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INSIDE: • Sens. Richard Lugar and Barack Obama visit Kyiv — page 3. • How Ukrainian is pop music in Ukraine? — page 9. • Students in the South Bronx and the Orange Revolution — page 11.

Published by the Ukrainian National Association Inc., a fraternal non-profit association Vol. LXXIII HE No.KRAINIAN 36 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 4, 2005 EEKLY$1/$2 in Ukraine T UUkraine marks 14th anniversaryW of independence Soyuzivka Heritage FoundationPARSIPPANY, establishedN.J. – The Ukrainian National Association, the fraternal organization that owns and operates the popular Soyuzivka estate in Kerhonkson, N.Y., has announced the establishment of the Soyuzivka Heritage Foundation, a non-profit charitable entity that will operate Soyuzivka as a cultural and education- al venue. The foundation, which was incor- porated in July and now awaits Internal Revenue Service (IRS) approval as a 501 (c) (3) charitable foundation, will be supported in part by donations, grants and annual mem- bership fees. In the article below, UNA Treasurer Roma Lisovich provides an update on developments at Soyuzivka and explains how the new Soyuzivka Heritage Foundation will function. Soyuzivka update Associated Press by Roma Lisovich President Viktor Yushchenko, First Lady Kateryna Yushchenko, holding their son, Taras, and their daughters, Sofia and PARSIPPANY, N.J. – Another sum- Khrystyna, take part in a prayer service for Ukraine attended by the leaders of all Ukrainian Churches, at St. Sophia Cathedral. mer season is coming to a close at Soyuzivka. Many of you continue to by Zenon Zawada Although the Kyiv revelers did not dis- ask: What is happening? What are the Kyiv Press Bureau play their patriotism as overtly as their Lviv Agreement in principle plans for the future? Have we turned counterparts, the majority voiced support for the place around? What happened to LVIV AND KYIV – Youths danced in Mr. Yushchenko and the Orange Revolution. the town home idea? the rain and dranks toasts to the national hol- “At the time of Kuchma we were being on redress for internment Over the past two years, much iday, while those of their grandparents’ gen- manipulated, but now we have hope that life effort has gone into preserving our eration sang patriotic songs on Lviv’s will change,” said Maksym Tymoshenko, is announced in Canada beloved Soyuzivka. Ideas have been Freedom Boulevard on August 24 in cele- 27. “Independence Day became a great holi- OTTAWA – After 12 years of broken studied, proposals evaluated, projects bration of Ukraine’s 14th anniversary of day this year.” implemented. Past reports of the independence. promises, the Liberal government finally The commemorations began in Kyiv with took the first step towards resolving the Soyuzivka Redevelopment Committee In the view of many Lviv area residents, an hourlong interfaith service that started at were given a second look, concerned who overwhelmingly supported and con- issue of redress for Canada’s Ukrainian 9:30 a.m. and was attended by the president, community. members’ suggestions assessed; pro- tributed to the Orange Revolution, it was a top government officials and leaders of more fessional expertise obtained. We On August 24 the government particularly special holiday spent under the than 20 religious denominations, including appreciate everyone’s efforts in this announced an agreement in principle that leadership of the man they viewed as the Patriarch Filaret of the Ukrainian Orthodox regard. Believe me, it is a difficult provides an initial payment of $2.5 mil- nation’s first true Ukrainian president, Viktor Church – Kyiv Patriarchate; Archbishop process. lion to Canada’s Ukrainian community Yushchenko. Mytrofan of Pereyaslav-Khmelnytskyi of Visitors to the estate can see the vis- for the purpose of commemoration and “This is the first year we truly feel inde- the Ukrainian Orthodox Church – Moscow ible changes. On the positive side, the pendence,” said Volodymyr Oleksii, 64. “If education. The agreement was reached number of guests is increasing, as Patriarchate; Metropolitan Mefodii of the with a team of negotiators representing he gets two terms, people will become Ukrainian Autocephalous Orthodox Church; there is an increased awareness about wealthier. They won’t be digging through the Ukrainian Canadian community. Ukraine since the Orange Revolution. Cardinal and Major Archbishop Lubomyr The proposal for a settlement was first the trash cans anymore.” Husar of the Ukrainian Greek-Catholic We are witnessing a resurgence in Revelers in Lviv said Ukraine was not brought forward in 2001 by Inky Mark, interest in learning about our ethnic Church; Moslem leader Mufti Ahmed member of Parliament for Dauphin- truly independent under former President Tamyl; and Chief Rabbi of Kyiv and All heritage. We see the need to preserve Leonid Kuchma, who often formulated his Swan River-Marquette, Manitoba, with our Ukrainian American community. Ukraine Yakov Dov Bleich. the tabling of Bill C-331, the Ukrainian political and economic policies in compli- The leaders prayed together in Kyiv’s Soyuzivka is the perfect venue where ance with Russian interests. Canadian Recognition and Restitution famed St. Sophia Cathedral, which is cur- Act. C-331 was subsequently re-tabled this objective can be met. Where better “We were very dependent on Russia, and rently a museum that has no affiliation with in 2002 and then in 2004. It has been to meet fellow Ukrainian Americans this dependence remains to this very era, a particular Church. Patriarch Filaret led the debated in the House of Commons and is and share your rich cultural heritage? particularly with energy,” said Nestor first prayer, followed by Archbishop currently being reviewed by the Standing Camps are flourishing as young Kovalskyi, 51. “But there’ll never be anoth- Mytrofan. Committee on Canadian Heritage. families travel with their children to er Kuchma again. People felt on their skin After the hymn “A Prayer for Mr. Mark explained, “When I was Soyuzivka as they had in their own how bad it was.” childhoods. Teenagers are enjoying the Ukraine” was sung by a church choir, elected as a member of Parliament, one Meanwhile, festivities in Kyiv assumed a President Yushchenko, Prime Minister of my first acts was to consult with estate as a prime meeting and social much more formal tone that involved the gathering place for weekends. Yulia Tymoshenko and Verkhovna Rada Canada’s Ukrainian community to draft nation’s political and religious leaders. For Soyuzivka offers seniors’ programs Chairman Volodymyr Lytvyn lit candles in Bill C-331. It called upon the federal the first time, Kyiv did away with the mili- front of icons. government to: acknowledge that thou- tary pomp and circumstance that was a rem- (Continued on page 5) nant of Soviet days. (Continued on page 9) (Continued on page 4) 2 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 4, 2005 No. 36

ANALYSIS Sex traffickers prey NEWSBRIEFSNEWSBRIEFS Ukraine, U.S. discuss biological weapons emphasized that the government is guided by social justice in its socioeconomic poli- on Eastern Europeans KYIV – U.S. Senate Foreign Relations cies. “For the first time [our] pensioners Committee Chairman Richard Lugar (R- have received a minimum pension that is by Ron Synovitz there was impossible. The windows were Ind.) announced in Kyiv on August 29 equal to subsistence minimum,” the presi- RFE/RL Organized Crime and Terrorism Watch barred and there was the constant pres- that the United States and Ukraine agreed dent said. “For the first time, mothers with ence of a guard,” Maria said. to counter the threat of bioterrorism and to newborn babies have received a worthy Maria is a 30-year-old mother from One man in the building told Maria he prevent the proliferation of biological assistance from the state.” Mr. Ukraine who left behind her husband and had “bought” her for several hundred dol- weapons, technology, materials and Yushchenko also asserted that under his two young children to take what she was lars. He said she owed him money for the expertise, Ukrainian and international told would be a job in Italy as a cleaner. presidency Ukrainian businessmen have cost of the airplane ticket and would have news agencies reported. Under the agree- for the first time showed a willingness to The recruiters who originally prom- to work for him until the debt was repaid. ment Washington will assist Kyiv in ised her a high-paying salary were men leave the shadow-economy sector and “to For the next nine months, Maria was upgrading the security for pathogens cur- pay taxes honestly.” (RFE/RL Newsline) who posed as representatives of a legiti- forced against her will to work as a pros- rently stored at Ukrainian laboratories, as mate employment agency. Maria says titute. Sometimes she was forced to have well as in reducing the time required to ... and seeks higher election hurdle they gained her trust because they looked sex with 10 different men within a single diagnose disease outbreaks in Ukraine and professional and persuasive. day. She was beaten brutally whenever assessing whether they are natural or the KYIV – President Viktor Yushchenko “The process I went through to get she refused. And if a customer com- result of a terrorist act. “This agreement also said in his Independence Day speech there was normal. Everything looked plained about her performance, the broth- will help Ukraine improve its capacity to that the efficiency of a future Parliament is fine. There were two other girls with me. el owner added a fine to her debt – pro- diagnose, detect, and respond to public one of the guarantees that Ukraine will not They were from the same region, but I longing her sentence as a sex slave. health threats by providing Ukraine with return to the past, Interfax-Ukraine report- didn’t know them. I was going [to Italy] It was only when the brothel was raid- more modern, central reference libraries ed. “I hope that today’s Verkhovna Rada to work as a housekeeper. In Ukraine ed by Italian police that Maria was freed and a network of regional epidemiological has enough patriotism to raise the vote they told me already that I would work from captivity. Authorities in Italy monitoring stations as well as enhancing threshold. We will then get a real represen- either as a housekeeper or work in a bar charged her with prostitution and deport- cooperation between our two nations,” tative branch of authority, not a club of washing dishes,” Maria said. ed her back to Ukraine. U.S. Sen. Barack Obama (D-Ill.), who political-party owners.” A law on parlia- Maria says her nightmare began after Maria’s story is a common one in was traveling with Sen. Lugar, told jour- mentary elections adopted in March low- she and the other women arrived in Italy Eastern Europe and the former Soviet nalists in Kyiv. (RFE/RL Newsline) ered the vote threshold to qualify for parlia- and were met by several suspicious men. mentary representation from 4 percent to 3 republics. Trafficking from the region for Yushchenko stresses European choice... They were human traffickers in the ille- sexual exploitation has become so com- percent. The law stipulates that parliamen- gal global sex industry. mon since the early 1990s that it is con- KYIV – President Viktor Yushchenko tary elections to the 450-seat legislature are “We went there and arrived in one sidered by experts as a distinct wave in made a speech to some 10,000 people to be held under a fully proportional, party- city. They took us to a building on the the global sex trade. gathered on Kyiv’s Independence Square list system. (RFE/RL Newsline) outskirts of the city and they told us to The U.S. State Department estimates on August 24 to mark the country’s 14th clean off, to relax from the travel. Later, Deputy wants election threshold raised that 800,000 people are trafficked against anniversary of independence, Ukrainian they confronted us with the fact that we their will across international borders and international agencies reported. KYIV – Mykhailo Pozhyvanov, a law- would be providing sex services. It is a According to Mr. Yushchenko, after the shock for a human being. Escape from (Continued on page 17) maker of the pro-presidential Our Orange Revolution Ukraine is perceived Ukraine caucus in the Verkhovna Rada, as a regional leader by many of its neigh- has registered a draft bill proposing to bors. “We not only see our future in a raise the vote threshold to qualify parties National identity, civil society unified Europe,” Mr. Yushchenko said. for parliamentary representation from 3 “Ukraine’s success is able to open new percent to 7 percent, UNIAN reported on horizons for our entire continent. I August 25. Mr. Pozhyvanov’s move fol- and the Orange Revolution believe that very soon without Ukraine it lows Ukrainian President Viktor will be impossible to imagine Europe’s by Taras Kuzio number of hard-core activists were paid Yushchenko’s call the previous day to new face, or its frontiers, or its role in travel expenses. This was not the case for raise the vote barrier in order to have a Eurasia Daily Monitor today’s world.” (RFE/RL Newsline) Yanukovych voters, who were dispatched more efficient legislature. (RFE/RL Democratic Initiatives, a well-estab- Newsline) to Kyiv in an organized operation. ... praises government’s achievements ... lished, Kyiv-based sociological think One indicator of the manufactured Yushchenko honors Gongadze tank, has just published a new study, Yanukovych faction was the dried mili- KYIV – President Viktor Yushchenko Politchnyi Portret (no. 32, 2005). tary meals that the Ministry of Defense told the crowd on Independence Square in Democratic Initiatives was one of four KYIV – President Viktor Yushchenko illegally “sold” at a cost of 300,000 hrv Kyiv on August 24 that the new Ukrainian awarded the title Hero of Ukraine and a Ukrainian sociological organizations ($61,000) to the Yanukovych voters who government installed in the wake of the involved in organizing exit polls during state medal to the late Heorhii Gongadze, journeyed to Kyiv (Ukrayinska Pravda, Orange Revolution has already achieved a journalist who founded the Internet the 2004 Ukrainian presidential election. May 13). “While ‘orange’ supporters first tangible successes, Interfax-Ukraine Politychnyi Portret reveals that 18.4 per- publication Ukrayinska Pravda, reported came on their own, the ‘blue-whites’ are reported. Under the new government, Mr. the presidential press service. President cent of Ukraine’s population (about 5.5 mil- brought in,” one commentator pointed Yushchenko said, media freedom has lion people) participated in the Orange out (Zerkalo Nedeli/Dzerkalo Tyzhnia, become a reality in Ukraine. He also (Continued on page 22) Revolution. Of winner Viktor Yushchenko’s November 27, 2004). supporters, 34 percent participated, while Two factors explain this difference only 9 percent of Viktor Yanukovych’s sup- between orange Yushchenko and blue- porters took part in protest rallies. white Yanukovych voters. FOUNDED 1933 Even though he had the backing of the First, civil society is far weaker and far HE KRAINIAN EEKLY more populous eastern Ukraine, Mr. more “managed” in eastern Ukraine, TAn English-languageU newspaperW published by the Ukrainian National Association Inc., Yanukovych failed to organize a counter- which voted largely for Mr. Yanukovych, a non-profit association, at 2200 Route 10, P.O. Box 280, Parsippany, NJ 07054. Orange Revolution. As Politychnyi than in western and central Ukraine, which Yearly subscription rate: $55; for UNA members — $45. Portret (p. 59) concluded, Yushchenko voted for Mr. Yushchenko. Only 10 per- Periodicals postage paid at Parsippany, NJ 07054 and additional mailing offices. voters were far “more energized.” cent of Mr. Yanukovych voters, compared (ISSN — 0273-9348) During the 2004 election, polls to 30 percent of Yushchenko voters, revealed that 33 percent of Yushchenko believe citizens should take action to pro- The Weekly: UNA: Tel: (973) 292-9800; Fax: (973) 644-9510 Tel: (973) 292-9800; Fax: (973) 292-0900 voters and only 13 percent of tect their rights (International Foundation Yanukovych voters were ready to partici- for Electoral Systems, April 2005). Postmaster, send address changes to: Editor-in-chief: Roma Hadzewycz pate in sanctioned rallies. This Based on their own views of how civil Yushchenko edge was also evident in The Ukrainian Weekly Editors: society is “managed” in their hometowns, 2200 Route 10 Andrew Nynka voter participation in boycotts, strikes Donetsk residents and eastern Ukrainians and hunger strikes. Only 17 percent of P.O. Box 280 Zenon Zawada (Kyiv) refused to believe that the Orange Parsippany, NJ 07054 Ika Koznarska Casanova (part time) Yushchenko voters refused to participate Revolution protesters were in Kyiv volun- in protests, but the equivalent for tarily. They cynically believed that if The Ukrainian Weekly Archive: www.ukrweekly.com; e-mail: [email protected] Yanukovych voters was 41 percent. Donetsk residents were paid to attend “pop- Most Orange Revolutionaries traveled ular” rallies, why should Yushchenko rallies The Ukrainian Weekly, September 4, 2005, No. 36, Vol. LXXIII to Kyiv voluntarily, although a small be organized any differently? Copyright © 2005 The Ukrainian Weekly Following this logic, if the protesters Dr. Taras Kuzio is visiting professor at were not paid, then the Orange ADMINISTRATION OF THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY AND SVOBODA the Elliot School of International Affairs, Revolution must be a U.S.-backed con- George Washington University. The article spiracy (Zerkalo Nedeli/Dzerkalo Walter Honcharyk, administrator (973) 292-9800, ext. 3041 above, which originally appeared in The Tyzhnia, December 4-10, 2004). Maria Oscislawski, advertising manager (973) 292-9800, ext. 3040 Jamestown Foundation’s Eurasia Daily When asked why the Orange e-mail: [email protected] Monitor, is reprinted here with permission Mariyka Pendzola, subscriptions (973) 292-9800, ext. 3042 from the foundation (www.jamestown.org). (Continued on page 14) No. 36 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 4, 2005 3 Sens. Lugar, Obama reach agreement Yushchenko to visit New York, with Ukraine on biological weapons Philadelphia on September 13-18 by Yana Sedova statistic he has often repeated. The coun- by Andrew Nynka strated leadership and vision in the pursuit Kyiv Press Bureau try also needs market economy status, he of liberty of conscience or freedom from said. PARSIPPANY, N.J. – Ukrainian oppression, ignorance or deprivation.” KYIV – A pair of leading U.S. sena- The Jackson-Vanik Amendment, President Viktor Yushchenko will address Philadelphia Mayor John F. Street will tors reached agreement with Ukrainian passed in 1974, set trade sanctions on the the United Nations and more than 170 present the medal on September 17, officials to secure biological pathogens former Soviet Union because it denied its heads of state, as the highlight of his America’s Constitution Day. The medal, and prevent the proliferation of biologi- Jewish population the opportunity to upcoming trip to the United States, during which comes with a $100,000 prize, is typ- a U.N. summit in New York City, cal weapons, and gave assurances they emigrate. Though the Soviet Union no ically awarded on American Independence Ukrainian diplomats said. would support further steps toward longer exists, the amendment still Day, July 4, but the date had to be changed While in New York, Mr. Yushchenko Ukraine’s membership in the World restricts Ukraine’s ability to export goods this year because of a scheduling conflict. will hold several bilateral meetings. The Trade Organization during a two-day to the U.S. That evening, following the award cer- president will also attend various commu- visit to Kyiv on August 29 and 30. “I have offered legislation this year emony, a gala dinner and celebration will nity events in New York and Philadelphia. Senate Foreign Relations Committee and before for a repeal of Jackson-Vanik honor President Yushchenko. The dinner, As part of his five-day trip to the Chairman Richard Lugar (R-Ind.) and as it pertains to Ukraine,” said Sen. a by-invitation-only, black-tie event, will Sen. Barack Obama (D-Ill.) lauded the Lugar, who authored the bill. Mr. Lugar United States, Mr. Yushchenko will attend the 2005 United Nations World Summit be hosted by the directors of the Ukrainian government’s willingness to said he hopes the U.S. Congress will Philadelphia Liberty Medal and the cooperate with the U.S. and said the pact examine and approve the bill in held at the U.N. headquarters in New York City on September 14-16. He is scheduled trustees of the National Constitution will prevent the spread of biological September. Center, where the reception will be held. pathogens and terrorist expertise. In 2001 the United Jewish Community to speak on September 15, Ukrainian diplomats said, and his speech will focus Mr. Yushchenko is expected to arrive in “It wasn’t possible to sign the agree- of Ukraine asked U.S. officials to abolish on several issues, including economic the United States on September 13. He is ment at the same time last year,” Sen. the Jackson-Vanik Amendment. development and international security. expected to visit The Ukrainian Museum, Lugar said at an August 29 press confer- However, there is some resistance to The trip to the U.S. will be Mr. as well as St. George Ukrainian Catholic ence. “It is possible now.” rescinding Jackson-Vanik in the U.S. Yushchenko’s second here as Ukraine’s Church and St. Volodymyr Ukrainian Sen. Lugar is a co-author of the Nunn- House of Representatives, Sen. Obama president. In April of this year Mr. Orthodox Church, all in New York City. Lugar Act, which established the 1991 said, without specifying who was Yushchenko met at the White House with His schedule will include a banquet Cooperative Threat Reduction Program opposed or why. “We’ve got to persuade U.S. President George W. Bush and spoke two days later, where he will be the guest that proposed financing the elimination some folks in the House,” he said. before members of both houses of Congress. of honor at the founding dinner of the of nuclear, chemical and biological As for market economy status, the The 2005 World Summit will include Orange Circle, a new initiative launched weapons in the former Soviet Union. U.S. government has been studying four closed, interactive roundtables deal- to “represent the essence of Ukraine’s The new agreement’s initiatives Ukraine’s application and is going to ing with the summit’s four agenda items: Orange Revolution,” a website for the include a provision to secure epidemio- grant the status by year’s end, said Eric freedom from want, freedom from fear, non-profit organization notes. The event logical laboratories that store biological Stewart, the Commerce Department’s freedom to live in dignity and strengthen- will take place in the Rainbow Room at pathogens and establish a national net- deputy assistant secretary, speaking at a ing the U.N. 30 Rockefeller Center in New York City work of epidemiological monitoring sta- July 14 press conference. However, Mr. The summit will also feature plenary and tickets are $500 per person. tions equipped to rapidly detect, diagnose Stewart added that it would depend on meetings presided over by world leaders The following evening, September 16, and respond to infectious disease out- the progress of the Verkhovna Rada’s breaks throughout Ukraine, whether nat- and decisions are expected to be made in the president will be the guest of honor legislation to allow Ukraine WTO entry. the areas of development, security, human during a gala banquet prepared by the urally occurring or as a result of bioter- Ukraine’s energy industries could rorism. rights and reform of the United Nations. Ukrainian American Community become an attractive field for invest- Member-states are expected to adopt a Committee. The event will take place at Authorities signed the agreement on ments, Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko the first day of the senators’ visit, which final document that will contain a num- The Pierre Hotel, located at Fifth Avenue said at a meeting with Sens. Lugar and ber of decisions and recommendations and 61st Street in New York City. Ticktes was to include a visit to Babyn Yar, the Obama the same day. site of Nazi massacres in Kyiv, and a san- for future action. Aside from making a are $300. “Even the United States nowadays speech, Mr. Yushchenko’s role in the While Mr. Yushchenko is in New itary-epidemiological center. feels the danger of energy dependence,” That same day the senators also dis- summit is not known. York, his wife, Kateryna Yushchenko, said Sen. Lugar, adding that Ukraine’s Following his speech at the U.N., Mr. will hold a reception for invited women cussed the critical issues of Ukraine’s energy reforms, including attempts to entry into the WTO and the repeal of the Yushchenko will receive the 2005 at the Ukrainian Institute of America on diversify its sources beyond Russia, will Philadelphia Liberty Medal during a pub- September 15. The reception will “cele- Jackson-Vanik Amendment with receive the support of U.S. senators. President Viktor Yushchenko and U.S. lic ceremony held in Philadelphia at the brate the cultural heritage of Ukraine,” an The senators arrived in Kyiv later than National Constitution Center at 2 p.m. invitation for the event notes. Ambassador to Ukraine John Herbst. expected because they endured a three- The senators reassured Ukrainian lead- The medal, established in 1988 and Mr. Yushchenko is scheduled to leave hour stand-off with Russian Federal administered by the non-profit the United States and return to Ukraine ers that they will urge the Senate to Border Service guards in Perm. repeal the Jackson-Vanik Amendment, Philadelphia Foundation, honors an indi- on September 18. Other details of his The border guards tried to inspect a vidual or organization that has “demon- schedule were not available at press time. which is essential for Ukraine to meet U.S. Air Force plane with the two sena- conditions of WTO entry. tors and their delegation aboard. The In return, President Yushchenko asked congressional delegation refused their Sens. Lugar and Obama to help secure a demand because their flight had diplo- bilateral agreement for mutual access to matic status. markets, which also is necessary for The Russian guards duly held them in Ukraine’sUkrinform leaders draftedto consistsaddress of several proposals. U.N. One Ukraine’s WTO entry, Lvivska Hazeta a malodorous room adjacent to the tar- important proposal involves creation of a KYIV – One of the main priorities of reported. mac and allowed them onto a porch area Council on Human Rights to replace the Ukrainian diplomacy to day is the issue of For lack of WTO membership, only after they surrendered their pass- current Human Rights Commission. The Ukraine loses about $8 billion a year, Mr. full utilization of the United Nations, second important proposal involves cre- Yushchenko told the senators, citing a (Continued on page 22) which is the sole universal international ation of a commission on peacekeeping. intergovernmental organization, according The third, and probably the most impor- to Ukraine’s Ambassador to the United tant, proposal provides for expansion of the Nations Valeriy Kuchinsky. Speaking at a U.N. Security Council. He noted that the press conference on August 23, he said the current Security Council was created when U.N. has withstood the test of time and the U.N. had only 51 members and that the will soon mark its 60th anniversary, in organization now has 191 members. connection with which a summit will take Meanwhile, the status of the permanent place in New York on September 13 to 17. members of the Security Council has prac- Ambassador Kuchinsky said this is a tically remained unchanged since 1945. unique event because the leaders of 175 Verkhovna Rada Chairman Volodymyr countries will be gathering in one place Lytvyn will lead the Ukrainian delegation for the first time in history. The second to the second world conference of heads world meeting of heads of national par- of national parliaments. liaments will take place in New York on Mr. Kuchinsky said that President September 7 to 9. Yushchenko’s speech at the U.N. summit Mr. Kuchinsky announced that will focus on several issues, including President Viktor Yushchenko will attend economic development and international the summit of the United Nations and security. address the organization on September He also announced that a general 15. Mr. Yushchenko will also hold sever- debate at the level of foreign affairs min- al bilateral meetings while in New York. isters will take place in New York on The ambassador also expressed hope September 17 to 22 and that Foreign Associated Press that important decisions will be made at the Affairs Minister Borys Tarasyuk will par- Ukraine's President Viktor Yushchenko meets with U.S. Sens. Richard Lugar summit. According to him, the final docu- ticipate in it. Mr. Tarasyuk is scheduled (center) and Barack Obama. ment of the summit that is currently being to deliver an address on September 18. 4 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 4, 2005 No. 36

Ontario MP praises agreement on redress OBITUARIES REGINA, Saskatchewan – Liberal MP Minister’s Office and the Ukrainian gration restrictions. Borys Wrzesnewskyj (Etobicoke Center, Canadian Congress, I am thrilled that this The agreement in principle with the Ontario) praised Prime Minister Paul very important first step toward com- Ukrainian Canadian community includes Martin and the government of Canada for memorating the hardships of the commu- an initial contribution of $2.5 million to Mary Yuzyk, wife doing what governments of the past 80 nity is being undertaken through this the Shevchenko Foundation through the years have failed to do: recognize the agreement in principle.” Acknowledgement, Commemoration and hardships suffered by Ukrainian “I would like to thank Multiculturalism Education (ACE) Program. ofOTTAWA the late – Mary senator Yuzyk (nee Canadians as a result of wartime meas- Minister Raymond Chan for his efforts. I The agreement also provides for the Bahniuk), wife of the late Sen. Paul ures during World War I and immigration would particularly like to thank Prime implementation of various commemora- Yuzyk, who was known as the “father of restrictions imposed on them by the gov- Minister Paul Martin for his personal tive projects over the next three years. In multiculturalism,” passed away on ernment of the day – with a $2.5 million involvement on this file,” he said, adding, addition, the agreement envisions the August 17 in her 91st year. initial contribution toward the commem- “The Prime Minister has once again demon- preparation by the Ukrainian Canadian The Yuzyks were married on July 12, oration of the community’s experiences. strated his sensitivity on issues of concern community of proposals on how to edu- 1941, in Hafford, Saskatchewan in a tra- Speaking following the prime minis- for the Ukrainian Canadian community. cate Canadians about their historical ditional Ukrainian wedding ceremony. ter’s announcement in Regina, in which Without him, we wouldn’t be here today.” experiences and Ukrainian Canadian Sen. Yuzyk, who drafted Canada’s an agreement in principle with the In keeping with the federal govern- community’s contributions to Canada. Ukrainian Canadian community had been ment’s policy on historical redress, the Mr. Wrzesnewskyj said he is pleased (Continued on page 15) outlined, Mr. Wrzesnewskyj stated: 2005 federal budget announced funding to have worked closely with representa- “Representatives of the Ukrainian of $25 million over three years to tives of the Ukrainian Canadian commu- Canadian community have been working acknowledge, commemorate and educate nity and the Liberal government, includ- on this for decades. After countless work- Canadians about the historical experi- ing fellow Liberal MP Walt Lastewka, to ing meetings over the past year with offi- ences of ethno-cultural communities broker this initial installment of what will cials in Justice, Heritage, the Prime affected by wartime measures and immi- be a broader agreement.

Ukrainian Canadian leaders hail agreement The following statement was issued by tional projects recalling Canada’s first during this country’s first national intern- representatives of the Ukrainian national internment operations. ment operations of 1914-1920, when thou- Canadian community in response to the sands of men, women and children were announcement by Prime Minister Paul This represents a goodwill gesture and a needlessly imprisoned as “enemy aliens,” Martin, in Regina, Saskatchewan, of an very welcome first step in securing recog- had their wealth confiscated, were forced agreement in principle to fund an initial nition and reconciliation for the wrongs to do heavy labor, disenfranchised and sub- package of commemorative and educa- done to Ukrainians and other Europeans jected to other state-sanctioned censures. We applaud the prime minister’s per- sonal involvement in helping to resolve this matter. We are also grateful for the contributions made by Minister of Multiculturalism Raymond Chan and Mary Yuzyk in a photo taken on the Minister of Finance Ralph Goodale in occasion of her 90th birthday. making this a reality today. In addition, we would like to recognize the tireless efforts of Inky Mark, member of Parliament, who over the years has raised awareness of this great tragedy among his fellow members of Parliament, government Henrikh Altunian, officials and fellow Canadians. We look forward to the next step in humanPARSIPPANY, rights N.J. activist– Henrikh the fall where we anticipate concluding a Altunian, veteran human rights activist final agreement that will provide a prop- in Ukraine, died in a Jerusalem clinic on er acknowledgement and a series of June 30. He was 72. commemorative, educational and com- Mr. Altunian, who was born in Tbilisi, munity-building initiatives. Georgia, moved with his family to Subsequent educational, research and Kharkiv, Ukraine in 1951. He was a cultural initiatives will help teach future radio technology engineer by training generations of Canadians about this and was a member of the Communist episode in our national history and, hope- Party of the Soviet Union. fully, that will ensure that no other ethnic, In 1964 at a party meeting he declared racial or religious minority ever has to his mistrust of the new Soviet leadership. endure what our people did in a period of He was expelled from the party in 1968 domestic and international crisis. because of his friendship with known dissidents, such as Petro Grigorenko, and On behalf of the Ukrainian his refusal to condemn Andrei Sakharov. Canadian community: In 1969 he became a founding mem- Andrew Hladyshevsky, Q.C., president ber of the Initiative Group for Human Ukrainian Canadian Foundation (Continued on page 15) of Taras Shevchenko Paul M. Grod, LL.B., vice-president Canadian Prime Minister Paul Martin (front row, center) is flanked by Member Ukrainian Canadian Congress of Parliament Borys Wrzesnewskyj (left) and Andrew Hladyshevsky of the Ukrainian Canadian Foundation of Taras Shevchenko. Also in the photo are: (sec- Lubomyr Luciuk, Ph.D., Dr. Mikhail Stern, ond row, from left) Paul Grod of the Ukrainian Canadian Congress, Dr. Lubomyr research director Luciuk of the Ukrainian Canadian Civil Liberties Association, Member of Ukrainian Canadian Civil Liberties Parliament Walt Lastewka and (top) Minister of Canadian Heritage Liza Frulla. Association JewishPARSIPPANY, refusenik N.J. – Mikhail Stern, a physician and former Jewish refusenik from Ukraine who called the USSR “a Agreement... has taken the first step toward resolution.” Canadian community; and prison of nations,” died in Amsterdam in Provisions of the agreement in princi- • commencement of work by the com- June, two months after he was attacked (Continued from page 1) ple include: munity on proposals to help commemo- at his home by burglars. sands of Ukrainian Canadians were • an initial contribution of $2.5 million to rate their historical experience and educate He was born and reared in Vinnytsia, the Ukrainian Canadian Foundation of Canadians about those experiences and the unjustly interned and disenfranchised in Ukraine, and graduated from medical Taras Shevchenko through the contributions the Ukrainian Canadian Canada during the first world war; pro- school in 1944. In 1952 he was dis- Acknowledgement, Commemoration and community has made to Canada. missed from the Vinnytsia vide funding to commemorate the sacri- Education (ACE) Program; Mr. Mark, who is a vice-chair of the fices made by these Canadians and; to Endocrinological Center during the era • coordination by the Shevchenko Standing Committee on Citizenship and of the fabricated “Doctor’s Plot,” in develop educational materials detailing Foundation, in consultation with the Immigration, noted: “A lot of hard work this dark period of Canada’s history.” which Stalin alleged a conspiracy of Ukrainian Canadian Congress and the has gone into reaching this first step. The Jewish doctors plotting to poison Soviet “Finally, after two decades of lobbying Ukrainian Canadian Civil Liberties federal government must now continue leaders. He was reinstated after Stalin’s and 12 years since Jean Chrétien, the former Association, the implementation of com- this work with Canada’s Ukrainian com- death in 1954. prime minister, wrote a letter promising to memorative projects over the next three munity to ensure that this dark history deal with the issue, this Liberal government years on behalf of the Ukrainian doesn’t repeat itself.” (Continued on page 17) No. 36 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 4, 2005 5

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We believe Soyuzivka truly fits the criteria Soyuzivka... for a non-profit foundation, and, more than (Continued from page 1) likely, it should have been designated as UNA to sponsor workshop that concentrate on information about such when it was established. We have retirement, insurance and medical issues – studied this option with our legal and on planning for college and are delivered in a language our com- accounting advisors, and we believe this munity members understand. step brings us closer to our objective of PARSIPPANY, N.J. – The Ukrainian cial aid, how to “package” a student to The facilities are being revamped, albeit preserving Soyuzivka for future genera- National Association announced that it improve the chance of admissions, and slowly. The cost to remodel and renovate tions. is sponsoring a comprehensive work- how to pick the best-fit college. The the tired old buildings is high, but little by Heritage Foundation incorporated shop on planning for college success to program is designed for parents of high little improvements are being made. The be held on Thursday, October 13, at 7- school students from grades 9 to 12. Soyuzivka staff is dedicated to making The Soyuzivka Heritage Foundation was 9 p.m. at the association’s headquarters Instructors from the American guests’ visits pleasurable. incorporated in July. It is our plan to oper- at 2200 Route 10 in Parsippany, N.J. Education Foundation’s Northern New For the Ukrainian National Association ate Soyuzivka as a non-profit organization The free presentation, called Jersey Chapter, a non-profit, tax- our most important objective was to halt that will be supported in part by donations, “Everything You Need to Better exempt organization, will conduct the the financial drain Soyuzivka has had on grants and annual memberships. Prepare for College,” reveals some lit- workshop. the UNA’s financial condition. In the past, Transferring Soyuzivka to a non-profit tle-known information about the Seating is limited. For reservations the UNA, flush with a strong reserve posi- foundation will ensure that our Ukrainian biggest mistakes to avoid when making and information, call the Ukrainian tion, could afford to cover the losses American heritage continues to be promot- college choices, the myths about finan- National Association at 800-253-9862. Soyuzivka operations incurred, funding it ed and recognized and that the foundation as a “fraternal benefit” to its members and will continue in perpetuity. the community. It no longer has the ability This should help reduce some of the tax to do so. The deficits continue to have a burden and allow Soyuzivka to borrow negative impact on the UNA balance sheet independently without impacting the and this is unacceptable. UNA’s financial position for capital Although occupancy has increased and improvements. When these improvements Insurance Matters revenue is up, Soyuzivka remains primarily are completed, Soyuzivka should become a by Joseph Hawryluk a three-month revenue-generating enter- full-season facility with a steady stream of prise, while the fixed operating costs, income throughout the year. which include taxes, insurance, etc., remain Although no final decisions have been constant throughout the year. The expenses made, currently under evaluation is a com- Assignment of life insurance policy outpace the revenues. The Soyuzivka man- plete renovation of the Main House, which agement, with Nestor Paslawsky at the would convert the third floor space to 13 to Dear Osyp: helm, continues to work on finding new 15 additional hotel rooms, add a business revenue sources, and developing events center, and an Internet-connected meeting I want to buy a UNA life insurance policy for my 88-year-old mother (funerals are and programs of interest, while managing room facility. This would allow for the so expensive these days), but I’m afraid that, if she goes into a nursing home, operating expenses. expansion of a corporate/business seminar Medicaid will make me cash surrender that life insurance policy. As a step toward finding a solution, trade which is year-round and usually con- heeding professional legal and accounting ducted Monday through Friday. No deci- – Olenka advice, the Soyuzivka LLC was created – sions have yet been made with regard to first of all, to eliminate the impact of this proposal, as analysis is only just begin- Dear Olenka: Soyuzivka on the UNA’s financial position ning and must be carefully evaluated over and, secondly, to eliminate the UNA’s the coming months. Is there a market for Just because a person buys a life insurance policy does not mean that they have to be the direct liability risk with regard to such? How much income can we expect to owner of the policy. You can be the owner of your mother’s life insurance policy. Your Soyuzivka’s operations. Although it generate? All of these questions must be mother applies for the UNA life insurance and “assigns’ the policy to you by signing an accomplished the latter, the limited liability answered. “assignment” form available through the Home Office, thus making that life insurance poli- corporation did not meet the criteria neces- Regardless which project is decided cy yours. Once the policy is assigned, all rights to the policy are then in the hands of the sary to remove it from the UNA’s financial upon, creating a non-profit foundation, new owner. The new owner has full contractual rights and title to the policy. You have the statement. more importantly, will remove Soyuzivka right to change the beneficiary, cash surrender the policy, revoke the assignment, including With Soyuzivka reporting deficits on the as a reportable entity on the UNA’s finan- the original assignment, and obtain loans against the life insurance policy. Obviously, the UNA’s financial statement, borrowing for cial statement and allow the Soyuzivka person to whom the policy is being assigned must be 100 percent trustworthy! expansion and renovation is precluded. This Heritage Foundation Inc. to borrow funds At 88 years of age, your mom will pay $8,505 (one-time payment) for a $10,000 also put a hold on the town home project. in order to make the necessary improve- life insurance policy “standard” rating. If she is not a tobacco user, if her weight is The start-up costs for developing the neces- ments and proceed with whatever project within ideal limits for her height, and if she is not taking any prescription drugs, she sary infrastructure to pursue this project plan is approved. would then only pay $8,285 (one-time payment) because of preferred rating. (sewage, roads, subdivision, etc.) under the Donations will also play an increasing An 11-year-old girl would pay only $870 (one-time payment, standard rating), or present scenario would require borrowing. role in the success of the new foundation. $820 (one-time payment, preferred rating) for that same $10,000 life insurance policy. Many have asked us: Why not use the We now await IRS approval for the new In most cases, 11-year-olds will qualify for that lower, preferred rate, and may apply deposits people will make? It is necessary to 501 (c) (3) charitable foundation. Although for college scholarships, as well as other UNA benefits! point out that it is prohibited by law to use this can take up to six months for approval, The moral of the story is: get some life insurance early! potential buyers’ deposits for the purpose of our legal advisors believe that Soyuzivka pre-construction and/or development. All clearly fits the criteria as a cultural, educa- – Osyp deposits are to be held in escrow until the tional entity, established as a place where time of closing. Therein lies the problem. people congregate, share their experiences We find ourselves in a Catch 22 situation. and learn about the ethnic background and Joseph (Osyp in Ukrainian) Hawryluk is an advisor on the UNA General Assembly, Money is needed for renovations and proj- cultural heritage of the Ukrainian people. chairman of the Buffalo UNA District and secretary of UNA Branch 360 as well as a ects, but it would be financially imprudent The Soyuzivka Heritage Foundation Inc. New York State Licensed Agent. for the UNA to borrow at this time. will be composed of a board of directors. This has made us step back from this Two of the directors will be the UNA presi- project temporarily and “look outside the dent and treasurer. The other members are: Mission Statement box” to find a solution that would preserve Taras Szmagala Jr., Nestor Olesnycky and Soyuzivka for our members and the com- Orest Fedash. The UNA will remain the munity, while removing its negative sole owner of the foundation. We will report The Ukrainian National Association exists: impact on the UNA’s financial reporting. more about this entity as time goes on. n to promote the principles of fraternalism; Once this is accomplished, new projects We are excited about this development n can be revisited. and would like to thank all of our members to preserve the Ukrainian, Ukrainian American and Working with top-notch advisors, both and supporters of Soyuzivka for their devo- Ukrainian Canadian heritage and culture; and legal and accounting, we think we may tion. We cannot thank you enough for all of n have a solution. your efforts and hard work. to provide quality financial services and products to its What function does Soyuzivka ultimate- Although donations to Soyuzivka have members. ly perform? Soyuzivka, since its inception, subsided somewhat, we again would like to has functioned as a vital educational and emphasize that it needs every one of you. cultural institution with a mission of pre- Please help and be generous. Soyuzivka’s As a fraternal insurance society, the Ukrainian National serving the Ukrainian American heritage. survival will depend on each and every one Association reinvests its earnings for the benefit of its members That mission is even more relevant today. of us. I encourage you to get involved. and the Ukrainian community.

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NEWS AND VIEWS THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY At long last, a wrong will be righted Safe blood banks for Ukraine It took two decades of lobbying, but – finally – the Ukrainian Canadian commu- nity has secured an “agreement in principle” with the government of Canada are goal of new foundation regarding recognition of and redress for the unjust internment and disenfranchise- by Michael Komanowsky After two meetings between represen- ment of Ukrainian Canadians in 1914-1920. tatives of SBUAC (Dr. Horbova in As noted in the news story on the front page of this issue, the agreement pro- HIV/AIDS is relatively new in Canada and Dr. Chernyk in Ukraine) and vides for an initial payment of $2.5 million to the Ukrainian community to fund Ukraine, appearing there as late as the the health minister of Ukraine, Dr. commemorative and educational programs. Over the course of three years the mid-1990s. However, it has risen consid- Mykola Polishchuk, such a request was Canadian government is poised to provide $25 million to acknowledge the injus- erably between 1995 and 2002, and it granted by the government of Ukraine. tice done, to commemorate the first world war-era internment operations and to continues to rise, as reported by the The SBUAC endeavor is being sup- educate the Canadian public at large about this shameful episode in history. World Health Organization (WHO), at an ported by the first lady of Ukraine, The announcement in Regina, Saskatchewan, of the agreement in principle was exponential rate. It has doubled in the Kateryna Yushchenko. but the first step in resolving the internment issue; according to the Ukrainian three years since 2002, spreading quickly On September 17, the day when Canadian Civil Liberties Association (UCCLA), which has been in the forefront of – primarily due to intravenous drug use President Viktor Yushchenko will receive redress efforts, final negotiations are expected to take place in the very near future. and rather limited efforts to control it. the Philadelphia Liberty Medal – an As readers may or may not recall, during Canada’s first national internment opera- Since the year 2001, Ukraine has had award given by the Philadelphia tion persons labeled as “enemy aliens” were interned under the War Measures Act. the highest rate of HIV infection among Foundation to recognize leadership in the Their property and possessions were confiscated, and they were disenfranchised. Over European countries. Even though HIV pursuit of freedom – Mrs. Yushchenko 5,000 of these 8,579 “enemy aliens” were Ukrainians, who happened to be immi- endangers both the social and economic will tour the Children’s Hospital of grants from the territories then under the control of the Austro-Hungarian empire. The development of the country, the govern- Philadelphia and attend a private meeting internees were used as slave labor to develop Canada’s national parks, logging, mills, ment of Ukraine and other sectors of soci- arranged by UFA with CEOs of all the mines, railways and bridges. Another 80,000 – the overwhelming majority of them ety have not responded quickly and force- pharmaceutical companies that manufac- Ukrainians – were required to register as enemy aliens and to report regularly to local fully enough to avert the grave threat ture anti-HIV medications, companies authorities. This great injustice was done to Ukrainian Canadians and other Europeans posed by it. Until now, the state health care that produce medications for treating despite the fact that none of them was shown to be disloyal to Canada. system in Ukraine has been insufficiently hemophilia, and companies that make For more than 80 years Ukrainian Canadians have lived with this wrong and have funded, even as compared with the Eastern chemotherapeutic agents for various suffered from its crippling legacy. As the UCCLA has noted, as late as World War II it European and Central Asian regions. forms of cancer. All of these companies was observed that the Ukrainian Canadian community was still suffering the effects of In 2001 only 2.9 percent of Ukraine’s are prepared to donate medications free the internment operations; a secret government report went so far as to note that even gross domestic product was spent on public of cost. The director of the Association of some of the community’s leaders were still “in fear of the barbed wire fence.” health, while the corresponding figure for Public Health Laboratories and the direc- For at least 20 years the Ukrainian Canadian community has lobbied for redress in the Russian Federation was 3.7 percent. tor of Global Health will be present, Private purchase of health care, amounting the form of acknowledgment of the wrongs inflicted on them, as well as funding for along with representatives of charitable to an additional 1.4 percent, while substan- commemorative projects hallowing the suffering of the internees and educational pro- foundations that have been invited. tial, was also insufficient. Due to the gov- grams to finally tell the true story of the internment operation. In 1992 Prime Minister Presently SBIF conducts blood bank- ernment’s neglect of public health, public Brian Mulroney (Progressive Conservative) raised the community’s hopes when he ing operation and management in 18 sub- awareness of HIV risk is low. told the Ukrainian Canadian Congress that he would negotiate a settlement. In June Saharan countries of Africa, China and Whereas the prevalence of HIV infec- 1993, then leader of the opposition Jean Chrétien (Liberal), promised to support India. In each of these countries, the goal tion in the whole country is presently redress. Although he became the prime minister, he never did honor that pledge. is to help secure a safe blood supply for estimated to be only about 1.4 percent, Now it appears that Ukrainian Canadians will get their due. In February, Minister of blood transfusion and thereby halt the mostly among people younger than 30, Finance Ralph Goodale included $25 million in the government budget for a redress spread of HIV/AIDS and many other the rate of growth of HIV by contaminat- fund. Now, with the direct support of Prime Minister Paul Martin (Liberal), the com- blood-borne diseases. This is readily ed blood is becoming an ever-increasing munity has been able to negotiate an agreement in principle (AIP). At the signing cere- accomplished using effective blood factor. This is especially true in cities on mony in Regina, Mr. Martin stated that Ukrainian Canadians “were treated in a manner banking operations and testing proce- the Black Sea, such as Odesa, as well as which today we see as inconsistent with and offensive to the values that underpin dures carried out by SBIF-trained local those along the Dnipro River, such as Canadian society and our democratic way of life” and underscored that the AIP is “a personnel using blood from non-remu- Mykolaiv, Zaporizhia, Dnipropetrovsk statement of resolve on the part of the government of Canada, in collaboration with the nerated volunteer blood donors. and Kyiv, that are most readily accessible Ukrainian Canadian community, that such actions will never happen again.” In this effort, SBIF has received assis- to drug trafficking from the east, via the His words no doubt pleased the last known survivor of the internment opera- tance from major international organiza- Black Sea. tions, Mary Manko Haskett, who was 6 years old when she was sent to an intern- tions such as the ExxonMobil While blood transfusion is a common ment camp with her family and today is 97 years old. In the January 30, 1994, Foundation, the Bill and Melinda Gates practice in Ukraine, 98 percent of Foundation and Merck Pharmaceuticals, edition of The Weekly she wrote: “What was done to us was wrong. And, because Ukrainian donors are relatives of those no one bothered to remember or learn about the wrong that was done to us, it was who need blood transfusions. Processing as well as from U.S. government agen- done to others again, and yet again. Maybe there’s an even greater wrong in that.” of blood does not meet European safety cies such as the United States Agency for The agreement in principle announced on August 24 is a an honorable first standards; consequently, 60 percent of International Development (USAID). step toward rectifying these grave injustices. hemophilic children have AIDS. While SBIF plans ultimately to pro- In order to offset this grave problem, vide blood for transfusions in all of the Ukrainian Federation of America Ukraine, initial plans involve opening up (UFA) contacted Jeffrey M. Bush, chair- blood banks in three oblasts following Sept. man and CEO of the Safe Blood procedures and methods similar to those Turning the pages back... International Foundation (SBIF), a U.S. used in the countries mentioned above. based not-for-profit organization, who Later these centers will become a nation- 8 readily agreed to set up a charitable wide network of blood centers. organization called Safe Blood Ukraine To support this effort, SBUF will 2002 Three years ago, on September 8, 2002, The Ukrainian Foundation (SBUF) on request by recruit and train a staff of blood testing Weekly published a lengthy article noting the migration of Ukraine. technicians, blood collection experts and Ukrainian American families to the suburbs and exurbs of Dr. Zenia Chernyk and Vera donor recruitment specialists and in this western New Jersey and the resultant increase in community Andryczyk, chairperson and president of way create a functioning organization for activity there. This migration, wrote Victor Hatala, “has presented a rare and wonder- UFA, respectively; former Rep. Charles carrying out safe collection, testing and ful opportunity for the Ukrainian Catholic parish here to build a new church, and to F. Dougherty; Dr. Roxolana Horbova; Dr. distribution of blood and blood products. establish a significant Ukrainian cultural and community center that will be easily Eugene Mochan, associate dean of the Whereas donated blood is free of accessible to residents of New Jersey, southern New York, eastern Pennsylvania and Philadelphia College of Osteopathic charge in the U.S., this will probably not even southwestern Connecticut.” Medicine; together with Dr. Andriy be the case in Ukraine, where blood “This is the vision of our parishioners,” said the Rev. Roman Mirchuk, who sever- Sverstiuk, assistant professor, Hahneman donation is not customary; consequently, al months earlier had been named pastor at St. John the Baptist Ukrainian Catholic University; and other board members of there will be additional costs associated Church in Whippany, N.J. Orest Kucyna, parish trustee and chairman of the Building UFA formed the Safe Blood Ukraine with recruiting and educating donors that Committee, said: “Our future lies in attracting young families and our youth by provid- Advisory Committee (SBUAC) that was will be provided by SBIF. ing adequate facilities for worship, religion classes, a Ukrainian heritage school, cultur- involved with preliminary planning and It would be beneficial if churches and al groups, scouting organizations and sports clubs. We must also reach out to provide was empowered by SBIF to inform the charitable organizations and other non- support for senior citizens by establishing Ukrainian-sponsored social services.” Ministry of Health of Ukraine that SBIF governmental organizations in Ukraine In 2002 we reported that the land for the cultural center and church had already is willing to assist Ukraine in securing a were to become involved in changing the been purchased; its location was optimal: close to Routes 287 and 10. Ukrainian safe blood supply, if requested to do so. cultural attitudes of the population American architect Taras Dobusz had already prepared renderings of a church, a rec- toward injecting drug users and HIV tory, a bell tower and a Ukrainian cultural-community center. infected persons, in providing informa- Now, three years later, construction of the 24,000-square-foot cultural center has Michael Komanowsky has an M.S. tion about health implications of personal begun on the 7.5-acre tract of land. And the Ukrainian American Cultural Center of degree in chemical engineering. He is behavior (e.g., HIV awareness and pre- New Jersey is yet another step closer to reality. a retired long-time employee of the vention), as well as in convincing healthy Eastern Regional Research Center of the individuals to offer blood for free, as is Source: “Jersey parish has ambitious vision for new church and community center,” U.S. Department of Agriculture in by Victor M. Hatala, The Ukrainian Weekly, September 8, 2002, Vol. LXX, No. 36. Philadelphia. (Continued on page 16) No. 36 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 4, 2005 7 COMMENTARY Faces and Places A look at the difficult life by Myron B. Kuropas of Worldby Lubomyr Luciuk War I herorushed forward Konowal and entered the emplace- ment, killed the crew and brought the A whole new ball game? We should not romanticize him. His life gun back to our lines. was often hard, even brutal. An immigrant “The next day he again attacked sin- Sooner or later it had to come to this. contributed much to preserving the to Canada in 1913, he left a wife and gle-handed another machine-gun If not Messrs. Taras Kuzio and Orest Ukrainian heritage, the Ukrainian lan- daughter at home. He could not have emplacement, killed three of the crew, Deychakiwsky writing in The Ukrainian guage, and the ideal of a Ukraine that is known that he would never see either and destroyed the gun and emplacement Weekly (August 7), then others would free, sovereign and independent. We again. His wife, Anna, starved during the with explosives. have called our attention to the fact that won! Time to declare victory, blow the genocidal Great Famine of 1932-1933 in “This non-commissioned officer alone our community, or diaspora if you pre- bugles, pat ourselves on the back, take Soviet Ukraine. Their daughter, Maria, was killed at least 16 of the enemy, and dur- fer, is becoming increasingly irrelevant our bows and move on to the next trapped forever behind the Iron Curtain. ing the two days’ actual fighting carried vis-à-vis Viktor Yuschenko’s Ukraine. assignment. Konowal began working in British on continuously his good work until Bottom line? It’s a whole new ball game. And what might that be? Given our Columbia’s forestry industry, later mov- severely wounded.” Or is it? present situation, i.e., the somewhat ing to the Ottawa Valley. When war broke Cpl. Konowal would soldier for three In contrast to the twaddle that has weakened state of our institutional infra- out he volunteered. By a quirk of geopo- years and 357 days. Yet, misfortune been appearing in The Kyiv Post – a structure, our next task needs to be mod- litical good luck, he had been born east of awaited him. In Ottawa, July 19, 1919, publication that believes our communi- est, focused and incremental. Our base the river Zbruch, so he was a citizen of he led the Peace Parade. The next day in ty is a neo-fascist gargoyle, stuck some- needs nourishment and expansion, and the Russian Empire, an ally, instead of an Hull he killed Wasyl Artich, reportedly a where in western Ukraine circa 1938 – that depends on our finding ways to “enemy alien” from Austro-Hungarian petty criminal and bootlegger who the Kuzio/Deychakiwsky analysis bring our youth back into the fold, and to lands. He enlisted in the army on July 12, attacked Konowal’s friend, Leonti offers some friendly, albeit painful, convince the Fourth Wave to buy into our 1915. Meanwhile, thousands of his fellow Diedek. Questioned why he had done it advice. community. Ukrainians were interned, forced to do Konowal said simply: “I’ve killed 52 of What I found particularly heartening We will never get them to commit to heavy labor in Canadian concentration them, that makes it the 53rd.” Found not in their summation was the magnitude of such a grandiose goal as “saving our camps and disenfranchised, not because guilty by reason of insanity, he was con- U.S. governmental, NGO and think-tank community” because their vision of of anything they did but only because of fined to Montreal’s Saint Jean de Dieu involvement with Ukraine. So much for “our community” is different from ours. who they were, where they came from. Hospital, an asylum he’d share with the canard that the United States cares Besides, both our youth and our Fourth Transported overseas with the 77th Quebec’s greatest poet, Emile Nelligan. little for Ukraine and its people. Wavers are too busy building their eco- battalion, Konowal embarked for France By the time he was discharged, No doubt about it. There has been a nomic lives to focus on communal on August 31, 1916, as a lance corporal Ukraine was firmly within Stalin’s grasp. sea change in the world following the needs. But we can develop creative, do- reassigned to the 47th Battalion. Severe There was no way home. So, like many Orange Revolution. Ukraine is finally a able, short-term projects that can peak diarrhea kept him out of the fighting veterans, Konowal found himself unem- player in the international arena. No their interest and not require a lifetime through February and March 1917, but he ployed, destitute. Slowly he rebuilt a life, longer are we “Little Russians” speaking pledge to belong. We witnessed how was back for Vimy Ridge. And his luck marrying a French-Canadian widow, a “Russian dialect.” Other nations are these two groups responded to the held until August 23, when he again Juliette Leduc-Auger, adopting her fami- finally paying attention. So now what? Orange Revolution. It was an awesome found himself in a Casualty Clearing ly as his own, earning his keep as a Can the same community institutions that display of passionate commitment. Station with gunshot wounds to the face Parliament Hill janitor. He died in 1959. have served us well in the past continue Now that the Ukrainian people are back and neck. A sniper gave him his “blighty” After his burial, in Ottawa’s Notre Dame to do so in the future? Simple answer: on track, however, most of our youth – wounds acute enough to take him out of Cemetery, he was all but forgotten. Even probably not. and Fourth Wavers seem to be fading the front lines, to a hospital in England. his Victoria Cross was stolen. The main reason is that some of our away. Just before he was shot, Konowal Then Branch 360 of the Royal community leaders are part-time ama- Our social capital needs to increase if became a Canadian hero. His valor during Canadian Legion got cracking. They and teurs suffering from hubris. The majority we are to survive until 2020. It won’t the Battle for Hill 70 earned him the their friends placed four trilingual mark- of our part-timers are well-meaning, but be easy, but we’re not alone. Other eth- highest military distinction of the British ers honoring Konowal across Canada. In good hearts can’t compete with good nic groups face similar problems Empire, the Victoria Cross, presented by 2000 they erected a statue in his village heads, with those who have superior cre- because we live in an America that is King George V. The November 23, 1917, of Kutkivchi, Ukraine. And, largely dentials and do what they do full-time. A becoming increasingly asocial. issue of the London Gazette recorded thanks to them, Konowal’s long-missing new breed of professional Ukraine Sociologist Robert Putnam addresses why No. 144039 was so deserving: VC was recovered in 2004, secure and on experts is emerging and that is a good this issue in his classic work, “Bowling “For most conspicuous bravery and permanent exhibit within the Canadian thing. Many of them have traveled in Alone: The Collapse and Renewal of leadership in charge of a section in attack. War Museum. And now a last plaque has Ukraine, lived in Ukraine, studied in and American Community.” Surveys indi- His section had the difficult task of mop- been unveiled – in Lens – concluding this about Ukraine, and, significantly, they cate that Americans have become ping up cellars, craters and machine-gun decade long-effort to hallow Konowal tend to be objective. In short, they’re increasingly disconnected from family, emplacements. Under his able direction and, along with him, all the Canadian sol- professionals. friends, neighbors and such mediating all resistance was overcome successfully, diers who, more than 90 years ago, went Non-sentimental, non-Ukrainian pro- structures as the PTA, churches, the boy and heavy casualties inflicted on the to France, many to remain there forever, fessionals working on behalf of Ukraine, scouts, the YMCA, fraternal organiza- enemy. In one cellar he himself bayoneted having paid the ultimate sacrifice in the however, is not always a good thing. It’s tions, political parties bowling leagues three enemy and attacked single-handed “Great War For Civilization.” fine if these same professionals have cul- and other, similar institutions; “We seven others in a crater, killing them all. Fittingly, this project was completed tivated a sensitivity to the peculiarities of need to create new structures and poli- “On reaching the objective, a machine in Canada’s Year of the Veteran and yet, the Ukrainian experience. It’s hurtful if cies,” writes Prof. Putnam, “to facilitate gun was holding up the right flank, caus- ironically, just a few weeks ago, Branch they look upon Ukraine as just another civic engagement.” ing many casualties. Cpl. Konowal 360 was shut down by the Royal country desperate for U.S. assistance and Frustrated with the lack of opportunity Canadian Legion’s Ontario Command, guidance. I have met some of the latter to feel at home and to make a difference Prof. Lubomyr Luciuk represented ostensibly for “not doing legion work.” types. They were all about saving the within our present communal structures, Branch 360 and the Ukrainian Canadian We might ask what “doing legion work” world and they had all the answers, many of our young people – and Fourth community at the unveiling of the plaque means. Our hero certainly would have. regardless of what country they were Wavers as well – have simply walked honoring Filip Konowal in Lens, France, For he was proud to be Branch 360’s “saving.” Their approach was Ukraine away to seek social nourishment else- on August 22. honorary president. today, Uganda tomorrow. Both nations where. begin with U, right? If you’ve read this far, dear reader, I So what’s to become of our part-time think I know what you’re probably think- community leadership now that Ukraine ing. “Big words,” Kuropas. ‘Social nour- Quotable notes has emerged from the shadows? Here’s ishment’ “institutional infrasructure, ‘civic engagement.’ Right! Now tell us “... Although he was not born in Canada, Mr. Konowal nonetheless fought fiercely one suggestion. How about some humili- ty. Stop posturing and pushing for photo- HOW we accomplish all this. Be specif- for his adopted country. His bravery and courage during the first world war was ic, Kuropas, how do we turn things rewarded with the Victoria Cross, a medal which is proudly displayed today at the ops with President Yushchenko and other Ukrainian VIPs. Ukrainian leaders over around?” Canadian War Museum. It is difficult for many Canadians to imagine the atrocities he Patience, dear reader, patience. I have faced, of trying to find hope for the future in the midst of so much anxiety, ugliness there know our strengths and weaknesses and, based on the recent performance of some ideas. But first, I would like to and deprivation. The actions of Mr. Konowal both on and off the battlefield show the know what you think. Do you care? Do grit and determination Canadian veterans have demonstrated in the face of adversity. some of our leaders, they’re not all that impressed. you believe that any of our established “During the Year of the Veteran, this honor is even more poignant, as Canada organizations still have a role to play? If remembers the brave men and women who gave so much of themselves for their Does that mean our community needs to step aside and let the big boys and yes, which ones? country. I want to thank the organizers of this event for ensuring the sacrifices Write me. Send a letter to The and actions of Canadians like Mr. Konowal are never forgotten.” girls carry the ball? Hardly. We still have a role to play. We need to re-invent Ukrainian Weekly or to my e-mail – Adrienne Clarkson, the governor general of Canada, in an August message ourselves as the saying goes, and we address. I will respond. I promise. issued in Ottawa and addressed to participants of the ceremony held in Lens, can begin by changing our focus from France, on August 22. over there to here. There is no doubt Myron Kuropas’s e-mail address is: that over the years our community has [email protected]. 8 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 4, 2005 No. 36 FOR THE RECORD: President Yushchenko’s Ukrainian Independence Day speech Following is the full text of President Shevchenko’s prophetic words, the Ruslan and Mria are all steps toward surveys show that, for the first time in 14 Victor Yushchenko’s speech on the occa- works of such thinkers and freedom fight- Ukrainian statehood. It was brought closer years, most Ukrainian citizens called sion of Ukrainian Independence Day, ers as Franko and Hrushevsky, Khvyliovyi by our scientists’ discoveries, by unique sur- their country truly independent. August 24, which was delivered that day and Stus, have instilled in us our firm geries done by Ukrainian doctors, by poetic We have come through a tough trial. on Independence Square in Kyiv. (The belief in Ukraine. This belief sheds eternal Ukrainian cinematography, by honest and Ukraine has emerged before the entire text has been edited for clarity.) light on the roads traveled and those lying wise books – by everything made through world as a country on a unique mission. I ahead of us. Even in the worst of times our Dear Ukrainians, everybody that hears fathers and grandfathers did not forsake it. and sees me, glorious, historic Maidan: The greatest tragedies in the history of Today we celebrate the greatest cre- humankind tested our nation in the past Independent Ukraine has remained the ation of the Ukrainian nation – the inde- century. With two world wars, the purpose of life for millions of our fellow pendent and free Ukrainian state. Holodomor and the Holocaust, and the Fourteen years ago we asserted our right destruction of our spiritual relics, foreign countrymen living in fa-away lands. For to be masters in our own house. empires wanted to turn our land into their I am proud to be a part of this nation. obedient district. Every second man and its sake they preserved everything We had enough strength and unity to every fourth woman perished in Ukraine Ukrainian within themselves. They told make this irreversible step. We have cho- between the years 1914 and 1915. Our fam- sen statehood as the main purpose for ily tree has lost a lot of its best branches. the world the truth about Ukraine, our land and as a talent for every one of It is written, however, “Nobody lives us. We could not make a different choice for himself and nobody dies for himself.” stretched out their helping hand and because, like guardian angels, our great The fates of those who are gone trouble rejoiced over our victory with us. ancestors stand behind us. the ones living. We, the Ukrainians, have They left behind not only a few lines learned a significant historic truth: only in history books. From them we inherited freedom can save the people, only inde- the genius and labor of the people. believe that we will be worthy of it. spiritual strength and special Ukrainian pendence can lead them to a prosperous Independent Ukraine has remained the For thousands of years, borders that identity, born from glory, labors and and peaceful world. purpose of life for millions of our fellow divided Europe used to go along our bor- patience of many generations. Since then, that truth has been living countrymen living in fa-away lands. For ders or even cross our land. Nonetheless, its sake they preserved everything they failed to divide us. The freedom and Ukrainian within themselves. They told unity of Ukraine and the stability of our the world the truth about Ukraine, state prove that the old quarrels can be Shevchenko’s prophetic words, the works stretched out their helping hand and set aside. rejoiced over our victory with us. Our example shows that peoples from of such thinkers and freedom fighters as Our statehood has ripened by the end the Baltic to the Black Sea can be suc- Franko and Hrushevsky, Khvyliovyi and of summer like an apple in Dovzhenko’s cessful modeling their countries, build- orchard. Together we built it – our inde- ing democracies and guaranteeing secu- Stus, have instilled in us our firm belief pendence, our free Ukraine. rity. This is why so many of our neigh- in Ukraine. We remember everything we lived bors are paying close attention to us and through and we did. Memory has are seeing Ukraine as a regional leader. become an inseparable part of our identi- Not only do we see our future as being Rus’-Ukraine freely chose its religion in the heart of every Ukrainian. Millions ty. We know that Ukraine is being built a part of the United Europe, but we also and Prince Volodymyr was christened not of people have sustained it with their by every one of us, regardless of the lan- believe that Ukraine’s success can open a leader of a subjugated nation but a leader sweat and blood. The victory over guage they speak, the church they attend, new horizons for the entire continent. I of a state that stretched from Korus in the Nazism, the 60th anniversary of which or the political preferences they have. We believe that, in the near future, it will not be possible to imagine a new Europe Crimea to the Baltic shores. Byzantium, we celebrate this year, was a heroic feat all have one fate and one Ukraine. without Ukraine, without its borders and the Muslim world and European states accomplished by many in the name of Dear friends: its role in the contemporary world. sought alliances with that ancient Ukraine. the life and freedom of our people. We would like to preserve the dearest of As president, I represented the new From those times we have sustained Time and time again I turn to you, our what we have: children and families, peace Ukraine in the capitals of many near and far confidence that we can decide our own dear veterans and our brave soldiers who, and tranquility, jobs and prosperity, hope countries. All negotiations were carried out fate, we can be equal among other peo- under many flags, fought for Ukraine. It is and belief. We know that only respect for in the language of national interests. The the right and honorable thing to shake human dignity, freedom, democracy and ples. St. Sophia, where prayers for our world has started reckoning with us. We are justice can accomplish that. These are our state are held every year on this date, hands on Independence Day. I believe that invited to participate in important projects values. They hold our unity and our was built in those days. some already did it in May, some – earli- both in the West and in the East. We have Our Ukrainian Kozak state has er, some will do it today, and some will do strength. And we are ready to defend them. earned a historic chance to become a mod- instilled a firm belief in us that everybody it tomorrow. Do not leave the old enmities We proved it that last fall on this glori- ern, prosperous and respected state. has their rights and liberties, and that it is for your grandchildren. Better than any- ous “maidan.” The freedom won here does Dear Ukrainians: I want to say the everybody’s sacred duty to defend them. body else you know the price of liberation not belong to any single political force. main thing! That was where our ancestors were and the price of Ukrainian unity. Millions of people who came through cold I am convinced we will unveil our taught honor and dignity, equality and The desire to see our native country free and snow defended the honor and dignity potential. And we should know that pros- democracy. The first constitution in gave us the strength to raise Ukraine from of every person in Donetsk and in Lviv, in perity cannot be presented on a platter. Europe, written by Pylyp Orlyk, is an the ruins. The restoration of the Khreschatyk Sumy and in Crimea. With every passing The country’s progress, freedom, democ- eternal testimonial to Ukrainian thought and the Donbas after the war, the launches day people are better able to see it. racy and welfare are made by millions of and Ukrainian freedom. From that time of the Dnipropetrovsk rockets and the The victory of freedom has strength- hands. All of us will have to work hard. on, our history has shown that our people Mykolayiv ships, the record-breaking yields ened our independence and reaffirmed We should be firm, single-minded, unit- will forever strive for freedom. of the fields of Tavria, and the flights of the our choice made in 1991. This year’s ed and respectful of each other. That is how we won a victory on the maidan and how we will win in the future. Ukrainian Music Institute of America, Inc. We have every reason to speak about our prospects. Only a strong nation could “MUSIC & ME” have changed the country so radically over the last months. Today we speak Marta Sawycky, Director about Ukraine, very often using the phrase “for the first time.” For the first time we can express our “OPEN HOUSE” ideas freely. There are no issues and per- sons forbidden for the media. A journal- Saturday, September 10, 2005, 3-5 p.m. ist criticizing the authorities risks neither his or her work nor life. Freedom of New location: speech – the alpha and omega of democ- racy – has become a reality in Ukraine. 1136 Route 22 West (just past Getty gas station) We have an opportunity to breathe freely, Mountainside, N.J. 07092 and we are now learning to do it. For the first time social justice was not Classes begin: only declared but made the top priority in the work of the new government. As it was New Jersey: September 13 envisaged by my electoral program, the New York: to be announced budget was meant for the people. Pensioners got a minimum pension equal Information and enrollment: to a living wage for the first time. 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Pop musicby Zenonin Ukraine: Zawada UkrainianIt’s not songs all that bad played for Russian-language more singers, often, how- project,but still including lag Radio behind Liuks FM, Russian Yevropa Plius Kyiv Press Bureau ever. Russian-language pop music continues to dominate Ukrayina, Hit FM Ukrayina and Ruskoye Radio Ukrayina. Ukrainian radio airwaves. Radio Liuks’ Lviv General Manager Roman Andreyko KYIV – Relationships, urban life in Kyiv and drugs are Russian-language music videos far outnumber said the idea for Ukrainian Format came when his 12-year- topics often explored by Green Grey, a successful Ukrainian-language videos on music television networks in old son told him that his classmates don’t listen to his radio Ukrainian rock band that has been performing for more Ukraine, although admittedly both languages are far out- station because its format was all Ukrainian songs and it than a decade. numbered by English-language videos. didn’t play any Russian-language hits. This summer, their music turned political when they Ukrainian pop singers insist their genre, or their “for- Mr. Andreyko helped launch the pilot project in Lviv in decided to launch a campaign, “Nashe Pravo” (Our Right), mat,” still needs government funding and support because April, when the radio stations selected eight talented musi- to address what they view as new wave of discrimination not enough commercial radio stations and music producers cians. against Russian-language artists and performers. are helping them. Another goal of the project is to promote the concept of Since the Orange Revolution, they claim that the gov- New statistics support their concern, and reveal that a Ukrainian format of poplar music that is commercially ernment has denied them performances because they sing in Russian. while Green Grey may face rejection from the concert “Currently in cities, musicians must obtain permits to scene, they certainly should harbor no worries about hav- hold concerts in the main squares,” Andrei Yatsenko, the ing their songs played. Of 16 radio companies, band’s guitarist and spokesman, said in late July. Of 16 radio companies, only Nashe Radio managed to only Nashe Radio managed “However, a telephone ring arrives with the instruction to play Ukrainian-language music as at least half of its select- not allow concerts featuring Russian-language groups, and ed songs, according to figures released on September 1 by to play Ukrainian-language we lose the performance.” the National Council on Television and Radio. At an August 23 press conference, Green Grey The council began monitoring the 16 national radio music as at least half of its announced it was denied a performance in Yalta, as well as companies during a two-week period in August. selected songs. Half of Nashe Radio’s songs were in Ukrainian during on the maidan during the Independence Day celebrations. viable, said Mykola Tomenko, the vice prime minister for With the launch of Nashe Pravo, the Ukrainian popular the second week of monitoring, and only three other radio stations had more than 10 percent of their music in the humanitarian affairs. music scene has reached a cultural crossroads in which the Often, Ukrainian radio station managers told govern- fulcrum of cultural influence may be shifting from the Ukrainian language. Okean Elzy lead singer Sviatoslav Vakarchuk took part ment officials they didn’t understand the concept of a radio Russian language to Ukrainian. format, which Ukrainian pop music could not support, Mr. Though Ukrainian-language artists say they still struggle in a July 21 press conference to announce a new govern- ment-sponsored project, dubbed “Ukrainian Format,” the Tomenko said. The “Ukrainian Format” project will make to get their music played on Ukraine’s commercial radio Ukrainian-based formats viable in the future, he said, and goal of which is to help provide publicity and other support stations, the growing number of successful stars such as allow for the possibility for new national stars and popular to aspiring Ukrainian pop musicians. Ruslana, Okean Elzy, Tartak and Maria Burmaka makes it performers to be born. They need only fill two requirements: their song must be apparent that the role of the Ukrainian language in the “These kinds of integrative models in which new per- in Ukrainian and it must rock. In other words, it must be of nation’s popular culture will only grow. formers and singers are tightly connected with radio and a high quality. Ruslana achieved international recognition when winning television is the only case in which a solid Ukrainian mass The problem for Ukrainian pop is not only an issue of Eurovision 2004 and Okean Elzy has commercial success culture can emerge,” Mr. Tomenko said. “We are proud of through the sale of its albums and a recent sponsorship deal support or lack of support of Ukrainian musicians by official the academic culture and folk culture, but still we have with Ukraine’s biggest cellphone service provider, UMC. structures, radio stations and television, Mr. Vakarchuk said. problems with Ukrainian popular culture.” Now some of the country’s Russian-language artists feel “The problem is that there is a huge gap between the The four radio stations will play the music produced by threatened. taste of television watchers, radio listeners and those who the eight selected musicians. They also held a “Ukrainian “We want to become a mouthpiece for the Russian- buy compact discs and the taste of those who control the Format” concert in which they performed on European speaking population,” noted a Green Grey press release. situation in show business,” he said. Square on Independence Day – the same opportunity “The rights of those who stood on the other side of the “And until that gap narrows, or until it disappears on its denied to Green Grey. maidan barricades are systematically being infringed upon. own, there will have to be artificial methods of support,” he Whether or not the government is discriminating against Even musicians feel this. We want for them to return our explained. rights.” Four of Ukraine’s biggest radio stations launched the (Continued on page 22)

cannot be presented on a platter,” he said. dent and his government, expressing for- But not everyone in Lviv was thrilled or Ukraine marks... “The country’s progress, freedom, democra- giveness for their mistakes and stressing that impressed with Ukraine under Mr. (Continued from page 1) cy and welfare are made by millions of seven months are not enough to evaluate Yushchenko. At noon Mr. Yushchenko delivered a hands. All of us will have to work hard.” whether or not the government has brought Corruption still thrives in Ukraine, just as speech on Kyiv’s Independence Square, or “We should be firm, single-minded, unit- about necessary change. it did under Mr. Kuchma’s government and “maidan,” where thousands had gathered ed and respectful of each other,” Mr. “I am not disappointed so far,” said the his predecessor, Leonid Kravchuk, said a under a bright sunny sky. (For the full text Yushchenko continued. “That is how we 27-year-old Mr. Tymoshenko (no relation to woman who identified herself only as of his remarks, see page 8.) won a victory on the maidan and how we the prime minister). “There are remains of Bohdanna, 45, a teacher. President Yushchenko’s speech was the will win in the future.” old regime that are hampering changes. But She said one of her directors was first in a new tradition of presidential Following the president’s speech, folk we still have hope.” caught taking a $1,000 bribe this year, addresses to the public on Independence dancers and singers performed on one Karolina Shoval, 77, said she is better incurring a four-month investigation. Day as part of the official celebrations, stage, while young rockers took to anoth- off now living in her Kyiv apartment, as However, no punishment resulted at the said Iryna Heraschenko, the president’s er stage. The performances were present- compared with her Moscow counterparts investigation’s end. “They are taking ed in lieu of the Soviet-style military and press secretary. who still live in 10-room apartments but bribes just as they have always taken weapons display along the Khreschatyk. share a communal bathroom and kitchen. Responding to recent criticism that he bribes,” she said of Ukraine’s managers. The main idea of the 2005 Ukrainian “Last year we came to believe that we are is not making efforts to fulfill the prom- Education Minister Stanislav Independence Day celebrations was to a nation,” said Antonina Shupik, 61. “We ises of the Orange Revolution, Mr. Nikolayenko promised a monthly salary create an atmosphere of understanding, love our authorities, and we trust them. We Yushchenko promised to keep cleaning of $140 a month for teachers, Bohdanna reconciliation and unity, according to a are patient, and we’ll wait for some time.” said, but so far salaries have only up the government’s executive branch. statement from the president’s press While Kyiv revelers mostly stuck to increased to $80 a month, as compared He confessed that the public face of office. observing speeches and festivities, Lviv’s with $60 a month last year. authority has not changed a lot thus far. “There is so much violence in our lives patriots took to singing. “How can we live on this?” asked her “Citizens still see the same bureaucra- that we should spend our Independence Two groups of at least 50 older men and husband, Volodymyr, 45, also a teacher. cy in the Cabinet (of Ministers),” Mr. Day without military forces,” Prime women, many in embroidered shirts, stood The couple has two children. Ukrainians Yushchenko said. “I will not accept this. Minister Tymoshenko had explained at an in front of the Taras Shevchenko monu- continue to immigrate to other countries And staff replacements will go on. Those August 10 press conference. ment, on opposite sides of the boulevard, because of such paltry wages, he added. who think that the first wave has passed The new celebration also saved the and belted out patriotic and folk songs. “Of course, we had hope,” Bohdanna and that they can work as before are government money, as this year’s expen- Both the Kyiv and Lviv celebrations said. “But with every day that passes, our absolutely wrong.” ditures came to about $700,000 (U.S.), in featured rock concerts for the youth at faith in Yushchenko is disappearing. These words excited the crowd, which comparison with about $1.8 million spent stages set up in the city centers. The Kyiv Prices are rising faster than our salaries.” voiced its approval. on a military parade last year, according line-up featured Ukraine’s top stars, But seven months is too short a time to The president also encouraged to the State Secretariat. including Ruslana, Okean Elzy, Tartak undo 14 years of mismanagement, said Ukrainians toward self-reliance. “Prosperity At a later ceremony at the Mariyinsky and Maria Burmaka. Kateryna Oleksiv, 60. “For 14 years the Palace, Mr. Yushchenko awarded a “Hero Even Sean Carr of England, the rocker government stole,” she said. “With time, UABA changes of Ukraine” prize to the murdered jour- fiancée of Prime Minister Tymoshenko’s everything will get better.” nalist Heorhii Gongadze, among others. daughter Yevhenia, took to the maidan Though last year’s problems have carried convention venue Mr. Yushchenko also honored Oleksii stage and played some of his songs. into the new year, did anyone regret their Berest, the young man who raised the Incidentally, Mr. Carr wasn’t the only sacrifices during the Orange Revolution? Due to the damage in New Orleans hammer and sickle Soviet flag over the performer singing in English. Ruslana “No way!,” said Bohdanna Protsiv, 44, a caused by Hurricane Katrina, the Reichstag in Berlin in 1945. Mr. Berest’s herself sang the majority of her songs in Lviv teacher who sent her two sons out to Ukrainian American Bar Association con- daughter Iryna accepted the “Hero of English – a surprising decision given that Kyiv. “We feel we should’ve done more for vention has been moved to Miami Beach, Ukraine” award and an Order of the Gold it was a Ukrainian patriotic holiday. the revolution. I don’t regret a single hour.” Fla. The time and price of the convention Star. The Lviv concert featured Mandry, the remain unchanged. For further informa- The majority of Ukrainians gathered on modern folk group led by singer Foma, as Yana Sedova of our Kyiv Press Bureau tion please see www.uaba.org. the maidan gave high credence to the presi- the top performers. contributed to this story. 10 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 4, 2005 No. 36 Orange Revolution coverage An introduction of award winner wins new journalism award Mark MacKinnon of Globe and Mail by Oksana Zakydalsky it is an unnecessary honor as never before Below is the text of the introduction by have I enjoyed my job as much as I did Olga Andriewsky, associate professor of TORONTO – Mark MacKinnon of covering the happenings in Ukraine during history at Trent University, of Mark The Globe and Mail, Canada’s national the country’s incredible fall and winter. MacKinnon, winner of the John Syrnick newspaper, is the first recipient of the Just being there each night, as tens of thou- Award for Journalism. new John Syrnick Award for Journalism, sands, sometimes hundreds of thousands, sponsored by the Ukrainian Canadian of people came out to demand something The Orange Revolution was, in many Foundation of Taras Shevchenko. Mr. better for their country was reward enough. ways, a journalists’ revolution. It began, MacKinnon won the award for his cover- Being able to pass on what I saw to the in effect, in the summer of 2000, when age of the Orange Revolution. Globe readers was a thrill. Heorhii Gongadze, a young journalist The award was presented in Toronto “Ukraine, for a brilliant but too brief established Ukraine’s first online news- on August 24 by Prof. Oleh Gerus, vice- moment grabbed the attention of the world’s paper, Ukraynska Pravda (Ukrainian president of the Shevchenko Foundation. news media. Even those of us lost in the fog Truth) and began exposing corruption at Stephen Northfield, foreign editor of The of Moscow were forced to acknowledge the highest levels of Ukrainian govern- Globe and Mail, accepted the award on that something was happening to the south- ment and business. It was an act of behalf of Mr. MacKinnon who is in the west. One of the great regrets in moving on tremendous courage that he subsequently field covering Israel’s disengagement to my job in the Middle East is that I won’t paid for with his life. from the Gaza Strip. Mr. Northfield read a thank-you note be around to see what happens...” That act of courage was followed by from Mr. MacKinnon: Mr. MacKinnon was the Moscow others. In 2003 two journalists, Andrii “It is an honor to receive this award but bureau chief of The Globe and Mail from Shevchenko and Roman Skrypin, who 2002 to 2005 and in that time covered had earlier quit their jobs on other sta- not only the revolutions in Ukraine and tions to protest against government cen- Georgia, but also the wars in sorship, helped found a small, independ- Afghanistan, Chechnya and Iraq. As the ent TV station which became known as Globe’s Middle East correspondent, he is Channel 5. For over a year, in the run up The Globe and Mail currently based in Jerusalem. to the presidential election, despite Journalist Mark MacKinnon The award is named for John Syrnick, an tremendous pressure from authorities – influential editor (1947-1970) of Ukrainian and knowing that Ukraine was a danger- not believe them...” Voice, Canada’s oldest Ukrainian newspa- ous place to practice journalism – they The international press corps played a per. The Shevchenko Foundation presented fearlessly broadcast the only uncensored critical role in the outcome of the Orange the winning journalist with a plaque, a set news and analysis in Ukraine. At one Revolution. By throwing a spotlight on of the Encyclopedia of Ukraine and a mon- point, they went on a hunger strike when the events, by covering every move of a etary honorarium. A set of the encyclopedia the assets of Channel 5 were frozen. very complicated chess-match between was also given to The Globe and Mail. The And then, last November, after the the government and the opposition, by selection committee for the award involved second round of the presidential election, telling the stories of ordinary people 17 academics and community activists on the first day of what we now call the caught up in the events, by soliciting and across Canada and included Prof. Olga Orange Revolution, when the outcome of broadcasting the reactions of world lead- Andriewsky of Trent University who gave the protest was still entirely uncertain, ers, the international press corps, in its the presentation address. Ukrainian journalists began refusing en own way, helped reduce the likelihood of The Shevchenko Foundation was cre- masse to announce the falsified results of violence during a very tense standoff. ated in 1963 and is the grant-awarding the presidential election. Mark MacKinnon, to his credit, was arm of the Ukrainian Canadian The story of Natalia Dmytruk, who one of the very first Western correspon- Congress. The John Syrnick Award for signed the news for deaf viewers on the dents to begin reporting on the dramatic Oksana Zakydalsky Journalism recognizes the pivotal influ- state-owned television station, is by now events taking place in Ukraine. As he Globe and Mail Foreign Editor Stephen ence of media in presenting to all legendary. Ignoring the script she was himself explained last January during a Northfield holding the John Syrnick Canadians information on issues impor- supposed to read, she signed to her view- roundtable discussion in Toronto, his fel- Award for Journalism plaque, which he tant to the Ukrainian Canadian commu- ers that “the results of the Central accepted on behalf of Mark MacKinnon. nity and will be presented annually. Electoral Commission were falsified. Do (Continued on page 16)

FORBelow is the THE text of the RECORD: speech deliv- for a few Walter months. Mr. Polovchak’sPolovchak story Twenty-five addresses years ago a 12-year-old Ukrainianon the facts communityand history that the commu- ered by Walter Polovchak at the com- is told in the 1988 book “Freedom’s boy chose freedom. This young boy nists did not want you to know. And most memoration of the 14th anniversary of Child” that he wrote with Kevin Klose. wanted the freedom that was not avail- important: don’t forget about our native Ukraine’s independence held in Smith able to him in his native Ukraine but was Ukraine and those we left behind. Help Park in Chicago on August 21. 1980 – 25 years ago – Ukraine was not available in America. This desire for your friends and relatives who cannot In 1980 Mr. Polovchak was at the cen- a free, independent country. At that time American freedom caused this young come to America however you can. Help ter of the celebrated case of a 12-year- it was a part of the Soviet Union. Ukraine man to be separated from his mother and our beloved Ukraine by supporting its old who chose not to return to the Soviet was a country struggling under the father, and forsake his native Ukraine. transition to a free and democratic coun- Union with his parents, who went back to Communist yoke, controlled by the This did not mean that he loved them try. Become active in the Ukrainian hro- Ukraine after living in the United States Bolshevik terror mongers from Moscow. any less. What he did not love was the mada [community] because you should Communist system that forced people to help preserve our Ukrainian heritage in be subservient in their own country. America for future generations. Today we are gathered here to celebrate As we celebrate the 14th anniversary of the 14th anniversary of Ukraine’s freedom. Ukraine’s independence we realize it still Today that young boy from 25 years ago has a way to go before it reaches its poten- stands before you as a proud Ukrainian tial. We are more confident that under the American. Just like me, many of you also leadership of President Viktor Yushchenko chose freedom in America. Many of you Ukraine stands its best chance of becom- also had to leave the country you were ing a free, democratic land of opportunity born in and the parents and relatives you in the past 25 years, so that 12-year-old love to live in the land of opportunity. boys or those much older do not have to I have been back to my native Ukraine go elsewhere for freedom. and visited my parents and relatives six In closing I would like to take this times in recent years. I have also made a opportunity to thank the organized new life here, taking advantage of the Ukrainian community that supported me opportunities that America presented. during my difficult times. Your encour- I would like to share some advice with agement helped make a difficult process the new immigrants. Take advantage of more bearable and gave me determina- educational opportunities; in America tion when I needed it most. education is a lifelong process. Be proud And I would like to say thank you to my of your Ukrainian heritage. Many of you cousin Walter, my attorney Julian Kulas, all who were raised during the communist my aunts and uncles, my sister and the system did not get a chance to learn about Bylen family for standing behind me and our long and glorious Ukrainian heritage; doing everything in their power to help me Walter Polovchak (center) with Julian Kulas (left) and Paul Bandriwsky at take advantage of the resources at the remain in the greatest country in the world. Chicago’s Ukrainian Festival. Ukrainian National Museum to read up God bless America. Glory to Ukraine. No. 36 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 4, 2005 11 Orange Revolution serves as a model for public school students in the South Bronx by Peter T. Woloschuk would be spending a lot of time studying about Ukraine, a fairly new country in BOSTON – Yushchenko! Yushchenko! Eastern Europe, its people, their culture Yushchenko! and their day-to-day lives. She taught the The repetitive chant comes from a children a few basic directions in group of well-organized students clad in Ukrainian that she used regularly in class orange and many of them with orange including “tykho,” “chytai,” “hovory” scarves as well. At regular intervals the and “stavai” (quiet, read, speak, stand) entire group gives the three-fingered and then went on to some basic vocabu- “tryzub” (Ukrainian trident) salute and lary and grammar. their chant becomes even more strident. At the same time, Ms. D’Avignon Another student demonstration on the made Ukraine the focal point of a special Khreschatyk or the “maidan” in Kyiv? learning project that was thematically Hardly. It was the end-of-the-year neigh- carried through the entire school year, borhood parade for the students of P.S. particularly the second half and the 64 in the South Bronx. yearend special project and annual During the past school year former school parade. Bostonian Larissa D’Avignon, a fifth Ukrainian themes were incorporated grade teacher at P.S. 64 – the 1,000-stu- into geography studies, social studies and dent Pura Belpre Elementary School current events. When the Ukrainian boxer located in New York’s South Bronx – Vitalii Klitschko appeared in New York used the example of the Ukrainian stu- for a match, a number of students got dents who were the backbone of the tickets and used class time to make wel- Orange Revolution in Ukraine, and who coming signs in Ukrainian that they could resisted tyranny and ultimately toppled a take along and hold up during the bout. Fifth grade teacher Larissa D’Avignon with her students at P.S. 64. corrupt government, as an example of what students can do if they cooperate During October, November and and work together. December 2004, students read and dis- “My students are used to being on cussed articles on the protests, demonstra- their own and doing for themselves,” tions and elections in Ukraine. They fol- Ms. D’Avignon said. “They have little lowed events closely on the Internet, and concern for anyone else and almost no they vied with each other to bring in the concept of team work or group effort.” latest news articles and analytical pieces “I had 24 students,” Ms. D’Avignon from the local and national newspapers. explained, “and almost all of them were At Christmastime they incorporated bilingual and minority. A quarter of the some Ukrainian elements into their holi- class was inner city Afro-American, a day celebrations and they learned about quarter of the class was American the tradition of the Christmas Eve dinner, Hispanic and then I had students from caroling and the “vertep.” Ghana, Colombia, Mexico, the During the spring the students learned Dominican Republic and Puerto Rico.” to dance a hopak to the strains of “Dyki “I felt that the concept of working Tantsi” (Wild Dances) as performed by together like the Ukrainian students in Ruslana, they made Trypillian-style pot- Kyiv was one that my students didn’t tery planters, they created pysanky, and understand and couldn’t relate to,” she they prepared for their end-of-the-year continued. “I decided to use the example parade. of the students in Kyiv as a teaching tool As the 2004-2005 school year came to showing what people working together a close, one of the fifth graders, Andres can accomplish and so I incorporated a Gonzales, said that learning about study of last fall’s Ukrainian elections Ukraine was “cool” and he only hoped and Orange Revolution in to the daily that someday he and the rest of the class curriculum of my class.” could go on a field trip to Ukraine Beginning in September, Ms. because they knew so much about it. D’Avignon told the students that they Students show off their Orange Revolution memorabilia. Ms. D’Avignon has been teaching in the New York City public school system for the past four years. Before becoming a teacher she spent two years studying communication at George Washington University in Washington, and then transferred to Simmons College in Boston, where she earned a B.A. in com- munication and an M.A. in teaching. After Ukraine’s independence was regained, in the mid-1990s she spent three years in Ukraine – two years working for the National Democratic Institute in com- munications, and one year taking law courses at the Vyscha Partiyna Shkola (Higher Party School) in Kyiv as one of the first Americans ever to study there. Ms. D’Avignon is married to Volodymyr Polyakov of Kharkiv and is the daughter of R. Joseph D’Avignon, an attorney, and noted photographer Tania Mychajlyshyn D’Avignon of Newton, Mass. Correction The news story headlined “Ukrainian World Congress meeting in Kharkiv attracts leaders of new communities” (August 28) referred to First Lady Kateryna (Chumachenko) Yushchenko’s work with the Washington office of the Ukrainian Congress Committee of America, i.e., the Ukrainian National Information Service, and gave the dates that she served as director of the office as 1996-2000. The correct dates are 1982- Students march in a neighborhood parade in the South Bronx behind a large “Ukraine” banner. 1984. 12 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 4, 2005 No. 36 Plast’s Morskyi Tabir 2005 sails above and beyond expectations by Yarema Belej ness the delicate balance of water safety fundamentals overlapping with the sheer PITTSFIELD, Mass. – For one week in exhilaration that fun in the sun and water August, older Plast youths age 15-17 took have to offer all involved.” part in the 55th annual “Morskyi Tabir” The long tradition of entertaining and (Sea Scouting Camp) held this year on fun at past MTs was maintained, if not Richmond Pond in Pittsfield, Mass. surpassed by this year’s installment. With a total of 39 yunatsvo, the bulava, Great games, from “All-Out Dodge- consisting of 22 members, taught the teens ball War” to “Mazola Ball,” and enter- how to sail, canoe, kayak, motorboat, taining evenings highlighted by a dance water-ski, wakeboard, swim and lifeguard. and intimate campfires at the foot of the “Morskyi Tabir is a place where young lake kept the nights just as memorable as ‘plastuny’ get an opportunity to partake in the daily water sports activities. numerous water sports [which] are other- Furthermore, the traditional singing of wise too difficult or expensive to engage funny songs before every meal was made in,” said Matthew Rakowsky, one of the even more competitive this year as the counselors. “The Chornomortsi make it food was simply amazing. all easily accessible and affordable.” Head cook Damian Holynskyj, with Good fortune smiled down on the assistants Lelia Holynskyj and Alexa campers as a brief drizzle pulled them Kryzaniwsky, put together and executed a off the water for only an hour. Otherwise menu that most do not have the pleasure of entire days were spent on and in the enjoying at home, never mind at camp. water under the golden sun, as the From London broil to pork tenderloin, the campers were given an all-around intro- stomachs of the yunatsvo were full for their duction to sea scouting. full schedule of water activities. “It was definitely one of the best tabo- “It was a pleasure to cook for all the A camper wipes out while wake boarding on Richmond Pond in Pittsfield, Mass. ry [camps] I have ever been to,” said Andrij Lasiy, 16, of Cedar Knolls, N.J. “I will be back next year.” The captain (komendant) of the camp, Markian Pawluk, a full-fledged member of the 25th Plast fraternity Chornomortsi, very successfully managed a camp where all involved walked away with smiles and great memories. “Calm waters allowed for smooth sail- ing,” said a reflective Mr. Pawluk, “allow- ing the crew and passengers to experience MT [Morskyi Tabir] to its fullest poten- tial.” A dedicated crew, good humor, fun activities, and MT traditions all con- tributed to the overall success of MT 2005. Morskyi Tabir is held in different locations every year, depending on cir- cumstance and availability, but the Camp Marion White site on Richmond Pond was both convenient and up to the task of hosting the camp. Open waters, great sunsets and the functionality of the loca- tion acted as a great backdrop to the upbeat and easy-going camp. Head instructor for sailing Paul Farmiga said, “It truly is amazing to wit- Camp counselors gather for a group picture during the 55th annual “Morskyi Tabir” held in Pittsfield, Mass. kids,” said Mr. Holynskyj, “especially after they worked up great appetites from all the sun-soaked activities of the day.” Daily adventures on both water skis and wakeboards combined with calming excur- sions on small sailboats and canoes were but some of the new disciplines the mem- bers of the camp got to learn and master. Some last-minute tinkering allowed the Plast youths to experience what a small airplane really looks like up close. Head wakeboarding counselor and licensed pilot Paul Jarymowycz took small groups to the local private airport located five miles away. Here they saw what a pre-flight checklist involves, including a tutorial on what all the parts of a Cessna 152 airplane are. The incredibly cooperative and pleasant staff at the Pittsfield Airport ended the experience by allowing all visitors to board and spend some time on a private Lear jet. Not a minute of the camp was spent idly, or unproductively. The very upbeat and excited campers spent their week at camp doing and learning as much as pos- sible, all while forging great new friend- ships that will long outlive the summer. All of the bulava (camp staff) was ecstatic with the success of the 55th annual camp. “It was the most stress-free tabir I have experienced as a bulavna,” said Alexa Kryzaniwsky. The Chornomortsi fraternity and the Chornomorski Khvyli sorority credited all involved for the success of Morskyi Tabir 2005; they look forward to seeing both Campers and counselors pose enthusiastically for a group photo after a game of “All-Out Dodgeball War.” familiar and new faces next summer. No. 36 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 4, 2005 13

Soyuzivkaby Bohdanka Puzyk camps provideAs with any program, opportunities it is the efforts learn and develop for skills discovery that will serve skills. and Each child adventure was encouraged to try of the entire team that will make camp them for the rest of their lives. to participate to his/her fullest, to have KERHONKSON, N.Y. – This is the fun. And this year there was a great Adventure Camp is built on each child fun, to make new friends and to learn to second summer for Soyuzivka’s newest team in place with counselors and junior learning the age-appropriate skills and love and appreciate the world around summer camps. Discovery Camp for counselors. The counselors this year returning each year to build on those them. children from 8-13 years of age and were Kira Myskiw, Chris Benoit and Adventure Camp for teens age 13-16. Mykola Hryhorchuk; the junior coun- This year Discovery Camp took place selors were Elise Benoit, Anna Chelak, from July 7 through July 27 with over Lara Chelak, Nick Kobryn and Natalia 56 children participating – 35 of whom Kuziw. Ms. Chelak and Mr. Kobryn were new to the camping program. As were also junior counselors with the name of the camp suggests this Children’s Day Camp in the mornings, camp is about “discovering.” The chil- returning to Discovery Camp for the rest dren take nature hikes to discover the of the day. terrain around Soyuzivka, and under the Because of this great team of people, guidance of Camp Director Walter the children were constantly supervised Nalywayko learn the many secrets of and involved in each activity. They had our wonderful resort. a great time and made wonderful friend- They hiked to the waterfalls, the ships that will last a lifetime. Green Pool, the cliffs and some yet As its name suggests, Adventure unmapped and unnamed locations. Camp is based on adventure. The mis- While on these hikes the children were sion of this camp is for participants to encouraged to collect many items that learn about survival in the great out- they would then use in their crafting doors first hand under the supervision session. and leadership of experienced and In addition to hiking, the children had knowledgeable counselors. This year the a diverse selections of activities to par- counselors were Chris Johnson and ticipate in, such as volleyball, water Kirill Meleshevich, with Mr. Nalywayko polo, capture the flag and swimming to being the camp director. Youngsters enjoy the camaraderie at Discovery Camp. With them is the baby of list a few. Camp size is kept small for maximum the camp’s co-“komendantka” Katya Nalywayko. Each week there was a mystery visi- effectiveness and this year there were tor who came to camp. This year it was only 25 children over the two-week the Reptile Man. He brought with him period. The campers set up their own many reptiles, including his pet snake, tents, creating a campground were many lizard, snapping turtle and alligator of their daily activities took place. Their (which he carries in a suitcase). The week included hiking the many marked children had an opportunity to learn and unmarked trails of Soyuzivka; rock about these reptiles while being allowed climbing, during which everyone to hold and feed them. learned the art of rapelling and zip lin- Each Friday, the campers took a field ing; and an introductory lesson to Scuba trip. They visited the U.S. Military under the tutelage of George Academy at West Point, Zoom Flume Hanushevsky (who conducts a scuba Water Park and the Honey Bee Farm. To certification camp each summer at round out their camping experience, Soyuzivka). each week there was a bonfire during The children also went white water which the children were encouraged to rafting and donned their fatigues for sing campfire songs and team up to do paintball games. The days were also skits that would entertain their fellow filled with many other activities – each campers. geared to learning the skills of camping All of the participants had a wonder- and surviving in the outdoors, such as ful time and this is a credit to the hard how to start and properly extinguish a work of the camp’s leaders. This year’s campfire, basic first aid, and recogniz- co-“komandantky” were Nina Kobryn ing various vegetation and its useful- and Katya Nalywayko. They worked as a ness. team to develop and implement a high- Again, the camp and its program quality program full of activities and would not have been possible without fun. Both ladies have been involved in the efforts and dedication of Mr. camps for many years and bring a wealth Nalywayko. With his expertise and of experience and energy to this camp. involvement the children were able to Adventure Camp participants on a rafting trip.

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warning to everybody: your status won’t and to assert their rights and interests. ing and finding ways to do it. In Kyiv the President Yushchenko’s... relieve you of responsibility. Order on Together we will build this system. people rally to defend a historic building, (Continued from page 8) the roads will be secured by other bodies Dear Ukrainian people: in Donetsk – the rights of accident victims. cial aid from the state for the first time. that will help drivers instead of humiliat- Only through joint efforts can we guar- There are hundreds of such examples. I know that there is a long way to go ing them. antee that we won’t return to the past. One This is our country, and what is hap- to defeat poverty, yet people saw a gleam Another problem is the current eco- of these guarantees is the efficiency of the pening here is our affair. I welcome the of hope. For the first time social pro- nomic situation. It is the economy that is future Parliament. I believe there are initiatives of civil organizations, trade grams include points concerning the dis- the basis for the nation’s welfare. And we enough patriots among our national unions and others. Together we will con- abled, orphans, servicemen, teachers and know that the way toward prosperity is deputies to raise the vote threshold [for solidate our democracy. doctors. And they can depend on the state not paved with flowers. election to] the Verkhovna Rada. Thus, we My dear friends: more surely year after year. The young, enthusiastic and self-con- will have a real representative power rather Independence is a symbol of our Ukrainian business deliberately sup- fident government has demonstrated both than a club of political parties’ owners. nation. It reminds us of our glorious fore- ported changes in the country. For the a macroeconomic culture and an increase I believe in the people’s wisdom and fathers. And we will get over all our diffi- first time it demonstrates its willingness in social standards. A good combination that in the spring we will have a culties. We are talented and strong enough to move out of the shadows, to get over of these two priorities is the formula for a Parliament able to accelerate changes, rep- to fulfill our dreams. The most important shadow barriers and to pay taxes fairly. modern economy that encourages the resent different interests and at the same thing is being united. Together we can do Entrepreneurs demand stable and fair strong and supports the weak. There time unite our country around democratic everything, and separately – nothing. rules of play rather than privileges. And should be consistent actions and long- values. The fairly elected Parliament will Happy holiday, dear compatriots! for the first time the state offers partner- term objectives to keep such a balance. learn the lessons of the recent past. Every happiness and prosperity to our ship instead of pressure. The first one is high technology, Democracy is the daily influence of the independent and unified Ukraine! Glory And the most important thing is that which can become our economy’s people over the government. And I am to you, glory to all of us, glory to God the nation has awakened. Millions of engine, create well-paid jobs quickly and happy that an awakened nation is search- and glory to Ukraine! people feel they are citizens for the first provide high social standards. We have time; they are aware of high responsibili- things to offer the world community within the aerospace, communications Federation and a founder of the Canadian ty for their state, their families and their Mary Yuzyk... Association of Slavists and the Ukrainian own fates. We became stronger as we and energy industries. I have commis- sioned the government to encourage (Continued from page 4) Canadian University Students Union. understood that everything was up to us. Surviving are Mrs. Yuzyk are her chil- This strength enables us to speak hon- innovations and to create comfortable multiculturalism policy and occupied a conditions for investments in all spheres. seat in the Senate for 23 years, died on dren Eve Duravetz, Vicki Karpiak, Vera estly about our life, looking into each Yuzyk and Ted Yuzyk, with his wife, other’s eyes. And I know that hope is The state’s proper assistance inspires July 9, 1986, at the age of 73. Sen. Yuzyk Lucya; grandchildren Tanya, Larisa, next to anxiety in our hearts. other branches of the economy and cul- was the first Ukrainian to be appointed to Paul, Thea, Lukash and Paula; and great We know why it is so – everything is ture. The state will particularly focus on the Canadian Parliament’s upper cham- grandchild Gabriel; as well as her sister, not so perfect, yet there are no difficulties the coal, engineering and steel industries. ber; he delivered his maiden speech, Helen Topolnyski, with her husband, that we are unable to overcome. We are In recent days I visited the Alchevsk titled “Canada: A Multicultural Nation,” Nick; and brother Joe Bahniuk, with his entering a new stage. steel plant and saw updated production on March 3, 1964. New faces came to power, still the meeting the highest world standards. Sen. Yuzyk was active also in wife, Stella. face of this new power did not change There I saw the largest national invest- Ukrainian community affairs, serving as The funeral liturgy was offered on much. Dealing with newly appointed ment made in the last 14 years, 2.5 billion chairman of the Human Rights August 20 at St. John the Baptist officials, citizens see the same bureaucra- hrv – directed not to buy yachts but to Commission of the World Congress of Ukrainian Catholic Shrine in Ottawa. cy and indifference to their problems. modernize a certain enterprise. Free Ukrainians. In 1970 he was elected Interment followed at Pinecrest I will not accept this. And staff replace- The task of the government is to give as the Ukrainian National Association’s Cemetery. ments will go on. Those who think that such incentives to renovate all basic supreme vice-president for Canada; later Memorial donations may be made to the first wave has passed and that they can branches of national economy. his position’s title was changed to St. John the Baptist Ukrainian Catholic work as before are absolutely wrong. We Dear friends: supreme director for Canada. Shrine or a charity of choice. Tributes, have enough decent and honest profes- Next year is to be the year of the coun- Sen. Yuzyk was founder and first pres- condolences or memories may be made sionals, and I will clear the way for them. tryside. Efficient support of the agrarian ident of the Ukrainian National Youth at www.tubmanfuneralhomes.com. I have always been guided by one thing sector will give us the opportunity to eat in evaluating the work of state officials: our own bread. Ukrainian farmers will gain a proper and stable position on became active once again in citizens’ their ability to see not a paper but a person, Henrikh Altunian... groups, most notably the Kharkiv chapter their readiness to support an orphan, the world food markets. (Continued from page 4) of the Memorial Society and the National disabled or the jobless. Such people are Millions of people are searching for Rukh of Ukraine. He worked also on the trusted, and we will take them to power. spiritual support. The people want to hear Rights in the USSR. He served a sen- magazine Glasnost. Corruption is retreating rather slowly. the voice of their intellectuals – artists, tence for “slander of the Soviet state” in The former system often grinds down writers, historians and ethnographers. And 1969-1972, and for “anti-Soviet agitation In 1990-1994 he was a national deputy newcomers before they can change it. your mission is to show the spiritual world and propaganda” in the 1980s. of Ukraine, in which capacity he participat- We are beginning an offensive against to our society through your works and In 1981 he was one of the signatories of ed actively in the declaration of Ukraine’s corruption. All top officials will declare safeguard our culture against mediocrity. a letter to President Ronald Reagan that independence on August 24, 1991. their incomes and expenditures. And a renovated single Ukrainian was written by 10 Soviet political prison- Most recently he was vice-chair of From letters, appeals and polls it is Orthodox Church is to fulfill its high- ers, in which they asked for the U.S. presi- Kharkiv’s Memorial Society and was a well-known where corruption is flourish- profile mission of returning the nation to dent’s help in forming an international participant of the Orange Revolution, ing now. I demand that the government its traditions. commission to inspect Soviet labor camps. often addressing the crowds gathered on and law-enforcement bodies closely con- Dear friends: After his release in 1987 Mr. Altunian Independence Square. trol customs, the sphere of land, and the We are in for extensive structural process of granting permits and licenses. changes within the economy and the social Next year we will introduce a common sphere: from judicial to municipal reforms. university entrance test. We will raise the They are to be understood and widely sup- MARY LUTWINIAK status of doctors and provide proper ported by citizens. I demand that the gov- of Tamarac, Fla., passed away Wednesday, August 17, 2005. health care financing. We will cut the ernment conduct a dialogue, convince the She was 86. ground out from under corruption’s feet. people and show the advantages of each Law-enforcers have not been able to party interested in this process. Mary Magura Lutwiniak was born in Jamaica, N.Y., on do away with crime, yet they are making I am sure that this applies mostly to September 11, 1918. She grew up in Jersey City, N.J., progress in this direction. Their weak reforming our political system. moved to Kearny, N.J., after she was married, and retired to point is “patronizing” criminals, being In November the people rallied since Taramac, Fla., in 1984. closely tied to them. Law-enforcement the old regime had exhausted its poten- bodies will protect us instead of filling tial. We need mechanisms that will allow She was predeceased by her husband, Theodore Lutwiniak. He was a their pockets. My decision to reorganize the people to control the authorities, to long-time employee of the UNA, a branch secretary and a columnist for the State Automobile Inspection is a take part in the decision-making process The Ukrainian Weekly. She was also predeceased by her sister Catherine Magura, who was an employee of the UNA. UKRAINIAN BUILDERS OF CUSTOM HOMES WEST COAST OF FLORIDA Mary briefly worked for the UNA and had worked for Soyuzivka during its first summer season. She also worked for the Prudential Insurance TRIDENT DEVELOPMENT CORP. Company in Newark, N.J. She was a volunteer at West Hudson • Over 25 years of building experience Hospital and the Kearny Public Library. She was a member of Our Lady • Bilingual of Sorrows Catholic Church in Kearny. When moving to Florida, Mary • Fully insured and bonded continued her volunteer work with several organizations including her • Build on your lot or ours church, the local school and the public library. • Highest quality workmanship She is survived by her son Terrence and his wife Claudette of Ihor W. Hron, President Lou Luzniak, Executive V.P. Bloomfield, N.J., with their children, Janet and Wayne; her daughter (941) 270-2411 (941) 270-2413 Patricia Lutwiniak and son-in-law Dick Molasky of Sunrise, Fla. Zenon Luzniak, General Contractor Serving North Port, Venice, South Venice and area In lieu of flowers, donations may be made in Mary’s name to Soyuzivka.

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In fact, as Paul Knox, the former for- his coverage of the Orange Revolution. people at the highest levels of politics – An introduction... eign editor of The Globe and Mail told me, He also brought a special feel for the Ukrainians received him very warmly (Continued from page 10) Mark MacKinnon’s transfer to the Middle human side of the drama, history as seen because he was Canadian. “How are low journalists in Moscow were at first East had already been approved last fall. It through the eyes of ordinary people – they, our Ukrainians in Canada?” he was very skeptical about the significance of was Mark himself who asked to remain students, workers, police officers, pen- constantly asked everywhere he went. the story. Later, of course, they rushed to through the presidential election in sioners; people on both sides of the barri- And it gave him a unique foothold Kyiv, begging Mark for his contacts. But Ukraine, who had an intuition that this was cades. His coverage included the story of among journalists from the very start. In Mark had been The Globe and Mail’s going to be a big story, and who wanted to the 37-year-old construction worker from September 2003, much to the astonish- Moscow correspondent since 2002. He see the story through to its conclusion. Kyiv who stood on Independence Square ment and envy of his colleagues, Mark had covered the revolution in Georgia [His prescience had been demonstrated in waving a Canadian flag day after day was able to get a rare interview with and had been to Ukraine and written an article published on October 30 titled because his friends in Toronto had passed Viktor Yushchenko, then the leader of the about Ukraine many times. He had writ- “Is Ukraine facing a massive uprising?”] it along to him. And, of course, it includ- opposition. The word “Canadian” was repeatedly emphasized in negotiations ten about Gongadze. He had written Mark MacKinnon brought this back- ed the story of the many hundreds of with the Yushchenko people. And, in his about Channel 5. He knew the issues. ground, this intuition, this experience to Canadians who came to Ukraine as elec- tion observers. own words, he said, “it worked like a This Canadian dimension was a big charm.” part Mark MacKinnon’s telling of the In this respect, Mark MacKinnon’s story, not only because Ukraine is a work was noteworthy not only because country of special interest to a large com- he was among the first journalists to rec- munity of Ukrainian Canadians but also ognize and write about the importance of because, in a larger sense, Canada has a what was happening in Ukraine, but also very special relationship with Ukraine. because he understood why what was This is something he himself had written happening in Ukraine should be and was about. During his earlier travels to important to Canada and Canadians. He Ukraine, he had discovered, much to his reminded us of the special role that amazement, how much Ukrainians liked Canada plays in the world, the special Canadians, regarding Canada as a special role that journalists play in our society. friend to Ukraine. From ordinary vil- And, for this, he certainly deserves our lagers, to people on the street in Kyiv, to acknowledgement and gratitude.

new government under President Safe blood banks... Yushchenko will soon bring about (Continued from page 6) improvement in the health system. being done in the U.S. and many other Industrial ownership by a small num- ber of owners, the so called oligarchs, countries. For these important education- and widespread corruption have pro- al purposes, especially the last one, funds duced a large gap between the very will also be allocated by SBIF. wealthy and the very poor that favors pri- Fortuitously, the SBIF effort coincides vate medicine at the expense of tax-based well with the plans of the present govern- or insurance-based systems. ment of Ukraine. According to Anatoli Consequently, Mr. Yushchenko’s plans to Chugriev, president of the Blood rid Ukraine of oligarchs and corruption Services of Ukraine Association, the may increase tax revenues and may country is striving to bring its blood indeed permit the government to improve banking, blood processing and quality the health system and eventually become control up to European standards. There more involved in the fight with the rav- is hope among the population that the ages of AIDS.

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Sex traffickers... major source of revenue – in the billions [of dollars per year] – for organized (Continued from page 2) crime, along with the drug trade and the How Do Y ou W in A New Le xus? every year and that millions more are arms trade. Let there be no misunder- trafficked internally. standing. Modern slavery plagues every John Miller directs the U.S. State country in the world – including the Department’s Office for Monitoring and United States,” Mr. Miller underscored. Combating Trafficking in Persons. * * * “Information on slavery is very inexact. But we believe that the majority of slave Canadian-based journalist Viktor victims – in the neighborhood of 80 per- Malarek is the author of “Natashas: The cent – are the female gender, and that New Global Sex Trade.” His book docu- around 50 percent are children. We believe ments how criminal groups have increas- that the largest category of slavery is sex ingly preyed upon the hopes of young women like Maria since the collapse of slavery. This is not to minimize other large the Berlin Wall and the Soviet Union. categories – domestic servitude slavery, Mr. Malarek says that in places like forced labor in farms and factory slavery, Israel and Turkey, the name “Natasha” child soldier slavery,” Mr. Miller said. has become synonymous with prostitutes Get a Hole-In-One at the 3rd Annual Golf Outing to Benefit the Organized criminal groups have creat- or victims of the sex trade from all the ed intricate transport routes to move Ukrainian American Cultural Center of New Jersey. former Communist countries of Eastern women to different countries. Most of Europe – whether they are from Bulgaria, these routes – whether over land, sea, or The Ukrainian American Cultural Center of New Jersey, in conjunction with St. John the Baptist Ukrainian Catholic Church of Whi ppany, Romania, Moldova, Ukraine or Russia. New Jersey is Holding itSs Third Annual Golf Outing to Benefit the Capital Building Campaign of the New Church and Cultural Cen ter. air – originally were established by And, regardless of their nationalities, weapon and drug smuggling syndicates. brothel owners and their customers usu- The so-called “Eastern Route” through ally refer to these women as “Russians.” How to Register: Friday, September 16th, 2005 Poland and into Germany is a key over- Mr. Malarek says not all of those land corridor for smuggling women into Go online to www.UACCNJ.org 11:30 Check In / R egistration caught up in the international sex trade 12:30 Putting ContestO50/50 prize You can register and pay on line. the European Union (EU) from Russia, are innocent and naive women who have 1:30 Shotgun Start Click on Golf Outing Link Ukraine, Romania and the Baltic states. been led astray. He says police and gov- 6:00 Cocktails and Dinner

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and they mounted an international cam- Dr. Mikhail Stern... paign for their father’s release. (Continued from page 4) Dr. Stern was freed from labor camp In 1961 Dr. Stern led a campaign in 1977 and ultimately settled in the against anti-Semitism and, in retaliation, Netherlands, in Amsterdam. Also in 1977, Dr. Stern visited the was falsely accused of killing a Vinnytsia United States, where he was welcomed girl, who in fact was alive and thankful for by the Ukrainian American community the medical treatment he had given her. as a staunch defender of human rights. In 1974 Dr. Stern was interrogated He addressed many Ukrainian communi- about his two sons’ application for emi- ties, underlining that “The Ukrainian gration to Israel. His patients were inter- people are not an anti-Semitic people.” rogated by the authorities as they He also noted that “2,000 Ukrainians searched for “evidence” the he had taken refused to testify against me and saved bribes and sold medicines at inflated me.” prices. Many of the patients refused to He also urged the United States to testify against their doctor, rejecting pre- remain firm in its defense of human pared testimonies and courageously defy- rights, arguing that “the stronger the ing the prosecution. Nonetheless, Dr. Untied States demands on behalf of Stern was sentenced to eight years’ hard human rights, the better it will be.” labor on trumped up charges of swindling Dr. Stern’s story was told in the 1977 and bribery. book “The USSR vs. Dr. Mikhail Stern,” His sons were allowed to leave several billed as “the only tape recording of a months after Dr. Stern was sentenced, trial smuggled out of the Soviet Union.” 18 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 4, 2005 No. 36

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NOTESNOTES ONON PEOPLEPEOPLE Ms. Bihun, who is a member of Plast Vermont teen headed in the United States, was haunted by the thoughts and memories of witnessing the on relief mission everyday problems that were dealt with by poor, unkempt and, in many cases, PARSIPPANY, N.J. – During a time forgotten orphans. In response, she when most high school graduates are returned home and began raising money preparing to leave for college, 17-year-old to head an international relief effort Ulana Bihun is preparing to leave for designed to improve conditions for the Ukraine on an international relief mission. orphanage in Skolje. Ms. Bihun, of Jericho, Vt., is currently In June, Ms. Bihun held a jazz and folk organizing a relief effort in order to pro- concert in order to raise the initial funds for vide assistance to an orphanage in Skolje, her Ukrainian Orphanage Project. She held reported the Burlington Free Press. a second concert in August, raising over During her junior year of high school, $500 for the cause. Combined with a grant Ms. Bihun traveled to Lviv to attend a local from a local rotary club she hopes to high school under her father’s Fulbright secure, Ms. Bihun plans to build an entirely Scholarship. While living in the oblast cap- new, and much more efficient, bathroom ital, she became involved in the local area for the kids in the orphanage. branch of Plast Ukrainian Scouting The space will accommodate 10 new toi- Organization and traveled to the small lets, sinks and showers, and the plans for orphanage as a part of a community service construction will be reviewed during Ms. project headed by the youth organization. Bihun’s next trip to Ukraine this month. The There, Ms. Bihun discovered things that construction is set to begin in April 2006, tugged at her conscience long after her under Ms. Bihun’s direct supervision. return home. Upon visiting the orphanage, As for her future plans, Ms. Bihun hopes she noticed that the establishment’s only to continue raising money through college bathroom was located outside, 200 yards and supporting the orphanage by sending away from the main house. The bathroom, any supplies and funding they may need. as it turns out, was merely a small hole Any readers who wish to donate to covered by several swing-up boards, and a Ms. Bihun’s cause are encouraged to single hanging curtain. This space was to contact her at (802) 899-1249, or e-mail be used by 200 children. her at [email protected].

While in Ukraine, Ms. Prytula will be Nurse helps people staying with various families in Zhytomyr (approximately three hours of Chornobyl area west of where her team will be working), The Ukraini an Festival Committee PARSIPPANY, N.J. – Lisa Prytula, a and will be collecting donations of med- second-generation Ukrainian American, is ical supplies and financial compensation With the Support of the Ukrainian Embassy a registered nurse who serves all of those for prescription drugs. The areas surrounding Chornobyl are The Ukraini an Festivarld Committee who are in dire medical need, especially The A Unknroaiunni ance s F tehste iv 3al C Aonmnmuiattl e e the suffering inhabitants of the villages abundant with people in need of medical The Ukraini an Festival Committee care; the zones that were directly affected by With the Support of the Ukrainian Embassy surrounding the Chornobyl nuclear power WWitThih tthhe t eUh Sek uSrpuappionproi tanr to fo Fft htehese tU iUvkakrlrd a aCiinnoiiamann m EEimttbeae s ss yy plant in Ukraine. They are the people who the nuclear blast have been left forgotten by The Ukraini an Fe stival Committee many, including the government of Ukraine WAithn Ttnhheoe S uUupknprcoarient sioan f tt hFeee sU ti3kvrarad ldi n CAiaonmn Emnmitubteaaes sl y have restlessly battled through countless WAithAn tnheon Suouunppncocertes os tf htthe ee U3 3rkd ra iAnAiannnnn Euumabla ssy medical difficulties since the occurrence itself. The list of health problems of the vil- AWninth othue nSucpepos r tt ohf te he 3Ukrrd aAiniannn Eumbaal s sy Washington Uk raird nian Festival of the nuclear catastrophe in 1986. lages’ inhabitants includes, but is not limited AnnoAunnnocuensce ts h the e 33 A Annnunaul al Ms. Prytula, 37, of West St. Paul, to, depression, alcoholism, tuberculosis and Minn., currently works at United cardiovascular complications. Washington Ukr ainian Festival Hospital in St. Paul. She originally hails Ms. Prytula told the Pioneer Press that W W a WsahsaT ihs h nhWie ng iUangtskghotrtioanoignn tUio anUnk kUkFrrkerasrataiinivinnnaiiliaai aCnan no nFFme sFeFmtsieivettaitsvelt eai v lv aall the health care situation in Ukraine differs from suburban Detroit, where she was Wa shington Ukrainian Festival drastically from that of America’s in that With the Support of t he Ukrainian Embassy raised in a rich Ukrainian environment, many doctors and nurses lack the same rd learning to speak Ukrainian and partici- Saturday anAdn nSouunndceas y t hS e e 3pt eAmnnbuearl 17-18, 2005 pating in Ukrainian youth organizations. autonomy that their U.S counterparts Saturday and Sunda y September 17-18, 2005 enjoy. Combined with the low salaries and Saturday and Sunday S eptember 17-18, 2005 According to a recent article in the ASdaSmtautirusdsraidoyan yaA odnamnndilsd sySi o Snu$ uo5nnnl/dydd $aa5ay/dy a; SyS ; cecehppilitdtleredemmnr uebndneer u 1 161n 7f7rd-e-e1e1! r88 ,1, 2 6200 0f0r55e e ! Pioneer Press, the fusion of her work and tremendous lack of medical supplies, the SatuSarAtdudarmydi asasyino andn odSOn flufSyicn ui$ald5n o/dpadeanyiyyn ;gS Sceahetpuiplrdttaereyem ant nbbuoenoenrd ra et1 :r1 7 17-61- f18r,8e e2,! 0 20050 5 her heritage was forged a little over a year status of health care in Ukraine is poor. AdA m d miWsOsisifasofiinsocOh nifoaf iinSolcnt in.lo aAyglpn y tod$e por$5neewn5n/i d/iUn ndkUagray a SyikSn;a;i aatr cunctah ruOhdiriraltnlhddyo irdaraoteyx n nC oa a outFhn nen deaddrotsa:eelo t rrin v1 1a6a6t lf :f r reeee! ! However, according to Ms. Prytula, Admission only $151/0d0 Naeyw; H camhpislhdirer Aevnen ue nder 16 free! ago when Ms. Prytula located a South SAtd. mAOiSnsOtfsd.f iAfiorcfneiicadw iorla en olUw lopy kpUe $enrkn5riana/iidnignnga iiS ayaSna;na tOctu uhOrrritdlhdrdoaatrdyhyeo onxa d tCu onanotxdhoo eCnndr r a aa1ttl6: h: ferderea! l Carolina-based volunteer organization the new democratic government headed Silver Spring, MD OffOicfifai1cl5i ao1l0p 0oe pNneiennwign H gS aSamatputu srhrddiraaey A avtte nnuooeoo nn a ta:t : called Volunteers in Medical Missions. by President Viktor Yushchenko is striv- StS. tA. An1dn5rd1er0we0w UN Ukekrwraai niHniaiaanmn OOprsrththhioordeo Ax Cveaantthhueeedd rraal l ing to improve the conditions, revealing St. AStn. dArnedwre wU kUSrkialrviaenPrirni o aSgirapnanmr iO tnOog rirn,t ctMhlhudoDe:d oxx CCaaththederdarla l Along with the help of a Ukrainian SatuUkrrad1ina5i1ayn15 e 01an te0nr 0tdaNi n NmSeeewun wtn ( iHncld Haaudaymi nm gS pviolipespshhnt ieviirrmrteeu oso bAe Vvrasye 1nl7 Puu-apae1e d8 iu,k 2 fr0om0 5 Baptist minister, Alexander Kravchenko, a brighter side to health care in Ukraine. Ca1na 5da1)1, 0U5k01ra0 iSNn0ia ienNl wdveanew cHirn gH a,S camrapmf tpsr,p sfioodsnhhigsir,r ,ae n Md A f uvnvD aeen n dn uguaeme es for kids! 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the need to delay their trip, but he didn’t Official arrested for abuse of office Sens. Lugar, Obama... criticize the Russian government. “We are NEWSBRIEFS KYIV – Yevhen Kushnariov, former (Continued from page 3) pleased that our flight was able to contin- (Continued from page 2) ue to Kyiv, albeit three hours later. We chairman of the Kharkiv Oblast State ports, Andy Fisher, a spokesman for Sen. Yushchenko said at the August 24 awards Administration, was arrested on August Lugar who was with the delegation, told still had a good night’s sleep,” he noted. ceremony that Gongadze “gave his The senators also discussed the elimina- 16 in the Procurator General’s Office in The Washington Post. young life for our freedom and independ- Kyiv, where he was summoned to make tion of out-of-service arms during an The border guards took three hours to ence.” (Ukrinform, RFE/RL Newsline) himself familiar with materials pertaining confirm their status before allowing the August 29 meeting with Volodymyr President pledges help to miners to a criminal case on separatism, U.S. delegation to leave. Lytvyn, the Verkhovna Rada chairman. Ukrainian news agencies reported. The The U.S. will finance the Ukrainian pro- “This is not the first time this has hap- KYIV – President Viktor Yushchenko on same day, Mr. Kushnariov was trans- pened,” Mr. Fisher said. A delegation gram after the Cabinet of Ministers pre- August 28 visited Donetsk to take part in ferred to a hospital in Kyiv for treatment with Sen. Lugar was detained in Perm for pares the appropriate bills, Sen. Lugar said. celebrations of Miners’ Day, Reuters report- for what his lawyer termed as a “grave a short time two years ago, he said. Mr. Lytvyn assured the senators that the ed. Mr. Yushchenko said the government in physical condition.” Mr. Kushnariov was “It is always unbelievable,” Sen. Lugar Rada will immediately review the bills. 2006 will come up with a new policy to an active participant of a convention of told a reporter from the Chicago Tribune The U.S. Congress has already provid- revamp Ukrainian industry. “I will assume councilors from eastern and southern traveling with the senators. Russia, he said, ed a Donetsk chemical production plant personal responsibility for the coal indus- Ukraine last November, where separatist “can be a dysfunctional government.” with $2.1 million for munitions elimina- try,” Mr. Yushchenko said to a gathering of tendencies were voiced by supporters of The Russian Ministry of Foreign Affairs tion. As part of the elimination program, miners, who reportedly gave him a warm then-presidential candidate Viktor officially apologized for the incident the the plant will also receive $1.1 million in reception. “Our task is that every mine, like Yanukovych. However, Mr. Kushnariov next day, calling it a pure misunderstanding. aid from the North Atlantic Treaty the entire sector, should be profitable.” The was reportedly detained in connection Once in Kyiv, Sen. Lugar said he still Organization through its Partnership for president’s trip to Donetsk came two days with another criminal investigation wasn’t certain about why authorities felt Peace program. after Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko told involving abuse of office and infliction of officials there that an estimated $60 million heavy financial losses on the state. had been allocated to settle miners’ wage According to the New Democracy Party, Day concert to help Ukrainian-language arrears. (RFE/RL Newsline) which is headed by Mr. Kushnariov, his Pop music... artists, but after seeing it he said it was arrest is connected to the construction of (Continued from page 9) “awful,” especially considering that young Russia refuses to extradite Bakai two metro stations in Kharkiv during his Russian-language singers, Nashe Pravo is musicians so inexperienced were allowed to administration of the region. (RFE/RL perform on the national stage. MOSCOW – The Russian Prosecutor- not Green Grey’s first political statement. General’s Office has refused to hand over Newsline) The group openly endorsed presidential He said he was dismayed also to see a foreigner singing English on stage, namely to Ukraine Ihor Bakai, former head of the Ukraine’s population keeps shrinking candidate Viktor Yanukovych last year. property management department in the Government critics complained that Yulia Tymoshenko’s future-son-in-law Sean Carr. presidential administration of former KYIV – According to the State another Yanukovych supporter, Ani Lorak, President Leonid Kuchma. The office Statistics Committee, as of July 1 Ukraine suffered political retribution when she was The members of Green Grey can speak Ukrainian, but the band will never sing in said Mr. Bakai is a Russian citizen, which was populated by 47,075,000 people. The denied the opportunity to compete in excludes his transfer to Ukraine or any Ukrainian because it’s too late to change shares of the urban and rural population, Eurovision 2005. Voting by phone, other country. Mr. Bakai is wanted in their format and “our fans would laugh at respectively, were 68 percent and 32 per- Ukraine’s music fans selected Gryndzholy, Ukraine in connection with his indictment us,” said Dmitrii Muravitskyi, the band’s cent of the total. As compared with the famous for the Orange Revolution song on seven criminal charges, among them vocalist. figure for January 1, Ukraine’s population “Razom Nas Bahato,” who fared poorly in defrauding the state. (RFE/RL Newsline) was reduced by 205,500 persons, or by The band said it isn’t against the the worldwide competition. 0.43 percent. The Donetsk region is Ukrainian language, but its members are However, a band’s political allegiance Many Russians want USSR restored Ukraine’s most populous territory (4.64 against the government forcing the country’s isn’t necessarily determined by the language million inhabitants) and is followed by Russian-speaking regions to use the MOSCOW – Some 32 percent of it sings in. Skriabin lead singer Andrii the Dnipropetrovsk (3.46 million) and Ukrainian language, particularly in schools. Russians would like to see the restoration Kuzmenko shocked his fans last year when Kharkiv (2.83 million) regions. Kyiv They want the Russian language to have of the Soviet Union, according to a poll he endorsed Mr. Yanukovych. The band was City’s population exceeds 3 million. Over one of the first successful Ukrainian-singing equal official status with Ukrainian. conduct by the All-Russian Center for the Study of Public Opinion, VTsIOM, the first half of 2005 it grew by 5,600 per- bands, hailing from the Lviv Oblast. While they won’t sing in Ukrainian, sons, or by 0.21 percent. (Ukrinform) Green Grey insists they’re not playing Green Grey doesn’t have a problem record- among 1,600 respondents in 153 Russian politics, though they boast of their relation- ing songs in English, one of which were fea- cities, RosBalt reported on August 24. In PM urges reduction in regulations ship with the pro-Russian Social Democratic tured on their last album. They said they did 2001 this number was polled at 28 per- Party of Ukraine (SDPU), which they said it to expand their audience. cent. The number of respondents who KYIV – Prime Minister Yulia supported the band during its August Nashe Incidentally, one of the lines in Green support the complete independence of the Tymoshenko on August 11 slammed Pravo concert series in Crimea. They denied Grey’s “Nashe Pravo” song refers to the former Soviet republics has grown for oblast leaders for what she termed their receiving money to promote the campaign. bells of St. Volodymyr’s Cathedral in Kyiv: the same period as well, from 10 percent tardiness in canceling or simplifying a Mr. Yatsenko has also made political “I used to fall asleep, listening to bells of St. to 16 percent. Consequentially, the num- host of regulatory documents that impede statements, including rejections of NATO. Vladimir’s Cathedral; This is our country, ber of those who want a closer alliance the development of entrepreneurship in The group’s lyrics are provocative, with this is our city, this our right to decide.” with the former Soviet republics declined the regions, Interfax-Ukraine reported. lines such as, “It’s not necessary to teach Whether Green Grey was aware of it or from 42 percent in 2001 to 26 percent in Ms. Tymoshenko said that out of a total others how to live, first learn how to live not, St. Volodymyr’s Cathedral is now the 2005. (RFE/RL Newsline) of 3,607 documents that the government yourself. You can’t make us over as your- wants to cancel or adjust, just 2,558 have seat of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church – Russia to triple price of gas selves, just like freedom and the sun above.” Kyiv Patriarchate. been addressed thus far. She instructed They promised the song’s accompanying And, of course, its services are held in MOSCOW – Russia’s Industry and the governors to tackle the remaining video, set for release on September 1, will be Ukrainian. Energy Minister Viktor Khristenko told regulatory acts within the next two “very strong.” journalists after meeting with Ukrainian weeks. (RFE/RL Newsline) Mr. Yatsenko said he supports such proj- Correspondent Vladyslav Pavlov con- Fuel and Energy Minister Ivan Plachkov Romania seeks information about canal ects as the Ukrainian Format Independence tributed to this report. in Moscow on August 23 that Russia has decided that starting on January 1 it will BUCHAREST – The Romanian increase the price of gas from $50 per Foreign Ministry has required informa- thousand cubic meters to $160, RIA- tion from the Embassy of Ukraine in Lesia Ukrainka Novosti reported. Mr. Khristenko added Bucharest regarding Ukraine’s reported that Russia also will demand that all pay- resumption of the construction of the School of Ukrainian Studies ments be made in cash. “We want to fin- Bystraya Canal linking the Kiliya ish with barter and go to the monetization (Chilia) arm of the Danube with the in Morris County, NJ of payments for the transportation and Black Sea, Rompress reported on August supply of gas,” he said. Meanwhile, the 16. The ministry said that, according to announces Transneft oil company announced on Romanian media, a Ukrainian vessel on August 23 that this year Russia will July 31 resumed dredging the Danube’s the beginning of the school year reduce the amount of oil it transports Bystraya estuary, which constitutes the through Ukraine from 54 million metric for children from pre-kindergarten (age 5) through 12th grade main part of the controversial canal. The tons to 45 million metric tons, RIA- first stage of the Bystraya Canal con- Novosti reported. (RFE/RL Newsline) struction was completed in August 2004, President appoints coal minister amid international protests that the proj- on September 10, 2005 ect poses a serious threat to the unique KYIV – President Viktor Yushchenko ecological system of the Danube Delta. A in Morris Catholic High School has appointed Viktor Topolov as Ukraine’s German company that participated in the 200 Denville Ave, Denville, NJ coal-industry minister, Ukrainian news Bystraya Canal construction in 2004 has immediately following registration at 8:30 AM. agencies reported on August 18. Mr. reportedly withdrawn from the project. Topolov was first vice minister for fuel (RFE/RL Newsline) and energy prior to his current appoint- UOC-KP and UAOC discuss union Lubodar Olesnycky, President of the Parents’ Committee ment. Mr. Yushchenko created the Coal Industry Ministry earlier this year, assign- KYIV – According to unidentified Website: www.ridna.org ing to it part of the Fuel and Energy Ministry staff. (RFE/RL Newsline) (Continued on page 23) No. 36 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 4, 2005 23

of the Kharkiv-Poltava Eparchy of the NEWSBRIEFS UAOC will not be registered and the (Continued from page 22) existence of the UAOC will at that time sources cited by the Religious Information cease.” The text of the archbishop’s state- Service of Ukraine, Patriarch Filaret ment says that the Kharkiv-Poltava (Denysenko), head of the Ukrainian Eparchy of the UAOC continues its min- Orthodox Church – Kyiv Patriarchate istry under the spiritual guidance of the (UOC-KP), met with Metropolitan Mefodii UAOC in the diaspora. Archbishop Ihor (Kudriakov), head of the Ukrainian claims that the Kharkiv-Poltava Eparchy Autocephalous Orthodox Church (UAOC), of the UAOC has so far not received any in the patriarchal building of the UAOC in official appeals or proposals concerning Kyiv on August 11. They discussed the its participation in the unification process unification process of these two Churches. and he emphasizes that “the Kharkiv- At the moment the RISU does not possess Poltava Eparchy of the UAOC firmly any official documents concerning the stands on the positions of the National results of the meeting. However, the press Sobor [Assembly] of the UAOC in agency of the UOC-KP confirmed this 2000.” He said he believes that the cre- information and promised to make an offi- ation of a single national Church is to be cial report in the nearest future. (Religious conducted in a canonical way under the Information Service of Ukraine) spiritual guidance of the most holy ecu- menical patriarch and his archbishops and UAOC Sobor considers unified Church not by the orders of state officials. “We see the future national Church as a spiri- KYIV – The Hierarchical Sobor tually strong, honest and healthy power, Assembly of the Ukrainian enrooted in the Church past of Ukraine, Autocephalous Orthodox Church and directed to evangelical ministry and (UAOC) discussed the possibility of the not to the cloning of the Stalin synod unification of the UAOC with other model of the Russian Orthodox Church. Ukrainian Orthodox Churches into a sin- Any attempts to impose new compulsory gle Ukrainian national Orthodox Church. unions on the eparchial community or to All the hierarchs of the UAOC and mem- create legal barriers for the religious bers of the Patriarchal Council participat- activities of the Kharkiv-Poltava Eparchy ed in the Sobor, which was held in the will be met with harsh opposition. The Patriarchal Building in Kyiv on August Eparchial Consistory has a right to 11. Patriarch Filaret (Denysenko), head address political parties, social organiza- of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church – tions, international juridical institutions, Kyiv Patriarchate (UOC-KP), also and so on, for help,” reads the statement. attended the Sobor and expressed his According to Archbishop Ihor, the viewpoint concerning the unification of Kharkiv-Poltava Eparchy of the UAOC Churches into a single national Church. “will decide its future in a canonical way Patriarch Filaret’s suggestion was to unite at a sobor summoned by competent into a single Church without any condi- church authorities.” (Religious tions on the part of the UAOC with Information Service of Ukraine) Patriarch Filaret as one possible candi- date for the head of the united Church. Mila Jovovich helps Ukraine’s children The Sobor decided to hold a meeting in every eparchy of the UAOC on the unifi- KYIV – On Saturday, August 20, cation issue as soon as possible and to Hollywood star Mila Jovovich, who is of summon the next Hierarchical Sobor in Ukrainian extraction, announced the order to arrive at a final decision concern- establishment of a charitable fund to aid ing the possible unification into a single Ukrainian children, in conjunction with national Church. According to the Sobor, the Ukrainian Export-Import Bank. According to the movie star, she has the participation of the Ukrainian PACKAGES, CARS AND Orthodox Church – Moscow Patriarchate, donated $80,000 (U.S.) to the Artek juvenile international recreational center CONTAINERS TO headed by Metropolitan Volodymyr UKRAINE AND EASTERN (Sabodan), is very important for the unifi- in Crimea. Though Ms. Jovovich was invited to the Eurovision competition, EUROPE 79¢ cation process. The Sobor decided to Á‡ ÙÛÌÚ invite representatives of the Ecumenical she opted to visit Artek. She noted that Patriarchate of Constantinople for active caring for kids may not be in vogue in participation in the unification of the Hollywood, but this is a necessity as a Ukrainian Orthodox Churches according world without children has no future. Travel service: Air tickets and visas to Ukraine and other countries. to the canons of the Orthodox Church. Commenting on her visit to the camp, Money transfer to Ukraine and other countries. The Sobor also decided to propose open- Ms. Jovovich said she was very happy Ukrainian and European CDs for sale. Ukrainian souvenirs and kercheifs for sale. ing a court of the Ecumenical and joined the singers together with her Telephone cards: 80 min. for $5 Patriarchate at the Church of the mother, Galina Loginova, during the Dormition of the Most Holy Mother of “Artek Is Yes” performance. 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(Religious Information Service of Ukraine) Kharkiv eparch criticizes unification KHARKIV – On August 12 the Religious Information Service of Ukraine received a statement from Archbishop Ihor (Isichenko), head of the Kharkiv and Poltava Eparchy of the Ukrainian Autocephalous Orthodox Church (UAOC). In the statement the hierarch criticizes the unification process of the UAOC, headed by Metropolitan Mefodii (Kudriakov), and the Ukrainian Orthodox Church – Kyiv Patriarchate (UOC-KP). According to Archbishop Ihor, “it was affirmed at this meeting that the statutes 24 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 4, 2005 No. 36

PREVIEW OF EVENTS Thursday, September 8 the park please visit the website at www.ger- maniapark.com. For more information please Soyuzivka’s Datebook NEW YORK: The Ukrainian Studies contact Chris Bilanycz, (973) 285-5006. September 2-5, 2005 September 24-25, 2005 Program at Columbia University launches Labor Day Festivities Plast Sorority Rada - Pershi Stezhi its first event of the 2005-2006 academic NEW YORK: The Shevchenko Scientific Sept. 2, Tiki Bar Entertainment Plast Sorority Rada - Chornomorski year, with a performance of Lemko folk Society invites the public to a roundtable featuring Luna, 10 pm Khvyli songs by singer Julia Doszna, followed by featuring the participants of the 2005 inter- Sept. 3, Art Exhibit featuring a wine and cheese reception. Ms. Doszna, national scholarly conferences on Ukrainian Stephan Tur’s photographs and September 29-October 3, 2005 born in the Lemko village of Bielanka, will subjects which took place in Donetsk, paintings and Khrystyna Ukrainian American Veterans perform songs from her newly released Berlin and Urbana-Champaign, Ill.: Larissa Baransky’s paintings; Tiki Bar Convention album “Immigrant,” depicting the life of Onyshkevych, Mark von Hagen, Myroslava Lemko immigrants who came to the U.S. a Znayenko, Leonid Rudnytzky, Taras Entertainment with the band century ago. The performance and recep- Hunczak and Svitlana Andrushkiw. The Hrim, 2 pm; USCAK Tennis September 30, 2005 tion will be held in the Student Lounge of program will take place at the society’s Tournament (through Sept. 5); KLK Weekend - General Meeting Philosophy Hall at Columbia, 1150 building, 63 Fourth Ave. (between Ninth Concert featuring Kashtan Dance and Banquet Amsterdam Ave., starting at 7 p.m. Free and 10th streets) at 5 p.m. For additional Ensemble from Cleveland, 8 pm; and open to the public. For more informa- information call (212) 254-5130. Zabava with Luna and September 30-October 1, 2005 tion contact Diana Howansky at (212) 854- Fata Morgana, 10 pm Plast Sorority Rada - Spartanky 4697 or [email protected]. JENKINTOWN, Pa.: The Ukrainian Sept. 4, Art Exhibit featuring Heritage School in Jenkintown, Pa., currently Friday, September 9 the largest institution of its kind in the U.S., Stephan Tur’s photographs and October 2, 2005 in an effort to better serve the Ukrainian paintings and Khrystyna UNWLA Luncheon PHILADELPHIA (PAOLI), Pa.: The American community of the greater Baransky’s paintings; Tiki Bar World Affairs Council of Greater Valley Philadelphia metropolitan area, is adding Entertainment featuring Stefan October 3-6, 2005 Forge cordially invites everyone to a recep- another level to its very successful English- Stawnychy, 2 pm; Concert fea- Stamford Clergy Days tion and luncheon with Alexander J. Motyl, based Ukrainian education program, and also turing Kashtan Dance Ensemble Ph.D., professor of political science, Rutgers introducing an intensive inclusion/tutoring from Cleveland, 1 pm; Zabava October 8, 2005 University, who will address the topic support program for those students enrolled with Fata Morgana, 10 pm Wedding “Ukraine’s Orange Revolution: Why it in the standard Ukrainian Heritage Program. Happened, What it Means, What’s Next?” The English-based instruction program September 9-11, 2005 The event will take place at the encourages children of Ukrainian descent to October 9, 2005 Waynesborough Country Club on Route 252 Salzburg Reunion Republican Party Fund-Raiser join in Saturday classes to explore their eth- just south of Route 30 in Paoli, Pa. The recep- nic Ukrainian roots, and to receive basic Banquet tion will be at 11:45 a.m. followed by the introductory language, general history, geog- September 11-15, 2005 luncheon at noon. Tickets: $30 for members Regensburg Reunion raphy and culture instruction in a friendly October 15, 2005 and $35 for non-members. Please mail checks environment, and gives them an opportunity Wedding to WAC of GVF, P.O. Box 632, Southeastern, to meet other Ukrainian American youths, September 14-16, 2005 PA 19399. For inquiries please call (610) 687- Landshut Reunion their language abilities notwithstanding. October 22, 2005 9895. People who wish to attend must make a Registration will take place on Saturday, paid reservation in advance. September 17, 2005 National Plast Convention September 10, at 9-11:30 a.m. at the Ukrainian Educational and Cultural Center, Saturday, September 10 Lynee Richel Anniversary/ 700 Cedar Road, Jenkintown, PA 19046. Call Wedding Reception October 28-30, 2005 Halloween Weekend with children’s WASHINGTON: The Taras Shevchenko (215) 663-5322 for further information. School of Ukrainian Studies will hold regis- September 17-19, 2005 costume parade, costume zabava MOUNTAINSIDE, N.J.: “Muzychne tration for the 2005-2006 school year and cel- Mittenwald Reunion and more Doshkillia” (Music & Me) invites all pupils, ebrate Moleben starting at 9 a.m. at the alumni, parents and friends to an open house Ukrainian Catholic National Shrine of the September 21-23, 2005 at its new location, 1136 Route 22 West, November 4-6, 2005 Holy Family, located at 4250 Harewood Road Mountainside, N.J. (just past the Getty sta- Bayreuth Gymnasium Reunion Plast Orlykiada NE, Washington, DC 20017. Parents will tion). Also opening is a new Dance Studio, have an opportunity to speak with the director featuring ballroom dancing for ages 6 and up. September 22-24, 2005 November 12, 2005 of the school, Theodore Caryk, and to meet Schedules, enrollment information and UNA General Assembly and District Wedding with teachers. Books for the upcoming school refreshments will be available at 3-5 p.m. For Meeting year will be sold at this time only. The Taras more information call Marta Sawycky, direc- November 19, 2005 Shevchenko School of Ukrainian Studies is a September 24, 2005 tor, at (908) 276-3134 or (908) 232-4497. Sigma Beta Chi Fraternity Formal cultural school that offers a program of study Ellenville High School Reunion, Dinner Banquet in Ukrainian language and culture for children Saturday-Sunday, September 10-11 Class of ‘49 from kindergarten (age 5) through Grade 11. Ukrainian as a Second Language is being CHICAGO: Ss. Volodymyr and Olha offered and will be divided into two groups, Ukrainian Catholic Church in Chicago preliminary and advanced. A pre-school class cordially invites the entire community to is also held for children age 3-5. Classes for the Ukrainian Village Fest. Located in the the upcoming school year will begin the fol- heart of the Ukrainian Village at Chicago lowing Saturday, September 17, promptly at 9 Avenue and Oakley Boulevard, this won- a.m. at Westland Middle School, located at derful neighborhood festival will feature a To book a room or event call: (845) 626-5641, ext. 140 5511 Massachusetts Ave., in Bethesda, Md. terrific beer garden, live Ukrainian music, 216 Foordmore Road P.O. Box 529 For further details, contact either Mr. Caryk, a performance by the Hromovytsia and Kerhonkson, NY 12446 (301) 840-1713, or Roman Ponos, (703) 867- Ukraina Ukrainian dance ensembles, great E-mail: [email protected] 6847; contact Zirka Harabatch, (301) 916- food, raffles, games and much more. The Website: www.Soyuzivka.com 0978, regarding pre-school. Additional infor- festivities are on Saturday at 3-10 p.m., mation can be found on the school website, and Sunday at 1-10 p.m. An entrance fee http://www.ukieschool.org. Individuals inter- donation of $5 for the festival goes toward ested in teaching should contact Mr. Caryk or the ongoing support of the parish. For fes- Mr. Ponos. tival vendor applications please contact the parish office at (312) 829-5209. DOVER, N.J.: The Ukrainian Festival of Morris County, sponsored by the Ukrainian Saturday, September 17 American Youth Association, Whippany Branch, will be held at Germania Park at 1-7 NEW YORK: The Shevchenko Scientific UKRAINIAN MEDICAL ASSOCIATION OF NORTH AMERICA p.m. A “zabava” (dance) under the stars will Society invites the public to a lecture by follow the festival, at 7-11 p.m. with music Eugene Fishel, U.S. Department of State, LOOKING FOR NEW MEMBERS provided by Burya. Admission is $10 for Washington, titled “After the Orange IF YOU ARE A PHYSICIAN, DENTIST, OR OTHER HEALTH PROFESSIONAL those age 16 and over; children under 16 will Revolution: Progress to Date and the EITHER PRACTICING OR TRAINING, HERE’S YOUR OPPORTUNITY TO JOIN be admitted free of charge. Festival attendees Challenges Ahead.” The lecture will take will find children’s activities, a variety of ven- place at the society’s building, 63 Fourth YOUR COLLEAGUES IN NORTH AMERICA’S PREMIER ASSOCIATION OF HEALTH PROFESSIONALS. dors, great Ukrainian food, good music and Ave. (between Ninth and 10th streets) at 5 FOR MORE INFORMATION PLEASE WRITE TO: entertainment including Olya Fryz, Viktoria p.m. For additional information call (212) UKRAINIAN MEDICAL ASSOCIATION OF NORTH AMERICA Vasilevich and Barabolya. For directions to 254-5130. 2247 W. 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