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Published by the Ukrainian National Association Inc., a fraternal non-profit association Vol. LXXIV HE No.KRAINIAN 48 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 26, 2006 EEKLY$1/$2 in CongressT shows YushchenkoU has lost Ukrainian AmericanW Cultural Center control over Our Ukraine People’s Union of New Jersey holds grand opening by Zenon Zawada ly controls the situation,” said Oles Kyiv Press Bureau Doniy, a Socialist Party member and chair of the Kyiv-based Center for KYIV – Although Political Values Research, which is sup- is still the figurehead of the Our Ukraine’s ported by Ukrainian citizens. People’s Union (OUPU), the political “Though the democratic opposition party’s real leadership demonstrated that personified by Mykola Katerynchuk the Ukrainian president has lost any con- managed to get the majority’s support, trol he ever might have had over the force nonetheless, the ‘nomenklatura’ managed that led the . to stayed in power,” Mr. Doniy added. Three weeks after Mr. Yushchenko The farcical manner in which OUPU called for the party to cleanse its failed has conducted its party congresses leadership in favor of a line-up of fresh revealed a party in deep crisis, spiraling faces, its tight inner circle of wealthy busi- towards rockbottom, political experts nessmen ignored the president’s advice concurred. and successfully fended off any such Three weeks earlier, Mr. Yushchenko attempts at a November 11 party congress. declared that the OUPU was mired in “a This tight circle consists mainly of serious internal crisis,” stating he didn’t OUPU Acting Political Council Chair want the party to become “some kind of Roman Bezsmertnyi; confectionary mag- privately held stock company, where the nate , whose wealth is main stockholders can monopolistically Roma Hadzewycz estimated at $505 million; and Mykola decide what is need for the party.” Martynenko and Oleksander Tretiakov, Following those dramatic words, Mr. Metropolitan Stefan Soroka (center), Archbishop Antony (right) and Bishop Paul who made their millions in fuel and energy. Bezsmertnyi closed the meeting after Chomnycky officiate at the blessing of the new Ukrainian American Cultural As a result, OUPU may continue to only a half-hour and postponed it until Center of New Jersey. lose its relevance in Ukrainian politics as November 11, in what political experts it is now apparent that the party is under described as a political maneuver to by Roma Hadzewycz together with my brother Bishop Antony the control of a tight circle of business- of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church and reassert his grip on power. WHIPPANY, N.J. – Three days of cel- men who demonstrated during the con- The second session of the congress, Bishop Paul Chomnycky of the Stamford gress the extreme lengths they would ebrations marked the grand opening here Eparchy, with the many clergy and reli- meanwhile, was an 11-hour marathon of the new Ukrainian American Cultural take to retain their grip on power. session during which opposing delegates gious, with the very special government “The old party ‘nomenklatura’, the Center of New Jersey – a project years in and civic representatives, with the repre- Poroshenko-Bezsmertnyi group, general- (Continued on page 10) the making that became reality as the edi- sentatives of the many Ukrainian organiza- fice was officially blessed on Saturday, tions who have committed themselves to November 11. be a part of this parish center family, and The center’s dedication was preceded all the faithful here present,” said Ukrainian American community by the blessing a day earlier of the rectory Metropolitan Soroka, addressing the crowd of St. John the Baptist Ukrainian Catholic of hundreds gathered outside the cultural Church, which stands at the entrance to center for its dedication ceremony. remembers the Famine-Genocide the new Ukrainian American community “Today, you and I are celebrating hope complex on North Jefferson Road, just up and confidence in the future of our by Matthew Dubas Ukraine to the United States, also attend- the street from the soon-to-be vacated ed the national observance of the Ukrainian American community in the NEW YORK – St. Patrick Cathedral’s church and parish hall on Route 10. Whippany area of New Jersey. We are mak- Holodomor. He thanked all those who Then, on Sunday, November 12, the center section slowly filled to near capac- came to bow their heads for the deep ing a dramatic statement of hope for our ity with an estimated 2,500 present, on parish witnessed the consecration of its new present and future generations of children, tragedy of those who had been annihilat- temporary church, located inside the cultur- Saturday afternoon, November 18 as the ed by Stalin’s regime of terror. He youth and adults, and for their formation in Ukrainian American community remem- al center building. The temporary church our rich Ukrainian American culture,” emphasized that the Holodomor was an will serve the community until the new St. bered the over 7 million victims of the act of genocide against the Ukrainian emphasized the leader of the Ukrainian John’s Church is built on land situated Famine-Genocide of 1932-1933. Leaders people. Catholic Church in the United States. between the rectory and the cultural center. of the Ukrainian Catholic and Ukrainian Ambassador Shamshur thanked the In turn, Archbishop Antony congratu- It was a historic weekend for the grow- Orthodox Churches, with respective cler- U.S. Congress and President George W. lated the local community for this “new ing Ukrainian community of northern gy, concelebrated a memorial service on Bush for passing and signing into law beginning.” Commenting that the inde- New Jersey, which long ago had out- the occasion of the Holdomor’s 73rd HR 562, authorizing the government of pendence of Ukraine was, in some ways, grown the current church and the adjacent anniversary as members of the Dumka Ukraine to establish a memorial on feder- not good for the Ukrainian community hall in Whippany and which had longed Choir of New York sang the responses. al land in the District of Columbia to outside its borders, he said that Ukraine’s for a center that could accommodate its Metropolitan Constantine of the honor the victims of the Holodomor. independence had resulted in apathy Ukrainian studies school, youth groups Ukrainian Orthodox Church of the Michael Sawkiw, president of the toward our community life here. Today, and dance ensembles, as well as various U.S.A. said that the Ukrainian communi- Ukrainian Congress Committee of Archbishop Antony said, it is obvious ty must remind people that the Ukrainian America, thanked the Ukrainian commu- organizations, ranging from sports clubs “the apathy is fading away.” Famine-Genocide did indeed happen in nity for its participation and read a state- to women’s and professionals’ groups. Next to the hierarchs, beaming, was 1932-1933, despite the contrary writings ment that reminded the international The Ukrainian American Cultural the Very Rev. Mitred Protopresbyter of pro-Soviet propagandist journalists community to work together to prevent Center of New Jersey (UACCNJ) was Roman Mirchuk, pastor of St. John’s, like Walter Duranty. such tragedies in the future. Mr. Sawkiw jointly blessed by Metropolitan- who along with building, fund-raising, Referring to the innocent victims of also thanked the U.S. Congress and Archbishop Stepan Soroka of the construction, financial and other commit- the Famine, the metropolitan said, “We President Bush for HR 562. Additionally, Ukrainian Catholic Church, Archbishop tees of volunteers had shepherded the pray that their souls reside in a place of Mr. Sawkiw read a statement by Antony of the Ukrainian Orthodox project to completion. no more sorrow, no more pain and no President Bush on the 73rd anniversary Church of the U.S.A. and Bishop Paul New Jersey State Assemblyman Joseph more sickness. We pray that their memo- of the Holodomor. (For full text, see page Chomnycky of the Ukrainian Catholic Pennacchio (26th District) pointed to the ries be eternal and that we never forget.” Eparchy of Stamford, Conn. Dr. Oleh Shamshur, ambassador of (Continued on page 3) “What a privilege it is to be here today, (Continued on page 11) 2 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 26, 2006 No. 48

ANALYSIS NEWSBRIEFSNEWSBRIEFS Scherban back home in Ukraine President wants probe into gas company ing by the the previous day, Interfax-Ukraine reported. The – a hot potato for politicians KYIV – President Viktor Yushchenko endorsed bill was drafted by experts from said on November 17 that UkrGazEnergo, the Cabinet of Ministers. Two other bills on by Oleg Varfolomeyev October 2005 he was imprisoned in a company created by RosUkrEnergo and the Cabinet of Ministers, one authored by Eurasia Daily Monitor Florida after his visa expired. He was Naftohaz Ukrayiny to sell imported gas to the president and the other by a group of later released on bail, only to be arrested consumers in Ukraine, has posed a “threat lawmakers, have also been submitted to Former Sumy Oblast Administration again in May of this year. In early 2006, to national security” by refusing to supply Chairmn Volodymyr Scherban has Parliament. “When we are speaking about Kyiv asked Washington to extradite him. gas to 16 major industrial enterprises in the the discussion and passing of the bill on the returned to Ukraine from self-imposed Mr. Scherban returned to Ukraine on country, Interfax-Ukraine reported, quot- exile in the United States. In Ukraine, he Cabinet of Ministers, both the government November 4, and Kyiv police escorted him ing the presidential press service. Mr. and the Verkhovna Rada went about it the is suspected of several crimes, and for to the Procurator General’s Office. The Yushchenko ordered that the Anti- those who helped Viktor Yushchenko wrong way, I believe,” Mr. Yushchenko prosecutors, however, released him almost Monopoly Committee investigate the case said, adding that the issue should be agreed come to power in 2004, Mr. Scherban immediately, as three national deputies and to find out if UkrGazEnergo has vio- epitomizes the corrupt regime of former on by the government, the president and from the Party of the Regions (PRU) of lated anti-monopoly legislation. The the legislature within a working group con- President Leonid Kuchma. Prime Minister Viktor Yanukovych Financial Times on November 18 quoted For many years Mr. Scherban was a sisting of representatives of each branch of vouched for him. Since then, Mr. Scherban Ukrainian energy analyst Volodymyr power. The president added that any member of Mr. Kuchma’s entourage. has given numerous interviews to journal- Saprykin as saying that UkrGazEnergo is Ukraine, however, has changed since early attempt to pass this bill “unilaterally” has ists, denying the accusations against him being used as an instrument to put pressure no prospects. (RFE/RL Newsline) 2005, when Mr. Scherban left Ukraine, and and claiming to be a victim of political per- on Ukrainian industrial giants in order to now he hopes he will not be punished. His secution. Despite Mr. Scherban’s release, compel them “to fall under the ownership Foreign, defense ministers questioned tarnished reputation, however, may prompt however, no case against him has been of Russian companies, possibly even his former allies to shun him, and his return closed, and the investigation is continuing. Gazprom affiliates.” (RFE/RL Newsline) KYIV – Foreign Minister Borys to politics remains highly questionable. President Yushchenko expressed his dis- Tarasyuk and Defense Minister Anatolii Mr. Scherban was governor (the wide- agreement with Mr. Scherban’s release, say- Liberalization of housing sector urged Hrytsenko delivered reports in the ly used title for chair of the oblast admin- ing that the deputies’ vouching for him was Verkhovna Rada on November 15 on their istration) of Sumy in 1999-2005, with a “a dubious gesture.” He warned them of KYIV – President Viktor Yushchenko Cabinet performance, as they were short break in 2002. He fled to the United possible negative consequences to their rep- said at a meeting of the National Security requested to do by Parliament last month, States in April 2005 “so as not to be utation. Mr. Scherban said that he returned and Defense Council (NSDC) in Kyiv on Ukrainian media reported. Lawmakers lynched” by Orange Revolution activists to Ukraine voluntarily, but Mr. Yushchenko November 17 that the housing and utilities from the ruling coalition of the Party of the in Kyiv, as he recently explained. Shortly maintained that Mr. Scherban’s case was sector in Ukraine is in a profound crisis Regions, the Socialist Party and the after his departure, Ukrainian prosecutors “the expulsion of an individual suspected of and this poses a threat to national security, Communist Party criticized Ministers accused him of election fraud, extortion, serious criminal offenses,” and expressed Interfax-Ukraine reported. “The technical Tarasyuk and Hrytsenko for what they saw tax evasion and abuse of office. his gratitude to the U.S. government for state of major assets of housing companies as their unsatisfactory work and negli- In July 2005 he unsuccessfully applied is critical; the efficiency of technological gence in office. The Verkhovna Rada (Continued on page 14) for asylum in the United States, and in processes in the sector is still low; it is tra- failed to pass any resolution on either min- ditionally unprofitable and the process to ister during its morning sitting. Messrs. liberalize utility tariffs is very politicized,” Tarasyuk and Hrytsenko were nominated Kyiv sends mixed signals he said. “In fact, the state is a monopolistic to their Cabinet posts by President Viktor owner of the services. It limits options that Yushchenko. (RFE/RL Newsline) businesspeople can offer more efficiently,” on Odesa-Brody oil pipeline the president added. According to the Rada delays decision on two ministers website, Prime by Vladimir Socor pany Naftohaz Ukrainy to reach an agree- Minister Viktor Yanukovych and KYIV – The Verkhovna Rada on Eurasia Daily Monitor ment with Kazakhstan until 2008 for oil Verkhovna Rada Chairman Oleksander November 15 backed away from a motion supplies to an Odesa-Brody-Plock pipeline Moroz quit the NSDC meeting to protest to fire Foreign Affairs Minister Borys On November 15, Prime Ministers Viktor and to seek financing for the extension to what they reportedly saw as the president’s Tarasyuk and Defense Minister Anatolii Yanukovych of Ukraine and Jaroslaw Plock from the European Bank for meddling with the Cabinet’s prerogatives. Hrytsenko and postponed its decision on the Kaczynski of Poland announced that they Reconstruction and Development and the (RFE/RL Newsline) issue by two weeks, Ukrainian media report- would support building an extension of the European Investment Bank. ed. Earlier the same day, Ministers Tarasyuk Odesa-Brody oil pipeline westward, to the And, on November 13, Mr. Yanukovych Yushchenko to veto bill on Cabinet and Hrytsenko, who were nominated for Kralupy refinery in the Czech Republic. The had received Kazakhstan’s ambassador in their posts by President Viktor Yushchenko, KYIV – President Viktor Yushchenko announcement implicitly changes the origi- Kyiv, Amangeldy Zhumabayev, to discuss delivered reports on their work to the told journalists in Kyiv on November 17 nal intention to extend that pipeline north- Kazakhstan’s possible participation in Verkhovna Rada and responded to accusa- that he will veto the bill on the Cabinet of ward to Poland’s refining center at Plock extending the Odesa-Brody pipeline into Ministers that was passed in the first read- (Continued on page 8) and potentially farther to Gdansk. Poland. Underscoring the project’s signifi- Mr. Yanukovych proposed the change cance, Mr. Yanukovych proposed that the during Mr. Kaczynski’s visit to Ukraine, two sides jointly build and operate the and the Polish prime minister indicated extension to Plock. FOUNDED 1933 his acceptance after a detailed discussion. Further mixing its signals, Ukraine’s Stunning perhaps to the public in both Cabinet of Ministers also approved on HE KRAINIAN EEKLY TAn English-languageU newspaperW published by the Ukrainian National Association Inc., countries, the change had recently been November 8 the contents of a proposal to considered by decision-makers in Kyiv. a non-profit association, at 2200 Route 10, P.O. Box 280, Parsippany, NJ 07054. be submitted to to connect Brody Yearly subscription rate: $55; for UNA members — $45. 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30thby Olenaanniversary Labunka More of than Ukrainian 50 attended the anniver- Helsinki Group marked in Kyiv Special to The Ukrainian Weekly sary, among them 12 of the original 41 Helsinki Group members. KYIV – Ukrainian Helsinki Group For the event, Mr. Ovsienko and Osyp members and their supporters commem- Zinkewych, of the formerly U.S.-based orated the 30th year anniversary of the Smoloskyp, which published dissident group’s founding with a special gather- documents, presented a new publication, ing held on November 10 at the “Ukrayinska Helsinska Hrupa” Smoloskyp publishing house in Kyiv. (Ukrainian Helsinki Group). The Ukrainian Helsinki Group (UHG) The book discusses the Ukranian was founded November 9, 1976, as a Helsinki Group’s formation, and includes means for Ukrainian dissidents to unite key documents, biographies, photo- and form a legal front in their struggle graphs and articles about the group’s for basic human rights in the USSR. activity in Ukraine and in the West, par- “For the first time after decades of ticularly Washington. repression, such a small group of The Ukrainian Helsinki Group was a Ukrainian intelligentsia organized and direct result of an attempt by Western told the world about their own people’s nations to apply pressure to the Soviet lack of liberty and lack of rights,” said Union. Vasyl Ovsienko, a dissident and human During the Cold War, representatives rights activist who joined the group in from the , the U.S., Canada 1978. “In this sense, the Helsinki move- and 33 European states, met in Helsinki, ment was much more important for Finland, and on August 1, 1975, signed Olena Labunka Ukraine than those peoples who had the Final Act of the Conference on their own nationhood.” Security and Cooperation in Europe. Smoloskyp Director Osyp Zinkevych addresses a gathering in Kyiv marking the With regard to human rights, the 30th anniversary of the Ukrainian Helsinki Group’s founding. Helsinki Accords required the USSR to abide by the December 10, 1948, United Helsinki members said. declared November 9, 1982, the Day of Quotable notes Nations Universal Declaration of Human Mr. Zinkewych created the Helsinki the Ukrainian Helsinki Group. “ … Ukraine belongs in NATO; Rights. Guarantes for Ukraine committee in The Helsinki Group veterans who there’s never been any doubt about Among the most important human Washington on November 17, 1976. addressed the 30th anniversary gathering that, from a strategic point of view. rights documents of the 20th century, the At its peak, the Ukrainian Helsinki expressed their disappointment with the It’s the big player, the most signifi- Helsinki Accords opened up legal Group had 41 members, all of whom apathy and indifference among cant part of the former Soviet Union avenues for dissidents behind the Iron became familiar with persecution, Ukrainians today. that should be a part of Europe. Curtain to fight against human rights arrests, forced psychiatric confinement “Those who began acting in the 1950s “It is also very clear, particularly violations and to speak out for national and imprisonment in response to their and 1960s didn’t get discouraged, even since the Orange Revolution, that rights. advocacy of human and national rights. though they were only a handful,” said Ukraine is a democracy, in fact, a Within months, Ukrainian dissidents Ukrainians were at the forefront of the Mykhailo Horyn, a former Soviet politi- vibrant democracy. As we have seen formed a committee to monitor compli- freedom movement among the nations of cal prisoner. “We need to continue creat- recently, the process of building ance with the Helsinki Accords and the USSR. Helsinki groups soon appeared ing the Ukrainian nation and assisting in democratic institutions can be turbu- began to document human rights viola- in Lithuania in November 1976, Georgia its rebirth.” lent, full of unexpected reversals and tions. in January 1977 and Armenia in April 1. Freedom of speech is the most impor- twists and turns. Nonetheless, the More than a year later, 10 Ukrainian The Moscow Helsinki Group was formed tant freedom achieved since the Soviet people of Ukraine on the maidan dissidents representing all corners of the in May 1976. Union’s fall, Mr. Ovsienko said. [Independence Square] have country – Oles Berdnyk, Petro The UHG was eventually recognized “Appreciate it and don’t betray our emphatically embraced democracy Grigorenko, Ivan Kandyba, Levko by President Ronald Reagan, who accomplishment,” he told the gathering. as their system of governance. Lukianenko, Oksana Meshko, Mykola “Over the past two years, the peo- Matusevych, Myroslav Marynovych, ple have been struggling with their Oleksii Tykhy, Nina Strokata and commemorates with the Ukrainian com- leaders, with the choice of leaders, Mykola Rudenko (chairman) – formally Ukrainian American community... munity today.” and how those leaders should launched the Ukrainian Helsinki Group. (Continued from page 1) Oksana Hucul, 25, of New York, com- respond to their wishes. Their wish- To implement the Helsinki Accords, 3.) menting on the low turnout of youth said, es, of course, were made very clear the group sought to make society famil- Bishop Paul Chomnycky of the “This is an impressive gathering of on the maidan and the program that iar with the Universal Declaration of Ukrainian Catholic Church’s Stamford Ukrainians, but on such an occasion, this Ukraine’s leaders ought to follow Human Rights, to support freer exchange Eparchy compared the systematic star- is a typical representation of youth.” was made very clear on the maidan. of information and to attain accreditation vation of Ukrainians in 1932-1933 Lubomyr Ivasiv, 24, originally from “The problem has been for the for foreign journalists in Ukraine. under Joseph Stalin to the biblical story Lviv, Ukraine, commented, “I came here institutions of governance, particular- The UHG accepted written complaints of the slaughter of the innocents in to commemorate my relatives who were ly the newly forming political parties, about violations of human rights in Bethlehem under King Herod. Bishop victims of the Holodomor. This obser- to translate the will of the people into Ukraine and passed this information on Chomnycky said, “the whole world vance connects us as a community, even meaningful political action. …” to foreign mass media and national gov- ernments. It also published memoranda, – William Miller, former U.S. manifests and appeals. ambassador to Ukraine, in his The human rights cause was directly opening remarks at Ukraine’s Quest related to the struggle for Ukrainian President’s statement on Holodomor for Mature Nation Statehood independence. The UHG managed to set Below is the full text of the message ful example that nations grow to Roundtable VII: Ukraine and NATO Ukraine’s national interests in the con- issued by President George W. Bush on strength not through conquest or tyran- Membership, October 17. text of human rights and to raise the the occasion of the 73rd anniversary of ny, but by respecting the rights of citi- Ukrainian issue on the world stage, the Famine-Genocide in Ukraine. The zens and allowing the talents and gifts statement was read on Saturday, of people to flourish. November 18, at the memorial gather- The United States is prepared to ing held at St. Patrick’s Cathedral in stand with the citizens of a free Ukraine Yanukovych to visit U.S. on December 3-7 New York. and to call their nation a friend. In October, I signed legislation authoriz- by Zenon Zawada ing for World Trade Organization entry,” Seventy-three years ago, the world ing a memorial in Washington, D.C., to Kyiv Press Bureau Mr. Taylor told Dyelo in an article pub- witnessed horrific human suffering honor the victims of the man-made lished on November 21. and deprivation in Ukraine when mil- famine that took place in Ukraine dur- KYIV – Ukrainian Prime Minister Vice-President Cheney will discuss lions died as the result of Soviet crop ing 1932 and 1933. A memorial in the Viktor Yanukovych will visit the United with Mr. Yanukovych developing the seizures. On this solemn anniversary, I American capital will stand as a tribute States between December 3 and 7, U.S. Black Sea shelf, a matter he is particu- join Americans and people everywhere to those who suffered from communist Ambassador to Ukraine William Taylor larly interested in, said Ambassador in remembering the victims of this oppression and a reminder that the love told Dyelo, Kyiv’s Russian-language Taylor. atrocity. of freedom outlasts the will of tyranny. daily business newspaper. He also said U.S. officials are particu- Today, Ukraine has taken important This anniversary is an opportunity to Mr. Yanukovych is scheduled to meet larly alarmed by Ukraine’s introduction steps forward to embrace democracy reflect on a sad chapter in human histo- with Vice-President Dick Cheney but of restrictions on grain exports. If the and improve the lives of its people. As ry and honor the lives lost to the injus- won’t have time to meet with U.S. problem isn’t resolved by December, it Ukrainians take time during this obser- tice of a totalitarian regime. Let us also President George W. Bush, Mr. Taylor will receive particular attention during vance to reflect on darker days, I celebrate the cause of liberty and said, explaining that foreign prime minis- the visit, Ambassador Taylor added. encourage them also to celebrate their resolve anew to claim a future of hope ters meet with the vice-president as part U.S. officials will also discuss recent progress and look to their prom- and dignity for all. of U.S. government protocol. Ukraine’s prospects for joining the North ising future with confidence. The dem- May God bless you. “Firstly, Washington officials will be Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO), ocratic process in Ukraine is a power- George W. Bush interested in Ukraine’s success in prepar- said the U.S. envoy. 4 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 26, 2006 No. 48

Ukrainian American Veterans hold 59th national convention by Atanas Kobryn made all out-of-town veterans, their spous- es and guests feel at home. WARREN, Mich. – Ukrainian On the eve of the convention, American veterans from all over the Thursday, September 7, the national exec- country were welcomed earlier this utive board met to go over unfinished month by their comrades in Warren, business and to approve the convention’s Mich., members of UAV Michigan Post agenda and convention committee chairs. 101 headed by Lt. Col. Oleh R. Cieply. The meeting was chaired by National They held their 59th National Convention Commander Anna Krawczuk. which included, among other important Mrs. Krawczuk called the 59th events, the election of national executive National Convention to order at 10 a.m., board officers for the 2006-2008 term. Friday, September 8, in the St. Josaphat Post 101 members are experienced in Banquet Center. The reports of national hosting national conventions, because this executive board officers – Finance was the fourth national convention held Officer Wasyl Liscynesky, Quartermaster there. Post Commander and Convention Stephen Kostecki, Welfare Officer Committee Chairman Cieply, members of Myroslaw Pryjma and Scholarship the Convention Committee, post members, Officer Nicholas Skirka – began after the and members of the Post’s Ladies Auxiliary traditional opening ceremonies, the roll call, quorum verification, and appoint- Atanas Kobryn is past national com- ment of Acting Adjutant Michael Convention delegates at Warren’s monument to Ukrainian veterans. mander of the Ukrainian American Demchuk to record the proceedings of Veterans. the convention. National Commander Krawczuk Service Officer Hlynsky, Welfare Officer reported on UAV Registration Project Pryjma (Post 101), Scholarship Officer and the National Memorial Committee, Skirka (Post 301, Yonkers, N.Y.), and read the written reports of Vice- Historian Luchkiw (Post 19, Spring Commander Walter Mychajliw, Adjutant Valley, N.Y.), and Public Relations Walter Bodnar, Historian Vasyl Luchkiw, Officer Bernard Krawczuk (Post 30, and Public Relations Officer Michael Freehold.) Wowk, who were unable to attend the The Nominating Committee also rec- convention due to health and other rea- ommended and the delegates approved sons. the appointment of Lt. Cmdr. Andrey Mrs. Krawczuk also reported that Swystun, U.S. Navy (Ret.) of Norfolk, UAV Post 14 of Hartford, Conn., was Va., as acting webmaster. The UAV By- reactivated under the leadership of Post Laws stipulate that national adjutant is Commander Lt. Col. Wiroslaw J. appointed by the national commander, Snihurowych, U.S. Army (Ret.). Post 41 subject to the national executive board’s was founded in Los Angeles and is head- approval. ed by Post Commander Gregory The Post 101 Convention Committee’s Sachnewycz. Also, a new UAV Post, No. hospitality will be remembered for a long 42, is being formed in Lehigh Valley. time. The hosts also treated the conven- Additional information about the tion attendees to a sumptuous buffet with National Memorial and the formation of refreshments, and a concert of American Post 42 came from Immediate Past military and popular Ukrainian songs on The leadership of the Ukrainian American Veterans, with National Commander National Commander (PNC) Mathew Friday evening, September 8. Anna Krawczuk (front row, right). Koziak, co-chair of the UAV National All attendees had a wonderful time by Memorial Committee. joining the performers in the sing-along. Following the discussion and approval The Post 101 Ladies Auxiliary under the of the national executive officers’ reports, direction of Alberta Cieply conducted the Convention Committee chairs pre- two raffles during the evening, which OBITUARY: Bernard Korchinski,100, sented their reports and recommenda- resulted in a significant enhancement of tions for convention’s approval: By-Laws the UAV National Scholarship Fund. – Mr. Demchuk, Chaplain/Service Two lucky raffle winners (Stefan community leader, provincial legislator Fedenko and Mr. Kobryn) also donated REGINA, Saskatchewan – Bernard the Ukrainian Catholic Youth; and a long- Officer – Dorothy Budacki, Finance – all their winnings to the fund. Leo Korchinski, a well-known Ukrainian time scoutmaster. Mr. Liscynesky, Historian/Archives and The traditional convention banquet, community leader who was a founding In addition, he wrote articles for the UAV National Monument – PNC Koziak, hosted by Post 101, was held in the St. member of the Ukrainian Canadian Ukrainski Visti newspaper in Edmonton, Membership – PNC Eugene Sagasz, Josaphat Banquet Center, on Saturday, Congress and a former member of the specializing in topics of interest to youth, Public Relations/Federal Charter – Col. September 9. Saskatchewan Legislative Assembly, and authored the book “Pioneer Bishop” Leonid Kondratiuk, Quartermaster – Mr. Approximately 220 guests were wel- died on October 13. He was 100. about the first Ukrainian Catholic bishop Kostecki, Resolution, – PNC Atanas comed by Lt. Col. Cieply, rose for the Born on December 25, 1905, in in Canada, Nykyta Budka. Kobryn, Scholarship – Mr. Skirka, presentation of colors and the singing of Beaver Hills, Saskatchewan, he was the He was named to the Order of the Website and Tribune – NC Krawczuk, national anthems, and then attentively fifth of 13 children of Lev and Pauline Knights of St. Volodymyr in recognition and Welfare – Mr. Pryjma. listened to a tribute to MIAs and POWs (Hryciw), who had emigrated to Canada of his service to the Ukrainian Catholic The convention delegates also heard by Mr. Cionka, Post 101 service officer. in June of that year. Brotherhood of Canada. reports of by Convention Chairman Following the introduction of distin- A graduate of St. Joseph’s College in Mr. Korchinski was the first president Cieply, Convention Banquet Chair guished guests, UAV past national com- Yorkton, Saskatchewan, Mr. Korchinski of the Saskatchewan Provincial Council Myroslaw Pryjma and the Convention manders and local dignitaries by Lt. Col. was a teacher for 39 years in various of the Ukrainian Canadian Congress and Journal Committee Chair Leo Cionka. Cieply and the formal installation of communities in the province, including was on the UCC’s national executive, On deliberations on Saturday, national executive board officers con- Ituna, Holdfast, Hafford, Rama, Speers serving as secretary. The UCC awarded September 9, started at 9 a.m. with the ducted by PNC Eugene Sagasz, National and Regina. him the prestigious Shevchenko Medal. meeting of the Nominating Committee Commander Krawczuk and UAV Ladies He was also a Liberal member of the The UCC’s Saskatchewan Provincial (past national commanders, state and post Auxiliary President Oksana Koziak Council presented him its Nation commanders) chaired by PNC Kobryn, provincial legislature for two terms addressed the gathering. At the conclu- Builders Award in November 2000. member and past post commander of (1948-1952, 1956-1960); served as the sion of her remarks Mrs. Koziak present- UAV Pvt. Roman G. Lazor Post 40 in provincial director of the Emergency In 2005 he received the Centennial Medal ed Mrs. Krawczuk a total of $1,100 North Port, Fla. At the conclusion of the Measures Organization; and was a judge from the Commonwealth Parliamentary raised by the UAV National Ladies Nominating Committee meeting Mr. of the Saskatchewan Citizenship Court. Association. It is noteworthy that he was Auxiliary toward the UAV Scholarship Kobryn presented the committee’s report During World War II, Mr. Korchinski born in that same year that Saskatchewan and Welfare funds. and conducted the election of national served in the Royal Canadian Air Force. became a province of Canada. The highlight of the evening was the Among the Ukrainian organizations in Mr. Korchinski was predeceased by his executive board officers. address of Col. Leonid Kondratiuk, U.S. which he was active was the Ukrainian wife, Slawka (née Marak), his parents, seven Mrs. Krawczuk, member of Major Army (Ret.). Col. Kondratiuk, a member National Association. Mr. Korchinski brothers, and four sisters. Surviving are: his Myron Diduryk Post 30 of Freehold, N.J. of UAV Nikolaus Zozula Post 31 of attended all UNA conventions between brother Bonace; four children, Bernadine, was unanimously re-elected national Boston, served on active duty primarily 1970 and 1994, and served on the Leslie and Barry Korchinski, and Linda commander. as a military historian. His assignments Credentials Committee in 1978 and 1982. Weimer; 11 grandchildren; 21 great-grand- Other elected or re-elected officers are included serving as a historian at the U.S. He was a member of UNA Branch 421 children; and five great-great-grandchildren; as follows: Vice-Commander Paul J. Army Center of Military History and the and was the longtime branch secretary. and as many nieces and nephews. Hlynsky (Post 28, Akron, Ohio), Finance National Guard Bureau as the chief of Mr. Korchinski was also a member of the The funeral liturgy was offered on Officer Liscynesky (Post 24, Cleveland), historical services. Knights of Columbus; a founding member October 19 at St. Athanasius Church in Judge Advocate Demchuk (Post 24), Col. Kondratiuk, a graduate of the of the Ukrainian Catholic Brotherhood, St. Regina. Interment was at Riverside Quartermaster Kostecki (Post 31, Athanasius Ukrainian Catholic Church and Memorial Park, also in Regina. 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The Ukrainian Weekly editor-in-chief addresses audience in Warren by Alexander Serafyn who underscored the speaker’s UNA connections, journalistic qualifications WARREN, Mich. – “The Ukrainian and community involvement. Press in America: Do We Need It?” was Ms. Hadzewycz began her presenta- the topic addressed by the editor-in-chief tion with a capsule history of The of The Ukrainian Weekly, Roma Ukrainian Weekly, the first issue of Hadzewycz, during a speech here on which was published in 1933, by noting Sunday, October 29. The meeting was that during its 73 years of service it has sponsored jointly by the local chapter of covered myriad developments within the the Shevchenko Scientific Society and Ukrainian community in the United the Detroit District Committee of the States and Canada, U.S., Canadian and Ukrainian National Association. other international developments that The meeting was opened by Dr. Paul affect Ukraine and Ukrainians, and the Dzul, president of the local chapter of the major news from Ukraine. Shevchenko Scientific Society. She praised the visionaries of the Ms. Hadzewycz was welcomed by a Ukrainian National Association who former colleague from the Svoboda edi- brought the paper into existence, and torial board, Wolodymyr Lewenetz, on noted that The Weekly was born with a behalf of the Ukrainian Cultural Center, dual mission: to tell the world the truth where her presentation took place, as about the Great Famine then raging in well as by him personally, speaking for Ukraine and to keep a new generation of his family. Ukrainian Americans involved in the Mr. Lewenetz said that Ms. Ukrainian community. Hadzewycz and The Ukrainian Weekly She underscored that The Weekly The Ukrainian Weekly Editor-in-Chief Roma Hadzewycz (second from right) in under her stewardship defend the high “was a pioneer in propagating the idea Warren, Mich., with UNA and Shevchenko Scientific Society leaders (from left) moral and ethical values without which that one did not have to speak, read and Lubomyr Hewko, Dr. Alexander Serafyn, Lidia Kizyma and Dr. Paul Dzul. neither political unity nor national identi- write Ukrainian to be Ukrainian, that ty are possible, let alone the creation of what mattered most was what was in healthy political structure of a nation. one’s heart and mind.” time when Ukraine could not speak for The paper is read by the members of Mr. Lewenetz continued. “The subject In its premiere issue, as well as in the itself,” Ms. Hadzewycz stated. Congress and other policy-makers in of Ms Hadzewycz’s presentation is, with- future ones, the paper informed the world The Weekly also defended Ukrainian Washington and elsewhere, the speaker out a doubt, very timely. Mass media are about the genocidal Famine, about purges displaced persons and refugees, it report- continued. It is an important source of powerful tools of every nation. Let’s use of the Ukrainian intelligentsia, the ed on the persecution of Ukrainian reliable information for these and other them to help solve many problems in our Chornobyl tragedy, the demise of the human and national rights activists; it readers, including researchers and the community and in Ukraine that need our Soviet Union and the proclamation of was a crusader, like its sister-publication, news media. Also noteworthy is The urgent attention.” Ukraine’s independence. Throughout its Svoboda, for the erection of the Taras Ukrainian Weekly’s website, which Ms. Hadzewycz was then introduced history The Ukrainian Weekly informed Shevchenko Monument in Washington includes a wealth of archival material. by Dr. Alexander Serafyn, president of the world about all that was happening in and the establishment of chairs of During its entire existence the paper the UNA’s Detroit District Committee, Ukraine. “It was the voice of Ukraine at a Ukrainian studies at Harvard University. promoted and defended countless In 1983, on the occasion of the 50th Ukrainian causes, Ms. Hadzewycz said. anniversary of the Famine, The Therefore, history proves that, yes, our Ukrainian Weekly published a book titled community does need the Ukrainian “The Great Famine in Ukraine: The press. Brooklyn Ukrainian Group releases Unknown Holocaust” and a special edi- Ms. Hadzewycz’s presentation was tion of the newspaper. The Weekly was received very enthusiastically by the in the forefront of the campaign that led audience, which then posed questions calendar to raise funds for Soyuzivka to the establishment of the U.S. and offered comments on the day’s topic. PARSIPPANY, N.J. – Thanks to the All proceeds from sales of the limited- Commission on the Ukraine Famine, Ms. Dr. Jaroslaw Sawka reminded the efforts of the Brooklyn Ukrainian Group, a edition calendar will benefit the Hadzewycz related. speaker that The Weekly also was key in wall calendar for 2007 will be sold to ben- Soyuzivka Heritage Foundation. To maintain close contact with calling for the revocation of Walter efit the Ukrainian National Association’s The cost of the calendar is $12, plus Ukraine and to report the latest news Duranty’s Pulitzer Prize, in reporting on estate, the beloved Soyuzivka. $1.35 shipping; checks should be made first-hand, the Kyiv Press Bureau was the John Demjanjuk case, and in fighting Members of the Brooklyn Ukrainian payable to Ukrainian National opened in 1991 – more than seven for a retraction of the slanderous CBS Group (BUG) gathered photos of the Foundation – Soyuzivka Fund. months before the proclamation of “60 Minutes” report about Ukraine titled resort and worked with Peter Fil from (Additional donations are appreciated.) Ukraine’s independence. In the almost 16 “The Ugly Face of Freedom.” Bulava Promotions to create the wall cal- Orders should be sent to Soyuzivka years since the bureau was opened, its Closing the meeting, Dr. Dzul thanked endar. Calendar 2007, c/o Olesia Guran, 216 correspondents have reported on the participants for attending and invited BUG is an organization of Ukrainians Foordmoore Road, P.O. Box 529, unprecedented events in Ukraine, Ms. all to continue the dialogue over coffee from Brooklyn and beyond that is active Kerhonkson, N.Y. 12446. Hadzewycz pointed out. and sweets. in promoting Ukrainian arts and culture, The calendar is available also at the plus camaraderie. BUG members Olesia Soyuzivka gift shop. Guran, Ruta Lew, Maya Lew, Paul Mulyk, Brandon Nohr, IN MEMORIAM Dianna Shmerykowsky, Marco Shmerykowsky and Francis Samu contributed Archbishop Stephen Bilak their photos of Soyuzivka August 17, 1917 – November 10, 2006 scenes for the color calendar. Maya Lew, it should be The Executive Committee of the Ukrainian National Association noted, was elected a UNA regrets to announce to the members of the General Assembly and to advisor at the association’s the UNA membership at large that His Eminence Archbishop Stephen most recent convention, Bilak, Honorary Member of the General Assembly, and member of the which was held in May at UNA Auditing Committee from 1978 to 1990, died on Friday, Soyuzivka. November 10, 2006. Mr. Fil is the son of UNA Advisor Nicholas Fil of Latham, N.Y. His business, The Executive Committee and the entire UNA membership wish to Bulava Promotions, is based The cover of the Soyuzivka Heritage Foundation express their deepest and sincerest sympathy to his daughter Irene and in New Britain, Conn. calendar for 2007. her husband Valerii Lavruk, and the U.S. and Canadian parishes of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church – Kyiv Patriarchate

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LETTERS TO THE EDITOR HE KRAINIAN EEKLY T U W Uzbekistan” before dashing off such A new beginning in northern New Jersey provocative less-than-half-truths. Re: Ukrainians Then, we get another of Dr. Kuropas’ Three days in November, the 10th, 11th and 12th of 2006, will no doubt be at Auschwitz carefully crafted but slippery moments. written down in the history of the Ukrainian American community as the dates Dear Editor: “Personally, I have no problem with the when our community in northern New Jersey took a giant step forward as it cele- Re: “Ukrainian World Congress way we treat terrorists captured in battle brated the grand opening of a new community complex anchored by the appeal to Yushchenko regarding the or while in the process of committing Ukrainian American Cultural Center of New Jersey. museum at Auschwitz-Birkenau” crimes against humanity.” This comes as It is a huge step from the first days of the Ukrainian community in these parts, (October 22), we are very pleased to see a response in large part to Mr. Bihun’s where in 1920 a small group of immigrants from the Lemko region of Ukraine the World Congress of Ukrainians fol- concerns about what’s going on with the decided to build their own spiritual-cultural center – a church. Yet, it must be lowing in the footsteps of the Ukrainian Guantanamo detainees. Does your underscored that each generation here has built on the success of its predecessors. Canadian Civil Liberties Association. columnist willfully ignore substantial “Today, you and I are celebrating hope and confidence in the future of our On November 6, 2002, the UCCLA findings that significant numbers of Ukrainian American community in the Whippany area of New Jersey. We are asked Poland’s State Museum of those detained were indiscriminately making a dramatic statement of hope for our present and future generations of Auschwitz-Birkenau to allow us to scooped up in Afghanistan and Pakistan children, youth and adults, and for their formation in our rich Ukrainian unveil a commemorative plaque there, by bounty hunters; that for real numbers American culture,” said Ukrainian Catholic Metropolitan-Archbishop Stepan hallowing the memory of the thousands among the Gitmo detainees even the Soroka, speaking at the dedication of the Ukrainian American Cultural Center of of Ukrainians interned in the Nazi con- authorities admit they now have no New Jersey, located in the heart of Morris County. centration camps. indictable evidence; that the possibilities Archbishop Antony of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church of the U.S.A. called it Unfortunately, the museum’s adminis- of the U.S.A.’s mistakenly keeping and “a new beginning” which demonstrates that “the apathy [that had characterized tration has not evidenced much sympa- torturing individuals there are greater our community life] is fading away,” thy for this proposal, although we did than Ukraine’s soon becoming a truly Father Roman Mirchuk, pastor of St. John the Baptist Ukrainian Catholic Church, learn from the head of the archives, Dr. European country? stressed that the cultural center’s opening “exemplified cooperation between the Piotr Setkiewicz, that a study on the Dr. Kuropas wails: “Should these mur- community and the church … which worked together to realize this dream” “story of the so-called ‘Bandera group’ derers now be read their Miranda rights on It is “the fulfillment of the vision for a strong and vibrant Ukrainian American prisoners who were deported to the battlefield?” Why would such a bright community not only for ourselves, but also for future generations,” said Orest Auschwitz for their activity for an inde- Ukrainian American utter such mob-incit- Kucyna, parish trustee and construction chairman. “It was gratifying to see the looks pendent Ukrainian state” was being pre- ing stupidity? Why would The Ukrainian on people’s faces as they entered the [cultural center] building for the first time.” pared by Dr. Adam Cyra. Weekly editors not finally ask this senior And a group of Plast youths and their counselor, who stopped by the new Unfortunately, we have never been columnist to dedicate the rest of his pro- UACCNJ on their way back from the annual Orlykiada competition (they’d able to locate a copy of that report. duction to output he really shines at: great missed the weekend’s grand opening events), put it most succinctly: “Awesome!” Perhaps one can be secured through the reviews of movies like “My Big Fat Greek Awesome is also how one could describe the responsibility that comes with good offices of the , Wedding,” and nifty reminiscences of old this new center. Viktor Yushchenko? Soyuzivka, and of wooing his wife. No The Ukrainian community members who came out for the dedication events joke. Those were great. were abuzz with excitement over this beautiful new addition to our community Lubomyr Luciuk, Ph.D. Matthew-Daniel Stremba life. But much remains to be done, beginning with paying off the $3.9 million Kingston, Ontario Baltimore, Md. mortgage on the property and continuing until the new St. John’s Church is built adjacent to the center to serve the growing community’s spiritual needs. The letter-writer is director of Mr. Kucyna emphasized that approximately 85 families had played a key research for the Ukrainian Canadian financial role in getting the cultural center project to this point. “Now is the time Civil Liberties Association. for others to step up to the plate,” he said, adding, “There’s some momentum Kupchinsky’s view now, with the center’s gala opening, and we need to take advantage of that.” He explained that it is crucial for others to sign up as members of the facility and in most enjoyable Dear Editor: doing so provide financial support for the cultural center that will serve them, Kuropas: there I thoroughly enjoyed Roman their children and their children’s children for many years to come. Kupchinsky’s “pessimistic view” of the Victor Hatala, the chairman of the UACCNJ board of directors, which encom- he goes again Ukraine-NATO saga (News and Views, passes the center’s member-organizations, described the board’s role as leading Dear Editor: November 12 perhaps because his take efforts “to transform this beautiful building into a place that houses and fosters Once again, your veteran columnist on the issue also reflects, for the most vibrant cultural, educational and sports programs for all the members of our hro- Myron Kuropas indulges in his slippery part, my own views. Besides, there is mada: youngsters, students, young adults, seniors, immigrants…” stuff. In the October 29 issue he took on great entertainment value in the piece. Indeed, the new center has much to offer: a banquet hall/ballroom, a gymnasi- Yaro Bihun’s alarm about the current Mr. Kupchinsky may well be right in his um, meeting rooms and classrooms, a library, kitchen facilities and a social club. U.S. administration’s botched job of gov- estimation of NATO as a collective defense In short, it is designed to meet all the needs of our diverse community. erning. At the same time Dr. Kuropas organization; it may well be, as Paris If you build it, they will come… That is the hope of the community leaders also takes on George Soros. Hilton might say, like so 10 years ago. behind the Ukrainian American Cultural Center of New Jersey. For Dr. Kuropas, Mr. Soros’ whole However, NATO may have some The welcome mat has been put out. Now it’s time for others to visit, to use role in current events is that of some rich redeeming features insofar as Ukraine is and enjoy this center, and to join its growing ranks of members and supporters. leftist who invested considerable funds concerned. for the opposition in our 2004 presiden- First, being accepted into the alliance tial election. Mr. Soros, let me remind may do something for Ukraine’s self- Dr. Kuropas is a richer personality than esteem, given that NATO membership is Dec. that. Compounding his ignorance, Dr. viewed by former members of the so- Turning the pages back... Kuropas embarrassingly characterizes called Socialist Commonwealth like the Open Society Institute (OSI) as some Poland or Hungary as a form of recogni- 1 “anti-Bush organization.” Good grief. tion and acceptance by the “civilized” That that might be the defining feature West. I suspect that when the former East 1956 It was 50 years ago that The Weekly reported on the appoint- of OSI would surprise many valiant non- European countries were falling over ment of Canada’s first Ukrainian Catholic metropolitan. Americans whose democracy-building each other to join the alliance in the On November 18, 1956, by Vatican decree, as announced free-market-dedicated NGOs were able 1990s they were doing so in no small by the papal nuncio in Ottawa, Bishop Maxim Hermaniuk of to get organized, registered and operating measure in order to distance themselves Winnipeg took ecclesiastical command of 500 Ukrainian Canadian parishes. Bishop in their native lands because of work- from Moscow and forcefully declare to Hermaniuk was the first metropolitan in the Ukrainian Catholic Church ever to hold shops and funding grants from this very anyone who would listen that they were this high office outside of Ukraine. Several Orthodox metropolitans in various nation- Soros organization. When the post- not “Soviet people,” but Europeans. al groups had already been appointed, but this was a first for a Catholic Metropolitan. Communist government of Uzbekistan A second plus is that NATO demands In addition to the new metropolitan, serving the needs of Ukrainian Canadian began clamping down on all progressive the fulfillment of certain preconditions Catholics were the Bishop Isidore Borecky, eparch of eastern Canada; Bishop Andrew activity having to do with women’s legal from prospective members – let’s call Roborecky of Saskatoon, eparch of Saskatchewan; and Bishop Neil Savaryn of rights, religious freedom, English-lan- them democratic values for lack of a bet- Edmonton, eparch of western Canada. guage instruction, independent media ter term. Heaven knows Ukraine could Metropolitan Hermaniuk joined the Redemptorist order in 1933 and was ordained outlets, economic opportunity for the use some of that. in 1938. He studied at Louvain University, Belgium, where earned a doctorate in the- marginalized, one of the first organiza- And, finally, if the pursuit of NATO ology in 1943. He arrived in Canada in 1948 and took up duties as supervisor of the tions that regime targeted was Mr. Soros’ membership does little else other than to Ukrainian Redemptorist Vice-Province of Canada and the United States. He taught at OSI. Since, they’ve been banished from demonstrate a foreign and security policy the Ukrainian Redemptorist Seminary in Waterford, Ontario, where he founded and Uzbekistan. And the people who under- that is independent of that other “unmen- edited the theological journal Logos. took those brave initiatives suffer. tionable” strategic partner – who, by the He was consecrated bishop and named as auxiliary bishop of Winnipeg in 1951, That Dr. Kuropas would seem to be way, has a more robust program of coop- serving under Archbishop Vasyl Ladyka of Winnipeg until he was appointed ignorant of the real nature of the Open eration with NATO than does Ukraine – Metropolitan. Society Institute is appalling. Does his then all the better. anti-communism stop where his Source: “Most Reverend Maxim Hermaniuk appointed first Ukrainian metropolitan Republican tribe faces challenge? I’d Roman Solchanyk in Canada,” The Ukrainian Weekly, December 1, 1956. suggest he try googling “OSI, Santa Monica, Calif. No. 48 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 26, 2006 7

Why not? Let’s talk Faces and Places by Myron B. Kuropas BY YARO BIHUN

Remembering veterans, and others Manoly’s memoirs: triumph and setback I had not gone to see a war movie for ings expressed in her letter were not For years I have marveled at the War in more than ‘black and white’ terms.” more than a quarter century — not since unique to our family; in many respects accomplishments of Canada’s Ukrainian Reading between the lines of his mem- “The Deer Hunter,” which came out in they were shared by hundreds, if not community, especially in the political oir one gets the impression that Dr. Lupul’s 1978, and “Apocalypse Now,” a year thousands, of Ukrainian American moth- arena. Ukrainians have served as ideas about the “new social order” changed later. The story and setting of the first ers, fathers, aunts and uncles at that time. Canadian governors-general, senators, during a sabbatical leave in Ukraine and drew me in, being about the effect of the Here are some excerpts, translated members of Parliament and mayors. other Communist-dominated countries in Vietnam War on a group of Carpatho- from the original Ukrainian: Ukrainians have also impacted 1967-1968. Witnessing the ravages of the Rusyns (could be Ukrainians) living in a Canadian education, especially in the area Russification process in Ukraine he * * * coal-mining town near Pittsburgh, but of multiculturalism. Sen. Paul Yuzyk, for became more determined than ever to push with a lot of the filming done in Colver, August 5, 1945 example, originated the “third force” con- his multicultural and multilingual agenda Cleveland, where I grew up, including My dearest brothers, sisters, brothers- cept – the idea that all ethnic groups, not in Canada. His association with John the wedding reception in Lemko Hall, and sisters-in-law, children. just the British and the French, should Kolasky, author of “Education in Soviet not unlike the Ukrainian American wed- You cannot imagine the boundless joy have a place at the Canadian table. Ukraine,” convinced him that preserving ding receptions I attended there in the I feel today. I was beginning to fear that The person who took Sen. Yuzyk’s the Ukrainian identity in Canada meant 1950s-1960s. one day I would die, not knowing concept to the next level was Prof. preserving the . After “Apocalypse,” I stopped for whether any of you were still alive. In Manoly Lupul, one of the leading lights Overcoming many governmental hur- some reason, and I’ve missed a number December of last year I gave the Red in the emergence of multiculturalism as dles and setbacks, and working with polit- of first-rate films of that genre since Cross, which was searching for relatives the model for Canada’s true identity. Last ically prominent Ukrainian Albertans such then: “Platoon,” “Full Metal Jacket,” in the old country, Hanka’s (sister Anna year, the Institute of Canadian Studies as Peter Savaryn and Laurence Decore, “We Were Soldiers,” to name a few Jesersky) and Olena’s (sister Olena Dub) published Prof. Lupul’s latest book, “The Dr. Lupul’s first major triumph was the about Vietnam, and, more recently, address. In April, I was told that they Politics of Multiculturalism: A Ukrainian- passage of school legislation in Alberta “Saving Private Ryan,” about World War could not locate you. Then I lost all Canadian Memoir.” As defined in his permitting Ukrainian as a language of II. hope. meticulously referenced 508-page chroni- instruction in the public schools. Alberta’s On November 14, however, I went to My sons also went to war: Ivan (John cle, multiculturalism is essentially “the example led to similar bilingual legisla- see “Flags of Our Fathers,” based on the Fedorka) two years ago in April, and development of a consciousness of one’s tion in Saskatchewan and Manitoba. book of the same title about the flag-rais- Stefan (Steve Fedorka) two years ago in ancestral roots or ethnicity for creative Another major triumph was the establish- ing on Iwo Jima written by James May. Ivan spent a year in England and purposes in the hope that a distinctive ment of a publicly funded Canadian Institute Bradley, one of the soldiers in the France. In October he returned to Canadian identity will emerge.” of Ukrainian Studies at the University of famous photograph of that event. America and spent a month at home. He Manoly Lupul is a true son of the Alberta in 1976. Dr. Lupul headed the insti- I had no intention of breaking my long was here until July 1, when he left for Canadian prairie. Born in 1927 in the tute – now the largest Ukrainian studies cen- war-movie fast until this past Saturday, Japan. Stefan, who hadn’t been home for Willingdon district of Alberta, he grew ter outside of Ukraine – until 1986. Unlike when, at the invitation of Washington a year in June, returned home yesterday up with feelings of second-class Harvard’s Ukrainian Research Institute, still area School of Ukrainian Studies Deputy for five days. Today he went to the Post Canadian citizenship, as well as a certain mired in arcane academe and floating on the Director Roman Ponos, I had a session Office and returned with your letter. ambivalence towards “things Ukrainian.” fringes of Ukrainian American life, the with its students about the Ukrainian My dearest, you cannot imagine my “I liked the music and singing (especial- Canadian institute remains an integral part immigration experience in America. I happiness over these two days – to see ly the public performances),” he writes, of the Ukrainian Canadian community. brought along some family documents my son and to receive your letter. “but it was easy to sense the distance Dr. Lupul’s two major setbacks and photographs I had written about in Stefan serves on a ship, sometimes not between what the Ukrainian institutions occurred outside of Alberta. Pushing for a Ukrainian Weekly articles on the subject seeing land for a few months at a time. emphasized and what the radio, newspa- more dynamic Ukrainian Canadian over the years. He’s been everywhere. His ship trans- pers, the magazines and the school were Committee (today known as the Ukrainian Among them was a letter from my ports men and food to these places and transmitting.” Canada beckoned. Canadian Congress), he supported activist aunt, Maria Fedorka, written in 1945 returns with the wounded and prisoners. Although most of the settlers in the Stanley Frolick for president at the UCC from Colver, a small coal-mining town in Ivan, too, doesn’t serve on the front lines Willingdon area were from Orthodox convention of 1980. Mr. Frolick lost to Pennsylvania, to our family, then where there is still fighting; his unit Bukovyna, Prof. Lupul never really accept- John Nowosad, 223-219. “The attempt to refugees in Germany, when she first got comes in to rebuild everything. But even ed his religious roots. “On Good Friday or liberalize the Ukrainian Canadian the news that at least some members of then the enemy sometimes attacks. earlier we went to confession, which even Congress,” writes Dr. Roman Petryshyn in the family she left in Ukraine in 1913 I’m left alone on the farm, weary and then seemed pointless,” he writes. “Besides his foreword, “had very limited success had survived World War II. She also in ill health. I also care for Hanka’s an inclination toward democratic socialism, because of contrasting generational goals, described her war years here — a widow, (daughter Ann McKavish) 6-year-old I was also gradually moving toward a phi- differing values and styles of manage- ment, and lack of significant and depend- with both of her sons and only daugh- boy. For the past two years Hanka has losophy of life that was both skeptical of able financial support from both the feder- ter’s husband serving in the military been working as a cook in a hospital, and the claims of organized religion and drawn al and provincial governments.” overseas. her husband is in the military, too. ... to the origins of human life in natural evo- A second disappointment was the faculty I’m sure that the experiences and feel- Our mother’s (Anastasia Bihun) suf- lution … To me, the anthropomorphic God of the University of Toronto that rejected ferings are finally over; she had more of most Christians made no sense, and if Prof. Orest Subtelny for a position in the his- than her share. May the earth be as soft that made me an atheist, so be it.” tory department despite his superb research as down feathers for her. ... Later in life Mr. Lupul enrolled at and teaching credentials. The position even- Where is Stefka (sister Stefania) and Harvard in the Ph.D. in education program tually went to Paul Robert Magocsi, a Ph.D. her husband? I received a letter from her where he became enamored of John Dewey, from Princeton, whose teaching credentials back in 1939 and responded, but have a secular humanist whose ideas regarding were minimal, but who apparently enjoyed heard nothing in return. And I haven’t “science rather than religion and the super- the support of Harvard’s Omeljan Pritsak. heard from Hanka or Olena. ... natural” fit right in with the young Interesting irony. Dr. Subtelny, the first I’m sorry for all of the smudges in the Canadian’s emerging worldview. Dr. Harvard Ph.D. in Ukrainian studies, did not letter. As I write, the teardrops keep Dewey’s pragmatism, especially his “insis- tence that the worth of any idea was its prac- have the full support of Prof. Pritsak, while falling on the paper, smudging the ink. ... Dr. Magocsi, who believes that Carpatho- May God keep you in his care. tical consequences,” helped convince Mr. Lupul that “liberal intellectual democracies Ukrainians (Rusyns) are not really Please write. Ukrainian, apparently did. Despite wide- Your Maria Fedorka required people who could constitute their own independent intellectual authority.” spread Ukrainian protests, Dr. Magocsi * * * John Dewey’s Progressive educational demanded and received immediate tenure. Although Dr. Lupul’s memoirs, are a Rereading Aunt Maria’s letter later ideals were once lauded by Vladimir Lenin’s wife, Krupskaya, but were dis- must read for Ukrainian Canadians seek- that same Saturday evening — which ing to revitalize their community, happened to be Veterans Day — I decid- carded with the ascension of Stalin. In the United States, however (and I suspect in Ukrainian Americans will also benefit ed that I would have to see “Flags of Our from a close perusal of the book. When it Fathers.” Maybe it would help me feel Canada as well), Deweyism remains the dominant mindset in schools of education. comes to community mores and quirks, how they felt, those who went to war and we Ukrainian Americans have much in those who stayed behind. I think it did. Teaching a university course titled “Issues” Mr. Lupul writes that one of its common with Ukrainian Canadians. Like It’s a good, serious film. But I don’t us, they have political and religious divi- think it cured me of the strange phobia I goals was “to encourage teachers to give children more than just an attitude of anti- sions. Unlike us, they seem to be better have about seeing Vietnam War movies. organized and better led. I did see a documentary about communism. If people better understood Defense Secretary Robert McNamara, Communism and the conditions which Maria Fedorka with her son Steve, encouraged it,” he writes, “it would be eas- Myron Kuropas’s e-mail address is: home on leave from the war in 1945. (Continued on page 17) ier for politicians to cope with the Cold [email protected]. 8 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 26, 2006 No. 48

the alleged corruption is linked to an inves- General Renat Kuzmin said in a television rupt official, despite the fact that every- NEWSBRIEFS tigation into the killing earlier this year of interview that Lutsenko was involved in body knows that there is no corruption (Continued from page 2) Roman Yerokhin, a colonel in the Internal corruption linked to unlawful promotions without personal gain,” he added. tions of poor performance and negligence in Affairs Ministry. Asked by a journalist to be and issuing handguns. Mr. Lutsenko, for- (RFE/RL Newsline) more specific about Mr. Lutsenko’s alleged mally with no party affiliation, was pro- office. Mr. Tarasyuk told journalists that only Health minister wants to stay on the Constitutional Court can rule whether corrupt actions, Mr. Kuzmin said the issue posed to the Cabinet of Prime Minister involves the “unlawful promotion of police Viktor Yanukovych by President Viktor Parliament has the right to dismiss ministers officers, unlawful issue of combat handguns Yushchenko. Mr. Lutsenko was known as KYIV – Health Minister Yurii nominated by the president. “The to individuals who have no right to carry one of the most prominent “field command- Poliachenko said on November 15 that he Constitution, which was amended hastily [in weapons, and a lot of other [violations].” ers” of the 2004 Orange Revolution, which is ready to stay in Prime Minister Viktor December 2004], does not stipulate how Mr. Lutsenko was one of President Viktor helped Mr. Yushchenko win the presidential Yanukovych’s government, Interfax- these ministers [appointed by the president] Yushchenko’s nominees to Prime Minister post. (RFE/RL Newsline) Ukraine reported. Mr. Poliachenko added can be dismissed. There is a legal collision Viktor Yanukovych’s Cabinet. (RFE/RL that he does not support the decision of the here, whether the Verkhovna Rada can dis- Newsline) Baloha: verdict is politically motivated pro-presidential Our Ukraine People's miss the two ministers [Tarasyuk and Union to go into opposition. Mr. Hrytsenko] without a presidential request. I Court fines internal affairs minister KYIV – Presidential Secretariat head Poliachenko was appointed health minister don’t think it can, because there is a notion has commented that the in the Cabinet of Prime Minister Yurii of analogy in law: if the dismissal procedure KYIV – A district court in Kyiv on court ruling against Internal Affairs Yekhanurov in September 2005 and pro- is not defined while the appointment proce- November 20 fined Internal Affairs Minister Minister Lutsenko may be a link in a longer posed by Our Ukraine for the same job in dure is, legal analogy must apply and the Yurii Lutsenko the equivalent of some $70, chain leading to his potential dismissal, the the Yanukovych Cabinet in August 2006. same procedure should be used,” Mr. finding him guilty of unlawfully promoting Ukrayinska Pravda website reported on After the Our Ukraine parliamentary cau- Tarasyuk asserted. (RFE/RL Newsline) police officers and unlawfully presenting November 20. “I will say straightforward- cus decided to go into opposition in pistols in the form of Internal Affairs ly: A brutal discrediting campaign has been October, Mr. Poliachenko and three other Lutsenko suspected of corruption Ministry awards to two subordinates, launched against the current internal affairs ministers proposed by Our Ukraine ten- Ukrainian media reported. Yurii Bergelson, minister, an outstanding activist of the dered their resignations. The Verkhovna KYIV – Deputy Procurator General Mr. Lutsenko’s lawyer, told journalists that Orange team of President Yushchenko. Rada on November 1 accepted the resig- Renat Kuzmin said in a television interview the court declared Mr. Lutsenko’s actions There has been an apparent political order nations of Justice Minister Roman on November 14 that Ukrainian prosecutors unlawful and punishable under a law on to remove Lutsenko from his post by any Zvarych and Culture Minister Ihor believe that Internal Affairs Minister Yurii corruption, but it did not conclude that Mr. means,” Mr. Baloha said. “The court could Likhovyi. (RFE/RL Newsline) Lutsenko has been involved in corruption, Lutsenko had benefited personally from not find any motives of personal gain in Ukrainian media reported. Mr. Kuzmin said these actions. Last week, Deputy Procurator [Lutsenko’s] actions but called him a cor- Polish PM vows to extend oil pipeline KYIV – Polish Prime Minister Jaroslaw Kaczynski pledged in Kyiv on November 15 that Warsaw will work toward extend- ing Ukraine’s Odesa-Brody oil pipeline to Plock in Poland, thus making it possible for Caspian oil to reach Poland and Europe in a detour of Russia, Ukrainian media reported. Mr. Kaczynski said there is suffi- cient financial support to complete the project, but did not elaborate. He also declined to give a precise completion date, saying only that the pipeline link “will be a top-priority bilateral project.” The Polish prime minister met in Kyiv with President Viktor Yushchenko, Prime Minister Viktor Yanukovych, and opposition leader . (RFE/RL Newsline) U.S., Russian presidents affirm WTO deal

MOSCOW – U.S. President George W. Bush and Russian President Vladimir Putin confirmed at a brief Moscow meeting on November 15 that they expect to sign a bilateral agreement in Hanoi, Vietnam, on the margins of the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) summit on November 19, paving the way for Russia’s admission to the World Trade Organization (WTO), Russian and international media reported. Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov called the session “extremely posi- tive and friendly.” President Putin’s aide Sergei Prikhodko said that the U.S. admin- istration’s decision shows that it has “the political will to promote trade and econom- ic and political ties with Russia. It is a trib- ute to Bush and the U.S. leadership.” Iran, the Middle East and Kosovo were among the other topics that the two presidents dis- cussed. (RFE/RL Newsline) Ukrainian-Russian rocket delivers satellite KYIV– The Ukrainian-Russian carrier rocket Zenit 3SL was successfully launched on October 31 from the Odyssey Launch Platform in the Pacific Ocean. The rocket was launched under the Sea Launch Program to deliver the American satellite XM-4 of the XM Satellite Radio company to orbit. A ground station has already acquired the spacecraft’s first signals. The launch was implemented by the Sea Launch Co., which is a leading company in the provision of such services and is the only company capable of launching rock- ets from the sea. The Sea Launch Program was established in 1995 among the Ukrainian Pivdenne State Design Office and the production enterprise PivdenMash, the American company Boeing, the British-Norwegian Kvaerner Group and the Russian Energiya Corp. (Ukrinform) No. 48 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 26, 2006 9 Works of Ukrainian nationalists Teliha, Bahriany released in Kyiv by Olena Labunka generations of Ukrainians will now be Special to The Ukrainian Weekly verifying her thoughts with her words,” said Olena Lohvynenko, a prominent KYIV – To honor the 100th anniversary Ukrainian literary scholar. of their births, the Kyiv-based publishing “Her books should be in school house Smoloskyp published “Selected libraries and in the other libraries of our Works” of Olena Teliha and Ivan Bahriany, nation,” she added. two prominent Ukrainian authors whose After a life spent as a political activist, names were erased from history during the poetess, writer and unbroken fighter for Soviet era and only recently revived. Ukrainian independence, Teliha was shot In addition to the “Selected Works,” by German National Socialists in 1942 in which were published in October as part Kyiv’s Babyn Yar along with her hus- of the “Rozstriliane Vidrodzhenia” band, Mykhailo. (Executed Renaissance) series, Smoloskyp Another talented Ukrainian writer, poet also published Bahriany’s “Publitsystka,” and political activist of the same era was a collection of his editorial work. Ivan Bahriany, whose works were forbid- “We celebrate those people for whom den for a long time but nevertheless the soul grieves, which every generation inspired the struggle for the Ukrainian will uncover, ” said Yevhen Sverstiuk, a people’s dignity and independence, in the Soviet dissident who discussed the view of many intellectuals. authors’ significance at an October 27 Bahriany was born on September 9, book presentation in Kyiv. 1906, in a village in the Poltava region “Someone will open the texts, someone but grew up in the Sumy Oblast. will open the person, someone will open Despite fierce persecution and arrests Ivan Bahriany’s “Selected Works” and Olena Teliha’s “Selected Works” released Teliha’s ‘civil bravery,’ someone will open by Communists for his writings, in Kyiv by Smoloskyp. Bahrianyi’s ‘Kozak bravery.’ All this is Bahriany would eventually become rec- lacking in our zombified, fearful, passive ognized as the most prominent eastern per Ukrayinski Visti. himself with cooperation and participa- world. We all lack Bahrianys and Telihas.” Ukrainian writer of his era. Oleksii Konoval edited “Publitsystka” tion in subversion against communism. Teliha and Bahriany were at the fore- Bahriany’s prose, poetry, journalistic and both collections of Bahriany’s works The lack of objective historical infor- front of a pre-World War II Ukrainian work, literary critiques, as well as cri- were published with financing from the mation gives rise to twisting of facts and nationalist phenomenon in Soviet tiques of his own work, appear in his U.S.-based Bahriany Foundation. political speculation, Mr. Sverstiuk said, Ukraine, he said. They were so different, “Selected Works,” edited by the young To this day, Ukrainian society is still not which is why it’s so important today to yet at the same time so similar in their Kharkiv scholar Maksym Balaklytskyi, able to properly appreciate its true heroes publish books of forgotten authors, or yearnings, Mr. Sverstiuk said. who also authored the collection’s pref- and honor their self-sacrifice for the great those repressed by the Soviet Union. “Bahriany was the Zaporizhian type, ace and commentary. Ukrainian idea, Mr. Sverstiuk said. Smoloskyp was launched in and Teliha was the aristocratic type,” he The other collection, “Publitsystka,” For example, during a recent parlia- Baltimore, Md., in 1967, publishing dis- continued. includes Mr. Bahriany’s lectures, articles, mentary hearing to consider a proposal sident literature, samvydav materials and Bahriany was an example of Kozak pamphlets, reflections and essays, which commemorating Bahriany’s 100th works of Ukrainian authors in the resistance, “a traditional type of were published when he lived in anniversary, Communist Party National English language. Ukrainian person who never gives up Germany between 1946 and 1963 in the Deputy Valentyn Matveyev labeled him After Ukraine regained its independ- under any circumstances” he said. magazine, Our Positions and the newspa- an “enemy of the people,” who stained ence, Smoloskyp moved to Kyiv. Instead, a type of faux Kozak-national- ist is cloning itself today, which repeats slogan after slogan, but really demeans the patriotic idea in deeds and doesn’t do anything to support it, Mr. Sverstiuk said. What distinguishes Teliha and Bahriany Ukrainian National Federal Credit Union is their stalwart Ukrainian patriotism dur- ing an era of diabolical Soviet persecution. Born July 21, 1906, in Russia, Teliha was a “poet of infinite anxiety” who demonstrated “high culture and great brav- ery,” and was a “Ukrainian nationalist who didn’t write (overt) patriotic poems and Money Market Account slogans,” as Mr. Sverstiuk described her. Ms. Teliha’s family moved to Kyiv in 1918 when her father, a prominent engi- up to apy* neer, accepted a professorship at the Kyiv Polytechnic Institute and became a 4.08% minister in the short-lived Ukrainian National Republic government. Teliha’s “Selected Works” include poet- Manhattan Brooklyn So. Bound Brook, NJ Carteret NJ ry and editorial essays, memoirs written by her close confidante Oleh Zhdanovych, critiques of her work and a bibliography. They play a valuable role in revealing how her contemporaries and the current generation view her, said Osyp Zinkewych, 1-866-859-5848*Minimum balance to open Money Market Account – $50,000.00 the collection’s editor and Smoloskyp Annual Percentage Yield based on 4.00% apr international charity fund chair. Rates subject to change without notice. Other restrictions apply “The works by our proud Ukrainian Teliha will always be relevant, and entire 10 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 26, 2006 No. 48

Tretiakov control the votes of large the Verkhovna Rada instead of party that he hopes will provide the Congress shows... blocks of OUPU delegates through finan- Oleksander Moroz. Ukrainian electorate with a more demo- (Continued from page 1) cial obligations in the oblast party organi- During negotiations to join the National cratic alternative. shouted and shoved each other through- zations, political experts said. Unity Coalition, many political experts “In a year, this party [OUPU] won’t out the day, coming close to fisticuffs “These three people control well over believe Mr. Bezsmertnyi was simply ignor- interest anyone in society,” he said. with Mr. Poroshenko, who led the pro- two-thirds of the regional organizations,” ing Mr. Yushchenko when declaring Our The most interesting development of ceedings from the on-stage presidium. Mr. Lozowy explained. “They are very Ukraine’s opposition as the president was the party congress, in the view of Mr. difficult to dislodge, without a complete A vote was held to replace the mem- simultaneously calling on him to return to Doniy, is the appearance and speech shake-up of the party, which is very diffi- bers of the party’s leadership, the talks to join the coalition government. delivered by Yurii Lutsenko, Ukraine’s cult. They are the major stumbling block Political Council, which is largely “Our Ukraine has been on a suicide minister of internal affairs, who was a in turning Our Ukraine 180 degrees blamed for the party’s diminished popu- course for the last year and a half and it key figure in the Orange Revolution who around and gaining public support, instead doesn’t seem likely to veer off its path still enjoys a fairly strong public rating. larity and government influence. of losing it as they are currently doing.” However, the reform-minded opposition because the lack of direction given by Mr. Lutsenko has close ties with the Despite the “serious internal crisis,” President Yushchenko,” said Mr. Lozowy. Socialist Party of Ukraine, though he led by Mr. Katerynchuk, a national deputy, President Yushchenko demonstrated his failed to muster the necessary two-thirds “It’s not only his lack of leadership as isn’t an official member. now legendary detachment from president, but lack of leadership as the Rather than declaring his willingness vote to usher in a new leadership, throwing Ukrainian politics by not attending the informal chair of Our Ukraine,” he added. to join OUPU, Mr. Lutsenko offered to the congress into near chaos. second session of the congress, instead Rather than follow Mr. Yushchenko’s lead a new political force that would Voting against the proposal were joining his family for a concert per- advice to elect a new political council, include OUPU regional leaders, as well Messrs. Bezsmertnyi, Poroshenko and formed by Italian pop star Toto Cutugno. the party’s inner circle announced it as Pora and Reforms and Order Party Martynenko, directly thwarting Mr. The president’s lack of involvement in would hold primaries in regional elec- members. Yushchenko’s recommendation that a OUPU’s leadership has created a vacuum tions to select new candidates during the In his November 13 press conference, new leadership emerge. in which the inner circle freely operates next several months. the 38-year-old Mr. Katerynchuk called “Our Ukraine has been exposing inter- and often abuses its authority, political Political experts described the idea of on Ukraine’s up-and-coming politicians nal problems without solving them, which experts said, as demonstrated repeatedly primaries as a mere delaying tactic to unite into a new political force, nam- is dirty laundry in the minds of voters,” during his presidency. enabling members of the inner circle to ing specifically Mr. Lutsenko, first assis- said Ivan Lozowy, president of the Kyiv- During this year’s coalition-forming prolong their place in OUPU’s power tant to the Presidential Secretariat Chair based Institute of Statehood and negotiations, Mr. Poroshenko proved to structure. Arsenii Yatseniuk, Presidential Advisor Democracy, which is exclusively financed be a major stumbling block in forming a The congress fiasco prompted Mr. Taras Stetskiv and Our Ukraine politician by Ukrainian business donations. revived Orange government when he Katerynchuk to announce on November Ruslan Kniazevych. Messrs. Poroshenko, Martynenko and aggressively vied to become chairman of 13 that he was quitting the ranks of He said he hopes the party will sup- OUPU and launching a new political port liberal economic principles.

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Cultural Center... (Continued from page 1) achievements of immigrants who arrived in America, where they could live freely and enjoy their God-given rights. “This center,” he said, “connects us to God, our creator. This center gives honor and glory to God.” Designed by architect Taras Dobusz, the cultural center encompasses a banquet hall, gymnasium, temporary church, library, meeting rooms, classrooms, offices, kitchen and social club. Mr. Dobusz also designed the parish rectory, as well as the church that is to be built in the coming years. A historic day “Welcome to this history day,” stated Michael Koziupa as he and Anna Denysyk, masters of ceremonies, opened the banquet in the new cultural center. The excitement inside the new center was palpable. Roma Hadzewycz “This is a miracle, really a miracle,” Parishioners walk in a procession from the old St. John’s Church (seen in the background) to the site of the new UACCNJ. said Irene Doll of Morris Township, N.J. Her husband, Ron, chimed in: “People directors of the UACCNJ. “On faith and are looking forward to coming here.” belief in our vision, we purchased land, The Ukrainian American Sport Center TRYZUB The leader of the local branch of Plast we hired an architect, we developed a The TheUk Uk rainian rainian Ameri Ameri can can Sport Sport Center Center TRYZUB TRYZUB Ukrainian Scouting Organization, George (CountyThe Line Uk and rainian Lower Ameri State can Roads, Sport Center Horsham, TRYZUB PA 19044) plan, we raised money, we borrowed (County(County(County Line Line Lineand and and Lower Lower Lower StateState State Roads, Roads,Roads, Horsham, Horsham, Horsham, PA. PA. 19044) PA. 19044) 19044) Shypailo, said of the new center: “Having Invites you to a additional funds, we cleared the property, InvitesInvitesInvites you you you to toa a a seen only the drawings and sketches of the NEW YEAR’S EVE 2007 EXTRAVAGANZA center, the completed facility far exceeded and we built this magnificent building.” NEWNEWYEA YEAR’SR’S EV EVEE 2 2007007 EXTRAVAGANZAEXTRAVAGANZA my most ambitious expectations.” Mr. Hatala went on to introduce the It’s truly a first-class facility that members of the board of directors who rivals any of the high-end motel chains represent each of the UACCNJ’s member- in elegance. The color schemes, the qual- organizations and who will work together, Romance the GYPSY ity of materials and the workmanship are he said, “to make this cultural center a Romance the GYPSY all outstanding. I’m proud to be even a beacon to all Ukrainian Americans in Romance the GYPSY small part of this project,” he enthused. northern New Jersey and throughout the Christine Syzonenko, group coordinator United States.” He also presented InIn youryour HEART!HEART! of the Iskra Ukrainian Folk Dance Markian Hamulak, who has been retained Ensemble, which will be among the new as the center’s interim manager. In your HEART! center’s tenants, said: “Iskra’s membership Orest Kucyna, parish trustee and con- Specialty Open Bar: has grown quite a bit over the last several struction chairman, also addressed the 7:307:30 - 9:30- 9:30 P.M. P.M. Specialty Open Bar: banquet, calling the center’s grand open- years. It’s very exciting for us to be moving MartiniMartini Bar, Bar, Wine Wine & & Draught Draught Beer Beer to a venue which not only gives us more ing “a milestone for all Ukrainians in WelcomeWelcome Stesha Stesh,a the, the Mysterious Mysterious Gypsy Gypsy Fortune Fortune Teller Teller room to rehearse, but has a wonderful stage northern New Jersey” and thanking the Specialty Open Bar: many volunteers who had spent the last7:30 - 9:30 P.M. on which our dancers can perform.” Dinner: In fact, Iskra became the first group to few days working to get the cultural cen- Dinner: Feast Feast on Martinion our our delectable delectable Bar, Wineassortment assortment & Draughtof of hors hors d’ d’oeuvres,Beeroeuvres, carving carving perform in the UACCNJ as it welcomed ter ready for its debut. Welcomestations,stations, Stesha seafood, seafood, a ,aTaste the Taste ofMysterious of Tuscany Tuscany (and (and much muchGypsy more!) more!) Fortune Teller the capacity crowd to the center’s inau- However, he said, “this is only the Dessert: gural event and later in the evening beginning” and the job is not over as the Dessert: Viennese Viennese Sweet Sweet Table, Table, Flam Flam bé bé of of Bananas Bananas Foster Foster danced the ever-popular “Hopak.” community looks ahead to paying off theDinner: Feast on our delectable Coffee Coffee and and Tea assortmentTea of hors d’oeuvres, carving mortgage on the cultural center and build- A special guest at the banquet was stations, seafood, a Taste of Tuscany (and much more!) Ukraine’s ambassador to the United ing a 300-seat church and a bell tower. 9:9:3030 – –1: 1:3030 A.M. A.M. Dance Dance to to the the Music Music of: of: States, Dr. Oleh Shamshur, who noted the “Our hope is that we can raise the FATAFATA MORGANA MORGANA significance of the new center in sharing required funds to begin Phase 2 of the conDessert:- Viennese Sweet Table, Flam bé of Bananas Foster Ukrainian culture, as well as knowledge struction within five years,” Mr. Kucyna ChampagneChampagne toast toast at at Midnight Midnight about Ukraine’s history and its people, explained. “Our community has the ability Coffee and Tea with the American public. The ambassa- and energy to accomplish much more,” ForFor reservations reservations please please call: call: Nika Chajkowsky at: 215-860- 8384 dor pledged that the Embassy of Ukraine and the hope is, he said, that “today’s Nika Chajkowsky at: 215-860- 8384 9:30 – 1:30 A.M. Dance Natalia Natalia Luciwto Luciw the at: at:Music 215-362-5331 215-362-5331 of: and the Consulate General in New York momentous event will help stimulate oth- KristineFATA Rizanow MORGANA at: 610-272-0678 City stand ready and able to help the new ers to participate” and “the community Kristine Rizanow at: 610-272-0678 center in its activity. New York Consul will pull together to complete the job.” Price: $120.00 per ticket General Mykola Kyrychenko also was Price: $120.00 Champagne per ticket Price: $120.00 toast per ticket at Midnight Finally, the Rev. Mirchuk came to the SeatingSeating Limited: Limited: All tickets All tickets must bemust prepaid be prepaidby December by December 19, 2006 19, 2006 present at the banquet. Seating Limited: All tickets must be prepaid by December 19, 2006 podium. He offered thanks to a long list Advance TicketAdvanceAdvance Sales Ticket Ticket Only Sales .Sales No Only.tickets Only. No Nowill tick tick be sold ets ets will atwill the be be solddoor sold at atthe the door door Local officials, including the mayor of of people involved in making the For reservations please call: Hanover Township (of which Whippany UACCNJ a reality: the members of the Nika Chajkowsky at: 215-860- 8384 is a constituent part), Ronald F. Building Committee, the Ways and Natalia Luciw at: 215-362-5331 Francioli, and Township Committeeman KristineEveningEvening Rizanow Attire Attire at: Requested Requested 610-272-0678 Howard Olsen, also attended. U.S. (Continued on page 12) Congressman Rodney Frelinghuysen, who was present for the groundbreaking Price: $120.00 per ticket ceremonies of the Ukrainian community Seating Limited: All tickets must be prepaid by December 19, 2006 complex back on April 25, 2004, could Advance Ticket Sales Only. No tick ets will be sold at the door not attend this time due to family obliga- tions, but sent a greeting. Among the many other VIPs in atten- dance who were introduced to the banquet Evening Attire Requested guests was Bohdan Watral, president and CEO of Selfreliance Ukrainian American Federal Credit Union, which granted the complex a $3.9 million mortgage and made a sizeable donation to the UACCNJ. Also present was a group from the Ukrainian National Association, led by President Stefan Kaczaraj and Treasurer Roma Lisovich, whose corporate head- quarters is located just a few miles west of the new cultural center. Belief in a vision “Congratulations to all of you,” said Victor Hatala, chairman of the board of 12 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 26, 2006 No. 48

the banquet, the popular singer Pavlo putting in place all the finishing touches chapel – a few steps away from the Cultural Center... Dvorsky of Ukraine took to the cultural for the next day’s grand opening. planned new church. Let no one here har- center’s stage to sing a few selections. bor any doubts in their hearts and minds. (Continued from page 11) The temporary church Means Committee, the Women of Afterwards, the Luna band provided There will be a new St. John the Baptist Whippany, the Fund-Raising Committee, music for dancing. On Sunday, November 12, community Church, and soon,” Metropolitan Soroka underscored. “Why am I so confident? and others. He singled out stalwarts like Blessing of rectory members and parishioners returned to Mr. Kucyna, Peter Binazesky, Lubodar their old church to attend a special serv- Because I believe in God’s power in you – Olesnycky and Michael Zawadiwsky, On the day before the UACCNJ gala, ice in memory of the parish pioneers and His people. Your patron saint is St. John who spent countless hours on various St. John’s Rectory was blessed by Bishop trustees, thus beginning that day’s cele- the Baptist. He went into the world to pro- projects, tasks and events that led up to Emeritus Michael Kuchmiak and the brations of the parish’s 85th anniversary. claim the coming of the Messiah. He pro- the grand opening, as well as the archi- Rev. Mirchuk, with priests of the New Afterwards they walked in a proces- claimed this with certainty, with no tect, Mr. Dobusz, Bjork Builders and Jersey Deanery of the Ukrainian Catholic sion to the temporary church housed in doubts. He responded to the challenges set officials of the Township of Hanover. In Church and clergy from area congrega- the UACCNJ. There, Metropolitan before him with hope and conviction. ” conclusion, the pastor offered thanks to tions in attendance. Also present were Soroka and Bishop Kuchmiak, assisted 85th anniversary banquet “all the organizations which worked parishioners and other guests. by clergy blessed the new house of wor- together to realize this dream.” Father Mirchuk thanked God “for ship and celebrated a pontifical divine The subsequent anniversary banquet, The capacity crowd of nearly 400 was making this day” and noted that this was liturgy. Among the priests participating in attended by another capacity crowd, was in a celebratory mood, uplifted in spirit by just the beginning of the community’s the services that day was the Rev. John emceed by the Rt. Rev. Mitred Msgr. their community’s very visible success. celebrations. “Our celebrations will end Ciurpita, a native son of the Whippany John Terlecky of Stamford, Conn. The Approximately $200,000 in new dona- when our glorious church rises,” he said. parish. event paid tribute to all the pastors of St. tions was collected that evening – funds The blessing was followed by a small In his homily, the metropolitan spoke of John’s Church, the founders of the that will go toward the current “furnish reception inside the rectory and a guided the “joyous and successful renewal” of St. parish, parishioners who served in the and finish” campaign at the UACCNJ. tour of the new cultural center – a bee- John’s Parish. “Today, we have blessed U.S. armed forces, trustees and parish At the conclusion of the formal part of hive of activity where volunteers were and we worship in this new temporary committee members, and all parishioners through the years. As all in attendance shared “prosfora,” the youth of the parish sang “My Ye Rodyna” (We Are Family). A brief play presented by the youth of the parish recalled the founding of St. John’s Church by immigrants from the Lemko region of Ukraine and the early years of parish life. The program also included performances by the younger members of the Iskra dance ensemble, the Ukrainian American Youth Association (SUM), Plast Ukrainian Scouting Organization and the Lesia Ukrainka School of Ukrainian Studies. Special recognition was given to two longtime activists of St. John’s Parish, Don Singalewitch and Peter Binazesky, and the Rev. John Ciurpita, a parishioner who went on to enter the priesthood. As the afternoon drew to a close, ban- quet guests viewed a slide show of pho- tographs from the parish’s 85 years of activity.

Children of the parish and the youth organizations Plast and SUM with Church hierarchs following the blessing of the UACCNJ.

Orest Kucyna, construction chairman, at the center’s ribbon-cutting ceremony.

Roma Hadzewycz State Assemblyman Joseph Pennacchio Fathers Roman Mirchuk and John Ciurpita lead a memorial service at the old St. John the Baptist Church on Route 10. speaks at the UACCNJ blessing. No. 48 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 26, 2006 13

Metropolitan Stepan Soroka, assisted by (from left) the Rev. Roman Mirchuk, Flag-bearers of Plast and SUM walk from the new rectory (seen in the back- Bishop Emeritus Michael Kuchmiak and the Rev. John Ciurpita, officiates at the ground) to the cultural center before the UACCNJ’s grand opening. blessing of the new temporary church.

Ukraine’s Ambassador Oleh Shamshur speaks at the banquet. Looking on are Faithful and guests, including renowned singer Pavlo Dvorsky (center) at the masters of ceremonies Michael Koziupa and Anna Denysyk. blessing of the Ukrainian American Cultural Center of New Jersey.

A view of the new cultural center. In the foreground is the cross erected during the groundbreaking at the site of the soon-to-be-built St. John’s Church

Celebrating the grand opening is architect Taras Dobusz (second from right) with (from left) Prof. Taras Hunczak of Chatham, N.J., and Russ and Karen Roma Hadzewycz Chelak of Mendham, N.J. Bishop Emeritus Michael Kuchmiak and the Rev. Roman Mirchuk bless the rectory. 14 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 26, 2006 No. 48

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contract stipulated a transit volume of up to the northward direction for Caspian oil. the key to this oil supply diversification Kyiv sends... 9 million tons annually southward. Instead, Ukraine’s and Poland’s state pipeline project for Ukraine and the EU, and this is (Continued from page 2) the pipeline has carried only 7.9 million operators, UkrTransNafta and PERN, possible only through transit routes that with Russian oil producer companies for tons in the two-year period from September signed a series of agreements to that end bypass Russia or swap deals, by companies “reverse-use” of the pipeline, to carry 2004 through October 2006. The forecast in 2004-2006 and formed the Sarmatia that do not already feel hostage to Russia in Russian Urals Blend oil southward to for the calendar year 2006 is maximum 4.5 consortium to plan the construction and their extraction or transit projects. Pivdenny for export via the Black Sea. million tons. Ukraine received $123 million raise the financing for the pipeline’s exten- TNK-BP is the main user of the pipeline in transit fees for the reverse-use to date, sion from Brody to Plock and Gdansk. Source: Glavred (Kyiv), November 3; in the reverse direction. This agreement which is Kyiv’s main rationale for having While the EU endorsed these efforts, UNIAN, Interfax-Ukraine, November 7-15. set back attempts by Ukraine and the EU chosen reverse use over an idle pipeline. Russia did not allow either Kazakhstan or to reduce their dependence on Russian oil. Irrespective of political color, all U.S. companies in Kazakhstan to use The article above is reprinted from The contract for reverse use, in force Ukrainian governments have sought Russian territory or the Novorossiysk mar- Eurasia Daily Monitor with permission since September 2004, never met Ukraine’s agreement with Poland and the EU to use itime terminal for delivering oil to Ukraine. from its publisher, the Jamestown expectations in terms of transit revenue. The the Odesa-Brody as originally intended in Securing deliveries from Kazakhstan is Foundation, www.jamestown.org.

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CONCLUSION His 137-62-26 record in regular season games got him a four-year, $22.8 million Continuing our preview of the 2006- deal, but patience with him is wearing ÉÛðÚÓÍ è·ÒÚ èðËflÚÛ ¥ è·ÒÚÓ‚‡ 2007 hockey season, here’s a look at the thin. Team brought in Eric Lindros, ëÚ‡Ìˈfl ‚ 粇ðÍÛ NHL’s Western Conference. Patrick Stefan and Matthew Barnaby, all wily veterans. Come to think of it, this is Á‡ÔðÓ¯Û˛Ú¸ Ç‡Ò Á ð¥‰Ì² ¥ ÔðËflÚÂÎflÏË Ì‡ WESTERN CONFERENCE an aging squad which must win soon. 1. Anaheim Ducks Ukrainian flavor: DARRYL SYDOR a Key ingredients: D Chris Pronger, D most welcome returnee to a strong Scott Niedermayer, C Andy McDonald. defense corps. Speaking of which, wait èèããÄÄëëííééÇÇààââ ÅÅÄÄããúú Recipe for success: Shorter nickname (not until No. 1 pick IVAN VISHNEVSKY Mighty in name), new logo/colors and graduates from the Quebec Junior League. ‚ ÒÛ·ÓÚÛ, 3 βÚÓ„Ó 2007 ð. another All-Star defenseman in Chris 7. Edmonton Oilers Hanover Marriott Pronger will be identifiable for all of hock- Key ingredients: GT Dwayne Roloson, ey world. Pronger-Niedermayer form top RW Joffrey Lupul, C Shawn Horcroft. 1401 Route 10 East, Whippany, New Jersey 07981 1-2 blueline duo in league. Solid goaltend- Recipe for success: Must plug the holes on ing and offensive depth mean only injuries the blue line after trade of Pronger and loss or unknown factors can derail these Ducks of point men Jaroslav Spacek and Dick OðÍÂÒÚðË ◊íÂÏÔÓ“ ¥ ◊áÓÎÓÚ‡ ÅÛ·‚‡“ from Stanley Cup finals. Ukrainian flavor: Tarnstrom. Joffrey Lupul, over from TODD FEDORUK patrols the left side on Anaheim in Pronger deal, must at least any of the four forward lines, providing duplicate 28 goals from last year. Of course, ǘ¥ðÌ¥È Ó‰fl„ muscle and physical presence. Minor lea- goaler Dwayne Roloson must prove his guer ZENON KONOPKA signed lucrative masterly post-season performance was not ÇÒÚÛÔ ð‡ÁÓÏ Á ‚˜Âð²: 100.00 ‰ÓÎ. deal in Europe. an anomaly. Ukrainian flavor: Potentially ÇÒÚÛÔ Ì‡ Á‡·‡‚Û ·ÂÁ ‚˜Â𥠖 2. San Jose Sharks awesome! ALEXEI MIKHNOV over from Key ingredients: C Joe Thornton, RW Russia to finally try the NHL; KYLE ڥθÍË ‰Îfl ÏÓÎÓ‰¥ ‰Ó 25 ðÓÍÛ: 30.00 ‰ÓÎ. Jonathan Cheechoo, GT Vesa Toskala. BRODZIAK was part-time Oiler last year; Recipe for success: Continue the biggest DEVAN DUBNYK is Oiler goalie of future. äÓÍÚÂÈθ Á ÔÂðÂÍÛÒÍÓ˛: „Ó‰. 6:00 ‚ ˜. turnaround of any team last season after 8. Minnesota Wild acquiring eventual MVP Joe Thornton Key ingredients: GT Manny Fernandez, èðÂÁÂÌÚ‡ˆ¥fl ‰Â·˛Ú‡ÌÚÓÍ: „Ó‰. 7:30 ‚˜. from Boston. Mark Bell brought in to RW Marian Gaborik, C Pavolo Demitra. éÔ¥ÒÎfl ‚˜Âðfl ¥ Á‡·‡‚‡. join Thornton and Cheechoo on top line. Recipe for success: Implementation of a Curtis Brown and Mike Grier arrive to new team strategy stressing more offense, take face-offs and kill penalties. Great allowing newcomer Demitra, Mark Please call Irene Turynsky for information depth on defense. Evgeni Nabokov and Parrish and Kim Johnsson some freedom Vesa Toskala two top-flight netminders. to wheel and deal. Unheralded superstar 1-908-647-0758 Ukrainian flavor: DAVID BARARUK Marian Gaborik could be even more dan- invited to training camp, but released. gerous playing with Demitra if he can stay å¥Òˆfl ÏÛÒflÚ¸ ·ÛÚË Á‡Ô·˜ÂÌ¥ ‰Ó 20 Ò¥˜Ìfl. 3. Calgary Flames healthy. Fernandez finally has the nets to Key ingredients: RW Jarame Iginla, himself. Ukrainian flavor: Two Ukes toil- LW Alex Tanguay, GT Mikka Kiprusoff. ing in Houston (AHL) this season: JOEY Recipe for success: Former Avalanche TETARENKO and PETER RATCHUK, sniper Tanguay must add scoring punch back from a stint in Europe to club’s top line. He should make captain 9. Los Angeles Kings “Music at the Institute” Iginla an even better performer. Watch Key ingredients: GT Dan Cloutier, D new coach Jim Playfair’s more factful Rob Blake, C Craig Conroy. Recipe for SEASON OPENING RECITAL management style relieve the tension in success: Change the pattern of starting the the dressing room. However, GM Darryl season strong before falling out of playoff contention required wholesale changes. Sutter’s (ex-coach) defense-first strategy Saturday, December 9, 2006 at 8 p.m. will remain in place. Ukrainian flavor: Enter new GM Dean Lombardi, new coach 2005 top draft pick MATT PELECH pro- Marc Crawford, new goalie Dan Cloutier at the jected in NHL by 2008-2009 campaign. and returning star defenseman Rob Blake. Ukrainian Institute of America 4. Detroit Red Wings Without any superstars on offense, the onus will be on limiting the opposition’s Key ingredients: GT Dominik Hasek, C chances. Ukrainian flavor: Just before the Pavel Datsyuk, LW Henrik Zetterberg, D NATALIA KHOMA, cellist start of the season, the Kings traded for Nicolas Lidstrom. Recipe for success: defender OLEG TVERDOVSKY, victim VOLODYMYR VYNNYTSKY, pianist Torch passed to younger players after cap- of a numbers game in Carolina. tain Steve Yzerman retired after 20 years 10. Phoenix Coyotes in Detroit and Brendan Shanahan left as Key ingredients: D Ed Jovanoski, LW Program: free agent. Torch must remain lit while Ladislav Nagy, GT Curtis Joseph. Recipe held by very potent 1-2 forward punch of Franz Schubert: Arpeggione sonata in A Minor, D.821 for success: No distractions for second- Datsyuk and Zetterberg. Newcomer Jiri year coach WAYNE GRETZKY, unlike Cesar Franck: Sonata in A Major for Cello and Piano Hudler was third in AHL scoring last sea- his rookie coaching season. Last year son. Wings will rely on experience to keep Frederic Chopin: Polonaise brillante in C Major, Op. 3 was sudden retirement of Brett Hull, opponents from scoring. Goalie Hasek and gambling scandal involving former assis- Bela Bartok: Romanian Folk Dances old-timers Chris Chelios, Nicklas Lidstrom tant Rick Tocchet and Gretzky’s wife and Johannes Brahms: Hungarian Dance No. 2 and Mathieu Schneider must produce. the death of his mother and grandmother. Ukrainian flavor: None Volodymyr Vynnytsky: Lost Tango Signing of All-Star Ed Jovanoski and 5. Nashville Predators trade for Boston’s Nick Boynton help Key ingredients: GT Tomas Vokoun, blue line. Ukrainian flavor: Prospect LW Paul Kariya, C Jason Arnott. Recipe Tickets DANIEL WINNIK, C, was a scorer in for success: Any success in Nashville is college. He starts down on the farm. General admission: $30 predicated on the health of goalie Tomas 11. Vancouver Canucks UIA Members and Senior Citizens: $25 Vokoun. New arrival Jason Arnott gives Key ingredients: GT Roberto Luongo, team a bonafide No. 1 center. If club LW Markus Naslund, C Brendan Students: $20 overcomes some uncertainty on blue line, Morrison, D Mattias Ohlun. Recipe for Vokoun plus plentiful goal scorers could success: Finally they’ve got their fran- Call us for more information and to get usher in a new era in Nashville. chise netminder in the big off-season deal Ukrainian flavor: Double trouble: left with Florida. Roberto Luongo had 35 your tickets today! wings DARCY HORDICHUK can skate career best wins for lowly Florida last and intimidate, while right wing JORDIN year – he’s a huge difference-maker. TOOTOO will score more and fight less. Name tags were necessary in camp as Ukrainian Institute of America 6. Dallas Stars club invited 14 new players, hired a new 2 East 79th Street, New York, NY 10021 Key ingredients: GT Marty Turco, C coaching staff and changed the team’s Mike Modano, D Sergei Zubov. Recipe defensive philosophy incorporating for- (212) 288-8660 for success: Marty Turco must learn to www.ukrainianinstitute.org win more in the playoffs (8-14 record). (Continued on page 21) 20 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 26, 2006 No. 48

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C Michael Handzus, LW Martin Havlat, D Pro hockey... Adrian Aucoin. Recipe for success: Not (Continued from page 19) enough ingredients for success in the Windy wards into the scheme. The theme in City. Club adept at developing young Vancouver: a fresh start. Ukrainian fla- defensemen last year (Brent Seabrook and vor: Defenseman SHAWN HESHKA Duncan Keith) and, hopefully, this year participated in Canucks’ training camp. (Cam Barker). Scoring will have to come 12. Columbus Blue Jackets from new additions Handzus, Havlat and Key ingredients: GT Pascal Leclaire, Bryan Smolinski. Pricey goaltender Nikolai LW Rick Nash, C Sergei Fedorov. Recipe Khabibulin bombed in his first season (3.35 for success: Should continue to score plen- GAA and lowly .886 PCT). Ukrainian fla- Join our ty of goals if healthy, but keeping the puck vor: None Growing Family out of the net could be a problem. Sergei 15. St. Louis Blues Fedorov out weeks after hurting his shoul- Key ingredients: LW KEITH der. Ukrainian NIKOLAI ZHERDEV TKACHUK, C Doug Weight, GT Manny signed to a new contract a week before start Legace. Recipe for success: Nowhere to We Meet of season. ZHERDEV, along with David go but up for the team which finished last We Meet Vyborny and Rick Nash are the big scorers. in the entire NHL in 2005-2006, ending a the Gilbert Brule a promising rookie. run of 25 consecutive playoff appear- On-Line Banking Ukrainian flavor: Blue Jackets had to re- ances. Doug weight and Bill Guerin hope financial sign ZHERDEV or risk having him return to rejuvenate personal and team fortunes. to Russian ranks. JOE MOTZKO begins Long-time broadcaster John Davidson needs Bill Payment play in Syracuse (AHL). hired to be team president by new owner- 13. Colorado Avalanche ship. Will be another long year in St. Business & Commercial of Accounts and Loans Key ingredients: GT Jose Theodore, C Louis. Ukrainian flavor: KEITH Joe Sakic, RW Milan Hejduk. Recipe for TKACHUK bounced back with strong UkrainianUkrainian Credit/Debit/ATM cards success: League’s fourth-best offense (283 second half last year (15-21-36 in 41 goals) will decease in production with loss games), while rookie LEE STEMPNIAK Communities of Alex Tanguay and Rob Blake (combined (14-1327 in 57 games) had a nice NHL Scholarships 43 goals). Avalanche did uncover potential debut. Defenseman JEFF WOYWITKA superstar in RW Marek Svatos (32 goals in somewhat of an enigma, once again start- Coast to Coast Community and Library Services 61 games as rookie). This year’s version ing out in AHL in Peoria. could be Wojtek Wolski. New acquisitions UKRAINIAN UTTERINGS: Just a Tyler Arnason (C) and Jordan Leopold (D) sample of the inside stuff coming this must step up and contribute. Ukrainian fla- hockey season … Wayne Gretzky agreed vor: Organization totally crushed when to a five-year deal in exchange for an STEVE KONOWALCHUK retired a week increase in his minority ownership stake Rochester, NY Main Branch: before the puck dropped. Medical experts stock option, eh??? The Blues picked up Tel: (585) 544-9518 cautioned continued play might risk perma- the option of left-winger Keith Tkachuk. nent heart damage. D JOHNNY BOY- He will make $3.8 million next season, but Albany, NY Tel: (518) 266-0791 Boston, MA Tel: (781) 493-6733 Sacramento, CA Tel: (916) 721-1188 CHUK should see some time as a call-up will count $5.7 million against the cap. Portland, OR Tel: (877) 968-7828 Syracuse, NY Tel: (315) 471-4074 this season, while youngster VICTOR Tkachuk would like to sign an extension, ORESKOVICH is a couple years away but the two sides can’t discuss a long-term from the show. deal until after January 1 … Former Pens 14. Chicago Blackhawks coach and ex-Hawk Eddie Olczyk was Key ingredients: GT Nikolai Khabibulin, hired to be Chicago’s new TV analyst... 22 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 26, 2006 No. 48

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November 29 Discussion and reception, “Ukraine: Two Years After December 3, 9-10 Ukrainian Christmas tree ornament workshop, The New York the Orange Revolution,” The Orange Circle, New York Ukrainian Museum, 212-228-0110 Ukrainian Institute of America, 212-388-0177 or [email protected] December 8-10 Concert, “Still the River Flows: A Glimpse into Winter Philadelphia Rituals from the Carpathian Mountains,” featuring December 1 Ukrainian Social, The Washington Group, Leopold’s Koliadnyky of Kryvorivnia, sponsored by the Yara Arts Washington Café, 240-381-0993 or 703-548-8534 Group, Ukrainian League of Philadelphia, 215-684-2180

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December 2 Ukrainian Christmas traditions workshop, Entries in “Out and About” are listed free of charge. Priority is given to events New York The Ukrainian Museum, 212-228-0110 advertised in The Ukrainian Weekly. However, we also welcome submissions from all our readers; please send e-mail to [email protected]. Items will be published December 3 “Koliadnyky in Concert,” featuring the Koliadnyky at the discretion of the editors and as space allows; photos will be considered. Please note: items will be printed a maximum of two times each. New York of Kryvorivnia, sponsored by The Ukrainian Museum and the Yara Arts Group, The Ukrainian Museum, 212-228-0110

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Wednesday, November 29 December 10, at 2 p.m. at the Ukrainian Soyuzivka’s Datebook League of Philadelphia, 800 N. 23rd St. For NEW YORK: The Orange Circle holds a information log on to www.brama.com/yara. December 1-3, 2006 December 24, 2006 briefing on the topic “Ukraine: Two Years For tickets call 215-684-2180. Plast Ukrainian Scouting Organization Traditional Ukrainian Christmas Eve after the Orange Revolution: An Analysis of “KPS Vidprava Stanychnykh” Supper its Political, Cultural and Geopolitical Saturday, December 9 Impacts.” The event will feature a discus- sion with: Prof. Mark Von Hagen, Columbia NEW YORK: December 2, 2006 December 31, 2006 The “Music at the Institute” New Year’s Eve Extravaganza University; Prof. Robert Legvold, Columbia chamber music series invites the public to its UNA Christmas Party University; and Prof. Joshua Tucker, New opening concert of the season, a recital by cel- York University. Adrian Karatnycky, presi- list Natalia Khoma and pianist Volodymyr December 10, 2006 January 27, 2007 dent of The Orange Circle, will moderate. A Vynnytsky performing as a critically KOZAK Hockey Team Christmas Soyuzivka’s 2nd Annual Malanka reception is scheduled for 6-6:45; the dis- acclaimed duo. The program, which also Party sponsored by The Ukrainian cussion will begin at 6:45 p.m. This event is marks the presentation of their new CD Engineers’ Society of America being organized jointly with the Ukrainian “Dances,” will feature Schubert’s Arpeggione December 11, 2006 Studies Program at Columbia University Sonata in A Minor, D. 821, Franck’s Sonata in Kerhonkson-Accord Senior Citizen March 3-4, 2007 and the Ukrainian Institute of America, and A Major for Cello and Piano, Chopin’s Association Christmas Party Plast Fraternity “Khmelnychenky” will take place at the institute, 2 E. 79th St. Polonaise Brillante in C Major, Op. 3, Annual Winter Rada RSVP to Adrianna Melnyk via e-mail, Bartok’s Romanian Folk Dances, Brahms’ [email protected], or phone, 212- Hungarian Dance No. 2, and Volodymyr December 15, 2006 388-0177. March 23-25, 2007 Vynnytsky’s own composition, “Lost Tango.” UNWLA Branch 95 Christmas Party The concert will be held at the Ukrainian Plast Sorority “Chornomorski Friday, December 1 Institute of America, 2 E. 79th St., at 8 p.m. December 21, 2006 Khvyli” Rada Donation: $30; UIA members and senior citi- Jeremiah Flaherty Esq. Christmas NEW YORK: A CD release party for the zens, $25; students, $20. For additional infor- Party Toronto Ukrainian rock band Klooch will mation and reservations call 212-288-8660 or be held at Snitch, 59 W. 21st St., at 7-11 visit www.ukrainianinstitute.org. p.m. Advance tickets are available at www.kloochmusic.com. Admission at the Sunday, December 10 door: $10; VIP admission, $40. CDs will be available for purchase. For more infor- NEW YORK: The Chornomortsi fraternity mation e-mail [email protected] of Plast Ukrainian Scouting Organization or visit www.myspace.com/klooch. will celebrate the blessing of its new flag at To book a room or event call: (845) 626-5641, ext. 140 2 p.m. at the Ukrainian Institute of America, 216 Foordmore Road P.O. Box 529 Saturday, December 2 2 E. 79th St. (corner of Fifth Avenue). Plast Kerhonkson, NY 12446 members are encouraged to wear their uni- NEW YORK: The Shevchenko Scientific forms and to bring the flags of their respec- E-mail: [email protected] Society (NTSh) invites all to a roundtable Website: www.Soyuzivka.com tive fraternities and sororities. Donations on the theme “The Translation of Text: welcome at the door. For more information Theory and Practice” dedicated to the 100th call 301-646-0890. Anniversary of Sviatoslav Hordynsky (1906-2006), poet, translator, artist and a NEW YORK: The Ukrainian Chorus full member of NTSh. Scheduled to partici- Dumka will give a Christmas concert at St. Need a back issue? pate in the roundtable are: Dr. Larissa Patrick’s Cathedral (Fifth Avenue and 53rd If you’d like to obtain a back issue of The Ukrainian Weekly, send $2 per copy (first-class postage included) to: Onyshkevych, Dr. Michael Naydan, Dr. Street) at 2 p.m. The performance will Administration, The Ukrainian Weekly, 2200 Route 10, P.O. Box 280, Parsippany, NJ 07054. Maria Rewakowicz and Prof. Vasyl include traditional Ukrainian Christmas car- Makhno. The program will take place at the ols, an instrumental arrangement, plus well- society’s building, 63 Fourth Ave. (between known favorites, Handel’s “Hallelujah” and Ninth and 10th streets) at 5 p.m. For addi- “O Holy Night” with organ accompaniment. tional information call 212-254-5130. The concert will be conducted by Vasyl Hrechynsky. Admission is free. For more Sunday, December 3 information call 718-896-7624.

WARREN, Mich.: A benefit luncheon for PHILADELPHIA: The Ukrainian the Ukrainian Catholic University featuring American Youth Association (SUM), Myroslav Marynovych, senior vice-rector Philadelphia branch, cordially invites the of the Ukrainian Catholic University, will Ukrainian American community in the be held at the Ukrainian Cultural Center, Philadelphia area to attend its traditional 26601 Ryan Road. For more information annual fun-filled “Christmas Bazaar and call the Ukrainian Catholic Education Welcoming of St. Nicholas” in the church Foundation, 773-235-8462. hall of Annunciation Ukrainian Catholic Church at Old York Road and Cheltenham NEW YORK: The public is invited to a Avenue in the Melrose Park section of conference commemorating the 140th Philadelphia. Starting time is 9:30 a.m. anniversary of Mykhailo Hrushevsky’s birth. Throughout the day there will be plenty of This special event is co-sponsored by delicious food for breakfast and lunch, hot Ukrainian Academy of Arts and Sciences, and cold drinks, games and entertainment Ukrainian Historical Association, for children, a “Wheel of Fortune” and a Shevchenko Scientific Society, Ukrainian basket of cheer for adults, many interesting American Association of University items for sale, including Christmas cards, Professors and World Scholarly Council of the traditional Christmas Eve “kutia,” pop- the Ukrainian World Congress. Two sessions pyseeds, books and much more. St. will feature presentations by scholars Alla Nicholas will pay a visit at 1:30 p.m. The Atamanenko, Alexander Dombrowsky, Heavenly Office will be open from noon. Assya Humesky, Taras Hunczak, Albert Kipa, Anna Procyk and Lubomyr Wynar. A Tuesday, December 12 book presentation will introduce four newly published historical works. This event is free WASHINGTON: The Washington Group and will be held at the Ukrainian Academy Cultural Fund under the patronage of the of Arts and Sciences building located on 206 Embassy of Ukraine invites you to do some W. 100th St. For more information call 212- early Christmas shopping and meet the 222-1866 or e-mail [email protected]. authors: Askold Krushelnycky, British jour- nalist, author of “An Orange Revolution: A Friday-Sunday, December 8-10 Personal Journey Through Ukrainian History”; and Andrew Evans, travel writer, PHILADELPHIA: The Ukrainian League author of “Ukraine: The Bradt Travel of Philadelphia and the Yara Arts Group pres- Guide.” The event will be held at 6:30 p.m. ent “Still the River Flows: A Glimpse at at the Embassy of Ukraine, 3350 M St. Winter Rituals from the Carpathian NW. Seating is limited; please RSVP to Mountains” featuring: Koliadnyky of [email protected] or 202-349- Kryvorivnia performing a winter song ritual, 2937. Suggested donation: $10; free for a scene from Yara Arts Group’s “Koliada: students. A reception and book signing will Twelve Dishes” performed by Olga Shuhan, follow the presentations. and an art installation with video and photo- graphs created by Watoku Ueno, Virlana Friday-Thursday, December 15-21 Tkacz, Andrea Odezynska, Alexander Khantaev and Wanda Phipps. Special guests NEW YORK: “Resilience,” a feature film on Saturday: the Svitanya vocal ensemble. by Paul Bojack (a.k.a. Roman Paul The event takes place on Friday and Saturday, December 8 and 9, at 8 p.m. and Sunday, (Continued on page 17)