Stories from Anatolia - Richard Stockton College of New Jersey

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News Briefs ..........................2
Across America ....................3
Commentary & Opinion ......5
Calendar ...............................6
Arts, Culture & Education .......7
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VOL. X No. 14 WEDNESDAY, APRIL 14, 2010 The Hellenic Voice ® $1.50 per copy
EU offers
$41 billion
to Greece
BRUSSELS (AP) – Desperate to halt the
Greek debt crisis that has hammered the
euro, fellow eurozone governments tossed
it a financial lifeline April 11, saying they
would make euro30 billion ($41 billion) in
loans available this year alone – if Athens
asks for the money.
The International Monetary Fund stands
ready to chip in another euro10 billion, said
Olli Rehn, the EU monetary affairs chief.
The promise – filling in details of a
March 25 pledge of joint eurozone-IMF
help – was another attempt to calm markets
that have been selling off Greek bonds in
recent days. Markets viewed the March
pledge as too vague and carrying such
tough restrictions that made it difficult for
Greece to access any money.
As a result, investors demanded high
rates to loan to the government as it strug-
gles to avoid default and pay some euro54
billion in debt coming due this year – rates
the government says it can’t go on paying.
In an emergency video conference, the
Stockton College students rehearse a scene from “Stones From God,” a play based on oral histories of Greek Orthodox >> Please see EU, page 2
Christians forced to leave their villages in central Turkey after the 1924 Treaty of Lausanne.
Stories from Anatolia
Six charged with
left-wing terrorism
Stockton College play gives voice to Greeks in Turkey before 1924
By NICHOLAS PAPHITIS
The Associated Press
By STEVE CROWE which will be per- He and a colleague in movements, the age and personali-
formed April 14-18 at the theater department, ties of the characters.
The Hellenic Voice ATHENS, Greece – A Greek prosecutor
the college’s Professor Pam
Life before Lausanne on April 12 charged six people with mem-
Performing Arts Center Hendrick, then pulled
Just 12 years before the atroci- in Pomona, N.J., and out the best stories and The tragic story of Greeks in bership in the country’s most active far-left
ties at Smyrna, Greek Orthodox later this summer in observations, and Turkey from 1919-1924 is well terrorist group, which has claimed a string of
Christians were still building new Turkey. Hendrick wrote a script known: an estimated 1 million bombings and a rocket attack on the US
churches in villages of central In the play, eight for the play. Except for deaths, 1.5 million refugees, and Embassy in Athens.
Turkey. actors portray more the introduction and the exile of at least 150,000 Greek The five men and one woman, aged
“A dozen years later these peo- than two dozen charac- ending, and a few tran- men to labor battalions after the between 30 and 41, were also charged with
ple are not going to be there, but at ters from Cappadocian sitions, the script uses Greco-Turkish War (1919-1922). multiple counts of attempted homicide,
this moment they are still looking villages, using their Prof. Thomas actual words of the vil- And the most horrific of all causing explosions, and arms offenses
to have rich, full lives and to be actual words from Papademetriou lagers. Many of the tragedies, the Smyrna Catastrophe linked with the Revolutionary Struggle
able to worship freely,” says Tom transcripts of their sto- characters in the play, (1922), when young revolutionar- organization.
Papademetriou, professor of histo- ries, collected by the Center for however, are amalgams of several ies backed by the Turkish army Each faces a maximum 25-year sentence
ry at Stockton College. Asia Minor Studies in Athens. people’s voices. seized and burned the largely if found guilty on the main charges.
Papademetriou, 43, has co-pro- Papademetriou gathered the mate- The stage features a painting Greek city and killed hundreds of The suspects were arrested in and around
duced a play called “Stones from rial, primarily about Christian reli- that looks like a photo of a village, thousands of citizens and refugees. Athens Saturday. Police said they found
God: True Human Stories of a gious life in the villages, as part of and there are a few props, but the Under the Treaty of Lausanne Revolutionary Struggle proclamations and
Thriving Greek Christian a research project on Ottoman play relies mostly on the actors to (1923), Greece and Turkey agreed plans for future attacks in one of the
Community in Ottoman Turkey,” period churches in Cappadocia. convey, through posture and >> Please see PLAY, page 14 >> Please see TERRORISTS, page 2
American photographer captured 1950s Greece
A photographic exhibit poverty. He did not senti-
of 1950s Greece is on dis- mentalize or stereotyped his
play April 17 through May subjects. The individuals in
12 at the Citronne Gallery McCabe’s photographs are
in Poros, Greece. An open- dignified individuals in the
ing reception will be held center of the photographic
April 17. images often in a frontal
American photographer pose, looking eye to eye at
Robert McCabe took the the photographer and thus at
black and white photo- the viewer.
graphs primarily during McCabe was born in
trips to Greece in 1955 and Chicago in 1934 and grew
1957 when he was an up in the New York City
undergraduate at Princeton area. His first photographs
University. of Europe were taken in a
The photos resulted in a trip in 1954 to France, Italy,
personal visual diary that and Greece while he was an
captured the land and its undergraduate. He returned
people, from portraits to to Greece in 1955 and 1957.
scenes of everyday life and An exhibit of 1950s Greece by American In 1957, he took a series of
from architecture to land- photographer Robert McCabe is on exhib- color photographs in the
scapes. Greek Islands for the
it April 17-May 12 in Poros, Greece.
His artistic interpretation National Geographic
Pictured: In the tender, Thera, 1955.
also probed the physical, Society.
social and cultural environment of scapes and his photographs of the Today, McCabe divides his time
Greece of the time. In his work, built environment – being either between New York, Paris and
the documentary and the aesthetic ancient ruins or folk architecture. Athens, where his wife was born.
become one. His images are char- Socio-economically Greece was
acterized by classicism and clarity, very different in the 1950’s than >> Please see ENCHANTED
strong elements in both his land- today. McCabe saw a nobility of GREECE, page 7
The Aegaion in port below Fira, Thera, 1955
V i s i t u s o n l i n e a t w w w . T h e H e l l e n i c V o i c e . c o m
news
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Hellenic Eurpoean Union plan not helping Greece yet
Briefs...
News By ELENA BECATOROS Spreads that began the day at strategist Beat Siegenthaler. With plan, saying its existence should
the already high figure of 401 bond yields high and reports of help restore market confidence
Associated Press Writer
basis points – which translates into depositors moving money out of and so reduce borrowing costs.
an interest rate of 4.01 percentage Greek banks, “time could quickly “We do not require the activa-
ATHENS, Greece – Greece’s points higher than German bonds run out,” he said. tion or further detailing of any
borrowing costs spiked to a record – spiked to 448 basis points in the Bank of Greece figures show mechanism,” government
high April 8, intensifying the early afternoon, the highest level that in January and February, spokesman Giorgos Petalotis said.
country’s debt crisis and suggest- since Greece joined the euro in Greek corporations and house- “We wanted and still want this
Orthodox archbishop dies ing a euro-zone and International 2001. holds withdrew some euro8.46 mechanism for one specific rea-
Monetary Fund rescue plan is pro- Still, Trichet expressed confi- billion ($11.25 billion) in deposits, son: to act as a guarantee to nor-
KATYN, Russia – Orthodox Archbishop viding little support for Athens’ dence that Greece’s plan would leaving the total at euro229.5 bil- malize borrowing conditions. So
Miron was among several Polish clergy struggle to avoid default. work, and said the euro-zone and lion ($305.14 billion) – slightly there is no reason to take any ini-
members and government officials, includ- The higher interest rates IMF support plan announced last more than in February 2009. tiative at this point.”
ing the country’s president, Lech demanded by bond investors are month in Brussels was “a work- But a central bank official said Deputy Finance Minister
Kacyzynski, killed in a plane crash April potential poison for the Greek able framework” and “a very, very the trend was changing. Philipos Sachinidis said the inter-
10 while en route to Russia. budget; unless they fall, the gov- serious commitment.” “In the past two or three weeks est rate gap between Greek and
A Catholic bishop and an Evangelical ernment will pay a massive premi- “I would say that taking all the this tendency has been reversed ... German bonds would remain high
pastor also died in the fiery crash. um to borrow and face a vicious information I have, default is not and deposits have not been with- “for as long as Greece continues to
Archbishop Miron served as the Orthodox cycle where higher borrowing an issue for Greece,” he told a drawn,” the official said, speaking suffer from a credibility deficit.”
army chaplain for Poland. costs fuel fresh default fears. news conference in Frankfurt. on condition of anonymity in line But he expressed confidence
A Greek default would be a fur- In Athens, Papaconstantinou with bank policy. that markets would respond well
Pope’s trip to Cyprus set ther blow to confidence in the said Greece’s first quarter budget Under the vaguely worded res- as the country met its targets.
shared euro currency, which has deficit figures were on target, with cue plan, euro-zone leaders “As we get results ... and meet
VATICAN CITY (AP) – The Vatican already fallen against the dollar as the January-March shortfall pledged to provide support with our commitments to bring the
says Pope Benedict XVI will meet with the crisis has escalated. declining by 40 percent to euro4.3 bilateral loans and IMF funds to deficit down to at least 8.7 percent
Cyprus’ Orthodox archbishop and local But Finance Minister George billion ($5.72 billion) from prevent a default and protect the in the first year and below 3 per-
politicians and address foreign diplomats Papaconstantinou said Greece’s euro7.1 billion in the first quarter euro. The loans came with unani- cent within the three-year period,
during his June 4-6 visit to the island. program to pull out of a crisis that last year. mous approval of all 16 euro-zone then I assure you the markets will
The Cyprus trip will be the second of has markets speculating the coun- Speaking in Parliament, the members – including Germany, respond to these results,” he said
five planned papal trips this year. try may default would work, and minister said the fall came before which has been reluctant to bail on Vima FM radio.
Among highlights of the schedule, European Central Bank president additional austerity measures out Greece – and only as a last The government’s austerity pro-
announced April 10, are an ecumenical Jean-Claude Trichet insisted that announced March 3 took full resort. gram, together with planned tax
Catholic-Orthodox prayer service, talks default was “not an issue” for the effect. European officials are reluctant and social security reforms, has
with the Cypriot Orthodox archbishop, country. “I reiterate emphatically that the to give much detail on the bailout angered labor unions, which
Chrysostomos II, and a Mass in the The Socialist government, country continues and will contin- loans. The euro-zone nations also staged a series of general strikes.
Nicosia sports palace. elected in October, has announced ue to borrow normally,” he said. have made no decision on what Late on April 8, more than
a harsh austerity program that “We have a plan and the budget is interest rate they would charge 2,000 people took part in two sep-
Archbishop at includes cuts in civil servants’ pay, being implemented properly and Greece for individual loans from arate, peaceful demonstrations in
pension freezes and higher taxes, remains within its targets.” each country, saying that they will central Athens called by left-wing
Easter breakfast and insists it will bring its deficit Papaconstantinou met April 7 calculate the rate only when groups against a draft law intend-
down to 8.7 percent of gross with a delegation of IMF inspec- Greece requests aid. ed to crack down on widespread
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Archbishop
domestic product by the end of the tors to seek advice on how to In a March statement, euro-zone tax evasion.
Demetrios was among 70 Christian leaders
year, from a revised projection of speed up fiscal reforms. leaders said interest rates could The country’s umbrella civil
who attended an Easter prayer breakfast at
12.9 percent at the end of 2009. But the massive spike in interest not be a form of subsidy and servant union has said it will hold
the White House.
However, the high interest rate rates shows markets are still con- would have to be higher than the a new general strike later this
The Archbishop said that the president’s
gap, or spread, between Greek 10- cerned and some analysts are say- average charged for all euro month.
opening remarks constituted “a strong dec-
year government bonds and the ing a bailout or default is a matter nations “to set incentives to return
laration of this faith in the Resurrection of
German equivalent, considered a of time. to market financing as soon as Associated Press writers Derek
Christ in its healing consequences for the
benchmark of stability, show mar- “There can now be little doubt possible.” Gatopoulos and Nicholas Paphitis
world of today.”
kets are unconvinced that Greece that Greece will have to turn to the Athens has repeatedly said it in Athens, and Aoife White in
can pull it off. IMF for help,” said UBS currency hopes never to have to use the Brussels contributed to this report.
Contraband cigarette
bust made
THESSALONIKI, Greece (AP) – Police
in February and one in March –
in northern Greece said they seized 1.86
EU the EU leaders made determined
million packs of contraband cigarettes, the
noises about their readiness to
biggest haul in 10 years, and arrested three “I am convinced that it will help Greece to
end the Greek debt crisis.
suspected smugglers. continued from page 1 But the terms were tough, with
The cigarettes were found during a raid continue vigorously to correct public
Greece needing approval of all
in a warehouse outside the port city of
finance ministers of the 16-euro- 15 other eurozone governments
Thessaloniki on April 5. The suspects were finances imbalances and to deliver
zone nations agreed on a com- and only if it could not borrow
identified as Greek men of Russian and
plex three-year financing formu- the necessary structural reforms.” any other way. German fears a
Kazak origin, ages 29, 31 and 58.
la that generates an interest rate bailout with soft loans will only
Police said April 6 the unpaid taxes on
of “around 5 percent.” rile German public opinion
the cigarettes were worth euro3 million ($4
This is less than commercial European Commission President which already takes a dim view
million). The raid followed a similar oper-
market rates – which have Jose Manuel Barroso of Greece’s financial housekeep-
ation south of Thessaloniki in March, in
soared above 7 percent on Greek ing.
which 175,000 packs were seized.
10-year borrowing in recent EU and IMF officials were to
weeks as the debt crisis dragged meet April 12 to work out
EU repeats bailout pledge on – but more than beneficiaries Greek default would be a serious said the pledge of cash for details of IMF and EU lending
of IMF usually pay. European blow to the euro, rattle markets Greece showed the 16 euro-zone for 2011 and 2012, especially on
BRUSSELS (AP) – The European Central Bank president Jean- and inflict losses on European nations will defend Europe’s sin- amounts and loan conditions.
Union’s president, Herman Van Rompuy, Claude Trichet and German banks that have bought Greek gle currency and help a partner Officials estimated that over a
has repeated EU governments’ promise of Chancellor Angela Merkel have government bonds. in trouble. three-year period Greece was
financial help for heavily indebted Greece insisted that Greece not get Greek Prime Minister George “It shows that the euro area is being offered a total of euro80
if it can’t raise money from bond markets. below-market interest rates Papandreou said Greece made serious in doing what is neces- billion in financial aid by the EU
He told the European Parliament in a amounting to an EU subsidy for no immediate request to activate sary to secure financial stabili- and the IMF.
speech April 7 that other countries “stand its past bad behavior. the EU bailout plan. Finance ty,” Barroso said in a statement. Greece has been spending
ready” to give bilateral loans. “This is certainly no subsidy” minister George “I am convinced that it will beyond its means for years, leav-
Van Rompuy also said “it would be to Greece, Rehn told a news con- Papaconstantinou said Greece help Greece to continue vigor- ing it with a 2009 budget deficit
strange not to make use” of the ference. aims to continue commercial ously correct public finances of 12.9 percent of economic out-
International Monetary Fund in any bailout The test of the April 11 borrowing, presumably counting imbalances and to deliver the put. The revelation of its statis-
loans for Greece since it is heavily announcement will be whether it on a drop in those rates when necessary structural reforms.” tics fudging has slammed the
financed by European money. restores confidence that Greece markets reopened April 12. Rehn said the loan deal will be euro and gutted market confi-
Eurozone governments have agreed on a will not default and gives it a “The government has not “the clarification that the mar- dence, fueling higher borrowing
bailout plan for Greece, but said loans chance to borrow normally at asked for the activation” of the kets are waiting for.” costs.
would only be available as a last resort and lower rates. Under last week’s bailout plan, Papaconstantinou Those markets, however, Athens plans to cut its deficit
above average eurozone interest rates. The rates, Greece would have had to told reporters in Athens. have so far ignored repeated to 8.7 percent this year and has
plan has not relieved financial market pres- pay more than twice what Officials, speaking privately, EU claims of support for launched a euro4.8 billion aus-
sure on Greek debt or ended speculation Germany pays. told The Associated Press they Greece causing commercial terity program cutting public
about a default. The danger is that interest pay- first wanted to see how markets lending rates for Athens to go sector wages, freezing pensions
ments themselves begin to sink reacted on April 12. to 7 percent and more in recent and hiking taxes.
Ambassador marks start the budget despite severe cut- European Commission weeks.
of visa waiver backs imposed in recent days. A President Jose Manuel Barroso At two summit meetings – one
ATHENS, Greece – US Ambassador
Daniel V. Speckhard visited Athens
Eleftherios Venizelos International Airport
Terrorists
April 7 to observe the progress of the new
Visa Waiver Program.
He spoke with Greek travelers, airport
continued from page 1
officials and representatives of Delta
Airlines, and learned that the first three
detainees’ homes, but have located no support of the detainees threw plastic bottles
days of Greece’s entry into the Visa Waiver
weapons or explosives. and scuffled with police, who responded
Program have gone well.
Revolutionary Struggle first appeared in with pepper spray. Two people were arrested
The Visa Waiver Program officially
2003, a year after authorities eradicated for the disturbance, which followed anar-
began on April 5. For more information
Greece’s deadliest left-wing group, chist groups’ calls for a show of solidarity.
about the Visa Waiver Program, visit the
November 17, and has bombed banks, gov- Police said the suspects included Nikos
US Embassy’s website:
ernment buildings and the Athens Stock Maziotis, 39, a self-described anarchist
http://athens.usembassy.gov.
Exchange, in three cases causing minor jailed for three-and-a-half years for planting
injuries to bystanders. Its most spectacular a small bomb – which did not explode – out-
Migrant repatriation
hit was the 2007 rocket-propelled grenade side a ministry building in 1997. According
attack on the heavily guarded US Embassy, to court documents, authorities believe
ATHENS, Greece (ANA) – A project
which caused minor damage but no injuries. Maziotis played a leading role in the group.
funded by the European Union for the vol-
The US government subsequently offered Maziotis’ pregnant partner, Panayiota
untary repatriation of undocumented immi-
a $1 million reward for information leading Roupa, 41, was also arrested.
grants in Greece has begun, with 213
to the capture of Revolutionary Struggle Domestic far-left terrorism waned after
applicants returning to their countries of
members. the eradication of November 17, during a
origin in March alone – including
The group also shot and severely wounded security crackdown ahead of the 2004
Afghanistan, Iraq, Sudan, Iran, Nigeria and
a riot policeman last year. That attack came Olympic Games in Athens. Since then,
Bangladesh – according to the Citizens’
during a spike in anarchist and far-left vio- Revolutionary Struggle have been the most
Protection Ministry.
lence that followed the fatal police shooting prominent militants, although since the
Another 13 Pakistani nationals flew back
of an Athens teenager in December 2008 and December 2008 riots two new groups have
to their homeland on April 1. The volun-
days of rioting in Greek cities. carried out a string of bomb and gun attacks
tary repatriation program is being financed
The six suspects arrived at the main on symbols of wealth and authority, killing a
by about euro600,000 ($801,000) by the
Athens court complex escorted by anti-ter- policeman.
EU.
rorist police, and were whisked into the pros-
ecutor’s office. When they exited, dozens of Associated Press Writer Derek
people who had gathered to chant slogans in Gatopoulos contributed to this report.
across america
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Perfect Score
High school sophomore Tyler “TJ”
Laurischrecently earned a perfect score on the
National Latin Exam.
Laurisch, 15, of Dyer, Ind., was among 41
students who earned a perfect score out of
149,000 who took the test, the Northwest
Indiana Times reported.
He has been studying languages, including
Greek, since he was in the first grade. He is an
honors student at Mount Carmel High School
in Chicago and is a member of Sts.
Constantine and Helen Cathedral in
Merrillville, Ind.
He is the son of Katherine Panagakis-
Laurisch and Anthony Laurisch and the
grandson of Sophia and the late Jim
Panagakis. Church holds Oratorical Sunday
Academic honors
The 22nd Annual St. John Chrysostom The winners are speech: Nicolette Medeiros, pastoral assistant; Fr. Byron
The following students won academic hon- Oratorical Sights and Sounds Youth Festival Chialdikas, junior level, and Anthony Jonas, Papanikolaou; Metropolitan Iakovos; Fr.
ors at UMass Amherst: Christopher was held March 14 at Sts. Constantine and senior level; essay: Nick Atkinson, junior level; Nicholas Jonas; Fr. Panteleimon Dalianis; Ted
Dimitrakopoulos, Anne E. Papacostas and Helen Church. The winners from the festival and Evan Theodoropoulos, senior level; poetry: Argiris, Parish Council chairman; Janet
Meghan E. Pappas were named to the spring will attend the Metropolis of Chicago Oratorical Nicolette Chialdikas, junior level, and Koliopoulos, Philoptochos president; and John
2009 dean’s list. Arts Festival April 10 at Holy Trinity Church in Katherine Katsivalis, senior level. Arvanetes, Parish Council president.
Stephen M. Zolotas graduated from the Chicago. Pictured with the winners are Tom De
New England School of Law, receiving his
Juris Doctorate. He was an editor of the New
England Journal of International and
Comparative law and made it to the dean’s list Protomagia in Medford Spring soiree for cancer research
his second and third years at school.
Springstep center for multicultural dance and
Resolution BOSTON – A Spring Soiree to benefit The evening also
music in Medford, Mass., will celebrate
the Hellenic Women’s Club of Boston’s will feature a pres-
commemorates DOP Protomagia (May Day) with an evening of Greek Demetra Fund for Breast Cancer Research entation of the
dance and music, featuring rare handmade instru-
will be held from 5-7:30 p.m. April 25 at ESCADA Pre-Fall
On March 26, the US Senate passed a reso- ments from all over Greece. Wine, beer, and Greek
the Boston Harbor Hotel. 2010 Collection,
lution commemorating the 80th anniversary of food will be available. Panayotis (Paddy)
The fund was originally created with a and raffle prizes
the Daughters of Penelope (DOP). Grand League and his band, Galaxavra (Chris Veilleux
gift from club member Dr. Helen O’Leary, will be drawn.
President Elaine M. Sampanis said the DOP and Dimitri Tashie) will perform, along with the
in memory of her sister and fellow mem- RSVP is required
was “deeply honored and humbled” by the Metropolis of Boston Youth Dance Group (led by
ber, Demetra “Toulie” Samellas, who died by April 22.
Senate’s action and expressed thanks to US choreographer John Pappas). Springstep is locat-
from cancer in June 2001. Contact Allys
Sen. Olympia Snowe(R-Maine) and her staff ed at 98 George P. Hassett Drive, Medford. For
Guest speakers at the soiree include Spilios at (857)
for sponsoring the resolution. US Sen. Robert tickets, call (781) 395-0402 or visit
Garger and author Denise Dameris Hazen, 222-0832 or allys.spilios @gmail.com or
Menendez(D-N.J.) was a co-sponsor. www.springstep.org.
who also has battled breast cancer. visit www.hellenicwomens club.org.
AHEPA hosts
Capitol Hill Day
Forty members of the AHEPA family from
across the United States attended the organiza-
tion’s annual Capitol Hill Day on March 24.
AHEPA members were able to meet with
several legislators who support Greek
American issues and were briefed on the US
policy in the Eastern Mediterranean region.
The organization also recognized US Sens.
George V. Voinovich (R-Ohio) and Richard The members
Lugar (R-Ind.) with the AHEPA-Paul E.
of the Hellenic Women’s
Tsongas Public Service Award.
Several members of Brooklyn AHEPA
Club, Inc.
Chapter 41also were in attendance on Capitol
Hill Day and were able to meet with the New
York delegation. invite you to an evening of fun,
fashion and fundraising to benefit
The Demetra
Fund for
Breast Cancer
Research.
SUNDAY, APRIL 25, 2010
5:00 pm – 7:30 pm
The Boston Harbor Hotel
Atlantic Room
Preview an exclusive informal
fashion presentation of the
ESCADA Pre-Fall
Science fair competitors
2010 Collection
Several 7th and 8th grade students from
Koraes Elementary School, which is affiliated
with Sts. Constantine and Helen Church in Program to follow with
Palos Hills, Ill., participated in the Illinois
special guests
Junior Academy of Science Regional Science
Fair on March 13.
Dr. Judy Garber
Students who participated are Nikolaos
Atkinson, Paul Davenport, Alesia
Denise Dameris Hazen
Karuntzos, Athanasios Makris, Nicolette
Chialdikas, Natalia Cvetkovic and Athena
Champagne and Hors d’oeuvres
Xanos. They were among more than 550 other
students from the Southern Cook County and Prize drawings
DuPage County area.
Chialdikas’ project, “Recycle Kitchen Waste
into Organic Compounds,” received an out- Contact information:
standing score, qualifying her to attend the
Stacey Kacoyanis at 978-468-4845
State Science Fair competition in May.
Atkinson and Cvetkovic also received out-
standing ribbons for their projects. or Club Website at:
Pictured above is 8th grade student www.hellenicwomensclub.org
Nicolette Chialdikas.
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AHI celebrates 35th anniversary
WASHINGTON, D.C. – The
American Hellenic Institute honored
several Greek Americans at its 35th
Hellenic Heritage and National Public
Service Awards Dinner March 13 at the
Ernie Anastos Philip Col. Matthew Capitol Hilton.
Christopher Bogdanos The honorees were John Aniston,
award-winning actor; Peter Karmanos
New York parade Jr., Compuware Corp. chairman and
CEO, NHL Carolina Hurricanes owner,
and philanthropist; Niki Leondakis,
Kimpton Hotels and Restaurants chief
set for Sunday
operating officer; Emanuel L. “Manny”
Rouvelas, K&L Gates LLP partner; and
US Congressman John Sarbanes (D-
Md.).
NEW YORK – The 2010 tatives of the Boy Scouts
Thalia Assuras, former CBS News
Greek Independence Day and Girl Scouts of America.
anchor and a communications consult-
Parade in New York City The co-chairs of the
ant, was the master of ceremonies.
will be held Sunday, April parade are Dr. George
Performing the American and Greek
18. Tsioulias of the Hellenic
national anthems was Elena Stavrakas.
This is the 72nd annual Medical Society and Mamie
The band Apollonia provided the musi-
celebration that commemo- Stathatos-Fulgieri of the
cal entertainment.
rates the Greek declaration Hellenic Lawyers AHI Executive Director Nick Larigakis, far left, stands with award recipi-
Aniston, Leondakis and Karmanos
of independence on March Association. ents Manny Rouvelas, Niki Leondakis, Peter Karmanos Jr. and AHI
were awarded the Hellenic Achievement
25, 1821. John Catsimatidis, parade President Aleco Haralambides.
Award. Sarbanes and Rouvelas each
The parade is the culmina- chairman emeritus said that
received a Hellenic Heritage National
tion of a monthlong celebra- last year’s parade drew a Public Service Award. LeBow College of Business, Drexel Greek Embassy for helping to strengthen
tion of Greek heritage host- crowd of more than 250,000 Several dignitaries were in attendance, University; Mrs. Marylin Rouvelas; Dr. ties between the United States and
ed by the Federation of spectators and organizers including Greek Ambassador Vassilis Christine Warnke; the Rev. John Greece. Seventy people attended the
Hellenic Society of Greater hope to exceed that number Kaskarelis, Cypriot Ambassador Tavlarides, dean, Saint Sophia event.
New York. this year. Andreas Kakouris, and American Cathedral, Washington, D.C.; Kathryn On the morning of March 13, AHI
This year’s grand mar- Anastosm, Nicole College of Greece President David Porter, human rights activist; US Sen. hosted a breakfast and presentation at
shals include FOX network Petallides of Fox Business Horner. Paul Sarbanes; and Evangeline the Capital Hilton featuring guest speak-
TV-My9’s Ernie Anastos, Network and weatherman Former AHI honorees at the dinner Gouletas. ers Ambassador Kaskarelis and
Pan-Cypriot President Philip Nick Gregory all will deliv- included Dr. George Tsetsekos, dean, AHI also was honored March 12 at the Ambassador Kakouris.
Christopher and Col. er commentary during a
Matthew Bogdanos, who is broadcast of the parade at 2
also assistant district attor- p.m. April 18 on Channel 9. Groups remember Hellenic Genocide
ney in Manhattan and author For more information or
of “Thieves of Baghdad.” to participate, contact the
Also selected to serve as federation at (718) 204-
grand marshals are represen- 6500. NEW YORK – Several killed between 1914 and York organized the New York hymn “Thanatos” by scholar
Greek organizations held the 1923 by the Ottoman Empire, event. Georgia Nomikos.
second annual commemora- and international organiza- Placards with reproduc- After the event, Nikolaos
tion of the Hellenic Genocide tions have called for govern- tions of American newspaper Taneris, Pan Thracian presi-
Poetry reading and art exhibit in Thrace, Asia Minor and ments to recognize the geno- accounts of the genocide dent, and Ioannis Fidanakis,
Pontos on April 6 outside the cide. were placed at the event and Pan Thracian Union board
United Nations. The Pan-Thracian Union of educational pamphlets were member, took a ceremonial
The Enosis Philoptochos Korkides, Themis Kudrin,
Hundreds of thousands America “Orpheus” and distributed. funereal wreath for the geno-
Society is hosting a poetry Yannis Maltezos and Lou
Assyrian, Armenian, Pontian Federation of Hellenic The event also included a cide victims to the Greek
reading, art exhibit and Posner.
and Anatolian Greeks were Societies of Greater New recital of the ancient Hellenic Consulate.
reception from 6-8 p.m., The suggested donation is
April 29 at the St. Sophia $5 and includes Greek hors
Church Hellenic Center in d’oeuvres, wine and coffee.
Guest lecture details Greek policies toward Muslims
New London, Conn. All proceeds will benefit the
The evening will feature Philoptochos charities.
the published works of local For reservations or more Harris Mylonas will give a the past three decades” at Tufts European Studies program. The lecture will begin at
poets Mary Vallas Posner, information, contact Emily guest lecture on “Islam at the University on April 22. Mylonas is associate professor 12:30 p.m. at the Fletcher
Nikoletta Nousiopoulos and Mitchell at [phone] EU Border: Explaining the The lecture is part of the of political science and interna- School of Law and Diplomacy,
Lana Orphanides and art by or Penny Maistros at (860) policies of Greece and Constantine Karamanlis Chair tional affairs at George Cabot Intercultural Center,
local artists Artimi 848-3665. Bulgaria toward Muslims in in Hellenic and Southeastern Washington University. Medford, Mass.
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How D.C.
Letters
is spending
Methodios urges
your taxes
parade participation
Metropolitan released the following statement
By BRIAN RIEDL
urging the faithful of New England to participate
in the Greek Independence Day Parade in Boston The Heritage Foundation
on April 25.
You are reminded that the Annual Greek Taxpayers filing their 1040s are likely won-
Independence Day Parade is scheduled for dering just where all their hard-earned tax dol-
Sunday, April 25. I strongly urge you to organize lars are going, anyway.
your parish’s representation during the parade. Washington will spend $31,406 per house-
Please inform the president of the hold in 2010 — the highest level in American
Omospondeia, Eleni Vidalis, of your participa- history (adjusted for inflation). It will collect
tion. I especially encourage you to reach out to $18,276 per household in taxes. The remaining
the young people in the parish and encourage $13,130 represents this year’s staggering
them to participate in this yearly commemoration budget deficit per household, which, along
in the city of Boston. No parish should be absent. with all prior government debt, will be dumped
You will be receiving via email a flier which I in the laps of our children.
ask that you reproduce and distribute during the Government spending has increased by
ensuing two Sundays, April 11 and 18. I also Greece and the forked $5,000 per household since 2008, and nearly
request that you encourage the congregations $10,000 per household over the past decade.
during the next two Sundays to participate in the Yet there is no free lunch: If spending is not
parade. I look forward to seeing you on April 25. German tongue reined in, then eventually taxes must also rise
by $10,000 per household.
Washington will spend this $31,406 per
Major put ‘GO’ household as follows:
By ALEXANDER BILLINIS Social Security/Medicare:$9,949. The 15.3
on battalion’s tags percent payroll tax, split evenly between the
employer and employee, covers most of these
Germany’s outrage against Greece’s Germany will come out costs. This system can remain sustainable only
To the Editor: cooked books is understandable and gen- if there are enough workers to support all
RE: Article entitled “Worcester Cathedral hon- uine, but the con precipitated in Athens had just fine, even if German retirees, which is why it risks collapsing under
ors WWII veteran” willing and engaged partners in Berlin, the weight of 77 million retiring baby
The above referenced article published in the Brussels, London and New York. That the taxpayers have to boomers. Unless these programs are reformed,
Hellenic Voice dated March 24, 2010, written by German taxpayer is furious at the thought paying all promised benefits would eventually
Peter Leasca reported that during WWII, Greek of bailing out the southern tier of Europe is bail out the Greeks. require doubling all income tax rates.
American soldiers had to make a choice to have quite fair, but they should look to their own Defense:$6,071. The defense budget covers
either a “P,” “C” or “J” on their dog-tags. politicians and industrialists as complicit in everything from military paychecks to opera-
Your readers may be interested to know that what is a sovereign (and far more danger- tions in Iraq and Afghanistan to the research,
during WWII, in Camp Carson, Colo., Maj. Peter ous) version of the sub-prime mortgage cri- development and acquisition of new technolo-
Clainos had “GO” (reference to Greek Orthodox) sis. gies and equipment. Lawmakers drastically
put on all the dog tags of the 1,200 members of Until very recently Germany was the friends did some similar financial engi- reduced military spending after the collapse of
the “Greek Battalion,” contrary to Army regula- world’s largest exporter, eclipsed late last neering) to join the euro. Everyone knew, communism in the early 1990s. The 9/11
tions. year by (of course) China. German prod- or should have known, the real state of the attacks reversed this trend, and the inflation-
When I left the Greek Battalion in November ucts are first class, but the strong Euro Greek state. German indignation is a bit adjusted $2,472 per household increase since
1944, I had “GO” on my dog-tags. Later, when I made them expensive outside the hollow. 2000 has returned military spending closer to
joined the 80th Infantry Division, I had to con- Eurozone, particularly for a struggling Finally, the euro is overvalued, and its historical levels (but still lower than during
tinually explain why my dog-tags had “GO,” America and the dollarized economies of German exporters, while professing a dis- previous wars).
instead of either a “C,” “P” or “R” – but I never Asia and the oil exporting countries. Euro gust at the thoroughly profligate behavior Anti-poverty programs:$5,466. Nearly half
had my dog-tags reissued. membership for Greece, Italy, Spain and of those southerners, no doubt view the of this spending subsidizes state Medicaid pro-
Very truly yours, Portugal effectively expanded Germany’s depreciation of the euro with glee. While grams that provide health services to poor fam-
external market and made German prod- their Greek and Spanish markets may ilies. Other low-income spending includes:
Dempsey J. Prappas ucts immune from devaluation of these (rightfully) shrink, a recovering America Temporary Assistance for Needy Families,
Houston, Texas weaker countries’ currencies, as occurred and consuming China presents a far juicier food stamps, housing subsidies, child-care
in the past. prize. Germany will come out just fine, subsidies, Supplemental Security Income and
The euro, with low interest rates and the even if German taxpayers have to bail out low-income tax credits. President George W.
inability to devalue inter-eurozone guaran- the Greeks. Bush increased anti-poverty spending to
teed that nations like Greece would be in It is manifestly in Germany’s interest to record levels, and it has grown an additional
Send us your perpetual current account deficit. Low help Greece, because her banks and pen- 32 percent since the end of 2008 under
interest rates provided the Greeks, the sion funds have been big participants in the President Barack Obama.
Spaniards and the Irish with the means to sovereign credit game, and hold far too Unemployment benefits: $1,640.
letters to the
fuel a housing and consumption binge in a much Greek debt to let it just sink like a Unemployment costs have surged by 411 per-
way the Germans never would. This, of stone in the Aegean. cent during the recession.
editor: course, fueled the “credit card nations’” Having said that, Greece must change. Interest on the federal debt: $1,585. The
demand for more German goods, and in a The culture of corruption and a public sec- federal government is $13 trillion in debt. It
euro environment the Germans could sell tor both bloated and rated as the worst in owes $9 trillion to public bond owners, and the
to a plastic-rich Greek or Italian far more the developed world must reform. Greece rest to other federal agencies (mostly to repay
than a credit-crunched American with a will be rescued, but the political cost will the Social Security trust fund, which lawmak-
weak dollar. be huge. Greece’s national interests, ers raided annually before the program went
The Hellenic Voice The rot in Greece was well-known. I whether in the Aegean, the Balkans or into deficit in 2010). Record-low interest rates
have been a banker for 12 years, and I have Cyprus, will suffer a severe blow. That have recently held down these costs. However,
80 Hayden Ave, been a banker in Greece for some of those Germany, and others, was complicit and the national debt is set to double by 2020,
years. Much of our work in Greece, even in profited by the profligacy in Greece will which will combine with higher interest rates
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counting invoices and factoring, measures nature of this crisis may finally provide an per household.
Lexington, MA 02421 of business and economic weakness rather opportunity for transparency. We Greeks, Veterans’ benefits: $1,052. The federal
than strength. Pharmaceutical companies whether in Greece or abroad, should press government provides income and health bene-
asked for solutions to get their money from for nothing less. fits to war veterans. Spending is up 83 percent
Greek state hospitals, often three of four since 2000.
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or email us: dressing was more than matched by the years in international banking, most $1,018. This spending funds the retirement and
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The Politics of Beauty
Conferences, tration, regular: April 30; late: Ancient Sees of Sts. Peter and
May 31. Andrew with Metropolitan
Lectures & Exhibits www.diakoniacenter.org Methodios and Roman Catholic
Bishop Robert J. McManus,
“Female Threads of September 15-26. (508) 769-
Etcetera
Salvation: The Mother of God, 6538.
the veil of the Incarnation and
AHEPA’s Monthe Kofos
the Sevastokratorissa Eirene in
Memorial Tournament, April Greek
12th century Constantinople,”
14-17, Innisbrook Golf Resort,
lecture by Maria Evangelatou, Independence Day
Innisbrook, Fla.
5-6 p.m., April 14, Sackler
Museum, Harvard University,
Presentation of olive Community meetings for
Cambridge, Mass.
wreathsfor Boston Marathon, Boston Greek Independence
5-6 p.m., April 15, Greek Parade, 7:30 p.m., April 14,
“Coins and Cultures in
Consulate, Boston. RSVP Maliotis Cultural Center,
Western Sicily” with focus on
required: greekconsulate- Brookline, Mass.
the Elymians, Phoenicians and
[email protected] or (617)
Greeks, lecture by N. Keith
523-0163. Greek Independence Day
Rutter, 6-8 p.m., April 15,
Parade, 3 p.m., April 18,
Sackler Museum, Harvard
Celebrating 2,500th Detroit.
University, Cambridge, Mass.
anniversary of Battle of
Marathon, 7 p.m., April 18, St. Greek Independence Day
“Greece: A Journey Home”
Catherine Church, Braintree, Parade, April 18, New York.
art exhibit by Christos Calivas,
Mass.
through April 16, McCoy
Greek Independence Day
Gallery, Merrimack College,
Consecration celebration, commemoration, 12:30 p.m.-
North Andover, Mass.
April 21-April 24, St. George 3:30 p.m., April 23,
Church, Downey, Calif. Massachusetts State House,
“Diabetes and
www.stgeorgedowney.org/co Boston.
Cardiovascular Diseases” by
nsecration
Dr. Maria Koulmanda and Dr.
Greek Independence
Spyros Akrivakis, New England
Hellenic Business Network Dinner Gala and Miss Greek
Cathedral Lecture Series, 7
Networkingafter Work, 5:30- Independence, 6:30 p.m., April
p.m., April 16, Cathedral
8:30 p.m., April 22, The Bar 24, Radisson Hotel, Boston.
Center, Brookline, Mass.
Lounge, Four Seasons Hotel,
New York. Greek Independence Day
“Artist Series: Sculptures &
Parade followed by celebration
Casting” with artist Peter
No Limit Texas Hold’em on Boston Common, 1 p.m.,
Calaboyias, 6-8 p.m., April 16,
National Hellenic Museum, Ada Cohen, an associate professor at Dartmouth College, will lecture on “The Scholarship Fundraiser for April 25, Boston.
Chicago. Admission: $7, $10 Politics of Beauty in Ancient Greek Art” April 28 at the Sackler Museum at AHEPA, Hellas Chapter 102,
Lowell, 5:30 p.m., April 24, Greek Independence Day
non-members, $5 students. Harvard University. (Herakles and Athena depicted on a kylix, circa 480-470
ACACIA Club, Dracut, Mass. Parade, 2:30 p.m., April 25,
BC.)
[phone] or (978) 886- Chicago.
Panepirotic Young Adult
9437
One-Day Conference, 10:30
“The Story of Greek
a.m.-3 p.m., April 17,
The Art of Icon Writing Center, Brookline, Mass. Cambridge, Mass. A Spring Soiree to benefit Independence” exhibition,
Epirotic/Anagennisis House,
demonstration by the Rev. The Demetra Fund for Breast through May 1, National
Astoria, N.Y. [phone], Donat Lamothe of Assumption Annual Conference of Dances & Dinners Cancer Research, hosted by Hellenic Museum, Chicago.
(718) 274-4743 or wor-
College, April 25, Museum of Metropolis of Boston The Hellenic Women’s Club
[email protected].
Russian Icons, Clinton, Mass. Federation of Greek Orthodox NEOLEA Hellenic Dancers EOK, 7:30 p.m., April 25,
Greek Festivals
Church Musicians, Nov. 5-7, St. Annual Fundraising Glendi, 7 Boston Harbor Hotel. RSVP by
“Windows to the Aegean,”
“Introduction to Hellenic- Athanasius Church, Arlington, p.m.-midnight, April 17, St. April 22. (857) 222-0832 or
an exhibition of new bronze
American Genealogy,” lec- Mass. Spyridon Church, Palos [email protected]. April 23-25, Orlando, Fla.,
sculptures and paintings by
ture by Mary Papoutsy, 6:30 Heights, Ill. Admission $20. Holy Trinity Church
Peter Calaboyias, through April
p.m., April 28, Copley Square ”Ancient Cyprus: The (815) 280-9072, (219) 718- Theophany School Benefit
17, National Hellenic Museum,
Orientation Room, Boston Cesnola Collection at the 1221, or [phone]. Evening and Auction, 6:30 April 30-May 2, Durham,
Chicago.
Public Library, Boston. Semitic Museum.” Ongoing p.m., May 1, Apollo Functions, N.C., St. Barbara Church
exhibit, Harvard University, OPA! Charity Fundraiser Norwood, Mass.
“On the Road and Home
“The Politics of Beauty in Cambridge, Mass. with Greek food, music and www.theophanyschool.org April 30-May 2, Clifton, N.J.,
Again” art exhibit by Bill Giavis,
Ancient Greek Art” lecture by dancing, by Daughters of St. George Church
through May 15, Members
Ada Cohen, 6-8 p.m., April 28, Concerts & Shows Penelope EROS 356, 6:30- Wine tasting to benefit
Room, Parker Gallery, Whistler
Sackler Museum, Harvard 11:30 p.m., April 17, Spartan Hellenic Society Paideia of Cape May 1-2, Cranston, R.I.,
House Museum of Art, Lowell,
Mass. Reception, 2-4 p.m., April University, Cambridge, Mass. Light of Greece Concert Manor, New Port Richey, Fla.. Cod and the Islands, 6-8 p.m., Annunciation Church
17. with Mario Frangoulis and Tickets $40 Reservations May 1, St. George Church,
Poetry reading, art exhibit George Perris, presented by the required: [phone]. Centerville, Mass. RSVP by April May 6-8, Wilkes-Barre, Pa.,
“Religion and National and reception hosted by the Greek Institute, 7 p.m., April 18, 26. Annunciation Church
Identity in the Greek Diaspora: Enosis Philoptochos Society, 6- Northshore Center for the Wine and Hors d’oeuvre
A Comparison between Europe 8 p.m., April 29, St. Sophia Performing Arts, Skokie, Ill., 8 party by District 13 Daughters Bishop Demetrios of May 7-9, Webster, Texas, St.
and the United States” present- Hellenic Center, New London, p.m., May 7, Sanders Theatre, of Penelope and Chicago Mokissos honored at Niagara John the Theologian Church
ed by Dr. Nicolas Prevelakis, 7 Conn. Suggested donation: $5. Harvard University, Cambridge, Hellenic Museum, 5-9 p.m., Peace and Dialogue Awards
p.m., April 19, The Greek [phone] or (860) 848- Mass. April 17, Chicago Hellenic 2010, May 4, Ritz Carlton, May 13-16, Greenville, S.C.,
3665. Museum, Chicago. Tickets $35. Chicago. St. George Church
Institute, Cambridge, Mass.
Concert of Greek [phone] or (630) 789-
“Humans and Animals, or “The Greek Crisis of 2009 RembetikiMusic, 4 p.m., April 8314. Sts. Constantine and Helen May 13-16,Houston, St. Basil
the Instability of Species and and the Future of the EMU: A 18, Paine Hall, Harvard Golf Tournament, May 17, the Great
Gender in Ancient Greece” lec- Panel Discussion" by Francesco University, Cambridge, Mass. American Hellenic Council Andover Country Club,
ture by Annetta Alexandridis, 6- Giavazzi and Yannis Ioannides, Tickets: $20 general, $10 stu- of California’s Annual Honors Andover, Mass. [phone] May 14-16, Easton, Pa.,
8 p.m., April 21, Sackler April 30, 4:15-6 p.m., Tufts dents; [email protected], Dinner Dance, 6 p.m., April 17, or andoverorthodox.org Annunciation Church
Museum, Harvard University, University, Medford, Mass. [email protected] or Omni Hotel, Los Angeles. RSVP
Cambridge, Mass. [email protected]. by April 10; [phone] or Philoptochos Society’s May 14-16, Randolph, N.J.,
“All Sides of the [email protected]. Artisan and Craft Fair, 10 a.m.- St. Andrew Church
“Islam at the EU Border: Parthenon” exhibit, May 6- Pandelis Karayorgis Trio, 8 5 p.m., May 1, St. Luke Church,
Explaining the policies of August 21, Coral Springs p.m., April 25, Outpost 186, Hellenic Intercollegiate East Longmeadow, Mass. Free May 14-16, 21-23, Upper
Greece and Bulgaria toward Museum, Coral Springs, Fla. Cambridge, Mass. Dance, 8 p.m., April 23, admission. Darby, Pa., St. Demetrios
Radisson Hotel, Boston. Church
Muslims in the past three
decades,” lecture by Harris “’Presidents Come and Protomagia: Songsof Spring Advance tickets $28, online Wine tasting to benefit
Mylonas, 12:30 p.m., April 22, President Go’: Observing and Summer featuring the $30, at the door $35. Proceeds Annunciation of the Virgin May 27-30,Vineland, N.J., St.
The Fletcher School of Law and History through the Cartoons Panayotis League, Galaxavra benefit Philoxenia House. Mary Church Ladies Anthony Church
Diplomacy, Cabot Intercultural of Bill Pappas,” May 6-August and Metropolitan of Boston Philoptochos Scholarship Fund,
Center, Tufts University, 29, National Hellenic Museum, Youth Dance Group, 8 p.m., AHEPA Tri-State Banquet, 6-9 p.m., May 1, Religious June 3-5,Westfield, N.J., Holy
Medford, Mass. Chicago. Opening reception, May 1, Springstep, Medford, 6:30 p.m., May 1, Westin Cultural Center, Woburn, Mass. Trinity Church
6-8 p.m., May 6. Mass. Tickets: $10-22 advance, O’Hare, Chicago. Tickets $100 Tickets $25,
19th Hermes Expo $10 kids 16 and under and $25 per person. (414) 271-5400, [email protected]. June 4-6, Ann Arbor, Mich.,
International, 3-8 p.m. April “Dedication to the Pontian at the door. [phone] or [email protected] or (708) 749- St. Nicholas Church
22, New York, April 24-25, Heritage” by Demetrios www.springstep.org 4527, [email protected]. The Greek Golf Classic, 11
Kosmidis, New England a.m., June 14, Golf Club of June 5-6, Downey, Calif., St.
Tropicana, Atlantic City, N.J.
Cathedral Lecture Series, 5 Greek singer AntonisRemos Beverly Bootstraps Cape Cod, Falmouth, Mass. George Church
“The Creation of the word p.m., May 23, Cathedral performs, May 2, Club Nokia, Community Services hosts [email protected]
Genocide and those who Center, Brookline, Mass. Los Angeles. [phone]. Greek-theme dinner and dance June 5-6, San Luis Obispo,
fundraiser, 5-10 p.m., May 2, St. Stephen’s Camp, Session Calif., St. Andrew Church
deny the Armenian Genocide”
lecture by Apo Torosyan at "Bread Series" artwork by Aphrodite Daniel, Panos Angelica’s Restaurant, 1: July 11-17; Session 2: July
Armenian Genocide Apo Torosyan, May 28-July 10, Chrysovergis and the Middleton, Mass. Tickets $40 18-24; Session 3: July 25-31; June 10-13, Baltimore, St.
Commemoration, 11 a.m., New Arts Program, Kutztown, Syn...phonia Band perform, 6 per person. [phone] or Session 4: August 1-7, Diakonia Nicholas Church
April 22, City Hall, Peabody, Pa. p.m., May 8, Annunciation www.beverlybootstraps.org. Center, Salem, S.C.
Mass. (978) 538-5702 or Church Hall, Stamford, Conn. www.diakoniacenter.org June 11-13,Danbury, Conn.,
www.peabody-ma.gov. 88th AHEPA Family Entrance fee: $35, proceeds Free Greek folk dance Assumption Church
SupremeConvention, July 11- benefit Stamford AHEPA classes, 7-9 p.m., Thursdays, Spiritual Pilgrimage to the
“My Story, Every Body’s 18, Delta Centre-Ville Hotel, Scholarship Fund. (203) 554- Dormition of the Virgin Mary
Story” exhibit by Apo Montreal, Quebec. 5570 or [email protected]. Church, Somerville, Mass. (617)
265-2222 or stathis- Faithfully serving the community since 1894
Torosyan, April 22, City Hall,
Peabody, Mass. “Home Land Security and Celtic Pops: A Feast of Irish [email protected]
Terrorism” by Bette Novicki and Music conducted by Steven
“The New Acropolis Simone Dodge, New England Karidoyanes, 8 p.m., May 8, Greek dancing for adults.
Museum: Its Exhibits and Cathedral Lecture Series, 7 Memorial Hall, Plymouth, Mass. Basics, regional and traditional
Architecture” by museum direc- p.m., September 23, Cathedral Tickets: (508) 746-8008 or dances. First Monday of each
tor Demetrios Pandermalis, 6 Center, Brookline, Mass. www.plymouthphil.org. month, Hellenic Cultural
Center, Watertown, Mass.
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Enchanted Greece
Sunset from Fira, Thera, 1955
Young restaurant hand, Alonissos, 1963
An exhibit of 1950s Greece by American photographer Robert McCabe is on exhibit April 17-May 12 in Poros, Greece.
Pictured: At the temple of Poseidon, Sounion, 1955.
His work has been exhibited at the His books include: Greece: Images of an and director of the Citronne Gallery.
Firestone Library at Princeton, the Olympic Enchanted Land 1954-1965, Grèce: les For more information, visit
Tower in New York, the Queen Sofia Spanish années d'innocence, and On the Road with a www.citronne.com or email
Institute in New York; the Galerie Sit Down Rollei in the ‘50s. He is currently working on [email protected].
Deck Class aboard the Despina, the
in Paris and in numerous exhibitions in a book about Mycenae.
Aegean, 1955
Greece, in Athens, Thessaloniki, Patras, The exhibit’s curator is Dr. Tatiana Spinari,
Santorini and Monodendri. Professor of Art History at Boston College
Turkey hopes better Greek ties lower defense costs
By SELCAN HACAOGLU As well, 10 key ministers, with each other. follow Greece’s lead, than arms in recent years. space to the EU member if it
Associated Press Writer including those in charge of The countries have been at Davutoglu said that there EU-member Greece sup- wants to get closer to mem-
foreign and European Union odds for years over flight would be no need for arms ports Turkey’s membership bership itself.
affairs as well as energy and procedures over the Aegean spending if the neighbors bid in the European Union, In return, Turkey insists
ANKARA, Turkey –
economy would meet at least Sea border. For decades, could build a “common hoping that it will help solve on the lifting of what it says
Turkey and Greece on April
twice a year, Davutoglu and their warplanes have often future.” territorial issues. The largest is the unofficial trade embar-
8 announced a series of
Greece’s Deputy Foreign engaged in mock dogfights. “We have a vision and it is snag is the divided island of go on the breakaway Turkish
measures to build confi-
Minister Dimitris Droutsas “The measures will boost not based on mutual threat Cyprus where Turkey keeps Cypriot state in the north of
dence between the rival
announced. confidence between the two but on mutual interests,” about 40,000 troops. the island, which was divid-
neighbors, including joint
The ministers said their peoples and armies,” Davutoglu said. “If we man- Turkey began EU mem- ed into a Greek Cypriot
military training designed in
armies would increase coop- Droutsas told a joint news age to build a common bership talks in 2005, but south and a Turkish Cypriot
part to ease years of tension
eration through joint train- conference with Davutoglu. future, there will be no need negotiations on some policy north following Turkey’s
over airspace and sea bound-
ing and conferences. The Greece is suffering from a for defense spending.” have been frozen over 1974 invasion.
aries and a local arms race.
move is designed to encour- severe economic crisis and Davutoglu pointed out that Turkey’s refusal to allow
Turkey’s Foreign minister
age Turkish and Greek offi- plans to cut defense spend- his government has already ships and planes from Associated Press Writer
Ahmet Davutoglu said the
cers, who have for decades ing in 2011 and 2012. reduced military spending, Cyprus to enter its ports and Suzan Fraser in Ankara con-
new moves ultimately could
regarded each other as Responding to a question saying the government has airspace, and the EU says tributed to this report.
help limit arms spending.
potential enemies, to work over whether Turkey would spent more on education Ankara must open its air-
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Film Review: ‘The Promise of Tomorrow’
By HELENE LIATSOS-TSIMAHIDES
Documentaries introduce you to
the most interesting people. Some
you never knew existed, some you
heard of but didn’t really know and
some you knew but had no idea that
a whole other side existed. And that
is what the documentary “The
Promise of Tomorrow: 1940-1960,”
written and directed by Anna
Gianniotis for The Greek Heritage
Society of Southern California does.
We know these people as Papou and
Yiayia, as Yorgo the grocer, as
Katerina at the bakery, Niko at the
diner, and as Dr. Jim at the clinic. By
capturing these people on film and
hearing their stories we see the depth
and fullness of their lives.
I recognized several people in this
film. I know them as members of the
Greek community but I didn’t know
their life story. I met a woman whom
I often see in church; we nod and
say, “Hello.” What I didn’t know
was that she was a nurse during
World War II and saw combat duty. I Tasulis wedding Camp Carson Greek Battalion photo with
know Tony, a long time member of Greek flag and American flag
St. Sophia Cathedral in L.A. and
very active in the community, but tears in his. stamina of their parents’ determina- rifices the immigrant parents made must be told – there is value and
what I didn’t know was that he was This documentary is the second tion to not only survive, but to thrive to educate their children who honor in preserving the lives of our
a captain in World War II and was film of a trilogy about the Greeks and excel. And they did this the only became doctors, teachers, bankers, ancestors. The Greek Heritage
one of the three soldiers who sur- who settled and flourished in way they knew how – hard work, professors, lawyers and business Society of Southern California has
vived a battle. I learned that a man Southern California. The first film, strong families and always, always owners. And we heard the thanks preserved the history of the Hellenic
named Nicholas, whom I met as a “The Pioneers: 1900-1942,” focused an acknowledgement of God’s bless- and acknowledgement these “chil- people who left Greece but did not
young woman freshly arrived in LA, on the first wave of immigrants ings. dren” gave back to their parents. leave their roots. Their story is a
fought for nine years to make Greek arriving at the turn of the 20th centu- The audiences at the first screen- This generational progression will microcosm of Greek communities
Orthodoxy a recognized religion by ry. They came with nothing, but ings of this film were filled with continue in the third documentary of everywhere throughout America. We
the armed forces so that the men and they got everything they needed. people of all ages. Throughout the this trilogy. It will begin in 1960 and are linked together through common
women who served in the military They created families and built a viewing people would call out or bring us up to date with the growth traits of determination and purpose:
could be represented by clergy. community. They established busi- gasp at the recognition of an old and advancement of the Greek com- we work hard to live a full, rich life
The man who touched me the nesses and schools. They gave rise store owed by their uncle or of an munity. And this evolution is huge – in this land of abundance.
most was the one who made the to a Greek Orthodox church in event such as wedding where more the grandchildren and great-grand- A must-see documentary for all
promise of putting $10 in the tray at thanks for the all the new found than 1,000 people attended – the children of the pioneers have those interested in history and in the
church if he came back from the war prosperity in their lives. daughter of the bride is a good friend achieved the highest levels of suc- evolution of Greeks in the United
alive. At the end of his tour he found “The Promise of Tomorrow” is of mine and we laughed together as cess in all fields; they are now super- States of America.
himself in a small church in New about the children of those Pioneers. we heard the story of how her stars – athletes, judges, film stars, “The Promise of Tomorrow” has
York City and he faithfully dropped This first generation struggled with father’s father arranged the marriage governors, Fortune 500 company been selected by the Boston
in the $10. He also mentioned that the Greek at home vs. American out- with her mother’s father. We saw the CEO’s, presidential candidates, International Film Festival and will
the priest came down the aisle to side the home. They spoke of having building of the magnificent St. Wall Street movers and shakers. be screened at 8:30 p.m. April 21 at
meet and thank him personally. As to translate for their mom at the gro- Sophia Cathedral, which grew out of Work on this film has already begun. the AMC Loews move theater in
this old man was speaking, you see cers or at the bank; they spoke about the humble beginnings of the church The Greek immigrant story is no Boston.
how he is clearly reliving those how different they felt from the on St. Julian Street. We were shown different from any other ethnic
moments of thanking God that he other kids in the neighborhood; they how the Greek dance movement was immigrant story – it simply tells the Helene Liatsos-Tsimahides was
survived combat. I thought at first spoke about all the typical feelings started by Athan Karas and how his tale of a group of people who moved born in Greece, raised in New York
that the film was out of focus during children of immigrants speak of. studio, The Intersection, was the away from their original homeland and now lives in Los Angeles. She
this segment, but then I realized that And yet, the common thread of their mecca of gatherings for Greek dance for reasons of persecution, of starva- serves on the Greek Hellenic
the tears in my eyes matched the recollections was the strength and and fellowship. We heard of the sac- tion and of poverty. Everyone’s story Society’s advisory board.
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Divine Grace Part 2:
Remembering
Guarding the Heart in Love
Archbishop
Iakovos
The Fathers of the Church say You see a dream and believe it.
that in the beginning one avoids Now that dream can be from the
Christ is risen from the dead, by sin out of fear of evil one, from the devil. That’s
death trampling down death, and the consequences. why the great author St. John
to those in the tombs bestowing life HOLY LIGHT A little further on, Climacus says we must not
OF SINAI
because of hope in believe in dreams – even when
Dearly Beloved, the reward. And at they seem good to us. One must be
Christ is Risen! a yet more perfect careful, because while it might be
stage, purely from from God it can also be from the
Saturday, April 10, marks the close of a
love for God. evil one. So the saints tell us not to
blessed chapter in the history of the Holy
Many people believe in our dreams.
Archdiocese of America, for
would say that life
it is the 5th Anniversary of St. John has a whole chapter
began for them as
the falling asleep of our on “Remembrance of Wrong.”
they realized how
revered and beloved prede- Sister Joanna Indeed, when someone has
to love Christ with
cessor, the late Archbishop done us an injustice, it creates
their very exis-
Iakovos. bitter thoughts particularly hard
tence, to connect with Him, and
From the moment he to drive out. …
feel His grace. As has been said
arrived on the shores of this
many times, Orthodoxy is not We will try to tell ourselves, that
Archbishop nation in the spring of 1939,
about God; it is the experience of person did not know what he did,
Iakovos His Eminence labored long
God. he didn’t do it with his heart, you
and hard, leading our com-
After all, the triumph of the see. … That is the “righthand”
munity from its immigrant roots into the
authentic Christian way of life is thought, the good one. We will say
mainstream of American society. A cham-
the means it affords to love God in that he did it by mistake, without
pion of civil and religious rights through-
practice, not just imagination. “If realizing what he was doing. Or,
out the years, he faithfully served with dis-
you love Me, you will keep My that he didn’t know any better. ...
tinction and exemplary dedication as
commandments,” Christ says. And so we make allowances.
Primate of North and South America for
In the Ladder of Divine Ascent,
over 37 years and, truly, in the words of St. Jealous thoughts?
St. John Climacus, the great 6th
Paul, he “fought the good fight, he finished
century Sinai ascetic, writes that a We’ll fight jealousy another
the race, he kept the faith” (2 Timothy 4:7).
Christian is one who imitates way. You can easily cry with the
In recognition of this anniversary, I
Christ in word and deed and in misfortune of another, but as the
would kindly ask that all of the parishes of
thought. “In every way of life,” he holy Chrysostomos says, it is
our Holy Archdiocese of America offer a
says, “ask yourself: ‘Am I really more difficult to rejoice in his
five-year Memorial Service at the conclu-
doing this in accordance with good fortune. We will try to make
sion of the Divine Liturgy on Sunday, April
God’s will?’” the other’s happiness our own – by
18, beseeching the Almighty to grant eter-
Thoughts give birth to words saying, “He is my brother, there-
nal rest to the soul of this tireless worker in
and deeds. Therefore, one must fore this good fortune is mine as
the Vineyard of our Lord.
“hit sin at the beginning,” Geronta well. If they honor him, they
Let this be not only an opportunity to Pavlos of Sinai says, by guarding Photo by Bruce M. White Photography honor me.” We make his happi-
pray for his eternal repose but also an occa- the heart from thoughts unwel- The famous Sinai icon of the Ladder of Divine Ascent shows ness our own happiness. In this
sion to thank God for blessing our Church come to Christ. monks approaching closer to God as they ascend the ladder way jealousy departs. Whereas if
with such a distinguished clergyman who For, once admitted, such of the virtues, by struggling for freedom from the sinful pas- we say, “Why are they honoring
touched the lives of countless individuals. thoughts easily lead to sins that sions. him more than me?” that is a bad,
May his memory be eternal!
become bad habits, or “passions,” a jealous, thought.
difficult to uproot – driving out the It requires force, struggle, to
With love and esteem
Divine Grace which is the source rejoice with those rejoicing, even
in the Risen Lord,
of every blessing. though, as the holy Chrysostomos
As St. Catherine’s elected Dikaios, Geronta
says, easily you make his sorrow
+ DEMETRIOS Geronta, you said the experi- Pavloshas been responsible for the spiritual
your own and cry together with
Archbishop of America ence of Divine Grace is won by life of the monastery for four decades. He rep-
him.
driving out bad thoughts with resents the Archbishop during his frequent
good (The Hellenic Voice, March unavoidable absences, and oversees the daily Hopelessness? Thoughts of
31, 2010). But thoughts move at worship services and large monastery garden. despair attack at times. ...
the speed of light. What about The hesychast geronta, devoted to ceaseless
That is absolutely the worst
Modern when we fail? “prayer of the heart,” also responds to the thing. There is nothing worse. It is
spiritual needs of countless Orthodox pilgrims, both within the
Above all, Sr. Joanna, know that the greatest sin. We Christians
God is love! He doesn’t look at monastery and throughout Gree and Cyprus. His insightful spiri- who are faithful and want to imi-
proverbs things with a human eye, because tual guidance is in constant demand. tate our Christ in His life, must
He is God. It is good for a person never – not only never open the
at every moment of his life to do door to hopelessness, but not even
for living the will of God, but if he doesn’t Sr. Joannahas been associated with St. touch the door to hopelessness!
manage it totally, in every instance Catherine’s Monastery since 1990 through its All evil begins there. A great evil.
God does not cease loving him – dependent monasteries in Greece and Sinai, We must never despair – God will
note this! The love of God is a most recently the historic Red Sea hermitage be there for us. Hope is what holds
mystery; it is not like our love. of Hamman Mousa (Springs of Moses), where us in life.
By REV. DR. C.N. DOMBALIS But when we don’t do the will the Hebrew people camped during the Exodus The Apostle Peter denied Christ.
of God, we ourselves lose. after the miraculous crossing of the Red Sea. But he repented. He didn’t despair.
Judas himself didn’t do something
What do we lose?
Until we see God clearly, face to His worse; he betrayed Christ, from
blessed face, we will not We lose the peace of our soul. avarice. But he despaired and
know what we have been Within us we don’t have happi- bad thought just won’t go away In the monastic environment, went and hung himself. He didn’t
searching for far and wide. ness, peace. A difficult, bitter con- – returns persistently, like a fly? we get relief in this matter by grasp onto hope. If he had reached
For in that precious sight it dition takes their place. … But confessing distressing for hope, Christ would have for-
We repeat the Prayer. We have
will be such a union that our when we do the will of God, we thoughts. given him for what he did.
that great weapon for our use, the
breathing and our thinking are peaceful; we have much love Whereas in the case of Peter, who
Prayer of the Lord: Lord Jesus That is good outside the
and talking will be “God.” inside us, hope, and also a happi- returned holding on to hope,
Christ, have mercy on me. monastery too.
Eternity will be tasted and ness which is real, heavenly hap- Christ honored him and restored to
savored. piness. This is what we must focus And if they still persist…? We are frequently cautioned him all his former apostolic state.
* ** on above all. in the monastery not to believe We must bear these things in
… We still insist. With the
When we are too young to have any reli- all our thoughts, to “keep a mind always. ...
Then what can we do when a Prayer. …We will not desist.
gion of our own, the important thing is not to doubt.”
think much but to love much.
* **
Christian faith is preference for life over
against death. It is faith in the goodness and
blessedness of creation. L I V E S O F T H E S A I N T S
* **
By learning to walk upright, we also learn
how to kneel. We cannot kneel without Demetrios the Neomartyr – April 14
learning how to walk upright.
* **
God has set before us life and death, bless-
The rugged Peloponnesus Mountains, with a avowal of Christ with the assurance that his con- them he was qualified to remain among them,
ings and curses. Choose life so that you and
terrain barren for human sustenance, has been version to Islam was his only hope for the good life eventually to be tonsured a monk after the prop-
your descendants may live (Deut. 30:19).
occupied for centuries by Greeks even more reserved only for those whose ranks he joined. er period of training. Demetrios was convinced
* **
rugged than their surroundings. The paucity of Thus brainwashed, the lad remained in good that he could find forgiveness after hearing the
One drunk on wine is more tolerable than
arable soil allowed for a scant population, most of stead with the ruling class, satisfied to be a Muslim abbot tell him of Peter's denial of Christ, after
one drunk on hateful love.
whom lived in tiny villages such as Ligoudista and so long as he really meant to offend no one. He which Peter repented and became the sainted
* **
Arkadia, the home of Demetrios the Neomartyr. even accepted the name of Mehmet as a token of man who preached to the end of his days for the
The end of prayer is to be snatched away
The uninviting terrain discouraged the less his good intentions. Savior.
to God.
hardy from settlement in this area, but because of Demetrios was not long in finding out that the The days at the monastery were filled with
* **
the proximity of Demetrios' village to the city of road to hell was paved with good intentions. earnest prayer and devotion by Demetrios who
Sin is a religious word, for it is a word that
Tripolis, the conquering Turks had by the early Screened from his Christian friends, he was one bore himself in a manner of the highest ascetic tra-
makes sense when we know ourselves to be
19th century firmly controlled the area, choosing day reached by his overwrought father who man- ditions, but he was troubled by an unfulfilled wish
in relation with God.
not to pursue the Greeks who took to the remote aged to draw the boy away from the miasma that to commit an act which would completely expiate
* **
regions of the mountains. clouded his thinking and was drawn into the clear his long forgiven act. He felt that the only way to
Greek Orthodoxy holds to the belief of the
Demetrios grew up in the village where more sunlight of Christianity once again. His several achieve complete absolution was to return to the
Real Presence of God during the celebration
than three centuries of Turkish domination had months of spiritual captivity ended with a loving scene of his wrongdoing and there to reassert his
of the Liturgy as well as in the Eucharist.
developed a society divided in religion but forced father's care which once again unleashed the belief in Christ before those who had taken advan-
The Real Presence of God in the Liturgy
to live together for the common good in an erring son's true feeling. He reached out for Jesus tage of his foolish innocence. The abbot tried to
helps those who come with unsettled emo-
atmosphere that was a scant quarter-century Christ in supplication and prayer for forgiveness, dispel this notion by citing the decision of David to
tions and destructive feelings.
away from revolution in the childhood days of a after which he wept in contrition. Turning his preach the word of God for all his days rather
* **
man who was to become a martyr for Christ, not back on Tripolis, he made his way to Smyrna, from than sacrifice himself in untimely death.
Love does not go looking for evil. When
out of circumstance but out of choice. He was where he boarded a ship bound for the island of Demetrios knew in his heart he could not rest
love does come upon evil, love looks the
another of the uninitiated and untrained who Chios where he hoped to show his sincere repen- unless he faced the Turks of Tripolis. He returned
other way and excuses those who commit it.
were mediocrities until called upon to show their tance and once again bask in the glory of to openly avow his devotion to Jesus and for this
This is to be our attitude.
devotion to Jesus Christ. Christianity. he was executed. The remains of this brave lad
Apprenticed to a Turkish contractor, Demetrios At Chios, he was admitted to a monastery in who willingly gave his life for Christ on April 14 lie
The Rev. Dr. C.N. Dombalis is dean emer-
was still a teenager toiling for a meager subsis- which he was determined to cleanse himself of his in St. Demetrios Church in Tripolis, Greece.
itus of the Greek Orthodox Cathedral of
tence when he came to a fork in the road of his shameful act, thereafter to serve the Savior with all
Richmond, Va. He served as a as a delegate
life, at which point he made an unfortunate his heart. His confessions were heard by sympa- (Reprinted with permission from Orthodox
to the United Nations, where he helped
choice. Born and bred a Christian, the naïve youth thetic monks who were deeply moved by the Saints, Vol. 2by Fr. George Poulos.)
author the Universal Declaration of Human
was beguiled by his Muslim employer into a dis- young man's profound remorse which convinced
Rights.
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At the Greek Table
Real pizza wine
hits a home run
Lahanosalata
By BILL DALEY
Chicago Tribune
An informal tasting
This is a simple salad that I like by
itself, as a side dish or as a condi-
“Pizza wine” has long been an showed both wines
ment.
euphemism for wines ranging in
In the summer we grill quite a bit
quality from average to plonk. But to be simple yet
and I put it on gyros with plain
now the term is taking on a differ-
yoghurt, in place of tzatziki, or serve ent meaning as an iconic Chicago- pleasant. These are
as it a salad with pork
area pizza company introduces its
and chicken souvlaki, not wines with real
own House Red and House White.
or grilled shrimp.
Woodridge, Ill.-based Home
I would also sug- complexity or power;
Run Inn has joined forces with
gest some oven-
Stanger Vineyards of California’s
baked giant white they are what they are
Paso Robles region to market a
beans or Greek fries
non-vintage chardonnay and non-
Paul Delios to go with this combi- vintage cabernet sauvignon in the — food wine, pizza
nation of flavors.
Chicago area. Jewel-Osco is
wine.
exclusively selling the wine in 175
INGREDIENTS of its Illinois stores for about $10
a bottle.
Salad
Stanger is owned by Roger Chicago’s Little Village neighbor-
Janakus, who lived in Lemont, Ill., hood. The back label offers a short
1 head of shredded cabbage or 6
in 1977 and tried to make wine history of the inn and the collabo-
cups
from a single row of grape vines ration with Stanger.
1 cup of shredded carrot
on the property. This quixotic An informal tasting showed
1/2 cup of sliced radishes
quest eventually led him to buy both wines to be simple yet pleas-
1/4 cup chopped pickled hot red 4 tablespoons white vinegar DIRECTIONS
property in Paso Robles in 2000 to ant. These are not wines with real
peppers 1/4 cup lemon juice Mix everything together in a large create his own winery, according complexity or power; they are
1/4 cup chopped sweet dill pickle 3 tablespoons Greek honey bowl and refrigerate for at least one to the vineyards’ Web site. what they are — food wine, pizza
Salt and fresh cracked black pep- hour before using. Janakus was a frequent cus- wine.
Dressing per to taste tomer at the Home Run Inn in The chardonnay was pale yel-
Paul Delios is the resident chef of Darien, Ill., before moving to low with golden highlights and
1/4 cup mayonnaise GreekBoston.com. California. He walked into the brilliantly clear. The nose was
restaurant one day in 2007 and classically and unmistakably
struck up a conversation, recalled chardonnay. The flavor started tart
Creamy Feta Cheese Dressing
Joe Perrino, Home Run Inn’s chief and ended with a citrusy flash.
executive officer. There wasn’t as much in-between,
“He said, ‘How about making maybe a slight sweet-tart pineap-
wines called Vino Perrino?’ That’s ple note. Consider Home Run’s
Top your salad with creamy minced
what we did,” Perrino said. The frozen four-cheese pizza with this
and chunky Feta cheese dress- 1/2 teaspoon dried oregano
wine was sold at the inn’s six sit- white.
ing. It’s all Greek and it’s deli- salt and freshly ground
down locations and proved a suc- There was a touch of ripe berry
cious black pepper
cess. “In the meantime, Jewel sweetness to the astringent, plum-
Ingredients executives tried the wine and colored cabernet sauvignon. It
asked if they could get it into offered fleeting touches of choco-
4 ounces feta cheese Directions
Jewel. They didn’t want to call it late, leather and earth. A slice of
4 tablespoons buttermilk (
In a small bowl, mash feta Vino Perrino so we changed it to Home Run’s sausage pizza, the
or 2 tablespoons milk and 2
cheese and buttermilk together Home Run Inn.” company’s most popular frozen
tablespoons yoghurt)
with a fork until mixture The wine bottles tell the Home pizza variety, might provide
4 tablespoons sour cream
resembles large-curd cottage Run story. The label sports a 1947 enough fatty richness to smooth
3 tablespoons mayonnaise cheese. Stir in sour cream, photograph of matriarch Mary this red out.
3 teaspoons white wine mayonnaise, vinegar, honey, Grittani and her son-in-law, Nick ———
vinegar garlic and oregano until well Perrino, Joe’s dad, making pizza (c) 2010, Chicago Tribune.
1/2 teaspoon honey blended. Season to taste with with employees in the kitchen of Distributed by McClatchy-Tribune
1 small garlic clove finely salt and pepper. the original Home Run Inn in Information Services.
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