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After Finland Strikes Deal, Austria Wants Athens’ Guarantees Too, Eurozone On Edge

ATHENS – Just as French Presi - as well if Eurozone countries ap - dent Nicolas Sarkozy and Ger - prove Finland’s deal; a man Chancellor Angela Merkel spokesman from Austrian finance quashed Greek Prime Minister ministry was quoted in a news - George Papandreou’s pleas for paper report as saying. “The col - Eurobonds, a scheme in which lateral model has to be open to the 17 countries of the Eurozone all the Eurozone countries. We who use the euro as a currency will figure out if that’s the case,” would share debt – including Finance Ministry spokesoman Greece’s staggering $460 billion Harald Waiglein told Finland’s deficit – other European coun - biggest newspaper Helsingin tries began demanding collateral Sanomat. in return for a second bailout of The agreement with Finland emergency loans to keep Greece requirews Greece to deposit cash from going bankrupt. Greece is in a state account that Finland in the midst of receiving $152 will invest in AAA rated bonds. billion in loans from the so-called The interest generated will raise Troika of the European Union-In - the amount to match the re - ternational Monetary Fund-Eu - quired collateral. Finland will re - ropean Central Bank, but pay turn the money, plus interest, cuts for Greek workers and tax once the bailout loan is repaid, hikes demanded in return for the Finance Minister Jutta Urpilainen aid have backfired, pushing the said. country into a deep recession, ne - If Greece were unable to pay cessitating a second planned back its loans to the temporary bailout of $157 billion. stability mechanism, Finland That is causing uneasiness in would take possession of the cap - the Eurozone and after Finland ital put up by Greece following a AP PHOTO/PETROS GIANNAKOURIS insisted on – and got – guaran - procedure agreed upon in ad - Bad Moon Rising? tees from Greece in return for co- vance. operating in the bailout, Austrian If Greece pays off its debt, it A full moon rises behind the ancient temple of Poseidon, in nomic crisis that some analysts say will sink the country yet, de - officials said they, too, now want would get back the money that Sounio, about 45 miles southeast of Athens – back in 2005, spite $312 billion in bail-out loans. The autumn will bring more some collateral from Greece, when Greece was riding the crest of good times, before its eco - political battles, and more new moons yet, perhaps ominous. prompting fears the rest of the Continued on page 7 Eurozone countries will want similar assurances. Greece is also planning a $71 billion sell-off and leasing of state-run entities and Kaskarelis’ Message to AHEPA: Greece Will Rise properties – which skeptics said Skourtes will be a fire sale of the country’s assets at rock bottom prices, los - MIAMI BEACH, Fla. – Greece’s during his two years in Wash - stituency and a changing world. come the best of citizens. I am ing them forever. That privatiza - Gives $10 Ambassador to the United ington, D.C. he has tried to help In this rapidly changing global - confident that in collaboration tion was also demanded by the States, Vassilis Kaskarelis, was foster a coherent voice for what ized society, all communities, so - with its partners, Greece will Troika in return for more monies awarded the Aristotle 2011 he called “a unified and collab - cieties and nations are inter - once again provide those incen - and has set off internal strife in Million Award during this year’s AHEPA orative community.” He said twined and, consequently, the tives and conditions to allow the Papandreou’s ruling PASOK So - convention here recently, and that by speaking with one voice, fate of one is linked with the ingenuity of its people emerge cialist Administration and wor - used the opportunity to give a “The Greek American commu - fate of many others. and thrive.” ries about more social unrest. A Dental Gift frank assessment of the coun - nity can only be stronger and Greece’s problems, he said, Kaskarelis has emerged as member of PASOK’s political try’s economic woes, but also more effective for it.” That’s could be overcome, especially the face of Greece in the United council accused the government PORTLAND, Oregon – Eugene expound on the role of the or - where AHEPA comes in espe - with backing from the Diaspora. States, delivering cogent de - of “losing touch with reality” and Skourtes didn’t forget his alma ganization and Greek Americans cially, he said. “The role of “The Greek American commu - fenses of Greece during its trou - adopting measures that are mater, Oregon Health Sciences and that he believes Greece will AHEPA and all Greek American nity is proof and testament of bles, while acknowledging its “nearly wiping out Greek society.” University when he was gradu - thrive once more. He noted that organizations must continue to the kinds of people Greeks are, faults, and he didn’t shy away Austria opposed Finland’s ated in 1968, a school that has he’s spent more than 35 years evolve to meet the needs and who, given the proper incentives deal with Greece on collateral for become known for providing of his life outside Greece and aspirations of a changing con - and environment, thrive and be - Continued on page 4 loans and will demand collateral dental care to people who don’t have dental coverage nor can afford the often costly proce - dures need to fix teeth: there were 86,000 such visits last year A Miracle of Unity: alone, for everything from cleanings to tooth pulling. The school didn’t have to pull Sk - Roseland’s Sts. Nicholas, ourtes’ teeth to get him to help keep that coming as more will be helped, and more dentists Constantine and Helen trained after Skourtes and his wife Bonnie pledged $10 million to a $43 million dollar project By Constantine S. Sirigos immigrants. Years after, the of outfitting and expanding a TNH Staff Writer Church of Sts. Constantine and modern dental/medical facility Helen was established in Or - that is the only institution in the NEWARK, N.J. – Things ange, New Jersey, with facilities state which trains students for change. In 1901 the St. Nicholas that were to serve the commu - a career as dentists and medical Greek Orthodox Church was es - nity for generations. After the professionals. Skourtes is tablished in a rented hall in 1967 riots, Newark would never founder of the successful downtown here, home to a be the same, and by the 1990’s Willamette Dental Group. growing community of Greek the Orange church outgrew its The school is helping fill a home. In the fall of 2011, the gap in dental coverage and will two churches, now merged into be able to do much more once one community of Sts. Nicholas, the new school is built, thanks Constantine and Helen will largely to the pledge from the Jimmie move into a spectacular new Skourtes’. Oregon stands out in $16 million complex in Rose - the region, as neighboring states land. The new reality is a tribute such as Idaho and Montana Spheeris: to the vision of their leaders and don’t have any dental institu - hard work and generosity of the tions for this purpose. The parishioners, officials said. pledge is the largest private do - Dreamer Many, such as former Parish nation in OHSU’s 112-year his - Council President Gus Theodos tory. Skourtes’ longtime friend go further. “I consider it a mira - of 55 years, E. John Rumpakis By Steve Frangos cle that two parishes merged said: “This contribution is un - TNH Staff Writer without any fanfare and fasaria precedented here on the West (disturbances,) merging with a Coast. What’s amazing is that it Jimmie Spheeris, in death, purpose and sticking to that pur - is happening even in these tur - achieved more than most per - pose and becoming one family.” TNH/COSTAS BEJ bulent economic times.” formers ever do in life. Spheeris He said no one observing parish Mary Vassiliou Psomiades venerates the icon by the bier of Dr. Harry Psomiades. She is the di - Rumpakis also is very involved didn’t become a rock and roll star activities today would guess rector of the Human Rights Defense Center in Greece and will present her late husband’s final in the academic community, but instead is one of those more they were once two separate book in Athens in October. His final interview will appear in the “Periodiko” of Ethnikos Kirix. serving as a board member at rarified entities an underground churches. The parishes officially Portland State University in Ore - rock legend. A visionary song - merged in 2005 and St. gon. writer during his lifetime, Jimmie Nicholas’ members moved to This past semester, 75 stu - was often compared to artists Orange in December 2007. The Passing of a Greek Champion dents graduated from OHSU such as Joni Mitchell and Peter It would not be the first mir - and according to historical data Gabriel. With Spheeris’ sudden acle for the community. Theodos only about 40 of them will stay death, in 1984, his records slowly told The National Herald that By Demetios Tsakas and vice that was scheduled for He strived throughout his life in the state. The school was al - vanished off the record shelves during the riots “not a stone was Constantine Sirigos noon at the Church of the An - towards the recognition of the ready recognized as one of the and even cut-rate bins. How thrown at our church, nothing TNH Staff Writers nunciation in Manhattan, Au - Pontian genocide by the United nation’s leading dental institu - Spheeris’ music was rescued from was broken, nothing was gust 16 to bid farewell to Pso - States.” tions but had not yet been able oblivion is a tribute to its lasting touched and we were in the NEW YORK – The revered miades. The Pastor of the Annuncia - to renovate its 1950’s-style effects on listeners from around midst of the riots. Fr. James founder and longtime director Bishop Savas of Troas tion, Nathanael Symeonides, buildings. By modernizing many the world. In the mid-1900’s, as Aloupis stood in front by himself of the Center for Byzantine and presided over the funeral and speaking to The National Her - buildings with new equipment so many before them, the – the area had been cordoned Modern Greek Studies at conveyed to Psomiades’ wife ald, expressed his admiration and technology the school Spheeris brothers left their small off by police,” so parishioners Queens College in New York, re - Maria and his family the “sin - for the generosity, wisdom, com - hopes to eventually attract and village of Valtosiniko, near could not get there. “He kept spected professor, researcher, cere and heartfelt condolences” passion and fighting spirit of the graduate 90 future dentists a Tripoli, and migrated to Milwau - the doors open and invited peo - writer and mentor and friend to of Archbishop of America deceased. Ambassador Aghi year, a not-so-modest 20% in - kee, Wisconsin. The youngest ple to come in and rest. A few many, Dr. Harry J. Psomiades, Demetrios, who was with Ecu - Balta, the Consul General of crease from their current rate. brother Charles, also known as came,” Theodos said. Fr. passed away on August 13. He menical Patriarch Bartholomew Greece in New York, was pre - The school expects capacity to Curley, became owner of the Ma - Aloupis, who was born in Lynn, fought a long battle with cancer, on his trip to monastery of Pana - sent, along with, Elias Tsek - be stretched to the fullest pro - jick Empire, a traveling carnival. Mass. and served the parish but friends would not say that gia Soumela in Trapezounta in eridis, the President of the Fed - jecting more than 120,000 pa - with love and dedication from it defeated him, rather he fought the Pontos region of Asia Minor, eration of Greek Associations of tient visits a year in the future. Continued on page 5 1954 to 2001, passed away in valiantly to the end, as he did from where Psomiades’ family Greater New York, and George “Carrying out this vision will en - 2006. V. Rev. Archimandrite for Hellenism and the people hailed. Bishop Savas told the Mavropoulos, Director of the able the school to train more Seraphim Poulos is now the pas - and matters he cared about. For - gathering that Psomiades’ “heart Research Centre for Hellenism dentists, serve more patients tor. mer colleagues and students, leaped for joy last year when in Asia Minor and Pontos, who with expanded services and For subscription: The St. Nicholas parish representatives of Queens Col - the Divine Liturgy was cele - came from Chicago to pay trib - stimulate research and clinical 718.784.5255 peaked at an impressive 1000 lege including the current Di - brated in Trapezounta” for the ute to the “visionary and innovation,” School of Den - [email protected] families and thrived into the rector of the Center, Dr. Christos first time in almost nine founder of the Center.” tristry Dean Jack Clinton told 1960’s. Though Greeks began to Ioannidis, and the Assistant Di - decades. Ioannides said the de - Everyone present had some - The Oregonian newspaper. move to suburbs around 1962 rector Effie Lekas, Psomiades’ parted was proud of his Pontian thing special to say about the The plan will include inte - according to Theodos, the real closest collaborator, and mem - roots “dedicating his work to “noble, virtuous man, the emi - grating OHSU medical, dental bers of the Advisory Committee Pontian Hellenism and to the Continued on page 3 arrived early for the funeral ser - Greeks of Asia Minor in general. Continued on page 6 Continued on page 3 2 COMMUNITY THE NATIONAL HERALD, AUGUST 20-26, 2011

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n AUGUST 18-SEPTEMBER 4 Greektown presents “Taste of ASTORIA, N.Y. - The Greek Cul - Greece 2011” August 27-28. tural Center in Astoria, Queens Come for food, fun, and dancing invites you to its annual Sum - from 12 pm – 11 pm. Located mer Film Festival now though at 100-400 S. Halsted Street. Saturday September 3. All films For more information, call (847) are in English, and will be 509-8050. shown every Saturday and Sun - day at 6:00 p.m. Saturday, Au - n SEPTEMBER 3 – 4 gust 20: Gentleman's Agreement LANCASTER, Calif. – Sts. Con - (1947) 118 min –Drama/Ro - stantine and Helen Greek Or - mance. Sunday, August 21: thodox Church presents the Pinky (1949) 102 min – Drama. Greek Festival 2011, your ticket Saturday 27: Panic in the Streets to the tastes, music, and cele - (1950) 96 min – Crime/Film- brations of Greece and the Noir/Thriller. Sunday, August Greek isles. There will be live 28. Baby Doll (1956) 114 min – entertainment, dancers, Greek Drama. Saturday, September 3: cooking demonstrations, Church A Face in the Crowd (1957) 125 tours, door prizes, a raffle, and min – Drama. Sunday, Septem - lots of Greek hospitality! Satur - PHOTOS: TNH/COSTAS BEJ ber 4: The last day of the Festi - day from 11 am – 9 pm, Sunday The Dormition of the Mother of God - The Summer Pascha - is Celebrated Across America val – at 6:00pm, the program from 12 pm – 9 pm. The Festival will focus on Greek American is located at 43404 30th Street The Dormition of the Virgin Mary (Kimisis) commemorates George in Astoria. Right: The Church of St. Catherine - St. Filmmakers. All screenings will West. For more information, call the Falling Asleep of the Mother of God (Theotokos) and is George shares clergy and a parish council with the Cathedral take place at the Greek Cultural (661) 945-1212. one of the great feasts of the Orthodox Church. Left: Two boys of St. Demetrios. Parishioners filled the nave on Sunday for Center on 26-80 30th Street As - venerate the flowered bier at the Church of St. Catherine - St. vespers services for the Feast of the Dormition. toria, NY 11102. Admission is n SEPTMEBER 9-11 free. For more Information call BROOKLINE, Mass. - The aroma 718-726-7329 or e-mail: of grilled souvlaki and baked [email protected] moussaka will once again fill the air when the largest Greek Or - n AUGUST 18 – 21 thodox parish in Boston hosts PORT JEFFERSON, N.Y. – As - its annual Greek festival. The sumption Greek Orthodox Annunciation Greek Orthodox Church is pleased to present its Cathedral of New England is annual Greek Festival, a com - having its three-day Greek Fest munity event put together by 2011 on September 9,, 10 and the families of The Assumption. 11 at the church’s community Featuring culinary delights like center at 162 Goddard Avenue gyros, pastitsio, moussaka, sou - in Brookline Massachusetts. Fes - vlaki, spanakopita, tyropita, and tival hours are Friday 3pm- much more! Also traditional 10pm, Saturday 11 am – 11pm Greek pastries such as baklava, and Sunday 11 am- 9pm. Ad - galaktobouriko, among others. mission and parking are free. There will also be a folk dancing Come enjoy live Greek music exhibition, and continuous and dancing. The Kymata Or - Greek music. Church tours will chestra will provide music on acquaint the public with the rich Saturday and Sunday evenings. symbolism that is inextricably linked to Orthodox Christian n SEPTEMBER 9 – 18 worship. Finally, the Festival will STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. – Holy feature the most successful raf - Trinity – St. Nicholas Greek Or - fle on the East Coast, with a to - thodox Church presents its an - TNH/ THEODORE KAlmOUKOS TNH/COSTAS BEJ tal of 270 prizes. Thursday, Au - nual Greek Festival on the two Dracut, Massachusetts Parish Celebrates Island Park Parish Venerates Panagia gust 18 from 5 p.m. – 10 p.m., weekends following Labor Day. Friday, Augus t 19 from 5 p.m. – All family, friends, and visitors Clergy and laity at the Assumption of the Virgin Mary in Dracut The church of Kimisis of Island Park, Long Island was filled 11 p.m., Saturday August 20 from are welcome to attend and en - were focused on the beautiful Epitafion during vesper services. with faithful on the evening of August 14, along with numerous 1 p.m. – 11 p.m., Sunday August joy the delicious Greek food, Those with Pontian roots were inspired by services that day at local clergy, including the parish’s acting pastor Father John 21 from 1 p.m. – 10 p.m. The Fes - lively music, fun, and philoxenia the famed Panagia Soumela monastery in Asia Minor. Paizis, who was raised in Brooklyn’s Three Hierarchs church. tival is located at 430 Sheep Pas - of the Greek community. Friday, ture Road. For more information, September 9 and 16 from 6 p.m. call 631-473-0894, email goc.as - – 12 am; Saturday, September sumption@g mail.com, or visit 10 and 17, from 2 pm – 12 a.m.; www.portjeffgreekfest.com. Sunday, September 11 and 18 In the Spotlight: Thei Zervaki – Connoisseur from 2 pm – 10 p.m. The festival CLEVELAND HEIGHTS, Ohio – is located at 1641 Richmond Av - Sts. Constantine and Helen enue. For more information, call By Constantine S. Sirigos will! Greek Orthodox Cathedral pre - (718) 494-0658. TNH Staff Writer TNH: Do you have role mod - sents the 38th annual Greek Fes - els? tival 2011. Come for amazing n SEPTEMBER 18TH NEW YORK – Thei Zervaki is a TZ: My mother, successful Greek meals, such as souvlaki, BROOKLYN, N.Y.- A memorial food, wine and lifestyle writer authors and people who over - saganaki, and calamari, home - service to commemorate the based in New York. She must be came obstacles to make it hap - made pastries, live music and 89th anniversary of the 1922 successful in her own fun pen are all real and virtual role dancing. Authentic Greek music Asia Minor Holocaust will take lifestyle because last year she models. When I admire a person performed by three Greek place September 18th, 2011 at published a handy book for fun I can’t meet, I pick up his/her bands, including Orion Express, Three Hierarchs Church after lovers: Get Invited, Don’t Crash biography and I read it. In ad - and Hellenic dancers in tradi - the Divine Liturgy. The event is It: All you Need to Know to dition to all the other knowl - tional folk costumes. Two tav - sponsored by the Holocaust Make the Guest List. She has edge I have obtained, those ernas offer Greek wine and beer. 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Be focused, be true to table member of the Greek The results for last week’s question: Do you think the The National Herald Bookstore your intentions and desires and American community for “In Cyprus dilemma will be resolved this year? (718) 784-5255 just do it your own way. Then, the Spotlight”, please contact 2% voted "Yes" be ready to go with the flow. english.edition@thenationalher - 95 % voted "No" [email protected] Don’t force things. If something ald.com with your suggestions. 3% voted "Maybe" does not work, something else Please vote at: www.thenationalherald.com THE NATIONAL HERALD, AUGUST 20-26, 2011 COMMUNITY 3 Pan-Arcadians Donate $100,000 to Chicago’s National Hellenic Museum

CHICAGO - The Pan-Arcadian heart of Chicago’s famed Greek - Federation of America pledged town, the Museum opens to the has $100,000 to support the public November 2011. new National Hellenic Museum The institution is in the midst in Chicago, with $50,000 com - of a $15 capital campaign to ing from the federation’s Mid - raise funds and seeking more west District. The Pan-Arcadian donors. Federation of America is a na - At 40,000 square feet, the tional non-profit Greek Ameri - state-of-the-art facility will hold can organization that promotes an extensive collection and the ideals of Hellenism and the archives of more than 17,000 principles of Democracy, the artifacts spanning thousands of preservation of the Greek lan - years. guage and cultural heritage, as Visitors of all ages will expe - well as the Greek Orthodox rience Greek history and culture Church. The federation is orga - through the words of story - nized into three districts: the tellers past and present. Its in - Eastern, Midwest and Western teractive exhibitions, Library, districts. Oral History Center, and Educa - “We are so proud to have this tion Center showcase the con - museum in Chicago, it’s the best tributions of Hellenism, Greece, thing for the Greek community,” and Greek Americans to the said James Tsiolis, Governor of world. the Midwest District of the Pan- It offers a rich and diverse Arcadian Federation of America. history of Greek America and “We unanimously voted to sup - Hellenism, with such current ex - port the museum, and we are hibits as In Search of Homer, proud of the project and every - The Marathon: Fact, Fiction & one involved.” An artist’s rendering of how the new National Hellenic Museum facility is scheduled to open in November this year. It already Pheidippides, The History of the The museum’s Executive Di - in Chicago will look. Work is ongoing. The 40,000-square foot has a number of exhibits about Greek American life in the U.S. Greek Orthodox Church in rector, Stephanie Vlahakis, said, Chicago, and Gods, Myths and “We are thrilled and grateful for community is fundamental in ture, and the Greek American seum connects all generations – and the Greek American expe - Mortals. For more information, the Midwest District’s support. helping the Museum preserve experience.” past, present and future – to the rience. Located at the corner of visit www.nationalhellenicmu - Support from the national Greek and share Greek history and cul - The National Hellenic Mu - rich heritage of Greek history Halsted and Van Buren in the seum.org. Skourtes Gives a $10 Million Dental Gift

Continued from page 1 ering the amount of adversity founded Willamette Dental health.” he had to overcome in his child - Group with his colleague Dr. Dean Clinton added: “Gene’s and nursing schools with pro - hood. Eugene’s older brother Jerry Kogan. The firm was the personal story of determination grams associated with Oregon John told The Oregonian: “Gene first to offer a pre-paid dental and achievement is an inspira - State, Oregon and Portland was underprivileged growing program in Oregon. tion to all. He is a distinguished State Universities. Construction up, and after losing his mom at In 1989 he would became its alumnus who believes that pre - will be underway as soon as the the age of 10 he was sent to live sole owner eventually expand - ventative dentistry can funda - plans are approved by the Den - in a number of foster homes.” ing its four offices in Portland mentally improve human tistry School’s board of direc - Regardless of the emotional and to more than 50 offices across health. That kind of visionary tors. the Northwest. Many alumni of thinking will challenge us in vi - The plan as it stands now in - OHSU have joined Willamette tal ways.” cludes several phases of im - In addition to his efforts in the past 40 years, demon - Indeed, Skourtes’ has been provement. The first will be the in upgrading the facilities strating the respect and loyalty one of the pioneers of preven - construction of Oregon Univer - at the Dental School, for Skourtes among OHSU tative medicine and its role in sity System/OHSU’s Collabora - graduates. taking proactive steps to offer tive Science Building for the Skourtes has established In addition to his efforts in non-surgical solutions to med - school of Medical Education and the Willamette Dental upgrading the facilities at the ical problems and taking steps the School of Nursing. The sec - Dental School, Skourtes has es - to reach the best outcomes for ond phase of construction will Foundation Student tablished the Willamette Dental patients. Skourtes’ donation was be the Dentistry school where Scholarship... Foundation Student Scholarship characterized as refreshing to expansion and classroom up - among his many other philan - see and even more impressive grades will be implemented. financial impact of his childhood thropic activities. in this tough economic climate The Oregonian reported that he knew the way out of these Skourtes said, “Dental School and will continue to be a source OHSU President Joe Robertson conditions was through educa - was a great opportunity for me. of pride and inspiration for M.D lauded the efforts of. Sk - tion. It’s a privilege to pay something everyone in his community, sup - ourtes his wife Bonnie and the Skourtes worked hard back to the school that was so porters said. As Skourtes told many other donors who are through school earning a degree good to me.” He said, “I am TNH: “A vision without a plan helping to make this expansion from the University of Oregon proud of the education I re - is an illusion.” Sounds like he a reality, saying, “Our excep - before attending OHSU dental ceived at OHSU School of Den - could have been a great tional philanthropic partners are school and graduating in 1968. tistry. Bonnie and I are honored opthamologist too. creating a lasting legacy that After graduating from dental to have the opportunity to invest will benefit every Oregonian.” school, Skourtes enlisted with in the next generation of den - This article is drawn from The GIVING BACK, BIG TIME the United States Army for two tists and in the tools and tech - Oregonian and includes addi - The story of Skourtes’ rise to years where he honed his skills niques they will need to im - tional reporting for TNH by success is exceptional consid - in dentistry. Upon his return he prove their patients’ overall oral Vangelis Katsikiotis. Eugene Skourtes A Miracle of Unity: Roseland’s Church of Sts. Nicholas, Constantine and Helen

Continued from page 1 Design group in California has The social hall will be has been very generous but the been designing churches for 40 flanked by a High School regu - project has also benefited from decline began with the riots in years. lation size gym separated by a benefactors such as steel mogul 1967. There was one group that In Roseland, he has created movable wall and the two will Nicholas J. Bouras, who, though wanted to leave Newark at that a vision of what most Greek Or - be named the Sumas Center, ac - not a parish member, donated point, but when their leaders thodox churches would have knowledging donations by the structural metals worth were not elected to the council, looked like had the Byzantine current Parish Council Presi - $175,000. they decided to establish a Empire not died. In Roseland dent, supermarket magnate Fr. Poulos told TNH the parish in Westfield. Talk of mov - the buildings are integrated John Sumas. parish has thriving Sunday and ing or merging with the Orange though colonnaded courtyards When the spaces are com - Greek schools – the latter is ex - church began in the early and passageways and a grand bined, 700 can be seated for pected to boom in its new loca - 1990’s, a couple of years before rotunda, reminding visitors that dinner, served by a huge tion centrally located among Theodos became President in Orthodox churches were never kitchen. There will be a medita - Greek Americans in New Jersey, 1995. But they still had a lot of meant to be just a space for the tion garden with benches and and a strong Philoptochos chap - people - 250 families were Divine Liturgy, and that the piped-in religious music and a ter numbering 100 members. members - and he thought they work of the people of God con - large courtyard which will be He told TNH that St. Nicholas’ could still build up the church. tinued outside the nave in part of the space for festivals, parishioners brought their He tried to get the Archdiocese schools, hospitals, orphanages, though the social hall and gym Agape social organization to the to move the headquarters of the hostels and the like. At Rose - complex will not be finished in new parish he hopes to revive then-Diocese of New Jersey to land, a domed 6th Century time for the first festival in the Orange parish’s Mr. and Newark but it refused. Although Byzantine-style church seating 2012. Mrs. Club. There is a Stitch and there were 250 member fami - 400 is situated in the midst of a The parish will need to raise knit group that gathers Fridays lies, only about 35 people would complex that includes an edu - $4 million more to complete the and actually makes things for come to church on any given cational center that is named for entire complex. Theodos said people in need, and Father Sunday, and there was no hope An artist’s rendering of the new $16 million Sts. Nicholas, Con - Dr. Spiro and Helen Gevas, they have already spent $11 mil - teaches a bible class. the neighborhood would fully stantine and Helen in Roseland, the combining of two parishes whose estate made a $2 million lion, but they only owe $1 mil - recover. The Church of Sts. Con - who co-operated with each other in a spirit of harmony to get donation. lion. The entire membership [email protected] stantine and Helen in Orange it done. It took years of overcoming government opposition. The center will contain a li - began to consider its options brary and, on one side, three around the same time. The merger. Theodos said he is and things went well from the classrooms that can be divided parking lot was too small and proud of the way the members start, including the compromise into six, and on the other, five space for the vital festivals was of the community handled name that amazingly took just classrooms. There will be an ad - very limited. themselves because some of the five minutes, TNH was told. Dis - ministrative area and a chapel, POCKET-LESS WELCOME NEIGHBOR, reaction from the towns was in - cussion then centered on what and there will also be a rotunda GO AWAY sulting, and he said attorney should be built and how big the about which the whole complex When the Orange parish’s John Wyciskala did a great job. facilities should be. The agreed pivots and which will contain a PITA BREAD leaders learned that the Newark The parishioners’ positive spirit on an ambitious complex of bookstore. There will also be a church was looking at property continued to carry the day. “We 39,000-square feet. walkway that will probably con - in Roseland across the street sat down for our first meeting, Christ J. Kamages of the CJK tain historical material. Kontos Foods from a lot they themselves were scouting, they called up St. The Leading Company in Flat Breads Nicholas in 1998. By 1999 each parish made a $25,000 down Well known for the Pocket-Less Pita payment on the property, Theo - Stay informed all year round, anytime, anywhere dos said. They notified city hall manufacturers of Authentic Ethnic that they were going to build a Become an online subscriber of The National Herald and get... 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By Constantine S. Sirigos Raoul was a child prodigy on America, where she had previ - Carnegie Hall, and his third pi - TNH Staff Writer that instrument. At 11 years old ously performed. She lived in ano concerto at Carnegie with he performed a Mendelssohn vi - New York from 1971 until 2003. the American Symphony Or - NEW YORK – Rita Bouboulidi olin concerto, but he died soon Rita told TNH she had a won - chestra. Of modern music she is an internationally recognized thereafter. Rita’s mother was de - derful career in America, play - said: “I love all good music. It is pianist known for her perfor - termined that if she had another ing with its great orchestras and the only way to love music, to mances of the complete cycle of child it would play the violin, maestros in Boston, Baltimore, love it if it is well written.” Ludwig van Beethoven’s piano so she was taught that instru - Pittsburgh, often with the Amer - UNFORGETTABLE GREECE sonatas. There are 32 in all and ment for 1-½ years, but being ican Symphony Orchestra that As you begin to delight in an when she performs them live, enthralled by her sister’s play - was established by the great artist who seems to have found which she has done publicly 12 ing, she would always run to the conductor Leopold Stokowski. away to lose oneself in art and times, she plays the 862 pages piano. She said she believes she was music and separate from the of music by heart, fitting, as ROOTS AND LOSS the first woman after 1929 to troubles of the world, Rita also that’s where her passion for the Her musical passion is so perform the sonata cycle, and devotes herself to following cur - music and her chosen instru - powerful, one wonders about the first ever publicly in the U.S. rent events and issues, espe - ment reside. The Beethoven the environment she grew up in Her musical marriage to the cially Greek affairs. “What can I Sonatas, the summit of piano and her family’s roots. sonatas was born in Princeton, say, I am suffering these days. music, are windows into the Bouboulidi grew up in the Paleo New Jersey. In 1971 she became Not now, but for years.” It is great man’s musical soul. To Faliron neighborhood of Athens, Artist-in-Residence at Westmin - painful for her that wherever study and perform these pieces close to the seashore. Her father ster Choir College, which had a she turns she hears, “But what is to touch Beethoven’s essence, Constantine, 24 years older than special relationship with Prince - is wrong with these Greeks. and to hear a creation such as her mother, was a civil engineer, ton. They can’t solve their problems.” her performance is to experi - building bridges and designing CAREER CYCLE She agreed that the situation is ence insight into both the great the port of Volos, where Rita Rita’s first contract was for partly rooted in the decades of Beethoven, long gone, and a lived when she was eight years one year, and she stayed for four lies the people of Greece have woman who has shared with old. Rita was born when her fa - more academic years, having to heard from their leaders, so that her audience the joys and ago - ther was 62. Her father had end her association due to in - they don’t believe them now nies of the decades that have roots in Northern Epirus and his creasing concert responsibilities. when they talk about what must shaped us all, the turmoil and mother was from the Aegean is - Artists in residence were re - be done. “How can they believe hopes of our modern age of anx - lands, so there are links in Spet - quired to have a solo career and them?” she asked plaintively. Al - iety and hyperactivity. Over the ses and Hydra, and both of her it was in her third year that though she has lived so much past four years she has made a mother’s parents came from school officials gave her the idea of her life outside of Greece, she new recording of the complete Lamia. Her home life in Greece of doing the cycle of sonatas, said she feels compelled to fol - cycle and on July 1, 2011 the 9- and Paris nourished her musical which she had performed in Eu - low everything that is happen - CD set, priced at 70 euros, was and intellectual development. rope. Their performance re - ing there. “Because I too am a released in Europe by DMI Her Brother Phaidon quired seven to eight concerts portion of that place,” and she records. She is currently nego - Bouboulidis was a professor at and substantial financial back - said she feels that it is more tiating with Amazon.com to re - the University of Athens and her Photos can convey the intensity of Rita Bouboulidi, a musician ing. She said she was proud than her nation. “Even if is it in lease them in the U.S. this fall. sister Mela was the wife of Dim - who has devoted her life to the piano, but not the humanity of that the school arranged for her our interest to forget her, we itrios Levidis the composer, who the artist who bares her soul at every performance of Beethoven premier concerts at New York’s cannot, but it is not in our in - lived many years in Paris and Alice Tully Hall in 1973. terest.” She declared that if all “I can say I live, was her teacher in higher musi - She agreed: “That is how the beautiful piano pieces of the Bouboulidi performed the of us cared a little more in the cological matters. Through them Greek parents feel about these French composer Eric Satie ti - sonatas whenever she was in - past, this would not have hap - breathe and I exist she knew many of the important things,” but said she doesn’t tled Gnossienes, named for the vited to do so, but she explained pened. only through Greek composers of the 20th agree with it. “Such things can - sublime ruins of Knossos near to that it is an unimaginably dif - Her husband’s death and the the piano.” Century, including Manolos not be hidden! I read in the let - Heraklion, Crete. “Oh my, who ficult undertaking. “An entire Sept. 11, 2001 terrorist attacks Kalomiris, George Pouniridis ter that my mother was dead, does not love them? These are life of dedication is required, six pushed her to return to Europe, and Antiochos Evangelatos. “I an unbelievably hard experience musical masterpieces! He was a to seven hours of practice per to Brussels where they had a Bouboulidi takes her audi - was always invited when they and these things can never be man of unbelievable talent. Be - day!” Asked about her love for home, rather than Athens, ences on a variety of journeys, visited my sister’s home, in erased, not from our hearts or neath the surface simplicity the piano, she exclaimed: “My which she loves, to better meet including her own odyssey, Greece and my first years in from our memories.” (that charms listeners) there is love for the piano! My dear I the needs of her performance which is in some ways a simple Paris,” she told The National But they appear to inflame amazing complexity that only live only for the piano. Not hav - schedule. Her Greek friends in story: a young girl’s love for the Herald in an interview. musical passion, and the strange musicians can fully appreciate.” ing children and with no family the States were shaken by 9/11 piano. It is an instrument that Her performer’s soul drew marks on all that paper have a Her husband studied law and members remaining the piano and slowly left and she said at is perhaps the easiest for a hu - from her mother’s, who “recited mystical power to heal, or at business administration at Har - is what keeps me alive. I can say that time she preferred Brussels. man being to make a musical poetry beautifully …. while she least push aside pain. “Eho hasi vard and as sent to Paris as part I live, breathe and I exist only Her love of the piano and sound from, but whose mastery lost her mother at a young age ta panta – I have lost every - of a team supervising the con - through the piano.” Greece caused a tug of war in requires a superhuman devo - her father adored his children. thing,” she told TNH. “The only struction of the national railway Bouboulidi said, “I loved the her heart. “I have spent my tion. Not surprisingly, given the He hired a tutor who taught her thing that has saved me from network of the African nation of piano so much, I was happy just whole life with the piano and power of the piano to evoke the French from a very young age. family illnesses and deaths, and Gabon. He was chief of a six- listening to my sister practice. it’s the only thing that keeps me deepest of human emotions, She aspired to being an actress, everything, was music. It is not year mission that was looking It was a music mania. When I alive,” she said -but one senses that love began with the love of but at that time her father an accident that I have dedi - after Bethlehem Steel’s interests was in high school, my brother deep and powerful connections a human being, and a tragic hu - deemed it unacceptable,” she cated my entire life to this in - in France. They were engaged Phaidon used to help me pre - to her Greek core. In the Birth man loss. explained. strument, which I studied be - for nearly one year and then pare during the summer for the of Tragedy, Nietzsche suggests Her beloved sister Mela Lev - She lost both parents to can - cause I wanted to.” they married in Switzerland. upcoming classes in history and the people of ancient Greece idi, the first of five children, was cer within seven months of each THE GREEK KEY Her teacher for five years, Ed - my ancient Greek and Latin were unusually sensitive and 17 years older than Rita, and other in 1951. She was 19 years A year after losing her par - win Fisher, also an eminent pi - homework, saving me hours of susceptible to suffering, and that she was her piano teacher old and in her first year of study ents her life took a happier turn anist renowned for his perfor - schoolwork, so that I could prac - their highest art form was through the age of 18 when she in Paris. Her mother instructed as she met her husband, William mances of Mozart, Bach, tice the piano.” tragedy, which uniquely blended won a French government the family not to tell Rita about Thomeson, when she performed Beethoven, Brahms, held sum - Asked of her attitude to her poetry and music. That may ex - scholarship to study at the Con - her illness so as not to disturb at a concert hosted by the Greek mer master classes in Switzer - piano exercises she declared, plain a lot about Greece today, servatoire de Paris with Lazare her exam preparations, and Consulate in Paris, a fundraiser land and would tell his students “Ah, that is the point. The and a performer such as Levy. Bouboulidi lived to listen asked that her daughter not be to help build housing for Greek that if they were getting mar - harder they were, the more I Bouboulidi. The music she plays to her sister playing the piano, informed of her death until she women studying in Paris. She ried, he wished to be their wit - liked them.” Her technical skill does not speak by itself. It flows even if they were just finger ex - had passed her exams. Rita did not perform classical music ness. He was the witness for and her love of music enabled poetically from her heart into ercises, but her mother picked learned about it in a letter of that night, rather she accompa - Rita’s civil ceremony in Lucerne, her to perform the premiers of her hands, uniquely expressing out a different path for her: At condolence sent by a family nied a Greek choir that was do - which was followed by the Or - contemporary pieces, such as the sustaining beauty and the age of five she was made to friend. Her inability to bid her ing improvisations and sang folk thodox sacrament in Lausanne. the concerto for piano and or - painful truth of life. study the violin. Though she mother farewell remains a deep music, especially songs from When her husband’s mission chestra of renowned American never met him, her brother wound. Crete. TNH asked if she liked was completed, they moved to composer Ned Rorem at [email protected] Kaskarelis’ Message to AHEPA: Greece Will Rise Again, With the Diaspora’s Help

Continued from page 1 remember the debt we owe its nificance of being surrounded economic crisis of global pro - mented and affecting hardwork - founders, a handful of newly by people who share the same portions,” he said. ing taxpayers, measures, which, from doing so in front of an au - settled immigrants, who, while values and have the same points “Greece, along with its Euro - by the way, I am often told by dience that didn’t have to be aspiring to become citizens of of reference. pean partners, has undertaken the majority of my interlocutors convinced and well knew the this great nation, were equally SPREAD a vast overhaul of its ways; Eu - on Capitol Hill, would bring difficulties. But at the heart of adamant about maintaining THE BLAME AROUND rope has created the mecha - about a revolution, if they were his message was a continuing their Greek heritage, their lan - But it was Greece that every - nisms by which to help its mem - to be implemented in the U.S. plea for Greeks, especially in the guage, religion and cultural one wanted to hear about and bers through this crisis, while Additional and harsher mea - Diaspora, to work together. identity. We must also honor Kaskarelis gave a candid analy - Greece has taken on tax evasion, sures and a new legal frame - “Close-knit families and com - them for having the foresight sis even as Greece, which has reforms of an ailing bureau - work are on the way that will munity relations are at the heart and the wisdom to recognize the been subsisting on a $152 bil - cracy, and a new legal frame - combat corruption and imple - of Greek life and, I believe, are power of the individual, but also lion series of emergency loans work that will promote growth ment a more just tax system.” precisely the reason for the en - the strength of collective and from the so-called Troika of the and development.” He also attacked the stereo - durance of Hellenism, of Hel - unified effort. True descendants European Union-International In return for the loans, type of Greeks being lazy and lenic culture, of our religion and of the world’s oldest democracy, Monetary Fund-European Cen - Greece has been required to wanting free handouts being our traditions, regardless of the founders of AHEPA inte - tral Bank – and asking for a sec - slash workers salaries, raise given by international lenders. where we live,” he said. grated the values of Greek cul - ond bailout of $157 billion – taxes and slash pensions but has I must also point out something He said the role of the ture into the mission of this in - tries to keep from going bank - been unable to get a handle on that is distorted, and that is the Church was especially critical, stitution: education, the pursuit rupt. “It is important to keep in tax evasion costing the country continuous reference to the especially in conjunction with of excellence, civic responsibil - mind that while Greece has in - nearly $40 billion a year while Greek ‘Bailout.’ It is not a groups such as AHEPA and other ity, have been at the core of deed mismanaged its affairs for its debt is nearly $460 billion ‘bailout,’ it is a loan. Greece is leading Greek American organi - AHEPA’s almost century-old his - a long time and at the expense and a deficit of more than 10%. borrowing money and at a sig - zations trying to buttress their tory. After all, it is not by chance of the Greek people, this eco - Citing those, Kaskarelis said nificant interest rate, that will homeland. that the Greek American com - nomic crisis is a global one, one that, “The Greek government be paid back. And thus far, He gave a special nod to munity has produced brilliant that has highlighted these bad has undertaken drastic mea - Greece is meeting that obliga - AHEPA, the oldest and largest examples of successful and ac - Greece’s Ambassador to the habits which have exacerbated sures to offset the consequences tion. This is by no means an of the organizations represent - complished people in all walks U.S., Vassilis Kaskarelis. the economic crisis, but have of this crisis and to help reverse easy path; but then, Greece has ing Greek and Greek American of life.” not necessarily caused it. Please, decades long mismanagement met with great and difficult interests. Kaskarelis said he knew States, my children grew up and don’t misunderstand, I am not of its affairs, structural inade - struggles throughout its history, “It is difficult to fathom to - whereof he spoke, having lived were educated here, so I have disavowing Greece’s responsibil - quacies and lack of best prac - from which it has always day’s prosperous and successful in the U.S. and coming to know come to know this country and ity for many of its problems; we tices. Drastic wage and pension emerged stronger. It remains a Greek American community the Greek community and its this community well … I realize do accept responsibility for our cuts, significant tax increases country blessed with beauty and without this pioneering organi - leaders. “I have spent a good the importance of the Greek own failings. However, we will and major service cutbacks, are with hard working and enter - zation. For this, we must always part of my career in the United community in one’s life, the sig - not take responsibility for an some of the measures imple - prising people. Kareklas Has a Lifelong Commitment to Soccer, The Beautiful Game

By Rob Oller his life since he began playing on the National Federation Soc - dearly and a father who left stones in the field were as large 1959. In between was a stint in The Columbus Dispatch soccer as a boy on the Greek is - cer Rules Committee from 1984 Greece for America only 40 days as the balls,” he said. the Korean War, during which land of Rhodes. to ‘85. after the marriage. Forced to be - Kareklas was a speedy cen - Kareklas became a U.S. citizen. COLUMBUS, Ohio - Just be - Now 82, Kareklas considered Clearly, this is a man whose come his mother’s right-hand ter-forward but stopped in his After working at North American cause a man comes from dirt it his responsibility to protect the insistence on fair play and high man, Kareklas helped run the tracks when receiving a letter Rockwell as a computer opera - does not make him dirty. Jordan beauty, which explains why he standards of conduct, as well as family vegetable/fruit business from his father, inviting him to tor, he accepted a job at Ohio Kareklas spent his early years began officiating soccer club his desire to teach and nurture from just outside his home in the come live with him in Farrell, State as a systems analyst. All playing soccer on the dusty games soon after arriving in the the sport locally, have made cen - village of Kremasti. He rode his Pa., on the Ohio border. Seeing the while he played and offici - fields of his native Greece. He U.S. in 1948. His service to the tral Ohio soccer strong. Don bicycle 25 miles to the fruit and America as an opportunity to ated soccer. Today, he still offi - has spent the past 50 years keep - sport was recognized during cer - Muenz, the OHSAA director of vegetable fields, inspected the better his life - and help support ciates games in the Westerville ing the sport clean. Kareklas’ emonies at Huntington Park, soccer officiating development, produce and returned later with his mother, who had remarried Parks and Recreation Depart - story is especially appealing where Kareklas became he first praised Kareklas in recommend - a horse-drawn cart to transport and was living in Sicily - he ment leagues. “You can’t write a when viewed against the back - soccer official inducted into the ing him for the hall of fame: the goods home. It was World sailed to the U.S. in 1948, meet - book about him, because he al - drop of lies, excuses and char - Ohio High School Athletic Asso - “What impressed me the most War II, and Italian and German ing his father for the first time ready is a book - about soccer,” acter flaws currently playing out ciation Officials Hall of Fame. about Jordan was his unflinch - armies occupied Rhodes. The just moments after coming Victoria said. It is a beautiful across sports, including up the The credentials are impressive: ing integrity,” Muenz said. “He Germans put Kareklas to work ashore in New York. thing when a beautiful game road at Ohio State. His mission He officiated state championship did not fail his moment of truth as an errand boy until one day a A strong father-son relation - meets a beautiful life. has been one of love, loyalty and games for 22 years, served as in any match, but was coura - soldier shot at him. From then ship never materialized, and soc - a promise to always play by the the only OHSAA soccer rules in - geous in making the right deci - on, he avoided the troops, pop - cer teammates became Kareklas’ Rob Oller is a sports reporter for rules of the game he cherishes. terpreter since the sport’s incep - sion, whether popular or not.” ping up only to play soccer with family. He played recreationally The Columbus Dispatch, “It is such a beautiful sport,” he tion in 1976 until his retirement The integrity and courage the local youth team. “The young with ethnic “nationality” teams, (http://www.dispatch.com/live/ said this week, reflecting on a in 1997, refereed more than 700 date to Kareklas growing up the people played soccer using a ten - met his wife of 58 years, Victo - content/index.html) reprinted game that has intertwined with high-school games and served only child of a mother he loved nis ball, and sometimes the ria, and moved to Columbus in by permission. THE NATIONAL HERALD, AUGUST 20-26, 2011 ARTS & CULTURE 5 Jimmie Spheeris: Dreamer, Dragon and Clown, Emerges as a 1970’s Rock Legend

Continued from page 1 land Avenue. Bruce Burnside, the Records to manufacture and sell driver of the van, was charged Spheeris CD’s. It’s confusing Curley was a one-time Olympic with driving under the influence where all the unsold inventory wrestler and the troupe’s strong - and felony vehicular manslaugh - went. Nevertheless, not all is lost. man. Curley married Juanita ter. The album, which in a sense, The Internet still serves as a (who was always called Gypsy) lead to Jimmie’s death was not venue for one to order virtually with whom he had two children, released. According to Spheeris’ all of Jimmie Spheeris’ original Penelope (in 1945) and James, wishes his ashes were scattered vinyl LP’s, the CD’s Rain Records on Nov. 5, 1949 in Phenix, Al - near Big Sur, California. produced years later and now abama. By all reports, life on the In 1996, graphic artist Andy even MP3 Downloads of individ - road was difficult for the Spheeris Markley, one of Jimmie’s friends, ual songs. Now, 27 years after his family. Moving from town to was trying to locate original death, Spheeris has reached a town, Jimmie Spheeris would re - copies of Spheeris’ albums to re - point in his musical career few call his period as a time the fam - place his much played and nearly ever attain, gaining near-cult sta - ily was “living like gypsies.” Yet worn out records. Markley estab - tus, aside from his music being it wasn’t all dark. As Jimmie was lished a two-page website available, the full array of mem - to tell friends later, “The people www.jimmiespheeris.com which orabilia and media attention at - in the carnival for some reason opened with the simple question, test to his regained fame. weren’t as sleazy as most circus Anybody Remember Jimmie? Posters, T-shirts (or tank tops) people. They had a sense of cul - The response was nothing short and all the other paraphernalia ture, or ethnic background - or of phenomenal. Former band can be found and ordered on the something about them - that just member Johnny Pierce answered Internet. All this renewed atten - made them great people.” Markley and the duo took off. tion has resulted in its own flurry In 1952, Curley was killed in What began as one friend’s of new radio and print coverage. a knife fight (other accounts re - search on the Internet soon be - Greeks in the United States port a shooting) by a disgruntled Jimmie Spheeris, (L) brother of well-known film director Penelope Spheeris, was a respected came what can only be called a need to learn more about their carnival-goer. After Curley’s artist in the 1960’s rock scene who never really got his due while he was alive, although his album movement. Through e-mails, let - collective past. This won’t be death, the Spheeris family, which Isle of View, garnered a lot of attention as a kind of cult music piece and thanks to video and ters, faxes and telephone calls. easy. Learning Greek-American included Gypsy’s two other chil - music sites today is getting a new audience. His unique sounds still reverberate 40 years later. fans eventually persuaded Sony history is not a straightforward dren by a previous marriage, Music’s Special Productions Di - business. There is a lot of jump - eventually settled in Venice, Cal - ture that became the cover for Jeff Beck and others. The Moody They’re Dreaming Of. As one vision to release Jimmie’s albums ing around; one has to get used ifornia where Juanita tended a the Isle of View album. He said, Blues were especially supportive blogger describes this period of through Rain Records. All this oc - to. The only place where there bar on Main Street called, The ‘I found the cover for the album of Jimmie’s work and he opened Jimmie’s career: “Eighteen curred none too soon as Spheeris’ will (eventually) be any sequen - Circle, for many years. Penelope today.’ When I asked what he was for them often. months of slog around the States master tapes were disintegrating. tial order is in our own recogni - Spheeris, after years of hardship, going to do with the painting, he Jimmie’s third album, The had taught Jimmie and his band “The engineer who remastered tion of others as fellow Greek- became a film director with such said, he didn’t know … that by Dragon is Dancing, was produced how to get the best out of one Ports of Heart from the original Americans and so from the notable and diverse films to her all rights it belonged to Columbia in Los Angeles by the legendary another. Add to this a particularly master tapes in Sony’s vault con - self-understandings those in - credit as The Decline of Western Records. When Ingo brought the Henry Lewy and originally re - strong batch of songs on ‘Dragon’ firmed this fact. She said, ‘I sights provide. Many Greek Civilization (1981) and Wayne’s painting over, I fell in love with leased in 1975. While the album and some interesting cover ver - opened the box with the master Americans participated in all as - World (1992.) Another sister, it. But Jimmie could not be was in production, friends such sions on ‘Ports’ and it is clear Jim - tapes inside. Oxide dust drifted pects of the American recording Linda, entered the film ad televi - swayed; he wanted the other as Joni Mitchell and Peggy Lee mie Spheeris had escaped from out. Another year or two and industry in the 1960’s and sion industry and won an Emmy print for the cover. The painting frequently stopped by to hear the ‘hippie folk ghetto’ and was these tapes would not be salvage - 1970’s. It is up to us to not sim - as the set decorator for the HBO hung in our apartment from then how the music was developing. on his way to somewhere far able.” Literally all of Jimmie ply learn about them but also to movie, The Rat Pack. The ex - on. Columbia never asked for it, Jazz great Chick Corea plays elec - more interesting.’” Spheeris’ albums have been listen to the music they created tended Spheeris family also in - and Jimmie gave it to me for my tric piano and mini-moog on the A BURNING FLAME saved for release on re-mastered as well. As part of his unques - cludes first cousins Chris birthday because he knew I loved title song. Around this time, Jim - On July 4, 1984, Jimmie fin - compact disks. tioned status, Jimmie Spheeris Spheeris, the internationally ac - it so much. When I moved to mie moved back to Venice Beach ished the final mix for his fifth al - Jimmie’s last 1984 album was possessed those two qualities claimed New Age musician and Florida, I gave the painting to our and began writing the songs that bum. That same night as he was released on April 4, 2000 entitled that can easily be heard on any Costas Grivas, the Greek-French son, Jim. It now hangs in his bed - became his fourth album. Re - riding home, Jimmie died in simply, Spheeris, again on Rain of his albums: he was a charis - film director. So, it is not difficult room. He loves it; probably more leased in 1976, Ports of the Santa Monica, California when Records. Aside from his old al - matic performer and was ahead to see how Jimmie Spheeris was than I do … it is a well-crafted Heart, finds Jackson Browne, a his motorcycle collided with a van bums a live double compact disk of his times. One song on the to share the family’s artistic apti - image that portrays the Isle of childhood friend of Jimmie’s. that had run a stop sign at the featuring a performance of Jim - Spheeris album, You Will Be tude and affinity for tragedy. View theme. The colors are soft singing backup vocals on It’s You corner of Third Street and Ash - mie and his band at a Connecti - Coming Back, undoubtedly has JIMMIE’S MUSIC and the feeling is magical. It is cut nightclub in 1976, has also new meanings for the fans of old In the late 1960’s, Jimmie Jimmie.” been released, An Evening With and those just getting acquainted Spheeris moved to New York City PLAYED WITH GREATS Jimmie Spheeris. As it says in the with his music, something Jim - to pursue his music career. As the Next, in 1972, came The Orig - liner-notes to the Isle of View mie would have probably liked. liner notes of his debut album re - inal Tap Dancing Kid, which fea - compact disk re-release: “‘This In part the lyrics, which Jimmie port, it was friend and fellow mu - tures songs such as Moon on the CD is for the thousands of fans co-wrote with Paul Marcus, are: sician Richie Havens who first in - Water and Streets of the Harbour. who keep the flame burning.” “You turn your face to the street troduced Spheeris to Columbia Felix Cavilar, lead singer and Make no mistake about it Jimmie Some long starts to glow, Records executive Clive Davis Hammond B-3 instrumentalist Spheeris is back! You look away when our eyes meet who signed Spheeris to a four-al - with the Rascals, produced this This is not a story without And you say you have to go, bum recording contract. In 1971, album. The album featured a twists and turns. All distribution You will be coming back for more at the age of 22, Spheeris released crew of seasoned Los Angeles stu - of Spheeris’ music through Rain You will be coming back for more his first album Isle of View. dio musicians such as Russ Records stopped on April 7, Why do you question things you Throughout the 1970’s, one par - Kunkel, Leland Sklar, and Bobbye 2001. K-Tel International, the dis - feel? ticular song from this album, I Hall. The album sold modestly. tributor of Jimmie’s re-released It’s up to you, you know. Am the Mercury, became a staple Since the first two albums did CDs, filed for bankruptcy on To know that what you feel is real of the underground FM radio sta - not garner Spheeris the attention March 19, 2001. K-Tel was in There is no other road tions. During this time, Idalie he wanted his response was to physical possession of all but a You will be coming back for more Adams and Jimmie met. While take his band and go an 18- handful of the entire unsold in - You will be coming back for more little information is publicly avail - month tour. Jimmie and his band Spheeris could be experimental and far-reaching, even though ventory of the Spheeris compact Velvet glove rapping at my door able, the couple had a son, also toured the country playing solo he was only 24 when he was killed in a motorcycle accident, disks. Then Sony Records You will be coming back for more. named Jimmie, who has a unique as well as in concert with such robbing the rock world of more of his music. This cover is stepped in and canceled the li - painting of his father. As Idalie groups as the Doobie Brothers, from his album, The Dragon is Dancing. It would be his last. censing agreement with Rain [email protected] recalls: “When Jimmie was work - ing on his first album with Co - lumbia Records, he commissioned his friend, Ingo Swann, to paint a cover for the album. He asked Criminal Taking a Beating: Moskos’ Defense of Flogging Ingo to paint him rising out of the sea by an island, to paint him with his side pierced and a rain - By George Embiricos ally, the cost of jail time – both when the author presents ideas and radical propositions, there most likely reply something bow coming out of the wound. Special to The National Herald to the individual and to society that would appear nonsensical: may be no well-drawn out and along the lines of, “go to prison.” The painting is quite large, – is enormous. Taxpayers spend his claim that the infamous Ponzi concrete plan for fixing the bro - Ask them what prison life is like, about 4½-by-5 feet. Before it was Peter Moskos dedicates his their hard-earned money year af - schemer Bernard Madoff should ken systems in place, but he or if the current systems of crim - finished, Jimmie came home one book, In Defense of Flogging, to ter year to put and keep crimi - be caned and immediately let go never makes such promises. In - inal justice are effective, and they day with a picture he found in a his father Charles, writing that nals behind bars in an apparent in lieu of his 150-year prison sen - stead, he is able to make the will most likely not possess small antique shop. It is the pic - the former sociology professor at system of revolving-door incar - tence would likely anger those reader understand that, yes, the enough information, or give a Northwestern University “always ceration, as prisoner re-entry is on both sides of any debate. His current systems are broken, and diplomatic answer, possibly high - loved a crazy idea.” With this in - one of the biggest challenges briefly discussed idea that the yes, the current systems do need lighting the perceived merits of troduction, Moskos admits that faced by the system. Moskos ar - victim of a crime could receive a to be fixed somehow. And if a jail time. Moskos’ work, when the premise behind his second gues that since there are thou - significant portion of the money seemingly crazy idea such as accepted for introducing mea - GREEK POETRY work is somewhat fantastic, de - sands of books and studies that saved by the state when the whipping accused criminals can sures that could never, or would spite his various rational and have shown the current criminal criminal is flogged instead of in - be seen as a viable alternative – never, be enacted in today’s well-presented arguments. Es - justice system to be inadequate, carcerated also seems far-fetched and by the end of the book, it is world, effectively shines light on I Don't Sing sentially, Moskos writes that cer - a new approach is needed. So and reeks of the possibilities of a – then Moskos has indeed shown the inane systems currently pre - tain criminals should be afforded why not start with the proposi - newly minted type of fraud. But just how much our current sys - sent in our country. If we can all Only Because a choice between a prison sen - tion of flogging – a physical, as Moskos himself states in his tems of criminal justice need to agree that some aspects of these tence and a predetermined num - transparent, albeit brutal form of dedication, several of his writ - be amended. systems are flawed, and even ber of lashes in a semi-public set - punishment that would not ap - ings truly are “crazy ideas,” and Ask an average American ridiculous, then the prospect of I only sing because you loved me ting. He spends a great deal of pear to destroy family ties, job should not be taken at face what happens to someone when flogging criminals suddenly does in the past years. time discussing the multi-faceted prospects, and parental respon - value. Underneath his unusual they break the law, and they will not seem so far offbeat. And in sun, in summer’s prediction problems prevalent in today’s le - sibilities, or be associated with and in rain, in snow, gal system, and less on the the negative and lasting effects I only sing because you love me. specifics of the proposed flog - of prison life? ging, implying that it is first the TWO LASHES A YEAR Only because you held me in your duty of citizens and the govern - The details of Moskos’s pro - arms ment alike to acknowledge the posed solution to the problems a night and you kissed me on the weaknesses in the country’s at hand are murkier. 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Continued from page 1 a giant; a true patriot of two na - tions.” nent professor” who opened the After learning of his death, way for the creation of centers Metaxas echoed Lekas’ words, of Greek studies across the U.S. telling TNH, “Harry was a giant Memorial Notice Rev. Dr Robert Stephanopoulos in our community - one of those called Dr. Psomiades “a great seminal figures who creates friend … a big man,” and ex - something of lasting value for Catherine N. Rigas (Rigakos) pressed his admiration for his the rest of us. His Center stands achievements, adding: “He was as a living testimonial to his en - 96 years old, born in Brooklyn NY a worthy ambassador of the best ergy and spirit of Hellenism.” In passed away in her home in Deerfield Beach, Florida on July 15, 2011 features of Hellenism and Or - the Greek American community thodoxy.” Psomiades will be re - he will be most remembered as surrounded by her loving family. membered by his wife Maria, his the builder, but Psomiades was daughters Kathy, a Professor of a distinguished scholar and po - Catherine was predeceased by her parents, Nicholas and Stella (Diamantakos), English Literature at Notre litical scientist. Dr. Alexandros her brothers, James and Peter, her sisters: Alvera (Evangelos) Panagakos, Dame, and Christine, Vice Pres - K. Kyrou, Associate Professor at Pauline (Gus) Cosmas, Amalia (Evangelos) Papastratis and her twin, Georgia ident of a non-profit environ - Salem State University, told mental organization in Philadel - TNH that, “He will be long re - (Gregory) Coutoupis. phia, his adoptive daughter, membered for his path-breaking Her father emigrated from Sparta, Greece in the early 1900’s, followed by her Loretta Farrell, his sons-in-law, and prolific scholarship in Greek mother in 1915. The family settled in Brooklyn, NY where Catherine resided his grandchildren Jack and diplomatic history, foreign pol - Brian, his sister Marika Pouro, icy, and Greek American studies until she moved to Florida permanently in 1998. She remained in Florida, many relatives, friends and col - … and his towering presence "Paradise" as she referred to it. Catherine is survived by her many loving nieces, leagues in the United States and bellied a gentle, goodhearted nephews, cousins, great-nieces and nephews, great-great nieces and nephews in Greece, a multitude of stu - Founder and longtime director of the Center for Byzantine and soul.” and friends. Nothing was more dear to her than her family, faith and Greek dents and a grateful Greek Modern Greek Studies at Queens College in NY, respected pro - Psomiades’ adoptive daugh - American community. fessor, researcher, writer and mentor, Dr. Harry J. Psomiades. ter, Loretta Farrell, who is a heritage. Through the years she generously supported Sts. Constantine and HE SHONE THE LIGHT physician, said that he surprised Helen Greek Orthodox Church (Brooklyn, NY), St. Mark Greek Orthodox At the 33rd annual Certifi - lenism.” ter by the Dept. of Defense. the medical community with his Church (Boca Raton, Fla) and various other philanthropic organizations. cate of Achievement Awards Psomiades was born in Lekas, Colonel Psomiades’s tenacity in fighting the dread Education was of the utmost importance to Catherine, and she encouraged all Dinner at Queens College that Boston to John and Kyriaki Pso - longtime lieutenant, shared his disease. His doctors had lost was held on May 26, Psomiades’ miades, who were born in the love of baseball. As Mets and hope and believed he would not of her family to excel in their studies so they could successfully pursue their achievements and devotion to Pontos region of Asia Minor. He Red Sox fans respectively, they live past June, but Psomiades dreams. Her love of travel and history was evident from her many stories and Hellenism and the Community studied at the famous Boston were bonded by their mutual wanted to complete his forth - collections of pictures. Ahead of her time, Catherine resisted the notion that were acknowledged often from Latin High School and earned hatred of the New York Yankees, coming book about the the podium during the cere - his B.A. at Boston University illustrating for students aware renowned Norwegian Diplomat only men could succeed in the business world. Her career as a civilian in the US mony honoring the latest among and his Ph.D. in Public Law and of their passions the great polit - Fridtjof Nansen, the first Com - Navy was honored when she was awarded "Woman of the Year" in 1966. the more than 15,000 students Government at Columbia. His ical principle: the enemy of my missioner for Refugees of the Catherine will be dearly missed by her surviving family and friends. Funeral who have partaken of the offer - record of service to the Greek enemy is my friend, if only in League of Nations. Professor service was held at St. Mark Greek Orthodox Church followed by entombment ings of the Center which he American community is comple - jest over sports. Lekas told The Psomiades’ book Nansen and founded in 1974. Broadcaster mented by 38 years service to National Herald that, “It was an the Greek Refugee Question, at the Boca Raton Mausoleum. John Metaxas noted then: his country through both regu - honor and distinct privilege to 1922-1924 will be published by Donations may be made in her memory to St. Mark Greek Orthodox Church, “More students have passed lar army and active reserve duty. have worked with this great Pella Publishing shortly. He was 2100 NW 51 st Street, Boca Raton, Fla. Eternal be her memory. through the Center than any He rose to the rank of Colonel man for 18 years and witness to be buried in Boston, at the other Hellenic Studies program and was awarded the Legion of firsthand his visionary and tire - same cemetery where his par - 9012421/17709 in the country.” Ioannides called Merit and the Meritorious Ser - less efforts on behalf of Hel - ents John and Kyriaki and his those students “Beacons of Hel - vice Medal with an oak leaf clus - lenism. Our community has lost beloved sister Effie rest. Pete Pihos, NFL Hall of Famer with Philly Eagles CLASSIFIEDS HELP WANTED FUNERAL HOMES WINSTON-SALEM, N.C. - Pete who wore No. 88. Mackey died cyclopedia. “He just runs over Pihos, a Hall of Fame receiver of dementia in July. The Hall of people.” Pihos, who missed only We’re Looking for Good Writers! 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Pihos is not a whole lot of people liked letter to [email protected] or Nationwide Toll Free: on my opponent without him defense in 1952, Pihos accepted survived by a son, Peter Jr., and him, but I’ll tell you, the brother fax to : (718) 472-0510 (866) 725-4872 knowing it,” Pihos told the the assignment and became an two daughters, Nikki Walker and could play.” Philadelphia Inquirer in 1955. “I All-Pro defensive end, making Lisa-Anne Mann, from an earlier Another remarkable accom - always watch my opponent’s feet. him one of the few players to be marriage, which ended in di - plishment for Pihos is that he was TO PlACE yOUR ClASSIFIED AD, CAll: (718) 784-5255, When he crosses them or makes named All-Pro on offense and de - vorce; a stepson, John Wesley an All-America performer for IU ExT. 106, E-mAIl: classifieds@ thenationalherald.com a definite commitment, that’s fense, Fierle said. Poole; and eight grandchildren. before World War II, then helped when I make my move.” Pihos is Pihos moved to Greensboro, Pihos could do just about any - lead the Hoosiers to the Big Ten still third in catches in team his - N.C. in the early 1970’s to start a thing on a football field. He was title and was an All-American tory behind Harold Carmichael fire-alarm business, and shortly an outstanding pass-catcher, a again in 1945 after returning and Pete Retzlaff and fourth in after, met Donna, his future wife. powerful runner and a formida - from WWII. Taliaferro, a first- PRINTED EDITION OF THE NATIONAL HERALD receiving touchdowns and receiv - “He was the most positive per - ble blocker. Pihos played on the team All-American in 1945, said VIA THE POST-OFFICE: ing yards. “He was clearly one of son I’ve ever met,” she said. “He’d Eagles team that won the 1948 he was lucky to have played with o1 month $11.00 o3 months $22.00 the great pass receivers of his start every day with, ‘What are N.F.L. championship, defeating Pihos in both college and in the o6 months $33.00 oOne year $66.00 era,” said Pete Fierle, a we going to do today?’ Nothing the Chicago Cardinals, 7-0, in a pros. “I had a chance to play with VIA HOME DELIVERY (NY, NJ & CT): spokesman for the NFL Hall. He got him down.” They had one snowstorm. When the Eagles him my first year in college foot - o1 month for $14.00 o3 months for $33.00 was also named to the Eagles child, Melissa, who is an adjunct played the Los Angeles Rams in ball and my last year in profes - o6 months for $48.00 oOne year for $88.00 Honor Roll in 1987. dance instructor at Salem College the 1949 title game, Pihos sional football with the Philadel - Peter Louis Pihos was born in and an adjunct lecturer at UNC opened the scoring on a muddy, phia Eagles in 1955, and nothing VIA HOME DELIVERY Orlando, Fla. on Oct. 22, 1923 Greensboro. Pihos began showing rain-swept Los Angeles Coliseum about him changed,” he said. (New England, Pennsylvania) and went to high school in early signs of Alzheimer’s long field with a 31-yard reception and o1 month for $18.00 o3 months for $41.00 Chicago, The 6-foot-1, 210- before he had the disease diag - run in a 14-0 victory. “When he (Material from the Winston o6 months for $57.00 oOne year for $109.00 pounder starred at Indiana and nosed in 2001, Pihos-Howell said. gets his hands on a ball, there Salem Journal, St. Petersburg ON LINE SUBSCRIPTION is also in the College Football Hall He also suffered from a form of isn’t much the defense can do,” Times, New York Times, the Indy www.thenationalherald.com of Fame. frontal lobe dementia, which she Eagles Coach Greasy Neale was Star, and Philadelphia Inquirer e NON SUBSCRIBERS: oOne year for $45.95 Later in life, as he slipped into attributed to the physical pound - quoted saying in The Eagles En - was used in this report) o6 months for $29.95 the advanced stages of ing from football. 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By Rachel Donadio The union vehemently op - tinou, now Greece’s energy and some of its hydroelectric or lig - munications monopoly OTE un - cart in downtown Athens. “They New York Times poses privatizing public entities environment minister - respon - nite-powered plants while look - der the previous center-right were going to five-star hotels in and is known for its aggressive sible, among other things, for ing for a strategic investor. government and oversaw the Europe and sending the bill ATHENS - Sitting in his office protests, including walkouts at selling off more of the govern - Arthouros Zervos, the power sale of a 30% stake in the com - here.” He was referring to a re - on a recent morning beneath the Public Power Corporation ment’s stake in the power com - corporation’s Chief Executive, pany to Deutsche Telekom in cent report by Greece’s public photographs of Marx, Lenin and that have caused rolling power pany. Above Mr. Papaconstanti - said in a telephone interview 2008. The culture of formerly administration inspector, which Che Guevara, Nikos Fotopoulos, failures, costing Greece $42 mil - nou’s head, someone had that there was some wiggle public companies is proving re - found that since the 1980s, the the leader of Greece’s most pow - lion to $57 million in recent written a cartoon bubble that room in the agreement between sistant to change. “Irrespective power corporation had paid erful labor union, took a freshly weeks, the company estimates. read, “O.K., Mr. Fotopoulos, if Greece and its lenders that was of price, it is really about, ‘Do GENOP more than $32 million, printed flier from a stack. “We GENOP represents a particularly you don’t agree, then I’d better approved by Parliament. Under you have the leverage to run a largely for “social tourism,” or are ready for new battles,” it thorny problem for Mr. Papan - leave.” the accord, the government has company that has never been vacation subsidies — but also to read. “And we are,” Mr. Fo - dreou. It is a creation of the gov - The government owns 51% agreed to sell $71 billion in state private before?’ ” said Jens Bas - pay for protest demonstrations topoulos said, sipping an energy erning Socialist Party, which of the power corporation and assets by 2015. “I think there is tian, an economist at the Hel - against the company itself, a drink and then chasing it with over the years helped build up controls its board. The state sold a possibility of a negotiation lenic Foundation for European surreal twist that captures the an espresso. “We will continue the labor-centric jobs-for-votes the other 49% in a partial pri - there,” Mr. Zervos said. “This and Foreign Policy in Athens. complex vested interests that with street protests because we system that the prime minister vatization in 2000. Mr. Fotopou - commitment is mainly in terms Analysts say the government has are proving so hard for Mr. Pa - still have unfinished business is now forced to dismantle. To los, 49, a compact, bearded man of bringing a certain amount of not convinced voters that priva - pandreou to untangle. Mr. Fo - with the government and the carry out the reforms, Mr. Pa - with an iron handshake, said the money from the privatization to tization is a long-term remedy topoulos called the report “a Troika,” he said, referring to pandreou will have to strike at union endorsed Mr. Papandreou pay down the debt. So my read - for the Greek economy. Selling smear campaign” and said the Greece’s three foreign lenders: the heart of his own party - and as Socialist Party leader in 2007 ing is if you have some alterna - off public corporations is deeply subsidies were part of the con - the International Monetary it remains to be seen whether because he seemed “more ap - tive ways of bringing that unpopular among Greeks, who tract negotiated by the company Fund, the European Central he has the muscle, let alone the proachable, warmer, closer and money, that could be discussed fear a fire sale of state assets and the union. Others say the Bank and the European Com - stomach, to do so. “That’s a real more concerned about our prob - with the Troika.” Unlike other and applaud GENOP and other battle is as much political as mission. Last month, amid vio - war, and a very uncertain war,” lems.” public sector companies in unions for protesting. But in the economic. “The biggest chal - lent protests, Prime Minister said Takis Pappas, a political sci - “We still respect him as a Greece, the power corporation growing divide in Greece be - lenge is for the politicians to be - George A. Papandreou narrowly ence Professor at the University politician and a person,” he said, is profitable, producing a return tween public-sector and private- lieve that there’s still a future managed to push a new package of Macedonia. “Is Papandreou’s “but we believe these are bar - of $790 million in 2010 from sector workers, an increasing without unions,” said Takis of austerity measures through army strong enough to with - baric policies that go against the $8.2 billion in sales. But analysts number of Greeks regard the Athanasopoulos, who clashed Parliament, including plans for stand this storm? Let’s wait and interests of the Greek people.” are worried that its future profit power company workers in par - bitterly with GENOP as chief ex - selling $71 billion in state as - see.” To many analysts, the coziness picture is clouded by regulatory ticular as an overpaid, overpro - ecutive officer of the Public sets, a step that economists and The battle with the power between the Socialist Party and uncertainties and, most cru - tected caste. According to Mr. Power Corporation under the the troika say is crucial to over - company’s workers and their the union is a sign of the diffi - cially, the sway of its unions. Fotopoulos, GENOP’s 21,000 previous government. The tele - hauling Greece’s bloated public union is even more personal for culties the government is likely UNION ELITE members are paid an average phone interview was inter - sector. But whether Mr. Papan - Mr. Papandreou. In 2007, Mr. to encounter in selling off more To many people, the issue is net salary of $1,980 a month rupted at one point when his dreou will be able to carry out Fotopoulos endorsed Mr. Papan - of the power corporation, as it not simply about selling a stake and its 35,000 retirees an aver - line went dead — from a power the plan will depend to a large dreou as Socialist Party leader. is scheduled to do in 2012. in state-run companies, but age net pension of $2,122 a failure caused by a GENOP extent on people like Mr. Fo - Sitting at his desk, Mr. Fotopou - Mr. Papaconstantinou said about how to transform Greece’s month - much higher than the protest. topoulos. His union, GENOP, los pointed to photos showing that rather than selling more of public sector. “It’s not about Greek average. represents workers at the Public Mr. Papandreou visiting the the Public Power Corporation at making money; it’s about chang - “The unions are even worse Niki Kitsantonis contributed re - Power Corporation, which is power corporation’s office with the current lower market rates, ing a culture,” said Panagis than the politicians,” said porting from Athens, and owned jointly by the govern - union workers. Next to them is the government might explore Vourloumis, who was chief ex - Theodoros Yiannopoulos, as he Landon Thomas Jr. from Lon - ment and by private investors. a photo of George Papaconstan - alternatives, including selling off ecutive of the Greek telecom - sold bread rolls from a street don. Special Olympian’s Trip to Greece Was Beautiful and Inspiring Treat

By Acadia Overlie didn’t understand one of the venues, She also got to take in Liberty County Times guys acted it out, and it turns some of the beauty and history out that they got their silver that is Athens, that included the CHESTER, Mont. - Some kids medal in running.” Acropolis. “Greece in general is spend their summers working While the guy was acting it a beautiful place, and the people the farm, others swim, go camp - out Emma was moving trying to are really nice,” said Emma, ing or just lounge around. For figure out what he was saying. “While I was in Athens I got to Emma Earl, summer contains a They did quite the dance to - see the Acropolis. The Acropolis bit of everything, and a lot more. gether. That wasn’t the only time is huge, and it is beautiful. It was Thrown in with swim team and either, but it was one of the more hard to believe that people made basketball camps was a trip to memorable. “So, I interacted this gigantic building out of mar - Greece. Emma Earl went to the with about 100 out of the 180 ble using chisels.” Special Olympics World Games athletes that were there,” Emma One of the hardest parts of in Athens, Greece. Emma partic - said. long distance travel for Emma ipated in the unified event and Among the Special Olympics was getting use to the time zone got to see an amazing basketball related events Emma got to en - changes. Learning about “jet lag” game. She also got to see healthy joy was the Global Youth Acti - first hand was a challenge. “The athletes and be a part of project vation Summit. She was able to biggest change for me was the unified. Emma participated in get in on this even though she time difference,” said Emma," the unified event, beach volley - wasn’t set to be involved when When it was night-time here it ball. she went to Greece. “My favorite was day-time in Athens, so I was “The unified event is a unified part about Special Olympics up during the night. This was be - demonstration,” said Emma, World Games, was the Global cause our time is eight hours “There are three athletes on a Youth Activation Summit,” said later than in Athens. When I was team. On my team there was an Emma, “I wasn’t originally a coming home I had to get up at athlete from Germany, Finland, part of this, but a girl from Great eight o’clock and we reached and Athens. There are two MVP’s Falls didn’t have a partner and New York at 11:00, and after that on the team as well, in this case wanted me to be her partner. we had a 10 -hour flight. When I it was Jenny and I. Celebrities The Global Youth Activation got back I had to stay up until and Mattel made up the rest of Summit is where pairs from all COURTESy EmmA EARl ten o’clock so I could get back the team.” Emma had a hard over the world come from their Emma Earl hangs (C) out with runners from the Netherlands at the Special Olympics World into the right time zone.” But time speaking to people, but she home country and sit in on Games in Athens, Greece. The event was held during some troubled times in the capital. Emma’s activities didn’t end found a way. Sometimes it was these sessions on how to make there. As soon as Emma Earl frustrating and sometimes it was Special Olympics a part of your ball game,” said Emma, “Team “Healthy Athletes is where fied and participated in this landed in Chester and got to her funny. community. There were 50 USA played Greece, and when athletes can get the medical care year’s World Games as a project house, she packed her bags and “I attempted to speak with countries represented, and it you walked in it looked like a they need for no cost at all,” said unified athlete. headed off to a four-day college people using hand signals and was amazing to see that teens college basketball game. It was Emma, “It was amazing to see “Project unified is a new thing basketball camp at Gonzaga Uni - Basic English,” Emma said, “I from everywhere shared the amazing. These athletes that an athlete learn about dentistry, that the Special Olympics had versity in Spokane, Washington. also tried to get pictures with same passion for Special competed had been training for nutrition, and just health in gen - this year,” said Emma, “Project When she got back she was everyone that I met. I met these Olympics.” two years or more, and they eral for the first time, and to get Unified tells us that just because home in time to participate in a two guys from Iraq and they had Emma Earl also got the op - were inspiring.” Then there was the things they needed. The peo - they have intellectual disabilities swim meet; so she did. a silver medal. I wanted to know portunity to watch a game fea - the Healthy Athletes sessions, ple that helped were people from doesn’t mean we are better than what they got their silver medal turing Team USA and the Greek which was another thing that all around the world volunteer - them. I learned that it is not we, (Used by permission of Liberty in, but I couldn’t understand National Team. “While I was Emma thought was really inter - ing their time for a great cause.” it is us, and we are one.” Emma’s County Times, Montana what they were saying. Since I there I was able to see a basket - esting. 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Continued from page 1 would be at least $105 billion. pointed in November 2009 as the PASOK appears to have come THE FINNISH LINE European Union set up a new po - up against fierce resistance from it put up as collateral, as well as Still, Finland’s deal has rattled sition that is generally symbolic public sector workers. Civil ser - the income derived from it. some. Nordea’s Jan von Gerich and his selection met with some vants’ union ADEDY made it clear According to initial calcula - says that the Greek guarantees vociferous criticism he was too this week that its members would tions, Finland will guarantee could be about 40% of Finland’s weak a leader and was picked so strike in September if their wages Greek loans to the tune of at least share. The Finnish newspaper that he wouldn’t overshadow were cut further. Bureaucrats $2 billion, although details on the noted there is one impediment Sarkozy and Merkel. have already seen their salaries timing and exact amount are still to the Finnish guarantees – the European financial markets slashed by up to 30 percent since to be determined after the extent other euro countries, who must and the euro exchange rate have last year. of private participation in the concur. As Greece is short on been gripped by uncertainty as This week, they also began bailout has been hammered out money of its own, it would have one Eurozone member after an - working an extra 30 minutes on the European level, Urpilainen to use some of the funds that it other has begun to struggle to each day, taking their working said, likening the timeframe to borrows from other countries to cope with mounting government week to 40 hours from 37-½. AD - the 15 to 30 years discussed for put up the collateral, or sell off debt, threatening the unification EDY also said that it would at - the private sector’s role. “The col - state-owned enterprises. “In prac - project. Markets had looked to tempt to block the effort to sell lateral will be invested to bring tice, this would mean that Fin - Merkel and Sarkozy’s Paris sum - state assets. “For us, this is an act the highest possible return,” she land would participate in backing mit for reassurance, and many of national treason and those said. “We will have a central role, up Greece to a considerably observers had hoped that they who attempt it will face the con - as this arrangement will take lesser degree than the other euro would endorse the idea of issuing sequences accordingly,” ADEDY place under Finnish law. We will countries,” von Gerich said, spec - a common Eurobond. They General Secretary Ilias Iliopoulos consult Greece on deciding which ulating that other Eurzone coun - stopped short of that measure, told The Associated Press. “We securities the funds will be in - tries will not go along. “If Finland which was said to be a political will use all means at our disposal vested in.” were to get benefits that the lightning rod that would have an - to hopefully overturn the govern - The aim of the Greek support other countries do not get, it gered German taxpayers by giv - ment but mainly to file lawsuits package is to help the seriously would be a worrying message for ing them a greater share of the against those who sign these indebted country get back on its the market on cooperation in the AP PHOTO/PHIllIPPE wOJAZER/POOl burden of supporting weaker agreements.” feet financially, and to prevent Eurozone. If one country gets French President Nicolas Sarkozy met German Chancellor An - economies like Greece. Sarkozy Iliopoulos said the union in - the crisis there from spreading to special rights, others will un - gela Merkel at the Elysee Palace, in Paris, Aug. 16, to discuss and Merkel called instead for tended to send a message to “so- other countries. “The model that doubtedly also want them,” von the continuing economic crises in Greece and the Eurozone. tougher fiscal discipline. called investors who want to was put forward now is not effi - Gerich said. Finance Minister GREEK UNIONS GET TOUGH snatch our national wealth at a cient. Finland guarantees a loan Urpilainen repeated what has be - rozone or give much hope to robonds can be imagined one In Athens, there was no offi - humiliating price.” Sources told to Greece, which immediately re - come a virtual mantra: that Fin - Greece. Sarkozy and Merkel pro - day.” Merkel added: “What we cial comment on the talks, which the newspaper Kathimerini that turns a large portion of it to Fin - land can participate in the Greek posed that European Council are proposing here is the means were being watched closely by there has in fact been a conver - land,” said Jan von Gerich, head loan program only if it gets col - President Herman Van Rompuy with which we can solve the crisis the prime minister. Papandreou sation in government circles analyst at Nordea Bank. lateral for its share of the loan hold two meetings a year to in - right now and win back trust, is due to call a cabinet meeting about drawing up a new Leaders of the Eurozone coun - guarantees. “Now it is up to the sure the Eurozone countries are step by step … I do not think Eu - on Aug. 18 in a bid to get his timetable for the privatizations tries agreed in late July that they other countries to assess if they meeting financial targets. “The robonds will help us in this.” “The ministers to shift their focus back given the dire state of interna - and the IMF would grant the new will demand these kinds of French and German finance min - euro is the foundation of our eco - to domestic matters. The premier tional markets at the moment, as $157 bailout, but only if Papan - arrangements, or if they will un - isters will table a joint proposal nomic success and the symbol of will have to contend with domes - Greece would be selling its assets dreou implements a second derstand this outcome of the ne - at the EU level next September the political unification of our tic issues of another kind over at far from prime prices. round of deep pay cuts and tax gotiations,” Urpilainen said. for a tax on financial transac - continent,” the zone’s two most the next few days as well, the However, the government, hikes, a proposal that led to While Sarkozy and Merkel tions,” said Sarkozy. “This is a pri - powerful leaders said. Eurozone newspaper Kathimerini reported. which has already warned AD - demonstrations and riots, even nixed Papandreou’s Eurobonds ority for us.” Merkel, however, finance ministers already meet His party is due to hold its na - EDY not to attempt to hamper as 65,000 businesses have closed scheme, they said they would go said that a common bond, or Eu - regularly in what is known as the tional congress on Sept. 3 and revenue collection services in a and the country has failed to go along with a financial tax as a robond, which would allow the Eurogroup, and which is chaired then Papandreou is due to deliver protest, is facing a political co - after major tax evaders costing way to defend the euro, which 17 countries to pool their debt by Luxembourg’s Prime Minister the prime minister’s customary nundrum. Apart from the fact $40 billion a year in lost rev - analysts said falls far short of risk, would only be considered as Jean-Claude Juncker. Van economic policy speech at the that there is considerable resent - enues. what was expected, blasting it as a “last resort.” Rompuy is a former prime min - Thessaloniki International Fair on ment building among the coun - The Eurozone countries share a limp effort to support the Eu - Sarkozy said though: “Eu - ister of Belgium and was ap - Sept. 10. try’s some 800,000 civil servants. 8 EDITORIALS LETTERS THE NATIONAL HERALD, AUGUST 20-26, 2011

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On these pages we have found many op - herald.com. we reserve the The Russian Ruse portunities both to praise the generosity and efforts of many in behalf right to edit letters for publi - of Hellenism, and to bemoan the shortage of such people in the com - cation and regret that we are Shortly after he emerged from the sea off Greece in a surprise appearance, Russian Prime Minister munity. There are benefactors, who have the intelligence to support unable to acknowledge or re - Vladimir Putin peeled off his wet suit to reveal a tuxedo, walked into a casino, and won enough good causes, and the philanthropists, good men and women who turn those left unpublished. money to buy the country. Then he promptly sold it to Turkey in return for a gas pipeline. happen to have the wealth to give to good causes. And there are the champions whose genius did not extend to wealth creation, but who give completely of themselves, such as Dr. Psomiades, who left it all on the field in order to secure victories for Hellenism. The founder COMMENTARY of the Center for Byzantine and Modern Greek Studies at Queens College in New York planted seeds in many, students and non-students alike, that will bear beautiful fruit and make the community a stronger and richer place in many ways. The well-deserved tributes and honors The Greek Volcano Still Simmering Beneath the Surface have already begun to pour in. The annual lecture featured at the graduation ceremony of the Center will be renamed in his honor. Such acts will be welcome to those who love him, but they will fall By Evaggelos Vallianatos dotted line, abandoning its sov - He blamed America for the York. The blue jean is the symbol short of doing justice to the dedication, perseverance, patience and ereign powers to the thieves who tsunami-like forces attacking of that homogenization of the vision of the man who founded American’s largest Hellenic studies I spent May 2011 in Greece. really use Greece like an experi - Greece. He explained that the Greeks into fake non-Greeks. program. Too bad more rich Greeks didn’t give money to his programs On the surface nothing looked mental animal in teaching the Greek state is the worst enemy One could excuse such imitation instead of their own. unusual in Athens. The same rest of the world as to who are of Hellenic culture. Because he as, inevitably, all superpowers Stories will emerge about his being not just a builder, but a fighter mess of traffic jams everywhere, the real bosses of the planet. publishes important texts he ex - influence smaller states sharing for Hellenism, taking on officials on both sides of the Atlantic with a the risk of crossing major streets, They demanded the forced im - pected the state to subsidize him their culture. But in the case of dignity they may or may not have deserved, while he patiently worked too many people moving in the poverishment of the Greek peo - so he could do more. Chat - Greece this blind rush to adopt - towards triumphs they never saw coming. At Community events, Dr. narrow pedestrian spaces away ple, probably wishing to strip zopoulos said his texts are de - ing foreign ways harms the iden - Psomiades stood out for his passion for Hellenism and the sincerity from zooming cars; and the Greece of all its resources. And, signed to solidify the cultural tity and culture of Greece, and clarity of his presentations. He was not one of those speakers same number of foreigners second, they wanted to satisfy identity of the Greeks who read which, during the Renaissance, who left people wondering at the reception, “What did he say?” One around Omonoia Square. Occa - American demands of the Turks them. He is right that the gov - gave birth to Western civiliza - longtime colleague told TNH that working at the Center was not just sionally, one sees a beggar. How - being first in the Aegean. Dis - erning elite feels safer the less tion. This contradiction is satu - a job; he looked forward every day to “What I was going to learn ever, at the center of the city, mantling the Greek economy Greeks know of their ancient rated all over Athens. From the from Harry.” It was a wisdom that was easy to embrace, coming across from Grand Bretagne Ho - would do just fine in allowing heritage, hence, almost by defi - Acropolis one sees Athens blended with a down to earth quality. tel in the Syntagma Square, I the Turks to grab a few of the nition, the rulers of the Greeks choked in a wall of cement with His longtime Asst. Director at the Center, Effie Lekas, told us: saw groups protesting or adver - Greek islands in the Aegean. have been largely indifferent to little that is authentic Greek. “The honor, integrity and humility with which he lived his life was tising rights for Afghanistani and On May 10, I was at the uni - hostile to ancient Greek culture. Even the exquisite new Acropolis the greatest lesson that this revered teacher imparted to his students Iraqi political refugees in Greece. versity of Athens: I saw hun - As a result, they ignore the few museum was built by an Ameri - and colleagues.” The best way to honor this great Hellene of America But underneath this superficial dreds of students next to tables publishers who try to enlighten can architect who designed it as is to carry on his work, indeed by imitating it, and building more calm there was a volcano brew - in long corridors, having fun. the Greeks, lavishing their atten - if it were a multi-story parking centers for the study of Hellenism and the Greek language. Just ing. Discontent was everywhere. The walls were full of huge po - tion and funds on those “mod - lot. seven more words need be written here: ‘Panta axios’, ‘thank you’ Both academics and others com - litical posters praising Marxism ernizers” and “post-modernists” It’s a dormant August now and ‘aionia i mnimi’. plained of the incompetent and and denouncing Capitalism. who distance the Greeks from but the Greek volcano may yet corrupt state managing the sink - Greek parties fund such destruc - their culture. Yet, Hatzopoulos explode at any minute. Greeks ing of their economy and society. tive activities dividing college is a man of contradictions. He may tolerate the ugly architec - New Blood, New Perspective The 300 members of the Greek students and diverting them speaks like a populist but his ture of the Acropolis museum Parliament treat themselves like from their studies. A minority of books are expensive and that put for long time. But they are un - the servants of Louis XIV. They these students deface the uni - them beyond the reach of the likely to tolerate for long the September 1st is the Church’s New Year. A few weeks ago, we ex - pay themselves lavish salaries versity with slogans and some - vast majority of the Greeks. He colonial system imposed on the pressed hope that during the summer our Community’s leaders would and perks at a time the state is times even close the university spoke to me in such dark terms country by the George Papan - spend some of their vacation time thinking about new ideas to move cutting everyone's benefits, be down. Meanwhile, as part of the about Greece that his project of dreou Administration doing the the community forward and to revitalize our organizations. At this their salaries, retirement Troika’s orders for austerity, the enlightenment appears doomed. bidding of the IMF and the EU. time we wish to take a look at our Archdiocese and the challenges it stipends or other services. At the state cut the salaries of profes - But the conditions in Greece I witnessed thousands of faces. We will leave aside discussions about restructuring its admin - same time one was reading daily sors by one-fourth. And if I add are not dark at all. Yes, the coun - Greeks vocalizing their anger in istrative bodies, the wisdom of its division into Metropolises, etc. We reports about the so-called the architecture of the University try has serious financial difficul - the Syntagma Square. The place have become curious about the apparent revival of an ancient insti - Troika running Greece: the In - of Athens, the buildings being ties because of the corrupt in - was on fire with sound, insults tution and the promise its holds for better serving the needs of our ternational Monetary Fund, the like boxes, then the result is a ternational and local elites of and raw anger, the kind of anger people and, perhaps more importantly, inspiring our youth. In 2007, European Commission and the Third World institution educat - globalization sponsored by that could spark a revolution. our Archdiocese established the Special Program for the Diaconate. European Central Bank. They ing students for practically no America. Yet young Greeks are What the country needs is a new The early Church relied heavily on Deacons, but their role has di - said the terms between this future. eager to learn and some of them non-party government that will minished substantially over time. Most of the faithful today know Troika and the Greek govern - My professor friend, are outstanding students. Mous - do the following: punish the Deacons only as the young men, some of our best and brightest, who ment were so abysmal that it re - Xenophon Moussas, an astro - sas is proud of his students. The thieves in the political elite, the serve with hierarchs for a couple of years before being assigned to sembled colonial policies. The physicist, told me one of his bril - tragedy is in the indifference of members of Parliament who parishes. The new program is based on commitments by people to Greeks borrowed a lot at the liant students committed suicide the state to offer opportunities refuse to tax the rich but tax become and remain Deacons. Many or most would also have an ap - urging of irresponsible European because he thought he had no to those bright young students, everybody else; renegotiate the propriate lay profession. banks and now, in 2011, cannot future. I received the same re - building a society for the best debt, indeed, demand the EU The Special Program began in 2007 with four students and grew afford to pay back the ill-gotten port from Odysseus Chatzopou - rather than for the usual klep - and IMF forgive most of it. to 49 in 2010. It is a three-part program consisting of coursework, loans. The result is the foreign los, owner of Kaktos Books, spe - tokrats and their foreign allies. training by clergy in their home parish and meetings in the Metrop - lenders are demanding and get - cializing in publishing ancient The globalization model is per - Evaggelos Vallianatos is the au - olises. Some of the graduates have already been ordained to the Di - ting a pound of flesh: The Greek Greek texts. He said to me in all vasive in Greece. People of all thor of This Land is Their Land aconate. The program’s advocates remind us that the Church never state has signed on the banks' seriousness: “Greece is finished.” ages dress like those of New and The Passion of the Greeks. intended that the heavy spiritual and pastoral responsibilities of the parish be borne by the priest alone. Among the services deacons can perform are: Taking Holy Communion to shut-ins, social work, charity COMMENTARY work, teaching the faith, and youth outreach. The Patriarch Athenago - ras Institute found that 70% of the priests it surveyed would welcome working with a deacon. That would mean extra hands who could help priests, especially Technocrats, Greedy Bankers Brought Down Our Houses in parishes that can’t afford a full-time second priest, and new ideas about connecting with people who are drifting away from the Church. But fresh perspectives are also needed, and that could come in a big When Standard & Poor’s yourself, and doing to give birth, etc. commodities to spike, and when way from the revival of even more ancient traditions. downgraded the U.S. economy handiwork to beau - The only thing that their gambling in the interna - In the beginning, there were also Deaconesses, or woman Deacons. and the White House proceeded tify your home. All is begotten from tional casino known as “the mar - A law of the Emperor Justinian mandated Aghia Sophia be served by to publicly criticize the decision one needs to do is zero work is inter - kets” wipes out trillions, econo - 100 Deacons and 40 Deaconesses. We leave it to scholars and Bishops – just as the Greek Government read Nobel Prize win - est. If you look at mists come to put our house in to note the precise differences in their roles. In the past they ministered has been doing for 18 months – ning poet Odysseas the key words of disorder by raising taxes on to women’s special needs, such as assistance at adult baptisms, which it became clear that the world Elytis’ description of the economic cri - everyday goods, real estate, do - declined over time, but modern women have special needs too. We economy is turning into the Wild the traditional Greek sis, you see many ing away with useful services, must state clearly that we are NOT making these proposals to in any West. Until politicians decide to home, with its urns related perverted coming up with fees, surcharges way support the creation of women priests – that has never been the stop stepping on society to safe - holding olive oil, concepts making and penalties. If some stranger part of our Church and is a theological and ecclesiological matter guard the interests of the few, it’s wine, etc. and its our lives difficult: came into any self-respecting per - that is out of the hands of the laity. But the female Diaconate is worth thinking a little bit about woolen rugs, which credit default son’s home and started turning another matter entirely; in fact there are some female deacons in the just how warped the economy he insisted gave off by Christopher swaps, yield it upside down, most homemak - Orthodox Church today. What we are speaking of is a revival, not an has become. Economy comes an air of nobility that TRIPOULAS spreads, secondary ers would come after them with innovation. from the Greek word oikonomia, surpassed the palace Special to bond markets, se - a rolling pin. The economy is be - What is most intriguing, and fills us with hope, is that the ordina - which means distributing the du - of Versailles. Thomas The National Herald lective defaults, coming more detached from real tion of female Deacons will not only strengthen the Church by im - ties of the household, or putting Jefferson would most etc. These concepts life. Decisions made in isolated proving its ability to serve and reach out to women, especially young one’s house in order (oikos = likely have agreed with that state - have virtually nothing to do with rooms by an increasingly smaller women, but the possibility that the gradual inclusion of our Commu - house, nomi = distribution.) It’s ment. His vision of America was putting one’s house in order, and number of people who have nity’s more devout and highly motivated women, and the develop - a perfect analogy, because what a nation of small farmers and no yet are often the reason for the never known a hard day’s work ment leadership positions for them, may have a positive impact on could be more related to the lives federal taxes. He also wrote that disarray. What could be more in their lives are plunging an the mindset of our church leadership which so often seems out of of real people that what goes on he feared the formation of a na - twisted than a world where the more households into distress. touch with the people of God and the contemporary world. The loos - in their house. A true economos tional bank even more than the fate of the economy is determined The concept of supporting one’s ening up if the old-boy network might engender greater sensitivity or steward is the person who formation of a permanent army, not by the billions of people who self through hard work is becom - in certain matters, like incidents of clergy misconduct. Of course, the knows how to run their house as still endearing him to many. till and toil, build and create, ing a pipe dream, sacrificed on same might be accomplished through the return to another ancient efficiently as possible, while en - Aristotle described interest as teach and learn, but by a handful the altar of ill-gotten gains. The practice that was abandoned even earlier than Deaconesses and suring their domicile still retains the most perverted principle in of bankers and traders who don’t price of homes and rent is com - which is also called for my many faithful (and more than a handful all the characteristics of a home. the world. The Greek word for do a damn good thing, who prob - pletely out of touch with salaries. of priests) – married Bishops, but we leave that for another time. Before Greece lost touch with all interest is tokos, which means to ably wouldn’t even plant a flower Greece was just the weakest link We close on a practical note. About half of wealth of the great the nobility that ran through its give birth or to yield. Aristotle throughout the duration of their in a chain reaction of economies benefactors the Archdiocese currently relies on will go to their daugh - veins for centuries, part of econ - said everything that nature yields measly, miserly careers. set to implode because they ters, educated women at the top of all the professions. Will they be omy meant tending to your gar - is the product of work. The earth And yet, when the CDS or aren’t based on the real world. as generous as their fathers if they continue to be neglected or pushed den to produce fruits and veg - must be tilled to yield crops, yield spreads go up, when the aside? We are still waiting for the first woman archon. etables (and spirits!) to sustain salmon swim upstream in order hedge funds cause oil and other [email protected] THE NATIONAL HERALD, AUGUST 20-26, 2011 VIEWPOINTS 9 LETTER FROM ATHENS OCA Moving Toward Recapture? Autocephaly Squeezed?

Greek Protesters Targets: By George Matsoukas lor and weak Metropolitans resided in the United States and OCA. It seems that it is almost would not let it function. The were part of the OCA experi - working to have the auto - The election of His Beatitude Metropolitan Council did its ence, including: Alexander cephalous status fail. There ex - Ready, Aim, Blog! Metropolitan Jonah in 2008 was best to keep the Church func - Schmemann, John Meyendorff, ists in the USA an auto - seen as a time of hope, concilia - tioning. Really in 2008, there Alexander Bogolepov and cephalous local Orthodox tion, and renewal for many in was relief that things were new, Georges Florovsky to name a Church granted autocephaly by Trust me on ots, of course, and the Orthodox Church in Amer - but there was exhaustion result - few. The OCA developed a Moscow in 1970 - the OCA. But this: after being that is to stop the in - ica (OCA) and throughout the ing from what had gone on and world-class Orthodox Christian presently, we have a re-emerg - tear-gassed half a justice that creates Orthodox world. But this hope with efforts to correct the situa - Theological School: St ing Patriarchal Church with it dozen times in the them, but instead was tempered by many chal - tion. His Beatitude Jonah did Vladimir’s and its St Vladimir’s leader here two years and who last 18 months the government is lenges. Change causes reactions. not take proper stock of the sit - Seminary Press. is now co-chairman of the As - while covering preparing legisla - Some members of the old order uation. He wanted to move It takes more than three sembly of Bishops. We also have protests and riots tion that would give of the OCA were threatened by ahead and not absorb the his - years to absorb the work of all ROCOR reunited with Russia, in Syntagma authorities greater a relatively new Bishop with lit - tory of what makes the OCA the People. You need to listen, all in the USA. Really to my Square in the cen - powers against pro - tle baggage related to the past unique, valuable and meaning - communicate and draw upon mind, this makes no sense. We ter of Athens, you testers, including and who was indeed elected be - ful to Orthodox faithful and the people with institutional mem - have a local autocephalous Or - have to experience the use of water cause he synthesized the errors mosaic of Worldwide Ortho - ory but still move ahead. His thodox Church here, and all it to really under - cannons and rubber of the past and promised a new doxy. It is the only auto - Beatitude has a wealth of col - these entities need to be to - stand how bad it by ANDY bullets, but the real day. Many positive changes had cephalous Orthodox Church in lective experience to draw upon gether within the local Church. is. Your eyes feel DABILIS weapon is intimida - taken place within the adminis - the new world, even though not with the Holy Synod and the We also have the External Af - like someone stuck tion: getting the trative structure of the OCA si - all old world Patriarchs recog - Metropolitan Council. fairs Office of the Moscow Pa - matches in them, Special to identify of Internet multaneous to the election of nize this autocephaly. This au - EXTERNAL PRESSURE triarchate seemingly interfering mucus pours out The National Herald bloggers who have His Beatitude. These adminis - tocephaly was obtained by the In 2008, the Old World Pa - in the internal affairs of the au - of your nose like remained anony - trative changes related directly work of the People over many triarchs called a meeting of tocephalous OCA. Moscow is ap - someone turned on a faucet, mous. That’s in keeping with Pa - to the past difficulties within the years. It is to be valued and trea - themselves and developed plying great pressure on the your lungs feel like you swal - pandreou’s dismantling of civil life of the National Church. New sured and used to build a uni - guidelines for the Canonical Or - Metropolitan of the OCA. The lowed fire, you buckle and bend rights, requiring people who buy and qualified Bishops were be - fied Orthodox Church in Amer - thodox Churches outside tradi - faithful are vigilant in following and fall to your knees gasping cell phone chips to present an ing elected with the input of the ica. Theologians, lay and tional Orthodox areas to estab - these developments. for air and breath and, from identity card so police can track laity of their dioceses. The clerical, Patriarchs, All American lish Assemblies of Bishops to A TIME FOR REASON time to time, wonder if you’ll them, and a law preventing process of election was working. Councils, four generations of bring these churches in these ge - How will these complex is - live. It’s worse than listening to journalists from reporting what Good, faithful and worthy men stewards of the Church, clergy ographical areas into canonical sues within the OCA find a so - bad rap music. So you can see bloggers are saying. Now the were developing a stronger educated at world-class Ameri - order. Immediately, there was lution? Will the governing enti - riots on television and video, but government wants to track Christ-centered synod of servant can Orthodox Theological great pressure on the OCA to re - ties (i.e. His Beatitude, the there’s no substitute for being those bloggers too, an Orwellian bishops. The Metropolitan Schools, and parish council nounce its autocephaly. The pre - Synod, Metropolitan Council, in the middle of one. During ri - Big Brother scheme which will Council had also undergone re - members throughout the nation siding officer of the Assembly of Diocesan Assemblies, All Amer - ots this summer, Greek police chip away at the privacy Greeks newal as the Church was emerg - have labored to create the col - Bishops in the USA is Arch - ican Council delegates) work in used nearly $1 million worth of love so much they have a gov - ing from administrative short - lective history which is an auto - bishop Demetrios of the Greek synergy with each other to bring tear gas and chemical weapons, ernment board guaranteeing comings. The Metropolitan cephalous Orthodox Church in Orthodox Archdiocese. It took order within the OCA? How will supplementing their batons and that right, although it mostly Council is the permanent exec - America - the OCA. two years to figure out a way these OCA entities work to - pepper spray, to subdue crowds just blocks the release of names utive body of the Church Ad - It should be noted that this for the OCA not to lose face so gether to bring good order to protesting against deep pay cuts of celebrities and rich people ministration which exists for the Church and the Russian Ortho - that they could sit as equals and these external forces? How will and big tax hikes, as well as an - who buy their way out of purpose of implementing the dox Church Outside Russia (RO - brother Bishops at the Assembly. all these elements work together archists who sneak into the mandatory service in the Army decisions of the All-American COR,) during the iconoclastic The pressures on His Beatitude to bring about a unified Ortho - fighting and are dangerous in - or Navy. Council and continuing its work and destructive period of Com - are great. Faithful people within dox Church of the United deed, tossing Molotov Cocktails It doesn’t end there. Citizens’ between sessions – with the munism in the USSR, helped to the OCA also have to deal with States? It seems to me that the and swinging barrel staves. Protection Minister Christos Pa - blessing of the Synod. It also keep the Light shining in the So - these pressures. Now the pres - OCA must continue on the The problem was that inno - poutsis said the government is helps provide for the financial viet Union. Many pilgrims vis - sure is if and when a Great and course of adjusting its adminis - cent people were being clubbed aiming to redraft the law on support of the central church ited Soviet Russia bringing Holy Council meets, will the trative structure to the norms of and gassed along with hit-and- public gatherings to give the po - administration and creates sup - Bibles and ecclesiastical items OCA bishops be allowed to par - the culture in which it functions. run cowards who are very brave lice greater authority to inter - port for charitable institutions. across the borders. In 1987, I ticipate? The Patriarch of Con - The American culture is open to behind their hoods and masks vene if small groups of people Truly, this was a critical time was detained bringing Bibles stantinople and some other old accountability and transparency but whose criminality made it are blocking traffic or prevent - of renewal for the OCA. The through customs on a pilgrim - world Patriarchs do not recog - which is the antithesis of how difficult to sometimes discrimi - ing citizens from going about Church seemed poised to move age to Russia with Father nize the autocephaly of the OCA the Old World Patriarchates nate who was the target during their normal business. “We have ahead. The entire Orthodox Michael Roschak. Later, through nor does the Metropolitan of function. The OCA is creating a the riots, although at others it to modernize the legal frame - world was watching. Outside the good offices of Representa - Boston (GOA.) Other Patriarchs model structure of how a uni - was plainly obvious that some work so that the freedom to con - forces were seeing how they tive Dan Mica of Florida, we do recognize the autocephaly of fied American Orthodox Church police were just taking target gregate does not lead to central were going to influence what is were able to get one of the first the OCA. Constantinople main - should function with servant practice at anyone who walked Athens being paralyzed each to become of the OCA. So in re - photocopy machines to the The - tains that if all the Patriarchs do bishops administering to the by, including women, Red Cross time,” said Papoutsis. A nice ality, there were two sets of ological Academy and Seminary not recognize your autocephaly, spiritual needs of the faithful in workers and other unwitting idea, except it means if you and pressures working within the -Trinity-St. Sergius Lavra, you do not have it and cannot this geographic area rather than victims. For that, as far as we a few of your friends are stand - OCA. There were the internal Zagorsk. attend the Great and Holy monarchal bishops beholden to know, no police officers have ing on a corner talking and pressures of a new Metropoli - During this iconoclastic pe - Council. the defunct Roman Empire. The been prosecuted, despite videos minding your own business, po - tan, reformed institutions, insti - riod, the great thinkers and the - The Moscow Patriarchate is work of the committees of the showing what they did. Of lice can break it up if they don’t tutional history and lag. There ologians of World Orthodoxy putting great pressure on the Metropolitan Council reflects course, it’s against the law in like your looks. That’s the slip - were also great external pres - the integration of Orthodoxy Greece to even photograph a po - pery slope that leads to outright sures from the Old World Patri - within American administrative lice officer – or anyone without repression, the kind the archs to influence the events values and in reality with the their permission - and tourists Colonels used against the likes within the OCA and to attack, values of the synodical system with cameras have a better of the young Papandreou types question and even negate its au - of Orthodoxy. The Orthodox sys - chance of being arrested than 40 years ago. Papoutsis said that tocephaly. tem of governance is based on rich tax evaders protected by the government would be set - INTERNAL PRESSURES creating administrative balance their collaborators in the gov - ting up a service for citizens to A new Metropolitan needs by developing a system of hier - ernment who must have in - register any complaints about time to absorb the institutional archy, clergy and laity working vented cargo pants to have more police behavior – which will go history of the workings of the in synergy with each other. I pockets into which they could into File 13, the wastebasket. Church. To negate the history of consider the work of the Strate - stuff money. That came in the wake of in - how things work within the gic Planning Committee to be a Apparently, batons, pepper juries to hundreds of people Church is to unleash new tur - blueprint not only for the OCA spray, tear gas and chemical who were clubbed or tear- moil within the Church. The Or - but for the eventual unified weapons aren’t enough for the gassed during demonstrations thodox Church is synodical and Church of America. It represents police (who already carry guns in June when videos showed po - conciliar and works in synergy the “work of all the people.” The with real bullets) because now lice indiscriminately attacking – voluntary cooperation - of the entire church body has had an they want to be able use water them, although many police hierarchy, clergy and laity. The opportunity to provide input, cannons and rubber bullets. This were also under assault. OCA has the most developed and this plan and vision will be is far-fetched, of course, and no Papandreou came to power structure that supports this way discussed at the All American one’s suggesting it, but if that’s under the guise of being trans - of administration. But in three Council that will take place in granted and the government parent but has put more lead short years since 2008, so much PHOTO: OCA October 2011. keeps ratcheting up the arsenal, around the government than mistrust developed and it Metropolitan Jonah, head of the Orthodox Church in America. Prime Minister George Papan - Superman when he senses Kryp - seemed this synergy broke Despite reservations last year against inviting him to the Epis - George Matsoukas is the author dreou will only be a tank away tonite nearby. The government down. The synodical system had copal assembly because the OCA's autocephaly is not recog - of A Church in Captivity: The from completing his transforma - is using the excuse that it’s look - been dysfunctional for many nized, he ultimately participated in the proceedings as a simple Greek Orthodox Church of tion from a wannabe hippie at ing for criminals and terrorists years, because a strong chancel - Bishop, without asserting his position as a church primate. America. Amherst College in Massachu - who are blogging, but that setts, to fake Socialist, to run - means it will know if you dis - away bank-protecting Capitalist, sent legitimately against govern - to economic dictator, with an ment policies, the same method Administration of people who used by dictatorial regimes and No, Ms. Keeley, the Greek Language is Not “Gibberish” took to the streets in 1974 to the Chinese to imprison people protest the ruling Colonels, de - for their thoughts. Can journal - crying the same use of force ists be next? “The Internet has By George L.Chiagouris tween her and her former hus - jor component in the develop - number of Greek words, and that they now want to pepper Greek to stop harboring hooded as - band, Mr. Andrew Karres. The ment of Western Civilization. Did is why English is considered by citizens with because people are sailants,” Justice Minister Mil - During the past few months, case involved custody of their you know that the Greek lan - some to be a dialect of the Greek a tad upset their pay has been tiadis Papaioannou said, but Greece has been pounded in the 12-year-old daughter, whereby guage is over 4,000 years old language cut 30%, their taxes raised and bloggers and social media users media about its economic prob - Ms. Rapton sought full custody and Chinese is the only other lan - • Individuals that are capable pensions slashed while Rocke - quickly said the real intention lems which have been caused while Mr. Karres wanted shared guage that comes close to the of utilizing Greek words in their feller Papandreou props up the is to impinge on freedom of ex - mostly by crooked politicians, custody. There was been a lot of age of the Greek language? communications in English, are banks and his rich friends. He’s pression, allow authorities to greedy financial managers and haggling, arguing, threatening, • During this 4,000-year du - considered highly educated, benefited from the disgust that persecute people for their polit - not taxpaying citizens. There has regarding this case which has ration, the Greek language was somewhat sophisticated and of real working Greeks feel toward ical beliefs and put a clamp on been some name calling and lasted close to 10 years and ar - utilized to record and preserve course admirable. the many sloths among public freedom of speech. criticizing not only on the be - gued in front of 10 different historical events, discoveries, • Prof. Dick Revor, Dean workers who sit on their hands, So maybe the government havior of its citizens, but also judges. philosophical beliefs and many of the Keller Graduate School of smoke and drink coffee and can combine its weapons and some of the achievements of Apparently, during one of the other Intellectual Aspects that Management, made the follow - want to protect their sinecures, break into people’s homes and Greeks during ancient and mod - negotiating sessions, Mr. Karres were utilized in the development ing statement when selecting but it doesn’t disguise the fact use rubber bullets on bloggers ern times. One such develop - requested to send the daugh - of Western Civilization books to read on Business: “The that none of the Greeks sacrific - it dislikes, but why stop there? ment occurred recently in Sacra - ter to an afternoon school to • Christianity was recorded, more Greek words contained in ing and suffering are in the Par - Why not taser them? If that mento, California where an learn the Greek Language. Ms. preserved and promoted in the these books, the more desirable liament, Cabinet, or among the doesn’t work, they can always individual maligned the Greek Keeley replied that the mother Greek language, as the New Tes - these books should be for your elite with whom Papandreou be exiled to islands. Language, by calling it “gibber - would not pay for this schooling, tament was written in Greek by consideration.” hob knobs. ish.” A couple of years ago, I was since this would be a waste of the Apostles and Christian The - Incidentally Ms. Keeley, in the There’s a way to prevent ri - [email protected] on the way to attend the Na - time and would compete with ologians event that you thought the Greek tional Convention of AHEPA in other more worthwhile activities. • Alexander the Great intro - language had only a few words San Francisco. My wife and I en - She then stated: Besides, the duced Greek in all the countries in comparison to the English, joy attending these conventions, Greek language is just “gibber - that were then known during the please be informed that the spending time with old friends, ish.” I felt very outraged and dis - 3rd century BC. In some remote Greek language is comprised of enjoy the sites, as well as learn appointed when I heard that in - villages in the Himalayas, Greek about 600,000 words, in com - updates on the missions of the sult to our language, since it is spoken even today parison to the English language AHEPA. The day before, I was affected not only we modern • During the periods of the that is comprised of about invited to give a talk in Sacra - Greeks, but also insulted our An - Dark Ages, a lot of Intellectual 450,000 words, of which about mento, on how the heroic resis - cient Hellenic Ancestors that de - developments that were made 150,000 are Greek. It could be tance of the Greeks in 1941 af - veloped this amazing language. by the ancient Greeks were pre - stated that about 25% of the fected the outcome of WWII. I decided then and there that I served in Greek manuscripts English words are of Greek de - The lecture was sponsored by should write an open letter to which were later deciphered and rivation. the AHPS and I became friends Ms. Keeley, with a copy to her utilized by European scholars, Yes, indeed, Ms. Keeley, you with several members. From the supervisor. who eventually ushered in the did cross over the line of reason - questions and comments at the Dear Ms. Keeley, Age of Enlightment able and professional behavior end, the audience was appre - It has come to my attention • The American Founding Fa - as you slandered all Hellenes and ciative in learning details on that, at the Sacramento Family thers, like Jefferson, Adams, Phil-Hellenes, modern and an - how the Greeks managed to deal Court, you publicly maligned the Hamilton and others, were fluent cient, by calling our language a mortal wound to the mighty Greek Language by calling it in Greek and as such borrowed “gibberish.” We should indeed be German War Machine. I have “Gibberish.” Ms. Keeley, how directly some of the ideas on De - outraged at such a comment and kept in touch with some of the dare you make such a slanderous mocratic governance, philoso - something should be done to rec - members of AHPS and received remark about a language that phy, law, and other develop - tify this slander of the Greek lan - from them some very disturbing has so many attributes? How ments. At one point, the guage. and maligning information re - could an educated attorney such founders considered utilizing the All of us Hellenes and Phil- garding comments about the as yourself make such a blunder Greek language for the USA to Hellenes will be awaiting your Greek language made by a in court and call the Greek lan - go along with the other elements apology. Sacramento attorney, no less. It guage “gibberish?” What high that they borrowed to establish seems that a Ms. Charlotte Kee - school, college, or law school did this country George L. Chiagouris, is ley, an attorney practicing in the you attend that you were not • Other languages have bor - Secretary, Midwest District, Pan AP PHOTO/PETROS GIANNAKOURIS Sacramento Family Court, was made aware that the Greek lan - rowed from Greek to improve Arcadian Federation and A protester hits out with a stick against riot policemen during involved representing Ms. Katina guage was not “gibberish,” but their languages. The English lan - Director of Hellenism for violent clashes at Athens' main Syntagma square, June 29. Rapton in a custody case be - on the contrary, it has been a ma - guage has borrowed the greatest AHEPA’s 13th District 10 THE NATIONAL HERALD, AUGUST 20-26, 2011

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