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Published by the Ukrainian National Association Inc., a fraternal non-profit association Vol. LXXII HE No.KRAINIAN 9 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 29, 2004 EEKLY$1/$2 in Ukraine Yushchenko and Yanukovych square off VaticanT reportedU to be unlikely W at international affairs conference in Kyiv to approve Ukrainian Patriarchate PARSIPPANY, N.J. – The Vatican is Nonetheless, Vatican officials have cited by Roman Woronowycz Russia, Belarus and Kazakstan, and its unlikely to recognize a Patriarchate for the unease about relations with Orthodox Kyiv Press Bureau halting steps towards European integra- Ukrainian Greek-Catholic Church, it was Churches and concern about Catholics in tion. KYIV – Ukraine’s two leading – yet learned this week in the wake of meetings in Russia as reasons to not recognize the “Ukraine has not succeeded in jump- undeclared – candidates for president Moscow between officials of the Holy See Patriarchate at this point in time. ing on the train that its neighbors have offered serious criticisms of each other’s and the Russian Orthodox Church (ROC). The Associated Press quoted Pope John political intentions on February 21 in ridden into union with Europe,” The Catholic News Service (CNS) quot- Paul II as saying on February 22 that work- explained Mr. Yushchenko. “Ukrainian ing to bring unity among Christians is his what could have been the first debate of ed Cardinal Lubomyr Husar, primate of the the presidential election season. authorities derailed the train and have Ukrainian Greek-Catholic Church, as stating “indispensable mission.” At the same time, pointed it in another direction. The last Vatican sources told the news service that Before a debate could begin, however, that “I have absolutely no doubt the holy Prime Minister Viktor Yanukovych, cur- stop is authoritarianism, dictatorship, father would like to establish the Rome is paying serious attention to Russian poverty and isolation.” Orthodox complaints about the state of rently the odds-on favorite to get the nod Patriarchate, but he also wants to keep the to run as the candidate from the pro-pres- Mr. Yushchenko questioned the way dialogue with the Orthodox open.” Catholic-Orthodox relations. the majority coalition in Parliament, Interfax Moscow reported that ROC idential, parliamentary majority force, CNS correspondent Cindy Wooden left the hall. which staunchly supports the prime min- wrote that Vatican officials also told her Patriarch Aleksei II had complained that ister, had pursued political reform. He decisions taken at Orthodox-Catholic meet- He had just completed his address to there is no doubt about the pope’s admira- charged that the majority had illegally ings “have remained only on paper,” that an an international conference on “Ukraine, tion for the fidelity of the Ukrainian rammed through the first reading of a agreement stipulating that the Catholic Europe and the World” attended by many Catholic Church and for the traditions of the draft bill on amending the Constitution, Church would notify the ROC when “new international political and economic Christian East, including the fact that mature leaders, including former U.S. Secretary while ignoring parliamentary procedures Eastern Churches are led by patriarchs. Catholic structures are set up in the canoni- cal territory of the Russian Orthodox of State Madeleine K. Albright, former on floor debate and voting. Church” was being ignored and that the Swedish Prime Minister Karl Bildt and He also expressed disapproval for Catholic Church was engaging in “direct noted economist Anders Aslund. how the pro-presidential forces had taken VOA cutback proselytism.” Mr. Yanukovych did not hear his polit- control of the Verkhovna Rada by buying The Associated Press added that among ical rival, Viktor Yushchenko, head of the allegiance of unaligned national the issues raised by Russian Orthodox lead- Our Ukraine and unofficial leader of the deputies after the Our Ukraine political is rescinded ers was the Ukrainian Greek-Catholic political opposition, offer his rebuttal. bloc had received a majority in popular Mr. Yushchenko is currently the most support in the elections. by Andrew Nynka Church’s expansion into eastern and south- ern Ukraine, which the ROC considers tra- popular politician in Ukraine by far, “The results of the parliamentary elec- PARSIPPANY, N.J. – Citing “a crack- ditionally Orthodox territory. according to most every pre-election sur- tions of 2002 gave a distinctive and con- down on media” in Ukraine, the organiza- The Russian Orthodox Church laid the vey, and will almost certainly run as the clusive result: the government had lost,” tion that oversees Voice of America radio groundwork for meetings in Moscow with candidate from Our Ukraine. asserted Mr. Yushchenko during his broadcasts to Ukraine made it known on Cardinal Walter Kasper, president of the In his remarks, Mr. Yushchenko ques- address to the conference, which was February 24 that it would rescind an earlier tioned the current government’s initiative decision to cut that service in half. (Continued on page 16) on a Common Economic Space with (Continued on page 3) “We are committed to seeing that mil- lions of Ukrainians continue to receive trust- ed news and information that is vital to help- ing them make decisions about their lives Ukrainian American leaders’ roundtable discusses Ukraine in 2004 and their country,” said Kenneth Y. by Yaro Bihun Ukraine there is a need for all of us to come together, to Tomlinson, chairman of the Broadcasting Special to The Ukrainian Weekly speak with one voice, so our efforts will be more effective Board of Governors (BBG), the federal and more meaningful,” Mr. Gawdiak said. The call for uni- agency that oversees all U.S. international WASHINGTON – The problems and critical choices fac- fied action was echoed by Metropolitan Soroka in his brief broadcasting, including VOA and Radio ing Ukraine in 2004, and how the United States and the opening remarks. Ukrainian American diaspora should respond to them, were Free Europe/Radio Liberty (RFE/RL). (Continued on page 8) Mr. Tomlinson’s remarks were part of a the subject of a roundtable discussion here by a group of statement released on the BBG’s website on prominent observers of developments in that country. Held on February 24. The statement, headlined February 17 in a conference room of the Ukrainian Catholic “BBG seeks to enhance broadcasting to National Shrine of the Holy Family, the event was co-spon- Ukraine,” said that “U.S. international sored by Archbishop Stefan Soroka, the metropolitan of the broadcasting officials are exploring new Ukrainian Catholic Church in the United States, and the three ways to reach listeners in the Ukraine in the founding member-organizations of the Action Ukraine wake of a crackdown on media.” Coalition: the Ukrainian American Coordinating Council, the The statement said that “VOA ... will Ukrainian Federation of America and the U.S.-Ukraine continue to produce two hours of Ukrainian Foundation. programming daily,” and that their pro- The panel of presenters included Judge Bohdan Futey of grams would be carried on Ukrainian state the U.S. Federal Claims Court; former U.S. ambassador to radio, on 12 FM affiliates across the country Ukraine William G. Miller; Orest Deychakiwsky, staff advi- and on shortwave. sor with the U.S. Commission on Security and Cooperation Just three weeks ago, on February 8, The in Europe; Nadia Diuk of the National Endowment for Weekly reported on an announcement made Democracy; and two former congressmen and members of on February 3 by VOA Director David the Congressional Ukrainian Caucus, Bob Schaffer of Jackson. The VOA director said that his Colorado and Charles F. Dougherty of Pennsylvania. Opening the evening, Ukrainian American Coordinating organization’s Ukrainian radio service Yaro Bihun would reduce its daily broadcast from two Council President Ihor Gawdiak indicated that the meeting Nadia Diuk, of the National Endowment for Democracy, dis- hours to one hour per day beginning on was organized because of the Ukrainian American communi- cusses the deteriorating situation in Ukraine during a recent March 1. ty’s concern for the welfare of the people of Ukraine and for roundtable discussion in Washington. Former U.S. ambassa- Mr. Jackson was quoted in the February “the survival of democracy” in Ukraine. “We feel that it is urgent that in this critical year for dor to Ukraine William Miller was among the discussants. (Continued on page 16) 2 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 29, 2004 No. 9

ANALYSIS NEWSBRIEFSNEWSBRIEFS Ukrainian president backs down Rada forms Central Election Commission President Leonid Kuchma’s regime of spy- ing on opposition and Cabinet members, in wake of harsh PACE resolution KYIV – The Verkhovna Rada on Interfax reported. “Jamming was reported in February 19 approved two new members all districts of Kyiv,” Mr. Sholokh said in a by Taras Kuzio with the opposition bloc Our Ukraine. of the Central Election Commission statement. “Soviet-era means are being used RFE/RL Newsline The resolution ended by threatening to (CEC), thus bringing the body to its full to hamper the radio station’s information suspend Ukraine if it does not hold elec- strength of 15 people, Ukrainian media activity and ... the citizens’ constitutional A Council of Europe group of rappor- tions this year or if it continues to force reported. Last week, the legislature right to receive information is being violat- teurs headed by Hanne Sevirensen visit- through constitutional changes. approved 10 other members of the CEC. ed.” (RFE/RL Newsline) ed Ukraine on January 18-20. They During their January visit to Ukraine, The CEC reportedly comprises 11 mem- reported their highly critical findings to the Council of Europe rapporteurs also bers delegated by pro-government forces, Schroeder promises support to Kyiv the Council of Europe on January 26, two by the Communist Party, and one each focused on two other issues. First, they BERLIN – German Chancellor Gerhard and, on the basis of their report, the called on President Kuchma not to run by the Socialist Party and Our Ukraine. Parliamentary Assembly of the Council The CEC on February 19 unanimously Schroeder promised Ukrainian President for a third term. Both Poland and the Leonid Kuchma in Berlin on February 20 of Europe (PACE) voted to hold a debate United States have declared their dis- elected Serhii Kivalov as its chairman. Mr. that the German government will support on “the political crisis in Ukraine.” (The agreement with the December 30, 2003, Kivalov, 49, who has until recently been a Ukraine’s efforts to be recognized by the planned topic had been “the constitution- Constitutional Court decision allowing lawmaker, is head of the High Council of European Union as a market economy, al crisis in Ukraine.”) Following the Mr. Kuchma to do so based on their rul- Justice and president of the Odesa National Ukrainian and international news agencies PACE debate on January 29, delegates ing that he is only in his first term. Law Academy. (RFE/RL Newsline) reported. Mr. Kuchma repeated his former adopted by a vote of 46-13 a damning Second, the rapporteurs criticized the Kuchma abolishes security posts pledge that he will not run in this year’s resolution on Ukraine. lack of any progress in the investigation presidential election or appoint a succes- That PACE resolution expressed sup- into the killing in autumn 2000 of oppo- KYIV – President Leonid Kuchma has sor. “I’m not a tsar like they had in the port for Kyiv’s “sincere aspirations” to sition journalist Heorhii Gongadze. The signed a decree abolishing the Soviet-era Russian Empire, and I am not handing my conduct democratic reforms. But at the media situation in Ukraine has consider- practice of assigning special-service agents authority over to a successor,” he told jour- same time it made clear that PACE and ably worsened since Gongadze’s killing, to top-level government bodies – the nalists. (RFE/RL Newsline) other Western organizations and govern- with the opposition excluded from ments view the reforms currently being Parliament’s staff, the presidential adminis- appearing on state- and oligarch-con- Kuchma denies he ordered spying implemented as an attempt at blocking a tration, the Cabinet of Ministers, the trolled television. Procurator General’s Office, the staff of the victory by leading opposition candidate BERLIN – While in Berlin, where he Point 12 of the PACE resolution National Security and Defense Council, and and former Prime Minister Viktor met with German Chancellor Gerhard called, among many other things, for a central executive agencies – Interfax report- Yushchenko in the presidential election Schroeder, President Leonid Kuchma “nationwide popular discussion” on con- ed on February 18. The decision was report- to be held in October 2004. The PACE denied accusations by former Ukrainian stitutional changes, especially on televi- edly made to enhance democratic civil con- resolution questioned the timing of polit- intelligence officer Valerii Kravchenko that sion and radio. This is a welcome call, as trol over the activity of law-enforcement ical reforms in an election year. he ordered Ukraine’s special services to spy television coverage of what the and intelligence agencies, honor Ukraine’s The resolution asked Ukraine to begin on Ukrainian opposition activists abroad. Ukrainian authorities call political reform international commitments to integrate into cooperating with the European He said Ukraine does not need to spy on has been conducted in traditional Soviet the European Union, and eliminate the neg- Commission for Democracy Through opposition figures abroad because anything style, with workers’ collectives and other ative legacy of the Soviet KGB. Ihor Law (the so-called Venice Commission), they say can be read in the press, the DPA state bodies being forcibly made to sign Smeshko, who heads the Security Service whose advice Verkhovna Rada Chairman petitions in support of such “reform” and news agency reported. (RFE/RL Newsline) Volodymyr Lytvyn requested, but subse- of Ukraine (SBU), said all agents who lost in condemnation of the opposition. their jobs under the presidential decree will Yushchenko seeks EU’s assistance quently ignored, regarding proposed con- The PACE resolution, therefore, pre- stitutional amendments that would pave be offered equivalent positions within the sented the Ukrainian authorities with a KYIV – Our Ukraine leader Viktor the way for Parliament to elect the presi- SBU. (RFE/RL Newsline) difficult dilemma, particularly as it was Yushchenko on February 21 appealed to dent in 2006. followed by strong statements and com- Russian picketers want Crimea back the European Union to render Ukraine Ukraine’s Parliament effectively ments from the European Union (backed assistance in conducting transparent and ignored the commission’s advice to SYMFEROPOL – Some 100 demon- by acceding countries and European Free honest presidential elections in 2004, retain the system under which Ukraine’s strators who want Crimea to rejoin Russia Trade Association members), NATO, Interfax reported. “[Ukraine’s ruling] president is elected by popular vote by Poland, and the United States. Faced held a demonstration in Symferopol on regime is afraid of only one thing – the approving on December 24, 2003, those with this widespread Western condemna- February 19 to commemorate 50 years West’s reaction to what is taking place in draft constitutional amendments. PACE tion, the Ukrainian authorities had two since Crimea became part of the Ukrainian the country,” Mr. Yushchenko said at the condemned this action in its resolution, choices. SSR, Interfax reported. The picketers held stating in point 50 of its resolution that international “Ukraine in Europe and the The first choice was to continue to Russian flags and posters reading “50 World” conference in Kyiv. “[The regime] the authorities “had no intention whatso- ignore the Venice Commission and to Years of Deportation of the Russian People ever to follow any of the recommenda- does not react to anything else. There is no continue to condemn Western “interfer- of Crimea,” “Crimea and Russia Must freedom any longer; Radio Liberty is being tions of the Venice Commission” adopted ence” in Ukraine’s internal affairs, as Unite,” “Vladimir Putin, Return Crimea to on December 13, 2003. This, the resolu- closed; the key opposition channels have well as carry on railroading constitution- Russia,” and “Russian Language Must Be already been closed,” Mr. Yushchenko tion points out, “casts serious doubt as to al changes through Parliament. Such a Given State Status.” (RFE/RL Newsline) the real willingness of the Ukrainian noted, adding that constitutional reform in step would have possibly led to Kontynent complains about jamming Ukraine was initiated with the single pur- authorities to cooperate with the Venice Ukraine’s suspension from the Council Commission in any meaningful way.” pose of allowing the current authorities to of Europe and a deterioration of relations KYIV – Serhii Sholokh, head of the radio The second point of the PACE resolu- remain in power. (RFE/RL Newsline) with the United States, EU and NATO. station Kontynent, charged on February 19 tion expressed regret that Ukrainian Ukraine would have de facto become a that a jammer was switched on at 10:30 a.m. Thousands protest tax intimidation authorities, including President Leonid second Belarus. Social Democratic the same day when Kontynent began broad- Kuchma and the Foreign Affairs TERNOPIL – The regional office of Party-united parliamentary faction head casting a program by the Ukrainian service Ministry, “consider the activities of the the State Tax Administration in Ternopil, and former President Leonid Kravchuk of Deutsche Welle, in which intelligence Council of Europe, namely the assem- recently warned that following such a officer Valerii Kravchenko accused (Continued on page 17) bly’s monitoring procedure, the visits of path of isolation from the West could the co-rapporteurs of the Monitoring lead to the undoing of his work in 1991- Committee, and their statements” as 92 that brought Ukraine’s independence. “‘interference in the internal affairs of FOUNDED 1933 Ukraine’s second option was to yield Ukraine.’” In response, the resolution to PACE pressure and drop the most con- reminded the Ukrainian leadership that it HE KRAINIAN EEKLY tentious issues in the proposed constitu- TAn English-languageU newspaperW published by the Ukrainian National Association Inc., voluntarily accepted the obligations of tional changes, under which the proce- a non-profit association, at 2200 Route 10, P.O. 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pain over the wasted opportunities of Kuchma denies charges that Ukraine’s Yushchenko and... which there have been many in the last (Continued from page 1) 12 years, the expectation that Ukraine organized by the Institute for European has entered the highway of develop- intelligence services spied on opposition Cooperation, a think-tank headed by ment.” Ukraine’s ex-Minister of Foreign Affairs Mr. Yanukovych said that if 9 percent by Roman Woronowycz of the Ukrainian opposition, as well as Borys Tarasyuk, who is currently a mem- economic growth and 16 percent eco- Kyiv Press Bureau members of government at the ministerial ber of the Our Ukraine faction in nomic growth continued this year as level and higher,” said Gen. Kravchenko Parliament. expected, reforms would soon be a term KYIV – President Leonid Kuchma during the interview on German state Mr. Yushchenko added a bit later: “If of the past. said on February 25 that charges made by radio, according to Dzerkalo Tyzhnia. the government would have recognized In striking contrast to what Mr. a general in the Security Service of The Ukrainian news weekly also print- the will of the electorate and heeded our Yushchenko would assert afterwards, the Ukraine (known by its Ukrainian ed a telephone interview it had with the advice, on the eve of presidential elec- current Ukrainian prime minister stated acronym, SBU) stationed in Berlin who general in which he explained the orders tions the country would have already that the parliamentary elections of 2002 alleged that his intelligence service was more specifically. looked much different. But the authori- had laid the groundwork for the spying on the Ukrainian political opposi- “At first the order was to track ties decided to pursue the path of retain- improved economic situation in the coun- tion, were absolutely baseless. Ukrainian delegations and then ‘minis- ing power.” try. “I give my permission for Kravchenko ters and higher’ to gather information The head of Our Ukraine criticized the “In 2002 a new system of government to publish in the press all that he has in his about with whom they were meeting and manner in which state leaders and the began to work. As the head of govern- possession. Believe me, he has nothing. for what reason. The most important mat- government were suppressing press free- ment, I could now count on both the This is all nonsense,” stated Mr. Kuchma ter was whether they were criticizing doms. He pointed to extensive control of president and the Parliament to support during a monthly press conference. Ukraine and the current leadership and the mass media through ownership of the my work,” explained Mr. Yanukovych. Mr. Kuchma’s comments came in whether they supported the opposition,” largest broadcast companies by individu- “Our combined efforts were more effec- response to assertions made by SBU Gen. explained Gen. Kravchenko, who is cur- als close to the state leadership and tive and efficient.” Valerii Kravchenko, the chief liaison offi- rently in hiding in Germany. through news directives sent to the major The prime minister dismissed criticism cer between Ukrainian and German intel- Gen. Kravchenko said he would not broadcast outlets from the presidential leveled at his government and the parlia- ligence services in Ukraine’s Embassy in allow the materials to be published in the administration on a weekly basis. mentary majority for undertaking consti- Berlin, that he had documents in his pos- press because they were classified He also criticized the government for tutional reform in an election year by session to prove Ukraine had spied on “secret” and, therefore it was unlawful for failing to proceed with judicial reform calling the criticism undeserved and irrel- members of its political opposition when him to do so. However, he said he was and the development of municipal self- evant. they traveled abroad. ready to turn the information over to the rule. While Mr. Yanukovych said he wel- Gen. Kravchenko’s allegations, made on Procurator General’s Office. He said he The former prime minister, who head- comed healthy political competition from February 18 in an interview with Deutsche would trust them with several lawmakers ed the Ukrainian government in 1999- a valid political opposition, he could not Welle radio a day before President Kuchma as well, including Borys Oliinyk of the 2000 and is credited with beginning the accept the “twisted form” of the current met with German Chancellor Gerhard Communist faction, Ihor Yukhnovsky of economic reforms that have led to recent political opposition. He accused opposi- Schroeder in Berlin, received extensive Our Ukraine or National Deputy Mykola economic growth, said he is sure the Our tion forces of gauging their success by coverage in the German press. Tomenko, who heads the parliamentary Ukraine coalition could take the presi- the amount of criticism against Ukraine Speaking after he had unexpectedly Committee on Press Freedoms. dential seat in the October elections if the they could elicit from various European entered the Deutsche Welle studios, Gen. Mr. Kravchenko’s statement came two vote was free and fair. He asked Europe political institutions. Kravchenko said on air that he had infor- days before President Kuchma signed a to closely monitor the election process “Our successes would have been far mation on illegal spying by Ukrainian decree banning the assignment of SBU and assure that it was “democratic and greater if the political opposition had not officials and secret documents in his pos- intelligence officers to Ukrainian govern- honest.” blocked the work of the Ukrainian gov- session to prove it. ment offices. Virtually all Ukrainian gov- In his address to the conference, Prime ernment,” said Mr. Yanukovych. “The head of the SBU, Ihor Smeshko, ernment ministries, departments, military Minister Yanukovych stressed the He also blamed European political and the chief of the Central Intelligence installations, as well as embassies and con- achievements of his government over the leaders for getting in the way, and criti- Directorate, Oleh Synianskyi, in contra- sulates – and even banks – had intelligence last two years, including strong economic cized the West for failing to follow vention of enacted legislation give their growth and low inflation in 2003, which through on promised aid in the nuclear staff abroad orders to track representatives (Continued on page 21) has continued into 2004. He said that power sector after Ukraine closed the while the problems that had arisen as nuclear station at Chornobyl. Ukraine “moved from one social-politi- Mr. Yanukovych warned that the cur- cal system to another” could have been rent political opposition has neither a Opposition calls for protests on March 16 foreseen, nonetheless, the last 12 years vision nor a plan for Ukraine, only a by Roman Woronowycz February 24. have been a dark period for Ukraine. Mr. desire to assume power. He asserted that Kyiv Press Bureau Ms. Tymoshenko is a central figure in the Yanukovych said that despite repeated the opposition did not want to see an eco- country’s opposition movement and the attempts by the opposition to divide the nomically powerful and politically viable KYIV – The political opposition in leader of the Tymoshenko faction in the country, it remained united. country. Ukraine called for nationwide demonstra- Verkhovna Rada. The opposition has for tions on March 16 to protest amendments to “What unites us is the fate of Ukraine, “Under the slogan, ‘the worse, the bet- years criticized President Leonid Kuchma the Constitution of Ukraine, expected to be the fate of a young political nation that is ter,’ they question every move by the and his administration while calling for his approved by the Parliament’s majority coali- searching for its place in Europe,” con- president or the government,” said Mr. resignation on allegations ranging from ille- firmed the prime minister, “the common tion that day. Yanukovych. gal financial transactions to the murder of a “On the day of the final vote on the draft Ukrainian journalist. law for the Constitutional changes the whole The latest call to action came after the nation should rise up to prevent constitution- majority coalition in the Parliament, which al upheaval,” declared National Deputy Yulia Tymoshenko on Hromadske Radio on (Continued on page 15)

Quotable notes “So I have yet to understand why this president [George W. Bush], other than that he didn’t like Saddam Hussein, went into Iraq. “... Saddam Hussein is a terrible person, terrible human being. So is Robert Mugabe; so is the guy who runs the Ukraine, Kuchma; so is Lukashenka, who runs Byelorussia, or Belarus. “... So there’s a long list of people that you could go after. And we don’t do that, as a matter of course. Why Saddam?” – Howard Dean, then a candidate for the Democratic presidential nomina- tion, speaking on “Meet the Press” on February 1, with Tim Russert.

Viktor Yushchenko (left) and Viktor Yanukovych at the Kyiv conference on “The Embassy of Ukraine in the United States expresses astonishment at the “Ukraine, Europe and the World.” statements made by Howard Dean, the former governor of Vermont, on February 1, 2004, in the program ‘Meet the Press’ on NBC. His comparison of Leonid Kuchma, the president of Ukraine, with Saddam Hussein who ‘is a terrible per- This issue of The Ukrainian Weekly is reaching son,’ is absurd in terms of the content, incorrect in terms of the tone and tactless all members of the U.S. Congress thanks with regard to the leader of a country that is a U.S. ally in Iraq. The Embassy hopes that Howard Dean’s statements are merely a regrettable misunderstanding, brought to the generous sponsorship of about by him lacking reliable information about Ukraine and the position of the president of Ukraine on human rights and democracy, displayed in Ukraine’s par- Ukrainian Selfreliance ticipation to promote these principles after ousting Saddam Hussein.” – Response from the Embassy of Ukraine in Washington, February 3. Federal Credit Union. 4 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 29, 2004 No. 9 Canadian engineer brings Ukraine to the world via the web

by Christopher Guly nels, it streams the video signal live from Special to The Ukrainian Weekly its server at a rate as high as 256 kilobits- per-second. OTTAWA – Working in the United UkrainaTV relies on different technol- States as a radio-frequency engineer for ogy to transmit images and audio over the the cellular-phone company Nextel Internet. Through a partnership with New Communications, in the late 1990s, Vasyl York-based Wavexpress Inc.’s TVTonic Kapeniak searched high and low for a broadband media distribution service, way to watch televised games of UkrainaTV sends programming directly Ukraine’s national soccer team from his to a computer’s hard drive. home in Detroit. Once a subscriber clicks on the activa- Much to his surprise, he couldn’t find a tion icon at the site, it automatically single satellite-television provider that downloads Wavexpress’s WX Client soft- offered such coverage – and Mr. ware that stores, manages and plays a pro- Kapeniak vowed he would one day cor- gram’s media files. The video and audio rect that deficiency. are then stored as cache in a subscriber’s He kept that promise. desktop or laptop computer for viewing at In mid-December of last year, the any time. 33-year-old, Ternopil-born electro- However, in order to receive the files, mechanical engineering graduate from one requires a high-speed (broadband) the Technological University of Kyiv cable or DSL (digital subscriber line) con- launched his own TV channel of sorts nection. over the web. Called UkrainaTV “You can also watch UkrainaTV on Premium (www.ukrainatv.com), it will your TV,” Mr. Kapeniak explained. “All soon provide coverage of live events Vasyl Kapeniak (second from right) with his two sons while on a visit to Ukraine. you need is a couple of cables to connect from Ukraine, including concerts and your PC’s video and audio cards directly his beloved soccer, on a pay-per-view ing subscribers $7.77 (U.S.) a month to oping an online radio service that would tune into the 24/7 video channel. deliver music and news/current events to your television.” basis. He added that subscribers with older Already, anyone with Internet access As a no-fee bonus, the package from Ukraine 24 hours a day over the includes Top 10 “Vazhka Dilianka” (Hard Internet. computers that don’t have video cards can can visit the site any time of day and purchase an external scan converter for watch Ukrainian-language music videos, Zone), a weekly Ukrainian-language radio At the moment, though, he’s focused program featuring popular music, enter- on attracting eyeballs to UkrainaTV, under $100 (U.S.) to transform the PC’s commercials, short films and documen- output into a compatible format for TV. taries (including “Scarred by History,” tainment news and interviews, and “FDR which he says is unparalleled in terms of Mix,” a daily music program featuring content and technological capability and In terms of programming also which tells the story of his late grand- UkrainaTV is unique. mother, Maria Sywanyk-Kapeniak, who Ukrainian songs from a Kyiv-based radio leaves what little competition there is out studio. there in the dust of cyberspace. Rather than relying on a single source spent 25 years in the Soviet gulag), come- to obtain content, Mr. Kapeniak is digitiz- dy spots, talk shows and daily news pro- Eventually, Mr. Kapeniak, who is now For instance, Ukraine’s 1+1 TV chan- based in Markham, Ontario, just north of nel delivers limited video over the web. ing tapes from independent filmmakers grams all from Ukraine. and acquiring video from several Though it’s a paid service, UkrainaTV Toronto, plans to create separate video And while Montreal-based JumpTV.com offers a one-week free trial before charg- channels each for movies, news and plans to soon add Ukraine’s InterTV to its music. He is also in the process of devel- list of live online international TV chan- (Continued on page 19)

Highlights from the UNA’s 110-year history With this week’s issue, we inaugurate a special yearlong feature focusing on the history of the Ukrainian National Association, which this year marks its 110th anniversary. (The border used here is from a UNA membership certificate that dates to 1919.) The UNA was founded on February 22, 1894. At its Supreme Assembly’s mid-year meeting on January 15, 1895, it was announced that the fraternal society’s income during its first year of operations was $1,142.75 and that disbursements totaled $1,007.22. Total membership stood at 505 members, of whom 66 had been suspended for non-payment of membership dues. (Continued on page 14) No. 9 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 29, 2004 5

THE UKRAINIAN NATIONAL ASSOCIATION FORUM UNA Home Office organizes special seminar on annuities

Robert Mitchell discusses annuities Participants of the daylong seminar on annuities held at the UNA Corporate Headquarters. and how they may be used. PARSIPPANY, N.J. – Local and officers, organizers and employees of the market. He is executive vice-president Owner Opportunities: Tips and Ideas that regional officers, along with employees UNA Home Office – the people who deal for sales and marketing, of Western Could Save You Thousands.” He has also of the Ukrainian National Association, with annuities on a daily0 basis. Catholic Union (WCU), a fraternal bene- written numerous articles for the WCU attended a special seminar on annuities The attendees included UNAers from fit society like the UNA. Record and The Fraternal Monitor and held here at the UNA Corporate Connecticut, New Jersey and New York Mr. Mitchell is the author of the has been heard on Community Focus- Headquarters on Saturday, January 31. state, including the metro New York City informative booklet titled “Annuity WTAD Radio. The daylong seminar featured Robert area, as well as regions upstate and in the Mitchell, a certified senior advisor (CSA), western part of the state. who covered the technical aspects of the All participants received helpful hand- annuities and IRAs, as well as presented outs, including a 30-page presentation ideas on how to market annuities. that described various types of annuities National Fraternal Congress greets UNA According to UNA National Secretary – all the better for these UNAers to serve Christine E. Kozak, the seminar was the members interested in purchasing designed to give participants answers to annuities. all those questions they face when selling Mr. Mitchell has over 30 years of annuities. Thus, the seminar was geared knowledge and experience in the insur- toward UNA branch secretaries, district ance industry and especially the annuity

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THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY Rough draft A welcome reversal bbyy RRoommaann WWoorroonnoowwyycczz Kyiv Press Bureau

In a complete reversal of a decision formally announced three weeks ago, the Broadcasting Board of Governors released a statement earlier this week saying that Voice of America’s Ukrainian radio service would not undergo a dramatic Instilling self-respect in Ukraine cut in half to one hour of broadcasting daily, saying only that the service “will continue to produce two hours of Ukrainian programming daily.” The morning after our infant child was the ambulance driver who brought in The news was buried at the end of a press release from the BBG, the federal rushed to the hospital, accompanied by their patients during the Soviet era, today agency that oversees all U.S. international broadcasting, including VOA and my wife, the head nurse entered the room their earning potential has dropped fur- Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty, and ran under the headline “BBG seeks to where the two had spent the night – in a ther. enhance broadcasting to Ukraine.” damp ward more akin to a jail cell, which The result is unmotivated, uncaring With all due respect, we would like to remind the BBG that the decision not to hadn’t seen a coat of fresh paint or new medical professionals performing surgery cut VOA radio broadcasts to Ukraine – only seven months prior to a crucial pres- tiles in at least 30 years – and sternly poorly, accepting bribes openly and even idential election, we should add – is not an enhancement of broadcasting, but demanded to know why the room hadn’t taking part in rare, but much-publicized rather a continuation of what had already been established. been cleaned and the floors washed. black-market sales of body parts and The BBG’s decision to restore radio broadcast time to Ukraine, citing “a When I replied equally sternly that we newborn babies. crackdown on media” in that country, does come as welcome news and should were still waiting for the cleaning lady, Corruption has become almost endem- be commended. However, the manner in which the news was made known the “sanitarka,” she rebutted that in this ic in the country’s old service sector, leaves us questioning the real reasons behind the BBG’s decision. ward the mothers of the children cleaned most notably in medicine and education. We wonder: Had the Ukrainian FM Radio Dovira network not dropped all the rooms. I was aghast that a medical While one can rationalize giving a low RFE/RL programs from its line-up, would the BBG still have made the decision worker could be so rude and that the hos- paid doctor a few hryvni in appreciation to leave VOA’s Ukrainian radio broadcasting untouched? We may never know. pital had no qualms about mothers of for a job well done, it is more difficult to At press time The Weekly was still waiting for a response from a VOA sick children getting on their hands and explain being forced to purchase a term spokesman regarding this and other questions. knees to scrub dirty floors. A bit later, as paper from a university professor in By burying the announcement that VOA Ukrainian radio service would be left I left, I couldn’t help but notice several order to pass a class. Today, tragically, untouched deep in a statement about enhancing broadcasting to Ukraine, it “sanitarky” idly chatting near a stairwell. this is a normal occurrence in Ukraine’s appears that the BBG had every intention to very quietly correct its own mistake. It was only after I told some friends education system at the university level. Moreover, VOA Ukrainian radio staff themselves were never given the courtesy about this incident that I understood that To a large extent the university system of learning the news prior to the BBG’s February 24 statement. for most Ukrainians my experience was is driven by bribes – from the time you We are also deeply troubled that the BBG’s February 24 statement made no not unusual. It was just another aspect of apply, which might include the need to mention of the future of VOA’s Ukrainian radio service staff and funding for that living in a post-Soviet country. shower a couple of thousand dollars upon organization. Following the original announcement to cut VOA Ukrainian radio Ukraine’s service sector, while grow- strategically positioned deans and profes- service, the organization moved three staffers to VOA television, while two other ing markedly over the last five years in sors to ensure your acceptance, through staffers were bought out, leaving the remaining VOA Ukrainian radio service step with the development of Ukraine’s to arranging gifts for the members of the staff overworked and exhausted for what was thought to be a short period, that economy in general, still leaves much to review board before whom you defend is, through March 1, when its programming was to be halved. be desired. While the variety of services your dissertation when completing a doc- We hope that the BBG will not use this staffing situation as an opportunity to offered has expanded, the quality of the toral thesis. further undermine VOA Ukrainian radio. service often remains dismal. Another problem that contemporary If the BBG is sincere and, as BBG Chairman Kenneth Tomlinson has said, Today you can get everything from Ukraine must contend with is the Soviet “committed to seeing that millions of Ukrainians continue to receive trusted pizza delivery to in-home massages, attitude and mentality of many workers. news and information that is vital to helping them make decisions about their from flood insurance for your apartment Today disgruntled service workers, who building to limousine service for your lives and their country,” VOA Ukrainian radio service staff must be restored and learned to put up with the abuses the wedding. The luxury stretch vehicle may funding must be in place for that organization to continue providing Ukrainians Soviet bureaucracy meted out by turning be a 1988 Lincoln Continental with a with what has been an invaluable service. cold and unresponsive, take out their cur- well-worn paint job, but the chauffeur, rent grievances on customers by treating more likely than not, will aim to please. them with what at times seems like even The pizza may get to you cold once in a less civility than before. while, but it is much better than what We all recognize the stereotype of the March was produced with old Soviet-era recipes Soviet-era saleslady: secure in the knowl- Turning the pages back... even a mere seven years ago. And what edge she can never be dismissed, she can you say when an insurance company gabs endlessly with her co-workers 5 forces you to take flood protection for unconcerned that customers are waiting. your 14th story dwelling because it That person still lives in the new 1997 March 5, 1997, was designated Ancestry Day on Capitol comes in a package with the fire insur- Ukraine, and I believe that, just as many Hill by the Working Group on Ancestry in the U.S. Census, a ance? strains of influenza will do, she, too, has coalition of over 80 organizations, including the Ukrainian When considered on the same level as mutated into an even more virulent form. National Association. The project’s aim was to support the the rest of the world, the new service sec- I came upon her several Saturdays ago preservation of ancestry data in the U.S. Census. tor of Ukraine is developing in a normal as I caught sight of a rather pleasant- The 1980 Census was the first U.S. census to ask a question about ancestry, thereby manner. It is the old service sector that looking deli in a local department store. I providing data about the ethnic origin of Americans. The long form, sent to one out of remains problematic – the one that approached the counter only to find the six households, asked the respondent to list (up to three) countries of origin. included care for basic human needs, salesperson in a corner in conversation As part of the timeline for the 2000 Census, the U.S. Census Bureau was required, by such as medicine and education, much- with a co-worker. After patiently waiting April 1, to submit to Congress the topics to be included on the survey for the year 2000. trumpeted as the glory of the Soviet sys- several minutes I approached her to ask – The bureau expressed its intention to include the ancestry question as a required topic. tem. Today, shorn of the gloss of Soviet rather condescendingly I’ll admit – But, while there was no organized opposition to the ancestry question, there was a con- propaganda, it is considered part of the whether it would be okay if I received cern in Congress about the cost of the long form. Experts cited estimates that the long dismal Soviet legacy, a system that had a some service. form would cost an additional $300 million due to the lower level of voluntary compli- cold disregard for quality-of-life issues, She turned her head towards me in ance than with the short form. While some members of Congress suggested eliminating including little respect for the most basic reply but never acknowledged me. the long form, others recommended simply reducing the number of questions. levels of human dignity. Instead, she returned to her station, In an effort to demonstrate congressional support for the ancestry question, on The jarring tumble in the standard of where another customer had approached, March 5, 1997, Rep. Constance Morella (R-Md.) introduced a resolution urging the living for most workers that resulted as and politely proceeded to serve him first. secretary of commerce to retain the ancestry question in the 2000 Census. A similar Ukraine missed economic opportunities My jaw dropped. resolution was later introduced in the Senate. after the Soviet Union disintegrated and Rarely one to show reserve when emo- Ancestry Day, coordinated by the Arab American Institute Foundation and the the bitterness that many hold due to the tion can be utilized, I asked her with National Italian American Foundation, involved visits to congressional offices, a press fate they have been dealt has led to a raised voice what on earth she was conference with sponsors of the Ancestry Resolution, and a luncheon for the Working qualitative decrease in the way workers in doing? Hadn’t she seen me? Her calm Group and members of Congress. the old service sector approach their jobs and measured reply left me speechless. Two days later the National Italian American Foundation hosted a meeting of the and responsibilities. The result has been “Just don’t go and ruin my morning Working Group with the director of the Bureau of the Census, Martha Riche, who even more aloofness and lack of diligence already.” underscored the Census Bureau’s commitment to the ancestry question and outlined and care by service workers – at times My Ukrainian-born wife disagrees the overall procedure for finalization of the questions to be contained in the forms. reaching levels of gross negligence. with my assertions that the coldness and Ms. Riche also pointed out that ethnic communities and organizations would be vital In the medical services one must still harshness of the Soviet “service” struc- in the outreach program planned for the millennial head count. contend with Ukrainian doctors and nurs- ture is still in place. She explains that it is It should be noted that, ultimately, the 2000 Census asked the same questions about es colder than the stethoscopes they press I who am searching out its few remnants ancestry as the population counts of 1980 and 1990, providing an opportunity to ana- to your chest. Yet, the problems run still by approaching older, more hardened lyze trends for the last 20 years. deeper today. The medical community looking workers when I go to purchase has been severely disillusioned by the something and in effect challenging them Source: “Ethnic coalition supports preservation of ancestry question on 2000 extremely low wage its doctors continue Census,” The Ukrainian Weekly, March 16, 1997, Vol. LXV, No. 11. to earn. While doctors earned less than (Continued on page 14) No. 9 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 29, 2004 7 COMMENTARY Faces and Places

After “The Passion” by Myron B. Kuropas by Dr. Lubomyr Luciuk life during World War II, concluded the distinguished British historian, Prof. Who killed Christ? The Hebrews? The Norman Davies. Romans? All of us? Some, none, all of Today we do, and should, remember the above? I have no idea. Let Biblical the Six Million. Yet we tend to forget the scholars, theologians and philosophers Twenty Million, a conservative estimate Happy birthday, Batko Soyuz! If you weren’t paying attention, you ty in 1917, Svoboda, by then a daily pub- muse over such mysteries. of victims of Soviet tyranny, about whom probably missed it. The Ukrainian lication, reported every development Did Mel Gibson’s film, “The Passion Martin Amis wrote in “Koba the Dread.” National Association turned 110 on faithfully and succinctly. of the Christ,” provoke pogroms? No. Some scourged him for that. February 22. The 40th UNA anniversary celebration Is Mel Gibson an anti-Semite? No. He What is troubling about the anti- The first UNA anniversary celebration was the most productive. It was also the knows Nazis murdered millions of Jews “Passion” polemicists is that, beneath the was held in 1895, in Olyphant, Pa., then longest because it lasted for almost the and others. cacophony, their agenda was not to stop Yet there’s the rub. Mr Gibson hasn’t the heartland of the rapidly expanding entire decade. The UNA published a 752- Mr. Gibson’s film from being shown forgotten the many millions of non- Rusyn/Ukrainian community. Originally page commemorative almanac for the (they couldn’t), nor even to cripple its Jewish Holocaust victims and those of known as the Ruskyi Narodny Soyuz, the occasion. Edited by the legendary box office success (the controversy they other crimes against humanity. In the UNA had some 2,800 members at the Svoboda editor Luke Myshuha, the mon- stoked guarantees good fortune). The March issue of Reader’s Digest he says: time and 75 branches. umental publication included short histo- fount of this campaign is instead rooted “The second world war killed tens of Svoboda published an announcement ries of every single UNA branch then in in trying to get the rest of us to agree that millions of people. Some of them were about the upcoming convention, empha- existence, as well as fascinating articles the Jewish people’s suffering was Jews in concentration camps. Many peo- sizing cultural and economic develop- devoted to Ukrainian history, music, cul- “unique” and that Christians, in particu- ple lost their lives. In Ukraine several ment: ture, women and youth. Memoirs of lar, must feel guilt and atone for what million starved to death between 1932 “A very important moment will soon UNA pioneers were also included. The “we” did to “them” over many centuries and 1933. During the last century 20 mil- be upon us members of the only national table of contents was in both Ukrainian past. lion people died in the Soviet Union.” Rusyn organization [in the United and English. Authors included celebrated While I disagree with any concept of For such sentiments he is pilloried. States]. It was a little over a year ago that American-and European-born men and blood libel, I do insist these men are free Rabbi Marvin Hier, dean of the Simon we, recognizing our spiritual, national women, all of whom focused their writ- to believe whatever they want and even Wiesenthal Center in Los Angeles, while and economic needs, gathered under one ten thoughts on the UNA, Ukraine and to preach it, as long as the line between claiming no desire to engage “in compet- flag and became united within Soyuz, the role of the Ukrainian immigration in legitimate criticism and hatemongering is itive martyrdom,” wanting only “histori- one large Rusyn family, in order to stand preserving the Ukrainian heritage. The not violated. Some have already crept cal truth” to be known, nevertheless as one in support of Rusyn national extraordinary almanac remains the single close to that edge. Still I champion free- rejected any comparison between his rights and to shine the light of truth and most significant publication produced by dom of speech over censoring that right – people’s suffering and others. Rabbi knowledge among our brothers and scat- Ukrainian Americans. theirs, Mel’s and mine. Shmuley Boteach went further, denounc- tered by fate to all corners of the United Other UNA accomplishments worthy I also want them to understand some- ing any equation of the “horrible casual- States. The time has come to determine of mention during the 1930s include the thing. As a Catholic, and a Canadian- ties of war with a government program how far we have come to look at our cul- establishment of The Ukrainian Weekly born son of Ukrainian political refugees, of genocide.” Abraham Foxman of the tural development in the United States in 1933, the creation of the Ukrainian I was raised believing all victims of evil Anti-Defamation League was blunter: and to determine our economic standing Youth League of North America that must be hallowed. Those who persecute “[I]t was ignorant ... it’s insensitive. And ...” same year, and the funding of various the innocent must be punished. How a ... he doesn’t get that either. He doesn’t The celebration included a concert sports activities, primarily softball teams. people were slaughtered, or what the begin to understand the difference featuring a choir of 70 voices, a drama What makes these endeavors so extraor- intent was of any regime, left or right, between dying in a famine and people titled “Germanized George,” and a pres- dinary is the fact that they occurred dur- that orchestrated genocide, does matter, being cremated solely for what they are.” ing America’s Great Depression. but less. Neither my parents, priests nor entation by Father Nestor Dmytriw titled Verily, it is Mr. Foxman and friends The most extravagant UNA anniver- teachers ever said that a particular group “The Cultural Role of America.” who are in need of sensitivity training sary celebration was the 75th. The theme of martyrs was somehow more deserving The UNA’s membership increased and history lessons. Lacking their chutz- was “In tribute to the pioneers, with eyes of remembrance than others. No one and, in the years that followed, the pah, I will not venture an opinion as to toward youth” and membership at the counseled us to elevate the millions of organization purchased Svoboda, estab- whether being starved to death is worse time was at an all-time high of 88,000. Ukrainians enslaved or murdered by the lished reading rooms and classes for illit- than being murdered by poison gas. On An entire issue of The Ukrainian Weekly Nazis and the Soviets above others who erates, and gradually transformed matters of unnatural mortality, however, was devoted to the celebration. Plans endured similar horrors. I do concede approximately 40 percent of America’s these gentlemen would do well to learn were under way to build a new 15-story that I do not know as much as I should Rusyns into conscious Ukrainians. that probably more Ukrainians were liq- headquarters in Jersey City. A series of about the many tribes, peoples and The 10th anniversary of the UNA was uidated during the politically engineered events were planned for Shamokin, birth- nations who suffered mass murder celebrated in Shamokin, Pa., in 1904. A Great Famine in Soviet Ukraine than all place of the UNA, including the unveil- before, during and after the 20th century, special 18-page jubilee issue of Svoboda the Jews killed in the second world war. ing of a bronze plaque honoring UNA in Europe, Africa, Asia and elsewhere, at was published on May 26 with an edito- They were the chosen in a Stalinist terror pioneers, a divine liturgy, and a gala con- least not in comparison to what I know rial titled “The Feast of the RNS and campaign directed against the Ukrainian cert and banquet. The UNA commis- happened to my own. However, the Svoboda.” Authored by Father Ivan peasantry. And it was the Ukrainian sioned Ulas Samchuk, a distinguished Christian spirit that should inform my Ardan, the editorial mentioned Ukraine nation that suffered the greatest loss of Ukrainian author to write a popular his- behavior obliges me to pray for all vic- as a “land that is today enslaved; whose children are divided by mountains, wide tory of the UNA. The result was “In the tims, without preference. Footsteps of the Pioneers: A Saga of Prof. Lubomyr Luciuk was once an Still I am only human, and, like most rivers and a deep ocean but which, altar boy at St Michael’s Ukrainian despite its many enemies, has not per- Ukrainian America,” published in 1983. Catholic Parish, in Kingston, Ontario. (Continued on page 21) ished but lives on, aware of its unity and The UNA also commissioned an opera. its strength.” The result was “Anna Yaroslavna,” an “Now the nation stirs and tests the opera in three acts recalling relations strength of the chains that bind it. And between Rus’-Ukraine and France in the the time is near when it will break the 10th century. Written by Antin FOR THE RECORD: UCCA president’s chains and crush its enemies. And it will Rudnytsky and Leonid Poltava, the opera emerge a nation free and happy. And it debuted at Carnegie Hall on May 24, letter to the editor of The New York Times will build a home of its own. And in this 1969. Below is the text of a letter to the edi- “The second world war killed tens of home there will be no tsar, no overlord, One hundred years ago our UNA pio- tor of The New York Times published in millions of people. Some of them were but Equality, Brotherhood and Liberty. ... neers dreamed of a free Ukraine with “no that paper on February 11. It was written Jews in concentration camps. ... In the Then we shall celebrate a greater feast tsar, no overload, but Equality, by Michael Sawkiw Jr. president of the [sic] Ukraine several million starved to – a feast of unity and glory. We here Brotherhood and Liberty.” Today, Ukrainian Congress Committee of death between 1932 and 1933.” must also make our contribution to bring Ukraine is a sovereign nation with no America on February 5. Comments like Mr. Foxman’s under- about this feast of greatness and of glory tsar. There are overlords, however, who mine the gravity of the atrocities commit- ... Let us pledge today that we shall work are undermining brotherhood and liberty. To the Editor: ted against the Ukrainian people. constantly for the good of our great Hopefully, this will change with the Between 7 million and 10 million nation to bring about as soon as possible October elections. You quote Abraham Foxman, the Ukrainians were systematically starved the greatest of all great days when we Nothing of significance happened dur- national director of the Anti-Defamation to death in 1932-1933 simply because of shall celebrate the freedom and inde- ing the past 110 years in the Ukrainian League, as saying in response to a who they were and because of their pendence of Rus’-Ukraine.” community without the UNA. A history remark by Mel Gibson about the resistance to Soviet dominance. The highlight of the 20th anniversary of the UNA is available in English, and a Holocaust, “He doesn’t begin to under- To play down and deny that shows a celebration in 1914 was the name Ukrainian edition is forthcoming. Read stand the difference between dying in a blatant disregard and insensitivity to a change, from the Ruskyi Narodnyi Soyuz it. Why? Because we can’t know where famine and people being cremated solely nation that suffered under an oppressive (Little Russian National Union in we are today, or where we are going, for what they are” (“Gibson to Delete a regime. English) to the Ukrainskyi Narodny without knowing where we’ve been. Scene in ‘Passion,’ “ Arts pages, Mr. Foxman should realize that all Soyuz in Ukrainian, and the Ukrainian February 4). genocides should be reviled rather than National Association in English. Myron Kuropas’ e-mail address is Mr. Gibson had said in an interview: categorized. When Ukraine declared its sovereign- [email protected]. 8 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 29, 2004 No. 9

tions and procedures, and have not been Deychakiwsky said. “And we should in the past, she added, but this year “is Ukrainian American... fully staffed with new judges and person- continue to make the distinction between even more crucial than ever.” (Continued from page 1) nel. the Ukrainian authorities, the ‘vlada’, and Among the indications that democracy The legal aspects of the major story of Judge Futey also suggested that the the people.” is being tested in Ukraine are the stifling the past year, including attempts to democratic opposition forces in Ukraine “I really firmly reject the idea that by of the media, blocking access to the change the presidential election provi- are not very well versed in such legal criticizing the corrupt regime and clans, media for opposition politicians, the sions in the Constitution of Ukraine, were matters. Nevertheless, he said, “I’m still we are somehow driving Ukraine into recent closing of FM transmissions of addressed at the outset by Judge Futey, an optimist” about 2004. He said he Russia’s orbit, or hurting Ukraine’s Radio Liberty, the closing of the newspa- who was a consultant in Ukraine’s consti- hopes that this year will not be a “step image, for that matter,” he added. per Silski Visti and evidence of non-gov- tution-writing process in the mid-1990s. backward” for Ukraine, as predicted by The best guarantee of Ukraine’s inde- ernmental organizations being placed Judge Futey has written a number of the Venice Commission, but a step for- pendence, Mr. Deychakiwsky said, “is a under official scrutiny. “I would report articles criticizing the proposed constitu- ward. democratic Ukraine in which human that that situation is actually deteriorat- tional election “reforms” initiated last Ambassador Miller, who left for Kyiv rights are respected and the rule of law is ing and will deteriorate even more, year in the Verkhovna Rada and upheld the next day to participate in an interna- paramount, a country with market econo- because I think the ruling powers are so by Ukraine’s Constitutional Court, which tional conference on Ukraine’s future my and flourishing civil society.” “The intent on maintaining power they will would allow the president to run for a role in Europe, said Ukraine finds itself worst thing the international community look for any instrument to keep a hold of third term and have Parliament, and not at an “extraordinary crossroads.” He could do – governments, non-govern- that power in the next few months,” Dr. the people, elect the president. Under noted, “They can go back and follow the mental organizations and the diaspora – Diuk said. intense international and domestic pres- path of totalitarian rule, selfishness, oli- would be to remain silent, and not press She discounted the possibility of sure, the Verkhovna Rada in early garchy, disdain for the popular will and them to live up to freely undertaken com- Ukraine having something like the recent February reversed itself on the question the popular need, or they can go forward mitments.” For the Ukrainian authorities, democratic revolution in Georgia. On the of popular election of the president. towards a civil and just society.” For “silence implies consent,” he said. “So other hand, she said, it looks better com- But even that issue remains question- Ambassador Miller, that is the crux of the you have to stay on message and keep pared with Russia, “where, from the per- able, Judge Futey said, because two issue. “The election is about that. The talking about the importance of Western spective of democratic transition, we can appeals have been filed in this matter. He people of Ukraine, as I’ve come to know values.” see that the situation really has come to a said that while the election issue was get- them, understand that,” he said. Dr. Diuk, who deals with Ukraine and dead halt.” ting most of the attention in recent Mr. Deychakiwsky indicated that there other countries in the region at the “Isn’t it time that the role of Russia months, there remain many other trou- is a general consensus by U.S. and National Endowment for Democracy, was reviewed again?” Dr. Diuk asked. “I bling provisions in the legislation. One European governments that develop- focused on how Ukraine compares with know that there has been a little bit of a provision, he said, would strip the presi- ments in Ukraine’s democracy “will have some of its neighbors. shift with the State Department moving dent of his power by allowing him to a direct impact on Ukraine’s aspirations In this post-Soviet region, excluding back from its support for Russia. But it name only three ministers of the govern- to join NATO and on relations with the the Baltic states, she said, Ukraine is the really does put Ukraine in a different ment. There are also some problematic United States and Europe.” major country that “still has a vibrant perspective.” transitional provisions, as well as ques- He stressed the importance of keeping political opposition” and “a thriving civil Former congressman Schaffer, who tions of jurisdiction for the adjudication the pressure on the current government in society.” But, she added, “it’s a country was co-chairman of the Congressional of election disputes, for which special Ukraine. “We shouldn’t really worry that really, genuinely is, at the moment, Ukrainian Caucus and was an observer at courts have been established on paper, about criticizing Ukrainian powers-that- hanging in the balance.” Ukraine always the last elections to the Verkhovna Rada, but they have yet to set up their opera- be for non-democratic behavior,” Mr. seemed to have a question mark about it recalled some stories about President Ronald Reagan’s uncompromising stand toward the “evil empire” and the perse- cution of Soviet dissidents. “I mention that because I really believe that the peo- ple in Ukraine need to hear that kind of leadership from America, and they need to hear it right now,” he said. Mr. Schaffer said that, while it is not politically beneficial for a congressman to devote time to foreign affairs, never- theless, he added, “it is critical and important that the legislative branch of our government play a greater role in providing leadership to countries like Ukraine.” Mr. Dougherty, who was instrumental in the formation of the Congressional Ukrainian Caucus, concurred with the other presenters that it was indeed a “critical time” for democracy in Ukraine, but he cautioned Ukrainian Americans to focus on the future and not the past, and to not be defensive. Ukrainian Americans should never forget that “Ukraine is vital to the strategic and eco- nomic interests of the United States and the European Community ... and that it is in the significant strategic interest of the United States that Ukraine not become the junior partner of a new Mother Russia,” he said. The former congressman criticized the State Department for the U.S. policy for- mulation towards Ukraine and suggested that if Ukrainian Americans want to change that policy they can best do it through the Congress by developing per- sonal relationships with members of Congress. “It’s all politics,” he said. “And to the degree that this community chooses to be involved in the process, this community can impact on the process.” The Action Ukraine Coalition was formed in 1999 by the Ukrainian American Coordinating Council, the Ukrainian Federation of America and the U.S.-Ukraine Foundation during the debate in Washington over the certifica- tion of U.S. foreign aid for Ukraine. The Coalition’s stated goals were to strength- en U.S.-Ukrainian ties and to develop a sustained and pro-active relationship between the Ukrainian-American com- munity and the U.S. Congress. No. 9 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 29, 2004 9 Ukrainian Catholic and Orthodox hierarchs meet in Fraternal Encounter II

by Hieromonk Daniel Zelinsky which is intended to serve as a conclu- sion to the year-long commemoration of ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. – The the 70th anniversary of the genocidal Ukrainian Orthodox and Catholic hierar- Famine created by Joseph Stalin against chs of the Northern Hemisphere met here the Ukrainian nation in 1932-1933. on February 6-7, for their second After outlining the history of one of Fraternal Encounter. Notable from the the worst holocausts of the bloody 20th very beginning was the strong spirit of century, one which took the lives of 10 fraternity, which marked the hierarchs’ million innocent Ukrainian men, women first Encounter in July 2003, for which and children simply because they strove the participants offered thanksgiving to to retain their individual human rights in God. the face of man’s inhumanity to man, the Participating in this second Encounter, hierarchs called upon the government of which was hosted by Bishop Robert Ukraine, the Churches of Ukraine and all Moskal, were the following hierarchs of Ukrainians both in Ukraine and beyond the Ukrainian Catholic Church of the its borders, “to work hand in hand to con- U.S.A. and Canada: Archbishop Stefan firm the sanctity and dignity of life and Soroka, metropolitan Church, Ukrainian the right of free people to live in peace Catholic in the U.S., Archeparchy of and in justice, without fear.” Philadelphia; Bishop Basil Losten of the The hierarchs scheduled a special Eparchy of Stamford, Conn.; Bishop memorial service, inviting the faithful of Moskal of the Eparchy of St. Josaphat, the local Orthodox and Catholic parishes Parma, Ohio; Bishop Cornelious to pray with them for the victims of the Hierarchs of Ukrainian Orthodox and Catholic Churches at their Fraternal Pasichny, OSBM, bishop emeritus of famine. They designated St. Thomas Encounter II meeting in St. Petersburg, Fla. Toronto and Eastern Canada; Bishop Sunday/Providna Nedilia – April 18 – as liturgical traditions of all branches of cussion and acceptance of one another in Severian Yakymyshyn, OSBM, of the a day of prayer and commemoration. Christianity. a setting free of the history of judgment Eparchy of Westminster, British Ukrainians around the world will be Ever concerned with the unity of the and condemnation, which, in the past, Columbia; Bishop Richard Seminak of encouraged to each light a candle on that faith, the hierarchs will appoint a special may very well have injured the faithful the Eparchy of St. Nicholas, Chicago; day so that at least 10 million candles are commission to develop a proposal for a entrusted to their spiritual care. and Auxiliary Bishop David Motiuk of lit around the world, which will illumine week of prayer for Christian unity, which In the framework of open discussion the Archeparchy of Winnipeg, Manitoba. the memory of the 10 million children of will call upon Ukrainian Orthodox and and acceptance of one another, the hierar- Participating from the Ukrainian God who perished during the most sor- Catholic parishes in local communities chs also considered the recent decision of Orthodox Church of the U.S.A. were: rowful years of Ukraine’s history. around the world to join in prayer in each the Ukrainian Catholic Church in Ukraine Metropolitan Constantine, primate and Further, the hierarchs reviewed the other’s churches as evidence of their sin- to locate its spiritual center in the capital metropolitan of the Central Eparchy, recent study presented by the cerity when they pray during each divine city of the country, Kyiv. The hierarchs Parma, Ohio; Archbishop Antony, Catholic/Orthodox Dialogue concerning liturgy: “For the peace of the whole emphasized that they stand firmly on the Consistory president and archbishop of the history and development of the world, for the good estate of the Holy foundation of freedom of religion, which the Eastern Eparchy, South Bound “Filioque” (“and the Son”) clause added Churches of God and for the unity of is often taken for granted in Western soci- Brook, N.J.; and Archbishop Vsevolod of by some in the Western Church to the them all, let us pray to the Lord.” ety, where all Churches have equal rights the Western Eparchy, Chicago. Nicene Creed of Faith, stating that the Considering the benefit for clergy of to conduct their ministry in the manner All the hierarchs expressed their regret Holy Spirit proceeds from the Father both Churches to nurture the spirit of fra- appropriate to their particular beliefs and that several hierarchs were unable to be “and the Son.” They affirmed that the ternity begun among themselves, a spirit, needs. The hierarchs confirmed their present for this Encounter and in particu- Creed as proclaimed by the Second which when developed, edifies and con- belief that these rights must prevail in lar sent their best wishes to Metropolitan Ecumenical Council in Nicea reflects the tributes to understanding and sensitivity, independent and free Ukraine, whose con- Wasyly of the Ukrainian Orthodox true dogmatic understanding of the the bishops set into motion plans to hold stitution also guarantees freedom of reli- Church of Canada and Metropolitan Church concerning the procession of the a joint conference of all the clergy of gion. They urged the faithful of their tradi- Michael Bzdel of the Ukrainian Catholic Holy Spirit. The bishops said they wel- their respective eparchies in the year tional ecclesiastical bodies of Ukraine to Church in Canada, who were experienc- come and support this study, noting the 2005. This conference, to be spiritual and act in the Love of Christ rather than in fear ing health problems. omission of the Filioque clause in the educational in nature, is seen as an of or in judgment of one another. There is The hierarchs’ first act during the liturgical services of most Ukrainian opportunity to enlighten the clergy of a nation to build, and Christ’s Church Encounter was the issuance of a message Catholic eparchies, and pray that the both churches concerning those things to the faithful of the two Churches, findings will eventually impact upon the held in common, encouraging open dis- (Continued on page 16) 10 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 29, 2004 No. 9

SSPPOORTSRTSLLIINENE Boxing Figure Skating arrest at around 11:30 p.m. in a wrecked Louisville Cardinals volleyball team won Mercedes-Benz vehicle that had crashed the Conference USA tournament title and British boxer and World Boxing The Associated Press reported on into a utility pole and then hit a chain- a share of the regular season crown, fin- Council heavyweight title holder Lennox January 29 that Victor Petrenko, the win- link fence, the Hartford newspaper ishing the season with 25 wins and six Lewis announced on February 6 that he ner of the men’s gold medal in figure reported. losses en route to their 14th trip to the was retiring from the sport of boxing, skating in the 1992 Winter Olympics, The Ukrainian figure skater failed sev- National Collegiate Athletic Association ending months of hype and speculation was charged with drunken driving after eral field sobriety tests, including walk- tournament. regarding a rematch with Ukrainian his sport utility vehicle crashed into a ing a straight line, and refused to take a The official website for the University heavyweight Vitalii Klitschko. utility pole and fence on January 28. The breath test to measure the level of alco- of Louisville reported that Ustymenko Less than a week after Lewis’ 34-year-old Petrenko, who lives in hol in his blood. As a result of that helped the Cardinals to their third league announcement, the Associated Press Simsbury, Conn., complained of a minor refusal, his license was automatically title in school history. She finished the reported that Klitschko and Corrie injury following the accident but suspended, Simsbury Police Chief Peter year ranked third in the conference with Sanders have started to discuss a bout declined treatment, the Associated Press Ingvertsen said, according to The an average of 4.26 kills per game and between the two boxers with the winner reported. Courant. fifth with 4.94 average points per game. claiming the vacant WBC title. As a result of the accident Petrenko Volleyball According to the school’s website, Sanders, a former World Boxing applied for an alcohol education program Ustymenko, a gifted student who fin- Organization champion from South on February 9, the website of The Ukrainian Lena Ustymenko was ished high school in her hometown of Africa, knocked out Klitschko’s brother, Hartford Courant reported on February named to the American Volleyball Kyiv at the age of 15, played for the Volodymyr, in the second round of a 10. According to the newspaper, if Coaches Association (AVCA) All- under-20 Ukrainian National Team dur- bout last March in Hanover, Germany. Petrenko is accepted into the program he Midwest Region First Team on ing 2002. Ustymenko, who was born on According to boxing promoter Vernon will take either a 10- or 15-class course. December 10, 2003. Ustymenko is a October 11, 1986, qualified for the Smith, discussions for a fight between The charge of drunken driving would be sophomore middle blocker and outside European World Championships as a the elder Klitschko and Sanders began dismissed once Petrenko successfully hitter on the University of Louisville’s member of the Ukraine Youth Sports on February 10. The Associated Press completes the course. Petrenko is due varsity volleyball team. Additionally, Club at the age of 15 in the under-18 cat- egory. also reported that Smith hopes for an back in Superior Court in Enfield, Conn., Ustymenko earned First All-Conference Swimming April 24 fight date, preferably in New on March 15 for a hearing on the applica- USA honors and was named Conference York or Las Vegas, with an HBO broad- tion. USA tournament most valuable player, caster. Petrenko was found on the night of his leading her team in kills and attacks. The Yana Klochkova took first place in the women’s 200-meter backstroke event at a Federation Internationale de Natiation (FINA) World Cup event held in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, on February 6-8. Klochkova finished the race in 2 minutes and 9.40 seconds, while Jenny Mensing of Germany took second place with a time of 2:12.03. Charlene Wittstock of the Republic of South Africa took third place with a time of 2:12.06. Klochkova then took another first place by winning the women’s 200-meter butterfly with a time of 2:09.50. Korea’s You Ri Kown took second place with a time of 2:09.62, while Georgina Bardach of Argentina took third place with a time of 2:12.52. Klochkova took first place in the women’s 200-meter individual medley by finishing the race in 2:09.75. Amanda Beard of the United States took second place with a time of 2:10.03, and Joanna Maranhao of Brazil took third place with a time of 2:15.77. Klochkova next won the women’s 400-meter individual medley with a time of 4:38.15. Bardach of Argentina took second place with a time of 4:40.65, and Maranhao of Brazil took third place with a time of 4:42.26. Klochkova also captured second place by finishing the women’s 100-meter individual medley with a time of 1:02.31. Beard of the United States took first place with a time of 1:01.85, while Hanna Eriksson of Sweden took third place with a time of 1:02.42. On the men’s side, Serhii Fesenko of Ukraine took third place in the 400- meter freestyle at a FINA World Cup event held in New York on January 30- 31. Fesenko finished the race in 3:47.78, while Chad Carvin of the United States won the race with a time of 3:40.87. Dragos Coman of Romania took second place with a time of 3:44.21. Fesenko then took third place in the men’s 1,500-meter freestyle with a time of 15:03.34. Romania’s Coman took first place with a time of 14:44.69, and Christopher Thompson of the United States took second place with a time of 14:47.40. Klochkova took first place in the women’s 200-meter individual medley by finishing the race in 2:09.79. Ukrainian Canadian Joanne Malar took second place with a time of 2:11.63, and Alenka Kejzar of Slovakia took third place with a time of 2:12.22. (Continued on page 14) No. 9 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 29, 2004 11

Ukrainian Olympic swimmer prepares for Athens, trains in U.S. by John Fedynsky Ukrainian churches, a radio interview, a Special to The Ukrainian Weekly visit to Saturday school to meet with Ukrainian American students and other ANN ARBOR, Mich. – Like a subma- such social events. rine silently churning underwater and only “The Ukrainian community here left me occasionally coming up for air, Ukrainian with very nice impressions,” said Fesenko. Olympian Serhii (known also as Sergey) “They are hospitable, helpful and genuinely Fesenko has quietly trained in preparation care about Ukraine despite their geographi- for what could be a golden moment at the cal distance from it.” He said that he would 2004 Summer Olympics this August in like to thank in particular the Hewko, Athens, Greece. That moment did not hap- Hryciw and Kizyma families for their sup- pen for him when he competed in Sydney port and hospitality. in 2000, but things are different now. He is older – 21 – and ranked at or near the top of His impressions of America are similarly his events, the 200-meter, 400-meter and positive. “I very much like America,” he 1,200-meter freestyle. said. “It is much better than I expected.” From the beginning of January until the The Ukrainian swimmer’s English is middle of February, he trained with the good. Urbanchek claimed that there was no Wolverine Club, a group of Olympic-cal- language or cultural barrier for Fesenko. iber, non-collegiate swimmers from all over “He’s blended right in,” Urbanchek said. the globe. The club trains in Ann Arbor on “He jokes with the kids all the time – he the campus of the University of Michigan takes it and dishes it out too.” at Canham Natatorium, a world-class facili- While in America, Fesenko competed at ty. the World Cup in New York City and at the “Sergey could definitely be a finalist at National Championships in Orlando, plac- Athens,” said Jon Urbanchek, the club’s ing in the top three in three events and post- coach and outgoing coach of varsity swim- ing a personal best in the 1,500-meter Ukraine’s Serhii Fesenko with Coach Jon Urbanchek at the University of Michigan. ming at the University of Michigan. freestyle. Urbanchek, whose family background is In the middle of February, Fesenko Hungarian, has a distinguished 22-year tive led to the opportunity to train with the and a good role model for other kids,” said returned to Kyiv for about three weeks to record as coach at the University of Wolverine Club, a chance that many other Urbanchek. Indeed, at a pizza dinner with train and compete in the Ukrainian National Michigan and an international reputation top swimmers do not get. Urbanchek knew members of the University of Michigan Championships. He then plans to go to for helping to train future medalists. He has of Fesenko’s father, who is also named Ukrainian Students Club, Fesenko allowed Mission Viejo, Calif., to work with a club also consistently been an assistant coach for Serhii and also a swimmer. The father was a himself only a 10ml shot of cognac and similar to the Wolverine Club. In May he the U.S. Olympic team and will likely be gold medalist at the 1980 Moscow insisted on being home by 10 p.m. He is will compete at the European selected again this year. Olympics. usually at the pool before 8 a.m. and swims Championships in Madrid. Then he will “He is a good kid,” said Urbanchek. “I “My father has a big influence on me,” a total of over 14 kilometers in morning and join his Ukrainian Olympic teammates on really enjoy coaching him.” Fesenko, for said Fesenko, noting that from before he afternoon sessions every day except Crete to train and get accustomed to the cli- his part, credited Urbanchek for being could remember he was in a swimming Sundays, not to mention weight training and mate of Athens before the Olympics begin “nice, professional and educated” and “for pool learning techniques and discipline other exercises. in August. approaching everything with intelligence.” from his father. He listened to his father’s Other individuals and institutions of the Be sure not to blink when this human Fesenko, who is modest but by no means stories and became “infected” with a desire Ukrainian American community of south- submarine surfaces in Athens for a moment shy, sent Coach Urbanchek an e-mail mes- to swim competitively. eastern Michigan welcomed Fesenko to the in the international spotlight. You might just sage at the end of 2003. That bit of initia- “Sergey is a very disciplined swimmer area, arranging visits to Detroit and to local miss him.

The Ukrainian Institute of America and the United Ukrainian American Organizations of Greater New York

cordially invite the Ukrainian American community to a “Town Hall” type meeting with

OLEH RYBACHUK Member of the Ukrainian Parliament and Chief of Staff of the Our Ukraine political bloc headed by Viktor Yushchenko.

Friday, March 5, 2004, at 7:00 p.m.

at the Ukrainian Institute of America, 2 East 79th Street, New York, NY

For more information please call (212) 288-8660 12 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 29, 2004 No. 9 Paris to Kyiv brings its unique sound to Quebec City Carnaval

by Mike Reshitnyk QUEBEC CITY – An intricate weav- ing of Ukrainian, Irish and French- Canadian musical culture highlighted the 50th anniversary of Quebec City’s world- famous winter Carnaval at the historic Le Capitole theater and cabaret on Thursday, February 12, with an unusual concert held before an appreciative crowd of 1,200. The concert was the fruit of a cross-cul- tural collaboration between CBC Radio, the French sister service, Radio-Canada and the Carnaval de Québec featuring Winnipeg’s Paris to Kyiv, Quebec City’s Rosheen Celtic band and the Shannon Irish Dancers. The concert was broadcast live on Radio-Canada Chaîne Culturelle’s Radio Concerts, and on the program “In Performance” on CBC Radio Two the fol- lowing day, and was hosted by Radio- Canada’s Montreal bilingual producer, Mario Paquet. Mr. Paquet had previously

Mike Reshitnyk worked in Regina, and was a natural choice to MC this cross-cultural event. Paris to Kyiv performs at Carnaval with the Rosheen ensemble, known for its Celtic music. The concert was co-produced by Winnipeg’s CBC producer, Sandy Thacker, and Radio-Canada’s Chantal Bélisle. The timing for the event couldn’t have been better. Organization of the schedules of CBC/Radio-Canada, Paris to Kyiv, Rosheen and the Shannon Irish Dancers had to converge, complicated by the availability of the Le Capitole venue. Planning looked promising to coincide with the 50th anniversary of the modern era of Quebec City’s Carnaval. As an added bonus, the Carnaval’s featured international country this year happened to be Ireland. Quebec City is blessed with a sizeable historic Irish presence within both the anglo and franco communities. Recall that Ireland shares many simi- Kattialine Painchaud of Rosheen duels with Richard larities with Ukraine’s historic experi- Moody of Paris to Kyiv Alexis Kochan with CBC/Radio Canada host Mario Paquet. ences – famine, religious strife, occupa- tion by a foreign power, exodus of its population to points world-wide, lan- guage assimilation, a rich rural, folk and Ukrainski Barvy ensemble concertizes in Florida cultural tradition, to name a few. by Oksana Piaseckyj ing band/folk ensemble, Ukrainski Assumption Ukrainian Catholic Church It was only logical that a Celtic flavor Barvy. The energetic, accomplished four- in Miami. They entertained with tradi- was sought for this concert, and ironical- MIAMI – The Ukrainian community tional Christmas carols and a variety of ly, Alexis Kochan’s Paris to Kyiv contri- in this region traditionally celebrates the some performed on a variety of folk instruments and sang popular and tradi- ancient schedrivky interspersed with bution fit the bill magnificently. Julian calendar New Year with a zabava Paris to Kyiv’s musical style, and instru- tional songs and dances to the delight of jubilant, heartwarming greetings to all. (dance), attracting snowbirds from mentation compliments well with Rosheen’s an enthusiastic dancing audience. The richness of Ukrainian traditions and Canada and the northeastern states. The religious celebrations in their musical Celtic heritage. Richard Moody’s viola The following day Ukrainski Barvy Ukrainian American Club and Ukrainian form transported Miamians to the snow- matched the fiddles of Rosheen, Julian presented a concert of Christmas koliad- Dancers of Miami hosted this year’s fes- covered Ukraine of long ago. Kytasty’s sopilka went head to head with tivities on January 17, with an outstand- ky and schedrivky at the parish hall of Both occasions were a feast for fans of Rosheen’s tin whistle while his bandura good folk music. These classically complimented the Celtic strings. trained musicians from Kyiv have been Ms. Kochan’s Ukrainian vocals sym- performing together for the last four biosed flawlessly with that of Rosheen’s years. They are graduates of the best singer-songwriter Lynn Valliéres, who music schools in Ukraine. Frequently sings both in French and English. they perform as soloists with various But, without question, the inherent orchestras, such as the National Celtic influence of Paris to Kyiv’s Philharmonic of Ukraine. The group has Martin Colledge on cittern and recorded five CDs and audiotapes. Northumbrian pipes was key to the suc- The ensemble has three male instru- cess of the performance. mentalists, Roman Kuka, Serhij Tsukhai To ensure a seamless blending of the and Denys Boyev – who entertain with two ensembles, Mr. Kytasty spent a few ease on an assortment of instruments, days with Rosheen last January to tutor such as the clarinet, violin, accordion, them on Paris to Kyiv’s music and the saxophone, flute, pan flute and sopilka. Ukrainian words of their songs. Mr. Kuka also does some of the vocals, Incredibly, the two groups performed either solo or with his wife, the featured without a hitch after only several hours soloist and violinist Oksana Stebelska. of practice together. The ensemble’s Ukrainian folk music is Even the popular Shannon Irish in the forefront of what is current today in Dancers’ performance could draw paral- the folk genre. Just as Sinead O’Connor lels to our beloved Ukrainian folk danc- has woven her Gaelic roots into modern ing, reinforcing cultural similarities. form or the South African Bantu choirs And to cap the evening’s performance, have enriched popular Broadway musi- the Carnaval’s rotund ambassador, cals, Ukrainski Barvy blend the ancient Bonhomme Carnaval made an appear- pre-Christian with modern modalities. ance to enthusiastic cheers and applause Their interpretation is fresh and more by the partisan crowd. sophisticated, raising the level of folk Following the Quebec City perform- singing to a concert performance. ance, Paris to Kyiv left for Montreal Listening to Ukrainski Barvy you hear the where they performed on Sunday, February 15, before leaving for a New Members of the Ukrainski Barvy ensemble on the cover of their recent recording. (Continued on page 15) York engagement. No. 9 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 29, 2004 13 Continuum presents works of Valentin Bibik and Leonid Hrabovsky in concert at Merkin Hall

melody, counterpoint and traditional he was lecturing in fluent Hebrew. His tonality, developed in a highly personal untimely death after an extended illness manner. His music can be at once strik- last spring cut short a new period of cre- ingly simple and hauntingly expressive ativity. and dramatic. The powerful struggle of a Mr. Hrabovsky, born in Kyiv in 1935, spiritual journey is felt in many of his attended the University of Kyiv, earning works. Mr. Hrabovsky has a daring sur- a degree in economics, while at the same realistic visionary imagination and seems time studying composition with Borys to create a new musical vocabulary and Liatoshynsky at the Kyiv Conservatory. form for each composition. His music is He won national recognition in 1959 as often aphoristic, filled with evocative the winner of an all-union composition images and sardonic wit. competition. The works Continuum has selected of In Kyiv he was on the faculty of the Mr. Bibik show his mastery of both inti- Conservatory and wrote film scores for mate and monumental structures, the for- Kyiv studios. A person of enormous mer especially in “Little Concerto” for curiosity and intellectual energy, he violin, cello and piano (1975) – in its became conversant with as many of the New York premiere – and “Two Psalms major aesthetic trends of the West as he of David” for soprano, clarinet, violin, had access to, and was known as a bold and piano (1996, written for Continuum), pioneer of the avant garde movement in and the latter in the String Quartet No. 2, the Soviet Union. receiving its U.S. premiere. In 1981 Mr. Hrabovsky moved to Continuum will perform Mr. Moscow, but the harsh conditions there Hrabovsky’s “Trio” for violin, double were extremely unfavorable for artistic Leonid Hrabovsky bass and piano (1964-1975); “Hlas II – development. unknown in the U.S., who produced Valentin Bibik Obituary in Memory of Dmitri In 1987 Continuum commissioned striking, innovative music, often under Shostakovich” for bass clarinet (1994); one of his most important works NEW YORK – The internationally and as grand finale, a dramatic song “Kogda,” which the ensemble premiered great personal hardship, and whose per- acclaimed music ensemble Continuum cycle “And It Will Be” for mezzo-sopra- at the Saarbrücken Festival in Germany. formances had to be of a private, “under- will present a concert of leading no and ensemble (1993), written for The same year Continuum premiered a ground” nature. Ukrainian contemporary composers Continuum on fantastical poems in larger version of the work in its Lincoln When Continuum received a trove of Valentin Bibik and Leonid Hrabovsky on Ukrainian by Mykola Vorobiov. Center concert of new Ukrainian com- scores through a private channel, direc- Saturday, March 6, at 8 p.m. at New Mr. Bibik was born in Kharkiv in posers. tors Joel Sachs and Cheryl Seltzer were York City’s Merkin Concert Hall. The 1940. After graduating from the Kharkiv Continuum members actually met Mr. stunned by the quality of the music, and event is presented in cooperation with Conservatory, he joined its faculty of Hrabovsky on his first visit to the U.S. in finally narrowed down their program to the Ukrainian Institute of America and is composition, becoming a beloved mentor 1987 when Virko Baley, conductor of the representative works by Ukrainians part of its “Music at the Institute” series. of young composers. As secretary of the Las Vegas Symphony, invited Mr. Hrabovsky and Valentin Silvestrov, An ensemble known for its commit- Composers’ Union, he was a significant Hrabovsky and Continuum to Las Vegas along with colleagues Sofia Gubaidulina, ment to Ukrainian contemporary music, force in the promotion of contemporary for performances of Mr. Hrabovsky’s Alfred Schnittke, Edison Denisov and Continuum arranged this special oppor- Ukrainian composers. In 1994 he accept- music. A few years later Mr. Hrabovsky Arvo Pärt. The concert was a revelation tunity to bring these innovative, highly ed an invitation to head the Department was to call New York his home, and he and received national attention as the original composers to a wider New York of Recording Arts at the University of St. recently became a U.S. citizen. subject of a major article in Newsweek public. A poignant aspect in the planning Petersburg. Continuum, now in its 38th season magazine. was the fact that Mr. Bibik was battling a Continuum was privileged to have Mr. and co-directed by Cheryl Seltzer and The tremendous response led critical illness, and it was hoped that the Bibik present in New York in 1996 on Joel Sachs, has a long history of interest Continuum to present individual retro- concert would offer encouragement at a the occasion of the group’s 30th anniver- in Ukrainian composers and the unique spectives in New York of Silvestrov, difficult time. Sadly, his death occurred sary concert, which featured a work he creativity of their music. Continuum’s Hrabovsky, Schnittke, Gubaidulina, last spring, and thus the concert has wrote for Continuum. Mr. Bibik and his commitment goes back to the organiza- Galina Ustvolskaya, and in the 1990s become a memorial. family emigrated to Israel three years tion’s landmark concert of 1981, “USSR: Ukrainian-born Virko Baley and com- The double portrait concert will vivid- later, where he became active in the Unveiling the Avant Garde,” presented at posers from other republics of the former ly display and contrast two fascinating country’s rich musical life. He joined the Lincoln Center’s Alice Tully Hall. This Soviet Union. and very different musical personalities. faculty of Tel Aviv University, where concert showcased extraordinarily gifted Because Ms. Seltzer and Mr. Sachs At the heart of Mr. Bibik’s music is word had it that not long after his arrival progressive composers, virtually considered contemporary Ukrainian music as worthy of special focus, they presented a concert “The New Ukrainians” in 1987, again at Lincoln Center, with music by Levko Kolodub, Bibik, Silvestrov, and Hrabovsky, in cooperation with the Ukrainian Institute of America and with invaluable assis- tance in arrangements and programming from Mr. Baley. Continuum also enriched its active touring in the United States, and abroad with Ukrainian repertoire, and brought these discoveries to many parts of the world, often in topical concerts of Ukrainian music and progressive music of the former Soviet Union. Sponsors in diverse parts of the globe specifically asked for a hearing of this music. In the fall of 1990 Continuum had the special privilege of traveling for the first of several times to Ukraine. Again, thanks to arrangements by Mr. Baley, the ensemble had memorable visits to Kyiv, Kharkiv, Lviv and Odesa, giving con- certs and meeting composers and other musicians, some of whom would become lifelong friends. It was on this trip that Continuum was hosted in Kharkiv by Mr. Bibik, and could get to know much more of his unique music. Continuum has since performed again in the Kyiv Festival, in Odesa’s “Two Days and Two Nights of New Music” (a virtual round-the-clock marathon at a popular discotheque) and last season at Lviv’s “Contrasts” Festival. Continuum has also produced portrait The Continuum music ensemble (Continued on page 16) 14 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 29, 2004 No. 9

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Union also have questioned the rationale for Opposition calls... a major constitutional reform initiative dur- (Continued from page 3) ing a presidential election year. Mr. Kuchma CLACLASSSSIFIEDIFIEDSS supports President Kuchma and Prime reminded journalists during his most recent TO PLACE YOUR AD CALL MARIA OSCISLAWSKI, (973) 292-9800 x 3040 press conference that his political reform ini- Minister Viktor Yanukovych, succeeded in tiative is not new, but began nearly five forcing through initial approval of a contro- years ago when he first proposed a national versial political reform law on February 3. HELP WANTED referendum to expand presidential powers The draft legislation calls for changing and limit parliamentary authority. 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the same meeting, Patriarch Aleksei com- who refuse to reconcile. Some Roman “However, this result of the discussions Vatican reported... plained that “proselytism in the territory of Catholics in the West with whom I have in Moscow, seemingly negative for the (Continued from page 1) Russia and other CIS countries is spreading conversed express their unease with the UGCC, is in fact an important step Pontifical Council for Promoting Christian more and more widely and broadly.” supposedly unreasonable acts of Eastern towards the normalization of inter-Church Unity, by asking leaders of other Orthodox According to ITAR-TASS, the ROC Catholics. In their understanding, Greek- relations. It has brought forth some con- Churches to speak out on the issue of the leader underscored that the establishment of Catholics should avoid actions that could clusions: the Moscow Patriarchate is mak- Ukrainian Catholic Patriarchate. CNS a Greek-Catholic Patriarchate in Ukraine aggravate the Moscow Patriarchate. The ing efforts to return relations with the reported that, in letters published in will give up for lost relations between the UGCC’s struggle to have its Patriarchate Vatican to the old rut of Ostpolitik, and the February, a dozen Orthodox leaders asked Russian Orthodox Church and the Vatican. established and to transfer the patriarch’s hypnotic dependence of Vatican proposi- Pope John Paul II not to name the head of The patriarch is concerned about “the union see to Kyiv, unfortunately, is received by tions on the ultimatums of the Moscow the Ukrainian Catholic Church a patriarch. spreading into east[ern] Ukraine, Russia and some Roman Catholics not as an element Patriarchate contradicts the spirit of the Many of them noted that this would be seen Kazakstan,” noted ITAR-TASS. of the normal development of the UGCC, modern era. I am convinced that, both in as an attack on Orthodoxy and would Responses from Ukrainian Catholics but as unmotivated steps in the direction of Catholicism and in world Orthodoxy, dis- severely damage relations with Rome. confrontation. This creates a background satisfaction with the way the discussions The Associated Press reported that the The Catholic News Service secured a against which the obstinacy of patriarchal in Moscow were conducted will grow. responses, all negative, were posted on the reaction to the latest developments from Moscow looks understandable. Therefore, there will still be changes.” Moscow Patriarchate’s website in advance Cardinal Husar. Speaking on February 24, of Cardinal Kasper’s Moscow meetings, the Ukrainian Catholic leader said: “We cer- A recipient of the Siemens internation- which were aimed at improving ties tainly do not wish to have our Patriarchate al award for distinguished service to between the two Churches. Recent strains in recognized at the expense of someone else; Continuum... music and four ASCAP-Chamber Music the relationship had prevented the pontiff we would not want others to suffer.” (Continued from page 13) America Awards for Adventuresome from traveling to Russia, a long-held dream However, he said, “the Patriarchate is not CDs of Messrs. Bibik and Hrabovsky for Programming, Continuum has recorded of Pope John Paul II. a prize, but a pastoral tool,” and the Vatican Mr. Baley’s pace-setting TNC recording on Nonesuch, Musical Heritage Society, Before those meetings Cardinal Kasper must evaluate whether the dialogue with the label, a company which has already told the AP that the Catholic Church did not Orthodox is promising enough to make it CRI, Capstone, Cambria/Troppe Note and made enormous strides in its promotion TNC Recordings, and has been broadcast have a “purposeful policy” of attracting worthwhile to put the needs and the desires of Ukrainian composers and performing of Ukrainian Catholics in second place. “It extensively on national and European tel- Orthodox faithful, while noting that his artists. would be very difficult to explain to our peo- evision and radio. Church “has the right to exist in the coun- Continuum’s signature “Retrospective ple if the decision were put on hold. ...They Continuum’s soloists on March 6 will tries of Eastern Europe, with their Orthodox Series” has been a hallmark of New York’s majority, and fulfill its mission.” He added, feel we are being sold.” be Wonjung Kim, soprano; Bo Chang, “We do not want our Patriarchate to be musical life for almost 40 years, and is mezzo-soprano; David Gresham, clarinet; “Both sides must respect religious freedom particularly valued for introducing New and freedom of conscience.” the ultimate blow to unity, but on the con- Ms. Seltzer, piano; and Mr. Sachs, piano, trary, we would use it to work for unity on York to unknown remarkable composers conductor. Meetings in Moscow an equal footing” with the Orthodox from around the world. In addition to con- Tickets – at $15; $8, students and sen- siderable travel throughout the U.S. and Cardinal Kasper, the highest Vatican offi- Churches who follow a patriarch, he said. iors – are available at the box office, Puerto Rico, to Europe, South America cial to visit Russia in four years, met with “We are willing to help ensure it does not Merkin Concert Hall, Goodman House, and Asia, Continuum has also performed Metropolitan Kirill of Smolensk and become an obstacle, but there must be a 129 W. 67th St., (212) 501-3330 (tickets Kaliningrad, who chairs the ROC’s plan.” He added, “ ‘Not now’ is not an in Ukraine, Uzbekistan, Mongolia, and information). Continuum’s website is Department for External Relations, on answer.” Azerbaijan and the Georgian Republic. www.continuum-ensemble-ny.org. February 19. His meeting with Patriarch A response came also from the Office of the Apocrisarius (representative) of the Aleksei II took place three days later. nities of the Western Hemisphere in which Ukrainian Catholic Church in Rome in the On February 21, the Holy See issued a they live, work and lead. They expressed statement noting that “Both parties have form of a statement that recounted the topics Ukrainian Catholic and Orthodox... of discussion between the Vatican and ROC (Continued from page 9) concern about an apparent attitude of secu- agreed that, in order to solve any issues that larization of community life in recent years. may arise in the future with regard to rela- leaders. The statement underscored that must be the moral conscience of that “thus far, no decisions have been made.” building process, they noted. The bishops affirmed the extremely impor- tions between the Russian Orthodox Church tant nature of the Church’s involvement in and the Roman Catholic Church, a work Meanwhile, in Lviv, at the Ukrainian Having reflected on the culture of Catholic University, Vice-Rector Myroslav immorality, which directly undermines the all aspects of community life and the group will be set up featuring members of absolute necessity of frequent consultation Marynovych on February 25 told Matthew sacredness of the family – the foundation of both Churches. The aim of the group will be between the community’s secular leaders Matuszak of the Religious Information society – the bishops affirmed that the Holy examining and solving these issues.” and the hierarchs, where the support of the Service of Ukraine (RISU) that the ROC Mystery of Marriage, which Christ mani- Citing the BBC Monitoring Service, the Church is expected or needed. likens the development of the UGCC to “the fested as an honorable estate by His pres- Religious Information Service of Ukraine The Ukrainian hierarchs set the date of spread of a dangerous virus.” ence at the wedding feast in Cana of Galilee, (RISU) reported that, during his meeting Fraternal Encounter III for August 6-7 at with Patriarch Aleksei, Cardinal Kasper said Mr. Marynovych commented on the situ- is a union which manifests the relationship a location to be announced. They closed that the Catholic Church would not set up a ation for RISU as follows: between Christ and His Church and can Encounter II in prayerful thanksgiving to Greek-Catholic Patriarchate in Ukraine. At “The address of Patriarch Aleksei II is exist only between a male and female. They Almighty God for the opportunity given restrained, in a key traditional for the further affirmed the sacredness and dignity Hartford, CT. to gather as brothers in the Lord and to Russian Orthodox Church. If the ‘Uniate’ of life from conception to natural death, con- Church is allowed to exist, this will be, to establish a working relationship, which Annual Meeting sidering those who approve of or cooperate of UNA Branch 277 put it offensively, only ‘under the table’ of can only benefit the flocks they lead. in abortions as unworthy of receiving the On Saturday, February 7, the hierarchs St. John Society history, in its own special regional ghetto. Though natural for an era of migration, the Holy Eucharist. The hierarchs condemned visited Holy Epiphany Ukrainian Catholic will be held on Church’s extensive development is treated those who conduct the prostitution of chil- Church in St. Petersburg, to pray with hun- Saturday, April 18, 2004, like the spread of a dangerous virus that dren and young adults throughout the world. dreds of the faithful of both Churches for at 2:00 p.m. threatens Christian peace. It is not possible The hierarchs discussed the political life the victims of the genocidal Famine of at the to accept such an interpretation. of Ukraine after 12 years of independence 1932-1933. Prior to the memorial service, and offered their prayers that the Holy Spirit Ukrainian National Home “However, the obstinacy and ultima- Metropolitan Constantine and would guide both political and ecclesiastical of Hartford, tum-like character of the patriarch’s lan- Metropolitan Soroka blessed a beautiful 961 Wethersfield Avenue. guage is, in my opinion, not only the result leaders there during what appears to be a mosaic of the Baptism of our Lord in the of the worries of those leaders of the ROC looming constitutional crisis over such River Jordan over the main entrance on the issues as the election of the nation’s presi- exterior of the church. The two hierarchs dent. Finally, the hierarchs considered cur- then read the message from the Encounter Drivers rent developments in the Ukrainian commu- about the Famine to the faithful.

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Yanukovych and Regions of Ukraine NEWSBRIEFS caucus head Raisa Bohatyreva, Agrarian (Continued from page 2) Party leader Ivan Kyrylenko and western Ukraine, was picketed by 10,000 Agrarian Party caucus head Kateryna MYCHAJLO MYRONIUK people to protest what they say is “tax Vaschuk, National Democratic Party repression” against businesses associated leader Valerii Pustovoitenko, Party of with lawmakers from the Our Ukraine Industrialists and Entrepreneurs leader opposition bloc, UNIAN reported, quot- Anatolii Kinakh, Labor Ukraine Party ing the press service of the Ukrainian leader Serhii Tyhypko, Party of National Party, a component of Our Industrialists and Entrepreneurs – Labor Ukraine. The rally reportedly demanded Ukraine caucus leader Ihor Sharov, that “fabricated criminal cases” against Social Democratic Party-United leader Ternopil-based businesses associated Viktor Medvedchuk, and Social with Ukrainian National Party parlia- Democratic Party-United caucus head mentarians Yaroslav Dzhodzhyk and Leonid Kravchuk, Democratic Initiatives September 7, 1911 – January 16, 2004 Oleh Humeniuk be closed and that a caucus leader Stepan Havrysh, People’s team of tax officers who were dispatched Choice caucus leader Mykola Hapochka Thank you for your years of dedication to our mission. to Ternopil from Kyiv be recalled. and People’s Power caucus leader (RFE/RL Newsline) Bohdan Hubskyi. (RFE/RL Newsline) Eternal Memory! Romania and Ukraine at impasse Officer accuses regime of spying The Executive Board and Members KYIV – Gen. Valerii Kravchenko told BUCHAREST – Romanian Foreign of the Ukrainian Bandurist Chorus Deutsche Welle in Berlin on February 18 Minister Mircea Geoana told journalists that he possesses “evidence of criminal on February 18 that Romania and activities” by Ukrainian President Ukraine have made “little progress” in Leonid Kuchma’s regime, Ukrainian talks on sharing the oil-rich continental news agencies and the Ukrainska Pravda shelf in the Black Sea, AFP and website reported. Gen. Kravchenko Mediafax reported. Mr. Geoana spoke alleged that Ukrainian Security Service after talks with visiting Ukrainian (SBU) chief Ihor Smeshko and Main Foreign Minister Kostyantyn Intelligence Directorate chief Oleh Gryshchenko. Mr. Geoana said Romania Synianskyi have been ordering their sub- cannot under any circumstances agree to what he called “attempts by Ukraine to ordinates abroad to spy on Ukrainian Ñ¥ÎËÏÓÒfl ÒÛÏÌÓ˛ ‚¥ÒÚÍÓ˛, ˘Ó ‚ Ô’flÚÌˈ˛, 9 Ò¥˜Ìfl 2004 ð. opposition lawmakers and Cabinet mem- change the international judicial status of ‚¥‰¥È¯Î‡ Û ‚¥˜Ì¥ÒÚ¸ ̇ 83-ÏÛ ðÓˆ¥ ÊËÚÚfl ÏÓfl ̇ȉÓðÓʘ‡ åÄåÄ bers “starting from ministers and higher Serpents Island (Zmiinyi Ostrov).” up.” Mr. Kravchenko claimed that he, as Romanian media reported earlier this ·Î. Ô. an intelligence officer and adviser to the week that Ukraine is populating the Ukrainian Embassy in Berlin, has also uninhabited island in order to be able to received such an order. He declared that claim an exclusive economic zone ÄãÖÇíßçÄ ßÇÄëàòàç he is ready to hand over the evidence to around it under international maritime ̇ð. 5 Ò¥˜Ìfl 1921 ð. Û ï‡ðÍÓ‚¥, ìÍð‡ªÌ‡. the Ukrainian Procurator General’s legislation. Mr. Gryshchenko, who also Office and the Verkhovna Rada’s Human met with Romanian President Ion èÓıÓðÓÌ ‚¥‰·Û‚Òfl 13 Ò¥˜Ìfl 2004 ð. ÔðË Û˜‡ÒÚ¥ Ó. ãÓ̘ËÌË. í¥ÎÓ èÓÍ¥ÈÌÓª Rights Committee. Later the same day, Iliescu, said the dispute is ultimately an ÒÔÓ˜ËÎÓ Ì‡ Meadowridge Memorial Cemetery, Elkridge, Maryland. the SBU called Gen. Kravchenko’s state- “economic one” and “therefore one ment “absurd,” Interfax reported. The about money.” Mr. Geoana said the á‡Î˯ÂÌ¥ Û ÒÏÛÚÍÛ: SBU acknowledged that Gen. Ukrainian side has brought new propos- ‰Ó˜Í‡ – ßêÖçÄ ßÇÄëàòàç-ÄçÑêÖÄÑßë Kravchenko, born in 1945, is its officer, als that experts in Bucharest will study, Á ˜ÓÎÓ‚¥ÍÓÏ ÄãÖäëéå adding that earlier this month he was but stressed that considering that no Ç¥˜Ì‡ ∫ª ԇϒflÚ¸! ordered to return to Kyiv but refused to agreement has been reached in 21 meet- obey the order. The SBU suggested that ings over the disputed island, it is likely èÓÍ¥È̇ ·Û· ωÒÂÒÚðo˛. ÅÛ· ÔÓ‚‡Ê‡Ì‡ ¥ ¯‡ÌÓ‚‡Ì‡ ‚ „ðÓχ‰¥, ÒÂð‰ Gen. Kravchenko is pursuing “mercan- that Bucharest will have to ask the ÔðËflÚÂÎ¥‚ ¥ Á̇ÈÓÏËı, ÊËÚÚπð‡‰¥Ò̇ ¥ ʇðÚ¥‚ÎË‚‡, Á̇· 7 ÏÓ‚. tile interests” in publicizing his revela- Hague-based International Court of tions. (RFE/RL Newsline) Justice to rule on the matter. (RFE/RL ÑÎfl ‰Ó˜ÍË ßðÂÌË ·Û· ̇‰Á‚˘‡ÈÌÓ˛ χÏÓ˛ ¥ ÚÓ‚‡ð˯ÍÓ˛. Newsline) SBU general denounced by ex-boss UkrNafta projections released KYIV – Volodymyr Radchenko, for- mer head of the Ukrainian Security KYIV – Ukraine’s state oil-producing Service (SBU) and current head of the company, UkrNafta, announced on DEATH ANNOUNCEMENTS National Security and Defense Council, February 24 that it is planning to has denounced SBU General Valerii increase oil production to almost 3 mil- to be published in The Ukrainian Weekly – in the Ukrainian or English Kravchenko’s recent revelation that he lion tons in 2004, or about 62,800 barrels language – are accepted by mail, courier, fax, phone or e-mail. received secret instructions from his per day, according to Interfax Ukraine. A superiors to gather information on mem- company spokesperson said this would Deadline: Tuesday noon before the newspaper’s date of issue. bers of the Ukrainian opposition as constitute an increase of 3.6 percent over (The Weekly goes to press early Friday mornings.) “unbefitting an officer of the SBU,” 2003 production by the company, which Interfax Ukraine reported on February produces 93 percent of Ukraine’s crude Rate: $7.50 per column-inch. 24. Mr. Radchenko told the news agency oil. Ukraine consumed 290,000 barrels Information should be addressed to the attention that the political implications of Gen. of oil per day in 2001, roughly equal to of the Advertising Department and sent to: Kravchenko’s revelations were created the amount consumed that year by Hong The Ukrainian Weekly, 2200 Route 10, P.O. Box 280 artificially by his desire to remain in Kong, and had proven reserves of 197.5 Germany for another year to save money (NB: please do not include post office box if sending via courier), million barrels, according to the CIA Parsippany, N.J. 07054; to finish renovating his apartment in “World Factbook.” UkrNafta also fax, (973) 644-9510; telephone, (973) 292-9800, ext. 3040; Kyiv. Mr. Radchenko said he signed the announced that it will increase natural e-mail, [email protected]. orders that sent Gen. Kravchenko to gas production by 2.3 percent to 3.3 bil- Berlin and took the general’s recent lion cubic meters. Ukraine consumed Please include the daytime phone number of a contact person. actions “very painfully.” (RFE/RL 74.1 billion cubic meters of gas in 2001, Newsline) with the difference imported from Pro-government forces issue statement Turkmenistan by Naftohaz Ukrainy, the state natural-gas monopoly. Meanwhile, KYIV – As reported last week, leaders the “Russian Oil and Gas Report” of of pro-government parties and parlia- February 20 reported that Ukraine is DRAGO FUNERAL HOME mentary caucuses in the Verkhovna Rada about to establish a national oil company 43-10 30th Avenue, Astoria, NY signed an agreement on February 18 with full-cycle capability – from oil pro- establishing a “coalition of democratic duction to sale of petroleum products on (718) 278-0089 forces,” Ukrainian news agencies report- the Ukrainian domestic market. The for- ed. The signatories pledged to implement mation of such a company was first LOUIS PILLARI – Director proposed constitutional reform, guaran- announced in 2002 by the government of tee the victory of a coalition candidate in former Prime Minister Anatolii Kinakh. êÓ‰Ë̇ èéÑèßêäßÇ – ‚·ÒÌËÍË the 2004 presidential election, and create The new, as yet unnamed entity, will be COMFORT AND CARING favorable conditions for the stable and based on UkrNafta and state-owned effective functioning of the coalition stakes in the Kremenchukskyi, ôËð‡ ÔÓð‡‰‡, ðÓ‰ËÌ̇ Ó·ÒÎÛ„‡ government. The document was signed Nadvirianskyi, and Drohobychskyi by Party of Regions leader Viktor refineries. (RFE/RL Newsline) 18 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 29, 2004 No. 9 No. 9 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 29, 2004 19

when I get homesick for Ukraine.” Ukrainian engineer... Actually, Mr. Kapeniak hasn’t lived (Continued from page 4) there since 1992, when he graduated from Ukrainian TV broadcasters, including university and left Ukraine for the U.S. as Channel 5 (Kanal 5), which provides rare an exchange student to learn about domestic coverage of former Ukrainian Western-style business at the University Prime Minister Viktor Yushchenko’s Our of Madison in Wisconsin. Ukraine reform movement. Mr. Kapeniak decided to stay on this Though Mr. Kapeniak’s prime intent is side of the Atlantic and work in the cellu- to bring Ukraine to the diaspora over the lar-phone industry. He spent three years as web, he says he recognizes that Ukrainian a systems engineer at Motorola Inc. in citizens and residents are starved for news Illinois and another three years in Detroit and information that is not filtered with Nextel and then VoiceStream through a government lens. Wireless, now known as T-Mobile USA “I was in Ukraine in early December Inc. and some of the things I saw on television In 1999, Mr. Kapeniak, a Ukrainian there were disgusting – it’s like it used to Catholic, graduated with a master of busi- be under the Soviet Union,” he comment- ness administration (MBA) degree jointly awarded by the Catholic post-secondary ed. institutions, Loyola University Chicago “They were calling Yushchenko a Nazi and the University of Detroit Mercy. and spreading dirt about him and Nasha While spending 2000 and 2001 rolling Ukraina on this channel partially owned out broadband Internet networks in by Medvedchuk,” he continued Belgium and the Czech Republic for Broadnet, he applied for landed immi- grant status in Canada and arrived here in 2002, when he joined the management team of Canada’s largest satellite-TV provider, Bell ExpressVu. But within a year, it closed the technol- ogy unit responsible for delivering satel- lite TV to townhouses and apartment buildings, and Mr. Kapeniak and about 14 DISTRICT COMMITTEE of his colleagues were out of work. of So, with some savings stashed away, he decided to pursue an idea that had been UNA BRANCHES OF DETROIT, MI percolating in his head for four years – announces that its not to mention the desire of bringing The UkrainaTV logo. Ukrainian soccer to North American viewers – and created UkrainaTV last ANNUAL DISTRICT COMMITTEE MEETING Last year, Mykola Tomenko, chairper- year. will be held on son of Ukraine’s parliamentary Committee Married since 1997 to Lithuanian-born for Feedom of Speech and Information, Rasa, with whom he has two young sons, Sunday, March 14, 2004, at 1:00 p.m. accused Viktor Medvedchuk, President Mr. Kapeniak runs the business out of his at the Ukrainian Cultural Center Leonid Kuchma’s chief of staff, and home and now gets more time to hang out 26601 Ryan Rd., Warren, MI National Deputies Viktor Pinchuk and with his boys: 6-year-old Lucas and 4- Hryhorii Surkis of controlling six year-old Julius. They are now regular Obligated to attend the annual meeting as voting members are District Committee Ukrainian TV channels (1+1 among them) viewers of dad’s video channel. Officers, Convention Delegates and two delegates from the following Branches: in violation of Ukrainian legislation. By law, an individual or legal entity Preserving the culture 20, 92, 94, 146, 165, 174, 175, 292, 303, 309, 341 may not be a founder or co-founder of tel- “Since they’re growing up in Canada, I All UNA members are welcome as guests at the meeting. evision and radio companies broadcasting want them to preserve the language and on more than two TV channels or in culture of their ancestral homeland,” Mr. MEETING WILL BE ATTENDED BY: excess of three radio frequencies. Kapeniak explained. Dr. Alexander J. Serafyn – UNA Auditor A preliminary report by the Verkhovna After all, UkrainaTV’s slogan is Anatole Doroshenko – Honorary Member of the UNA General Assembly Rada’s anti-monopoly committee found “Ukraina tam, de my!” (“Ukraine is wher- no wrongdoing on the part of the three ever we are). DISTRICT COMMITTEE men. As Mr. Kapeniak proudly boasts: “Our Dr. Alexander J. Serafyn, District Chairman To determine whether UkrainaTV is slogan has a double meaning: You can be Roman Lazarchuk, Secretary filling a void on Ukraine’s TV landscape Ukrainian and get Ukrainian multimedia Alexandra Lawrin, Treasurer or providing an online novelty for content wherever you are.” Ukrainian web surfers would require Mr. Kapeniak asking subscribers why they are visiting his site. For him, it’s more important that they come. And they are. Attracting web visitors Every day, UkrainaTV is attracting about 200 unique visitors and some 2,000 clicks. That means one person on average is clicking on the site 10 times on a daily basis. And they leave comments in the cus- tomer-review section, particularly about the music video offerings where it’s clear Ukrainian superstar pop-rock group Okean Elzy has a loyal following back home. “OE is the No. 1 ambassador for the Ukrainian language right now,” wrote Mr. Kapeniak. “Even my ‘Russian speaking friends’ love them, so ‘Mnohaya Lita’ Okean Elzy!” Mr. Kapeniak said he’s gratified by the glowing comments, penned in English, Ukrainian, Polish and Russian, which he receives from Ukrainians and other Eastern Europeans visiting UkrainaTV. “What gives me even more inspiration is that the site has received visitors from as far away as Saudi Arabia and Taiwan,” he added. “It makes me feel good, especially 20 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 29, 2004 No. 9 No. 9 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 29, 2004 21

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Kravchenko, a personal friend, had • Drive through teller window Tyzhnia in its article on the matter stated that called him from Berlin two weeks before • Mon-Thu: 8:30 a.m.-3:00 p.m. Fri: 8:30 a.m.-8:00 p.m. the lights of the SBU headquarters “were on the radio interview and had complained • ATM – 24 Hour 7 Days all night” after the airing of the interview. that after a “conflict with the head of the • Expanded Office Hours However, President Kuchma dismissed presidential guard when he was in Baden- • Now Open 6 days: Monday-Saturday Baden he had been recalled to Kyiv,” and assertions that the decree was hastily pre- • Morning and Evening hours that he was not ready to return because he pared to minimize possible political rever- • Safe Deposit Boxes berations, including those from the West, needed another year of work abroad to gather enough money for his apartment. • New Types of Loans and called the two events coincidental. • Vacant Land Loans “Such a decree cannot be prepared “There was no talk of any political • Construction Loans quickly. 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President Kuchma, security briefing on the upcoming visit to however, said the Ukrainian general had Berlin by President Kuchma. Fully aware our Safe Deposit Boxes. Thinking about a new home – Vacant Land Loan and been disconsolate that he would not be that such preparations take place months in Construction Loan is what you might need. able to stay abroad to earn the extra pay to advance of a presidential trip abroad, he which government workers were entitled. decided not to go, especially after friends Mr. Kuchma explained that Gen. in the SBU told him that upon his return he Main Office: Yonkers Branch: Kravchenko had received special clearance would be fired. The same day he appeared 125 Corporate Boulevard 301 Palisade Avenue for his current assignment abroad. It was his on Deutsche Welle radio, the SBU dis- Yonkers, NY 10701-6841 Yonkers, NY 10703 second such posting, which is generally not missed Gen. Kravchenko for failing to show up in Kyiv as ordered. Phone: (914) 220-4900 Phone: (914) 965-8560 allowed, but at times given to senior officers Fax: (914) 220-4090 Fax: (914) 965-1936 nearing their retirement. According to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs spokesper- president the general received the special son Markian Lubkivskyi said on February 1-888-644-SUMA clearance through National Security and 24 that the ministry had officially informed E-mail: [email protected] Defense Council Secretary Volodymyr the German government that Gen. Radchenko, then head of the SBU. Gen. Kravchenko was no longer an employee of Stamford Branch: Spring Valley Branch: Kravchenko wanted the increased pay offi- its Embassy. He also noted that the Ukrainian Research Center SS Peter & Paul Ukr. 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than the spilled blood of mine I lust to After “The Passion” roar: “No! More of mine died in a year 38th Annual Membership Meeting (Continued from page 7) than all of yours in six, and mine mean of us, flawed. Whether that is a meta- more to me and mine than all of yours!” of the physical consequence of original sin, or But those are un-Christian thoughts. just a reflection of a basic orneriness that When provoked into harboring them I Ukrainian National Federal Credit Union is all too human, I have no clue. So it is know of only one refuge: prayerful hard to resist that most satanic of senti- reflection on words spoken by another ments, the desire to take an eye for an rabbi during His Passion, just before His eye. In retort to those who want to impel death. Jesus, the Christ, said: “Father, me to accept that the shed blood of their forgive them; they know not what they Sunday, March 28, 2004 innocents is somehow more important do.” I can try. at 2:00 p.m. (Registration begins at 1:00 p.m.)

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(Continued from page 24) Monday, March 8 Dr. Ihor Magun, (516) 766-5147. CAMBRIDGE, Mass.: The Harvard Sunday, March 14 Ukrainian Research Institute will host a ALEXANDRIA, Va.: Pianist Valentina lecture given by Vitaly Chernetsky, Lisitsa will appear in concert at The research fellow, HURI, titled “The Anguish Lyceum, 201 S. Washington St., in Old and Yearning of Diasporic Displacement: Town Alexandria in a program of works The (Re)construction of Identity in the by Bach, Beethoven, Brahms, Chopin, Prose of Vasyl Stefanyk and Joseph Liszt, Lysenko, Mozart and Ravel. The Conrad.” The lecture will be held in the concert begins at 3 p.m. Suggested dona- HURI Seminar Room, 1583 Massachusetts tion: $15; students, free. The concert is Ave., at 4-6 p.m. For additional informa- tion contact HURI by calling (617) 495- presented by The Washington Group 4053 or e-mailing [email protected]. Cultural Fund under the patronage of the Embassy of Ukraine, as part of their 2003- Friday, March 12 2004 music series. (A free “Dash” Shuttle EDMONTON: The Canadian Institute of bus is available every 15 minutes from Ukrainian Studies and the Ukrainian King Street Metro Station in Alexandria, Professional and Business Club of Va. – on Blue and Yellow lines – to Edmonton are sponsoring a lecture by Washington and King Street, one block Mykola Riabchuk, political commentator, from The Lyseum). Seating is unreserved. editor and journalist from Kyiv, and John For more information contact Laryssa Kolasky Memorial Fellow, who will deliv- Courtney, (202) 363-3964. er the 38th annual Shevchenko Lecture titled “From Dysfunctional to Blackmail CHICAGO: The Ukrainian Institute of State: Paradoxes of the Post-Soviet Modern Art presents the classical music Transition.” The lecture will take place at concert titled “Natalia Khoma & Friends,” the University of Alberta, 2-115, which will be held at the institute, 2320 W. Education North, at 7 p.m. For more infor- Chicago Ave., at 2 p.m. For additional mation, call (780) 492-2972, or e-mail information call (773) 227-5522. [email protected]. Monday, March 15

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East European Studies, University of in the West. The presentation will be held at the Ukrainian Institute of Modern Art, Tel. (410) 744-0644 (7:30 ‰Ó 9:30 ‚˜.) Toronto, presents an interdisciplinary graduate student symposium titled 2320 W. Chicago Ave., at 7 p.m. Books • ê˜Â̈¸ Á„ÓÎÓ¯Â̸: èÂ𯇠„ðÛÔ‡: 24 ·ÂðÂÁÌfl 2004 ð. “Exploring Ukrainian Identity: Gender, will be available for purchase at the event. ÑðÛ„‡ „ðÛÔ‡: 31 ·ÂðÂÁÌfl 2004 ð. Ethnicity and Statehood.” The symposium Refreshments and socializing will follow • óËÒÎÓ Û˜‡ÒÌËÍ¥‚ Ó·ÏÂÊÂÌÂ. will provide a forum for graduate students the presentation. Admission: $10, mem- to meet future colleagues in the profession bers; $15, non-members and guests. For äÄêíÄ áÉéãéòÖççü çÄ íÄÅßê èíÄòÄí- 2004 and interact with scholars who are shaping additional information call (847) 359- the agenda of Ukrainian studies in North 3676. ßÏ’fl ¥ Ôð¥Á‚ˢ ‰ËÚËÌË ...... America. 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UkrainianSCRANTON, Pa. St.– A crowd Nicholas of 200 hour’s a drive hit from in Scranton, Scranton attended the people gathered at the Pennsylvania event in conjunction with their study unit Anthracite Heritage Museum in on Ukrainian culture. A Ukrainian mother Scranton, Pa., on November 30, 2003, to attended, bringing her adult children who meet St. Nicholas and to learn more she felt had missed some of their heritage. about Ukrainian customs and culture. The long-standing relationship The event, co-sponsored annually by the between the museum and the Ukrainian museum and the Ukrainian Heritage Heritage Council works to the benefit of Council of Northeastern Pennsylvania for both organizations in fulfilling their mis- some 15 years, attracted audiences of sion in the region. many ages and traditions. Vera Krewsun, council member, stated A performance by Kazka, a Ukrainian that “There is genuine interest in the Folk Ensemble from Allentown, Pa., includ- community and sharing our traditions ed traditional Ukrainian carols sung in both enables us to enlighten those who may English and Ukrainian and a skit, before St. not be familiar with our customs.” Nicholas entered, dressed in his impressive Chester Kulesa, the museum’s admin- vestments amid much bell-ringing. istrator, said he sees the partnership as a Accompanied by angels, the kindly bishop model after which he would like to greeted everyone as he proceeded through develop educational partnerships with the assembly and briefly told the story of other ethnic groups. He noted: “This the historical person. Children were then museum exists to celebrate the experi- invited to meet him personally and receive a ence of the diverse ethnic groups in the bag of gifts St. Nicholas is know to have Anthracite Region and the partnership given, such as gold coins, coal, fruit and a with Ukrainian Heritage Council enables “George, stop worrying! At our age life small toy, as well as have their photos taken. us to do that with authenticity.” An exhibit depicted the customs sur- The longstanding annual program was insurance is cheap!” rounding caroling in the Ukrainian cele- featured in Happenings Magazine, a local bration of the Christmas season and publication that spotlights events in the mounds of pastry on the refreshment area. Titled “Meet the Santa of the [sic] Yes. I know Natalie, but do my parents? tables demonstrated the hospitality so Ukraine,” the article was illustrated with characteristic of the Ukrainian people. a photo of St. Nicholas in his traditional The UNA can help you worry less. A school group from Weatherly, Pa., an vestments. Call for details 1-800-253-9862. SUPPORT THE WORK OF THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY. Send contributions to: The Ukrainian Weekly Press Fund, 2200 Route 10, P.O. Box 280, Parsippany, NJ 07054 24 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 29, 2004 No. 9

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Monday, March 1 contemporary composers Valentin Bibik and Leonid Hrabovsky at Merkin Concert Soyuzivka’s Datebook CAMBRIDGE, Mass.: The Harvard Hall, Goodman House, 129 W. 67th St., at February 28, 2004 April 17, 2004 Ukrainian Research Institute will host a lec- 8 p.m. Soloists at the concert are Wonjung SUNY New Paltz Sorority Wedding – Nancy Medwid ture by Dr. Roman Szporluk, Mykhailo Semi-Formal Banquet and Jonathan McFall Hrushevsky Professor of Ukrainian History Kim, soprano; Bo Chang, mezzo-soprano; and HURI director. Dr. Szporluk’s lecture, David Gresham, clarinet; Ms. Seltzer, piano; and Mr. Sachs, piano, conductor. March 6-7, 2004 April 19-21, 2004 “The Making of Modern Ukraine: The Tickets at $15 and $8, seniors/students are Plast Kurin “Khmelnychenky” Spring Clergy Days Western Dimension,” will be held in the Annual Winter Rada Seminar Room of the institute, 1583 available at the box office; for tickets and information call (212) 501-3330. April 21-23, 2004 Massachusetts Ave., at 4-6 p.m. The semi- March 20, 2004 nar will feature a discussion of the speaker’s Continuum’s website is www.continuum- SUNY New Paltz ny.org. The event is held in cooperation Grace Church Men’s Retreat paper, available in hard copy at the insti- – Migrant Special Education tute’s main office and in electronic form on with the Ukrainian Institute of America as Program part of its “Music at the Institute” concert March 27-28, 2004 the institute’s website: http//www.huri.har- vard.edu. For more information, contact series. “Cooking in the Ukrainian Tradition” May 7-9, 2004 HURI by calling (617) 495-4053 or e-mail- Sunday, March 7 – sponsored by Kurin Spartanky. 2nd Annual ing [email protected]. Open to parents and children Cinco De Mayo Festivities NEW YORK: The Ukrainian Institute of 15 and older. Friday, March 5 America and the United Ukrainian May 14, 2004 NEW YORK: The Ukrainian Institute of American Organizations of Greater New York invite the Ukrainian American com- March 27-28, 2004 Ellenville High School Junior Prom America and the United Ukrainian Brooklyn Ukrainian Group American Organizations of Greater New munity to a program celebrating the 190th York invite the public to a town hall-type anniversary of Taras Shevchenko. The – Spring Cleaning Volunteer May 15, 2004 Weekend meeting with Oleh Rybachuk, national Ukrainian Studio of Drama, under the Wedding – Stephan Kowalczuk deputy of Ukraine and chief of staff of the direction of Ivan Bernatsky, will present a and Alex Raut program, titled “Dole, de ty? Dole, de ty?” April 10, 2004 Our Ukraine opposition bloc, which is head- ed by leading opposition candidate and for- – an exploration of the theme of fate and Easter Celebration and Easter Brunch May 28-31, 2004 mer Prime Minister Viktor Yushchenko. The destiny in the work of Shevchenko. The Memorial Day Weekend general topic of discussion will be the pre- presentation will be held at the UIA, 2 E. BBQ & Dance election situation in Ukraine in the general 79th St., at 3 p.m. context of the presidential elections that are to be held October. The meeting will be held WHIPPANY, N.J.: The Ukrainian at the UIA, 2 E. 79th St., starting at 7 p.m. Congress Committee of America, Morris County Branch, is holding a Spring Saturday, March 6 Concert, featuring performances by mem- NEW YORK: The Shevchenko Scientific bers of the Plast and SUM youth organiza- Society (NTSh), Ukrainian Academy of tions, the local Ukrainian Studies School Arts and Science in the U.S. (UVAN), and the Samotsvit vocal quartet. The con- Harvard Ukrainian Research Institute cert will be held in St. John’s Church Hall, (HURI), and the Harriman Institute of Route 10 (eastbound) and Jefferson Road, Columbia University (HICU) invite the at 1:15 p.m. All are welcome. For more public to the 24th annual Taras information contact Michael Koziupa, Shevchenko Conference. Among the top- (973) 723-4387. ics to be presented at the conference are the following: “Shevchenko Studies in the PHILADELPHIA: Called “oddly perfect” 1990s,” Dr. Ivan Fizer, NTSh; “The Poetry by The New York Times, Mariana Sadovska of Shevchenko in Italian: Reflections on makes a rare Philadelphia appearance, per- Translations and Translatability,” forming ancient folk songs from her native Giovanna Siedina, HURI; “Foreigners on Ukraine. Ms. Sadovska spent 10 summers Shevchenko,” Eugene Fedorenko, UVAN; traveling through small villages, learning the and “Shevchenko’s Poem ‘Kavkaz’ and songs from old women she met along the Jacob de Balmen,” Rory Finnin, HICU; way. Also appearing will be Philadelphia’s Attention Debutante Ball Organizers! with opening remarks by Dr. Olexa own She-Haw, an original country duo of As in the past three years, The Ukrainian Weekly Bilaniuk, president, UVAN, and closing Tennesse native Amy Pickard and Texas remarks by Dr. Larissa Onyshkevych, native Beth Case. She-Haw has performed is planning to publish a special section president, NTSh. The conference will be with Neil Young and the Pretenders, and has held at the society’s building, 63 Fourth appeared on NPR and the BBC. The concert devoted to the Ukrainian community’s debutantes. Ave. (between Ninth and 10th streets), at 4 will be held at Tritone, 1508 South St., at 8 The 2004 debutante ball section will be published in March. p.m. For additional information call (212) p.m. Tickets, at $10, will be available at the 254-5130. door. Only those age 21 and over will be admitted, with identification. For more infor- NEW YORK: The internationally mation call (215) 545-0475 or visit The deadline for submission acclaimed music ensemble Continuum, http://ardmore.cambria.com/mariana. Cheryl Sletzer and Joel Sachs, directors, of stories and photos is March 1. will present a concert of leading Ukrainian (Continued on page 22)

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