Office of Corresponding Secretary: Chapter Officers Loucas Hajiantoni (editor) Order of Ahepa William Bond President 6374 Montgomery Road Alec Hajimihalis 1st Vice President Elkridge MD 21075 Worthington Chapter Jim Constantinides 2nd Vice President Phone & Fax: 410-796-1238 Nicholas Krial Treasurer Cell 443-812-0499 John Stathopoulos Dues Secretary E-Mail: loucash@comcast. net No. 30 Newsletter Mark Kaidy Recording Secretary www.ahepa30.com - www.ahepa30.org Loucas Hajiantoni Corresp. Secretary Baltimore, Maryland Appointed Officers Board of Governors Gus Letras Warden Our Mission is to promote Stephen Bourexis, (Chairman), Gus Stavrides Tony Georgakis Chaplain the Hellenic Ideals of Dr. Pete Nickolas. Tony Georgakis, Nick Bill Koutrelakos Captain of the Guard Education, Philanthropy, Kiladis, Jordan Genetos, Peter G. Samios Bill Coutros Athletic Director Civic Responsibility, Nick Kiladis Sentinel Family, and Individual Excellence April 2010 - Volume: 86 - Issue: 8 Delegates to the District and National tournament. This is our chapter’s main fundraiser President’s Message conferences will be selected at the chapter April for the year and we want this to be a huge success 7th meeting. so that we can build on this success for future John Mostakis, District #3 Secretary will be golf tournaments. ear Brothers attending our April 7 th meeting to give us an Please ask your friends and your business D I would like to take this opportunity to update on what is happening at the District and associates to form a foursome for the tournament. wish you and your family a good Easter (Kalo the National. We are pleased to have him with us. If you own a business, consider taking a $100 ad Pascha) and may the blessings of the resurrected The Daughters of Penelope Alcmene for the tournament. If you have friends or Lord fill your homes with peace, love and Chapter #27 has invited members of our chapter business associates, ask them to take a $100 ad prosperity. to their 75 th Anniversary Luncheon on Saturday, for the tournament. Our March meeting was well attended as we May 1, 2010 at the Sheraton Baltimore North The Golf Tournament Committee has had 24 brothers there. I know that you can’t make Hotel. Members of our chapter will attend this worked hard to make this a successful and fun every meeting but make an effort to attend as event to honor our sister organization. event. We believe that everyone who participates many meetings as possible. We need your ideas, Our Scholarship Raffle’s first drawing will will have a great time. The $125 cost will get you guidance, and recommend-dations to keep the take place at out April 7 th meeting. The winner green fees, cart, free use of the driving range & chapter moving forward. will receive a check for $600.00. If you have not balls, free sodas, water, and snacks, a great The revised and new amendments to our sent in your raffle stubs and your check, please dinner, prizes, bag of golf items but most of all a scholarship process were circulated at the March do so as soon as possible. Remember you can great day of golf with your friends and associates. meeting and a vote will be held at our April win more than once. Our next two drawings are LET’S MAKE THIS OUR CHAPTER’S MOST meeting to make these amendments part of our in May ($800.00) and June ($1350.00). SUCCESSFUL EVENT OF THE YEAR! SEE by-laws. These changes basically open the Art Constantinides is still selling 50/50 THE GOLF TOURNAMENT FLYER ON OUR participation in the chapter’s scholarship program raffle tickets at $100 per ticket. The drawing will WEBSITE. to high school or college students in the greater be on May 5 th after the chapter meeting. Only Baltimore Metropolitan area. Extra consideration 200 tickets will be sold. The $10,000 prize would Brother Bill Bond will be given to those sons, grandsons, daughters, be a great vacation! President, Worthington Ch. #30 and granddaughters associated with an AHEPA At our March chapter meeting, the members member. These amendments also set the time voted to hold an additional pancake breakfast at Meeting Notice period for reviewing all applications and making the Annunciation Cathedral and donate the a selection. All winners will be posted in the proceeds to the Missions supported by the The next regular Chapter meeting will be held September Chapter newsletter. Letters will be Annunciation and St. Demetrios churches. Look on Wednesday, April 7th at 7:00 PM at the sent to all applicants who apply for a scholarship. for the announcement in our newsletter for the Ikaros Restaurant on 4805 Eastern Ave. in IRS regulations have changed relative to date of this pancake breakfast. Baltimore, (410) 633-3750. Any Brother that AHEPA Chapter tax exempt status which We are fast approaching our first annual does not attend will be ridiculed, ostracized and requires that all chapters file an annual IRS form Golf Tournament and we need every brother’s slandered ☺ 990-N. This form is filed by organizations that help! Our goal for the number of golfers for this Nah-- Just kidding, but hope you all can come! have less than $25,000 in gross receipts during event is 80. We have approximately 45 golfers the year. The chapters were supposed to file this committed to the tournament but we need all of Brotherly News form but few responded to the call from National the brothers’ help to obtain our goal. We also to do so. National filed the required forms for all need help to sell $100 ads for each of the 18 tees. No Brother has been reported ill. But, since chapters for the tax year 7/1/2008 to 6/30/2009. We could make a substantial amount of money we have so many who are eligible for AARP, it’s The chapter will have to file this form for the tax for our chapter’s Scholarship Fund with this a good chance there are! year 7/1/2009 to 6/30/2010 in November of this tournament but we need very chapter member to ~ ~ ~ year. help with this effort. If anyone is aware of any Brother that is ill, Over the next several months there are a The Golf Tournament Committee has been please contact the Secretary so we can let others number of AHEPA Chapter, District, and meeting every three weeks to develop this know. National events that will be taking place: tournament. The committee has obtained the • WORTHINGTON CHAPTER #30 – First commitment of at least 44 golfers for this event; April Birthdays Annual Golf Tournament at the Links at obtained donations for the sodas and water Challedon on Monday, May 17 th See the needed; developed all the prizes and plaques for William G. Coutros 4/04/1938 72 flyer for this tournament on our Chapter the tournament; has actively been selling ads and John N. Stathopoulos 4/04/1940 70 website – www.ahepa30.com. obtaining gift certificates from businesses for Evan A. Chriss 4/07/1922 88 • DISTRICT #3 CONVENTION- May 20 th prizes. Gary T. Padussis 4/08/1956 54 thru 22 nd in Fayetteville, NC What the chapter needs now is for every Nicholas Marsh 4/11/1985 25 • AHEPA NATIONAL CONVENTION- July member (golfer or not) to actively recruit golfers Konstantinos Mavrophilipos 4/12/1956 54 11 th thru 18 th in Montreal, Canada for the tournament, obtain ads for the tees ($100) Steven Kousouris 4/12/1957 53 and volunteer to help on the day of the Happy Birthday Brothers! The Order of AHEPA was founded on July 26, 1922 in Atlanta, Georgia - Worthington Ch. #30 was founded on October 5, 1923 in Baltimore, MD Worthington Chapter No. 30 Newsletter ~ Page 1 of 6 ~ April 2010 Volume 86 – Issue 8 Pancake Breakfast #2 Baltimore area; Cathedral of the Annunciation, Submitted by Constantine Stavrides and St. Nicholas and St. Demetrios Orthodox approved by the By-Laws Committee Brothers, churches. As our president said in his opening remarks, another pancake breakfast is being Add: The Applicant must be directly affiliated organized for this month. Bro. Gus Stavrides with the Christian faith community in the attention brothers is again taking the reins of this popular event Baltimore metropolitan area. there are reports that one don carlopolos has which honors Bro. Alex Zades. Mark your been seen in the vicinity of baltimore recently. calendars - April 11, 2010 is the date. Again 3rd Proposed Amendment: it will be at the Annunciation Cathedral Fr. brother don is the leader of the greek world’s Under: SCHOLARSHIP RULES AND most notorious sub-organization, the ‘slackers.’ Monios Hall following Sunday Liturgy. REGULATIONS this group is known for encouraging members of Once again we need volunteers to cook Under: 6. SELECTION OF THE the mother lodge known as the ahepa pancakes, serve, and cleanup after the event. RECIPIENTS: brotherhood to be true to their word. what this We will also be accepting donations to cover translates to is that the brotherhood has sworn to the cost of the food and coffee for this event. B. (Entire paragraph B will be deleted.) uphold the rulings of the mother lodge and not be Contact Brother Gus Stavrides (410-371- late in paying their dues to this respected 1589) to help or donate for this event. Replace with: organization. brother don has said that those who have not been prudent, will be in grave B. The Chairman of the Scholarship danger. in the distant past, it was well Committee will call a meeting of his documented that the slackers would cut off the Circularization Committee no later than 5 weeks after the pinky of those of that organization who were deadline for filing an application to discuss, delinquent in paying their dues.