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AMERIŠKA DOMOVINA, OCTOBER 25, 2001
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Slovenia: A Distant Corner of Europe
by ALAN KRAUSS
New York Times
A few minutes after the border guard on the train to Ljubljana handed back our passports, we spotted a long-legged, bluff-gray heron standing calmly in the shallows of the Savinja River in Slovenia. A few minutes after that, we caught our first glimpse of a mined moun-taintop castle, perched on an escarpment above the town of Celje. The prospects of unspotted nature and the evocative remains of Central Europe’s tangled history were what had drawn my wife, Zsofia, and me to this tiny, tidy Alpine republic, and it was already clear we would not be disappointed.
Less than a day’s drive north of its former sister states in the Yugoslav federation, Slovenia is a peaceful, prosperous country
whose short history as a political entity is enriched by a distinct, centuries-old cultural heritage. The Slovenes, subsumed since the Middle Ages by neighboring multilingual, multiethnic empires, finally won their independence when they split with Yugoslavia after a 10-day war in 1991.
With a week to see the northwest comer- of the country, Zsofia and I, a couple of nature-starved New Yorkers, decided to explore the back roads by car, aiming to gorge ourselves on the greenery and crystal clear rivers about which the guides we had pored over at home had raved.
We started our journey last August in Bled, the romantic resort 25 miles northwest of Ljubljana, where a Baroque church, the Church of the Assumption, seems to float on an island in
Dr. Ukmar Earns Prestigious Mastership Dentistry Award
The Academy of General Dentistry (AGD) is pleased to announce that Alexandra Ukmar, DDS, of Chagrin falls, Ohio, was awarded the AGD’s prestigious' Mastership Award during the Acad-emy’s annual meeting on August 4 in New York.
In attaining Mastership in the AGD, Dr. Ukmar has Joined a select group of dentists who have completed the most rigorous continuing Cental education program in general dentistry. Dr. Ukmar earned the Mastership Award by completing more than 1,100 hours of quality eontinuing dental education in the 16 disciplines of dentistry, including 400 hours of hands-on courses. To date, 0ver 1,000 AGD members have earned Mastership honors.
Dr. Ukmar graduated from the Case Western Reserve University School of dentistry in 1988 and is cur-rently practicing dentistry in ^illouphby, Ohio. She also ls an assistant professor at the Case Western Reserve University School of Dentistry.
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the middle of the town’s small aquamarine lake.
After two days of relaxing, we set out in a rented Opel Astra for Triglav National Park, a 210,000 acre nature preserve in the Julian Alps ■ dividing Italy and Slovenia. The dramatic terrain varies from craggy mountain peaks rising far above the tree line to erosion-carved river gorges hundreds of feet deep. We intended to explore the vertiginous Vrsic Pass inside the park and the many beauties hidden in the boundless forests that make Slovenia one of the greenest countries in Europe.
Our first stop was the Vintgar Gorge, a mile-long 350-foot-deep ravine carved by the runoff from an Ice Age glacier. A wave of refreshingly cool, damp air met us as we entered the canyon, and we reached for extra shirts in the sudden
Joe Zelle receives radio award
Congratulations to Joseph Zelle who received the Quarter Century Wireless Association 70th Anniversary Award as a distinguished member. Mr. Zelle is radio amateur licensed as W8FAZ in Cleveland, Ohio. The award was presented to him at the Fall luncheon meeting.
Fall Back
At 2 a.m. on Sunday, Oct. 28, it is time to turn all clocks BACK one hour.
chill. We made our way along a narrow wooden cat-walk that hugged the sheer rock walls 15 feet above the blue-green Radovna River. Foot-bridges crisscrossed the
rapids, and we paused to admire the giant, mossy rocks that leaned in over our heads and the fat brown trout that hung motionlessly in pools. A 40-minute walk brought us to a small waterfall at the southern end of the gorge, and we turned around eagerly for a second look on the return trip.
Back in the Astra, we got on the highway for the half-hour drive to Kranjska Gora, a town hard by the Italian and Austrian borders and a jumping-off point for numerous nearby ski areas and the Vrsic ski areas and the Vrsic Pass. On the way, we left the steady stream of traffic on the highway at the village of Mojstrana and entered the Vrata Valley. Turning onto an unpaved but well-maintained road where bicyclists were the only other traffic we saw, we entered the valley and began climbing the skirts of Slovenia’s highest mountain, the 9,393-foot Mount Triglav. We were looking for signs to Pericnik Falls, on the Bistrica River. Pericnik, which we reached after a five-
feet into a basin among huge boulders, raising a curtain of mist that drifts away into the forest. Another 10 minute drive along the increasingly steep forest road brought us to the Aljažev dom, an alpine hut that in clear weather offers an awe-inspiring view of Mount Triglav’s sheer 5,000-foot north wall.
We were not so lucky, though, and the mountain’s face was hidden behind the rapidly thickening clouds that had been gathering throughout the morning. By the time we stopped for lunch at Jasna Lake, just above Kranjska Gora, the lake had turned slate green, the peaks above it were wreathed in dense, ragged swirls, and a steady rain was falling. The waiter at Gostisce Jasna, a restaurant with a pleasant terraof*bver-looking the lake, told us sunshine was forecast for the following day, so we decided to postpone our trip over the pass and retreat to Kranjska Gora. But this apparent setback turned out to be an advantage. We not only stumbled on the most delightful inn we found, but, after the storm ended a couple of hours later, we also had a magnificent-view of the Alpine peaks thrusting sharply into the blue, rain-washed
minute scramble up a Steep, forested path, plunges 175
air.
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By,Jim Debevec
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This weekend I have read another interesting theory about the possible financial support given to their terrorist attack on America. An article in Barrens titled “Deadly Discounts” says that coupon clipping could have contributed a lot of money. Author Jack Willoughby says that by saving 10 cents or more at a time from coupons found in newspapers, American consumers get rebates of about $8 billion a year. Of that he estimates about SI00 million is fraudulently obtained.
It was theorized that “unscrupulous operators, including associates of terrorist groups, get their hands on unused coupons, either from newsstands or newspaper recycling centers. By working with grocery-store owners, some of whom are complicit in the scheme, the scamsters then submit the coupons to manufacturers in exchange for cash.” Some of America’s largest companies like General Mills, Colgate-Palmolive and Procter & Gamble are fraud victims.
The terrorists are turning our democratic American way of life against us. First they used our airplanes, the passengers in them, then crashed the planes into office
< murderous thugs, right from oo the beginning, has taken the
buildings, killing and maiming office workers, and rescue workers, and Pentagon employees, then they flagrantly use the post office and their conscious personnel to attack our elected government leaders.
We are fortunate we have a President, a Secretary of State, and government agencies who are committed to using whatever means necessary to stop the misguided miscreants. May God be with you always in all ways. The people of America and the free world are with you all the way.
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Koline Dinner Great Success
Frank Urankar reports the Slovenska Pristava Pensioners Koline Dinner held Sunday afternoon, October 14 was a huge success. There were over 500 dinners served. Everything was sold out.
SHA Birthdays
Happy Birthday to the following residents of the Slovene Home for the Aged who were born in the month of October:
10-03 - Rose Bavec, 93, bom in Chisholm, MN
10-08 - Anne Petkovšek, 94, born in Biwabik, MN 10-08	- Christine
Romonto, 95, bom in Cleveland.
10-17 - Albert Kisty, 87, born in New Jersey
10 -18 - Dorothy Glinšek, 96, bom in Cleveland
10-18 - Joseph Potočnik, 83, born in Cleveland
10-24 - Terezija Klemen, 94, born in Slovenia
10-30 — Helen Geletka, 75, bom in Cleveland
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Evening With Our Roots
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P\art of my family did a little exploring in 1-^ a Slovenian neighborhood this past -1- weekend. Daughters Mary and Monica and oldest grandson, Brian, with my wife, Therese, and I attended 4 p.m. Mass at St. Vitus Slovenian church. For Mary and her son, Brian, it was a first visit to St. Vitus Church, and they were impressed with its beauty as I am to this day.
After Mass it was over to Frank Sterle’s Slovenian Country House and a delicious meal. Enjoyable eating finished, we drove to a second beautiful landmark in this neighborhood, the Slovenian National Home on St. Clair Avenue, a home well preserved and often used.
A first for all of us was the concert performed by “Fantje Na Vasi.” My ears captured the harmony as my eyes watched these young fellows pour their hearts and voices into their singing. A packed house of men, women and children listened intently as song after song flowed along flawlessly. Humor was not overdone, but it was a welcome visitor.
Then, for us Slovenians who are not bilingual, we not only enjoyed, but understood as Fantje Na Vasi sang, the “Marine’s Hymn,”
The Navy Hymn,” “This Is My Country,” Battle Hymn of the Republic,” and we all sang our National Anthem.
When I attend these Slovenian functions, I am not searching for anything, I am sharing my heritage with my wonderful children and grandchildren.
When I make plans to spend an evening with some Slovenians, I know I will enjoy the evening with interesting and hospitable people, watching first class performances, such as “Fantje Na Vasi,” or “Zarja Singing Society,” celebrating its 85,h anniversary this weekend. These Slovenian affairs give me a peek at what I know my mom and dad enjoyed in years long gone. They loved singing, and I loved listening, as I did Saturday night.
And - there was a lovely mother at the table we shared. Her two daughters were with her as was a son. As I stated above, they were interesting and hospitable. But, there was a bonus this time. The handsome young son was named Rudy.
Now, you have to admit, two Rudy’s at one table is rare. Don’t you think? I also had the pleasure of visiting with a few Slovenians I do know.
So I must say, “Thank you, Fantje Na Vasi.”
News from Slovenska Pristava
This coming Sunday, October 28, all members of Slovenska Pristava are invited to attend the annual meeting at the lodge in Harpersfield. An increase of yearly dues, campground dues and new member fees will be discussed.
Gorenjski štruklji dinner with kurja obara will be held at SP on Saturday, Nov. 3 at 5 p.m. Tickets sold only in advance by calling
Breda Ribic at 440-943-0621. The cost is $11.00 and the number of tickets is limited. During and after dinner you will be entertained by Pristava musicians.
On Sunday, Nov. 4 we are inviting members to attend the prayers for the deceased members of Slo-venska Pristava. After the prayers blood sausage with sauerkraut will be available.	-Milan Ribic
100 WORDS MORE OR LESS by John Mercina
BEING POLITICALLY CORRECT !
(Appearing in e-mails, author unknown) uIn God We Trust is our national motto. This is not some off-the-wall, Christian, right wing, political slogan - it is our national motto. It is engraved in stone in the House of Representatives in our Capitol and it is printed on our currency. We adopted this motto because Christian men and women, on Christian principles, founded this nation; and this is clearly documented throughout our history. If it is appropriate for our motto to be inscribed in the halls of our highest level of government, then it is certainly appropriate to display it on the walls of our schools. God is in our pledge, our National Anthem, nearly every patriotic song, and in our founding documents. We honor His birth, death, and resurrection as holidays, and we turn to Him in prayer in times of crisis. If God offends you, then I suggest you consider another part of the world as your new home, because God is part of our culture and we are proud to have Him. We are proud of our heritage and those who have so honorably defended our freedoms. We celebrate Independence Day, Memorial Day, Veterans Day, and Flag Day. We have parades, picnics, and we proudly wave our flag. As an American, I have a right to wave my flag, sing my national anthem, quote my national motto, and cite my pledge whenever and wherever I choose. If the Stars and Stripes offend you, or you don t like Uncle Sam, then you should seriously consider a move to another part of this planet. The American culture is our way of life, our heritage, and we are proud of it. We are happy with our culture and have no desire to change, and we really don’t care how you did things where you came from. We are Americans, like it or not. This is our country, our land, and our lifestyle. Our First Amendment gives e\ery citizen the right to express his opinion about our government, culture, or society, and we will allow you every opportunity to do so. But once you are done complaining, whining, and griping about our flag, our pledge, our national motto, or our way of life, I highly encourage you to take advantage of one other great American freedom, the right to leave,n

Escape from Communism
by ANTON ŽAKELJ,
translated and edited J>y JOHN ŽAKELJ (2001)
(Continued from last week)
It was now almost 10 p.m. More partisans arrived at Celesnik’s. They brought a new “recruit” = Joze Prapošk Žakelj (no acquaintance of mine).
Strojko started asking me roany of the same questions that the politkomisar had asked me at the dairy earlier. What happened with the wheat that we collected from the farmers? Did we pay the farmers? I told him the truth, just as 1 had told Politkomisar Milan Žakelj oarlier. Strojko had heard that 1 had read about social-■sm and freemasonry (actually, I didn’t). He accused me of wanting to learn about those philosophies just 50 1 could be more effective ln opposing them. I realized from Strojko’s questions that the partisans must be keep-lng records about anyone who might oppose them.
(Soon after the partisans first took control of Ziri, Milan Žakelj marched into 0ur family’s workshop, where he found me reading Hitler’s Mein Kampf He asked me why I was reading that and I replied: “If you want to succeed in fighting an enemy, you must first understand him.” He told all his comrades about this, and they often criticized me for reading Hitler’s book.)
(I knew and respected Strojko’s father. He founded utore cooperatives in Ziri than anyone else, and as far as I could tell, he didn’t Profit from that. But many of 18 workers were dishonest, and those cooperatives soon
failed.)
(Every year Strojko’s father came to the shoemaker’s c°operative store where I worked. He always asked
about my priest brother, Stanko, who wanted to go to China as a missionary. He often said: “1 respect people who sacrifice their lives for others.” Once he asked me what I thought about socialism and freemasonry. I told him and he replied: “You’ve got the wrong ideas about all this! Let me bring you some books so you can learn.” He brought me one book about socialism and one about freemasonry. 1 didn’t open either one and returned them to him after a few months).
Around 11 p.m., the partisans led a group of us away from Celesnik’s. As we were leaving, I noticed that they now had my friend Max Zajc (Anze’s brother). I greeted him, but he kept his head bowed and didn’t respond. (At that time, I didn’t know that Anze had been killed). They led us out across the fields in complete darkness.
Right behind me with an Italian carbine in his hands was Franko Kamšk, a veterinary student who had joined the partisans. If I had known the area better, I might have tried to escape, but Franko would probably have shot me.
I thought to myself: “I shouldn’t try to escape on my own. It’s clear that Max needs help - I should try to save him. One of the partisans is Max’s brother-in-law. Maybe he’ll help us.” (I didn’t know that they had become enemies because of their opposing beliefs.)
Around midnight, we arrived at Sivkar’s, a farmhouse in the countryside. There we found a wounded partisan lying on some straw on the living room floor. Our partisans moved him and ordered him to make room for the rest of us. They ordered me, Max and Joze to sleep on the heater because “we don’t have any lice yet,”
while the rest of them lay down in the straw. (Traditional Slovenian wood-bum ing heaters are large enough so 5 people can lie on them comfortably). I noticed that one of the partisans seemed to be in love with Ana Marija; he tried to stay close to her, but she kept pushing him away. Then Ana Marija and some of the partisans left, leaving us with a few guards.
Before we went to sleep, Max asked the partisans to let him go home so he could let his wife know where he was, and to get a change of clothes and some cigarettes. They wouldn’t allow that. So I suggested that they could instead send someone they trusted. To my surprise, they agreed to send my friend Janez Home. I could have shouted for joy because I knew this would be his opportunity to escape. But I knew I couldn’t let them know how pleased I was, so I stayed completely silent.
About that time Anton Giacomelli, a baker from
Ziri, arrived on his own. He said Rajkovič had ordered him to report for duty at Sivkar’s. Rajkovič probably knew this would be an opportunity for Giacomelli to escape, but Giacomelli did as he was told. (As far as I know, he was later captured by the Germans as a partisan, and he died in Mauthausen in December, 1944).
(To Be Continued)
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citizens of Euclid, to all my friends in the Slovenian community, and especially ose at Jtecher Hall, I believe that my grandson would be a wonderful asset to the city, e has the vision and the passion to take care of all our needs in the community. “
.	-Bertha Starman
'chad McTighe is a very outstanding candidate for the Elected Position of Council at Large ,' ot B” in the city of Euclid. I know that Michael’s Slovenian Heritage gives him an ideal ^ackground to work with our people in the Slovenian community of Euclid. Please don’t fail exercise your privilege as an American citizen. Vote for Michael McTighe on Nov. 6, 2001
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4 If you don’t like America,
then you should get out
o Editor,
In the early 1900s my grandparents came to this country. As quickly as they could, they became citizens - they were so proud to be Americans! The worst crime you could commit was to tell my grandmother you were not going to vote. - She lectured you on how lucky you were to be a citizen of this great country where you had an opportunity to vote and voice your opinion.
She was proud to say she was an American who came from Slovenia, formerly a province of Yugoslavia. We kept alive some of the old family traditions, ate ethnic foods and were proud of our heritage, but first and foremost we were told to be proud to be Americans, part of the melting pot.
These days it seems that
the many different ethnics of this country all want America to change and become what they left behind, to adopt their language, customs and, worst of all, their way of dealing with political displeasure.
Now we have had a great tragedy brought to our shores - a tragedy of loss of life which has shocked, angered and made us question the open way of life we have come to take for granted. In the midst of all the offers to help from so many different people, we hear some sad stories - like that of a boy who refused to pledge allegiance to the flag because on the day of the terrible terrorist attack his parents had a party to celebrate the occasion. I have a simple suggestion regarding people like this.
We should not take any group as a whole, as was done during World War II, but the FBI or CIA should find out who gave this party or parties like it, all who attended and within 48 hours they should all be sent back to the country they came from. If it is someone who was bom here send them to the country they sympathize with. No long, drawn-out legal battle, no lawyers, no appeal, we are not trampling on their rights for after all since they don’t consider themselves Americans and honor and respect this country, they are not Americans, so they have no rights to be trampled on. It shouldn’t matter if they are red, white, black, yellow or green - or if they are doctors, lawyers, clerks or porters - if they don’t like this country - then
get out!
America is not a perfect country - nothing in this world is perfect, but there is no other place on earth I would rather live and though I may not always agree with everything we do, a great many people die trying to get here, so we must be doing something right.
Let’s stop pampering the traitors and just send them where they will apparently be happier - we’re doing them a favor. America for Americans.
--Arlene Josie
_________North Royalton, OH
Thanks to Ann and Joe Zgonc of Willowick, Ohio who submitted this article written by their niece. It is reprinted courtesy of Sun Nev/spapers.
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We would like to bring your attention early enough so that you can reserve Sunday, Dec. 2nd for a Glasbena Matica Christmas Concert at the Slovenian National Home, 6417 St.
Clair Ave., Cleveland.
Doors open at 1:30, concert starts at 3 p.m. under the director Edward Ferrazzoli. He is also the organist at St. Mary’s Church in Collin-wood.
We are lucky that Glasbena Matica still exists. It is one of the best Slovenian choruses in Cleveland.
The concert will present Slovenian and English Christmas songs so that we-can entertain all of you and we promise you *• will not be disappointed.
With your attendance you will give us your moral support and the courage to continue for many more years.
For tickets ($10) call president Lori Sierputowski (216) 261-5248 or Vlasta Radisek (216) 531-7326.
Refreshments available after the concert. Music for dancing by A1 Battistelli.
—Marie Pivik
Dr. Neilsen Scholarship Winners
The estate of the late Dr. Neilsen in 2001 named St. Vitus Endowment Trust as administrator for a scholarship program for incoming college freshmen and sophomores. There were 17 grants awarded for school year 2001-2002. Each grant is from $250 to $750.
The names of the approved applicants are: Christine M. Amigoni, Frank
Antloga, Caitlin Cevasco, Jessica Chase, Mark Kuhar, Ursula Kuhar, Ann Marie Manfreda, Edward M. Me-jacTNicholas Raddell, Brian Ogrinc, Teja Petelin, Frank Sever, Robert Snyder, Mark Stockmaster, Elizabeth Yuko, Michelle Žakelj, and Megan Zupan.
Congratulations and keep up the good work.
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It is a great honor to serve this neighborhood that has taught me everything I hold dear. The service, dedication, and commitment to people that you all have shown me throughout my life has been my guide at City Hall these past four years. In these past four years we have built many new homes here in St. Clair - Superior Neighborhood, the first in 50 years. We have completed the St Vitus Village project - a building dedicated to preserving housing for our seniors. We have improved communication between our neighbors and worked with the police to improve our safety. I have spent the past four years to ensure the basic delivery of services like timely garbage pick-up, increased street lighting, the prompt filing in of potholes, and keeping our streets clear and clean in the winter.
We will be facing huge challenges in the next four years. Together we can do anything, and I look forward to taking on these challenges together. The re-construction of the inner-belt, which at one time divided our neighborhood, will be undertaken these next four years. We must establish a citizen driven plan for our community’s lakeffont. We must continue to support our own local businesses and bring new businesses to the neighborhood. We must capitalize on our neighborhood’s greatest strength - the cultural and racial diversity that sets us apart from everyone else, a diversity that makes us strong, a diversity that welcomes economic
interest.
I will continue to work as a watchdog for our neighborhood, on issues of safety, clean air, city service delivery. I will continue to work with the school board to improve the lives of our
school age children.
You have all taught me so much throughout my life, especially in these last four years, and I look forward to putting my education to use again to work to bring our neighborhood to
the next level!
Hvala za vse. Muchas Gracias por todos ayuda. Thanks for your support. I ask for it again on November 6th.
Sincerely,
Joe Cimperman
Cleveland City Councilman, Ward 13
Paid for by The People for Joe Cimperman, Genesis Brown. Treasurer. 3053 W. IZ* Si., Cleveland, OH 44113
4ERIŠKA DOMOVINA, OCTOBER 25, 2001
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6 t Mlakar’s Walk Down Memory Lane ^
Coming^ Eventy
by RAY MLAKAR
Well, I will continue with a few wise sayings instead of jokes. “A rumor without a leg to stand on will get around some other way.” -“Always forgive your enemies - it sure aggravates them.” - “Outside of a dog, a book is man’s best friend because inside of a dog, it is too hard to read.”
My columns are written in advance of publication, trying to wear two hats is sometimes a full time job and then some, so I write whenever there is a lull period which is not too often.
So back on 7 June amidst cleaning the house, there was a knock at the back door. Low and behold when I went to the back door, it was none other than our old friend Eda Kovach (Garsteck).
I said to Eda, “Holy smoke, I’d expected...” and she interrupted and said “I know, you would expect death before seeing me.” We laughed and needless to say, she visited for quite a while and we chatted over old times. We reflected back on her brother Louie, and his wife, Margie, and thinking back on the many good times we shared with some of our old friends like Rose Buh, Donna Ohman, Joe Persutti, his wife, Marge, and the list can go on and on. It saddens us to think about so many of our friends who are no longer with us and so perhaps the greatest thing we have are the “memories,”
Yes, it’s that time of year when the days are getting shorter, the air feels a little more brisk and the leaves are turning gold and brown. It is also the time of year when “The Friends of the Slovenian-National Home Inc.“ have their Brunch — A Holiday Brunch!!!
This brunch will take place on Sunday, November 25, 2001 at the Slovenian National Home. The doors will open at 11:00
something even time cannot erase.
We talked about Eda’s old stomping grounds where she grew up in the West Park area, back on Sprecher Avenue. Back well over 60 or 70 years ago, you could count the homes on the West End of Sprecher Avenue on your one hand. There was the Cimperman’s home, Kotars, Žnidaršič, Kovach, Komo-cars, Flis, Santulles. Everyone knew everyone.
Back then a lot of them had live stock from chickens down to pigs, goats and cows, and now as we look back on the entire West Park area, there is not an empty lot to be found.
Unfortunately, there are not that many of the old-timers still living there because they have either moved out to the suburbs or are fortunate enough to be living in all their dream homes, “heaven above.”
Living way back then on Sprecher Avenue, one could always hear the trains go by and needless to say many of us walked along the tracks with a bucket picking up chunks of coal that may have fallen off the coal carriers. Back in those days, it was common to see the so-called “out-houses” in back of the homes and you could be rest assured that there was always a Montgomery catalog to look through.
Most of the streets were not paved, so the big sanitary sewer lines were not laid in place yet. Yep, we have come a long way.
A.M. The menu starts with fresh orange juice and fruit cup followed by a vast array of hot breakfast items and ending with a variety of pastries and coffee.
A1 Battistelli will play throughout with special tunes to put you in the holiday spirit.
Reservations must be made in advance. We will seat 8 or 10 people per table. To obtain brunch tickets for you, family and friends please detach and
It goes without saying as Eda, my wife, Josephine, and I sat there recalling the “old times.” There were a few laughs and a few tears. Some of us have gone through hell and back, but perhaps that is what makes our reward in the here-after that much more worth it.
We have gone through the great depression, thru the various wars, lost many of our loved ones, endured many heartaches and hardships, gone through rationing, done without things due to the lack of money, lack of employment, but somehow, with God’s help, we got through it all.
Unfortunately, there are not many of the old-timers left with whom we can chat, that we can recall some of the old times with. It goes without saying, that the visit by Eda Kovach at our home was truly a “Walk Down Memory Lane.” Thanks, Eda for sharing the memories with us, for those were treasured moments that we shared.
In closing, may the good Lord bless and watch over all of our readers of American Home. Live your days to the fullest, enjoy the days that God has allotted here on earth. May the Good Lord watch over all of America.
If possible, surprise someone like Eda did, and go visit an old friend and make their day and yours one you will long remember. Take a walk down memory lane.
return the order form with your check by Monday, November 19, 2001.
Please make your check payable to: Friends of Slovenian National Home and send it with a self-addressed return envelope to: 6409 St. Clair Ave., Cleveland, Ohio 44103.
Why not end your Thanksgiving Holiday with your Friends at our wonderful Holiday Brunch. For further information call 216-361 -5115. Hope to see you there!!!
Friday, Oct. 26
Dance West Park Slovenian Hall, 4583 W. 130 St., Cleveland, 7:30 - 11:30 p.m., featuring Wayne Tomsic.
Saturday, Oct. 27 Slovenian Singing Society Zarja celebrates 85lh anniversary with concert at Slovenian Society Home, Euclid, Ohio. Dinner 5 to 6:30, program at 7 followed by dancing to Ray Polanz Orchestra. Tickets $18, call Vicky (216) 531-5542, or Barbara (440) 257-2540, or Marilyn (440) 953-8167.
Saturday, Oct. 27 Štajerski - Prekmurski Klub Dance, 6:30	p.m.,
Slovenian National Home, St. Clair, Cleveland. Stane Mejač Band. Family style serving.
Sunday, Oct. 28 St. Vitus Alumni Honoree Day. Noon Mass followed by reception in school auditorium.
Sunday, Oct. 28 Slovenian	National
Home, 3563 E. 80 St., Newburgh sponsoring Annual Clambake or Steak Dinner catered by Maple Heights Catering. Serving 2-4 p.m. Reservations a must: (216) 341-6136; (440) 243-4062; or(216)662-3339.
Saturday, Nov. 3 Moonlight Bowling, Slovenian National Home, 3563 E. 80th St., Newburgh, 6:30 p.m. Cost $25. per couple. Includes bowling and food. Reservations 216-341-6136 or 440-243-4062.
Sunday, Nov. 4 Collinwood Slovenian Home Afternoon at the Races, Post time 3 p.m.
Sunday, Nov. 4
Slovenian National Home, 3563 E. 80 St., Newburgh, is sponsoring Annual Polka Mass celebrated by Father Dominic Mondze-lewski at 1 p.m. in Hall accompanied by Wayne Tomsic Orchestra. Chicken dinner follows @ $10.00. Reservations call (216) 341-6136, 440-243-4062 or (216) 662-3339.
Sunday, Nov. 11 St. Vitus Altar Society Dinner, 11:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. Donation $10 for adults, $5 for children.
Sunday, Nov. 11 Fall Concert of the Slovenian Junior Chorus plus Ivan Karosec Ensemble
of Cerknica, Slovenia, 3 p.m. at Slovenian Society Home, 20713 Recher Ave., Euclid. Dance follows. Admission $7 for adults, children 16 and under, admitted free. Tickets at Polka Hall of Fame, 291 E. 222 St., Euclid from members or at the door. Sat., Nov. 17 Jadran Singing Society dinner-concert-dance at Slovenian	Workmen’s
Home, 15335 Waterloo Rd. Dinner served at 5 p.m., concert at 7. Music by Fred Zi-wich Orch. For ticket information call 216—481-3187.
Sunday, Nov. 18 Slovenian National Art Guild annual Art and Craft Show, Slovenian Society Home, Euclid, Ohio from 11:30 a.m. to 5 p.m. Contact Doris Sadar at 440-943-1959 Nov. 22 - 24
Tony Petkovsek’s annual polka party, Marriott Hotel downtown Cleveland. For information or brochure call Kollander World Travel (800) 800-5981.
Sunday, Nov. 25 Friends of Slovenian National Home Holiday Brunch. Doors open 11 a.m. Music by A1 Battistelli.
Sunday, Dec. 2 Glasbena Matica Christmas Concert at Slovenian National Home, 6417 St. Clair Ave., Cleveland. Doors open 1:30, concert 3 p.m. Music for dancing by Al Battistelli. $10. Tickets (216) 261-5248 or (216)531-7326.
Thursday, Dec. 6 Slovenian Pensioners of Euclid Christmas Party at the Slovenian Society Home on Recher Avenue in Euclid. Contact Vida Strukel at 440-944-0512 for information and tickets.
Friday, Dec. 14 Dance West Park Slovenian Hall, 4583 W. 130 SC, Cleveland, 7:30 - 11:30 p.m., featuring JTO Joey Tomsick & Christmas dinner.
Feb. 1,2,3
Slovenian Ski Weenend at Windham, NY. Call John F. Kamin 718-424-2711.
February 17-24 Slovenian Ski Trip to Steamboat, CO. Only $1195. For information call Ivan Kamin (718) 424-2711.
SATURDAY, March 16 43rd Annual Slovenian Man and Woman of the Year Awards Banquet
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(Continued from page 1) the silence of the remote out on three floors of a reno-
ln the four-room Gostilna Pri Martinu, run by a hospi-table and energetic young man, Janez Hrovat, we had a targe, comfortable room with a curtained skylight and views of the nearby mountains into which we would be driving the next day, beyond the red tiled roofs of the village.
The clouds lifted later that afternoon, so we made an Unplanned side trip to check °ut the nearby source of the Sava Dolinka River, marked °n our tourist map as a sce-uic stop. On the way, we turned off the main road from time to time to see tiny, .arming villages with winding streets, whitewashed houses bedecked 'vith flowers, the obligatory c urch on the hill and at least one hard-to-resist open-air Cafe apiece.
Readiness to dine alfresco at any opportunity is one manifestation of Slovenes Passion for the outdoors.
nother is their veneration 0 the country’s two major rivers, the Sava and the °oa, and the virtual en-® rinement of their sources. rhe Sava Dolinka - one of frvo tributaries that form the ,ava, Slovenia’s longest riVer - rises in a marshy flat •just a few	from
e border with Austria and V- After parking near a roadside cafe, we walked , rough the already darken-'ng forest and out onto a boardwalk that shielded the ragile wetland. In the twf-'8 *, a bird’s call echoed Cross the valley. r flight glinted on the °cky Peaks as we made our eec°nd approach to Vrsic ar V the next morning. The narrow road zig-zagged rough 25 hairpin curves, incongruously with milestones, as it climbed ’0 foet in less than a mile n a half to reach the saddle i ’^6 feet. It was hard to tjuagme that not so long ago ls tranquil spot was the
serih6 °f fierCe fiShting de' ky Hemmingway in
A Farewell to Arms.” But
finding at the tiny World v*ar r
.	1 cemetery, where
b0oPs from 17 nations are SjUried, and the simple Rus-an chapel honoring the
theS°nerS war w^° road over the pass - in
mountain pass - one could not ignore history’s tangible presence.
On the southwestern side of the pass, the road descends quickly toward the Trenta Valley and Slovenia’s most beautiful river, the Soca, with its unfathomable green water. It is home to the Slovenes’ beloved Soca trout. Found nowhere else, this spirited creature, which adorns the 1-tolar coin, can reach three feet in length and is a favorite of fly fishermen.
After	downshifting
through nearby two dozen more hairpins, we turned off at the road leading to the source of the Soca. The 650-foot climb from the parking lot followed a short but casually harrowing trail that required clinging to a wire guideline while crossing a nearly vertical rock face. The dubious reward for this adventure was a close-up view, over the shoulders of a steady stream of fellow admirers, of the crevice through which the spring gushes from the underground lake to begin its trip to the Adriatic.
Following along the Soca for a few minutes more, we stopped again at a small signpost marking the entrance to the Alpinum Juliana, a high-altitude botanical garden. Carrying an illustrated guidebook we bought at the garden entrance to help identify Triglav’s native flowers, we strolled on the steep hillside paths of this outsized rock garden. But since we were there two months after the peak blooming season, we were lucky to spot even a few of the indigenous beauties, like the tiny, deep blue Zois’ Bellflower - a symbol of Slovenia - and the exotic violet and orange Alpine toadflax amid the grasses and edelweiss.
By mid-afternoon, we arrived in Kobarid, the Ca-poretto of “A Farewell to Arms” and the center of the Isonzo Front, one of the deadliest theaters of World War I. The compact Kobarid Museum, which was awarded the Council of Europe Museum Prize for 1993, is a powerful reminder of the horrors of war in general and the Isonzo Front in particular. Display cases laid
vated town house are full of weapons, stark photographs of life in the trenches, and soldiers’ mundane personal effects like forks and canteens bear moving witness to the war cursed by soldiers on every side.
Returning to the family-run Hotel Hvala, a pleasant, modem building on Ko-barid’s small main square, brought us back to the present. At dinner in the hotel’s restaurant, the Topli Val, the other tables were filled with Italian families who had driven over the border for the simple, fresh and superbly prepared seafood, inexpensive by Western standards and agreeably presented. We started with delicately smoked Soca trout filets, followed by a seafood risotto and fish kebabs that were grilled to perfection. The sumptuous finale was prekmurska gibanica, a phyllo pastry stuffed with walnuts, apples, cottage cheese and poppy seeds — a shining example of Slovenes’ creatively filling desserts.
After nearly a week on the twisting, narrow roads of Triglav, we were not altogether sorry to reach the four-lane freeway that led back to Ljubljana, where we turned in our rental car, closing the loop. Happy to be pedestrians again, we carried our bags up to a top-floor room in the city’s splendid, tum-of-the-century Grand Hotel Union.
As twilight fell we found seats at a busy cafe by the river, where a half-liter pitcher of our favorite local white wine, beli pinot, helped smooth the transition from Slovenia’s tranquil countryside back to our busy lives.
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Answering Stane Kuhar
For the Sake of Truth
Editor,
Apparently for some people truth is what one likes it lo be, and not what it actually is.
Mr. Kuhar’s description °f an apparently unfair treatment he received during •ny six years as an Honorary Consul in Cleveland is certainly false, and he knows it. Yet he continues to promote half truths to unwary readers. Anyone who applied for the Slovenian citizenship, for the restitution of property nationalized by the communist fegime or any other requests received all possible attention and advice. Mr. Kuhar’s limited contact with our office was no different. Personal feelings were not interfering with our responsibilities. To the contrary: there are a number of indi-viduals for whom we went 0ut of our way to help even though they never had a good word to say about the c°nsulate.
Mr. Kuhar, as a professional man, you know that like banks also governments have their own rules and regulations one must follow in order to obtain a desired outcome. You have chosen not to do so even though you were personally reminded. You might have presented your completed applications with documents to some other government office, not ours, if that is the case.
We had applicants who were far more exposed and compromised for their stand against the communist regime and yet were able to obtain the Slovenian citizenship and nationalized properties. Some are still waiting and among those is also my family in Slovenia.
As to your description of the $50,000 USD received for the Slovenian Cultural Garden you again are “presenting facts” as you would like them to be not as they are. In fact, my friend Dr. Peter Vencelj was no
longer State Secretary for Slovenians Living Abroad when I, as an Honorary Consul, applied for this grant to the then (1996) State Secretary for Slovenians Living Abroad Mrs. Mihaela Longar who upon my urging succeeded in releasing these funds, to our consular office. Subsequently Mrs. Longar came to Cleveland for the official dedication of the “Slovenian” - no longer “Yugoslav” gardens and planted a commemorative tree. You might refresh your memory by reading the Ameriška Domovina or asking for information from Ms. Vogel then President of the Slovenian Cultural Garden Committee. Besides there are records in the Consular Archives as well as the Slovenian Ministry for Foreign Affairs.
--Dr. Karl Bonutti
Ambassador Rome, 23 October 2001
Thoughts
Be careful	of your
thoughts, for your thoughts become your words.
Be careful of your words, for your words become your actions.
Be careful of your actions, for your actions become your habits.
Be careful of your habits, for your habits become your character.
Be careful of your character, for your character becomes your destiny.
—Author Unknown from Dear Abby
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St. Vitus Village is now accepting applications for residency in their new senior citizens apartment. Persons 55 years and older who can live independently are eligible to become a resident of St. Vitus Village. For information on becoming a resident for yourself or family member, please call St. Vitus Rectory at (216) 361-1444 and ask for Rudy Sterk
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The ‘Practicing’ Attorney
In the Chapter report for our Journal, a question arose about a “practicing” attorney. Every attorney practices.
Not so.
This was vividly brought to my attention by my late good friend Fred Orehek. He was a top reporter at the city desk of one of the best newspapers in Chicago and the country. After World War II he went back to school for a law degree.
“What are you nuts or something?” I jokingly asked. “You’ve got a top job. What do you need a law degree for? Going into the law business now?”
“Naw,” he said, “Not everybody practices law. But everybody is involved with the law all day long. There are responsible people like politicians, insurance adjust-
ers, physicians, executives, even hoodlums who hold jobs. I have got to be very careful when interviewing and reporting in the newspaper. Everybody should study law.”
I never forgot Fred’s advice, although I did not take his advice. AH attorneys are licensed, but only practicing lawyers practice before the bar. Even licensed lawyers are actually practicing the law but not before the bar.
We can be suddenly, unexpectedly involved with sensitive laws of: local, state, national, and international matters. We can easily become innocent victims right at home. Just ask your friends.
--Joseph Zelle
Euclid, Ohio
No Slovenian Section
Editor,
Am I the only one who has a problem with the American Home / Ameriška Domovina delivery? Is Mr. Rogell the only one who has complained? Nobody else? Or do they just put up, as they think it won’t do any good to complain?
Several times the American Home is delivered without the Slovenian section. Sometimes it is 2 to 4 weeks late.
Another suggestion: Once in a while the American Home prints rosters of clubs and they include telephone numbers without area codes. Please put in your area codes so those of us living out of the Cleveland area can get in touch with you if necessary.
—Mario S. Rogell Kenner, LA
Sunday Humor
After the baptism of his baby brother, little Johnny sobbed all the way home from church. Three times his father asked him what was wrong. Finally the boy replied, “The priest said he wanted us brought up in a Christian home but I want to stay with you guys!”
—St. Mary’s Church Bulletin
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Zarja Singers Celebrate 85 Years Bein2 °ver 70 Has Benefits
The Zarja Singing Society will celebrate its 85th Anniversary with a fall concert on Saturday, October 27 at the Slovenian Society Home, 20713 Recher Avenue in Euclid, Ohio. The festivities and program will begin with dinner served from 5 to 6:30 p.m., followed by the program at 7 p.m., and dancing to the Ray Polantz Orchestra.
The program entitled, “Eighty-five Years of Favorites,” will feature various songs selected by audience members during the 2001 Spring Frolic and the Zarja Chorus. Some of the favorites are Avsenik’s “Slovenia,” “The Blue Danube,” selections from “The Bartered Bride.” A specialty repertoire chosen by various members of Zarja will include such songs as “Vaya Con Dios,” “Tvoj Srček Bi Rada Imela” from Planinska Roza, “All I Ask of You” from the Phantom of the Opera, and “Pozno v Noč.” These specialties will be presented by Rosemary Mam and Bea Pestotnik, Doug and Barbara Elersich, the Zarja Men’s Quartet, Zaller & Zaller, and a special surprise awaits the audience.
The Zarja Singing Society began in 1916 and by the time they reached their 20th anniversary, a group of new young singers had joined the choms, some of whom are still singing members today, such as Sophie Elersich, Kate Skully, Orelya Meden and Jennie Fatur.
By 1941, Zarja was 55 voices strong. The programs were varied and anyone who showed the slightest talent was put into a quartet, duet or solo. The boundless energy of these young singers took them out of town to perform. They sang at weddings, lodge programs, fundraisers with the entire chorus showing off the beautiful Slovenian songs and promoting our Slovenian heritage.
World War II changed the membership of Zarja as some of the young men entered military service. The Zarja girls stepped forward and took leading roles in many of the operettas and skits.
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When Zarja celebrated its 30lh anniversary in 1946, many of the soldiers had come home, including some of our members. Singers and audiences alike were not fluent in the Slovenia language, thus a new era commenced when Zarja began to present songs in English as well as Slovenian.
The 85 years of uninterrupted performances of two concerts every year is due to the quality of leadership and membership of our chorus, who have dedicated their time and talents not only for the enjoyment of singing, but to entertain our loyal and generous audiences.
These past few years we have lost some very dear and talented members:	Tony
Mramor, Irma Pryately, Ann Kobal, Edwin Polšak, and most recently, Frank Kokal. This concert will be dedicated to the memory of
Frank Kokal, our beautiful-voiced vocalist. Who can forget the many duets he performed with Ed Zaller, his dedication to the Zarja Chorus, and the giving of his time to entertain the residents at the Slovene Home for the Aged? All these members have gone and there is a certain sadness in our hearts, but they helped to keep alive the memory of our heritage. We shall miss them.
Come join us and help us celebrate our 85th anniversary. Tickets for this event are $18 and may be purchased from any Zarja member. They may also be purchased by phoning Vicki Kozel at (216) 531-5542, Barbara Elersich at (440) 257-2540, or Marilyn Vidmar at(440)953-8167.
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by PHIL HRVATIN
1.	- People call at 9 a.m. and ask, “Did I wake you?”
2.	- People no longer view you as a hypochondriac.
3.	- There is nothing left to learn the hard way.
4.	- Things you buy now won’t wear out.
5.	- You can eat dinner at 3 p.m.
6.	- You can live without sex (but not without your glasses).
7.	- You enjoy hearing about other people’s operations.
8.	- You get into a heated argument about pension plans.
9.	- You have a party and the neighbors don’t even realize it.
10.	- You no longer think of speed limits as a challenge.
11.	- You quit trying to
hold your stomach in, no matter who walks into the room.
12.	- You sing along with the elevator music.
13.	- Your eyes won’t get much worse.
14.	- Your investment in health insurance is finally beginning to pay off.
15.	- Your joints are more accurate meteorologists than the National Weather Service.
16.	- Your secrets are safe with your friends because they can’t remember them either.
17.	- Your supply of brain cells is finally down to a manageable size.
18.	—You leave early f°r your appointments (just in case you get lost).
19.	—You	don’t like
crowds (for fear of getting trampled).
20.	- You can’t remember who sent this. - Phil Hrvatin.
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ORDER FORMS WILL BE SENT OUT. Welcome Reception -Wednesday evening, November 21 for early arrivals.
THANKSGIVING WEEKEND IS WITH THE COOPERATION OF THE CLEVELAND SLOVENIAN RADIO CLUB,
Alice Kuhar, Secretary.
ENTERTAINMENT SCHEDULE in the Grand Ballroom (second level) and surrounding foyers.
Featuring 20 Great Cleveland-style bands and special Guest Celebrities from all OHIO + PENNSYLVANIA + CANADA at the “40 Year Polka Music Review”
MC Hosts: TONY PETKOVŠEK ★ Jamming with: ★ JOEY TOMSICK ★
THURSDAY, November 22 ----
(3pm Lower Lobby: Linda Lee Brown
RAY SOMICH DENNY SUGAR ★
6:30pm: Hank Guzel. Sr.)
4:00PM AL BATTISTELLI BAND (Pub Haus Four) 6:00PM WAYNETOMSIC-SOMICH BROS. BAND 7:30PM "YANKOVIC'S YANKS"(Miskulin.Ostanek.etc.) 8:30PM FRED ZIWICH l.S.M. (Hank Haller)
9:00PM Presenting Guest LOJZE SLAK from Slovenia 9:30PM Waltzing Ballroom style KRES DANCERS/ZIWICH 10:00PM “BASS IS BACK”(D.Sodja. Flaisman, Sluga, etc.) 12:00MID FRANK MORAVCIK ORCHESTRA
Side Show: Eric-Superior Room 10:30PM	/1 variety of select Slovenian vocalists
accompanied b\ Don and Rose Slogai 12:30AM ALL NIGHT JAMMING COMMENCES______________
FRIDAY, November 23
(Ipm Upper Foyer: Canada's Lipa Park Button Box Club) 3:00PM BOB KRAVOS BOYS IN THE BAND 5:00PM EDDIE RODICK ORCHESTRA 7:00PM JOEY TOMSICK ORCHESTRA 8:00PM "The 40 Year Jam” with JOEY T.,
LOJZE SLAK and whoever!
8:30PM “VADNAL VARIATIONS” Tony Fortuna 10:00PM “PENN-OHIO POLKA PALS”
(All-Star Greater Youngstown Musicians)
11:30PM JOE GRKMAN/DICK & JACK TADY (Penna.)
Side Show: Erie-Sunerior Room 10:30PM Joe and Nancy Novak «6 L fiends So much music ....so little time.
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Raymond j. ivancic
Funeral services for Raymond J. Ivancic, 76, of Fuclid, Ohio were held Friday, October 19,h at St. Christine Church at 9:30 am.
Mr. Ivancic passed away at Grace Hospital in Lake-wood on Tuesday, October
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10 • Raymond was retired from Gould, where he was emPl°yed as a foreman and Machinist.
He was the husband of Genevieve (nee Spiewacki) h>s wife of 54 years; the father of Don (Nancy) of TN, Carol (Dennis) Meehl of NY, Raymond E. (Wendy)
IL, Bill of FL, Sharon (Randy) Brannan of Canton, Ohio; grandfather of Craig ^ancic, Susan Schoenekase, ale and Michael Meehl, ric and Neil Ivancic and yar> and Kyle Brannar; son
Julia and Frank (both debased); brother of Frances ^■sythe, Lillian Ribarich, •chard, and the following I f deceased:	Julia Pirc,
I ran*c> Rose Sterbank, Mar-
j a> Helen Novinc and Stanley.
Hurial in All Souls
'-cinetery.
Donations to St. Christine hurch in his memory.
Friends called at Zele Fu-"®ral Home, 452 E. 152 St.f ! cveland last Thursday.
Walter lampe'
Walter Lampe, 89, passed !^ay on October 12, 2001 at e Slovene Home for the
Aged.
Mr. Lampe is survived by ls wife, Mary (Kolenc); aughters Loretta Bassett Jtd Mary Jean Frate; grand-^ 'jdren Michael, Tricia, r'an, Susan, Angela and jtthony. His brothers uck, Richard and sister 1113 Lokar are all deceased. Walter was a machinist . r National Acme, retiring Sg after 21 years of •vice. Mr. Lampe was sec-etary of SNPJ #614 for 45 ^ars; President of Waterloo 0rkmen’s Home for 10 ears; President of the Fed-ration of Slovenian Homes t^oir Man of the Year in L He was aiso a member ' the V.F.W. Post #1056, the Euclid Eagles, ch Served as a radio me-p ar*‘c for the U.S. Army Air 0rce during World War II.
^ Services were held Octo-2001 at St. Mary •n ^0*mes) w'th burial ** Souls Cemetery, dl ^rrarigements were han-e W Zele Funeral Home.
MARY OBREZA
Mary Obreza, 97, passed away on Sunday, Oct. 27 at the Slovene Home for the Aged in Cleveland.
Mary was bom on Feb. 2, 1904 in Raktina, Slovenia.
She is survived by daughter Mary D. (Herbert) Schultz of Concord; grandchildren Herbert L. (Nancy) and Connie Schultz; greatgrandchildren Jennifer, Monica, and Nicki; brother Joze Grimsic of Slovenia and niece Marica Kregar of Slovenia.
Her husband, Frank, is deceased.
Friends were received at The Dan Cosic Funeral Home, 28890 Chardon Rd., Willoughby Hills, OH.
Mass Oct. 23 at 10 a.m. at Our Lady of Perpetual Help in Cleveland. Interment in All Souls Cemetery in Chardon, OH.
Memorials to the Slovene Hoe for the Aged 18621 Neff Rd., Cleveland, OH 44119.
American Home
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In Loving Memory
50th Anniversary of our Dear Father, Grandfather, and Great-Grandfather
Louis Kozel
Died Oct Is', 1951
A loving father true and kind,
beautiful memories he left behind.
Upright and fine in all his ways,
a better man one could not find
to the end of his days.
Sadly missed but never forgotten by Family: Daughters: Connie Reehling, Helen Somrak, and Vida Strukel
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Friends will be received Thursday, Oct. 25 from 2-4 and 7-9 at the Jakubs-Danaher, a Golden Rule Funeral Home, 36000 Lake Shore Blvd., Eastlake, OH.
Services will be held at the funeral home Friday, at 10 a.m. with the Rev. Joseph Boznar officiating. Burial in Mentor Cemetery.
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Jana Bevec, Washington, DC - $5.00
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St. Mary’s (Collinwood) Altar Society will hold a ;> krofe sale on Saturday 2 morning, October 27th in the [S school cafeteria.
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Slovenian music lovers will have a special treat in store for them when they attend the Fall Concert of the Slovenian Junior Chorus on Sunday, Nov. 11.
The Ivan Karosec Ensemble of Cerknica vSlovenia) will be guest performers on the program. It is like two concerts for the price of one - authentic music from Slovenia and the enthusiastic youngsters of the American-Slovenian children.
Concert begins at 3 p.m. at Slovenian Society Home, 20713 Recher Avenue, Euclid, Ohio.
A social will follow with dance music by Ivan Karosec and musicians Boris Kobal of Postojna and Suvad Becic of Ljubljana, and singers Bojan Fur'an of Postojna,
and Vika Karosec of Cerknica.
Some people may recall his music when he accompanied the Tabor men’s chorus from Cerknica in 1978. Karosec introduced the polka “Lepa Moja Notranjska” -My Beautiful Hinterland.
The Junior Chorus of SNPJ Circle 2 is the oldest, continuous Slovenian youth group in America, established in 1938. The 30 members range in age from 18-years-old to five-years-old. The music director is Cecilia Dolgan.
Admission is $7.00 for adults; children 16 and under are admitted free.
Food and refreshments will be available. Tickets may be purchased at the Polka Hall of Fame, 291 E. 222 St., Euclid, from members, or at the door.
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Predsednik George Bush se zahvalil za podporo po napadih v ZDA
Dne 17. oktobra je premier Janez Drnovšek prejel pismo predsednika ZD Georgea Busha, v katerem se je ta pre-mieru in slovenskemu narodu v imenu ameriškega naroda zahvalil za izraze sožalja in zaskrbljenosti ob terorističnih napadih 11. septembra. Bush se je zahvalil za izjavo premiera Drnovška, da h napadi zahtevajo nov in bolj odločen Pristop mednarodne skupnosti k problemu terorizma, kot tudi za ponujeno Pomoč pri reševalnih akcijah v ZDA.
Bush je med drugim zapisal: “11. septembra je bila napadena svoboda, vendar bo svoboda ubranjena. Skupne vrednote in odločnost naših narodov so ključne za izkoreninjenje terorizma po eelem svetu. Veselim se sodelovanja z vami pri soočanju s tem težkim izzivom, hkrati pa me ohrabruje pripravlje-n°st Slovenije, da pri tem sodeluje po svojih najboljših močeh. Boj utegne biti bolg, vendar pa zanj črpamo moč in vztrajnost iz vaše solidarnosti in podpore.”
Drnovšek: “Nisem se še odločil”
v V torek je premier Janez Drnovšek Poudaril, da ni pred tednom dni ni za Ust Delo rekel, da bo nedvomno zapu-shl premiersko mesto spomladi prihod-nJega leta, le da bo o tem resno raz-tthšljal. Prav tako je Drnovšek dejal, da Se še ni odločil, ali bo kandidiral na kongresu stranke LDS 26. januarja 2002 za mesto predsednika le-te. Pre-mier tudi ni novega rekel v zvezi s Svojim zdravstvenim stanjem, in nič o Sv°Ji možni kandidaturi za predsednika Slovenije, ki čaka na ugotovitve Drnovškovih zdravnikov.
Angela Sodana je bil povod za oživitev pogajanj o tkim. vatikanskem sporazumu. Premier Janez Drnovšek je kardinala Sodana sprejel 6. oktobra, prav tako se je kardinal srečal s predsednikom Slovenije Milanom Kučanom. Od takrat se stvari razvijajo hitreje. V zadnjem času je apostolski nuncij v Sloveniji msgr. Edmond Farhat obiskal tako Drnovška kot Kučana, prvič po dolgem odmoru sta se sestali pogajalski delegaciji obeh strani. Pogajanja potekajo za tesno zaprtimi vrati. Kdaj naj bi do za-ključitve pogajanj prišlo pa napovedi ni.
Slovenska vina prodrla v New Yorku
16. oktobra je bila v prostorih slovenskega konzulata v New Yorku pripravljena pokušina kakovostnih slovenskih vin, ki so s pomočjo podjetja Tri Wines uspela prodreti na ameriški trg. Generalni konzul Andrej Podvršič je najprej pripravil srečanje uvoznikov slovenskih vin z ameriškimi trgovci, ki so poskusili in odkupili večji del prve pošiljke iz Slovenije, kasneje pa so bili slovenskih vinskih dobrot deležni člani slovensko-ameriške poslovne skupnosti, predstavniki mesta New York, veleposlanik Slovenije pri Združenih narodih Ernest Petrič ter drugi povabljenci.
Podjetje Tri Wines je avgusta začelo s prodajo vin v državi New York, kmalu pa pričakujejo še dovoljenje za prodajo v državi Ohio. Na pokušini so predstavili vina podjetij Tilia, Črnko, Joannes, Haloze, Vinag, Vinakoper, Batič, Vipava, Istenič, Kogl, Santomas in Graben, ki se že prodajajo na newyor-škem trgu, po pridobitvi ustreznih dovoljenj pa bodo na voljo kupcem tudi v drugih ameriških zveznih državah, poroča STA.
^°pet aktualno o vatikanskem sporazumu
Gbisk v Sloveniji dejanskega vatikan-s^cga “zunanjega ministra” kardinala
Tečaj tolarja - Srednji devizni tečaj tolarja je bil 23. okt. US $1 = 247,85 SIT, kan. $1 = 157,08 SIT.
so v Ljubljani pred nedavnim obnovili stavbo Slovenske filharmonue, tako so P^rti novo dvorano ob vhodu v Narodno galerijo, prav tako v Ljubljani. Fotografija novo dvorano, ki jo med drugim uporabljajo tudi za slovesne večerje in druge pri ditve. Za tiste, ki se stare narodne galerije spominjajo, so novi, dodatni prostori ar 'tektumo zelo sodobni. Sedaj poteka razstava starih tiskovin, natisnjenih v letih med 450 »n 1500. Narodna in univerzitetna knjižnica je pri pripravi razstave sodelovala.
Iz Clevelanda in okolice
Martinovanje—
Štajersko - prekmurski klub ima martinovanje v soboto, 27. okt., v SND na St. Clairju. Pričetek bo ob 6.30 zv. Za več informacij in vstopnice, kličite Tonico (440-256-6716) ali Mimi (216-486-1851),
Radiothon—
Tudi letos se bo vršila na clevelandski univerzitetni postaji WCSB nabirka študentov - Radiothon - za izboljšavo radijskih naprav. Med slovensko oddajo “Pesmi in melodije iz naše lepe Slovenije” v sredo in nedeljo, 31. okt. oz. 4. novembra, bo Radijska družina sprejemala telefonske klice z vašimi ponudbami prispevkov. Posebna tel. štev. za nabirko je 216-687-6900, ček s svojim prispevkom naslovite:	WCSB/Radiothon
in ga pošljite na: WCSB/ Radiothon, Room 956, Rhodes Tower CSU, Cleveland, OH 44115. Za vsak vaš dar se vam že v naprej zahvaljuje Radijska družina Cleveland. Koncert odlično uspel— Koncert Fantov na vasi preteklo soboto zvečer v SND je doživel velik uspeh, to ob nabito polni dvorani. Čestitamo!
Novi grobovi
Paul Založnik Umrl je 73 let stari Paul Založnik, mož Jennie, oče Marilyn Marria in Alin Turchik, 2-krat stari oče, brat Tončke. Jožeta ter že pok. Marjane in Franceta, Pogreb bo jutri, v petek, v oskrbi zavoda Jakubs-Dana-her na 36000 Lake Shore Blvd., kjer bo g. Jože Božnar ob 10. dop. opravil pogrebne obrede. Ure kropljenja so danes pop. od 2. do 4. in zv. od 7. do 9. Pokopan bo na pokopališču Mentor.
Mary L. Prhne Umrla je Mary L. Prhne, rojena Bilicic, vdova po Edwardu Korenu in Louisu Prhnetu, sestra Johna Blaskovica, A.me Thomas, Josepha Bilicica (dalje na str. 19)
Nazaj na redni čas— Predno greste spat to soboto zvečer, pomaknite kazalce na vse vaše ure za eno uro nazaj, kajti se bomo vrnili na redni čas.
Občni zbor—
Pristavski upokojenci so vabljeni na občni zbor v sredo, 31. okt., ob 1.30 pop. na Slovenski pristavi. Kdor more, naj pride že zgodaj dopoldne, ker bodo grabili listje na SP in dvorano očistili. Za vse bo pripravljeno okusno kosilo.
Zlata poroka—
Te dni praznujeta zlato poroko dr. Metod in ga. Herta Milač iz Syracuse, NY. Družina in prijatelji jima želijo še mnogo let srečnega sožitja in zdravja.
Prodaja peciva—
To soboto dop. ima Oltarno društvo fare M. Vnebovzete prodajo krofov in peciva v šolski dvorani. Gl. str. 15. Belokranjci vabijo—
To na svoje martinovanje, ki bo v soboto, 10. novembra. Podrobnosti v dopisu na str. 14.
Krofi in rezanci—
Oltarno društvo sv. Vida ima v soboto, 3. nov., prodajo krofov in rezancev v društveni sobi ob običajnem času.
Dr. Bonutti imenovan—
13. oktobra je bila v ljubljanski stolnici slovesna umestitev prvih slovenskih članov v 1. 1099 ustanovljenega reda božjega groba. Umeščenih je bilo deset oseb, med njimi sta nadškof dr. Franc Rode, slovenski veleposlanik pri Sv. sedežu dr. Karl B. Bonutti, prav tako je bil deležen te časti Rev. Jože Černe, ki je nekaj časa bival tu v slovenski skupnosti. Mašo je daroval vatikanski kardinal Carlo Furno, ki je veliki mojster reda. Člani reda so znani kot vitezi oz. dame, v članstvo so pač sprejeti moški in ženske, duhovniki in laiki. Dr. Bonuttiju ob imenovanju čestitamo!
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No. 42	October 25, 2001
ANDREJ BRATUŽ	Komentar
VOJNA ALI MIR
V	sedanjem zapletenem in pravzaprav tragičnem zgodovinskem trenutku ni lahko najti odgovora na vprašanja, ki jih ta postavlja. Po dramatičnem terorističnem napadu na New York in Washington 11. septembra letos se je nedvomno v srcih in razumu ljudi nekaj premaknilo. ZDA so se tu kot prva tarča brutalnega napada znašle v hipu pred neštetimi dilemami. Edina današnja svetovna velesila, ki je ostala brez obrambe, ponižana in razžaljena. Pri vsem tem pa ni šlo in ne gre le za hudo rano ameriškemu ponosu, ampak za napad in žalitev celotnega človeštva in njegovih vrednot. Odtod odgovor ZDA (in Velike Britanije) z napadom na Afganistan oz. na teroristične vrhove, ki so bili v to vpleteni. Jasno je, da tak pogrom, ki je prizadel prvo ameriško velemesto, kliče po represaliji. Tu seveda ne gre za neko maščevanje, ampak za pravičen odgovor, ki je samoobrambo neke države oz. širše svetovne skupnosti v boju proti terorizmu.
V	zadnjih letih je bilo več vojnih izkustev s strani Amerike in ostalega sveta. Iran, nato Bosna pa spet Kosovo, Makedonija in druge. OZN je povsod tako ali drugače intervenirala. Prav tako so posegle tudi ZDA posebej, ko je šlo tudi za obrambno vojno akcijo (napad Iraka na Kuvejt). Po sklepu OZN so potekale tudi akcije v skoraj vsej nekdanji Jugoslaviji. Tudi sedanje akcije so v bistvu iniciative ZDA, ki so bile kriminalno napadene, seveda pa tudi v soglasju z resolucijami Varnostnega sveta OZN. Z eno besedo, sedanji poseg v Afganistanu je politično in moralno u-pravičen. Današnje stanje gotovo ni zelo enostavno ali preprosto. Kot smo že rekli, pač zlo terja odgovor in kazen. Prav sem torej lahko uokvirimo sedanje posege ZDA v Afganistanu.
Krščanska politična filozofija - od sv. Tomaža Ak-vinskega do Maritaina - kaže na vse to. Samoobramba je toerj upravičena. Svet je danes, kot že vedno, pravzaprav deljen na dvoje. To sta dobro in zlo. Jasno je, da to ne velja stoodstotno za nobeno družbo, kajti po popolnosti ni nikjer. Vsekakor pa je današnje svetovno pozorišče jasno pokazalo, kje je eno oz. drugo.
Zgovorno o vsem tem piše francoski mislec Jacques Maritain in njegove besede kot nalašč veljajo za današnji primer javljanja zla. Tako namreč piše: “Vprašanje je za nas vedeti, če te nove civilizacije.
Belokranjci vabijo na svoje veselo martinovanje
CLEVELAND, O. - Belokranjski klub priredi svoj tradicionalni družbni vinski praznik, martinovanje, v soboto, 10. novembra, ob 6.30 zvečer, v veliki dvorani Slovenskega narodnega doma na St. Clair Avenue. Ob tej priliki vljudno vabimo vse prijatelje in znance, da se nam zopet pridružite, da se skupno povselimo na tem lepem večeru.
God sv. Martina je še v lepem spominu, kako smo ga vedno lepo praznovali doma v Beli krajini. Bil je to nadvse vesel praznik. V Beli krajini je bila navada, da so se za ta praznik zbrali prijatelji in znanci ter skupno praznovali pri polni mizi raznih dobrot, katere so pripravile gospodinje, dobre volje prepevali in nazdravljali ter krstili mošt v novo vino. Na ta način smo pozabili na vsa težka dela skozi celo leto v vinogradu. Zato naj te navade ne opustimo, dragi prijatelji, pridružite se nam, kajti pripravljamo res vesel večer.
Večera bo deljena v družinskem stilu oz. “family-style”. Za ples in zabavo bo igral Stane Mejačev orkester. Pri bari bodo postregli naši fantje z dobro kapljico. Za varnost na parkirišču bo poskrbljeno. Torej: nasvidenje 10. novembra v SND na St. Clairju! Za rezervacijo in več informacij, kličite na 216-481-3308 ali 216-289-0843.	Odbor
To je ožja domovina, ime ji je Bela krajina, na jugu Slovenije leži, zelena Kolpa ji meji.
Tu bele breze rastejo, tu bele noše nosijo, nasmeh tu rad domuje, pesem s plesom se raduje Tu grozdje vince dozori, vse v dobro voljo pretopi.
Bela krajina, ti si kraj, kam' vsak se vrača rad nazaj.
kjer se dobro meša z zlom, kot v vsaki zemeljski zadevi, tu sploh zaslužijo ime človeška civilizacija.”
Sedanja vojna je seveda povsem drugačna od tradicionalne, klasične (tudi npr. iraške). Nekateri Jo sploh imenujejo mednarodni policijski poseg. Naj bo tako ali drugače, vojna v Afganistanu je vojna proti terorizmu in njegovim voditeljem, ki jih tam pod državno protekcijo skrivajo.
(dalje na str. 16)
Pristavske
novice...
CLEVELAND. O. - To nedeljo, 28. oktobra, bo na Slovenski pristavi letni občni zbor, ki se bo pričel ob 3. uri pop. Naprošamo vse člane, da se ga udeležijo, ker bomo odločali med drugim o povišanju članarin.
V soboto, 3. novembra popoldne ob 5. uri, bo na Pristavi večerja z gorenjskimi štruklji in obaro. Nakaznice dobite samo v predprodaji, to če pokličete Bredo Ribič na 440-943-0621.
Večerja stane $11, število nakaznic pa je omejeno, torej ne odlašajte. Ob in po večerji vas bodo zabavali pristavski muzikantje.
Naslednji dan, v nedeljo, 4. novembra, bodo na SP molitve in to ob 3.30 popoldne, za pokojne člane. Po molitvah bodo na razpolago krvavice z zeljem. Vsi lep° vabljeni.	M. R-
Vabilo na kosilo Oltarnega društva pri Sv. Vidu
CLEVELAND, O. - Članice Oltarnega društva Sv. Vida vas prisrčno vabimo na naše kosilo, ki bo v nedeljo, 11. novembra, v dvorani sv. Vida.
Lepo vabimo vse članice oltarnih društev: Marije Vnebovzete, sv. Kr*' stine in sv. Lovrenca-Zelo dobrodošli ste vsi bivši farani in prijatelji-ki se boste udeležili našega kosila.
Cena kosilu je za odrasle $10, za otroke d° 12. leta pa $5. Postregle vam bomo z juho in g°' vejo ali kokošjo pečenko-Servirale bomo od do 1. popoldne. Kakor vsako leto, bo možno kosilo vzeti domov (takeout).
Imele bomo tudi lePe dobitke za srečelov (ra^ fle). Želimo vam vso srečo pri žrebanju!
Nakaznice za kosil0 imajo odbornice. Na v0 Ijo bodo tudi pri vhod0 v dvorano na dan kosil3-
Hvaležne in vesele t>0 mo, če se boste našeg3 kosila udeležili v veliken1 številu. Potrudile se 6° mo, da vam bomo leP° postregle. Prodajale t>° mo tudi pecivo in dom3 če rezance, zato prosim0 (dalje na str. 15)
Generalni konzulat RSIovenije v Clevelandu sporoča:
Obveščamo vas, da je bil v Uradnem listu dne 19. oktobra 2001 objavljen Javni razpis za zbiranje predlogov za sofinanciranje programov in projektov Slovencev v zamejstvu in po svetu ter sodelovanja z njimi v letu 2002.
Razpis je namenjen za razne dejavnosti slovenskih rojakov v tujini, to je razna društva, glasila in radijske oddaje, misije, učitelje itd.
Celotno gradivo v zvezi z razpisom (razpis, obrazec za pripravo predloga ter vzorec pogodbe) lahko najdejo tudi na internetu, in sicer na spletnih straneh Urada:
http://www.siqov.si/mzz/usDs/index.html
ah pokličite na Generalni konzulat Republike Slovenije v Clevelandu.
Predlagatelji morajo predloge kot zaprte vloge poslati neposredno na Urad - rok za prispetje vlog je 26. novembra 2001.
Da dodatna vprašanja naj se zainteresirani obrnejo direktno na Urad.
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CLEVELAND, O. - Ne Vern. če vsakemu čas tako hitro teče v večnost, Saj smo komaj pričeli ^esec oktober in že se bližamo h koncu!
Naše kosilo Oltarnega društva na prvo nedeljo tega meseca je prav lepo Poteklo. Hvala glavni kuharici Julki za vso skrb in delo. Kosilo je -bilo zelo dobro, tako, kot je Vedno. Hvala vsem, ki ste nosile težo dela v kuhinji, vsem, ki ste stregle v dvorani, pri od-haJl hrane, pri prodaji listkov in pri pripravi in Pospravi dvorane. Hvala ^ožem za vso pomoč in tudi očetu, ki skrbi, da ljudstvo ne trpi žeje.
Nvala Ameriški domo-Vini za vse objavljeno v ^Vezi s kosilom in tudi adijski družini za oglarje po zračnih valovih.
Hvala vsem vam, ki ste se odzvali vabilu in PrišH na kosilo.
To soboto, 27. okto-ra- boste zopet lahko Ppili krofe in še kako ru§o pecivo. Vse bo na
razpolago dopoldne v šolski dvorani.
To soboto in nedeljo bomo častili Naj svetejše v naši cerkvi. Sv. Rešnje Telo bo izpostavljeno v soboto zjutraj po 7.45 sv. maši tja do začetka večerne maše ob 4.45. V nedeljo bo izpostavljeno po opoldanski maši do zaključne ob 4.30 pop.
Članice Oltarnega društva ste iskreno vabljene, da se udeležite te priložnosti, ko se lahko pogovorite z Jezusom tako v soboto kot nedeljo. V nedeljo bomo molile uro molitve od pol štirih do pol petih, ko bo zaključek. Izrabimo milosti, ki so nam na razpolago v teh negotovih časih in prosimo Jezusa za mir v svetu.
Na nedeljo, 4. novembra, imamo zopet sv. mašo ob 10. uri za vse žive in pokojne članice, popoldne ob pol dveh bo ura molitve, ob dveh pa se bomo spomnile vseh pokojnih, posebno še
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Praznovanje zlate poroke pri Jakličevih v Torontu
TORONTO, Ont. - V soboto, 29. septembra, sta Lidija in Jože Jaklič v krogu njune družine, sorodnikov in prijateljev praznovala 50-letnico poroke. Zahvalno sv. mašo je daroval g. Tone Zrnec v cerkvi Brezmadežne v Torontu. Pri bogoslužju so sodelovali Jakličevi otroci, vnuki in vnukinje.
Oba slavljenca sta bila rojena v Sloveniji, ga. Lidija v Žužemberku in g. Jože v Andolu, v župniji sv. Gregorija. Ga. Jaklič je prišla v Kanado leta 1948 in g. Jaklič leta 1949. Spoznala sta se bila v Avstriji, poročila pa sta se 22. septembra 1951 v cerkvi Mt. Carmen v Torontu, kajti Slovenci takrat še nismo imeli svoje župnije v Kanadi.
Jakličevi so vseh 50 let sodelovali in to še danes v slovenski skupnosti, pri slovenskih župnijah, Starostnem domu Lipa in pri Slovenskem letovišču.
Po zelo lepo pripravljenem kosilu v slovenski gostilni Linden (Lipa) je v imenu brata in sester Josie, Kathy in Ginny, njihovih soprog in soprogov ter 19 vnukov in vnukinj spregovoril najstarejši sin Mark. Staršem se je iskreno zahvalil za potrpežljivost, ljubezen v družini, večerne molitve, spoštovanje drug drugega in dobro vzgojo. Zaradi tega so otroci to kar so in da so vsi uspešni. Ob koncu je staršema rekel še: “Draga mati in oče, naj vaju in našo družino Bog blagoslavlja še v naprej.” Vnuk Tony je na harmoniko zaigral jubilejni valček, ob tem sta se zlatoporočenca mladostno zavrtela.
Zlatoporočencema čestitamo in jima želimo zdravja in še mnogo srečnih let!
S. K.
onih, ki so v tem letu odšle v večnost. Pridite, drage sestre, da skupno pomolimo za te duše, ki, upamo, da že uživajo večni mir in se radujejo v Bogu.	Lavriševa
Nova knjiga Janeza Arneža
Izšla je najnovejša številka publikacije oz. glasila Raziskovalnega inštituta Studia Slovenica, POGLEDI (št. 50-51, nov.
Kosilo Olt. društva Sv. Vida
(nadaljevanje s str. 14)
članice in druge gospodinje za pecivo.
Še enkrat:	prisrčno
vabljeni in na veselo snidenje v nedeljo, 11. novembra, na kosilu Oltarnega društvo sv. Vida!
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Za omenjeno število je več razlogov. V nekdanji Jugoslaviji je imela Slovenija najboljše tiskarne, ki so delovale tudi za ostala območja v SFRJ. Po osamosvojitvi in izgubi prejšnjih tržišč so velika državna tiskarska podjetja v nekaj letih po večini propadla.
Mnogi tiskarji, ki so ostali brez službe, so odprli svoja tiskarska podjetja, ki si na prostem trgu med seboj močno konkurirajo.
Izboljšala se je kakovost izdelkov in Slovenci v tem poklicu so postali odlični tiskarji.
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Trst/Gorica, 18. okt. 2001
SREČANJE Z DR. JOŽETOM KOPEINIGOM...
VOJNA ALI MIR
Dom v Tinjah na Koroškem je postal pravo večkulturno središče
IVAN ŽERJAL
Jože Kopeinig velja za pravi simbol katoliškega doma prosvete Sodalitas v Tinjah na Koroškem. To ustanovo vodi že preko 30 let, pred nedavnim pa je postal tudi predsednik Evropske zveze katoliških kulturnih centrov. Razlogov, da ga Društvo slovenskih izobražencev povabi v svojo sredo, je bilo torej več kot dovolj.
Srečanje je bilo 15. oktobra v Peterlinovi dvorani v Trstu. Kot je dejal predsednik društva Sergij Pahor, so rezultati Kopeinigovega dejavnosti (med drugim preko 500 prireditev na leto) dokaz, kaj vse lahko dosežemo, če delamo z vztrajnostjo. Kopeinigova vztrajnost je pripomogla k temu, da so Tinje postale pravo večkulturno središče.
Kako pa je prišlo do “tinjskega čudeža”? Korenine segajo v leto 1906, ko je bila ustanovljena t.i. Sodaliteta (Sodalitas), se pravi skupnost slovenskih duhovnikov na Koroškem. Le-ta je tudi glavna nosilka in lastnica tinjske izobraževalne ustanove. To je bilo obdobje, ko so bili duhovniki, zlasti na narodnostno o-groženih območjih, tudi
glavni pobudniki oz. so-pobudniki ustanavljanja društev in posojilnic.
Tinjski dom, ki je bil sprva dom duhovnih vaj za Slovence in včasih tudi kmetijska šola, so začeli graditi po drugi svetovni vojni. Prvi veliki dobrotnik je bil Alojzij Kuhar (brat pisatelja Prežihova Voranca), ki je dal na razpolago denar, ki ga je zaslužil s komentarji na londonskem radiu BBC med drugo svetovno vojno.
Celotna izgradnja (zadnja dogradnja je bila končana pred šestimi leti) je stala 85 milijonov avstrijskih šilingov. Tretjino tega je krila krška škofija, drugi dve tretjini pa so krili kar sami s številnimi akcijami in pobudami ter z izjemno močno podporo dobrotnikov, ki še vedno radi darujejo za dom v Tinjah.
Tinjski dom je dom izobraževanja: ponuja in gostuje razna srečanja in predavanja o veri, politiki, filozofiji, kulturi itd. Poleg tega pa v njem poteka veliko število kulturnih pobud (npr. razstav), prirejajo se jezikovni tečaji in jezikovne počitnice (v ponudbo spada med drugim tudi
šestmesečni tečaj slovenščine za Nemce).
Dom Sodalitas prireja tudi določeno število dobro obiskanih izletov: ravno prihodnji izlet bo za cilj imel Armenijo.
Za vso to ponudbo pa je v tinjskem domu na razpolago 85 postelj za tečajnike, zatem še šest seminarskih prostorov, kapela, kuhinja, tri obe-dnice in prostori za razvedrilo.
Vsega skupaj deluje tam dvanajst oseb, ki dom vodijo kot gostoljubno župnišče, ki lepo sprejme vsakogar, program pa oblikuje sam dr. Kopeinig skupaj z dvema laičnima sodelavcema: ta obsega tako lastne pobude kot tudi gostovanja in pobude v sodelovanju s cerkvenimi in deželnimi ustanovami.
V Tinjah izdajajo tudi programski list, ki nosi ime Dialog: pri tem je poudarek na pomenu srečevanja med drugače govorečimi, se pravi na poslanstvu ustanove, ki je delovanje v duhu dialoga in strpnosti.
Tnjski dom je namreč priredil že vrsto srečanj s ciljem, da se na Koroškem in v obmejnem prostoru razvije sožitje med narodi. Če namreč o nekem problemu razpravljaš, meni dr. Kopeinig, ta izgubi svoj emocionalni naboj. Skupaj s celovško univerzo in z Mohorjevo družbo so izdali že deset knjig, posvečenih tem tinjskim srečanjem. S tem in s politiko doma Sodalitas, ki je odprt tako Slovencem kot Nemcem (in tudi t.i. “vindišarjem”), hočejo poudariti, da koroški Slovenci želijo živeti v odprti družbi in ne v getu.
Tinje so tudi dom u-metnosti, saj se v njem nahajajo dela več kot 50 umetnikov in umetnic (med njimi npr. Stanislava Rapotca, Franceta Goršeta, Valentina Omana in drugih). V domu
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JANEZ VARSEK katerega je Bog poklical k sebi
28. oktobra 1994
JOŽICA VARSEK katero je Bog poklical k sebi
26. januarja 1989
Gomilo Vajino krasimo in molimo za dušni mir, da enkrat srečni se združimo tam kjer je večne sreče vir.
Žalujoči;
Joži in Blanka - hčerki
Rudi Merc in Marjan Tonkli - zeta •
vnuka in pravnuki
ter ostalo sorodstvo v Sloveniji
(nadaljevaqje s str. 14)
Nekdanji ameriški državni tajnik Henry Kissinger, sicer znan politolog, je zapisal, da je vojna brez sovražnika absurd, kar bi v nekem smislu lahko veljalo tudi za sedanji vojaški letalski poseg ZDA. Isti diplomat tudi ugotavlja, da je skušnjava vojne kaznovati, medtem ko je naloga politike graditi. Naj bodo misli ameriškega diplomata take ali drugačne, ne moremo po današnjih dramatičnih dogodkih mimo zadevnih razmišljanj. Mir je trajna vrednota, brez pravičnosti pa miru sploh ni! Zato je treba, da vsakdo po svojih močeh prispeva h gradnji miru, tudi če je pot do cilja boleča.	NOVI GLAS
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je na ogled stalna razstava, poleg tega pa vsako leto prirejajo določeno število razstav.
Izredno živa je misijonska dejavnost. Ta po dr. Kopeinigu ima sploh prednost pred drugimi pobudami. Tako so podprli nad 2.500 misijonskih bogoslovcev in študentov v 40 semeniščih v Afriki, Aziji, Južni Ameriki in vzhodni Evropi. Sedaj poteka posebna akcija za slovenskega misijonarja Pedra Opeko, ki deluje na Madagaskarju. Koroški podporniki so omogočili izgradnjo 50 hiš za tamkajšnje smetiščarje, cilj pa je zgraditi sto hiš, poleg tega pa še šolo in delavnico.
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POGLED NA TEHARSKI SPOMENIK, SPODAJ NA FOTOGRAFIJI ŽOGICE ZA GOLF V sicer daljšem članku o povojnih pobojih je novinar Brane Piano komentiral o tem, da so oblasti na Celjskem zgradili nad grobovi oz. v bližini grobov na Teharjah golfsko igrišče. Ko je pripravil fotografijo s teharskim spomenikom v ozadju, je Piano na zemlji spodaj na fotografiji dal kup žogic za golf.	(DELO, 10. okt. 2001, str. 6)
ANTON DROBNIČ, bivši generalni tožilec Republike Slovenije
Ur. AD - Bivši generalni tožilec RSloveniJe Anton Drobnič nam je po e-mailu posredoval izjavo, ki jo je imel na v naslovu omenjeni tiskovni konferenci. Poleg tega je po e-mailu poslal tekst govora, ki ga je imel na Teharjah 7. oktobra. Ta slednji je prav tako objavljen na tej strani.
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Odprtje zaklonišča v Slovenski Bistrici, v katerem so doslej našli čez 230 človeških okostij, je slovensko javnost zopet spomnilo na množične u-•ttore političnih in idejnih nasprotnikov, ki so jih nad neoboroženimi slovenskimi prebivalci komunistični teroristi izvršili med revolucijo in njihova totalitarna država P° drugi svetovni vojni. V Sloveniji je iz tistega časa podobnih množičnih morišč več sto, v njih je Po ocenah nekaj sto tisoče žrtev, od tega okrog 25.000 Slovencev.
Razumljivo je, da nekdanja totalitarna država ni odkrivala in raziskovala svojih lastnih zločinov. Uzakonjen zločin je Pač bistvo vsakega totali-terizma. Povsem nedopu-stno pa je, da množične ločine in zločince že de-Set let prikriva in skriva tudi samostojna sloven-ska država, ki je po Sv°jl ustavi pravna drža-Va- Vendar to ni nerazumljivo, saj državo v veči-m vodijo in upravljajo lsti ljudje - nekdanji komunisti, ki so prej vodili zločinsko totalitarno državo.
Izvršna oblast, ki je po sl°venskih zakonih prisojna za odkrivanje zločinov in njihovih storil-Cev. zato doslej pravosodju ni podala niti ene o-Vadbe za zločine revolu-clJe in totalitarne države in mu ni izročila niti e-aega zločinca. Tudi v l°venski Bistrici razi-s^ave zasutega zaklonišča spodbudila ali začela zava, ampak prisebna n človeškega dostojanst-Va zavedajoča se lokalna
sknpnost.
šele kasneje, ko od-ritja ni bilo več mogoče tajiti, so prišli državni jhtedstavniki. ki tam niso dteh kaj početi, se poseli pred objektive foto-^afskih aparatov in ka-
mer in obljubili, da bodo zadevo profesionalno raziskali. Profesionalci so seveda zopet bivši komunisti, zato je neučinkovitost obljubljene raziskave zagotovljena.
Dokazov za komunistične zločine med vojno in po njej je ogromno. Zato službam za odkrivanje zločinov ni treba čakati na Slovensko Bistrico. Naj omenimo samo dve zadnji publikaciji: knjigo dr. Lovra Šturma "Brez milosti”, ki dokumentirano opisuje pomor vojnih ujetnikov-ranjen-cev in bolnikov v mesecu maju 1945, in monografijo dr. Borisa Mlakarja “Tragedija v Cerknem”, v kateri so zbrani številni in natančni podatki o umoru 15 domačinov iz Cerknega 1. 1944 na Lajšah.
Znani so poboji ujetih vaških stražarjev v Ajdovcu 1. 1942, umori v Krimski jami 1. 1942, u-mori na Brezovi rebri, v breznu Žiglovica, množični umori 1. 1943 v Moz-Iju, Jelendolu, na Travni gori, v Velikih Laščah in težkih ranjencev na Turjaku, sodni umori v zloglasnem kočevskem procesu, genocidni umori ciganov v Sodražici, Kanižarici, pri Novem mestu itd. itd.
Znanih je na tisoče žrtev - o tem že leta pričajo javne farne spominske plošče in knjige, znani so številni izvrševalci. Predvsem pa so znani vrohvi revolucije in njene totalitarne države: partijski voditelji, politični komisarji in vojaški poveljniki partizanskih e-not. funkcionarji VOS-a in OZNE, KNOJ-a in drugih enot, ki so morile, odgovorni ministri, tožilci, zločinski sodniki in lokalni funkcionarji totalitarne oblasti.
Izgovor, da storilci niso znani, je res samo izgovor. Samo izgovor je prav tako trditev, da žrtve niso identificirane, kajti tudi umor nepoznane žrtve je zločin. Brez pravne vrednosti je tudi ugotovitev, da nekatere žrtve niso Slovenci in da zločini niso v Sloveniji. Tudi umor tujca je zločin, ki ga mora odkriti in preganjati slovenska (dalje na sir. 20)
TEHARJE, 7.
V teharskem taborišču smrti se tako . kot spomladi na Kočevskem Rogu že dvanajsto jesen spominjamo žrtev medvojnega in povojnega revolucionarnega nasilja, ki so ji komunistični partizani in kasneje njihova totalitarna država pobili in zmetali v nešteta skrita brezna in neznane jame po vsej Sloveniji.
“Brez spomina in upa-na” - je leta 1999 zapisal predsednik evropske komisije Romano Prodi v pismu sinodalnim očetom v Rimu. Razumnih ljudi o pomenu preteklosti za sedanjost in prihodnost ni treba posebej prepričevati. Vsi vemo, kako globoko je vse naše življenje zakoreninjeno v preteklosti, kako vse načrte za prihodnost in vse naše upe gradimo na znanju in izkušnjah, pridobljenih v preteklosti. Razumni in odgovorni ljudje zato preteklost raziskujejo in se iz nje u-čijo, preteklost spoštujejo kot dejstvo, ki ima vsem mnogo povedati. Brez preteklosti ne bi bilo sedanjosti in ne prihodnosti.
Po teh merilih naša državna oblast ne spada med razumne in odgovorne, kajti njeni najvišji predstavniki nam stalno ponavljajo: Pustite preteklost!
Slovenska državna oblast preteklosti ni raziskala niti tedaj in tam, ko ji to nalagajo ustava,
zakoni in mednarodne
oktobra 2001
konvencije, ko gre za množične umore, za odkrivanje in raziskovanje zločinov zoper mednarodno pravo in človečnost.
Ugotovila ni še nobene žrtve in našla ni še nobenega zločinca. Za državo se zločin ni zgodil, zločinci še naprej uživajo vse družbene in državne časti in celo privilegije. Zato smo obsojeni na izgubo javnega spomina in na izgubo upanja.
Prepoved preteklosti in izguba spomina nekdanjih komunističnih samodržcev in sedanjih oblastnikov pa ni splošna, ampak zelo selektivna. Natančno se spominjajo vsake podrobnosti in vsakega dejanja, za katerega menijo, da jim je v prid. Kar naprej prirejajo spominske slovesnosti, na katerih v senci rdečih zvezd ne manjka nekdanjih in sedanjih najvišjih politikov.
Izguba spomina pa je popolna, ko gre za množico zločinov, ki so jih partizani, njihova vojska in totalitarna oblast storili v imenu iste rdeče zvezde. Kadar kdo med njimi vendarle pozabi izgubiti spomin in molčati, ga tovariši hitro pripravijo k molku. V nujnih primerih ga kar z vrhov borčevskih organizacij pisno poučijo, da o tem, o čemer je na sodišču pričal, vendar nič ne ve, kot se je zgodilo dvema partizanskima pričama na sodišču v Novi Gorici. Izguba spomina na
- GOVOR
zločine je torej tudi institucionalno urejena in organizacijsko zagotovljena.
Ob takšnem stanju, ki ga z besedo ali molkom podpirajo slovenski oblastni vrhovi od predsednika države, preko predsednika državnega zbora do predsednika vlade in ministrov, ni čudno, da si predsednik borčevske zveze upa javno izreči, da med partizanskimi borci ni nobenega zločinca, če pa kdo za kakšnega ve, naj ga kar imenuje. Izguba spomina pri enih je dopolnjena z ustrahovanjem drugih.
Zarota molka in negib-nost državne oblasti se nadaljuje. Zakaj se ne bi, ko predsednik države govori, da so slovenski komunisti opravili zgodovinsko pozitivno vlogo, da državni funkcionarji nekako modro ravnajo, ker ne preganjajo vojnih zločincev in da je treba na povojne likvidacije gledati racionalno, ker so samo rezultat sto let sta-•rega delovanja Antona Mahniča, saj je komunistični razredni boj le druga oblika Mahničevega ločevanja duhov!
Politiki in zgodovinarji, pustite že Marxa in Engelsa, Lenina in Stalina, začetnik razrednega boja in vsega komunističnega zla je vendar škof Mahnič! Policisti, ne iščite zločincev med komunističnimi borci, iščite Mahniča in njegove vernike.
(dalje na str. 18)
Anton Drobnič: Govor na Teharjah...
(nadaljevanje s str. 17)
“Danes pravijo, da se resnica lahko pove”
rako kot so jih iskali in pobijali partizanski VOS-ovci. Po njih je zgledujte in jih častite, kot so jih letos v Semiču uradno počastili državni tožilci in pravosodni minister!
Šestdeset let partizanskih mitov o NOB in zarota molka o njihovih zločinih še vedno učinkovito deluje in obvladuje slovenski narod in državo. Ne samo prestrašeni ljudje, tudi naša država in njeno pravosodje štejeta partizanske teroriste za legalno državno oblast, njihove revolucionarne odloke za državne zakone, njihova nasilna dejanja za zakonite akte državne oblasti, njihove obsodbe idejnih in političnih nasprotnikov za sodbe legalnih sodišč.
Tako pa ni samo pri državnih organih, ki so skoraj v celoti v rokah nekdanjih komunistov, partizanski miti v veliki meri obvladujejo tudi drugo, civilno stran slovens1 c družbe.
Pug. jmo nekaj kričečih primerov! Slovenci, ki jih je komunistična o-blast oropala njihovega premoženja, so uspeli o kršenju zakonov v naši državi, ki premoženja ni vrnila, prepričati celo Združene države Amerike. O žrtvah množičnih umorov, o ljudeh, ki v Sloveniji kljub ustavni e-nakopravnosti nimajo pravice do groba in javnega spomina, o uničeni človeški časti, ki je pred škodo na premoženju, rajši ne govorijo.
O sodnih postopkih v zvezi s kazensko sodbo proti škofu Rožmanu, ki so kričeče nezakoniti in protiustavni, sramotni za pravno državo, se ne o-glasi nihče: ne liberalni in ne katoliški izobraženci, ne številna civilna združenja in ne cerkvene ustanove. Resnica in pravica naj počakata, zanju še ni pravi čas.
Namesto obljubljenega spominskega parka tukaj na Teharjah so na grobiščih umorjenih brez sramu in brez zgražanja javnosti zgradili igrišča za zabavo bogatih. Namesto obljubljene ureditve morišča v Kočevskem Rogu so na žaljiv način zgradili čuden objekt z napisom:	Ne pozabite na
nas! Niso pa napisali, na
koga naj ne pozabimo, v čigav spomin je ta objekt postavljen, da ne bi prizadeli partizanov.
Iz podobnih ničevih razlogov, da ne bi vznemirjali partizanske Primorske, so letos julija pri slovesnosti na Lajšah organizatorji zadnji trenutek odpovedali spominski govor o partizanskem umoru 14 nedolžnih domačinov. Podobno se je zgodilo pred enim tednom pri Krimski jami, pri breznu groze iz prvih dni revolucije.
Pozabe nam ne ukazuje samo zločinska partija in njeni nasledniki, molk nam zaradi strahu ali neznanja, zaradi koristi ali lagodnosti narekujejo tudi drugi posredni ali neposredni malikovalci zločina. Vse zato, da ne bi vznemirjali tistih borcev, ki trdijo, da med njimi ni zločincev. Molk in podrejanje zločinu, malikovanje zločina je še naprej slovenska pot.
Vendar tako ne bo vedno. Tudi iz miniranih bunkerjev resnica nezadržno prihaja na dan, počasi, a vztrajno in u-sodno za nosilce, vzdrževalce in zagovornike komunističnega terorja. Izgubo spomina je mogoče ukazati, spomin je mogoče ustrahovati in ga tlačiti, ni pa ga mogoče nikoli uničiti. Ni ga mogoče uničiti, kot ni mogoče povsem uničiti upanja. Zločini bodo odkriti in zločinci imenovani. Če tega ne bo storila Slovenija, bodo to na njeno sramoto storili drugi.
Komunistični teroristi se še zanašajo na ukaz molka, ki zavezuje njihove pristaše. Ob pošteni in odgovorni vladi jim to ne bo pomagalo. Čeprav so skrili in uničili mnogo arhivov in listin, čeprav je umrlo že mnogo ■••prič, jih je mnogo še živih, napisanih je mnogo pričevanj, mnogo zapisanega pa so v času prepričanja v neskončno trajnost svoje oblasti pripravili sami nasilneži.
Tako je odveč vprašanje, kdo je ukazal umore idejnih in političnih nasprotnikov komunistične revolucije. Če tokrat prezremo znana Kardeljeva navodila o pobijanju razrednih nasprotnikov, odgovor lahko dobimo med dokumenti t. im. Kočevskega zbora odpo-
slancev iz začetka oktobra 1943.
Na tem zboru so delegati soglasno odobrili vse dotedanje delovanje t.im. Osvobodilne fronte in komunističnih partizanov z vsemi umori, mučenji in preganjanji slovenskih prebivalcev vred. Niti ene besede in niti enega glasu proti ni bilo, čeprav jim je sam predsednik IO OF Josip Vidmar ja-son zagotovil, da je vsakdo od njih videl rezultate njihovega boja: "celo vrsto požganih vasi, na stotine in stotine požganih domov. Na tisoče naših prezgodnjih grobov ... nad trupli slovenskih mož, žena, mladih ljudi obeh spolov in celo otrok, ki so umrli nasilne smrti”. Vse so odobrili!
Tudi za naprej so na • tem zboru enoglasno, bučno in neprestano zahtevali neusmiljeno smrt za vse nasprotnike, ne samo za vojaške. Boris Kidrič jim je zagotovil, da nasprotniki ne zaslužijo življenja. Zoran Polič pa dodal, da morajo brezobzirno uničiti vsakega, ki bi kakorkoli pos-kušal ogrožati njihovo borbo.
Delegati so nato soglasno sprejeli resolucijo, ki pravi: “Zbor odposlancev slovenskega naroda nalaga slovenski narodni oblasti, da neusmiljeno zatira ostanke Izdajalskega in petokolonskega belogardizma in plavogardi-zma.”
To zahtevo je IO OF v 4. točki objave z dne 7.10.1943 s podpisoma J. Vidmarja in B. Kidriča oblikoval tako: "Slovenski narod je preko svojih odposlancev na Zboru enodušno obsodil plavo in belo gardo ter zahteval, da ju slovenska narodna oblast neusmiljeno iztrebi.”
"Neusmiljeno iztrebiti” je bil tedaj že dve leti znan Kardeljev in Titov ukaz za splošen pomor vojaških, političnih in idejnih nasprotnikov, njihovih družin in prijateljev. Že čez nekaj dni po kočevskem zboru so izvedli zloglasni kočevski proces, na katerem so v obliki sodbe ukazali u-mor množice vidnih in poštenih Slovencev, ki niso hoteli sodelovati v komunistični Osvobodilni
(dalje na str. 19)
Crngrob — “Še kako živo se spominjam! Mra-čilo se je, ko so jih gnali mimo naše hiše. Vse ženske so bile svetle, še zdaj jih imam pred očmi, bele, na pol gole, v perilu in kombinezah. Le stara, sivolasa gospa je bila zavita v črnino, s klobučkom na glavi. Komaj je hodila, podpirale so jo mlajše ženske in vse so jokale. Bilo je 22. maja leta 1945 in je trajalo štiri dni.”
Marija Jamnik iz Crngroba se ne boji pripovedovati. “Očetu so zagrozili z zaporom, ko je spregovoril. A danes pravijo, da se resnica lahko pove. Še dolgo so iz zemlje štrlele visoke pete. Površno so jih zakopali. Po letu dni je v okolici tako smrdelo, da so morali domačini grobišča dodatno zasuti...”
Po izjavi generalne državne tožilke Zdenke Cerar zbirajo informacije o sedmih lokacijah na Gorenjskem, kjer naj bi se vrstili množični poboji. Kot smo neuradno zvedeli, gre za grobišča v bližini Kranjske Gore, Jesenic, Škofje Loke, Kamnika, na Lancovem in v Dragi. Ena izmed lokacij pa je tudi Crngrob.
Komisija za raziskavo povojnih pobojev in drugih nepravilnosti je na območju takratne občine Škofja Loka od leta 1991 do 1994 zbirala podatke o 12 množičnih grobiščih na tem območju, žrtve naj bi končale tudi na grajskem dvorišču, na Kranclju, v Bodoljski grapi, ob vojaški cesti na Lubnik ...
“Število žrtev je neugotovljivo,” meni Alojzij Pa-
vel Florjančič, geolog in raziskovalec iz Škofje Loke. “Svojega dela komisija nikoli ni dokončala. Največ je znanega o pobojih v Crngrobu. V Balantovem smrečju so štiri brezna in vsaj dve izkopani grobišči, kamor so zakopali trupla. Vseh naj bi bilo po nekaterih ocenah med 200 in 300. Odstopanja pa so lahko velika, tudi navzgor,” je povedal. “Bilo jih je veliko več,” je z roko zamahnil Tone Logonder iz Crngroba, ki je bil takrat star 15 let.
Po zbranih podatkih naj bi bili s tovornjaki in avtobusi ljudi odložili pri takratni mežnariji. Tam so jih slekli, moški do golega, ženskam so pus-tilil perilo in čevlje. “Pobrali so jim vse in uporabno odpeljali na loški grad,” je z raziskovanjem ugotovil Florjančič. Logonder pa je dodal, da so vse zlato pokradli prisotni. Tudi domačini. Ti naj bi bili tudi streljali. To sta potrdila oba sogovornika, ki se še spominjata dogodkov.
Marija Jamnik pripoveduje o poznejših osebnih travmah domačinov, iz Crngroba in okoliških vasi, ki so takrat imeli puško v roki. “Ko so gnali mimo naše hiše moške, mi je domačin iz sosednje vasi, ki jih je stražil s puško, zavpil: ’Zdaj jih pa bomo, hudiče’. A je kasneje tudi sam trpel in se celo zdravil v Begunjah. Med ustreljenimi je bilo celo župnik. Ležal je med trupli v jami, s sklenjenimi rokami, v katerih je stiskal križ.”
(dalje na str. 19)
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
Drobnič: Govor na Teharjah
(nadaljevanje s str. 18)
Država neha molčati o polpretekli zgodovini?
fronti in lažnem osvobodilnem boju.
Imena delegatov kočevskega zbora, njegovih voditeljev in najvplivnejših članov so znana in zapisana, znana in zapisana so imena članov kočevskega samozvanega sodišča. Zato je znano, kdo je ukazal in odobraval množične umore že med vojno.
Znano je, kdo so bili Poveljniki in politični komisarji partizanskih enot, ki so morile med vojno, kdo so bili poveljniki vojaških in policijskih enot, ki so morile po vojni, kdo so bili tedanji ministri, funkcionarji OZNE in drugi voditelji, katerih aktivna podpora ali vsaj Pasivni molk so bili nujen pogoj za izvršitev medvojnega kočevskega ukaza za množične umore nasprotnikov po vojni. Zato naj predsednik borčevske zveze samo pogleda v seznam svojih nekdanjih in sedanjih članov, pa mu ne bo treba spraševati, kdo iz njego-Ve organizacije naj bi bil vojni zločinec.
Ljudje, ki so izgubili spomin, ne morejo urejati niti svojih osebnih zadev, zato ti ljudje nikakor niso sposobni voditi naroda in države. Tisti, ki namerno “pozabljajo”, Pa niso samo nesposob-nL ampak so tudi nevar-ni za narod in človeštvo. Namerno jemljejo upanje, ^°te narodu uničujejo Prihodnost. Zato se moramo bati ljudi, ki nam kličejo: Pustite preteklost! Zato moramo ljudi, ki n°čejo spomnia, držati daleč vstran od vsake o-dlasti.
Mi pa se spominjamo ^ se bomo spominjali.
e Posebno sedaj, ko je svet ogrozil nov val med-narodnega terorizma, za katerega predsednik dr-2ave vido zgrožen pravi. Je barbarski, da ga Preprosto ni mogoče sPrejeti, ker je zoper demokracijo in zoper vse, ^r so različne civilizaci-in kulture v svojem razvoju opredelile kot Vrednote, ki omogočajo Sožitje in življenje na ze-^Ji- Proti temu terori-2thu se je treba po be-®edah predsednika repu-^ke boriti z vsemi Sredstvi, tudi z vojaškimi. torej z orožjem.
Prvi val mednarodnega terorizma je po ukazih Lenina in Stalina pred več kot pol stoletja začela prva mednarodna teroristična organizacija Komunistična internacionala - Kominterna. Slovenski komunisti kot sestavni del Kominterne so s terorjem formalno začeli 16. septembra 1941, ko so si na silo in pod grožnjo smrti prilastili vse odločanje v okupirani Sloveniji. Kdor njihove monopolne oblasti ne bi priznal, je bil razglašen za narodnega izdajalca in umorjen. Niso streljali okupatorjev, morili so Slovence brez orožja in brez krivde. Pripravljali so nasilno revolucijo in prevzem oblasti.
Nad komunističnim terorizmom, ki je prizadejal slovenski narod z neprimerno hujšimi posledicami kot sedanji terorizem Ameriko, se nihče ne zgraža, noben predsednik ga ni še obsodil za barbarskega, za nesprejemljivega, za uničevalca civilizacije in slovenske kulture, za uničevalca sožitja in življenja v našem narodu. Slovenskim možem, ki so prijeli za o-rožje v bran svojih domov in svojih družin pred komunističnim nasiljem, naši predsedniki skladno s terorističnim odlokom iz septembra 1941 ne priznavajo pravice do obrambe.
Mi pa vemo, da so Vaške straže in kasneje Slovenski domobranci imeli prav takšno pravico, da so se uprli tedanjemu komunističnemu terorizmu, kot ga ima danes Amerika, da se upre sedanjemu mednarodnemu terorizmu. Tudi današnji terorizem se sam ne predstavlja kot zlo, ampak kot boj za svobodo, kot se je tedaj komunistična revolucija izdajala za osvobodilni boj.
Ne po besedah, po dejanjih jih boste spoznali. Dejstva in dejanja komunističnega terorja pa so strašna. Samo od tukaj, iz tega taborišča so komunisti po vojni odvlekli v smrt mnogo več Slovencev, kot so jih vsa leta okupacije umorili vsi trije okupatorji.
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Prvo noč naj bi bili postrelili večinoma ženske. Zakopane naj bi bile v najbolj oddaljenem breznu, pri “hudičevih štengah”. Otroke naj bi bili odpeljali v sosednjo vas Pevno in govorice namigujejo tudi na tamkajšnje poboje.
Kot je povedal Florjančič, naj bi bili pobiti Hrvati. Poleg civilnih beguncev, ki so jih prepeljali iz Trate, kjer je železniška postaja, je bilo med njimi 69 visokih predstavnikov vlade (NDH) in njihovih sorodnikov. Pobiti so bili vsi, razen 15, ki so jim junija sodili v Zagrebu. Med njimi je bil tudi minister za o-brambo, škofjeloški jet- . nik pa je bil tudi dr. Mile Badak, pisatelj, pesnik, ideolog, veleposlanik v Berlinu in nekdanji zunanji minister NDH. Dvanajst jih je bilo obsojenih na smrt. M.R.
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Novi grobovi
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in Andrewa Bilicica (vsi že pok.), članica SŽZ št. 42 in HBZ, zaposlena pri trgovini Halle’s 30 let in se po upokojitvi preselila v Englewood, Fla. Pogreb je bil 23. oktobra s sv. mašo v cerkvi sv. Lovrenca in pokopom na Kalvarije pokopališču.
Catherine M. Bajc Umrla je 70 let stara Catherine M. Bajc iz Concord Twp., rojena Naples, mati Edwarda, Larryja in Nadine South-worth, sestra Wande Scott, elementa, Franka in Phillipa, 5-krat stara mati. Pogreb je bil 24. oktobra s sv. mašo v cerkvi sv. Antona Pado-vanskega v Fairport Har-borju s pokopom na Vernih duš pokopališču.
Ljubljana - “Ker so mrtvi pred obličjem življenja izenačeni, naj državni zbor sprejme politično odločitev, s katero se bo zavzel za postavitev osrednjega spomenika vsem žrtvam vojne, ki so umrli med njo in po njej. Zagotovi naj tudi denar, s katerim bo mogoče dokončati že začeto označevanje prikritih grobišč in vseh tistih, na katerih se evidentiranje in označevanje še sploh ni začelo. Prav tako naj vse pristojne organe pozove, da začnejo čim prej reševati problematiko, povezano s temi vprašanji, saj je to naloga, ki jo slovenska država mora opraviti.”
S temi predlogi predsednika vladne komisije za evidentiranje in označitev prikritih grobišč Petra Kovačiča Peršina se je končal (19. okt.) sestanek članov te komisije s predsednikom državnega zbora Borutom Pahorjem, ki je prvi od predstavnikov političnega vrha te države, ki je v enajstih letih, od kar komisija obstaja, sprejel njene predstavnike.
Povod za sestanek je odkrivanje novih grobišč, Pahor pa je želel s tem dejanjem prekiniti, kot je dejal, molk države, saj njena moralna dolžnost tudi, da se odzove na dogodke, ki so. se zgodili med vojno in po njej. Po Pahorjevem prepričanju je državni zbor zdaj dozorel, da odgovori na vprašanja polpretekle zgodovine, država pa toliko de-mokratična, da v teh odgovorih naredi korak naprej.
Peter Kovačič Peršin je pojasnil, da večina težav izhaja iz tega, ker država teh vprašanj nima zakonsko urejenih. Predlog zakona o vojnih grobiščih vlada pripravlja za drugo parlamentarno obravnavo, komisija pa bi lahko kot civilna pobuda prispevala k reševanju političnih nesoglasij. Komisija je doslej obiskala okoli sto lokacij in evidentirala 76 grobišč, ki so tudi pripravljena za vpis v poseben register pri upravi za kulturno dediščino, približno toliko bi jih morala še obiskati.
Predsednik vladne komisije je pozval državni zbor, naj “pritisne" na
celjsko občino, saj dela na spominskem parku Teharje že nekaj časa ne potekajo, čeprav je bil sklep o odstranitvi komunalne deponije, ki o-vira nadaljnje delo, sprejet že pred petimi leti.
Do prihodnjega leta naj bi pripravili tudi vso potrebno dokumentacijo za začetek gradnje spominskega parka pod Krenom v Kočevskem Rogu.
Ker vemo, da so bili pri nas usmrčeni tudi pripadniki drugih narodov, bi morala država za ureditev teh grobišč skleniti meddržavne pogodbe s Hrvaško, ZRJ in Avstrijo, tako kot jih je že sklenila z Italijo in Nemčijo.
Peter Kovač« Peršin se je zav*etf še zzn irafta-novltes' pospbne konniajje zgodovtearjew ki bii gmi-pravila s.depnp ponudita) o celotaeim cttngajanjjn po 2. svetovni vojni ta nalogah, ki za Slovenijo iz tega izhajajo.
Viktor BE Žič, pi /i predse uiik kom isijV, jj menil, da oblasi. grobišč še ni uradno priznala, zato se zanjo povojni poboji niso zgodili. Državni zbor bi zato moral sprejeti izjavo o osnovnih dejstvih in odgovornosti jugoslovanske in slovenske povojne oblasti, in sicer tako da grobišča ne bi postala vzrok novih razkolov. Zato jih je treba vsa obravnavati enako.
Boris Mlakar z inštituta za novejšo zgodovino je opozoril, da na nacionalni ravni ni projekta, ki bi se ukvarjal s povojnimi poboji, izjema je novogoriški muzej, ki proučuje predvsem fojbe.
Za izvajanje zakona o vojnih grobiščih, ki naj bi začel veljati leta 2003, je vlada predvidela 200 milijonov tolarjev, je pojasnil državni sekretar z ministrstva za delo, družino in socialne zadeve France Žnidaršič.
Borut Pahor je vladno komisijo še seznanil, da se bo v ponedeljek, 22. okt., skupaj z vsemi vodji poslanskih skupin na to temo sestal z generalno tožilko Zdenko Cerar in generalnim direktorjem policije Markom Po-govorevcem.	M.V.
Delo fax, 20. okt. 2001
Misijonska srečanja in pomenki
1399. Srečanje z misijonarji v Stični.
Avgusta letos je bilo nadvse zanimivo. Namreč vsako takšno srečanje doda laikom, kot tudi misijonarjem, novega poleta. Prav tako je velikega pomena za misijonsko Cerkev. Takšna srečanja so edina priložnost, da se osebno poznamo, kar je od velikega pomena pri sodelovanju. Misijonarji povedo veliko več o svojem delu, problemih, s katerimi se srečujejo pri delu na terenu. Osebno srečanje z misijonarji dvigne v misijonarjih zavest, da nam laikom in sodelavcem ni vseeno za njihovo prihodnost.
Na tem misijonskem srečanju so bili z nami predstavniki civilne in cerkvene oblasti. Z urada za Slovence po zamejstvu in svetu je bil dr. Zvone Žigon, s kmetijskega ministrstva je bila navzoča ga. Irena Megušar, katera je vodja projekta Katanga, ki ga Republika Slovenija izvaja na Madagaskarju. Kot predstavnik Cerkve je bil prisoten koprski škof msgr. Metod Pirih.
Dne 5. avgusta je bilo Srečanje z misijonarji na Brezjah. Slovesno somaševanje z misijonarji je vodil nadškof dr. Franc Rode. Navzoč je bil tudi generalni sekretar misijonskih družb msgr. Bernard Prince iz Vatikana.
Na prepotrebnem oddihu so letos bili: iz Zambije: Janez Mujdrica in Stanko Rozman, kateri ostane na sobotnem letu, tj. da bo odsoten eno leto. Iz Toga: p. Milan Kadunc. Iz Venezuele: p. Hugo Delčnjak. Iz Slonokoščene obale: Ivan Bajec in sr. Hermina Nem-ščak, ki je tudi na sobotnem letu. Iz Rwande je bila sr. Vida Gerkman. Iz Kazahstana: g. Tone Vake, g. Lojze Letonja in g. Janez Mihelčič. Iz Burundija: Avgust Horvat ter laični Jože Poljanšek.
Dalje: G. Danilo Lisjak, ki prihaja iz Hamiltona, Kanada in odhaja v Kongo, kjer je bil njegov prvi misijon. G. Jože Šoman, ki je še lani deloval v Kongu, se ne vrača pač pa bo ostal v Sloveniji, kjer ga bodo dodelili predstojniki. Laični misijonar Jože Letonja z Madagaskarja. Iz Brazilije je bila navzoča laična mis Aleksija Bizjak, ki je delovala v Sao Paulu kot Cenakle (sic.) sestra.
Za stalno so se vrnili: Iz Zambije laični mis. Marija Anžič in Katarina Ferjančič; z Madagaskarja g. Franci Mihelčič in g. Janez Puhan. G. Tomaž Mavrič ostane eno leto na Irskem, kjer se bo pripravljal za vodstvo semenišča v Rusiji.
Misijonarji pošiljajo hvaležne pozdrave vsem dobrotnikom in vsem sodelujočim v MZA. Vsem želijo zdravja in uspešnega dela v zaledju.
Misijonar Janez Mujdrica je prikazal izredno lepo delo, ki ga opravlja med študenti ter razlaga njegovo bodoče delo:
Religiozna vzgoja v borbi za lepšo bodočnost
Že šesto leto poučujem religiozno vzgojo na državnem učiteljišču, ki še imenuje Nkrumah Teacher’s College. To je višja pedagoška šola, kjer se pripravljajo učitelji, ki bodo poučevali po zambijskih gimnazijah. Štele okrog 50 profesorjev in 1500 študentov -1000 rednih in 500 izrednih. Imenuje se po Nkwame Nkrumah, velikem afriškem borcu proti evropskemu ' kolonializmu. Naše učiteljišče je znano po vsej Afriki južno od ekvatorja, tako da imamo študente tudi iz Zimbabveja, Bocvane, Namibije, Angole, Konga, Tanzanije in Ruande. Pravijo, da so naši absolventi boljši pedagogi od tistih, ki pridejo z zambijske univerze, češ da so naši predvsem osredotočni na dijake, tisti z univerze pa le na šolske predmete.
Čeravno je Zambija bogata z rudami in ima veliko možnosti za razvoj kmetijstva, je kljub temu ena od najrevnejših afriških dežel. Šteje čez 10 milijonov ljudi, od katerih 80% živi v skrajni revščini. Pravijo, da je petina odraslih okužnih z virusom HlV-a in da je pri nas že 600.000 sirot, ker so njihovi starši umrli od AIDS-a. Čudno je, da je ta bolezen bolj razširjena med izobraženimi. Tako je lansko leto umrlo od te zahrbtne bolezni čez 1300 učiteljev osnovnih in srednjih šol. Povprečna življenjska doba je v Zambiji zdaj 37 let.
V Zambiji je veliko zanimanje za vzgojo in so šole
nabito polne. V razredu, ki je namenjen za 40 učencev, je večkrat tudi po 120 učencih. Tudi cerkve so ob nedeljah nabite, pa najsi bodo katoliške ali protestantske. Naša vlada je s slovesno deklaracijo razglasila Zambijo za krščansko državo podobno kot je Sudan muslimanska država. Toda kako razumeti, da je kljub tako velikemu zanimanju za vzgojo in religijo v Zambiji takšna ekonomska in socialna kriza? Ali šola in vera nimata moči, da spremenita posameznika in družbo? Ali je nekaj narobe z našim pristopom k šolstvu in religiji?
S tem problemom se ubadamo pri filozofiji religiozne vzgoje. Kaj je pravzaprav cilj religije in vzgoje? Le informacija o svetu, človeku in Bogu? Kaj mi pomaga, če vem kaj znanost in religija učita o človeškem življenju, če pa nimam pravih vrednot, ki bi me navduševale, da postanem kot Jezus, ki je ideal izobraženega in religioznega človeka? Njegov nauk je lepo povzame v zambijskem pregovoru Gwira pali moyo, kar pomeni: zagrabi tam, kjer je življenje.
Če vzamemo kar je najbolje v afriški tradiciji, v moderni znanosti in velikih religijah (religija se na žalost lahko tudi napak razume in zlorablja!), potem dobimo čudoviti predmet, ki se mu pravi religiozna vzgoja. Glavni namen religiozne vzgoje je prav ta, da pomaga mlademu človeku razločevati med tem, kaj pospešuje razcvet človekovega življenja in kaj krni njegov vsestranski razvoj.
Na našem učiteljišču smo do lanskega leta izdajali študentski list, ki se je imenoval Eaglets - po naše bi se reklo Mladi orli. Orel je uradni simbol Zambije. V svetem pismu je orel, ki uči svoje mladiče leteti, tudi simbol Boga. List Eaglets je tako predstavljal mladega človeka, ki je obenem zambijski in božji. Cilj lista je bil vzpodbujati k pozitivni spremembi posameznika in družbe. Študentje so kritizirali kar je napak v sedanjosti, iskali alternative, da bi tako gradili lepšo bodočnost. Na žalost je dekan ta študentski list prepovedal, češ kaj bi rekli naši politiki, če bi brali, kaj so študentje napisali. Tako je bilo nekaj, kar je lahko vzorec odlične religije in vzgoje, zaustavljeno.
Ukinitev študentskega lista kaže, kako človeški razvoj ni lahek proces in zakaj so preroki zmeraj preganjani. Tudi zame je to bila lepa lekcija. Kot glavni u-rednik sem bil preveč v ospredju. Čeravno so članki izražali misli in želje mojih študentov, je izgledalo kot da bi to bile le moje ideje. Spoznal sem, da moram biti kot misijonar in vzgojitelj v ozadju in le držati ’cigansko lestivo’, po kateri moji študentje lahko pridejo do večjega človeškega napredka.
Kakšne so pa perspektive za naprej? Še bom izzival študente, da se povzpnejo čim višje na lestvici vsestranskega človekovega razvoja in pohvalil vsak njihov uspeh. Ne bom več urejeval študentskega lista. Rajši bom organiziral delavnice o veščinah kreativnega mišljenja in uspešnega vodenja drugih. Moj urad bo postal posvetovalnica, kjer bodo moji študentje lahko našli novo spoznanje in upanje. Če bom le mogel, bom tudi finančno pomagal zelo revnim študentom, ki morajo plačati po SIT 5000 na mesec. Upam, da bodo tako moji študentje postali odlični vzgojitelji in bodo tako spreminjali Zambijo, Afriko in naš planet na boljše. Vam, dragi prijatelji, pa se zahvaljujem za vse molitve in žrtve in vam želim veliko božjega ognja.	Janez Mujdrica
P. O. Box 80613 Kabwe, Zambija
Ali bi morda kdo od dobrotnikov želel pomagati kakšnemu študentu in mu olajšati življenjsko pot?
Med letošnjimi biseromašniki bi bil tudi že pokojni ustanovitelj MZA; spomnimo se ga v molitvi.
Med zlatoporočenci stabila letos tudi Tone in Marica Lavriša. 45. obletnico poroke sta praznovala Rudi in Anica Knez. Četudi pozno, jim želimo vse dobro z željo, da bi še mnogo let praznovali obletnice. Prav je, da se jih spomnimo, saj sta oba zakonska para veliko dobrega storila za slovenske misijonarje. Bog vas živi - Lavriševa in Knezova!
Iskrene pozdrave vsem dobrotnikom in sodelavcem!
Sonja Ferjan
Politični zločini v Sloveniji
(nadaljevanje s str. 17)
oblast, ta mora od tuje države zahtevati tudi izročitev tujega zločinca, ali pa zahtevati, da takšnemu zločincu po predpisih mednarodne konvencije sodi tuja država.
Nešteta grobišča po jamah, jarkih in breznih mora torej pravna država raziskati, ugotoviti žrtve in vzrok njihovih smrti, smrt uradno objaviti in jo vpisati v javne knjige, zbrati in urediti podatke o storilcih in jih z ovadbo predati organom kazenskega pregona, ti pa uvesti predpisani kazenski pregon.
Za vse to je na prvem mestu odgovorna izvršna oblast s kriminalistično službo, stranke vladajoče koalicije in drugi državni vrhovi, ki morajo vzpostaviti takšne pravne in politične razmere, da bodo taki postopki močni in učinkoviti.
Po 60 letih od revolucionarnega nasilja je zadnji čas, da državna oblast izpolni svojo mednarodno, pravno in civilizacijsko in kulturno dolžnost do žrtev tega nasilja, pa tudi dolžnost do svojega, nekoč revoluciji žrtvovanega in danes zaradi revolucije razklanega naroda. Ta oblast je dolžna slovenski narod privesti v stanje evropske normalnosti.
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