O C V ΓΡΑΦΕΙ ΤΗΝ ΙΣΤΟΡΙΑ Bringing the news ΤΟΥ ΕΛΛΗΝΙΣΜΟΥ to generations of ΑΠΟ ΤΟ 1915 The National Herald Greek Americans A WEEKLY GREEK AMERICAN PUBLICATION c v www.thenationalherald.com VOL. 12, ISSUE 585 December 27, 2008 $1.25 GREECE: 1.75 EURO Unrest in Greek American Harry Greece Markopoulos first to Enters warn SEC about Madoff Third Week By Gregory Zuckerman and and the colleague recall. “This has Kara Scannell to be a Ponzi scheme.” The Wall Street Journal For Mr. Markopolos, the arrest Riots Continue as last week of Mr. Madoff was some- Securities and Exchange Com- thing of a vindication after his long Europe Worries that mission investigators discovered in campaign. At a certain point, he 2006 that Bernard Madoff had mis- says, “I was just the boy who cried Violence will Spread led the agency about how he man- wolf.” aged customer money, according to A lawyer for Mr. Madoff de- documents, yet the SEC missed an clined to comment on Mr. By Christopher Tripoulas opportunity to uncover an alleged Markopolos's allegations. Special to The National Herald Ponzi scheme. On January 4, 2006, the SEC's The documents indicate the enforcement staff in New York NEW YORK – Unrest in Greece agency had Mr. Madoff in its sights opened an investigation, based on showed little signs of abating last amid multiple violations that, if Mr. Markopolos's allegations, into weekend, as demonstrations over pursued, could have blown open whether Mr. Madoff was, in fact, the fatal shooting of 15-year-old his alleged multibillion-dollar running a Ponzi scheme. The SEC Alexander Grigoropoulos in the scam. Instead, his firm registered staff received documents from Mr. Athens district of Exarcheia by a po- as an investment adviser, at the Madoff and Fairfield Greenwich, a lice officer entered their third week. agency's request, and the public got hedge fund that placed money with The already tense situation was com- no word of the violations. Mr. Madoff on behalf of its clients. pounded by an anti-racism rally that Harry Markopolos - who once The SEC also interviewed Mr. Mad- turned violent outside the Greek Par- worked for a Madoff rival - sparked off, his assistant, an official from liament in Athens' Syntagma Square, the probe with his nearly decade- Fairfield Greenwich and another while politicians clashed over long campaign to persuade the SEC employee. Greece's 2009 state budget, narrow- that Mr. Madoff's returns were too Among other things, the SEC ly approving it midnight Sunday. In good to be true. found that Mr. Madoff personally the latest act of insurgence, an In recent days, The Wall Street "misled the examination staff about unidentified gunman opened fire on Journal reviewed emails, letters the nature of the strategy" used by a police bus early Tuesday morning. and other documents that Mr. the Fairfield funds and other Two shots were fired at a police Markopolos shared with the SEC hedge-fund accounts, and also bus outside Athens university ahead over the years. “withheld from the examination of a planned protest by high school When he first began studying staff information about certain of and university students. No one was AP PHOTO/NIKOLAS GIAKOUMIDIS Mr. Madoff's investment perfor- these customers’ accounts,” the wounded in the shooting which took Riot police avoid fire bombs thrown by protesters outside the The Aristotle University of Thessaloniki dur- mance a decade ago, Mr. Markopo- SEC documents say. place around 5:00 a.m. outside the ing clashes, Sunday, Dec. 7, 2008. Riots broke out Sunday in the Greek capital as demonstrators protested los told a colleague at the time, “It university, which students have oc- the fatal police shooting of a teenager in Athens the previous night. doesn't make any damn sense,” he Continued on page 4 cupied since the Dec. 6 riots began. According to Greek law, police are not allowed to into university grounds, and the consent of universi- ty deans is required for the lifting of university immunity. Until now, uni- NBA Doctor is a Rising Star in Medicine versity rectors have opted to ride out the storm, rather than seek police in- By Theodore Kalmoukos into medicine was the challenge. not right and you can go in and cor- tervention. Special to The National Herald Then that I feel like I have been a rect it, There is a satisfaction that Amidst widespread speculation student for all my life. You never you are able to fix it. Another rea- that Greece will be the powder keg BOSTON – Dr. Steve Mattheos, the know everything and you have to son is there is a huge list of proce- setting off similar violent eruptions proud son of Demetrios and Debbie be humble enough to know that dures that you do. There are so across other major European cities, Mattheos of Lowell, Massachusetts, you will never know everything, many bones, so many joints. Urolo- and with an estimated 100,000 stu- is the rising star in the field of or- but most important is the personal gists have four procedures that they dents in France having taken the thopedic surgery, affiliated today satisfaction to be able to help some- do, while orthopedic surgeons have streets last week to protest unpopu- with the renowned New England body.” hundreds. There is a big challenge lar education reforms endorsed by Baptist Hospital of Boston. He is Speaking about his choice to en- and you never really get sick doing French President Nicholas Sarkozy, currently the sports medical doctor ter the field of athletic medicine, he the same thing over and over Athens' French Institute became a of the Boston Celtics as well as of said, “I was always involved in ath- again.” prime target for rioters seeking an in- Tufts University. letics since I could walk. I played He explained that “for the most ternational audience. Since he was a small boy, he sports, it is one of the things that part now this year because of a A group of about 30 masked indi- wanted to become a doctor. In an brings me joy and so as a job if you sports fellowship, I am doing most- AP PHOTO/ANDREAS LAZAROU viduals forced their way into the interview with The National Her- do not enjoy what you are doing ly arthroscopic procedures. You Santa Brings Hope courtyard of the French Institute in ald, he said, “I probably envisioned you would never ever go to work.” put the camera in the joint and use the upscale Athens district of Kolona- it when I was in high school, but I Asked why he chose orthopedic instruments outside of the joint so A man dressed as Santa Claus reacts to Greek Cypriot and Turkish ki just before noon on Friday Decem- did not really solidify it until my surgery, he said, “For a couple of everything is minimally invasive Cypriot children after arriving by a UN helicopter to the mixed vil- ber 19th. The assailants smashed freshman year in Amherst College. reasons, firstly I like to fix anatomy. lage of Pyla, on Friday, Dec. 19, 2008. Officials said the U.N. orga- property and firebombed a guard The most important aspect going You actually see something that is Continued on page 7 nized event aimed to foster reconciliation between the two sides. post at the building entrance. No- body was hurt in the attack, and the assailants fled before police arrived. “Clearly, it was an organized at- tack,” said French Ambassador Christophe Farnaud. Rival Leaders Vow to Find Solution to Cyprus Problem Cook County The motives for the attack were not clear but graffiti that was spray- NICOSIA Cyprus' rival leaders said began in March 2008, say that “as With this in mind, the two lead- He said that Secretary General’s Treasurer painted on nearby walls suggested Monday that although some we are entering a new year, we the ers added, “we would like 2009 to Special Representative in Cyprus that it was an attempt to link unrest progress has been made in their two Leaders would like to reaffirm bring peace and prosperity to Taye Brook Zerihoun will attend discussions within the framework our strong commitment to find a Cyprus, our common homeland, as that meeting and he will also be Honored for Continued on page 9 of the direct negotiations which be- comprehensive settlement of the well as the whole world”. present at the meetings which will gan in September with a view to Cyprus problem”. Answering questions after the be followed on the 12th and on the reach a solution of the Cyprus prob- In their statement, they said leaders departed from the UN 16th of January. Internship lem, this has been insufficient. “looking back to our efforts since headquarters in the buffer zone, Asked if he had told the Turkish However they reaffirmed their March 2008, we recognize that we UN Secretary-General’s Special Ad- side that the Annan Plan was a commitment to do everything in still need to consider a long list of viser on Cyprus Alexander Downer good opportunity for a solution and Program A Family’s Life their power to reach a settlement as chapters. We also assess that al- said that today’s discussion was a that it was a mistake for the EU to soon as possible. though some progress has been continuation on the external affairs accept Cyprus without a solution, By Eleni Kostopoulos and Struggles President of the Republic of made, it has been insufficient. But and powers and next year, at the Downer replied “I said nothing to Special to The National Herald Cyprus Demetris Christofias and we assure you we are resolved to first meeting on the 5th January, the media at all”. Turkish Cypriot leader Mehmet Ali do all in our power to reach a set- there will be a discussion about the He added that when he was in CHICAGO, Ill. – Cook County To Set Roots Talat pledged, in a joint statement, tlement as soon as possible”. The so called hierarchy of norms and Turkey he did not have any discus- Treasurer Maria Pappas was recent- at the end of their 13th meeting, leaders also thanked the UN for some other of the constitutional ly presented with an award of ex- concluding their discussions which their contribution “to our effort”. questions still left to discuss. Continued on page 9 cellence for her outstanding intern- By Steve Frangos ship program from Jim Peterson, Special to The National Herald partnership development manager with the Chicago Public Schools. My family once owned an Assistant Treasurer Pat Michals- eleven-stool grill in Chicago. The ki, who is involved with the Trea- Delaine Grill was on the corner of The Glory of surer’s Outreach Program and Ser- Gunnison and McVickers streets vices division, said that Pappas’ in- which is roughly the northwestern Greece from ternship program serves over 100 side of Chicago. In the mornings communities. coffee and breakfast were served “Maria Pappas is so inspirational with a limited menu throughout Female Eyes and motivating to the interns,” the day until closing, at first, Michalski said. “The experience around 6 PM. Later when my father winds up being a very important and uncle both worked the Grill it By Holland Cotter part of their lives and they continue stayed open until 9 PM. The New York Times to call for recommendations years “The Grill,” is the family short- down the line.” hand reference for this general It’s funny, given American politi- The Outreach Program serves at time, place and series of recollec- cal ideals, that our museums offer so ethnic celebrations and receptions tions. I realize that ‘grill,’ is a Chica- few major exhibitions of ancient and offers outreach at area festivals go folk-term in the truest sense of Greek art. The Met had one called and parades by distributing easy- the phrase. Like many other small “The Greek Miracle: Classical Sculp- to-understand literature about neighborhood restaurants in Chica- ture From the Dawn of Democracy,” helpful programs and tax savings. go the food was cooked directly on but that was in 1993. It was an ex- The Speaker’s Bureau addresses the grill, gridiron, or metal plate pensive, blockbustery thing that told civic, fraternal, social and service with flame applied from below, fu- a story we already knew, and one organizations and senior citizen eled, in our case, by gas. Whether it that is only partly true: that Western clubs, offers instructions on mini- was breakfast, lunch, dinner this culture, or whatever is good about it, mizing the property tax burden and one appliance, cooked all. was a Greek invention. delivers information on helpful The memories of the Grill are a Some of us asked at the time why programs that save taxpayers mon- complex of positive and negative the curators, who had been handed ey. loans of almost mythic status — the “Interns gain great experience Continued on page 6 “Kritios Boy,” the “Grave Stele of from the program and communi- Hegeso” — did so little with them. cate with different ethnic groups, The show could have been an oppor- check different media sources and To subscribe call: 718.784.5255 tunity to break scholarly ground: to put information into the database,” e-mail: examine the role of class in ancient said Michalski. “They are very hard [email protected] Greece, or to consider the lives of working and learn a lot through the TNH/COSTAS BEJ women and children, or to reconsid- program.” Gone But Never Forgotten er what classicism means as a value- Rhea White of Loyola University laden historical concept. What we in Chicago, who previously served A memorial service was held at St. John the Theologian Church in Tenafly, N.J. on December 21, 2008 for got was art-survey boilerplate. as an intern in the Media Depart- the 20th anniversary since the death of Alexia Tsairis, an honor photojournalism student at Syracuse Uni- versity, who was a victim of the terrorist bombing of Pan Am Flight 103 over Lockerbie, Scotland. Continued on page 6 Continued on page 7 2 THE NATIONAL HERALD, DECEMBER 27, 2008

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FOR MORE INFORMATION CALL YOUR TRAVEL AGENT OR OLYMPIC AIRLINES AT 800-223-1226 OR VISIT US ON THE WEB AT www.olympicairlines.com THE NATIONAL HERALD, DECEMBER 27, 2008 3 4 COMMUNITY THE NATIONAL HERALD, DECEMBER 27, 2008 Harry Markopoulos First to Warn SEC about Madoff GOINGS ON... ■ DECEMBER 27-31 vite the community to a prayer ser- Continued from page 1 2001, Mr. Manion told Mr. off was, in fact, front running. Mr. Sokobin had heard about Mr. SALEM, S.C. – The Orthodox Chris- vice marking National Sanctity of Markopolos the case appeared to An SEC spokesman wouldn't Markopolos and asked him to give tian Fellowship cordially invites Life Day at the St. George Antiochi- The SEC report said that neither have fallen through the cracks. He comment on the agency's commu- him a call, according to an email college students, high school grad- an Orthodox Church (1220 S. 60th Mr. Madoff nor the Fairfield funds asked Mr. Markopolos to resubmit nication with Mr. Markopolos. exchange between them. uates and college-age young adults Court) in Cicero, Illinois on Sunday, disclosed to investors in the Fair- his documents and arguments, so In its resulting investigation, the With low expectations, Mr. to its College Conference South at January 25 at 6:00 PM. Believing field funds that Mr. Madoff was the they could be passed on to the SEC searched for evidence of "front Markopolos got in touch. “The way The Diakonia Retreat Center (455 that all human life is sacred, the investment adviser. SEC's New York office. running" but found no indications I figured it,” he says, “if they didn't Quail Ridge Road) from December worship service will emphasize for- A lawyer for Fairfield couldn't be Mr. Markopolos sent the docu- that was happening, according to believe you at $5 billion, and not at 27-31, 2008. The keynote speaker giveness and the tragedy of 50 mil- reached for comment. ments, adding three pages arguing an individual familiar with the mat- $10 billion, they didn't believe you will be Fr. Nick Triantafilou,?Presi- lion abortions since the Roe v. Wade The SEC report also said Mr. that the fraud was growing in size ter. at $30 billion, then why would they dent of Hellenic College and Holy decision in 1974. The Service will Madoff had violated rules requiring as Madoff's assets under manage- Investigators also checked out believe you at $50 billion?” Cross Greek Orthodox Seminary. be sponsored by the Orthodox investment advisers to register with ment grew beyond $12 billion. Mr. Markopolos’s claim that Mr. Mr. Markopolos also sent Mr. Cost: $300 per person (4 nights / 5 Christian Clergy Association of the SEC, which makes them subject Mr. Markopolos also dia- Madoff was running a Ponzi Sokobin an email - with the stark days). Register at www.ocf.net. Greater Chicago, on behalf of the to inspections and examinations. grammed how he believed the scheme. But the billions of dollars subject line “$30 billion Equity De- Once you register, you will receive 80 Orthodox Christian churches in Investment advisers must register if Madoff organization seemed to of assets held by Mr. Madoff’s asset- rivative Hedge Fund Fraud in New an e-mail from Eventbrite with the the Greater Chicago area. The they have more than 15 clients. work, using a Byzantine flow chart management unit appeared to York” - saying an unnamed Wall subject “Order Confirmation for homilist will be Rev. Fr. Nicholas The staff recommended closing with circles, squares, rectangles match those that various invest- Street pro recently pulled money College Conference 2008.” This e- Jonas, pastor of the Ss. Constantine the investigation because Mr. Mad- and arrows. ment firms said they had placed from Mr. Madoff’s firm after trying mail is your receipt and registration and Helen Greek Orthodox Church off agreed to register his invest- Mr. Markopolos continued to re- with Madoff, suggesting that there to confirm trades supposedly done confirmation. It will also have in- in Palos Hills. The service will begin ment-advisory business and Fair- ceive sympathetic calls from Mr. weren't problems. in his account, but discovering that formation about scholarships. at 6 p.m. and will be followed by a field agreed to disclose information Manion. “He's the one that kept me Today, it is now known that that no such trades had been made. Conferences will include a variety brief presentation on the sanctity of about Mr. Madoff to investors. The going, I would have stopped long Mr. Madoff had many more in- It was his last try. He never of enlightening workshops, daily life given by Ms. Nikolia Rallis. Ms. SEC report said the staff closed the ago,” Mr. Markopolos says. vestors - such as individuals and heard back about his allegations re- services and many different social Rallis is a senior at Northwestern case "because those violations were But Mr. Manion pointed out that charities - which weren't disclosed garding Mr. Madoff. events. They aim to promote unity University and has been active in not so serious as to warrant an en- any investigation would have to be in regulatory filings, making it “I felt pretty low,” Mr. Markopo- among Orthodox young people and the Pro-Life movement for many forcement action." conducted by the New York office, harder for investigators at that time los recalls. to renew them in their journeys to- years. Her campus involvement in Mr. Markopolos says his suspi- where Mr. Madoff's firm was based. to ascertain precisely how much Mr. Sokobin, through an SEC ward salvation. Please print this e- the pro-life movement has included cions started in late 1999, after a Mr. Markopolos says that wor- money he was managing. spokesman, declined to comment. mail and bring a copy to the confer- volunteering at a crisis pregnancy colleague returned from New York ried him. “I was told that the rela- On Tuesday, SEC Chairman Last Thursday, as Mr. Markopo- ence! You will not receive a ticket center, bringing speakers to her col- with tales of Mr. Madoff’s trading tionship between the SEC's Boston Christopher Cox also said that los watched his children take a or letter by mail. ? Conference Fee: lege campus and she is also the co- prowess. Whether the markets and New York offices is about as Madoff kept several sets of books karate lesson near his home in $300* ($100* Deposit required at founder of Orthodox Christian were up, or down, Mr. Madoff man- warm and cordial as the Yankees- and false documents. That, too, Whitman, Mass., 20 miles outside registration). This fee includes air- Youth for Life. All are invited to at- aged to clock in with steady gains Red Sox rivalry,” Mr. Markopolos could have thrown off investigators Boston, he checked his voice mail, port transportation, a free T-shirt tend and parking is free. For more of 12% or so a year, reportedly says. a few years ago. trying to ignore the noise from the and other free gifts, 5 days and 4 information, contact St. George An- achieving that by trading a mix of Mr. Markopolos left his firm in As part of the inquiry, the SEC children. Walking out to the foyer, nights lodging, meals, sessions – tiochian Orthodox Church (708) 2004, and started a fraud-investi- did find that the firm had violated Mr. Markopolos returned one of the workshops and keynote presenta- 656-2927. gation practice. Mr. Markopolos's technical rules about executing calls, and heard an old friend tell tions - as well as social activities, Markopolos says his old colleagues, prodding him not to trades. him that Mr. Madoff had been ar- social service and a field trip. *On- FEBRUARY 7 suspicions started in give up, spoke by phone for hours Early this year, Mr. Markopolos rested. line service fees are added to the WASHINGTON, D.C. – The Wash- at a time about Mr. Madoff. made one last major effort after re- “I kept firing bigger and bigger ticket: $2.50 is added to $100 and ington National Opera Women’s 1999, after a colleague “Some people play fantasy ceiving an email from Jonathan bullets” at Mr. Madoff, “but I could- $7.50 is added to $300. Scholar- Committee and His Excellency The returned from New York sports, that was how it was with us Sokobin, an official in the SEC's n’t stop him,” Mr. Markopolos says. ships are available up to $175! The Ambassador of Greece cordially in- with tales of Madoff’s - Madoff was our fantasy sport,” Washington, D.C., office whose job With the SEC's mea culpa and Mr. deadline for submitting your schol- vite the community to “The Mid- Mr. Markopolos recalls. ”We want- was to search for big market risks. Madoff's arrest, “I finally felt relief." arship request is December 1, winter Gala,” at the Andrew W. trading prowess. ed him nailed.” 2008! College Conference in the Mellon Auditorium on Saturday, In 2005, an SEC official in South is offering travel stipends! February 7, 2009 at 6:30 PM. Re- stocks and stock-index options. Boston called to say the agency was Once you register, you will receive becca Miller and Sally Cox are the Mr. Markopolos says his bosses again looking into the case, and an e-mail from Eventbrite with Gala Co-Chairs. A not to be missed liked the look of those returns -- told Mr. Markopolos to contact more information about scholar- black-tie gala – join us for dinner and asked him why he couldn't do Meaghan Cheung, a supervisor in ship possibilities. For more infor- and dancing as we celebrate Thes- the same thing. SEC's New York office, Mr. mation, please e-mail Alexis Econo- saloniki through the ages! For indi- Under pressure to deliver, Mr. Markopolos recalls. my at [email protected] or Maria vidual tickets, please call The Mid- Markopolos and a colleague at In November 2005, Mr. Nayfa at [email protected]. winter Gala Office at 202-295- their Boston investment outfit tried Markopolos sent Ms. Cheung a 21- 2437 or e-mail MGala@dc- to reconstruct Mr. Madoff’s pur- page report outlining his concerns. ■ JANUARY 16 - 19 opera.org. For corporate sponsor- ported strategy. Their results paled He presented a series of 29 “red MONTREAL, Que. – Del Sol and ships, please call 202-295-2431 or in comparison, and Mr. Markopolos flags,” ranging from in-depth math- Portokalada.com cordially invite e-mail [email protected]. began suspecting possible fraud. ematical calculations that purport- the community to “Living It Up,” an His bosses told him to go back ed to show the Madoff investment amazing 21 & over event for MLK ■ FEBRUARY 10 and check the math, given Mr. strategy couldn't work, to little weekend from January 16-19, NEW YORK – The Hellenic Cham- Madoff's renown as a trader. more than rumor or innuendo -- 2009. “We are flying in DJs from ber of Commerce and Norwegian- So Mr. Markopolos turned to such as claims that a group of Arab NY and Chicago with special guest American Chamber of Commerce Daniel DiBartolomeo, a top finan- investors were barred from using a DJ John Grammatis!” Save some of cordially invite the community to cial mathematician in Boston. Mr. major accounting firm to examine your energy for daylight hours, be- their Joint Shipping Conference, DiBartolomeo says he spent hours Mr. Madoff's books. cause skiing, snowboarding and “How Will Shipping Survive the poring through Mr. Markopolos’s He also questioned the fact that tubing will all be available at the Perfect Storm?” at The New York data, and ultimately agreed: The Mr. Madoff, unlike most money heavenly resort of Mt. Tremblant. If Helmsley Hotel (212 East 42nd strategy Mr. Madoff said he used managers of his stripe, didn’t you just want to chill during the Street) on Sunday, February 10, couldn't have achieved the returns charge his investors a fee for han- day, Montreal is the place to be. 2009 at 8:15 AM. Members: $625 he boasted of. dling their money. Instead, he Montreal offers some of the most (additional from same firm: $575); In early 2000, Mr. Markopolos seemed to make profits on commis- beautiful scenic views and architec- Non-Members: $695. Full program shared his explosive concerns with sions generated by the trades on in- ture, amazing cafes and restau- and speakers to be announced. Edward Manion, a staff examiner vestors' behalf. rants, casinos, and don't forget Registration/coffee begins at 8:15 at the SEC's Boston office. “Bernie Madoff's returns aren't shopping and the spa. So are you AM, Conclusion/Networking Re- In his documents, Mr. Markopo- real,” Mr. Markopolos said. “And if ready for 4 Days and 3 Nights of ception begin at 5:00 PM. los said that there's a chance “I’m they are real,” it's because Mr. Mad- Living It Up? The “Living It Up” an idiot for wasting your time.” But off might be engaging in "front run- package includes: 3 nights accom- ■ APRIL 2-6 he argued forcefully that “I believe ning,” or buying shares for his in- modations in Deluxe or Concierge ATLANTIC CITY, N.J. – The Hel- an SEC visit is warranted” to look vestors’ accounts just before filling level rooms, open bar welcome par- lenic News of America and the 18th into Mr. Madoff's practices. orders for other clients that have ty Friday night at exclusive down- Hermes Expo International cordial- “This sounds serious,” Mr. Man- the potential to send the price high- town nightclub, exclusive VIP par- ly invite the community to The ion told him, inviting Mr. Markopo- er, an illegal practice. ties Saturday & Sunday nights, free 18th Hermes Expo from April 2-6, los in for a meeting. Mr. Markopolos's allegations VIP admission to over 7 nightclubs, 2009. Starting from New York and In May 2000, Mr. Markopolos against Mr. Madoff were far from complimentary shuttles to parties going to Philadelphia, The Expo says he sat down with Mr. Manion bulletproof. Mr. Markopolos pro- each night, complimentary shuttles will take place on the weekend of and an SEC attorney. vided no definitive evidence of a to the beautiful “Mt. Tremblant” on April 4-5, 2009 with a 120 Booth Mr. Markopolos argued his case: crime. His reports were laden with The Martha Graham Dance Company, the most recognized contempo- Saturday and Sunday, complimen- Exhibits at the Tropicana on the At- A key part of Mr. Madoff's strategy frothy opinions. rary dance company in the world, was honored with a welcoming re- tary Shuttle to Tubing & Snowmo- lantic City Boardwalk, New Jersey. relied on buying and selling op- In his lists of “red flags,” he oc- ception at the Embassy of Greece after returning from its world tour. biling, let’s make a deal Casino April 2, 2009 - A Greek Food and tions on the Standard & Poor's 100- casionally got things wrong. Some- package wit $20pp Casino Chips, Wine Tasting Mixer, Reception stock index. But Mr. Markopolos times he even misstated the start- complimentary double music CD, Press Conference and B2B meet- said his research showed there ing date of his own campaign breakfast & hors devours daily with ings based on profiles at the weren't enough S&P-100 options in against Mr. Madoff. 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April 4 Pa., who had trained in “unconven- sued a questionable earnings re- pointed guestrooms with private - 5, 2009 - The Tropicana Hotel, At- tional warfare,” including intelli- port. By Helen Panarites Clytemnestra takes place primarily balconies and a variety of full ser- lantic City, NJ Exhibition Confer- gence gathering, as a reservist in Mr. Markopolos thought he had Special to The National Herald within the mind of its ancient vice amenities. The hotel is the ide- ence - A major happening for Greek the Army, says he came to “consider a chance for his campaign to suc- Queen, a stellar example of al location for pleasure and only Americans, Americans interested in Madoff a domestic enemy.” ceed. A welcoming reception for The Martha’s visionary approach to steps to Montreal's finest shopping, Greece and South Eastern Europe In the months after the initial “I had my hopes up, I thought it Martha Graham Dance Company work with time and space on stage. restaurants, nightclubs and attrac- and other Ethnic Markets. Sympo- meeting with the SEC, Mr. was a good enough package that took place at the Embassy of Greece Though the sung passages of the tions. You can book a Deluxe of sium Brunch on Saturday 10AM-1 Markopolos kept hearing about they would go and shut this man recently with opening remarks by musical scores are sung in English Concierge Room. With 94 runs ser- PM, Grand opening at 1 PM, 120 Madoff's outsized gains, and how down,” Mr. Markopolos recalls. Minister-Deputy Chief of Mission the poetic language in the ballet viced by 13 state-of-the-art lifts, the Booths meetings B2B, Dinner the firm was growing - sparking fre- He sent an email adding more Mr. Karolos Gades. 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The Martha Gra- signs are by Graham. ski and snowboard enthusiasts are formation, please visit Info@Her- ham Dance Company is the most The Martha Graham Dance both spoiled silly: ramps, rails and mesExpo.com. recognized contemporary dance Company performed its world pre- jumps as well as an Olympic caliber company in the world. Martha was miere in Athens. It followed with a pipe. Taste the freedom, dare the ■ NOTE TO OUR READERS a pioneering revolutionary in the stage performance in Cyprus as mountain, live Tremblant to the This calendar of events section is a POCKET-LESS arts of this century, an American part of the Cypriot Festival in Octo- fullest! For more information, go to complimentary service to the Greek dancer and choreographer whose ber, 2008, part of a world tour. This www.montrealx.com. American community. All parishes, name became synonymous with was to Berlin, London, Paris, Syd- organizations and institutions are PITA BREAD modern dance. She electrified her ney, Tokyo and Beijing. It marked ■ JANUARY 25 encouraged to e-mail their infor- audiences with her performances the 50th anniversary of the first CICERO, Ill. – The Orthodox Christ- mation 3-4 weeks ahead of time, Kontos Foods and remained active even as she production of 1958. ian Clergy Association of Greater and no later than Monday of the became arthritic with increasing Returning from Beijing to Wash- Chicago, on behalf of the 80 Ortho- week before the event, to The Leading Company in Flat Breads limited mobility. She died at the ington, the American premiere of dox Christian churches in the [email protected] Well knwon for the Pocket-Less Pita age 96, leaving an unsurpassed Clytemnestra took place at the Greater Chicago area cordially in- om. legacy that established modern Kennedy Center Eisenhower The- Manufacturer’s of Authentic Ethnic Hand Stretched Flat bread. dance outside the strictures of the atre in December 2008. Executive older ballet tradition. Director of the Company LaRue Kontos the first family in fillo dough and fillo products. Clytemnestra is the Company’s Allen expressed her gratitude to the QUESTION OF THE WEEK signature ballet drama based on Embassy of Greece for its generous FILLO KATAIFI, BAKLAVA, SPANAKOPITA, TYROPITA Greek mythology and the Greek hospitality and reception. Dr. Zoe NUT ROLL, MELOMAKARONA tragedies. It continues to draw au- Kosmidou, Minister Counselor Cul- Vote on our website! and the TRADITIONAL MEDITERRANEAN DESERTS. diences with an innovative inter- tural Affairs at the Embassy, facili- Excellent quality and service. pretation considered a masterpiece tated and coordinated the You have the chance to express your opinion on our website on an of 20th century modernism. Based evening’s event. Artistic Director important question in the news. The results will be published in our on Aeschylus’s ancient tragedy Janet Elbert admitted that she had printed edition next week along with the question for that week. We distribute in USA and Canada. “Oreseia,” the psychodrama con- been somewhat daunted with the The question this week is: Did the struggling economy affect the Special prices for communities, schools, churches sists of three acts and features 21 thought of bringing The Martha amount of money you spent on Christmas presents? festivals and other events dancers springing to life the classic Graham Dance company to per- ❏ Yes characters Clytemnestra, Agamem- form Clytemnestra in Greece, birth- ❏ No non, Orestes, Iphigenia and Helen place of the epic Greek tragedy. ❏ Maybe of Troy. Woven into the tapestry of The welcoming enthusiasm and the ageless plot is betrayal, adul- philoxenia of the Greek people on The results for last week’s question: Is the Archdiocese taking a tery, murder, revenge and redemp- arrival was met with great appreci- healthy approach to the interfaith marriage phenomenon? Kontos Foods, Inc tion. The new work pioneers the ation and admiration for a country 46% voted "Yes" Box 628, Paterson, NJ 07544 use of cinematic techniques such as readily reinventing some of its his- 46% voted "No" Tel.: (973) 278-2800 ñ Fax: (973) 278-7943 flashbacks, synchronized narration tory to keep it alive with the new 8% voted "I don't know"

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My best wishes for Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year

WR THEODOROS KASSIMIS Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs 6 COMMUNITY THE NATIONAL HERALD, DECEMBER 27, 2008 The Glory that was Greece from a Female Perspective

Continued from page 1 from flat bowls onto the ground as or no control over the use made of an offering. In others they lead sacri- your time or your body. But the show Two years later the Walters Art ficial animals to altars, a reminder is not making that argument. In- Gallery in Baltimore mounted a that the white marble temples we stead it is using art to survey where, show on women in ancient Greece, now so admire for their purity were within a system of institutionalized impressively. And now New York has once splashed with blood. restriction, areas of freedom for one too. Moderate in size, efficiently One vase fragment, showing a women lay. presented and somewhat stiffly ti- group of women looking jumpy and By doing so it makes a valuable, if tled “Worshiping Women: Ritual frazzled, was long assumed to depict by now no longer entirely novel, and Reality in Classical Athens,” it is an orgiastic festival in honor of contribution to classical studies. And not at the Met or any other museum Aphrodite’s boy-toy lover, Adonis, it presents art with a thematic focus, but at the Onassis Cultural Center in the James Dean of Greek myth, who a historical tact and a relevance to Midtown, a kuntshalle-style space, died young and left a beautiful the present that our museums — I now almost a decade old, devoted to corpse and mobs of inconsolable fe- am thinking particularly of the Met, Hellenic culture. male fans. Recently, though, schol- with its beautiful but blandly gener- As conceived by its two curators ars have concluded that this is a mar- — Nikolaos Kaltsas, director of the riage scene, with an anxious bride National Archaeological Museum of being prepared by hovering atten- Greece, and Alan Shapiro, professor dants for her wedding night. of archaeology at Johns Hopkins The management of weddings University — the show’s intention is was female turf, as was childbirth twofold: to present a nuanced view and the raising of children. So were of a still-elusive subject, and to cor- the rituals surrounding death. Men rect, or at least revise, existing mis- were in charge of war and killing; conceptions. women were in charge of washing The main misconception is the and dressing bodies for the all-im- notion that women had a universally portant last rites, without which mute and passive role in Athenian souls were left to wander the earth. society. It is true that they lived with Birth and death — the only real de- restrictions modern Westerners mocratic experiences, existentially would find intolerable. Technically speaking — were in women’s hands. they were not citizens. In terms of There is no more moving image civil rights, their status differed little in the show than that of two women, from that of slaves. Marriages were AP PHOTO/ONASSIS CULTURAL CENTER one seated and one standing, facing arranged; girls were expected to Undated photos provided by the Onassis Cultural Center. Above, a each other in carved relief on a mar- have children in their midteens. Yet, Greek drinking cup from around 440 B.C. that graphically describes ble grave stele dated to the fourth the show argues, the assumption the amourous pursuit of Athena by the Olympian god of fire, Hephais- century B.C. Both may be priests, or that women lived in a state of pur- tos. Left, a Greek amphora from around 460 B.C. that shows the god- worshipers, in an earth-goddess dah, completely removed from pub- dess Athena as warrior, with a spear and a shield. A woman's place cult; neither looks young. An inscrip- lic life, is contradicted by the depic- has never been just in the home - not even in ancient Greece. The tion identifies the woman commem- tions of them in art. proof is in an exhibit titled "Worshiping Women: Ritual and Reality in orated by the stele as Nikomache. Much of that art is religious, Classical Athens," a collection of artifacts at the Onassis Cultural Cen- The exhibition catalog suggests that which is no surprise considering the ter in New York that corrects the cliched idea of Athenian women as she is the seated figure, the one who commanding female deities in the passive, homebound nurturers of men and children. has settled in and will keep her place Greek pantheon. Like most gods in when the other walks away. The most cultures they are moody, con- special assignment of protecting expect Aphrodite, paragon of physi- parting is evidently in progress as tradictory personalities, above-it-all pregnant women and keeping an cal beauty, to have a dark side, she the women clasp hands and meet in knowledge but quick to play per- eye on children, whose carved por- does. each other’s gaze. sonal politics and intervene in hu- traits filled her shrines. She was a She was much adored; there Sappho again, and a poem called man fate. Four of them make in- wild-game hunter, but one with a were shrines to her everywhere. And “Long Departure”: a circa 490 B.C. clay vase depict- depth appearances here. deep Franciscan streak. In one im- she had the added advantage of be- Then I said to the elegant ladies: ing the goddess Artemis, known Athena comes on as a striding age she lets her hounds loose on ing exotic: she seems to have drifted “How you will remember when as a cruel and warlike goddess, warrior goddess, armed and danger- deer; in another she cradles a fawn. in from somewhere far east of you are old depicted in a peaceful incarna- ous, avid as a wasp, in a tiny bronze But no sooner have we pegged Greece, bringing a swarm of nude The glorious things we did in our tion with a swan. statuette from the fifth century B.C. her as the outdoorsy type than she winged urchins with her. But as god- youth! This is the goddess who, in “The Ili- changes. On a gold-hued vase from dess of love she was unreliable, We did many pure and beautiful alizing Greek and Roman galleries ad,” egged the Greeks on and manip- the State Hermitage Museum in St. sometimes perverse. Yes, she brings things. — can learn a lot from. As can we. In ulated their victory against Troy, and Petersburg she appears as Princess people amorously together, but And now that you are leaving the ancient Athens, as in contemporary the one who later became the spiri- Diana, to use her Roman name, when things go wrong, watch out: city, America, true democracy was al- tual chief executive of the Athenian crowned and bejeweled in a pleated “Like a windstorm/Punishing the Love’s sharp pain encircles my ways an ideal, never a fact. military economy. floor-length gown. oak trees,/Love shakes my heart.” heart.” Yet seen painted in silhouette on Demeter was worshiped as an So wrote the poet and worshiper Despite this and other illustra- “Worshiping Women: Ritual and a black vase, she conveys a different wisdom is checking her mail, and earth goddess long before she be- of women, Sappho, who knew. tions of female agency in ancient Reality in Classical Athens” con- disposition. She’s still in armor but patiently answering each plea and came an Olympian. Her mystery cult Actual worship took various Athens, it would be a mistake to ar- tinues through May 9 at the Onas- stands at ease, a stylus poised in one complaint. had female priests, women-only forms. Some were simple gestures. gue that the lot of women there was, sis Cultural Center, 645 Fifth Av- hand, a writing tablet open like a Artemis is equally complex. A rites and a direct line to the under- In several vase paintings we see after all, a fair deal. The record enue, near 52nd Street; (212) laptop in the other. The goddess of committed virgin, she took on the world. And although you might not women pouring wine, milk or honey stands: no citizenship, no vote, little 486-4448, onassisusa.org. A Personal Account of One Greek Family’s Contributions During and After WWII

Continued from page 1 kamikaze. Photographs and memo- in the United States he built or pur- cle served in the Pacific. Being fru- ries recall that Frank had come chased the first of a series of build- gal is one thing, being on board a recollections - of elaborate parties, back to Chicago in his navy uniform ings in which he always operated a battleship or on small Pacific is- everyday headaches, and as with and toured a war-product factory, successful barbershop. As far as can lands for months and months does- all things Greek; death and loss. as a wounded veteran. A cousin, now be recalled the first of these n’t allow for a lot of ways to spend “Delaine,” was a merger of Deno Margaret Frangos’ working at this buildings was a barbershop/shoe your military pay. and Elaine; my parent’s names. factory had arranged the tour but repair in Butte, Montana which he All in all the family raised the When my parent’s were discussing the exact time this occurred is not owned/operated with his first $2,500. The Dariotis Construction possible names for a baby girl, nei- now recalled. cousin Dan Kachikas. My papou Company wanted $5,000 to con- ther wanted the other’s mother’s During the Great Depression my next owned a sizable building in St. struct the brick and concrete build- name as their future child’s name. grandfather had the choice of pay- Paul, Minnesota. ing. The building blue-prints, at Avoiding Greek naming customs, ing off his mortgage on his Division On arriving in the Chicago area this time, called for two stores; altogether, they settled on a merger Street barbershop or leaving the papou had two stores built on Divi- which as family reasoning went of their own first names. My father building. My grandparents had sion Street two blocks west of Ci- meant one to collect rent on and asked his brother Frank if they been frugal and held some amount cero Avenue. His barbershop was the other for a barber shop. Later, could name the grill after the new of money, not greater than $4,000, located in one of these stores at the after the first two stores were built, baby and he agreed. With the unex- in a neighborhood bank. time of the Great Depression. Gun- a small attached apartment was pected loss of this child, Frank All this was lost on October 29, nison was the last building he built added. came forward and said the grill 1929, with the Wall Street stock but for a time during his retirement Papou borrowed $5000 from a should keep the name. I have a very market crash, known as Black Tues- he also owned a small house on a real estate outfit at 4 ?% interest. vague but still persistent memory day. My grandparent’s bank along half-acre in Tarpon Springs, Flori- My father accompanied my papou of a wide metal sign wrapping the with so many others went bank- da. So while my yiayia was a force- and their lawyer to sign the con- top of the building with the word, rupt. ful individual and family memories tract. As my father read over the “Delaine,” on it. Apparently, during the immedi- National Herald writer Steve Frangos’ grandfather (also named recall her as the motivating force in contract the interest read 5% not 4 After serving 25 months in the ate turmoil of the Great Depression Steve) operated successful barbershops wherever he lived, including the Gunnison venture, I can not dis- ?%. After pointing this out, the in- army during World War II, my fa- distinctions between homes and Chicago, St. Paul, Minnesota and Butte, Montana. count my papou’s past experiences. terest figure was changed back to ther, returned to Chicago sometime commercial property were made. Financing the property proved a the original agreed upon number. A in July 1946. My grandparents, Given that the family lived behind months to a barbershop on 95th the Lawler Street barbershop he family project. My papou held a life small event in itself but not the last Steve and Katherine Frangos, then the barber shop (like so many other Street which my papou rented. did manage to work for varying pe- insurance policy and owned a small time my father had to closely read lived in the Lathrop Homes apart- families during this era) it was con- Next, the family moved to another riods of time in other barbershops. lot in Evergreen Park, that for vari- the contracts and find the inten- ments in the Chicago neighbor- sidered technically commercial barbershop on Lawler Street where During the war papou even worked ous zoning regulations, he could tional mistakes that bankers, hood known by its residents as ‘the property and the banks were al- they, again, lived behind the shop. for an unspecified time in at least not build on. Combining the sale of lawyers and other ‘prominent busi- Projects.’ No one can seem to recall lowed to press for mortgage pay- From this location the family one of the many war-time factories. the lot with the insurance policy my nessmen’ drew up for him to sign. exactly when my uncle Frank re- ments. moved to Lathrop Homes while pa- But papou was never the man he grandparents purchased the Gun- As my father recalls my papou turned to Chicago after the war. Financially wiped out my papou pou kept his barbershop on Lawler. once had been. So, what my grand- nison Street lot for some $1,100. wanted him and my uncle Frank to Frank had been wounded during was forced to give up the Division Of the many positive events and father’s exact role in the subse- Yet my grandfather needed an ad- go into business together while my the May 12, 1945, battle of Oki- street barbershop and move on. Ini- memories associated with this quent decisions and activities that ditional $2500 to secure the yiayia wanted them to specifically nawa on the SS New Mexico by a tially the family went for a few move to Lathrop Homes was meet- lead to the Gunnison building have monies needed for construction of open a hot dog stand. It is easy to ing the recent arrivals from Greece, always been unclear to me. the actual building. dismiss the wishes of two Greek im- the Demos’ and their children. The My papou was never a wealthy All during my father’s time in migrants of the mid-1940s for their two families became (and remain) man, just a barber who supported the service he sent war bonds to his children’s future. Yet from our per- close. Sometime during 1946, Mr. his family. Still, in 1932, my papou parents out of his army salary. In spective in history it is clear the one Demos built a house, took his fami- had enough money to send my yi- addition he had sent back $400 in enduring stereotype of Greeks in ly, and left Lathrop Homes. The ayia, my father and my uncle Frank cash. My father had arrived in North America is associated with Demos family’s move prompted my to Greece for a year. I mention all Chicago with $600. My uncle Frank small restaurants. How that image yiayia into pushing for what was to this because in family recollections, had returned with $800. For those developed has yet to be fully stud- become the Gunnison building. I believe; my papou deserves more old enough to remember how little ied and understood. Τhe Paideia Program Sometime during the early part credit for his business savvy than he the salaries of US servicemen actu- The actual events, described of World War II my papou experi- receives. ally were in real dollars I should here, took longer than one might The Paideia Program of video production on the contributions of Ancient Greece to enced a stroke. While he gave up Not long after my papou arrived stress that both my father and un- suspect. For after the Gunnison lot world civilization would like to thank all its supporters through advertising ads, was purchased, finding the con- donations and presence to its premiere receptions of the ongoing Paideia Program. tractor, gathering addition monies and all the rest, took its own time, On the occasion of the CHRISTMAS HOLIDAYS AND THE NEW YEAR, Professor Law Firm roughly between 1946 and 1950. George A. Kourvetaris, Executive Producer of the Paideia program, Northern Illinois Many of my earliest memories of University, would like to extend his best wishes to all the families and the individuals J O H N S P I R I D A K I S my yiayia, papou, Uncle Frank, par- who over the years have supported the Paideia program, which was founded by him The Law Firm the Community Trusts ents and assorted family and in 2003. friends revolve around the Grill. This brief recollection only sketch- We are also proud to report that so far, the Paideia Program, a not for profit ACCIDENTS-MEDICAL MALPRACTICE es out what my family planned to educational and cultural organization, has produced with great success five DVDs • Construction • Slip & Fall • Estates do and in fact accomplished. I on the Birthplace of Democracy, on Freedom, on the Influence of Ancient Greece on • Car/Motor Vehicle • Divorces • Divorces hope, in the future, to write more the American Founding Fathers, on Ancient Greek Music, and on Greek Classical Accidents • Wills • Wrongfull deaths episodes from this time, place and Mythology. Also cases in Greece assorted characters. The Paideia Project is working on its next DVD documentary on Ancient Games and Future histories of the experi- Celebrations, which is scheduled to premier on January 17th at 6 p.m. at the Free consultations • Home & Hospital visits • 24 Hours • 7 Days ences of Greeks in the United States Meridian Banquet and Conference Center (847) 952-8181. will inevitably draw on personal ac- For those who want to obtain these DVDs please call: (815) 758-4088 Mr. Spiridakis Legal expenses are payable counts such as this one. For without or email: [email protected] and his colleagues at the conclusion of the case question histories of the manner in which Greeks contributed to Amer- For more information about have successfully won over $50 million “To recieve our care for your case” ican society during and immediate- the Paideia Program, please visit our website: ly after World War II need to be http://paideiaprojects.com for clients [email protected] • www.lawhelp1.com written.

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Continued from page 1 when a heavily injured person en- what are some common orthopedic ters the operating room? problems that a person can face? and those are usually arthroscopic “If it is a trauma, he enters by the “Some of the most common are knee and shoulder procedures, ambulance or a helicopter that the knee pain that is a meniscus that whether reconstructing the interior comes to the trauma bay or the you can fix arthroscopically; some ligament or doing rotating cuff re- emergency room. There is a prima- shoulder cuff issues; a lot of knee pairs in the shoulder.” ry survey where every aspect from arthritis and total knee replace- Asked how the procedure works, head to toes is evaluated. If there is ments and hip arthritis. Those are Dr. Mattheos explained that “you any chance of any orthopedic in- the most common orthopedic prob- make a very small incision, proba- juries, from dislocations to frac- lems and they will continue to be bly one or two centimeters, just big tures, the emergency room will common as the population gets old- enough where you can fit the in- alert me. er and continues to be active.” strument in, which has a camera. After determining the extent of He also said, “There is no solu- On the other side of the joint you the issue by evaluating the limbs, tion for arthritis. So what you do is make a small incision and you put you take go ahead and fix the you take out the arthritic joint by the instruments in and you can ac- proble, be it a fracture that is stick- showing the bone and you put over tually see inside the joint without ing out of the patients skin or a dis- a metal cup over each side of the joint and a plastic piece in the mid- dle”. Speaking about his experience with the NBA’s Boston Celtics, he said, “Dr. Brian Mckee is the team physician for the Celtics and as a sports fellow there are four of us who cover each team so I am part of the team that covers the Boston Celtics. I will be at every game and basi- cally if they need any medical atten- tion at the game, if someone needs stitches, any emergency stuff that needs to be done at the Boston Gar- den during the game I will do it.” Asked how he feels about his Greek cultural origin and heritage, he said, “I am grateful. It is nice we can appreciate that a lot of modern medicine can be traced back to an- cient Greece and just in my training it has been very easy to understand a lot of this stuff because I was able to figure out the words. Even the way we describe a dislocated shoul- Dr. Steve Mattheos, left, with Dr. Raymiont Hwang, middle, and der, the way you put it back is simi- renowned orthopedic trauma surgeon Dr. Mark Vrahas, right. lar and it is amazing how many are carried over. When you read about opening the joint. You work from location that needs to be put back in a dislocated shoulder and there is the outside but you do all the work place. actually a Hippocratic method to it inside.” If there is a cut with a bone stick- that is not very different of what we Asked how difficult an arthro- ing out, you immobilize it using do today anyway.” scopic procedure is compared to a plaster or fiberglass or sometimes Dr. Mattheos said that “sixty per- traditional surgery, he said, “I think you put temporary screws in and cent of the medical words are of the degree of difficulty is probably then if they need to go to surgery Greek origin. I am proud of it. the same. It is a matter of practice. It urgently then everything else is Everything that I value is the stuff is a different type of training to your evaluated from the head, the chest, taught to me by my parents. I value brain and muscle memories than the spine, the belly. Then you start the ideals that were passed on to the other one. In the other one you planning for the surgical procedure, me; the passion for what you do. Dignity, honesty and transparency are the things the value system has been built around. A lot of it has to do with my parents having been im- migrants.” When Dr. Mattheos speaks of his parents, Demetrios and Debbie, he gets visibly emotional. “There are no words to actually describe the debt that I feel I owe to my parents,” he said. “They left their own home and came to a new home where they knew nothing. The only thing they knew was to work hard and to give their children a chance for a better life than they had and they did all of this without ever compro- mising their ideals. They were able to do this by instilling their love for their Greek heritage.” Asked what the future holds for him and if he plans to go back to Lowell to practice, Dr. Mattheos said, “I am currently in the process of looking at different practices in the area, but I definitely would like to stay in New England and some- where between Southern New Hampshire and Boston, close by to Dr. Steven Mattheos, third from left, at his graduation ceremony from the Lowell area. I felt that I owed Harvard Orthopedic Residency with his parents, Demetrios and Deb- that much to my community to be bie and one of his mentors, Dr. Thomas Thornhill. able to take care of folks within the community, the people that I know have to know the anatomy the same whatever is going to be.” and love to hopefully take care of way and it is still very technically Asked to discuss one of the them.” demanding. With arthroscopic longer surgeries he has performed Dr. Mattheos has treated a lot of surgeries, you have to be able to thus far, he said, “Last year I had a Greeks and Greek Americans. train your eyes and your mind al- plane crash, four people were “I saw how appreciative they are most to think three dimensionally.” aboard, two died and two of them of any kind of care,” he said. “They Dr. Mattheos stated that he real- survived with multiple injuries. One are very enthused when I say some- ly likes what he does. of the passengers broke both arms thing in Greek. They light up and “It is exciting,” he said. “You nev- and both legs and so I was called at they start the conversation asking er lose the excitement. You never 7:30 in the morning and we were where my parents are from.” lose the nerves that you have and at there until 10 that night. There Dr. Mattheos credits God and the same time you are doing a ser- were two surgeons, one of us was the Church for playing an important vice. The patient always comes working on the arm, the other one role in his life. first.” on the leg and then we switched.” “They play a huge role,” he said. Asked what the process is from Dr. Mattheos was asked if he was “Because sometimes when you are the minute he is called to the oper- allowed to leave the operating operating for 15 hours straight or ating room, he said, “The first thing room? when you see a young child with is you see the patient, the films, the “No,” he said. “You do not leave broken bones because of abuse you x-rays, the CT-scan and from that the operating room unless you get turn to God to ask for strength and minute on you are planning. You go sick or have to go to the bathroom.” courage to keep doing what you are through the steps of how you are He was asked how he feels every doing. Many times I say a prayer be- going to put something back togeth- time he completes a surgery and fore I start a tough case, or before I er again.” sees a patient on the road to recov- go to bed after I had a long day.” Asked if time is of the essence, ery. Is there anything he would do Dr. Mattheos said, “For some things “That is the most gratifying differently? yes. Some things in orthopedics part,” he said.”It is the better than “I do not think I would do any- have to be done in five – six hours, any thank you. Having a patient thing differently,” he said. “I have while other things can be done on walk again, feel better, able to play been blessed with every opportuni- an elective basis which is nice be- baseball or soccer again, or even be ty that anyone could ever wantand cause you get to deal with healthy able pick up the grandchildren is a am taking advantage of these op- patients sometimes too.” great feeling.” portunities. I would not change How does the process begin Dr. Mattheos was asked about anything that I do.”

Cook County Treasurer Honored for Program

Continued from page 1 programs. I also learned how to re- She has since introduced measures late to other cultures. I am greatly to install reform in areas such as ment of the office, is one of the appreciative for this internship op- truth-in-lending budgeting, ending many interns Pappas inspired. portunity because it definitely has no-bid legal and bond-issue con- “I had various duties including enhanced my customer service tracts, and status reports by outside contacting the media, working with skills.” consultants, according to the Cook the press and participants during Upon taking office as Cook County Treasurer’s Office. ethnic programs, and helping pre- County Treasurer in 1998, Ms. Pap- Ms. Pappas’ internship program pare for these ethnic events,” wrote pas was praised for her discovery of is open to students with various in- White on Loyola University’s web- $31 million in undeposited checks terests who can apply throughout site. “I learned many things that were losing interest and not the year. Interns work directly with through this internship. The main going to local communities. As a re- the Treasurer’s staff and are ex- lesson I learned was the impor- sult, she introduced a lockbox sys- posed to a wide range of experi- tance of good communication and tem for same-day processing of ences. interpersonal skills in any position payments and deposits into inter- “One of the most rewarding a person has in life. My own skills est-earning accounts. parts of the internships are the rec- increased greatly through all of the In 1990, Ms. Pappas she was ommendations and good jobs that practice I had interacting with the elected Cook County Commission- students get because of their expe- staff, media and participants of er, a post she held for eight years. rience,” said Michalski. 8 OBITUARIES CLASSIFIEDS THE NATIONAL HERALD, DECEMBER 27, 2008 Career Criminal Nicholas “Little Nick” Montos Dies at 92

By Shamus Toomey with, grabbed an aluminum bat lawn and carried around a suitcase. 1) He only went out in the day- agreed to plead guilty to possessing ter skipping a court hearing to Chicago Sun-Times and cracked Montos over the head. But his neighbors learned in 1945 time, except when on a burglary 234 pieces of Zerk’s art — in ex- question him about his Outfit ties. She alerted police and whacked the suitcase was filled with bur- job. change for Nail’s release. The Sun-Times reported at the time Nicholas George Montos was him with the bat again when he glar's tools, and he'd been carrying 2) He stayed away from taverns The Sun-Times described the he had risen to “a position of impor- once one of the nation’s top bur- didn’t go quietly. them to Tennessee and Alabama for where hoodlums congregated. courtroom scene in 1954 when tance in the Chicago mob.” glars and safecrackers, a career “I don’t take any crap from any- burglaries. 3) He changed his brand of beer “Doodlebug” was released. “When When he was arrested in Indi- criminal from Chicago who had his body,” the store owner, Sonia He made the Most Wanted list in every few months. she heard Judge Walter J. LaBuy or- ana in 1985, the Sun-Times report- own set of rules to avoid the cops, Paine, told local reporters at the 1951 for the Georgia beating. 4) He stopped smoking cigars. der the charges dismissed, she ed he was in big trouble with the including changing his brand of time. “I beat the hell out of him.” While on the loose, the pock- 5) He never drove more than 5 looked gratefully at Montos, who mob. The arrest violated a proba- beer every few months. At the time, Montos had been on marked, 170-pound Montos was mph over the speed limit. already had received his sentence, tion that his syndicate buddies put The 5-foot-5 “Little Nick” was al- the lam for nine years — including described as "one of the top safe- 6) He never used a hotel or ficti- before leaving the courtroom. him on in 1982, when he botched a so brutal, once labeled by leg- a stint in Greece — to avoid a 40- crackers in the country. Likes gam- tious phone number for an address. "Montos, in turn, gave her an free-lance burglary they did not ap- endary Sun-Times mob reporter Art year sentence imposed in absentia bling. Italian food. Tips liberally. 7) He drove on diagonal streets understanding, though morose, prove. Making matters worse, po- Petacque as one of the Chicago for a Hammond jewel heist. Has a 'big shot' complex. Armed." whenever possible. look as he was led off to prison." lice had heard Montos talking over Outfit’s top hitmen, although he "His FBI rap sheet reads like a He was wanted in a 1953 rob- 8) He hired pickpockets to get He was sentenced to seven years police radio frequencies while bur- was never convicted of murder. book," John Burke, an assistant bery of $153,000 from a Florida new identification papers from in prison, to run concurrent with a glarizing the jewelry store in Ham- And he holds the title of first prosecutor in Lake County, Ind., bank. In 1954, he was implicated in men his size. pending sentence in Mississippi for mond. man to twice make the FBI’s Ten said in 1995. the robbery of inventor and art col- Montos, however, didn’t appear a safe burglary. But in January, At the time of his death, Montos Most Wanted list. Prisons couldn’t Montos' first arrest came at age lector Oscar U. Zerk. Montos led to be following his no-speeding 1956, he and another inmate used was the only Massachusetts inmate hold him — by 1956, he had bro- 14. When he died, he was Massa- two other men into Zerk's Kenosha rule. After his arrest, FBI agents a hacksaw to escape a Mississippi in his 90s. The next oldest is 85. ken out of five. chusetts' oldest inmate -- an accom- estate, and one held a gun to Zerk's found his car in a small Berwyn prison. That landed him on the Montos had been waiting on a re- The 92-year-old crook escaped plishment considering he was sen- head. They made off with garage. Montos had been trying to FBI’s Most Wanted list for the sec- quest to Massachusetts Gov. Deval his last prison cell by dying of nat- tenced to death in Georgia in 1956 $200,000 in jewels and art, includ- soup up the 120-mph car because ond time. Patrick to commute his sentence. ural causes in a Massachusetts hos- for whipping and robbing a 74- ing a ivory tusk carved to depict a he’d recently been passed by sever- Both fugitives were collared that The state Parole Board had turned pital Sunday. He was serving a 33- year-old farmer of his $1,000 life gorilla stepping into a beehive. al cars on the road. March in a Memphis motel, where down a request for parole earlier to 40-year sentence for a botched savings. Later that year, while sitting in The car was also equipped, ac- they were holed up with an arsenal this year. armed robbery that put an embar- Montos was 18 when he made his car on Cermak Road in Westch- cording to the Chicago Daily News, of weapons, including a subma- “I realize that my criminal rassing end to his life on the streets. his first escape from jail in Miami in ester, waiting for a freight train to with a “spring device on the license chine gun. They “surrendered record is extensive,” he wrote in the He was 78 years old in 1995 the 1930s. He ran from a chain pass, the feds caught up. He had plate holder to speed up any meekly after agents fired tear gas letter to the board that was ob- when he went into an antique store gang in Alabama in 1942 and es- .38-caliber Colt pistol in a cigar box change of license plates.” bombs into the motel room,” ac- tained by The Boston Globe. “I sus- in Brookline, Mass., pulled out a si- caped again in 1944. next to him on the front seat when Also arrested in 1954 was Mon- cording to a Sun-Times account of pect there may be some who will lencer-equipped .22-caliber pistol During World War II, Montos arrested. tos’ 22-year-old girlfriend, Lila Mae the arrest. Each man was carrying suggest I deserve no mercy or com- and stuck up the 73-year-old lived in suburban Broadview, An ex-con caught with Montos Nail, also known as “Doodlebug.” more than $2,000 in cash. passion. I can understand their woman behind the counter. where his 23rd Avenue neighbors told the feds that Montos had con- She was accused of harboring Mon- In the 1970s, Montos continued feelings. But there is no way I am But the woman slipped out of knew him as Arthur Brown. He was fided in him his eight rules to avoid tos. to make the newspapers. The Sun- going to live to serve out my sen- the plastic strips Montos bound her the guy who puttered around his the cops: Following her arrest, Montos Times reported he was wanted af- tence.”

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■ ARGIROPOULOS, MARY Worcester, passed away on litsis passed away on Thursday, De- Offensive. After the war he perused erdale, FL in 2001 after suffering a nephews, John (Nancy) Giatrelis HOUSTON, Texas – The Houston Wednesday, December 17, 2008 cember 18, 2008 at Hartford Hospi- more education in the printing stroke. After moving to Florida she and Nicholas (Electra) Giatrelis Chronicle reported that Mary Pap- surrounded by his family, in St. Vin- tal after a brief illness. He was born field, going to school in Davenport, attended St. Demetrios Greek Or- and many nieces and nephews in pas Argiropoulos, 91, passed away cent Hospital. He is survived by his September 1, 1933 in Tunis, Iowa. Upon returning to Canton he thodox Church. She was preceded Greece along with many great suddenly on December 16, 2008, in wife of 30 years, Zaharoula (Anni- Tunisia and was a son of the late started working for the Canton in death by her husband, Aristides; nieces and great nephews both her home. She led an active and in- nou) Duhani; his son, Toma Duhani Zaffiris and Alexandra (Kavouras) Repository as a linotype operator her two nephews, Emanuel and here and abroad. The funeral was dependent life until her unexpect- and his wife Lena of Shrewsbury; a Manolitsis. He grew up in Rhodes, for some 28 years, after which he Christopher Yahnis and her six sib- held on December 8 at St. George ed death. Mary was born on the brother, Michael K. Duhani of Greece. He was the original co- was employed at the Hoover Com- lings. She is survived by her Greek Orthodox Cathedral in Hart- 10th of February 1917, and gradu- Fayetteville, NC; three grandchil- owner of Bristol Pizza for 36 years. pany for nine years. He retired in beloved son, Steve and loving ford. Burial was at Cedar Hill ated from Brenham High School. dren, Alexander, Christina and He was a member of St. Demetrios 1986. Gust married the love of his daughter-in-law Barbara (Taxis) Cemetery. Memorial donations to She worked for the Cotton Office Michael; and many nephews, Greek Orthodox Church, Bristol, life, Helen Thanos of Miami, FL in Yatrousis; three nieces, Mary Ioan- St. George Greek Orthodox Cathe- until her marriage to John Ar- nieces and cousins in the United the Pan-Rhodian Society and the 1954, whom he met while on vaca- nidis, Paula (Frank) DeTuccio and dral (433 Fairfield Avenue, Hart- giropoulos in 1938. They worked States, Albania and Greece. A Hellenic Club. He was a gentle man tion there. They were married 45 Katherine (Tom) Nicolaou; two ford, CT 06114). side by side in their business, The brother, Stavros Duhani prede- and enjoyed spending time with his years. He and Helen had two chil- Post Office Cafeteria, for many ceased him. He was born in Lasho- family and helping his son at dren, John and Peter. Peter passed years. She concluded her work ca- va, Albania, the son of Konstaninos Amano's Pizza. He was an avid away in 1973 and Helen in 1999. CLASSIFIEDS reer at Battlestein's. She served as and Eleni (Mihali) Duhani. In 1935 sports fan, and especially favored He served on the parish council and President of the Daughters of Pene- Mr. Duhani immigrated to Constan- UCONN Basketball. He was a lov- festival committees as well as in lope, volunteered many hours at tinople where he started his family ing and devoted husband, father, many other roles. He was instru- HELP WANTED FUNERAL HOMES her church office, cooked for the and, where he owned a pastry grandfather and great grandfather. mental in the formation of the Greek Festival, and made sand- shop; in 1971 he immigrated to "Mike" loved playing cards at the youth organization that still serves VIDEO PHOTOGRAPHER/ CONSTANTINIDES wiches for the homeless. It was her Worcester. He worked as a machin- Greek Club in Hartford with all of the church. Additionally he was a CINEMATOGRAPHER FUNERAL PARLOR Co. wish to remain engaged with her ist for Reed and Prince for many his friends on Tuesday nights. Be- Democratic Party precinct chairper- INTERN WANTED 405 91st Street church and community which was years and later as a baker at The sides his wife Toula, he leaves a son son. He was a strong union sup- Have an eye for video? The Nation- Bay Ridge - Brooklyn, NY 11209 central to her spiritual and social Broadway on Water Street. He was and daughter-in-law Evangelos porter. Gust was a member of the al Herald is looking for college-lev- (718) 745-1010 well being. Mary is preceded in a member of St. Spyridon Greek "Van" and Melissa Manolitsis of China Burma India Association, el VIDEO PHOTOGRAPHERS for Services in all localities - death by her parents, Louis and Orthodox Cathedral. The funeral Bristol, two daughters Sandy Dimi- Holy Trinity Men's Club, American internship opportunities. Earn Low cost shipping to Greece Panayiota Pappas; her husband, was held on December 22 at St. tratos and her friend Bruce Manee- Hellenic Educational Progressive credit towards your degree and John Argiropoulos; her sister, Irene Spyridon Greek Orthodox Cathe- ley of Broad Brook, and Lynn Association (AHEPA), Asia Minor gain valuable experience in the ANTONOPOULOS Verges; her grandson, Erik Clark; dral in Worcester. Memorial dona- Valaris of Southbury, a sister Hellenic American Society (AH- world of journalism. Send current FUNERAL HOME, INC. her son-in-law, Basil Gogos, and tions to St. Spyridon Greek Ortho- Kaliopi Ventoutsos of Wethersfield, MAS), Canton Ex-Newsboys Asso- resume, cover letter, and optional- Konstantinos Antonopoulos - her nephew, Nick C. Demeris. She dox Cathedral Family Center (102 seven grandchildren Cathi, Em- ciation, Canton Telephone Pio- ly, a link to a web-based example of Funeral Director is survived by her daughters, Euge- Russell Street, Worcester, MA manuel, Nicholas, Alexander, Alex- neers, Toys of Love and the Canton your work (e.g. YouTube) to: pho- 38-08 Ditmars Blvd., nia Clark (Edwin); Pat Gogos; Fran 01609). ia, Theresa and Christopher, one Area Hearing Loss Association. An [email protected] Astoria, New York 11105 Pond (Robert); grandsons, Con- great granddaughter Alexandra extremely devoted family man, (718) 728-8500 stantine and John Gogos; niece, ■ KALIMERAS, MICHAEL and several nieces and nephews. who loved all his family very much, LEADING GREEK AMERICAN Not affiliated with any Effie Ambrose (Roddy); nephew, VIRGINIA BEACH, VA. – The Vir- He was predeceased by a sister, As- he led his life as an example to his NEWSPAPER SEEKS other funeral home. Jim Verges (Nita); great nephews ginian Pilot reported that Michael trodia. The funeral was held on De- family. He is survived by his son Full-time AD sales representatives and niece and a host of friends. The C. Kalimeras, 72, passed away on cember 23 at St. Demetrios Greek and daughter-in-law, Dr. John G. for both GREEK and ENGLISH lan- APOSTOLOPOULOS funeral was held on December 22, Sunday, December 21, 2008. He is Orthodox Church in Bristol. Burial and Sheila Tarzan; granddaughter, guage publications. Applicants Apostle Family - at Annunciation Greek Orthodox survived by his two sons, Christo- was at Peacedale Cemetery. Memo- Michelle Tarzan; special grand- should have some sales and/or mar- Gregory, Nicholas, Andrew - Cathedral, in Houston, with the pher M. Kalimeras of Poughkeep- rial donations to St. Demetrios sons, Kareem and Alexander keting experience. Fluency with Funeral Directors of Cathedral Clergy officiating. The sie, N.Y., and William M. Kalimeras Greek Orthodox Church, (31 Tarzan whom he and Helen helped computer use and knowledge of In- RIVERDALE interment was at Forest Park Lawn- of Saugerties, N.Y.; his grandson, Brightwood Rd., Bristol, CT raise in their early years; great- ternet a plus. Bi-lingual command FUNERAL HOME Inc. dale Cemetery. Those honored to Damion Michael Kalimeras of 06010). granddaughter, Ava Tarzan; god- of both languages preferred. This 5044 Broadway serve as casket bearers were Con- Poughkeepsie; his two sisters, Stel- son and nephew, Sam Halkias; positions offers base salary, plus New York, NY 10034 stantine and John Gogos, Garrick la Pappas and husband Gregory ■ SPELAS, LOUISE brother and sister-in-law, Lazer and commissions. E-mail resume and (212) 942-4000 and Andy Ambrose, Dominic and Nitsa Christie and husband MANCHESTER, N.H. – The Union Elizabeth Tarzan; sisters-in-law An- cover letter to [email protected] Toll Free 1-888-GAPOSTLE Verges, and Billy Vlahakos. Memor- Nicholas, all of Virginia Beach; his Leader reported that Louise Spelas, nette Poulos and Vivian Thanos,; FAX: (718) 472-0510 Attn. Publish- ial donations to Annunciation Or- brother, Costas Kalimeras and wife 87, passed away on Thursday, De- brother-in-law and sister-in-law, er or call (718) 784-5255 ask for LITRAS FUNERAL HOME thodox Cathedral Senior Citizens, Loukia of Kingston, N.Y.; and many cember 18, 2008, at Villa Crest Richard and Theodora Steinhart, Veta. ARLINGTON BENSON DOWD, (3511 Yoakum Blvd., Houston, TX, loving cousins, nieces and Health Care Facility, after a period all of Florida; along with numerous INC FUNERAL HOME 77006). nephews. He was a native of of failing health. She was born in nieces and nephews. Gust was, a JOURNALISTS WANTED 83-15 Parsons Blvd., Nicosia, Cyprus and a member of Manchester, June 9, 1921, to Har- true member of “The Greatest Gen- Nation’s leading Greek American Jamaica, NY 11432 ■ CHRISTOFORAKIS, EKATERINI the Cyprus Benevolent Society and alampos and Eleni (Katsavos) eration,” as Tom Brokaw called newspaper, The National Herald, (718) 858-4434 • (800) 245-4872 HAVERHILL, Mass. — Ekaterini the Annunciation Greek Orthodox Spelas. She was a lifelong resident them. The world was a much better needs reporters and assistant editor “Kathy” (Antonopoulos) Christo- Church in Norfolk. He served as of the city. She graduated from place with him in it; now Heaven for English weekly paper. forakis, 64, of Haverhill passed Parish Council President of Saint Manchester High School Central. will be. A thank you to all the peo- Exceptional writing/reporting TO PLACE YOUR away peacefully on Thursday, De- George Greek Orthodox Church in Until her retirement in 1983, she ple at St. Luke's who cared and took skills and bilingual fluency a must. CLASSIFIED AD, CALL: cember 18, 2008 surrounded by Kingston. Michael was a barber by was the payroll supervisor with care of him. The funeral was held Car a plus. Fax or e-mail clips and (718) 784-5255, EXT. 106, her beloved family. Born February trade; however, his lifelong hobby Pandora Industries for many years. on December 23 at Holy Trinity cover letter to 718-472-0510 or E-MAIL: 28, 1944 in Klepa, Greece, daugh- was gardening. He was the green She was a lifetime member of St. Greek Orthodox Church in Canton. [email protected]. classifieds@ thenationalherald.com ter of the late Christos and thumb behind the courtyard gar- George Greek Orthodox Cathedral Burial was at Forest Hill Cemetery. 111609/01 Chrysoula Antonopoulos, she den at the Sea Side Motel in Vir- where she taught Sunday School. Memorial donations to the Holy moved with her family to Haverhill ginia Beach. Under his care, the She held membership in the Ana- Trinity Greek Orthodox Endow- in the year 1958 at the age of 14. garden bloomed year-round for gennesis Society, Tri-Ortho, Daugh- ment Fund, (4705 Fairhaven Ave. She worked many years at Davco guests of the hotel to enjoy. The ters of Penelope, and the NOA Aux- N.W., Canton, OH 44709). Industries in Haverhill's Shoe Dis- family wishes to express our grati- iliary. She was active at Glendi, trict. tude to the heart transplant team where she helped in the cooking ■ YATROUSIS, METAXIA Kathy, as everyone knew her, was a and staff at Norfolk General Hospi- and baking preparations for the fes- FT. LAUDERDALE, Fla. – The Hart- member of the Holy Apostles St.. tal and to the nurses and staff at tival. She also volunteered at the ford Courant reported that Metaxia Elliot Hospital. She enjoyed travel- “May” Yatrousis, 96, of Ft. Laud- subscribePRINTED EDITION OF THE NATIONAL HERALD Peter and St. Paul Greek Orthodox Virginia Beach Healthcare and Re- Church in Haverhill. She was a habilitation Center. The funeral ing, playing cards, and bingo. Fam- erdale, FL, formerly of West Hart- via the post-office: member of the church choir as well was held on December 24 at the ily members include five nieces, Al- ford, passed away peacefully on ❏1 Month $11.00 ❏3 Months $22.00 as the Ladies Philoptochos group. Annunciation Greek Orthodox ice Love, Joni Spelas and Cynthia Wednesday, December 3, 2008. She ❏6 Months $33.00 ❏One Year $66.00 She was a beloved mother and yi- Church in Norfolk. Burial was at Ziemieski, all of Manchester, Elaine was born on January 18, 1912 on VIA HOME DELIVERY (NY, NJ & CT): ayia as well as a good friend to have Forest Lawn Cemetery. Memorial Oleniak of Merrimack, and Linda the Island of Mytelini, Lesvos, ❏1 Month for $14.00 ❏3 Months for $33.00 around and laugh with. She is sur- donations to the American Heart Samalis of Cave Creek, Ariz.; and Greece, the daughter of Emanuel ❏6 Months for $48.00 ❏One Year for $88.00 vived by her daughters Pamela Association or the Annunciation several great-nieces and one great- and Marigo (Sculos) Papadellis. Christoforakis of Haverhill, Maria Greek Orthodox Church. nephews. She was predeceased by She immigrated to the United VIA HOME DELIVERY (NEW ENGLAND, PENNSYLVANIA, Dimakis and her husband Nick of a brother, William Spelas, and a sis- States in 1926, settling in WASHINGTON D.C., VIRGINIA & MARYLAND) Haverhill, and Chrisoula LaBella ■ KONIDARIS, NADINE ter, Mary Samalis. The funeral was Somerville, MA. She met her future ❏1 Month for $18.00 ❏3 Months for $41.00 and her husband Joe of Rocky Hill, ATHENS, Greece – It was reported held on December 22 at St. George husband, Aristides E. Yatrousis and ❏6 Months for $57.00 ❏One Year for $109.00 Conn; four grandchildren, George that Nadine Konidaris passed away Greek Orthodox Cathedral in Man- they married in 1946. They moved ON LINE SUBSCRIPTION www.thenationalherald.com A. Davis, Antonios N. Dimakis, on Tuesday, November 11, 2008 in chester. Burial was at Pine Grove to West Hartford, and lived there NON SUBSCRIBERS: ❏One Year for $45.95 ❏6 Months for $29.95 Manoli N. Dimakis, and Buddy; Athens, Greece. She is survived by Cemetery. Memorial donations to until 2001. She was employed by ❏3 Months for $18.95 three brothers, James Antonopou- her husband Jerry; her sons Nikos the Alzheimer's Association of New the Royal Typewriter Company in SUBSCRIBERS: ❏One Year for $34.95 ❏6 Months for $23.95 los and his wife Stella of Haverhill, (Heather)and Alexander; her Hampshire, (1 Bedford Farms Dri- the 1950's and 60's until she re- ❏3 Months for $14.95 Danny Antonopoulos and his com- brothers Pierre and Alex; her moth- ve, Suite 105, Bedford 03110) or to tired. May was a life-long member panion Suzanne McGilvray of Ex- er Olga; and her loving companion St. George Greek Orthodox Cathe- of the St. George Greek Orthodox eter, NH, and Charlie Antonopou- and faithful dog, Mudhoney. She dral Sunday School Program, (650 Cathedral in Hartford and was a NAME: ...... los and his wife Felicia of Haverhill; was predeceased by her father Pan- Hanover St., Manchester 03104). charter member of the Plomaritan ADDRESS: ...... a dear cousin Tasia Gotsis as well as telis. She was a loving wife, mother Society. She was also an active CITY:...... STATE: ...... ZIP:...... several nieces, nephews and and friend. Her interests included ■ TARZAN, GUST member of the Ladies Philoptochos TEL.: ...... E-MAIL:...... CELL...... cousins. The funeral was held on travel, especially to India where her CANTON, Ohio – The Independent Society. May moved to Ft. Laud- PLEASE SEND A GIFT SUBSCRIPTION TO: December 22 at the Holy Apostles work often took her, interior design reported that Gust J. Tarzan, 86, of NAME: ...... Greek Orthodox Church in Haver- and art. She loved swimming in Canton, passed away on Friday, De- ADDRESS: ...... hill. Burial was at Walnut Cemetery. Cephalonia. She lived in North cember 19, 2008 at St. Luke's This is a service CITY:...... STATE: ...... ZIP:...... Memorial donations to the Sclero- America, Europe and the Middle Lutheran Nursing Home with his to the community. TEL.: ...... E-MAIL:...... CELL...... derma Foundation (300 Rosewood East. She owned and ran Legacy family at his side. Born in Canton, a Announcements of deaths Please specify method of payment Dr., Suite 105, Danvers, MA, Linens, a luxury good textile com- self made man of immigrant par- may be telephoned to the 01923), or to the Holy Apostles pany. Her final resting spot is in ents (the late John and Elbiniki I enclose a check/money order for $ ...... made payable to: Classified Department of The National Herald, Inc., 37-10 30th Street, Long Island City, NY 11101 - 2614 Church, (154-156 Winter St. Konidarata in Cephalonia. Tarzan). He was a 1941 graduate of The National Herald at or please debit my ❏ Mastercard ❏ Visa ❏ American Express Haverhill, MA 01830). Timken High School where he ma- (718) 784-5255, ■ MANOLITSIS, EMMANUEL jored in printing. He served in the CARD NUMBER: ...... ■ Monday through Friday, DUHANI, VASIL HARTFORD, Conn. – The Hartford military during World War II, first 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. EST EXPIRATION DATE: ...... SIGNATURE:...... WORCESTER, Mass. – The Worces- Courant reported that Emmanuel in the Army and then in the Air or e-mailed to: ter Telegram & Gazette reported “Mike” Manolitsis, 75, of Bristol, Force as an airplane mechanic. He [email protected] that Vasil “Bill” Duhani, 88, of husband of Toula (Demou) Mano- served in the China Burma India THE NATIONAL HERALD, DECEMBER 27, 2008 GREECE CYPRUS 9 HIDDEN GREECE Rival Leaders Cyprus Prosecutes Five Over Hidden Greece will present pictures of the country that tourists don't see, the main streets but also the back streets and balconies and the way of life of people outside the normal spotlight: workers, the home- Vow to Find less, ordinary citizens and some more celebrated, and the places they live and work and define modern Nation's Worst Air Tragedy Greece, as well as its legacy. Solution to NICOSIA, Cyprus (AFP)- Cyprus cense revoked before the crash prosecutors filed manslaughter when it failed to meet certain air Cyprus Problem charges against five people on safety standards but that an overly Tuesday over a 2005 plane crash in lenient aviation authority allowed Greece that killed all 121 people on it to continue operating. Continued from page 1 board in the two countries' worst- They have also filed claims in ever air disaster. Greece, demanding 76 million eu- sions with the media at all. The names of the five have not ros (105 million dollars) from the Asked if he had said that to been made public but they are ex- US aircraft maker Boeing, arguing Turkish officials, Downer replied “I pected to attend a hearing to an- that confusing sound alarms had am not going into anything I said to swer the charges early next year, contributed to the cutting of oxy- any officials on any occasion”. deputy attorney general Akis Pa- gen to the cabin and the crash. Invited to comment statements pasavvas said. Greek crash investigator Akrivos he was quoted by the Turkish me- "The charge sheet was submit- Tsolakis has said that around 200 dia to have made that if the Cyprus ted to the court today (Tuesday), incidents involving Boeing's air issue was not solved in 2009 the and a response to the charges has pressure system have been record- UN will stop their efforts and been set for February 26," Papasav- ed, with disaster only being avoid- Cyprus will be permanently divid- vas told state television. ed at the last minute. ed, Downer said he did not see any He would not say who the five The Helios accident made head- such report, repeating he did not people were but said the charges lines around the world as one of the have any discussions with the Turk- were among the "most serious" pro- most puzzling in aviation history. ish media. vided for under the Cyprus criminal After leaving Larnaca airport for Downer added “we look for- code. The indictment was filed be- a flight to Prague via Athens, the ward to a productive year next year fore the district court in Nicosia. plane flew on auto-pilot for more and I think there is a momentum The main charge is manslaugh- than two hours, ending in wreck- here in these negotiations. The fact ter, which carries a life sentence, age on a rural hillside outside that the two leaders have made a and causing death by a reckless, Athens. joint statement here today is a very thoughtless or dangerous act, When the airliner entered Greek encouraging and a very positive de- which carries a maximum four-year airspace and failed to respond to Alexi Sells velopment. term. calls, two Greek F-16 fighters were And it is important that people Relatives of the dead have long sent in pursuit and pilots saw that The signs are on the walls of the University of Athens to remember Alexi Grigoropoulos, and it's turned out look at their words and think about called for criminal action against the captain's seat was empty and to be a good spot for illegal street vendors to sell their goods. their words because these are two those deemed responsible when a that a second person was wrestling people very committed to a suc- Boeing plane operated by charter with the controls. cessful process”, the UN official re- company Helios Airways ran out of In October 2006, a Greek com- marked. oxygen and slammed into a Greek mission of inquiry said the Helios He added that “endless specula- hillside in August 2005. pilots had failed to recognize early tion about what or may have been The charges come after three warnings of a drop in cabin pres- Greek Parliament Approves 2009 Budget said by other people, including me, years of painstaking police investi- sure and had omitted to switch in private meetings, you get that all gation amid criticism of official pressurisation from manual to au- ATHENS, Greece (AP) _ Parliament ern city of Thessaloniki a church was leader Alekos Alavanos disclaimed the time. I was the FM of Australia foot-dragging leveled by Cypriot tomatic in pre-flight checks. But it early Monday approved Greece's briefly occupied. any support for violence and said his for 12 years and words have been relatives of the 121 killed. also blamed Boeing for taking inad- 2009 budget, which aims to keep the In Parliament, most speakers accusers were out of touch with the put in my mouth which I have nev- Relatives are already taking sep- equate measures to rectify similar fiscal deficit within the limits pre- chose to speak about the riots and the concerns and aspirations of youth. er uttered. I just never get into any arate civil action, claiming dam- pressurisation "incidents" on the scribed by the European Union, even government's response to them Greece's GDP growth will slow discussion on that”. ages from the state arguing that same type of aircraft. Most of the as the economy is slowing down. rather than the budget itself. Prime down to 2.7% in 2009 from 3.2% in President Christofias and Talat Cyprus's civil aviation authority victims on board were Cypriots go- Deputies voted 151-147 for the Minister Costas Karamanlis accused 2008, according to the budget, which have been engaged in direct negoti- was at fault because of negligence ing on summer holiday and some budget, with former deputy minister opposition leader George Papan- aims to keep the deficit at 2% of GDP ations since early September this by its officials that led to the crash children lost their entire families. Petros Tatoulis voting "present". dreou of trying to sully the country's through restrained spending and by year, aiming at reuniting the island, of the Boeing 737-300. Helios was renamed Ajet Avia- Tatoulis was expelled from the ruling reputation in interviews to foreign raising more than ?6 billion ($8.35 divided since the 1974 Turkish in- Relatives claim that budget car- tion, which ceased flight operations center-right New Democracy party media, while Papandreou accused billion) in additional taxes. The Euro- vasion. rier Helios should have had its li- in late 2006. last month, leaving the government Karamanlis of leading the country to pean Union guidelines call for budget with a single-seat majority in the "a state of decomposition". Karaman- deficits below 3% of GDP. 300-member Parliament. lis accused Papandreou of "irrespon- Opposition MPs and analysts have The budget debate this past week sible populism and unrealistic criticized the budget's goals as unre- was overshadowed by recurring promises" that, if enacted, would alistic, especially the forecast that demonstrations and riots that have lead to much higher debt levels. revenues will grow 12%. Last year, Cyprus President Stands Down as Party Leader occurred almost daily since a teenag- Tension rose as the ruling conser- the 2008 budget had forecast rev- er was fatally shot by a police officer vatives, populist right-wing Popular enue growth of 12.5%, but, during NICOSIA (AFP) — Cyprus Presi- tions reunification blueprint. in Athens on Dec. 6. Orthodox Party and the Communist the first ten months of 2008, it has dent Demetris Christofias said on Direct talks resumed on Septem- Sunday offered a rare respite from Party accused the Left Coalition party grown only 6% over the same period Saturday he was standing down as ber 3 between Christofias and Turk- the daily spectacle of demonstrators of being too accommodating on the in 2007. Some analysts also believe leader of the communist party ish Cypriot leader Mehmet Ali Talat clashing with police forces, with only violent rioters who have done exten- the 2.7% GDP growth target is unre- AKEL to focus fully on talks to re- in a process the international com- a couple of minor marches taking sive damage to properties in Athens alistic, given the global economic unite the long-divided east munity views as the best but also place in Athens suburbs. In the north- and other Greek cities. Left Coalition slowdown. Mediterranean island. last chance for a settlement. "After 20 whole years the time Christofias has said that more has come for me to pass on the ba- than three months of negotiations ton," he told an AKEL congress in an have produced very little in the way emotional speech. of tangible results, however. Cyprus Probes Suspect Package at U.S. Embassy "My obligations as president do "We are not as satisfied as we not allow me to serve the party as would like to be with the course of general secretary to the extent that I these negotiations," he said. "Al- NICOSIA (Reuters) - A suspect pack- tries have received envelopes with from where the package had been would like and that circumstances though we hoped things would age was sent to the U.S. embassy in white powder since December 8. At dispatched and that it could take sev- demand." move along despite the difficulties, Cyprus on Monday and authorities 16 of the missions the letters were eral days to complete inquiries. The 62-year-old became the first unfortunately those hopes have yet were carrying out tests to determine found to be harmless, while en- "The fire service took an envelope communist leader to become presi- to be justified." what it contained, officials said. velopes sent to embassies in Prague which has been sent to health ser- dent when he triumphed at the polls The next meeting of the rival The sealed package roused em- and Tokyo last week were being test- vices for further tests," a spokes- in February. He has led the island's leaders is scheduled for Monday, bassy staff suspicions and police were ed for toxins. U.S. authorities have woman for the fire brigade services largest party since 1988, and there is and is expected to be the last such called in. It was collected by the fire been on alert for such letters since said. She said it was sealed and au- no clear favourite to succeed him. session this year. brigade for further tests for possible 2001, when envelopes laced with the thorities did not know what it con- After becoming president he Cyprus has been divided since toxins. "We discovered a suspicious anthrax toxin were sent to media out- tained. Parts of the embassy had been reached out to the Turkish Cypriots 1974 when Turkish troops invaded package which had arrived in the lets and to U.S. politicians, killing five disinfected, she said. Earlier, police in order to kick-start UN-brokered and seized its northern third in re- mail," said embassy spokesman people. and fire brigade sources said the en- peace negotiations that had lain sponse to an Athens-engineered James Ellickson-Brown. Ellickson-Brown said he could not velope was thought to contain a sus- dormant since April 2004 when Greek Cypriot coup to unite Nicosia American embassies in 18 coun- comment on specifics of the case or pect powder. Greek Cypriots rejected a United Na- Demetris Christofias with Greece. Unrest in Greece Enters Third Week as Riots Begin to Subside

Continued from page 1 “When you see people confront each cent of gross domestic product, be- other with such violence, when you low the EU ceiling of 3 percent. in Greece with student protests in see the pillage . . . in a country like Protests have increasingly focused France. Greece, obviously it makes us think on the government’s economic poli- “Spark in Athens. Fire in Paris. In- twice,” Sarkozy said. cies, with labor unionists, students surrection is coming,” read one mes- Protesters and police clashed in and civil servants opposing attempts sage. “France, Greece, uprising the Greek metropolises of Athens to cut the deficit from a forecast 2.5 everywhere,” read another. and Thessaloniki over the weekend, percent of GDP this year by restrict- In the end, the scenes of mayhem with violence breaking out inside ing spending, selling assets and cut- on the streets of Greece were Athens' National Technical Universi- ting the nation’s pensions bill. enough to convince Mr. Sarkozy to ty (NTU) and at Syntagma Square. The violence on Greece's streets abandon his long-touted education Protesters occupying the NTU led to heightened tensions and fin- reforms. hurled firebombs and rocks at police gerpointing in Parliament. Greece's “Things are heating up every- who responded with tear gas, while Prime Minister Costas Karamanlis where in Europe, in Greece, but also police cars, a government building accused opposition leader George in Spain, Italy and even in France. and banks were targeted in various Papandreou of trying to sully the The slogan of the Greek students parts of the capital, the port city of country's reputation in interviews to about ‘the 600-euro generation’ Piraeus and the island of Crete on foreign media, while Papandreou ac- could easily catch on here,” he said, Saturday night. cused Karamanlis of leading the referring to complaints by Greek stu- Meanwhile, Athens' main Christ- country to "a state of decay." dents about being unable to find jobs mas tree at Syntagma Square has Karamanlis said Papandreou's "ir- paying more than ?600 a month. turned into a sort of “red-flag” for responsible populism and unrealistic anarchists and youth demonstrators promises" would lead to much high- who are engaging in a perennial cat- er debt levels if enacted. and-mouse game with authorities as Tensions rose as the ruling con- they try to burn down the tree once servatives, populist right-wing LAOS again. The original Christmas tree party and the Communist party ac- was burned by demonstrators dur- cused the Coalition of the Radical ing the height of the riots on Decem- Left party of being too accommodat- ber 8th, and subsequently replaced AP PHOTO/DIMITRI MESSINIS ing with rioters who have caused ex- on Tuesday December 16th. A woman, background center, holding a shopping bag kicks back a tear gas canister towards riot police tensive damage to property through- Officers on guard were quick to guarding the central Athens Christmas tree, during violence at a demonstration in Athens, Greece, on out Greece. Left Coalition parlia- extinguish the flames surrounding Thursday Dec. 18, 2008. More than 7,000 people took part in Thursday's protest. ment leader Alekos Alavanos denied the new tree, as approximately 150 allegations and said his accusers protesters at Saturday's anti-racism saloniki, remaining inside the ment in Greek high schools. Police tre, police said. were out of touch with the youth. rally instead emptied bags of rub- church for two hours before dispers- said about 1,000 people turned out According to mall management, Greece's opposition Socialist bish in the central Athens square and ing peacefully. The church was un- for the demonstration in Hamburg. the protesters were part of a "Soli- party has stretched its poll lead to hung garbage bags from the giant damaged, local police sources said. Bottles were thrown at police during darity with Greek Uprising" demon- as much as six percentage points tree's branches. It was the first time a church has and after the protest. stration. over the ruling Conservatives amid Meanwhile in Thessaloniki, a been targeted in the protests. There was also a small protest by The poor state of the Greek econ- public discontent over the handling group of self-styled anarchists occu- Saturday's unrest in Athens some 15 demonstrators who picket- omy and job market – widely cited as of the worst rioting in decades, sur- pied a movie theater in the city's flared after youths gathered on the ed the Greek Consulate in New York an underlying cause of demonstra- veys showed on Sunday. A recent main square and threw pastries at spot where Grigoropoulos died, and to protest against police brutality tors' anger – looks to be further exac- survey by pollsters Public Issue Mayor Vassilis Papageorgopoulos where a makeshift shrine has since worldwide. erbated with the tight 2009 budget showed PASOK had 38.5 percent of and one of his deputies. The mayor emerged. This weekend's renewed The unrest in Greece spread be- passed by the ruling conservative voters' support compared to 32.5 was attending an open-air Christmas violence dampened hopes that the yond Europe, to the West Coast of government on Sunday, in a 151 to percent for the ruling New Democ- event near the theater, distributing riots would end with the approach of the United States as well. A band of 146 vote. The budget contains mea- racy party. sweets to children with sickle-cell the Christmas holiday. demonstrators, many wearing black sures to keep Greece's deficit below Greek Prime Minister Costas anemia when the rioters struck. Lat- Protests over the events in Greece masks, stormed a bustling San Fran- the mandated European Union ceil- Karamanlis, who has rejected calls AP PHOTO/PETROS GIANNAKOURIS er, a group emerged from the theater were also reported from abroad. cisco mall Saturday evening, upend- ing, but risks further inciting public for early elections, is expected to A mask-wearing protester throws and attacked a Nativity scene, Dozens were arrested and four po- ing garbage cans and foliage, and anger as the government curbs reshuffle his government in the com- a tear gas canister back at police throwing away the Christ figure. lice officers were injured in Ham- damaging crystal merchandise at spending while the economy slows. ing weeks, sacking some ministers outside parliament during a Late Sunday, around 100 youths burg on Saturday during clashes one kiosk. An estimated 50 to 75 Greek economic growth is forecast tainted with involvement in a land demonstration in central Athens, briefly took over an Orthodox that broke out on the margins of a people were involved in the disrup- to slow to 2.7 percent next year, swap scandal with a monastery that Greece, Thursday Dec. 18, 2008. church in the northern city of Thes- rally in support of the protest move- tion at Westfield San Francisco Cen- while the fiscal deficit will be 2 per- has led to voter dissatisfaction. 10 EDITORIALS LETTERS THE NATIONAL HERALD, DECEMBER 27, 2008

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If Periodical postage paid at L.I.C., N.Y. and additional mailing offices. we ever had true anarchy, the hu- Postmaster send change of address to: man race would be in utter chaos. THE NATIONAL HERALD, 37-10 30th Street, LIC, NY 11101-2614 These protestors also reacted too quickly, without giving an in- vestigation into the shooting of the boy time to take place. Now, any in- vestigation will be tainted and we Economist will never know the truth. Secondly, violence is not the an- Making predictions even if it is for one year down the road is like asking swer. Burning the Christmas tree in the Oracle of Delphi to guide one on finding it a hidden treasure in the Arabi- Syntagma and hurling rocks at the an desert. Yet, the respected journal The Economist does just that in a special evzones is embarrassing. issue with the ambitious title, “The world in 2009.” We think it merits sharing They justify burning stores and them with you. banks by claiming they are only de- When it comes to the United States it’s predictions are unimpressively stroying big corporations (which is common place: “The promise of a new president,” it writes, “with fresh ideas a lie anyway). What these people will be overshadowed by more sober developments: a shrinking economy, should realize is that they are not CHRYSANTHI LIRISTIS / SPECIAL TO THE NATIONAL HERALD soaring unemployment and a shattered financial system… After George Bush’s last, lethargic years, a new political agenda will take shape. Greater in- ternational cooperation on global issues such as climate change will feature prominently. The American military presence in Iraq will also begin to wind ANALYSIS down…with a huge backlog of homes on the market, a sustained recovery will have to wait until 2010.” Really nothing that is out of the ordinary. However, The Economist also makes the startling prediction that the Parish Council Elections, Apathy and Reversing the Course Cyprus issue will be resolved in 2009: “At last, 35 years after the division of Cyprus into a Turkish-Cypriot north and a (legally recognized) Greek-Cypriot south, there will be a settlement, based on the notion of a bi-communal, bi- By Theodore Kalmoukos the spirit of animosity and hatred councils that the Bishop will not ap- bility, starting from the Ecumenical zonal federation. For years, the biggest barrier to peace was the hard-line Special to The National Herald prevails. point a new priest to their parishes in Patriarch, to the Archbishop, who is Turkish-Cypriot president, Rauf Denktash, and a hard-line Greek-Cypriot The long-term confrontations be- succession to the one who was re- the par excellence ruling Bishop of president, Tassos Papadopoulos. With both men out of the way, having lost It is the time of elections in our tween the parish councils, the priests moved, unless they come up with the this Archdiocese, to the local Metro- support from their voters, their successors, Mehmed Ali Talat and Demetris Greek Orthodox parishes in America. and Bishops today have hurt many entire amount that they “owe” to the politans who have been charged with Christofias, will strike a deal. The hope here is to elect new people parishes. Apathy and indifference Archdiocese or the Bishop will not the pastoral responsibility of their ar- Key to a settlement is the European Union, which admitted (a divided) to do the volunteer work for the have reached dangerous and decay- validate the new parish council. For- eas and certainly to the priests and Cyprus as a member in 2004. Indeed, the main obstacle will be Turkey, if it parish. The participation in the parish ing points that parishes comprised of give me, but this is not a pastoral the laity. We all constitute the concludes during 2009 that its own chances of joining the EU have vanished.” council is a sacred task simply be- 300 or 500 or even 800 parishioners , mentality It is rather a “franchise” Church, “the Bishop with the Pres- It is a startling prediction, albeit fully qualified at the end, due to the fact cause it promotes the work of the do not have 10 or 15 volunteers from mentality of some district manager bytery and the People,” never the one that the 13th round of negotiations between the two leaders have not pro- Church, which is the work of Christ. their membership to serve on the who threatens a local store in his ter- apart from the other. The clergy is not duced any tangible results up to now. Indeed, Demetris Christofias has been After all, the Church is not just a “Re- parish council and as a result no elec- ritory. The Bishop is not just a manag- a super-Church above the Church, complaining for some time now that his “old comrade” Talat has changed his ligious Organization,” but it is rather tions are held, but rather appoint- er; he is the “president” of the Eu- but they are members of the Church tune, playing the one that Ankara dictates and one that is not conducive for a the par excellence “Charismatic ments are made. It is really a sad and charistic Assembly (ο προεστώς της with the only difference being the solution. Movement” of love, truth, and real troubling situation, which must be a Ευχαριστιακής Σύναξης). He is not charisma of their holy priesthood But who knows? It could be that The Economist will be proven right. For life which the world has ever known. strong sign of alert for all of us, be- there to discipline a parish by means which makes their role distinctive “as as long as they just continue talking, there is always the possibility that some- We should always keep in mind that cause it means that we have reached of threats, intimidation, imposition of stewards of the sacraments of God”. thing positive will eventually come out of it. Perhaps even within the year. Christ did not bring a new religion, a dead end street. canons and regulations, but to teach The mentality and the behavior of Let’s hope so. Because if they fail to find an agreeable solution things can but He established His Church pri- Certainly this situation did not de- in a wise and prudent way; to pastor an arrogant clericalism which the Pa- turn ugly. marily as a Eucharistic Supper. Cer- velop overnight, but it took years. Al- in a loving and caring way the parish pacy of Rome has nourished cannot On Greece, the British magazine’s predictions are more in line with the tainly there is a difference between so, many and serious mistakes on be- in every aspect, including its mone- be applied to our Orthodox Church general trend (see our editorial of last week). For instance it writes about the Religion and the Church. half of those who have the adminis- tary contribution to the Archdiocese. here today or anywhere as a matter government, “On balance it is likely to see out its term. The opposition Pan- Participation in the parish council trative responsibility of the Archdio- After all, on Sunday morning all who of fact. Dialogue, love, humbleness, hellenic Socialist Movement has its own troubles and could face a leadership of a local church, the parish, is a holy cese and the parishes have con- attend the church are volunteers, ex- prudence, pastoral sensitivity, hon- battle if results in the June 2009 European parliament election prove disap- and ecclesial mission per se. Yes, it is tributed a lot. In many cases, the cept for the clergy of every rank who esty, transparency, collegiality, coop- pointing.” a diakonia (service) at its best, which parishes were not treated as local are paid by the Church to minister eration and most of all holiness of life Finally, to put things in perspective, Greece’s GDP is $351 bn, its popula- presupposes faith, freedom and offer churches, but rather the mentality of and to pray. The despotic and intimi- are the only elements of behavior tion is 11 million, its GDP per head is $31,890 whereas that of the U.S.A is: for one purpose only, the glory of “franchise” was the guide, meaning dating approach does not have a that the faithful of the Church would GDP $14,839 bn, its population is 306 million and the GDP per head is God. We should always keep in mind that the parishes were looked upon place in our parishes today, because accept. The same must be true on the $48,400. that all we do in the Church should mostly as sources of income towards whenever that approach was tried it part of the laity towards the clergy. We will present our own predictions for the New Year in the next issue. be done in Christ’s name and for the Archdiocese in order to sustain has destroyed the local churches and The Archbishop, the Bishops, and Christ; if that is not the case, it would the “institution” and the lavish life- parishes. By the way, when did the the priests should stop the imperson- more preferable to not do it at all. styles of the heads of its departments Archbishop or any given hierarch al pastorship of letter correspon- It seems to me that the policy and with their lofty salaries, the many ever visit a parish and ask the parish dence or even worse, the electronic e- Make Caroline Kennedy work for it the mentality that exists in our benefits including leased cars, mobile council how they manage to support mails with the faithful, and try to re- parishes today is far away from the phones and first class travel domesti- and sustain their parish financially in discover and reestablish the person It was not suppose to be like this. In Europe, yes, but not in America. sacredness of the sacrificial and ec- cally and abroad. Let me just state these extremely difficult times? Let to person communication which is Just because your father was a (famous) president, because your family’s clesiastical spirit and consciousness clearly that I am not a greedy person. us be honest, if it was not for the actually the ecclesial way, in other name is one of the most recognizable names in America (and the world) it which should characterize us. Many I want to see the Archbishop, the Greek festivals many of our parishes words “the communion of persons.” should not automatically qualify anyone to be appointed to the United States times we give the impression that in- Metropolitans, the priests and those today would have difficulty paying We should act now and try to re- Senate. stead of being local churches in who work for the Church have a de- their priest’s salary and benefits. verse the withering course of apathy Yet this is exactly what apparently is about to happen with Caroline which the total Christ is present and cent and respectable life, but from The empty churches, the absten- and indifference that our Church has Kennedy, the daughter of JFK, when Hillary Clinton is confirmed Secretary of everything and everyone is filled with that point to the point of scandalizing tion of the congregants from the taken; otherwise we are heading pre- State by Congress. “the mind of Christ,” we see the phe- the faithful with their neo-wealthy parish councils, the departure of our cisely to our historic end. Not that - from all appearances - she is not as smart as anyone else consid- nomenon of a secular communalism mentality and life-style, there is a youth, the refusal of good persons to ered for the post. She did come out early in support of President – Elect Oba- (κοινοτισµός) in which often not only huge difference. It is unacceptable for get actively involved in the ecclesial Theodore Kalmoukos is the long- ma. the difference of opinion assumes a the hierarchs to instruct their chan- and parish affairs should be a wake- time religious editor for The Na- These things as well as her family name are important. But they are not hostile mentality, but unfortunately cellors to call and threaten the parish up call to all in positions of responsi- tional Herald. enough. She has to follow the regular route just as everyone else does. That is, she has to earn things in life, including the Senate seat no matter who she is. If she will not do that, she will probably get by, but she will never really feel that she belongs there and as a result she will not really achieve the most for COMMENTARY New York that someone else could. As Marcia Pappas, President of the New York State chapter of the National Organization for Women told the New York Times, “We think this position should go to someone who’s paid her dues, who’s done the work.” We could not agree with her more. Quietly, Greece is Turning the Tide in the Athens-Skopje Debate And who has worked harder for the past 16 years, with great effective- ness, style, enthusiasm and never forgetting the people who have supported By Julian Brooks many in the international communi- as “The Republic of Macedonia,” with quest by stating that the name issue her from the beginning than Representative Carolyn Maloney? Who has Special to The National Herald ty. With a population of two million, individual states. Thanks to Skopje’s alone was to be solved first. In a curi- brought the money consistently from Washington D.C. to New York, knows impoverished FYROM posed no mili- membership in the “Coalition of the ous reversal of roles, Gruevski’s be- the issues affecting her constituency and her state inside out and is close to Historians will mark 2008 as the tary threat to Greece and was having Willing,” the United States granted haviour is reminiscent of Papan- the real people of her district, than Carolyn Maloney? On top of that, is a year the Athens-Skopje debate re- enough trouble maintaining its own recognition in 2004. Other nations, dreou’s in the days of the border great friend of our community and is the co-founder of the Hellenic Caucus in emerged in international relations. It internal stability. With violence rag- such as Canada, have since followed blockade, and, like the former Greek Congress. did so because Athens drew the line ing in much of the rest of the former suit. It is a logical strategy. If enough prime minister, he is coming under If Kennedy is serious about a political career – and there is nothing wrong at allowing Skopje to join more inter- Yugoslavia, Skopje was lauded for states recognize FYROM as “The Re- criticism from the international com- with that – she should avoid making the mistake of starting from an appoint- national unions and alliances using negotiating a peaceful independence public of Macedonia,” Greece’s objec- munity. ment that high. At 51, she has plenty of years to do it right, to earn it. its current name: the Former Yu- and was credited for, however pre- tions will become irrelevant. For its part, Greece has remained Meanwhile, the seat should go to Maloney, who has paid her dues many goslav Republic of Macedonia. This cariously, maintaining internal ethnic However, over the past two years, firm in rebuffing Gruevski’s provoca- times over. was not an outright refusal. Greece peace. Skopje has begun to overplay its tions and in maintaining its wish to stated that it would use its veto on Greece’s actions were seemingly hand. Since the election of the na- see the name issue resolved. Front NATO and EU membership until the disruptive and unnecessary. The tionalist VMRO-DPMNE party under and centre has been foreign minister name issue was solved. Greece has scenes of thousands protesting in the the leadership of Nikola Gruevski, Dora Bakoyannis, who has consis- Christmas 2008 sought an amicable solution with a streets of Thessaloniki served to lump Skopje's stance on the name issue has tently upheld Greek policy and has name based on geographical desig- Greece in as part of the "Balkan prob- been increasingly provocative. In De- done so in an assertive yet diplomatic A store owner in Astoria, New York, perhaps the largest store of its kind in nation for its northern neighbour. lem." Andreas Papandreou did more cember of 2006, Skopje’s airport was fashion. Ms. Bakoyannis’ ease with the United States catering to the Greek community, was telling us the other Most importantly perhaps, by firmly to further Greece’s image as a bully renamed “Skopje Alexander the the media, her familiarity with inter- day that he did not mind that people who walk into his store are not spending and consistently maintaining its by imposing a border blockade on Great Airport,” and a large statue of national relations, and her command as much on shopping as they did last year. What I do mind, he said, is that stance and its wish to see the issue re- FYROM in 1994. To many in the in- the ancient conqueror’s head was of Western languages have helped people look sad, even depressed and absent-minded, perhaps thinking more solved, Athens has presented a more ternational community it was an act placed in the main terminal building. Greece in diplomatic negotiations, about if they will have a job or even a roof over their head than about the favourable image to the international of needless provocation. As Papan- A statue of Alexander was also un- and, perhaps just as importantly, in Christmas period. community than Skopje. This is a re- dreou was widely criticized for sabre- veiled in the town of Prelip. This year, terms of image and perception. Now Yes, as everybody knows things are very difficult out there. There is a lot of versal from the days of the early and rattling, Skopje gained more sympa- following the failure to find a com- Athens is the voice of reason and con- pain, fear and uncertainty. People’s lives have changed. The trust that bound mid 1990s, when the issue reached a thy as the underdog, asking only for promise before the NATO meetings ciliation, while Skopje appears recal- us as a society has evaporated – is there a Madoff among us, also? fever pitch. recognition as it struggled along in a in April, Gruevski’s has maintained a citrant. Yes, things are bad. And probably they will get worse before they get bet- For years, Greece has fought a los- hostile neighbourhood. hard line on the name issue. This Greece’s policy appears to be pay- ter. Yet, let us not lose hope. Let us not despair. This is after all the message of ing battle in the international court of Relations improved following the helped Gruevski and VMRO-DPMNE ing dividends. Rifts are now appear- the birth of Christ, hope. Hope that life starts anew, hope in the belief that we opinion over the name issue. The ar- 1995 Interim Accord, which ended win a strong electoral mandate in ing in government circles in Skopje as human beings can overcome many more difficulties than we know we can, guments for Greek ownership of the the embargo and normalized rela- June, but it has increasingly cast over the name issue. President Cer- hope in the knowledge that happiness is much more than money and gifts on cultural copyright of the Graeco- tions, while skirting a decision on the Skopje into disfavour in the eyes of venkovski has advocated a more a particular day. Macedonian heritage carried some name issue. The issue was almost re- international community. Gruevski moderate policy and has clashed Somehow we will celebrate the birth of Christ once again as we should. weight, but that was ancient history. solved around the turn of the century, has made provocative remarks about with Gruevski. This month, an EU And given the axiom that every bad thing is accompanied by a good one, the Many "new-world" nations like Aus- as Athens gave Skopje considerable internal Greek affairs, has called for Commission Report called on Skopje dire economic circumstances, the pain we feel, might bind us more with our tralia, Canada, and the United States support during the days of the Koso- recognition of what he considers an to be more cooperative on the name families and friends, might help us delve deeper into the meaning of Christ’s have no such historic attachments vo Crisis and the 2001 Ethnic Alban- ethnic Macedonian minority in issue. Now the onus is on Skopje to birth and life than we might have otherwise. and are more accustomed to the logic ian insurrection. There was agree- Greece, and has attempted to widen compromise. Quietly, the tide has One of the most profound teachings of Christ is of course philanthropy, of Wilsonian self-determination. ment to continue the Interim Accord the name issue by requesting that turned in the name debate. our extending a caring hand to those among us who are less fortunate than Greece’s refusal to recognize the in 2002, but Athens began to ques- questions of language and culture be we are, who are sick, lonely. southern breakaway republic of Yu- tion its neighbour’s good will, as addressed. Undoubtedly, this has an- Julian Brooks is a PhD student at We all know that there is more happiness to giving than receiving. Now goslavia as “The Republic of Macedo- Skopje sidestepped resolving the noyed the UN negotiating team, Simon Fraser University in Vancou- more than ever let’s do our part: Kala Christougenna! nia,” seemed cruel and excessive to name issue by pursuing recognition which responded to Gruevski’s re- ver, Canada. THE NATIONAL HERALD, DECEMBER 27, 2008 VIEWPOINTS 11 LETTER FROM ATHENS Another Crisis in Athens

On a sunny Sunday morning on 3 erated Greece. Funda- berg!”, or “Death to than one hundred yards of the police December 1944, several processions mentally, two visions of Traitors!”. The police cordon, suddenly a man in military Greeks Top Lists for Sex, of Greek Communists, Socialists, Re- the country’s future al- had set up barricades uniform ran out of the station and publicans, and antimonarchists were ways lingered: a radical to block off the streets shouted, "Shoot the bastards!" He advancing to Constitution Square, Greece ruled by the “will leading to the Square, then dropped to one knee and began Beards, Worry and Arguing the center of Athens and the heart of of the people”, the so- but the sheer weight of firing his gun. A few seconds later the Greek political life. All were mem- called popular democra- numbers overwhelmed panic-stricken policemen followed Apart from the dev- 2004 OIympics in bers of the wartime National Libera- cy, promised by the them. By approxi- suit. They did not fire in unison like a astating and lingering Athens is still burning tion Front (EAM), a coalition of com- rhetoric of EAM-ELAS, mately 10:45 a.m., one disciplined unit but discharged their smoky aftermath of over them. munist, socialist and agrarian parties contrasted against the column of demonstra- weapons sporadically. A few of the the worst riots in What’s most sur- that developed into a mass resistance re-establishment of the tors had spilled into officers had hesitated for a few sec- decades, Greeks have prising about the sex organization during the occupation. pre-war society, repre- Constitution Square. onds; some had remained transfixed other issues on their rate of Greeks is that A disproportionate number of young sented by the traditional by DR. ANDRE They quickly formed by the spectacle before them, but one minds, which they another survey, con- women, followed by teenagers, old political establishment GEROLYMATOS into ranks of eight to after another, each began to fire. The don’t keep to them- ducted by the German- men, and even children filled he and the crown. Both po- ten abreast, while first ranks of the crowd cascaded on- selves because they based Institute of Con- ranks of the demonstrators. Some litical concepts had an- Special to every fourth person ei- to the ground; the fortunate ones are a garrulous people dom Consultancy came as unwilling participants, since tecedents whose roots The National Herald ther carried a British, found protection behind trees or prone to action. They found (we are not kid- the day before, bands of young men reached back to the Greek, American or So- nearby walls, but most simply lay flat are demonstrative and ding) that Greek men had gone through most of the streets Greek War of Independence, but by viet flag. Others waved banners with on the ground. punctuate conversa- by ANDY were the least en- of the city and armed with paper December 1944 they were on a colli- slogans engraved in red print. The shooting continued for ap- tions with flailing DABILIS dowed of their peers in megaphones issued orders to all citi- sion course. The Right believed that Between the demonstrators and proximately half an hour, and when arms, spitting gesticu- Europe, falling some zens to come and show their support behind the promise of a liberal, so- the police station were approximate- it was over twenty-two of the demon- lations, and telling you Special to 1.2 inches behind for EAM by participating in the cialist and democratic Greece ly twenty terrified policemen, who strators remained still, twelve of just what’s on their The National Herald French men, who demonstration. loomed the KKE and a Soviet-style had taken position between the them dead. That was Athens forty- mind. You never walk checked in at an aver- The demonstrators were descend- state, while the Left feared the Palace and the corner of the Grande four years ago – it could have been away from a debate, ah, conversa- age of 6.09 inches, but apparently ing on Athens to protest the decision specter of monarchy and authoritari- Bretagne Hotel that faced the square. Athens today but the current govern- tion, with a Greek without knowing don’t know what to do with it, of the Greek government to demobi- anism. Armed with little more than Italian ment, despite its faults, kept its cool exactly where you stood – usually based on the satisfaction of their lize the resistance bands who had Police cordons blocked off all carbines that were loaded with blank and so far has avoid a greater calami- in the wrong – according to them. women, proving that, despite what fought the Axis and to replace them streets leading to the center of ammunition, the police had no illu- ty. Sometimes, it is harder not to do Along with a good argument, women say, size isn’t everything, a with a new army. During the three Athens, but one group of approxi- sions as to their fate if the crowd got something than to give in to a natural there’s nothing a Greek likes more myth that Greek men should per- and one half years of brutal occupa- mately one hundred demonstrators out of control. impulse to act. Although many build- than giving his opinion, and a num- petuate before each encounter. tion, the allies had hailed the resis- broke through from Sygrou Street A handful of policemen posi- ings have been destroyed, Konstan- ber of recent surveys, as well as But then again, also proving that tance fighters as the torchbearers of and advanced toward the police sta- tioned a few yards beyond their sta- tine Karamanlis has by inaction over the last couple of years, found statistics can lie, a study by Bradley freedom in Nazi-dominated Europe. tion located on the edge of Constitu- tion and for the past several hours spared the lives of many young men they rank high in a lot of issues, and University in Illinois found that of Yet, by December 1944, the resis- tion Square near the Grande Bre- they had witnessed dozens of and women amongst the demonstra- there’s good reasons why. all major Western nations, south- tance had become the unwanted cre- tagne Hotel. As the columns of wounded fellow-officers being car- tors and the police. As a reader from Hawaii pointed ern Europeans have less casual sex ation of war, a threat to the Greek demonstrators snaked around the ried off on stretchers into the station out, some years ago, an American than almost anybody. Out of the 15 government and an embarrassment streets converging on the center of following clashes with groups of Dr. Gerolymatos is chair of sociologist decided to take a wide- countries they surveyed, Britain to its British patrons. the city, the men with the mega- demonstrators. As the crowd got Hellenic Studies at Simon Fraser based survey on which personal came top. Italy came 11th, Spain However, the fate of the resistance phones egged on and every so often closer and closer, the policemen's University in Vancouver, British virtues Greeks valued most, and was 13th, and Greece 14th but bands and the issue of a new army the crowd stopped and chanted, fears turned to panic, and some be- Columbia and the author of "Red would it match what their ances- maybe because the Durex survey were symptoms of much deeper divi- “Down with Papandreou!” Down gan to replace their blank rounds Acropolis, Black Terror: The Greek tors revered. Would it be honesty? came from a condom company, so sions that had circumvented any with intervention!”, “Try the collabo- with live ammunition. Civil War and the Origins of Soviet- Truth? Loyalty? Dependability? In- you can draw your own conclu- hope of political progress in post-lib- rators!” Down with George Glucks- When the crowd advanced to less American Rivalry." tegrity? What Greeks admired in a sions, but it should suffice to say person, by a big margin, was his Greeks don’t like interference in PQ, Poneeros Quotient, “to be anything they do. And proving the clever," to outwit his fellow man in belief that sometimes the pace of matters of power and finance, per- life is so slow here that a man can fect for telling others to mind their watch his beard grow, that’s what Iakovos and Obama: A Look Back at the March in Selma own P’s and Q’s. But when they do many of them do, as another survey think – usually while lingering over found one of every three Greek By Dan Georgakas moral leadership of America to join Patriarchal seminary on the island of son signed the historic Voting Rights a coffee and smoking – surveys men prefers a beard, ranking them Special to The National Herald him in the walk. Only a few promi- Halki near Constantinople, a city Act, which reiterated that the federal number one in that enviable cate- nent persons dared to respond posi- now in the possession of the new government would guarantee the gory too. The late Archbishop Iakovos nev- tively to his call. The most important Turkish republic. right to vote for all Americans. Surveys show Greeks But lest anyone think the Greeks er met President-Elect Barack Oba- ecclesiastical figure to do so was The Archbishop also knew that, at The participation of the Archbish- are more likely to only sit around thinking about sex, ma, but 43 years ago, the Archbish- Archbishop Iakovos, recent head of the turn of the century, the United op in these events had not gone un- avoiding work, and growing op’s courage buoyed the civil rights the World Council of Churches and States Government had classified noticed by the national media. The either think about beards, at least they aren’t drink- movement which made the Obama leader of what was then the Greek Greek immigrants as “Orientals,” existing photographic and video cov- having sex or ing, unless you count coffee, where phenomenon possible these many Orthodox Archdiocese of North & making them subject to various erage always renders him as an im- remembering just how they are the world champions. The decades later. The intense racial an- South America. forms of discrimination. The Ku Klux portant figure. The most dramatic of biggest boozers in Europe are tagonisms of 1965 may seem to be an As soon as the Archbishop’s Klan, one Dr. King’s most bitter oppo- such coverage was the photo on the good it was. (quick, guess)… the Irish, who love account from another country to pledge was announced, he began to nents, classified Greeks just below cover of LIFE magazine, which of- binge-drinking so much that they those who were very young, or not receive death threats. The callers Jews as “undesirable aliens.” That fered a stirring, full-color montage of show Greeks are more likely to ei- think a seven-course meal is a six- yet alive at that time. were not Greek Americans, but AHEPA had been born in Atlanta, Rev. Dr. King, Walter Reuther, and ther think about having sex or re- pack of Guinness and a bag of pota- The movement, led by the Rev- racists who warned the Archbishop Georgia with the majority of its first Archbishop Iakovos. Never before, or membering just how good it was, to chips. A Eurobarometer survey erend Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. since that Greeks should not be involved in chapters in the American South was since, has a cleric of the Greek Ortho- certainly as good for their partner found that only two percent of 1956, was attempting to register matters that did not concern them. not a matter of chance. By the 1960’s, dox Church received such national as for themselves, they’d have you Greeks were binge drinkers, tying black voters in the South. That effort Although surprised by the extreme such negativity toward Greeks was visibility and praise. Two years later, believe. them with their Italian cousins, met up with particularly fierce resis- nature of the threats directed at him, no longer prevalent in the United the Archbishop would be honored A Sexual Wellbeing Global Sur- who must be crying in their cappuc- tance in the state of Alabama. The the Archbishop did not waver in his States, but it had not totally disap- with the Religious Leader Award giv- vey of 26,000 people in 26 coun- cino that they are behind the White Citizens Councils and Ku Klux commitment to march. peared. en by the prestigious National Con- tries by the Durex condom compa- Greeks in almost all surveys about Klan, often aided by the local police, Dr. King contacted the Archbishop On March 9, 1965, the very day ference of Christians & Jews. ny found that Greeks have more sex just about anything, except for a used severe beatings, job dismissals with his profound thanks as soon as the march was to begin, James Reeb, Death threats to the Archbishop than anyone else, while Americans work ethic where they would be and arbitrary arrests to halt the regis- he was aware of the Archbishop’s in- a white Protestant minister who had did not end with the march. Even af- rank 24th. You’d think with all the tied for last, with the French. tering of new voters. tent to participate in the demonstra- flown in from Boston to take part in ter his return to New York, threaten- Greek-Americans factored in that Other surveys show they are On March 7, 1965 John Lewis tion. He thought the Archbishop’s en- the event, was severely beaten by ing calls continued. Some Greeks al- the US would have been higher in anxious over the country’s econo- (now a Congressman) led a peaceful dorsement of the march was an enor- racists. Two days later, he would die. so called, not with threats, but with the love potion department. The my and whether they will keep march in support of voter registration mous aid to the freedom movement, Despite this atmosphere of intimida- anger that the Archbishop had be- poll revealed that 87 percent of their jobs, although if you asked which tried to cross the Edmund Pet- but he genuinely feared for the Arch- tion, when the march began, the tow- come so involved in such a danger- Greeks have sex weekly, and that them if they wanted one and could tus Bridge, the main route out of Sel- bishop’s life. The six-foot plus Arch- ering figure of Archbishop Iakovos ous and controversial movement. they get in on an average of 164 live without them, you’d get just ma, Alabama. The marchers were bishop with flowing black robes and was in the second line of protestors, The Archbishop had always been times a year, so that’s really three about a 100 percent response in fa- met by state troopers, sheriff’s a regal beard would make an easy just a few feet from Martin Luther a controversial figure, and he would times a week, far above the world- vor of that question. They do actu- deputies and an informal posse target. Dr. King assured the Archbish- King. Nearby was Walter Reuther, continue to be a controversial figure wide average of 103, so apparently ally think about other issues which physically attacked them with op that what he had done already president of the United Automobile for the rest of his life, sometimes Greek women rarely have though, as past surveys have found. hard rubber clubs and tear gas. Many was sufficient; it was not necessary Workers, one of the few national fig- right, sometimes mistaken. In retro- headaches. For all the sex shown in They are among the most animal- of the marchers, including Lewis, for the Archbishop to risk his life by ures to dare the walk. Mass media spect, however, his moral vision in the movies and on television, and loving people in Europe, as 91 per- were so severely beaten that they had being physically present. had focused a national spotlight on the matter of the Black freedom in the media, you’d also think cent believe animals should be pro- to be hospitalized. The demonstra- The Archbishop, of course, re- the event, and there were federal ob- movement has been vindicated by Americans would have a higher sex tected at all costs, which explains tors retreated to Selma. The move- fused to be intimidated. He had servers by the bridge. The presence of subsequent history. Whatever criti- drive, but they get together with why they’re busy helping stray cats ment for full voting rights seemed to strong personal feelings about voting persons like Archbishop Iakovos and cisms contemporary Greeks might their partners an average of only 85 and dogs but not the homeless or have finally run out of steam. rights, and thought no true Christian Walter Reuther proved to be decisive. make of Archbishop Iakovos, all of us times a year. Greeks ranked even immigrants. Some 53 percent be- Martin Luther King’s response to could support racial oppression. If The police and the other racist orga- can take pride in his valiant commit- above the sex-mad Brazilians, for lieve that it is very important for what became known as “Bloody Sun- anything, perhaps his own Church nizations did not dare to attack in ment to civil rights when it really whom copulation is a national pas- the opinions of the people to be tak- day” was immediate. As he had so had not done enough with its parish- public while the nation was watch- mattered. The day he walked in Sel- time that ranks right up there with en into greater consideration in many times before, he stepped for- es regarding this issue. ing. Some ten days later, Dr. King be- ma was probably his finest hour. carnivals, sunbathing, and destroy- government decisions, but the gov- ward to declare he would personally Archbishop Iakovos had firsthand gan his celebrated walk to Mont- ing the Rain Forest. Next in the Li- ernment couldn’t decide what to do lead a second “symbolic” march knowledge and experience of the in- gomery, the state capital of Alabama. Prof. Georgakas is director of the bido Line were Russia (cold win- about that request. across the Pettus Bridge, whatever dignities of second-class citizenship. At the onset of the march, there were Greek American Studies Project at ters, have to do something,) China The Greeks are one of the most the physical consequences. To fortify On July 29, 1911 he had been born as 3,200 participants. Four days later, Queens College – CUNY and Con- (which accounts for the 1.3 billion religious people in Europe as 81 what he wanted to be non-violent re- Demetrios Koukouzis on Imbros, a when Dr. King reached Montgomery, sulting Editor of CINEASTE maga- people there,) Poland (kielbasa percent say they believe in God, al- sistance to oppression, Dr. King re- possession of the fading Ottoman the marchers numbered 25,000. Five zine. Readers may contact him by country) Italy (of course,) Malaysia though they are behind the Maltese leased a national appeal asking the Empire. At age15, he had entered the months later, President Lyndon John- e-mail at [email protected]. (as long as you don’t get caught at 95 percent and the Cypriots with with someone not your married 90 percent, but ahead of the Deep partner,) Spain (Latin lovers,) Catholics of Ireland, where 53 per- Switzerland (thought they were cent of people believe in hell, which just skiers and money-launderers,) means the other 47 percent haven’t and Mexico (all that bullfighting been married. And a survey by a The Loss of a Leader Overshadowed by Riots gets them cranked up.) The France, Greek agency, KPEE, found many who say they speak the language of Greeks believe that Istanbul, areas By Christopher Tripoulas this year, but that isn't important. His the “professional” public servants cause they have a stronger work eth- amour, but apparently aren’t fight- along the Turkish coast that were Special to The National Herald loss will be a mere footnote in history, who refuse to show the necessary ic, than it does about police brutality. ers or lovers, ranked only 12th. once Greek should be liberated - his decision to say 'No' will be one of unity to block idiotic (from the Greek A little over four years ago, a life- Women’s Health magazine even the Megalo Idea lives - and they re- Hellenism lost two of its greatest the most significant moments in word, idiotis = self-serving, not pub- long patriot, freedom-fighter turned studied the Greeks to find out why gard Cyprus as Greek. With all benefactors in 2008 - Archbishop modern Hellenism's history. lic) demonstrators from holding soci- politician, ushered in a new era for they are so consumed with the bed- that’s on their minds, it’s not sur- Christodoulos and former Cyprus Compare Papadopoulos' courage ety hostage. University rectors will his nation because he put the needs room and the global market re- prising that Adam Shatz, an editor President Tassos Papadopoulos. and refusal to yield to blackmail by never allow authorities to forcibly re- of his country and his people over his search company Synovate ranked at the London Review of Books, in Papadopoulos inextricably linked settling for a non-viable solution, move hoodlums from schools, be- own. His political sacrifice became Greek men at the top too in a sur- an article about the riots, wrote his name with the rejection of the with the situation in Greece today. cause in Greece college professors get his country's gain. Now an EU mem- vey of whether men felt they were that: Annan Plan – an attempt to reunite Fear abounds everywhere. The com- tenure based on students votes. ber, Cyprus may still not be united, sexy. Surprise, 81 percent of Greek “No wonder a recent survey Cyprus under a loose confederacy, at mon good is compromised for short- Opposition parties in Greece almost but the playing field is much fairer men do, which you can confirm by found Greeks to be the most pes- great cost to Cypriot sovereignty. sighted solutions aimed at serving in- never consent to government reforms and the proposed solution much watching them preen in cafes. The simistic people in Europe.” Except Papadopoulos quickly diagnosed the dividual needs, not common goals. because they have no short-term gain more just thanks to Tassos survey was about what was called when it comes to sex, where Greek Annan Plan being pushed on him as Politicians and voters alike are equal- out of it. They would rather rise to Papadopoulos. And he accomplished the Adonis Complex, named for men have too big an opinion of unworkable and at odds with EU law. ly unwilling to sacrifice when it power in a country with greater prob- all this without hoods and Molotov that ancient Greek swinger who themselves and it’s only the idea Despite the the tremendous pressure counts. lems than collaborate to solve them. cocktails. Only with the willingness was said to have been born of that’s Megalo. exacted by international powers, Any pride and self-assurance that In Greece, many of the same citi- to sustain individual loss for the sake mythological incest, proving that Papadopoulos called on Cypriots to Hellenes felt after Cypriots “just said zens who cursed at police calling of the common good. even then the Greeks weren’t only Mr. Dabilis was the New England reject the plan, famously saying “I in- no” in 2004 went up in smoke as them “pigs” and “murderers” were Tassos Papadopoulos' death on drinking wine in their spare time. editor for United Press Interna- herited a state and cannot hand over hoodlums burned Athens this past among the first to ask for protection December 12th did not receive the Russians came next at 80 percent, tional in Boston, and a staff writer a community.” Through the resound- month. Protesters didn't display self- as soon as the looting began. After coverage it should have because of while only some 57 percent of men and assistant metropolitan editor ing rejection of the Annan Plan, sacrifice and care for the common all, even self-styled anarchists need a the riots in Greece. Years from now, put themselves in that category, at the Boston Globe for 17 years Papadopoulos helped put Cyprus' good, just a penchant for destroying nice mobile phone, or maybe a lap- when the riots will be long forgotten which they should blame on Ameri- before relocating to Greece. His fate back into the hands of the other people's property and liveli- top... And meanwhile, throughout and the anarchists of today will be- can women, of course, who may column is published weekly in the Cypriot people. hood. This month's riots were noth- Greece scenarios ran wild. Some ac- come the yuppies of tomorrow, his think they’re wild but couldn’t hold National Herald. Readers interest- The 2004 'No' vote was bad PR for ing but a perverted display of self- cused the Americans of inciting the sterling moment of leadership will a romantic candle to Greek women. ed in contacting him can send e- Cyprus, and led to a brief period of love proving hooded rioters to be avid riots as revenge for the Greek PM's live on. Once the children of Greece A friend who came to report on the mails to [email protected]. isolation. Nevertheless, Cyprus still followers of Onan's longstanding close ties with Vladimir Putin. Others get off the streets, go back to school, joined the EU that same year. More practice. Autistic and aphasic, the blamed the Government for letting and learn to think for themselves – as importantly, Papadopoulos' coura- hoods looting and pillaging Greek the riots go on, in an attempt to bury opposed to taking orders from their geous 'No' saved Cyprus from certain cities and the teenage wannabes em- recent scandals. Still others blamed political party of choice, or still de jure dismemberment. It was evi- ulating them showed a hedonistic PASOK and the Left for egging-on worse, the TV – they just might be GUEST EDITORIALS dent that once the Annan Plan love for destruction and an aversion protesters. able to appreciate it. The National Herald welcomes manuscripts representing a variety of views proved dysfunctional, occupied for someday actually having to work. One thing is certain. This attitude for publication in its View Points page. They should include the writer’s Cyprus would be recognized interna- The victim in all this – a teenage boy – – political and professional – of indi- Christopher Tripoulas is an adjunct tionally, since Greek Cypriots would was just an opportunity for antisocial vidual (idiotic) survival at all costs professor of Speech and Interper- name, address, telephone number and be addressed to the View Points Edi- have already legitimized it. rabblerousers to publicly express has led to social degradation. This sonal Communications at St. tor, The National Herald, 37-10 30th St., LIC, NY 11101. They can also be e- In retrospect, Papadopoulos did their onanistic tendencies. Small- crisis has more to do with politicians John's University. He also special- mailed to [email protected]. Due to considerations of what all great leaders do. He did not time politicians and the two-bit TV afraid of losing their jobs and kids izes in translation, and several of space we enforce a strict 850-word upper limit. We reserve the right to edit. collapse under pressure. shows airing them are the ones profit- afraid that immigrants in Greece will his translations from Greek to Eng- Papadopoulos lost a reelection bid ing. Equally lacking in courage are soon start to live better than them be- lish have been published. 12 THE NATIONAL HERALD, DECEMBER 27, 2008