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Newsmark Ambassador’s Plaint Tones Letter Stirs Pot PHOTO: DON TREEGER / THE REPUBLICAN DUDA PRAISES LATE PRESIDENT. Late President WARSAW — The U.S. George W. Bush was a “statesman, World War II veter- ambassador to Poland trig- an, Cold War warrior, and honorary citizen of my native gered anger in Poland with Kraków,” wrote Polish President Andrzej Duda in condo- a letter to the prime minis- lences forwarded to U.S. President Donald Trump. “He ter that took his government was always a great friend of Poland and Poles.” to task over its treatment of Duda recalled the words spoken by President Bush a U.S.-owned independent at the Gdańsk shipyard workers monument in 1989: “To television station. those who think that hopes can be forever suppressed, I The November 19, 2018 say: Let them look at Poland! To those who think that free- letter from Ambassador dom can be forever denied, I say: Let them look at Po- Georgette Mosbacher cir- land! And to those who think that dreams can be forever culated in Polish media. It repressed, I say: Look at Poland! For here in Poland, the misspells the last name of dream is alive.” Prime Minister Mateusz “Those words remain for us a great source of inspira- Morawiecki and addresses tion,” said Duda. him with the wrong title, as Duda, along with former Polish President Lech Walesa, well as misspelling the name flew to Washington together to attend President Bush’s fu- of the interior minister. It was neral. not clear who leaked the let- ter, and government officials STATE DECORATIONS FOR U.S. CITIZENS. Pol- seemed eager to play it down. ish President Duda presented a state decoration to a U.S. Overall, ties between the diplomat and former head of United Nations peacekeep- United States and Poland are IGNACY GAYDAMOVICH plays his cello as the Mater Dolorosa Church in Holyoke, Massa- ing missions. Duda handed out the honor in Washington, good and Poland is lobbying chusetts is demolished behind him. Demolition of the 117-year-old church, closed since 2011 where he attended a memorial service for President Bush. for a permanent U.S. military despite the ardent protestations its parishioners — many of whom occupied the church for a Jacques Paul Klein, who served as head of three United base that it has promised to year — began last month. Nations peacekeeping missions in the former Yugoslavia, name “Fort Trump.” Poland’s The Polish-born Gaydamovich, while not a parishioner, closely followed the effort to save was awarded The Grand Cross of Order of Merit of the Re- conservative, nationalist gov- the church. public of Poland for overseeing UN joint operations with ernment also has a lot of ideo- “I came here to mourn this beautiful building that used to be such an important Polish Poland’s GROM special forces unit. logical similarities with U.S. heritage site,” Gaydamovich said. “And — thanks to I think greed — it is being demolished.” Duda also handed the honor to Mark Sutton, CEO of the President Donald Trump. Gaydamovich braved the biting cold to play Bach’s Sarabande Suite No. 1. The piece, he International Paper Company, for strengthening business Mosbacher, a Trump ap- said, is known for its somber tones and is “usually played in situations of a loss.” relations between the two countries and for the company’s pointee, said she wrote to “As a Polish immigrant, I really felt the pain of destroying it,” he said. investment in Poland. express “deep concern” over Afterwards, Gaydamovich was clearly moved by the moment. government treatment of “I am a little bit emotional,” he said. “I kind of feel music has a little more to offer than just MAMMOTH BONES FOUND IN WARSAW. The bones art. It has a real human significance.” of a prehistoric mammal were found during construction See “Letter,” page 4 Story on back cover of Płock station on an extension to the Warsaw metro. Pre- liminary information indicates that the bones may belong Piast Institute to a mammoth or prehistoric forest elephant. Both species ACPC Sponsors $5,000 Journalism Scholarship Selects New CEO lived in Poland during the Pleistocene period (often called WASHINGTON, D.C. — American community in mul- American Polonia, a detailed the Ice Age). The animals measured up to 15 feet in height The American Council for tiple ways for more than half history of how Polish Ameri- and weighed up to seven tons. Polish Culture (ACPC) has a century. cans both helped Poland “The remains found were extracted and cleaned by us created a new journalism achieve independence in No- and will be the subject of further research to determine the scholarship program to honor vember 1918, and supported exact species of this animal, its age and the circumstances a longtime Polish commu- Central Europe’s struggle of death,” said Dr. Wojciech Brzeziński, director of the Po- nity leader whose civic work against Nazi fascism and land’s National Museum of Archaeology (PMA) in War- helped thousands of Central communism until freedom saw. European immigrants follow- was again achieved in 1989. During the Pleistocene period, the present day Wola dis- ing World War II. Zachariasiewicz was ac- trict of the Polish capital was a lake. The Eye of the Eagle tively involved in the leader- “It is possible that this mammal entered the frozen lake, Władysław Zachariasie- ship of the American Council and the ice collapsed under its weight, which caused the wicz Memorial Journalism for Polish Culture, the Polish death of the creature,” said Brzeziński. Scholarship aims to award American Congress and the The bones are not the only fascinating items to have $5,000 annually toward col- Pulaski Parade Committee. been found during the construction of the second metro lege or graduate school tu- He served on the Board of Skrzyniarz line. Other finds include items related to the everyday life ition and school-related ex- Directors of Radio Free Eu- of residents of pre-war Warsaw, as well as the remnants penses other than room and Zachariasiewicz. Polish rope and Radio Liberty and HAMTRAMCK, Mich. of the old tram network in the area. Several military items board for students with a Army veteran became leader the John Paul II Foundation. — Virginia Skrzyniarz, CPS, have also been found. clearly demonstrated, defined in American Polonia. Scholarship program rules was approved enthusiasti- interest in a career in enter- call for applicants to be a U.S. cally by the entire board as the chief executive officer of BREXIT-INDUCED EXODUS. Nearly 100,000 Poles have prise journalism in the public “We are very honored to citizen, or currently applying the Piast Institute. Her experi- left Britain since last December 2017. Figures from Brit- interest. create this opportunity as for U.S. citizenship, admitted for at a fully accredited uni- ence and leadership were rec- ain’s Office for National Statistics show that some 985,000 orn in Krakow, Po- Poland’s marks 100 years of versity in the United States or ognized as outstanding. Poles were living in Britain in June 2018, down from 1.02 land, Zachariasiewicz renewed independence. This Poland. Special consideration Skrzyniarz, co-founder of million in December last year, That is the biggest drop served as a lieutenant program is made possible will be given to students of the Institute, has more than since 2004, when the British labor market opened up after Bin the Polish Army at the time with a generous donation Polish American heritage and 35 years’ experience manag- the enlargement of the European Union. Polish Radio cited of the German and Russian from the Zachariasiewicz those of non-Polish heritage ing non-profit organizations. Axel Antoni, a spokesperson for an EU citizens’ group in invasions in September 1939. family,” said Thomas Payne, who have a clear and thor- She has served as an execu- Britain called The 3 Million, as saying that Brexit had cre- He survived imprisonment by ACPC’s president. ough understanding of Polish tive level administrator with ated an atmosphere which made immigrants from Central the Soviets and immigrated Zachariasiewicz, who re- culture and values. duties in personnel, risk man- and Eastern Europe feel unwelcome. The British statistics to the U.S. in 1948 to use the sided in Chevy Chase, Md. at Awards will be based sole- agement, and supervision of office said that the reasons for people leaving the country skills he learned in law school the time of his death, died at ly on professional and aca- employees and facilities. were complex and attributing them to one factor would be at Krakow’s Jagiellonian age 104 in 2016. He authored a simplification. 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January Q Styczeń Controversy from Start to Finish Dedicated to the Promotion by Robert Strybel shiped at four Roman Catholic par- jumped at the opportunity when and Continuance of 1 NEW YEAR’S DAY ishes and one Polish National Cath- General Motors announced plans Polish American Culture SzczęŚliwego Nowego Roku! This reporter has received a olic Church and bade its loved ones to build a $500 million industrial ESTABLISHED 1911 Happy New Year! farewell through the Skupny Krot complex on the city’s east side. It IGNATIUS HAJDUK • Founder 1911-1920 3 1795. The Third Partition of number of emails from Stateside friends about General Motors’ deci- and Kaczorowski funeral parlors. would straddle the Detroit-Ham- JOHN DENDE • Publisher 1920-1944 the Lithuanian Polish Re- HENRY J. DENDE • Publisher 1944-1983 public was made between Rus- sion to close its Detroit-Hamtramck Joseph Campau Avenue, the town’s tramck border including the site of sia and Austria. 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Bukowczyk, Thad Cooke, Mirek Denisiewicz, John Grondelski, pharmacist and petroleum in- nal, historic Pol- PHOTO: DETROIT NEWS 4,200 people dustry pioneer who in 1856 built — most of them Sophie Hodorowicz-Knab, Steve Litwin, James ish hub. Starting Poletown’s Immaculate Conception Church under the wrecker’s ball, July Pula, John Radzilowski the world’s first oil refinery. Polish Ameri- in the 1870s, it 15, 1981. General Motors and the cities of Detroit and Hamtramck relied BUREAUS. Chicago Geraldine Balut Coleman, 8 1681. The Treaty of Radzin became known cans — lost their Minneapolis Mark Dillon; Toledo Margaret on eminent domain to relocate the 4,200 people who lived in the area Zotkiewicz-Dramczyk; Warsaw Robert Strybel; ended a five year war between for its Cathedral- homes as a result. the Turks and the allied coun- — including their 1,300 homes, 140 businesses, six churches and one Washington Richard Poremski Over the past tries of Russia and Poland. like churches, pa- hospital — to build an automobile plant. Last month, GM announced Columnists Mary Ann Marko, Regina McIntyre, rochial schools, 33 years, the Po- Ed Poniewaz, Stephen Szabados, Greg Witul, 9 1797. Jan Henryk Dabrowski the closing of the plant. John Ziobrowski organizes his legion in Italy, b u s i n e s s e s letown Plant has Newsclippers John Armstrong, Mr. & Mrs. and thus honored by having his and residential turned out some Jacob Dvornicky, Henry J. Kensicki, Walter name included in the Polish Na- side streets lined by modest clap- signs announcing Witkowski Men’s four million vehicles, but that was Piatek, John Yesh tional Anthem. board houses. I remember driv- Wear, Polish Art Center, Mróz Hats, much below GM’s expectations. Agents Robert Czubakowski 11 1944. Nazis establish Krakow- Proofreader Larry Trojak ing my grandmother Katarzyna Cieszkowski Dry Goods, Lendzon’s And sales of the Chevrolet Volt, Circulation Manager John Tanner Plaszow Concentration Camp. Kupczyńska to the Chene and Ferry 5 and 10, Sikora Diamond Merchant with which the corporation had 13 1982. The Mass for the Nation (streets) farmer’s market for czerni- and Galonzka Music Center. hoped to revitalize the facility, have TO ADVERTISE IN THE PAJ CALL by Fr. Jerzy Popiełuszko na (duck soup) fixings, good Polish “Paczki do Polski” (Parcels to been disappointing. 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We are Dodge Brothers built their car fac- and Środek sausage shops and sev- sembly plant was born after de- responsible only for the first incorrect insertion ated Republic of Poland. tory there prior to World War I. The eral Polish bakeries could have done stroying the homes of thousands of of an advertisement. Advertisers are advised to 17 1734 Coronation of August III facility attracted job-seekers from without neons, as their unmistak- people. It is ending its career by de- check their advertisement immediately upon the Saxon. around the metropolitan area and ably tantalizing aromas wafted into stroying thousands of jobs and leav- publication and report at once any errors. 18 1943. Jews in Warsaw Ghetto Claims for error adjustment must be made im- beyond. By leaps and bounds, for- the streets. ing behind an industrial wasteland. mediately after an advertisement is published. began an uprising against the merly rural Hamtramck township How, when and whether the aban- Nazis. 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VALDOSTA, Ga. — Students, faculty, and the many American connections to Poland’s Barczyk gained honor for bringing a suitcase The conference concluded with a screen- local citizens attended a conference celebrat- 1918-1921 struggles, ranging from the Grey full of pierogi and sausage from Milwaukee. ing of The Fourth Partition. This 2013 docu- ing the centennial of Poland’s rebirth on No- Samaritans to the Kościuszko Squadron. The An hour later, only a few slices of bread re- mentary directed by Adrian Prawica, tells the vember 9, 2018. Sponsored by the History De- academic papers concluded with Mazurkie- mained on the tables. story of Polish emigration to America, all the partment of Valdosta State University (VSU), wicz explaining 1980s America’s part in “Po- Barczyk, former director of the Library at way back to Jamestown. Following this, select it was also supported by the Embassy of the participants enjoyed a celebratory banquet. Republic of Poland in Washington D.C., the Participants judged the conference a suc- Polish American Historical Association, the cess, as it helped cement the already good Kosciuszko Foundation, and the Faculty of relations between Gdańsk and Valdosta Uni- History, University of Gdańsk (UG). versities. Future plans include continuing The conference featured four components: exchanges of professors and students, while academic papers, a Polish lunch and trivia furthering a mutual interest in Polish History. game, a student essay competition, and a film v v v screening. Organized by visiting professor John P. Dunn is chair of History at Valdo- Anna Mazurkiewicz (UG) and John Dunn sta State University. As a professor, he offers (VSU), their goal was to provide an intro- courses on the Middle East, Eastern Europe, duction to Poland’s history and culture. This China, and World Military History. started with a collection of posters graciously v v v provided by the Polish Embassy in Washing- Anna Mazurkiewicz, a Louis Brown Visit- ton. These gave a real sense of the tremendous ing Scholar at VSU, is an associate profes- strides made by Poland in the last 30 years, sor at the Faculty of History, University of along with enticing images that encourage Gdansk and the current president of the Pol- students to consider a study abroad experi- ish American Historical Association. ence in 2019. Mazurkiewicz established a focus of aca- Participants judged the conference a success, as it helped cement the already good relations ZOSIA’S BLOG. demic presentations, one that showed how between Gdańsk and Valdosta Universities. If you are interested in America responded to crises in Polish history. Polish customs, traditions, and food you The keynote speaker, Dr. Neal Pease, Uni- land’s way out of Communism.” UWM continued support for the conference may be interested in the words and works versity of Wisconsin, Milwaukee (UWM), With a sense that students were still hun- by allowing students to submit encyclopedia of long-time PAJ contributor Sophie started with a concise look at why Poland’s gry for knowledge about Poland, the next entries for her upcoming book, A Guide to Hodorowicz-Knab. Her most recent book rebirth was important in an international con- component featured an east-central European Polish Historical Sites in North America. Two is about Polish women during World War text. Dunn followed up with an account of lunch. Guests were offered barszcz, bigos students produced entries worthy of reward: II. You can learn more about Sophie by Paul Eve, the only native-born American who (regular and vegan), piernik and of course Ms. Logan Mabey of Georgia, and Ms. Ay- visiting her blog, http://www.sophieknab. served with insurgents during the Novem- pierogi. Dr. Yakov Woldman, VSU Chemis- lar M Chijayeva, a native of Turkmenistan. com/. Forum Poland, Again, at an Ideological Intersection Where Romanticism sia and a check on Germany.” (Winston mocracy, the rule of law, human rights…” has shift the Constitution more toward the protec- and Realism Meet Churchill). been violated by Law and Justice, passing 13 tion of the individual and away from arbiter All other arguments aside, the only test is statutes in less than two years, many involv- in political decision-making through a careful whether Fort Trump provides the essential de- ing the courts. Most egregious was legislation set of statutes to the extent available within its by Tom Czerwinski terrent value consistent with its geostrategic mandating retirement at 65 for members of framework, it would cause a more indepen- potential to prevent future wars. The lack of the Constitutional Court, making several va- dent judiciary to likely emerge. The PAJ is to be commended for reprinting such support led to both World Wars and has cancies available for political appointment. It The article further references Poland’s “Polish Risky ‘American first’ Policy” by the had a deleterious effect on history for centu- is important to note that the EU charges do not refusal of the EU demand to “share the bur- columnist Paul Taylor of Politico (November ries. dwell on whether these were unconstitutional, den” of Syrian refugees. The average Pole has 2018). The subject is extremely important and While the term “Fort Trump” is undoubt- only that the sheer volume and velocity of the no interest in helping Angela Merkel with a deserves the same kind of attention Polonia ably a tongue-in-cheek reference, its use has laws result, in effect, in an EU judgment of problem of her own making through a uni- gave Solidarity. The article is provocative served to focus attention on the proposal to “no confidence.” lateral and personal decision without prior journalism as is to be expected of Politico, in permanently base a U.S. armored division in The problem, however, is not the acts but consultation. As a result, Poles have been laying out the negative case for the policy and Poland, to which the govern- insulted this time by widespread reflects the position of the European Union ment has pledged $2 billion. charges of xenophobia and nativ- (EU). The problem, however, is not the acts but the Polish The initial response has been ism. Of course, no mention is made The struggle between the Civic Platform Constitution, itself. It does not establish clear separation generally open-minded, even of the million Ukrainian refugees party, together with its ally the EU and the positive with respect to aug- of powers with checks and balances, and obliges the who have found a haven in Poland Law and Justice party is essentially a con- menting forces there in prin- courts to act constantly in political decisions making since Russia’s incursion into that tinuation of the long-standing Dmowski-Pil- ciple. However, there have country’s borders. sudski contest. This division stretches back to an independent judiciary realistically impossible. been some valid reservations Finally, there is the political di- 1830 resulting in historical cycles which pit- expressed about its composition. There cur- the Polish Constitution, itself. It does not es- mension underlying the Politico article which ted Realists and Romantics for Poland’s des- rently is no U.S. armored division anywhere tablish clear separation of powers with checks it does not address, but is germane to the tiny. This remains the case today: Civic Plat- in Europe, and indeed it might not be even be and balances, and obliges the courts to act America First policy. It centers on the figure form/Dmowski/Realists vs. Law and Justice/ the best fit. Poland might do well to revise its constantly in political decisions making an in- of Donald Tusk, who is serving his second Pilsudski/Romantics. proposal, perhaps along the following lines: dependent judiciary realistically impossible. and last term as President of the EU which The great historian Norman Davies sur- Repositioning a U.S. Army Aviation Bri- Just imagine, every proposed law, regulation, expires in 2020. Tusk is a young, energetic, prised me, though I am quite sure that he is gade now based in Germany, providing much executive order, the wording of every referen- intelligent man entirely devoted to European not completely comfortable with his finding, needed transport and attack helicopter capa- dum and electoral provision such as district- Union ideals, and a Kashubian Pole. He re- when he wrote in 2001 his verdict, “… his- bilities; ing is subject to being approved by the court, signed the post of Poland’s Prime minister to toric Romanticism has emerged as the domi- Providing the permanent presence of a before it can even be promulgated, and its de- take the EU position, and is indeed the found- nant feature of the modern Polish mind.” That U.S. unit fielding unmanned craft such as the cision is final. Is it any wonder that regardless er of the Civic Platform faction. being the case, the EU needs to come to terms effective Predator drone armed with its preci- of the party in power that the composition of The next Polish presidential election oc- with a country which will not surrender its sion missiles. Both of the above are consid- the Constitutional Court is a paramount politi- curs in 2020, and Parliamentary elections the Polishness for the “lumpen-European” model ered high priorities in Polish military circles; cal target? previous year. Obviously, the Civic Platform that it promises—call it a matter of “creative Expanding the Polish naval base on the The EU knows this well because the Polish party is preparing to make a comeback to re- diversity tolerance.” Baltic to accommodate the operations of a Constitution is almost identical to the French assume power after its drubbing in 2015-16. Even Stalin recognized Polish exception- U.S. Marine Expeditionary Unit similar to Constitution in these respects, and is subject It seems more than plausible that much of the alism with the phrase that Communism in the one now established in Romania on the to and experiences the same political behav- harassment of the Law and Justice (and the Poland is like “fitting a cow with a saddle.” Black Sea. This would cast a deterrent shad- iors, which apparently both the French popu- Polish Romantic movement in general) is part Accordingly, even within the framework of an ow across the path of any incursion launched lace and UE tolerate. To show the political ac- of laying the ground work leading to the re- involuntary association, the Warsaw Pact, al- from the Russian enclave of Kaliningrad, tivism of the French Constitutional Court,160 surgence of a pro-“EU First” Civic Platform lowances were made. By the same token, es- while increasing U.S. presence on the Baltic. verdicts annually is not unusual. party representing the Polish Realist camp led pecially given the voluntary nature of the EU, The Politico article argues that the geo- by Donald Tusk. Tusk is sorely missed. Law cutting Poland some slack would be wise. The strategic deterrence should be provided by THERE SEEMS NO POSITIVE way out of and Justice increased its margin in the recent cow is not going to leave the farm, ala Brexit. Europe through NATO, as does Macron and this dilemma. However, take the landmark provincial elections. Let it roam around a little more freely within Merkel. History shows that Europe has al- principle established by the U.S. Supreme In a way, this means pitting the two Don- its confines. As a child I asked my Mother ways failed to do so. Further, NATO is under- Court in 1803. It made a distinction between alds in 2020—Tusk vs. Trump, and Poland is about Polish. She answered in one word — funded, lacks combat power and its dilatory laws affecting the Nation and those affecting on center stage which, after all, geostrategy “stubborn.” record in the Balkan-Kosovo conflict does not the rights of the Individual. It ruled that the dictates. More to come. inspire confidence. former was the product of the “inherent dis- v v v THE ISSUE OF “FORT TRUMP“ is above all The Politico piece also makes much of the cretionary powers of the Executive” and are Thomas Czerwinski is a retired Professor a matter of geostrategy which can be summed so-called Polish Constitutional Crisis in in- generally not justiciable. Accordingly, it de- of Information Warfare and Strategy at the up as follows: cendiary terms which demand a rebuttal. The cided that the protection of individual rights Pentagon’s National Defense University in • Poland is “the true keystone to the arch” on EU is suing Poland with the prospect of taking was the primary role of constitutional courts. Washington, D.C. In addition to books and which “the security of Europe rested.” (Na- retaliatory measures. The charge is that the It has adhered to this principle, with some no- articles, he has lectured at Tufts, Georgetown, poleon Bonaparte). prerequisite for EU membership which stipu- table exceptions, ever since. West Point, and the Army and Navy War Col- • Poland’s role is to be a “barrier to Rus- lates “stability of institutions guaranteeing de- If the Polish political camp could agree to leges, among others. 4 www.polamjournal.com POLISH AMERICAN JOURNAL • JANUARY 2019 Scholarship Embassy Celebrates Independence Centennial continued from cover nancial, political, social and indus- POREMSKI RICHARD PHOTO: try peer pressures. To that end, ap- by Richard Poremski demic merit with an apprecia- plicants are being asked to provide tion for issues that affect Pol- analytical responses to one of three WASHINGTON, D.C. – It was a ish Americans, ACPC said. hypothetical scenarios that might genuine Sto Lat! – 100 Years! for the The Władysław Zachariasie- be faced in the process of gathering nation of Poland when it celebrated wicz Memorial Journalism schol- and evaluating news. Poland’s Centennial of regaining arship committee is composed of: To download an application form independence. Subsequently, the Mark G. Dillon, committee chair; and informational flyer, go to schol- Embassy of the Republic of Poland Minnesota bureau chief and colum- arships at ACPC’s website: www. conducted a massive celebration nist for the Polish American Journal polishcultureacpc.org. here on November 13, 2018 to com- newspaper and a 1986 graduate of The American Council for Polish memorate the 100 years of regained Northwestern University’s Medill Culture, Inc. is a national non-profit, independence. Graduate School of Journalism; charitable, cultural and educational Such a momentous occasion Robert Synakowski ACPC first vice organization that promotes Polish called for an equally momentous president, president of Syracuse culture, heritage and history, and in- celebration, and Ambassador Pi- Polish Community, Inc. and a teach- tercultural understanding. It serves otr Wilczek rose to the occasion er of English as a second language as a network and body of national with over 800 invited guests in at- in the Syracuse City School District; leadership among affiliated Polish tendance for the ceremonies and and Mary Ellen Tyszka past presi- American organizations throughout reception. Located just north of dent of both ACPC and the Friends the United States. the Lincoln Memorial, the United of Polish Art and former executive Founded in 1948, the Council States Institute of Peace building — Military Attache Colonel Michal Sprengel, Polish Senator Anna Maria vice president of the Polish Ameri- currently represents the interests of illuminated in red and white for the Anders, and Ambassador Piotr Wilczek welcoming the renowned Ojczyzna can Congress, Michigan Division. some 21 organizations in 15 states occasion — proved the ideal venue. Polish Dancers from Baltimore, Maryland to the ceremonies and gala ACPC hopes applicants will be and the District of Columbia. In- Ambassador Wilczek greeted reception at the United States Institute of Peace in Washington, D.C. everyone, and in his welcoming ad- inspired to follow in the footsteps of corporated in Illinois, the Council representing the U.S. Department of across all of western Europe. He famous journalists who maintained holds tax-exempt status with the In- dress emphasized the excellent rela- tions between Poland and the United State. Both Minister Blaszczak and said that, in 1989, Poles triumphed a strong ethical commitment, sense ternal Revenue Service as a 501(c) Senator Anders reinforced and am- again when they overthrew the com- of objectivity and fairness amid fi- (3) charitable and educational entity. States. He highlighted his remarks by saying: “History has shown that plified the ambassador’s remarks. munist government imposed upon we are stronger together than sepa- They also spoke about the many Poland since 1945 at the end of Piast Institute rate, that when we act in solidarity onerous hardships — and eventual World War II. continued from cover munity at national and local levels. the world listens. And as new times triumphs — of Poland over the past Other celebrants included the In addition, she was awarded the bring new challenges the strong and 100 years, and the utter horror, cou- Washington diplomatic corps with In addition to the Piast Institute, Michigan Nonprofit Organization of enduring Polish American alliance pled with massive devastation, that its military attaches, representatives Skrzyniarz has also been involved the Year by the Detroit City Council will respond with effective and in- the nation endured during World of the U.S. administration and armed with other boards and organiza- and the American Public Health As- novative solutions.” Wilczek also War II (1939-1945), and the 44 forces, university students, Polish tions that include: Hamtramck Drug sociation of Black Caucus of Health bespoke of the great strides Poland years of imposed harsh communist news media, guests from prestigious Free Community Coalition, Detroit Workers. had made in the recent decades: rule that followed it. think tanks and cultural institutions, Agency on Aging Advisory Board, The Piast Institute is a national Poland is now a fully participating “The United States was the first nationwide Polonia leaders and Drug Free Communities (DFC), research center devoted to Polish member of many international orga- country to recognize Poland’s inde- honorary consuls. Embassy Chef Past Chair of Hamtramck Feder- and Polish American affairs. It is nizations such as NATO, the United pendence in 1918,” said Secretary Jan Gorszczyk-Kecik organized an ally Qualified Health Clinic Board, one of fifty-two United States Cen- Nations, and European Union. Po- Mitchell, “in a way, repaying the excellent buffet enjoyed by all. A Census Complete Count Committee sus Bureau Information Centers land’s economy is robust and grow- heroism of Generals Kazimierz Pu- professionally operated compact 2020, Census Hamtramck Complete (CIC) and one of two in the state ing at a steady rate … there is much laski and Tadeusz Kosciuszko, who photo studio allowed everyone to Count 2010 Committee. of Michigan. The Piast Institute is to celebrate on this centennial of had supported America in her own carry home a unique centennial sou- Prior to co-founding the Piast In- also certified by the Department Poland. fight for independence.” venir post card. Many participants stitute, Skrzyniarz was the chief of of Homeland Security as an Immi- The evening’s speakers included He also emphasized that in 1921, chose to be photographed with staff at St. Mary’s College, as well grant Assistance site to help with Poland’s Minister of National De- two years after Poland’s regained members of the Ojczyzna Polish as the executive director of Hope visa, documentation and status is- fense Mariusz Blaszczak, Polish independence, Poland halted the Dancers attired in their colorful and Network in Southeast Michigan. sues. The Institute’s mission and Senator Anna Maria Anders – Pleni- (westward) spread of Bolshevism authentic folk costumes. Pianist ex- Skrzyniarz is the recipient of programming also aims to celebrate potentiary of the Prime Minister for on the Warsaw banks of the Vistula traordinaire Brian Ganz entertained a number of awards including the Polish contributions to American as International Dialogue, and Assis- River during the Polish-Soviet War. with the presentation of celebrated Cavalier’s Cross, Order of Merit well as world culture, and to address tant Secretary of State for European A Russian victory would have re- compositions by Fryderyk Chopin. from the Republic of Poland for her and counter inaccurate or defamato- and Eurasian Affairs Wess Mitchell, sulted in the spread of communism many years of work dedicated to ry information about Poland, Poles, the promotion of Polish Culture and or Polish Americans and has been Letter. Government says incident will not change relations service to the Polish American com- doing so for fifteen years. continued from cover signal a deterioration of relations In December 2017 the Polish with Washington and noted criti- government was caught aback by TVN, a Polish broadcaster owned cally that the “anti-American hys- the strength of the American re- SUPPORT THE PAJ PRESS FUND by the U.S. company Discovery. teria” was being unleashed amid sponse after Poland’s broadcast- The station is seen in Poland as new Russian aggression against ing regulator, which is controlled n 1978, a voluntary fund-raising campaign was launched by a group representing a liberal viewpoint Ukraine. He said that, while as- by Law and Justice, issued a fine of loyal readers of the Polish American Journal entitled “We Love the critical of the conservative govern- pects of the letter were unfortunate, against TVN for its coverage of PAJ Press Fund” in order to help cover rising postage, material ment. the Polish government has shown anti-government protests in 2016 and production costs. TVN broadcast undercover signs that that it would restrict me- on the basis of a report that seem- IDonations to the PAJ Press Fund are also used to support our reader dia freedom if it could. footage in January 2018 that ingly implied that the broadcaster services (postage, telephone, research, etc.), provide newsclippers with showed members of a Polish neo- “And — if in the name of free- was being punished for failing to stamps and envelopes, and cover extraordinary expenses in producing Nazi group celebrating Adolf Hit- dom of speech — the American explicitly condemn the demonstra- the paper, most recently, replacing a computer workstation. The Pol- ambassador writes that politicians ler’s birthday. Recently authorities tions. ish American Journal is not a profit-making venture. Thanks to its said they wanted to prosecute the shouldn’t attack media, one could TVN, bought for $2 billion by dedicated staff, the PAJ is pub­lished as a “public service” for American undercover reporter on suspicions spitefully say that an identical letter the U.S. company Scripps Net- Polonia. of propagating fascism, a move de- should be sent to President Donald Donations to the PAJ Press Fund will be acknowledged in the paper nounced by some as absurd and an Trump,” Szuldrzynski wrote. works Interactive, was the largest unless otherwise directed by the contributor. attempt to harass the station. The A spokeswoman for the Polish U.S. investment ever in Poland. plan was dropped. government later said in a state- Scripps has since been bought by A sincere “THANK YOU” for your donation to the PAJ PRESS FUND: “I hope that members of your ment that Warsaw and Washington Discovery, Inc., based in Silver Mrs. James Case, Las Vegas, Nev.; Larry Lisiecki, Cheektowaga, government will refrain from at- enjoy “very good relations and one Spring, Maryland. N.Y.; Constance Lauerman, Chicago; Phillis Luzinski, Salem, Mass.; tacking, let alone prosecuting, in- incident will not change that.” Marcin Makowski, a reporter Stanley Muzyk, Derby, Conn.; John Niziol, M.D., Clifton, N.J.; Joseph dependent journalists, who articu- This is the second time in less for the conservative weekly Do Osowski, Atco, N.J.; Dennis Piotrowski, Torrance, Calif.; John Stanek, late public interests and strengthen than a year that the American and Rzeczy and the Wirtualna Polska Minneapolis, Minn.; Irene Wodkiewicz-Wheat, Clark, N.J.; Regina our societies,” she wrote in the let- Polish authorities have clashed portal, said there was a belief in Wnukowski, Philadelphia; Richard C. Zagrocki, Fort Worth, Texas; ter. over TVN, Poland’s leading pri- Polish ruling circles that Mosbach- Cynthia Zawatski, Ashland, Ore.; Edward Zoladz, Pittsfield, Mass.; and Michal Szuldrzynski, a com- vate broadcaster, which is owned er “doesn’t really support a free two Friends of the PAJ. Dziękujemy wam wszystkim! The PAJ thanks all mentator at the Rzeczpospolita by the Tennessee-based Scripps media” but was backing a U.S.- who donated. newspaper, said the incident could Networks Interactive. based business. MAIL TO: PAJ PRESS FUND POLISH AMERICAN JOURNAL UN Climate Conference achieves consensus, adopts “Katowice Rulebook” P.O. BOX 271, NORTH BOSTON, NY 14110-0271 KATOWICE, Poland — Nearly tion. It included substantial fund- ers including China, Russia, and the I want to make sure the POLISH AMERICAN JOURNAL continues its 200 countries finally signed a joint ing for Third World countries that United States, which initially had service to American Polonia. Enclosed is my contribution of $______commitment to contain global cannot afford costly pro-ecological refused to go along. warming at no more than 2°C and measures. The Katowice Rulebook, ad- NAME prevent a global catastrophe before Differences concerned not only opted at the conference, has laid it’s too late. richer and poorer nations but also out a single system for countries to ADDRESS The two-week United Nations those heavily reliant on coal such make emissions cuts under national Climate Conference held in the as Poland as opposed to those with climate plans and shows how those CITY, STATE, ZIP southern Polish industrial city of sufficient non-polluting energy plans can be regularly monitored, Please [ ] include [ ] do not include my name in your list of contributors. Katowice went into overtime to sources. The defalcation was also reported and progressively ramped hammer out a compromise declara- signed by the world’s major pollut- up. POLISH AMERICAN JOURNAL • JANUARY 2019 www.polamjournal.com 5 Courage, Culture and Arts Camp, Kosciuszko Style Books in Brief 100 Essential Polish Artists and Writers by Mary E. Lanham ry. View with a Grain of Sand, pub- lished in 1996, came out only a few THE MAGNIFICENT 100 weeks before she was recognized by Jaroslaw K. Radomski for her critically-acclaimed works Jaroslaw K. Radomski with the Nobel Prize in Literature. 2018, 194 pgs. The painter Anna Rajecka was Together in one volume are over born in the 1760s, one of the earli- 100 Polish artists and writers that est figure to be featured in the book. Jaroslaw K. Radomski has chosen King Poniatowski took an inter- to feature in his work, The Magnifi- est in Anna and cent 100. His succinct biographies her brother and include writer Henryk Sienkiewicz, funded both of Nobel Prize winning poet Wislawa their educations. Szymborska, and painter Anna Ra- Rajecka even jecka. Radomski not only delves learned draw- The combined Polish and American staff of the 2017 TEIP Arts Enriched Language Camp in Nadwarciański Gród. into history to find skilled individu- ing and painting als, several of the entries are about from the king’s by Tom Rusnak many students have never seen or movie. modern personages. Below are own painters. met until coming to camp, traveled The culminating event of the glimpses of a few of the entries. She later studied painting at a pri- Nie bój się być odważnym. Don’t to Poland and invested their time camp is the Arts Expo on the last Born in 1846, Henryk Sienkie- vate art school in Paris. Among her be afraid to be brave. and resources for the experience day. It is an exhibition of student- wicz was a novelist, journalist, and earlier works were miniature por- These are among the very few of sharing the passion of their art produced visual art and musical and Nobel Prize laureate. In school he traits of Polish aristocracy. Rajecka Polish words I use at the arts-cen- with young Poles. They came from dramatic performances. The results studied law, medicine, philology, lived in France during the French tered English language camps I’ve across the U.S. at a substantial cost. of our efforts are shared with the and history, but ended up not earn- Revolution and the Napoleonic been leading in Poland for the last While most have Polish roots, many parents and friends of the campers ing any degree. Working as a jour- Wars. Sadly, in the later years of her few years. Don’t be afraid to be do not. However, it doesn’t take just before they all depart for home. nalist, he wrote several short sto- life she became blind. Her legacy brave. I actually say that to the chil- long for a non-Pole to be enamored Our Polish hosts also provide the ries. In 1872 he published his novel lives on in her paintings which are dren of a culture that has endured by this beautiful country and its hos- American staff with a short tour af- Na Marne. Later he traveled to the now in museums and private collec- some of the greatest hardships of pitable people. ter the camp. The tours visit several United States, where he stayed for tions in both her native Poland and the last few centuries, as a means of the regional gems of the country, two years. After his trip to America, her adopted home of France. to motivate them to engage in hon- “Our goal is to help our sites which have included: War- he visited Venice and Rome which Radomski’s The Magnificent 100 ing artistic skills, learning cultural campers speak, think, saw, Krakow, Czestochowa, Torun, was the setting of his most famous is a reference book that is essential concepts, and participating in physi- and react in English.” Gdansk and Zakopane. These activ- novel, Quo Vadis. Sienkiewicz to any personal library with a Polish cal activities while in a non-native ities offer wonderful incentives for moved to Switzerland after the start focus. tongue. There is also an important con- our staff to incur the cost of travel- of World War I. He died in 1916, but v v v Our Arts Enriched English Lan- tribution made by our Polish hosts ing and donating their talent to the his works still live on in numerous Born in Warsaw, Poland, Radom- guage camp is conducted under the and counterparts. They provide ac- TEIP program. It’s a fine definition translations and movie and TV ad- ski moved to the United States after auspices of the Kosciuszko Founda- commodations and activity sup- of the win-win situation. aptations. earning degrees in Polish philology tion’s “Teaching English in Poland” port for the length of the camp. We On a personal note, being the Originally from the region that as well as a Ph.D. specializing in the program. Polish students with three count on their expertise to supervise grandson of subjects of a Kaiser, is now part of the city of Kornik, theory of persuasion. He has written to five years of English studies in and bridge any language gaps (our Czar and Emperor who nevertheless Wisława Szymborska moved with hundreds of articles, more than 150 Polish schools are immersed in a Americans are usually not fluent in considered themselves to be Poles her family to Krakow in 1929. of which have been published in the two-week summer camp with an Polish) that might slow the pace of before anything else, I will be forev- Writing poems from an early age, Am-Pol Eagle, a weekly newspaper American staff of teachers, teaching camp activities. They are invaluable er grateful to the Kosciuszko Foun- it seemed Szymborska’s path was based in Buffalo, NY. He is also the assistants and Polish supervisors. colleagues and many have become dation and its visionaries for making clear; not even the German occupa- author of The Diary of the Jour- American English is the operative personal friends. these journeys to the Motherland tion could stop her. She attended un- ney to the Amazon Region. Fluent language. Our goal is to help our It’s the arts component, in my possible. I will be returning for my derground high school classes and in four languages, Radomski also campers speak, think, and react in view, that requires a large measure fifteenth TEIP camp this summer. continued to write. During her life, enjoys sailing and is a professional English. As ours is an arts camp, of courage. Art defines culture. It is The cultural exchange provides she published several books of poet- photographer. we use English as a communication also very manipulative. Artists are enough exposure to Polish culture to tool to teach music, drama, visual the optometrists to the world. They give our American volunteers more PCCGH Debuts Cookbook art and movement. In other words, add perspective to things often hid- than just camp memories to take we don’t teach English, we teach IN den in plain sight. They can enrage back with them. HARTFORD, Conn. — Do you “ F a v o r i t e English. We treat art as the univer- as well as calm. That makes artistic More information on the Kos- reminisce about the wonderful Pol- Recipes” can be sal language it is. We count on the literacy vital to anyone wishing to ciuszko Foundation’s “Teaching ish dishes of your childhood? The purchased for camper’s passion for the art to drive navigate through all that culture has English in Poland” program can be colorful and beautifully rendered $16.00 each, or their desire to communicate in Eng- to offer. What our American teach- found on the summer programs link cover of “Favorite Recipes,” de- 2 for $30.00, lish. And it works. They seem more ers do is expose our campers to of their website: www.thekf.org. signed by artist, Ursula Brodow- plus $4.00 per willing to traffic in the language visual art, music, drama and move- icz, offers a tantalizing prelude to a book for ship- when they truly have something to ment. Then we have them synthe- Tom Rusnak has been to Poland collection of 300 recipes shared by ping and han- say. size their art. We have them draw, fourteen times with the Kosciuszko members and friends of the Polish dling. The TEIP program was instituted paint or sculpt, play instruments Foundation’s “Teaching English in Cultural Club of Greater Hartford, To order, 28 years ago in the early 1990s not or sing, act from scripts or impro- Poland” program and is the Ameri- Inc. send a check or mney order made long after the fall of Communism. vise, and dance. And it’s all done in can staff leader of their Arts En- Newly published, the book fea- payable to the Polish Cultural Club The need for English literacy was American English. riched English Language Camp. He tures time-honored Polish recipes, of Greater Hartford, Inc., as well pronounced when Poland shed her Classes that concentrate on the is a member of the Chicago chapter as well as those for the American as your name, address, phone, and dependence on all things Russian arts give way to after lunch activi- of the Kosciuszko Foundation and kitchen, in categories from appetiz- e-mail to: P.O. Box 380699, East and moved to reconnect with the ties run by our teaching assistants. the Council of Educators on Polo- ers to desserts. Also included are Hartford, CT 06138-0699. West. It is a partnership she his- Volleyball, flag football, baseball nia He also serves on the technical Polish Easter and Christmas Eve Your book(s) will be mailed to torically longed to restore for many and soccer rule the afternoon along staff for The Lira Ensemble, is a re- customs, along with traditional reci- you promptly. centuries. with games, dance lessons, arts & tired Fine Arts theatre teacher and pes. All cooks and bakers will also For information, call (860) These aliens, Americans whom crafts, hiking and an occasional continues to stage direct and design appreciate the 16 pages of helpful 659.0356 or visit the Club’s website in Chicagoland area theatres. cooking and baking tips. www.polishculturalclub.org.

Kosciuszko Foundation Accepting Scholarship Applications NEW YORK — The Kosciuszko Alliance of Brooklyn, USA, mission to college or graduate study Foundation, an American Center for Group #1903; programs. Polish Culture, is accepting scholar- • undergraduate studies in Nursing, The deadline for applications ship applications for next academic Teaching and Business for resi- and supporting materials is January year (Fall 2019/Spring 2020). dents of New Jersey; 28, 2019. Details may be found at: Among the scholarships avail- • undergraduate students who show https://www.thekf.org/kf/scholar- able to Americans of Polish descent exceptional promise in the Natu- ships/tuition/ are scholarships for: ral Sciences (min. GPA 3.5); Kosciuszko Foundation’s Tuition • graduate level studies (Masters Scholarships will be awarded for Scholarships are awarded to Ameri- and Ph.D. studies in any major); full time studies towards academic can students of Polish descent for • a female resident of Massachu- year Fall 2018-Spring 2019. Quali- studies in the United States and for setts towards her studies in medi- fied applicants are required to com- studies at English Schools of Medi- cine; plete an on-line application form, cine in Poland. • undergraduate studies for resi- and submit a financial information The Kosciuszko Foundation is a dents of Massachusetts; form, an essay, transcripts (3 years), not for profit organization engaged • undergraduate studies for mem- two letters of recommendation, in cultural and academic exchanges bers of the Polish American Club proof of Polish ancestry, photo, cur- between the United States and Po- of North Jersey; riculum vitae, $35 application fee land. • members of the Polish National and where applicable, letters of ad- 6 www.polamjournal.com POLISH AMERICAN JOURNAL • JANUARY 2019

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Officer Joins UNESCO adds Poland’s Kraków Orchard Lake Schools crèche to world cultural treasures Martin Luther Reconsidered ORCHARD LAKE, Mich.— Or- UNESCO, the by Benjamin Fiore, S.J. in a fair way.” event the day before Thanksgiving. where he supervised the construc- chard Lake Schools has announced United Nations’ agency special- Bishop Stika Undergoes Heart Msgr. Bartylla lauded the bishop’s tion of 10 rural schools. In Guate- that Christopher Czarnik will be izing in cultural affairs, has added A new documentary film on the Surgery accomplishments in strengthening mala he taught at a secondary school joining its campus community as the traditional Polish Nativity Scene reformation leader martin Luther Knoxville, Tenn.’s bishop Stika the faith of the people of the dio- and center of studies for young in- new chief development officer. “We (szopki krakowskie) to its list of has been created in Poland by Grze- underwent multiple bypass surgery cese and attracting good numbers digenous Mayans from rural areas. wish to share the joy of welcoming international cultural treasures. gorz Braun, son of Prof. Kazimierz in 2004 and recovered in 2009 from of seminarians to the diocesan semi- His killing was one of a string of Chris to the OLS family, and ask The shimmering Christmas cribs, Braun, a noted professor at the Uni- a mild heart attack. His doctors plan nary. assassinations of priests and reli- for God’s blessing upon him and which resemble elegant Old World versity of Buffalo and a producer of surgery again to insert a stent to re- gious and Miller himself knew of his service,” said Reverend Canon cathedrals and castes more than several of his own plays both in the solve a recurrence of the problem. FREE TAXI RIDES IN WARSAW. the danger to him when he said in a Mirosław K. Król, Chancellor. the lowly stable of Bethlehem, United States and in Poland. On the He asks for prayers for a successful Farley Freedman, Asher Moses letter home, “I am personally weary Most recently, Czarnik was di- have been produced in the historic 500th anniversary of the Protestant procedure. and Howard Kott, three Jewish of violence, but I continue to feel a rector of major gifts at Detroit Pub- southern Polish city of Kraków for Reformation, the Polish filmmaker taxi drivers in London, have donat- strong commitment to the suffering lic Television (WTVS), the view- generations. They draw on the local has presented a version of Luther’s ABUSE CLAIM MADE AGAINST ed their cabs for use in chauffeur- poor of Central America…I pray er-supported PBS member station architectural treasures including St story that does not follow the be- LATE MSGR. JANKOWSKI. An ing Poles who risked their lives to to God for the grace and strength serving the 11th largest market in Mary’s Church (Kościół Mariacki) nign and favorable perspective of opposition lawmaker in Poland is save jews from the Holocaust. The to serve Him faithfully among the the United States. As a key member for inspiration. Each year in early other recent treatments. Rather, the demanding that a monument to a idea came from a chance encounter poor and oppressed in Guatemala. of the network’s leadership team, December, a crib-building contest filmmaker focuses in his filmLuther prominent priest of the Solidarity of Freedman with Jonny Daniels, I place my life in His providence. he was instrumental in implement- is held in Kraków. They range in and the Protestant Revolution on the pro-democracy movement be pulled founder of the Poland-based Holo- I place my trust in Him.” After his ing fundraising strategies to help height from several inches to 15 negative effects of protracted “Prot- down following allegations that he caust commemoration organization death, his body was brought back maintain the arts, culture, news and feet. estant revolutions” and “echoes of sexually abused minors. From the Depths. The taxis were to Wisconsin and was buried in Sa- educational programming, all hall- events half a thousand years old, the The monument to the late Msgr. donated by the drivers and Edward cred Heart parish in Polonia, Wisc. marks of PBS. devastating effects of the ‘shock- Henryk Jankowski stands in Gdan- Mosberg, a Poland-born Holocaust His beatification, approved by Pope Prior to joining public television, wave’ of Protestantism in the hor- sk in front of St. Brygida’s church, survivor in New Jersey, helped fund Francis for being killed “in hatred of Czarnik was director of advance- rors and absurdities of the 20th/21st where he was the rector. the project. Mosberg declared, “It is the faith,” will take place in 2019. ment at De La Salle Collegiate High centuries.” The film premiered in Jankowski rose to prominence imperative for us to do all we can to At the same meeting, when the School in Warren, Mich. He served Warsaw’s Palace of Culture and Sci- in the 1980s through his support for be of assistance and help to the liv- pope announced Miller’s beatifica- on the leadership team, formulating ence in its original Polish version. Solidarity and its leader Lech Wale- ing Righteous, these people are true tion, he also confirmed the heroic and implementing strategies to ad- An English language version will sa in their struggle against Poland’s heroes.” Elderly now, and surviving virtue of Servant of God Michael dress the school’s operational bud- become available in Blu Ray and communist authorities. on meager state pensions, the righ- Giedrojć and approved his beati- get and vision for the future. He was DVD. Interviews with 15 experts in Allegations against Jankowski teous cannot afford to travel through fication. Giedrojć, a brother of the responsible for several key program academic fields from seven coun- were published in the Duzy Format the sprawling metropolis of War- Order of St. Augustine, was born areas, including major, annual and tries, including the U.S., and foot- weekly. Lawmaker Joanna Scheur- saw. Freedman noted, “These peo- in Lithuania in 1420 and died in planned giving, alumni relations age from historical sites associated ing-Wielgus petitioned the Gdansk ple were so good for us and this is us Kraków in 1485. Without the typi- and communications. with early Protestantism make up mayor to remove the monument. trying to be good for them. A lot of cal investigation and miracle, he Previously, as the former di- the film. A surprising revelation is Walesa said he was not aware of them are elderly now and struggle to was declared “blessed” due to long- rector of athletic development at the influence of Luther’s ideas and any misconduct by Jankowski. He get around, so we hope it helps.” standing recognition of his holiness the University of Detroit Mercy practices on later historical figures said it was too bad the allegations and virtue in the place where he (UDM), Czarnik focused efforts on such as Bismarck, Hitler, and Ho- surfaced when the priest, who died NEW AMERICAN BLESSED IN- lived. departmental fundraising, including necker, all of whom, according to in 2010, could not defend himself. TERRED IN POLONIA. Br. James a multi-million-dollar capital im- Braun, drew from Luther’s rebellion Alfred Miller, a religious brother of HONEY BEES RELOCATED provement campaign. His respon- from and hostility to the Catholic BISHOP OF MADISON, WISC. the Institute of the Brothers of Chris- FROM CHURCH TO BEE HIVES. sibilities also included donor culti- Church. Swedish Lutheran critics of LAID TO REST. Msgr. James Bar- tian Schools, was serving in Guate- Fr. 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Happenings: Chicago Style Celebrating Chicago Philharmonic Festival: Poland 2018 by Geraldine Balut Coleman Polonian community and Ameri- can music connoisseurs. This year, CHICAGO - The week of No- many musicians, representing vari- vember 7-11 was filled with memo- ous jazz styles performed on two rable music in Chicago. The Con- stages at the Chopin Theatre which sulate General of Poland in Chicago radiated with the sounds of trum- along with the Chicago Philharmon- pets and saxophones, the pounding ic Society invited all of Polonia and of drums, and the strumming of music lovers interested in Polish strings. This musical feast was not music to attend events at various lo- meant only for jazz fans, but for all cations throughout the Chicago area music enthusiasts. and enjoy Chicago Philharmonic The festival was filled with many Festival: Poland 2018. The events popular entertainers such as Jack were organized to celebrate the 100- Mroczek and Lemon Blues; Marbin year anniversary of the recovery of Jazz Group; Kaeyra, singer and song- the independence of Poland. writer of mood pop; Caroline Baran, The festival began on No- jazz vocalist; Grażyna Auguścik, vember 7 with Poland’s Silesian world-renowned jazz vocalist; the Quartet performing at Chicago’s Map Trio of Adam Czerwiński, Fourth Presbyterian Church. The Piotr Lemańczyk, and Marcin program included Szymanowski’s Wądołowskiego; Billy Neal, blues String Quartet No. 2, Opus 56; vocalist from Australia; Lilianna Bacewicz’s String Quartet No. 4; Zofia Wośko, jazz cellist; drummer Górecki’s String Quartet No. 1, Daniel Villarreal-Carrillo; the Pas- Opus 62 (“Already it is dusk”); and cal Pahl Collective, multi-faceted Penderecki’s String Quartet No. 3 instrumental group; Tad “TeeMac” (“Leaves of an Unwritten Diary”). Janik and Pamela Fernandez; and PHOTO: GERALDINE BALUT COLEMAN On Thursday, November 8, the Concert For Peace at St. Hyacinth. Akwareal, featuring Sergiusz festivities moved to Chicago’s St. PHOTO: ARTUR PARTYKA PHOTO: GERALDINE BALUT COLEMAN John Cantius Church, where world- renowned organist Andrzej Białko performed a program that includ- ed Liszt’s Prelude and Fugue on B.A.C.H.; an anonymous compo- sition from the Tablature of Jan of Lublin’s Salve Regina; Surzyński’s Elegy in F Sharp Minor, Opus 30; Willan’s Five Preludes on Plain- chant Melodies; Nowowiejski’s Polish Phantasy, “Christmas Eve on Wawel Hill” No. 1,Opus 9; Łukaszewski’s Icon; and Eben’s “God’s Reward” from Job. On November 9, jazz enthusi- asts had the pleasure of hearing Piotr Orzechowski, jazz pianist, perform his 24 Preludes and Im- provisations at The Polish Muse- um in America. On November 10, the celebra- l. to r. : Piotr Semeniuk, Vivian Walkosz, Gloria J. Gibson, and Lidia Filuś. Rachelski and Dorula. tion of Poland continued at the Co- pernicus Center with the Chicago the Polonian community and to Zgrzębski, TV anchor for Chicago’s Philharmonic Orchestra featuring NEIU, to celebrate Polish culture, Polvision. pianist Luke Krupiński perform- and to commemorate the 100th an- During a brief intermission, ing Paderewski’s Piano Concerto niversary of Poland’s independence. Chopin Theatre owners, Zyg- in A Minor, Opus 17; Chopin’s An- Guests were welcomed by Profes- munt Dyrkacz and Lela Headd dante spianato et grande polonaise sor Lidia Filuś, chair of the Math- Dyrkacz, appeared on stage to re- brillante; Szymanowski’s Concert ematics Department of NEIU and mind the audience of the theatre’s Overture in E Major, Opus 12; and president of CEP. Gloria J. Gibson, 100th anniversary. Lela gave a short Panufnik’s Tragic Overture. president, Northeastern Illinois Uni- presentation of the Chopin’s history The November 11 finale of this versity, and Piotr Semeniuk, vice- using historic photos. celebration week, was the Concert consul of the Consulate General of For Peace held at St. Hyacinth Ba- the Republic of Poland in Chicago POLISH ARTS CLUB CHRISTMAS silica. Over 1,000 worshippers and followed with welcoming remarks. EVENT. Sixty-five guests attended music devotees attended the com- Musical entertainment was pro- the Polish Arts Club of Chicago’s bination mass and concert in which vided by the students of Music (PACC) annual Christmas Lun- the Chicago Philharmonic Orches- Academy of Paderewski Symphony cheon on December 2 at the Park tra under the direction of Marek Orchestra (PaSO) directed by Bar- Ridge Country Club in Park Ridge, Moś, along with the Paderewski bara Bilszta, general director of Illinois. Symphony Chorus, soprano Natalia PaSO and Wojciech Niewrzol, mu- The afternoon began with PACC Rubiś, mezzo-soprano Katarzyna sic director of PaSO. President A. Happy Oerke wel- Sądej, tenor Jesse Donner, bass Kurt The awards ceremony was led by coming all and giving a condensed Czesława Kolak, Polish language Link, and organist Andrzej Białko, PHOTO: COURTESY OF PETER SEROCKI PACC annual report. Following the Grażyna Auguścik performed the world premiere of lecturer at NEIU and vice president sharing of opłatek and the luncheon, of CEP. Krzysztof Penderecki ‘s Fanfare Year Award presented to Barbara 20TH ALL SOULS JAZZ FESTI- Lucyna Migala, musical director This year’s Polish American and Wojciech Kilar’s Missa Pro Bilszta, founder and director of the VAL. This year’s 20th anniversary of the Lira Ensemble, introduced Heritage Awards included the Spe- Pace. Paderewski Symphony Orchestra of of the All Souls Jazz Festival (Za- the afternoon entertainment and cial Award given to Denise Cloonan Chicago. duszki Jazzowe) took place once described each Christmas song that Cortez de Andersen, Ph.D., Audrey CEP HONORED INDIVIDU- This event also included the again at the Polish Triangle’s famed was about to be performed. Katar- Reynolds distinguished professor ALS AND AWARDED SCHOL- awarding of scholarships to three Chopin Theatre on November 5 zyna Dorula, soprano from the Lira of Spanish and chair of the NEIU ARHISPS. The Council of Educa- outstanding student essayists. from 7:00 p.m. until sunrise of the Ensemble, performed carols in Pol- Department of World Languages & tors in Polonia (CEP) held its 21st Weronika Niedzielski, Michal following morning. ish and English accompanied by Cultures; the Community Service annual Polish American Heritage Gajda, and Maciej Titus Duch- This festival mirrors the an- Marek Rachelski, musical director Award given to Alicja Otap, editor- Awards celebration at Northeast- nowski received scholarships from nual jazz festival that has unfolded of St. John Brebeuf and conductor in-chief, Polish Daily News (Dzien- ern Illinois University (NEIU) on various donors. over 60 years in historic Krakow. of the Niles Metropolitan Chorus nik Związkowy); the Distinguished November 14. Approximately 200 As is always part of Polish hospi- Over the past 20 years, Chicago’s and the Musica Lumina Orchestra. Emerita Award given to Vivian A. guests filled the university’s Alumni tality, guests were invited to partake All Souls Festival, Krakow’s jazz The entertainment was followed Walkosz, Ed.D., NEIU professor Hall to honor individuals who have in Polish delicacies and to enjoy so- counterpart, has grown to become by a holiday raffle. emerita; and the Educator of the made significant contributions to cializing. a popular event among the local 8 www.polamjournal.com POLISH AMERICAN JOURNAL • JANUARY 2019 Minnesota Voice Music and Remembrance: Minnesota Marks Poland’s Centennial by Mark Dillon country and culture that formed him.” Those sentiments were echoed in a letter of MINNEAPOLIS — Among the congratu- gratitude from Stanislaw Karczewski, Speak- latory communications offered to Minnesota’s er of the Senate of the Republic of Poland, to Polish community ahead of a Nov. 10 classi- Minnesota’s Polish community and some 30 cal music concert and gala marking Poland’s groups and individuals statewide who orga- Centennial of Independence was a poignant nized and funded a Saturday afternoon and letter from the Most Rev. Bernard Hebda. evening of musical celebration at the Minne- “While they immigrated while Poland apolis Institute of Art. was still partitioned, traveling with Austrian “I know that some of you think of your- passports, (my maternal grandparents) never selves as Poles living in the U.S. while others doubted for a moment that they were Polish, as Polish Americans. What is common to all and they raised their children and grandchil- of you, though, is something far greater and dren to have love for the traditions and culture more important than semantics: it is the wish that have long distinguished Poland,” Hebda for well-being of an independent Poland.” wrote. Karczewski wrote (in Polish). The Archbishop of the Archdiocese of St. The Nov. 10 lineup of events at the art in- Paul- Minneapolis said his appreciation of stitute included afternoon children’s activi- Poland deepened in the 1980s: ties, dance exhibitions by three Polish folk “Pride in our heritage was not only nur- groups, a “living wax museum” whereby children depicted famous figures in Polish his- A global group of journalism students from the University of Minnesota and visiting editors tory, and films. from the Czech Republic, France, Latin America, and Africa wave Polish flags at a dinner that Students from accompanied Minnesota’s Polish Independence Gala at the Minneapolis Institute of Art. the Adam Mick- ognized Polish pianist and Tulio Rondon, a sus figures show. iewicz Polish celloist. Together they performed four com- The first wave of Poles came to the region Saturday School, positions of Frederic Chopin. Zukiewicz also in the aftermath of attempted revolutions in Minneapolis, and performed Chopin’s Poloniase in A flat Major Central Europe in 1848, several years before Polish Educa- “Heroic,” Op.53 Minnesota was admitted as a state in 1858. tional Solutions Pawel Izdebski, an internationally known Poles established some 40 communities from of Minnesota bass and baritone vocalist who performed Winona to Duluth. A large second wave came participated in Bogurodzica (Mother of God), Hymn do mi- from the Austrian-Hungarian and Russian and helped lead losci Ojczyzny (Hymn to the Lover of the partitions from the 1880s to just before World the program. Motherland), Mazurek 3-go maja (May 3rd War I. In the art insti- Mazurka), Dalej chlopcy, dalej zywpo (Hey A third wave of first generation Polish tute’s rotunda, an A Minneapolis panel exhibition entitled “Fathers of Independence” details Boys, Hurry Up), Polonez Kosciuszki (Kos- immigrants have arrived in Minnesota since exhibit from the the contributions of Pilsudski, Dmowski, Paderewski, Witos, Korfany and ciuszko’s Polonaise), Rota (The Oath), Aria the early 1980s. Also, many third and fourth Instytut Pamieci Daszynski to the formation of the Second Polish Republic in 1918. Skolubyabd and Polesia Czar generation Polish Americans like Hebda with Narodowej w Mirandola Ensemble, a Minnesota choral century-old roots and ties to Polish communi- tured in my hometown of Pittsburgh but also Warszawie included panel displays explain- music ensemble of Mikolaj Zielinski, Henryk ties in the Eastern and Midwestern U.S. now in Rome, where I was privileged to study and ing the contributions of Pilsudski, Dmowski, Gorecki and Joseph Kromolicki make Minnesota home. work for 18 years. Especially in the early Paderewski, Witos, Korfany and Daszynski to In organizing the day’s events, multiple Recalling the military service of the more years of the pontificate of Saint John Paul Polish Independence. groups came together for the first time to than 22,000 Americans (including 336 Min- II, Rome was flooded with Poles passionate The evening’s performing arts theme was form a new statewide Polish umbrella 501(c) nesotans from the Twin Cities) who volun- about freedom and the dignity of each life. I a “Musical Journey to Polish Independence” (3) non-profit called the Poland Independence teered in 1917 as members of the Polish Army was always inspired to see their commitment that included: Celebration Committee (PICC). The group in France during World War I, Polish Senate not only to their faith but also to their coun- A Sonara Ensemble of Marta Troicki also created the PoloniaMinnesota.org and Speaker Karczewski said in his letter that: try. Later, after my ordination, when I had the (bassoon), Madeline Miller (Oboe) and Anas- polandcelebration.org websites. Persons of “you can be proud your ancestors selflessly opportunity to serve Saint John Paul in the tasiya Nyzkodub (clarinet) Polish heritage currently make up the sixth served our Homeland and its local communi- Vatican, I grew in my love for him and for the Adam Zukiewicz, an internationally rec- largest ethnic group in Minnesota, U.S. cen- ties, and rest assured that Poland remembers.” Katowice’s Climate Summit: A Minnesota Perspective by Mark Dillon ning, some 22,000 said Jacob Herbers, a University of Minnesota delegates gathered at researcher at its Humphrey School of Public For Minnesota architect Jesse Turck, the the United Nations- Affairs and head of the Minnesota delegation. Katowice Climate Change Conference was sponsored two week Herbers pointed to the We Are Still In “cli- not only an opportunity to network with glob- “COP24” conference. mate action coalition” U.S. activist group as al building design peers, but a chance to see The stated goal: agree evidence that some state-level public sector his maternal grandfather’s homeland for the on global planning and private sector institutions are still willing first time. and regulatory rules to independently conform to directives voted Raised on a farm on rural Litchfield, Minn., for signatories to the upon in Katowice. the third generation Polish American was part 2015 Paris Climate Target is the largest Minnesota-based com- of a 35-member Minnesota delegation who Agreement to live by. pany to be a party to We Are Still In, and Ka- traveled to one of Silesia’s most industrialized Polish COP24 towice delegate Alissa Mattheis Tamasi was cities in early December. The group also in- conference President sent as the company’s business integration cluded executives from retailers Target Corp. Michael Kurtyka The Katowice climate lead on climate matters. Other U.S. corporate and Best Buy Inc. and a dozen graduate stu- opened the event with change summit was participants and We Are Still In members at dents from the University of Minnesota. a call for inclusive the first visit to Po- Katowice include Walmart, Microsoft and Reached shortly before a flight to Kra- dialogue that recog- land for Jesse Turck, a McDonalds. kow via Frankfurt on Dec. 4, Turck said that, nizes the difficult, third generation Pol- In a video released before the conference, though it was unlikely he would get to see his financially expensive ish American architect Mattheis Tamasi said Target has installed so- family’s ancestral Pomeranian villages near path that consumers from Minnesota. lar panels at 436 locations — mostly stores Kiedrowice in Bytow County, he was none- and aging industrial — with a goal of 500 locations by 2020. She theless looking forward to experiencing Pol- areas are being asked to take to avoid perma- also reiterated the retailer’s goal of reducing ish culture. nent damage to the earth. greenhouse gas emissions from its facilities “It’s real. And it is happening now,” Turck “Be ambitious. But be realistic. Be firm. by 25% from 2015 levels by 2025, first stated The Silesian Insurgents’ Monument in Kato- said of climate change. At the conference, But hold compromise in no less regard. Be in October 2017. wice is a 1967 monument to those who took Truck, Target and Best Buy were also repre- focused. But dare to see and acknowledge “I am most excited to learn from the bright- part in the three Silesian Uprisings of 1919, senting Climate Generation, a Minnesota ac- another’s perspective,” Kurtyka asked del- est and most ambitious leaders in climate,” 1920 and 1921, which aimed to make the re- tivist group founded in 2006 by polar explorer egates on Dec. 3. “Today we see the wave of she said of Katowice in her video. gion of Upper Silesia part of a newly indepen- Will Steger after Steger learned that an Ant- optimism and global cooperation which car- Delegates to the Katowice convention dent Polish state. Designed by sculptor Gus- arctic ice shelf he had traversed in a dog sled ried us to and through Paris – crested, broke have only to look at the history of Silesia fol- taw Zemła and architect Wojciech Zabłock, had melted into the ocean. and now tumbling. The societies of the world lowing the Versailles Peace Conference in the wings symbolize the three uprisings. As an architect at Minneapolis’ BWBR don’t seem to be as global minded as they ap- the aftermath of World War I to see what can Some 2,500 Poles were hanged or shot by fir- firm, Turck focuses on improving buildings peared to be back then. Global cooperation is go wrong when the best and brightest world ing squad by the German military during the to bolster energy efficiency, typically through strained.” leaders decide one thing, and affected peoples first conflict. creative use of materials, site design and im- As Kurtyka delivered his talk, violent riot- think otherwise. To settle the border dispute, the League of proved insulation. Why? Some 75% of global ers in France were protesting a new 12 cent In 1919, negotiators at Versailles, in rec- Nations stepped in 1922 and divided Silesia greenhouse gas emissions come from the per gallon gasoline tax designed to reduce the reating an independent Poland, decided to between Germany and Poland, allowing Ger- “urban built environment,” with 39% from country’s hydrocarbon emissions. On Dec. 5, allow voters to decide if areas surrounding many to purchase coal from the region at a dis- buildings, according to Architecture 2030, an France suspended implementation of the tax Katowice and Upper Silesia should be part of count. Germany stopped buying Polish coal industry website. for six months. Poland or Germany. A long, bitter and violent three years later, and the resulting energy pol- In Katowice, a coal-mining region still For U.S. delegates, the fact that the current debate followed that included a series of three icy debate set off a tariff war in the late 1920s recovering from the environmental effects White House has walked away from the Paris armed uprisings in the then ethnically mixed between Germany and Poland. (Source: The of misguided Communist-era central plan- climate deal is “disappointing” but not fatal, area between 1919 and 1921. Rebirth of Poland by Anna Cienciala). POLISH AMERICAN JOURNAL • JANUARY 2019 www.polamjournal.com 9

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A Polish paced, the novel has been called “Po- 2015 The most complete, objective and $14.95 Swimmer’s land’s Gone with the Wind.” Anna was accurate analysis of the presentation ACTA True Story of the youngest of Polish Americans and their heritage Publications Friendship from AGAINST A daughter of a as viewed on movie theaters and on 2017, p.b., 106 Auschwitz to CRIMSON SKY Polish farmer and very small physically. television screens in American since pp., 5x7 in. America by Book 2 of However, she was always in command 1894. What makes Katrina Shawver Martin’s Poland when she was in the room. This book Prominent author, educator and Slavic, and spe- $19.95 Trilogy describes the tragedies in her early life Polish American activist Joseph W. cifically Polish, Item 2-678 by James and the challenges she overcame to Zurawski identifies and analyzes more spirituality unique and compelling to- Koehler Books, Conroyd Martin make a new life in America. It is differ- than 1300 films shown in the United day? The rich and long Slavic spiritual 2017 / pb., 6 x 0.7 $15.95 ent from many stories of immigrants States that feature or identify a Polish tradition holds that everyday holiness x 9 inches / 324 pp. / $19.95 Item 2-610 because it is told from the perspective American character or reference. Soft thrives on different seasons—through When Katrina Shawver met the St. Martin’s Press of a woman. cover. Published by the Polish Museum Spring, Summer, Autumn, and Winter eighty-five-year-old Henry Zguda, he 369 pp.pb. Map & This book asks questions about her of America. and from consolation to desolation possessed an exceptional memory, wycinanki illust. Reading Group Guide fears when growing up, immigrating and everything in between. Claire An- a surprising cache of original docu- “You don’t have to read Push Not to America, and making her new life. BUSIA: SEASONS ON THE FARM derson, of Polish descent and currently ments and photos, and a knack for the River to get the most from this How did she face these fears? How did WITH MY POLISH GRANDMOTHER the Director of Siena Retreat Center in meeting the right people at the right sequel,” says Su­zanne Strempek Shea. she overcome them? Szabados said by by Leonard Wisconsin, explores this tradition and time. He relates in his own voice a life The award-winning author picks up searching for answers, he found new Kniffel expands it by connecting these sea- as a champion swimmer, interrupted where Push Not the River leaves off, insights about his grandmother. $15.00 sons to the rhythms and practices in by three years imprisoned in Aus- tak ­ing the characters 20 years into the As you read Anna’s story, ask the hc. 59 pp.; 2017, her own Polish cultural tradition and chwitz and Buchenwald. 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Soups, salads, measurements and others. 5” width by 4” tall —$7.95 POLISH AMERICAN JOURNAL • JANUARY 2019 www.polamjournal.com 11 Sports Radwanska Retires from Tennis Of course, JJ Watt is an All-Pro defensive end for the Houston Tex- ans. However, both of JJ’s younger brothers are in the NFL as well. A sixth-round selection by the Char- gers in the 2016 draft, Derek Watt is a fullback for the team. T. J. Watt was drafted by the Steelers in the first round of the 2017 NFL Draft, 30th overall. He starts at outside linebacker for Pittsburgh and has delivered the outside pass rush the Steelers have desperately needed. Their mom, the former Connie Lynn Walczak, is quite accom- plished as well. When JJ launched an on-line effort to raise money for Hurricane Harvey relief she played a central role in the coordination of that effort. Her son’s Justin J. Watt Radwanska was the first Polish woman to reach a Grand Slam final in the Thanks to his dad, the Bruins’ Matt Grzelcyk has skated on NHL ice since Foundation raised and distributed Open era. he was 2. $41.6 million in 12 months. by Tom Tarapacki Polish descent, and the whole team GOOD START. Poland will face was nice and generous when I vis- Austria, Israel, Slovenia, Macedo- Poland’s Agnieszka Radwan- ited and this one guy was speaking nia, and Latvia in Euro 2020. Jerzy ska announced her retirement from Polish (Christian speaks some Pol- Brzęczek, the coach of Poland’s’ na- tennis after a 13-year career. The ish) and I asked him, ‘How many tional soccer squad, expressed satis- 29-year-old, a former Wimbledon guys on the team speak Polish?’ faction after a random drawing held finalist who reached a career-high and he said, ‘four or five,’ and I just in Dublin, Ireland gave Poland a ranking of No. 2, said she is “no smiled. That stood out to me and fairly equalized set of group mates. longer able to train and play the way they quickly felt like a family.” Fans across the country breathed a I used to.” The Salem men’s tennis team has sigh of relief that Poland would not Radwanska, the first Polish a very international flavor, with Pol- have to face soccer giants Germany, woman to reach a Grand Slam fi- ish born players Gregor Lainer, Pa- France, Italy, or England in its group nal in the Open era, won 20 WTA tryk Garwacki, Bartosz Losiak and phase. Fifty-five teams were drawn titles in her career. She played the Andrzej Urjasz. On the women’s into a total of 10 qualifying groups, Wimbledon final in 2012, losing to side there’s Julia Piatek and Karo- Qualifiers will be played between Serena Williams in three sets. Rad- lina Glowinska. March and November 2019, and the wanska also reached the semifinals top two teams from each group will at the All England Club in 2013 and Stoch GRZELCYK STAYS HOME. Defen- Kubica face off. The Euro 2020 tournament ’15, as well as reaching the French pion Kamil Stoch finished second seman Matt Grzelcyk has become crash, Robert Kubica will race will be held from June 12-July 12, Open semifinals in 2014 and ’16. and his teammate Piotr Żyła came an important contributor for the for Williams next season. Kubica’s 2020 in 12 cities around Europe, Currently ranked 75th, she has not third in a World Cup ski jumping Boston Bruins, and no one could be father, Artur, says it is a “miracle” with the final played at London’s won a tournament in two years. competition in Kuusamo, Finland. happier than his father. John Grzel- the Pole is returning to Formula Wembley Stadium. A fan favorite, Aga regularly won Japan’s Ryoyu Kobayashi was cyk Sr. has worked for TD Garden 1 in 2019, and the racer’s surgeon the WTA’s Shot of the Year Award, since 1967, and gets to see his son PERKOSKI’S NOTEBOOK. Polish first. He jumped 138.5 meters, two agrees. cross-country skier Justyna Kow- which is voted on by fans. meters short of Stoch, but he got in action up close. “Seeing him now Kubica made his F1 debut in Chris Oddo wrote in tennisnow. is one of the greatest thrills in my alczyk has won the women’s 10-ki- more points for style and condi- 2006 and claimed a total of 12 podi- lometer classic FIS event in Saa- com: “But more than anything Rad- tions. Żyła jumped 136 meters. Four life,” John said um finishes until 2010. He won the wanska was considered a shotmak- A native of Boston’s Charles- riselkä, Finland ... Walt Dziedzic, other Poles also took part: Jakub Canadian Grand Prix with BMW who played with the Brooklyn er, and one of the best tennis has Wolny was 11th, his highest place town neighborhood, Matt played Sauber in 2008 and then competed ever seen. Dubbed the ‘Ninja,’ the four years at Boston University Dodgers before becoming a cop and ever, Stefan Hula was 20th, Dawid for Renault, taking three podium then serving on the Minneapolis city Krakow native was a magician with Kubacki came 35th and Maciej Kot before being drafted by Boston in spots in his season with the French the racquet and played a creative, the third round (85th overall) of council from 1976 until his retire- was 53rd. manufacturer. ment in 2010, died at 85… Łukasz improvisational brand of tennis that The previous week the Polish the 2012 NHL Entry Draft. The 5-9 In 2011 he was in a near-fatal regularly flummoxed the tour’s big- speedy defenseman made quite an Kwiatkowski, a Polish professional team of Stoch, Żyła, Wolny and crash in a rally car, injuring his arm, track cyclist who represented Po- gest hitters.” Kubacki won the team event in the impression last season, and the Bru- shoulder and leg. He nearly lost his Radwanska has been playing ins then signed the 24-year-old to a land in two Olympic Games (2004 World Cup season opener in Wisła, right arm, and underwent numerous and 2008) died at 36 from leukemia since age four, and said the game southern Poland, finishing ahead of two-year contract through the 2019- surgeries. He returned to Formula has taken a toll on her body. “Taking 20 season. ... Zdzisław Sosnowski, a goal- Germany and Austria. 1 this season as a test and reserve keeper who played for Legia War- into consideration my health and the John Sr. works as part of the “Bull driver for the Williams team. heavy burdens of professional ten- Gang” responsible for the Garden’s saw, died at 94 ... Walt Kowalczyk, LITTLE POLAND IN WEST VIR- “This is one of the most unusu- a Michigan State running back and nis, I have to concede that I’m not GINIA. Christian Rozpedski, an changeover from an ice rink to a al comebacks in the history of the able to push my body to the limits basketball court. He’s joined by son defensive back who in 1957 won outstanding tennis player at Palm sport,” said Poland’s Gazeta Wybor- All-American honors and finished required,” she wrote on her Face- Desert High School in Rancho Mi- John Jr., who was also a top hockey cza. The 33-year-old is the first Pole book account. prospect before injuries shortened third in the Heisman voting as a se- rage Calif., has committed to attend- to compete in Formula 1. nior, died at 83 ... Wayne Krench- Radwanska, who married Dawid ing Salem University, an NCAA Di- his career. Artur Kubica put it this way: Celt in 2017, recently launched Aga Matt Grzelcyk has played for the icki, a major league third baseman vision II school in Salem, W.V. “Today I’m happy that he is where for eight seasons who later was an Tennis Apartments in Krakow. The Christian admitted that going to Bruins since 2016 but, thanks to his he is. I am proud to be his father.” boutique hotel has a tennis theme dad, he has skated on NHL ice for a independent league manager, died at a place out east where it snows will 64 … Eddie Basinski, who turned and allows guests to celebrate Rad- be different, saying “I mean, I’m lot longer than that. Mark first skat- WATT BROTHERS. We know wanska’s career, with rooms rep- ed on Garden ice at the old Boston 96 on Nov. 4, is the 10th oldest liv- a desert rat so I’ll probably have a that the Gronkowski broth- ing former major leaguer. In 11th resenting different tour stops and tough time adjusting, but I’m look- Garden when he was a two-year-old ers are incredible athletes, but containing memorabilia from her pushing a crate for balance. place is George Yankowski, who ing forward to it.” Asked why he what about the Watt brothers? turned 96 on Nov. 19. playing days. chose Salem, he had this response: JJ, Derek, and TJ are all play- A MIRACLE. “It’s funny, they have a lot of other Eight years after al- ing in the NFL at a very high level. JUMP! Polish triple Olympic cham- Polish men on the team, and I am of most severing his right arm in a

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Katherine Graczyk was by Barbara Szydlowski and the Star of Bethlehem which led captured by the SS and them… all I had were the two pho- “Don’t be afraid,” he said. “I’ve tographs that Frank had given me to been watching you. I can help you. the Wise Men to the Christ Child. shipped to Germany. She remember him by. I saw determina- I know you’re hungry. I have some No matter how festive the win- In the past, bright stars of fabric shared her story with author tion and courage in the eyes of the bread.” He walked over to his desk ter holidays are or how we look were sewn onto the background of forward to them, there is a side that dark colored quilts, representing the Catherine Hamilton men who glanced up at me. and returned to my side with a bread “Here we are,” I thought, “an affects thousands of people every night sky. Epiphany, a day of enjoy- year. It starts with stress and works ment, spent on horse drawn open by Catherine Hamilton entire generation of Polish youth enslaved by the Nazis.” I wanted to its way into anxiety. Take some time sleights , and these quilts would then to do something for yourself, avoid be taken along to cover the laps of Part IV cry as I walked in that long parade of female slave laborers who, like shopping malls, but laugh — often the riders. During the star singing, —especially at yourself. Laughter is groups of children travel from house Locked inside the prison cell, I myself, were now “political prison- a great medicine. to house with auspicious songs, and had fainted from a high fever that ers,” awaiting what we all feared December 31, the last day of the receive some sweets in exchange. If struck violently during the night. I would be the death sentence. It Epiphany saw clear skies, it meant didn’t remember anything that hap- happened to so many of the female year, is dedicated to Hogmagog, the Latvia could expect a fine harvest in pened until I woke up on the floor prisoners arrested before us. I didn’t Sun God. Shortly before midnight, the coming Summer. of the quarantine block. And there cry because I wanted to be strong. I one joins the Scottish folks by open- I lay on the concrete with a single wore the letter P on my chest and I ing all the doors and windows to rid Peru shares Epiphany customs sheet over my body, wet with sweat. was proud to march with the other the house of the spirits of the old with Spain and the rest of Latin I was alive. The woman next to me women who had survived such hor- year. America. Peruvian national lore wasn’t. I had no idea how long I’d rors. holds that Francisco Pizarro was been there. Only later did I learn The guard prodded us into a TRADITION. Like most, Poland the first to call Lima “Ciudad de los that they’d transferred me from the washroom off to the left of a large celebrates its New Year on Janu- Reyes” (City of the Kings), for the prison cell to quarantine a week ear- entrance. We each got a bucket of ary 1. New Year’s Day, out of its day coincided with when he and his lier because I had scarlet fever. cold water and a scrub brush. I re- traditional relevance, is also called two companions searched for and Quarantine was just a place turned to the atrium with the others, St. Sylvester’s Eve. According to found, a location for a new capital. water sloshing from the brimming Graczyk was a POW a Nazi camp in legend, it is associated with Pope The custom of “Bajada de Reyes,” where they let Polish prisoners die. Salzwedal, Germany. They didn’t give me a drop of medi- pail and heard our guard shouting Sylvester I who supposedly caught sees parties held in honor of taking cine. Nothing for the fever. Noth- orders. a dragon named Leviathan. On the down of public nativity scenes and ing at all. I just lay on the floor, “Clean this entrance floor. I want roll. “Have it.” first day of the year of 1000, the putting them away until next Christ- lost in the deep delirium of fever. I it spotless. Not one speck of dirt. I hesitated. I’d heard the horrible dragon was able to free himself from mas. remember one night seeing a giant Now move!” She swung her baton price a woman might have to pay for Pope Sylvester’s regime and went In Poland, Epiphany or “Trzech of a woman standing by the wall, and hit the prisoners within reach. accepting kindness, even for a bread on to demolish land and people, set- Kroli” (Three Kings) is celebrated and she was pushing me into the I got on my knees and started roll. ting fire to the heavens as a second with parades welcoming the Wise “Please. Take it. You’re hungry, act. However, the dragon was later Men, often riding on camels or other aren’t you?” caught again, and the world still sur- animals from the Warsaw zoo. The I looked away and said nothing. vived itself on New Year’s Day. In Wise Men hand out sweets, carols But I began to shake, remembering commemoration people started cel- are sung, and living nativity scenes the nights in the attic, the beatings. ebrating and rejoicing. are enacted, similar to celebrations Accepting something from an offi- There is an important tradition of in Italy and Spain. Also, children cer or refusing to accept—it could smudging windows and doorknobs dress in colors signifying Europe, cost me either way. of the house with tar or to hide pots Asia and Africa (homes of the “You’re beautiful, you know. that were left drying on a fence. Do- Magi) and at the end of the parade, Stand up and let me have a bet- ing all such things is traditionally church leaders often preach on the ter look at you.” I did what I was believed to symbolize driving out significance of the Epiphany. told. And he took hold of my arm. the old year and welcoming in the “Please. I can help you.” He pulled new. Some parts of the country have me close to his chest. people baking donuts with a belief “I’m finished with the cleaning,” that it will ensure abundance of I said and shrugged myself loose wealth in the coming year. from his grip. Picking up my buck- et, I went for the door. But he came HOLIDAY. The present day celebra- after me. tion of New Year’s dates back to the Frank Graczyk, Katherine’s future husband (seated), with fellow Polish sol- Just then the door knob rattled House Blessing and star singing diers during the War in Poland. and three officers walked in. Roman Empire when Julius Cae- are popular in Poland, as in the rest “You’re early, gentleman. Come sar changed the date from March to January in honor of Janus Be- of Central Europe. Poles take small wall, like she was trying to push scrubbing. Anything was better than in. Come in,” the officer said as I quarantine, even scrubbing floors. slipped between them and out the fors, the god of two faces. One face boxes containing chalk, a gold ring, me through the wall. There was a looked back to the old year, while incense and piece of amber in mem- mighty struggle between the two of When I finished one section of floor door. “I expect you here at the same and had picked up my bucket and time tomorrow, Frauline!” he called the other look forward to the new. ory of the gifts of the Magi, to church us, but my fear gave me the strength One of the earliest and longest cus- to be blessed. Once at home, they in- to resist the beast. I didn’t know I moved to the next section, a group after me. of military men rushed into the tom of New Year’s is that of noise- scribe the year and “K+M+B” with was delirious. That the giant woman making, part of the ancient practice the blessed chalk above every door was my hallucination. building, muddying the floor I’d continued next month just finished. I started to go back to of driving away evil spirits. It con- in the house, according to tradition, After more than a month of un- tinues today as people stay up on to provide protection against illness treated scarlet fever, I lost the hear- re-clean the floor tiles, but the guard Catherine Hamilton, a freelance New Year’s Eve bringing in the new and misfortune. The letters (with a ing in one ear and the feeling on shouted for me to halt. writer in Beaverton, Oregon, re- year with bells ringing, horns honk- cross between them) stand for the one side of my face. No thanks to “You,” she called to me. “You corded Katherine Graczyk’s story ing and other noisy activities. Also, names of the Three Kings: Kaspar, the Nazi doctors, who kept their dis- go to the second floor—to the offi- during a series of interviews. Ham- the custom of gift giving started as a Melchior and Balthazar, and remain tance from the people in quarantine, cer’s suite. They have a meeting in ilton was honored to write the first- way to propitiate the gods, but was above the doors all year until they I made it out of there alive, destined an hour. Get the floor cleaned before person account of these experienc- are replaced by new markings the to return to regular prison. that. And I mean spotless, if you es; she and Katherine Graczyk are then altered to giving gifts to rulers following year. I had already lost a great deal of want to live!” cousins. and lawmakers; now there is little weight during my captivity, but the By that time, the fall of 1944, my gift giving in connection with New Quo Vadis 10th SYMBOL. day I returned to work, I didn’t even German was nearly fluent. I nod- Year’s. However the holiday is still In the United States, recognize myself in the washroom ded, picked up my cleaning bucket Anniversary Conference seen as a chance for a new begin- particularly in Louisiana, Epiphany mirror. Fortunately, most of my and headed up the stairs. The female TORONTO —Quo Vadis Con- ning, a day of reconciliation. is the beginning of the Carnival guard on the second floor awaited season, during which it is custom- hearing and the feeling in my face ferences Canada announces the 10th CUSTOM. The , January and she took me to an officer’s suite. Epiphany ary to bake King Cakes. The King would return in time. And I thanked anniversary international confer- 6, is a Christian feast day that cele- I did what I was told without ques- Cake is round in shape, filled with God that I had survived. ence, in Toronto, Sept. 20-22, 2019. brates the revelation of God the Son tion and got down on the floor and cinnamon, glazed white, and coated The same morning I was released Quo Vadis is a three-day lead- as a human being in Jesus Christ. from quarantine, a guard took me to started scrubbing. Glancing up, I ership conference for students and in traditional carnival color sand- saw the officer sitting at his desk. He Western Christians commemorate the prison headcount, which was young professionals of Polish heri- the visitation of the Biblical Magi ing sugar. The interval between was setting his things in order and I tage. Its purpose is to engage and completed in a large room with to the Baby Jesus and thus Jesus’ Epiphany and Mardi Gras is some- went quickly back to cleaning. We strengthen the Polish-Canadian barred windows. After the count, I physical manifestation to the Gen- times known as “king cake season.” were not to say a word to anyone. community. received a piece of bread. And after tiles. Eastern Christians commemo- In Colonial Virginia, Epiphany or that, I was assigned to a cleaning After part of an hour had past, the Since 2009, seven Quo Vadis rate the baptism of Jesus in the Jor- Twelfth Night, was an occasion of crew of more than a hundred other officer suddenly stood up and left conferences have been held in Can- dan River, seen as his manifestation great merriment and considered ap- women, French, Polish, and Czechs. the room. He returned with a large ada, two in the United States, and to the world as the Son of God. The propriate as a date for balls, dancing We were swiftly trucked and un- vase of flowers. He set them at the two in Australia. Early bird tickets Eastern churches following the Ju- and weddings On the 12th Night, the loaded at the military complex not center of the meeting table in the for Quo Vadis X will be available in middle of the room. It was a splen- lian calendar observe Theophany Great Cake was prepared, consist- far from the second prison. Feb. 2019. ing in two giant layers of fruitcake, did bouquet and I couldn’t help gaz- The conference is limited to the (ancient Greek) feast on January 19 coated and filled with royal icing. WE STEPPED PAST HUNDREDS ing at it. first 150 delegates who register and because of the thirteen day differ- Custom dictated that the young- of Polish POW’s who were clear- “Finally, you look up,” the offi- purchase their tickets. For more in- ence between the calendars. est child present cut and serve the ing rubble from bomb damage on cer said, catching my glance. formation please visit our website, Epiphany is known in Latvia as cake and whoever found a bean that our way toward an enormous brick His look made me uneasy. Real- visit or write quovadisconferences- “Trijkungu diena” (Three Kings building. I looked for my brother, izing my mistake, I scoured the floor [email protected]; quovadiscon- Day) or “Zvaigznu diena” (Star had been baked into it was crowned Antony, and for Frank Graczyk, my with greater fervor. I was almost fin- ferences.com. Day) after the custom of star singing “King of the Bean.” POLISH AMERICAN JOURNAL • JANUARY 2019 www.polamjournal.com 13 Genealogy Start Your Family History Journey by Stephen M. Szabados preserve what I find for my children search efforts. Summaries are also interpret your information and note sure to use all the sources in your and grandchildren. Your goals can a great way to share what I find where you got your information. As research, both online and in person. Researching your family history be similar to mine or yours can be as with my family. Sharing gives me a beginner to genealogy, start now You will be rewarded for your ef- can have some very exciting mo- simple as doing an in-depth study of more opportunities for other fam- to note where you get every piece forts. ments. Find your first census record one of your famous ancestors. Start ily members to contribute more oral of information. Record your infor- Use books, genealogy programs, and feel the thrill of seeing a snap- your journey at home. Collect docu- history, pictures, and old papers. Be mation as you find your facts. You genealogy conferences, genealogy shot of your family. I became ad- ments, pictures, and letters that you prepared to uncover more areas to may hear arguments that keeping societies, online educational offer- dicted to genealogy research after and your immediate family have research after sharing your work. up with sources are time-consuming ings, and social media to sharpen finding my grandfather’s passenger stored away in old shoe boxes and too much trouble. It isn’t your genealogy skills. Again, once manifest and had difficulty waiting in the closet or stuffed in desk Be organized in your research fun, but without your source in- you start your journey, it will prob- to find my next piece of my family’s drawers. Remember also that it formation, you can’t evaluate, ably be a lifelong passion. history. Start your search, and you is critical to interview your older because this will save you analyze, and draw conclusions. My last thought that may help can also feel this thrill once you find relatives to save their memories time but will also point the And you can’t pass along your you develop the same passion for that first document. Filling in more and oral history. way for more research. information because at least one genealogy as I have is “Remember generations of your family tree and Be organized in your re- family member will ask, “But to have fun.” finding more family facts will start search because this will save you Remember to identify and label the how do you know?” v v v to haunt your waking thoughts. Get time but will also point the way for family pictures. Asking relatives Companies and organizations Stephen M. Szabados is a promi- started and be prepared to make re- more research. I use summaries to to determine who is in the pictures are listing more and more geneal- nent genealogist, lecturer, and the searching your family history a life- organize my facts and as a refer- will help extend your family tree ogy records in online databases, and author of five books, “Finding long journey. Just like a great novel, ence tool while doing my research. and also turn on the memories of the these are great sources to begin your Grandma’s European Ancestors,” it will be hard to put down. My summaries can make my re- relatives who are trying to help. research. However, there are many “Find Your Family History,” “Pol- Try to have a goal in your re- search more efficient and helps me Records you find may be - con more genealogy records stored in ish Genealogy,” “Memories of search. I intended to learn more find more documents and facts. The fusing, misleading and wrong. You libraries and historical archives that Dziadka,” and “My Polish Grand- about my family’s heritage and to summaries also help me focus my will need to continually analyze and also may include your ancestors. Be mother.” The Pondering Pole That’s What I’m Talking About! by Ed Poniewaz up to the Thanksgiving holiday Back in 2012 The Pondering Mars. She is SO YOU THINK GRONK (Rob sponsored by the Polish National Pole featured a company called an “an Ameri- Gronkowski, tight end for the New The purpose of The Pondering Foundation showing four modern- Terra Chips. The founders of that can astronomer England Patriots) can carry a team Pole is to inform about impressive, day Polish soldiers who fought company were Dana Sinkler and based at the and is the best? What about Travis notable, and successful people, alongside American troops in Iraq, Alex Dzieduszycki, two former Adler Plan- Kelce of the Kansas City Chiefs? places, and events with a Polish Afghanistan, and other theatres, Manhattan four-star restaurant chefs etarium noted Kelce is a pretty good tight end as connection, and — more impor- speaking about the 100th anniver- who left their jobs to start a cater- for her research well, the name Kelce looks very tantl— to influence and demonstrate sary of Poland’s independence. ing company, which eventually be- contributions in similar to Kielce, a city in Southern to individuals they also can be as The three men and one woman came Terra Chips. Terra Chips was stellar magnetic Poland, and he was born in Cleve- impressive, notable, and successful of the Polish military “salute” and bought out by TSG Consumer Part- activity and its Walkowicz land Heights, a suburb of Cleveland, as those same people, places, and thank America for being directly ners and Alex subsequently moved impact on plan- Ohio. His ethnicity seems to be a events. If you are still living in mom responsible for the Second Pol- on to start Alexia Foods, a company etary suitability for extraterrestrial mystery on the net. Travis Kelce, and dad’s basement and spending ish Republic created after World “positioned as a healthy alternative life.” That is a mouthful and she has Polish or not? most of your time playing video War I (from Woodrow Wilson’s 14 to the Ore-Ida potato products in the quite an impressive resume. Luci- games and staring at a poster of Points). Just as important though, freezer case.” anne “Copernicus” Walkowicz, Pol- JAK SZYBKO MIJAJĄ CHWILE. I Casimir Pulaski (or perhaps Emily this is a great example on how to Coming off the success of Alexia ish or not? hope 2018 was a good one for you. Ratajkowski) then you don’t get it. affect American opinion and hit a and apparently aware of the old ad- Matt Mackowiak is the presi- Whatever the case, good luck this Wherever you are or whatever your nerve. Please watch this video as age, “third time is a charm,” Dzie- dent of the Potomac Strategy Group, upcoming year; I hope it is healthy, station or circumstance, you can it will tug at your heart strings. It duszycki embarked on a new adven- which has offices in Austin, Tex., happy, and productive. Remember do it Polonia! You can make a dif- moved me and I can’t imagine that ture starting a specialty pastry and and Washington, D.C. Potomac Polonia: success is just around the ference and be successful. Here are others did not notice and were not bread company named after his son, “provides political consulting to corner. Figure out a way to produce three great examples to consider and moved as well. Thanks to the Pol- called Julian’s Recipes. conservative campaigns and media your own poignant commercial, spe- emulate. ish National Foundation for thank- Our house currently has a big bag relations and crisis communications cialty Food Company, or a healthier Maybe you saw the ad running ing us. of Terra Chips in the pantry as my assistance to companies, groups and substitute for lollipops. Make 2019 wife Sue loves them. individuals.” Mackowiak has ap- the year that you do it. There is information on the web peared on numerous talk shows for v v v about the various aspects of Alex his expert analysis and does speak- If you have a thought about this Dzieduszycki’s success as an en- ing engagements analyzing and pre- month’s topic, have a question, or trepreneur. I would encourage you viewing state and national elections. have interesting facts to share, con- to read about this amazing guy and He has been very successful though tact me at: Edward Poniewaz, 6432 how he got to where he is today. as a consultant in a number of elec- Marmaduke Avenue, St. Louis, MO So Alex Dzieduszycki is an en- tions in the State of Texas. 63139; email alinabrig@yahoo. trepreneur and Alina Morse is a Visit the Potomac Strategy com. kidpreneur. Here is a brief summary Group website to learn more about v v v of her story: what the group and Mackowiak are N.B. If you send email, reference When Morse was seven years doing. You can also seach for him the Polish American Journal or the old, she went to the bank with her on YouTube. He presents very well Pondering Pole in the subject line. dad and the teller offered her a lolli- and it is evident that he knows about I will not open an email if I do not pop. 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Dance Time Out with the Old and In with the New by Jennifer Pijanowski will benefit Msgr. Adamski Polish Saturday School and music will be Tony Blazonczyk’s New Phaze provided by John Gora. Harmony made a stop at Potts in Buffalo, Folk Dance Ensemble will perform passing through on their way to and children who currently attend Ludlow, Mass. Joined by Phocus, Polish Saturday school will be on the alternating bands supplied enter- hand to sing songs to their grand- taining music throughout the night. parents. As always, there will be New Phaze showcased the outstand- free food and admission, while Pol- ing vocals of drummer Melvin Rz- ish beer, wine and desserts will be eszutko, formerly of Downtown available for purchase. Sound, which remains one of my Msgr. Adamski Polish Saturday all-time favorite bands. Although School has been teaching the com- he planned on retiring from polka munity to embrace its roots through music in 2013, it is great seeing him language, song, and culture since back on stage thanks to the convinc- POLISH HAPPY HOUR. (photo, left). Doug King (left) and DJ Konrad Ken. (photo , right): Michael Zachowicz is 1955. This cultural organization ing of band leader Tony. It is evident flanked by two beauties at St. Stanislaus, where the November PHH was held. continues to nurture the importance when New Phaze performs that this of Polish customs and traditions to group consists of close knit friends Polish Cadets in the Black Rock mer was on hand with hosts Mark Ave. Doors will open at 5:00 p.m. students each year in Western New interacting on stage. Laughing, jok- neighborhood of Buffalo also host- and Cherie Trzepacz to broadcast and music will be from 6:00-10:00 York. ing, and playing to one another’s ed a 100th Anniversary celebration the fantastic night of music live to p.m. Admission is $15.00 and food The Cleveland Polka Association strengths, this band is a polka fan of Poland’s Independence. Buffalo listeners from coast to coast. Since will be available during the eve- is having a lounge party on Sun., pleaser. Tony has been performing Touch was on hand to supply music I was out of town visiting family, I ning. On Sun., Jan. 20, the 50th An- Jan. 2h with music by Dave Walter in bands since 1987 and, growing to the evening event. Polka music tuned in and felt part of the festivi- nual Chicago Festival of Bands will & Old School. Music will be from up the son of polka icon Eddie Bla- and an exhibition on the history of ties. Many Canadian friends crossed take place at Glendora Banquets 2:00-6:00 p.m. and admission is a zonczyk, it is clear to that polka mu- Poland’s struggle for independence to border to join their U.S. friends 10225 S. Harlem Ave. Admission $12.00 donations. This event will sic is in his DNA. I look forward to manufactured a festive evening at in celebrating Thanksgiving with will be $15.00 and doors open at be held at the Holiday Inn Rockside seeing this group on the polka road this nearly 120 year-old club. Ca- the extraordinary sounds of Lenny 11:00 a.m. The musical celebration 6001 Rockside Rd. Independence, in 2019. dets was founded in 1899 with the Gomulka. will begin at 11:30 am and feature Ohio. For additional information

POLKA VS. COUNTRY. (photo, left): Debra Bizon, Jen Sikorski, and Rich Dombrowski. (photo, right): Stephanie Alice Kapuscinski, Angela Biskup, Helen Winiarz, Marz Moytka, and Dianne Bieniek and Travis Rosinski. Gora at the post-Thanksgiving Lenny Gomulka dance.

CENTENNIAL, POLKA STYLE. assistance of the Reverend Adam Saturday night saw another enor- Freeze Dried, Music Company, on this event and upcoming CPA Polish Americans celebrated in Marcinkiewicz, the pastor of nearby mous crowd for Val Bakowski’s an- Tony Blazonczyk’s New Phaze, events, you can call Elaine at (216) many ways as November 11, 2018 Assumption Church. Since then, it nual Polka vs. Country event. The The D Street Band, IPA Tribute 496-0223 or visit www.cpapolkas. marked the jubilee year of the 100th has acted as a central social meet- event was held at The Cove, which Band, Genny O & The Windy com. anniversary of Poland regaining ing place and advocate for the citi- is no stranger to country music as City Brass, Tri-City Drive, and The Cleveland Polka Associa- its Independence. Making this day zens of the Black Rock community. they host country line dancing each Jim Polaski’s Chicago Nu Tones. tion was established in 1975 and even more important to celebrate is Wendy and Corky Higgins work Thursday night. Polka Country There will also be a tribute to Polka currently has over 900 members the fact that, though it became a na- tirelessly to continue the success Musicians and WNY’s favorite Hall of Famer Johnnie Bomba. If from throughout the country. Mem- tional holiday in 1937, throughout and growth of this Polish landmark, country group West of the Mark you are planning to travel for this bership is only $10.00 a year and communist rule the holiday was for- which is home to many organiza- alternated during the night for what weekend extravaganza, special IPA this hospitable group hosts mul- bidden. It was reinstated in 1990 fol- tions. Wendy beams with pride at proved to be a high energy event. hotel rates are available. You can tiple events throughout the year and lowing the demise of communism. their accomplishments which she This was Polka Country’s last visit www.ipapolkas.com for addi- keeps members informed via news- Polish Happy Hour furnished a continues by following in the foot- gig of the year so PCM fans flocked tional information. letters. The members strive to con- celebration for this landmark event. steps of her father, prior president from far and wide to enjoy their fa- St. Stanislaus Church Hall in stantly promote and preserve polka The day began with a Mass held at William M. Leisch. Polish Cadets vorite band for the last time in 2018. Buffalo is the spot to be on January music with their infectious love of St. Stanislaus, the Mother Church holds many events and the club Energetic and crowd pleasing, PCM 19 as Polish Happy Hour celebrates the music. of Buffalo’s Polonia. Afterwards, will make you feel like family im- continues to be a promoter’s dream. Dzien Babci. This month’s event across the street at the social hall, mediately. Visit their website for Their loyal fans travel from venue Special Delivery provided the cel- information on joining or attending to venue to enjoy their music. PCM ebratory music to set the tone for the any of the happenings at this beauti- will take a few months off after their Polka Music on your day. The afternoon was brimming ful hall. Their website can be found demanding yearlong schedule and computer 24 Hours a by visiting www.polishcadetsofbuf- resume in 2019 with their Third An- with music, dancing, drinking, and Day plus many indulging in delicious food. All this, falo.com. nual Polka Brews Cruise from Feb- paired with traditional Polish danc- ruary 2-9, 2019. LIVE and ing by three dance groups and a pre- BUSY, BUSY, BUSY. Thanksgiv- pre-recorded sentation by Joe Macieląg. ing weekend proved to be a polka POLKA MONTH DOINGS. In shows! Polish Happy Hour continues to powerhouse in Western New York. Chicago, the International Polka be largest attended monthly Polish Polka fans dropped their shopping Association will be celebrating Na- event in Western New York. Month- bags early on Black Friday to hear tional Polka Month in January with ly, it allows money to be raised for a Lenny Gomulka at Potts Banquet its annual Festival of Bands. The rotating group of Polish based non- Hall. Hundreds of fans packed the Warm Up dance featuring Full Cir- profit organizations who work hard venue to listen and dance to one cle honoring the music of The Tones to promote Polish traditions and of polka music’s most talented will take place Sat., January 19 at culture. group of musicians. Polka Jam- Polonia Banquets 4604 S. Archer POLISH AMERICAN JOURNAL • JANUARY 2019 www.polamjournal.com 15

January Polka Birthdays

Birthdays courtesy of John Nalevanko, host of Li’l John’s Polka Show, WAVL Radio 910 AM and 98.7 FM, Saturday 10:00 a.m.-1:00 p.m. Live streaming at www.PA_Talk.com. For information, write to: 121 Seminole Dr., Greensburg, PA 15601; (724) 834-7871; [email protected]. ME NA BORN DIED KNOWN FOR CITY, STATE 1 Steve Ostage 1922 Bandleader Wisconsin 1 Joe Walega 1936 6/15/16 Bandleader / Musician / Vocalist Chicago 3 Li’l Teddy Pasterniak 1953 Bandleader / Musician / Vocalist Wisconsin 4 Gary Coddington 1952 Musician / Vocalist / Arranger Pennsylvania 6 Bill Kovatch 1944 Polka D.J. Pennsylvania 7 Lou Kryger 1929 1/28/14 Bandleader / Musician / Vocalist Pennsylvania 7 Steve Kaminski Musician / Vocalist New Jersey 7 Mark Wasilewski 1953 Bandleader / Musician / Vocalist Pennsylvania 8 Laura Bruzdinski Mateja Vocalist IPA Tribute Band Chicago 9 Bob Bobin 1950 1/14/98 Musician / Vocalist / Arranger Chicago 10 Brian Chenkus 1966 Musician (Bass) / Vocalist Massachusetts 11 Walt Wagner Bandleader / Musician / Vocalist Delaware 11 Joanne Deardorf Former DJ & Promoter Pennsylvania 11 Stan Galant 1947 Bandleader / Musician / Vocalist Altoona 11 Dr. Amil Langford 1952 Musician (Drummer) Pennsylvania 11 Frank Liszka 1953 Bandleader (TBC) Vocalist Ohio 11 Marko Polka Polka D.J. WQTW Radio Latrobe 12 Richie Dombrowski Musician / Vocalist (PCM) Connecticut 12 Paul Brozek 1963 Musician / Vocalist Massachusetts 13 John Banashak Sr. 1913 5/18/63 Musician (Bass) / Vocalist Pennsylvania ROCKIN’ROCKIN’ 13 Dave Cole 1960 Promoter New Castle 14 Eddie Siwicki 1923 2015 Bandleader / Musician Massachusetts 14 Stan Raiczyk 1964 Musician -Drummer New Jersey POLKASPOLKAS 15 Bob Koziel 1952 Polka D.J. WMCE Erie 15 John Jaworski 1947 Musician / Vocalist Chicago with 16 Zosia Piotrowski Vocalist Michigan MIKE & GEORGE PASIERB 17 Dee Dee Ogrodny Musician / Vocalist (Versa-Js ) Pennsylvania 17 Al Piatkowski 1959 Musician / Vocalist New York 18 Nick Nidoh 1956 Musician / Vocalist Pennsylvania WXRL 21 Jim Bogdon 1939 Musician / Vocalist Pennsylvania 23 Mitch Kupiec 1936 Polka D.J. Massachusetts 1300 AM /95.5 FM 23 Bob Siwicki 1949 Musician Massachusetts Polish 23 John Linda 1953 Musician / Bandleader / Vocalist Ohio LANCASTER-BUFFALO 24 Matt Wasilewski 1935 11/17/17 Bandleader / Musician / DJ / IJ Pennsylvania SAT. 2:00-3:00 p.m. 25 Wally Maduzia 1942 Musician / Vocalist Chicago New 26 Tony Krupski 1942 7/2/18 BandleaderMusician / Vocalist Buffalo SUN. 5:00-6:00 p.m. 28 Bill Shibilski Polka D.J. / IJ (Promoter) New York 28 R. J. Bogdon Musician (Drums Pennsylvania Castle 30 Del Sinchak 1935 Bandleader / Musician / Vocalist Youngstown 31 Ray Lucotch, Jr. 1955 Musician / Vocalist (Dynasonics) Pennsylvania Radio Polka Calendar Streaming Polka Joy Across the World Compiled by John Ziobrowski JANUARY 19 On The Fastest-Grow- • Button Box Band Aunt Maggie’s To list your event, please send Columia, Ill. 6-9 (618) 281-7894 ing Polka Network date, band, location, times, • Full Circle. Polonia Banquets. Chi- and contact number to: cago. 6-10 (773) 523-7980 www.PolishNew- [email protected] JANUARY 20 • Freeze Dried/Music Company/Tony CastleRadio.com JANUARY 1, 2019 Blazonczyk/D-Street/IPA Tribute/ • Dennis Polisky/Eddie Forman PACC Gennie O/Try-City Drive/Jim Polaski. Ludlow, Mass. 2-7 (413) 592-0367 Glendora Banquets. Chicago. 11:00 • New Phaze/Music Company/Freeze a.m. ?? (708) 425-3686 Dried, Glendora Banquets. Chicago. JANUARY 27 1:30-6 (708) 425-3686 • Dave Walter’s Old School. Holiday • DynaBrass. Pulaski Club. New Castle, Inn. Independence, Ohio. 2-6 (216) Pa. 2-6 (724) 658-6222. 496-0223

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Mater Dolorosa Demolished St. Francis High School school: a piece of property the Fran- Tudor style, was designed with 4129 Lakeshore Road, ciscans owned in Athol Springs. Af- classrooms, assembly rooms, of- Athol Springs, New York ter hearing his proposal, the 22 men fices, library, gymnasium, chapel, Status: Open agreed to help the priest in his mis- and living quarters for the students. sion. The next month they recon- Classes began in the fall of 1927 by Gregory L. Witul vened and with the blessing of the with six teaching priests. The 97 stu, bishop of Buffalo, began a $100,000 including Michigan, Massachusetts, Education has always been campaign drive amongst the Pol- Pennsylvania, Connecticut, and at the forefront Polonia. From ish parishes of the city. Within Maryland. The students could enroll the hundreds of paro- c h i a l in both high school courses as well schools attached as college prepa- to Polish par- ratory classes in ishes to the SS pre-law and pre- Cyril and Metho- med. In 1928, the dius Seminary school added two at Orchard Lake wings, allowing and the Alliance for a total capaci- College in Cam- ty of 300 students bridge Springs, and in 1937 the Poles have al- school received ways supported its Regents ac- Robert Wojczyk, a parishioner of Mater Dolorosa Church for 30 plus years institutions of creditation. was able to salvage some bricks from the church which was being demol- higher learn- Since the ished. PHOTO: DON TREEGER / THE REPUBLICAN ing. In Western first graduation New York, Poles class, St. Fran- HOLYOKE, Mass. — Parish- ment. pushed the City cis has produced ioners of the former Mater Dolo- Mater Dolorosa’s ornate stained- of Buffalo for young men who rosa Church gathered December 11, glass windows were removed some their own neigh- St. Francis High School alumni include doctors, lawyers, assemblymen, have gone on to 2018 to witness and mourn the start time ago, as was the cross that once borhood high olympians, and NHL Stanley Cup winners. medical profes- of demolition of their beloved spiri- soared atop its steeple, the church school, but many sions, the legal tual home. organ and other clergy and community leaders en- three days they raised $1,500 and by world, and to serve in the New York Built by mem- artifacts. Many visioned even more. Thus, in the June they had the rest in hand. On State Assembly. A number of ath- bers of the Pol- of the items have 1920s, Father Justin Figas of the Sunday July 12, 1925, Father Figas letes have also attended St. Fran- ish community gone to other par- Saint Anthony of Padua Province of ceremoniously turned the first spade cis, including NFL players Doug 117 years ago, ishes. the Order of Friars Minor Conven- of dirt, and construction of St. Fran- Worthington and Luke Tasker. The the razing began tual began planning a high school of cis High School officially began. school has also produced a number when a large ex- SAME OLD his own. Originally called St. Francis Col- of NHL players with Aaron Miller cavator punched SONG. The dio- In December of 1924, Father lege, the foundation of the main winning the Stanley Cup and rep- through sections cese has long Figas gathered a number of influ- building of the high school was resenting America as part of the of the building’s maintained the ential Polish Americans for a meet- laid over the summer. On Septem- U.S.A. Olympic Hockey Team, northern wall and building was ing. In attendance were Dr. Francis ber 7, 1925, in front of a crowd winning the silver in 2002. roof. structurally un- E. Fronczak, Stanislaus Czaster, of 3,000 that included Monsignor The 48-acre campus with a stu- Little by little, sound, something larger and larger parishioners dis- Frank X. Boroszewski, John Mi- Francis Kasprzak of Transfiguration dent body of 520 is also the broad- Mater Dolorosa’s “Echoes of A Pol- kulski, John Usiak, and Dr. Stephen Church and Buffalo Mayor Frank X. casting home to the Father Justin sections of the pute to this day. interior of the ish Christmas” was recorded in The battle be- A. Graczyk. At the summit, Father Schwab, Monsignor Alexander A. Rosary Hour with St. Francis of As- 1960 under the direction of Ches- Figas outlined his wish to build Pitass of St. Stanislaus Church, set sisi parish across the street. church became gan in the spring open to cold De- ter A. Duda (1921-1995). Released of 2011 when a school for the young men of the the cornerstone into place. It would on the now-defunct Rex label, community who had the desire for take a over a year to complete but on cember air and a t h e n - B i s h o p Hartford Szopka pile of bricks and it was re-released in 1993, and Timothy McDon- a higher education, but lacked the November 25, 1926, St. Francis was is available from several record funds necessary to attend. Figas al- formally dedicated. Winners Announced other debris grew nell announced in the churchyard sellers. A wonderful example of the church would ready had a location in mind for the The school, influenced by the HARTFORD, Conn. — The 38th beyond the ru- “working persons” choirs heard close and the par- Annual Szopka Festival and Com- ined wall. in churches during Polonia’s hal- ish would merge petition, sponsored by the Polish “There are a cyon days, the 75-member choir’s with Holy Cross Cultural Club of Greater Hartford, PAJ SUBSCRIPTION FORM lot of emotions recording is considered essential on Appleton Inc., was held at the Polish National going through in Polish American kolędy collec- Street and wor- Home in Hartford on Nov. 25, 2018. my mind” said tions. ship there. Mem- NEW SUBSCRIBER RENEWAL ADDRESS Visitors from Connecticut and be- Fill out form. If Please include CHANGE former parishioner Leonard Los. bers named the new parish Our yond enjoyed the colorful atmo- gift subscription, address label Enter new address “Sadness, anger, happiness. There’s Lady of the Cross. please fill out address from paper below. Please include sphere of a Polish Christmas Fair a lot of memories here. My first But Mater Dolorosa members of recipient. address label from and the magical display of szopki, communion, my confirmation, my protested the closing and went to ex- KEEP OUR POLISH HERITAGE ALIVE! paper if possible. the brightly decorated and elaborate wedding, my family. I think about traordinary lengths to keep it open. SUBSCRIBE TO THE PAJ TODAY! creches created by area school chil- going as a child here, taking my kids They occupied the church around dren for cash prizes. 1 YEAR—$25.00 PAYMENT ENCLOSED here as they grew up. 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