O C V ΓΡΑΦΕΙ ΤΗΝ ΙΣΤΟΡΙΑ Bringing the news ΤΟΥ ΕΛΛΗΝΙΣΜΟΥ to generations of ΑΠΟ ΤΟ 1915 The National Herald Greek Americans A WEEKLY GREEK AMERICAN PUBLICATION c v www.thenationalherald.com VOL. 11, ISSUE 557 June 14, 2008 $1.00 GREECE: 1.75 EURO Tsakopoulos John McCain Visits Archdiocese, Meets With Demetrios Discusses Presidential Hopeful’s Second Meeting with Real Estate Archbishop in Past Year

Market By Demetris Tsakas Real Estate Tycoon Special to The National Herald NEW YORK – Senator John Mc- Thinks Now is a Good Cain (R-AZ), the Republican party’s nominee in this November’s presi- Time to Buy a House dential elections, met with Arch- bishop Demetrios of America on By Theodore Kalmoukos Tuesday, June 10, at the 79th Street Special to The National Herald Manhattan headquarters of the Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of BOSTON – Mr. Angelo Tsakopoulos America. Immediately following was introduced into the world of the meeting, Senator McCain made real estate during his college years, a statement in favor of religious and since then he has become one freedom for the Greek Orthodox of the most knowledgeable experts minority living in Turkey, as well and also a real estate tycoon in the for oppressed peoples all over the U.S. In an interview with The Na- world. Rev. Alexander Karloutsos, tional Herald he said, “I got in- Director of the Archdiocese’s Faith volved when I was in college. Endowment and Brooke Buchanan, Someone introduced me to real es- a McCain campaign spokesperson tate and I stayed in ever since.” were also on hand at the meeting. He answered with laughter Senator McCain responded to a when asked about his studies. question about why he did not co- “I was in college for so long they sign a letter last year in which 73 were getting ready to throw me other senators urged President out,” he said. “I studied history and George W. Bush to publicly support philosoph. Real estate is a beautiful religious freedom for the Greek Or- business.” He never regretted get- thodox minority living in Istanbul, ting involved in real estate. Turkey, stating that he had dis- His company, A.T.K. Develop- EUROKINISSI cussed the matter with the Arch- ments in Sacramento, California, is Living Without a Roof bishop at a previous meeting. He considered one of the most promi- also stated that their latest meeting nent in its kind. Many residents who lived around the epicenter of the earthquake that struck southwestern Greece on Sunday, June 8, have been forced to live gave them an opportunity to con- “We are developing villages,” in tents set up by the Hellenic army. The earthquake was shallow with a magnitude of 6.5 on the Richter scale. See related story on page 7. tinue their conversation about se- Mr. Tsakopoulos said. “We develop curing religious freedom for all eth- thousands of lots to build homes, nic groups worldwide – especially industrial buildings, commercial buildings, hospitals, schools, fire stations e.t.c. in areas that commu- nities are built. We provide the land Dean Spanos: Stepping Out of his Father’s Shadow and we build the infrastructure, the sewer, the water, the drainage.” By Evan C. Lambrou to procure a secure future for their real estate magnate Alex Spanos, nia. And Dean, 57, is running the Speaking about the state of the Special to The National Herald children and grandchildren, and the billionaire owner of the Nation- show in San Diego, and has been real estate marke,t Mr. Tsakopoulos think well beyond their own life al Football League’s San Diego doing so steadily since 1994, when said, “We are in a tremendous NEW YORK – For Greek American spans in that effort. Chargers, is almost a perfect exam- his father appointed him president downside and it is of course the re- children, being the son of an enor- Those Greek fathers who have ple. and chief executive officer of the sult of a tremendous amount of mously successful and well-re- the material means also pay for His illustrious father is now 85 team. That season turned out to be overbuilding. In 2004, 2005 and spected businessman also means their kids’ education and actively years of age, and while the elder one of the most memorable in part of 2006 we built a lot more being in a great man’s shadow for a seek to position their children in Spanos still goes to the office early Chargers’ history, as the franchise housing that we needed at the good part of your life, and then ways which will create and ensure each morning, he has stepped back advanced to Super Bowl XXIX in time. We overproduced and Ameri- eventually stepping out of that socioeconomic advantage. and tells people he is basically re- 1995. ca is a market of supply and de- shadow to become your own man. And paternal love can forge a tired, and that his kids are now in Mr. Spanos takes an active role mand. When supply exceeds de- Greek fathers like to help their bond between father and son charge. in every aspect of the football team, mand, supply goes down. In addi- children do that, but because they which remains a driving force in a Dean’s younger brother Michael as well as all Spanos corporate enti- tion to that there was an oversup- are typically fiercely protective, it son’s life long after a father steps is heading up the Spanos family’s ties. He oversees all the Chargers can be difficult for them to let go. In back and lets his children take over. real estate enterprise at company Continued on page 4 the process, they do their level best Dean Spanos, son of California headquarters in Stockton, Califor- Continued on page 5 Hundreds Attend Moskos Funeral

By Steve Frangos the line filing by the coffin. After had never met her. This struck me Special to The National Herald paying my respects to Charlie I al- as part of Charlie’s gift with people. most immediately met Alice Kopan, He made lasting friends wherever I attended both the wake and fu- George Kourvetaris with his son he went. TNH/COSTAS BEJ neral of Charles C. Moskos. The un- Andrew, and Harold Peponis my Maybe I’m getting old but I was Senator John McCain pretentiousness and abiding good Sunday school teacher from the struck by how many babies were nature of the man were evident young adult class at St. Demetrios held, cooed over, and passed in areas where this freedom is not throughout both events. Visitation in Chicago. around. Off from the room where currently protected by law. was at the Smith-Corcoran Funeral As I stood there one of the other we were gathered was a lounge “We are going to continue our Home on Cicero Avenue in Chicago older Greeks waved his hand at the with couches, tables and chairs. dialogue and make every possible from 4 to 9PM on Thursday, June 5. gathering and said that the wake Various people must have brought effort to ensure that religious free- The ever thoughtful John G. Adi- was very disorganized. Hardly any- pastries, coffee and other trays of dom exists in Turkey, and in every namis was the funeral director. The one was sitting but rather small food, which was available to all on other part of the world,” presiden- Greek community of Chicago is ex- groups of people were talking to- a small table. There mother’s were tial hopeful John McCain stated. tremely fortunate. It has been more gether and more than a few were feeding small children, groups of Archbishop Demetrios thanked than ably served by at least two laughing. I said that times had friends joined in earnest conversa- the Senator for his visit, and noted generations of the Adinamis family changed in Greek-America. Rather tion, and adults drinking coffee that Mr. McCain had visited the as professional funeral directors than tears and public displays of passed copies of Charlie’s innumer- Archdiocese again nearly one year and able friends. I arrived just after mourning this event was a celebra- able obituaries around. ago, at the start of his campaign, 4PM. tion of Charlie’s life and his gift of In offering my condolences to Il- while he has now returned as the Ilca Moskos was greeting family himself to those present. Mourning ca Moskos, I had a chance to speak Republican presidential nominee. and friends individually and in was evident. Several sat alone with with Peter Moskos. I had not seen The Archbishop also stated that small groups. In looking around the tears in their eyes. Others cried and him since he was a small child. In the main theme of his discussion room I immediately thought of the were consoled by those around introducing myself I said some- with Senator McCain revolved Greek folk saying, ‘No wedding them. thing to the effect that he probably around issues related to the Ecu- AP/BRIAN BAER without tears, no funeral without As I stood speaking with Dr. didn’t know who I was. No, on the menical Patriarchate, and that Approximately 200 people attended the funeral of sociologist Charles laughter.’ I signed the guest book, Kourvetaris someone asked me C. Moskos, who died of cancer at the age of 74 on May 31. picked up a prayer card and joined who Mrs. Moskos was since they Continued on page 6 Continued on page 3 Boston Pops Go Hellenic with Greece Falls to Haris Alexiou in Full House Sweden in

By Theodore Kalmoukos Greek Americans from Boston, Euro Opener Special to The National Herald New England, New York and be- yond, who attended the event BOSTON – Proceeds of $1.3 mil- which had a very specific and sa- By Karl Ritter lion were generated from the cred purpose, helping to pay off the unique Hellenic cultural event that mortgage of the newly constructed SALZBURG, Austria (AP) – took place at the Symphony Hall of Greek Orthodox church in Brain- Greece's vaunted defense is going Boston under the name “Pops Goes tree, Massachusetts. to have to get a lot tighter if the sur- Hellenic.” The world famous St. Catherine’s parish was ini- prise champions from four years Boston Pops Orchestra went Hel- tially established in 1960 at the ago are to avoid a humbling first- lenic in a rare combination with Quincy Center. A Gothic-style round exit at this year's European Greece’s famous female singer Protestant church was converted to Championship. Haris Alexiou who traveled from a Greek Orthodox house of worship Greece, which had not allowed a Athens exclusively for the one-time and served the parish until five goal at the tournament in 425 min- event on Saturday, June 7. years ago when they decided to go utes, gave up two in six minutes of The Symphony Hall was filled to to their new prime location in the second half Tuesday to open capacity with more than 2,300 Braintree which is accessible from their Euro 2008 campaign with a 2- three major highways and many 0 loss to Sweden. secondary ones. "The Greeks didn't play with To subscribe call: 718.784.5255 The new building complex in- heart like they normally do, and the e-mail: cludes an Orthodox style church, a Swedes pushed us hard," Greece [email protected] large community center, adminis- coach Otto Rehhagel said. "Some of trative offices, classrooms, a large my players were unable to play at reception area and a huge parking the level I expected them to. They facility. TNH/COSTAS BEJ tried hard but it wasn't enough." The cultural event bearing the Graduation Day Zlatan Ibrahimovic scored his name “Pops Goes Hellenic in first international goal in almost St. Demetrios High School of Astoria held its graduation ceremony for the Class of 2008 on Tuesday, June Continued on page 2 10, 2008, with the school’s kindergarteners leading the way. Look for the full story in next week’s edition. Continued on page 7 2 COMMUNITY THE NATIONAL HERALD, JUNE 14, 2008 Oratorical Festival Gives 18 Teenagers Monetary GOINGS ON... ■ JUNE 14-15 in the beautiful Leda Club which is YONKERS, N.Y. – The Church of located directly on the beach, next Rewards and a Chance to Speak About Their Faith Prophet Elias cordially invites the to the charming secluded village of community to its annual Greek fes- Horton. Dance, Body Harmony and By Theodore Kalmoukos tival at the church (15 Leroy Av- the Creative Workshop combine Special to The National Herald enue), on Friday, June 13 from 5 with the tranquillity and beauty of pm to midnight, Saturday, June 14 your surroundings to create a BOSTON – Christopher Kouldoukis from 5pm to midnight and Sunday, unique and unforgettable experi- from the Assumption Greek Ortho- June 15 from noon to 11 pm. There ence. Our multilingual tutors are dox parish of Seattle, Washington will be traditional Greek food, pas- highly competent professionals and Emmanuel Maginas from the tries, loukoumades, games, Greek who have many years of Nativity of the Theotokos Greek Or- dancing, music and a fantastic flea experience.They approach their thodox parish in Aliquippa, Penn- market on the church grounds. classes with great enthusiasm and sylvania were the two winners of Parking is available. For additional are totally committed to their stu- this year’s Oratorical Festival of St. information, please call the church dents. Each class member, from be- John Chrysostom of the Greek Or- office at 914-963-3638. ginner to advanced, will receive in- thodox Archdiocese of America. dividual attention in a relaxed at- The contest took place at St. ■ JUNE 14 mosphere. We particularly want to Nicholas Greek Orthodox parish in WASHINGTON, D.C. – The Ameri- encourage beginners to involve Lexington, Massachusetts under can University Museum at the themselves fully in all aspects of the auspices of the Metropolis of Katzen Arts Center cordially invites Dance and Body Harmony, together Boston headed by St. Nicholas the community to a gallery talk on with the exploration and develop- priest Rev. Agathonikos Wilson. the exhibition, “A Telluric Path: The ment of their creative abilities. The The junior and senior divisions Art of Nefeli Massia,” at the Muse- Dance & Body Harmony part of the consisted of 18 young men and um (4400 Massachusetts Ave.) on program includes Tango and Greek women from the grades 7-9 and Saturday, June 14 at 4 PM. Greek- Dance. The small cottages of the 10-12 respectively. born, Batimore based artist Nefeli Leda Club are built and decorated Christopher Kouldoukis, the son Massia takes over the second floor in the unique Pelion style. The of a Greek Orthodox priest, from of the museum with one of her dy- apartments are available for 2 – 5 the Junior Division spoke about the namic and other-worldly environ- persons and are also suitable for Beatitude of Christ.“Blessed are the ments. The talk will be by Dr. families and groups. They all have peacemakers for they shall be Marek Bartelik Vice-President of self-catering facilities, air-condi- called sons of God.” the International Organization of tioning, fridge, TV, telephone and In his well delivered and articu- Art Critics, US section and teaches Internet access. Course participants late speech, Mr. Kouldoukis said, modern and contemporary art at have also the option of making “who is our Lord talking about? the Cooper Union in New York. The their own private arrangements for Who can be a peacemaker? When I exhibition continues until July 27, accommodation. Total 7 day pack- think of peacemakers, I always 2008 (Tue-Sun, 11 am – 4 pm, free age ? 590, including 4 courses of think of adults like Martin Luther The 18 participants of the Oratorical Festival stand alongside Archbishop Demetrios of America (back row, admission, information 202-885- your choice (per course 1 hour in- King and Mother Teresa, but listen third from left) and Metropolitan Methodios of Boston (back row, fourth from left) on Saturday, June 7. 1300). struction on 5 days), 7 nights ac- to this story of an American child commodation in 2-bed apartments named Samantha Smith. In 1983, “A priest once was so compas- Eliades, St. Demetrios,Upper Dar- said, that they give us hope. Here ■ JUNE 21 with breakfast buffet. Lunch or Din- at only 10 years old, she wrote a sionate that he would always give by, Pennsylvania, Spyros Staikos, we have extraordinary talents.” FLUSHING, N.Y. – The Pancyprian ner available for additional 12 letter to the leader of the Soviet his shoes to poor beggars who Annunciation, Lancaster, Pennsyl- Asked if priestly callings could Dance Group Association, Inc. cor- ?/day in the restaurant Ambrosia in Union, asking for peace during the asked him,” Mr. Maginas said. “This vania. be cultivated out of this group of dially invites the community to its the Leda Club. Discounts: for 3-5 cold war. Even though she did not resulted in him going barefoot Participants from the Senior Di- young men, Archbishop Demetrios end of the year dinner dance at bedroom apartments, 10% for an hear from him, she learned that most of the time. His parishioners vision were Alexander, St. George said, “There have already been Flushing Meadow Park (52-11 early booking by 15 March 2008 parts of her letter had been pub- didn’t like this, and complained to ,Hartford, Connecticut, Nicholas priests from this group, and it 111th St.) on Saturday, June 21, and 10% for the 2nd booking. Each lished in the communist newspa- the Bishop. His Bishop ordered him Caros, Holy Trinity, Clearwater, would be a blessing if all of them 2008 at 7:30 PM. Cocktails begin at additional course ? 70 per, Pravada. Then, she received a to always wear shoes. Like any Florida, Jennifer Cocotis, St. Luke, decide to go to the Theological 6:30 PM. The event will honor the Additional private lessons can be letter inviting her to visit the Soviet good priest does, he obeyed his East Longmeadow Massachusetts, School because here we have ex- Association’s students and past arranged. A limited number of sin- Union, which she did. Afterward, Bishop. What did he do? He tied Kasiani Vlachakis, St. John the Bap- ceptional preachers and people presidents: Gus Bougdanos, An- gle bedrooms are available for ad- she wrote a book about her journey, two shoes together and wore them tist, Des Plains, Illinois, Irina Har- who can become excellent clergy. It dreas Christodoulou, Costas Had- ditional ? 20/day. Bookings for ac- wanting people to know that around his neck,” and he added alambis, St. George, Southgate, is also a matter of the local parish jicharalambous, Andreas Koudel- companying persons are subject to “peace is always possible” and he “who was this priest? Was this some Michigan and Andriana Psomiadis, and priest. Every time I instruct the los, Dimitri Petrides, Thelma Pieri availability and confirmation. added “imagine the courage of a 10 guy who lived a long time ago? No, Lozier Nativity of the Theotokos, organizers to keep the names and and Chris Vrahimis. Tickets are Please contact us in advance for year old to write to her country’s this priest would go on to be conse- Fredericksburg, Virginia. cultivate those young men to be- $75. Entertainment by Bravo reservations. Where accommoda- enemy asking for peace in a time of crated Archbishop of San Francis- There were two groups of come priests of the Church.” Sounds and the Pancyprian Dance tion is not required the price per war!” co, California. His name was John judges, one per division, who only “I would like to add to what His Group. For more information, call course is ? 80. Arrangement of The speaker also said, “It doesn’t Maximovitch.” knew the participants by number. Eminence just said that all the par- Panayiota Haniotis at 516-284- flight and transfer where needed. matter how old we are, or how big Emmanuel Maginas was award- The Oratorical Festival is cele- ticipants will attend church ser- 7892. we are, or how smart we think we ed $2,000. Second place winner brating its 25th anniversary this vices at the School of Theology and ■ JULY 11 – 13 are. The question isn’t who can be a was Pilar Pappas with $1,500 year, while thousands of Greek the president and the dean of the ■ JUNE 21-22 ERIE, Penn. – The Assumption peacemaker, but the real question award from the Holy Trinity parish American children from across the school as well as Mr. Makrakis (the BOSTON, Mass. – Saint John the Greek Orthodox Church cordially is do we have the courage to stand of Salt Lake City, Utah and third country have participated, some of dean of Hellenic College) who is Baptist Church cordially invites the invites the community to its festival up to our enemies as Samantha place winner was Katerina Siefkas which were present at this year’s here today, will have the opportuni- community to South End’s Annual from Friday, July 11 to Sunday, July did”? with $1,000 from Nativity of Christ festival. ty to cultivate the atmosphere for Grecian Food Picnic at the church 13. Voted #8 of 100 best things to Christopher Kouldoukis re- Greek Orthodox parish of Novato, Speaking to the National Her- these young men to attend the grounds (15 Union Park Street) on do in Erie, Pa., this festival draws ceived a $2,000 reward as well as a California. ald, Archbishop Methodios of School of Theology when the time Saturday, June 21 (12 PM – 10 PM) crowds from Cleveland, OH, to Buf- special plaque. All 18 participants were award- Boston said that “the Oratorical comes.” & Sunday, June 22 (12 PM – 8 PM). falo, NY, to Pittsburgh, PA and all Paige Alesia Grinstead of St. ed with $500. The other partici- Festival is an office that has a histo- Archbishop Demetrios added Free admission. Homemade Greek points in-between. Come join in the George Greek Orthodox parish of pants from the Junior Division ry of 25 years now and every year that “there is already one in this food & pastries, raffle, Greek music 20th year of our celebration of Hel- Southgate, Michigan was the run- were Demetra- Athena Skenderis, we have this phenomenon of extra- group who will be studying Theolo- & dancing. Valet parking available lenic food, culture, dancing, and ner up with a $1,500 award and Holy Trinity, Bridgeport, Connecti- ordinary presentation in terms of gy to become a priest.” on both days for $5. For more infor- hospitality. For more information, Nicholas Lambert was in third cut, Sarah-Elizabeth Hunt, SS. developing the topics, articulation, At his closing remarks during mation, call 617-536-5692. please call 814-838-8808. placeand received a $1,000 award. Markella and Demetrios, Fort Wal- linguistic correctness, atmosphere lunch, Archbishop Demetrios an- Senior Division winner Em- ton Beach, Florida, John Damianos, and piety. You saw the speakers nounced that the “Faith” Endow- ■ JUNE 26 ■ AUGUST 15 – 17 manuel Maginas spoke on the sub- St. Nicholas, Portsmouth, New making the sign of the cross and ment Fund will award more mone- EAST HANOVER, N.J. – Saints ST. CLAIR SHORES, Mich. – The ject of “How Does a Person Please Hampshire, Rebecca Scheber, Holy kneeling,” and he added, “It is ex- tary awards to the Oratorical Festi- Nicholas, Constantine & Helen cor- Assumption Greek Orthodox God”? Apostles, Westester, Illinois, Maria actly what Metropolitan Methodios val participants. dially invite the community to their Church cordially invites the com- annual “End of the Year” Dinner at munity to its festival at the church Hanover Manor (Eagle Rock Av- (21800 Marter Road) from August enue) on Thursday, June 26, at 6 15-17. More than 2,000 are expect- PM. Rev. Dr. Frank Maragos will be ed to gather throughout the week- the keynote speaker and will dis- end to enjoy live music, visit the gift Pops Go Hellenic in Boston with Haris Alexiou cuss the topic of “Contemporary shop, enjoy homemade Greek Orthodox Women.” Danielle Kallas foods and pastries, take a chance at Continued from page 1 the outcome of the hard work of will feature Byzantine Gold & Sil- the raffle and much more. Festival the entire Greek American commu- ver Icons & Jewelry. Spouses & highlights include: Opening Cere- Boston” is the first big fundraising nity,” George Sakelaris said non-members welcome. Price: $35. mony with community dignitaries event for the St. Catherine’s com- Metropolitan Methodios of For more information, please call and lighting of the “Festival Torch” munity. Its cost was underwritten Boston, the honorary chairman of 973-731-2860. on Friday. Eat and drink in the tav- by its organizers George and Cathy the event, told the Herald that “it ern. Enjoy Greek favorites like gy- Sakelaris and thus the entire pro- was probably the most prominent ■ JUNE 27 – JULY 11 ros and souvlaki. Relax at the cof- ceeds will be donated to the and highlighted cultural event of PILION, Greece – The Pilion Sum- fee café and enjoy Greek pastries church. the last 10 years in our city. It had mer Academy cordially invites the and coffee. For more information, The first half of the “Pops Goes participation, excitement, sound, community to a relaxing holiday call 586-779-6111. Hellenic” concert was dedicated to light. It was praise to Hellenism from June 27 until July 11. Pilion orchestral music by contemporary which had also a sacred purpose Summer Academy 2008 offers you ■ NOTE TO OUR READERS Greek composers such as Manos that was completely archived.” a wonderfully relaxing holiday, far This calendar of events section is a Hatzidakis, Mikis Theodorakis, Metropolitan Methodios also away from mass tourism, in one of complimentary service to the Greek Stavros Xarhakos, Vengelis Pap- stated that “the St. Catherine’s the most stunning and unspoiled American community. All parishes, athanasiou and others. parish of Braintree made history areas of Greece. At the foot of organizations and institutions are The second part was solely dedi- because for the first time the Sym- Mount Pilion, the mythical summer encouraged to e-mail their infor- cated to Greek songs by Haris Alex- phony Orchestra of Boston went home of the gods, an exciting, cul- mation 3-4 weeks ahead of time, iou, who performed with the Hellenic” and he added that “the tural program for all levels will be and no later than Monday of the Boston Pops and her own group of presence of the Greek famous conducted by internationally suc- week before the event, to Greek musicians playing the tradi- singer Haris Alexiou, with her cessful tutors. The open air work- [email protected] tional Greek instruments. The beautiful and unique voice which is shops and accommodation will be om. Boston Pops Orchestra was con- a gift from God, her entire perfor- ducted by the renowned maestro mance of meaningful songs accom- Keith Lockhart who welcomed the panied by the Boston Pops created audience in Greek. a magnificent and unforgettable QUESTION OF THE WEEK The idea was embraced by most event.” members of the community and “A big thank you is due to TNH PHOTOS most certainly by Metropolitan George and Catherine Sakelaris for Renowned Greek singer Haris Alexiou dazzled the audience with her Vote on our website! Methodios of Boston, who for many their generosity in underrating the music alongside the Boston Pops on Saturday, June 7, 2008. years had encouraged the parish- cost of the event and their many You have the chance to express your opinion on our website on an ioners of St. Catherine’s to dream months of hard work which important question in the news. and to vision of a new church in a brought together 2,300 people.” The results will be published in our printed edition next week new location. Archbishop Demetrios of Ameri- along with the question for that week. The event kicked off with the ca stated to The National Herald The question this week is: John McCain visited the Greek Orthodox film “Hellenismos” by Spiro Karras. that “it was the initiative of George Archdiocese and met with Archbishop Demetrios. Do these visits in- The film was a live testimony of the and Catherine Sakelaris that this fluence who you will vote for in November? lives and success of role model Hel- extraordinary event was organized ❏ Yes lenes around the world from Asia, bringing together 2,300 people ❏ No Africa, Australia, Europe, Russia from Boston, Massachusetts, New ❏ I Don’t Know and Afghanistan. The themes are England and many parts of the U.S. Greek ingenuity, curiosity, pride, “It is the first time that the The results for last week’s question: Will you be watching the Greek identity, family values, knowledge, Boston Symphony Orchestra pre- National soccer team defend its title during the 2008 UEFA Euro- education, and ethos. sented a program totally in Greek pean Championship? Archbishop Demetrios of Ameri- written by Greek composers. It is 90% voted "Yes" ca, Metropolitan Methodios of not only the huge crowd, but the 10% voted "No" Boston, noted cookbook author Di- magnitude of enthusiasm and this 0% voted "I Don’t Know" ane Kochilas, Ambassador Alexan- event testifies of the possibilities Please vote at: www.thenationalherald.com dros Mallias of Greece to the U.S. as that our Greek American communi- well as Cyprus ambassador An- ty has when it is mobilized” and he dreas Kakouris, Massachusetts’s added “of course the purpose is not Senator John Kerry, Boston’s Mayor something just abstract and gener- The National Herald Classifieds Tom Menino, and Massachusetts al, but specific and sacred, the Congresswoman Nikki Tsongas, building of a new church, an en- More than 2,300 people attended the concert which teamed the world Looking for employees? Archdiocesan Vice-Chairman deavor connected with Orthodoxy renowned orchestra, Boston Pops, with Haris Alexiou on June 7. Need to buy or rent a new home? In the U.S. or in Greece? Michael Jaharis with his wife Mary and Hellenism.” were in attendance. Michale Jaharis told The Na- thodox Faith. These are the things in the heart of the Symphonic Or- Selling your house? The chairperson of the organiz- tional Herald that “this event mani- that make people think more our chestra of Boston. Today, Greece Selling your car or boat? ing committee Katerina Sakelaris fests the spirit of Hellenism and Or- attempt to further education of our and Hellenism sang with their told The National Herald “it was re- thodoxy. What Catherine and children can only be accomplished stronger voice that our Greek- Whatever your needs may be, ally a beautiful evening” and she George Sakelaris have done is with their watching and seen the American Community has. added that “I wish to thank all for something that most of us should parents and the grandparents sup- “What took place this evening The National Herald Classifieds are here to help... their participation and support.” be proud and try to imitate. We porting Orthodoxy and Hellenism.” here tonight shows that Greece ex- To advertise or to get rates: “We are extremely happy with must do everything possible to Ambassador Alexandros Mallias cels in New England and it can give the success of the event, which was maintain our Hellenistic and Or- said, “Hellas is present this evening its own cultural mark in 2008.” (718) 784-5255 ext. 106, [email protected] THE NATIONAL HERALD, JUNE 14, 2008 COMMUNITY 3 John McCain Visits Archdiocese, Holds Closed Door Meeting with Demetrios

Continued from page 1 these issues were raised by the Sen- ator, not himself. He also said that Mr. McCain showed interest in the Ecumenical Patriarchate’s religious rights. Following Senator McCain’s de- parture, Archbishop Demetrios spoke to members of the press and called their meeting “very produc- tive,” explaining that is was “part of the position followed by the Arch- diocese – and the Church in general – whose doors are open to every- one.” “This meeting was not political in nature. It was a meeting during which we had an opportunity to see a leading figure in modern Ameri- can politics, speak with him, and touch on issues that have to do with the American public, society, the economy, culture, and which at the same time are of direct interest to the Greek American Community – and moreover, Orthodox Christians in general,” Archbishop Demetrios said. “This was the political backdrop in which our meeting today took place. It was our second meeting, because as I mentioned earlier, Senator McCain and I had met one TNH/COSTAS BEJ year ago when he had come to re- Republican presidential candidate Sen. John McCain, R-Ariz., met with His Eminence Archbishop Demetrios, Primate of the Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of America, during a cam- quest my blessings. We met again paign visit in New York City on Tuesday, June 10, 2008. Sen. McCain stated that he supports Greek Orthodox religious rights for the Greek Orthodox minority living in Turkey. here today, with him now being the Republican party’s main represen- one who knows about issues in contribute to their resolution. In and that “it was a purely impartial of social, economic and cultural is- people that we live together with tative – their chosen candidate – for Turkey, and Balkan issues in gener- fact, he even expressed his guarded meeting, where serious matters sues, in addition to factors that con- are of direct interest to us,” the the presidency,” he said. al. optimism about a resolution to the were discussed.” tribute to the progress or digression Archbishop added. “Our discussion focused on is- He is knowledgeable in foreign Cyprus issue,” the Archbishop “We also told the Senator that of society, precisely in order to em- “He had a very good disposition. sues related to the Ecumenical Pa- affairs. I would add that we added. aside from these matters, we are di- phasize the fact that we are not on- He was very comfortable and triarchate, which were raised by touched on the Cyprus issue and Archbishop Demetrios said that rectly interested in a series of issues ly interested in pushing our own stayed longer than required by pro- him, and he immediately stated the FYROM name dispute as well. the meeting took place “in an at- related to today’s reality in Ameri- personal agenda, and serve only tocol,” Archbishop Demetrios re- that he is following the develop- The Senator was following both is- mosphere of candor and honesty, ca, because we live in this country. our own interest. marked, before concluding his ments in these matters. He is some- sues and seemed fully willing to without any political undertones,” We are interested in various aspects The land that we live in and the statements to the press.

Bankers Luncheon PHOTOS: TNH/COSTAS BEJ Brooklyn Festival The Hellenic American Bankers Association held a luncheon on Friday, June 6 at The Atrium Café at the Olympic Tower in New York. Last Friday’s luncheon topic was “Focus on Financial Markets.” This event Pictured at the St. Constantine and Helen Cathedral Festival: Father John Lardas, Panagiota Apostolakis, gave attendees an opportunity to learn more about the current financial market situation through discus- Eva Vidalis, Evangelos Vidalis, Peter Rogakos-President, Jim Tampakis, Michele Tampakis-Chairperson, sions with their peers over lunch. Bankers, mortgage brokers, real estate professionals, and investors of Petros Papadakos, Teddy Dikeakos, Leya Topodas, Catherine Vassilakos, Efrosini Economakos, Lucy all kinds attended the event. The HABA Luncheon Series is a very popular event among bankers. Bounas, Popi Gavales, Ritsa Tampakis, Sofia Tampakis and Rena Vlitas.

One Era, Two Distinct Musical Styles

The Hellenic Cultural Center held musical tribute to Nikos Gounaris and Giorgos Mitsakis on Friday, June 6 in Astoria. The concert was led by Grigoris Maninakis and the Mikrokosmos Ensemble. Graduation Day

ABOVE: The “Stephen and Areti Cherpelis” Greek School of St. Nicholas Church in Flushing, N.Y. held a graduation ceremony for the 8th grade afternoon class on Saturday, June 7. Mr.George Kanellopou- los is the school principal. BELOW: Top student Eraklis A. Diamataris, spoke in front of classmates, his family, and other guests. Guests in- cluded school benefactors Stephen and Areti Cherpelis, National Her- ald publisher/editor Antonis H. Diamataris and Mr. Dino Rallis. 4 FEATURE THE NATIONAL HERALD, JUNE 14, 2008

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Olga’s grandson Vladimir fol- in principle equally universal. Con- for some time after, Byzantium exert- tain. Clearly, despite the victory of Funeral Director stead, the Russians voluntarily, will- lowed her example. Moreover, sequently, even in Christian lands ed a continuous cultural and spiritual Western ideas in Russia’s modern 38-08 Ditmars Blvd., ingly embraced the Byzantines’ Prince Vladimir not only personally where the emperor did not exercise impact on Russia. Moreover, inas- state formation, Byzantine thought Astoria, New York 11105 world and became part of it, trans- received baptism he also made Or- direct imperial authority, it was un- much as the Metropolitan of all Rus- and even worldview had not been (718) 728-8500 forming themselves and their destiny thodoxy Russia’s state religion, thus derstood that such areas, or polities, sia—the head of the Russians’ entirely discarded. 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Indeed, and the emperor in the “Christian in- very model, in fact, characterized the tures, became overarching and indis- cept of Byzantine civilization is as rel- 83-15 Parsons Blvd., first published in 1981 by Cambridge habited earth,” understood as the relationship between Byzantium and pensable to the Russians’ national re- evant today for Constantinople and Jamaica, NY 11432 University Press, Byzantium and the oikoumene. the Christian West before the begin- vival. The Orthodox Church pre- Moscow as it was more than a thou- (718) 858-4434 • (800) 245-4872 Rise of Russia: A Study of Byzantino- Meyendorff’s view that “since the ning of papal pretensions to ecclesi- served the memory of a unified Rus- sand years ago. Russian Relations in the Fourteenth adoption of Christianity as the state astical supremacy in the ninth centu- sia and championed its restoration as CenturyFourteenth Century remains religion of the Kievan principality, the ry. Of course, the papacy’s eventual part of the Christian Commonwealth. Alexandros K. Kyrou is Associate TO PLACE YOUR the definitive work on its subject. influence of Byzantine civilization attempt to usurp the empire would Through the Church—the chief Professor of History at Salem CLASSIFIED AD, CALL: John Meyendorff was one of the upon Russia became the determining end this historic continuity and, ulti- agency for Byzantium’s connection State College in Salem, Massa- (718) 784-5255, EXT. 106, world’s most respected and prolific factor of Russian civilization” (p. 10) mately, shatter Church unity. to, and influence in, Russia—the Rus- chusetts, where he teaches on E-MAIL: authorities on Orthodoxy and Byzan- is methodically presented and sys- The implications of this ideology sians received the message that cul- the Balkans, Byzantium, and the classifieds@ thenationalherald.com tium. From the time of his first publi- tematically substantiated. The were monumental for the Byzantine- turally, politically, and religiously, Ottoman Empire. cation in 1949 to his death in 1992, book’s extensive discussion of this is- he authored more than 30 books and sue is built upon a rigorous and per- some 285 articles. Born in France in ceptive framework, which under- 1926 to a tsarist Russian émigré fam- scores Meyendorff’s mastery of both ily, and descended from Baltic aris- Byzantine and early Russian sources tocracy (among whom he was and historiography. In short, the au- Angelo Tsakopoulos Speaks Out for Real Estate known as Ivan Feofilovich Baron von thor proposes that the very extent of Meyendorff), he was raised near Byzantine influence on Russia should Continued from page 1 money, he said, “I think people Paris and attended French schools. be understood by a consideration of have the same market that we had Meyendorff completed religious the three main, essential elements ply of capital and the mortgage in the late 70s and early 80s. We studies at the St. Sergius Orthodox which, in combination, determined companies and the banks made are going to pay and are paying the Theological Institute in Paris in 1949, the character and life of Byzantine capital available to people that sins of overspending on the war. and received his doctorate from the society: Roman political tradition; should not have that access. They The war has cost our economy tril- Sorbonne in 1958. Ordained a priest the Greek literary heritage; and the loaned money that people who lions of dollars and the country in the Orthodox Church, Father John Orthodox Christian Church and could not afford.” must pay for that and it is going to Meyendorff immigrated to the Unit- faith. Asked they did that, he said, “It pay through inflation. ed States in 1959 in order to take up a Obviously the connections be- is a cycle. It seems we did not learn “The dollar already has lost 50% position as Professor of Church Histo- tween Constantinople and Kiev that from the past. We had similar prob- of its value versus the euro and the ry and Patristics at St. Vladimir’s Or- existed before 988 acquired an en- lems in the 80s and the 90s which pound and because of that real es- thodox Theological Seminary in tirely new significance when Russia shrunk the market. People suffered tate is a stable commodity. It is go- Crestwood, New York. In addition to accepted from Byzantium the and then 10-15 years later they did ing to come up and people will re- his post at St. Vladimir’s Seminary, Greeks’ religion, their ecclesiastical the same thing again. cover their investment with a very from 1967 he held a joint appoint- hierarchy, their literature in transla- “The oversupply of both the over good return.” ment in Byzantine History at Ford- tion, and their art. In this area, housing and capital created an bub- As to how much the increase of ham University. He also enjoyed Meyendorff makes clear the vital ble which has burst and now for the the gas prices are affecting the real longtime affiliation with, and played contrasts between the evangelization next couple of years the market is estate market, Mr. Tsakopoulos a very active role in the intellectual of Western Germanic peoples and the in a downturn” and he added “of said, “They are affecting it the same life of, Harvard University’s Center adoption of Christianity by the Rus- course it is not going to last for way they did in the 70s. It is very for Byzantine Studies at Dumbarton sians and other Slavs. Whereas ever, it is a cycle.” similar, and of course the rising of Oaks. Both professional historian Byzantium accepted pluralism as a As far as to what he foresees the cost of oil it has to do a lot with and theologian, John Meyendorff reality of the oikoumene, thus avoid- about the recovery from this situa- Sophia and Angelo Tsakopoulos, middle, with former U.S. President the devaluation of the dollar versus treated his two fields as interrelated, ing Hellenizing its converts and im- tion, he said, “In our area in Sacra- Bill Clinton and former Vice-President Al Gore. the other currencies. producing a corpus of work that was posing upon them a foreign lan- mento, we have reached the bot- “Hopefully we will get out of as original and distinguished as it guage, the increasingly authoritarian tom and we are going to stay there this horrible war and of policing was immense. and centralizing tendencies of the for about a year. After that, we other countries while imposing our In Byzantium and the Rise of Rus- papacy left no possibility for a corre- would start coming on and on top will on others. We’ve got to work sia, John Meyendorff argues that, sponding development of indigenous of that it would be a three year re- with our allies. Our strength is edu- through their Christian civilization, literary languages or modes of art in covery before we reach the position cation that is what makes America the medieval Greeks played a deci- the West. to have stability in real estate and great. It has a system of govern- sive role in shaping early Russia’s cul- Indeed, while in the West the pa- start going towards the high mar- ment with freedom of thought and ture, formal institutions, and, ulti- pacy eventually insisted upon lin- ket.” keeping the religion out of govern- mately, political life. The book is di- guistic and cultural uniformity and Mr. Tsakopoulos believes that ment. vided essentially into two thematic submission to a rigid Latin model, “this is the perfect time for buying. “We have the best education sys- and chronological parts. The vol- Christians in the Orthodox East were People who need to buy homes tem in world but now we do not ume’s first part, consisting of six free to worship and express them- couldn’t find a better time to buy. pay enough attention into it. We chapters, presents a thorough discus- selves in their own literary languages They buy homes for 25% less.” must spend more recourse to edu- sion of the evolving history of Byzan- and forms of art. In short, Byzantine He also thinks that commercial cate our people in every field possi- tine-Russian interaction, emphasiz- cultural and religious influence, no buildings are good investments. ble and also to educate our adver- ing cultural and institutional ties matter how decisive, was not equiva- “If we could find them,” and he saries in our way of life and our from the eleventh through the thir- lent to domination. To look to just added that “commercial buildings form of government. How beautiful teenth centuries. The volume’s sec- one example, Meyendorff notes that are not available in distress prices would it be for them to see the ond part, comprising its last four as “faithful disciples of the Greeks,” yet. What is in distress for the mo- things we can do as free citizens.” chapters, is dedicated to an analysis the Russians, in their acceptance of ment is land. The national builders As far as the presidential elec- of fourteenth-century Byzantine- Orthodoxy, “took for granted its doc- are selling land at less than 50% of tions are concerned he said, “I can- Russian diplomacy and ecclesiastical trines and canons, but they also what they were selling two or three not imagine the American elec- relations. learned from the Greeks that doc- years ago, because they need to liq- Kyriakos Tsakopoulos, left, and Angelo Tsakopoulos, right, with Ecu- torate not electing a Democrat, es- The geography and economy of trines could be expressed in liturgical uidate, they need liquidity. menical Patriarch Bartholomew I. pecially now that MCain has said the Black Sea region made contacts beauty, in music, in the visual arts, “Now is the time to buy, but of he wants to stay in Iraq for another inevitable between Russians and and in patterns of ascetic behavior. course people should be careful to careful not to buy land which is full Asked if even with these ups and 50 to 100 years. Plus he says he Greeks since the very inception of Those aspects of Christianity they buy land situated in good locations of endangered species or in flood downs in the real estate market, is knows nothing about the econo- “Rus” as a principality in the late loved most and developed very early because location is critical. Be areas.” real estate still a good way to invest my.” THE NATIONAL HERALD, JUNE 14, 2008 COMMUNITY 5 Dean Spanos Steadily at the Helm of the NFL’s San Diego Chargers since 1994

Continued from page 1 could have left a long time ago, and of San Diego for his contributions we didn’t. We’ve been here, and to the Boys & Girls Clubs, as well as business and football operations, we’ve been working hard to keep it to the wider San Diego community. and plays a prominent role in here,” he added. Junior Achievement of San Diego League affairs, serving on the NFL’s Chargers business takes up the also honored him that year for his Business Ventures, International lion’s share of his time, Mr. Spanos community leadership in general, and Legislative Committees. said, so he has to find a balance be- and specifically for his support of Under his leadership, the Charg- tween Football and the Spanos youth education initiatives, by in- ers have reclaimed the mantle as family’s vast real estate operations. ducting him into its hall of fame. one of the NFL’s elite teams. The “My brother pretty much runs Under Mr. Spanos’ guidance, the past three seasons have seen the the real estate end, but depending Chargers were awarded the 2007 Chargers win 35 games, two AFC on the time of year, I still spend Pop Warner “NFL Team of the Year” West titles and 21 consecutive sell- time on the real estate side. We’re a in recognition of their ongoing sup- outs at Qualcomm Stadium. very close family, and I talk to my port of youth football. The Warner Mr. Spanos has also stepped up brother every day,” he said. Award, the national Pop Warner his involvement with the Republi- PLUGGING FOR MCCAIN Football organization’s top honor, can Party, another shoe-filling As for Presidential politics, Mr. was also bestowed upon him for his move which, under the unwavering Spanos said his family is sticking to commitment to youth football and commitment of the family patri- its traditional GOP loyalties, and its Little Scholars education initia- arch, has been among the GOP’s said Senator McCain is the best tive in 2005. top private supporters in the coun- candidate on the field. Mr. Spanos and his wife and try. “My family’s relationship with children are members of Saint Con- He now rubs elbows with the Senator McCain goes back at least stantine & Helen’s Church in likes of California Governor Arnold 25 years (the Spanos family has Cardiff by the Sea. The priest who Schwarzenegger, former New York business interests in 17 states, Ari- recently retired from that parish Governor George Pataki and U.S. zona among them), so we’ve been was also Mr. Spanos’ priest at Saint Senator John McCain of Arizona. In big supporters of him for many Basil’s Church when he was grow- fact, he lent an organizational hand years. We’re Republicans. Dad has ing up in Stockton, and where he for a recent gathering at the Spanos always been a big believer in the was an altar boy. Compound in Stockton this past Republican Party. But looking at Just this year, the local Salvation May 22, a fundraiser for Senator John McCain – without getting into Army named Mr. Spanos and his McCain’s Presidential campaign. too many specifics – I believe he has wife as their “Most Valuable Philan- More than 500 people attended the the experience, judgment and char- thropists.” The couple also received event, which raised an undisclosed Dean Spanos (left), President & CEO of the NFL’s San Diego Chargers, shares a good laugh with his father, acter to become the next President the 2003 Harold Leventhal Com- amount of money (conservative es- California real estate magnate Alex Spanos. The Spanos family owns the franchise. of the United States. He’s the best munity Service Award, the top timates indicate at least $900,000 candidate, by far, and we’re sup- award of the Huntington’s Disease was raised that evening). the game, my dad is a great vision- ments, having provided more than went on for almost six years. We porting him 100 percent,” he said. Society of America, for their gen- “I’m a supporter of Senator Mc- ary. He told us, ‘You’re not going to $600,000 in grants and direct assis- wanted to finance the deal private- Asked for his sense of Senator erosity. Cain and the Republican Party. Dad believe what’s going to happen in tance in just the last few years. ly. We needed 60 acres of the exist- McCain’s understanding of Hel- Mr. Spanos met his wife, who is used to do this, and now I’m doing the next 25 years.’ Well, we’ve been But after a big letdown with the ing parking lot. The entire site is lenic issues, Mr. Spanos said he of Czech heritage, during his senior it for him. It’s a very important part with the team for 25 years, and you city of San Diego, the Chargers are 155 acres, including the existing hopes to discuss those issues with year while he was on a ski trip in of our family tradition and beliefs. can see what’s happened since hoping for a new home in San stadium, which basically occupies the Senator directly. Lake Tahoe. She is active with It’s something we want to do, and then. Football is the number-1 Diego County, and the organization only 12 acres in a blighted area. We “I haven’t had any direct discus- many of San Diego’s charitable or- continue to do, for the Party,” Mr. sport in America, and it’s even be- is currently negotiating with the were going to draw from the pro- sions with him on that yet. I person- ganizations, and was honored as a Spanos told the National Herald. coming global,” he said. city of Chula Vista (south of San ceeds; pay for the new stadium; ally have been proactive in explain- “Woman of Dedication” by the Sal- He also discussed his experi- Asked who his favorite football Diego close to the border) about give the stadium back to the city; ing Hellenic issues to him, but I in- vation Army, one of San Diego’s ences, efforts and aspirations, and player was growing up, Mr. Spanos building a new stadium. and sign a long-term lease with the tend to. The Archbishop has been most prestigious civic awards, in offered a unique inside look at how said Joe Namath, the great New Qualcomm Stadium was up- city, so we could be here for the calling me about that (chuckling), 2001. She was also named “Woman he has coped with life in his father’s York Jets quarterback who guaran- graded to 71,000 seats to host Su- next 30 years,” Mr. Spanos said. so I’ll be there,” he said, adding that of the Year” by the San Diego shadow, even as he gradually teed, and achieved, a Jets victory in per Bowl XXXII in 1998, Mr. Spanos It’s not just the new stadium, he Rev. Alexander Karloutsos and Leukemia Society for her philan- emerged as his own man. Super Bowl III against the Balti- explained, and teams need to in- said, but all the multi-faceted de- Archbishop Demetrios of America thropic work in the community. “My brother and I have taken on more Colts. Asked who he thought crease seating capacity in order to velopment, which would come are his main advisors on Hellenic They got married on May 21st, the family business. Dad has scaled is the greatest player in Chargers generate more revenue and remain along with it. issues. the feast day of Saint Constantine back. I still talk to him every day, “All that would have created all Mr. Spanos also said his contact the Great (and Mr. Spanos’ name- but he’s retired now, and he’s en- sorts of benefits for the city. We’re with Greek Government officials day), and just celebrated their 31st joying his life, as he should be. He talking about millions of dollars in has “mostly been through Father wedding anniversary last month. deserves it. He’s a real early riser. tax increments versus 60 acres of Alex and the Archbishop,” but he Their son A.G. is a graduate of the He still goes to the office in the parking lot that generates nothing. welcomes more interaction with USC business school, and is the morning; works out; makes his It would have been a heck of a deal, them, and hopes the Greek Govern- Chargers’ director of marketing rounds; leaves around 11 or 12 o’- at no cost to the taxpayers. There ment reaches out to him and offers programs and business develop- clock; sees his friends and plays would have been a huge increase in its input on how to advise Senator ment. And their son John is a grad- cards. Then he goes home, reads property tax revenue from all the McCain on Hellenic concerns. uate of Wake Forest, and is the the paper and watches the news. ancillary development. It was a “I would be very happy to talk to team’s assistant director of college He has his routine, and he’s real win-win situation, and there was a the Greek Government about that. scouting. comfortable with it. He doesn’t huge upside for the city. Unfortu- It’s not a problem for me,” he said. Mr. Spanos said he likes to go to travel like used to. He still comes nately, there was a lot of negativism Mr. Spanos’ paternal grandpar- Greece, and wishes he could go down to San Diego for the games, and opposition generated by no- ents are from Calamata. His mater- more often, but hasn’t been able to but he’s not on the road as much as growthers and some people who nal grandparents are from the is- go for the last 3-4 years. “My kids he once was,” Mr. Spanos said. were in political power at the time. land of Symi in the Dodecanese. love to go. They really like to go to DIFFICULT AND FUN They just didn’t want to do it, so His father was born in Stockton and the Greek Islands. I hope my sched- “Being in his shadow was both they killed the deal. We were very met his mother, Faye, in Tampa at a ule loosens up, so I can start going difficult and fun. I give my dad a lot close. We had formed partnerships Greek function during the Second again.” of credit. From a business perspec- with some major national develop- World War. Asked to reflect on any experi- tive, he gave me a lot of latitude to ers. It would’ve been a $2 billion Mr. Spanos is the oldest of four. ences as a Greek American which do what I thought was right, but he development,” he added. In addition to his brother Michael, made a defining impact on his life, was always there in case I needed FINAL OPTION FOR he has two sisters, Dia and Alexis. Mr. Spanos said there was no single him. And he’s been that way with THE NEW STADIUM With the exception of Mr. Spanos event, but that taken as a whole, his all of us. He never really second- Chula Vista is now the Chargers and his wife Susie and their two heritage has been an over-arching guessed anything that I did, and his last hope of keeping the franchise sons, Alex (A.G.) and John, who theme in his life. basic belief was, ‘Look, you’re going in the San Diego area, Mr. Spanos moved to San Diego in 1985, the “I’m just very proud to be Greek. to make mistakes. Just learn from told the Herald. If the Chula Vista entire Spanos clan lives in Stock- I can’t pick out any one specific those mistakes, and don’t make negotiations fall apart, the Charg- ton. thing, but it’s definitely something them again.’ And that’s part of ers might have to consider relocat- Mr. Spanos is a 1972 graduate of that stays in progress as you grow growing in business. You’ve got to ing out of county. But the deal the University of the Pacific, where and get older. The thing that really learn on your own; otherwise, seems to be moving ahead. he earned a degree in business ad- sticks out in my mind is how impor- you’ll never be able to run the com- “We’ve now narrowed it down ministration and played on its golf- tant our heritage has been to my fa- pany. So it was great to have him in to a bay-front site in Chula Vista, ing team. ther. Dad spent a lot of time back in the background, but he allowed me and we’re coming very close to de- An avid golfer since his college Greece over the years, and he’s to make my own mistakes. In the ciding whether we’ll be able to go days, he has been on the winning done so much for the village where process, I also made some good de- Dean Spanos, left, with U.S. Senator John McCain of Arizona during a forward, which we think will be team in five Pro-Am tournaments, his family is originally from. He’s so cisions,” he said. recent fundraiser at the Spanos compound in Stockton, California. within the next several months. including back-to-back wins in proud of his heritage. He has so “I started with my father back in The mayor and the council have 1990 at the Bob Hope Chrysler much love and passion for it, and 1972. In the beginning, I used to history, he said it was a “very tough competitive. been very proactive and coopera- Classic and the AT&T National Pro- he instilled that in all of us. I don’t call dad 2-3 times a day, and he call,” but cited quarterback Dan “You’ve got your high-revenue tive,” he said. Am at Pebble Beach with his part- know if that qualifies as a defining would say, ‘Look, just make the de- Fouts (retired), wide receiver clubs and your low-revenue clubs, “We are down to our final op- ner Hubert Green. moment, but it has certainly been a cision, and call me tomorrow to tell Lance Alworth (retired) and all-pro but the whole point is to generate tion. The question is, can we fi- Last year, President Bush ap- very important part of my life. I’m me what happened. If you made running back LaDainian Tomlinson more local revenue to compete nance it privately, and that’s what pointed Mr. Spanos to the John F. very proud to be a Greek, and our the right decision, great. If you did- (active). with the other 31 teams in the we’re working on right now. We’re Kennedy Center for the Performing whole family feels that way. It’s a n’t, you’ll learn from it, and we’ll The Spanos family is recognized League, and the only way to do that trying to see if there’s a way to do Arts board of trustees last year. great legacy. I was an altar boy, and take it from there.’ And over the en- as one of pro football’s most philan- is to upgrade stadiums and use as some ancillary development to Mr. Spanos is also a 2002 recipi- so were both my sons. I want to car- suing 10-15 years, as I got older thropic families, and is one of much new technology as possible. generate enough money to help ent of the Ellis Island Medal of Hon- ry on the traditions my parents and gained more experience, he al- Southern California’s greatest con- Most of that money is spent on pay for it. If that doesn’t work out, or, 16 years after his father was gave me, and pass those onto my lowed me to shoulder more respon- tributors. Mr. Spanos’ consistent players, coaches and staff, and you we haven’t looked any place else similarly honored. He was also in- kids,” he said. sibility,” he added. and generous support for youth need money to attract the best tal- outside the county. That’s always ducted into the DeMolay Interna- He also said the one thing he Asked how and why the Spanos sports and education is proof in the ent,” he said. an option, but anything is possible. tional Alumni Hall of Fame that hopes to accomplish, as a gift to his family decided to get into the busi- pudding. The new Chargers stadium We’ll have to sit back and take a year (DeMolay International is an parents, is help the Chargers win a ness of professional football, Mr. “Youth, education and sports would also have the seating capaci- look at all the options that are organization dedicated to prepar- super bowl: “It’s easier said than Spanos, who played football in have been close to our hearts for ty to host a Super Bowl (no less available to us then. That’s not our ing young men to lead successful done, but if there’s one thing I high school, said it was primarily many years. We have a big program than 70,000), he noted, and Super intention, however. Right now, and productive lives). could do for my mom and dad, his father’s love and passion for the here called ‘Chargers Champions,’ Bowl XXXVII, which was also we’re doing everything we can to In 2006, he was the honored re- that’s what I’d like to do.” game which motivated him to pur- for example. We get hundreds and played at Qualcomm in 2003, gen- stay here. Our family wants the cipient of the Golden Achievement His own man, and a good son to chase a majority interest in the hundreds of applicants each year, erated upwards of $300 million in Chargers to stay in San Diego. We Award from the Boys & Girls Clubs the end. Chargers back in 1984. and we narrow it down to 16 kids revenue for the city. “That was my dad 100 percent. who are juniors in high school, and The Spanos family wanted to He had a passion for football for as give them scholarships for college. utilize Qualcomm’s huge parking long as I can remember. He grew We also give them laptop comput- lot to build a new stadium; give the up during the Depression, when a ers. It’s been a very successful pro- stadium back to San Diego; and lot of kids didn’t have the opportu- gram, and it helps kids go to college then pay rent for the next 30 years. nity to play sports. But ever since who otherwise couldn’t go,” he In the process, the proposed devel- Tutoring: Internet/Telephone the 1970’s, he tried to buy an NFL said. opment aimed to create substantial franchise. He tried to buy the San “Chargers Champions” also retail, commercial and residential Francisco 49ers. He tried to buy the grants up to $75,000 annually for space (the master plan made provi- Tampa Bay Buccaneers when they physical fitness improvements at sions 6,000 condominium units). Special Features: were still an expansion team. And local schools, and Mr. Spanos is al- But the city nixed the deal. he ended up with a limited partner- so a strong supporter of San Diego’s “We proposed a development ship interest in the Chargers, which Police, Fire and Sheriff’s Depart- project at the Qualcomm site. This 1) Phonetic method ultimately gave him a chance to buy the team a few years later,” Mr. 2) Personalized lesson-plans Spanos said. “It was totally his decision. 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Continued from page 1 Chinese asks, “What do you mean flower on the coffin at the service’s Karavedas, by opinion?” Finally, the Greek asks, end. No one seemed like they want- contrary, he said he had read my ar- “What do you mean by excuse me?” ed to leave the cemetery. Once ticles. Especially those on rebetika. Charlie will be remembered as a again they gathered in small clus- Flew 108 Air With a touch of pride Peter told me thinker, a teacher, a husband, a fa- ters talking, offering handkerchiefs he has a collection of 78rpm ther, a grandfather, a friend and a to each other, and yes once again, Combat in records and a player. I was more person who like to laugh. He will be laughing over some story or memo- than a little surprised when he said missed.” ry shared about Charlie. I overheard he and his father had spoken about The funeral services were at St. Harry Moskos, Charlie’s brother World War II me. Charlie had for years advised Andrew’s Greek Orthodox Church speaking to several people about me to gather some collection of my (5649 N. Sheridan Rd., Chicago) on family history. articles together into a book. Ap- Friday slightly after 10 AM. Bishop Charles Moskos was put to rest By Jim Karolides parently this had somehow come Demetrios, Fathers John Koutulos at lot 119 Section 7 Grave 1. Or as I Salem News up between them. and John Calamos with one deacon told my mother Charlie is right next In my last lengthy conversation and a chanter conducted the liturgi- to his parent’s who are next to my I knew Spiros Karavedas as a with Charlie he spoke of his plans cal services. A mixed Greek and father’s first cousin Gus Frangos friend and mentor. We renewed our concerning the third edition of his English language service (with Eng- and his wife Margaret. Section 7 is families' relationship in the early book ‘Greek Americans: Struggle lish predominating) was observed the very southern edge of the ceme- 1960s while I was working as a and Success.’ Charlie outlined some by some 150 to 200 people. Every tery adjacent to the Chicago Mil- Danvers police officer. of his thoughts for updating the ba- race and religion seemed present. I waukee St. Paul Railroad tracks. In The amazing thing about sic data, conducting new interviews was once again surprised by how the past long before cars were a "Spike" as I got to know him was his and bringing his son Peter, who is many babies, young children and common commodity trains brought innate ability to calm situations also a sociologist, as a co-author in- teenagers were present. I was the coffins to Elmwood. when they reached the boiling to the new and much-expanded vol- equally surprised given Dr. Moskos’ I did not attend the memorial point. I believe I know now how he ume. With an Onassis Foundation background that no military per- luncheon at Rosewood Restaurant achieved that temperament. grant, in hand, to aid the overall sonnel were present—at least in in Rosemont Illinois. Once or twice In the early 1940s when the U.S. project Charlie spoke of all the re- uniform. In speaking with a Greek a year I would have lunch or dinner was attacked by the imperial gov- search possibilities within reach. I friend at the back of the church, be- with Charlie. Sometimes Ilca was ernment of Japan, Spike joined the asked Peter what the status of the fore the services started, he noted present or a small group of others. Army Air Corps. He flew 108 com- third edition was now. Peter said he that it seemed to him predominate- As I left Elmwood, I though of those bat missions, providing air support was immediately taken up with the ly ‘a PhD crowd.’ other times. for the soldiers who were on the flurry of paper and other proce- In Bishop Demetrios’ opening re- Peter Pappas has written about ground fighting an entrenched ene- dures involved in securing his marks, before his eulogy, he imme- the social success and cultural fail- my. He strafed and bombed land tenure at John Jay College of Crimi- diately noted that the Metropolitan ure of Greeks in America. Pappas ar- targets, ships, enemy ground posi- nal Justice. But once that was done could not be present because of his Hundreds of mourners attended the wake and funeral of sociologist gues that as the Greeks have ad- tions, railway stations and moving he would tackle the revisions and own health. The Bishop next recog- Charles C. Moskos on Thursday, June 5, 2008 in Chicago. vanced socially and economically trains carrying supplies to be used work of the new edition. nized the attendance of Consul they have in equal measure lost against our soldiers. As I left the wake I read, for the General Petrovas of Greece. I was testimony of how many had trav- chapel has long stood within the their distinctly Greek culture. An These soldiers were island-hop- first time, the back of the prayer especially taken by the Bishop’s ex- eled far to pay their respects. As the Elmwood grounds. Greek head- unemotional view can not deny his ping through the Philippine Is- card. Rather than a prayer or Bibli- panded remarks on a quotation long line of cars moved through stones are seen everywhere. thesis. But I could not help thinking lands, and he flew at the enemy, cal passage on the back of the from the services, ‘What pleasures mid-day Chicago traffic I was Father John Calamos conducted of Charles Moskos’ final proposals dodging their intense firepower. He prayer card the following is found: in life are not mixed with grief?’ moved by how many Chicagoans the services. The immediate family to Greek America. He believed that lost several of his wingmen during “An American, a Russian, a Chi- The distances involved from the took off their hats or placed their gathered around the coffin. Ilca Greek culture could be saved and these missions but never forgot nese, and a Greek are standing on church to the cemetery are consid- hands over their hearts as we Moskos made a point of bringing not only revived in America but ex- them. the corner. A survey taker ap- erable. As I waited for the proces- passed. her oldest grandson up in front of panded. But that it required hard When Spike returned to the proaches the group and says, “Ex- sion to begin the sound of Outer The Elmwood Cemetery in River her. As Father Calamos chanted, Il- work and focused action. North Shore area, he became a cuse me. I would like to ask your Drive expressway that loops around Grove Illinois unquestionably has ca bent over more than once to Unquestionably Charles Moskos member of the Massachusetts Na- opinion about the meat shortage.” the church grounds to the east were the highest concentration of Greeks speak into the boy’s ear. Vicki did more than most in maintaining tional Guard and flew F-86 jet The four looked confused. The deafening. The wind blew off the in the entire greater Chicago region. Moskos, Charlie’s’ sister-in-law held what he could of his Hellenic her- fighters until he resigned his com- American asks, “What do you mean lake in constant gusts and rain I have tried unsuccessfully for years her nephew Andrew. Ilca placed her itage not only in his private life but mission as captain. He even wrote a by shortage?” The Russian asks, seemed just minutes away. Many to learn more about the Greek pres- arms around each of her son’s in his professional endeavors. The column about flying for The Salem “What do you mean by meat?” The people had suitcases with them. A ence at this cemetery. A Greek shoulders. Those gathered, laid a future of Hellenism is left to us. News. In the 1940s, there was a mys- tery pilot who would fly his P-47 plane over Walnut Street in Peabody. It was alleged that Spike DEATHS was the mystery pilot and waggled his wings so his mother knew it was ■ EVGENIKOS, HELEN lotte, NC; grandchildren, Eve and dear brother of John (Kathryn), don Cathedral Family Center (102 the Florence Boys’ Club, member of him. LODI, Calif. – The Record reported Pete Liapis of Paris France, Spiro T. George (Anne) and Stephan Souris; Russell Street, Worcester, MA Elks and American Legion, and With his history of flying in com- that Helen Evgenikos, 86, passed Kyritsis of Atlanta, GA, Angelike and the late Peter (late Amelia) Souris, 01609); St. Mark's Church (2100 served on the board of directors of bat facing the terrible odds of ene- away on June 5, 2008. Born on De- Marwan Mina of Arlington, VA, late Minas (late Frances) Souris and Northwest 51st, Boca Raton, FL Hospice. He has been a member of my ground fire, Spike came to the cember 23, 1921, in Kokari, Samos, Katherine and Spiro Latsis of New the late Viola (late Tasso) Karides; 33431), or Hospice by the Sea the Greek Orthodox Church since realization that life and the rela- Greece to Dimitri and Caliopi Yer- Orleans, LA and Paula Andrinopou- dear uncle of Myron (Denise), (1531 West Palmetto Park Road, Bo- 1954, where he served as past pres- tionships that are developed are alis. She was the loving wife of los of Raleigh, NC; great-grandchil- Marana, Joseph (Nancy), Michael ca Raton, FL 33486). ident of the Greek Orthodox Parish what really matter and the rest may renowned recording artist Athana- dren, Stamati Liapis of Paris, France (Mary Ann), Thom (Ruth), Mark Council. Yahnis was a strong sup- not be so important. sios Evgenikos. She was a devout and Maximos Mina of Arlington, (Sepideh), Paul and Maryann ■ YAHNIS, CHRISTOPHER porter of Francis Marion University I feel that he faced death so Christian who devoted her life to VA. Also surviving are cousins, Dina Souris, Carol (John) Cottom, Di- FLORENCE, S.C. — The State re- and recognized its role in the eco- many times that he realized that her faith and family. An accom- Russis of Chicago, IL and Dr. Ted Po- anne (Paul) Frazier, Mary Kathryn ported that Christopher James Yah- nomic development of the Pee Dee. living life was really all that mat- plished homemaker, cooking for los of Santa Monica, CA; nephews, Davis, William (Pamela) Karides nis, 81, died on Wednesday, June 4, Because of his support and generos- tered. others was her passion, as well as John Polos of Palm Springs, CA and and Renee (Mark) Vleisides; dear 2008, at his residence. Surviving, in ity, the Yahnis Family Hospitality He grew up in Peabody, went off sharing her culinary skills. Mrs. Vasilli Russis of Chicago, IL; niece, great-uncle and friend of many, in- addition to his wife, are: sons, By- Suite is a part of the Alumni House. to war, returned home and started Evgenikos was a member of the Martha O'Connell of Chicago, IL cluding McKinley High Class of '42. ron (Gay) C. Yahnis of Florence, He received an honorary degree a business called "Spartan Realty" Daughters of Penelope, Silver and many nieces and nephews in He played center on the football Jimmy (Patti) Yahnis of Murrells In- from Francis Marion University and that was located in Peabody and Tigers, Lodi Helenic Society, and St. Athens, Greece. The funeral was team. He was a retiree of the Day- let, and Peter Yahnis of Myrtle was also a recipient of the State’s Danvers. Basil Philoptochos Society. Most of held on June 3 at Holy Trinity Greek ton-Hudson Company and the U.S. Beach; grandchildren, Christopher, highest civilian honor, the Order of Over the years, he was very ac- all, she was a devoted member of Orthodox Cathedral in Charlotte. Navy Air Corps, serving as an air- Charles and Nicole Yahnis. He was the Palmetto. Mr. Yahnis was first tive in the community. He married St. Basil Greek Orthodox Church. Memorial donations to the Holy craft mechanic. His main passions born March 1, 1927, in Brookline, and foremost a family man. He his sweetheart, Carol, and they had Helen was a beloved mother, grand- Trinity Greek Orthodox Cathedral were ballroom dancing, his sailboat MA, to the late James Christopher loved his wife and his three sons two daughters who graduated from mother, great grandmother, moth- Ministry Fund (600 East Blvd., on Mississippi River and his vintage and Helen Yahnis. Mr. Yahnis was with all his heart and he took great Danvers High School. He has one er-in-law, aunt, neighbor, friend, Charlotte, NC 28203) or Hospice World War II surplus monoplane at one of the Pee Dee’s most successful pride and joy in his three grandchil- surviving sister and numerous and Symbethera. She leaves behind and Palliative Care Charlotte, Re- Anoka County, MN., Airport. He businessmen, having founded sev- dren. He was devoted to his wide grandchildren. a legacy of love, grace, dignity, and gion, (1420 E. 7th St., Charlotte, never owned an automobile but al- eral companies and been an active and diverse circle of friends, and Spike was a member of the philanthropy. Mrs. Evgenikos is sur- NC 28204). ways managed to get around. As a real estate investor and a mentor to they were likewise devoted to him. Greatest Generation. He was vived by her daughters: Angie, and pilot, he sometimes followed the many small business entrepreneurs. He lived his life guided by principles awarded three bronze stars, six husband Dr. Kenneth Frangadakis ■ RIGAS, HRISOSTOMOS Mississippi and railroad tracks to St. After receiving his B.S. degree from of faith, family, and a heartfelt de- oak-leaf clusters, the Army Air of Saratoga, CA, and Patti, and hus- CHARLOTTE, N.C. – The Charlotte Louis to visit family and McKinley the University of Massachusetts in sire to help others, particularly Corps medal and other service rib- band Michael Frangadakis of Mora- Observer reported that Hrisostomos friends. Funeral arrangements were 1950, where he lettered in track, those less fortunate than himself. bons for the theaters of war he da; grandchildren: George Fran- Rigas, 55, of Matthews, died on by The Cremation Society of Min- Yahnis entered the United States Chris loved the beer business, horse fought in. He was attached to the gadakis, Naki (Eleni) and husband June 2, 2008 at Presbyterian nesota. A memorial service for Jim Army where he served as a special racing and the Boston Red Sox. He 310th Fighter Squadron of the 5th Michael Bauer, and Steve Fran- Matthews. Born on July 28, 1952 in will be held at St. Nicholas Greek agent in counter intelligence, sta- brought great enthusiasm to every- Army Air Corps. gadakis; great grandchildren: Zoe Leros, Greece, Mr. Rigas was the Orthodox Church on Sunday, June tioned at Fort Jackson in Columbia thing he did, and his enthusiasm Spiros Karavedas passed into and Dylan Bauer; siblings: Maria proud son of Maria Mandikou and 22, 2008, following the Divine from 1951 to 1953. After his mili- was contagious. He will be remem- eternity on March 25 after a short Bestolarides, Kiki and husband Nick the late Mina Rigas. Mr. Rigas Liturgy. Memorial donations to St. tary service, Yahnis was director of bered for loving life, people, and illness. Aftias, and Argiro and husband Ste- moved to Baltimore in 1969 from Nicholas Family Life Center (4967 security education at the E.I. the state of South Carolina. The fu- He will be sorely missed by his fano Simeonidou; sister-in-law: Fo- Greece and in 1970 he met the love Forest Park Ave.), St. Louis, MO, DuPont Savannah River Plant for neral was on June 9 at the Greek family and by me. I could not let to- tini Geralis; and numerous loving of his life, Antonia Karizos and they 63108 or a charity of choice. three years. He then became region- Orthodox Church of the Transfigu- day go by without telling someone cousins, nieces, and nephews. She married in New Jersey in 1972. Mr. al sales manager of National Brew- ration of Our Savior. Burial was at this story of a remarkable man who was preceded in death by her hus- Rigas moved his family to North ■ THOMARIS, LEONARD ing Company and later executive Mount Hope Cemetery. Memorial loved his wife, his children, his sib- band, Athanasios Evgenikos and Carolina in 1980 where he owned WORCESTER, Mass. – The Worces- vice president/general sales man- donations to McLeod Hospice (PO lings, his grandchildren and me. I siblings: Dina, Michael, Steve, and and operated his own tailoring busi- ter Telegram & Gazette reported ager of Shafer Distributing Compa- Box 100501, Florence, SC 29502) know that his family will put in an Anathasios. The family would like ness, Tommy's Tailoring. Mr. Rigas that Leonard Thomaris, 87, of Boca ny. In 1966, Yahnis and the late Dr. or to the Greek Orthodox Church appropriate obituary, but that does- to extend their deepest gratitude to business flourished because of his Raton, FL and formerly of Potsdam, Ira Barth founded Y&B Distributing. (2990 S. Cashua Drive, Florence, n't really tell the whole story of the the caring and compassionate staff kindness, love and devotion to serv- NY, passed away on Thursday, June Dr. Barth’s interest was subsequent- SC 29501). man I knew. of Hospice House of San Joaquin, ing families and the families he 5, 2008 at the Heartland Rehab Cen- ly purchased and the company be- for their loving support through this served truly loved Mr. Rigas in re- ter in Boca Raton, FL. Mr. Thomaris came Chris J. Yahnis Corporation. difficult time. The funeral was held turn. He had reputation for being an is survived by his wife of 62 years, Yahnis also purchased Stevens Cor- on June 10 at St. Basil Church in Lo- excellent tailor, one who put person- Mary Thomaris, of Boca Raton, FL; poration of Myrtle Beach in 1986, di. Memorial donations to the St. al attention into every detail. Boat- one son, William L. Thomaris of which became Chris J. Yahnis Basil Greek Orthodox Church ing, fishing, and the love of music Palm Harbor, FL; one daughter, Mrs. Coastal Corporation. Yahnis pur- Kitchen Remodel Project (920 W. were truly three of Mr. Rigas' fa- Celeste and Demitri Moschos of chased Shafer Distributing in Au- March Lane, Stockton, CA 95207). vorite pastimes, but his most trea- Worcester, MA; two grandchildren, gust of 2006. In December of 1994, sured times were those spent with Mrs. Kristin and Jerry Swon of New Yahnis turned operations of the ■ companies over to his sons, Byron subscribe POULAKOS, NIKE his immediate family and his ex- York, NY; and Thomas W. Moschos PRINTED EDITION OF THE NATIONAL HERALD CHARLOTTE, N.C. – The Charlotte tended church family at Holy Trinity. of Boston, MA. Mr. Leonard and Jimmy, but continued to serve via the post-office: Observer reported that Nike Survivors include Mr. Rigas' best Thomaris was born on October 11, as an officer until his death. The ❏1 Month for $9.95 ❏3 Months for $19.95 Poulakos, 95, passed away on Sat- friend and wife, Antonia; his loving 1920 in Potsdam, NY to William business now employs over 250 ❏6 Months for $29.95 ❏One Year fo $59.85 urday, May 31, 2008 at her resi- mother, Maria Mandikou; his grand- Thomaris and Urania Dokianos. He people. Mr. Yahnis was a past presi- dence surrounded by her family. mother, Fani Andrikou; his daugh- was a graduate of Potsdam High dent of the South Carolina Beer As- VIA HOME DELIVERY (NY, NJ & CT): ❏1 Month for $12.95 ❏3 Months for $29.95 She was born in Sparta, Greece Oc- ter, Filicia and husband Erjon Laci; School and of Clarkson College of sociation. Mr. Yahnis founded ❏ ❏ tober 26, 1912 daughter of the late son, Andrew John Rigas and wife Technology in 1943 with a Business Home Health, Inc. in 1992 to serve 6 Months for $43.99 One Year for $80.00 Constantine and Katherine Geor- Heidi; and son, Artemius Rigas. Mr. Administration degree. 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A lifelong member held in Baltimore, Maryland on erator of the Thomaris Insurance Health Board, division chairman of CITY:...... STATE: ...... ZIP:...... of Holy Trinity Greek Orthodox Thursday, June 5 at St. Nicholas Agency until 1983 when he sold it. Florence County United Way, chair- TEL.: ...... E-MAIL:...... CELL...... Cathedral, she had also been a Greek Orthodox Cathedral. Burial Prior to his retirement, he was a man of the United Negro College PLEASE SEND A GIFT SUBSCRIPTION TO: member of the Daughters of Pene- was at Oak Lawn Cemetery in Balti- business leader in Potsdam and a Fund Telethon, board member of NAME: ...... lope and the Agia Elpis Philopto- more. Memorial donations to Holy supporter of the Clarkson Hockey chos Society. In addition to her par- Trinity Ministry Fund (600 East Program. Mr. Thomaris and his wife ADDRESS: ...... CITY:...... STATE: ...... ZIP:...... ents and husband, Mrs. Poulakos Boulevard) Charlotte, N.C. moved to Florida in 1985 and re- This is a service was preceded in death by her broth- turned from time to time for sum- to the community. TEL.: ...... E-MAIL:...... CELL...... er, Mimi Koukoutsis; sisters, Evge- ■ SOURIS, JAMES mers. Mr. Thomaris was a member Announcements of deaths Please specify method of payment nia Politopoulos and Angeleke MINNEAPOLIS, Minn. – The St. of the Potsdam County Club, the may be telephoned to the I enclose a check/money order for $ ...... made payable to: Kostakes and her husband, George; Louis Post-Dispatch reported that BPOE Elks Lodge in Potsdam, the Li- The National Herald, Inc., 37-10 30th Street, Long Island City, NY 11101 - 2614 Classified Department of ❏ ❏ ❏ brother-in-law, George Poulakos; James A. 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ATHENS (ANA) – French President Nicolas Sarkozy on Friday, June 6, referred to a "new Greece-France alliance" in a head-of-state address to the Greek Parliament, as well as to a series of issues of heightened importance for Greek leadership.?? A beaming Sarkozy, among oth- ers, first referred to his Thessaloni- ki-born maternal grandfather, telling a packed Parliament cham- ber that his late grandfather would have been very proud today to see his grandson return to Greece as a president of France.?? In hinting at the main corner- stones of the soon-to-begin French EU presidency, the high-profile French leader cited the problem of illegal immigration in the Union, as well as Paris' proposal for the estab- lishment of a Mediterranean Union.?? Additionally, he reiterated his views on Europe-Turkey relations, repeating that France favors a "spe- cial relationship" with Ankara that EUROKINISSI is short of full EU accession.?? Frightened residents take to the streets the day after a powerful earthquake, measuring 6.5 on the Richter Ahead of his visit to Beirut, Scale, shook southwestern Greece in the same areas which were scorched by last summer’s wildfires. Sarkozy expressed his govern- ment's full support for Lebanon's stability, while again calling for a viable two-state solution in the AP/GERARD CERLES Mideast.?? Greek Prime Minister Costas Karamanlis, left, greets French President Severe Earthquake Rattles Peloponnese Turning to a sensitive issue for Nicolas Sarkozy at the parliament on Friday, June 6, 2008 in Athens. Greece, the president of France By Evan C. Lambrou General Staff said. tance.” said the wall separating Nicosia Greece and won't change its posi- Minister Dora Bakoyannis at the Special to The National Herald “WE ARE DESTROYED” Interior Minister Prokopis "must fall", in reference to a fair tion.?? Eleftherios Venizelos International Village residents in southern Pavlopoulos and Health Minister and viable solution for Cyprus.?? The French leader arrived in Airport of Athens, laid a wreath at NEW YORK – First the wildfires at Greece sifted through the rubble of Demetris Avramopoulos toured the Sarkozy also didn't mince his Athens for talks with the state and the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier the end of last summer. Now this. homes and businesses for belong- quake-stricken region Monday words in supporting Athens' posi- political leadership of Greece, in- shortly after his arrival, before deliv- An unusually strong earthquake ings the next day. “We are de- morning. The emergency meeting tion on the nagging "name dispute" cluding President of the Republic ering an address in Parliament.?? rocked much of southwestern stroyed,” said a resident of the vil- was held at the Government’s with the landlocked Former Yu- Karolos Papoulias and Prime Minis- President Sarkozy and the Greece last Sunday afternoon, June lage of Valmi, one of the hardest headquarters in Maximos Mansion goslav Republic of Macedonia (FY- ter Costas Karamanlis. ?? French delegation departed from 8, with Greek seismologists pin- hit, who did not wish to be identi- on Monday afternoon. ROM), saying France supports ally Sarkozy was greeted by Foreign Athens early June 7 for Beirut. pointing an intensity of 6.5 on the fied. “The earthquake was so strong After the meeting, Public Works Richter scale, making it possibly that even graves opened up.” Minister George Souflias expressed the strongest recorded temblor in Hundreds of people had spent the Government’s solidarity for modern Greek history. the night in tents, in cars or sleep- earthquake victims, and confirmed The Athens Geodynamic Insti- ing bags in town squares, too that Mr. Karamanlis ordered that tute said it was the strongest earth- scared to return to their homes, as relief measures applied to wildfire Greece Falls to Sweden 2-0 in Euro Match quake to hit the area since 1802. aftershocks continued through the victims last summer should also be The U.S. Geological Survey gave a night. applied to the earthquake victims. Continued from page 1 preliminary magnitude of 6.1 for Three hundred tents were sent With dozens of houses de- the quake, but magnitudes often to the region for those who were stroyed or severely damaged, the three years and Petter Hansson hit vary in the first hours or days after left homeless, but many tents went Government said it would give the second to give the Swedes the an earthquake. unused, as people took refuge with 3,000 euros ($4,680) in direct aid maximum three points. In their At least two people were killed, family and friends whose houses to anyone who had lost their prima- next match, they'll face Group D fa- with one 55-year-old man crushed had not been damaged. Authorities ry home in the quake. The Govern- vorite Spain, which routed Russia under the weight of a collapsed moved some of the homeless to va- ment also said it would pay for the 4-1 in Innsbruck. roof in the village of Kato Achayia cant hotels. reconstruction of destroyed homes, "The players did an excellent in the province of Achaia. Authorities also evacuated three and pledged up to 13,000 euros job," Sweden coach Lars Lagerback The earthquake, which struck villages. Residents were being kept ($20,000) in state aid to those said. "I think we deserved to win 54 kilometers (33 miles) south of away from the three villages for whose homes suffered severe dam- 100 percent." the western port city of Patras, was fear of rock falls or landslides trig- age. Ibrahimovic, set up by strike recorded at 3:25 PM, killing at least gered by the dozens of small after- According to Mr. Souflias, partner Henrik Larsson, scored in two people; injuring hundreds; shocks rattling the area. homes which collapsed or need to the 67th minute with a powerful flattening scores of homes; and In the small mountain village of be demolished should be rebuilt shot from the edge of the penalty damaging hundreds of buildings. Santomeri, farmer Nikes Dimopou- with state funds. He also said that box. Greece goalkeeper Antonis By late the next evening, 240 los’ house was demolished by a 4- his ministry had 60 engineering Nikopolidis threw himself to the people had sought medical treat- meter (13-foot) boulder which crews inspecting homes and other right and got a finger on the ball ment for injuries sustained during crashed down the hillside. “I have structures affected by the temblor, but it sailed into his upper right cor- the quake, state-run NET television nowhere to stay,” said Mr. Di- and called on the inhabitants of the ner of the goal. reported. Twenty-four remained mopoulos, 72, who was tending his stricken areas not to re-enter The last time the Greeks gave up AP/FABIAN BIMMER hospitalized. sheep when the temblor struck. “I’ll homes which have been classified a goal at the continental tourna- Sweden’s Petter Hansson, center, scored his side’s 2nd goal past Many of the affected areas were spend the night in my stable.” as either a code red or yellow. ment was in its final group game in Greece’s Giourkas Seitaridis, left, and goalkeeper Antonis Nikopolidis at the heart of last summer’s devas- Two families – a total of seven “We are on the alert,” Mr. Sou- 2004, a 2-1 loss to Russia. during the match between the two countries on Tuesday, June 10. tating forest fires, which killed 66 people – were rescued after being flias said, adding that the Public "I saw the opening to the left people; burned hundreds of Works Ministry is studying all re- and that's where I put it," said Sweden winger Christian Wil- placed at halftime by Georgios homes; left thousands homeless; ports that are coming in, and is pro- Ibrahimovic, who was named man hemsson, who tested the Greek de- Samaras. and scorched hundreds of thou- “I have nowhere to ceeding with inspections. of the match. "It was a fantastic fense with well-timed runs down Lagerback fielded an experi- sands of acres in the Peloponnesian stay,” said a man who Mr. Pavlopoulos said the dam- feeling." the flanks, was carried off the field enced lineup, with seven starters Peninsula. age was, thankfully, relatively light. It was the Inter Milan striker's in the second half after pulling his older than 30, including Henrik At least one decades-old build- was tending his sheep “An initial assessment shows we first goal for Sweden since Oct. 12, left hamstring. Lagerback said Wil- Larsson and fullback Niclas Alexan- ing was reported to have collapsed when the temblor don’t have widespread damage,” he 2005, when Sweden beat Iceland hemsson could miss Sweden's up- dersson, both 36. in Patras, with the majority of calls struck. “I’ll spend the said. “The consequences for an 3-1 in a World Cup qualifier. Ibrahi- coming matches against Spain and Sweden, in its fifth consecutive for assistance coming from the earthquake of this intensity and at movic has now scored 19 goals in Russia. major championship, next plays provinces of Achaia and Ilia. Two night in my stable.” this depth seem relatively limited.” 51 matches for Sweden. "It's really sad both for the team Group D favorite Spain while families were reportedly trapped Greek engineers got busy in- Hansson doubled the lead in the and Christian," he said. Greece takes on Russia. Spain under the rubble. trapped in collapsed houses in the specting building safety on Tues- 72nd, picking up a rebound off a The match got off to an unin- crushed the Russians 4-1 earlier Local authorities in Achaia and village of Fostena, about 20 miles day. The Interior Ministry reported shot from Fredrik Ljungberg and spired start with both teams more Tuesday after a hat trick by David Ilia shut down all kindergarten and south of Patras, and in the village of that 202 buildings were flattened bundling his way past two defend- concerned about keeping a tight Villa. elementary schools early for the Vartholomio, authorities said. or partially collapsed, and that 954 ers to roll the ball over the line. The defense than producing scoring op- Lineups: summer so that buildings could be Television footage showed res- suffered lighter damage or cracks. central defender had nearly given portunities. Greece: Antonis Nikopolidis, checked, while power outages were cue crews pulling a 9-year-old girl FREQUENT AFTERSHOCKS Greece the lead seven minutes ear- For much of the first half, the de- Giourkas Seitaridis, Vassilis Toros- reported throughout the quake- from beneath the rubble of her Frequent aftershocks rattled al- lier when he headed Traianos Del- fending champions just rolled the sidis, Sotiris Kyrgiakos, Traianos stricken region. house in Fostena after a two-hour ready frightened residents, and las' cross dangerously close to the ball across their defensive line, Dellas (Ioannis Amanatidis, 69), The quake also damaged the air rescue effort and placing her on a seismologists urged caution, partic- Swedish goal. drawing whistles from the Swedish Costas Katsouranis, Angelos Basi- traffic control tower at a military stretcher. The girl suffered only ularly around buildings damaged The Greeks, starting with seven section of the 30,000-seat Wals- nas, Giorgos Karagounis, airport, NET television reported. slight injuries. during the initial quake. players from the winning Euro Siezenheim stadium. Paraskevas Antzas, Angelos Charis- In Patras, harbor buildings were “I have never seen anything like “We are watching the seismic ac- 2004 squad, mounted a late chal- Ibrahimovic had Sweden's best teas, Fanis Gekas (Georgios Sama- damaged and authorities evacuat- this in my lifetime,” an 88-year-old tivity with great attention. We are lenge to come back into the match. chance before halftime, heading ras, 46). ed five apartment buildings which woman in Kato Achayia told NET not yet certain that the danger is but a disciplined Swedish defense the ball over the crossbar with his Sweden: Andreas Isaksson, sustained severe cracks. Several television. “When the earthquake completely over,” Professor Pa- kept them at bay. back toward the goal. Niclas Alexandersson (Fredrik provincial roadways were also began, I was in bed. I tried to leave, padopoulos said. Although it was Vassilis Torossidis had the best Isaksson easily stopped two at- Stoor, 73), Olof Mellberg, Petter blocked off in the region due to but I fell down. I crawled to the unlikely that there would be a opportunity when he rushed to- tempts by Angelos Charisteas but Hansson, Mikael Nilsson, Christian falling rocks and cracks in the pave- front door on my knees.” She said stronger quake, he added, “There is ward the goal after intercepting a struggled to clear a bouncing shot Wilhemsson (Markus Rosenberg, ment. neighbors got her out of the house. still concern. For this reason, and misguided pass from Daniel Ander- from Greece captain Angelos Basi- 77), Daniel Andersson, Anders It was Greece’s first fatal earth- NATIONWIDE MOBILIZATION because strong aftershocks are ex- sson, but Sweden goalkeeper An- nas. The Greeks wasted a series of Svensson, Fredrik Ljungberg, Zla- quake since September 1999, when A nationwide mobilization of pected, great caution must be exer- dreas Isaksson stopped his low shot erratic high balls toward isolated tan Ibrahimovic (Johan Elmander, a 5.9 magnitude quake near Athens civil defense and fire brigade units cised.” with his right leg. striker Fanis Gekas, who was re- 70), Henrik Larsson. killed 143 people and left thousands commenced almost immediately. Seismologists warned that after- homeless. The Athens Geodynamic Greek emergency services sent shocks are expected to continue for Institute said the temblor was felt as more than 200 firefighters to the months, and a strong aftershock of far away as southern Italy. region, while the Greek Govern- a magnitude of about 5 or 5.5 was Strong tremors were also felt in ment has offered immediate cash still expected in the coming days or Athens, some 230 kilometers (143 assistance to those whose homes possibly weeks. miles) east of the reported epicen- have been hit. Dozens of aftershocks rattled ter in the northwestern Pelopon- Teams of rescuers from 17 the area in the hours after the nese, with people rushing to the Balkan and Mediterranean coun- quake, in fact, but all had been rel- streets at the sight and feel of tries who had just arrived in Greece atively small, with preliminary swinging chandeliers and shaking for a disaster response training ex- magnitudes below 4.7, AGI report- buildings. Press reports from the ercise joined Greek colleagues in ed, though a strong aftershock Ionian islands also said local resi- the rescue efforts. measuring 4.7 on the Richter scale dents abandoned their homes. Prime Minister Costas Karaman- was felt at 3:55 PM, about a half Speaking outside the Athens Ob- lis cut an official visit to Austria hour after the quake first struck. servatory, AGI Director Gerasimos short. The Greek Premier was in The quake damaged the air traf- Papadopoulos, head of Greece’s Austria for a series of meetings with fic control tower of the Andravida Earthquake Risk Assessment Com- the Austrian political leadership, military airport, but a secondary mittee, told dozens of reporters and was originally scheduled to at- tower was being used and the air- and television crews that the quake tend the Greek national soccer port remained open, the General was shallow – roughly 10 kilome- team’s 2008 Euro Cup match Staff reported. ters (6.2 miles) deep with an epi- against Sweden in Salzburg this Officials said a preliminary sur- center near the town of Andravida, past Tuesday, June 10, but returned vey showed the major archaeologi- about 30 kilometers (19 miles) to Athens on Monday to chair an cal site of Ancient Olympia, birth- southwest of Patras. The temblor emergency cabinet meeting. place of the Olympics, was undam- lasted between 20-25 seconds, ac- “My thoughts in these hours are aged. In the small museum of An- cording to the firsthand eyewitness with our fellow citizens who are cient Elis, near the epicenter, 50 accounts. suffering,” Mr. Karamanlis said in a vases and two stone inscriptions Hours after the quake struck, statement issued from Vienna. were damaged, the Culture Min- terrified residents stayed away “Along with sadness for all that has istry reported. from their homes, gathering in vil- happened and for the loss of lives, I The Tourism Ministry and Greek lage squares and outdoor coffee want to emphasize that the State Tourist Board said no damage had shops. Local authorities cordoned will again stand by those in need. I been reported in any of the area’s off unsafe buildings in villages. have already issued instructions to hotels, and that no vacationing vis- Authorities set up tents for those relevant ministers to initiate the itors had been hurt. left homeless and distribute food. same procedures that were fol- Military rescue helicopters and lowed last year after the devastat- The above incorporates informa- transport planes and a specialized ing wildfires, so that anyone who tion from reports posted by Air Force rescue crew were placed lost their permanent residence is Reuters, the Athens News Agency on standby, the National Defense provided with initial financial assis- and the Associated Press. 8 EDITORIALS LETTERS THE NATIONAL HERALD, JUNE 14, 2008

The National Herald LETTERS TO THE EDITOR A weekly publication of the NATIONAL HERALD, INC. (ΕΘΝΙΚΟΣ ΚΗΡΥΞ), reporting the news and addressing the issues of paramount interest Korologos’ Statements About vored by FYROM, but the truth is This pipeline was to get Caspian ans are a loose cannon and out of to the Greek American community of the United States of America. FYROM Are Way Off Base that FYROM refuses to genuinely oil to Europe and the U.S. All three control. Even if Greece did ok FY- negotiate with Greece, even though countries gave the o.k. to let the ROM’s entry into NATO, the vio- Publisher-Editor Antonis H. Diamataris To the Editor: it was admitted to the United Na- pipeline through their territory. The lence would happen anyway. All Assistant to Publisher, Advertising Veta H. Diamataris Papadopoulos Tom Korologos’ recent state- tions on condition that the name is- U.S. oil companies wanted to by- Bush cares about is getting that Managing Editor Evan C. Lambrou ments concerning Greece’s name sue is to be resolved with Greece. pass the heavily trafficked Turkish pipeline through FYROM. Assistant Managing Editor Mark Frangos dispute with FYROM indicates that In addition, FYROM has totally Straits and the Aegean Sea. There In conclusion, if this violence he is not familiar with the history of falsified and revised the history of were big savings in transportation continues, FYROM will be Kosovo Production Manager Chrysoula Karametros the region and Tito’s original agen- the region: Philip and Alexander costs. #2. Greece has to be on guard now. Webmaster Alexandros Tsoukias da, which persists and is pursued the Great are not considered Greek, The U.S. oil companies wanted Nicholas Golegos The National Herald (USPS 016864) is published weekly by even today. and the map included in its school to build a military base in Kosovo to Flushing, N.Y. The National Herald Inc. at 37-10 30th Street, LIC, NY 11101-2614 The area was originally named textbooks includes Greek territory. guard the AMBO pipeline. Serbia Tel: (718)784-5255, Fax: (718)472-0510, Vardarska Banovina, but was re- No, Mr. Korologos, the Greeks stood in the way. It was decided to e-mail: [email protected] named by Tito during the commu- are responding reasonably, and as dismantle Serbia. This was all Democritou 1 and Academias Sts, Athens, 10671, Greece nist era as the Yugoslav Republic of reliable allies of the United States planned before the bombing and Tel: 011.30.210.3614.598, Fax: 011.30.210.3643.776, e-mail: [email protected] Macedonia. And the main reason they should be treated justly and invasion of Kosovo in 1999. TO OUR READERS for renaming it that way was, of loyally. 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The clude the writer’s name, address, $14.95; Non subscribers: 1 year $45.95, 6 months $29.95, 3 months $18.95 It should be noted that, in 1944, There Are Conspiracies Afoot Albanians think that the troops are and telephone number and be United States Secretary of State Ed- With FYROM Name Issue there to protect them. addressed to: The Editor, The Na- Periodical postage paid at L.I.C., N.Y. and additional mailing offices. ward R. Stettinius, in opposition to The White House is worried tional Herald, 37-10 30th Street, Tito’s agenda, stated the following: To the Editor: now that the KLA wants to disman- Postmaster send change of address to: Long Island City, NY 11101. THE NATIONAL HERALD, 37-10 30th Street, LIC, NY 11101-2614 “This Government considers talk of Your editorial, “FYROM is not tle FYROM. Last week, a truck car- Macedonian ‘nation,’ Macedonian ready” is correct. The question that rying weapons was stopped at the Letters can also be faxed to (718) ‘fatherland’ or Macedonian ‘nation- should be asked is why does Bush Kosovo/FYROM border. It was 472-0510 or e-mailed to al consciousness’ to be unjustified make such a big fuss over FYROM? bound for Albanian villages in FY- english.edition@thenationalher- demagoguery representing no eth- The story begins in 1994, when ROM. The Kosovo border guards ald.com. We reserve the right to A “non-political” meeting nic nor political reality, and sees in U.S. oil companies wanted to build refused to let the truck go into FY- edit letters for publication and re- its present revival a possible cloak a pipeline project called AMBO (Al- ROM. The weapons were seized gret that we are unable to ac- “The spokespersons for Hellenic causes should, as often as possible, also be for aggressive intentions against banian-Macedonian-Bulgarian-Oil). and the driver with his passengers knowledge or return those left non-Greeks. And within the Greek American community itself, lay organiza- Greece.” The pipeline would start from Bur- were arrested. unpublished. tions like AHEPA, AHI and UHAC should play a more active role. It is unproduc- Mr. Korologos criticizes Greece gas, Bulgaria to the Albanian sea- The White House does not want tive for Church leaders to be at the forefront of political advocacy for Hellenic for refusing to accept a name fa- port of Vlore. to believe that the Kosovo Albani- causes. Note that in the Jewish lobby, it is not rabbis, but lay leaders who make the case for Israel” – Professor Charles Moskos Welcome to the 21st Century. Senator John McCain of Arizona, the presumptive 2008 Republican pres- A PLEA TO CLERGY-LAITY CONGRESS DELEGATES idential nominee, was at the Archdiocese this past Tuesday for a half hour meeting with His Eminence Archbishop Demetrios of America. The community was represented by His Eminence and Rev. Alexander Karloutsos. Period. No one else. No representatives of AHEPA, AHI, the Cyprus Federation of America, or the Pan-Macedonian Federation. Nobody. Archdiocese’s Clergy Sexual Misconduct Policy is Insufficient Just the Archbishop and Father Alex. His Eminence stated afterwards that the meeting “had no political impli- By Catherine Metropoulos said that some 30 years ago he had ately refused to allow him to con- etly. These courtroom dramas are cations,” that it was in the context of meetings “with leading personalities of Special to The National Herald personally attended spiritual court tinue serving at their Church. In- callous, merciless, insensitive, and the current political life of America.” hearings after Koveos had sexually credibly, the Koveos family began cruel. On the other hand, I fear Did Senator McCain know that? This July, the 39th Biennial Cler- molested a young girl while he to harass and threaten her and the that only through a very public trial You might be wondering, why would Mr. McCain, a major Presidential gy Laity Congress will convene in served in McKeesport, Pennsylva- other members of the council, in- and a sizeable judgment will the candidate, spent his precious time during a vigorous campaign on anything Washington, D.C. Since the sum- nia. The priest continued, poking sisting that Koveos be allowed back Archdiocese finally be forced to ac- which is not related to politics? mer of 2000, I have attended these fun at how for many years there- into the altar. Truly appalling! Not cept the seriousness of clergy sexu- Of course he wouldn’t. In a close election, his campaign advisors must conventions entirely at my own ex- after Koveos was moved from only did Koveos’ presence place the al misconduct within the Church. have calculated that the Greek American vote is worth a half hour with our pense both as a very concerned, de- parish to parish while many knew women and children, as well as the Only then will they implement ap- community’s religious leader – and a priest. voted member of the laity, and also of his continuing sexual impropri- parish council of this unsuspecting propriate procedures to prevent And precisely what, you might ask, was discussed during this “non-polit- as a member of the Archdiocese’s eties. He joked how, decades later, community in jeopardy, it also ex- abuse and to effectively respond to ical meeting,” as His Eminence would have us believe? Clergy Sexual Misconduct Advisory Koveos was caught abusing another posed the Church to potential lia- allegations. Basically (according to the public statements) issues affecting the Ecu- Board. It was my hope that while young girl while he served in Ver- bility. But, who consented to this? Clergy sexual misconduct is a menical Patriarchate in Constantinople. Also, “reference was made to attending these meetings that I mont, but this time he went to Who is protecting the Faithful very real and serious problem with- Cyprus and the Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia.” would help bring awareness to the prison and was finally defrocked. when these defrocked priests are in the Greek Orthodox Church. I The Senator “seemed to follow these two issues, and even expressed very serious problem of clergy sex- The clergymen were quite secretly permitted back into our implore all delegates who will be some guarded optimism for the Cyprus issue,” said His Eminence. So much, ual misconduct within our church, stunned when I informed them that communities? attending the Clergy-Laity Con- then, for the “non-political” nature of the meeting. while professionally and proactive- it was my young daughter whom Last year I was outraged and gress this July to challenge the No one could argue that these two issues should not be raised during this ly ensuring that preventative proce- Koveos had sexually victimized in very disappointed to learn that Archdiocese’s Clergy Sexual Mis- or any other meeting with elected officials, especially leading ones. Of dures, policies, and appropriate re- Vermont. Very embarrassed, the Archbishop Demetrios was refusing conduct Policy. Question their course they should be. But are Demetrios and Karloutsos really the best- sponses be developed and enacted. three priests immediately apolo- to defrock (Fr.) Nicholas Katinas commitment to child safety within qualified people in our community to do that? Or is this the job of our elect- However, in 2006 while attend- gized for mocking the issue. Sadly, even though a Church investigation the church. Insist that the corrup- ed representatives, leaders of our major organizations and other profession- ing the Clergy Laity in Nashville I their disclosures and attitudes revealed that he had sexually tion and secrecy within our hierar- al people? Are they our community’s political representatives? met three very seasoned, well re- clearly demonstrate that not much abused children. What Katinas did chy be stopped, and that those who Consider what the late Charlie Moskos said: “It is unproductive for spected clergymen. After our intro- has changed since my daughter to his young victims is inexcusable! sexually violate our children be Church leaders to be at the forefront of political advocacy for Hellenic caus- ductions, I was asked if I were a was violated in 1997, despite my However, our spiritual leader’s re- held completely accountable. Stip- es.” member of the Ladies Philopto- many years of advocacy. sponse is even more deplorable. ulate that victims deserve compas- Rather than continue with the customary exclusionary practices, why not chos. I replied that I was there as a What’s more, a few years ago I Subsequently, a civil lawsuit was sion, not alienation and blame. En- invite leaders of major Hellenic organizations to participate? Would the member of the Archdiocese’s Cler- happened to meet the Parish Coun- filed against the Greek Orthodox sure that preventative procedures, community not benefit from a show of unity? Would the Church not benefit gy Sexual Misconduct Advisory cil President from the St. George Archdiocese of New York, the Me- policies, and appropriate responses by showing it’s at the center of our community life, and is capable of bring- Board. Greek Orthodox Cathedral in Hart- tropolis of Denver, the Holy Trinity be better developed and utilized. ing everybody together? Finally, would it not, in this way, also maximize the Immediately, one of the priests ford, Connecticut. She immediate- Greek Orthodox Church in Dallas, Demand that the Archdiocese in- benefits for the advancement Hellenic issues in America? began to laugh. He called the Arch- ly began telling me how months and the former Father Katinas. The clude on their Web site a link listing Does the Church really have to boast or prove it is the only significant in- diocese’s misconduct policy a earlier Emmanuel Koveos had pre- trial is expected to begin in Septem- the names and photographs of all stitution or organization in the community every single time? “joke.” He added that for many sented himself as a respected cler- ber. I commend these victims for clergy suspended or defrocked for Unlike many of his colleagues in the U.S. Senate, Senator McCain refused years the Greek Orthodox Church gyman at her parish and that he their tremendous strength in com- sexual misconduct. to co-sign a letter just a year ago urging Turkish authorities to let the Patriar- had mishandled matters of clergy partook in Holy Easter services ing forward and offer them my We cannot allow this continuing chate breath, to give it the freedom it deserves as a major, historical religious sexual misconduct and that this there. When she and the other heartfelt prayers. I truly empathize. crisis to destroy our children, our institution. problem continued. To illustrate his members of the parish council dis- It won't be an easy battle for anyone. communities, our faith, nor our When Candidate McCain was asked after his meeting with the Archbish- point, the priest then shared the covered that Emmanuel Koveos is a For the sake of these victims and Church. Reform is vital! The future op about his refusal to sign that letter, he replied, “ We will do everything we history of a former clergyman by convicted sex offender and that he their families, I pray that they can of our beloved Greek Orthodox can…” the name of Emmanuel Koveos. He had been defrocked, they immedi- settle out of court quickly and qui- Church depends on it. On his part, His Eminence concluded that Mr. McCain “was very kind, very comfortable and stayed longer than scheduled.” Is that a sufficient reason why Greek Americans should vote for John Mc- Cain in November? PRESS CLIPPINGS Reactions to disaster Unification in Cyprus Could Lead to New Tourism Era The powerful earthquake which struck the Peloponnesian provinces of Achaia and Ileia last Sunday, the same areas which were scorched by the dev- By Sarah Barrell flict's dead erected around the bor- Out towards the east coast day villages that are quickly flesh- astating wildfires last August and September, brings us face to face not only The Independent der are a sharp reminder of how di- things get easier as there is only ing out. Kyrenia's old town, with with human inability to foresee when such disasters will strike, but also our visions still run deep. Kofi Annan's one road, which comes to a sandy the understated elegance of its Ital- with our limited ability to deal with them in such a way that injuries to people Since travel restrictions were recent reunification plan was re- end halfway along the Karpas ianate harbor, is a rare find in and damage to property can be minimized or avoided altogether. eased in 2003, it has been possible jected by 76 per cent of Greek peninsula, a place with no electrici- Cyprus. People who have lived through earthquakes tell stories about how terri- to travel across the Green Line that Cypriots and endorsed by 65 per ty but plenty of rare turtles, plus a The ownership of the hotels and fied they were; how utterly hopeless they felt when the ground started shak- slices Cyprus in two. A hop across cent of Turkish Cypriots. few huts-on-stilts beach accommo- bars here may be a sticky issue (the ing beneath their feet; and how the nightmare keeps returning to haunt them this notorious border now involves But with the election of dation that wouldn't look out of Greek Cyprus tourist office consid- every time they hear a similar-sounding noise or even a train passing by. no more than a stamp on a piece of Christofias, Cyprus has become one place in Thailand. While partition ers them "squatted"), but it's places Just recently, Planet Earth was hit in two other areas, too: Burma (Myan- paper, an act unimaginable for an of tourism's notable "watch this has bought economic obscurity to such as Kyrenia, the wild Karpas mar) and China. entire generation of Cypriots who space" issues. Ending the division the north, it's this lack of attention peninsula and Cyprus's capital that The damage inflicted and the number of victims in Burma and China was have lived in this divided society was the main campaign theme. that is protecting its wild land- will, on reunification, attract much higher than in Greece, which suffered two reported deaths. The differ- since 1974, when Turkey invaded South of the border, tourism is well scapes. tourists after more than a bucket- ences among the three countries are both interesting and revealing, however, the north in response to a Greek- established, while on the north side Along the coast towards the and-space beach break. as each country reacted in different ways to the disasters which befell them. backed military coup. there is comparatively nothing. You tourist hub of Kyrenia, the north's The Burmese junta would rather let its people live in squalor and starve to Yet, while crossing is easy, on- are more likely to see a wild donkey rugged, deserted coastline be- The Independent published the death than accept much-needed international aid. To do so, they apparently ward travel still has its practical on the beach than a deckchair. comes crowded with skeletal holi- above on May 25. felt, would reconfirm their country’s sorry state of affairs, and might tempt problems. Will this all become easi- But prospectors are quick to see their citizens to seek a better form of governance. Not only that, in order to er following the election of that nothing as a big fat something. prove that things were normal, they even went on with a referendum in Demetris Christofias as the Presi- My drive through the hinterland re- which few managed to participate given the unbearable conditions con- dent of Greek Cyprus on a ticket of veals empty expanses of land par- fronting the Burmese people. ending the division? tially tiled for farming, dotted with The Chinese pleasantly surprised the world with the way they reacted. Af- International air authorities scant villages and modest white Become an online subscriber of ter hesitating in the beginning, they gladly accepted massive international don't recognize Northern Cyprus's mosques. aid. And perhaps even more importantly, for the first time, they allowed full airport, so you can't fly direct, only Closer to the coast, improbable- coverage of a devastating earthquake inside China. via Turkey. Land crossing is the usu- looking signs pop up in the dust ad- The National Herald Many observers believe China had no choice but to allow such unprece- al approach from Greek Cyprus into vertising luxury villas and holiday and get... dented coverage due to the upcoming Olympic Games in Beijing, and while the Turkish north, but try this with villages – many of them British-run there may be some truth to that, the fact remains that they did. a car and you run into insurance is- companies. ... daily updates Greece reacted in an exemplary European manner. There was not even a sues. Neither region recognizes Cyprus's British expat communi- thought of muzzling the press. The Greek Government mobilized its forces in each other's car insurance. ty has its historical roots in the is- with news covering record time, and came rushing to the aid of those who were stricken by the I park my southern hire car in land as a British territory and mili- the community, Greece earthquake. one of the long-stay lots that have tary post. What was unusual in Greece’s case, however, was the attention the media sprung up like weeds along Today, in the north at least, it's and Cyprus gave not to the disaster and its consequences, but whether or not the earth- Nicosia's uniquely shaped Venetian more associated with ex-cons. quake could have been foreseen, and if so, why people weren’t told about it. walls since 2003. I pass on foot into Many of these new developments ... immediate access It was a silly argument that needs to end. Better spend their time on cov- the northern half of the capital, are attributed anecdotally to these ering the Euro soccer games. past neatly refurbished hammams characters. However, Turkish au- to more than and smart restaurants that are a thorities are handing over more of 200 previous editions sign of hopeful regeneration in the these less savory British residents capital, to hire another, this time in for extradition. Vintage Moskos Turkish lira. One wonders how they'd ever ... edification that every Euros have been widely accept- find them. Follow a Greek Cypriot Greek American should We are informed that Charlie Moskos’ family used the following joke on ed in Greek Cyprus since January, road map in Turkish territory, or one of the cards passed out at his funeral in Chicago last week. It was so vin- when the state joined the euro fol- visa versa, and expect to be con- have! tage Charlie that we thought – as a tribute to a great man – to bring it to our lowing entry into the EU in 2004. founded by not only different readers, as well: This move has fuelled Turkey's EU names (in English, Greek and Turk- Indispensable reading... An American, a Russian, a Chinese and a Greek are standing on a corner. aspirations: its membership is re- ish) but also conflicting road num- A surveyor approaches the group and says, “Excuse me. I would like to ask liant on the island's reunified fu- bers. your opinion about the meat shortage.” The four looked confused. The ture among other factors. Add to this a number of new Visit us online at www.thenationalherald.com American asked, “What do you mean by shortage?” The Russian asked, Certainly, on paper reunification highways and service roads for new or call us at: 718-784-5255 “What do you mean by meat?” The Chinese asked, “What do you mean by looks more likely than ever, but im- developments that don't show up opinion?” Finally, the Greek asks, “What do you mean by ‘excuse me?’ ” ages of the memorials to the con- on maps at all. THE NATIONAL HERALD, JUNE 14, 2008 VIEWPOINTS 9 LETTER FROM ATHENS A Mountain Does Not Move to Join Another Mountain, What do Greek Students But We Have to Get Troodos and Pentadaktylos Together By Nikos Rolandis We were all silent for a moment 1960-1974. In the years of Isaak Special to The National Herald and then I interjected: “If this is our Komnenus, the Crusaders, the Want? Nothing, at All mentality in the Council of Minis- Franks, the Venetians, the Turks, The “International Herald Tri- ters, I am afraid that we have nei- the British and then again the The spring of 1968 lis, who had the great bune” wrote in its editorial page on ther saved nor lost Θ50.000. It is Turks, we never governed our- rocked the United fortune to attend a real the 9th May 2008: Cyprus that we are losing”. selves, we were never free. States and world in college, Tufts Universi- “The Irish conflict once seemed And indeed, we lost Cyprus. We Christofias, even if I disagree with ways still reverberat- ty outside Boston, obvi- as intractable as any in the world. partitioned the country. When the the methodology of the Working ing: the assassinations ously learned there The Irish solved it by mutual con- initial enthusiasm and the jubila- Groups and the Technical Commit- of Martin Luther King, that it’s a lot better if cessions, persistent negotiation, re- tion which followed the 1960 decla- tees (which are a legacy of the dis- Jr. and Bobby Kennedy, students have to get fusal to give in to momentary set- ration of Makarios that “We have astrous Papadopoulos era), tries, Russian tanks rolling good grades to enter a backs and a willingness to let won” subsided, we all grabbed the under adverse conditions, to refute into Czechoslovakia, university, keep good friendly outsiders help. That’s a body of Cyprus, Greek and Turkish the old adage that “a mountain will the growing riotous grades to stay, and good template for others to follow”. Cypriots alike, each side pulling it not move to join another moun- discontent with the graduate in four years In her own historical course dur- its own way, until we broke the tain”. He tries to get Troodos and war in Vietnam that instead of 40. A lot of ing the past 50 years, Cyprus direct- country apart. Neither side dis- Pentadaktylos together. He tries to had American students by ANDY University of Athens ed her footsteps to an objective played the love and affection of the restore peace and independence af- pouring into the streets DABILIS professors don’t want quite different from the above. The “mother” in Bertolt Brecht’s “Cau- ter 824 years of occupation. in protest, setting the any changes either be- phrase “political compromise” was casian Chalk Cycle”, which might I do not belong to Christofias’ state for other student Special to cause it would show absent from the Cyprus vocabulary. have saved the common mother- ideological camp, but I have rebellions, boiling over The National Herald them up for what many We used to reject proposals before land. We brought in illegal worked with him many times in the at the Democratic Con- are, lazy laggards who we studied them. Instead of build- weapons, they brought in illegal past: From July 1987 to February vention in Chicago. work about a day a week and could- ing confidence, we demolished it. weapons. Warlords on their side, 1988, when Ezekias Papaioannou They railed against injustices, n’t be hired by any of the private Co-operation was upstaged by con- warlords on our side. The “Akritas” AP PHOTO/LEFTERIS PITARAKIS appointed him as liaison officer be- particularly the war in Vietnam, and universities who want to come to flict. organization on the Greek side, the Demetris Christofias, President tween my party (the Liberal Party) those at Columbia University blood- Greece. The University of Athens I recall vividly a story which Tas- TMT organization on the Turkish of the Republic of Cyprus and his party, during the campaign ied themselves in battle with the au- should be the Harvard or Cam- sos Papadopoulos related to us, a side. of George Vassiliou, whom we both thorities, and wouldn’t back down bridge or Oxford or Yale or Prince- group of friends, one evening, Eventually we Greek Cypriots the Cyprus Constitution, will reach supported for the Presidency of the over protests that included Vietnam ton of the World instead of the back- around 1962: dealt the fatal blow, the coup de the conclusion that a partnership Republic. We also worked together and the school’s close involvement water little community college it is, It was about a decision of the grace. We endeavored in 1963 to between the two communities per- in the summer and late autumn of with the US government, and an- and Karamanlis has enough pride in Council of Ministers. There was a amend the Constitution and strip meates the whole text. There are 1992 in New York, when the Ghali other complaint that a gymnasium education to realize that. proposal submitted to the Council, the Turkish Cypriots of the rights we two communities, whose co-opera- Set of Ideas was under negotiation. shouldn’t be built in the poor neigh- There are a number of superior Tassos said, for the approval of the conferred on them in 1960 by our tion is mandatory throughout the I do not believe very much in borhood that elite Ivy School occu- professors on the faculty, including construction of an asphalted road own signature. In other words, whole spectrum of the constitution- walls separating people on ideolo- pied. A student strike followed, then Thanos Veremis, who had the dis- which would connect two Turkish Makarios tried to change radically al functions: The President and the gy: In the international arena and the occupation of campus buildings tinction of holding the Karamanlis Cypriot villages, close to Nicosia, at the very same Constitution which Vice President of the Republic, the especially in the European Union, that ended in a confrontation with Chair at Tufts, named for the former a cost of Θ100,000. The majority of three years before he hailed with House of Representatives, the High “right”, “centre”, “socialist” and police. Columbia’s history states: prime minister who was Costas the Greek Cypriot ministers were the words “We have won”. Court, the Independent Officers, “left” do not differ that much. What “Aftershocks continued to disrupt Karamanlis’ uncle. When he re- opposed to the proposal. Eventual- We were not wise enough. We the Public Service, the Armed is significant is to believe in the hu- university life for the remainder of turned, Veremis was appropriately ly, after a long discussion, it was failed to win the Turkish Cypriot Forces. Both communities have a man being and his rights, in social the semester, and set the precedent disgusted at what he saw and sup- agreed that the asphalt would cover community. We rejected a Constitu- role in all the above; the Constitu- justice and in the values of life. And for future protests on campus. The ported reforms, at the risk of threats only a single lane. This reduced the tion which we had signed and tion cannot function and the coun- most importantly to be willing and university did not recover from the of violence. He hasn’t backed down cost to Θ 50,000, but it meant, in ef- which is considered today as a try cannot survive without the co- able to soothe human suffering and financial and psychological fallout and continued to take the brave fect, that if two cars going to oppo- “blessing”, even by people like Tas- operation of the two communities. to eradicate injustice which afflicts from the 1968 protests for decades.” stance that the public universities site directions came across each sos Papadopoulos, who realized in If this does not constitute a partner- two out of three residents on this In Paris, French students toppled will perish unless they change, espe- other on the road (most probably 2005 –that is 42 years later – that ship, I wonder what a partnership planet. the mighty leader Charles de cially with the European Union in- driven by Turkish Cypriots) one of the Constitution was a blessing (as could ever be. Thus far, Demetris works tire- Gaulle, who had spent World War II sisting on higher standards. the drivers would have to fall into he said) and that its provisions were Christofias was right when he al- lessly for his country, with courage hiding but returned to lead a tri- The last straw for Veremis – the un-asphalted part of the road or constructive. In 1963 however Tas- luded to those who never believed and realism. It is easy for some peo- umphant parade ahead of the Amer- which should have been for all into the ditch and would probably sos and almost all the others scut- in the 1960 Agreements and who, ple, acting under the mantle of “pa- ican soldiers who liberated his Greeks – came when students, many damage his vehicle. tled the provisions of the Constitu- by projection, never believed in the triotism”, to pursue the “absolute” country and the City of Light. The of whom Veremis said, “have never When the meeting of the Council tion as if it were an anathema. Republic of Cyprus. However he did which is not feasible and does not French students espoused left-wing darkened a lecture hall with their of Ministers was over, Tassos said, Unfortunately the above mental- not dare speak out and say what is exist, to try to appear as heroes and causes, but anyone of any political attendance” attacked professors, Makarios told him: “Tassos, today ity persists today as well. So, when self-evident. He did not say that to vilify others who are chasing persuasion should have been able to knocking the dean of the University we saved Θ50,000”. “No, your Beat- Demetris Christofias referred re- those who never accepted the coop- hope, even in the darkness. see that injustice has no ideology to of Thessaloniki to the ground after itude”, “Tassos retorted, today we cently to “a partnership which exists eration between the two communi- Cyprus will smile again after 824 support it. De Gaulle called in the strangling him, sending him to the squandered Θ50,000”. since the 1960’s”, those who, in ef- ties have, as a consequence, been years of occupation, when Troodos police too, but that backfired, and hospital, and holding other school In other words, whilst Makarios fect, have been striving over the pursuing the partition of the coun- sends a kiss to Pentadaktylos. soon 10,000,000 workers took to officials hostage for eight hours. was satisfied because we had cur- years to abort a solution to our try. the streets in support of the protests “This act of violence against an tailed the budget of the “useless problem, felt uncomfortable. They Since the year AD 1184, i.e. for Mr. Rolandis was the Cypriot started by students, and he did what elected principal is totally unaccept- Turks” by Θ50,000, Tassos regret- invoked all sorts of legalistic argu- 824 years, Cyprus has been under Government’s Foreign Minister he did best: ran, this time to Ger- able. Behavior like this is an insult to ted the fact that we even approved ments. However, any objective ana- occupation or semi-occupation, (1978-83) and Minister of Com- many, the country that once occu- democracy,” Education Minister Θ50,000 for the single- lane road. lyst who will study the 85 pages of with the exception of the period merce, Industry. pied his. Evripidis Stylianidis said. In Piraeus, All this happened a year after the police said a group of students coup of Colonels established the re- hurled rocks and Molotov cocktails pressive and brutal right-wing ex- at opposing groups, injuring three tremist regime in Greece, but that people. Other students stole or too fell, because after students at burned ballot boxes to prevent the American-Greek Relations at Odds the Law School at the University of election of rectors. Athens set the stage by repeated None had to fear being arrested, Dr. George Voskopoulos further misunderstanding. Greece paradox with American policy in impose norms of international be- demonstrations against the of course, since, under Greek law, Special to The National Herald has taken a step back in its rhetoric the issue. The US joins lines with haviour based on rigid, uncompro- Colonels, students at the Polytech- the police are barred in almost all and policy with a view to enhanc- extremists in FYROM and supports mised principles and values. Above nic School staged an uprising that cases from entering university The U.S. and Greece have been ing stability in the region. the weakest but aggressive party, a all it lacks the ability to devise poli- was put down by tanks, a show of grounds, which are sanctuaries for strategic allies ever since the end of However the other side refuses non-NATO member not a strategic cies formulated outside the current force that finally led citizens to take students who can hurl Molotov the Second World War. Greece be- to adopt a name that clearly distin- ally that has defended the territori- militarily and power-imposed up the drumbeat and into the streets cocktails and run back behind their came a NATO member in 1952 thus guishes it form the Greek province al status quo and served the al- ethos. to ultimately end the junta. school fences and stick their tongues cementing the alliance’s south-east Macedonia. Constructivism may be liance’s interests ever since 1952. In 2005 T.K. Vogel and Eric A. Those students – in France, Co- out at the world. It’s an anarchist’s European flank against the Warsaw a useful, at times, approach to in- Greece is the only NATO member Witte, senior fellows of the Democ- lumbia, the Law School and Poly- dream, but what can you expect Pact. In this way the leaders of the ternational relations, yet, it runs and EU country that still faces mili- ratization Policy Council, com- technic School in Athens – and later from a system where students who country hoped to strengthen the risk of over-extending into rela- tary and non-military threats. It is mented on the gap between Ameri- at places like Harvard and Berkeley aren’t good enough to get into the democracy and assist development tivism, thus making any claim, the only NATO member whose se- can policies and rhetoric suggest- and Kent State in Ohio, where four university’s better schools are sent in the only country that practiced whether sustainable or not, appear curity has been solely constructed ing that “grand rhetoric about were murdered by the National instead to become marine captains, free market in the region. attractive or noble. Eventually it on the realist concept of self-help. democracy and freedom only res- Guard, took up the cudgel for caus- which you may want to factor into During the Cold War years the dramatically blurs the dividing line A substantial number of U.S. onates when it is supported by ac- es that mattered, that were life-and- your thinking the next time you get Atlantic Alliance provided a reli- between facts and beliefs, some- senators have acknowledged that tual policy”. [3] In the same way death, that screamed against intol- on a ferry boat to the islands. able casus foederis against non-al- thing American officials should Greek worries are not imaginary American policies cannot bear mul- erance, injustice, hatred, discrimi- Don’t look to the opposition par- liance members, a fact that left out comprehend. and do not constitute a side-effect tidimensional semantics that can nation, prejudice and inhumanity. ties, the loony lefties of the Commu- of this collective security mecha- The semantics of Skopje reject- of national psychosis. Actually this be interpreted in many contending Cut to Athens, 2008, where stu- nists, and Syriza, or PASOK for role nism the biggest military threat the ing the covertly implied by the could not have been the case since ways. It has to be clear at least vis- dents are protesting again, using vi- models in this nasty dispute. They country faced. Still Greek govern- Greek government solution en- there are tangible facts that turn à-vis allies such as Greece. olence, occupying buildings, don’t want reform because they ments supported alliance policies hances suspiciousness in Athens FYROM into the odd man in the One of the greatest challenges putting up posters, chanting slogans can’t take credit for it, which is all vis-à-vis neighboring countries and and eventually reveals the real mo- Balkans. It also exposes the inabili- leaders and simple individuals and fighting – for themselves, for that matters. PASOK’s leader George refrained from upsetting its cohe- tives behind Macedonianism, a ty of the political establishment in have always faced is to cope with avarice, stupidity, sloth, ignorance, Papandreou, already a two-time los- sion and its overall effectiveness in state ideology built on Great Idea Skopje to define real enemies as il- power and how to put it in good ego, and party ideologies – shaming er to Karamanlis and looking for his dealing with Soviet expansion. This inspirations. These are external- lustrated by the 2001 crisis. use. Whether a university professor themselves and those who stood at third knockout in a couple of years, explains Greek subtle policy vis-à- ized in the form of a demand, a his- or the leader of a superpower one the same gates 34 years ago, defy- once supported private universities. vis non-aligned Yugoslavia and torical duty on the part of Slav- needs internal balancing mecha- ing tanks. Today’s students – a left- That was when he was the Educa- Tito’s expansionist dreams. Macedonians and especially the Di- What is disappointing nisms to reconciliate needs, values, ist, extremist minority who have tion Minister while PASOK was in However, today the picture of aspora to unite geographical Mace- with U.S. policy is its prerogatives and commitments. In bullied their way into cowing the power. He said then that the law bilateral relations looks rather donia. A part of this strategy in- the case of an alliance priorities majority – are protesting the gov- “imprisons public universities in an gloomy. One of the causes of the rift cludes “liberation” of Greek Mace- easiness to dismiss should be formed on the basis of ernment’s plans to allow accredited inflexible legal status which im- is the Greece-FYROM dispute over donia. A less informed or misin- Greek security the needs of those inside and the private universities in Greece and pedes it from attracting students the latter’s constitutional name. At formed reader would probably considerations, at least advertised ethical basis of Ameri- now have added a little amend- from abroad,” which is what the the end of the Cold War the issue think that there used to be a united can active involvement in world ment, opposing plans to let students University of Athens should do, and originally appeared to be a techni- country dismembered by neighbor- on the practical level politics. It takes at least two to have directly elect rectors instead of vot- become a world-class university, if it cality, yet it proved to be more than ing states. Yet, the truth is different. peace..at least two to go to war and ing through elected political party can elevate itself from being a sec- that. What we know is that “the region of What is disappointing with U.S. at least two to form an alliance. representatives. ond-rate high school. Under the circumstances FY- Macedonia, inhabited by Slavs policy is its easiness to dismiss [1] The term “Macedonian is- You ask, how can students It’s not that they can’t see the fu- ROM is treated as a de facto and de from the fifth century, was never Greek security considerations, at sue” is rather inaccurate, since “the protest being allowed to give them- ture - which they can’t - but the past jure ally and Greece as alliance out- able to have its own independent least on the practical level, since in Macedonians of today are not, as selves the vote? Don’t ask for a real either, when, once upon a time, stu- cast. All of a sudden the U.S. ap- state” [2]. Still even if history had terms of rhetoric the State Depart- many in the West think, descen- explanation for anyone, especially dents, even Greek students, stood pears willing to overlay the essen- proven an unfortunate experience ment is more careful. What we dants of the long vanished Macedo- them, as the Land of Logic apparent- for what mattered instead of them- tials that brought the two countries for our neighbors they would not have seen so far is a policy of pun- nians of Alexander the Great. They ly doesn’t have a course in that sub- selves. What Karamanlis wants to together. They give Athens wrong be liable to advance irredentism as ishing a NATO ally for defending are Slavs, who speak a language re- ject any more. Where are Socrates do is bring the colleges into a new signals and adopt an inconceivable a means of purging it. This would territorial status and regional sta- lated to the Serbo-Croatian and the and Plato or Aristotle’s lessons when Century: somewhere around 400 policy that affects bilateral rela- certainly give many in the region bility, a policy that means to consis- Bulgarian. Together with other you need them? B.C., when Socrates, Plato and Aris- tions. The prerequisites of turning the right to start claiming posses- tently provoke Athens through the Slavs, they came from the Russo- Students don’t want private uni- totle taught, the last time higher ed- American-Greek relations into a sions of the past. It would probably use of the term Macedonia, a policy Polish-Ukrainian plains at the end versities because that would create ucation in Greece meant anything meaningful strategic partnership give me and another 1.200.000 of supporting all those inside and of the Great Migrations, in the sixth competition and they fear an end to to the world. again are simple. Most of them ap- Greeks forced out of Asia Minor the outside the country that wish to and seventh centuries A.D. and set- their free-ride-for-life in which they ply to every single partnership built right to claim our property. This is destabilize the political system. tled in the mountainous Balkan can get into public schools with Mr. Dabilis was the New England on consensus not coercion. Eventu- not the case and we should all ac- It is fully understood that Amer- land then ruled by the Byzantine marks that qualify as failing for editor for United Press Interna- ally going back to the basics will as- knowledge certain facts of history, ica’s strategic priorities vary from emperor. All the Slav tribes that al- American and European universi- tional in Boston, and a staff sist the revitalization of this strate- politics and reality. balancing short-term needs and most fourteen hundred years ago ties, and until some recent limits, writer and assistant metropolitan gic partnership and trigger the so Second, the issue at hand is not long-term interests in a region had established in the Byzantine could stay until they became pen- editor at the Boston Globe for 17 needed by both sides understand- related to race purity or historical prone to Russian influence. Yet, provinces known of old as Macedo- sioners or die, so if you happen to years before relocating to Greece. ing of the issue at hand. accuracy but security. The concept long- term allies and their interests nia in the second half of the nine- walk past the University of Athens His column is published weekly The first refers to the US being affects not only inter-state relations cannot vanish into thin air. They teenth century began to use the and see some elderly there, say hel- in the National Herald. Readers able to acknowledge the vital inter- but national psychology. After all, have been there to support what name of that province as their own lo to the lingering remnants of the interested in contacting him can est of a local partner who faces the feeling of security bears a used to be the West and they will be national appellation”. See Stoyan Class of 1970. send e-mails to multidimensional hostile activities strong psychological aspect. This there in times of need. Supporting Pribichevich, Macedonia, its people Prime Minister Costas Karaman- [email protected]. by a neighboring state wishing to makes the involvement of the At- a country that has just discovered and history, The Pennsylvania State join the Atlantic Alliance. Vital in- lantic Alliance imperative on the the merits of Atlanticism (this is University Press, University Park, terests are defined in terms of basis of its being a collective securi- what I call opportunistic Atlanti- 1982, p. 2 GUEST EDITORIALS threats, their perception and inten- ty mechanism. Once an ally faces cism) gives merit to those – like me [2] Stephane Lefebvre, “The sity and the degree they affect the hostile propaganda and overt irre- - who suggest that NATO has lost its Former Yugoslav Republic of Mace- The National Herald welcomes manuscripts representing a variety of views survival of a country. Eventually dentist claims NATO should be in a collective security meaning, a de- donia (FYROM): Where to?”, Euro- for publication in its View Points page. They should include the writer’s they may turn into non-negotiable position to intervene and protect bate inaugurated in the early 1990s pean Security, vol. 3, n. 4, winter name, address, and telephone number and be addressed to the View national interests and lead to a existing non prospective members. after the demise of the Soviet 1994, p. 711. Points Editor, The National Herald, 37-10 30th Street, Long Island City, NY dead end. It is a matter of priorities stemming Union. [3] “America should ditch its In the so called “Macedonian from alliance commitments not U.S. policy during the last years tyrant friends”, International Her- 11101. They can also be faxed to (718) 472-0510 or, preferably, e-mailed dispute” [1] Greece has made every vague ideological stances. Provid- has been a challenge to foes and al- ald Tribune, August 15, 2005. to [email protected]. Due to considerations of space single effort to meet the other side ing stability is what gives NATO its lies since it has lost its “persuasive we enforce a strict 1,400-word upper limit. We reserve the right to edit for half way. It is obvious that the raison d’ être and makes it a mean- credibility”, arbitrariness and abili- Dr. George Voskopoulos is Assis- repetitiveness, diction and syntax. We regret that we are unable to ac- Greek political elite is ready to ac- ingful (or meaningless?) alliance. ty to see the obvious. It has led al- tant Professor at the University knowledge or return manuscripts, published or unpublished. cept a name with a geographical Washington’s support to a revi- lies to question NATO’s scope, its Of Macedonia in Thessaloniki, definition that leaves no space for sionist state constitutes today’s utility and above all its ability to Greece. 10 THE NATIONAL HERALD, JUNE 14, 2008