S O C V ΓΡΑΦΕΙ ΤΗΝ ΙΣΤΟΡΙΑ Bringing the news W ΤΟΥ ΕΛΛΗΝΙΣΜΟΥ to generations of E ΑΠΟ ΤΟ 1915 The National Herald Greek- Americans N c v A wEEkly GrEEk-AmEriCAN PuBliCATiON www.thenationalherald.com VOL. 15, ISSUE 765 June 9-15, 2012 $1.50 Jaharises Host A Very Nightmare Scenario as Crucial Elections Near Formidable Greek- Uncertainty Still Dominates, Along American Think Tank With Pessimism

By Constantine S. Sirigos Kondylis, was focused on By Andy Dabilis TNH Staff Writer worldly matters, but in discus - TNH Staff Writer sions among the guests at the NEW YORK – Michael and Mary tables around the room was ATHENS - No money to pay Jaharis hosted a private dinner noted concern about the world salaries, pensions or bills. No for the Founders and guests of in a spiritual dimension. money to import food, fuel or “Faith – An Endowment for Or - Faith’s Spiritual Advisor, Rev. medicine. Paying with IOUs or thodoxy and Hellenism.” The Fr. Alexander Karloutsos, Proto - paper scrips because there’s no event featured presentations presbyter of the Ecumenical Pa - money. A collapse of the banks, four distinguished speakers who triarchate, who was present hospitals unable to care for the connected current events to the with Presbytera Xanthi, has ill, riots in the streets, panic and future of America and the drawn together Greek-Ameri - anarchy. Greek-American community. cans who are leaders across the All those horror stories have Earlier in the day, Faith held spectrum of industry and en - emerged for Greece if the coun - its annual Founders meeting, at deavors to fuel and drive the en - try is forced out of the Eurozone which the year’s priorities were dowment’s work, but the group because parties opposed to the set. “The core mission of this en - has also become a powerful net - austerity measures demanded dowment is to promote Hel - work of expertise and potential by international lenders win the lenism and an understanding of action on multiple community critical June 17 elections and try the Greek Orthodox faith fronts. to renegotiate the terms or re - through a series of high quality The archbishop called the nege on payments, scenarios innovative educational pro - gathering at Le Cirque – which that opponents dismissed as grams and cultural initiatives,” means arena in French – a “scaremongering.” according to its website. Greek-American think tank. In Greeks will vote again be - The gathering at the exclu - addition to the faith in Divine cause a first round of balloting sive Le Cirque restaurant, whose action rooted in the Orthodox on May 6 failed to give any of design team included renowned faith common to the guests and seven parties who gained seats New York architect Costas triggered by troubled times, the in the Parliament enough sup - unspoken message of the four port to form a government and presenters was that one can TNH/COSTAS BEJ coalition talks collapsed amidst have “faith” in a brighter future Michael and Mary Jaharis hosted a private dinner for the founders and guests of “Faith – An feuding over the austerity mea - WITH THIS ISSUE despite gloomy economic and Endowment for Orthodoxy and Hellenism” at the Le Cirque restaurant in Manhattan. sures. Greece is surviving on political scenes through a real - $152 billion in rescue loans istic view of the situation, clear from the Troika of the European thinking, and innovative policies Union-International Monetary and programs. Fund-European Central Bank The speakers’ outlook ranged Cyprus Is Likely to ask EU for Bailout (EU-IMF-ECB), which is holding from dire concerns about the back a second bailout of $173 Chinese economy by noted billion until the elections. The short-seller James Chanos, to NICOSIA, Cyprus (AP) – Financial Times in an interview. unable to borrow from interna - Troika has warned that any at - the faith in the potential for the Cyprus looks increasingly likely The bank is the most exposed tional markets after two of the tempt to tinker with reforms, or rebirth of America’s manufac - to have to ask for EU bailout to Greek debt and suffered huge world's top three credit ratings fail to make another $15 billion turing base by Australian-born money to help rescue its trou - losses after writing down the agencies downgraded the is - in cuts could lead to the money Andrew Liveris, President, bled banking sector, the island's value of its Greek government land's creditworthiness to junk pipeline being shut off. Chairman, and CEO of Dow Central Bank governor has said. bond holdings. status. Cyprus is relying on a The race has turned into a Chemical. His talk, titled “Make Panicos Demetriades said The government last month Russian loan just to pay its bills neck-and-neck duel between it in America: Perspectives on that Cyprus, which is part of the underwrote a €1.8 billion equity this year. New Democracy, which finished Advanced Manufacturing,” de - 17-country eurozone, is strug - issue to help the bank raise cap - The chairman of Cyprus Pop - first last month but with only scribed how the United States gling to find €1.8 billion ($2.23 ital from private investors, ular Bank, Michalis Sarris, also 18.8 percent of the vote, and can overcome decades of what billion) to inject in the second- meaning it will have to put up suggested an EU loan now the surprising and surging Coali - he called “benign neglect” in largest lender, Cyprus Popular the cash itself — an amount seemed more likely. tion of the Radical Left that area. Bank, by a June 30 deadline. equal to a tenth of the island's "It's hard to see where (the (SYRIZA) a formerly marginal The first speaker was Profes - "Clearly, the closer you get to entire economy — if the bank capitalization) is coming from, party that finished second with sor Charles W. Calomiris, Pro - the deadline, the less unlikely can't find the money. if not Europe," he told the Fi - 16.76 percent. SYRIZA’s leader, (asking for EU bailout money) However, state coffers are Continued on page 4 becomes," Demetriades told the running dry because Cyprus is Continued on page 10 Continued on page 11 Seattle Gunman Randomly Museum in LI Honors George and Olga Tsunis

Shoots and Kills Five, Two By Constantine S. Sirigos TNH Staff Writer

Of Them Greek-Americans GARDEN CITY, NY – As a suc - cessful businessman and leader in the Greek-American commu - By Constantine S. Sirigos his targets were and how they nity, George Tsunis is known for TNH Staff Writer were connected. That was one outside-the-box thinking. When dimension of the tragedy that he and his wife Olga engage in SEATTLE, WA – When Ian L. caused the untimely deaths of philanthropic endeavors, they Stawicki shot and killed five Gloria Leonidas and Drew Keri - seek out other innovators, like people to death last week in akides. the Long Island Children’s Mu - Seattle, he struck unthinkingly In another dimension, we are seum. On June 1, the Museum and at random, not caring who all connected, and if you ask honored them for their dedica - Greeks, often they will say there tion and support. are zero degrees of separation The annual “Cupcakes and among them. Whether or not Cocktails” fundraiser and award they know someone personally, reception was a “night of feast - Klonis: Face they feel they are part of that ing, fun and celebration” to ben - person’s life. Even from a dis - efit an institution devoted to tance it is clear Leonidas and making and science fun for the On Stamp, Keriakides were two of the more children the New York Metro - talented and giving members of politan Area. the Greek-American community The evening featured “a con - Part Two and the community at large. tinuous cocktail party that al - TNH was informed that lowed guests…to experience the many Greek-Americans frequent Museum as they played By Steve Frangos Café Racer – where musician- throughout the galleries, enjoy TNH Staff Writer songwriter Keriakides often per - live performances and explore formed. It is not known whether their creative side in activities CHICAGO - Several pho - Leonidas was a customer, but and mini-workshops. TNH/COSTAS BEJ tographs of Sergeant Angelo after May 31, two Greek names The Long Island Children’s Museum honored George and Olga Tsunis supporting their unique Klonis in combat are among the would be indelibly linked in Continued on page 5 museum and acknowledged them as Long Islanders committed to philanthropic endeavors. most notable images of World Seattle history War II. First seen in a 1944 Life “When Ian Stawicki entered Magazine article by acclaimed Cafe Racer about 11AM photographer-journalist W. Eu - Wednesday, staff there recog - gene Smith, the Klonis images nized him from being thrown Wife Says That Mihos Paid $25 Million for Sex were among those meant to out, police said, and reminded document the horrors and hero - him of that,” according to seat - ism of American troops. At least tlepi.com. Then he started By Theodore Kalmoukos nance laws in 2010. According Mihos, who attempted twice two of the Klonis photographs shooting people, including Ke - TNH Staff Writer to court papers, his wife gave unsuccessfully to become the have taken on a life of their riakides, and his best friend and him money to pay the fine but governor of Massachusetts, has own. One, a portrait shot of Klo - fellow musician Joe Albanese, BOSTON, MA – Greek-Ameri - he spent part of it for paid sex - been accused by his wife Andrea nis, with a cigarette dangling with whom Keriakides and his can businessman Christy Mihos ual activities. of two domestic assault inci - from his lips, has been repro - wife Zoe shared their apart - of Yarmouth, MA, is accused by Channel WBZ-TV 4 of Boston dents against her. duced dozens of times since ment. his wife Andrea of 38 years who first uncovered Miho’s activities Police said the first incident 1944. The other was, until quite When Stawicki fled from the has filled papers for divorce that thought its T-Team investiga - took place in West Yarmouth on recently, known simply by the police, he confronted Leonidas. he has spent $25 million on his tion. July 7 and the second incident initial identification given by Seattlepi.com reported that addiction in hiring women for Mihos lawyer, Robert Lan - happened in Stuart, FL on Feb - Smith, “Front Line Soldier with “Leonidas had dropped off a sex since 2009, when he sold glois, told the judge that “Mr. ruary 20. Andrea also said that Canteen, Saipan, June 1944.” friend when she was confronted the chain of his convenience Mihos is living a very, very sim - said Mihos “is addicted to hiring That photograph was selected by Stawicki…Police say she stores. ple life compared to when the strippers, porn stars, and pros - to be part of the 2002, Masters knocked the gun from his hand Andrea’s lawyer David Lee Mihos’ were together, almost titutes for sex,” according to a of American Photography stamp before he fatally shot her.” told the Barnstable court re - monastic in the financial man - police report. TNH was unable series. At the time that Klonis’ Leonidas was a successful cently that “between 2009 and ner” and he added that “he has to reach Mihos for comment. fundraiser and lighting designer today Mrs. Mihos doesn’t know no money.” Christi Mihos was The 62 year-old former con - Continued on page 7 – she helped relight the Statue where the money has gone.” Lee not present at the preliminary venience store chain owner of of Liberty during its restoration also said that “there was a huge process of the divorce because as many as 130 stores at one in the 1980s – but she will be amount of wasteful spending by he now lives in Florida. He says time, ran for governor as an in - remembered by her husband of Mr. Mihos, some of which was Christy Mihos’ divorce may that he has about $7,000 to his dependent in 2006 and again in For subscription: 19 years, Tom, her daughters spent to women who charge for prove both costly and em - name. 2010 as a Republican. Both 718.784.5255 Christina and Sophia, and her time spending together, some barassing. Mihos went for treatment at times he received a lot of sup - [email protected] father Carl Parsons more for her spent flying across the country McLean Hospital, for which An - port from the Greek-American love than her abundant talent and flying to different places to MasterCard, and American Ex - drea said she paid $50,000, but Community, who organized and energy. Her friends and be with these women.” press. according to the records after fundraisings at the then “57” loved ones gathered to bid her Some of the escort women Mihos owed the state of his release from the hospital he Hotel, (now the “Revere”) of charged from $450 an hour to Massachusetts a $70,000 fine rented a Mercedes and spent Continued on page 6 $2,000 and they accepted Visa, for violating the campaign fi - $8,000 at a Newport Hotel. Continued on page 6 2 COMMUNITY THE NATIONAL HERALD, JUNE 9-15, 2012

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n JUNE 7-AUGUST 30 food, and youth dance groups tos Soteriades. The event, taking CHICAGO, IL – Looking for fun at the riverside location. place at Towers on the Green at and educational activities to do 272-48 Grand Central Parkway with the kids this summer? The SAN DIEGO, CA – St. Spyridon in Floral Park, will feature Music National Hellenic Museum has Greek Orthodox Church is and traditional folk dancing weekly summer programming throwing a Greek festival from from the Association’s dance for children ages 3-10. Young June 8th through the 9th. The groups. Dinner will be at 7PM. Muses: Arts and Crafts, takes hours will be from 5PM to 10PM The recommended donation for place every Thursday, starting on Friday, 11AM to 10PM on the event is $90. For an RSVP on June 7 and runs till August Saturday and 11AM to 8PM on call 718-606-2391. Please RSVP 30. The activities are free with Sunday. Admission is a $3 do - by June 3. museum general admission, $10 nation, though Friday is free all for adults, $8 for seniors and day and Saturday and Sunday MANHATTAN – The Metropoli - students and $7 for children. are free from 11AM to 1PM. The tan Greek Chorale present “Har - The museum is located at 333 festival will be located at 3655 monia” – a celebration of Greek S. Halsted St. in Chicago. Park Boulevard in San Diego, song with special guests Grigoris CA. Parking is available at Roo - Maninakis and the Mikrokosmos MANHATTAN – Yes! It's true! sevelt Middle School, located at Ensemble. The event will take Anthoula Katsimatides just 3366 Park Blvd. place Saturday, June 9 at 8PM booked a role in an off-Broad - at Holy Trinity Cathedral in way play! "I feel so blessed to ST. AUGUSTINE, FL – The Holy Manhattan. Tickets $20 for stu - be part of such an incredible Trinity Greek Orthodox Church dents, $40 for General Admis - cast & crew!," she declared. is throwing a Greek festival from sion and $100 for VIPs. All tick - Murder in the First by Dan Gor - Friday the 8th to Sunday the ets include post-concert don at 59E59 Theatres. May 25 10th. The Hours will be 4PM- reception. Tickets can be bought - July 1. From the company that 9PM on Friday, 11AM to 9PM online at brought you Poetic License on Saturday and Noon to 5PM brownpapertickets.com, event # comes Murder in the First, in - on Sunday. The festival will be 241277. spired by a compelling true held at Francis Field, 29 Castillo story of the case that ultimately Drive in St. Augustine, FL. Enjoy n JUNE 11 led to the closing of Alcatraz – nonstop entertainment with live MANHATTAN – Please join our one of the most notorious cor - Greek music and dancing by good friend Anthoula Katsi - rectional institutions in U.S. his - beautifully costumed Greek matides for her JAM Founda - tory. A powerful courtroom dance troupes. The Greek Fest tion's "Color and Hope" event on drama. Tickets and more infor - Family Run held in conjunction Monday, June 11 from 6PM- mation available at with the First Coast YMCA will 9PM for a private viewing of the http://www.59e59.org. begin at 9 a.m. Saturday (Octo - 9/11 Memorial followed by ber 8th). Admission is only cocktails at the W Hotel cele - n JUNE 7-10 $2.00 and free for children 12 brating the 10th Anniversary of STAMFORD, CT – The Annun - and under. For more informa - the Johnny and Mikey Katsi - ciation Church in Stamford, CT tion call 904-829-0504. matides Foundation for Life. is throwing a Greek festival from Named for and inspired by the June 7 to June 10. On the 7th WOBURN, MA – The Annuncia - tragic loss of the founder’s two and 8th the hours are from 6PM tion of the Virgin Mary Greek brothers: John Katsimatides to 11PM, on Saturday the 9th Orthodox Chruch is holding a who died in the terrorist attacks they are from Noon to 11PM Greek festival from June 8th to of September 11, 2001 while and Sunday the 10th from Noon the 10th. The times will be from working for Cantor Fitzgerald to 10PM. There will be rides and 11AM to 11PM on Friday, June and Mike Katsimatides who died games. Admission is free, the 8th, 11AM to 11PM on Satur - by suicide in May 1999. JaM for festival is located at 1230 New - day, June 9th and from 11AM Life raises money for charities field Ave. to 8PM on Sunday June 10th. that embody the spirit, character The festival will take place at and lives of these brothers. This BALTIMORE, MD – St. Nicholas 70 Montvale Ave. in Woburn, year’s proceeds will benefit both Greek Orthodox Church is hav - MA. Come and enjoy a safe, se - the 9/11 National Memorial & ing a Greek festival from Thurs - cure children's area (weather Museum and The Samaritans of day, June 7th to Sunday, June proof) and live cooking demon - New York Suicide Prevention 10th. The hours will be Noon to stration or win big in our raffle! Services. For more information 11PM on the 7th, 11AM to Friday Makredes Ensemble and tickets please visit jamfoun - 11PM on the 8th, 11AM to (7pm to 11 pm) Saturday Ta dation.org/colorandhope. 11PM on the 9th and Noon to Dilina (7pm to 11 pm) Sunday 10PM on the 10th. The festival Makredes Ensemble (4pm to n NOTE TO OUR READERS will be located at 520 South 8pm). Greek Folk Dance Troupe, This calendar of events section Ponca Street in Baltimore. Ad - a wide variety of specialty ven - is a complimentary service to mission for daytime events is dors Childrens' Activities -bal - the Greek American community. free, while nighttime events will loons, face painting, reptile All parishes, organizations and cost between $20 and $35 dol - show. institutions are encouraged to lars. Nighttime events include e-mail their information regard - concerts and begin at 7PM and n JUNE 9 ing the event 3-4 weeks ahead run from Thursday to Saturday. FLORAL PARK, NY – The Pan - of time, and no later than Mon - cyprian Association Dance Divi - day of the week before the BROOKVILLE, NY – The Greek sion NY invites everyone to event, to english.edition@then - Village Festival is taking place “Cypriot Night,” honoring Chris - ationalherald.com from June 8 through June 9. On Friday it will be from 6-11PM, Saturday from 3-11PM and Sun - day from 1-9PM. Admission is free and free parking is available QUESTION OF THE WEEK at C.W. Post, with shuttle buses to the festival. The event will be Vote on our website! at the Greek Orthodox Church of the Holy Resurrection at 25 You have the chance to express your opinion on our website A & Rte.107, in Brookville. on an important question in the news. The results will be pub - Credit Cards will be accepted, lished in our printed edition next week along with the question for more information go to for that week. greekvillagefestival.info or call 516-671-5200. The question this week is: Do you think that the Greek Par - liament should include Greek-Americans as well? TROY, NY – St. Basil Greek Or - o Yes thodox Church is having a o No Greek festival from June 8 to o Maybe the 10th. The hours are from 5PM to 10PM on the Friday 8th, The results for last week’s question: Should Greek-Ameri - Noon to 10PM on Saturday the cans be permitted to vote in Greek elections? 9th and from 1MP to 5PM on 50 % voted "Yes" Sunday the 10th. The festival is 43 % voted "No" located in Troy, NY at 909 River 7% voted "Maybe" street. Free parking and admis - sion. There will be kids games, Please vote at: www.thenationalherald.com

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By Gary Shapiro Rose, who founded an organi - stepped onstage with his ensem - The Wall Street Journal zation called Reading Reform ble. He closed with his signature Foundation of New York, was song, "I Left My Heart in San Pencils, erasers and note - also there. The Deborah, Francisco," which received a books were fitting center pieces Jonathan F. P., Samuel Priest, standing ovation. for a cocktail hour at the New and Adam R. Rose Main Read - Top cop Raymond Kelly was York Public Library on Monday, ing Room, whose span can give in the audience. He might have as the focus that evening was you nearly two blocks of exer - also had his mind on a nearby education. cise, is named in honor of her event outside. At the close of the A crowd had come out for children. evening, the well-heeled atten - the library's spring gala, honor - While finishing their grilled dees pouring forth from the li - ing philanthropists Katerina and wild salmon, sugar snap peas brary watched as President Andreas Dracopoulos. The and basil mashed potatoes, the Barack Obama's motorcade KidsLIVE and TeenLIVE pro - audience broke into applause passed by. The president and the grams, developed with the li - when singer Tony Bennett, a library were both fundraising in brary, are sponsored by the Ka - product of public schooling, the city that night. terina and Andreas C. Dracopoulos Family Endowment for Young Audiences. "In so many ways, the library is one of the best examples of public-private partnerships," Mr. Dracopoulos, co-president of the Stavros Niarchos Foundation, told Heard & Scene. He stressed the library's role in offering all The New York Public Library honored Katerina and Andreas Dracopoulos for their ongoing New Yorkers free access to in - support of its KidsLIVE and TeenLIVE programs, which inspire young people to develop their formation. creativity, talents, and love of learning. Katerina (C) and Andreas Dracopoulos (L) receive a Later that evening, the presi - gift from NYPL president Anthony Marx, a vintage map of Greece. dent of the New York Public Li - brary, Anthony W. Marx, pre - The audience roared when he copouloses runs the gamut from pioneering founder of the Cen - sented the couple with a said the ancient philosopher was causes in their local neighbor - ter for Educational Innovation- reproduction of a map of the writing during a period better hood to global issues. Public Education Association. Mediterranean from a 19th-cen - for the Greek economy than the The Brooke Russell Astor Judith Roth Berkowitz, the tury book in the NYPL's collection. present. Award, part of an endowment chairman of CEI-PEA, had nom - In his acceptance remarks, Art patron Bill Royall said gift from David Rockefeller, was inated Mr. Fliegel for this award. Mr. Dracopoulos quoted Plato. that the generosity of the Dra - presented to Seymour Fliegel, She later told Heard & Scene that she met Mr. Fliegel through philanthropist Richard Gilder. Speech Excerpts by New York Public Mr. Fliegel has helped de - velop schools such as the Fred - Library Honoree, Andreas Dracopoulos erick Douglass Academy and the Carl C. Icahn Charter Schools. He co-wrote "Miracle in East The New York Public Library does a magnificent job in pursuing Harlem: The Fight for Choice in its mission of inspiring lifelong learning, advancing knowledge Public Education." by providing free and open access to all, and by strengthening "The book is here in the Li - our communities; and it does so at a time when education at brary," Mr. Marx said to audi - large, in a truly globalized world, plays such an important role ence amusement. "I checked." in making us all better citizens. As your invitation for this evening Samuel C. Butler was speak - very appropriately describes, it is all about engaging, educating, ing at cocktails with Elizabeth (and thus) empowering. The New York Public Library does a Rohatyn. They have each served great job in all of the above; it is a great example of a successful as chairman of the board of public-private partnership with society at large being the main trustees of the Library. beneficiary. We should all here tonight feel very proud indeed to Family members whose be associated with such an institution and such a mission. names adorn the library interior As Plato said, quite a few years ago and certainly during better were there, rightfully. The Ce - times for Greece than today, “if you ask what is good of education leste Bartos Forum, where the in general, the answer is easy; education makes good men, and dinner was held, was named af - good men act nobly and conquer their enemies in battle, because ter the mother of a former they are good”. trustee, Adam Bartos, who at - And in today’s complicated world, with a lot of complex and The Katerina and Andreas C. Dracopoulos Family Endowment for Young Audiences have been tended with his wife, trustee polarizing issues to deal with, the dignity and decency of educated instrumental in bringing valuable programs to the Library. Mr. Dracopoulos served as a Library Mahnaz Bartos. men and women is a pre-requisite to a better world for all of us. trustee from 2003 to 2010. Life trustee, Sandra Priest Rev. Gounaris is Welcomed as the Holy Trinity Cathedral’s New Dean

TNH Staff come a new dean. Boathouse’s owner, Dean Poll, board members to facilitate in General Engineering from the and has two daughters, Eleni The Archbishop said he is who also serves on the Board of greater cooperation between the University of Massachusetts – and Katrina, and one grand - NEW YORK – The members of looking forward to Fr. Gounaris’ Trustees. Poll welcomed the two institutions, which are sep - Dartmouth, in 1979. His mother child. Katrina just graduated the Archdiocesan Cathedral of continued success in his new guests and introduced arate entities legally. told TNH he aspired to being an from college and will also move the Holy Trinity and some of the home, but noted just as one can - Stephanos Cherpelis, the Presi - Cherpelis told TNH the astronaut, but said, “I decided to New York to pursue a career hundreds of other Greek-Amer - not drive in New York City traf - dent of the Cathedral’s Board of school’s future is bright, saying to reach for stars in a different in speech pathology. icans in the New York Metropol - fic the way race cars traverse Trustees. that in two years enrollment way,” and he enrolled at Holy He posted a farewell on the itan Area who also consider the the Indianapolis 500 speedway, Cherpelis said he and the grew from 82 to 150, and ex - Cross School of Theology. Holy Trinity website stating “I Cathedral their spiritual home being Cathedral Dean in New Board and the community were pects it to reach higher levels. He told TNH that Bishop Ilia am honored to have served this gathered with Archbishop York will be a bit different from looking forward to their new “The school becomes self-sus - of Philomelion was a valuable parish for close to 20 years. I Demetrios of America and hon - his time in Indianapolis. His Em - Dean, whom he said “was cho - taining at 150,” he said. advisor and he was a teaching have witnessed incredible inter - ored guests in one of New York inence promised him, however, sen with great care by the Arch - Cherpelis was asked if assistant for Dr. Lewis Patsavos, est in our ancient faith, growth City’s most beloved venues for that he has a fine Board to work bishop, and who was preceded Gounaris’ compensation pack - but added that Fr. Alkiviades of our membership, and expan - a celebration of the parish’s with and a community that is by an excellent reputation…In age was comparable to that of Kalivas was the probably great - sion of ministries during that feast day, and to welcome their ready to assist in the further a few days we have seen that his predecessor, Fr. Frank Mara - est influence on him, especially time.” new dean, Rev. Anastasios growth of the “showcase of the he is a good priest, with a fine gos, but he told TNH “I do not regarding his liturgical outlook Staz Tsiavos – who is also an Gounaris. Archdiocese.” theological background, and permit myself or others to dis - and style. “Anastasios and a Tasso” is With the late afternoon sun Gounaris, also known as Fa - that he works well with people.” cuss the salaries of priests or Gounaris served at St. Spyri - among a number of New York - streaming through the window ther Taso – who was already re - Cherpelis personally is eager staff. These are private matters, don in Washington Heights from ers who remember Gounaris walls of the famous Boathouse ceiving high marks from people to work with Gounaris and de - as is the case with other organi - 1983-85 and in 1991 became from St. Spyridon. He recalls he restaurant in Central Park, Ted for his chanting earlier in the clared that his philosophy, zations.” pastor of Holy Trinity Church in was very popular for his work Klingos, a member of the Cathe - day during the Divine Liturgy shared by his fellow trustees, is Gounaris was born in New Indianapolis. He is married to with the youth and young dral’s Board of Trustees, wel - marking the great Feast of Pen - to always leave an institution Bedford, MA, and received a BA Presvytera Maria (Sinodinou) adults. comed the 400 guests and an - tecost – gave a warm and better than he found it. nounced the arrival of the new thoughtful greeting. He shared The Republic of Panama’s dean, who was accompanied by a story with the message that Ambassador the United Nations, the Archbishop and Michael Ja - communities thrive when every - Pablo Antonio Thalassinos, was haris, the Vice Chairman of the one works together and each present as was Greece’s consul Archdiocesan Council. makes contributions of his time, General in New York, George Il - The room was filled with the talent, and resources. iopoulos, along with Cyprus’s good will and high expectations Gounaris acknowledged his Consul General Koula Sophi - of people who have been with - family, including his parents An - anou, who attended with a out a permanent spiritual father tonios and Eleni, but he singled number of dignitaries from for almost one year. Many ex - out his father, who he said made Cyprus. Bishops Sebastianos of pressed their appreciation for the journey to New York 60 Zela and Theophilos of Meloa having Fr. Mark Arey, Director years ago and worked hard like also attended. of the Inter-Orthodox, Ecumeni - so many other Greek-Americans Arey informed TNH that on cal, and Interfaith Relations for to raise a good family, and now May 31 the Archbishop reap - the Archdiocese as interim was able to see his son installed pointed the Cathedrals Board of Dean, and they were also as the Dean of the Archdiocesan Trustees, originally installed in pleased that the Cathedral’s Cathedral. He claimed to be re - Spring of 2011, to a six-month Dean Emeritus, Rev. Dr. Robert sponsible for more of his father’s term to ensure a smooth transi - Stephanopoulos, who was pre - silver hairs than his siblings. tion during the start of sent with Presbytera Nikki, re - The event was held under Gounaris’ tenure. He also ap - turned often to preside over the auspices of the Archbishop pointed a Board for the Cathe - liturgy, but they were excited and the venue, food, and re - dral School with a 15 month about finally being able to wel - freshments were donated by the term, which includes Cathedral

TNH/COSTAS BEJ Cathedral Board of Trustees President Stephanos Cherpelis and Archbishop Demetrios at the welcoming reception for Fr. Anastasios Gounaris (R) at the Boathouse restaurant. 4 COMMUNITY THE NATIONAL HERALD, JUNE 9-15, 2012

PHOTOS: TNH/COSTAS BEJ Dr. P. Roy Vagelos, currently Chairman of Regeneron Pharma - ceuticals, a biotech company, is promoting strengthening sci - (L-R) Andrew Liveris, James Chanos, Charles Calomiris, Archbishop Demetrios, John Calamos, and Michael and Mary Jaharis. ence, technology, engineering, and math education.

The Chinese economy looks scary to famous short-seller James Chanos, but at least he made (L-R) Michael Jaharis, John Payiavlas, John Calamos, and John Catimatidis pause for refresh - some of the other presentations sound more appealing, giving the optimists a 3-1 win. ments after a busy day. A Greek-American Think Tank on Hellenism and Orthodoxy Assembles

Continued from page 1 better in recruiting and training thanked the guests and the good teachers. Indicating the im - speakers, offering special thanks fessor, Columbia University portance of teachers, Dr. Vagelos, to founding member George Graduate School of Business who is currently Chairman of Re - Coumantaros and Faith’s presi - and School of International and generon Pharmaceuticals, a dent Peter T. Kikis. He also Public Affairs. He gave an infor - biotech company, said that al - thanked Peggy Sotirhos Nichol - mative talk on “Greece, Europe though the America’s students son, Faith’s administrator, for the and the Impact on World have slipped to the lowest quar - success of the events. Economies.” He said “the Span - tile in science, those in Advanced Noted investor John Calamos ish crisis is readily resolvable if Placement (AP) classes, are still was impressed with the meeting reasonable coordination of loss at the top globally. and the dinner, and emphasized taking can be organized.” He Chanos, Founder and Manag - to TNH the founders’ commit - was much less sanguine about ing Director of Kynikos Associ - ment to innovative programs the challenges facing other Eu - ates, presented “A Cynic Ponders that reach out to young people rozone members, including China.” He followed Calomiris to promote Hellenism and Or - Greece. and began by saying “If you were thodoxy. The presentation of Dr. P. Roy upset by the previous speaker, Kevin Ferro, CEO of the Vat - Vagelos, the retired Chairman you are in trouble. He is an opti - era Capital, a private equity firm, and CEO of Merck & Co., who mist.” Chanos focused on the served as the moderator and in - attended with his wife Diane, massive overbuilding that Peking vited Archbishop Demetrios to was a thoughtful mix of serious has presided over. offer the invocation, which was warnings for America about the Congresswoman Carolyn preceded by a recital of The decline of education, especially Maloney, Co-chair of the Hellenic Lord’s Prayer by Archdeacon related to science and technol - Caucus on Capitol Hill, was told Panteleimon Papadopoulos. ogy, and hopes for future based a number of times to convey the Demetrios also offered closing Charles W. Calomiris, PhD, Professor at Columbia University Graduate School of Business pre - on the promise of the application substance of the evening’s pre - remarks. sented “Greece, Europe and the Impact on World Economies.” of ideas Faith will include in its sentations to her colleagues. The endowment was estab - STEM program. Jaharis, also speaking on his lished in 2004 as a response to a From an initial group of ten busi - Nationally, the U.S. must do wife’s behalf, welcomed and challenge issued by Demetrios. ness and philanthropic leaders who pledged $1 million each, Faith now comprises 32 people. When its goal of 50 is reached, it is expected to have an endow - ment base of $75 million. At the heart of its grant-giving activity is a variety of scholarship programs. The Faith Scholarships for Academic Excellence provide merit and need-based grants to students nationwide, but the Founders are very excited about their new STEM (science, tech - nology, engineering and math) initiative, championed by Dr. Vagelos. The initiative includes giving students in those areas priority in the scholarship pro - grams. In 2011 Faith began partner - ing with the Fulbright Founda - His Eminence Archbishop Demetrios informally introduces tion to fund graduate and re - George Coumantaros to some of the guests at Le Cirque. search scholarships to promote US-Greece scholarly exchanges and collaborations. This year’s focus is on helping Greek gradu - ate students come to the United States. 2012 Presidential Race - Update Birthright Hellas aims to con - nect the community’s youth to By Constantinos E. Scaros (L-R) Archbishop Demetrios, Andrew Liveris, James Chanos, Charles Calomiris, and Dr. P. Roy its Orthodox and Hellenic her - Vagelos enjoy a discussion. itage through a scholarship pro - A few days ago former President George W. Bush was asked gram which this year will fund whom he would support in this year’s presidential race. As the 59 full or partial scholarships to elevator doors closed, he shouted out to the reporter: “I’m for the Archdiocese’s Ionian Village Romney.” Not exactly a ringing endorsement. (IV) summer camp in Greece. Some in the media portray Bush’s low-key response as a GOP Past participants describe IV as strategy to keep the still-unpopular former president out of the “a transformative experience.” picture, though the more accurate interpretation might be that Jaharis said the idea for the 1) true to the Bush tradition (his father did the same thing), the dinner program was inspired by younger Bush is keeping his word that he does not plan to stick discussions at other Faith meet - his nose in politics any longer, and 2) like many other Republicans, ings and was connected to “how he is not exactly thrilled with his party’s presumptive nominee. faith can continue to promote Meanwhile, President Obama didn’t have a particularly good Hellenism and Orthodoxy not week either, with a very grim jobs report that underscored how just within the community but frail the economic recovery that he orchestrated really is. also within our country and the Non-major party hopeful Buddy Roemer ended his presidential world.” He declared, despite the bid, after inexplicably shunning the support of the established relatively small size of the group, Reform Party, instead putting all of his eggs in the basket of “given the dynamism of our Americans Elect – a suspect online initiative that failed to gain Founders and our mission to pro - any ground in terms of producing a nominee, and which ended mote education and excellence up imploding. through Hellenism and Ortho - Given the weak jobs report, the Republican powers-that-be doxy to the young people and might be kicking themselves for not having backed a stronger bright stars of our community, candidate to challenge Obama. Coupled with Roemer’s departure, the potential for a positive im - that leaves the electorate – for the time being – with a virtual pact on the future and our coun - non-choice between Obamney and Obamney. try is tremendous.” THE NATIONAL HERALD, JUNE 9-15, 2012 COMMUNITY 5 LI Children’s Museum Recognizes Tsunises’ Commitment to Philanthropy

Continued from page 1 White House. Tsunis is the Founder, Chair - The event was hugely suc - man, and CEO of Chartwell Ho - cessful – almost $1 million was tels, which owns and manages raised – demonstrating that 10 hotels in the Intercontinen - “must-attend” events and “must- tal, Hilton, and Marriott chains support” causes are born of throughout the Northeast as imagination, planning, and hard well as retail, office and apart - word. Guests were greeted by a ment properties. Prior to that he live band in the lobby area, and was a partner at the law firm of the stations offering wonderful Rivkin, Radler LLP and held sev - food and drink – including the eral public serviced positions in famous cupcakes - were spread New York City and Long Island. throughout the permanent and He serves the Greek Orthodox current exhibition spaces de - Church as a member of the signed to engage children in arts Archdiocesan Council and the and crafts and to explore the Faith endowment, and is an Ar - machines and animal kingdoms. chon of the Ecumenical Patriar - Scott Rechler, event Co-chair chate, serving on its national and Emcee along with his wife council. He is well-known na - Debbie - last year’s honorees tionwide and especially in New and themselves examples of giv - York as a political fundraiser, ing back to community through and is a member of the Brook - time, talent and treasure - said ings Institution’s Foreign Policy “the Tsunises are two of the Leadership Council. He is a re - most giving people I know. They cipient of numerous awards in - will do anything to support their cluding the Cyprus Federation’s friends and the community.” PHOTOS: TNH/COSTAS BEJ Justice for Cyprus Award. Rechler said he never re - (L-R) Cupcakes and Cocktails Co-chair Scott Rechler, Olga Tsunis, Co-chair Debbie Rechler, and George Tsunis. Supporters of the Museum

After the Tsunises were honored by the Museum, friends and family gathered for photos. (L-R) Honorees and guests are paying close attention to celebrity auctioneer Christian Kohlberg. Fr. Alexander Karloutsos, Eleni Tsunis, Olga Tsunis, and George Tsunis. The prizes are all great, but they must make sure they raise their hands for the right one. ceived so many phonecalls in ment to community, and his “in - in our goal of raising curious, advance of the event from peo - credible imagination.” creative children.” She evoked ple saying “make sure you give Rechler acknowledged the applause when she said she my best wishes to the Tsunises.” special guests and invited Suf - rarely had the opportunity to New York’s governor Andrew folk County Executive Steve Bel - publicly thank one particular Cuomo made one such a call, lone to the podium for remarks. person, “my partner in parent - and Rechler read a letter with Bellone said that he came to ing, the most important job any - congratulations and warm re - thank the Tsunises for their sup - one can have…with whom I am gards from Vice President Joe port of “countless causes,” in proud to share this award and Biden. Long Island. Debbie Rechler my life.” Among the Greek-Americans added “the range of organiza - George followed by thanking present were TNH Publisher-Ed - tions they support is daunting,” all who preceded him for deliv - itor Antonis H. Diamataris and but noted the common thread ering their remarks “just as I his wife Litsa, Rev. Alexander is groups that “ensure that peo - wrote them.” He proceeded to Karloutsos, Protopresbyter of ple, especially children, are safe speak on the importance of ed - the Ecumenical Patriarchate and and healthy, and ready to suc - ucation and mentors in chil - Pastor the Kimisis Church of the ceed.” dren’s lives, and declared that Hamptons, and Assistant Pastor Olga thanked everyone and “all of you... through your ac - Fr. Constantine Lazarakis. Fr. said, “It’s a great honor to be tions and generosity mentor,” Constantine praised Tsunis’ gen - recognized by the LICM, which and support the education of erosity, humanity, his commit - does so much to help all parents “tens of thousands of young people and you should give yourselves a round of applause.” The Museum’s staff works closely with area schools and ed - FOIA Release Names ucators. Twenty thousand teach - ers and students use Museum as an extension of their classrooms “Spy” Printers and there are 250,000 other vis - itors every year. Proceeds from Taking a break from the “continuous cocktail party,” guests gather in the Museum lobby for a the event will account for 20 brief speaking program. TNH Staff fense Advanced Research Pro - percent of the museum’s annual jects Agency. operating funds. at NYU, including a PhD in father “When you receive your were generous in the items of - Americans might want to “Just because you shred Olga Tsunis’ philanthropic 2002. She specialized in reha - hands are full. When you give fered for the live auction – and think twice before sending an something, that doesn’t mean it endeavors began with her vol - bilitating patients with neuro - your heart is full.” His mother the celebrity auctioneer, Christ - anonymous letter criticizing the has been destroyed.” Schoen be - unteering as a teenager at Saint logical impairments at New York Eleni was beaming all evening, ian Kohlberg was particularly ef - government or its policies – as lieves this should be a “wake- Mary’s Hospital for Children in Presbyterian Hospital. another validation of that wis - fective: though the attendees it can be traced back to the up call” for the government and her neighborhood in Bayside. Their own family has grown dom. Among the couple’s con - could barely understand a word sender. others who handle sensitive in - She says that pointed her in the to include son James and tributions to the Greek-Ameri - that the ebullient, silver- For years, machine identifi - formation. direction of her career in physi - daughter Eleni and Yanna, to can community is their tongued man was saying, they cation code technology has been “They all need to review their cal therapy. She earned under - whom will be conveyed the wis - underwriting the Greek Inde - felt the urge to bid, bid, bid, in used by printer manufacturers shredding policies.” graduate and graduate degrees dom George received from his pendence Day celebration at the support of a good cause. to burn a printer’s serial num - ber, using microscopic yellow dots on each printed page. Though some printing compa - nies have shared this informa - tion with the government, Congratulations to the D.G.K. Class of 2012! names had never been released until recently. Pursuant to a Freedom of In - Peter, Costa, Luke, Farah, Othon, Alexandrea, Manoli, Justin formation Act (FOIA) request by your hard work, dedication, and effort have helped you earn your diploma. As you move on to High School, the academic TNH writer Theo Karantsalis, and social skills, along with the moral beliefs you have developed at DGK will serve you well. Good luck and congratulations the federal government has re - leased the names of 10 printer from the students and staff at DGK, your parents, the parents association, the School Board and the Holy Cross manufacturers that have “ful - Greek Orthodox Church. We all know that the teachers at Xaverian High School, St. Francis Prep, Poly Prep, filled or agreed to fulfill docu - Fontbonne Hall Academy, Xavier High School, St. Joseph Hill Academy, Fort Hamilton High School ment identification requests submitted by the Secret Ser - and St. Edmund Preparatory High School are looking forward to your arrival! vice.” The companies listed on the release include: Canon, Brother, DIMITRIOS AND GEORGIA KALOIDIS PAROCHIAL SCHOOL Casio, Sharp, HP, Konica-Mi - nolta, Mita, Ricoh, and Xerox. “Our privacy rights are erod - OF HOLY CROSS CHURCH ing more and more each day,” said Karantsalis, whose original “Continuing a tradition of excellence in education” 2010 request was denied. But the Secret Service re - lented after he filed an admin - 8502 Ridge Boulevard, Brooklyn, NY 11209 istrative appeal and threatened legal action. For years, (718) 836-8096 From Nursery through Eighth Grade Karantsalis studied the mysteri - your child will spend over ous dots using a blue LED light he got from the San Francisco- based Electronic Frontier Foun - 10,000 HOURS dation (EFF), which published in a classroom. a tracking dot “decoding guide.” www.dgkschool.com But EFF thinks that Don’t let it be just any classroom. Karantsalis’ release has inadver - tently shed light on a potentially D.G.K. was established in 1980, by the Holy Cross Church to provide quality greater privacy breach. education in all academic subjects as well as in the Greek language and faith. “The same yellow dots were instrumental in a recent DARPA We strive to help each student develop to his or her full potential ‘reverse shredding’ challenge in an atmosphere which promotes self-esteem, confidence, strong study skills, that let one team reveal what and an excellent work ethic. We believe every child is unique, was cross shredded,” said Seth and that learning is an individualized and on going process. Schoen, a senior EFF Staff Tech - nologist. DARPA stands for De - 6 COMMUNITY THE NATIONAL HERALD, JUNE 9-15, 2012

Students from over 70 Colleges Attend NHSA Convention in Toronto

TNH Staff cently voted to welcome Greek tive: Education, Entrepreneur - its recognition, have the support ficient entity for higher educa - Hellenic Scholarship Founda - students from Canada to be - ship and Innovation.” they need to complete their ed - tion students,” according to an tion, believe in the potential of come members. Chris P. Tomaras, Chairman ucation and contribute mean - official release. Hellenic youth.” Sponsors in - TORONTO, Canada - The 7th Keynote speaker Dimitris of the PanHellenic Scholarship ingfully to society.” Jamie Leberis, the Conven - cluded Hellenic Heritage Foun - Semi-Annual Conference of the Azemopoulos, Consul General Foundation, was invited as a He also briefly discussed “the tion Chairperson, said, “We hold dation, Hotel Grande Bretagne National Hellenic Student Asso - of Greece in Toronto, praised guest presenter on the topic of components of entrepreneur - these conventions to empower and the PanHellenic Scholarship ciation (NHSA) was held the the NHSA members for organiz - education. He was unable to ship and innovation,” declaring our fellow students to make a Foundation. weekend of April 28-29 at the ing the Convention and com - participate in person, but sent they too are important in one’s positive impact on their lives In addition to the inspira - University of Toronto in York, mended them for taking the ini - the guests a video message. “life education. and communities. The success - tional panel discussions and net - Canada, attended by student tiative to inspire tomorrow’s Tomaras highlighted his “The NHSA’s mission is to ful turnout says that the NHSA working between members, leaders representing more than leaders. commitment to education by de - link together Greek, Greek- is on the right track.” $50,000 was donated to by Ted 70 universities across North The Convention, entitled claring, “I founded the PanHel - American and Cypriot students Leberis also expressed appre - Mantziaris and Ted Agnos - America. “Hellenic Youth: The Corner - lenic Scholarship Foundation on attending higher educational in - ciation for “the support of our tasakos to begin a Greek Studies The NHSA of America, the stone of Hope” presented two our Hellenic principles to ensure stitutions. Members see them - sponsors and would like to Program at the University of network of the Hellenic Student panel discussions: “New Mod - that financially deserving col - selves as ‘ambassadors’ of Hel - thank them for caring about our Toronto. For more information Associations at major universi - els: Sustainability and Develop - lege students, whose outstand - lenism and Education with a mission. All of them, especially about the NHSA visit their web - ties in the United States, re - ment,” and “Taking the Initia - ing academic performance mer - vision to build a strong and ef - Mr. Chris Tomaras and the Pan site at www.nhsaofamerica.org. Mihos’ Wife Has Accused Him of Paying $25 Million for Sex Services

Continued from page 1 fiscated his gun. I could see the Acropolis light Mihos was born in Brockton, up, and I felt so proud to be a Boston. MA. He is the grandson of Greek, and that never left me.” According to a Martin Christy and Aphrodite Mihos, In the same interview Mihos County, FL police report filed and Gregory Bouras. All of them spoke about his wife and how last month, Andrea said that the immigrated to the United States she felt that he had launched a couple started arguing on Feb. at the turn of the 20th century. gubernatorial campaign. He had 20 about marital issues as they He attended the Annunciation said “Andrea is my best friend. were returning home from din - Greek Orthodox Church in At first, she didn't like it because ner. She said that “Christy be - Brockton, including having been you open up your life to so came erratic and belligerent.” enrolled in the Greek School. many things, but she under - She reminded Christy of his bad He was also an altar boy, a stands how much I love govern - choices in life, including his ad - member of the choir, and a ment, and how I want to change diction “to hiring prostitutes, member of GOYA. things in Massachusetts, and she strippers, and porn stars for His father had him take mu - has been so supportive. She has sex.” sic lessons on the clarinet, the helped my campaign so much Andrea told the authorities saxophone, the bouzouki, and because we do things together. that her husband began threat - the guitar from a very early age. I never go to anything unless ening her life. He helped start a band, the she's with me, and we're having She said Christy made infer - Olympians. They played at a lot of fun together. We are so ences that Andrea could easily dances, weddings, and all kinds close. We've been married for disappear or be hurt or killed, of events. 31 years now, and we get along the report states. When he was getting ready very well.” When Andrea started to to go to college, his father took Asked how the two of them record the argument on her cell him to see the Trio Bel Canto, met, he said “I met her at a wed - phone, her husband grabbed the and as a gift for going to college, ding in Lynn. The reception was phone and threw it at her, strik - his father bought him that band in Peabody, and after talking to ing her in the lip, the police re - member’s Michali's bouzouki as her for a few hours, I told her port says. He then threw the a gift. that I was going to marry her, phone out the car. From the age four or five he and that we were going to have Andrea returned to Massa - worked at his father’s superette two children. She was the most chusetts she went to the called Christy's Market packing, Businessman and failed gubernatorial candidate Christy Mihos, wife Andrea, and daughter beautiful woman I had ever Yarmouth Police on Feb. 22, sorting out the bottles and tak - Ashley in happier times. He is accused by his wife of 38 years of threatening her life. seen. She walked past my table 2012 and filed a domestic as - ing out the trash. and looked at me, and she had sault and battery complaint, ac - When he was 10 years old ica. He took a test in Greek and nitha, outside of Athens. that changed my life. It made the biggest, most beautiful eyes. cording to the report, and had and going to Greek School, Mi - wrote an essay on the Battle of In an interview with TNH me very independent, and I felt At some point, I gave her my swollen lip. hos participated in a contest Marathon, and he won a trip to back in 2006 he had said “I was I could do anything. When we telephone number on my social Police suspended Mihos’ li - with the Greek Orthodox Arch - Greece. He went there at 11, so young; I had never left home, arrived there, late at night, and security card and she ripped it cense to carry firearms and con - diocese of North & South Amer - and he spent the summer in Par - but my father made me go, and as we went up Mount Parnitha, up, and I didn't have a copy.” Seattle Gunman Had Not Violated the Law until that Final, Fateful Day

Continued from page 1 cluded the statement that “Our ent. Terry Podgorski, who was singing clown. Underneath the terrible, sometimes dirty jokes, wedding in New York City a few family and our community lost the production and stage man - facade, he was a bighearted, ro - then singing a really gorgeous years ago. "I never met anyone farewell at her funeral at the a wonderful wife, mother, and ager of Circus Contraption, told mantic songwriter, according to song.” with as much talent as Drew," Church of St. Demetrios on June friend to a senseless tragedy on the Times that on stage he “of - friends and band mate…Drew Sari Breznau, who sings with Breznau said. "He was the one 7. Wednesday, May 30th. Gloria ten played a foul-mouthed, could be crass. He liked telling the group, played at Keriakides’ of the most profound, simple Keriakides was an imagina - was so full of optimism and life; and loving songwriters you ever tive and talented musician. His she dedicated herself to her heard." wife will be among those com - family. She was a 'giver' not a Chris Assaf, who lived near forting and being comforted at 'taker' in life; always reaching the cafe, knew Keriakedes. "He a number of memorial events out to those in need in her vol - took a liking to my kids and dedicated to him and Albanese. unteer work in our community.” would read them books when The Seattle Times reported Leonidas – who was born in he came by to visit," the Times that they were “key figures on Frankfurt, Germany and grew quoted him. "He would sing a the scene…of Seattle's large up in Dallas, TX – and her hus - song and you wouldn't know community of variety perform - band were active at St. what it was, but by the end of ers.” On June 4, that community Demetrios, where Tom and his the song you would end up turned out for a tribute at Hale's father both served as President. singing with him. You would Ale Palladium. The Neptune Father Photios Dumont told know all the words." Theatre, which is run by the the Times, "she had just such an In the Los Angeles Times, Seattle Theater Group, pre - incredible strength about her, Dan Turner noted, “Ian L. Staw - sented a music and dance pro - and yet an amazing warmth and icki “had a long history of vio - gram on June 7 to raise funds sense of compassion…She was lence and mental problems, for the families of all the victims very authentic…What you saw though not the kind that at Café Racer. The event fea - was exactly who she was…She showed up on official records.” tured members of groups with was just an extraordinary per - He said that Washington State which Keriakides performed, in - son and her loss is immense… has a "shall issue" law, which cluding Circus Contraption and Our community will never be says that officials must award God's Favorite Beefcake. the same." concealed weapons permits to Keriakedes’ father Logan, She volunteered at the Seat - anyone who meets the stan - and his grandfather and great- tle Academy of Arts and Sci - dards, even if police think the grandfather, all had roots in Lin - ences and she served on the applicant is dangerous….So it coln, NE. “Drew's father said he Evergreen Health Foundation was perfectly legal for him to didn't always understand his 45- board for 10 years, "where her walk into Cafe Racer on year-old son, but he loved and creative energy and caring spirit Wednesday morning with two respected him. Alekos Keri - helped define the vision of the pistols hidden under his cloth - akedes, Drew's great-grandfa - foundation's primary fundraiser, ing…He didn't break the law ther, was born in Greece and the annual Gala," according to AP PHOTOS until he pulled out a pistol and came to America at age 19 in Kae Peterson, its executive di - ABOVE: Medics work inside an ambulance on a person near the location where a homicide sus - started shooting.” about 1883,” according to the rector. pect shot himself as police closed in on him on May 30 in Seattle. BELOW LEFT: A body is re - But hearts he did break, and Lincoln Journal Star. By all accounts the 45 year- moved after a shooting at Cafe Racer in Seattle. BELOW RIGHT: Stacy Davis cries as she sits families he did shatter, never - The obituary for Leonidas in - old Keriakides was a unique tal - near a growing memorial at the scene the following day. theless. THE NATIONAL HERALD, JUNE 9-15, 2012 COMMUNITY 7

A Beautiful Day for Chrysa and George

Attorney George Demos, son of Emmanuel and Eleni Demos, and Chrysa Tsakopoulos, daughter of Angelo and Sophia Tsakopoulos, were married at the Holy Trinity Archdiocesan Cathedral of New York. A reception followed at the Waldorf-Astoria Hotel with many guests from New York, California, and Greece.

ABOVE: The Demos and Tsakopoulos Families and their friends are almost as thrilled as the young couple amid peals of organ music and waves of love on New York’s Upper East Side. TOP RIGHT: Rev. Dr. Robert Stephanopoulos, the now-retired long-time Dean of the Cathe - dral of the Holy Trinity in NY and spiritual father of George Demos, participated in the wed - ding. RIGHT: Rev. Fr. Alexander Karloutsos, Protopresbyter of the Ecumenical Patriarchate, leads Chrysa and George in the Dance of Isaiah beneath the gold and silver dome of the Cathedral.

ALL HISTORY Mystery Solved! Identifying Angelo Klonis, WW II Veteran on US

Continued from page 1 pher, entered the Evangelos the Underwood address only to affidavit, and another close re - Cafe for lunch and immediately discover that John Ray Under - view of the Smith negatives, image was selected for this se - recognized the Smith pho - wood had died in 1998. In con - Enyeart was able to not only ries, his identity was unknown. tographs scattered across on the versations with Underwood's provide a written report sub - Accounts to the contrary walls. It was in conversation widow, Nick Klonis began an ex - stantiating that Klonis was in notwithstanding, the identifica - with Jackson that the family change of photographs from his Saipan at the time that Smith tion of Klonis as the soldier seen came in contact with Dr. James father's military service with was photographing under con - in the W. Eugene Smith pho - L. Enyeart, a respected photog - those of Mrs. Underwood. Once tract for Life Magazine, but also tographs is correct. It was the rapher, scholar, and museum di - the images were enlarged and to identify a second soldier in persistence of the Klonis Family rector. Enyeart visited not only could be placed next to each the Smith photographs who also that finally demonstrated it. To the Klonises, but also the Center other, Mrs. Underwood effort - appears in Klonis' Family snap - be sure, professional photogra - for Creative Photography (CCP) lessly identified her husband shots whose identity was known phers, museum curators, histo - at the University of Arizona in just as the Klonis Family was to the family. Nick Klonis quickly rians, and even government of - Tucson where all of Smith's neg - able to identify Angelo in the informed the editors and ficials were all involved at atives, prints, and private papers Underwood photographs. archivists at the Center for Cre - various stages of this long term were deposited. On April 1, 2005, Nick spoke ative Photography and at Life verification process. Nonethe - At that point, the main mys - on the telephone with Mrs. Un - Magazine of Enyeart's conclu - less, with Nick Klonis leading tery came to light. When derwood to ask if she knew any - sions. Not long after, Peter the way, the family ultimately Enyeart read over Smith's film thing about her husband's mili - Howe, former Director of Pho - located the conclusive evidence. notes on the photographs taken tary experience and tography for Life, also visited A back-and-forth process be - in Saipan that included the per - whereabouts during World War the Klonises in Santa Fe and the tween the Klonises and the ex - son everyone in Klonis Family II. As Mrs. Underwood recalled Smith collection at CCP confirm - perts began to develop usually identified as Angelo, it read, "I her husband spent most of his ing Enyeart's report. in the same manner: a profes - believe that the images 6-8 on time in Europe, but served in Angelo Klonis, like so many sional photographer or museum Roll 10 on July 8, final days of some special missions in the Pa - other Americans, served his curator met the Klonises at their Saipan Invasion, were 4th Divi - cific, especially in Saipan, where newfound country at a deep Evangelos Mediterranean Cafe. sion Marine PFC T. E. Under - he would have been killed if it personal cost. It is to all the vet - The cafe has enlarged pho - wood (24th Bat.) of St. Peters - were not for his "Greek buddy." erans, especially those who tographs of Angelo as well as burg, Florida. A portrait of a On April 15 of that year, Mrs. share such personal burdens as other items framed and hanging weary warrior, who has been Underwood agreed to be inter - Klonis carried the rest of his life, throughout. Once there, the vis - through one of the toughest viewed for an affidavit confirm - that we owe our current free - iting photo-professionals would days of his life. And still at the ing that her husband reported doms. Yet, it must be said that have the chance to speak at moment the picture was taken Through the persistence of the Klonis Family, the identification to her that he and the man now in the end no one would have length with Kiki or Nick Klonis under fire." While Nick Klonis of Sergeant Angelo Klonis with the soldier seen in the iconic identified through the join fam - known the true identity of An - and to compare all the framed was convinced more than ever photographs of W. Eugene Smith was confirmed. ily photographs was none other gelo Klonis, John Ray Under - photographs of Angelo, some that it was his father in all the than Angelo Klonis were on 13 wood, or any of the other men taken by Smith, and other fam - photographs, the note seemed Then in February 2005, Mar - well aware of the family's re - secret missions together during seen in W. Eugene Smith's pho - ily photographs. Klonis was the to indicate otherwise. Conse - cia Gonzales, a longtime friend search, discovered that a World their wartime service, including tographs were it not for the ded - same man in all the photos. quently, the burden of proof was of the Klonis Family, happened War II veteran named “Under - Saipan. ication and ceaseless efforts of Such was the case in the on the family to show that An - to be serving in the Army. Sta - wood” had served in Europe, That was all Enyeart needed. one Greek family. summer of 2004 when Zig Jack - gelo Klonis had somehow served tioned in Washington, D.C., the Pacific, and also lived in Pen - With the Klonis-Underwood son, a professional photogra - in Saipan. Chief Warrant Officer Gonzales, sacola, FL. Nick sent a letter to Family snapshots in hand, the [email protected]

GREEK-AMERICAN STORIES “Boo-Cee-Fa-Loze”

By Kiki Sembos heavy- set German woman with was called, Boo –cee –fa –loze,” about it and told me he’d come icy blue/grey eyes told the class she announced with an Anglo- to school with me the next day. My papa was an avid reader that she would give any student Saxon accent. She turned her He did! I watched as the two of Greek history and mythology. two extra points if they could head in my direction as if that spoke in the privacy of the hall - In Simi, when it was under Ital - answer the question, “What was was supposed to put me in my way while the kids watched and ian occupation, from the end of the name of the horse owned place. waited in suspense – wondering WWI until 1945, he read Greek by Alexander, the Great?” My father’s face came to if they’d seen the last of me or history whenever a book was I was filled with excitement! mind; how he’d object to the re - would the sheriff come to arrest available. I knew that answer! I raised my sponse; how he’d expect me to Papa. And he was proud and glad hand. But, the two Greek kids, defend Greek history. Reigning The meeting ended and my to discuss those stories with a Gregory and Marika, raised their in my courage, my face reflect - papa winked, briefly, at me be - willing listener – me! He told me hands, too. I needed those two ing disappointment and dissat - fore going away. Miss Penner’s about Zeus, the god of all gods, points, badly. So, I waved my isfaction, I said, forgetting to brows, assuming the pose of the whose helpers consisted of six hand, wildly, as if trying to cool raise my hand, “His name was valiant, rose high as she took her goddesses and six gods. Gee! a burn. Miss Penner looked Vukephalas.” My voice didn’t place, silently, at her desk. I Zeus was an equal opportunity around, saw those hands, her sound like my own. Her eyes watched her take up her pen employer. He was ahead of his eyes zooming in on me. I was spread open, like two ink blots, and, a throaty groan – almost time! not teacher’s pet – not by a long - zeroing in at me before narrow - like a neigh, emanated as she Then, he told me what duties shot! I don’t know why but she ing into slits. made some kind of correction each was responsible for: Apollo, wasn’t fond of me. Yet, with a “And, why are you so sure of next to, what I believed, was my son of Jupiter, was God of the smile that was a mixture of sneer that, Miss?” her hands went to name before she commenced to sun; Venus was goddess of love and curiosity, she pointed at me. spoke in Greek! I shook my head somehow, she took it that way, her wide hips as if reaching for the next subject. and beauty. But, he saved the I was so surprised that I almost to erase the vision. Straightening giving me a stare that said, her guns. Ancient Greek history or best for last – he loved and ad - lost my train of thought. Did she my shoulders I found my voice “you’ll burn at the stake!” “Because!” I said, my knees myths were never brought up mired a real hero – one that really choose me? Or, the kid be - and announced, with pride and “I…said…NO!” Miss Penner’s trembling a little. “… because again. I found out that the two once lived. Alexander, the Great. hind me? emphasis, “Vu-kefalas!” accent - voice thundered. She looked his horse was Greek and so am points were restored to my final Of course, he told me all “Well? If you really know… ing the ‘Vu.’ around the room as if looking I!” grade and she chose my hand those stories in Greek. After all, tell the class! I’m waiting!” Her stern grin vanished and through a submarine’s With studied nonchalance, when I chanced to raise it. I was when you make ice cream or In my mind flashed a scene was replaced by a grin much like periscope. The other kids put Miss Penner went to her desk promoted to the next class even bake a cake you don’t substitute in which a young, blond, hand - a cat having discovered the se - their hands down. Their re - and spoke in almost a whisper, though I wasn’t the greatest stu - the ingredients with second- some, muscular man, pulled his cret hiding place of a mouse. sponse was, obviously, like mine, “That will cost you… two dent. Papa came to bat for me! hand stuff, do you? horse’s reins back, causing the “NO!” was her resounding re - I surmised. I waited to hear what points.” But, looking up, I rubbed my So it was that I, at ten years horse to rise up on his hind sponse. No? I was shocked! Had she thought the horse’s name When I went home I could eyes. Standing behind Ms. Pen - old, sitting in fourth grade, felt hooves, neighing as the warrior my father lied? No, he couldn’t was. I mean, what else could it hardly wait until Papa came ner’s desk was a dazzling, thoroughly educated. After all, called out at me, “Speak! Tell have! be? Was she talking about a home. I had to tell him! And, I golden-haired warrior beside a what more was there to know? that brazen woman what my “Yes, it is!” I said, shyly, not jockey named, Alexander? did! He was, at first, taken horse, smiling across at me, his That was before the teacher, a horse’s name is! I’m waiting!” he meaning to sound arrogant. But, “Alexander, the Great’s horse aback. Then, he thought more fingers making a “V.” 8 OBITUARIES CLASSIFIEDS THE NATIONAL HERALD, JUNE 9-15, 2012 Dr. John Lippas, Distinguished Eye Surgeon, is Mourned CLASSIFIEDS HELP WANTED Legal Notice/Notice of Formation TNH Staff years, Mary, who predeceased or technology in the pursuit of model of intellectual curiosity, NOTICE OF FORMATION OF EMRAEL him in January 2005. Together, that profession. and practiced the ideal of Spar - Busy medical office in ASTORIA PROPERTY MANAGEMENT L.L.C. ARTI - DALLAS, TX – Dr. John Lippas they worked side by side in his Shy on tact but heavy on sin - tan tenacity. searching for a full time front CLES OF ORGANIZATION (DOM LLC) passed away peacefully at his ophthalmology practice for 45 cerity, Dr. Lippas was never Funeral services were held at desk RECEPTIONIST. Must speak FILED WITH SECRETARY OF STATE OF NEW YORK (SSNY) ON MARCH 28, home on Thursday, May 31, at years. known to "pull any punches." Holy Trinity Greek Orthodox English/Greek. Experience is pre - 2012. COUNTY: BRONX. SSNY DESIG - the age of 92. Born in Simply put, Dr. Lippas had Old friends and new acquain - Church in Dallas, officiated by ferred. Duties include answering NATED AS AGENT OF LLC UPON WHOM PROCESS AGAINST IT MAY BE SERVED, Somerville, MA to Greek immi - two great loves in his life: his tances never had to wonder Rev. Christopher Constantinides. busy phone lines, multi-tasking, SSNY SHALL MAIL COPY OF PROCESS grants from Asia Minor, Dr. Lip - wife and his passion for medi - what was on his mind. This de - Burial was at Restland Cemetery and greeting patients. Call (917) TO: EMRAEL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT pas was the first among his eth - cine. He was a founding faculty gree of frankness afforded him in Dallas. Arrangements were 716-1755 or e-mail to astoria - L.L.C., 1504 METROPOLITAN AVE., APT 5B, BRONX, NY 10462. PURPOSE: ANY nic community to go to college. member of the ophthalmology a special skill in connecting with by Restland Funeral Home. [email protected] LAWFUL PURPOSE. He attended Tufts University department at the University of his patients, most of whom re - Dr. Lippas is survived by his 116882/760/06-09 271867/18085-06-09 and went onto graduate from Texas Southwestern Medical mained in his care for decades. sons, Dr. Matthew Lippas (also LEGAL NOTICE Tufts Medical School. School in the 1950s, helping to Dr. Lippas had a profound ad - an ophthalmologist) and Dr. Legal Notice/Notice of Formation A two-year stint as a flight train many local physicians. He miration for all those who Marc Lippas (a dentist); his 46 48 49 BTM REALTY LLC, A DOMES - NOTICE OF FORMATION OF O.N.A LLC surgeon in the United States Air was also among the first eye shared his work ethic, regard - daughter in-law, Katie; and two TIC LLC, ARTS. OF ORG. FILED WITH ARTICLES OF ORGANIZATION (DOM Force after World War II brought doctors in Dallas to implant in - less of profession or trade, social grandchildren, Alexandra and THE SSNY ON 2/22/12. OFFICE LOCA - LLC) FILED WITH SECRETARY OF STATE TION: KINGS COUNTY. SSNY IS DESIG - OF NEW YORK (SSNY) ON JANUARY 26, him to Texas, where he met and tra-ocular lenses, and there was position, or level of education. Gregory. May his memory be NATED AS AGENT UPON WHOM 2012. COUNTY: KINGS. SSNY DESIG - married his beloved wife of 54 no expense spared on education He preached the Athenian eternal. PROCESS AGAINST THE LLC MAY BE NATED AS AGENT OF LLC UPON WHOM SERVED. SSNY SHALL MAIL PROCESS PROCESS AGAINST IT MAY BE SERVED, TO: THE LLC, 46 BROOKLYN TERMINAL SSNY SHALL MAIL COPY OF PROCESS MARKET, BROOKLYN, NY 11236. GEN - TO: 28 LOCUST ST., APT. 401 BROOK - ERAL PURPOSES. LYN, NY 11206. PURPOSE: ANY LAWFUL 271938/10709/0707 PURPOSE. DEATH NOTICES 271916/18115/07-14 LEGAL NOTICE n BERCHOS, MARY M. friends. May her memory be 50-year member of the Order of HAVE FLAG, LLC, A DOMESTIC LLC, Accountants CHICAGO, IL (From the Chicago eternal. Her funeral was Ahepa. During these years, he ZGONIS, JOHN E. ARTS. OF ORG. FILED WITH THE SSNY n ON 4/26/12. OFFICE LOCATION: KINGS Sun-Times, published on May Wednesday, May 30th from O' - enjoyed cooking for the mem - BEDFORD, NH (From the Union COUNTY. SSNY IS DESIGNATED AS Despotidis & Associates 31) – Berchos, Mary M. (nee CONNOR BROTHERS FUNERAL bers and visitors at the Annual Leader, published on May 23) – AGENT UPON WHOM PROCESS (Tax Accountants, Advisors, Auditors) AGAINST THE LLC MAY BE SERVED. Rigopoulos) Age 94, of Orland HOME, 592 Park Avenue with a South Bend Ethnic Festivals. He John E. "Yianni" Zgonis, of Bed - SSNY SHALL MAIL PROCESS TO: KEVIN is one of the most successful tax Park. Born in San Diego, Califor - service at 10:00 AM in St. Spyri - also loved traveling back to ford died on May 21, 2012, of a SLAVIN, C/O BRAUN BUSINESS MAN - consultancy firms in Greece. We nia and raised in Mavriki Teyeas, don Greek Orthodox Cathedral, Greece with his family to visit sudden illness. Born in Rodia, AGEMENT, 6 E. 45TH ST., 14TH FL., NY, undertake with great responsibility NY 10017. GENERAL PURPOSES. the completion-submission of any Greece. Beloved wife of the late 102 Russell Street. Burial fol - relatives. His children will be Greece, on Sept. 25, 1957, he 271939/10709/0707 Peter; Loving mother of Tom lowed in Hope Cemetery. Calling forever grateful for the wonder - was the son of Efthemios and tax return. Willing to cooperate with (Mary K.) Berchos, Magdaline hours were Tuesday, May 29th ful life experiences that he pro - Vasiliki (Hasiotis) Zgonis. He law firms. 203 Syngrou Avenue 17121 (Bill) Pappas and Kanella from 5:00 until 7:00 PM in the vided. Funeral services were at was raised in Grevena, Greece, LEGAL NOTICE Athens, Greece. Berchos; Proud Yiayia of Paula funeral home. In lieu of flowers, 1:00 p.m. at St. Andrew's Greek and resided in Milford for many Tel.: 01130-210-9330-900 66 NORMAN, LLC, A DOMESTIC LLC, E-mail: [email protected] (Tom) Kantas, Peter (Amalia) memorial contributions may be Orthodox Church. Family and years. He moved to Bedford in ARTS. OF ORG. 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Yianni will be remem - 271922/10709/0630 ANTONOPOULOS Rigopoulos, Eugenia (late WINSTON-SALEM, NC (From May his memory be eternal. bered as a loving and devoted FUNERAL HOME, INC. Konstantinos Antonopoulos - Arthur) Parhas; two sisters in the Winston-Salem Journal, pub - husband and father. He was hap - LEGAL NOTICE Greece and the late Spero (late lished on May 27) – KALA - n THASITES, NINA piest when spending time with Funeral Director Pauline) Rigopoulos and George NARHOS WINSTON-SALEM HOULIARAS his family. He was an avid DEL VALLE COACHING & CONSUL - 38-08 Ditmars Blvd., (late Mary) Regas; Fond aunt of Athanasios Kalanarhos Feb. 16, SAYREVILLE, NJ (From the Harley-Davidson motorcycle en - TANCY, LLC, A DOMESTIC LLC, ARTS. OF Astoria, New York 11105 ORG. FILED WITH THE SSNY ON (718) 728-8500 many nieces and nephews. Visi - 1941 - May 25, 2012 Mr. Home News Tribune, published thusiast who enjoyed riding his 4/16/12. OFFICE LOCATION: KINGS tation was Thursday, May 31, Athanasios Kalanarhos, 71, of on May 29) – Nina Houliaras Th - soft-tail motorcycle. He was a COUNTY. SSNY IS DESIGNATED AS Not affiliated with any AGENT UPON WHOM PROCESS other funeral home. 2012 from 3 to 9p.m. (Trisagion Winston-Salem passed away Fri - asites AGE: 77 • Sayreville Nina skilled handyman who could re - AGAINST THE LLC MAY BE SERVED. service 6 p.m.) at Chapel Hill day, May 25, 2012 at his home. Houliaras Thasites age 77 of the pair anything. He also enjoyed SSNY SHALL MAIL PROCESS TO: THE Gardens South Funeral Home, He was born February 16, 1941 Parlin section of Sayreville traveling. In addition to his par - LLC, 30 MONTROSE AVE., APT. 20-Q, APOSTOLOPOULOS BROOKLYN, NY 11206. GENERAL PUR - 11333 S. Central Ave. Oak Lawn. in Athens, Greece to George and passed away Sunday May 27th ents of Greece, family members POSES. Apostle Family - Nick Collias Director. Friends and Flora Throgosi Kalanarhos. Sur - 2012 at Briarwood Care Center, include his wife of 26 years, 271923/10709/07-14 Gregory, Nicholas, Andrew - family met at SS Contantine and viving are his wife, Hristina B. Sayreville. Born in Vitalo Gyme Aphrodite (Vasilopoulos) Zgonis Funeral Directors of Helen Greek Orthodox Church, Kalanarhos; 3 sons, John Kala - Greece she had resided in Union of Bedford; three daughters, LEGAL NOTICE RIVERDALE 11025 S. Roberts Rd. Palos Hills narhos (Christina), Savas Kala - City before moving to Parlin in Vickie, Litsa and Themie all of ROOSEVELT ISLAND HOSPITALITY FUNERAL HOME Inc. at 9:45 a.m. Friday, services at narhos (Ann Marie) and George 1966. Before her retirement she Bedford; and his sister, Anthoula GROUP, LLC, A DOMESTIC LLC, ARTS. 5044 Broadway 10 a.m. Interment Evergreen Kalanarhos; a daughter, Alexan - was employed by Raritan Bay of Greece. Calling hours were OF ORG. FILED WITH THE SSNY ON 3/30/12. OFFICE LOCATION: KINGS New York, NY 10034 Cemetery. In lieu of flowers, do - dra Bowden (Ricky); 8 grand - Medical Center, Perth Amboy as Wednesday, May 23 from 5 to 9 COUNTY. SSNY IS DESIGNATED AS (212) 942-4000 nations to the above church or children; a brother, Nick Ka - a cook and prior to that as a PM at the Connor-Healy Funeral AGENT UPON WHOM PROCESS Toll Free 1-888-GAPOSTLE AGAINST THE LLC MAY BE SERVED. to the Koraes Elementary School parmazies; and a sister, Jasmine seamstress for Charles Komar & Home and Cremation Center, SSNY SHALL MAIL PROCESS TO: THE CONSTANTINIDES 11045 S. Roberts Rd., Palos Hills, Alexandratos. Funeral services Sons in South Amboy. Mrs. Tha - 537 Union St., corner of Con - LLC, 2533 E. 14TH ST., BROOKLYN, NY FUNERAL PARLOR Co. IL 60465. were held at 2:00 p.m. Tuesday sites was a member of Saint cord and Union Streets, Man - 11235. GENERAL PURPOSES. (718) 745-1010 at the Greek Orthodox Church. Demetrios Greek Orthodox chester. The Trisagion service 271870/10709/0609 Services in all localities - n BROWN, NICKIE Burial followed in Forsyth Church in Perth Amboy. She is took place Wednesday evening LEGAL NOTICE Low cost shipping to Greece PENSACOLA, FL (From the Pen - Memorial Park. The family re - predeceased by her husband at 7:15 PM in the funeral home. sacola News Journal, published ceived friends from 7:00-8:00 Xenofon Thasites in 1991, her The funeral service was held SP PROPERTY 45 SUMMIT STREET LLC, LITRAS FUNERAL HOME on May 31) – Nickie Brown, age p.m. Monday at the church with parents Thomas & Helen Hou - Thursday at noon in St. Philip A DOMESTIC LLC, ARTS. OF ORG. FILED WITH THE SSNY ON 4/20/12. OFFICE ARLINGTON 68, Born in Glossa Skopelos, a Trisagion service at 7:30 p.m liaras and her brother Nicholas Greek Orthodox Church, 500 W. LOCATION: KINGS COUNTY. SSNY IS BENSON DOWD, INC Greece passed away May 28th Houliaras. Surviving are her chil - Hollis Street, Nashua, with the DESIGNATED AS AGENT UPON WHOM FUNERAL HOME 2012, surrounded by her family. KATECHIS, ALEXANDER dren and their spouses John & Rev. Thomas Chininis, officiat - PROCESS AGAINST THE LLC MAY BE n SERVED. SSNY SHALL MAIL PROCESS 83-15 Parsons Blvd., Beloved wife of William Philip NORTH BERGEN, NJ (From The Sharon Thasites, Thomas & Su - ing. Burial took place in West TO: THE LLC, 2152 59TH ST., BROOK - Brown; mother of Paul and Record/Herald News, published san Thasites all of Sayreville, Za - Lawn Cemetery, Lowell, Mass. LYN, NY 11204. GENERAL PURPOSES. Jamaica, NY 11432 Michael Brown; proud grand - on May 29) – Alexander, age 70, haroula "Rula" & Emmanuel Pa - In lieu of flowers, memorial do - 271918/10709/07-14 (718) 858-4434 mother of Nathaniel, Amanda, on May 27, 2012 of North pas of Myrtle Beach, SC, and her nations may be made to the Hel - • (800) 245-4872 Christina, and Gabriella Brown; Bergen, N.J. Alexander was born grandchildren Diana, Kara, lenic Cardiac Fund, Boston Chil - dear sister of Maria Manolis, the on July 9, 1941 in Greece. He Thomas, Christopher, Alec, dren's Hospital, 300 Longwood Legal Notice/Notice of Formation late Elaine Vergos, the late Sylvia was employed as a cook for The John, Nicholas and Nina. Fu - Ave., Boston 02115. Warhurst, and the late Demetri - Tunnel Diner in Jersey City and neral services were held Thurs - NOTICE OF FORMATION OF NY COM - Subscribe PREHENSIVE, LLC. ARTS. OF ORG. FILED ous Magoulas. Visitation was retired six years ago. Beloved day 8:30am from the Carmen F. n ZOTO, ARTHUR WITH SECY. OF STATE OF NY (SSNY) ON held Friday June 1st 2012 from husband of Nicoletta for 47 Spezzi Funeral Home 15 Cherry WORCESTER, MA (From the 03/19/12. OFFICE LOCATION: KINGS COUNTY. PRINC. OFFICE OF LLC: 313 today... 5 to 7 p.m. at Waters & Hibbert years. Devoted father of Spiro Lane, Parlin followed by a 9am Worcester Telegram & Gazette, 43RD ST., BROOKLYN, NY 11232. SSNY Funeral Home 124 W. Gregory and his wife Dawn, Mark and service at Saint Demetrios Greek published on May 24) – Worces - DESIGNATED AS AGENT OF LLC UPON WHOM PROCESS AGAINST IT MAY BE St., Pensacola. Family and Teddy. Loving grandfather of Orthodox Church in Perth Am - ter - Arthur Zoto, 59, of Worces - SERVED. SSNY SHALL MAIL PROCESS The National Herald friends met for the funeral ser - Alexander and Nicoletta. Dear boy with burial to follow at ter, passed away peacefully on TO THE LLC AT THE ADDR. OF ITS PRINC. OFFICE. PURPOSE: ANY LAWFUL vice at 12:00pm Saturday June brother to Mark and Sula. Chestnut Hill Cemetery, East Tuesday, May 21, 2012 following ACTIVITY. (718) 784-5255 2nd 2012 at The Annunciation Alexander is also survived by Brunswick. Calling hours at the many years of health complica - 271908/17976/07-14 [email protected] Greek Orthodox Church 1720 many loving nieces, nephews, funeral home were Wednesday tions. He leaves his beloved wife West Garden St., Pensacola. In - family and friends. Funeral was 4pm to 8pm. Prayer services at of 35 years, Irene (Christoforou) terment followed at Bayview from the A.K. Macagna Funeral the funeral home will be Zoto; his only loving son, Memorial Park. Home, 495 Anderson Avenue. Wednesday 7:30pm at the fu - Christopher Zoto of Worcester; REAL ESTATE Cliffside Park, N.J. on Wednes - neral home. his father, Angelo Zoto of Hyan - n ECONOMOS, EVRYDIKI day, May 30, 2012 at 9 AM, nis; his brother, Michael Zoto WORCESTER, MA (From the thence to Ascencion Greek Or - n TSETSOS, STEFANOS and his son Daniel of Hyannis; Worcester Telegram & Gazette, thodox Church in Fairview. “STEVE” his father-in-law, Kypros Christo - NAPLES FLORIDA REAL ESTATE published on May 26) – Worces - Where a Funeral Service was of - WORCESTER, MA (From the forou of Worcester; his 2 broth - ter - Evrydiki (Garoulis) fered at 10 AM. Interment fol - Worcester Telegram & Gazette, ers-in-law, Christopher Christo - Economos, 84, of Worcester lowed at Fairview Cemetery in published on May 27) – Stefanos forou and his wife Anastasia of passed away peacefully at St. Fairview, N.J. "Steve" Tsetsos, 84, died Satur - Worcester, and Peter Christo - Vicky Lewis Vincent Hospital on Saturday, day, May 26th peacefully at forou and his wife Donna of Broker-Associate May 26th surrounded by her lov - n REKOS, MARIO KOSTA home surrounded by his loving Salem, MA; his aunt Anastasia ing family. She was the wife of SOUTH BEND, IN (From the family. He leaves his wife of 55 Zoto of Worcester, as well as sev - the late Vasilios Economos. They South Bend Tribune, published years, Stavroula "Stella" eral cousins here and in Greece. were married for 54 years before on May 29) – Mario Kosta Rekos, (Verviris) Tsetsos; four children, He was born in Constantinople, experience the difference… his passing in 2006. She is sur - 98, of South Bend, Indiana, Agatha Iovieno and her husband Turkey, a son of the late Hrisoula …the difference is experience vived by her two devoted chil - passed away at 5:45 p.m. Friday, Louis V. Iovieno, Jr. of Dudley, (Tsalikis) Zoto, and moved to dren whom she loved deeply: May 25, 2012. He was born in Spiros S. Tsetsos and his wife, Worcester as a young boy. He her son, Dino Economos and his Pythagorio, Samos, Greece, to Denise A. of Oxford, Nicholas S. was educated in Worcester wife, Cheryl of Sturbridge and the late Kosta and Theodosia Tsetsos and Angelo S. Tsetsos schools. Prior to his illness, her daughter, Elly Athanasiou (Tsalpara) Tsaparikos. He was and his wife, Angeliki all of Arthur worked for several com - 239-777-4904 3 1

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By Joshua Chaffin time to re-fashion a new New raeus, the port city nestled be - Financial Times Democracy, distinct from the side Athens, dismisses last sins of the past. So he is appeal - month’s election as an aberra - On June 17, Stathis Potami - ing instead to voters’ fears that tion. “I’m very sure in the next tis, managing partner at an a Syriza government would lead elections the Greek people will Athens law firm, plans to break Greece back to the drachma and vote in a rational and not emo - a promise he has kept since his out of the EU. tional way,” Mr Mihaloliakos participation in a 1970s clan - In a televised speech last says. destine student group that op - week, Mr Samaras warned that At the party’s headquarters posed Greece’s military dictator - Syriza’s promise to rescind the in a sleek Athens office building, ship. He will vote for the right. country’s unpopular loan agree - Chryssanthos Lazarides, Mr For Mr Potamitis, the choice ment with the EU and the In - Samaras’ chief adviser, calls the – if unpleasant – is clear. He ternational Monetary Fund May 6 contest “the last of the blames the centre-right New would mean “absolute catastro - post-dictatorship era”. Democracy – one of the two par - phe for Greece”, including He defends his boss’s deci - ties to govern Greece since the scarce food and medicine. sion to press for early elections, junta fell in 1974 – for the cor - It is too soon to say whether arguing that the rapidly deteri - ruption and mismanagement the strategy will work – polls orating economy was benefiting that precipitated Greece’s eco - show New Democracy running Syriza by swelling the ranks of nomic crisis. However, he fears a close race with Syriza – but it the unemployed. that the alternative, the upstart is hardly inspiring. “Terror-mon - “This is a pool of desperate Syriza (or Coalition of the Rad - gering will only get you so far,” people. They have lost every - ical Left) would be worse. Mr Potamitis complains. thing – or think they have lost “I’m now driven to the dread - Ilias Nikolakopoulos, a vet - everything,” he says. “We ful situation of having to vote eran Greek pollster, agrees. wanted elections soon because for this man who is one of the “New Democracy continues to after June there would be a Bol - causes of the problems we have be an old party, and this is the shevik government.” right now,” he says, referring to problem,” he says. “If they could In spite of last month’s dis - Antonis Samaras, New Democ - change their image it would be appointment, New Democracy racy’s leader. His friend, Niki very easy to have a big victory.” AP PHOTO/NikOlAS GiAkOumidiS believes it has some advantages. Siropoulou, a marketing execu - A man collects tomatoes from a garbage been outside a supermarket in Thessaloniki, Greece, The field has been narrowed. tive, is more succinct. “I have to In a troubling sign for Mr Tuesday, June 5. Greece is in a fifth year of recession, with poverty and unemployment rapidly With all parties – including vote for a complete idiot,” she Samaras, the MRB research firm rising amid protracted harsh cutbacks implemented to secure vital international bailout loans. some of Greece’s creditors – says. found last week that educated But political uncertainty ahead of new elections on June 17 has intensified fears that the country agreeing that the bailout agree - Frustration is simmering as voters aged 45 to 55 were tilting could be forced to abandon the euro and revert to a devalued version of its old drachma currency. ment must at least be refash - voters consider their options be - toward Syriza. Such voters – ioned, they are touting Mr fore a pivotal contest that could with children, mortgages and stick with the status quo. “They terms of Greece’s first bailout, ond place in the May 6 election Samaras as the best man to determine whether the country other duties – would normally have no room to go back and arguing it would strangle the with a defiant promise to tear achieve that while keeping shifts course after five years of seem unlikely supporters of a say, ‘Ok, let’s wait three or four economy, before eventually up the agreement. The rerun Greece in the eurozone. economic crisis, and perhaps, its self-described “radical” party. years for Greece to re-set,’” Mr signing under pressure from EU was set after none of the main “Now the dilemma isn’t for future in Europe. Dimitris Mavros, head of Mavros says. leaders. parties could form a govern - or against the [bailout],” Mr For Mr Samaras, the election MRB, speculates that the scale Close allies view Mr Samaras’ In so doing, he left an open - ment. Lazarides says. “It’s for or has presented a particular chal - of Greece’s crisis has left many predicament with a sense of ing for Alexis Tsipras, the Syriza Vassilis Mihaloliakos, the against Europe; for or against lenge: there is precious little believing it is now too risky to tragedy. He opposed the austere leader, to vault to a surprise sec - New Democracy mayor of Pi - catastrophe.” SYRIZA Leader Tsipras Vows to Cancel Greece’s EU Bailout Agreement

ATHENS, Greece (AP) – The euro membership, arguing that cluding for the Hellenic Tele - head of Greece's Radical Left the continued implementation coms company OTE and the Coalition, whose strong gains in of the austerity measures im - Public Power Corporation. last month's elections deepened posed in return for billions of Tsipras also pledged to na - concerns over his country's fu - euros worth of rescue loans tionalize banks that are being ture in the European single cur - from other eurozone countries recapitalized. The plan seeks to rency, vowed Friday to cancel and the International Monetary cancel extra taxes imposed for Greece's international bailout Fund would be what would those on middle and low in - agreement if he wins an upcom - eventually force the country out comes, as well as for the unem - ing repeat ballot. of the currency. ployed, those on low pensions Alexis Tsipras, whose Syriza "The false dilemmas of 'mem - and people living on the poverty party came second in the incon - orandum or drachma' are being line. clusive May 6 polls, said there used to hide the only true equa - Funding for state income was no way to partially imple - tion," he said, referring to the would come from taxing wealth ment the terms of the bailout bailout agreement. "The memo - and high incomes through a that the heavily indebted coun - randum equals a return to the "radical reform of the tax sys - try has come to rely on to pay drachma." tem". its way. The bailout agreement "is a Tsipras predicted that under Presenting his party's eco - mechanism of definitive bank - the bailout terms, Greece would nomic program, he said he ruptcy and pushing the country be unable to return to the mar - would seek to repeal the bailout to a voluntary withdrawal from kets, from which it has been terms, which have included the eurozone." blocked out since mid-2010 by deep spending cuts and stiff tax The terms of the country's sky-high borrowing rates, dur - hikes and have been blamed for Alexis Tsipras (l), whose Syriza Party – a.k.a. the Radical Left Coalition - came second in the in - rescue loans would be replaced ing this decade. Greece's prolonged recession. conclusive May 6 polls – vowed last week when he presented his economic program to cancel by his party's "national recovery "There is no more or less bad The debt-strapped country Greece's international bailout agreement if he wins the June 17 elections. plan" which will focus on devel - memorandum," he said, refer - holds its second election in six opment and "fair fiscal consoli - ring to the bailout agreement. weeks on June 17. It was called whose party is ahead in the lat - of Europe and the euro," said effect— showed Syriza pulling dation," Tsipras said. "You either implement the mem - after the center-right New est pre-election opinion poll — New Democracy spokesman ahead, projecting it to win 31.5 This will include canceling a orandum, or you cancel it. ... Democracy party won the May has come under intense criti - Yiannis Michelakis. "How the percent of the vote compared to law that cut the minimum wage We will cancel it." 6 poll but without enough votes cism from his political rivals, last businesses will collapse or New Democracy at 25.5 per - by 22 percent and by 32 percent Tsipras said that if he wins to form a government, and who accuse him of advocating leave the country." cent. for young people up to the age enough votes to form a leftwing coalition talks collapsed. unrealistic policies that will Whether they have had New The socialist PASOK party, of 25. The plan will restore the government, he will "seek a Eu - "The first act of a govern - bankrupt the country and force Democracy or Syriza ahead, all which came to power in a land - minimum monthly wage to rope-wide deal to drastically re - ment of the left, as soon as the it out of the 17-member euro - opinion polls since the May 6 slide in 2009 elections, saw its €751 euros and unemployment duce the debt payments, or seek new Parliament is sworn in, will zone and its treasured member - election have shown that no support crumble on May 6, com - benefit to €461.5 euros, while a debt moratorium." be a cancellation of the bailout ship in the European Union's party will win enough votes on ing in third place with a meager also extending eligibility from Friday's opinion poll, com - and its implementation laws," joint currency. Opinion polls June 17 to form a government 13 percent compared to ND's one year to two. missioned by Kathimerini news - Tsipras said, as party supporters have consistently shown an on its own, and will need to 18.9 and Syriza's 16.8 percent. His plan also includes reduc - paper and Skai television, was who packed an arts exhibition overwhelming majority of about form a coalition with another Friday's poll projected it as per - ing consumer tax, which has in - carried out by Public Issue on center to hear him speak 80 percent of Greeks want to re - party. forming about the same on June creased to 23 percent, especially May 25-30. The company ques - chanted "the time of the Left has main in the euro. Results of a poll published 17, with 13.5 percent. on basic food items and the tioned 1,210 people and the poll come." "We heard today from Syriza Friday — the last day before a Tsipras insisted his policies tourist industry, and freezing or had a margin of error of plus or The young leftwing leader — how it will lead the country out two-week pre-election ban takes would not endanger Greece's overturning privatizations — in - minus 3.2 percent. Following an Unenviable Trend, Cyprus Likely to Seek EU Bailout, Too

By Michalis Persianis and year's budget targets. In the past few days, Cypriot rates to keep depositors locked Alkman Granitsas Cyprus—faced with soaring officials have been preparing in, with some banks boosting de - The Wall Street Journal bond yields hovering around public opinion by hinting that a posit rates to as much as 6.5% 14% on the 10-year bond, and bailout from the European Finan - for certain time deposits. NICOSIA, Cyprus – Cyprus looks with its debt considered junk sta - cial Stability Facility may be im - Cyprus's banks are relatively increasingly set to become the tus by two of the world's leading minent, but without saying so di - well positioned to weather the fourth euro-zone country to seek ratings firms—has few places to rectly. Finance Minister Vasos storm, said George Vasiliou, a for - financial aid under Europe's tem - turn to cover its financing needs. Shiarly told state-owned radio mer president of Cyprus, now an porary bailout fund, as early as Officially, the economy is ex - last week that "avoiding the EFSF economist and businessman. But this month, as it scrambles to pro - pected to grow 0.8% this year, is our No. 1 priority." a Greek euro exit could change tect its banking system from according to government projec - Cyprus also is scrambling to that: "The main concern from a Greece's widening financial crisis tions, but the International Mon - announce a new package of aus - Greek exit would be the loss of that is threatening to engulf its etary Funds says a 1.2% contrac - terity measures within the next confidence among foreign depos - tiny island neighbor. tion is more likely. 10 days, amid signs of disagree - itors and investors, which might The fallout from the Athens Late last year, the country ne - ments within the government become a self-fulfilling prophecy," crisis already has forced Cyprus's gotiated a €2.5 billion ($3.1 bil - over the scope of planned cut - he said. second biggest bank to seek gov - lion) bilateral loan from Russia. backs. Parliament will soon vote Meanwhile, higher interest ernment support for a planned Now, Cyprus is in talks with to adopt Europe's new fiscal pact. rates and shrinking bank lending multibillion euro recapitalization, China for another bilateral loan, Those austerity steps will likely Cyprus Finance Minister Vasos Shiarly. volumes is starving the economy something that will push the is - of an undisclosed amount, that weigh on the island's already of funds just as Cyprus is strug - land's public finances deep into looks unlikely to materialize in fragile economy, but are seen as tential liabilities of €1.8 billion time to fully exploit—about five gling to shake off the effects of a the red and cause it to miss this time. necessary to restore confidence for the state, which in Cyprus's years, according to some govern - continuing downturn. A deadly and head off any deeper cuts that tiny economy, could translate into ment estimates. In the meantime, munitions blast at a naval station Cyprus's euro-zone partners may a budget deficit of more than investor interest could sour. in July knocked out half the is - demand in exchange for a 10% of gross domestic product— Cyprus is closely linked to land's power production and bailout. "Cyprus is starting to feel four times this year's target. Greece through the exposure of helped send the economy into re - Cyprus is Latest Country That the effects of the Greek crisis and The sums involved aren't its banks. The three largest cession. may have no other recourse but likely to strain Europe's rescue Cypriot lenders, Bank of Cyprus, Concern among the island's to ask for European aid," says fund. Even after bailing out Cyprus Popular Bank and Hel - 800,000 inhabitants is growing. Is Likely to Seek Help from EU Alex Apostolides, an economics Greece, Portugal and Ireland, the lenic Bank, are heavily depen - Since April, consumer confidence professor at Nicosia's European EFSF still boasts a war chest of dent on the Greek market, in has plunged, slipping 13% com - Continued from page 1 He said turning to the EU University. "There has been a nar - about €250 billion. But a finan - which their retail operations pared with the previous month, bailout fund wouldn't necessar - rowing of all other options that cial rescue for Cyprus would boosted profits the past few while business sentiment in the nancial Times. ily mean having to impose harsh were available, to the point come as another reminder that years. As Greece's economy has island's all-important services sec - Demetriades said it could still wage cuts and steep tax hikes where going to the EFSF looks Europe's leaders have failed to tanked, Cyprus lenders, like their tor is down 22%. Joblessness is be possible to recapitalize as bailed-out Greece, Portugal increasingly likely, almost in - stop Greece's crisis from spread - Greek counterparts, have seen close to 9%—edging record Cyprus Popular Bank through and Ireland have had to. evitable." ing. Any Greek exit from the euro nonperforming loans soar. Those highs. private money or a loan from Cyprus is keen to safeguard Cyprus' parliament recently could have unpredictable conse - are now hovering in the neigh - Cyprus is facing a "race another country. its low, 10 percent corporate tax approved a plan to bail out No. 2 quences on Cyprus—possibly col - borhood of 20%. against the clock," said Mr. Vas - Cypriot President Dimitris regime, a major selling point for lender Cyprus Popular Bank, af - lapsing its banking system and Deposits are another worry: siliou. "The constitutional amend - Christofias said last week that its large financial services sector. ter it wrote down some €2 billion dragging it out of the common Cypriot banks have generally ment implementing Cyprus's the government is looking to The government is set to un - from Greece's recent debt restruc - currency as well. benefited from Greece's two-year- obligations under the fiscal com - clinch such a loan, but didn't veil more spending cuts this turing. The island's geopolitical sig - long outflow of capital, but pact—that will close the door to elaborate. month to meet a promised The rights issue, which will be nificance in the eastern Mediter - prospects of a sudden Greek exit new deficits—will be crucial, as Christofias, a former leader deficit target of 2.5 percent of underwritten by the government, ranean has been growing with from the euro may test deposi - will a new fiscal package in the of the leftwing party AKEL, said GDP for this year, but Christofias is due to kick off June 15 and the discovery of large gas re - tors' confidence. order of €200 million. What mat - that it's not certain the island has said the measures wouldn't last about two weeks. With pri - serves. Those gas reserves could Some already are leaving. In ters is for Cyprus to regain its would ask for EU bailout money, affect workers' salaries and ben - vate investors unlikely to cover provide Cyprus with badly the past two weeks, Cyprus's trustworthiness among foreign but that he couldn't rule it out. efits. the full sum, the plan creates po - needed revenue, but would take lenders have been offering teaser observers." THE NATIONAL HERALD, JUNE 9-15, 2012 GREECE 11 Financial Crisis Causes Greeks to Wait Even Longer to Receive their Pay

By Matthew Dalton in their pockets, in their homes. what will happen in the near fu - The Wall Street Journal They don't want to spend it; ture," he said. they don't want to pay anybody." For Greek importers, lLast ATHENS – Henry Dunant Hos - The Greek government itself week brought more bad news: pital, a gleaming, state-of-the- is a culprit. It owed €5.7 billion Two of the world's largest art facility in central Athens, is to suppliers at the end of 2011. providers of trade credit, Allianz one of the best medical centers And decisions by the euro zone SE ALV.XE +0.44% unit Euler in Greece. But quality hasn't and the International Monetary Hermes and Coface, said they protected it from one of the Fund to delay scheduled bailout wouldn't insure exports to most troubling trends of the payments appear to have deep - Greece because of the rising risk country's economic crisis: a ened the government's problem: of default. plague of late payments that For example, the delay of a At Henry Dunant, the stress threatens to drive Greeks deeper bailout payment from Septem - of working for months with little into an economic abyss. ber until December scuttled gov - or no pay has been intense. The hospital's 1,150 employ - ernment efforts to develop a Ssome employees have de - ees, doctors included, have yet plan for cutting late payments, faulted on mortgage loans, to be paid any of their 2012 according to the European Com - while others, unable to pay their salaries. Employees just received mission's latest report on rent, have moved back in with the final payment of their 2011 Greece. their parents. salaries at the end of May. The The government's payment "The last year was hell for us hospital, which is owned by the delays have even hit exporters, here," said Anastasia Koutsouri, Greek Red Cross, owes tens of the companies that are sup - an internist. millions of euros to its suppliers posed to help Greece weather a Buying crucial drugs and and banks. It, in turn, is owed crash in domestic consumption. medical supplies from abroad at least €20 million ($24.8 mil - Hellenic Fabrics SA, one of Eu - has become increasingly dicey. lion) by the Greek government. rope's largest denim manufac - Suppliers now demand to be Henry Dunant is one of a turers, is owed €7 million in paid in advance, in cash, a situ - sharply growing number of value-added-tax refunds from ation many Greek companies Greek institutions and compa - AP PHOTO/PETrOS GiANNAkOuriS the Greek government. now face. The hospital is facing nies that aren't paying because Unemployed people wait outside an office of Labor Force Employment Organization (OAED) in "The state is delaying the difficulty buying some of the they haven't been paid. Many Athens, on Thursday, June 7, 2012. Greece's unemployment shot up to 21.9 percent in March, payment of VAT refund back to most expensive drugs and med - employees aren't receiving their rising sharply from the 15.7 percent rate in the same month last year and up from 21.4 percent the private sector by applying a ical supplies. salaries—certainly not on time in February, the country's statistics agency said Thursday. very lengthy and tricky proce - "We have tremendous issues and sometimes not at all. Busi - dure," said John Accas, chair - with our vendors, who have nesses aren't paying each other. Late payments have soared dence that nonpayment was a man of the confederation and man of Hellenic Fabrics' board been very, very supportive of us. And the government isn't paying in Greece since the crisis began widespread problem—officials the owner of a 100-year-old pas - of directors. But that can only last for so its suppliers or refunds owed to in 2010 and have become en - said late payment of salaries is try shop in central Athens. The company has reduced its long," Mr. Rapp said. taxpayers. demic over the past six months. up sharply over the past year. Growing speculation that workforce to 400, from more Mr. Rapp came to Greece "The only reason this hospital Between 400,000 and A third of small and midsize Greece may leave the euro zone than 500 in 2008. It is facing decades ago with the Air Force, is open now is because the un - 500,000 of the country's two businesses, a major slice of the has made Greeks even more cash-flow problems because of married a Greek woman and be - paid employees are keeping it million private-sector employees Greek economy, are late paying wary of letting go of their euros the VAT refund delay and came a citizen. After living open," said Anthony Rapp, a for - working under contract haven't suppliers, according to a Janu - to pay their bills, he said. sharply tightened credit from through several national crises, mer manager of U.S. Air Force been paid in three months or ary survey by the Hellenic Con - "Especially in the last one, Greek banks. Employee wages he says now is the first time he hospitals who is part of a new more, according to the Greek federation of Professionals, two months, nobody wants to are being delayed by one fears for the country's future. executive team brought in to government's labor-market in - Craftsmen and Merchants. pay anybody—taxes, wages, month, on average, he said. "It's very stressful," Mr. Rapp save it. "What is happening in spector. While the agency re - Since then, the situation has suppliers," he said. "Greeks think While the company still has said. "I'm an easygoing guy. I this hospital is a microcosm of cently started collecting these deteriorated drastically, said the euro is a very hard currency, credit lines with its banks, "no - find myself not sleeping at what is happening in Greece." statistics—a response to evi - Dimitris Asimakopoulos, chair - and they keep it safe in banks, body can be certain in Greece night." As Critical Elections Loom, Nightmare Scenarios Increase for Greece

Continued from page 1 gotiate the terms, said in an on - line interview with journalist 37-year-old Alexis Tsipras, Nikos Chatzinikolaou that the vowed to immediately cancel election, perhaps the most im - the memorandum Greece portant since the fall of the rul - signed with the Troika if he ing military junta in 1974 and wins, setting off alarm bells the return to democracy, has be - from the lenders, as well as New come a referendum on Greece’s Democracy Conservatives, and position in the Eurozone. He at - the PASOK Socialists, who fin - tacked Tsipras again and said, ished third and joined the Con - “This is not just about the euro servatives in supporting auster - or the drachma; it is about Eu - ity. rope or the drachma,” he said, Conservative leader Antonis amid warnings from European Samaras and his Socialist coun - leaders that a Greek exit could terpart Evangelos Venizelos bring down the Eurozone and have both warned that a rattle world markets. SYRIZA victory could force THE SAME SEVEN Greece back to the ancient While polls show the elec - drachma and push the country tions will again elect the seven past its deep recession of 21.7 feuding parties who entered percent unemployment and the Parliament in May, the race has closing of 1,000 stores a week largely become New Democracy into a complete economic dis - versus SYRIZA, with PASOK lin - aster. Samaras said Greek pur - gering, not far ahead of the new chasing power would fall 50 Independent Greeks party percent under a drachma, while formed by Panos Kammenos, the National Bank of Greece cast out of New Democracy; the said inflation would skyrocket. Democratic Left led by a former After the June 17 elections, the SYRIZA stalwart, Fotis Kouvelis, Troika will “almost certainly the KKE Communists and the find that Greece has slipped far neo-Nazi anti-immigrant Golden behind targets in May and AP PHOTO/ANTENA TV Dawn party that has been slip - June,” Holger Schmieding, Chief In this image taken off a TV screen, Ilias Kasidiaris, 2nd left, on Thursday, June 7, 2012. Kasidiaris bounded out of his seat ping after a spate of attacks on Economist at Berenberg Bank, spokesman of Greece's extremist far-right Golden Dawn party, and slapped Kanelli three times after throwing a glass of water immigrants blamed on its mem - told the Bloomberg news who was elected to Parliament in the country's recent incon - over radical left Syriza party member Rena Dourou. Police bers. agency. “If Greece gets a coop - clusive polls, physically assaults Liana Kanelli, a female member have issued an arrest warrant for Kasidiaris after he physically Venizelos pointed to the dan - erative government, the troika of the Parliament for the Greek Communist party, during a assaulted the two left-wing deputies on live television during ger of yet another stalemated will likely recalibrate the pro - talk show at the studios of the ANTENA TV station in Athens a morning political show. results and need for a third elec - gram for Greece to take account tion if the bickering parties don’t of the new starting position for must definitely put a stop to an Mediterranean. He added that compromise after the June 17 the new government.” ongoing catastrophic situation,” SYRIZA was in favor of the Mid - results. Even if New Democracy The clock is already ticking. Tsipras told the diplomats. He dle East becoming a denu - and PASOK gain enough votes Bank of America Merrill Lynch said a program he’s proposed – clearized zone. to form a coalition, he said most said Greece may run out of raising salaries, repealing the A RIGHT HOOK Greeks would still opposed money in early July and fell tax cuts, restoring slashed pen - Samaras has had trouble them. “You cannot govern if you short of revenue targets for the sions and stopping planned pri - convincing an electorate over have half or two-thirds of first four months of the year by vatization – “is the only way for his mixed and confused mes - Greeks opposing you,” he said. $615 million as many Greeks, Greece to exit the crisis and be - sages, although the warnings “People are asking for coopera - fearing a possible return to the come an equal and worthy about a SYRIZA victory have tion, the numbers demand co - drachma if Greece leaves the member state of the European pushed more voters toward New operation, but cooperation that Eurozone, have stopped paying Union and the Eurozone.” Democracy at the same time. He is politically balanced and real - taxes. Tax collections dropped He said that SYRIZA would opposed austerity when former istic and can help provide solu - 10 percent during the first 20 aim to increase tax revenues by PASOK leader and then Prime tions to the problems, not make days of May from last year, the 1 percent of Gross Domestic Minister George Papandreou them worse.” Finance Ministry reported. Product (GDP) per year with the was in power before resigning Greece has been in the hands The New York Times re - aim of bringing Greece closer to in November of 2011 after two of a caretaker government with ported that government coffers the EU average in four years and years of protests, strikes and ri - virtually no powers, although could be empty weeks after the pledged to crack down on tax ots against austerity. temporary Finance Minister elections and in the worst case, evasion costing the country Then Samaras supported Giorgos Zanias has been trying Greece might have to stop pay - more than $60 billion and in - austerity so he could join a six- to push for more tax collections ing for salaries and pensions crease levies on the wealthy. month coalition government and urge reluctant Greeks to temporarily, along with imports Critics said that Tsipiras, who that dissolved at the May 6 elec - pay their due, despite criticism of fuel, food and pharmaceuti - already has said he would na - tions. Now he said he opposes the ministry has been easy on cals. tionalize banks, would isolate parts of it again and that he major tax evaders and going af - NO EXIT Greece economically and with both supports the Troika’s de - ter workers, pensioners and the But Tsipras told a group of AP PHOTO/PETrOS GiANNAkOuriS has a foreign policy aimed at re - mands – including for more cuts poor. “It is a national duty to ambassadors of the G20 from Greeks registered with the state EOPYY healthcare fund wait moving Greece from NATO. – but that he would not cut pay pay taxes,” he said, even as tax the world’ top economies that for medicine at one of a handful of fund pharmacies in central Tsipras said that his party -- if or raise taxes anymore and said inspectors are reportedly finally he was confident he could get Athens, on Wednesday, June 6, 2012. Greek pharmacists have called on to lead a government he could meet the goals by re - going after some high-level al - better terms for Greece without refused for the past two weeks to give credit to EOPYY – which -- would pursue a “multifaceted ducing waste and corruption, leged tax cheats, including the country leaving the Euro - covers some 9 million of Greece's 11-million population – com - and pacificist” policy but would targets that have evaded every politicians and the rich and have zone and triggering anxiety in plaining that the fund owes them some 540 million euro in strongly defend the country’s Prime Minister. reportedly found some 18,300 world markets. “We want to try unpaid subsidies. As a result, EOPYY members who need ex - rights within the EU and strive Samaras, whose planned TV Greek companies have secret and reach a solution with our pensive medicine must either pay for it out of their own pocket to contribute to regional al - debate with Tsipiras fell through bank accounts hidden through partners but such a solution or queue at one of the few pharmacies run by the fund. liances in the Balkans and because neither party could ne - offshore firms. Olympiakos Dethrones Panathinaikos for Greek National Basketball Championship

ATHENS, Greece (AP) – brations without incident in the changed owners, went through to be dumped in 1999 after los - Euroleague title, also its first in But Panathinaikos still had Olympiakos won the Greek bas - crowd of 14,000, and both nine coaches and used 136 play - ing the league finals on home 15 years. some fight in it and, with 2:34 ketball league for the first time coaches embraced warmly. ers in a quest to regain su - court, was brought back in 2010 Olympiakos earned home- left, a three by forward Stratos in 15 years by beating defending Olympiakos coach Dusan premacy that, until last month, and set about revamping the court advantage for the league Perperoglou closed the gap to champion Panathinaikos 82-76 Ivkovic, 68, has coached had yielded just two Greek Cup team to break Panathinaikos' finals again, and won Games 1 80-76. in the finals decider on Satur - Panathinaikos' 52-year-old titles and frustrated its fans to domination. and 3 at home easily, and lost Half a minute later, guard day. guide Zeljko Obradovic and was the point that two finals series, Last year he went through Game 2 by only three points and Nick Calathes missed a wide Panathinaikos had domi - best man at the latter's wedding. the last one last year, were aban - the regular season unbeaten but Game 4 by 10. open three that would have cut nated the league in that span, "This (championship) is for doned after fans rioted inside their rioting fans ended the Two minutes into the final the lead to a single point. Only winning 13 of 14 titles to add our wonderful supporters. They Olympiakos' arena. playoffs. period of Game 5, Pero Antic's one basket was scored in the re - to its five Euroleague trophies. deserve it," Ivkovic said. Ivkovic, who won the triple Olympiakos lost the Greek buzzer-beating three gave maining time, a breakaway Olympiakos' Game 5 victory In the years between crown of Greek league, cup and Cup to Panathinaikos in April Olympiakos a 16-point lead at dunk by Olympiakos' Giorgos on home court set off wild cele - Olympiakos' league titles, it Euroleague titles in 1997 only but last month won its second 75-59. Printezis. 12 EDITORIALS LETTERS THE NATIONAL HERALD, JUNE 9-15, 2012

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The ancients had a say - American economy, which barely managed to add 65,000 new letters for publication and regret that we are unable to acknowledge choice between staying with the ing: "Syn Athina ke heira kinei." jobs, raising unemployment to 8.2 percent and causing the stock or return those left unpublished. euro or falling back to the We say, "God helps those who market to drop by 2 percent. drachmaThe austerity that has help themselves." The truth is that President Obama inherited the financial crisis. In fact, the crisis sealed his victory. However, four years have gone by since then, during which the progress that has been achieved COMMENTAR IES BY A.H. DIAMATARIS has been neither steady nor strong. The result is that millions of Americans remain jobless, Europe is on the brink of a nervous breakdown, and generally, there is international economic uncer - tainty threatening to make the situation even worse. An Open Letter to ND Leader Antonis Samaras Regarding Europe, we accept that the president of the United States does not command the same influence that he once did be - cause the economic relationship between American and European Dear Mr. Samaras, it from floundering. Mr. President, Tsipras has a tainted, and of course, will op - countries has changed, and now Germany dominates the region. A recent article in the Finan - However, I am afraid that big advantage over you. He is erate under your direction. They We also accept that America, also in a difficult financial position, cial Times, “Greek right a you continue to follow the young, untainted, a good might be called upon later to as - must avoid assuming responsibility and bearing the blame for the hostage to its own failures,” in - wrong campaign strategy. speaker, and will stop at nothing sume a government post. In financial policy being followed in Europe, or the financial burden cluded some very negative com - Your approach appears to fo - to succeed. Compared to him, other words, you must counter of sustaining the European economies. ments against you and the New cus on scaring voters about the your party looks old, and seems Tsipras with other young, edu - Unfortunately, the U.S. it is not in a position to provide a second Democracy Party, which should “disaster” that a victory for more like a part of the problem cated, and untainted persons. Marshall plan to save Europe, nor is this necessary, since Germany seriously concern you. SYRIZA leader Alexis Tsipras than a part of the solution. Keep the leadership role for can play that role today. If the U.S. involves itself openly and deci - It is very clear that the news - might establish. Even though As the Financial Times also yourself and cast yourself as the sively in European affairs, it will be accused of wanting to serve all paper does you a major injustice what you say is correct, that indicated, voters ages 45-55 are politician with the experience sorts of ulterior motives, such trying to break up the EU, among when it chooses to include the message might not produce the leaning toward SYRIZA. If that and sense of responsibility es - others. The U.S. has not lost all of its influence; especially via the opinion of a woman named Niki desired results. really is true, then the problem sential to lead the country out IMF, to which it contributes the largest percentage of its budget. Siropoulos, who calls you “a What the voters want to runs very deep and there is little of the crisis. But President Obama's America seems to be shirking the responsi - complete idiot.” I don’t know know is what you will do, not time to make adjustments. Moreover, regarding the talk bility that comes with being the world superpower more than it any idiots who have graduated what Tsipras will do. Let your Educated voters should have about a televised debate: in the should, and is limiting itself to operating behind the scenes, even from Harvard Business School, staffers take on Tsipras. Your been your natural allies all 1960 American presidential though it is plain that these actions are not helping matters much. like you did. Quite the opposite, message should be to explain along. They know more about election, Richard Nixon made And that action, or rather, inaction, has brought the European in fact. the essence of the economic the economy than the other vot - better arguments than John F. crisis to America’s doorstep. What really should concern problem and to present a real - ers and can pick up on the tricks Kennedy did and knew the is - you though, now while there is istic solution. that SYRIZA is trying to pull. sues in greater detail, particu - still some time left, is that – just By making Tsipras the central Allow me, therefore, to make larly ones concerning foreign …and Can Greece Surpass Itself? like an earlier article in the Wall figure of your campaign, you are a proposal: considering that policy. Street Journal – the distinct im - actually giving him more credit people are wondering which of - But Kennedy, who was young pression left is that the Financial than you should. By spending ficials will run the country, be - and charismatic, won over the Hellenism must once again battle its own demons. On the one Times is preparing its readers so much time talking about him, cause we know very little about audience because he looked hand, the long road to progress, worthy of Greece’s historic legacy, for a possible victory by SYRIZA you are giving him credibility. Tsipras’ aides and who will flank tanned and rested, while Nixon lies ahead, and on the other is the road to self-destruction. Will in the coming elections. The model that you are fol - him if he wins the elections, but looked sickly and perspired pro - Greeks find the strength to keep themselves in check and turn a As the paper notes, it is true lowing is historically a failing we know a lot – too much, per - fusely. deaf ear to the sirens that are promising them that they can have that you have followed the one, as you have probably no - haps – about New Democracy’s Most of those who watched their cake and eat it, too? Can they escape the jaws of the shark wrong strategy in some cases ticed has been the case in the cadres, and because your one- the debate on television thought and spread their wings to reach a new destiny? ever since your election as New United States on numerous oc - man rule as head of New that Kennedy had won, whereas “Grandpa, give me some advice,” writes Nikos Kazantzakis in Democracy president. casions. Democracy is not effective, you the majority of those who lis - his book Report to Greco. “I wish for you to reach as far as you At first, you opposed the When politicians try to scare ought to entrust a small group tened to the debate on the radio can,” says the grandfather. “Grandpa, give me a tough, a Cretan- memorandum, while later you the people about their oppo - of Party officials to become the thought Nixon won, instead. type piece of advice,” answers the grandchild. “Well, then, I wish were forced to do an about-face nents without providing them faces of the campaign. Image triumphed over sub - for you to surpass yourself,” he replies. Greeks everywhere are – out of a sense of responsibility with a realistic alternative, it These officials should be stance. But fortunately, Kennedy called to follow this piece of advice: to surpass themselves. to the country, I’m sure – to keep usually backfires. young, well-educated, and un - was no Tsipras. We cannot think of a more crucial election contest for Greece than the one scheduled for June 17. And yet, although the Greek- American community is making a positive contribution, it is denied of its right to vote. Unfortunately, the Greek parties have shown a great deal of shallowness when dealing with the issue of voting A Commendable Assembly of Impressive Minds rights for the Greek Diaspora. They made the tragic mistake of adopting their positions based on strictly partisan criteria. They overlooked or ignored the national side of this issue. But since These men could easily form lectual stimulation and greater every vote in the upcoming elections will count, we ask all the a successful cabinet of a Greek dialogue. Greek-Americans who will travel to Greece to secure their voting government; probably a cabinet Intellectually invigorating privileges. We also suggest that all those who are planning on trav - of a U.S. government, too. I am events, speeches, lectures, seri - eling to Greece at the end of June to move up their trip a few days, referring to the great idea ous musical performances, and if possible. Even if it means making an extraordinary trip to Greece Michael and Mary Jaharis had theatrical performances are just to vote, people should try to do so, if they can. to organize a symposium of out - a few examples. It is also im - The reason is that the future of Greece might be decided by standing Greek-Americans – portant that prominent mem - these elections. Will the country remain in the EU, and thus a members and guests of “Faith” bers of the community discuss member of a bloc of strong nations, or will it slide towards Balka - – at a Manhattan restaurant to major issues affecting the nization, as SYRIZA is promising? That this question is even being discuss matters of wide interest Greece, America, and the Dias - seriously entertained is enough to make one’s hair stand on end. A and to assemble such an impres - pora. lot of people believe that SYRIZA will not make good on its pledges. sive array of brainpower. Accordingly, I consider this They believe that it will not cancel the agreements with the troika There were four main speak - event one of the most important and that it will not change the orientation of the nation. Perhaps ers, each of who spoke about intellectual endeavors that has they are right. his own area of expertise. Roy been held in the community in But the damage that they might inflict might be great nonethe - Vaggelos, the wise ex-chairman American community’s talents. jor contributions have they recent years. Archbishop less. Greece will be deemed unworthy of being in the Eurozone. It of Merck Pharmaceuticals and In the past, TNH has often made to the Greek-American Demetrios was right in calling will not be long until it abandons the euro. As “good” as Mr. Tsipras’ current chairman of Regeneron; expressed the opinion that or - community and to the all-im - it a “think tank.” The people in conduct might be, the damage would be irreversible. Andrew Liveris, a son of Greek- ganizations like “Leadership portant issue of education? attendance showed yet again A Greek-American friend from Athens writes: “Of course, the Australian immigrants who now 100” and “Faith” have been very But the aforementioned that the Greek-American com - Greek people have the right to vote for whomever they like… but heads Dow Chemical – the successful in raising large sums event is a major and a com - munity has a very large talent I am afraid that a lot of Greeks are living in a dream world and are world’s largest chemical com - of money, but that they seem mendable step forward, one pool. longing for a return to ‘the good old days’…” pany; James Chanos, one of the devoid of any greater vision or that displays the concern shared All we need is for someone At the end of the day, we fear that our beloved Greece is being biggest hedge fund managers in goals. What is their purpose? by the leaders of these top or - like Mr. Jaharis to bring them led towards unprecedented disaster. And though it is not our job New York; and Charles Why raise such sizeable ganizations for something even together and put them to action. to save the Greeks of Greece from their dark side – it might be too Calomiris, a professor at Colum - amounts, other than to hold cer - more important than what they My hope is that our Greek late already anyway, based on the political dynamics and SYRIZA’s bia (University) Business tain social events – which al - had been doing up to now. I homeland will learn from this successful efforts to fool the voters – it is important is that we do School, who specializes in sov - though significant, cannot be have noted on many occasions splendid example and draw our duty to our homeland. ereign default. 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Vote for Charles Manson The IMF’s Managing Direc - (sin) and how it very same country Meanwhile, while Lagarde tors just can’t seem to keep from differs with the that had a budget was trying to justify Europe’s putting parts of their bodies in Western outlook. surplus before the cri - failed policy in Greece, plunging Over Barack Obama? the wrong places… Most re - For instance, the sis, a public debt hundreds of thousands of cently, IMF Chief Christine La - Opus Dei method much lower than the households into poverty while garde demonstrated this by of flogging your holy German empire, banks borrowed for next to Suppose for a GOP’s also-rans putting her foot in her mouth back till you’ve the only country in nothing, Greece received some moment that the who remind the during her recent interview with expiated your history to put to - much needed moral support crazed serial American people British newspaper The sins or the Puri - gether profit-making from German Nobel literature killer/conspirator about that special Guardian. Following a wide - tanical practice Olympic Games that laureate Guenter Grass, who Charles Manson type of phoniness spread negative reaction inter - of punishing sin - didn’t end in the red, criticized the country’s treat - was released from that only a politi - nationally, The Guardian itself ners by shaming now shares a fate ment by its fellow European na - prison and decided cian can generate. took a jab at the successor and them seems to - by Christopher quite similar to tions in the debt crisis, describ - to run for presi - Michelle Bach - fellow compatriot of Dominique tally foreign to TRIPOULAS Greece’s. ing it in a new poem published dent, as a Republi - mann, Herman Strauss-Kahn by pointing out the Orthodox Special to As Greek econo - Saturday as a "country sen - can. And suppose Cain, Newt Gin - that “the morality tale Ms. La - worldview, The National Herald mist Yannis Varo - tenced to poverty." Most appro - that he won the grich, Jon Hunts - garde sets out is not a new one: which rejects the ufakis explains, as of priately, the title of the poem is party’s nomination. man, Rick Perry, feckless Southern Europeans ran juridical nature of “making up” last summer, the Spanish state “Europe’s Shame.” Grass wrote The question is: by CONSTANTINOS E. and Rick Santorum riot for the euro's first decade for your sins or “earning” a got stuck with all the toxic debts that Greece, “lost its rights,” and would Republican SCAROS all stood on the and now have to be bailed out place in heaven by your merits created by greedy Spanish its “belt is tightened again and voters remain so same stage bashing from their mess. Indeed, it has alone. Focusing instead on the banks, which resulted in the again by the cocksure powerful” obsessed with un - Special to Romney, and now justified austerity programs in “therapy” of the sinner by alter - ECB loaning Spanish banks over and warns at the end that “You’ll seating Barack The National Herald they’ll stand behind Greece, Portugal and Ireland, ing his mentality (“metanoia”), 300 billion euro at 1 percent, waste away mindlessly without Obama that they him as if all those and allowed the rest of Europe it would seem that Orthodoxy which they in turn loaned to the the country, whose mind in - would actually vote for Manson heated primary debates were to avoid sorting out their vul - alleviates a lot of the guilt asso - Spanish government for 6 per - vented you, Europe.” instead? make-believe. nerable banks. But it is neither ciated with the act of sin, which cent. And since loans must be The argument being ad - The answer is almost cer - The Republican voters are accurate nor useful. has in the past been used in the repaid, Spain needed to borrow vanced by Lagarde and most tainly “no.” But then, where even more delusional. They did - Until the financial crisis, West to serve ulterior motives even more money from the EU other pro-memorandum Euro - would Republicans draw the n’t like Romney this time around Spain's government had a (i.e., limbo, indulgences sold for at 4 percent to help its banks peans is simplistic – so simplistic line? None of this is to suggest any more so than they did in tighter grip on public finances the forgiveness of sins, etc.). recapitalize, without even re - it is scary. It is the same kind of that Mitt Romney – the pre - 2008, when he was out-lustered than France: it was Spain's pri - This warped worldview ceiving any shares in these simplicity and flawed logic that sumptive GOP presidential can - by that year’s lackluster candi - vate sector that went berserk. could not have remained limited banks (God forbid they become the world (primarily the West) didate – ought to be compared date, John McCain. There’s And when it comes to total debt to the strict confines of religious nationalized). And as Spanish has used to justify crimes for to a deranged killer, but listen - nothing like being blander than as a proportion of annual GDP, denominations. You don’t have taxpayers were being taken for centuries – from the Inquisition ing to the Republican faithful bland. They didn’t think Rom - France is not far behind either to be an authority on Max We - a ride, the EU demanded more and the witch hunts of previous provide empty reason after ney was genuine enough, con - Spain or Italy. That possible ber to know that the thinking austerity measures, which fur - centuries, all the way up to the empty reason why they are ral - servative enough, or warm black-sheep status will be con - behind the Protestant reforma - ther lowered incomes thus re - genocides of the modern era. lying behind Romney certainly enough. But suddenly, now that firmed if the Eurozone crisis in - tion has shaped Western Euro - ducing the taxes that the gov - The same old good guy vs. bad makes one wonder if there is it’s down to him versus Obama, tensifies any further… If this is pean/North American thinking, ernment can collect to pay back guy argument is being propa - any Republican nominee they they tout Romney like he is a morality tale, it is not Ms. La - just like Catholicism had shaped all the debt that it incurred. gated by the perpetrators of the would not endorse. George Washington, Abe Lin - garde's yarn about Northern vs. the enlightened absolutism that Varoufakis makes a com - most heinous of crimes and ra - Southern Europe – but about existed prior to this. pelling argument. While Greece tionalized with the argument out-of-control banks, for which While all of Europe and is being defamed internationally that “the ends justify the the rest of us are now having to much of America was busy as the problem-child of Europe, means.” pay.” shaming Greece and pinning a bankers and their representa - Of course, as seen from tele - It would be very useful and scarlet letter on the country, tives governing the EU have vangelists to IMF chiefs, he who educational if a theologian were Spain – the fourth largest econ - nearly demolished Spain – one would cast the first stone should to enlighten us on the Orthodox omy in the Eurozone – was busy of the quintessential EU success be sinless; and sinless they cer - viewpoint regarding “hamartia” going from boom to bust. The stories! tainly are not.

LETTER FROM ATHENS Forget Golden Dawn, Tsipras Wants a Red Dawn for Greece

Just when you thought oting for two years over the Dra - Venizelos, the former Finance and planting sugarcane fields. Greeks had to worry about the conian conditions attached to Minister who doubled income His vision for Red Greece actu - Are Republicans so obsessed with removing President Obama rise of the cuckoo right, the sin - two bailouts totaling $325 bil - and property taxes and taxed ally includes increasing public from office that they would actually vote for Charles Manson gle-digit IQ-dumber-than-soc - lion from the Troika of the Eu - the poor, are wishing it had spending when there isn’t a euro instead? cer-hooligans-baby bully-Nean - ropean Union-International been done with invisible ink. - uh, drachma - left in the coun - derthal Nazis of Golden Dawn Monetary Fund-European Cen - They are trying to renege on try, and stopping the privatiza - We have entered the second coln, and Ronald Reagan rolled who like to ride around on mo - tral Bank (EU-IMF-ECB), other - their signatures while blistering tion of the country’s patronage- decade of the second millen - into one. You didn’t get the can - torcycles waving the Greek flag wise known as the Simon Tsipras for saying he wants to laden money-bleeding state-run nium, and we are in the 236th didate you really wanted? No - although it takes about 30 of Legree Trio or the Shylock renege on the bailout terms, too. enterprises and holding onto year of our nation’s founding. problem, just delude yourself them to gang up on one immi - Three. The Troika could give Samaras and Venizelos say they state-owned properties, such as Do we still really have to sub - into thinking the one you’re grant to beat into him a Greek usury lessons, even though it also support the Troika at the abandoned Olympic venues. scribe to the antiquated “I’m a stuck with is worthwhile. Con - lesson in democracy - it’s the was right that Greece created its same time, proving what great All he has going for him is Republican, my father was a Re - ventions, balloons, confetti, ban - shift to the left that could un - own dilemma by wild over - ventriloquists they are. the high-stakes game of chicken publican, his father was a Re - ners, posters, theme songs – all balance the country. Because spending, corruption, tax eva - The deal that they inked has with the Troika, hoping that by publican, and so I’m voting Re - the bells and whistles. Let’s hear now we know Alexis Tsipras’ sion, inefficiency and bad act - come back to haunt them, espe - walking away from the table publican” way of thinking? a real loud sis-boom-bah for true colors: pink bleeding to red. ing. cially Samaras’ turncoat support and refusing to pay that the Before the Republican-bash - mediocrity. The starry-eyed 37-year-old With polls showing SYRIZA for slashing supplementary pen - lenders will give Greece more ing gets too out of hand, this If Obama wins reelection, it former land surveyor leading time to pay. There are signs that might be a good time to point will be the first time in Ameri - the Coalition of the Radical Left it is working, with the IMF say - out that Democrats are no bet - can history that three consecu - (SYRIZA) is seeing his star rise ing it may be willing to negoti - ter. They have not taken the tive presidents have been ahead of the critical June 17 ate. Even Tony Soprano knew high road; they have merely elected to back-to-back terms elections because he has been he couldn’t kill everyone who stumbled upon it. In Obama, since Thomas Jefferson, James hammering-and-sickling home owed him money, after all. The they have only their second Madison, and James Monroe ac - the nonstop anti-austerity drum - only answer on the Road to charismatic and immensely elec - complished that from 1800 to beat weary Greeks love to hear. Perdition is to combine a little table standard-bearer since John 1820. Why is that? Are Bill Buried under an avalanche of bit of what both sides want: aus - Kennedy (Bill Clinton being the Clinton, George W. Bush, and pay cuts, tax hikes, and slashed terity, but restructured terms, other one), and so they get to Barack Obama so outstanding pensions imposed by interna - and implementing the long-de - be the grown-ups for a while as as to compare to those leg - tional bankers and Greek politi - layed real structural reforms. they watch the panic-stricken endary Founders – or is it that cians who aren’t affected by But Tsipras cannot see it be - Republicans desperately grasp the opposition party essentially them, Greeks have tilted hard cause his hero is Venezuelan at straws in trying to convince has raised the white flag and to the far left, hoping someone leader Hugo Chavez, who na - themselves that they’re really fielded dreadfully safe choices, like the charmless Tsipras can tionalized private companies, gung-ho about Romney. It was guaranteed to do two things: save them from more. His op - scaring off investors and taking not so long ago – 2004, to be 1) mount a respectable chal - ponents are handing him all the his country to last place in the exact – that these very same De - lenge; and ammunition he needs, but he’s world in competitiveness. The mocrats, when asked to name 2) lose. Bob Dole in 1996, firing blanks in return. EurOkiNiSSi next-to-last country is Greece, one thing they liked about (that John Kerry in 2004 and, most Greece is a train wreck of a Polls show SYRIZA and New Democracy locked in a dead heat and its last, best hope is to bring year’s nominee) John Kerry, they likely, Mitt Romney in 2012. country, drowning in $460 bil - to win - but without enough of the vote to form a government. in foreign investors, not scare would respond: “George W. Of course, Republican voters lion of debt because alternating them away, but Baby Hugo Bush is the worst president do not believe that last part – administrations of New Democ - and New Democracy, under its sions that a lot of the old need won’t rest until the red flag is ever!” And it got worse. A re - the business about Romney los - racy Capitalists and PASOK Anti- failed leader Antonis “Mr. Bean to buy dog food – for them - raised above the Acropolis. quest to name one thing that ing. Maybe they will rethink all Socialists have been padding Counter” Samaras locked in a selves. On June 1, the same day His timing is good because Kerry accomplished as Senator of this on November 7 – the day public payrolls for generations in dead heat to win - but without that Tsipras announced his plans later this year a remake of the usually resulted in this answer: after the election, the day after return for votes. They have aba - enough of the vote to form a to turn Greece into North Korea 1984 film Red Dawn, depicting “at least he didn’t start a war in Obama is given another four cus minds in a digital generation government – the pro-austerity or Cuba by nationalizing banks an invasion of the United States Iraq like Bush did!” (Actually, years to govern. Why is Obama’s and didn’t do the math that one proponents, including the now- and canceling the Troika deal, through a small Michigan town Kerry did support that war, but reelection such a foregone con - day the profligate spending irrelevant PASOK Socialists who stopping the money flow keep - by the Soviets and Cubans, is why quibble over something like clusion? Because Republicans would catch up with them. And served in a brief coalition with ing Greece alive, the pensions scheduled to be released. The factual accuracy?) have been lulled into a false when it did, they jumped feet the Capitalists, are desperately of some 32,663 elderly were cut invaders were supposed to be Besides, the Democrats are sense of security that Romney first on the bandwagon of im - trying to put their platforms in by 30 percent, giving SYRIZA the Chinese, but fearing they’d not the ones grasping for straws is the answer. And until they re - posing austerity measures to re - reverse. New Democracy and another 32,663 votes. Tsipras, a be locked out of the lucrative this time around, though they alize that Romney is obviously verse what they did but now say PASOK signed the memoran - former leader of the Communist Chinese market, the producers will be someday again – when not the answer, they will not get they wish they didn’t. dum of understanding with the Youth party, is seeing red again. made the villains North Koreans the Republicans elect a formi - any closer to understanding the The problem for them is that Troika because they wanted the The only thing missing from his – Tsipras’ role models. dable president (certainly not American voter – or gaining the Greeks don’t like it, and have money, but now Samaras and Five-Year Communist plan is Romney). But for now, it is the American vote. been protesting, striking, and ri - PASOK’s new leader Evangelos Che Guevara t-shirts for workers [email protected] Paralysis in Athens

By Randall Fuller function is apparent everywhere tent with nihilistic intensity. people of all ages what it was can’t step on the same river where, Maybe Somebody),” The New York Times in Athens. Traffic signals work “Wake Up!” is a ubiquitous like to live in Greece at the mo - twice. blossomed into an infectious sporadically; a sign giving the tag in the city. “Welcome to the ment. “Hell,” one woman told If Cavafy’s poem blamed na - chorus. Len’s band, an eight- “What are we waiting for, as - shortened hours of one of the Civilization of Fear” reads an - me. “Terrible, terrible,” said a tional inaction and a too-easy piece group of men and women sembled in the forum?” asked world’s great museums, the Na - other. One airbrushed scene waiter at a tavern on the Plaka. fatalism on a long and tortuous playing electric guitars and the the Greek poet Constantine tional Archaeological Museum, portrays an Athens bus — not A Greek friend sighed and history of invasion from with - more traditional accordion, Cavafy in 1904. “Why do the is haphazardly taped to the long ago a symbol of Greece’s admitted that he would leave out, Len seemed intent on ex - leaned in and sang together. Senators sit and pass no laws?” door; police officers in riot gear commitment to improving its the country immediately if he ploring ways to survive this pe - In this place where tragedy Less than two weeks before patrol the perimeters of the uni - civic infrastructure while reduc - could: “There is no good solu - riod of gloom and impasse from was invented, the song was joy - Greece holds another round of versities, where a growing pop - ing pollution — about to run off tion to the current crisis. Aus - within. “The master of the ship, ful and sadly cathartic. The cho - national elections, Cavafy’s fa - ulation of anarchists, disaffected the road or crash into an on - terity will damage us for years the leader of your mind ... you rus had no words, but it never - mous poem “Waiting for the young people and drug addicts coming vehicle. to come, and so will the return don’t need them anymore,” he theless contained an invitation Barbarians,” has renewed force congregate in communal hope - If the young bear the harsh - of the drachma. Either way it sang. to join in the achingly beautiful and urgency in Athens. The elec - lessness. est burden of the economic cri - will get much worse before it Then the tune, a folkish melody. I still can’t get it out of tions, scheduled for June 17, “Greeks have worry beads up sis — 48 percent of Greeks be - gets better.” number titled “Someday (Some - my head. will decide Greece’s fate in the to here,” one Athenian told me low age 24 are unemployed — On a warm, lovely Saturday euro zone and perhaps even its in the shadow of the Acropolis, they do so with a mix of denial, night two weeks before the elec - long-term future as a viable measuring to the top of her frantic exuberance and a debil - tion, the immensely appealing state. But with an excruciating head. “We don’t know what’s itating sense of the absurd. A Greek pop star Len was finish - GUEST EDITORIALS choice to be made between dra - going to happen tomorrow.” flash mob recently appeared in ing a sound check at an outdoor conian austerity measures and The most visible sign of these Syntagma Square, not to protest space in the trendy Gazi neigh - The National Herald welcomes manuscripts representing a variety of a departure from Europe’s dire, uncertain times is the pro - the lack of jobs or the political borhood. Strumming a ukulele, views for publication in its View Points page. They should include shared currency, the birthplace liferation of graffiti over almost gridlock but to dance to ’N Len sang what could easily the writer’s name, address, telephone number and be addressed to of democracy is paralyzed with every vertical space in the city. Sync’s “Bye Bye Bye.” Nearby, stand as an anthem for this per - the View Points Editor, The National Herald, 37-10 30th St., liC, Ny indecision and poised to de - Athens has long cherished a tra - another graffiti slogan seemed ilous moment in Athens and the 11101. They can also be e-mailed to english.edition@thenational - scend into chaos and economic dition of political commentary to capture the mood: “Dancing rest of Greece: herald.com. due to considerations of space we enforce a strict 850- catastrophe. and street art, but the recent fi - All the Time, Feeling All the Tell me what to do when word upper limit. we reserve the right to edit. Evidence of a state tottering nancial crisis has spurred the Rage.” everything is changing, on the edge of complete dys - young to express their discon - Throughout Athens I asked Tell me what to do when you 14 VIEWPOINTS THE NATIONAL HERALD, JUNE 9-15, 2012

stretching from Iberia to the east - faces years of severe economic A More Important Crisis Question: Is Greece European? ern Mediterranean. hardship. That means, given its Of course, Greece, during the geographic location, Greece's po - 1980s -- when I lived there for litical orientation should never By Robert D. Kaplan tradition began in Greece in an - rope, in Greece through the early parties fare badly in the upcom - seven years -- might have used be taken for granted. For exam - Stratfor Global Intelligence tiquity and the first modern 1990s there was a hard-left party, ing poll it might indicate a firm the influx of cash from the Euro - ple, the Chinese have invested Olympics were held in Greece in the Pan-Hellenic Socialist Move - rejection of extremism by Greek pean Union in order to discipline heavily in developing part of the Greece is where the West both 1896, Greece was denied the ment (PASOK), which during the voters and a permanent turn to - and reform its economy. Instead, port of Piraeus, adjacent to begins and ends. The West -- as right to host the centenary mod - Cold War openly sympathized ward the center -- toward politi - then PASOK Prime Minister An - Athens, even as Russia's eco - a humanist ideal -- began in an - ern Olympics in 1996 owing to with radical Arab regimes like cal modernity, that is. dreas Papandreou used the nomic and intelligence ties to the cient Athens where compassion the country's lack of prepared - Hafez al Assad's Syria and Moam - There is a tendency in all of money to swell the ranks of the Greek area of Cyprus are ex - for the individual began to re - ness in organization and infra - mar Gadhafi's Libya, and a some - this to throw one's hands up at bureaucracy. Thus, did Greece re - tremely close. It has been specu - place the crushing brutality of the structure. Greece did host the what reactionary right-wing the specter of the Greeks and de - main underdeveloped, and the lated in the media that with nearby civilizations of Egypt and 2004 Olympics, but the financial party, New Democracy. The drift clare them too much trouble than dream-gamble of Brussels failed. Greece short of cash and Russia Mesopotamia. The war that strain that the games put on of both those leading parties to - they're worth, at least for Europe. The saddest irony is that the sins enjoying a surplus, were the Rus - Herodotus chronicles between Greece contributed to the coun - ward the center is a relatively re - But such an attitude reeks of of the hard-left Andreas Papan - sians ejected from ports in Syria Greece and Persia in the 5th cen - try's economic fragility in the run- cent affair. hypocrisy, even as it denies West - dreou were visited upon his well- in the wake of a regime change tury B.C. established a contrast up to the current debt crisis. And so the creation of late of ern self-interest. When Greece meaning, center-left son, George, there, Moscow would find a way between West and East that has It is not entirely an accident a hard-left party, SYRIZA, and a joined the European Union in who had his short tenure as to eventually make use of Greek persisted for millennia. Greece is that Greece is the most econom - hard-right neo-Nazi movement, 1981, its economy was mani - prime minister from 2009 to naval facilities. Remember that Christian, but it is also Eastern ically troubled country in the Eu - Golden Dawn (vaguely reminis - festly not ready; Brussels had 2011 poisoned by his father's eco - Greece and Cyprus both have Orthodox, as spiritually close to ropean Union. The fact that it is cent of the military junta that made a rank political decision, nomic legacy. modern European histories Russia as it is to the West, and located at Europe's southeastern ruled Greece from 1967 to not an economic one -- just as it But Western self-interest now mainly because they were geographically equidistant be - back door also has something to 1974), both harbor distant would in admitting Greece to the demands that even if Greece claimed by Western powers for tween Brussels and Moscow. do with it. For Greece's economic echoes of Greece's mid-20th cen - eurozone in 2002. In both cases, leaves the eurozone -- and that strategic reasons. Greece may have invented the and political development bear tury past. Ironically, while the ground-level, domestic reality is a big "if" -- it nevertheless re - In other words, from the point West with the democratic inno - marks of a legacy not wholly in Greece's extreme economic crisis of the Greek economy was swept mains anchored in the European of geography and geopolitics, vations of the Age of Pericles, but the modern West. created these radical groupings aside in favor of an abstract Union and NATO. For whether Greece will be in play for years for more than a thousand years Roughly three-quarters of in the first place, if these new quasi-historical vision of Europe Greece drops the euro or not, it to come. it was a child of Byzantine and Greek businesses are family- Turkish despotism. And while owned and rely on family labor, Greece was the northwestern making meritocratic promotion bastion of the anciently civilized difficult for those outside the Near East, ever since history family. Tax cheating is rampant. EU Survey: Germans and Greeks are Total Opposites moved north into colder climates The economy suffers from a pro - following the collapse of Rome, found lack of competitiveness, the inhabitants of Peninsular even as Greece is mainly a service Europe seems to like Germany gration. The most negative were most corrupt nation. percent). Similarly most -- includ - Greece have found themselves at economy, relying on tourism, in after all. Germans are seen as the the Greeks, with 70 percent say - "The British, French and Ger - ing the Germans -- do not have a the poor, southeastern extremity which manufacturing constitutes hardest working and least cor - ing EU integration had hurt mans judge the Greeks, Italians favorable view of the European of Europe. a weak sector. Of course, these ruptible people in the European them, followed by the French and Spanish to be the laziest peo - Central Bank, with only 39 per - Modern Greece in particular features have much to do with Union, a survey of eight EU coun - with 63 percent. Overall the rat - ple in Europe and among the cent having a positive view of the has struggled against this bifur - bad policies enacted over the tries shows, with Chancellor An - ing was 34 percent. most corrupt. However, Italians ECB. cated legacy. In an early 20th cen - years and decades, but they are gela Merkel receiving good marks GREECE SEES ITSELF AS and Spaniards largely share this Except for Germany, support tury replay of the Greco-Persian also products of history and cul - for her crisis management. HARDEST WORKING negative image of themselves for a free market is declining, Wars, Greece's post-World War I ture, which are, in turn, products Greece, which has high praise for The survey, entitled "European and their southern counterparts," down 20 percent between 2007 military struggle with Turkey led of geography. Indeed, Greece itself, is viewed poorly by its Unity on the Rocks, Greeks and the report said. and 2012 in Spain and 23 per - to a signal Greek defeat and as a lacks enough productive land to neighbors. Germans at Polar Opposites," was PRAISE FOR MERKEL cent in Italy, though relatively un - consequence, more than a mil - be an agricultural power. Europeans view Germany and conducted in eight EU nations Most EU countries surveyed changed in the United States lion ethnic Greeks from Asia Mi - Then there is political under - Chancellor Angela Merkel more and the United States and queried did not give their own leaders with a 3 percent decline. Support nor escaped to Greece proper, development. Long into the 20th favorably than any other Euro - 9,108 people between March 17 good grades, but once again Ger - for free markets rose in Germany further impoverishing the coun - century, Greek political parties pean Union country and leader, and April 16. The EU countries many was the exception, with by 4 percent. try. (This Greek diaspora in Asia had a paternalistic, coffeehouse but most believe EU economic in - included Britain, France, Ger - both Germans and strong majori - NO BLAME FOR THE U.S. Minor was a massive source of quality, centered on big person - tegration has hurt their country's many, Spain, Italy, Greece, Poland ties of the others saying they Despite all this, the report revenue until the Greeks were ex - alities -- chieftains in all but name economy, a Pew Research Center and the Czech Republic. thought Merkel was doing "a fine showed that Europeans are re - pelled.) Not only did World War -- with little formal organiza - poll published Tuesday shows. Greek views of themselves job." At home, 80 percent of Ger - luctant to relinquish symbols of I have a bloody and epic coda in tional support. George Papan - "Germany is the most admired and Germany diverged widely mans said Merkel "has done a a united Europe. More than half Greece, so did World War II, dreou, the grandfather of the re - country in the EU and its chan - from its European neighbors, good job as an economic man - of those surveyed in the five euro- which was followed by a civil war cent prime minister of the same cellor the most respected leader," who all see Germany as the "most ager." zone member states -- including between rightists and commu - name, actually headed a party a report releasing the poll's fig - hard working" nation. Greece Germany was also the only 71 percent of the Greeks, 69 per - nists. Greece's ultimate escape called the "George Papandreou ures said. Germans "stand alone," rated itself the hardest working. country surveyed in which more cent of the French and 66 percent from the Warsaw Pact was a Party." Political parties have been as they view their recent eco - "Greece is the polar opposite" than half (53 percent) said they of the Germans -- would like to rather close-run affair: again, the family businesses to a greater ex - nomic experiences more posi - of Germany, the report said, not - are satisfied with the country's keep the euro as their currency. effect of Greece's unstable geo - tent in Greece than in other West - tively than others and are more ing that Germany is not the only direction. Once again the Greeks Europeans are divided over graphical location between East ern democracies. The party in favorable to Europe. country that has issues with the differed from other EU countries who to blame for the crisis. The and West. power not only dominated the "But contrary to their popular southern European country. surveyed, with only 14 percent Greeks, Italians, Poles and Czechs Greece struggled on. As re - highest echelons of the bureau - portrayal, the Germans do not "None of its fellow EU members giving Merkel a good grade. blame their own governments. cently as the mid-1970s it was cracy, as is normal and proper in differ markedly from other Euro - surveyed see it in a positive light," Of the five euro-zone member The French and Spanish blame governed by a particularly brutal a democracy, but the middle- and peans on policy issues. On many the authors wrote. states surveyed (France, Ger - banks and other major financial military dictatorship (led by lower-echelons, too. State insti - counts it is the Greeks who are The British, French and Ger - many, Spain, Italy and Greece), institutions. The British and Ger - colonels from the backwater of tutions from top to bottom were themost isolated in Europe," the mans do not feel their countries a median of only 37 percent sees mans blame both. the Peloponnese), which lasted often overly politicized. report said. have high levels of corruption, the common currency as a good "Notably, Europeans do not for seven years, and fear of an - Moreover, rather than having Germany was the only coun - naming Italy as the most corrupt. thing, while those countries out - blame the United States," the re - other coup persisted during the a moderate left-wing party and a try in which most people -- 59 Participants from the other coun - side the euro zone are happy they port said. initial stage of its reborn democ - modern conservative one, as is percent -- think their country has tries blamed themselves and vol - didn't join, including nearly racy. Even though the Olympic common throughout Western Eu - been helped by European inte - unteered their own country as the three-quarters of the British (73 www.spiegel.de

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