S O C V st ΓΡΑΦΕΙ ΤΗΝ ΙΣΤΟΡΙΑ W ΤΟΥ ΕΛΛΗΝΙΣΜΟΥ E 101 ΑΠΟ ΤΟ 1915 The National Herald anniversa ry N www.thenationalherald.com A wEEkLy gREEk-AMERICAN PUBLICATION 1915-2016 VOL. 19, ISSUE 992 October 15-21 , 2016 c v $1.50 New Democracy Leader Ted Leonsis Explains His Fundraiser for Hillary Kyriakos Mitsotakis Greek immigrant heritage behind his Speaks with TNH support of Clinton

By Theodore Kalmoukos state of stagnation, must finally TNH Staff be broken. Today, more than The following is an interview ever it is necessary that we work WASHINGTON, DC – The im - that Kyriakos Mitsotakis, leader together to shape a collective migration issue touched a chord of Greece’s main opposition party national vision for Greece. for Ted Leonsis in this election New Democracy, gave to The A Greece that liberates and year. His immigrant grandpar - National Herald during his visit supports by standing next to, ents came to America in search to the United States. not opposite from, the creative of a better life. Changing the forces of our country and espe - family name from Leoutsakos to TNH: What memories come cially the young people Leonsis, they settled in Lowell, to mind with your current visit A Greece that seeks excel - MA and worked in mills. Leon - to Boston? lence and reward in every sector sis’ parents eventually moved to KM: Boston is intrinsically of economic and social life and Brooklyn where the future associated with my college which, in addition to individual mayor of Orchid, FL was born. years. I first came to the city success, forms collective stan - His family’s strong work ethic thirty years ago. I was 18 years dards. was instilled in Leonsis at a old. I had just graduated from A Greece that places the pub - young age and helped him rise high school. I lived here for six lic interest and the functioning from humble working class be - wonderful years. I had the priv - of institutions at the top of the ginnings to prominence as a ilege of studying at one of the political agenda. businessman and philanthropist. world's leading universities. I A Greece which does not for - Politics also interested the made true friends, the kind you get that the "forgotten Greeks" young Leonsis who, after his keep for a lifetime. I met acade - are the focal point of every just first move to DC worked as an micians who left an indelible public policy. Our fellow citizens intern for then-Congressman mark on me for life. I came as who today are isolated and in JONAS EkSTROMER / TT vIA AP Paul Tsongas. The CEO of Mon - teenager and left as a scholar. the margins of economic and so - Singer-songwriter Bob Dylan won the 2016 Nobel Prize in literature umental Sports & Entertainment TNH: Could you briefly de - cial life. and majority owner of the NBA’s scribe your vision for Greece? At the core of the “Truth Permanent Secretary of the Swedish Academy Sara Danius announces that Bob Dylan is awarded Washington Wizards and the KM: The destructive cycle of Agreement,” which was pre - the 2016 Nobel Prize in Literature during a presser at the Old Stockholm Stock Exchange Building NHL’s Washington Capitals, economic misery, political dor - sented at the Thessaloniki Inter - in Stockholm, Sweden, Thursday, Oct. 13, 2016. Bob Dylan was named the winner of the 2016 among other teams, has made mancy and low expectations, national Fair, lays a critical Nobel Prize in literature Thursday in a stunning announcement that for the first time bestowed contributions in the past to po - which has led the country to a premise: only a social market the prestigious award to someone primarily seen as a musician. litical campaigns as well. George economy can generate wealth W. Bush, John Kerry, Rudy Giu - for all, attract investments, cre - liani, Barack Obama, and Bill ate new jobs. And only a strong Bradley are among the candi - and effective state, unburdened dates to whom Leonsis has con - by client politics, can facilitate The Durrells in Corfu Dir. on Greece tributed. The controversial issue the distribution of this wealth of immigration prompted him as fairly as possible. The battle to host a fundraiser for Hillary that we have to fight is a pro - By Eleni Sakellis elist, already lived on Corfu with of World War II. Gerald became Clinton. found ideological battle. A fight his wife. The move had a pro - a famous naturalist, animal-col - Leonsis made his public en - that calls upon us all to redefine As most everyone knows, found effect on the family and lector, and conservationist, au - dorsement of Clinton in June. the framework of the values on Greece is a popular destination on the younger children espe - thoring 37 books. The event on October 14 will be which we structure our eco - for British tourists. The sunshine cially. The story of the Durrells The film adaptation of Dur - held at Leonsis’ Potomac, MD nomic and social life, as well as and the sea often entice tourists in Corfu was first told by the rell’s first book My Family and home. Guests, paying up to our general behavior. A battle to return year after year and youngest of the children, Ger - Other Animals was released in $25,000 to attend the event, through which society and the some even decide to stay for ald, who wrote about the fam - 2005 and broadcast on PBS in will enjoy a performance by economy may revert to the cre - good. The low cost of living is ily’s experiences in three charm - 2006. The Durrells in Corfu pre - James Taylor. He told the Wash - ative values of life. To those val - what drew the Durrells to move ing books- My Family and Other mieres on PBS on October 16. ington Post he has met the for - ues that make democratic soci - there in 1935 when Louisa, the Animals(1956); Birds, Beasts, The series was so popular in mer Secretary of State and is on eties powerful: meritocracy, widowed mother of four chose and Relatives(1969); and The Britain that after the second friendly terms with former Pres - transparency, hard work, cre - to uproot the family from the Garden of the Gods (1978). episode aired, a second season ident Bill Clinton. The event, ative ambition, confidence in in - grey skies of England for the Durrell also wrote short stories was ordered. Filmed on location however, is not a favor to the stitutions, solidarity and cohe - sunny skies of Corfu. based on the family’s years liv - in Corfu, the series is based on candidate, but a way to have a New Democracy Leader Eldest son Lawrence, who ing on Corfu. They returned to Kyriakos Mitsotakis Continued on page 9 would become a successful nov - England in 1939 at the outbreak Continued on page 9 Continued on page 6 Prof. L. Iasemidis Receives A Talk with Onassis Festival Artist From Camping to $6M Grant to Research By Eleni Sakellis

NEW YORK – The Onassis Festi - Glamping: A Epilepsy and the Brain val Antigone Now opens on Oc - tober 13. Artist Maria Papadim - itriou and curator of visual arts Story of Love TNH Staff sor of Biomedical Engineering Yorgos Tzirtzilakis spoke with at Louisiana Tech University in The National Herald about the By Aliz Koletas - RUSTON, LA— Dr. Leon Ruston, LA, has received a $6 impressive site-specific installa - Iasemidis- Professor and Fellow million grant from the National tion Laboratory Antigone which of the National Academy of In - Science Foundation (NSF) for focuses on the performance of For Diane and Paul, it was ventors (NAI) and the American his and his group’s ground - the ancient tragedy. The instal - love at first sight…a beautiful Institute of Medical and Biolog - breaking work on epilepsy. lation will be on view through horse shoe-shaped property in ical Engineers (AIMBE), Profes - He gave the following state - December at the Onassis Cultural Kalamata with olive trees and an ment to The National Herald. Center in the Olympic Tower, incredible view of the mountains “The latest $6 million grant 645 Fifth Avenue in Midtown behind them and the sea in front over 4 years to our group from Manhattan. Recorded excerpts of of them. There was no house and the National Science Foundation Antigone read by actress Amalia hardly any money in their pock - Happy 50th (NSF) of USA will further ad - Moutoussi greet the visitors as ets but they had each other and vance our research in epilepsy they enter the installation space. a love for nature, something they and the brain. We feel honored The use of found objects adds found in Greece. Paul had always Belmont Gr. with this trust to our abilities to texture, authenticity, and levels dreamed of going to a Greek is - produce novel fundamental of meaning. A wall painted with land and while this wasn’t an is - findings with practical implica - chalkboard paint features key - land –with Diane by his side, this School tions for the diagnosis and treat - words from the play and space was a dream come true. Both on ment of such a widespread brain for participants to add their own their second marriages, Diane disorder like epilepsy. This grant words in chalk and photograph and Paul were ready to leave TNH Staff is particularly significant as it them. Papadimitriou said that England behind for something constitutes an interdisciplinary every three or four days, the less in terms of materialism pos - BELMONT, CA – The Holy collaboration between the dis - chalk writing will be wiped away session but more in terms of spir - Cross Greek School celebrated ciplines of biomedical engineer - and the process begins again. PhOTO COURTESy Of CURATOR: yORgOS TzIRTzILAkIS itual possession and a shared its 50th Anniversary with a fam - ing, mathematics, mechanical Artwork by Maria Papadimitriou on view in the Onassis Festival love of the world around them ily gala on October 1st in the engineering, statistics, neuro - Continued on page 2 Antigone Now at the Onassis Cultural Center Gallery. at its most natural state. fellowship hall of the Greek Or - science, neurology, neuro - Fast forward twelve years and thodox Church of the Holy surgery, clinical psychology and Diane manages their solar elec - Cross. The evening’s theme was radiology, as well as an inter-in - tric and eco-friendly estate Celebrating Our Past & Inspiring stitutional collaboration be - prominently listed on Glamping Our Future, organized by event tween my institution of Angelos’ Orioles’ Sing This Land Hub that attracts tourists inter - co-chairs Sia Charonis, Penny Louisiana Tech University and ested in upscale camping or as Kostaras, and Katerina Vourthis. the medical schools of the Uni - the new generation calls it, The evening began with a cock - versity of Arkansas and the Uni - TNH Staff York Yankee home game. This “glamping” (glamour camping). tail hour followed by a formal versity of Alabama. Land is Your Land is played in Paul passed away five years ago welcome in Greek by students, “I have been working on Next to Take Me Out to the Baltimore on Fridays. but Diane feels so connected to dinner, notable speakers, and a epilepsy research since 1980s, Ballgame, the seventh-inning John Angelos said This Land the land, to their home that she video tribute to the last 50 that is, after I graduated from stretch to bring luck to the home was chosen, despite criticism it no intention of leaving. So she years, culminating with live the National Technical Univer - team is a revered tradition in is a Leftist Anthem, because carries on their mission of love Greek music and dancing by sity of Athens (NTUA) in elec - baseball. “There is a strain of progres - and without even trying shows Mythos Band. trical engineering and came to The Baltimore Orioles of sivism in American life, and if the younger generation the true Distinguished guests in - USA with fellowship for post - owner Peter Angelos have given we can reflect it, I think that’s a story of love, loss and life in cluded keynote speakers His graduate studies in biomedical the fans something to sing about good thing.” Greece …with a side of glamping Eminence Metropolitan Gerasi - engineering at the University of now too: the famous Woody The song caught on with Ori - thrown in. mos of the Greek Orthodox Me - Michigan in Ann Arbor. In col - Guthrie folk song This Land is oles fans at Camden Yards, es - What is glamping? Jessica tropolis of San Francisco, and laboration with Dr. James Chris Your Land instead of God Bless pecially a recent rendition when Armstrong, head of PR for Ambassador Eleni Kounalakis, Sackellares at the department America, which became a staple three singers stood on the first- Glamping Hub explains glamp - former U.S. Ambassador to of Neurology of the University after the Sept. 11, 2001 terrorist base dugout and blared it out, ing as an “opportunity for people Hungary, with remarks from of Michigan Medical School, we attacks that united Americans, quickly creating a sing-along in to experience “mother nature” were the first research group in if only for a while. the stands. without sacrificing their comfort Continued on page 3 the world at the time that stored “‘God Bless America’ speaks Guthrie, ever the rebel, wrote levels. For example, it is the abil - and analyzed mathematically to a lot of people,” John Ange - the lyrics on Feb. 23, 1940 in ity to go on a day hike while hav - continuous 24 hour electroen - los, the Orioles’ Chief Operating his room at the Hanover House ing a luxury nature-based accom - cephalographic (EEG) record - Officer and Angelos’ son told the BALTIMORE SUN Hotel in New York City. modation waiting for you. You For subscription: ings over days from patients New York Times in a piece Baltimore Orioles’ owner Pe - It was based on an existing can sit around a campfire and 718.784.5255 with epilepsy. which reported on how This ter Angelos. melody in critical response to look up at the bright stars, with - [email protected] “What fascinated me most Land has resonated, especially Irvin Berlin’s God Bless America out having to huddle in a tent was the dynamical and unpre - during a time San Francisco God Bless America is played version song by Kate Smith. when it rains. To take advantage dictable nature of seizures oc - 49ers quarterback Colin Kaeper - during the seventh-inning Guthrie said he was tired of of the stillness that you can only currence and the brain recovery nick refused to stand for the Na - stretch of Sunday games in Ma - hearing it and wrote a sarcastic experience in nature, without tional Anthem to protest treat - jor League Baseball along with Continued on page 6 ment of black Americans. some holidays and at every New Continued on page 6 Continued on page 9 2 COMMUNITY THE NATIONAL HERALD, OCTOBER 15-21, 2016 The World is my Classroom- Learning and the Value of Real Life Experience

By Dr. Constantina psychology, political science, his - Another student concluded Michalos tory, philosophy, theology, that nothing is free in Cuba. Cit - Catholic Social Teaching and So - izens may not have to pay for HOUSTON, TX – Remember cial Justice. Students have trav - health care, but hospitals are an - field trips when you were in pub - eled to such disparate locations tiquated, services are intermit - lic school? We went to the Mu - as Taiwan, Argentina, India, Rus - tently available, and there is no seum of Natural History, mar - sia, and Morocco. technology to supplement treat - veling at the dinosaurs before On August 1st, seven under - ment. Education may be free, but dinosaurs were cool; the Plane - graduate and eight graduate stu - there is no critical thinking. Stu - tarium, falling asleep staring at dents in international studies dents cannot make an impact. the stars; Inwood Park, digging and international business trav - Instead, society makes an impact for arrowheads. I even got to eled to Cuba for a historic study- on them. Propaganda and gov - watch the Philharmonic rehearse abroad opportunity under the di - ernment intrusion, either directly under Leonard Bernstein at rection of Dr. Ulyses Balderas. or by implication, stifles free Carnegie Hall! Those were the Conceived by now-retired pro - speech and free thought. Direct best. We thought we were offi - fessor Dr. Linda Pett-Conkclin, questions the students asked on cially skipping school, when, in - and Dr. Rogelio Garcia-Contr - the subject were deemed disre - stead, we were actually in a eras, the idea was to take advan - spectful. In an attempt to counter much bigger, better classroom, tage of the Obama administra - any negative perceptions, the making real what we had read tion’s diplomatic overtures and tour guide welcomed anony - in our books and heard from our study the authentic Cuba before mously written questions the stu - teachers. any transformations occurred dents might have, reassuring For years, universities have due to trade and travel. them there would be no reper - recognized the value of real- Though ordinary tourism re - cussions. Freedom to perceive world experiences to augment mains off-limits, travel for edu - irony is apparently lost as well. classroom learning through cational purposes is authorized. Outside-the-box educators utilize outside-the-classroom venues, such as Delphi. Perhaps not surprisingly, the Study Abroad programs. What Besides obtaining visas, the trip generations view the Revolution better way to learn a foreign lan - was arranged through a govern - curious to see the effects of com - marketing blitz we endure as we we started to get engaged, then differently. Older people revere guage than to spend six months ment travel agency; the course munism on the people, politically drive down roads in America, the speakers would get highly of - Fidel and all he has wrought. with a family who only speaks curriculum was submitted to and and socially, as well as economi - billboards in Cuba only glorified fended. I held my tongue during Young people welcome change that language? To appreciate the approved by a government cally. For many of them, this was the Revolution, Fidel, and Che. those sessions.” On the other and are encouraged by the diplo - genius of the Mona Lisa than to agency; and the travelers were their first time outside of the Televisions in the hotels had at hand, another student was im - matic moves of the Obama Ad - see her in her element? I taught advised that they could only use United States. They were told to least one channel devoted only pressed by an apparent “freedom ministration. Even with limited The Iliad, The Odyssey, and cash, at a punishing exchange bring toiletries, especially the to Fidel. One student noted that of speech” in Cuba. “We attended television and internet access, Oedipus Tyrannos among the ru - rate for American money. The women, because they would not they showed “only the good he four lectures, hosted by the Na - they know that the United States ins of Delphi, whose oracle course included class meetings be readily available and certainly has done for the people. Funny tional Union of Cuban Jurists has more to offer than McDon - prompted so much tragedy in before and after the trip that in - not a hotel amenity. They were enough, I noticed that they only (Unin Nacional de Juristas de ald’s and Starbucks. All of the Greek literature. I taught The troduced the students to “Inter - told to bring treats and trinkets talked about his doings when he Cuba), and during the second students who visited Cuba in Au - Merchant of Venice in Stratford- national Economics and U.S.- to distribute among the people was younger (when he made lecture, Doctora Dorys Quintana gust want to return in a few upon-Avon, and then we Cuba Relations” through as they walked the streets. And more improvements than not) as Cruz mentioned two TV pro - years to see how this relationship watched a performance in the lectures, movies, documentaries, some even brought food, just in if he didn’t exist when the coun - grams in Cuba. One is a show in improves the lives of Cubans reconstructed Globe Theater in political biographies, and case the local cuisine did not try went through harsh times.” which people on the streets, specifically, and the world com - London. I cannot overstate the U.S./Soviet/Cuban history. agree with them. They used their The students were there when voices and faces wholly uncen - munity in general. Through their difference in me and my students Throughout the trip, the students passports to buy internet cards, the country celebrated Fidel’s sored, are asked to speak about studies, they intend to work to - in these extraordinary circum - recorded their observations, ex - and even then, connections were birthday. “On the night before Fi - what issues in Cuba they believe ward this goal of mutual under - stances. periences, and reactions in jour - spotty and sporadic. del Castro’s birthday, every TV need improvement upon. The standing and respect. More recently, Study Abroad nals. One consistent response Students visited Bautista’s in Sanct Spiritus was running other is a show in which direc - In 1941, President Franklin programs have evolved beyond was that the Cuba depicted in Place, Revolution Square, the speeches done by Fidel over the tors and ministers of the govern - D. Roosevelt recognized the second-language acquisition, lit - the government-sponsored doc - Bay of Pigs Museum, farms and years and fireworks were going ment are invited to come on air value of studies abroad. "A na - erature and art surveys to in - umentaries bore no resemblance plantations distributed by the off for at least half an hour.” and respond to complaints they tion, like a person, has a mind -- clude international business, sci - to the Cuba they visited. government for cultivation, and Though the students may receive over the phone. Nobody a mind that must be kept in - entific research, and service Whatever these students university lectures. According to have expected propaganda, the is ever punished for speaking formed and alert, that must learning. The University of St. choose to do with their degrees, one student, “We also saw dilap - ubiquity of it surprised them. their minds on these programs. know itself, that understands the Thomas has been in the van - they share a fascination with idated infrastructures, unpaved Many were uncomfortable with Obviously, President Ral Castro hopes and needs of its neighbors guard of such innovations, offer - other cultures and understand roads, and barely any telephone the relentless criticism of the is allowing for more freedom of -- all the other nations that live ing individual and group courses that only through education can poles. We talked to a “regular” United States, especially when speech.” If this is true, then it is within the narrowing circle of of study in business administra - we confront and overcome the because they would come to us the information was so biased encouraging. However, the sense the world," he stated. tion, economics, marketing, challenges of a global economy. primarily to beg.” There was pro - and incomplete. At university that these discussions are This is true for the United management, finance, physics, In the case of Cuba, they were paganda everywhere. Unlike the lectures, one student felt that “if scripted diminishes their impact. States as well as Cuba.

COURTESy Of CURATOR yORgOS TzIRTzILAkIS Images from Laboratory Antigone by Maria Papadimitriou. An Interview with Onassis Festival Antigone Now Artist and Curator

Continued from page 1 before darkness. I am talking like a carcass, I recalled Yorgos’ evitable: How was I going to nar - yet another question emerged: actor with an identity, the empty about the moment of muted den - words. It was a ruined house rate the same myth in a different how to communicate the image hides of Maria Papadimitriou are As Tzirtzilakis noted, “the sity and transition that precedes from the sixties without windows place and in a different scene? of a play in its editing phase, and presented as a means for redefin - Antigone of Maria Papadimitriou the tragic delirium, the friction and the way in which the after - This led me, some days later, to not as the final result, or more ing the body, a preparation for is presented as a work in waiting, that precedes the collapse, which noon sun fell on it made it stand choose the old Volos tannery as precisely, how to communicate becoming the Other.” a work to come, or – to borrow is banished by today’s ‘voyeuris - out even more so. I gazed at it a point of reference. After all, Vo - that same question through a He observed, “the empty the term Plato employs when tic’ behavior, and which the and in my mind’s eye it started los had been the common start - picture. After all, Antigone does hides do not represent a role or talking about his Laws – as a Antigone of Maria Papadimitriou to look like a deserted palace.” ing point of these travels. The little else than pose questions to character, but rather they are the prooimion, a preamble, a aims to challenge.” She continued, “So I began tannery is also a given place with us. So this work is the envision - method of becoming that char - preparatory exercise that is nec - In her artist’s statement, Pa - contemplating the history of the a powerful ‘staging.’ However, ing of the question and of this acter. This is why we have not essary for what is to follow. For padimitriou described the inspi - Theban landscape and its myth - most importantly, therein too lay ‘primary idea’ that came to me one Antigone but several; entire Plato, any law without a pream - ration for the work. “A couple of ical personae, Oedipus and his a sense of death: I would say you while traveling through the The - populations of Antigones on ble is ‘tyrannical’– and a tragic years ago, while returning from sister and daughter, Antigone. could smell death in it, as it was ban landscape. It is a raw piece which are inscribed tensions, text deprived of its preliminary a trip to Volos with my friend and The deserted palace, which full of hides and processed ani - of work, like the tragedy itself. contrasts, deferrals, falls, pas - condition runs the same risk.” colleague at the University of reigns in the calm of the plane, mal skin. The tannery also has a “Most of all, Laboratory sions, desires, and trajectories of He continued, “Antigone is Thessaly, Yorgos Tzirtzilakis, we looked more like a facade, a per - uniform, renaissance outline, in - Antigone is a thought process; flight.” thus treated here as a prepara - took a detour to Leivadia to meet sona from an ancient play and tensified by its wooden ceiling. and because of that it has a ped - Tzirtzilakis is an architect and tion, a possibility that will pro - our friend, the clarinetist, Yorgos not a common dwelling. The “This is how my revelation in agogical dimension, which calls curator, associate professor at the mote communion with the Mangas. At some point, traveling way in which the windows lay the Theban plane became trans - for the urgent and vital coopera - University of Thessaly, and artis - tragic. In other words, what we towards Thebes, Yorgos looks dis - naked made it appear like a hu - posed into the dramatic esoteric tion and unity with others.” tic advisor at DESTE Foundation have is the exact opposite of tractedly outside the window and man figure. It was domineering, walls of the tannery,” she said. Tzirtzilakis pointed out, “the of Contemporary Art, based in what we are used to seeing when says: ‘We are going through a leg - suggestive, and at the same time As Papadimitriou observed, hides in Laboratory Antigone– in Athens. we voyeuristically follow the endary landscape, where blood - archaic.” “my work, as an artist, is to hone the context of a tragedy with Papadimitriou is an artist and telling of the myth; here is what thirsty battles took place, a set Papadimitriou noted, “This in a director’s concept, then ma - constantly repeated references to professor at the University of precedes the event, the very inhabited by historical symbols.’ picture disturbed me; and, con - terialize it, and turn it into a mo - the unburied body of Polyneices Thessaly. thing that makes the event pos - Some months ago, I hap - necting it to the myth of ment of real sensibility; this is ravaged by dogs and vultures– Laboratory Antigone was spe - sible. This piece represents the pened to take the same journey, Antigone in my mind, I pictured called the ‘Primary Idea,’ which become the emblem of a timeless cially commissioned by the Onas - key moment before the advent, this time in a taxi, and suddenly, figures and moments of action transforms itself, through the primordial element. If in theatri - sis Foundation USA in conjunc - the glow of dawn before the sun - upon seeing on that same plane, in this mythical setting. The next artist, into an image. cal tradition the costumes and tion with the Onassis Festival NY rise, or alternately the twilight a three-storied house, deserted question was probably in - “In preparation for Antigone masks are meant to invest the 2016: Antigone Now. Kontos Foods to Highlight Products Including Crepes at Paris Tradeshow

TNH Staff retail stores and foodservice es - our Crepes offer a healthier op - vice and home baking. Also on tablishments, are significantly tion to create a delicious sand - display will be Kataifi dough, PATERSON, NJ – Kontos Foods, lower in calories, fat, carbohy - wich wrap, an impressive Euro - finely spun strands of dough that Inc. will bring crepes to Paris this drates and sodium versus other pean-style meal, delicate hors add flair to seafood and dessert fall. The U.S.-based manufacturer breads and wraps. They can be d'oeuvres or unique desserts,” dishes. Booth visitors can sample and distributor of traditional used to create delicious, low-carb said Steve Kontos, vice president several of the company’s Flat - Greek and Mediterranean foods, sandwiches, appetizers, meals of Kontos Foods. breads and ready-made Baklava announced on October 11 that and desserts. Kontos calls its “Thanks to innovative prod - and Nut Roll pastries. the company will highlight its All- crepe the “Lite, Elegant Skinny ucts, such as our crepes, Kontos SIAL Paris is the self-pro - Natural, French-Style Crepes, in Wrap” because it is a delicious has experienced steady interna - claimed world’s largest food in - both traditional and savory fla - replacement for a higher-calorie tional growth over the last 2-3 novation exhibition. About 7,000 vors, along with nearly all its of - sandwich wrap, while at the years,” he added. “Involvement companies from more than 105 ferings, including Pita Bread, same time providing the basis for in tradeshows such as SIAL has A stack of crepes. countries will present their prod - Flatbread, and Fillo products, at elegant French-style dinners and certainly helped us foster strong ucts to 155,000 retail and food - the SIAL Paris International Food desserts. relationships with vendors from top-selling Pocket-Less Pita, the ucts are Kontos’ Panini breads, service professionals from 194 & Beverage Tradeshow October “We try to cater to everyone all over the world.” traditional pita of the Eastern Indian and Asian Nans, and countries. The show is targeted 16-20. The tradeshow takes place and our All-Natural, French Style Visitors of Kontos Foods’ booth Mediterranean; Greek Lifestyle Lavash bread. towards retail, food service, and at the Parc des Expositions de crepes offer consumers a deli - will also see over 50 varieties of Flatbread, which has twice the Kontos Foods, whose founder food processing companies. Paris-Nord Villepinte, Paris. For cious alternative to standard Flatbreads, Fillo pastry products protein, half the carbohydrates, pioneered the mass production Kontos sells its products to re - those who happen to be in Paris wraps, tortillas, bread, rolls or such as Baklava and Nut Rolls, and less calories and sugar than and commercialization of Fillo tailers and foodservice establish - at that time and at the tradeshow, bagels. With less than half the and ready-made Fillo dough for other flatbreads; and mini cock - dough in North America several ments across North America and the company’s booth is #4M082. carbs of a plain wrap, and one- home baking. Flatbreads on dis - tail flatbreads for snacks and ap - decades ago, will exhibit Fillo of several other countries. More info Kontos crepes, available for third the carbs of a hoagie roll, play will include Kontos Foods’ petizers. Also among the prod - varying thicknesses for foodser - is available at kontos.com. THE NATIONAL HERALD, OCTOBER 15-21, 2016 COMMUNITY 3

Stephanopoulos unveiled Swing New York Greek Film Festival’s Top 10th Year Away, an unlikely but entertain - ing mash-up of the game of golf and Greek philosophy. A young By Penelope Karageorge as is apparent in his two power - swers. To borrow from Shake - on Coast Guard Captain Kyriakos golf champion goes to Rhodes ful feature films, represents the speare, the world is mad, but we Papadopoulos and his impas - to visit her grandparents after One of the joys of the New best of what the new Greek cin - always hope to make it better.” sioned struggle to rescue the mi - suspension from an LPGA tour York Greek Film Festival is the ema has to offer.” In a completely different grants. She won the student and takes on a young protégé. roll of the dice. You buy a ticket The director’s Silent focuses vein, Suntan from writer/direc - Academy Award for her film, “Beyond golf, it’s a heart-warm - and sit in the dark to be amused, on a promising young soprano tor/producer Argyris Papadim - putting her in the running for ing story about faith, commu - inspired, mystified, edified, en - who dreams of becoming Maria itriou is hot-hot-hot, sexy, hu - an Oscar. nity, friendship and winning,” chanted, thrilled, or perhaps, Callas but loses her voice. Ac - morous and heartbreaking. A Living among the homeless said distributor Mark Adams, dismayed. Who conceived this tress Kika Georgiou plays the lonely 41-year-old doctor on the and disenfranchised of Athens, who will release the film in work and why? At a Q & A with role with stunning intensity island of Antiparos becomes ob - Takis Bardakos made Athens March 2017. the director after the film, you while never uttering a word. A sessed with a beautiful young from Beneath, the inside story In Chevalier from Greek new might learn. You are intrigued, magnificent actress, she also tourist kicking up her heels with of the struggle to survive under wave director Athina Rachel because today’s disaster could plays a young Syrian woman her hedonistic friends. It’s the Greece’s current austerity mea - Tsangari, six men take a yacht presage tomorrow’s masterpiece. struggling with pregnancy in Blue Angel (Remember Emil sures. He dedicated this tragic trip to compete for who is “the Over a ten-year period, the fes - City of Children. Made on a re - Jannings and his obsession with eyeopener filmed over a three- best in general.” The film is the tival has brought us a total of markably low budget of under Marlene Dietrich?) brought up year period to the “newly poor.” Greek contender for Academy 99 feature films, 94 documen - $300,000, it’s an outstanding to date. Papadimitriou knows On an upbeat note, Journey Award consideration for best for - taries, and 83 shorts. This year film – poignant, compassionate, how to tell a story. He artfully Through Smyrna directed by The New York City Greek Film eign film. the festival unreeled a wonder - dramatic and tender. Four linked realizes his ambition to capture Crysovalantis Stamelos, set our Committee selected Yorgos This year’s dedicated Greek ful variety of films from Greece’s stories all deal with pregnancy, that “special summer frenzy and toes tapping. Filmed in Izmir, Gkikapeppas as this year’s Film Festival committee in - new generation of filmmakers, presenting a harrowing perspec - island vibe.” this documentary from the di - Filmmaker to Watch. cluded James Demetro, director; all worth viewing, including tive on young lives in a city on Two documentary filmmak - rector of the earlier Hello Ana - Stamatis Ghikas, manager; some of our favorites. the edge of dystopia. ers, a student and a veteran, tolia, records the emotional jour - nos Kartikkis presented a de - George Balafoutis and Maria Passionate, committed, and Gkikapeppas, writer, pro - look at Greece today. Daphne ney that brings the original lightful black comedy caper, Psomiades, Co-Associate Direc - uniquely talented, Yorgos ducer and director says: “I want Matziaraki, a UC Berkeley film music of Asia Minor back to its Family Member. When a beloved tors; Eva Mallis, Vickie Rekoutis, Gkikapeppas is the only director to write only for women. Men student, went to Lesbos, Greece, homeland. Greek and Turkish grandfather dies, a young couple and Aspa Bitis, special assistants; to have twice won the important are simple. Women are compli - to make 4.1 Miles to Land, a 25 musicians band together to per - realizes that they will also lose John Callimanis, programming FIPRESCI, the International Film cated, difficult, wonderful crea - minute film that says it all. Be - form the soulful Smyrneika. his social security check. Desper - consultant; Amalia Cosmetatou, Critics Award. The festival se - tures.” Not all of the stories in tween 2015 and 2016, 600,000 Comments Stamelos: “It’s bitter- ate measures lead to love, family advisor. Minos Pappas, the com - lected him as this year’s Film - City of Children have happy end - migrants and refugees crossed sweet music, expressing sadness bonding, and even a financial mittee’s technical advisor, cre - maker to Watch and noted: “His ings. “As writers, we ask ques - the 4.1 miles from Turkey to Les - in a cheerful way.” windfall. ated the opening for the films intense approach to filmmaking, tions, we don’t always give an - bos. Daphne turned her camera Cypriot writer/director Mari - New York lawyer George with musician Tao Zervas. Holy Cross Belmont, CA Greek School Celebrates 50th Anniversary I

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Also in attendance were hon - building a successful Greek N Adractas, Manoli ored guests Nikolaos Theo - school program: “We owe a debt Gianakakos, Madeline Tzifas, phanus, Honorary Consul of of gratitude to everyone who Nicole Dimitropoulos, Lydia Cyprus of San Francisco, and has given from their heart to Andreadis, Marialena Ted Laliotis, President of the make this anniversary possible Vourthis, Katia Hellenic Federation of Northern – from those visionary early Papadopoulos. Adults California, United Hellenic founders, to all of the clergy pictured from left to right) American Societies (UHAS). who have served this commu - Sia Charonis, Gala Co-Chair, His Eminence Metropolitan nity, and to each of you for mak - Theodora Kounalakis, Gerasimos credited the strong ing the instruction and preser - Director, and Dr. Lydia presence of the Holy Cross vation of the Greek language a Alexander, PTO Board Greek School as a ministry of priority in your homes and fam - President. the Archdiocese of America and ilies.” respectfully noted that the Ambassador Kounalakis school averages over 120 stu - noted the significance of the dents yearly, whereas most Greek language and heritage, is led by PTO President Dr. Lydia Greek schools struggle to have making special note of the Alexander. The school is sup - 10-15 students enrolled: “The Greek words “filotimo” and ported by the Church of the Belmont Greek School has been “filoxenia”, words that have Holy Cross and its spiritual a constant force in the Holy deep meaning in Greek, yet are one of the oldest Greek schools offered, as well as evening adult the Certificate of Attainment in leader, Rev. Fr. Peter Salmas, Cross community, but also for difficult to translate in any other in Northern California is the conversation classes at the be - Greek which was legally estab - who has served as the parish’s the surrounding parishes,” said language. Consul General Xen - only Greek school in the San ginner, intermediate, and ad - lished by the Greek Ministry of pastor since 1988. Metropolitan Gerasimos. “The itellis stressed the importance Francisco Bay Area that meets vanced levels, and an annual Education in November 1998. Holy Cross Greek School is excellent model of education of the presence of the Greek lan - five days a week with three dif - children’s Greek speaking sum - Founded in 1966, Holy Cross located at 900 Alameda in Bel - you have established has proven guage and community in the ferent programs serving stu - mer camp. The school is one of Greek School is directed by mont, CA and welcomes stu - itself for many years, with the San Francisco Bay Area and in dents from Pre-K to 6th grade 22 officially recognized exami - Theodora Kounalakis and Kleon dents of all ages and levels. successful instruction of your the U.S. in the afternoons from 4:30- nation centers in the United Skourtis, and the More information is available at students as witnessed by their The Belmont Greek school is 6:30PM. Teen classes are also States and 151 worldwide for parent/teacher board of trustees belmontgreekschool.com. 4 COMMUNITY THE NATIONAL HERALD, OCTOBER 15-21, 2016

Greece, Pathways to an Enchanted Land by Robert McCabe UNESCO Exhibition Highlighting the beauty of Greece in McCabe’s extraordinary photographs, the exhibition took place in Paris, France October 5-7. His bestselling book, Greece: Images of an Enchanted Land 1954-1965 published by Quantuck Lane Press in the U.S. and by Patakis Editions in Greece is in its fourth printing. Marilyn Harovas: the Tsopela, Apostolou to Perform at Bargemusic, Brooklyn

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The internationally ac - By Gloria Avak Pitchell the St. George Greek Orthodox claimed and distinguished Church where Philip was Greek artists Vinia Tsopela and FALL RIVER, MA – Marilyn Ver - elected to the Board of Directors her nephew, Andreas Foivos ros Harovas is Board President, and subsequently became a val - Apostolou, will perform four Choir Director, and ued President during the con - concerts at Bargemusic Novem - Chanter/Psaltis of the St. struction of the new Cathedral. ber 10-13. Moored in Brooklyn Demetrios Church in Fall River, In 1981 they moved to Long just below the Brooklyn Bridge, MA, working with Fr. Evangelos Meadow, MA and spent happy with live music up to five days Georgiadis. Just one of these po - years there again strongly in - a week in a wonderfully inti - sitions would be a daunting volved in the St. Luke’s commu - mate wood-paneled room with task, but she handles them all nity. Philip became ill and excellent acoustics and thrilling with ease and grace. passed away in 1997. That was views of Manhattan, Bargemusic a devastating blow to his family has been called “the perfect and friends, dying at such a chamber-music hall.” young age. With both her chil - The musicians’ repertoire dren married; Perry to Michele consists of demanding romantic Romell and Melanie to Jim and contemporary works, as Davis, Marilyn decided to re - well as premieres. On November claim her roots. Moving back to 10, Apostolou will perform Fall River with her sister, Bev - Rameau, Mendelssohn, and Carl Internationally-acclaimed classical pianist Vinia Tsopela and her nephew, Andreas Foivos Apos - erly Yankopolos, also an active Vine. On November 11, he will tolou, also a pianist, will perform at Bargemusic in Brooklyn on November 10-13. member of the church, where play Schubert, Rameau and Du - they reestablished themselves in tilleux. Both recitals will include French pianist Yvonne Lefèbure “Sinnefiasmeni Kyriako,” it’s with distinction of a unanimous the community. premieres of his works "Collage" on a full scholarship from the considered the Greek anthem. First Prize in Piano from the Realizing the church needed and "Transformations." French Government, and in What is interesting is that Hatzi - Conservatoire in Athens, he strong leadership; Marilyn felt Apostolou’s style draws in - 1972 came to the United States, dakis tried to keep the authen - studied Piano and Composition compelled and eagerly took the spiration from jazz, electronic where she continued her studies ticity of these songs. Those are at the Boyer School of Music, helm. She is very bright, ener - music, minimalism, as well as on a full scholarship at the Juil - very well known melodies that Temple University with Charles getic, and has an agreeable per - extended techniques, such as liard School in New York, earn - people love and they still sing Abramovic, Harvey Weeden, gLORIA AvAk PITChELL sonality. All who know her have knocking parts of the piano for ing both the Diploma and the it. Then you can give the same Richard, Brodhead and Jan Marilyn Verros Harovas immense respect for her. She is a percussive effect. Post-Graduate Diploma. feelings and all the sentiments Krzywicki and he graduated bilingual and has an excellent On November 12, Tsopela The Washington Post de - about what the composer por - with a double Major MM in Pi - As a child this was her working relationship with Fa - will perform Liszt, Chopin, scribes “a concert rich in flavor, trays like love and desperation. ano Performance and Composi - church, where she was baptized, ther Georgiadis. It is because of Hatzidakis and De Falla. She interpretation. Tsopela con - I would like to portray the au - tion at Jacobs School of Music raised, and where attended her ability, talent and dedication will play "Six Sketches," a ballet veyed the sense of improvisation thenticity of the songs. I finish in 2016. As a composer he has Greek School. Her parents, Gus that she is able to perform all for piano based on Greek folk in this music as well as its dis - with “El amor brujo” (Love the written for piano, chamber en - and Helen Verros, were very in - these roles simultaneously. songs by Manos Hatzidakis for tinctive melodic and rhythmic magician) which it is based on sembles, choir, symphony or - volved in the church, giving The church community is the first time in New York. No - contours. The first movement of a ballet. In the middle I play the chestra and has scored sound - Marilyn the foundation to be - comprised of some 100 families, vember 13 features the Tsopela Robert Schumann's Phantasie in Listzt Valle d’Obermann from track for theater and short films. come the person she is today. In and thriving under her leader - and Apostolou Duo. The artists C, Op. 17, came on like a tropi - Années de Pèlerinage, which it’s “I’m trying to do different 1961 she fell in love with and ship. In the present atmosphere will interpret works by Schu - cal storm - one, I must add, with one of the most mature works, things,” he told TNH. “I play a married Philip Harovas at that of worldly turmoil, it is worthy bert, Rossini, Rachmaninoff, very deep and mellow tones." it’s extremely philosophical, ex - lot of electric guitar, so I am try - church and moved to West Hart - to note this woman of character Ligeti and Barber. Tsopela told The National tremely dramatic and it com - ing to mix electric guitar with ford, CT. Together they raised and unselfishness. Marilyn is to A professor of piano perfor - Herald “as far as my recital is passes the whole life. It’s a jour - piano and some other electronic their two children, Perry and be admired and lauded as a spe - mance, Tsopela has received in - concerned which takes place on ney and his life, how he started, medium with my performance Melanie. Philip emigrated from cial Greek American woman of ternational recognition for her November 12. I start with how he developed, all his exis - and also possibly writing for Macedonia, Greece in 1950 and Fall River. She also is the proud passion, sensitivity, and dy - Manos Hatzidakis six sketches, tential problems, love, passions, film music.” settled in Connecticut. He was grandmother of six grandchil - namism as a pianist. The a ballet for piano based on the despair. The program is one Mentored by his aunt educated here and eventually dren. Athens-born musician studied at Greek folk songs. It’s going to of the most beautiful programs Tsopela, Apostolou is the recip - created four very successful the Athens Conservatory and be the New York premiere and I’ve ever assembled together.” ient of several prestigious grants restaurants in the Connecticut Gloria Avak Pitchell is author of graduated in Piano with the dis - it’s very important because it’s Andreas Foivos Apostolou from both Europe and United area. He and Marilyn became the novel The Dark and the tinction of First Prize. She later based on six very well-known was born in Athens in 1991 into States and a very promising intricately involved members of Light Side of the Moon. studied with the renowned old rempetika. The first one is an artistic family. He graduated young artist.

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By Stephanie Nikolopoulos with which the assaulter, played want all women to be such pil - by Parker Madison (Manhattan lars of strength. Victors. Therein BROOKLYN – Running simulta - Love Story), pummels Kali, lies the potential flaw of the neously with the 10th Annual played by Monica West film. The other hand is that— New York City Greek Film Festi - (Chicago Fire). He leaves her even if unintentional—the film val was the Bushwick Film Festi - with a black eye, before raping sets up a dichotomy between TM We Are Flatbread val, which, although not pre - her. Then, for a moment, the those who are able to fight off dominantly Greek, did feature film slows down. The lingering their attacker and those who one film edited and produced by shot of West’s face is haunting. aren’t. We cheer for the woman FLATBREAD a Cypriot during its Short Film It is a difficult scene to watch, who avenges her attacker. How Program 4: Survival at the House and one that is hard to scrub would we react if she were not MEDITERRANEAN FOODS of Yes on October 2, 2016. from one’s memory. able to do the same? The film • Over 50 Varieties of Flatbreads SPOILER ALERT Kali fights back against her subtly suggests that women who SPECIAL Consommé, edited by Minos attacker. Summoning all her are unable to fight off their at - • Mediterranean Pastries DISCOUNTS Papas and produced by his com - rage and power, she finds a way tacker, those who freeze in fear, • Ethnic Meats & Imported Foods OFFERED TO: pany, Cyprian Films, ends with to overpower him. The music those who comply to avoid get - Communities, a graphic scene that left the au - rises, and we feel victorious ting further assaulted, are vic - Organizations, dience gasping in shock. along with her. She makes us tims or worse. In the six-minute film, a feel powerful. The next morning The film was produced by Church Festivals woman storms out of her Brook - we see the gory results of the Cyprian Films, New York and Other Events lyn home after a fight with her heroine’s defensive strategy. (CFNY) and Top Salt Studio. boyfriend. Walking alone at Consommé’s protagonist rep - Without spoiling too much, let’s The latter is spearheaded by night, Kali encounters threats all resents one of the many women just say that during the Q&A Fordham, with West, Natalie, too familiar to most women: a raped each year. “One out of session Fordham said they used Johnson, and Erin Nelson. car that creepily follows her and every six American women has pig guts to get the scene right. Cyprian Films is a production b a man who walks behind her been the victim of an attempted Consommé does not settle company managed by Papas. He too closely. Written and directed or completed rape in her life - well in the stomach. It’s a diffi - is the son of internationally ac - by Catherine Fordham, Con - time,” according to RAINN cult film to digest. On the one claimed film director Michael a sommé hits the nail on the head (Rape, Abuse & Incest National hand, it is feminist manifesto at Papas (Tomorrow’s Warrior), find us on Kontos Foods, Inc. | PO Box 628 Paterson, NJ 07544 when it comes to portraying the Network). Papas’ film editing its best—the autonomous, self- who hails from Nicosia. Minos / Kontos Foods T: 973.278.2800, F: 973.278.7943 | www.kontos.com vulnerability and microaggres - makes for a charged scene. reliant woman. It’s got the riot Papas earned a BFA from the sions women face on the streets. Quick cuts depict the violence grrrl soundtrack to boot. We School of Visual Arts. THE NATIONAL HERALD, OCTOBER 15-21, 2016 COMMUNITY 5

The 45th Annual Festival at St. Nicholas Shrine Church in Flushing, NY ABOVE: The ladies of the Philoptochos Society of St. Nicholas Shrine Church, Flushing taking a break for a photo during the festival. RIGHT: The festival at St. Nicholas Shrine Church featured live music, a flea market, and traditional Greek food favorites, including souvlaki and gyros, Greek pastries, and loukoumades. A Cat’s Attic: The 50th Anniversary Concert Tour of US & Canada for Cat Stevens

By Harry Katopodis Famer took his audience on a 9/24 - New York, NY – Roadsinger Peace Train You Are My Sunshine (The tour of music of his career in his Global Citizen Festival If You Want to Sing Out, Sing Wild World Pine Ridge Boys cover) CHICAGO, IL – Steven Geor - attic, which symbolizes a room 9/27 - Nashville, TN – Ry - Out Another Saturday Night (Sam giou, who became a Muslim and above his father’s restaurant man Auditorium Maybe There's a World / All Cooke cover) Harry Katopodis is a freelance now calls himself Yusuf Islam, where he did much of his song - 9/30 - Chicago, IL – Oriental You Need Is Love Morning Has Broken journalist. but is best known as Cat writing. His background stage Theatre Stevens, has concluded his nine- props looked like an attic. He 10/3 - San Francisco, CA – city (12 concerts) US and Cana - told his fans about the different Davies Symphony Hall dian 50th Anniversary concert stages of his life, including the 10/6 - Los Angeles, CA – Pan - tour called A Cat’s Attic. The ups and downs, and sang the tages Theatre audiences loved every perfor - songs that came from them. It 10/7 - Los Angeles, CA – Pan - mance and made it known on was an intimate evening be - tages Theatre social media. He touched an tween Stevens and his fans. The ORIENTAL THEATER emotional chord with millions audience of about 2,253 was SETLIST of fans when he was at the made up of predominantly baby Where Do the Children Play? height of his career and he def - boomers like Steven is, however Don't Be Shy initely re-connects with his fans many younger fans were also Here Comes My Baby during each concert he gives. there, which is a testament to The First Cut Is the Deepest Stevens was one of my fa - his appeal and talent. I Love My Dog vorite singers and I fulfilled a The fans sang along with Matthew & Son longtime goal when I saw him many of his songs such as Northern Wind in concert in Chicago’s Oriental Moonshadow and Peace Train. A Bad Night Theatre where he was greeted They gave him a long standing Trouble with thunderous applause on ovation at the end. Just like 50 Katmandu September 30. years ago, Stevens and his fans Mona Bone Jakon The British-born son of a sang songs of peace and love. Miles From Nowhere Greek-Cypriot Father and TOUR CITIES On the Road to Find Out Swedish mother is on tour to 9/12 - Toronto, ON – Sony Tea for the Tillerman celebrate 50 years since his first Centre for the Performing Arts Sad Lisa single, I Love My Dog. He told 9/15 - Philadelphia, PA – Ver - Into White his audience that he wanted to izon Hall at Kimmel Center Father and Son be an artist, perhaps drawing 9/17 - Boston, MA – Wang Moonshadow cartoons for animation and in - Theatre at Citi Performing Arts How Can I Tell You stead he ended up singing. Center Sitting Someone from the audience 9/19 - New York, NY – Bea - The Boy With a Moon and Star yelled out “thank you” to which con Theatre on His Head TNh/COSTAS BEJ Yusuf responded, “thank my fa - 9/20 - New York, NY – Bea - Oh Very Young HABA Hosts Discussion: A View from Europe after Brexit ther who bought me my first con Theatre Novim's Nightmare guitar.” 9/22 - Washington, DC – Be What You Must Professor John Mourmouras, Deputy Governor, Bank of Greece discussed the effects of the The Rock and Roll Hall of Kennedy Center People Get Ready Brexit on Europe at the event hosted by the Hellenic American Bankers Association on Oct. 5

Ordination Advertisement Celebrated in Port Washington, NY A very serious warning: To all American atheist leaders and law makers By Niko Ma n of God The ordination of Deacon Joshua Pappas To Honorable President Barak Obama, to the Holy Priesthood It is a proven fact that homosexuality is an evil act. It a sick knowledge and a sickness of the took place at the mind. Homosexuality is destroying marriages, our society, and our democracy; this is why ho - Archangel Michael Greek Orthodox mosexuality is a crime. Homosexuality is against our constitution. Our Constitution says that Church in Port we are one nation under God. God the creator of humanity proved and gave perfect knowledge Washington, NY on in everything and this is documented. Anything against God’s perfect law proves to be an evil October 9, presided act. God completely destroyed Sodom and Gomorrah because they were homosexuals. Ho - over by His Eminence mosexuality is Satanism; individuals who approve of homosexuality are also satanic people. Archbishop Demetrios. All of you including the law makers that permit or create evil or satanic laws, you are destroy - ing our society and you are destroying our democracy. Anyone that is against God is an evil person like Satan .

All of you law makers that create laws against God, you are atheist, you are fools, and you are sick minded people because foolishness is a sickness of the mind. Homosexuality is an epi - demic, a spiritual sickness. If we allow homosexuality to become acceptable, more and more of our children will become addicted to homesexuality which means more and more of our children will become an enemy of God, and therefore they are going to go to hell. You, the atheist law makers or you atheist leaders of our country, you can choose to go to hell that’s your freedom, that’s your right, but you don’t have any right, to take our children to hell by supporting the mind of the homosexual.

God gave America to the Christians not the atheist. Our forefathers were Christian people and they were wise people who created a Constitution according to God’s perfect law, a law to benefit our children, our society, and our country. This is way we say: “God Bless America”. But now you the atheist law makers, by passing evil laws against God, you are destroying those blessings, because you are destroying the minds and the life of our children. Almighty God is getting very, very mad and I want to remind you again that God came and destroyed Holy Trinity Church Festival in Fitchburg, MA Sodom and Gomorrah completely including the adults and the children. This is history not a myth. No one can play games with Almighty God and when the day of God, comes you will TNH Staff The Floga dancers performed All the attendees look forward wish that you were never born and for sure you will see that. Atheist law makers and atheist traditional dances at the festival. to next year’s festival. leaders, you are human being? The mind of the human being must be governed by perfect FITCHBURG, MA – The Holy knowledge. Animals are not human beings because their minds are not perfect and that’s why Trinity Greek Orthodox Church they do stupid and crazy things. So even though the animals are stupid and paranoid, when celebrated its 2016 Grecian Fes - they have sex they understand that it is wrong for a male to have sex with another male or a tival on September 23 and 24. female to have sex with another female. That’s why they always go male to female or female One of the parishes of the Arch - diocese of Boston, Holy Trinity to male. So you the atheist law makers and leaders, by passing a law to give freedom to ho - is in its 102nd year. mosexuals you prove that you are more stupid and paranoid than the animals are. Located in Northern Worces - ter County, the parish is an ac - Not only that if you are not going to repent you are going to hell, αnd even though you don’t tive one and its festival draws impressive crowds year after believe that, you will see that for sure because God is the proven creator of the human being year. Ernie Stathis spoke to The as the history proves. The all wise God governs His kingdom by perfect knowledge, righteous - National Herald about this ness, and holiness. Satan governs his mind and other s by paranoia, unjust, and evil. God’s year’s festival, noting that, “a www.GreekKitchennyc.com freedom is the freedom of safety and Satan is the freedom of catastrophe. wonderful time was had by all.” Attendees enjoyed the tradi - tional favorites, gyros, sou - Very truly yours vlakia, pastitsio, moussaka, Niko MAN OF GOD spanakopita, baklava, galakto - boureko, loukoumades, and 8075 Broadview Rd. many other treats. Broadview Heights, Ohio 44147 The expanded children’s area provided fun activities for the kids. DJ Markos and his Bouzouki Band from Hartford, CT per - “I serve the highest authority, which controls the universe and the everlasting formed “all day long.” and governs the mind perfectly without any evil or foolishness”. Michael Nelson and Greg Belleza were the Chairmen of the 2016 festival with Phil “Copies of this letter are being sent to all the Leaders of America Stathas and Angelo Roumbakis and the rest of the world”. as Co-chairmen. 6 COMMUNITY THE NATIONAL HERALD, OCTOBER 15-21, 2016 Eleni Kalmoukos Married to Andrew Gitchel in Beautiful Ceremony

By Demetris Tsakas Eleni since she was an infant. Kanara, Executive Director of A reception and dinner fol - Leadership 100 Paulette Poulos, ARLINGTON, MA – Eleni lowed at the Hyatt Regency Ho - Dr. Ahmed and Patricia Mohi - Kalmoukos, beloved daughter of tel in Cambridge, situated on uddin, Dr. Stella Kourebana Angeliki and TNH Religion Edi - the Charles River. Many friends, with husband Alexander Mit - tor Theodore Kalmoukos, was classmates, and professors from sialis both Harvard professors, married to Andrew Gitchel Wheaton College, Suffolk Law and New York businessman beloved son of Jerry and Cathy. School, Yale, and Harvard Uni - Mike Angeliades with his wife, The ceremony took place at St. versities attended. Eleni is an at - Libby. Athanasius the Great Greek Or - torney in Boston and Andrew is Prof. Panos Liaropoulos of thodox Church in Arlington, MA Director of the Technical De - Boston’s Berklee College of Mu - officiated by His Eminence Met - partment of Arts at Harvard. sic was in charge of the orches - ropolitan Evangelos of New Jer - Among those present were tra and music and the DJ was y h P

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This Land is Your Land BOSTON, MA – Survivors Net - priest, who also was appointed excusable and preventable, lead - most 100 families. TNH had work of those Abused by Priests to the Boston Diocese Camp, ing to two conclusions: First, this learned that the woman who re - (SNAP_, an international orga - where he was granted unmiti - Chancellor must be promptly re - ported Fr. Metropoulos to the Continued from page 1 fore being resurrected by his son nization committed to exposing gated and unsupervised access moved to maintain the integrity authorities was his wife’s sister, Arlo, and folk singer Pete cases of sexual abuse by reli - to children, was not a predator,” of the church. Second, this hor - who had come to visit with them response: God Blessed America Seeger, as well as Bruce Spring - gious and church officials issued Paradie said. “Barbas failed cat - rific incident points to serious that weekend. The woman was for Me before renaming it This steen. a news release on October 12 egorically in this capacity, result - deficiencies in the procedures staying at Metropoulos’ home Land is Your Land. John Shaw, the author of calling for the immediate re - ing in lifelong physical, psycho - and protocols used for the over - and went to take a shower. Guthrie, a radical who, like This Land That I Love, about the moval of Fr. Theodore J. Barbas, logical, and spiritual damage to sight of clergy, and those defi - While in the shower, she looked Kaepernick, didn’t see all Amer - Berlin and Guthrie songs told Chancellor of the Greek Ortho - this child victim,” he noted. ciencies require our urgent at - across the bathroom and she ob - icans included in the dream of the newspaper that while dox Metropolis of Boston, who As part of the pending civil tention,” Lemelson said. served what she believed to be the United States, opened his Guthrie’s song was a bitter re - was responsible for the oversight suit against Barbas and other The civil suit against Barbas a camera in a basket on a wall. song with the words: sponse to Berlin that, “It became of a Maine-based priest con - church officials, Paradie has and others alleges that the vic - She exited the shower to check “This land is your land, this a long song to America, too.” victed last year of four felony launched extensive legal discov - tim continues to live with deep what it was and found the cam - land is my land After Sept. 11, when Berlin’s counts of sexual abuse of a mi - ery, including interrogatories physical and emotional trauma. era that was, in fact, recording From the California to the song became a regular fixture, nor. Fr. Barbas did not respond and a request for the production “This man stole my life,” the vic - her in the shower. She con - New York Island, Angelos told The Times that he to TNH’s request for comment. of documents, that he believes tim said in the pending civil fronted Metropoulos and told From the Redwood Forest, to wondered how the Orioles The news release states that point to the Chancellor’s com - complaint filed in Maine’s Su - him that she was going to report the Gulf stream waters, could diversify how they honor “the organization, Survivors plicity or extraordinary negli - perior Court on May 23. him. She provided the Police This land was made for you America and also now honor Network of those Abused by gence in the case. Adam Metropoulos, former with the memory card that she and me” community unsung heroes, such Priests (SNAP), alleges Barbas Barbas’ role in the oversight presiding priest of St. George took out of the camera. Police as a bus driver who saved ele - was almost certainly complicit of Metropoulos also has drawn Greek Orthodox Church in Ban - detectives spoke to Metropoulos, mentary students from a burn - or at least grossly negligent in the criticism of SNAP, the gor, ME was found guilty on four a search warrant was issued, ing bus. this and potentially other sexual world’s leading nonprofit orga - counts of sexual abuse of a mi - and when the police searched “People forget a lot of these abuse cases. This conclusion also nization dedicated to exposing nor and is serving a twelve year his home, they found child stadiums are publicly funded was echoed by the Maine-based predators and those who shield sentence. pornography material. buildings and, by law, they have attorney who represents the vic - them. SNAP director David Clo - Metropoulos was arrested on A native of Saginaw, MI, to welcome people from all dif - tim in a civil case against Barbas hessy called for Barbas’ imme - September 15, 2014 accused of Metropoulos moved to Maine in ferent walks of life,” Angelos and others filed this past May in diate removal. “It is clear to us possessing child pornography 1990 and began teaching chem - said. “Sometimes sports can be Maine’s Superior Court.” that Fr. Theodore J. Barbas was and photographing a woman istry at Stearns High School in narrowcast in the causes and “As we have investigated this either complicit in covering for without her consent. Millinocket, and attended ser - groups focused on. Our idea is case, which resulted in the mul - this priest’s predilection for chil - Metropolitan Methodios of vices at St. George’s. In 1997, that everyone should be in - tiple felony conviction of Adam dren, or at least intensely negli - Boston placed him immediately he entered Holy Cross Greek Or - cluded; let’s not leave anyone Metropoulos, a Greek Orthodox gent in placing him in a position on suspension from all Liturgical thodox School of Theology. He out.” priest, we’ve encountered re - with almost unlimited access to duties and consequently de - was ordained into the Holy It’s not surprising that Peter peated and disturbing evidence kids,” Clohessy said. frocked him. priesthood and assigned to the Angelos identifies with the com - that the public record of credible The case also has drawn con - On September 13, 2014 Ban - St. George parish. mon man and causes. He made allegations of sexual misconduct cern from The Lantern Founda - gor police received a complaint It became known that Fr. his fortune representing workers with children, including a 1983 tion, an Orthodox Christian- from an adult female indicating Metropoulos had a criminal wAShINgTON POST in asbestos cases, refused to sign pedophilia charge, against aligned organization committed that she believed she had been past. He was convicted of sexual Peter Angelos replacement players during Metropoulos almost certainly to religious freedom. The orga - videotaped without her permis - assault in April, 1983 in Sagi - 1994 and 1995 strikes and was available to the Chancellor,” nization’s founder Fr. Emmanuel sion or knowledge. As a result naw. The Education Department Except, of course, Guthrie arranged a home-and-home se - Verne E. Paradie, the plaintiff’s Lemelson, a Boston-based Greek of that complaint, detectives be - of Maine at that time did not meant this land wasn’t made for ries with Cuba in 1999, long be - attorney said . “As the Chancel - Orthodox priest, today said he gan an investigation that re - conduct any background checks; you and me, but it took on a fore the idea of détente between lor directly responsible for was joining SNAP in calling for sulted in Metropoulos’ arrest. those began in 1999. broader meaning that it was and the countries. Metropoulos, Barbas had the Barbas’ removal. “What hap - The news astonished the became a celebrated anthem of During protests over the ethical duty to ensure that this pened to this child was both in - small parish of St. George of al - Americana without the rousing death of Freddie Gray, a black music of Stars and Stripes For - man killed while in the custody ever. of the Baltimore police last year, Angelos said he respects John Angelos spoke publicly Kaepernick’s action. “I hope about needing to put the Ted Leonsis Explains Hosting Fundraiser for Clinton people in the sports industry are demonstrations within the con - learning from what Colin text of longstanding racial in - Kaepernick is doing,” he said. “I equality. Continued from page 1 refugees from the Middle East, kind of immigrant, entrepre - hope we can learn that speaking “This family, these owners, brought to mind Leonsis’ own neurial, start-up feel about out about your country is not have always been on the side of positive effect on the election. family history. He said, “All I them. Intel, Apple — Steve Jobs’ un-American, that words like the unions, of the people,” Ori - Leonsis said in an interview could think of was, imagine if father was an immigrant. ‘un-American’ have no place.” oles center fielder Adam Jones with the Post, “I always stayed we had a president back then Google, now Alphabet – the DECENCY IS FOUND told The Times about the Ange - above the fray, but this time, who said, ‘No you can’t come founder, Sergey Brin, his father As for the criticism Kaeper - los family. “The city means there was one compelling issue in.’ It really bothered me.” was a Russian immigrant. So the nick has faced, Angelos told the something to them.” for me, and it had to do with Another concern related to wealth, the jobs, the technology Times that it was “disgusting” This Land is Your Land may my heritage.” immigration is the fact that that’s created by immigrants – and that: “It reeks of McCarthy - not have the impact it was de - He continued, “They were many of the most important sec - and we’re an immigrant nation, ism,” referring to the 1950s Red signed to bring and as Oriole immigrants, but they essentially tors of the economy are tied to a start-up nation.” Scare created by Wisconsin Sen. fans see it as a different theme. were refugees. The Yugoslavs immigrants and the children Leonsis concluded, “So that Joseph McCarthy before Boston “I doubt most of our guys know and the Turks were overrunning and grandchildren of immi - one issue to me, I said, I have lawyer brought him down with who Woody Guthrie is,” Man - Greece and they left with every - grants. The technology sector is to work to make sure that we’re the words, “At long last, have ager Buck Showalter added. thing they had in a trunk and one of the best examples. Leon - welcoming, that we have a place you left no sense of decency”? John Angelos said it’s still took a steamer to New York.” sis has firsthand experience in for the next Sergey Brin. Could Guthrie’s song was meant to worth it to play it. “We can Republican presidential can - the industry as an executive for you imagine putting a putting a question private property, a con - honor a veteran, but we can also didate Donald Trump’s com - AOL and also as an investor in wall up and stopping people cept antithetical to most Ameri - honor a veteran who is against ments on the immigration issue- several prosperous technology from coming in? The unin - cans who strive to have it, and a particular war,” he said. “That building a wall to keep Mexi - startups. TEd LEONSIS tended consequence of that to some of his more radical origi - diversity is what the song rep - cans out and imposing a tem - He observed, “Most of the Ted Leonsis, CEO of Monumen - me was damning. So on this nal lyrics were later left out be - resents.” porary ban on Muslims and great tech companies have some tal Sports & Entertainment. one, I said, ‘I’ll help all I can.’” Prof. Iasemidis Receives $6M Grant to Research Epilepsy and the Brain

Continued from page 1 tions in time to avert seizures. would be self-sustained, con - It is also expected that our find - duct state-of-the-art brain re - thereafter. Epilepsy is correctly ings will lead to more intelli - search and train neuroscientists, considered a window into gent, surgically implanted in the neuroengineers and physicians brain’s function as it may impair brain stimulators that would in epilepsy and other neurolog - different functions depending stimulate only when necessary, ical, psychological, and psychi - on the location of the epilepto - at the right place and with the atric disorders characterized by genic focus and the neural net - right intensity and waveform, to intermittent crises. EpiFocus is works it influences. Over the effectively avert seizures. Iden - the most recent company we years, and by the financial sup - tification of the epileptogenic fo - have formed as a spinoff from port first of the National Insti - cus and its network in relation our ongoing translational and tutes of Health (NIH) and sub - to memory networks via non-in - patented brain research in sequently by other federal vasive electrical (EEG) and mag - epilepsy. I envision we continue agencies and private founda - netic (MEG) recordings should along this important pathway tions, my colleagues and I had contribute to more robust and by creating opportunities for for - a couple of important discover - informed pre-surgical decisions mation of additional startup ies on the brain dynamics be - for candidates of epilepsy companies with the help from fore, during and after seizures surgery. Finally, it is our hope the community at large, the occurrence. We thus helped es - that the concurrent micro and Greek American community in tablish the field of seizure pre - macroscopic explorations we particular, the health industry, diction, in which many research have proposed would lead to a state and federal resources.” groups worldwide work today, better understanding of the bio - Dr. Iasemidis’ wife, Vassia, and has led to the quest of in - chemical mechanisms underly - has a MS in Pharmacology and telligent implanted deep brain ing the transitions of brain func - an executive MBA and is the stimulators for seizure control. tion into crises in epilepsy as vice president of research and This latest grant to our group well as in other brain dynamical development at the Biomedical from NSF will add another im - disorders. Research Foundation in Shreve - portant dimension to this quest. COURTESy Of dR. IASEMIdIS “To have permanent re - port, LA. They have two chil - In particular, we will be looking Dr. Leon Iasemidis, third from left, with visitors and members of his Brain Dynamics Laboratory. sources and personnel in place dren, Alexander and Thalia, for the first time in vivo and in is very important for timely both born in the United States. long term (up to 2 months) into will then correlate these tients with epilepsy to identify and detect seizure susceptibility achievement of long-term goals. Thalia is 23 years old, a recent the microscopic level for changes with macroscopic the epileptogenic focus and its periods will relieve patients Additional funding by private graduate of the business school changes of neurons and glia changes at the neuronal net - network, identify their memory from the fear of seizures occur - sources, including investors, in Marketing from Louisiana cells via in vivo optical imaging, work level from concurrent EEG networks, and predict memory ring abruptly with possible in - philanthropists and foundations, Tech University and about to be - as well as the level of neuro - recordings. We will also employ impairment based on the over - juries and/or social embarrass - would also help towards this di - gin her career. Alexander, 18, transmitters over time via novel and analyze non-invasive mag - lap of the two networks. ment. It will also provide the rection and may constitute the has begun studying engineering electrochemical sensors, before, netoencephalographic (MEG) “Being able to give reliable attending physicians with an ad - foundation of a world renowned and economics at Louisiana during and after seizures. We recordings from the brain of pa - warnings of impending seizures ditional tool to change medica - Center for Brain Dynamics that Tech University. THE NATIONAL HERALD, OCTOBER 15-21, 2016 COMMUNITY 7

OUR EVERYDAY GREEK GREEK GASTRONOMY Words to Help You Make a Hotel Ξενοδοχείο, Reservation Apple Recipes for the Fall- By Dr. Dimitra Kamarinou Delicious Cake and Cobbler VOCABULARY Greek words Pronunciation Meaning By Eleni Sakellis cored and thinly sliced Το ξενοδοχείο TO xenodoHEEo hotel • 1/3 cup sugar Ο ξένος O XEnos foreigner, guest Apples are a classic fruit for • 3 tablespoons water Η ξενοφοβία EE xenophoVEEa xenophobia desserts all year round, but par - • 1 tablespoon fresh lemon Η φοβία EE phoVEEa phobia ticularly in the fall. The warm juice Η φιλοξενία EE philoxeNEEa hospitality scent of cinnamon and apples is • 2 tablespoons water Το δωμάτιο TO doMAtio room one of the signature scents of • 1 tablespoon cornstarch Το δίκλινο TO DEEklino double the season, along with pumpkin Το τρίκλινο TO TREEklino a triple pie spice. For the topping: Το τετράκλινο TO teTRAklino quadraple The versatile apple works • 1 cup unbleached, all- Η σουίτα EE sooEEta suite well in a variety of desserts in - purpose flour Το μπάνιο TO BAnio bathroom cluding cakes and pies. Choose • 1/4 cup sugar Το κοινό μπάνιο TO kiNO BAnio shared bathroom Greek words. Use the vocabulary list above. your favorite variety to person - • 1 teaspoon baking powder Το άτομο TO Atomo person -Καλημέρα. ……. Ακρόπολις! ( Good morning. Acropolis Hotel! ) alize the flavor of your cake or • 1/2 teaspoon cinnamon Το πρωινό TO proiNO breakfast -……... Θέλω ένα …….. δωμάτιο από τις …….. μέχρι τις είκοσι pie. • 3 tablespoons butter Η θέα ΕΕ ΤΗΕα view οκτώ ……... Έχετε; ( Good morning. I would like a triple room You may need to adjust the • 1 large egg Η θάλασσα ΕΕ ΤΗΑ lasa sea from the 18th to the 28th of July. Have you got one? ) sugar since some apple varieties • 3 tablespoons milk Η τιμή EE tiMEE price -Όχι, δεν έχουμε ένα τρίκλινο για …… νύχτες. ( No, we don’t are naturally sweeter than oth - • 1/2 cup chopped walnuts, Η βραδιά/-ές EE vradiA/ EE vradiEES night/-s have a triple for 10 nights.) Έχουμε δύο ……. με …...... Πόσα ers. Here are two apple recipes optional Η νύχτα/-ες EE NEEhta/ EE NEEhtes night/-s άτομα είσαστε; ( We have two doubles with shared bathroom. How to bake this fall. Μέχρι MEhri till many persons are you? ) In a saucepan with a cover, Χωρίς hoREES without -Είμαστε τρία …….. ( We are three persons. ) bring the apples, 1/3 cup sugar, -Έχουμε μία …….. με θέα στη θάλασσα. ( We have a suite with Apple Cake 3 tablespoons water, and 1 ta - Xenos in ancient Greece meant the non resident of the city state sea view. ) blespoon of lemon juice to a and the guest as well, because the visitors were offered hospitality -Πόσο ……. η βραδιά; ( How much does each night cost? ) boil, stir, then reduce heat. in the Greek cities. Xenos is a compound of English words like -Kάνει …….. ευρώ η βραδιά. Για δέκα νύχτες είναι ………. • 1 cup chopped walnuts Cover the saucepan and simmer xenophobia (xenos+phobia = ξένος+φοβία ), philoxenia ευρώ. ( It costs 350 euro per night. For 10 nights it is 3500 euro. ) • 3 cups unbleached, all- the apples for 5 minutes, stirring (= φίλος+ξένος ). The second word of ξενοδοχείο, το δοχείο, derives -Η τιμή είναι με πρωινό; ( Is the breakfast included in the price? ) purpose flour occasionally. from the verb δέχομαι, which means I accept, allow, receive. The -Ναι, η τιμή είναι με …….. ( Yes, the price includes the breakfast. ) • 1 ½ cups sugar In a small bowl, stir together whole word means I accept a stranger. -Πόσο κάνει η σουίτα ……. πρωινό; ( How much does the suite • 1 teaspoon baking powder the 2 tablespoons water with The ancient Greek word for bed is η κλίνη. Therefore the double, cost without breakfast? ) • 1 teaspoon baking soda the tablespoon of cornstarch to triple and quadruple rooms in Greek end in – κλινο. The first com - -Κάνει ……… ευρώ η βραδιά. Για δέκα ……. κάνει τρεις χιλιάδες pound is δι-, τρι-, τετρα. τριακόσια τριάντα πέντε ευρώ. ( It costs 335 euros per night. For Το άτομο, is the ancient Greek word for the person, the smallest 10 nights 3350 euro. ) part of the society. Democritus called atoms the invisible, inde - -Εντάξει. Μια σουίτα για δέκα νύχτες από τις …….. μέχρι τις … structible particles from which the matter consists. ….. Ιουλίου χωρίς πρωινό. ( Ok. A suite for 10 nights from the 18th Both η βραδιά and η νύχτα mean the night. When we ask for to the 28th of July without breakfast. ) the price (per night), we use the word η βραδιά. When we want to PRONUNCIATION KEY define how many nights we will stay at the hotel, we use the word i (i-diom), ee (n-ee-dle), e (e-nergy), o (o-rganism), oo (b-oo- η νύχτα. t), y (y-es), h (h-elium), th (th-eory), d (th-e), gh (w-olf). The cap - Keep in mind that the neutral nouns that end in – ο form the italized syllables are accented. plural with – α instead of – ο (το ξενοδοχεί-ο/ τα ξενοδοχεί-α) and the feminine nouns form the plural with – ες (η νύχτ-α/ οι νύχτ-ες). Dimitra Kamarinou, PhD, has studied philology and archaeology at DIALOGUE the University of Ioannina,Würzburg and Bochum in Germany. She This is a dialogue over the phone for a hotel reservation. Read has been honored with the Academy of Athens Award in carefully the English translation and fill in the blanks the missing Archaeology and Homeric Philology.

LITERARY REVIEW The Latest Mystery in the Chief Inspector Kaldis Series

By Eleni Sakellis

Santorini Caesars is the 8th • 1 teaspoon cinnamon book in the Chief Inspector An - • ½ teaspoon salt dreas Kaldis series by Jeffrey • 1 cup olive oil Siger. As the title suggests, the • 3 large eggs mystery is set in Greece and fol - • 1/3 cup orange juice lows a murder investigation • 1 teaspoon vanilla extract from Athens to Santorini where • 2 medium baking apples, Greece’s top military advises peeled, cored, and chopped have gathered for a meeting. Re - leased on September 20, San - Preheat oven to 350 degrees torini Caesars examines the role F. Grease a 10-inch tube or of the military in the societal de - bundt pan, sprinkle the chopped velopment of Greece, as Siger walnuts in the bottom of the told The National Herald. A pan, set aside. compelling mystery, the book In a large mixing bowl, whisk also touches on serious issues together the flour, sugar, baking like all of the books in the series. powder, baking soda, cinnamon, A young protester is mur - and salt. In a separate bowl dered and the gathering of mil - whisk together the olive, eggs, itary leaders brings to mind the orange juice, and vanilla extract. still vivid memory for many in Add the wet ingredients to Greece of the junta. Are they the dry and stir until just com - planning a coup d’etat? Raising bined. form a slurry. Add to the apple questions about the role of the Fold in the chopped apples. filling. Cook and stir until the military and politics, the book Pour the batter into the pre - filling thickens and bubbles. comments on Greece and the pared cake pan and bake in the Place in an eight-inch square United States, as well. Siger preheated 350-degree oven for baking pan and set aside. noted the inspiration for the Dividing his time between When asked about his writ - trying to finish a book, he writes about an hour or until the cake Preheat oven to 375 degrees book was a phrase, “The fragile living in the United States and ing routine, Siger, who also about 1,000 to 2,000 words a is golden brown and a skewer, F. For the topping, in a mixing fabric of a nation hangs in the Greece, Siger delves into issues teaches writing, said there are day. He pointed out that he gets cake tester, or toothpick comes bowl, whisk together the flour, balance.” that affect not only Greece but two types of writers, “the seat into the habit of writing to finish out clean. sugar, baking powder, and cin - He began writing the series the world and are often of the pantser and the outliner” the book. Allow to cool for 15 minutes namon. Cut in the butter until after giving up a career as a prophetic. His second book an - and though there are “grada - Siger also mentioned his on a wire rack before removing it forms coarse crumbs. Beat the lawyer in order to move to ticipated the rise to power of tions in between” he and most book tour to promote Santorini from the cake pan. egg with the milk and add to Greece and write full time. The Alexis Tsipras and his party by of his friends are the type that Caesars starts off on October 10 Loosen edges with a knife the flour mixture. Stir just until first book in the series Murder 4 years, the character in the writes by the seat of their pants. with a book signing in St. Louis, and invert onto wire rack to cool the dough comes together. in Mykonos was published in book so similar, even his de - Inspiration can strike in a mo - and continues with stops in completely before transferring Spoon the dough in six 2009 in Greek and in English at scription bears an uncanny re - ment, he said. Then, the char - Scottsdale, Phoenix, Denver, to a cake plate. mounds on top of the filling in the same time which had never semblance to Tsipras. Siger is acters and the plot take over. A New York, and Pittsburgh. The Serve with your favorite ice the baking pan. been done before. Aikaterini currently working on the next visit to Tarpon Springs and a event in New York takes place cream if preferred. Sprinkle the top with Lalaouni Editions publishes the book in the Chief Inspector conversation with a friend in - on October 20 at the renowned chopped walnuts, if using. Bake Greek translations of the series. Kaldis series inspired by the spired Prey on Patmos when he Mysterious Bookshop, 58 War - in a preheated 375-degree oven The New York Times described refugee crisis. He pointed out was trying to write a book set ren Street in Tribeca, at 6:30PM. Apple Cobbler for 30 minutes or until a cake Siger’s novels as “thoughtful po - that Greece is the entry point to on that sacred island. Siger Greek restaurant Periyali will tester inserted in the topping lice procedurals set in pic - Europe for so many refugees, mentioned how he tries to sit provide the food and wine at comes out clean. Serve warm or turesque but not untroubled but the crisis is an international and write a certain number of the event. More information is For the filling: at room temperature with your Greek locales.” one and affects the entire world. words each day, especially when available at jeffreysiger.com. • 5 medium apples, peeled, favorite ice cream.

GREEK AMERICAN STORIES Appreciating Autumn

By Phyllis (Kiki) Sembos the oven until crispy brown. down side, too. After being re - Provided I’d go to the fruit and Special to The National Herald Then, a favorite side dish was, lieved from the heat and humid - vegetable store to buy them, my scooped-out baked potatoes ity, raking piles of leaves into yiayia’s kitchen scented of Milo - “How simply and economical with mashed in crumbled feta. mountains, then, stuffing them pites in the oven. Sliced apples a thing is happiness; a glass of We hardly ever had dessert. But, into the paper bags the town with brown sugar, cinnamon, wine, a roasted chestnut, a strawberry Jell-O with sliced ba - hands out to neighbors each Oc - walnuts and raisins in thin wretched pot belly stove, the nanas in it was the usual. I tober, will remind me of my age. dough were baked until golden. sound of the sea ...all that is re - never knew why but I can be - But, at least it’s done without They were five inch squares quired to feel that here and now lieve economy was the culprit. the smothering humidity or that with fancy leaf shapes in each is happiness – a simple, econom - The world has become so full desert sun beating down on my center and tiny slits in four ical heart,” exclaimed Nikos of so many complicated things. head. Another down side is that places. Kazantzakis. It’s like a house full of useless watermelon will be hard to find, Having grown up in Smyrna, Like Kazantzakis, I learned junk, an over furnished room or the approaching of a million I’d bet she knew much more that the simplest things in life like a garden choked with birthdays. It seems as if every - than hundred recipes by heart. are the best. He really knew weeds and fallen leaves and one I know, family and friends Her Karidopita, a cake chock full how to appreciate the simple twigs. Soon come the brief plea - were born in October and then of nuts, was a piece of heaven. things. Chestnuts do bring to sures I didn’t feel like doing with I’m invited to their houses and So, since autumn is short and mind autumn. It’s really here at the humidity and hot after - have to consume all that cake sweet, try not to miss out en - last and I find myself nostalgic noons, like putting on a warn when I’m trying to stay off joying it this time around. The for the days when I lived at nightie, baking a fruit tart, send - sugar. Another down side with pleasure of a walk through a home with my parents. On the ing someone a card for no spe - heads in the gentle breezes. My basement in the winter. I wash autumn is that it heralds the ap - park on a cool morning; baking first days with a chill, my cial occasion, phoning a friend friends and relatives are per - dishes while listening to music proaching of certain, forgettable something with apples in sea - mother’s way of celebrating just to say hello, talking to my plexed with me because I don’t I love. I guess what I’m trying holidays; Labor Day, Halloween, son, calling and asking someone those early days of autumn was cat, Penelope, and receiving the own a microwave oven, clothes to say is that, year by year; the Thanksgiving and – Oh, my how was their summer, getting making the first soup, one of pleasure of her reply. Those are drier, dish washer, cell phone or complexities of this world are at God! The dreaded, Election Day. an autumn plant, like Aster, that many. Generally, it was Avgole - some of the things that come to have internet. I don’t need to times bewildering. So, we need This time around it is more can bloom indoors and enjoy its mono with plenty of lemon. The my thoughts in this season. Of have my food heated within sec - to find things that are comfort - frightening than Halloween color and fragrance. Nikos boiled chicken was cut up, course, who could resist a long onds. Why? I hang the wash able, peaceful and joyfully sim - with goblins and witches to Kazantzakis was right. All that dipped in melted butter, rolled walk in the park where the color outdoors in the glorious sun in ple. scare us. is required is a simple, econom - in bread crumbs and placed into - tinted trees wave over our summer or down the warm, dry Of course, autumn has its Apples are plentiful now, too. ical heart. 8 OBITUARIES CLASSIFIEDS THE NATIONAL HERALD, OCTOBER 15-21, 2016 Stylianos Pattakos of 1967 Greek Military Coup was 103 CLASSIFIEDS

LEGAL NOTICE LEGAL NOTICE ATHENS, Greece (AP) — coup. All three had their sen - Notice of formation of 1572-49 LLC. Notice of Formation of 340B ADVANCED Stylianos Pattakos, the last sur - tences commuted to life impris - (DOM. LLC). Articles of Or ganization filed GROUP OWNERS, LLC Arts. of Org. filed with vivor among the leaders of a onment. with the Secretary of State of New York, Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) on 08/29/16. 1967 coup that ruled Greece for Pattakos and Makarezos SSNY on 09/14/2016. Office located in Kings Office location: Kings County. SSNY seven years, has died at 103. were discharged in 1990 for County. SSNY has been designated for designated as agent of LLC upon whom service of process. SSNY shall mail copy of process against it may be served. SSNY shall The state-run Athens News health reasons. Makarezos died any process served against the LLC to: Abra - mail process to the LLC, 192 Geldner Ave., Agency reported that he died in 2009. Papadopoulos, who re - ham Weisel, Esq., 4309 13th Avenue, Suite Staten Island, NY 10306. Purpose: Any lawful 200, Brooklyn, NY 11219. Purpose: Any activity. following a stroke Saturday. fused to ask for a discharge, 27 5400 /1 7976 Pattakos, born on the island died in prison in 1999. lawful activity . 27 5453 /20 143 of Crete on Nov. 8, 1912, was a In his later years, Pattakos LEGAL NOTICE brigadier general and comman - enjoyed a certain fame as an oc - LEGAL NOTICE Notice of formation TCG EVENTS, LLC der of the armored forces sta - casional guest on TV shows (DOM. LLC). Articles of Or ganization filed tioned in Athens when he took hosted by admirers and a pub - Notice of formation DARK SQUARE with the Secretary of State of New York, a decisive part in the April 21, lisher of several volumes. He re - BISHOP, LLC. (DOM. LLC). Articles of SSNY on 08/23/2016. Office located in Or ganization filed with the Secretary of Nassau County. SSNY has been designated 1967, coup led by Col. George mained unrepentant about his State of New York, SSNY on 07/06/2016. for service of process. SSNY shall mail copy of Papadopoulos. actions, insisting the coup saved Office located in Kings County. SSNY has any process served against the LLC to: c/o He served as interior minister Greece from the threat of a com - been designated for service of process. SSNY United States Corporation Agents, Inc., 7014 shall mail copy of any process served 13th Avenue, Suite 202, Brooklyn, NY 11228. and, from 1971, as first deputy munist dictatorship. against the LLC to: Matthew Cassara, 1026 Purpose: Any lawful activity . prime minister. He was shunted The extreme right-wing party Bay Ridge Parkway, Brooklyn, NY 11228. 27 5395 /2 0104 aside in October 1973 by Pa - Golden Dawn announced his Purpose: Any lawful activity .

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death in 1975 for his role in the A Athens. 27 54 38 /20134 FUNERAL HOMES LEGAL NOTICE APOSTOLOPOULOS Notice of formation JAMIE LEVINSON Apostle Family - DEATH NOTICES CONSULTING LLC (DOM. LLC). Articles of Or ganization filed with the Secretary of Gregory, Nicholas, Andrew - State of New York, SSNY on 07/06/2016. Of - n ALEXOPOULOS, specialties in thermonuclear fense programs, as well as the born in Stamford on January 19, fice located in Kings County. SSNY has been Funeral Directors of THEODORA M. weaponry and special missions aerospace ground support 1963 to Maria Mentavlos Kon - designated for service of process. SSNY shall RIVERDALE FUNERAL HOME Inc. LENEXA, KS (from the Kansas planning. After retiring from the equipment business. In 2001, stantinis and the late Evangelos mail copy of any process served against the LLC to: Jamie Levinson Consulting LLC, c/o 5044 Broadway City Star, published on Oct. 2)– military, he relocated to Miami, Chris was awarded NASA's Pub - Konstantinis. He attended Ms. Jamie Levinson, 40 Prospect Park West 3J, Theodora M. Alexopoulos, 84, FL where he worked as the Di - lic Service Medal, the agency's boarding school at Anargyrios Brooklyn, NY 11215. Purpose: Any lawful New York, NY 10034 Lenexa, Kansas passed away rector of Construction Adminis - highest honor given to a non- and Korgialenios in Spetses activity . Sept. 30, 2016. She was born in tration and Management with federal employee. Chris headed Greece – then later graduated 275441/20136 (212) 942-4000 Axlathokabos, Greece. She was Ferendino, Grafton, Spillis and a team of experts working tire - from King School in Stamford. Toll Free 1-888-GAPOSTLE preceded in death by her hus - Candella, an architectural and lessly to resolve a critical issue Steve attended Hellenic College band Merino G. Alexopoulos. engineering firm. Later, he was to NASA. He led by example, let - in Brookline Massachusetts and LEGAL NOTICE CONSTANTINIDES Survivors include her son, Dean the Director of Facilities Plan - ting his own personal standards the University of Connecticut. FUNERAL PARLOR Co. M. Alexopoulos and his wife Dee ning and Construction Manage - of excellence, ethics and quali - Steven was a Senior Principal Notice of Formation of 428 Route 146, LLC, Art. of Org. filed with Sec’y of State (SSNY) (718) 745-1010 Ann of Lenexa, granddaughter ment for the University of Mi - ties to set the bar and he was Service Delivery Engineer with on 10/18/13. Office location: Kings County. Christina Alexopoulos of ami, finally retiring again in highly regarded by all who had Oracle for over 12 years. One of SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom Services in all localities - Chicago, and Son Chris M. Alex - 1988. Beginning in 1956, Lt. the opportunity of working with Steve's many talents that folks process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail copy of process to 1648 Madison Pl., Low cost shipping to Greece opoulos and his wife Annie of Colonel Chipouras became very him. Chris always maintained a may not be aware of, is that he Brooklyn, NY 11229. Purpose: any lawful Kansas City. Visitation is 6-8 p.m. active in all aspects of the Ma - close connection with Villanova was a talented ''drummer' and activities. Monday, October 3 at Mt. Mo - sonic Bodies and the Shriners, University, continuing his acts of harmonica player – also his love 27 5408/10834 ANTONOPOULOS riah, Newcomer and Freeman where he held many prestigious service and volunteering to give for playing basketball. He is sur - Funeral Home in Kansas City, positions. He was very proud to back to the community. He was vived by his loving mother Maria LEGAL NOTICE FUNERAL HOME, INC. Mo 10507 Holmes Road. Trisa - be recognized as the Grand Gen - honored by Villanova for meri - Mentavlos Konstantinis, his Konstantinos Antonopoulos - gion service at 7. Funeral service eral Grand Council Cryptic Ma - torious service and professional daughter Angela M. Konstantinis Notice of formation LISA GALANO, LLC. at Annunciation Greek Orthodox sons International Ambassador achievement. Chris and Chris - both of Stamford, his son (DOM. LLC). Articles of Or ganization filed with Funeral Director the Secretary of State of New York, SSNY on Church at 10 a.m. Tuesday, Oc - to Greece and as the State Chap - tine just celebrated their thirti - Matthew S. Konstantinis of St. 08/05/2016. Office located in Nassau County. 38-08 Ditmars Blvd., tober 4. Graveside services to ter Dad and Honorary Legion of eth wedding anniversary with Petersburg, FL, a sister Patricia SSNY has been designated for service of follow at Calvary Cemetery in Honor for the International Or - their son, Evan Dantos, and K. Tsouris and her husband Lee process. SSNY shall mail copy of any process Astoria, New York 11105 served against the LLC to: c/o United States Cor - Kansas City. Contributions to the der of DeMolay. He also served daughter, Stephanie Dantos. He C. of Fairfield, a brother Robert poration Agents, Inc., 7014 13th Avenue, Suite (718) 728-8500 church building fund. Mt Moriah on the Jurisprudence Commit - dedicated his life to his family. H. Konstantinis and his wife 202, Brooklyn, NY 11228. Purpose: Any lawful Not affiliated with any & Freeman Funeral Home & tees and was the Grand Com - He showed them the world with Christina C. of Darien, as well activity . Cemetery. Dignity Memorial. mander of the Florida State Il - their travels and he enjoyed vol - as several nieces and nephews. 27 5404/20112 other funeral home. lustrious 33rd Degree of the unteering his time coaching Lit - A funeral procession will be leav - n ANASTASOPOULOS, Southern Jurisdiction Scottish tle League and recreation bas - ing the Nicholas F. Cognetta Fu - THERESA Rite. Lt. Colonel Chipouras was ketball for many years. He spent neral Home & Crematory, 104 TO PLACE yOUR CLASSIfIEd Ad, CALL: (718) 784-5255, PARAMUS, NJ (from the Record, a member of the American In - his leisure time fishing and Myrtle Avenue, Stamford on ExT. 106, E-MAIL: classifieds@ thenationalherald.com published on Oct. 2)– Theresa ternational College and the Uni - kayaking on the Farmington Monday, September 26, 2016 at Anastasopoulos, age 41, of Para - versity of Miami alumni associ - River with his best pal, Cozmo. 9:20 AM for a funeral service to mus, NJ, passed away peacefully ations, the Retired Officers Chris never missed a Villanova be celebrated at 10:00 AM at the on Friday morning, September Association, the Construction basketball game and was proud Annunciation Greek Orthodox 30, 2016 surrounded by her lov - Specifications Institute, St. to see his Wildcats win the Church, 1230 Newfield Avenue, Saturday, October 1, 2016 with built a restaurant empire starting ing family. Beloved daughter of Sophia Greek Orthodox Cathe - NCAA championship this year, Stamford. Interment will follow interment following at New in the Chicago loop and suburbs John and Pamela Anastasopou - dral in Miami, FL and Ss. Con - with his daughter, now also an at Woodland Cemetery, Wood - Cedar Ridge Cemetery, Jackson - until moving to Scottsdale, AZ. los, cherished granddaughter of stantine and Helen Greek Ortho - alumni, present at the game. land Place, Stamford. Family burg Rd, Blairstown, NJ A great, special and honorable Eleftheria Pashalis, loving sister dox Church in Annapolis, MD. Chris could fix anything. He and friends may call at the fu - man, he will be missed by many of Peter Anastasopoulos and his In addition to his parents, Lt. took pride in the fact that he neral home on Sunday, Septem - n PAPADAKIS, MARY nieces, nephews, cousins and wife Despina, Alexander Anas - Colonel Chipouras was preceded could repair everything from ber 25, 2016 from 2:00-6:00 CHICAGO, IL (from a Chicago friends. Visitation Friday, Sep - tasopoulos, Eleftheria Hondros in death by his beloved wife, cars to appliances to rigging PM, with a Trisagion service at Tribune Media Group Publica - tember 23, at 9:00 a.m. at As - and her husband Sotiris, Joanne Mary Alice Chipouras and his some engineering masterpiece 5:00 PM. – Donations can be tion, published on Sept. 14, sumption Greek Orthodox Anastasopoulos and Maria Anas - sisters, Anastassia and Felicia to solve the problem. What he sent to 2016)– Mary Papadakis nee Church, 8202 E. Cactus Rd, tasopoulos, dear aunt of Yianni Chipouras. He is survived by his loved most was spending time https://www.gofundme.com/2q Stavroulakis, age 97, of Chicago Scottsdale, AZ 85260. Funeral Lambros, Niko and Marina. children, Arthur G. Chipouras with his family and his friends 4wex8. formerly of Crete, Greece, service following at 10 a.m. Theresa is also survived by many and Virginia S. Thomas; his son- who will miss him forever. Be - passed away September 11, Memorial donations in lieu of other loving relatives in Greece in-law, Tommy Thomas; his sides Christine, Evan, Stephanie n LEONTARIS, LOUIS 2016. Loving mother of Tony flowers to Assumption. and abroad. Theresa was a grandchildren, Cynthia Lynn and and his mother, Erma, he leaves GEORGE (Christine) Katsenavakis, Zoe member of St. Athanasios Greek Mike Pozdol and Steven a sister Maria Dantos of Allen - BLAIRSTOWN, NJ (from the Ex - (Panagioti) Pomoni, Michael n WINTHROP, ESTHER Orthodox Church in Paramus. Thomas. He was the loving and town Pennsylvania, a brother press Times, published on Sept. (Jackie) Papadakis, the late So - ACKOS Services will be 11:30 AM Mon - proud Popou to his great-grand - Andrew Dantos of Huntingtown, 29)– Louis George Leontaris phie (the late George) Kriarakis ST. PAUL, MN (from the Pioneer day, October 3, 2016 at St. children, Michael and Kelsey Maryland and his wife Wanda; was born on January 9th, 1951 and the late Basil (Marcie) Pa - Press, published on Sept. 21)– Athanasios Greek Orthodox Pozdol. He will be remembered two nephews A.J. Dantos and in Karpathos, Greece and passed padakis; loving Yia Yia of many Age 81, of St. Paul, formerly of Church, 51 Paramus Road, Para - fondly and faithfully by his fam - Michael Rachman and a niece away on September 26th, 2016. grandchildren and great-grand - Duluth, passed away September mus, NJ. The family will receive ily and friends. Relatives and Lena Rachman. He also leaves He is son of Sophia Leontaris children; dear sister of Yian - 20, 2016. Esther was born in their relatives and friends at the friends are invited to celebrate his dear friends Chuck and Ann and the late George Louis Leon - noula (Manoli) Simeakis and Prevesa, Greece and raised in church beginning 10AM until George's life from 5 to 8 p.m. on Marie Reuter also of Granby. We taris and sister to Fotini Kyri - the late Stella, Adoni, Aristotle, Athens, Greece. As Jews, she the time of the service. Burial Wednesday, October 5, at the are forever grateful for the sac - akakis. Louis was blessed with Constantine, Niko, Yanni and and her mother, father, brother will follow at George Washing - George P. Kalas Funeral Home, rifices and love of Chuck and a loving wife, Joanna Leontaris, Irini; fond Thea of many nieces and three sisters hid in one ton Memorial Park, 234 Paramus 2973 Solomons Island Rd., Ann Marie, which transcend the with two sons, Tony and Alexan - and nephews. A visitation will room during the Nazi occupa - Road, Paramus, NJ. Memorial Edgewater, MD. Funeral service bonds of friendship. The family der Leontaris and a nephew, be held Thursday, September tion in 1944-45. When her fa - donations in memory of Theresa will be held at 11 a.m. on Thurs - will receive friends on Thursday, Panos Kyriakakis. He immi - 15th, from 10:00 am until the ther went to the synagogue to Anastasopoulos may be made to: day, October 6, at Ss. Constan - October 6, 5-8 p.m., with a Tris - grated from Greece with his time of the funeral service at register the family he was St. Athanasios Greek Orthodox tine & Helen Greek Orthodox agio service at 6 p.m., at the Car - family during his youth. From 11:00 am at St. Basil Greek Or - rounded up with other Jews and Church, 51 Paramus Road, Para - Church, 2747 Riva Rd., Annapo - mon Funeral Home & Family then on, he had found his pas - thodox Church, 733 S. Ashland sent to Auschwitz where they mus, NJ 07652 lis, MD 21401. Interment with Center, 301 Country Club Road, sion in cooking. Louis became a Ave. in Chicago. Interment were murdered. After the war, full military honors will be at Ar - Avon. A memorial service will Chef and worked at a number Bethania Cemetery. Arrange - with most of their property gone n CHIPOURAS, GEORGE A. lington National Cemetery at a be held on Friday, October 7, of Greek Restaurants in North ment entrusted to Vergos & As - and under harassment from the WASHINGTON, DC (from the later date. In lieu of flowers, 9:30 a.m., at St. George Greek New Jersey and surrounding sociates under the direction of Greek Communists, Rosa, Es - Washington Post, published on memorial contributions may be Orthodox Cathedral, 433 Fair - New York areas, making meals Olson Burke/Sullivan Funeral ther's mother, a true heroine Sept. 30)– George A. Chipouras, made in his name to Ss. Con - field Avenue, Hartford, CT. Bur - that bore the love he put into Home, 773-774-3333. who had held the family to - Lt. Col., USAF, Ret. (Age 93) On stantine & Helen Greek Ortho - ial will be at Granby Cemetery. them. Louis was extremely pas - gether, brought her children to September 26, 2016, at Jackson dox Church. Online condolences To honor his desire to pay it for - sionate about soccer, having n VERROS, PETER St. Paul, MN. Esther became a South Community Hospital in may be made at: www.KalasFu - ward, the family has requested grown up playing the sport in PROKOPIOS registered nurse and later Miami, FL. Born on October 22, neralHomes.com that charitable contributions be Europe. His favorite soccer team SCOTTSDALE, AZ (from the earned a Master's degree in 1922, in Washington, DC to the made in Chris' name. Please con - was Panathinaikos. He carried Chicago Sun-Times, published counseling. She had a distin - late Arthur and Virginia n DANTOS, CHRISTOS tribute to the charity of your his passion for soccer and team on Sept. 23)– Today, September guished career as a nurse clini - Chipouras, George was educated GRANBY, CT (from the Hartford choice that would most honor sports onto his sons' youth. He 19, 2016, Peter Prokopios Ver - cian in cardiology at St. Mary's in DC public elementary and Courant, published on Oct. 5)– his memory. For online condo - could be heard at his sons' local ros' journey ended. Peter began Hospital in Duluth, and after re - high schools. He earned a Mas - Christos Evangelos Dantos, 57, lences please visit, www.car - high school sporting events this life on January 28, 1938 in tirement there served as a nurse ters and Bachelors degree in po - of Granby, beloved husband of monfuneralhome.com. cheering on Tony's soccer team Nestani, Greece alongside his case manager for Jewish Family litical science with a minor in Christine Dantos, passed away and Alex's wrestling team in his late parents, Prokopios and & Children's Service of St. Paul. psychology from The American on Sunday, October 2, 2016 sur - n DRELIOZIS, VASILIKI thick and unmistakable Greek Aggeliki Verros. He immigrated Esther is preceded in death by International College of Spring - rounded by his family. Born in MUSKEGON, MI (from the accent. Louis had a unique abil - to the United States with his four her parents, Rosa and Men - field, MA and a Masters in busi - Tacoma, Washington on Decem - Muskegon Chronicle, published ity to inspire people, make them brothers Jim, Petros, George and achem Ackos; brother, Sam ness administration/ business ber 18, 1958, the son of Erma on Oct. 9)– 4/9/1923 - feel as though nothing is impos - Dino. In 1971, he met and mar - Ackos; sister, Mary Calof; sister management from the Univer - Dantos of Annapolis, Maryland 10/8/2016 Muskegon Mrs. Vasi - sible. He used his ability to help ried his first and only love, Voula and brother-in-law, Evelyn and sity of Miami. Lt. Colonel and the late Colonel Evangelos liki Dreliozis, age 93, passed his wife power through the PhD Nikitopoulos. A loyal, dedicated Jay Ettinger; brother-in-law, Chipouras served in the U.S. Dantos. Chris grew up on and away Saturday, October 8, 2016. program, now a proud owner of and strong father to three won - Sherman Winthrop; sister-in- Army Air Corps and later U.S. around Army bases in Germany, She was born in Matesi, Greece a Doctorate in Global Leader - derful children, Angie (Ioannis) law, Tevy Winthrop and grand - Air Force from 1942-70 at duty Washington, Georgia, Kansas, on April 9, 1923 to Haralambos ship. Family was always utmost Angelopoulos, Pam (Aristidis) daughter, Talia Joy Castellano. stations spanning the globe. He Maryland and finally, Greece. and Kaliope (Paraskevopoulos) important to Louis. He would Kontopoulos and Peter (Karla) She is survived by her loving was on active duty during World Chris graduated from Arundel Polychronopoulos and married say: "Without family there is Verros. The most fun, kind and husband of 56 years, Harvey; War II, the Korean Conflict and High School in Maryland in Gust Dreliozis on August 17, nothing". He would state at the loving grandfather to his other daughter, Pamela (Bill) Lauer; for two tours in Vietnam. Lt. 1976 and continued his educa - 1952. Vasiliki was a member of dinner table, "one or two sticks three great loves, Eleni, sons, Marc (Susan) and Robert Colonel Chipouras was a highly tion at Villanova University Annunciation Greek Orthodox can be easily broken, but a bun - Theodore and Eftihia. Alongside (Anna); grandchildren, David, decorated officer, having been earning a degree in Mechanical Church. Service Sunday, October dle of 5 or 6 sticks cannot, al - his wife and loving family, Peter Joselph, Jackson, Kaitlyn, Max awarded the Distinguished Fly - Engineering. While at Villanova 9, 2016, 7:00 pm at Clock ways stick together". He was an and Jordan; sister, Tina (Mel) ing Cross, Bronze Medal and he met his lifelong best friends. Chapel - Muskegon. Please visit extremely loving husband and This is a service Bergstein; sister-in-law, Barbara Purple Heart just to name a few. His circle of friends enlarged as www.clockfuneralhome.com to Father and, without hesitation, to the community. Winthrop; brothers-in-law, Ed - His duties included expertise as he settled in Granby. A dedi - leave a memory or sign the on - was there for anyone who ever Announcements of deaths ward Winthrop and Stanley a navigator/ bombardier with cated and loyal friend, he was line guest book. needed his help. Louis George may be telephoned to the Calof; best friend, Rachel Levitt; passionate about the people in Leontaris was a character to say Classified department of and many loving nieces and his life. Chris later earned his n KONSTANTINIS, STEVEN the least, and he will be dearly The National herald at nephews. Memorials preferred days and dates of funerals, MBA from the University of STAMFORD, CT (from the Stam - missed. Rest in Peace Louis. A (718) 784-5255, to Talia Fund at the Band of Par - memorials, and other events di - Hartford in 1989. Chris worked ford Advocate, published on visitation will be held from 6-8 Monday through friday, ents (Pediatric Cancer Fund) in rectly correspond to the original at UTC Aerospace for 36 years Sept. 23)– Steven "Stavros" Kon - PM, Friday, September 30, 2016 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. EST honor of Esther; www.bandof - publication date, which appears and held a number of leadership stantinis, 53, formerly of Stam - at Newbaker Funeral Home, or e-mailed to: parents.org. Shiva at The Re - at the beginning of each notice. positions including managing ford passed away on Monday, 200 Route 94, Blairstown, Nj. [email protected] gency Condominiums, 2275 the portfolio of Space and De - September 19, 2016. He was Funeral service at 11:00 AM, Youngman Ave., St. Paul Thurs. THE NATIONAL HERALD, OCTOBER 15-21, 2016 GREECE CYPRUS 9 An Interview with Kyriakos Mitsotakis, New Democracy Party President

Continued from page 1 This, however, is not reassuring. 2016 that was projected by all prosper. Political change which Quite the opposite, in fact. domestic and international or - will result from elections, which sion, the promotion and support When such a debate unfolds on ganizations in the autumn of must be held as soon as possi - of excellence, the reward of en - issues relating to the Aegean – 2014, the SYRIZA - ANEL gov - ble. trepreneurial risk-taking and in - and in the manner that we have ernment brought about a 0.2% TNH: What message would novative business activities. seen lately, it worries and trou - downturn in 2015 and 0.3% in like to send to the Greek-Amer - These values must counter the bles us tremendously. Any dis - 2016 due to the crisis of confi - ican community through The derisiveness of populism which cussion which even slightly sug - dence which they created. But, National Herald? has caused so much suffering in gests the challenging of the unfortunately, there is not only KM: I have said many times our country. But unfortunately, Treaty of Lausanne is extremely the GDP index. Exports de - – and it is my deep conviction – and in many other countries dangerous for the stability, se - creased by 3.8% in 2015 and that Hellenes Abroad are a vital around the world, also fostering curity and peace in the other - are projected to drop 6.3% in part of the Ecumenical Hel - a culture of minor effort and ul - wise volatile Eastern Mediter - 2016. Business closures have in - lenism. They have proved, and timately confining communities ranean region. And it is creased by 33.4%. The State’s continue to prove, that they are to a depressing environment of imperative that the entire inter - outstanding financial obliga - always at the forefront of the low expectations. national community knows this, tions toward individuals had fights for our national rights, of TNH: The demand for the and particularly the Member amounted to 6.3 billion euros our country’s interests. Although right to vote for Hellenes abroad States of the European Union, by the end of August 2016. At they have prospered and ex - is flaring up. You have stood in many of which are parties to the same time, the reforms and celled in a second homeland, favor of the vote several times. this Treaty. However, apart from privatizations are trailing. Only they always hold Greece in their But Prime Minister Tsipras re - Erdogan’s statements, there the unemployment and employ - hearts. They feel pride for Greek fuses. What can the Greek Dias - were also allegations put for - ment indicators seem to be im - victories and achievements, and pora do to finally overcome this ward by his opponents about a proving somewhat. But this per - sorrow for the hardships we are obstacle? supposed concession, in recent formance is due to the labor experiencing today. They are a KM: As you know, about two years, of 16 islands and islets to market reforms in 2011 to 2012, valuable force during this very months after my election as Greece. There was also the which made the market more difficult period, and we need president of the New Democ - statement by the Turkish Min - flexible, the 5-point reduction them now more than ever. We racy Party, in early April, we Kyriakos Mitsotakis, New Democracy Party President istry of Foreign Affairs which of social insurance contributions want them to choose our coun - tabled a legislative bill that gives rushed to reinstate the issue of in 2013-2014, as well as the tar - try for their vacations, we want Greek citizens living abroad or agree on as well as the issue of need this step more than ever. I the alleged “gray zones'', in ad - geted controls for combating them to seize the opportunities who are serving Greek authori - the expatriate vote. Unfortu - will not suggest the means for dition to the increased activity undeclared work. It is clear that that exist here for their own in - ties abroad the ability to exer - nately, there was no response pressuring the government to of the Turkish submarines in the the obsessive SYRIZA-ANEL vestments, we want them to cise their right to vote from their from the Government once the Greek expatriates, but I am Aegean, which also constitutes government can not create the help us dispel the shadows location and specifically at their again. For us – for the New ready to hear their proposals. a very serious development. All conditions and requirements for which have been created over local diplomatic and consular Democracy Party and for me TNH: The questioning of the these cause serious concern and the country to overcome the cri - our country. However, it is our authorities. Unfortunately, personally – the possibility of Lausanne Treaty by the Turkish alarm. sis and return to strong, sustain - obligation, our duty to get the SYRIZA did not agree. We rein - Greek citizens abroad voting President is on the verge of cre - TNH: Is there any improve - able growth. With overtaxation Greeks abroad involved in the stated the issue as soon as the from their place of residence is ating a new situation for Greek- ment in the course of the econ - and the lack of a decisive reform efforts for Greece’s recovery. government announced its in - an obligation to Ecumenical Turkish relations. Why do you omy and in which sectors, and plan, the Government is leading And in this effort - I repeat - we tention to revise the electoral Hellenism. It is a visionary com - think Recep Tayyip Erdogan if not, why? the economy to stagnation. We must take the step which has system, emphasizing the need mitment, based on the constitu - chose this moment in time to KM: Unfortunately, within need political change and im - been pending for a long time to examine the electoral law as tional principle of the universal - make these statements and two years, the SYRIZA-ANEL plementation of the Truth and involves the ability for them a whole and not in a piecemeal ity of the vote. It is a step that what should Greece do? government has set the country Agreement in order to pull the to vote from their place of resi - manner. And of course to in - we must take in order to bring KM: There is certainly an in - very far behind. Instead of 2.9% country out of its quagmire and dence. Only if we are united can clude the changes we would the Greeks even closer. And we tense internal dispute in Turkey. growth in 2015 and 3.7% in for each and every Greek to we, the Greeks, succeed. From Camping to Glamping: A Story of Love, Loss, and Life in Greece

Continued from page 1 tude when it comes to bartering. portunity. She’ll get some vegetables from Diane in return gives the op - eating a burnt hot dog. The mo - a neighbor’s garden and they’ll portunity for people around the ments and memories that can use her car. No matter what, Di - world to go glamping at a much still be experienced on an au - ane loves to keep business local. lower price point than other lo - thentic camping experience, Even the beautiful stone work cations because she wants to while taking it to the next level done on the property is the hand - share nature with as many peo - with the accommodation. Camp - iwork of local laborers. ple as possible to help them find ing is an excellent way to con - Those same locals were there an inner peace and solitude in a nect with the outdoors, but it is to welcome her and Paul to Kala - natural setting away from the an activity that is tailored for a mata when they moved there craziness of a busy world. That group of people looking to rough and they rallied around her very same quality that drew her it and that ability does not ex - when Paul passed away still and her husband to this property tend to all groups of people in - making sure that they keep an in the first place comes full circle terested in sharing that same ex - eye out for any way they can as she meets older couples to perience. Glamping opens the help make her life easier. And younger ones… even a baby tak - door and window of possibility that generosity keeps her hus - ing her first steps on the estate for all ages to experience that band’s memory alive since he grounds holding tightly to her same feeling and closeness to na - loved the local community as if parent’s hands. ture and outdoor activities, while he were Greek himself. “They come and unwind and still being able to stay and sleep “He would be very pleased recharge their batteries” is how in a luxury accommodation.” I’m continuing and if I get down, Diane explains it and it’s very But before glamping, it was I know that he would also say easy to do in such a docile set - just camping and that is exactly ‘Come on girl, you can do it!’ We ting. With her dog and cat by her what Diane and Paul did. They did work tremendously together side and countless guests coming had no water for the first two as a team,” Diane smiles as she and going while falling in love weeks and a month later, the now talks about Paul being a people with Diane and her property, she famous Mongolian Yort became Diane preparing food in the kitchen for guests person. She knows he would never forgets the love and spirit the first structure on their prop - love that she’s meeting so many of the adventurous man who erty. “Gradually we built this and perience running a bed-and- times it’s just a couple coming get a glimpse and taste of what unique people from all walks of brought her there in the first built that” …Diane fondly recalls breakfast back in England and for some solitude and peace. Diane and Kalamata has to offer life through this glamping op - place- her husband, Paul. the beginning of building their es - she loved meeting different peo - “It’s lovely because you get them. tate which now includes Granny’s ple so the past several years, people from all walks of life, all Guests are able to enjoy a Secret Hotel where her grandchil - she’s hosted everyone from fam - ages. One day you’ve got some - breakfast as Greek or organic as dren aged 17 to 7 stay when they ily and friends to couch surfers one like an author, the next day they wish. Olives and olive oil visit her on vacation, the library to campers and yes, glampers. In you’ve got a computer expert come straight from the property The Durrells in Corfu which has a daybed for more vis - total about 12 guests can sleep then a teacher. For me, it keeps and locally produced eggs and itors, the treehouse which has just comfortably on the property be - me going. If I was here com - cheese and fresh meat come next been recently added. tween all the structures and beds pletely on my own, I could get door from the neighbor’s farm. Director Filming in Greece After Paul’s death, Diane was - but when you add campers and lonely…” The ecologically friendly prop - n’t sure about a friend’s idea to tents, an extended family can It seems as if Diane doesn’t erty has solar panels and a com - turn their property into a bed- have family reunions or celebra - have time to get lonely as people posting toilet and Diane loves to Continued from page 1 dramatic tradition that it has and-breakfast site. She had ex - tions if they so desire. Or some - come from all over the world to keep the same minimalist atti - been a great pleasure to dis - the true story and follows the cover the wealth of talent avail - Durrell family as they adjust to able here.” life on the beautiful island and When asked about taking on meet the varied personalities the project at this time, though This Week in Greek History who inhabit Corfu. Greek actors the story had been adapted be - Alexis Georgoulis and Yorgos fore, Hall said “some stories Compiled by Veroia and Thessaloniki to ensure that the OCTOBER 16, 1949 Karamihos are among the tal - have an eternal attraction to Eraklis Diamataris cities wouldn’t fall into Bulgarian hands Communist Party secretary Nikolaos ented cast which includes Kee - readers young and old and in whereas Constantine wanted to press north Zachariadis followed the suggestion of So - ley Hawes, Josh O’Connor, Milo my view the Corfu Trilogy is an - OCTOBER 10, 1935 to Epirus. Venizelos won out and the Greek viet Premier Joseph Stalin and enacted a Parker, Daisy Waterstone, and other Harry Potter to readers of Greek Major General and MP Georgios forces beat the Bulgarian ones to the city of ceasefire ef - Callum Woodhouse as the Dur - a certain age. Added to that the Kondylis (1878-1936) effectively ended the Thessaloniki by one day. fectively rells. eternal attractions of family, an - ending the Director Christopher Hall imals and sunshine made this a OCTOBER 13, 1971 Greek Civil spoke with The National Herald must do project.” One of the greatest Olympian War. The about the experience of filming The second season of this en - weightlifters of all time, Pyrros Dimas was war formally in Greece and working with tertaining show is currently in born in Himara, Albania. Born to ethnic began on Greek actors. “Filming in Corfu production. As to what viewers Greek parents, Dimas immigrated to Greece March 30, has been a great pleasure. There can expect moving forward, Hall in 1991 at the age of 20 and he acquired 1946 and is no filming infrastructure on noted “in the new series there citizenship in 1992 when he first competed lasted until the island but we have imported are lots of new developments. for Greece. That summer he won the gold October, some very experienced techni - The family go into market gar - medal at the Barcelona Summer Olympic 1949 with cians from Athens and the ever dening in a big way, Louisa finds Games in the 82.5 kg class. Dimas from dissent and willing Corfiots who have joined a new man, Larry meets a there would go onto to win a gold in the problems us have learned fast how a film femme fatale, Leslie abandons 1996 Atlanta Olympic Games, Sydney starting in set needs to work. Now that we guns for photography, Margo is Games and a bronze in Athens for the 2004 December of are into our second season we pursued in love, and Gerry Games. For the Olympic Games in Athens 1944. Fol - are developing quite a pool of breeds otters. Amongst all this in 2004, Pyrros Dimas was afforded the lowing the local talent and it has been a there are a full cast of returning honor of carrying the Greek flag into the Nazi Occu - pleasure to work with them for and new colorful characters in Second Hellenic Republic by overthrowing Opening Ceremony. Due to his origin he pation of a second season,” he said. great new situations culminat - the government of Panagis Tsaldaris (1868- had he nickname of “The Lion of Himara” Greece, the country was in shambles. The “When it came to actors to ing in a Cricket match between 1936) in a coup d’état. Kondylism who be - and due to his overall medal total at the Civil War pitted the Greeks against each play the Greek parts we were Greece and England and a gan his career as a staunch Venizelist Re - Olympic Games, World Championships, and other in a bid to fill the power vacuum left insistent that we should use Christening.” publican grew increasingly extremist right European Championships, he was affection - by the exiting Nazis. The United States and Greek actors to play Greeks The Durrells in Corfu airs on wing later in his life. Soon after his ascent ately called “Midas” for touching the United Kingdom backed the Greek national rather than British actors pre - PBS on October 16 through No - to power, he abolished the democratic weightlifting bar and it suddenly resulting government led army whilst the communists tending to be Greek,” he con - vember 20. More information is process and staged a fixed plebiscite to in a gold medal. Dimas would retire from were chiefly supported by Yugoslavia and tinued. “Greece has such a fine available on pbs.org. reestablish the monarchy. He would die in weightlifting after the Athens Olympic Albania. The Greek national army would 1936 from a heart attack before he could Games by symbolically leaving his shoes on go on to win the war but with bitter conse - realize his dream of creating a state to em - the weightlifting platform upon completing quences. As a way to make sure that Greece ulate the one that Benito Mussolini had in his last lift. Today he resides in Athens with wouldn’t slip back into communist hands neighboring Italy. his wife and four children. He is the Vice- the United States enacted the Truman Doc - President of the Hellenic Weightlifting Fed - trine and Marshall Plan to fund the democ - OCTOBER 11, 1912 eration and since 2012 is a member of Hel - ratic process. The era of bad feeling caused During the first Balkan War the Greek lenic Parliament with PASOK chiefly by the civil war would go on for decades Army liberated Gida and Kozani from the championing the causes of Northern Epirus. dividing the citizens of Greece and would Ottoman Turks. Following the creation of directly lead to the Balkan League, by newly elected Prime the military Minister Eleftherios Venizelos, these were junta of the late the first major victories against Turkish 1960s, which forces by Greece since the Greek War of In - was further exac - dependence. Immediately following the lib - erbated by the eration of Kozani, Venizelos and the monar - assassination of chy began what would become one of the Parliament Mem - greatest political rivalries in Greek history. ber Grigoris © Sid gentle films Ltd 2015/Photographer John Rogers Venizelos wanted to press the army on to Lambrakis. 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COMMENTARY For the Immigrant This country’s senior politicians cannot be sexual predators who believe that because they are celebrities, they have the right to make any sexual advance toward women and get away Grandparents with it. It’s too late, Mr. Trump And yet, the country and the world are in a transitional pe - We were amazed by Ted Leonsis, a very successful Greek- riod. And instead of discussing the problems the people are fac - American who is involved in various fields, including the own - ing, the presidential candidates of the most powerful country in By Antonis Diamataris - ership of Washington sports teams. And we were amazed be - the world are occupied with Donald Trump’s and Bill Clinton’s cause, from what we had heard until now, he has not been a sexual appetites. To be objective, unlike many American media outlets that unfor - participant in activities of the Greek-American community or in How could our nation’s enemies not be delighted and its tunately no longer are, we must admit that Donald Trump was better issues relating to Greece and Cyprus. Thus, we wrongly assumed friends not worried? than Hillary Clinton in the second debate and much better than he that he was completely absorbed in his work, distanced from was in their first showdown. the interest, the sensitivities and emotions of his heritage. He went – and remained – on the offensive from the very begin - Yet, he surprised us by revealing in powerful way his Greek ning, he had clear objectives, and was even – a rarity – disciplined. side, with knowledge and sensitivity in an interview with the Greece-Turkey, He didn’t interrupt, he didn’t lose his temper and he also stated Washington Post. several truths. According to the newspaper’s article, Leonsis is hosting a po - litical fundraiser for Hillary Clinton at his home in Washington a Timeless Vision D.C., where his guests will be called upon to pay up to $25,000 each. The recent shameful questioning of the Lausanne Treaty by But this is nothing unusual. There are a lot of people who the President of Turkey Recep Tayyip Erdogan caused, as ex - have as much money as Leonsis in America. pected, strong opposition in Greece. Through statements and What is unusual is the reason he is doing it. articles, the Greek government, the political leadership, as well He is doing it for his immigrant grandparents. For his late as all the media outlets condemned and warned of the highly grandfather Leoutsakos – he changed it to Leonsis. “They were destabilizing consequences for peace in the area which the immigrants,” Leonsis said, “but they essentially were refugees. provocative Turkish position may have on the legal and geopo - The Yugoslavs and the Turks were overrunning Greece and they litical realities of the entire region, as they have stood for nearly left with everything they had in a trunk and took a steamer to a century. New York.” These legitimate protests, comments and warnings charac - These, apparently, were the stories he heard from his grand - terized this crude attitude, as was expressed from the lips of a father and grandmother as a child, the terrible stories about top state and political Turkish leader, as an unprecedented and wars and the blessings the immigrants felt in their new home, extreme escalation of Ankara’s expansionist appetites. which remained indelibly etched in his mind. But is this the case? How unprecedented is this stance by the And so today he strives to honor the sacrifices that his relatives Turkish president? But no matter what he may say, no matter what he may do, even made so that he may be given the opportunities he had, as well To all the politicians, diplomats, and military personnel who if something new is not leak about him, it is too late for his candi - as for the right of every law-abiding immigrant and refugee to a have dealt with Greek foreign policy, to all the historians and dacy. decent life in America. scholars of Greek-Turkish relations, but also to all those who The lewd tape with his unspeakable references to women will fol - Surely his grandparents would have been very proud of their have even amateurishly explored the post-Lausanne Treaty his - low him from here on and has made him unfit for the presidency of grandson’s success. But they would surely be even more proud torical development of the relations between the two countries, the most powerful country in the world. of his character, of his great love and gratitude for them. Turkey's pursuit to reverse what was agreed upon in their favor Above all it’s all a matter of character. So today Leonsis is fighting against Trump for his statements has always been evident and fixed. The second debate dropped the level of political confrontation in against immigrants, no matter what may personally be in his The tragically shrunken Hellenism after the destruction of the US to an unprecedented low. best financial interest. Asia Minor, from Cyprus to Thrace and along the entire length The personal attacks below the belt, the innuendo, replaced the He is fighting in the name of a humanity in which everyone and width of the Aegean archipelago, has always found itself essence of politics. is entitled to live in peace, is able to earn a living with dignity, confronted with the “Ottoman Great Idea” after Lausanne. It was an evening of scandal mongering that until now one would to offer their children - and grandchildren - the chance to make Evidence of this are a tormented Cyprus, the disappearance most likely meet abroad, rather than in America, with painful conse - the most of their talents, if they wish to. of the Greek minority in Turkey, the systematic efforts to Turkify quences on the country’s international standing. Congratulations, Mr. Theodore - Ted – Leoutsakos - Leonsis. the religious Muslim minority in Greece, the decades of countless Nonetheless, despite everything that was said about Bill Clinton, You have taught us an extremely valuable lesson. Turkish provocations and contestations of any form across the about the thousands of emails that Hillary “lost”, about her dual lan - Aegean, which would occasionally reach ridiculous, yet eloquent, guage – she has a private and a public position – about her relations extremes, such as that of the island of Gavdos. with Wall Street, about Trump not having paid taxes for almost Historically, Ankara never ceased to openly seek to change twenty years, about the lewd video, that night will go down in history That’s Enough, Donald! the geopolitical circumstances with Greece and its geographical as the night when Trump threatened to put his opponent Clinton in surroundings in general. The Ottoman Empire may have perished jail if he is elected president.This is unprecedented. This has intro - from the Treaties of Sevres and Lausanne, but its memory and duced the country to new political ethics which are often encountered Basically, we knew what sort of man Donald Trump was. its shadow continue to wander through Turkey’s innermost in third-world countries. We knew from the descriptive titles of New York’s tabloids, thoughts and strategic plans. In any case, Trump’s good performance is likely to stop the Re - the Daily News and the Post, to which he provided grist for the This grim reality, which is highly threatening to vital Greek publican rebellion which has erupted against their party’s candidate, mill for years. interests, will always be related to two basic factors. for now. We got to know him during his campaign from his unprece - The first and foremost is the balance of power, not only be - But the damage has been done. There is no going back. Even if dented attacks against women, Mexicans, Muslims, gold star tween Greece and Turkey, but also between the latter and the there are not new revelations against him which I seriously doubt it. parents, his tax returns, and from the general unraveling of his other countries in the region, especially on the European side. Just as it was revealed what he told radio host Howard Stern, that narcissistic personality in all its sick glory. Historically, but also in terms of numbers, Greece always needs he used to go backstage to “inspect” the naked contestants when he Thus, we really should not be all that surprised. allies and international support. owned the Miss USA and Miss Universe pageants. “You know, he said, What should surprise us, though, is that nothing, up to now, There is no margin for error, prolonged crises or weak insti - they’re standing there with no clothes…. And you see these incredible has stopped him. tutions and leadership. looking women, and so I sort of get away with things like that.” Nonetheless, there comes a point when one says, or should Israel, whose security margins are equally tight, is a shining After all of this, can Trump really be elected President of the say, enough! example of a country that consistently and successfully struggles United States? The show is over. And I do not care that the Hillary Clinton to always be multilaterally prepared. camp is rubbing their hands with joy. The second important factor is the level and nature of the in - But I do care, and very much indeed, that the country’s cumbent Turkish leadership. politics have sunk in the mire of Trump’s sexual appetites, that A proper diagnosis and awareness of this factor may work the moral basis on which this country stands is eroding and its for Greece as an “alert” mechanism. The existence of an auto - influence around the world is being undermined. cratic, impulsive and adventuristic Turkish leadership must al - What Democracy? I also care that even the enemies of the United States, from ways be treated with the utmost caution and attention from Vladimir Putin to ISIS, are rejoicing and that we are the ones Athens. who do their work for them. Bülent Ecevit and Tansu Ciller are two characteristic examples During every election period, the surge of emotions is so great It takes a country many years, indeed decades, to build a of where our region and Greek-Turkish relations can be led that it affects the clarity of our mind, our judgment, thereby causing good reputation. To be respected. To earn the right to lead and when such winds are blowing in Ankara. us to strain at a gnat and swallow a camel. the right to judge other countries. And, of course, the current President of Turkey, as demon - Thus, we are occupied, for example, with a former Miss Uni - But it doesn’t take long – perhaps just an hour, a week, or a strated by the recent and freshly healed wounds in Ankara’s re - verse’s weight despite the fact that e.g. within three weeks two few months – to ruin it. lations with Israel and Russia, is not exactly an example of a ra - trains in the New York metropolitan area were involved in accidents This is what is happening now with Trump. tional, peaceful, and mild-mannered neighbor. with dead and wounded. In comparison to previous ones, the 2016 election campaign in the US has brought about an increased fanaticism which is dividing society and clouding the atmosphere. ANTI-Logos By A.H. Diamataris So, among other things, we are unable to distinguish the dis - tortion of Democracy. This certainly is not exclusively an American phenomenon. But • Why not “National Herald at least those with such a profound educa - • Stylianos Pattakos at least we thought that Democracy is exercised better in this coun - tion, would have a much broader vision try than anywhere else. Sunday”? than they do. The last of the principal leaders of the It is also a European phenomenon, as we shall see further along. For the eighth consecutive year, Arch - Greek junta, Stylianos Pattakos, died at the But let’s return to the situation in the US: bishop Demetrios has released an encyclical age of 104. Few people took Donald Trump’s candidacy seriously from the according to which he is recognizing Sunday • Bonds, Clinton, and Samaras He never regretted any of his actions, he beginning. Almost everyone expected, based on his unprecedented Oct. 23 as “National Leadership 100 Sunday.” never apologized, but instead stated that statements, that his campaign would be discredited at any given I do not know how this is supported from Ultimately it seems that the Clinton fam - he felt vindicated. time, and that he would go back to his businesses. a theological standpoint, but from a practi - ily has really close ties with Greece. Closer The most likely explanation for this is Instead, Trump won one electoral battle after the other, until cal standpoint, he is right in doing so. This than we knew. At least as far as Greek bonds that he was unable to comprehend the great Jeb Bush, the most likely candidate, was forced to drop out of the leading organization offers major financial are concerned, in which the Clintons’ son- damage he had done, along with the others, race. services to the Church and by extension to in-law invested, and who despite the help to Greece. It was then quite clear that Trump had his finger on the pulse of the Greek-American community, and it he received from his mother-in-law, then- Damage for which the country is still the people, mostly of the whites who were struggling to make ought to be recognized. secretary of state – she had some clue about paying today. ends meet, while the others were living in a fantasy world. As is known, Leadership 100 was the Greek economy – lost all his money. Since then, the Republican Party elite- and the elite of the coun - founded by Archbishop Iakovos, and today Unfortunately, an attachment to an email try at large – has been engaged in an effort to thwart Trump, with the organization amounts to nearly 1000 from a State Department aide to an em - • The Turks support Trump the media playing a key role. members. ployee of the Clinton Foundation to inform We are therefore witnessing a battle between the elite and the To become a member, an individual must the son-in-law mysteriously disappeared, Although initially against Trump for his people about who can best serve the country’s interests, about who offer $100,000 or $10,000 for ten years. like so many others! anti-Muslim statements, the official pro-gov - knows how to govern best. The Archbishop’s encyclicals have also But now it is revealed that "in Oct. 2013, ernment Turkish press has changed its pol - And while the elite have this right – according to the democratic recognized “AHEPA Sunday” and several Bill Clinton spoke at a dinner for Wall Street icy ever since Trump praised Erdogan. system – to attempt to exclude the people’s nominee for President other organizations. And, once again, well titans and Greek leadership as hedge funds Let's keep this in mind. from rising to power by the use of democratic means questions done. But I have a question: Isn’t this news - lined up to bet on the bailout of the Greek arise the proper functioning of Democracy. paper, which celebrated 100 years since its financial system." The same holds true, and is possibly worse, on the other side of founding last year and to which the Ecu - The Greek leadership to which the above • Trump’s profanity in the press the Atlantic, in Europe, where foreign governments and appointed menical Patriarch Bartholomew sent a very article in the Washington Examiner is re - technocrats in Brussels impose their policy on a number of coun - warm, meaningful message, praising its con - ferring is the then-Prime Minister Antonis It is striking to many people that leading tries – with Greece perhaps being the first – and change govern - tribution, worthy of similar recognition? Samaras, who actually was in New York in newspapers such as the New York Times ments according to their plans. Has it not contributed – for the past 101 those days. and the Wall Street Journal have published The result that will ensue from the US elections is still unclear. years – to the Church and the Greek-Amer - This, of course, is not necessarily a neg - Donald Trump’s obscene language, resulting Nonetheless Trump is already warning that they are trying to ican community? ative thing. His job as prime minister was naturally – in my opinion – in a flood of “steal” the election. “But don’t you understand?” you will ask to attract investments. protests from their readers. Thus even if he loses, he does not intend to go anywhere – with me. I understand quite well. Its importance is that it is now being re - I thought they were "newspapers for the all the consequences that this entails for the unity of the country. But I assumed that people at this level, vealed for the first time. entire family,” are they not? THE NATIONAL HERALD, OCTOBER 15-21, 2016 VIEWPOINTS 11 Clinton, Trump, and Saving JASTA Justice Against Sponsors of Terrorism, Indeed?

Social Security I once believed that the 2002 Given that in good chunk of the Mexico, and Alaska, among vote to authorize the invasion American eyes all real estate in every other states, have SWFs with bil - of Iraq ranked as the dumbest Palestinians are ter - American city, large lions of assets all over the world. Americans have that 70 is the new single Act of Congress of my rorists, a smart and small. Foreign - The USG-owned Export-Import been alerted for 60. Alas, no one in - professional lifetime. One can lawyer should be ers own hundreds Bank, USAID and the Overseas some time that the formed Mother Na - now argue that the misnamed able to figure out a of billions of dollars Private Investment Corporation surplus in Social Se - ture. The increase “Justice Against Sponsors of Ter - way to raise a case. worth of car plants, (OPIC), among other US Gov - curity may be ex - in the average life rorism Act” (JASTA also known Beyond Greece, the chemical plants, re - ernment agencies have equity hausted in twenty span is due to fewer as S.2040) seriously competes British and Israelis fineries, and de - interest in assets abroad; all of years. One would Americans dying for the title of “legislation most should also worry. partment stores. If them exposed to legal action assume remedies to before the age of likely to seriously damage the They have assassi - JASTA stays law we and seizure. that problem would 20, improved sani - interests of the United States.” nated political en - should expect The President spoke of be addressed by tation services, and You should read the text of emies (some of by AMB. PATRICK N. many foreign coun - threats against American diplo - everyone currently the increasing num - S.2040. JASTA allows an Amer - whom may have THEROS tries to liquidate mats and service members. The running for federal ber of lives ex - ican citizen to bring a civil ac - held U.S. citizen - their assets. We run US howled in protest when an office. This has not by PROF. DAN tended by serious tion against a foreign state or ship or had families Special to the risk of disrupt - Italian court sentenced 23 CIA been the case. GEORGAKAS medical interven - any “functionary, employee, in the US). The The National Herald ing international air agents in absentia for the kid - Hillary Clinton tions. Otherwise, agent, etc., thereof,” who com - British and Israelis transportation. napping of a Muslim cleric in has a detailed sec - Special to people age at the mitted any action that the court have assassinated Irish and Every state-owned airline as Milan. Imagine our reaction tion on Social Secu - The National Herald rate they always could deem an “act of interna - Palestinians whose families may well as every privately owned should the same cleric petition rity on her website, have. tional terrorism.” Civil suits only have held US citizenship. Chile airline that has a foreign sover - the same court to bring suit but only speaks occasionally need to demonstrate a “prepon - once even sent agents to kill an eign wealth fund (SWF) holding against the U.S. Government for about that subject at her rallies. Medical records show that derance of the evidence” and exiled Chilean in the United shares will be at risk every time his kidnapping. We conduct She argues that one cause of the people who retire at 65 live not “guilt beyond a reasonable States. Under JASTA, lawsuits its planes land anywhere in the drone strikes and other acts of dwindling surplus is Republican longer than those who retire at doubt” to bring judgment. against all those countries are United States, including British violence all over the world, trickle-down economic policies 70. Thus, raising the retirement JASTA does not define “interna - possible. Airways, Air France-KLM, Turk - which others can and have la - that culminated in the Great Re - threshold to 70 means working tional terrorism” but opens the A good trial lawyer can in - ish Airlines, Malaysian Airlines, beled “terrorism.” cession. She notes that even the more people until death do us definition to the discretion of flame a jury, already egged on Singapore Airlines and many Although most members of weak Obama recovery of 1-2% part. Clinton and Trump oppose the court. Interpreted gener - by a sensationalist press, to ac - others owned. Every ship carry - Congress are lawyers, they were annual growth has been suffi - raising the retirement age any ously, the owner of the farm in cept the flimsiest of evidence. ing the flag of China falls under so eager to pander for votes that cient to add to the surplus in So - further. Central Pennsylvania where Can we then expect a judge, JASTA jurisdiction. They are all they ignored the probability cial Security funds. If the econ - Republicans lead in advocat - Flight 91 crashed could sue elected locally, to dismiss a case at risk of frivolous lawsuits. JASTA will open U.S. Govern - omy goes to a more normal ing that Social Security payments Saudi Arabia in his local county or evidence while facing reelec - Even worse, once we have ment files to discovery. Any law - growth rate of 4% as she plans, be based on the recipient’s net court. tion? opened the door to lawsuits suit against a sovereign country the surplus will grow even larger. worth. Aside from changing the Its advocates hyped JASTA as JASTA puts at risk $2.9 tril - against sovereign states we can will necessarily seek through Clinton proposes the top very nature of Social Security, the applying only to Saudi Arabia lion worth of foreign direct in - expect reciprocity. We have bil - discovery evidence that can only salary required to make Social bureaucracy needed would be (gratifying but stupid in and of vestment in the United States. lions in U.S.-owned assets at risk be found in the reports of Amer - Security contributions be raised costly and retirees would have itself). In fact, it applies to every Foreign owned assets include a all over the world. Texas, New ican diplomats, intelligence from the current. $118,500 per the annual burden of figuring out country in the world. Read lit - agents and the military. Courts annum to $250,000. This change their exact net worth. Debtors, erally it allows any American will subpoena classified files. would add 4 years to the Social rather than thrifty citizens, would citizen who believes he suffered Will foreign governments share Security surplus. In addition, she benefit from this change. damage from any act that he crucial information about ter - wishes to feed the trend of rising Redefining the costs of living can persuade any judge to con - rorists under these circum - wages by raising the minimum adjustment for Social Security re - strue as an act of “international stances? wage to $15 per hour and estab - cipients is another Republican terrorism” to file a lawsuit On the eve of one of the most lishing equal pay for equal work initiative. The idea is to lower against any country he can re - momentous elections in the his - by women. This, too, automati - the incremental bonus even motely connect to the incident. tory of our country a gaggle of cally raises the surplus. though the prices people face One can easily build a case Senators and Representatives ig - Donald Trump believes Social daily continue to rise. Clinton is against Greece. In the 1970s nored the interests of the US Security will be secured as a con - opposed to this adjustment, but and 80s, many U.S. government and chose to propitiate the le - sequence of his economic pro - a number of Democrats are not. officials accused the Greek gov - gions of special interest lobby - gram that will produce more Trump has not taken a position. ernment of training and sup - ists and especially trial lawyers. than 4% annual growth. He op - Social Security is often called porting the Kurdish PKK in its Perhaps we should rename poses any minimum wage guar - an “entitlement” program, which rebellion against Turkey. We of - JASTA as the Lawyers Relief Act antees, trusting that the invisible means some kind of free give - ficially labeled the PKK a terror - of 2016? hand of the marketplace will cre - away. This is not true. Social Se - ist organization to support ate wages that reflect the true curity is an annuity-style life in - Turkey. US intelligence discov - The Hon. Ambassador Theros is value of the work being compen - surance policy issued by the ered that the then Greek Gov - president of the U.S.-Qatar sated. That being the case, he federal government. We begin to ernment gave the PKK leader Business Council. He served in protection in a Greek Embassy the U.S. Foreign Service for 36 in Africa. In 2006 the Greek years, mostly in the Middle Government organized the evac - East, and was American Ambas - uation of the “terrorist” PLO and sador to Qatar from 1995 to its leader Yasser Arafat from 1998. He also directed the State Lebanon. Various interested par - Department’s Counter- ties accused the Greek State of Terrorism Office, and holds nu - allowing Palestinian business - AP PhOTO/JACqUELyN MARTIN, fILE merous U.S. Government deco - men to operate from Greece. President Obama vetoed it, but JASTA passed anyway. rations.

LETTER FROM ATHENS Judges for Sale, Cheap, For Pay Raises, Later Retirement

Picture this: the United themselves to be - just before Christ - President Vassiliki Thanou that States Supreme Court decides come politicized mas. the age limit for Greek judges to rule on the constitutionality and Nikos Sakellar - But judicial be extended beyond the current of Obamacare, the linchpin of iou, the President of sources told maximum of 67 years so that AP PhOTO/JOhN LOChER President Barack Obama’s two- the Council of State, Kathimerini they they can keep on cashing big Donald Trump shakes hands with Hillary Clinton during the term legacy, so the commander- the court that’s were unhappy that checks. second presidential debate at Washington Univ. in St. Louis. in-chief invites them into the hearing the TV li - Sakellariou said he The problem is that the re - White House for a sit-down cense case, showed believes judges – tirement age is set by the Con - sees no need for special mea - pay into the system from our first chat, has his photo taken with he was in Tsipras’ who should rule stitution and Tsipras would have sures regarding the wages of job. We gain protection from dis - them, and then offers them pay pocket when he sus - on the law - to unilaterally overrule it, set - women and other groups that abilities at any age that prevent raises. pended deliberation should “feel the ting in motion the end of Greek have historically suffered from work and enjoy guaranteed in - That, of course, would be fol - of the case until an pulse of society” society’s last protections. wage discrimination. come when we retire. lowed by charges being brought uproar made him by ANDY and not rule only The judges union said the Politicians of both parties reg - Seniors are assured they will against the president, and the back down. DABILIS on the merits of a proposal “is scary, primarily be - ularly assail Social Security for not be affected by proposed judges, impeachment and the Tsipras’ meeting case, with critics cause of the ease and the unbe - paying $5.8 billion annually to changes in Social Security. As al - American system of the judi - with the judges Special to saying the com - lievable frivolity with which an dead people whose checks are ready demonstrated, this is not ciary, legislative and executive came after two of The National Herald ments were a attempt is made to overcome cashed by relatives or scam so. Middle-aged Americans face thrown into disarray, threaten - them on the Council “mistake,” and an constitutional barriers,” showing artists. This problem could be the prospect of paying into one ing the government and the of State resigned from their “institutional deviation.” some of them have some back - dealt with electronically by re - system at a given rate and get - country’s institutions. union to protest a decision by Sakellariou said he sus - bone and integrity. quiring each state to send its ting their payback from a system Yet this is what happened in Sakellariou to suspend a ruling pended a plenary session to con - In August, 2015, Thanou death certificates to the Social that has lowered the original re - Greece, when Prime Minister on appeals by TV stations which sider appeals by television chan - technically became Greece’s first Security Administration. Those payment promises. Millennials Alexis “Let’s Make a Deal” lost bids for licenses and want nels against a government female Prime Minister when she illegally cashing checks could be face a lifetime of lowering bene - Tsipras, fearing the country’s the auction overruled. auction of TV licenses because was named to head a caretaker fined double the sum of the fits unless they become more ag - highest administrative court In his talks with the judges, of “efforts to create a certain cli - government for a month until cashed checks with jail time for gressive in determining the na - would overturn the sale of pri - who visited him at the Maximos mate,” without elaborating what new snap elections were held organized pillagers. Given that ture of a system they are already vate TV licenses he ordered to Mansion, Tsipras assured them he meant although there were but has shown herself to be a Republicans control the Senate paying into. get rid of as many media critics that there would be no further reports some judges felt the gov - meddler and easy mark for the and House, they need to be held Clinton is slightly to the right as he could, brought the judges wage cuts in their sector and ernment was trying to influence Tsipras government. accountable for not enacting this of the base of a Democratic Party to Maximos Mansion for a photo that “the necessary increases” the court and obstruct justice. What’s really scary is the ease administrative reform. that generally wants to maintain opportunity and promised them will be made for top functionar - Sakellariou said it was his with which some judges can be Another major scam costing or expand Social Security bene - pay raises. ies, Kathimerini reported. duty to ensure that judges are bought, either with money or Social Security billions of dollars fits. Trump seems left of a Re - That’s during a crushing eco - It was not said why the prime “not manipulated on the eve of influence or just to stay in involves people who falsely claim publican hierarchy that sees “sav - nomic crisis when workers, pen - minister is allowed to talk to crucial meetings,” suggesting he power. to have disabilities. Social Secu - ing” social security as a matter sioners and the poor have been judges reviewing a case involv - felt there was some interference It’s an especially cushy job, rity officials state disability of cutting benefits. One third of thrown under the bus by suc - ing him or why they agreed to with the court. Yes, and it was even for Greece, because the claims are expensive to verify, re - all Senators and all members of cessive governments, with the the meeting. him. courts meet as often as an as - sulting in a tendency to accept the House are up for re-election. blessing of the courts whose Tsipras said the government He said the resignation of teroid nears the earth and it’s a most of them. Economists have We need to demand that they judges want to be exempt from is required to hold the line on two colleagues from the coun - no-heavy-lifting nicely-paid po - established that $3-$4 is saved detail their specific positions on the austerity measures they judges pay and exempt them try’s union of judges was “an at - sition, complete with hallway for every dollar spent on verifi - Social Security. Without such backed. from austerity and even give tempt to disturb the climate of whispers about how cases can cation. The inexplicable response electoral pressure, the new Con - What better way to get them raises after they ruled the cuts unity in the court.” be manipulated and leniency of Congress has been to decrease gress will likely take scissors to on your side than a sweetheart were unconstitutional, although The major opposition New shown the favored. rather than increase the funds Social Security or at best, do deal that is so outrageous on its his Administration earlier said Democracy Conservatives said The persecuted late Ameri - needed to conduct investiga - nothing to advance its stability. face, such an obvious destruc - it wouldn’t go along with it. the alleged independence of the can comic Lenny Bruce fa - tions. tion of justice that it would be That changed once the high judiciary should not be compro - mously said that, “In the halls A Social Security fix champi - Prof. Georgakas is Director of unseemly in almost any al - court began deliberating the TV mised and called on judges to of justice, the only justice is the oned by Republican Paul Ryan, the Greek American Studies legedly civilized country, but license sale which cut the num - respect the Constitution. halls.” There’s none found at Speaker of the House, is to grad - Project at Queens College – didn’t raise an eyebrow in ber of private stations from The Union of Judges and Maximos Mansion. ually raise the retirement age to CUNY and Consulting Editor of Greece. seven to four, which will throw Prosecutors has criticized the 70. This is based on the notion CINEASTE magazine. Greece’s judges have allowed hundreds of people out of work proposal by Supreme Court [email protected] 12 VIEWPOINTS THE NATIONAL HERALD, OCTOBER 15-21, 2016 Depression-era Voices, Not Yet Silenced and the Power of Memory

By Harry Mark Petrakis my parents and six children, a ments of chicken or pork to the those cramped, airless rooms. I Swiss lady named Marie Con - pilaf. see and hear our family gath - I was only nine or ten, not stand (we called her “Naka”) Meanwhile, conversation ered around that battered old yet old enough to understand and her son, Alex, lived with us and stories flourished at our table on which we played our the full impact of the Great De - for almost 25 years. In exchange table. My siblings told of inci - games, my brothers and sisters pression that ravaged our coun - for their rent and food, Naka dents they had experienced at telling stories, joking, arguing, try in my childhood. helped cook and care for my sis - school or at work. All seemed ranting, their voices swirling The beginning of the 1930s ter and myself. Her son, ten to have inherited the gift of be - and echoing from the room. had 4 million unemployed men years older than I, and about ing good storytellers. They have been dead many and women seeking work. By the age of my eldest brother, There were also spirited ar - years now, all my siblings, my 1931 the number had grown to was an agile-limbed young man, guments. One of my siblings tolerant father who graced the 6 million. Farmers fighting so good a tennis player that was an agnostic, another a so - head of our table and my drought struggled to harvest once at a tournament he had cialist, still another freely mother so short she had to tilt their crops while across the volleyed with tennis great Bill quoted the philosopher Niet - her chair forward so her feet country poor families starved. Tilden. zsche. When we had visitors, could touch the floor. Beggars came regularly to our The bleak, gloomy apart - disputes abounded. A visiting Devoted Naka and her son back door and however hard ments we occupied seemed to rabbi or priest was granted only have long passed on, too. Yet our own efforts to make ends me designed by brooding archi - basic courtesy at our table, but time and again, the marvel of meet; my mother never turned tects whose goal was to elimi - no mercy as his beliefs were pin - memory returns them all to me, them away. nate as much light and warmth ioned and challenged. so I hear them once again, their President Herbert Hoover from the rooms as possible. I I recall a distraught Catholic voices and stories still resonant seemed helpless to prevent the could never understand why priest once asking my father in my ears. country from floundering, and every bedroom window had to how he tolerated such heretical Only when I, the last of the many blamed him for the De - look out on the brick wall of a opinions and challenges. ten who sat at that table still pression. (Thinking the presi - building next door. “Democracy,” my father alive, only after death finally dent associated with the Hoover The layout of the apartments replied with a pleased, proud claims me, will those buoyant Vacuum Cleaner Co., my father- was always the same. A sun-par - gleam in his eye … "That’s the and contentious voices fall in-law would never allow a lor room at the front led to a problem here … democracy …” silent, settling to rest beside me Hoover Vacuum into his house.) living room with a sofa hide-a- Sometimes now, so many for eternity. Armless and legless veterans of bed, which when unfolded was The beginning of the 1930s had 4 million unemployed men years later, dozing off in the World War I sold apples from where I slept. A long narrow and women seeking work. evening as I make an effort to Harry Mark Petrakis has pub - baskets on the street. hallway led off to cramped bed - read, a clamor of voices invades lished 25 books, including My father was a Greek Or - rooms where my parents and ing from our older siblings. rice and spiced tomato sauce my sleep. I am hurled back to novels, short stories and essays. thodox priest who immigrated siblings slept. The bathroom I envied my brothers, Dan that was our staple. those old Depression apart - His website is harrymarkpe - to the United States from the is - was even smaller with an old and Mike, and my sisters, Bar - For our family meals, ten of ments, ten of us crowded into trakis.com. land of Crete in 1916 with my bathtub that had chipped bara and Tasula because they us sat around the long dining mother and four of my older sib - enamel and indelible stains. Be - had traveled on the original room table whose surface hid - lings. His first parish was a com - yond the kitchen, whose appli - journey by ship from Crete with den beneath the tablecloth was munity of young Cretan coal ances were tarnished by wear my parents. cracked in numerous places. In miners in Price, UT. From there, and time, was another smaller They spoke proudly of their between meals, we stretched a It’s Not about Trump’s the family moved to a parish in sun-parlor room, hanging like a first sight of the majestic Statue makeshift net across the table Savannah, Georgia, and then to kangaroo pouch over the back of Liberty in New York harbor and played vigorous games of St Louis, MO, where I was born. alley, that was sleeping quarters when their ship docked at Ellis Ping-Pong on it. Behavior, It’s about Fixing That same year, we made a final for Naka and her son. Island. At dinnertime, my mother move to Chicago, IL where the The Depression impacted my Despite his meager salary as took charge and as we passed last of my siblings, a girl, Irene, family just as it did the rest of a priest, my father managed to her our plates, ladling out a cup our Problems was born. the country. My sisters lamented feed the family. My mother, of the savory rice pilaf. With a During my childhood, ten of wearing silk stockings with runs. aided the effort by her ability as slice of bread and a glass of us occupied a series of multi- My brothers cut insoles of card - a cook, often replicated the bib - milk, that was often our meal By Pericles Vergados putting Hillary Clinton in office roomed and shabby apartments board to fit into their thread - lical miracle of multiplying the except for those occasions when are frightening. There is a tidal that we rented on Chicago’s bare-soled shoes. My younger loaves of bread and fishes. Her a parishioner gifted my father a Regarding the op-ed piece by wave happening, and it’s going South Side in proximity to my sister and I inherited mended mainstay was the steaming plat - chicken or a side of pork. Then Dr. Constantine E. (Dean) to overcome much of what's father’s church. In addition to and faded hand-me-down cloth - ter of pilaf, that savory dish of my mother added a few frag - Scaros (the guest columnist, not happened to this country. the TNH writer and editor) ti - To elect Hillary Clinton tled “The Case Against Trump- would be a foolish and danger - A Barren Resume & the Lies ous mistake for America – not (Oct. 8) as well as the recent to mention the entire world. The Apocalypse of Donald Trump- What is Truth? online editorial “It’s Too Late, Those who know her lying, ma - Mr. Trump,” I respond by con - nipulative, and psychopathic na - veying valid points of view held ture shudder at how much the By Mark Arey* Zionists see in the Republican and even enraged over Gay mar - ways been a hallmark of Amer - by many Americans. New World Order agenda would Taos, NM Nominee someone who will ful - riage, the LGBT community in ican Christianity, from the re - It is very simple folks, the be brought forward under her fill their vision of history. That general, some or all Muslims, vivalist days of the 19th century media just doesn't get it....they (mis)leadership. Hillary sold her Christians have always had vision is the idea that Christians people of color or different eth - right down to the televangelists can't believe that people are so soul for power a long, long time differing views of Heilsgeschichte, should have dominion over the nicity, they are prepared to en - who promise heavenly riches in angry that they can no longer ago, and people are beginning “salvation history.” But since the entire planet Earth, with the dorse Trump in order to oppose exchange for your earthly ones. be manipulated! to realize it. She’ll say anything 19th century, fascination with the Jewish People owning, for the anyone or anything that com - There should be no surprise that Regarding Mr. Trump, we to get elected. Here are a few “End of Days” has captivated the time being, the Biblical domain promises their zealous, jealous so many have embraced one of don't care if the guy swears... or reasons to not elect Hillary Clin - peculiarly American Christian of the Davidic Kingdom of Is - vision of America. Hungry for a their own. how many times he's been mar - ton imagination. Within many de - rael. The “for the time being” is power and influence they feel All American Christians ried...or who he voted for, or Benghazi: Four Brave men nominational and independent important, because it is a hinge has deserted them, they are, like would do well to consider jest - what his income tax return died under her watch. We still movements, speculation on “End on which many votes will swing. Esau, selling out for a mess of ing Pilate’s question to Jesus: shows. We want the problems do not know where she was or Times” has readily provided their Preachers and Pastors are Trump’s pottage. Add to this: “What is truth?” and begin to fixed. Yes he's an egomaniac, what she was doing during leaders with the keys to unlock trumping him up, as it were, like the exploitation of the modern re-examine what it means to be but we don't care. We know he's those fateful 13 hours. the psychic storehouses of fear in “the one who restrains” the state of Israel as a fulfillment of a disciple of Jesus. True domin - not a racist, or bad to women, Hillary has repeatedly com - their congregants. And it is pre - “mystery of lawlessness that is Biblical prophecy and an eager ion is to be in the world as the or all the other negatives the lib - mitted perjury or lied under cisely these storehouses that Don - already at work” (II Thessaloni - willingness to support the Jew - Dominus was: loving, forgiving, eral media attribute to him. We oath throughout her career. One ald Trump is now raiding with ans 2:2 – pronounced “Second,” ish People just long enough to patient and self-sacrificing. know he's raised a good family, of the most telling examples was their blessings. not “Two”). Trump is a sudden bring on the Second Coming. Enough of fear-mongering and and that says a lot about him. during her Benghazi testimony Conservative Christian lead - and unexpected great, white Then comes the satisfaction of triumphalism. Jesus invites all The country is a mess be - when she claimed a video had ers are flocking to Donald hope who promises to fulfill the wheat divided from the of us to a different way: “Take cause politicians, Democrats inspired a protest that ended up Trump since his overpowering their social agenda, to turn the chaff through the coming Ar - my yoke upon you, and learn and Republicans alike, are two- killing Ambassador Stevens and of the party of the “Moral Ma - tide on the “lawlessness” they mageddon, a nuclear version of from me; for I am meek and faced and gutless, and illegals three other Americans. This was jority.” And it is clearly not his perceive in America’s inclusive - which Trump himself seems per - humble of heart: and you shall are everywhere and Muslims are devotion to Jesus nor his exem - ness. They imagine Trump can fectly capable of entertaining. find rest for your souls." openly trying to hurt this coun - This isn’t about Left or plary evangelical life of service be their bulwark against the The truth is Trump is no try and after 1,400 years they to the poor, hungry, and down - “Other” and the tide of secular - more “the one who restrains” Mark Arey is former Ecumenical are trying to transform the civi - Right. This is about tyranny trodden. Loads of Evangelicals, ism that they perceive as cul - anymore than he is the An - Officer of the Greek Orthodox lized world into a third world & freedom, deception Charismatics, and Christian tural degradation. Frustrated tichrist. But hucksterism has al - Archdiocese. hellhole. We want it all fixed! & truth, criminality We don't care that Trump is crude, we don't care that he has & justice. The future changed positions, we don't care of America is at stake. that he fights with Megyn Kelly, Rosie O'Donnell, and so many subsequently shown to be a lie. Don’t miss our November 19-20, 2016 annual in the elected establishment. We Hillary famously declared, don't care that Marco Rubio, “What difference does it make?” Paul Ryan, the Bushes, and so when the questioning got too many other top old and new Re - tough, in regards to the causes publicans refuse to endorse him of the American deaths and per - for their own selfish reasons, sonnel she was supposedly in and we know what they are. charge of protecting. She stated Food & Wine Issue This country is weak and she had submitted all docu - bankrupt. Our enemies are mak - ments, but 20 months later, ing fun of us, we are being in - FOIA requests uncovered 41 Deadline for placing your ad: November 11, 2016 vaded by illegals, we are becom - new documents. Yet another lie. ing a nation of victims, where Illegally Mixing Government every Tom, Ricardo and Hasid and Personal Emails; Endanger - is a special group with special ing National Security and State rights to a point where we don't Secrets; Obstruction of Justice, even recognize the country we Destruction of Evidence. A fur - were born and raised in, and we ther aspect is Hillary’s deliberate just want it fixed. Donald Trump withholding (and deleting) of is the only guy who seems to around 30,000 emails. Her ex - understand what the people cuse was that these were the want. personal, private ones, yet Con - We are sick of politicians, gress had asked to see them all. sick of the Democratic and Re - Given what we know of Hillary publican Parties. We are angry as a cover up agent extraordi - about the Iran deal, the budget, naire, what are the chances that treatment of Israel, military she wasn’t deleting them to de - weakness, lobbyists, special in - stroy information? terests, overpaid politicians with As Secretary of State, she their self-serving bills and back was directly responsible for the room deals, trade deals, loss of rise of Islamic terrorism, starting jobs, manipulated economic with the Arab Spring and the numbers, businesses fleeing, rise of the Muslim Brotherhood and even the phony pay-for-play in Egypt. Moammar Gaddafi Clinton Foundation. Americans warned the world what would are no longer going to be fooled, happen to Libya if he were to and the movement is out to be killed. He was right. Look at change the direction we're tak - the way Hillary laughed when ing. Gaddafi was murdered. This Trump may not be a saint, was an outright assassination but he doesn't have lobbyist and murder of a sovereign for - money holding him or political eign leader, yet Hillary cackled correctness restraining him. We “we came, we saw, he died.” all know he has been very suc - The population in general cessful, a good negotiator, has has a very short-term memory. built a lot of things, is flexible, If you know anyone who is still and he's not a politician. considering voting to elect And he says he'll fix it. We Hillary, please share this with believe him because he is too them. The truth has to be told The National Herald much of an egotist to be proven and known. This isn’t about Left

T H D E L N A wrong or called a liar. Public or Right. This about tyranny and AT ER www.thenationalherald.com IONAL H service has become elected freedom, deception and truth, greed. This may be our only criminality and justice. The fu - chance to have a non-politician, ture of America is at stake. despite his flaws, try and correct For more information contact: [email protected] or call: 718-784-5255, ext. 101 the mess, at least for four years. Pericles Vergados, MBA, is a re - We must take the chance, be - tired U.S. Air Force combat vet - cause the consequences of eran. He lives in Massachusetts.