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Behrakis' Fulfilling Hellenic Experience Father Beaten to Death S o C V th ΓΡΑΦΕΙ ΤΗΝ ΙΣΤΟΡΙΑ W ΤΟΥ ΕΛΛΗΝΙΣΜΟΥ E 10 0 ΑΠΟ ΤΟ 1915 The National Herald anniversa ry N www.thenationalherald.com A weekly Greek-AmericAn PublicAtion 1915-2015 VOL. 19, ISSUE 957 February 13-19 , 2016 c v $1.50 Behrakis’ Father Beaten1 to Death Fulfilling By Son, Who Claims it Hellenic Was in Self-Defense Experience TNH Staff friendly terms with his ex, the News reported, Safetis jumped FLUSHING – Ioannis Safetis, a into his car and headed to her Philanthropist Goes 57-year-old Queens resident house, where he threatened all was beaten to death, allegedly of them. To Homeland for by his son Demetrios, 19, Friday Safetis then ran to his car to night February 6, outside the grab a steering wheel lock club, Honorary Degree home of the elder Safetis’ ex- which he brought back to the girlfriend, in the Auburndale house and started waving By Theodore Kalmoukos neighborhood of Flushing. around. Demetrios wrestled the Demetrios was charged with club away from his father and BOSTON, MA – George D. manslaughter, assault ,and crim - beat him to death with it, the Behrakis, acclaimed community inal possession of a weapon News reported. leader, businessman, philan - when he was arraigned in Safetis lay unresponsive on thropist, church man, family Queens Criminal Court. Judge the ground with a big wound man, and a proud Hellene, from William Harrington set bail at on his head. He was taken to the historic city of Lowell, MA , $50,000 and Safetis returns to New York Presbyterian Hospital spoke with TNH spoke at length court on February. 29. in Queens, the News wrote, but about a large range of issues. Assistant District Attorney he couldn’t be saved. He relayed his receiving an Crystal Igneri told the New York “Safetis told police he had honorary doctorate from the Daily News the attack was “fu - planned to stay at his father’s Medical Faculty of the National eled by booze.” ex-girlfriend’s Auburndale home and Kapodistrian University of The trouble began when on Saturday before he got a Athens on December 11 for his Safetis’ ex-girlfriend called him stranger to buy him a bottle of contributions to science, phar - to complain that Demetrios and rum, Igneri said, adding that he maceuticals, and medicine, and his 16-year-old brother were at polished the bottle off in about for his extensive humanitarian AP Photo/thAnAssis stAvrAkis) her house partying with her 20- an hour,” according to the News. endeavors. Farmer Protests Tie Up Roads, Put Coalition Gov’t Under Stress year-old son, at which point the “He believes he blacked Behrakis was extremely two siblings got into a drunken out… the next thing he remem - touched by that great honor and A farmer walks by a line of tractors parked in protest at Koropi, a vital point in Athens’s road fight. bers was seeing his father by the warm reception given by system. In northern Greece farmers have blocked traffic on the Egnatia Odos, intensifying na - Already irritated because he Greece’s President Prokopis tionwide protests against austerity measures demanded by bailout lenders. didn’t want his sons being on Continued on page 6 Pavlopoulos. “You can receive a lot of honors, but when you re - ceive an honor from your own, your family, being first-genera - tion Greek, to receive an honor Tsipras Visits Niarchos Cultural Cntr. from Greece is one of the high points of my life,” Behrakis said. “The moment I received that By Constantine S. Sirigos square meter Stavros Niarchos ture are the backbone of any ad - honor I remembered my par - TNH Staff Writer Park, making for a spectacular vanced society. In funding the ents, my uncles, my aunts, recreational and cultural setting SNFCC, the Foundation’s vision everybody came to my mind, be - ATHENS – Prime Minister that will be enjoyed by native is to provide the country and the cause they came here when they Alexis Tsipras has joined in the Athenians and visitors to Athens city with the new institutional were teenagers,” he added. “My excitement that is building for in perpetuity. foundations they need to move father’s brother and his cousin the grand opening of the During the tour the Prime forward, and with a framework came when they were 14 years Stavros Niarchos Foundation Minister was updated on the con - for the future. Education, culture old and they Cultural Center (SNFCC) which struction progress as well as on and sustainability, the SNFCC’s worked on the railroads until is in the final stages of construc - the innovative architectural and three main elements, are essen - they received a letter from my tion in Athens’ Faliron Delta. technical elements of the project. tial require ments in enhancing grandfather that there was go - On February 6 Tsipras visited The visitors were impressed the potential of the city and its ing to be a war, the second the site accompanied by Minis - both with the architect’s aes - people and for placing them Balkan War, and they all went ter of Culture Aristides Baltas thetic achievement and the mas - within a twenty first century back to Greece and they fought and the Minister of State Nikos terful integration of the complex global context.” in Macedonia against the Ot - Pappas. with its environs in a manner The SNFCC is the largest sin - tomans, and then they fought They were given a guided unique for Europe. gle gift of the Stavros Niarchos against the Bulgarians.” tour of the state-of-the-art cul - A statement issued by the of - Foundation, with a total budget Behrakis spoke about his fa - tural complex designed by fice of the Prime Minister called of $831mil (€596mil). The con - ther, Drakoulis, with much love, renowned international archi - the project a “a very important struction of the project will be On Campaign Trail Trump Hears Kalosorisate respect, and admiration. “My fa - tect Renzo Piano that will be the and generous donation by the completed within the first half ther came here at age 14; he new home of the Greek National Stavros Niarchos Foundation to of 2016, and the SNFCC will Republican candidate Donald Trump is seen with restaurateur went back at 20, joined the mil - Opera and the National Library the Greek people." then be donated to the Greek Joseph Levasseur, who is “75 percent Greek.” He is the owner itary, and fought for Greece. He of Greece. SNF’s website described the State, which will be fully re - of Theos restaurant in Manchester, NH which was chosen by returned, got married, and be - The seaside venues are sur - basis for its decision to create sponsible for its management CNN as the location for a live interview with the winner of the came an American citizen. The rounded by the new 210,000 the Center: “Education and cul - and operation. New Hampshire primary. judge asked him if there is a war between Greece and America what side would you pick, he said Greece and the judge said “you will never become an Love for Greece Draws Youth to THI Reception Athenian’s American citizen.” My mother was a citizen, but my father be - came a citizen in the late 1940 TNH Staff Writer schoolchildren in Greece, that again to a $60,000 total by an - drew Liveris, has three funda - Society and because he was saying that he “the people in this room party - other fund in Greece. mental pillars: was going to fight for Greece. NEW YORK – More than 250 ing are the lucky ones because Asked how they achieved Supporting crisis relief efforts That is what you call real love Greek-American young profes - our ancestors” who came to such a success in their first at - to address real human suffering HRF Work to for your country.” sionals heeded the calls of their America were the luckiest of tempt, Lazares said. today, fostering a culture of en - Regarding the current Greek friends who wanted to share their generation. We can bring “We have an unbelievable trepreneurship to develop a new crisis, Behrakis said that the their enthusiasm for the work that same enthusiasm to helping network of people in the New generation of business leaders, Help Greeks people with whom he traveled of The Hellenic Initiative (THI) those in Greece not as priv - Leaders Group and in THI. We and investing in small and promoting Greek recovery at its iledged as us.” simply connected through the medium sized businesses – the TNH Staff Continued on page 5 New Leaders Kickoff Cocktail Similar events are being network and got 250 people lifeblood of the Greek economy.” Party in the beautifully restored planned across the country in here.” Board members are pleased NEW YORK – While a large co - Pier A Harbor House restaurant addition to more in New York. Stamos made a brief presen - with THI’s progress. ordinated Diaspora effort to and event complex. Stamas introduced New tation about THI. “We are an “If you see the faces of the help the people of Greece has Apropos of the inspiring view Leaders spokesman Nicholas umbrella for many terrific things entrepreneurs we have funded, yet to materialize, a number of Yiayia Story: of the Statue of Liberty in Lower Lazares, Jr. a fourth-generation that are happening in Greece the faces of the bureaucracy new and long-established orga - Manhattan, THI Board member Greek-American banker from with Greek-Americans, Greek- there that can’t believe what we nizations have stepped up and George Stamas told the guests Boston. Canadians, and others.
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