pa tudi garancije.
Na podlagi izkušenj, vsega, kar sem doživel in kar sem spoznal, sem ocenil, da je zdaj edinstvena priložnost in izziv, da se ob vseh tveganjih podam še na pot predsednika države.
To je sicer bistveno drugačna funkcija od moje pretekle funkcije. Moram pa dodati, da je bila ponudba mesta guvernerja centralne banke takrat zame večja neznanka, kot je zdaj predsedniški položaj. V primerjavi s projektom slovenskega denarja predstavlja manjše tveganje. Kajti denarna politika je zelo občutljiva, pri denarju je glavna stvar zaupanje, vera vanj, ne glede na to, čigav je, kakšna je njegova barva itn. Vzpostaviti zaupanje v slovenski tolar ni bilo enostavno in se ga tudi ni dalo v hipu. No, tudi zdaj ni enostavno vzpostaviti zaupanje pri ljudeh, da te izvolijo.
V krogu ljudi, v katerem se gibljem, je ob vseh teh zgodbah beseda pogosto nanesla tudi na možnost moje predsedniške kandidature. Večina ljudi, ki jih štejem za dobre znance, me je permanentno vzpodbujala h kandidaturi, ker so bili enostavno zadovoljni z mojim dosedanjim delom in me poznajo kot človeka, ki na podlagi argumentov išče modus Vivendi.
Ker bo čas, ki ga moramo preživeti skupaj, še poln izzivov in problemov, so v meni najbrž uzrli človeka, ki bi lahko
grem v cerkev
tvorno pripomogel k nadaljnjemu utrjevanju države kot institucije, pa tudi slovenske samobitnosti. Kajti Evropo vidim kot skupek nacionalnih držav. Zelo pomembno je, da ima krošnja tega drevesa korenine v slovenstvu in slovenski kulturi in jeziku. Majhen narod smo in ne smemo izginiti, ne glede na globalizacijo in vse sodobne tokove.
Vaš najresnejši tekmec na predsedniških volitvah, dr. Drnovšek, zatrjuje, da je Slovenija uspešna država, zgodba o uspehu. Ste vi enakega mnenja?
Nihče ne more dvomiti v dobre rezultate. Kako ugotavljate dobre rezultate? Tako, da se primerjate z drugimi. Primerjati se morate s sebi enakimi, se pravi s tranzicijskimi državami. To je prva ugotovitev.
Drugo: ko se stvari enkrat zgodijo, običajno pričnemo sprejemati bolj kritične vrednostne sodbe. Sprašujemo se, kaj bi lahko bilo boljše. Zakaj je tako in zakaj ne drugače? Skratka, so stvari, ki so tudi pri nas v zaostanku in bi se jih dalo hitreje in bolje urediti.
Pred časom ste izjavili, da je socialna država v Sloveniji ogrožena. Kaj jo ogroža?
Socialna država je sožitje med človekom in trgom. Socialni model, ki smo ga prinesli iz bivše države, je bil bogat. V
Ta sicer dolg intervju z dr. Francem Arharjem je bil objavljen v Sobotni prilogi Dela z dne 6. julija. Ponatisnjen bo v nadaljevanjih. V njem se dr. Arhar izraža o svoji katoliški veri, o tem, da ni bil nikoli član partije, o splavu, o NATU in o marsičem drugem. Splošno prepričanje je, da bo dr. Arhar najmočnejši tekmec za Janeza Drnovška.
Ur. AD
redu, lahko rečete, da je bil bogat na račun tuje akumulacije, toda bil je bogat.
Zdaj smo gospodarsko odprti, kruh nam režejo tuji trgi, zato si moramo zastaviti vprašanje, kako bomo to blaginjo zmogli? Solidarnost in širša sociala zahtevata prispevke nas vseh, na koncu pa je samo produkt, ki gre na trg, merilo uspešnosti.
Drug vidik je splošen, v vseh državah podoben: demografija, staranje prebivalstva in povečevanje standarda.
Odkar sem v zdravstvu, vidim, koliko dodatnih stroškov prinaša starost. Dvajsetletnik je za zdravstvo petkrat cenejši kot 65-letnik. Povečevanje življenjske dobe bo samo po sebi zahtevalo dodatne izdatke.
Na drugi strani pokojninska reforma: glede na belo knjigo nam je uspelo sprejeti kompromisno rešitev, ki pa je samo prehodne narave. Leta 2008, 2009 in 2010 na tujem štejejo za leta baby boom generacije. Za leta, ko se bo pričela upokojevati največja povojna generacija. Njeno upoko-
jevanje bo vplivalo na kapitalske trge (na katerih so pokojninski skladi investitor številka ena), na trg delovne sile, na obresti in na nepremičninske trge.
In ne nazadnje, povečuje se premoženjska diferenciacija, tudi v Sloveniji.
So socialne razlike v Sloveniji že prevelike?
Njihovo povečevanje še ni končano, pa so že zdaj, če jih primerjamo z bližnjo preteklostjo, velike. Tudi v Sloveniji nastaja model, ki je znan v svetu in ob katerem se je predsednik svetovne banke leta 2000 v Pragi spraševal, kako sploh lahko toleriramo svet, v katerem 1,2 milijarde ljudi z enim dolarjem na dan, 20 odstotkov najbolj bogatih pa razpolaga z 80 odstotki svetovnih dohodkov in v katerem proizvajalci nafte dobijo 16 centov za liter nasproti ceni, ki jo plačujemo mi-
Iz tega zornega kota lahko gledate tudi na prag revščine. V Evropi je 19-odstoten, pri nas 15-odstoten. Z drugimi besedami, na področju socialne države imamo še vedno bolj ali manj star model. Nismo še uspeli povezati davčne in socialne politike.
Kdo so tisti, ki so pri nas bogati? So morda neupravičeno, čeprav zakonito bogati?
Težko je soditi povprek. V vseh tranzicijskih državah sem slišal isto o zgodbi o privatizaciji. Vsi danes post fes-tum ugotavljajo, da bi ravnali drugače. Povsod je prišlo do deviacij ali “privatizacijskih senc”, kot jih imenujejo.
Marsikateri menedžer je zaradi tega na “črnem spisku” ali ga gledajo postrani. Zakaj?
Vsi vemo, da je proces notranjega lastninjenja pri nas stekel z zamudo. Saj veste, koliko časa se je diskutiralo samo o zakonu o lastninjenju. Toda nobena napaka ni bila. da se je diskutiralo toliko časa. Morda bi nam kako spoznanje iz še kake države sao koristilo " tudi če bi razpravljali še kako uro dlje.
Ampak nekatere stvari pri lastninjenju preprosto ne morete preprečiti, 116 morete imeli vsega pod kontrolo, pa naj sprejme-(dalje na str. IS)
V BLAG SPOMIN
NAŠIM LJUBLJENIM STARŠEM
11. OBLETNICA
30. OBLETNICA
JAKOB JESENKO Umrl 12. julija 1972
ANA JESENKO Umrla 31. julija 1991
Odkar sta odšla od nas, počivata oba v miru v mehki ameriški zemlji.
Bog Vama daj večni pokoj.
Žalujoči ostali:
Arni Lekan — hčer
Myron 'Jesenko — sin
Ruth Abbott — hčer
Eugene Abbott — tast
Vnuki, vnukinje, pravnuki in pravnukinje.
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ZMAGOVALCI NA BALINARSKEM TEKMOVANJU V MILWAUKEEJU (z leve proti desni) - Mike Mejač, Maggie Strmšek, Marjan Strmšek in Franjo Mejač.
Poletje na Triglavskem parku
MILWAUKEE, Wis. -Prišel je sveti Vid, češnje zorijo, fantje na travniku rož’ce kosijo, kresnice švigajo, kresovi vžigajo se po dobravi...
Tako smo peli po deželi pod Triglavom onkraj morja - in bilo je poletje.
Pikniki, taborenje, plavanje, kolesarjene - to pa je poletje v našem Parku.
Prvi piknik je minil z lepim obiskom. Vreme je bilo tudi kar v redu. Ljudje so uživali veselo muziko, le plesalcev je nekako manjkalo. Mladi Triglavani so vsak v svoji “službi” s skrbnim očesom, da vse lepo teče, starejši so pa kar zadovoljni, če v miru sedijo, oživijo sonce, ki poglegu-je skozi sveže zelenje, in povasujejo z znanci.
Kosilo je bilo odlično in marsikateri pride že zaradi dobro pripravljene domače hrane. Tudi sre-čolov je lepo uspel. Nih-če sicer ni zadel novega avtomobila in ne kompletne oprave za celo hi-pa nam srce le malo hitreje poskoči v pričakovanju kakega malega dobitka. Dobro, da ima toliko od nas "pacemakers”. V Sloveniji pravijo temu aparatu “ojačevalec”. Tistim torej, ki so tako °jačeni, ni treba skrbeti, ds bi jih ples ali pa sre-č°lov preveč razburil! 30
30. junija so Triglava-ni poromali v Lemont. Vse - mlado in staro -nekaj bolnikov je os-talo doma. Mašo smo imeli v cerkvi, da nas ločina in komarji niso °dvračali od lepe pobožnosti. Tudi ljudsko petje se v cerkvi lepše sliši.
Chikaški športni klub Je pripravil kosilo na hribu in ko so se vsi okre-
pčali, so se Čikažani in Mihvaučani pomerili na balinskem igrišču. Igrali so v dveh skupinah: starejši in mlajši. Milwaukee se je to pot dobro izkazal in zmagal v obeh skupinah. Pa na svidenje in na nov boj prihodnje teto!	.
Četrti julij - društveni piknik za člane. Že, dan preje so se na gričku pojavili številni šotori., .Cela organizacija je bila v rokah predsednika Leona in skrbne Kathy. Vreme pa kot nalašč. Še komarji so za dolgi vikend odšli nekam drugam. Igre in tekme so se začele dopoldne s kolesarji, ki so vozili do bližnjega mesta Waterford. Udeležilo se je 28 kolesarjev.^, Pet; najst igralcev se j^|;pomerilo v odbojki 20 ppi jih je igralo “softbali”. .
Sledilo je počitek, j kosilo in kopanje, nato pa so se zbrali igralci in gledalci za balinarski turnir. Balinarji so imeli kar 12 ekip in je sodelovalo 48 igralcev. Igrišče je bilo obrobljeno z mnogimi gledalci, ki so z velikim zanimanjem sledili igri in opazovali igralce, ko so merili, katera krogla “drži”.
Ekipe so bile sestavljene iz najmlajših - “desetletnikov” - pa do sred-njeletnih in starejših.
Zmago so odnesli Mike Mejač, Megan Strmšek, Marjan Strmšek in Franjo Mejač.
Naslednji dan so otroci še uživali kopanje in gimnastične vaje, ki jih Je vodila Dari.
4. julij se je zaključil z velikim kresom in raketami doli pri jezeru. Oboje je bilo sprejeto z velikim navdušenjem.
Vsem, ki so tako lepo organizirali igre, prigrizek, zabavo za otroke in odrasle, za res užitka
poln in varen praznik, se društvo Triglav iz srca zahvaljuje. Zlepa ni Park tako živahen s tolikimi mladimi ljudmi pomešanimi s starejšimi, osivelimi glavami, ki bi skupno uživali igre in dobro kosilo in se res počutili kot društvo.
S pozdravi in povabilom na naš prihodnji piknik, ki bo v Parku 18. avgusta..
Za Triglav: MK
Dr. France Arhar: Intervju
(NADALJEVANJE s str. 14)
te še tak privatizacijski model. Hočem reči: nikdar nisem bil za lov na čarovnice, sem pa vedno bil za to, da če so bile stvari nezakonite, da se dajo na mizo in da Jih vzamejo v roke institucije države, ki so za to poklicane.
Posli vedno slonijo na ljudeh. Če kdo misli, da so posli na papirju, se zelo moti. Posel in partnerstvo ustvarjajo ljudje. V takih razmerah so posamezniki, ki so zapustili podjetje, odnesli posel in partnerstva s seboj in na ta način, poznavajoč vso logistiko, vse pluse in minuse bivšega podjetja, na hitro obogateli. >-
So potrebne spremembe davčne politike? Če da, komu bi vzeli in komu dali?
Slovenci smo drugi po posedovanju nepremičnin na glavo prebivalca v Evropi, takoj za Švico. In ko se sprašujemo, od kod nabrati sredstva za solidarnost, bomo morali tudi tu kopirati Evropo in po evropskem vzoru obdavčiti nekatere vrste premoženja.
Kaj je za vas nacionalni interes v gospodarstvu, še posebej v bančnem sektorju?
Zame je v tem trenutku ključen nacionalni interes lastništvo največje banke v Sloveniji. Zaradi njenega pomena za makropo-litiko, denarno politiko in za prebivalstvo. Ker neposredno in posredno obvladuje tako velik del trga.
Finance so ljudje. Finančni minister je običajno domač človek. Guverner centralne banke tudi. Če nimate domačega človeka v banki s tako koncentracijo, ko jo ima NLB (tj. Nova ljubljanska banka), ste hendikapirani.
Odkrito moram povedati, da smo zaradi take koncentracije včasih imeli težave pri tečajni politiki. Pri fiksnem tečaju poslovne banke ne morejo ničesar delati po svoje. Vse se prodaja in kupuje po fiksni ceni. Pri gibljivem tečaju pa lahko tako velika banka zasleduje tudi čisto svojo politiko. In večkrat je bilo potrebno precej prepričevanja, da je največja banka delala tako, kot je bila želja centralne banke, ki je morala zasledovati tudi skupne interese in skupno politiko.
In ne nazadnje, kdaj so slovenske institucije, slovenska inteligenca, trgovci in podjetniki dobili zakon? Ko smo Slovenci leta 1898 ustanovili prvo zavarovalnico in leta 1900 še ljubljansko kreditno banko. Ta lastna materialna baza je dala nov zagon njihovi dejavnosti.
Je prodaja NLB belgijski KBC skladna s slovenskimi nacionalnimi interesi?
Zame ne.
Kako bi vi ravnali na Gasparijevem (Mitja Gaspari je sedanji guverner Banke Slovenije, torej Arharjev naslednik, op. ur. AD) mestu - bi kot guverner dali soglasje za prodajo največje slovenske banke, ki se lahko konča z njenim prevzemom?
Zdaj je centralna banka postavljena v kot, pred zid. Ona nima pravice presojati, kaj je nacionalni interes. Po 105. členu maastrichtske pogodbe mora skrbeti za finančno stabilnost. Dva formalna vidika presoje sta: prvi je reciprociteta. Ta ne pride v poštev, ker lahko kupujete banke v Belgiji. Drug vidik je finančna trdnost novega lastnika.
Finančno stabilen trg mora biti nacionalni interes. Cena bančne krize je prevelika. Naša zakonodaja je zdaj enaka evropski, se pravi, da centralna banka daje soglasje za kvalificirane deleže, ne za posamezne procente. Če ne da soglasja k lastniškim procentom, ima upravičenec zanje samo portfeljsko pravico, ne pa tudi glasovalne.
Ali Banka Slovenije potem lahko sploh še kaj naredi?
Ne kaj dosti. Lahko preveri, ali nakup banke
predstavlja kakršno koli grožnjo finančni stabilnosti. S finančno stabilnostjo svet in Evropa , razumeta stabilnost trga in stabilnost institucij. Institucije so seveda na trgih in lahko destabilizirajo
trg-
Je imela Banka Slovenije pod vašim vodstvom izdelana stališča do lastništva bank?
Da, imeli smo zelo jasno vizijo. Prvič, da se domače banke materialno krepijo. Vedeli smo, da tranzicijo spremljajo velika tveganja, zato smo postavili zahtevo po visokem kapitalu - 40 milijonov mark za polno licenco.
Drugič, pozorni smo bili tudi na strukturo lastništva bank, da ne bi vse bile monokultura enega lastnika.
Tretjič, v primerih partnerstev smo si prizadevali, da so lastniški deleži bili takšni, da drugi lastnik prvega ni mogel blokirati. Se pravi, da naj eden od dveh velikih lastnikov nosi odgovornost, najsibo ta domač ali tuj.
Prvi del modela - zahteva po kapitalu in pa možnost presoje, od kod je kapital - smo objavili tudi v uradnem listu. Načelo, naj en lastnik drži stvari v rokah, pa je bilo tiho načelo, ki smo ga izoblikovali na podlagi izkustva in to isto prakticira in dokazuje Evropa.
Naša tiha želja in prizadevanje Je bilo, da bi pred vstopom v Evropsko unijo dobili dva konkurenčna, približno enako težka bančna stebra.
Ta prizadevanja niso obrodila sadov...
Niso, na žalost. Zaroka med NKBM in SKB Banko ni pripeljala do srečnega konca. In to je pomemben hendikep. Ker take koncentracije trga, kot jo ima NLB, ne najdete nikjer v tranzicijskih državah.
Zakaj ste se v zvezi s prodajo NLB oglasili tako pozno?
Oglasil sem se. ko sem bil vprašan. Prvič lani maja, ko so me povabili na koalicijsko usklajevanje.
(SE NADAUUJE)
Misijonska srečanja in pomenki Govor častnega gen. konzula Slobodnika
1436. Preteklo nedeljo, 14. julija, je bil piknik
Misijonske Znamkarske Akcije na Slovenski pristavi. Po vseh dopoldanskih pripravah, smo se zbrali pri sv. maši v kar lepem številu. G. župnik Franci Urbanija, ki je misijonar v svoji argentinski župniji, je imel sv. mašo in se je v pridigi naslonil na nedeljski evangelij, kako božja beseda pade na različna tla. Spomnili smo se naših misijonarjev, ki širom sveta blažijo revščino in oznanjajo božjo ljubezen. Spomnili smo se tudi ustanovitelja našega gibanja g. Karla Wol-banga, prvega predsednika Matt Tekavca, treh letošnjih odišlih sodelavk: Pepce Tominc, ki je skoro 30 let bila desna roka kuharici kosil in tudi piknikov, Marjance Mlinar, ki je stalno podpirala po dva blagoslov-ca, bogato darovala ob kosilu in pikniku, pomagala v kuhinji, in Albine Osenar, ki je tudi vso dobo podpirala misijonarje.
Hvala Vam, g. Urbanija, za vse lepe misli in vso korajžo pri nadaljevanju našega dela.
Po sv. maši je bilo na razpolago kosilo, ki je bilo kljub dolgi vrsti hitro razdeljeno. Hvala vsem, ki ste pripravile in postregle z dobro hrano. Hvala vam, gospodinjam, za toliko prinesenega domačega peciva, da je bilo dovolj za kosilo in prodajo. Hvala sem možem, ki ste skrbeli, da ni bil nihče žejen, čeprav je bilo toplo sonce in precej kopalcev.
Tudi naslednje ure so kar hitro minile ali v klepetu ali pri ogledu raznega ročnega dela. Še nekaj domačih rož je bilo možno dobiti in so hitro šle v prodajo. Hvala vsem za vse prineseno in tudi Vam za pokupljeno.
Malo čez peto uro smo se podali h kapelici, kjer smo prepevali litanije Matere božje in prejeli tudi blagoslov. Gotovo nas je bila Marija vesela, da še nismo opustili te lepe navade, in nam bo izprosila potrebnih milosti.
Po tej pobožnosti se je pričel pikniški prostor prazniti. V kuhinji se je polegel naval in zaloge prazniti, in tako se je pričelo pospravljanje. Hvala vam vsem, ki ste tako vestno stregle in obenem pospravljale. Hvala vsem možem za vso pomoč v točilnici. Hvala vsem pri prodaji peciva, ročnega dela, in vsem, ki ste skrbele, da ni bilo prevelikih stroškov. Hvala vam vsem, ki ste prišli na piknik, darovali za misijonarje in nam želeli uspeh. Hvala tudi odboru Slovenske pristave za vse usluge. Hvala tudi Sheliga Drug Store za izkazano dobroto. Hvala Ameriški Domovini za vse objavljeno v zvezi s piknikom, hvala tudi Radijski družini za vsa vabila po radijskih valovih, in prav tako tudi Toniju Ovseniku.
Pred piknikom se je oglasilo nekaj dobrotnikov s svojimi darovi:
P.M. Domanko (v spomin mame Pepce Tominc $500, za sv. maše za mamo $125) $625; M. Cendol (za salezijance) $50; A. Lavrisha $125; N. Tomc (za s. M. Pavlišič) $100; N.N. (za s. Pavlišič) $100; S.M. Grdadolnik (za R.O.) $60; V. Rovanšek (za br. L. Zabret) $100; A.M. Lunder (za salezijance) $50; N. Tomc (za s. Pavlišič) $100; N.N. (za s. M. Pavlišič); F.M. Šušteršič (za župnijo in stroške - Bizeljsko) $1015; F.L. Šušteršič (za župnijo - Bizeljsko) $1000; I. Šušteršič (za župnijo - Bizeljsko) $500; D. Lenarčič (za salezijance) $400.
Iskrena hvala vsem dobrotnikom za njih dar.
Naj pade to božje zrnje na plodovita tla, zraste in rodi veliko zrnja, da bo žetev obilna in da tudi delavcev ne bi primanjkovalo - je naša iskrena želja. Lep misijonski pozdrav prav vsem čitateljem!
Marica Lavriša 1004 Dillewood Rd.
Cleveland, OH 44119
(NADALJEVANJE s str. 13)
žnosti za naprej. Močno si želim, da bi mogli s skupnimi močmi in dobro voljo usmeriti svoje moči in delo v te nove možnosti.
Spomnimo se, kako smo znali združiti svoje moči ob procesu osamosvojitve Slovenije. Vsa Slovenija je bila takrat kot eden, zato je bil tudi uspeh. Znali so pozabiti na svoje strankarske in ideološke razlike in združiti moči v eno samo željo, kako pomagati domovini.
Tudi mi tu v Kanadi smo bii kot eden, zato je bilo tudi naše delo uspešno.
Kar z neko nostalgijo se človek spominja tistih dni in si zaželi, da bi duh sodelovanja, ki je bil takrat med nami, bil še vedno enako prisoten oziroma močan.
Niti ni potrebno, da gre človek iskat navdih za navdušenje in sodelovanje samo v čas pred 11 leti, ko je Slovenija postajala samostojna.
Tudi ko razmišljamo o zgodovini Slovencev v Kanadi zadnja desetletja, vidimo, da je bilo ogromno storjenega. Naj samo naštejem nekaj podatkov in imen, ki za sabo skrivajo veliko dela, navdušenja, požrtvovalnosti (in v glavnem, zdrave vizije).
Kdo naj prav ovrednoti neprecenljiv pomen in delo slovenskih župnij med nami: Marija Pomagaj, Brezmadežna s čudodelno svetinjo. Sv. Gre-
V BLAG SPOMIN
ob peti obletnici našega dragega, nepozabnega moža in očeta
Oh! usoda, Ti nemila, ves zaklad si nam razbila. Kar nam je najljubše bilo, srce naše je izgubilo.
Tvoji žalujoči:
žena Milenca sin John
hčerka Anna Maria Mor-risson in mož Brian ter vnukinja Jillian
gor Veliki v Hamiltonu, Sv. Vladimir v Montrealu in nekaj časa župnija Lurške Matere božje v Winnipegu?
Župnije delajo poleg verskih opravil tudi narodnostno delo. Že dolga leta organizirajo slovenske šole, kjer mladina dobiva osnovno izobrazbo slovenskega jezika, kulture in osnovnega znanja o Sloveniji.
Ponosni smo na naš starostni dom Lipa, kjer dobijo oskrbo naši starejši, da v izvrstni oskrbi prežive jesen življenja.
Omenim naj časopise in revije kot je Božja Beseda, Slovenska Država, Glasilo kanadskih Slovencev, Lovski Vestnik... Radio Glas kanadskih Slovencev.
Nikakor ni zanemarljiva vizija in delo Vseslovenskega kulturnega odbora, Kanadsko slovenskega kongresa. Slovensko kanadskega sveta. Kanadsko slovenske gospodarske zbornice in še drugih trideset društev in skupin.
Kaj vse se je skozi leta naredilo za slovenstvo po teh društvih, kako nas je povezovalo in nas še povezuje, kako nam je pogosto pričaralo košček domovine, to sami dobro vemo!
Priznanje, spoštovanje in zahvala vsem, ki so in ki ste k temu prispevali - tudi v imenu Republike Slovenije, katero kot častni konzul tu predstavljam.
Naj omenim tudi pozitivno navzočnost med nami in delo slovenskega veleposlaništva v Ottawi. Gotovo nam je večini še vedno v lepem spominu prvi veleposlanik g. Marijan Majcen, njegov naslednik dr. Božo Cerar, njun pomočnik konzul g. Mitja Štrukelj, g. Goran Križ, g. Gregor Kozovinc in sedanji odpravnik poslov g. Jože Poličar.
Verjamem v dobro voljo in iskrenost namenov Kanadske slovenske sku-
pnosti, zato sem prepričan, da je v nas dovolj moči in volje za še večje sodelovanje.
Saj ni potrebno, da enako mislimo - demokracija se najlepše odraža prav v spoštovanju različnosti mišljenja. Potrebno nam je samo malo dobre volje in medsebojnega spoštovanja, kakor tudi tega, da se znamo iskreno veseliti uspehov drugih, tudi tistih, s katerimi se morda ne strinjamo. Tudi dve roki sta različni, vsak prst je drugačen, vendar ne moremo reči, da tega ali drugega prsta ne potrebujemo samo zato, ker je drugačen. Vsi skupaj nam dobro služijo.
Spoštovani in dragi rojaki! Svet vedno bolj postaja majhna vas - global village; povezuje nas toliko stvari, kot na primer internet.
Odkrivamo, koliko različnih kultur, veroizpovedi, navad je po svetu. Kljub temu pa se nam ni težko veseliti teh razlik. V njih vidimo obogatitev za ves svet in ne oviro!
Tudi različnost med nami naj nam bo dobrodošla. Pripravljeni bodimo drug drugemu pri' sluhniti in skupaj sodelovati za dobrobit naše mladine, vse slovenske skupnosti in naših d°' movin Slovenije in Kanade.
Slovesnost kot je Slovenski dan naj nam vsako leto prižge več luči za prihodnost in opogu* mi voljo, da bomo neutrudno delali za naše te' lesno in duhovno preživetje.
Naj vsak od nas odide z vedrim pogledom 111 s trdno voljo, da vsak P° svojih močeh prispeva, da se razvijamo, da živimo in da obstanemo!
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