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BEJZBOL NEWS – Back in 2010 we re- ball Championship and will host the B Chicago he was director of the North- ported how Keith Corona of Fresno, CA Group European Championship in Bel- western School of Medicine cancer cen- worked with Mim Bizic of Moon Town- grade next month. They hope their trip ter. He is second from right on top, in the ship, PA over several months to help set to the States will help prepare them for cool hat. up the Serbian Baseball Development that competition. Events will take place in Association (SBDA) - a non-proft organi- Highland and Whiting, Indiana, between zation with a mission to establish, devel- July 6 and 11. See the story with details DID YOU MISS IT? - Thanks to our op, and progress youth baseball in Ser- on page 1 and come support our Serbi- LINKEDin connection Dushica Protic for bia. Corona played for Clubs Beograd an baseball players. Information on the posting “In Case You Missed It.” Dushica ‘96 and Belgrade Spartans, and coached Baseball Alliance of Serbia is available at pointed out that a clue in the New York The Largest and http://www.baseballsrbija.com/. Oldest Serbian Newspaper the Serbian National Team and Junior Times crossword on May 3, 2017 was in America and Canada National Team. Back then Keith reported “Kosovo native” to which the answer was that baseball clubs were established in DOCTOR POSES – It was not ac- “Serb.” Dushica is described as a senior Published by the tor Alan Alda posing, but a real doctor Sombor, Zrenjanin, Novi Sad, Beograd, regulatory and compliance attorney in SERB NATIONAL FEDERATION Čačak, Kraljevo, Kragujevac, and Niš. whose smiling face was looking out from the back page of the New York Times the fnancial industry and a former chief American Srbobran (UPS 023-400) magazine on May 21st when something regulatory counsel, American Stock Ex- is published semi-monthly struck us as familiar. Sure enough, it was change. by the Serb National Federation, SNF member Dr. Steven Rosen, formerly 615 Iron City Drive, Suite 302, of Chicago. Steven and wife Candi live Pittsburgh, PA 15205. EARLY DEADLINES – If you had Phone 412-458-5227 in California now since his transfer out something for the frst issue in July, we there to work for City of Hope as their Fax 412-875-5924, frst provost and chief scientifc offcer. In regret to inform you that circumstances www.snfife.org are such that we have already sent that Periodicals postage paid at paper to bed. We are sorry if that causes Pittsburgh, PA and at additional any advertisers or contributors problems. mailing offces. However, it does give us an opportunity Postmaster: Send address changes to to remind you that we usually go to print American Srbobran, almost a month prior to publication date, c/o Serb National Federation, Fast forward to the present day and the 615 Iron City Drive, Suite 302, so it always pays to send items in as ear- Pittsburgh, PA 15205. traditional sport of summer will be in ly as possible. We love hearing from you Northwest Indiana very soon. According all the time. ENGLISH SECTION to Ralph Flores interest in baseball re- Sandi Tumbas Radoja, Editor mains very high and has enjoyed much Tracy Weir, Typesetting/Layout/Design success. The Serbian National Team Stay in touch, won the 2016 C Group European Base- Sandi Radoja, [email protected] SERBIAN SECTION Dr. Aleksandar Petrov, Editor

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Serbian Panels at Cambridge University by Milos Rastovic Russia and the Balkans with other pan- downtown Cambridge. in the University of Cambridge. In 1441, elists and the public. I met Serbian and King’s College was founded by Henry VI. Every year the British Association for other panelists from the participating Cambridge is located around 90 minutes In 1546, Trinity College was founded by Slavonic and Eastern European Studies countries. from London by train. The whole history Henry VIII, and is the largest college in (BASEES) sponsors an annual conference of the town is dedicated to education. Old Cambridge. about Russia, Eastern Europe and the During the conference, you could hear buildings, churches, and houses describe former Soviet Union. This year it was at very interesting lectures and learn more more than 800 years of the history of edu- Cambridge is full of small shops, cafes the University of Cambridge, the United about Eastern European culture, art, cation in the United Kingdom. Cambridge and restaurants where you can enjoy lei- Kingdom from March 31- April 2. There economy, and politics. The theme of the University is one of the oldest universities sure time. They have beautiful gardens were more than 400 participants from conference was “October Revolution in in the world. I discovered that the best that are beautifully maintained and there Great Britain, Europe, and North Amer- 1917.” Keynote speakers were professors way to see Cambridge is from the river. are a lot of beautiful yellow dafodils. ica. as well as former politicians from Russia, I took a 45 minutes boat ride and had a Ukraine, and Belarus. During my stay, magnifcent view of King’s and Trinity Cambridge is a very nice and isolated I participated on the Serbian panel about I also enjoyed an opportunity to visit Colleges, which are among the 31 colleges place for studying and living with family.