INSIDE:• Kuchma honors Castro — page 2. • Slavutych and Batkivschyna to participate in OpSail — page 4. • Mittenwald and Berchtesgaden students hold reunions — centerfold.

Published by the Ukrainian National Association Inc., a fraternal non-profit association Vol. LXVIII HE KRAINIANNo. 26 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, JUNE 25, 2000 EEKLY$1/$2 in Ukraine CongressionalT subcommitteeUInternational conference in Kyiv focusesW on trafficking issue by Roman Woronowycz public awareness on the techniques and Kyiv Press Bureau lures utilized by those who profit from hears Ambassador-designate the international smuggling of women KYIV – In a concerted effort to pro- and children for prostitution and forced mote more effective cooperation and labor. They discussed what needs to be for Ukraine Carlos Pascual information-sharing among law enforce- done to protect the victims, to re-integrate by Michael Sawkiw Jr. ment officials on the growing problem of them back into their own societies and to Ukrainian National Information Service trafficking in women and children, the more effectively prosecute the criminals. United States and Ukraine hosted an WASHINGTON – Ambassador-desig- Representatives came from countries nate for Ukraine Carlos Pascual, as well as international conference in Kyiv on June 21-22. where many of the victims are forced to three other nominees for envoys to Croatia, The conference, announced during work, such as Israel, Germany, Turkey, Uzbekistan and Azerbaijan, appeared U.S. President Bill Clinton’s visit to Italy, Greece and the Netherlands, and before the European Affairs Subcommittee Ukraine on June 5, has been in the works countries through which they are trans- of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee since last year and is the result of an ini- ported, such as the Czech Republic, on June 21. tiative from the U.S.-Ukraine Bilateral Poland, Albania, Hungary, Romania and During the confirmation hearing, Sen. Commission, chaired by Ukraine’s Moldova. Gordon Smith (R-Ore.), chairman of the President Leonid Kuchma and U.S. Vice- Ukraine has become a key source for European Affairs Subcommittee, empha- President Al Gore. The commission has trafficked women in the last decade, as sized that much progress has been made in been addressing problems related to the young women with little money and scant Melanne Verveer, chief of staff to the Ukraine since its independence, though issue since 1997. prospects for employment are lured and U.S. first lady, keynote speaker at the complaints from American businessmen Trafficking in women is one of the fooled into illegal forms of employment conference on trafficking in women about corruption remain prevalent. world’s fastest growing criminal enter- (Continued on page 2) and children. Ambassador-designate Pascual began prises and has reached epidemic propor- his testimony by acknowledging that tions in Central and Eastern Europe, with Ukraine faces many challenges on its road Ukraine especially heavily affected. The to reform, but most importantly, Ukraine region has displaced Latin America and CIS summit participants agree “must overcome its Soviet legacy to Southeast Asia as the major source of achieve these goals.” Mr. Pascual added supply for the criminal gangs that exploit to establish free trade zone that outreach to the Ukrainian population women and children for profit. on a grassroots level will be a key to his “Trafficking in women is a transna- work in Ukraine, while simultaneously tional problem that countries must by Roman Woronowycz er, after the Russian delegation added an remaining in direct contact with the address through both domestic policies Kyiv Press Bureau amendment that stated that terms for launching the zone shall not be stipulated Ukrainian American community. and coordinated international efforts. It is KYIV – The heads of government “Advances in democracy, the rule of law, critical that countries of origin, transit in the document. attending the Commonwealth of Ukraine has spearheaded the drive to relationship with NATO and other and destination work together,” explained Independent States (CIS) summit in U.S. Ambassador to Ukraine Steven Pifer turn the CIS region into a free trade zone, European countries,” continued Mr. Moscow agreed on June 20 to a compro- during his opening address. efforts initiated by Mr. Yuschenko’s prede- Pascual, are signs of progress in Ukraine mise that foresees the establishment of a Attendees from 12 countries and vari- cessor, Valerii Pustovoitenko. Russia has that must be sustained. trade zone across the territories of mem- ous European organizations heard speak- been opposed to the move because much ber-states by the end of 2001. (Continued on page 4) er after speaker talk of the need for more of the trade between the countries of the “The free trade zone within the frame- CIS has centered upon it, anyway, and work of the Commonwealth of believes that it may be economically hurt Independent States may be ready for if the member-states draw away from it Foreign investors bullish on Ukraine implementation on January 1, 2002,” said with increased trade among themselves. Belarusian Prime Minister Vladimir But, as Mr. Yuschenko explained dur- Yermoshyn, the new chairman of the CIS ing the meeting, trade within the CIS has Government’s reform efforts earn a passing grade Heads of Government Council. fallen drastically since the Soviet Union Ukrainian Prime Minister Viktor fell apart. He said that in the last eight by Roman Woronowycz and meets annually, expended much of Yuschenko, last year’s chair, who was Kyiv Press Bureau its efforts in the first years to addressing years mutual trade dropped from 80 per- elected vice-chairman of the council for cent of gross trade to 27 percent, while specific complaints by foreign investors, this year, said the forum had made a legal KYIV – Major foreign investors in most of them today resolved. Council trade with countries outside the CIS has Ukraine gave the government’s reform decision to adopt procedures for the levy- risen from 24 percent to 73 percent. members said this year’s meeting was the ing of taxes within the principles of the efforts an overall passing grade during a most productive yet and expressed opti- He compared the situation in the CIS meeting with President Leonid Kuchma free trade zone agreements already signed. with that of the European Union and mism that Ukraine had finally turned the According to Interfax-Ukraine, of particu- on June 14, but pointed out that deficien- tide in its fight to lift the economy. underscored that the EU’s internal trade cies still exist, while emphasizing that the lar concern were taxes on trade goods in comprises a steady 63 percent of the gross “There was an atmosphere not just of the country of destination. He also president and the government must stay hope but of positive expectations, said of member-states. He noted, however, that the course. Many agreed that the busi- announced that the list of goods that in the first quarter of this year, commodity Patrick Bracken, country director for the would be excluded from free trade provi- ness and investment climate in Ukraine is Cargill Corp., a U.S.-based multinational exchanges within the CIS had risen by 47 sions had been reduced by a quarter. the best it has ever been. agricultural corporation. percent over the same period in 1999. He said that the Russian side, which “This is the best time yet since inde- The investors praised not only The free trade zone issue has been cen- has shown the most resistance to the pendence,” said James Temerty, presi- President Kuchma and the Ukrainian tral to how relations between the 15 mem- establishment of a free trade zone, had dent of Northland Powers, a Canadian government led by Prime Minister Viktor ber-states would continue to develop. expressed a “strict readiness” to cut the energy production firm based in Toronto. Yuschenko for the changes that have Before a CIS meeting last year, Ukraine’s list of commodity groupings of exports to Northland Power is one of 23 foreign taken place in the investment climate, but President Leonid Kuchma had all but Ukraine that would still be subject to taxa- corporations which, along with represen- also the Verkhovna Rada, whose new written off the organization as dead. tatives of the Ukrainian government, majority coalition has begun to move key tion. Mr. Yuschenko did not list what Events in the last year, including progress make up the Foreign Investment pieces of needed reform legislation for- goods would still be included. on the free trade zone issue, and the elec- Advisory Council (FIAC) chaired by ward. “It’s a pretty great victory,” said Mr. tion of a new CIS executive secretary, President Leonid Kuchma. Yuschenko. Yurii Yarov of Russia, have given him The FIAC, which was formed in 1997 (Continued on page 3) The agreement signed by the CIS mem- bers was left intentionally vague, howev- (Continued on page 4) 2 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, JUNE 25, 2000 No. 26

Kuchma honors Castro for Cuba’s NEWSBRIEFSNEWSBRIEFS assistance to children of Chornobyl Germany: NATO needs Russia’s consent anti-human crimes of Stalin’s regime. ... by Roman Woronowycz One of the first economic agreements Let Kharkiv be a sacred place for both Kyiv Press Bureau they signed is for Ukraine’s Pivden Mash TALLINN – Walter Kolbow, state sec- nations, ... a monument and warning for Tractor Plant to supply Cuba with tractor retary of the German Defense Ministry, KYIV – Ukraine’s President Leonid the future,” Reuters quoted Mr. repair kits. Since 1972, Ukraine has pro- said on June 19 in the Estonian capital that Kuchma on June 16-18 made his first Yuschenko as saying. (RFE/RL Poland, vided Cuba with more than 100,000 trac- Russia’s consent is needed before NATO visit to Cuba, where he awarded Fidel Belarus and Ukraine Report) tors, many of which stand idle today expands further, the BNS press service Castro the Yaroslav the Wise medal in because spare parts once supplied by the reported. The visiting German official said Cabinet submits draft of new tax code recognition of Cuba’s treatment of chil- Soviet Union are no longer freely avail- that although Russia has no veto on the dren affected by the radiation aftereffects able. Talks were also held on the con- process, its opposition to enlargement KYIV – The government has submitted of the Chornobyl disaster. struction of a Ukrainian repair depot. needs to be overcome before that process a new tax code draft to the Verkhovna The honor, named for Prince Yaroslav The two sides also agreed to form a proceeds. “We must make it clear to Rada, the Eastern Economist daily report- of Kyivan Rus’, is one of the highest joint stock company for the Ukrainian Russia that NATO is a guarantor of collec- ed on June 20. State Tax Administration Ukraine can bestow upon an individual. processing of Cuban cane sugar, in which tive security and has no aggressive plans head Mykola Azarov called the document “Small Cuba does things that others the two countries will hold equal shares. toward any country,” he said. Unwilling to “revolutionary.” If the code is passed, fail to do,” said Mr. Kuchma according The Ukrainian interest will be in an inter- predict the outcome of the next NATO Ukraine would have the lowest tax rates in to Uriadovyi Kurier, the official newspa- national sugar consortium, composed of summit, Mr. Kolbow said the result of that Europe. The draft proposes lowering per of the Cabinet of Ministers. Ukrainian, Austrian and German firms. meeting depends on “developments in the value-added tax to 17 percent in 2001 and In the last 10 years Cuba has financed Ukraine and Cuba, once bound by candidate countries and Russia.” Mr. to 15 percent in 2002. The proposed cor- the cost of treatment for some 18,000 their relationships to the Soviet Union, Kolbow’s visit came on the heels of porate income tax for 2001 is 25 percent Ukrainian children at its Tarara Health have slowly drifted apart in the last 10 President Vladimir Putin’s visit to (currently 30 percent), dropping to 20 per- Center near Havana in a program called years, although some of the old ties con- Germany, where the Russian president cent in 2003. Personal income tax is cur- “Children of Chornobyl.” The program tinue today. In Havana Mr. Kuchma strongly criticized enlarging NATO to rently within the 10 to 40 percent bracket was initiated by Chairman Castro in pointed out that Cuba supported include the Baltic states. (RFE/RL and is to drop to 10 to 20 percent. Julian 1990. At any given time about 200 Ukraine’s election to the United Nations Newsline) Berengaut of the International Monetary Ukrainian children, many with their par- Security Council as a non-permanent Fund, who is currently visiting Kyiv, has ents, can be found at the medical center member last year and recently sponsored Cemetery of NKVD victims opened warned that the proposed new code would being treated for various illnesses that its observer status in the organization of KHARKIV – Prime Minister Jerzy reduce budget revenues too sharply. The can range from leukemia to thyroid dis- non-aligned countries. Buzek of Poland and his Ukrainian coun- Associated Press reported that he urged the orders. While the delegations and the presi- terpart, Viktor Yuschenko, attended a government to study the changes more “We bow our heads in gratitude,” said dents discussed trade, another member of June 17 ceremony opening a Polish mili- carefully. (RFE/RL Newsline) Mr. Kuchma, adding that Ukrainians will the Ukrainian delegation, Kyiv Mayor tary cemetery in Kharkiv. The cemetery EBRD to help Kyiv close down Chornobyl never forget the aid of the Cuban people. Oleksander Omelchenko visited a unique contains the remains of some 3,800 He announced that he would take the memorial in Havana: a monument to the Polish officers imprisoned after the KYIV – The European Bank for medical center under his official patron- Ukrainian bard Taras Shevchenko. The Soviet aggression against Poland on Reconstruction and Development on June age with an initial donation of $100,000 statue was erected last year at a cost of September 17, 1939. In the spring of 16 pledged funds to help Ukraine close the to help finance the hospital’s continued 200,000 hrv with financing provided by 1940, following a decision by the Soviet Chornobyl nuclear plant, but tied its aid to efforts. the Kyiv city administration, and sculpt- Politburo, the NKVD murdered Polish reform in the country’s energy sector, While the president’s visit to the ed by two Ukrainians, Ruslan army officers and border guards who had Interfax reported. Acting EBRD President Tarara Health Center was the emotional Kukharenko and Mykola Orlenko. been imprisoned in a camp at Starobelsk. Charles Frank said the $180 million aid highlight of his two-day stay in Havana, Mr. Castro and Mr. Kuchma The remains of some 5,000 Ukrainian package would go toward completing two delegations from both countries also held announced at the conclusion of the visit victims of the Stalinist genocide are also nuclear reactors at the Rivne and extensive discussions on strengthening that the Cuban leader had accepted an at the cemetery in Kharkiv. “We are trade relations. invitation to visit Kyiv in the near future. standing at a place which witnessed the (Continued on page 15)

ders. In May, the ministry created a sepa- Even when the victims are ready to aid women in poverty and the cooperation of International conference... rate department on the fight against traf- in the prosecution, that does not mean non-governmental organizations who (Continued from page 1) ficking in humans. that the criminals will receive their due. reach out to women. by devious agents for criminal gangs. The goal of the workshop in Kyiv was Too often laws on trafficking are too The Ukrainian government has begun While neither Vice Prime Minister to further develop international programs vague, do not address the crime or simply to implement some of these methods with Mykola Zhulynsky nor Minister of initiated by the United Nations and the do not exist. Even then lax penalties in support from Winrock International and Organization for Security and Internal Affairs Yurii Kravchenko, who many countries cannot ensure that the La Strada, two NGOs that are addressing Cooperation in Europe. gave presentations at the two-day semi- guilty spend time behind bars or do not the issue of trafficking in women in “We want to take the OSCE action return to their criminal enterprises. nar, could give exact figures on how Ukraine. plan and the U.N. protocol and give it As Melanne Verveer, chief of staff to many Ukrainian women have been forced Ms. Verveer added another tool to fight life, to develop specific proposals,” U.S. First Lady Hillary Clinton and the into illegal prostitution, sweat shop labor the problem at the initial stages when she explained Anita Botti, deputy director of keynote speaker, explained, “In a world and domestic servitude, officials admit President Clinton’s Inter-Agency Council where the rule of law must prevail, too announced a $500,000 program of the the numbers are in the tens of thousands. on women. Ms. Botti said the three keys many victims must question why so many U.S. Labor Department to develop legal, The most common ploy used is to to resolving the problem of trafficking in criminals go unpunished.” regulatory and enforcement mechanisms promise women and teenagers work as women are prevention, protection and The easiest and least costly way in to ensure that women aren’t discriminated salesgirls, waitresses or cabaret dancers in prosecution. which to resolve the problem of illegal against in the workplace, which will be exotic destinations, where they will A major concern in Ukraine and in trafficking is to educate women on how to administered by the International Labor receive pay far higher than what they can other parts of the world is to develop a avoid falling into the traps of criminal Organization and the U.S. government. hope for in Ukraine’s debilitated econo- proper witness protection program for gangs. That means widespread informa- The program hopes to make it easier for my. those who have escaped or have been tion and educational campaigns, social women to find good-paying jobs in Once in the new country, the victim’s freed from this modern-day form of white and economic initiatives to support Ukraine. passports are confiscated and they are slavery. Most victims fail to cooperate forced to execute the will of their captors with international law enforcement offi- at no pay, often with the explanation that cials to provide evidence against their FOUNDED 1933 they must compensate for the cost of their captors, which has led to a disturbingly travel and their lodging. Lost in a foreign small number of convictions throughout HE KRAINIAN EEKLY country and with no identification, the the world. 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The Ukrainian Weekly, June 25, 2000, No. 26, Vol. LXVIII on trafficking in humans and the illegal “If there is no protection it is difficult Copyright © 2000 The Ukrainian Weekly transit of people across international bor- to prosecute,” said Ms. Botti. No. 26 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, JUNE 25, 2000 3 U.S.-Ukraine joint commission Ukraine receives $1 million in damages discusses cultural heritage issues Award result of cooperation by U.S. and Ukrainian law enforcement bodies Embassy of Ukraine other issues, such as new laws dealing Embassy of Ukraine years through the workings of the with preserving cultural heritage – Kuchma-Gore Commission,” stated WASHINGTON – The U.S.-Ukraine WASHINGTON – Ambassador including the repatriation of cultural Ambassador Gryshchenko. Joint Cultural Heritage Commission Kostyantyn Gryshchenko, Ukraine’s assets taken from Ukraine – as well as It was found that the McCormick (CHC) on May 17 held its third plenary envoy to the United States, on June 1 highlighting and preserving Ukrainian meeting in Kyiv and discussed a broad accepted a check for $1 million from the Distilling Co. had unknowingly done culture in cooperation with museums and range of issues important to both sides, U.S. government for restitution and dam- business with organized crime mem- universities in the United States. including national legislation to protect ages caused by the U.S.-based bers who improperly labeled alcohol U.S. Ambassador Steven Pifer cemeteries from development, progress McCormick Distilling Company, Inc. meant for human consumption as encouraged both sides to continue to in the restitution of religious communal This past April, McCormick pleaded industrial cleaning products. This liq- make progress on cultural issues of properties, and efforts to document the guilty in Newark, N.J., to a misdemeanor uid was then smuggled for sale on the common concern, including Ukraine’s condition of cemeteries, massacre sites charge of falsifying liquor export docu- black market. McCormick fully cooper- adoption of a “transparent and non-dis- and synagogues throughout the country. ments. ated with U.S. law enforcement offi- criminatory process” for returning prop- Vice Minister of Culture and Arts The check was presented to cials and court documents state that the erties seized from religious groups. He Leonid Novokhatko represented Ukraine. Ambassador Gryshchenko at the company never knowingly did business also expressed the commitment of the Also present were officials from the Ukrainian Embassy in Washington by with organized crime. The company U.S. government to provide support to Ministry of Foreign Affairs, the State James Robinson, deputy attorney general was charged with a misdemeanor Ukraine in its democratic and economic Committee for Construction and of the United States, and Murray Stein, record-keeping violation and was transformation. Housing, and the Jewish community, chief legal advisor of the Foreign Office requested to compensate the govern- The meeting also provided a venue to including Chief Rabbi of Kyiv and of the Department of Justice, who had ment of Ukraine for $1 million. announce the publication of a catalogue Ukraine Yaakov Bleich. been working closely with the Embassy “The United States and Ukraine have a of Jewish cultural artifacts in Ukraine. Commissioner Irving Stolberg led the and the Procurator General’s Office of good legal basis for cooperation through The two sides discussed future plans for American delegation, which included Ukraine. a Mutual Legal Assistance Treaty that publishing an extensive survey of the Prof. Harry Reicher of Agudath Israel of “The awarding of this check has been was recently ratified by the Parliament of condition of other religious properties. America, Andrew Fedynsky, director of made possible by the close cooperation Ukraine. In addition, it is anticipated that Plans were made for the fourth meeting, the Ukrainian Museum-Archives in between law enforcement officials of our two countries will soon finalize an which will be held in Washington and Cleveland, Dr. Samuel Gruber and Ukraine and the United States, which has extradition treaty,” stated Ambassador Connecticut in the spring of 2001. Christopher Hill. been significantly enhanced in recent Gryshchenko. Participants discussed implementation In addition to attending the meeting, of a July 1998 executive order which delegation members visited a historic took steps toward preserving burial sites Jewish cemetery in Berdychiv, which had of all religious groups throughout been threatened by development, dedicat- Ukraine. The American side commended ed a Holocaust memorial at a massacre BUSINESS IN BRIEF efforts by the government of Ukraine to site in Zhytomyr, and met with regional consider national legislation to protect officials. They also spent time working these sites and agreed to provide its with local youths to clear brush and Sponsors support Ukraine’s Olympians advice as that process moves forward. debris from gravesites at the municipal KYIV – Ukraine is in the top 10 most successful countries out of 200 in terms of The two sides also discussed several cemetery in Kyiv. implementation of Olympic projects. The list of major sponsors now includes UMC (Ukrainian Mobile Communications), Coca-Cola, Adidas and Samsung. More than European Bank for Reconstruction and 230 Ukrainian athletes competing in 26 sports will represent Ukraine during the Foreign investors... Development. Olympic Games in Sydney, which will be held September 15 through October 1, (Continued from page 1) “There is too much interference in the which is springtime in Australia. (Eastern Economist) In a 15-minute address to FIAC mem- private sector, too much regulation. The tax Rada ratifies railway loan with EBRD bers, Mr. Kuchma emphasized that every- collectors at the local level do not perform thing possible is being done in Ukraine to in a way that is consistent with our under- KYIV – The Verkhovna Rada in early June ratified an agreement signed last make it “one of the most attractive countries standing of the tax regulations in Ukraine or December 7 between the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development and the for investment in the world.” the law in Ukraine,” he added. UkrZaliznytsia Railway administration whereby the EBRD extends a $51.88 million He explained that there is legislation in Mr. Seton was alluding to drastic steps (U.S.) loan to modernize the Kyiv-Zhmerynka-Lviv railway. The loan will be backed the works for new land, tax, customs and taken by the government in the last two by government guarantees at the standard EBRD interest rate for a term of 15 years civil codes, and that major overhauls are years to increase tax revenues. Determined with a four-year grace period. Under the project, 400 kilometers of track, automatic under way in the agricultural and energy to find badly needed funds for its coffers in control, telemechanics and communications systems will be replaced, repaired or sectors. He pointed out that the Ukrainian a country whose businessmen have become modernized. These facilities have been in operation for 30 to 40 years and are obso- economy is sprouting to life and gave fig- experts at avoiding astronomically high tax lete. The loan will also fund the installation of an automatic traffic control system that ures to support his assertion: a more than 10 levels, it has released an army of “tax meets international standards. (Eastern Economist) police” who aggressively pursue and often percent increase in manufacturing produc- Sea Launch receives space award tion in the first five months of this year; a harass businessmen into paying what is 5.4 percent rise in GDP in the first quarter owed. COLORADO SPRINGS – Sea Launch received the Gen. James E. Hill Space of 2000 over the same period of last year; a In another criticism, Mr. Temerty of Achievement Award “for outstanding demonstration of the possibilities for interna- 70 percent increase in foreign investments Northland Power said the government often tional commercial collaboration in the post-Cold War space industry.” The Space in the first quarter over the same period of has moved too haphazardly on reforms and Foundation presented the award to the president of Sea Launch, Will Trafton, at the last year. needs to concentrate on consistency and opening ceremony of the National Space Symposium. Sea Launch includes compa- Although admittedly taken by Mr. steadiness in its current efforts. He gave as nies from the United States, Ukraine, Russia and Norway. Previous recipients of the Kuchma’s words, some of the businessmen an example the electricity sector, in which award include the NASA/Boeing International Space Station Team and Apollo 13 said more still needs to be done. Mr. reforms took place several years ago but Commander James Lovell. (Eastern Economist) Bracken emphasized that the discussions were followed by more changes earlier this with the president were “frank, open and year, leaving his company uncertain about 300,000 vehicles imported last year honest,” but noted as well that the foreign whether to proceed on a power-generation KYIV – Over 300,000 automobiles were imported into Ukraine in 1999, stated the businessmen were not bashful in telling the project for Kyiv, which has been long director of auto consulting, information/analysis group, Oleh Omelnytskyi. He added Ukrainian president that conditions are still planned and is ready to go. that 300,000 automobiles is the amount necessary to respond to supply pressure on far from the best. “In my own project a major problem that the internal market and maintain the continued decrease in prices for used cars. There One of the main concerns expressed by is holding us up is that the government is was a decrease in the re-sale of cars on the internal market in 1999. According to the some was that the reformers are buckling to tinkering with reforms. Until we see that experts, this is caused by the increase in the importation of parts for car assembly. Mr. pressure and failing to ensure that the they are done, we can’t move forward,” said Omelnytskyi stated that 67,000 cars, or 21 percent of the total number imported last changes are properly implemented. Ukraine Mr. Temerty. “Ukraine needs a steady hand year, were new vehicles; 108,000 vehicles were used; while another 107,000 cars faces mounting opposition to key reforms at the wheel right now.” were imported temporarily. (Eastern Economist) as it moves into the most difficult phase of Mr. Bracken of Cargill said he is satisfied the process with the privatization and reor- with reforms in the agricultural sector thus Sponsorship improves corporate image ganization of the energy sector and the far, but called the changes merely the begin- KYIV – “Corporate sponsorship is rapidly developing in Ukraine, though it effort to make land a commodity in the agri- ning. While admitting that the ideal tax for receives very low coverage in the mass media,” said the executive director of cultural sector. Prominent lawmakers and an investor is no tax, he said the govern- Innovations and Development Center, Oleksander Sydorenko. According to research influential businessmen whose private inter- ment must develop a tax policy that will not conducted by the center in 1999, 28 percent of the companies involved in sponsorship ests are in conflict with the intent of the be a burden on them. Without such legisla- consider it to be a good form of advertising, and 24 percent say it’s good for improv- reforms are offering strong resistance to tion he said Ukraine would have a difficult ing a company’s image. Activity among Ukrainian firms and especially government many of the efforts. time drawing foreign businessmen and their organizations is much lower. Mr. Sydorenko also commented on low coverage of “There is a general feeling that the exec- money to the country. charity and sponsorship projects in mass media. According to his research, only 27 utive government in Ukraine and the func- Nonetheless, he explained that he is bull- articles on this issue were published in the press within a sample period of three tion of implementing policies and reforms is ish on Ukraine and believed that it would months. (Eastern Economist) not functioning properly” said FIAC mem- become “one of the most competitive agri- ber Andrew Seton, country director for the cultural providers in the world.” (Continued on page 18) 4 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, JUNE 25, 2000 No. 26 Ukrainian naval vessel to participate in Fourth of July festivities by Roman Woronowycz Kyiv Press Bureau KYIV – A Ukrainian naval vessel will enter U.S. ter- ritorial waters for only the third time ever when the staff ship of the Ukrainian navy, the Slavutych, arrives in New York on July 3 to take part in Fourth of July cele- brations. The ship will be part of the International Naval Review 2000, which is being organized in New York in special millennium year celebrations that will also include a visit by the Operation Sail 2000 flotilla. The flotilla is currently, sailing up the Eastern Seaboard of the United States. After the July 4 ceremonies, which are expected to be attended by U.S. President Bill Clinton, the staff ship will remain docked in New York until July 9. On July 5- 9 the ship’s crew will take part in cultural and sporting events in the area. The Slavutych will join two other private Ukrainian ships in New York Harbor for the grand Fourth of July festivities that will include a parade of ships and a tall ships exhibit, besides the annual New York City fire- works display near the Brooklyn Bridge. The other two vessels are the 27-meter schooner, the Batkivschyna, which is currently on the East Coast, with the OpSail 2000 flotilla, and the racing yacht, Ikar, which is sched- uled to arrive in New York after a cross-Atlantic regat- ta. The Slavutych voyage is part of ongoing joint-coop- The Slavutych, the staff ship of Ukraine’s naval forces. eration programs between Ukraine’s Ministry of Defense and the U.S. Department of Defense. ranking officer on board will be Maj. Gen. Anatolii the Azore Islands before arriving in New York. It will be The 106-meter-long frigate is the main administra- Pakhlia, who is the second-in-command of the the first visit to the United States for the Slavutych. In tive vessel of Ukraine’s relatively small Black Sea Ukrainian navy. 1996 the Hetman Petro Sahaidachny, the flagship of the Fleet based in Sevastopol. It will be carrying a crew The Slavutych left Sevastopol on June 2 and will Ukrainian navy, and the troop deployer, the Kostiantyn of 129 sailors led by 1st Capt. Ihor Taniukh. The make ports-of-call in Gibraltar and Ponta Delgada in Olshansky, traveled to Norfolk, Va.

CIS summit... Batkivschyna sails northward along East Coast (Continued from page 1) by Roma Hadzewycz York to serve as one of the Batkivschyna’s time to lower the sails. The ship was buffet- honorary captains and liaison officers. ed by winds so powerful that the crew more reason to be optimistic that the com- PARSIPPANY, N.J. – The reports of Operation Sail 2000, billed as the largest feared the sails would tear and the mast monwealth will be more than a token their ship being lost at sea are greatly exag- gathering in history of sailing ships, began would break. At least the strong winds pro- umbrella organization for the countries gerated (apologies to Mark Twain), and the in Puerto Rico on May 25, then proceeded pelled the ship to make record time, Mr. once under Moscow’s rule as part of the Ukrainian schooner Batkivschyna is suc- to U.S. points northward. When the Vashchyk quipped, as the schooner traveled USSR. cessfully participating in OpSail 2000, the Batkivschyna was a no-show at the festivi- at an amazing 15 knots per hour (when 9 On June 21, after his own series of mega-parade of tall ships from around the ties in Puerto Rico and Miami, fears were knots is the norm and 11 knots is the maxi- meetings with the other presidents, he globe that is heading up the East Coast. raised that the ship was lost at sea. Anxious mum for this particular vessel). waxed absolutely optimistic. “We are for the widest integration, first That news was reaffirmed on June 21 by e-mails were exchanged during the last The ship arrived in Norfolk on June 5 – and foremost with Russia and all of the two of the ship’s crew members, Petro week of May by people closely watching more than a week early. There the crew was CIS countries,” said Mr. Kuchma. To Vashchyk of Rivne, first mate for cultural the ship’s journey. greeted by OpSail organizers and Ukrainian make clear that his words referred only to affairs (and Kozak) and Viktor Povorozniuk According to Messrs. Vashchyk and community members, including Olena economic cooperation, he added, of Kyiv, helmsman. The two sailors arrived Povorozniuk, the trip, which began in Kyiv Boyko, a sailing enthusiast whom the crew at The Weekly escorted by Taras Szczur, on April 7, started out uneventfully. Then, in “Ukraine has its first and last chance to be calls its admiral, Olha Cehelska and others. independent. We will not lose that.” commander of Ukrainian American the Mediterranean, from Sicily to Gibraltar, As these lines are being written, the ship Veterans Post 301 of Yonkers, N.Y., who the ship encountered a week’s worth of The Ukrainian delegation signed a total is on its way to Wilmington, Del., and then of 13 political and economic documents was tapped by OpSail organizers in New storms. Nonetheless, the Batkivschyna on to Baltimore, where it is scheduled to be arrived safe and sound, and in Moscow, five with provisos attached, from June 25 to 29 at the Canton-Baltimore including a strategic plan for CIS devel- on time, in Cadiz, Spain, Marine Center. The 89-foot vessel will visit where it represented opment through 2005 and a joint anti-ter- New York on July 2-9 and is expected to be rorism program through 2003 that Ukraine at the tall ships fes- docked at Pier 84, just north of the Intrepid, tival. includes the establishment of an anti-ter- the U.S. aircraft carrier that now serves as a rorism center. The provisos, for the most The crew of 15 then left sea, air and space museum. The parade of for Puerto Rico on May 5. part, stipulate that Ukraine’s participation tall ships and fireworks in New York harbor Once the ship was in the is conditioned by Verkhovna Rada will be held on July 4. Atlantic Ocean, its short approval or subordination to the national wave radio broke (earlier The schooner’s U.S. trip is only the first laws of Ukraine. the ship had lost contact via leg of a journey dubbed “Discover Ukraine did not sign several agree- two computers and a satel- Ukraine,” whose goal is to sail the globe ments, including one on the establishment lite link provided by a and inform the world about Ukraine. of a headquarters for joint military coop- school in Wilmington, Del.), Aboard the ship are 20 panels depicting the eration. Ukraine is not a signatory to the leaving it with no communi- history of Ukraine from the Scythian period CIS agreements on joint military coopera- cations capability. Then, lit- to the present, as well as art work, photo- tion within the CIS framework. erally in the middle of the graphs, videos and souvenirs. Atlantic, the ship met strong And what’s next? Messrs. Vashchyk and headwinds, forcing it to tack Povorozniuk said the “Discover Ukraine” journey would continue, probably into Congressional subcommittee... in order to remain on (Continued from page 1) course. It was clear the ship Halifax, Nova Scotia, and then, if things fall would not make it in time into place, into the Great Lakes region and, Mr. Pascual was nominated earlier this for events in Puerto Rico or perhaps, the West Coast. year by President Bill Clinton to be the Miami, so the captain, Both men noted the generousity of the fourth ambassador to Ukraine. The present Dymytrii Birioukovitch, Americans and Ukrainians with whom U.S. ambassador, Steven Pifer, is scheduled decided to alter course and they’ve thus far come in contact and who to return to the United States in July. head for Norfolk. have provided the Batkivschyna with food, Ambassador-designate Pascual is famil- Some 800 miles before fuel and other supplies. For information, or iar with Ukraine, having worked at the U.S. Norfolk at about 1 a.m. (the to offer assistance, interested persons may Agency for International Development sailors could not recall the send e-mail to [email protected]. (USAID) in the European and New exact date) with the ship at Information is available on the Internet at Independent States (ENIS) bureau, and Roma Hadzewycz full sail due to good winds, [email protected]. having served as director for Russia, First Mate (and Kozak) Petro Vashchyk and Helmsman a storm struck – so suddenly And, all are welcome to visit the Ukraine and Eurasian Affairs at the Viktor Povorozniuk during their visit to The Weekly. that the crew did not have Batkivschyna as it makes its ports of call. National Security Council. No. 26 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, JUNE 25, 2000 5 THE UKRAINIAN NATIONAL ASSOCIATION FORUM A thank-you from the UNA Executive Committee Former scholarship recipients, where are you? to contributors to the Aid to Ukrainian Miners Fund by Ulana Diachuk Convention reports started to mention UNA President scholarship grants, and continuing through the year 1999 – the UNA granted The UNA’s two official publications, Svoboda (March 24, page 5) and The The recent deadline for submission of monetary aid to close to 4,500 students. Ukrainian Weekly (March 26, page 1) published an appeal from the UNA Executive scholarship applications for academic The total amount paid out in non-refund- Committee for donations to assist families of miners killed in a tragic accident in year 2000-2001 was on June 1. In the able scholarships has reached almost Krasnodon, Luhansk Oblast, as a result of which these families lost husbands, fathers first day of June the UNA Home Office $1,780,000. There is no other Ukrainian and sons, and were left without a means of support. was inundated with 130 applications that organization that can match this out- UNA members and readers responded very generously and by the end of May had will have to be processed and submitted standing program. donated nearly $10,000. The UNA Executive Committee hereby extends its gratitude to to the UNA Scholarship Committee for The UNA is proud to have been able all contributors for their understanding of the tragedy that befell 81 families. These review and approval. to support the scholastic efforts of so donations will be forwarded shortly to each family as follows. According to official lists, Among the various fraternal activities many outstanding and bright young the bereaved families include 73 wives, 12 mothers, one father, one aunt (living with the that the UNA has supported over many miner’s family) and 84 children under age 18 – a total of 171 persons. The total amount years, aid to bright and needy student members who with its help have become collected will be divided into 171 equal portions and each family will receive a sum members in the form of a scholarship professional people, business owners and appropriate to the number of persons in the family. This means that a family with more program was always a priority. The UNA highly productive citizens of the United members will receive a higher amount of assistance, while a smaller family will receive always considered the education of its States and Canada. a smaller sum. A report on the delivery of this assistance will appear in the press. juvenile members to be of great impor- The UNA would like to continue its Once again, a sincere thank-you to all contributors. tance – not only to their parents, but to scholarship program into the future. But, in order to continue supporting it as to Ulana Diachuk the well-being of the whole Ukrainian date the UNA needs more members and UNA President community. Over the years the UNA also support- more income from their insurance premi- ed students and educational facilities in ums. If you, your children or any mem- List of donations for Aid to Ukrainian Miners Fund Ukraine. As early as 1907 UNA records ber of your family have ever benefited show a donation to help young students from the UNA Scholarship Program, we in Lviv, and in 1912 the UNA began sup- ask you to increase your insurance cover- Name City Amount porting various “Ridni Shkoly” (schools age or to take out new coverage with the UNA. Encourage your family members, Samotowka MD, Michael Huntsville, Ala. $1,000.00 of Ukrainian studies) with a first dona- children, grandchildren and friends to Kunasz, Ihor and Zenovia Collegeville, Pa. $1,000.00 tion of $2,500 – a very generous amount UNA officers, auditors and employees Parsippany, N.J. for that time. In more recent years, the join the UNA and to take advantage of Diachuk, Ulana $100.00 UNA, through its Fund for the Rebirth of the new low insurance premiums recently Kaczaraj, Stefan $100.00 Ukraine, helped many students from introduced. Your premiums paid to the Lysko, Martha $100.00 Ukraine to obtain scholarships to study at UNA will help other bright young people Hadzewycz, Roma $50.00 several prestigious American universi- attain their goals in life, as did you, your Derzko, Mark $25.00 ties. children or grandchildren. Hawrysz, Stefan $25.00 But to a great extent the scholarship For further information regarding Kozak, Christine $25.00 program was always designated for UNA UNA insurance kindly contact your Kuzmowycz, Olha $25.00 members only and it remains so to this branch secretary or ask for Steven Woch Pastuszek, William $25.00 day. Over a span of 53 years – beginning at the Home Office, (973) 292-9800 ext. Serafyn, Alexander $25.00 with the year 1946, when UNA 3013. Trytjak, Oksana $25.00 Welhasch, Stephan $25.00 Derzko, Sofia $20.00 Galechko, Raissa $20.00 Semegen, Daria $20.00 UNA sends books to Ukraine Banach, Joseph $10.00 With the help of volunteers, Dr. Ivan by experts from Siena College Bilchuk, Nina $10.00 Pelech, Volodymyr Dzingala and Ihor (Loudonville, N.Y.) to lead training semi- Casanova, Ika $10.00 Zayets, the Ukrainian National nars for English teachers, to coordinate Ferencevych, Chrystyna $10.00 Association has been sorting, packing the library of the center and provide Haluszczak, Marijka $10.00 and shipping English books to various activities for readers. Honcharyk, Walter $10.00 libraries and schools in Ukraine. Some of The lack of teaching materials and Jarosewich, Irena $10.00 these books were donated to the UNA English books still plagues many of our Kaploun, Valentina $10.00 and others were in the Svoboda book- Khmelkovsky, Lev $10.00 schools in Ukraine. But, thanks to you, store. These books have found welcome our teachers and students have a great Oscislawski, Maria $10.00 readers. Pokladok, Orest $10.00 opportunity to read these interesting Salabay, Nadia $10.00 UNA President Ulana Diachuk recent- books. They find them enjoyable. Our Shewchuk, Wasyl $10.00 ly received a letter from the town of children are fond of reading. And the Kovel in Volyn, from a resource center Woch, Christine $5.00 greatest gift is a passion for reading. It is run by English teachers in Ukraine. Woch, Steven $5.00 inexpensive, it consoles, it distracts, it MYUD/ODUM Minneapolis, Minn. $500.00 Dear Ms. Diachuk: excites, it gives us knowledge of the UNA New York District Committee New York, N.Y. $300.00 world and experience of a wide kind. It is Dudiak, Dr. Stephen and Olha Madison, Wis. $200.00 As a director of the English Teachers’ Mackin, Mike San Diego, Calif. $200.00 moral illumination. Resource Center in Volyn Oblast, I You have brought the gift of knowl- UNA Branch 367, Zaporozka Sich Rochester, N.Y. $200.00 would like to thank you for your gener- Zakoworotny, John Winsted, Conn. $150.00 edge to teachers and children in Ukraine ous donation of many interesting books Baley, Peter Canyon Country, Calif. $100.00 by your generous donation of books. Brundy, Mary Park Ridge, Ill. $100.00 from the Ukrainian National Association. We are very grateful for your concern. Gerun, Simon and Maria Tamarac, Fla. $100.00 The purpose of our center is to apply Cetenko, Wiaczeslaw Venice, Fla. $100.00 new methods of English teaching, includ- Olena Valchuk Koszman, Ihor and Maria Montgomery, Ala. $100.00 ing the experimental curriculum given us Center Director Dzerovych, A. and I. Amherst, N.H. $100.00 Kuzmych, R. and C. Wheat Ridge, Colo. $100.00 Melinyshyn, John and Helen Norridge, Ill. $100.00 Melinyshyn, Paul Elk Grove Village, Ill. $100.00 Swyschuk, George and Christine St. Louis, Mo. $100.00 Jacula, Wanda Durham, N.C. $100.00 Stachiv, Dennis and Myra Middlesex, N.J. $100.00 Teleshefsky, Estelle Carrolton, Tex. $100.00 Voronka, Zirka Maplewood, N.J. $100.00 Hupalowsky, Dan and Stefania Whiting, N.J. $100.00 Mission Statement UNA Branch 130, St. Vladimir’s New York City, N.Y. $100.00 The Ukrainian National Association exists: Holy Cross Catholic War Veterans Flushing, N.Y. $100.00 I Krucylak, Catherine Manchester, Mass. $100.00 I to promote the principles of fraternalism; Leskiw, Alexander and Maria Daria Whitestone, N.Y. $100.00 I to preserve the Ukrainian, Ukrainian American and Ukrainian Canadian heritage and culture; and Wasynchuk DDS, Irene Houston, Tex. $100.00 to provide quality financial services and products to its members. As a fraternal insurance society, the Ukrainian National Association reinvests its earnings for the benefit (Continued on page 14) of its members and the Ukrainian community. 6 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, JUNE 25, 2000 No. 26

NEWS AND VIEWS THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY Hear the silence A Ukrainian Montessori preschool

To mark the 80th anniversary of the end of Canada’s first national internment oper- and a 180-degree turnaround ations of 1914-1920, which came on June 20, 1920, with the closing of the Office of Internment Operations two years after the end of the World War I, the Ukrainian by Lillianna Chudolij Olenka Makarushka-Kolodiy, the Canadian Civil Liberties Association (UCCLA) appealed to all Ukrainian Canadians school’s director, was most gracious, kind The arguments seemed to increase in fre- to observe two minutes of silence on Tuesday, June 20, beginning at 11 a.m. The and tolerant of our inquiries. After explain- quency daily. The frustration level had sky- moment of silence was in memory of those killed or abused while interned in ing that the preschool is run as a Montessori rocketed. Years of practice reading, speak- Canadian concentration camps. class, all of the lessons are taught in ing, taking him to Ridna Shkola Ukrainian In 1914-1920 Ukrainians and other Europeans were categorized as “enemy aliens” Ukrainian, plus all students are taught the School every Saturday, Plast Ukrainian and subjected to internment, censure, the looting of their valuables and property, and English lettering system, we knew right Scouting Organization every Tuesday, the other indignities as a result of passage of the War Measures Act of 1914. Then, with then and there that this was indeed a prayer the adoption of the War Time Elections Act of 1917, they were disenfranchised. Ukrainian American Youth Association answered. If nothing else, our little boy All of this occurred needlessly and only because these Ukrainians were victims of (SUM) every Friday, Ukrainian dancing, would relearn how to speak Ukrainian, now circumstance: many of them had immigrated to Canada from Halychyna and singing, concerts, “zabavy”, various festi- because of both nature and nurture. Bukovyna, lands in western Ukraine then under the control of Austria-Hungary. Some vals, functions, camps, etc. – all this effort In September 1999 our son Peter of them were even born in Canada. There was not a shred of evidence of disloyalty on seemed to be for naught. Our son’s outside Chudolij was enrolled and attending St. the part of Ukrainians in Canada that could have even partially justified this heinous influences looked to be winning out over John the Baptist Ukrainian Montessori operation. the foundation we had thought was in place. Preschool of Newark, N.J., run under the In all, 8,579 enemy aliens – 5,000 of them Ukrainians – were interned in 24 camps Typical Ukrainian American teenager syn- auspices of St. John the Baptist Ukrainian throughout Canada in the provinces of Ontario, British Columbia, Alberta, Quebec drome, right? Catholic Church. and Nova Scotia, where they served as forced laborers, doing work that benefited the Wrong. This was happening to our son at At first the frustration level for Petrus government and business sectors. Another 80,000 persons – the vast majority of them age 4! was still pretty huge for a 4-year-old. He Ukrainians – were forced to register as enemy aliens and to report to local authorities As two full-time working parents with- was sometimes sad after school because he on a regular basis. They were also required to carry identity papers with them at all out the assistance of a “baba” or a “dido”, couldn’t respond the way some of the other times. we had to rely on outsiders to help with our children could. This made him angry, too. In “A Time for Atonement,” published in 1998, Dr. Lubomyr Luciuk wrote: son. In the beginning, it was a bit frustrat- Believe me, the drive from Clifton to “Today, Ukrainian Canadians, in reminding the nation of what they suffered as a peo- ing to our caretakers to understand our son, Newark and then to work in Carlstadt and ple in this country, are appealing to the government of Canada, asking that it publicly who knew only Ukrainian. To us, his “bro- back again every day was long. But, like acknowledge responsibility for the wrongs done to the Ukrainian Canadian communi- ken English” sounded very pleasant. everything else, I got used to it. Soon even ty between 1914-1920 and that it compensate them for their losses. The meaningful By age 3 1/2 however, things were very Petrus’ negative feelings became positive. and honorable redress now called for will help ensure that Canadians are never again different. There was more English in his In fact, the change was remarkable! Petrus subjected to such a mass violation of their human rights and civil liberties. Although everyday speech than ever before, especial- was again speaking “broken English” with- what happened can never be undone, a time for atonement has surely come.” ly after we sent him to American pre-K. in six weeks of school. By Christmastime, Two Canadian prime ministers had promised to do the right thing. In his two terms Speaking Ukrainian in our home is a it was as if he had been born again. It was in office Conservative Brian Mulroney did nothing. Liberal Jean Chrétien, while still must; even the dog “speaks” Ukrainian. To great! leader of the Opposition, also had promised that the government would honor its have our son’s ability to communicate in At home and at all of his other activities, promise to provide redress to victims of the internment operations. Two terms later, our language fade away in front of our very Petrus began to flourish. Everyone was his record is as bad as his predecessor’s: he’s done nothing to right this historic wrong. eyes was the unthinkable reality facing us. very happy with his scholastic achieve- In a March 16 commentary in the National Post titled “An apology long overdue,” It became a bigger problem when his out- ments, his social achievements and his cul- Ian Hunter wrote: “Most Canadians know about the injustice done to Japanese side activities were more frustrating than tural achievements – especially Petrus. Our Canadians who were interned as enemy aliens during the second world war; the gov- fun to attend. As an adult, I find it a bit little Kozak had blossomed into a proud, ernment of Canada has publicly apologized and made compensation. But few people intimidating when put in a situation where I self-assured, confident, well-educated, and know that Ukrainian Canadians suffered the same fate in the first world war; to date, may understand everything that is said positive being. Now he scolds us whenever the Canadian government has refused even to acknowledge this injustice.” around me in another language, yet I cannot we slip and don’t speak Ukrainian. “Ukrainian Canadians have not sought compensation, although they would like to respond. Imagine what our son had felt all The pièce de resistance came last Friday, have confiscated property returned to its rightful owners. Primarily they seek official these times. He began to withdraw rather June 2, when I was informed by Mrs. acknowledgment of an injustice done a very long time ago. This is not a partisan issue. than participate. Things were not looking Makarushka-Kolodiy that a Board of But it is a disgrace that successive Canadian governments, Conservative and Liberal, good. Education reviewer had considered our son have only stonewalled,” Mr. Hunter underscored. One evening in late May of 1999, I was as possibly needing the ESL (English as a Commenting on why the UCCLA felt compelled to proclaim the nationwide two at the Ukrainian Center in Passaic attending Second Language) courses in kindergarten. minutes of silence, project coordinator Walter Halchuk said: “These internment opera- SUM and trading stories with other moth- And, it’s not that Petrus wasn’t able to tions had a crippling legacy for the Ukrainian Canadian community – the effects of ers. Suddenly, one turned to me and said: respond in English – he knows plenty. He which can still be measured. By understanding the harm done to our people in the past “There is a Ukrainian preschool in Newark. simply didn’t feel it was appropriate at that we hope to begin the process of accounting, healing and reconciliation that is essential Why don’t you take him there?” Wow! I time. In fact, he later inquired why that to recovery.” couldn’t believe what I had just heard! Was woman didn’t speak any Ukrainian. We can only hope that on June 20 Ottawa heard the silence. this a prayer answered or what?! You see, now he expected it, he looked After asking a ton of questions, getting for it, and he looked forward to it. A com- directions and the phone number of the plete 180-degree turn! woman in charge, my husband, son and I So if you’re like us, Ukrainian June made an appointment to meet the teacher Americans who would like your son or Turning the pages back... on June 5. We didn’t know what to expect, 28 but we did know that we were desperate! (Continued on page 19) 1997 Three years ago, The Ukrainian Weekly published an edi- torial marking the first anniversary of the adoption of the new Constitution of Ukraine. The piece appeared on the occasion of Constitution Day, a national holiday in Ukraine. Following are excerpts from the editorial. * * * Following a marathon session that stretched into the night of June 27-28, 1999, the national deputies in Ukraine’s Verkhovna Rada succeeded, finally, in adopting the independent state’s first Constitution. The historic act came less than two months before Ukraine was to mark the fifth anniversary of its proclamation of independence. Just a week earlier, national democrat- ic deputies had said they had little hope this Verkhovna Rada could adopt a new Constitution, and there was talk that President Leonid Kuchma might be forced to try his hand at having the new fundamental law approved via national referendum. Indeed, most observers credit the president with nudging the Parliament into action as he decreed on June 27 that a national referendum would be held. Determined to show that they were not superfluous in this process, the deputies vowed they would pass the Constitution; they did so, working non-stop on June 27 through the morning of June 28. Afterwards, President Kuchma thanked the deputies for their efforts during the laborious process and asked them to accept his apology “for stimulating this process in perhaps not the most conventional way.” “But,” he added, “this last event proved Petrus Chudolij with Olenka Makarushka-Kolodiy, director of St. John the Baptist (Continued on page 15) Ukrainian Montessori Preschool of Newark, N.J. No. 26 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, JUNE 25, 2000 7 LETTERS TO THE EDITOR Faces and Places champion received a tumultuous welcome. In his 40-year career, Mr. Piddubny by Myron B. Kuropas More on legendary never lost a single championship fight; he deservedly became known around the Ivan Piddubny world as “The Champion of Champions.” Dear Editor: In 1971 a museum in his honor was opened I very much appreciate The Ukrainian in Yeisk (Kuban region of Russia) where he Weekly’s “Notable Ukrainians” article on had died in 1949. China’s Ukrainian “Hero” Ivan Piddubny by Danylo Kulyniak. Newly independent Ukraine did not for- The most prominent “hero” in tles with the Tatars and Turks, and sundry Among Ukrainian sportsman, Ivan get this most illustrious and accomplished Communist China today is not native-born. other narratives focusing on Kozak Piddubny has achieved such a legendary native son. In 1996, on the 125th anniver- He’s not even Chinese. He is a Ukrainian courage, loyalty, honor, wisdom, persever- status that it’s sometimes difficult to sepa- sary of his birth, Ukraine Post issued a film actor from Kyiv named Andrei ance, compassion and other virtues that my rate fact from fiction. There is no doubt, stamp (seen below) honoring Ivan Saminin. Can you believe it? father believed Kozaks personified. They however, that he was one of the greatest Piddubny. He is shown wearing a champi- According to a recent story by Leslie were my super-heroes fighting for liberty athletes to come from Ukraine and is cer- on’ sash while overhead Victory extends Chang in the Wall Street Journal, Andrei and justice. tainly worthy of being considered Ukraine’s her laurel wreath. is the star of a TV series about Pavel Later I learned about the Organization of “Athlete of the 20th Century.” I would like Ingert Kuzych Korchagin, “a mythical Soviet railway Ukrainian Nationalists (OUN). A portrait of to elaborate on some of Piddubny’s accom- Springfield, Va. worker who has been brought back by Col. Yevhen Konovalets hung in our living plishments that were not mentioned in The propagandists [in China] to preach strug- room. Provid (OUN leadership) member Weekly’s article. gle and sacrifice to a new generation. In Roman Shushko stayed in our home while Mr. Piddubny was born in 1871 in the an age of media overload, Pavel enjoys visiting Chicago. obscure village of Krasenivka, in the border enviable recognition: 97 percent of young I came to admire American heroes in region between present-day Cherkasy and people are aware of him, according to a elementary school. The United States was Poltava oblasts. In his early twenties he recent poll and President Jiang Zemin is fighting the Axis and my friends and I were traveled south to seek his fortune, stopping said to be a fan.” inspired by our brave marines at in Odesa before moving on to Sevastopol. Based on “How the Steel Was Forged,” Guadalcanal, Tarawa and Iwo Jima, airmen There he went to work as a stevedore for a a 1952 novel by Soviet Ukrainian author Edward “Butch” O’Hare, Jimmy Doolittle local Greek shipping company by the name Nikolai Ostrovsky, the setting is Ukraine, and “Pappy” Boyington, infantrymen of Livas. Mr. Piddubny’s natural strength from pre-revolutionary times to the Soviet Audie Murphy and Rodger Young, and love of a good joke soon endeared him takeover. I read the novel years ago and Admirals Chester Nimitz and Ernest King, to his fellow dock workers, who quickly resurrect the following passage to give the and Generals Douglas MacArthur and dubbed him Ivan the Great. They would reader a sense of its Bolshevik flavor: “As Dwight D. Eisenhower. Today, these heroic marvel at how he would effortlessly carry for the workers, they regarded the yellow- warriors are politically incorrect. huge sackfulls of wheat that would break and-blue flags of the Petliura thugs with Every person, every nation needs the back of an average longshoreman. Even suppressed hatred. They were powerless in heroes, outstanding men and women of veteran stevedores would gape in admira- the face of this wave of Ukrainian bour- principle who in times of crisis offer hope, tion as Mr. Piddubny would heave onto his geois chauvinism, and their spirits rose exemplify the noble character of the shoulders a huge crate that normally would only when Red units, fighting fiercely nation, and inspire ordinary people to be handled by three stevedores, straighten against the yellow-and-blues that were accomplish extraordinary deeds. Such a to his full stature, and then walk up the bearing down on them from all sides, person was Winston Churchill, the subject gangways, in no small way resembling an wedged their way into the town.” of a recent U.S. News and World Report Atlas come to life! Chinese state-run television has promot- cover story by John Keegan titled “The Mr. Piddubny’s conscientious, hard work ed the series because of the heroism of the Last Hero.” Standing up to the power of brought on the respect of his Greek main character who overcomes enormous Adolf Hitler who in May of 1940 brought employers. They promoted him to head Support freedom obstacles and suffers greatly for his Great Britain to its knees, Winston defied stevedore upon moving to new headquar- Leninist convictions. The plan was to the odds. “He rejected surrender,” wrote ters in the city of Feodosia. Mr. Piddubny of expression imbue Chinese youth with the need for sac- Mr. Keegan. “He insisted that Britain now had far more spare time than when he Dear Editor: rifice and perseverance in building a could fight on. In a series of magnificent was an ordinary dock hand. So, to keep in First of all, I must thank the critics of Dr. Communist society. Has it worked? Not speeches, appealing to his people’s trim, he turned to sport. He joined a circus Myron Kuropas, for they called my atten- exactly. courage and historic greatness, he carried as a wrestler in 1898 and toured in the tion to his column. Since then, I regularly Britain with him. The country rallied to his Russian Empire (Moscow, St. Petersburg An obscure actor in Ukraine, Andrei read his columns, which previously I had was on a recent promotional tour in China call, held steady under a concentrated air and Kyiv). skipped over. From his writings I have bombardment, manned the beaches Hitler Throughout 1904 he trained thoroughly and was mobbed by adoring fans wherever gained knowledge and insight on the he went. “For a young audience fixated on planned to invade, and took strength in the and set a new record in weightlifting. The numerous topics he has discussed, not only struggle of ‘the Few,’ Britain’s fighter following year in Paris he was crowned as consumerism and celebrity,” writes Ms. from him, but also from letters presenting Chang, “Pavel has morphed into the pilots, in their eventually victorious battle the new world champion over 140 other knowledgeable and informed rebuttals. I against Hitler’s air power.” wrestlers. Through 1909 he won the world newest star on China’s variety-show cir- consider Dr. Kuropas to be a reasonably cuit, where the man who portrays him does Heroism in America is no longer in fash- professional wrestling championship six skilled and intelligent writer. Recently there ion. American schools devote little time to times and competed (always successfully) interviews, plays the guitar, sings and have been some letters criticizing him that the heroes of the past unless, of course, in numerous other tournaments. Some of dances.” did not present any facts, but simply an they’re Hispanic or African American. In his rivals feared him so much that they Although the series is based on the orig- emotional response that they did not agree 1995 the National American History offered him “combinations” (a French inal Ostrovsky book, popular in China dur- with his opinion. I will not argue the right Standards project proposed a curriculum euphemism for bribes), but the impeccably ing the 1950s, the TV version has been or wrong or moral issues of either side, but that included Harriet Tubman and Mansa honest Mr. Piddubny ignored the offers and changed to conform with China’s disparate it is very disturbing that these letters are Munsa but excluded Paul Revere, Thomas just continued to win. blend of “Marxist capitalism.” “In today’s requesting, in essence, that Dr. Kuropas be Edison, the Wright Brothers and Jonas Between 1925 and 1927 Mr. Piddubny materialistic society, we need spiritual censored simply for the fact that they dis- Salk. There were 17 references to the Ku traveled the United States in a sensational heroes,” said Han Gang, the show’s direc- agree with his opinion. tor who rewrote about two-thirds of the Klux Klan, 19 references to McCarthyism. (and lucrative) tour. American audiences Need I remind readers that censorship were not familiar with the European Greco- original book for the TV version. “We’ve The bombing of Nagasaki and Hiroshima was heavily practiced by the Soviet Union, Roman wrestling style, preferring instead watered down the class-consciousness and was questioned, but there was no mention and it prevented the free expression by catch-as-catch-can wrestling in which all made him [Pavel] more of a human-rights of Japanese war crimes. Ukrainians residing in Ukraine for many holds and grips are allowed. Mr. Piddubny figure that everyone can relate to.” In post-modern America it seems that years? I am proud to live in a country that quickly learned the new style and made a Interestingly, another hero in China is the anti-hero reigns supreme: athletes, allows the free expression of ideas, along triumphal march across the country Bill Gates. According to a recent Chinese coaches, artists, movie stars, singers, musi- with the discussion and debate of those wrestling in all the major cities, including newspaper editorial, “To learn from Pavel cians and felons that become celebrities, ideas. These freedoms are often taken for Chicago, Cleveland, Philadelphia, Los and Bill Gates is no contradiction. From not because of their extraordinary contribu- granted, especially by those who have Angeles and San Francisco. When he Pavel we can understand the value of tions or heroism but because of their “atti- always experienced them. Beware the pro- arrived back home, the now 46-year-old human life and from Gates a spirit of tude” and shock value, and, in the case of ponents of political correctness who would emphasizing science and technology.” our public officials, their ability to parse like to take away the freedoms guaranteed Strange. Capitalist Bill Gates is a hero words and obfuscate meaning. in this great country that allow us to express in Communist China, but not in Capitalist In his book “Profiles in Courage,” John and debate our opinions, and replace them Correction America. Our federal government has por- F. Kennedy wrote: “A nation which has with their dogma. Notice that their language trayed Mr. Gates as a modern-day “robber forgotten the quality of courage which in An incorrect headline appeared last contains subtle words of hatred to demonize baron,” bent on destroying competition in the past has been brought to public life is week (June 19) over a letter to the editor those who do not agree with them. I urge order to monopolize the computer market. not as likely to insist upon or reward that sent to The New York Times by Dr. Frank The Ukrainian Weekly to continue to carry If Bill Gates, a living embodiment of the quality in its chosen leaders today.” A good Sysyn of the Peter Jacyk Center for Dr. Kuropa’s column. I also suggest that the American dream is not to be admired, thought to remember as we approach the Ukrainian Historical Research, Canadian critics learn to practice the tolerance of who is? elections. Institute of Ukrainian Studies. The correct diversity that they so often preach. headline is: “Jacyk Center’s director criti- When I was a toddler, my father regaled cizes Times for affront to victims of Great George Kovall me with stories about the Ukrainian Myron Kuropas’ e-mail address is: Famine.” Fremont, Calif. Kozaky: Taras Bulba, life at the Sich, bat- [email protected] 8 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, JUNE 25, 2000 No. 26

UNWLA jubilee marked by New Jersey Regional Council N.J. Regional Council: NEWARK, N.J. – Festivities celebrating the 75th anniver- sary of the Ukrainian National Women’s League of America began in New Jersey on May 21 at St. John the Baptist an outline history Ukrainian Catholic Church in Newark, N.J., with a liturgy cele- The UNWLA New Jersey brated by the Rev. Leonid Malkov. A jubilee luncheon was held Regional Council was established at the Ukrainian National Home in Irvington. on October 11, 1959, in Newark, UNWLA New Jersey Regional Council President Maria N.J. Polanskyj officially welcomed members and guests, and intro- Its first president was Olena duced mistress of ceremonies Ulana Kobzar. The UNWLA Hordynska followed by Olha Hrab, prayer was recited by the Rev. Bohdan Lukie. Olga Saluk, Iryna Lewycka, Dora Before the official program began, Bozhena Olshaniwsky Rak, Irene Kindrachuk, Nadia read the greeting received from Ukrainian National Women’s Bihun, Olha Car, Olha Hnateyko, League of Ukraine President Atena Pashko. This served to unite Lidia Hladky, Iryna Chaikivska, “soiuzianky” on both continents and reaffirmed their mutual Olha Trytyak, Tetiana Rishko, concern and love for Ukraine. Maria Polanskyj, Jaroslawa Mulyk. UNWLA Honorary President Anna Krawczuk was the Since 1997 the New Jersey keynote speaker. Her speech was dedicated to all UNWLA Regional Council has been led by members, focusing on their devotion and dedication to the Ms. Polanskyj. UNWLA’s causes and ideals. Ms. Krawczuk then shared her The New Jersey Regional thoughts about the five most influential women soiuzianky in Council currently has 11 branches: her life: founder of the UNWLA and Honorary Member of the Branch 4, New Brunswick; 18, UNWLA and WFUWO Mary V. Beck; Honorary UNWLA and Clifton; 24, Elizabeth; 28, Luba Bilowchtchuk WFUWO President Lidia Burachynska Rudyk; UNWLA Newark; 65, New Brunswick; 70, Honorary Member Dr. Theodozia Sawycka; UNWLA Honorary UNWLA Vice-President Maria Tomorug presents anniver- Passaic; 75, Maplewood; 86, President Ann Rozankowskyj; and, last but not least, her own sary certificate to New Jersey Regional Council President Newark; 92, Manville; 98, mother, UNWLA Honorary Member Natalia Chaplenko. Maria Polanskyj. Holmdel-Middletown; and 100, She emphasized that the turbulent 20th century brought not Carteret. Together with members- only world wars, and technological and scientific progress, but Afterwards Ms. Tomorug presented citations to New Jersey at-large it has approximately 300 also revolutionary changes in women’s rights in the United Regional Council President Ms. Polanskyj and to all branch members. States. At least by law, women enjoy rights equal to those of presidents. UNWLA Vice-President Sophie Hewryk presented Among the outstanding achieve- men, but there are still barriers to cross in both the American 50-year membership pins and certificates to UNWLA Honorary ments of the New Jersey Regional and Ukrainian America societies. Members Irena Lewycka and Sophie Andrushkiw. Others Council are the following. She called on women recently arrived from Ukraine to join receiving the award were Zenovia Vorobec, Julia Polanska and • In 1963 the Olena Hordynska Melanie Krywokulska. the ranks of the UNWLA and ended with the exhortation: Memorial Scholarship Fund for Branch photo exhibits decorated the hall along with publica- “Let’s not forget our daughters, granddaughters and daughters- women students of Ukrainian stud- tions by member authors: Camila Huk (Branch 18), Iryna in-law! Let the two worlds of Ukrainian women – from the ies was established. All New Jersey Dybko Fylypchak (Branch 70), Lubov Kolenska (Branch 86), United States and Ukraine – join together and lead our organi- branches of the UNWLA con- Ms. Chaplenko and Daria Jaroslawska (Branch 28). Also on zation in the 21st century.” tributed to this fund for 12 years. display were activity brochures on the UNWLA Scholarship The fund set a precedent whereby The second speaker was UNWLA Vice-President Maria Program by Ms. Krawczuk (Branch 86 and 98) and contest scholarship aid was centralized and Tomorug, who read President Iryna Kurowyckyj’s speech that booklets by Olha Trytyak (Branch 86). led to the establishment of the focused on the history of the Ukrainian National Women’s A photo exhibit of the UNWLA Scholarship Student UNWLA Scholarship/Student League of America from its beginnings in 1925 and the human- Sponsorship Program. itarian aid to Ukraine. (Continued on page 10) • Since 1969 the UNWLA New Jersey Regional Council has been a member of the New Jersey State Federation of Women’s Clubs and has participated in its annual con- ventions. The UNWLA New Jersey Regional Council’s resolutions regarding women political prisoners in Ukraine (1977), the Chornobyl nuclear disaster (1986) and, most recently, trafficking in women (1999) have been accepted and for- warded to the International General Federation of Women’s Clubs. • Since 1981 the UNWLA Scholarship/Student Sponsorship Program Bureau has been located in New Jersey. Since 1993 it has func- Bohdan Polanskyj tioned under the leadership of Luba New Jersey celebrants of the UNWLA’s 75th anniversary: (seated from left) Olena Melnychuk, Tetiana Rishko, Iryna (Continued on page 10) Lewycka, New Jersey Regional Council President Maria Polanskyj, UNWLA Honorary President Anna Krawczuk, UNWLA Vice-President Maria Tomorug, Joanna Ratych, Olha Trytyak, Nadia Bihun and N. Onyshkewycz.

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No. 26 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, JUNE 25, 2000 9 New York Regional Council celebrates UNWLA’s 75th anniversary by Helen Smindak Mrs. Kurowycky said that action taken by UNWLA delegates at the April NEW YORK – The women who 1986 conference of the International spearhead much of the Ukrainian com- Council of Women in London resulted in munity’s cultural, educational and chari- immediate passage of a resolution table work in the New York metropolitan against nuclear reactors. area came together on Sunday, June 4, to While fostering Ukrainian identity and mark the 75th anniversary of their gathering together women of Ukrainian national organization, the Ukrainian ancestry without regard to their religious National Women’s League of America faiths or political beliefs, the league has (UNWLA). created a Ukrainian elite in Poland, Members and presidents of 15 local Brazil and other countries through schol- branches were joined by spouses, friends arships, Mrs. Kurowycky said. Since and honored guests at the Ukrainian 1976, 87 scholarship recipients have National Home for jubilant ceremonies become Ukrainian priests and many celebrating the history and accomplish- scholarship winners have taken vows as ments of the largest and oldest independ- nuns. ent organization of Ukrainian women in She added that assistance to Ukraine the United States. has included help for institutions like The occasion was particularly auspi- cious because of the significance of New Ridna Shkola and Prosvita, aid for flood York as the “cradle” of the league, which victims in 1927-1928 and 1998, as well was originally founded by the joint as the creation of the Mother and Child The Ukrainian Women’s Society of New York (1926), which became one of the action of five women’s societies in the fund, enabling a number of Ukrainian founders of the Ukrainian National Women’s League of America and its first branch. New York area. Their action, prompted widows with children to come to the UNWLA Branch 1 remains very active to this day. by the disbarment of Ukraine’s National Unites States, and the 500 Fund, assist- Council of Women from membership in ing the wives of political prisoners. The the International Council of Women (due league’s newest action, dedicated to its to Ukraine’s loss of independence) was 75th anniversary, is “Milk and Buns” envisioned as a means of providing “new program for schoolchildren in Ukraine. windows” to the international world – a Mrs. Kurowycky said the league has way to further the truth about the captive proved to be an important factor in the nation. Ukrainian community, becoming a co- Among esteemed guests were three initiator of the Ukrainian Congress members of Ukraine’s official delegation Committee of America and the United to a special session on gender equality at Ukrainian American Relief Committee. the 23rd United Nations General In 1948 the league took the initiative of Assembly – Ukraine’s Minister of Justice calling a world congress of Ukrainian Suzanna Stanik; Dr. Laryssa women at which the World Federation of Kobylianska, president of the League of Ukrainian Women’s Organizations was Women Voters in Ukraine, and Ludmilla born. Vynohradova – as well as Anna The president concluded with the Kushniryk, Ukraine’s vice-consul in happy announcement that the UNWLA New York, and Dr. Sorosh Roshan, presi- had been accepted as a member-organi- dent of the National Council of Women zation of the Ukrainian World of the U.S.A. Representatives of numer- Coordinating Council at the council’s ous Ukrainian national and local organi- annual meeting in Kyiv on April 20. zations were in attendance. Supporting culture Ivanna Rozankowsky, a former UNWLA national president, and UNWLA members take great pride in Kateryna Papuha, both of whom have many major accomplishments of their served the organization for 50 years and national organization. In cooperation were in the audience, were singled out with the Ukrainian community, the for special citations. Citations were also league purchased a Ukrainian pavilion at UNWLA officers elected at the First Congress of Ukrainian Women in the U.S.A. presented to three members who served the 1933 Chicago World’s Fair, decorat- held in May 1931: (seated, from left) Anastazia Rybak, vice-president; Olena D. as presidents of Branch 1: Lidia Magun, Lotocky, president; Aneta L. Kmetz, vice-president; (standing, from left) Stefa Olena Goy and Olha Slyvka. (Continued on page 21) Abrahamowsky, treasurer; and Anastazia Wagner, secretary. In her address to the assembled guests, UNWLA President Iryna Kurowycky pointed to the dedicated work of these women and to other New York area members who have given exceptional service to the league. Five of the league’s 11 national presidents came from the New York region: Julia Shustakewych, Julia Jarema, Mrs. Rozanowsky, Maria Savchak and Mrs. Kurowycky. Among the six editors of the organization’s official publication, Nashe Zhyttia, three are from New York: Claudia Olesnytsky, Ulana Liubovych Starosolska and the current editor, Iryna Chaban. In defense of captive Ukraine Citing the league’s work in defense of captive Ukraine in the world arena, Mrs. Kurowycky pointed to such important events as protests against pacification of Western Ukraine by the Polish government in the 1930s, the appeal to the American government in the matter of the forced evacuation of Ukrainians to Siberia, an appeal to President Harry Truman in defense of displaced persons, a meeting with First Lady Eleanor Roosevelt to correct her “mistaken understanding” about the status of Ukrainian people under Soviet UNWLA branch presidents at the organization’s 75th anniversary celebration: (from left) Luba Firchuk (Branch 113), rule, and actions taken on behalf of Paraskewia Szpaczynsky (vice-president, 103), Anna Slobodian (89), Barbara Bachynsky (83), Halyna Bilyk (71), Olha Hirny prisoners of conscience, especially (82), New York Regional Council President Nadia Sawczuk, UNWLA President Iryna Kurowycky, Emilia Rojowska (21), Luba women. Pawlyk (35), Nadia Liteplo (30), Lidia Magun (1), Christina Nawrocky (64), Irena Mociuk (119), Ulana Kekish-Solodenko (123). 10 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, JUNE 25, 2000 No. 26 Ukrainian American artist participates in CowParade public art exhibiton

WEST ORANGE, N.J. – A herd of over 25 colorful, life-size bovines painted by artists hailing from New Jersey to the Netherlands are on display grazing throughout West Orange since June 23 as SUMMERSUMMER 20002000 part of a unique and off-beat summerlong CowParade public art exhibition. After its unprecedented success in Saturday, July 1 Zurich, where it originated in 1998, 8:30 p.m. – concert – Barabolya, Toronto CowParade made its U.S. debut in 10 p.m. – dance – music by BURYA, ZABAVA Chicago in the summer of 1999 and has spread to New York City, West Orange Sunday, July 2 and Hartford, Conn., for the summer of 8:30 p.m. – concert – Barabolya, Toronto 2000 where over 500 cows will be exhib- 10 p.m. – dance – music by BURYA ited. The cows are sponsored by local busi- nesses and will be auctioned to raise Saturday, July 8 money for their favorite charities at the 8:30 p.m. – concert – Luba and Mykola Duo end of the summer. (Following the exhibit 10 p.m. – dance in Chicago, the auction raised $3.5 million for charity, with the average bid on a cow Detail of “Moo-net at Giverny,” designed Saturday, July 15 nearly $25,000.) by Christina Saj. 8:30 p.m. – concert – Promin Vocal Ensemble Among the several established local 10 p.m. – dance – music by BURLAKY artists designing cows for the pasture in “Moo-net at Giverny” was unveiled, New Jersey is Montclair artist Christina along with the rest of the herd, on Friday, Saj. June 23, at the Essex Green Shopping Saturday, July 22 In her project titled “Moo-net at Center in West Orange where it will be on 8:30 p.m. – concert – Cheres Ukrainian Folklore Ensemble Giverny,” Ms. Saj choose to depart from display through Labor Day. 10 p.m. – dance – music by VODOHRAI her own style and demonstrate her skill “Moo-net at Giverny” is sponsored by and mastery of technique by reinterpret- the Shauger Group of West Orange, which Saturday, July 29 ing the work of the French Impressionist has designated the Boys and Girls Club of artist, Claude Monet. Her vision was to Greater Essex as the beneficiary of “Moo- 8:30 p.m. – concert – Prometheus choir, Philadelphia provide a decorative work that would 10 p.m. – dance – music by MONTAGE net at Giverny” following the CowParade bring images of art usually found in auction, to be held in Spetember. museums into a public space within the Ms. Saj regularly exhibits her work, and Saturday, August 5 community. has shown throughout the United States 8:30 p.m. – concert In preparation for her project, Ms. Saj and Canada. Information about her work as 10 p.m. – dance – music by LUNA examined Monet’s paintings at The well as the West Orange CowParade can be Metropolitan Museum in New York, found at http://www.artonline.net/ Sunday, August 6 closely studying the artist’s style. In her Among renowned artists designing their project, she focused on creating loose white fiberglass bovines in CowParade UNWLA Day at Soyuzivka brushstrokes, the carefull rendering of West Orange 2000 are architects Robert areas of light and shade, and in composing M. Stern and Michael Graves, while Saturday, August 12 a profusion of the artist’s favorite floral artist/actor Federico Castelluccion of “The 8:30 p.m. – concert – Dumka choir, New York images from his beloved gardens at Sopranos” has also envisioned a beautiful 10 p.m. – dance – music by TEMPO Giverny. bovine. 11:45 p.m. – CROWNING OF MISS SOYUZIVKA 2001

ciation to all past presidents of the New Saturday, August 19 UNWLA jubilee marked... Jersey Regional Council and to members 8:30 p.m. – concert (Continued from page 8) with over 10 years of service in the coun- UKRAINIAN INDEPENDENCE DAY CELEBRATIONS Sponsorship Program was presented by cil’s leadership. Social Welfare Chair “Soyuzivka’s Ukrainian Dance Workshop” Katrusia Wolowodiuk recognized Daria 10 p.m. – dance – music by SVITANOK Ms. Bilowchtchuk. She also recognized Branch 86 with a certificate of apprecia- Kolatalo (Branch 70) and Julia Polanska tion for having the most sponsors and (Branch 24) for their work. Saturday, August 26 scholarship recipients in the last 20 years. At the conclusion of the luncheon, 8:30 p.m. – concert – Solomiya Ivachiv, violin; Original paintings by UNWLA mem- Ms. Kobzar, the mistress of ceremonies, 8:30 p.m. – concert – Christina Anum-Dorhuso, piano bers Wolodymyra Wasichko (Branch 86), thank everyone for coming and invited 10 p.m. – dance – music by VIDLUNNIA Christina Debarry (Branch 18), Christina them to pose for a group photograph. Roland (Branch 98), and member-at- September 1-3 large Alexandra Isaievych decorated the LABOR DAY WEEKEND hall and were admired by members and guests alike. N.J. Regional Council... (Continued from page 8) After a program that included a per- PLUS: Enjoy the sounds of Greg and Stefan every Wednesday at Hutsul formance by pianist Taissa Bohdanska Bilowchtchuk of Branch 4. night at 6 p.m., starting June 28. (Branch 28 president) and recitations by • In 1986 New Jersey Regional Dance to the tunes of Vidlunnia every Friday evening starting July 14. Ms. Melnychuk (Branch 24 president) Council was instrumental in collecting New Jersey Regional Council president artifacts and establishing the Ukrainian Polanskyj presented certificates of appre- exhibit at the Museum of Immigration on Ellis Island in New York. This was quite an accomplishment at the time when Ukraine still was part of the USSR. • In 1989 then UNWLA Education Chair Ms. Trytyak founded what is now called the Montessori Preschool at St. John the Baptist Ukrainian Catholic Parish. The New Jersey Regional Council is proud of UNWLA Honorary President Anna Krawczuk and UNWLA Honorary members: Hanna Dmyterko-Ratych, Natalie Chaplenko, Olha Mussakowska, Sophie Andrushkiw, Olha Hnatyk, Iryna Lewycka, Iryna Chaikivska, Joanna Ratych and Ms. Trytyak. The New Jersey Regional Council’s honorary members are: Ms. Lewycka, Ms. Mussakowska and Olena Melnychuk. No. 26 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, JUNE 25, 2000 11

MUSIC REVIEW: Livonia Symphony peforms world premiere of Skoryk concerto by Olga Solovey and Ika Casanova piano, the strings initiate an allegro agitato tempo; as more instruments join in, a rhyth- LIVONIA, Mich. – The final concert of mic figure is created, expressive of extreme the 1999-2000 season of the Livonia agitation driven by a sense of existential Symphony Orchestra, under the direction of despair. The theme is taken up alternately Volodymyr Schesiuk, took place here on by the piano and orchestra, culminating in a Saturday, May 13, at the Carli Auditorium. cry of desperation. The overwhelming Maestro Schesiuk, in his fifth season with experience is catharthic in its effect, restor- the orchestra as conductor and music direc- ing calm and some measure of emotional tor, marked the closing of the season by pre- tranquility. The movement ends with three senting the premiere of Concerto No. 3 for strong chords on the piano. Piano and Symphony Orchestra by compos- The second movement, “Dream,” begins er Myroslav Skoryk to the American audi- with a short phrase by the orchestra, con- ence. I. Barabakh veying a state of reverie. This tone is taken The opening work on the concert pro- Volodymyr Vynnytsky Myroslav Skoryk Volodymyr Schesiuk gram was Liszt’s Piano Concerto No. 1, up and repeated by the piano. As the open- ing phrase begins to grow, developing into a with acclaimed pianist Volodymyr sant buzzing. The prayer motif appears With the presentation of this powerful Vynnytsky as the soloist. Mr. Vynnytsky full-blown theme, the vibraphone permeates again as a countermeasure to the perva- composition, Messrs. Skoryk, Schesiuk and captivated the audience with his brilliant the piano and orchestra. The short motif is sive chaos but is drowned out. Vynnytsky have made an outstanding con- technique and expressive power of interpre- played again by the orchestra, blending the The sound of the heartbeat, originally tribution to Ukrainian classical music. tation. ornamental passages of the piano and the initiated by the beating of the drum, is The closing composition was sound of the vibraphone, evocative of the brought in again in a passage that resounds * * * Tchaikovsky’s Symphony No. 5. Under ticking of a cosmic clock, as the movement with a new energy expressed in a primeval Concerto No. 3 was originally composed Maestro Schesiuk’s very capable direction, is brought to a serene end. rhythm that steadily gains in intensity. The for piano and string quartet and was per- the orchestra gave a magnificent perform- The final movement, “Life,” represents piano and orchestra join in a rising crescen- formed as a world premiere at Music ance of the work. actual existence. It starts with an intense, do that becomes the heartbeat of millions. Mountain in Falls Village, Conn., on July Myroslav Skoryk’s Concerto No. 3, driving rhythm expressive of a speeding As the beat dies down, the piano picks up 12, 1998, with Maestro Skoryk at the piano which was introduced to the audience by train crammed with people herded onto it the “prayer” theme; the strings continue to and the Leontovych String Quartet. Bob Bennett, president of the Livonia like cattle, heading toward the unknown – a bow but make no sound. Subsequently, on July 18, 1998, it was Symphony Board, was second on the pro- clear reference to Siberia and to the com- Maestro Skoryk’s composition was so performed at the Music and Art Center of gram. poser’s own experience as a child. powerful in engaging the thoughts and emo- Greene County at the Grazhda in Hunter, The composition is a reflection on the Unexpectedly, there is an intimation of tions of the audience that many people were N.Y. It was then reworked as a concerto for human condition in the era of Stalinist respite and, figuratively, of hope conveyed visibly moved and, after a momentary piano, string orchestra and drum and had its tyranny and terror in which the composer through notes that sound like a child prac- silence, gave the performance a standing New York premiere on December 12, 1998, registers his reaction to the enormities of an ticing a scale on the piano – cut short by the ovation. The members of the orchestra, in at the Ukrainian Institute of America where epoch dominated by totalitarian terror and explosive bang of a bass drum. turn, said that they felt honored to have it was performed as part of “Music at the the dehumanization of man. The empty bombast of a Soviet mili- been selected to present the premiere of the Institute” concert series. Concerto No. 3 for Piano and Orchestra tary march theme brings back harsh reali- composer’s work. The concerto for piano and symphony is a post-modernist work, comprising three ty, followed by an incessant buzzing In his Concerto No. 3 for Piano and orchestra, as performed by Mr. Vynnytsky movements titled “Prayer,” “Dream” and sound and a slow, nascent thumping that Symphony Orchestra Maestro Skoryk made and the Livonia Symphony Orchestra under “Life.” dies down, only to start up again. The a philosphical statement about the tragic the direction of Maestro Schesiuk, had its The first movement opens with a sub- light, carefree passage of simple scales history of the Ukrainian nation by creating world premiere on May 13; it was video- dued, sorrowful theme on the piano. As the reappears again, only to be drowned out his own musical monument to the courage taped locally by TV Channel 8 in Livonia, orchestra enters into a dialogue with the by the cacophony of sound and the inces- and perseverance of the Ukrainian people. Mich.

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by Michael Komanowsky KERHONKSON, N.Y. – The first reunion of stu- dents who attended schools in Mittenwald, Germany, took place at the Ukrainian National Association estate Soyuzivka on May 21-23, almost 55 years after those schools were organized. The reunion was very well planned by a committee composed of Orest Kuzma, Michael Mochula and George Ukrainskyj. Beautiful pictures of each class displayed in the foyer of the main house of the estate attracted the attention of the arriving attendees and helped to recall former classmates, to recollect old memories and to ignite exciting discussions. Mr. Kuzma, chairman of the organizing committee, asked a representative from each class to share his or her knowledge about the lives and whereabouts of their former classmates. Lubomyr O. Hewko spoke for the 1947 graduating class. From the classes that existed in spring of 1949, Mr. Kuzma, Ihor Zielyk, Ivan Haftkowycz, Olga Harmatij Mychajliw, Alex Piaseckyj and Roman Andrushkiw spoke about classes 8, 6, 5, 4, 2 and 1, respectively. The spokesman for the Teachers Institute was Roman Kaniuka. All speakers readily recalled the names of their for- mer classmates and teachers and related some of the interesting experiences of their class. A memorial serv- ice was held in memory of those who have already departed (all but one of the teachers and close to 20 percent of members of one of the classes are known to have already passed away). A highlight of the event was a banquet. George Soltys, master of ceremonies, expertly conducted this affair and entertained the attendees with his many amusing descriptions of life and linguistic peculiarities that he observed in Ukraine where he recently spent Participants of the Mittenwald schools’ reunion at Soyuzivka. several semesters teaching at a university. “The first three speakers at the banquet were Prof. newspapers, the ability to reach everybody solely problems of health and family take precedence. Yet, Roman Rakoczyj, the only surviving member of the through advertising was found to be limited. Therefore, despite the urgencies of daily life, old memories of faculty; Jaroslav Duzyj, the head of the association of to facilitate better contact in the future, the organizing good and bad experiences as well as of dear old friend- former residents of the Mittenwald displaced persons committee is urging all former students who did not ships keep recurring. Sometimes one even wonders if (DP) camp; and the priest of the local Catholic parish. attend this year’s reunion to call Mr. Mochula at (973) those feelings of friendship and closeness one experi- All three expressed their heartfelt greetings and wishes 390-8995 and submit their addresses for inclusion in a enced so long ago were indeed as sincere, real and of success during the meeting, as did George database of addresses. mutual as they appeared to have been. It is feelings like Nakonechnyj, Bohdan Tuziw, Ivanka Jarosh and Vasyl Bidding farewell, one of the participants described these that made me almost miss this reunion. I know Mackiw, who sent their greetings by mail. her impressions of the reunion as follows: “After 50 now how wrong I was and I will definitely not miss the Mr. Hewko related the interesting history of the years memories become dulled as more immediate next one.” gymnasium in Mittenwald. Most of the teaching staff was originally from the Ukrainian Gymnasium in Modrany, Czecho-Slovakia. The gymnasium they organized in 1945 in a DP camp in Haunstetten near Augsburg, Bavaria was moved to a DP camp in Füssen When we were young ... and students in Berchtesgaden and, a short time later, in 1946, to Mittenwald. Because of its excellent teaching staff and its history, the Ukrainisches Realgymnasium in Mittenwald was always fully accredited by the government and the institutions of higher learning of Germany. It is no wonder, therefore, that according to Mr. Hewko’s infor- mation, close to 90 percent of members of his and all other classes eventually received at least one university degree. Mykola N. Latyshko of the 1949 graduating class read a poem especially dedicated to this occasion. In the poem he ably described the typical course of life of students of the Mittenwald camp noting both its harsh and more pleasant aspects, the diligence of the stu- dents, their hopes and their dreams, their life’s strug- gles and successes, their present relatively comfortable living conditions, and, alas, the inevitable changes wrought by time that not only changed them, but shat- tered their hopes of returning to their homeland. All speakers, without exception, expressed astonish- ment at the ability of their teachers, despite the disor- derly conditions of DP camp life, to preserve strict dis- cipline in the schools, to maintain high academic stan- dards in the almost complete absence of textbooks and other teaching aids, and to instill in the minds of their students respect for hard work in the pursuit of knowl- edge. In his public appearances prior to and during the This year marks the 50th anniversary of the last graduating class at the Ukrainian Gymnasium (high school) at banquet, Mr. Duzyj stressed that the book about the DP the displaced persons camp for refugees known as Orlyk in Berchtesgaden, Germany. Seen in the photo camp in Mittenwald will be published this year and above are the board of examiners and students of the last graduating class on April 1, 1950. Front row (from may be purchased for $50. left): Prof. M. Fedusevych (professor of Ukrainian language), H. Martynec (physics and chemistry), name not All were in agreement that another reunion of stu- known, Prof. Mirchuk (board chairman), Dr. Bitner (representative from Bavarian Department of Education), dents who attended school in Mittenwald should be Prof. Wolodymyr Radzykevych, Dr. Victor Supinskyj (German language); standing: Bohdan Bobynsky, Teodosij planned for next year. A committee was organized and Hryshko, Prof. M. Waskiv, Olena Steciuk, Prof. Dr. Steciuk (school principal, professor of Latin and philoso- authorized to plan such a reunion. Members of this phy), Yurij Slusarchuk, Aleksandr Krupenko (English language) and Leonid Petrenko. (Author’s note: The organizing committee are: Luba Ivanchuk Fedun, names of Prof. M. Waskiv and Dr. Bitner may not be correct. The names are taken from “The Commemorative Nadia Haftkowycz, Mr. Hewko, Halyna Book of [the] Ukrainian Gymnasium in Berchtesgaden,” published in North Port, Fla., in 1997. Should someone Loschtschenko Kis, Mr. Kuzma, Mr. Mochula and Mr. know the correct names, please advise.) Soltys. Although the 2000 reunion was well publicized in – Leonid Petrenko No. 26 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, JUNE 25, 2000 13

Former students of Berchtesgaden gymnasium retrace steps of their youth by Ihor and Natalia Lysyj ing declarations and luggage. After having paid a mandatory health insurance fee ($1 Spring came early to Europe in the year per day per person from the hard currency 2000. The weather was unseasonably countries) for our stay in Ukraine, our tour warm and streams and rivers in the Alps group navigated its way out of the over- and the Carpathian Mountains, swollen by crowded entry hall full of outbound passen- the snow-melt, were running high. The gers. We were expected and ushered with- landscape was green and lush. “Khrystos out delays into a waiting bus and transport- Voskres” (Christ is Risen) resounded in ed to our hotel in the city center. and around St. George Cathedral in Lviv. Lviv is described as a smaller version of In Shevchenko Hai (woods) the ancient Vienna in its architecture and feeling. It has spring ritual of “hahilky” was celebrated in many of the attributes of Western European song and dance near wooden Carpathian cultural centers: cathedrals, museums, an churches. outstanding university, fine hotels and East of Peremyshl, across the Sian restaurants, as well as a vibrant street life. River, the NATO training grounds in No wonder it is becoming a prime destina- Yavoriv were getting ready for summer tion for tourists from Poland and Russia, a military exercises. Within the medieval window to the west so to speak. walls of the old city-fortress of Krakow and According to people who travel to Lviv in front of majestic Wawel Castle on the regularly, the economy of the city seems to hill, unruly youths were noisily celebrating have improved significantly during the past Polish Constitution Day. In the Tatra four years. Small businesses are taking Mountains heavy traffic was moving in root. Bustling open-air markets, exclusive both directions across the border between stores, chic coffeehouses and the popular Poland and Slovakia. A blue haze of indus- beer-drinking establishments (plus cheap trial pollution was spreading from horilka) are readily available. Young people Bratislava over the Danube River. enjoy a vibrant scene on Shevchenko Street Impeccably clean and freshly white- and Svoboda Boulevard, lasting into the washed towns and villages of Tyrol and early hours of the day. Bavaria were getting ready for the annual As we arrived in time for Easter celebra- summer invasion of tourists. And the citi- tions we found the city in a festive mood. zens of Oberammergau were conducting The celebrations began by mid-day on dress rehearsals for the passion play. All Saturday, and the churches were overflow- was well with the European Union. ing with people, young and old, dressed in There was also a spring in Eastern their Sunday best or in Ukrainian embroi- Europe 55 years ago. But it was a different dered shirts and dresses, carrying baskets spring. Along the ancient barbarian inva- filled with babky, pasky, krashanky, bacon, sion route from Asia, and across the sausage, cheeses, decorated with greenery, Hungarian plains and broad valley of the flowers and candles, to be blessed. The Danube River, the Red Army of the Soviet blessing of the Easter baskets continued Union was plundering Eastern Europe. A through Sunday noon. rag-tag tidal wave of refugees – women After Sunday morning Easter services at A group of former students of the Ukrainian Gymnasium in Berchtesgaden in front and children, old men and women – were St. George Cathedral some members of our of what was considered the school’s mascot. streaming westward on foot, in ox carts, group strolled down the hill along the and in freight trains, in order to escape rape ancient pathways where once stood face, we sat for two hours sidelined. The fortress of Kyivan Rus’ and a center of and pillage. Hetman Bohdan Khmelnytsky’s army reason for the hold up turned out to be that Ukrainian ethnic population and culture on Now, 55 years later, a group of survivors camp and toward the university to the com- our Canadian colleague needed a visa to the western borders of the country until the was retracing the journey of tears, fear and memorative statue of Taras Shevchenko by enter Poland. While American and end of World War II. As a result of the ger- uncertainties that they had experienced as the opera house. Easter joy, childhood Ukrainian citizens do not require visas to rymandering of national maps of Europe children. What began as an idea for a 50th memories and a sense of history over- enter Poland, Canadian citizens do. after the war, the city and the surrounding year reunion of the 1950 and the last gradu- whelmed our senses; the emotions brought Eventually a Polish visa was issued for the area around Sian River became part of ating class of the Ukrainian Gymnasium in tears to our eyes. Canadian, the zloty paid, passports stamped Poland. Under Soviet-era Polish rule the Berchtesgaden, turned out to be an epic On Sunday afternoon the festivities and returned to us, and we were rolling Ukrainian population of the area was odyssey over the westward migration route shifted to Shevchenkivskiy Hai, a park, across the Sian to Peremyshl. forcibly deported and resettled. At one of World War II refugees. where an outdoor museum of old wooden Riding along the Polish countryside one point only seven Ukrainian families with Under the auspices of the Scope Travel houses and churches typical of the was amazed to see American-style roadside historical ties to the city administration agency, the former students of the gymnasi- Carpathian Mountain region are on display. businesses, a combination of gasoline sta- were permitted to remain in the city. um with their families and friends made up Here more ancient rites of spring, tions with mini markets, and fast food serv- Today the Ukrainian population of a busload of travelers. Most of the partici- “hahilky,” were celebrated by song and ices trading in zloty and American curren- Peremyshl numbers around 2,000, and is pants came from the United States, with a dance. Merry-makers were streaming into cy. Numerous road signs in Ukrainian enjoying some support from the Polish gov- ernment. It is a vibrant and prosperous com- few from Canada and Germany. the park on foot, by bus, by trolley and by advertised Polish products, an indication of munity, proud of its Ukrainian heritage. Our Wolodymyr Sharko of Jackonsville, Florida private car to walk, to dance, to socialize. It a brisk trade in goods between Poland and tour group was met and hosted by represen- was the driving force, cheerleader, and was a spiritually uplifting and memorable Ukraine. organizer of the trip. tatives of this community. Bohdan Huk, Easter celebration for our group among We arrived at Peremyshl around noon at Part of the group assembled in Lviv, teacher at the local Ukrainian gymnasium, friends, relatives and countrymen in a large and modern Hromada hotel com- while another group joined the tour in guided the group up the Tatar Hill, the high- Ukraine. plex on the Sian and were met there by rep- Vienna. After transoceanic night flights, the est observation point above the old town, Our group left Lviv in a touring coach resentatives of the local Ukrainian commu- first group congregated in Frankfurt airport driven by two Ukrainian drivers. We left nity. Peremyshl was the westernmost city- (Continued on page 16) for a flight to Lviv, where the Ukrainian our hotel early in the morning darkness, at Gymnazium in Berchtesgaden had its ori- 5 a.m. in order to cross the border before 8 gins, and whence came the majority if its a.m., when the change of guards takes faculty and a part of its student body. place at the crossing. Had we arrived after Arriving travelers were met in Lviv by col- 8 a.m., long delays in crossing could be leagues who arrived earlier and were expected. spending time with relatives. As we rolled towards Poland, the coun- The actual odyssey began in Ukraine tryside was sparkling with spring time and took the group across the borders of freshness and the promise of Eastertime Poland, Slovakia, Austria and Germany. renewal. We arrived at the border crossing The voyage followed the corridor of the on time, and, escorted by Ukrainian tour westward migration of refugees during the guides, cleared Ukrainian exit customs second world war: Lviv, Peremyshl, smoothly, only to run into a stone wall a Krakow, Bratislava, Vienna, Salzburg, few feet further at the Polish border. Here Berchtesgaden, Mittenwald, Innsbruck and was a busload of American citizens on a Munich. Ukrainian tour bus with blue, yellow and We landed in Lviv in mid-afternoon, at red stripes (the markings were a relic of the the same time two other flights, one from Soviet Ukrainian Republic), but without Moscow and another from Warsaw also any commercial markings. arrived. Our group was fortunate to have The first question from the border patrol been ushered first into the airport process- was whether we had any Canadians among ing building, as there were only three work- us. 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roadside gas station in Slovakia, travelers üäôé Çà ïéóÖíÖ Former students... felt reinforced for the rest of the afternoon, (Continued from page 13) until our Vienna destination. O Ó˘‡‰ÊÛ‚‡ÚË „ðÓ¯¥ ̇ ‚ˢ¥ ‚¥‰ÒÓÚÍË where the look-outs were stationed to alert After Bratislava came another series of O ÔÓÁ˘‡ÚË „ðÓ¯¥ ̇ ÏÂ̯¥ ‚¥‰ÒÓÚÍË the townspeople of approaching Tatar borders to cross into Austria. Again negoti- O marauders or other advancing armies. ations ensued as to our exit transit from χÚË ÔðËπÏÌÛ Ú‡ ÔðÓÙÂÒ¥ÈÌÛ Ó·ÒÎÛ„Û Ò‚Óπ˛ ð¥‰ÌÓ˛ ÏÓ‚Ó˛ Slovakia, rumored to have been the price of O ðÓÁÔÓ˜‡ÚË Íð‰ËÚÌÛ ¥ÒÚÓð¥˛ Á VISA CARD Up the hill lies a cemetery with graves of soldiers of the Ukrainian National a bottle of cognac, before the bus could O ÔÂðÂÒ·ÚË „ðÓ¯¥ ˜ÂðÂÁ Western Union move a few meters to be processed by O Republic (UNR) army of World War I. ‰Îfl Á·Â𥄇ÌÌfl ˆ¥ÌÌËı Ô‡ÔÂ𥂠‚Ë ÏÓÊÂÚ ‚ËÍÓðËÒÚÓ‚Û‚‡ÚË safe deposit boxes Ukrainians of Peremyshl commemorate Austrian customs. A Ukrainian coach driven by Ukrainian these war heroes with an annual procession drivers, carrying American and Canadian ìäêÄ∫çëúäÄ èêÄÇéëãÄÇçÄ äêÖÑàíéÇÄ äééèÖêÄíàÇÄ up the hill to the cemetery overlooking the tourists created some interest with the city. Landmarks in the city include the old Austrian customs officials. Bus drivers’ èéãÄÉéÑàíú Çëß ÇÄòß îßçÄçëéÇß ëèêÄÇà and new Ukrainian gymnasiums. licenses and bus registrations were checked With permission from the Polish gov- out; the luggage and cargo bays were ÉÓÎÓ‚Ì ·˛ðÓ: ernment, the Ukrainian community oper- examined. Some of our touring colleagues 215 Second Ave. (between 13th & 14th St.), New York, NY 10003 ates its own primary and secondary spoke fluent German and assisted in Tel.: 212 533-2980 • Fax: 212 995-5204 schools. This year the gymnasium gradu- explaining our tour agenda and circum- ated its first group of graduates – all of î¥Î¥ª Û ç¸˛-ÑÊÂðÁ¥: stances. Road use and transit fees having whom entered schools of higher learning, 35 Main St., S. Bound Brook, NJ 08880 • Tel.: 732 469-9085 been paid and all passports returned, at last making it a school with the highest aca- we were rolling into Austria, after more 691 Roosevelt Ave., Carteret, NJ 07008 • Tel.: 732 802-0480 demic achievement in Poland. During than three hours of delays at four border our visit to the Ukrainian cathedral we crossings that day. encountered a group of young nuns and It was already getting dark, past our children dispersing after the Easter prearranged dinner time and reunion with Monday church services. the other members of our group who were Some of our group got sprayed with to join the tour in Vienna. We had just water by happy young pranksters. After a about settled in for another hour or so of festive lunch with our guides in a travel into Vienna, reasoning that there Ukrainian restaurant, we departed with would be no more security controls to uplifted spirits and full of promise and hope contend with between member-nations of for the future blossoming and growth of the the European Union, but our first surprise local Ukrainian community. happened just a few kilometers into On through the Polish countryside, past Austria. We were stopped by the highway tidy farms, we rolled to the old city-fortress patrol and our bus was subjected to a thor- of Krakow, a one-time capital of a great ough safety inspection. European superpower encompassing It was discovered that the bus was miss- Poland, the Baltic countries and Ukraine. ing spare headlights, a requirement for One can see the signs of this ancient great- buses traveling in Austria. After some ness, by wandering around the walled, old negotiations and an appeal from our city and the Royal Castle on Wawel Hill, German-speaking colleague, with a prom- well preserved from ancient times. In ise to acquire spare headlights at the first Krakow we feasted on dinners in restau- opportunity, the bus was on the move rants featuring Ukrainian cuisine. again. As we later learned, highways in With lots of singing and merriment, we Austria and Germany are patrolled by continued rolling toward the Polish-Slovak rolling teams of customs and immigration border and the Tatra Mountains. After sur- agents. These teams stop cars, trucks and rendering our passports to Polish border buses along the rest stops and autobahns, to officials, we waited again for two hours inspect baggage and cargo for smuggling. before passports were returned to us affixed We pulled onto the streets of Vienna past with exit stamp. No reason for the delay 10 p.m., having traveled for over 14 hours was offered. that day. After wandering around some Transit into Slovakia was approximately very narrow city streets and alleys, our 100 feet from the Polish customs. Here our guides decided to hire a taxi cab driver to bus encountered another delay: negotia- guide the bus along the wider avenues to tions ensued between our drivers and our hotel. Exhausted, but glad to see our Slovak customs officials as to how much colleagues waiting for us at the hotel, the drivers should pay for the use of bus group finally sat down to a festive din- Slovakia’s highways. In due time a fee was ner at close to midnight. negotiated and paid, and we rolled along The following day, with a full busload the picturesque neat and clean farm valleys of the combined tour groups, we ventured between the Tatra mountains, sighting out to explore historic sites of Vienna. some ruins of old castles and some in Some colleagues went to visit the graves restored condition. After a tasty lunch of of their relatives in the city cemeteries as halushky in sour cream and cheese at a part of their own personal journey into the past. With such Viennese specialties as Sacher tortes, coffees and chocolates under our belts, the journey continued into Tyrol and Bavaria, retracing the group’s childhood journeys during the war years, and the gymnasium days. Along the way in Melk, Austria, the bus detoured in search of a munitions factory where one of our colleague’s father worked as one of the forced laborers and miracu- lously survived wartime carpet bombing of the facility. Painful memories brought forth tears in a retelling of the story on the bus; however, no trace of the facility was found. Along the way some of our travelers vis- ited the Ukrainian community in Salzburg, composed of local residents and newly transplanted Ukrainians from former Balkan countries and attended Ukrainian Sunday services. The center of this commu- nity life revolves around an ancient church, complete with holy relics. The church was provided by the Austrian government for the use of the Ukrainian community. Finally, the principal destination of our journey: Berchtesgaden. Before checking into the hotel, the bus detoured to the (Continued on page 17) No. 26 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, JUNE 25, 2000 17

inside the walls of the camp and viewed Former students... rooms inside the buildings where some (Continued from page 16) resided, the visit become more emotionally The Ukrainian Institute of America campsite for the first glimpse of the former charged and tearful as voyagers recalled home and school. With much anticipation personal stories of their camp life. It is with deep sorrow that we notify our members After a walking tour, the group was everyone piled out of the bus for a prelimi- and the Ukrainian community of the death on June 13, 2000 guided to the mess hall for a reception. In a nary viewing of the facilities outside the of our dear colleague and member closed gates. The round tower building, the private dining room tables were laid out for lion statue in front of the Kasserne seemed coffee with Bavarian-style tortes and pas- overwhelmed by the massive Watzman in tries. Our colleague Mr. Tymczenko had a the background – the front part of the camp surprise for the party by providing cham- looked smaller in size than what most stu- pagne for the event. Many toasts were Taras Charchalis dents remembered. raised in gratitude for this historic occasion, Member of the Ukrainian Engineers Society of America, and numerous rounds of “Mnohaya Lita” Our Berchtesgaden hotel rooms, with active member of Plast and many other Ukrainian organizations. were sung in return. balconies facing the majestic Watzman An article about the event and an massif, provided a spectacular, contempla- overview of the history of DPs appeared To his bereaved sons, Andrij and Petro (Pukho), tive view. Touring and retracing the “uni- subsequently in the local newspaper. his sisters, Olha Sushko and Iryne Traska, verse” of our youthful years began in According to local sources, the town inhab- grandchildren and family we extend our deepest condolences. earnest with a boat ride on the Königssee, a itants were not aware of this history from lift ride to Jenner peak, drives and walks in 50 years ago. the valleys, along swift running rivers and May he rest in peace. As we bid our farewell to the camp, streams up to Obersee and Hintersee. dark rain clouds began to shroud the Some ventured along the mountain trails The Board of Directors, Ukrainian Institute of America mighty Watzman and a light rain began to and others went in search of the graves of fall. It seemed as if Watzman was bidding a relatives and friends lost during the gymna- farewell to its former “children.” That sium years. Friends and relatives residing evening the reunion group, together with in Germany arrived to join in the friends and relatives, celebrated with a for- Berchtesgaden reunion. mal Bavarian dinner and dancing in town. One of our colleagues, Yuri Tymczenko, From Berchtesgaden our tour moved The Commission of Humanitarian Aid who resides in Munich, was instrumental in through Innsbruck to Mittenwald. A stay in arranging a tour of the DP camp facilities Mittenwald turned out to be equally mean- at the Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine for the group. This was to be the first time ingful for those in our group who lived in a March 13, 2000 that a civilian group would be permitted to DP camp in that town and attended school Kyiv tour the German military facility in there. Here again the camp authorities took Berchtesgaden. The base was abandoned by our friends for a quick tour. Then we trav- The Commission of Humanitarian Aid at the Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine the German army after the war and later eled via Oberammergau, where rehearsals attests that the Taras Shevchenko Foundation, an all-Ukrainian charitable taken over by the United Nations Relief and were in progress for the passion plays this fund based in Lviv, under the direction of Dr. Vasyl Iwanytzky, foundation Rehabilitation Administration (UNRRA) as summer, to our final destination of Munich. president, is authorized to oversee projects dealing with humanitarian aid. a camp for displaced persons from Ukraine. Some of the Berchtesgaden gymnasium grad- At that time the camp was promptly uates went on to attend institutes and universities During 1998-1999 the foundation distributed approximately 200 computers renamed Tabir Orlyk (in the honor of the in Munich. In Munich the retracing of personal first Ukrainian political exile, Hetman and 100 photocopying machines to schools, universities, scientific institutions histories continued, with stops at libraries where and libraries in Ukraine. This distribution program is being continued this year. Pylyp Orlyk) by the residents and became some studied, museums where most visited, and a self-governing community with a elect- beer halls where all frequented. Beer and ed administration, public and health serv- The commission at the ministry would like to take this occasion to express its sausages flowed as the group celebrated its last gratitude to the businesses, institutions and organizations in Canada that ices, cultural and educational institutions, evening in the famous Hofbräuhaus with tradi- and vibrant social life. From 1946 until have donated the above-mentioned technology to the Taras Shevchenko tional Bavarian toasts, songs and dancing. Foundation. 1952 it was a preserve of Ukrainian cul- Most travelers departed for home from ture and national consciousness. By 1952 Munich, while the bus with Ukrainian driv- Unfortunately, given the current difficult economic situation in Ukraine, the a majority of its residents were relocated ers drove away back to Lviv, carrying with under the Displaced Persons Act, and the Cabinet of Ministers is unable to provide educational establishments with nec- them our colleagues Dr. Lubomyr Wynar essary computers and photocopying machines. Therefore, we would like to camp was closed. Since 1957 it has been and his wife, Anna, who were scheduled to occupied by the 232nd Gebirgsjäger- ask that those individuals, businesses and institutions in the diaspora that are participate in an international meeting of in the position to help support this undertaking and actively help the Taras Bataillon of the German army. historians at Chernivtsi University. With great excitement and anticipation Shevchenko Foundation continue its important work. we arrived for our camp tour at the appoint- * * * Mykola Zhulynsky ed hour. At the same time a reporter from A journey has been completed, retrac- Vice Prime Minister of Ukraine the local newspaper arrived to record this ing the history of the refugee experience event: the story of the displaced persons with all of the concomittant; pain, tri- camp and the tour of the facility by the for- umphs and joys. A copy of the history of mer residents from oversees. the Ukrainian Berchtesgaden Gymnasium We were greeted at the main gate on which was published three years ago, has The Taras Shevchenko Foundation of Ukraine, Sunday afternoon, May 7, by the command- been delivered to a library in Lviv, docu- ing officer of the base, Maj. Eugen Fritz. As menting the life and times of a group of an All-Ukrainian Charitable Fund the group viewed the former sports field Ukrainians in the diaspora. We would like to issue an appeal to the Ukrainian community in the diaspora for the generous support of our foundation. Your continued support will enable us to continue our work and again send much-needed computers and photo- UKRAINIAN SELFRELIANCE copiers to schools in Ukraine this year, and thereby contribute to the upgrad- ing of educational facilities. All contributions will be officially acknowledged FEDERAL CREDIT UNION, upon receipt by the foundation. Individuals or institutions donating $250 or more will have their names inscribed on an honorary plaque at the Taras PHILADELPHIA, PA. Shevchenko Center in Lviv. Donations, with checks made payable to “School in Ukraine,” may be sent to: Serving and Supporting the Ukrainian Community Since 1952 Taras Shevchenko Center in Lviv 215 Bloor St. W., Suite 96 CERTIFICATE SPECIAL Toronto, Ontario Canada M6S 1M8 24 Month term $5,000 minimum deposit

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Business in brief St. Vladimir’s College Inc. (Continued from page 3) PRIVATE RESIDENTIAL CATHOLIC HIGH SCHOOL www.stvlads.net Pharmaceutical plant opening in Drohobych Grade 9-10-11-12 LVIV – A new pharmaceutical plant is to be opened in Drohobych, stated the chair 2000 - 2001 Academic Year of the Association of Metallurgy Industry Workers, Anatolii Holubchenko. Construction of the plant started in 1999 with total construction costs of $11 million St. Vladimir’s College is an independent Ukrainian Catholic High School unique (U.S.). The plant is being built by the Ukrainian Industrial Co. and the Elektron firm, in North America for young men. said Mr. Holubchenko. The plant will produce a mixture needed for blood transfu- St. Vladimir’s College has a limited number of vacancies available for next year sions. Currently Ukraine buys this mixture for $80 million (U.S.) annually. The in Grades Nine, Ten, Eleven and Twelve. Drohobych plant will be able to produce $6 million worth of this product. (Eastern Economist) St. Vladimir’s College – High School provides: Foreign investment in Kyiv declines • Small class sizes. Student-teacher ratio 10:1; • A disciplined, structured and safe learning environment; KYIV – Potential investors’ fears of losing their capital has meant that the volume • A religious and moral climate; of foreign investment in the city of Kyiv has dropped significantly in the last two • A sports program committed to excellence; years. That news was revealed by the head of the Kyiv City Administration’s Foreign • A tradition in culture, music and the arts; Economic Relations Department, Mykhailo Pozhyvanov. He told representatives of • Dedicated, professional teachers and support staff; foreign firms that, while investment in Kyiv in 1998 totaled $182.3 million (U.S.), in • An excellent boarding facility in a rural setting near 1999 it was only $70 million. (Eastern Economist) Roblin, Manitoba (4 hours from Winnipeg); Unified energy system is proposed • Cost: $9,000.00 CDN (includes room, board and education); • Obtain an admission package by contacting the school at KYIV – In order to ensure the transit of Russian electricity through Ukrainian (204) 937-2173 or in writing: territory to Western Europe, cooperation of the Ukrainian and Russian energy sys- tems must be reinstated, said Vice Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko. Russia’s att: Headmaster, Mr. George Iwasechko United Energy Systems has offered to organize the transit, she added. It would be St. Vladimir’s College Inc., P.O. Box 789, Roblin, Manitoba R0L 1P0 most efficient to restore the operation of both countries’ energy systems in the sum- mer, when the demand for electricity consumption is lower. Ms. Tymoshenko added that Ukraine does not produce the necessary volume of electricity in order to export it to Western Europe on its own and that Ukraine will only agree to this project if the country’s interests in this sector are taken into consideration. (Eastern Economist) MARK T. OLESNICKY, M.D. Golden Telecom buys Sovam Teleport Internal Medicine MOSCOW – Golden Telecom Inc., provider of telecommunications and Internet 750 Stuyvesant Avenue services in Russia and several other former Soviet republics announced that its Ukrainian subsidiary, Golden Telecom LLC, has acquired the outstanding interests in Irvington, NJ 07111 Sovam Teleport Kyiv, provider of data and Internet services in Ukraine. The com- bined company will be the first digital telecommunications network in Ukraine to Telephone (973) 372-5007 • Fax (973) 372-0100 offer integrated voice and data services on a nationwide basis. (Eastern Economist) By Appointment Ukraine completes grain harvester KYIV – A Ukrainian grain harvester, which was developed over the course of seven years, is complete, stated the general designer of the Pivdenne construction bureau, Stanislav Koniukhov. The Slavutych harvester will be produced at Kherson Ukrainian Sitch Sports School Harvesters Production Association. In order to launch production, an investment of 17 An Unforgetable Learning Experience million hrv is required. The production of 500 Slavutych harvesters is planned for the LEARN SOCCER, VOLLEYBALL, SWIMMING, TENNIS FROM AN OUTSTANDING STAFF year 2000. The price of one unit is around $80,000 (U.S.) and orders for 2,500 units THAT HAS BEEN HAND-PICKED TO WORK WITH ALL AGES AND ABILITY GROUPS. have already been placed. Ukrainian agricultural producers currently need approxi- mately 120,000 harvesters. (Eastern Economist) Place: “Verkhovyna” Resort, Glen Spey, N.Y. When: July 23 - August 19, 2000 UkrPoshta launches money transfer Boys and girls ages 6-18 Register now — Capacity is limited — For information write to: KYIV – Ukraine’s state postal communication company, UkrPoshta, introduced a Ukrainian Sitch Sports School new service, electronic transfers, which will enable customers to transfer funds to per- 680 Sandford Avenue, Newark, NJ 07106 sonal accounts via electronic mail. The first experimental stage of the service was to http://www.Oleh.net/sitch/ function only in Vinnytsia, Donetsk, Khmelnytskyi, Kyiv and Yalta. The transfer time is three hours. (Eastern Economist) No. 26 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, JUNE 25, 2000 19

In United States, our children are sub- A Ukrainian Montessori... jected to all kinds of different cultures and (Continued from page 6) languages during the course of their lives. It daughter to learn and preserve our language is up to every Ukrainian parent to make a and culture, and become proud Ukrainians, conscious effort and choice to ensure our I cannot urge you enough to enroll in this heritage’s preservation in this melting pot. school. Ms. Makarushka-Kolodiy (a.k.a. The biggest injustice to our children is to “Pani Olenka”) and staff are truly a treasure do nothing, be nobody and be without roots. that needs to be shared. The school grounds The St. John the Baptist Ukrainian are neat and cheerful and the cost of educa- Preschool of Newark gives them a fabulous, tion is inexpensive compared to other concrete foundation. Take them there. See preschools or daycare options. The after- them build themselves into something school care, which is up to 5:30 p.m., was great! What they learn there will stay with included in the tuition! Even if you have them as they develop through the years. enrolled your child somewhere else for The phone number to the preschool is September 2000, forfeiting that registration (973) 371-3254. During the summer. The fee is worth it! (We did with no regrets.) school address is 715-719 Sanford Ave., There are so few programs left for us as a Newark, NJ 07106. Ukrainian community; take advantage of As the saying goes, “Do it and you’ll be this one. glad you did.”

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(Princess) Olha, has shown its fascinat- New York Regional... ing costumes at many venues. Branch 83, (Continued from page 9) which presented exhibits, puppet shows ing its room with an exhibit of Ukrainian and Easter egg-making demonstrations at folk costumes, embroideries, kylyms, the Donnell Public Library, approached wood carvings and other crafts. Rockefeller Center officials in 1973 with Purchased in Ukraine for the exhibit, the idea of including the New York these items became the nucleus of the Bandura School in its Christmas-tree lighting program and was successful; the exhibit for The Ukrainian Museum estab- appearance of a large group of young lished by the league in New York in bandurists in national costume was seen 1976. The museum is temporarily housed by millions of television viewers across in a Manhattan building purchased in the nation. conjunction with the UCCA and used by In line with the league’s attention to both organizations. Other league proper- Ukrainian culture, a unique program of ties include two buildings in Kupalo songs and round dances and Philadelphia, the Detroit Regional folk songs, presented during the after- Council building and the Lesya Ukrainka noon by the Promin ensemble under the monument in Cleveland’s Garden of direction of Bohdanna Wolansky, was Culture. complemented by a dramatic presenta- Members of the New York region tion by the Lydia Krushelnytsky Drama have assisted such major Ukrainian Studio. As students of St. George’s American projects as the funding of the Academy modeled Branch 64 historical Taras Shevchenko statue in Washington, costumes, actors Sofia Zielyk, Nadia supporting various actions which result- Tatchyn, Melanie Sonevytsky, Ruslana ed in non-profit status for the Rostsishevska, Olena Lysetska and Shevchenko monument committee, and Laryssa Huryn recited an excerpt from participated en masse in the formal Leonid Poltava’s poem “Slovo pro blessing and dedication of the statue. Ukrayinu.” Preserving the UNWLA tradition of con- The afternoon’s program included ducting kindergarten schools, they spon- remarks by Christina Nawrocky, an hon- sor a Saturday pre-school class at St. orary member of the UNWLA and of George Ukrainian Catholic Church in the the World Federation of Ukrainian East Village. Women’s Organizations, and Nadia Located in the midst of the world’s Sawczuk, New York Regional Council cultural capital, New York branches have President. Prayers were offered by the made use of their vantage point to spread Very Rev. Patrick Paschak of St. George knowledge of Ukrainian culture in vari- Church and the Rev. Ivan Lyshyk, pastor ous ways – taking part in folk art exhibits of St. Vladimir’s Ukrainian Orthodox arranged by Women’s Arts and Industries Church. Inc. and the International Women’s Mistress of ceremonies duties were Exhibit and in rare, long-running events shared by Ulana Kekish-Solodenko, like the New York World’s Fair of 1964 Branch 123 president, and Barbara and the New York Bicentennial celebra- Bachynsky, national recording secretary. tion. Branch 64, which created a com- Olha Hayetsky was in charge of the cul- To subscribe: Send $50 ($40 if you are a member of the UNA) to The Ukrainian Weekly, plete set of Ukrainian period costumes, tural program, and Marta Danyluk Subscription Department, 2200 Route 10, P.O. Box 280, Parsippany, NJ 07054 including the attire of Kniahynia chaired the anniversary committee. 22 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, JUNE 25, 2000 No. 26

NOTESNOTES ONON PEOPLEPEOPLE Selected to prestigious N.J. Governor’s School PARSIPPANY, N.J. – Alexa Kryzaniwsky, 17, of Madison, N.J., has been selected as one of only 20 outstand- ing students to attend the prestigious New Jersey Governor’s School of the Arts for theater this summer. The junior at Newark Academy in Livingston, member of a Ukrainian folk dance troupe directed by Roma Pryma Bohachevsky, and a student at Dance Innovations in Chatham, was selected on the bases of her PSAT/SAT scores, facul- ty recommendations and evidence of interest in the subject inside and outside the classroom. Now available: After a rigorous and anxiety-filled audition process, in which she was pitted Alexa Kryzaniwsky additional insurance coverage against 200 highly qualified nominees, Miss Kryzaniwsky learned that she was Innovations Performance Foundation, a one of the few that made it into the non-profit organization that hold benefits for UNA members month-long program at the College of for charitable causes. If you are already a member of the UNA we offer a guaranteed issue of additional mini- New Jersey in Trenton, which involves Articles about Miss Kryzaniwsky mum of $1,000 to a maximum of $5,000 life insurance added to your current policy cover- intense study and rehearsal. The pro- appeared recently in The Star-Ledger, age. If you presently own any UNA Whole Life, 20-Payment Life, P-65 or DP-65 you are gram culminates with a final perform- New Jersey’s largest newspaper, and ance by the students. Minute Man, the newspaper of Newark guaranteed additional insurance. UNA cannot deny you coverage. This offer is not open to In addition to her extensive involve- Academy. members with term insurance, endowment plans, or Universal Life policies. ment with Newark Academy’s acting Miss Kryzaniwsky, her parents, Dr. Here is how it works. programs and drama productions, Miss George and Christina Kryzaniwsky, and The UNA will issue the following amounts of the pour-in-rider: Kryzaniwsky also finds time to be active her two sisters, Lidia and Larysa, are in Plast and to perform for the Dance members of UNA Branch 88. • Ages 0-35, $1,000 to $5,000; • Ages 36-70, $1,000 to $2,500; It is by no means an easy task to snag such high-profile celebrities as supermodel • Ages 71-90, $1,000. Finds novel way Cindy Crawford, basketball stars Grant Hill The rates for the pour-in rider appear in the chart below. and Sheryl Swoopes, and NASCAR racer to market cereals Jeff Gordon, as Ms. Cyhan has helped to For more information call the UNA Home Office at (973) 292-9800. BATTLE CREEK, Mich – The Kellogg Co. has a great mind behind its marketing. do. “For every 1 percent of glamour, you Marta Cyhan, senior manager of promotion have 99 percent headache. But it’ s redeem- THE RATES FOR THE POUR-IN RIDER ARE LISTED AS FOLLOWS marketing at the Battle Creek-based cereal ing that way,” she added. Issue Premium Issue Premium Issue Premium Issue Premium maker, who had a large stake in the novel Ms. Cyhan (née Kuropas) is a graduate age per $1,000 age per $1,000 age per $1,000 age per $1,000 idea to put collectible Sesame Street Mini- of Wayne State University. She came to Kellogg Co. two years ago from Stroh 063 Beans in Kellogg’s products. 1 63 26 145 51 349 76 696 The Sesame Street beanbag doll promo- Brewing Co. “I obviously like grain based 2 64 27 150 52 361 77 710 products, because I went from beer to cere- 3 66 28 155 53 373 78 724 tion was described by Mrs. Cyhan as “fast 4 68 29 161 54 385 79 738 and furious.” She added, “I spent a lot of al,” she joked. 5 70 30 167 55 397 80 752 Ms. Cyhan was recently featured in an 6 73 31 173 56 409 81 765 time in New York getting the program 7 75 32 179 57 422 82 778 together. Seeing the project come to life article headlined “Success: A packaged 8 78 33 186 58 435 83 791 deal; Cyhan makes cereal more glam- 9 81 34 193 69 448 84 803 was amazing.” 10 84 35 200 60 462 85 815 “I feel lucky to have my job. You can be orous,” in the Battle Creek Enquirer. 11 87 36 208 61 475 86 826 Ms. Cyhan is a member of UNA Branch 12 90 37 215 62 489 87 837 so creative,” she said, “This is exactly what 13 93 38 223 63 504 88 848 I’ve dreamed of doing. I couldn’t have writ- 20 in Hamtramck, Mich., and is the daugh- 14 96 39 232 64 518 89 858 ten it better than it came out.” ter of Mr. and Mrs. Roman Kuropas. 15 100 40 240 65 533 90 868 16 103 41 249 66 547 17 107 42 258 67 562 18 110 43 267 68 576 Notes on People is a feature geared toward reporting on the achievements of members of the 19 114 44 276 69 591 Ukrainian National Association. All submissions should be concise due to space limitations and 20 118 45 286 70 606 21 122 46 296 71 622 must include the person’s UNA branch number. Items will be published as soon as possible after 22 126 47 306 72 637 their receipt, when space permits. 23 130 48 316 73 652 24 135 49 327 74 667 25 140 50 338 75 682

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Students! Live in Residence at PREVIEW OF EVENTS St. Vladimir Institute! Thursday-Saturday, June 29-July 1 ADVANCE NOTICE CLEVELAND, Ohio: “Ancestral Sunday, July 23 Voices,” an original dance theater piece • Very reasinable rates based on Ukrainian folk songs and poetry, CLIFTON, N.J.: St. Mary Protectress • Central downtown Toronto will be presented for three nights only. The Ukrainian Orthodox Church, 81 Washington Ave., invites everyone to • 46 residents; student scholarships available performances will fuse modern dance, puppetry, music and theater in a bilingual attend a celebration marking 20 years of • Fully furnished rooms; regular linen service presentation. The story of two sisters service to the parish and the Clifton com- • Internet connection in each room draws its text from the writing of munity by the Very Rev. Protopresbyter Michael Zemlachenko. Divine liturgy • European-Canadian meal plan Ukrainian poets such as Oleksander Oles, Lesia Ukrainka, Taras Shevchenko, as will be celebrated at 10 a.m., followed by • Free cultural programs for residents well as Ukrainian folk songs. Live tradi- a banquet lunch at 1 p.m. at the • Ukrainian Students Club housed here tional music will be provided for this pro- Binghampton Waterfront Restaurant in • Extensive library facilities; genealogical materials duction by Divchata v Kukhni – The Girls Edgewater, N.J. Ticket reservations are in the Kitchen. All performances begin at being accepted until July 10, by calling • Learn Ukrainian; attend informative lecture 8 p.m. and will take place at the INSIDE Anna Wojtiuk, (973) 754-1742; Mary art gallery, 2393 Professor Ave. in Yurcheniuk, (973) 365-1762; or Dr. Tremont. Tickets: $10. For more informa- Silvia Bilobron, (973) 472-7654. Cost: ST. VLADIMIR INSTITUTE tion call (216) 749-0060 or send e-mail to $35, adults; $20, children age 14 and 620 Spadina Ave. • Toronto, ON Canada M5S 2H4 [email protected]. under. Tel: (416) 923-3318 • Fax: (416) 923-8266 e-mail: [email protected] PLEASE NOTE REQUIREMENTS: Visit our website: www.stvladimir.on.ca Preview of Events is a listing of Ukrainian community events open to the public. It is a service provided at minimal cost ($10 per submission) by The Ukrainian Weekly to the Ukrainian community. Payment must be received prior to publication. To have an event listed in Preview of Events please send information, in ADVERTISING RATES FOR THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY English, written in Preview format, i.e., in a brief paragraph that includes the (Published in English on Sundays) date, place, type of event, sponsor, admission, full names of persons and/or organizations involved, and a phone number to be published for readers who ALL ADVERTISEMENTS MUST BE RECEIVED may require additional information. Items should be no more than 100 words ONE WEEK PRIOR TO PUBLICATION: FRIDAY NOON. long; all submissions are subject to editing. Items not written in Preview for- mat or submitted without all required information will not be published. All general advertising: 1 inch, single column ______$12.00 Fraternal and community advertising: 1 inch, single column ______$ 7.50 Preview items must be received no later than one week before the desired FOUR-PAGE CENTERFOLD PULLOUT ______$2,900.00 date of publication. No information will be taken over the phone. Items will be published only once, unless otherwise indicated. Please include payment of $10 for each time the item is to appear and indicate date(s) of issue(s) in which the item is to be published. Also, please include the phone number of a person who may be contacted by The Weekly during daytime hours. Information should be sent to: Preview of Events, The Ukrainian Weekly, 2200 Route 10, P.O. Box 280, Parsippany, NJ 07054.

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Congratulations, UNA scholarship and awards recipients of 1999-2000!

by Oksana Trytjak $2,000 was awarded to major at Le Moyne College. Branch 888, an international dent members. Special Projects Coordinator Krystina Hawryluk of • The Vera Stangl relations major at the University The UNA has aided students Manville, N.J., Branch 349, a Scholarship of $750 in memory of Western Ontario. almost since the fraternal organi- PARSIPPANY, N.J. – A total biology major at Georgetown of Ms. Stangl’s late father. Prof. The Roman Slobodian zation was founded in 1894 with of 171 student members • University. This special scholar- Joseph Stetkewicz, a former edi- Memorial Scholarship of $350, grants as low as $20. The for- received Ukrainian National ship was set up by Dr. Susan tor of Svoboda, was awarded to honoring the long-time UNA mally instituted UNA scholar- Association scholarships for aca- Galandiuk in memory of her Maryana German of supreme treasurer, was awarded ship program began in 1962 demic year 1999-2000 totaling deceased parents, who resided Unionville, Conn., Branch 277, to Tetyana Bunik of Passaic, thanks to the 25th UNA $35,000. These students come in Ellenville, N.Y. a journalism major at Emerson N.J., Branch 42, a biology major Convention in New York. The from 90 different UNA branches • The Joseph Wolk College. at Philadelphia College of delegates at this convention rec- and reside in 17 U.S. states and Memorial Scholarship of $750, The Bohdan Zorych Textiles and Sciences. ommended that scholarship • The Anthony Dragan four Canadian provinces. a bequest given primarily for the Memorial Scholarship of $400, • funds be established to aid Memorial Scholarship of $350, The special scholarships education of Lemkos, was in honor of the late UNA Ukrainian students, particularly named for the long-time editor- included: awarded to Orysia Duplak of supreme vice-president for those pursuing studies in in-chief of Svoboda was award- • The Joseph and Dora Camillus, N.Y., Branch 39, an Canada, was awarded to Paul Ukrainian related subjects, polit- Galandiuk Scholarship of accounting and economics Biszko of Etobicoke, Ontario, ed to Mary-Lee Scholtis of Berwick, Pa., Branch 164, who ical science, history or journal- is majoring in nursing at ism. In the past, scholarships Bloomsburg University. were primarily awarded on the Scholarships funded by the basis of financial need, academ- Ukrainian National Home Corp ic achievement and activity in of Blackstone, Mass,. were dis- the Ukrainian community. tributed as follows: $500 to To date close to $2,000,000 Andrew Bakaj of Stamford, has been awarded to approxi- Conn., Branch 350, a biology mately 4,500 UNA students. major at George Washington The UNA is presently search- University; $500 to Mark ing for past recipients of the Borejko of Wethersfield, Conn., UNA awards or scholarships. Branch 277, a business manage- The UNA wishes to create a ment major at the University of "lifeline" with past recipients to Hartford; $500 to Elizabeth find out where they are and what Ellington of Arnold, Md., they are doing. Recipients of Branch 206, an architecture Krystina Hawryluk Orysia Duplak Maryana German UNA scholarships from the major at Auburn University; years 1940 to 1999 are asked to $500 to John Nicholas Hull of send a brief note, with the St. Petersburg, Fla., Branch 241, amount and date of their schol- an international relations major arships and updates on what at Brown University; and $500 they are doing at present. On to Kenneth Payette of occasion the UNA will publish Woonsocket, R.l., Branch 206, a business management major at brief stories about past recipients Rhode Island College. and their accomplishments in The UNA encourages other varied fields. members to establish scholar- The UNA congratulates this ship funds dedicated to a spe- year’s recipients and encourages cial person or designated for other UNA student members to students majoring in a particu- participate in next year’s schol- lar subject which would be arship awards. distributed annually to deserv- The UNA recognizes the ing Ukrainian American or achievements of all students and Paul Biszko Tetyana Bunik Mary-Lee Scholtis Ukrainian Canadian UNA stu- applauds their accomplishments.

Andrew Bakaj Mark Borejko Elizabeth Ellington John Nicholas Hull Kenneth Payette

This special insert spotlighting the Ukrainian National Association’s Scholarship Program was prepared by the staff of The Ukrainian Weekly. 2 1999-2000 UNA SCHOLARSHIP AWARDS Special Insert

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Michelle Bycko (UNA Branch 240), Michael Chopko (UNA Branch 271), is a student at Cleveland State Ulana Chabon (UNA Branch 242), is a student at State University of New Larissa Durbak (UNA Branch 13), is Maria Dychdala (UNA Branch 83), University. is a student at Lehigh University. York at Geneseo. a student at Barnard College. is a student at Duquesne University.

Christopher Evans (UNA Branch Christopher Glascott (UNA Branch Larysa Gumowskyj (UNA Branch Chrystyna Horbaty (UNA Branch 382), is a student at Lebanon Valley 127), is a student at the State 155), is a student at Connecticut Larissa Holman (UNA Branch 432), 59), is a student at Central College. University of New York at Buffalo. College. is a student at Lviv, Ukraine. Connecticut State University.

Patricia Iwanik (UNA Branch 277), Paul LeVan (UNA Branch 360), is a Anne Mochulsky (UNA Branch 13), is a student at the University of student at the State University of New Marc Marzotto (UNA Branch 341), is a student at Sacred Heart Marta Mudri (UNA Branch 222), is Connecticut. York at Buffalo. is a student at McMaster University. University. a student at Kent State University.

Katarzyna Nesterak (UNA Branch Olga Nimczyk (UNA Branch 269), is Paul Pawluk (UNA Branch 379), is a Tatiana Mudri (UNA Branch 222), Halyna Mudri (UNA Branch 222), is 234), is a student at City University of a student at New Jersey City student at the University of is a student at Kent State University. a student at Kent State University. New York, Queens College. University. Wisconsin-Madison.

Lydia Pidlusky (UNA Branch 144), Melanie Poruchynsky (UNA Branch Christina Redko (UNA Branch 130), is a student at the State University of 349), is a student at Rutgers is a student at the State University of Christina Rishiy (UNA Branch 6), is Tara Sadusky (UNA Branch 242), is New York at New Paltz. University. New York at Binghamton. a student at Seton Hall University. a student at Penn State University. Special Insert 1999-2000 UNA SCHOLARSHIP AWARDS 3

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Roxolana Stachiw (UNA Branch Nadia Sawicki (UNA Branch 450), is Christian Spiak (UNA Branch 13), Christine Stacer (UNA Branch 200), 204), is a student at Presbyterian Selene Steneck (UNA Branch 293), a student at Brown University. is a student at Syracuse University. is a student at St. John’s University. College. is a student at Georgetown University.

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Ghilaine Bouadana (UNA Branch Adrian Deputat (UNA Branch 360), Stephanie Dubanowitz (UNA Olena Welhasch (UNA Branch 171), 42), is a student at Rhode Island Elijah Bremer (UNA Branch 7), is a is a student at the State University of Branch 42), is a student at James is a student at Penn State University. School of Design. student at Mount St. Mary’s College. New York at Buffalo. Madison University.

Matthew Fedak (UNA Branch 112), John Fedynsky (UNA Branch 20), is Rocco Giammaria (UNA Branch Adrienne Hirak (UNA Branch 130), is a student at the University of a student at London School of 161), is a student at Penn State Zoryana Grod (UNA Branch 888), is a student at College of Staten Akron. Economics. University. is a student at Ryerson University. Island.

A Practical Gift for the Graduate

May and June is the time for graduations with pictures, videos, congratulations, parties and, of course, appropriate gifts. In most cases a brand new red Corvette would really be appreciated by the graduate or maybe a trip to Europe for a couple of months. But as a rule the gifts usually end up being pens, books, computers and money. If you wish to give the graduate something truly beneficial, consider a UNA insurance policy or an annuity. This gift will provide a lifetime of benefits and guarantee a secure future. A $2,000 UNA annuity will be the beginning of tax-deferred savings for a lifetime. A UNA life insurance policy will provide immediate protection and can serve as collateral for the future.

• 20 Pay Life for $25,000: Permanent life policy paid up after 20 annual premium payments. Travis Johnson (UNA Branch 777), Jonathan Kennedy (UNA Branch 20-year-old male/female – non-smoker – annual premium $228.00 is a student at Wesleyan University. 422), is a student at Drexel University. 25-year-old male/female – non-smoker – annual premium $268.25

• Whole Life $25,000: Permanent life policy with cash value in addition to insurance protection. 20-year-old male/female – non-smoker – annual premium $154.00 25-year-old male/female – non-smoker – annual premium $183.00

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• Single Premium $3,000 (minimum): Permanent life policy with cash value one time payment. 20-year-old male/female – non-smoker – one-time premium payment $351.00 25-year-old male/female – non-smoker – one-time premium payment $427.00

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Stephan Kolodiy (UNA Branch 214), Marco Koshykar (UNA Branch 13), For further information please call the UNA Home Office: (973) 292-9800 is a student at Drew University. is a student at Ithaca College. 4 1999-2000 UNA SCHOLARSHIP AWARDS Special Insert

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Katarzyna Kowalow (UNA Branch Daria Loun (UNA Branch 888), is a Lillie Marsland (UNA Branch 59), is Cathy Kotlar (UNA Branch 42), is a 234), is a student at Seton Hall Maria Loun (UNA Branch 888), is a student at University of Maryland, a student at Springfield Technical student at Quinnipiac College. University. student at Temple University. Baltimore. Community College.

Michael Matiash (UNA Branch Caitlin Matkowsky (UNA Branch Stephen Miahky (UNA Branch 180), Damian Olesnycky (UNA Branch Larissa Oprysko (UNA Branch 120), is a student at the University of 168), is a student at Western New is a student at the University of 27), is a student at Carnegie Mellon 277), is a student at the University of Wisconsin at La-Crosse. England College. Michigan. University. Connecticut.

Stephanie Roeth (UNA Branch 231), Erica Rychwalski (UNA Branch Roman Stanchak (UNA Branch Anna Palazij (UNA Branch 222), is a Nicholas Reese (UNA Branch 382), is a student at Nazareth College of 256), is a student at Syracuse 238), is a student at Carnegie Mellon student at Johns Hopkins University. is a student at Bloomsburg University. Rochester. University. University.

Natalka Sywenkyj (UNA Branch Joseph Sywenkyj (UNA Branch Larysa Tarnawskyj (UNA Branch Peter Tatarenko (UNA Branch 25), 777), is a student at the Plymouth 777), is a student at School of Visual 183), is a student at Macomb is a student at Montclair State Derek Vogel (UNA Branch 242), is a State College. Arts. Community College. University. student at Penn State University.

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Marika Bergenstock (UNA Branch Laryssa Czebiniak (UNA Branch Jessica Evans (UNA Branch 293), is 360), is a student at the University of 184), is a student at the State a student at The College of New Adriana Fedun (UNA Branch 372), John Fil (UNA Branch 13), is a stu- Rochester. University of New York at Geneseo. Jersey. is a student at Barry University. dent at Hofstra University. Special Insert 1999-2000 UNA SCHOLARSHIP AWARDS 5

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Stephanie Gardner (UNA Branch Pawel Hac (UNA Branch 458), is a Andrew Hanushevsky (UNA Myroslav Harasym (UNA Branch Christopher Holland (UNA Branch 368), is a student at the University of student at Ryerson Polytechnic Branch 367), is a student at the State 220), is a student at New World 120), is a student at the University of Florida. University. University of New York at Brockport. School of the Arts. Kentucky.

Adriana Iwashko (UNA Branch Steven Hrycelak (UNA Branch 367), 172), is a student at Parsons School of Sonia Kap (UNA Branch 358), is a Paul Kolesnik (UNA Branch 434), is Adrian Kollias (UNA Branch 239), is a student at Yale University. Design. student at Denison University. a student at McGill University. is a student at Penn State University. TheThe UkrainianUkrainian WWeeklyeekly 20002000

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Aleksander Mehrle (UNA Branch Alexander Mychkovsky (UNA Christopher Plachta (UNA Branch Rebecca Pundiak (UNA Branch Eileen Mamrich (UNA Branch 230), 194), is a student at the College of the Branch 222), is a student at the 777), is a student at La Salle 137), is a student at Penn State is a student at Kent State University. Holy Cross. University of Dayton. University. University.

Lee Ann Sadusky (UNA Branch Anne Marie Sawczuk (UNA Branch Peter Sawras (UNA Branch 171), is David Rizzo (UNA Branch 120), is a Adrianna Rudyk (UNA Branch 8), 242), is a student at Saint Joseph’s 285), is a student at the State a student at the University of student at Gannon University. is a student at Fordham University. University. University of New York at Buffalo. California, Santa Barbara.

Gregory Tkaczyk (UNA Branch Timothy Scenna (UNA Branch 230), Nicholas Sczesnik (UNA Branch 86), Taras Smetaniouk (UNA Branch Martha Tatarevich (UNA Branch 427), is a student at the University of is a student at John Carroll University. is a student at Pratt Institute. 337), is a student at Loyola College. 293), is a student at Hunter College. Toronto.

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Nikolas Tysiak (UNA Branch 13), is Anna Wasienko (UNA Branch 13), Maria Wasienko (UNA Branch 13), Taisa Welhasch (UNA Branch 171), a student at the College of William is a student at Rensselaer Polytechnic is a student at Rensselaer Polytechnic is a student at Pennsylvania State Elizabeth Bailly (UNA Branch 254), and Mary. Institute. Institute. University. is a student at Fairfield University.

Jeremy Cooke (UNA Branch 83), is Anna Bosley (UNA Branch 56), is a Tanya Brown (UNA Branch 360), is Matthew Burke (UNA Branch 56), Taras Butrej (UNA Branch 164), is a a student at Pennsylvania State student at West Liberty State College. a student at Rider University. is a student at Nazareth College. student at Wilkes University. University. Special Insert 1999-2000 UNA SCHOLARSHIP AWARDS 7

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Edward Dickman III (UNA Branch David Dobryden (UNA Branch Stephen Hawryluk (UNA Branch 414), is a student at Eastern 183), is a student at Michigan State Gregory Eluk (UNA Branch 327), is Travis Gales (UNA Branch 293), is a 349), is a student at Wake Forest Connecticut State University. University. a student at Towson University. student at Polytechnic University. University.

Luke Hnenny (UNA Branch 777), is Katarina Johnson (UNA Branch Irene Kachalenko (UNA Branch a student at the University of Jill Holter (UNA Branch 333), is a Ashley Hrycyk (UNA Branch 161), 137), is a student at the University of 171), is a student at Seton Hall Saskatchewan. student at Albright College. is a student at John Carroll University. Pennsylvania. University.

Alexis Karbiwnyk (UNA Branch Jennifer Kazemka (UNA Branch 83), is a student at West Chester 242), is a student at Wilkes Daniel Koziupa (UNA Branch 777), Katherine Kuzio (UNA Branch 13), Andrew Kuzla (UNA Branch 479), University of Pennsylvania. University. is a student at Drexel University. is a student at Alfred University. is a student at Drexel University.

Nicholas Mamrich (UNA Branch Christine Mischenko (UNA Christine Palaschenko (UNA Michael Lorady (UNA Branch 47), 230), is a student at Youngstown State Branch 172), is a student at Rutgers Andrey Mykyta (UNA Branch 134), Branch 777), is a student at is a student at Wilkes University. University. University. is a student at The Cooper Union. Wittenberg University.

Katrina Plachta (UNA Branch 153), Michael Romano (UNA Branch Leonard Sadowy, Jr. (UNA Branch is a student at Culinary Institute of Adrian Pyrih (UNA Branch 293), is 338), is a student at California 161), is a student at the Community Halyna Salabay (UNA Branch 269), America. a student at Saint Joseph’s University. University of Pennsylvania. College of Beaver County. is a student at Rutgers University. 8 1999-2000 UNA SCHOLARSHIP AWARDS Special Insert

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Brian Salamak (UNA Branch 242), Alexis Shipula (UNA Branch 169), is Jennifer Shipula (UNA Branch 169), Monica Slovik (UNA Branch 7), is a Mira Stanchak (UNA Branch 238), is a student at Penn Tech College. a student at Lesley Women’s College. is a student at Mansfield University. student at Dickinson College. is a student at Boston University.

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Tymish Korytko (UNA Branch 360), is a student at SUMMERSUMMER 20002000 Case Western Reserve University. Saturday, July 1 Alexandra Kuzio (UNA 8:30 p.m. – concert – Barabolya, Toronto Branch 13), is a student at 10 p.m. – dance – music by BURYA, ZABAVA Villanova University. Molly Moffe (UNA Branch Stefan Stawnychy (UNA Branch Peter Steciuk (UNA Branch 269), is 271), is a student at Bucknell Sunday, July 2 353), is a student at Vassar College. a student at Harvard University. University. 8:30 p.m. – concert – Barabolya, Toronto 10 p.m. – dance – music by BURYA Elena Szeremeta (UNA Branch 247), is a student at Temple University. Saturday, July 8 Areta Trytjak (UNA Branch 8:30 p.m. – concert – Luba and Mykola Duo 25), is a student at Rutgers 10 p.m. – dance University.

Saturday, July 15 $200 8:30 p.m. – concert – Promin Vocal Ensemble Brandon Hrycyk (UNA 10 p.m. – dance – music by BURLAKY Branch 161), is a student at La Roche College. Saturday, July 22 Andrew Pokora (UNA Branch 8:30 p.m. – concert – Cheres Ukrainian Folklore Ensemble 277), is a student at Loyola 10 p.m. – dance – music by VODOHRAI College. Viktor Sulzynsky (UNA Branch 8), Anna Maria Szewczuk (UNA $150 Saturday, July 29 is a student at Mary Washington Branch 277), is a student at Teikyo College. Post University. 8:30 p.m. – concert – Prometheus choir, Philadelphia Anna Terlecky (UNA Branch 10 p.m. – dance – music by MONTAGE 13), is a student at Miami University.

Saturday, August 5 Orest Zalusky (UNA Branch 271), is a student at Albany 8:30 p.m. – concert College of Pharmacy. 10 p.m. – dance – music by LUNA $100 Sunday, August 6 Staci Fedako (UNA Branch UNWLA Day at Soyuzivka 242), is a student at Indiana University. Saturday, August 12 Inna Fedorkiv (UNA Branch 8:30 p.m. – concert – Dumka choir, New York 367), is a student at St. John 10 p.m. – dance – music by TEMPO Fisher College. 11:45 p.m. – CROWNING OF MISS SOYUZIVKA 2001 Gina Reese (UNA Branch 382), is a student at Bloomsburg University. Saturday, August 19 Daniel Trociuk (UNA Branch 283), Nadya Wasylko (UNA Branch 21), 8:30 p.m. – concert is a student at Bentley College. is a student at Syracuse University. UKRAINIAN INDEPENDENCE DAY CELEBRATIONS “Soyuzivka’s Ukrainian Dance Workshop” Thank you! 10 p.m. – dance – music by SVITANOK “The cost of attending college can be intimidating, so every source of financial assistance is Saturday, August 26 greatly appreciated. It is espe- 8:30 p.m. – concert – Solomiya Ivachiv, violin, cially encouraging to see an 8:30 p.m. – concert – Christina Anum-Dorhuso, piano organization like the Ukrainian National Association giving 10 p.m. – dance – music by VIDLUNNIA something back to the youth of the community.” – Peter Steciuk, September 1-3 attending Harvard University. LABOR DAY WEEKEND “I am writing to express my grat- itude for your deeming me a wor- thy candidate for a UNA schol- PLUS: Enjoy the sounds of Greg and Stefan every Wednesday arship. The award is greatly appreciated and very helpful to at Hutsul night at 6 p.m., starting June 28. the pursuit of my college Dance to the tunes of Vidlunnia every Friday evening starting Roman Zacharko (UNA Branch degree.” – Damian Olesnycky, July 14. Michael Zielinski attending Carnegie Mellon 349), is a student at Raritan Valley (UNA Branch University. Community College. 253), is a student at Bryant College.