The National Herald a b www.thenationalherald.com VOL. 9, ISSUE 433 A WEEKLY GREEK AMERICAN PUBLICATION JANUARY 28, 2006 $1.00 - GREECE: 1.75 Euro Seahawks’ St. Nicholas Church Super Bowl Aiming to Complete Bound Niko Koutouvides Preliminary Plans By Liana Sideri wanted to assure the community By Evan C. Lambrou Special to The National Herald that there was no problem, in spite Special to The National Herald of the seemingly slow pace. NEW YORK - The preliminary “You have to consider that it's NEW YORK - A Greek Amer- design for the new Saint Nicholas already 2006. It's been well over ican is slated to play in Super Bowl Church in Downtown Manhattan, four years since the terrorist at- XL: Niko Stelios Koutouvides, an which was destroyed during the tacks, and now we're entering a inside linebacker for the NFC heinous 9/11 terrorist attacks, will fifth. Not much has been done yet, champion Seattle Seahawks, who be not ready before the Summer of period,” he said. will meet the AFC's Pittsburgh 2006, according to church officials. Against the backdrop of the en- Steelers in the big game next Sun- The actual reconstruction effort tire project, he pointed out, anoth- day, February 5, in Detroit. could take as long as two years be- er 1-2 years for St. Nicholas Church Not since Alex Karras, the fore it starts, church officials said, is not that long a wait, though he great defensive tackle and “Pride with an anticipated completion would not confirm whether the St. of the Detroit Lions” in the 1960's, date of 2009. Nicholas community, a parish of has professional football seen a The church project depends on some 70 families, would have to Greek American defensive sensa- the pace of the entire World Trade wait until 2007 or 2008 for con- tion. Center redevelopment project, Koutouvides is originally from which is within the purview of the Plainville, Connecticut. That's AP PHOTO/PETROS GIANNAKOURIS Lower Manhattan Development right next door to Bristol, where A Rare Sight: Snow on the Acropolis Corporation (see related story). Greek American the ESPN mothership sits. He has Infrastructure also needs to be Anne Papageorge played his way into highlights on A woman walks past the Parthenon during an unusual snowfall in Athens this past Wednesday, January 25. in place before reconstruction of the network, first as an All-Big Freezing temperatures and further snowfall continued as Greece was hit by a several days of severe weather the church can commence, and a In Charge of WTC Ten linebacker at Purdue Univer- this week. Many businesses were forced to shut down. precise location for the new church Memorial Project sity, and now with the Seahawks. on the WTC Memorial site remains As a rookie last season, he led to be determined. SEE STORY ON PAGE 5 Seattle in special teams tackles “Because the vehicle network with 16. that goes below this whole complex Though he led the Seahawks in starts there, the Port Authority, special teams tackles in the 2004- Phil Goes to the Mats with Arnold which is also the landowner, works struction of its church to begin. 05 season, it was the opportunity closely with the Greek Archdiocese “The amount of time we have to to see regular season action which By Michael Finnegan gelides said he was so thrilled - Primary, Angelides has comman- of America to create infrastructure wait for the church to be rebuilt is mattered most to the then-rookie Los Angeles Times "honored beyond belief" - that he deered the party establishment. according to the needs of the city not as important as the fact that ev- linebacker. Koutouvides started had goose bumps. "I'd love to be He has lined up support from and the state,” said Anne Papa- erything is moving smoothly,” he the final two regular season games OAKLAND - Settled in the able to announce this publicly with more than three dozen unions, george, LMDC Senior Vice Presi- said, adding that he is “interfacing” at middle linebacker for the Sea- back of a black sedan, California you," he said. "Can we do some- 200-plus elected officials and hun- dent of Memorial, Cultural and for the Archdiocese with the hawks, his first career starts, as State Treasurer Phil Angelides thing tomorrow morning?" He dreds of other party insiders. In Civic Development. Governor's office to “make sure well as the postseason matchup jumped at the chance to take a call grinned and thanked Paulson. most years, that would seal his vic- According to Rev. Alexander things happen” for the historic little against the St. Louis Rams. His 8 from Lou Paulson, president of "Bye-bye, buddy." tory. Karloutsos, who said he is oversee- church, which was leveled when the tackles in the final regular season the California Professional Fire- With that, Angelides closed the But with state Controller Steve ing the project on behalf of the Twin Towers came crashing down game against the Atlanta Falcons fighters union. flip-phone and raced across the Westly ready to spend more than Archdiocese, “No construction will that fateful day. also tied a team high with Isaiah Paulson told Angelides that the fog-shrouded hills near Oakland $20 million of his personal fortune begin until the site is prepared for Arthur Piccolo, president of the Kacyvenski. firefighters, a nemesis of Gover- to his next campaign stop. battling Angelides for the nomina- that, as there are still issues of secu- Bowling Green Association in Low- nor Arnold Schwarzenegger, Just over four months before rity regarding infrastructure.” Continued on Page 4 would back him for Governor. An- the Democratic Gubernatorial Continued on Page 2 Father Karloutsos also said he Continued on Page 5 Dispelling our Teacher of the Year: Eva Panagis Notions about By Stavros Marmarinos “Mrs. Panagis is an incredible, In 1960, she attended an educa- Who Is Greek Special to The National Herald model educator who has been tion seminar in Israel. Three years serving her school with conscious- later, in 1963, she met her hus- NEW YORK - Eva Panagis, ness,” Mrs. Manolis said. band, Louis Panagis, with whom And Who Isn’t the beloved educator of the Sote- UNDER A BRIGHT SUN she immigrated to the United By Steve Frangos rios Ellenas Parochial School of The honoree grew up in Kyre- States. Special to The National Herald the Kimisis tis Theotokou (Dormi- nia, Cyprus which is now in the Mr. Panagis passed away in tion) Church in Brooklyn has been Turkish-occupied area of the di- 1991 after a long illness. The cou- All my life, I have heard one chosen as The National Herald's vided island republic's northern ple had a son, Panagiotis, who is famous person after another iden- 2005 Teacher of the Year. territory. The eldest of five chil- now employed by Atlantic Bank. tified as someone who is “really a “I am completely surprised. I dren, she told the Herald that her Mrs. Panagis is also a grandmoth- Greek.” Every few years, the don't know what to say or how to childhood was spent “next to a er. Her granddaughter, Evanthea, names change, but the underlying thank you for this honor,” Mrs. blue sea and under a bright sun.” is a student at the Hellenic Char- idea remains the same: Someone Panagis, who has been teaching at She said that her parents Char- ter School in Brooklyn. famous is also a Greek. the School since 1974, told the alambos and Eleni Michailidou in- The honoree also serves as an Few of these persons were or Herald. “There are so many col- stilled the “love of God and let- assistant and advisor at the Hel- are, in fact, of Greek ethnic origin. leagues of mine in the United ters” in her, and that becoming a lenic Classical School, which is lo- As a public service, and to remove States who have given their life to teacher was her childhood dream. cated at the Soterios Ellenas' facil- these names from the records of Greek education and who are wor- “I wanted to be a teacher ever ities. “Greek Celebrities” all across the TNH/COSTAS BEJ thy of being honored by all of us,” since I was a little girl,” she said. “A lot of people ask me what World Wide Web, I will offer my Historic visit she added. After graduating from high school keeps me going,” she said. “I tell own alphabetical listing of a select School Principle Maria Manolis in Kyrenia, she studied in Athens them that, although I love my fam- few of these mythical Greeks. Republic of Cyprus President meeting with Archbishop Demetrios of praised Mrs. Panagis, and com- and was then appointed to her for- ily and am always by their side, I It necessary to point out that, America during the Archbishop’s historic trip to Cyprus this week. See mended The National Herald for mer school, where she taught for simply because Euro-American story on page 2. this year's selection. six years. Continued on Page 4 sources can not distinguish be- tween Greeks of different time pe- riods, this does not automatically mean we have to maintain this cockeyed custom. Okay, Plato is Typhoid Fever famous, but is he famous in the Intl Human Trafficking same sense as George Tenet? Per- Killed Pericles, haps what all these lists of famous Conference in Greece people are suggesting is the mod- According to ern notion of celebrity status. By Zoe Tsine exploitation, conference organiz- Greek Scientists Taking this to be the actual Special to The National Herald ers said.