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IL POSTINO VOLUME 1, NUMBER 8 ~ MAY 2001 AuguriAuguri MammeMamme CUSTOMER NUMBER: 04564405 PUBLICATION AGREEMENT NUMBER: 1835041 IL POSTINO • OTTAWA, ONTARIO, CANADA IL POSTINO Page 2 IL POSTINO April 2001 VOLUME 1, NUMBER 8 MOTHERS from the cover 865 Gladstone Avenue, Suite 101 • Ottawa, Ontario K1R 7T4 (613) 567-4532 • [email protected] 1 - Rose D’Amelio and daughter Laura www.ilpostinocanada.com 2 - Rose D’Amelio and daughters Silvia and Laura 1 2 3 4 3 - Filoso family Publisher Preston Street Community Foundation 4 - Ada Dinardo (second from right) with her parents Italian Canadian Community Centre (seated) and siblings. of the National Capital Region Inc. 5 - Gina Ierullo-Borrelli and sons Brandon and 5 6 Executive Editor Alexander Angelo Filoso 6 - Mothers (and sisters) Adelina (Palermo) Bruni, 9 10 Managing Editor Rosina (Palermo), Ottorina (Palermo) Cavalere 7 8 Laura D’Amelio 7 - Giuseppina D’Amelio and granddaughter Silvia Associate Editors 8 - Mary Ierullo, with husband Jimmy and children Oliviana Mingarelli and Fiona Story Angela, Anthony and Peter 11 12 13 14 Advertising Director 9 - Adelina Bruni and daughter Rose Lillian Franovic 10 - Rosa Tiezzi and son Silvio, 1930 18 Graphic Designer 11 - Cesare and Francesca (Imbesi) Ierullo, 1953 15 16 17 Vlado Franovic 12 - Rina Filoso’s mother Layout & Design 13 - Gail Ierullo and grandson Alexander Borrelli Glen Gower 14 - Three generations: Vittoria Ierullo and daughter Classi di Educazione Fisica per Anziani Web site Manager Rosa Rossanese and granddaughter Roberta Rossanese Quando: 18 Giugno, 2001 Amit Patel 15 - Teresa and Antonio Ierullo with family in 1937 Dove: Villa Marconi Casa di Cura a Lunga Degenza Contributors for this issue 16 - 100-year-old woman (in alphabetical order) 1026 Baseline Rd. Cristina Begliomini, Charles Caccia, Dolores Cavallero, Colin 17 - Tammy Lethintin with husband and new daughter Contatto: Chiamare Jennifer Filoso Donelle, Marta Fortini, Heather Loube, Monique Moreau, 18 - Angelo Filoso’s mother, Rina Filoso and Daughter Oliviana Mingarelli, Luciano Pradal, Fiona Story al numero (613) 727-6201 Special thanks to Francesco Lorrigio and Italo Tiezzi Job Opportunity for: Submissions Seniors Fitness Instructor We welcome submissions, letters, articles, story ideas and photos. All materials for editorial consideration must be double Health, Recreation and Fitness programs are spaced, include a word count, and your full name, address and growing in popularity. Villa Marconi would phone number. The editorial staff reserves the right to edit all like to incorporate seniors fitness classes into submissions for length, clarity and style. their daily routine. It is targeted to seniors who want to become more physically fit. Next Deadline May 18, 2001 A Senior Fitness Instructor is needed to promote the health and well-being of Italian Canadian seniors and planning and co-ordinating various progams and activities for seniors such as fitness classes and lawn bowling. Il Postino is publication supported by its advertisers and sale of the issues. It is published monthly. The opinions and ideas Qualifications: expressed in the articles are not necessarily those held by Il Postino. - certified fitness for seniors instruction with a post secondary education programming, consisting of 19 hours practical component, CPR/First Aid certification Subscription rates - strong knowledge of teaching skills In Canada $20.00 (includes GST) per year. - strong knowledge of recruiting, training and co-ordinating volunteers Foreign $38 per year. - strong knowledge of marketing planning and co-ordinating participants - strong interpersonal and communication skills ©Copyright 2000 Il Postino. - fluent in Italian and English, spoken and written All rights reserved. Any reproduction of the contents is strictly To apply, fax your resumé to Jennifer Filoso at 727-9352. prohibited without written permission from Il Postino. 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May 2001 IL POSTINO Page 3 Community / Comunità Italian community gives $7,500 to Looking from Signal Hill into Operation Go Home Total of $27,500 to date by Colin Donelle His voice was low and raspy as he the next millennium spoke and his hands and feet were in a constant nervous motion. He softly dis- th cussed his life on the street - his experi- Marconi’s 100 anniversary is honoured ences during and after. His name was Joe, and for four years, until he turned 18, he had managed to survive on the streets until he needed help. by Laura D’Amelio and Canadian telecommuni- Canada-Italy Business “If someone wants up, this gives the On Dec. 12, 1901, Guglielmo Marconi, cation specialists in Septem- Sector. opportunity to lift them up,” he said to the a man born in Bologna, Italy, stood atop ber. The Wireless Vision Con- While using the audience. It was a personal identification Signal Hill in Newfoundland, Canada and gress will gather experts in celebration of this his- of the work and success of Operation Go received the first signal to be transmitted telecommunications in St. toric anniversary as an Home, one of the many faces that has across the Atlantic Ocean. The beacon John’s, from Sept. 26 to 28. opportunity to foster been given another opportunity at a bet- was originating from Cornwall, England The goal of the confer- and extend business ter life. and the event was to become a starting ence, according to promo- relations between the OGH is an organization that allows point for the advancement of telecommu- tional literature for the two countries, Boffo homeless youth to get off the streets, pro- nication for the next 50 years. event, is to “look beyond made it clear that they viding them with a chance for renewal and Marconi’s progression with his experi- the day to day to the vision must also send a mes- the opportunity to be reunited with family ments would lead to breakthroughs in of what the world will be- sage to the citizens, and friends. On March 31, the Outreach communications both in radio and broad- come” with advance- both Canadian and Ital- Benefit Gala and Silent Auction was held casting and in navigation systems. It ments in telecommunica- ian, and get them in- at the Ottawa Congress Centre to raise would affect everyday lives of citizens and tions. Congress chair John volved. money for OGH. connect the world in ways never thought Kelly has insisted that this Canadian telecom- Created by Rev. Norman Johnston in 1971, possible. is not a trade show but a munication experts can OGH was initially set up in Ottawa, but has The Embassy of Italy recognized the ‘thinkers’ congress’.” now also take advantage since branched to Toronto, Winnipeg and historic importance of Marconi on April 25 Interactive sessions of the year’s festivities Vancouver, with plans to locate in even more as Mario Boffo, acting Italian ambassador between panelists and through the Guglielmo cities. Mayor Bob Chiarelli, one of the many to Canada, told the invitees to a dinner at delegates who develop Marconi scholarship es- supporters of OGH, discussed its great attend- the Ambassador’s residence of the events new technology and those who actually tablished by the Italian government. This ance and success rates. planned in Marconi’s honour. use it will hopefully create an exchange scholarship allows Canadian researchers “This has truly been an incredible his- Marconi’s achievements as an Ital- of ideas. Also, some issues to be dis- and specialists in telecommunications un- tory . to have so high a degree of suc- ian working in Canada have been a spe- cussed are the protection of cultural iden- dertake advanced studies in Italy. The Ital- cess,” said Chiarelli. cial interest to the Italian Embassy. Boffo tity and diversity, overcoming distance in ian Embassy hopes that this will promote Last year alone the organization was emphasized the importance of Italy and rural and remote areas, and sea-to-sky the development of contacts while send- able to assist 8,603 youths nationwide, a Canada working in cooperation in high possibilities. ing the message that Italy has the ability compelling figure for additional financing technology to continue Marconi’s vision Speakers at the conference will in- to train more than artists and musicians. from all levels of government. “This is defi- and outlined the steps that have already clude Jean Monty, chairman and chief “We expect that Canada will soon es- nitely something I support - as an indi- been taken to achieve this goal. executive officer for BCE Inc., Frank tablish a similar scholarship for Italian Citi- vidual and as a representative of the City Through Marconi celebrations, the Plastina, president of Wireless Internet at zens, thereby doubling the results of this of Ottawa,” Chiarelli added. embassy would like to convey three spe- Nortel Networks and Brian Tobin, Minis- program,” says Boffo. CTV news anchor Max Keeping, who cific messages to both Canadian and Ital- ter of Industry. Through the three-fold message Boffo also donated $1,000 to OGH, spoke about ian citizens. The first is that Italy has a All these events were spurred by the laid out, the embassy hopes to change the how the organization has the ability to tradition of science and technology and positive results of an Italy-Canada Invest- stereotypes often associated with Italy.