Miss Colorado USA Eleanna Livaditis Talks to TNH Canellos Tells TNH

S o C V ΓΡΑΦΕΙ ΤΗΝ ΙΣΤΟΡΙΑ Bringing the news W ΤΟΥ ΕΛΛΗΝΙΣΜΟΥ to generations of E ΑΠΟ ΤΟ 1915 The National Herald Greek- Americans N c v A weekly Greek-AmericAN PublicATioN www.thenationalherald.com VOL. 17, ISSUE 849 January 18-24, 2014 $1.50 Beauty in and out: Miss Canellos Tells TNH about His Years at the SEC Colorado USA Eleanna Enforcement Co-Dir. Worked to Restore Livaditis Talks to TNH Faith to the Market DENVER, CO – Eleanna Livadi - she will apply to law school. Her By Constantine S. Sirigos tis can be excused if her mind parents would not have it any TNH Staff Writer has been on next summer while other way. most of the country copes with Her father, Ilias immigrated NEW YORK – Last week winter. On the one hand, “we when he was 16 and met her brought to a close four-and-a- have been pretty blessed with mother, Roula, when he went half years of dedicated and dis - the winter we have had in Col - back for a visit – both are from tinguished service to the Secu - orado.” She is also Miss Col - Argos – and when they were rities and Exchange Commission orado USA, and in a few married they moved to Colorado (SEC) by George Canellos, Co- months, most likely late June in Springs, where he opened his director of its Enforcement Di - Las Vegas, she will be competing sheepskin products business. He vision. in the Miss USA pageant. runs it with her mother, who Canellos and his colleagues Beauty and poise are the also teaches in the Greek school. undertook no less a task than most obvious qualities pageant Livaditis is the youngest of the restoration of faith in the audiences see, but the winners five children. The eldest, U.S. financial industry in the possess other qualities that Natassa, who is 12 years older, wake of the Madoff and housing shine through, both God-given is the director of her parish market scandals and the finan - and developed by hard work. Greek school program, “and has cial crisis of 2007–2008. Environment plays a critical four children who also keep her Part of the job required Con - role, as does family, of course, busy.” Next in line is Steven who gress to make changes in the and in Livaditis’ case, her Greek is a set designer in Chicago, laws that regulate the industry, heritage and Orthodox Christian then Eleni who is an office man - and part entailed prosecution of faith. ager in Denver, and finally those who committed crimes And it is not about the glory Vanna lives in Utah and is a pub - under prior laws. The latter re - and glamour. In addition to the lic relations executive. quired the judiciousness and in - tiaras, she received a scholar - Livaditis agrees there is a tellect Canellos’ career reflected ships valued at $45,000 which nice range of talent there and is AP PHoTo/AlASTAir GrANT from the start. proud of them all. “My brother The President and the Prime Minister “George is highly respected is the most artistic, Vanna the for his intellect, prosecutorial in - most eloquent, and each of Cyprus President Nicos Anastasiades (right) and British Prime Minister David Cameron reaffirmed stincts, and commitment to them are leaders.” the strong bonds of friendship and partnership between Cyprus and the UK, during a meeting at Livaditis was born and raised 10 Downing Street in London, Wednesday, Jan. 15. Continued on page 3 in Centennial, CO, 20 minutes south of downtown Denver, and has lived in the state all her life except when she was attending the University of Wyoming. Mirto’s Mom Wants FHASNE Funds Loan to Slain Her close-knit family ex - tended into the tight commu - nity: “Greek school, dance By Theodore Kalmoukos Paros. on December 5 at Boston’s Chil - Slumlord Hurt group, church basketball. It was FHASNE decided to seek the dren Hospital, which are not gov - a good experience.” Her passion BOSTON, MA – Maria Kotrotsou, legal advice of the Massachusetts erned by the Greek Government. was soccer, however, which she mother of 17 year-old Mirto Pa - Attorney General’s Office before Bessie Pappas, head of the Greek’s Bank played for eight years, and she padomichelakis, who has been it convenes a general assembly in Hellenic Cardiac Fund, which is did a lot of biking. hospitalized since June at response to Kotrotsou’s demands. connected to the Children’s Hos - “Sports were a big thing but Spaulding Rehabilitation in All of the medical expenses in pital, guaranteed Mitro’s admit - TNH Staff Church was also an important Boston, is demanding funds that the United States, which amount tance into the hospital and the part of our lives,” she said. the Federation of the Hellenic into hundreds of thousands of operation, which will cost ap - NEW YORK – Chicago's Broad - She competed in the Arch - American Societies of New Eng - dollars, are not covered by the proximately $50,000. way Bank, which was owned by diocese’s St. John’s Oratorical land (FHASNE) has raised to Greek government. FHASNE of - Kotrotsou’s attorney sent a let - the family of Alexi Giannoulias Festival and although she never help her daughter. fered to organize a fund drive in ter containing many demands to and the demise of which in made it to the nationals, it was Mirto was brutally attacked in order to help with the purchase FHASNE attorney Demetris Ioan - 2010 contributed to his defeat helpful. “Any type of public summer 2012 by an illegal alien of a special communication de - nidis shortly before the Federa - when he ran for President Eleanna Livaditis, Miss Col - speaking is helpful in all aspects from Pakistan, Ahmed Bakas, vice called the Tobii Speech tion’s Board meeting on January Barack Obama’s U.S. Senate orado USA 2014, after she was while vacationing with her Recognition Device, and also to seat, was weakened by bad crowned. Continued on page 9 mother and her older sister on pay for a major operation she had Continued on page 7 loans to recently murdered Brooklyn developer, Menachem “Max” Stark, according to the New York Post. Stark’s corpse was found in Ex-CEO of AHEPA, AHI, Jewish Orgs on Historic Israel Visit a Great Neck, NY dumpster. The millionaire Hasidic real estate developer was kidnapped days Greek Bank TNH Staff earlier outside his real estate of - fice in Williamsburg. NEW YORK – The American “Two unpaid loans…were Is Arrested Hellenic Educational Progres - among 17 bad bets that spelled sive Association (AHEPA), led $104 million in losses for by Supreme President Anthony Chicago’s Broadway Bank be - In Turkey Kouzounis, the American Hel - fore it was shut down by the lenic Institute (AHI), led by its feds in 2010, court papers ATHENS – Greek prosecutors President, Nick Larigakis, and are trying to sort out what they two American Jewish organiza - Continued on page 9 allege was a bad loan scheme tions, B’nai B’rith International that used the failed state-run and the Conference of Presi - Hellenic Postbank to siphon dents of American Jewish Orga - some 500 million euros ($683.4 nizations, undertook a historic million) to people who didn’t visit to Israel, Cyprus, and Delakas Gets repay it and pocketed millions Greece from January 8 to 15. of the funds. The journey is the latest sign Twenty-five people were ar - of deeper and stronger relations To Keep His rested, including the bank’s for - among those nations and their mer chairman, Angelos Filip - respective Diaspora, and the pidis, who was apprehended in trip’s purpose was to analyze Newsstand Turkey after using his cell phone that strategic and emerging re - repeatedly to phone Greek TV lationship. stations to defend himself. In Israel there was a round - TNH Staff When taken into custody table discussion with ambas - with the help of Turkish police, sadors and several officials from NEW YORK – The City loves a authorities said he had 25,000 the ministry of Foreign Affairs winner, but there is special joy euros and a Swiss residency per - and the delegation also received when “the little guy” fights the mit in his possession. He was a briefing from the Israel De - powerful – including the sup - reported to be surprised at being fense Forces (IDF). TNH STAFF posedly invincible City Hall – arrested, claiming he was ready “The meetings in Israel have The historic trip taken by four of the leading Greek- and Jewish-American organizations began and wins. 64 year-old Jerry De - to fly back to Athens anyway. in Israel, continued in Cyprus, and concluded in Greece. Above, the 15-member delegation de - lakas, the Greek-American news During the calls to Greek me - Continued on page 6 parts from the Presidential Mansion in Athens. Full story on visit to Greece on p. 6. stand owner from Cephalonia is dia he denied any wrongdoing, Gotham’s latest everyman-hero. insisting that he would justify When the TNH visited him “each and every one” of the the evening of January 14, he loans under investigation. was selling lottery tickets and He was to be extradited and Cyprus Jail How Well Do We Know the Parthenon? bantering with neighbors who then to face a magistrate in were happy for him. Athens as officials continued to Ironically, help came ulti - examine the extent of the scan - Suicides; By Constantine S. Sirigos sages in the book is that the mately from City Hall itself. dal that has coincided with a TNH Staff Parthenon’s full significance has In December, a City agency widening probe into bribery and been obscured as a result of the finally put a padlock on the corruption at the defense min - Chief Quits NEW YORK – The title of the frieze’s dismemberment.

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