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The National Herald a b www.thenationalherald.com VOL. 9, ISSUE 440 A WEEKLY GREEK AMERICAN PUBLICATION MARCH 18, 2006 $1.00 - GREECE: 1.75 Euro AHEPA Honors Senator Sarbanes: Community Has Done a Good Job Sarbanes & Congressman By Evan C. Lambrou Special to The National Herald Bilirakis for their Service NEW YORK - Now that he is getting ready to retire after his By Dimitri Soultogiannis ering within the last 10-12 years, fifth term expires this year, the Special to The National to honor the Greek American first United States Senator of Senator and Congressman for Greek heritage said he is “upbeat” WASHINGTON, D.C. - Al- their decades of service in the about the Greek American com- most a thousand people enjoyed U.S. Congress. munity and said the community a festive evening during Among the distinguished has done a “good job” in keeping AHEPA's 37th Biennial Banquet guests were His Eminence Arch- Hellenic issues “on the table.” at the Washington Hilton last bishop Demetrios of America If not for the community's con- Friday night, March 10, in a and George Stephanopoulos, sistent efforts, Hellenic issues salute to Senator Paul Sarbanes host of ABC News' “This Week” would have faded from the “Con- of Maryland and Congressman and a former advisor to Presi- gressional agenda,” according to Michael Bilirakis of Florida for dent Bill Clinton, who was the Senator Paul Sarbanes of Mary- their distinguished political ca- evening's master of ceremonies, land. reers and achievements. and Undersecretary of State for Senator Sarbanes and Con- Senator Sarbanes was first Political Affairs and former U.S. gressman Michael Bilirakis of elected to the United States Se- Ambassador to Greece and Florida, who is also retiring after nate as a Democrat in 1976. Be- NATO R. Nicholas Burns. his 12th term expires this year, fore that, he represented his “I feel blessed being here with were honored by AHEPA last state in the U.S. House of Repre- you this evening with this distin- weekend for their longstanding sentatives for six years. Rep. Bili- guished group of people. We are service to the United States rakis was first elected to the honoring two great statesmen Congress (see related story, page House in 1982. Both men are ex- tonight, two generous men of 1). pected to retire later this year genuine strength, excellence and Just prior to the event, the Se- when their terms expire. creativity. May God grant them nator took some time to offer his Members of the American many years of life and good reflection upon his career in the Hellenic Educational Progres- health,” the Archbishop said. U.S. Congress, and his vision for sive Association and Greek Senator Sarbanes and Rep. the community. Americans from across the coun- Bilirakis are the kind of public The community's political ef- try attended the event, by most fectiveness has increased in just accounts AHEPA's largest gath- Continued on Page 2 the past 3-5 years, he explained, in part because Greece has emerged as a more important player with greater political leverage in the Balkans. Cypriot Government Angry He said that establishing Hel- lenic Studies chairs and programs at universities and colleges About Think Tank Report throughout the country is crucial to preserving and advancing Hel- By Neophytos Kyriakou rejected the report as unaccept- lenism in America; that the com- Special to The National Herald ably biased and a “product of Ang- munity ought to support its exist- lo-American conspiracy and pro- ing scholarship programs more NICOSIA - A report released paganda,” according to a recent AP PHOTO/NIKKI BOERTMAN vigorously; that it should get more on March 8 by the non-govern- report published by the Washing- Grinding it out under the boards actively involved with the grass- mental think tank, International ton Times (see page 9). roots efforts of AHEPA and the Crisis Group, which is considered In its report, ICG also harshly The Memphis Grizzlies Jake Tskalides looking for the basket, defended by the Boston Celtics Paul Pierce American Hellenic Institute; sup- to reflect the opinions of foreign criticizes Republic of Cyprus Pres- during the third quarter of their NBA basketball game this past Tuesday, March 14, in Memphis, Ten- port Hellenic College/Holy Cross centers, has rendered a very nega- ident Tassos Papadopoulos' poli- nessee. Tskalides, who is from Greece, had a game-high 19 points as the Grizzlies went onto win 93-76. Greek Orthodox School of Theol- tive assessment of the Greek cies. ogy more strongly, and stay close Cypriot side's handling of the NICOSIA's REACTION to the Greek Orthodox Church. Cyprus question, following the The Cypriot Government re- He also said he was optimistic failure of the latest United Na- sponse pointed out that the ICG about the community's political tions settlement proposal two report is a third-party criticism future, citing California State years ago. which fails to acknowledge the Moskos: Stay as Greek as you Can Treasurer Phil Angelides' current The ICG report considers the Cypriot people's democratic bid to be the next Governor of Greek Cypriot side responsible for rights. By Dimitri Soultogiannis ing light-hearted comment about According to the 2000 U.S. California. The full text of the Se- the current dead end in the issue's “When third parties, foreign- Special to The National Herald the significance of being Greek, Census, he pointed out, the Greek nator's interview with The Nation- progress, warning that the island ers, blast the democratically elect- but with a clear message: “Never American community is propor- al Herald follows. nation could “slip by default to- ed Cypriot President, they offend WASHINGTON, D.C. - ask anyone if they are Greek, be- tionately under-populated today, TNH: The Sarbanes-Oxley Act ward permanent partition and the and blast the dignity and intelli- Charles Moskos, professor emeri- cause if they are they will be all too noting that the Census does not aside, Senator, what would you independence of the north, gence of a people, and blast the tus of Sociology at Northwestern glad to tell you, and if not, why em- collect data by religion, but by eth- consider to be your most impor- whether formally recognized or country itself,” stated Deputy University, talked about the future barrass them,” he said. nicity.” tant contributions throughout not.” Government Representative direction of the Greek-American According to Dr. Moskos, one The latest census indicates your career? The Cypriot Government, as Christodoulos Pasiardes. community and the challenges the of the country's pre-eminent soci- there are 1.2 million Americans SARBANES: Well, that's a well as the political parties in Ni- Mr. Pasiardes made a distinc- community faces in the 21st Cen- ologists, the big immigration who claim to be of Greek heritage, cosia, mostly the opposition party, tion between the ICG and the tury, underscoring how important waves from Greece replenishing he said, yet the Greek Orthodox Continued on Page 6 writers of the report, and said they it is for Greek Americans to pre- the Greek American population population in the United States were “untrustworthy to the point serve their heritage and “remain belong to the past. adds up to 1.5 million people. of being provocative.” as Greek as they can.” “Since 1980, Greeks from For Dr. Moskos, interfaith mar- “A group of foreigners is basi- In his address at the Washing- Greece are entering this country at riage is the single most important Wiretapping cally suggesting the removal of ton Club, which hosted by a rate of 1,000 to 1,200 a year,” he contributing factor in the commu- Chicago Church President Papadopoulos from the AHEPA (American Hellenic Edu- said. “Now the question is, what nity's dilution, and it needs to be Scandal Takes Presidency of the Cypriot Repub- cational Progressive Association) happens with those of us who are addressed by the Church more Coping with lic and that is not just an opinion, it last Saturday morning, March 11, already here? How do we preserve thoroughly. is a position, a suggestion - a as part of AHEPA's testimonial our Hellenism? Of course there “Nowadays, interfaith marriage On Some New provocative position and an unac- weekend in honor of Senator Paul will always be a Greek American has become the norm, rather than Changes in the ceptable suggestion,” he added. Sarbanes (D-Maryland) and Con- community, but there will only be the exception. In the last 25 years, Dimensions gressman Mike Bilirakis (R-Flori- a remnant of what we have today, Neighborhood Continued on Page 9 da), Dr. Moskos made the follow- unless we do something about it.” Continued on Page 6 By Helena Smith By Ray Quintanilla The Observer Chicago Tribune ATHENS - If Vodafone's top CHICAGO - The crowd in the brass think their corporate woes pews at Holy Trinity Greek Ortho- are trouble enough, they should Bloomberg Among this Year’s Grand Marshals dox Church on Chicago's North- look at their Greek subsidiary and west Side is sparse most Sundays. think again. Not since the mobile By Stavros Marmarinos The collection plate at what has phone giant's foundation has it Special to The National Herald sometimes been called the "moth- been so buffeted by allegations of er church" is feeling a pinch, too. skullduggery as it has in Athens in NEW YORK - The vote for That has left church leaders recent weeks. who will be grand marshals at an- with the most difficult decision in Last Friday, March 10 - as Ge- nual Greek Independence Day Pa- the church's 108-year history: orge Koronias, Vodafone rade up New York's Fifth Avenue whether to pack up and relocate to Greece's CEO, sat before a parlia- has been cast.

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