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A Pilgrimage to Rome to See the Pope
This article was written by an 18-year-old student who went to World Youth Day 2000 in Rome. She now attends Grand Valley State College in Michigan, and prepared for two years before beginning her once-in-a-lifetime pilgrimage.
by JENNIFER OHMAN
Rome - World Youth Day, August 2000 - Pope John Paul II. That’s all that had to be said to me in the past two years and my face would light up. I couldn’t believe it. I had the chance to go to Rome, with the slight chance of seeing the Pope up close and personal.
As we got on the plane, I shed a few tears out of excitement and uncertainty. The time had finally come and we were on our way. But what was I to expect? During our two-year preparation for this pilgrimage (not a trip or vacation), we were warned about the horrendous temperatures, the pocket pickers and that we would have an
experience that might never happen again, but only if we let it happen. And I let it happen.
We took tours of ancient Rome, Montecassino, Naples and Capri. My favorite sights were the Coliseum and the Pantheon in ancient Rome. In Montecassino, St. Benedict’s Monastery just floored me. Such simplicity and beauty in the chapel. A calm and quiet atmosphere. Who could ask for much more while studying and living out our faith? The view off of Capri was beautiful, green trees and bright blue water was all you saw. But what happened in the next few days, the actual WYD events, will never be forgotten.
Walking to St. Peter’s Square is quite an experience, but camping out for the afternoon in the blazing sun with 1.5 million other youths from around the world was wild. It was hot and they were packing us into the square. But music rang out and a giant hose cooled us

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Soon, the Pope began his journey from St. John Lat-eran to St. Peter’s Square. He entered the square and was helped out of the
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Popemobile into an open-air vehicle to ride through the square. As I was standing there, camera ready in case he came our way, I saw some girls from Poland across the barricades start to scream and wave. I got goose-bumps despite the heat and I realized what was happening. The Pope was coming our way, and he would drive right past me.
After he passed, I stood there, screaming, crying, not quite sure what to do. It was amazing. My trip, although only half over, seemed complete. I saw the Pope. I was in St. Peter’s Square. It couldn’t have happened to me. That’s what went through my mind. I settled down as the Pope climbed the stairs of St. Peter’s Basilica and welcomed us to WYD 2000.
With thousands of others I cheered as the U.S. was welcomed and joined in to chants of “John Paul II We Love You!” and “Giovanni Paulo!” and as I recall, only the English were answered with “John Paul II, He Loves You, Too!” I went to bed so happy that night. What are the chances that that would happen to me?
The next few days flew by with catechizes; trips to other major churches in Rome, where we’d pull on cheesy skirts to go into the church and whipping them off as soon as we got out; the blazing 100-plus degree
heat; shopping, visiting Hard Rock Cafe and battling lines.
Friday night, before the big pilgrimage, St. Colette
Parish bought us a very nice dinner. It was great to have dinner as a whole group. Soon, it was time for the pilgrimage to Tor Vergata, the overnight vigil and the morning mass with the Pope.
The pilgrimage was tough, carrying backpacks, food boxes, umbrellas and water bottles in the sun for four kilometers. Once we got there and set up “camp,” many fell asleep in the sun while others went to splash in the water or meet other people in the sunounding areas. As the sun went down, we had a vigil with the Pope, singing more songs and praying as a huge Catholic community, all two million of us. We then settled down to sleep on emergency blankets, tarps and whatever else we could find to keep us warm.
The next morning everyone was awakened by the beautiful song “Emmanuel,” the official WYD 2000 song. We woke to a beautiful morning, sunny and not too hot (that changed quickly) and had mass with the Pope.
We walked the four kilometers back to the shuttles and after finding our way back to the bus, we were welcomed at the hotel by Ray LeMay, Bud Ozar, and members of the Michigan Catholic. (Continued on 2)
AMERIŠKA DOMOVINA, FEBRUARY 15, 2001
2 Jim’s Journal
By Jim Debevec
Another meeting of the American Home Read Warriors is now in session.
I watched the movie “Boiler Room” on television last week. It’s about unscrupulous non-Slovenian so-called stock brokers who were selling company-selected cheap stock to unsuspecting mid-westerners through “cold-calls.” The movie somewhat followed the book I read a couple of months ago titled, “License to Steal” a true story describing the unconscionable dealings of a second-rate stock brokerage house and its salesmen. “If a woman answers - hang up,” was one of the rules of the firm.
When a prospective client hesitates about buying their worthless stock, the salesmen loved to say, “This stock is so good, I bought some myself for my own portfolio.”
Not only was it scary to watch the unprincipled bro-kers at work fleecing money
out of honest people, but their course language after a while became not only annoying, but uncomfortable to watch.
I can understand to a small degree uncivil characters using the “F” word occasionally, but what really messed my mind was the concluding song after the story was completed, “F..., F..., F... etc., etc., etc., etc., etc., etc., etc., etc., etc.”
Not only was it barbaric, but had no place in a movie being shown in our theaters and television.
It is time for the movie industry to quit acting like a bunch of louts and clean up their act.
There are those of us who would like to build a better society, not destroy our civilized culture. One bad apple can destroy a bag full of good ones.
If the directors are trying to prove a point, they should ask their mothers what they think. Hearing that garbage talk in the theaters would prompt their mothers to grab a bar of soap and wash out their son’s mouth. Would it do any good; you betcha.
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St. Vitus Village Progresses
People arriving to Mass at St. Vitus Church in Cleveland the past few weeks are amazed to discover the new classy look emerging from St. Vitus Village, the new senior citizens complex being erected on church property directly across from the grade school.
For the last two weeks, despite some very wintry cold, the carpenters were installing the roof. They began their work on the Norwood Road side and progressively continued to E. 61st Street. With the completion of the roof, the entire building now has protection from the winter elements; windows will be installed, and the building will have a chance to dry out from previous exposure to the elements.
During the time before the roof was installed, the plumbers, electricians and other tradesmen were doing their particular work almost every day.
Now that the building is more enclosed, it will enable the inside work to begin on the second and third floors.
Thus far, the parish pastor, Rev. Joseph P. Boznar, says the work is progressing on schedule, thanks to parishioner Paul Kosir, who is managing the overall project, and to the day-to-day parish volunteer supervisors: Mario Percic, Frank Sega, Vitko Sleme, Anton Oblak and Žiga Krištof, and to the various trades people who are really cooperating the best they can.
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That night we packed and I realized although I had done everything I possibly could, I was not quite ready to leave and come back to the U.S. Lucky for our group, we ended up missing
our flight out of the Netherlands, due to a very delayed flight from Rome, and stayed one more night together as a group in the Netherlands. About 14 hours after our expected departure, we arrived back in Detroit with our parents to greet us and stories to tell.
I will never forget all I saw, what I learned and the experience I had with my friends. It was the trip, excuse me, the pilgrimage of a lifetime, and I truly feel that all my hard work to get there really paid off.
To Pope John Paul II, I am grateful for your creation of WYD and to everyone who went with me, all 35 of you, chaperones and participants, it was a blast and I’d do it again in a heartbeat.
Jennifer Ohman is the granddaughter of Milan (deceased) and Donna Ohman of Cleveland, Ohio. This article was published in the Michigan newspaper The Observer & Eccentric.
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Adventures in London
by RliDY FLIS
Last week I mentioned Amsterdam, Holland and my Army leave (vacation). May I relate more about that leave and a few of my experiences?
My buddy and I went to Frankfurt, Germany to an Air Force base for a free plane ride to a country we intended to visit. We boarded a plane and flew to Scotland. It was early morning and dark when we arrived in London.
We hopped in a cab, and asked the driver to bring us to a hotel. We were tired. The driver was on the wrong side of the cab and it was on the wrong side of the street. Real	weird. No	luck.	All
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because it was dark. We entered the small pub and ordered coffee and crumpets. Their coffee could have been dishwater and I could not drink it all. After that coffee, I drank tea until I left London.
We saw a “bobby” (English policeman) and walked up to him. We told him of our early morning cab ride and he also thought it was an expensive ride. We were hungry and asked him if he knew of a place to have breakfast. As we walked, the bobby told us, “If you feel you are being cheated and need help, look for a bobby who is wearing overseas ribbons on his uniform. He is a veteran and will help you.”
The bobby took us to a veterans club. We were allowed to eat breakfast there. The bobby said he would return. Our breakfast consisted of one egg, a strip of bacon, a tomato slice, tea and a bowl of cornflakes. The food hit the spot, but this chow-hound could have eaten three times more.
When the bobby returned, we thanked him for his kind-
ness. Then he said to us, “There is a nice hotel called the Norkeld. They had problems with some GI’s who liked partying. If you promise you will not bring women to your room, they will let you in.” We stayed there until we left for Holland.
The bobby then took us to one more place. To Hyde Park and up into the arch which had a locked gate. This gate would be opened only to let royalty through, like the queen or queen mother. There was a bobby in the arch, in a small office. Near the arch, at a busy intersection, and in the middle of the intersection was a stone triangle, which marked the spot of the gallows of long ago.
Many streets in London were red asphalt, the route of the queen on Coronation Day, about four months earlier.
And that was part of our first day in London, and its fond memories. Thanks to a special “bobby.”
Starting Over in America
by ANTON ŽAKELJ translated and edited by
JOHN ŽAKELJ
(Continued from last week)
During my five years at Risher’s, I met more than 100 workers, most of them Slovenian “D.P.’s” (“displaced persons” was the term used by the government at that time for people who had been forced to leave their homeland). We all needed work, and when we heard that Risher’s had jobs, we rushed there like the Chinese to the California Gold Rush in 1849.
It was hard for me to leave my fellow workers at Risher’s. Even though we were all different in age, education and character, we all got along well and we supported each other. Here are some notes about some of them:
One of our workers was Professor Ovsenik. In Slovenia, he was the director of the state “gimnazija” in Ljubljana. In Europe, these were 8-year schools which were like a combination of American high school and college. A big difference between the European and American schools was that the Slovenian “gimnazija” required studies not only in Slovenian, but also in Serb-Croatian, German, Latin and Greek, and the optional studies in other languages. The communists deported Prof Ovsenik, his wife and daughter just before Christ-rnas 1945, when he was close to retirement. When he aPplied for work at Risher’s, he was 60, but he looked younger. We lied and told
Rasher that Prof. Ovsenik was 50, and Risher hired him. Instead of beginning a vvell-earncd retirement in Slovenia, Prof. Ovsenik took a job as an ordinary factory worker in America and began saving for his retirement all over again.
Risher’s workers also in-cluded Bizjak and Krepfl, who were trained engineers; Rudy Knez, a musician and Professorial candidate; Frank Lorber, a former director of a locking factory; Joseph Gotvajn, a respected mer-chant; Marjan Jakopič, a poet; Prank Puc, a medical stu-^Cnt; and others. And we
don’t want to forget men such as Paul Košir and others who started at Risher’s and then, with their confidence and enterprising spirit, went on to other work where they proved themselves the equal of the first pioneers who built America into the world’s superpower it is today.
At Risher’s, we drilled iron and steel parts for hydraulic fittings for tractors, bulldozers, and similar equipment for lifting heavy loads, building roads, etc. After Mr. Humphrey left, Risher didn’t understand or appreciate the work we did. It became more and more difficult for me to lift 80 pieces an hour onto my machine, with each piece weighing 50 - 100 pounds. I was always afraid that Risher would give me my last pay-check.
At first, we only worked with cast iron, which did not
require cooling oil while it was being drilled. Later, we' worked on cold-rolled steel, which was lighter but such a hard material that no amount of oil could cool down the overheated drill. The chips from the drilling became welded to the drill, which then caused the holes to be too large. Risher didn’t understand that, so he blamed me for ruining 300 pieces. When he said the factory would have to close because of my poor work, I knew I had to go. I told him I was working exactly as I was told, and that the bad pieces were not my fault. Inspector Mirko Boh supported me, for which I am still grateful.
After Risher yelled at me,
I tried working on a different machine, but it seemed as if I was cursed - nothing went right for me. I tried harder than if it had been my own shop, but everything went wrong. More and more I became convinced that God was telling me to look for work elsewhere.
At the same time that I was having problems at work, my wife Cilka went through a difficult and dangerous pregnancy. The stress was too much for my nerves.
I applied for work at many places, looking for work that would be easier on my nerves, but without success
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I am thankful to Mr. Risher for his understanding during my last months in his shop. He didn’t fire me the way he did Karl Janez, who was the man who had first brought me to Risher’s. He let me try other machines and he agreed not to give me a bad reference when I applied for work elsewhere.
After work at Risher’s I went to Columbia Mold and Die. Mr. Bob Hrebek said I could come to work there on Monday at 8 a.m. I told him that I wear glasses. (At Risher’s I never wore my glasses because I was afraid I would be laid off if Risher knew I needed glasses.) Hrebek said this would be no problem.
In the evening, Rihtar and I went to a religious retreat on E. 185lh Street. We’re staying overnight tonight and Saturday. About 35 men and boys are participating, all recent refugees like us.
(To Be Continued)
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Fortunately, I have a couple of jokes to start off. It seems little Billy opened the door wide when his grandmother arrived. “Gee, grandma, I am so glad to see you,” he said. “Now Daddy can do his trick.” “What trick is that?” grandma asked. “Well,” Billy said, “Daddy told Mommy that if you came to visit again, he’d start climbing the walls.”
Okay, one more for the road. The bright pupil looked long and hard at the question on the exam. It read, “State the number of tons of coal shipped out of the United States in any given year.” After much thought, his face brightened, and he wrote, “1492 - none.”
Well back to high school days, back to John Marshall. Who said they would have to bum down the school to get Ray out of there? No fire, no such thing. Ray got thru John Marshall the hard way, studying and then final graduation and that was no easy task. High school was more interesting than grade school in the respect that you got to see a new teacher every 45 minutes, and new school mates. Classes themselves lasted 45 minutes and then they gave the students 15 minutes to get from one class to another. You had to move and not dilly dally, for if you were attending a class on the third floor, you probably had to go back to the first floor where your locker was, to exchange
books for the next class and then rush up to the second floor to get inside the classroom before the bell rang. May the good Lord be with you if you were late. DF.-TENTION. - Go to the principal’s office.
The girls had to go see Ms. Dugan, and the boys had to go see Mr. Rose. After one or two visits to the Principal’s Office, believe me, you soon learned to run from class to class.
One good thing about high school, you got to pick the subjects you wanted with certain guidelines. If you planned on going to college,
you had to take a language course as well as math courses. When it came to language courses, you had a choice, Latin, Spanish, or German.
Perhaps I should have taken Latin for I knew so much from Annunciation. Fortunately, I did not have any hopes for college, for it was a financial burden for Ma and Pa just to get me thru high school.
Everybody always tried to pick classes where there would be no homework and there were such classes and Ray found them, but I had my share of real courses, too. Each class gave you so many points. In order to graduate, you had to accumulate so many points. For one thing, I took German language in my first year and you had to have four full years of the language course to get credit for the entire German course. Since I was behind in school by one year after failing at Annunciation, I had to go to summer school for two summers, doing one summer at West Tech high for the German semester, and the following year it was not taught at West Tech due to the lack of students, and so I had to go to “Western Re-' serve University” to get my credit.
Taking German was no fun, for after the first year, the teacher always said everything in German, so you had better know what they were talking about. I had Ms. Barjansky as my German teacher at Marshall and she was very patient with me. Hey, I got a “B” in German, for I know that I would never get a “B” in Slovenian if a test were given.
For two semesters I went to summer school, strictly to get credit for a German semester, and going to West Tech was not all that bad. It was a little further from home, and 1 had to take a bus and a streetcar. Besides, summer school was not free and I recall having to pay $20.00 for the semester of German. The following summer there were not enough students to warrant the hiring of a German
Teacher at West Tech so the last choice was Case Western Reserve where the course was $30.00.
Getting to Western Reserve meant getting up early to catch the necessary buses and streetcars to get me out to University Circle on the east side. Going to get those
German courses in before graduation was no fun because they were both financially costly, and then giving me very little summer vacation because I was trying to make up for the failed year at Annunciation school.
You got full credit for the German course, only after you completed four years of the language with passing grades for each semester. Little did I think that the language would really help me in later life, but it certainly was to my benefit when I joined the Army and got stationed in Germany.
I know that perhaps some of the kids today don’t realize it, but the best days of their lives are when they are attending school, for you are not only learning, but getting to meet other students, to interact and get along with one another.
Well, I certainly cannot finish four years of high school in this one article, and so we will take a recess until the next time and will see you when the school bell rings.
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Kollander World Travel is proud to present seven “select” tours to Slovenia in 2001. They are scheduled from late spring through early fall of this year with themes ranging from Slovenia’s 10th anniversary through the fraternal, genealogical, and “just plain fun” aspects, too.
In chronological order from the Kollander calendar: June 12-26, it’s Steve and Shirley Kapsch as they “Celebrate Slovenian Statehood;” June 21-July 5, the Slovene National Benefit Society (SNPJ) 15-day all-inclusive fraternal tour featuring accordionist Tony Klepec; August 22-September 3, St. Clair Slovenian “Home” Pub Tour with Tony Petkovšek and Bob and Gerri Hopkins; September 8-21, Slovenian Genealogy Society conference and exploring roots; September 13-27, Slovenian Women’s Union 75lh Anniversary Heritage tour; September 24-October 9, Joe and Nancy Novak’s Slovenia and a Greek Isle Cruise; and October 1-13; Frank Moravcik to Slovenia,
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News from the Euclid Pensioners
by PAT HABAT
' I ^he Euclid Pensioners I have a new look this A year starting with our President Frank Kosten, Vice-President Jack Selan, and Treasurer Vida Strukel who join re-elected officers Secretary Jeannette Yert and Recording Secretary Patricia Habat. These officers comprise our Executive Board which plans to meet regularly and make recommendations which will be brought to the meetings for discussion and vote. Why not come to the next meeting °n March 7 and meet the new Board?
We send our sincerest thanks to our past officers, Dorothy Lamm, Frank Kalamasz, and Mary Sterle. Prank had knee problems but was well enough to attend ^•r February meeting, and Mary is recovering from a serious accident where her '-'gs and knees were injured. e hope both Frank and ary will make a complete recovery, the sooner the better.
This March meeting is a special time for the Pension-ers as it is the 40,h anniver-Sary of the founding of our c ub. After the meeting we P an to serve complimentary anniversary cake and coffee and hopefully, have some basical entertainment along 'Vlth our featured speaker. Financial Secretary arion Bocian, who has
done much research on the history of the Pensioners. She will present her findings possibly mentioning names and activities that have long since been forgotten or haven’t been mentioned in years. Everyone, member or not, is invited to join us at this special time and celebrate this milestone in our existence. Wouldn’t it be exciting if we could all be here when we celebrate our 100th anniversary? Just imagine that!
Our picnic will be on July 25th at SNPJ Farm with more information following soon.
Tour director Mimi Stibil has put together some entertaining one day trips including MGM Grand Casino in March, Motor City Casino in April, and Amish country in May. These tours are most appealing as the price is right, very inexpensive. Other trips planned include Carousel Dinner Theater in May, the Amish in New York in June, Soaring Eagle Casino and Frankenmuth in late July, New York City and Ellis Island in August, Upper Michigan in September, and the Niagara area in December. For more information and to sign up, come to our meeting and talk with Mimi or call her at 440-843-8727.
At the new year we take time to reflect and make resolutions which are often forgotten soon after, but sometimes the inspiration from just a few words can
cause a more profound change in our lives than winning a million dollars. The instructions for life in the new millennium as spoken by the Dali Lama are thought-provoking, and regardless of one’s age, a person can always grow in ways that make his/her life more pleasant and fulfilling.
0 Take into account that great love and great achievements involve great risks.
0 When you lose, don’t lose the lesson.
0 Follow the three R’s: Respect for self, Respect for others, Responsibility for your actions.
0 Remember that not getting what you want is sometimes a wonderful stroke of luck.
0 Don’t let a little dispute injure a great friendship.'
0 When you realize that you made a mistake, take immediate steps to correct it.
0 Spend some time alone every day.
0 Open your arms to change, but don’t let go of your values.
0 Remember that silence is sometimes the best answer.
0 Share your knowledge. It’s a way to achieve immortality.
0 Be gentle with the earth.
0 Once a year go someplace you’ve never been before.
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Campaign Urges Families To Seek Support For Alzheimer’s
Kha	—Princess Yasmin Aga
mQVin’ daughter of the late 1940s ir, te star Rita Hayworth, is talk-tt>oth*>e>n^ about a side of her bm S that was anything AbK*’- atTlorous: her battle with feler’s disease.
nospj ,n my mother was diag-reCoa. Wlth Alzheimer’s, few people couiljV^d the disease, and little fatni) „e dyne for my mom or our °r;( •V’ .sa*d Princess Yasmin, hon-.‘YSsn .V’CG chair of the Alzheimer’s ent „ lat’°n- “But things are differ-ar>yon'V T°day there’s no reason for itioth 6 su^er >n silence, as my tion^t Prescription medica-supp 0 manage symptoms and ity 0f,. Proftrams to improve qual-per„ 16 are available for both the Caregive	Alzheimer’s and
riepp a pesult of her mother’s expe-devot \ ,ncess Yasmin has been Alzbe; ho increasing recognition of anteeHners disease including vol-ciationn® **,r t^e Alzheimer’s Asso-ti°n’s p and founding the Associa-York 'ta Hayworth Galas in New Galas r Chicago. Since 1984, the "hllinr, raVe raised more than $28 clan for research.
Oew p^iy. she is appearing in a (PSA) .Ic service announcement Alzjjpi’ ln connection with the Peoplp , er s Association, urging °f Abu ° recognize the symptoms doctor if'i'k61^8 disease and see a a farnil, are concerned about member.
fitie tr 'n Rita Hayworth’s
disease Čen^tebUCLA sia is J? Mea,eine. “Early diagno-11 offers r,'me|y important because Slater PL,tiop‘u Wllb ^UziieunerG a "arlv ehance of benefiting from - medical intervention and
Rita Hayworth's life was dev-astated by Alzheimer’s disease.
gives them more time to plan for the future. The earlier treatment begins, the greater the impact of therapy may be in maintaining patients at a higher level of functioning. Although there is no cure for Alzheimer’s disease, treatments for the symptoms of mild to moderate Alzheimer’s disease are available, so early detection and immediate treatment are crucial.”
Medical treatments have been shown to improve cognitive function (such as thinking, reasoning and memory) and to manage symptoms associated with Alzheimer’s disease. Currently, there are three prescription drugs available to treat the symptoms of mild to moderate Alzheimer’s. Although there have been recent breakthroughs in Alzheimer’s research, a cure or prevention may be years away. New medications are under development, and several clinical trials are under way to study whether estrogen, nonsteriodal anti-inflammatories and vitamin E help prevent the disease.
. Unfortunately, long delays—up to three years—are common between the onset of symptoms and
the time a person seeks a diagnosis, because people often confuse the warning signs of Alzheimer’s disease with memory problems associated with normal aging. But despite the absence of a single diagnostic test, physicians can diagnose Alzheimer’s disease with 90 percent accuracy through tests that can be administered and interpreted in the office.
The Alzheimer’s Association developed a brochure, Understanding Memory Loss, Aging and Alzheimer’s Disease, to help families better recognize the symptoms of Alzheimer’s disease and know where to turn for help and support.
In general, the following are signs and symptoms of Alzheimer’s disease when they increasingly affect everyday life:
•Recent memory loss that affects job skills
•Difficulty performing familiar tasks
•Problems with finding the right words
•	Disorientation
•	Poor or decreased judgment
•Problems with abstract
thinking
•	Misplacing things
•	Changes in mood or behavior
•	Changes in personality
•	Loss of initiative
To learn more or to get a copy of the brochure Understanding Memory Loss, Aging and Alzheimer’s Disease, call the Association at (800) 272-3900, visit www.alz.org or contact your local Alzheimer’s Association chapter.
The PSA and the Alzheimer’s disease educational campaign are provided with support from Eisai !nc. and Pfizer Inc. Eisai Inc. and Pfizer Ino are committed to a collaboration dedicated to advances in Alzheimer’s therapy.
0 Remember that the best relationship is one in which your love for each other exceeds your need for each other.
0 Judge your success by what you had to give up to get it.
0 Approach love and cooking with reckless abandon.
There is much here to digest, with each item providing enough material for a lengthy discussion. Hopefully some of the words will hit close to your heart and inspire you in ways that will make your life more pleasant. Everyone has so much potential to do good, each in his or her own way, and the’ Pensioners celebrate each person’s achievements with praise. You may not be a doctor or a lawyer and think that your life has had any effect in the grand scheme of
things, but your quiet example alone may have changed the lives of many people and inspired them to go on to greater things.
Condolences are being sent to the families of our recently deceased members Christine Kovach, Albert Mestek, Joseph Penko, Marica Lokar, Josephine Kostenshek, Mary A. Paik, Mary Leskovec, and Ann Verhovc. May they rest in peace.
We welcome with open arms everyone with a Slovenian background to become a member. Just come to a meeting on the first Wednesday of the month at 1 p.m. at Recher Hall and have one of our current members sponsor you. We would love to have you.
See you on March 7th for our 40th anniversary celebration.
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SKA DOMOVINA, FEBRUARY 15, 2001
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Growing Up Slovenian in CoHinwood
New Bike
New Horizons
by JOE GLINŠEK
My new “Roadmaster” expanded my horizons - it was almost like having a car. Now that 1 had “wheels,” I was allowed more freedom and could wander farther afield. Perhaps I exaggerated a bit when I said ‘allowed,’ but wander 1 did.
On many summer days I would be gone from morning until supper, virtually living on my bike. The Euclid Creek Reservation, part of Cleveland’s Metropolitan Parks, was only
Pi five miles from home and offered endless W
^ possibilities. We rode our bikes on narrow ^ dirt trails meant for hiking, a decidedly dangerous practice. Kids from other neighborhoods were also attracted to this vast park-land. Looking back, we all did many foolish things on our bikes. On at least two occasions, someone had to be hauled out by stretcher.
Our favorite place in the park was a small secluded area called “Second Metro.” Its creek was deep enough for sunfish, and we fished with bread-balls on bent pins. Inch-thick vines hung from very tall trees and we could swing across the creek like Tarzan.
With a bike, the other side of “the bridge” in CoHinwood became easily accessible. This area north of the railroad to Lake Erie, was not previously explored on foot. Just over the bridge, the westbound streets of Darwin and Thames created a two-block neighborhood almost exclusively black. Facing 152nd near the ccmer, was the “East Asia Cafe,” an odd name . a district where no Asians lived. Though T never saw the Cafe at night, it seemed oddly deserted during the day. The comer attracted a group of black kids who hung around laughingly insulting and taunting each other, playing a game called “Doin’ the Dozens.”
Living on the next blocks of Sylvia and Hale were many Slovenian railroad workers, and on one comer at 152nd Street, the “Sylvia
Cafe” was a real beehive of activity. This bar across from the railroad repair yards must have been a real “gold mine.” Catering to every shift change and lunch break, the railroaders drank their “boilermakers” before and after work, if not during. A “shot” and a beer has different regional names today, but it was a “boilermaker” then. It was also Grandpa’s “job title,” at the NYCRR, and a
nasty job it was. Perhaps the drink was named in honor of the job, because you might need a couple of these to prepare you for the dirty work he did.
Another more famous establishment would soon appeard nearby across the street -‘Polka King’ Frankie Yankovic’s Lounge Bar, his first. It had a “nightclub” atmosphere not previously seen in our parts. I was never inside, but one day its thick wooden entrance door became an infamous curiosity. Every kid in the neighborhood came to see the bullet holes in the door.
Further north on E. 152nd St., pass the Svetek and Zele funeral homes at the curve to Waterloo Road, the Memorial School (so named because of a past tragic fire), had a playground with plenty of swings, plenty of shade, nice grass, and real horseshoe pits. I met new friends here, and we used their facilities and baseball diamond, which were a lot nicer than our school-yard next door to home.
Later, we cooled off and hung around “Busby’s Drugstore,” or “The Cone,” a little shop that looked like an inverted ice cream cone. They sold Hoffman’s ice cream in tandem double-dip cones, which I had never seen before. The cone was across Lake Shore Blvd., from a large vacant lot that led to Maple Beach, just each of a much larger public facility called White City Beach. A rock break-wall enclosed a small yacht club that separated the two. Soon the city would build the Municipal Sewer Treatment plant there, and change the scent and scenery forever.
We hiked to Maple Beach on a footpath along the edge of the vacant lot. It led to a long flight of concrete steps down to the break-wall and the beach that stretched eastward. Fools that we were, we stood on our brakes and rode our bikes forty feet down these steep stairs, bumping and bouncing all the way - a testimonial to US bike construction. Very stupid, but great fun.
Although I was reasonably careful of where 1 left my bike, I never owned a lock and chain. Today, it would be my first purchase after buying a bike.
Glinšek grew up Slovenian in CoHinwood and now lives in Sarasota, Fla. This article is excerpted from a book he hopes to have published.
Outback by St. Marys
On Saturday, Feb. 17 Outback Restaurant will be preparing a Benefit Dinner for St. Mary’s (Holmes Ave.) school in the cafeteria.
Menu will consist of sirloin steak (steak fingers for children), salad and bloomin’ onion.
Donation is $10 per ticket - two tickets for $18 and four ticket family plan is $35. Tickets available in the rectory and school offices.
AJ Koporc, Jr.
Piano Technician
<2161 481-1104
People are always blaming their circumstances for what they are. I don’t believe in circumstances. The people who get on in this world are the people who get up and look for the circumstances they want and if they can’t find them, make them.
—George Bernard Shaw
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Thursday, Feb. 15
KSKJ St. Joseph Lodge #169 meeting and seminar open to all. Food, drink and door prizes. 7:30 p.m. at CoHinwood	Slovenian
Home.
Friday, Feb. 16
Dance, West Park Slovenian Hall, 4583 W. 130 St., Cleveland from 7:30 to 11:30 p.m. Music by Wayne Tomsic.
Friday, Feb. 23
Dance, West Park Slovenian Hall, 4583 W. 130 St., Cleveland from 7:30 to 11:30 p.m. Music by Joey Tomsick.
Saturday, Feb. 24
Reverse raffle sponsored by St. Vitus Slovenian School parents to benefit the Slovenia trip of this year’s and last year’s graduates. Doors open 6 p.m. Donation $50 for main prize and dinner with liquid refreshments. Added dinner: $15.00.
Saturday, Feb. 24
The St. Clair Rifle and Hunting Club is hosting their annual Venison Dinner/Dance at Holmes Avenue Slovenian Home at 7 p.m. for tickets call (216) 289-6732.
Friday, March 2
Dance, West Park Slovenian Hall, 4583 W. 130 St., Cleveland from 7:30 to 11:30 p.m. Music by Art Perko.
Friday, March 2
Fish Fry at Newburgh Slovenian National Home, 3583 E. 80 St., Cleveland from 5:30 to 7 p.m. Walleye, shrimp or pierogi dinner $8.
Friday, March 9
Dance, West Park Slovenian Hall, 4583 W. 130 St., Cleveland from 7:30 to 11:30 p.m. Music by Fred Ziwich.
Friday, March 9
Fish Fry at Newburgh Slovenian National Home, 3583 E. 80 St., Cleveland from 5:30 to 7 p.m. Walleye, shrimp or pierogi dinner $8. Music 6:30 - 9:30 p.m. by Wayne Tomsic.
Friday, March 16
Dance, West Park Slovenian Hall, 4583 W. 130 St., Cleveland from 7:30 to 11:30 p.m. Music by Bob Kravos
Sunday, March 18
Federation of Slovenian
National Homes Man and Woman of the Year Banquet and Awards Presentation at Slovenian National Home,
St. Clair Ave., Cleveland.
Sunday, March 18 Slovenian Language | School of St. Vitus parish hosts annual Benefit Dinner from 11 a.m. until 1 p.m. in St. Vitus auditorium.
Friday, March 23 Dance, West Park Slovenian Hall, 4583 W. 130 St., Cleveland from’ 7:30 to 11:30 p.m. Music by Joe Novak.
Friday, March 23 Fish Fry at Newburgh Slovenian National Home, 3583 E. 80 St., Cleveland from 5:30 to 7 p.m. Walleye, shrimp or pierogi dinner $8. Music 6:30 - 9:30 p.m. by Wayne Tomsic.
Friday, March 30 Dance, West Park Slovenian Hall, 4583 W. 130 St., Cleveland from 7:30 to
11:30 p.m. Music by Wayne Tomsic.
Friday, April 6
Fish Fry at Newburgh Slovenian National Home, 3583 E. 80 St., Cleveland from 5:30 to 7 p.m. Walleye, shrimp or pierogi dinner $8-Music 6:30 - 9:30 p.m. by Wayne Tomsic.
Saturday, April 21 Primorski Club Dinner Dance, Slovenian National Home, St. Clair Ave., Cleveland.
Saturday, April 21 Jadran Singing Society Concert/Dinner/Dance, Slovenian	Workmen’s
Home,Waterloo Road, Fred Ziwich Orchestra. For tickets contact Betty Rotar (216) 481-3187.	'
Sunday, April 29 Holmes Avenue Pensioners Club dinner dance at CoHinwood	Slovenian
Home, 15810 Holmes Ave. Dinner 2 p.m., dance 3 to 7 p.m. Music by Force of Habat featuring Eric Knolt-kamper. Donation $15.00. Tickets call Ann Beckart 1* 216-531-2188 or Matt Zabukovec 1-440-943-3784.
Friday, May 4 Pork, sauerkraut & potato dumpling dinner. $8 at Newburgh Slovenian National Home, 3563 E. 80th St-. Cleveland. Serving 5:30 - ^ p.m. Music 6:30 - 9:30 p111'
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Helen C. March (nee Waskiewicz), 85, wife of the late Melvin; mother of Bernice Mayes, Robert March	(Shelli),	Melvin
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Clair Ave., Cleveland.
Funeral Friday, Feb. 9 with 9:30 a.m. chapel service followed by 10 a.m. Mass of the Resurrection at St- Vitus Church, Cleve-land. Interment All Souls Cemetery.
In Loving Memory
of the
36t,, Anniversary
of the passing of my dear “Pop”
John Muniza Sr.
died Feb. 16, 1965
You have been gone since Feb. 16, 1965; But you have never been forgotten.
Loved and Missed John - Son
Feb. 15, 2001, Earp, CA
franc music
Franc Music, 76, a 40-year resident of Willoughby Hills, Ohio, passed away on Saturday, February 3, 2001 at Lake West Hospital.
Mr. Music was bom on April 11, 1924 in Laporje, Slovenia.
Mr. Music was a member °f Korotan and K.S.K.J.
He was employed at Richard Bennett Custom ‘ailors in Cleveland as a Master Tailor. He retired in 1989.
Mr. Music is survived by ^'s wife, Kristina (nee Kodrič); daughter Kristina E. (husband Mark) Biro; grandchildren Mark Phillip and Kristina Marie; sister Olga av°r of Croatia; and many n,eces and nephews.
Friends were received at he Dan Cosic Funeral orrie, Willoughby Hills, on °nday, and Tuesday, Feb. and 6. Funeral on Wednes-ay> Feb. 7 with 9:30 Mass C lhe Resurrection at St. J-licitas Church in Euclid, hio. Burial in All Souls ernetery, Chardon, Ohio.
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Holmes Pensioners Plan Dinner Dance
The Holmes Avenue Pensioners are planning a dinner dance on Sunday, April 29 at the Collinwood Slovenian Home, 15810 Holmes Ave.
Dinner served at 2 p.m. Dancing from 3 to 7 p.m. with music by Force of Habat featuring Eric Knolt-kamper.
Donation SI 5.00. For tickets call Ann Beckart 1-216-531-2088 or Matt Zabukovec 1-440-943-3784.
Slovenian ski medalist i announces retirement
LJUBLJANA, Feb. 9 -Alpine skier Urška Hrovat will retire at the end of the season and her departure may be followed by that of teammates Spela Pretnar and Alenka Dovžan, Slovenian newspapers said on Friday.
Hrovat, a 1996 bronze medalist, completed last Wednesday’s world championship slalom a disappointed 10th.
“This is the end. This is for sure my last season,” said Hrovat, 27 a winner of five World Cup slalom races.
“1 have been working and living for this sport for over 15 years now. My body has already warned me that it’s time I took care of it.”
Hrovat has suffered knee injuries and a recently dislocated shoulder.
Defending slalom World Cup champion Pretnar and Dovžan, a 1994 Olympic slalom bronze medalist, also told Slovenian media they might end their careers this season.
Both Pretnar and Dovžan failed to finish last Wednesday’s slalom in St. Anton.
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8 Organ pipes needed for Slovenian church
May I introduce myself? My name is Robert J. Rogan. I am a son of the late Michael Rogan and Louise Šeruga. My parents, both Slovenian, were from the Prekmurje area of Slovenia, near the city of Murska Sobota. The family are members of St. Joseph’s Slovenian/Croatian church in Bethlehem, (PA). My brother, the late Rev. Richard Rogan O.F.M. (Lemont) was the first Slovenian priest from our parish.
This past summer the cities of Bethlehem, and Murska Sobota, celebrated their 5lh anniversary as sister cities.
It was also our pleasure at this time, to be visited by a fine male quartet from Kapela, known as Kvartet Kapelski Fantov. During their stay they spoke lovingly about the region around Kapela, known for its excellent wines, and about their church, St. Mary Magdalene. At this time the parishioners and fellow Slovenians from the county Radenci, wherein St. Mary Magdalene is located, have embarked on a mission to refurbish the organ at St. Mary Magdalene.
They have appealed to us for help, and I have offered my service on their behalf. Enclosed, is their letter of appeal, along with a letter of authorization, to work on their behalf. Would you please be so kind as to insert their letter in the Domovina?
Donations, whatever they may be, can be forwarded to my home address. I will make the necessary arrangements to forward ALL funds to Kapela.
Robert J. Rogan 1977 Troxell St.
Allentown, PA 18109 PH: 610-866-2761
Kapela - Region, Parish and Church
“I was walking on our beautiful land and drunk in her beauty...” Slovenia, where does your beauty come from? This and similar words have been used by our poets and from those traveling in Slovenia and by us whom God’s grace allowed to live on our beautiful piece of land.
Each region of our country “at the sunny side of Alps” has its outstanding points of beauty. Gorenska with its mountain peaks, rocky Primorska which brings us to the Adriatic Sea, romantic Dolenska with soft green woods, pastures and vineyards, hilly Štajerska where you find a little bit of everything and mainly the Panonian plains.
In this area in the eastern
region of our colorful country are included regions on the left and right banks of the river Mura. These regions are known as Prlekija and Prekmurje or simply Pomurje. And these are the regions we are writing to you about.
If you ever happen to be in this area, you will, as many other tourists, pilgrims and vacationers, admire this beautiful Pomurje. Everyone who climbs Kapela hill is taken breathless, this view catches tops of Slovenske Gorice, to the south side toward Croatian border and to the pearl of Jeruzalemski plateau, decorated by beautiful vineyards.
To the north, the view follows neighboring Austria. But your eye rests on green flatlands of “dolinskega” Prekmurja and soft rolling hills of Goričkega. At all “naselja,” villages and isolated homes you can see, in nice weather, 41 churches and five steeples.
As a crown on the head of a beauty, on the top of Kapela hill (314 m) rules the parish church of the same name. Approaching from whatever direction, it is welcoming as a distinctive shape of the shrine dedicated to St. Mary Magdalene.
It is not completely clear how this shrine came about because in 1805 the parish house burned down with all the protocols, birth records and parish documents. It is, however, certain that it had been a part of the parish St. John the Baptist in Radkes-burg and became independent in 1763. Since its establishment the parish borders changed many times, last time in 1978 a large part of the parish separated into a
new independent parish, Radenci.
It is known that by the church was a cemetery much earlier than it became a parish and that at least at the funerals, a holy mass was read.
This is a brief look at Kapela, the place we are coming from, bringing to each and all our sincere greetings and blessings from your and our beloved homeland.
The latest large project set in front of us, the parishioners and population of the county Radenci, are the new
organs for the parish church of St. Maria Magdalena. We have been talking about the organs, making plans, and collecting money and inviting people and businesses that understand our needs, to help us with their donations.
The parishioners are responding and so does the county and its government. The total amount needed for the project is still far away because every one of the 15 registers needed cost 10000 DM (approx. $5,000). I believe that we will succeed.
The organs have been ordered for the Spring of 2002. We are looking forward to hearing the beautiful sounds of this classical instrument referred to by musicians as ‘The queen of the instruments.”
Because of the classical shape of the church and a very good acoustics, the church is also used for classical concerts. Tourism is very popular in our area and
there are a couple of well-known spas (Radenci, Moravci, Ptuj and Lendava) whose visitors are surely lovers of classical music. If our church will have these new and large organs, our church will be able to provide to the lovers of this cultural “zvrsti” spiritual and cultural enjoyment.
Before baptism and confirmation, our parents are looking for sponsors for their children, who will accompany them through their lives. Likewise, we are looking for sponsors and donors for our organs.
Every American dollar is appreciated so that we can, as soon as possible, reach our goal. Maybe there among you is a donor who will help us out.
To all such donors, in the name of our parish council, and us, we are sincerely and heartily thankful.
We are aware that nobody has too much money and that money does not come easily. However, “aunt and uncle” from America have helped us already and we know there are some good-hearted people in America who will wish to help buy a piece of the organ for our parish.
From our church in Kapela we are bringing to you a piece of the Slovenian spirit and mood in our songs. Thank you.
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Slovenia Ready to Join NATO in 2002, EU in 2003 says Rupel
PARIS, Feb. 8 - Slovenia hopes to join the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) and the European Union in the next three years, Slovenia’s visiting Foreign Minister Dimitrij Rupel said.
“Slovenia believes it will be ready to join NATO in 2002 and the European Union in 2003,” Rupel said after discussing EU membership with French Foreign Minister Hubert Vedrine and European Affairs Minister Pierre Moscovici.
He said his country was
likely to have	met	all
preconditions for	accession	
by spring 2002.		
Vedrine said	he	was
optimistic that	the	EU
membership	negotiations		
would continue smoothly.
Slovenia, which gained independence from the
former Yugoslav republic in 1991, is considered to be one of the candidate countries for EU membership to have advanced the most in negotiations. to join the European body. It is also considered one of the most prosperous.
Rupel admitted, however, that the country needed to make progress in liberalizing its economy, encouraging foreign	investment,
controlling its borders and settling some disputes with Austria.
He said he also felt his country’s chances of joining the EU would probably ho boosted if it is admitted to NATO.
“Poland, Hungary, an(* the Czech Republic a" became NATO members and their chances of joining the EU improved,” he said.
TACO DIP i
Marien was the originator of this recipe, anch we've all made it for years. Serve with tacoj chips.	!
Ingredients:	|
Bottom layer - 1 can jalapeno bean dip	\
Second layer- 1 Va lb. browned ground beef \
1 envelope taco seasoning !
1 jar thick and chunky salsa | Third layer -	1 pint sour cream	!
1 envelope taco seasoning \ Fourth layer - Chopped green peppers	!
Chopped onions	!
Chopped tomatoes	!
Shredded lettuce	!
Shredded cheddar cheese	!
Directions:	\
Spread jalapeno dip in bottom of 9x13 pan-| Cook beef until browned, then while still hot, | mix in 1 envelope of taco seasoning. Let cool,| then mix in salsa. Spread over bean layer. sour cream and taco seasoning, and spread; that over the meat layer. Top with shredded; lettuce, chopped onions and peppers, chopp6^! tomatoes, and any other vegetables (hot pep'! pers, olives, etc.) Top with cheddar cheese ; Serve with taco chips.
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Včeraj je italijanski parlament sprejel
zaščitni zakon za slovensko manjšino -Večletno prizadevanje končno uspelo
Včeraj se je zbral senat italijanskega parlamenta in po sorazmerno krajši razpravi glasoval z velikansko večino za zakon št. 4735, ki prvič priznava slovensko manjšino v Italiji. Spodnji dom parlamenta v sedanji sestavi je že pred leti zakon sprejel. Glasovanje sedaj je bilo za manjšino izredno pomembno, kajti se bližajo parlamentarne volitve v Italiji, če zakon ne bi bil končno sprejet pred razpustom parlamenta, bi bilo treba začeti znova po volitvah.
Vodilni slovenski politiki tekmujejo med seboj v izražanju zahvale italijanskemu političnemu vrhu in parlamentu ter poudarjajo, da bo zakon izredno pomagal pri izboljšanju odnosov med Italijo in Slovenijo. Poudarjajo tudi, da bo treba na italijanski strani člene in dolžnosti zakona v korist slovenski manjšini dosledno uresničevati, v svoji izjavi je npr. Milan Kučan dejal, da je naloga lokalnih oblasti, kakor v provinci Furlaniji-Julijski krajini, da na njih ravni iz-polnujejo obveznosti zakona. Čestitke slovenski manjšini so poslali tudi Slovenci na avstrijskem Koroškem. Predsednika Narodnega sveta koroških Slovencev (NSKS) Bernard Sadovnik in predsednik Zveze slovenskih organizacij (ZSO) Lovro Šturm sta med drugim dejala, da je sprejetje zakona “velik uspeh za slovensko narodno skupnost v Italiji, saj so po dolgotrajnem boju končno dosegli isto zaščitno raven kot druge manjšine v Italiji”. V ponedeljek in torek bo Italijo uradno obiskal premier Drnovšek.
Gustav Gnamuš letošnji Prešernov nagrajenec - Podeljenih tudi šest nagrad Prešernovega sklada
Pretekli četrtek so bile podeljene letošnje Prešernove nagrade. Osrednjo nagrado, Prešernov nagrajenec, je letos 60-letni slikar, profesor na akademiji za likovno umetnost Gustav Gnamuš. Šest nagrajencev Prešernovega sklada so pa igralec Gregor Bakovič, slikar Ivo Prančič, video umetnica Nataša Prosenc, pesnik Peter Semolič, dirigentka Karmina Šileč, godalni kvartet Tartini (Črtomir Šiškovič, Romeo Drucker, Aleksander Milošev, Miloš Mlejnik).
Desetletnica Socialdemokratske stranke
Pretekli teden so na Vrhniki socialdemokrati praznovali 10. obletnico ustanovitve Socialdemokratske zveze Slovenije. 16. februarja 1989 je v Ljubljani prvi predsednik postal France Tomšič. Novembra 1989 se je stranka preimenovala v Socialdemokratsko stranko Slovenije (predsednik Jože Pučnik). Za predsednika SDS je bil 1. 1992 izvoljen Janez Janša, ki stranki še predseduje. SDS ima kongres to pčmlad, Janša bo gotovo zopet izvoljen za predsednika.
Slovenski državljani brez vizumov v ZDA
Ameriški viri so uradno potrdili, da je začel veljati poseben zakon (doslej je bilo poskusno obdobje), po katerem slovenski državljani za vstop v ZDA (kot turisti, poslovneži ali kot prehodni potniki, če ne ostanejo več kot 90 dni, imeti morajo povratno ali tranzitno vozovnico, dovolj denarja ali dokaz o plačilni sposobnosti) ne potrebujejo vizuma.
SLOVENCI NA ELITNEM DOBRODELNEM' PLESU RDEČEGA KRIŽA AMERIKE - Ta vsakoletni ples je bil pred kratkim v luksuznem hotelu Breakers v Palm Beachu, Flori-navzoče je pa bilo sorazmerno močno slovensko zastopstvo. Daljši dopis bo objavljen Prihodnjič, na fotografki zgoraj so pa zbrani z leve: milijarder Donald Trump iz New ^°rka, slovenski veleposlanik v ZDA Davorin Kračun, kronska princesa Katarina Kara-ordevič, Andreja Kračun, Melanija Knavs, Slovenka iz Sevnice, ki je prijateljica g. ^•npa, in kronski princ Aleksander Karadordevič. Med drugimi navzočimi so bili poslo-''Hež Robert Tomsich in žena Susan iz Clevelanda ter konzul R Slovenije v Clevelandu Ahton Gogala.	(Nedelo, 4. feb. 2001)
Iz Clevelanda in okolice
Pustna večerja—
Dramsko društvo Lilija jo prireja to soboto zvečer v Slov. domu na Holmes Ave. Za rezervacijo oz. več informacij, kličite S. Gaser-ja na 216-381-2602
Maša za dr. Meršola—
Ta bo to nedeljo dop. ob lOh v cerkvi Marije Vnebovzete. Tabor DSPB vabi vse rojake, da se maši prisostvujejo.
Dobrodelna večerja—
V soboto, 24. feb., pripravljajo starši absolventov Slov. šole pri Sv. Vidu “reverse raffle”, združen z večerjo, v šolski dvorani pri Sv. Vidu. Za rezervacije in več informacij: Mary Ann Vogel (216) 383-9307 oziroma Kathy Kocjan Maurice (440) 975-0682.
Novi grobovi
Mary L. Stražišar
Dne 13. februarja je u-mrla 84 let stara Mary L. Stražišar, rojena Krivec, vdova po Josephu, mati Roberta in Marge Leone, 3-krat stara mati, 3-krat prastara mati, sestra Charlesa, Frances Simončič ter že pok. Fanny Svetina, Ann Madey, Ernesta in Franka. Pogreb bo v oskrbi Brickmanovega zavoda v petek s sv. mašo dop. ob 9.30 v cerkvi Marije Vnebovzete in pokopom na Vernih duš pokopališču. Ure kropljenja so danes pop. od 2. do 4. in zv. od 7. do 9.
Andrew F. Zakrajzek
Umrl je 74 let stari Andrew F. Zakrajzek, oče Andrewa, Cynthie Hewatt in Andreje Parr, brat Frances Spech (žena dr. Antho-nyja) in Stanleyja Zakrajšek, 2-krat stari oče, veteran 2. svetovne vojne, v kateri je služil v ameriški mornarici. Pogreb je bil 12. februarja v oskrbi Zak zavoda s sv. mašo v cerkvi sv. Vida in pokopom na Kalvarije pokopališču.
Albert Fatur
Umrl je 88 let stari Albert Fatur, mož Lene, roj. Pagon, oče Alberta in Josepha, 3-krat stari oče, veteran 2. svetovne vojne, v
tdaijc na str. 16)
Zbor Korotan vabi—
Odbor pevskega zbora Korotan sporoča, da ima redne pevske vaje vsaki petek ob pol osmi uri zvečer in to v Slovenskem narodnem domu na St. Clairju. Lepo vabljeni novi člani in članice, da se zboru pridružijo.
Čitalnica—
Slovenska Čitalnica ima svojo letno sejo to nedeljo popoldne ob 1.30. Člani in zastopniki društev lepo vabljeni, da se seje udeležijo v prostorih Čitalnice v Slovenskem narodnem domu na St. Clair Avenue. Pristavski upokojenci—
Klub upokojencev Slovenske pristave ima svoj redni mesečni sestanek v sredo, 21. februarja, ob 1.30 pop. v Slovenskem domu na Holmes Avenue. Vse članice in člani lepo vabljeni.
Kosilo lepo uspelo—
Preteklo nedeljo je imela Misijonska Znamkarska Akcija zelo uspelo letno kosilo v avditoriju pri Sv. Vidu. Obisk je zopet bil izre-no velik. Poročilo v MSIP na str. 16.
Zahvaljujeta se—
Ob izgubi brata Johna Podržaja se vsem za njih sočutje in izraze sožalja zahvaljujeta g. Ed Podržaj in Jan Krivacic.
Čestitamo—
Na prvi strani današnje AD berete o visokem napredovanju in priznanju g. Johna M. Urbancicha, ki je bil pred nedavnim imenovan za predsednika in C.E.O. Sun Newspapers. G. Urbancich je brat gc. Madeline Debevec in naš dolgoletni prijatelj. Ob izjemnem poslovnem uspehu naše iskrene čestitke!
V tiskovni sklad—
Ga. Mary Stragisher, Euclid, O., je darovala $20 v naš tiskovni sklad. G. Rudolf Kolarič, Willoughby Hills, O., je daroval $20. Denise Krulc, Kirtland, O., je darovala $20. Iz Kirtlan-da je $20 poklonila ga. Elsie Russo. Arnold Prister-nik, Rockaway, NJ, je daroval $30, Anthony Sturm in žena iz Lyndhursta, O. pa $20. Iskrena hvala.
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No. 7	Thursday, Febmary 15, 2001
JANEZ POVŠE	Povejmo naglas
Nikdar podcenjevati nestrpnosti
Ob dnevu spomina na žrtve holokavsta oz. iztrebljanja Judov še posebej v obdobju druge svetovne vojne je prav, da se spomnimo vseh žrtev človeškega nasila in nestrpnosti. Neverjetno je, kolikšnega nasilja in nestrpnosti je sposoben človek, kako se ga nestrpnost množično polašča in mu daje pravico, da se znaša nad soljudmi ter jih je pripravljen dobesedno izbrisati z zemeljske površine.
Ob misli na temno stran naše zgodovine je zato toliko bolj prav, da se spomnimo dobrote in ljubezni, ki sta edini odgovor na uničevanje in sovraštvo. Dobrote in ljubezni, ki sta edini od nasilja in nestrpnosti močnejši, če jima seveda pustimo do lastnega srca. Dobrota in ljubezen slej ko prej morata zmagati, sicer se bo človeštvo zgrudilo od uničevanja, ki ga povzroča samemu sebi.
Ob pogledu na minulo stoletje se zato upravičeno sprašujemo, od kod v človeku toliko sovraštva? Ne gre namreč le za pregon Judov, ni postavljala taborišč le ena ideologija, postavljala jih je tudi druga, da sploh ne omenjamo dejstva, kako smo sestradane obraze za bodečo žico še pred nekaj leti videli na Balkanu.
Ne gre torej samo za Jude, gre sploh za vse, ki so zaradi rasnih, verskih ali političnih razlogov postali določeni večini odveč in jih je ta večina želela preprosto pokončati. Nasilje in nestrpnost imata namreč ogromno obrazov, praviloma si privzameta vedno novo podobo in na ta način po-gostoma preslepita človeka, ki nanju ni pozoren in dovoli, da narasteta do apokaliptičnega obsega. Vedno, kadar je prišlo v daljni ali bližnji zgodovini do nezaslišanih izbruhov organiziranega zločina, se je to zgodilo zato, ker je človeštvo za novim obrazom nasilja to nasilje prepoznalo prepozno, zaradi česar so požari razčlovečenja z vso silo zagoreli.
Nauk zgodovine je zato slej ko prej v sporočilu, da ne smemo nasilja in nestrpnosti nikdar podcenjevati, vedno moramo biti budni in čuječni ter zelo odkriti, in to milost nam dajeta le dobrota in ljubezen, potem se bomo zavedeli, da se nasilje in nestrpnost dvigneta v človeku v trenutku, ko je glas dobrote in ljubezni pretih. Zavedeli se bomo tudi, in na ta način vsi ljudje na zemlji, da sta le zares dejavni dobrota in ljubezen zmagovit odgovor na vse možne nevarnosti. In najnevarnejša nevarnost je tisto trdovratno prepričanje, da je za vse naše nezadovoljstvo in trpljenje
kriv sočlovek, nad katerim je torej maščevanje dovoljeno in celo upravičeno.	NAŠ GLAS
Trst/Gorica, 1. feb. 2001
Profesor dr. Stane Bah osemdesetletnik
TORONTO, Ont. - Letos 16. januarja je praznoval v krogu svoje družine v Windsorju osemdesetletnico v kanadskih krogih dobro znan znanstvenik in v slovenski skupnosti družbeni delavec dr. Stane Bah. Za seboj pušča vidno sled svoje predanosti tako kanadski družbi kakor tudi slovenski skupnosti v Kanadi, predvsem v Torontu, Londonu (Ontario) ter Windsorju.
Dr. Stane Bah se je ob koncu vojne umaknil iz Slovenije in doživljal svoje mladeništvo po taboriščih v Italiji. V Bologni se je leta 1946 pridružil študentom, ki so pričeli s študijem na raznih fakultetah bolognjske univerze. Ko se je nudila prva priložnost vseljevanja v Kanado, se je tudi on podal v novi svet in 1948 dospel v Torontu, kjer je za svoj življenjski obstoj poprijel za različna dela.
Takoj je spoznal, da bo treba nadaljevati univerzitetni študij, sicer ne bo mogel doseči zanj primernega dela. Vpisal se je na univerzo v Londonu, Ont., kjer je diplomiral na agronomski fakulteti, se takoj odločil za specializacijo in dosegel magisterij iz agronomije. Med tem je bil zaposlen pri znani mednarodni prehranjevalni industriji v Londonu in se pričel uveljavljati kot strokovnjak na tem področju. Pri nadaljnjem študiju je dosegel na isti univerzi doktorat iz naravoslovja in se s tem še bolj vključil v vodilna mesta omenjene industrije in postal tudi vodilni strokovnjak pri novo ustanovljeni farmacevtski industriji v Londonu.
Po diplomi se je poročil s hčerko ugledne družine Justinovih gdč. Majdo in v zakonu so se jima rodile štiri hčerke.
Kaj kmalu je prejel povabilo univerze v Windsorju, da se pridruži profesorskemu zboru, kjer je mogel uveljavljati svojo akademsko strokovnost. Veliko svojega znanja je posvetil posodobitvi akademskega študija kakor tudi posodobitvi notranji ureditvi univerzitetne administracije.
To svoje izkustvo je tudi posredoval ljubljanski univerzi potem, ko je v zgod-
nih 90h letih tesno sodeloval s takratnima rektorjema prof. dr. Mihom Tišlerjem in nato s prof. dr. Alojzijem Kraljem ter senatom ljubljanske univerze.
Ljubljanska univerza je namreč po osamosvojitvi Slovenije skušala čimpreje posodobiti svoj študijski program in svojo pravno ureditev ter jo prilagoditi univerzam zahodnega sveta. Dr. Bahovo sodelovanje na tem področju je bilo velikega pomena.
Dr. Bah je tudi sodeloval s predavanjem na študijskih dneh slovenskih izobražencev, na Dragi 1989 s predavanjem “Problemi in rešitve v multikulturnih družbah”. Leta 2000 je imel referat na srečanju slovenskih znanstvenikov vseh treh Slovenij na Bledu.
S svojim znanjem in izkušnjami je posegel tudi v ' družbeno življenje slovenske skupnosti. Slovenski starostni dom LIPA je pravno in administrativno prilagodil zahtevam ontarijske vlade in s tem je ta slovenska ustanova postala ne samo ponos slovenski skupnosti v Kanadi, ampak tudi ena najzglednejših in najbolje urejenih starostnih domov v vsem Ontariu.
Naš znanec je bil tudi dejaven član slovenske skupnosti v Londonu in Windsorju ter ustanovni član Slovenskega doma v Windsorju. Pri Kanadskem slovenskem kongresu je bil prvi načelnik sveta KSK (1. 1990), potem podpredsednik ter ima razne funkcije v njem vse do danes.
Bil je član odbora, ki je prvi oblikoval temeljito prvo kongresno ustavo, ki je naslednje leto tudi postala temelj osrednji kongresni organizaciji v Sloveniji. Dr. Bahova zavzetost za slovensko prihodnost je tudi zaznamovana pri Škofovih zavodih v Šentvidu pri Ljubljani.
Prof. dr. Stane Bah je resnično pokončna, zrela in v pravem smislu demokratična osebnost in je ponos ne samo kanadski družbi, ampak tudi Slovencem v Kanadi in Sloveniji. Prijatelja krasi resnični življenjski optimizem.
Prijatelj Stane: Ad mul-tos annos!	Fr-an
Stati inu obstati - v 3. tisočletju
Izšla nova knjiga nadškofa dr. Franca Rodeta
Ljubljana - V petek, 2. februarja, je bila na tiskovni konferenci v galeriji Družina predstavljena nova knjiga nadškofa Rodeta z naslovom Stati inu obstati.
“Že od prvega nastopa po objavi imenovanja za nadškofa so pogumne in jasne besede dr. Franca Rodeta zbudile zanimanje vse slovenske javnosti. Nastopil je kot tisti, ki ima vizijo ... reakcija nekaterih, posebno Cerkvi nenaklonjenih javnih glasil je bila in je še vedno negativna na marsikatere njegove besede. Še huje pa je to, da so ponekod uporabljali iztrgane, prirejene in celo izmišljene navedke,” je na tiskovni konferenci ob izidu knjige dejal Franci Petrič in dodal, da se mu je kot časnikarju zdelo nujno, da poskrbijo za objavo pomembnejših nagovorov, pridig, člankov in tako Slovencem in Slovenkam na pragu tretjega tisočletja predstavijo nadškofovo vizijo čim bolj celovito in jasno.
Kot je povedal nadškof, je sporočilo zbranih besedil zahtevno, kot je zahteven evangelij.
“Želim, da bi knjigo brali brez predsodkov, nepristransko, celo dobrohotno, v spoštovanju drugačnosti, ki jo moramo priznavati vsem, tudi nadškofu,” je še pristavil, saj naloga nadškofa po njegovem mnenju ni v tem, “da bi gladil narodovo telo v tisti smeri, kakor dlake rastejo”, ampak da včasih pove tudi besedo, ki vznemirja: “V svojih nastopih vabim ljudi k radosti, notranji svobodi in upanju.”
Odpor, ki ga vzbujajo njegove besede, meni nadškof, je sad 50-letne gonje proti krščanstvu in prepričevanje, da v Cerkvi ni nič vrednega, nič dobrega, nič pozitivnega. Prepričan je -in to mu vsak teden potrjuje srečevanje s “tiho večino”, množico plemenitih, srčnih in dobrih ljudi po župnijah, ki so pripravljeni pomagati -, da je slovenski narod v resnici veliko boljši, kot pa predstavljajo prevladujoči slovenski mediji.
Knjiga vsebuje v osmih poglavjih vse pomembnejše, kar je povedal in zapisal o prenovi v Cerkvi na Slovenskem (Živeti iz Duha),
(dalje na str. 11)
Deseti slovenski smučarski izlet v Windham, New York
CLEVELAND, O. - Prvi teden v februarju je po desetletni tradciji postal vikend oz. konec tedna smučarjev slovenskega porekla v Severni Ameriki. Tudi letos smo se Cleve-landčani udeležili tega športno-druž-benega dogodka v Windham, Catskill, NY, da se razvedrimo med znanci in prijatelji ter da ohranjamo zdrav duh v zdravem telesu.
Bilo nas je čez sto, iz mesta New York, iz sosednjih držav, in tudi iz Toronta, Kanada. Vreme nam je bilo v celoti naklonjeno in “weekend” je potekel brez nesreč.
Ob vsakem smučarskem izletu se vedno pomerimo v smučanju na Nastar standardni progi, ki nudi starejšim časovno olajšavo in tako možnost do zlate, srebrne in bronaste medalje. Veleslalom tekmovalcev je bilo 48. Od teh jih je 19 dobilo zlato, 19 srebrno in 6 bronasto medaljo.
Med najbolj hitre, v svoji starostni skupini, se je Franček Toplak iz Clevelanda uvrstil kot drugi najhitrejši tekmovalec v celotnih Združenih državah. Nastar rezultati so zabeleženi na internetu. Za ta uspeh nas Franček krivi in daje zaslugo, češ da smo ga primorali k tej aktivnosti/tekmovanju, mi pa pravimo, da ima še enega pred sabo. Čestitamo!
Najhitrejši smučar med moškimi je bil Ivan Kamin mlajši, ki je posekal čas profesionalca za dve stotinki sekunde, dočim je med dekleti najhitrejše smučala Jasna Mišvelj. Najmlajša od tekmovalcev je bila Clara Hartmannsgruber, stara celih 6 let. Najhitrejša med družinami je bila družina Kamin: John F., Ivan in Viki.
Na večernem banketu sta nas pozdravila in dala spodbudo dr. Davorin Kračun, sedanji slovenski veleposlanik v ZDA in pa dr. Ernest Petrič, sedanji slovenski veleposlanik pri Združenih narodih, v preteklosti pa prvi veleposlanik samostojne Slovenije v ZDA.
Po razdelitvi medalj prvim trem tekmovalcem v vsaki starostni skupini, to ob navdušenem ploskanju vseh prisostvujočih, smo večer zaključili z žrebanjem dobitkov, ki jih darujejo razna slovenska podjetja s predstavništvi v New Yorku, kakor tudi privatniki. Eli-trost pri tej slednji aktivn-nosti ni potrebna, sreča pa
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spodbude duhovnikom, redovnikom, redovnicam in bogoslovcem (Živeti sveto in zvesto), vernikom (Živeti vero v občestvu), kulturnikom, šolnikom, umetnikom (Živeti resnično dobro in lepo), vsem, ki živijo razdeljeni zaradi preteklosti (Živeti v duhu sprave), drugim krščanskim Cerkvam (Živeti v sprejemanju in soglasju), vsem državljanom Slovenije (Živeti srečno in s ponosom) in vsem, ki znajo ceniti našo zgodovino (Živeti iz korenin).
“Če bomo živeli iz Duha, sveto in zvesto, vero v občestvu ... potem bomo stali in obstali tudi v novem tistočletju. Krščanstvo ima odgovore za človeka na pragu tretjega tisočletja in v knjigi se ti odgovori ponujajo vsem ljudem dobre volje,” pravi Franci Petrič, ki je besedila izbral in uredil. Knjigo je izdala založba Družina v nakladi 2000 izvodov.
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Kako naši učbeniki prikazujejo izseljence
Ur. AD: Dr. Andrej Vovko je tudi stari znanec in sedaj deluje na Inštitutu za biografiko in bibliografijo Znanst-evenoraziskovalnega centra Slovenske akademije znanosti in umetnosti. Tekst njegovega referat v celoti sledi.
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New York - Slovenska likovna umetnica Marjetica Potrč je že nekaj let vajena pozornosti tujine, a tolikšne, kolikor so je bile deležna njena dela v sredo, 7. februarja, zvečer v znamenitem newyorskem Guggenheimovem muzeju, verjetno še ni doživela. V pičlih treh urah, od devete do polnoči, se je po slovitem spiralastem, v osem nadstropij vzpenjajočem se razstavnem hodniku zvrstilo vsaj tisoč, po nekaterih ocenah celo tri tisoč ljudi.
Vsi sicer niso prišli zaradi naše likovnice, a številni so se z zanimanjem ustavili v tretjem nadstropju v galeriji Roberta Mapplethorpa, kjer sta do konca aprila na ogled razstava njene instalacije Kagiso: skeletna hiša irt zbirka objektov in posnetkov s spremljajočimi besedili, ki komentirajo avtoričino opažanje sodobnega urbanega okolja v raznih delih sveta.
Za svoje delo je namreč Marjetica Potrč lani novembra dobila tretjič podeljeno nagrado Huga Bossa, ki jo Gug-genheimov muzej vsaki dve leti podeli umetniku, čigar delo je pomembna nova smer v sodobni umetnosti, vplivajoča na mednarodno kulturno dogajanje. Z izbiro Marjetice Potrč kot zadnje nagrajenke v Guggenheimovem muzeju upajo, da bo tako “njeno izredno izvirno in kulturno pomembno delo postalo znano širšemu občinstvu” - kakor piše v' zimsko-spomladanskem vodniku po muzeju.
Sodeč po otvoritvenem obisku bo muzeju to uspelo. Razstavo del slovenske umetnice je postavil ob bok sočasno odprti izjemno zanimivi razstavi Globalni Guggenheim, ki prikazuje izbor najboljših del iz drugih Guggenheimovih muzejev po svetu. Ta bo v prihodnjih tednih privabila več deset tisoč obiskovalcev, med katerimi verjetno ne bo nikogar, ki ne bi s spiralastega hodnika v tretjem nadstropju zavil v prostor, kjer razstavlja Potrčeva.
Že pretekli četrtek zvečer je bila tu precejšnja gneča in številni gostje so si vzeli čas, da so si ogledali delo slovenske umetnice. Upoštevaje, da je bilo mogoče priti na otvoritev le z vabilom - ta pa v tukajšnjih razmerah dobijo v večini le tisti, ki v umetnosti kaj pomenijo ali zanjo namejajo denar -, je bila gneča še toliko bolj pomembna.
Prireditelji predstavljajo Marjetico Potrč obiskovalcem newyorške razstave kot arhitektko in likovno umetnico, ki izvirno raziskuje urbano okolje. “Uspe ji .navdušenje, izžarevajoče med obiskom antičnih ruševin Pompejev, eksperimentalno prenesti v razmišljanje o izpraznjenih prostorih in opuščenih zgradbah sedanjosti. Te urbane praznine umetnici razkrivajo mesto kot živi organizem, ki se širi in krči v skladu ali pa v nasprotju z ogrodjem mesta. V obravnavanju dialoga med načrtovanimi in nenačrtovanimi predeli urbanega prostora Potrčeva spoznava številne brezpravne skupnosti, ki živijo na obrodjih mest po vsem svetu.”
Silvestra Rogelj Petrič
Delo fax, 10. februarja 2001 Ga. Petričeva je žena slovenskega veleposlanika pri Združenih narodih, dr. Ernesta Petriča,
op. ur. AD
Avtorja nato s slovenskimi izseljenci v ZDA opravita kar v poglavju o Kanadi. Od mest, kjer živijo v ZDA, navajata zgolj Cleveland, sicer pa izvemo, da “Slovenci živijo večinoma v mestih”, da so zaposleni pretežno v industriji, da se ukvarjajo tudi s sadjarstvom in vinogradništvom, in da veljajo za podjetne in uspešne ljudi, da so povezani z matično domovino, da jih vežejo še sorazmerno močne rodbinske vezi, ker naj bi bil delež prve generacije priseljencev še nadpovprečno močan.
Tekstu je dodana naloga, naj učenci poiščejo navedena mesta na zemljevidu ter naj ugotovijo, ob katerih dveh velikih jezerih se je naselilo največ Slovencev.
Prav tako je v rubriki Pomni ponovno navedeno, da so bogati naravni viri Kanade in velike možnosti za naseljevanje privabile veliko priseljencev, med njimi tudi Slovencev.
V blag in nepozaben spomin
ob 1. obletnici smrti naše preljube mame in stare mame
Marija Šef
ki je izdihnila svojo plemenito dušo dne 17. februarja 2000
Leto dni te črna zemlja krije, v temnem grobu mirno spiš. Srce blago ti ne bije, bolečin nobenih več ne trpiš. Rožice ti grob krasijo, srca naša pa hudo bolijo.
V miru božjem zdaj počivaj, spomin na tebe bo ostal, dokler ne snidemo se za vekomaj.
Žalujoči:
Sin - Lojze z družino Hčerki - Mimi Kozina in Slavka Dejak z družinama.
Ob vsem tem, seveda u-pravičenem, navajanju Kanade bi avtorja lahko posvetila nekoliko več pozornosti zgodovinsko in po obsegu veliko pomembnejšemu priseljevanju Slovencev v ZDA. Kljub vsemu pa §p ZDA vsaj omenjene, medtem ko o priseljevanju Slovencev v Južno Ameriko, predvsem v Argentino osnovnošolci ne najdejo niti besedice.
Le kakšno besedo več zvedo o slovenskih izseljencih v Evropi in zunajevrop-skih državah njihovi starejši srednješolski kolegi.
Tako avtorji Slavko Brinovec (urednik), Borut Drobnjak, Mirko Pak in Jurij Senegačnik v Geografiji Evrope navajajo selitve prebivalstva v tej celini in zdomstvo kot njihovo posebno obliko. Dalje omenijo, da se začasna zaposlenost v tujini pogosto spremeni v trajno in da je največ tujih delavcev v Nemčiji, Franciji, Švici, Avstriji in Belgiji, med državami, od koder prihajajo, pa je zgolj omenjena tudi Slovenija brez kakršnega koli drugega podatka.
Avtorji navajajo Nemčijo kot tipično priselitveno državo, v kateri je konec 1991 živelo 5,9 milijona tujcev ali 7,4% vsega prebivalstva. V okviru tega omenijo, da je v Nemčiji delalo okrog 40.000 Slovencev, skupaj z družinskimi člani pa jih je tam živelo okrog 60.000. O ostalih evropskih državah, kamor so • se priseljevali Slovenci, v učbeniku ni nobene besede.
Zelo na kratko in hudo pomanjkljivo so slovenski izseljenci zunaj Evrope o-menjeni v učbeniku Slavka Brinovca (urednik), Marjana M. Klemenčiča, Franca Lovrenčaka in Matjaža Jeršiča, Regionalna geografija sveta. Omenjeni so le v Avstraliji. Avtorji navajajo, “po neuradnih podatkih je med sedanjimi 17,5 milijona avstralskih prebivalcev tudi približno 25.000 Slovencev z družinami in potomci”. Kje so se izgubili slovenski izseljenci v ZDA, Kanadi, Argentini. Južni /Triki... ?
Podatki o slovenksih izseljencih in slovenskem izseljenstvu, ki jih ne najdemo v geografskih in v veliki meri tudi ne v zgodovinskih učbenikih pa so zelo primerno in temeljito predstavljeni v učbeniku dr. Ivana Gamsa Geografske značilnosti za srednje šole.
Omenjeni temi je tudi posvečeno posebno, obsežno poglavje z naslovom Slovenski izseljenci v tujini, ki je s podnaslovi ob straneh teksta razdeljeno v štiri podpoglavja. Prvo podpoglavje je posvečeno najstarejšemu slovenskemu izseljevanju v bližnje ali bolj oddaljene kraje v času habsburške monarhije ter prve in druge Jugoslavije. Predstavljeno je izseljevanje Slovencev v Hrvaško, še posebej v Zagreb, v Srbijo, zlasti v Beograd, v Bosno in Hercegovino in v sklopu kolonizacije v Vojvodino, kjer so se naselili okoli Vršca. Poudarja novo dejstvo, da so vsi ti po osamosvojitvi Slovenije postali del tujine.
Avtor nato predstavi izseljevanje Slovencev v prvi polovici 19. stoletja, ko so se zaradi zaostajanja slovenskega dela Štajerske v industrializaciji selili v rudarska in železarska središča v avstrijski srednji in zgornji Štajerski, in v druge pokrajine monarhije, predvsem v Gradec, na Dunaj, v Celovec in v Trst.
Omeni tudi pomembno dejstvo, da so slovenske izseljence v tujini pred L svetovno vojno uvrščali med Avstrijce, po L svetovni vojni pa med Jugoslovane, pa tudi med Italijane, če so se izseljevali iz te države. Poudari, da prav zaradi tega ni znano natančnejše število slovenksih izseljencev in da v članku zato navaja predvsem različne ocene tega števila iz literature.
V naslednjem podpoglavju predstavi slovenske izseljence, ki so si najprej ha-šlii novo delo v tujini v rudnikih in železarnah, največ v Porurju in Westfaliji, kjer naj bi jih bilo več deset tisoč, vendar so se naselili razkropljeno in se zato že v drugi ali tretji generaciji v veliki meri asimilirali.
Omenja tudi slovensko
naseljevanje na Nizozemskem. v Belgiji (tudi iz Be-
neške Slovenije) in v Franciji, kjer so v znatni meri opravljali dela na polju (predvsem Prekmurci). Navede že omenjene številčne ocene sicer v precej nedoločenem časovnem okviru “tedaj in pozneje naj bi se” v Nemčijo izselilo
50.000,	v Francijo okoli
58.000,	v Belgijo 8500 in na Nizozemsko 6.000 Slovencev.
Naslednje podpoglavje je posvečeno slovenskemu izseljenskemu iskanju “boljšega kruha po drugih kontinentih”. Avtor navaja, da so se Slovenci v obeh Amerikah naselili predvsem v podobnem klimatskem
okolju, kot so ga zapustili doma - v zmerno toplem pasu Severne in Južne Amerike, največ v Kanadi in ZDA, v slednji zlasti iz Kranjske, velik del izseljencev pa je našel delo v železarnah in rudnikih. Poudari pomen Clevelanda kot središča narodnostne in kulturne dejavnosti Slovencev v ZDA ter podobno vlogo Toronta v Kanadi.
Navede, da se je v ZDA skupno vselilo okoli 250-do 300 tisoč Slovencev, v Kanado okoli 30.000. Dalje predstavi podatek, da od 124.000 oseb, ki os 1990 prijavile slovenski etnični
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Zame je bila to skoraj pot v neznano. Rentgen kot na letališčih in Janez Janša v svoji pisarni v parlamentu. Kaj bi lahko pričakoval? Pred seboj sem imel le sliko človeka, ki mi je med soočanji pred zadnjimi volitvami dajal občutek, da ga besedni dvoboji skoraj zabavajo. Da samo čaka, česa bo obtožen, in da z užitkom, del igre pač, obtoži nazaj. Sam pravi, da ni tako, da se stalno samo brani. In da bi se, če bi se umaknil iz politike, ukvarjal z novinarstvom ali posli, povezanimi z novimi tehnologijami. Skrbi ga smer nove ekonomije, globalizacija. Najraje bere biografije o velikih osebnostih, o takih, ki so vztrajali v svoji ideji ne glede na okoliščine in prišli do konca. Takih knjig je v njegovi knjižnici največ.
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Čutil sem tudi velikansko odgovornost do ljudi, ki so se postavili za moje pravice. Poti nazaj ni bilo več, čeprav je bilo tveganje, da se vse skupaj sprevrže V vse kaj drugega, kot je bil nastanek svobodne države, precej veliko.
Se vam zdi, da se človek z vstopom v politiko nehote odloči za hitrejše staranje, morda ne toliko fizično kot psihično? Tudi BiH Clinton se mi je ob odhodu iz Bele hiše zdel nekoliko ostarel in v igri ni bilo le osem fizično preživetih let na tako odgovornem položaju.
Politika je prav gotovo zelo kompleksna zadeva, formula z veliko neznankami, ki človeka, če se resno ukvarja z njo, izčrpava hitreje kot kaj drugega. Zase lahko rečem, da me je obrabila bolj, kot bi me kak drugi poklic.
Kaj pa vaše plezanje, ste še tako dejavni? Je dobra fizična priprav^enost blagodejna?
Plezam manj kot včasih. A vsakoletnega poletnega tabora v Trenti vseeno ne izpustim, čeprav se z mnogimi alpinističnimi prijatelji - nekateri so žal za vedno ostali v gorah - pogovarjamo iz precej različnih izhodišč. Oni razpredajo, kaj so preplezali v zadnjem letu, sam pa razglabljam, kaj morda še bom.
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Ur. AD: Ta intervju je bil objavljen v prilogi “Ona”, ki izhaja v Delu vsak torek. Že morda zaradi kraja izhajanja, je vsebina manj “politična” in bolj osebnostna, kar osvetljuje strani Janševega značaja, ki jih ni mogoče videti v dopisih o njem, ki se u-kvarajo v celoti ali v glavnem s politiko. Tekst posredujem v celoti, saj je pričakovati, da bo komaj 42-letni Janez Janša ostal eden najvplivnejših slovenskih politikov še kar precej let.
plezanje zahteva fizično in psihično naprezanje, da ni časa za razmišljanje o problemih v dolini. Napačne poteze so preblizu, da bi razmišljal o čem drugem. In da se potem, na vrhu ali v koči, problemi zdijo bolj logično rešljivi. Bi iz teh srečevanj s samim seboj lakho potegnili kaj v politiko, kakšno modrost?
Mislim, da težko, zadevi sta preveč različni. V steni ne moreš sklepati kompromisov sam s sabo in z drugimi, ker ti narava tega preprosto ne dopušča. V politiki so kompromisi nekaj običajnega in ne nujno slabega. Zato mislim, da je plezanje prej beg iz precej nenaravnega sveta politike v svet, kjer veljajo trdnejša pravila in kjer si sam z naravo, ki je lahko trda, vendar ni nikoli podla.
Ko ste začeli igrati golf, vaš novejši priljubljeni šport, so vam očitali, da ste naenkrat postali gizdalin, da ste se odpovedali nogometu in se posvetili bolj aristokratskim športom?
V BLAG SPOMIN
četrte obletnice smrti drage žene, mame in stare mame
Zalka Račič Zupan
ki je umrla 18. februarja 1997
Žalujoči ostali:
JERNEJ, moč Marija, Jerry, Rose in Ivan, otroci z družinami ter ostali sorodniki tu in v Sloveniji ter Kanadi
To seveda ni res, s prijatelji še vedno vsaj enkrat na teden, če je le mogoče, igramo nogomet, včasih tudi košarko. Intenzivnejši fizični napor je zame izjemno pomemben za ohranjanje telesne kondicije.
Zgodba o golfu pa je daljša in če bi jo skrajšal, bi dejal, da se mi golf sprva zdel najbolj nespameten šport na svetu. Z njim sem se začel ukvarjati, ker so ga igrali mnogi diplomati in tuji politiki, s katerimi sem se srečaval.
Potem sem ugotovil, da gre za dejavnost, ki zahteva svojevrstno kombinacijo izredne psihične koncentracije in sproščenosti, podobno kot pri plezanju. In mi je postal všeč.
Pa še nekaj je pomembno pri golfu. Je igra za tako rekoč vse življenje. Nogometa po določenih letih ne moreš več igrati in tudi alpinizem počasi odpade. Problem pri nas je, da ni dovolj poceni javnih igrišč za golf, tako kot v svetu, kjer je to najmnožičnejši šport, saj ga igra najmanj 50 milijonov ljudi.
Pred kratkim smo v Grosupljem ustanovili Golf klub, načrtujemo gradnjo vadbišča in pozneje tudi igrišča, ki bo dostopnejše. Ob ustreznejših cenah igre je namreč golf cenejši od smučanja, pomemben pa je tudi glede turističnega razvoja Slovenije. Tudi tenis je bil pred dvajsetimi leti nekakšen šport za izbrance, zdaj pa je igrišče v vsaki vasi. Golf bo v takem po-lozan' v bhžnji prihodnosti.
Življenje politika je intenzivno, nobenega dvoma ni o tem. Bi lahko zunaj politike našli dejavnost, ki bi vas podobno zasedala?
Drži. V mojem življenju so se stvari včasih dogajale tako hitro in intenzivno, da sem v letu dni doživel več kot večina ljudi v vsem življenju. Tako dobrega kot slabega. Tudi nekaj mejnih položajev, vojna ali zapor sta bila nekaj takega, ki sem jih preživel skoraj brez spanja ali normalne prehrane, nekako na čistem adrenalinu.
Tudi zdaj je v politiki včasih zelo naporno, ko se nekaj začne v ponedeljek, konča pa v petek, tako da vmes ni časa za nič drugega-
Ne dvomim pa, da si ne bi tudi zunaj politike zelo hitro zapolnil časa. Že pred vstopom vanjo sem pisal in mislim, da bi bil v novinarstvu uspešen. Znam delati intervjuje, pisati komentarje, tudi urednik revije sem že bil.
Vseskozi spremljam razvoj novih tehnologij, dejavnosti ali posli v okviru njih se mi prav tako zdijo privlačni. Ne nazadnje sem se s tem ukvarjal med mojim disidentstvom, ko nisem mogel dobiti službe v osnovnem poklicu.
Kateremu področju bi se zapisali kot novinar? Spet politiki?
Zagotovo ne samo politiki. Zasebno me najbolj zanimajo razvojna vprašanja, točneje rečeno, izzivi, ki jih prinašajo znanstvena odkri-
Intervju z Janezom Janšo
Kako slovenski učbeniki prikazujejo izseljence
(nadaljevanje s str. 13)
tja, in njihov vpliv na družbo. In položaj posameznika ter možnosti za njegov duhovni razvoj v globalnem svetu. Ta je v svojih praktičnih posledicah že tukaj, svet pa še nima globalnih pravil. Zato nas lahko veliko dogajanja skrbi. Kam denimo vodijo vsa ta silna združevanja multinacionalk po svetu? Očitno je, da nastajajo novi monopoli, in ti velikokrat narekujejo ravnanje državnikom in politikom. Dobiček se knjiži v virtualnem svetu, presežki se premalo uporabljajo za reševanje svetovnih ekoloških in socialnih problemov.
Res pa je, da so ravno zadnja leta 20. stol. prinesla nekaj velikih znanstvenih odkritij, tako v kvantni fiziki kot v genetiki, kar bo v prvi polovici 21. stol. prineslo svetu vsaj take spremembe oziroma novosti, kot sta jih pred dobrimi sto leti odkritje rentgenskih žarkov ali elektrona. Obstajajo povsem realne osnove, da se človekovo življenje v bližnji prihodnosti na tem planetu tako v materialnem kot duhovnem smislu zelo izboljša.
Ste eden izmed slovenskih vrhunskih politikov, nikakor ne edini, ki funkcijo, celo stavbo, v kateri delate, pogosto povezujete z neko obliko trpljenja. V slogu, poglejte, kaj delam za vas, dragi državljani, saj mi ne bilo treba, a gre za vaše dobro. Je to le profesionalna poza? Če bi bilo tako hudo, bi verjetno izstopili.
Mislim, da tega ne počnem. Med osamosvajanjem je bilo delo v vrhu slovenske politike oziroma države res zelo tvegano, zdaj pa ni več tako. Je podobno kot v vsakem pokliču. Prav gotovo tudi vi niste vsakič povsem navdušeni nad svojim delom in delovnimi razmerami. Isto velja zame, le da so moje in seveda tudi izjave mojih kolegov toliko bolj izpostavljene.
Se kdaj smejite položajem, v katerih se znajdete; pri televizijskih soočanjih sem imel občutek, da celo humorno uživate v vseh silnih obtožbah v vse smeri? In tudi znameniti inci-
dent v parlamentu, z rahlim fizičnim obračunom, se zdi iz časovne distance predvsem smešen.
Težko govorim o politiki kar nasplošno, ker obstajajo razlike. V naši poslanski skupini, ki je, če izvzamemo SMS (=Slovenska mladinska stranka, op. ur. AD), v parlamentu povprečno najmlajša, je včasih prav veselo. Imamo nekaj zelo dobrih pevcev in glasbenikov. Miha Brejc zna povedati šalo za vsak položaj, tudi če je na prvi pogled skrajno resen. In znamo se nasmejati tako lastnim nerodnostim kot nerodnostim drugih.
Predvolilna soočenja niso neki odraz povprečja, tako intenzivnih ali polemičnih odnosov med poslanci, kot se zdijo v tiste pol ure na televizij, seveda ni stalno.
Znamenitega incidenta v prejšnjem mandatu nisem videl v živo, bil sem na hodniku, ko so sporočili, da je poslanec Kacin fizično napadel poslanca Hvalico. Dogodek žal ni bil v celoti posnet. Fizični incidenti v parlamentu se dogajajo tudi drugje. Toda živce običajno izgubi kdo iz opozicije, kar je po svoje logično, ker pozicija lahko preprosto preglasuje še tako smotrne predloge manjšine. Da je pri nas izgubil nadzor nad sabo nekdo izmed vladnih poslancev, pa je bilo nekoliko nenavadno.
Slovite kot mož, ki ga je težko omajati v njegovem prepričanju, pogosto celo kot mož, ki rine z glavo	skozi	zid. Greste
včasih	vseeno	prek sebe,
ko sprejmete kaj, česar ne bi, če bi odločali sami?
Morda boste presenečeni, toda	stalno	sprejemam
stvari in jih občasno celo zagovarjam, čeprav nisem povsem takega mnenja. Sem	predsednik velike
stranke, v kateri so večkrat tudi različna mnenja, po razpravi odloča večina. In potem je to tudi zame stališče, ki ga moram zastopati ne glede na osebno mnenje. Seveda pa pri tem ne gre za strateške razlike, ker bi takrat odstopil.
Sicer pa je v politiki najlaže preživeti, če plavaš ali veslaš s tokom. Ne smeš
niti zaostajati niti prehitevati. Tudi najmanj stresno je tako. Vendar sam nisem tak, najbrž sem precej zapletena ali kompleksna osebnost.
Spreminjati tok pa je silno težko, vsaj kratkoročno največkrat neuspešno početje, prav tako veslanje na čelu. Včasih, s silnimi napori, prideš samo zavesljaj pred tiste, ki mirno sedijo v čolnu in veslajo po ritmu. A je vsaj zanimivo in, kot velikokrat pokaže čas, tudi zelo koristno za skupnost. In veslati po ritmu je zame osebno obupno dolgočasno.
Revija “ONA” Delo, 6. feb. 2001
Pravilno se reče Evropska unija
Trst/Gorica - Urad vlade za informiranje pri slovenski vladi je pri pojasnjevanju tega, kar mora vedeti Slovenec, jutrišnji državljan Evropske unije, objavil tudi sporočilo o tem, ali se pravilno reče Evropska unija ali Evropska zveza. V navodilu je pisano:
“Pravilno je Evropska unija. Večina svetovnih jezikov namreč pozna obe besedi, unija in zveza. Če je bil torej leta 1992 v Maastrichtu izbran izraz Evropska unija, je bilo s tem zavestno poudarjeno, da gre za gospodarsko in politično unijo natančno določene skupine držav kot posledico procesa združevanja in integracije političnih postopkov in ustanov. Jezikoslovci so zato predlagali, naj se uporablja izraz Evropska unija in se s tem izogne nejasnostim.”
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(nadaljevanje s str. 12)
izvor, 61% živi v državah Ohio, Pennsylvania in Illinois, ter pomembno in v drugih na teh straneh obravnavanih učbenikih skoraj v celoti zamolčano dejstvo, da se je v ZDA in Kanado starejšemu občasnemu priseljevanju pridružilo po letu 1945 politično izseljevanje iz Slovenije, ki je privedlo tudi več inteligence. Podobno nadpovprečno podrobno označi slovensko izseljevanje v Južno Ameriko, tako v Brazilijo, Urugvaj in Čile, kot tudi v Argentino, kamor se jih je naselilo največ in sicer pred 1. svetovno vojno zlasti Primorcev (tudi v času med obema svetovnima vojnama, česar pa ne navede), v to državo pa “se je usmeril tudi val politične emigracije po letu 1945”.
Poudari tudi v drugih učbenikih povsem zamolčano dejstvo, da je v Argentini, Kanadi, ZDA in Avstraliji najnovejše izseljenstvo prispevalo k ohranitvi slovenskega jezika ter da je narodnostna zavest slovenskih izseljencev visoka tudi zato, “ker tudi njihove nove države podpirajo multikulturnost”. (Naj dodam, da seveda v različni meri v posameznih državah.)
Sklepno podpoglavje avtor posveti zelo zanimivemu načelnemu razmišljanju o tem, kdo je Slovenec? Poudarja, da je število ugotovljenih Slovencev v zamejstvu in preostali tujini odvisno od upoštevanja nekaterih temeljnih izhodišč: maternega jezika, občevalnega jezika pri izseljencih doma, pogovornega jezika na splošno, obvladanja slovenskega jezika, priznanja, da so slovenske narodnosti, da so njihovi predniki po poreklu Slovenci ali da so po poreklu Slovenci oni sami.
Naglasi tudi stališče, ki se bolj uveljavlja v zadnjem času, namreč da med slovenskimi izseljenci v tujini in v zamejstvu zaradi naraščanja mešanih zakonov in obiskovanja tujejezičnih šol vedno bolj narašča tudi vsakodnevno neuporabljanje slovenskega jezika ali celo njegovo neznanje, to pa ni več absolutna ovira, da se ljudje ne bi priznali za Slovence kot državljani držav, v katerih živijo.
Končuje, da je po oceni na svetu že okoli četrt milijona izseljencev, matična
Slovenija pa “skuša v novejšem času sonarodnjake v tujini trdneje povezati v slovensko kulturno skupnost”.
Dobro se zavedam, da ta zelo skopi prikaz predstavitve slovenskega izseljenstva v delih slovenskih šolskih učbenikov kar kliče po poglobitvi in razširitvi, vendar pa že zbrani podatki dovoljujejo nekaj, ne posebno optimističnih zaključkov.
Če se današnji šolarji v slovenskih šolah o slovenskem izseljenstvu poučijo zgolj iz podatkov, objavljenih v predstavljenih učbenikih, potem je, ob častni iz-jemi predvsem učbenika dr. Gamsa, njihovo znanje o enem od ključnih vprašanj ne samo slovenske preteklosti, ampak tudi slovenske sedanjosti, hudo pomanjkljivo. Tako okrnjeno znanje bo nujno in nikakor ne pozitivno vplivalo na njihovo mišljenje in delovanje potem, ko bodo zapustili šolske klopi.
Kljub temu pa tvegam ugotovitev, da stanje le ni tako črno, kot zgleda na prvi pogled. Po eni strani sem prepričan, da znan' rek, da “šolstvo ni vse, ampak je začetek vsega”, pomeni tudi, da se učimo tudi zunaj šole. Po drugi plati pa menim, da so med našimi sedanjimi učitljicami in učitelji na vseh šolskih stopnjah v znatni meri navzoči tisti, ki se omenjenih učbenikov ne drže “kot p>' janec plota” in da iz svojega splošnega znanja o slovenskih izseljencih dodajo kako besedo več.
Naj za konec nekoliko za šalo, nekoliko zares u-gotovim še, da imajo kljuh omenjenim relativno pičim1 podatkom slovenski izseljen' ci še srečo, saj so jo v naših učbenikih odnesli nepr*' memo bolje kot velika večina najvidnejših slovenskih izseljenskih osebnosti. ZgO*i za ilustracijo, ki že meji na tragikomično anekdoto, naj omenim, da v slovenski*1 učbenikih za zgodovin0^ med njimi v vseh tistih, ^ smo jih prelistali v telTl prispevku, ni niti besedic6 o velikem Frideriku Irenej6 Baragi.
(KONEC)
Ur. AD: V debati, ki / sledila vsem referatom, le bilo dr. Vovku postavljet]0, | eno vprašanje, to s strt dr. Branka Zorna:
Dr. Vovko, rekli ste, ^ (dalje na str. 15)
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Življenje Slovenca, ki je bil dolgo “razseljena oseba”
Piše: Dr. Zlatko A. Verbič, Kanada
Disidentov umik v svet
Najprej se je ilegalno pod bodečo žico izselil v Italijo, nato v Avstralijo,
potem se je ustalil v Kanadi
VI. del
Tedaj je avstralska vlada začela graditi tudi ogromen hidroenergetski projekt Snowy Mountains Project, ki je zaradi dobrih zaslužkov pri-tegnil tudi veliko Slovencev. v avstralskih “Alpah” je nastajala vrsta hidroelek-trarn, za katere je bilo treba postaviti množico jezov, Predorov, nasipov, cest.. Ob vsem tem je zrasla še množica spremljevalnih dejavnosti; mesto Cooma je b*lo tiste čase pravi “divji
zahod”.
Tudi sam sem sedem mesecev preživel med temi trdnimi možmi, med kateri-mi je bila večina priseljen-Cev> in ti meseci mi bodo °stali v trajnem spominu. ^vstralija je v tistem času obeležila prihod prvega bilijona priseljencev po 2. Svetovni vojni.
Slovenska skupnost se je izvijala pod vplivom av-stralskega razvojnega načr-
SWenski učbeniki in izseljenci
(nadaljevanje s str. 14)
s° učbeniki pomanjkljivi, da 0 prikažejo izseljenstvo , anes, kakšne pobude bi da bi se to konkret-
n° bremenilo? vDr' Andrej VOVKO: Na-^em na to, kar je kolega sk ^rnovšek rekel: dejan-smo prj nagj Zg0dovin-
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ta; gojila je svobodomiselna načela, duhovno prostost, ni dovoljevala močnejših vplivov preteklosti. Pionirji društvenega dela so izhajali z liberalnih prepričanj, povezovalni dejavnik je bila zgolj skrb za ohranitev slovenstva.
Nova odločitev - Kanada
Zaradi zdravstvenih in tudi strokovnih razlogov sva se z ženo odločila, da poskusiva srečo še drugje — na severnoameriški celini, v Kanadi. V letu dni pred odhodom (toliko časa sva čakala na prostor na ladji) sem se preskusil v številnih poklicih, da ne bi bilo po prihodu v Kanado kakega presenečenja.
Slovo od Avstralije je bilo v resnici slovo od prijateljev in Melbourna, predvsem pa od pionirjev društvenega dela.
Iz Melbourna sva odpotovala z mogočno potniško ladjo Himalaya. Po postanku v Sydneyju, po slovesu od mogočnega sydneyskega mostu, je ladja zarezala v valove Pacifika. Postanki na Novi Zelandiji (Auckland), na Fidžiju (Suva), na Havajih (Honolulu); spominjam se enkratnega sprejema na Havajih z značilnimi havajskimi plesi, venci cvetja, ki so obkrožali ladjo...
Končno smo pristali na kanadski zahodni obali, v Vancouvru, in se poslovili od Himalaye. Po nekajdnevnem ogledovanju mesta in okolice sva z ženo s trans-kontinentalnim vlakom nadaljevala pot proti vzhodu Kanade. Spalna kabina na vlaku je postala najin dom za tri dni in noči.
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S strahom sva začela iskati delo, pa ga potem oba z ženo našla presenetljivo hitro. Odkrila sva tudi organizirano in aktivno slovensko skupnost, vendar na žalost- po najinem mnenju preveč spolitizirano...
Če mi je dotlej zdravje dobro služilo, pa me je tu čakalo presenečenje - obolenje ledvice in operacija, kar pa se je k sreči končalo brez posledic.
Drugo neprijetno presenečenje je bila ponesrečena poslovna pustolovščina, ki sva jo poskusila izpeljati z znancema, ki sta nama sledila iz Avstralije. Končala se je ne le z izgubo denarja, hujša je bila izguba zaupanja.
Takrat me je še bolj prevzel nov izziv - študij stomatologije na univerzi: od 48 prijavljenih kandidatov so sprejeli le dva in eden od njiju sem bil tudi jaz. In uspeh ni izostal.
To, da sem uspešno končal študij zobozdravstva, je tudi uspeh zakonske lojalnosti, zaupanja in spodbude zakonske družice, ki mi je vsa leta zvesto stala ob strani in mi pomagala.
Po diplomi leta 1964 so se uresničili pogoji za pravo družinsko življenje, da si utrdimo materialno življenje, ordinacijo, hišo...
Misijonska srečanja in pomenki
(nadaljevanje s str. 16)
čarno Božjemu usmiljenju in Mariji. Pozdravljamo iskreno hvaležne!	S. M. Agneza Saje.”
Tako, iz vsega pisanja lahko razberete, da sestre vsak dan molijo za vse nas, ki na kakršenkoli način zbiramo in jim gmotno pomagamo. Hvala vsem, ki se jih spomnite!
Od misijonarja p. Jožeta Grošlja, ki je bil eno leto v Malaviju, je prišlo naslednje pismo: “Spoštovana! Danes bolj na kratko. Hvala za ček, ki sem ga prejel ta teden. Bog povrni! Kot vidite, sem spet v Zambiji. Tako so odločili predstojniki. Tukaj v Katandwe sem samo začasno. Vendar so dnevi dolgi. Saj imamo danes 38 stopinj C, včeraj pa kar 40. Dežja pa manjka. Molite za te kraje. Še enkrat iskrena hvala! Lep pozdrav, Jože Grošelj.”
Nekje preveč dežja, drugje premalo! Spomnimo se vseh in prosimo Nebeškega Očeta, naj usliši vse potrebne, kot On najbolj ve, kaj je za vse najbolj dobro. Hvala za vse molitve!
V mesecu januarju se je oglasilo kar nekaj dobrotnikov s svojim darom: NN (za Madagaskar $100, za Zambijo $50, za T. Mavrič $50, za L. Letonja $50) $250; J.M. Sever (za jezuite) $300; M.V. Vrhovnik $40; NN (E. Saksida) $400; N.V. Tominec (za RO $60, za L. Letonja $100, za bogoslovce $100) $260; J. Prosen (za vse $200, za otroke $200, za s. M. Mrhar $100, za J. Kramar $100, za pošto $10) $610; M. Doljcak $50; Stephen $20; NN $8; za srečke $827; NN $400.
Iskrena hvala vsem za vse darovano. Naj vas vse blagoslovi s svojim blagoslovom Nebeški Oče, ki najbolj ve, kaj vsak potrebuje. V imenu vseh, ki bodo deležni vaših darov: Hvala! Prav lep pozdrav vam vsem, ki berete te vrstice.	Marica Lavriša
1004 Dillewood Rd.
Cleveland, OH 44119
Vendar preizkušenj še ni bilo konec. Ogenj je izničil prve prihranke, vendar nismo obupali. Postavili smo si novo, lepšo hišo...
V naslednjih desetletjih nam je bilo življenje naklonjeno. Sin je dokončal univerzitetni študij in se uspešno vključil v samostojno življenje. Žena je nadaljevala delo v administraciji, sam ostajam aktiven v zobozdravstvu. Predvsem pa ohranjamo zdravje in smo ekonomsko neodvisni.
Slovenska skupnost v Torontu je z mojo diplomo dobila prvega slovenskega zobozdravnika v Kanadi. Samostojna Slovenija mi je v prvih letih svojega obstoja dala možnost zastopanja
Misijonska Znamkarska Akcija (MZA) Catholic Mission Aid (CMA)
je javna, nepridobitna, dobrodelna misijonska organizacija. Ustanovil jo je Fr. Charles A. Wolbang, CM. Registrirana je v mestu Columbus, Ohio, ZDA.
Za pomoč slovenskim misijonarjem zbira finančno pomoč za njih delo med ubogimi v misijonskih deželah ter za vzdrževanje bogoslovcev za domači misijon. Hvaležni bomo za vsak dar, ki ga boste darovali v ta namen.
Spomnite se misijonarjev in ubogih v svojih oporokah. Za vse prejete darove izdamo potrdilo za “Income tax”. Uradni naslov:
MZA - CMA
17826 Brian Ave., Cleveland, OH 44119
Glavni odbor MZA-CMA, Cleveland
njenih interesov do ustanovitve diplomatskega predstavništva...
Moja temeljna izhodišča pa ostajajo nespremenjena - pošteno delo, povezanost in medsebojno sodelovanje Slovencev, najpomembnejša pa je duhovna prostost Slovencev.
(KONEC)
Dnevnik, 28. okt. 2000
KOLEDAR
FEBRUAR
17. - Dramsko društvo
Lilija priredi pustno veselico v Slovenskem domu na Holmes Ave.
MAREC
18. - Slov. šola pri fari
Sv. Vida postreže s kosilom s serviranjem od 11. dop. do 1. pop. v farnem avditoriju.
18. - Federacija slovenskih narodnih domov priredi banket v SND na St. Clair Ave.
APRIL
21. - Primorski klub priredi “Primorski večer” z večerjo in plesom v SND na St. Clair Ave.
MAJ
12. - Pevski zbor Korotan priredi koncert v SND na St. Clair Ave. Pričetek ob 7. uri zv. Po koncertu ples, igra ansambel Staneta Mejača.
Misijonska srečanja in pomenki
1366. Hvala vam vsem, ki ste to zadnjo nedeljo
napolnili šolsko dvorano pri Sv. Vidu za kosilo Misijonske Znamkarske Akcije. Bil je hladen dan, a brez padavin. To kosilo je bilo v nedeljo že 32-krat pripravljeno za misijonsko namen. Lep pogled je bil, ko si stopil v dvorano, mize so bile okrašene s cvetjem, bilo je zelo praznično.
Hvala vam vsem, ki ste nosili težo dneva v kuhinji v pripravi okusne hrane, in tudi v pospravi le-te. Hvala vsem za vse prineseno domače pecivo in rezance, kot tudi vsem, za vse pokupljeno. Hvala za vsa ročna dela, tako predpasnike, afghane, blazine, za vse kvačkano in klekljano, za darila za mačka v Žaklju, za rože, vsem, ki ste to prodajale in tudi vam, ki ste pokupili. Hvala vsem, ki ste s kavo in solato razveseljevale goste in na koncu tudi vsem, ki ste počistili dvorano. Hvala vsem vam, ki ste prispevali svoj dar za misijonarje ali za posamezne ali v skupno blagajno. Naj vam Nebeški Oče povrne s svojim blagoslovom.
Hvala cvetličarju Jimmyju Slapniku za darovano cvetje, Ameriški Domovini za vse objavljeno v zvezi s kosilom, ter Radijski družini za vsa vabila po zračnih valovih. Bilo je zares veliko pomočnic in pomočnikov in bi prav gotovo kako ime izpustila, zato naj velja za vse naša iskrena: Hvala! Hvala tudi Nebeškemu Očetu za lepo vreme in za vse milosti, ki smo jih po Njegovi dobroti prejeli.
Vsi pa se zamislimo, kako bo lepa zadnja ura, ko bomo v zavesti, da smo razumeli, kaj je ljubezen do bližnjega, to tudi izvršili, ko smo dejavno sodelovali pri tem programu.
Iz Karmel-Sora sem dobila naslednje zanimivo pismo od sestre Emanuele Frančiške, ki je bila priorica do lanskega leta. Piše:
“Spoštovana! Danes smo 17. januarja 2001, še je začetek novega leta in ni še prepozno, da Vam izrazim željo: naj Vam bo to leto blagoslovljeno, zdravo, srečno in v Bogu veselo. Veselega daritelja Bog ljubi. Vaše veselje je, delati bližnjemu dobro tudi takrat, kadar je težko in hudo. Zelo, zelo sem Vam hvaležna za dar, katerega ste namenili nam po smrti gospe Ane Medved. Hvaležna sem in lep občutek imam v svoji notranjosti, ker ste mislili na nas. Gospod Vam bo poplačal in me sestre bomo molile za pokojno gospo. Veste, v našem redu se sploh moli za pokojne in se darujejo svete maše, ker to je predpisano. Me smo odvi-sne od darov dobrotnikov in zato smo dolžne zanje moliti.
Pri nas v samostanu je lepo, sestre so zares neveste božje, pridne smo in Jezusa imamo rade. Nas gospod nadškof pravi, da smo blagoslov za Cerkev na Slovenskem. Me sestre kar verjamemo, da je to res in zato tudi zaupamo v božjo pomoč in usmiljenje za naš narod.
Po številu nas je že 19 in upamo, da se bo še kakšno dekle pridružilo, da nas bo več in tako bomo imele večjo moč nad Božjim Srcem. Prilagam fotografijo naše samostanske družine od leta 1998. Tam, kjer je + sem jaz, naprej g. nadškof, nato mati predstojnica, sestra, ki je upognjena, je umrla nekaj mesecev zatem, ko smo se fotografirali. Dveh novih sester pa ni tu zdraven.
Tako! Vas naša skupnost Vas lepo pozdravlja in se zahvaljuje za vsak Vaš dar, ki vedno pride prav. Preko nebes prejmite lep pozdrav,
hvaležna s. Emanuela Frančiška.” Prav od tam je prejela Celestinova pismo od iste sestre, in piše:
“...Me smo lepo praznovale: v svetem veselju, molitvi in petju. Polnočna sv. maša je bila zares angelska maša, sestre so igrale na flavto, vijolino in orgle, me sestre smo pele. Božič je v Karmelu tako lep, kakor nikjer na svetu. Na sveti večer in že čez dan je vse tiho - nikogar se ne sliši, vsaka je doma v svoji celici, le nekajkrat pozvoni zvonec k molitvi. Ob pol lih se zberemo vse v kapeli in s svečami v procesiji gremo po Jezuščka, ki leži v enem skupnem prostoru in čaka, da ga bo Mati priorica vzela in ga podarila tisti sestri, za katero je dobila navdih in spoznanje. Tako smo vse v pričakovanju, katera ga bo dobila. Letos ga je dobila postulantka, ki je zares otrok milosti. Sestra Jezuščka kleče prejme, potem pa z dvignjenimi rokami nese v kapelo, zanjo gremo sestre ini pojemo: Sveta noč... Sestra položi Jezuščka v jaslice in me začnemo moliti nočno molitev tja do polnoči, ko se prične sv. maša. Ta dan mislimo na vse in molimo za vse. Tako, vidite, smo povezani preko nebes. Priložena kartica je naš Je-zušček, katerega nesemo v kapelo na slamco. Ves božični čas mu vsak dan pol ure pojemo. Še sedaj smo v božičnem razpoloženju in nam je v duši in srcu lepo. Pri Bogu smo.
11. ’februar je moj osebni praznik in bo 45 let moje podaritve Bogu. V samostanu pa sem že 48 let. Tako, še malo in bomo v večnosti pri Njem, ki je naše vse. Tam bomo našli naše drage, ki mislijo na nas in so vedno z nami. Ljubezen gre preko groba in se vrača v naše srce.
Prisrčen in hvaležen pozdrav, s Emanuela Frančiška.”
In iz Karmel-Mirna peč od sestre Agneze Saje tudi par vrstic:
“Ave Marija! Spoštovana!
Niti malo nismo pričakovale še kakega daru in je bilo zato naše presenečenje toliko večje! Prav iskreno se zahvalimo za veliki dar, ki smo ga ta teden prejele! Žleb in vodnjak je treba popraviti, ker je zima nekaj poškodovala, zato bo prav prišlo.
Poleg tega je ta dar prišel tik pred godom naše matere in sem ga položila na mizo poleg drugih darov. Kakšno veselje. Prav iskeno se Vam mati zahvali.
Milost mora ganiti srca, ker se zdi, da ljudje včasih kar težko shajajo, pa vendar toliko prispevajo, da ste enake vsote poslali vsem misijonarjem. Naj Vam večni Pastir bogato povrne že zdaj z notranjim veseljem in še bolj v večnosti, kot boste deležni vseh misijonskih sadov.
Omenjate tudi pokojno go. Sekne. Dobro se je spominjam, ko je prišla na obisk, ko smo bile še v mali hišici. Ona že uživa večno plačilo.
Naša s. Cirila že leta je nepokretna, na vozičku, še posebno pa moli vsak dan v Vaš namen. Ona je zaklad in veliko uslišana...
Vas in vse dobrotnike, kot seveda misijonarje, priporo-
NOVI GROBOVI
(nadaljevanje s str. 9)
kateri je služil v ameriški vojski. Pogreb je bil v oskrbi Želetovega zavoda.
Donna C. Tekancic Dne 11. februarja je na svojem domu v Concord Townshipu za rakom umrla 53 let stara Donna C. Tekancic, žena Henryja, mati Scotta, Marcusa in Tare, 1-krat stara mati, zaposlena pri Mentor Office Center. Pogreb bo danes s sv. mašo v cerkvi sv. Gabrijela v Concordu s pokopom na pokopališču Mentor.
Edward A. Smrekar
Umrl je	Edward	A.
Smrekar, mož Rose,		roj.
Cubbison, oče	Pamele	Gor-
yance, Mary	Lou Gostich,	
dr. Jeanne	Charnas,	Ri-
charda in že pok. Edwar-da, 10-krat stari oče, brat Barbare Sichncr, sr. Vero-nice OSU, Williama in Te-rese Jenkins. Pogreb je bil 7. februarja s sv. mašo v cerkvi Immaculate Conception v Willoughbyju in pO' kopom na Vernih duš p°' kopališču.
John F. Podržaj
Umrl je John F. Podržaj, mož Dorothy, roj. tral, oče Johna, Kare11 Agostino, Denise, James3 in Ronalda, 1-krat star' oče, brat Janet Krivacic in Edwarda, veteran 2. svetovne vojne, v kateri je služi' v ameriški vojski. Pogreb jc bil 7. februarja s sv. maš° v cerkvi sv. Monice in P°' kopom na pokopališču Rc' surrection v Valley Cityju-
V BLAG SPOMIN
ob osmi obletnici smrti dragega moža, očeta, stareg3 očeta, brata in strica
PAVEL ŽAKELJ
Umrl je 17. februarja
V miru božjem Ti počivaj’ dragi, nepozabni nam, ^ ■ v nebesih rajsko srečo aZ‘V v ljubezni božji vekomaj-Žalujoči:
Marija - žena
Otroci - Ani Žitko, Pavle’k0 Stanko, Tone, Janko in V"1 z družinami ter ostalo sorodstvo