S o C V ΓΡΑΦΕΙ ΤΗΝ ΙΣΤΟΡΙΑ Greek American W ΤΟΥ ΕΛΛΗΝΙΣΜΟΥ Weddings 2015 E ΑΠΟ ΤΟ 1915 The National Herald With this issue N c v A weeKly GreeK-AmericAn PublicAtion www.thenationalherald.com VOL. 18, ISSUE 908 March 7-13, 2015 $1.50 New IOCC Citizen Cats: Greek Billionaire Considers Daily News Buy Program Inspired by a Challenge, He is Pondering Funded By Rescuing the Struggling Legendary Paper By Constantinos E. Scaros year, and it currently ranks be - hind the New York Times and Jaharises NEW YORK – Top media New York Post in circulation. sources in New York City and There are issues with trade throughout the country have unions as well. Negotiations are Foundation Makes been reporting that the “secret “complicated,” Catsimatidis told suitor” to purchase the New the Post. Pledge to Match York Daily News – a newspaper The Daily News “is a great Up to $1 Million that despite sagging circulation asset to New York. It deserves and steady financial losses re - to live, “Catsimatidis told the mains one of the top-10 most Times. By Constantine S. Sirigos widely-read newspapers in The News’ owner and pub - TNH Staff Writer America – is none other than lisher, Mortimer Zuckerman, did Greek-American self-made bil - not deny Catsimatidis’ interest, NEW YORK – International Or - lionaire John Catsimatidis. but scoffed at the Post story, thodox Christian Charities The 66 year-old owner of the telling the Wall Street Journal (IOCC) recently announced a Gristedes supermarket chain, “you cannot believe a word of new program to assist Greeks who has made his mark in nu - what you read in the Post. It’s seeking work and opportunities merous other industries and almost a joke what the Post is in the agricultural sector. The made a serious run for New doing.” The Post and the Jour - initiative will receive funding York City mayor in 2013 told nal are both owned by Rupert from the Jaharis Family Foun - the Daily Beast that circum - Murdoch’s Newscorp, but it is dation, Inc., which will match stances permitting, he would by the Post that is the News’ prin - donations by groups and indi - the newspaper and “have some cipal tabloid rival, whereas the viduals dollar for dollar up to fun.” Journal is a business/finance- one million dollars. He confirmed to the New centered broadsheet. “As many as 25 agriculture York Post that he is indeed in - USED TO LONGSHOTS cooperatives in Greece will re - terested, but that “two or three” Though some might consider ceive support in food produc - AP Photo/Petros KArAdjiAs buyers are probably in the hunt saving the Daily News a long - tion, standardization of farming Cyprians in Nicosia Demonstrate against Austerity for the newspaper, whose home shot, Catsimatidis’ life story is practices, warehousing facilities, base is New York City but is one one that has beaten the odds. sales and member training. In A protestor shouts slogans during an anti austerity demonstration outside a European Central of a handful of American news - Born on the tiny Greek island of return for their participation, Bank Governing Council meeting at the conference center in capital Nicosia, Cyprus, Wednesday, papers widely distributed out of Nisyros, his family immigrated farmers will commit a portion March 4, 2015. Several thousand demonstrators in Cyprus called for an end to austerity policies state. Nonetheless, its losses are of the food they produce to peo - they say has driven many in the bailed-out country to poverty. about $20 to $30 million per Continued on page 6 ple in need in their communi - ties, especially children facing malnutrition as a result of the prolonged economic crisis,” ac - cording to an IOCC press re - Cyprus-Russia Closer Ties Irk U.S., Tweet Tension Rev. Baker lease. Constantine Triantafilou, IOCC executive director, who for Cypriot President Nicos econonic sanctions on Russia for been, as did Koenig. whose country is living under a Dies in Car the past three years has been Anastasiades' visit to Moscow is its support of separatists in “The US embassy in Nicosia 10 billion euro bailout from in - coordinating relief efforts with creating more tension with his Ukraine, but with Cyprus reliant has clarified that the tweets ternational lenders at the same Apostoli, the social service allies, especially the United on Russia for trade and tourists, were not meant to link two sep - time Russia has offered to help Crash in CT agency of the Church of Greece, States. Anastasiades has gone soft on arate events," Harf said. the country with its economic spoke to The National Herald Now is is not the time for those tough conditions. Harf said the US had stressed crisis. By Theodore Kalmoukos about conditions in Greece and “business as usual with Russia,” During his visit, a top Russ - to their European allies and Asked why the US wasn't IOCC’s work. Marie Harf, the Deputy ian dissident, Boris Nemstov, partners the importance of unity critical of Turkey over the un - NORWICH, CT – Rev. Matthew Triantafilou said the en - Spokesperson for the US De - was also assassinated, leading and of pressing Russia to stop lawful 1974 invasion of Cyprus Baker, presiding priest of the deavor began “When I met with partment of State said about the US Ambassador on Cyprus, fueling the conflict in eastern and as it still keeps a standing Holy Trinity parish in Norwich, Archbishop Ieronymos, who Anastasiades meeting Russian John Koenig, to fire off a critical Ukraine, the Cyprus News army in the northern third it oc - CT died in an automobile acci - said we needed to help people President Vladimir Putin and Tweet that infuriated the Agency reported. cupies, she said those shouldn't dent on Sunday afternoon re - with dignity and respect, and signing a deal to let the Russian Cypriot leader. “That’s certainly something be connected either as the US turning home with his six young the challenge accepted by the Navy use Cypriot ports. Harf said that the Tweet was we feel very strongly about” she tried to walk the line between children from church. Jaharis Foundation, which had That came as the US, as well misunderstood and was inad - added, and the British added Cyprus and Turkey. The 37 year-old priest was as the European Union and vertently tied to the events in similar sentiments, piling the traveling West on Route 2 in Continued on page 6 United Nations are pushing Ukraine and shouldn't have pressure on Anastasiades, Continued on page 11 Norwich at approximately 4PM when he lost control of his 2002 Dodge Caravan just west of Exit 25 in Norwich, according to an accident report. Leonsis to Corona Gen. Police said the vehicle drifted into the snow-packed center median and rolled several times, Stick With Assembly: striking the center beam of a guide rail before coming to rest on its roof in the eastbound “Wizards” OK to Lease lane. Fr. Baker was ejected from the vehicle and sustained fatal injuries, police said. His children By Constantinos E. Scaros By Theodore Kalmoukos were transported to the William W. Backus Hospital in Norwich WASHINGTON, DC – Making CORONA – The General Assem - with minor injuries. news is nothing new for self- bly of the Transfiguration Greek Metropolitan Methodios of made Greek-American billion - Orthodox parish of Corona ap - Boston communicated immedi - aire Ted Leonsis, an award-win - proved on March 1 the proposed ately with Presvytera Katherine ning filmmaker and lease terms for the school build - conveying to her the love, sup - philanthropist. But this week, ing to the NYC Department of port, and condolences of the en - the news Leonsis made in a fea - Education (DOE) and also to tire Metropolis. ture story in the March 1 issue continue negotiations. Calling Hours were sched - of Washington Post Magazine, According to proposed lease uled for March 6 5-9PM at the had to do with Leonsis’ best- ordained by TNH, the school Holy Trinity Greek Orthodox known capacity: his ownership building would be leased for Church, 247 Washington Street of two professional sports teams twenty years from July 1, 2014 in Norwich. The Funeral Ser - in his native District of Colum - through June 30, 2034. Also the vices were set for March 7th at bia – the Washington Capitals DOE “shall have the option to the Annunciation Greek Ortho - of the National Hockey League extend the lease by another five dox Church 175 Oaklawn Av - (NHL), and the National Bas - (5) years, for the period from enue, in Cranston, RI: Liturgy July 1, 2034 through June 30, 8:30AM, Viewing 10AM, and Continued on page 2 2039.” Funeral Service11AM. The terms of the lease have The Metropolis of Boston has as follows: established a special fund to $625,046.02 for years 1 help the family with the ex - For subscription: through 5. penses they face immediately as 718.784.5255 $675,100.96 for years 6 well as in the long term. Those [email protected] through 10. wishing to contribute may do so A Greek in Grand Rapids Government $729,006.28 for years 11 by sending a check to: through 15. Metropolis of Boston Greek-American Chris Afendoulis, whose family has a long history of public service in Grand $787,403.71 for years 16 c/o Fr. Matthew Baker Fund Rapids, MI was elected to that state’s House of Representatives this past November. He joins a long list of Greeks who have served in the Michigan State Legislature. Story on page 2. Continued on page 6 Continued on page 8 2 COMMUNITY THE NATIONAL HERALD, MARCH 7-13, 2015

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n THRU MARCH 29 n MARCH 13-15 Chris Afendoulis: Member of Michigan's House ASTORIA – “The Fox and the SUN VALLEY, ID – The Greek In - Boulder,” is an original stage vitational Ski Race and Social play written and directed by Weekend will take place Friday TNH Staff Orthodox Youth of America grandparents, Gus Dallas (De - Ophelia Theatre Group’s Sarah through Sunday, March 13-15 (GOYA), and was an Archon of Jiyianis) and Georgia Andrews Bennett. Long ago in an imagi - at Sun Valley, ID Sponsored by Chris Afendoulis, a Greek- the Ecumenical Patriarch having (Andrianopoulos) of Detroit em - nary kingdom, a beloved water - AHEPA, Seattle Chapter #177. American and lifelong resident received the honor from Patri - igrated in the early Twentieth ing hole was known for its hos - Enjoy skiing on Bald Mountain, of the Grand Rapids, arch Bartholomew himself in Century from the Arcadian vil - pitality and little else. Then one walking around Historic Sun MI Metropolitan area was March, 2002, a month before lages of Kandila and Pekemi, night several different travelers Valley Village, Ice Skate, Cross- elected to the Michigan State his passing. Both of his parents near Tripoli. meet together, all with a lofty Country Ski, Shop, Dine! Please House of Representatives last have been honored for many Afendoulis expressed deep dream, only to discover that see November and was sworn in on years of dedicated community appreciation to family and dreams don’t always come true www.eventbrite.com/e/greek- New Year’s Day. service. members of the Greek and Or - the way you expect them to. invitational-tickets for more de - A Republican who cam - His own parents met at a thodox communities of Grand At the Ophelia Theater 21-12 tails, or call the Sun Valley Inn paigned on “common sense con - GOYA conference, and Rapids for their strong support 30th Road in Astoria. Perfor - 208-786-8259. servative principles,” Afendoulis Afendoulis and his wife, in the election. He observed that mance Dates: Fridays and Sat - won the general election hand - the former Phyllis Makredes while campaigning, he met vot - urdays: March 13, 14, 20, 21, n MARCH 14 ily, with close to 70% of the of St. Paul, MN met at the 1999 ers who had either attended 27, 28 at 8PM. Sundays: March MANHATTAN – The Metropoli - vote. YAL Convention in Chicago. Her school, worked with, or had 15, 22, 29 at 6PM. General Ad - tan Museum of Art (MMA) with A CPA, Afendoulis graduated parents, Mary Ballas Makredes been taught by his relatives. The mission: $18 Sunday Evenings: the Axion Estin Foundation pre - with a business degree from the and the late Hrone Makredes, family effort was also bi-parti - Pay What You Can! http://the - sent: Looking East from Byzan - University of Michigan in 1984, were among the founders of the san as Aunt, Irene Marudas, (his foxandboulder.bpt.me or tium on Saturday, Mar. 14 7PM worked as an auditor with Orthodox Church of Saint Luke father's cousin) and her hus - http://www.opheliatheatre.com at the MMA,1000 Fifth Avenue Coopers and Lybrand (now Price in Hong Kong. In 1996, Patri - band, Peter Marudas, longtime . in Manhattan. Tickets start at Waterhouse Coopers) for four arch Bartholomew honored Mrs. Chief of Staff to Democratic $40. Use code East15 and save years, and eventually accepted Makredes for the work in estab - Senator Paul Sarbanes of Mary - n FEBRUARY 25 – up to 40% on individual tickets. a position with a Grand Rapids- lishing the Hong Kong Commu - land, were enthusiastic and MARCH 27 Valid online via based auto parts supplier for 24 nity. Phyllis' paternal roots are early backers. MANHATTAN – Under the Aus - metmuseum.org/tickets, via years; the last 13 as its Chief Fi - in Saranda Ecclisies in Eastern Afendoulis joins other Greek- pices of the Consul General of phone 212-570-3949, or at the nancial Officer. Thrace (now part of Turkey), Americans who have served Greece in New York, the exhibi - Great Hall Box Office. Bring the His local government expe - while her mother's family hails Rep. Chris Afendoulis over the years in the Michigan tion, “Photographs of the Cary - kids for $1: One full-price adult rience includes 10 years’ service from Apedia, Laconia (Sparta) Legislature, including: Robert atid Hairstyling Project,” will be ticket allows you to purchase up as a Township Trustee and Trea - and the Aegean Island of cient Kotyora) on the coast of Constan, Democrat, Dearborn on view February 25 through to three kids tickets for $1 each. surer. His family also owns a dry Koutali. Her uncle, the late Fa - the Pontos (Black Sea) area of Heights; Andrew Kandrevas, De - March 27, Monday-Friday 9AM- For children ages 7–16. Cele - cleaning and tuxedo business, ther Michael Makredes, served Turkey. His grandmother Vassi - mocrat, Southgate; John Papa - 2:30PM, at the Consulate Gen - brating the Metropolitan Mu - which has been in operation parishes throughout America, liki Zazopoulos arrived along george, Republican, Troy; Jim eral of Greece, 69 E. 79th Street seum’s recent acquisition of four since 1947. with his longest tenure in with other female relatives from Plakas, Democrat, Garden City; in Manhattan. The project be - Byzantine icons, this perfor - Public service is an Fresno, CA. the Pontos in 1923 as part of John Stamas, Republican, Sagi - gan as an experiment in 2009, mance traces the trajectory of Afendoulis family tradition. His Afendoulis’ family has lived the forced expulsion of virtually naw and the late Phillip led by Dr. Katherine Schwab, music east from Byzantium. It late father, Sam, served four in Grand Rapids since 1910 all Greeks from Turkey (Asia Mi - Williams, a Detroit Republican Professor of Art History at Fair - also demonstrates the intercon - terms on the Kent County Board when his grandfather, Efs - nor), where they had lived for in the 1940s believed to be the field University, to find out if the nectedness between Byzantine of Commissioners, served on the tatheios and a group of cousins over first Greek American elected to elegant hairstyles worn by the and Islamic chant and improvi - National Council of the Greek migrated there from Ortou (an - 2.000 years. His maternal the Michigan Legislature. famous Caryatids from the sation traditions through the re - Erechtheion on the Athenian markable playing of Mehmet Ali Acropolis were creative ideal - Sanlikol and master chanters izations or based in reality. Stu - Christos Chalkias and Elefthe - dent models from Fairfield Uni - rios Eleftheriadis. Event web - Leonsis Won’t Change versity had their hair arranged site: by a professional hairstylist and http://metmuseum.org/events/ the results proved that these an - programs/concerts-and-perfor - cient hairstyles were based in mances/looking-east-from- Wizards Back to Bullets reality. A short film of the pro - byzantium?eid=4825. ject has been screened in Athens Continued from page 1 As for the Wizards, they have several times, as well as in nu - n MARCH 21 seen higher glories, but reached merous cities in the United FLUSHING – The Cyprus Chil - ketball Association’s (NBA) lower nadirs, too. Leonsis hopes States. This exhibition, which is dren's Fund of America invites Washington Wizards. to lead them to their first NBA free and open to the public, has you to its Annual Testimonial Both teams are on track to title as the Wizards who in 1995 been organized by the Art His - Dinner 2015 on Saturday, Mar. make the playoffs this year, but changed to that name from the tory Program at Fairfield Uni - 21 at 6PM, honoring AHEPA neither team has gone all the Bullets, a decision made by versity. For further information with the Humanitarian & Phil - way to winning a championship then-owner Abe Pollin. The about the project, please visit anthropic Award & Eugene T. in the years that Leonsis has Pollin family failed to win any www.fairfield.edu/caryatid. Rossides with the CCF Recogni - owned it. That is not to say, championships, perhaps their tion Award, at Terrace on the though, that Leonsis’ teams have most-remembered act coming in n MARCH 7 Park 52-11 111th Street in not been successful. The Capi - 2003, when he fired NBA legend TARPON SPRINGS, FL – The Flushing. All proceeds will ben - tals have won seven divisional Michael Jordan as team presi - An exuberant Ted Leonsis, a Greek-American self-made bil - City of Tarpon Springs’ Gulf efit the underprivileged children titles since Leonsis purchased dent (who also played on the lionaire, who owns the NBA’s Washington Wizards. Coast Foklife Center is offering of Cyprus. Please visit them in 1999; they have never team) in the twilight of Jordan’s Greek cooking classes! Call www.cyprus-childrensfund.org won hockey’s most-coveted career – after he had already Pollins sold the franchise to olence in the nation’s capital, 727-924-5605 or buy tickets on - or call (212) 696-4590 for de - prize, the Stanley Cup, since won six titles with the Chicago Leonsis. Pollin was acutely aware of his line at tarponarts.org. Saturday, tails. their establishment in 1974. Bulls. Seven years later, the Because of increasing gun vi - team’s name’s overtone, and Mar. 7, 12-2PM at the Safford changed the name to the Wiz - House, 23 Parkin Ct. in Tarpon n MARCH 22 ards. Now, Leonsis tells the Post Springs. $20 per class. Lola Mi - ASTORIA – The Athenians' So - that despite rumors to the con - halakis – Peloponnese gida ciety of New York is organizing trary, changing the name back vrasti me lachanika (goat and the Second Book Exposition on to the Bullets “has never been vegetable stew), halva cake. Sunday, Mar. 22, 3-7PM at the considered.” It is a story that the Petros G. Patrides Cultural Cen - fans and the media often talk n MARCH 12 ter at The Saint Demetrios about, Leonsis explains, but he MANHATTAN – In Celebration Cathedral of Astoria, 30-03 30th considers it a story comprised of Women’s History Month, The Drive in Astoria. For more in - of “empty calories.” Officers and Directors of The As - formation, please call Tassos It is nostalgia for a champi - sociation of Greek American Mouzakis at (917) 859-5881 or onship, Leonsis says, not for the Professional Women (AGAPW) email: [email protected]. name itself. And so his remedy request the Pleasure of Your is: win another championship. Company at Our Signature An - MARCH 25 It would be their second. nual Greek American Woman of MANHATTAN – Wall Street Their one and only NBA title the Year Award Gala Honoring Rocks, in conjunction with Mu - was in 1978. Boasting one of Ms. Paulette Poulos, Executive sic Works, invites you to Early the greatest frontcourts in NBA Director Leadership 100. An Ex - Elton, a tribute to the classic El - history – Center Wes Unseld, cellence Tuition Scholarship will ton John Trio Tours of 1970- Power Forward Elvin Hayes, and be Awarded in Honor of Ms. 1972, featuring Rich Pagano Small Forward Bobby Dan - Poulos. Thursday, Mar. 12, 7- from the Fab Faux and Jeff dridge – along with Kevin 9PM, 3 West Club, The Lounge Kazee & John Conte of South - Grevey and Tom Henderson in Room 3 West 51st Street in side Johnny, on Wednesday, the backcourt, the Bullets ex - Manhattan. Keynote speaker, Dr. Mar. 25, 6-10PM at The Cutting tended the Western Division Eleni Panzoures Andreopoulou, Room, 44 E. 32nd Street in Champion Seattle Supersonics MD. Emcee, Ms. Anthoula Kat - Manhattan. Please visit wall - to seven games, bringing the simatides. Wine and hors d’oeu - streetrocks2015.eventbrite.com City of Washington its first vres reception. Please RSVP. Pre - for tickets. championship in any major registration is required by sport in 36 years. March 5th, 2015. Minimum sug - n MARCH 29 The following year was the gested donation $150. For fur - MANHATTAN – The Federation last time the Washington fran - ther information, please contact of Hellenic Societies of Greater chise reached the finals, losing Dr. Olga Alexakos at oalex - New York is proud to present in five games the Supersonics, [email protected] or 917-405- the 2015 Greek Parade, cele - whose clutch defense – led by 6833. brating the 194th anniversary Finals Series MVP Dennis John - of Hellenic Independence, on son – was the difference in Seat - MANHATTAN – Co-presented by Sunday, Mar. 29 at 1:45PM on tle’s winning the rematch. Carnegie Hall, the Onassis Cul - Fifth Avenue between 64th and As for the name change, it is tural Center of the Onassis Foun - 79th Streets in Manhattan. Pre- not as if “Wizards” was univer - dation USA, and the Axion Estin parade events include: The sally accepted, either. There was Foundation is: Mirologia – The Grand Marshal Gala is held on backlash because of the conno - Words of Destiny, on Thursday, the Saturday before the parade tation to the high-ranking Ku Mar. 12 7PM at Carnegie Hall, in one of the great Manhattan Klux Klan title of the same Resnick Education Wing, 881 Hotels. At the Gala the Federa - name. Seventh Avenue in Manhattan. tion honors the Grand Marshals Washington is particularly The miroloi, an improvised of the parade and the Grand riddled with criticism over its lamentation song performed by benefactors. The Pre-Parade sports teams’ names, the most the gravesite at the time of bur - Gala is held the Saturday a prevalent and longstanding con - ial, is a Greek tradition that has week before the Parade at the troversy over its Redskins of the survived uninterrupted since an - Terrace on the Park in Queens. National Football League (NFL) tiquity. For the first time in New At the Pre-Parade Gala the Fed - – the term assailed for being a York City, two virtuoso chanters, eration honors all the volunteers derogatory description of Native Christos Chalkias and Eleftherios of the parade. The Bowling American Indians. Is football Eleftheriadis, assisted by addi - Green Flag raising ceremony is next for Leonsis? “Honestly, I tional singers, will perform tra - held the Friday before the Pa - don’t think about it,” he told the ditional mirologia from Mani rade at the Bowling Green Park Post, because the NFL does not and Epirus, as well as select in Lower Manhattan. The Dance allow cross-ownership (of teams hymns from Holy Week, includ - Exhibition is held the Saturday in other sports), and Leonsis has ing the most demanding eight- before the Parade. All dance no intention of selling either the verse set of Byzantine hymns groups are welcome. As the Pa - Capitals or the Wizards. that are attributed to hymnog - rade nears, more information rapher Saint John of Damascus. will become available, so please Free admission - For reserva - continue to check in for addi - tions, email reservations@onas - tional details. For information sisua.org. Event website: regarding the Parade and Pa - Corrections: http://www.onassisusa.org/occ_ rade-related events, please con - view.php?id=233&m=3&h=3& tact hellenicsocieties.org. Our February 28 edition story tcid=3. Phone: 1-718-204-6500. “At Annual Conference, Lead - ership 100 Awards Excellence in Community” is “by TNH Staff, not by Theodore QUESTION OF THE WEEK Kalmoukos. Also, the February 21 edition What do you think of Congress’ decision to invite Benjamin front-page photograph ac - Netanyahu to speak before it, without the president’s preap - companying the article “Hi - proval? monas is Justice on Supreme Please email your response to Ct. of Utah” is of Utah Gover - [email protected] nor Gary Herbert. We may publish some responses as Letters to the Editor in a future issue. THE NATIONAL HERALD, MARCH 7-13, 2015 COMMUNITY 3 Mt. Sinai Queens Expansion Milestone: Ribbon Cut for Cancer Treatment

By Constantine S. Sirigos thriving and growing commu - TNH Staff Writer nity. We needed a hospital with that vision and that is what you ASTORIA – The ribbon cutting provided.” ceremony for the Mt. Sinai He declared “I was proud to Queens (MSQ) Infusion Center work with my colleague, Jimmy on February 27 was a harbinger van Bremer,” to obtain $2.1 mil - of great things to come as the lion in City funding for a new expansion and renovation of the pet scan machine to make the hospital progresses. new building even better and I Caryn Schwab, the Executive look forward to continue help - Director of MSQ, welcomed the ing to support that.” guests and introduced the Cen - Constantinides prompted ter, which will provide: treat - Schwab to thank him and van ment of all blood disorders, be - Bremer for the scanner, and ex - nign or malign; blood product plained that “We are dependent transfusion; growth factor injec - on governmental support and tion; biologic therapy infusion private philanthropy in order to amd dedicated social work.” She do the good work that we do… also took a moment to note the the City Council and the State passing of former State Senator legislature have been incredibly George Onorato, who “with his helpful.” wife Athena, was part of the fab - Van Bremer said he is grate - ric of this community.” ful to have quality colleagues Schwab did not offer a date like those present fighting for for the total completion of the the people of Queens and insti - massive project, but she told tutions like MSQ. Edward Babor TNH that the new emergency represented Congresswoman room is expected to open by the (L-R) Dr. Howard Greenberg, Dr. Brian Radbill, Costas Con - Bramer, and Dr. Luis Isola cut the ceremonial ribbon in Astoria Carolyn Maloney. end of the year. stantinides, Michael Gianaris, Caryn Schwab, Jimmy Van on Feb. 27 for the Mt. Sinai Queens Infusion Center. A few days earlier Mt. Sinai While the focus was on the Queens demonstrated its com - new multi-specialty cancer both worlds: a world class can - community groups – acknowl - porter of the hospital.” Simotas beauty of this community and munity outreach with its “Eat clinic, the speakers shared their cer center in the comfort of your edged the presence of George said, “I grew up not too far from for all of the families. You have Heartily” event hosted and vision for the overall project that neighborhood,” he concluded. Kitsios, the president of the here and I grew up down the made this neighborhood an sponsored by the Central Sushi will turn MSQ into a desperately Schwab introduced Gianaris Greek American Homeowners block. I went across the river even more attractive place to Bar and Lounge. Celebrity Chef needed state-of-the-art health - and called him “an incredible Association – “it’s great to have visiting my father at Mr. Sinai,” live and on behalf of people Rocco Sacramone, chef and care provider not only for Asto - friend to MSQ and me person - an institution like Mt. Sinai… personally testifying that “It’s with growing families like my - owner of Trattoria L’incontro, ria but all of Western Queens. ally.” Gianaris told her “thank and whatever support you not just the patients who will self, thank you.” gave a healthy eating cooking As though the pain of seeing you for all the great work that need,” he said to Schwab, he find comfort with the new facil - Constantinides Expressed his demonstration. a loved one suffer were not you do on behalf of MSQ and and his colleague will provide ity, it’s the families...thank you apprecation to everyone at MSQ He emphasized portion con - enough, Astoria families often for bringing high quality care to it. so much Caryn, to your team, “who made it their mission to trol but also promoted the had to endure the frustration of our neighborhood.” Simotas was called by including Judy Rubin, and to be sure that we have world- “everything in moderation” ap - going to Manhattan for quality He said that in addition to Schwab “another great sup - Mt. Sinai for realizing the class healthcare here in this proach from Greek philosophy. healthcare, to “cross a bridge” in the oft-spoken words State Senator Michael Gianaris, As - semblywoman Aravella Simotas, and City Councilmen Costas Sentencing Continues for Greeks Busted by Feds in Drug Ring Constantinides and Jimmy van Bremer, community leaders who fought long and hard for the TNH Staff Zografidis, requesting obtaining Seen here is actor Gene renovation and expansion of the large quantities of cocaine for Hackman in the Oscar-win - hospital who were present. NORWALK, CT – John further distribution, were inter - ning film The French Con - Dr. Howard Greenberg, who Yerinides of Norwalk, CT was cepted 180 times. Zografidis was nection, about an actual has been practicing hematology sentenced on Feb. 26 to 32 identified, the Voice agency, as a heroin smuggling syndicate and oncology in Astoria for 30 months in federal prison for traf - primary distributor of cocaine in Alfred Catino was al - years, is the Center’s new direc - ficking cocaine as part of a wider and also oxycodone. legedly involved. But the tor. “Over the years medical on - drug ring, the Norwalk Daily Yerinides and Zografidis were 2012 drug bust in Norwalk in cology has become more and Voice reported. arrested in June 2012 for the which Catino was arrested more complex…there are new Yerinides, 51, was also sen - drug trafficking as were other might be more aptly called exciting and effective treatment tenced to three years of super - Greek-Americans: Vasiliki "Vaso" “The Greek Connection” as a options… and we have reached vised release, the U.S. Attorney’s Papadakos, Dimitrios Karpidis, number of the other perpe - th point of being able to cure office in Connecticut announced. Savas Giannouglou, Ioannis trators are Greek. the incurable,” he said, but he His sentence includes time "Johnny" Papachristou, then-Nor - noted that “many of those op - served. walk Sheriff Efstrati Papadakos, ning film of the same name, the tions were not available on this Another Greek-American, and his uncle Demetrios Pa - Norwalk newspaper The Hour side of the river…but because Konstantinos Zografidis, was im - padakos’ uncle Demetrios, who Papadakos pled guilty to posses - who pled guilty and is awaiting reported. of this Center we are now able plicated in the drug ring and has was sentenced to 10 years in sion of marijuana, not traffick - sentencing. Catino reportedly The Yerinides case was pros - to fill that need in the commu - pled guilty, the agency wrote. prison for his role in running the ing, and was given probation. played a role in the French Con - ecuted by Assistant U.S. Attor - nity.” Authorities wiretapped Yerinides drug ring, the Norwalk Daily The most prominent member nection drug smuggling opera - neys Vanessa Richards and “We now have the best of and communications by him to Voice reported. Former Sheriff of the drug ring is Alfred Catino, tion that inspired the Oscar-win - Michael Runowicz.

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Worshippers gather in the Tekle Haymanott Church’s courtyard in the in the village of Hawzen. Christmas procession in the courtyard of the Church of Beta Maryam courtyard, Lalibela, Lizy Manola’s Fascinating Photographs Evoke Ethiopian Highlands Beauty

By Demetris Tsakas of The National Herald to talk great beauty. The north and and said “The Ethiopians love TNH Staff Wrier about her book and her impres - south are very different. Chris - the Greeks. They respect them.” sions of Ethiopia. tianity is prevalent in the north - They live an acetic life. “I NEW YORK – Lizy Manola’s As she stated in the book’s west of the country and Islam have met a woman who has not photographs are breathtaking. preface, Manola visited Ethiopia in the South. There are also pa - visited the neighboring village Her new book, Ethiopian High - a few years ago as a tourist, but gans of all races in the South," in thirty years. Their life is cen - lands, which reveals the land her experience of its mountains, she said. tered on the fields and cooking and people of an Ancient East - churches and monasteries "took Referring to the Church ser - at home, and their social life is ern Orthodox nation, is spell - my breath away, so I decided to vices she attended and the intertwined with their religious binding. visit not once but seven times solemn prayers she observed, life,” she said. Published by New York-based more times with my camera,” – Manolis said “it is captivating.” Ethiopians enter church Assoiling Publishing at the same which enabled her to capture "Their faith is really alive. The barefoot, do not eat pork and time the photos were being ex - the essence of a nation Ethiopians have had wretched are circumcised, so they re - hibited at the Abbazia di San "I took the photos without lives. They have suffered ceived a mixture of customs Giorgio Maggiore in Venice, flash and tripod,” she said, “be - famines, plagues, and wars. from Christianity and Judaism. Manola’s photographs focus on cause I had the utmost respect Their only ally in all that misery Their Churches, which bear re - the religious communities, the for the places. It was not ideal is their faith, which unites them. semblances to the Temple of ceremonies, the mystical, the technically, but emotionally it They are people with great dig - Solomon, are evidence that they customs and traditions of the was perfect.” Some would say nity. I saw bright within those are descended from Jews. East African nation that have miraculous. people and was deeply moved, Manolas is very grateful to their origins in both the Old and She was charmed and im - even though I am not a particu - Assouline Publishing. She said, the New Testaments. pressed even more by this peo - larly religious person. They are "I respect this company because Manola, who divides her ple than by Ethiopia’s natural a special people." they produced the book exactly time between New York and beauty – which is spectacular. (L-R) Dr Nina Kassianou, historian of photography, Estelle So - She also noted that there is as I wanted so that I could con - Athens, visited the headquarters “It is a huge country with hier, Lizy Manola, and architect Paolo de Benedictis. a small Greek community there, vey everything to my readers." The Mind and Soul of Nikos Kazantzakis is in the Flesh at KEP in Astoria

By Constantine S. Sirigos made great impacts on his life express himself to his father, but TNH Staff Writer “The Saviors of God – Askitiki” there doesn’t not appear to be and Report to Greco, which in - any real communication be - ASTORIA – The audience spired the title. tween the intellectual and his watching Stratos Tzortzoglou’s The play attempts to bring flesh and blood son. “The Shout – Report to My Son,” the soul of the author to life by What the father wants most inspired by Nikos Kazantzakis presenting his reflections on the is to convey to the son the idea at the Greek Cultural Center search for – often accompanied of love without limits, but ulti - (KEP) in Astoria can read the by outcries, kravgi – God, Love mately the son finds the experi - great author’s works in numer - and Truth. ence asphyxiating and seeks his ous languages, but they come Tzortzoglou said that on - own freedom – with the girl as seeking more. stage “I speak continually to a his muse/accomplice. Kazantzakis’ ideas can be child” – his son Alkiviadis, actu - The play has been described studied and his hopes, dreams, ally 17 years old, plays his char - as a poetic composition, and al - disappointments, rage and fears acter with a calm intensity - though it is quite experimental, can be encountered in his books, “who is growing up and is leav - the elements are well thought yet they are not his mind and ing his childhood behind.” out. “Through video, music, soul but mere reflections, shad - Although the play seeks to dance I unite all the arts, be - ows on dried ink and crumbling convey the philosophical and cause they all constitute a single paper. spiritual insights of Kazantzakis, cry,” Tzortzoglou said. Kazantzakis, the Cretan au - its setting in the combustible Reina Eskenazy is responsi - thor who many believe was moments of the end of adoles - ble for the video art. Kyriakos robbed of a Nobel prize by his cence – the source of great angst Papadopoulos composed the own people, is gone, but Tzort - for both parent and child – com - original music and there were zoglou, who created and di - pels Tzortzoglou to portray the musical contributions by Vange - rected the adaptation and plays father in an almost deranged lis Petsalis and Nikos Platyra - the lead, wraps the Cretan’s state of mind. chos. Kostas Stavroulakis and words in flesh, blood and bone At one point shouts at the au - Giorgos Mazonakis perform on in “The Shout,” which runs dience with his face upside lyra and vocals in alternate stag - through March 15 in Astoria down on his wildly arched back. ings. and then embarks on a world But as a director Tzortzoglou Teti Nikolopoulou and Sta - tour. has other means for conveying mos did the choreography and Tzortzoglou told The Na - meaning, especially the mo - Michael Sdougos was the tional Herald that the project ments of inner conflict that Stratos Tzortzoglou plays the father and Alkiviadis Tzortzoglou (projected onto screen) is the scenographer. was triggered by the actual jour - Kazantzakis so brilliantly con - son KEP’s new production of “The Shout – Report to My Son.” Tzortzoglou, who has ney of own son, Alkiviades, to veys. worked with Greece’s leading America. When the audience enters There are moments when seated in the first row, like au - Stamos spins like a whirling directors, including Karolos He feared the abrupt change the theater they are confronted Stamos calmly unwinds the dience members. dervish, one hand pointed heav - Koun in contemporary and clas - in context might disrupt the with a web of blood-red yarn “threads of fate” reminiscent of But they also enter the stage enward, the other towards the sical Greek productions, in film process of raising his son. One extending to their seats. A video Wagner’s Gotterdammerung, as their own lives and an incip - earth. Tzortzoglou explained and on TV, said that the play is day the thought cut him like a screen depicts still and moving and times when she and Tzort - ient romance unfold. the symbolism: “Spinning like a a also a bridge between Greece knife, Tzortzoglou told TNH, images of people, including zoglou become entangled in it Among the more fascinating tornado whose interior becomes and America “because the that there comes a time when a Tzortzoglou himself, but the to devastating effect as lamps elements was the use of Sufi a void, you first become a noth - kravgi – the cry of Greece in cri - father needs to convey critical most evocative device is the and furniture crash to the floor. symbolism and practice to illus - ing, and then you can become sis – must be heard in America.” knowledge and perspectives to dancing – at times elegant, For most of the play, trate such critical Kazantzakis light,” – Kazantzakis’ great He deliberately chose a small his offspring. sometimes frenetic and fright - Alkiviadis and a female compan - contrasts as heaven and earth, quest. theater to convey for the It caused him to think again ened, of Despina Sophia Sta - ion, Lenya Souropani, who de - mind and heart, giving and re - At times, during his “school - straightened current circum - about a Kazantzakis works that mos. lightfully sings and dances – are ceiving,” Tzortzoglou said. ing” the son seems desperate to stances of the people of Greece.

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Andreas Kramvis, Vice Chairman of the industrial giant Honeywell, right photo, was the featured Michael Hadjiloucas and Sally Glick, left photo, welcomed the people who filled the ballroom of speaker at a joint event presented by the Greek American Chamber of Commerce on Feb. 26. the Madison Hotel in Morristown to hear Kramvis discuss his book Transforming the Corporation: Honeywell Vice Chair Andreas Kramvis Talks about Corporate Success

By Constantine S. Sirigos said, “if you listen carefully you to leaders,” according to the money.” Paradoxically, he said sound vation, other companies know TNH Staff Writer might learn something.” event’s invitation.” The performance of the divi - economics is among the most that too. It is vital for people to It was great understatement. His optimism, which is infec - sions he has headed during underrated elements of corpo - look out for rising competitors MORRISTOWN, NJ – The After the presentation the audi - tious, is founded on clear think - good economic times and reces - rate success, bemoaning cul - arising,” and to know the im - Greek American Chamber of ence snapped up copies of the ing, the appreciation of human sions alike is legendary. tures where people worry about portance of market creation and Commerce and the Association book. Some told TNH they resources and a focus on the fu - He ran three Honeywell di - what their bosses and their what makes markets change,” for Corporate Growth cohosted wished they had worked for the ture. visions until three months ago bosses’ bosses would think of he said. a fascinating lecture by Andreas charismatic Kramvis, who was The 200 people who filled and over time he realized the their ideas. He spoke of the importance Kramvis, Vice Chairman of the born on Cyprus and earned his the ballroom of the Madison Ho - practices and principles could “Make the right economic de - of “facing problems head on… industrial giant Honeywell, on engineering degree at Cam - tel in Morristown, NJ gave be expressed in formulas that cision,” he told them, “and then and having metrics that are ro - the topic of his book "Transform - bridge University. Kramvis their undivided atten - could be applied more widely in you can talk about what the bust” so arguments about the ing the Corporation: Running a Andreas Kramvis, who is one tion as he described the business the business world. boss is going to think about it.” situation can terminate, so peo - Successful Business in the 21st of Honeywell’s two vice chair - models that helped him trans - He emphasized the impor - The most important elements ple can say “it is what it is, that’s Century." men – they report to the CEO – form and grow businesses time tant of the best procedures and is forward thinking. Dwelling on where we are,” so that they CPA Michael Hadjiloucas, the “has managed companies with and again. a good corporate culture. They the past – even successes – is move on to the question “what Chamber’s Chairman and CEO global scope in five major indus - He told the gathering, whose include openness which should not the way to a great future. are we going to do about it… and Sally Glick, the president of tries. In the process he has de - zest impressed him, that he not be confused with democ - In a world constantly trans - and say ‘let’s move forward.’” ACJ in New Jersey, welcomed veloped novel management would talk about his business racy. It is important to “Get all formed by technology, even “You must train people to and thanked the guests and the methodologies which have pro - ideas, but he emphasized that the ideas out, but at some point what was wildly successful in think positively about the fu - event’s sponsors. duced very strong results and “they are not theoretical. They a decision has to be made and the past may not be relevant. ture,” was the point that stood Hadjiloucas, smiled after his have transformed the compa - come out of practice – they people have to stick with it,” he But while the best path to out among Kramvis’ many overview of Kramvis’ career and nies he has run from laggards work, and they makes lots of said. prosperity is technological inno - salient observations. Dr. Peter Stavrianidis, in Manhattan, Lectures on the History of Greek Jews

By Constantine S. Sirigos all agreed must also be chal - TNH Staff Writer lenged, and behaviors. He suggested the survey’s NEW YORK – The history of value is diminished by failing to Greece’s Jewish citizens was the make such distinctions, which topic of a lecture presented by one guest labelled prejudice and Dr. Peter Stavrianidis at the his - hatred that justifies violence. toric Kehila Kedosha Janina Syn - Ikonomopoulos noted that agogue in Lower Manhattan on only 252 Greeks out of 10 mil - March 1. lion were surveyed. Marcia Ikonomopoulos, the It was also pointed out that director of the museum of the the Anglo-American committee synagogue that was established that examined what happened in 1927 by Jews from Ioannina to Greece’s Jews found little who arrived in New York at the anti-Semitism compared with turn of the 20th century, wel - Northern Europe. comed the guests who filled the When the discussion turned community hall on a snowy day to contemporary challenges, Stavrianidis began by talking Stavrianidis went over elements about the origins of Greece’s contributing to anti-Semitism I Jewish community. There are re - Greece, including religion – mains of synagogues on Aegina while the Orthodox Churches and Delos but the population ac - official position condemns it, in - celerated under Roman rule, Dr. Peter Stavrianidis spoke about the history of Greek Jews at He was introduced Marcia Ikonomopoulos, who also con - dividual hierarchs can be vi - when they become known as the Kehila Kedosha Janina Synagogue in Lower Manhattan. tributed to the discussion. cious; politics and the media – Romaniotes. Greek Jewish politicians still He also pointed out that the able compromise. though their business leaders The speaker and the host put non, need to be made more have their Greekness impugned; people who lived in Greece and After centuries in the Ot - developed friendships with their to rest the myth of Bulgarian aware of that history, and the Arab-Israeli conflict that Asia Minor called themselves toman’s state, which saved them Greek counterparts, few spoke humanitarianism towards Jews. Ikonomopoulos said “we must generates pro-Palestinian senti - not Byzantines, but Romaioi. from the Spanish inquisition by Greek, and centuries of cultural During their brutal occupa - acknowledge and never forget ment that often has an ugly side, The Jewish population of inviting them to the Balkans but autonomy made it very easy for tion of Eastern Macedonia, the stories of righteous Greeks” and the economic crisis which Ioannina once reached 4000 relegated them to second class nazi authorities to pick them when they perpetrated genoci - that saved Jews. revives ancient canards about and the 1895 census of Thessa - status, the Jews of Thessaloniki out. 94 percent of the commu - dal killings, especially in Greek In a moving moment, she economic actors. loniki revealed the great city agreed to alter their Sabbath ob - nity perished in or on their way villages that refused to send asked those who were saved of Among the positive notes is had 22,000 Turks, 24,000 servances in exchange for finally to the death camps. their children to learn Bulgar - whose parents’ were saved by the fact that support for Golden Greeks but 67,000 Jews. being given first class citizenship Stavrianidis and ian, Bulgarians sent thousands Greeks to rise. Professor Asher Dawn has levelled off around Indeed Thessaloniki had be - in the Greek state. Ikonomopoulos both spoke of Greek Jews to the death Mattathias of St. John’s Univer - six percent - its third place finish come one of the great centers Prime Minister Eleftherios about the Jewish holocaust, camps. sity also pointed out that is past on January 25 is more a reflec - of world Jewry and was known Venizelos personally persuaded elaborating on the possible rea - By the time WWII broke out, time for the Greek government tion on the collapse of establish - as “Salonika the city and mother them to keep their shops open sons for the tragic contrast be - Stavrianidis said, the younger to formally rescind its 1948 UN ment parties. of Israel.” on Saturdays – the community tween the virtual extermination generations of Sephardim were vote against the new Jewish Stavrianidis also shared After the 1912 liberation of dominated the city’s economic of Thessaloniki’s Jews and con - Greek speakers and 13,000 State. some of the findings in the re - Thessaloniki – known in Jewish life – to facilitate the region’s ditions in the rest of Greece that fought valiantly for Greece on Stavrianidis examined anti- search study he has undertaken history as Salonika – the Jewish commerce. saw many Jews saved by the in - the Albanian front, where 513 Semitism in Greece and brought of the Jews of Greece. population declined, partly as a That was just one example tervention of humble citizens died. up the recent Anti-Defamation One of his findings is that the result of the fire of 1917 in the of their integration into the and men at the pinnacle of Groups of Jewish resistance League survey of anti-Semitism older generation found being heart of the city that wiped out City’s Greek life whose late date Greek society, including govern - fighters were observed dying around the world which lists Jewish did create obstacles in half its synagogues and busi - is believed by scholars to have ment officials and Orthodox while singing the Greek national Greece with the high rate of 69 their lives, but guests noted that nesses. contributed to their horrific fate. Christian clergy. anthem. It was noted that percent. younger Jews find that their Guest also learned about that The Jews of Thessaloniki Nevertheless, Greece lost 87 Greeks today, especially in light He made a distinction, how - Greek counterparts tend to ac - the community made a remark - were largely Sephardic. Al - percent of its Jews. of the Golden Dawn phenome - ever, between attitudes, which cept them as fellow Greeks.

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Continued from page 1 riences it. I’m looking for a new career.” Grove believes this is to New York when he was just why Catsimatidis is attracted by an infant. The family moved to this latest fork in the road. “It’s West Harlem, where he grew because he loves the limelight,” up. Catsimatidis' father had he wrote. been a lighthouse operator in POLITICAL FORUM Greece but worked as a busboy What the driving force be - in New York. Catsimatidis grad - hind Catsimatidis’ motivation to uated from Brooklyn Technical buy a business riddled with High School in 1966 and stud - problems remains speculative, ied electrical engineering at but what is clear is that in the New York University but left just past two years, first with his short of graduation. While in mayoral bid and now with his college, Catsimatidis worked for Roundtable, Catsimatidis has the uncle of a friend in a small demonstrated that his interest supermarket on 137th Street be - in politics – whether as a candi - fore buying half a share. In date, commentator, or modera - 1971, Catsimatidis was able to tor – is anything but fleeting. open his first store of his own The News’ daily circulation re - and then bought another, nam - mains close to 500,000, there - ing it Red Apple. Among his fore giving him a much larger business innovations were stay - audience than he has now. ing open late seven days a week, John Catsimatidis, with his wife, Margo (L) and above, has Unlike the staunchly conser - offering free delivery, and cash - made a name for himself in numerous industries. Now, he is vative New York Post and Wall ing checks for customers. By the considering buying the NY Daily News, one of the most-read Street Journal and the consis - time he was 24, Catsimatidis newspapers in America. tently liberal New York Times – built up ten stores and the busi - which has not endorsed a Re - ness was doing $25 million a FOR THE CHALLENGE scary.” publican for president since year, and he was personally Catsimatidis told the Daily The Beast’s editor-at-large 1956 – the News is compara - earning $1 million per year. By Beast he is considering this pur - Lloyd Grove surmises that Cat - tively middle-of-the-road. In 1981, Red Apple had 27 stores chase “for the challenge, and simatidis is doing this to spice that regard, Catsimatidis seems in the Bronx and Manhattan and how to convert [the newspaper] up his life. “He told me two like a good fit. He ran as a Re - annual sales of around $40 mil - for the 21st century. One day, years ago,” Grove wrote, when publican in 2013 and supported lion. These grew to $110 million you’ll be sitting in bed, press a he was running for mayor, “It’s Mitt Romney’s 2012 presidential in sales in 1985. In 1986, Red button and get a 3-D hologram a fork in the road. You know bid, but he also donated heavily Apple purchased 36 Gristedes cialty-food stores from the be $3.1 billion, approximately right in front of you, and the pa - what a fork is? I’m 64 years old. to Hillary Clinton’s 2008 cam - Brothers supermarkets and 11 Southland Corporation. Forbes half a million dollars more than per won’t even have to be deliv - You hit 64 and you start having paign and maintains his close affiliated Charles & Co. spe - estimates Catsimatidis’ worth to Zuckerman’s. ered to you. That might sound soul-searching. Everybody expe - ties with the Clintons. Transfiguration General Assembly in Corona OKs Lease to Board of Ed.

Continued from page 1 ceived answers and according to the outcome of the vote 90% through 20. voted in favor.” Also there is the option term Prentzas verified TNH’s in - of $850,293.25 for years 21 formation that parish officials through 25. will meet with Archbishop The General Assembly was Demetrios. He said that “we fol - held in the church itself because low the charter of the parish and the renovations in the Church also of the Archdiocese. We are hall. The Assembly was at - going to inform the archbishop tended by 44 members, of so we can go ahead and prepare which 28 voted in favor, 2 the agreement. We are going to against, and the rest abstained call a General Assembly again or departed prior to the vote. to inform the membership as to Costas Prentzas was elected As - where we are and to make some sembly Chairman. corrections not only us but also TNH has learned that offi - the Department of Education.” cials of the parish will visit Arch - He said the parish would respect bishop Demetrios of America in Demetrios’ response, whatever order to inform him and request it is. from him to approve the pro - Prentzas also verified TNH’s posed lease. information that the consulting The school building was the company Valone & Constantino - home of the Day Greek School ABOVE: The school building of the Transfiguration parish in ple will be paid $18,000 and the of the parish, which closed some Corona NY. LEFT: Parish council member Costas Prenztas with East Hudson Realty $550,000. four years ago. Attempts to parish council president Penny Viennas. He said “the numbers you men - make it a charter school were tioned are correct, $18,000 for unsuccessful. It is reminded ten notice to the Landlord.” because we achieved a much- the consulting company and here that four Day Greek School Parish attorney Elias Fillas respected lease from the Depart - from what we know $550,000 closed the recent years in New tions of the building and the taxes and assessments, the told TNH that “the church wants ment of Education, which se - the Realty which will get a cer - York the recent years under the DOE for the interior renova - premises are currently tax-ex - us to continue the negotiations cures the positions of our parish tain amount upfront and the tenure of the current Arch - tions. empt. with the Department of Educa - from $390, 000 to $625,000 the rest in installments.” bishop Demetrios of America The DOE will pay for elec - According to the proposed tion.” Parish Council President year for the first five years.” The parish elections have not and Corona’s was one of them. tricity, heat, hot and cold water, lease the DOE “shall have the Penny Viennas did not respond When asked about the cli - been validated yet. Asked why According to the proposed water charges and sewer right to terminate the lease five to TNH’s request for comment. mate in the parish, Prentzas said the delay and if there is a prob - lease, the parish will be respon - charges, cleaning and custodial (5) years after lease commence - Prentzas told TNH that “I am “even those who had some lem, Prentzas said “I don’t think sible for the external renova - services. As far as real estate ment, upon 365 days prior writ - very happy with the outcome doubts and questions they re - so.” IOCC Launches Agriculture Initiative Funded by Jaharis Family Foundation

Continued from page 1 dation, Inc. The Order of AHEPA effect of direct assistance to tarian crisis, but an important has also donated funds for med - farmers. part of its philosophy is to look previously made an initial do - ical relief and more than Triantafilou said “We also to the future. A big challenge is nation of $1 million. 700,000 people are expected to can take advantage of lessons “How do you not create a culture Mary Jaharis said, “The ex - benefit from medical supplies and expertise learned in places that is stuck on handouts? The traordinary circumstances in planned for delivery to Greece like Bosnia. Greece is not in a key is to move forward to rebuild Greece continue to have devas - this year thanks to the generos - warzone, but in Bosnia there the economy in a practical way tating effects on families.. We ity of numerous organizations was a return period, a rebuild - as quickly as possible,” he said. remain concerned for the well - and individuals. ing period. All those people we IOCC strives to constantly being of the people of Greece EXPERIENCE PUT TO USE were supporting with humani - push the envelope of what is and have committed an addi - IOCC has been successful for tarian aid during the war, we possible and they concluded this tional one million dollars in sup - 22 years in many countries be - helped return to their homes. is the year to support people on port for these efforts, especially cause their approach is to con - We helped create small busi - the farms, including those who for the children.” sult with people on the ground nesses and co-ops or farm asso - have left the cities and return Over the last year alone, to match the organization’s re - ciations, whatever was appro - to rural life. Towards that end, more than $9 million in food, sponse to reality, and that often priate for a particular village. IOCC will help build organi - medical assistance and heating means beginning with pilot pro - We helped them get farm equip - zational skills and provide guid - fuel have been provided jects. ment or seedlings or loans or ance in rural Greece. through the “Give for Greece” For example, IOCC learned credits for them.” “If we can get the pilot pro - program launched with the sup - from its response to the Greeks IOCC has been on the ground ject working right,” he said, “the port of The Jaharis Family Foun - fires of 2007 of the multiplier meeting the immediate humani - more we can demonstrate to our donors that we are helping move towards the future, the better off people will be.” In a nutshell, Triantafilou Law Firm said, “we will be working with The dynamic couple, Mary and Michael Jaharis, are big sup - farmers to identify opportunities porters of Hellenic culture in America and humanitarian aid G. Dimitriadis & Associates for markets and for coming to - in Greece. gether to increase their capacity to make viable incomes off the farms.” IOCC has “secured the fund - ing from the Jaharis Foundation to get the project organized. Now that we have the funding we will be bringing former staff in from Bosnia as consultants and they will go out and talk to people to see what the needs our company aims to provide high quality services, adapted to the are and what is viable on the ground. The program has to be specific needs of our clients. designed according to what they the main areas of our activities include: need and want,” he said. The entire IOCC program for • Legal services 2015 has a budget of $2 million, • Financial managerial services towards which the Jaharis Foun - dation has committed $1mil - • Real Estate lion. The Hellenic Initiative our wide network of contacts in Greece guarantees the immediate committed $300,000, and other organizations and private and unified handling of our clients’ matters. donors will also contribute. HOW YOU CAN HELP Financial gifts can be made Phone : 01130 210 3390080 • cell .: 01130 6977 469888 to the Give for Greece Fund by Fax : 01130 210 3390044 visiting iocc.org/giveforgreece or calling toll free to 877-803- IOCC (4622). IOCC is the offi - e-mail: [email protected] cial humanitarian aid agency of the Assembly of Canonical Or - Michael Jaharis, seen here with Archbishop Demetrios, is a cham - www.dimitriadislawfirm.gr thodox Bishops of the United pion of Orthodox in America and abroad, and has made a $1 States of America. million matching grant to IOCC’s humanitarian work in Greece. THE NATIONAL HERALD, MARCH 7-13, 2015 COMMUNITY 7

ALL HISTORY Gerry Vassilatos Explores the History and Philosophy of Lost Science

By Steve Frangos unsettling. Not the mere claim, Science Foundation. Corliss’ ba - tion between symbols and mod - TNH Staff Writer but rather the complex body of sic scientific writings are stan - els. undeniable evidence Vassilatos dards in their fields and they Fortunately, I was introduced brings to his prove his line of stand to this day. to Vassilatos’ body of work by CHICAGO- As a visionary in the argument. Following the logic Corliss like all researchers first reading, Lost Science, history of science, Gerry Vassi - of his discoveries propels Vassi - regularly consulted academic which is a fascinating account latos continues to gain high ac - latos research back and forth journals as well as a wide host of science and biography. In this claim in his chosen field of re - across time, seeking out first no - of scientific magazines. In peer book, Vassilatos takes consider - search. The writer of over a table scientists and their ignored reviewed journals as well as the able time to examine the per - dozen books and more than fifty discoveries and then based on scientific press Corliss began to sonal histories and motivations articles, Vassilatos shows con - the science he “re-discovers” on find one article after another of those scientists and re - tinuing interest in exploring the to the work of other scientists that described or reported upon searchers examined in this book. history and philosophy of sci - and researchers not so well re - anomalous phenomena. These While never ignoring the basic ence. His method was decidedly spected or frankly those said to accounts caught Corliss’ atten - question of the scientific validity old fashion in that “From the be by Establishment figures--- tion. Corliss was especially “in - of their various discoveries the eighties through the nineties… nothing more than frauds. terested in unusual weather, ball question why these individuals Gerry Vassilatos combed By consulting the original lighting, geophysical oddities, departed so radically from stan - through libraries, patent publications, patents and news extraordinary mirages and the dard scientific doctrine becomes records, and histories to amass accounts of the day of scientists like.” Yet, clearly given the place a fundamental part of Vassilatos’ a broad collection of research such a R. Raymond Rife, of their publication these ac - overall investigation. that was matchless in scope and Thomas Townsend Brown, and counts did not challenge let If all this sounds contradic - ambition. His efforts to find and Vladimir Gavereau, Vassilatos is alone outrage mainstream sci - tory it is not. Vassilatos is al - renew interest in the lost and then ready to reconsider the re - entists. ways focused on the scientific ignored scientific discoveries of search, working inventions and For over 25 years Corliss work being reviewed. In his sus - the nineteenth and twentieth claims of men such as Baron sorted through some 40,000 ar - tained efforts to get it right, Vas - centuries have allowed an entire Karl Von Reichenbach, Antonio ticles from the scientific litera - silatos has a tendency to depend generation of new…researchers Meucci and the backwoods ture through more than 12,000 too much on reproduced patent to retrace the steps and to make country genius Nathan Stubble - volumes of scientific journals, documents and other such new leaps of their own. It is field. including the complete files of schematics. If his intended au - without question a remarkable If most of these names are Nature, Science, Icarus, dience was exclusively the sci - effort and remains a crucial re - unknown to you it is not entirely Weather, and so on. While cer - entific community then this source for any who have dared the fault of the American public tainly not a revolutionary gathering of patents, journal ar - to take the first steps toward school system. Few individuals Corliss’ curiosity resulted in a ticles and the rest would be higher understanding of the who are not deeply versed in series of themed Sourcebooks, more than enough to prove his world we live in (borderland - the history of science would be Handbooks and Catalogs all case. But Vassilatos’ position is sciences.org).” able to identify many of these dealing with anomalies gleamed clearly to make this historical Vassilatos’ choice of subject scientists—notable as some from the papers of the scientific information known to a public matter distinguishes him from were in their day. The point of press, itself. audience. most other authors. The primary Vassilatos’ ongoing work is to Corliss’ work came to mind Aside from his many books focus of Vassilatos’ research is follow the promise of Victorian in this review of Vassilatos work and articles one can listen to a the declared failures of notable scientific research and then to because once you’ve read wide array of interviews with scientists. Although Vassilatos report on how the subsequent through the history and see the Vassilatos on YouTube. Perhaps deals with individuals of inter - laboratory work and field tri - documents offered by Vassilatos more relevant for Vassilatos’ national scientific reputation, als—and the new direction In one of Gerry Vassilatos’ books, Lost Science, he champions many of the anomalies cited in overall scientific claims are the such as Nikola Tesla, T. Henry demonstrated by those activi - the work of scientists that were ignored by the establishment, Corliss’ compilation volumes YouTube short videos of experi - Moray, Philo T. Farnsworth and ties—never saw application in saying “American Money is made by resisting discoveries and seem to have all new meanings. ments offered as demonstra - Sir William Crookes, he does not everyday life. Vassilatos’ inves - technologies, not by promoting them. For Vassilatos while he is doing tions of the new principles he focus on their recognized tri - tigations and writings on scien - nothing less than reviewing the claims based on his research ex - umphs. What seizes Vassilatos tists after the Victorian era are series (there are 11 volumes so of scientific methods to evaluate historical literature in that very ist. imagination is the so-called “lost to first demonstrate how their far) Vassilatos does nothing less anomalies with the aim of find - act itself is forced on more than Yet by his own admission work” of these notable scientists scientific work developed and than provide exact reproduc - ing a rational explanation. one occasion to challenge ac - Vassilatos’ focus on hard science as well as the forgotten, but then outline, in considerable de - tions of long forgotten scientific Wescott was specifically inter - cepted scientific theory. is not meant to drive the aver - nonetheless documented, re - tail, the ways in which their journal articles and even entire ested in the "...serious and sys - Unfortunately, Vassilatos, age reader away. Quite the op - search of other less known sci - work was ultimately suppressed. patents. Although this is not tematic study of all phenomena while a dedicated researcher posite. In his ongoing writings entists. In the end Vassilatos has two light or even at times interesting that fail to fit the picture of re - who unquestionably has a stag - on ground radio, geoaetheric In Vassilatos’ book, Lost Sci - essentially conjoined points to reading (for the non-scientist) ality provided for us by common gering command of the avail - engines, virus-destroying ray ence, he pulls no punches in ex - his work: first, that technologies Vassilatos’ point is still well- sense or by the established sci - able (and very often extremely machines, gravitational warp re - plaining why he would bother have been discovered that are made. Here is the undeniable ences." obscure) scientific literature, he search, radiant space energy, to follow this line of inquiry: not utilized (and have so for lit - proof. Check it for yourself. William R. Corliss was the is not always a graceful writer. and controlled fusion devices “American Money is made by re - erally decades) and that as a Whatever else may be said of recognized Dean of anomalous In, Secrets of the Cold War Tech - Vassilatos can be the most ro - sisting discoveries and technolo - consequence the profiteers have Vassilatos’ many books on these phenomena. An American nology: Project HAARP and Be - mantic of writers. By his relent - gies, not by promoting them forced all humanity to live in scientists and their ignored or physicist and writer Corliss was yond, while it admittedly deals less presentation of suppressed (Bayside, Ca: Borderland Sci - conditions literally centuries be - discredited discoveries these a much respected writer who with extremely technical issues science, Vassilatos is offering us ences Research Foundation, hind what our science should volumes are extremely well doc - over the course of his career this volume suffers not so much ultimately a vision of a credible 1997).” While the notion of en - have already achieved. Strong umented. produced 13 educational books from the winding ways of hard future fueled by an accurate un - trenched power protecting its claims to say the least. One other point that needs about astronomy, outer space science as it does from simply derstanding of the material privileges is no new insight, its If all this sounds too extreme to be made is that Vassilatos is and space travel for NASA and bad writing (Bayside, Ca: BSRF, world that has so much to offer systematic application to what one has only to leaf through one not examining anomalies. In (as if that were not enough) he 1996). No matter how many if we but cast aside our own pre - the general public is assured is of his books. In say, White Ray 1973, anthropologist Roger W. also wrote a similar number of times I have read this book’s conceptions and fears. the eternally objective world of Conductors, the first of his Wescott coined the phrase, books for the Atomic Energy prologue I still cannot under - scientific investigation is most multi-volume Vril Compendium anomalistics, which is the use Commission and the National stand Vassilatos’ basic distinc - [email protected]

GREEK-AMERICAN STORIES Growing Old on New Year’s Eve

By Phyllis (Kiki) Sembos Vasilopita! Agreed?” In a chorus, The other guys play sick. I never be at the diner, his mind started Special to The National Herald they shouted, “AGREED!” John do. That’s why I get so busy. to make swift decisions. But, said, “I’ll bring the cards! That’s They need staff bad on that suppose he didn’t get hired; sup - “It’s almost the New Year!” what we do in Greece on New evening. They’d get anybody.” pose he didn’t get paid like Yiannis reported, glumly. “That’s Year’s Eve.” Kipreos, who had to Yiannis’ ears perked up, dollar Kipreos says. Suppose... Looking the custom. After Christmas work on that evening, said, for - signs playing hop-scotch in his at his friends – even at George, comes the New Year, Yiannis. lornly, “I’ll be wishing I was with eye balls. “How...much do they he said, “Nah! I’d rather be with Why the long face?” asked John. you, guys, I guess.” John said, pay?” Kipreos informed him, you guys on that night – on the Yiannis looked up. “It means I’ll “Can’t you play sick for one “About as much as I make a day. night when we turn another grow older by another year, night out of the year?” Thinking Top dollar! And, they get fed, year older. Getting old is bad that’s why!” Dimos, looking hard, Kipreos told them, “It too. Nothing but the best!” Be - enough. But, growing old alone sagacious, told him, “It happens means double money for me. ginning to regret promising to is worse!” to everyone, Yiannis. It’s a part of life.” Stirring his coffee with vigor, Yiannis said, “Well, I don’t like it! Besides! I don’t feel old.” Reaching for a donut, Kipreos said, “My mother al - THE NATIONAL HERALD BOOKSTORE ways says; you’re as old as you feel. 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If each of your wives # BOOKS : makes something nice – pot luck, style, whatever they favor - we can have New Years Eve at SIGNATURE the diner – complete with a 8 OBITUARIES CLASSIFIEDS THE NATIONAL HERALD, MARCH 7-13, 2015 Greek Orthodox Priest Matthew Baker Dies in Car Crash CLASSIFIEDS LEGAL NOTICE LEGAL NOTICE Continued from page 1 degrees from St. Tikhon’s Or - 1010 ROKHAM LLC, Arts. of Org. filed Notice of formation of THE MACSTERN with the SSNY on 02/13/2015. Office loc: GROUP, LLC. (DOM. LLC). Articles of orga - thodox Seminary in Pennsylva - Kings County. SSNY has been designated nization filed with the Secretary of State of 162 Goddard Avenue nia, St. Vladimir’s in New York as agent upon whom process against the N.Y. (SSNY) on 1/07/2015. Office location: Brookline, MA. 02445 and Holy Cross Greek Orthodox LLC may be served. SSNY shall mail Kings County. SSNY has been designated as process to: 8119 Flatlands Ave, Brooklyn, agent of the LLC upon whom process Fr. 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SSNY is designated as agent upon whom 38-08 Ditmars Blvd., Newport News Virginia and made died suddenly on Monday, Feb - Doulaveris. She was a devout process against the LLC may be served. SSNY his way to Chicago to be with his ruary 9, 2015, at his residence. Christian and a member of Holy MANTzURANIS, AMALIA shall mail process to: c/o United States Corpo - Astoria, New York 11105 n ration Agents, Inc., 7014 13th Avnue, Uncle. He met his wife, Dorothy He was born on August 8, 1957, Trinity Greek Orthodox Cathe - DALLAS, TX (From the Dallas Brooklyn, NY 11228. Purpose: Any Lawful (718) 728-8500 Andrews and was married May in Skoura-Sparta, Greece, and dral. Fotini emigrated from Morning News, published on Feb. Purpose. Not affiliated with any 24, 1959. Bill and Dorothy moved was the son of Sofia Vasilakos of Greece with her children to join 15) – MANTZURANIS, Amalia 274257/19384 to Phoenix in 1959 and had three Ballston Spa and the late Peter her husband in Charlotte in 1959. Trahanee Amalia Trahanee other funeral home. children, Nicholas, Anthony Gouvis. James was a cook and She worked with her husband in Mantzuranis joined her Lord and (Tony) and Katina Marie (Tina). prep worker for many years hav - the restaurant business for many Savior peacefully on February 11, LEGAL NOTICE He worked a the Flame restaurant ing worked for the Springfield years. She was a devoted and lov - 2015. Our family knows the an - Notice of formation of RIO GOODIE LLC. Articles of organization filed with the Secre - in downtown Phoenix until 1960 Diner in Bayside, Queens, and ing wife, mother, grandmother gels rejoice in her homecoming. tary of State of N.Y. (SSNY) on 10/27/14. to PlAce your when he saved up enough money earlier for the Kings Plaza Diner and great-grandmother. Her fam - Born May 2, 1919 in Fourna, a Office location: Nassau County. SSNY has clAssiFied Ad, cAll: to buy the The Busy Bee Cafe on in Brooklyn. He was a communi - ily was the focus of her life. She small Greek village surrounded been designated as agent of the LLC upon whom process against it may be served. (718) 784-5255, ext. 106, 1st Avenue and Washington with cant of St. George's Greek Ortho - had a passion for cooking and by the Aegean Sea with white SSNY shall mail process to the LLC, 979 Port e-mAil: his Uncle George and Brother dox Church in Schenectady. He gardening. Each year, she dedi - jagged cliffs and beautiful flowers Washington Blvd., Port Washington, NY classifieds@ 11050. Purpose: Any lawful activity. Gust. He moved to Tempe in enjoyed photography and devel - cated her spare time to growing that she loved and the home that thenationalherald.com 1978 and retired in 1996 as a oping pictures. He enjoyed music vegetables in her garden. It never left her heart. During WWII 274245/19196 Restaurateur after 46 years in the and played the drums in various brought her great joy to be able her parents and six siblings fled business owning 4 restaurants bands. He is the brother of Steve to share her vegetables with her to Volos, Greece, to escape the and one nightclub, with his broth - (Kimberly Hogle) Gouvis of friends and family. Fotini is sur - upheaval of Nazi atrocities. In ers and sons, throughout Phoenix, Clifton Park; nephew of Peter vived by her daughter, Maria 1947, at the young age of 27 she Greek but also English, and prac - strength would take her. We will Scottsdale, and Mesa, AZ. In re - (Christina) Vasilakos and Rena Goumas and husband, Gus; son, arrived in the United States for tice oratory in both languages! remember and treasure the im - tirement he once again traveled Counavelis; cousin of Jimmy George S. Katsanos and wife, an arranged marriage by her sis - Tony and Chris were educated in age of her joy in using her hands, the world visiting Alaska, Hawaii, (Effie) Vasilakos and Theodore Melody; daughter, Bessie Margo - ter and mother- in-law to Dimitri the Dallas Public School System wrinkled over time, kneading Mexico, the Caribbean, Europe, (Stephanie) Vasilakos and Zoe nis and husband, George. Her (Jimmy) Antonio Mantzuranis, a and were first generation and baking bread and prosforo and taking his entire family to Vasilakos, Dena and Charles surviving grandchildren, Frances man whom she had never met. Mantzuranis' to graduate from for communion, cooking in abun - Greece in June of 2014. Bill is Capetanakis, Zoe (Paul) Simopoulos and husband, Peter; The marriage took place only colleges, UTA and SMU, respec - dance the favorite dishes of preceded in death by his parents Matthews, Tom and Cindy Tina Christenbury and husband, four days later on December 28. tively, and became successful kourambiedes, baklava, Greek Andonis and Katarina Bafaloukos, Counavelis, Zoe and Angelo Pe - Mitch; Jonathan Mills; Spero Kat - Jimmy had emigrated to the U.S. businessmen in Dallas. Until her turkey and dressing, the New his eldest sister Froso Stratis and tratos, Stefanie and Giovanni sanos and wife, Suzanne; Stefan from Sparta, Greece, via Ellis Is - retirement at the age of 75, she Year's cake for God, church and son, Anthony (Tony) Bafaloukos. Lamanna, Demetra and Adam Katsanos and wife, Candace; Re - land as a 6 year old in 1912. worked alongside her husband family with the coveted silver dol - He is survived by his wife of 55 Powell; uncle of Stefanie (Sean nee Elefandis and husband, Pete Amalia left her family in Greece Jimmy first at their Garden Food lar for luck. Her hands softly years Dorothy, son Nicholas McCarthy) Gouvis, Sofia (Blake) and Dean Margonis; and great- and made a home with Jimmy, Store, and later with her husband blessing her cakes with the sign (Lisa), daughter Katina " Tina" Stevenson, Chasity and Zoe Gou - grandchildren, Sotiri and Connie his mother, and his brother in a and their son, Tony, at his Little of the cross, and those same Wilder (Kevin), grandchildren vis. Funeral will be held at 10 Simopoulos, Maria and Alexis small house near Greenville Ave. Gus' restaurant, 6 days a week. hands holding and nurturing her Tyler, Alexa, and Christopher, his a.m., on Friday, February 13, Christenbury and Ioannis Elefan - Sadly, she could not return to Amalia was honored with the ti - precious grandchildren for over eldest brother Leonard, brother 2015, from St. George's Greek Or - dis were all blessed to have a lov - Greece until years after her father tle of "D Magazine's Best 32 years. The heartbeat of the Gust, his twin brother Athanasou thodox, 107 Clinton St. in Sch - ing yiayia and enjoyed many passed away. Jimmy and Amalia Baklava." Amalia enjoyed her Mantzuranis' Family, she leaves (Tom), younger sister Olga Sper - enectady. Memorial contributions happy memories with her. She is were married for 55 years until daily cast of characters at Little to carry on her legacy, her two tos, and youngest brother may be made to St. George's also survived by her brothers and his death in 2003. Our family re - Gus'; an eclectic mix of news re - sons, Antonio "Tony" Dimitri Stephanos and many family and Greek Orthodox Church, 107 sister: Panagiotis Katsanos and members her as possessing the porters, politicians, musicians, Mant-zuranis and wife Teresa friends. He was a 52 member of Clinton St., Schenectady, NY his late wife, Athanasia, virtues of a noble woman, a force artists and writers. But it was also Gentry, Christos Dimitri Mantzu - the Order of Ahepa (American 12305. Funeral arrangements Christodoulos Katsanos and wife, of nature. "She walked in love the simple, ordinary-extraordi - ranis and wife Genny; grandchil - Hellenic Educational Progressive have been entrusted by the family Penelope, Maria Politis and hus - and lived in faith. Hers was the nary people, families, and chil - dren and the loves of her life, Association) and received his life - to the Gordon C. Emerick Funeral band, Nick, Demetrios Katsanos imperishable beauty of a gentle dren, whom Amalia, clad in her Christina Mantzuranis Helwig long membership status in Janu - Home, 1550 Route 9 Clifton Park. and wife, Ekaterini, Gus Kanos and quiet spirit, which in God's white apron, adopted as her own and her husband, Carter, James ary 2014 from the Tri-City Chap - [email protected]. and wife, Chrisoula and George eyes is precious." She became an "family." Amalia remains part of Christos Mantzuranis and his ter 454. He was one of six Katsanos and wife, Christina and exemplary daughter-in-law, de - the legend, culture and folklore wife Catherine, and Rachel founding families of St. Katherine n KANAVOS, EFTHIMIOS many nieces, nephews and god - voted wife, aunt, mother, mother- of Lower Greenville Avenue's Amelia Mantzuranis and her fi - Greek Orthodox Church in Chan - CHICAGO, IL (From the Chicago children. The family would like in-law, and a most loving grand - long and rich history. Her strong ancé Tony Vanzant; great grand - dler, AZ. He will be deeply missed Sun-Times, published on Feb. 17) to express their deepest appreci - mother and great-grand-mother hands throughout her life were sons, Griffin Wood Helwig, Vail by his family, friends, and the en - – Efthimios "Jimmy" Kanavos, 81, ation to all the caregivers and known to them as YiaYia. One of sculpted as a child while working Butler Mantzuranis, Cole Collins tire Greek community of Arizona. of Norridge passed away peace - Hospice & Palliative Care-Char - the proudest highlights of her life the wheat fields in Fourna and Mant-zuranis, and Grayson Lee A visitation will be held on Mon - fully and surrounded by family at lotte Region for the exceptional was in 1964, the day she became sewing dolls in a factory owned Vanzant; step grandsons, Michael day, March 2, 2013 from 6-8:00 his home after a valiant battle care and support during this past a United States citizen. Although by a benevolent Jewish family in Alred and Timothy Stuart; PM with a Trision Sevice at 7:00 with cancer on Valentines Day, year. A Trisagion and funeral ser - raised in poverty, having only a Volos during the war. Never did beloved nieces and their families, PM at Tempe Mortuary, 405 E February 14 2015. Dearest son of vice for Fotini will be held at 3rd grade education, and speak - she realize where her hands with Mary and Nick Zotos, Dr. John Southern Ave, Tempe, AZ. Mass the late George and Stavroula 11:30 a.m. on Tuesday, February ing no English when she arrived Zotos and wife Raquel, and of Christian Burial will follow on Kanavos, loving husband of Eleni. 10, 2015, at Holy Trinity Greek in the U.S., she was determined this is a service Nicholas Zotos; Angie and Nick Tuesday, March 3, 2015 at 10:00 He was a proud and doting father Orthodox Cathedral with Father to live a hard-working life, dedi - to the community. Eliades, Sophia Cobb and her AM at St. Katherine Greek Ortho - of his daughter Stavroula and son Michael Varvarelis officiating. In - cated to family and faith. She Announcements of deaths husband Ken, and Eleni Eliades; dox Church, 2716 N. Dobson Rd, George who all live in the terment will follow at Evergreen lived an American Dream. may be telephoned to the and many relatives in Greece. In Chicagoland area. A truly self- Cemetery. Memorials may be Amalia learned English on her classified department of lieu of flowers please consider made man, Efthimios emigrated made to Holy Trinity Greek Or - own. She and Jimmy had two the national herald at memorials to the Amalia Mantzu - days and dates of funerals, to the United States from Tripoli, thodox Cathedral, c/o Building sons that they raised and edu - (718) 784-5255, ranis Scholarship Fund at Holy memorials, and other events di - Greece in 1950 at the age of sev - Fund, 600 East Blvd., Charlotte, cated both in the Greek Orthodox monday through Friday, Trinity Academy, or St. Barbara's rectly correspond to the original enteen and worked tirelessly to NC 28203; Panagia Prousiotissa Church traditions and faith. She 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. est Ladies Philoptochos, both c/o publication date, which appears become a successful restauran - Chapel, at Elatos Park, c/o Holy insisted that her sons attend not or e-mailed to: Holy Trinity Greek Orthodox at the beginning of each notice. teur and provider for his family. Trinity Greek Orthodox Cathedral only Greek School to learn to [email protected] Church, 13555 Hillcrest Road, Jim was the renowned and re - and Hospice & Palliative Care - read, write, and speak fluent Dallas, TX 75240. THE NATIONAL HERALD, MARCH 7-13, 2015 COMMUNITY 9 A Moving Musical Tribute to Lina Nikolakopoulou at Chian Cultural Center

By Constantine S. Sirigos dent in a red velvet dress, was TNH Staff Writer invited to the stage for presenta - tion of awards by students of the ASTORIA – The songs of Lina Greek studies programs of Co - Nikolakopoulos thrilled the au - lumbia University and NYU, both dience that packed the Chian of which sponsored the event. Cultural Center in Astoria on The honoree expressed her February 27, but the warmth joy at the recognition by the stu - that comforted the New Yorkers dents, and offered them bless - surviving a brutal winter em - ings, declaring “you will surpass anated from the great poet and us all.” lyricist herself – and the love of Receiving the audience’s em - her fans. brace in a loving standing ova - The tribute concert was a pre - tion, she said her creative work sentation of Syn-Phonia Enter - continues “beauty never ends; it tainment, founded by Aphroditi is a treasury – like Noah’s Ark” Daniel, who was one of the fea - and asked the artists to play one tured singers. Spiros Exaras, who more song, the beautiful performed guitar and vocals, was “Ourane – Sky.” the arranger and musical direc - Nikolakopoulou gushed “let’s tor. always gather like this, with our The audience was welcomed love for Greece. I will remember by Yanna Katsagiorgi, who sang this like a dream,” and she later and offered heartfelt commen - etA Press – Fotios PAPAGermAnos told TNH “This night was a great tary on the work of an artist Lina Nikolakopoulou, holding microphone expressed her grat - and to the concert’s organizers and the students who honored honor for me I my life. The heart whose creative output – more itude to the audience at the Chian Cultural Center in Astoria, her. Aphroditi Daniel and Nikos Kouroupakis stand far left. of Greece beats in America.” than 600 lyrics and poems – has She agreed that the creators inspired generations. drummer Spiros Nitis and Petros singer’s middle eastern drum and She too spoke about the meaning The performance of “Theos of the country’s songs fire up the Everyone onstage and in the Klampanis, electric and acoustic Exaras’ riffs. of Nikolakopoulou’s poety in an Einai – If God exists” was one souls of Greeks abroad. “Song, seats resonated with her words bass. And one by one the songs what she called our painful yet of the evening’s highlights. The the song makes the heart beat – when she said Nikolakopoulou’s The spirit of eternal, suffering American-born Greeks love, sung unfeeling times. “The lyrics draw audience joined in the refrain and the feet dance. That is the lyrics expressing her loss, joy, Greece pervaded many of the by favorites like Protopsalti and out of her listeners emotions they and Bournias’ opening passages purpose of the song, and to com - love pain and life experiences, songs, including the opening Arvanitaki but whose author were not aware of…Thank you prompted applause, reinforced fort us and ease our pain.” always with passion and some - song by they knew not, became revela - Lina,” she said. by Kouroupakis’ praise, which he The uncles of Nikitas Tam - times with humor formed the Kouroupakis– who bantered tions. Young Nikitas Tampakis was later extended to all his fellow pakis, Zachary Katsihtis and Jim beautiful background of the lives in fluent English. He recited and Kouroupakis invited Katsa - called up to sing “Meno Ektos – performers. Tambakis enjoyed the concert, of contemporary Greeks. then sang the lyrics for “Ta Kain - giorgi to the stage, who demon - I stand apart” which was more Again the concern and hopes but they were especially proud The room darkened a bit ourgia Ftera – Τhe New Wings.” strated her versatility as “Me to evocative than ever with Bour - for Greece and Cyprus were of their nephew, who played in more, Hellenic blue light bathing Another soulful piece, “Di Idio Mako – With the same Fab - nias’ mournful clarinet opening. evoked by a song, this time Princeton University’s orchestra the back wall and streaming Efhon – Τhrough the prayers,” ric” shifted from its sultry begin - Tampakis later delighted on vio - “Εimaste Akoma Zontanoi – as computer science major. from the ceiling, and singing star followed, and then Kouroupakis ning into a passionate rock an - lin. We’re still alive.” Dr. Spyros Orfanos appreci - Nikos Kouroupakis appeared. announced “change of climate.” them laced with tender Bournias went wild with the EMOTIONAL ated what he called an excep - Sometimes colored smoke en - The beat turned up and the moments. evocative rendition of “Dynata NIKOLAKOULOU RECEIVES tional musical experience. veloped the musicians, including crowd clapped to “Ta Pio Oraia Aphroditi Daniel emerged Dynata – Everything is Possible” THE LOVE “I am here to celebrate a great Lefteris Bournias on clarinet, Laika – The most beautiful pop - bathed in goddess-blue light to to which the audience was in - Αfter the concert an emo - lyricist and poet. She is a unique Gary Schreiner on keyboard, ular songs,” accented on the sing “Prosopoko – Ιt’s Personal.” vited to sing along. tional Nik οlakopoulou, resplen - voice.” Greeks, Cypriots, Philhellenes Continue Service to Beauty at NYC Fashion Week

By Constantine S. Sirigos Christo’s Fashion Week du - International Beauty Show at cist and writer from Brazil with TNH Staff Writer ties included taking care of the the Javits Center on March 8 roots in Egypt and Lebanon – numerous celebrities who came and he is also doing Russell Si - Cyprus’ neighborhood. NEW YORK – Fashion week in to his Christo Fifth Avenue salon mons’ show at Bryant Park on “But my late stepfather, New York is just the culmination in Midtown Manhattan. March 16. Gerasimos Colaitis, is from Ke - of a mad dash towards the run - He was impressed with a The Next Generation Show, falonia,” Hazen told TNH. He way where cool attitudes and Greek model named Sylvia from which was sponsored by Christo was a furrier, giving her an early refined movements of gliding, Chania. “She was very beautiful. and the Hotel Beacon, was also taste of the fashion industry, and striding models belie the weeks She looked looks like Julia the official launch of A Cosmo “he was the most amazing man of frenetic preparations of in - Roberts,” he said. Life, the new blog of Christo’s in the world,” she said. dustry veterans like celebrity Christo is preparing for the friend Jordana Hazan, a publi - The new blog “is a new fash - hair stylist Christo and his team ion lifestyle magazine to help of professionals. young women find brands that The National Herald caught they can look great in without up with the Cypriot-American spending tons of money,” and at the “Next Generation” run - Hazan, who added that she also way show that benefited the wanted to create a platform for Make-A-Wish Foundation. young designers. “There was a lot of commo - She partnered with Make-A- tion,” Christo told TNH. “You Wish, which is very dear to her saw it after the whole puzzle heart. was put together, but before “A lot of my family members that is it was crazy – chaos.” unfortunately had cancer, and But he took care of it. “Of Christo travels throughout the world, often on short notice, to Make-A-Wish helped us go course!” he said. talk about the mysteries of curly hair and the magic of his hair through it, so we bring them on “Each of the three designers care products, but his base is Christo Fifth Avenue in Manhattan. board to every event we do.” had completely different styles. Hazan knows Christo That’s why we had a team of 30 times. Christo said for Nikita hair, “The King of Curls.” through her boyfriend, violinist models and ad 40 hairstylists Varma’s “elegant gowns, the His career began when he Gregory Harrington, who per - and makeup artists,” who were hair was swept to the side, and was 12 as an apprentice at his forms at many of his events. there for hours he explained. Autumn Hawk’s model’s fea - salon on Cyprus and he now Effie Streida, who was born The presentation of That tured beach wave hairstyles,” works with top designers for in Greece and attended with Madonna Girl, owned by which he said is the new trend. major fashion and cultural Greek friends, said it was a Michelle Madonna, brought to The Wall Street Journal and events, but he felt it was impor - “phantasmagoric,” presentation mind the flower children of the Women’s Wear Daily calls tant to support the up and com - Designer Michelle Madonna is the real name of the owner of of new designs, and that 60s and their hairstyles evoked Christo, whose specialty in ers with the Next Generation that Madonna Girl, one of three firms featured at 2015 New “Christo did a great job on the the airy sweetness of those women with naturally curly Show. York Fashion Week’s Next Generation show. hair and makeup.”

From our Website’s Food Section…

By Anna Skamangas-Scaros Fold the wet ingredients into March Muffin Madness the dry, and stir just until com - It’s not quite spring yet, but bined. Fold in the chocolate at least March is here! Here are chips. some muffin recipes to help say Bake for 20-25 minutes, or F. Line your muffin tins with Spoon batter into prepared goodbye to winter and hello to until a toothpick inserted into cupcake liners. muffin tin. Top each muffin with spring – and there’s a Lenten one the center muffins comes out Combine all the dry ingredi - one or two banana slices. Bake among the mix! clean. ents well. for 20 minutes, or until the tops Fold in the wet ingredients are golden and a toothpick in - Whole Grain and Flax by hand. Stir well. Fold in the serted in the center comes out Blueberry Muffins Chocolate Zucchini berries. clean. Muffins Fill tins 1/2 – 3/4 full. Bake for 18-20 minutes – or The flax and whole grain in Ok – I promise that they will until edges begin to turn golden Honey Whole Wheat this muffin will keep you fuller never know the zucchini is in brown and a toothpick inserted Carrot Muffins longer. Sneak some protein in there if they don’t see you put it in the center comes out clean. with Greek yogurt and add fun in! My daughter takes these blueberries to get them to eat “cupcakes” to school and practi - Since carrots are light in some fruit! cally inhales them. Whole Wheat Banana color, they hide easily in this Makes one dozen muffins Makes 16 muffins Chocolate Chip Muffins recipe. This has a carrot cake Ingredients: Ingredients: Sweet Potato Muffins combined. Stir in the raisins and taste without all the calories. 1 cup quick oats 1 1/2 cups shredded zucchini walnuts. Makes 18 muffins 1 cup hot tap water 1 cup whole-wheat flour You can easily substitute Spoon into prepared muffin These tasty treats will have Ingredients: 2 cups whole spelt flour 1 cup all-purpose flour pumpkin or any other squash for cups. Bake for 25 minutes, or them begging for more. With the 3 eggs 1/2 teaspoon salt 1/2 cup unsweetened cocoa the sweet potato in this recipe. until a toothpick inserted in the chocolate chips, they will never 1 cup honey 1/2 teaspoon baking soda powder All of them are full of vitamins center comes out clean. know they are eating something 1 cup butter, softened 1 1/2 teaspoons baking powder 1/4 cup unsweetened shredded and nutrients and keep the healthy! 3 1/4 cups whole wheat flour 1/2 cup Greek honey coconut muffins moist. Makes 6 muffins 1 1/2 teaspoon baking soda 1/2 cup organic evaporated 2 teaspoons baking powder Makes 12 muffins Lenten Blackberry Ingredients: 1/2 teaspoon baking powder sugar cane juice 1 teaspoon salt Ingredients: Muffins 2 tablespoons butter, melted 1 teaspoon cinnamon 1 cup plain Greek yogurt 2 eggs 1 cup mashed roasted sweet and cooled 1/2 teaspoon sea salt 2 eggs, lightly beaten 3/4 cup buttermilk potato Bake these often during the 1/2 cup all-purpose flour 1 cup grated or shredded car - 1 teaspoon pure vanilla extract 3/4 cup Greek honey 3/4 cup packed brown sugar Easter fast. I love the berries in 1/2 cup whole wheat flour rots 1/2 cup grape seed oil 1/3 cup olive oil 2 large eggs this one! 1 teaspoon baking powder 1 cup crushed pineapple (ei - 1 cup flax seed meal 1 teaspoon vanilla extract 1/4 cup olive oil Makes 12 muffins. 1/2 teaspoon baking soda ther from a can, drained or 1 pint fresh blueberries Directions: 1 teaspoon vanilla Ingredients: 1/2 teaspoon sea salt fresh) Directions: Preheat the oven to 350 de - 1 3/4 cups all-purpose flour 1 cup oats 1 teaspoon ground cinnamon 1/2 cup walnuts Preheat oven to 350 degrees. grees. Line muffin tins with cup - 1 1/2 teaspoon baking powder 1 1/2 tablespoon baking pow - 1 ripe banana, mashed 1/2 cup raisins Insert cupcake liners into 2 stan - cake liners. 1/2 teaspoon baking soda der 1 banana, sliced Directions: dard sized muffin tins. Set aside. In a large mixing bowl, com - 1 teaspoon cinnamon 1 3/4 cups flour or gluten free 1/4 cup buttermilk Preheat oven to 325 degrees In a large liquid measuring bine the flours, cocoa, shredded 1/2 teaspoon ground ginger baking mix 1 egg F. Line the muffin tins with cup - cup, combine oats and water. Set coconut, baking powder, and 1/4 teaspoon sea salt 3/4 teaspoon sea salt 1/3 cup brown sugar cake liners aside. salt. In a smaller bowl, whisk the 1/2 cup each raisins and 3/4 cup plain wheat germ 1/2 cup chocolate chips Beat eggs, honey, butter and In a medium sized bowl, eggs briefly and then add the chopped walnuts (optional) 3/4 cup sunflower seeds Directions: vanilla together. Stir dry ingre - whisk together flour, baking buttermilk, honey, olive oil, and Directions: 1/2 cup olive oil Preheat oven to 350 degrees. dients together in a separate soda baking powder, and salt. vanilla. Fold the wet ingredients Preheat the oven to 375°F 1 tablespoon apple cider vine - Line a muffin tin with paper lin - bowl, then beat into egg mix - In a large bowl, whisk to - into the dry and stir just until and line 12 muffin cups with pa - gar ers and set aside. ture. Add carrots, pineapple, gether honey, sugar, yogurt, combined. Finally, fold in the per liners. 3/4 cup evaporated sugar cane Melt the butter and set it nuts and raisins and stir until eggs, vanilla, oil, and flax meal. zucchini. In large bowl, stir together juice aside to cool. combined. Add in oatmeal and dry ingredi - Spoon the batter into pre - the sweet potato, sugar, eggs, oil 1/2 cup applesauce In a large bowl, combine the Spoon batter into muffin cups ents, and stir until just com - pared muffin tin. Bake for 40 and vanilla. 3/4 cup almond or cashew flours, baking powder, baking and bake for 20-25 minutes, bined. Fold in blueberries. minutes, or until a toothpick in - In another bowl, whisk to - milk soda, and salt. checking for doneness after 20 Fill liners about three fourths serted in the middle comes out gether flour, sugar, baking pow - 2 cups fresh blackberries – In a small bowl, mash one ba - minutes because honey browns of the way full. I like to use an clean. der, baking soda, cinnamon, gin - washed/patted dry nana, and use a fork to stir in more quickly. Bake until a tooth - ice cream scooper for a good ger, nutmeg and salt. Add to the Directions: the buttermilk, egg, and brown pick inserted in the center comes amount. potato mixture and stir just until Preheat oven to 375 degrees sugar. Fold in the butter. out clean. 10 COMMUNITY THE NATIONAL HERALD, MARCH 7-13, 2015 Café of the Sunset (Forty Years Later I Still Cannot Figure out This Mystery)

By Harry Mark Petrakis table,” he said. “Now the visitors Their first songs were slowly, dark shadows retreating steps from the evening before. are returning to their own coun - laments of lost love. Then, silently across the sand. When To my dismay, I found nothing. I’m not sure what caused me tries. God willing they arrive changing the tempo, the music we reached the water’s edge, Back at the hotel, I ap - to remember an experience that home safely, so they can come became vibrant and festive. standing at the threshold of the proached several island taxis took place more than forty years back to us next year.” Maria swayed her hips, flounced endless sea, we watched the lined up in the taxi waiting area. ago. Perhaps the tracings of an That evening I walked along her beaded skirt and briskly slow, majestic ascent of the day. I asked each driver in the line early spring dawn across my the beach, inhaling the scents shook the tambourine. The light came before the sun about the Café. None had heard windows resurrected the past. of sea and flowers, thinking After a while the couple took appeared, its glow brightening of it. However pale the Midwestern pensively of family and home. a break. When they returned a until it illuminated the horizon. I searched again later that sun in comparison to the sun As I turned to start back to my few moments later, more The gray and purple shades of day, my body weary and my flaming over the Greek Islands, hotel, on a bluff above me I saw tourists had departed. Only four night were replaced by stream - mind benumbed. I wondered if the glow was pervasive enough the glittering lights of a café. of us remained, a young dark- ers of crimson and orange. And, I had succumbed to some form to evoke memories. I climbed the slope and en - haired man sitting alone, and at as we watched in awe sky, sand of island dementia. Had I grown In the summer of 1975 I had tered a café similar to others I another table, a pair of young and sea were suddenly over - drunk on island wine and imag - traveled to Cyprus as a journal - had seen in Greece. The walls blond girls. As Maria and Yannis whelmed by the flaming heart ined the whole experience? Was ist to write a report on the af - were decorated with murals of resumed playing and singing, of the rising sun. the café hidden under the termath of the Turkish invasion mountains and sea and the air the young man rose and began I cannot remember how we shadow of some orchard or a year earlier that had parti - was permeated with the aromas to dance. I knew at once he was returned to the hotel or bidding mountain? tioned the island into Turkish of spiced Greek sausage. There Greek because his movements my companions goodbye. In my The following morning I left and Greek zones. Though the were about a dozen small were fluid and graceful. As he memory the night ended with by taxi for the airport. I boarded summer was nearly over, the op - wooden tables with only half a danced, he bent to the floor, his that resplendent dawn. the twelve-passenger single en - pressive heat remained. The dozen occupied. In a corner a fingers sweeping his ankle and A few years later, on another gine plane, which would trans - Greek Cypriots who had been small platform held a shabby then he rose once more. Know - visit to Crete I returned to Agios port me to the airport in Herak - driven from their homes by the upright piano, patches of bare ing I could not match his danc - Nikolaos. I stayed at the same lion from where I would catch invasion were living in refugee wood visible where the varnish ing, but emboldened by wine, I Harry Mark Petrakis Astir hotel and, as soon as I my flight home. camps of sprawling tent cities. had worn away. got up and joined him. We faced dropped off my luggage, I When the young, trim stew - As they told me their stories of The waiter brought me a one another, arms extended Copenhagen for a few days of started for the beach, eager to ardess served me coffee, I asked fear and flight, they looked glass of wine. When I asked the above our heads, then whirling island sun. revisit the Café of the Sunset for if she knew Agios Nikolaos well. north toward their lost lands name of the restaurant, he told and bending. The young man We kept dancing, pausing a reunion with Yannis and “I was born there, sir.” and wept. me, “Café of the Sunset.” danced to the table where the only to imbibe more wine. Maria. “The Café of the Sunset?” I Seeking relief from the emo - Moments later a young man girls sat, and by gestures en - Maria came from the platform I walked along the beach as asked. “On the beach in Agios tions of loss and grief, I flew and young woman ascended the treated them to join the dance. to join us, kicking off her shoes, the sun began its descent, look - Nikolaos? Have you heard your from Cyprus to Crete for a few platform. The man who was Laughing nervously, the girls her toes gleaming like tiny ing up beyond the slopes of passengers speak of it?” days of rest before returning to slim and handsome wore a rose and he led them to the cen - pearls. The girls, Stephanos and sand, searching eagerly for the “I’m sorry, sir,” she said. “I’ve the U.S., I traveled by bus from white, open-collared shirt and ter of the room. I kicked off our own shoes, as banners and streamers of the never heard of it.” Heraklion to the Eastern tip of dark trousers. The young The four of us danced with well. As Yannis pounded the pi - café. I walked a long time and Back in the U.S., I went the island, to the port city of woman who held a tambourine more vigor than grace, pausing ano, Maria led us in a wild, vi - saw nothing. Thinking I had about my business, resuming Agios Nikolaos. was also small and lovely wear - only to drink more wine. As we brant Syrtos, ten bare feet somehow missed the café, I re - the routines of my life. From I stayed in the small Astir Ho - ing a rainbow-hued blouse and emptied our glasses, the waiter stamping on the wooden floor traced my steps but still did not time to time I thought about tel overlooking Elounda Bay. beaded skirt. Her raven-dark quickly refilled them. During echoing through the café like see the café. Agios Nikolaos and the Café of The tourist season was nearing hair was looped into a ponytail. one of the breaks for wine, I thunder. By this time the twilight was the Sunset. I decided that if I an end and only a handful of The man sat at the piano and learned the man’s name was The hours passed and we darkening and I feared becom - had searched diligently enough, hotel guests remained. At break - began to play. The woman Stephanos who worked as a kept on drinking and zestfully ing lost. I returned to the hotel I might have found it. Yet what fast, the dining room almost joined him, singing in a sweet, reservations agent for Olympic dancing as if we were satyrs and resolved I’d search for the Café nagged at me was that I had empty, the young waiter lin - slightly tremulous voice. Airlines. The girls, Ingrid and nymphs, possessed by some again the next day. walked that same stretch of gered at my table. “That is Yannis and his wife, Marilyn, were stewardesses for mystical source of energy and In the morning I questioned beach a dozen times and found “A week ago I would have Maria,” the waiter said “They Scandinavian Airlines. They had frenzy. My senses blurring, I the hotel manager. nothing. been hurrying from table to are the owners of the café.” flown in that morning from danced with the others and then “Café of the Sunset?” he To this day, forty years after I danced alone, all my inhibi - shook his head. “I have never that visit to Crete, I am unable tions and restraints flung aside. heard of it.” to explain the mystery of the To this day I find it hard to “But it’s very close to the ho - lost café. How could I have in - believe how swiftly that night tel,” I said. “The last time I was vented the music, the Olympic passed. I became conscious of here I spent a whole night reservations agent, the two Dan - THE HERALD SQUARE time only when Yannis suddenly there.” ish stewardesses, and the café’s left the piano and pointed to the He looked at me gravely, ebullient owners, Yannis and TNH's Crossword Challenge large glass window of the café shaking his head, his counte - Maria? Above all, how could I and spoke, “Ximeroma,” the nance indicating he had dealt have imagined that magnificent lovely Greek word for dawn. with delusional foreigners be - rebirth of the day that rose with The six of us left the café and fore. the same primal force as the sun 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 walk ed bare-footed down to the I spent the next few hours that spawned our planet’s first beach. Around us night faded walking the beach, retracing my tremblings of life? 14 15 16

17 18 19 E x-N ATO Intelligence Analyst Says That 20 21 22 23 24

25 26 27 28 U .S ., UK Hypocritical on Turkey-Cyprus

29 30 31 32 33 34 T NH St aff process of peacemaking? This 35 36 37 38 39 book shows that Cypriots were Americ an foreig n policy is readily able to find answers to hypocritical, Lieutenant Com - their problems when given an 40 41 42 43 m ande r M artin Packard, a for - appropriate mechanism through m er NATO inte lligence analy st which to do so, despite extrem - 44 45 46 47 recently told Reuters, with re - ism encouraged from abroad. s pect to the Tu rkey-C yprus and “Misrepresentations of 1964 his - 48 49 50 R ussia-Ukra ine situ ations. tory in Cyprus have been a ma - With regards to NATO’s ap - jor factor in complicating the p roach to th e U kraine, Packard search there for accord. Describ - 51 52 53 54 55 56 s aid tha t after the breaku p of ing mediation that was success - the Soviet Union, “I think NATO ful because it was answerable 57 58 59 60 61 62 63 s aw Ukraine then as a potential to the Cypriots, rather than to a djunct a s som ewhe re both they any outside power, this book 64 65 66 67 68 could exercise influence, but helps to put the record straight. a lso which even tua lly th ey could The book is important to both m ove closer to NA TO . This was Greek Cypriots and Turkish 69 70 71 extremely bad thinking. But that Cypriots because it destroys re - w as a part of a misp lace d analy - spective propaganda as to what - 72 73 74 s is. It sh ould h ave been recog - Martin Packard’s 2008 book happened that year." g nized that they should have sup - Getting it Wrong depicts his Also from the publisher’s re -

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10 Old 21 Pre f ix meanin g three the American- British positions to the continent, and detrimen - In 1950 he served on anti-opium 14 Fresh 23 Concede i n t his situation. I was also heav - tal to the United States. For that patrols from Hong Kong and 15 Abra ha m 's son 26 Fath er and son pre sidents ily involved with Cyprus. In reason, Packard believes, Amer - then in Korea for the first year

16 Lug osi o f Dra cula fame 28 Joh n ny __ _ of the Godf ather, Pt. 2 Cyprus the Americans and the ica influenced NATO not to em - of the war there. Later he 17 ____ Contendere - Agnew's plea 30 Air Resources Bd. (abbrev.) B ritish encoura ged th e interven - brace the Russian reforms too trained in America as a Fleet Air

18 Speedy Andretti 31 Slides out of control t ion of ano ther po werful ou tside he artily. Arm pilot and, after front-line 19 Nat ive r uler in Africa 33 Info rm entity that was Turkey. Turkey In 2008, Packard’s book Get - carrier service, qualified as flying 20 List of highly desired guests 34 Canal i lleg ally occ upied the north of ting it Wrong – Fragments from instructor. In 1956 he married

22 Deflect 35 It __ Upon a Midnight Clear... C yprus . A nd all of this time a Cyprus Diary 1964 (Author - Kiki Tsatsoulis, whom he had 24 Gill an o f Deep Purple 36 Un it ed States Av iary Lge. (abbrev.) Britain and America basically House) was published. Excerpts met in Greece while on a Navy 25 Greek marketplace 37 A Sweathog h ave done n othing to terminate from the publisher’s synopsis on assignment. In 1963 he was ap -

27 White vegetable 39 Elite naval force t hat occu pation. O n the back of the book’s Amazon page follow: pointed to the NATO staff in 29 Mu ffler company 41 Mid western state denizen that for them to go pontificating “Getting in Wrong provides Malta as an intelligence analyst,

32 Thr ill 42 Gol d en Girls a ctress Arthur, for short about other people’s interven - unique and critical reportage of a title that led the uninformed 35 Chop 45 Infer or super suffix t ion in Uk raine I fou nd ex - events in Cyprus in early 1964. to the mistaken supposition that 38 Noa h's b oat 47 Hin d ered tremely hypocritical.” Circulation of an original report he was part of the British Intel -

39 Cha rac t er on "Sa ved by the Bell" 50 Eur o p. Assn. of Archae ologists (abbrev.) Packard also elaborated on by Packard, commissioned by ligence Service. From Malta he 40 Geometry trm. (abbrev.) 52 Big Red Machine's Johnny N ATO being “an Amer ican tool,” the CRO [Criminal Records Of - was seconded, as a Greek inter - 41 Con sum ed 53 Ext r a explaining that when the Soviet fice]…Why was the Foreign Of - preter, to the staff of General Pe -

43 Act or W allach 55 Car manu factur er Union collapsed and commu - fice so sensitive over a report ter Young in Cyprus. The ensu - 44 Tenors Lanza and Frangoulis 56 People who get things done n ism ended, a new, democratic which did no more than de - ing months provide the material 46 U.S . .N a rcotics grp. (abbrev .) 57 Fla t bread Russia, had it improved eco - scribe a highly successful for this book.”

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59 Asia n c o untry 62 Famous fabler 64 Touristy Rhod es village 66 Rich man Solution to last week’s puzzle

68 Fight D O 69 A Soprano family member G M A C A C C A B N A 70 Cloth R A S H I S A A C E C O N 71 Jewish scribe A N T I M A R I O B E A N 72 Soon F O R C E P A R R Y A A A 73 St. Constantine's mother R O A C H O N I O N 74 Dirt G L O B E E A S E S DOWN L O C O G A L E L F I S H 1 Jazzy Mouskouri A B O H A R V A R D D A O 2 _____ Gay C O M E O N I O R F E U D 3 Former Baseball Commissioner Bud 4 Duo Y E M E N S N O W E 5 Not brightly lit A R E N A R O M A N 6 Rght. away! (abbrev.) J A N Y O D E L N O B E L 7 Famous Irene? O D D S R A D I I R O V E 8 Egypt's capital A E S I T A D E N 9 Oak nut S A M E Former NATO intelligence analyst Martin Packard finds it “extraordinarily hypocritical” how 10 Mr. Lincoln, informally N E R D E S T E R L E R O the U.S. and Britain are so concerned with Russia’s aggression in Turkey, yet they did not exhibit the same level of outrage about Turkey toward Cyprus.

THE NATIONAL HERALD, MARCH 7-13, 2015 GREECE CYPRUS 11 Talk of 3rd Greek Bailout Persists, But Parliament Members Have no Say

ATHENS – While Prime Minister NO VOTE, JUST TALK who went along with decrees Alexis Tsipras said he won't take Fearing a defeat, Tsipras while serving in the previous ad - it, and Spain said he might need wouldn’t let Parliament vote on ministration, now opposes them it, talk of Greece needing a third the four-month bailout extension and says it's unconstitutional not bailout is still on the table. and was to approve it by decree. to let Parliament vote. He also The Spanish got the bailout A straw poll among the 149 reversed himself on austerity. ball rolling again, raising a dis - Members of Parliament in Tsipras’ office said there is no cussion that Greece might need SYRIZA earlier showed as many legal requirement to get Parlia - A another 50 billion euros in aid as 30 would either vote against ment’s backing for the extension d when a four-month extension of the extension or not vote at all, but said he would do so if no e the current two bailouts of 240 which would sink the deal he's deal is reached with the troika W billion euros ($272.billion) runs already made with international after four months, with specula - t out. lenders. tion building he may also have t Tsipras, head of the Radical Tsipras' coalition had opposed to accept a third bailout that he P Left SYRIZA party, campaigned austerity measures imposed by also vowed to reject, which against the extension and talking a previous government that would break almost every to international lenders, but re - came with 240 billion euros promise he made. lented on both but said he won't ($272.5 billion) in two rescue Earlier, SYRIZA’s parliamen - accept another bailout despite packages from the troika but has tary spokesman Konstantinos growing speculation he will have changed its tune. Fylis said that MPs would have a no choice and have to relent on Tsipras was elected on his chance to debate the extension that as well with the country fac - promise not deal with the troika, but not vote for it. But he said ing tax revenue shortfalls and nor accept an extension but re - there would be votes on all the unable to borrow in the markets versed course almost immedi - legislation derived from the gov - without prohibitive rates. ately, drawing anger in the party ernment’s agreement with its While his coalition govern - he had betrayed its principles creditors. ment, which includes the for - People walk past the Greek parliament in Athens, Wednesday, March 4. and voters who backed him. Government spokesman merly anti-austerity Independent The Troika, which Greece Gavriil Sakellaridis said, “The Greeks (ANEL) downplayed the after this program expires.” Greece would prefer a credit thetical" talk of another aid now calls The Institutions so it prime minister is determined to third bailout talk, it has arisen Eurozone finance ministers, line with some reform conditions package. won't have to call it the Troika, have a discussion on this... we again in Brussels, home of the who are due to meet in Brussels attached, officials said, and the The troika is waiting until demanded he accept an exten - are not afraid of dialogue,” but European Union, even as Greece next week, “are not discussing government said it would later April to pay out the final 7.2-bil - sion and implement more re - reports earlier said the govern - negotiates reforms with the any third aid program,” Simone try to bring back hope of debt lion euro installment and in the forms, which his government ment was afraid of a vote, which troika of the EU-International Boitelle, spokeswoman for Eu - relief that was crushed almost as meantime Greece is running out will draw up itself although the means the lawmakers can talk Monetary Fund-European Cen - rogroup chairman Jeroen Dijs - soon as Tsipras took office, re - of cash fast and being pressed list is vague so far. but have no real say. tral Bank (EU-IMF-ECB). selbloem, told AFP. jected outright by Germany, the to implement more reforms that When he was in the opposi - While Greek MPs will have no The European Commission The European Commission biggest bailouts contributor. Tsipras also vowed to reject even tion, Tsipras was against then- vote, the deal is going before the Vice-President for the euro, also poured cold water on the Talk of a new program of 10 as he's being pushed back a step Premier and New Democracy Parliaments of the other 18 Eu - Valdis Dombrovskis, also hinted suggestion. “Any discussions on billion euros has circulated since at a time. Conservative leader Antonis rozone countries who put up at a new bailout following the details, conditions and a possible last year. But it gathered pace in Greece has to find 1.5 billion Samaras issuing decrees but now much of the bailout monies to current four-month extension, follow-up agreement are prema - recent days, with Germany’s euros that it is due to pay the has done so himself. pay for generations of wild Greek saying in an interview with ture,” European Commission Rheinische Post newspaper float - IMF in March, before 6.7 billion Ironically, Samaras' former overspending and runaway pa - Bloomberg that, "Greece may spokeswoman Annika Brei - ing a 20 billion figure and then euros in debt become due to the coalition partner, PASOK Social - tronage by New Democracy and need an additional arrangement dthardt told a daily briefing. Spain jumping in with "hypo - ECB this summer. ist leader Evangelos Venizelos, PASOK. Top Cypriot Referee Says Soccer Matches are Fixed Greece, Turkey, Cool Their

NICOSIA, Cyprus (AP) — Foot - divisions," Panayi says. "You Jets, Talk Diplomacy Again ball in the sun-drenched can't wait until a referee reaches Mediterranean island of Cyprus the top divisions to exert control is riddled with match-fixing by over him, you groom him from With Turkey saying it had who died there in a helicopter referees, an operation designed the earliest stages." wrongly issued an order to re - crash, the circumstances of to line the pockets of soccer of - "It's easier to do favors in the serve airspace over the Aegean which remain cloudy to this day. ficials and politicians, according top divisions if you're used to - including in Greek waters - and There was no initial response to a senior Cypriot referee. doing so in the lowest ones," he withdrawing it, Athens and from Greece to Turkey canceling Marios Panayi outlined cor - added. Ankara are talking diplomacy the order but Kathimerini said ruption allegations that he says Panayi said Cyprus referees again. it had been told by diplomatic have besmirched Cypriot soccer who followed orders to fix It took some tense hours to officials that Athens was satis - and damaged the credibility of games often receive indirect resolve after Turkey first said it fied, and believed that Turkish its referees. benefits like having their careers was going to conduct military President Recep Tayyip Erdogan The referee told The Associ - fast-tracked, earning promo - maneuvers in skies that could had backed down after angry ated Press that some Cypriot ref - tions to officiate European soc - have conflicted with commercial statements from Athens and to erees are deciding the outcomes cer matches that pay three times air traffic and Greek islands. the the international commu - of games with incorrect calls or - more than domestic games, get - In a statement posted on the nity. dered up by a senior Cyprus AP Photo/Petros KArAdjiAs ting free lodging at top hotels Turkish Foreign Ministry’s web - Despite that, Greek officials Football Association official who Cyprus' soccer referee Marios Panayi speaks to the Associated or suddenly finding more cus - site on March 3, spokesman said there would be no let-up in he said manipulates team stand - Press during an interview in Nicosia. tomers for a relative's business. Tanju Bilgic said the order had patroling the skies over the ings to keep himself in power Panayi has also contacted been “issued erroneously with Aegean as Turkish fighter jets and to keep negotiating lucra - faced another unique develop - while Spyrou was arrested on Federbet, a Brussels-based orga - an inaccurate coordinate” and routinely violate Greek air space tive television rights deals. ment this season — four sepa - suspicion of manipulating an nization that monitors match- “has been canceled,” but didn’t and engage their Greek fighter "I felt I had to speak out, so rate firebomb attacks against Under-21 match in 2010. fixing, about international elaborate on just why it was is - pilot peers in mock dog fights. that finally people can know houses linked to referees. In Both men denied any wrong - friendlies played in Cyprus sued. “Irrespective of whether what is going on and authorities January, referees boycotted all doing and were released. The where he said Cypriot referees He said “the issue of long pe - there was a serious mistake or can take action to fix what I've league and cup games for a police investigation is ongoing. "awarded two to three penalty riod dangerous areas declared not, the incident in question dedicated my life to," the 34- week after a midnight bomb at - Panayi says a large number kicks per game." by Greece and Turkey in the showed that provocative behav - year-old said in an interview. tack at the home of a referee's of Cypriot referees are under the Panayi also questioned the Aegean has been on the agenda ior, via the armed forces, can Panayi has given police doc - elderly mother. influence of a CFA official who CFA official's involvement in ne - for a long time." lead to the situation spiraling uments to back up his charges, No arrests have been made orders them to produce results gotiations over purchasing He added that Turkey has out of control, for which Greece which have prompted a police in any of the cases and police so teams are relegated, pro - rights to broadcast Albanian soc - “proposed to Greece to mutually cannot be held responsible,” a investigation and a vow from say they are still investigating. moted or remain in a division. cer matches on Cyprus' state- cancel those areas” but has yet diplomatic source said. the justice minister to examine Panayi said fixing matches to That way, Panayi said, the CFA owned Pay TV sports channels. to receive a response and appeal When Turkey first issued the the evidence. profit from betting is mainly official locks in support from Panayi said deals that use to the new Greek government notice on March 1, Greece Cyprus FA President Costas confined to lower divisions by enough teams to get re-elected. taxpayer's money to broadcast to “approach the existing issues lodged complaints with the Eu - Koutsokoumnis said in January cash-strapped team owners or Police say the CFA official Albanian matches of little inter - between our countries in a con - ropean Union, the United Na - that he had been given evidence by players who have not been named by Panayi was ques - est to Cypriots raised serious fi - structive manner and by making tions, as well as NATO - to by UEFA, European football's paid for months. tioned last month and the nancial questions. use of the available diplomatic which Greek and Turkey belong governing body, on 17 first di - He said some top teams like match-fixing investigation is on - Lefteris Christou, head of the channels of dialogue.” - prompting international diplo - vision games which suggested APOEL Nicosia, Omonia, Apol - going. Pay TV platform Cytavision, Uneasiness built quickly after mats to cool for cooler heads be - the league is plagued by match- lon, Anorthosis Famagusta and He has not been arrested or confirmed to the AP the channel the new coalition led by Prime fore the incident escalated. fixing. AEL Limassol were too powerful charged, so the AP is not nam - broadcast Albanian soccer Minister and Radical Left In a related development, He said the games mostly in - to be affected by match-fixing. ing him. Through a spokesman, championship matches for the SYRIZA leader Alexis Tsipras Foreign Minister Nikos Kotzias volved teams facing relegation In January the head of the the CFA official told the AP he 2010-11 season. He said those took power as he had to bring told Russian radio station Sput - in the last three years and an Cyprus' referees' association, "would not comment on the al - were part of a package involving in a partner, the fiercely nation - nik that Greece and Cyprus investigation has begun. Michalis Argyrou, and former legations at this time." rights to other matches, but alistic Independent Greeks could act as a “bridge” between When asked about Panayi's referee Michalis Spyrou were The whistleblower said wouldn't say which company it (ANEL) and made its leader, the EU and Russia as they have allegations, UEFA told the AP it detained on match-fixing suspi - Cypriot referees are groomed at negotiated with or how much Panos Kammenos, his Defense never been opposing powers. is "working closely with the cions. Police say the allegations an early age to accept match- the deal cost. Minister. Kotzias also claimed that, by Cyprus FA and cannot comment against Argyrou centered on a fixing. The Cyprus Auditor General's Kammenos had irritated questioning EU sanctions on ongoing investigations." game between Aris Limassol "The problem is very deeply annual report for 2013 said Cy - Turkey by flying over the dis - against Russia, Greece led to The Cyprus soccer world has and Paralimni in April 2012 rooted and starts at the lowest tavision paid 2.38 million euros puted islets of Imia and drop - “the Europeans listening... and ($2.69 million) on sports broad - ping flowers from a helicopter now we are contributing to the cast rights that year, of which in the memory of Greek pilots creation of European policy.” 2.2 million euros ($2.49 mil - This Week in Greek History: lion) was paid to "four foreign companies belonging to or re - lating to the same individual Dodecanese Islands are Greek Again who is a member of the CFA's Executive Board." Three of those companies are On March 7, 1948, amid registered in the Seychelles and great fanfare and exuberance, the other in the British Virgin King Pavlos and Queen Freder - Isles. The report criticized the ica of Greece arrived on the is - fact that content purchasing de - land of Rhodes to declare that cisions using taxpayer funds the Dodecanese Islands – of weren't accompanied by cost- which Rhodes is the largest and benefit analyses of whether the the seat of authority – were once events were watched. again officially part of Greece. Koutsokoumnis told re - The Islands experienced a porters the CFA official acted as long and difficult saga through - an agent selling content to dif - out their history. ferent channels and that a sports From Ancient times invaded watchdog had uncovered no by the Persians, later experienc - wrongdoing. ing quasi-autonomy within the Panayi began refereeing at Roman Empire, and finally sub - 13, rising through the ranks. He U.S. Ambassador in Cyprus John Koenig. ject to the control of the Ot - says he has rebuffed requests to tomans, the Dodecanese de - match-fix three times in his ca - clared their independence on reer — once by a journalist with June 4, 1912, proclaiming close ties to a 3rd-division team, Cyprus-Russia Closer Ties themselves the Federation of another time by an associate of Dodecanese Islands. a 4th-division coach and a third The Federation was short- time involving a 1st-division Irk US, Tweet Tension lived, as Italy quickly seized the match in the 2011-12 season islands and held them until that is now among those under Continued from page 1 cooperation, support for Ukrain - 1943, when Italy’s World War II investigation. ian sovereignty, and Coalition woes caused the nation to falter He is going public with the “We obviously have been efforts to defeat ISIS. on many fronts, and Germany match-fixing charges because he very clear about different kinds Nuland also expressed the took control of the Dodecanese. says he can no longer tolerate of events, and I’m not going to United States’ continued sup - Following the Allies’ victory, the corruption that is ruining try and link them,” she said. port for the Cyprus settlement Britain briefly took control of the sport he loves. His actions Earlier on March 2 Foreign process, conducted under the the Islands’ administration, until 12 of the 15 principal (there are more) Dodecanese islands. have angered many fellow ref - Minister Ioannis Kasoulides met auspices of the UN, to reunify Greece took over in 1947 and, Not shown: Agathonisi, Kasos, and Kastellorizo. erees, however. Assistant Secretary of State Vic - the island as a bi-zonal, bi-com - a year later, officially reincorpo - Panayi has not worked as a toria Nuland in Washington and munal federation, CNA said, al - rated them into Greece. ally 15 in total, not counting the Kasos, Kastellorizo, Kos, Leros, referee since giving the evidence a State Department official said though Anastasiades has com - Besides Rhodes, the other smaller islets) are, in alphabeti - Lipsoi, Nisyros, Patmos, Symi, to police and says he may look that they discussed several is - plained pressure is being put on significant, inhabited Dode - cal order: Agathonisi, Astypalea, and Tilos. for a job abroad once the inves - sues of shared interest, includ - him to relent to Turkey and try canese islands (there are actu - Chalki, Kalymnos, Karpathos, tigation is complete. ing increased bilateral economic to end the island's division. 12 EDITORIALS LETTERS THE NATIONAL HERALD, MARCH 7-13, 2015

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Scaros and we, their modern-day descendants, aspire our sincere, heartfelt thoughts. one to invite him to Washington and, in fact, made clear his strong to continue that tradition. We will share them with you every two opposition to the speech. from time to time, an issue emerges and We respect one another’s opinion very much, weeks. We hope you enjoy them, and we look Furthermore, as if that were not enough, Israeli Prime Minister inspires various minds to converge, often at but often times we will disagree on particular forward to your taking part in the discussion Benjamin Netanyahu’s speech was broadcast live on several Amer - odds with one another, to discuss it. Hopefully, issues. We would never fabricate a difference as well – by contributing letters to the editor in ican television networks as though he were…the president! collective enlightenment will result from such of opinion for the sake of writing an interesting response, and/or commenting on our website: Of course, Netanyahu is not just any prime minister. He is the conversations. the Ancient Greeks did that in column. www.thenationalherald.com leader of Israel, clearly America’s staunchest ally in the Middle East. And the invitation was made by the Republicans, who control both the House and the Senate, in order to give Netanyahu the opportunity to torpedo a pending agreement between the United When Issue of Evolution Results in Political Devolution States and Iran regarding the latter’s nuclear program. Many might wonder: “how can we allow a foreign leader to impose his policy on our country?” But this is not the first time SCAROS PRESENTS HIS der: “hey, what happened? Was is Walker & Co.’s sad dilemma. ticular set of interpretations on that the head of another nation’s government has been invited to POINT OF VIEW there an epiphany that we That said, though a sincere, in - everyone. speak before Congress. The only difference is, those speeches were Dan, the latest brouhaha over missed? We didn’t get the memo.” tellectual discussion about these Creationists have been respon - made either by the invitation of the American president at the Scott Walker’s famous “punt” on Take, for example, a recent ar - theories should be welcomed by sible for cutting back or eliminat - time, or with his approval. the question a London reporter ticle by Liz Fields of ABC News. all, that is not what the paparazzi ing funding for stem-cell research, How, then, does Netanyahu wield such power and influence in asked him about whether he be - Regarding a survey conducted by seek; it is sensationalist, scan - which often seeks to cure or treat America, to make it to Capitol Hill and entirely bypass the White lieves in evolution raises an issue the National Science Foundation, dalous headlines they’re after. And currently incurable diseases. The House? When you have at your disposal the political influence, far more significant than Walker she writes: “Only 39 percent an - so, if were in the candidates’ U.S. now trails European re - economic power and – justified – passion with which our Jewish- himself. swered correctly with ‘true’ when shoes, I would respond: “yes, I be - searchers in a field that the U.S. American friends support Israel, you take advantage of it. One On the one hand, I don’t blame asked if ‘The universe began with lieve in evolution. Do you believe pioneered. Many Creationists also cannot help but admire them. And for us Greeks, it is natural to be him, because it is a gotcha ques - a huge explosion,’ while only 48 in gravity?” believe human actions cannot af - even a little…jealous. It is impossible not to want to emulate them. tion. Answer “yes” and the fun - percent knew that ‘Human beings, fect climate change as only God One can also argue that this episode can be turned into a damentalist Bible thumpers will as we know them today, devel - GEORGAKAS RESPONDS controls natural forces. Many positive thing by the government, to help serve America’s best in - write you off. Answer “no” and oped from earlier species of ani - Dino, I also am fascinated opine that when a natural disaster, terests. It can be used as a reason to press Iran for more concessions. the militant atheists will call you mals," according to the state - about speculations on how and a disease, or even poverty prevails, Moreover, President Obama’s more balanced approach to Middle a Bible thumper. ment.” why we came into existence, but God is punishing the wicked. Cre - East policy, while seen as betrayal by strong Israel supporters can Personally, the answer to that “Answered correctly?” So the I am going to concentrate on what ationists have been energetic in be viewed as a courageous alternative approach. It might encourage question is about as important to Big Bang theory is no longer a be - is indicated when politicians make trying to have Creationism taught Arabs to be more forthcoming in joining America’s effort to combat me in supporting a presidential lief, it is now incontrovertible fact? “Creationism” a central element in grade school science courses terror in that region. candidate as is: “do you prefer And human beings were once in their political agenda. Let me alongside of or replacing the the - Regardless of these possibilities, there is no doubt that relations mustard or mayo on your turkey snails but got tired of crawling on immediately emphasize that I am ory of evolution. Worth noting in between Israel and the United States will withstand the test they sandwich?” their bellies and decided to grow not speaking of people who be - that regard is that the Catholic currently endure by the chilly if not abrasive relationship between For that reason, it is amusing arms and legs? lieve a divine force created us. I Church and other Christians have their respective leaders. to sit on the sidelines and watch Unlike Biblical fundamental - am referring to a specific Ameri - found the theory of evolution to Nonetheless, though we have consistently supported Israel's people fume about this – as if the ists, if either of those theories are can political movement with for - be compatible with Christianity. right to exist and promoted on these pages friendship and mutual next president has any power over true, it does not rock my world. mal institutions and publications A subset of Creationists is sure support between Israel and Greece long before that became fash - whether that theory is true or not. My belief in God is not dependent that is mainly concentrated in the the world is no more than 6,000 ionable, we must point out that this time, Netanyahu went too far. Let’s take evolution at its extreme: upon Biblical literality or infalli - ultraconservative wing of the Re - years old despite geological and Just because he has the power to do so, based on his tremendous man either descended from an bility. Therefore, I have no prob - publican Party. anthropological evidence to the influence with House Speaker John Boehner and Congress’ pro-Is - earthworm, or he did not. And no lem fully reconciling that “God What distinguishes these Cre - contrary. This reminds me of rael lobby does not mean he should humiliate the American pres - one who is elected president can caused the Big Bang” or that He ationists is their belief that the when the Catholic Church, despite ident. Netanyahu’s behavior left a bitter taste among the general change that. So why are we even created snails that later evolved Christian Bible is infallible. Even the work of Copernicus and public and could harm short-term relations between the two coun - bothering asking it? There must into humans. But these surveys more troubling, they often believe Galileo, insisted the earth was the tries. be some underlying reason – and are not sincere, and that’s the in a literal interpretation of pas - center of the universe rather than It is also likely that the Republicans will be hurt by this maneuver there is. problem. If they were, then they sages in their Bible of choice. They a small planet revolving around a as well. Had a Republican won the presidency in 2012 who pro - The crux of the matter is this: would also ask questions like: “do seem indifferent to the fact that modestly-sized sun in one of posed the same nuclear agreement with Iran – even if Boehner “do you believe in evolution” re - you believe that water freezes at they are quoting English transla - many galaxies. disagreed with it, would Boehner have gone so far as to invite Ne - ally means: “do you believe in 32 degrees Fahrenheit? Do you tions of texts originally written in Creationists strive to have their tanyahu? Was this really on principle or yet another opportunity God, do you believe in the Biblical believe that butterflies were once other languages or that even the religious views shape laws and to stick it to Obama? Creation story, and does that caterpillars? Do you believe that meaning of many English words medical procedures related to the Besides, Boehner set a precedent which, soon enough, might mean you will govern based on there are other planets in the uni - used in the Bible has changed. reproductive rights of women and come back to haunt a Republican president falling victim to the those beliefs?” That line of think - verse?” The Old Testament was com - end-of-life decisions by the termi - same treatment by a Democratic Congress. ing leads to subsequent questions: The reason that these “scien - piled by Hebrew clerics who de - nally ill. Creationists generally are It will take time, and new leaders to heal the wounds from this “Is your policy toward Israel going tists” are so fascinated with what cided which texts were sacred, of - hostile to gay rights as they are episode. Netanyahu gained only a Pyrrhic victory. to be based on your belief that people believe about evolution ten with bitter disagreements. The certain that homosexuality is a sin. end times are imminent? Are you and the Big Bang theory is be - New Testament is a translation of In the realm of foreign policy, Cre - not particularly concerned about cause of their own slant, that there the Aramaic spoken by Jesus and ationism is a woeful mindset for climate change because you think is no God. Accordingly, they prop his disciples. Its contents, partly dealing with a multicultural world Kindred Economists God is going to take care of every - up their Biblical literalist straw written in Greek, were compiled in which religious fanaticism is thing? Would you propose Con - man as the only antithesis to their by Greek-language religious lead - creating havoc on all continents. stitutional amendments that out - beliefs. In short, they want to “ed - ers. A number of texts recognized Particularly dangerous are Cre - Paul Krugman, the Nobel Laureate economist/New York Times law abortion and same-sex ucate” the entire world to be athe - by only some Christians as di - ationists who back extremist ac - columnist, agrees with Greek Finance Minister Yanis Varoufakis’ marriage?” ists, and their agenda becomes vinely inspired are identified as tions by Israel against Palestinians declaration that Greece reached a good agreement with Europe. A larger issue is that of the easier when their critics say the Apocrypha. due to the Creationist’s belief that Surprise, surprise! left’s passive-aggressive scheming. “you’re wrong, because God cre - All of the above makes Biblical the second coming of Christ will In a controversial interview with Antenna, Varoufakis specifically Granted, unscrupulous types exist ated the world, it says so right in scholarship a rich field of study. emerge from a fatal confrontation said: “What we have achieved is even better than I expected.” on both sides, but they are very the Bible.” Different Christian dominations between Israel and its Arab an - Krugman, in turn, wrote in his column : “Greece came out of different in style. Rabid As for Scott Walker and his fel - have interesting theories on why tagonists. the negotiations pretty well, although the big fights are still to rightwingers, for instance, try to low Republicans, they should not the Bible sometimes tells the same Candidates for public office come.” The congruence of views remarkable. out-anger their competition. Left - shy away from evolution, or from story in more than one version. who proclaim with gusto that they Krugman's op-ed piece focuses on the fact that Greece is now ists, though, are often more sub - any other issue. But if they were There are many interpretations of are Creationists are people I could being asked to achieve a lower primary surplus – where interest tle, and therefore more danger - to explain it as I just did – that what specific passages mean. Cre - never support. They constitute a payments are excluded – than the 4 percent the Troika was de - ous. They very quietly transform you can question Darwinism, Big ationists are not concerned with threat to the best aspects of Amer - manding before. That would enable Greece to spend more of the theory into incontrovertible fact Bang, and the Bible all at once – such subtleties. Like Muslim ex - ican culture. surplus – if one exists, and that is where Krugman errs – on easing at the drop of a hat, and then act that last one is going to turn off a tremists, Creationists strive to the social crisis. surprised when the rest of us won - lot of Republican voters. And that have the state impose their par - WHAT’S YOUR OPINION? Krugman writes: “The language about future surpluses was ob - scure. It could mean anything or nothing.” Didn’t Varoufakis use the exact same words in his interview with Antenna? Strange… Observations By Antonis H. Diamataris But as remarkable as that is, even more important is this other Varoufakis revelation: “Our next choice, to gain our freedom from the Eurogroup, would be the exit from the euro, but that would be Please, Not Another Venezuela the errors they committed in handling the try, despite the bundle of EU funds sent to a catastrophe.” Eurozone talks. Greece for that purpose, Papandreou turned That their “Plan B” is an exit from the Eurozone is thus men - “The two most aggressive conservative I am worried because they suggest a dis - the attention elsewhere: to conspiracies tioned for the first time. powers in Europe set a trap for us, in coop - position not for addressing the country’s against him, purportedly led by the CIA. He Indeed, once German Finance Minister Wolfgang Schaeuble eration with the Samaras government, to problems, but for spinning the failures by focused his efforts on supposed attempts to determined that Greece would not raise the Grexit issue during dash us onto the rocks before we took over,” attributing them to others: third parties in overthrow him. Castro and Chavez did sim - the talks, Varoufakis’ bargaining position was weakened. Now, said Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras. Greece and abroad. ilar things, with well-known consequences Varoufakis turns it around and celebrates it. Why muddy the waters Since SYRIZA’s victory a month ago, a It is an age-old demagogic recipe. In our in Cuba and the sad situation in Venezuela of future negotiations, after all? number of disturbing things have happened, times it was turned into an art by Cuba’s today. Independent of that, however, the specific reference is serious, some of which have been noted in this col - Fidel Castro, Venezuela’s Hugo Chavez, and So, tactics of crying wolf do work in pol - and potentially dangerous. Because from the moment that a Grexit umn in the hope for improvement. others. itics, but only temporarily. But then they is uttered by official lips, even with the addition that it would be One can see these stemming from a lack In Greece, Andreas Papandreou wind up leading the country and its people “devastating,” it opens cracks in public confidence in the Euro – of experience and believe that with the pass - promised things that he could not deliver to dead ends, and the perpetrators earn his - and fires up the Greeks’ imagination. ing of time, under the weight of their re - and which he – very probably – did not tory’s condemnation. In any case, the glamor of the Eurozone and the euro are in - sponsibilities, and with the benefit of better even want to do, such as the removal of I am expressing my anguish here, but creasingly diminishing in the public eye, not only in Greece but in information, SYRIZA’s members will do bet - U.S. military bases. He was distinguished also hope that Tsipras will immediately other Southern European countries, too. ter for Greece in the future. by his high intelligence, and he had great abandon this practice, and that he, a young That, more than anything, is the most alarming message, be - But Tsipras’ quote above – a complaint knowledge about how the world works and man with his future ahead of him, will turn cause the euro is synonymous with Germany, i.e. regarding austerity about a supposed conspiracy by “aggressive Greece’s position in it. Papandreou chose his attention and efforts to solving prob - and poverty. And that, if left unchecked, eventually by itself will conservative powers in Europe” and the that course to rally his supporters – who lems, not finding scapegoats. provide a solution to the EU's problem. Samaras government “dash[ing] us onto the did not have the same level of understand - For God's sake, we do not want become rocks,” leaves me even more worried than ing. When he failed to modernize the coun - Greece to become another Venezuela. THE NATIONAL HERALD, MARCH 7-13, 2015 VIEWPOINTS 13 Restoring Dignity: From a A National Disgrace: Boehner Undermines the President

Christian Science Mindset I have spent the last several bility for reasons the cannot anything nity, other than its neoconserva - weeks trying to find another ex - American body about it. Other tive branch, because he broke a ample of the Speaker of the politic and the gov - than launching Is - cardinal rule of Israeli-American By Kari Mashos © these eighteen years, be loosed House of Representatives invit - ernments of Europe rael’s own nuclear relations. He has chosen sides from this bond on the Sabbath ing a foreign political leader to and Russia all find weapons in a pre - between the American political Greece’s Prime Minister day?’ And when he had said address a joint session of the good and sufficient. emptive attack, parties and picked an open fight Alexis Tsipras vows to restore these things, all his adversaries Congress of the United States in The GOP chicken Netanyahu has no with a sitting American Presi - dignity to the Greek people. On were ashamed: and all the peo - order to undermine the presi - hawks bombastically realistic military dent. The last two times an Is - the face of it, this certainly ple rejoiced for all the glorious dent of our country. Speaker condemn the diplo - options; Iran is too raeli leader challenged a U.S. seems like a reasonable state - things that were done by him” John Boehner’s claim that he in - macy but have not big, too strong and president (Eisenhower in 1956 ment. The worth of each indi - (Luke 13:16, 17). He rebuked vited Israel’s Prime Minister Ben - presented any con - too far away to ex - and Bush 41 in in 1989), it vidual certainly needs to be rec - anything that would argue jamin Netanyahu to inform the vincing argument pect that an Israeli turned out badly for the Israelis. ognized. Everyone deserves to against the value of man by rec - Congress about the dangers of that military action by AMB. PATRICK N. military strike Israel’s Ambassador to the feel a sense of dignity and to be ognizing man as God’s loved negotiating with Iran would in - will not cost us THEROS could possibly do United States Ron Dermer treated with respect. No one and valued child. Jesus taught spire laughter were it not such a dearly in blood and more than inflict should have known better. Given would want his or her life that everyone can waken spiri - serious insult to our nation. Mr. treasure without a Special to minor wounds. He that he was an American citizen viewed in any other way. But tually to know themselves as Boehner has several objectives realistic chance of The National Herald desperately needs prior to renouncing that citizen - the cry for dignity is not limited God knows them, and to feel in this grotesque contempt for actually accomplish - to drag America ship in order to become Israel’s to Greece; it is a demand heard the blessing of God’s healing two hundred plus years of Amer - ing our objectives. into war with Iran. Mr. Obama Ambassador to Washington, around the world by many in - love. ican political tradition; none of At least Mr. Netanyahu’s mo - has made it very clear that a mil - Amb. Dermer should understand dividuals and nations. And it is Dismissing others as unwor - them originating out of an ex - tivations are clear and straight - itary option would be a last re - better than most the threat to well deserving of the world’s at - thy of respect because of their cess love of country. Rather he forward. Any realistic diplomatic sort, if all other options failed. Israel’s interest he helped create. tention. social, economic, gender, or ed - invited Netanyahu in an act of resolution to the Iranian nuclear (As an aside, I suspect that if ne - Netanyahu will have spoken The recognition of people’s ucational status or their physical political desperation. issue would kill Mr. Netanyahu’s gotiations fail, Mr. Obama will to the Joint Session by the time dignity helps establish respect condition is not the way of Having won the battle of the political career. He faces a tough nonetheless play them to the you read this viewpoint. What - within neighborhoods. It means Christ. But through the spirit of 2014 elections that gave the reelection in two weeks and des - end of his term and then punt ever he will have said, history seeing the value of each family Christ we are able to see beyond GOP control Congress, John perately needs the drama of a them to his successor. Some will remember his effrontery member, each community mem - these human evaluations into Boehner has lost the war of vicious confrontation with the GOP candidates might thump and, perhaps, the unraveling of ber, and enables us to appreciate the innate spiritual worth of all. proving to the American people president of the United States to their chests but, if elected, I the strongest relationship in be - the diversity of nations. Dignity This spiritual worth is what that the Republicans can actually reverse his declining political doubt anyone would actually tween the United States and an - is not something that can be Christian Science comes to illu - govern. His political party has fortunes. Netanyahu cam - risk calls for war with Iran on other country. given or taken away. It is the in - minate. The Discoverer and degenerated into a fractious col - paigned on a platform of label - the campaign stump.) Add to trinsic value we each have from Founder of Christian Science, lection of anti-government pop - ing Iran an “existential threat” this Netanyahu’s personal hatred The Hon. Ambassador Theros is our Father in heaven, who val - Mary Baker Eddy, rejected any ulists railing against government to Israel’s very existence. (Israel’s for Mr. Obama for his cardinal president of the U.S.-Qatar Busi - ues and needs His loved chil - other valuation of man and while pillaging that same gov - intelligence chiefs and most of sin of seeking peace in the Mid - ness Council. He served in the dren. This makes dignity a di - asked this thought-provoking ernment, southern whites who its military leaders have publicly dle East. Worse, Netanyahu still U.S. Foreign Service for 36 vine imperative and something question: “Shall the opinions, have never accepted the fact that disagreed but one reads very lit - deeply resents Obama forcing years, mostly in the Middle East, that could never be destroyed. systems, doctrines, and dogmas they lost the Civil War, mindless tle of this in the American press.) him to apologize to Turkish and was American Ambassador Understanding dignity to be a of men gauge the animus of libertarians, know-nothings who Mr. Netanyahu has obvious Prime Minister Recip Erdogan to Qatar from 1995 to 1998. He divine valuation lifts humanity man? Or shall his stature in despise knowledge and science, medium term objectives as well. after the botched Israeli attack also directed the State Depart - out of indignity. No one showed Christ, Truth, declare him?” faux religious leaders trying to He needs the United States to that killed nine Turks on a hu - ment’s Counter-Terrorism this more than Christ Jesus. As (“Christian Science vs. Panthe - impose their own jihadist mores get him out of a trap of his own manitarian mission. Office, and holds numerous U.S. the Son of God he proved, with ism,” p. 11). on the American people and the making. Having created the Mr. Netanyahu has horrified Government decorations. fabulously wealthy who exploit threat, he found too late that he the American Jewish commu - the rest to protect their riches. Only one cause unites this coali - tion: a bitter hatred of President Barrack Obama. The GOP had one campaign theme in the 2014 Congressional elections: Obama. This hatred has led the GOP to fight anything that Mr. Obama proposes, even “Obamacare,” which was conceived by conser - vative think tanks and brought to life by a Republican governor in Massachusetts. The hatred ral - lied the faithful to vote; it ap - pears it cannot hold them to - gether. Boehner’s contention that we need Mr. Netanyahu to lead us out of our political wilderness, frankly, insults our intelligence. We have heard all the arguments regarding the diplomatic efforts to prevent Iran from developing AP Photo/Andrew hArniK nuclear weapons. We all agree Israeli Prime Minister spoke to a joint session of Congress on March 3. Behind him are Senate on the endgame; Iran should not President Pro Tempore Orrin Hatch (R) and House Speaker John Boehner, who invited Ne - have a nuclear weapons capa - tanyahu to speak without first consulting President Obama.

LETTER FROM ATHENS Fool a Dysfunctional Nation with Constructive Ambiguity

HELP WANTED: Country His answer? it has worked of more despicable is that while seeks a Philosopher-King, a wise “Constructive ambi - course because the there was no choice but to go “Shall the opinions, systems, doctrines, and dogmas of men man or woman who has the guity,” which is his government had a along with the Troika program, gauge the animus of man? Or shall his stature in Christ, Truth, common good at heart and not way of explaining 76 percent ap - he positioned himself as the declare him?” (Mary Baker Eddy – Christian Science vs. Pan - personal profit. Someone with why he’s fine with proval rating in an Champion of the People and, af - theism) the will to resist rich people who the vague language initial survey after ter buckling, tried to portray will try to buy them off or pres - in alleged reforms being humiliated himself as their hero. That posi - divine authority, that recogniz - This question has made me sure them, a fearless vertebrate Greece presented to by the Troika. tion is already taken by Glezos. ing our value and worth brings take special care in how I value to stand up to special interests the Troika of the Eu - Tsipras said he After spending a couple of healing. everyone that crosses my path. and whack job political parties ropean Union-Inter - wouldn’t talk to years assailing New Democracy One clear example of this is As Jesus’ example shows us, the and extremists. With an excel - national Monetary the Troika. He did. Capitalist leader Antonis Sama - when a crippled woman was in inherent dignity of our stature lent background in Greek phi - Fund-European Troika leads, 1-0. ras, and the party as having sub - Jesus’ presence. He called her in Christ must be understood losophy, egalitarianism and who Central Bank (EU- by ANDY Tsipras said he mitted to the Troika, Tsipras did to him. In spite of the indignity and lived. In this way we can can balance a checkbook to 12 IMF-ECB), which he DABILIS wouldn’t accept a exactly the same, much the she may have felt from the pub - all come to “the knowledge of figures, a modest humble per - calls “The Institu - bailout extension same way that President Barack lic, she made her way over to the Son of God, unto a perfect son. Someone who can make tions” so he won’t Special to to the two rescue Obama followed the steps in the him. Jesus said to her, “Woman, man, unto the measure of the executive decisions and eschews have to explain why The National Herald packages of 240 snow of George W. Bush on so thou art loosed from thine in - stature of the fullness of Christ” Doublespeak. Pay commensu - the people he said billion euros many issues. firmity. And he laid his hands as it is written in Ephesians rate with experience, good he and Tsipras would never ne - ($272.5 billion) The Troika put And, in line with his Con - on her: and immediately she (4:13). By this, the cry for dig - health care program but no gotiate with beat them down up? He did. Troika leads, 2-0. structive Ambiguity, Tsipras was made straight, and glorified nity can begin to be truly an - profit-sharing. like a Nun with a ruler. Tsipras said he’d get debt relief gave Greece as President a New God” (Luke 13:12, 13). He re - swered – for individuals and for If only. Instead of that, Tsipras and Varoufakis must or walk away from half the debt? Democracy lackey named stored not only her well-being nations. Greece is saddled – after practice speaking out of both He didn’t. Troika wins 3-Love. Prokopis Pavlopoulos, charged and wholeness, but also her decades of professional politi - sides of their mouths at the But Tsipras said he won and with directing the hiring of lit - sense of dignity – and proved to Kari Mashos, CSB, is a practi - cians whose parties took turns same time they have both feet a lot of his zealots believed him, erally thousands of needless all that everyone has value. tioner and teacher of Christian plundering the treasury – with in them, and instead of taking a except for a hero, a real man workers when he was a Minster When asked whether it was law - Science and lectures interna - a spineless political schoolboy Trumanesque stance have signs who knows the truth, World of Silly Hiring or whatever use - ful to demonstrate the healing tionally on the subject. as Prime Minister and a Finance on their desks saying, “The Euro War II hero Manolis Glezos, a less job he held. power of God on the Sabbath, Minister who apparently spends Stops Somewhere Else.” Member of the European Parlia - For that practice, and others, he said, “‘ought not this woman, © 2015 The Christian Science more time on his blog and rid - Most everyone who can add ment for SYRIZA who said the Tsipras said New Democracy being a daughter of Abraham, Monitor (www.CSMonitor.com). ing his motorcycle than his job. to 325 billion understood that party had betrayed itself and its was gutless but, for political ex - whom Satan hath bound, lo, Reprinted with permission. Premier and Radical Way Out Tsipras was lying through his voters and apologized. pediency, said Pavlopoulos was There Left SYRIZA leader Alexis teeth more than George Papan - Glezos doesn’t speak Con - a king of democracy, pure con - Tsipras, who may have broken dreou, the former PASOK Anti- structive Ambiguity so in a dis - structive ambiguity that’s wor - a record for broken promises in Socialist did when he said, “The graceful attempt to discredit thy of the inanities that come the fewest at bats, has as his money is there,” so he could be him for speaking The Plain out of Varoufakis’ mouth and GUEST EDITORIALS sidekick in dealing with inter - elected Captain of the Titanic in Truth, the government put out are so unintelligible they could national lenders who’ve already 2009. He lasted little more than a press release that he didn’t un - be taught at Diplomacy School. the national herald welcomes manuscripts representing a variety of eaten him for lunch, Yanis “Die two years, which will be a lot derstand how tough the negoti - What Greece needs is a man views for publication. they should include the writer’s name, address, Easy” Varoufakis as his finance longer than Tsipras will if he lies ations were. or woman who would stand up and telephone number, and be addressed to the editor, the national chief. again and accepts a third bailout They said that about a man and tell it like it is, no matter herald, 37-10 30th st., long island city, ny 11101. they may also Varoufakis, who preens more from the Troika along with more who, with his friend the late how distasteful or painful, who than a peacock and can’t pass a of the austerity he vowed to re - Apostolos Santas, climbed the would say the road is tough and be e-mailed to [email protected]. we reserve the right mirror without checking to see ject. flagpole of the Acropolis in 1941 everyone – everyone – is going to edit any manuscripts that we publish, and we do not return or if he’s handsomer than the day But Tsipras and Varoufakis and tore down the Swastika to help or sacrifice together or otherwise acknowledge unpublished ones. due to considerations of before, or so he thinks, now is now are practicing constructive while Nazis with machine guns go down together. That’s the space we enforce a strict 850-word upper limit. charged with giving advice on ambiguity in a shallow, trans - weren’t far away. Now THAT’s Plain Truth. how to run a country without parent attempt to fool people, tough. any money. and, voters being who they are, What makes Tsipras' actions [email protected] 14 THE NATIONAL HERALD, MARCH 7-13, 2015