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The National Herald a b www.thenationalherald.com VOL. 9, ISSUE 447 A WEEKLY GREEK AMERICAN PUBLICATION MAY 6, 2006 $1.00 - GREECE: 1.75 Euro TIME Magazine Ranks Greek & Senator Olympia J. Snowe Turkish Among Country’s 10 Best Premiers By Evan C. Lambrou they think. “It's better than any Special to The National Herald poll I can think of,” she says. Meet Up The article also noted her “cen- NEW YORK - In its April 24 trist views,” and credited her with edition, TIME magazine rated helping the Senate reach a com- Karamanlis Meets with Olympia J. Snowe of Maine promise on President George W. Erdogan inThessaloniki among “America's 10 Best Sena- Bush's judicial nominees, “which tors,” by Perry Bacon & Massimo prevented a Senate meltdown be- Calabresi. tween the two parties.” By Nicholas Paphitis She joins heavy hitters in the The writers report that they Associated Press Writer United States Senate like John consulted “dozens of academics, McCain of Arizona, Arlen Specter political scientists and current and THESSALONIKI (AP) - The of Pennsylvania, Edward (Ted) former Senators to pick the ten prime ministers of regional rivals Kennedy of Massachusetts and best of the 109th Congress,” and Greece and Turkey agreed this Richard Lugar of Indiana, who al- state that their ratings for the top past Thursday that improving the so made the list. ten were based a wide range of cri- deteriorating relationship between Senator Snowe, a Republican teria. their two countries was a priority. of Greek heritage, has been repre- The introduction to the article Talks between Costas Kara- senting her state in the Senate and the section projecting Senator manlis and his visiting Turkish since 1994, and is currently seek- Snowe are published below: counterpart, Recep Tayyip Erdo- ing re-election to her third six-year By law, just about anyone can gan, on the sidelines of a South- Senate term. be a U.S. Senator. The Constitu- EUROKINISSI east Europe Cooperation Process The TIME article referred to tion requires only that you have Greek Prime Minister Costas Karamanlis, left, meeting with Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdo- (SEECP) Summit in Thessaloniki her as “The Provider,” who walks reached your 30th birthday; reside gan, right, with an interpreter present. The two men met on the sidelines of the Southeast Europe Coopera- also focused on deeper economic the streets of towns in her state tion Process summit, which commenced in Thessaloniki this past Wednesday morning, May 3. Greece is the cooperation, according to the and asks her constituents what Continued on Page 2 only European Union member in the regional group. Greek Premier. "These meetings are to create the right climate; to ensure an ex- change of views; and to improve bilateral relations. It is my govern- Mihos Confident about ment's strategic target to fully nor- A Developer’s Place in History malize relations with Turkey," Karamanlis said. Gubernatorial Chances By Mary Lynne Vellinga book pages around him: war, de- dent, he waited tables at night in The two NATO allies have Sacramento Bee privation, emigration and stints as the Tony Del Prado restaurant drawn closer in recent years, after By Theodore Kalmoukos Market convenience store chain both a shoeshine boy in Chicago and sold real estate on weekends. reaching the brink of war in Jan- Special to The National Herald before selling 130 of the stores to SACRAMENTO, Calif. - The and a farmworker in Lodi. And he He eventually would leave Sac uary 1996 over Imia, a disputed 7-Eleven in 1998, expressed brim- year was 1958, and Sacramento had begun laying the groundwork State a few credits shy of gradua- islet in the Aegean Sea. In August- BOSTON, Mass. - Christy Mi- ming confidence in his interview State College had moved to its for his future as Angelo K. tion to work full time. September 1999, however, the two hos of Yarmouth is trying to be- with the National Herald: new campus on the site of a former Tsakopoulos, arguably the most "He was a pretty good puncher regional rivals jumped to assists come the second Greek American “Right now, the polls show that peach orchard. The trees still were significant force to shape Sacra- for his size," recalled former team- each other after devastating earth- to serve the state of Massachusetts we have a wonderful chance. We spindly, and the school had the mento since John Sutter. mate Norm Tavalero, a retired quakes struck both countries, and as governor (Michael Dukakis be- are only a few points behind the raw look of a construction site. His former boxing teammates Shell Oil Company manager who Greece is now one of the biggest ing the first). present Republican lieutenant Angelo Chicos posed for his say the elements of his larger- lives in Shingle Springs. "He liked backers of Turkey's candidacy to Despite polls showing that his governor and a few points behind yearbook photo in silk shorts, tank than-life persona were present everybody, but he was such a de- join the European Union. opponents are enjoying a com- the attorney general. But we just top and black lace-up shoes as a even in the days when he was termined guy that boxing was a But tensions still simmer, fu- manding lead, Mr. Mihos, who got started,” he said, adding that member of the short-lived but studying business, philosophy and very good sport for him. He want- eled by disputes over airspace, ter- bolted from the Republican Party the Greek American and wider vaunted Sac State boxing team. history under the Americanized ed to win. He was an achiever." ritorial waters (Aegean maritime in early March to run as an Inde- business communities are rallying Noticeably smaller than his team- surname of Chicos, one he later Teammate Bob Bell remem- boundaries) and the ongoing pendent, says he believes he has a around his candidacy. mates, he raised gloved fists, dropped to reclaim the family bers seeing another quality when Turkish occupation of Cyprus. solid chance to win the Common- “I will be unbought and un- struck a fighting stance and gazed name. he watched young Angelo spar (or The island republic has been divid- wealth's gubernatorial election in bossed” has been his battlecry, ar- calmly at the camera with big This was, after all, the same maybe it's just in retrospect, since ed into a Greek Cypriot south and November, citing polls which show guing that the two major parties brown eyes. young man who, nearly seven he has been friends with a Turkish Cypriot north since he has recently narrowed the gap. have “morphed into one” and At 21, Chicos already had years earlier, had sailed from his Tsakopoulos ever since and spent 1974, when Turkey invaded, ex- Most polls show that Mas- have become “beholden to the stockpiled experiences likely un- native Greece alone, steaming years as his lawyer and business ploiting an abortive Athens- sachusetts Attorney General Tom special interests,” while failing to fathomable to many of the under- past the Statue of Liberty on his Reilly, the Democrat in the race, is stop “endless” increases in taxes graduates smiling from the year- 15th birthday. As a college stu- Continued on Page 6 Continued on Page 9 enjoying a slight edge over Repub- and fees and the exodus of jobs lican Lieutenant Governor Kerry and people from the state. Healey, with Mr. Mihos lagging Still, Mr. Mihos faces an uphill behind as a potential spoiler. As climb, with even some members of an Independent, polls show he is his family donating to Mr. Reilly's drawing a lot of votes away from campaign, but not to his, accord- Cyprus: Mrs. Healey, who accepted the ing to a recent report in the April GOP nomination last Saturday 20 edition of the Boston Herald: A Density evening, April 29, at the Tsongas “… campaign finance records Arena (named after the late U.S. show that several members of Mi- of Riches Senator Paul Tsongas) in Lowell. hos' family have ponied up cash But Mr. Mihos, 56, who made Page 12 millions building up the Christy's Continued on Page 4 Greek American Doctor Atlantic Bank Helps Couples Conceive Leaders are By Liana Sideri the U.S., is already available in Honored for Special to the National Herald North Europe, China, Korea and Australia. It was recently incorpo- Their Service NEW YORK - There are more rated into Dr. Taliadouros' than 400 fertility clinics through- Delaware Valley Institute of Fer- By Stratos Boudouridis out the United States, which pro- tility & Genetics (DVIF&G) in Special to The National Herald vide invaluable services to couples Marlton, New Jersey. He is now who are unable to conceive natu- among a handful of doctors in the NEW YORK - In an emotional rally. country who perform the ground- atmosphere and in the presence of According to the National Cen- breaking IVM method. AP PHOTO/ED REINKE several prominent members of the ter for Health Statistics, roughly In an interview with the Nation- Kentucky Derby hopeful Sweetnorthernsaint nips at the lead while being held by exercise rider Ernesto Greek American community, the one in six American couples fit this al Herald, Dr. Taliadouros said Ferdinand, as he is washed in the stable area of Churchill Downs last Sunday, April 30, in Louisville, Hellenic American Chamber of profile, due to physical conditions that, along with his team, he pro- Kentucky. The horse is trained by Michael Trombetta and owned by Greek immigrant Ted Theos and Joe Commerce honored the outgoing interfering with their reproductive vides a full spectrum of reproduc- Balsamo.

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