S o C V st ΓΡΑΦΕΙ ΤΗΝ ΙΣΤΟΡΙΑ W ΤΟΥ ΕΛΛΗΝΙΣΜΟΥ E 101 ΑΠΟ ΤΟ 1915 The National Herald anniversa ry N www.thenationalherald.com A weekly Greek-AmeriCAn PuBliCAtion 1915-2016 VOL. 19, ISSUE 970 May 14-20, 2016 c v $1.50 Cielo Gala Jim Gianopulos Takes Acclaims 20th Century Fox into Daskalakis’ The New Millennium

Leadership By Vasilis Papoutsis the sinking of the Greek Navy cruiser Elli that was hit by an LOS ANGELES, CA – For the Italian submarine in August TNH Staff last 16 years Fox Filmed Enter - 1940 while anchored on the is - tainment Chairman Jim Gianop - land of Tinos. His survival was NEW YORK — Dr. Demetre ulos' innovative leadership has solely a matter of luck and tim - Daskalakis, Assistant Commis - been instrumental in producing ing, as he was on a higher part sioner of the Bureau of Oscar-winning movies such as of the vessel when the torpedo HIV/AIDS Prevention and Con - Avatar, Titanic, Sideways, and hit the Elli’s bottom. A few trol of the New York City De - The Martian. months later, Italy invaded partment of Health and Mental In 2000, he became co-Chair - Greece after Ioannis Metaxas re - Hygiene, was honored at the man of Fox Film (formerly 20th fused to surrender. Cielo Gala on May 6 at Cipriani Century Fox and 21st Century When Nikos Gianopulos ar - in New York. Fox) along with Tom Rothman, rived in the United States in The annual benefit gala for and he is now sole chair. 1951, he created the American the Latino Commission on AIDS With the distinction of hav - Ship Repair Co. that provided paid tribute and recognized the ing served so long at such a replacement parts to interna - leadership of Dr. Daskalakis large and influential movie stu - tional commercial fleets. The with the Esperanza Award. Es - dio, Gianopulos has enjoyed an company has remained a family peranza in Spanish means hope. extensive and illustrious career owned business ever since. The self-proclaimed gay health in the film industry, and shared HELLENISM AND THE warrior is tireless in his efforts his thoughts in an interview HERALD to expand HIV testing to high- with The National Herald. Nikos created the company risk communities in New York GREEK ROOTS even though he did not speak City. The Gianopulos family story English at the time. He received Commission President is one of survival and success. all his news, in Greek, from this Guillermo Chacon said, “Dr. AP Photo/Petros GiAnnAkouris His father, Nikos, came to the newspaper’s sister publication Daskalakis has been a fearless Tensions are on the Rise as Brawls Break out in Greece Refugee Camps United States as an illegal alien Ethnikos Kyrix-National Herald. warrior in the battle against HIV right after then end of WWII ''My father anxiously awaited for and AIDS, and a defender of People walk on their way to Idomeni camp, Greece, after trying to cross the Macedonia's border, and the Greek Civil War. But for the evening edition of the Na - public health throughout his ca - Wednesday, May 11, 2016. Around 9500 stranded refugees and migrants are camped at the Nikos even to arrive here, he reer. His dedication and initia - makeshift refugee camp of the northern Greek border point of Idomeni. Story on page 11. had first to miraculously survive Continued on page 6 tive to engage patients and those at risk of HIV are personal qualities that give us hope that we will overcome the AIDS epi - demic.” Reforms Done, More Austerity Looms The Esperanza Award recog - nizes leaders in medical re - search, public health, and treat - ATHENS – Having rammed Government spokeswoman cut them – on fuel, coffee, In - ment dedicated to fighting HIV more austerity through Parlia - Olga Gerovasili said the dis - ternet connections, pay TV and and AIDS. The award was es - ment, Prime Minister Alexis bursement of the next loan, ex - others across-the-board, includ - tablished in 1996. Previous hon - Tsipras said it signals the begin - pected to be around 5.7 billion- ing in the critical tourism mar - orees include the late Dr. Helen ning of a recovery although the euros ($6.5 billion,) will likely ket, the country’s biggest rev - Rodriguez-Trias, the first Latina country’s lenders have yet to re - be in June. Without it, Greece enue engine President of the American Public lease more monies from a stag - won’t be able to make a 2.3-bil - The government must also Health Association and women’s gered 86-billion euro ($98.03 lion euro ($2.62 billion) loan pass legislation introducing a health advocate. billion) third bailout. payment in July to its creditors, mechanism for automatically When asked about receiving Eurozone finance chiefs the Quartet of the European cutting state spending if Greece haven’t decided yet over the dis - Union-International Monetary misses budget targets or it will Continued on page 2 bursement but Tsipras is hoping Fund-European Central Bank- have to make another 5.4-billion they will act on May 24 at their European Stability Mechanism euros ($6.16 billion) in contin - next meeting in Brussels. (EU-IMF-ECB-ESM). gency austerity. In a speech to his Cabinet, Despite fury and protests THE DARK DAYS Tsipras, leader of the Radical over his reneging on anti-aus - Tsipras said he believed his Afya Provides Left SYRIZA, spoke of “a bene - terity campaign pledges, Tsipras commitment to austerity that he ficial result for the Greek econ - is preparing yet more, including said while out of office had de - omy” while his coalition partner more privatizations – which he stroyed Greece would be the sig - Med. Supplies Panos Kammenos, chief of the promised to reject – letting nal the lenders need to talk pro-austerity, far-right national - banks chase debtors who can’t about serious debt relief, al - For Refugees ist Independent Greeks (ANEL) pay because of big pay cuts, tax though Germany has ruled it said the new austerity and re - hikes, slashed pensioners, and out. form heralded “Greece’s exit worker firings. Greece has also pushed for a AP Photo/thAnAssis stAvrAkis By Eleni Sakellis from an era of creditors,” There will also be a bevy of Greece's Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras during his government Kathimerini said. new taxes – he had promised to Continued on page 11 cabinet meeting in Athens, Tuesday, May 10, 2016. The Afya Foundation is a nonprofit organization that helps countries around the world who are in desperate need of medical supplies and Charalampopoulou on Another Look equipment. Through donations of surplus medical supplies and equipment mostly from the Tris - At Pergamon tate Area, Afya (which means Hand at Feeding 5000 “good health” in Swahili) works At the MMA with the people on the ground TNH Staff number from a resource and to ensure the most efficient dis - greenhouse emissions perspec - tribution of supplies, equipment With so many people starv - tive, but all the more galling in By Eleni Sakellis and humanitarian aid possible. ing in the world, wasting food light of the roughly 49 million Afya’s focus in the past has is a growing problem in devel - Americans who live in food in - Pergamon and the Hellenistic been on developing nations in oped countries around the secure households, not knowing Kingdoms of the Ancient World the Caribbean and Africa, and world. where their next meal is coming opened at the Metropolitan Mu - on areas affected by natural dis - In the United States, charities from. seum of Art (MMA) on April 18 asters, but most recently, Afya like City Harvest attempt to In efforts to shed light on this and runs through July 17. The has been helping the island of remedy the problem through critical issue and its solutions, exhibition covers the art and Lesbos deal with the man-made food drives and programs in Feedback, an environmental artistry of the Hellenistic era, refugee crisis. partnership with various groups, non-profit organization, based the time period after the death Afya Founder and Executive collecting food and distributing in London, dedicated to ending of Alexander the Great in 323 it to those in need. News reports food waste at every level of the BC until the suicide of the Continued on page 5 of food waste by local supermar - food system, held the opening Egyptian queen Kleopatra VII kets and chain restaurants only Feeding the 5,000 event of its (the famous "Cleopatra"), in 30 reveal a small portion of the US campaign, with support from BC. Hellenistic art, once dis - problem. The Rockefeller Foundation and missed as decadent, has recently For subscription: Recent research has revealed in partnership with a coalition received more attention from 718.784.5255 that the United States spends of more than 40 like-minded or - scholars and archaeologists ex - [email protected] tnh/CostAs BeJ $218 billion a year growing, ganizations and chefs, to “Take cavating Hellenistic sites. The New Consul General Visits The National Herald processing, and transporting food waste off the menu.” reevaluation of artwork that re - food that is never eaten. Up to Greek-born Niki Charalam - mained relevant and influential Greece’s new Consul General in New York, Konstantinos 63 million tons of perfectly edi - popoulou, Managing Director of across the Roam Empire for Koutras (left) with TNH Publisher-Editor Antonis H. Diamataris. ble food ends up in American Story on page 5. landfills each year – a troubling Continued on page 4 Continued on page 4 2 COMMUNITY THE NATIONAL HERALD, MAY 14-20, 2016 Francesco Portelos to Run for UFT President as a Reformer

TNH Staff He studied civil and environ - homes and now they love whistleblower retaliation, in - parked, but he was rotated all mental engineering at Polytech - graphic design and editing.” cluding having his computers over Staten Island in short-term NEW YORK – Working within nic University and worked in the “The principal loved me, and seized at work and home. assignments, including teaching. the system for improvement is field for seven years before his administration was recommend - On February 28, 2012, “I was “And all that time the union the ideal with people for whom wife Angela, who is a teacher, ing me to be an administrator hold holding my son…we were was nowhere to be found,” he a job is more than a paycheck made him realize “education is myself,’ he told TNH. expecting our second child, so if said. yet are not revolutionaries, but my path…and I never turned That’s when he got more in - they come after me, they come Portelos believes that the UFT when the system turned against back.” volved in the union, but that’s after my family I thought to my - leadership is now so close with public school teacher Francesco Their two boys are five and where his trouble began. self. I put my son down, I officials of the Dept. of Educa - (Francis) Portelos and presented three and his wish for them to “I got involved in school lead - opened up my laptop and cre - tion that it has become a “com - him with the fight or flight op - get the best public school edu - ership teams and budgeting but ated the website “Protect Porte - pany union” where it works tion, there really was no choice. cation possible motivates his ac - it turned out that the principle los.” more in the interests of the com - “I’m Greek,” Portelos told tivism. was involved in malfeasance… “That site saved me. I got pany – in this case the UFT – TNH. “I have a fight in me and “I teach middle school” – a At the meetings I asked ques - very good at documenting. I was than for the students and par - the gloves are off.” The oppo - rough age – “in a very rough tions about the budget and it exposing, making audio record - ents. “We want to bring it back nent is the establishment United neighborhood in Staten Island was game over for me. I became ings. I became the Serpico of the to where it’s for the community, Federation of Teachers (UFT) near housing projects. The kids persona non grata and they DOE. It caught them off guard the students and the parents, establishment and he is running have parole officers and some came after me,” said Portelos. because people started reading and the teachers. for its president in the New York are very over age. They should Even the school’s union it and the New York Post picked He created the “Solidarity” Metropolitan Area on a reform be in high school…but I loved leader seemed to be acting on up the story.” ticket and is taking on the es - platform. it because I was given the free - behalf of the principal. “I filed a federal lawsuit that tablishment of one of the most Actually, he is Greek on the dom to create an engineering “They tried to get me to shut will go to trial soon,” he said. powerful unions in the country Francesco Portelos became ac - side of his mother Angeliki, who lab and I took my knowledge up…but I called the Special It’s first amendment violation. I in May when 200,000 UFT met - tive with the UFT to ensure is from Ikaria, but he also gets from Polytechnic U and my tech - Commissioner of Investigations spoke up on matters of public ropolitan area members will get that when his kids grew up, his fire from his father Sebastian nological knowledge and cre - with evidence showing she was concern and I was retaliated a ballot in the mail. they would get a better edu - Giordano, who is from Sicily – ated a lab. My robotics team two places at the same time – against. I ended up with 10,000 “If I win,” he said, I’ll be the cation at the high school una faccia, una razza. was number one in New York,” double dipping.” page of discovery they thought first New York City Dept. of Ed - where he taught – and they Portelos’ parents met in the he said. He thought it was disgraceful I’d never see…its one big moun - ucation parent to be the head of would attend. subway going to English lan - “I got to the point where I that colleagues were forced to tain of corruption.” the teacher’s union. That will be guage classes. He and his couldn’t believe I was getting go to Radio Shack to buy wires He got out of the “rubber huge. I have skin in the game as best interests of our students – younger sister Christian grew up paid for doing what I loved do - for their computers. room” where teachers authori - a father. When the UFT lobbies, and that hasn’t been the case in on Staten Island. ing. I took kids from broken He experienced casebook ties don’t want in classrooms are it’s going to be aligned with the the last few years.” Greek-American Doctor Honored at Cielo Benefit Gala for Fighting HIV/AIDS

Continued from page 1 dinner, all to raise funds for the battle against HIV and AIDS. the award, Daskalakis said, “I The hosts for the event were am overwhelmed by the honor Sibila Vargas, NBC4 New York of receiving the Esperanza news anchor, and actor J.W. Award from the Latino Commis - Cortes. The theme of the event sion on AIDS. The work of the was Designing a World Without Commission embodies the core AIDS. The Grammy-winning of my philosophy of how we will Spanish Harlem Orchestra led end AIDS in New York City, New by Oscar Hernandez provided York State and beyond: with the live music along with Mari - love and respect. Hand in hand achi band Flor de Toloache and with our community, repre - Swiss singer/songwriter Bastian sented by the Commission, we Baker. Jamar Rogers, a finalist are all warriors who will prove on season 2 of The Voice, who that love is the most potent an - is living with HIV, also per - tiretroviral. I am humbled and formed at the gala. The awards inspired by this great honor.” tnh/stelios lAmBrou presentation followed dinner. Daskalakis discussed with LEFT: Dr. Demetre Daskalakis, Assistant Commissioner of the The annual Cielo Gala raises TNH his being a first-generation Bureau of HIV/AIDS Prevention and Control of the New York funds to support the Latino Greek-American, his parents City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene, was honored Commission on AIDS creating both from Evrytania, his father at the Cielo Gala on May 6. RIGHT: The Cielo Gala program and promoting HIV and AIDS from Megalo Chorio and his with the theme Designing a World Without AIDS emblazoned service programs and initiatives mother from Karpenisi. The across the top presents the evenings highlights including the aimed at increased awareness, shared vision for fighting HIV awards presentation with Greek-American Dr. Demetre prevention, and treatment edu - and AIDS is what led the Latino Daskalakis receiving the Esperanza Award. cation for Hispanic/Latinos, as Commission to honor Daskalakis. well as to build capacity among After posing for photos on Long Beach Center of Bienestar, Voz de Compromiso Award, and other HIV/AIDS organizations the red carpet, the honorees and a community service and advo - Miss Universe 2015 Pia Alonzo serving Latino communities celebrity guests, including Victor cacy organization, who was Wurtzbach, enjoyed a cocktail throughout the United States Martinez, Program Manager, awarded the Dennis de Len reception, silent auction, and and the Territories. The National Herald

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The National Herald, Inc., 37-10 30th Street, Long Island City, NY 11101 • 718-784-5255 THE NATIONAL HERALD, MAY 14-20, 2016 COMMUNITY 3 Cherry Hill’s St. Thomas Parish Joyous about Senior Apts.’ Opening

CHERRY HILL, NJ – On the ter their benefactor, Mary Rozanitis thanked Evangelos, Sunday of Saint Thomas, May Chigounis. The apartment com - noting that the project’s com - 8, the Saint Thomas parish in plex, the only one in the Tristate pletion would not have been Cherry Hill, NJ celebrated its pa - area which built by a Greek Or - possible without his help and tron saint’s feast day and held thodox community, is comprised advice. the blessing and dedication of 37 apartments. Twenty apart - The committee in charge of (grand opening) of the Saint ments have already been leased, the project was headed by Nick Thomas Senior Apartments, and the remaining 17 are ex - Criaris, and included Chris Dia - while launching their ambitious plan to renovate their church. Just before the end of the Di - vine Liturgy, Parish Council President Dimitris Rozanitis along with other council mem - bers, as well as acting head priest Father Christoforos Oikonomidis presented the con - gregation with a model of the Church’s new exterior while re - ceiving the blessing of Metro - politan Evangelos of New Jersey, who officiated the celebratory Divine Liturgy. The new project includes the addition of a dome and bell tower, which will give the church the characteristics of a

tnh/steve lAmBrou Clockwise from top: St. Thomas Church in Cherry Hill, NJ celebrated their patron saint and Apostle on May 8- His Eminence Metropolitan Evangelos presided over the ribbon cutting and Byzantine temple. blessing of the St. Thomas Senior Apartments in Cherry Hill, NJ. • The St. Thomas Senior Rozanitis and former PC Apartments in Cherry Hill, NJ. • St. Thomas Senior Housing Board of Directors Anthony Chigou - President (and current VP) nis, Chris Diamantoukos, Martina Harris, George Burlotos, Antony Velahos, Thomas Pousatis, George Horiates told TNH that Nick Criaris, John Souras, and Tom Gotzis. • The ordination of Father George Parsenios was the project will cost half a mil - also celebrated at St. Thomas Church in Cherry Hill, NJ. • A banner held by parish council lion dollars and is expected to members reveals the future look of St. Thomas Church. be completed next year, just in time for the community’s 50- Metropolitan Evangelos of New pected to be leased soon. mantoukos, Liberty Zografos, year jubilee. Jersey ordained to the Holy The major benefactors of the Tom Gotzis, Mike Kouvatas, Horiates pointed out that Priesthood Deacon George complex include AHEPA, which George Burlotos, and other they will initially take out a loan Parsenios to the Holy Priest - donated the plot right next to members of AHEPA, the Feder - and in time the entire amount hood, a graduate of Holy Cross the community center and the ation, and the community. will be recouped through dona - Greek Orthodox School of The - gymnasium, as well as the late At a luncheon following the tions and fundraisers. Mean - ology in Boston, and a current Kyriakos and Mary Chigounis, blessing, Evangelos honored while, he expressed his firm be - Associate Professor of New Tes - who bequeathed approximately Christopher Diamantoukos for lief that, as with all previous tament at Princeton Theological $2 million for the complex’ con - this many years of service to the projects, it will be completed by Seminary. Evangelos officiated struction. The community col - community, and for his contri - the projected deadline. the blessing of the Senior Apart - lectively donated about bution to the project’s construc - During the Divine Liturgy, ments, which will be named af - $400,000. tion. 4 COMMUNITY THE NATIONAL HERALD, MAY 14-20, 2016 Revisiting Pergamon and the Hellenistic Kingdoms of the Ancient World more than 300 years is long the viewer to see the work from discovery of Hellenistic art also overdue. all angles, and how they had not inspired later artistic move - The artifacts on view provide learned about Greek and Roman ments during the Renaissance exquisite examples of the scope mythology or much at all about and Baroque era. of Hellenistic art, from intricate Western culture in school, but Part of the exhibition’s re - jewelry and mosaics to lifelike now travel extensively just to lated programming, a two-day portrait busts and large-scale view the art inspired by Greece symposium, Art of the Hellenis - statues, the attention to detail and its culture. They were par - tic Kingdoms: From Pergamon is remarkable. The wealthy ticularly fascinated by the fact to Rome, held on May 4 and 5, elites of the time commissioned that there are, “so many differ - offered a more in-depth look at works of beauty to decorate ent versions of the myths.” the legacy of Hellenistic art. their homes. Skilled artisans Tourists from France, Spain, and Renowned scholars from across crafted glasses, ceramics, and across the United States all ex - the globe presented new schol - other everyday objects influ - pressed their admiration for arship on the art history and enced by the Classical Greek de - Hellenistic art. One Greek- archeology of the Hellenistic sign and Eastern cultures that American couple noted that era. On the first day of the sym - Alexander’s conquests brought they had seen a few of the posium, The Metropolitan Mu - together. Clean lines and elabo - works in Athens, but would seum of Art’s Director and CEO rate decoration both found ex - have had to travel to Berlin to Thomas P. Campbell offered his pression in Hellenistic art, see much of the art from Perga - welcoming remarks followed by demonstrating the skill of arti - mon. One third of all the art - the introduction to the event by sans in workshops across the work in the exhibition is from Dorothee Dzwonnek, Secretary Hellenistic world. The exhibi - the Pergamon Museum in General, Deutsche Forschungs - tion brings a forgotten, or rather Berlin. gemeinschaft (DFG) and Carlos neglected, era to life. The strik - Essential to our understand - A. Picn, Curator in Charge, De - ing bronze portrait bust of ing of the legacy of Hellenistic partment of Greek and Roman Ptolemy II Philadelphus whose art is the realization that there Art at The Met. Among the extensive royal patronage were no classical models for scholars, Andreas Scholl, Direc - helped establish Alexandria tnh/eleni sAkellis whole areas of Greek imagery tor, Collection of Classical An - with its lighthouse, museum, One of the galleries of the exhibition Pergamon and the Hellenistic Kingdoms of the Ancient during the Augustan period of tiquities, The National Museums and library as one of the great - World on display through July 17 at the Metropolitan Museum of Art features portrait busts of Rome, only the Hellenistic ones in Berlin, Germany presented est cities in the Hellenistic popular philosophers and a large-scale head of Zeus. were available, especially for Monumental — Impressive — world, seems about to speak to Unique: Hellenistic Art and Ar - you, as one museum-goer sug - chitecture in the Restored Perg - gested. Busts of Epikouros, An - amon Museum. Kiki Karoglou, tisthenes, and Karneades, three Assistant Curator, Department leading Athenian philosophers of Greek and Roman Art, at The whose writings were studied by Met offered her work on An Pergamene intellectuals offers a Early Hellenistic Votive Stat - glimpse into past and into the uette in The Met: Alexander- philosophical ideas that capti - Dionysos Melanaigis? Olga Pala - vated the minds of the people. gia, Professor of Classical The survival of many of the Archaeology, National and artifacts in the exhibition is due Kapodistrian University of to the Romans collecting Hel - Athens, Greece presented lenistic art around the 1st cen - Pergamene Reflections in the tury BC. The demand at that Sanctuary of Diana at Nemi. time for Greek art, mostly from The second day of the sym - the workshops in Athens, was posium focused on the decora - so high, Rome soon became a tive arts of the Hellenistic king - new center for Hellenistic art doms. Christine Kondoleon, with Greek craftsmen migrating George and Margo Behrakis Se - there and establishing a thriving nior Curator of Greek and Ro - art market. Artisans in work - man Art, Department of Art of shops in Rhodes, Kos, and Asia the Ancient World, Museum of Minor also produced fine works Fine Arts, Boston, presented Po - of art for export throughout the ets, Performers, and Riddles in Roman Empire. Some of the ar - Hellenistic Mosaics. tifacts on display were pre - Accompanying the exhibi - served under the ash that cov - A gold wreath with myrtle leaves on loan from the Archeolog - The striking bronze portrait bust of Ptolemy II Philadelphus tion, the gift shop offers sou - ered Pompeii and Herculaneum ical Museum of Thessaloniki is on display in the Pergamon whose extensive royal patronage helped establish Alexandria venirs including books, scarves, in the eruption of Vesuvius in and the Hellenistic Kingdoms of the Ancient World exhibition with its lighthouse, museum, and library as one of the greatest statues, and hand-hammered 79 AD and then excavated in at the Metropolitan Museum of Art through July 17. cities in the Hellenistic world. gold jewelry designed by Fotini 18th century. Others were Liami from Thessaloniki. The pulled from the sea floor in un - With works from the MMA’s Hellenistic kingdoms in one lo - visit during the week to avoid representations of Dionysos and catalog of the exhibition, Perg - derwater excavations of ancient own collection and from muse - cation that would otherwise re - the weekend crowds. Visitors his followers, the Bacchantes, amon and the Hellenistic King - shipwrecks including the fa - ums in Athens, Thessaloniki, Ka - quire a lifetime of travel to ac - from around the world are and the nude Aphrodite. For doms of the Ancient World by mous Antikythera shipwreck. lymnos, Naples, the Vatican, complish. One enthusiastic flocking to see the Hellenistic representations of battles, sculp - Carlos A. Picn, Curator in Video of recent underwater ex - Berlin, Paris, Morocco, and art-lover observed, this exhibi - art on display. One couple from tors relied on the royal Attalid Charge, and Sen Hemingway, cavations at the Antikythera site Tunisia, the exhibition provides tion is “not to be missed.” China remarked on the wonder - monuments with the Hellenistic Curator in the MMA’s Depart - is also on display in the exhibi - a unique opportunity to view Those interested in attending ful artifacts, the impressive models influencing Imperial Ro - ment of Greek and Roman Art, tion. the art of Pergamon and the the exhibition are advised to sculptures in the round inviting man art for centuries. The re - is also available.

tnh/eleni sAkellis ABOVE LEFT: Tristram Stuart, on the right, introduces some of the partners who helped bring about the Feeding the 5,000 event in New York’s Union Square, City Harvest Executive director Jilly Stephens is on the left. ABOVE: Greek-born Niki Char - alampopoulou, Managing Di - rector of Feedback at the Feeding the 5,000 in New York’s Union Square helps shed light on the global issue of food waste. RIGHT: Mem - bers of the public enjoying their free ratatouille lunch at the Feeding the 5,000 event in New York’s Union Square to bring attention to the global problem of food waste. LEFT: The City Harvest truck ready to deliver meals to those in need in all the five boroughs of New York City. Food Waste Exposé: Charalampopoulou Helps Feed 5000 in Union Square

Continued from page 1 don’t know where to begin. Cre - prepared in the kitchens of the organization’s efforts to feed sions about buying and using "best if used by,” “sell by,” “ex - ating partnerships is an impor - Great Performances Catering the hungry throughout the five food, and to demand change pires on,” and other labels that Feedback, brought the organi - tant aspect of Feedback’s mis - and Holy Apostles Soup Kitchen boroughs of New York since its from the food industry. Super - lead to consumers to unknow - zation and the event to our at - sion to end food waste. and furnished an additional founding in 1982. Previous Feed - markets in particular must rec - ingly throw out good food. Su - tention at The National Herald. In a festive atmosphere with 5,000 meals to City Harvest’s ing the 5,000 events held in ognize that it's no longer accept - permarkets should sell "ugly" In an interview with TNH, she music and a few people dressed network of local food banks and Athens, Thessaloniki, Paris, able to discard food in fruit and vegetables and stop noted the successful events held as green beans, the Feeding the soup kitchens, plus another Dublin, Milan, and Brussels, and dumpsters and cause farmers to causing farmers and suppliers in Athens and Thessaloniki and 5000 event in Union Square 1,000 meals for the Holy Apos - other European cities have served waste crops while people go to waste perfectly good food on the need to bring attention to provided 5,000 members of the tles Soup Kitchen. over 170,000 meals since Feed - hungry. It's up to us, the public, account of overly strict cosmetic this global problem. Charalam - public with a free feast, made Tristram Stuart, founder of back began the project in 2009. to recognize that every forkful, buying policies. Supermarkets popoulou earned her Masters at entirely from fresh, top-quality Feedback, said that Barber, chef “Worldwide, there is growing trip to the fridge, or visit to a and major manufacturers the London School of Economics ingredients that would have and co-owner of Blue Hill, was recognition of the colossal prob - grocery store is an opportunity should measure and report pre - in the Department of Geography otherwise been wasted. The one of the first chefs Feedback lem of avoidable and unneces - to take a stand against food cisely how much food they cur - and Environment, and joined tasty result was a ratatouille or reached out to about the New sary food waste. Thankfully, waste.” rently waste, as hiding the prob - Feedback in 2011 managing the vegetable stew with salad and a York event, and he supplied 300 there is also a growing aware - To tackle the food waste lem hinders the solutions. design, organization, and deliv - specially made bread, the recipe nut press cookies, made from the ness of the menu of delicious problem, Feedback has sug - Supermarkets and food retailers ery of Feedback’s campaigns, in - developed by Drexel University’s leftover pulp after making al - solutions that exist to tackle it,” gested that “US supermarkets should make all unsold, surplus, cluding Feeding the 5000. She Food Lab, on the side. The cele - mond milk, for the event. Stuart said Stuart. “Feeding the 5000 and manufacturers should agree fit-for-consumption food avail - noted that many restaurant bratory banquet, supported by went on to thank all those in at - events are designed to celebrate between themselves, without able to organizations that can owners would like to reduce top food tastemakers such as tendance. Also present, Jilly these efforts while simultane - delay, to a single uniform date put it to good use by feeding waste and donate food rather chef Dan Barber, chef Jason Stephens, Executive Director of ously empowering the general labeling system for the whole people, rather than just discard - than throw it away, but often Weiner, chef Evan Hanczor, was City Harvest, who spoke about public to make informed deci - nation to replace the confusing ing it.” THE NATIONAL HERALD, MAY 14-20, 2016 COMMUNITY 5 Astoria Street Conamed for Greek TV Personality Demetris Kastanas

TNH Staff tanas’ legacy as a staunch sup - ria.” porter of the Greek Orthodox Simotas spoke about her own ASTORIA – The conaming of faith and Hellenism continues personal memories, “I have such 31st Avenue between Steinway through his family and that his fond memories of my time visit - Street and 41st Street for the late presence during these times is ing his station to express my best Demetris Kastanas took place on missed. wishes to his listeners for the hol - May 7 under overcast skies. The Constantinides said, idays and special occasions, both event honored the Greek-born “Demetris Kastanas helped pro - as a young student and in my Kastanas who founded the Na - mote Hellenism and Democratic current role representing our As - tional Greek Television program values throughout his life. We toria community. I am honored in 1975, then expanded it into honor him because he served as to be a part of this ceremony, re - its own channel in 1987. Eseis a great example of civic engage - naming a street for this special Magazine was also founded by ment. As the founder of the first person, right here in Astoria, Kastanas to cover issues affecting Greek-language channel, he which so many Greeks have the Greek community. made news and entertainment called home.” She went onto say Kastanas’ program was a sta - accessible to Greek-Americans that she would be forever grate - ple in Greek-American homes for throughout our city and our ful for Kastanas’ support in the decades when weekend visits to country. We are proud to com - early days of her political career. Yiayia’s house always included memorate Kastanas’ contribution Nomiki Kastanas was moved watching Kastanas. For many, to our city with this street co- by the event, and spoke with Kastanas’ program and later ca - naming.” emotion, “I am so pleased, ble channel were a bridge to the State Senator Michael Gia - proud, and deeply humbled by homeland offering news and en - naris, who was unable to attend, this street co-naming honoring tertainment in the years before released this statement, “There my husband, and although we the internet and YouTube have is not a single Greek-American miss him deeply, it gives us inner made our world so much in New York whose life has not peace knowing that all his years smaller. He was helped the tnh/eleni sAkellis been touched by Demetris Kas - of hard work and sacrifice have fundraising efforts of a number New York City Councilmember Costa Constantinides, Michael, Matina, and Maria Siderakis, tanas. I have fond memories of been vindicated, recognized, and of charities, including the Greek Nomiki Kastanas, George Kastanas, His Eminence Archbishop Demetrios, and Assemblymember watching his Saturday afternoon appreciated.” Children’s Cancer Fund. Aravella Simotas display the sign “Demetris Kastanas Way.” television show with my grand - The event concluded with the The street conaming event mother when I was a child, as it unveiling of the street sign was attended by Kastanas’ family well as several dignitaries. New Consul of Greece Costas Koutras, and expressed their appreciation was the center of the Greek com - Demetris Kastanas Way and a members, including his widow, York City Council Member Costa Consul of Cyprus Vasilis and thoughts on Kastanas’ life munity at that time. It is an presentation of a replica to the Nomiki, son George, daughter Constantinides, Assemblymem - Phillipou, President of the Fed - and legacy. honor to continue his legacy family members. Following the Matina, granddaughter Maria, ber Aravella Simotas, His Emi - eration of Hellenic Societies Pet - Archbishop Demetrios offered through the addition of Demetris event, a reception for family and son-in-law Michael Siderakis, as nence Archbishop Demetrios, ros Galatoulas were all present a blessing and noted that Kas - Kastanas Way right here in Asto - friends was held at Cavo.

Humanitarian aid is needed throughout the world, Afya Foun - Another raft arriving on Lesbos with more refugees greeted by A loaded truck ready to transport surplus medical supplies, dation is helping alleviate the refugee crisis in Greece through the hero first responders of the island whom the Afya Founda - equipment, and humanitarian aid to those who need it on the Project Spora. tion is eager to help through Project Spora. beleaguered island of Lesbos in Greece. Afya Foundation- Easing the Burden of the Refugee Crisis on Lesbos

Continued from page 1 responders needed basic sup - resources themselves to do it. plies and equipment that could Butin asked Panagiotis Director Danielle Butin traveled be provided through the Afya Proventzas, the head manager to Greece with her team in Jan - Foundation and its partners in of the Vostanio Hospital for a uary to see for herself how the Project Spora. list to be compiled of all the sup - foundation could help. She said She spoke specifically about plies and equipment needed by to TNH: “if you had told me one the Vostanio Hospital in Myti - the various departments, and he year ago that we would be help - lene, where she asked a doctor returned with a large stack of ing a European country, I would “what do you need?” and a mo - handwritten notes. “Helping the never have believed it.” She ment passed before he re - helpers,” Project Spora supports went on to describe the devas - sponded: “14,000 sterile the people on the ground who tation on the small island whose gloves.” Something as basic as are working directly with the infrastructure during the eco - hospital gloves that Americans refugees, getting them the nomic crisis is barely enough to take for granted can make a equipment and supplies they sustain the resident population, huge difference in the day-to- need, like defibrillators, wound and is now overwhelmed by the day running of the hospital, car - care kits, and warming blankets thousands upon thousands of ing for patients, residents and for the rescue boats. refugees who have washed up refugees alike. Butin observed, Project Spora, from the on its shores. “No one had asked them what Greek word for sowing of seed, Trained as an occupational they needed, so it took a mo - will help bolster the Greek therapist, Butin saw what she ment to think.” She called the health infrastructure, “sowing described as “an entire land - people that she met on Lesbos seeds of hope for dislocated scape of need,” from the coast “angels and heroes” for their refugees and selfless Greek hu - guard to the hospitals, clinics, tireless efforts to help the manitarians.” The project has al - and even the police, all the first refugees in spite of having little ready filled, shipped, and deliv - ered three containers of supplies and equipment for the belea - Danielle Butin, Founder and Executive Director of the Afya Foundation, at work compiling lists guered island. The Greek Ortho - of what the people need to deal with natural disasters and health crises around the world. dox Church has been instrumen - tal in facilitating the transport ness, political, and religious Greek islands, but may not The funds raised will help fill New Consul General Visits of the containers through cus - groups is already seeing know how best to help. more containers to be shipped toms from the port of Piraeus progress, but more needs to be Butin also mentioned an up - to Greece to help ease the bur - The National Herald to Lesbos, and Butin expressed done to spread the word about coming fundraising event to be den of the largest humanitarian her gratitude for the continuing Project Spora, especially among held on June 16 at Moderne crisis the world has seen in re - help of the Church in supporting the Greek-American community, Barn, a restaurant in Armonk, cent years. More information is LONG ISLAND CITY – The new Consul General of Greece in this worthy project. which has seen the toll the NY owned by Nick Livanos, available on Afya’s website: New York, Konstantinos Koutras, recently visited the main New The partnership with busi - refugee crisis is taking on the whose family is from Lesbos. afyafoundation.org. York offices of the National Herald, accompanied by Consul Manos Koubarakis, and spoke with Publisher-Editor Antonis H. Diamataris. Koutras congratulated Diamataris on the 101st anniversary of the founding of the newspaper and expressed the emotion he felt when he saw the street sign in front of the offices on 30th Street, which is written in both languages: Εθνικός Κήρυξ POCKET-LESS - National Herald Way. The meeting took place two days after Koutras’ arrival in PITA BREAD New York and assumption of his post, exemplifying his interest in the Greek-American media. 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By Constantinos E. Scaros The film features an all-star To the next generation of cin - cast, including Alec Baldwin, ematographers, Mitas offers this NEW YORK – “A young boxer Danny Glover, Michael Madsen, advice: “watch old movies, good is taken under the wing of a and Shannen Doherty, along movies, and try to aspire to mob boss after his mother dies with an array of actors who ap - mimic that image quality.” and his father is run out of town peared on the iconic HBO Series He has developed a success - for being an abusive alcoholic.” The Sopranos (DeMeo and ful niche for mob films, which That is the storyline, as IMDb Borghese included) – such as he describes as “an outlet where (the International Movie data - Lillo Brancato, Annabella I can do creative work. A good base) describes it, of Back in the Sciorra, and Vincent Pastore – project is where it poses a chal - Day (BITD), a feature film set and boxing legends announcer lenge to me,” he says. But “I to be released on May 20, writ - Larry Merchant, heavyweight must say that all films have chal - ten and produced by William champion Mike Tyson, and Roy lenges, regardless of genre.” DeMeo, who stars in the leading Jones, Jr. – who held the title in Having worked with DeMeo role as Anthony Rodriguez, with four weight classes. and Borghese before, along with cinematography by George Mi - BEHIND THE LENS several of the actors in BITD, tas. Mitas became interested in Mitas appreciates the benefits of a prolonged working relation - ship. “I've worked with William DeMeo quite often and we both know what to expect from each other. Sometimes there are is - sues on set, which would make an actor who does not know me feel insecure and how the scene is being covered and if it's being covered correctly. And because William and I have gone through many situations, he knows if it's not done right I will keep doing it until it's done right. There's a great comfort George Mitas (L) and William DeMeo are longtime film industry colleagues. level I have working with William.” And Borghese as well. them all the time. I am very The mob/boxing storyline mimicking me all his life, so he “The three of us have a great thankful for the mercy that God has been around for a long time. knows my movements, my way relationship.” has given me.” What is the appeal? “Actually, of saying things.” DeMeo echoes those senti - Being Italian is not to differ - there aren’t that many” films Casting aside, DeMeo felt ments, describing Mitas as a ent from being Greek, DeMeo that combine both genres, De - such a powerful emotion watch - good friend and excellent at says, saying how much he loves Meo says, referencing Raging ing his son in his first major role, what he does. the Greek culture, and how Bull (1980) as one, compared filming “in front of my mother’s GREEK VALUES much support he has received to which BITD “is different, but house, with all the neighbors Mitas is not particularly ver - from the community. “Diner in some ways, it’s similar.” There outside watching.” bose, letting his camera do most owners have our movie poster is always a demand for mob RIP, TONY of his talking. But when it comes displayed – they’ve really shown films. “Of gangsters of any na - DeMeo discussed the shock to family and heritage, that is us a lot of support. They are tionality, but particularly Ital - of the sudden death of Sopranos when his passion to elaborate is great people.” ian.” He points to the Sopranos’ star James Gandolfini in 2013. evident: “My mother was from AUTHENTICITY overwhelming success as an ex - “I got a message saying ‘I’m Crete and my father from DeMeo has played a number ample. sorry about James,’ and I didn’t Cyprus,” says Mitas, and his of Italian gangster roles, and At first glance, one might at - know. That’s how I found out. Greek upbringing “molded who he’s not the only one. Why do tribute the fact that DeMeo’s son Those who knew James knew I am today. I had a very typical we often see the same actors in Cristian has an important role what a great person he was, to strong Greek mother who raised these types of movies? “There in the film, playing the young everyone. How he worked hard me to go to Church every Sun - aren’t as many around any - version of Anthony, to nepotism. to help actors with small roles day. And my father wanted me more,” DeMeo said, “because “But that is not what happened make those roles bigger.” Such to go to a good college and the neighborhoods have at all,” DeMeo says, pointing to as DeMeo himself, who played make something of myself, changed, times have changed. BITD’s Casting Director Judy Jason Molinaro in the series. preferably a doctor or a lawyer. It’s different now.” But authen - Henderson, who told him “I’m In one scene, Jason, off cam - Feature film Back in the Day will open in theaters on May 20. I laugh about it, I told him I was ticity is important. “A lot of going to be 100% honest with era, is mentioned by Tony and the great disappointment, I these guys that you see – Frank you” if Cristian didn’t work out. Silvio (Steven Van Zandt), re - Director Paul Borghese de - photography as a teenager, and want to have a career as a Di - Vincent, Vinnie Pastore, Lillo DeMeo completely agreed. “If garding the engraving on a scribes Rodriguez on IMDb as the interest brought him to rector of Photography. Brancato, you see them in so he wasn’t right for the part, I tombstone for a fallen mobster, “a half-Italian half-Puerto Rican NYU’s film school for his college “My father's love allowed me many movies playing the same might have found a very small Joseph Pepparelli – Jason inad - teenager growing up on the years. “I wasn’t satisfied with to be whatever I wanted to be. I roles because they’re really good role for him,” one that wouldn’t vertently had “Peeps” engraved streets of Bensonhurst, then a the camerawork other students can't thank him enough for that, at it. They are authentic. “Some - really have affected the film. instead, after the mobster’s nick - racist neighborhood filled with brought me for some assigned and I can't thank my mother times, you see professional Hol - “But we did one day of casting name, “Joey Peeps.” bullies, big shots and social projects I had, so I started shoot - enough for teaching me what is lywood actors trying to create for that role, and then my son “Jason did it, he’s dyslexic,” clubs where all of the neighbor - ing my own projects. Everyone good in life. My mother was a an accent and they overdo it, came in the next day. He audi - Silvio said. “What’s that got to hood shots were called. In spite liked my work, and so I started very devoted Greek Orthodox and you can tell.” (We discussed tioned, and Judy said ‘we don’t do with it?” Tony barked back, of the odds, he struggles to up - shooting other students’ pro - Christian. Her teachings and de - how the same thing often hap - have to look any further. He was leaving Silvio speechless. hold the morals his mother jects. And that’s how the career votion to God were an example pens when non-Greek actors excellent.’” And that, DeMeo “I always tell actors, that’s taught him and retain his dig - aspiration in cinematography to me. My parents are no longer portraying a Greek character ut - also attributes to authenticity. how your role, no matter how nity.” developed.” here on earth, but I think of ter Greek words.) “He’s been watching me and small, lives on,” DeMeo says. Jim Gianopulos: How He Took 20th Century Fox into the New Millennium

Continued from page 1 the Chinese market. humility to recognize that he leader, you should set an exam - be afraid to fail. But do not AVATAR cannot achieve greatness by ple to your employees with your make the same mistake too of - tional Herald, every day,'' Jim Another incredible success at himself and that he needs to as - work ethic. It is essential that ten.'' Gianopulos said. He remembers Fox is the epic science fiction semble a very talented team of your employees embrace the Where does Jim Gianopulos that they always spoke Greek in film Avatar, praised for its executives around him. Also company's vision.'' go from here? “''I want to keep the house. ''It was not until I groundbreaking special effects. very important is to have great Because there is no formula creating great movies and fol - went to Kindergarten that I Exceeding $2 billion in gross re - relations with talent in front and to create a great movie, it is es - low honorable business prac - spoke English on a regular ba - ceipts, it became the highest- behind the camera. And as a sential to ''take risks and not to tices doing so.” sis.'' His father had an interest - grossing movie of all time. Fol - ing approach. He told Gianopu - lowing Avatar’s success, los that “you will always be an Cameron signed a deal for three American but you have to be sequels, with Avatar 2 expected Greek first.” Gianopulos’ to be released next year. “In or - mother, Maria, hailed from Con - der for a sequel to be successful stantinople. you need to take the elements Gianopulos went to law that worked from the original school and his first inclination movie, but you have to take it was to specialize in admiralty to a different place. Introducing law, relevant to the family busi - new characters and new ideas ness. But he did not find it ex - will give a fresh perspective,” citing and turned his attention Gianopulos said.” to entertainment law, as he had GREECE’S CRISIS great interest in music and film. Regarding Greece’s financial HOLLYWOOD crisis, which is on Gianopulos’ Was Gianopulos’ career goal mind, he told TNH that: to become a CEO of a major stu - “Greece's entrance in the EU dio? ''I think that goal is a little presented a tremendous oppor - too ambitious for anyone, it is a Jim Gianopulos, head of Fox tunity, but at the same time it gigantic feat to become a studio Filmed Entertainment. was its Achilles' hell. The avail - head of one of the 6 historic stu - ability of funds gave opportuni - dios in Hollywood.'' ties for investment, and at the His first international posi - each other since Cameron's Ter - same time consumer loans be - tion came as part of the joint minator film. came available very easily and venture between Columbia Pic - Titanic’s estimated budget of people used it them improve tures and RCA. ''The video busi - $75 million, the highest at the their living conditions. But they ness was growing and they time, was another obstacle and borrowed at much higher levels, needed someone to set up of - they decided to bring in Para - that they were not sustainable fices around the world.'' Then mount as a partner to reduce in the long run. The Greek crisis came the Paramount Business the risk. But an unusual shares a lot of similarities with ABOVE: Leonardo DiCaprio and Kate Winslet starred in Titanic, by Gianopoulos’ Fox studio, a affairs position with responsibil - arrangement was made. Gi - the mortgage crisis in the United tremendous success at the box office and at the Oscars. BELOW: Gianopulos’ vision brought ities on Pay TV and film financ - anopulos said that ''when you States.'' Braveheart, starring Mel Gibson (see here), to audiences throughout the world. ing. brought in a partner it was cus - The film industry in Greece BRAVEHEART AND TITANIC tomary to offer them the film's is going through a crisis as well, His next career step was with foreign rights. At the time the and the lack of tax incentives is International Distribution De - majority of the revenue was deterring foreign production partment for Fox Studios. It was originating from the United companies from filming there. at this position that Gianopulos States. But we made a strategic The lack of facilities’ infrastruc - distinguished himself as an vi - decision in 1992 that we needed ture it is also problematic. sionary leader, and he is associ - to expand to foreign markets. Should Greece invest in building ated with two Academy Award- Had we given away the foreign infrastructure? Gianopulos' winning films, Braveheart and rights it would had been con - opinion is ''that the capital Titanic, during his tenure there. trary to the strategy we were needed to attract film produc - Braveheart was based on the trying to establish. Thus Para - tions on a regular basis is prob - story of the Scottish rebel mount got domestic and we re - ably not feasible for Greece. William Wallace. The decision tained foreign rights.'' The gam - Greek filmmakers are very tal - to make the film about an un - ble paid off as Titanic was the ented and with the proper sup - known hero was based on Mel number one movie in every port they can definitely increase Gibson's involvement, ''he said. country, grossing $.2 billion in their productivity significantly. “Most people did not know the foreign receipts. My recommendation is for story of Wallace, but because It also won 11 Academy Greece to invest in technology they knew Mel Gibson we de - Awards tying for the most startups. Video games, special cided to proceed.'' The risk paid awards won by a single film. effects, and computer science off with five Academy Awards. That shift in strategy has been are all areas that do not need Titanic was an even bigger validated in a big way. Today al - the huge capital needed for tra - risk. Not only had the movie most 75% of box office receipts ditional filmmaking. And some been done before, but also come from abroad, up from of the technologies can be everyone knew the story's end - 66% in 2010. Meanwhile the adopted by other industries.'' ing. Again, one of the main rea - U.S. market has remained stag - SECRETS OF SUCCESS sons Gianopulos decided to pro - nant the last 10 years. Titanic What qualities does Gianop - ceed with the movie was talent. was recently re-released in 3D ulos believe are needed to This time, in filmmaker/director and collected $200 million of achieve and sustain great suc - James Cameron. The two knew which $140 million came from cess? ''A leader has to have the THE NATIONAL HERALD, MAY 14-20, 2016 FEATURE 7

HISTORICAL COMMENTARY Elizabeth Virginia Dimitry Ruth: Writer Missing from Greek-Am History

By Steve Frangos dominant culture ignores them. is buried in a different location Ruth. In 1867, Captain Ruth TNH Staff Writer Unsatisfied they write and doc - within the same St. Louis No. 1 died in Washington, DC. ument their own family histo - cemetery. After the death of her hus - CHICAGO- Elizabeth Virginia ries. I have been astonished with Professor Alexander Dimitry band, Eliza Ruth settled in New Dimitry Ruth is something of a how Facebook has come to serve was one of the most distin - Orleans. While the prospects for missing figure in Greek-Ameri - as a unifying forum for the ex - guished intellectuals of his day. a widow in this era were grave can historical accounts. As a tended Dimitry/Dragon families Over the course of his life Dim - Ruth established and for many member of one of the first not only as a source for provid - itry was an American diplomat, years kept a flourishing private prominent Greek families in the ing detailed history from one in - linguist and scholar. Dimitry was school for boys and girls. Sup - United States, the extended dividual or branch may possess fluent in classical Greek and plemental to her school duties Dimitry/Dragon families, Eliza - but also as a highly successful Latin. He spoke English, French, Ruth became one of the pioneer beth Ruth does see passing men - venue to raise funds to care for Greek, Italian, and Spanish. He professional women writers in tion in survey accounts. But, ancestral gravesites. graduated with distinction from North America, writing under “ah there’s the rub,” as they say, the college, Georgetown Col - the name of Virginia Dimitry this is exactly the problem--Ruth lege, DC. In 1842 he established Ruth. By all available accounts is only mentioned in passing. the St. Charles Institute in Ruth proved to be an energetic While Ruth is continuously de - Louisiana, which he headed as contributor to Southern litera - scribed by contemporary writers the first state superintendent of ture in prose and verse writing as among the first professional public education in 1847. Dur - regularly for the national press women writers who published ing his period as superintendent as well as seeing her works of at least one novel and one book (1847–1851) he organized fiction and poetry published to of poetry (each to critical ac - Louisiana’s public school system. wide acceptance. In this regard claim), one would have thought, In 1854, Dimitry was a transla - various accounts frequently cou - by now, she would have already tor in the U.S. Department of ple Ruth along with her broth - been the subject of a disserta - State; in 1859 he was sent as ers, fellow writers (and unlike tion or an extended journal ar - Minister to Central America by herself editors of magazines) ticle dealing with her as a ne - President James Buchanan. John Bull Smith Dimitry (1835- glected but in truth notable Alexander Dimitry met and 1901), Thomas Dabney Dimitry Southern women writer. This is married Mary Powell Mills Dim - (1850-1936) and Charles Patton far from the case. itry (1816-1894) in Washington Dimitry (1837-1910) whose Exploring the life of Ruth DC. Mills came from a family novel The House on Balfour also takes us into an area only Elizabeth’s father, Alexander Dimitry, was one of the earliest with lineage to the oldest colo - Street (New York 1868) saw nu - now beginning to be revealed Greeks to serve in the American government. He was sent to nial settlers in the nation. Her merous editions. the ultimate passing of Greek- Central America as a Minister by President James Buchanan father Robert Mills (1781- Elizabeth Virginia Dimitry American communities as self- (seen above). RIGHT: Elizabeth Virginia Dimitry Ruth comes 1855), among many other ac - Ruth died on September 22, identified cohesive entities. For from good writer stock. Her father, Prof. Alexander Dimitry, complishments was the designer 1891, on her son-in-law’s plan - the most recently arrived Hel - was a prolific writer as well. of the Washington Monument. tation in Carencro, Lafayette lenes, business men and acade - Born, according to her tomb - Parish, Louisiana. Elizabeth Ruth mics mostly, this day has long case that there are fewer self- say the 1940s, would host de - So how does all this involve stone, on September 21, 1839, was buried at the Saint Peter come and gone. While the de - identified Greeks attending scendants of the Dimitry or Elizabeth Ruth? As one of those Elizabeth was known among her Catholic Cemetery in Carencro. nial of one group of Greeks with specifically Greek events and or - Colvocoresses families to speak long-ago Hellenes, Ruth’s life many brothers, sisters and close Elizabeth Ruth’s live has Hellenic identify by another self- ganizations than at any time about their ancestors’ trials and can service as a cautionary tale family friends as Eliza. By virtue many lessons to teach. Of how identifying group of Greeks is since the mass migration of the accomplishments. of what we may expect from fu - of her birth and family’s social the prejudices of a particular an old game among us it is now 1880 to 1920 era. Ignoring what And just like some natural ture historians concerning our standing Eliza Dimitry associ - time period can hide notable in - beginning to take on new force. is happening will not make it go law of science as the Greeks de - own ultimate place within ated with the most respected cit - dividuals. It goes well beyond And in this period of church away. scended from the 1880 to 1920 Greek-American history. izens of what was then called women of one era being largely 100th anniversary church his - Unexpectedly, “who were the era (and even more so those of Andrea Drussakis Dimitry Washington City. On December ignored by the male writing torical volumes, community- Greeks in North America” is the the post -World War II) have for - (1775-1852), a native of Hydra, 31, 1856, when no more than class. How did she perceive her - based genealogical societies and question slowly entering the gotten, these earlier Greek ar - was a veteran of the War of seventeen, Eliza married Enoch self? What did she in fact write? the growing establishment of common gaze. Families long rivals to American shores so 1812 and the Battle of New Or - Fenwick Ruth. Ruth, who had The lives of these earlier Greek archival rooms in churches considered as Greek in Ameri - have the descendants of those leans. He is buried in the tomb commanded an Arkansas com - arrivals to American shores now across the nation and even the can historical accounts such as persons come forward—in ever together with his wife Marie- pany in the Mexican War, ob - seem to bear portents to our construction of museum build - those from the New Smyrna greater numbers---to publically Anne-Celeste Dragon (1777- tained the rank of Captain and own fate as real Greeks from ings this thought is not one eas - Colony, the extended assert their own Greek heritage. 1856), the daughter of Greek- later became Commissioner of Greece down-grade us to use- ily accepted. Egoism, booster - Dimitry/Dragon families, or the New publications and the social born Miguel (Michel) Dragon Indian Affairs. During their to-have-been persons of some ism, and the dread Greeks feel Colvocoresses have all slowly aspects of the Internet have (1739-1821) and Marie-Fran - eleven year marriage the Ruth’s Hellenic descent. How will the at revealing themselves to all faded from the consciousness of each in their own way come to coise Chauvin Beaulieu de had four children: Elizabeth future understand us? Who will perceived outsiders prevents Greeks of the massive waves of serve a new dynamic where the Montplaisir (1755-1822). Dimitry Ruth, Genevieve Dim - tell our tales? this thought from being consid - immigration. Gone are the days average person realizes the his - Alexander Dimitry (1805-1883), itry Ruth, Margaret "Madge" ered. Nonetheless it is still the when AHEPA conventions, of torical accounts offered by the son of Andrea and Marie-Anne Ruth, and Fenwick Dimitry [email protected]

HISTORY Turkish Reactions to the Asia Minor Deportations in 1922

By Stavros T. Stavridis informed Curzon that the posi - tion of the Turkish press varied The Turkish reactions in An - in its coverage regarding the gora (Ankara) to the Mark proposed commissions of en - Ward/Forest Yowell eyewitness quiry. Some Turkish journalists testimony was one of hostility believed that Angora had noth - and tried to dismiss such claims ing to hide and would "welcome as lies and fabrications that [an] enquiry provided it is prop - were designed to cast Turkey in erly conducted, and provided a damaging light in Europe and the same treatment is given to the United States. However, Turks and Greeks." There were Turkish opinion in Constantino - those who considered the pro - ple was divided due to the allied posed allied commission as "an occupation of that city. illegitimate interference with The Turks responded by dis - Turkey's internal affairs." The missing the atrocity stories as editor of Wakt newspaper stated lies, distortions, and fabrications that Turkey was at war with 3 that were intended to depict of the powers and suggested Turkey in a negative light. An - that "if any enquiry, at all is nec - gora used the press as part of essary, it should be carried out its strategy to dismiss the claims by the Americans only." of Ward and Yowell. This was What is interesting that ac - part of the denial tactics exer - cording to Rumbold that the Lord George Curzon, of whom cised by the perpetrator. French authorities in Constan - the Turkish press was critical The Anatolian News Agency tinople gave greater latitude to for believing the Ward/Yowell published an article on May 20, the local Turkish press to attack testimony. 1922, trying to expose Yowell's The Christian population on the Smyrna quay. September, 1922. Britain, at the time of strict press allegations of atrocities in Ana - censorship in the Sultan's Capi - in their propaganda campaign tolia as "lies." It continued that the bosom of justice of the Ana - Turks as mean people." (3) poor wretched souls were de - tal. Rumbold told General Pelle, to try to refute Ward/Yowell's "the accusations against the An - tolian Turk" and "the Orthodox "Greeks were deported into the nied warm clothing and food the French High Commissioner, eye-witness testimony. Again the gora Government for mistreat - Christians of Anatolia are interior in good order have been and no wonder why they were that while the Turks was given Great Powers failed to assist the ment of Christians in Anatolia treated with the greatest cour - left free." He concluded that "left free" to die. some latitude, it would be fair Greeks of Pontus in their hour have proven to be baseless on tesy, their lives and securities Yowell had a personal grudge The Turkish press in Con - if the Greek press too was of - of need. the investigation made by Amer - are assured by the Angora Gov - against Turkey by helping to stantinople responded to the fered the opportunity to respond icans who travelled in Asia Mi - ernment." spread lies about "persecutions atrocities and proposed commis - to the Turkish press. Pelle con - Stavros T. Stavridis is a nor." In order to lend credibility On the other hand, the Turk - of the Christians." sion of inquiry to Anatolia. Rum - sented to Rumbold's views. historical author, history pro - to its news story, the Anatolian ish Orthodox Church described The Kemalist Interior Minis - bold, the British High Commis - In conclusion, the Kemalists fessor, and historical consul - News Agency quoted Americans Yowell's assertions as "lies and ter, Fethi Bey was a very good sioner in Constantinople, used the press as a political tool tant. such as Florence Billings, an of - slander against our national spin doctor. The idea that Chris - ficial of the Near East Relief government." They argued that tian men were never incarcer - (NER), and its Director H.C. the "Pontus incident cannot be ated "without legal cause" and Jacquith, who was visiting An - concealed. The uprisers went to that "prison registers refute lies gora at this time, who dismissed the mountains, revolted against of this kind" would have been Law Firm Yowell's statement as being our Government and pillaged very difficult to prove, as the baseless. It was also critical of our villages." There is no doubt Angora Government had re - G. Dimitriadis & Associates Lord George Curzon, the British that such public statements on fused the proposed inter-allied Foreign Secretary 1919-24, in the part of the Turkish Chris - commissions of inquiry to enter believing such statements and tians were part of Angora's pro - its territory. There was a lot of creating commissions of enquiry paganda campaign to deflect debate in the League of Nations to be sent to Anatolia. It con - criticism away from itself by in 1921-22 concerning the de - cluded, "We are glad to hear shifting the blame onto the portation of women and chil - that America has refused to par - Greeks. It can also be argued dren in the Near East. In fact, a ticipate in Curzon's plan." that the creation of the Turkish Commission of Enquiry ap - The Angora newspaper Orthodox Church was a political pointed by the Council of the Hakimet-I-Mille's editorial titled weapon that the Kemalists could League of Nations in February "England and Us" published on use to undermine the authority 1921 experienced difficulties in May 22 was strongly anti-British of the Ecumenical Patriarchate reclaiming deported women our company aims to provide high quality services, adapted to the accusing Britain of trying "to of Constantinople. and children held in Moslem strangle [Turkey] and to [put] Fethi Bey, the Minister of In - households in Turkey. specific needs of our clients. an end to our existence." It con - terior in the Angora Govern - On November 26, 1921, the main areas of our activities include: cluded, "We are said to have ment, explained to a correspon - Monsignor Nicholas, Archbishop massacred the Christians in dent of the Anatolian News of Caesarea and Locum Tenens • Legal services Anatolia. This new comedy put Agency, that Yowell and Ward of the Ecumenical Patriarchate, • Financial managerial services to scene by Lord Curzon." The were asked to leave because appealed to the League of Na - plight and suffering of deported they "spread lies about Turkey." tions requesting that it take the • Real Estate people into the Anatolian inte - Fethi Bey's remarks were in - necessary measures to protect our wide network of contacts in Greece guarantees the immediate rior could hardly be described tended to create an impression the Greeks from Turkish as a comical scene. in western capitals that Turkey reprisals. No assistance was and unified handling of our clients’ matters. The so-called Turkish Ortho - was treating its minorities with forthcoming from the League of dox Church and Catholic Chris - kindness and justice. Nations or Great Powers. tian Communities protested to He gave a few examples that: Fethi Bey stated the "Greeks Phone : 01130 210 3390080 • Cell .: 01130 6977 469888 Papa Efthim Effendi and U.S. (1) "Christian men are never put …deported into the interior in Fax : 01130 210 3390044 High Commission regarding to prison without legal cause. good order have been left free" Yowell's allegation of Christian Prison registers refute lies of this requires a brief explanation. persecution in Asia Minor. In the kind." (2) "Christian women are Many Greek men , women and e-mail: [email protected] latter case, the Catholic Christ - not employed in Moslem houses children deported from Pontus ian Communities stated that against their will. These lies are died from " starvation, exposure, www.dimitriadislawfirm.gr they lived "in perfect security in spread about to picture the typhus and dysentery," These 8 OBITUARIES CLASSIFIEDS THE NATIONAL HERALD, MAY 14-20, 2016

DEATH NOTICES CLASSIFIEDS n COULOURAS, ELAINE vices will be held at Holy Trinity Barbara loved watching her chil - his life, Catherine Rizou of LEGAL NOTICE LEGAL NOTICE LOWELL, MA (from the Lowell on Friday, April 22, 2015 at 11 dren learn and grow, enjoyed Athens, and sojourned to the Notice of formation HEMPSTEAD ROAD Notice of formation of YOUNG MINDS @ PLAY, Sun, published on May 6) – a.m., with calling from 10 a.m. training teachers, and helping United States with his family in LLC (DOM. LLC). Articles of Or ganization LLC. (a domestic LLC). Articles of Organization filed with the Secretary of State of New filed with the Secretary of State of New York LOWELL -- Mrs. Elaine (Mitsios) till the time of the service. Burial hearing-impaired children. She 1967 and resided for many York, SSNY on 10/15/2015. Office located in (SSNY) on 2/01/2016. Office location: Kings Coulouras, 94, passed away will follow at Crown Hill Ceme - kept contact with many students years on Nevada Street in Kings County. SSNY has been designated for County. SSNY is designated as agent upon whom Tuesday, May 3rd, at Wingate tery, Indianapolis, In with for years. Barbara served dili - Worcester. Spiro was mechani - service of process. SSNY shall mail copy of process against the LLC may be served. SSNY any process served against the LLC to: THE shall mail process to: c/o United States at Belvidere. Elaine was born memorial luncheon to follow at gently in every organization she cally minded and worked many LLC, 1332 43rd Street, Brooklyn, NY 11219. Corporation Agents, Inc., 7014 13th Avenue, July 20, 1921 in Lowell, Massa - Holy Trinity Founder's Lounge. joined. She was a member of years as a mechanic for the Purpose: Any lawful activity . Brooklyn, NY 11228. Purpose: Any lawful pur - chusetts, a daughter of the late Memorial contribution may be Hitchcock Presbyterian Church Worcester Bus Co. and later the 27 5187 /1 9984 pose . Kostandinos and Stavroula made to Holy Trinity Greek Or - in Scarsdale, New York, acting Worcester Regional Transit Au - 27 51 35 /19945 (Frangou) Mitsios. Loving wife thodox Church. Arrangements as a deacon and volunteering in thority before his retirement. He LEGAL NOTICE to the late Attorney Peter James entrusted to Flanner and their Living in America pro - was a former member of Saint LEGAL NOTICE Coulouras who passed in August Buchanan-Broad Ripple. Online gram, a weekly English conver - Spyridon Greek Orthodox Notice of formation of D’ARRIGO 121-123 LLC a domestic LLC. Articles of Organization filed of 1972. A lifelong resident of condolencers and a video trib - sation program for international Cathedral in Worcester. Spiro Notice of formation B & D DREAM with the Secretary of State of New York Lowell, Elaine moved to ute may be shared at www.flan - adults. As a member of The was proud of his boys and HOMES IMPOVEMENT LLC. (DOM. LLC). (SSNY) on 03/24/2016. Office location: Kings Messinikola, Greece at an early nerbuchanan.com. Delta Kappa Gamma Society In - looked forward to spending Articles of Or ganization filed with the Secre - County. SSNY is designated as agent upon tary of State of New York, SSNY on whom process against the LLC may be served. age with her parents and re - ternational, (Pi Chapter Presi - time with them on Saturday 08/21/2015. Office located in King County. SSNY shall mail process to: c/o Francesco turned back to the United States n DUKAS, NOTA dent for 4 terms) she was com - mornings working on their fam - SSNY has been designated for service of D’Arrigo, 2122 Maple Street, Baldwin, NY making Lowell her home. Prior WILIMINGTON, NC (from the mitted for Native American ily cars. He had an affinity to process. SSNY shall mail copy of any process 11510. Purpose: Any lawful purpose . served against the LLC to: Jacqueline 27 51 34 /1 9944 to her retirement, she was em - Wilmington Star-News, pub - Grants, Travel & Study, Personal the ocean and in 1988 bought a Johnson, 102-12 Avenue K, 2nd Floor, ployed by Laganas Garment lished on Apr. 23) – Nota Z. Growth & Services and World summer cottage in Middletown, Brooklyn, NY 11236. Purpose: Any lawful ac - LEGAL NOTICE Manaufacturing as a seamstress Dukas, 79, of Wilmington, NC, Fellowship. She also served as Rhode Island where his family tivity . and a presser. She was a mem - fell asleep in the Lord on April President of the Edgemont could vacation. He was proud 27 5186 /1 9983 Notice of formation of MCINTYRE & RICHARDS, LLC ( DOM LLC) . Articles of ber of the St George Greek Or - 20, 2016. She was born in Teachers Association. Barbara of his Greek heritage and en - Organization filed with the Secretary of State thodox Church of Lowell and a Athens, Greece, on November always loved sports and had a joyed dancing with his wife at LEGAL NOTICE of New York (SSNY) on 12/01/2015. Office very active member with the 21, 1936, the daughter of the passion for ice-skating. She was local dances and attending Notice of formation PAJARITO PRODUCTIONS, location: Kings County. SSNY is designated as church's Ladies Philoptochos So - late Konstantinos Zafirakopou - a member of the United States Greek Festivals. Relatives and LLC. (DOM. LLC). Articles of Or ganization filed agent upon whom process against the LLC may with the Secretary of State of New York, be served. c/o United States Corporation Agents , ciety. Her greatest joy was being los and Despina Kazaglis. Also Figure Skating Association, as friends are invited to visit with SSNY on 02/16/2016. Office located in Kings 7014 13th Avenue, Suite 202, Brooklyn, NY with her family and working in remembered is her stepfather, well as the Phildelphia Skating Spiro's family from 5 to 7 pm County. SSNY has been designated for service 11228. Purpose: Any lawful purpose . her garden. Elaine's family Demetrios Kazaglis, who pre - Club & Humane Society. More - on Friday, April 15, with a Tris - of process. SSNY shall mail copy of any process 27 5133/19943 would like to thank the staff at ceded her in death. Surviving over, Barbara served as a USFSA agion service to be held at served against the LLC to: c/o United States Cor - poration, 7014 13th Avenue, Suite 202, LEGAL NOTICE Wingate at Belvidere and Bea - are three daughters, Antonia judge in figure and dance. As a 5:45pm at the Miles Funeral Brooklyn, NY 11228. Purpose: Any lawful activi - con Hospice for the professional Ioannou and husband Yiannis, participant in the Experiment in Home, 1158 Main St., Holden. ty . Presto Packaging Solutions LLC. App for 27 51 85 /1 9982 Auth filed w/ SSNY 3/30/16. Formed in IL care their mother received from Debbie Dias and husband Tony, International Living, Inc., now Funeral services will be held at 1/15/15. Office in NY Co. SSNY designated both facilities. Elaine is survived and Christina Wetherington and World Learning, Inc., she led nu - 8:30am, Saturday April 16 at for process and shall mail to: 165 Broadway by three sons, James and his fi - husband Mickey; the loving fa - merous groups abroad, during Saint Spyridon Greek Orthodox LEGAL NOTICE Ste. 2311, NY, NY 10006. Auth Officer: Notice of formation CHAT & CHANGE SSIL, 213 State Capitol, Springfield, IL ancée, Michaele, Charlie and his ther of their three children, which she met her husband of Cathedral on 102 Russell Street, 62756. Purpose: Any lawful activity . wife, Joann, Ernest and his wife, Kostas Dukas; seven grandchil - 55 years in Greece. Together Worcester. Burial will be private COUNSELING SERVICES LLC (DOM. LLC). Articles of Or ganization filed with the Secre - 27 5127/18796 Voula; a brother, Louis Mitsios dren, Lexi Dias, Christian Dias, they shared a bicultural life with in Fall River. In lieu of flowers, tary of State of New York, SSNY on and his wife, Helen, a sister, Helena Ioannou, Dino Ioannou, houses in Scarsdale, New York memorial donations may be 01/11/2016. Office located in Nassau LEGAL NOTICE Madeline Yanas, her grandchil - Dimitri Ioannou, Niko Wether - and Vravrona, Greece along made to the Bay Path Educa - County. SSNY has been designated for service of process. SSNY shall mail copy of Allegory Story LLC. Art. of Org. filed w/ dren, Kristen, Anthony, Peter, ington and Christopher Wether - with their many animals, includ - tional Foundation Scholarship any process served against the LLC to: 615 SSNY 4/20/16. Office in NY Co. SSNY Eleni, Kiki Coulouras and Kim - ington; one sister, Maria Lekas ing their dogs and a parrot Fund, c/o Bay Path Regional Vo - Broadway, Unite 31, Amityville, New York designated for service of process and shall 11701. Purpose: Any lawful activity . mail to Reg. Agent: Thomas Law Firm berly Galloway; also her two and her husband Tommy and named Memnon. Barbara will cational Technical High School, PLLC, 175 Varick St, NY, NY 10014. Pur - great-grandchildren, Dylan and their children, Anastasia Hays be remembered for her passion 57 Old Muggett Hill Rd., Charl - 27 5184/19981 pose: Any lawful activity. Kaiden; her brothers-in-law, and Despina Sayegh. Nota was for teaching, and abiding inter - ton, MA 01507. 27 5152/18796 John Contos, Rev. Ernest "Anas - born in Athens, Greece where est in Ancient Greek mythology LEGAL NOTICE tasios" Coulouras and his wife her love of music and dance be - and ice-skating (and her enthu - n PANTELIDIS, DR. P. KIRK Notice of Formation of PROSPECT GROUP LEGAL NOTICE REALTY LLC (DOM. LLC) Articles of Or ga - Helen; two sisters-in-law, Kay gan. Even her namesake, when siasm for all sports) as well as YORK, PA (from the York Dis - nization filed with SSNY on 04/25/2016. Osakana, LLC. Art. of Org. filed w/ SSNY Coulouras and Carleen Gavin; at age 4, her incessant whistling her willingness to help those in patch, published on Apr. 29) – Office location: Kings County. SSNY is desig - 3/15/16. Office in Kings Co. SSNY her nieces, Connie Hantzis and prompted her stepfather to call need. Barbara was a true friend, Pandelis Kyriakos Pandelidis, nated for service of process and shall mail designated for service of process and shall to: THE LLC, 1329 65th Street, Brooklyn, mail to Reg. Agent: U.S. Corp. Agents, Inc, Ann Spanos who helped and her "Nota", the Greek word for a wonderful wife and an amaz - MD, aka Kirk Pandelidis, has NY 11219 . Purpose: Any lawful activity . 7014 13th Ave. Ste. 202, Brooklyn, NY kept her company many days as musical "note". At age 20, Nota ing aunt. Her jovial spirit, zest completed his mortal journey. 11228. Purpose: Any lawful activity. 27 51 83/19980 well as many additional nieces met and was swept off her feet for life, gift of conversation, col - We know it continues in the 27 5126/18796 and nephews. Elaine was pre- by her handsome Greek-Ameri - orful stories, and contagious Kingdom of God. It began when LEGAL NOTICE LEGAL NOTICE deceased by her sisters, Maria can US Soldier, Kostas, stationed laugh will live on in all those he was born in Athens, Greece Kontos, Aphrodite Gavriel and in Germany. After a beautiful whose lives she touched. She is on Feb. 12, 1927. He continued Notice of Formation of 7722 BZHL LLC (DOM. LLC). Articles of Or ganization Notice of Formation of DIAGONAL GRID a brother, James Mitsios. Rela - courtship, they married in survived by four nieces and a an Odyssey started by his par - filed with SSNY on 04/19/2016. Office FILMS, LLC (DOM. LLC) Articles of Or gani - tives and friends will be received Athens and moved to New York nephew: Emily Baker, Elizabeth ents, Kyriakos and Eutychia Pan - location: Kings County. SSNY is zation filed with SSNY on 01/12/2016. Office location: Kings County. SSNY is desig - at the M.R. Laurin Funeral City and began raising their 3 Halliday, Alexandra O'Dell, her delidis, who were refugees from designated for service of process and shall mail to: The LLC.,7722 BZHL LLC, 7722 nated for service of process and shall mail Home, 295 Pawtucket St., Low - loving daughters. In 1973, the godchild, Susan Cushman, and Asia Minor (modern day 18th Avenue, Brooklyn, NY 11214 . to: c/o United States Corporation Agents, ell on Friday, May 6th from 4:00 family moved to Wilmington Robert Glen. A memorial service Turkey) who fled persecution Purpose: Any lawful activity . 7014 13th Avenue, Suite 202, Brooklyn, NY pm to 8:00 pm. Her funeral will where Nota immediately began will be held Friday, May 6, at and emigrated to Greece in the 11228 . Purpose: Any lawful activity. 27 5171/19970 275116/19940 take place on Saturday at 9 am a life-long involvement with the 3:30pm at Hitchcock Presbyter - early part of the last century. His at the Funeral Home to be fol - St. Nicholas Greek Orthodox ian Church, 6 Greenacres Av - story is not that of a Greek LEGAL NOTICE LEGAL NOTICE lowed by a service at St George Church and as a restaurateur in enue, Scarsdale, NY, followed tragedy, but rather that of a BERLIN PROPERTY GROUP, LLC. Art. of Notice of Formation of QUICK QUESTION, Greek Orthodox Church in Low - the Wilmington community. by a reception. Greek triumph ending in the ac - Org. filed with the SSNY on 04/14/16. LLC (DOM. LLC) Articles of Or ganization ell at 10:00 am. Interment will Nota and her husband owned complishment of the American Of fice: Kings County. SSNY designated as filed with SSNY on 02/19/2016. Office follow in Westlawn Cemetery. In and operated White Front n MAGERAS, ANGELO H. dream. As opposed to a tragic agent of the LLC upon whom process location: Nassau County. SSNY is designated against it may be served. SSNY shall mail for service of process and shall mail to: c/o lieu of flowers, memorial dona - Breakfast House and built and WILLIAMSBURG, VA (from the flaw, he instead possessed a copy of process to the LLC, c/o Elysa Berlin, United States Corporation Agents, Inc., tions may be made in her mem - operated the MacCumber Sta - Virginia Gazette, published on blessed trait: unadulterated am - 238 Saint Marks Avenue, Unit 4A, Brooklyn, 7014, 13th Avenue, Suite 202, Brooklyn, NY ory to St. George Church, 44 tion Restaurant. Nota's love for Apr. 27) – Angelo H. Mageras, bition to make sure that he and NY 11238. Purpose: Any lawful purpose . 11228 . Purpose: Any lawful activity. Princeton Blvd., Lowell, MA Greek dance and music flour - 84 a native of Karpenisi, Greece, his future American family 27 5161/1 7973 27 5115/19939 01851 or to Beacon Hospice, ished and eventually that pas - died April 22,2016 at Sentara would prosper. He was the first LEGAL NOTICE 529 Main St. Suite 101, sion led to the formation of the Norfolk General Hospital. Mr. in his family to attend high Charlestown, Ma. 02129. Fu - St. Nicholas Dance Program in Mageras was also known as "Mr. school. By virtue of his perfor - UNION SQ 4TH F&B MANAGEMENT LLC. FUNERAL HOMES App for Auth filed w/ SSNY 4/20/16. neral arrangements under the 2000. More than a dozen Hel - Williamsburg" by friends as well mance on a national exam at APOSTOLOPOULOS direction of directors, Louis M. lenic Dance Festival (HDF) as his colleagues nationwide. He the age of eighteen, he was ad - Formed in DE 4/12/16. Office in Kings Co. SSNY designated for service of process and Apostle Family - Fazio III, M. Richard Laurin, and Competitions and St. Nicholas was one of the first to realize mitted to a 6 year program shall mail to: The LLC, 122 Congress St, Scott Laurin. For condolences or Greek Festivals later, this dance the growth potential of where he was awarded a college Brooklyn, NY 11201. Auth Officer: DE Div of Gregory, Nicholas, Andrew - directions, please go to program is still a staple in the Williamsburg in the 1960's and degree as well as a medical de - Corps, PO Box 898, Dover, DE 19903. Pur - Funeral Directors of pose: Any lawful activity . www.laurinfuneralhome.com. Wilmington Community. Indeed became one of the best known gree from the University of RIVERDALE FUNERAL HOME Inc. 27 5159/1 8796 her stunning costume creations entrepreneurs in the city. He dis - Athens, the premier medical 5044 Broadway n DIAMANTIDIS, ARETI garnered 4 Best Costume played unparalleled vision and school in Greece. Soon there - LEGAL NOTICE New York, NY 10034 INDIANAPOLIS, IN (from the Awards given by the Atlanta Me - was an overly optimistic be - after, he served with distinction (212) 942-4000 Indianapolis Star, published on tropolis HDF. What once began liever on the good side of hu - as a general medical officer in BL 62 WEST 9TH MANAGEMENT LLC. App for Auth filed w/ SSNY 4/11/16. Formed in Toll Free 1-888-GAPOSTLE Apr. 20) – Areti peacefully as a passion for hand-stitching man nature. Survivors include the Greek Army, which helped DE 4/5/16. Office in Kings Co. SSNY desig - passed away on Monday, April matching outfits for her young his devoted wife of 56 years, keep peace in a troubled coun - nated for service of process and shall mail CONSTANTINIDES 18, 2016. She was born on De - daughters, became Nota's cher - Nickie Kokolis Mageras; two try soon after a brutal civil war to: The LLC, 122 Congress St, Brooklyn, NY FUNERAL PARLOR Co. 11201. Auth Officer: DE Div of Corps, PO cember 10, 1925 in Maheri, ished and prized role as costume daughters: Georgia Salih and between the communists and Box 898, Dover, DE 19903. Purpose: Any (718) 745-1010 Apokoronou, Chania on the is - designer for her beloved St. husband Hassen, Demetra those favoring democracy. The lawful activity. Services in all localities - land of Crete in Greece, to Ioani Nicholas youth dancers. But it Floropoulou and husband communists lost! Somehow he 27 5158/1 8796 Low cost shipping to Greece and Ekaterini Milonaki. Areti did not stop there, her role blos - Thano, 2 sons: Bobby and Mario balanced those duties with a moved to Athens from Chania, somed into a deep and loving Mageras; 7 grandchildren; small private internal medicine LEGAL NOTICE Crete in her early twenties relationship with so many of Emmy, Spyro, Nickie, Yianni, practice in Athens. Recognizing ANTONOPOULOS Notice of formation of VIENNA LEATHER FUNERAL HOME, INC. where she met and married her these youth who adored their Vangeli, Omar, Nicole and her that opportunity lay across the GOODS, LLC (FOR. LLC). Articles of Orga - husband, Iordani. They spent "Miss Nota" or, as she was well- husband Vasili Michael; 1 great- Atlantic, he sought further med - nization filed with the Secretary of State of Konstantinos Antonopoulos - the next seventeen years there known across the nation's granddaughter: Georgia; in ad - ical training in the United New York, SSNY on 12/10/2015. Office Funeral Director raising their two daughters. In Southeastern HDF Community, dition to a host of nieces, States. He began his education located in Kings County. SSNY has been designated for service of process. SSNY 38-08 Ditmars Blvd., July of 1965, they immigrated "the Costume Lady from Wilm - nephews and cousins to include as an intern in New Orleans at shall mail copy of any process served against Astoria, New York 11105 to the United States, specifically ington". This love for the St. a very special cousin Anna and the Touro infirmary. He selected the LLC to: Clint Byrd, Jr., (Agent) 616 Bald - (718) 728-8500 to Indianapolis, Indiana. Areti Nicholas dance youth was only her daughter Zena Mageras. A New Orleans, hoping a knowl - win Avenue, Charlotte, NC 28204. worked as a men's alteration surpassed by her adoration of funeral service conducted by the edge of French would help him Purpose: Any lawful activity. Not affiliated with any seamstress at L.S. Strauss & her grandchildren. You had only Reverend George Chioros, will as he continued to perfect his 27 5147/19958 other funeral home. 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Once for her children and grandchil - betes Research Foundation at Home, Williamsburg from 4:00 married, Angela was at his side dren. She also enjoyed garden - www2.jdrf.com until 6:00 p.m. with Trisagion helping navigate in his new ing every summer and had quite Service at 5:00 p.m. The family country as he completed a Psy - ical students, architects, corpo - tal Health Center. He was chair - the green thumb. Areti loved n LEGAKIS, BARBARA request contributions be made chiatry residency in Taunton, rate professionals and engineers man of York Hospital Dept. of God, her church, and her family. SCARSDALE, NY (from the to Saint Constantine and Helen Massachusetts, and at the Mid - in the mix. All of his children Psychiatry for 25 years. He was She was a giver and gave un - Journal News, published on Greek Orthodox Church, 60 Tra - dlebury State Hospital in Con - are faithful Greek Orthodox the founder of the Delphic Med - selfishly to all who needed her. May 1) – arbara Heebner verse Road, Newport News, VA necticut as well as additional fel - Christians as are his 13 grand - ical Center where he saw pa - She was extremely polite, Legakis, wife of Kimon A. 23606. lowship training at Jefferson children. In his last month of tients often until 10 p.m. The thoughtful and loved everyone. Legakis of Vravrona, Greece, University in Philadelphia. He life, Kirk was lucky enough to name selected for his private of - The oldest of five children, she died on March 5, 2016 at the n PANTOS, SPYRIDON excelled academically, publish - see his first great-grandchildren, fice was no accident. He wanted is survived by her daughters age of 87 in her home in Scars - TARPON SPRINGS, FL (from the ing papers in national profes - Penelope and Gabriel, twin chil - to help erase the stigma associ - Eleni (John) Vogas and Kathy dale, New York. The cause of Worcester Telegram & Gazette, sional journals. He was offered dren of Nick's second daughter, ated with mental health disease, Diamantidis, three grand-chil - her death was cancer. Her hus - published on Apr. 14) – Spyri - a job as an Associate Professor Thea. He also is survived by an and he also wanted to give trib - dren, Angelo Vogas, Aretoula band, Kimon, predeceased her don Pantos, 92, formerly of at West Virginia University, but unofficial third daughter, his ute to his Greek heritage. He (Amer) Nahas, Donny (Laura) in June of 2014. Barbara was Worcester, passed away on Fri - thought he could do more good niece, Eleanore Hajian, who re - served as President of the York Vogas and three great grandchil - born in Bryn Mawr, PA. Her day, April 1, 2016 in Tarpon as a community Psychiatrist in sides in Washington, DC. Pro - County Medical Society, and he dren Eleni Alexa, Yanni and Zoe childhood was spent in Win - Springs, Florida. His wife of 42 Angela's hometown. Knowing fessionally, PK, as he was held many leadership roles in and her brother in Greece, An - wood, PA, where she grew up years, Catherine (Rizou) Pantos, that success was the only op - known, prospered for five his professional societies. He ap - dreas. She was preceded in with an older sister, Natalie M. died in 2001. He leaves his two tion, he moved to York, and decades. He loved his profession plied as much passion to his death by her husband in 1999, Heebner, and two younger sons, Michael S. Pantos and his thanks to the encouragement of so that he practiced into his Church and family as he did to two brothers and her sister in brothers, Henry R. Heebner and wife, Ann Marie of Rutland and Angie and her father, he did not eighties. He was the medical di - his profession. He was the Choir Greece. Visitation will be on Charles Heebner. A graduate of Teddy Pantos of Tarpon Springs, hesitate to buy the building at rector of the York County Men - director for 40 years, only retir - Thursday, April 21, 2015 from the Shipley School and Smith FL; four sisters, Elli Pantos- 826 S. George St.. The third ing when he could not stand 4:00 p.m. to 8 p.m. at Holy Trin - College (1950), Barbara also Kiostigianni DMD, Georgia Pan - floor was rented for additional long enough to direct. Together ity Greek Orthodox Church, earned a Masters in Education tos-Sakogianni MD both of income. The family lived on the with other visionary Greeks, he 3500 W. 106th Street, Carmel, from Temple University, in Athens, Kleri Litsis of Tirana, Al - second floor, and his private this is a service directed the building of the IN 46032. A Trisagion service Philadelphia, PA. An elementary bania and Andigoni Koumanelis practice office was on the first to the community. beautiful Greek Orthodox will be at 7 p.m. Funeral ser - school teacher for over 45 years of Worcester; two grandchil - floor. All the while, he started a Announcements of deaths Church replete with Byzantine she taught at Chestnut Hill dren, Michael and Megan Pan - family, and they all survive him may be telephoned to the Iconography on Pine Grove Academy (Philadelphia, PA), tos of Rutland. A sister, Athena as does Angela. Both parents set Classified Department of Lane. Memorial contributions Days and dates of funerals, Shady Hill School (Cambridge, Bakalis of Athens predeceased an example of hard work, schol - the national herald at may be made to Annunciation memorials, and other events di - MA), and Sidwell Friends him 2008. Born in Sotira, North - arship, and faith. Not only did (718) 784-5255, Greek Orthodox Church, 2500 rectly correspond to the original (Washington, DC) before com - ern Epirius (now Albania), Spiro the first generation of the Pan - monday through Friday, Pine Grove Road, York, PA 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. est publication date, which appears ing to the Edgemont school dis - was the son of Michael and delidis clan continue the tradi - 17403; or to St. John Chrysos - trict in Scarsdale, New York Theodora (Kostakis) Pantos and tion of higher education set by or e-mailed to: tom Antiochian Orthodox at the beginning of each notice. where she stayed for 33 years. lived in Athens, Greece for many Kirk, but so does the third as [email protected] Church, 2397 N. Sherman St., An extremely dedicated teacher, years. He married the love of there are already doctors, med - York, PA 17406. THE NATIONAL HERALD, MAY 14-20, 2016 COMMUNITY 9

OUR EVERYDAY GREEK GREEK GASTRONOMY Masculine Nouns Review: Order Mezedes for Your Friends Greek Meatloaf and Potatoes:

By Dr. Dimitra Kamarinou the examples and try to build whole sentences. Ways to Use Easter Leftovers Το ουζάδικο ( to ooZAdiko ) is -Σου αρέσει το ούζο; the place where you can order -Το ούζο μου αρέσει λίγο. By Eleni Sakellis allow to rest for about 10 min - ouzo and mezedes. Small tables -Σου αρέσει ο γύρος; utes before slicing and serving. by the sea usually painted blue, -Ο γύρος μου αρέσει πολύ. If like many Greeks, you got Serve with a green salad and with many chairs around them. -Σου αρέσουν οι ουζομεζέδες; carried away with dyeing Easter mashed potatoes or your choice Imagine that you spend the af - (πολύ) eggs, you may have a surplus of of vegetables. ternoon there together with your -Σου αρέσουν οι κεφτέδες; a dozen or more hardboiled red four friends. (λίγο) eggs. In case the prospect of eat - 1. First read the menu and -Σου αρέσουν οι ing another Easter egg for Homemade Greek- try to translate it. κολοκυθοκεφτέδες; (πολύ) breakfast has grown tiresome, Style Potatoes ΟΥΖΑΔΙΚΟ «Ο ΚΩΣΤΑΣ» -Σου αρέσει ο χαλβάς; (πολύ) try incorporating the eggs into ΜΕΝΟΥ -Σου αρέσει ο αστακός; (πολύ) a Greek meatloaf. ΜΕΖΕΔΕΣ Traditionally, Greek meatloaf • 5-6 medium Yukon Gold Κεφτέδες 6. It’s time to order. Call the features a row of boiled eggs in potatoes Ντοματοκεφτέδες waiter and give your order for the center that creates an inven - • Salt Κολοκυθοκεφτέδες you and your friends in Greek. tive presentation when sliced • Pepper Ντολμάδες -Good evening. and served at the dinner table. • Lemon ΨΑΡΟΜΕΖΕΔΕΣ -Σου αρέσει ο γαύρος the expression “ μου αρέσουν ” -Good evening. The following flavorful meatloaf • Greek extra virgin olive oil Γαύρος τηγανητός τηγανητός; when we are talking about a -How are you today? recipe is a tasty addition to your • Parsley, chopped, optional Γαύρος μαρινάτος* -Όχι, … bunch of countable things. -Good, thank you. How are you? weeknight meals. • 1-2 hardboiled eggs, * Γαύρος μαρινάτος ( mari - - Σου αρέσει ο γαύρος 1. Σου αρέσει / Σου αρέσουν το -Very well, thank you. Potatoes are a classic accom - chopped or sliced, optional NAtos ) means raw small fish mar - μαρινάτος; ούζο; -What would you like today? paniment to meatloaf and the inated in vinegar and olive oil. Ναι, …. 2. Μου αρέσει / Μου αρέσουν ο -We want five ouza with ice and recipe that follows is a Greek- Wash the potatoes thor - Garlic and dill are added to enrich -Πέτρο, σου αρέσουν οι πάγος στο ούζο. mezes. style option. Add chopped hard - oughly and place them in a the flavor. ντολμάδες; 3. Σου αρέσει / Σου αρέσουν οι -Fish mezes? boiled eggs to the potatoes for large, deep pot. Fill with cold Ναι, ….. μεζέδες; -No, we want five meatballs, two richness and to use up more of water to cover the potatoes 2. Then ask your friends 4. Σου αρέσει / Σου αρέσουν οι tomato fritters and three the leftover Easter eggs, if pre - completely and bring to a boil whether they like ouzo and 3. What about yourself? κεφτέδες; zucchini fritters. Do you have ferred. over medium high heat. Add a which mezedes they would pre - Which one of these mezedes do 5. Σου αρέσει / Σου αρέσουν οι dolmades? dash of salt to the pot and allow fer. Τry to give complete an - you like? Give a positive or a ντοματοκεφτέδες; -Yes, we have. the potatoes to simmer until swers. negative answer. Avoid restrict - 6. Μου αρέσει / Μου αρέσουν οι -I like dolmades very much. We Greek Meatloaf tender. A skewer through each -Θέλουμε ούζα; ing your answer to a yes or no. ψαρομεζέδες. want two dolmades. of the potatoes should go in eas - -Ναι, …. Try to build a whole sentence. 7. Μου αρέσει / Μου αρέσουν ο -Do you like marinated small • 2 pounds ground beef, sirloin ily. -Θέλουμε μεζέδες; 1. Σου αρέσει το ούζο; γύρος. fish. It is very good. • 1 large onion, grated Remove from heat and drain -Ναι, …. 2. Σου αρέσει ο κεφτές; 8. Μου αρέσει / Μου αρέσουν οι -I don’t like marinated fish. I • 2 beaten eggs the cooking water. Add a little -Γιώργο, σου αρέσει ο πάγος στο 3. Σου αρέσουν οι μεζέδες; αστακοί. don’t like small fish. • 1 teaspoon ground cumin cold water, about a cup, to stop ούζο; 4. Σου αρέσουν οι ντολμάδες; 9. Μου αρέσει / Μου αρέσουν ο -Would you like a lobster? • 1 tablespoon salt the cooking process. -Ναι, …. 5. Σου αρέσει ο χαλβάς; γαύρος. -No, I don’t like lobster. • Freshly ground pepper, to If desired, remove skins, or -Σου αρέσουν οι ουζομεζέδες; 6. Σου αρέσει ο γαύρος 10. Ο γαύρος μου αρέσει / μου -I like halva. Do you have halva? taste leave them on. Slice the pota - -Ναι, …. τηγανητός; αρέσουν μαρινάτος. -We have halva with lemon. • 1 cup bread crumbs, plain or toes into chunks and place in a -Οι κεφτέδες σου αρέσουν; 7. Σου αρέσει ο αστακός; 11. Οι γαύροι μου αρέσει / μου -We want two halvas. -Ναι, …. 8. Σου αρέσουν οι αρέσουν τηγανητοί. -Thank you. -Μαρία , σου αρέσουν οι ντοματοκεφτέδες; 12. Ο αστακός μου αρέσει / μου κολοκυθοκεφτέδες; αρέσουν βραστός. Dimitra Kamarinou, PhD, has -Όχι, ….. 4. Now try to choose the cor - 13. Σου αρέσει / Σου αρέσουν ο studied philology and -Σου αρέσουν οι rect expression for your ques - χαλβάς; archaeology at the University of ντοματοκεφτέδες; tions and your answers. Erase Ioannina,Würzburg and Bochum -Ναι, …. the wrong one. Remember that 5. Do you like them a lot or in Germany. She has been -Ελένη, σου αρέσουν οι we use the expression “ μου a little? Remember that the honored with the Academy of ψαρομεζέδες; αρέσει ”, when we want to say word πολύ means a lot and the Athens Award in Archaeology -Ναι,… I like it, singular number, and word λίγο means a little. Read and Homeric Philology.

LITERARY REVIEW 5 Fascinating Books to Add to Your May Reading List

By Eleni Sakellis immigrant searching for a place to belong. Rouman finds the hu - Spring is upon us, and for manity in this struggle that all some that means allergies, but those looking for a better life en - most people welcome the dure as they move from their warmer temperatures and the homeland to a new one. The longer days if only for the in - novel brings up questions of iden - creased hours you can read by tity and navigating social inter - natural light and out of doors. actions in a multicultural society As William Shakespeare wrote for those on the fringes which is flavored, as in Sonnet #18, “Rough winds especially relevant with the cur - preferred do shake the darling buds of rent refugee crisis in mind. • 1/2 cup water May,” so compiling your reading Athena: A Modern Greek Life • Greek extra virgin list for the month is a good use by Aliki Alexxa follows the jour - olive oil of the time on rainy spring days. ney of the title character as she • 3-4 hardboiled eggs, Here are 5 books to add to your leaves Greece for America eggshells removed reading list. where she imagines all her As the warmer months ap - dreams will come true. Her jour - In a large mixing proach, you may be contemplat - ney begins in the 1950’s and bowl, combine the ing a trip to Greece, if you moves through the decades to ground beef, onion, haven’t already purchased your the 1990’s, ending in the year beaten eggs, cumin, tickets. For those readers who 2000. Athena’s immigrant expe - salt, pepper, bread love ancient history and the re - rience is told mostly in dialogue crumbs, and water. markable ruins left over the mil - and there is a feeling of disloca - Drizzle a little olive oil lennia, a great choice to add to tion at times for the reader that over the top and mix. your reading list is Mycenae: reflects the immigrant’s experi - If the mixture seems From Myth to History by Athina ence vividly. too wet, add a little Cacouri and Robert McCabe. John Vassos: Industrial De - more bread crumbs. The book includes a new play sign for Modern Life by Danielle Mix thoroughly, with by John Guare, commentaries Shapiro is a biography of the hands, if preferred, by Lisa Wace French, and a by Constance M. Constant is a war. For many children and Greek immigrant Vassos who careful not to over - piece on the Mycenaean land - vivid and moving story of sur - grandchildren of immigrants, worked as RCA’s key consultant work the mixture. scape by Daniel Fallu. The in - vival. As the Greatest Genera - those years in Greece were designer from the radio era Place the mixture in sights into the search for the city tion grows older, it is vital to never spoken of in the family, through the rise of television a baking pan and form that fought Troy and the archae - preserve stories of World War II, as if talking about it was too and computers. Among his the shape of a meatloaf, making mixing bowl, add salt and ological history are fascinating. lest we forget the harsh times painful for our older relatives to many accomplishments, Vassos a space down the center for the freshly ground pepper to taste. The highlight of the book is the and the struggles that shaped share and so the truth of what designed the first mass-pro - boiled eggs. Add the juice of half a lemon, photography by McCabe. The the world we live in today. Flee - happened is lost or only frag - duced television receiver, the Place the eggs in a line down or more to taste and drizzle with extraordinary light of Greece is ing from the Great Depression mentary. American Kid offers in - TRK-12 which premiered at the the center and cover with the olive oil. captured in the stunning pho - in the United States in the late sights into the brutal years of 1939 New York World’s Fair. For meat mixture to form the meat - Mix and serve warm or at tographs of the archaeological 1930’s, Katherine and her three Occupation that might other - those of us who remember Yi - loaf shape. Bake in a preheated room temperature, if preferred. sites before they were opened American-born children find wise be lost. ayia’s TV, the one that was a 375 degree oven for 45 minutes Garnish with chopped parsley, to mass tourism. themselves fleeing the Germans Uncertain Journey by James piece of furniture, this book ex - to 1 hour depending on the if using. Add chopped or sliced American Kid: Nazi-occupied and then living under the Occu - Rouman is a novel that tackles plains the design, and designer, strength of the oven. hardboiled eggs to add richness Greece through a Child’s Eyes pation for the duration of the the difficult journey for an illegal responsible for it. Remove from the oven and to the potatoes, if preferred.

GREEK AMERICAN STORIES Money Isn’t Everything (but it’s Good to Have Just in Case)

By Phylis (Kiki) Sembos airport, crowds Or, will they love me pay for longer subscriptions – my cats) Gee! What do I do? I’d Special to The National Herald and mishaps, because of the wind - like 20 years’ worth. But, if be picturing my sweet little pets anxiety and ex - fall. My grand - everybody didn’t love me for looking for me, meowing for There’s an old saying, haustion. I’d sons would love myself I could afford to get rid their ‘greenies’ and chicken “money is the root of all evil.” done all that – me more if I let of them and find a new set of breast pieces and being in the True! People steal for it, murder often, at one them ride in my relatives and friends. I’d adver - hands of someone who hates for it, marry for it, organize pre - time in my life. Porsche, I sup - tise. Then, watch my computer cats, who don’t know that they tend charities, go to war for it All I got for it pose. My relatives would light up with people begging to love to be brushed every morn - and dream of it. I am of the lat - was a few sou - pay more attention to be my new set of grandchildren, ing, sprawl on my lap over my ter. There’s another saying that venirs, foreign me to get invited to friends and relatives. Still, be - fleece cover while watching goes: “money doesn’t buy you stickers all over my the manor house where they cause of all that money people Jeopardy and Wheel of Fortune, happiness.” Also true, But, why worn out valises can swim in my Olympic will be jealous, envious, resent - who, probably, own a pit bull. can’t I try? and a million photos sized pool, open bar and ful of poor little me. Every atti - That’s it! Know something? Let’s suppose I won the lot - of people I don’t catered lunches. That’s it! I sus - tude will change just because I Money doesn’t buy you happi - tery. I mean the BIG one – know who they are pect everyone’s attitude towards have piles of money. Then, I ness. It sure can buy you a lot Mega! How would my life anymore. One was me would change after winning thought of another problem: of stress, suspicions and anxi - change? Move into a manor the taxi driver in all that money. Suddenly, where would I put it all? Shovel eties. So, let this be a lesson to house? Then, I’d need an army Athens who took me I’d be the favorite rel - it down my basement? Stuff it you. Be satisfied with what of maids and gardeners to take on a tour during my ative, friend, yiayia. in a bank where I’d be looking you’ve got. Money really doesn’t care of the whole 50 acres – plus first trip to Greece. I Then, I’d be every over my shoulder every time I buy you happiness. Look at the moat. That’s a lot of people remember how cheer - sales person’s tar - approach the teller? Search the bright side! I’ve got plenty of around. I like my privacy. In my ful, friendly and helpful get; charities would bushes and shrubs before I get friends my age – ones who still imagined three car garage I he was, showing me all besiege my to my car? Then, suppose I find recognize me, still have the could afford three Porsches. But, the interesting points of door, I’d a ransom note under my door strength to pick up the phone I like my Toyota. It’s almost paid Athens. Then, he need to telling me to leave $80,000 – to call me, still can walk even for, too. charged me a small for - hire se - for starters – under the last with walkers or electric wheel Then, there’s going on vaca - tune at the end of it. I think cret agents bench, by the tennis courts, in chairs. O.K! I’ve said my piece. tions anywhere. But, that would I ripped up his photo. Then, I’d to guard me, the park where I take walks, “or Now, please excuse me while I mean valises, passports, hustle wonder if my friends and family The Herald else, you’ll never see Penelope check the numbers in last night’s and bustle, taxis to and from the would love me for myself. would insist I and Lillie ever again.” (They’re lottery. 10 FEATURE THE NATIONAL HERALD, MAY 14-20, 2016

HELLENIC HAPPENINGS FROM COAST TO COAST

TNH Staff GRAND RAPIDS, MI – The DE - to gain more experience, the in the playoffs, TROIT RED WINGS’ playoff loss Grand Rapids Press reported. This season, Athanasiou’s first DENVER, CO – JOHN DIKEOU means a gain for the GRAND That is a boost for the Griffins, in the big leagues, Hockey Fu - became the first Greek Ameri - RAPIDS GRIFFINS. ANDREAS who are in the midst of their ture had this to say about him: can to be inducted into the COL - ATHANASIOU, a speedy for - own playoff series. “Athanasiou has the speed and ORADO SPORTS HALL OF ward for the Red Wings, was Athanasiou, a speedy for - hands to be a dangerous NHL FAME (CSHoF) during its recent relegated to the Griffins, an AHL ward who scored nine regular- forward, though his all-around 50th annual Induction & farm team of the Wings, in order season goals this year and one game is still developing. He has Awards Banquet. The CSHoF the physical skills and skating honors those individuals who ability to turn into an offensive merit recognition and distinc - threat and continues to work on tion for their exploits, accom - his defense and consistency. plishments and leadership in “Athanasiou played in 37 reg - sports and athletic endeavors in ular season games for Detroit in the state of Colorado. 2015-16, steadily establishing As owner of the DENVER himself in a lower line role for BEARS and DENVER ZEPHYRS the Red Wings and chipping in AAA baseball teams, he played with nine goals and five assists. a key role in bringing Major His combination of size and po - League Baseball to Denver. For sitional awareness and the will - more than a decade, he lobbied, ingness to play in hard areas negotiated and legislated to should keep him in the lineup go - bring MLB to Denver. ing forward and he could become In 1990 Dikeou helped draft more of a scorer as he gains ex - legislation to charge a 1/10th John Dikeou delivering his Hall of Fame acceptance speech. perience.” That experience could of 1 cent sales tax through a come quickly with the Griffins for proposed stadium authority to Dikeou was instrumental in people from across Chicagoland the 22-year-old Torontonian, fund construction of what now organizing the football scholar - to witness a phenomenon that The icon of St. John the Bapist in Homer Glen. whose roots are from Samos. is COORS FIELD. The sales tax ship program at CU. Over the some are calling a miracle, WLS initiative passed, bringing seven past 30 years, he has donated TV reported. metropolitan counties together hundreds of thousands of dol - An icon of ST. JOHN THE to build the stadium. lars to provide scholarships to BAPTIST has been oozing fra - GOINGS ON... Born in Denver to Greek par - student athletes. He has been a grant oil since last summer at ents, Dikeou was an All-State generous contributor to the 100 ASSUMPTION GREEK ORTHO - athlete in two sports, football CLUB that helps widows of fire - DOX CHURCH, WLS reported. n THRU SEPT. 10 taste of Greece through authen - Antolini form the Rachmaninoff and track, at DENVER EAST men and policemen. He has re - Parishioners believer the oil to TARPON SPRINGS, FL – Tarpon tic, hand-made food delicacies, Choir in 1992. The ensemble HIGH SCHOOL. He graduated ceived numerous civic awards, be myrrh. As WLS noted, “so far, Springs’ annual Night in the Is - tour our church which is a com - specializes in Eastern Orthodox from the UNIVERSITY OF COL - his most prized being the Out - no one has offered proof that lands tradition continues on the bination of 1890s architecture choral music. Depending on the ORADO (CU) and went on to standing Service to Youth Award it's a sign from God, but no one historic Sponge Docks once a and Byzantine decoration remi - concert, the group numbers be - own DIKEOU REALTY, a Den - in 1985 given by the BOY has proven that it isn't.” month from 6-11PM on the niscent of Orthodox churches tween 60 and 80 singers. The ver-Based commercial real es - SCOUTS OF AMERICA. The emission of the fluid City’s historic Sponge Docks, across Greece and take in a Choir has performed all over tate company and largest pri - might be from a chemical reac - along Dodecanese Boulevard. demonstration by our costumed New England, New York City, vate landowner in Downtown HOMER GLEN, IL – A church tion, some contend, but true be - Food, drinks, and the street is Greek dance troupe. This spec - Montreal, San Francisco and Denver. in Homer Glen has attracted lievers think the oil has healing closed off for live dancing: 6- tacular one-day Greek Festival Washington, DC. Foreign tours properties, not least of which 11PM on Saturdays April 2, May is a wonderful family event that have included the Russian Far the icon’s painter, PETER MI - 14, June 11, July 9, August 6. each year draws thousands of East and St. Petersburg in 2002 HALOPOULOS, who told the And September 10. Sponsoring visitors from across the tristate and Serbia, Bulgaria and Greece Chicago Tribune that he believes restaurants include Costa’s Hel - area. Come dance in the streets in 2009. QUESTION OF THE WEEK the oil was the only reason why las, Mama’s and Mykonos. as West 91st transforms into a he was back on this feet and Greek “plaka” (central plaza) for n JUNE 2-5 Bernie Sanders is not mathematically eliminated from win - painting just two days after hip n MAY 8 & 14 the day. More festival informa - HEMPSTEAD, NY – The Greek ning the Democratic nomination, but is a very long longshot. replacement surgery. ASTORIA – The Nisyrian Society tion is available on Annuncia - Orthodox Cathedral of St. Paul, Should he drop out or stay in? The Assumption officials say of New York the Mikrokosmos tion’s website (www.annuncia - 110 Cathedral Avenue in Hemp - Please email your response to that whatever the case, if this Ensemble, and the Hellenic Cul - tionnyc.org). sted, invites you to its annual [email protected] We may publish some re - phenomenon attracts more peo - tural Center proudly present Greek festival June 2 to 5. There sponses as Letters to the Editor in a future issue. ple to God, then it’s a good thing. “Byzantine Vespers Asia Minor,” n MAY 21 will be live music, dancing, rides, a musical tribute to composer CHICAGO, IL – Please join us games, a giant flea market, arts Apostolos Kaldaras on Sunday, on Saturday, May 21 at the Na - and crafts, various vendors, a May 8 at 5:30PM and Saturday, tional Hellenic Museum, 333 motorcycle blessing, a celebrity May 14 at 7:30PM at the Hel - South Halsted St. in Chicago, cooking contest, and much lenic Cultural Center, 27-09 for the Second National Hellenic more! June 2 6-10PM, June 3 6- THE HERALD SQUARE Crescent St. in Astoria. Grigoris American Genealogy Confer - 11PM, June 4 2-11PM, and June Maninakis & Mikrokosmos, with ence. The full-day event begins 5 1-9PM. There will be tours of TNH's Crossword Challenge vocalist Stavroula at 9AM and features presenta - the Cathedral available. Our rich Manolopoulou and bouzouki tions from Academics, history includes the following: soloist Christons Vidiniotis. For Archivists, Artists, Authors, and The establishment of a commu - 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 mor e infor mation, please call Researchers covering the most nity on Long Island was first nur - (718) 626-5111. recent advancements in the field tured on April 21, 1944 when 14 15 16 of Hellenic Genealogy. Sched - sixteen people attended a meet - n M AY 12-1 5 uled to appear: Louis Katsos, ing in Mineola, New York and 17 18 19 NORFOLK, VA – The Annuncia - President/Founder EMBCA; formed an interim committee. t ion Greek Orthodox Cath edral, John A. Calamos, Sr. Chairman On June 13, 1945, The Orthodox 20 21 22 7 22 0 Granby S tre et in No rfo lk, N ational Hellenic Museum of Greek Catholic Community of invites you to its annual Greek Chicago; Dr. Alexander Kitroeff, Nassau and Suffolk Counties, 23 24 25 26 27 28 Fest ival, from Thursday, May History Professor, Haverford New York, Inc. was founded. Fa - t hr o ugh S unday, Ma y 15. Foo d College; Harry Mark Petrakis, ther George Papadeas was sent 29 30 31 and music highlight the festival. Novelist/ Writer; Georgia here by the Archdiocese to serve Ou t door stan ds will sell every - Stryker Keilman, Founder of as its priest in 1950. A parcel of 32 33 34 35 36 thi n g from S ouvlaki to Louk - HellenicGenealogyGeek.com; land was purchased on Green - oumades — all homemade in Gregory Kontos, Hellenic Ge - wich Street in Hempstead, New 37 38 39 40 the flavorful tradition of Greek nealogist / Researcher; Alexan - York and the first Saint Paul's 41 42 43 cui s ine. 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Greek dance rs are s ched - hosts a concert of Rachmani - claimed it to be a Sign of Divine 14 Love god 13 Sydney Youth Orch. (SYO) uled to perform all three days. noff’s setting of The Liturgy of Providence. The icon is perma - 15 Sheet of glass 21 Plain Tou rs of th e Church will be con - St. John Chrysostom performed nently enshrined in our Cathe - 16 Gossipy 22 S icilia n-G r eek Zapp a duc ted. The me nu featur es the by The Rachmaninoff Choir on dral. 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THE NATIONAL HERALD, MAY 14-20, 2016 GREECE CYPRUS 11 Tensions are on the Rise as Violence Breaks out in Greece’s Refugee Camps

More battles keep breaking crisis management said. have the capability yet to transfer out in Greek detention centers THE ILLEGALS all these people to organized cen - and camps holding 54,000 Most of the 11,000 refugees ters,” a police source told the pa - refugees and migrants stranded stranded at Idomeni at the closed per, adding that the evacuation by the suspension of a European FYROM border don’t have resi - plan can only move forward if swap deal with Turkey. dency papers, Migration Policy the necessary infrastructure is in Police used tear gas to stop Minister Yiannis Mouzalas said. place. clashes between rival groups of “The papers of 70 percent of A deal the EU struck with rock-throwing Pakistani and the people at Idomeni (which Turkey to swap refugees has been Afghan migrants at Idomeni in they received when they were suspended because Greece can’t northern Greece, near the border registered) have already ex - deal with an overwhelming num - which FYROM closed, pired,” he said, making them sub - ber of asylum applications, leav - Kathimerini said. ject to arrest as illegal migrants. ing 54,000 stuck in Greece. Syrians, who have been given “What we are saying is that if The government said refugees preference for asylum, have been they are moved to other camps and migrants at other camps out - separated from other groups around the country their docu - side Athens and Thessaloniki – where tensions are growing ments will be automatically vali - the only places were asylum can among multiple ethnic lines dated and renewed,” he said in be sought – also don’t have valid housed together, with incidents another bid to persuade them to documents. almost daily. leave the area where they have THE KIDS AREN’T ALRIGHT Giorgos Kyritsis, the been blocking rail traffic in and Europe's leading human rights spokesman for the government’s out of the country, costing busi - body is calling on Greece to pro - coordinating body for refugees, nesses millions in losses. vide alternatives to detaining said four new reception centers Government sources told children under an agreement be - will soon be created in the wider Migrants hug one another as a group of 40 refugees and migrants is transferred to the camp of Kathimerini that the evacuation tween the European Union and region of Thessaloniki and a Ger - Oreokastro, at a makeshift camp of the northern Greek border point of Idomeni on Wednesday. of migrants from Idomeni could Turkey to limit migration. man non-governmental organi - begin in two weeks when the Several hundred children re - zation pledged money for one. millions of euros in losses. The “Afghans here are wondering migrants leaving from the coast necessary accommodation cen - main detained at camps on the Idomeni still has some 10,000 ruling Radical Left SYRIZA gov - why they can’t be included in the of Turkey for Greek islands has ters are ready but most have Greek islands since the agree - people hoping FYROM will open ernment said it will not use force (EU’s) resettlement program. If fallen sharply since the EU deal stayed in hopes that FYROM will ment took effect in late March. its border and let them move on to remove them. they don’t get asylum then they which has been limbo since open its border and let them pass In a report published May 11, to other more prosperous EU At the Elliniko camp in will return to Afghanistan and Greece said it couldn’t handle the to other more prosperous Euro - the Council of Europe urged countries where they want to live Athens, the former international they will die and the EU won’t overwhelming numbers of asy - pean Union countries. Greek authorities to address the after fleeing war in Syria and airport site, there are about 3,500 take responsibility for it because lum applications. Under a deal struck with the issue "urgently" and to follow up strife in the Middle East, Asia and asylum seekers and hundreds of [the Afghans] are not considered There are currently 9,682 mi - EU last October, Greece was on reports that refugee children northern Africa. migrants, mostly Afghans, on refugees,” Nadir Noor, who is re - grants at Idomeni, 14,435 in At - given a deadline to create accom - were involved in criminal activi - At Idomeni, some 2,500 re - May 10 refused to eat in protest sponsible for the camp at the tica, of whom 2,135 are stranded modation to house 50,000 mi - ties, including prostitution and main camped out on railroad at the quality of the food and be - baseball stadium sheltering some at Piraeus port, and the rest are grants by the end of the year but drug trafficking. tracks, blocking cargo trains for cause they said Syrians are getter 1,000 people told Kathimerini. scattered around the country, the hasn’t moved to do it. An envoy from the Stras - months, costing Greek businesses preference. The numbers of refugees and coordinating body of the refugee “The truth is that we do not bourg, France-based body visited refugee shelters at six sites around Greece in March. But the visit of Pope Francis to the island of Lesbos to meet refugees has Over Greek Fury, Reforms Done, but More Austerity Looms done nothing to help them.

Continued from page 1 of Gross Domestic Product (GDP). debt cut but that would mean Greece must also push priva - Ahepans Meet the taxpayers in the other 17 tizations, collection of bad loans Eurozone countries would have by banks and find a middle to pick up the tab for decades ground with its creditors on Anastasiades; of wild overspending and run - what measures to implement if away patronage by successive it fails to bring its primary bud - Discussion on governments, including SYRIZA, get surplus, which excludes debt which has hired thousands of payments, to 3.5 percent of GDP people, many to plum appoint - by 2018. Cyprus Unity ments for which critics said they Tsipras insisted once again are unqualified. that there would be "contin - A visiting AHEPA delegation, Tsipras, who twice backed gency measures" to correct any heading by Supreme President down from pledges to create se - imbalance, but added that "no John Galanis met with Cypriot curity nets for the country’s correction will be necessary" as President Nicos Anastasiades, most vulnerable said the pen - Greece had already exceeded its Cyprus Weekly reported. sion cuts wouldn’t affect most surplus target in 2015. Galanis said that the United of the elderly but Kathimerini The finance ministers’ meet - States is not likely to change its said they could hit up to 70 per - ing followed days of protests in position regarding Cyprus no cent with losses. Greece, where tens of thousands matter who wins the November Tsipras again said debt relief took to the streets again to rail Presidential election. “I don’t ex - is the answer as his plan to bring against the reforms and more pect any significant change,” he in investors appears to have austerity which hits workers, said. been sidelined by big tax hikes pensioners and the poor the He also said that in their that tourism officials said would most again. meeting with President Anas - also critically wound the indus - A RIGHT HOOK tasiades, the delegation dis - try, the country’s biggest rev - The leader of the main op - cussed the challenges ahead for enue engine. position New Democracy, Kyri - AP Photo/Geert vAnDen wiJnGAert resolution to the Cyprus prob - "This will create the financial akos Mitsotakis, said Tsipras’ EU Commissioner for Economic and Financial Affairs, Taxation and Customs Pierre Moscovici, lem, Cyprus weekly reported. room not just to relaunch the celebration was only “histrion - left, talks with Greece's Finance Minister Euclid Tsakalotos ahead of an EU eurogroup meeting “It (the process) is moving economy but also widen social ics” and said SYRIZA was ready - at the EU Council building in Brussels on Monday May 9, 2016. European finance ministers forward and we are very sup - protection," he said of debt re - ing for a fourth bailout. gathered in Brussels Monday for talks aimed at breaking the deadlock over whether to provide portive of Cyprus. The Greek lief. In Brussels, three European more aid to bolster Greece's shattered economy and forgive some of its debts. and the Cypriot community in "With the decision on May officials told Kathimerini that America will be very much in 24, Greece will turn a page and they believed the IMF will not ages of 326 billion euros German Finance Minister The IMF wants to get paid in support of whatever the people leave behind it six years of dark - participate in Greece’s third ($371.61 billion) – has de - Wolfgang Schaeuble said full for its loans but wants the want and agree to with the ness," he said, hoping for the re - bailout with funding but with manded the toughest austerity Greece’s bailout review could be EU to take a hit on its and give Turkish side,” he said. lease of more bailout monies more of an advisory role. and will demand the IMF stay completed in May if the IMF Greece debt relief to make sure “I would say I am optimistic that have failed to put a dent in Germany – the biggest con - in the Quartet, the newspaper “makes a statement saying the Washington, DC-based because there is so much to gain Greek debt, still at 175 percent tributor to three rescue pack - said. things are going well.” agency gets its money. from both parties that it would be a shame and a tragedy that they couldn’t arrive in some - thing that is mutually agree - able,” he added.Galanis said re - Turkish Violations of Air and Water Space Fuels Greeks’ Fears ported, that it could e a win-win situation, and so he remains op - timistic. But there are still By Andy Dabilis violate Greek air space over the claims is in its territory. It took the Athens-based Institute for create tension and, perhaps, “many, many challenges” ahead, TNH Staff Writer Aegean – carefully tracked by the arrival of a Greek gunboat Security and Defence Analysis, cause a serious incident or an “such as territory and citizen - Greek fighter pilots who occa - to prevent it. told The National Herald that accident,” Kammenos told ship,” among others. ATHENS – Without drawing a sionally engage them in mock “Turkey is constantly project - Turkey is just testing Greece and Kathimerini. The visit coincided with the response from NATO, the United dogfights – but the incursions ing territorial claims against has no intention of making seri - “Greece will not be dragged new bimonthly report on Cyprus States, or the European Union, have stepped up markedly. Greece in the Aegean Sea by fo - ous advances. “I don’t estimate into actions that might under - to the Congress, by President a newly-aggressive Turkey is The violations have reached cusing on and around the island that there is going to be any ‘Hot mine its rights,” he said, adding Barack Obama, which focused regularly violating Greek air into the hundreds a month, of Chios with flyovers and Incident’ between Turkey & that he had recently spoken to on the historic visit to the island space and territorial waters, Greek defense officials said, threats against Greek fishing Greece,” he said, adding that NATO Secretary-General Jens paid by Secretary of State John raising fears the provocations stoking tension amid worries boats,” the newspaper Pro - Turkey is feeling pressure on a Stoltenberg asking him to stop Kerry last December and on the could lead to a confrontation be - the countries could come close toThema said number of fronts: the Kurds, bad Turkish trangressions. NATO meetings Vice President Biden tween the countries. to battle if there is a military Greek military officials said relations with Israel, tension usually takes a hands-off policy had regarding Cyprus, on the With the EU backing down “accident.” they believe Turkey could be try - with the United States and try - between bickering sidelines of the Davos World to Turkish President Recep Turkey disputes Greek air ing to exhaust the already ing to handle the EU refugee members.Yiorgos Leventis, a Economic Forum as well as in Tayyip Erdogan’s demands so space and sovereign waters and strained Greek military re - swap deal. member of London’s Institute Turkey, the Cyprus News Agency that more refugees and immi - it was reported that on Good sources and forcing it to spend “It depressurizes that by be - for Strategic Studies and head reported. grants won’t be unleashed from Friday, officers aboard a Turkish fuel and human resources or coming assertive in the Aegean, of the Inter Security Forum on The report – issued every two Turkey – primarily to Greece – patrol boat threatened to arrest that it’s playing war games to knowing that Greece will not re - Cyprus – which has seen viola - months by Public Law – covers the Turkish leader has stepped the captain of a Greek fishing detect weaknesses in security. spond directly and militarily … tions of its waters by Turkish the months of December and up his intensity. boat in Greek waters near the But Ioannis Michaeletos, a it’s a safe bet for Erdogan for warships and energy research January and is prepared since Turkish fighter jets regularly island of Inousses, which Turkey military and security expert for his internal audience and espe - vessels, told TNH that “Erdogan 2004 by the Department of cially to appear as a strongman is capitalizing on Greek weak - State. within the military establish - ness. He has planned to take ad - A cover letter signed by the ment of Turkey. EU and Ger - vantage of the collapse of the Assistant Secretary of State for many in particular are very fear - Greek economy and thus the Legislative Affairs Julia Frifield, ful of a new massive power of resistance to his ex - notes that UN-facilitated efforts immigration wave coming out pansionist designs. toward a comprehensive solu - of Turkey this summer, thus they He said the EU’s capitula - tion continued in this reporting are trying to appease Erdogan. tions to Erdogan have only em - period, during which the leaders “I don’t think this will work boldened him. “Erdogan sees and negotiators continued to out-he is not a rational player that Greece’s EU partners – pri - make progress in settlement and there are estimations that marily Germany – are cajoling talks. indeed Turkey will start doing him into stemming the flow of Meanwhile, Defense Minister the same again by letting a large refugees and succumbing to Christoforos Fokaides referred numer of people go into Europe everyone of his wishes, rather to the upgraded geopolitical and as it did in 2015. Of course than coming to the aid of geo-strategic role of Cyprus in again Greece will face a big is - Greece, in the context of EU sol - the Southeastern Mediter - sue.” idarity.” ranean, during a meeting he END GAME? While no one knows what Er - had with a delegation from the The worst-case scenario wor - dogan will do, he said, “Ankara American Hellenic Institute rying Greece is that Turkey will sees a golden opportunity to ad - (ΑΗΙ ). step up its military presence in vance its designs on Greek sov - According to an official an - the Aegean while it has the up - ereignty seeking to establish nouncement, the Minister per hand over NATO – which is three tiers of grey zones, laying thanked members of AHI for patrolling the Aegean to stop claim to Greek islands as far as their role in promoting Cyprus’ eurokinissi human traffickers from bringing south of Crete (Gavdos).” positions in decision-making Greek athletes win gold medals in 4th Athens Street Pole Vault event more refugees to Greece. Michaletos said the risk is centers in the United States. While warning there could minimal but that if it came to a Fokaides briefed the AHI Greek athlete Costas Filippidis won the 4th Athens Street Pole Vault event held in the center of be a “serious accident” if Turkey war – provoked or accidentally leadership on regional coopera - the Greek capital on Tuesday, clearing the bar at 5.70 meters. Katerina Stefanidis celebrated keeps invading Greek air space – “if nobody intervenes both tion schemes Cyprus is promot - her victory in the women' s competition with 4.65 meters. Like the past events, this year' s and waters, Defense Minister sides will have big casualties ing with neighboring countries, Athens Street Pole Vault was above all a celebration of sports which gave Athenians and foreign Panos Kammenos said Greece and if the theater is in the particularly in the area of secu - visitors a unique opportunity to see a high-level competition in an open public space. On Syn - won’t be lured into a provoca - Aegean the major role will be rity and defense. tagma square which has become the central point for Greek anti-austerity protests over the tion. played by the Air Force and past six years, two dozen elite athletes from across the world competed under the warm “Greece knows there are Navy forces of both countries (Material from the Associated applause of a cheering crowd of Greeks and foreign tourists. forces (in Turkey) that want to and not ground troops.” Press was used in this report) 12 EDITORIALS LETTERS THE NATIONAL HERALD, MAY 14-20, 2016

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However, a few days ago, according to numerous articles, soul on God, exercise, and know G the Clintons’ son-in-law shut down the Greek fund after losing 90 percent of the investment value. And so, the New York Times wonders, “it is not clear why Eaglevale” – Mezvinsky’s hedge fund – “waited until this year AGORA – THE ORIGINAL MARKETPLACE OF IDEAS to close the Hellenic fund, which already had lost about 40 percent of its value by early last year.” The fact that an investor has left a market after losing money By Dan Georgakas and the Agora, the original marketplace of ideas, Rest assured, anything we write here are is not usually newsworthy. Constantinos E. Scaros and we, their modern-day descendants, aspire our sincere, heartfelt thoughts. In the case of Greece, however, it is news, because the coun - to continue that tradition. We will share them with you every two try needs investments, and this is not some random investor; From time to time, an issue emerges and We respect one another’s opinion very much, weeks. We hope you enjoy them, and we look surely he must be in the know due to his relationship with the inspires various minds to converge, often at but often times we will disagree on particular forward to your taking part in the discussion Clintons. odds with one another, to discuss it. Hopefully, issues. We would never fabricate a difference as well – by contributing letters to the editor in In other unrelated news, Michalis Sallas, the controversial collective enlightenment will result from such of opinion for the sake of writing an interesting response, and/or commenting on our website: Chairman of Piraeus Bank, Greece’s largest – let us remind you conversations. The Ancient Greeks did that in column. www.thenationalherald.com of the highly revealing reports by Reuters (we can’t help but wonder what happened to the lawsuit against them) – made the following statement in his interview with the Financial Times: “The government’s priority has to be to restore confi - Should Unisex Bathrooms Idea be Flushed Down Toilet? dence, rebuild stability, and bring back investors. That in turn will allow the banking system to recover and play a big role in returning to growth.” SCAROS PRESENTS HIS wouldn’t even dream of such servation regarding aggressive sibility of developing life-threat - Although these two examples seem to be unrelated, they POINT OF VIEW victimization. It is really about male behavior toward women, ening blood clots, liver cancer, have one common denominator: the importance that political Dan, I never thought I would curbing aggressive male behav - especially in the circumstances and kidney failure. Breast en - stability, investor confidence in the government, and the absence waste valuable space on this ior toward females. you state. The bathroom issue, hancement drugs also increase of risky surprises and changes have on the economy. page discussing the ongoings in - Granted, most men are re - however, is only one challenge the likelihood of blood clotting Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras has turned so many som - side of public bathrooms, but as spectful to others and would to public policy involving the while simultaneously strongly ersaults during his 16 months in office that he has dazed every - this story seems to dominate the never do such a thing. But I’m “rights” of transsexuals. elevating the possibility of gall one, mainly the foreigners. headlines throughout the Amer - talking about hormone-crazed Politicians such as Hillary bladder, liver, and breast cancer. The recent disclosure of the discussion between members of ican media – as if nothing more high school boys, and twen - Clinton routinely express their Should the general public bear the IMF has caused the country considerable damage. important is going on – I fig - tysomethings at 2 in the morn - support for the LGBT commu - the costs of this risky surgery And yet, celebrating decisions that bind Greece for decades ured, why not bring it to our ing who’ve downed eight Jack nity. L is for lesbians; G, in this and drug maintenance or are cannot be considered an action that will help restore the climate Agora discussion? Daniels and want to catch a case ,means male homosexuals; these costs to be categorized as of confidence. Basically, I think the North glimpse of the hot chick they’ve B indicates bisexuals; and T elective surgery and medical Carolina law requiring individ - been eyeing all night, as she dis - refers to transsexuals of either maintenance? uals to use public bathrooms robes in a restroom stall. sex. I find the T in this acronym The medical risks just noted corresponding to the specific “But the stalls are private,” inappropriate. To identify as a do not mean that transgen - Greek Investment Myth gender designated on their birth some contend. Yeah, right. lesbian, gay, or bisexual does derism needs to be abandoned certificate is wrong. But I also Many of them are the same folks not require medical intervention or decried. They should, how - think the notion of multistall who scoff at the notion of build - while being regendered physi - ever, make us cautious and Even the last of Greece’s politicians – and mandarin govern - unisex public bathrooms with - ing a wall at the U.S./Mexico cally requires complex surgery frank when dealing with public ment bureaucrats – know that foreign investments, along with out gender-specific alternatives border, because people can and dangerous medications facilities, personal counseling, exports and tourism, comprise the road that leads to growth, to in the same area is disastrous. “build tunnels.” Well, sex-crazed with long time periods of partial and sexual education. Serious new jobs, and to increased revenue for the country. There are many people op - guys can also stand on the toilet transformation. moral and political discussions They know this so well that they harp on about it in virtually posed to unisex only bathrooms, seat and peek into the next stall. How are the rights of trans - that are attentive to scientific every statement, every speech in Parliament, election campaign, for varying reasons. The fear of I should also point out that I gendered people, especially and psychological studies and interview. a small child encountering a dis - have no problem with unisex those in transition, to be bal - should precede policy making. They promise to increase investments – foreign, naturally – robing “trannie” (transgender bathrooms that one person uses anced against the rights of oth - Rigid positions and hastily en - to create “one- stop shopping” (how often have we heard that person) doesn’t even make my at a time (after all, that de - ers? What standard applies to acted actions are not particu - expression?) – to bypass the slow-grinding gears of bureaucracy, top 50 list of concerns. The odds scribes the kind of bathrooms grade schools, groups like the larly wise or effective whatever to provide motives, in order to attract investors, etc. of anyone encountering a tran - people have at home) or multi - girl scouts, health club locker one’s view. They have made these promises for years and continue to nie – considering that transgen - stall unisex bathrooms as long rooms. and numerous public in - Personally berating those make them today. ders comprise about one third as there are gender-designated stitutions? Is a claim to be of a with differing views and trying And, you guessed it, they either do nothing, or, worse yet, of one percent of the U.S. pop - options as well. “His” “hers” and certain sex sufficient for an ado - to silence people with strong at - do the exact opposite. ulation – let alone realizing the “theirs,” if you will. That way, lescent transsexual to use what - titudes as happened to feminist Who else but the expatriate Greek should the government person is one, is about as likely it’s all about “enter at your own ever facilities he or she wishes? Germaine Greer is not useful. target for investments in Greece? Yet, there are many examples as finding a Ted Cruz supporter risk,” with viable options. Who determines that? Greer’s offense was that she of expatriates attempting to invest in Greece only to hit walls in the South Bronx. Not to men - Moreover, I don’t have a I am disturbed that the cur - raised questions regarding of bureaucracy, corruption, closed markets, and unfair compe - tion the ludicrous, xenophobic problem with a “female-looking” rent discussion of transgen - Bruce Jenner’s transformation tition. notion that trannies are predis - human being urinating upright derism is mainly framed by pre - into Caitlyn Jenner. Greer If these phenomena were considered condemnable in the posed to being perverts and at a urinal. The “trauma” caused set “political correct” views with opined that being “a woman” past, then today, with unemployment at 24% and with the would invade someone’s privacy to any bystanders, who should vaguely right or left perspec - could not be reduced to a surgi - country collecting money from hospitals, schools and Parliament inside a bathroom. really just be concentrating on tives. One view regards trans - cal procedure. in order to pay pensions, it is a crime. In fact, I would venture to their own reasons for being in genderism as basically immoral Whether one agrees with her And yet, the latest infuriating example is the case of the speculate, logically, that trannies the bathroom, would be negli - or a form of mental illness. It or not, the attempt to ban her Greek-American businessman Merkourios (Mike) Angeliades, are probably less likely, on the gible. favors considerable restrictions from speaking on any topic at who made a serious investment in the Afandou Golf Course on whole, to violate the law, given My proposal, then to have on transsexuals. The other view Oxford University, the crown Rhodes during the Samaras government, with plans to invest a that they are targeted for being whatever kind of bathroom sys - flays society for its rigid and in - jewel of British education, was total of $400 million. The master plan, legal fees, etc., alone different to begin with, much tem anyone wants as long as tolerant sex codes. It supports loathsome. must have cost him a considerable amount of money during all like illegal aliens on the whole there are options for gender- changes in society advanced by My personal view is con - this time. are less likely to exceed the specific privacy, actually benefits transsexuals as human rights flicted. Mother Nature seems to Yet, now comes the current government, post-hoc, and char - speed limit. trannies: Caitlyn Jenner, for ex - without much attention to de - be a making a lot of sexual mis - acterizes the property as an archaeological site. In other words, My real concern is that a ample, can use a urinal in a tail. takes these days. On the other they are radically changing the terms under which Angeliades high school or a nightclub in men’s room, or a stall in a ladies’ Generally missing from both hand, those who wish to be made the investment. which the only place to relieve room. views are some basic scientific transgendered strike me as quite Besides altering the building potential of the property, this oneself is a multistall unisex But any location with multi - realities. We know for example sincere and needy. I would not also means years of delays, for those who are aware of the pace bathroom will unleash the male stall unisex bathrooms only, is but that transsexuals generally interfere with anyone’s right to at which the public archaeological department works. species upon women and girls just asking for trouble. have shorter life spans. The sex - alter their body or conduct their Naturally, Angeliades is furious. Here is part of the statement in a vulnerable environment. I ual parts being altered surgically sex life as they wish as long as he made to this newspaper: “I want the area just as it was am not even going to pretend GEORGAKAS RESPONDS frequently become cancerous. no one else is hurt. I think the when I purchased it. Just as it was. The way it was when I that equivalent argument can be Dino, your analysis of the Hormonal drugs such as closer public policy is to that bought it, just as it was then, when I put my money into it and made – that men might feel “bathroom” issue in North Car - spironolactone and estradiol modest orientation the better made plans to invest $400 million. If they change it, I don’t traumatized by women ogling olina is well conceived . You that must be used perpetually for all concerned. want it. I will depart… What should I stay and do there? With them or groping them in such a even present a workable solu - by many transgendered people a government that can’t communicate with each other?” situation – or that many tion. I strongly second your ob - dramatically increases the pos - WHAT’S YOUR OPINION? So that’s that, in regards to the loudmouthed declarations about attracting investments in Greece. Until they change that outdated mindset, until the word profit becomes a widely accepted notion, as it is in Western Observations By Antonis H. Diamataris countries, until they manage to “communicate with each other,” they will continue to provoke ridicule when speaking to Hellenes abroad about investing. A Memorable Speech New Democracy leader Kyriakos Mitso - ship.” And the Greek people, whom the government is supposed takis presented a modernized philosophy And he added: “we can reduce waste, to be serving, are the ones who are paying the price of this When political leaders make speeches in successfully implemented in numerous Eu - but primarily we can redesign and restruc - brainless behavior. the Greek Parliament, they do not intend rozone countries, as well as in the United ture public administration in order to to influence a debate ’s outcome, since that States, unlike Greek Prime Minister Alexis achieve more, with less.” is already known. Their aim is to make the Tsipras’ like supposedly leftwing philosophy, That is the root of the Greek problem. best impression. which has done nothing but bring chaos From the moment that years of statistical Pan Metron Ariston Who delivered the best “punch lines,” wherever it has been applied. sleight of hand have been revealed, if the whose appearance was most leaderlike in a Mitsotakis said nothing new; he merely model doesn’t change, if it does not move theatrical sense, who received the loudest spoke of decades-long practices, of an open along the lines of an open economy used The Greeks have a saying: Pan Metron Ariston (originally, applause from fellow party members, and market policy that has contributed to the successfully in other developed countries, Metron Ariston), which means Everything in Moderation. who provided newspapers with the best rapid growth of Western countries initially, then surely more memoranda are going to Now that it is all but certain that the Democratic and Re - headlines. and of Asian countries today. follow, more misery, more mockery of the publican presidential nominees will be Hillary Clinton and Don - All of these were evident during the re - But he made the statements, in Parlia - Greek name, less sovereignty, waves of ald Trump, respectively, we hope the press as a whole will prac - cent discussion on pension reforms on the ment, and in front of a “leftist” government. young Greeks migrating to foreign coun - tice that philosophy. part of both the Greek prime minister and And that’s what matters. For even if these tries, and who knows what else. Every media outlet wants an audience, it is only natural. the main opposition party leader. things are known to everyone, no one dared And another thing: an “agreement of And the circuslike atmosphere of the primaries, the excitement But there was something else remarkably say them in the past, for fear of the reactions truth” is the prerequisite for the smooth of the horserace, made attracting large audiences very easily. evident, possibly with positive consequences by “progressive” politicians and unfortu - progression of the present situation and eco - Now comes the hard part. for the country ’s future. nately the media. nomic growth. As Mitsotakis put it, “an Between now and November, there will be a comparative Greece’s conviction – finally – of the “We need something more,” Mitsotakis agreement that tackles the biggest issue be - lull. failed hardline statism in the name of an ir - stated. “We need a government that believes tween citizens and politicians: the utter lack The media must find a way to attract a largely apolitical na - responsible, supposedly anthropocentric in the power of a free economy in order to of trust.” tion without resorting to unprofessional sensationalism. theory, which adds misery to the people and generate wealth. That understands the im - That speech, therefore, is likely to be a deprives them of their dignity. portance of innovation and entrepreneur - memorable one. THE NATIONAL HERALD, MAY 14-20, 2016 VIEWPOINTS 13 A Russian Threat Looming As Long as Erdogan Doesn’t Go Back on His Meds….

Since Catherine the Great What is wrong with us? Re - jihadists in Syria, at - for which the pun - Carter that Kammenos is anti- cep Tayyip Erdogan may go tacking our Kurdish dits excoriated American. Kammenos does have down in history as the man who allies in the fight Obama. an undiplomatic tendency to Ever since advantage of Rus - single handedly undid Turkey’s against ISIS and de - Greece, de - shoot his mouth off about Eu - Catherine the Great sia’s weakness and seven decades as America’s dar - stroying freedom of spites its enormous ropeans but has never criticized in the Eighteenth expanded NATO in ling, perhaps as one wag put it, the press and politi - financial problems, the United States. In fact, he has Century, Russia has the Balkans, Cen - because he got off his meds. Yet, cal discourse in continues to loy - made it clear that he will move been attempting to tral Europe, and the U.S.-Greek relationship has Turkey. He has ally support the Greek defense procurement and project itself as a the Baltic – effec - nothing to show for it. The Min - jailed Turkish jour - US-led EU eco - cooperation away from Europe world-class power. tively surrounding ister of Defense of Greece can - nalists who criticize nomic sanctions and closer to the US. By con - Historically, part of the country. not even get a meeting with his him and expelled against Russia trast, blatant Turkish action the Russian push NATO planes American counterpart. Aside the BBC. He has even though Russ - against American interests do for expansion has can reach Russian from some kind words during gratuitously picked by AMB. PATRICK N. ian counter-mea - not seem to have inhibited Sec - been defensive. The airspace in a mat - the summer crisis last year, fights with Egypt, THEROS sures struck retary Carter’s willingness to Russians have en - ter of minutes and America has stayed on the side - Israel and Saudi Greece worse than meet and be photographed with dured the trauma by DR. ANDRE in the Far East, lines as Greece crumbled under Arabia, all declared Special to almost any other his Turkish counterpart. of the Mongol inva - GEROLYMATOS Russia has had an the twin pressures of the Euro - American allies. He The National Herald European country. In truth, the Greek Govern - sions in the Thir - uneasy alliance crisis and the refugees. Greek restarted a dormant Greek bases, espe - ment appears incapable of teenth Century, Special to with China. To the American community leaders civil war with twenty percent of cially Suda Bay, never stopped working with the Greek-Ameri - Napoleon’s assault The National Herald south, Russian- seem to have decided that the Turkey’s population. accommodating American and can leadership unlike the Is - in the Nineteenth Turkish relations Greek Independence Day cock - Despite this dismal record, NATO operations without con - raelis. Many of their Greek- Century, and the German war are on the brink of hostilities. tail party and photo-op at the the EU caves in to Erdogan’s ex - ditions, again unlike Turkey. American friends make no of 1941-1945. Moscow cannot be sure what an White House suffice for support - tortionist demands offering Greece remains one of only four secret of their dislike for Kam - These invasions were exis - erratic and egotistical Turkish ing the U.S.-Greek relationship. bribes in the form of billions of NATO countries that still honor menos for providing the votes tential threats to the very au - president will do with respect This column originally wel - euros, visa-free travel and a free their commitment to keep de - necessary to keep the left-wing tonomy, and even existence, of to Russia. comed Erdogan as a breath of ticket into the EU. Now Turkey’s fense budgets above 2% of GDP. Tsipras government in power. Russia and the fear of encir - Yet, Vladimir Putin has man - fresh air after decades of corrupt old allies in the American Jew - More than a million refugees They concentrate their fire on clement has been at the core of aged to resurrect Russia from military control of the wildly ish community are lobbying have crossed from Turkey into pushing Tsipras out of office ig - Russia’s foreign policy and mili - the doldrums of military decay misnamed “only democratic hard to restore the strategic al - Greece fleeing wars Greece had noring the damage they do to tary grand strategies. and make Moscow a major Muslim State” and as the politi - liance between the two coun - no hand in creating and have Greece’s image and interests in The other source of Russian player on the international cal leader who would bring tries. He may have a bad press been welcomed compassion - the United States. Granted, the aggression is due to geographic stage. Turkey into the modern world. but Erdogan gets whatever he ately by a population that fre - Tsipras Government is no gem limitations. With the exception In this respect, the Syrian He emasculated the Turkish wants. The worst that he has quently does not know where but will bringing it down now of Archangel, which is frozen six civil war has given Putin the op - General Staff, opened the statist suffered was a Presidential snub its next meal is coming from. In rather than trying to influence months out of the year, the portunity to exploit America’s Turkish economy to the oxygen return for all this, Secretary of it be better for Greece? Is this Black Sea is the only port that hesitant and confused policy to - of modern free enterprise, em - Defense Ashton Carter publicly petty political advantage worth provides Russia access to the wards the Middle East and in - powered a new entrepreneurial snubs the Greek Defense Minis - humiliating Greece’s Defense outside world year round. sert Russian influence into the middle class, opened the door ter Panos Kammenos. Most re - Minister and probably the most region. to EU membership and de - cently, Carter cancelled a meet - competent official in the current Russian military intervention fanged the most toxic elements ing with Kammenos because “he Greek government? The question in in Syria has been resolute, suc - of the relationship with Greece. had a busy schedule.” Unlike As long as Mr. Erdogan does DC and Brussels cessful, and has made it impos - We all happily grasped at then- Jewish-Americans who eviscer - not go back on his meds, the sible for any accommodation to Foreign Minister (and now hu - ated Obama for mildly repri - Greek-American community has remains whether be reached in the region without miliated) Ahmet Davutoglou’s manding Netanyahu when the an opportunity to redirect the the U.S. would Moscow’s participation. assertion that Turkey sought a latter openly interfered in Amer - U.S.-Greek relationship. Unless The inescapable conclusion policy of “no problems” with all ican domestic politics, the we get off our backsides, no one go to war over in the capitals of Saudi Arabia, its neighbors. Erdogan almost Greek-American leadership else will do it for us. Latvia, Estonia, Iran, Egypt, Jordan, and the rest singlehandedly built a modern went silent. and Lithuania. of the Middle East is that Russia Turkey in less than ten years. In Some Greek news media The Hon. Ambassador Theros is cannot be ignored. less than half that time he man - speculate that Carter won’t see president of the U.S.-Qatar Yet, this is not enough for aged to make the country an in - Kammenos because the Greek Business Council. He served in Catherine the Great, as a re - Putin. He also wants to exert a ternational pariah. He has Parliament passed a law that the U.S. Foreign Service for 36 sult, had no choice but to drive strong influence in Europe. turned Davutoglou’s maxim on might have freed a convicted years, mostly in the Middle the Ottoman Empire from the The EU, following America’s its head: “no neighbors without terrorist who killed two Ameri - East, and was American Ambas - Black Sea regions, particularly lead in the boycott of Russia as problems.” can diplomats; an eventuality sador to Qatar from 1995 to the north coast, in order to se - a result of Moscow’s interven - Yet, Erdogan pays no price taken off the books a year ago 1998. He also directed the State cure a waterway to Europe and tion in Ukraine has left the EU for humiliating Mrs. Merkel, re - and with which Kammenos has Department’s Counter- to the rest of the world. exposed to Russian pressure. newing with a vengeance viola - never been associated. Others Terrorism Office, and holds nu - Despite Catherine’s success, The easiest and most effective tions of Greek airspace and ter - Turkish President believe that Kammenos’ political merous U.S. Government deco - the Dardanelles and Bosporus means for Putin to strike at the ritorial waters, supporting Recep Tayyip Erdogan. opponents have convinced rations. Straits, controlled by the Ot - EU and NATO is to move against tomans and later the Turks, at the Baltic States. any time could be secured to The question that confronts bottleneck the Russian mer - Washington and Brussels is LETTER FROM ATHENS chant and battle fleets – a would NATO go to war over geopolitical and strategic Latvia, Estonia, and Lithuania? dilemma that has frustrated It is certainly a question that Russian governments for nearly confronts the Baltic States. Erdogan, Bully of the Bosphorus, Gets What He Wants 300 years. Based on their track record, the Consequently, the Black Sea EU and the United States are provides limited access. In the unlikely to consider that war is How can it be that the United cause they’re sus - cludes making a into the EU although he won’t First World War, for example, a viable option. States is 41st in the World Press pected of planning monkey out of recognize Cyprus, which is a the Turks closed the Straits and Putin is getting his way with Freedom Index and yet Ameri - an attack. We can’t Tsipras, Cypriot member, and bars Cypriot ships thus diminished the ability of intervention in Ukraine and will can journalists can – without tell you where with - President Nicos and planes. the Entente to supply Russia or succeed in either dividing the fear of being sued, going to jail out invading their Anastasiades – so When the EU said the terms facilitate the export of Russian country into pro-west and a pro- or being extradited to a Mid - privacy to bomb scared he’s willing included Turkey changing its grain from Ukraine. The ensuing Russian factions – in effect he night Express experience – call something. to let Turkey, broad definition of terrorism, food crisis toppled Tsar Nicholas has already accomplished this Turkish Dictator-for-Life/Ger - President Obama which keeps a now used by Erdogan to jail II and helped bring the Bolshe - and it is only a matter of time man Chancellor Recep Tayyip and American politi - standing army on anyone he doesn’t like, he viks to power. until Russia formally incorpo - “Thousand Yard Stare” Erdogan cians are insulted his island where it laughed in the face of Merkel The Baltic is another outlet rates it share of the unfortunate a “lying, no-good, rotten, four- every day without unlawfully occu - and European Commission Pres - for the Russians both with re - country. flushing, low-life, snake-licking, recourse and GOP pies one-third of ident Jean-Claude Juncker and spect to defense and for main - The other question is what is dirt-eating, inbred, overstuffed, Presidential nomi - the territory - have refused. Their response? Give by ANDY taining communications with next. The Russians have set up ignorant, blood-sucking, dog- nee Donald Trump a joint military him what he wants! DABILIS the world. warehouses of so-called trolls – kissing, brainless, hopeless, has turned the ta - force in hopes of The poem read on air in Ger - Accordingly, the Russians bloggers who are flooding the heartless, bug-eyed, stiff-legged, bles, ridiculing jour - Special to reunifying the is - many by comic Jan Bohmer - have always tried to either dom - Internet with messages and ar - spotty-lipped, worm-headed nalists and politi - The National Herald land divided since mann, which led Merkel to bow inate the Baltic States, or out - ticles that are Russian biased, sack of monkey dung!” Thank cians alike: Turkey invaded in to Erdogan’s demand to prose - right incorporate them into Rus - anti EU, and anti US. Russian you, Chevy Chase. “Crooked Hillary!” and “Lyin’ 1974. cute him, was brutally profane. sia or the USSR respectively, as techs are manipulating Internet And yet the European Union, Ted!” included. You think a Ger - Obama, after eight years of But it would be protected un - was the case before and during search engines so that any NATO, the United Nations, the man reporter would identify dealing with Erdogan, whose der free speech in countries the Soviet period. search on Russia yields pro- United States, Germany, Cyprus, Merkel as “Erdogan’s lap dog!” ego is so big it takes up half the where there is a real free press After the Second World War, Russian articles in the top ten Greece and the rest of the world and get away with it? rooms in the 1100-room palace such as the United States, not Soviet policy continued to be results. are, in the words of Crosby, Stills No Greek journalist has he built for himself, finally dis - Germany which now has none. defensive and opportunistic. De - This is an effort on a grand and Nash at Woodstock, “Scared dared insult Erdogan because covered the Turkish Dictator Bohmermann said Merkel spite the rhetoric of world revo - scale and is designed to create S…tless” when dealing with they know Greek Premier Alexis was “authoritarian.” “served me up for tea” to Erdo - lution emanating from Moscow, a positive spin on future moves him? “Che” Tsipras would back down Despite that realization, gan. Stalin’s primary concern was de - Moscow may make and to den - Ah, the irony of history. Now faster than a Radical Left Obama and the United States Now the Turkish Dictator fense. igrate the Baltic States or any Erdogan’s secretary, former Ger - SYRIZAN confronted by a Capi - didn’t say boo when Erdogan wants the head of the German The USSR had just fought a other obstacle to Putin’s ambi - man Chancellor Angela Merkel talist banker. forced out Turkish Prime Minis - publisher Axel Springer prose - life and death struggle, repelling tions. Undoubtedly, these are – before she just handed her There’s a reason why Turkey ter Ahmet Davutoglu and is cuted for laughing at Bohmer - the Nazi invasion, but at a terri - the signs of an aggressive Russia pinball crown to him – is Neville ranks 151st out of 180 countries ready to replace him with the man’s poem. “Mr. Erdo?an is a ble cost. In human lives alone, that will strike at any potential Chamberlain, trying to appease in press freedom and his name Dictator’s own son-in-law. This human being and human dig - the butcher’s bill from that con - region of opportunity. him so he won’t unleash more is Erdogan, who has ordered the is the guy the European Union is nity is inviolable,” his lawyer flict was over twenty-seven mil - Like Stalin, Putin is pursuing desperate refugees on Europe, takeover of independent news - dealing with and kowtowing to. said, adding that this was placed lion dead and countless others a defensive strategy, but is ready most of who want to go to Ger - papers, the arrest and jailing of Erdogan has also directed above the freedom of press, art maimed and left homeless. to pounce anywhere that is ripe many. journalists as terrorists because constant violations of Greek air - and opinion in the German Con - The destruction inflicted on for Russian penetration. It is an Germany is ranked 16th in he doesn’t like them and now space and territorial waters stitution.” Soviet industry was on a mas - open question on whether the Reporters Without Borders has been emboldened by the while Greek Defense Minister Erdogan human? So are the sive scale and required years of Greece and the Balkans repre - World Press Freedom Index but otherwise free world to do Panos Kammenos hasn’t said victims of his wrath, jailed jour - rebuilding. Indeed, the USSR sent such an opening. its journalists now live under the whatever he wants because – squat beyond some frightened nalists and dissidents, people never quite recovered, which ul - threat of being prosecuted for gasp – he will let loose a new platitudes. Tsipras still hasn’t killed in protests against his timately led to its downfall. André Gerolymatos is Director insults. avalanche of refugees on Eu - said a word about it. megalomaniac reign and the In the post-Cold War period, of the Stavros Niarchos Founda - Criminals there, including rope, 54,000 of whom are stuck Erdogan demanded, and is refugees he holds hostage to Russia was in shambles and re - tion Centre for Hellenic Studies terrorists, can only be identified in Greece already. getting six billion euros, visa- control the EU. treated to its pre-great power at Simon Fraser University in by their initials so be on the He can do what he wants be - free travel for Turkish citizens status. The United States took Vancouver. lookout for G.W and M.S be - cause he is the law, and that in - in Europe and fast-track entry [email protected] Why Newt Gingrich is both a Good and Bad Choice as Donald Trump’s Running Mate

Now that Donald Trump has ered in the first GOP-controlled grich was the Re - losses, compelled went on to win the nomination. Gingrich ticket presents a major virtually secured the Republican Congress in 40 years, based on publicans’ rising Gingrich to step Now, several political analy - electability problem. presidential nomination, the a Contract with America. star, and many down as speaker sists think Gingrich is at or near Trump has a major problem conversation has rapidly shifted Through the mid-1990s, Gin - pundits were cer - and leave the the top to become Trump’s run - attracting women voters. And from “contested convention” to tain he would run House altogether in ning mate. And that is both a the thrice-married Gingrich “running mate.” for president, and January 1999. very good choice, and a very who, like Trump, was a known Trump has placed former win. He stayed in the bad one. adulterer in his younger days, GOP rival Dr. Ben Carson in He led Congress thick of things dur - All his braggadocio aside, won’t help matters any. Also like charge of his vice presidential to its last balanced ing the ensuing even Trump himself concedes Trump, Gingrich can be abra - search committee, and New Jer - budget to date, but decade, but didn’t that he does not have any polit - sive, caustic, brash, and arro - sey Governor Chris Christie, also bore the brunt run for office again ical experience, and needs a gant at times, all traits that men who was also in the running for of the blame for the until 2012, when Washington insider to push leg - as a whole tend to overlook president, as head of his transi - government shut - by CONSTANTINOS E. he entered the Re - islation in the first 100 days of (and to some extent even ad - tion team if and when he is down during which SCAROS publican race for his presidency, a period Trump mire), but which for many elected. While that doesn’t pre - he was politically president. After ris - deems as “critical.” Gingrich is women are dealbreakers. clude Trump from selecting ei - outmaneuvered by Special to ing to the top of the as good a choice in that respect For a number of reasons, ther as his running mate, it de - then-President Bill The National Herald field by out-debat - as any, and better than most. then, Gingrich would make a creases their odds. Clinton, who es - ing his opponents Add to that Gingrich’s penchant fantastic vice president, but an But there is another name – caped unscathed. with an explosion of ideas and for outside-the-box thinking, unhelpful vice presidential nom - one we thought we’d heard the An ethics charge by House nary a negative word, he was and it seems that with Trump at inee. last of in 2012 – that has been Democrats – that he claimed tax bombarded by rival Mitt Rom - the helm, it is hard to imagine a thrown around as of late, to be exemption on income from a ney, whose establishment Super - better second-in-command. Constantinos E. Scaros' latest Trump’s number two: former course he taught for political pur - PACs unleashed a vicious nega - Except for one thing: the dy - book, Grumpy Old Party (about House Speaker Newt Gingrich. poses, the only one of their tive ad campaign against him. namite duo cannot display their the 2016 presidential election), No one but Gingrich best charges that stuck – and being Long on knowledge but short gifts of governance even for a is available for purchase on serves as the face of Republican scapegoated by his fellow Repub - on campaign savvy, Gingrich day unless they are actually amazon.com and in bookstores Revolution of 1994, which ush - Newt Gingrich licans for 1988 midterm election never recovered and Romney elected to office, and a Trump- nationwide. 14 VIEWPOINTS THE NATIONAL HERALD, MAY 14-20, 2016 Greek-Americans and the Great Importance of the Preservation of Greece’s Antiquities

By Dr. Leonidas Petrakis Pilgrimage, the antiquities of the Parthenon affected all an - Greece “defac'd by British tiquities – monuments, sculp - The Parthenon – that quin - hands.” tures and other art objects, tessential expression of the artis - Thomas Bruce, 7th Earl of El - epigraphs, manuscripts – and The Propylaea of the Acropolis. tic greatness, political power, gin, was appointed in 1799 by the time of the Greek War of and intellectual dynamism of British Ambassador at the Porte, Independence their condition classical Greece – has suffered the Ottoman seat of power in was dismal. The newly founded not only the ravages of time, but Constantinople. He proved a state, recognizing the impor - also vandalism, fires, and mili - skillful diplomat and lent British tance of these treasures as a po - tary attacks. Built as a temple support to Ottoman Turkey in tential resource for enabling to Athena, it also has served as its war against France. He also Greece to regain its historical an Orthodox and Catholic proved a consummate and sys - footing and take its rightful church, Muslim mosque, fortress tematic looter of the Parthenon place among the modern Euro - and munitions storage facility. aiming to adorn his Scottish pean nations, created the De - In 1687, when Europe’s Holy villa. partment of Antiquities, a League was fighting the Ot - Lord Elgin, with technical ad - grossly understaffed and under - toman Turks, Venetian forces vice from an obscure Italian funded entity unable to deal under General Francesco Mo - painter (Giovanni Lusieri), a with the immensity and critical - rosini laid siege and bombarded controversial firman (it exists ity of the situation. the Acropolis where the Turks only in translation), and bak - The Greek Diaspora in the had retreated. An artillery shell sheesh generosity towards the face of Constantine Bellios, a hit the Parthenon, which the Turkish officials in Athens for wealthy merchant living in Vi - Turks had converted to a muni - their liberal interpretation of the enna, proved helpful in this area tions depot, and reduced it to alleged authorizing document, also. Bellios suggested to influ - ruins. Morosini also attempted embarked on a systematic pil - ential Greek scholars and politi - removing works of art, causing laging of the Parthenon and its cians the formation of an inde - further damage. The Turks re - treasures that lasted for over ten pendent organization that took the Acropolis and turned years. His agents caused much would deal with the problems it into a bazaar selling souvenirs destruction as they cut up inte - and opportunities presented by The work of the Greek ar - cavation on Thera (Santorini, mopoulos (University of Mis - to Western travelers. gral parts of the Parthenon and the antiquities. As a result the chaeologists has been signifi - the island presumed to be souri at St Louis) – announced A century after this catastro - shipped boatloads of them to Archaeological Society at Athens cantly leveraged by non-Greek Plato’s Atlantis). The site, an im - the formation of the Archaeo - phe the Parthenon suffered its England. In 1816 faced with fi - was founded in 1837 with the well-known scholars and phil - portant seaport at the time of logical Society Foundation, a worst injury, this time in the nancial hardships due to a aim of locating, restoring, study - anthropists: Heinrich Schlie - the Minoan Civilization, was de - private non-profit organization hands of Britain’s Lord Elgin. messy divorce he sold the trea - ing, and exhibiting the antiqui - mann excavating Mycenae lent stroyed by a volcanic eruption with the purpose “to raise the Lord Byron called it “vandal - sures to the British Museum. ties, and without government credence to the historicity of around 1500 BC. Using ad - funds that will allow the Society ism”, writing in Childe Harold's The vicissitudes that buffeted funding undertook many pro - Homer’s works; Sir Arthur vanced and multidisciplinary (at Athens) to continue discov - jects starting with the restora - Evans discovered the Minoan scientific approaches, Marinatos ering and protecting Greece’s tion of the Parthenon and the civilization in Knossos; German discovered the town, buried cultural heritage”. In the current excavation of the Acropolis. archaeologists unearthed similarly to Pompei, with intact economic crisis in Greece the The achievements of the An - Olympia, birthplace of the houses, their furniture and stun - need for international support cients have influenced all as - Olympic Games; and The Amer - ning wall paintings. Seven years for the Society is particularly pects of our modern civilization ican School of Classical Studies into the project, Marinatos had acute, and hopefully Greek in profound, widespread, and, at Athens has pursued major ex - a tragic end at the very site American philanthropy will re - sometimes, unexpected ways. cavations and restorations at the when a wall collapsed and spond. Angelos Chaniotis, Professor of Agora in Athens, Corinth, Pylos buried him under the prehistoric Earlier this Spring, the Foun - Ancient History and Classics, In - and Nemea with generous sup - debris; and Manolis Andronikos dation presented its inaugural stitute for Advanced Study, port from The Rockefeller and of the University of Thessa - program at the Institute of Fine Princeton, has aptly observed, Hewllett Packard foundations. loniki, who in 1977 unearthed Arts in New York. The speakers– “The importance of dreaming On the other hand, Greek ar - at Vergina the tombs (replete Board members and Dr. Dora and religious healing in sanctu - chaeologists – some towering with objects of great historical Vassilicos of the Archaeological aries of Asclepius for Sigmund scholars with stellar contribu - importance) of Macedonian Society at Athens-gave an intro - Freud is well known. What is tions to the science and practice kings, including that of Philip II, duction to the history of the Ar - less known is that the ancient of archaeology – are not as well father of Alexander the Great. chaeological Society and its re - inscriptions, on which the work known in the Greek American These archaeological search (Professors Nagy and of psychoanalysts was based, community. Among them: Kyri - achievements, important in Chaniotis) and presented two were found during the excava - akos Pittakis, one of the defining the national identity of old excavations of the Society, tions of the Archaeological So - founders of Greek archaeology modern Greece, have an enor - in Thera (Professor Nanno Mar - ciety at Epidaurus. These in - and epigraphy, being passionate mous economic benefit. inatos) and Mycene (Dr. Vassil - scriptions record dream about the antiquities famously Greece’s “heavy industry” icos) and two new exciting field experiences…. Archaeology opted to supply bullets to the (tourism) has been built on the projects at the Mycenaean sometimes works in strange besieged Turks in the Acropolis legendary Greek philoxenia; the palace in Iklaina, Messenia (Pro - Lion Gate at Mycenae. ways. Exactly as, according to during the War of Independence extraordinary variability and fessor Cosmopoulos) and at the chaos theory, the flap of a but - so they would not destroy the beauty of the country; and the sanctuary of Poseidon in On - terfly’s wings in Brazil may set monuments to recover the lead opportunity for visitors to expe - chestos, Boiotia (Professor Ioan - off a tornado in Texas, the dis - for making bullets, reassembled rience the evidence of an unpar - nis Mylonopoulos, Columbia covery of a monument, a site, the Erechtheion which the Turks alleled cultural past that is the University). The presentations an object, or an inscription is had converted to a harem, col - cornerstone of our modern are posted on the Foundation’s We are in the 21st Century, part of a complex process of re - lected valuable inscriptions, and Western civilization. The Ar - website: archsocwordpress - constructing the past, that has excavated Mycenae restoring chaeological Society at Athens com.wordpress.com. an impact on areas as diverse the iconic Lion Gate; has been a leader in this effort and Yet We Still Have to Ask: as psychoanalysis and history of Christos Tsountas, who dis - with over 1000 projects (several Leonidas Petrakis holds a PhD religion, art and literature— covered the Cycladic Civiliza - of them now UNESCO World in physical chemistry from the think of the influence of the Cy - tion, inaugurated the study of Heritage Sites), often under ex - University of California, Why Isn’t War Obsolete Yet? cladic idols on Picasso and the Neolithic Civilization, and tremely difficult circumstances Berkeley, was Chairman and Se - Moore—or the identity of a na - made the Society one of the (World Wars I and II) and al - nior Scientist of the Department tion and the collective memory greatest innovators of archaeo - most never with adequate fund - of Applied Sciences at Brook- By Constance Constant and soldiers have tragically en - and cultural awareness of those logical research; Stephanos ing. haven National Laboratory, has dured wars in Korea, Vietnam, who respect human values. For Koumanoudis, who greatly ex - In 2015 a group of eminent taught at various universities in Scenes from my childhood Kuwait, Iraq, Afghanistan and nearly 180 years, the Archaeo - tended the Society’s work to international scholars – Found - the US, France, and Greece, did were rekindled with recent com - too many other places to list logical Society at Athens has sites and monuments other than ing Board members are Gregory research in the private sector, memorations of the end of here. Yet when “The War” is ref - been a leader in this process of the Acropolis, including the Nagy (Harvard), Angelos Chan - and is the author of several World War II 70 years ago. erenced, it usually means World exploring the remains of the Agora, later taken over by the iotis (Princeton), Nanno Mari - books and of more than 150 I remember small, red-white- War II. past in Greece, from the Ne - American School of Classical natos (University of Illinois at peer-reviewed scientific publi - and-blue, gold-fringed service In adulthood, I met child sur - olithic period to the Byzantine Studies; Spyridon Marinatos, Chicago), Ronald Stroud cations. He now resides in Oak - banners hanging in street-facing vivors of WWII from Asia and Empire.” who in 1967 undertook the ex - (Berkeley), and Michael Cos - land, CA. windows in our neighborhood. Europe. While I had safely lived Adults explained that when the my childhood in Chicago, not star in the middle turned from comprehending what “war” blue to gold, it meant someone meant, kids like me had fear - in that family had died in the fully come face to face with vi - It’s time for the Greek Orthodox Church to Look Inwardly war. But I was only 5 years old cious, armed, enemy soldiers. and didn’t know what that word Some children had been forcibly “war” meant. separated from their parents. By Chris Chiames way. So, if there were Orthodox Holding my big sister’s hand Others were inhumanely trans - Christians on that plane, they and stepping off the steep steps ported to concentration camps. I have worked for over 30 would have not been granted a of a noisy, Chicago streetcar on Too many child survivors found years in the field of public rela - funeral? When the bones of our a sunny day in August 1945, I themselves homeless and alone tions, including high profile as - great-grandparents were dug up recall being startled by a bois - in the world after the war. signments in government and from the village cemetery, terous throng of older neighbor - I have good friends who en - industry. Effective communica - placed in a tiny box and put on hood kids on the sidewalk. Toot - dured famine in Nazi-occupied tion is a two-way model. It of - a shelf in the church in order to ing New Year’s Eve horns and Greece, an American ally in ten starts with listening before make room for the next round happily shaking noisemakers, World War II. speaking in order to assess, un - of burials, was that somehow they shouted, “The war is over! These helpless, starving chil - derstand, and connect with your better? And what exactly is go - The war is over! The Japanese dren witnessed terrorism, vio - audience. Not simply to say ing to heaven? The box of surrendered!” lence, disease, and heart-rend - what someone wants to hear, bones? We’ve been told that My sister’s pretty face broke ing death. They lived war for but to be able to engage and when we reunite with our loved into a big smile. Five-year-old the supposed “fun years” of create a conversation and build ones in heaven, it will be glori - me was happy because everyone childhood. Unlike 5-year-old the relationship. ous. Will I be going as my 80- around me was happy, but I still me, innocent kids all over the When church leaders look year-old self, unable to hear and didn’t understand that word planet knew, too well, the defi - out over empty pews and come walking with a cane? Or in my “war.” All Americans breathed nition of the word. up short on fundraising goals, 25-year-old body, dancing and great sighs of relief hearing the Why hasn’t humanity out - they might want to look in - rejoicing? extraordinary news. My older grown the viciousness of war? wardly, start listening, and fac - And what about the impact cousins, who had gone off to With centuries of ethical and tor in their audience’s point of these “lessons” have on the sur - fight the war, began returning moral philosophy, human evo - view before talking. vivors? At a time when the to our family’s fold. lution, advancing civilization, The Faith Teachings column Church can be a source of Cousin George, with Gen. and widespread religious and in the April issue of the Ortho - strength and faith, it is instead Patton’s 3rd Army, fought at the secular education under human - dox Observer is one example of creating confusion and adding Battle of the Bulge, where ity’s belt, why is the word “war” the misconnect between parish - more sorrow over the loss of a 19,000 American military died. not archaic and obsolete in the ioners and Orthodox Church el - loved one. Even when the ex - George didn’t say much about 21st century? Is the grasp of ders, and the missed opportu - ception is made, it still requires the war when he came home. power so sweet for the greedy, nity for effective dialogue. a special procedure to allow the He was one of the first Ameri - war-mongering “few” that they Metropolitan Isaiah of Den - funeral to take place. So we are cans to enter Nazi concentration cannot be peacefully out- ver used the recent Teachings then forced to entertain special camps. George had seen hell on swayed by the peace-loving column to illuminate us on the requests for a funeral, rather earth and didn’t want to talk “many?” Church’s rules on suicide and We need the comfort of a loving God, not the manmade rules than focus on providing empa - about it. Our cousin Bill arrived Knowing my cousins’ and cremation. Now, the metropol - and interpretations from 1400 years ago. thy. home with a huge bandage friends’ war experiences, I itan did not author these teach - Our young people are not where his eye used to be; he lost choose dialogue, diplomacy, and ings, he’s simply the messenger ness, the pain of emotional portant to note that the Ortho - equipped to unilaterally accept it at “the Bulge.” negotiations over violent retali - of sorts. Even so, his point of events, the rejection of loved dox Christian funeral service is teachings that lack rationale and But, sadly, happy-go-lucky ation in solving international view has been espoused by ones (and sometimes even the written on the premise that a relevance like the immigrants of cousin Socrates, lovingly called deadlocks. Mutual, assured suf - many of his colleagues and one Church) or a host of other rea - body is present. Consequently, 100 years ago who simply ac - “Sockie,” returned to his griev - fering must stop. We owe it to many of us have heard before. sons. Whatever the source of whether a body is cremated, lost cepted Church doctrine, even if ing, widowed mother and three the world’s children. Specifically, readers were told that pain, the events that lead at sea or otherwise absent, the it made no sense. We have sisters in an American flag- Many Americans, now senior in the column that when it an individual to go into the funeral service cannot be con - taught them to be critical draped coffin, issued by the citizens, were kids like me who comes to an Orthodox funeral darkest of emotional corners ducted,” he writes. thinkers and they have access Navy Department. Sock died in did not comprehend the mean - for a church member who com - and take their own life are nu - What does that mean? If to unlimited sources of informa - Saipan one day before the war ing of “war” in the early 1940s. mits suicide, “the only interpre - merous and rarely based on ra - there is no Orthodox funeral, tion and points of view. ended. Five-year-olds aren’t supposed tation that the Church can give tional thinking. there is no eternal life? So the Stop lecturing. Start listen - Perhaps it was my cousins’ to understand the ugly word. is that such a person [who com - So, getting a “doctor’s note” nearly 1,000 victims of the 9/11 ing. Stop judging. Start engag - personal sacrifice that sparked And we should keep it that way mits suicide] rejects the life is relatively easy. What is the attacks that were never identi - ing. We need the comfort of a my interest in the Second World for all kids — of every age — given them by the Holy Spirit” point of this lesson, except to fied aren’t going to heaven be - loving God, not the manmade War. Many Americans, born everywhere. and thus, the Church does not pass judgment and add more cause there was no body to bury? rules and interpretations of decades later, know little about offer a funeral service unless a angst and guilt to the survivors During my career in the air - what mortals thought 1400 the worldwide upheaval that Constance Constant is author of doctor provides a “reputable of a suicide victim? line industry, I was the first ex - years ago. preserved the freedoms we en - American Kid, Nazi-Occupied statement that the person com - Then, the metropolitan ecutive on the scene of an acci - joy today. Perhaps they don’t re - Greece Through a Child’s Eyes. mitting suicide was not in his or moves on to the subject of cre - dent that killed all 20 Chris Chiames is a member of alize that “history counts” in all This piece, which she shared her right mind.” mation and the lessons of the passengers and crew. The com - the St. George parish in Bethes - our lives. with us for publication, Most people who commit sui - Church forbidding cremation muter plane exploded on impact da, MD and has served in a Since 1945, millions more of originally appeared in The Daily cide are not thinking rationally. because it is an act of desecra - and burned completely. Noth - number of executive roles in our planet’s innocent civilians Breeze, on April 5. Whether it be from mental ill - tion of the body. “It is also im - ing left except soot on the run - public relations.