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By Eleni Sakellis way to go," he told the AP. Reopen to The women's duet synchro- , -The nized began on Au- Rio Olympics are already into gust 14 with the Greek team of The Public their second week and have pro- Evelina Papazoglou and Evan- vided thrilling moments for the gelia Platanioti scoring well in athletes and viewers alike. Anna the preliminaries to qualify for Korakaki with her two medals, the finals on August 16. The Dracopoulos Hopes a gold in the 25m pistol and team finished in 10th place. bronze in the 10m air pistol In water polo, the Greek Public Will “Embrace shooting events, and Eleftherios team faced in the quarter- it into its Daily Life” Petrounias with his gold medal finals, outscored 9-5 against the in still rings in gymnastics are tough Italian team. faces already heroes for Greece, in- in the next round to de- TNH Staff spiring young people with their termine the 5th to 8th place fin- athletic achievements. Petrou- ishers in the event. – With the desire to nias’ performance on August 15 Sailing and track & field keep the Stavros Niarchos was spectacular. His strength events continue for Greek and Foundation Cultural Center and skill earned him 16.000 out Cypriot athletes as the Rio (SNFCC), in constant dialogue of a possible 16.800 points. The Olympics wind down. Ekaterini with the public until its official reigning world champion in the Stefanidi qualified in 1st place delivery to the State, the event, Petrounias made the ex- on August 16 for the final in Stavros Niarchos Foundation tremely difficult event look easy women’s pole vault with 4.6m. (SNF) annαounced on August while his nearest competitor, sil- Greek-American athlete He- 11 its intention to make the ver medalist Arthur Zanetti of len Maroulis is making history SNFCC again fully accessible to Brazil who earned 15.766 in the women’s freestyle AP Photo/PetroS GiAnnAkouriS, File) the public, organizing open points, grimaced with the effort. wrestling competition since the Once an International Airport, Now a Shelter for Migrants events that will give visitors the Dennis Ablyazin of won 53kg weight class was added opportunity to re-discover and bronze with 15.700 points. only this year. Though wrestling Migrants who live in the Ellinikon refugee and migrant camp in Athens wait to register for asy- enjoy the project. The construc- On August 16, Spyridon Gi- was an event in the ancient lum. A government official in Athens recently told the Associated Press that there is no sign yet tion of the SNFCC has been of- anniotis competed in the 10km Olympics and made its modern that a deal between the and to stop migrants coming to Europe has ficially completed and the SNF marathon swimming event, Olympic debut in 1896, faltered since the attempted military coup in the country. See related story, p. 9. took delivery of the project thus marking his appearance in 5 women’s wrestling debuted at beginning the transitional consecutive Olympics. His silver the 2004 Athens games, making phase of the delivery to the medal-winning time 1:52:59.8 Rio just the fourth Olympics to Greek State. was also the gold medal time highlight the highly-skilled The events started on Au- for of the women of the sport. At five feet Tsipras Vows to Chase Reparations gust 16, a main goal of which Netherlands who out-touched three inches tall, the petite is to give the public the chance Gianniotis for the win. The spe- Maroulis is a powerhouse of an to develop stronger ties with cialist in long-distance and athlete. Her titles include 2015 TNH Staff torched by German forces. icate position because German the project and accompany it open-water freestyle events World champion, 2012 World The findings of an intraparty Chancellor Angela Merkel de- throughout the delivery process competed in the 2000 Sydney, silver medalist, 2013 World ATHENS – Greek Prime Minis- committee which was set up to manded, and got, harsh auster- to the Greek State, which is ex- 2004 Athens, 2008 Beijing, bronze medalist, three-time Ju- ter said look into Greek claims for Ger- ity measures imposed on pected to be completed by the 2012 London, and now 2016 nior World medalist (2011 sil- still owes reparations for World man war reparations are ex- in return. start of the New Year. Rio games. The silver medal is ver, 2008 and 2010 bronze), War II and he’s going after it pected to be submitted to Par- A Greek parliamentary re- The SNFCC’s new program- the 36-year-old Gianniotis’ best 2013 and 2015 World Cup one way or another. liament in early September. The port will recommend Germany ming comes on the heels of the result at the Olympics, adding champion, 2011 Pan American “We will go all the way, first committee wrapped up its probe be sued for 269 billion euros Metamorphosis celebration, a to Greece’s total medal count of Games champion, six-time U.S. diplomatically and then legally, on July 27 and reportedly will ($300.33 billion) in WWII repa- free, four-day cultural festival four, two gold, one silver, and Open champion, and four-time if necessary,” Tsipras said during recommend Germany be sued rations if diplomatic efforts to that featured performances, one bronze. The event, accord- WCWA women’s college na- events marking the World War for 269 billion euros ($300.33 get paid fail. family activities, and exhibits, ing to the Associated Press, is tional champion. Born in II massacre in the village of billion) if diplomatic efforts to The intra-party committee which took place from June also Gianniotis’ last. "Every sin- Rockville, MD to John and Paula Kommeno, in Arta, Northwest- get paid fail. was up to look into the claims 23rd to June 26th giving the gle meter of the training, every Maroulis, 25 year-old Maroulis ern Greece. Greece relies on Germany for and finished its work on July 27 public the opportunity to visit single day and hour, it's just began wrestling at age 7 when More than 300 people were the bulk of three international and due to file its report in early for the first time the new GNO come down to the perfect mo- executed on August 16, 1943 at bailouts of 326 billion euros and NLG buildings as well as ment. I think that's a really good Continued on page 4 the village which was then ($367.53 billion) and is in a del- Continued on page 9 the Stavros Niarchos Park. Al- most 120,000 guests visited the SNFCC during the four-day cel- ebration. The SNFCC Membership Archons to Award Gov. Program was also launched during the events and more than 41,000 members regis- Cuomo for Commitment tered through 26,000 personal and family applications. The membership fees for these ap- To Ground Zero Church plicants were covered through a one-time grant provided by the SNF, for two years. It is TNH Staff But the fight that you waged worth noting that almost 1 out for St. Nicholas Church, that of 4 members are children up NEW YORK – The Order of St. went over a decade is remark- to 17 years of age. Membership Andrew, Archons of the Ecu- able. You faced every obstacle registration will resume in Sep- menical Patriarchate will pre- you were told 'no', time after tember and the fees paid by sent this year’s Athenagoras time, after time. You fought the new members will contribute Human Rights Award to New bureaucracy numerous gover- to the SNFCC’s future sustain- York Governor Andrew Cuomo nors, numerous heads of the ability. Corporate and donor at this year’s banquet in New Port Authority and you would- memberships will also be de- York City on October 15, the n't take 'no' for an answer and veloped by the end of the year Order announced. you kept coming back and kept through close collaboration be- “Governor Cuomo, a strong coming back... and it is such a tween the SNFCC AE, the NLG, advocate for religious freedom beautiful story of the Greek and the GNO. for the Ecumenical Patriar- community. “The first phase of our vision chate, was the instrumental Organizing, mobilizing, re- has been realized,” said An- person in the process of secur- fusing to give up, refusing to dreas C. Dracopoulos, Co-Pres- ing an agreement with the Port loose. And, what was most ident of the Stavros Niarchos Authority of New York and New beautiful, it wasn't for you, it Foundation. “The hope now is Jersey regarding the rebuilding wasn't about a monetary gain, for the public to continue to and resurrection of St. Nicholas it wasn't because someone was embrace the SNFCC as its own, Greek Orthodox Church and going to be advanced, it was support it, enjoy it, make it a National Shrine at the World Trade Center, which was de- Continued on page 5 Continued on page 3 stroyed in the terrorist attacks tnh/coStAS Bej of September 11, 2001,” an- Concert on the Square nounced the Order. National Commander Dr. Eleni Andreou, Diamantis Tziovas (piano) and Dimitris Samiou perform at Athens Square in Anthony Limberakis noted that Astoria on August 16. The concert was part of the annual Greek Cultural Summer Program. "for Christians and non-Chris- tians the world over, Hagia Sophia in modern-day is one of the most magnificent edifices in the world. Now, with Greg Massialas’ Dynasty the building of the Saint Nicholas National Shrine at the World Trade Center, the West- By Theodore Kalmoukos did very well.” described on its website, ern Hemisphere will possess its Massialas said that he and his MTEAM’s “goal is to bring out own little "Hagia Sophia" as a RIO DE JANIERO, BRAZIL – son will remain in Rio until the the champion that exists inside true witness to our Greek Or- Greg Massialas, father and coach closing ceremonies, but now that all kids through the Olympic thodox Faith and our Holy of his son, Alexander, jubilantly the competition is over for them, sport and ancient art of fencing, Mother Church of Constantino- described his son’s two-medal they will get a chance to see the in a fun yet challenging way. ple, as well as a symbol of reli- performance in the 2016 sights. “Beyond high level fencing gious freedom whose lumi- Olympics in Rio De Janiero, Alexander Massialas made success, our fencers learn to bal- nance will be seen the world Brazil. Alexander won a silver history because it had been 32 ance their personal schedules, over. We owe this to Governor medal in fencing on August 7, years since the training, travel, and academic Cuomo who is most worthy to followed by a bronze in the same won any medal in fencing. His demands in their pursuit of ex- receive the Athenagoras Hu- sport on Aug. 9. father was also an Olympian cellence. man Rights Award." “I am very excited as a coach fencer, having competed in 1984 “The MTEAM program is the The Order noted Gov. and a father,” Massialas told and 1988. only program in Northern Cali- Cuomo’s remarks regarding the TNH, and added that although But the Massialas legacy in fornia with a successful track perseverance of the Greek Or- Alexander was disappointed fencing does not end there. record of developing fencers thodox Church and the Greek that he didn’t win the gold, his Alexander’s sister, Sabrina, he is from beginners to Olympians. community as a whole, in father reassured him that “you 22 she is 19, won the gold medal Naturally, not everyone will be- 2012, regarding the struggle to in fencing in the 2014 Youth come an Olympian, but the pos- have the St. Nicholas Church Olympics, at age 17, the first itive experience in challenging rebuilt at Ground Zero. Cuomo For subscription: American in that competition oneself to the limit will last a had said: "Let me say this on 718.784.5255 ever to win the gold in that lifetime. Their passion for the the Church of St. Nicholas AP Photo/MichAel Sohn [email protected] sport. sport, and discipline to do their though, I applaud you for what Double Evangelias in Rio A native of Crete, Greg Mas- personal best will determine you did -- the Archbishop has sialas is Founder of the Massialas what they will attain. The sky is been very kind, (but) I am only Greece's Evangelia Papazoglou and Evangelia Platanioti com- Foundation (MTEAM), which the limit. doing what I am supposed to pete during the synchronized swimming duet technical routine has helped to garner much na- be doing. I am doing my job preliminary round in the Maria Lenk Aquatic Center at the tional attention for fencing. As Continued on page 4 and what I was elected to do. 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro on August 15. 2 COMMUNITY THE NATIONAL HERALD, AUGUST 20-26, 2016 Tarpon Springs Supports its Local Politicians at Pre-Panagias Dinner Dance

By Constantinos E. Scaros When we asked him early in the evening, before the presentation TARPON SPRINGS, FL – On of the plaque was made, what August 13, two days before the would be going on, he said “I’m Feast of Panagias (Assumption not exactly sure.” But he had an of the Virgin Mary), the sprawl- inkling something was abrew ing Greek community of Tarpon when earlier in the evening he Springs, FL, the city with the attended another event and re- highest Greek population per ceived phonecalls to ensure that capita in the United States, cel- he would indeed go to the ebrated at the St. Nicholas Prometheus event too. Greek Orthodox Church’s Fr. “I asked for your support,” to Tryfon Hall, named in honor of elect him mayor on March 15 the late priest who served the “and I thank you for it,” Ala- community for many decades. houzos said, “but now I’m going Due to threat of a rainstorm to ask for another favor: for on August 6, the Night in the your support of Dora Komninos, Islands event for that evening who is running for Pinellas was postponed. There was con- PhotoS: conStAntinoS e. ScAroS/ΤΝΗ County Court Judge in Florida.” cern that if scheduled for the Top: The guests enjoy roast At that point, Alahouzos called 13th, a large number of atten- lamb and potatoes; for those Komninos to the stage, who dees would have to choose be- fasting, there’s shrimp and thanked the community for tween the two. But, instead, it rice. Left: Ellada’s Elias Kon- their support. was rescheduled to the 20th, stantinou sings as Greeks The attendees ate, drank, and so there would be no con- from the greater Tampa area and danced nonstop, with music flict. dance the night away provided by the popular local The Panagias celebration Greek band Ellada. The talented event was organized by the musicians’ endless assortment Prometheus Pan-Hellenic Cul- of songs, the delicious lamb tural Center, whose president, with potatoes (and shrimp with Effie Vasiliou, served as emcee. rice for those fasting for The Pan-Macedonian Associ- Dekapentavgousto), and offer- ation honored Chris Alahouzos, ings of ouzo, Metaxa, and Alfa making him an honorary mem- Governor John Hantzios. beer made the entire evening – ber, the distinction formalized Virtually the entire town kept fittingly and not surprisingly – in a plaque presented to him by the honor a secret from Ala- a truly authentic Greek experi- the Association’s Eastern States houzos, in order to surprise him. ence. Johnny Nicholas Sings the Blues in Fresh Air

TNH Staff He said, “The Greek music I lis- major label debut, as AC noted. He was a lead vocalist and tened to as a kid was really Nicholas then spent time tour- multi-instrumentalist with the Johnny Nicholas is not per- spooky. I didn't know at the time ing with various musicians and band Asleep at the Wheel when haps a household name, but if it came from a form called rem- made a name for himself as a they won their first Grammy you’re a blues fan, you are well- betika, Greek blues. Born in the bluesman. The late musician Award. Nicholas took a break acquainted with this talented prisons during the dictatorships Stephen Bruton, longtime col- from music for a few years while artist. The multi-instrumentalist of the Thirties and Forties – on laborator and member of Kris he and wife Brenda opened the plays guitar, harmonica, man- handmade instruments. Haunt- Kristofferson’s band, said of Hill Top Café in 1981 near Fred- dolin, and piano, and has per- ing, moaning, soulful stuff,” as Nicholas, “He is one of the best ericksburg, TX and raised their formed with some of the most reported in the Austin Chronicle bluesmen ever, black or white,” three sons. Featuring a unique famous American musicians of (AC). The blues transcend the as quoted on Nicholas’ official Greek/Cajun/Texas-influenced the last four decades. Nicholas’ limits of geography but Nicholas website. menu, the successful restaurant, latest album Fresh Air is sched- moved away from Rhode Island Nicholas has performed with a former 1920s-era gas station uled for release on September to pursue music and never BB King, Eric Clapton, Pops and near Austin, TX, gave Nicholas 2 and features the authentic looked back. He found inspira- Mavis Staples, Delbert McClin- the freedom to perform the gigs American roots sound blues fans tion in the music s cene of col- ton, Willie Nelson, Merle Hag- of his choice, even at his own will especially love. The soulful lege town Ann Arbor, MI in the gard, and Jimmie Vaughan. He venue. He returned to recording songs and world-weary vocals 1970s, landing a spot in the has also toured, performed, and the blues in 1991. are the essence of the blues, lineup of the 1972 Ann Arbor recorded with numerous blues Since then, Nicholas has re- though it may surprise some Blues & Jazz Festival with his legends including Robert Lock- leased studio and live albums that Nicholas is Greek-American band Johnny Nicholas & the wood Jr., Johnny Shines, Big and also returned to performing and not originally from the Boogie Brothers. Also perform- Walter Horton, Roosevelt Sykes, live shows. His music is avail- Deep South. Born and raised in ing at the same festival were Robert Pete Williams, One able online at his website which johnnynicholASBlueS.coM Rhode Island, where he started legendary artists Muddy Waters, String Sam, Eddie Taylor, Billy also lists upcoming tour dates his first band, Nicholas listened Howlin' Wolf with Hubert Sum- Boy Arnold, Houston Stack- at venues in Texas and across Johnny Nicholas, bluesman. His latest album Fresh Air will be to rembetika from a young age. lin, and Bonnie Raitt making her house, and Boogie Woogie Red. the country. released on September 2. The National Herald

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NEW YORK – On the afternoon of August 12, the New York State Department of Taxation and Finance (NYSDTF) re- turned the keys to the owners of Euro Market, allowing the Greek supermarket to reopen after its brief closure due to un- paid New York State sales taxes. As reported in the Na- tional Herald, the supermarket was closed on August 10, seized by NYSDTF for the un- paid taxes. NYSDTF Assistant Public Information Officer James Gazzale spoke with the National Herald and said "We returned the keys late Friday afternoon in order to reopen the business." When asked if the issue was resolved, Gazzale pointed out that once the warrant is re- moved and the keys returned, the case becomes a private mat- ter and the details cannot be di- vulged. Euro Market owner Panagiotis Menikos on August 16 at the Euro Market in Astoria reopened late on August 12, owner Panagiotis MenikosPhotoS: at thetnh/koStAS cash reg- Bej In an interview with the Na- reopened store. ister, center. tional Herald, the owner of Euro Market, Panagiotis we reopened Euro Market, the of Astoria. The store is fre- tablished Greek shops of Asto- At the same time, Menikos for a great selection of Greek Menikos, said that the store re- public concern surrounded us quented by expatriates and ria. noted that the clientele of Euro and European products and opened on Friday night. with love.” other Astoria residents who “Euro Market opened in Market also includes expatri- competitive prices." Asked about the outpouring Euro Market is located at prefer Greek and other Euro- 2004 and for the last 12 years ates from Long Island, Manhat- "Thank you to all the expa- of concern from his customers, 30-46 31st Street in Astoria and pean products. regularly serves the needs of tan, and other areas of New triates and Astoria residents for Menikos said it was "great" and is adjacent to the parking lot of Menikos pointed out that expatriates and other residents York, Connecticut, and New their support for us all these “touching.” “From the moment the Cathedral of St. Demetrios Euro Market is one of the es- of Astoria,” he said. Jersey who "come to the store years," Menikos concluded. Niarchos Cultural Center to Reopen to Public, Hoping for Cultural “Embrace”

Continued from page 1 Greek state takes places and the GNO and NLG prepare for destination, and integrate it the move into their new head- into its daily life.” quarters. All programming dur- Renzo Piano, during a press ing August until the delivery to conference on June 24th, stated the State is funded exclusively “This is a story of excellence. by the SNF. Food trucks will be The excellence started with available for guests to purchase [Andreas C. Dracopoulos] and food and beverages. At a later the Foundation. They set up a stage, a restaurant and cafes very ambitious plan and then will operate on a permanent it went on. Because excellence basis. Τhe parking facilities, is contagious. Once you start, which follow the SNFCC’s it goes through. It touched hours of operation, are free to everything, it touched us.” the public at this time. Later A listing of events taking on, paid parking facilities will place in August is available on be available. The parking struc- the SNFCC’s website, ture has a capacity of almost www.SNFCC.org, and the SNF’s 1,000 car spaces. The play- website, www.SNF.org grounds will be available for The August reopening of tnh ArchiveS use once the process for obtain- SNFCC to the public caps a The state-of-the art Stavros Niarchos Foundation Cultural Center, view from the right. ing all the necessary permits summer of extraordinary has been completed. Free Wifi achievement by the SNF. The diatric Clinic at the University year grant to help battle taking place four times a day, buildings will be otherwise through SNFCC-FREE-WIFI is foundation continues to sup- General Hospital of Thessa- chronic kidney disease of un- starting at 9:30 AM, 11:30 AM, closed to the public at this time also available across the entire port remarkable projects in loniki AHEPA took place. The determined causes (CKDu). 5:30 PM, and 7:30 PM. The two while the transition to the SNFCC. Greece and around the world, renovation of the Clinic was The grant allows LIF to garnering awards and honors made possible through a grant strengthen its work to end for its efforts. from the SNF for the complete CKDu worldwide by mobilizing The SNFCC itself won the redesign and renovation of the its network of health, climate, Engineering News Record Clinic to significantly improve industry, and media experts, (ENR) 2016 Global Best Pro- the services provided for chil- and continues SNF’s commit- jects Award in the dren. On August 16, the ment to health and social wel- Culture/Worship category, dur- Stavros Niarchos Foundation fare projects. ing the 4th Annual Global Best Centre for Hellenic Studies an- For those in Athens or plan- Projects competition, honoring nounced the Stanley Morisse ning to visit, the summer hours the project teams behind the Memorial Scholarship to sup- of operation for the Stavros outstanding design and con- port graduate students in Hel- Niarchos Park are from 6 AM struction efforts of the past year lenic and Cypriot Studies at Si- to midnight every day. The win- worldwide. The ENR award mon Fraser University (SFU) in ter hours of operation will be winners were announced early British Columbia, . Val- from 6 AM to 8 PM. A program in July with the awards cere- ued at approximately $20,000, of free events will be held in- mony to take place on October the scholarship was produced cluding wellness and fitness 11 in New York. through the transfer of an en- programs with Wellness and Among the artistic projects dowment from the University Exercise Consultants available supported by SNF, The Hills, to the SNF Centre for Hellenic daily from 6:30 AM to 9:30 AM part of the newly refurbished Studies. The endowment was and from 6:30 PM to 9:30 PM, Governor’s Island in New York established by Stanley Morisse yoga classes every Monday and Harbor officially opened to the in 1993. It was created in Friday at 7 PM and every Tues- public on July 19. The 10-acre recognition of his native coun- day and Thursday at 8 AM, ac- park on the southern end of the try, Greece, his interest in tivities for children and families island, designed by architect Cyprus, and as an expression include the music and kinetics Adriaan Geuze of the Nether- of his humanitarian philosophy. educational program “Play and lands and his firm West 8, took The terms of reference were re- Learn” every Tuesday and eight years to complete, with vised in 2016 by Morisse’s fam- Thursday at 6:30 PM and at 8 four hills created by artificial ily and the University to sup- PM, screenings every Friday, topography. One of the four port graduate students based Saturday, and Sunday at 9 PM, hills, 40-foot-high Discovery on academic merit. Previously, and music concerts. Visitors Hill, includes the sculpture the scholarship supported stu- will have the opportunity to “Cabin” by artist Rachel dents transferring to SFU from visit the Greek National Opera Whiteread which was funded a school in Cyprus. Also on Au- (GNO) and National Library of by the SNF. On July 21, the in- gust 16, SNF awarded La Isla Greece (NLG) through 90- auguration of the renovated Pe- Foundation (LIF) with a three- minute scheduled guided tours Holy Trinity Church Ravaged by Flood in Baton Rouge, Damage Extent Uncertain

By Theodore Kalmoukos this time to estimate, but from entire area is flooded. The com- what was described to me, it is munications are difficult includ- BATON ROUGE, LA – The Holy bad.” ing the cell syst em because the Trinity Greek Orthodox Church When asked about the safety cell towers have been flooded in Baton Rouge, LA has been of the parishioners, Rood said also.” flooded with four to five feet of “from what I know, all are safe. Describing the general situa- water. The entire city has been I don’t know about two who tion, Rood noted that there are paralyzed and thousands have were living near the church, that homes with a few inches of wa- fled their flooded homes seeking ter in them, “but there are other refuge with friends and relatives homes that the water has at higher elevations. In some reached the roof. In our home, cases, the water has reached the the water has come to the rooftops of the homes. porch, but it didn’t come in, we The telecommunications were lucky.” continue to be extremely diffi- According to Rood the parish cult. No one answered at the of the Holy Trinity consists of church simply because no one about 35 to 40 families. The pre- could enter or even to approach siding priest is Rev. Anthony the building, because the whole Monteleones, who is also a clin- area around around the church ical social worker for the state continues to be flooded. of Louisiana. The National Herald con- Rood told TNH that “I will tacted Parish Council President attempt to go to the church and Mike Rood who said “we take some photos and video.” couldn’t approach the church He is a Greek-American through since [August 12) when the his mother, who is from the vil- heavy rain started, but were fi- lages of Trianta and Kremasti on nally able to do so after the the island of Rhodes. Rood visits weekend. “There are five feet of Greece often and was there in water in the church, including holy trinity church May. He said that the Holy Trin- the Holy Sanctuary, and there is The small iconostasis dis- ity in New Orleans offered to no electricity either.” lodged from its original posi- help in any way possible. The damage “is difficult at tion in narthex. 4 THE NATIONAL HERALD, AUGUST 20-26, 2016 It Doesn’t Matter if You Win or Lose, it’s How Much Philotimo You Have

By Samson Soledad immediate comparison between 15 games out of first place with mound he started yelling ob- pitchers and the coveted fastest only 6 games left in the season, scenities at the umpire, Bruce Greeks are quick to credit pitch. Perhaps if Pappas were so he was not risking his team’s Froemming. Pappas could have their ancestors with founding pitching today, it’s possible he season by the accommodation. been thrown out of the game, the Olympic Games, a tradition too, would have sought to curry His gesture was out of philo- but since he was yelling his ob- that survives to this day. They’re favor with the pitch-o-meter. timo. scenities in Greek, the umpire also quick to lament over the But I doubt it! Pappas’ obsession Then in 1968, shortly after had no idea what he was saying. fact that there is no English was to win the game. Throwing being traded to the the Cincin- Clearly, with the Cubs leading word for philotimo. blazing fastballs only increases nati Reds, out of respect for the the Padres 8-0, there was noth- With the opening of the 2016 the number of times the ball will assassinated Robert F. Kennedy, ing really at stake except for the Olympic Games in Rio de be hit out of the park. Pappas several teams refused to play on fact that in front of a home Janeiro, it seems appropriate to chose control over speed. Sud- the day of the burial. By a slim crowd, Pappas would have be- pay tribute to an exceptional denly Pappas’ lifetime average margin, and after pressure by come only the 10th player in the sport talent whose drive for per- of giving up less than one home- management, the Reds voted to 101-year history of baseball to fection was only bested by his run per game becomes more play. The decision prompted throw a perfect game. Bruce belief in t he Hellenic notion of meaningful— as in his joining Pappas to resign as the team’s Froemming clearly had no con- philotimo. the 200+ career game winner player representative, resulting ception of philotimo. Last April, the National Her- club. in his being traded three days Pappas was inducted into the ald paid tribute to the passing But what does baseball have later. Another gesture of philo- AHEPA Hall of Fame, Baltimore of All-Star pitcher Milt Pappas. to do with philot imo? Two ex- timo. Orioles Hall of Fame, Michigan The article chronicled his life- amples . . . Finally, on September 2, Sports Hall of Fame, and long achievements in baseball, In September 1961, The Ori- 1972, Pappas was pitching for Chicagoland Sports Hall of his less-than-lucky trade at a oles faced the New York Yankees the Chicago Cubs against the Fame. But if there were ever a peak in his career, and even his in their 154th game of the sea- San Diego Padres. Nearing the player that deserved to be in- close shave with the elusive son. Baseball’s commissioner de- end of his baseball career, Pap- ducted into the National Base- ideal of baseball’s “perfect clared that in order for Roger pas found himself having ball Hall of Fame, it was Milt game.” Maris to break Babe Ruth’s In the U.S., they say “it’s not how you win or lose, it’s how to pitched a perfect game for all Pappas, who embraced the spirit Important to augment that home run record he needed to play the game". In Greece, they call it philotimo Milt Pappas but the last batter, Larry Stahl. of the game and the Olympic tribute is Pappas’ merging of do so by this 154th game or his embodied philotimo. He pitched two strikes and two tradition, but never lost sight of philotimo with his pursuit of ex- record would include an asterisk balls. The next pitch was close, being Greek and possessing cellence in sport in the true (because in Babe Ruth’s day, the even though he was getting hate pitch Maris nothing but fast- but called a ball. And now fac- philotimo. the Olympic tradition. For example, season was only 154 games mail from the fans. The night balls. Maris said “Really?” Pap- ing a 3-and-2 count, Pappas There is always hope the Hall although Pappas was not known long.) before the game, Pappas en- pas replied “Absolutely!” Appar- threw a pitch that was also of Fame committee will one-day to possess one, technology has Although the press was criti- countered Roger Maris and ently Mantle asked for the same close, but called “ball-4”, walk- add the concept of philotimo to fter boosted the popularity a blazing cal of Maris at the prospect of Mickey Mantle walking under concession only to hear Pappas ing the batter, and forcing Pap- their selection process. fastball, such that fans can be supplanting the legendary Babe the stadium. Pappas told Maris say “You’re on your own, big pas to get the next batter out advised of the exact speed of Ruth record, Pappas understood that he wanted him to break the boy!” and be left with only a no-hitter. Samson Soledad is an author of every pitch thrown, allowing an Maris’ drive to break the record record. Pappas stated he would At the time, the Orioles were Pappas lost his cool. From the mostly historical fiction.

Greek Athletes Keep the Flame of Hellenism Lit, Capture Gold, Silver, and Bronze Medals at the 2016 Summer Olympics

AP Photo/FeliPe DAnA AP Photo/hASSAn AMMAr AP Photo/SerGei GritS Spyridon Gianniotis, of Greece, holds the silver medal he won Anna Korakaki of Greece displays her gold medal following Greece's Angelos Vlachopoulos, left, passes the ball forward as in the men's marathon swimming competition at the 2016 the victory ceremony for the women's 25-meter pistol event at Italy's Christian Presciutti goes to block during their men's wa- Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, Aug. 16. the Olympic Shooting Center on Aug 9. ter polo quarterfinal match at the 2016 Summer Olympics. Maroulis, Petrounias, et al. Highlight Greek Olympic Successes in Rio

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her older brother needed a prac- tice partner. Her parents, how- ever made her quit the sport which at that time was not part of the Olympics. When it be- came an Olympic sport, Maroulis began her training in earnest. She missed making the 2012 team by one point, but is now on the verge of fulfilling her Olympic dream. Vogue mag- azine profiled the athlete in the article entitled Helen Maroulis Loves Winning, But She Loves Wrestling More which features the vogue.com video Olympic Wrestler Helen Maroulis Fights like a Girl. In the video, Maroulis talks about her love of wrestling and the sacrifice in- volved to make her Olympic dream a reality. Eating the same meal five times a day and gru- eling workouts are worth it as the athlete observed in Vogue, “I love sacrificing for a goal, that AP Photo/DMitri lovetSky feeling like I’m investing in Gold medalist of Greece performs on the rings during the gymnastics something. The fun part, the exhibition gala at the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio on Aug. 17. winning part: That’s two to five seconds where you’re getting your hand raised. Everything else is hard. You have to love the hard part.” Greg Massialas Coaches Son to Medal

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ALL HISTORY A Poker Game Brought Him to : George “Duke of Sparta” Lycurgus

By Steve Frangos there and it soon became a pop- the volcano rim. In December tourism to . TNH Staff Writer ular destination for tourists from 1904, George and Demosthenes These efforts included public an- the mainland. Lycurgus was Lycurgus became principal nouncements of Lycurgus’ later quoted as recalling of stockholders of the Volcano claims to have tamed the vol- CHICAGO - In every generation Stevenson that, “He wrote House Company and took over cano, to radio broadcasts from of Greeks there are always those mostly at night, filling dozens the management of the Volcano the Volcano House during who possess a mixture of of pages with writing and scat- House. Two months after the Ly- nearby eruptions to his occa- shrewd business sense and flam- tering paper over the floor. He curgus’s acquired the business, sional tossing bottles of gin into boyant showmanship. Such Hel- was always a gentleman; always the volcano erupted. the volcano as offerings to the lenes do not simply make a ready with a story but yet ap- He opened a restaurant Polynesian god, . great deal of money but rather parently eager to listen to the called the Union Grill in Hon- George Lycurgus, wandering they must always do so with tales of others.” olulu in 1901 and would hold Greek, businessman, free- quite a considerable amount of Among his most frequent "Jailbirds of 1895" nights which thinker, loyalist to the Hawaiian noise and dash. True, many of guests was the Hawaiian royal were not popular with the new royal family and irrepressible these very same Greeks often go family. Around this time Lycur- government. The Lycurgus fam- spirit died in 1960 at the age of through cycles of economic gus received the nickname ily kept a shrine to deposed 101. Various National Park pub- boom and bust across the span "Duke of Sparta." This was the Queen Lili uokalani at the Vol- lications such as “The Story of of their lives but it seems this title borne by the Crown Prince cano House and related the leg- the Volcano House by Gunder very prospect is what offers such of Greece. This name was sup- ends of to the E. Olson (Kinoole, Hawaii: Pet- individuals a challenge they posed to indicate not only Ly- visitors. Prayers were made to roglyph Press, 1941) and “Uncle cannot seem to resist. George curgus’s friendship with the the fire goddess Pele, said to live George of Kilauea: The Story of Lycurgus was just such a person. Hawaiian Royals but also his in K lauea, to provide spectacu- George Lycurgus” by Harry Lycurgus is a towering figure leadership role among the lar  eruptions. The American Miller Blickhahn (Volcano in the history of Greeks in the Greeks living in the Hawaiian missionary class despised these House, Hawaii National Park, Hawaiian Islands as well as Islands. practices. 1961) offer something of this among (at least) two genera- In 1893, after the death of Around 1912, The Lycurgus complex individual’s life. But tions of confectioners in the Kal kaua, (November 16, 1836 family raised money to build a clearly a more detailed historical United States. Known today as – January 20, 1891), the last small building next to the hotel account of this person’s experi- the Duke of Sparta, unexpect- reigning king of the Kingdom of for scientific instruments. In ences and contributions needs edly Lycurgus is figure better Hawai i American missionaries 1921 George Lycurgus sold the to be undertaken. known to Americans than he is and businessmen (often the very Volcano House and moved to It has been said that George Greek-Americans. Lycurgus’ in- same individuals) led the over- Hilo, Hawaii. Yet Pele must Lycurgus always exhibited, fluential role in the early tourist throw of the Kingdom of Hawaii have been calling for Lycurgus ho‘okuleana, which is the native industry of Hawaii has much to and declared a Republic of who bought back into the Vol- word meaning “to take responsi- do this current state of affairs. Hawaii. By 1898, the Spanish– cano hotel in 1934 but even bility.” While often described as That Lycurgus’ life also involves George Lycurgus is a towering figure in the history of Greeks American War had increased then the old Greek knew more an “action word” signifying indi- what is today a national park on the Hawaiian Islands as well as among generations of con- American interest in the Pacific. must be done. In 1940, Lycurgus vidual and/or collective respon- will surprise no one who knows fectioners in the United States. In 1898, Hawaii was annexed traveled to Washington, D.C. to sibility as with all translations even just a fragment of his life. as a territory of the United lobby among influential friends that is merely a gloss. The word On March 5, 1859, George ated a restaurant, the Oyster on that first visit, in time Lycur- States. After the failed 1895 (including Franklin D. Roosevelt is meant to indicate an individ- Lycurgus was born in the village Grotto, in . gus took more trips and spent Hawaiian counter-revolution, who had stayed in the Volcano ual’s ability to act properly, the of Vassara, Greece, near Sparta. A man of unsuppressible en- more and more time on the is- Lycurgus was accused of smug- House) to have the Civilian Con- way people are meant to partici- Lycurgus accidentally came to ergy, during this same period, lands. In 1892, Lycurgus sent gling guns to the Royalists. Var- servation Corps construct a park pate in everyday life rather than Hawaii for the first time in Lycurgus shipped pro- for his nephew Demosthenes Ly- ious rebel leaders had meetings headquarters building near the ignore significant events around 1889. In 1877, Lycurgus like so duce and wine to his cousin in curgus, and along with other re- in the Sans Souci hotel. By Jan- Kilauea Volcano. Later the Ly- them. To prevent negative events many of his generation, traveled , who shipped Hawai- cent immigrants formed the uary 20 the leaders were all cap- curgus family proved instru- rather than react and so to pre- in steerage class to New York ian bananas to the mainland. In Pearl City Fruit Company, then tured. Lycurgus was arrested, mental in the development of serve rather than degrade, is City eventually working his way 1889, as the story goes, while one of the largest exporting charged with treason, spent 52 the Hawaiian Volcano Observa- meant here. In Greek we say, he across the country. In 1881, a loading a cargo boat that was companies on the islands. days in jail, but was never tried. tory and Hawai i Volcanoes Na- or she “gave back more than they relative George Andreos, con- bound for Hawaii, Lycurgus was In 1893, Lycurgus opened In 1894, Lycurgus landed in tional Park.  were given.” George Lycurgus, vinced him to join a wholesale invited aboard for a poker one of the first resorts on Hilo for the first time aboard the In November 1941, Lycurgus the Duke of Sparta, not only fruit business trading between game. It must have been an ex- Waik k beach in Honolulu USS Philadelphia with the ex- opened his last version of the helped to preserve the natural Hawaii and California – thus the citing game because he didn’t which  he named the "Sans press intention of visiting the Ki- fabled Volcano House. Over the world but in so doing he left the California Wine Company was notice that the ship had set sail Souci" (French for "without lauea and Mauna Loa Volcanoes decades George Lycurgus had world a legacy beyond measure. born. Lycurgus from roughly with him still aboard it. While care"). Celebrities such as for the first time. Some sort of engaged in any number of pro- 1886 to 1889 owned and oper- only spending a week in Hawaii stayed shelter had always been near motional acts to increase [email protected]

COMMENTARY Archon Corner: Turks Violate their Constitution, Treaty of Lausanne

By Thomas N. Kanelos Let’s move forward to the era ing to study for the priesthood to of the First World War. Tradi- foreign Theological seminaries. Tuesday, May 29, 1453, is a tional empires were coming In many cases, they do not return day that all true scholars of his- apart as the world entered the due to the difficulty in obtaining tory know well. After a siege of 20th century and the Ottoman work permits. more than six weeks the Queen Empire was no exception. War, 5. Confiscation of Property. City, Constantinople fell to the decay, and corruption had Since 1922, thousands of prop- Ottoman Turks. We can only caused great unrest among the erties belonging to the Ecumeni- imagine the end recalling the Turkish subjects and animosity cal Patriarchate have been con- words of the great Historian Sir against the Government. The fiscated and the Patriarchate Steven Runcimen. We remem- defeat of the Central Powers, must engage in costly legal ac- ber the stories of the “…last the brief war with Greece cul- tions to try to regain its rightful Christian Emperor, standing in minating with the Asia Minor properties. the breach of the wall, aban- Catastrophe and the expulsion The persecution, as you can doned by his Western allies, of Greeks from Smyrna in 1922 see, remains to this day. The holding the infidel at bay until signaled a new era in the treat- Turkish Authorities are effec- their numbers over powered ment of the Christian Orthodox tively forcing the population to him and he died, with the em- citizens of the new secular Re- leave. In 1955, there was an out- pire as his winding sheet.” public of Turkey. Mustafa Kemal right sack on Christian-owned For nearly 500 hundred Ataturk and his Nationalist businesses that cost the lives of years, the Christians of Constan- Movement succeeded in taking their owners. This caused many tinople and the surrounding ar- control and he became the first to leave and a population of eas lived as second class subjects President of Modern Turkey. nearly 500,000 in 1900 has with periods of general calm in- The Treaty of Lausanne set- dwindled to 2,000 today. terspersed with periods of vio- tled the conflict between the Ot- What can we do? First of all, lent pogroms. The Church, as toman Empire and the Allied it is our responsibility to know the body responsible for the po- Forces. This treaty of 1923 was these things are happening. We litical as well as spiritual juris- incorporated into the new Turk- must know how we arrived at diction over the Christian sub- ish Constitution and guaranteed this situation. jects, also vacillated between freedom of religious expression Lausanne PD: The Conference of Lausanne, Switzerland. The Archons of the Ecumeni- times of peaceful coexistence and belief for the religious mi- cal Patriarchate are charged to along with times of persecution. norities in Turkey. However, in in Patriarchal Elections. The of the world understands and own property in Turkey. Like- defend and promote our Holy From the period of 1453 practicality, this has not been Turkish government requires el- respects the Ecumenical Patri- wise, the government will not and Great Mother Church. Cre- through 1922, there were 103 the case. According to scholarly igible candidates to be Turkish arch as the Spiritual Leader of authorize work permits to indi- ating awareness among the Ecumenical Patriarchal reigns, and legal research and docu- Citizens and reserves the right World Orthodoxy, the Turkish viduals from foreign nations faithful is paramount and your averaging less than five years mentation by the Order of St. to veto any Candidate. It is government only recognizes His who work at the Ecumenical Pa- Archons are working diligently each—an indication of the in- Andrew, Archons of the Ecu- widely believed that our own All Holiness as the local bishop triarchate. to combat the challenges that terference of the Ottoman Gov- menical Patriarchate, in a report Archbishop Iakovos, of blessed of the Turkish Orthodox Citi- 4. Closing of Seminary and in- threaten our very Orthodox ex- ernment into the administration given at the Second Interna- memory, was vetoed by the zens. ability to train new clergy. With istence. of the Church. Nevertheless, tional Conference on Religious Turkish government in 1972. 3. No legal ent ity. The Ecu- the closing of Halki Theological with notable exceptions, the Freedom, held in Berlin in 2013, 2. Non-Recognition of “Ecu- menical Patriarchate has no le- School in 1971, the Patriarchate Thomas (Athanasios) Kanelos is Christian subjects were allowed the Turkish government has vi- menical” status. While the rest gal standing and cannot even must send its local persons wish- an Archon Depoutatos. their properties and their cus- olated its own Constitution as toms and most importantly their well as the Treaty of Lausanne Churches and their practice of in the following ways: the Faith. 1. Government Interference POCKET-LESS Archons to Present Gov. Cuomo PITA BREAD with Athenagoras Award Kontos Foods Continued from page 1 www.GreekKitchennyc.com The Leading Company in Flat Breads the fundamental belief of the Well known for the Pocket-Less Pita Greek community, which is about community and faith and Manufacturers of Authentic ethnic philanthropy." hand Stretched Flat bread. 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Andrew Cuomo, seen here, on b a October 15. 6 OBITUARIES CLASSIFIEDS THE NATIONAL HERALD, AUGUST 20-26, 2016 Helen Unaris, Devoted Churchgoer CLASSIFIEDS

TNH Staff She was born in Greece on Besides her husband, she was LEGAL NOTICE LEGAL NOTICE March 7, 1925, a devoted com- predeceased by her daughter, Housekeeping Resource, LLC. Art. of Org. filed Notice of formation MELINA FINE ART, NEW BRITAN, CT – Helen (Pa- municant of St. George Greek Stasia Ververis. w/ SSNY 7/28/16. Office in Kings Co. SSNY LLC (DOM. LLC). Articles of Organization designated for service of process and shall mail filed with the Secretary of State of New padoupoulis) Unaris, 91, of Orthodox Church in New Funeral Services will be held to Reg. Agent: U.S. Corp. Agents, Inc, 7014 York, SSNY on 07/22/2016. Office located in Southington passed away on Britain. She valued her family Saturday at 9 a.m. from the 13th Ave. Ste. 202, Brooklyn, NY 11228. Pur- Kings County. SSNY has been designated for Wednesday, Aug. 10, 2016, at and friends. DellaVecchia Funeral Home, pose: Any lawful activity. service of process. SSNY shall mail copy of any process served against the LLC to: c/o home, surrounded by her loving She is survived by her son, 211 N. Main St., to St. George 275347/18796 United States Corpration Agents, Inc., 7014 family. She was the wife of the John Unaris of Southington; Greek Orthodox Church, 301 W. 13th Avenue, Suite 202, Brooklyn, NY 11228. late Arthur Unaris, who was the two grandsons, Ignatios “Gus” Main St., New Britain, at 10 Purpose: Any lawful activity. former co-owner of Capitol Ververis of Plainville and Arthur a.m. Burial will be at Fairview LEGAL NOTICE 275359/20085

Lunch in New Britain. Ververis of Unionville. Cemetery in New Britain. FAMily unAriS Notice of formation KW DEVELOPMENT LEGAL NOTICE LLC. (DOM. LLC). Articles of Organization filed with the Secretary of State of New Notice of formation NEWMARK INTERIORS, York, SSNY on 07/19/2016. Office located in LLC. (DOM. LLC). Articles of Organization King County. SSNY has been designated for filed with the Secretary of State of New DEATH NOTICES service of process. SSNY shall mail copy of any York, SSNY on 07/22/2016. Office located in process served against the LLC to: KW Devel- Kings County. SSNY has been designated for opment, LLC 1323 64th St., 2 FL. Brooklyn, NY service of process. SSNY shall mail f copy o ARGOS, JOHN his retirement. Besides his wife, 601 West Murray Rd., Canons- lessons that they learned well and 11219. Purpose: Any lawful activity. any process served against the LLC to: THE LLC, c/o Mr. Ron E. Marks, 47 E. Beech Street, COLORADO SPRINGS, CO (from he is survived by his loving daugh- burg, PA 15317 or Sarasota Man- will in turn teach their children. 275345/20080 Long Beach, NY 11561. Purpose: Any lawful the Gazette, published on Aug. 7) ters, Melissa D. Barth and her hus- atee Assoc., for Riding Therapy, Solving problems came naturally activity. – George N. Argos died Wednes- band Zachary of Fair Haven, NJ 4640 CR 675 E, Bradenton, FL to Yanni, and nothing surprised his 275366/20090 day, August 3, 2016, at the Pen- and Joanna D. Boyle and her hus- 34211. always-calm personality. In addi- LEGAL NOTICE rose Hospital Hospice and Pallia- band John of Pelham, NY. He was tion to family, Yanni had a joyous LEGAL NOTICE tive Care Unit. He was 88 years the cherished grandfather of GLINOS GEORGE love of many things: playing and Notice of formation of BLUE KINGS old. 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Working briefly & Crematory, 1278 Park Avenue, years old and shortly after became Spiro's Uburger Restaurant in Ken- 275335/20070 in Chicago and Denver, George Cranston, followed by services at a US citizen. In 1955 he married more Square. Yanni brought those settled in Colorado Springs. Later 11:00 a.m. in the Annunciation his wife Esther in New Jersey. They same great carpentry skills to ren- LEGAL NOTICE FUNERAL HOMES that year he began working at the Greek Orthodox Church, 175 Oak- were Married for 44 ye ars they ovating son George's apartment Notice of formation ASOR LIFE, LLC. APOSTOLOPOULOS Broadmoor Hotel where he stayed lawn Avenue, Cranston. Burial will had three children Katina Ka- complex in Taunton and building (DOM. LLC). Articles of Organization filed Apostle Family - until 1964 when he bought the be in North Burial Ground, Provi- payiannidis (Alex), NiKo (Maribel) a beautiful addition to his family with the Secretary of State of New York, SSNY on 04/26/2016. Office located in King Gregory, Nicholas, Andrew - Park Café Tavern downtown. He dence. Visiting hours Sunday 4-7 and Sofia Glinos. Mr. Glinos was homes in Needham and Center- County. SSNY has been designated for later owned and operated the T- p.m. In lieu of flowers, memorial the former owner of the popular ville. In later years he worked side- service of process. SSNY shall mail copy of Funeral Directors of Gap Lounge and George's Place contributions may be made to the Grecian Gardens Restaurant in by-side with his wife Andrea in any process served against the LLC to: United RIVERDALE FUNERAL HOME Inc. States Corporation Agents, Inc., 7015 13th Av- until he retired in 2002. In 1959, American Cancer Society , 931 Naples. His mission in his later their DePasquale Insurance Agency enue, Suite 202, Brooklyn, NY 11228. 5044 Broadway he married his wife of 57 years, Jefferson Blvd., Suite 3004, War- years was to beat Alex in Bubble in Needham. Yanni greatly enjoyed Purpose: Any lawful activity. New York, NY 10034 Tina (Argos) Tasoulis. Together wick, RI 02886. Visit IQ His passion was he loved to spending time with his many 275329/20010 they had three children and five nardolillo.com for online condo- travel to Greece. He spent six friends at the Hellenic Soccer Club (212) 942-4000 grandchildren. George is survived lences. months a year there visiting friends in Roslindale and the Greek Polit- LEGAL NOTICE Toll Free 1-888-GAPOSTLE by his wife, Tina; daughters; Dim- and family from his youth. Family ical Club in Cambridge. Family and Notice of formation of OWell Health LLC, CONSTANTINIDES Art. of Org. filed with Sec’y of State itria Hurst and Nicki Renner; and DESPOTIDES, MOSHA was his most prized possession. All friends honored and remembered FUNERAL PARLOR Co. a son, George Argos, Jr. He is also NEWPORT NEWS, VA (from the his family reside in Naples, Fl. Yanni's life by gathering for calling (SSNY) on 5/27/16. Office location: Kings County. SSNY designated as agent (718) 745-1010 survived by his grandchildren: Daily Press, published on Jul. 29) Mr.Glinos is predeceased by his hours at the Andrew J. Magni and of LLC upon whom process against it may Samantha, Ellory, William, Nathan – NEWPORT NEWS - Moscha loving wife. He is survived by his Son Funeral Home, 365 Water- be served. SSNY shall mail copy of process Services in all localities - to Windsor Publishing, PO Box 8627, Al- and Nicole. He has three surviving Despotides, 88, passed away on three sisters from New Jersey town Street, Rt 16, Newton on bany, NY 12208. Purpose: Any lawful ac- Low cost shipping to Greece siblings in Athens. A funeral ser- Thursday, July 28, 2016 with her Marika,Stella and Evangelia. His Wednesday July 27, 2016, from 4- tivity. 275311/10834 vice will be held at 10 a.m. on family by her side. She was born 8 Grandchildren Efstathia Knapp 8 pm. A funeral service was held ANTONOPOULOS Tuesday, August 9, 2016, at the in Sifnos, Greece and moved to (Tim), George (Angel) & Niko Thursday, July 28 at 10:30AM in LEGAL NOTICE Shrine of Remembrance Funeral the United States in 1957. She was (Danielle) Zertopoulis, Christopher Taxiarchae/ Archangels Greek Or- FUNERAL HOME, INC. 5521 NEW UTRECHT AVENUE LIM- Home, 1730 East Fountain Boule- the co-owner, with her husband, & Estathia Velez, Jenna, Giorgio thodox Church, 25 Bigelow Av- ITED PARTNERSHIP. Cert. of Limited Konstantinos Antonopoulos - vard, Colorado Springs, Colorado of Despotides Gardens in Po- and Gianni Glinos. 9 great grand- enue, Watertown. Internment at Partnership filed with the SSNY on Funeral Director 12/31/03. Latest date to dissolve: 80910. Interment will take place tomac, MD. She made her home children Zeek, Katerina, George, Newton Cemetery. In lieu of flow- 38-08 Ditmars Blvd., at Evergreen Cemetery followed in Potomac, MD for 54 years be- Kiera , Eva, Demetri, Jaydah, ers, donations may be made to the 09/30/2050. Office: Kings County. SSNY des- ignated as agent of the LP upon whom Astoria, New York 11105 by a reception at the Olympian fore moving to Newport News, VA Tayten and Alisaundra. Viewing Pulmonary Fibrosis Foundation, or proces s against it may be served. SSNY shall Plaza Reception and Event Center, to be near her daughter. She was on Monday August 8th from 6pm- the charity of your choice . mail copy of process to the LP, c/o (718) 728-8500 975 South Union Boulevard. In a founding member of St George 7pm, with Trisagion prayers from Mermelstein Realty LLC, 5521 New Utrecht Avenue, Brooklyn, NY. Not affiliated with any lieu of flowers, donations may be Greek Orthodox Church in 7-8 pm at St. Katherine Greek Or- KYRIAKIS, ELENI other funeral home. made in George's name to Bethesda, MD where her husband, thodox Church, Naples. His Fu- NATICK, MA (from the Worcester 275324/17973 Archangel Michael Greek Ortho- Rev. Fr. Nicholas Despotides, was neral service will be held on Tues- Telegram & Gazette, published on dox Church, 2215 Paseo Road, the Assistant Priest and was a day August 9thth 11:00 am at St. Aug. 2) – ATICK - Eleni M. Colorado Springs, Colorado member of the Ladies Philopto- Katherine Church 7100 Airport Rd. (Mitrokostas) Kyriakis, age 91, to PlAce your clASSiFieD AD, cAll: (718) 784-5255, 80907. chos Society. Mrs. Despotides was North Naples. The Entombment passed away peacefully on Mon- ext. 106, e-MAil: classifieds@ thenationalherald.com preceded in death by her son, will follow Naples Memorial Gar- day, August 1, 2016 at the Beau- CHOPPELAS, EUGENE John Nick Despotides and 11 sib- dens. In Lieu of flowers contribu- mont Skilled Nursing and Reha- SAN FRANCISCO, CA (from the lings. She is survived by her hus- tions in George's memory may be bilitation Center in Natick. She was San Francisco Chronicle, pub- band of 60 years, Rev. Fr. Nicholas made to St. Katherine Greek Or- the devoted wife of the late Anto- lished on Aug. 1) – Eugene George J. Despotides; her daughter, Flora thodox Church, building fund. nios Kyriakis. Born in Krapsi, self, except when it came to keep- could not have children naturally, Choppelas passed away peacefully D. Chioros and her husband, Rev. Greece, she was the youngest child ing our Father in line. During her yet children were the focal point from complications of vascular de- George Chioros, of Newport HAPASAKIS, HRISTOS of the late Lazarus and Sophia last week, I recall her saying, of her life. Fran was a life long vol- mentia. He was a second genera- News; her beloved grandson, Con- EDISON, NJ (from the Home (Grapsitis) Mitrokostas. Eleni first please don't let him have another unteer of the Annunciation Greek tion San Franciscan, son of the stantine "Dean" George Chioros of News Tribune, published on Aug. met and married Antonios in glass of ouzo, (a strong Greek Orthodox Cathedral, and a mem- late George and Efthimia (Pan- Newport News and many nieces 4) – Hristos Kapasakis died Tues- Athens, Greece. Together, they liquor). While she was interested ber of many of its organizations tazy) Choppelas. He leaves behind and nephews in Greece and the day, August 2, 2016 at Robert moved to New York City where in the issues of the day, she much including the Daughters of Pene- many who loved him, his daugh- United States. The family will re- Wood Johnson University Hospital, they worked hard to prepare for preferred to listen to others talk lope and the Senior Citizens, with ter Jeannine, two grandchildren, ceive friends on Saturday, July 30, New Brunswick, N.J. He was 93. the arrival of their children. Eleni about them and focus all of her which she faithfully met each week Justin & Renee, step-son Arthur, 2016 at Sts. Constantine and He- Born in Crete Greece, he came to found so much joy in maintaining energy on the comfort and safe- for many years. Although she ex-wife and lifelong friend Jean- len Greek Orthodox Church from the United States in 1966 and has a beautiful home for their family. keeping of her family, because in leaves many friends behind, she, nette, sister in law Dr. Jackie 4:00-6:00pm with a Trisagion Ser- lived in Edison since 1972. He was After Antonios passed away in the end, the only real important most assuredly, now joins many Choppelas, nephews Christopher vice at 5:00pm. A Funeral Service the president of the local Cretan 1971, she and her sons moved to thing in her life was her Husband, others. Mom, we love you and al- & Jon, niece Alison, family in will be conducted on Monday, Organization and he is a member Athens, Greece for three years her Children, her siblings, her though we will miss you desper- Greece and many wonderful de- Aug. 1, 2016 at 11:00am at St. of Saint George Greek Orthodox from 1971 to 1974, finally return- many nieces, nephews and god ately, you leave behind many lega- voted friends that lovingly visited George Greek Orthodox Church Church, Piscataway, N.J. Hristos ing to settle in Worcester, MA in children, her close friends, and cies, most notably: to be kind, and him until the end. Gene grew up by Rev. Fr. George Chioros and was past member of the board at 1974. When Eleni lived in Worces- most assuredly her four grandchil- the love and appreciation of her in the S.F. Sunset district, attended Rev. Fr. Dimitrios J. Antokas with Saint George Greek Orthodox ter, she worked in garment facto- dren, who all brought light to her faith and family. Fran Pappas was Lincoln High was a high ranking interment to follow in Gate of Church, Piscataway, N.J. Surviving ries and Astra Pharmaceutical, re- darkness and purpose to her day. born in Chicago, Illinois on March bowler on the Bagdad Bowling Heaven Cemetery, Silver Spring, are his wife Argyro (nee Skarakis) tiring for Astra in 1988. Eleni She loved sports, that is to say she 20, 1931 to Clara and John Man- Team. He was in the Marine Re- MD. The family will receive Kapasakis of Edison; children Eve- derived great pleasure from cook- enjoyed seeing her children and thos, both of whom predeceased serves and was awarded a metal friends one hour prior to the ser- lyn Minto and her husband ing for family and friends and grandchildren play sports. She was her. She married Emile T. Pappas for expert sharp shooter. As a vice. In lieu of flowers, donations Richard of Middletown, N.J.; Kon- loved experimenting in the an avid reader when she could still on November 20, 1955. She and young man he worked for the Pa- may be made to St. Helen Greek stantinos Kapasakis of Metuchen, kitchen. From Julia Child to the do so, and loved to dance, whether Emile adopted and raised three cific Telephone Co. when starting Orthodox Philoptochos Society or N.J.; Eleni Wahba and her husband Cooking Channel on cable televi- it was Greek folk dancing or the children, Gus E. Pappas, Anthony his family he proudly became a St. George Greek Orthodox Philop- Hany of North Brunswick, N.J. sion, she was always looking for swing with her Husband for which E. Pappas, and Julianna K. Pappas. sales associate for the American tochos Society. Arrangements by Grandchildren Costa, Katerina, new recipes to try. Eleni is survived they were known. Greek music She is survived by her Husband, Automobile Association. For 42 Weymouth Funeral Home. Christos and Sofia. Great grand- by her sons Demetrios Kyriakis and was her muse of choice, never Emile T. Pappas, her sister Elaine years he looked forward to his re- children Evangeline, Emmanuel wife Georgina Michael of Natick, passing up an opportunity to lis- Koumonduros (predeceased by her newal phone calls with his clients DRIZOS, HELEN and Maria.Relatives and friends and Christos Kyriakis and his wife ten. The beauty that she found in husband, John Koumonduros), her to chat and catch up with their MYAKKA CITY, FL (from the Her- are invited to attend the funeral Sibel of Chestnut Hill. She also hearing the Church choir singing brother George Manthos and his lives. For over a decade he enjoyed ald Tribune, published on Jul. 30) on Saturday 10:30AM from the leaves behind many nieces and hymns and in Christmas carols, wife Linda, her sister in law Nancy spending quality time with his – Helen P. Drizos, 90 of Myakka Selover Funeral Home, 555 nephews here and in Greece. Eleni was only surpassed in importance Manthos (wife of predeceased beloved brother the late Dr. Nick City, FL, formerly of Waynesburg, Georges Road, North Brunswick was predeceased by her four sib- by her life long held and shared brother Eddie Manthos), son Gus Choppelas, sailing the San Fran- PA, died on July 27, 2016 in Sara- services will be at Saint George lings in Greece, her sisters Panayio, belief that "Christouli", as she re- E. Pappas, his wife Pamela D. Pap- cisco Bay, Gene loved driving his sota FL. She was born August 25, Greek Orthodox Church, Piscat- Vasiliki (Koula) and Margarita and ferred to Christ, would always pro- pas, and their daughters Elena, Porsche, playing back gammon at 1925 in Clarksburg, WV, daughter away, N.J. at 11:30AM. Friends her brother Vangelis. Relatives and tect us and "Panayia", to whom she Lexi and Demi, son Anthony E. Lord Jim's and having a of the late Peter and Hreso Padais may visit on Friday from 2-4 and friends are invited to attend her prayed daily, would always protect Pappas, and his son Manoli Pap- brandy/coffee while shooting the (originally from Chios, Greece.) 7-9PM. Funeral Service on Friday, August her, and she did. pas, and daughter Julianna K. Pap- breeze (for over 40 years) at the Mrs. Drizos was a member of St. 5th from the John Everett & Sons She was not without her playful pas, and many nieces, nephews Gold Cane Bar on Height St. He Barbara Greek Orthodox Church KOUVLIS, IOANNIS Funeral Home, 4 Park Street, at side, she enjoyed a cold beer from and god children. also enjoyed traveling, including in Sarasota, FL and a former mem- CENTERVILLE, MA (from the Natick Common with a Funeral time to time, was often the pro- Pallbearers include Jon Manthos, many trips to Greece to visit family ber of All Saints Greek Orthodox Needham Times, published on Service at 10:00 A.M. in St. tagonist of a practical joke, and al- Alex Koumonduros, Ted Koumon- and his favorite cousin Nikos. Church in Canonsburg, PA. On Aug. 11) – Ioannis (Yanni) Kouvlis Demetrios Greek Orthodox ways eager to join in the fun or to duros, Basil Nichols, Michael Man- Family and friends are invited to April 19, 1942, Helen married of Needham and Centerville MA Church, 57 Brown Street, Weston, be the center of it. She enjoyed thos and Stacy Economides. Hon- attend his service on Thursday Au- Nick Drizos from Waynesburg, PA. on July 24, 2016 at the age of 69 MA. Committal Service will follow shopping, which meant she en- orary pallbearers include George gust 4 at 11:00 am at Nativity of Nick was a shoe cobbler and after a long- fought battle with pul- in Edgell Grove Cemetery, Fram- joyed buying, which she did just Theodoropoulos, Alan Cain, An- Christ Greek Church, 1110 High- owner of The City Shoe Shop in monary fibrosis. Beloved husband ingham, MA. as often for others as herself. Pro- thony Theo, Phillip Mallios, Yonni land Dr. Novato. Celebratiofn o Waynesburg from 1942 until his of Andrea J. DePasquale Kouvlis. fessionally, Fotoula worked for Demeris, Brian Manthos and John life party, for family and friends retirement in 2004. Both Helen Devoted father of James Kouvlis PAPPAS, FRANCES many years as an executive secre- Alex Corkill. Friends are cordially at 12:00 noon, following the ser- and Nick were well loved members of Needham, George and his wife HOUSTON, TX (from the Houston tary for Sidney Schlenker at Hous- invited to a visitation with the fam- vice. Also, Friday Aug 5 from 3-5 of the community and lived most Andromahi Kouvlis of West Bridge- Chronicle, published on Jul. 31) – ton National Bank, for whose fam- ily from nine o'clock until ten o'- pm, Gene's family will be at the of their life in Waynesburg. They water, and Spiro Kouvlis of South Our Mother, Frances J. ("Fran") ily along with the Hofeinzes, as clock in the morning on Monday, "Gold Cane Bar", toasting Gene, moved to Myakka City, FL upon Boston. Loving brother to Maria Pappas made her way to our Lord well as others, she was ever thank- August 1, 2016 at Annunciation join us. Nick's retirement to be close to (Lili) of Evvia, Greece, and Leoni- in her quiet, innocent way in the ful, for without whose help the Greek Orthodox Cathedral, 3511 their son Nick. Family and friends dis of Voulos, Greece, and the late early morning hours on July 20, adoption of her son Gus, would Yoakum Boulevard in Houston. DELIS, ALAN were her passion and Helen was Demetrios of Evvia, Greece and the 2016, while vacationing in Greece. not have occurred. Thereafter, she The Trisagion Prayers will begin WHITING, NJ (from the Provi- known by all for her generosity late Panagiota of Voulos, Greece. The details and nature of her pass- worked for the family exterminat- at a quarter until ten with the fu- dence Journal, published on Jul. and loving kindness. If you visited Beloved son of the late George and ing are inconsequential. What is ing business for decades. Ironically, neral service beginning at ten o'- 30) – Alan Delis, 78, of Whiting, her at home and left hungry, it was Evaggelia (Halva) Kouvlis of Evvia, important is that despite her 15 she befriended many of the fam- clock in the morning, where the NJ, formerly of Lincoln, passed your fault! She so much enjoyed Greece. Devoted Papou to grand- year bout with macular degenera- ily's customers with whom she had Cathedral Clergy will officiate. A away peacefully on Wednesday, all the friends of her three sons children Agapi and Sofia Kouvlis. tion and the recent onset of de- spoken and developed friendships, luncheon (Macaria) will follow in July 27, 2016 at Ocean Medical and thought of them as family. Yanni was born the youngest of 6 mentia with Lewy bodies, she han- yet they were people she had the Church hall. Internment will Center, Brick, NJ. He was the Surviving are three sons, Pete Dri- children in Evvia, Greece, on April dled her last days with the same never met. The ironies did not end then follow at Forest Park. beloved husband of forty-three zos of Sioux Falls, SD, Steve Drizos 5, 1947. His twin sister died at aplomb and courage that she han- there. Fotoula could not float, let years to Priscilla (Kyriakakis) of Harrisburg, PA and Nick Drizos birth. At the age of 17 he joined dled these debilitating conditions alone swim, yet every boat the Delis. Born in Patras Greece, he of Myakka City, FL; 6 grandchil- the Greek Army. At the age of 24 these many years. In truth she had family owned was named after was a son of the late Christopher dren, Nicholas, Jodi, Kristin, Yanni travelled the world working no handicaps. Until the end, it was her. She enjoyed playing cards and this is a service to the community. and Joanna (Andreopoulos) Delis. Stephen, Dana and Peter; 9 great on cargo ships. Yanni migrated to "please let me do that", or "how even a pull or two of the slot ma- Announcements of deaths Mr. Delis was a business and prop- grandchildren. Helen was also Massachusetts in 1972 and re- can I help", or "I can do that", never chines, yet did not like thrill rides. may be telephoned to the erty owner for many years until known affectionately by family mained here for the rest of his once giving in to her blindness or She did not like going to the doc- classified Department of and friends as "The Queen Mother" days. Yanni was Well-known as an to our pleas to simply sit and enjoy tor, but never missed taking her the national herald at Days and dates of funerals, (and "Hellion" by dear family excellent finish carpenter; his fine herself, which she had certainly children for any illness. She en- (718) 784-5255, memorials, and other events di- friend, Albie Rinehart). She will skills can be seen in many of the earned the right to do so. "Fo- joyed talking on the phone and so- Monday through Friday, rectly correspond to the original be deeply missed. May she rest in finest Boston hotels and the Jew- toula", as she was known in Greek cializing, yet her entire courtship 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. eSt publication date, which appears peace! In lieu of flowers, memorial elers Building in downtown was a friend to all. She had an with our Father was conducted by or e-mailed to: at the beginning of each notice. donations may be made to: All Boston. Yanni taught his sons opinion about many things, but of- post, while he was in Houston and [email protected] Saints Greek Orthodox Church, George, Spiro and James many life ten she chose to keep them to her- she was in Des Moines, Iowa. She THE NATIONAL HERALD, AUGUST 20-26, 2016 COMMUNITY 7

OUR EVERYDAY GREEK GREEK GASTRONOMY Ώρα Means Time: Ώρα for Coffee, Banio or Souvlakia? In Sweltering Summertime,

By Dr. Dimitra Kamarinou Τρεις παρά πέντε TREES paRA PEnte five to three Τρεις ακριβώς TREES akriVOS three o’clock Olive Bread and Prasopita WHAT TIME IS IT? IS IT ORA FOR COFFEE OR SOUVLAKIA? Τι ώρα είναι; The Greek word ώρα is familiar to you. It is the first Summertime is leisure time in Greece. Το μπάνιο (BAnio) means By Eleni Sakellis brushing the phyllo compound of the word το ωροσκόπιο =horoscope> horo (= ώρα) swimming at the sea and το σινεμά (cineMA) cinema, the movie the- +scope (= σκοπώ, which means to examine). Η ώρα means the ater, ο ύπνος means sleep (>hypnosis). Για (YIA) means for. Eliopsomo (Olive bread) is a Trim the bottom and the hour and the time as well in Greek. Τι means what and είναι is. Your Είναι ώρα για καφέ; (= Is it time for coffee?) classic Greek bread featuring a tough tops of the leeks and cut answer will begin with the words: Είναι ώρα για σουβλάκια; (= Is classic Greek ingredient, olives. them lengthwise to wash them “Η ώρα είναι” (= The time is). it time for souvlakia?) Eliopsomo is also a favorite thoroughly since they tend to be Keep in mind two things and Είναι ώρα για μπάνιο; (= Is it recipe from Cyprus. Use your fa- very gritty between the layers. you will easily learn to say the time for swimming?) vorite olives in the recipe that Chop the leeks into half inch time in Greek. First, to is παρά in Είναι ώρα για σινεμά; (= Is it follows, though black olives are pieces and set aside. Alterna- Greek and past is και. Second, un- time for the movie theater?) most commonly used. Prasopita tively, you can chop the leeks like English in Greek we first say EXERCISES is another favorite Greek recipe and then submerge them in a the hour and then the minutes. 1. Do you understand your similar to a spanakopita, except bowl of water and allow the grit Note the examples. H ώρα είναι friend’s suggestions? Try to translate leeks are the starring ingredi- to settle to the bottom of the δύο και δέκα (= The time is ten the sentences in English. ent. bowl. Fish out the floating leeks past two). Η ώρα είναι δύο παρά Τι ώρα είναι; from the bowl and dry them on δέκα (= The time is ten to two). Η ώρα είναι δέκα και μισή. Ώρα Eliopsomo paper towels. In a saucepan or 12.15 The quarter is τέταρτο. για σουβλάκια. skillet, heat the olive oil over A quarter to will be παρά τέταρτο Η ώρα είναι δώδεκα και τέταρτο. medium high heat until it shim- and a quarter past will be και τέ- Ώρα για ύπνο. • 2 cups pitted black olives, mers, add the leeks, green ταρτο. Η ώρα είναι δώδεκα και Η ώρα είναι οκτώ. Ώρα για σι- chopped onions, dill, salt and pepper to τέταρτο. Η ώρα είναι δύο παρά τέταρτο. νεμά. • 4 cups unbleached, all- taste. Sauté 2-3 minutes, then 12.30 The Greek expression for half past is και μισή, μισή meaning Η ώρα είναι τρεις παρά είκοσι. purpose flour add the white wine and simmer half. Η ώρα είναι δύο και μισή (= the time is half past two). Η ώρα Η ώρα είναι πέντε ακριβώς. Ώρα για μπάνιο. • 1 cup grated onion until the liquid reduces by half είναι δώδεκα και μισή (= the time is half past twelve). Η ώρα είναι εννέα και μισή. Ώρα για καφέ. • 1 1/2 cups Greek extra virgin and the alcohol has cooked out, 12.00 If we want to use the Greek expression for o’clock, we say olive oil, plus more for the stirring occasionally. Remove ακριβώς. Η ώρα είναι δώδεκα ακριβώς (=The time is twelve o’clock). 2. Write the time in Greek. pans from heat and allow to cool We also use the simpler expression: H ώρα είναι δώδεκα (=It is The time is considered of feminine gender. Therefore we use the • 3 tablespoons fresh mint, slightly while preparing the rest twelve). feminine gender forms of the numbers one, three and four: μία, AROUND THE CLOCK τρεις, τέσσερις. Now let’s summarize. Let’s move around the clock from two o’clock to three o’clock. Twenty past one= Greek word Pronunciation Meaning A quarter past two= Δύο DEEo two o’clock Half past three= Δύο και πέντε DEEo KE PEnte five past two A quarter to nine= Δύο και δέκα DEEo KE DEka ten past two Half past ten= Δύο και τέταρτο DEEo KE TEtarto a quarter past two Twenty to eleven= Δύο και είκοσι DEEo KE EEkosi twenty past two Twelve o’clock= Δύο και είκοσι πέντε DEEo KE EEkosi PEnte twenty five past two PRONUNCIATION KEY Δύο και μισή DEEo KE miSEE half past two i (i-diom), ee (n-ee-dle), e (e-nergy), o (o-rganism), oo (b-oo-t), y Τρεις παρά είκοσι πέντε TREES paRA EEkosi PEnte twenty five (y-es), h (h-elium), th (th-eory), d (th-e), gh (w-olf). The capitalized to three syllables are accented. Τρεις παρά είκοσι TREES paRA EEkosi twenty to three Dimitra Kamarinou, PhD, has studied philology and archaeology at Τρεις παρά τέταρτο TREES paRA TEtarto a quarter to the University of Ioannina,Würzburg and Bochum in Germany. She three has been honored with the Academy of Athens Award in Archaeology Τρεις παρά δέκα TREES paRA DEka ten to three and Homeric Philology.

LITERARY REVIEW Nick Mamatas Delivers a Mystery with Horror and Wit

By Eleni Sakellis Lovecraft’s tombstone. The story follows the goings on at the an- If for whatever reason you nual Providence-based conven- happen to be a reader who has tion, the Summer Tentacular, somehow managed to never where fans gather each year to have read anything by horror share their love for all things writer H.P. Lovecraft, you may Lovecraft. Colleen Danzig, a be puzzled by the increasing in- horror writer, finds her room- terest in the author and every- mate, Panossian, an insufferable thing Lovecraftian in recent novelist, murdered, his face re- years. The internet and the rise moved, but the convention-go- of nerd culture have certainly ers seem unfazed and the con- contributed, but Lovecraft’s in- vention continu es. Only a few fluence on modern horror and cops interrupt the proceedings chopped of the elements of the filling. In fantasy writers including as nearly everyone there is a • 2 tablespoons sugar a mixing bowl, beat the eggs. Stephen King and Neil Gaiman suspect. The convention is pop- • 2 tablespoons baking powder Add the feta and the graviera to and in Japanese anime and ulated by writers, scholars, lit- the eggs and mix well. Add the manga have made Lovecraft erary critics, creepy book collec- Preheat the oven to 350 de- cooled, cooked leeks and onions more popular today than in his tors in search of human grees F. Brush two 9 by 5 inch and stir to combine. Set aside own lifetime. The prolific pulp skin-bound books, and true be- loaf pans with olive oil and dust while working with the phyllo author is best known for his lievers trying to summon with a little flour, set aside. dough. Preheat oven to 350 de- weird fiction though he also Cthulhu, Lovecraft’s cosmic en- Rinse the olives in cold water, grees F. Brush a 9 by 13 inch wrote poetry, philosophical and tity that cultists have taken to drain, and pat dry with paper baking pan with some of the scientific works, and about worshipping. Solving the mys- towels. In a large bowl, mix all melted butter. Place the first 100,000 letters many to his cir- tery is left to Colleen who delves the ingredients together. Divide sheet of phyllo in the pan, over- cle of writers who continued his into the darkness while Panoss- in two and place in the oiled hanging the sides of the pan to legacy with the Cthulhu ian, biding his time in the and floured pans. Bake for 1 eventually create an edge for Mythos, freely borrowing from morgue, narrates a new Love- hour, or until the loaves are the prasopita. Brush with his work, especially for strange craftian story. The book is avail- golden brown. melted butter, repeat with five names and the ancient alien en- able online. more sheets of phyllo. Add the tities that inhabit Lovecraft’s fic- Author, editor, and antholo- filling, spreading it evenly in the tion. gist Nick Mamatas, whose fam- Prasopita (Leek Pie) pan with a spatula. Cover with For those who are diehard ily hails from Ikaria, was born a sheet of phyllo, brush with fans, attending conventions and on Long Island, NY. His novels melted butter, and continue collecting figurines, it will come have been translated into Greek, • 10 medium leeks with the remaining five sheets as no surprise that so many German, and Italian. His work • 3-4 green onions, chopped of phyllo. Trim any excess books inspired by Lovecraft has received nominations for • 4 tablespoons Greek extra phyllo, leaving some to roll for have recently been released. Bram Stoker, Hugo, World Fan- virgin olive oil a decorative edge around the Among those books, I Am Prov- tasy, Shirley Jackson, Interna- • 4 tablespoons fresh dill, prasopita. Brush the top with idence by Nick Mamatas is a tional Horror Guild, and Locus finely chopped melted butter. Score the praso- wonderfully-constructed mys- awards. Mamatas lives in the • Salt and freshly ground pita with a sharp knife, dividing tery, combining horror elements I Am Providence by Nick Mamatas San Francisco Bay Area. The pepper to taste it into pieces. Bake in a pre- from Lovecraft with Mamatas’ Last Weekend: A Novel of Zom- • 1/2 cup white wine heated 350-degree F oven for own mordant wit in an ment on the literary criticism oughly entertaining mystery. bies, Booze, and Power Tools • 3 eggs about an hour or until the top homage/criticism that fans will and the racism and sexism that That being said, the book is dark was published in 2014. More in- • 1 cup feta, crumbled is golden brown. love. With a thorough knowl- are among the most controver- and not for the squeamish formation is available on online • 1 cup graviera Serve warm or at room tem- edge of Lovecraft that only true sial aspects of Lovecraft’s oeuvre reader. The title of the book via Nick Mamatas’ blog and • 12 sheets phyllo dough perature. fans possess, Mamatas can com- and still manage to write a thor- comes from the inscription on website. • 1 stick butter, melted for

GREEK AMERICAN STORIES Candidates

By Phylis (Kiki) Sembos make a good mayor, Yiannis. “What husband holds the wife’s ing, John? No money there, f’r Special to The National Herald You have those qualifications.” hands, drinks wine, gives gifts cris sake. A hotel brings tourists, Ignoring him, Yiannis preferred to his wife after a century of be- CEOs and money – for him! “I don’t like listening to the to reach for a donut. John, grin- ing married?” John, countered, And, who knows? Maybe, with radio, lately. Or, watching TV, ning, said, “On TV Morris says, “What wife wears very low a lot more money he can run either, with all those candidates ‘I have the distinction of having necklines?” Kipreos, after some for president.” chirping like crickets about what ordered new carpeting for the thought, said, “Not many wives Looking grim, John asked, they’re going to do if they’re City Hall.’” They laughed. are models, either.” Dimos “What about the woman? elected,” Dimos admitted, stir- George looked up. “Morris? asked, “Who else is running for What’s her name? Clifton?” ring his coffee with vigor. “I Isn’t he the one who got rid of office?” Kipreos informed, Kipreos replied quickly, “Oh, want to know what they’ve al- the pigeons that clogged the city “There’s a man named, Dan she’s been at the hotel, too, of- ready done to deserve our vote! hall’s roof? I saw a photo of him Crumb. And, a woman called, ten, talking with a lot of impor- Newspapers don’t print much with a group of contractors, Helene Clifton.” Shaking his tant people, and making deals except if he’s involved in some pointing to the roof. He was head, Dimos pondered aloud, with senators in the best rooms sort of sca ndal. Who cares if he sure to call the press that day. “wonder what they’re about?” we have. They order nothing ran over his mother-in-law or Made him look efficient.” George said, “well, Crumb owns but the best, too! I heard she has his underwear made in John thought about it. “Yeah! a lot of real estate – is anxious wants to go to Washington, DC. ?” Yiannis agreed but That’s him! I guess he has done to buy the building on Fourth Sounds like a very ambitious asked, “What’s he done in the ‘something.” George said, “The where: shaking hands at the work. He was with a very Street. He says the area needs a lady. You should see the en- four years in office? Not much question is, what does he intend subway entrance, kissing babies, young, pretty model wearing a hotel – a casino, maybe.” John’s velopes she stuffs in her huge that I know of. You never see or doing in the future? A new car- eating in Greek, Italian and Chi- very low neckline, lots of jew- head snapped up. “What? An- bag. Then, secret service men hear much of him until election pet is ok. He can’t just expect nese restaurants, telling the re- elry; they were holding hands, other hotel? Casino? We don’t take her away in long, black time comes around. He’s out of votes for having chased away porters each place is his very fa- drinking wine. He gives her need another hotel or casino! limos.” A silence fell over them. sight. I heard one of his the pigeons.” vorite, has his wife make a brief gifts, too. More jewelry. Real We need housing for low in- Then, after a long moment’s speeches where he says, ‘I stand Dimos, reaching for the last appearance. Then, sends her cozy!” John’s brows lifted, ap- come people, the homeless, teen thinking, George said, “Maybe on my record of having done as donut, said, “the way he smiles home. Big phony! After elec- palled. agers who run away from bad Morris isn’t so bad after all. Our much as I can for our town.’ on TV, full of himself! After the tions he’ll vanish again.” Kipreos “What? He’s a married man homes.” Waving his hand, City Hall is decorated, nicely. which happens to be nothing.” last election you never see him disagreed. – with kids!” Dimos tried to rea- Geor ge said, with a note of sar- With him, the only ones who George looked at Yiannis smile anymore. In fact, never “Not true! I’ve seen him sev- son. “Could be his wife!” casm, “Low income? For those would worry about the future with that malicious grin. “You’d see him at all. Now, he’s every- eral times at the hotel where I George, the cynic, told them, losers? Nah! What are you say- are the pigeons.” 8 FEATURE THE NATIONAL HERALD, AUGUST 20-26, 2016

HELLENIC HAPPENINGS FROM COAST TO COAST

TNH Staff him.” that’s helping the family and the founded in 1910 and continues the history of why there were Anargi ros succumbed to his community – it would be nice.” to produce candles the old-fash- once four Greek churches within MANSFIELD, OH – Anargiros illness, but that motivated Maria LOWELL, MA – Former ioned way -- without automated a short promixity: "Political and Aivaliotis, diagnosed with a rare and her sisters to establish a Go- Massachusetts State Senator machinery. A large part of her religious divisions in Greece kidney disease, eventually stage FundMe fundraiser to rase the Steve Panagiotakos, on a recent business is supplying candles to spread to the streets of Lowell," 4 of non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma, money to install an elevator at walk in the old Greek-American churches throughout the coun- he said, the Sun reported, be- and bound to a wheelchair no the Church. They are far from neighborhood of Acre in Lowell, try, and it requires labor-inten- cause of a divided following, of longer was able to attend their goal of raising the neces- and told the story of the vibrant sive work on candles of varying the patriarch of Constantinople church services at Sts. Constan- sary $50,000, the Source writes, life his fellow Greeks brought to sizes and differing liturgical pur- or the one of Athens, and which tine and Helen Greek Orthodox but “if everyone comes together, the area, the Lowell Sun re- poses.” calendar – Julian or Gregorian Church in Mansfield, the Rich- we can do it,” says another of ported. The tour culminated with a – to follow. land Source reported. Aivaliotis’ daughters, Christina. The tour reflected on a past visit to the Holy Trinity Greek The divisions were followed All because of ten steps. Ten For the time being, writes the gone by, most of the old build- Orthodox Church, which is over “with lawsuits and pistol shots,” stairs that separated the landing source, there is a chair lift to ings now gone for nearly a cen- a hundred years old. At that said Panagiotakos with a sly at the main entrance from the he lp those unable to climb the tury, the Sun reported, even as point, Panagiotakos explained wink, the Sun wrote. point where the congregation stairs. Though even that does the memories remain and Pana- faces the altar, not to mention not provide a real solution to giotakos brings them to life. another set of stairs leading to those completely wheelchair- “You would hear a foreign the dining hall and restrooms, bound. language, see foreign lettering wrote the Source. “For a lot of people, church and women dressed in black," QUESTION OF THE WEEK “He wanted to attend church, is what they look forward to the former senator said, the Sun but because there’s no access for every week. It’s their extended reported. If Greece was competing against the United States in the fi- him to get up the stairs he family, you watch the children As the Sun wrote, “during a nals of your favorite Olympic sport, which country would you would wait for us to bring him Panagiotakos: Former State grow up. And that is so critically brief stop at Ymittos Candles on root for? communion, or after services we Senator Steve Pangiotakos important – and it was for our Dutton Street, proprietor would come to him,” said his took interested observers on dad,” said Christina, the Source Daniella Papanastassiou poked Please email your response to daughter Maria, the Source re- a historic walk and talk of the reprted. her head out the door to greet [email protected] We may publish some re- ported. “This was his family Greek-American history of “He loved the church,” so to the walkers and tell the story of sponses as Letters to the Editor in a future issue. here, so it was really hard for Lowell, MA. have his name with something her company, which was

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THRU SEPT. 10 through Sunday, Aug. 21, Noon Bouncy House: Lots of fun for halva, pasta, herbs, cookies and nia! Saturday and Sunday ferred to as the Brother of the TARPON SPRINGS, FL– Tarpon until 7PM. Music will be pro- the kids! A fee will be charged candy. Plus, get Greek food to 11AM-7:30PM and Sunday Lord, when actually it is gener- Springs’ annual Night in the Is- vided by Peter Deneff and to bounce. Silent Auction: go: Moussaka and Pastitsio are 11AM-3PM. For more informa- ally believed that he was a lands tradition continues on the Danny Papakalos of Synthesi. Come inside the new church available frozen for you to bake tion, please call (831) 424- cousin to the Savior, surprisingly historic Sponge Docks once a Come downstairs in the new building to bid on a wide variety at home, along with Galakto- 4434. little is known to detail a full month from 6-11PM on the church building and watch as of great items including jewelry, boureko, one of our most popu- account of his life.” Such begins City’s historic Sponge Docks, Laurie Constantino (author of housewares, gift baskets, art- lar Kafenion treats. Orthodox SEPTEMBER 8-11 the description of St Iakovos, along Dodecanese Boulevard. our parish cookbook and her work, and gift certificates for lo- Christian Bookstore/Gift Shop: NORWICH, CT – The Holy Trin- the patron saint of the St. Food, drinks, and the street is food blog, cal restaurants and services. The Please visit our bookstore and ity Greek Orthodox Church, Iakovos Greek Orthodox closed off for live dancing: 6- laurieconstantino.com) prepares Agora: Our Agora (market) has gift shop inside the new build- 247 Washington Street in Nor- Church, 36 W. 700 N., in Val- 11PM on Saturdays August 6 famous Greek recipes. Come see gifts and souvenirs from Greece, ing for Orthodox Christian wich, invites you to its annual paraiso, which cordially invites and September 10. Sponsoring our nearly finished new church novelty T-shirts and Greek mu- books and gifts, icons and de- Greek festival, Thursday, Sept. you to its Greek festival Friday, restaurants include Costa’s Hel- and listen as Father Vasili ex- sic. Plus, the second edition of votional items. For more infor- 8 through Sunday, Sept. 11. It Sept. 16 through Sunday, Sept. las, Mama’s and Mykonos. plains the history, traditions and our own parish cookbook, mation, please visit our website: will take place 11AM-9PM each 18. The festival begins Friday worship of the Greek Orthodox Tastes Like Home: Mediter- akgreekfestival.com. day except Sunday, 12 Noon- evening, 5-9PM and continues AUGUST 19-21 Faith. Our two dancing groups ranean Cooking in Alaska, is 4PM. In addition to partaking over the weekend, 12Noon-9PM ANCHORAGE, AK – The Holy perform traditional Greek also available. Many of our fes- AUGUST 19-21 in food and drink and enjoying on both Saturday and Sunday. Transfiguration Greek Orthodox dances, dressed in regional cos- tival recipes are included in this CASTRO VALLEY, CA— The the music, the Church invites For more updates and informa- Church, 2800 O’Malley Road in tumes. (This performance is on fabulous cookbook. The Deli: Castro Valley Greek Festival at you to explore its rich history, tion, please call: (219) 462- Anchorage, will hold its annual Saturday and Sunday only.) Find imported Greek cheeses, Resurrection Greek Orthodox which is over 100 years old! 4052. Greek Festival Friday, Aug. 19 Also, we will be featuring: olives, olive oil, grape leaves, Church, 20104 Center St., Cas- The Norwich Orthodox Com- tro Valley, CA takes place Aug munity was founded in the OCTOBER 14-15 19-21. Enjoy a weekend of au- 1890’s by Greek immigrants TARPON SPRINGS, FL – Join us thentic Greek cuisine at the Cas- coming to this country with on Friday, Oct. 14 at the Tarpon tro Valley Greek Festival at Res- high hopes and dreams of Springs Cultural Center, 101 S. urrection Greek Orthodox health, wealth and happiness. Pinellas Ave. and Saturday, Oct. THE HERALD SQUARE Church! Free admission, free At this time in history, the Nor- 15 at the Heritage Museum, 100 parking, free dance lessons, de- wich area was a large textile Beekman Lane, both in Tarpon TNH's Crossword Challenge licious food, live Greek music, manufacturing area of the New Springs, for what promises to shopping, dancing and a Chil- England states. Most of our be a unique and educational dren’s Fun Zone are all available new Greek citizens were em- event, the Hellenic Genealogy at the festival. Visit the KKIQ ployed by them. As the Greek Conference! Scholars from booth on Saturday August 20 to Community grew, many of throughout Florida and the na- play games and win prizes! Plus these citizens decided to start tion will gather to discuss vari- register to win tickets to Cali- their own businesses, such as ous aspects of Greek genealogy fornia’s Great America! The fes- restaurants, candy kitchens, research and the history of tival begins on Friday, Aug 19 bakeries and soda shops. As the Greek immigration to the from 5PM to 10PM, Saturday Greek community grew, there United States. All members of Aug 20 from 12 noon to 10PM came a need to have a church the public are welcome to at- and ends on Sunday, Aug 21 established. The first Holy tend and to offer their experi- from 12 noon to 7PM. More in- Trinity Greek Orthodox church ences and perspectives during formation is available online at was housed in the former Buck- the discussion. Program Orga- www.greekfestival.me ingham Chapel at 140 Boswell nizers include the City of Tarpon Avenue in Norwich. As the Springs/Cultural Services & SEPTEMBER 3-5 years went by and the commu- Public Library, Center for Greek MONTEREY, CA – St. John the nity outgrew the Boswell Av- Studies/University of Florida, Baptist Greek Orthodox Church enue location, the parishioners Center for European in Salinas will hold its annual established a building commit- Studies/University of Florida, festival at 250 Scott Street Next tee and began a fund raising and Samuel Proctor Oral History to Old Fisherman's Wharf in campaign to purchase land and Program, University of Florida. Monterey, on Labor Day Week- start construction on their new Friday, 6-8PM; Saturday, end, Saturday, Sept. 3 through church to be located at 247 8:30AM-6PM. For more details Monda y, Sept. 5. Washington Street a few miles on program events, please call The Monterey Bay Greek Festi- away from the Boswell Avenue 727-942-5605 or visit tar- val has been a staple of the church. All the hard work by ponarts.org. peninsula’s for 30 years now. Es- the parishioners and volunteers tablished and maintained by paid off and, on April 7, 1974, Saint John the Baptist Greek Or- we were blessed to have Arch- NOTE TO OUR READERS thodox Church, the festival aims bishop Iakovos dedicate and This calendar of events section to serve up a helping of Greek open the doors of the church is a complimentary service to the culture along with authentic cui- to a new generation of worship- Greek American community. All sine, wine, and pastries. As a pers. For more information parishes, organizations and in- ACROSS 11 Binds small parish, our goal with the about the festival, please call: stitutions are encouraged to e- 1 Abdominal muscles (abbr.) 12 Pick festival is to preserve Greek cul- (860) 887-1458. mail their information regarding 4 Eighth Greek letter 13 Writer Bombeck ture and share it with the Mon- the event 3-4 weeks ahead of 9 "__ Dame" 21 Central Intelligence Agency terey Peninsula. Jo in us Labor SEPTEMBER 16-18 time, and no later than Monday 14 Stinger 23 LBS's successor Day Weekend at Custom House VALPARAISO, IN – “For a man of the week before the event, to 15 Bellybutton 26 __ A Small World... Plaza near Fisherman’s Wharf whose kinship with Jesus Christ english.edition@thenationalher- 16 Colder 28 Gulp in beautiful Monterey, Califor- was so close that he was re- ald.com 17 Seventh Greek Letter 29 First Greek letter 18 Baby bird sound 30 Leech 19 Cook vegetables 31 Thin flat strips 20 Baby powder 32 What people do in their sleep This Week in Greek History: 22 Factory for weapons 33 Shirk 24 Resort hotel 34 Round ceilings 25 3, to Nero 35 Feed Actor Manos Katrakis is Born 27 Married woman 37 Kimono sash 29 Barrier for defense 39 South southwest 32 What it did in winter 41 Let go 35 Wing 43 Adjoin (3 wds.) This week, on August 14, iled to Makronisos. 36 Hair cutting place 46 Fifth Greek Letter 1908, on the island of Crete, Katranis returned to Athens 38 Grain storage towers 48 HST's successor prolific actor Manos Katrakis in the 1950s and undertook 40 Imitated 51 Facial twitch was born. both larger and smaller roles. 42 Man of means 53 Good grief! His family moved to Athens He continued acting until his 44 Teeth holders 56 Mineral when he was only 10, and by death in 1984, at 76, from lung 45 Not here 57 A Cartwright the time he was 20 he appeared cancer. His last film, that year, 47 Exhausted 58 Time in office in his first film, To Lavaro tou was Taxidi sta Kythera. 4 9 Water 60 Aborts ’21. Other notable films of his in- 50 Takes in 61 Blare For the next few years, he ap- clude: Etsi kaneis, san agapiseis 52 Endows 62 Capital of Norway peared mostly on the stage, for (1931); Katadromi sto Aigaion 54 Twenty-third Greek letter 64 Ninth Greek letter the Greek National Theatre. (1946); ) Dromos me tis Akakies 55 Electroencephalograph (abbr.) 65 Swerve Refusing to sign a declaration (1956); Thriamvos (1962); To 56 Entrance rug 66 Search of repentance during the Greek Teleftaio Fili (1970); and Eleft- 59 Cooler 68 Wing Civil War, along with other no- herios Venizelos (1980). 63 Boo 70 __ Francisco table Greek celebrities such as In 2009, Greece issued a 67 Utopian Mikis Theodorakis, he was ex- postage stamp in his honor. 69 Bird homes Solution to last week’s puzzle 71 Roberto's yes 72 Monte __ 73 Fourth Greek letter 74 Second day of the wk. 75 Capital of Jordan 76 Eating utensil 77 Grk. soccer team DOWN 1 To incite 2 Second Greek letter 3 Apply a varnish 4 Explosive 5 Islander 6 Always 7 Seethe 8 Singing voice 9 Greek island once called Porfyris 10 Fall mo. THE NATIONAL HERALD, AUGUST 20-26, 2016 GREECE CYPRUS 9 EU-Turkey Deal Break Could Result in More Refugees Going to Greece

TNH STAFF groups will be separated to pre- now live in apartments or ho- vent the kind of violence be- tels, well short of the initially Turkey has warned it will tween them seen in the Greek targeted 20,000. break a refugee swap deal with centers and camps. Vitsas also announced plans the European Union unless it The migrants the govern- to alleviate congested conditions gets visa-free travel for its citi- ment is planning to mo ve from at island camps, which have zens. the islands are those who have housed all new arrivals since a That would add to the completed the first phase of European Union-Turkey deal in 57,000 refugees and migrants their asylum applications. March. stranded in Greece since the The strategy was ridiculed by About 10,000 people are in deal was suspended because of the major opposition conserva- the island camps, in conditions an overwhelming number of tive New Democracy. “They are criticized by humanitarian orga- asylum applications. unable to manage the situation nizations. Turkey allows human traf- and, faced with their own inad- Vitsas said refugees who fickers to send migrants and equacy, they resort to panicked have completed the first stage refugees to nearby Greek islands moves,” said Vassilis Kikilias, of their asylum application can and temporarily stopped it after who oversees ND’s policy on mi- move to the mainland. getting a deal to bring six billion gration affairs. With the continued comings euros, fast-track into the EU and While the numbers are down there are continued dangers visa-free travel, but is angry it significantly because of U-the E such as those that have taken hasn’t happened yet, Foreign Turkey deal, refugees and mi- the lives of hundreds over the Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu told grants are still coming at the past 18 months as they tried to a German newspaper. rate of 80-100 a day, heading to reach Greece in rickety craft and Asked whether hundreds of Greek islands close to Turkey. inflatable overcrowded thousands of refugees in Turkey AN APARTMENT PLAN dinghies. would head to Europe if the EU A Greek cabinet official for Greece’s Coast Guard res- did not grant Turks visa freedom immigration says the govern- cued 59 migrants from an in- from October, he told Bild: “I ment is planning to substantially flatable dinghy off the island of don’t want to talk about the increase apartment housing for Kos Aug. 19 while a second ves- worst case scenario – talks with AP Photo/thAnASSiS StAvrAkiS refugees and other migrants sel reported in trouble was the EU are continuing but it’s Several thousand refugees and migrants are living at the old Ellinikon airport on Athens' coast. trapped in the country. picked up by Turkish authori- clear that we either apply all Deputy Defense Minister ties. treaties at the same time or we Crete. whelmed and struggling to the migrants are to be accom- Dimitris Vitsas, who heads a A total of 147 people arrived put them all aside.” With more arriving almost cope. modated in prefabricated task force on migration, said the on three Greek islands in the 24 FULL UP daily from Turkey, which allows Migration Policy Minister homes, not tents, and will be government wants to close or hours between the mornings of With detention centers and human smugglers to operate Yiannis Mouzala s said four cen- provided with food, medical improve many of the state-run Aug. 16-17, including those res- camps overflowing, Greece during a suspended swap deal ters will be set up on Crete, one care and schooling for children. refugee camps on the mainland. cued in rough weather off Kos, plans to move 2,000 refugees to with the EU, Greece is over- in each of its prefectures, where He said different ethnic Fewer than 7,000 people a prime arrival point. Squeezes Every Cent; ND Wants Elections

TNH Staff international lenders. The figure is higher by 2.518 ATHENS – Leading in polls but billion euros ($2.84 billion) than with no place to go, the major the corresponding obligations opposition New Democracy Con- faced by Greek taxpayers and servatives keep egging on the households in 2015 as the cost idea of new elections as the rul- of austerity keeps mounting on ing Radical Left SYRIZA keeps beleaguered citizens. piling on tax hikes and reneging Failure to meet revenue tar- on anti-austerity pledges. gets and fiscal targets in the Having acceded to demands form of primary budget sur- of international lenders for more pluses as a percentage of Gross austerity, Prime Minister and Domestic Product (GDP,) will SYRIZA leader Alexis Tsipras has mean activation of an automatic enough money coming in for spending cuts mechanism, a po- now but faces more insistence litically damaging prospect for on further cuts that could dam- the current government, the age his party even more. business newspaper Naftempo- That has given New Democ- riki said. AP Photo/PetroS kArADjiAS racy leader Kyriakos Mitsotakis The mechanism, dubbed the Turkish Soldiers carry the coffins with the remains of 33 Turkish Cypriots missing persons from the 1974 invasion. some room to keep sniping at “cutter,” would trigger the cuts Tsipras and push for new elec- in state spending in case fiscal tions although Tsipras said targets are missed, with state there’s no chance it will happen sector wages and pensions again 1974 Turkish Invasion Victims’ Remains Buried and he will serve out his term to on the chopping block although 2019. Tsipras said they were sacro- In reply to a comment by sanct. NICOSIA, CYPRUS — The re- ing the mid-1960s. has taken place over the ing persons is regarded as a war Tsipras, who said that anyone Greece’s tax bureau will need mains of 33 Turkish Cypriot vil- According to official figures, decades,” Kucuk said. crime and that for 42 years, in- now requesting snap elections is to collect 4.6 billion euros lagers who were shot and killed the remains of 1,000 missing Officials from both sides have formation has been concealed as foolish, main opposition New ($5.18 billion) on average, every after being taken off two buses persons have been unearthed. appealed to those with knowl- Turkey won’t reveal where some Democracy spokesman Giorgos month until the end of 2017 during Turkey’s 1974 invasion Some 680 people have so far edge of possible burial sites to of the bodies are. Koumoutsakos sarcastically from wage-earners, pensioners, of ethnically divided Cypruswere been identified, but 200 Turkish provide information anony- ANOTHER TIME, “welcomed” Tsipras’ “re-emer- self-employed professionals en- laid to rest Aug. 15, two years Cypriots and around 800 Greek mously as many relatives are dy- ANOTHER PLACE gence after 15 days of summer- trepreneurs and business al- after being discovered down a Cypriots remain missing. ing without ever being told the Meanwhile, it was also re- time silence.” though the tax hikes have pro- mineshaft. Kucuk said a spokesman told exact circumstances of the dis- ported that nidentified Greek na- Koumoutsakos said, “Mr. vided new incentive to cheat. Gulden Plumer Kucuk, the those gathered at the burial that appearance of their loved ones. tionals buried in Nicosia will be Tsipras’ anxiety and irritation is- With Greece desperate for Turkish Cypriot member of the relatives are glad the dead now Cypriot President Nicos Anas- exhumed and finally identified n’t due to press reports but to every euro cent, tax inspectors Committee on Missing Persons, rest in peace and that they can tasiades said the Cabinet de- after more than 50 years after told The Associated Press the hear their families’ prayers cided to approve the funding of another conflict on the island. mass burial in Taskent village in nearby instead of the heavy 200,000 euros to recruit re- Presidential Commissioner the island’s breakaway Turkish- trucks driving over their earlier searchers to recruitment of re- for Humanitarian Issues and Cypriot north came exactly 42 mass grave. searchers who will search the Overseas Cypriots, Fotis Fotiou, years after they were killed by Kucuk said the bodies had archives of UN and other coun- told CNA that exhumations will Greek Cypriots. been moved after a lone survivor tries and collect information on take place a t a cemetery in The remains of 45 other peo- told United Nations officials of the missing persons. Nicosia, aiming at the scientific ple who had also been aboard the killings. The remains were He was speaking during a identification of the remains of the busses were buried in the found decades later. ceremony that took place at the six Greeks killed in August 1964, village in 2014. Progress has been made in Presidential Palace to honor the when Turkish Air Force jets There are numerous accounts the search for those who are still relatives of 220 missing persons. bombed the Phaethon patrol of mass killings of civilians in missing inside areas controlled Anastasiades said that there boat which was sailing close to Cyprus by both Greek Cypriot- by the over 35,000 troops are 617 civilians who were Xeros Harbour at Morphou Bay, sand Turks, especially during the Turkey still maintains in the recorded as missing during the during the Tylliria battle. invasion that split the island. breakaway north, Kucuk said. 1974 Turkish invasion, out of Twenty-three men were aboard Some 1,500 Greek Cypriots But she said some of the missing which only 155 have been iden- the ship and one Cypriot was and 500 Turkish Cypriots disap- may never been found. tified, leaving the families in an- also killed, CNA reported. The peared during the invasion, as “We have to be honest that guish and demanding answers six Greeks were buried at Saints well as in armed clashes be- some burial places have been all these years. Constantinos and Eleni cemetery tween the two communities dur- lost because of construction that He said that the issue of miss- in Nicosia. Tsipras Vows to Chase Reparations from WWII

Continued from page 1 number of atrocities that killed tions and for forced loans and President’s call for his country civilians primarily. gold taken awa y but Germany to consider World War II redress September, Kathimerini said. Greece has over the past few has rejected all claims. to Greece as a gesture “of his- According to German maga- years raised the hope of getting Last year, a top Greek law- torical significance.” zine Der Spiegel, the 77-page more money for WWII repara- maker welcomed the German Joachim Gauck said that, “It’s report recommends that Greece the right thing to do for a his- employs diplomatic means to tory-conscious country like ours persuade Germany but doesn’t to consider what possibilities rule out legal action if that fails. there might be for redress.” the impasses that have amassed raided a popular church festival Previous Greek governments Noting that Gauck’s remarks from his own policy.” and targeted beach clubs. have also raised the issue only became known on the anniver- He also repeated that ND de- The moves came during the to back away. sary of a 1944 mass execution mands early elections in order three-day weekend in Greece In 2015, Defense Minister of Greek resistance fighters by to solve the problems created by with Aug. 15 marking a major Panos Kammenos said Greece German occupying forces, them- the leftist government’s policies. religious holiday and the peak had “stunning evidence” to sup- {arliamentary Speaker Zoi Con- BIG BILL of the tourism season. port its massive claims for Ger- stantopoulou said Gauck’s call Mitsotakis is taking advan- One high-profile “tax raid” man reparations. was directly related to Greece’s tage of SYRIZA and Tsipras came at the annual gathering at Kammenos said Greece had pressure for reparations. plummeting to an 86 percent an iconic northern Greece obtained records held by the Even Merkel showed some unfavorable rating in polls after monastery near Mt. Vermio, U.S. military that review the ex- sensibility. Germany has a duty the Leftists surrendered to the Imathia Prefecture, which at- tent of damage to private and to deal sensitively with the Nazi Quartet of the European Union- tracts tens of thousands of ethnic public property during the Nazi era, Merkel said last year, citing International Monetary Fund- Pontian (Black Sea) Greeks on occupation. a debate in Greece about Ger- European Central Bank-Euro- the feast day, the business news- According to calculations by man responsibility for the coun- pean Stability Mechanism paper Naftemporiki said. the General Accounting Office, try’s occupation during World (EU-IMF-ECB-ESM) to get a Checks by tax inspectors which has collected archival ma- War II. third bailout of 86 billion euros were “greeted” with jeers and terial examined by experts, “One can’t draw the line on ($97.29 billion) he said he verbal abuse by stall operators some 10.3 billion euros of the history,” Merkel said before the would never seek nor accept. at an outdoor flea market set up sum Greece said is owed corre- 70th anniversary of the war’s The cost of Tsipras’reneging outside the monastery, the paper sponds to the forced loan taken end. “We see this in the discus- on anti-austerity promises will said. by the Nazis, Alternate Minister sion in Greece and also in other surpass 23.296 billion euros A popular beach club near for Finance Dimitris Mardas European countries. We Ger- ($26.22 billion) in new taxes. the port city of Kavala was or- said. mans do have a special respon- That’s the combination of an dered closed for 48 hours after The rest concerns infrastruc- sibility to deal in an aware, sen- avalanche of taxes both direct tax inspectors found some 30 ture and compensation to pri- sitive and knowledgeable way and indirect and a complete re- customers were not issued re- vate individuals, he said. The Nazis hoist their flag at the Parthenon in Athens, Greece during with what we perpetrated under versal of what he promised be- ceipts upon payment as required Nazis were responsible for a World War II a sign of victory. Nazism.” fore caving in to demands from by law. 10 EDITORIALS LETTERS THE NATIONAL HERALD, AUGUST 20-26, 2016

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Stavros GeorGe SArAFoGlou / SPeciAl to the nAtionAl herAlD Amanda Vanstone, a former minister in the Australian government, recently penned an op-ed piece published in the Sydney Morning Herald proposing that the Summer AGORA – THE ORIGINAL MARKETPLACE OF IDEAS Olympic Games ought to be returned to Greece – perma- nently. Essentially, the reasons she cited were that the Greeks did By Dan Georgakas and the Agora, the original marketplace of ideas, Rest assured, anything we write here are a reasonably good job handling the Games last time they Constantinos E. Scaros and we, their modern-day descendants, aspire our sincere, heartfelt thoughts. hosted them (in 2004), that such a move would boost Greece’s to continue that tradition. We will share them with you every two economy insofar as creating jobs and increasing tourism, that From time to time, an issue emerges and We respect one another’s opinion very much, weeks. We hope you enjoy them, and we look the necessary preparations would ensure an improved infra- inspires various minds to converge, often at but often times we will disagree on particular forward to your taking part in the discussion structure, and that bringing the games back to where they odds with one another, to discuss it. Hopefully, issues. We would never fabricate a difference as well – by contributing letters to the editor in originated is a “nice historical touch.” collective enlightenment will result from such of opinion for the sake of writing an interesting response, and/or commenting on our website: Ms. Vanstone also points to the ritual of nations having to conversations. The Ancient Greeks did that in column. www.thenationalherald.com do somersaults to impress the International Olympic Com- mittee in order to gain the chance to host the Games as ar- chaic and ripe for obsoleteness. Furthermore, she emphasizes that if the Games are held each time in one country only, the How Will Bernie Sanders Supporters Vote on Nov. 8? entire operation, not least of which the vastly important issue of providing security, will be in experienced hands, without the wonder of the ability of each ensuing country new to the GEORGAKAS PRESENTS Committee. This sour grapes ap- candidates resulted in growing decorum than Trump is. process to be able to rise to the occasion. HIS POINT OF VIEW proach lost its momentum when the voter base, bringing entirely My guess is that ultimately, Naturally, our ethnic pride and love for our ancestral home- Dino, Bernie Sanders re- the Democrats admitted their new and first-time voters into anywhere from 60-80% of land leads us to support these merits, even as we certainly ceived 13 million votes in the misconduct, fired their Chair, the mix. These voters are Bernie voters will vote for understand and have an obligation to present counterargu- Democratic primaries, just a tad and adopted reforms. The best Trumpists and Bernieacs. They Hillary, with the actual number ments. below the 14 million for Trump guarantee that the reforms stay are not beholden to party. The somewhere around 68%. Nor- For one, why give just the Summer Games to Greece, why in the Republican primaries. in effect is the election of Clin- difference is, Trump still has a mally, that would be enough for not the Winter Games, too? Keeping the Sanders votes in the ton. chance of becoming president, Trump to run away with the The obvious answer is climate. Greek winters are not cold Democratic column is a major Trump and his surrogates are so his supporters undoubtedly election. enough to sustain snow for the various winter sports that re- concern for Hillary Clinton and pretty much out of tune with will show up to vote for him. But the media is portraying quire it – such as skiing – even if the snow is airlifted from keeping as many as possible out Sanders voters. A major military But what about Bernie’s crowd? Trump as a lunatic, and Trump elsewhere. Second, while summer is an ideal time for tourists is a priority for Donald Trump. advisor pens anti-Semitic tweets They know he will not win, himself hasn’t helped himself to visit Greece, especially to take advantage of basking on its I offer my view of how those and a former staff member ad- so a portion of them will stay any in his attempts to refute that resplendent beaches and eating fresh fish at a seaside taverna, votes will be cast, You work vocates the expulsion of all Mus- home. Some will go to the polls image. winters are often chilly and rainy. from a different political con- lims from America. Trump’s son and write in his name. Some Actually, his son Don Jr. was In that case, which country would gain the Winter struct than mine so I am in- has proudly bragged that Trump might vote for Jill Stein, or even referring to himself, not his fa- Olympics? If, say, for historical reasons it would make sense trigued by your views on the di- is a Fifth Avenue Redneck. That Gary Johnson. That still leaves, ther, as a “Fifth Avenue red- to give the Summer Games back to Greece, under what justi- rection Sanders voters will take. statement unwittingly waves the a good chunk, the majority, I neck,” but that really doesn’t fication could the Winter Games be permanently granted to, A recent CNN poll posits that red flag at reformers who think, who are left with two matter: Trump has the “red- say, or Oslo? 69% of the Sanders vote will go equate redneck with racist choices: Hillary Clinton, or Don- neck” vote, and that’s not going Finally, returning the games to Greece sounds like a won- to Hillary. This reflects the cir- know-nothings and consider a ald Trump. to change. But a lot of undecid- derful idea to many Greeks, and also to many historians who cumstance that many progres- Fifth Avenue address as the do- There is no question that the eds who turned their backs on appreciate the traditional element. But what about to the sive Democrats consciously main of the despised 1%. lion’s share of that remaining Hillary because they find her rest of the world? Wouldn’t most people prefer the excitement voted for Sanders in order to The major concern for Clin- large Bernie subse t would go to sleazy are probably thinking “I’ll being introduced to a whole new country every four years, move Clinton leftward. They ton is that the CNN poll found Hillary. It shouldn’t, in my view, take sleazy over crazy” right either attending live or watching on television, rather than openly stated they would vote 5% of Sanders voters are now but it will. about now. “Greece, Greece, Greece” year after year? for Bernie in April and Hillary undecided and may not vote. I The reason I say it shouldn’t The good news for Trump is Perhaps, then, this is why Ms. Vanstone’s solution might in November. doubt many are actually unde- is not ideological, but logical. that the American public has the be the most beneficial: give only the Summer Games to Greece Independents, wavering De- cided but more than 5% are Trump’s views in many ways are memory of a flea. If Trump and retain the excitement of “newness” by having the Winter mocrats, and college students considering not voting at all. closer to Bernie’s than Hillary’s could only manage to stay on Games hosted by a different cold-climate city from all over were strong supporters of the Students, in particular, have a are. For instance, Trump, like message over the next dozen the world every time. Sanders agenda. Many of his history of being more enthusi- Bernie, is anti-establishment. weeks and not give the media proposals have been incorpo- astic about going to rallies than Both rail against many of our any more ammunition to cast rated into the Democratic plat- showing up to vote. Trump nation’s trade agreements. Both him as the evil and crazy villain, form. While these voters may would be pleased to have the are critical of rushes to military then he might actually close the Trump Train Stalled dislike Clinton, they understand Sanders student supporters stay intervention at the drop of a hat. gap and win this thing. And in that a vote for her is the best home, but his campaign rhetoric Both condemn SuperPACs and that case, the 30% or so of way to re-enforce some of the to date is exactly what will im- other big money in politics. For Bernie voters who won’t vote for goals spotlighted by Sanders. pel them to go to the polls to Bernie voters to whom these is- Hillary will matter indeed. To borrow and amend a well-known phrase, no one ever These factors make it likely the cast their vote against him. sues are most important, Trump But hoping that Trump will got rich from underestimating Donald Trump. Over the past Sanders voters for Clinton will SCAROS RESPONDS is their logical candidate, even stay on message is a tall order, year, we watched “experts” of all political stripes insist that grow in number rather than fall Dan, you make some good though they cannot stomach his as he has proven incapable or Mr. Trump had absolutely no chance of winning the Republi- away. and thoughtful points regarding tone. unwilling to refrain from saying can presidential nomination. At first, the reasons were based The CNN poll found 13% of the Bernie Sanders voters. Much But if tone is their major con- the types of things that the me- purely on qualifications: since he had absolutely no political Sanders voters gravitating to the like Trump did in the Republi- cern, then Bernie and Trump dia can easily run with and spin experience, the argument went, the voters would not take Green Party headed by Jill Stein. can Party, Bernie galvanized an could not be any more different. them into the outrage of the him seriously for very long. The pundits dubbed him a “nov- This is reasonable as the Green anti-establishment movement In that case, Hillary is certainly century. elty” candidate, one whose flavor would wear out shortly be- Party endorses the Sanders pro- among the Democrats. Both closer to Bernie in terms of WHAT’S YOUR OPINION? fore the primaries actually got underway. gram and even offered him the Next, there was the stronger argument that Trump’s brash chance to head its ticket. His- tongue would do him in. Yet every time he said something tory, however, shows that en- controversial – from quipping that John McCain is not a war thusiasm for third parties tends hero just because he was captured to having called for a tem- to peak in the summer months. porary ban on all Muslims entering the United States until If that history holds, the 13% is better vetting measures are in place – his poll numbers actu- likely to erode. ally rose. It seemed that the more outrageous things Trump The one new organized force said – even when their severity was overinflated by the media for the Greens is the decision of – the more popular he became. three small socialist groups with The Trump phenomenon defied logic and eventually, even a combined membership of the most confident pundits began to doubt their prognosti- about a thousand to work on cating abilities, shrugging their shoulders and fessing that behalf of Stein. The activists in they would no longer pretend they had a handle on the Trump these groups are mainly clus- phenomenon. tered in universities, which Therefore, in light of Trump’s August slump in the polls, might keep the third party ero- we are not going to fall into that trap and proclaim that the sion from happening. Trump Train has derailed. Instead we say that it has stalled. Voting for the Libertarian Why the sudden change of heart? What has caused voters Party is another option. Sanders this summer to finally turn on Trump, even though his words voters agree with the human are no more caustic and controversial than they were a year rights perspectives championed ago? by the Libertarians, but the Lib- Perhaps it is Trump fatigue. Maybe people have finally had ertarian economic program is enough. Maybe they do not have the stomach of four or eight quite different from that of years of this, where our nation would have a president who Sanders. The CNN poll showing has to take his foot out of his mouth on an almost-daily basis. 10% going to the Libertarians is Perhaps it is a realization that Trump is not going to make not likely to materialize. the long-awaited “pivot,” whereby he would shun the red- A mere 3% of Sanders vote meat insult barrage he displayed in the primaries and begin have declared they would vote to exhibit the dignity and decorum associated with our nation’s for Trump. The one substantive highest office. Perhaps it is because a good number of promi- issue Trump raised to appeal to nent, high-profile Republicans have either expressly stated or them was the anti-Sanders ac- Bernie Supporters PD: There are legions of Bernie Sanders voters without a candidate. To strongly implied that they would not vote for Trump this fall, tions of the Democratic National whom, if to anyone at all, will their vote go on Election Day? causing some of the party’s faithful to second-guess their early support of the candidate. 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Canada Gets Wakeup Call Today the entire Western leaders kicked the fear of the ever, occurred where I least ex- World, not just the United can down the road. refugees for politi- pected it: in Greece! Let me stip- States, suffers from a crisis of Pauperizing south- cal benefit. To ulate that Prime Minister Tsipras On August 10, simpler means of in- confidence: confidence in gov- ern Europe beat make matters and SYRIZA advocate an eco- Aaron Driver, a flicting death? Cer- ernance that seems to be failing telling the Northern worse, Turkey’s nomic and social order with twenty-four year- tainly, even a its citizens. You may argue that European electorate budding dictator which I completely disagree. old Canadian woke drugged addicted in- things may actually be improv- that the Euro sys- blackmailed the Yet, alone among European up in the morning, dividual can kill. ing but the fact is that Trump, tem failed. Mrs. Union into a politicians, Tsipras has proposed made two impro- The judge of the Sanders, Brexit, and Marie Merkel delayed re- shameful agree- significant constitutional vised explosive de- BC Supreme Court, LePen rally huge support for un- sponding to Greek ment to turn off changes that represent a serious vices and ordered a however, decided to achievable and dangerous poli- bankruptcy for the refugee tap. attempt to cure what ails Greece taxi. The young stay the proceedings cies. The fears are rampant; months because she Now we have and not necessarily in his own man wanted to and release the cou- Brexit proved that rational ar- faced minor re- by AMB. PATRICK N. Brexit and elected interest. Greece has long suf- reach a public place ple. Effectively, this gument cannot overcome them. gional elections. THEROS fascist govern- fered under the myth that good where he could det- means that the A perfect storm that includes Then she and her ments in Poland government requires majoritar- onate his home- by DR. ANDRE charges won't ap- trade globalization, labor killing colleagues (the Special to and in- ian rule. Post junta history made bombs and GEROLYMATOS pear on any criminal technology and an aging west- “Troika”) applied a The National Herald stead of reform. proves the fallacy of that con- murder as many record and cannot ern work force upended the Band Aid, not a so- To my great dis- cept; majoritarian government people as possible. Special to be used against the West’s social structure. In Amer- lution, to avoid domestic politi- may, the United States appears became a vehicle for looting the Fortunately, he The National Herald them in the future. ica and Britain, an aging, mostly cal opposition. They deluded about to choose the Savior so- count ry. Tsipras proposes a pro- also made a suicide There will be no white, workforce sees its tradi- themselves into thinking they lution. The drafters of the US portional electoral system to video pledging allegiance to ISIS, RCMP surveillance and if Nuttall tional jobs disappear together took care of the problem. The Constitution designed a system force politicians to work with which alerted the FBI and they and Korody decide to take up ji- with its self-worth. The Euro- IMF has recognized the obvious: that depends on consensus and one another in coalition govern- warned th e Royal Canadian had again the police will only find pean Union risks disintegration Greece will go belly up without compromise to function. For ments. As proof of concept, he Mountain Police (RCMP). In the out after one or several people because it cannot deal with a debt forgiveness. Unfortunately, reasons too complicated for this can point to the survival of his afternoon, the RCMP surrounded are killed. self-induced financial crisis the Germans have important essay, consensus has fallen own coalition with ANEL, a po- Driver’s house just as he got into Two years ago Martin Roulea, among it s poorer members or a elections in late 2017 so, no dis- apart. Now Trump has stepped lar-opposite political party, the taxi. When he spotted the po- a twenty-five–year old refugee flow representing less cussion permitted before 2018. forward as the Savior who offers which has worked better than lice, he detonated one of the resident killed one Canadian sol- than 0.4% of its population in a Mrs. Merkel did try to deal in- not consensus but its antithesis. any other in Greek history. Sec- bombs while in the taxi then the dier and injured another by using continent desperately short of telligently with the refugee cri- He promises he is the Leader ond, the emasculation of the officers shot and killed him. his automobile as a weapon. The young labor. Racism has reared sis; she opened Germany’s bor- who, the rule of law notwith- Presidency by Papandreou (who Driver is the classic lone wolf. police knew that Roulea had rad- its ugly head again throughout ders and presented a rational standing, will ride roughshod did it to emasculate his rival He had serious psychological icalized, yet there was little they the Western world. and relatively painless burden- over any obstacle that stands in Karamanlis) removed any problems: his mother died when could do until the terrorist struck The Preamble to the Consti- sharing scheme for the entire the way of reviving the Good checks and balances from the he was seven, he hated his step- (Roulea was killed by the police tution states that it seeks to de- Union. Unfortunately, other EU Old Days. And the crowds Greek political system. Tsipras mother and he was not the bio- immediately after the incident). sign a system of governance that leaders took their cue from her cheer! proposes to have the President logical son of his father. Driver, Perhaps, in this case entrapment would “…establish Justice, in- “me-first-solidarity-later” stance Fixing a system before disas- elected directly rather than by accordingly, grew to despise his could have saved the life of a sure domestic Tranquility, pro- on Greece and stirred up public ter happens is rare. It has, how- Parliament and to restore some father and wised that he had died Canadian soldier. vide for the common defense, of his old executive authorities instead of his mother. He came However, the security services promote the general Welfare, that restrict the power of the to the attention of the authorities need better skills in using entrap- and secure the Blessings of Lib- Prime Minister. Finally, Tsipras when they detected that he was ment to forestall a terrorist attack. erty to ourselves and our Pos- has opened several hitherto posting messages on social media In Nuttall’s and Korody’s case the terity.” This encapsulates what taboo topics for discussion in- supporting ISIS. process took far too long and the citizens of all countries expect cluding the status of the Church. In 2015 he was arrested after relationship between the under- from their governments. Too While I abhor SYRIZA’s anticler- the security services noticed that cover policemen and the couple many people now sincerely be- ical stance, forcing the Church Driver was downloading informa- was too complicated. An under- lieve that western democratic to come out of its comfort zone tion from the Internet on making cover operation must be straight governance has failed. and make an argument for its bombs. The Driver’s case alerted forward – ultimately, offer the po- In history, failed governance role in Greek life can only be a civil rights groups and instead of tential jihadist the means without mostly led to ignoring reality good thing. Predictably, the con- a prison sentence, the judge im- trying to convince him or her to and dithering or to the appear- ventional Greek politicians offer posed a peace bond. This was implement a terrorist attack. ance of a Savior to restore the only more of the same old dis- similar to the controversy over Maintaining good relations Good Old Days. World War I eu- credited solutions. the case of John Nuttall and with local Muslim communities thanized the haplessly dithering Modern Greeks disrupted Eu- Amanda Korody. The meth-ad- and mosques is an excellent tactic Ottoman, Austro-Hungarian and rope for the better in 1821 and dicted couple was arrested on ter- in catching potential jihadists. Russian Empires. After the same saved it in 1941. Perhaps they rorism charges, after a RCMP Non-Muslims attracted by ISIS dreadful conflict, the Germans, can set an example once again. sting operation, need to convert and thus join a among others, found a Savior, a Initially, Driver was forced to mosque, while radicalized Mus- Leader who promised to make The Hon. Ambassador Theros is wear a GPS device, receive reli- lims are easier identified by locals Germany great again. Occasion- president of the U.S.-Qatar Busi- gious instruction, and avoid use than the police. ally, courageous leadership iden- ness Council. He served in the of computers, cell phones, or re- Equally important is to block tified the challenge and took a U.S. Foreign Service for 36 motely accessing social media. the jihadist websites thus remov- stab at fixing it; sometimes it years, mostly in the Middle East, However, the judge rescinded the ing the critical first step in the worked and sometimes it failed. and was American Ambassador GPS devise as well as the religious radicalization process. For reasons The European Union has to Qatar from 1995 to 1998. He instruction. that are difficult to comprehend, chosen the dithering model that, AP also directed the State Depart- Subsequently, Driver contin- some disturbed young men and left unchanged, could bring Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras has started a conversation that ment’s Counter-Terrorism Of- down the entire EU edifice. Un- is likely to compel the Greek Church to define its current role fice, and holds numerous U.S. willing to risk big decisions, EU in Greek life. 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LETTER FROM ATHENS Man Who Knew too Much: Varoufakis Haunts Tsipras

You can ridicule him, ignore made the country a His explanation, and it’s still going on, keeping him, deride him, praise him, lost cause and un- published later by the Premier’s feet in the fire and criticize, analyze, set him up, recognizable as a Harry Lambert, exposing him for the betrayer AP but former Greek Finance Min- sovereign territory, New Statesman, he is. Rand Paul (R) and Chris Chrsitie are prime examples of the ister Yanis Varoufakis has been not too far from the July 13, 2015, was Varoufakis now says Tsipras debate, as Paul emphasizes liberty and Christie security. beat up, battered ‘round, wildly truth. this: "I’m not broke a deal with him over how overexposed and commercial- The catalyst was a going to betray my to deal with the country’s credi- ued his online links with ISIS and women are attracted to organi- ized, sent up and shot down third bailout pack- own view, that I tors and financial crisis. finally decided to transform from zations that preach torture and and he’s still around blistering age of 86 billion eu- honed back in Speaking to the German mass armchair radical to terrorist. It death. Prime Minister Alexis “The ros ($96.17 billion) 2010, that this daily Welt, he claimed that cost him his life and the incident The so-called ISIS caliphate is Great Reneger” Tsipras, who that Tsipras said he country must stop Tsipras “did not adhere to the has resurfaced the debate over nothing more than a very large hired him and then let him go. would never seek extending and agreement we had,” over how security at the cost of freedom of Charles Manson type cult. ISIS Varoufakis, an economist/acad- nor accept, doing by ANDY pretending, we to deal with the Quartet and re- speech, privacy, and religious and acquired territory because of Iraqi emic/blogger/game theory ex- both of course be- DABILIS must stop taking sist more austerity. political beliefs. criminal incompetence and Pres- pert/wiseass, was named by cause he’s a bigger on new loans pre- Varoufakis insisted that “never Does an individual have the ident’s Obama’s myopia with re- Tsipras to be Greece’s point liar than Donald Special to tending that we’ve before that there been an right to write what they like about spect to Syria and the Middle man in tough talks with the “They’re Coming To The National Herald solved the prob- elected (as a parliament ISIS or any other terrorist orga- East. country’s creditors after the Take Me Away” lem, when we deputy) finance minister of a nization without becoming the It is fundamental to demystify Looney Left leader was elected Trump and Chillary Clinton haven’t; when we have made bankrupt country who would subject of police surveillance? ISIS. The coalition forces should in January, 2015 on a promise combined. our debt even less sustainable have said ‘no’ to creditors. But Does the state have the right to parade ISIS prisoners to the me- to reverse austerity and privati- Varoufakis had a secret plan to on condition of further when someone is bankrupt, eavesdrop on Internet usage in dia so that potential recruits can zations and to stare down the set up a parallel currency and austerity that even further they cannot escape from this the name of national security or see them for what they are: mur- lenders and start a Leftist revo- some other cockamamie ideas shrinks the economy; and shifts situation paying off old loans to counter terrorism? derers, misogynists, child moles- lution across Europe. that Tsipras said he knew the burden further onto the with new loans … Today, There are only a few options ters and cowards who hide be- None of that happened, of nothing about, adding to his have nots, creating a humani- Greece is more bankrupt than in identifying a long wolf: elec- hind women and children by course, because Tsipras folded pile of lies because he did. If he tarian crisis. It’s something I’m ever,” he said, adding: “Tsipras tronic surveillance triggered by using them as human shields. like a House of Cards once the didn’t, he shouldn’t have been not going to accept, I’m not did not did not adhere to the access to a jihadist websites, in- The reality is that most lone pressure was put on and it was Prime Minister and let a rogue going to be party to." agreement we had.” formants, or intelligence from al- wolves remain undetected, while the combative and confronta- finance chief set the agenda. Those are words you’d never He said the agreement he had lies. Some of these, however, many who radicalized and iden- tional Varoufakis who took the Varoufakis went too far the hear from Tsipras and while with Tsipras, before the Premier raise concerns of civil rights tified, at best, can only be ob- heat and blame once the gov- other way the same way Tsipras there’s plenty of blame to be caved in, was based on opposi- groups. served. The other reality is that ernment in July of 2015 closed did in the opposite direction but spread on Varoufakis for his in- tion to a policy of spending cuts The second, and perhaps the as ISIS is driven from Iraq, Syria banks, imposed capital controls you can smell he was telling your-face-style and often outra- forced on Greece, as well as most difficult alternative, is and Libya terrorism will increase. and did all that was demanded. more of the truth than the geous behavior he had some austerity that Tsipras imposed. whether the police should wait For ISIS the lone wolf is an inex- He didn’t though, and when he Prime Minister, who doesn’t guts, unlike the eunuch Prime Varoufakis claimed tha t he tried for an individual to commit ter- pensive and effective weapon. Is- gave guff to the malleable know the meaning of the word Minister. to criticize what he called the rorism and risk the lives of inno- sues of civil liberties, surveillance Tsipras, who carries jello in his and is beyond reprehensible for And Varoufakis didn’t go quietly “defective structure” of the Eu- cent bystanders? Another option and entrapment, however, cannot wallet for identification, the taking away hope he falsely into the night even though he’s rozone and demand its reform, is to use entrapment. In the case be resolved in reaction to events Premier jettisoned him almost gave the suckers who believed profiteering from his “without an exit (Grexit) from of Nuttall and Korody, the RCMP but adjust to evolving circum- as fast as he knelt before him. resignation and constant it” and said Tsipras signed conducted a sting operation for stances. Greece’s rulers, the Quartet of When Tsipras called for a refer- sniping of Tsipras and the gov- agreements “which foresaw the months involving over 240 RCMP the European Union-Interna- endum in July, 2015 – and then ernment, paid up to $1,000 a exact opposite of what we officers and at a cost of $900,000. André Gerolymatos is Director of tional Monetary Fund- reneged when Greeks backed minute for TV interviews to ex- wanted to change,” as the Pre- It is debatable if the couple the Stavros Niarchos Foundation European Central Bank-Euro- his phony ploy to resist plain his intransigence. mier betrayed his party, his al- had the wherewithal to make a Centre for Hellenic Studies at Si- pean Stability Mechanism. austerity – it was the last straw Varoufakis, an atheist, goes be- leged principles, and his pressure-cooker bomb on their mon Fraser University in Vancou- Varoufakis wanted to walk for Varoufakis, who had least yond outside-the-box thinking country while he was at it. own – most likely not, but ISIS ver. away from the talks even if it had the courage of his miscon- because he doesn’t want to be Looks like Tsipras was the suggests also using: a gun, knife, [email protected] meant taking Greece out of the victions and quit when Tsipras boxed in and he’s been giving wrong guy to lead a revolution. an automobile or even a rock. Are www.sfu.ca/snfchs.html Eurozone and into disaster, ar- said he was going to surrender that worm Tsipras both barrels Nutttall and Korody capable of twitter.ie/sfuhellenic guing that austerity had already outright. since walking away from him [email protected] 12 THE NATIONAL HERALD, AUGUST 20-26, 2016

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