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. 11, ISSUE 572 September 27, 2008 $1.25 : 1.75 EURO Christofias Bakoyanni Discusses Major Policy Issues With TNH During NY Visit Discusses Greek FM Talks About Domestic and Foreign Policy; Weighs in on Omogeneia Voting Rights By Dimitris Tsakas er the ground that separates us. Un- Special to The National Herald til today, not only has it not done Issue at UN so, but as of late it has added a pol- NEW YORK - In an exclusive inter- icy of provocative actions, irreden- view with The National Herald, tist claims, and nationalistic out- Talks With Secretary Greek Foreign Minister Dora breaks resembling policies and tac- Bakoyanni, who is in New York for tics of days long gone to its already General “Key” To the opening of the General Assem- existent intransigent position. I bly of the presented hope that FYROM will soon aban- Restarting Negotiations her country's positions on the ma- don these practices and work with jor Foreign policy issues with can- Greece on finding a mutually ac- By Stavros Marmarinos dor and determination. ceptable solution. This, at any rate, Special to The National Herald She also responded to our ques- is what is directed in the final texts tions about the financial crises and of the most recent NATO and EU UNITED NATIONS – Cyprus’ Presi- how that affects her country, the in- Summits. dent Demetrios Christofias met ternal political situation of Greece, It is common knowledge that we with United Nations Secretary Gen- as well as the issue of granting the do not agree with the United States eral Ban Ki-moon late Sunday, Sep- right of vote to the living on everything – especially when it tember 21 at the UN headquarters abroad. comes to the issue of FYROM. In in New York and asked Mr. Ban to Following is the interview: spite of this, the Greek message to call upon to show the neces- THE NATIONAL HERALD: Ne- all is clear and unambiguous: We sary willingness to resolve the gotiations on the name row with desire a solution based on a com- Cyprus issue, citing this as the FYROM are continuing, and as you posite name, with a geographical “key” to the ongoing negotiations. reiterated in last Friday, the qualifier that will be applied uni- Mr. Christofias accused Turkish Greek side continues to seek out a versally. Greece is ready for a mutu- Cypriot Community leader Mehmet solution for “a name with a geo- ally acceptable solution, but it fully Ali Talat of stalling negotiations, graphical qualifier for all uses.” Un- retains all its rights as a member of while reiterating that neither he fortunately, the FYROM Govern- the EU and NATO. nor anyone else in the Cypriot Gov- ment has adopted an increasingly TNH: Although there seems to ernment will waver from the basic hard line position, in which it has be restrained optimism over the fu- principles that have been outlined included national identity claims ture of the Cyprus reunification so that a settlement and reunifica- such as “one people, one lan- talks, the first meetings between tion of the divided Mediterranean guage.” What is the United States’ Cyprus’ President Demetris island can take place. role in all this in light of their desire Christofias and Turkish Cypriot In a statement to the press im- to see FYROM join NATO and the Community leader Mehmet Ali Ta- mediately following his meeting TNH/COSTAS BEJ EU? lat showed that the Turks continue with Mr. Ban, Mr. Christofias said The President of the Republic of Cyprus Demetrios Christofias addresses the 63rd Session of the General : Greece’s that his meeting with the UN Secre- Assembly of the United Nations in New York City on Wednesday, September 24, 2008. position on the issue of FYROM’s Continued on page 6 tary General took place in a very name is clear and well known to cordial atmosphere, and remarked our friends, partners and allies. that “it seems like we have good Greece adopted a clear-cut strate- chemistry,” while duly noting his gic position on the issue of FY- pleasure over this. He added that ROM’s name at the NATO Summit Archdiocese he had the opportunity to inform Harry Moskos: An Esteemed Journalist in Bucharest, as well as at the most Mr. Ban about the Cypriot Govern- recent EU Summit. The conclusions ment’s impression of issues related By Evan C. Lambrou When he graduated from col- being a newsman, and continues to made at both summits capture in Denied to the reunification talks that have Special to The National Herald lege, he had a job waiting for him – maintain his interest in comic the best possible way the reality just recently resumed between the at the same newspaper – and for strips, several of which have actual- that is being shaped from here on Greek and Turkish Cypriot sides. NEW YORK – He always knew he the next 55 years, right up until the ly used his name: “Crock,” “Alley in, which our northern neighbor is Dismissal of “I asked the Secretary General wanted to be a newsman. He start- present day, Harry Moskos has kept Oop,” “Geech,” “Out of Bounds” obliged to adapt to. Greece has con- to speak to the Turkish Govern- ed his own school newspaper when his hand firmly in journalism, and and “That’s Jake.” sistently sought regional stability ment, because I reiterate that I be- he was still in elementary school, continues to work for another one Mr. Moskos was born in Chicago and cooperation with Western Katinas Case lieve that the key lies there - re- and loved picking up the local af- of his hometown newspapers in Al- in 1936. He is the younger brother Balkan nations. These are the two gardless of how my friend Mr. Talat ternoon newspaper after school. buquerque, New Mexico – only of the late Professor Charles fundamental and inviolable princi- reacts - for the Turkish Cypriot side He got involved with his school now he does it from his home in Moskos, the country’s pre-eminent ples of our foreign policy. They are By Theodore Kalmoukos to become more reasonable on is- newspapers when he was in junior Knoxville, Tennessee. military sociologist and one of preconditions that carry decisive Special to The National Herald sues that we are discussing in rela- high school and high school, and What was the original draw? Northwestern University’s finest weight in our clear-cut strategy for tion to the makeup of the future asked for a job with one of the local What was it about newspapers that scholars, who passed away this past supporting the nations in our re- BOSTON – A Dallas, Texas court Government, and not just the papers when he was just 16 years of motivated him to pursue a career in May 31. gion on their path to entering Euro- denied the motions of the Greek roadmap,” Mr. Christofias said. age. It was a job he held onto while journalism? The funnies. Comic “I really miss Charlie,” Mr. pean and Euro-Atlantic organiza- Orthodox Archdiocese of America The President of Cyprus added he was in college, and with it, he strips were the initial magnet, and tions. Now is the time for FYROM to dismiss the lawsuit filed by five that he read statements made by paid his own way through school. since 1953, he has never stopped Continued on page 7 to take the necessary steps and cov- alleged sexual abuse victims of for- Mr. Talat a day earlier accusing him mer priest Nicholas Katinas. The of delaying the negotiations. “What judge has set Monday, November 3, can I say? Instead of this complaint to begin the jury trial. The motions being lodged by me, I am hearing it to dismiss the case were filed by the from Mr. Talat. These positions are PASOK Leader Archdiocese based on the statute of regrettable. There is no chance that limitations since the alleged accu- is going to sations took place. sway from the basic principles that Papandreou The defendant’s counsel had have to do with the resolution of presented a number of documents the Cyprus issue. I am going to re- showing the sexual abuse that was state this message, which I have al- In New York allegedly committed by Mr. Katinas ready given to Mr. Talat, one more to the alleged victims during his time, here inside the United Na- priestly service at the Holy Trinity tions building. I will show under- By Demetris Tsakas Greek Orthodox parish in Dallas, standing on my behalf, and there Special to The National Herald Texas where he served for 28 years. will certainly be flexibility, but I Present at the court on Monday, cannot disregard the principles that NEW YORK – Main opposition PA- September 15, along with the have to do with the unity of the SOK leader and Socialist Interna- lawyers of both sides was Mr. Jerry state, the unity of the economy, and tional President George Papan- Dimitriou, Director of the Adminis- the unity of the people.” dreou arrived in New York on tration of the Archdiocese and also President Christofias added that Wednesday, September 24 to chair the Finance Department. Deposi- a meeting of the Socialist Interna- tions have been taken from Metro- Continued on page 5 tional Presidium, which is taking politan Isaiah of Denver, Bishop place on the sidelines of the 63rd Savas of Troas, the chancellor of United Nations General Assembly. the Archdiocese, Rev. Michael Kon- While in New York, Mr. Papandreou togeorge, the assistant chancellor, will also attend the Clinton Foun- Rev. Nicholas Triantafilou, presi- Giannoulias dation conference against poverty dent of Hellenic College and Holy and meet with the President of Cross Greek Orthodox School of Cyprus Demetris Christofias, Theology and Mr. Dimitriou. Raises Money According to John Kaltsas, Sec- The trial which is set to begin on retary of the local “Friends of PA- November 3 will be a jury trial, SOK” organization, based in Asto- open to the public and also to the For Obama ria, NY, Mr. Papandreou has allot- media. The judge, however, has al- ted a significant amount of time so set October 7 for a conference during his trip to meet with the that may allow a possible out of CHICAGO (CBS) - Sen. Barack Oba- Greek American Community. On TNH/COSTAS BEJ court settlement. If the trial goes ma was in Chicago Monday night Saturday September 27, at 6:30 Dinner With Obama on, the probability that Archbishop for a pair of fundraisers, and while p.m., Mr. Papandreou is scheduled Demetrios of America will be sum- it's no secret Chicago has a history to speak at a public meeting, which New York State Assemblyman Michael Gianaris was part of a group of Greek American politicians and po- moned to be deposed is extremely of corruption and shady politics, will be held by the Friends of PA- litical donors to meet with presidential candidate Sen. Barack Obama at a dinner in Chicago on Monday, high. The case is somewhat similar Sen. John McCain is highlighting SOK organization, at the Chian September 22. The dinner was organized by Illinois state Treasurer Alexi Giannoulias. with that of the Boston’s Roman Obama's ties to the so-called ma- House in Astoria. Catholic Cardinal Bernard Law, chine, in a hard-hitting new ad. “This gathering has piqued the who resigned just before the start CBS 2 Chief Correspondent Jay interest of friends and members of of the trial and left for the Vatican Levine reports a hot new restaurant PASOK, and we believe that they days before an arrest warrant was just west of the Loop drew a small, will pack the Chian House on Sat- to be issued. well-heeled crowd on Monday, Sep- urday night to listen attentively to Monastery Head Denies Wrongdoing A pederasty court case involving tember 22, of mostly Greek Ameri- ’s address and the Roman Catholic Church in cans, mostly from out of town. join him in a discussion,” Mr. Kalt- By Theodore Kalmoukos transpired and continues to be re- Democracy to claim our property. 1997 in which attorney Tahira Mer- Asked before the dinner began sas said. Special to The National Herald vealed for the past few weeks. Fr. We started with PASOK and fortu- rit was on the team of lawyers what they thought they would get Although Mr. Papandreou’s itin- Ephraim blames the media by stat- nately the ministers accepted the which represented the victims to eat for $28,500, one attendee erary has not been finalized, he is BOSTON – “The land deals be- ing that “the media has overblown opinions of the Legal Councils of awarded the sum of $156 million to said, "I don't know. I think it's more scheduled to speak at the Socialist tween the government and the the issue” and asserts that the con- the government which were true 11 victims of pedophile priests. the people you meet, right?" International meeting, which will Monastery had begun during the troversial real estate property at and thus we started the agreements The court’s decision to deny the What they do know is they were take place on Friday September 26 times of PASOK-led governments,” the Vistonida Lake near the city of about the Monastery’s property. We Archdiocese’s motion to dismiss the invited to the event by one of the at 10:00 a.m., where he is expected Archimandrite Ephraim, the Abbot “belongs to the Vatopedio claim our property in a legal and case creates a precedent for the hottest up-and-coming Greek to address international peace and of the Vatopedio Monastery of Monastery” and that the Monastery democratic way. Our Monastery is lawsuit that was filed in Chicago American politicians in America - security issues, as well as measures Mount Athos, revealed in an exclu- claims them. He also asked for for- comprised of 35,000 square feet, just a few days ago involving Kati- Illinois State Treasurer Alexi Gian- needed to reach the UN Millenni- sive interview with The National giveness from the Greek people for and more than half is in ruin. We nas also. He had served as priest of um Development Goals to end Herald. the “scandalization” he might have did not want to steal, but to claim the Assumption parish in Olympia Continued on page 4 poverty. The Monastery and its Abbot are caused. the property of our Monastery. We Fields from 1969 to 1978. Mr. Papandreou will also have a at the center of huge turmoil be- Asked what is going on with his have the property deeds. According to court documents series of meetings with leaders of cause of their real estate activities Monastery, he said, “Unfortunately “Our Metohi had been under- Katinas appears to have had prob- To subscribe call: 718.784.5255 socialist parties worldwide, and and exchange of properties includ- the reporters exaggerate it with an privileged by the government. Now lems of abnormal sexual behavior e-mail: will also attend a conference orga- ing pieces of the Olympic Sites in unhopeful and indefinable disposi- that young and educated monks prior to becoming a priest while [email protected] nized by the Clinton Foundation for and in other parts of tion. We did absolutely nothing, have been admitted into our broth- studying at Holy Cross School of the eradication of poverty. A meet- Greece, especially in the Xanthi but to claim the property of our erhood some of them are lawyers, Theology. ing between Mr. Papandreou and province. Monastery. The issue of our Metohi others are members of other scien- “From the beginning of his pas- former U.S. President Bill Clinton Archimandrite Ephraim says (Dependency) was open since 1924 tific fields. We started finding the toral career, red flags were raised has been scheduled to take place that “everything was done legally” and we started with the PASOK archives and the deeds. All the old about Katinas’ fitness to serve as a and he gives his version and expla- government and continue with the Continued on page 5 nation of the events as to what has present government of the New Continued on page 4 Continued on page 4 2 THE NATIONAL HERALD, SEPTEMBER 27, 2008 THE NATIONAL HERALD, SEPTEMBER 27, 2008 COMMUNITY 3

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■ SEPTEMBER 27 causes that he silently supported, CHICAGO – The Socrates School, the specifically, quoting from the Mission nation’s first full time Greek day Statement, “To promote religious, school, cordially invites the commu- educational, cultural and charitable nity to the Socrates School Centenni- purposes and to further advance al Ball at the Hyatt Regency O’Hare Eastern Orthodox Christianity and in Rosemont, Illinois on Saturday, Hellenism.” He arrived in the United September 27, 2008. This year’s ball States on December 24, 1946, where will celebrate the 100th anniversary he entered the Greek Orthodox sem- of the school’s opening. The Parish of inary, graduating in 1950 from the Holy Trinity Greek Orthodox Church Holy Cross School of Theology in founded the Hellenic American Brookline, MA. From 1950 to 1952 Academy in 2004 to develop the pre- he pursued graduate studies in Pas- eminent educational and cultural toral Psychology at the Andover- center for Hellenism in the United Newton School of Theology in New- States. The Hellenic American Acad- ton, MA. He was ordained a Deacon emy’s mission is to cultivate the body, on October 26, 1952, at the Annunci- mind and soul of its students through ation Cathedral of Boston by Bishop academic, cultural and spiritual pro- Ezekiel of Nazianzos and to the TNH/COSTAS BEJ grams, and to instill a sense of pride Priesthood on November 21, 1954 Blessing the School Year in and devotion to Hellenism and Or- by Archbishop Makarios of Cyprus. thodoxy. It includes Socrates Greek He served the Annunciation Cathe- LEFT: The President of the Federation of Greek-American Educators, Stella Kokkolis (far left) addresses a crowd of teachers and supporters, in- American School, a full time, dual dral in Boston, MA from 1952 to cluding the consul generals of Greece and Cyprus, during the blessing of the new school year on Friday, September 19, at St. Demetrios Church language day school serving pre-K 1960. In 1961 he was appointed in Astoria. RIGHT: Attendees at the blessing of the new school year organized by the Federation of Greek-American Educators. through 8th grades. For more infor- head pastor of the American Hellenic mation, please call 847-732-7268. Community of Greater Cleveland, OH and later Dean of the Saints Con- ■ OCTOBER 3 stantine and Helen Cathedral in BETHESDA, Md. – The Hellenic Soci- Cleveland, OH. In 1973 he assumed ety Prometheas cordially invites the pastoral duties at the Holy Trinity community to “Christopher Colum- Church in New Rochelle, NY until his bus: A Greek Nobleman,” a lecture retirement in 1996. Thereafter, he by James L. Marketos, Esq., Partner, served the community as Pastor Berliner, Corcoran & Rowe, L.L.P. Emeritus. For more information, call and Chairman, The American Hel- 203-769-4422. lenic Institute at St. George Greek Orthodox Church, Founders Hall ASTORIA – The 3rd annual multilin- (7701 Bradley Boulevard) on Friday, gual book fair, Expo NY, cordially in- October 3, 2008 at 7:30 PM. The tra- vites you to meet the renowned au- ditional view is that Christopher thor of the Hellenic diaspora of North Columbus overcame humble origins America, Justine Frangouli-Argyris as a Genoese wool-worker and at St. Demetrios Greek American through cleverness and pluck con- School ?(30-03 30 Drive) on Satur- vinced King Ferdinand and Queen Is- day, October 4 at 4 PM.?Excerpts abella of to finance his novel from her book, The Legacy - I plan to reach the East by sailing west. Parakatathiki, will be read in English But Columbus was curiously vague by Bob Nicolaides. Also, a reading about his origins, and the evidence from her newly published book, Ha- Banquet for EBEA President PHOTOS: TNH/COSTAS BEJ for Genoese beginnings is doubtful. vana Diaries-Imerologio Avanas, will Exaltation of the Cross As a result, there is lively debate take place by Mega Channel’s jour- President of NGTV Demetris Kastanas, right, hosted a banquet for the about many mysteries associated nalist/correspondent Michael Igna- President of the Athens Chamber of Commerce and Industry (EBEA) Holy Trinity Greek Orthodox Church in Bridgeport, Conn. celebrated with Columbus, not just his origins. tiou. A book signing by the author Konstantinos Michalos, middle, during the latter’s visit to New York the Exaltation of the Cross on Sunday, September 14 with Fr. Why, for instance, did a man who will follow. All of Justine Frangouli- and at left Agi Baltas, Consul General of Greece to New York. Demetrios Recachinas presiding over the ceremony by the water. supposedly lived in Genoa until early Argyris’ works will be available at the adulthood have only a poor knowl- fair (The Lonely Path of Integrity, edge of Italian and never use it when High Heels for Six, Clouds Fly Don’t writing to his brothers? How, in the They , Stis Agores tou Kosmou , The rigid class structure of Renaissance Legacy, Havana Diaries). , did a humble wool-worker Patriarch Bartholomew Backs Turkey's EU Bid manage to marry into the Portuguese ■ OCTOBER 5 nobility within three years of arriving LONG ISLAND CITY, N.Y. – The , (AP) – The into its project," Ecumenical Patri- in Portugal in 1476 and then acquire Greater Astoria Historical Society spiritual leader of the world's Or- arch Bartholomew I told the Euro- royal patronage for a risky and un- cordially invites the community to “A thodox Christians urged the Euro- pean Parliament. usual plan to find a new route to the Journey, A Dream and a Fulfillment- pean Union on Wednesday, Sep- "What I and the majority of the Indies? In an illustrated lecture, Mr. The Story of the Greek American Im- tember 24 to take on Turkey as a people of Turkey wish is full inte- Marketos will address the controver- migrant of New York,” a photo exhib- member if it improves democratic gration, full membership of the Eu- sy of Columbus's origins and re-ex- it to be held at Quinn’s Gallery (35 20 and human rights standards. ropean Union, on condition that amine the long-neglected theory that Broadway) on Sunday, October 5, "Europe needs to bring Turkey the criteria and preconditions that Christopher Columbus was a sophis- 2008, from 3-5 PM. It is free and apply to all candidates are abided ticated nobleman related to the last open to all. The exhibit includes im- by," he told a later news conference. of the Byzantine emperors. He will ages that depict the Greek communi- Bartholomew, who is based in explain how, if the theory is correct, it ty from the l800’s to the present. Istanbul, Turkey, is the spiritual resolves many of the mysteries sur- They include photos of their experi- McCain Sends leader of hundreds of millions of rounding the discoverer of the New ences in the trades, where they had Orthodox Christians worldwide. World. The lecture will be in English. an impact in the food industry, the He appealed to the EU not to A reception will follow. For more in- flower trades, and the furs. The Letter to Bush make religious or cultural differ- formation, please contact 301-229- highlight of the exhibit is to reflect ences an obstacle to Turkish mem- 9389. the work ethic, relationship to the bership. Turkey's population of 70 family and church and their unique Supporting million is predominantly Muslim. STAMFORD, Conn. – the Stamford contribution of the Greek immi- "But I do not think that should AHEPA and the Church of the grants to the American story. The dis- Patriarchate be considered to be a stumbling Archangels cordially invite the com- play is part of the vast collection from block," Bartholomew said. "We munity to “The Story of OXI,” a mul- The Greek Museum, a museum “in NEW YORK – Presidential candi- must not exclude from the Euro- timedia presentation by Dr. Angelo the making.” A limited number of ar- date Senator John McCain (R-AZ) pean family somebody who simply Athanasopoulos that will prepare tifacts within this presentation in- wrote a letter to President George has a different belief from us." you for our upcoming October 28th clude some tools from various trades, W. Bush concerning the govern- But he said Turkey needs to im- celebrations of the 68th anniversary handicrafts, musical records, news- ment of Turkey’s refusal to recog- prove protection for religious mi- AP PHOTO of the involvement of Greece in papers and books. For more informa- nize the ecumenical status of the norities as part of wider human Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew I speaks to the European Parlia- World War II at the Church of the tion, please call Katherine R. Ecumenical Patriarchate of Con- rights reforms. Bartholomew called ment during a trip to Brussels on September 24. The Patriarch sup- Archangels (1527 Bedford Street), Boulukos at 516-868-4092. stantinople and its refusal to re- in particular for Turkish authorities ports Turkey’s E.U. bid if it improves human rights standards. on Friday, October 3, at 7 PM. Dr. open the Halki Seminary. to allow the reopening of a Greek Athanasopoulos is an energetic and ■ OCTOBER 17 In the letter, dated August 27, Orthodox seminary and return The EU insists religion is not an Cyprus and the country's break- engaging speaker who uses comput- ALEXANDRIA, Va. – The American 2008, Sen. McCain stresses to Pres- Church property. obstacle to Turkey joining, but away Turkish north in order to end er technology to make his presenta- Hellenic Institute cordially invites ident Bush that the United Stated Turkey's efforts to join the EU opinion polls indicate many Euro- the island's 34-year division. tions come alive. He has been our the community to the 5th Annual must voice its support for the Ecu- have long been hampered by dis- peans are wary about letting the "We are very optimistic and very most popular presenter in the last 8 Benefit Golf Tournament at Green- menical Patriarchate. putes over democratic standards, country into the 27-nation bloc. hopeful that this time the dialogue years. The pivotal role of Greece on dale Golf Course (6700 Telegraph Below is the whole letter, human rights and the divided is- Bartholomew gave his backing between the two communities will the side of the Allies in World War II Road) on Friday, October 17. Break- reprinted in its entirety. land of Cyprus. to talks between the president of have a happy outcome," he said. is little known in this country. Even fast is at 7:30 AM; Shot-Gun Start is Dear Mr. President, some Americans of Hellenic origin at 8:30 AM. Christine Brennan, USA I am writing to express concern are not familiar with it. Please take Today Sports Columnist, will be this regarding the current situation of this opportunity to educate your chil- year’s celebrity golfer. Sponsorship the Ecumenical Patriarchate of dren, friends and relatives, including includes breakfast, Awards Ceremo- Constantinople, located in Istan- non-Hellenes, on this very important ny, luncheon, greens fees and golf bul, Turkey. aspect of Modern Greek and world cart. Sign up individually or with a The Ecumenical Patriarchate, history. It will be a rewarding experi- foursome. If you do not have a four- the spiritual home to more than ence for all. For more information, some, we'll assign you one. 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Father Peter Kyriakos Endowment 785-8430. menical Patriarchate, including its Fund on Saturday, October 4, at 7 decision not to recognize the ecu- PM. The concert is to honor Fr. Pe- ■ NOTE TO OUR READERS menical status of the Greek Ortho- Individuals, estates and entities which have ownership rights on real estate ter’s career of caring and giving This calendar of events section is a dox Patriarch and its refusal to re- spanned over five decades and his complimentary service to the Greek open the Halki Seminary. I too properties in these areas have been requested and urged by the Greek gov- impact on people has created a lega- American community. All parishes, share many of these concerns and ernment to declare their ownership rights in such real estate. cy of kindness amongst all those who organizations and institutions are believe that the United States must he touched. The Very Rev. 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In discus- among others, assists foreign residents in registering their ownership rights to QUESTION OF THE WEEK sions with the Turkish government, such properties throughout Greece. We are available to provide consultation the United States must voiee our strong support for the Ecumenical on such process and to represent foreign residents on all their real estate and Vote on our website! Patriarchate and continue our un- inheritance requirements in Greece. equivocal advocacy for the preser- You have the chance to express your opinion on our website on an vation and protection of fundamen- important question in the news. The results will be published in our tal human rights, religious liberty, For more information, please visit: printed edition next week along with the question for that week. and social justice. As Americans, I know we share a www.greekestatelaw.com The question this week is: Would you like it if more Greek and dcep respect for the Ecumenical Pa- Cypriot politicians visited the U.S. and met with members of the triarch Bartholomew and for the Greek American community? Greek Orthodox community world- ❏ Yes wide. It is in our interest to work Moulinos & Associates LLC Law Offices of John Tripidakis and Associates ❏ No collectively with the Turkish gov- 445 Park Avenue 38, Tataki Str., Glyfada, 16675 ❏ Maybe ernment and our European allies to pursue a course of action that will New York, New York 10022 Athens, Greece The results for last week’s question: Have the recent problems on protect the rights of the Ecumenical Tel: 212.832.5981 Tel: +30 210 8949037 Wall Street made you worried about the future of the U.S. economy? 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By Theodore Kalmoukos This summer, Christopher, a when I grow up,” he said, adding Greek heritage.” Special to The National Herald third generation Greek American, that he likes everything about Christopher wants to become a went to a camp in Thessalonica, Greece including “the language, doctor just like his father, Dr. John BOSTON – “It is one of the happiest Greece. the music, the history, the culture. Makredis an anesthesiologist in and blessed days of my life,” 16- “I like Greece very much and I We should perpetuate them here in Portland, Maine who told the Her- year-old Christopher Macrides told would like to go and live there America. I am very proud of my ald, “You cannot imagine how The National Herald minutes after proud I am that Christopher re- he had retrieved the holy cross trieved the cross today, I was not from the waters of the lake at St. expecting it. This is a great blessing Methodios Camp and Retreat Cen- for Christopher and for our entire ter of the Metropolis of Boston in family.” Contoocook, New Hampshire, on Present at the ceremony was Saturday, September 13, during the Christopher’s grandfather Mr. service of the blessings of the wa- Christopher Makredis, who said, “I ters. Metropolitan Methodios am very proud of Christopher. He is awarded him with a golden cross. a very good boy.” Eighteen young men and The blessings of the waters at women dove into the lake trying to the Metropolis Camp was a tradi- retrieve the cross. They were the tion instituted a few years ago to be following: Lydia Savage, Kanella celebrated around the feast of the Christopoulos, Christopher exultation of the holy cross every Makrides, Jerry Perone, Teddy September due to the difficult Stephanides, Jimmy Kavaltzis, Chis weather conditions and extreme Lalos, Nichole Mense, Marilena cold that causes the lake to freeze Kovidas, Christos Vasiliadis, Manos in January. Michaelidis, Chris Sarantos, Nick This year, a few hundred Greek Sullivan, Jason Theoharis, Tom Orthodox faithful from around Metropolitan Methodios of Boston congratulates 16-year-old Christo- Resmini, Andrew Corello, James New England gathered at the camp pher Makrides who retrieved the cross from the lake at St. Methodios Harritos and Chris Marten. to participate in the ceremony. Camp and Retreat Center of the Metropolis of Boston. Christopher Makrides, 16, from They enjoyed the sunny day, the Portland Paine, who was the lucky beautiful nature of the camp and were the guests at the Philoxenia ing more they could do. Two weeks person this year to retrieve the also the fellowship. House of the Metropolis of Boston later, Andreas died, surrounded by cross told the Herald, said, “It is a Metropolitan Methodios offici- for more than a year while Andreas his parents and relatives. Metropol- special honor and blessing for me ated at the Divine Liturgy assisted fought his terminal illness vigor- itan Methodios in his short eulogy that I was able to retrieve the cross. by some 15 priests and two dea- ously in Boston hospitals. said, “Andreas returned to Cyprus It is important to keep these tradi- cons. At the end of Liturgy a memo- Three weeks ago the doctors ex- in order to be embraced by its tions of our Church.” Christopher rial prayer was offered in memory hausted all their medical means bloody soil and passed to eternity.” participates in church life frequent- of nine year-old Andreas Stylianou and treatments, advised the par- An outdoor luncheon was of- ly. “I try to go to church every Sun- Christopher Makrides, 16, middle, with his grandfather Christopher, who had died early on Saturday ents to take Andreas to their home fered to all the participants of the day.” his father John and sister Afrodite, retrieved the cross from the lake. morning. Andreas and his parents in Cyprus because there was noth- ceremonies at the camp. Monastery Head Denies Wrongdoing in Scandal Giannoulias Hosts Fundraiser Continued from page 1 prepare 800 plates of food daily for itual father to guide, to teach, to ad- one who comes to the Monastery For Barack Obama in Chicago the workers, the monks and the pil- vise them into the pure patristic life. from high profile people to simple men in Xanthi were telling me that grims who visit the Monastery.” They accuse me as a fraudulent busi- men. Annually, we offer hospitality this property belongs to the Vatope- Asked what exactly happened nessman. I am not a businessman, to more than 20,000 visitors.” Continued from page 1 dio Monastery; we knew it from with the Olympic site, he said, “We nor have I behaved fraudulently.” Asked if the spokesmen of the our grandfathers. We did not stay have been accused that we took con- Asked if he and his Monastery are government, Minister Theodoros noulias. with their testimony, but we have trol of that arbitrarily, that we bribed too occupied with finances and real Roussopoulos, had any involvement Obama himself was at another the deeds, the titles, which have officials. Nothing like that happened estate property deals to such a de- in the deal of the Olympic Site be- fundraiser in the Loop when guests been validated by the Federal Legal and I say let the courts determine gree that it has become a seculariza- tween the Monastery and the gov- at the later one arrived. The prior Council and we had arrived to end that those things did not take place. tion of the eschaton, Fr. Efraim said, ernment, Fr. Efraim said, “Mr. Rous- was a much more modest affair, the issue.” We acquired the property through “No I am not occupied with these sopoulos visits Mount Athos as a pi- with seats going for $1,500 a head Fr. Ephraim said that “ministers legal governmental means and the things. I hear the confessions of all ous pilgrim not only now a member for the event at the Standard Club. Photiadis and Drys of the former PA- proper government agencies.” the monks, I teach them, I hear con- of the government, but before as a On the same day the Democratic SOK government, and also Basiakos Was everything done legally? Fr. stantly confessions of the many visi- reporter. He came for the first time presidential nominee was hoping to and Doukas of the Ephraim said, “All deals were done tors and I do not have time for the 12 years ago. He is not the minister raise more than $2 million in Chica- government signed the agree- legally. How is it possible to be other- deals. Even if I wanted to do some- in charge of these issues and he go, McCain's campaign released a ments.” He also stated that “we have wise? We are monks. I am a monk. I thing like that, I cannot, I do not could not help. He is the spokesman blistering campaign ad attacking Obama's roots and relationships in the city. The Republican National Com- mittee defended the advertisement as nothing but the truth. "Barack Obama says that he was born out of Chicago politics. His po- litical godfather got him his first ap- pointment in Chicago. His econom- TNH ARCHIVES ic advisor is the mayor's brother Greek American Illinois State here in Chicago," said Mike Duncan Treasurer Alexi Giannoulias. of the RNC. "If you ask someone to raise Gov. Rod Blagojevich, who was $30,000, it's not something that is specifically mentioned in the ad, very easy, but it is a group that is shrugged it off. "It's politics, they very excited about Barack," Gian- run ads," Blagojevich said. "I hope noulias said. the picture's good." Archdiocese Motion to Dismiss Katinas Case Denied

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LEFT: The Vatopedio Monastery of Mount Athos is at the center of a scandal that has gripped Greece. RIGHT: Archimandrite Ephraim, the Ab- Greek Orthodox priest. While com- bot of the monastary, spoke to the Herald about the real estate activities and exchange of properties that are the center of the turmoil. pleting his seminary studies at Holy Cross Greek Orthodox School of been accused that we bribed minis- am landless. I have nothing on my want to.” of the government. Other ministers Theology, Katinas had a sexual en- ters. This is villainous. Nothing of own, nor personal banks accounts. I Asked who deals with the busi- helped us.” counter with a male Presbyterian that sort ever happened. We simply am a spiritual father and I must set ness issues of the Monastery, Fr. Asked if he feels responsible for minister and confessed his sexual tried to claim our property within the example for the monks. The Ephraim said, “We have financial ad- the scandal, Fr. Efraim said, “I nev- proclivities for boys to Bishop the proper, legal and transparent monks who come to the Monastery visors who advise us in those areas, er wanted to cause anything like Gerasimos. Although Katinas ini- manner because we need $300 mil- in our days are not kids from poor because we do not know these that. I am deeply sorry for the scan- tially finished his seminary studies lion euro to fix it. We have 200 work- families as was the case in the past. things, especially me. The advisors dalization of the people. I pray to in 1959, a professor would not sign ers and technicians working and we They come because they want a spir- help us with the finances. We fix the God to illumine the people to un- his diploma causing him to be sent Monastery and we do philanthropy derstand that we the monks are the to Istanbul and Geneva. About this among other things.” unsalaried guardians for life and time Katinas paid for sex with a To the question that here we are we have been sacrificing day and male prostitute in a Greek bath- talking about a huge property of 65 night in order to be able to fulfill house. Despite these red flags the million euro, he said “but we also our obligations as monks and to Greek Orthodox Church ordained Self Esteem need a lot of money to fix the minister to the people of God.” Katinas as a priest in 1963.” Learn how your inner voice Monastery. We do not want the When asked what he plans to do In Mr. Katinas’ case, Rev. contributes to your self esteem money to give it to our brothers or in order to pacify the crisis, he said, Nicholas Triantafilou, the current Learn how to restore your self esteem close friends; we are managers of “We are praying.” president of Hellenic College and for a healthier marriage this property. We should claim with Finally, asked if he has done Holy Cross Greek Orthodox School and positive relationship a legal way the property of the anything improper, Fr. Ephraim of Theology appears to be involved Former priest Nicholas Katinas. Monastery, without loosing our said, “No with the grace of God I as The National Herald has report- 567 Park Avenue, Suite 204 Marriage, Couple, Family, Child Scotch Plains, NJ07090 identity as monks and go to secular haven’t done anything improper. ed months ago and as was later The court documents also state and Individual therapy way of life as some are accusing Candidly, and with a pure disposi- shown in court documents. When that “despite the affirmative repre- www.hellenictherapy.com email: [email protected] MARIA SIKOUTRIS MA, Ed.S, LPC us.” tion, I claimed the property of my in 1987 the parents of a boy al- sentations that “nothing had oc- (908) 322-0112 Day, Evening & Weekend Hours Asked how come his Monastery Monastery as I should have done. legedly sexually abused by Katinas curred,” defendants sent Katinas to often provides hospitality to rich My intent was not to embarrass had informed the Holy Trinity counciling for so called “boundary businessmen, politicians and judges, anyone or to create any problem, I Greek Orthodox parish in Dallas issues.” He continued his priestly he said. ask for forgiveness from the Greek and the Archdiocese in New York, duties at the Holy Trinity parish in “We provide hospitality to every- people for the scandalization.” Rev. Triantifilou was sent to Dallas Dallas. in his capacity as Archiepiscopal Archbishop Demetrios of Ameri- Vicar General to investigate the ac- ca had appointed Katinas as a cusations. Rev. Triantafilou was member of the Board of Trustees of close friends with Katinas since the Hellenic College and Holy Cross Thousands of Greek Americans time of their studies at Holy Cross Greek Orthodox School of Theolo- Theological School. gy. Katinas would visit the school According to court documents, frequently. Teach in U.S. Universities “Triantafilou initially met with the Rev. Triantafilou had appointed www.GreekKitchennyc.com boy’s parents and in an effort to Katinas’ son, the Rev. James Kati- ATHENS (ANA) – Some 3,000 dis- The minister stated that during “protect the Church” he instructed nas, to various administrative posi- tinguished Greek American scien- his visit to the US he discussed with them “not to call the police” or “talk tions at Holy Cross Theological tists teach in US universities, Edu- Archbishop Demetrios of America to anybody” about the incident. Tri- School including Director of Ad- cation Minister Evripidis Stylianidis and the leaders of the Greek Ameri- antafilou convinced the parents missions and also Director of De- said on Wednesday, speaking on can community the form and size of and their son that they had “misun- velopment. He was transferred to the Voice of America Radio's Greek the assistance Greece intends to derstood” and “imagined” Katinas’ the Annunciation Greek Orthodox Service. send to ecclesiastical and charter actions, that “nothing had oc- parish in Kansas City, Missouri Responding to a question on schools. curred” and that Katinas “wouldn’t shortly before his father’s scandal whether the Greek state con- The next trip to the United lie.” broke. tributes to the education of the States will include stops from Flori- Greek expatriate children, Styliani- da to Boston, the country’s higher dis referred to his trip last February education centre, Stylianidis said, to Chicago, New York and Washing- adding that the roughly 3,000 dis- ton and the visit to the School of tinguished Greek American scien- the Future in Philadelphia estab- tists constitute a priceless resource lished by Microsoft’s Bill Gates as a with potentially notable contribu- Online Service Directory... new education model with branch- tion to the higher education re- www.thenationalherald.com es around the world. forms underway in Greece. 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PHOTOS: TNH/COSTAS BEJ The President of Cyprus Demetris Christofias discussed a variety of topics for about one hour with Arch- Shown from l. to r. are the Permanent Representative of Cyprus to the UN Ambassador Minas Had- bishop of America Demetrios and the vice president of the Archdiocesan Council and prominent communi- jimichael, Cypriot Presidential Commissioner George Iacovou, Cypriot Government Spokesperson Ste- ty member, Michael Jaharis at the Archdiocese on Monday, September 22, in New York's Upper East Side. fanos Stefanou, Cypriot FM , President Demetris Christofias, and Greek FM Dora Bakoy- anni during a meeting where Ms. Bakoyanni was briefed about the status of reunification talks. Christofias Meets With Community, Speaks at United Nations

The President of Cyprus Demetris Christofias thanks the community for their support of the Cyprus issue The President of Cyprus Demetris Christofias shakes hands with members of the Greek American commu- outside of the Kaloidis Parochial School during a visit to the Holy Cross Church festival in Brooklyn on nity of Holy Cross Church during his visit to Brooklyn on Sunday, September 21. Sunday, September 21. Alongside Mr. Christofias are his wife and Archbishop of America Demetrios.

Continued from page 1 state of negotiations, Mr. leaders of either side, which have Christofias said that “we made joint commenced for the settlement of Cyprus was a member state of the statements, but I do not think that the Cyprus issue. He also conveyed , and commented now is the time to make them pub- his expectation that the UN will re- that the federation that is to be lic, because we want to focus on be- main firm in their position that the agreed upon must be functional, ing productive.” dialogue taking place would be held meaning that it must operate rela- Meanwhile, President Christofias by Cypriots for Cypriots. He further tively free of problems so that also commented on the possibility of noted that he was awaiting the Unit- Cyprus can play a positive role in- UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon ed Nations, the European Union and side the EU as well. taking on an even more direct role in other international organizations to Commenting on the UN Secre- the negotiations, beyond the level of exercise their role and influence tary General’s response following his personal representative. Mr. Turkey, so that the principles of In- Mr. Christofias’ request that he call Christofias said that “it is too early to ternational Law may be upheld by upon Turkey to settle the Cyprus is- talk about greater involvement on the occupying forces. Otherwise, he sue, the Cypriot President said “the the part of the Secretary General or said, the Cyprus issue was not going Secretary General was very positive anybody else.” He also added that to be solved. with me and this lifts my spirits. I the key players in this process are al- In regards to whether his up- am sure that the Secretary General ready predetermined. “I repeat that coming speech at the UN General will take the request I have made the Secretary General is showing Assembly was going to contain its under serious consideration. From great personal interest in this matter own messages in light of the direct there on in, let us see how the other and I think that says a lot,” Mr. talks that have begun between him side will behave.” Christofias stated. and Turkish Cypriot community President Christofias noted that The Cypriot President also men- leader Mehmet Ali Talat, Mr. Mr. Ban will operate within the tioned that he spoke with Mr. Ban Christofias answered “certainly,” framework of his good offices. “The and obtained the latter’s agreement but noted that he was not going to entire process is taking place within for the implementation of Confi- reveal the contents of his speech at the framework of the good offices dence Building Measures between this point in time. of the Secretary General, in accor- the two communities, including the “We will speak in general, con- dance with the decisions of the UN opening of the crossing point in the cisely of course, about the prob- Security Council,” he noted. “We Limnitis area. lems facing mankind, and we will must never forget this. This process Mr. Christofias left Nicosia and state our positions. Of course, we The President of Cyprus Demetris Christofias shakes hands with the former parish council president of is a UN process, which calls upon arrived in New York on Saturday af- will naturally center our attention Holy Cross Church in Brooklyn, Sandy Vallas during the church’s festival on Sunday, September 21. the leaders of both communities to ternoon to take part in the 63rd around the developments in the negotiate based on the UN Security United Nations General Assembly. Cyprus issue and update the Gener- Council resolutions. I draw atten- He will remain in New York until al Assembly,” Mr. Christofias said. tion to this accordingly,” he added. this coming Saturday, September “We are going to outline yet Mr. Christofias also explained 27th. Mr. Christofias will address again the principle positions of the that the ongoing negotiations are the UN General Assembly on Cypriot Government, the Republic PASOK Leader Papandreou In New York bi-communal. “We are going to Wednesday September 24th. of Cyprus, and the Greek Cypriot have an agreement between two Before leaving Cyprus for New side on matters of interest to us in Continued from page 1 According to Mr. Kaltsas, there in New York, Mr. Papandreou will communities, not between two York, President Christofias had stat- regards to the resolution of the is also a possibility that Mr. Papan- also meet with local PASOK munic- countries,” he said. ed that he expected the United Na- Cyprus issue,” President Christofias during this conference. dreou will meet with Democratic ipal and prefectorial committee Commenting on the current tions to support direct talks between noted. On Friday evening, the head of Presidential nominee Senator members. 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PHOTOS: TNH/COSTAS BEJ A scene from High Level Meeting on the Development Needs of Africa, which took place at the UN Gener- Foreign Minister Dora Bakoyanni and the Chairperson of the African Union Commission and former for- al Assembly hall on Monday, September 22. Greek Foreign Minister Dora Bakoyanni is shown in the front eign minister of Gabon, Jean Ping, signed a Memorandum of Understanding between Greece and the row, second from the left, while the President of Cyprus Demetris Christofias is shown on the right. African Union on Monday, September 22, 2008 during the 63rd UN General Assembly. Dora Bakoyanni Tackles Full Schedule During Week-Long Visit to New York

By Demetris Tsakas Macedonia name dispute, the Bakoyannis will meet with Turkish Special to The National Herald prospects for a settlement of the FM Ali Babacan at the headquarters Cyprus issue, developments in the of the Permanent Greek Mission to NEW YORK – Greece’s Foreign Min- Caucasus, the upcoming Greek Pres- the UN, at 1:45 p.m., where they ister Dora Bakoyannis has been in idency of OSCE, and other issues of will discuss bilateral relations and New York throughout this past mutual interest. The U.S. State De- meet with the press. At 4:30 p.m., week, together with Deputy Foreign partment has reportedly also asked the Greek FM will meet with UN Minister Yannis Valinakis, attending for a meeting between Mrs. Bakoy- Secretary General Ban Ki-moon, and the 63rd Session of the United Na- annis and U.S. Under Secretary for she will address the UN General As- tions General Assembly. Some of the Political Affairs William Burns – the sembly at 5:30 p.m., where she will major issues that Greece’s top diplo- third highest ranking official in the present the Greek perspective on UN mat addressed on the sidelines of State Department. related issues, touching on subjects the UN meetings were the upcoming Mrs. Bakoyannis highlighted her from world development and non- Greek Presidency of the Organiza- interest in the Greek Community proliferation of weapons, to climate tion for Security and Cooperation in right from her first conference with change and immigration. Europe (OSCE) and plans to up- diplomatic press corps, last Sunday, Mrs. Bakoyannis signed two im- grade the role of this organizations, and noted that she will be speaking portant Memorandums of Under- the ongoing reunification talks be- at an open reception for Greek standing on Monday September 22, tween the President of Cyprus Americans which is set to take place at the Greek Press Office in New Demetris Christofias and Turkish on Thursday evening at the St. Regis York, one day before the High Level Cypriot Community leader Mehmet Hotel in Manhattan. Meeting on the Development Needs Ali Talat, and the Macedonia name The Greek FM also spoke about of Africa. In the morning, the Greek dispute between Greece and its the hot topic of voting rights for FM signed a MoU with the African northern neighbor FYROM. Greek expatriates, saying that “vot- Union which anticipates Greece The Greek Foreign Minister met ing for Greek Americans living granting 12 million euros over the with UN Special Envoy Matthew abroad is a very important issue,” next four years for programs related Nimetz at the Permanent Mission of while noting that the Government is to climate change. That same after- Greek to the UN on September 24. set on submitting a third proposal in noon, Greek Foreign Ministry offi- Greece’s FM discussed the state of the hopes of securing multipartisan The President of Cyprus Demetris Christofias met with Greek Foreign Minister Dora Bakoyanni on Tuesday, cial signed the Macedonia name dispute be- support before the bill goes to Parlia- September 23, to give her a detailed briefing of the latest development in the Cyprus reunification talks. another MoU with the Caribbean tween Greece and FYROM with Mr. ment. Mrs. Bakoyannis indicated Community Climate Change Center Nimetz, and reiterated that the that the Government would not ne- Tuesday’s meeting with the OSCE met with the President of Cyprus Demetrios and discussed issues re- for the funding of activities regard- Greek positions are clear, steady, gotiate on plans to count Greek ex- Quintet - are geared towards in- Demetris Christofias on Tuesday af- lated to Greece and the Greek Amer- ing adjustment to climate change, and are backed by multipartisan patriates’ votes as part of the final forming the international communi- ternoon, where they discussed their ican Community. amounting to one million euros a agreement. Mrs. Bakoyannis com- national tally, and not separately as ty about the goals of the Greek pres- countries’ strategy in the ongoing Earlier that day, Mrs. Bakoyannis year over the next four years. mented that due to the steadfastness has been proposed by other parties. idency. Cyprus settlement negotiations. She was on hand at the United Nations Mrs. Bakoyannis said that Greece of the Greek positions, its arguments However, she did state that the Mrs. Bakoyannis said that Greece also attended the UN General As- building for the official start of the is ready to play its role in the inter- are becoming increasingly accepted. Karamanlis Administration was has set lofty goals for its upcoming sembly the next day to listen to the 63rd Session of the UN General As- national community's efforts for Although no meeting has been an- open to discussion regarding any OSCE Presidency in the hopes of up- Cypriot President’s address. sembly. The Greek Foreign Minister Africa's development, and said that nounced between her and FYROM other aspect of the bill. grading the organization, which is Mrs. Bakoyannis will be on hand was in the audience for addresses the MoU with the African Union is officials in New York for the UN Gen- On Tuesday morning, Mrs. currently not living up to its full po- for the reception that will be held in made by UN Secretary General Ban tangible proof of Greece’s commit- eral Assembly, it is rumored that Bakoyannis met with her counter- tential. She said that the OSCE Mr. Christofias’ honor at Terrace on Ki-moon, President George Bush, ment. She added that Africa has Mrs. Bakoyannis is ready to meet parts from Spain, Finland, Kaza- could play a crucial role in regional the Park, at Flushing Meadows Park, and the leaders of France and Brazil. achieved great progress in adopting with them to continue discussions. khstan and Lithuania at the Finnish affairs, since the United States, Rus- NY. The event is being organized by Also that same day, she met with the Development Targets of the Mil- The Greek FM had met with her FY- Mission to the United Nations. To- sia, and many Southeastern Euro- the Cyprus Federation of America the Foreign Ministers of Egypt, EU lennium, stressing that many things ROM counterpart Antonio Milososki gether with Greece, these countries pean countries are all member and the International Coordinating accession candidate Croatia, In- have yet to be done and the interna- in Paris last week, but no negotia- represent the OSCE Quintet of For- states. The Greek FM said it was her Committee – Justice for Cyprus donesia, and the President of the tional community must support tions reportedly took place at this eign Ministers. Issues related to the hope that the Greek Presidency (PSEKA). At the reception, Mr. Palestinian National Authority Mah- Africa's efforts. The Greek FM took meeting, which was set up strictly to Southern Caucasus region and could bring about greater safety in Christofias will speak on the moud Abbas. She also participated part in a High Level Meeting on the strengthen relations between the Georgia were discussed at the meet- the area, while contributing to progress that has been achieved to in an EU Foreign Ministers meeting Development Needs of Africa, and two governments. Mr. Nimetz met ing, in addition to the initiatives peace and increased cooperation be- date during the recent Cyprus settle- with Russian Foreign Minister mentioned that Greece, in the with FYROM President Branko Cer- Greece has planned when it takes tween the member states of this or- ment talks. Sergei Lavrov. Later that evening, framework of its presidency in the venkovski on Wednesday afternoon over the Presidency at the start of ganization. After her Tuesday meeting with she attended the traditional dinner Human Security Network, has made as well. next year, and its subsequent brief- In regards to the Cyprus issue, all Mr. Christofias, the Greek FM head- offered by the UN Secretary General climatic change its top priority. She Mrs. Bakoyannis met with her ing of the UN Security Council short- eyes are on the progress of talks be- ed to the Manhattan Upper East to the heads of state or their dele- noted that the challenges are many, U.S. counterpart Secretary of State ly afterwards. Mrs. Bakoyannis not- tween Greek and Turkish Cypriot Side headquarters of the Greek Or- gates participating in the UN Gener- but Greece will stand by Africa and on Thursday ed that many of her meetings with leaders Demetris Christofias and thodox Archdiocese of America, al Assembly. help it to make the 21st century morning, where they discussed the international leaders – including Mehmet Ali Talat. The Greek FM where she met with Archbishop On Saturday September 27, Mrs. Africa's century. Greek Foreign Minister Talks Exclusively to TNH About Greece’s Pressing Issues

Continued from page 1 for EU accession – for substantial Government, Central Bank, and been wanting and asking for, re- progress to be achieved in the set- other authorities that oversee our fi- gardless of what part of the world to insist on red lines, like the cre- tlement of the Cyprus issue. This is nancial system – so that the Greek they live in. It is important to ation of a new state (“virgin birth”) the reason why I believe that the financial sector continues to move achieve the widest possible consen- and the retention of Turkish guar- Turkish Government should en- ahead in a safe climate, despite the sus on this issue, in part because a antor status in a EU member state. courage the Turkish Cypriot side to negative conditions present inter- two thirds Parliamentary majority is Do you believe that Turkey truly de- show a constructive spirit at the ne- nationally. We are optimistic about required to pass this legislation. Un- sires a settlement, or are they just gotiations. the future and we are making every fortunately, the main opposition using these negotiations as a pre- TNH: Recent polls in Greece possible effort to meet the chal- party in Greece has for some time text? show a relative change in the popu- lenges and resolve the problems now been searching for pretexts to DB: It appears that some people larity of the two largest parties. To that remain. avoid taking action in this particular have not comprehended that which what do you attribute this change, TNH: Unfortunately, Greece’s area. All the efforts that the Govern- is self-evident: Cyprus is a member and what measures should the Gov- main opposition party PASOK re- ment has made towards this end of the European Union, a member ernment take to reverse it? jected the draft bill proposed by the until now have been blocked by the of the UN, and it has vested inter- DB: Greece is going through a Government which would have es- unsubstantiated excuses and delay ests based on international law. It period of changes and reforms. This sentially given Greek expatriates tactics that the remaining political has its own place in the internation- is the road that our Government has voting in Greek national elections parties in Greece have been system- al scene, and of course, no Cypriot chosen, and it is a difficult one. the same rights as voters living in atically relying on. We are insisting, has the desire to lose any of these There are problems that linger. Greece. Do you remain hopeful that however. We will submit a third rights, because if he or she does so, However, we are determined on re- a happy medium will be reached so draft bill to PASOK because we it will go against the better interests solving them and moving forward. that this bill can be passed before want to secure the widest possible of and Turkish We are continuing our work for the the end of the year, and if so, how approval. There is only one issue Cypriots. Cyprus is a full-fledged full duration of our term, as we en- can the Greek Community of the Di- that is non-negotiable: that the member of the European family. We vision Greece becoming a country aspora contribute to the realization votes of Greeks abroad will count. are talking about a nation whose in- that plays a leading role regionally of this goal? These votes are going to be applied tegrity and safety will be guaran- and internationally, which develops DB: The presence of Greek expa- to the final tally. We are hoping that teed by the European Union in the dynamically and equally in all sec- triates in foreign countries, who es- there will be people out there who most effective way. I am certain that tors, which provides opportunities sentially comprise a second Greece, will finally manage to free them- this prospect cannot but strengthen for all, and which is socially just. We which is active and dynamic outside selves from the petty politics and the sense of safety that both Greek have set lofty goals and we are the borders of the Greek state repre- self-serving motives that have been and feel – a feeling steadily reaching them. Neverthe- Foreign Minister Dora Bakoyanni met with Archbishop of America sents an especially important force shaping their decisions up until to- that is of vital importance in bring- less, we are going through a diffi- Demetrios on Tuesday, September 23, while she is in New York attend- multiplier for Greece in the interna- day. We are hard at work strength- ing together the two communities cult economic period filled with un- ing the 63rd Session of the United Nations General Assembly. tional community. It is our firm be- ening and promoting cooperation and reuniting the island. certainty. The global economic cri- lief that productive and fruitful co- between the Greek metropolis and We all support President sis has led us all to experience feel- What do you believe will be the ef- pean Union is encouraging. Up until operation between the Greek me- the Greek Diaspora. Important Christofias and the political leaders ings of insecurity and discomfort. fects of this crisis on the EU and now, Europe’s economy has faired tropolis and Greeks of the Diaspora steps have already been taken. We of Cyprus in the efforts they have The effects of international devel- Greece in particular? well in the face of the unfavorable is the strongest guarantee for a bet- reorganized the World Council of assumed to put an end to an injus- opments, combined with our own DB: We are living in a time of in- conditions that exist in the world’s ter tomorrow for Greeks all over the Hellenes Abroad, we secured its in- tice, an unacceptable situation that domestic problems are being re- security and economic uncertainty. markets, and the European Union world. stitutional role, we expanded its has been going on for 34 whole flected on every poll that is being The home loan crisis, the ever remains far from the risk of reces- In this framework then, we – the sphere of activity, and we made it years. It goes without saying that conducted. Each one of us is going changing price of oil, and the gener- sion. It is an extremely difficult en- Prime Minister and his entire ad- more representative so that the we are following and evaluating to be judged during this difficult pe- al crisis that has come about be- vironment, but I believe that Greece ministration – expressly pledged to voice of the Greek Community Turkey’s proposals for the settle- riod, and I certain that the citizens cause of fluctuations in the markets is steering its economy steadily. secure the right for Greeks living Abroad can be heard increasingly ment of the Cyprus issue very close- of Greece will recognize the accom- illustrate the difficult position in During the past four years, it has abroad to vote in national elections louder. Voting rights for Greek ex- ly. Under no circumstances, howev- plishments of the Government and which most international markets achieved tangible results in the area from the place of their permanent patriates remains an important er, should these proposals serve as the new developments that are now find themselves in. The global of its economy and development. residence. We believe that in this pledge for the Greek Government, an excuse for the lack of progress in gradually changing their daily lives. financial crisis is more serious and We are constantly seeking to way we are fulfilling an important and we will continue to work vigor- reunification talks. On the contrary, TNH: Your visit to New York has drawn out that what most people promote the best possible coordina- obligation that the Greek state ously to secure it by the end of this it would be in Turkey’s best interests coincided with the financial crisis originally expected. Nevertheless, tion among the institutions respon- owed to them, since this is some- year, as the Prime Minister has stat- – particularly in regard to prospects that is plaguing the United States. the news from Greece and the Euro- sible for our economic policy – the thing all Greeks living abroad have ed. THE NATIONAL HERALD, SEPTEMBER 27, 2008 COMMUNITY 7 Harry Moskos: Esteemed Journalist for Almost Six Decades

Continued from page 1 Honolulu and El Paso: Mr. Moskos tests in the South Pacific and was on the ground floor of estab- French President Charles de Moskos told the National Herald. lishing Greek Orthodox parishes Gaulle’s visit there (it was the Hon- “We used to talk all the time. He there, and actively sought out olulu bureau chief’s responsibility was a really good big brother.” Greek Americans who lived in to cover the entire South Pacific re- The Moskos family moved to those communities and conjoined gion for AP). Fortunately, he was New Mexico in 1945 for drier air organized efforts to build local not exposed to radiation either in because Charlie had hay fever, and churches there. Tahiti or during Project GNOME the Moskos brothers grew up in Al- That’s indicative of another near Carlsbad, New Mexico. buquerque. From the third grade thing he had in common with his “When they opened up the cav- onwards, Harry received his entire late brother: Both Charlie and Har- erns to do the tests, I went in there education in Albuquerque. He ry always made efforts to find and and covered it when the U.S. Gov- graduated from high school in get together with their fellow ernment said it was okay for jour- 1954, and from the University of Greek Americans wherever they nalists to go in and see it. But no, I New Mexico with a degree in jour- went. wasn’t exposed to radiation. Maybe nalism in 1958. “In Honolulu, the first thing I that’s why I’m still healthy, thank Mr. Moskos and his wife Victoria did was look through the phone God,” he said. have three children, Areti (Tina), book, and I found a whole list of Pa- Another major story he covered Xrisanthe and Matthew, and nine pas names with only one P. I called more recently was Benedict grandchildren. The couple met in some of them up to see if they were XVI’s visit to Constantinople in late Albuquerque. Both attended Saint Greeks. I thought we hit pay dirt, November and early December of George Church, and their families but it turned out to be a Filipino 2006. knew each other. name (chuckles). When we went to “Going to Constantinople at the “We grew up together. There’s Hawaii, there was no Greek Ortho- end of 2006 for the Pope’s visit an old picture in the community dox church. When we went to ranks up there, too. I’m an archon when Archbishop Athenagoras Texas, there was no Greek Ortho- of the Church, and the Archdiocese came through Albuquerque, and dox church. Shortly after we got asked me if I would go there to help the Greeks there went out to greet there, they got priests,” Mr. Moskos them with press coverage for the him at the train station. And there’s said. event. I saw history being made,” Vicky as a little girl and me as a lit- COURTESY OF THE KNOXVILLE NEWS SENTINEL “The church got started in Hon- he said. tle boy. Our families knew each oth- Harry Moskos in his office at home. Moskos edits the Albuquerque Journal’s letters to the editor section olulu because Archbishop Iakovos “But I just don’t understand the er. One day, after college, we start- from Knoxville, Tennessee. Handling letters is more complicated than most people think, he says. was passing through Hawaii on his Turkish Government’s attitude to- ed talking in church, and the rela- way to . We had just gotten ward minorities, especially toward tionship grew. She was in the choir, he gave me a job. They had just “I started reading the comics in position. Vicky and I talked it over, there. All the Greeks in Hawaii the Ecumenical Patriarchate. It and they wanted to go Christmas bought the (pre-UPI) United Press the out-of-town papers – like the and we thought, with the ages of went to the airport to meet him, would be so much of a boon for caroling. And because I worked at photo service, and the Tribune New York Telegram & Sun, which the people in front of me – the edi- and we asked him if he would do a Turkey itself to allow the Patriar- the paper, she knew I was familiar needed somebody to operate the would come to us in the mail – and tor and the managing editor – liturgy, which he graciously agreed chate to thrive. The Church is cer- with the city, so she asked me if I machine. I synchronized the receiv- I told one of the editors about a there’s a chance I could eventually to do. The next day, while I was dri- tainly no threat to the Turkish Gov- could lay out a map which could er with the picture-single coming comic strip that I thought we be the editor of the Albuquerque ving him to the airport so he could ernment, and what a great tourist show what order would be most ef- over the telephone line. We would should start running: Peanuts. I Tribune. So we went back in 1969, continue his trip to Japan, I asked attraction it could be,” he added. ficient way to go from home to receive the photo; take it into the told him I thought it was really fun- and in 1975, I was promoted to him, ‘Your Eminence, in your whole “I wrote a column for the Albu- home. Everything sort of took off dark room; and develop the photo. ny. The same sort of thing hap- managing editor. I was next in line career as a bishop and archbishop, querque Journal about some of the from there,” he said. Then I started writing stories and pened later on. I was in an editors’ to become editor of the paper. But how many times have you celebrat- problems the Church is having in Asked what it was about jour- taking pictures, and then I kept do- meeting one day, and I said, ‘By the in 1980, Scripps moved me to El Pa- ed a Divine Liturgy all by yourself, Constantinople. I pointed out that, nalism which made him want to ing more and more,” he said. way, before we break for lunch, so, Texas as the editor of the El Paso with no deacons or priests around while Easter is generally a joyous pursue it as a profession, Mr. “I was lucky. I happened to walk there’s a new comic strip coming Herald Post. And in 1984, they Moskos tells a terrific story with a in at the right time. Can you imag- out that I think is very funny: moved me to Knoxville as the edi- friendly, small-town feel, and he ine something like that happening Garfield. And I recommend that we tor of the News Sentinel, where I tells it with easy-going grace and in this day and age? A teenager get it. This is going to be the next worked for the next 17 years,” he charm (he’s Charlie’s brother, al- walking into a newspaper office Peanuts.’ Jim Davis (the author) said. right). building and asking for a job, and heard about it, and he sent me a Asked how he felt about being “I got interested in newspapers then being taken to meet the top nice thank you letter,” Mr. Moskos uprooted from Albuquerque when at a very early age. I was in elemen- man? It just doesn’t happen that said. he was so close to becoming the ed- tary school when I started putting way anymore,” he added. Other comic strips he has en- itor of his beloved hometown news- out my own newspaper in sixth Mr. Moskos just continued joyed over the years include Bill paper, Mr. Moskos referred to his grade. I called it the ‘Albuquerque working at the Tribune, which was Waterson’s “Calvin and Hobbes,” big brother and said he didn’t mind Gazette.’ My father had a shoe re- owned by the E.W. Scripps Compa- Gary Larson’s “The Far Side,” and moving, adding that he was always “Pearls Before Swine” by Greek happy about new opportunities. American Stephan Pastis. “Charlie always used to joke His love for the funnies aside, that we have gypsy blood. I guess it Mr. Moskos became a serious, well- must be true because I don’t mind respected journalist and editor, moving, and I always enjoyed the with stints as an Associated Press’ challenge. The timetable moved bureau chief in Albuquerque and much faster than I thought it Honolulu, and finally as editor of would. Instead of waiting for some- the Knoxville News Sentinel. He is body to retire in Albuquerque, I now handling the Albuquerque was named editor of the paper in El Journal’s letters to the editor sec- Paso. And then I was given an even tion remotely. bigger opportunity to be the editor “There was small town west of of the paper in Knoxville, which Albuquerque – Grants – where they was a larger newspaper,” he said. had the big uranium boom. There Mr. Moskos served as editor of were two rival weekly newspapers. KNS until 2001. Scripps company Jim Barber bought the two week- policy stipulated its executives had lies, and turned them into a five- to retire when they turned 65. day-a-week daily. He was looking Meanwhile, Tom Lang and the oth- COURTESY OF THE KNOXVILLE NEWS SENTINEL for an editor, and somehow he er Albuquerque paper, the Albu- Harry Moskos holding his brother Charlie’s groundbreaking book in heard about me, so he approached querque Journal, beckoned. his office. A famous LIFE magazine cover is shown to the left. me to become the editor of the “Mr. Lang and I had always got- Grants Daily Beacon. I was hesitant ten along, and I maintained very you?’ He told me that Honolulu time, it can be oppressive for the to leave the Tribune, but some of good relations with people back in was the first time. After he left Ecumenical Patriarchate. I got an e- my senior colleagues said, ‘Harry, Albuquerque. We were thinking Hawaii, he made a deal with the Air mail from the Turkish Embassy de- it’s an opportunity. Try it. If you about going back there, anyway, Force to send an Orthodox chaplain manding a correction stating things don’t like it, you can always come because Vicky’s parents were hav- to Honolulu for one tour of duty. By aren’t that bad. So I sent him back back.’ So off I went to Grants. It was ing health problems. So we went that time, he felt the community an e-mail asking three questions: a small paper with a circulation of back, and I immediately went to there would be sufficient to support Does the Turkish Government rec- 3,000. The editorial staff was com- work for the Albuquerque Journal. a lay priest, and that’s exactly what ognize the title ‘ecumenical’ for the prised of me and two other people, I worked there for five years. I was happened,” he said. Patriarch? Does the Turkish Gov- and some stringers. That was in on the editorial board; I wrote a Over the years, Mr. Moskos has ernment refuse to allow the theo- 1960,” he said. column; and I handled letters to the covered a number of important sto- logical school on the island of Halki “In 1961, the Associated Press editor. I also served as the liaison ries; among them, the release of to reopen? Is Church property be- called me and said they had an between the newspaper and the USS Pueblo, which was captured ing confiscated? ‘A simple yes or no opening for a newsman in their Al- comic strip syndicates (chuck- and boarded by in Jan- will suffice.’ They never responded. buquerque bureau, and asked me ling),” he said. uary 1968. Needless to say, we didn’t run a cor- to work for them, which I did. Then “When I retired in 2006, we “What was the biggest story I rection,” he said. in 1962, I was promoted to state moved back to Knoxville to be clos- ever did? Christmas Eve 1968, Mr. Moskos was also asked to Harry Moskos with Archbishop Iakovos in Hawaii, a visit which led to editor,” he said. “In 1963, they er to our grandchildren, and Mr. when the USS Pueblo crew was re- render an opinion, based on his al- the eventual establishment of Saints Constantine & Helen Cathedral asked me to be the bureau chief in Lang said, ‘You can’t do everything leased. Their first stop on U.S. soil most six decades of experience as a in Honolulu. Honolulu,” where he remained for you’re doing for me here, but you was Midway Island, and I was the professional journalist, about why the next five and half years. can still do the letters to the editor.’ only print journalist there to cover Hellenic issues are not advanced pair store. He would get these cir- ny. The other Albuquerque paper, After Hawaii, Mr. Moskos re- So he let me take a computer to their return. I won the luck of the more effectively in the mainstream culars, and they would be blank on the Albuquerque Journal, is the joined the Albuquerque Tribune. Knoxville, where I have it set up draw. The Navy said, ‘We’re going media, It doesn’t matter whether one side. I had a typewriter and morning newspaper. It is now New He had managed to maintain his right here at home. I’m linked di- to take four people, one from each Democrats or the Republicans are some carbon paper, and I would Mexico’s largest paper, published connection to his hometown, and rectly to the Albuquerque Journal, category.’ The local journalists did- running the show, he explained, be- print 3-4 copies of school news on by the Albuquerque Publishing his relationships with people there. and I do the letters to the editor n’t want to do it because it was cause larger issues have greater pri- one side, and then did a second Company, a family-owned enter- “My editor – Dan Burrows, the from here. I call people to verify let- Christmas Eve, so it was between ority, and Hellenic issues are lower batch for extra copies. One day, my prise owned by Tom Lang. At the one who had originally hired me – ters; edit the letters; and pick them myself and the UPI guy, and I won on Washington’s totem pole. teacher said, ‘Harry, there’s an easi- time, Mr. Moskos said, the two pa- had retired, and the new editor, out. I’m still on the payroll. It keeps the toss of the coin for AP,” he said. er way. Let’s go down to New Mexi- pers enjoyed the first joint-operat- George Carmack, called me. I said me active and I enjoy doing it,” he While he was stationed in For the complete text, visit the co School Supply Company.’ And ing agreement in the United States, I’d like to come back as the city edi- added. Hawaii, Mr. Moskos also went to web at www.thenationalherald. she got me a gelatin set, where I on- whereby two separately-owned tor, which was the third-ranking One interesting footnote about Tahiti to cover the French nuclear com. ly had to type one copy on this spe- newspapers were headquartered in cial paper; rub it in the gelatin the same building with separate ed- mold; and then I could make 50 itorial departments, but with a copies before the ink would be ab- common production, advertising sorbed by the gelatin,” he said. and circulation operation. “My father subscribed to the lo- “The editor of the Tribune was cal papers. In junior high, when I very good to me. When I started got out of school, I would buy the college, he told me, ‘We’ll get some- afternoon newspaper, the Albu- body else to operate the machine querque Tribune, and I loved to Monday through Friday, and you read the comic strips. I still love to can do it on Saturdays and Sun- read the comics. I look forward to it days. Any other time you can work every day. I think comic strips were during the week, be here, as long as what really got me interested, and I you don’t go over 40 hours a week.’ just maintained and expanded that So I continued working for the Al- interest. I was also involved with buquerque Tribune. I worked full- the school newspaper in both ju- time during the summer and part- nior high school and high school,” time during the school year – usual- he added. ly up to 30 hours a week – all At 16 years of age, he walked in- through college. I did that while I to the office of the Albuquerque Tri- went to school, and graduated bune and told the receptionist he within four years,” he said. was looking for a job. She thought His father paid the first semes- he was a nice young man, so she in- ter’s tuition, which was $100 then. troduced him to the editor, who of- Mr. Moskos then decided he to pay fered him a job. his own way through school. “I was “When I finished my junior year making enough money working for in high school in 1953, I went to the the Tribune, so I could pay my own newspaper building downtown – way after that,” he said. the papers were separately owned, In the early going, another of his but they were both located in the responsibilities was to read some of same building – and I walked into the out-of-town newspapers which the office of the Albuquerque Tri- came to the Tribune’s office. That’s bune. I was 16 years old at the how he stumbled upon Charles M. time. I told the receptionist I was Schulz’s famous comic strip, inquiring about a job. She took me “Peanuts,” which he recommended into meet the editor of the paper,” to his bosses as a comic strip the Mr. Moskos said. Tribune should pick up. Years later, “We apparently hit it off because he also recommended “Garfield.” 8 FEATURES THE NATIONAL HERALD, SEPTEMBER 27, 2008 Hardworking Men and Women that Make Greece Tick

By Brenda L. Marder have governed my whole life,” he product was quite special, with an tions in agriculture and to provide Special to The National Herald claimed, when we asked him what earthy lustiness….You’ll be missing an opportunity for them to learn guides him. something special if you don’t try how to develop the agricultural When Economy and Finance Stephanos Kassides, another in- wines made from native grapes.” and food sectors of Northern Minister George Alogoskoufis visit- novative graduate of the American Danae Karakosta’s Athenian Greece. While the LLL disseminates ed Washington in May for meetings Farm School (1991), and later TEI, family has been engaged for years information, it also collects infor- with American government offi- made his mark in the universe of in- in the wine business, both import- mation concerning the needs of the cials on bilateral prospects, the ternational business at an early ing and exporting the product. area, which it reports to the EU for Minister stressed the increasing in- age. His father, a farmer from just Starting in the early 20th century, further study. terest in Greece shown by U.S. in- outside Giannitsa, in the village of her family’s import business, The LLL is divided into two ma- vestors, who are noting the coun- Ditiko, eked out his living by culti- named Genka, brought premier jor activities. One is the Vocational try’s expanding role in Southeast vating a small portion of his 20 brands of wine and liquor from all Training Center, the other the In- Europe, according to a report re- acres. Stephanos decided that he over the world to Greece, Mondavi formation Center. The Vocational leased by the Embassy of Greece wanted to go into a business, his of California among them. In 1987 Training Center, accredited by the (May 2008). The Minister, intro- ambition spurred by what he had the family bought the historical Greek Ministry of Labor, offers edu- duced by Ambassador Alexandros learned at the American Farm Montofoli Estate, located on Evia, cational programs and seminars to Mallias, received high level atten- School about the economics of agri- and turned their attention to grow- a broad spectrum of the population tion at a forum called “Develop- culture, and how his father’s land ing their own wine, called Ktima who are unemployed. The other ments and Opportunities in South- holdings might be offered as securi- Montofoli, a small quantity of major LLL activity is the Informa- eastern Europe,” sponsored by the ty for a bank loan, a tactic his father which is exported to New York. In- tion Center, Evangelos serving as Center for Strategic and Interna- endorsed. Noting that annually, triguingly, Danae’s family purports the coordinator of both programs. tional Studies. Leaders of the thousands of acres in Greece re- to “produce their wine, according The America Farm School is the Greek-American Community hon- quired irrigation, the young entre- to the way wines were produced in host organization. ored him for contributing to their preneur, with encouragement from ancient Greece.” To understand Some of the seminars offered by understanding of today’s economy his father, contacted the “number their assertion, readers are invited the vocational training center are in Greece. #1 in the world” irrigation compa- to take a guided tour through the held on the AFS campus, others are While we know that in Greece ny, Netafim, in , which had an spectacular vineyard, wine cellar conducted off campus throughout the big money is in tourism and ser- outlet in Larissa, and purchased ir- and property between July1 and the villages of Central Macedonia vices (more than 40 percent of the rigation systems from the Israeli September 30, annually. to enable farmers from outlying GDP), and that the Greek-owned company to sell in Greece. His busi- Danae is mainly involved in the neighboring communities to at- merchant fleet, the largest in the ness flourished: after three years he public relations aspects of the com- tend. The program has been oper- world pulls in trillions, our curiosi- was able to buy the product directly pany. She graduated from the ating since 1993. ty was whetted by the Minister’s re- from Netafim in Israel. He chuck- American Farm School in 2000, The LLL Vocational Training marks. Contributing to the coun- les, “You know, within five years, where she maintains, “I learned the Center has a pool of 300 teachers, try’s impressive development, we the store in Larissa started buying critical skill of getting along with each accredited by various Greek realized, are enterprising, in- from me.” He also sells to others,” and continued her educa- organizations to teach a variety of domitable people working in a vari- F.Y.R.O.M, Turkey, Bulgaria and Al- tion in Athens at Pierce College and subjects, under the EU umbrella. ety of occupations outside the bania then Deree College for her BA, be- The LLL selects the program and above mentioned domains. But his interests stretch far be- cause she claims, “I wanted an the teachers, and makes a proposal When my husband, Everett, and yond buying and selling. At his American education.” to the Greek Ministry of Social Wel- I visited Greece this summer--we place of business in Ditiko and also At Deree her major was commu- fare, which then seeks funding travel there three or four times a in centers at Xanthi, Giannitsa, and nications, a field that underpinned year from our home in New Hamp- Farsala, he conducts seminars for Mrs. Aliki Perrotis with husband, Dimitris, who died in 1995. Her phil- her natural disposition for public shire-- we decided to search out people from all over Greece, with anthropic activity is well known in New York as well as in Greece. relations. In fact, while there she and interview persons on site, who an eye to bringing them in contact Mrs. Perrotis was hailed by Archbishop of America Demetrios, Mayor offered two short films for her se- are engaged in noteworthy activi- with progressive markets outside of Michael. R. Bloomberg, the Ambassador to Greece and others on the nior project. Her imagination, al- ties, people whose occupations the country. “I am much impressed occasion of the American Farm School Centennial Gala in her honor ways ticking with ideas, is now would lend us insight into who and with the culture of the Israeli kib- in 2004. She donated the funds to establish the Dimitris Perrotis Col- prompting her to write another what makes Greece tick. Since we butz and I attempt to transfer their lege of Agricultural Studies, the university component of the Ameri- screen play: she writes in English, a have been connected with the know-how to Greece. Their ap- can Farm School in Thessaloniki, Greece. She continues to be a sup- language that seems to suit her American Farm School for over proach is inventive, entrepreneur- porter of scholarship students at the College. writing impulse. forty years, we have access to a co- ial, and they display a sense of re- A major element of her public hort of hundreds of alumni sponsibility and cooperation in the which applies to the EU for grants. called “Colony Collapse Disorder,” relations work for Genka is over- throughout Greece, who are occu- world of business, so I bring Israelis Their on-premise labs, housing up as the catastrophe is called. The seeing the “Cellier Wine Club”, a pied with assorted undertakings. to seminars in Greece. They lecture to date technology, guide them to term refers to the abrupt departure unique organization, which con- in English and I hire translators to ensure the purity of their products. of work bees from their hives. ducts meetings for members to render the talks into Greek.” In ad- Of the grape leaves that are ex- Greece hosts one of the biggest bee taste wines, offers lectures on dition, he also takes groups to Is- ported, 20 percent are shipped settlements in the world, credited wines, and runs a special market rael so Greek farmers and business- abroad, some to France, while with producing thousands of tons though which members can buy men can observe the Kibbutz di- frozen stuffed grape leaves are ex- of honey annually. The EU relies on wine at discounted prices. Mem- rectly. ported to Switzerland and Japan. Greece to produce 14,000 tons of bers also receive a monthly In cooperation with Israel, his The rest stay in Greece, where they honey per year, and the country ex- newsletter to keep them updated most recent venture is growing, are sold mainly at restaurants and ports another 600 tons stretching on news about wines, a medium in- packaging, and selling pomegran- through organic street markets. from Japan to the United States. In to which she can pour her creative ates, a fruit that has become the lat- Their method of doing business is January 2008, Kathimerini stated talents. est rage in Great Britain. The pome- to deal directly with the client. Pan- that bee experts were on guard While most experts claim that granate trade is beneficial to galos notes “very slowly farmers in against the “Disorder,” but reported agriculture employs about 15 per- Greece, since small farmers can Greece are getting environmentally at that date no serious infestation cent of Greece’s labor force--admit- profit from growing the fruit: He conscious. Organic sections are ap- in Greece. tedly nowhere close to shipping or has encouraged 500 Greek farmers pearing in our supermarkets.” Be- The in-country expert, Professor tourism and services-- planting, to join him in cultivating pome- sides grape leaves, the company Paschalis Harizanis, at the Agricul- hoeing, and growing does provide granates, an undertaking the Greek produces figs, marmalade, vinegar, tural University of Athens, heads a large segment of the population Pangalos Kazakis Ministry of Agriculture is encourag- raisins and other products, but the Laboratory of Sericulture (silk- with employment. Since underem- ing. Since Stephanos stands at the must limit production because of worms) and Apiculture (bees). He ployment and unemployment is from the EU. center of the pomegranate trade, the meticulous care involved in the is vital to the protection of bees in hefty, agriculture plays a critical The Information Center, on the and other ventures, no wonder he cultivation of organic products. the country. His education in api- role in the overall Greek economy. other hand, prepares training ma- received the Israeli Trade Invest- culture started at the American People who encourage and support terials for marketing agricultural ment Award (2000) and the Israeli Farm School and was furthered by the agricultural sector really are in products and disseminates the in- Trade Award ( 2003). Gazing at a stint in Ohio, where he stayed on a position to make Greece tick, and formation electronically to local hundreds of pomegranate trees a bee keeping farm and took cours- help farmers prosper. farmers. A giant step forward is the dotting his fields, we recall lines es at the same time. A Masters of Evangelos Vergos is one of those AFS’ installation of a new laborato- from a poem, “The Mad Pomegran- Science from the University of Cali- people. He heads an organization ry of innovation technology to train ate Tree” by Nobel Prize poet fornia at Davis, and his culminating serving the needs of the 15 percent farmers how to use computers, of- Odysseus Elytis, “Tell me, is it the degree, a PhD from the same insti- of the population working in agri- fering, among other aids, access to mad pomegranate tree/ That quiv- tution, which offers a specialty in culture. A graduate of the Farm training materials provided by the ers with foliage newly born at bee culture, gratified his desire to School, he went on to receive a BSc Information Center. The LLL, Nikos Panagiotides dawn/Raising high its colors in a become an expert in that field. His and an MA from the Aristotelos through the Information Center, shiver of triumph?” specialty is the biology of bee re- University in Thessaloniki, and a aims to promote technology, and Our first visit was to Giannitsa Readers who have not traveled production. PhD from Dublin University Col- new ideas enabling farmers to in- (population 40,000), set in an area in Greece for a decade or so would He returned to Greece where he lege in 1991. Educated to do labo- crease production. Additionally, of intensive agriculture about a 30 be amazed at how farmers today taught and ran his own bee keeping ratory and extension work in agri- the Information Center extends dis- minute drive west of Thessaloniki. adapt technology to agriculture. An business, after which he received culture, he now leads an organiza- tant learning through a satellite However, Nikolaos Panagiotides’ outstanding example is Pangalos an appointment at the Agricultural tion that provides services to Greek network, where farmers learn the international business is anything Kazakis, who oversees the produc- University of Athens in 1994 to farmers. Evangelos is director of latest innovations. The ultimate but agriculture. He manufactures tion of organic grape leaves on his teach and experiment with bees the Life Long Learning Center goal is to provide a computer link and exports a complete range of property in Nea Gonia, Halkidiki, and silkworms in the University’s (LLL) housed on the American in each farmer’s home. aluminum products, an enterprise which he exports not just to Europe impressive laboratories, the only Farm School campus. The LLL is Obviously being connected to he started in 1996. If you follow the (principally France) but all the way such installation in the country. Al- funded by EU Social Funds. the EU in this manner is a boon to a details of his career, you can only to Japan, where presumably the so, he became deeply engrossed in The LLL is an accredited infor- small, but humming country like marvel at his ingenuity. A 1982 Japanese munch on stuffed grape silk worms. Greece has one of the mation and vocational training Greece, whose citizens, like Evan- graduate of the American Farm leaves along with their Saki. His largest silkworm industries in Eu- center for the rural areas of Central gelos Vergos, work hard to keep School, he studied at TEI (a voca- global outlook began, when as a rope, an operation heavily subsi- Macedonia. Its goals are to inform Greece, and by extension, Europe tional college) in Larissa and after student at the American Farm dized by the EU. Out of the 15 tons the farmers of the latest innova- healthy and prosperous. attended a gymnastic academy in School, he went on an exchange of silk produced in the EU, Greece “the-then-Yugoslavia” to prepare program to the Kimball Union contributes 10 tons. Professor himself for teaching gymnastics, an Academy in New Hampshire, Harizanis’ labs at the Agricultural ironically pivotal move in his future where he polished his basic English Stephanos Kassides University provide all the quality CLASSIFIEDS career. The irony? He never did skills to a level of fluency. He re- control throughout the country for teach, but exploited his knowledge members with relish and in detail Pangalos’wife, Katerina, origi- silk worm propagation. As for bee of Yugoslavia to export aluminum visiting Boston and New York. Lat- nally from , studied at the keepers in the countryside, they HELP WANTED (718) 728-8500 to the fraying country. er, he went to Writtle College in American Farm School’s university have a place to turn for immediate Not affiliated with any In 1996, noting a thirst in Yu- Great Britain where he received a component, The Dimitris Perrotis help: they possess a direct connec- JOURNALISTS WANTED other funeral home. goslavia for aluminum products, he degree in agriculture. Meanwhile College of Agricultural Studies. “I tion to Professor Harizanis’s labs. Nation’s leading Greek American opened an office in Thessaloniki, his brother, Thanasis, who was to adore living in Greece and attribute Most satisfying to Harizani is the newspaper needs reporters and as- APOSTOLOPOULOS where he could receive orders for become the computer specialist in largely my successful education at number of students attracted to the sistant editor for English weekly Apostle Family - goods from Yugoslavia. Hustling the family, was studying in Montpe- Perrotis College to the faculty who electives he teaches: Every spring paper. Exceptional writing/report- Gregory, Nicholas, Andrew - around Greece, he drew from 25 lier, France. bent over backwards to help each 250-280 students sign up for his ing skills and bilingual fluency a Funeral Directors of Greek aluminum suppliers to fill While the brothers were still student, offering personal atten- classes on apiculture and sericul- must. Car a plus. Fax or e-mail clips RIVERDALE the requests. To move closer to his studying, their parents in 1987 had tion. I love the faculty there,” she ture: 12 weeks of class, 5 hours a and cover letter to 718-472-0510 FUNERAL HOME Inc. client base, he opened offices in started the vineyards with the aim says. 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Services in all localities - (718) 858-4434 • (800) 245-4872 Greece, ruined.” But in 2000, seiz- ganic grape leaves on 20 acres, and timents concerning the environ- Professor Harizanis brings us Low cost shipping to Greece ing an opportunity to act as the first have become the largest producers ment, our visit to Nea Gonia was promptly down to earth: “Beekeep- aluminum dealer to move to the of organic grape leaves in Greece. one of the greatest pleasures of our ing promotes biodiversity and in- ANTONOPOULOS TO PLACE YOUR now separate zones that resulted in The company called Marianna’s summer trip. creases agricultural production of FUNERAL HOME, INC. CLASSIFIED AD, CALL: the breakup of Yugoslavia, he Vineleaves, (Marianna, his mother, While all is well with grape horticulture, fruits and vegetables,” Konstantinos Antonopoulos - (718) 784-5255, EXT. 106, opened in Belgrade and Bosnia his has been very involved in all as- leaves in Greece, can we say the he claims. At this critical moment in Funeral Director E-MAIL: first factories to actually manufac- pects) is certified as organic by the same about bees? Reports from Eu- apiculture, it is comforting that an 38-08 Ditmars Blvd., classifieds@ thenationalherald.com ture aluminum goods. Since then, Greek government agency, BIO- rope, especially Spain, Germany, international expert such as Astoria, New York 11105 he has brought his operations from HELLAS. This status means they Switzerland, the and Harizanis is on hand to keep there to Greece and reconstituted must observe the quality assurance the United States, warn as the Los Greece’s bees buzzing. REAL ESTATE his manufacturing business in Gi- methodologies specially designed Angeles Times (2008) put it, Those of us who spend time in annitsa, where he exports a com- for their industry. Pangalos claims “Something is killing the bees. Cali- Greece appreciate the delicious plete range of aluminum products that the “organic method of viticul- fornia’s $ 2 billion-a-year almond wines produced from fertile vine- to Germany, , France, ture is closer to the family’s overall crop is almost completely depen- yards, but since only a small Holland and other EU countries, life philosophy and that my respect dant on honeybees for pollination amount is exported to the United and also sells in Greece. Through- for the environment was strength- from about 1.5 million hives --36 States, many American connois- out modern history to make Greece ened in me at the Farm School.” percent were lost. This year more seurs are unaware of the quality. To tick has required citizens of uncom- Their machinery and computer sys- than 2.4 million U.S. bee colonies- set the record straight the “Wall mon courage. “The Farm School tems were purchased with a grant 36 percent of the total- were lost.” Street Journal” (May 9, 2008) pub- gave us such mental tools that they from the Ministry of Agriculture, The Greeks are alarmed over so lished the following: “the Greek THE NATIONAL HERALD, SEPTEMBER 27, 2008 GREECE CYPRUS 9 Kyprianou Greek FM Has “Constructive” Discusses Meeting With Nimetz

Cyprus Issue By Demetris Tsakas working towards a mutually accept- Special to The National Herald able solution. “We are in the negoti- ation process, and our positions are With US NEW YORK – For the first time, clear and steady. We are working to- Matthew Nimetz, the United Na- wards a mutually acceptable solu- tions Special Envoy for the ongoing tion to the name issue.” Senior Official negotiations between Greece and At the reporter’s insistence for FYROM over the Macedonia name more information on the nature of The U.S. believes that there has dispute, explicitly clarified that the the solution, the Greek FM com- never been a better opportunity issue of the ethnicity of the people mented that “we desire a name than now for a solution to the of FYROM is not included in his which we can live with, and which Cyprus problem. mandate, and that negotiations be- can be used in the future. We want a Daniel Fried, US Assistant Sec- tween the two Balkan neighbors are solution without winners and retary of State, speaking after a geared strictly to finding a solution losers, where both nations come out meeting with Cyprus Foreign Min- for the name of the Former Yugoslav on the winning side.” ister Markos Kyprianou, said that Republic of Macedonia (FYROM) - In a statement to reporters, Mr. the issues are tough. the provisional name under which Nimetz noted that Mrs. Bakoyannis But you have two leaders who the landlocked former Yugoslav re- presented the position of the Greek respect each other, who are com- public is still recognized by the Government with clarity. “I pro- mitted to reunification. Now is the United Nations. Mr. Nimetz made posed some ideas to the negotiators time to do it, he added. this statement after what he termed and received some of their com- During the meeting, Fried and a “long and constructive” discussion ments about the positive aspects,” Kyprianou discussed the progress with Greek Foreign Minister Dora he added. The veteran mediator al- achieved so far at the process of the Bakoyannis. so underlined that some headway direct negotiations between Cyprus TNH/COSTAS BEJ Mr. Nimetz also called the posi- has been made as to the under- President Demetris Christofias and Cypriot Foreign Minister Markos Kyprianou, left, met U.S. Assistant Secretary of State Daniel Fried, right, tions maintained by Greece clear standing of what constitutes a just the Turkish Cypriot leader Mehmet on Monday, September 22, in New York to discuss the next steps in restarting reunification talks. and steady, and said that they are solution, but added that there are Ali Talat. aimed at finding a mutually accept- many important issues that still re- Referring to the meeting, Fried aged both sides to lead and find a and other issues of common inter- eration. able solution to the name row. He main to be solved. said that he had the pleasure and way forward, Fried pointed out and est. Referring to bilateral relations, also stated that he did not address “I was impressed by the dedica- the honor of meeting the Foreign added that the United States has al- We discussed the situation in Fried said the US are grateful to the the details of the ongoing negotia- tion of the Greek Government to the Minister of the Republic of Cyprus. ways supported bi-zonal bi-com- Georgia and we also discussed the government of Cyprus for the help tions during his discussion with effort to resolve the issue within a This was a good meeting. We munal federation, a reunified is- hope that if and as the Cyprus prob- they gave us in the summer of 2006 Mrs. Bakoyannis, noting that talks set timetable. For the moment, nei- discussed the progress the two land. lem is resolved and the island re- with the massive evacuation. I over the substance of his recent pro- ther side has been able to reach an sides are making in the negotia- Replying to a question, Fried unify, this will obviously make haven’t forgotten that and our co- posals will continue during the next agreement that would satisfy both tions. We welcomed the start of the noted that they had also discussed things a lot easier between NATO operation is pretty good. I am very meeting between Greece’s chief ne- of them, but today I concluded that negotiations and we have encour- the situation in the South Caucasus and European Union in their coop- happy. gotiator Ambassador Adamantios the Greek side is ready to do what- Vasilakis and FYROM’s chief nego- ever possible to arrive at a solu- tiator Ambassador Nikola Dimitrov. tion,” he said. The Greek FM spoke to reporters When asked if he received an an- following her Wednesday morning swer on his most recent proposal, meeting with Mr. Nimetz, which Mr. Nimetz said that the Greek side Christofias and Dora Meet in New York took place at the Permanent Mis- expressed its basic views and posi- sion of Greece to the UN. “As you tions, and noted that the details will By Demetris Tsakas tween the Greek and Cypriot sides, Christofias said “Greece is on our peat that the Cyprus issue is our top know, I had a long discussion with be discussed by the negotiators. Mr. Special to The National Herald President Christofias noted that side, and this is an answer to all national priority and we are Mr. Nimetz, which was especially Nimetz stated that he was also go- Greece is not indifferent and is on those who say that Greece suppos- presently lending all efforts to this interesting and constructive. We ing to meet with the President of NEW YORK – The President of the side of Cyprus, while the Greek edly does not care. Greece certainly end. We are both going to have had an opportunity to review the FYROM Branko Cervenkovski. Cyprus Demetris Christofias met FM underlined that “the Cyprus is- does care. Simply put, our relations meetings with people who play a course of negotiations in their en- In response to a question on with Greek Foreign Minister Dora sue is our prime national issue.” are brotherly, friendly. They are role in the Cyprus reunification tirety. We also spoke about various whether he is cooperating with the Bakoyannis and the other members Mr. Christofias spoke to re- characterized by cooperation and talks. Of course, our cooperation on issues that have occupied our atten- U.S. Government on this issue, Mr. of the Greek delegation a n d porters about his meeting with the support. We will ask for something European issues and other matters tion. Negotiations on the substance Nimetz said that he speaks with the gave them a detailed account of the Greek Foreign Minister. “I had the whenever it is needed, but on the of interest is equally good. And so, of the proposals will continue when governments of many nations, in- latest developments in the Cyprus pleasure of meeting with the For- other hand, we do not want to give my message to Mr. Christofias is Mr. Nimetz meets with both coun- cluding the U.S., but refrained from reunification talks. During the eign Minister of Greece and going the impression that our relations thank you again, Mr. President. We tries’ negotiators during the next divulging details about his propos- meeting, both sides discussed the over the issues that are of common resemble those of some other coun- will have the opportunity to speak one to two weeks.” als and the reactions of Greece and positive signs as well as the difficul- interest to us. We gave a very de- tries,” he said, in a poke at the again during the week. It is a neces- Mrs. Bakoyannis also comment- FYROM. Mr. Nimetz remarked that ties that have arisen since direct ne- tailed briefing of the progress of strong control Turkey exercises sity to keep one another mutually ed that “The Greek side again had interest within the international gotiations between the Greek talks, including the good points over the Turkish Cypriot Communi- informed following the contacts we the opportunity to clearly convey its community for a solution to the Cypriot and Turkish Cypriot sides and the problems we are facing, ty. will make.” productive stance to the mediator, name row has increased over the re- restarted earlier this year. and we exchanged views on where On her part, the Greek Foreign Sitting in on this meeting, which as well as its volition to find a mutu- cent period, and that even govern- The Cypriot and Greek delega- we are headed, and where the oth- Minister said “I too express my lasted for approximately 45 min- ally acceptable solution to Skopje ments from distant Asian countries tions also briefed one another on er side wants to take the talks.” pleasure over this meeting with utes, were Cypriot Foreign Minister name issue. I also had the opportu- has conveyed their interest in see- the meetings and contacts they The Cypriot President added President Christofias. As you know, Markos Kyprianou, the Presidential nity to again fully and clearly detail ing this issue resolved. have had on the sidelines of the that “the Minister also informed me there is constant cooperation be- Commissioner of Cyprus George Ia- Greece's positions to Mr. Nimetz.” According to reports from diplo- 63rd Session of the UN General As- about her efforts on the Macedonia tween Greece and Cyprus. Coordi- covou, Cypriot Government In regards to a question about mats, the Greek side expressed its sembly. In statements to the media, name issue. Of course, we also dis- nation between our two countries Spokesperson Stefanos Stefanou, the issue of “Macedonian ethnicity,” positions with decisiveness, and the both sides stressed their decision to cussed common European issues is a necessity. We are both here in and the Permanent Representative which was mentioned in Mr. initial insistence of the Greek For- coordinate their efforts so as to and joint action we can take within New York during an undeniably dif- of Cyprus to the UN Ambassador Nimetz’s last proposal, Greece’s top eign Minister that national identity convey a concerted message indi- the European Union. I want to ex- ficult time, and we have to convey a Minas Hadjimichael. diplomat responded that “it is ab- is non negotiable led Mr. Nimetz to cating that both Greece and Cyprus press my pleasure over this meet- common and concerted message The Greek delegation included solutely clear that Mr. Nimetz’s reevaluate his proposal. desire a solution to end the ing and extend my thanks to the during our meetings with leaders in Deputy Foreign Minister Yannis mandate is to help us negotiate on The same sources cite the Greek Mediterranean island’s division. Minister once again, and to the order to be more effective.” Valinakis, Foreign Ministry the name of this country [FYROM]. side’s persistence as the reason Mr. A detailed review of develop- Greek Government in general, be- Afterwards, Mrs. Bakoyannis Spokesperson George Koumout- We are discussing the name, and Nimetz was compelled to clarify ments surrounding the Macedonia cause we feel very much at ease spoke about Greece’s decisive sup- sakos, and the Permanent Repre- this is the fundamental issue that is and publicly acknowledge for the name dispute, as well as other mat- with one another; we feel very port of the efforts of the Cypriot sentative of Greece to the UN Am- being negotiated at this time.” first time that this issue is not a part ters of European interest also took nice.” Government, and stated “Greece is bassador John Mourikis, along with Following a question by a re- of his mandate, and that only the place during the meeting. Describing the interest Greece present. It is a supporter of Cyprus aides from the Greek Foreign Min- porter from FYROM, Mrs. Bakoyan- name of FYROM is being negotiat- Following the discussions be- has shown in the Cyprus issue, Mr. in all its efforts. I do not need to re- istry. nis reiterated that the Greek side is ed.

SPORTS Olympiakos Win Big as Panathinakos and AEK Keep Pace in Super League

By Chris Paraskevas out of action for four weeks after striker Eduardo Ariel Montoya who Kottaras to complete an impressive Goal.com picking up an injury during the equalized to prevent Ergotelis from attacking performance by the Ery- match against the Nerazzurri. recording their second home victo- throlefki. ATHENS – The latest round of Compounding ’s sud- ry in a row, following their impres- PANIONIOS VS OFI Greek Super League action saw the den injury woes, rumours surfaced sive win over Aris last weekend. Panionios appeared to be head- ‘Big Three’ record victories but only that his decision to omit veteran Dimitrios Orfanos opened the ing for their second straight victory one of them stands alone at the top centre-back Giannis Goumas from scoring for the home side after just when Ghanaian midfielder Ben- of the domestic ladder. the squad to travel to Thessaloniki two minutes of play, producing an nard Kumordzi pounced on a loose Olympiakos’ crushing 4-1 victory was the result of a dressing-room acrobatic finish – a diving header ball inside the box to open the scor- over newly promoted Panserraikos rift – a claim the former Ajax man- following up on his own rebound ing after 61 minutes, following means they have acquired nine ager has since denied. after half-volleying a corner onto a Malarz’s point-blank save from for- points from their opening three As for the match itself, Aris im- Levadiakos body on the line. Mon- mer Inter striker Lampros matches and they now lie in first mediately responded to Enrique toya produced an equalizer from Choutos. Neither of ’s place, with AEK Athens, PAOK and Hernandez’s pre-match call-to- virtually nothing just before the two new Uruguayan stars made Ergotelis two points behind. arms, taking the lead after just 10 break, shrugging off his marker on their debut, with Estoyanoff and Ergotelis went into this week- minutes of play in a frantic start to the by-line before taking the ball in- Recoba not included in the German end leading the Greek Super proceedings. Spaniard Javito fin- to the penalty area and seeing his manager’s squad. League after a surprisingly success- ished a typically flowing move by effort deflect of the foot of Despite the absence of the high- ful start to the campaign but relin- the God of War, which culminated Hieblinger and into the far corner profile acquisitions, the home side quished their position after being in fellow countryman Sergio Koke of the net. would have been expecting a victo- held to a 1-1 draw at home by Leva- slipping the ball into his path be- THRASYVOULOS VS ASTERAS ry against a fledgling OFI side that diakos. AEK banished painful mem- fore he fired it across Galinovic and TRIPOLIS picked up its first point of the sea- ories of their disastrous home loss into the far side of the goal. The woes of winless Thrasyvou- son away against Iraklis last week- to Iraklis last season, exacting a Initially stunned by Aris’ aggres- los were compounded on Sunday end. On-loan Panathinaikos striker measure of revenge over the Gireos sive start, the Trifili rallied, equaliz- as they lost their third straight Dame N’Doye scored his side’s with a narrow 1-0 victory thanks to ing just nine minutes later through league game, this time at home to a equalizer during that match and re- a Nacho Scocco header. an incisive counter-attacking move Cardozo-inspired Asteras Tripolis. peated the trick against Panionios, PAOK, meanwhile, maintained that was started and finished by The influential Argentine made his smashing the ball into the net from their perfect record away from Brazilian midfielder Clayton – first appearance of the season for close-range to give his side what home this season, eventually signed in the summer from Larissa. the Arcadians and crossed to set-up could be another crucial point. breaking down a resilient Pan- The same man then won a free-kick Jean Carlos Donde to head home AEK ATHENS VS IRAKLIS thrakikos outfit at the in the 26th minute and Austria cap- the opening goal of the match in In the final match of the week- Stadium. Fernando Santos’ side re- tain Andreas Ivanschitz stepped up the 59th minute before Jaouad end, Giorgios Donis’ AEK Athens cruited heavily during the off-sea- to send a superb strike curling Zairi delivered a similar assist for battled their way to an uninspiring son and it appears to be paying off around the wall and into the bot- EUROKINISSI Cesarec six minutes later, from 1-0 victory over Iraklis at the OAKA for the Dikefalos tou Vorra, who tom left-hand corner of the net. Olympiakos striker Diogo scores the team’s third goal on a brilliant which the Croatian striker pro- Spiros Louis Stadium. With his side edged out their latest opponents Ten Cate’s side continued to header during the Piraeus team 4-1 victory over Panserraikos at Gior- duced an almost identical finish to playing in a 4-4-2 formation for the thanks to another Zlatan Mus- threaten on the break, despite be- gios Karaiskakis Stadium on Sunday, September 21, 2008. give Carlos Carvalhal his first com- first time this season, Donis includ- limovic strike – his second goal in ing pinned back in their own half petitive victory as Tripolis manager. ed new signings Agustin Pelletieri two weeks. for large periods of the second half but Poland international striker Garcia returned from injury to help OLYMPIAKOS VS and Rafik Djebbour in the starting ARIS VS PANATHINAIKOS by the home side. The Athenians Marec Zurawksi made his return Fernando Santos’ PAOK side to vic- PANSERRAIKOS line-up, with the former producing In the biggest match of the maintained their composure in de- from injury when he was intro- tory at the Komotini Stadium, Olympiakos consolidated upon a particularly impressive display. weekend, both Aris and Panathi- fense, however, and should have duced as a second-half substitute. where newly promoted Pan- their midweek UEFA Cup victory The Kitrinomavri began the naikos sought to put recent on- and secured victory when Gilberto Silva Last week, Larissa managed a thrakikos suffered their second with an impressive 4-1 win over game in positive fashion, pushing off-pitch disturbances behind them fired wide with an empty net beck- credible draw away against Asteras home defeat – and third straight Panserraikos at the Giorgios forward in numbers and having a at the Kleanthis Vikelidis Stadium oning. It was a miss that almost Tripolis but suffered their first de- league defeat – of the season. Zla- Karaiskakis Stadium. For the first goal incorrectly ruled out for off- on Saturday evening. Aris, who last came back to haunt them, as Aris feat of the league campaign on Sat- tan Muslimovic scored his second time in a competitive fixture this side before officially opening the week crashed to a 3-0 loss at Er- captain Koke saw his audacious in- urday as Victor Agali scored the goal in as many weeks, latching on season, ’s side scoring after 14 minutes, when Na- gotelis, were without the services jury-time chip beat Galinovic but winning goal at the Alkazar on 14 to Ricardo Veron’s perfectly scored in the opening forty-five cho Scocco produced a superb of the injured Mario Regueiro and bounce off the top of the crossbar minutes. The Nigerian striker had weighted through-ball before firing minutes of play, racing into a two- header from an Ismael Blanco had a potential distraction in the and out for a goal-kick. been guilty of wasting some gilt- under the legs of Spanish goalkeep- goal lead inside the opening half- cross. The home side failed to build form of Konstantinos Nebegleras’ LARISSA VS SKODA XANTHI edged opportunities against er Roca. hour. Brazilian striker Diogo added upon their bright start though, al- mid-week apology to the club. Nolberto Solano played a full Olympiakos last round but re- ERGOTELIS VS LEVADIAKOS another with just under ten min- lowing Iraklis to take the initiative Panathinaikos, by contrast, had game for Larissa on Saturday after- deemed himself by heading home a Levadiakos continued their solid utes of normal time remaining be- for the majority of the match and suffered a 2-0 defeat to Inter Milan noon but his presence wasn’t Rafal Grzelak free-kick to give Gior- start to the season, picking up their fore Tadic grabbed a consolation seeing Anestis Agritis waste a glori- at the OAKA Spiros Louis Stadium enough to prevent Marinos gios Paraschos’ side their second fourth point against an in-form Er- goal for the visitors with an 85th ous opportunity to equalize early in on Tuesday in their opening Cham- Ouzounidis’ side from crashing to a win of the season. gotelis at the Pankritiko Stadium in minute penalty. Spanish midfielder the second-half. Donis’ outfit held pions League encounter. It was lat- 1-0 home defeat against Skoda PANTHRAKIKOS VS PAOK Crete. Euro 2004 winner Michalis Oscar Gonzalez then came off the on to claim victory though and now er announced that talismanic cap- Xanthi. Laurent Robert remained Former Real midfielder Kapsis again lined up for Mom΄ilo bench to combined with Fernando lie equal second on the league lad- tain Giorgios Karagounis would be an unused substitute for the Vyssini and Uruguay international Pablo Vukotiç’s team but it was Argentine Belluschi and finish underneath der, two points behind Olympiakos. 10 OBITUARIES THE NATIONAL HERALD, SEPTEMBER 27, 2008

DEATHS

■ ATSIDES, STEPHANIE ■ DAVIS, PHILLIP ■ KATSONIS, GEORGE and Helen Mavrides and was a Eleftheris who survives along with with friends and family as well as OCALA, Fla. – The Ocala Star-Ban- HUDSON, Fla. – The Republican re- KITTERY, Maine – The Seacoast On- graduate of Julia Richmond High their four sons: Pete L. (Laura) being active in the hospitality busi- ner reported that Stephanie At- ported that Phillip Davis, 81, line reported that George "Charlie" School of New York City. She was a Panayi of Valparaiso, Artemis L. ness. She was involved in the Greek sides, 60, passed away on Tuesday, passed away on Sunday, September Katsonis died peacefully on Satur- former employee of Leventhal Fur- Panayi of Merrillville and Larry L. Orthodox Church both in Mason September 16, 2008 in Ocala, Flori- 14, 2008 in Hudson, FL. He was day, September 20, 2008. He was niture Co. of Bridgeport, who while (Susan) Panayi of Valparaiso, Teddy City and Minneapolis, and particu- da. Stephanie Atsides was born born on June 13, 1927 in Salt Lake surrounded by his family, his loving working at Leventhal, won the Bnai L. Panayi of Valparaiso, one brother, larly enjoyed St. Mary's Seniors June 22, 1948, in Baltimore, MD. City, Utah. His parents were the wife of 55 years, Jean, brothers, Brith "Dream House" where she and Andreas Foukaris of , Group. She was limitless in her car- Father Stamation "Tom" Atsides late Nicholas and Helen (Maniatis) Nick and Harry, children and grand- her husband have lived in for 60 Cyprus and 10 grandchildren: Louis ing and nurturing. The family (deceased) and mother Helen At- Delivorias (Davis). He received a children. The son of Greek immi- years. She served as a secretary of Jason, Dena (Daniel) Lopez, Peter would like to thank everyone at sides who currently resides in Bachelor of Arts in Mathematics grants, Charlie was born in Lewis- Holy Trinity Greek Orthodox Lawrence, Louis Andrew, Louis Pe- Mount Olivet Home and especially Ocala, FL. Stephanie was a gradu- from American International Col- ton, Maine, on Aug. 31, 1925. Soon Church of Bridgeport for more than ter, Thomas Peter, Pauline, Christo- Jeff Schleif and the staff of the third ate of Titusville High School and lege, a Master of Arts in Mathemat- after his birth, his parents, George 25 years and was its building fund pher Louis, Panayioti Patric and Ne- floor, as well as Dr. Jennifer Olson Coco Beach Community College. ics from Boston University, a special Kotsonis and Christina (Stamatel- office manager. She worked at the va Michaelene. Louis was preceded of Park Nicollet Clinic. The funeral The love Stephanie had for her course credit toward Doctorate of los) Kotsonis, moved to Radio and Television Division of in death by his parents, three sisters was held on September 23 at the business and customers was im- Philosophy in Mathematics at both Portsmouth, where he spent his G.E. of Westport and had been a co- and four brothers. The funeral was Greek Orthodox Church of the measurable. Stephanie dedicated Northeastern University and Mass- boyhood years. Charlie always con- ordinator of human resources at held on September 24 at St. Iakovos Transfiguration in Mason City. her life to working with her family achusetts Institute of Technology, sidered Portsmouth home. He told G.E. of Fairfield from where she re- Greek Orthodox Church in Val- Memorial donations to the Greek in the restaurant equipment and he was a member of Pro Merito So- stories of jumping off the piers un- tired. Irene dedicated her life to vol- paraiso. Burial was at Angelcrest Orthodox Church of the Transfigu- supply business. For over 35 years ciety and PHI SIGMA PHI. He der the Memorial Bridge and help- unteerism through many organiza- Cemetery. Memorial donations to ration (1311 Second St. S.W., Ma- she worked in the industry in both joined the Merchant Marines in ing his father with the hot dog cart tions, most especially at Holy Trini- St. Iakovos Church Building Fund. son City, IA 50401), or St. Mary's Georgia and Florida. Currently 1945, then proudly served our during the Great Depression. Soon ty Greek Orthodox Church and was Greek Orthodox Church (3450 Irv- owning and operating Atsides country as a Lt in the U.S. Air force. after the beginning of World War II, the first president of the PTO of ■ ROUPAS, COSTADINOS ing Ave. S., Minneapolis, MN Restaurant Equipment and Supply He then worked as a program man- Charlie enlisted in the Navy. While Holy Trinity. A member of the Build- CHICAGO, Ill. – The Chicago Tri- 55408). in Ocala since 1987. In the last 8 ager for Sylvania for many years his little brother Harry was on the ing Fund Committee, as well as, In- bune reported that Costandinos years Stephanie's love of her busi- before he retired. He was a member shores of Normandy, Charlie was terior Committee of Holy Trinity, "Gust" Roupas, born in Alepohore, ■ SPEROUNIS, MARY ness was eclipsed only by the love of Sts. Constantine and Helen assigned to a bomb disposal squad she was an original member of the Greece, World War II Army Veteran, LOWELL, Mass. – The Lowell Sun she had for her grandchildren San- Greek Orthodox Church in in the South Pacific. Little facts like Grecian Festival Committee and al- beloved husband of the late Deme- reported that Nicholas S. Sperou- tino and Athena. She was a doting Chicopee. He leaves his wife Mari- this were never shared easily. They so president for four years and a tra "Tula", nee Demopoulos; loving nis, 92, one of the original “Iron- and devoted grandmother who lyn J. (Transue) Davis of Hudson, would come out much later, almost board member for many years of father of Kathy Roupas, Diane men” passed away on Sunday, Sep- spent every possible moment with FL; his former wife Barbara Kvedar surreptitiously, while watching a the Ladies Philoptochos Society, a (Antony) Kontos and the late Stam- tember 21, 2008 at Lowell General her precious babies. She is survived of Sudbury, MA; his sons Nicholas television show or reading the member of the Scholarship Com- atoula Roupas; cherished papou of Hospital after a brief illness. A resi- by her mother Helen Atsides, Davis and his wife Alma of Cape newspaper. After the war, Charlie mittee, and Senior Citizen Club of Dimitri and Tina Kontos; loving son dent of Dracut. Beloved husband of Ocala; daughter Stacey Atsides, Cod, and Christopher Davis of Sud- returned to Portsmouth and, in Holy Trinity. A devoted member of of the late John and Diamando, nee Mary (Angelus) Sperounis for over Ocala; grandchildren Santino and bury, MA and also his daughter 1947, graduated from Portsmouth the Women's Council of Eastern Or- Korompilas; dear brother of the late 66 years. He was born in Lowell, Athena Atsides DelValle, Ocala; Teresa Davis and his grandson High School. When the Korean con- thodox Christian Church of Greater Solon (Katina), late Leo (late Ann) June 23, 1916 the son of the late and sister Angela Atsides Reed, Phillip Davis of Bridgewater, MA. flict broke out, he re-enlisted and Bridgeport, she served as their pres- and late Maria (late Elias) Ko- Kostas and Ioanna (Anninos) Sper- Daytona Beach. The funeral was He is predeceased by his son Robert served as an aviation ordinance ident for nine years as well as head- liopoulos; brother-in-law of Peter ounis. He resided most of his life in held on September 20. Stephanie Davis and his baby daughter Alison man, 2nd class, aboard the USS ing the Scholarship Committee to (late Bernice) Demopoulos, late An- Dracut were he received his early Atsides was an active member of Marie Davis. He leaves three broth- Princeton. Returning again to benefit seminarian students. A kind gelo (Jean) Demopoulos, late John education, graduating from Dracut the Greek Orthodox Community. ers William Davis and his wife Portsmouth, he met, truly, the love and generous lady, she will be and Esther Demopoulos, late Nick High School with the Class of 1937. She loved her Greek heritage and Michelle of Chicopee, James De- of his life, Jean Foss. Charlie greatly remembered for cooking and Nancy Demopoulos and late Nick attended Providence College the people in the Greek Orthodox livorias and his wife Mary of worked briefly at Portsmouth Naval and assisting bereaved families Mary Demopoulos; fond uncle of on an athletic scholarship in the faith therefore. Memorial dona- Springfield and Peter Delivorias of Shipyard. But, with a growing fami- with the memorial repases at many nieces and nephews; and lov- late 1930's. Mr. Sperounis was well tions to Annunciation Monastery or Chicopee. Phillip also leaves his sis- ly, he wanted more. In 1955, he church. Survivors in addition to her ing cousin to many, both here and in known as being one of the "Iron- Greek Orthodox Mission (3102 ter Sophie Speliopoulos of Spring- joined Metropolitan Life. He rose devoted husband, Jim, include a Greece. Former board member of men" of Dracut High School foot- West Silver Springs Blvd., Ocala, FL field. The funeral was held on Sep- swiftly into management and be- daughter, Ellen Ann Anderson, hus- St. Nicholas Parish Council, former ball in 1936 were he played both 34475). tember 20 at Sts. Constantine and came a legend in the business. In band, Jonathan and grandchildren, longtime secretary/treasurer of St. offense and defense and in one par- Helen Greek Orthodox Church in 1966, he earned the coveted CLU in Kristin and James of Milford; a son, George Society of Alepohore, ticular game on Saturday October ■ BANTIS, KASSIANE Chicopee. Memorial donations to insurance underwriting from Chris J. Mellas, wife, Susan and Greece, and former co-owner of 31, in which Dracut played two MANCHESTER, N.H. – The Union Sts. Constantine and Helen Greek Boston University. Though Charlie granddaughter, Cassandra of Yorba G&S Snack Shop, 51st and Califor- consecutive games he scored two of Leader reported that Kassiane Orthodox Church (P.O. BOX 112, was a demanding boss who swiftly Linda, Colo. She will be sadly nia in Chicago. Dad was a faithful Dracut's three touchdowns in one "Kay" Bantis, 95, passed away on Chicopee, MA 01020). turned around each district to missed by her loving sister, Barbara member of his church and devoted and played outstanding in the oth- Tuesday, September 16, 2008. She which he was assigned, the girls in Anton of Bridgeport; sisters-in-law, friend to many and will be missed er game, never leaving the game was born Sept. 15, 1913, in Vithos, ■ HIMONAS, STACY his office fondly called him "Mister Helen Mellas of Potsdam, N.Y. and by all. The funeral was held on Sep- for the sidelines. It was an unbe- , Greece, to Paul and De- SALT LAKE CITY, Utah – The Salt K." After his retirement in 1983, he Grace Mavrides of Akron, Ohio; a tember 25 at St. Nicholas Greek Or- lievable feat that was featured in a spina (Marandos) Mitrakis. She Lake Tribune reported that Stacy was an inaugural inductee in the very special aunt to Kristine and thodox Church in Oak Lawn. story by Ripley's "Believe It or Not". was a Manchester resident for Himonas, 65, passed away on company's hall of fame. Charlie's Arthur Pappas of Branford, John H. Memorial donations to St. Nicholas This earned him the title of one of many years. Prior to retirement, Wednesday, September 17, 2008 legend was not limited to business. and Barbara Anton of Stratford; Greek Orthodox Church (10301 S. Dracut's "Ironmen". He was a WW Mrs. Bantis was employed with while surrounded by her family. How many people can say that they and loved dearly by all her nieces, Kolmar, Oak Lawn, IL 60453). II Army Air Corps veteran, sta- Pandora Industries for many years. Born January 11, 1943 in Salt Lake sang "Over the Rainbow" to Judy nephews, grandnieces and tioned in the South Pacific Arena She was a long-time member of City, Utah to Stavros "Steve" and Garland ... and she listened. Those nephews. She was predeceased by a ■ RUMELIOTE, LUELLA and received a Bronze Star for com- Pan-Macedonian Association and Stella Logiakis Klapakis. Married who were present that night in the sister, Esther Mavrides. The funeral MINNEAPOLIS, Minn. – The Globe bat in that region. Upon his return Anagennesis Ladies Society. She Mike Gust Himonas, July 21, 1963 Peacock Lounge at the Waldorf will was held on September 20 at Holy Gazette reported that Luella Zanios home, he opened the Tremont Café was recognized as a true Greek at the Assumption Greek Orthodox never forget it. Many people say Trinity Greek Orthodox Church. Rumeliote, 91, passed away peace- in Lowell were he was the propri- gourmet cook within the Greek Church in Price; he passed away on that they love music; he lived it. The family would like to express fully on Wednesday, September 17, etor and operator for many years. community. The family includes a April 8, 2002. Stacy was an active Charlie followed all the great jazz their sincere appreciation to the en- 2008, surrounded by family. For- Mr. Sperounis was a member of the son, Alex Bantis of Santa Rosa, member of the Greek Orthodox talents in the Seacoast area. The tire Orthodox Community for their merly of Mason City, Luella moved Holy Trinity Greek Orthodox Calif.; a daughter, Katherine E. Church where she served as past wonderful pianist Tommy Gallant prayers, cards and support through to Minneapolis to be close to her Church in Lowell and also held Bantis of Manchester; four broth- president of the Philoptochos Soci- often said that Charlie had the best this most difficult time, especially to dearly loved family. Preceded in memberships at the Lowell YMCA, ers, Theodore Metrakas, Steve ety, a great supporter of the priests "pipes" in Portsmouth. His ancestors all of the dedicated staff on Tower 7 death by the love of her life, hus- Lowell Boys Club and was a 32nd Lester, Gregory Mitrakis and Peter and parish council and frequent made their living on the sea and he at Bridgeport Hospital who gave so band Costa; parents James and Degree Mason with Kilwinning Mitrakis; a sister, Daphne Tsan- membership committies. As a kept it near throughout his life. He much of themselves for her comfort, Vasiliki (Bessie) Zanios and nine Lodge A.F. & A.M. in Lowell also otelis; and many nieces, nephews prominent business woman in Car- happily recalled the tough, early as well as, a very special home sisters and brothers, Marie the Alleppo Temple Shrine of Wilm- and cousins. She was predeceased bon County, Stacy owned and oper- years on Bow Street in Portsmouth, nurse, Collette and caregiver, Ce- Malakataris, Fala Soumas, Stella ington, Ma. Nick was a member of by her husband, George N. Bantis, ated the Creative Needle, The long before it became the home of celia. Because of the most impor- Pathoulas, Jean James, George the Square Knights of the Round and a son, Aristides "Ted" Bantis. Niche Restaurant, and Annastasia's condominiums and trendy restau- tant lessons, she taught us a willing- Zanios, Tom Zanios, Gertrude Table who met at the Speare House Special to Mrs. Bantis were her Gift and Gallery. Stacy was a huge rants. He loved sailing among the ness to help others, patience and Ringus, Elizabeth Paras and Chris Restaurant once a month. He was grandchildren, Perry Bantis of Ams- supporter of many civic and arts Greek Ilses in the Aegean Sea. For tolerance and always love of family. Zanios. She is survived by her an avid outdoorsman, loved gar- terdam, N.Y., Melanie Bantis of Ar- groups throughout the area and her more than 20 years, he and Jean Memorial donations to the daughters Tena Zahariades, Bloom- dening, a voracious reader of poet- lington, Va., and Pamela Sapienza tireless efforts will always be ap- owned the Atlantic Four Winds at Women's Council of Eastern Ortho- ington, Minn.; and Elaine Boosalis ry and non-fictional novels. Nick of Manchester, as well as her great- preciated. She served on the Board Wallis Sands in Rye. Family held the dox Christian Church of Greater (James), Bloomington, Minn.; and his wife Mary made several grandchildren, Alex Bantis and An- of Regents for the College of East- strongest place in his heart ; Jean, Bridgeport or to Holy Trinity Greek grandchildren Stephanie Stephen- trips to Greece as part of their love gelina Sapienza. The funeral was ern Utah, past president of Sorop- with whom he created many life- Orthodox Church to establish a son (Sean) of Phoenix, Ariz., of travel and was a fan of the Red held on September 20 at Assump- tomist of Price, and served on the times worth of memories; brothers, scholarship fund. Krisanthya Reiman (Dean) of Elk Sox and Celtics. Besides his wife he tion Greek Orthodox Church in Salt Lake Needle Point Guild. May Nick and Harry; children, Steven River, Minn., Andrea Pfleider is survived by a daughter, Joahanna Manchester. Burial was in Pine her memory be eternal! Aionia aftis and wife, Mary, Bill, Kristina, Nick ■ PALOUKAS, ECATERINI (Greg) of Plymouth, Minn. and M. Sousa and her husband Ronald Grove Cemetery. Memorial dona- I mnimi! Survived by her son, and wife, Johanna, and Kathryn; WORCESTER, Mass. – The Worces- Michael Boosalis (Maggie) of San J. of Hudson NH. A son, Michael J. tions may be made to Assumption Stavros (Tory) Himonas, Spring grandchildren, Steven Jr., Kati La- ter Telegram & Gazette reported Antonio, Texas; her four precious Sperounis and his wife Susan E Greek Orthodox Church (111 Is- Glen; grandsons, Emmanuel and Pointe, Charlie, Anthony, Melanie that Ecaterini (Notidis) Paloukas, treasures, great-grandchildren (Oaks) of Lawrenceville, GA. A sis- land Pond Road, Manchester Constandinos; sister, Chrisie Kla- Mazzone, Meaghan Cloutman, 65, of Worcester, passed away on Nicole Zahariades, Reinnen Pflei- ter, Mary Barton of Little Silver, NJ. 03109). pakis; brother-in-law, Jim Adam- Michael Bastianelli, Amber, Kristi- Friday, September 19, 2008 in the der, Tatum Pfleider and Samuel Three Grandchildren; Christopher son, both of Salt Lake; aunt, Toula na, Caitlin, Ilena, Elektra, Alicia Lo- St. Francis Home. She is survived by Stephenson. She is survived by one R. Sousa of Hudson, NH, Nicholas ■ DANOS, JANET Sampinos, Price; and numerous capo, Brianna Hale, and 12 great- her daughter, Evangelia Paloukas of sister, Helen Berris of Detroit, Mich. O. and Alexandra E. Sperounis both EVANSTON, Ind. – The Evanston other family members. She was grandchildren. He was very proud Riverside, RI; two brothers, Dim- Born Aug. 7, 1917, in Mason City, of Lawrenceville, GA. Several Review reported that Janet Danos preceded in death by her parents; of his Greek heritage. In his first vis- itrios Notidis of Worcester and Luella was one of 11 children. She nieces and nephews and many dear (Fabie), 67, of Littleton, Colorado, husband; and two infant sons. The it to Greece, he was treated like the Spyridon Notidis of Millbury; two married Costa D. Rumeliote in Oc- friends. Father of the late Charles formerly of Evanston, died on funeral was held on September 22 long lost son, paraded through the sisters, Ele Notidis of Worcester and tober 1938. Luella and her husband A. Sperounis who died in 1995. Thursday, September 11, 2008, in at Assumption Greek Orthodox streets of Napoli with his cousins Genovefa Karamalingos of founded Costa's Supper Club in Brother of the late Rebecca Sperou- her home due to complications Church. Memorial donations to the and the Archbishop. He will be Scottsmore, FL; a nephew, 5 nieces, Mason City. After Costa's untimely nis, Vinus Meyer and Didi Gatopou- with colon cancer. She was born to Assumption Greek Orthodox missed by his many friends at an aunt, uncles and cousins here death in 1955, she continued to op- los. Husband of Mary (Angelus) Tula and Peter Danos on September Church (P.O. Box 688, Price, Utah Cochecho Country Club, the and in Greece. Her son, Athanasios erate the club until the late 1960s. Sperounis. A WWII Army Air Corps 4, 1941 in Columbus, Ohio. Janet 84501). Portsmouth Legion, Walden Lakes Paloukas died in 2001. She was She loved her family and enjoyed Veteran. Longtime Dracut resident. was the beloved partner of John Golf and Polo Club, and Country born in Ionnina, Epiros, Greece the baking and cooking her special The funeral was on September 25 Doig, loving mother of Victoria ■ JULIUS, NICHOLAS Meadows in Plant City, Fla., where daughter of Athanasios and Athena recipes for them and others. Luella at the Holy Trinity Greek Orthodox (Alan) Warms and Christopher, HIGHLAND, Ind. – The Times re- he was known as “Charlie Kat” and (Drmos) Notidis and had worked as also loved gardening, playing cards Church in Lowell. (Derbhile) Fabie, sister to James ported that Nicholas George Julius, renowned as a master of cere- a seamstress for the former Newton Danos and Terri Sato, Aunt to 76, of Highland, IN, passed away monies and a great tenor. He's prob- Sportswear Company. Mrs. Aaron (Athina) Sato and Ellie suddenly on Friday, September 19, ably singing “My Way” or maybe Paloukas was a member of St. Spyri- (David) Sato Bowen (raised by 2008. He is survived by wife Mary “Fly Me to the Moon” with Frankie don Greek Orthodox Cathedral; Jay). Other survivors include Ann of 50 years; three children: now. Charlie was preceded in death and enjoyed time spent with her grandchildren Zoe and Carly George (Mary) Julius, Evangeline by his parents, George and Christi- daughter and family, as well as play- Warms, and many nieces and (Shawn) Roberts and Christopher na, baby brothers, William and ing cards and knitting. The funeral nephews. Janet had a long career (Thamie) Julius; five grandchil- Louis, and young sister, Amelia. The was held on September 23 at St. in teaching that spanned from dren: Daniel, Allison, and Adam funeral was held on September 24 Spyridon Greek Orthodox Cathe- Julius, Nicole and Nicholas Roberts; at St. Nicholas Greek Orthodox dral in Worcester. Burial was at subscribe 1976 to 2004, beginning in the PRINTED EDITION OF THE NATIONAL HERALD Evanston area. She worked in pub- brothers-in-law: George Psaros, Church in Portsmouth. Memorial Hope Cemetery. Memorial dona- via the post-office: lic and private schools, colleges, George (Pauline) Colias, Harry donations to St. Nicholas Greek Or- tions to St. Spyridon Greek Ortho- ❏1 Month for $9.95 ❏3 Months for $19.95 and community centers. For four- (Mary Ruth) Colias, James (Susan) thodox Church (40 Andrew Jarvis dox Cathedral Family Center (102 ❏6 Months for $29.95 ❏One Year fo $59.85 teen years she worked at the Martin Colias; sister-in-law Nancy (James) Drive, Portsmouth, NH 03801). Russell Street, Worcester, MA Luther King Experimental Labora- Kostopoulos and numerous nieces, 01609). VIA HOME DELIVERY (NY, NJ & CT): ■ ❏1 Month for $12.95 ❏3 Months for $29.95 tory School in the Evanston School nephews and godchildren. Preced- KYRIAKIDES, POLIXENI ❏ ❏ District 65. She left the Evanston ed in death by parents George and TENAFLY, N.J. – The Herald News ■ PANAYI, LOUIS 6 Months for $43.99 One Year for $80.00 community in 1994 and moved to Evangeline Julius; sisters: Dorothy reported that Polixeni (nee Kokki- VALPARAISO, Ind. – The Times re- VIA HOME DELIVERY (NEW ENGLAND, PENNSYLVANIA, Littleton, Colorado where she con- (George) Boufis and Andromache nos) Kyriakides, passed away on ported that Louis Panayi, 77, of Val- WASHINGTON D.C., VIRGINIA & MARYLAND) tinued to teach. Jay loved teaching, Psaros. The funeral was held on Monday, September 22, 2008. paraiso formerly of Gary, IN and the ❏1 Month for $15.95 ❏3 Months for $37.45 however she thought of herself first September 23 at St. Constantine Beloved wife of Christopher. Loving Island of Cyprus, passed away on ❏6 Months for $51.75 ❏One Year for $99.00 and foremost as an Artist. She and Helen Greek Orthodox Church mother of Chris and his wife Anna Saturday, September 20, 2008 at ON LINE SUBSCRIPTION www.thenationalherald.com worked with many types of media in Merrillville. A graduate of Kyriakides, Kally and her husband Porter Hospital. He was born March ❏ to express her passion including Froebel High School class of 1950 Othon Mourkakos and the late Peter 9, 1931 at , Cyprus the NON SUBSCRIBERS: One Year for $45.95 ❏3 Months for $18.95 paints, and clay, and altering and Indiana University in 1955. He Kyriakides. Dear sister of Marika son of Panayis Tillaros and Mirofora ❏ ❏ "found" objects. She was always served in the United States Army Zachariadis and Anna Sakellaridis. Foukaris. Louis served with the In- SUBSCRIBERS: One Year for $34.95 3 Months for $14.95 looking for "new" material in which and was honorably discharged in Devoted Yiayia of Stacey, Paulina, diana National Guard for seven she could create and mold what 1957. Following his military ser- Christina, Christopher, Kally, Eric, years, was a member of St. Iakovos NAME: ...... resided only in her imagination. vice, Mr. Julius returned to the Re- Peter and Alexander. The funeral Greek Orthodox Church and retired ADDRESS: ...... Through the years she exhibited gion and dedicated 36 years to the was held on September 25 at St. in 1986 as a Supervisor at U.S. Steel CITY:...... STATE: ...... ZIP:...... her art in galleries in the Chicago, Lake Ridge School corporation John the Theologian Greek Ortho- Gary Works #3 Sinter Plant with 36 TEL.: ...... E-MAIL:...... CELL...... Evanston, and Denver areas. holding various positions as dox Cathedral in Tenafly. Burial was years of service. On February 8, PLEASE SEND A GIFT SUBSCRIPTION TO: Janet's love of life and the arts teacher, counselor, principal and su- at George Washington Memorial 1953 in Gary he married Betty L NAME: ...... spilled out into everyone she en- perintendent. Nick was an active Park in Paramus. Memorial Dona- countered. She was always there to member of the community of High- tions to a Breast Cancer Founda- ADDRESS: ...... CITY:...... STATE: ...... ZIP:...... support and promote the artists in land, serving as police commission- tion. This is a service all; whether it be reading a poem, er for 11 years and elected Precinct to the community. TEL.: ...... E-MAIL:...... CELL...... listening to their songs, admiring Committeeman. Mr. Julius was a ■ MELLAS, IRENE Announcements of deaths Please specify method of payment their art, or watching them dance, member of St. Constantine and He- TRUMBULL, Conn. – The Connecti- may be telephoned to the I enclose a check/money order for $ ...... made payable to: Jay thought all of it was wonderful. len Greek Orthodox Church. He was cut Post reported that Irene The National Herald, Inc., 37-10 30th Street, Long Island City, NY 11101 - 2614 Classified Department of ❏ ❏ ❏ A Memorial Service took place on an avid reader and devoted Pappou (Mavrides) Mellas, 84, of Trumbull, The National Herald at or please debit my Mastercard Visa American Express September 20 at Annunciation to his grandchildren. Nick was beloved wife of 60 years to James P. (718) 784-5255, CARD NUMBER: ...... Greek Orthodox Church in Chica- loved by all who knew him and will Mellas, died peacefully after a Monday through Friday, EXPIRATION DATE: ...... SIGNATURE:...... go. Memorial donations to Cancer be sorely missed. Memorial dona- courageous battle with aggressive 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. EST Research Foundations (P.O. Box tions to St. Constantine and Helen cancer, Wednesday, September 17, or e-mailed to: 0493 Chicago, Il. 60690-0493) or Greek Orthodox Church or charity 2008. Born in Worcester, Mass., she [email protected] the American Cancer Society. of choice. was the daughter of the late Chris THE NATIONAL HERALD, SEPTEMBER 27, 2008 VIEWPOINTS 11 LETTER FROM ATHENS Wall Street: The Fall of the Giants

One September morning seven few days will work. It other financial institu- in the end harm the system itself. years ago the two gigantic towers is an intervention ide- tions. It is not uncom- In the United States, the You Don’t Mess Around of the World Trade Center col- ologically in conflict mon today to find out Republicans have been traditionally lapsed as if they were made of flim- with the Republican that the bank that gave reluctant to interfere too much with sy sheets of aluminum. They were philosophy about the you the loan has no business freedom. The Democrats With Iron Mike Zambidis destroyed by a devilish terrorist at- free market economy. connection with your are more receptive to suggestions of tack planned and executed by But the ideological loan anymore. But this regulation. Either excess is harmful, There’s an axiom in “I strongly believe Muslim fanatics. This September, nostrums were set deceptive facility in but a balance between freedom and that “A good that kick-boxers are financial giants like Lehman aside when the borrowing created an regulation is a must. big man will beat a profited from practic- Brothers, Merrill Lynch, the Government faced the artificially fueled de- After the recent crisis, the pre- good little man every ing with weights. I American International Group pending catastrophe. mand for buying hous- vailing opinion has shifted in favor time.” That was before have a personal in- (AIG), and the mortgage behe- This intervention es, driving priced high- of needed regulation. Mike Zambidis came structor and we per- moths commonly known as Fannie cannot be the end of by DR. D.G. er and higher. Many In 1928, the body politic elected along, all 5-5 and 154 form exercises accord- Mae and Freddie Mac collapsed al- the story. Safeguards KOUSOULAS bought houses hoping another Republican, Herbert pounds of him. He’s ingly to a special pro- most overnight as if the trillions in must be established to to “flip” them in a year Hoover, President to succeed the real pride of Greek gram: a lot of repeti- assets they controlled had evapo- make sure that similar Special to or two, reselling them Calvin Coolidge. Less than eight sports because the su- tions and low weight. rated by magic. Their demise was abuses will not bring The National Herald at a higher price and months after Hoover’s inaugura- per The objective is to not caused by terrorists. It was the about new severe pocketing the differ- tion, the stock market crashed on world strengthen and stress result of practices and policies that crises in the future. Establishing ence. It all looked great until the October 29, 1929. Hoover tried to champion isn’t just a by ANDY the muscles, but not to were allowed to fester over the those safeguards will be a primary bubble burst. stem the economic disaster but his lethal punching ma- DABILIS create volume, be- years because they seemed to con- responsibility of the next President Or take the great financial firms policies proved inadequate. chine who, pound-for- cause this would lead form to the permissive philosophy and of the members of Congress that traditionally were advisors and Unemployment soared. Eventually, pound is packed with Special to to the loss of speed,” of those in power. that will come in after the intermediaries, helping their Franklin Delano Roosevelt was more menace and hit- The National Herald he says. The ordinary people in this November election. clients invest or assisting compa- elected President in 1932. He fol- ting power than per- Lee’s Jeet Kune Do country have every reason to watch To fix the broken system, it will nies raise capital by underwriting lowed a different philosophy but haps any other competitor, but incorporated all martial arts, in- with amazement this unraveling of be necessary to identify the prac- (“selling”) stocks of new or expand- most importantly, he brought to wears humility instead of hubris as cluding boxing, as well as the financial icons. They have also tices and the policies that caused ing companies. As nobody was Washington people who shared his his badge of honor. You underesti- wrestling, because he was once a good reason to be angry. Already, the meltdown. Take the housing looking, they moved away from ideas. mate him at your peril, as Gurkan pinned by a European wrestler and as taxpayers, they have paid a market as an illustration. In the these traditional functions. They History does not repeat itself, Ozkan, a loud-mouthed jerk who understood that some fights end on price. To rescue these giants in this past, to buy a house one had to put started investing for themselves, but it can provide useful insights. towered over Zambidis and out- the ground, where punching and time of crisis, the Government of down at least twenty percent of the they created sophisticated new in- This November, the key question is weighed him by 30 pounds discov- kicking is useless, and Lee pre- the United States stepped in using price before the bank would give vesting “products,” they started this. Who will be the people who ered when they met in in ferred sparring and fighting to almost 700 billion of public money. him a loan to cover the balance. playing the market as if it were part will actually manage the recovery 2003. practicing stances, dismissing do- The Government did so because, to Moreover, the loan officer would of Las Vegas. and the change? Presidential candi- Ozkan, who liked to taunt oppo- ing forms as “learning how to swim let the unraveling go on ask for verifiable data about the Financial firms expanded their dates may promise change and re- nents and was known as a hard on dry land.” He once wrote a mock unchecked, could have ushered in a borrower’s job, other assets, per- tentacles internationally, earning form to kingdom come, but what case, had defeated other Greek epitaph that said: 'In memory of a catastrophic unraveling of the sonal income, and ability to service money in ways ordinary mortals matters is the basic philosophy of fighters and thought he would easi- once fluid man, crammed and dis- American as well as the world the mortgage. cannot even imagine. Traders and the people the victor will bring to ly dispatch Zambidis, evidenced by torted by the classical mess.'” The economy. The problem was not just During the last eight years, loan money managers had huge incen- Washington to take over the levers the Turk’s boasting and attempt at "classical mess" in this instance was an American problem. officers were promised a commission tives to do whatever would in- of power. Their philosophy, their intimidation at a pre-match news what Lee thought of classical mar- Globalization has intensified geo- if they could “sell” a mortgage to crease their short-term profits. policy preferences, will be deter- conference where he approached a tial arts. metrically the interdependence of anyone who came through the door. While the boom continued, the mined by their party affiliation -- sitting Zambidis, and said, “You That was 35 years ago, but Zam- the major players. What was hap- I know of one case, when a young Government looked the other way. not by the promises a candidate think you’re a tough guy,” threw bidis’ discipline and beliefs are sim- pening in the United States had a couple, with no steady income and Until the bubble burst. makes on the campaign trail to win water and attacked him. Bad move. ilar. “I believe that the real power direct effect on the economies in no other assets, purchased a Greed is a human weakness. votes on election day. Even as handlers rushed to prevent finds itself in internal energy, and Europe, , , or Brazil. $300,000 house without putting People will try to make more mon- a melee on the stage, all Zambidis combines itself with the right relax- How did we get to this point? down one penny and without any- ey if they can, regardless of the Dr. Kousoulas is Professor said was, “Take it easy. We’ll take ation. Many times, when I have a Identifying the causes is not just a one asking them how they were go- wider consequences. The free en- Emeritus of Political Science at care of this tomorrow.” contact with my opponent, I feel as cheap game of blaming the culprits. ing to pay the $1,900 a month the terprise system is the most produc- Howard University in Did he ever. In a titanic 12- if my energy is transferred to him, It is the first step in finding a cure. mortgage required. tive system but it also allows, by its Washington, DC. He is the author round war which had thousands of like the edge of a whip. By itself it The crisis did not appear out of One reason was that the banks very nature, the indulgence in of several books, notably "The Greeks and Turks living in Australia has no force of impact, but if you nowhere like the planes that hit the did not care because they were able greed. For this reason, the freedom Life and Times of Constantine the at a feverish pitch and trading stretch it suitably and strike some- World Trade Center. It was caused to package those defective mort- to act as one pleases is balanced Great (1999)," and numerous barbs, Zambidis stalked Ozkan in one, he will really feel it. When I by a long series of actions or omis- gages and re-sell them at a profit to with rules that prevent abuses that scholarly articles. the last round, and in the last- am well on the ring, I feel the ener- sions going back several years. In minute, destroyed him with a gy flooding, on the one hand I feel the1980s, President Reagan be- trademark right hook that had the light as a feather and on the other I came the champion of de-regula- Turk unconscious before he hit the feel my fists have the force of an tion. He had a great deal of support mat on the side of his face, where athlete of heavy weights.” If you not only by those who could start he stayed, his mouth shut for good. doubt it, watch him in action. His new enterprises in banking, in the A year later, Zambidis beat a hum- record is 139-14, including 84 airline industry, in the communica- bled Ozkan again. Think Marvin , most of them destruc- tions industry, in the financing sec- Hagler beating Mike Tyson in their tions. Included are a 39-second tor. The promise was that this free- prime and you’ll understand, a of Japan’s Nirifumi Ya- dom of establishing and expanding mamoto, a champion in K-1, which new business would benefit the combines Muy Thai kickboxing, overall economy and would even- As a boy, he saw the karate, Tae kwan do, boxing, and tually trickle down and benefit the American champion the French footfighting form Sa- ordinary people. For a time it vate. worked. But de-regulation went fight on television and Zambidis moved into K-1 after further. It removed safeguards that adopted his style, but, winning the world kickboxing title were placed in the system many thank God, not Tyson’s and said his aim is to add that title years ago in the 1930s, under the as well, although this year he lost to Roosevelt administration, to pre- punk attitude. two Dutch fighters, Andy Souwer, vent the abuses that had lead to the and in July to champion Albert collapse of the stock market in middleweight against a heavy- Kraus, whom he had beaten before, 1929 and ushered in the hard eco- weight. Then Zambidis twice beat and whom he said he beat again nomic conditions that have been another Turk, Karat Murat, earning the second time, only to have the known in history as the Great the Greek the title of “Turk killer” referee declare the fight a draw and Depression. on YouTube videos where you find order an extra round where he was It is useful to recall that between yourself leaping out your seat, hit near the eye with a kick and 1921 and 1928, Republican amazed at the poised power and bled, causing the fight to be Presidents Warren G. Harding and punching ability he has. The Greek stopped. Many observers thought Calvin Coolidge occupied the Olympic team missed a chance Zambidis had won the first three White House. These were the “roar- with this kid who, at 28, would rounds. “Me too,” he smiled. After ing twenties” – years of deceptive have brought them a boxing medal the fight, an exhausted Kraus said, prosperity. There were few re- and some athletic glory instead of “I have never been hit with so straints on business because the the disgrace they returned home strong punches before.” It’s be- Republican philosophy held that with from . cause Zambidis lives his style and the economy thrives when the busi- Zambidis shaves his head before doesn’t just practice it, a soft philos- ness people are not handicapped by fights and looks like a white Hagler, ophy backed up with a killer punch. onerous regulations. And then, one and is known too as “Iron Mike,” af- “This is a way of life, I don’t do it day the stock market took a nose- AP PHOTO ter the former world heavyweight just to fight,” he added. “When you dive. The bubble burst. Just like A Wall Street trader reacts to news about oil prices on the floor of the New York Mercantile Exchange on champion Tyson. As a boy, he saw hit the end of your limits, you real- this September. Tuesday, September 23, 2008 in New York. The United States is in the middle of one of the worst financial the American champion fight on ize what’s in you. To see what’s on We can only hope that the gov- crises in its history, which has also threated global markets. This crisis has opened a debate between the television and adopted his style, the terrace, you have to go up ernment intervention of the last merits of regulation vs. deregulation and if the government should proceed with a bailout. but, thank god, not Tyson’s punk there,” he said. attitude. Zambidis is a quiet and Does he ever. He is the best humble man, with curious and kind fighter of Greek origin since Greek- flashing eyes, and there’s not an Australian Stan Longinidis, an ounce of arrogance in him, even eight-time world kickboxing cham- though he says much of what moti- pion in the 1990s, and has fought Living in The Age of Scoundrels vates him is “the DNA of my people, in Australia, Japan and Greece but Greek warriors.” He wears it well, has his eyes on a bigger market: the By Dr. Nikolaos A. Stavrou concepts of nation, national inter- if it feels good” served as guides for norms were dismissed as the rumi- and it’s not braggadocio. You can United States, where he has never Special to The National Herald ests, and nation-state. He should their behavior. nations of “dead, white European imagine him as the 301st Spartan been. have known better than depend on The educational products of the philosophers.” at Thermopylae. Zambidis became He wants Americans to see his Bankers of the world united to the working class to abolish the past three decades now rule the fi- Second, a systematic assault interested in martial arts at five style of controlled fury, the way he defend your loot. The system that global political edifice known as nancial, economic and political was unleashed against the social years old and by the time he was attacks like a runaway freight train produced, nourished and cuddled the bourgeois state system. That is world in accordance with the ownership of critical economic as- nine had started studying Shotokan with one idea of straight-ahead you still needs your breed very bad- the specialty of thieves, the bankers Thrasymachian laws of the jungle sets. Privatization became an arti- karate and then moved into boxing domination. In an interview with a ly and you need it. Neither you nor and the products of Harvard’s Busi- and Calvinistic ethical cannons. cle of faith and was promoted with and kickboxing. Besides his laser- kickboxing magazine, asked if he the system can afford to follow the ness School; in other words, the Thrasymachus lamented the enact- evangelical zeal by Ronald Reagan fast hands, which hit like a Mack could pick one person to fight, he path of Bear Stearns and Lehman very people who for thirty years ment of rules because they impeded and every president since. “Get the truck, his signature move is a displayed rare introspection and Brothers. Be reminded that your worshiped the Gospel of privatiza- the strong and are designed to pro- state out of the way of the private knockout knee he can bring up un- his own character when he said, “I persistence in the art of theft of tion and worked tirelessly to de- tect public interests and the weak. sector” was the credo modern con- der an opponent’s chin before you would like to fight with the bad public assets and peoples’ wealth, molish the regulatory system that “Rules do injustice to the strong”, servatism. As we all know, the can blink. part of myself,” although there paid off. Indeed you, the bankers, Franklin Roosevelt established to Thrasymachus lamented and so do fastest way to privatization of pub- Zambidis came to martial arts aren’t any. When he retires in a few succeeded where Stalin and Trot- avoid a repetition of the great de- the demolition experts of the de- lic assets is to steal them. and kickboxing because, he said, “I years, he said he’d like to move sky failed. These two historical pression. The ultimate goal of glob- regulatory system of the U.S. Fol- Third, a systematic assault on was always restless and interested from his home of Athens to the US anachronisms fought each other to al financiers is to set the workers of Franklin Roosevelt’s regulatory and and whatever I did I was keen and set up schools to train young death over the issue of whether the world in a fierce competition social welfare system as well as on about it. I have always set goals and Americans in what he does best, an “permanent revolution” (Trotsky’s for the bottom of the economic The financial meltdown workers’ rights was unleashed and targets in life.” essential Greek trait. He won’t say choice) or “Socialism in one coun- scale and earn unbridled profits for is the consequence of exacerbated with advances in tech- Like all champions, he is disci- it, but that would be humility, not try” (Stalin’s) should be the goal of the one percent of world’s popula- nology. Exporting the industrial plined and has about him the kind fighting. the first Marxists stated. As we now tion that makes up global elites. 30 years of a carefully production to China, Bangladesh, of aura that martial arts legend know they both failed but you, the To understand the current crisis orchestrated social India and Mexico negated any in- Bruce Lee demonstrated when he Mr. Dabilis was the New England bankers, succeeded brilliantly. You in the world financial markets we engineering that went fluence of labor unions leaving fi- said he practiced “the art of fight- editor for United Press Interna- achieved “socialism in one coun- need to take a step back and look at nanciers and industrial magnates ing without fighting.” Zambidis tional in Boston, and a staff writer try”, the United States, and a “per- the intellectual origins of the mod- through four stages to roam form country to country in has a style of training that com- and assistant metropolitan editor manent global turmoil” which are ern magnates of wealth and their pursuing easy profits and corrupt bines the best of what boxers and at the Boston Globe for 17 years pretty much the same as “perma- clones in the political system that lowing John Calvin ethics these ex- politicians. other martial artists do, along with before relocating to Greece. His nent revolution.” produced them. They are the prod- perts view wealth as evidence of Fourth, with the removal of running, as well as weightlifting, column is published weekly in the It is a unique type of socialism: ucts of the educational system of God’s approval of their actions. As oversight and regulations, the state which many shun because they be- National Herald. Readers interest- big business, bankers, and assorted the seventies, the very system that scholars of prominent Business was relegated to one and only func- lieve it interferes with their free- ed in contacting him can send e- crooks get the profits and the tax- the bankers are now trying to “pri- Schools have proclaimed, the “eco- tion: to secure the unimpeded flow flowing fighting stances. mails to [email protected]. payers assume the losses. The latest vatize” and export to fools around nomic” success of America is the di- of capital from one country to the effort to save the bankers of the the world, including Greece. 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Almost 1.5 million Armenians books on Armenian and Turkish tem – albeit this time not from foreign terrorists, but from high-flying, im- were killed, raped, tortured or history. My friends directed me to a moral, stupid and immensely greedy CEO’s of big companies – you are not The following is a speech by film- starved to death during the particular bookshop run by the city alone. maker Apo Torosyan, whose new planned extermination from 1894- government. After seeing a few If you have this awful feeling in your belly of insecurity of what tomor- documentary, The Morgenthau Story 96 and 1915-1922. Living under books by Armenian authors on the row will bring, you are not alone. (year 2008), will have its official the rule of the Muslim Ottoman shelves, I was encouraged and felt If you have lost your home in a foreclosure, you are not alone. world premiere on Saturday, Sep- Empire for over 600 years, the that I was in an intellectual envi- If you have lost your investments with Lehman Brothers, you are not tember 27, 2008 in Athens. Mr. Christian citizens had become pro- ronment. alone. Torosyan is Armenian-American. ductive, law-abiding, educated, My question to the shop manag- If you are angry as hell about all those unscrupulous CEO’s who have Great gratitude to Professor and somehow well-to-do Ottoman er was whether there were any made enormous amounts of money, but unconscionably drove their sto- Nikolaos Ouzounoglu. This event citizens. In 1915, the population of books about the relations between ried companies to bankruptcy; if you are also angry with elected officials would not be possible without his Turkey was approximately 18 mil- Ottomans and Armenians in the and so-called regulators who would have us believe that they saw nothing relentless effort and help. lion. Six million of that was Ar- second half of the 19th Century. To and heard nothing during all these years of economic treachery on Wall I believe that in order to under- menian, Greek and Assyrian Christ- my surprise, the shop owner angri- Street, you are not alone. stand the present, we have to un- ian Turkish citizens who were ly gave me the common Turkish If you are mad as hell with Henry Paulson, the man who used to run derstand the past. As a young man spread all over Anatolia, in their view, that the Armenians were trai- Goldman Sachs, who for a year and a half as Secretary of the U.S. Treasury growing up in Istanbul, the old ancestral lands of almost 4,000 tors, that they paid very little tax, kept assuring the public that the fundamentals of the U.S. economy were Constantinople, I experienced dis- years. did not do military service to de- strong, yet turned out to be corroded to the bone, you are not alone. crimination, racism, prejudice and The Ottoman government made fend the country and got rich. The If you would rather trust your dog with the $700 billion package in- injustice. How and why? Because a conscious attempt to destroy the other part of this typical view is stead of Mr. Paulson, but have no choice at this point but to accept the au- my name is Armenian. I was an Ar- Christian population during the that the Genocide did not really thority vested in him by the Bush Administration, you are not alone. menian, a Christian minority in a end of the 19th century and begin- happen, it was all part of the war, If you heard the President of the United States addressing the nation Muslim country. My Turkish birth ning of the 20th century. Entire and Armenians rebelled and killed about the crisis and asked, “Oh my God, what in the world is going on,” certificate names my religion as Ar- towns and villages were forced Turks as well. (In reality, a small you are not alone. menian. from their homes into exile, where number of Turks were killed in re- If you felt the humiliation deep down inside from hearing the heads of My father was Armenian, who many died of starvation. Hundreds taliation for the massacre of almost foreign powers lecture Wall Street in the great hall of the United Nations lost his parents from starvation of thousands of others were killed 1.5 million Armenians, just as some General Assembly about the financial mess and the threat it poses to the during the Genocide. My mother in the most brutal ways imaginable Jews fought back against the Nazis global economy, you are not alone. was Greek, who also lost her father – women, children, and elderly in- in the ghettos of Poland). If you could not bear to see the dollar sink once again in relation to eu- from starvation during the 1915 cluded- by drowning, burning, fir- Momentarily forgetting I was ro because investors see it losing its value in the sea of the billions of dol- deportations. I have my family sto- ing squads, swords, and other cruel back in Turkey, I started arguing lars the Treasury will print to give Paulson the money to do his magic, you ry writing by my uncle Hovhannes Armenian-American filmmaker ways. with the man in the bookshop are not alone. who was 17 years old at the time of Apo Torosyan. Young Armenian, Greek and As- about his view of history, remind- If you were embarrassed and scared by the sight of a Vice Presidential the Genocide. syrian men were gathered together ing him that Armenians did fight in candidate, in the midst of all this financial carnage, being involved in limo The Turkish government today ment. If they did, she was ready to for Turkish military service, and the Balkan War of 1912 in the Ot- diplomacy on the streets of New York, seeking to convince the voters that refuses to recognize the Armenian, jump out the window with her then forced to dig a ditch before be- toman military, when they were al- by meeting a few heads of carefully chosen friendly governments and at- the Greek, and the Assyrian Geno- child. Fortunately, the mob turned ing shot in the head from behind. lowed to join military service. tending a one-hour crash course in foreign policy in the laps of Professor cide (1914-1922), in which 2.5 mil- away when they saw a Turkish flag One of them was my uncle Sarkis When I told my friends about this Henry Kissinger she has can lead the nation, if need be, you are not alone. lion innocent Turkish civilians were flying downstairs. Hagopian, married to my father’s discussion later, they were horri- If you are bewildered by the decision of John McCain to suspend his killed. My father, a survivor of the Ar- sister Repekha. He survived with a fied, and informed me of how much campaign and ask to delay the first schedule Presidential candidates’ de- In Turkey, I lived in a society ti- menian Genocide, had to walk four bullet hole in his ear, by falling into danger I had been in by speaking bate in order to rush to Washington and somehow handle the crisis, when tled “Democracy” on the façade, hours all the way home from work, the ditch after the rifle misfired and up. These friends are Turkish, but only a few days earlier he pronounced the fundamentals of the economy with a military fist in control in the (instead of his usual half-hour taxi acting dead, lying for three days are well-educated and aware. sound, you are not alone. background. Many of my Turkish ride), carrying a 2” x 4” piece of and nights in the ditch with the With the release of my docu- If you feel uncomfortable watching President Bush being pushed aside and Armenian friends in Turkey wood and pretending to be part of dead and dying. I saw my uncle mentary “Discovering My Father’s by the likes of Senator McCain and Secretary Paulson, and being treated as were imprisoned in the 1970’s, be- the mob. We were safe in our sec- with my own eyes in 1964, in Sofia, Village” in the fall of 2003, local irrelevant by the heads of other powers, big and small, you are not alone. cause the military had broken into ond-floor flat because the first floor Bulgaria, with the bullet hole still newspapers featured articles about If you look at the polls and see Barack Obama widen his lead over John their homes and found books by the tenant was a policewoman. But the in his ear. When he hugged me my experience in making the McCain, and expected as much given the situation, you are not alone. poet Nazim Hikmet or by Karl Marx crowd did not hesitate to destroy goodbye at the train station, he movie, and my speaking about the If, in spite of the above, you continue to maintain your abundant faith and others. the Greek grocery store right across kept telling me “don’t go back, Apo, Armenian Genocide for the first in the eventual re-emergence of the U.S. economy, you are not alone. I remember the violence of Sep- from our apartment, smashing it in- they’ll kill you, don’t…” He was time in public presentations. Take comfort in the knowledge that millions and millions of people of tember 6, 1955 very well. As a 13- to pieces. still reliving the trauma 50 years I believe I cannot go back to all races, colors and creed – Americans, that is – feel very much the same year-old child, I was watching terri- I still remember it like yesterday. later. Turkey again to visit because I way you do. fied from our apartment window in The next day you could not even Sometimes I used to question spoke about a taboo subject. The Istanbul as mobs smashed windows walk in the streets, there was so my father about those events. He punishment for speaking in public and destroyed businesses owned by much trash and destroyed mer- would not comment, all he would about the Armenian Genocide is 10 Christians all over the city of Istan- chandise everywhere. These say is “There is no God. If there was years imprisonment in Turkey. bul. demonstrations were organized by a God, what happened would not Even though I am no longer a Turk- What more can we ask? During that terrible night, Greek the authorities. The mob was not have happened!” ish citizen, the danger exists. priests were hanged from the bells from the city, as we could tell by However, my father did not I pray for my Turkish friends We feel proud to be watching Dora at work, said, one of her staffers of their churches, and their daugh- their peasant clothing. No police teach me hate. On the contrary, he who face imprisonment for speak- who has observed the Greek Foreign Minister up close. ters were raped. 50,000 Greek citi- force or military force intervened to taught me love and tolerance, ing for the truth of humanity. She is not the only one who feels that way. Millions of Greeks, women zens of Turkey were homeless stop the attacks for over 24 hours. which is the message I try to give I will miss my friends and the and men alike, feel the same way. overnight. The policewoman downstairs said: today. I have many wonderful land where I was born. This is my She might not be the wife of an ex-president, and she might not be a My older sister, who was preg- “We did not know it was going to Turkish friends in Turkey, who price to pay for speaking the truth “hockey mom,” but she is the daughter of a great former prime minister nant and was at home alone with end up like this.” know my family history and are still as an Armenian and a Greek. But, and elder statesman of Greece, Constantine Mitsotakis, and is proving to her young son, was waiting for the Like most Armenians living in my friends today. my message is “hope not hate.” be one of Greece’s best foreign ministers in recent memory. mob to come to her 4th floor apart- Turkey, my family had been almost In 2003, I was visiting friends in Long Live Greece! All this past week, like a whirlwind, she went from meeting to meeting with her counterparts and heads of state, pushing not only Hellenic issues – e.g., the ongoing Turkish occupation of Cyprus, the FYROM name dis- pute, the shaky situation in the and the Caucasus and the religious freedom of the Ecumenical Patriarchate – but also the issues of Africa, the environment, and the journalists who risk their lives in unsafe places to The Birth of a Clone State bring the news to the world. On top of that, she also found time to visit with Archbishop Demetrios, By Georgios Gialtouridis being held under the auspices of and persecution perpetuated by the Nikolaos Grouios’ widow and her out of respect for his office, and the community at-large. What more can Special to The National Herald the Special Representative of the barbarous regimes which laid its three children, one being Gruevs- we ask from any public servant? Secretary General of the United Na- foundation. ki’s father, followed for reasons un- The term clone is derived from tions Mr. Matthew Nimetz. PM I will start my analysis with a known the communists of the ELAS κλών (klΊn), the Greek word for Gruevski recently dismissed all of shocking revelation which only re- faction into Yugoslavia. twig or branch, referring to the the name proposals which Nimetz cently came to light. The Prime Nikola Gruevski is a perfect ex- process whereby a new plant can had put on the table and unilateral- Minister of FYROM, Nikola Gruevs- ample of the diversified back- Not entirely our fault be created from a twig. ly derailed the negotiations. By em- ki, has Greek roots. His grandfa- grounds of Greeks, Bulgarians, Al- Most of us are aware of the let- barking on this ethnic minority ther, Nikolaos Grouios, was a resi- banians, Serbs, Gypsies and others It’s always a pleasure for us to interview, profile and present prominent ters sent by Former Yugoslav Re- ‘witch hunt’ he is dangerously dent of the village of Ahlada, in the who today make up the state called and successful Greek Americans from all fields of endeavor. But it’s an public of Macedonia (FYROM) treading the diplomatic waters and prefecture of , in Greece’s FYROM. Through identity theft and added bonus when we can do so with a fellow journalist. Prime Minister Nikola Gruevski to heading into uncharted territory Macedonia province. deception, oppression, persecution A modest and soft-spoken man, Harry Moskos did not receive the atten- Greek PM Karamanlis, the Presi- which some perceive as a suicide Mr. Grouios was killed fighting and terror, propagated by genera- tion his beloved brother, the late Charles Moskos, did. But Charlie’s dent of the European Commission mission. His intentions are clear: To the Italians a few weeks following tions of deliberate misinformation younger brother is a lot like Charlie, except that his accomplishments have Jose Manuel Barroso, the UN Sec- isolate Greece as a country which their invasion of Greece on October and history usurpation in FYROM’s been in the newspaper industry. retary General Ban Ki-moon and severely violates human rights, car- 28, 1940. In the center of the vil- educational institutions, evolved And those are no small accomplishments. In his 55 years as a journalist, many other world leaders raising ry the dispute and claims of his lage now stands a monument hon- this false perception of a Macedon- Harry has seen it all. issues of an artificial “Macedonian” fledging state within the borders of oring war heroes who were resi- ian identity. He’s been there and done that several times over, and that’s why his ethnic minority in Greece. modern day Greece and as a result dents of Ahlada. The name “Niko- In the next segment I will ex- opinion matters. As Gruevski’s provocative alle- have Greece meet the same fate as laos Grouios” is clearly carved in plain how, starting around 1870, a Due to lack of space, the printed story does not fully provide his views gations further strain relations be- Serbia. Gruevski is not alone in the marble memorial. pseudo-Macedonian ethnic identity on why the Greek American community has not been able to advance Hel- tween Greece and FYROM and the this. He has recruited lobbyists who During the final days of the evolved as part of a Bulgarian plan lenic issues more effectively with the U.S. Government. For that, we en- name dispute remains a hot topic are currently very active in the halls Greek Civil War, as the communists to annex the entire Macedonian re- courage you to visit our website (www.thenationalherald.com). But we’re for both countries, I will present a of Washington. Such measures can retreated into Yugoslavia ousted by gion, coveting the shores of the still happy to offer a taste of the details here: multi-part series on this subject, not go unheeded and as Americans Greek, American and British forces, northern Aegean Sea. Many of us are all too willing to blame our own lack of organization concentrating on events from 1870 of Hellenic descent it is our moral and cohesiveness. And there is some truth to that. According to Harry, on, while occasionally referencing responsibility to our ancestors to however, it’s not entirely our fault. U.S. policymakers exercise double ancient Greek history only to refute stand up to the fabricators of histo- standards, he says, and Hellenic issues remain a lower priority. It’s a diffi- FYROM’s claims as they arise. ry and help Greece deny them their cult wall to penetrate, he told us. Following the veto to its antici- expansionist ambitions. Reading is to the mind what exercise is to the body. It is wholesome “We’re just not number-1 on the list of priorities. And I don’t see that pated membership at the NATO In the coming months, I will ex- and bracing for the mind to have its faculties kept on the stretch. changing. Whether it’s a Democrat or a Republican, Greek issues don’t get Summit in Bucharest, Romania ear- plain through a detailed sequence Sir Richard Steele 1672-1729, British Dramatist, Essayist, Editor moved from the back burner to the front burner... Greek issues get a lot of lier this year, FYROM’s political of events the eventual creation of a lip service, but they don’t get results… It’s not just the current President. leadership headed by Prime Minis- “Macedonian” nation, which is FY- It’s also been Presidents before him… I don’t think it’s anything we’re do- ter Gruevski is attempting to ex- ROM today. This state has nothing ing or not doing. It’s got more to do with the Middle East – Israel, Iraq, pand the dispute by provoking arti- to do with the centuries-long evolu- The National Herald Bookstore Afghanistan, and oil. And Cyprus? ‘We’ll address that later.’ I don’t ficial minority issues in northern tionary ethnic processes which re- Exercise your mind... know if there’s anything we can do to advance our issues more effectively. Greece, specifically in Greece’s sulted in the natural forming of We meet with elected officials. We raise money a lot of for them. We get Macedonia province. other nations in the Balkan penin- (718) 784-5255 resolutions passed. But that final piece of action never takes place,” he Currently, negotiations for a sula. It is a state which evolved [email protected] said. permanent name for FYROM are through oppression, intimidation THE NATIONAL HERALD, SEPTEMBER 27, 2008 13

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