INSIDE:• Kuchma in slim lead over Vitrenko — page 3. • Renowned opera singer Solovyanenko dies — page 4. • Ukrainian youth camps offer diverse programs — centerfold.

Published by the Ukrainian National Association Inc., a fraternal non-profit association Vol. LXVII HE KRAINIANNo. 32 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, AUGUST 8, 1999 EEKLY$1.25/$2 in Ukraine T UU.S. extends Nunn-Lugar Wprogram in Ukraine Nine candidates by Roman Woronowycz Kyiv Press Bureau continue in race KYIV – The United States will continue helping Ukraine dis- mantle its nuclear weapons and reorganize its military for another six years in an agreement signed on July 31 by the top defense offi- for president cials of the two countries. by Roman Woronowycz U.S. Secretary of Defense William Cohen and Ukraine’s Kyiv Press Bureau Minister of Defense Gen. Oleksander Kuzmuk exchanged docu- ments extending U.S. technical and financial assistance until the KYIV – Amid much controversy year 2006. The ceremony took place in Foros, Ukraine, a town and accusations of political impropri- located outside of Sevastopol on the Crimean peninsula. ety, nine presidential candidates have The agreement prolongs the Cooperative Threat Reduction pro- received the blessing of Ukraine’s gram, better known as the Nunn-Lugar program, until the year election authority to move on to the 2006, during which Ukraine will continue to eliminate its nuclear October elections. stockpile, most importantly SS-24 ICBMs and their missile silos, On August 1 the Central Election the Bear and Black Jack strategic bombers and air-launched cruise Commission finished analyzing and missiles. counting the petitions of the 15 presi- The current agreement was due to expire at the end of next year. dential hopefuls who had submitted The U.S. has channeled $569 million to Ukraine in the last seven at least 1 million signatures in sup- years to secure and dismantle weapons of mass destruction, includ- port of their candidacies, as required ing the elimination of 111 SS-19 ICBMs, a project that was com- by Ukraine’s election law. Six of the pleted earlier this year. candidates were rejected for not Mr. Cohen was in Ukraine for a six-hour visit to meet with meeting that mark after the CEC President Leonid Kuchma, Secretary of the Defense and Security deemed hundreds of thousands of Council Volodymyr Horbulin and Defense Minister Kuzmuk. He signatures they submitted to be arrived after attending the 40-nation Balkan Summit in Sarajevo the fraudulent. day before. The candidates registered by the Commenting on the U.S. decision to continue supporting nuclear CEC represent the leading Ukrainian disarmament in Ukraine, Mr. Cohen said this was another important political parties. All but one had been step in the development of U.S.-Ukraine military relations, accord- expected to move to the final show- ing to Interfax-Ukraine. The defense secretary noted that since down in October. The individuals Ukraine declared independence U.S. and Ukrainian servicemen U.S. Secretary of Defense William Cohen (right) is wel- whose names will appear on the comed by Ukraine's Minister of Defense Gen. Oleksander October 31 presidential election bal- (Continued on page 3) Kuzmuk during a visit to Ukraine's Crimean peninsula. lot are: President Leonid Kuchma, who is supported by the National Democratic Party and the Social Democratic Party (United); Petro Sailors from Ukraine stranded in New York harbor Symonenko (Communist Party); NEW YORK – Sailors stranded aboard Pat Carlson, a Seamen’s Church official Yaremenko explained: “Upon our request, Natalia Vitrenko (Progressive a Ukrainian cargo vessel off the New York in Port Newark, N.J., said a supply of the Azov Shipping Co. has announced that Socialist Party); Oleksander coast received emergency rations on meat, fresh vegetables, fruits and other sta- later today or tomorrow they will provide Tkachenko (Peasant Party); August 2 after being anchored for three ples – enough for at least three days – was the ship with all necessary provisions, Oleksander Moroz (Socialist Party); months in Gravesend Bay off Brooklyn. delivered to the ship. She said the food, etc.” He said the Consulate has also Hennadii Udovenko (Rukh Party); The Associated Press reported that the Seamen’s Church would probably send requested that the Azov Shipping Co. Yurii Kostenko (Rukh II); and crew of 23 men and three women got an another food package if the need arises. decide in the next few days whether or not Volodymyr Oliinyk, president of the infusion of supplies courtesy of the The AP also reported that an official of the ship will return to Ukraine. Association of Ukrainian Cities and Seamen’s Church Institute, a non-profit the Ukraine’s Consulate General in New Mr. Yaremenko noted that the Consulate mayor of Cherkasy. organization serving area mariners, after York expressed concern and promised to was contacted about this matter on August Only Mr. Oliinyk is not consid- Coast Guard inspectors found the ship was look into the situation. 2 by the U.S. Coast Guard; he would not ered a major political player, and his low on food. Contacted on August 4 by The was the only surprise candidacy reg- The captain of the ship, Aleksander Ukrainian Weekly, Consul Bohdan (Continued on page 3) istered by the CEC. Mr. Oliinyk, who Golub, 62, told The New York Times that is running as an independent, barely he had repeatedly requested provisions made the minimum. The CEC from the American representative of the accepted 1.02 million of the 1.86 ship’s owner, but had received inadequate million signatures submitted. Kuchma fires first vice prime minister supplies of food, water and medicine. by Roman Woronowycz “I believe that the head of state should CEC officials said they had found John Hillin, civilian commander of the massive fraud and signature irregu- Kyiv Press Bureau make the decisions that he feels are neces- Coast Guard’s port state control section, larities in petitions submitted by all sary,” said Mr. Kuratchenko at a press con- said the 8,400-ton Znamia Oktiabria KYIV – President Leonid Kuchma fired the candidates, but particularly ference two days after his dismissal. “The (Banner of October), which regularly his first vice prime minister, Volodymyr among the six candidates it had president is the choice of the people, and his transports automobiles between New York Kuratchenko, on July 31 without explana- rejected. The inconsistencies includ- decisions are determined, perhaps, by a and the Dominican Republic, had been in tion – a move that came days after the offi- ed signatures of voters who were no whole number of realities. He can, perhaps, anchorage since April, awaiting an assign- cial suggested the government’s economic longer among the living and names see the situation better than I can, especially ment from its owners. The Coast Guard reform program needs a major overhaul. of villages that do not exist. in the international arena. I believe the main contacted the Seamen’s Church after In an unexpected reaction to his dis- Green Party Chairman Vitalii reason for my dismissal was the form and unsuccessful attempts to reach the ship’s missal, Mr. Kuratchenko expressed no Kononov, probably the most promi- forum in which I made my proposals. But nent candidate of those who were owner, the Azov Shipping Co., which is antipathy or bewilderment over the decision the form is not what’s important, the sub- turned away by election authorities, based in Mariupol, Ukraine, and has a and said that he still supports the president stance is.” local representative in Secaucus, N.J. The and his economic policy. He did state that President Kuchma would give no reason (Continued on page 3) Coast Guard commander also said the he would like to sit down with the president crew hadn’t been paid in four months. to talk out their differences. (Continued on page 13) 2 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, AUGUST 8, 1999 No. 32

ANALYSIS Leonid Kuchma and the left: NEWSBRIEFSNEWSBRIEFS CEC head: campaign law needs change received a contract worth $500,000 to dis- pose of him. According to Mr. the presidential elections of 1999 KYIV – The idea of collecting signa- Omelchenko, the assassination plan was tures in order to be registered as a presi- linked to his investigation into foreign by David R. Marples cies appear to have come full circle. dential candidate has proved purposeless, bank accounts held by Ukrainian high- and Serhy Yekelchyk Until recently, the only female candi- Central Election Committee Chair ranking officials. Mr. Omelchenko was Mykhailo Riabets said on August 3, date in the race, Natalia Vitrenko, was involved in the investigation into alleged On October 31, residents of Ukraine adding that the Verkhovna Rada should leading Mr. Kuchma in the polls. A 47- money laundering by former Prime will go to the polls to elect their third go back to the idea of requiring a finan- year-old former professor of economics, Minister Pavlo Lazarenko and Oleksander president of an independent state. They cial pledge, rather than collecting voters’ Ms. Vitrenko combines a populist Volkov, the head of Kuchma’s election do so aware that their country is at a pre- signatures. Mr. Riabets said he believes approach with Stalinist politics. She is the team. (RFE/RL Newsline) carious stage in its history: financially chair of the Progressive Socialist Party (a such a procedure would shorten electoral almost bankrupt, torn between its close group purged by the Socialist Party of campaigns and attract additional money Moroz says Kremlin neutral on elections friendship with the West and the growing Ukraine for its alleged extremism) and to the budget, instead of expenditures. KYIV – “Official Moscow will not sup- bond between its neighbors Russia and refers to herself as a “true Marxist.” Her He suggested that the ceiling on cam- port any of the candidates for the Belarus, the new president faces choices campaign has suffered somewhat from paign chests for individual presidential Ukrainian presidency,” claimed Socialist that will determine Ukraine’s path in the limited access to the national media, but candidates should be 1.7 million hrv. On Party leader and presidential candidate, new millennium. she would present a formidable opponent another note, Mr. Riabets said, To date, the list of candidates suggests were she to progress to the second round. “Insufficient financing of the election Oleksander Moroz on July 27, adding that that the race will go to a second round Ms. Vitrenko’s former boss is also run- process cannot hamper the election cam- he is quite sure that Russia will not support between incumbent Leonid Kuchma and ning. Oleksander Moroz, a 55-year-old paign, but it will greatly influence its the acting executive because of a number an opponent from the camp of the hard former party apparatchik from the Kyiv course. There’s not enough money to pay of conflicts, including the scandal sur- left, either a Communist or Socialist who region, familiar to Ukrainians as the long- salaries and print voting ballots, not to rounding Mykolaiv Alumina Plant. Mr. will seek to tighten Ukraine’s links with time chairman of the Parliament. Mr. speak about other expenses connected Moroz added that his recent trip to its former Soviet partners. Six candidates Moroz, the leader of the Socialist Party of with the organization of the election.” He Moscow was only a working visit directed have a realistic chance of victory. Ukraine, had anticipated that he would be noted that President Leonid Kuchma had at cooperation on the parliamentary level. Mr. Kuchma, who turns 61 in August, a compromise candidate for both the vetoed a bill on amending the budget, (Eastern Economist) came to office in July 1994 after a narrow Socialist and Communist parties, thereby which would have pumped an additional victory over incumbent Leonid New postal codes introduced uniting the left. However, Petro 25 million hrv into managing the election Kravchuk. Although Mr. Kuchma’s elec- Symonenko, the 47-year old Communist process. (Eastern Economist) KYIV – Beginning August 1 new five- toral promises included the elevation of Party boss, has also elected to run, likely digit postal codes will replace the six-digit Russian as a second state language and From NBA to the Cabinet brimming with confidence after the suc- closer ties with Russia, these goals were variety. According to Ukraine’s postal cess of his party in the 1998 parliamen- promptly abandoned once victory was KYIV – Pro basketball player company UkrPoshta, this is the result of its tary elections, in which it obtained 122 attained. Instead, Mr. Kuchma has fol- Oleksander Volkov was appointed restructuring program to simplify sorting seats in the legislature. Of the two, Mr. lowed his predecessor’s policies of closer Ukraine’s minister of sports on August 3. and delivery procedures. The old system Moroz is clearly more moderate, pro- integration with the countries of the Mr. Volkov, 35, once played for the NBA’s was introduced in 1968 and designed for Western and charismatic, supporting a European Union, virtual abandonment of Atlanta Hawks and until recently headed a the entire USSR. (Eastern Economist) market economy “with government regu- basketball club in Kyiv. (Eastern the CIS, combined with a gradual and Ukrainians don’t expect fair elections cautious economic reform program that lations,” whereas Mr. Symonenko advo- Economist) cates at least a partial return to a com- has been slowed further by a recalcitrant KYIV – A June poll conducted by mand economy. NGOs show mass support for mayor Parliament. SOCIS-Gallup revealed that 58 percent of Oleksander Tkachenko, an agricultural Lately, Mr. Kuchma has strayed from KYIV – The election coalition “Our respondents think the presidential elections specialist from Cherkasy region, repre- the democratic path, clamping down on Mayor: Oleksander Omelchenko” and the in Ukraine will be unfair or dishonest, sents the “dark horse” in these elections. the opposition and allowing the develop- Public Assembly, uniting over 40 commu- Interfax reported on August 2. In addition, ment of a personality cult by his Like Ms. Vitrenko, he is a populist, but nity organizations and local branches of he is a more seasoned campaigner, who 57 percent believe that the elections will entourage. The New York-based political parties, held a demonstration on have no influence whatsoever over devel- Committee for the Protection of was appointed chairman of the July 30 on Mykhailivska Ploscha to Parliament after a lengthy battle in July opments in the country. (RFE/RL Journalists has listed him among the top protest attempts to reconsider the results of Newsline) 10 enemies of the press. Recently he has 1998. This position has elevated 60-year- the May 30 mayoral elections. Thousands also met with Russian President Boris old Tkachenko to a position of unlikely attended the manifestation. (Eastern Rukh activists unite to bar chauvinists Yeltsin and Prime Minister Sergei prominence. He can be described as a Economist) KHARKIV – Over 70 supporters of Stepashin, events described by official plain-talking Brezhnevite, somewhat media as the start of a new period of reminiscent of Alyaksandr Lukashenka, Anti-corruption chief on assassination plot Yurii Kostenko’s splinter Rukh picketed Russian-Ukrainian cooperation. His poli- the virtual dictator of Belarus. Like Mr. the Russian Consulate in Kharkiv, protest- Lukashenka, he has concentrated his KYIV – Hryhorii Omelchenko, head of ing against the Moscow-controlled campaign on the village, opposes land the Verkhovna Rada’s Anti-Corruption Russian Orthodox Church’s so-called cru- David Marples is a professor of histo- reform, is strongly anti-NATO in foreign Investigation Committee, told journalists sade over Ukrainian territory. Participants ry and acting director of the Canadian policy and an avid supporter of the on July 27 that President Leonid Kuchma of the protest action addressed the Russian Institute of Ukrainian Studies, University Russia-Belarus Union. had ordered him killed, the Associated consul with a demand to not allow of Alberta. Serhy Yekelchyk holds a can- The last major candidate is Yevhen Press reported. “The [assassination] order “Moscow chauvinists who speculate with didate of sciences degree from Kyiv State Marchuk, the former head of the was made personally by the president or the ideas of Christianity” into Ukraine. University and is a Ph.D. candidate in Ukrainian security service and the leader with his tacit agreement,” Mr. (Eastern Economist) history of the University of Alberta. of the Social Democratic Party. Mr. Omelchenko said, adding that two groups Marchuk is the only candidate other than of killers were organized in Russia and (Continued on page 13) Mr. Kuchma who is pro-Western and lib- eral, but his policies are notably vague. EU may agree to cancel Though he portrays himself as a fighter FOUNDED 1933 against corruption, he and his associates some quotas for imports have grown wealthy in recent years, and HE KRAINIAN EEKLY Eastern Economist his party has a reputation as a club for TAn English-languageU newspaperW published by the Ukrainian National Association Inc., rich Komsomol officials-turned-business- a non-profit association, at 2200 Route 10, P.O. Box 280, Parsippany, NJ 07054. KYIV – The European Union is ready men. 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The U.S secretary of defense and U.S. extends... Ukrainian officials also discussed how to Polls show Kuchma in slim lead (Continued from page 1) fund Ukraine’s peacekeeping contingent of have taken part in more than 100 joint mili- 800 soldiers that is scheduled to leave for over Progressive Socialist Vitrenko tary programs. Kosovo within the week. Mr. Cohen announced that the U.S. While reaffirming NATO’s interest in by Roman Woronowycz Petro Symonenko was way behind at 6 Ukraine’s involvement in the KFOR peace- would continue to assist in the reform and Kyiv Press Bureau percent, followed by Ms. Vitrenko at 3 keeping effort, Mr. Cohen told President modernization of Ukraine’s armed forces. percent. Kuchma that the U.S. is willing to help KYIV – Pre-election surveys taken in Thus far, Washington has channeled some Mr. Symonenko, who has seen his rat- defray the cost of utilizing the Ukrainian mid-July show that President Leonid $3.4 million to that end in the last three ings rise to the low teens in the last force in a lump sum payment that would Kuchma continues to maintain only a years. The emphasis in the near future will months, still remains in the third spot in involve technical and material aid, with slim lead over Progressive Socialist be on modernizing the Yavoriv training the presidential surveys, but his is the additional funding coming from European Natalia Vitrenko among Ukraine’s voters, most loyal following, according to the facility in western Ukraine, which NATO countries. but that a majority of Ukrainians, recently decided to make a primary training Democratic Initiative poll. Some 80 per- The two sides did not discuss the specific nonetheless, believe the current president cent of those who chose him as their can- range for its international peacekeeping cost of Ukraine’s involvement, nor did they will be re-elected in October. forces. didate said that they were sure of their settle on the exact nature of the contingent’s Two independent polling organiza- support. Mr. Cohen promised $900,000 from U.S. mission – matters that were to be fleshed tions, Democratic Initiatives and the coffers immediately for the Yavoriv base Supporters on the whole, were, less out during a visit by NATO Deputy Center for Social Monitoring of certain of their loyalty to President and to help train Ukrainian peacekeeping Supreme Commander-in-Chief Gen. Rupert Ukraine’s National Academy of Sciences, Kuchma, whose numbers have also been contingents. More than 1,300 servicemen Smith, who was due in Kyiv on August 5. both came up with similar results: that rising, and Ms. Vitrenko, who has from 21 countries began annual NATO- Mr. Cohen, however, did volunteer the currently there are two front-runners dropped several points lately. Seventy sponsored training exercises, called services of a U.S. military ship to transport locked in a near dead heat. percent of those who said they would Peaceshield ’99, at Yavoriv the day after Ukrainian soldiers from Crimea to the The Democratic Initiatives survey vote for either of the two current front- Mr. Cohen’s visit. NATO staging area at Thessaloniki, Greece. questioned 1,200 respondents on their runners said they were sure how they presidential choices and political impres- would vote. approval from Ukraine’s Parliament. sions, while the Center for Social Socialist candidate Oleksander Moroz Mr. Riabchuk explained that the delay Monitoring poll asked 2,013 people to and Yevhen Marchuk, who was nominat- Nine candidates... respond. (Continued from page 1) in getting additional ballots to Mr. Moroz ed by a coalition of rightist parties, was a matter of logistics and formalities. Although Mr. Kuchma leads in both respectively fourth and fifth in the cur- said at an August 1 press conference that polls, in the Democratic Initiative survey rent ratings, can claim only around 50 the six rejected candidates would file an The CEC chairman had warned, even prior to the conclusion of the registration he has a little more breathing room at the percent of their supporters are loyal. appeal with Ukraine’s Supreme Court. He top, with a 24.3 percent to 17.4 percent Nearly 80 percent of those who said the CEC had become overtly politi- process, that many signatures would be rejected. As petitions began to pour into lead over Ms. Vitrenko. In the Center for responded to the poll said they most like- cized and that it was time for an independ- Social Monitoring poll Mr. Kuchma ly would take part in the presidential ent judicial body to determine what specif- the CEC central office in early July, Mr. Riabchuk said at a press conference that if leads Ms. Vitrenko 18 percent to 15 per- vote. The number is unusually high for a ic criteria were used by the CEC to deter- cent, but experts consider the three-point democratic country, but somewhat lower mine how signatures were ruled valid and the signatures submitted had to meet the stringent requirements of criminal inves- difference a veritable tie because of the than what Communist governments which candidates would be registered for tigative bodies, none of the candidates statistical margin of error (both polls had expected of their citizens. More than 76 the elections. would have made the 1 million mark. a 3 percent margin of error). percent of Ukraine’s registered voters “This puts into question the notion of The CEC threw out hundreds of thou- Only three of the nine registered con- went to the polls in the 1998 Verkhovna democracy for Ukrainians,” said Mr. sands of signatures in the case of almost tenders for the October 31 vote received Rada race. Kononov. every candidate. However, many of them double-digit support. Yurii Kostenko of The electorate’s high degree of readi- The Green Party candidate accused the had collected almost double the minimum the splinter Rukh, who trails the field, ness to vote is somewhat perplexing CEC of succumbing to pressure from required. could not even manage to get 1 percent. because, at the same time, respondents Ukraine’s most powerful political and Mr. Kononov rounded up merely 1.56 Even though the race appears tight in indicated that they really don’t believe commercial interests in deciding who million signatures in all 26 regions of the early stages of the presidential cam- this will be a clean election. Democratic would be registered. Ukraine, a lesser number than most of the paign, there seems to be a majority opin- Initiatives asked in its questionnaire to “We believe that in this instance a cer- candidates. The CEC threw out over one- ion among Ukrainians that the current what degree the October presidential tain pressure was put on the CEC by oli- third of those, which left him more than president will be the next president as elections will be fair-handed. Only 4 per- garchies that have or are being formed in 35,000 short of the minimum. well. The Center for Social Monitoring cent of the respondents said the elections this country,” Mr Kononov said. “The oli- The Green Party candidate admitted that survey, in addition to polling voters on will proceed honestly, which is way garchs believe that power must be in the perhaps he had been a bit too complacent their choice for president, asked them down from the 1994 elections when 17 hands of one person, an autocrat – whether in believing that he had a sufficient who they thought would be elected in percent thought the race would be fair. Kuchma, Kononov, Moroz or whomever – amount. October. An overwhelming 52 percent of The largest number of respondents, 42 through whom they can pursue their indi- Other losers in the CEC registration respondents pointed to President percent, agreed that the 1999 results vidual interests.” process had even higher percentages cut. Kuchma. Communist Party candidate could be twisted. Mr. Kononov said that because he and The CEC rejected more than 60 percent of his party have pushed for political reform Mykola Haber’s signatures. Oleksander VOTERS’ PREFERENCES FOR PRESIDENT: and supported constitutional changes to Bazyliuk and Yurii Karmazin had about 50 lessen presidential authority, he was percent of their signatures negated by the OCTOBER 1998-JULY 1999 deemed an unacceptable candidate by CEC, while Oleksander Rzhavskyi and those forces. Candidate October December March June July Vasyl Onopenko suffered cuts of more 1998 1998 1999 1999 1999 Mr. Kononov also questioned whether than 40 percent. Leonid Kuchma 6 8 11 19 18 the list of registered candidates had not In the case of Mr. Karmazin, who been pre-ordained. He cited a quote by Mr. leads the Defenders of the Homeland Natalia Vitrenko 7 13 18 11 15 Riabchuk, published in Kievskie Party, the CEC said it even found peti- Petro Symonenko 8 9 5 10 12 Viedomosti on July 20, in which the CEC tions supporting the candidacies of Mr. Oleksander Moroz 8 9 8 6 7 chairman is alleged to have said, “I don’t Udovenko and Ivan Bilas among his sub- Yevhen Marchuk 2 3 3 2 6 know who prognosed what and for whom, missions. Oleksander Tkachenko 1 1 2 2 2 that there would be seven or eight candi- Another controversy has also taken cen- Hennadii Udovenko - (*) - 3 1 2 dates. A more realistic figure, which we ter stage in the early days of the campaign Others 16 17 4 1 1 were given, was nine.” season which began officially on August 2. Mr. Kononov added, “How many can- Four presidential candidates have called on Will not vote 14 9 7 14 10 didates do we have today? Nine.” the entire field of nine to sign a statement Undecided 38 24 31 32 24 He said that he could not name who he in which they pledge to run clean cam- Poll results from the Center for Social Monitoring at the Institute of Civic Surveys at thought were the back-room decision-mak- paigns free of mudslinging and unethical the National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine. ers because he did not have the hard evi- manuevering. The four who have signed, dence to prove his assertions. Messrs. Marchuk, Moroz, Tkachenko and CEC Chairman Riabchuk has fought Kostenko, have put pressure on the other determined that there had been no foul with the press and with the candidates on five presidential hopefuls, and most Sailors from Ukraine... play. Capt. Golub attributed his predeces- several occasions in defending the inde- intensely on President Kuchma, to sign the (Continued from page 1) sor’s suicide to depression about the fate of pendence of his commission. At the agreement. say whether the ship’s crew had contacted his ship and crew. beginning of June he faced accusations Douglas Stevenson, a lawyer for the President Kuchma has refused, stating the Consulate General earlier. that he was playing favorites in dispers- that he will not join in an accord with can- Seamen’s Church Institute and its Center The New York Times (which carried a ing additional official signature petitions didates who have already tried numerous for Seafarers’ Rights, said the Azov first to President Kuchma, while denying times to cover him with mud and more. news story about the stranded crew on the Shipping Co. currently has half a dozen them to the person considered the presi- Mr. Udovenko and Ms. Vitrenko also front page of its Metropolitan section on ships stranded around the world, off dent’s arch rival, Socialist candidate have refused to sign the declaration. August 3) reported that the vessel first Europe, Asia and Africa. Moroz. Mr. Moroz accused the CEC There has been no comment from the came to the attention of the Coast Guard in At press time, The Ukrainian Weekly chairman of being controlled by the pres- Symonenko camp on whether their candi- January, while off Sandy Hook, N.J., when learned that a group of Ukrainian veterans idential administration. date would join the pact, while Mr. Oliinyk Capt. Ivan Kozlov, the master, was found from the Metropolitan New York area was The chairman of the CEC is nominated would only say that he is reviewing the hanged in his stateroom. The death marshaling forces to help the seamen from by the president, but must then receive document. sparked an investigation by the FBI, which Ukraine. 4 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, AUGUST 8, 1999 No. 32

OBITUARIES UCC supports efforts to establish museum Anatolii Solovyanenko, world-renowned tenor, 66 KYIV – Anatolii Solovyanenko, one of Ukraine’s best of crimes against humanity known opera singers and a former soloist with the Metropolitan Opera, died at his summer home outside Kyiv on July 30 of a Ukrainian Canadian Congress heart attack. He was 66. OTTAWA – The subcommittee of The tenor had recently performed in recitals in Toronto and the Ukrainian Canadian Congress the United States as part of a tour of Ukrainian communities that deals with the recognition of the that commenced with an appearance at the Glen Gould Hall in Great Famine of 1932-1933, sup- Toronto on May 30 and concluded with a concert at the ports ongoing efforts for the creation Grazhda in Hunter, N.Y. on July 4. of a Canadian Museum devoted to Mr. Solovyanenko, who was born September 25, 1932, in the commemoration of crimes Donetsk, graduated from the Donetsk Polytechnical Institute, against humanity in which the where he was trained as an engineer, and later from the Kyiv Ukrainian genocide will be honored. Conservatory, where he completed his studies in 1978. As part Sarkis Assadourian, member of of his musical training, he received a scholarship to Milan’s Parliament from Brampton, whose famed La Scala, where he studied from 1963 to 1965. Bill C-479 was supported by the Mr. Solovyanenko was a soloist with the Kyiv Theater of UCC nationwide, has launched a Opera and Ballet for almost three decades (1965-1993) and per- postcard writing campaign aimed at formed as soloist at the Metropolitan Opera in New York in 1977-1978. getting the government to establish a His illustrious career took him around the world, as he con- Museum of Reconciliation. certized on its major stages. His repertoire included some 50 The all-inclusive museum, based roles in 18 operas, as well as numerous arias and songs – on Bill C-479, is to be devoted to Italian, Ukrainian and Russian – that form part of the Zolotyi crimes committed against humanity Fond (The Golden Treasury) collection of master and archival in the 20th century and to reflect recordings. Canada’s multicultural make-up. “It He was the recipient of numerous awards and titles, includ- is designed to build unity between ing “National Artist,” conferred by the Ukrainian government all communities in Canada. We need during the Soviet-era as well as since Ukraine’s independence. Canadians to continue telling the Mr. Solovyanenko was also accorded the title of Commandore government that an all-inclusive della Republica Italiana. museum is our wish by signing and Mr. Solovyanenko is survived by his wife, Svitlana, and mailing the postcards,” said Mr. sons, Andrii and Anatolii. Funeral services were held August 2 Assadourian. in the village of Kozyn, Kyiv Oblast, at the local Ukrainian O. Pobihushka “We see an announcement of the Orthodox church of which the deceased was a major benefactor, The renowned Ukrainian tenor Anatolii Solovyanenko in his museum in the Speech from the followed by interment next to his father at the church cemetery. Throne and a subsequent allocation last concert appearance, which took place at the Grazhda President Kuchma sent a telegram of sympathy to Mr. concert hall in Hunter, N.Y. of funds as a way of fast-tracking Solovyanenko’s wife and relatives. the initiative,” said Oksana Bashuk Present at the funeral were President Leonid Kuchma, along memorial service held at the National Philharmonic to bid Hepburn, member of the UCC sub- with various ministers and representatives of the government, farewell to Mr. Solovyanenko. committee. friends and colleagues. A memorial concert for the tenor will be held in Kyiv at the The UCC has worked to ensure Thousands of Kyiv residents turned out on August 2 at a Ukraina Palace of Culture this fall. that the Great Famine be treated with the dignity and respect that it deserves. “Senior Ottawa advisers have told us that the government is seeking to make a response to the Dr. Ivan Makarewycz, a founding member of Hunter community ASTORIA, N.Y. – Dr. Ivan tural life of the community. His particular degree in 1940. efforts we have put into seeking Makarewycz, physician, lifelong com- legacy, conceived jointly with his wife, While studying in Austria he would inclusion. By announcing the estab- mitted member of the Ukrainian commu- Natalia, was the construction of a church return to Ukraine for the summer where lishment of the Museum of nity, and initiator and founding member and a cultural center outside of New York he did volunteer medical work in the vil- (Continued on page 12) of the parish and cultural complex of St. City. lage of Yasen in the Carpathian John the Baptist Ukrainian Catholic With this aim in mind he donated part Mountains. Church in Hunter, N.Y., died here on July of his land holdings in the Catskills on In 1941, during World War II, he No need for controversy, 10 at the age of 85. which were built, the Hutsul-style wood- served as a doctor in the Rolland unit of In both his professional career and as a en church (1962) and belltower; the the Legion of Ukrainian Nationalists with- community activist throughout his life – Grazhda (1973) music hall and commu- in the German Army. In 1945-1949 he says community leader be it in his native Ukraine, in the dis- nity center; and church rectory (1984). organized and served as director of sur- TORONTO – Speaking on behalf placed persons camps of Germany in the Participating in the construction effort, gery at the United Nations Refugee Relief of the Ukrainian Canadian Civil aftermath of World War II, or upon emi- apart from Dr. Makarewycz himself and Committee Hospital in Aschaffenburg, Liberties Association, a national, grating to the U.S. – he displayed deep members of his family, were volunteers Germany. volunteer-based group committed to commitment to helping his fellow coun- from among his patients, parishioners of He also worked as a surgeon at the articulating and promoting the fair trymen and working for the good of the St. John, as well as skilled craftsmen – U.S. Army hospital based in Würzburg, treatment of Canadian Ukrainians in community. all of whom were an integral part of the Germany in 1948. the media, public life and education, Dr. Makarewycz had the foresight and overall undertaking. Upon emigrating to the United States John B. Gregorovich commented on vision to provide for what is most impor- The complex was dedicated to those he passed his medical board exams and news reports that suggest there is a tant and essential – the spiritual and cul- who struggled and died for the freedom opened a private practice in New York controversy between Jewish of Ukraine and blessed by Patriarch and City and Astoria, N.Y. Canadian organizations, the Cardinal Josyf Slipyi on August 8, 1968, Dr. Makarewycz was a member of the Ukrainian Canadian community and during his visit to the church. New York branch of the Ukrainian other ethnocultural groups over pro- Over the years, the church and cultural Medical Association of America as well posals for the development of a fed- complex have gained renown as an archi- as various U.S. medical associations. erally funded museum in Ottawa tectural landmark, which has been fea- He served as director-founder of St. that would deal with mass murder tured in various regional and architectur- John the Baptist Ukrainian Catholic during World War II. al publications. The complex has attract- Church in Hunter, N.Y. (1960-1984), and Mr. Gregorovich, who is chair- ed the attention of tourists from through- subsequently was named honorary man of the UCCLA, said, “There is out the United States and abroad and has trustee. absolutely no opposition on the part served as a focal point for a thriving For his efforts on behalf of the of the Ukrainian Canadian commu- summer community for three generations Ukrainian Catholic Church, he was nity, or any other group that I am of Ukrainian Americans. awarded the Golden Cross of Merit by aware of, to the development of a Dr. Makarewycz was born May 8, Pope John Paul II in 1984 and was the federally funded museum in our 1914, in the village of Pokrivtsi, Stryi recipient of an honorary certificate for nation’s capital that would focus on Raion, Lviv Oblast into the family of the his work on behalf of the parish in crimes against humanity and war Rev. Yosyf and Olha (nee Onuferko) Hunter. crimes in the 20th century, and per- Makarewycz. He supported member and contributed haps even before that.” After finishing school in the city of to various Ukrainian community, cultural He added: “We have always Stanyslaviv (present-day Ivano- and educational institutions, among them Frankivsk) in 1932, he left to study medi- the Shevchenko Scientific Society, the (Continued on page ) cine in Graz, Austria (1933-1938), where Dr. Ivan Makarewycz he specialized in surgery and received his (Continued on page 13) No. 32 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, AUGUST 8, 1999 5 THE UKRAINIAN NATIONAL ASSOCIATION FORUM

Walter Korchynsky, three-term DISPATCH FROM SOYUZIVKA: UNA advisor, dies at age 48 a “drive-in” movie, a sing-along, etc. by Martha Lysko by Tanya Singura group of children from Ukraine sang PARSIPPANY, N.J. – Walter J. Special to The Ukrainian Weekly and danced for our guests. The chil- Korchynsky, UNA advisor elected to a third dren, formerly from the radiation-con- term at the 1998 Convention of the KERHONKSON, N.Y. – The taminated Chornobyl zone, sang, Ukrainian National Association, died on Veselka auditorium was the place to be danced, played the violin and key- July 26, after a brief illness. on Saturday evening, July 24, as boards, and performed with great Mr. Korchynsky served the Ukrainian soprano Lileya Volanska sang for the enthusiasm for their cause. The chil- National Association with honor and dedi- audience. Afterwards Vodohray kept dren are in the United States in hopes cation in many capacities. He was asked to Soyuzivka hopping into the wee hours of raising money to complete con- serve as director of the Ukrainian National of the morning as the band played tra- struction of a children’s hospital in Urban Renewal Corp. He was chairman of ditional and not-so-traditional Bila Tserkva that has stood idle for the Syracuse District and was re-elected to Ukrainian and American tunes. more than two years. A collection was that position year after year. He also served Monday morning’s hike to the taken and, by the evening’s end, our as president of Branch 271 in Elmira, N.Y. waterfalls was cut a bit short when we generous guests and staff had donated Mr. Korchynsky’s dedication to the came upon a rattlesnake sunning him- over $1,000. UNA was evident in everything he did. He self on the rocks. Although he went Thursday night’s sing-along night recruited new secretaries, signed up mem- back into the woods, we headed back had a great turnout as guests piled into bers and represented the UNA whenever and decided the pool was the place to Trembita Lounge to sing with the and wherever he could. He was the calm be. Swimnastics on Monday afternoon “Ukrainian Karaoke CD.” Song sheets voice of reason in many heated discussions Walter J. Korchynsky was a hit, as our guests enjoyed some were passed out with the words written at General Assembly meetings. He held the exercise while keeping cool in the in Ukrainian and transliterated into promise of future UNA leadership: at 48 he Kotch (a UNA activist) and Subdeacon pool. English. was one of the younger members on the John Hopczuk. Bishop Innocent Lotocky, Soyuzivka’s “Drive-in Movie” night Odesa night on Friday, July 30, pro- General Assembly. who is Mr. Korchynsky’s uncle, could not was once again held on the Veselka vided a bit of a ruckus, as an unexpect- Mr. Korchynsky leaves a legacy of hard attend due to his pastoral obligations. patio. Guests watched “Mr. Holland’s ed rainstorm opened up during dinner. work and commitment to the Ukrainian The church was filled to capacity with Opus” in lounge chairs set up on the Torrential downpours had everyone community. He was involved in many relatives, friends, co-workers and all who patio. With pillows and blankets in running for cover as the storm poured facets of Ukrainian community life. He was knew and admired Mr. Korchynsky, as they tow, they made themselves more com- buckets of water on the Veselka patio. the former president of Ukrainian National came to pay their final tribute to a man who fortable and kept warm when the tem- The staff moved quickly to collect all American Club, a trustee of St. Nicholas served his community so diligently. perature dropped in the low 60s. the food and set up in the snack bar Ukrainian Catholic Church in Elmira Mr. Korchynsky was born in Johnson Trembita Lounge bartenders also kept just as the power went out. Guests Heights, N.Y., and a member of the Knights City, N.Y., in 1951. He graduated from the movie-watchers well supplied with cheerfully finished their meals by can- of Columbus. State University of New York at Buffalo in popcorn. dlelight, making the best of this unex- With great sadness and a heavy heart 1977 and was employed for 10 years by For Hutsul night on Wednesday, a pected turn of events. UNA President Ulana M. Diachuk, Chemung County as superintendent of National Secretary Martha Lysko, and buildings and grounds. Later he served as Syracuse District representatives John supervisor of buildings and grounds for the Hvozda, Wolodymyr Rewiuk, Michael Elmira School District. He was also a visit- Seredowych and Nicholas Welych attended ing lecturer at Corning Community College. the funeral services held on July 28 at St. He is survived by his loving wife of 24 Nicholas Ukrainian Catholic Church. Also years, Roma, and 9-year-old son, Stephen; Mission Statement attending was Joyce Kotch, secretary of his mother, Natalia, of Johnson City; broth- Branch 39 in Syracuse, N.Y., who accompa- er, Steve, and sister-in-law, Casey, of nied her husband, Deacon Myron Kotch. Endicott, N.Y.; mother-law, Donna The Ukrainian National Association exists: The funeral liturgy was celebrated by Zaczkewycz; and numerous other relatives. I two priests and two deacons – the Rev. John Donations in memory of Walter to promote the principles of fraternalism; Jedrychowski, pastor of St. Nicholas, and Korchynsky can be made to Ukrainian the Rev. Philip Weiner, former pastor. National Foundation, a tax-exempt founda- I Officiating as deacons were Deacon Myron tion. to preserve the Ukrainian, Ukrainian American and Ukrainian Canadian heritage and culture; and ANNOUNCEMENT I Members of the Ukrainian National Association who are 79 years or older and are still to provide quality financial services and products paying premiums on their insurance with UNA are entitled to a fraternal benefit. UNA will pay the annual premiums for policies issued in classes 1, 5, 6, 21, 51 26 or 56. This to its members. payment is automatic and members do not need to do anything. Any member who has insurance in any other class is not entitled to this benefit. All members 79 years and over who have dividend options other than cash must continue to pay their insurance premiums. Dividend option 2 or 4 (accumulation of interest on the dividend or additional As a fraternal insurance society, the Ukrainian National paid-up insurance), UNA will pay their dividend option but not the premium. Members may cancel their dividend option if they wish to have UNA pay their premiums. Please Association reinvests its earnings for the benefit of its contact UNA Home Office or you branch secretary. members and the Ukrainian community. The Executive Committee

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FOR THE RECORD THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY Summer’s significance Plaque recalls Canadian government’s ruthless political abuse of “enemy aliens” Ah, summertime. A time to relax, “veg,” do nothing. Right? Wrong! For countless Ukrainian kids and teens across North America, sum- mertime is a time of new experiences, of expanding horizons, of learning. Some by Dr. Paul F. Thomas el could be resumed. The situation at Abijan airport was so flagrant that about of them may even realize that they are growing – emotionally, intellectually, spir- The plaque unveiled in Victoria today is itually, physically, in so many ways. Others, of course, may simply think they’re two years ago, the U.S. government the 11th established to date to recall the declared it to be off- limits to all American having fun. Nothing wrong with that. ruthless political abuse by the Canadian All of the above comes to mind as we have just completed the layout of this citizens. government of 80,000 Ukrainian By the same token, it should be indicat- week’s centerfold, which features two special camps geared to very specific Canadians, wrongly labelled as “enemy audiences that are run by two of our largest Ukrainian youth groups, the ed that the Canadian immigration opera- aliens” at the outbreak of World War I. tion had at heart interests other than those Ukrainian American Youth Association (SUM) and the Plast Ukrainian Youth Of that number, 5,500 persons were Organization. What opportunities are provided for our children by these camps of the immigrants. The actions of the sent to concentration camps (to use the Canadian government in enticing peasants and others! Stop and think for a while about all that is available for our children. official government term) from the out- From the age of 4 our children can begin to benefit from socialization and to Canada were actually in violation of an break of the war until 1920 – two years education at day camps for pre-schoolers – the trailblazer of which was “Tabir Austrian law passed in 1897 to protect the beyond that war. Ptashat” organized by Plast at the Ukrainian National Association’s resort, economic interests of wealthy Austrians During that time-interval, the Canadian Soyuzivka. Similar camps are now run by SUM, as well as by Soyuzivka (the who had discovered a good thing, namely government established 26 concentration latter geared for children who do not speak Ukrainian). the value of dirt-cheap Ukrainian labor. camps across the country. Eight of these Afterwards, children can attend everything from camps of youth organiza- The Ukrainian immigrants from the camps were in British Columbia, namely tions, to sports camps, and dance camps, and bandura camps. There are even 1890s onwards, had not imposed them- at Nanaimo, Vernon, Moro Lake, family camps! selves on Canada, but had come at the Revelstoke, Monashee, Edgewood, When they get older, the summer choices for our youths become even more express invitation of the Canadian govern- extensive: hiking, canoeing, bicycling, nautical sports, horseback riding, survival Fernie/Morrissey and Field. Our Victoria ment. These Ukrainian immigrants were skills and leadership training. They can also choose to attend counselors’ training plaque is the third one to be established in not Austrians but a subjugated people – courses or travel to Ukraine with a “cultural camp” such as Plast’s “Stezhky British Columbia, the other two having exploited and pauperized by their imperial been unveiled in Nanaimo in May 1997 Kultury.” overseers. Their socio-economic reality and in Vernon in June 1997. All of the above teach our children valuable lessons and skills, and instill traits was such that normally they would not be Today being a Sunday, perhaps you will that will stand them in good stead throughout life. Thanks to their challenging wasting scarce money on a passport. But forgive me if I plagiarize the scriptures and programs, such camps encourage and nurture self-confidence, teamwork as well such was the requirement for traveling misquote St. Paul when he says: “For we as independence, courage, self-sufficiency, respect for oneself and others, and abroad. The only passports available to wrestle not against flesh and blood, but love of nature and all of God’s creatures. They provide a connection to one’s them were Austrian, simply because they against powers and principalities, against roots and build lasting friendships among children from all parts of the country did not have a mother country of their own the rulers of the darkness of this world, (sometimes from far-flung parts of the globe). that could give them Ukrainian passports. and against hidden agendas in high And what parent hasn’t delighted in hearing his/her child talk about camp and Prior to World War I, Ukrainians were places.” express satisfaction about having attained some goal that previously seemed people without a nation. Canada, on the These hidden agendas have already unattainable, about having accomplished some task that only yesterday seemed other hand, was a nation without people. been documented and reported at great impossible? Just how do we describe all those intangible benefits? Halychyna and Bukovina – the largest and length on previous occasions, so I’ll just So, what’s all this we hear about summer being a break from learning? It’s agriculturally best-endowed of the speak of certain selected aspects at this time to give summer camps their due, to recognize their significance, and to Austrian provinces – were also the poorest time. thank camp organizers for all they do for our young campers. provinces of old Austria. They were also The official problem facing the the poorest regions in all of Europe, with a Ukrainian Canadians during World War I, per capita income of $38 per year. This was that they had had the misfortune of August having been technically required to obtain poverty was not due to a lack of resources; Turning the pages back... Austrian passports prior to their coming to for the soils were among the best in Canada. Europe. The reasons were political and Before I elaborate on what that meant social. Three million Ukrainian peasants 11 for Ukrainian immigrants, let me give you toiling as near-serfs, in a seriously over- a personal example of what is meant by a populated region, were required to support 1998 One year ago, the Ukrainian community won a significant technical passport misfortune. A number of the decadent and feudal lifestyle of victory in its battle with CBS over the controversial “60 years ago I was involved with some field 500,000 Austrian bureaucrats who saw fit Minutes” segment called “The Ugly Face of Freedom,” as the work in Africa. A portion of my work to reinvest the square root of zero into U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia found that required that I fly to Morocco from Ghana. local economic development. The there were serious questions about whether CBS intentionally distorted information in its To do so required a number of flight Ukrainian ethnographic territories were report aired on October 23, 1994. (The parties in that case reached a settlement in April of changes along the coast of West Africa, being bled dry with 50,000 persons a year this year. See The Weekly, May 2, 1999.) namely from Accra to Abijan, Abijan to dying from malnutrition. The Ukrainian Weekly reported the following about that crucial development in the Dakar, then Dakar to Casablanca. My The Canadian authorities knew that nearly four-year-old case. flights had been prepaid and confirmed. I such people did not consider themselves to * * * managed to leave Accra, the capital of be Austrian, and sent out land agents to The federal appeals court ruled on August 11 that the Federal Communications Ghana, via West African Airlines as steal some of this dirt-cheap Ukrainian Commission “acted arbitrarily and capriciously” in denying a petition for a hearing on the planned; but when I got to Abijan, the cap- labor for Canada. Each agent received $5 issue of whether CBS engaged in news distortion when it broadcast the segment, which ital of Ivory Coast, I was informed that my for every family that he could lure to purported to uncover rampant anti-Semitism in Ukraine. The FCC made its decision connecting flight to Dakar had been can- Canada – a sum that would be $500 to “without analyzing more precisely the evidence” presented, the court said, as it vacated the celled. Furthermore, because I had no on- today’s. Lured by fantastic stories of FCC’s decision and ordered that federal agency to review the matter. going connecting flight, I could no longer streets paved with gold, 171,000 Significantly, the appellants, Alexander J. Serafyn et al, showed that CBS did not have a be regarded as being in transit. Not being Ukrainians entered Canada between 1896 policy against news distortion. As noted in the appeals court’s decision, “Serafyn also sub- in transit, and without a visa for the Ivory and 1914. In coming, they left behind most mitted evidence that ‘60 Minutes’ had no policy against news distortion and indeed that Coast which I had no intention of visiting, of their worldly belongings, their soil, their management considered some distortion acceptable.” I was therefore declared to be an alien. I friends and their culture. In exchange, they Proof that the network considered some degree of distortion admissable consisted of was consequently arrested and thrown into were to be greeted with isolation and articles published in the press in which both long-time “60 Minutes” reporter Mike jail. After spending two days in jail, I social derision. Wallace and the program’s executive producer Don Hewitt reflect on deception as a tool learned from other prisoners that West The Canadian establishment vitally used by “60 Minutes.” The court found that the FCC “failed to discuss or even to mention African Airlines was notorious for running needed their backbreaking labor to devel- this evidence,” and that this “failure to discuss Serafyn’s allegation relating to CBS’s poli- a milking-machine operation. By means of op the national infrastructure in agricul- cy on veracity is therefore troubling.” this operation, scheduled flights would be ture, mining, logging, industry and trans- The court also referred in its decision to CBS’s misrepresentation of the views of Rabbi cancelled for the express purpose of portation. But their presence was not Yaakov Bleich, chief rabbi of Kyiv and Ukraine, “when it broadcast his statements without redefining travellers as aliens, from whom desired; for the sight of illiterate peasants making clear the context in which they were spoken and without including the qualifica- bribes could then be extracted before trav- in sheepskin coats, reeking of garlic, was tions and positive statements that accompanied them”; as well as to the broadcaster’s mis- somehow perceived as a threat to English civilization. representation to interview subjects of the segment’s intent, as “for example, Cardinal Dr. Paul F. Thomas is professor of both [Myroslav Ivan] Lubachivsky [primate of the Ukrainian Greek-Catholic Church] charged Dirt-cheap Ukrainian labor was exploit- political geography and education at the ed in different ways across the different that the producers misled him as to the nature of the show.” University of Victoria in British Columbia. It referred also to the mistranslation of the word “Zhyd” (Jew) as “kike,” noting: “when regions of Canada. He has recently authored: “The Trial of The way it was exploited in the the word chosen by the translator is an inflammatory term such as ‘kike,’ the licensee J.V. Stalin: Exercises in Critical could be expected to assure itself of the accuracy of the translation; if it does not do so, the Nanaimo coal mines of British Columbia Reasoning,” published by the Ukrainian is typical of the shadow history of commission may appropriately consider that fact in reaching a conclusion about the broad- Academy of Arts and Sciences (Canada). caster’s intent to distort the news.” Canadian labor relations. In the first The text above was delivered as the decade of this century, the coal mines that Source: “Ukrainians win a round in case against CBS” by Roma Hadzewycz, The Ukrainian keynote speech at the unveiling of a com- Weekly, August 16, 1998 (Vol. LXVI, No. 33). memorative plaque in Victoria on July 11. (Continued on page 14) No. 32 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, AUGUST 8, 1999 7 LETTERS TO THE EDITOR Faces and Places Commendations Thanks for letters by Myron B. Kuropas for article on librarians on Church issues Dear Editor: Dear Editor: Just a few words to express commenda- Thank you for publishing very inter- tions for the article in The Ukrainian esting and informative letters to the edi- “OurI started teaching Kind at the ofAlfred People”Lord emphasis is on collegiality and intellect. Weekly (July 11) written by Jurij tor, particularly on Church issues. Tennyson School on Chicago’s West Side in How similar are these blacks to success- Dobczansky. Valentina Poletz 1956. The student body was all black with a ful Ukrainians? Both groups have strong The thoughts expressed by Mr. faculty that was half white and half black. family ties and the Church to sustain them. Dobczansky of the Ukrainian American Minneapolis It was a wonderful place to begin my Ukrainians have Plast and SUM for their Library Association deserve a lot of kudos. teaching career. Most of the children were youth. Blacks have Jack and Jill. However, there must also be an organized responsive and staff morale was high. Ukrainians take their children to Ukraine outfit that would include heritage centers What struck me as peculiar from the to learn more about their heritage. Jack that are being established in our communi- Researchers seek first day, however, were the distinctions and Jill chapters take their children to ties, and such heritage centers must include that existed among blacks. Lighter- Africa to learn about their past. Ukrainians museums. former forced laborers Dear Editor: skinned children tended to put down have summer resorts, youth camps and Here in New Haven, Conn., the Heritage darker-skinned children. And the black vacation spots – Soyuzivka, Verkhovyna, Center has been in existence since 1984. It The Montreal Holocaust Memorial staff, almost all of whom lived on Baraboo, Wis., Wildwood, N.J. – as well includes an exhibition of regional dress, Center is assisting a group of Austrian Chicago’s more elite South Side, seemed as Plast and SUM camps. Black vacation artifacts related to the settlement of historians, headed by Oliver Rathkolb, to project an air of superiority. When I locales are found at Sag Harbor on Long Ukrainians in New Haven and a 5,000-vol- Ph.D., LL.D., of Vienna, who are cur- asked one of them if he lived in the Island, Oak Bluffs on Martha’s Vineyard, ume library. rently investigating the fate of Ukrainian neighborhood, he gave me an incredu- Highland Beach in Maryland, the Hillside Earlier this year the Heritage Center forced laborers during the Nazi period in lous look and answered with a firm “no.” Inn in the Poconos and Idlewild, Mich. hosted over 100 high school students, who Austria in 1938-1945. The purpose of the Perusing Svoboda editorials for my first Unlike Ukrainians, blacks can point to were apprised of the availability of books research is to clarify possible claims for book, I was struck by the following com- such prestigious institutions of higher regarding Ukraine’s history, literature and compensation. parison that appeared in the July 6, 1896, learning as Howard, Spelman and music. Students from Yale University visit The group is looking for: issue: “Negros have seven colleges, 17 Morchouse, as well as Fisk University, the Heritage Center for detailed historical 1. Ukrainian former forced laborers academies and 50 high schools in America. Meharry Medical College, Tuskegee facts, while students from Ukraine attend- (slave laborers) working in the Hermann And what do Rusyns have? Seven layers of University, Bennett College, Hampton ing Yale are astounded at the collection of Goering Steel Works in Linz, Austria, lazy skin.” Blacks were once being held up University, Lincoln University, Clark- books not available in the Soviet Union. and in electric power-building through- as models for Ukrainians to emulate. Atlanta University, and Xavier Kudos to the UALA, for its meeting in out Austria (e.g. Kaprun, Today, we live in a different world. University. There is a lesson here. Washington. Let’s hope that the conference Tauernkraftwerke, Draukraftwerke, Liberals tell us that institutional racism is Ukrainians have communities in many to be held at Stamford’s Diocesan Research Ybbs-Persenbeug); and rampant and that, despite the civil rights American cities and each is different. Center in June of next year is successful. 2. Ukrainian former displaced persons movement, blacks and whites are further Ukrainians on the East Coast, I believe, (DPs) who lived in the area of Linz, Wasyl Gina apart than ever. The black community view Ukrainians in the Midwest and West Austria, after 1945. New Haven, Conn. includes activists like Jesse Jackson who as “country.” Ukrainians in Chicago, Please contact the head of the research march on university campuses shouting Parma, Ohio, and Warren, Mich., seem to group: Dr. Oliver Rathkolb, Institute for “Ho, Ho, Ho, Western Civ has got to go,” have more visible neighborhoods than Contemporary History on the University and the gangsta rap/gang groups of the Ukrainians who live in Boston, New York of Vienna, 1090 Vienna, Austria, Ukraine’s visa system: inner city. Neither seems to have much City and throughout New Jersey. Spitalgasse 2, Hof 1 (telephone: 011- use for middle-class values. Even middle- Blacks also have different status struc- 431-545-7535, ext. 32; fax: 011-431- back to the USSR? class blacks, I read in the November 15, tures in American cities. In southern cities 545-3097; e-mail: oliver.rathkolb@uni- Dear Editor, 1993, issue of Newsweek, “are seething like Washington and Atlanta, family histo- vie.ac.at). Is it “Back to the USSR” at Ukrainian with grievances: over the petty indignities ry rather than family wealth is what deter- consulates? Wolfgang Mueller they still endure, the false fronts they have mines one’s importance. In Chicago, In the past month Ukrainian Consulates Montreal to put up to ‘make it’ in white institutions, Memphis and Detroit, the elite can often have not only been demanding the usual the ways in which they they’re pigeon- be traced back to old-line businesses like letter of invitation to Ukraine, but also holed in ‘black jobs.’ ” The aftermath of Chicago’s Supreme Life Insurance or proof of where you are staying. If that hap- the O.J. Simpson trial and black militant Memphis’s Universal Life Insurance. Like pens to be a hotel, this means a voucher or Fraternal thanks criticism of the Bill Cosby Show other ethnic groups, Chicago’s black busi- fax confirming one has paid for accommo- depressed me. The fact that some blacks nessmen flourished in Chicago’s ghet- dation. If its from relatives or friends then for festival coverage attending Northern Illinois University toized communities because they were they have to prove who they say they are by Dear Editor: believed that academic success was some- meeting a need. Self-reliance led to progress and status. The blacks on the going to a notary and then sending you the how a perverse “betrayal” of black values A special fraternal thank-you to Taisa West Side of Chicago, writes Mr. Graham, letter stating you will be staying with them. only added to my pessimism regarding Welhasch for fine reporting on the “were considered ‘country’ and unsophis- The letter of invitation is in and of itself better race relations in the future. Ukrainian Fraternal Association’s Youth ticated by old-guard South Side blacks.” only a reflex response to the insistence by There are, of course, black conserva- Festival, which was held at the Given the plight of other blacks, do Western countries, such as the United tives such as Shelby Steele, Ken Hamblin, Verkhovyna Resort, Glen Spey, N.Y., in members of the black aristocracy feel Kingdom, of a letter of invitation from a Walter Williams, Tom Sowell, Alan mid-July. any guilt? Not really. “Why is it okay for local host. This new demand of proof of Roma Pryma-Bohachevsky, her student Keyes, Ward Connerly and, of course, Clarence Thomas who believed preferen- well-educated whites to be ambitious – where one is staying in Ukraine smacks of dancers, all the performers and all the vol- and then not okay for blacks?” asked one a return to the Soviet era and has led to unteers who planned and worked to make tial politics are based on racist notions that perpetuate the idea that blacks can never affluent black matron. “You don’t con- many people either being turned away from the thousands of guests happy, appreciated tribute to black achievement by knowing consulates or having to queue for hours on being noticed and given credit and make it on their own. These conserva- tives, however, are so few in number and how to dance or play basketball,” one end because their papers are not in order. As applause in the press for a job well done. their influence among blacks so minimal Jack and Jill chaperone told Mr. Graham anyone who has traveled to Ukraine will Festivals like this – and there are others that the victimhood paradigm remains when he was young. “You are the ones know, hotels in Kyiv are abysmal and over- held in other parts of our country and dominant in the black community. Martin who are supposed to be setting the exam- priced. Therefore, this certainly is not the Canada – give our activist community a Luther King’s “content of their character” ple for the rest of those kids by school. way to drum up business. chance to preserve our Ukrainian culture, dream seems further away than ever. Just because you look like them doesn’t This “Back to the USSR” approach is our music, our very exciting dances, as I was heartened recently by a fascinat- mean you have to act like them.” also not the way to encourage Western well as our Ukrainian art, and to share ing new book by Lawrence Otis Graham There is, unfortunately, a tragic side to tourism and foreign investors. Ukraine is with our coming generations and titled “Our Kind of People: Inside black success: the desire to pass as white. again shooting itself in its foot. Why can’t American and Canadian neighbors and America’s Black Upper Class,” which is The author devotes an entire chapter to Ukraine follow the example of the three friends. all about successful African Americans. this sad phenomenon that haunts many Baltic states and abolish visas for Western A very special thank-you to the editors Doctors, lawyers, engineers, college pro- black families. The brown paper bag test visitors as a way of proving that it wants to of The Weekly for devoting a full page to fessors, businesspeople (many million- of acceptance is mentioned as is the cyni- really re-join Europe? coverage of this event. “Diakuyu.” aires), members of what Mr. Graham has cal rhyme repeated by aristocratic black Taras Kuzio Joseph Charyna chosen to identify as the black elite. They kids: “If you’re light, you’re all right; if London Stoughton, Mass. have their own youth societies such as you’re brown, stick around; if you’re Jack and Jill, their own circles for black, step back.” women – Links and Girl Friends – and Fortunately, skin color has never been The Ukrainian Weekly welcomes letters to the editor. Letters should be typed their own brotherhoods, the Boule an issue with Ukrainians, only political (double-spaced) and signed; they must be originals, not photocopies. (Sigma Pi Phi), the Guardsmen, One ideology and religion. The daytime phone number and address of the letter-writer Hundred Blackmen and the Comus Club. must be given for verification purposes. Membership in these societies is restrict- Myron Kuropas’ e-mail address is: ed (usually by invitation only) and the [email protected] 8 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, AUGUST 8, 1999 No. 32

Do you have a mouse in the house? Personal reflections on art for the new millennium by Anya Antonovych artists – Stephen Boyer, Paul Catanese, Shawn Decker, Margaret Dolinsky, Jim CHICAGO – Every day Lialia Ferolo, Paul Hertz, Silvia Malagrino, Kuchma feeds Kenneth Rinaldo’s Kenneth Rinaldo and Miroslaw Rogala – “Siamese Fighting Fish.” No, she isn’t pet are pioneers challenged by the creative sitting; she’s maintaining a museum adventures science has to offer. Surely the piece. The fish is temporarily housed in next century’s artists will use even more an untraditional fishbowl that looks like a sophisticated technological tools as vehi- miniature spaceship perched on the tip of cles for expression. a tall conical tower at the Ukrainian The art of the future, it seems to me, Institute of Modern Art in Chicago. Like will truly be for everybody. Since tech- a tightrope in a circus, a wire is stretched nology will be omnipresent, everyone across the tip of this cone from wall to will have greater access to these works, if wall. only because of their familiarity with the This interactive work was designed to media. It is now, at the dawn of this artis- allow the fish to determine the direction tic revolution, that people like me might that it moves along the wire, so that it can have trouble appreciating these pieces as explore its environment, beyond the lim- works of art. its of the tank. “The Beta determines the I fear that perhaps new technological direction by crossing one of two break- tools may force pencils and paper into beams which activate the motor to move extinction. the tank in the direction which the fish However, Michael Griffin, coordinator looks to the outside world.” (Rinaldo). of the show with Ms. Kuchma, reassured The work, titled “Delicate Balance,” Dan Sandin of the Electronic Visualization Laboratory sets up for a virtual reali- me: “The 21st century will not be without was part of an exhibit titled “Second ty presentation, “Poverty Island with Video Skies,” at the Ukrainian Institute of painting, sculpture and art forms we have Modern Art in Chicago. Nature – A Show of New Media for the come to know. They will still prove very New Millennium” curated by Paul Hertz. satisfying, edifying and enlightening to creative work. Can you really have an the same may be said about any tradition- The exhibit, which ran from May 9 our intellectual and aesthetic sensibilities. emotional interaction with a machine? al work of art. through June 27, was part of Project They will still be produced, but without People have strong relationships with This poses another problem for me: I Millennium, this year being the first of the revolutionary moments we have asso- their automobiles, and I believe that pho- feel that art should have some sort of per- the City of Chicago’s three-year millenni- ciated with the linear progression, con- tography, resulting from chemical and manence. We can still appreciate ancient um celebration. ventionally called the history of art. It mechanical processes, is an art form. Greek sculpture; will people 2,000 years The programs are organized around six will be a century of new materials and However, I still am reluctant to allow a from now still be able to experience themes: Origins, Environment, Shaping forms we are only yet becoming acquaint- machine to invade the realm of art. Malagrino’s shadows? Community, New Directions, Transitions ed with, materials and forms which will I was very impressed with Paul Hertz’s Alexander Oleksyn, an art student, has and Discovery, and Technology. The profoundly shape our vision of the world, tapestry “Criadero” – until I realized that observed the following with regard to the theme presented at the Ukrainian Art our place in it, and our time in the cos- it wasn’t a tapestry. It was a computer question of the permanence of art: Institute is technology. While we under- mos.” print of algorithmically generated tiling “Everything comes back to the question: stand technology to be “the application of Although I admire the featured artists’ patterns. But it looked so tactile! Why What is Art? Art has no boundaries – the science, especially to industrial or com- skills, they seem to me to be more the was I simultaneously delighted and disap- sky is the limit. You do whatever you mercial objectives,” one saw in this skills of engineers and mathematicians. pointed when I realized it wasn’t hand- have to do to express yourself, and that’s exhibit the merging of the artist and the For example, Mr. Boyer in commenting woven? I was amazed that I was so easily art.” scientist in an attempt to explore the ever- on his piece “Untitled,” noted that: “This duped; disappointed because somehow I It is unjust to dismiss these pieces as expanding visual frontiers through their medium involves a precise control of wanted the artist’s own sweat to be art simply because they lack permanence. creations. electrical power at a microscopic level woven into the piece; I wanted some Drama and performance art have status as I personally am biased against technol- with time measured in microseconds and physical evidence of the artist’s presence. art; there’s no reason these pieces should ogy. At 18, I’m sure that I am one of the space in microns.” This sounds like some- The series, “Recordatori,” is a power- be discounted simply because the viewer last few who have managed to avoid its thing from NASA, and indeed, the piece ful one, but somehow the mathematics of is the performer. onslaught. As a second-year student at looks like something off a dashboard on a it scares me. In another gallery at the Art Institute McGill University considering a future in spaceship. Dozens of little blinking red Some of the pieces on exhibit required one entered a dark room. The viewer, fac- the world of art, I am overwhelmed by lights chase each other, constantly chang- physical interaction. One such piece was ing a very large screen and wearing 3-D the possibilities offered by technology. It ing direction and forming new patterns. Silvia A. Malagrino’s shadow display. seems that traditional art, which is my glasses, as presented with one of several The lights are mesmerizing, they are hyp- The piece, “Untitled,” involved a video programs – products of the Electronic love, will become obsolete, and that there notic, I look at them because it is so hard screen that allowed you to view yourself will be no place in this world for me and Visualization Laboratory. Without mov- to look away. The display was captivating from the back, and a light on the wall for ing, one could cross Lake Michigan and my watercolors. and fun, but I still hesitate to call it art. you to see your shadow. I had the most No doubt the exhibit is intriguing. The see a spectacular sunset on Poverty Island Perhaps what was lacking was an emo- fun with this piece. Thankfully, the – a virtual environment presented by Dan tional response on my part. Somehow, the gallery was empty when I was playing Sandin. To produce such electronic art Chicago-born Anya Antonovych is a piece seemed only like a game. with this set-up. It’s amazing how demands a collaborative effort. student at McGill University in The overwhelming impression was one intrigued I was with my own shadow, or a “Such projects are formidably expen- Montreal, where she is majoring in liter- of feeling lost amid electrodes in a state view of myself from the back. I felt like I sive in labor and machinery,” says ature and art history. She has traveled of empty hypnosis. was checking out my reflection in a shop Michael Griffin. “It can be done alone widely, taking along her camera and I question the ontology of art and the window. Perhaps there is a hidden need in with a computer and a simple program, sketch pad everywhere she goes. This place of these pieces within that category. people to find some kind of personal rela- albeit most of the current major develop- summer she is in France doing volunteer I can say only that many of these works tionship to any piece of art in order to ments demand sponsors from universities, work with the disabled. lack a soulfulness that I expect from a respond to it. And then I wondered about private corporations and individual con- the business side of technological art. tributors. Artists are interminably Would people really pay for shadows? resourceful and will find a means to cre- Yes, I suppose they would. ate.” However, I was a bit more skeptical Such creativity could be found in about Jim Ferolo’s “Sleights” – a CD Margaret Dolinsky’s virtual environ- ROM interactive experience about the ments. With a mouse in hand, you chose afterlife of Harry Houdini. The system the regions you wish to explore on the was down when I was at the gallery, images projected on the large screen. which made me think this stuff was too Dolinsky feels that “Art will become rev- high maintenance for a museum. I didn’t olutionary in the medium of virtual envi- play, so I don’t really know, but I won- ronments when spectators abandon the dered: What distinguishes this from a act of mere viewing, transcend simple computer game? Are computer games narrative participation and become active- art? Would “Sleights” still be art even if it ly engaged.” was mass-produced? Would the original For me, virtual reality as art bears a be worth more? Could there be a limited strange link to the past. The goal of edition, as if it were a print? Renaissance art was to provide a window What is clear is that most of these to reality, to present the viewer with as real pieces can’t be accurately represented in a an image as possible. The surrealists, most catalogue; they require interaction. Their notably Dali and Magritte, sought to repre- value comes from the viewer’s physical sent the alternate world of dreams, creating experience of the art, mostly because the stunningly life-like images under bizarre pieces are not purely visual works, but circumstances. Virtual reality seems like also involve movement, light and sound. the next logical step. The technology Especially with Malagrino’s piece – with- “Cave Virtual Environment” from the “Living Room” by Margaret Dolinsky. out the viewer there is nothing. However, (Continued on page 16) No. 32 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, AUGUST 8, 1999 9

Ukrainian Catholics OVERVIEW: Australia’s Ukrainian Catholic Church The history of the Ukrainian Catholic It was at this time that many migrant in Australia mark Church began when Ukrainians began Ukrainians began to realize that they would migrating to Australia in 1948. They came not be returning to Europe and that from a background of persecution to a Australia was now their home and with that 50th anniversary nation free of the darkness they had experi- realization came the determination to build MELBOURNE – The weekend of July enced, but also to a nation without the foun- their future in this country. dation of Ukrainian community to nurture 10-11 was a busy and joyful time for The middle years Ukrainian Catholics in the Ukrainian them. Catholic Eparchy of Ss. Peter and Paul in These migrants were from all age groups The period from the late 1950s to the late Australia, as Bishop Peter Stasiuk led his and a variety of different backgrounds, 1970s was one of energetic building for the faithful in celebrations marking the 50th although the majority were quite young – Ukrainian community. A critical element in anniversary of the founding of the between 18 and 25 years of age. Many did the success of this building process was that Ukrainian Catholic Church in Australia. not intend to remain in Australia but wanted the Ukrainian Catholic Church, under the “We were a displaced nation of people to rebuild their shattered lives and return to inspirational leadership of Bishop Prasko, far from our national land after suffering the Europe. Nevertheless, these men and was able to provide a focus and to hold the terrors of the second world war,” said women gathered together as Ukrainians and community together in a sense of common Bishop Stasiuk to the several thousand a unique Ukrainian community began to purpose. The Church was the genesis of the faithful gathered to pray on Sunday, July develop. Ukrainian community and identity in 11, at St. Patrick’s Roman Catholic The Ukrainian Catholic Church, the faith Australia. Cathedral in Melbourne. most of these immigrants brought with Bishop Prasko was a remarkable man In 1949, the Rev. Pavlo Smal was the them, did not exist in Australia. During the who united Ukrainian Catholics in Australia first Ukrainian Catholic priest to arrive in early 1950s there was only a loose associa- and New Zealand. It was his organizational Australia. At that time Archbishop Daniel tion of young Ukrainian clerics and older skill and leadership that brought together a Mannix of Melbourne welcomed the newly clerics from Canada, operating under the people who were scattered across the arrived Ukrainian refugees and invited jurisdiction of the Roman Catholic Church, nation. During the early days of the eparchy, them to hold their liturgies in Roman to serve the spiritual needs of this infant he, together with his clergy and the Catholic parishes until they were able to community. Ukrainian community, established parishes, Bishop Lubomyr Husar delivers an build their own churches. The first official Ukrainian Catholic litur- church councils, convents, youth groups address on the 50th anniversary of the The weekend celebrations began on July gy in Australia is considered to have been and choirs, and many other community and Ukrainian Catholic Church in Australia. 10 in the Ukrainian Cathedral of Ss. Peter celebrated by the Rev. Paul Smal on August welfare agencies. In 1960 the bishop estab- encouraging Ukrainians here to honor their and Paul in North Melbourne. In acknowl- 13, 1949, in a chapel next to St. Patrick’s lished the first Church magazine, which edgement of the pioneering work of Roman Catholic Cathedral in Melbourne. It later became the newspaper “Church and past by maintaining their religion, their cul- Bishop-Emeritus Ivan Prasko, Bishop is known, however, that the Rev. Smal also Life.” It was his vision that built the Church tural identity and their language. Stasiuk established three new offices in the celebrated divine liturgies in the migrant that exists today. The later years and the present eparchy. camps in Bonegilla prior to his coming to The Church rapidly expanded the num- The eparchy established a Caritas office, Melbourne. In South Australia, the Rev. ber of its parishes in Australia; there are With Bishop Prasko at its head, the exar- which is part of the Caritas Australia struc- Dmytro Kachmar celebrated the first liturgy now Ukrainian Catholic parishes in most chate, which was a temporary institution, ture. On hand to open this office was the in that state on September 25, 1949. capital cities and other provincial cities in became an eparchy in 1982. The establish- president of Caritas Australia, Bishop It was not until 1958, when the Rev. Ivan this country. Each church has a cantor and ment of the eparchy meant that the Hilton Deakin, Caritas Australia’s national Prasko was consecrated bishop, and an most parishes have established formal Ukrainian Catholic Church in Australia was director, Tom Story, and the president of exarchate, to which he was appointed, was choirs, including the now famous Cathedral had become a permanent entity, taking its Caritas Ukraine, the Rev. Ken established in Sydney, that the Ukrainian Youth Choir of the Melbourne parish. place as a separate but participating part of Nowakowski. Caritas, a Latin word that Catholic Church became an entity in its During the early 1960s three young the Catholic Church in Australia. means mercy or charity, is an international own right in Australia. Very soon after that Ukrainian men left Australia to study to be In 1988 the Millennium of Christianity confederation with member- organizations establishment, Bishop Prasko petitioned the priests at the Ukrainian Catholic seminary in Ukraine was celebrated throughout the in over 190 countries and territories that Vatican to move the seat of the exarchy to in Rome. They were ordained in 1967 and world. Worldwide celebrations took place work with the poor regardless of their eth- Melbourne, where it has been since that returned to Australia as the first priests in Rome, and a large delegation of nic background or religious beliefs. time. The exarchate provided a legal frame- ordained specifically for the Church in this Australian parishioners participated in the Closely linked to the work of Caritas work for the Church which, in turn, provid- country. This was a milestone in the journey international celebrations there. The Church will be the work of the eparchial Centacare ed structure for the community. of the Ukrainian Catholic Church in in Australia organized events throughout office. Bishop Stasiuk told the faithful gath- In October 1958, the Church held its first Australia. the country and 500 people took part in the ered in the cathedral: “We are establishing conference of clergy that was attended by In the same year, the first group of national celebration in Canberra. Centacare in our eparchy to respond to the Metropolitan Maxim Hermaniuk, leader of Basilian Sisters arrived from Argentina to The visit in 1985 by the head of the needs of our community. Centacare and the Ukrainian Catholic Church in Canada, support the work of the Church. Ukrainian Catholic Church, Cardinal Caritas will work to ensure that no one feels and Archbishop Buchko, leader of the A very significant influence on the Myroslav Ivan Lubachivsky, to his Church that they have no one to turn to, that they Church-in-exile in Rome. These senior cler- Church in Australia resulted from the visits in Australia, was another important event. have nowhere to go when they are in cri- ics brought with them much-needed experi- of Patriarch Josyf Slipyj in 1965, when he The visit was particularly significant sis.” The Rev. Michael Kalka will head ence and were able to provide some initial was major archbishop, and again in 1973 because it provided the Australian Church direction to the newly established Church after he had been named cardinal. He with a connection to the Ukrainian Church (Continued on page 17) and its community. helped shape the Church in Australia by throughout the world. Also a significant influence was the l991 visit by Bishop Pavlo Wasylyk from Ukraine. Bishop Wasylyk was the first bish- op from the former Church-in-the-under- ground to visit Australia and, as such, he represented the emergence of the Ukrainian Catholic Church from a long period of oppression in the Soviet Union. These connections helped the Church and the Ukrainian community in Australia refresh their bonds with the universal Ukrainian Catholic Church, in the same way as the visits by Patriarch Josyf over a decade earlier had inspired Ukrainian Catholics to take pride in and honor their cultural and religious heritage. In 1993 the Rev. Stasiuk was appointed bishop of Australia following the resigna- tion of Bishop Prasko. He had been the rec- tor of St. Vladimir’s Minor Seminary in Roblin, Manitoba prior to his appointment. Bishop Stasiuk build the Ukrainian Church in Australia and is particularly keen to have the Church and its teachings more widely known in this country. Bishop Stasiuk is a member of the Australian Council of Churches and is very active in the Australian Bishops’ Conference, where he is secretary of the Migrant and Refugee Committee and a Ukrainian Catholic hierarchs during a service at St. Patrick’s Roman Catholic Cathedral: (from left) Bishops Michael Wiwchar, Lubomyr Husar, Peter Stasiuk, Ivan Prasko and Basil Losten. (Continued on page 16) 10 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, AUGUST 8, 1999 No. 32

Ukrainian American Youth Association resort hosts “Sumeniata” by Nusia Woch Kerda Special to The Ukrainian Weekly ELLENVILLE, N.Y. – This year the Ukrainian American Youth Association (UAYA) resort here is hosting its 43rd summer of camps for members. “Oselia SUM,” as it is commonly referred to by members is located on Route 209, about 20 minutes away from Soyuzivka, the estate of the Ukrainian National Association. This year, the UAYA is celebrating the 50th anniversary of its establishment in the United States of America. The UAYA National executive board has issued spe- cial commemorative T-shirts to mark this event. All summer campers are using these shirts as part of their uniform. UAYA began its 1999 summer program in Ellenville with a three-week intensive counselor’s training course (vyshkil) for its older teenage members. On Sunday, July 25, two camps began their sessions: the camp for children age 7 years and older (under the direction of Irene Scheremeta Laschuk) and – “Tabir Sumeniat” for chil- dren age 4-6. The camp for “Sumeniata” (as the asso- ciation’s youngest members are called) is a two-week day camp with a varied program that runs from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Monday Sumeniata during the first week of camp at the UAYA resort. through Friday, with a recital for parents on Saturday morning. Parents can choose afternoon session closed with a snack and end of the recital each child received a cer- (organized play), Darka Hryckowian and to send their child to the first week of afternoon formation. tificate for attending camp and a camp pin Ms. Woch (arts and crafts), Marianna camp, the second or both. About 50 per- The program is held in Ukrainian, so to wear on their Sumeniata uniforms. Each Zavojska (in charge of 3 1/2 year olds), Dr. cent of the children remain for both weeks. that the children may increase their vocab- child also received a 43-page booklet con- Irene Stolar (hygiene), Taras Mazur, Ivan The program begins with a morning for- ulary of Ukrainian words through their taining the camp program, list of camp Zayats and Larissa Blaha (swimming mation and a breakout into small groups activities in camp. counselors, list of camp attendees, the instructors), and Maria Slaba and Halyna (“royi”) for half-hour sessions that include On Tuesday morning a camp picture UAYA prayer and poems for Sumeniata, as Shepko (singing). Junior counselors were: singing, storytime, arts and crafts, organ- was taken, on Wednesday the campers well as activities and song sections. Katya Kosiw, Nadia Dlaboha, Katya ized group play, and introduction to hiked to the river, where they were able to This year’s camp was under the direc- Doliak, Marusia Popovych and Natalka Ukraine and the UAYA. The campers build a dam and catch guppies and frogs, tion of Nusia Woch Kerda and her assis- Stupak. enjoy a morning break and eat lunch and on Thursday evening the Sumeniata tants: Irene Bundziak (introduction to the A total of 75 children attended the two- together in the camp dining hall, which is had a dance (zabava) featuring their UAYA), Sonia Schur and Olia DeBruin week camp. adorned with flags from previous years’ favorite selections. summer camps. The oldest Sumeniata, who will be The afternoon session begins with going on to the regular UAYA camp next group singing, followed by additional year, were able to experience a day and breakout sessions. The afternoon program night in the big kid’s (“molodshe yunatst- during the first week of camp featured the vo”) camp on Thursday evening and Rev. Bohdan Danylo who acquainted the Friday morning with a sleepover under the Sumeniata with religion. Bishop Losten of supervision of Chrystya Woch, Hanya the Stamford Diocese was gracious Porada and Kathy Barna. Friday evening enough to assign the Rev. Bohdan to visit was highlighted by a campfire at which the and assist our counselors in introducing the children sang songs and toasted marshmal- Sumeniata to the Ukrainian American lows. Youth Association’s motto, “God and On Saturday morning they collected Ukraine.” Other topics included hygiene, their artistic creations from the week and swimming lessons and water play. The presented a recital for their parents. At the

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“Supercampers”by Volodymyr Fedorak complete advanced Plast program at Vovcha Tropa Special to The Ukrainian Weekly EAST CHATHAM, N.Y. – For two weeks, 35 Plast youths age 15-16, directed by a five-person camp command, participated in a special program of activities for advanced campers that included hiking, rock climbing, pioneering and sports. The campers also benefited from “leave no trace” training in ecology, worked toward earning the Plast physical fitness medal for their age group and con- structed a 40-foot climbing wall in their camp – one of six taking place simultaneously at the Vovcha Tropa (Wolf’s Path) campsite in upstate New York’s Columbia County. The Camp for Older “Yunatstvo” (Tabir Starshoho Yunatstva) as it is officially known, (pop- ularly known as “supercamp”), was directed by Taras Ferencevych, who was assisted by Adriana Bida, Andrew Mykyta, Volodymyr Fedorak and Deanna Yurchuk. This year’s camp was called “Vichno Molodi” (Forever Young), a reference to the fact that youth and optimism are eternal and necessary – especially in today’s complex times. As the camp song put it: “Our youth will conquer all.” The campers, all of whom have several Plast camps to their credit, also had discussions on philoso- phy and received copies of a booklet titled “Cache of Wisdom,” featuring readings by renowned thinkers from Vasyl Symonenko to Charles Baudelaire, from Yurii Starosolsky to Henry David Thoreau, from Participants of the 1999 “supercamp” at the Vovcha Tropa Plast campground in East Chatham, N.Y. Mykola Horbal to Lao-Tse, and others. One of the highlights of the supercamp’s multi- faceted program, which encompassed more than 10 disciplines of scouting, was hiking in the scenic Adirondack Mountains. Separate groups climbed three peaks: Mount Marcy, at 5,344 feet the highest point in New York state, Mount Algonquin (eleva- tion: 5,114 feet) and Phelps Mountain (4,161 feet). Also memorable were the camp christening and camp skits on the theme of “Adio Powers” (a take on the popular Austin Powers movies). The super- campers also prepared and conducted a sports com- petition that included soccer, Frisbee, volleyball and other events for the benefit of younger campers at Vovcha Tropa. At the official closing ceremonies campers received certificates acknowledging their successful completion of this rigorous camp. But no one rushed to leave, as all still were under the influence of the beauty of this camp in the mountains of New York and the magic of the “Great Game” (Velyka Hra) that forms the basis of Plast’s program of self-educa- tion. Bidding each other farewell, many of the youths vowed to return in the year 2000 for the third “super- camp” at Vovcha Tropa and others pledged to meet again at other Plast gatherings.

Volodymyr Fedorak, a member of the Siromantsi Plast Troop, hails from Ivano-Frankivsk Oblast, Ukraine. He is currently visiting the United States. (Andrea Roman contributed to this report.) A group of campers above the clouds during their hike to Mount Algonquin in the Adirondacks. Summit Music Festival is international gathering TARRYTOWN, N.Y. — The apparently were unable to attend Summit Music Festival, held annually because financing was not found. on the hilltop campus of Marymount According to Leonid Mordkovych, College, overlooking the Hudson who for 30 years was a professor at the River, is a small international gather- Odesa Conservatory, many of the festi- ing of classical musicians and stu- val’s instructors are graduates and pro- dents. From August 1 to14, students, fessors from the former Soviet Union’s who come from almost a dozen coun- three most prestigious music conserva- tries, will take intensive master classes tories: Odesa, Leningrad (St. with instructors who also come from Petersburg) and Moscow — the con- all over the world. Every evening per- servatory where pianist Mykola Suk, formances are held in the acoustically whom Prof. Mordkovych praises high- excellent and intimate 150-seat ly, received his training. Prof. PepsiCo Auditorium in Rita Hall, Mordkovych, who has also taught at located on the college campus. the music conservatory in Lviv, as This year’s group of 60 students, as well as at conservatories in Italy and well as their instructors are from Finland, now conducts master classes Germany, Russia, France, Italy, Israel, in violin and viola at the festival, and Venezuela, China, Japan, the United is also an instructor with the City States and several other countries. Children’s Orchestra in New York Applicants from Ukraine had been City. accepted, mostly students from the Campers pose for a photo at Marcy Dam en route to Mount Marcy. Camp director renowned Odesa Conservatory, but (Continued on page 12) Taras Ferencevych is seen in the front row, right. 12 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, AUGUST 8, 1999 No. 32

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Ukraine to discuss bilateral trade and eco- the Ukrainian Security Service. prises. Newly appointed Agricultural Newsbriefs nomic cooperation. The visit is a run-up to According to Mr. Putin, President Yeltsin Minister Mykhailo Hladii said most farms (Continued from page 2) an official visit to Ukraine by Venezuelan supported the proposal. Mr. Putin said he have enough fuel to keep their combines IMF official cites Ukraine’s better image President Hugo Chavez Frias slated for believes that the meeting of top-ranking running, but he added that the hike is likely later this year. (Eastern Economist) officers of the security services of the to push up the price of grain. (RFE/RL KYIV – “Ukraine is starting to form a two countries “will be a very useful step, Newsline) more positive image with the IMF,” said U SAID office closes in Latvia which will do good to both security serv- Kyiv cuts duties to fight fuel shortage Mohammed Shadman-Valavi, head of the RIGA – The office of the U.S. Agency ices, will make it possible to organize International Monetary Fund’s mission, for International Development in Riga was cooperation in crime control and will KYIV – President Leonid Kuchma said on August 3, at his final meeting with officially closed on July 22. Over the promote the development of Russian- reprimanded his government on July 21 Vice Prime Minister Serhii Tyhypko. He eight-year period it was active, the USAID Ukrainian relations.” Mr. Putin expects for the acute gasoline shortage in the indicated that IMF financing could be implemented 60 programs in Latvia, with that the joint session of the collegiums country. The Cabinet of Ministers resumed before the end of August. The funding totaling $57 million. Estonia had may be held late in August. (ITAR- responded by ordering the lifting of a 2 total amount expected to be allocated is “graduated” from the U.S. aid program TASS) percent duty on oil imports land and free- $180 million (U.S.), which includes the several years ago, and that program will Ukraine hit by motor fuel shortage ing domestic producers from a 0.01 euro July tranche. According to Mr. Tyhypko, wrap up in Lithuania in the near future. duty on each kilogram of oil products the IMF mission is demanding that the (RFE/RL Newsline) KYIV – Ukraine is suffering a severe until January 1, 2000. Vice Minister of government increase the role of market gasoline shortage, resulting in the closure the Economy Viktor Kalnyk said the gov- mechanisms and lessen state interference Security services to hold joint session of many filling stations. The price of gaso- ernment also ordered tax authorities to in the economy in order for Ukraine to MOSCOW – The director of the line has doubled and even tripled at some give local oil refineries more time to pay receive the money. (Eastern Economist) Federal Security Service of Russia, stations, the Eastern Economic Daily value-added tax and excise duties. The reported on July 21. Some traders blamed government, meanwhile, plans to import Venezuela, Ukraine strengthen ties Vladimir Putin told journalists that he had informed President Boris Yeltsin on government-imposed import duties on 500,000 tons of diesel fuel from KYIV – A government delegation of July 27 about the proposal of the head of gasoline for the shortage, while the gov- Azerbaijan to help farmers with the har- Venezuela led by First Deputy Foreign the Security Service of Ukraine to hold a ernment pointed to the increase in world vest campaign. As a result of the gasoline Affairs Minister Jorje Valero Briseno joint session of the collegiums of the oil prices. The agricultural sector seems crisis, the exchange rate for the hryvnia arrived on a three-day working visit in Federal Security Service of Russia and most affected by the fuel crisis. According sank to 4.2 hrv to $1 (U.S.) in trading to the agency, some regional authorities between banks on July 21, having have attempted to confiscate low-octane remained stable for several months at shortages, a massive oil debt to Russia and gasoline for the needs of agricultural enter- around 3.9 to $1. (RFE/RL Newsline) Kuchma fires... problems with nuclear power shortages. (Continued from page 1) However, his ultimate demise began for the sacking of the No. 2 person in gov- when he offered his version of the exten- sive changes that need to be made in the ernment after Prime Minister Valerii government’s economic reform program Pustovoitenko. According to Interfax- at a meeting of the Cabinet of Ministers Ukraine, he told reporters in Crimea on July on July 28. 31, where he was meeting with U.S. Among other things, Mr. Kuratchenko Secretary of Defense William Cohen, that called for a restructuring of the relationship the loss of Mr. Kuratchenko would not between Ukraine and the International affect the work of the government. Monetary Fund as well as with the World Ñ¥ÎËÏÓÒ¸ ÒÛÏÌÓ˛ ‚¥ÒÚÍÓ˛ Á ð¥‰ÌËÏË, ÔðËflÚÂÎflÏË ¥ Á̇ÈÓÏËÏË, ˘Ó “No matter whether there is a Bank, two international financial organiza- ‚ ÔÓ̉¥ÎÓÍ, 26 ÎËÔÌfl 1999 ð. ‚¥‰¥È¯Ó‚ ‚¥‰ Ì‡Ò Û ‚¥˜Ì¥ÒÚ¸ ̇¯ ̇ȉÓðÓʘËÈ Kuratchenko in the government or not, the tions that have kept Ukraine’s economy óéãéÇßä, ÅÄíúäé, ëàç, ÅêÄí, òÇÄ¢Öê, Çìâäé, ëÖëíêßçéä ¥ áüíú government exists and will exist,” said afloat. He also expressed his opinion that a President Kuchma. “He has simply been “controlled” monetary emission is impera- ·Î. Ô. dismissed. Period.” tive to energize the Ukrainian economy and However, the president indirectly allud- called for a reorganization of the National ÇéãéÑàåàê äéêóàçëúäàâ ed to the possibility that Mr. Kuratchenko Bank of Ukraine and its monetary policy. ð‡‰ÌËÈ ìÍð‡ªÌÒ¸ÍÓ„Ó ç‡ðÓ‰ÌÓ„Ó ëÓ˛ÁÛ was also the fall guy for the current gas Mr. Kuratchenko, whose remarks at the ̇ðÓ‰ÊÂÌËÈ ‚ Johnson City, N.Y., 28 ˜Âð‚Ìfl 1951 ð. shortage in Ukraine, which not only left ministers’ meeting had not been invited, much of Ukraine’s filling stations empty the said afterwards that he had received his cue èÄêÄëíÄë ‚¥‰·Û‚Òfl Û ‚¥‚ÚÓðÓÍ, 27 ÎËÔÌfl 1999 ð. Ó „Ó‰. 7-¥È ‚˜. ‚ ÔÓıÓðÓÌÌÓÏÛ week of July 12, but has caused a doubling, from a statement by his colleague, First Á‡‚‰ÂÌÌ¥ James D. Barrett Funeral Home, 1004 Lake Street, Elmira, N.Y., 14901. and even tripling, of prices in most regions Vice Minister of Economic Reform Serhii èÄçÄïàÑÄ – ‚ ÒÂð‰Û, 28 ÎËÔÌfl 1999 ð. Ó „Ó‰. 10:30 ð‡ÌÍÛ ‚ ÔÓıÓðÓÌÌÓÏÛ Á‡‚Â- of the country. Tyhypko, at a similar meeting held the pre- ‰ÂÌÌ¥. “Somebody should be responsible for vious week. At that time Mr. Tyhypko said èéïéêéç – ‚ ÒÂð‰Û, 28 ÎËÔÌfl 1999 ð. Ó „Ó‰. 11-¥È ð‡ÌÍÛ Á Û͇ªÌÒ¸ÍÓª ͇ÚÓÎˈ¸- the fuel and energy complex, since prob- Ukraine’s economy is again on the verge of ÍÓª ˆÂðÍ‚Ë Ò‚. çËÍÓ·fl óÛ‰ÓÚ‚Óðˆfl ‚ ÖÎχÈð‡ ɇÈÚÒ, ç.â., ̇ ˆÂðÍÓ‚ÌËÈ ˆ‚ËÌÚ‡ð. lems remain and will remain for a long disaster. time,” said President Kuchma. He then “[He talked of] the need to find a plan. I èÓÍ¥ÈÌËÈ Á‡Î˯˂ Û „ÎË·ÓÍÓÏÛ ÒÏÛÚÍÛ: added that journalists “understand very well thought that this would be the proper place ‰ðÛÊËÌÛ – êéåì Á ÒËÌÓÏ ëíÖîÄçäéå who leaves government and for what rea- to put forward my ideas,” said Mr. χÏÛ – çÄíÄãßû sons. Decisions are not taken without rea- Kuratchenko at a press conference after his ·ð‡Ú‡ – ëíÖîÄçÄ Á ‰ðÛÊËÌÓ˛ äÖâëß ¥ ‰¥Ú¸ÏË: son.” firing. – íÖêÖëéû, ïêàëíàçéû ¥ ÄçÑêÖ∏û Mr. Kuratchenko, who was appointed Two days after Mr. Kuratchenko offered ‚ÛÈ͇ – ∏ÔËÒÍÓÔ‡ ßççéäÖçíßü ãéíéñúäéÉé first vice prime minister in January with a up his proposals, the Cabinet of Ministers ÍÛÁÂ̇ – ÇéãéÑàåàêÄ ãéíéñúäéÉé Á ‰ðÛÊËÌÓ˛ mandate to revamp Ukraine’s energy sector, held another meeting, to which he was not – ßêÖçéû ¥ ‰¥Ú¸ÏË èÖíêéå ¥ íÄêÄëéå has had a difficult time dealing with coal invited. A day later he was dismissed. The ex-first prime minister took great ÚÂ˘Û – ÅéÉÑÄççì áÄóäÖÇàó ¥Á ÒËÌÓÏ êéëíàëãÄÇéå pains to explain that his economic ideas – Á ‰ðÛÊËÌÓ˛ åÖêß ÖãÖç were quite in sync with the president’s and ·ÎËÊ˜Û ¥ ‰‡Î¸¯Û ðÓ‰ËÌÛ ‚ ÄÏÂðˈ¥, ìÍð‡ªÌ¥ ¥ Ä‚ÒÚð‡Î¥ª. Dr. Ivan Makarewycz... the government’s, and that he would be (Continued from page 4) willing to continue to serve Mr. Kuchma in á‡Ï¥ÒÚ¸ Í‚¥Ú¥‚ ÔðÓÒËÏÓ Î‡Ò͇‚Ó ÒÍ·‰‡ÚË ÔÓÊÂðÚ‚Ë Ì‡: some other political capacity. St. Nicholas Ukrainian Catholic Church, Ukrainian Academy of Arts and Sciences “I never said that the president and the in the United States, The Ukrainian 410 East McCann’s Blvd., prime minister do not have a sound eco- Elmira Heights, N.Y. 14903 Museum in New York City and the Plast nomic policy. Theirs is simply different Ukrainian Youth Organization (he was in from mine,” explained Mr. Kuratchenko. charge of medical services at the first “As for my membership in the National Plast camps in the United States held in Democratic Party and my support for the East Chatham, N.Y.). president, I don’t see how my economic views here contradict my political Dr. Makarewycz is survived by his DEATH ANNOUNCEMENTS views.” to be published in The Ukrainian Weekly – in the Ukrainian wife, Natalia (née Halushchynska); Mr. Kuratchenko said that he is not con- daughter Oksana, with her husband, Dr. sidering joining another party or endorsing or English language – are accepted by mail, courier, fax, phone or e-mail. Jaroslav Sydorak, and sons, Andriy with another candidate in the upcoming presi- Deadline: Tuesday noon before the newspaper’s date of issue. wife Kim, and Dr. Roman; son Dr. dential elections. (The Weekly goes to press early Friday mornings.) 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ly; therefore it felt free to treat them like Plaque recalls... stray dogs without an owner. (Continued from page 6) In essence, Ukrainians were not had been established by the Dunsmuir allowed to be Canadians. Nor were they family of robber-barons had become the allowed to have a Ukrainian identity– most dangerous in the world, with a death even when 10,000 of them enlisted in the rate three to four times the average for the Canadian Armed Forces. British Empire. The refusal of manage- This double-bind, in my view, was the ment to adopt safety measures to reduce most serious crime committed against the the risk of gas-explosions, precipitated a early Ukrainian diaspora in Canada; for in SUMMER PROGRAMS 1999 two-year strike between 1912 and 1914, effect it constituted a form of cultural when 7,000 Vancouver Island coal miners genocide that was to have very tragic con- Friday, August 13 refused to work. sequences from 1914 onwards. MIDNIGHT BIGUS – Trembita Lounge After these coal miners lost that strike, This shameful episode in Canadian his- management continued its policy of hiring tory is also an important historical symbol; for it represents perhaps the first fatal sip Saturday, August 14 East European immigrants, including Ukrainians from Austria, as such persons, taken from the chalice of tragedy, from ~8:30 p.m. CONCERT – Bass STEFAN SZKAFAROWSKY which Ukrainians were forced to drink in DANCE FA being illiterate, were easier to cheat when 10:00 p.m. – music provided by TA MORGANA the 20th century. Midnight Crowning of MISS SOYUZIVKA 2000 payday rolled around. They were also less For in the present century, the region of EXHIBIT – works of Z ENOVIA HULEY likely to protest dangerous working condi- tions and would work for less, so that Ukraine has been a principal killing field in wages could be driven down by manage- two world wars. It has also experienced Saturday, August 21 UKRAINIAN INDEPENDENCE DAY CELEBRATIONS ment. Most importantly, not knowing two civil wars, three genocidal famines and ~8:30 p.m. CONCERT – SOYUZIVKA DANCE WORKSHOP RECITAL the purging hand of Joseph Stalin. As a Director: ROMA PRYMA BOHACHEVSKY English they would be less likely to get involved with unionization and the drive consequence, 25 million Ukrainians have 10:00 p.m. DANCE – music provided by TEMPO died unnatural deaths in this century alone. EXHIBIT – works of DARIA “DYCIA” HANUSHEVSKY for safer working conditions. In other words, the Ukrainian immi- And what about the epic catastrophes of grants were perfect tools for manage- earlier centuries? What shall we say of the Sunday, August 22 UNWLA DAY ment’s use of divide-and-conquer tactics Mongol destruction of Kyivan Rus’, the against the labor force at large. [And it Polish-Kozak wars, the Swedish deluge, Saturday, August 28 was similar, anti-union tactics in the and the eradication of the Kozak ~8:30 p.m. CONCERT – Soprano OKSANA CHARUK Sudbury region of Ontario and elsewhere, Hetmanate in 1784. All of these events Pianist THOMAS HRYNKIV that later induced thousands of Ukrainians occurred at times when more western 10:00 p.m. DANCE – music provided by NA ZDOROVJA to become communist supporters during nations were taking great strides in free- EXHIBIT – works by TARAS BILTCHUK the Great Depression – as we well know dom and economic development. What is from the memoirs of the late John the point to all this tragic history? Or is Friday, September 2 Kolasky.] The other miners, of course, there any point? ~8:30 p.m. CONCERT – CHILDREN’S FOLK DANCE BALLET vociferously resented the East Europeans I would submit that this question can from Lviv, Ukraine, “VESELI CHEREVYCHKY” – and that was exactly what management not be answered without reference to wanted. metahistory. Metahistory refers to process- Sunday, September 5 Once the war had broken out, manage- es as yet outside the field of vision, inter- ~2:00 p.m. CONCERT – CHILDREN’S FOLK DANCE BALLET ment actually attained a small measure of est and methods of materialistic science. from Lviv, Ukraine, “VESELI CHEREVYCHKY” popularity with the Anglophone workers These processes exist in other dimensions by first setting up and then supporting and time-streams that are sometimes dis- Every Friday evening, beginning at 10 p.m., on the Veselka patio – music by Vidlunnia demands that the East Europeans be cernible as history when they intersect imprisoned as aliens. As a result, mining with our own limited plane of conscious- costs could be reduced, because manage- ness. Time does not permit me to elabo- ment was now able to use alien prisoners rate, but I would refer you to the work of to work for free – or, at most, at 5 percent Daniel Andreev. Andreev was trained as a of their former wages. This idea of using die-hard Russian Marxist-Leninist, but free slave-labor, at a time of wartime labor was thrown into the gulag for 25 years, for shortages rapidly spread across the coun- reporting his spiritual visions of try. “Heavenly Rus’,” where he saw the hid- With the passage of Canada’s first War den workings of the collective Ukrainian Measures Act in 1914, 80,000 Ukrainian folk-soul and its place in the world-culture Canadians, whether naturalized or not, of the future. were forced to register themselves as We are all members of that folk-soul “enemy aliens,” to report to the Dominion and will partake of its destiny, which will Police on a regular basis and to pay money not always be tragic. The past tragedies to have their ID cards stamped (so as to having been necessary so that other parts provide revenue to Ottawa). of the divine plan for this planet might be Five and a half thousand of them – fulfilled. many of them potential labor radicals and In the meantime, we must always be therefore potential troublemakers – were appreciative of the tangible historical interned in concentration camps for use as record that is already in our possession. forced labor. Ottawa had already confis- But for the sacrifices of others in the past, cated their personal property. Now, the we would not have what we have or BE government was in effect confiscating what we are today. their earnings. To this very day, no redress In preparing this talk about the intern- for either confiscation has ever been ment operations of 1914, the word “inter- obtained from the Canadian government ment” always kept popping into my mind. despite repeated, pre-election promises to Interment means burial. Ukrainian the contrary, Nor has any official apology Canadian culture and consciousness was even been forthcoming. not interred by the 1914 internment opera- The Canadian government, knew of tion. And it never will be interred as long course, that Ukrainians were not as we try – through our thoughts, words Austrians, because the Austrian consular and actions – to redeem the humiliation, officers in Canada were very hostile to suffering and scars of the internees we Ukrainians who had left Austria. Ottawa commemorate today. The Ukrainian knew that Ukrainians were a stateless peo- Canadian experience is a necessary petal ple and exploited the situation according- in the flower of the greater, collective Ukrainian folk-soul. If we forget that, then the sufferings of the internees will have FIRST QUALITY been in vain. 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PREVIEW OF EVENTS (Continued from page 20) Bloor St. W. For more information call with festivities beginning at 1 p.m. In addi- Jurij Klufas, (416) 410-1155, or the tion to well-known artists such as the Toronto Branch of the Ukrainian Canadian Prometheus Male Choir, the Lviviany Congress, (416) 762-9467. Music Ensemble, the Voloshky Dance Ensemble and others, the day will feature a SACRAMENTO, Calif.: Ukrainian Fest variety of arts and crafts, along with a wide ‘99 will be held at 2:30-10 p.m. at the St. assortment of foods and refreshments. Ignatius Parish Center, 3235 Arden Way. Activities for children, will include a moon Enjoy “Old Country” foods, music, danc- walk and fun slide. Located at Lower State ing, games and cultural exhibits in air-con- and County Line roads, the center is acces- ditioned comfort. Ostap Stakhiv, a musician sible to all major roads in southeastern from Lviv, and his group of performers are Pennsylvania and southern New Jersey. the event’s special guests. Admission is $3 Festival admission is $10 per person; free per person, and free for children age 10 and for children under age 13. For additional under. There is plenty of parking. The event information, call Tryzub, (215) 343-5412. is sponsored by St. Andrew the Apostle Ukrainian Catholic Church. For more infor- PHOENIX, Ariz.: The Ukrainian Congress mation, please call (916) 481-8545. Committee of America, with other local Ukrainian organizations, will commemorate Saturday-Saturday, August 21-28 the eighth anniversary of Ukrainian inde- pendence with morning services at the MILLINGTON, Tenn.: Twelve nations, Catholic and Orthodox churches. A banquet including Ukraine, will participate in the and artistic program will commence at first Universal Baseball Global 12:30 p.m. at the Ukrainian Cultural Center, Championships at USA Stadium in an 730 W. Elm St., featuring the Kozak Olympic-style round-robin competition. Dancers from Los Angeles. For more infor- The Ukrainian team will play against New mation or to purchase tickets ($15 per per- Zealand at 9 a.m. on August 21; against son in advance, $20 at the door) contact Hungary at 7:30 p.m. on August 22; against Lesia Cady, (602) 381-1296, or Taras Bulgaria at noon on August 23 at USA No. Masnyj, (480) 947-6136 (evenings). 2; against Ghana at 12:30 p.m. on August 24; and against Aruba on August 25 at 4:30 ONGOING p.m. at USA No. 2. The semifinals will be held on August 27 at 4 p.m. and 7:30 p.m. ON THE INTERNET: Between August On August 28, the consolation game will be 2 and 22: “Glass, Necktie,” a feature film played at 4 p.m., with the championship by Roman Paul Boychuk (a.k.a. Paul game at 7:30 p.m. For more information Bojack) has been selected to compete in about the championships, contact Richard the 1999 Always Independent Film Case, tournament director, (609) 631-8166. Festival. For film synopsis, to review clips or screening information, go to Sunday, August 22 http://www.alwaysif.com then scroll down and click on Film Festival; scroll HORSHAM, Pa.: The Tryzub Sports down and click on Program; scroll down Center will host its eighth annual and click on “Glass, Necktie.” The web- Ukrainian Independence Day celebration site has free 24-hour access. 16 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, AUGUST 8, 1999 No. 32

liturgical expression within the Catholic Australia’s Ukrainian... Church. ROCHESTER UKRAINIAN (Continued from page 9) To move confidently into the future it is member of the Ecumenical Committee. important that there be an understanding of FEDERAL CREDIT UNION Since his appointment, Bishop Stasiuk and respect for the past. The Church’s very has introduced the Youth for Christ extensive library is a valuable source of Movement, the “God With Us” catechetical research material which will help make the series and established a center to serve the history of the Church and Ukraine more needs of catechists of the eparchy. He has accessible to parishioners and students. A also welcomed nuns from the Sister very impressive museum is also part of the Servants of Mary Immaculate to Australia eparchial structure. As yet a relatively to undertake educational and parish duties unknown resource, the museum will pro- and to join with the Basilian Sisters in sup- vide further contact with the past and will porting the work of the Church. be a source of inspiration for future genera- In 1994 the Church in Australia began a tions. major consultation process with its laity to The Church itself is using the milestone discover their vision, concerns and hopes of 50 years’ experience to conduct a review for the Ukrainian Catholic Church. During as part of its planning for the future. The this process, the Eparchial Sobor, several Church’s legal structures are being com- parishioners were prepared represent pletely re-examined and restructured to Australia in two Patriarchal Sobors held in ensure that there is a firm foundation for the Ukraine. The level of participation and pre- next 50 years. paredness of the Australian delegation has The Ukrainian Catholic Council of been internationally recognized. Australia – the national body for the voice Concern about events in Europe led the of the faithful – has also been undergoing Ukrainian Catholic Church and the changes. The consultative role of the coun- Ukrainian community to establish a special cil is being examined and expanded to To The Weekly Contributors: committee in 1995. That committee’s goal ensure that, through its structure, laypeople was to find ways to assist Ukrainian will have a chance to shape the future We greatly appreciate the materials – feature articles, news stories, press clippings, let- refugees to come to Australia and to raise development of the Church. ters to the editor, and the like – we receive from our readers. In order to facilitate prepa- awareness of the plight of Ukrainians in Through these and other initiatives, the ration of The Ukrainian Weekly, we ask that the guidelines listed below be followed. Bosnia and the former Yugoslavia. At that Ukrainian Catholic Church in Australia hopes to develop from a migrant Church to ® time few Australians had a proper under- News stories should be sent in not later than 10 days after the occurrence of a given standing of what was happening in Bosnia. one that forms its own membership and event. contributes to the overall Australian way of ® The committee alerted Australia to the terri- All materials must be typed (or legibly hand-printed) and double-spaced. life. Its purpose is to become an integral ® ble phenomenon of “ethnic cleansing” by Photographs (originals only, no photocopies oir computer printouts) submitted for using media outlets and press conferences, part of Australian life by encouraging the publication must be accompanied by captions. Photos will be returned only when so by urging that the matter be raised in the wider community to appreciate the beauty requested and accompanied by a stamped, addressed envelope. Federal Senate, and by involving the of its liturgy, its history and traditions, and ® Full names (i.e., no initials) and their correct English spellings must be provided. Bishops’ Conference. the spiritual nourishment it is able to pro- ® Newspaper and magazine clippings must be accompanied by the name of the publi- The government changed the immigra- vide. cation and the date of the edition. tion clause related to Yugoslavia, and this In the materialistic, pluralistic, secular ® soil of Australia, the Ukrainian Catholic Information about upcoming events must be received one week before the date of enabled a number of people to come to this Church is a plant that must be carefully nur- The Weekly edition in which the information is to be published. country as refugees. The committee is still ® operating and is in continuous contact with tured if it is to fruit and attract people to it. Persons who submit any materials must provide a daytime phone number where they With God’s help, and the support, commit- may be reached if any additional information is required. Ukrainians in Bosnia. As part of his intention to make the ment and hard work of the clergy and laity, Ukrainian Catholic Church more widely this purpose will be realized. known, Bishop Stasiuk took a delegation of The article above was submitted by the Australian Catholic churchmen, including Bishop’s Chancery of the Ukrainian NEW NON-STOP JOINT SERVICE Cardinal Clancy and five bishops, to Catholic Church in North Melbourne, Ukraine in 1995. There the Australian cler- Australia. ics experienced and came to appreciate the unique nature of the Church in Ukraine. NEW YORK - KYIV - TASHKENT The enthusiasm that emanated from this visit has helped the Ukrainian Catholic Do you have a mouse... Church become better known in Australia. (Continued from page 8) And has resulted in increased cooperation allows you to enter into the work itself, to between the Churches. escape from reality to enter an alternate Due to the increased knowledge of, and one: a second nature. Perhaps with the empathy for, the Ukrainian Catholic Church new millennium, we complete the circle. in Australia, Catholic bishops passed a This new out-of-body experience might motion during the May 1998 Australian remind one of the beginnings of art. The Catholic Bishops’ Conference declaring cave artist worked in trance, entering into their very positive support to Eastern a new dimension. The alternate universe Churches in Australia. achieved by the cave artist shaman is now The future available through virtual reality. In Ms. Dolinsky’s “Cave Virtual The Church sees education, in its widest Environment,” a colorful being holds a sense, as critical to shaping its future. The large gold key, perhaps to “open door- UZBEKISTAN Ukrainian Catholic Church was not created ways to an inner sanctum where the deli- Air Ukraine airways to function in a pluralist society; it is a cate inner self is guarded” (as the artist 1,000-old community entity to which its suggests) or to open doors to the endless people have always gravitated. Therefore it possibilities of the future. has not developed a high degree of prosely- Virtual reality is extremely seductive, BOEING 767-300 tizing skill. The future of the Church in but are we prepared for it? Might we get Australia depends on how well it is able to trapped in it, like the “Siamese Fighting adapt to living in a culture foreign to the Fish,” under the illusion that we are con- on , and one in which it was born. trolling our destinies? TUESDAYS FRIDAYS SUNDAYS The Ukrainian Catholic Church wants to Perhaps we will turn to virtual art in encourage young people to develop a the future to escape our busy lives, so from JFK International Airport strong commitment to their spiritual life filled with technology and yet so empty. and to become more involved in the life of Perhaps we will explore new worlds, INFORMATION AND RESERVATIONS the Church. To achieve this, the Church is linked to reality – whatever that may be – working to develop its communications only by an electronic umbilical chord. UZBEKISTAN AIRWAYS techniques so that it can deliver its message Humans must learn to perceive, to think skillfully and convincingly. The Church in new ways and, as progress continues, wants to demonstrate to the community at humans must define their role in a world 1-212-489-3954 (office) large how the Byzantine-Ukrainian heritage in which computers may be able to think, 1-212-245-1005 (ticket reservation) is relevant to the Australian way of life. The a world in which reality may be only vir- 1-800-820-2891 (cargo) very presence of the Ukrainian Church in tual. Humans must continue to create as Australia has already benefited the wider soulful beings in order to safeguard the 1-718-244-0251 (fax cargo) Catholic Church in this country by its only thing that a computer will never example of the diversity of theological and have. No. 32 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, AUGUST 8, 1999 17

Ukrainian Catholics... (Continued from page 9) both of these offices in the eparchy. Sister Maria Moravski, SSMI, was named director of the new eparchial Religious Education Center. “In establish- ing and opening our eparchial Religious Education Cente, today, we are making reli- gious education a priority. Solid religious formation in the teachings of the Church is essential for the development of an active and healthy Christian community,” said Bishop Stasiuk. In Australia from Ukraine for his first visit, Bishop Lubomyr Husar, auxiliary bishop to Cardinal Myroslav Ivan Lubachivsky, head of the Ukrainian Catholic Church, said: “We are most impressed that Bishop Peter has established Caritas, Centacare and the Religious Education Center in the eparchy as a con- tinuation of the initial impetus that has car- ried this eparchy in the last decades.” Also to commemorate the anniversary, the eparchial museum opened a new exhib- it, “Diversity in Rite, Unity in Faith.” Natalia Moravski, museum projects officer, developed the exhibit that contains Ukrainian icons, Byzantine liturgical vest- ments, and other religious art and artifacts. “We owe our gratitude to Father Zenon Chorkawyi, curator of our museum for hav- ing the foresight to collect the items on dis- play over the last few decades,” said Bishop Stasiuk at the official opening. On July 12 Bishop Stasiuk was the main celebrant at the commemorative Ukrainian Byzantine-rite divine liturgy, held at St. Patrick’s Roman Catholic Cathedral. Celebrating with Bishop Stasiuk and Bishop Husar, were Bishop Basil Losten and Bishop Michael Wiwchar from the United States. Also concelebrating were Roman Catholic archbishops from Adelaide, Brisbane and Perth, and 25 Roman Catholic bishops from Australia. Archbishop George Pell, Roman Catholic prelate of Melbourne, presided at the litur- gy. In his homily Bishop Husar said that, “even though it was especially painful to leave one’s homeland, the Ukrainian Catholic Church had flourished in Australia. We ought to be conscious of the spiritual treasure we have brought with us.” Bishop Husar later stated that “the numerically very high participation of Latin-rite bishops even from very distant parts of Australia indicates the high respect for the local Ukrainian communities of our eparchy and the esteem with which they hold Bishop Peter for having integrated our Ukrainian Catholic Church into the main- stream of Australian Church life.” Also in attendance at the divine liturgy were James Gobbo, the governor of Victoria, Bruce Billson, federal member of Parliament representing Prime Minister John Howard, Con Sciacca, federal opposi- tion MP, and state government leaders.

Leonid Kuchma... (Continued from page 2) second round. Mr. Kuchma would prefer that his opponent be a hardliner, such as Mr. Symonenko. Mr. Tkachenko or Ms. Vitrenko, however, would present a frightening prospect of revanchist politics returning to Ukraine, closer links with Russia and the CIS, antagonism toward NATO and the West (including financial institutions such as the IMF), and state intervention in the economy. A leftist president could act quickly and decisively with the support of a left-leaning Parliament. Under these circumstances a victory for the incumbent president would seem the best result from the Western perspec- tive, Mr. Kuchma’s lamentable tactics notwithstanding. 18 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, AUGUST 8, 1999 No. 32

UKEUKEFOR THELL NEXTODEONODEONGENERATION Tomorrow’s memories by Lydia Smyk

With August upon us and September around the corner, every- one begins scrambling to enjoy every last minute summer has to offer. For children and parents, this marks the beginning of a new year. They pass into the next phase of growth – whether that is the first day of kindergarten, high school or universi- ty. That millennium panic that we keep hearing about this year begins with the usual back-to-school phase of activity. With that activity comes a time for reflection. It seems as though it was just yesterday that we were the ones experiencing these rites of passage. How quickly those years flew by. At UKELODEON we thought that August would be a great time to run a photo of a classroom from years A class from the past at St. John the Baptist Ukrainian Catholic School in Newark, N.J. Guess what year this is? past. Look at the faces of these pupils at St. John the Baptist School in behavior.) I remember the summer our He told me he was doing some Even those tough teenagers who may Newark, N.J. – you may recognize dance troupe, Dnipro, traveled with work for The Weekly. He knew I was grumble about getting up so early some friends and it might bring back Canada’s Opportunities for Youth pro- involved with UKELODEON and inevitably look forward to seeing old some memories. gram and stayed in hosels. steered the conversation there. Thus, friends and acquaintances. For a child, I remember sitting in Ukrainian Recently I attended a wedding I found myself talking to a colleague for some reason, time seems to pass school listening to Pan Myhal carry on when I distinguished-looking young – yet it seemed like yesterday that he by so slowly, yet that same child as an about the geography of Ukraine, while man walked up to me and greeted me. was a child. I realized that to him I adult looks back and understands that I doodled in my notebook and passed Even though I never had the pleasure was a memory of his childhood. time flew by too quickly. notes to my friends. (Of course, now I of being his teacher (he was in Grade In our fast-paced world, new mem- At UKELODEON we hope that would chastise my children for such 8 when I began my first year teaching ories are created every day. you and your children will enjoy kindergarten), he used to come in and Take a good look at the photo above these last weeks before school. Savor CHECK IT OUT! help with the children during recess. and remember yourself at that time: each and every experience – these In the centerfold of this issue read During our conversation I kept think- the excitement of returning to school, will inevitably be transformed into about SUM and Plast camps. ing: Where did the time go? the trepidation of facing a new teacher. fond memories. A teacher’s thoughts about her graduates by Olga Rudyk exciting. The ageless rivers, mountains and steppes were seen through the mind’s YONKERS, N.Y. – Wow! We did it! eyes of these young people. They looked We made it! Way to go! at a map and saw history move within the Each and every one of my students is boundaries of Ukraine’s borders. They deserving of applause. It was a long and became good acquaintances of its heroes, hard journey. They and I hit rough spots writers, poets, musicians and artists. along the way, but none of that is impor- I could not have wished for a better tant anymore. It is the final accomplish- outcome; I am grateful for having the ment that counts. For 11 years I watched wonderful experience of teaching this and admired these six young people. We group. Beyond this, I am thankful for the became friends in the end, and I recog- opportunity of knowing them. Just as I nized them as determined students and was able to spark in them a new aware- proud Ukrainians. ness of their ancestry, I hope they will I also learned much about myself. They take their knowledge and inspire future taught me that I, too, can accomplish what generations. seems impossible. Against all odds, one Congratulations to my students – digs down into the soul and retrieves hid- Christina Warycha, Tania Warycha, David den talents and ingenuity. One’s imagina- Odomirak, Markian Romaniw, Nicholas tion is put to the test and, surprisingly, the Rudyk and Sam Warycha, my graduates dry and boring becomes rich and exciting. at the School of Ukrainian Studies at St. Proud graduates and their teacher (from left): Markian We made learning about our Ukrainian Michael’s Ukrainian Catholic Church, Romaniw, David Odomirok, Tania Warycha, Olga Rudyk history, geography, traditions and heritage Yonkers, N.Y. (teacher), Nicholas Rudyk, Christina Warycha and Sam Warycha. No. 32 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, AUGUST 8, 1999 19 And now for something different: Plast youths take up scuba diving by Markian Hadzewycz ularly hold their weekly meetings. During the seventh session, we WHIPPANY, N.J. – One of the took our final scuba exam. We were many different things that the Pumas all glad to finish the 105-question patrol of the 5th Plast Troop of test. The only step left to complete “yunaky,” members of the Newark for certification was the open-water Branch of the Plast Ukrainian Youth dive, which was to be conducted at Organization, did this year was take a Dutch Springs near Bethlehem, Pa., course in scuba (Self-Contained the site of an abandoned quarry that Underwater Breathing Apparatus) in order to qualify for NAUI (National was flooded by spring water. Association of Underwater On the weekend of June 19-20, the Instructors) certification. first two “yunaky” from the Plast Eleven teenage boys and one adult group, Markian Hadzewycz and attended the seven four-hour classes Andrew Yaniuk, went for their certi- every Sunday to learn the skills of fication at Dutch Springs. After two sport diving. The classes included days of tests, in areas such as under- classroom time, as well as practice water navigation and emergency diving in the pool at Lakeland Divers ascents when out of air, we were on Route 10 in East Hanover, N.J. , proud to have finally completed the located not far from St. John’s course. Pretty soon all of the Pumas Ukrainian Catholic Church, where will be certified, and we will be able The first of the Pumas to get NAUI certification in scuba, Andrew Yaniuk and the Pumas and other Plast groups reg- to go scuba diving together. Markian Hadzewycz, prepare for their dive at Dutch Springs in Pennsylvania. Mishanyna OUR NEXT ISSUE: UKELODEON is published on the second Sunday of every month. To meet the dead- line for our next issue, dated September 12, please send in materials by September 3. I O Y A B N A I G R O E G E E Your input and ideas are welcome. So, drop us a line: UKELODEON, The Ukrainian Weekly, 2200 Route 10, P.O. Box 280, Parsippany, NJ N L R A L U I F I S H S E K G 07054; fax, (973) 644-9510; telephone, (973) 292-9800; e-mail, [email protected]. D A O X G A E Z I R P L O A Y E K H U T S U L L D O E R L K Myshka writes home P E S I M C O E Q B B B G S D Dear Mama: E T I V A N F R A N K O E O I I miss you. I miss the cat and the dog. N T L C R E S T R S A N Z S W Everyone likes my new haircut – they D A U D O O W D L I W R D Y W say it’s cool. The counselors are cool too, especially the one with orange hair. I E O K N O M I E L E T N A P K got to raise the flag this morning. At night we had a vatra with marshmallows. N B T Y R H C Y V O K D E F L The food is OK, but please bring C M S I T P A B M E O N A C A candy when you come visit. Please write. Please bring me Pokemon cards so I can E O F U K R A I N E M I W S D trade them. Solve our Mishanyna by finding the words or phrases below, all of which are somehow related to the month of August or summertime activities. (A hint: you Love, might need to look in two adjoining lines to find a phrase.) Mykola

August fish Ivan Franko Osyp Fedkovych P.S.: Please ask UKELODEON readers to write to me too. I want to know Baptism Georgian Bay Lake George Panteleimon Kulish what their camp experiences are like. boat Hutsul Lake Simcoe swim P.P.S.: Has anyone solved my mystery from June? You know, the one about the day when a mysterious flower blooms at night? canoe Independence of Ukraine Nobel Prize Wildwood Crest Newark’s little Hutsuls

The youngest Ukrainian folk dance group in Newark, N.J., is some- what unusual because it has a predominance of boys and only a handful of girls. (Isn’t there usually a shortage of boys?) The group, which has lessons at St. John the Baptist Ukrainian Catholic School after school on Tuesdays, is one of many directed by Roma Pryma Bohachevsky in the New Jersey/New York area. On the right, the dancers are seen after a year-end performance of their Hutsul dance, the Arkan, with their instructor, Orlando Pagan, and members of the older dance group. Though he is not of Ukrainian heritage (he’s Spanish), Mr. Pagan has danced with Ms. Bohachevsky for 11 years. He is a member of the Syzokryli, an advanced group of dancers based in New York City. He is also an instructor at the Ukrainian Dance Camp now taking place at the Verkhovyna resort in Glen Spey, N.Y. After their final performance of the school year, Mr. Pagan’s young charges thanked him for his patience with a huge round of applause and chants of “Or-lan-do.” 20 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, AUGUST 8, 1999 No. 32

Tuesday, August 10 at 9 p.m. On Sunday, the divine liturgy will PREVIEW OF EVENTS be held at 10:30 a.m. and followed by the NEW YORK: The Ukrainian Congress stage show at noon. There will be Ukrainian Committee of America and the Children’s Music Mountain concert, which featured the and County Line roads. There will be ethnic foods and arts and crafts at the festivals. Fund of Ukraine invite the community to Leontovych String Quartet and pianist food, music and activities for children. A Festival admission is $5 per person for one attend a charity concert “We are all children Volodymyr Vynnytsky in a program of divine liturgy at the outdoor pavilion at 11 day, $7 per person for both days. Free of Ukraine,” performed by children from works by Weber, Piano Quartet in B Flat a.m. will precede the picnic. Ample parking admission for children age 14 and under. Chornobyl, winners of the national “Talents Major; Brahms, String Quartet in C Minor, is available. Picnic admission is $3 for Parking is free. For information, call (610) of Ukraine” contest. The 12 performers will Op. 51, No. 1; and Franck, piano Quintet in adults. For more information, please call St. 377-4621. perform old and new Ukrainian songs and F Minor, may be heard on WQXR 96.3 FM Vladimir rectory, (215) 927-2287. dances, play bandura and recite poetry. The at 9 p.m. Saturday, August 21 concert will take place at 6:30 p.m. at the PALOS PARK, Ill.: The Nativity of the Ukrainian National Home, 142 Second Ave. Saturday-Sunday, August 14-15 Blessed Virgin Mary Ukrainian Catholic TORONTO: The Bloor West Village’s third Tickets cost $10 for adults, $5 for students. Church, located at 8530 West 131st St., will annual Ukrainian festival will begin with a Admission is free for children under age 12. HAINES FALLS, N.Y.: Taras hold their first church picnic at noon-6 p.m. parade at 11 a.m. at High Park Avenue Bloor Proceeds will be donated to help fund the Schumylowych will exhibit two tempera There will be food, games, and entertain- Street between Runnymede Rd. and building and equipping of a children’s hos- paintings and one graphic, “Ukrainian ment provided. For further information con- Windmere Avenue will be closed for vendor pital in Bila Tserkva, Kyiv Oblast, where Catholic Church 17th Century,” at the 52nd tact the church rectory, (708) 361-8876. kiosks and food stands, and performances victims of the Chornobyl catastrophe are annual group exhibition sponsored by the will be held at the intersection of Windmere treated. Please call (212) 228-6840 for more Twilight Park Artists in the Twilight Park Saturday-Sunday, August 21-22 and Bloor. The program will include local information. Clubhouse. The exhibit opens with a wine politicians, marching bands, dance groups, LEHIGHTON, Pa.: The Seventh annual reception on Saturday at 5 p.m. The exhibit choirs and youth organizations. A children’s Ukrainian folk festival at the Ukrainian Saturday, August 14 continues on Sunday at 1-5 p.m. and an activity area will be located on the corner of Homestead, 1230 Beaver Run Drive starts artist demonstration is planned for Sunday Runnymede and Bloor. In the evening, a on Saturday at noon. The stage show will LEHIGHTON, Pa.: The Ukrainian at 3-4 p.m. cabaret extravaganza featuring the best in begin at 2 p.m., featuring Dnipriany Music Homestead, 1230 Beaver Run Drive will Ukrainian dancing, music, comedy and Ensemble, Trio Holubka, Kazka Ukrainian host a dance to the music of Dnipriany at 9 Sunday, August 15 entertainment will be staged in the parking Folk Ensemble, Voloshky Performing Dance p.m.-1 a.m. For further information, please lot adjacent to Rennie’s No Frills, 2187 call (610) 377-4621. HORSHAM, Pa.: St. Vladimir Ukrainian Academy, with a special performance by Orthodox Church will hold its annual picnic Sonyashnyk Ukrainian Dance Ensemble NEW YORK: A broadcast of the July 18 at the Tryzub Sports Center, Lower State from Chatham, Canada. The dance will start (Continued on page 15)

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“Mazeppa” on National Public Radio PARSIPPANY — On Saturday August Harvard University, who will speak about 21, opera fans will have the opportunity to the more romanticized Mazepa that is the listen to Tchaikovsky’s “Mazeppa” on subject of Aleksandr Pushkin’s poem; and National Public Radio (NPR). The perform- Stewart Robinson, conductor, who will pro- ance that will be aired was recorded at vide insights into Tchaikovsky’s composi- LaScala during the 1997-1998 season, tion about the hetman. Mstislav Rostopovich conducting. The entire program begins at 1 p.m. on The prelude to the performance will be a the main NPR broadcast from Washington. program, “At the Opera,” hosted by Lou However, there are 50 NPR stations nation- Santacroce. Mr. Santacroce’s guests for this wide and time and date of broadcast may segment include Dr. Frank Sysyn, a histori- vary. Check local listings between August an with the Canadian Institute for Ukrainian 21-27 for “At the Opera” and “World of Studies, who will speak about the historical Opera” for the broadcast time of Mazepa; Dr. Julie Buckler, a professor at “Mazeppa” and guest commentary.

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