O C V ΓΡΑΦΕΙ ΤΗΝ ΙΣΤΟΡΙΑ Bringing the news ΤΟΥ ΕΛΛΗΝΙΣΜΟΥ to generations of ΑΠΟ ΤΟ 1915 The National Herald Greek Americans A WEEKLY GREEK AMERICAN PUBLICATION c v www.thenationalherald.com VOL. 10, ISSUE 514 August 18, 2007 $1.00 GREECE: 1.75 EURO John & Tim Drexel’s Rigas Start West Coast Serving Their Plans Pick Sentences Up Steam Father and son plan Tsakopoulos and appeal as they check partners donate 1100 in at southern prison acres for new campus By Martha Waggoner By Demetris Tsakas Associated Press Special to The National Herald

RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) – John and NEW YORK – Drexel University Timothy Rigas lived a high life on President Constantine Papadakis the tab of Adelphia Communica- took a three-day tour of Placer tions: more than a dozen company County, California earlier this cars, a hundred pairs of bedroom month, where he met with Sacra- slippers for Timothy, and thou- mento real estate magnate and phil- sands of acres of timberland bought anthropist Angelo Tsakopoulos and only to preserve the view outside of Mr. Tsakopoulos’ son Kyriakos, as John's home in Coudersport, Penn- well as other local representatives, sylvania. to discuss Mr. Tsakopoulos’ propos- The price for looting one of the al to donate a 1,100-acre tract of nation's largest cable television land for the construction of a new companies: years at a low-security Drexel campus on the West Coast. federal prison in North Carolina; Dr. Papadakis and Placer County living hundreds of miles from home EUROKINISSI representatives graciously accepted in a dormitory; working seven DEKAPENTAVGOUSTO – Celebrating the Dormition of the Theotokos Mr. Tsakopoulos’ offer, and the hours a day in the prison kitchen, Greek American developer was warehouse or outside as a Tens of Thousands of Orthodox faithful flocked to the island of Tinos to celebrate the annual Dormition of the Virgin Mary (Koimisis tis scheduled to pay a visit Drexel Uni- groundskeeper. Theotokou) religious holiday this past Wednesday. The Feast Day, celebrated each year on August 15, marks the miraculous assumption of versity this past Thursday, August After fighting one of the nation's Mary to Heaven after her falling asleep. The holiday also highlights the height of summer in Greece, as many Greeks begin their vacations. 16, just a few days afterwards, to largest corporate fraud cases, Adel- iron out the final details and set a phia Founder John Rigas and his timetable, which is expected to be son Tim, the company's former chief financial officer, turned them- selves in this past Monday, August 13, at the Butner Federal Correc- Greece On Track for U.S. Visa Waiver Program tional Complex, about 45 minutes northwest of Raleigh. By Dimitri Soultogiannis President Bush signed measures ports of entry in order to protect we have to wait and see.” John Rigas, 82, was sentenced Special to the National Herald for VWP expansion this past August the country from possible terrorist According to a recent story in to 15 years and Timothy Rigas, 51, 4, inviting more (mainly Eastern activities and attacks are also part USA Today (“New Measures for to 20 years for their role in the WASHINGTON, D.C. – According European) countries to participate of the President’s proposal. Visa Waiver,” August 4), the Adelphia collapse. They were con- to State Department officials, in the program, Greece among CAUTIOUSLY OPTIMISTIC changes will not be immediate for victed in 2004 on multiple charges Greece is one of the most strongest them. Basil Mossaidis, executive direc- Greeks, Czechs and others. Russ of securities fraud, conspiracy to candidates to enter the U.S. Gov- Now, the State Department, tor of AHEPA, the country’s oldest Knocke, spokesman for the Depart- commit bank fraud and bank fraud. ernment’s Visa Waiver Program, along with the Department of the and largest grassroots Hellenic her- ment of Homeland Security, says it They remained free while their which permits citizens of certain Interior, are in charge of monitor- itage organization, told the Nation- will be months before HS sets out appeals navigated the court sys- (mainly European) countries to en- ing the admission process making al Herald that AHEPA is fairly well procedures which will enable visi- tem, a repose which ended in June ter the United States for a period of sure all new candidates qualify for pleased with the President’s initia- tors to notify U.S. authorities of when U.S. District Judge Leonard less than 90 days without a visa, entrance to the program. tive, but said the process will re- their travel plans only two to three Sand gave the father and son until given that the purpose of their trip The President is proposing that quire patience. days beforehand. At the same time, August 13 to report to prison. is business or pleasure. Greece, Cyprus, Bulgaria, the “We are very supportive of hav- Americans are not required to get The pair had asked that they be Greece continues to fulfill all the Czech Republic, Estonia, Hungary, ing a resolution; however, we are tourist visas beforehand to travel allowed to serve their time together requirements for smooth entry to Estonia, Lithuania, Malta, Poland, cautiously optimistic,” Mr. Mos- anywhere in the European Union. at a facility close to their homes in the Program, officials said, the is- Romania, Slovakia and South Ko- saidis said. “AHEPA has focused in- They only need to show their pass- Coudersport. Instead, the Federal suance of biometric passports and a rea will be the next set of countries tensely on the Visa Waiver Program ports. visa decline rate equal or less than to enter the Program. New security for almost a year and a half now, Continued on page 4 3 percent, for example. measures and extra screening at all but there is still a lot to be done, so Continued on page 7

Portsmouth Church Celebrates in Style TNH ARCHIVES Dr. Constantine Papadakis By Theodore Kalmoukos Greek flags flying everywhere as a close to him, looking to him as a fa- Special to The National Herald reminder to visitors that this is a ther and brother. Parish Council submitted to Drexel’s Board of Di- Greek location and a part of Greece President, Dr. Aristotle Damianos, a rectors for approval sometime this PORTSMOUTH, N.H. – The Greek – the land of culture, friendship, pious young man, faithful to Ortho- fall. festival at Saint Nicholas Church in fellowship, camaraderie and cele- dox Christianity and Hellenic Recapping how this project came Portsmouth is the cultural and so- bration of life, which the Greeks ideals, called his parish priest “the about, Dr. Papadakis told the Na- cial event of the year for this sea- certainly know how to appreciate. heart and soul of the community.” tional Herald Mr. Tsakopoulos ap- side town of 6,000 permanent resi- A huge tent welcomed the hun- Like so many other churches proached him with the idea four dents, which burgeons to 300,000 dreds of Greeks and non-Greeks and other non-profit organization years ago, before pitching it to any people in the summer because of alike, who savored tasty Greek food in the United States – a country other university, but Dr. Papadakis the beach, which attracts young and danced to live music provided built on the dreams of the genera- had to pass on the idea because the and old from throughout New Eng- by the Makridis Brothers band. tions of immigrants it welcomed – establishment and development of land like a magnet. Church Pastor Rev. Evangelos Pa- the Church of St. Nicholas in the University’s new law school was Portsmouth lies northeast of pas, who has been serving at this Portsmouth owes its existence to Drexel’s priority at the time. Boston, and is usually about one position for 15 years, rolled up his the pioneering Greek immigrants “I met with Angelo Tsakopoulos and a half hours away by car, but sleeves; put on an apron he found who founded the community. Ac- in February during the Leadership on Friday afternoons the drive can lying in front of him; and began cording to community records, 100 Conference, and I asked him if last as long as three hours because roasting chickens at one of three Panagiotis Zacharias was the first he was willing to invite Drexel of gridlock, as countless people grills. Responding to the initial sur- Greek immigrant who set foot on alumni living in California to a lun- take to the roads for a weekend get- prise we displayed over seeing him Portsmouth in 1893, while the Pa- cheon in Sacramento. away from their daily routine. in such an unfamiliar position, Rev. pas brothers set out on the high He said he would be very The first thing that visitors see Papas smiled and said, “Why not? seas at ages 10 and 12 respectively, pleased to do so. on their way to town is the Saint In this community, we do all our bound for Portsmouth to seek out He also reminded me of the pro- TNH STAFF Nicholas Church, a relatively small programs and activities together. I their older brother. Soon, a compa- posal he made four years ago, and Rev. Angelo C. Pappas (right), pastor of Saint Nicholas Church in yet imposing building. enjoy it. I like to help out this way.” ny of Greek pioneers began to said it still stands. After we had Portsmouth, New Hampshire, and Dr. Aristotle Damianos, president The church courtyard was trans- Father Papas’ parishioners not form, and they all felt strongly that originally declined his offer, Mr. of the parish council, during the Portsmouth community’s recent bi- formed into a full-fledged Greek only respect and honor him; they ennial festival. village for its recent festival, with literally adore him and feel very Continued on page 3 Continued on page 3 Cyprus Water Reserves Fall If It's Good To Dangerously Low Levels Enough For

By George Psyllides Year if the drought holds. Large ar- The Gods... Associated Press eas of cracked and dried mud stretch across the once-brimming NICOSIA (AP) – Cyprus has artificial lake at Kouris, the By Michael Vaughan warned its reservoirs could become Mediterranean island's largest National Post virtually empty if a drought contin- reservoir. ues to the end of 2007, as the island "If we do not have rainfall by the TORONTO – It's a miracle. I am re- suffers from low rainfall and ever- end of the year, there will only be ferring to the phenomenal whites increasing demand for water. two million cubic meters of water now being made on the island of The Cypriot Government is in- in the dams at the beginning of Santorini. I recently visited this troducing conservation measures, 2008," Agriculture Minister Fotis Greek gem and was astounded by including increased fines for people Fotiou said. "We don't have the whites made from Assyrtiko – a wasting water, but environmental- (enough) water." variety most people have never ists warn that too little is being Average rainfall has dropped heard of. This amazing grape can done to fix leaking pipes or pro- 15-20 percent over the past three ripen perfectly in the most chal- mote recycling. decades, and ground water has lenging of conditions – searing Officials warn that reserves in been exploited for many years. heat, desert-like rainfall and ex- the reservoirs could drop to below Meanwhile, continuous devel- tremely infertile soils. And yet, not one percent of capacity by the New opment and tourist arrivals, which only is the resulting wine refined more than triple the island's popu- and flavorful, but it also has an To subscribe call: 718.784.5255 lation to nearly 3 million, creates abundance of fresh, natural acidity. e-mail: ever-increasing demand. It is said that Santorini's Assyr- [email protected] State reservoirs currently hold tiko vines are among the world's around 17 percent of capacity, at 45 oldest – so old that there is a move- million cubic meters, about half the AP/PETROS KARADJIAS ment afoot to make the ever-dimin- level of this time last year. A plant seen on the parched ground of the Kouris reservoir in Alassa village near the city of Limassol last ishing vineyards, which are being "At this point I would say it is Thursday, August 9. Low rainfall in the past three years has left major state reservoirs at around 17 per- gobbled up by tourist development, *081807* cent of normal capacity. Cypriot authorities said there will be hardly any water left in the reservoirs by Continued on page 7 next year if there is no significant rainfall by the year’s end. Continued on page 7 2 COMMUNITY THE NATIONAL HERALD, AUGUST 18, 2007

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University of Athens Bestows Honorary Doctorate THROUGH AUGUST Maxum, Toyota Tacoma, Toyota ATHENS – The Synthesis Media Corolla CE, Nissan Versa and Sead- Company cordially invites the com- oo Jetski. $100 per raffle, 1 out of To World-Renowned Sleep Disorder Researcher munity to “The Apology,” a new every 15 tickets is a winner. For play based on Plato’s original dia- more information or how to pur- By Mark Frangos logue and translated into English, chase a raffle ticket, call the church Special to the National Herald re-enacting Socrates’ defense in the at 631-473-0894. Court of Athens before he took NEW YORK – The University of hemlock, for two performances dai- AUGUST 25 Athens bestowed an honorary doc- ly in July and August in Athens BALTIMORE –The Odyssey Greek torate degree to a Greek American (Scholiou 8, Plaka, entrance from Orchestra cordially invites the com- physician for his pioneering work Adrianou 122). Starring Emmy munity to the “Post Panayia Elliniko in the field of sleep research and award winner Yannis Simonides; di- Glendi” on the Black Eye Susan psychiatric education earlier this rected by Broadway veteran Loukas ship on Saturday, August 25 from summer. Skipitaris; costumes by Oscar and 10 PM to 2 AM. Ship sails at 11:30 Dr. Anthony Kales, professor Tony winner Theoni Vahliotes-Al- PM. Admission is $55 in advance; emeritus of Psychiatry at Penn dredge; and percussive support by $60 at the door. Includes appetizers State University’s College of Medi- Caryn Heilman; fresh translation by and cash bar. For more information cine, is an internationally Mr. Simonides & Mr. Skipitaris. Per- or tickets call Vassilios Kanaris 410- renowned expert in the field of formances begin at 8:30 PM and 321-1857 or 410-419-2898. sleep medicine, having published 10:30 PM daily. Duration is approx- more than 300 scientific articles imately 80 minutes. Tickets are 10, AUGUST 25-26 and authoring or co-authoring six 12 or 15 euro. For more information HERSONISSOS, CRETE – The Crete books. He is also a past recipient of contact Eirini Polydorou in Athens: Golf Club, the Ministry of Foreign the Hellenic Medical Society of 011-30-694-907-9175 or 011-30- Affairs and the Hellenic Golf Federa- New York’s Physician of the Year 210-360-0410. tion cordially invites the community Award. to its “Third Annual International His most notable accomplish- AUGUST 18-19 Diaspora Golf Tournament,” a tour- ments include co-authoring a sleep PAWTUCKET, R.I. – Assumption of nament open to golfers of Greek de- stage scoring manual in 1968 the Virgin Mary Greek Orthodox scent on August 25-26. Already es- which, after four decades, remains Church cordially invites the commu- tablished as an event that attracts the fundamental criterion used by nity to its 80th Annual Greek Festi- many Greek golfers from all over the all sleep laboratories to this day, pi- val on Saturday-Sunday, August 18- globe. There is no participation fee. oneering the use of sleep laborato- 19, at the church (97 Walcott Golfers wishing to take part should ries to evaluate the effectiveness of Street). Festival Times: Saturday, contact Harry Zervos or Vasso Kara- hypnotics and psychoactive drugs. 12-10 PM; Sunday 12-10 PM. Join manoli at the Crete Golf Club at He is also primary author of the in traditional Greek dancing into the +30210-28970-26000 or email at Food & Drug Administration’s evening, or just sit back and enjoy [email protected]. For more infor- “Guidelines for Evaluating Hypnot- the sounds of live Greek music pro- mation, visit the Crete Golf Club on ic Drugs” which are still in use to- vided by Asteria. Enjoy traditional the web at www.crete-golf.gr. day. homemade Greek food like roasted “I was the first to study the ef- lamb, souvlaki, gyros and pastisio. AUGUST 31 – SEPTEMBER 3 fects of drugs on sleep in the United Indulge in our homemade Greek DOVER, N.H. – Annunciation Greek States in a sleep laboratory where desserts like galaktoboureko and Orthodox Church cordially invites you can objectively determine sec- Dr. Anthony Kales (right), together with his wife and colleague, Dr. Joyce D. Kales, professors emeriti at baklava. Indulge in Greek pastries the community to “Greek Festival ond-by-second what’s going on, Pennsylvania State University, and Dr. Costas R. Soldatos, professor and chairman of Psychiatry at the Uni- and coffees at our cafe. Enjoy our 2007,” from August 31 – September compared to prior studies relying versity of Athens School of Medicine. specialty homemade baklava 1 at the Hellenic Center in Dover on subject’s reports in the morn- cheesecake and Baklava Sundays. (Longhill Road). Come and enjoy ing,” Dr. Kales said. sleep throughout the night,” Dr. we pioneered the field of Sleep Dis- met his wife, Joyce during their Browse the vendors selling Greek homemade Greek food in the New Dr. Kales, 73, established the Kales said. orders Medicine.” first undergraduate year at Wayne art, giftware, music, books for adults Hampshire seacoast area. The Sleep Research and Treatment Cen- “In 1950, rapid eye movement One of Dr. Kales’ first break- State University in Detroit 56 years and children, cookbooks and more Greek Festival features Greek spe- ter at UCLA in 1963, and moved it was discovered by Drs. Kleitman throughs was discovering when ago. They both subsequently at- in our new indoor Agora Market- cialties, pastries, loukoumades and to Penn State in 1971. He served as and Aserinsky during a specific sleepwalking occurs during the tended Wayne State University place. Enter to win a 10-day trip for Greek coffee; a marketplace; the a professor at the College of Medi- stage of sleep now called REM sleep cycle. School of Medicine; then married two to Skiathos. The trip includes Boston Lykeion; the Eleftheria cine and founding chairman of the sleep. Awakenings during that time “People thought that sleepwalk- (for 48 years now); and went to the airfare from Boston, lodging at the Dance Troupe dancing to the music Penn State Hershey Medical Cen- produce dream recall because peo- ing and night terrors must be com- UCLA Medical Center for their psy- Nostos Luxury hotel and resort and of Ellas (Friday evening) and Ta ter’s Department of Psychiatry from ple dream during REM sleep. REM ing from people acting out their chiatric training. They have three meals. For more information, call Paidia (Saturday evening), with the 1971 to 1997. sleep happens about 90 minutes af- dreams,” Dr. Kales said. “Well, we children and seven grandchildren. 401-725-3127. music of DJ Meleti all day Saturday. The Sleep Laboratory of the ter a person falls asleep for about put the people in the lab and used They currently reside in Ann Arbor, Admission is free. For more infor- Sleep Research & Treatment Center 10 to 20 minutes. It reoccurs about special telemetry equipment from Michigan and Fort Lauderdale, AUGUST 23-26 mation, call 603-742-7667. is named in his honor. every 90 minutes, meaning you can NASA and found that they did not Florida. PORT JEFFERSON, N.Y. – The Greek Dr. Kales has made pioneering have about four or five dreaming occur out of dreaming sleep, but Dr. Kales and his wife, who is al- Orthodox Church of the Assumption ORANGE, Conn. – Saint Barbara contributions to the understanding periods per night.” out of deep sleep. These are disor- so a professor emeritus of Psychia- cordially invites the community to Greek Orthodox Church cordially of sleep and its various disorders, Those breakthroughs which ders of partial arousal. People are try at Penn State College of Medi- its Greek Festival from August 23-26 invites the community to its 27th including insomnia, sleepwalking, helped understand sleeping pat- deeply asleep and some trigger par- cine, have made philanthropic con- at the church (430 Sheep Pasture annual Odyssey: A Greek Festival night terrors, bedwetting, sleep ap- terns heightened Dr. Kales’ interest tially awakens them and they sleep- tributions through endowments Road). Festival Times: Thursday, 5- on Friday-Monday, August 31 – nea and narcolepsy. in the field at a time when he was walk.” they have established at various 10:30 PM; Friday, 5-10:30 PM; Sat- September 3 at the church (480 “I have been blessed to have had serving his residency at UCLA. Born in Detroit, Michigan Dr. universities – Penn State, the Uni- urday, 1-11 PM; Sunday, 1-11 PM. Racebrook Road). It is one of Con- many talented students and col- “People began to study normal Kales’ parents emigrated from versity of Michigan in Ann Arbor Spectacular fireworks Friday night. necticut’s largest Greek festivals, leagues over the years. Much of the sleep, and I was one of them,” Dr. Northern Epiros, which is now un- and Wayne State – and Three Hier- Carnival rides, live music and enter- held on 13 country acres in Orange. credit for our sleep research and Kales said. “I was training in psy- der Albanian control. archs Scholarship Endowment tainment by the Hellenic Dancers of Featuring homemade Greek cui- treatment is related to their dedica- chiatry at the time, and decided to “My brother and I grew up in a Funds established at three Greek New Jersey. Admission is $2. Free sine, pastry and imports; live music tion, talent, creativity and innova- do studies on dream recall. But very ethnic Greek home, with my Orthodox churches of which they under 18. Free shuttle bus and the with dance performances by the tion,” he said. very quickly, being a physician and uncles, aunts, cousins and extend- are members: Saint Nicholas in best raffle in the Eastern area with Odyssey dancers; a giant raffle; “Up until the 1950’s, people a psychiatrist, I decided to study ed family surrounding us,” Dr. Ann Arbor; Holy Trinity in Camp 270 prizes including 7 Grand Prizes. tours and lectures of the church; thought that sleep was just about sleep disorders. Along with only a Kales said. “I grew up with really Hill, Pennsylvania; and Saint Prizes include: 2007 Mercedes and much more. For more informa- going from light sleep to deeper few other physicians worldwide, strong Greek ties and loyalties.” He Demetrios in Fort Lauderdale). C280, 2007 Jeep Wrangler, 18’ Boat tion, call 203-795-1347. THE NATIONAL HERALD, AUGUST 18, 2007 COMMUNITY 3

PHOTOS/TNH STAFF LEFT: Members of Saint Nicholas Church in Portsmouth, New Hampshire (left) serve their guests during the seaside Greek Orthodox community’s recent Greek festival, typically held every two years. RIGHT: Church Pastor Rev. Angelo C. Pappas with the good women of Portsmouth’s local Philoptochos Society, as they prepared to begin selling Greek baked goods for Saint Nicholas Church’s biennial Greek festival . Thousands of people attended this year’s Greek festival in Portsmouth, like other years. This year, however, the church is celebrating its 75th anniversary. Portsmouth Transformed into Greek Village as Church Celebrates 75th Year

Continued from page 1 community is made up of 260 fami- Nicene Creed and the Lord’s Prayer munity, in general.” tival to the community in general, with him. lies today, and is considered one of in Greek.” Father Papas is fluent in Dr. Damianos also spoke highly like to those who are in financial Eleni Soteriadis, who has been a celebrating the Divine Liturgy in the fastest developing Greek Amer- both languages, and is a first-gen- about Father Papas and his wife, need and the homeless. For the mo- loyal reader of the National Herald their native Greek language was ican communities. “The majority of eration Greek American and gradu- Presvytera Maria: “When I first ment, the festival helps us with our for more than 40 years, along with something which was lacking from the congregation is made up of ate of the Holy Cross Greek Ortho- came here, everyone in town had own finances, and of course, we her late husband George, said “I their lives. They started raising young people, the oldest of whom dox School of Theology in Brook- the finest things to say about Father have a volunteer program that’s un- never would have thought that the money, and periodically managed are 45-50 years old. Our communi- line, Massachusetts. Evangelos. The doctors I work with der development. We don’t simply Herald would come here to cover to usher a Greek Orthodox priest in ty consists mostly of American- “I appreciate and enjoy every- are Jewish, and when I met their turn the lights on and pay the our community’s festival,” while for services on major holidays. Ser- born parishioners, while there are thing that’s Greek,” he said, adding rabbi, he told me that he knew our priest’s salary. We are a community her brother in-law, Fotis Zotos, vice vices were held at the top floor of also some parishioners who come that he visits Greece every year, priest very well, and that he is the of faithful, and this is the House of chairman of the church’s festival Freeman Hall on Congress Street. from Greece – especially Chios and “except for this year, because I only priest that calls him regularly, God. We want to do something for committee said, “This is the fourth In 1910, there were 25 men and Laconia,” he said. haven’t had a chance to go yet. I and noted that they have an excel- our fellow man. That’s why we’re festival that I’ve been involved in three women who had emigrated Responding to The National miss Greece. My roots and my fam- lent working relationship. Every- here. We have a great Greek school, organizing, and we’re all hopeful from Greece. They began to cele- Herald’s question about whether ily are there.” His mother comes one knows him because he’s also with 38 students and two teachers. that we’ll do well. People are defi- brate the Divine Liturgy at the Epis- his parishioners maintain their Hel- from Sparta, and his father is from the spiritual advisor to the police We also have about 100 children nitely showing up.” copalian Church on Madison lenic identity and culture effective- Thebes. and fire departments here in who attend Sunday School. The Portsmouth Philoptochos Presi- Street, which was closed at the ly, Father Papas said, “Many of the Dr. Damianos – who is also the Portsmouth.” church ought be the religious, cul- dent Bess Jack, said, “The festival is time. people here today are second- and church chanter along with his 13- Father Papas is among the few tural, and social center of our going well, and is much better than But they wanted to have a third-generation Greek Americans, year-old son Nicholas – also spoke priests in the entire country with lives.” it was two years ago. The weather church of their own, and in 1933, a and of course, many are converts to of the Portsmouth community. special training in disaster relief, Dr. Damianos agreed: “Church is helping us, and the women are group of immigrants – Andreas Gi- Orthodoxy, and have embraced “We hold our festival every two and was among the first volunteers is not only for two hours on Sun- working so hard to make desserts. abis, George Sotiros, Chris Sagris, Greek culture at the same time. years because we’re not in a metro- who to New Orleans after Hurri- day. It’s our entire life, because it The food is just amazing.” George Skliris, Christos Roulos, Third and fourth generation Greek politan area, and we don’t have cane Katrina struck. He was also has to do with living out our Ortho- Father Papas set up a small store Apostolos Chouliaris and Panagio- Americans are working with a lot of many parishioners who own the first person who entered the dox faith,” he said. with Greek goods in the church tis Stavrou – made a downpayment zeal because they remember their restaurants, so we ask help from flooded historic church of the Holy Along with their duties at the hall. “It’s open all year round be- of $1,000 dollars and bought an grandfathers and grandmothers the same people every time, people Trinity in New Orleans and re- festival, Rev. Papas and Dr. Dami- cause we’re pretty far from Boston, empty schoolhouse called the who did the same at the communi- who are experienced in organizing trieved its gospel and tabernacle. anos were inside the church ex- and it’s difficult for many of us to Gabot School, which they convert- ty’s Greek festivals.” festivals. As you can understand, it During the Portsmouth Commu- plaining about the history, theology go there regularly to buy Greek ed to a church. The church was in- Rev. Papas uses both Greek and becomes tiring for organizers at nity’s three-day festival, more than and life of the Orthodox Church to products, like cheese, olives and augurated by then Archbishop English during services, but places some point. Last year, our commu- 5,000 people were expected to vis- non-Orthodox visitors, while Rev. coffee, so we have them here, and Athenagoras, who went onto be- more emphasis on English “due to nity celebrated its 75th anniver- it, and according to Dr. Damianos, Papas spoke to a group of Roman all the proceeds benefit our come Ecumenical Patriarch. The the composition of the community sary, and this year we’re holding “one fifth” of the community’s in- Catholics about Pope Benedict’s re- school.” The community also has a current edifice was rebuilt in 1971, – we have 98 percent interfaith our festival. There’s always some- come is generated from festival cent controversial statement that bookstore with Orthodox books with its opening ceremony con- marriages – but we’re not abandon- thing going on. This is a warm com- proceeds, which help cover its an- the Orthodox Church is “deficient,” and icons, Greek gifts and statues ducted by the ever-memorable ing the Greek language. It’s impor- munity, which is held in high re- nual budget of $200 thousand. “We calling this statement “unfortunate and a traditional Greek cafenio, Archbishop Iakovos. tant to keep the tradition, and of gard by not only its parishioners, want to reach the point where we and offensive to the Orthodox where people can sit and enjoy According to Father Papas, the course, we read the Gospel, the but by the wider Portsmouth com- can apply the income from the fes- Church,” while the visitors agreed Greek coffee. Tsakopoulos Donates 1100 Acres of Land To Drexel University for California Campus

Continued from page 1 would be discussed further in the 37 years old, sits on the Board of Di- fall. rectors at Columbia University, Tsakopoulos approached the Chris- A recent press release issued by which is proof of the high regard tian Brothers, who have ten Drexel states, “The land for the uni- held for the Tsakopoulos family,” Catholic universities across the versity would be donated by the Dr. Papadakis said. United States, including LaSalle Tsakopoulos family; William and “I am very happy to call them my University in Philadelphia, and Claudia Cummings; Wayne and friends. I must also recognize that, they promised to build a university Mary Prim; and their partners.” The thanks to Mr. Tsakopoulos’ vision, on the land Mr. Tsakopoulos was press release also states, “The plan we now have a plan before us that granting them. After two or three for the new university is before the will make a huge impact on the years of discussions, they had to de- Placer County Planning Commis- area, as well as on Drexel Universi- cline the offer because of financial sion.” ty. If you look at how Stanford Uni- difficulties they were facing,” Dr. Dr. Papadakis verified that Mr. versity started off, you will see that Papadakis said, explaining that Mr. Tsakopoulos and his partners own it began from farmland that was do- Tsakopoulos was still seeking an the land which is to be granted for nated to the university. That is also educational institution to realize the project, and also confirmed how Rockefeller formed Chicago his vision. Placer County’s interest in the pro- University – from farmland granted “I took him up on his offer and ject. to the university. Right now, Drexel decided at that moment to go and “Placer County and the other lo- has an amazing opportunity, which meet with the authorities in Placer cal townships want a private uni- we owe to Mr. Tsakopoulos’ far-see- County, and other counties in the versity in the area because there are ing visionary spirit,” he added, Sacramento vicinity,” Dr. Papadakis presently only two state universities stressing that it was a great oppor- added, noting that Mr. Tsakopoulos’ located there: Davis University of tunity for both Drexel and the offer includes 1,100 acres of land, California, which is 15 miles west of Sacramento area. located 17 miles northeast of Sacra- Sacramento, and Sacramento State “The opportunity to help create a mento, which will be granted to the University. university in Greater Sacramento – new university. The formation of a private uni- one of the fastest growing areas in “Six hundred of these acres will versity will revitalize the area, and the country – is extraordinary. We be used to house the university this draws the interest of city and are constantly looking for ways to campus, and the other 500 acres state authorities,” Dr. Papadakis expand the outreach of our unique will be sold to private developers. added. brand of higher education,” he said. Mr. Tsakopoulos will build the infra- When asked about the possibility Founded in 1891, Drexel Univer- structure, roads, water and of the land being used to build a sity is a private, comprehensive, drainage systems, and all the other Greek American institution of high- doctoral research institution widely necessary structural requirements er learning, Dr. Papadakis said such recognized for its focus on coopera- for development to begin with, and a development would limit the tive education and technology. With afterwards, he will turn the area scope of the institution, as well as an enrollment of more than 20,000 over to private contractors who will the number of students it could at- students, it is the 16th largest pri- develop the site. It is estimated that tract. vate university in the United States, these 500 acres of property will “At this time, I think that there and includes the country’s largest generate an income of approxi- will be greater interest in an MBA private medical school, as well as a mately $100 million. These funds program, a nursing school, and a new law school. Drexel became the will be allocated to the University, fine arts industry management pro- first major university to operate a and will be used for the construc- gram, which is in demand on the fully wireless campus in 2000, and tion of the new campus,” Dr. Pa- West Coast, as well as our hotel with more than 5,500 employees, it padakis said, clarifying that Drexel management department, which is is Philadelphia’s sixth largest em- might rent building space to house one of the best in the country. We ployer. its classes, and thereby begin offer- have to choose programs that will Much of Drexel’s recent expan- ing courses in the area even before attract the attention of interested sion and success in recent years has construction of the new campus is students quickly. That is why we taken place under Dr. Papadakis’ completed. want to perform a market analysis,” watch. When asked if Drexel’s Board of he pointed out, explaining that Julie Hanson, project manager Directors had approved the plan, while limiting the school to Hellenic for Drexel’s proposed West Coast Dr. Papadakis said this is a long- studies is praiseworthy, it might not campus, said the community was term plan which is still being ex- be a good decision from a business honored to host Dr. Papadakis dur- plored. “The area is still farmland, standpoint. ing his recent visit to Placer County. and its status has to change first, so “Besides, the Tsakopoulos family “During his tenure at Drexel, Dr. Pa- that it can be included in the city has already fully demonstrated its padakis has brought dynamic lead- plan. We first need to put together a interest in Hellenic Studies since, to ership and vision to the institution,” timetable for this plan; perform a date, they have already donated she said. market analysis; and examine the more than $11 million to various “He has doubled fulltime under- legal issues. There is a lot of prep universities for the establishment of graduate enrollment; increased work that must be done before we Hellenic Studies programs at Co- freshmen applications from 3,500 present the matter to the Universi- lumbia, Stanford and other univer- to 21,500; and increased the Uni- ty’s Board of Directors,” Dr. Pa- sities throughout the United States. versity’s endowment from $90 mil- padakis said, adding that the matter Kyriakos Tsakopoulos, who is only lion to $640 million.” 4 COMMUNITY THE NATIONAL HERALD, JANUARY 6, 2007 John and Tim Rigas Begin Serving Federal Prison Sentences, Maintain They Were Unfairly Singled Out as ‘Poster Boys’ for Corporate Crime By Jerry Zremski ernment seeking a trophy convic- the Buffalo business legend who Buffalo News tion to show that it's fighting corpo- briefly ran Adelphia after the Rigas- rate crime, and victims of cowardly es resigned – saying they didn't WASHINGTON, D.C. – Days before colleagues who abandoned the need to force Adelphia into bank- going to prison at the age of 82, Rigases to protect their own hides. ruptcy. And the Rigases also at- John J. Rigas said he wonders if his "Regardless of what happens, tacked Deloitte, saying the scandal arrest and conviction were all the rest of the family is not going to would have abated if the account- about politics. let it die," Michael Rigas said. ing firm hadn't delayed releasing "I feel it, but I can't prove it. I "We're going to continue to fight Adelphia's audited financial state- think it's a possibility," said Rigas, because we know an injustice was ments in the spring of 2002. the founder and former Adelphia done." "Everybody abandoned us," Communications Corporation Defeated so far in both the fed- Rigas said. "Everybody that you chairman who was scheduled to eral court in Manhattan and the counted on, who should have been surrender at a federal hospital 2nd Circuit Court of Appeals, the there, left us." prison in Butner, North Carolina to Rigases are now taking their case to Kailbourne could not be reached begin a 15-year sentence for fraud the public through the media. for comment, but Deloitte, in a and conspiracy. And despite an impending im- statement, lashed back at the "In view of what I've seen in the prisonment which he called "a Rigases. last three years happening, I don't death sentence for me," John Rigas, "It is now clear that the fraud know, but certainly it wasn't just a who appeared dressed in a suit and perpetrated by the former Adelphia coincidence – the way everything a tie for the interviews, didn't seem executives was designed to deceive happened so fast and coordinated, that much different than the Deloitte, as well as members of the and we were displayed across this diminutive, white-maned business investing public," the accounting whole country as criminals," said leader who, not that long ago, drew firm said. Rigas, former owner of the NHL's cheers from the crowds at HSBC According to prosecutors, the Buffalo Sabres. Arena as the savior of the Buffalo fraud was also perpetrated to Rigas was referring to his July Sabres. shower all sorts of nice perks on the 2002 arrest, which occurred at a SUMMER OF SCANDALS Rigases. In particular, they criti- time when the Bush Administration Similarly, Timothy Rigas ap- cized the Rigases for planning a was under great pressure to crack peared relaxed and stoic, while luxury golf course on land owned down on corporate crime. Michael Rigas – the former Adel- by John Rigas and spending $6,000 Over the course of several hours phia operations chief who avoided in Adelphia money to ship Christ- of interviews last week, John Rigas prison by pleading guilty to falsify- mas trees to John Rigas' daughter and his sons Timothy and Michael ing records – took the lead in de- in New York on the company plane. again insisted that they are inno- fending his family's stewardship of Both those charges still infuriate cent – despite a jury's 2004 finding Adelphia. the Rigases. that John and Tim Rigas conspired During the interviews, the Regarding the golf course, John to concoct a massive fraud in which Rigases focused on the topic of Rigas said: "It was a wonderful op- they looted Adelphia while lying to their arrest, and how it happened – portunity, perhaps daring, but it investors about the company's fi- and what they think the political was going to mean so much for Pot- nances. implications of it might be. AP/LOUIS LANZANO ter County… the land had to be do- "The Rigases sort of hit for the They noted the political land- John Rigas, founder and former Chairman & CEO of Adelphia Communications (left), and his son Timothy nated, and that was a no-brainer cycle of corporate crime," former scape of the summer of 2002, when (right), former chief financial officer of Adelphia, exit Manhattan federal court following their bail hear- for me because I always intended to U.S. Deputy Attorney General Enron, WorldCom and several oth- ings in New York this past June 27. After fighting one of the nation’s largest corporate fraud cases, the for- donate the land. Now the way it James B. Comey told the Buffalo er major companies were implod- mer Adelphia executives reported to a federal prison in North Carolina this past Monday, August 13. was presented – that we were News in April 2005. ing in scandal, and when even the building a golf course on John While John Rigas heads off to President himself was getting ques- changed since that Friday when 2004 trial, Leonard B. Sand, clearly was not ever contemplated," Timo- Rigas' land and with no contract – North Carolina, his son Tim, 51, tioned about his role in an obscure they had the first meeting of the thought the jury got it right when thy Rigas added. "It was carefully they kind of implied that I was go- Adelphia's former chief financial company called Harken Energy. corporate fraud task force." convicting John and Timothy tracked. Whenever a Rigas entity ing to make extraordinary gain." officer, will begin a 20-year sen- And they referenced a Wall Not only that, prosecutors in the Rigas. drew money from it, it was careful- The Christmas trees, mean- tence at an adjoining federal prison Street Journal article which re- Southern District of New York re- COOKING THE BOOKS ly coded to a Rigas entity." while, simply went to New York as in Butner on Monday. counted Bush's July 12, 2002 meet- fused the Rigases' offer to turn "The man I have to sentence is Money taken from the cash cargo on trips by Adelphia execu- During the lengthy interviews ing with his Corporate Responsibil- themselves in, the family contends. the man reflected in the evidence, a management system – including a tives, Michael Rigas said. last week, they appeared to be pre- ity Task Force. They say that, ac- "They say no, things are being man who long ago sent Adelphia on $1 million-a-month allowance to "There was nothing in the flight pared for their new lives behind cording to the Journal, Bush said, handled out of Washington now, a track of lying and cheating and John Rigas which he said was a log that said the plane went down bars. "The best ethics course is to hand- and Washington will do whatever it defrauding," Sand said in reference loan he planned to pay back – there with no people on it, with just While tears came to John Rigas' cuff one of the bastards." wants to," Michael Rigas said. to John Rigas at a June 2005 sen- formed the core of the prosecu- a Christmas tree," Michael Rigas eyes when he reminisced about his Three days before that meeting, The Justice Department would tencing hearing. tion's argument that the Rigases said. days owning the Sabres, his gaze the Rigases' lawyers assured them have no comment on the Rigases' "Regretfully for everyone, this "looted" Adelphia. The Rigases saw such allega- remained focused and steady and that prosecutors had indicated they account of those events, said was not stopped over ten years ago, And John Rigas insisted that just tions as part of the prosecution's his voice remained strong when he wouldn't even have time to fully in- spokesperson Yusill Scribner. but continued and got more wasn't what happened. strategy to fool the jury. talked about going to prison. vestigate the burgeoning Adelphia But the Rigases contend that brazen, and culminated in one of "You look at it and ask yourself: "The prosecutors were very "I can't believe it's happening be- scandal until after Labor Day. their arrest on July 24, 2002 was the largest frauds in corporate his- what would be the motive? In the clever in that they knew that the ju- cause we know we didn't do any- "But that next Monday, we start clearly designed as a media specta- tory." beginning, the charges were that ry and the public maybe couldn't thing criminal and never had any reading in USA Today that we're cle, with the father and two sons During last week's interviews, we were looting all this money. But understand the complicated fi- intent," he said. "But it's happening. going to be indicted for all these being led out of their New York the Rigases painted an entirely dif- all our assets, most of it was in nance – but if there is anything that My hope is that we will continue to terrible crimes," Michael Rigas apartment and between various ferent picture, saying that Adelphia Adelphia, the public company. would make an individual look claim our innocence and hope that said. court venues in handcuffs. "You ask crumbled thanks to acts of self- What would be the motive to de- bad, it's to be perceived as having a a miracle happens, and that the "They get with the Southern Dis- the question: How can you get a preservation on the part of its audi- stroy and risk that company? That's lot of wealth and taking the share- truth will prevail." trict prosecutors and talk to them, fair trial? That kind of a scene – it's tors, independent directors and key where it was all at," he said. holders' money and spending it on, To hear the Rigases tell it, they and they say there is something, pretty hard," John Rigas said. employees. Nevertheless, that's the story the like, a $6,000 Christmas tree," John are the victims – victims of a gov- that apparently direction has Then again, the judge in the While prosecutors accused the key prosecution witness, former Rigas said. Rigases of hiding $2.3 billion in Adelphia financial executive James The Rigases are still fighting the borrowing and otherwise cooking Brown, brought to the criminal tri- jury's decision. In addition to the Adelphia's books, they said every fi- al. request for a new trial, they are nancial move the prosecutors criti- WE WERE ABANDONED looking at appealing their original cized was approved by Adelphia's After pleading guilty to fraud conviction to the U.S. Supreme accounting firm, Deloitte & Touche. and conspiracy and cooperating Court. That would include a "co-bor- with the government, Brown testi- DAY BY DAY TheThe GreekGreek VoiceVoice ofof NewNew YorkYork rowing agreement" which allowed fied at the Rigas trial that he Signs of their prolonged legal the Rigases to take out loans Adel- worked with the Rigases to falsify battle can be found everywhere in phia might have to pay back. The the company's earnings; to misstate the two-story stone building in the Preserving Our Heritage With Distinction Rigases used much of that money its number of cable subscribers; lush green countryside near Coud- to buy Adelphia stock – which was and to otherwise mislead auditors ersport which serves as the family's another maneuver prosecutors and investors. offices. harshly criticized. Now the Rigases have filed a Downstairs, stacks of legal doc- The Rigases, though, still don't motion seeking a new trial, noting uments are scattered here and see anything wrong with any of that in a subsequent civil trial, there in the plush, leather-lined of- that. Brown testified that he had not lied fice where John Rigas was still "It was something the banking to auditors about the co-signed working as of last week. Upstairs, a world was very comfortable with, loans or the commingling of Adel- huge open room which appears to and it was never a real issue, not at phia money and Rigas family serve as both a furniture storeroom the board, not at the auditing com- funds. and a meeting place was in a state mittee," John Rigas said. "Deloitte "I don't know how it is possible of chaos, with more stacks of court was comfortable with it. Nobody to look at that and have justice – papers piled amid children's furni- questioned it." saying one thing in one trial and in ture and hobbyhorses. Similarly, the Rigases defended other trials, completely reverse it," John and Timothy Rigas will the "cash management system" John Rigas said. find themselves in far more sparse which blended Adelphia's finances Neither Brown – who still hasn't surroundings starting Monday, Au- with those of the Rigases' private been sentenced – nor his attorney, gust 13. companies. "It was just so logical to Jonathan Bach, returned phone "I'm just going to take it minute put it all together where you draw calls seeking comment. by minute, day by day, and hope I more interest," John Rigas said. To the Rigases, however, have the strength to get through it "The prosecution made it look Brown's comments are part of a all," John Rigas said. like any money out of the cash pattern of betrayal. They also criti- management system was somehow cized Adelphia's outside directors – The Buffalo News published Adelphia's money, which clearly most notably Erland E. Kailbourne, the above on August 10. John Rigas and Son Report to N.C. Prison

Continued from page 1 Prosecutors claimed the Rigases headquarters building which was to made Adelphia's finances appear have been the crown jewel of their Bureau of Prisons sent them to But- more robust – when they were, in empire went on the auction block. ner, home to a low-security prison, fact, dangerously overextended – Coudersport's 102 South Main two medium-security facilities and by concealing nearly $2.3 billion of Street is one of more than 70 prop- a medical center for male inmates. the company's debt. erties which has been placed up for Among the inmates at Butner In a decision upholding their sale by the former cable and com- are Israeli spy Jonathan Pollard and convictions, a federal appeals court munications giant. former North Carolina Democratic said the family looted more than Adelphia never fully occupied Rep. Frank Ballance. $200 million from Adelphia, spend- the 72,000-square-foot, four-story Sami al-Arian, a Palestinian who ing the money on personal expens- building; by the time of its comple- taught computer science at the Uni- es which ranged $3 million to pro- tion in 2004, the company in Penn- Daily News from Greece and Cyprus Culture Music versity of South Florida who admit- duce a film by John Rigas' daugh- sylvania's Potter County was al- ñ ñ ted during a plea bargain to con- ter, Ellen, to $6,000 to fly two ready in bankruptcy, devalued by spiring to aid Palestinian Islamic Ji- Christmas trees to New York. scandal. Listen to COSMOS FM worldwide via the web: www.gaepis.org had, was held at the medical prison Another of John Rigas' sons, With a granite exterior, a earlier this year during a two- Michael, also received 10 months rooftop patio, and interiors marked month hunger strike. of home confinement after plead- by custom wood detailing, the Weekdays 7 PM-8 PM EST The elder Rigas has a history of ing guilty to making a false entry in building has a suggested value of Saturday 12 PM-3:30 PM EST health problems, including bladder a company record. $30 million. The minimum bid for cancer. A prison spokeswoman Authorities began investigating the sealed-bid auction is $1 million. Sunday 9 AM-1:30 PM EST wouldn't say if his health would ex- the company in 2002 after the com- The sale, which will conclude Oc- empt him from the work duty re- pany announced its 2001 results tober 11, is being handled by LFC quired of all prisoners. with a press release which included Online of Newport Beach, California When asked about John Rigas' a footnote saying Adelphia had bil- Designed to accommodate 275 Hellenic Public Radio-COSMOS FM is a production of GAEPIS, Inc. age and health in the face of the 15- lions in liabilities not previously re- employees, the building is now oc- a not-for-profit media, educational organization year sentence, his attorney, Peter ported on its balance sheet. cupied by a team of Adelphia's Fleming Jr., said, "You can draw Even after their convictions, the "lawyers and tax people," according your own conclusions. I have noth- Rigases wrangled with prosecutors to LFC broker Jack Ukropina. 28-18 Steinway Street, Astoria NY 11103 ing to say." for a year about restitution for Attorney John W. Nields Jr., who Adelphia stockholders before they The above incorporates infor- Tel. 718.204.8900 Fax 718.204.8931 handled Tim Rigas' appeal, did not were sentenced. mation from a story published by immediately return a call seeking AUCTION BLOCK the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette on

OMEGA INC. NYC COMMUNICATIONS www.gaepis.org [email protected] comment. As they reported to prison, the August 14. THE NATIONAL HERALD, JANUARY 6, 2007 FEATURE 5 NPR Re-Airs Interview with Jeffrey Eugenides about Makiaris Media Services Pulitzer Prize Winning Novel, as Book Sales Surge Celebrating its 20th Year DAVE DAVIES (host): You may By Christopher Tripoulas is being shown at the IMAX Theater know Jeffrey Eugenides is the au- Special to The National Herald in the Aquarium. The movie is di- thor of the novel "The Virgin Sui- rected by two-time Academy Award- cides," which was adapted into a NEW YORK – Irene Makiaris is the nominated filmmaker Greg film. He won the Pulitzer Prize in founder of Makiaris Media Services, MacGillivray, and retells the stirring 2003 for his second novel, "Middle- a Connecticut-based media-buying story of how a Greek archeologist of sex." It's now the book to read in firm, which is currently celebrating the 21st Century is uncovering the Oprah's Book Club. its 20th year of operation. The secret history of his ancient ances- The narrator of the story was Greek-owned company boasts a na- tors. Set against the breathtaking, born in 1960 and starts life as a girl tional clientele, for which it buys ad- azure vistas of the Greek Isles, the named Callie, but as she approach- vertisements and commercial air- film merges a contemporary archeo- es puberty, she realizes she isn't like time, and designs strategically logical “detective story” with some other girls. She eventually discov- placed media campaigns; undeni- of the most advanced and painstak- ers she was born a hermaphrodite, ably impressive progress for a com- ing digital re-creations ever under- and she's becoming physically pany which began with just one taken for an IMAX theatre film, with more masculine with age. In her client. scenes that restore such centuries- early teens, she abandons her iden- “I always wanted to own my own old spectacles like the original tity as a woman, changes her name business. My father was a restaura- Parthenon and the volcanic eruption from Callie to Cal, and begins to teur,” said Mrs. Makiaris, who left which buried Santorini in 1646 BC. live as a man. behind what she termed as “a very “The film is supposed to take us back The story also covers the two safe environment” at Mintz & Hoke in time to the birthplace of Democ- preceding generations of the narra- Advertising, where she worked as racy,” Mrs. Makiaris said. tor's family, starting with his Greek media director, to open Makiaris The veteran first-generation immigrant grandparents. When the Media Services in January 1987. Greek American businesswoman book was released, The New York She developed the media depart- was born and raised in Connecticut. Times said, "The novel turns the ment at her previous job, and “I come from a family of four. My story of Cal's coming of age into an watched it grow from a staff of just parents and sister were born in uproarious epic, at once funny and three to a department of near 50 Greece.” Mrs. Makiaris, whose sad, about misplaced identities and employees. Throughout her career, maiden name is Psarakis, traces her family secrets. Eugenides has deliv- she has received four EFFIE Awards, roots to Chania, Crete and visits as ered a deeply affecting portrait of a prestigious national award given often as she can. She cites her family one family's tumultuous engage- by the American Marketing Associa- as a major factor in her professional ment with the American 20th cen- tion. success. “I attribute the success of tury." Mrs. Makiaris currently employs my company to my parents, who Terry Gross spoke with Jeffrey 17 people. Jokingly, she says that were immigrants and taught me the Eugenides in 2002. Let's start with her husband attributes her success value of hard work. I hope I was able the author reading a passage from as a self-made businesswoman to to pass this value onto my children "Middlesex." Jeffrey Eugenides’ 2002 novel, “Middlesex,” has seen a her “Cretan ginati” – a Greek term and grandchildren.” EUGENIDES: "I was born twice, surge in sales ever since it was chosen book of the month for stubbornness. She also pointed She also recalled some of the first as a baby girl on the remark- by Oprah’s Book Club for both June and July 2007. to her years at Mintz & Hoke Adver- challenges facing everyone who ably smogless Detroit day in Janu- tising, where she had “a wonderful wants to start their own business. “I ary of 1960, and then again as a conditions that exists, GROSS: When she decides to teacher who taught me a lot about had tremendous support from my teenage boy in an emergency room and that's one of the rea- adopt a male gender identity, she the business” as an invaluable learn- near Petoskey, Michigan in August sons it appealed to me. has to learn the outward character- ing experience. “Everything I of 1974. Specialized readers may But in that it was usually istics of men. I want you read a learned was on the job,” Mrs. have come across me in Dr. Peter occurring only in inbred paragraph – this is on page 449 – in Makiaris said, noting that college Luce's study, Gender Identity in 5- communities and isolat- which your main character de- programs were not streamlined for Alpha-Reductase Pseudohermaph- ed communities, I then scribes that kind of transformation media industry particulars back rodites, published in the Journal of saw a chance to broaden of learning to walk and talk like a when she was going to school. “To- Pediatric Endocrinology in 1975. this story from a fiction- male. day in college, there are marketing Or maybe you've seen my photo- al memoir of a hermaph- EUGENIDES: "Like a convert to and advertising courses. They did graph in chapter 16 of the now sad- rodite to a story about a new religion, I overdid it, at first. not have courses like that then.” ly outdated Genetics & Heredity. an entire family, a Greek Somewhere near Gary, Indiana I According to Mrs. Makiaris, her That's me on page 578, standing American family in this adopted a swagger. I rarely smiled. company places more than $18 mil- naked beside a height chart, with a case, and the transmis- My expression throughout Illinois lion annually in all forms of media, black box covering my eyes. My sion of this gene down was the Clint Eastwood squint. It enabling it to leverage buying power birth certificate lists my name as through the generations was all bluff, but so it was with in securing the most effective rates Calliope Helen Stephanides. My until it finally is inherit- most men. We were all walking for clients. “The New York/New most recent driver's license, from ed by the narrator and around squinting at each other. My England market is our company’s the Federal Republic of Germany, flowers in her body, and swagger wasn't that different from specialty,” she said. records my first name simply as later, as a man, she tells what lots of adolescent boys put on Describing some of the services Cal. I'm a former field hockey the story. trying to be manly. For that reason, her company offers, Mrs. Makiaris goalie; longstanding member of the GROSS: And since it was convincing. Its very falseness said, “We negotiate with the media. Save the Manatee Foundation; rare this genetic condition made it credible. Now and then I We research the market to find out attendant at the Greek Orthodox sure. It would be impossible to ex- happens in inbred populations, you fell out of character. Feeling some- which television and radio stations liturgy; and, for most of my adult press the happiness I felt from her have this character's grandparents thing stuck to the bottom of my and publications would be the best life, an employee of the U.S. State presence at my side. I was wild with being not only husband and wife, shoe, I kicked up my heel and for our clients. We also do outdoor Department. Like Tiresias, I was joy. We talked for a long time before but also brother and sister, and the looked back over my shoulder to ads.” She also stressed her compa- first one thing and then the other. going to sleep; I with my arms en- characters' parents are not only see what it was, rather than cross- ny’s excellent working relationship Irene Makiaris I've been ridiculed by classmates; circling her waist, she with her face husband and wife, but also second ing my leg in front of me and twist- with the media as an asset which guinea pigged by doctors, palpated resting near my own. My God, was I cousins. Why did you want to ex- ing up my shoe. I picked correct helps Makiaris Media Services se- husband,” Mrs. Makiaris recalled, as by specialists; and researched by guilty? And must I accuse myself plore that kind of familial marital change from my open palm instead cure the best advertising rates for its she prepared to leave her old job the March of Dimes. A redheaded here of a crime? No, no, that fault relationship? of my trouser pocket. Such slips clients. MMS has been awarded an and go into business for herself. girl from Grosse Point fell in love was not mine. It was the fault of an EUGENIDES: Well, the inbreed- made me panic, but needlessly. No EFFIE award for excellence in me- “You need to have commitment and with me, not knowing what I was; unexampled fatality which I could ing was demanded by the genetic one noticed. I was aided by that. As dia. fire in your belly when you are her brother liked me, too. An Army not resist!!! Henceforth, Sarah be- condition I was using, and to bring a rule, people don't notice much." Her company’s national cam- thinking about owning your own tank led me into urban battle once. longed to me!! She was mine!!!" It in mythology again, of course, Zeus GROSS: I'm wondering if, when paigns are mostly business to busi- business. You have to realize that A swimming pool turned me into sort of goes on in that fashion, and I and Hera, I believe, are brother and you wrote that, you thought back to ness, she said, but her clientele is di- there will be many hours, and that myth. I've left my body in order to was just terribly frustrated because sister in Greek mythology, and so I your own puberty, and when you verse and includes names like the you are not going to get everything occupy others, and all this hap- she was evasive about her story, and was playing with some of these an- were going through the process of University of Connecticut, the Con- all at once.” pened before I turned 16." all of the things I wanted to know cient ideas in literature. I needed to turning into a man from having necticut Department of Tourism, Mrs. Makiaris advises prospec- TERRY GROSS (host): That's about a hermaphrodite's life she dramatize inbreeding, and inbreed- been a boy, if you felt that you were New Jersey casinos, Travelers, Dar- tive business owners to “be prepared Jeffrey Eugenides reading the be- was unable to tell me. And I got the ing is actually quite boring. It takes acting in a way, acting out the role win Insurance, local fast food fran- to give up free time and work long ginning of his new novel "Middle- idea of writing my own story and, in generations and generations and of man. chises like Burger King, and a clot- hours until your business begins to sex." Jeffrey, why did you want to contrast with the way most her- centuries, and so in order to drama- EUGENIDES: This continues to ting agent named Quick Clot used to take off.” She also recommends that write about a contemporary her- maphrodites in literature have been tize that, it required me to speed up be something that I feel like I do. In treat U.S. soldiers. new business owners have an attor- maphrodite? handled – usually as mythical crea- the process and to actually have order to get those characteristics Like so many other business, her ney and accountant they can trust. “I EUGENIDES: Well, the first ker- tures or as fanciful creations like Or- grandparents be siblings. It seemed that I thought were more common firm has had to adapt to the ever- had no money when I started my nel of the idea came to me when I lando in Virginia Woolf – I wanted to me to be the best way to drama- among females than males, I didn't changing world of new technolo- business. Good advisors were my read an actual memoir of a 19th to write a story about a real-life her- tize, you know, what was going on think back to my early years, I actu- gies. Talking about the importance anchor. The rewards start coming in Century hermaphrodite that Michel maphrodite and be as accurate as at a cellular level. ally walked around my room trying of the Internet as a new media tech- when you see your business grow.” Foucault found in the archives of possible, as much I could about the GROSS: Now, in the beginning to imagine how girls usually look at nology, she said, “It is the area that Mrs. Makiaris also shares her the French Public Department of medical facts and the biological cir- of your book, "Middlesex," the nar- things when they're stuck to their has shown the greatest growth for business’ profits with her employ- Hygiene. And I thought this would cumstances. rator explains that he was born as a shoe? How do they count change? us. You can measure your responses ees, she added. Commenting on be a very interesting book, and GROSS: What's the medical ex- girl and reborn as a teenage boy in And it actually took me a long time instantly, and it is going to continue what led her to adopt this generous went and read it, and was filled planation for your main character's an emergency room at the age of to come up with just those few ex- to grow and grow. The other media decision, “I think it keeps them hap- with frustration because the her- condition? 14. What happens in the emer- amples that seemed to me evident- is not going to go away, but the In- py, and it keeps them here,” she said, maphrodite in question, Herculine EUGENIDES: Well, it's a very gency room? ly female or male. ternet is here to stay.” pointing to workplace satisfaction Barbin, was a convent schoolgirl, or rare genetic mutation, and the con- EUGENIDES: Well, in the emer- GROSS: Well, Jeffrey Eu- Mrs. Makiaris recalled how cable and low turnover as a key ingredient at least in her early years, and dition is called 5-alpha-reductase gency room is the first time when genides, thank you very much for television revolutionized the media in any company’s success. when she came to write the story of deficiency syndrome. And it occurs someone other than Callie sees her talking with us. buying industry, “but the Internet Mrs. Makiaris is also actively in- her life, she wrote very much like a in very isolated communities. What anatomy in bright light. At that EUGENIDES: Thank you. I real- has grown much faster than cable volved with Connecticut’s Greek convent schoolgirl. I actually it basically is, if you inherit this mu- point, Callie is 14. She still looks ly enjoyed it. advertising.” American community, and attends brought the diary with me in case tation, your body is unable to re- like a girl, though a flat-chested Mrs. Makiaris’ firm recently services at Saint Sophia Greek Or- you wanted to hear some of it. spond to certain androgens, or male one, but after an accident, she's tak- Due to the ongoing popularity worked on a media buying cam- thodox Church in New London. She GROSS: Oh yeah. You bet. Why hormones, for a long time, and as en to the emergency room and in of his award-winning novel, paign for the Maritime Aquarium, tries to promote Greek institutions don't you read a few lines from it? you're formed in the womb, if you undressing her to see if she has any “Middlesex,” NPR's “Fresh Air” which is based in Norwalk, Con- to her clients whenever they want to EUGENIDES: Okay, I will. This is would have an XY chromosome, broken bones, the doctor does see re-aired its interview with Mr. necticut and is promoting the movie attract the attention of the Greek midway through her memoirs when you would be male, and you would her genitals which, at that point, Eugenides this past August 3. “Greece: Secrets of the Past,” which American Community, she said. she has fallen in love with her best be born looking very, very much like would be not characteristic, or en- friend at the convent school, and a girl, almost undetectably so. And tirely characteristic, of a girl of her this is the first night they spend to- at puberty, as testosterone gets age. gether. "Happy about this pretext, stronger in your blood, you would GROSS: And why does your which was only too true, one then virilize and become quite mas- character decide to be a boy? evening I asked my friend to share culine in appearance. So it's one of EUGENIDES: Well, it's a long my bed. She accepted with plea- the most dramatic hermaphroditic process and a difficult one for her. Tutoring: Internet/Telephone The condition that she has, of course, is so virilizing that, after she goes through puberty, she would basically have musculature, Special Features: facial hair and a deep voice, and would appear to be male. So it 1) Phonetic method would be easier at least to operate 2) Personalized: in society as a male. And Cal, as he talks about his life in Berlin as an Lesson-plans; Quizzes adult, is careful to say that he oper- 3) Two telephone lessons ates in society as a male. It's not clear whether he considers himself per week a regular man or a regular guy, but 4) Simple, easy, quick. it is the way that he most easily can get along. Phenomenal results GROSS: He seems to have a a b 5) References available consciousness of what he is, which is something that's strictly neither 100 percent male nor 100 percent HELEN DUMAS female. About the Author EUGENIDES: Right. But I think Helen Dumas is the authority in teaching that, in terms of the book itself, be- Speak Greek in 2 Months Greek as a second language. She was the cause Callie falls in love with her plus 5 higher adult levels best friend, that did provide a cer- Director of Hellenic Education and Culture for tain impetus for her decision to be a the Western United States for 25 years. Helen received special recognition awards from the boy. But then, of course, when she COST FOR FURTHER INFORMATION: goes to the sexual gender identity PER COURSE Greek government for teaching Greek to the clinic, she does find out about her Contact Call: (310) 373-0808 or non-Greek-speaking in the "most original and chromosomal status being XY, and Helen effective way!!". Her unique teaching method that is another reason why she fi- E-Mail: [email protected] is the result of 30 years of research, field- Author Jeffrey Eugenides’ book “Middlesex” is now ranked #37 on nally decides to adopt a male gen- Website: www.speakgreeknow.com testing, and development. amazon.com’s sales tracker. der identity. 6 OBITUARIES CLASSIFIEDS THE NATIONAL HERALD, AUGUST 18, 2007

DEATHS

BALABAN, LEON C. Birmingham. Born October 21, Hospital, Dr. Gorrie, Dr. Anderson, Kiwanis; original Board Member of padopoulos; his sons-in law, numerous apartment projects, re- SAN DIEGO, Calif. – The San Diego 1926, he was a graduate of the Uni- and all EMS staff, whose profes- Dream Come True; Kids Peace; Thomas Johnson and Alexander tail centers, office buildings, and Tribune reported that Leon Ciri- versity of Alabama and received his sionalism, compassion and service president of the Eastern Pennsylva- Papandreou; his daughters-in-law industrial facilities. He weathered akos Balaban, 84, passed on Satur- Doctorate of Juris Prudence from to Peter continues to overwhelm nia Funeral Directors Association in Pamela Papadopoulos and Heather Houston's real estate cycles and day, August 4, 2007. He is survived the University of Alabama School Peter's family. The funeral was held 1988; past Commander of the Coal- Papadopoulos; his six grandchil- continued to develop properties up by his wife Aspasia; his children of Law. A respected and dedicated on August 13 at St. Demetrios dale American Legion in 1955- dren; his brother Gregory (Io) Pa- until the time of his death. He Carl Balaban, Rita Rutherford, and attorney, she was a member of the Greek Orthodox Church in Calgary. 1956; member of the Order of padopoulos; his sister Thomaitsa served as Councilman and Mayor Nick Balaban; his brother Pandel Alabama State Bar for more than Memorial donations to the Heart & AHEPA for 26 years serving as pres- Konstantinidis, and his brother-in- of Hunter's Creek Village from Balaban; and his grandchildren. 50 years. He was a veteran of the Stroke Foundation of Alberta (200, ident of ORDER OF AHEPA Homer law Rico Konstantinidis; his sisters- 1977 to 1983. He also held the po- His parents immigrated to the U.S. United States Army and a support- 119 - 14 Street N.W., Calgary, Al- Chapter #65-Bethlehem, district in-law Patricia Arapolis Pa- sition of Chairman of the Board of from Smyrna, Greece in 1912. He er of Veteran's organizations. He berta T2N 1Z6). Governor of Power District #4 from padopoulos, Avgoula Papadopou- First Bank of Houston from 1981 to graduated from San Diego High was a long-time, active member of 1990-1992, National Supreme los and Joan Vaseliades; his broth- 1996, and successfully guided that School, then served multiple years Holy Trinity - Holy Cross Greek Or- HERRON, JOHN F. Governor 1992-1993, and was hon- ers-in-law, Achilles Vaseliades, institution through the difficult era in the military. In 1952, he married thodox Cathedral. “He was a lov- BETHLEHEM, Penn. – The Express ored as the AHPEAN of the Year in Constantine Vaseliades, and Lee of 1980s Texas banking. He sup- his wife Aspasia, the niece of Fa- ing, caring and devoted husband, Times reported that John F. Her- 2002-2003. The funeral was held Vaseliades; and several nieces and ported numerous philanthropic ther Spyridon Spyropoulos, one of father, and grandfather who will be ron, 73, of Bethlehem, passed away on August 18 at Saint Nicholas nieces. He was predeceased by his causes including the Houston the early priests of the Greek com- truly missed by everyone. We are on Tuesday, August 7, 2007 at Greek Orthodox Church in Bethle- parents Eleni and Neofytos Pa- Grand Opera, the Annunciation Or- munity. He is a dearly loved and re- extremely thankful for the comfort home surrounded by his family. He hem. Memorial donations to the padopoulos; and by his brothers thodox School, and the Annuncia- spected pioneer in the Saint Spyri- and care given by friends, Commu- is survived by his wife Katherine; Saint Nicholas Greek Orthodox James N. Papadopoulos and Nicko- tion Greek Orthodox Cathedral. don Greek Orthodox Community nity Hospice, and caregivers Fen- his son Demetrios J. (Sharon A.) Church (1607 West Union Blvd., laos Papadopoulos. He was a noted Above all, he valued education, and who served on the church parish isha, Lisa and Sally.” The funeral Herron; his daughters Kathy A. Bethlehem 18018); John F. and Houston physician, banker, real es- assisted educational institutions, council, was as active member and was held on August 6 at the Holy (Richard M.) Herron-Buttillo, Katherine D. Herron AHEPA Dis- tate developer and philanthropist. particularly Wofford College. He officer in AHEPA, an officer in the Trinity-Holy Cross Cathedral. Paula C. (Rev. Paul D.) Herron and trict Scholarship Fund; or to Dream Born in Kavala, Greece in 1931, Dr. served on Wofford's Board of Saint Spyridon Senior Citizens or- Memorials donations to Holy Trini- Grace T. Herron; his grandsons Come True, all in care of the funer- Papadopoulos entered the United Trustees for twenty-four years, es- ganization and one of the origina- ty-Holy Cross Cathedral (307 19th Demetrios Eugene, Connor John, al home. States at age 19 on an educational tablished the Neofytos Papadopou- tors and strongest supporters of Street, South Birmingham, AL Richard John Buttillo, Zackary An- scholarship to attend Wofford Col- los Memorial Scholarship Fund at the annual Greek Festival for the 35233). thony, Nicholas Anthony Buttillo, MAROS, MICKEY P. lege in Spartanburg, S.C. After Wofford, and was instrumental in past 38 years. His love for the John Francis Buttillo, and Drew BOCA RATON, Fla. – The Sun-Sen- graduating in three years from the creation of the Neofytos D. Pa- church reflected his willingness to CHRISTOPHER, PANAGIOTIS Francis; his sister Nan Cannon; his tinel reported that Mickey P. Wofford, he enrolled at the Baylor padopoulos Administrative Com- help wherever he was needed, giv- CALGARY, Alberta – The Calgary sister-in-law Verna I. Herron; and Maros, 59, passed away on College of Medicine in Houston, plex at the College. He served on ing generously of his time. His gen- Herald reported that Panagiotis his extended family and friends. He Wednesday, August 8, 2007, in his Texas, where he earned his medical the Advisory Board of the Biology tle and gallant spirits are unforget- "Peter" Christopher, 76, passed was predeceased by his brother sleep. He is survived by his daugh- degree in 1958. During his residen- of Inflammation Center at the Bay- table and will forever be an inspi- away on Wednesday, August 8, Frank D. Herron; and his sister ters Michelle and Jessica. He at- cy at the Texas Medical Center, he lor College of Medicine. His passion ration to his wife, children, grand- 2007 at Foothills Hospital with his Grace Marie Brimmer. Born on De- tended Indiana University and dis- published several papers based on for science led him to honor his late children, and friends. The funeral family at his side. He is survived by cember 3, 1933 in Coaldale, Pa, he covered a deep love for the school his anesthesiology research. He be- brother by establishing the James was held on August 8 at Saint his wife Voula (nee Melathopou- was a son of the late John J. and and community. He continued to came a partner in the Pasadena N. Papadopoulos Biology Endow- Spyridon Church. Memorial dona- los); his daughters Helen (Darcy) Grace T. Shovelin Herron. He and serve his much adored school by Anesthesiology Group and worked ment and Fellowship at the Kinkaid tions to Saint Spyridon Church Edge and Barb; his sons Sam (Alex) his wife, the former Katherine D. becoming an active participant in with Dr. Michael DeBakey in the School. He and his wife also creat- (3655 Park Boulevard, San Diego, and Chris (girlfriend Carrie); his Poulias, were married for 47 years the alumni association. In 1981, he development of revolutionary ed a charitable foundation in order CA 92103). grandchildren Brittney, Kenny, on July 24th. John grew up in a moved to Florida where he devel- anesthesia techniques for open to give back to the society that gave Christopher and Olivia James; his mining town and at a young age be- oped and successfully operated a heart and vascular transplant them so many opportunities. His BOULOUKOS, GEORGE J. aunt Bessie; and several cousins, came interested in the funeral busi- chain of McDonald's restaurants. surgery. While practicing at Pasade- charismatic personality and abun- BIRMINGHAM, Ala. – The Birming- nieces and nephews. He was prede- ness, working with his uncle, Don- Most recently, he served as the Di- na's Bayshore Hospital, Dr. Pa- dant love for his family and friends ham News reported that George ceased by his mother Eleni; his fa- ald Griffiths. He graduated from rector of Executive Programs at padopoulos, along with his brother will stay with them and sustain Bouloukos, 80, passed away on Fri- ther Sotiris; and his sister Joanna. the American Academy of McAllis- Florida Atlantic University. His pas- James, began to develop apartment them forever. May his memory be day, August 3, 2007. He is survived He is now in the peaceful embrace ter Institute of Funeral Service in sion of life stemmed from his undy- projects in the growing Houston eternal. The funeral was held on by his wife Patsy Dikis Bouloukos; of his mother who passed away New York and the National Founda- ing faith in religion. He was an ac- area. These early projects were the August 11 at Annunciation Greek his sister Ann Bouloukos Chronis; forty days following his birth. To- tion of Funeral Service, School of tive member of Saint Mark Greek beginning of a more than fifty-year Orthodox Cathedral in Houston. his daughters Stephanie Constan- gether with his admiring future Funeral Service Management in Orthodox Church. The funeral was career in construction, property Memorial donations to Annuncia- tine, Maria Mandaleris and Debra bride, he immigrated to Canada in Evanston, Illinois. He served in the held on August 13 at Saint Mark management, and land develop- tion Greek Orthodox Cathedral Bouloukos-Lamb; his sons-in-law, 1951. An entrepreneur, he was a Navy during the Korean War, serv- Church in Boca Raton. Burial was ment. Inspired by his initial suc- (3511 Yoakum Boulevard Houston, Christopher Mandaleris and Tom hard and industrious worker, and ing in the 6th Fleet in the Mediter- at Valhalla Memorial Gardens in cesses, he left medicine in 1974 to TX 77006) Wofford College, the Constantine, III; his grandchildren was involved in numerous ventures ranean. In 1961, he went to New Bloomington, IN. Memorial dona- focus his energies on real estate. A Baylor College of Medicine, the Aspacia and George Constantine, in Western Canada, including own- York to work for Thomas M. Quinn tions to Saint Mark Church for the pioneer in the Houston market, he Guillain-Barré Foundation Interna- Catherine, Dean, and Christina ing and operating Maxim's Steak and Sons Funeral Home, which had underwriting of the Icon of St. An- left his mark across the city with tional, and the Kinkaid School. Mandaleris, Demi, Alexandra and House, Rocky's Cafe and Christo- 10 funeral homes located in drew of Crete (2100 NW 51st Nicole Lamb. She was predeceased pher's Family Restaurant, all in Cal- Queens, Jamaica and Long Island. Street, Boca Raton, FL 33431) or by his parents James George gary, and Buckstop Restaurant, in Later, he would become vice-presi- The Indiana University Alumni As- Bouloukos. He was a native of Oyen, Alberta. He also traveled dent and general manager of the sociation (000 E. 17th Street, CLASSIFIEDS Western Canada in the 1960's and firm. In 1979, John and his family Bloomington, IN 47408). 1970's as a hearing aid salesman. moved back to Pennsylvania to ful- This is a service An avid sportsman, Peter was a fill a lifelong dream of owning his PAPADOPOULOS, HELP WANTED (718) 728-8500 to the community. skilled soccer player, hunter and own funeral home, the John F. Her- CONSTANTINOS N. Not affiliated with any Announcements of deaths angler and would often be found in ron Funeral Home in Bethlehem. HOUSTON, Texas – The Houston JOURNALISTS WANTED other funeral home. may be telephoned to the one of Alberta's or British Colum- His son, Demetrios and daughter, Chronicle reported that Constanti- Nation’s leading Greek American Classified Department of bia's many mountains, lakes and Paula, would later join him as li- nos Neofytos Papadopoulos, 76, newspaper needs reporters and as- APOSTOLOPOULOS The National Herald at streams. He was also a devoted fan censed funeral directors in 1986. In passed away on Thursday, August sistant editor for English weekly Apostle Family - (718) 784-5255, and critic of Calgary's Flames and 1998, they expanded by purchas- 2, 2007. He is survived by his wife paper. Exceptional writing/report- Gregory, Nicholas, Andrew - Monday through Friday, Stampeders. his family wishes to ing another funeral home, the Sell- Maria V. Papadopoulos; his daugh- ing skills and bilingual fluency a Funeral Directors of 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. EST express their sincere gratitude to Herron Funeral Home in Allen- ters Helena Papadopoulos Johnson must. Car a plus. Fax or e-mail clips RIVERDALE or e-mailed to: the doctors, nurses and support town. He has been active in the and Christina Papadopoulos Papan- and cover letter to 718-472-0510 FUNERAL HOME Inc. [email protected] staff of the emergency ward and community as a member of St. dreou; his sons Neofytos Dean Pa- or [email protected]. 5044 Broadway Units 100 and 111 at the Foothills Nicholas Greek Orthodox Church; padopoulos and William Pa- 111609/01 New York, NY 10034 (212) 942-4000 FUNERAL HOMES Toll Free 1-888-GAPOSTLE

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By Bryan Marquard it really didn't sound like an 81- two years later. his wife said. Boston Globe year-old person. He would sing One of his teachers was William "He guided you exactly where parts of opera and classical music – L. Whitney, a renowned singer who he wanted you to go," Ziegler said BOSTON, Mass. – Three years ago, he'd hear something on the televi- instructed Mr. Zambara in the bel of Mr. Zambara's teaching. a student didn't show up for a les- sion, and he would sing it with canto method, which emerged in That destination was excellence, son at New England Conservatory them." Italy during the 15th and 16th Cen- she said, and he was not afraid to with mezzo-soprano Delores Mr. Zambara found his love for turies. demonstrate the kind of dedication subscribe Ziegler, so she walked over to the music in an unlikely spot. He was He also was coached in opera by he expected. One time she stood in PRINTED EDITION OF THE NATIONAL HERALD studio of Edward Zambara, her for- born in Vancouver, British Colum- Sarah Caldwell and her mentor, his studio and confessed that she via the post-office: mer voice teacher. bia and grew up in Raymond, a Boris Goldovsky, who is credited had not prepared for the lesson. ❏1 Month for $9.95 ❏3 Months for $19.95 Since the two had time to spare, lumber town of a few thousand with raising the profile of opera in "He took my books, opened the ❏6 Months for $29.95 ❏One Year fo $59.85 Mr. Zambara suggested they run people in the state of Washington the United States. door, threw them down the hall- through "La ci darem la mano," a just inland from the Pacific Ocean. 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"We were in Those who studied with Mr. ❏ ❏ fabulous voice. I tell you, he nailed At home, his mother played two classes together. He was very Zambara became very loyal and 6 Months for $51.75 One Year for $99.00 it. He really did still have a gor- recordings of the famous Italian kind and thoughtful, and he was sought his wisdom. ON LINE SUBSCRIPTION www.thenationalherald.com geous voice." tenor Enrico Caruso, "and that funny – he had a wonderful sense Graves, a mezzo-soprano diva NON SUBSCRIBERS: ❏One Year for $29.95 Often more at home teaching in helped develop my ear," he said. of humor, and he teased a lot." whose star is rising, told the Globe ❏One Month for $3.95 a studio than performing on a The school system, meanwhile, Mr. Zambara's teaching career in 1998 that, whenever she was on SUBSCRIBERS: ❏One Year for $19.95 ❏One Month for $1.95 stage, Mr. Zambara devoted his life would periodically load students ranged the country from coast to the East Coast, she would schedule to working with students, and was on a bus and send them 24 miles coast. He began in 1952 at the Uni- lessons with him, "sometimes as known for placing fine singers with north on U.S. Route 101 to Ab- versity of Tennessee in Knoxville; many as three or four times a week, NAME: ...... opera companies in the United erdeen, where many great singers moved to the University of Oregon because I really want to learn how ADDRESS: ...... States and Europe. He was among performed recitals. six years later; and returned to Ten- to sing well, and to continue to sing CITY:...... STATE: ...... ZIP:...... the most highly-regarded teachers As a teenager, Mr. Zambara be- nessee in 1961 to chair the univer- well." TEL.: ...... E-MAIL:...... CELL...... in Boston's rich musical communi- gan performing and said he wanted sity's voice department and head Ziegler said, "He was more than PLEASE SEND A GIFT SUBSCRIPTION TO: ty, instructing acclaimed perform- to study music – a career path the Knoxville Opera for five years. just a teacher – he was a mentor ers such as mezzo-soprano Denyce which perplexed his parents, ac- In 1981, he moved to the St. and could be a very father-like fig- NAME: ...... Graves and countertenor Bejun cording to his wife: "His father was Louis Conservatory, where he ure. He also was concerned with ADDRESS: ...... Mehta. a little upset – a man to make a liv- taught until returning to New Eng- the whole person, the whole stu- CITY:...... STATE: ...... ZIP:...... Mr. Zambara, who had taught at ing singing?" land Conservatory 20 years ago. A dent. He made sure you were on TEL.: ...... E-MAIL:...... CELL...... New England Conservatory for 20 Drafted into the Army after high dozen of his students followed the straight and narrow. If you Please specify method of payment years, died Tuesday, August 7, of a school, he attended a concert on his when he moved back to Boston. were going to study voice, you I enclose a check/money order for $ ...... made payable to: cerebral aneurysm which resulted base one day and was so taken by Among his many other duties, couldn't be out partying all night." The National Herald, Inc., 37-10 30th Street, Long Island City, NY 11101 - 2614 from a fall last month. He was 81 the voice of the performer, Bernard Mr. Zambara was an artist in-resi- In addition to his wife, Mr. Zam- or please debit my ❏ Mastercard ❏ Visa ❏ American Express and had lived in Brookline. Barbeau, that he started hitchhik- dence at the Franz Schubert Insti- bara leaves two daughters, "He was so good at everything ing to Indianapolis for voice tute in Austria, where he taught for Stephanie of Seymour, Tennessee CARD NUMBER: ...... he did," said his wife, Althena. "He lessons. After World War II ended, a few weeks each summer. His stu- and Diane Zambara-Peek of Indi- EXPIRATION DATE: ...... SIGNATURE:...... played the piano; he conducted; Mr. Zambara moved to Boston, dents were so high caliber they anapolis; and one grandson. and he had a wonderful voice. Even where he studied at New England were routinely scouted by man- at 81, he still sang beautifully. He Conservatory, receiving a bache- agers. The Boston Globe published would sing around the house, and lor's degree in 1950 and a master's "Music was his life – completely," the above on August 10. THE NATIONAL HERALD, AUGUST 18, 2007 GREECE CYPRUS 7 Cyprus Water Reserves at Greece Is Dangerously Low Levels On Track Could Drop Even Further if Drought Holds For U.S. Continued from page 1 hosing sidewalks and washing cars are also set to rise from 30 to 50 Visa Waiver dangerous, but definitely we need Cyprus pounds (51-85 euros; $69- to save water and try to cover our 116). needs," the director of Cyprus' Wa- As a stopgap solution, authori- Continued from page 1 ter Development Department, ties plan to build a mobile desalina- Christodoulos Artemis, told The As- tion unit. They also plan to expand The E.U. has threatened restric- sociated Press. existing water plants and build two tions on American travelers head- In the island's breakaway Turk- new fixed units. ing to Europe if changes are not ish Cypriot north, most residential But environmentalists argue made to United States policy. areas get water only once every that desalination will increase “We can no longer tolerate first- three days, especially in the sum- greenhouse gas emissions, and that and second-class member states,” mer. Officials are considering salt released back into the sea will said Franco Frattini, the European bringing in water from Turkey in upset natural levels and harm ma- Commission’s vice president in undersea pipes and distilling sea- rine life. charge of justice issues. The last water. Green Party official Efi Xanthou five Eastern European countries In the south, authorities say said that desalination should be which acceded to the E.U. are VWP there are no immediate plans to re- used as a last resort, and the party candidates because legislation strict household supply, but irriga- favors improved recycling of water signed by Mr. Bush eased existing tion water for farmers – who use 69 and investment in fixing the net- rules. percent of the island's water – has work which, they say, could be Before the rules changed, U.S. been cut back. leaking as much as 40 percent of allies qualified for the Program on- The Government is offering cash water into the ground. ly if fewer than 3 percent of their incentives for recycling household They also criticize Government visa applicants had been denied water, and subsidizing new bore- plans to grant permits for 14 new U.S. visas. A new law now raises holes to tap water supplies under water-hungry golf courses – the is- AP/PETROS KARADJIAS the threshold to 10 percent. the cities. land already has three – in order to Shepherd Omiros Constantinou, 74, watches over his flock in a parched field near Koutrafas village, south- Greece has been trying to enter Fines for wasting tap water by boost high-income tourism. west of Nicosia, this past Sunday, August 12. Cyprus is experiencing a severe drought. the VWP for a number of years. The Greek American community has been a driving force behind this ef- fort and, through organizations like AHEPA and the American Hellenic Institute, continues to remind the Turkey’s Islamic-Leaning Party Insists on Gul for President U.S. Government that Greece has always been supportive of the Unit- By Selcan Hacaoglu Gul said his main goals would be post is largely ceremonial, but the NTV television after the decision ruling party, rejected Baykal's accu- ed States and, as the birthplace of Associated Press "to protect secularism… No one incumbent has the power to veto was announced. sations as unjust. Democracy, has contributed funda- should have any concerns (about legislative bills and Government Gul's wife wears an Islamic style "Gul has the right to be presi- mentally to the formation of the ANKARA (AP) – Turkey's Islamic- that)," he said at a news conference appointments. President Ahmet headscarf, which many secular dent like anyone else," he told American republic. oriented ruling party decided to after submitting his application to Necdet Sezer, the current presi- Turks regard as a symbol of politi- CNN-Turk television. Other instances where Greece’s nominate Foreign Minister Abdul- run for president to Parliament. dent, often frustrated the Govern- cal Islam, and use as a reason why Baykal and other party leaders loyalty and support to the United lah Gul again for president this past Gul said his presidency would ment by blocking its initiatives. he should not become president. had called on Erdogan to nominate States are clear are the World War Monday, August 13, despite strong embrace all the Turkish people. "I a compromise candidate. II and Post-War periods, and the opposition to his candidacy, a party will embrace all of my people. I will Turkey's newly-triumphant fact that Greece has consistently official said. take into account all different prime minister issued thinly veiled supported America in every major When Prime Minister Recep views. Objectivity will certainly be warnings to the military and non- war during the 20th Century. Tayyip Erdogan proposed Gul as his my principle, I ask that no one religious opposition this past Greece is also one of the original 15 party's candidate earlier this year, it doubt this. E.U. membership is the Wednesday, August 15, saying that members of the European Union. ignited a backlash from the secular whole Government's goal. I will interfering in presidential elections Members of the Greek American opposition, which accused Gul of help the Government in reaching would show a lack of respect for community continue to support having an agenda to scrap the secu- this target," he told a news confer- Turkish voters, defending Gul, a de- Greece’s entry to the U.S. Visa lar traditions of the predominantly ence. vout Muslim, as "the ideal candi- Waiver Program because they firm- Muslim nation. Murat Mercan, a se- Erdogan's party won a majority date" for the presidency. ly believe it will strengthen ties be- nior party official, confirmed Gul's of seats in July 22 elections, but it Erdogan's Justice & Develop- tween the United States and the candidacy after a party meeting did not secure the two-thirds need ment Party won 46.6 percent of the motherland, as many relatives of Monday. to approve a presidential candidate votes in early elections, which were American citizens would then be "Gul is a statesman who has alone during the first two rounds of provoked by Gul's initial decision to able to visit America hassle-free. great experience," Mercan told pri- parliamentary voting. stand for president which, in turn, “It’s absolutely necessary for vate CNN-Turk television. "I believe But the president can be elected prompted the powerful military to Greece to be part of this program,” he would be very successful." by a simple majority in the third threaten to intervene. Maria Stefanakos of Chevy Chase, Gul's candidacy signals that Er- round of voting if Parliament se- "If there is a backsliding in Maryland told the Herald. “It’s dogan's party apparently bowed to cures a quorum of lawmakers nec- democracy it would have serious something that should have hap- pressure from grassroots support- essary for presidential elections. Ci- effects on the economy," Erdogan pened years ago. It’s simply unac- ers, despite serious concerns raised han Pacaci, a senior member of the warned Wednesday. "The will of the ceptable for Greece not to be in- by secular circles about the foreign Nationalist Action Party, reiterated people that was reflected in the bal- cluded in the program.” minister's candidacy. that his party pledged support to lot boxes must be respected." According to George Luis of Up- It was Gul's candidacy which reach a quorum to prevent a new Erdogan's party has been per Marlboro, Maryland who immi- triggered a political crisis months political crisis. "I don't see chaos praised for its willingness to pursue grated to the United States and is a ago, forcing the Government to ahead," Pacaci told private NTV Western-style reforms to strength- naturalized U.S. citizen, if Greece hold early parliamentary elections. television Monday. AP/BURHAN OZBILICI en the economy and join the E.U. eventually enters the VWP, “AHEPA The choice of candidate had Still, Gul's nomination showed Turkish Foreign Minister Abdullah Gul arrives at opposition party in Earlier Wednesday, Gul tried to and our Greek American represen- alarmed the military-backed, secu- that the Government could be Ankara this past Tuesday, August 14. Gul, once again seeking to be- ease concerns about his candidacy, tatives in Congress deserve all the lar establishment, which accused heading toward another show- come Turkey's president, sought support from opposition leaders, al- and pledged to respect the consti- credit. AHEPA is the largest Greek the Government of seeking a lock down with secularists, including though some parties fear he will undermine secular traditions and tution's secular principles, promis- organization in the United States. It on power so it could impose Islamic the military. provoke the ire of the powerful military. ing to abandon his political affilia- has fought in the past and contin- ways unchecked. "It is not appropriate to have a tions and be a neutral president. ues to fight today in order for This past Tuesday, August 14, president who has problems with Onur Oymen, a senior member Baykal said the manner of Gul's "The principles of the constitution Greece to be included in the pro- Gul said that his main goal would the founding philosophy of the of the Republican People's Party, wife dress was not the real prob- will be my guide." gram. I also believe that all Greek be to strengthen the secular princi- Turkish Republic," said Deniz said Gul's candidacy amounted to a lem, however: "In my opinion, the Gen. Yasar Buyukanit, chief of Americans could never thank our ples of the constitution if elected Baykal, leader of the main opposi- serious threat to the secular princi- outfits of his wife is not an issue. the Turkish military, has said, "We fellow Greek American representa- president by Parliament, while tion pro-secular Republican Peo- ples of the country. Anyone who can give confidence hope that someone who is loyal to tives in Congress enough for all the helping the Government to ple's Party. "His candidacy was not expected about the inside of his head can be the principles of the republic – not work they’ve done, so far, and for strengthen the country's European The job of president is critical to to contribute to peace and stability a candidate," he said. just in words but in essence – is their continuous support on this Union membership bid. overall control of the State. The in the country," Oymen told private Sadullah Ergin, a member of the elected president." matter.” If Santorini’s Whites are Good Enough for the Gods…

Continued from page 1 biggest, an impressive co-op with only $19.95 from the agent. The self. If you like it, Kolonaki has it more than 2,000 members. It has an fleshier 2003 at $26.95 can also be available by the case at only $14.95 a world heritage site. From more excellent visitor center and a bevy ordered from Kolonaki (contact a bottle, which is a dollar cheaper than 4,000 hectares, only 1,200 re- of pretty decent wines. I was most them at 416-630-7392). than at vintages. main – about 75 percent being As- impressed, however, with one of the The bad news is that, even While some less expensive syrtiko. smaller producers, Sigalas, owned though this white has been submit- Greek wines are challenging, bar- Unlike any other vineyard in the by Paris Sigalas, a mathematician ted to vintages a number of times, gains do exist. At only $8.15, for in- world, the vines look like low tor- by training who started the winery vintages consistently refused to stance, Kourtakis 2004 Vin de Crete tured bushes with grape clusters of- in 1991. Today his whites are hailed taste it. The good news is that it will Red will definitely hit the spot on a ten left dangling on the parched as being the best in Greece. be at the Taste of the Danforth hot summer day, especially if slight- volcanic-laced, stony soil. No close In one of those weird twists of Greek Wine Garden (located at ly chilled. It's light in alcohol (only spacing here, the roots need room fate, I was able to do a vertical tast- Pape and Danforth), where you can 12 percent), dry, medium-light to spread out to absorb every drop ing of Sigalas Assyrticos, thanks to personally check out the goods by bodied, with slightly spicy, plumy, of moisture. Water is on strict allo- the Toronto-based wine agent buying sample tickets. red cherry flavors and a Beaujolais- cation, and evening mists are criti- Steve Kriaris, who owns the Kolon- Also on tap is another gold like crispness. cal for survival. Vines are trained aki Group. medal-winning Santorini white, As for great Greek reds, they do into a unique basket-shaped form, The Sigalas 2005 Santorini, de- which is being released at the LCBO exist. Future updates from my which protects them from gale- spite being 14 percent alcohol, is on September 15. At $15.95, Greek wine odyssey will keep you force winds. very well integrated with lots of Boutari 2006 Santorini has an at- abreast of what's worth buying. It is here that I tasted most of the bright, fresh, ripe lemon-melon fla- tractive, slightly spicy, ripe apricot Assyrticos made at the island's vors. It's easy to drink, and perfec- nose and dry, zesty, ripe melon-ap- The National Post published dozen wineries. Santos is the tion with seafood. It's available at ple flavors. Compare both for your- the above on August 11.

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I also want to congratulate my cy; shed their chains; not allow the knowledge or return those left have been depleted of funds to the friend, Ike Gulas, on being elected so-called leaders to govern their unpublished. The feast of the Dormition of the Theotokos is not only a major event in point of facing bankruptcy in an ef- supreme president. vote; and pass the one-man/one- Greece each August, but throughout the entire Orthodox and Roman fort to deal responsibly with this I am very saddened, however, vote resolution so that every mem- Catholic Christian world. For example, thousands of pilgrims, including NATO-led peacekeepers and members of Kosovo’s Muslim majority, gathered at Letnica, a tiny vil- lage in the contested province, this past Wednesday to commemorate the PRESS CLIPPINGS high holyday, which the Roman Catholic Church refers to as the “Assumption.” The Orthodox Church celebrates the Dormition as one of the greatest of all the religious festivals which the Church established in honor of the All- Holy Virgin Mary. Bubbles Everywhere: Cypriot Investors a Barometer of Sorts The feasts of the Theotokos are second in importance after those of Jesus Christ in the annual cycle of festivals observed by the Orthodox By Dr. Jim Leontiades ically led the direction of the econ- plunging dollar, terrorism, etc. In- Most of the buying this time has Church because, after the Lord Himself, the All-Holy Virgin is the most Financial Mirror omy and have been used to predict evitably, it will end. The question is come from professionals. This has blessed person in the Church. its future direction. This being the not "if" but "when." In the mean- been particularly true of buying on The Lord’s greatest feast is Pascha, the feast of His redemptive Death NICOSIA – Today's investor faces a case, the Dow Jones would appear time, the Cypriot investor has to the Athens exchange. The prices of and Resurrection. His Mother’s greatest feast is also associated with her unique situation. Rarely have the to be signaling that the recent slow- consider what all this means for the Bank of Cyprus and Laiki shares death and metastasis (i.e., translation or transposition) to Heaven. The world's equity markets been so ing of economic growth was merely Cyprus Stock Exchange. listed there feed into, and influ- reason for this rests in the basic Christian perception of salvation, which is buoyant. Whether you look East or a blip in what is already one of the Here in Cyprus, the market does ence, share prices on the CSE. The none other than the reentry of human beings into God’s eternal kingdom, West, in developed or emerging longest periods of U.S. economic not seem to realize that we have greater liquidity and professional- transcending death and regaining the gift of eternal life. markets, the story is the same: a expansion. This would also seem to entered the summer doldrums. ism of Athens has provided a In the Orthodox tradition, the blessed person of the Theotokos is insep- general upward movement in share be the interpretation of foreign Share activity should be at a low, steadying effect on Cypriot share arable from the blessed Person of the Savior. Through her, God became prices which has few historical par- markets, which continue to climb. with small volumes and little ex- prices. man, and this is exactly what the name, Theotokos (i.e., the God-bearer, allels. Japan, the market of the world's citement. This is far from being the The upsurge on the CSE never- Mother of God) constantly declares: namely that the place and signifi- But wait, hasn't the American second largest economy, has been case. theless continues. We may expect cance of the Virgin Mary in the Church can not be understood apart from economy, the daddy of them all, growing at the exceptional rate of Shares of the tourism sector (the to see another input of optimism her relation to the Lord. just turned in its worst perfor- 5.5 percent. Considering that coun- hoteliers who are always crying soon when the major banks report Orthodox Christians honor Mary as the Mother of all Christians be- mance in years. After growing at try's miserable economic perfor- bankruptcy) are going through the their latest half-year results. cause, as the Church Fathers explain, she is the “New Eve,” the new over 3 percent annually for the past mance over the past 15 years, this roof. Bank of Cyprus shares, which Together with the global eupho- Mother of Humanity who, through her obedience, reversed the curse four years, for the first quarter of is nothing short of remarkable. are being dumped on the market in ria, such local market buoyancy which followed Eve’s disobedience, and brought the “New Adam” into the 2007, it registered growth just a lit- European equity markets have such volume that we might have raises danger signals. Another world, Christ, Who restored mankind’s communion with the Creator. tle over half a percent. not been lagging, either, continuing expected a major decline in their 1999-2000 type bubble is not likely This restorative action was made possible through the Incarnation That is a fact which equity mar- an upward trend which has favored price, have nevertheless kept on to happen, but it can not be ruled which, in turn, was made possible through the Holy Virgin’s body. Her role kets in the United States and else- them over the past several years. A rising right through the 13 Euro out. That's not because the Cypriot in humanity’s salvation is undeniable. where have simply ignored. The big surprise has been the emerging barrier. investor has learned a lesson. Dow Jones index has broken one markets. These, known for their The underlying trend has, in Yes, small investors, have been record after another (30 this year), volatility, had been expected to general, been very buoyant. The burned and will think twice before and has hit close to 14,000. weaken after a period of exception- CSE general index has broken its plunging in recklessly. But human Based on the slowdown in al growth. That has not proved to old record and cries of caution re- nature is rarely consistent. It's still Dirt under the rug American economic growth, many be the case. Led by what the invest- calling the 1999-2000 fiasco are possible that the "irrational exuber- analysts had predicted a downturn ment firm of Goldman Sachs has heard. ance," which Alan Greenspan noted John and Timothy Rigas started serving their prison sentences this past in share prices. A low rate of termed the "BRIC" (Brazil, Russia, Having said that, it is clear for during the previous bubble, reap- Monday for multiple charges of securities fraud, bank fraud and conspira- growth would inevitably impact on India and China), they are rapidly the time being, that some things pears; reality is once again pushed cy to commit bank fraud. John Rigas, 82, was sentenced to 15 years, while stock markets around the world. moving toward new heights. are very different. Share prices con- aside; and speculation takes over. his son Tim, 51, was sentenced to 20 years. This interpretation overlooks the This must eventually end, of tinue to bear a reasonable relation- That will, of course, be the signal to We all know that, technically in this country, everybody is innocent un- fact that share prices are a leading course. There are plenty of dark ship to earnings. The small Cypriot exit. til proven guilty, and that the Rigases were proven guilty in a court of law, indicator of American economic ac- clouds just over the horizon which investor still bears a healthy skepti- but it’s still important that they get a fair chance to appeal. Many people tivity. could puncture the balloon: high cism about the markets future The Financial Mirror pub- would like father and son to simply admit their wrongdoing so that there In other words, they have histor- oil prices, weak housing markets, a prospects. lished the above on July 18. can be closure in this sad story, but what if the courts got some of it wrong? We’re not saying we think the Rigases are innocent, but we do think it’s our responsibility to argue that, perhaps, the extent of their guilt should still be re-examined. One day before he checked into federal prison on North Carolina, John Rigas told the Buffalo News – which deserves to be applauded for consis- A Democratic, Secular Turkey is in the West’s Best Interests tently endeavoring to provide the public with the Rigases’ side of the story – that he believes politics played a major role in his trial and ultimate con- By R.L. Schreadley less effusive in its editorial, as well Ever since the Western powers "hate" the United States is said to be viction (see story, page 4). Charleston Post & Courier as in a news item datelined Istan- carved up what remained of the Ot- higher than the percentage among “In view of what I’ve seen happening in the last three years, I don’t bul, which opined, "The election toman Empire at the end of World Palestinians (Palestinians?!). know, but certainly it wasn’t just a coincidence – the way everything hap- CHARLESTON, S.C. – The recent victory here of the ruling center- War I, Turkey has been an outpost Much of this shift in sentiment, pened, so fast and coordinated, and we were displayed across the whole electoral victory of Turkish Prime right party with Islamic roots paves of sanity in what seems a peculiarly of course, is due to the overwhelm- country as criminals,” Mr. Rigas said. He was referring to his arrest, and Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan's the way for more pro-Western and insane part of the world. It is a full- ing unpopularity of the war in Iraq. the way federal agents paraded an elderly man of slight stature around in Justice & Development Party (AKP) business-friendly policies, even as fledged member of NATO, even Much is due to the Kurdish situa- handcuffs, even though he and his sons offered to turn themselves in the received cheerful endorsements the party faces growing pressure though its strategic interests would tion. Still more is a growing aware- night before. from both the liberal New York from resurgent nationalists, and seem to have little to do with the ness within Turkey that a much- There can be no doubt that the Bush Administration was under intense Times and the more conservative from Turkey's secular elite." North Atlantic basin. Its borders are coveted membership in the Euro- pressure to crack down on corporate crime back in 2002 after the Enron, Wall Street Journal. This sentiment Let's hope all this works out well with Syria, Iraq, Iran, Armenia, pean Union is not in the books, at WorldCom and Adelphia scandals erupted. So many stockholders lost so was expressed in many other – that it is not so much whistling in Azerbaijan, Georgia, Bulgaria and least anytime soon, and that the much money. Somebody had to pay for it, and because Adelphia was a learned journals, as well. the dark. One of the very worst Greece. Not exactly a quiet neigh- United States has done nothing to family-run (albeit publicly-owned) company with a small-town location, "The impressive re-election vic- things that could happen to West- borhood. persuade the E.U. otherwise. the Rigases were easier legal targets than Bernie Ebbers and the late Ken tory scored by Turkey's conserva- ern interests in the Middle East Turkish troops fought bravely Since the days of Mustafa Kemal Lay at the time. tive Muslim ruling party is a tribute would be to have Turkey embrace alongside our troops in the Korean Ataturk, the Turkish army has been The sociopolitical milieu of five years ago was definitely not in the to the growing maturity of that Islamic radicalism of the sort which War. It is host to a large U.S. mili- the guardian of last resort for the Rigases favor, so it’s reasonable to assert that, to a certain extent, they country's politics, and an inspira- triumphed in Iran (with help from tary base (Incirlik). By some esti- secular state he created. Military were, in fact, quarries in a corporate witch-hunt. tion for the cause of democracy in democracies in the West); is resur- mates, three-fourths of air cargo intervention to overthrow an elect- The fact that they refuse to acknowledge any wrongdoing does not en- the broader Muslim world," the gent in Afghanistan; and threatens destined for U.S. forces in Iraq and ed government is anathema in dear them to the public, of course, but because they are still vigorously try- Times said in an editorial. nominal U.S. allies in Egypt, Jordan Afghanistan utilizes Turkish air- much of the civilized world, and ing to appeal their convictions (probably in the tragically misguided hope The Journal was only slightly and Saudi Arabia. space. rightly so. that they will somehow manage to get their sentences reduced), they at True, Prime Minister Erdogan's It is not, however, beyond the least clearly believe they can not afford to admit they did anything wrong. government refused to allow the realm of possibility in Turkey today, It might be better for the Rigases to accept their punishment and just United States use of Turkish territo- should the Islamists press their slip away quietly, regardless of how just or unjust it is. If they kept quiet ry as a staging area for a planned agenda too far. Indeed, the army about it, people would eventually forget about it and might have less of a northern front in the war to unseat there has acted more than once in reaction if, say, they were to be set free earlier due to good behavior in a Saddam Hussein. That left an en- the post-World War II period to pre- minimum-security prison. tire U.S. Army division stewing on serve what we in America take for But the sociological, spiritual and moral complexities of the Adelphia ships in the eastern Mediterranean granted – separation of church and case aside, there is something to what the Rigases are saying from a legal at a crucial moment in the war. state (and yes, I know you won't standpoint: They assert that one of the prosecution’s star witnesses changed But this most likely had less to find those words in the U.S. Consti- his story while testifying as a witness in another case after their trial. do with displeasure over our clum- tution). During the Adelphia trial, James Brown, one of Adelphia’s former fi- sy failure to secure Turkey's assent A key moment for Erdogan's nancial officers, testified that he repeatedly lied to auditors and investors in advance of our troops arriving AKP will be when it announces its to make Adelphia’s books look better than they actually did. He claims he off its coast than it did with Erdo- nomination for president. The did so with the Rigases’ full knowledge and consent. Prosecutors maintain gan's – and the Turkish army's – Turkish presidency, which holds the that Mr. Brown’s testimony alone was enough to convict the Rigases. concern that a potential breakup of power to veto legislation, tradition- But Mr. Brown may have reversed his story recently while testifying post-war Iraq might well lead to an ally has been held by a secularist. during a civil trial. According to court documents filed by Rigas lawyers, independent Kurdistan. This re- The AKP's prior nomination of an Mr. Brown testified that he had never lied to Adelphia’s auditors and in- mains a sore point today. Turkey Islamist, vigorously opposed by vestors about “co-borrowing,” debt reclassification and other financial has a large Kurdish minority, and secularists and, menacingly, by the matters which he claimed during the criminal trial. He also denied hiding the separatist Kurdistan Workers army, was tossed out on a techni- information from auditors, the documents contend. Party (PKK) uses Iraqi territory to cality by the Turkish high court. It This is a legitimate concern, and certainly seems sufficiently valid to re- launch terrorist attacks which have led Erdogan to call the election examine the case. It may not be enough to get the Rigases completely off taken, and are taking, many hun- which now has confirmed him in the hook (the public would probably never stand for that, anyway), but it dreds of Turkish lives. office with 47 percent of the vote could be enough to reduce the severity of their punishment. The Kurds are our only reason- cast. Some people are unsympathetic about even that possibility, of course, ably reliable Iraqi partners, and It is very much in the West's in- but we would point out that there is some truth to what the Rigases are thus far, the United States has done terest that Turkey remain both de- saying: banks, auditors and attorneys all signed off on their practices, and little more than jawboning to curb mocratic and secular. But Democra- then ran like hell when the proverbial you-know-what hit the fan. the PKK's cross-border raids. cy and Islam have proven at best to It was determined in court that the Rigases bore the primary responsi- Earlier this year, a Pew Center be uneasy bedfellows and, at worst, bility to Adelphia’s stockholders, but their layers of protection were also poll produced some startling num- totally incompatible. What must the stockholders’ layers of protection, and the onion kept peeling until on- bers. Five years ago, before Prime Ataturk, in his secular paradise (if ly the Rigases were left. Minister Erdogan assumed power, indeed there is one) be thinking as Meanwhile, a number of other (probably) guilty parties have remained the Turkish people were strongly he views his handiwork from afar? scot-free; Adelphia’s assets have been acquired by other cable giants like pro-American, more so than any Comcast and Time Warner, or those assets have been placed on the auction other Muslim country in the world. The Post & Courier published block; and the stockholders are still not getting their money back. Now, according to Pew, it is the the above on August 6. Mr. If Mr. Brown has indeed changed his story, it is the American judicial most anti-American. Only 9 per- Schreadley is a former Post & system’s obligation to reconsider what could be a legitimate argument cent of Turks say they have a favor- Courier executive editor. He has with a significant bearing on the case. Rejecting the Rigases out-of-hand able opinion of the United States, traveled extensively in Turkey amounts to nothing more than sweeping dirt under the rug. and the percentage of Turks who over a period of many years. THE NATIONAL HERALD, AUGUST 18, 2007 VIEWPOINTS 9 LETTER FROM ATHENS Campaigns of Deception Against Holy Land Christians

Readers should be abusing, raping and fundamentalists who, among other which conflates the expulsion of quite familiar, by now, murdering Christians in demands, wanted U.S. Government Christians by fanatics in Iraq with the Here’s What the Guide with the Israeli Palestine, and then but- support to proselytize evangelical decline in the Christian population Government’s contin- tress their arguments Christianity in Russia among the of the Holy Land. Atrocities against ued persecution of the with real statistics Orthodox. Shea also directs the Christians in Iraq are very real, al- Books Don’t Tell You Church of Jerusalem in showing the decline of Center for Religious Freedom a re- though they pale in magnitude to the order to achieve two the Christian popula- search organization long associated atrocities between Sunni and Shia Greeks in the ly violate Greek air separate but equally tion in the Middle East with the neoconservative Freedom Muslims. Rod Nordland, the author, Diaspora who are well space. sinister objectives: in general, and in House. Ms. Shea has effectively pre- cleverly allows readers to infer that traveled to Greece You will be pleased On the one hand, Palestine in particular. vented the Commission from hear- what is happening in Iraq is also the know the foibles and by the clean, fast and Israel’s intent to The scheme is breath- ing any testimony critical of Israel case in Palestine. The article ignores frailties of their moth- efficient Metro, which cleanse the Holy Land by AMB. PATRICK N. taking in scope – an ex- and blocked my efforts to appear be- the well-documented Israeli cam- er country, but even makes those in New of its native Christian THEROS ample of a lie so big no fore the commission on behalf of the paign against Christians. Many of they are sometimes York and Boston seem population has been one would dare ques- Patriarchate of Jerusalem (for more the facts in the article are either flat- baffled by the mindset like underground well documented in the Special to tion it. details, please look up http://right- out lies or simply deceptive. For ex- of their relatives and dungeons with steel international press. For The National Herald In June 2006, Reps. web.irc-online.org, and do a search ample, Muslims did NOT torch “at fellow countrymen. wheels, but make sure those who question Joseph Crowley (D-NY) on Nina Shea). least a half dozen Churches on the \Imagine, then, you validate your pa- that assertion, I recommend that you and Michael McCaul (R-Texas) cir- NO EVIDENCE West Bank,” following a statement how difficult it is for per ticket, or you research statements by former culated a “Dear Colleague” letter in Apparently by accident, I was in- by the Pope. The Catholic Church in those who come to could wind up paying Representative Henry Hyde (R- the House entitled, “Help Save the vited to attend Shea’s seminar. Mr. Gaza was not sacked by “militants,” Greece expecting to 60 times the cost of Illinois), ex-Chairman of the House Oldest Christian Community in the Weiner delivered one of the most but by common criminals whom find Zorba waiting at by ANDY the ticket for an on- International Relations Committee, World, Co-sponsor a Resolution breathtaking examples of the “big Hamas hunted down and held ac- the airport dispensing DABILIS the-spot fine. columnist Robert Novak and Israeli Recognizing the Plight of Palestinian lie” I have ever been privileged to countable. The looting had nothing down-home homilies This system re- journalist Ori Nir. Christians.” This letter portrayed the hear. According to Mr. Weiner, the to do with the fighting between and a country of Special quires the subways On the other hand, certain Israeli issue of Palestinian Christians in a Palestinian Authority police kidnap Hamas and Fatah. quaint fishing villages to The National Herald and buses to employ politicians work hand in hand with dangerously distorted way – replete Christian girls and force them to THE ONLY CHAMPION and people still riding ticket-checkers. nationalist and religious settler orga- with inaccuracies and exaggera- marry Muslims on a regular basis. Greece has been the only champi- donkeys, although there are, of And while it’s easy to validate nizations to appropriate the exten- tions. The letter and accompanying He went onto enumerate other ex- on for the Christian Arab Orthodox course, places where that is still on the subway, to do it on a bus sive real estate holdings of the resolution accused the Palestinian amples of rape, pillage, murder and community in Palestine, as exempli- part of everyday life – like means you have to fight through a Patriarchate, with the twin purpose Authority of systematically persecut- expulsion committed by the fied by recent vigorous efforts by Syntagma Square in the heart of crowd of people to find the valida- of personal enrichment and allowing ing Palestinian Christians, and Palestinian authorities against Dora Bakoyanni on behalf of the the city. tion machine, which you often the settlers to “create facts” which claimed that this is the major motiva- Christians. There is almost no evi- Patriarchate. Sadly, until the larger That’s why many travelers turn can’t do at rush hour, so you could will prevent any final peace agree- tion of Christian emigration. The res- dence at all that these heinous Christian world understands the hu- to guide books, and there are plen- be fined even if you tried to obey ment with the Palestinians. olution also contains many inaccura- crimes have actually taken place, but man tragedy unfolding for Christians ty of them, and their companion the law, except that the ticket Unfortunately, the howling inept- cies and exaggerations. After strong to an ignorant American audience, in the Holy Land, the native Internet sites: Frommer’s, Fodor’s, checker probably can’t reach you ness of the Palestinian media effort, representations by both Orthodox why not believe this “expert’s” state- Christian community descended di- Eyewitness, National Geographic, either. combined with the complete indif- and Catholic representatives, both ments? At the end of this diatribe, I rectly from those who heard Christ Blue Guide, Lonely Planet, Let’s This system so bewildered two ference of the American public to congressmen learned that they had rose to speak. When I identified my- speak and observed the awesome Go, Cadogan, Insight, Only The American mothers traveling with news and events beyond their imme- been duped by pro-Israeli staffers self, Ms. Shea stated that “you can events of the Crucifixion and Best, Companion Guide and Matt their children that they wound up diate short-term interest, has al- and shelved the resolution. not make any statements” but only Resurrection will disappear. Barrett’s Guide to Greece, which is being fined on the Metro and com- lowed the Israelis to cultivate politi- In July, the Hudson Institute, a ask a question. When I replied that I I do believe that there is a God, probably the most personal. plained to Lonely Planet that “The cal and financial support for this ef- champion of Israel and an unre- could not ask a question in response however, and that nothing goes un- Gone are the days of cheap police treated us all like we were fort. Another major source of sup- formed supporter of the Iraq War, to Mr. Weiner’s fabrications without noticed. Two months ago, I attended travel and stays. With some re- criminals. I think it’s a scam to get port for Israel’s persecution of the hosted a seminar by Justus Weiner, a statement, she called up a very liturgy at the Church of the Holy search and persistence and, most us to fund their metro system.” Orthodox Church can be found scholar in-residence at the Jerusalem large bouncer who tried to take the Sepulcher in Jerusalem. I was as- importantly, good advice from Then there’s the concept of among a uniquely American institu- Center for Public Affairs, an Israeli microphone and prevent me from tounded to see that the participants someone who lives here, you can time. Greece is seven hours ahead tion, fundamentalist Protestantism, think tank with secular but extreme speaking. When I further protested in the liturgy all looked to be reli- find bargains, but don’t be too of the East Coast in the United which regards the Orthodox and the nationalist Israeli politicians, to tout other men were called in and I was gious Israeli settlers. I learned that knocked down to see, as States, but that’s only approximate Catholics as idolaters. Supporting his new book, “Human Rights of evicted from the room. Later Mr. they are indeed Russian-born Israelis Frommer’s says, “Greece with air when you’re here because, unless Israel’s attempts to destroy the Christians in Palestinian Society.” Weiner actually warned the audi- who, through conversion or mixed for less than $200 a day.” It’s either you tell someone your appoint- Orthodox Church fits in with their The session was chaired by Nina ence that Orthodox and Catholic marriage, are part of a strong injec- that or a youth hostel where, if you ment date is “akrivos,” or exact, plans to create the conditions which Shea, an advocate of such causes as Church leaders would reject his tion of new Orthodox Christians who survive the night, you’ll save some you will find that Greek Standard will force God to initiate Armaged- the Contras in Nicaragua and the statements as lies, but not to believe are filling our Churches again. money. Time (GST) means something in don and the Second Coming. current Iraq War, and an author of them as they are covering up for the As Barrett says, “Athens is a the general vicinity of the meeting NEW CAMPAIGN many books which seek to stir up ha- Palestinian Muslims. The Hon. Ambassador Theros wonderful city when you get to time you had set, so it’s okay if Lately, Israel and its American tred of Muslims and support for Two weeks ago, the National served in the U.S. Foreign Service know it, but most guidebooks are they show up at 9 o’clock for an 8 supporters have opened a new cam- Israel. Herald reprinted a Newsweek article for 36 years, mostly in the Middle as confusing as Athens seems to be PM rendezvous. paign to cover Israeli complicity in Paradoxically, Ms. Shea is vice on Christians in the Middle East East, and was American for those unfamiliar with it,” so he That also explains why televi- the ethnic cleansing of Christians chair of the Orwellian-named “U.S. (Press Clippings, “Ancient Christian Ambassador to Qatar from 1995 to said he started his own guides, sion shows scheduled to start at 9 from the Holy Land. They have con- Commission on International Communities Are Fleeing the Holy 1998. He also directed the State which he touts as “survival” infor- PM will often start at arbitrary structed a propaganda apparatus to Religious Freedom (CIRF),” a quasi- Land,” August 4 edition). The article Department’s Counter-Terrorism mation as much as tourist tips. Too times, like 9:18 and cut away for a convince Americans that it is Muslim governmental body founded in re- takes a new, more clever tack. It is a Office, and holds numerous U.S. bad that, among the many colorful half-hour of news when there’s Palestinians who are harassing, sponse to pressure from Protestant very cleverly worded deception Government decorations. t-shirts for sale in Plaka, which are still one minute left in the movie guaranteed to last for one wash- you are watching. ing, there wasn’t one that said, “I An extreme sport in Greece, survived a trip to Greece.” which may qualify for the next X- There are so many questions to games, is walking. deal with when coming to Greece, This is because there are so few Turkey’s Aggression Policies & Kissinger’s Complicity particularly for the first time, so sidewalks, and where you do find here are some nuggets that will one, there will often be trees In July and August 1974, 33 Britain, Greece and laterally broke off the looting by its army in Cyprus during bring you memories which will growing in the middle of it, or it years ago, Turkey committed ag- Turkey, the guarantor negotiations and vio- and after the Turkish invasion of last a lifetime, or at least until you will be torn up for one of the con- gression, war crimes, ethnic cleans- powers, entered into lated the ceasefire; summer 1974.” get home and try to calculate why stant excavations which make ing and executed an apartheid poli- negotiations in Gene- launched a second In the second phase of its inva- that one-mile taxi ride cost $30. Greece one vast construction site, cy in Cyprus, with the full complicity va- following the first more massive aggres- sion, three weeks after the legitimate First, remember that when fac- making for such uneven pavement of then Secretary of State Henry U.N. ceasefire on July sion without a pretext; government of Cyprus had been re- ing a vexing situation, you should you will need four-wheel drive Kissinger. 22, 1974. Kissinger occupied more than 37 stored, Turkey committed war expect to hear the single catch-all shoes. As is well known, Kissinger re- was kept advised about percent of Cyprus, up crimes, ethnic cleansing and applied answer to explain everything from This means you have to walk in jected the advice of Tom Boyatt, his the negotiations. from less than five per- an apartheid policy to Cyprus. Mem- why the subway closes shortly af- the streets where motorists find Cyprus Desk Officer, to inform the On August 13, 1974 cent occupied as a re- bers of Turkey’s political and military ter midnight – the time when most you a tempting target in a video Greek junta to stop any action Turkey issued a 36- sult of the first attack of leadership at that time should have Greeks are just going out to eat or game. against the democratically elected hour ultimatum to July 20, 1974; and been tried as war criminals. But since party – to why the Acropolis is It’s especially interesting and Cypriot Government of President Greece and Britain to by EUGENE T. forcibly expelled more Turkey was a U.S. ally and a member closed when you expect it to be perilous if you’re pushing a baby Makarios. accept Turkey’s propos- ROSSIDES than 170,000 Greek of NATO, the U.S. applied a double open: “This is Greece.” stroller. As I have written previously and al, which was tanta- Cypriots from their standard to Turkey and did nothing. At first, you will be thrown by As Barrett says in his guide, “To often, the public record is clear re- mount to partition, for Special to homes and properties. In effect, through Kissinger’s actions this, but soon find yourself saying anyone who has tried to get garding Kissinger’s role in encourag- six separate Turkish The National Herald Kissinger refused to de- and deliberate inactions, the U.S. be- it to the newly-arrived unsuspect- around the city pushing a small ing the Greek junta’s attempted Cypriot “cantons” con- nounce Turkey’s mas- came an accomplice to Turkey’s ac- ing visitors sitting next to you in a child, it would seem that Athens is coup against Makarios on July 15, sisting of 34 percent of the island na- sive second wave of invasion and ag- tions and policies, which severely tourist taverna who wonder why not indifferent or unaware, but is 1974 and the invasion of Cyprus by tion for the 18-percent minority gression. The government of Cyprus damaged U.S. interests. the souvlaki gyro which cost 1.70 actually in a state of war with Turkey on July 20, 1974. community. filed three applications to the Euro- Robert J. McCloskey, a career For- euro if you buy it at the takeout them.” After the coup, Kissinger’s ac- That same day, the State Depart- pean Commission on Human eign Service officer with the State window costs 5 euro if you eat it Greek mothers have discovered tions proved his complicity in the ment spokesman, Ambassador Rights. The Commission issued its Department from 1955 to 1981, is sitting down. that the best solution is to totter coup and invasion. First, he refused Robert Anderson, issued the follow- report on the charges made in the best known as press spokesman for Just lean over, tap them on the on a sidewalk curb and put the ba- to denounce the coup while all oth- ing statement, cleared by Secretary first two applications on July 10, the department from 1964 to 1973. shoulder, smile and say, “This is by carriage into the street in front ers, Great Britain and the world’s Kissinger, saying that the Turkish 1976. In it, the Commission found In 1973 he was named and con- Greece.” of them, hoping this will deter democracies, denounced it. If Cypriots needed more security (al- Turkey guilty of violating the follow- firmed U.S. Ambassador to Cyprus. And welcome to sunny Greece racecar drivers. It doesn’t, and Kissinger had denounced the coup, though there was no evidence of any ing articles of the European Conven- The October 1973 Middle East War where, with just a few simple someone should tell these mothers the Greek junta would have fallen danger to the Turkish Cypriot com- tion on Human Rights: shortened his time in Cyprus be- phrases in Greek, you can commu- to put themselves on the street and the crisis ended. But Kissinger munity): 1. Article 2 – by the killing of in- cause the new Secretary of State, nicate effectively and easily with first, and keep the stroller on the wanted to oust Makarios. “The United States position is as nocent civilians committed on a sub- Henry Kissinger, asked him to return the natives, who will appreciate sidewalk. Second, Kissinger directed the follows: We recognize the position stantial scale. to be on his immediate staff as media you trying to learn their tongue, One final warning: If you find U.S. ambassador to the U.N. to post- of the Turkish community in Cyprus 2. Article 3 – by the rape of and policy advisor. In a tribute to especially if you do it loudly with yourself in a grand place like pone the Monday night, July 15, requires considerable improvement women of all ages from 12 to 71. Ambassador McCloskey in the hand gestures, nod your head and Syntagma and a man starts whis- 1974 emergency U.N. Security and protection. We have supported 3. Article 3 – by inhuman treat- Mediterranean Quarterly (Winter roll your eyes and walk away an- pering to you out of the side of his Council session on Cyprus, to Friday, a greater degree of autonomy for ment of prisoners and persons de- 1997), Nikolaos A. Stavrou and Ray- grily in the middle of a confronta- mouth that he knows a great bar July 19, 1974. This gave Turkey them. The parties are negotiating on tained. mond C. Ewing wrote the following: tion which has occurred for no ap- nearby, and you go there hoping time to prepare to invade Cyprus. one or more Turkish autonomous 4. Article 5 – by deprivation of “In a 1989 oral history interview parent reason. for a find, you will find yourself Third, he actually leaked to the areas. The avenues of diplomacy liberty with regard to detainees and (Association for Diplomatic Studies When spoken to rapidly in a sitting next to a woman who will New York Times on Wednesday July have not been exhausted, and there- missing persons, a continuing viola- & Training, Arlington Hall, Arling- way which leaves you helpless ask you to buy a drink and discov- 17, 1974 that the State Department fore the United States would consid- tion. ton, Virginia), McCloskey recalled with your inability to understand, er the beer costs you all the money was leaning towards Sampson, er a resort to military action unjusti- 5. Article 8 – by displacement of two incidents from the summer of tilt your head back slightly; lift you have on you. whom the coup leaders installed as fied. We have made this clear to all persons, creating more than 1974, when he offered advice to your eyes in seeming acceptance, In this case, stand up fast, walk President of Cyprus, over Makarios. parties.” 170,000 Greek Cypriot refugees, Secretary Kissinger which, in both which actually means no; and backward rapidly toward the exit, This gave the Turks an excuse to in- That statement was blatant sup- and by refusing to allow the cases, was not accepted. First, Mc- make a slight “tsuh” sound, with scream “BA,” extend your right vade, as they opposed Sampson. port of Turkey’s outrageous ultima- refugees to return to their homes, a Closkey said he urged a tougher U.S. your tongue clucked against your arm straight out, put your left The invasion and aggression by tum and an invitation to use further continuing violation. public response to the July Greek upper teeth while sticking your palm over the back of your right Turkey against Cyprus was a two- force. Ambassador Anderson also 6. Article 1 of the First Protocol to junta coup against Cyprus President lips out gently. Now you’re speak- hand in a stance similar to holding phase operation. The first phase stated that “the United States has the Convention – by deprivation of Archbishop Makarios. Second, he ing their language. a cross in front of an advancing was the initial invasion of July 20, been playing an active role in the ne- possessions, looting and robbery on recommended an immediate sus- If that doesn’t work, exclaim vampire, and gesticulate with 1974 which occupied 4 percent of gotiations,” and that Kissinger “has an extensive scale. pension of deliveries of military “BA” and walk away; then turn some disgust, “NA.” Cyprus’ territory. Kissinger refused been in frequent contact with Turk- On January 23, 1977 the London equipment to Turkey after Turkey’s back toward your antagonist; ex- Then run really fast. to denounce the Turkish invasion ish Prime Minister Ecevit, including Sunday Times published excerpts of second enlarged action in Cyprus in tend your right arm straight out; and declare Turkey in violation of four times by telephone within the the report and stated, “It amounts to August. That suspension was even- put your left palm over the back of Mr. Dabilis was the New U.S. laws by the illegal use of U.S. past 24 hours.” a massive indictment of the Ankara tually taken by Congress rather than your right hand in a stance similar England editor for United Press arms for aggression. Britain and On August 14, 1974 Turkey uni- government for murder, rape and the Executive Branch. McCloskey to holding a cross in front of an ad- International in Boston, and a most other nations denounced the felt that these two failures to take vancing vampire; and gesticulate staff writer and assistant metro- invasion. Again, if Kissinger had de- quick and decisive action reflected with some disgust, “NA.” politan editor at the Boston nounced the invasion and stopped an incoherence in U.S. policy to- This is so effective that Greece Globe for 17 years before relo- arms to Turkey immediately, as the ward Cyprus and the Eastern is deploying thousands of resi- cating to Greece. His column is law required, the matter would have Mediterranean, and the effects con- dents on the islands closest to published weekly in the National been resolved in short order, and the tinued for many years thereafter.” Turkey in the “NA Early Warning Herald. Readers interested in second wave of the invasion would Kissinger bears the primary re- System,” to ward off Turkish F-16’s contacting him can send e-mails not have occurred. sponsibility for the Cyprus tragedy heading toward Greece to regular- to [email protected]. The Greek junta fell on July 23, of 1974, including all the deaths, 1974 and former Prime Minister rapes, destruction and looting in- Constantine Karamanlis was sworn volved. The U.S. has a moral respon- GUEST EDITORIALS in with a unity government. Democ- sibility to redress the situation. The racy was restored in Greece, and U.S. should also redress the situa- The National Herald welcomes manuscripts representing a variety of views elections were held in November tion because a unified Cyprus with a for publication in its View Points page. They should include the writer’s 1974, in which Karamanlis won constitution based on majority rule, election as prime minister. the rule of law and protection of mi- name, address, and telephone number and be addressed to the View The coup government of Nicos nority rights, as called for by Presi- Points Editor, The National Herald, 37-10 30th Street, Long Island City, NY Sampson in Cyprus also fell on July dent George W. H. Bush in 1988, is 11101. They can also be faxed to (718) 472-0510 or, preferably, e-mailed 23, 1974 and the President of the in the strategic interests of the U.S. to [email protected]. Due to considerations of space Cypriot House of Representatives, Glafkos Clerides, was sworn in as AP/PHILIPPOS CHRISTOU Mr. Rossides is President & we enforce a strict 1,400-word upper limit. We reserve the right to edit for Acting President under the constitu- Turkish soldiers take part in a parade in the Turkish-occupied area of Founder of the American Hellenic repetitiveness, diction and syntax. We regret that we are unable to ac- tion. Thus, the legitimate govern- Nicosia this past July 20. The parade was part of Turkish celebrations Institute and a former Assistant knowledge or return manuscripts, published or unpublished. ment of Cyprus had been restored marking the 33rd anniversary of the Turkish invasion and subsequent Secretary of the United States eight days after the coup. occupation of the northern area of the island on July 20, 1974. Treasury. 10 TRAVEL & TOURISM THE NATIONAL HERALD, AUGUST 18, 2007 Exploring Crete: Greece’s Modern-Day Version of Treasure Island By Barry Unsworth Financial Times

The only sounds on the summer day were birdsong and, at first, dis- tant voices from across the water, where boatloads of people were landing on the island fortress of Spinalonga, just beyond the humped promontory below us, which bears the same name. The Venetians had already been masters of Crete for more than 300 years when they decided to fortify the island to guard the approaches to the western side of the gulf and the sheltered anchorages south of the promontory. The remains of the fortress they built are extensive and well preserved, though much over- grown and hazardous to explore. The high walls on the north side, with their crenellations and escarp- ments - clearly visible to us from the track we [my wife Aira and I] were following high above - are cunningly incorporated into the granite of which the island is made. The whole construction is an aston- ishing feat of engineering. The is- land was virtually impregnable and even after the Turkish conquest of Crete in 1669, it did not fall into their hands for another half century - not until 1715. And even then it was not taken by force but ceded by treaty. The track ascended, Spinalonga was left behind, the bay of Mirabel- lo opened before us, with the mountainous headlands one be- yond the other, stretching away east towards Sitia. On the land- LEFT: The island fortress of Spinaloga in Crete. RIGHT: Spinaloga’s Leper Colony Gate to the town square. ward side, the hills rose steeply, marked by the dark green of the the middle of the morning and went man told him that the cave he was roused the sea god's wrath against province of Lasithi, is Agios Niko- bria, so we ventured in for a swim. carob trees, with their lighter clus- on for two or three hours - a very inhabiting was the very one in Odysseus and cost the hero 10 laos, which has a cosmopolitan The water was chilly, but - as peo- tering pods, and flowering phry- unusual event for the time of year. which the Cyclops' Polyphemus years of troubles and dangers be- feel, reflected in the bars and ple say when they are glad to get gana plants in domed clumps and Grapes should never be harvested once lived and kept his flocks. The fore he could return to his native restaurants and in the general style out again - invigorating. By this granite outcrops weathered here wet as the skins break too easily and Cyclops were a savage race of one- Ithaka and his faithful Queen Pene- of life. The setting is striking. The time we were both feeling hungry and there to a warm red-brown. there is danger of mould. I was the eyed giants who lived by tending lope. town is built on a small peninsula but we wanted to have our lunch The mid-morning sun brought newcomer, the stranger. It was obvi- sheep. Homer tells the story of how It happened here, Fielding's Cre- around a lake of darkly shining wa- somewhere quiet - Lerapetra out waves of scent, at times almost ous that I had brought bad luck, and Odysseus and his companions, re- tan friend insisted, this was the ter, described as bottomless in the seemed too busy and townish. dizzying, from the aromatic scrub behind bad luck is always the possi- turning from Troy, took shelter in cave. And to prove it he pointed out tourist literature and even on street We got into the car again and all around us. One can range at will bility of the evil eye. I was asked, the cave of Polyphemus, who, find- two rocks in the sea below. Those signs. Certainly it is very deep - headed westward. The road keeps in the Cretan maquis - no ven- politely but with unmistakable firm- ing them there, began systematical- were the stones that the stricken 75ft, I was told, at the deepest close to the coast for seven or eight omous snakes lurk here, or any- ness, not to offer my services the ly to eat them. monster hurled down. The com- point. The lake has an outlet to the miles, then turns sharply inland. where else on the island, which is a next day. And sure enough, the next He had already devoured six monly accepted view, which sets sea and so forms an inner harbor. Just below where this change of di- very agreeable piece of knowledge day it didn't rain. when they disabled him by driving the scene off the Sicilian coast near The town beaches can scarcely rection occurs is the village of Mir- for the walker, who has enough to We kept to the track, gradually a fire-hardened stake into his single Catania, was quite mistaken. The be called beaches at all but we tos, an altogether captivating sea- do avoiding the spiny plants that climbing, following the curving line eye while he lay sleeping. The story belonged to Crete and it had found a good one at Almiros, just a side resort with the tremendous ad- grow everywhere. It seems that of the hillside, with the shimmering blinded giant pushed aside the been stolen from her. little over a mile to the south. Far- vantage of being at the end of a there never have been fanged expanse of the water below, com- huge stone that blocked the en- This stubborn sense of possession ther around the bay, in the area of turn-off from the main road, which snakes on Crete. Their absence, ing eventually to the narrow tip of trance and kept his sheep penned is not surprising when one considers Kalo Chorio, they get better and passes well above it, so there is a typically enough, has been ex- the promontory. Here, a fitting end in the cave. He tried to fumble for Crete's history. Foreign masters, better. My own favorite is Istro, blessed absence of traffic, creating plained by stories. In antiquity, to such a walk, lest there should be his enemies as they went through alien religions, these were the Cre- which has pleasant tavernas and an air of leisure and tranquility that Herakles was said to have banished danger of beauty saturation, a huge but they clung to the fleecy under- tans' familiar circumstances for some excellent sandy beaches. In is increasingly rare in Cretan them. Later this feat was attributed fence barred the way, 16ft high at sides of the sheep and so got free. many hundreds of years, and the re- places, they have even spared the coastal resorts. There was a long, to St Paul the Apostle, who was bit- least, surmounted by six rows of Once embarked again, Odysseus fusal to submit, the frequent upris- trees lying back from the shore. curving shingle beach and a prome- ten by a snake - on Crete, the Cre- barbed wire and an enormous cir- could not resist taunting his outwit- ings, cost the people untold blood- From here, I think better than any- nade running close to the water, tans say, wanting their island to be cular sign that read, "Stop". Only ted enemy. The enraged Polyphe- shed and suffering. In these circum- where else on the island, you can lined with bars and tavernas. The the scene of everything, even of dis- the military can make their mean- mus cast down great rocks in the stances, whatever can serve to main- enjoy the combined beach and houses were whitewashed and asters, but it was on Malta that it ing as crystal clear as this. From direction of the voice, almost suc- tain the spirit and sense of identity sight-seeing holiday that brings so scrupulously clean and neat. seems to have happened. here, if you could get through, you ceeding in crushing Odysseus's must be seized upon and asserted. many people to Crete. There were no very old-looking We walked on and the solitude would find yourself looking out to- ship. The giant's prayers for The principal town on the Bay of May was advanced, we were buildings anywhere in evidence, al- settled around us. This, in its peace wards the Sporades, with Turkey, vengeance to his father Poseidon Mirabello, and capital of the about to return to landlocked Um- so unusual but not surprising in and tranquility, in the heat-hazed the traditional foe, beyond. view of what we had read of the shapes of mountains across the bay The track continued around the wartime history of the village - Mir- and the melting line of the horizon headland, leading to the road that tos was destroyed by the Germans where sea meets sky with a blue runs south again toward the village in 1943 in reprisal for resistance ac- that belongs to neither, this is of Vrouhas. But we wanted those tivities. The job was done thor- among the most beautiful places views again and so retraced our oughly - it seems they hardly left our Earth has to show. We found steps. Coming from this side we no- one stone on top of another. But ourselves fervently hoping that it ticed what we had missed before - Mirtos was rebuilt. would be left alone for anyone to at roughly the halfway mark was a At Mirtos, sitting at an outside enjoy, that people were not sitting cave above the track, the entrance table of the Votsalo tavern, with the in some office at that very moment, walled very carefully with close-fit- sea just below and a warm breeze making dire plans to develop it. ting stones to a height of about five wafting over from Africa, glasses of The light is so extraordinary - feet. The wall blocked the entrance the excellent Greek Mythos beer at one keeps coming back to that. It is completely - there was no way in our elbows and the resident cats soft and radiant yet at the same without climbing over it. Inside showing great interest in our mut- time relentlessly clear. Cretans on was a flat area, just enough space ton chops, we had to start thinking the whole, like their compatriots on for a man to stretch out. about getting back to Iraklion and the mainland, have not been much Caves are always a mystery. Who then home to Italy. The trip had given to folk tales of the darker sort, had laid stone on stone to build this been a success for both of us, in those featuring threatened children wall, now peacefully colonized by slightly different ways. For Aira, and ambiguous adults liable to purple campanula growing along its seeing the island for the first time change masks. The light here is too base? Fugitive, hermit, guerilla? and adding it to her list of places to clear and bold for such a tradition to Xan Fielding, who had more first- see again. And for me, seeing it develop. There is in Crete, of hand experience of Cretan caves again and finding it essentially as I course, as all over Greece, a preva- than most, having fought in the remembered. To leave them always lent belief in the evil eye, and this is White Mountains with the Resis- with regret is the gift some places - certainly an ambiguous matter, be- tance during the years of German not so many - make us. It's the gift cause anyone can have it and exer- occupation, relates a story that per- life itself makes us, if we are lucky. cise it without in the least being fectly illustrates the Cretan desire to aware, conscious of nothing but appropriate the past, to be the Originally published by Na- goodwill. On one occasion I was source of things, to blend myth and tional Geographic, the Finanacial suspected of having the evil eye my- history into a possession as real and Times republished tha above on self. I was giving a hand with har- solid as the stones of their island. August 11. Mr. Unsworth is the vesting the grapes in the vineyard of While Fielding was sheltering in Booker Prize-winning author of some neighbors. It started to rain in a cave near Souyia in 1942, a local The turquoise waters at Spinaloga (Venetian for “long thorn”), one of ancient Crete’s most powerful fortresses. "Sacred Hunger." Away from Crowded Resorts, Once Can See and Explore the Wilder Side of Crete

By Stuart Wavell pean island, and their splashes of fluenced my decision to base my- we kept getting lost," she recalled. of wooden hives, painted in dual tain range of almost Himalayan pro- The Sunday Times color can hold you spellbound self in the eastern port of Agios "I started keeping a diary in case I colors, were a reminder of the hon- portions. Subsidence and upheaval while you inhale the herbal scents Nikolaos, once synonymous with forgot the way." ey that was once exported from cracked the rock like masonry, creat- When walking in Crete, it is not of sage, thyme and oregano. Clouds the worst excesses of Cretan There is something very English Candy, as the island was known to ing gorges as deep as 1,000ft. unusual to come across a dead goat of yellow butterflies and classical tourism. about her perseverance in the face the Venetians. The music of bees I never saw a dead goat in a tree, lodged high in the branches of a olive groves make the senses reel. The trouble with the western of Cretan bemusement. "Greeks and the wind's sighs turn paths into but a sheep drama awaited towards tree. Like that taverna delicacy Here, along twisting mountain mountains is that a long journey of- don't go walking unless there is soundtracks. the end of the walk. Oblivious to from the same animal, boiled en- paths, lies the hidden cultural land- ten precedes walks, most of which some purpose, such as picking wild Higher up the trail, caterpillars my presence, two sparring rams trails, the spectacle takes a little scape of the Greek island. For there are not circular. This means you greens, which come up after the launched themselves from pine backed off 10yd and accelerated to- while to digest. Could it be a sacri- are two Cretes -the Crete of the have to catch a bus to village A and first rains in September," she told trees, abseiling fast down silken wards each other with an explosive fice to the old Greek gods? Or car- coast, with its swarming tourists then walk in a state of clenched me. ropes like tiny ninja warriors. I read clash of horns. They repeated this rion left by one of the giant vultures and Minoan palaces; and the Crete anxiety to village B in the hope that Donkeys have been replaced somewhere that beekeepers some- brain crunching performance a that haunt the island's craggy of ancient mountain villages, the afternoon's only bus has not de- with 4WD pick-up trucks, so some times introduce caterpillars into dozen times before a ewe diplomat- slopes? where the lifestyle of shepherds parted. The experience can leave paths have been bulldozed and oth- pine forests to stimulate the flow of ically moved between them and The truth is no less curious. Dur- and farmers has outlasted the is- you shattered. ers fenced off, requiring Anne and a sap, which produces honey tasting broke up the fight. ing the 2m years since Crete re- land's occupation by Romans, By contrast, Agios Nikolaos lies small band of enthusiasts to way- of retsina. They can also have the Spectacular views, abandoned emerged from the Mediterranean, Arabs, Byzantines, Venetians, Turks only 15 minutes from the moun- mark the new twists with red paint. effect of killing the trees, Anne villages and the kindness of shep- its plants have evolved a unique ar- and Nazis. tains. Better still, my landlady Yet a network of trails, some pointed out later. herds were features of the next ray of defenses against browsing You can probably learn as much turned out to be an Englishwoman overgrown, still stretches into the The track soon became a long, fortnight. Perhaps the most telling animals. Some bristle with spines about Crete by going off the beaten who has published a guide of en- hinterland. "I'm still exploring and winding staircase of rough stone insight into the continuum of Cre- or taste so disgusting that a goat track as you can at archeological thralling circular trails that liberate coming across places I haven't been that must have required a huge in- tan life was a visit to the Lasithi will spit them out. Others hug the sites and museums, which some- walkers from the bus service and to," said Anne. During the walking vestment of labor in ancient times. Plateau, a cluster of 17 villages, ground too closely for cropping, or times leave visitors unsatisfied. Be- put them back in control behind the seasons (April to June, and Sep- This was no donkey path, but a which, at an altitude of almost sprout from inaccessible rock faces. sides, walking offers a free show wheel of a hire car. tember to October) she takes small road that once linked communities. 3,000ft, ranks as the highest per- So the goats are driven by mount- that lifts spirits and burns off the Anne Bouras was a Bucking- groups of walkers on her trails. It dipped steeply into a gorge, an- manently inhabited region of ing desperation into the trees for kleftikos. hamshire girl who came to Crete 30 My first walk from her book other distinctly Cretan phenome- Greece. Its fame brings busloads of food, some never to descend. With 15 mountain ranges and years ago to work for Hertz. She soon conjured scenes from Cretan non. Tectonics, rather than flash visitors, but tourism still barely im- Mercifully, plants odious to more than 100 gorges, Crete is a stayed on to marry Vasilis, a Greek history and the geological forces floods, have carved these deep pinges on the traditional work of goats and sheep are a boon to walk- walker's paradise. sailor who was setting up a restau- that have shaped the island. A few clefts across the island. tending vegetable plots, sheep and ers: nature's prickly defenses The most challenging climbs are rant business, and raise a family. miles above Kritsa, a village selling Crete first emerged from the sea orchards of apples, pears, plums, sparkle with flowers as vibrant as in the western or central regions, With a friend, Caris Gallos, she be- traditional embroidery and tourist 70m years ago, only to sink beneath cherries and nuts. blooms on a coral reef. Just don't sit notably the White Mountains and gan exploring the mountains as re- knick-knacks, a goat path led to a the waves until the Mediterranean on one. Crete has many more en- Idean Mountains, both topping cently as 1995. "Our walks always thick black water pipe where bees almost dried up about 5m years ago, The Sunday Times published demic plants than any other Euro- 8,000ft. But two considerations in- lasted seven or eight hours because were drinking from a leak. Dozens leaving the island sitting on a moun- the above on August 12.