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By Georgia Kofinas tributes of de-toxing our bodies By Theodore Kalmoukos Special to The National Herald from the animal fats and over - TNH Staff Writer abundance of protein from meat ATHENS- Today people spend and dairy products. He pre - BOSTON - A schism is develop - thousands of dollars on short- sented the benefits of following ing in the Greek Orthodox Me - term detox programs in luxury the Mediterranean Diet, consid - tropolis of Boston because of a spa centers while the guidelines ered to be one of the healthiest sanction ordered by Metropoli - of the Orthodox fast have just diets in the world. Based on the tan Methodios prohibiting the as much to offer; not to mention traditional foods of the inhabi - the historic parish of St. George that it is a long-term “invest - tants of the Mediterranean in Lynn, Massachusetts from cel - ment” since it is incorporated Basin, especially the Greek peo - ebrating the Holy Sacraments, into the lifestyle of the Orthodox ple, this diet calls for the con - including weddings and bap - faithful. However, one of the sumption of red meat only one tisms. In a letter dated March major concerns about fasting is or two times a month and a lim - 25, on the Feast Day of the An - whether or not our bodies will ited intake of milk and dairy nunciation of the Mother of God be depleted of important nutri - products. The base of the and the commemoration of the ents when abstaining from meat Mediterranean Diet pyramid Independence of Greece from and dairy products. There are a consists of whole grain breads the Ottoman Occupation, Father myriad of excuses used by those and cereals, pasta, potatoes and Theodore Barbas, Chancellor of who find fasting difficult or un - rice. Fruit, vegetables, legumes the Metropolis of Boston told desirable. The truth of the mat - and nuts make up the other Katherine Griffin and Christo - ter is, however, that not only do large share of the daily diet. pher Huber that they could not Lenten foods offer an excellent These are basically the foods have their wedding at St. source of the basic nutrients, but consumed during fasting peri - George’s and told them to make they are also simple to prepare. ods. Olive oil is the basic fat other arrangements. Barbas Recently I was asked to par - used in Greek cuisine, especially wrote: “As you may have ticipate in a seminar on fasting Lenten cuisine, and has proved learned, due to canonical and organized by the women’s aux - to be beneficial for keeping cho - administrative matters, no iliary of Kalamata in the prefec - lesterol levels down while pro - Sacraments are permitted at the ture of Messinia of the southern viding essential vitamins and Most of the Parthenon is restored now, and millions of tourists every year from around the Saint George Parish in Lynn un - Peloponnese. The purpose of the antioxidants. The overall health world still make the trek up the famed hill of the ancient Acropolis to see it. With Greece’s til further notice. We are sad - seminar was to enlighten the lo - benefits of keeping the fast in - crushing debt, some critics have raised the idea of selling the country’s symbol as the government dened that this affects your cal inhabitants regarding the clude: prepares a list of assets to be privatized or sold. Wedding schedule for Saturday, benefits of fasting and to pro - • Lowering of cholesterol October 15, 2011. Please call mote the regional Lenten cui - levels and triglycerides in the my office so that we may assist sine. The first speaker was a blood you making other arrange - priest who spoke on the spiritual • Regulating sugar levels in Unthinkable: Is the Acropolis for Sale? ments. Should this Canonical aspects of fasting and how it is the blood and checking blood sanction be lifted, we will notify beneficial for both the body and pressure you immediately.” This develop - soul. He focused on the teach - • Protecting the body from ATHENS – The looming priva - azine The Atlantic. Douglas Up until now, the premier did ment for St. George’s to be ings of the Church fathers and certain forms of cancer tization or sale of state lands McIntyre, editor of the 24/7 not want to face voter ire if pos - placed outside the sacramental explained the Orthodox belief • Aiding in the proper func - and assets to raise $71.14 bil - Wall Street web site, wrote: “Af - sible. It is enough that citizens canonicity, which constitutes a that the body and soul are one. tion of the large intestine lion to stave off bankruptcy and ter months of denials, Greek will suffer the results of auster - “schism” speaking from a theo - Saint John Chrysostom, a force - • Providing anti-aging prop - meet demands of international Prime Minister George Papacon - ity that cut some of their salaries logical and ecclesiological view ful 4th Century Church father, erties creditors who’ve loaned Greece stantinou admitted the country and raised their taxes.” Greece point, came about because the tells us that the activities of the My presentation was based $150 billion has even raised the may be forced to sell some of has a staggering near $400 bil - Parish Council and the General soul are determined by the con - on the nutritional aspects of the unlikely specter that national its property. That means that the lion debt and has turned to the Assembly of the 106-year-old St. ditions of our body. Hence, by Lenten cuisine and its practical symbols such as the Acropolis unfathomable may be possible: idea of selling some of its public George’s Church has refused to cleansing our bodies from the applications. With Lent begin - could be sold. The unseemly could the Acropolis soon be on entities, such as railways, to pre - pay a $20,000 increase in its an - toxic foods we usually eat (meat ning this year at the threshold idea, first raised last year by the auction block, sold to the vent insolvency. nual allocation to the Archdio - and dairy products), we also of spring, there is a rich variety German parliamentarians ired highest bidder? Though the The notion of selling the cese. The hike, which would cleanse our souls and of ingredients from both what that their country is putting up wonder of the Ancient World Acropolis, the national symbol have raised the church’s annual strengthen our willpower to is left of the winter crops and much of the Greek bailout may escape this fate, lesser- of Greece, was treated as a joke allocation to $88,000, was de - ward off temptations. The sec - from the arrival of fresh sea - funds, was repeated – perhaps known state assets may have to by Greeks, but got enough at - manded by the Archdiocese, and ond speaker was a cardiologist tongue in cheek – in a recent be sold as Greece looks to dig who presented the beneficial at - Continued on page 7 article by in the respected mag - itself out of its financial hole. Continued on page 9 Continued on page 4 Tina Fey, Teutonic Greek, is Kotovos’ Cupcakes are Luring the Greeks not a Troll, But She’s Funny By Andy Dabilis And Angelike Contis TNH Staff Writers By Janet Maslin as one of the blurbs on the back New York Times of Bossypants, her dagger-sharp, ATHENS – The lines are form - extremely funny new book for ing outside Hamptons Cup - “Tina Fey is an ugly, pear- which even the blurbs are cakes, even though it’s off a shaped, bitchy, overrated troll.” clever. (“Totally worth it.” — main street in the fashionable Somebody once wrote that on a Trees.) She also includes it in neighborhood of Kifissia, tucked mean-spirited Web site, whence the book’s Dear Internet chapter, into a serene setting behind an - it could have vanished into which she treats as a happy oc - other store, because the word is oblivion. But Ms. Fey liked the casion to eviscerate a few well- out that the goods being offered remark too much to let it go. So chosen haters. “To say I’m an by Nicole Kotovos – trans - she has used it (sans “bitchy”) overrated troll, when you have planted from Upper Manhattan never even seen me guard a – are irresistible. She’s making bridge, is patently unfair,” she Greeks love cupcakes. argues. She goes on to take is - Here’s what the site Athens sue with the writer’s terminol - Daily Secret said: “We recently Youth Shines ogy (what if she got her shape strolled down Levidou Street in from sitting in business-class air - Kifissia and were surprised to line seats too often?), thank him catch a whiff of the sweet aroma at Greek for his attention (“there’s no of fresh-baked cupcakes. At first such thing as bad press!”) and we thought we were just day - suggest that it would take the dreaming of our last visit to New Festival Hubble telescope to locate his York, where cupcakes have un - tiny genitals. “Affectionately, dergone a major revivial. When By Stavros Marmarinos Tina,” she concludes. we followed our nose into the TNH Staff Writer Why did Ms. Fey take that Pinakothiki Kouvotsaki garden, slur even half-seriously? After no one was more surprised than NEW YORK – March 25, 1821 all, she is a powerful person. us to uncover the quintessential was the topic underlying a cele - She really is the Bossypants of sweet escape, Hamptons Cup - TNH/ANDY DABILIS bration organized by State Sen - the title. She has a television Nicole Kotovos at her cupcake shop in the upscale Athens neighborhood of Kifissia, draws a lot ator Martin J. Golden of Brook - show, 30 Rock, that, by her Continued on page 9 of customers, especially on the weekends. The New Yorker moved to Greece to open her shop. lyn, newly-elected State count, employs almost 200 peo - Assemblywoman Nicole Mallio - ple. She has a Teutonic side. takis of Brooklyn and Staten Is - And she has been eerily mor - land and AHEPA Chapter 41 of phed for the book’s cover into a Bay Ridge, New York, which was freakish hybrid of pretty woman Music Lovers Mourn Loss of Maestro Anagnost held on April 3 at the community and big, strong, hairy-armed hall of the Kimisis Theotokou man. “I hope that’s not really Greek Orthodox Church in the cover,” reads another of the By Angelike Contis and may his memory be eter - ney with him, reaching, reach - Brooklyn. At the event, those book’s blurbs, from Don Fey, her and Constantine S. Sirigos nal.’” ing, reaching all the time – and who helped young adults mem - father. “That’s really going to TNH Staff Writers Anagnost’s many distinctions working with him to create the bers from the Brooklyn area hurt sales.” It could. But it’s a included a Grammy nomination most breathtaking kind of pro - were honored, including: fair representation of Ms. Fey’s NEW YORK – The Little Orches - and the Italian Commendatore grams.” At the helm of the Little Stavroula (Stefanie) Christakos; self-image as a smart, unyield - tra Society, The Archdiocesan in the Order of Merit of the Ital - Orchestra, where he had been James Magriples; former Greek ing woman who has forced her Holy Trinity Cathedral and mu - ian Republic for his service to musical director and conductor afternoon schoolteacher Efrosini way to the top of what is usually sic-lovers from throughout both Italian music in the United since 1979, with 32 seasons and Mancini; James Panagakos; and a man’s profession. the Greek American and the States with the Little Orchestra’s more than 1,000 concerts (in - Takis Papapadopoulos. At the “Only in comedy,” she writes, New York community are 20-year-plus Vivaldi’s Venice se - cluding at the White House and event, Senator Golden expressed about interviewing for a writing mourning the loss of The Mae - ries. New York Mayors Michael around the world,) Anagnost his delight at co-organizing the job on Saturday Night Live in stro. Dino Anagnost, 67, passed Bloomberg, Rudolph Giuliani, brought the public popular fa - event once again. He lauded the 1997, “does an obedient white away on the evening of March and Ed Koch presented Anag - vorites, but also lesser known Greek American community of girl from the suburbs count as 30 of cancer. Music Director and nost with proclamations citing works, through the orchestra’s Brooklyn – and beyond- for its diversity.” And only in comedy Conductor of The Little Orches - his contributions to the city’s Sound Discoveries series at Lin - contributions not only to its could Ms. Fey have achieved the tra and longtime choir director culture. He was an Archon of coln Center. He was also known apotheosis that could be seen of the Holy Trinity Cathedral, the Ecumenical Patriarchate of for his innovative theatrical Continued on page 5 on Saturday Night Live just be - Anagnost had received medical the Order of St. Andrew and staging. When TNH spoke to fore the 2008 presidential elec - treatment at St. Luke's Hospital conferred Archon of the Holy him during a rehearsal of popu - tion. Some thought the feminist before passing at his Upper West and Great Church of Constan - lar Babes in Toyland in late high point was Ms. Fey’s Sarah Side home. As the Holy Trinity tinople. 2009, the conductor empha - For subscription: Palin-Hillary Clinton skit with Archdiocesan Cathedral’s state - “He was such an innovator, sized that the Little Orchestra 718.784.5255 Amy Poehler, but Ms. Fey sees ment read: “He will always be a creator, a dreamer,” remem - was dedicated to presenting [email protected] it differently. remembered at the Cathedral as bered Little Orchestra Society’s “music that hasn’t been done, “The moment most emblem - ‘The Maestro.’ He was a master Executive Director Joanne Bern - New York and American pre - atic of how things have changed musician, a devout Christian, TNH/COSTAS BEJ stein-Cohen, noting: “He always mieres,” adding: “We have to for women in America,” she passionate Hellene and dear A passionate Dino Anagnost wanted to imagine something stay ahead of the curve.” He not friend to many. May God grant conducts the 2009 Christmas that was almost beyond possible Continued on page 4 the peaceful repose of his soul Candlelight Concert. and we were always on a jour - Continued on page 8 2 COMMUNITY THE NATIONAL HERALD, APRIL 9-15, 2011

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By Constantine S. Sirigos Greek singer Eleftheria Arvani - into the eighth century and TNH Staff Writer taki: Meno Ektos and Dynata where Napoleon’s family had so Dynata. Dinkjian sat next to Kat - many Greek neighbors that some NEW YORK – Andreas Katsi - sigiannis, whose oud and san - scholars wonder if the great Cor - giannis usually appears at the touri filled Rose Hall with sounds sican had roots in the province center of his beloved Estoudi - never dreamed of by its design - of Mani. antina ensemble, playing the ers. A stirring Dinkjian solo then That spirit of the love of pa - music of the Mediterranean took the audience far from New trida continued a few song later, world he loves on the santouri York, despite the sound and light in the poignant Kyrenia sung by that is dear to him. That passion show of the city literally in front Mermygas, whose lyrics were was transmitted through his mu - of them, but it was no longer the written by local Greek Cypriot sic to the audience on March 30 life of the North American city poet Polis Kyriakou. The point when the Onassis Foundation that accompanied the music – of the evening was not nation - USA presented Estoudiantina at the sinuous traffic flow turned alism and national conflict how - in the Allen Room of Rose Hall, into something else, the string of ever, as Turkish songs were in - the home of Jazz at Lincoln Cen - red tailights became a slithering cluded to demonstrate that there ter. The concert introduced many snake on the Anatolian plain, the are many common cultural ele - Greek Americans and philhel - white headlights were now the ments that could be the basis of lenes to a long-forgotten piece twists and turns of the Meander continuous peace initiatives be - of Greek cultural history. Accord - river glinting in the Ionian light tween groups like the Greeks, ing to the program notes, “At the it passed the great city of Miletus Turks and Armenians – and turn of the 20th Century in Asia before digorging itself into the Arabs and Israelis, whose pasts Minor and Constantinople, inno - Aegean. include much bloodshed but vative orchestras known as es - MUSIC OF LOSS AND HOPE who know increasingly that toudiantinas created a new The consciousness of some of there is no substitute for peace, movement in Greek music by as - the listeners returned to the communication and cooperation similating elements from diverse The Allen room, Frederick P. rose Hall, home of Jazz at Lincoln Center. © richard Termine great Metropolis of New York. for securing better futures fro cultures in the East and West,” With the light and energy of Manhattan adding fuel to the music, the Estoudiantina ensemble Perhaps it was the ensemble it - their children. The theme of using ancient instruments such and singers Aspasia Stratigou and Thodoris Mermygas thrill the audience at Lincoln Center. self. Carefully composed of a per - transcending religious and eth - as the oud, the plucked canun, fect variety of distinct and mem - nic conflict came to mind during its hammer-struck cousin, the ice of Jazz, with the pulse of the a dash of accordion was added Hellas. orable instruments, the orchestra the Balkan part of the program santouri, and the more modern city expressed by the streams of to the stew, a preview of many Another north European ele - evoked Gotham and its many that included hypnotic passages clarinet, accordion and violin. white and red lights of cars in courses of delicious music to ment was added to the mix, a dozens of ethnic groups, each played on the canun by Nikolaos The groups poured forth rich the ebb and flow of Manhattan’s come. The strains became piano announcing a dramatic with their own sounds and souls, Baimpas and fascinating musical offerings with roots in traffic, and the lights in the near jaunty, and then even more so, piece, but the song was the pas - but Estoudintina’s music re - rhythms on drums and bongos. “Byzantine hymns, the folk songs and distant apartments that dance rhythms taking over, but sionate Misirlou, played and minded all that even islands can One of those songs was known of Asia Minor and the Balkans, flicked on and off in rhythm to then the clarinet began its wail - sung many times in many ways, be nations unto themselves. to the audience in its Greek ver - Ottoman music and polkas the lives of countless new York - ing and the transportation of the but no musical alchemy can com - Apostolos Mossios grabbed the sion but its origin is Serbian, waltzes and operatic arias.” In ers. People sitting on the far left crowd far to the east was com - pletely transmute its Greek pain hearts of those assembled with Avranitaki’s Theos An Einai – If 1999 Andreas Katisgianos, who and right could watch the traffic plete. A young woman came on - and Arabic heat. The full orches - a song in a language or dialect there is a God. Stratigou’s pas - is now the group’s artistic direc - swirling around Columbus Circle stage and her commentary was tra joined quickly and there were no one could identify. The gui - sionate rendition was mystically tor, and 20 young musicians, re - as the statue of the man said to welcome throughout the perfor - jazzy moments with driving bass tarist sang with a subtle vibrato assisted by the Rose Hall setting: vived the estoudiantina institu - have discovered America floated mance. She told of upcoming guitar rhythms and accordion and haunting melismata, but As she intoned “Thousands of tion and added new music from in front of them, high atop a col - songs of South Italian origin, but riffs before Stratigou’s dramatic what was the song with the angels and stars,” the reflections across the Mediterranean world umn and just below the crowd not Nino Rota’s melodies Greek conclusion. The journey contin - deeply moving music and mys - of the headlights of the cars or - showcased in their New York de - on the sixth floor. Many in their American know from the Godfa - ued westward to Portugal, for terious words about? Did the biting the statue of Columbus but. Some music lovers believe seats waiting for the concert to ther. These were the songs of the music in the fado tradition ren - composer lose the love of a beau - descended dramatically along a concert hall must look like begin were fascinated by the millennia-old Greek villages dered beautifully in Greek by tiful young girl? Was it a beloved the great window wall. Katisgi - Symphony Hall in Boston or the evening cityscape, and then the whose dialects thrived on the Stratigou, the second featured sibling’s passing that darkened nannis invited the audience to Concertgebouw in New Amster - music began with twangs of oud heel and toe of the boot of Italy singer Thodoris Mermygas, and his life, or was he singing with dance to the ecstatic traditional dam, renowned as the two great - playing from the right side of the until the last century. Katsigian - Apostolos Mossios, who was also hope for freedom for his people? dances from Thrace and Mace - est in the world acoustically. But stage. The rest of the musicians nis’ quick and nimble hands a featured guitarist. The move - In the second verse a single word donia that included a spectacu - Old European elegance is just joined gradually with rolls of turned the santouri into a man - ment out of the Hellenic realm made the song’s meaning clear lar solo on a traditional drum by one flavor that can be added to cymbals and the strikes on Kat - dolin, the tremolo backing the was signaled by the subtle to an audience flush from its Kostas Meretakis. For all its a concert to make it a great ex - sigiannis’ santouri. As listeners sultry voce of Aspasia Stratigou change in light from Aegean blue commemoration of Greek inde - openness to the outside world, perience. Rose Hall provides absorbed the lush sound that who wandered onto the stage, to turquoise, and soon the arrival pendence but burdened with the Rose Hall couldn’t quite accom - something else. It offers all of emerged, flutes and reeds and like a young Greek girl in a vil - on stage by the beloved Arik continuing pain of an occupied modate that part of his vision Manhattan as its backdrop, its violins added additional textures lage near Naples strolling down Dinkjian announced an Armen - Cyprus: Mossios sang out the for the concert, but he left the vast window wall – from stage and even with Manhattan glow - the lane. Another of many shifts ian interval. Being one of the word “Corsica” and all felt how audience hoping that a future left to stage right and from ceil - ing outside, they began to feel occurred as the santouri became world’s great oud players gives a country or region can be loved performance at another venue ing to floor – mixes the music they were somewhere else – the a hammered dulcimer from Dinkjian an exotic and interna - like a spouse, a sibling or a par - could lead to spontaneous bursts performed inside with the chang - informative program announced north of the Italian Alps, now tional aura, but he was born in ent. Some passages sounded like of signing and dancing by the ing light, weather and urban en - the first piece as Soultani sounding Hungarian and gypsy New Jersey and has served as an motives one might hear in a audience. There is no doubt that ergy outside. Gegiach, composed by Giorgos strains, but the Greek lyrics re - organist for the Armenian Apos - Greek church, making people the members of Estoudiantina The room performs its magic Batzanos of Constantinople. minded all of the power of lan - tolic Church in America. He de - wonder about the origins of mu - would inspire it. on all musical genres, but was ETHNIC BLENDING guage: the music said North, but lighted the guests by playing sic dedicated to an island that perfectly suited to the fire and The rhythm shifted, and then the words kept souls riveted in songs he composed for popular the Byzantine state clung to deep [email protected] Fans of Gravely Ill Esther Dimotakis Peterson Turn to Facebook

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Cindy - caused a rift with her fa - she stopped taking it altogether where she picked vegetables as a lies a new pulpit, tips off revolu - for being poor little farm girls “I had heard of Facebook,” she ther so fierce he forbade her recently because it was “like a kid, plopped down for picture tions and allows friends to they had a lot of class and glam - said, adding that she does send mother from attending the wed - poison” - have left her frail, and a shoots as a young woman and overshare. It can also turn per - our.” And so, there is Esther and e-mails to her 10-year-old grand - ding. During a long career at broken rib causes her pain. Her sowed a garden of herbs in her fectly productive people into her big Greek family in black and daughter Ruby who, BTW, filled Sharpe Army Depot, she came in daughters are taking good care golden years is calling to her. “I slackers who stalk each other in white albums with titles such as her in on LOL. “My daughters contact with her first computer - of the woman they say is much have weeds to pull.” the cyber universe. Thank good - Esther: The Vampy, Sexy, Fun- think it’s hysterical that their the huge machines had air-con - more accustomed to doing for ness. Because otherwise you Loving Single Girl, or Esther: With mom gets so many comments.” ditioned offices; the workers others. On a rare sunny spring (Reprinted by permission of the might not get to like the fan page her Siblings, Nieces & Nephews. Esther Peterson - born Esther Di - didn’t. A second marriage to day, she feels well enough to Stockton, Calif. Record, of an 83-year-old Manteca She has her hands on her hips. motakis on Nov. 2, 1927, in Dav - William Peterson ended only make plans - if only for the near www.recordnet.com. Esther woman who - although she’s One foot is pointed forward. It is enport to Greek immigrants from when he passed away in Novem - future. “I guess I’m a lady of had 1,208 fans at last count.) coming to terms with the Stage 4 a picture-perfect pose. There’s Es - the island of Crete - has had a big cancer ravaging one of her lungs ther and her sisters on the beach life. There are those pictures to - could probably use all the near Santa Cruz, in a lake at prove it. It went by quickly, she friends in the world right now. Yosemite, at the local airport or said. “My life has been full. It’s It’s “All About Esther,” and it’s plopped down on a picnic blanket been a really good life,” she said, about time, say her biggest cheer - in the dirt. There they are in and then firing off a swear word leaders, who also happen to be bathing suits - wool ones (long that starts with the letter h and her daughters. Their goal? That before Spandex and polyester) - ends with double hockey sticks, 1,000 fans like the Facebook page on a snowy ski slope. And, look, she wonders, “Where did time they created simply to cheer up Esther’s in a tree! Always with a go?” Clicking through the photos, their mom. (Go to facebook.com huge smile that gains some color you might think you know her. and type All About Esther into the as the years progress to Esther: She vacationed a lot? She had a search. When the page pops up, The Mom and finally, Esther: The designer wardrobe? She loved a just click "like" to support their Yia Yia. One such fan, Maria good time? “Ha,” she says. For effort.) “She was really getting Barlupo of Stockton, liked the much of her childhood and into down in the dumps,” Cathy Run - page and said it has rekindled her young adult years, she rose dell of Seattle said. “She wasn’t memories of growing up in a at 4 a.m. to milk cows before even eating.” Rundell realized tight-knit Greek-American com - school. After class, there were that if a restaurant or a rock n’ munity. “It’s let me reconnect with more chores - harvesting fruit and roll band could have a fan page, people I haven’t seen in years,” nut trees, butchering lambs for so could the matriarch of a Greek- said Barlupo, who went to high the dinner table, spraying DDT American clan. “We wanted to do school with Cathy Rundell and on the birds her father raised to something to lift her spirits,” Run - has become reacquainted with sell to pet shops, pruning wine - dell said of “All About Esther,” her on Facebook. “Some of the grapes, tending a garden. On which she and her sisters created pictures are so sentimental to me. weekends, Vasilios “William” Di - on the social media website. “I In one picture there are five motakis was known for the huge think it’s exciting for her to know young men and Cathy’s mom. It parties he threw for the local that a lot of these people that are brought tears to my eyes because Greek community where he and her fans are people that she does - three of those young men are my his band would play. His wife and n’t even know. She is getting a uncles. My parents came over and kids served and cleaned up. Life kick out of it.” Plus, there was a I showed them. They got so ex - was hard. So much so that it at - huge collection of pictures to post cited. It just amazes me the num - tracted the attention of famed - many of them from the 1940’s. ber of pictures they took. I don’t photojournalist Dorothea Lange “My sisters and I have always think most of us have even a frac - who was documenting the De - marveled at all these photos,” tion of the number of photos that pression era when she came to Rundell said. “They were farmers. they have from that period.” their Manteca farm and took pic - Mom comes from a family of nine Hearing about her 500 and count - tures of the family with a looming kids. There were six sisters and ing fans cracks Esther up. barn in the background. they all took jobs off the farm, Leaning on her cane, she Somehow, though, the girls found time for side jobs and saved money for fashion magazines and even rare weekend escapes. It wasn’t without raising the anger of their father. “He was very hard- headed and very stubborn. He didn’t want daughters, he wanted sons. We worked hard. We did everything that had to be done,” she recalls, adding that her sole surviving sibling - her younger CALL US FOR AIRFARES TO GREECE. WE OFFER COMPETETIVE PRICES brother - still lives on the farm *Prices does not include up to $30 Greek domestic air taxes & fees and calls each morning. “But I made a vow that I would never marry a Greek, and I didn’t, twice.” The battles with her father came to a head after he busted her for sneaking off to attend a dance. “It wasn’t like I was 15,” she said recalling how she found a roommate and moved out. “I Esther with her first husband, Chuck Rundell, holding Lyn and was 21.” with Cathy in the front. A baby girl she gave up for 4 COMMUNITY THE NATIONAL HERALD, APRIL 9-15, 2011 The Schismatic Tragicomedy of St. George’s Church Isn’t Funny At All

Analysis more, the par excellence sacra - bishop Demetrios, is now dust. missed him from the Presidency By Theodore Kalmoukos ment of sacraments of our faith. Here we talk about the lives of Hellenic College and Holy TNH Staff Writer But the sacraments of weddings of people, the relationship they Cross School of Theology, and and baptisms are forbidden. have with their church, which that is why the people make fun BOSTON - If anything is more One wonders will the sacrament is a relationship with the truth when they read Demetrios’ de - evident with the sad develop - of Holy Unction be administered and salvation found in their lo - scription of Methodios. The sit - ments in the historic community on Holy Wednesday? cal church, the parish. And here uation in New England is dete - of St. George’s Church of Lynn, It would be very naïve for comes Methodios for $20,000. riorating month after month, Massachusetts, where the cele - someone to expect that Metho - he forbids them to hold their and things got to such a point bration of the holy sacraments dios and Barbas know that the wedding. He is using these of withering of our communi - were forbidden, is that the scan - sacraments in the early Church young people and their families ties, Lynn is one of them. Many dalization and the hurt of the were connected to the sacra - to pressure their parish into pay - people ask: “Who should we faithful continues. All this is tak - ment of the Holy Eucharist. And ing more, and at the same time turn to? Who should we trust?” ing place just before Holy Week that you cannot pick and choose he shows his power. Who will We should be reminded that of the Sacred Passion and Res - which sacraments can be per - assume the responsibility if the Archdiocese of America, urrection of Christ, the estab - formed or not performed at that these young people leave the along with its Metropolises, in - lisher of the Church, which He same Church which is cut off Church forever or join another cluding, of course, the Metrop - cared with His own blood. To from that local Metropolis, jurisdiction? After all they pay olis of Boston, is an Ecclesiasti - begin with, I don’t think that where Methodios for everything, their steward - cal Eparchy of the Ecumenical there is anyone who believes the has been appointed Bishop, ship to their parish, the applica - Patriarchate. order to stop sacraments came meaning overseer and teacher tion fee for the Metropolis li - Patriarch Bartholomew is the from Fr. Barbas, Chancellor and of faith. Is he lacking basic the - cense, everything. The Archbishop per se the shepherd that Metropolitan Methodios ological knowledge to allow on Metropolis gives them nothing and teacher of faith of the was not behind this. Second, it the one hand the sacrament of except bitterness and sadness. Church of America and that is appears that Methodios doesn’t the Holy Eucharist, but on the In the meantime, the people why his name is commemorated realize that this action creates a other prohibit the sacraments of see Archbishop Demetrios, who at the Eucharist and the Sacred “schism” in the Metropolis of weddings and baptisms? TNH/THEODOrE kALmOukOS writes, “That you are blessed Services. The question that has Boston, since the prohibition of The late Archbishop Iakovos, Rev. George Tsoukalas, Presiding Priest of the St. George with a distinguished, compas - been raised by many faithful, not the sacraments cuts off a local who selected and ordained him Church in Lynn, Mass., was President of the Spiritual Court sionate and wise hierarch and I only in Lynn, but in the Greek church, the parish of St. George and appointed him Bishop of that tried the parish council members of the Transfiguration kindly urge you to follow his in - American Community in general in Lynn from the whole Church. Boston must be spinning in his Church in Lowell. structions.” is: Does Bartholomew agree In other words it cuts off the grave, because Iakovos would The people have knowledge, with the doings of Methodios? sacramental connection and never go to these extremes, be - Church! Oh God! He does all of the National Ministries I’m opinion and memory and they The excuse that Demetrios unity of a parish within a Me - cause the Bishop should unite this over money. Yes, for the afraid we will have rebellion the remember very well that the Ec - and Methodios are responsible tropolis. The comedy is the the faithful, not divide them as money, using the so-called “Na - same as in Egypt. The slogan of umenical Patriarchate had come here does not convince anyone sacrament of Holy Eucharist Methodios does, not only in tional Ministries” as his excuse! the last two Clergy/Laity Con - to the point to impose an Eccle - and also it won’t be long before continues at St. George as if this Lynn. Just imagine that he pro - If at any time the faithful in gresses, Gather My People To siastically Reprimand on Metho - the situation becomes the night - is not a sacrament, and further hibits the sacraments of the America discover the “myth” of My Home, presented by Arch - dios in the past and also dis - mare of the Patriarchate. Steadfast Methodios Bars Sacraments at St. George’s, Weddings Off

Continued from page 1 St. George Church.” Asked how the Greek Orthodox Archdiocese March 30, signed by George Archdiocesan charter. With the Transfiguration Church in Low - her daughter and family felt, she of America and in particular to Vourvoulias, Chairman of the Fi - appointment of Tsoukalas, that ell, Mass. because it refused to Metropolitan Methodios of said “We are devastated,” and your parish of St. George in nance Committee of the Greek changed drastically and the pay a big pay hike to its former Boston, and has infuriated she added: “We do not want to Lynn, Massachusetts.” He also Orthodox Archdiocese of Amer - parish was the first to respond priest, who was transferred to members of the church, many go to another church. This is our wrote that, “You have been ica and Jerry Dimitriou, Execu - after Tsoukalas convinced about another parish. But now things of whom are working-class or church for four generations. We blessed with a very distinguish tive Director of the Greek Or - 15 or 20 members of the parish have changed completely. lower-income families in an eco - had all our sacraments here and edcaring and wise Hierarch in thodox Archdiocese of America, to contribute $1,000 annually Methodios is no longer on nomically distressed city. Parish we want to continue the tradi - the person of His Eminence Met - stated: “The Chancellor of the to the Special FOS Fund of the speaking terms with Tsoukalas Council President John Meklis, tion.” If she could speak to Ecu - Metropolis, Fr. Theodore Barbas Metropolis of Boston, which and in January sent him a letter expressing the unanimous con - menical Patriarch Bartholomew, Eleni Griffin, who was in his letter of January 14, 2011 supplements the 25% the Arch - blasting him and prohibiting sensus of the council and with she said, her voice emotional, “I has informed you that, The diocese returns to the Metropo - him from visiting other parishes the agreement and support of would beg him to allow my married at St. George’s, Saint George Parish of Lynn has lis from the total sum of the al - to participate in vespers, ser - the parish priest George daughter to be married at the had her children baptized been assigned the Allocation of locations of the New England vices and sacraments. Method - Tsoukalas, conveyed to Metho - church of our parish.” Messages $88,000.00 for 2011. There is a parishes. On the initiative of ios did not even allow him to dios that the church cannot af - from The National Herald to there, and is the mother $20,000.00 balance due from Tsoukalas and prominent Greek- participate recently in the fu - ford the hike and will not pay Archbishop Demetrios, Metro - of the bride-to-be said, 2010. This total of $108,000.00 American businessman Tom De - neral service of his long-time more than $68,000. politan Methodios and Fr. is payable in 12 monthly pay - makes, who is a trustee of Holy friend Fr. Emmanuel Metaxas of AN EMOTIONAL PLEA Tsoukalas went unanswered. “I am heartbroken with ments of $9,000.00 due by the Cross School of Theology, an Ar - the Taxiarchae Church in Wa - In a telephone interview with Archbishop Demetrios, in a let - this situation...” 20th of each month. Your checks chon of the Ecumenical Patriar - tertown, Mass, forcing Fr. The National Herald, Eleni Grif - ter to the parish of St. George are being returned as the chate and Leadership 100 mem - Tsoukalas to sit in the congre - fin, who was married at St. dated March 24, wrote that, ropolitan Methodios. We kindly amount submitted is incorrect ber, St. George’s organized gation. Fr. Tsoukalas served in George’s, had her children bap - “The Holy Eparchial Synod at ask you to follow his directions.” and not in accord with the state - fundraisers in support of the the past as Chancellor of the tized there, and is the mother its recent meeting has unani - The Archdiocese returned ment of the Chancellor.” Theological School at the parish, Metropolis of Boston, but after of the bride-to-be, said, “I am mously supported the decisions the checks that the parish had THE FALL OF TSOUKALAS raising $100,000 or more on the falling out with Methodios heartbroken with this situation, and actions of His Eminence sent from January to March. The parish of St. George, each occasion. Fr. Tsoukalas was he was dismissed. Methodios re - we all are very saddened.” She Metropolitan Methodios of Based on the $60,000 annual al - prior to the appointment of close to Methodios, who ap - fused to appoint him to another said, “I called Fr. George Boston regarding the implemen - location, the parish sent to the Tsoukalas in 1998, had limited pointed him chief judge of the parish for a long time, so Fr. (Tsoukalas) who told me that tation of the Archdiocesan Reg - Archdiocese $5,666.67 every connection and relationship so-called Spiritual Court of the Tsoukalas was forced to open a he will try to do whatever he ulations as they apply to all month. A letter accompanying with the Metropolis of Boston Metropolis of Boston, which re - dry cleaning business to support can to have the weeding at the parishes of our Metropolises of the returned checks, dated because it refused to accept the moved the Parish Council of the his family. Tina Fey, Teutonic Greek, is not a Troll, But She is Funny and the Real “Bossypants”

Continued from page 1 a fish-out-of-water stint at the discuss anyone more famous be taken. “The makeup artist at She can’t say the same for University of Virginia. “What 19- than its sufficiently famous au - your photo shoot will work me - her domesticated side. This writes, “was nine-months-preg - year-old Virginia boy doesn’t thor. thodically on your eyelids with book includes surprisingly nant Amy Poehler rapping as want a wide-hipped, sarcastic For all Ms. Fey’s efforts to de - a series of tickly little brushes down-to-earth chapters about Sarah Palin and tearing the roof Greek girl with short hair that’s pict herself as “a little tiny per - for a hundred minutes.” And “at Christmas holidays spent dri - off the place.” permed on top?” asks Ms. Fey, son with nothing to worry about really fancy shoots, a celebrity ving to visit in-laws and a hon - Ms. Fey also writes about the who calls herself Greek when running in circles, worried out fecalist will study your bowel eymoon spent on a cruise ship. point at which her foray into po - she isn’t calling herself German. of her mind,” she comes off as a movements and adjust your hu - (“It’s just fun. Don’t overthink litical satire became too much “What’s that you say? None of strongly opinionated dynamo mors.” it.”) It also frets about whether for her staunchly Republican them want that? You are cor - with a comedic voice that is to - Ms. Fey deftly contrasts her Ms. Fey can have a second child parents. rect. So I spent four years at - tally her own. show business and homebody while continuing to keep 30 Bossypants isn’t a memoir. tempting to charm the uninter - One of this book’s funniest aspects in Bossypants, very Rock aloft. It’s a spiky blend of humor, in - ested.” chapters describes why photo much the way her 30 Rock char - “Either way, everything will trospection, critical thinking and She moved on to Chicago in shoots are THE FUNNEST, as acter, Liz Lemon, flits between be fine,” she writes, setting up Nora Ephron-isms for a new 1992 and began trying to enter - she puts it, for a woman not drudgery and fantasy. the last of this book’s virtually generation. But it chronologi - tain the uninterested, studying used to playing glamour girl. The voice of this book is nonstop zingers. “But if you cally follows Ms. Fey through an improvisation at the Second “Wherever it is, it’s nicer than quite similar to that of the tele - have an opinion, please feel free awkward girlhood spent in Up - City, the sketch comedy theater where you had your wedding,” vision show, though Ms. Fey at - to offer it to me through the gap per Darby, Pa., teenage years with so many famous alumni. she writes about the studio tributes much of the success of in the door of a public restroom. with a coterie of gay friends and And Bossypants doesn’t need to where these pictures are apt to “30 Rock” to Alec Baldwin. Everyone else does.”

STEPHEN ANDREOPOULOS, Ph.D. Tserpelis Now in the Eye of the New York Cathedral Storm CLINICAL PSYCHOLOGIST based in mineola , Long Island. NEW YORK – Stefanos Tserpelis letter in February, 2011 that de - the postponement of the swear - has undertaken the responsibil - tailed complaints against the ing in of the newly-appointed we are pleased to announce that YIORGOS LIASIS ity of restoring peace at the Dean, Rev. Dr. Frank Marangos, board, which was to have as its has joined our practice enabling us Archdiocesan Cathedral of the as was reported in the March 6 President Robert Shaw, who had to better serve our Greek speaking clients. Holy Trinity. Archbishop and 7 editions of the Ethinkos previously served in that post. Demetrios has appointed him Kirix and the March 12-18 edi - Shaw later reportedly declined President of the Board of tion of The National Herald. The the position. New York’s Cathe - By appointment only • (516) 739-0234 Trustees. The Cathedral has conflict, driven by disputes that dral is the only parish in the SLIDING SCALE FEE SCHEDULE been in turmoil ever since the have been burning behind the Archdiocese of America that distribution of an anonymous scenes for at least a year, caused does not elect its own parish board or council or its officers. The majority of the members of the previous Board, whose terms came to an end in Decem - What’s The Best Greek ber 2010, are reportedly dis - turbed by Fr. Marangos’ ideas Restaurant In Your Area? on how to run the parish and his conduct as a clergyman, deemed too casual in his dress, Please let us know too hot-tempered and not for our upcoming speaking Greek with sufficient Top Greek Restau - fluency. There were also allega - rants issue. tions of financial mismanage - Businessman Stefanos Tser - www.GreekKitchennyc.com ment or abuses. Other members pelis has received numerous This tasty special of the parish, however, includ - honors acknowledging his issue will include a ing the leaders of its organiza - work and donations benefit - comprehensive list - tions, including those estab - ing Hellenism, the Church and lished by Fr. Marangos, have the community at large. ing of the most out - written letters declaring he is an standing Greek asset to the community, thus, ally opened five establishments Restaurants in the presumably, worth the cost of of his own. The Stefanos and his total compensation package, Areti Tserpelis Greek Afternoon U.S. and Greece, which the anonymous letter- School of the St. Nicholas com - recipes, interviews and food/wine features. writer deemed extravagant. munity in Flushing, Queens was Tserpelis emigrated to the named in appreciation of the U.S. in 1956. He studied elec - Tserpelis’ generosity. He serves Just take a minute to email [email protected] trical and mechanical engineer - the church in many capacities, the name of the Greek restaurant in your area that excels ing and returned to Greece to including membership in the in terms of quality. Your response will be anonymous, but marry his wife Areti in 1961. Leadership 100 and as an Ar - When he returned to the States, chon of the Ecumenical Patriar - very helpful in compiling our final list. he became involved in the chate in the Order of St. An - restaurant business and eventu - drew. THE NATIONAL HERALD, APRIL 9-15, 2011 COMMUNITY 5 Anastos Gets An Emmy: He Already Had the Respect MISTRAS

By Constantine S. Sirigos to his Creator: ‘Thanks for the TNH, “Ernie came to the New Ernie during the late 70’s with Services TNH Staff Writer gift and where it’s taken me.’” York market at the time that I my late father every weekday TV Weatherman Nick Gregory, had just started broadcasting at evening on WABC-TV and re - Receives NEW YORK - After more than who has known him personally my college radio station. In - member thinking how I wanted three decades as one of New for 30 years and has been his stantly he became a role model to grow up asking the right York City’s most beloved and re - Fox 5 colleague for six, told The for me. He has always been gra - questions.” Safety Award spected newscasters, Ernie National Herald the honor was cious with his time and willing - After graduating from North - Anastos was awarded the Na - well deserved for his contribu - ness to give a younger colleague eastern University, Anastos tional Academy of Television tion to television in the New advice about the business. After worked at WRKO, a radio sta - PRINCETON JUNCTION, N.J. - Arts and Science’s Lifetime York Metropolitan area. having watched him for so tion in Boston. In 1976, Anastos MISTRAS Group, Inc. announces Achievement Award at the 55th At 67, Anastos is far from many years, it was my privilege transitioned to television, be - the receiving of the Division Man - annual New York Emmy Awards thoughts of retirement. He told to overlap with him at CBS for coming an anchor at WPRI-TV ager’s Contractor Safety Excel - on April 3 at the Marriott Mar - mediabistro.com, “My dad, God two years and to work in the in Providence. Two years later, lence Award from Marathon Oil quis in Times Square. He began rest his soul, was a tireless same newsroom at Channel 2, WABC-TV lured him to New Corporation in Robinson, Illinois. broadcasting in New York in worker … One of the things that where he is remembered as a York and the rest is history. The award was given to MIS - 1978 when he joined WABC’s I remember just growing up was legend. Ernie deserves all of his According to the Fox 5 web TRAS employees from the Robin - Eyewitness News. Former Good to make sure that you’re always accolades, as a professional and site, Anastos “has won more son lab, who have been working Morning America host Joan busy doing something – active.” a person.” Alexis Christoforous, than 30 Emmy awards and at the Marathon Plant since Lunden presented the special He has taken on a new mission. Ernie Anastos CBS News Correspondent, ac - nominations, including Best 1998. The Marathon Safety Emmy, the highest honor the He is disturbed that children to - knowledged that, “In the late Newscast in New York and the award recognizes excellence in academy bestows, to Anastos, day have a dark view of the senger. If I can bring better sto - 1970’s, Ernie Anastos was a role prestigious Edward R. Murrow safety performance and attitude who received “One of the rare news business and told The New ries on the air - and working model for me growing up as a award for broadcast excellence among contractors working at standing ovations of the night,” York Daily News “The image of within the system - then I’m young Greek American in ... he has national experience as the plant in 2010. Each contrac - according to mediabistro.com. the news is you have to do making a difference.” Describing Brooklyn. In later years, he be - a news anchor and substitute tor is scored based on a safety Anastos is a native of Nashua, something bad to get on the him as “an eternal optimist, came a mentor, a colleague and host for The CBS Morning Show criteria list comprised of partici - New Hampshire, where the lo - news.” Anastos, who anchors even on the bad days,” Huff in - a friend. Aside from being the and ABC’s Good Morning Amer - pation in the behavioral based cal paper reminded the media the 5 and 10 p.m. newscasts on formed the Greek newsman’s consummate professional, Ernie ica ... Anastos is a celebrated au - safety program, STEPS meetings, world that, “He started his WNYW Channel 5 with Dari many fans, “He’s known to play is a genuinely compassionate thor, most recently introducing contractor safety council and broadcasting career at Nashua’s Alexander, says “We have to an accordion in the office to and positive person who makes a series of children’s books ti - daily toolbox topic meetings, as old WOTW radio station, which turn that around.” cheer the troops during rough you feel good just being in his tled, Ernie and the Big Newz, well as the amount of man hours he later owned, reading com - “I’m looking for balance,” he times, and is a tireless worker presence. He also has a wicked with proceeds donated to The worked without an incident. mercials when he was 16. He told The News. “Let’s get some for favorite charities such as the sense of humor, loves to sing Make-A-Wish Foundation. A Phi Other than MISTRAS, only nine told the Nashua Telegraph: “I positive stories on the news as St. Francis Food Pantries & Shel - and is an impeccable dresser. In Kappa Phi honoree, he gradu - of the 45 onsite contractors re - learned so much from my early well.” There is now a separate ters, where he has a tie-in with fact, in all our years working to - ated Summa Cum Laude with a ceived a passing score and were days of broadcasting in New area on Channel 5’s website My - his children’s books.” gether at WCBS, I don’t think Bachelor of Arts degree from eligible for the award. Hampshire,” and he said, “My foxny.com called “Positively ALL THOSE HONORS he ever wore the same necktie Northeastern University.” Anas - news foundation came from Ernie,” where The News says, Business mogul John Catsi - twice! I’m fortunate to have tos has remained active in his “MISTRAS employees are Chris Nikitas at the station who “He delivers positive stories and matidis told TNH, “I am so worked with Ernie and even Church and community mentored me and taught me offers up favorite quotes, and proud of my friend Ernie Anas - more lucky to call him my throughout his frenetic life and stepping up to participate how to cover a story. He was a he is preparing a TV special, tos receiving another Emmy friend.” is an Archon of the Ecumenical in our safety programs...” legend.” He told the Telegraph: “Positively Ernie,” to air in May.” Award. He is such a great role Eleni Daniels, Producer and Patriarchate and a member of “I am honored and humbled by Richard Huff of The News model for Greek Americans… Host of the All Things Greek ra - Leadership 100, but in a town “It is an honor to be one of this very special Emmy award put those efforts into a perspec - always upbeat, always enthusi - dio show on WNYE told TNH: that was the home of legendary the 10 contractors given this pres - and especially grateful to my tive Greek Americans can appre - astic, always ready to help out “He is truly in a league of his newsmen like Walter Cronkite tigious award from Marathon family, friends, mentors and the ciate: “Anastos, the son of a in the Community.” CBS news - own. His charm, personality, and Edward R. Murrow, it’s Oil,” said John Smith, Midwest viewers who helped make it Greek Orthodox priest, also caster John Metaxas was one of professionalism, wit, and deep tough to beat the title Dean of Regional Manager for MISTRAS happen.” Mediabistro.com knows change happens one per - a number of Greek American concern for the youth and our Gotham’s broadcasters. Services. “Our team from the wrote that, “Anastos, the multi - son at a time.” The New York broadcasters for whom Anastos diverse community shines Robinson lab, as well as the en - ple-Emmy winner gives credit TV icon told him, “I’m the mes - was an inspiration. He told through. I grew up watching [email protected] tire MISTRAS family, has a strong safety culture that is exemplified by the top quality work per - formed at every job site. Through these efforts, we can continue to Youth Shines at Greek Heritage Celebration in Brooklyn drive home the importance that MISTRAS puts on safety in and out of the work environment.” Continued from page 1 it was the second year it was Brooklyn. Also in the spotlight Over the past year, MISTRAS has held. Kimisis Theotokou’s Archi - were students of the Argyrios continued to thrive in the area of churches and associations, but mandrite Damaskinos V. Ganas Fantis Parochial School of Sts. safety. They have been recog - also to the broader American so - began and ended the event with Constantine and Helen Cathe - nized for their ongoing efforts ciety. Senator Golden also con - a prayer. The students of Brook - dral, who showed off their and successful performance rat - gratulated the honorees for their lyn’s Hellenic Classical Charter singing and traditional Greek ings by many larger corporations accomplishments. School, which is located within dance steps. At last year’s event, including Chevron, Sunoco, BP At the event held a few days Kimisis Theotokou’s building, with Senator Golden’s presence and Tesoro. “This award is an - after Greece’s Independence Day, provided the entertainment - again, Bill Capetanakis, Stella other example of how MISTRAS Assemblywoman Malliotakis ex - with an impressive dance perfor - Kokolis, Zoi Koutsoupakis and employees across the country are pressed her pride in her Greek mance. Dr. Michael Gabriel, Sr., and Dr. stepping up to participate in our origins and in representing thou - In the absence of the Presi - Konstantinos Koutelos were hon - safety programs and subse - sands of Greek Americans within dent of the AHEPA branch, Chap - ored, as well as Brooklyn’s Holy quently improve our safety per - her district. She expressed her ter Board Governor Peter S. Vli - Cross; last year, the event was formance every day,” said Chris pleasure in participating in the tas praised Malliotakis for her held at its Dimitrios and Georgia Smith, Group Vice President of event honoring Greek heritage role in this year’s event, under - Kaloidis School. Corporate Compliance for MIS - and the Greek Americans of the scoring that the community TRAS. “The many recognitions area. The need to help the next needs more young politicians to we receive annually are an obvi - generation was at the forefront take an active role in American Newly-elected Assembly - ous example of how our efforts of the minds of each honoree as civil life. woman Nicole Malliotakis (C) are continuously being noticed they received their distinctions The children of the Plato celebrated Greek culture at and praised by many of our cus - from Golden and Malliotakis. Greek School of Brooklyn an April 3 even she co-spon - tomers.” “Youth is the future of the com - brought down the house, as they sored at the community hall MISTRAS is a leading “one munity,” said Magriples. presented scenes from Euripides’ of the Kimisis Theotokou in source” global provider of tech - AHEPA Chapter 41 Vice Pres - tragedy Medea, which they will Brooklyn with Honoree Takis nology-enabled asset protection ident Gus Mallas, an attorney, present on Sunday, April 10 at Papadopoulos (L) and Senator solutions used to evaluate the presented the event, noting that the John Dewey High School in Martin Golden (R). structural integrity of critical en - ergy, industrial and public infra - structure. Mission critical services and solutions are delivered glob - ally and provide customers the Cyprus Chamber Job Fair Draws Hopefuls – Who Get Advice ability to extend the useful life of their assets, improve productivity and profitability, comply with By Constantine S. 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Asked what one about is salary and vacation. really knows what the company Commissioner in the United on-line monitoring of critical as - tives and more dozens of job should put on her resume her re - Stavrianides’ fifth tip was to de - is looking for, and that they may States for the Republic of Cyprus, sets; mechanical integrity (MI) seekers and career changers look - sponse is, “Do the research and velop the ability to differentiate have spent years looking for Andreas Comodromos, Chair - and non-destructive testing ing to connect and build new fu - you’ll locate the job description one’s self. “See what is unique someone just like you. man, Vassos N. Vassiliou, Vice (NDT) services; and its propri - tures together. The event was the that will tell you what to put on.” about you and find a way to pre - Finally, she sang the praises President and Peter Kakoyiannis, etary world class data warehous - 8th annual Job Fair sponsored by And in 2011 there is no excuse sent it,” she said. 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Knowing how to deal door to the interview, allowing takis, who organized the event. gle source provider. was witnessed in the jammed EYE-TO-EYE ballroom was not just network - She offered “Be genuine, be ing, but Greek synergy created by authentic” as her second tip, community organizations. Syn - warning that veteran interview - ergy is one of those valuable ers can see through everything, Greek words. Its deeper meaning adding that decades worth of re - POCKET-LESS is that many good things happen search about body language has when people and groups work to - armed companies with powerful gether. They are stronger and detectors. Another excellent piece PITA BREAD more effective than the sum of of advice helps when one is their individual efforts. In short, stumped. She said an interviewee it’s magic. 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GREEK MUSIC ...PLUS Archontorebetika: The Songs that Continue to be Sung in Good Greek Company

NEW YORK- On March 19-20, I duced it as a musical term? warfare. Despite compositions of betika (probably during the at work, yet my girl wants to go had the pleasure to perform at What are some of its most well the undeniable so - Vasilis Tsitsanis. early 1950’s.) Greek music his - out tonight and I will not disap - a concert at the Hellenic Cul - known songs, singers, com - cial class differ - Archontore - torians and researchers agree point her despite all the heat tural Center of the Archdiocese posers? ences in the back - betika is much the first song was To tram to that makes me feel like I got the in Astoria, N.Y, in its warm the - After I had announced the ground of the more optimistic, telefteo (The Last City Train) red measles. Guitars, violins and atrical space, filled to capacity concert on the Internet, I got an creators of Rebetika less whining and, played on May 22, 1948 at the good food by the sea shore is by an enthusiastic crowd of all email from a friend, explaining and those of light– unlike rebetika, Metropolitan theater in Athens the life. Tonight that we have ages. The performances in - somewhat apologetically he pop songs, this was nearly void of so - in a play called Anthropoi –An - money to spend we will roam cluded our six-member wanted to attend but could a way to musically cial protest. There thropoi (People-People,) an anti- around.” In Thelo sta bouzoukia , Mikrokosmos Ensemble, accom - probably not because he had a compete with the is one aspect of re - war satire and a voice of peace a liberated woman demands: “ panied by five talented Greek problem convincing his wife to sudden acceptance betika that no and reconciliation, written by I want you to take me to the American female singers and join him, as she did not much of rebetika songs af - other Greek song Gianakopoulos and Sakellarios, bouzoukia clubs tonight and four instrumentalists, two vio - like Rebetika songs. It dawned ter the war. It’s not by GRIGORIS (including Archon - in the middle of the Greek civil spend money for me, and when linists and two bouzouki play - on me that the term Archontore - an accident that MANINAKIS torebetika) can war. The song, composed by I get up to dance clap your ers. On stage too was our nar - betika might confusing to those some Archontore - ever compete with: Michalis Sougioul, the main and hands if you really love me.” Na rator, my friend and unfamiliar with its music. I an - betika composers Special to its authenticity and most prolific representative of zisoun ta ftohopaida said co-producer colleague at Cos - swered that Archontorebetiko gave some of their The National Herald spontaneity. In Archontorebetika (he is often “Poverty is an honor /not so bad mos FM, Stelios Taketzis. The has nothing to do with Rebetiko songs to Rebetika- most cases, the Re - called the Archon of this kind after all, Long live the poor musical theme was Archondore - but was a kind of song which style singers to perform and betika lyricist-composer-creator of song, much like Markos Vam - young men for they know how betika, songs from the late emerged during the late 1940’s record. The themes of the Ar - talks about himself because he’s vakaris is considered the Father to work hard and how to truly 1940’s to the late 1950’s-early and became increasingly popu - chontorebetika song lyrics were involved in what the song’s of Rebetika), was sung at the fi - love. For this reason mom, I will 1960’s which I performed along lar for at least a decade. The similar to those of Rebetika, about. In most cases, the Ar - nale by singer/actress Sperantza marry a poor young man for he with the young second and third songs were mainly composed, such as poverty, betrayed love, chontorebetika creator is an ob - Vrana and gained immediate is the kind of man I like and generation Greek Americans. It supported and promoted by the women, night outings with server, not necessarily inconve - and unprecedented popularity have fallen in love with.” To was gratifying to experience formally trained , musically ed - friends etc. One subject they nienced by the hardships of and soon the whole country was tram to telefteo: “So what if how music and song can be - ucated Greek composers who never touched was smoking society and so composes social singing it. This was the turning those with money can take taxis come a catalyst in maintaining until that time were engaged in hashish, gatherings in smoking trends and issues he may not point for Sougioul and many of and limousines to go home. Just and disseminating our lan - compositions of light-pop ( ελα - dens and being in jail, themes have experienced. No one the other light-pop composers open up your step so we can guage, history, and culture. It φρά τραγούδια ) Greek songs often dealt with in Rebetika, knows when and who intro - who started to compose similar catch the last train, and if we was reassuring to observe how and music for theatrical plays, even by the more sophisticated duced the term Archontore - songs, creating what became Ar - find a seat I will lean on you for these motivated young singers not surprising , that the first such chontorebetika. For the next 10 I feel so happily drunk.” have improved their language songs (later named Archontore - to 12 years these songs became skills and diction in Greek be - betika) were orchestrated with - more popular and characterized Grigoris Maninakis is a Pro - cause they must understand the out the use of bouzouki, which a musical era with great lyrics fessor of Engineering Tech - meaning as well as master the was the characteristic musical and melodies until the early nology at SUNY Farmingdale. correct pronunciation of the instrument in Rebetika. Partly, 1960’s. The Archontorebetika He has been active in Greek lyrics to properly sing and in - these composers were moti - category eventually included music since the early 70s as terpret the songs. Listening to vated by a kind of self-preser - songs with bouzouki prevailing a founding member and the narrative about Archondore - vation in that they felt the need orchestrations by the genius of singer/soloist of the Greek betika, they learned about the to counteract the increasing Manolis Hiotis, and the great Popular Chorus of N.Y. estab - musical history and develop - popularity of Rebetika songs, es - Giorgos Mitsakis and Vasilis Tsit - lished by Mikis Theodorakis. ment of Greek song, as well as pecially in the middle class, pre - sanis, composers also identified He has organized quality social trends of the era, repre - viously considered “audience with Rebetika-style songs. Greek music concerts all over sented by the song, which was territory” of the light- pop Greek Archontorebetika had char - the U.S. and occasionally in especially interesting to the song ( ελαφρό ελληνικό τρα - acteristic optimistic lyrics and Greece. His column appear s American born. What is the Ar - γούδι ). The word Archontore - “Let’s have a good time” feeling. twice a month in The National chontorebetiko? What kind of betiko means “song of the ar - There was O Trabarifas (going Herald. For comments and music and songs does the term chons.” Don’t imagine it was a out for fun on a hot night) suggestions email or visit: describe? How is it related to result of some kind of a social which went: “Hard working and gkangm@ aol.com, Rebetiko? When and who intro - class conflict or a class musical Singer/actress Sperantza Vrana. tired from standing up all day www.gmaninakis.com The Greek Singer Sirens of the 1940’s-50’s Carried the Torch For Love

By Steve Frangos an unbroken process. tion sees close study of the the age of 14 with the Athens the Plaza Hotel, for the Queen’s While there has been an ebb schooling offered even in many Philharmonic under the direction fund for poor children in Greece, Given the sheer numbers of and flow of Greek music across many instants to women. What of Mitropoulos. Forced out of Eu - organized by Nick Vagiois, pres - Greek and Greek-American fe - Greek America, and even into does not see equal attention is rope by World War II, Xydis came ident of he Greek Societies Fed - male singers, dancers and ac - American popular culture, since the notion that among these to the United States where she eration. Single admission sold for tresses in the 1940’s and 1950’s the 1880s. To say that there has same Greek immigrants educa - had a brilliant career. Here is a as high as $25.00 Greek-Ameri - it is difficult to understand why been a decline in Greek music in tion meant cultural refinement. fragment of just one review from can socialites turned out en mass more about them is not noted in North America or worst yet as - Many a Greek-American child the New York Times of Feb. 3, for this affair.” By the 1950s, Leni Greek-American historical ac - sert that it has somehow disap - born in the early 1900’s and on - 1945: “Anna Xydis, a Greek pi - Bartseri, a singer born in New counts. Greek-Americans loudly peared ignores actual events. wards into the World War II era anist, gave her fourth local recital York City of Greek parents, was proclaim the advancements Currently, the children of Greek were sent to study voice, piano, last night in Carnegie Hall … a musical sensation among both made in literally one generation immigrants from the post Word violin, dance and even theatre. hers was a virtuoso approach, Greek as well as Greek-American in terms of formal education. War II era have, in ever increas - True, many of these engage - and she was especially successful audiences. “Although singer Leni This ongoing advancement is so ing numbers, what is now called ments in the arts had their first in the offerings on her schedule Bartseris has never set foot in lauded because it is accepted pop stars in Greece as well as expressions in Greek School, pri - demanding verve and bril - Greece, her songs have made a within the Greek-American com - with Greek audiences in North vate Greek immigrant tutors, or liance.” hit there ... she has recorded munity that education led di - America, Australia and else - even evenings spent at home Betty George was born Betty more than 200 songs in Greek rectly to advancement in social where. What is needed is an on - singing around the piano or play - Mavrogeorge in Manchester, since starting her career…in status and personal income. Yet going survey of Greek entertain - ing instruments together. But it New Hampshire to Greek immi - 1952,” it was reported. Bartseris collectively we seem unable to ers in all fields of music, dance at nothing less than Carnegie is also true that many a Greek grant parents. In summer 1948, was also one of those Greek per - accept a Greek-American work - and public performance to help Hall under the auspices of the immigrant father or mother George was headliner at the St. formers, like Georgia Drake, ing artist in equal measure as a establish not simply the basic his - Greek War Relief was a sensa - made every sacrifice necessary Moritz Roof Garden in New York Betty George and others, to sing Hellene who has become a pro - tory of such popular culture tion. to see that their children were City. She started her career in various languages. The claim fessional. Not long after 1880, within the Greek American com - Here is the New York Times instructed in the performative singing small bits at various clubs exists that Bartseri was “the first the Greek entertainment pattern, munity but also any and all review of Vembo’s second arts. Harry Mark Petrakis, our until she attracted the attention singer to receive a gold record if it can be called that, was es - crossover influences into North Carnegie recital: “Sophia Vembo, own internationally recognized of her discoverer Charles Taylor, for selling over a million albums tablished the moment entertain - American popular culture. Let Greek contralto, made her sec - author, not only once aspired to president of the St. Moritz Hotel. of Greek songs,” the Steubenville ers began to perform for Greek us begin here with a broad based ond New York appearance last the stage based on his own fam - During the winter months she Herald-Star reported on July 4, workers in North America. En - review of Greek female musi - night at Carnegie Hall. The gifted ily’s encouragement of his per - appears at the Club Continental 1968. This account can not claim tertainers sprang from within the cians of the 1940’s and 1950’s. artists, who had been warmly re - formances in Greek sponsored of this same hotel. Nicknamed to have included every notewor - community itself and those who The songs and vocal-style of ceived at her local debut last sea - theatricals but in one memorable “Gorgeous George,” she soon thy Greek and Greek American were already professional enter - Andrews Sisters is the unchal - son because of her gifts as vo - scene in his novel Days of made a career for herself on musician to perform in North tainers in the Balkans and east - lenged sound track for the calist and interpreter, again Vengeance has also spoofed the Broadway as well as touring the America during this pivotal pe - ern Mediterranean quick began United States of America during presented a varied program of typical evening spent being country to perform in local riod. Still our review and re - to tour to Greek communities all World War II. In equal measure patriotic, folk and peasant songs forced to listen to one of the local cabarets, dinner clubs, night claiming of our Hellenic cultural across the planet. Many Greek Sophia Vembo is for many of her native land. Assisted by Greek female singing stars. Hu - clubs, theater reviews and musi - past must begin somewhere. entertainers who had organically Greeks, “The Singer of 1940,” Leo Rapiti, Greek composer-pi - mor aside, Petrakis’ fictional ac - cals. George has a particularly sprung up from with in the com - whose songs and actions serves anist, and Menios Manolitsakis, count is squarely based on a cul - interesting career. In retirement, [email protected] munity in North America re - the same musical background for accordionist, Miss Vembo was tural aspect of Greek-American she became the much loved turned to Greece and lived out the Greek resistance to the Ital - heard during the first half of the society overlooked in current his - weathergirl for an Albany, New their lives there as professional ian invasion of World War II. As evening in offerings like The War torical and sociological accounts, York television station. artists. Others who had first ar - a side note, Al Bowlly, the British Will Be Over and Athens, the Greek immigrants love and WHAT A VOICE rived as traveling entertainers singer of Greek descent, is cred - Beloved Athens, stemming from maintenance of the arts. In 1948, at the 40th annual eventually found themselves ited by many as serving the same the days of the war, and such So who were these perform - dance for the Greek Florist As - GREEK POETRY staying in North America. The musical role in Great Britain dur - folk numbers as Peasant Woman ers? Well, in 1944, Joanna Fardy sociation Waldorf Astoria. Lita gradual formation of Greek ing World War II. How is all this and Yannos and Paghona. Later, of Yonkers New York and Basilia Terris, “A 16-year-old lively in - owned clubs, resorts, and restau - possible and no one within the the accomplished artist devoted Mitchell of Atlanta Georgia were génue … graced the evening Growing Old rants helped to form a series of Greek Diaspora bothers to make her talents to love songs, humor - a singing team heard every Sun - with her well cultured coloratura performing circuits for the artists note of it? It is no secret that ous songs, and a closing “Prayer,” day between 1 and 2 p.m. over voice. Our Lita who glorifies the Growing old to tour. The performance needs both the Andrews Sisters and a plea for the rescue of impover - WBNX Station N.Y. City, on Greek name on Broadway and with the flower sellers of the community such as church Vembo (along with Vembo’s sis - ished Greece. The notable public Greek radio Parade. Margaret on the screen , at present appears in Martin Place. dances, fraternal organization ter Aliki) showcased many a role that these Greek women en - James (whose real name was Xe - in Oklahoma a Broadway pro - events as well as weddings and Greek War Relief program here tertainers did not go unappreci - nakis) was born in New York City duction.” The American-born This everyday our only thing christenings. No doubt the com - in North America during the ated by their female counterparts of a Greek father and a Swedish Terris also performed in the this everyday what happiness mercial production of records 1940’s. While the Andrews Sis - in their audiences. Much is made mother. James appeared in vari - Broadway comedy Where’s this everyday and their importation made ters are recalled principally for of the secondary role Greek ous Broadway musicals and soon Charley in 1951. Terris was long thinking of friends that are many Greek musicians known their war relief, Vembo and her women in North America en - after two Hollywood films in associated with the George going, against their will, across the nation. Touring in sister are known for their post- dured. But it is also the case that 1945, Two Sisters From Boston, Towne Orchestra. who rise to the occasion of both directions remained a con - war civilian relief programs. the Greek immigrants wanted and Holiday in Mexico. James In the spring 1949, Helena their illness, of their death, stant as well. All this began in Vembo arrived to great acclaim the very best in education for all married popular orchestra leader Nikolaidi, a member of the Vi - matching it. the late 1880s and early 1900s in New York City in the spring of their children. In most published Teddy Powell in Milwaukee Wis - enna State Opera, was touring Death that is coming and continues to this day. It is 1947. Her Mother’s Day concert accounts this attention to educa - consin in 1943. By 1945, James the United States. Jerome J. in this everyday was the principal singer with Bohm, writing for the New York sweetly, unseen in the light. Xavier Cugat’s band. Herald Tribune, enthusiastically In March 1944, Lucille Har - observed that, “In twenty years Growing old in these streets mantas, a soprano who hailed of music reviewing I have en - gathering this knowledge one Law Firm from Chicago “recently sang here countered no greater voice or vo - does not want, one can not use, J O H N S P I R I D A K I S in New York City, at the Ameri - calist than Elena Nikolaidi, Greek a useless knowledge that The Law Firm the Community Trusts can Common, and was well re - Contralto … who made her repeats itself. ceived by the music loving audi - American debut in Town Hall The same ashen faces, ence. She sang arias and solos last night. This personable artist the same fear ACCIDENTS - MEDICAL MALPRACTICE from immortal compositions and is gifted with a truly phenomenal voices over the telephone • Construction • Slip & Fall • All injuries two Greek songs by our noted expressive medium, a true con - talking of soups • Car/Motor Vehicle • Wrongful death • Estates & Wills composers Zattas and Roubanis. tralto of enormous range capable in this everyday that continues Miss Harmantas…combines a of encompassing with the utmost to unfold in our absence. • Head injuries • Divorces good voice combined with ease the Sleep Walking scene charm.” By 1948, Harmantas from Verdi’s Macbeth originally Antigone Kefala (1935-) Free consultations • Home & Hospital visits • 24 Hours • 7 Days was signing at Carnegie Hall penned for a dramatic soprano. Legal expenses are payable at with Dimitri Mitropoulos con - Miss Nikolaidi is absolutely mis - ducting the Philharmonic Sym - tress of her material.” By sum - Correction Mr. Spiridakis the conclusion of the case only if you win phony. In 1946, Helene Janakas mer, Helena Nikolaidi, had taken and his colleagues was singing with the Perry Voult - America by storm. John Belasco The King of Asine , a poem have successfully “To receive our special care” sos orchestra and had already reported in his New York column in the March 19 edition by won over $50 million Call us at (212) 768-8088 or (718) 204-8600 recorded some songs with the in Athene Magazine: “Helena George Seferis, was a b for clients Greek-owned Liberty Record Nikolaidi, the celebrated con - translation by Edmund Toll-Free 1-888-SPIRIDA (774-7432) Company of New York City. Ar - tralto won a year’s contract from Keeley and Philip Sherrad the past 24 years a [email protected] • www.lawhelp1.com riving in 1941, Anna Xydis, a Columbia Artist Management from Collected Poems, Greek-born pianist was trained Inc. She will appear in many con - Princeton University Press, OFFICES: Manhattan, Queens (Astoria), Brooklyn, Long Island, LICENSED: New York, New Jersey at the Athens Conservatory of certs throughout the country. Her 1981. Music. Xydis made her debut at last appearance was a charity at THE NATIONAL HERALD, APRIL 9-15, 2011 FEATURE 7

GREEK GASTRONOMY Fasting and Nutrition: How to Eat Right - and Good - During Meatless Lent

Continued from page 1 children. Most issues focus on “head” off the octopus and sep - children’s need to obtain the arate tentacles. sonal products. Winter provides daily requirements of basic nu - 2. Place octopus pieces in an array of legumes such as trients like protein, calcium and medium pot and place on heat. lentils, chickpeas, a variety of iron, which may be reduced in Do not add water at this point. dried beans, and fava (yellow a fasting diet. This, coupled with When octopus begins to heat up split peas). Winter vegetables the finicky appetite of many it will release its own liquid. include spinach and wild children, usually leads to cook - Lower heat, add bay leaf and greens, leeks, onions, cabbage ing separate meals for the family peppercorns and allow octopus and lettuce, while winter fruits members. However, there are to boil in its own liquid for are comprised of oranges, tan - solutions. If children, especially about 30-45 minutes. Check for gerines, apples, and pears. developing teens, cannot follow doneness by piercing skin with Spring offers artichokes, fresh the fasting program of the fam - fork. If liquid evaporates before peas and broad beans, green ily, then meat, milk or dairy octopus becomes tender, add onions, root vegetables like car - products can be consumed at more water. Remove octopus rots, beets and new potatoes, breakfast or other small meals from pot and save liquid. asparagus and mushrooms. during the day. However, it 3. Add onion and olive oil to Strawberries are in full season would be good to have them sit pot and sauté onion until just in Greece in the spring, and at the main Lenten meal of the browned. Add tomato, pepper dried fruit and nuts can be read - day with the rest of the adult and liquid from boiling octopus. ily found on the market to offset family members. This not only Do not add salt at this point— the seasonal deficiencies in fresh allows them to feel they are par - octopus is naturally salty. Bring fruit. Seafood* abounds on the ticipating in the fasting meal, to boiling point and allow to market adding even more vari - but also gives them the oppor - simmer for about 5 minutes. ety to the multitude of Lenten ing fasting periods. However, by is often cooked together with longer, they give us a feeling of tunity to broaden their taste ex - 4. Add 5 cups of water and dishes. Organizing the kitchen combining whole grain cereals rice, pasta or vegetables and satiety; thus we do not get hun - periences with new foods that bring to a boil. Taste liquid and for Lent makes it easier for the with legumes, or vegetables or therefore much less is consumed gry as easily after eating them. are both tasty and nutritious, add salt if needed. Add maca - cook, especially if the basic in - dried fruit and nuts we have in one meal. Common seafood Legumes have always been a while conveying the message roni and allow to cook for about gredients are readily available complete sources of protein. dishes consist of octopus in staple food in Greek cuisine, es - that there is a difference be - 10 minutes. in the pantry. Legumes, dried These combinations are found tomato sauce with short-cut pecially during periods of fast - tween the regular routine of the 5. In the meantime, cut oc - fruit and nuts, pasta and rice in traditional Greek Lenten macaroni, cuttlefish with ing. Their use in soups is quite household and the activities sur - topus into small cubes and add should preferably be kept in dishes such as spinach with rice spinach, shrimp pilaf, and rice- popular, especially for those rounding the period of Great to macaroni. Continue cooking glass jars within easy reach as (spanakorizo,) chickpea pilaf, stuffed squid. These are also cold days that linger on into Lent. Another way to involve until macaroni is tender. Food these make up the basis of most black-eyed peas with wild dishes that will appeal to the spring. However, they can also children is to have them assist should not be dry. If necessary Lenten dishes. Frozen vegeta - greens and the family favorite, children in the family. Legumes be the basic ingredient for in cooking Lenten dishes, espe - add a little more water towards bles are convenient for those spanakopita (spinach pita.) are basic to a Lenten cuisine be - spring salads with fresh aro - cially foods that they like such end of cooking time. busy working housewives who Even Lenten sweets offer pro - cause of their high content of matic spring herbs and fresh as pasta, Lenten pizzas or oil do not have time to deal with tein-rich sources in such delica - proteins, iron, folic acid and di - vegetables. Boiled and pureed, cookies. This way the traditions Variation : This can also be cleaning and preparing fresh cies as nut and dried fruit oil etary fiber. It is actually the di - legumes can be combined with of the fast, both dietary and baked. Follow directions up to garden vegetables. Most Lenten cakes, cakes and cookies with etary fiber that aids in the low - other ingredients and made into liturgical, are passed on through the point of adding macaroni to vegetable oil dishes (ladera) in tahini, and sweet pites with ering of cholesterol levels in the patties or served as a pate for the home environment. boiling liquid. Place liquid and Greek cuisine focus on green honey, nuts and squash. blood and regulating blood an appetizer. I suggest trying one of my fa - macaroni in clay pot or baking beans, okra, squash, artichokes, Seafood also provides pro - sugar. Also, because legumes There is a special concern vorite family style recipes that dish and bake in preheated oven eggplants and spinach. Getting teins along with other essential stay in our digestive system about fasting when it comes to appeal to both young and old. at 350° for about 20-25 minutes a good supply of these frozen nutrients. Cuttlefish, especially, until macaroni is almost done. products will save a lot of time. is rich in iron, calcium, phos - Add cut octopus and continue Frozen seafood such as octopus, phorus, vitamin B-12, folic acid Octopus stew with baking until macaroni is tender, squid, shrimp, cuttlefish and and potassium. Octopus is a elbow macaroni with some liquid left in baking mussels also makes putting to - good source of omega-3 fatty dish. Also, octopus can be sub - gether a Lenten meal much eas - acids, copper, zinc and iron, and For 6 servings stituted with squid or shrimp. ier. And of course, no pantry contains the least amount of • 3 lbs. octopus (can be Note that cooking time would should be without a good supply cholesterol of all seafood. frozen), eyes, mouth and then be much less. of tahini (pulverized sesame Shrimp is especially low in fat entrails removed * “Seafood” is the term used seeds) especially for those days and offers both omega-3 and • 1 medium onion finely to differentiate between fish, where there is abstinence of omega-6 fatty acids, vitamin B chopped which is not allowed during olive oil as well. Returning to complex, iodine, calcium and • 1 1/2 cups canned or fresh Lent, and other edible creatures the issue of obtaining the re - antioxidants. Squid also pro - peeled chopped tomatoes of the sea such as mollusks, quired nutrients needed for our vides iodine, iron, copper and • 1 lb. elbow macaroni shellfish, cephalopods, etc. bodies to function properly, phosphorus besides the usual • 2/3 cup olive oil there are some guidelines for omega-3 fatty acids. It is also a • 1 bay leaf Georgia Kofinas is a food wri ter, putting together a wholesome rich source of selenium, which • 6-8 whole peppercorns cookbook author and chef in - Lenten meal. The greatest con - is necessary for the body’s im - • Salt, pepper structor at Alpine College, a cern focuses on the proper in - mune system. Because seafood, hotel management and tourism take of proteins, calcium and especially shellfish, raises cho - 1. Clean the octopus well un - school in Athens, Greece. Her iron since these are found lesterol levels in the blood, its der running water to remove cu linary journeys have taken her mostly in meat and dairy prod - consumption should be limited. any sand accumulated in “suc - to many regions of the Eastern ucts from which we abstain dur - In Greek Lenten cuisine seafood tion cups” of tentacles. Cut the Mediterranean and Asia Minor.

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Continued from page 1 Demetrios presided over the fu - Eleni Savvidou, a longtime neral, accompanied by Metro - member of the Cathedral, said only found pleasure in discov - politan Methodios of Boston and of Anagnost: “It was a joy to ering music that had been over - retired Bishop Anthimos of sing for him and a joy to be looked, but also in combining Olympos, who served as the around him.” Father Eugene dance, mime and incredible vi - Dean of the Cathedral in the Pappas, who hosts a weekly ra - suals in performances. A 40-foot 1970’s, early in Anagnost’s 39- dio program on Cosmos FM, dragon was at home in a recent year tenure as its choir director. said he devoted his show the Cinderella show. The clergy included Archdeacon previous Saturday to the com - A CLASSIC HIMSELF Panteleimon Papadopoulos, Rev. munity’s Maestro. Pappas told Anagnost’s youthful spirit, Dr. Father Frank Marangos, the TNH that Anagnost’s life took a creativity, stage presence and Cathedral’s current Dean, and turn towards a musical career lauded musical education pro - his predecessor Rev. Dr. Father through his participation in the grams, helped the Little Orches - Robert Stephanopoulos, Very choir of the Manchester cathe - tra introduce more than a million Rev. Eugene Pappas and Fr. dral when he was a child. By children to classical music over Vasilios Bassakyros. In his eu - the time he was 12 years old he the years. He established his logy, Archbishop Demetrios was the organist and spent Lolli-Pops program, for children called Anagnost “an impeccable much his free time playing the aged 3 to 5, in 1984, assuming and highly sensitive Maestro,” church organ. his on-stage persona of Mister praising him for his mastery of Anagnost split his time be - Maestro for those. Anagnost ex - a broad repertoire and also in - tween Manhattan and Liv - plained to The National Herald troducing children to classical ingston, N.Y. He was laid to rest that in the age of short attention music. Of his work at the Cathe - in New Hampshire. His sur - spans, the orchestra had a mis - dral, His Eminence said he pre - vivors include his long-time sion to captivate and teach the served the essence of the business partner John Kordel Ju - art of listening: “We’re not trying melodies of Byzantine chant in liano, his brother, Dick Anag - to make classical musicians. his choral arrangements, noting: nost, a sister, Debra Anagnost, We’re trying to make classical “He created not music for the a sister-in-law Demetria and music part of their wonderful di - sake of music, but which was three nephews Alexander, ets of world music.” TNH/ANGELIkE CONTIS conducive to prayer.” Anagnost Stavros and Dimitri, all of Bed - That in rehearsals he cut a Maestro Dino Anagnost at a Columbia University rehearsal of The Little Orchestra. was eulogized too by Father ford, N.H. very happy figure was no sur - Marangos. Among those paying In lieu of flowers, family and prise. Bernstein-Cohen, a former the Cathedral of the Holy Trinity For 34 years, the Cathedral’s used to smile and say: “A good their respects were Consul Gen - friends are encouraged to make Master’s student of Anagnost’s – and the man who single-hand - holiday Candlelight Concert was singer knows how to breathe eral Aghi Balta of Greece and contributions to The Little Or - said: “He loved musicians, he edly introduced the concept of an annual musical highlight for properly.” Long after the lessons Consul General Koula Sophi - chestra Society as a tribute to loved artists and he loved mak - concerts in Greek American the Greek American community. were over, Maninakis was al - anou of Cyprus. Maestro Anagnost. ing music, making music hap - churches – Anagnost’s shoes will There was also an Easter concert ways impressed by Anagnost’s pen. And I think those re - be hard to fill in the Greek mu - in his series Cathedral Concerts energy on stage. He noted: “I hearsals were very, very happy sical community. Born in Man - – Great Music under a Byzantine will remember him as a great CLASSIFIEDS times for him.” She added that chester, N.H. on August 16, Dome. Metropolitan teacher but also as the Greek there were “lots and lots of 1943, the son of Zissis and Singers/The Greek Choral Soci - American Conductor who made hours of rehearsals.” Sources Stella Anagnost (who hailed ety is a 60- strong volunteer it on the BIG stage with absolute FOR RENT told TNH that after successful from Thessaloniki,) Anagnost chorus that is a resident ensem - commitment to excellence.” FUNERAL HOMES treatment for kidney cancer a continued his education at ble at Columbia University’s TRIBUTE AT CATHEDRAL LONG ISLAND CITY decade ago, Dino fell ill again a Boston University, The Juilliard Teachers College, which gave its The Holy Trinity Cathedral Beautiful second floor OFFICE CONSTANTINIDES few weeks before his passing. School, Harvard University, Tan - inaugural performance at Alice overflowed at the April 4 fu - SPACE. Has 10 offices, 3 bathrooms, FUNERAL PARLOR Co. He continued with the work he glewood, New England Conser - Tully Hall in 1978. neral. There was no choir or or - server room, lounge area, reception area etc. Spacious, modern, freshly 405 91st Street so loved to the end; only the vatory, where he did advanced “Although he was classically chestra, nothing theatrical for painted, close to all amenities. Bay Ridge - Brooklyn, scheduled March 21 perfor - Music Studies, Teachers College trained he LOVED Greek music the funeral of a man of flair, Some offices are already furnished NY 11209 mance of Arthur Honneger’s and Columbia University, where and song and he was always only an outpouring of love. with custom desks and matching (718) 745-1010 Joan of Arc at the Stake, had to he earned his Doctorate in Mu - eager to exchange ideas and There was music of course, but cabinet files. Easy move in. Great Services in all localities - be cancelled, due to his ill sic. Dr. Anagnost held the posi - opinions with me about the it was the simple unadorned for Electrical contractors, Architects, Low cost shipping to Greece health. However, The Little Or - tion of Adjunct Professor of Mu - soul of Rebetika and the and poignant chant of the Greek Engineers, Lawyers, Accountants, chestra Society’s Executive Di - sic at the University. modality of the Asia Minor and Orthodox funeral service, not etc. Call Demetrios at (646) 732- rector noted: “It was his ex - In 1975, he organized the Smyrna tunes,” recalled TNH the musical glitter of Anagnost’s 9572 or email: controller@ekirikas. ANTONOPOULOS pressed wish that the orchestra first-ever concert in a Greek Or - music writer and performer beloved Vivaldi or the requiems com for a walk through. We are FUNERAL HOME, INC. go forward and that we con - thodox Church in the United Grigoris Maninakis. Anagnost of the great composers he con - offering a 1 to 5 year lease for the Konstantinos Antonopoulos - premises, 2 month security deposit Funeral Director tinue with that spirit, and his States at Holy Trinity Cathedral. not only studied Byzantine mu - ducted throughout his career. required once lease is signed. Premi dedication to making these fab - It began, as he told TNH in a sic but worked in the past with Standing behind and to the side ses are available. Asking $7,000 per 38-08 Ditmars Blvd., ulous concerts and education 2010 interview, after he ap - contemporary Greek composers of The Maestro was a choir he month. Astoria, New York 11105 programs for both young people proached then-Archbishop including Mikis Theodorakis. needed not prompt or conduct. 467367/2/06-26 (718) 728-8500 and adults.” Iakovos and pointed out: “All Anagnost was Maninakis’ “first It was a choir of hierarchs and Not affiliated with any NEW NOTES FOR the other churches have a holi - and only voice teacher in the priests and chanters, all of HELP WANTED other funeral home. CATHEDRAL day concert tradition. Why can’t early ‘80s.” Singing Italian arias whom knew and loved him and As the founder of the Metro - we have one?” His Eminence and learning proper breathing the way his music filled the Up - LEADING GREEK AMERICAN APOSTOLOPOULOS politan Singers/Greek Choral thought for a second and said, were part of the lesson, says per East Side Cathedral. NEWSPAPER SEEKS Apostle Family - Society and Dean of Music of “We’ll do it too.” Maninakis, noting his teacher His Eminence Archbishop Full-time AD sales representa - Gregory, Nicholas, Andrew - tives for both GREEK and ENG - Funeral Directors of LISH language publications. Ap - RIVERDALE plicants should have some sales FUNERAL HOME Inc. and/or marketing experience. 5044 Broadway For Decades, Harry Poulos Helped to Feed Aurorans Fluency with computer use and New York, NY 10034 knowledge of Internet a plus. Bi- (212) 942-4000 lingual command of both lan - By Stephanie Lulay ley area. He teamed up with his and renamed it Nikarry’s after Harry retired together years guages preferred. This positions Toll Free 1-888-GAPOSTLE Chicago Sun-Times brother Nick, and opened a operator brothers, Nick and ago, Costa said. “When you talk offers base salary, plus com - small restaurant, the Elite, in Harry. 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Jamaica, NY 11432 said son Constantine “Costa” the front of the restaurant, and to open Blackberry Cafe on gral part of the community over Publisher or call (718) 784-5255 (718) 858-4434 Poulos. Born in Steno, Greece my father would take care of the Galena Boulevard, now many decades. “The family and ask for Veta. • (800) 245-4872 in 1933, Harry left the country kitchen and purchasing,” Costa Mother’s Restaurant. The back - made many contributions to the for Sydney, Australia at the age said. They sold the restaurant ing was a sign of his father’s area,” Weisner said. “They op - of 16 and knowing no English, in 1987, according to Costa. generosity, Costa said. “So many erated a lot of memorable TO PLACE YOur CLASSIFIED AD, CALL: (718) 784-5255, Costa said. Greece was a poor A year later, Nick and Harry people talk about what a good restaurants.” ExT. 106, E-mAIL: classifieds@ thenationalherald.com country after the two World Poulos bought the New Yorker, man he was,” Costa said. 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DEATHS PRINTED EDITION OF THE NATIONAL HERALD n BANTUVANIS, GEORGE M. pitality Administration at SUNY Queteze, Albania, to parents of Irene Costas; one brother, An - VIA THE POST-OFFICE: The Ithaca Journal reported that Cobleskill. George was active Greek descent. To escape the drew (Stella Ann) Costas of o1 month $11.00 o3 months $22.00 George M. Bantuvanis, 81, with the Dewitt Historical Society Communist takeover of Albania, Ladue, Mo.; and one sister-in- o6 months $33.00 oOne Year $66.00 passed away on March 31, 2011 in Ithaca, N.Y. and was a charter he and his family fled over the law, Nanette (Bob) Jockisch of VIA HOME DELIVERY (NY, NJ & CT): from congestive heart failure. He member of the Ithaca Sunrise Ro - mountains to Greece in 1951 and Dunlap, Ill. He attended Wash - o1 month for $14.00 o3 months for $33.00 was born in Clyde, N.Y. to the tary Club. He served as President eventually made their way to ington University in St. Louis, o6 months for $48.00 oOne Year for $88.00 late Manuel and Georgia Bantu - and a member of the Parish Seattle in 1952. After working Mo., and American University in vanis on November 13, 1929. He Council of St. Catherine Greek several years in the family furni - Washington, D.C. Gus and his VIA HOME DELIVERY graduated from Mynderse Acad - Orthodox Church. Passionately ture business, Doces Majestic, he wife lived in many different cities (New England, Pennsylvania, emy in 1947, he then entered the devoted to his alma mater, joined the US Army and served during their almost 48 years of Washington D.C., VIRGINIA & MARYLAND) School of Hotel Administration George was a member of the Uni - for six years. Upon returning, he marriage. He was involved in the o1 month for $18.00 o3 months for $41.00 at Cornell University. Upon com - versity Council and very active worked for 30 years at the Wash - various aspects of the insurance o6 months for $57.00 oOne Year for $109.00 pletion of his BS in Hotel Admin - with the Cornell Hotel Society, ington State Department of industry for almost 44 years until ON LINE SUBSCRIPTION istration in 1951, he was called the school’s alumni organization, Transportation retiring in 1989. his retirement in November 2009 e www.thenationalherald.com to active duty in the U.S. Army the Cornell Hotel Society Foun - The following years were spent from Insurers Administrative Cor - NON SuBSCrIBErS: oOne Year for $45.95 Quartermaster Corps and was dation and the History Book doing what he loved best: hunt - poration in Phoenix, Ariz., where o6 months for $29.95 discharged as a First Lieutenant. Committee where he served all ing and fishing, gardening at his he served as vice president and 3 months for $18.95 George returned to Seneca Falls three as Treasurer from 1995 to Camano Island retreat, and al - consultant in all phases of the o

b SuBSCrIBErS: One Year for $34.95 where he worked at Sylvania 2010. George is survived by his ways volunteering at the annual business. He served in the U.S. o 6 months for $23.95 Electric Plant as a junior engi - wife of 45 years, Ann; and sister, St. Demetrios Festival; his broiled Coast Guard Reserve. He was a o 3 months for $14.95 neer. He then moved to Rich - Angeline of Seneca Falls. Private chickens were unsurpassed. He member of All Saints Greek Or - i o mond, Virginia where he worked services were held at St. Cather - is survived by his beloved wife of thodox Church and American NAmE: ...... as the executive chef at the John ine Greek Orthodox Church. 46 years Eleni, son James College of Life Underwriters. ADDrESS: ...... Marshall Hotel. Returning to Christo, daughter Eva (Steven) r Seneca Falls, he owned and op - n BOULMETIS, SAM Aaron, and granddaughter Ally n ELIAS, VIRGINIA CITY: ...... STATE: ...... ZIP: ...... erated the Alps Restaurant and The Baltimore Sun reported that Aaron. Funeral services were The El Paso Times reported that TEL.: ...... CELL: ...... the Hotel Gould for 20 years. In Sam Louis Boulmetis passed held at St. Demetrios Greek Or - Virginia Elias, 87, passed away E-mAIL: ...... 1979, he returned to the School away on March 27, 2011. He was thodox Church, Seattle. March 28, 2011. She was born c PLEASE SEND A GIFT SUBSCRIPTION TO: of Hotel Administration as an Ad - the husband of the late Athena on Aug. 15, 1922. She was pre - NAmE: ...... ministrator of Special Projects. In (Hagegeorge) Boulmetis; father n COSTAS, CONSTANTINE ceded in death by her parents ADDrESS: ......

addition, he was an instructor for of Alexanne Boulmetis, Annette The Peoria, Ill. Journal Star re - Kamel and Lamayda Milhem, her s CITY: ...... STATE: ...... ZIP: ...... executive education for summer Boulmetis and husband Tom Ja - ported that Constantine “Gus” T. daughter Lucy Trudeau, son programs and was later ap - cobson, Maria Sotirelis and hus - Costas, 71, of Dunlap passed David Elias and the Love of Her TEL.: ...... CELL: ...... pointed as the Acting General band Tom Sotirelis; grandfather away March 29, 2011, at his res - Life, Matta Elias. She is survived E-mAIL: ...... Manager of Statler Inn. Dedi - of Demetrios Sotirelis; brother of idence. He was born on May 27, by her three brothers, Richard, Please specify method of payment cated to volunteerism, George Thomas Boulmetis and wife Geor - 1939, in St. Louis to Theodore Bill and Chuck Milhem, her chil - b I enclose a check/money order for $ ...... served as President of the New gia. The funeral was held in the and Calliope Paspalas Costas. He dren, Lamayda Stephens, Linda made payable to: The National Herald, Inc., York State Hotel and Motel As - Chapel of the Holy Resurrection. married Theodosia “Theo” Ma - Loper, JoAnn Harmeier, Tami La - 37-10 30th Street, Long Island City, NY 11101 - 2614 sociation and Director of the nias on April 21, 1963, in Peoria, hav, Sudie Nasser, Adele Kautz, or please debit my o mastercard o Visa American Hotel and Motel Asso - CHRISTO, NICOLAS who survived him. Gus also is Marianne Thomas, George, Bill o American Express

n u ciation in the late 1970’s and The Seattle Times reported that survived by four nephews, and Charlie Elias and 29 grand - CArD NumBEr: ...... early 1980’s. He served as a Nicolas Harry Christo, 80, passed William Costas, Andrew Costas, children. The funeral was held ExPIrATION DATE: ...... member of the advisory Commit - away on March 26, 2011. He was Rob (Julie) Jockisch and Brian St. George Antiochian Orthodox SIGNATurE: ...... tee for the Food Service and Hos - born on Feb. 20, 1931, in (Kristin) Jockisch; one niece, Church, El Paso, Texas. s THE NATIONAL HERALD, APRIL 9-15, 2011 GREECE CYPRUS 9 Is the Acropolis For Sale? Many of Greece’s Assets are on the Block

Continued from page 1 been quickly broken. Socialist debt...” Strauss-Kahn told stu - deputy Nadia Giannakopoulou dents at George Washington tention to be repeated in a re - noted her party had fiercely crit - University. He said the challenge port by National Public Radio icized the administration of rival for Greece was to make its econ - and came as Papandreou’s Ad - party New Democracy for giving omy more competitive and re - ministration is reportedly set to banks $40 billion in bailouts, structuring the country’s debt announce by mid-April what is but is now doing the same. would not resolve that issue. “To for sale in Greece, a prospect GERMANS SEE TROUBLE restore growth in Greece, you that has caused infighting be - Meanwhile, some members have to restore competitiveness. tween members of Papandreou’s of the 17 countries of the Euro - That is the real problem and Cabinet and Socialist Members zone that, like Greece, use the what we’ve tried to address,” he of Parliament of his PASOK euro as their currency, are grow - added. He acknowledged that party, who are angry that his Fi - ing increasingly wary that Greece could have been in a bet - nance Minister, George Papa - Greece will need refinancing ter situation if the IMF and the constantinou, keeps revising and may not be able to pay back European Union were able to statements about the serious - its creditors, the Financial Times help earlier as the country bat - ness of Greece’s economy and Deutschland reported. The tled a debt crisis last year. whether restructuring will be newspaper said representatives “There is absolutely no chance needed. That possibility grew of several Eurozone govern - of a restructuring of Greek last week when the government ments told the paper that a re - debt,” Papaconstantinou told said it would give banks $42.8 structuring could no longer be Reuters. billion in bailouts they didn’t ask ruled out. “An extension and Greek and European officials for, what some analysts said is top-up of the aid package would have long insisted that Greece the first step toward almost cer - not be politically possible. Then, can recover without restructur - tain restructuring of Greek debt consequences would have to be ing its debt, and that even dis - to protect the banks, which have drawn,” the paper quoted a cussing a restructuring now now received $142.8 billion in source in the finance ministry would be counter-productive by bailouts. But that came as the of a large Eurozone country as damaging banks across Europe government, which has already EurOkINISSI saying. It also quoted an advisor and causing panic in markets. slashed public workers salaries The International Monetary Fund's Poul Thomsen (center) enters the Greek Ministry of Finance to the leader of an EU state as Greek government Spokesman as much as 20%, reduced pen - in Athens, April 6, 2011. The IMF and European delegation were in Athens to monitor progress saying: “We must have a plan B Giorgos Petalotis repeated that sion benefits and hiked taxes, on cost-cutting reforms. The inspection is required before the IMF and EU countries grant the ready” for the possibility Greece the Greek government is not now will be required by the fifth installment of rescue loans to debt-ridden Greece. requires more financial assis - looking into restructuring its Troika of the European Union, tance. That came after IMF Di - massive debt pile. “Some people European Central Bank and In - can stand a stress test needed uct (GDP), setting off a further other PASOK deputy, Sofia Yian - rector Dominique Strauss-Kahn think that a restructuring means ternational Monetary Fund to approve further loans. firestorm within PASOK, some naka said that she was finding denied a report in German mag - that creditors just give away (IMF) to make an additional Rage has continued to build of whose MP’s lambasted him it very difficult to support the azine Der Spiegel that it was pri - debts ... but a restructuring $6.5 billion in wage cuts, which too that Papandreou’s govern - publicly. government because it continu - vately pressing Greece to re - would hurt all of us,” he told could set off further social un - ment will not go after rich tax “You have no overall plan,” ously denies that it is going to structure its debt. IMF Director Skai radio. Petalotis indicated rest, especially with the ap - evaders costing the country one of his most severe critics, adopt measures but subse - Dominique Strauss-Kahn denied that the government would not proach of the May 5th anniver - more than $40 billion annually Vasso Papandreou, a former quently always does. Papacon - press reports claiming that the exclude any public assets from sary of last year’s riots over the in lost revenues, even as the minister told him. She said the stantinou said he’s never denied fund was trying to force Greece the privatization program. “Pri - austerity measures that led to austerity measures have back - economic policy being followed that more measures would be to restructure its debts and that vatizations along with the com - the death of three bank workers fired because people have by the government is not pro - needed. He said that he has it has lost faith in the country’s mercial use of public property firebombed in their offices by stopped spending. That led Pa - ducing results as Papaconstan - committed to not making economic recovery. “We are sup - are included in the target of 50 anarchists. The Troika was in paconstantinou to recently re - tinou is constantly forced to an - across-the-board cuts to public porting the Greek government billion euros that we have set Athens last week to evaluate vise Greece’s deficit from 9.5 to nounce new cost cutting and sector wages and pensions, al - in its position that it doesn’t so that we can create growth,” whether the country’s economy 10.6% of Gross Domestic Prod - revenue-raising measures. An - though similar promises have want a restructuring of the he said. Kotovos’ Cupcakes are Luring the Greeks To a Brand New Taste

Continued from page 1 she said, changed her. “Up until and taught Kotovos the Magno - then, I could interview but then lia concept, know-how and cakes. As soon as we walked something turned and it became recipes, knowing that Kotovos into the elegant and whimsical very personal and I couldn’t do intended to open Magnolia cupcake cafe we knew that the that work,” she said. She moved bakeshop in Athens, Greece. owner, Nicole Kotovos, was a to a magazine, joined a friend “Appel says their case is half- woman after our own heart. Us - who offered her a chance to baked and launched her own ing ingredients imported from work with Hamptons Social, a suit against Kotovos,” her the United States to make her job that often ended up with lawyer said. cupcakes and other traditionally friends cooking and baking and Kotovos said she’s baffled by American baked goods (includ - socializing in the kitchen, which both suits, saying that Appel ing our favorite, brownies,) she she said she liked. taught her only the business end was able to transport us back to When the company was sold, of opening a high-end cupcake Bleeker and Perry street after she said, “I came to Greece to shop, adding that when the just one bite.” relax because I couldn’t work in Abrams’ brought the suit against That’s what Kotovos, an the states. I realized they didn’t her, she dropped the online Emmy-award winning television have cupcakes and I was miss - name of Magnolia’s and then producer who switched careers, ing that sort of kitchen thing … opened her store under the was hoping for when she moved I wanted to establish it here.” It name Hamptons. Now, she says, here late in 2009 with the idea shows in her store, where the she’s wondering how she got to make cupcakes catch on in a kitchen is behind glass so cus - caught up in such a mess. “I had country where the competition tomers can see what’s being never done this before … and for dessert is honey-dripped made while they have their cup - was looking for someone to give baklava and galaktobouriko. cakes, including treats such as me some ideas … I ended up “We’re doing well,” she said in lemon meringue and smore’s. hiring Jennifer as a consultant an interview. “People were very She said she was happy and ex - come to Athens to introduce the crowds. but Kotovos contends it was not and she taught me all the oper - skeptical ahout cupcakes in cited to have found such a spot. Greeks to cupcakes. She opened It’s also drawn a lawsuit. done to mimic the famous New ations of the cupcake industry Greece but they’re catching on. Hampton Social, she said, the store in December, settling BATTLE OF THE BRAND York bakery, and that she and bakery, how to open a store, I came a long way to do this,” gave her the headstart. The on a bright, open shop tucked Kotovos got the expertise to dropped the name when the suit how to produce it, how to run said. “And there’s a reason be - company set up celebrity con - behind a row of stores in the af - open the shop from someone – a three-way affair that now in - it,” she said. “I immediately gave hind it.” So how did she get certs in the Hamptons on Long fluent Kifissia area. She said she who knows cupcakes so well volves Appel – was brought. it (name) up when I found I here? Island in New York, which drew initially thought of the similarly- that her New York store, Mag - Appel sold her share of Mag - couldn’t do it,” she said. Her trail to Athens came some of the biggest names in rich Kolonaki area near down - nolia Bakery, was featured on nolia in 1999 and opened the She blames Appel. “They’re about after some interesting de - show business in the audience, town Athens, but when she the popular television series Sex rival Buttercup Bake Shop on fighting her, who’s entangled tours in her career. She’s a grad - including Paul McCartney, found the quieter facility 30 and the City, which made the Second Avenue in Midtown me … they wanted me to give uate of Boston University and Richard Gere, and other stars minutes from the center of the place even more of a draw. It Manhattan, and the Abrams’ up website and the name, which has her Master’s Degree from who knew they wouldn’t be city, in one of the few green, was co-owned then by Jennifer claim she deliberately helped I did, and now I don’t know the Sorbonne in Paris, worked bothered in such company – and leafy areas left, she took it be - Appel, although it was later sold Kotovos by handing over Mag - what they want,” she sighed. for the Good Morning, America who could listen to the likes of cause it reminded her of the to the current owners, Steve and nolia’s recipes and business se - She said she won the first round TV show where she worked her Jimmy Buffet, Billy Joel, Tom beauty and quiet of the Hamp - Tyra Abrams, who are contend - crets, allowing her to open an of the suit in a Greek court and way up to a producer, covered Petty and James Taylor. When tons. “You couldn’t hear the ing that Kotovos took their unauthorized Magnolia Bakery now is prepping for another in the 2002 Salt Lake Olympics the business was sold for $22 cars. It’s a sweet escape,” she store’s name when she planned in Greece. The suit against Ap - a couple of weeks. “I’m not li - and won an Emmy and presti - million, Kotovos – who couldn’t said. Enjoying her wares in the to open her cupcake store in pel is for alleged trademark in - able for anything and I think gious Dupont Award for her part return to the television business garden is an oasis in Athens’ Athens. Indeed, before switch - fringement, unfair competition they realize that,” she said of in the coverage of the Sept. 11, where she began her career be - hectic pace, and that – along ing to the name Hampton’s Cup - and interfering in a contract. Appel and the Abrams’, al - 2001 terrorist attacks in New cause there was a non-compete with the cupcakes covered in cakes, the store – online – was The suit in federal court claims though that hasn’t stopped the York City. But that terrible event, clause in the deal – decided to thick icing – has started to draw for a while called Magnolia’s, that last year, “Appel trained suits. Cypriot Track Coach Lures Some Top Greek Athletes to U.S. Colleges

By Christopher Galakoutis “Cold and snowy Nebraska, five Greeks there that helped the talent and offers the best edu - here in Athens in September of that was my station in the U.S,” team win four WAC champi - cation. 2009,” he added. You might not guess it at first he would recall when we con - onships and finish in the top 15 “It was a dream of mine do - Sporting success appears to glance with the heat and humid - tacted him for an interview. “I in the NCAA. Eleni Kafourou, ing this just to give a chance to have followed Kyprianou to ity or the city named Athens that chose to go there in the fall of the 2009 NCAA Indoor cham - those talented athletes to earn Georgia, as well. he finds himself in, but a Greek 2003 to attend graduate school pion, won more than 10 WAC a scholarship, get a great edu - “At the University of Georgia coach is making a positive im - and their biomechanics pro - championships and owns the LJ cation and showcase their tal - we are also responsible for US - pact on the track thousands of gram, under the direction of the and TJ school records,” said ent, putting their mark on the ATF's High Performance Center miles from the epicenter of one world renowned bio-mechanist, Kyprianou. Other athletes in - NCAA map. It worked very well (Athens GA chapter) where we of the worst periods ever for Greek-American Dr. Nick Ster - cluded Savvas Diakonikolas, as they have accomplished more train members of the US Na - Greek athletics. Now in his third giou.” After spending a semester WAC champion and school than I expected and I am proud tional team, such as Reese full season as an assistant track as a volunteer coach at the Uni - record holder in the long jump, of each one of them.” Kyprianou Hoffa, Adam Nelson, Justin Gay - and field coach at the University versity of Nebraska Omaha's Zach Arnos, an All-American also left a mark of his own, set - mon, Bud Bennett, Shakeema of Georgia, Petros Kyprianou is soccer and track teams, Kypri - and WAC champion in the triple ting the Idaho Olympic Welsch and more,” added Kypri - giving track fans in general and anou was offered a full time job jump, Eleni Ypsilanti, a WAC Weightlifting record in 2007, anou, who serves as the jumps those who follow the successes with the track team. That is champion in the hammer throw with a 567-pound lift. He coach for the elite team. “It is of Greeks in the sport in partic - when his ties to Greece and and Theodora Xylaki, a world stands 5’10” tall and weighs 185 an honor for me as a Greek ular, something to cheer about Cyprus got him thinking about class high jumper. pounds. After a fine 2007-2008 coach in America that athletes again, after an endless stream recruiting talent from the “All of those kids went on to season and Assistant Coach of of this caliber train with me. Re - of doping-related cases has left Mediterranean countries. be members of the senior Na - the Year award by the USTFC - cently my pupil Shakeema many wondering if a recovery THE GREEK PIPELINE tional Team in Greece represent - CCA (USA Coaches Associa - Welsch won the USA Indoor is even possible for Greece’s tar - “My first recruit, a Greek ing our country in World, Euro - tion,) Kyprianou accepted an of - Championships in Albuquerque, nished athletics image. Kypri - Petros Kyprianou standout named Anastasia pean, Mediterranean and fer from the prestigious SEC NM in late February. I also coach anou was born in Lemesos (also Kyvelidou, broke the NCAA Balkan Games and currently school, the University of Geor - Olympian from St Lucia, Levern known as Limassol), Cyprus. carry both flags. The terms meet record in the Heptathlon hold the top spots on the Na - gia. “It was tough to leave be - Spencer, who has a high jump The island-nation continues to Cypriot and Greek are therefore en route to winning the NCAA tional team,” added Kyprianou. hind all those great athletes, but personal best 1.98m. “I am be divided largely along ethnic used interchangeably when de - title (D2) in 2005. She was the “Eleni Kafourou is the best long it was a great opportunity for grateful of all the experiences lines and is the center of an on - scribing Greek-Cypriots. top Greek heptathlete that year, jumper in Greece today.” But we me and my family to be at the and opportunities I have had going dispute between Greece Kyprianou has served as a fit - she won the Indoor NCAA title were curious as to what planted top of the track and field pinna - since day one. This land of op - and Turkey that began in 1974, ness and strength coach for soc - in the triple jump and was se - the seed in Kyprianou’s mind to cle, the SEC,” he said. “Idaho portunity rewards hard work when Turkey invaded and occu - cer and professional basketball lected as the national female recruit athletes from Greece to and Nebraska treated us well and promotes work ethic like pied the northern portion of the teams in both Greece and athlete of the year in the NCAA American schools. “That was but the winters were rough, nobody else in the world,” said island after an attempted coup Cyprus, helping athletes im - II,” he said. Kyprianou taught something I had been thinking whereas Georgia reminds me of Kyprianou. With the Bulldogs, d'état by Greek Cypriot support - prove their conditioning and four physical education classes about for some time,” he said, home. It is warm and humid Kyprianou works with two SEC ers of union with Greece. While strength, which saw several of during his time at UNO and was adding, “I wanted to give those here, the people are very hos - champions, two All-Americans an independent nation, Cypriots them sign contracts with bigger nominated for the outstanding kids and outstanding athletes pitable and it’s a great environ - and can point to several good like Kyprianou consider them - clubs in Europe. He has also teaching award. He moved on the chance to live and experi - ment. Just like the island I grew marks including three school selves to be both Cypriot and served as the Greek and Cyprus to Boise State University in the ence what I never had but al - up in, Cyprus. “My wife Masa records. His athletes also scored Greek, as they point out that National Team coach for jumps fall of 2005, after accepting a ways wanted. “The American and I started our family in Idaho 32 of 54 total team points dur - Cyprus has the same national and combined events. That was full time coaching position. He dream and the opportunity to with our first born son Alexan - ing the 2011 Indoor SEC cham - anthem as Greece, and that right before he got on a plane would recruit five more Greek be successful at their event in a dros in January of 2008, and pionship. (Used by permission Greek-Cypriots speak Greek and for Omaha, Nebraska! athletes to that school. “I had great country that appreciates our second son Stefanos arrived of www.HellenicAthletes.com) 10 EDITORIALS LETTERS THE NATIONAL HERALD, APRIL 9-15, 2011

LETTERS TO THE EDITOR The National Herald Orfanos’ Letter was for all dangerous to settle for ‘peace’ And then, my Grandmother very much. But he will more A weekly publication of the NATIONAL HERALD, INC. at the expense of justice. Elizabeth’s story. I would like fully appreciate his Godfather (ΕΘΝΙΚΟΣ ΚΗΡΥΞ), Greek Grandchildren reporting the news and addressing the issues of paramount interest For me it was especially sig - to write about that Greek when a man -- the time in his to the Greek American community of the United States of America. To the Editor: nificant to see him reference the tragedy, too. But first, I must young life that poet-philosopher The tone of the article was African-American writer, James launch my current novel, a po - Kahlil Gibran refers to: ”You Publisher-Editor Antonis H. 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It took me 350 pages of ther, the ‘pirate’ who led his men As we approach Easter, we are reminded that it is more than 40 fact and imagination to demon - in an underground fight to top - AP PHOTO/kOSTAS TSIrONIS years since our late revered Archbishop Iakovos made one of those strate what Mr. Orfanos ex - ple Napoleon; and who eventu - Bullhorn to heaven decisions that shows the difference between a man who leads and pressed so sweetly and elo - ally took his child-bride Joanna one who merely reacts. quently in the National Herald to the safety of Lesbos, where God! God! Can you hear us! Hey, you up there! There’s At the 1970 Clergy Laity Congress the issue of the Greek Lan - article -- that freedom is every she bore my grandmother Eliz - trouble in Greece! We need a miracle! guage came to a head when Iakovos proposed developing a stan - citizen's obligation; that it is abeth, whom I was named after. dard English translation of the Liturgy. He realized the youth needed to hear the liturgy in their language, but he hoped a balance could be struck. As a devoted Hellene and as a theologian, he understood that ΛΟΓΟΣ the Greek language is one of the most important pillars of the Or - thodox Church. One understands Orthodoxy more fully by seeing that it emerged from and drew nourishment from Hellenism. Opa! More Than a Word, It’s a Revolutionary Lifestyle Still, in 1970, many were outraged. Such was the disturbance that was raised that Iakovos submitted his resignation, interestingly enough, to the then Foreign Minister of Greece. It was not ac - On one of our frequent trips almost as if stealing Recently, I got steps of the Minoans and mar - cepted. to Greece, I picked up a copy of from the Greeks has some insight from veled at their high quality of life Iakovos weathered the storm and the community moved for - a book, It’s All Greek Indeed, by become an accepted George A. Passes, lived so many millennia ago. We ward, getting stronger. He signaled the policy of allowing each Vassilios C. Theodorou, who form of plagiarism. the editor of ENO - celebrated birthdays, name parish to determine how much English is best according to their pointed out the huge loan given That doesn’t include SIS, a publication days, weddings, and special hol - demographics. by the Greeks to the English lan - the devious way of the Association idays with feasts attended by ex - Gradually, the English content of liturgies rose dramatically, to guage and that “the great ma - that history is being Megalohoriton of tended families and people from the exclusion of the Greek, especially in the suburbs and West of jority of the Greek words trans - ignored, distorted, America: “We neighboring villages. We sat the Hudson River. The language of some urban parishes with a ferred to the English vocabulary and even rewritten Greeks know that with villagers of all ages to listen larger population of people born in Greece or Cyprus remained represent important concepts to - by some who pre - the word OPA! to their life stories. We explored, largely Greek. tally incapable of being ex - tend to be scholars touches the core of we listened, and we learned. Common sense prevailed. But all important policy decisions pressed by an English substi - to satisfy political our being, because That is when the answer must be periodically reviewed. tute.” Recently a close relative correctness and by Dr. ALEX it conveys the came. We had an “aha!” mo - Quite a few things have changed since 1970. The Turkish inva - from Athens sent us a copy of scholastic publish - PATTAKOS Greek spirit, the ment, or as we would later call sion of Cyprus sent us a flood of immigrants, enriching our com - another book, You Speak Greek, ers. Nor does this KEFI, the indepen - it, an OPA! moment. The Greeks munity. When Greece joined the EU, immigration slowed to a You Just Don’t Know It, by Annie shift away from his - Special to dent spirit, the cel - we had met on our journey trickle. Stefanides that includes more torical accuracy and The National Herald ebration, the joy, knew how to live. They knew On the other hand, the intermarriage rate would reach and sur - than 6,000 Greek words that are integrity address that which gives us how to embrace all of life, the pass 80 percent, meaning there were fewer homes where Greek used in English. Although I don’t the dire implications such per - the feeling it is great to be alive, ups and downs, difficulties and was spoken. want to sound like the award- verse actions will have on gen - and OPA! is important enough joys. They knew how to live These demographic realities should have triggered wide discus - winning Greek-American actor erations of students and educa - to have it at any cost.” with enthusiasm and meaning. sions instead of the grumbling –or worst- at our churches and com - Michael Constantine’s character, tional systems and influence He and I have been in regu - As we turned to the Greeks once munity events. Gus Portokalos, in the hit movie, how the world views Greece, lar communication because he again to help us solve challenges “There was not a word of Greek spoken. It’s a disgrace. This is My Big Fat Greek Wedding, and Hellenism, and all things Greek. is a supporter of our work to ad - today, we realized that we were the Greek Orthodox Church” or “There was not a word of English claim that all English words can The Greek-American community vance what we call The OPA! coming full circle. Thousands of spoken. It’s a disgrace. This is America.” Both sentiments are correct. be traced to the Greek language, needs to ensure that such an Way, a new lifestyle brand that years ago, philosophers such as It is well known to us that in some parishes, even in the New York it is amazing how many are. It’s abuse of “history” does not be - is focused on Living Your Inner Heraclitus, Hippocrates, suburbs, you will barely hear a word of the liturgy’s original Greek unfortunate that most English- come accepted. Greece! which means living life Socrates, Plato, Aristotle, and language. On the other hand, there are parishes where you will speaking people, especially There’s another uniquely to the fullest with enthusiasm others grappled with the same not hear much English on Sunday. Americans, don’t know from Greek word that has deeper and meaning. This lifestyle is question of how to live a good In the former, they disrespect the immigrants and Greek-fluent where their vocabulary and meaning than many people re - similar to the notion of “full cat - life and their wisdom still ap - children of immigrants who built those communities. The latter many common expressions alize. It’s the commonly used astrophe” living made famous plies. We developed the notion parishes are putting out a “Not Welcome” mat to their children come, nor what they mean. We word, “OPA!” Who among us – in the novel, Zorba the Greek, of The OPA! Way and translated and grandchildren who are born here or to those married to a per - hear in everyday conversation those of Greek or not hasn’t used by Nikos Kazantzakis that be - the word into an acronym rep - son who does not understand Greek. and observe routinely in the me - this word on occasion? While it came an Academy Award-win - resenting Others, Purpose, and This is completely unnecessary. As Archbishop Iakovos knew, a dia many expressions as well as is associated with Greek danc - ning movie. The idea behind Attitude, core elements that em - balance can and must be struck. metaphors such as Achilles Heel, ing, have you ever heard some - The OPA! Way came from an ex - body what it means to live the Parishes should remain free to adjust the mix of English and Herculean Task, Midas Touch, one shout “OPA!” when a plate istential question people kept Greek Way. We are all trying to Greek in their services, but there should be a floor in both cases. Pandora’s Box Spartan Lifestyle, is broken in a non-Greek restau - asking us: “How can we live bet - “live the good life,” to “live bet - Even in the most English-dominated parishes, there should be a Trojan Horse, and countless oth - rant or event? There is no single, ter, more fulfilled lives?” So we ter, more fulfilled lives.” OPA! It minimum amount of Greek. We believe it should be 25 percent. At ers that have their origins in agreed-upon definition for this went in search of an answer. is more than simply a word; it mainly Greek speaking parishes, there should likewise be a mini - Greek mythology and history, word, even thought it is inspir - Our journey took us back to is a lifestyle. mum of 25 percent English. And our secular organizations should but many people don’t know ing, uplifting, and life-affirming. Greece where we visited many do the same. At every event, at least one presentation – or at a that. What is even worse is when Some Greeks say that it signals villages and found hospitality. Dr. Pattakos, author of minimum a few words of greetings - should be in the other lan - words, expressions, and con - “danger” and is an awakening We danced on the beach where Prisoners of Our Thoughts, is guage, to make all feel welcome and invested in our community, cepts that have Greek roots are call to remain alert and in har - Zorba danced and felt the bur - co-founder of a business initia - and its future. ripped off by people, many of mony with the ebbs and flows dens of life lift from our shoul - tive inspired by Greek culture.. This is a passionate issue for many people. By tackling it, we whom even allege to be author - of life. To others, the word sig - ders. We rose at dawn to watch Readers may contact him wish to make it less divisive, so solutions can emerge that will be ities in their field without ac - nifies a moment to embrace and fishermen return with their [email protected] and fair to all, with greater community support both for receiving con - knowledging their source. It is celebrate the totality of life. catches. We walked in the foot - www.theopaway.com. verts and investing in our Greek language. It is obvious that language and faith are vital parts of individual and group identity, but their relationship is a subtle one. Yes, COMMENTARY studies show that our unique Orthodox faith helps to preserve Greek identity through the generations. But we know that the Greek language, which defined the Hellenic culture that is the foundation of Western civilization, also reinforces Orthodox identity The Arab Earthquake is Shaking The Whole World and the Church. That is why we believe passionately that the Church must do more to promote and preserve the Greek language. If they don’t By Nikolaos A. Stavrou was material for Hollywood car - and a functional ideology to re - Given Ankara’s imperial projec - do it, who will? icatures of Arab culture and place fifty years of “fragmented tion of power in the region that If not here in the free USA, where? We are able to measure in - masterful local thieves of na - nationalism” and picking and model could be “Caliphate Faith and Language have symbiotic, synergistic relationships tensity, assess damages, at - tional wealth. But an educated, choosing dictators, ready to Light” or “Neo-Ottomanism.” that require thought, and honest and respectful discussion. Only tribute causes, and make certain technologically skilled young stand at attention when called • It is precisely the model en - then can policies emerge that will make our parishes more wel - predications about earthquakes, Arab generation and a politi - upon to fight wars against each visioned by Roberts Kaplan and coming and all-inclusive, and the places that safeguard our identity, including the one in Japan. Un - cally masterful Mullah class up - other. Rand Corporation's Graham which includes the language of our mothers and fathers of each fortunately we cannot do the ended all that and decided to • The fact is we do not know Fuller in the mid-nineties. Both Yiayia and Papou. same about the Arab earthquake call the western bluff. They who the “Jeffersonian minds” of thought Turkey should not be a Let us know what you think. whose potential consequences stated and asked with actions: the Arab Spring are. But we "tail end of Europe" but a major outweigh tsunamis, the trem - Do you really want democracy know the west will soon be put factor in its periphery. It also bling earth, and nuclear melt - in the Arab world? Let us see to the test once the dust settles should be noted that Turkey is downs. Events in the Arab world how and if you like it. Doubts and could find itself without pli - looked upon as a model and is Kings we don’t need, but where represent the closing of a his - surfaced while uncontrollable able leaders in the Arab neigh - a key “consultant” in the unfold - torical cycle that started with an events unfolded. The mass me - borhood of Israel. It seems that ing drama. In fact a Kabuki the - externally caused fragmentation dia exuberance subsided and western hypocrisy has run its ater could be unfolding, and are the leaders? of the “Arab nation” at the turn analysts of all ideological stripes course unless behind every so- Greece opted to play a minor, of the century. It was a “nation” started asking with unusual per - called Arab Democracy (if they but temporary, role by helping The movie "The King's Speech" is stuck in our mind. until then united by a religious sistence the questions: “With ever flourish) we will again find Ankara (albeit by default) look In England back in the 1930s, the Duke of York - a man with a umbrella known as the whom are we dealing” in the a well trained, sophisticated mil - better in the Arab world with its severe stuttering problem - was forced to ascend to the throne of Caliphate, but was meticulously Arab tsunami? Would the up - itary, integrated into the west and peculiar “alliance” in the Eastern England when his brother quit to marry his beloved, a twice- fragmented by the true original heavals in Libya and Yemen, willing to play the Turkish role. Mediterranean. dovorced American woman. inventor of colonialism and lead to Somalization of two • The fear persists that the • No matter what else un - The new king, George VI, had to deliver a radio address to the Balkanization, England. Geog - more states that could, poten - upheavals could also touch our folds, one thing is certain: secu - nation. He had to inspire them, to give courage to the people, raphy was used as a basis to at - tially, become fertile grounds for “reliable dictators” in Saudi Ara - lar Muslims in Egypt and else - assure them that they would prevail in the end. The problem was tribute “nationality” and rivers Al-Qaeda? Frankly speaking, no - bia and Jordan. In both cases where will demand their place that he couldn't. He stuttered too much. and railroad lines were used to body knows for sure what is to we are faced with a touchy situ - in a “Democratic” state and With the help of his wife and a phenomenal therapist, he threw delineate borders. Eventually, a come. But we all know that ation. If these two “reliable” Turkey seems a proper model to himself into the effort to overcome this problem. western type pseudo-aristocracy spring is always followed by partners in oppression face an accommodate "scarf politics”, The king did his duty. was incubated, taught how to summer, and quite often sum - upheaval, the “Arab nation” secularism, and modern mili - We bring up this movie because it is directly related to today's act “western,” and assigned the mers tend to be quite hot. Still could hearken back to the pre- tarism. world: Up until relatively recently, leaders led. task of creating warring nations some tentative projections can fragmentation era as a preferred Dr. Nikolaos A. Stavrou is pro - But today, our Thermopylaes have been left defenseless. out of unhinged tribes. In the be made: An Ottoman-size re - regional model. Nostalgia for fessor (Emeritus) of Interna - It is time that adults be chosen to take on key leadership posi - end, what the British produced gion is now in search of a com - the “good old days” of Sultans tional Affairs and Political The - tions. It is time for a king's speech. and the Americans inherited, mon religious-political linkage and Muftis has been revived. ory, Howard University. THE NATIONAL HERALD, APRIL 9-15, 2011 VIEWPOINTS 11 LETTER FROM ATHENS The American Way: Waging War to Make the World Safe

The Twilight of Theodorakis: There’s nothing like a good “Impeach Bush and denberg was a Let the left lambast Bush for war to remind us that when it Cheney” logos, ac - United States Sen - giving “tax cuts to the rich,” and comes to using any means nec - complished nothing ator from Michi - let the right rebuke Obama for Anti-Semitic, and Sad essary to discredit the political more than to hijack gan, from 1928 “socialized medicine.” If cheap opposition, Americans know no a great color. until his death in sound bites are the only way to bounds. President Barack Where are those 1951. A Republi - energize their political bases, Few people will bined his art with Obama recently included the brightly-hued t- can who was then so be it. But when the ever have to endure his indelible love for United States in a limited inter - shirts, now? The rather conserva - President makes a decision be - the suffering of Greece, was com - national coalition with a mission partisan sycophants tive, at least by tra - yond the water’s edge – they all Greece’s greatest mitted to raising in - to strike Libya from the air, in on both sides of the ditional standards, need to clam up. Regrettably, musical composer ternational aware - order to give rebel forces a political aisle have Vandenberg op - we have a severe shortage of Mikis Theodorakis, ness about human chance to prevail against the taken hypocrisy to posed President Vandenbergs in our midst today. a giant of a man rights, the environ - country’s longstanding dictator, an entirely new by CONSTANTINOS E. Franklin Roo - Why is the Democratic Impeach - who, because of his ment, and was Muammar Qaddafi (There are level over the past SCAROS sevelt’s New Deal, ment Squad of five years ago leftist ideologies, nominated for the more ways to spell Qaddafi than few decades. To be and attempts to silent now that the current ag - was exiled to an is - Nobel Peace Prize in there are Libyan troops, but sure, the Democrats Special to pack the U.S. gressor-in-chief happens to be a land by the military 2000. He had that’s another story.) Those vit - gave Bush ab - The National Herald Supreme Court member of their own party? junta backed by the reached out to the riolic Republicans, smelling solutely no credit with Justices who And exactly when did the GOP United States from by ANDY renowned Turkish blood and not yielding an inch for much of the good he accom - shared his ideology. In foreign stop to question the political 1967-73. He was DABILIS author, musician, of political ground until they plished – such as having done affairs, although Vandenberg motives of the rebels that we tortured, twice singer, and film - oust Obama from office, seized more for Africa and for the was an avowed isolationist – he support until now? Certainly not buried alive, and Special to maker Zülfü Li - the moment to condemn their world’s oceans than any other detested America’s meddling in when Republican administra - suffered the ig - The National Herald vaneli to form the Commander-in-Chief for daring president. Likewise, if Obama other nations’ matters – he sup - tions were providing weapons nominy of his family Greek–Turkish to use force against a nation that discovers a cure for cancer to - ported Presidents Roosevelt’s to Saddam Hussein and Osama being detained. The Colonels Friendship Society. Why then did not attack us (hint: some - morrow, his Republican critics and Truman’s command over bin Laden a generation ago. If who ran the country with the does he see Israel and Jews as thing doesn’t seem consistent are sure to say: “Who does he World War Two, famously de - Americans only realized that backing of people as evil as U.S. the enemy? Their people suffered here.) As venomous as these think he is, making decisions for claring that “politics stops at the most foreign policy initiatives – Secretary of State Henry as much, or more, than did sore losers are – still smarting us, assuming we want to be water’s edge.” In other words, wars in particular – could be Kissinger issued Army Decree No. Greeks under the Nazis and Turks from Obama’s trouncing of GOP healed. Maybe we like our can - Vandenberg condoned criticiz - won in a fraction of the time, 13, which banned playing, or of the Ottoman Occupation, and nominee John McCain in 2008 cer, just like we like our incan - ing a President on domestic pol - with thousands more lives and even listening to his music, be - even under their own people dur - – they don’t hold a candle to descent light bulbs!” It is a icy, but for decisions pertaining billions of dollars saved, if only cause his genius was such it could ing the dark days of the dictator - their Democratic counterparts shame that more Americans to matters beyond U.S. shores, they all banded together as one, jumpstart a heart and create fer - ship. Did some worm of hate in - who only a few years ago re - don’t even know who Arthur Vandenberg admonished those in support of their president, vor and passion for justice that veigle its way into his heart and ferred to then-President George Vandenberg was, let alone what who placed politics above na - then perhaps they could enjoy was undeniable and unstoppable. reach his mind? His rants against W. Bush as a war criminal for he said about supporting the tional unity and insisted that all an overwhelmingly satisfying I know. Ten years ago I saw him Israel and Jews shock the same having invaded Iraq, and called president of the United States Americans stand behind their feeling of peace and prosperity perform his incomparable, soar - way it would if Gandhi had sud - for his impeachment. I can hear in matters of foreign policy. Van - president. in their world. After all, ing musical showpiece of Nobel denly spouted bile, if Martin the counterargument now: “But shouldn’t that be what a citizen Prize winning poet Odysseas Luther King had taken up arms this time around, the United Na - of the world’s only remaining Elytis’ Axion Esti, at the Odeon with the Black Panthers, if Nelson tions voted for the air strikes.” superpower experiences? The of Herodes Atticus Theater, built Mandela had put burning tires Yeah, ok. Never mind that if saying goes: “United we stand, 1,850 years ago under the Acrop - around the necks of his enemies. Russia and its cohorts had the divided we fall.” Perhaps it olis. Theodorakis was in rare Because of his stature, Theodor - same sweet oil deals with Libya should be revised like this: “Di - form, aging arms still lifting the akis’ increasingly zealous attacks that they did with Iraq, they vided we barely squeak by after spirit of freedom and Hellenism, against Israel and Jews have been would have been completely suffering lots of bumps and proving himself the greatest overlooked for years. against this war, too. During the bruises along the way, united Greek composer. When the music The respected Athens news - height of the Iraq War, a handful we bring about boundless peace he put to Elytis’ Sun of Justice paper Kathimerini wrote in 2003 of Hollywood celebrities called and prosperity with one hand began, and the words flowed that during a news conference at for Bush’s and (his Vice Presi - tied behind our back.” forth, it put the lie to the rule of his home Theodorakis said: “We dent) Dick Cheney’s removal the Colonels and those who think are alone. But without the fanati - from office because, as they put Constantinos E. Scaros is a pub - ideas can be imprisoned. cism and self-knowledge of the it, by attacking Iraq the United lished author and expert in Theodorakis carried the banner Jews. We are two nations without States was guilty of interna - American presidential history, of justice in his baton, even as he brothers in the world, we and the tional terrorism. Exactly where with a background in Ancient held hate in his heart for those Jews. But they have fanaticism did these geopolitical gurus ob - Greek history. He has taught who tried to stifle Greece, and and manage to get their way. To - tain their foreign policy creden - history, political science, and for the American government day we may say that this small tials – from reading newspaper law at New York University, and that was his co-jailer. nation is at the root of evil and blurbs during casting calls? served as an Academic Dean at So it’s all the sadder that now, not of good, which means that Their so-called Orange Revolu - two other colleges in New York. at 85, he has lapsed into inex - too much self-knowledge and too tion, which involved wearing or - His latest book is plicable rage, perhaps seeing much obstinacy causes harm. The ange t-shirts and other para - George W. Bush didn’t care if there were weapons of mass de - Understanding the Constitu - demons lurking in the shadows reason that we (Greeks) are laid- phernalia embossed with struction in Iraq, he just wanted to make war. tion. of a mind at once brilliant and back and have not become ag - tormented. For good reason, he gressive is because we had more is vehemently anti-American, al - weapons. They had Abraham and though he speaks English, but for Jacob - shadows.” Sadly, he was allowed to drone on: “We had Boston U. Abandons The Classics, Save Arion Now someone of the stature of Pericles here. Can you imagine what the Greeks could have become if we By Stamatis N. Astra between our Greek heritage and had ... the aggression of the Jews! the modern world. Arion is That’s how laid-back we are. We One of the beacons of pro - unique in being a journal of en - are ashamed to say who we are.” moting Hellenic culture and the gaged humanism, where cre - In February, Theodorakis said classics is about to be extin - ative writers publish alongside in a television interview that he guished. It is the grave story of distinguished critics and where was an “anti-Semite and anti- Arion, a Journal of the Classics independence, fresh voices, and Zionist,” the kind of code words and the Humanities published, originality are valued over aca - you associate with people who for now, under the roof of demic groupthink and jargon.” think there is an international Boston University. The story has And, so, the dramatic story Jewish conspiracy to rule the all the ingredients of a Greek continues with Boston Univer - world, those types who stand Drama: The City State that is in sity’s decision to withdraw its outside the White House in dirty, danger is in the form of acade - support of Arion’s operating unpressed suits and cockeyed mic bureaucracy, saddled with budget, no longer providing the hats holding signs. “Everything archaic administration, where necessary funds to keep the that happens today in the world in these modern times the bot - journal alive. The justification has to do with the Zionists,” he tom line is the only guideline has nothing to do with quality, said, adding that, “American for making decisions about ed - meeting production guidelines, Jews are behind the world eco - ucation, and academics. There or an intellectual argument over nomic crisis that has hit Greece is the demented God, a power - academics, or what’s expected too.” ful administrator who wants to to come out of an institution The hate speech, a crime in use his last pen stroke against such as Boston University. The EurOkINISSI some countries, came as more what has been a refreshing and decision has been made solely Mikis Theodorakis has to hope than 60 prominent American unique Journal for the Classics on the basis that the Journal is his legacy isn’t permanently Jewish leaders came to Greece to and the Humanities; a unique unprofitable, representing a loss tarnished with his outbursts meet political leaders, and went forum that has represented a re - to the University of approxi - against Israel and Jews. to Thessaloniki, whose Jewish vitalizing approach and a plat - mately $150,000 per year (a population was decimated by the form for academics, poets, nov - tiny fraction of the overall bud - no good reason unknown to any - Nazis. “We are in danger. In a elists, film makers to express get.) And just like that, the de - one but himself has he become few days the Zionists will gather their appreciation and the con - cision is made, with a Venture an avowed anti-Semite, using in Greece for a conference,” he Capitalist mentality, where the language akin to that of Hitler said. “Zionism and its leaders are “true North” of the world is only and Goebbels, to vilify Israel and here, meeting in our country! “Arion, one of the most the positive bottom-line and Jews. When you find your heroes This is no laughing matter,” he influential publications profit; where the commitment have feet of clay, it punctures railed, berating Zionism and its supporting the Greek to educate and support mind your hope in them. When you “control over America and the over matter and the Hippocratic find they have vitriol in their banking system that Greece is classical tradition, has Oath, has become the oath of heart and murder in their mind, now a victim of.” Theodorakis, a kept alive the link Goldman Sachs and its obliga - if only figuratively, it destroys any member of the Greek Communist tion to the mighty dollar. It’s be - remaining illusion of idolatry. Party for 60 years, once was a between classics and cause of all this that Arion must What happened? Is this the same supporter of Israel but gradually living culture” now call upon the Gods to find man who moved the musical became a major critic, but his a way to generate revenues and world with genius, whose Greek tirades are such you have to won - nection of their work with the garner private support to con - works will last as long as the der if he has gone off the deep Classics. There is the powerless tinue its priceless mission. Parthenon, who composed the end, as it is said of those who are but inspiring chorus, in the peo - Arion is needed more today music for the other Greek Nobel no longer lucid. How else can you ple who worked night and day than ever. For generations, Laureate poet George Seferis’ explain why he also said during for many months in a race American institutions of higher Epiphania, who gave back to a television interview that, “I’m against time to save this jour - learning kept the classics central Greek music a dignity it had lost, an anti-Semite, but I love Jews.” nal. to the mission of the humani - greater visibility and utility as a it at the last minute. But now, who developed the concept of Theodorakis blasted Greek At the helm is Dr. Herbert ties. Now that the culture of uni - teaching tool. There must be a we can’t look across our shoul - Metasymphonic music that Prime Minister George Papan - Golder, an award-winning edi - versities and colleges has forum for the Classics, through ders for someone else to Save mixed symphonies with popular dreou for meeting with his Israeli tor, scholar, authority on the changed, together with their pri - on-line publishing and iTunes the Classics. As Dr. Golder said, songs, western symphonic or - counterpart, Benjamin Ne - Classics, filmmaker and pub - orities, and they are losing sight style offerings of past and future “Greeks created Western civi - chestras and Greek popular in - tanyahu, who the composer says lished author who has made it of that crucial mission and the content about the Classics to a lization, now they have to save struments, and, who wrote Zorba is a persona non-grata in Greece his life’s work to promote and classics’ place in it. To prevent larger audience through affilia - it.” This deus ex machina is all the Greek, the song that, for all due to his “war crimes in teach the Classics. Under his 20- this extinction, the Arion team tions in radio, TV and other of us. (Please contact the derision of critics as too pop - Lebanon and Gaza,” as the com - year leadership, Arion has been is seeking the assistance of the print publications. A journal of www.bu.edu/arion or ular, is the musical symbol of poser has identified more with widely recognized: in 1992, Greek community, whose genius engaged humanism, Arion [email protected] to Save the Clas - Greece. How could the mind that the Palestinians suffering under with the Council of Editors of and heritage have been the basis keeps the experience of the pre - sics and Arion) creates such music have such dis - Israel’s blockade. Strong words, Learned Journals’ Phoenix of our civilization, to step up sent alive, connecting it to the cordant notes at the same time, though not crazy, but what will Award and in 2004 with the and help us “Save the Classics art and wisdom of the past, Stamatis N. Astra is a Senior out-of-tune with all that his work he say next? Theodorakis put the American Philological Associa - and Arion,” for the critical part thus, giving guidance and inspi - Vice President at identityTruth had represented: compassion, music to Zorba, but he must not tion’s Outreach Award acknowl - it plays in preserving the tradi - ration to the next generation. in Boston, host of the Astra Re - justice, tolerance, and freedom. have read Nikos Kazantzakis’ edging that Arion is read and tion our community has labored And as in any good Greek port on Boston radio station Is this the same Theodorakis book or seen the movie, or he valued beyond the academy. Ac - so long to maintain and pass Drama, Arion is waiting for its 1550 AM and Chairman of the whose stirring rendition of The would have noticed the part cording to Dr. Golder, “Arion, down to future generations. deus ex machina (the god in the Development Committee for Ballad of Mathausen, who pe - where Zorba takes off his shirt to one of the most influential pub - Our immediate goal is to form of the machine that exe - Boston University’s Arion Jour - formed it at that concentration wash, and the Englishman who lications supporting the Greek raise $100,000 to cover the bud - cutes its will) to come and save nal. camp, moved so many souls? The is his friend notices scars and asks classical tradition, has kept alive get for the next fiscal year. After same man who said then that, who put them there. “The Turks,” the link between classics and liv - avoiding imminent shut down, “Mauthausen still exists; Hitler is Zorba says. Does he hate the ing culture. Our mission is that Arion will seek to raise an en - alive and well; so are concentra - Turks then? No, says Zorba, turn - the classics have been not only dowment of $500,000 that will GUEST EDITORIALS tion camps; the songs are very ing to show scars on his chest kept alive, but kept lively; that guarantee the survival of the real and their heroes are our and who put those there. “The Arion is a serious professional journal. Arion exists to explore The National Herald welcomes manuscripts representing a variety of brothers.” Greeks,” he sayes, but putting journal, but one that is also the link between the Classics views for publication in its View Points page. They should include He is that rarest of Greek aside hate. “What do I care if a available to a broader, interna - and living culture. The funding the writer’s name, address, telephone number and be addressed to artists, revered around the world, man is Greek or Turk? All I care tional audience; and that it also will allow The Journal to create the View Points Editor, The National Herald, 37-10 30th St., LIC, NY who put music to the greatest of is if he is a good man.” That’s treats modern artists like Se - an electronic “social media” 11101. They can also be e-mailed to english.edition@thenational - Latino poets such as Pablo something for Theodorakis to feris, Elytis, and Ritsos as part platform that will enable a dia - herald.com. Due to considerations of space we enforce a strict 850- Neruda, who was the symbol of think about, if he still can. of the classical heritage. Arion logue between authorities in the word upper limit. we reserve the right to edit. Greek resistance against the dic - is the only journal centered in Classics and the mainstream tatorship. He has always com - [email protected] the classics that forges the link public, as well as achieve 12 THE NATIONAL HERALD, APRIL 9-15, 2011