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Official Publication of the Slovene National Benefit Society
YEAR CVII
ISSUE 26
WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 24, 2014
USPS: 448-080
ISSN: 1080-0263
In This Issue
Up-and-Coming Calendar of Events.......... 2
Slovenska Stran......................................... 3
PROSVETA Crossword Puzzle.................. 5
SNPJ Recommender Coupon.................... 6
Winter Classic Bowling Entry Form............ 7
SNPJ Fraternal Sympathies....................... 8
Merry Christmas and
brief ly
Happy New Year! Home Office schedule
to all SNPJ members
and friends from the staff
at the SNPJ Home Office
for the holiday season
IMPERIAL, Pa. — The SNPJ Home Office will be closed Dec. 24 through Dec.
26, 2014, for Christmas, and Jan. 1 and
Jan. 2, 2015, for the New Year. Normal
office hours will be in effect Dec. 29,
Dec. 30 and Dec. 31, 2014, and starting
again Jan. 3, 2015. A merry Christmas
and a happy New Year from all of us at
the SNPJ Home Office!
Lodge 559 postpones its
first meeting of new year
PERIODICAL MATERIAL
Members of the Poklar family enjoyed spending the afternoon – both as participants and as
spectators – at the SNPJ Family Twosome Bowling event held in Milwaukee.
Togetherness defines SNPJ Family Sygan Lodge 6
Twosome Bowling in Milwaukee alters meeting
plans for 2015
by MARY DONOVAN (584)
District 6 Athletic Director
MILWAUKEE — I was proud to chair the
Family Twosome Bowling event held in the
Milwaukee area on Nov. 22. We had the largest turnout in a few years with a total of 12
teams. Youth participants ranged in age from
7 to 16 and included Tyler Mouthey, Madalaine
Brown, Andrew Lynch, Briahna Lynch, Amber
Schweiger, Bailey Phalen, Heidi Jorgensen,
Max Mlaker, Emily Mlaker, Joshua Mlaker
and Tyler Trickle.
There is always such excitement in the air
with the anticipation of the next strike or spare.
I don’t know who was more excited when a
mark was recorded – the bowler or the crowd!
Many thanks to Badger Lodge 584 for organizing this fine event. The host house, Lucky
SEE MILWAUKEE BOWLING
ON PAGE 2
The holiday season in full swing
for the Spartans
by NANCY NOVAK
Lodge 576 Recording Secretary
CLEVELAND — Spartans Lodge 576 has been
busy getting ready for the holidays! We kicked
off our celebrations with a bus trip to Presque
Isle and Grand River Winery. A busload of
Spartans enjoyed button box entertainment by
Patty Candela, and several of the group members
went home with bottles of holiday cheer.
Many of us attended Cleveland’s Fabulous
Food Show to watch our own Joe Novak &
SEE SPARTANS HOLIDAY
ON PAGE 2
In November, Spartan JOE NOVAK [right]
and his band performed at a party hosted by
celebrity chef Michael Symon [left].
by KAREN A. PINTAR
Lodge 6
SYGAN, Pa. — SNPJ Lodge 6 held its annual
meeting and election of officers for 2015 on
Dec. 9. Congratulations and thank you to the
elected officers: President Karen A. Pintar,
Vice President Vince “Babe” Baselj, Secretary/Treasurer Jim Curl, Recording Secretary
Ruth Wright, auditors Ken Pintar and Den
Brand, Sergeant-at-Arms Frank Wright, and
Youth Circle 36 Director Jennifer McMurdy.
The Lodge also voted to change the day
and frequency of its meetings. Members
will now meet on the second Monday of the
month during the months of January, May,
September and December. Our next meeting
will be held Monday, Jan. 12, 2015, beginning
at 7:30 p.m., at which time the installation
of officers will take place.
The Lodge also elected the directors of
the SASC. Congratulations and thank you
to the 10 directors: De James, Den Brand,
Frank Wright, Ruth Wright, Karen Pintar,
Lisa Brand, Vince “Babe” Baselj, Ken Pintar,
John Baselj and Jennifer McMurdy.
The SASC will continue to meet 10 times
SEE SYGAN 2015
ON PAGE 5
CHICAGO — At their Dec. 12 holiday
party and meeting, Lodge 559 members
voted on a revised meeting schedule for
2015. Please read future PROSVETA
columns for meeting details. The January
2015 meeting has already been approved
for cancellation due to the possibility of
bad weather.
ANITA VITOUS
Lodge 559 Secretary/Treasurer
Western Pa. Fed electing
officers at Jan. meeting
SYGAN, Pa. — The Slovene Federation
of SNPJ Lodges of Western Pa. will hold
its annual election of officers during the
Jan. 11, 2015, meeting. The meeting will
begin at 3 p.m. at Sygan Lodge 6. We
encourage all Lodges to send representation to this meeting. If you plan to attend,
RSVP to Chris Petukauskas by phoning
(724) 859-0530. Best wishes for a happy
and healthy 2015!
CHRIS PETUKAUSKAS (33)
Federation Recording Secretary
Have you recommended
a new member lately?
IMPERIAL, Pa. — Take advantage of
SNPJ’s Recommender Program which
offers members an enhanced benefit for
encouraging family, children, friends and
acquaintances to join SNPJ. The recommender will receive $10 for each valid
referral. Every valid referral earns the
recommender one chance in the quarterly
drawing for a chance to win $100 and an
additional opportunity in the year-end
drawing for a chance to win $500. Pay
a visit to the SNPJ web site, www.snpj.
org, to complete an online Recommender
form and get a head start on your reward.
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The Society suffers the loss of former Region 2
Director Sis. Veronica Smathers
by JOSEPH C. EVANISH
SNPJ National President
IMPERIAL, Pa. — The Slovene National
Benefit Society regrets to announce the Oct.
26, 2014, passing of former National Board
member Sis. Veronica Smathers, 85, of White
Valley, Pa.
Sis. Smathers was born July 7, 1929, in Export, Pa., the daughter of Andrew and Antonia
(Ferlic) Bogatay. She attended Franklin Township High School in Murrysville, Pa., and in
1957 she married John T. Smathers Sr., enjoying
34 years of marriage until his passing in 1991.
Veronica retired from Macy’s department
store in Monroeville, Pa., and was a member
of St. John Baptist de la Salle Church in Delmont, Pa.
She was a longtime member of the SNPJ,
having been enrolled since childhood. She
served as secretary of the former White Valley,
Pa., Lodge 232 for 40 years, succeeding her
father in 1969. Sis. Smathers attended several
SNPJ conventions representing her Lodge as a
delegate. She also served on several convention
committees.
During the 1986 SNPJ National Convention,
Sis. Smathers was elected to the SNPJ National
Board as Region 2 Director. She served a fourSEE SIS. SMATHERS
ON PAGE 8
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December 24, 2014
PROSVETA
ENLIGHTENMENT
(USPS 448-080)
(ISSN 1080-0263)
The happiest of holidays for Lodge 786 members
by JEAN KOCI
Lodge 786 Secretary/Treasurer
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Santa’s visit to the Dec. 7 Lodge 786 Christmas
party brought smiles to the faces of both youth and
seniors, including members EVANDER LAWSON
and Sis. VIRGINIA ZAJC JOHNSON.
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of the kitchen and was placed on
two long buffet tables. The Lodge
provided the meat and bread
for the meal, while everyone
contributed potluck salads, side
dishes and relishes. A variety
of appetizers were also enjoyed
prior to the meeting, and the desserts that followed dinner were
absolutely delicious. Thanks to
all who brought their very best
to make this a fantastic meal.
Thank you as well to the special
people who helped in the kitchen,
got things set up and cleaned up
afterward.
Of course, there were several
who came early to decorate the
tables and set up the beverage
bar so it would be easy for guests
to help themselves. Thanks to
Rosemary who did so much,
Carol, Lina and Tony, Arnie,
Ken, Fred, and many others who
pitched-in during the day. A big
thank you also goes out to Janet
who did a lot of the important
pre-party shopping.
We can’t wait to have our
college kids come home from
all over the country. I wish they
could have been here to take
part in our party. We hope you
all have a wonderful Christmas
and that the New Year will be a
happy and healthy one!
Our next meeting will be
held Jan. 10, 2015, at the home
of Lina Kerwick in San Juan
Capistrano, Calif.
Family Twosome hits the mark
with Milwaukee area bowlers
MILWAUKEE BOWLING
FROM PAGE 1
Lanes, provided a nice area where
we could put our treats that were
to be shared during our luncheon.
The lanes were in excellent condition and were just right of a mark
here and there.
It was really nice to see John
Poklar cheering on the kids and
his grandchildren. John was a
very active Lodge member, but
has passed the baton to others to
continue the Lodge activities. It
was also great to see John Mlaker,
who showed up with apple strudel
to share. Yummy! There were
many others who stopped by to
cheer on the kids, and we thank
you so much for your support.
All in all, I think both the kids
and the adults had a wonderful
time. Friendships were renewed,
and everyone left that day looking forward to the next fraternal
event: the youth Christmas party.
Spartans Lodge in the holiday spirit
SPARTANS HOLIDAY
FROM PAGE 1
Regional Vice Presidents:
Frank Bregar, Region 1 – 25 Willow
Crossing Rd., Greensburg, PA 15601
James L. Curl, Region 2 – 503 Orchard
St., Carnegie, PA 15106
Nancy Koutoulakis, Region 3 – 4321
Beverly Dr., Aliquippa, PA 15001
Linda Gorjup, Region 4 – 712 Fiddlers
Way, Painesville, OH 44077
Tracey Anderson, Region 5 – 1014
Edgewood Dr., Royal Oak, MI 48067
Justina Rigler, Region 6 – 1116 Berkley
Lane, Lemont, IL 60439
Fred Mlakar, Region 8 – 13592 On kayha Cir., Irvine, CA 92620
ORANGE COUNTY, Calif.
— Dec. 7 was a beautiful day
in Orange County as Lodge 786
hosted a Christmas party for its
adult members, Youth Circle
104 members, friends and family. The gathering was held at a
very nice clubhouse in Laguna
Woods, where several of our
members reside.
We started the afternoon with
a business meeting so we could
hold our obligatory election of
officers with many members
present. It was good to have so
many taking part in these details
before the party began. It also
gave the children a chance to do
some drawings for The Voice of
Youth and pack some baggies
with snacks and necessities for
the homeless. Thanks to Circle
Director Teresa Koci for planning this activity.
We were also able to honor
Ellen Koci on her upcoming
graduation into the adult division of our Lodge. Ellie has
been a very active member of
Circle 104 since she was just a
little tot.
Three of our new members
for 2014 were present, and it was
truly nice to have them join us.
Carynn Udovch’s membership
makes her family 100 percent
SNPJ, thanks to the dad and
grandfather, Joe Udovch. New
member Joan Shah just moved
to Orange County from St.
Louis, and joined our Society
because of her AmericanSlovenian son-in-law. And our
new youngest member is my
own great-grandson, 10-monthold Isaiah.
After the business meeting,
it was time for the children to
gather on stage and sing to the
accordion music of our own
Don Milek. Before we knew it,
we could hear the “Ho, ho, ho!”
of Santa. Eyes lit up as Santa
entered with his pack on his
back. Teresa was his elf helper
as she called out the names on
the packages. One by one, the
children walked up to sit on
Santa’s lap or stand beside him
for photos, a hug and a sweet
thank you.
We very much appreciate
Santa stopping by again this year
as we know he is very busy with
all he has to do! He hasn’t failed
us yet, so thank you, Santa Claus.
A quick farewell and a few hugs
were exchanged on his way out.
Lots of smiles were brought on
by this jolly old elf!
The music continued throughout the afternoon, with musicians
Fred Mlakar and Chuck Blasick
joining Don. We have the absolute best here on the Orange
Coast!
Everyone was pretty hungry
at this point, so the food came out
Bowlers – and
spectators – of
all ages had
a blast at the
SNPJ Family
Twosome
Bowling
Tournament
event rolled at
Lucky Lanes
in Milwaukee.
Friends perform at celebrity chef
Michael Symon’s “Taste of the
Neighborhood Block Party.” This
fun-filled event was followed by
a wonderful Thanksgiving Polka
Weekend in downtown Cleveland.
Congratulations to Patty Candela
for winning the Button Box Group
Award at the Polka Hall of Fame
annual Awards Show held Nov. 27!
Don’t forget our next meeting
and holiday gathering, planned for
Monday, Jan. 12, 2015, at Waterloo
Hall. Cocktails will be served at 6
p.m., followed by dinner at 6:30.
If you’d like to participate in the
gift exchange, bring a $10 wrapped
present. Please RSVP before Jan. 5
to Lou Novak at (440) 796-6203 so
we have an accurate count. We hope
to see many of you there.
Merry Christmas and happy New
Year! Vesele Božične Praznike!
A group of Spartans Lodge 576 members and
friends enjoyed a day trip to Presque Isle with
a stop at Grand River Winery.
Up-and-Coming...
A look at events planned by the Slovene National Benefit Society
• DEC. 31.......“New Year’s Eve in New York” party
at the Fontana Slovene Hall, Fontana,
Calif.; 5-9 p.m. Music by the Frank Rote
Orchestra. Reservations required. For
information phone (909) 823-1953 or
(909) 987-8714.
• DEC. 31.......Sygan, Pa., Lodge 6 New Year’s
Eve party in the Sunshine Room. Music
by Mansfield 5. Advance tickets are
required and include dinner, dancing
and an open bar. For details contact the
Lodge at (412) 221-9862 or e-mail Lisa
Brand at [email protected].
• DEC. 31.......Imperial, Pa., Lodge 106 adult New
Year’s Eve party in the Lodge 106 clubroom; 8 p.m.-1 a.m. Music by George
Suhon and Silver Sky. Tickets must be
purchased in advance. For details phone
the Lodge at (724) 695-1411.
2015
• JAN. 3�......Midway, Pa., Lodge 89 community
bingo in the upstairs hall; 5 p.m. Refreshments will be available and everyone is
welcome.
• JAN. 10......Verbick Fraternal Memorial Bowling
Tournament at Lucky Lanes, Milwaukee;
11 a.m. For additional information contact
Mary Donovan at (414) 817-0192.
• JAN. 12 ......Cleveland Lodge 576 meeting and
holiday gathering at Waterloo Hall,
Cleveland; 6 p.m. Reservations must
be made before Jan. 5 by calling Lou
Novak at (440) 796-6203.
• JAN. 11 ......Herminie, Pa., Lodge 87 “Start the
New Year” jam session; 1-5 p.m. All
musicians welcome. For details contact
Shirley Bailley at (724) 864-1606.
• JAN. 18 ......Western Pa. Federation tubing trip to
Boyce Park, Monroeville, Pa.; 9:30-11:30
a.m. Reservations required by Jan. 10.
For details or to RSVP, contact Chris
Petukauskas at (724) 869-0530 or Judy
Krivacek at (724) 745-6976.
• FEB. 7 ......CAL Sweetheart Doubles bowling at
Wickliffe Lanes, Wickliffe, Ohio. Time
and cost TBA. For information phone
Linda Gorjup at (440) 853-8776.
• FEB. 7 ......Midway, Pa., Lodge 89 community
bingo in the upstairs hall; 5 p.m. Refreshments will be available. All are welcome.
• FEB. 21-23...... SNPJ Winter Classic Bowling
Tournament co-hosted by Sygan, Pa.,
Lodge 6 and Strabane, Pa., Lodge 138.
Friday night entertainment at Lodge 6 by
Outlaw Karaoke with DJ Dave McMurdy;
Saturday night entertainment at Lodge
138 featuring Johnny Koenig.
• APR. 18.....SASC Couples Night Out in the
Sunshine Room at Lodge 6, Sygan, Pa.
Advance tickets are required and include
appetizers, dinner, drinks and music. For
details e-mail Lisa Brand at brandlk64@
yahoo.com.
• JUNE 21-26.... Youth Roundup at the SNPJ
Recreation Center, Borough of SNPJ,
Pa. Contact Fraternal Director Kevin
Richards at 1-800-843-7675 ext. 144
or [email protected] for registration
forms and additional information.
• JUNE 26-28.... SNPJ Young Adult Conference at
the SNPJ Recreation Center, Borough of
SNPJ, Pa. For details contact Fraternal
Director Kevin Richards by phone at
1-800-843-7675 ext. 144, or by e-mailing
[email protected].
• JULY 10-12..... The 34th Slovenefest and the
59th Miss SNPJ Pageant at the SNPJ
Recreation Center. For additional information phone the SNPJ Recreation
Center toll-free at 1-877-767-5732.
• JULY 17-19...... TEL Workshop at the SNPJ Recreation Center, Borough of SNPJ, Pa.
For registration forms, contact Fraternal
Director Kevin Richards by phoning
1-800-843-7675 ext. 144, or e-mailing
[email protected].
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December 24, 2014
President Pahor featured
on a calendar in 2015
DENISE HERRON
SNPJ Marketing Department
The perfect gift
C
hristmas is almost here and the excitement is
building, especially if you have young children in
your family. Seeing it all through their bright and
eager eyes adds magic and wonder to Christmas. How
can you resist those big eyes filled with awe as they listen to stories of angels, Santa, reindeer and elves? And
when Santa loads up their stockings and leaves piles of
presents under the tree, their enthusiasm will fill the room
and everyone’s heart.
Of course, mom and dad will go overboard with presents,
and Santa will just about empty his sleigh at their house. So
what in the world can grandparents or great-grandparents
give the children that they will even notice? The perfect gift
that you spent days searching for will get thrown into the
ever-growing present pile and promptly buried. Once the
pile is mixed and stirred from a frenzy of playing, no one
will have a clue what grandma and grandpa gave the kids.
I have a suggestion for all those grandparents out there
who are pulling their hair out trying to think of the perfect
gift for their grandchildren: life insurance. I know it doesn’t
sound too exciting, and I doubt it will bring squeals of delight
on Christmas morning, but they will greatly appreciate it
when they’re older and wiser. Life insurance is a gift that
will be around as long as they are, it’s useful and memorable, and best of all it won’t get lost and forgotten in the
extravaganza of gifts.
Single Premium Whole Life is the perfect life insurance
gift because there is only one single premium payment to
make, and then it’s a paid-up policy for life! Nobody has
to worry about making continuous payments or taking
over the payments once you are gone. The life insurance
coverage is there for a lifetime, it will earn dividends and
it will accumulate a cash/loan value.
For a newborn baby boy and a face amount of $10,000,
the one-time premium payment is $1,015.50. For his
2-year-old sister and a face amount of $10,000, the onetime premium is $933.40. Contact your
local agent, Lodge secretary or the SNPJ
Home Office to learn how easy it is to give
the perfect gift.
• Thought for the Week — A wonderful
gift may not be wrapped as you expect.
Jonathan Lockwood Huie
Uncle Sam wants your
money... and it’s up to you whether
you pay now or pay later.
SNPJ offers Roth IRAs
in addition to our regular
IRAs and annuities
to help build a safe
financial future for you
and your family. We’ve
helped build secure
futures for our members for over a century.
Phone 1-800-843-7675
and we’ll be happy to
help you too.
Important figures to consider...
!
29%... people who would purchase more
life insurance if they were asked
62%... people who own coverage, but don’t
know what they have or why they have it
82%... people who are under-insured
If your coverage is over 5 years old,
contact SNPJ for a policy review.
1-800-843-7675
A CENTURY
in the making
Proud of your SNPJ membership? Then
you owe it to yourself to delve deeper
into SNPJ history through the pages
of An Inspired Journey — The SNPJ
Story: The First One Hundred Years of
the Slovene National Benefit Society.
This richly-illustrated chronicle of SNPJ
history compiled and written by SNPJ
Publications Editor Jay Sedmak is now
available for purchase.
$15.00 each — plus $2.50 s/h
add $1 shipping for each additional copy ordered
RETURN THIS ORDER FORM TO
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Ljubljana (STA) — Slovenian
President Borut Pahor will be featured
on his own calendar for 2015 as part
of an artistic project which shows him
performing different types of manual
jobs each month, from tire repairman
in January to hair­dresser in December.
The photographs were taken by photojournalist Borut Krajnc for the political
magazine Mladina as he accom­panied
Pahor volunteering for various jobs as
part of his unconventional campaign
during the 2012 presidential election.
According to a report on the rtvslo.
si website, project coordinator Petja
Grafenauer assembled the photographs
into a calendar which has been de­signed
by Vasja Cenčič, who indicated that
President Pahor would be presented with
the calendar in mid-December during a
ceremony held in the Cankarjev dom in
Ljubljana. A total of 150 calendars have
been produced and will sell for $17.50.
The photographs used for the calendar
are currently on display as part of a group
exhibition at the Cankarjev dom. The
exhibit will run through Jan. 25, 2015.
Slovenia parked at 18 in
current gas price ranking
New York (STA) — According to a
recent Bloomberg financial report, Slovenia currently sits in 18th place among
61 countries on its Gas Price Ranking.
This means that a Slovenian citizen must
allocate 10 percent of his daily income
to buy a gallon of gasoline.
According to the survey, on average
one gallon of gasoline (3.18 liters) costs
$6.73 in Slovenia, while the average
Slovenian earns $66 per day. The survey
also determined that Slovenians are
consuming slightly more gasoline than
the worldwide average while earning
below-average wages.
Gasoline is the most expensive in
Norway, which, ironically, is one of the
biggest oil-producing countries in the
world. But Norway allocates the profits
made from gasoline sales to social programs and infrastructure.
The average Norwegian has no problem paying $9.26 per gallon of gas since
their daily income stands at $272, which
means they allocate only 3.4 percent of
their income per gallon.
The cheapest average gas price was
recorded in Venezuela, where a gallon
of gas costs just four cents.
Ljubljana recognized as
a disabled-friendly city
Brussels, Belgium (STA) — Ljubljana has been awarded third place
in an EU-sponsored competition for
disabled-friendly cities, placing behind
the Swedish city of Boras and the Finnish
capital, Helsinki.
The announcement of the 2015 Access
City Awards is part of an EU effort to
promote the elimination of barriers in
order to make life easier for the disabled.
“Ljubljana made access by those with
disabilities a priority many years ago,
and all activities are conducted bearing
in mind people with disabilities,” the city
administration wrote in a press release.
A total of 171 cities entered the Access City Awards competition this year.
Former astronaut Sega
pays a visit to Slovenia
Ljubljana (STA) — Ronald Sega,
a former U.S. astronaut of Slovenian
descent, paid a visit to Slo­venia in late
November during which he was received
by President Borut Pahor and Speaker
Milan Brglez, and was the guest of honor
at a lunch marking the 15th anniversary
of the Slovenian AmCham.
The former NASA astronaut spoke
with Brglez about his career, noting that
he was connected to Slovenia not only
through family roots, but that there is
also a scientific connection. Sega said
he contacted the University of Ljubljana
and the Jožef Stefan Institute on several
occasions to discuss coop­eration. He
praised Slovenia’s education system,
human capital, cultural heritage and
natural resources.
Sega became an astronaut in 1991
and spent a total of 17 days in space. He
was a member of the STS-60 mis­sion in
1994, the first mission of the Shuttle-Mir
Program, which carried the first Russian
cosmonaut to board a Space Shuttle. In
from the
source
1996 he was a part of the STS-76 mission,
the third Shuttle mission to dock with the
Russian Space Sta­tion Mir.
Sega is currently a professor of
systems engineering and serves as vice
president for energy and the environment
at the Colorado State University Research
Foundation. He received a doctorate in
electrical engineering from the Univer­
sity of Colorado in 1982.
Adria Airways selling
jets to reduce its debt
Ljubljana (STA) — Adria Airways,
Slovenia’s national airline, has been
given the option by its national owners to
sell two of its regional jets and lease them
back as part of debt-reduction efforts.
In mid-December, Adria Airways
shareholders approved a management
proposal to sell and lease two 86-seat
Canadair CRJ 900 jets. The money
raised through the sale would be used
to repay loans and subsequently bolster
the company’s liquidity and credit rating,
Adria reported.
The two CRJ 900 jets are part of a
fleet of six operated by Adria Airways,
which also leases two Airbus A319
narrow-body jets and owns two smaller
CRJ 200 regional jets.
Chairman Mark Anžur said that
the company is currently conducting a
comprehensive fleet restructuring as part
of its corporate rationalization. The fleet
size will be reduced and preference will
be given to larger jets, he stated.
During the meeting, Adria management pointed out several pressing issues.
One of the main issues is the price of
jet fuel and air navigation fees charged
by the Slovenian Air Traffic Control.
Unofficial reports suggest the airline is
losing roughly $2.5 million per year due
to expensive fuel and air navigation fees.
Anžur also reported that the flag
carrier had registered an increase in
passenger numbers for 2014 and that it
was expecting to end the year near the
break-even mark. In 2013 the airline
carried just over a million passengers
and finished the year with a net loss of
nearly $3.6 million.
Adria Airways is one of 15 companies
slated for sale as part of Slovenia’s 2013
privatization package. Recent statements
indicate that the company would be offered for sale in the beginning of 2015.
Slovenians create first
magnetic liquid crystal
Ljubljana (STA) — Researchers at
the Jožef Stefan Institute have successfully created a magnetic liquid crystal,
a feat that their colleagues around the
world had been attempting in vain for
over four decades. This extraordinary
achievement is expected to open many
new opportunities in the future, including
the field of telecommunications.
A theoretical basis for creating magnetic liquid crystals was first offered in
1970 by Nobel laureate Pierre-Gilles
de Gennes and his colleague Francoise
Brochard. In a paper, they proposed
that a liquid crystal be mixed with tiny
magnetic particles that would then affect
the characteristics of the liquid crystal.
But for decades scientists failed to put
their idea into practice: the particles
either did not align themselves correctly
or formed clusters.
Slovenian scientists managed to
avoid those pitfalls by using special
flat magnetic nanoparticles they had
developed themselves. The discovery,
which is entirely the result of Slovenian
research, was reported in the acclaimed
British magazine Nature last December.
This new creation brings with it a
number of opportunities since magnetic
liquid crystals differ from regular crystals in that they are not sensitive only to
electricity, but to magnetic fields as well.
As noted by researcher Alenka
Mertelj, the discovery will allow the
creation of new generations of optical
devices that are steered by weak magnetic fields instead of electric currents.
Opportunities are also opening in the
field of telecommunications, and further
research is already planned at the Jožef
Stefan Institute.
But a long road still lies ahead before
commercial use.
“If scientists in the 1970s had been
asked about the future use of liquid
crystals, they would have probably not
told you they would practically replace
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existing screens with cathode ray tubes
in 40 years,” Mertelj said.
The holiday season
a busy time for charities
Ljubljana (STA) — On Dec. 15,
the Slovenian Red Cross and Karitas
organization started distributing more
than 2,000 tons of food, worth an estimated $1.6 million which was secured
with the help of an EU-backed fund. The
two charitable organizations expect that
some 300,000 people will benefit from
the donations.
Slovenia’s Minister for Labor, Family,
Social Affairs and Equal Opportunities
Anja Kopač Mrak presented the relief
effort to the press in early December,
saying that while Slovenia’s social system
cuts the poverty at-risk rate in half, the
EU’s Intervention Fund “has for years
also been helping to mitigate poverty.”
In the 2006-2013, period more than
32,000 tons of food – sugar, flour, oil,
pasta and milk – were distributed to
the needy in Slovenia as part of the EU
initiative, with the number of recipients
exceeding 200,000 each year.
Each year the Red Cross and Karitas
are selected to complete the distributions. Both organizations reported that
the number of aid recipients has been
increasing, and that some 300,000 Slovenians are expected to receive the food
parcels this year.
Exhibition marks 170th
anniversary of “A Toast”
Kranj (STA) — An exhibition marking the 170th anniversary of “Zdravljica”
(“A Toast”), a poem by Slovenia’s greatest
poet France Prešeren (1800-1849), which
has become a symbol of the Slovenian
nation and a stanza of which was adopted
as the nation’s national anthem, opened
in late November at the Prešeren House
in Kranj.
The exhibition “Zdravljica 18442014,” arranged by the Kranj-based Gorenjsko Museum, focuses on Prešeren’s
monu­mental poem which was written
in 1844 and published, with some revisions, in 1848. The eight-stanza poem
was inspired by the French national
motto “Freedom, equality, brotherhood,”
and Slove­nians living in the Habsburg
Empire interpreted it as a political promotion for a united Slovenia during the
1848 March Revolution.
In his poem, Prešeren declares his
support for a Slovenian and Slavic
national identity. The text of the poem
carries messages related to the history
of Slovenians and their fight for freedom
and independence. In 1994, the poem was
defined as the anthem of independent
Slovenia with passage of the Act on the
National Symbols of Slovenia.
In September 1989, prior to the
breakup of the former Yugoslavia, the
seventh verse of “Zdravljica,” along with
music composed by Stanko Premrl in
1905, was adopted as the anthem of the
Socialist Republic of Slovenia.
First pet crematorium
operating in Slovenia
Apače (STA) — The very first pet
crematorium in Slovenia opened for
business on Dec. 5 in the northeastern
village of Črnci, near Apače on the border
with Austria.
Ljubljana entrepreneur Tanja Škorjanc
has estimated her project at $186,000,
telling the press she hit on the idea for
the crematorium when her dog died and
she had nowhere to bury him. She bought
the crematory in England, where she
also acquired the environmental permit,
and obtained all other required permits
in Slovenia.
Situated in a renovated stable, the
crematorium received approval from the
Environment Ministry for a trial period
of one year, after which Škorjanc hopes
to be able to obtain a regular operating
permit. The price of services at the
crematorium depend on the animal’s
weight. The cremation of pets weighing
up to four and a half pounds costs $70,
and $340 for pets weighing more than
90 pounds.
The facility, operating under the name
“Eternal Shelter,” is designed for the
cremation of pets weighing up to 265
pounds; for ex­
ample, dogs, domestic
cats and birds, small rodents, and some
species of lizards.
The articles comprising this feature have
been reprinted with permission from the
Slovenian Press Agency (STA).
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PROSVETA
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24. Decembra 2014
Nastali so za dobro voljo, a so vse boljši
Slovenska
Stran
Ureja Vida Kosir
Stoletnica rojstva
Rada Simonitija
HEADLINE: The 100th
anniversary of the birth of
Rado Simoniti
TOPIC: The 100th anniversary of the birth of Rado
Simonity, a composer and
conductor born in Fojana,
was marked in the Goriška
brda. An exhibition titled
“The Images of Brda Are
Singing To Me” opened in
the castle hall, and then a memorial plaque was unveiled
at Simoniti’s birth house in
Fojana. The main activity
was held at the Vinska klet
(wine cellar) in Goriška brda.
The collection of Rado Simoniti’s work includes close
to 600 different compositions.
He worked in Split, and was
the leader of the Ljubljana
Opera Choir. After 1945 he
was the conductor for the
Ljubljana Opera. He died in
Ljubljana in 1981.
V Goriških brdih so
obeležili stoletnico rojstva
rojaka Rada Simonitija, skladatelja in dirigenta, ki je bil
rojen v Fojani. V avli gradu
Dobrovo so najprej odprli razstavo Podobe Brd mi zapojo,
zatem so na Simonitijevi rojstni
hiši v Fojani odkrili spominsko
ploščo, osrednja prireditev pa
je bila v dvorani Vinske kleti
Goriška brda.
Kompozicijska bera Rada
Simonitija šteje okrog 600
najrazličnejših del. Simoniti je
med drugim deloval v Splitu,
med letoma 1939 in 1943 je
bil vodja zbora v ljubljanski
Operi, leta 1943 pa je odšel
k partizanom kjer je prevzel
vodstvo zbora primorskih
Slovencev (kasneje Zbor
Srečko Kosovel).
Po letu 1945 je deloval kot
dirigent v ljubljanski Operi.
Leta 1949 je kot dirigent zbora
Slovenske filharmonije prejel
Prešernovo nagrado. Umrl je
leta 1981 v Ljubljani.
DELO
Na ogled tudi 150kilogramska školjka
HEADLINE: A 330pound shell also exhibited
TOPIC: In the Piran
Shells Museum, which is located on the first floor of the
building next to the Tartini
Hotel, a large mussel shell is
now exhibited which measures more than three feet
and weighs 330 pounds.
This gigantic shell (Tridacena gigas) is the Shells
Museum’s most recent acquisition. Besides this giant shell,
the museum also purchased
modern microscopes with
which visitors are able to
view the world of microscopic
shells and snails. Now the museum’s collection is complete
and their aim fulfilled.
The museum was established three years ago when
the curator of the collection,
Jan Simič, introduced his
passion of collecting mussel
shells and snails in the first
such museum in Slovenia by
arranging more than 3,000
shell and snail specimens
from around the world in
glass cases.
V piranskem konhilariju,
to je muzeju školjk, v prvem
nadstropju stavbe ob Hotelu
Tartini, si je sedaj mogoče
ogledati lupino školjke, ki
meri kar en meter, tehta pa 150
kilogramov.
Gre za orjaško školjko zevo
(Tridacena gigas), najnovejšo
pridobitev muzeja školjk. “Ker
ima vsak muzej vsaj en udarni
eksponat, kot na primer Louvre
Mona Lizo, smo orjakinjo poimenovali Zeva Liza”, pravijo
v zavodu Mediteranum. Poleg
velikanke so v muzeju namestili tudi sodobne mikroskope,
ki obiskovalcem omogočajo
vpogled v svet najgigantic
manjših mikroskopskih školjk
in polžev.
Tako so dopolnili zbirko
in izpolnili cilj, ki so si ga zastavili pred dobrimi tremi leti,
ko je kustos zbirke Jan Simič
svojo strast zbiranja lupinic
školjk in polžev predstavil v
prvem konhilariju pri nas in v
vitrine postavil več kot 3000
primerkov školjk in polžev z
vsega sveta.
PRIMORSKE NOVICE
HEADLINE: They originated for good will, but they
are getting better and better
TOPIC: The Pobje men’s
chorus from Črni Vrh above
Idrija recently performed
at the well known Spanish
Canta Al Mar Festival. In
the category of sacral songs,
in which 16 choirs competed,
they captured eighth place
which was sufficient for a
gold acknowledgement.
The Pobje (young men),
then mainly single men,
formed their choir a decade
ago to participate in the village New Year celebration,
which they did, and then
they continued singing. They
refined their talents, soon
performed abroad, and at
the end of October the group
performed in Barcelona,
Spain, where they attained
their highest award.
Moški pevski zbor Pobje je konec oktobra zapel na
slovitem španskem festivalu
Canta Al Mar. V skupini sakralnih pesmi s 16 zbori je zasedel
8. mesto, ki pa je zadoščalo za
zlato priznanje. Doslej največji
pevski uspeh so v Črnem Vrhu
bučno proslavili.
Pobje, tedaj še v glavnem
samski fantje, so se pred
desetletjem zbrali v zbor, da
bi popestrili vaško novoletno
prireditev. In so jo, sočasno
so očarali občinstvo in zato
nadaljevali s petjem. Njihova
kakovost je rasla, kmalu so se
podali na tuje, konec oktobra
pa so na barcelonskem festivalu
Canta Al Mar z zlatim priznan-
jem dosegli največji uspeh.
Veselje v Črnem Vrhu, bržčas
eni najbolj pevskih vasi na
Slovenskem, je bilo nepopisno.
Sprejem je bil bučen.
Moški zbor Pobje je nastal na pobudo pokojnega
kulturnega delavca Bernarda
Čuka, izšel pa je iz Mešanega
pevskega zbora Frančišek
Lampe, v katerem še vedno
prepevajo. Ob tem mogočnem,
več kot 50-članskem zboru in ženskem zboru, več
otroških in mladinskih šolskih
in cerkvenih, ki prepevajo v
majhnem Črnem Vrhu, je Čuk
pogrešal moškega. Tako so
Pobje nastali za priložnostno
kulturno prireditev. Kar nekaj
let navdušenja občinstva nad
njihovim, sprva popularno
ubranim programom je bilo
potrebnih, da so se sami
prepričali, da je v njih glasovih
in vodstvu mlade Veronike
Škedelj nekaj več. Ko so jim to
potrdila tekmovalna priznanja
za najbolj obetaven mladi zbor
in zborovodkinjo ter ugodne
ocene na domačih in tujih gostovanjih, so skupaj s Škedljevo
trše ugriznili v študij. Popularni program so razširili in
vse pogosteje navduševali
strokovno javnost z gospeli,
sakralno in renesančno pesmijo. Slednja jim je v Barceloni
tudi prinesla zlato priznanje.
Sprejeli so ga z veseljem, a
tudi z odgovornostjo, saj so z
njim stopili na svetovno lestvico. Vedo, da bo potrebnega
še veliko dela za vzpenjanje
po njej.
PRIMORSKE NOVICE
Hrib nad Kortami je bil poseljen
že pred 7000 leti
HEADLINE: The hill above Kortam
had been colonized 7,000 years ago
TOPIC: The forest on Kaštelir above
Kortane is unusually busy these days.
A group of eight archeologists is cleaning and documenting part of a series
of archeological findings, and they are
also looking for proof that this area was
already colonized in prehistoric times.
The archeologists are concentrating
on a research area measuring 16 square
meters. Under a pile of small stones they
found large stone plates, and in between
they found pieces of baked clay, which
are most likely pieces of amphoras and
other Roman dishes.
The researchers think that under this
pile of rocks there are hidden antique
ruins from the early Roman period (the
first century B.C. to the first century
A.D.). They are expecting even older
findings which go back to the period of
5,000 years B.C.
Gozdiček na Kaštelirju nad Kortami
je te dni nenavadno živahen. Skupina od
šestih do osmih arheologov Inštituta za
dediščino Sredozemlja Znanstveno raziskovalnega središča Univerze na Primorskem čisti in dokumentira del arheološkega
najdišča, pri tem jim pomagajo strokovnjaki koprskega Pokrajinskega muzeja.
Iščejo dokaze, da je bilo območje poseljeno
že v prazgodovinskem obdobju.
Osredotočili so se na približno 16
kvadratnih metrov veliko raziskovalno
sondo. Pod kupom manjših kamnov
so našli večje kamnite plošče in vmes
koščke žgane gline. “Gre za dele amfor
in drugega rimskega posodja,” pojasnjuje
vodja izkopavanj Alenka Tomaž, tudi
vodja Inštituta za dediščino Sredozemlja.
Skupaj z muzejsko kustodinjo - arheologinjo Mašo Sakara Sučević menita,
da se pod grobljo, torej kupom kamnov,
skrivajo antične ruševine iz zgodnjega,
rimskega obdobja (od 1. stoletja pred našim
štetjem do 1. stoletja našega štetja). Pod
njimi pa pričakujeta še starejše najdbe, ki
naj bi segale celo v obdobje 5000 let pred
našim štetjem - vse do mlajše kamene dobe
oziroma poznega neolitika. Po tej logiki naj
bi bilo območje poseljeno tudi v bakreni,
bronasti in železni dobi.
V prid takšnemu razmišljanju govorijo
številni koščki keramičnega posodja in
bronast psiček, najden leta 2010 nekaj
metrov stran. Mogočnost nekdanje bronastodobne in železnodobne naselbine pa
potrjujejo ostanki prazgodovinskega obzidja. Obzidan in utrjen je bil celoten hrib.
Zakaj je rimsko naselje obstajalo samo
do 1. stoletja našega štetja? “V času rimskega cesarja Vespazijana (vladal je od leta
69 do 79) so na veliko gradili in obnavljali
ceste. Naselja so z višje ležečih območij
preselili na nižje ležeča. Kaštelirjem,
obzidanim višinskim naselbinam, so bili
dnevi šteti,” odgovarja Sakara Sučevićeva.
Tomaževa pa opozarja na pomen Kaštelirja
nad Kortami, ki je sicer bolj slabo raziskan
in zato tudi manj poznan: “Na celotnem
območju pod Kraškim robom so samo tri
najdišča iz mlajše kamene dobe: Srmin,
Grintovec in Kaštelir.”
PRIMORSKE NOVICE
Dobro za harmoniko – vedno bolj
priljubljena med mladimi
HEADLINE: Good for the
accordion – more and more
popular among the young
TOPIC: Since its establishment this year, the
Slovenian Association of
Diatonic Accordion has been
working to raise appreciation
for the diatonic accordion
to the level of other musical
instruments. In Slovenia,
the diatonic accordion is a
fundamental instrument that
both old and young like to
play and listen to.
The Association of Diatonic Accordion recently
organized the “Good for the
Accordion” concert at the
Cankar Hall in Ljubljana. All
of the participants concluded
the 90-minute program by
performing the Avsenik song
“Na Golici.”
Letos je bila ustanovljena
Zveza diatonične harmonike
Slovenije, ki se prizadeva za
postavitev diatonične harmonike na nivo ostalih inštrumentov.
Diatonična harmonika v slovenskem prostoru predstavlja
temeljni instrument, ki ga igra
in posluša staro in mlado.
Zveza diatonične harmonike
Slovenije je organizirala koncert z naslovom Dobro za harmoniko v Cankarjevem domu
v Ljubljani. V uvodu je vse
zbrane pozdravil predsednik
Zveze diatonične harmonike
Slovenije Mitja Zupančič in
predstavil omenjeno zvezo.
V programu so nastopili
še ostali odlični harmonikarji
Rok Zupančič, Manuel Šavron,
Miha Debevec, Simon Vrbec,
Peter Prohart, Matej Banovšek,
Franci Falant, Klemen Rošer,
Robert Goter, Anže Krevh,
Primož Zvir, Zoran Zorko.
Harmonika je vedno bolj
priljubljena med mladimi. To
so dokaz tudi mladi harmonikarji Tonija Sotoška, ki so se
na koncertu predstavili z dvema
skladbama.
Na harmoniko je mogoče
zaigrati različne zvrsti glasbe.
Mladi se na diatonični har-
moniki preizkušajo v moderni,
klasični in koncertni glasbi.
Glasba ne pozna meja, ne razdvaja, ampak druži ljudi. Harmonikarski orkester Primoža
Zvira se je ob koncu ob vokalni
spremljavi Maje Oderlap predstavil z ljudsko pesmijo Nocoj
je ena lušna noč.
Uro in pol trajajoči koncert
pa so vsi nastopajoči sklenili z
Avsenikovo skladbo Na Golici.
DOLENJSKI LIST
Vesele božične praznike,
ter srečno in uspešno
novo leto 2015!
Kamniške “fabrike” v muzeju
HEADLINE: Kamnik’s
“factories” in a museum
TOPIC: The Kamnik
Inter Municipal Museum
recently opened an interesting exhibition titled “Where
Have All the Factories Disappeared?” which focuses on
the fate of seven formerly
successful Kamnik factories.
This exhibition introduces
the stories of seven of the
most important factories in
Kamnik – Titan, Svilanit,
Kik, Eta, Svit, Utok and Stol
– the roots of which sprang
up at the end of the 19th
and beginning of the 20th
centuries, and all of which
originated mainly because
of enterprising individuals.
These factories developed
and produced articles of
which the people of Kamnik
are still proud these days.
“We had a few articles in our
museum, but a lot was donated by the former employees
of these factories. We also
collected a lot of documents
and photographs for this
exhibition,” said exhibition
curator Marko Kumer.
V Medobčinskem muzeju
Kamnik so odprli zanimivo razstavo Kam so šle vse fabrike?
o usodah sedmih nekdaj zelo
uspešnih kamniških tovarn.
Razstavo spremlja tudi izviren Mali besednjak kamniške
industrije.
Razstava bo na ogled še
vse leto 2015, v sklopu projekta pa se bodo v muzeju
zvrstili različni dogodki, kot
so: spominski večeri, okrogla
miza o perspektivah kamniške
industrije, razstava Likovne
upodobitve kamniške industrije, projekcije filmov o stari
kamniški industriji idr.
Razstava predstavlja zgodbe sedmih najpomembnejših
kamniških tovarn: Titana,
Svilanita, Kika, Ete, Svita,
Utoka in Stola, ki imajo svoje
korenine na koncu devetnajstega ali na začetku dvajsetega
stoletja, vse pa so nastale
predvsem na pobudo podjetnih
posameznikov.
Razvijale in izdelovale so
izdelke, na katere so Kamničani
ponosni še danes, zato so si
številni na odprtju z veseljem
ogledali denimo poslikane
kozarce za Etino gorčico, pa
Titanove mlinčke za meso ali
krušne drobtine, sloviti stol
rex, Utokove usnjene izdelke,
slovite majolike.
“Nekaj predmetov smo že
imeli v našem muzeju, precej
pa so nam jih prinesli občani,
nekdanji delavci teh tovarn.
Poleg tega se je nabralo zelo
veliko dokumentov in fotografij in po gradivu sodeč, bi
si prav vsaka tovarna zaslužila
svojo razstavo in knjigo,” nam
je povedal avtor razstave,
muzejski dokumentalist Marko
Kumer, ki se je projekta lotil
že pred skoraj letom in pol, ob
lanskoletnem festivalu Kamfest, ko je zametke tokratne
razstave skupaj z Goranom
Završnikom in Matjažem
Jugom iz Kulturnega društva
Priden možic postavil v Parku
Evropa v središču Kamnika. A
tema si je upravičeno zaslužila
več strokovne pozornosti, kar
dokazuje tudi veliko zanimanje
Kamničanov. Razstave ne
spremlja klasičen razstavni
katalog, ampak Mali besednjak
kamniške industrije, kjer so vsi
pojmi, tudi izrazi, predstavljeni po abecednem redu. V
besednjaku se tako na primer
poleg samih tovarn, njihovih
izdelkov in pomembnih posameznikov znajdejo opisi izrazov, ki so bili del delavskega
vsakdana: čik pavze, sindikati,
stavke, prvi maj … in tudi
'ženske moških sanj' – tradicionalna ikonografija moških
garderobnih omaric.
GORENJSKI GLAS
DOPUST - “Dolfe, si že
naredil kakšen načrt za
dopust?” - “Ne, čemu
pač? Moja žena odloči,
kam bomo šli. Moj šef
določi, kdaj bomo šli, in
moja banka določi, kako
dolgo bomo na dopustu
bili.”
Meteorološka postaja na Kredarici neprekinjeno deluje že 60 let
HEADLINE: The weather station on Kredarica has been continuously working for 60 years
TOPIC: The weather station on
Kredarica is the only mountainous
weather station in Slovenia. It was
set up in 1954 and intended mainly
for weather reporters, who received
a lot information from weather stations in lowlands but were missing
information about weather activity
at higher altitudes.
At a time when measurements
of vertical profiles of temperature,
moisture, wind direction and wind
speed with the aid of balloons and
satellites was not yet available,
the mountainous weather stations
were practically the only source of
information about conditions in the
upper layers of the atmosphere. In
the beginning, observations made
from the Kredarica weather station
were real pioneering work which
demanded a lot of courage and solid
character, and of course physical
perseverance. Because of rapidly
changing weather conditions and
the sharp mountain climate, the
work on the highest Slovenian
weather station is still very difficult
and dangerous.
Meteorološka postaja na Kredarici
je edina visokogorska meteorološka
postaja v Sloveniji. Ko so jo leta 1954
postavili, je bila namenjena predvsem
napovedovalcem vremena, ki so sicer
razpolagali s precejšnjim številom
podatkov iz meteoroloških postaj v
nižinah, manjkali pa so jim podatki
o dogajanju na večji višini, je ARSO
objavili na svoji spletni strani.
V času, ko še ni bilo meritev vertikalnih profilov temperature, vlage,
smeri in hitrosti vetra s pomočjo balo-
nov in satelitov, so bile visokogorske
meteorološke postaje praktično edini
vir podatkov o razmerah v višjih
plasteh ozračja, dodajajo meteorologi,
v začetnem obdobju delovanja visokogorske meteorološke postaje na
Kredarici pa je bilo opazovanje pravo
pionirsko delo, ki je zahtevalo veliko
poguma in trden značaj, seveda pa
tudi fizično vzdržljivost. Zaradi hitro
spreminjajočih se vremenskih razmer
in ostrega gorskega podnebja je delo
na naši najvišji meteorološki postaji
še vedno težavno in nevarno.
Zaradi izjemnega pomena
meteorološke postaje na Kredarici se
je v zadnjem desetletju v meteorološka
opazovanja na Kredarici vključila
tudi Slovenska vojska na osnovi
dokumenta
Program spremljanja vremena,
strukture snega in plazov v visokogorju, sta Generalštab slovenske
vojske in Agencija RS za okolje
podpisala leta 2005. Slovenska vojska
skrbi za helikoptersko oskrbo postaje
in prevoz opazovalcev ob zamenjavah
posadke na postaji; iz njenih vrst so
tudi meteorološki opazovalci.
VEČER
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December 24, 2014
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Cicero Neighbors Lodge 449 sets its meeting schedule for 2015
by TINA RIGLER
Lodge 449 Secretary
CICERO, Ill. — Cicero Neighbors
Lodge 449 met Sept. 21. Secretary
Tina Rigler read all correspondence
and gave the financial report. She also
informed the members that the Lodge
changed banks due to new fees that
would be going into effect. The new
bank has no fees.
Lodge officers reported on summer activities, and updates were
given on the young adults. It was a
busy summer for our young adults.
Justin Rigler served as a counselor
at Youth Roundup and attended the
Young Adult Conference with Shane
Miller and Elena Maresh. Jason Rigler
attended the TEL Workshop.
There were eight Lodge members
that attended the Chicago Federation
dinner dance on Sept. 7. After the
September Lodge meeting, members
enjoyed refreshments. The activity
for the month was visiting a local
nursing center. Youth and adult members stopped by Pershing Gardens
Healthcare Center in Stickney, Ill.,
and passed out greeting cards, cookies
and magazines to the residents.
On Nov. 23, Lodge 449 held its
annual meeting. Secretary Tina Rigler
read all communications received
from the SNPJ Home Office and gave
a financial report. An annual audit will
be scheduled before the next meeting.
Members approved the decision
that youth members attending the
Chicago District Federation Christmas party would receive $5 from the
Lodge. There were five children in attendance at the Dec. 6 party and they
all participated in the talent program.
As a notice to all members, Lodge
449 will meet four times in 2015. The
meetings scheduled for 2015 will be-
gin at noon at the home of Secretary
Rigler, 1116 Berkley Ln., Lemont, Ill.,
on March 15, June 21, Sept. 20 and
Nov. 15. We will be playing card bingo
after the March 15 meeting, so please
bring a $1 gift. The June 21 meeting
will be held during the Father’s Day
Picnic at St. Mary’s in Lemont.
Our election of officers was held
and those elected to serve in 2015
are President Vince Rigler; Vice
President Jan Maresh; Recording Secretary Edward Dabrowski;
Secretary/Treasurer Tina Rigler;
Sergeant-at-Arms Elinore Laben; and
auditors Justin Rigler, Elena Maresh
and Robert Rigler. Congratulations
to all officers. Representatives to
the Chicago District Federation are
delegates Edward Dabrowski, Tina
Rigler and Vince Rigler. The alternates are Marija Rigler, Jan Maresh
and Sue Rus.
For their
September
activity, Lodge
449 members
paid a visit to
the residents
of a local
healthcare
center,
bringing them
magazines,
cookies and
greeting cards.
Members decided that their four
activities for 2015 will be held the
same day as the regularly scheduled Lodge meetings. All members
enjoyed the holiday luncheon at the
meeting.
I wish all members a healthy new
year and look forward to seeing more
members at our next meeting on Sunday, March 15, 2015. Don’t forget your
$1 gift to play card bingo. The meeting
will begin at noon at the Rigler home,
1116 Berkley Ln., Lemont. Please call
(630) 257-5051 if you need directions.
best wishes to our
Outlived Members Loyalites look to spring with Cleveland bus trip
Lodge 53
member
celebrates
100 years
by GINA VOLPE
Lodge 158 Treasurer
CLEVELAND — Sis.
Jennie Pograis, a member
of Lodge 53, has outlived
Sis. JENNIE POGRAIS (53)
her life insurance policy.
Sis. Pograis of Euclid, Ohio, proudly celebrated her 100th
birthday earlier this year with a party shared by family and
friends. She is just as proud of her relationship with SNPJ,
which spans virtually all of her years.
“One of the first things my dad did after I was born
was sign me up for SNPJ, because he and my mother were
very active members,” Jennie reflected. “So I was a youth
member until I turned 16.”
Sis. Pograis was born in 1914 to Jacob and Margaret
(Podgorsek) Zajc in Pleasant Valley, Pa., northeast of Pittsburgh. When she was about 5, the family moved to Neffs,
Ohio, and then to Powhatan Point along the Ohio River,
where her dad worked in the nearby coal mines. Her earliest recollections of SNPJ are from her days in Powhatan
Point, where weekend picnics were frequent. “Mother and
Dad were always working hard and helping to organize the
picnics,” she said.
In the mid-1930s, Jennie moved briefly to Pittsburgh,
where she and younger sister Mary worked in the nurses’
dining room at St. Francis Hospital. In 1939, she moved to
Cleveland, followed by her parents, brother Tom and sisters
Mary and Margaret.
Before World War II, an acquaintance introduced Jennie
to fellow Slovenian Edward Pograis. Many of their dates
were at dances at Cleveland’s popular Euclid Beach Park.
After the war, Jennie and Ed married and raised three
daughters - Margaret, Carolyn and Jackie. She is now the
proud grandmother of five and great­-grandmother of seven.
Sis. Pograis, who worked at Addressograph-Multigraph
and Curtis Industries before retiring in 1980, is also a
longtime parishioner of St. Mary’s Church in Cleveland’s
Collinwood neighborhood.
On behalf of the members of Lodge 53 and the Slovene
National Benefit Society, we extend best wishes to Sis.
Pograis for continued health and happiness.
EUCLID, Ohio — The Loyalites Lodge
158 annual meeting was held Dec. 7,
followed by the Christmas party. There
weren’t as many members present as we
had hoped, but it was still a nice event.
The Lodge 158 officers for 2015 are
President Pat Nevar; Secretary Karen
O’Donnell; Treasurer Gina Volpe; Recording Secretary Janet Smrdel; auditors
Colleen Frank, Gary Smrdel and Ruth
Prelock; and Linda Gorjup as alternate
auditor. Best wishes to all in the new year.
We purchased tickets for the Polka
Hall of Fame calendar drawing and the
Slovenian Workmen’s Home annual meeting drawing, as well as their Thursday
night drawings.
Happy “29th” birthday to Janet Smrdel
on Christmas Day. I always wondered if
you got double the presents if your birthday was on Christmas? Happy birthday to
Harry Volpe in January, and congratulations to Jan and Gary Smrdel as they
celebrate their 20th wedding anniversary
Jan. 28, 2015.
The Loyalites are planning a small
bus trip to the Cleveland Hofbrauhaus
sometime in the spring. Keep your eyes
Lodge 6 meeting schedule changing with the new year
SYGAN 2015
FROM PAGE 1
per year on the second Monday
of the month during the months
of January, March, April, May,
June, August, September,
October, November and De-
cember. The SASC meeting
will follow the regular Lodge
6 meeting during the months
that Lodge meetings are held;
otherwise, the SASC meetings
will begin at 7:30 p.m.
We are really trying to build
Youth Circle 36. If you have
children between the ages of
4 and 17 who are members of
SNPJ Lodge 6, I encourage
you to get them involved. This
is a great opportunity for fun
activities, bowling and meet-
ACROSS
1. Good for biceps
6. “__’_ alive!”
9. *Many Kurds did this
from Syria in 2014
13.Unctuous Heep,
of “David Copperfield”
14.Not pre-owned
15.It made Harry Potter invisible
16.Common Thanksgiving
Day action
17.ATM extra
18.Reduce, _____, recycle
19.*Captured drug lord
21.Zoo section
23.Go wrong
24.Hat part
25.Old age, archaic
28.Musical compositions for one
30.African equines
35.*Suspect in PA police
ambush was denied this
37.Kosher establishment
39.Davy Crockett’s last stand
40.Popular Creole vegetable
41._____ Miss hot chocolate
43.Auditory
44.MC Hammer’s “2 _____ 2 Quit”
46.Last two words of certain shoe
company’s famous slogan
47.“Rambling Wreck
From Georgia ____”
48.*Beyonce and Jay Z performed
in them together in ’14
ing new friends. Please e-mail
[email protected] for
information about activities
and how to join the Circle.
Wishing you a blessed and
merry Christmas, and all the
best in the New Year!
SNPJ Scholarship Fund Donations
for the months of October and November 2014
Federation of California Lodges.................... $440
Proceeds from the Vinska Trgatev in memory
of Joe Umeck
Gary & Mary Jane Cadez, Bend, Ore............ $200
In memory of Rose Cadez
Alda De Vera, Pittsburgh............................... $100
In memory of William J. Toth
Jay & Denise Gagne and Betty Polley,
Wexford, Pa......................................................$75
In memory of Wanda Rupnick
Joseph A. & Evangeline C. Sever (223),
Greensburg, Pa............................................... $50
In memory of Evangeline “Vange” Pollock
Elizabeth L. Patnesky, McMurray, Pa.............. $50
In memory of Rudy Martincic
SNPJ Lodge 89, Midway, Pa........................... $25
In memory of Julia McMullen
SNPJ Lodge 31, Sharon, Pa........................... $35
In memory of Patricia Kane
SNPJ Lodge 89, Midway, Pa........................... $25
In memory of George Pavlich
William Habich (715) and family,
Aliquippa, Pa................................................... $30
In memory of Wanda Rupnick
Joe Lubich & Sharon Ujcich (665), Pittsburgh....$25
In memory of Joseph Grkman Sr.
Joe Lubich & Sharon Ujcich (665), Pittsburgh....$25
In memory of Wanda Rupnick
Alice M. Kuzma (749), Johnstown, Pa............. $25
In memory of Marion Cigich
Gloria Ann McConnell, Beaver, Pa.................. $20
In memory of Wanda Rupnick
Frances J. Gaudio (158), Naples, Fla.............. $20
In memory of Rudy Martincic
Louis & Nancy Koutoulakis (721),
Aliquippa, Pa....................................................$15
In memory of Wanda Rupnick
Joan M. Blasinsky, Bridgeville, Pa.................. $50
In memory of Rudolph Martincic
SNPJ Lodge 89, Midway, Pa........................... $25
In memory of John Gratchen
Sophie Pavlich (153), Poland, Ohio..................$10
In memory of Frances Pinkerton
Latrobe Specialty Metals, Latrobe, Pa............. $50
In memory of William J. Toth
SNPJ Lodge 89, Midway, Pa........................... $25
In memory of William Yenko
Sophie Pavlich (153), Poland, Ohio..................$10
In memory of Frank Verdinek
PROSVETA Crossword
Year In Review
open for details in Prosveta or on our
website, www.snpj158.com.
The annual SLO-ISH Bowling Tournament is slated for April 12, 2015, at the
same location, Wickliffe Lanes. More
details will follow. The Lodge 158 summer
picnic will be held June 21, 2015. Let’s
pray for nice weather.
Please contact me if you have any questions or if there is any information you
want to share. I can be reached at (440)
205-1618 or by e-mailing [email protected].
com. Don’t forget to stop by our website,
www.snpj158.com.
We wish all a very merry Christmas!
(#2614) by StatePoint Media
50.Antonym of #14 Across
52.“Big Island” flower necklace
53.Leave them behind for riches?
55.Grazing area
57.*Animated Oscar-winner
60.*Billboard Music Awards
hologram guest
64.Indian restaurant condiment
65.Schiller’s “___ to Joy”
67.Got up
68.Remove, as in a Pinterest post
69.A cool ___, as in money
70.Takes it easy
71.They’re famous for being busy
72.Snake-like reef dweller
73.Arrogant one
DOWN
1. 27 is the ____ of 3
2. Russia’s ____ Mountains
3. Reduced Instruction Set
Computer
4. Wood-shaping device
5. Barn scissors
6. Facts and figures
7. Tiger’s peg
8. Take an oath
9. Bloodsucking hopper
10.Displeasure on one’s face
11.“Piece of cake!”
12.Obtain or create, barely
15.*Russia/Ukraine
“apple of discord”
20.Cattle control, pl.
22.“That is to say”
24.Suffering from gastric distress
25.*Caused a global scare in 2014
26.Kobe, e.g.
27.Sad song
29.Off-color
31.The Phantom ____,
Mickey Mouse’s nemesis
32.a.k.a. honey badger
33.White liturgical neckwear
34.*2014 Olympic site
36.Been in bed
38.*Infamous terrorist group
42.Type of monument
45.Jane’s mate
49.Sigma Alpha Epsilon
51.Type of sticker, pl.
54.*Washington Nationals gave
away a Jayson Werth garden
_____
56.Ohio rubber hub
57.Olden-day temple
58.____ for the picking
59.Elevator inventor
60.Come together
61.*Hope ____ set U.S. soccer
record for career shutouts
62.Norse capital
63.Egg holder
64.Cause friction
66.Bond movie “Live and Let ___”
The solution to puzzle #2614 will
run in the Jan. 7 issue.
© StatePoint Media
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PROSVETA
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December 24, 2014
Hodgepodge
from the
Reveliers Lodge
by CHRIS PETUKAUSKAS
Lodge 33 Secretary/Treasurer
AMBRIDGE, Pa. — Merry Christmas
to all SNPJ Lodge 33 members and their
families. May your new year be filled with
good health, happiness and fraternalism.
All the best in 2015!
We had a wonderful afternoon at our
Christmas celebration with our friends
from Lodge 721 in Aliquippa, Pa. Thanks
to all those who contributed auction items
and congratulations to all the winners.
You sure went home with some nice gifts!
Our “ho, ho, ho!” man was a great voice
of Santa since we missed the jolly man
this year. We heard he was super busy this
year but promises to stop in and see us
News from
Here & There
by Grace Doerk
Lodge 559
CHICAGO — Thanksgiving is over, and
I hope your holiday was as wonderful as
ours. My entire family traveled to Michigan to spend the holiday with my sister
and her family. As usual, it was so nice
to see the family since we don’t get to see
each other as often as we would like to.
Unfortunately, all of my sister’s children live in different states and really
don’t have an opportunity to join us for
every holiday. Dinner was great and the
games we play makes the togetherness
so wonderful.
The only obstacle we encountered going to Michigan was when we passed the
area where Lake Michigan blew the snow
onto the road. A fatal accident delayed us
for about an hour. Well, since everything
else was O.K., we chalked it down as one
happy gathering with the family. Both my
sister and I said if only our parents could
be here to see us all together.
As usual, Black Friday attracted many
shoppers, but I’m not one for that day of
shopping. When they showed footage on
television, you could see people fighting
for merchandise, and unfortunately there
was a fatality in a downtown store. Nope,
that’s not for me. Cyber Monday also attracted a lot of people to the Internet, but
again, that isn’t for me. Unfortunately,
neither Black Friday nor Cyber Monday
showed increased sales over last year.
Like most people, we all seemed to
rest after all the fun and excitement of the
holiday. Now we’re all looking forward to
Christmas here in Chicago, which won’t
include most of my sister’s family. Like
many families, flying can really be a
damper because of the high prices.
For about 10 years, I and 10 others
worked voluntarily for Tom Cross who
was the Minority leader in the Illinois Congress, and we decided to get together since
Tom Cross was running for another office.
Unfortunately, after about a two-week
delay as the ballots were being counted,
we were sorry to see that Mr. Cross lost
the election for Illinois treasurer. It was
one of the dirtiest election campaigns I
can remember: the slanderous television
ads didn’t help many candidates. Well,
that’s politics.
The committee plans to meet once a
next year. Thanks to Lodge 33 President
Dave Pendel for the button box tunes. We
all enjoyed them.
We’re inviting everyone ages 10 to 32
to a fun activity sponsored by the Slovene
Federation of SNPJ Lodges of Western
Pennsylvania. We’re going tubing at Boyce
Park Sunday, Jan. 18. For details, please
call Chris Petukauskas at (724) 869-0530.
We’d love for you to join us as I’m sure it
will be a fun-filled day!
The Slovene Federation held a “Night
at the Races” event Nov. 15 and it was a
success. Lodge 33 even won a few horse
races. There were beautiful auction
baskets that were donated by various
sponsors. Thanks to all who supported
this event.
If you missed out this year, put this
event on your calendar for next year. You
might get a lucky horse and leave a little
richer! Thanks to everyone who attended;
we appreciate your support. Overall, it
was an enjoyable evening of fraternalism
and friendship.
Our Lodge 33 youth members have been
busy. Melanie Pendel recently toured a lo-
cal high school in preparation for next year.
How is our little youth member heading
to ninth grade so soon? Wow, time waits
for no one!
Best wishes to Jerome Petukauskas
on his acceptance to Baldwin Wallace
University in Cleveland. College decisions
come way too soon. You picked a good
school as a Browns fan, Jerome!
We’d like to welcome our newest and
youngest member, Ryan Miller, all the
way from Cabot, Ariz. We’re glad to
have you as part of our Lodge, Ryan.
Congratulations to our Lodge for all the
new members we’ve recently acquired.
It looks like we may have reached some
new membership goals; that’s exciting
news for Lodge 33!
In closing, enjoy your time this holiday
season as you rekindle old friendships and
make new friends. Savor every moment at
your family gatherings and, most of all,
have yourself a merry little Christmas.
Happy New Year wishes as well. Make
it a goal to pay it forward in the new year;
it will make a positive difference in your
life. Blessings and smiles to all.
month since we’d spent so much time
together. I just hope that the next election in the spring won’t be as harsh. The
latest on the political scene: since Judy
Barr Topinka, who was elected to the
comptroller’s office, recently passed away,
Tom Cross has a good chance of taking
her place in the new year.
Both Otto and I have been bothered
with bad backs, and since it’s just due to
old age, we just have to learn to live with
it. Otto always tells me there is another
alternative, so with that I just keep going.
This year I’ve had to cut down on some
of the Christmas parties; we just can’t
attend them all.
It’s been so nice hearing from my
SNPJ friends during the holidays. They
all encourage me to keep writing my
Prosveta column, but sometimes I
have so many things to do, like doctor
appointments, that I just don’t have the
time. My strength hasn’t returned either.
I was so happy to hear Judy and Bill
Dedic (559) report that their granddaughter
Abby is in remission from cancer. How
wonderful! Ella Mae Kovacic (559) is in
an assisted living facility, Heritage Woods
in Bolingbrook, Ill., and is really happy
there. Her daughter, Bonnie Polis (559),
had knee surgery, and she and husband
Bob are looking forward to their daughter
Amy’s wedding next August.
The Chicago Federation hosted their
annual youth Christmas party Dec. 6. Tina
Rigler (449) was in charge of the program.
That same day, Woodlawn Cemetery,
managed by Frank and Lois Zefran (559)
hosted the Slovene Pensioners group.
I attended the KSKJ #20 annual meeting and Christmas party. The Christmas
party at the Slovene Catholic Center was
also held that day with 200 in attendance.
That’s what we need, participation of
young members to carry on our Slovenian
culture and heritage.
Here’s something funny: a friend told
me how she likes potica, so I thought that I
would send her one. Looking out her front
window one day she saw something and
wondered what was on her front porch.
When she went to look, she found a box,
and she told me she was sorry she couldn’t
eat the potica. I wondered why... until
I heard that the squirrels had eaten all
the potica, even the cellophane wrapped
around it. It must have been good! Sorry,
Marion; we’ll get you another potica.
Otto and I attended the Plainfield senior Christmas party. The food, as well
as the entertainment, was superb. I also
attended the SNPJ retirees party. Only
four of us were in attendance; many of
the other former employees have passed
away, some have moved, and others are
just too ill to attend. Anyway, we try to
keep the home fires of SNPJ burning in
the Chicagoland area.
It’s hard to believe that we attended
nine holiday parties without a break and
still have five more to attend. I’m glad
Christmas only comes once a year.
It’s beginning to look a lot like Christmas around our house, thanks to our
daughter and her husband who put up our
tree and several decorations.
The Slovene Pensioners Club no longer
meets at the old Slovene Center, but at the
Woodlawn Cemetery Home. This year
we held our Christmas party at a local
restaurant. It was wonderful seeing Betty
Nadvornik in attendance; she’s looking
great. We missed seeing Sharon Kovack
who is still in a nursing home but is improving each day. Can you believe two of
the party attendees are 95?
Best wishes are extended to Anelle
Eorio (8) who injured her arm. How awful! Use of your arms is very important
at this time of the year, especially when
baking and wrapping presents. Best wishes
as well to Rita O’Malley who is having
some problems with her back and leg. We
hear that Lillian Stan is in the hospital with
some health issues. We wish all our ailing members all the best. They say these
golden years are so wonderful. Ha!
I attended yet another party, hosted
by the Joliet Seniors and featuring entertainment by Bruce Korosa and a meal
prepared by a Slovenian cook, Lillian
Cepon. You can’t beat that. Then it was
on to the seventh straight day of holiday
parties in a row. Pioneer Lodge 559 held
their final meeting of the year, followed
by dinner, a grab-bag and the exchange of
holiday greetings. It was nice to see the
increased attendance.
The following day, our son and his wife
hosted Otto’s 87th birthday party. It’s so
nice when all the family is together – we’ll
have more of that in the coming weeks.
Finally, the Slovenian Cultural Center
held their last dinner of the year Dec. 14.
The food was great, the choir was excellent,
and above all, exchanging seasons greetings with all our friends was wonderful.
Everyone there is so friendly.
Another year will soon be over. It was
a good year for some, while others had
some problems. Let’s hope 2015 brings
good health and all the happiness possible. To all my friends in SNPJland, their
families and friends. I wish you all a most
wonderful Christmas season followed by
a year of good health.
SNPJ Recommender Program
I would like to introduce
Official Proceedings
Minutes of the Executive Committee Meeting
Feb. 10, 2014
The meeting was called to order at 10 a.m. by President Evanish
with Sis. Pintar and Bro. Lawrence in attendance.
The minutes from the Jan. 9, 2014, meeting were read and
approved.
Reported that we met with our health care plan representative
this afternoon. Reviewed the options for our plan, reviewed the
changes brought about with the Affordable Care Act, and decided
on a health care plan for the Home Office and Recreation Center
full-time employees.
Discussed the Star Lodge Bonus Program.
Reviewed information for the National Board Governance Committee meeting tomorrow.
Approved a cultural donation of $100 to the second annual
Kurentovanje.
Cash Withdrawals:
Jan. 15 - There was one Outlived Policy and two Adult Cash
Withdrawals, none of which were conversions. Cash value,
$3,301.84; insurance, $4,440.
Jan. 22 - There was one Matured Endowment, one Outlived
Policy and five Adult Cash Withdrawals, none of which were
conversions. Cash value, $8,624.87; insurance, $13,040.
Jan. 29 - There was one Outlived Policy and seven Adult Cash
Withdrawals, none of which were conversions. Cash value,
$9,721.47; insurance, $48,410.
Feb. 6 - There were five Adult Cash Withdrawals, none of which
were conversions. Cash value, $3,757.91; insurance, $9,450.
The meeting was adjourned at 11:15 a.m.
JOSEPH C. EVANISH
National President
KAREN A. PINTAR
National Secretary
50-Year Members
December 2014
Lodge
A02
1
6
31
31
87
106
138
138
138
138
142
225
225
254
268
371
Member
James J. Jackson
Robert W. Potokar
Stanley E. Budzik
Katherine Rogerson
Carrie A. Brooks
Colleen C. Ricco
Albert E. Coates
Roberta W. Pietropaolo
Donna L. Mayhle
Robert A. Verchek
Michael J. Kubacki Jr.
John R. Brooks
Gerald L. Blazic
Rita C. Armbrust
Helene M. Lopes
Sheldon J. Petrich
Linda L. Kay
LodgeMember
564
Ronald Widlak
576
Juliean M. Centa
581
Rudolph L. Drasler Jr.
584
Denise S. Podar
584
John F. Scheider
584
Mary R. Irons
614
Tanya K. Kimberly
643
Brenda J. Kovach
665
Karen Sadar-Watt
689
Ann M. Banks
689
Sharon Klarich
723
Kenneth W. Stermetz
749
William Kopriva
749
Eileen K. Wagstaff
749
Joel A. Oshansky
782
Barbara A. Couch
60-Year Members
December 2014
Lodge
A02
2
5
8
34
87
89
142
158
207
Member
Barbara K. Barent
John W. Spitzmiller
Dolores M. Skedell
Joan M. Lajka
Richard F. Krasovich
Tom Baresich
Wayne L. Lander
Sylvia Cek
Mary E. Muharsky
John A. Spek
LodgeMember
559
Jane Rohrbein
564
William S. Travnik
576
Albin Lipold
577
Margaret Russell
584
Gerald Janowicz
677
Dorothea O. Resek
713
Joseph W. Flajnik
715
Frank V. Mozina
723
Carol J. Brown
70-Year Members
December 2014
odgeMember
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2
Joseph Grilc
138
Eva P. Chupinsky
138
Frank E. Guzel
138
Amelia A. Progar
142
Albina M. Mitskavich
218
Anna M. Saindon
225
Lorraine T. Murray
LodgeMember
265
Joseph E. Druga
268
Mabel Zamlen
268
Jennie Mayasich
577
Anna M. Hribar
581
Josephine R. Cordier
715
Nellie Crusan
80-Year Members
December 2014
odgeMember
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559
Sylvia Cerkoney
559
Ann Smagaj
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Badger Jabber
by BOB SMOLE
Lodge 584
MILWAUKEE — The annual
Badger Lodge 584 Christmas party
and meeting took place Dec. 11. The
festivities began with a potluck meal
at 6 p.m. at Mary Queen of Heaven
gym in West Allis, Wis. The party’s
“table of plenty” was arranged by
Sisters Michele Melton, Mary Donovan, Kari Mlaker and Rose Chepeck.
There were enough donated goodies
to last for several days, and we thank
all those who brought something to
share. Bro. Bob Alpner got behind
the coffee pot and made sure it was
filled and perking.
It was nice to see Bro. Louie Saja,
his daughter Sis. Laura Kult, and her
husband Bro. Daniel Kult in attendance. Bro. Tim Donovan was present
even though he was recuperating from
surgery. It was good to hear that Bro.
Donovan’s surgery went well.
By 7 p.m., when the business meeting was to start, everyone was looking
for a place to nap after the fabulous
meal. But since “the show must go
on,” President Tim Donovan rapped
the gavel to call the Lodge meeting
to order. The minutes of the previous meeting were approved as read,
as were the secretary and treasurer
reports. Sis. Donovan reported on the
youth Christmas party that took place
Dec. 6 and the upcoming Verbick
Memorial Bowling Tournament to be
held Jan. 10, 2015. More on that later
in this article...
The next order of business was the
election of officers for 2015. The new
slate of officers includes President Tim
Donovan; Vice President Don Lesar;
Secretary/Treasurer Jeff Mlaker;
Recording Secretary Mary Donovan;
Sergeant-at-Arms Bob Alpner; and
auditors Bob Smole and Tom Gehm.
Our USPEH representative will be
December 24, 2014
Bro. Tom Gehm.
It was moved, seconded and passed
that the regular monthly Badger
Lodge 584 meetings take place on
the second Thursday of each month
at the present location, Mary Queen
of Heaven gym, 2360 S. 106 St., West
Allis, starting at 7 p.m. The birthday
song was sung to monthly celebrants
Bro. Tim and Sis. Mary Donovan. The
two attendance awards were won by
Sisters Mary Donovan and Judy Price.
An additional gift, donated by Sis. Jan
and Bro. Tom Gehm, was won by Sis.
Mary Donovan. It was not only Mary’s
birthday, but her lucky day as well.
The Badger Lodge also donated four
Christmas gift cards that were won by
Brothers Tim Donovan, Daniel Kult
and Don Lesar, and Sis. Judy Price.
The regular meeting was adjourned
and we continued with a Christmas
gift exchange. Members who brought
a gift to exchange received a gift, and
everyone was invited to continue in
partaking of the festive foods that
remained on the buffet table.
The Milwaukee SNPJ youth
Christmas party was a success. There
weren’t as many registered as in past
years, but it was a nice group. Dec.
6 was the date and Mary Queen of
Heaven gym was the location. Several committee members arrived at
11:30 a.m. to start setting up for the
event, which was scheduled for 1 p.m.
Tables, chairs, the buffet table, decorations and the Christmas tree had to be
set up. Two separate rooms were for
the crafts and a visit with Santa. The
other room held the food and goodies.
Dawn Petrovick agreed to handle
the crafts. She arrived with materials to make a snowman on a candy
cane sleigh, hot chocolate ornaments,
glass ornaments and cupcake liner
Christmas trees. We thank Dawn for
her time and effort in putting these
great little crafts together for the party.
The kids loved it!
Sis. Courtney Grant, one of our
scholarship recipients, started the
musical portion of the program with a
Christmas song on her violin. Briahna
Lynch followed, displaying her talent
on the xylophone. Sis. Jane Lynch
and her guitar then led the group in a
Christmas carol sing-along. All of the
attendees joined in with great exuberance and they sounded very good too.
As Sis. Lynch started singing
“Jingle Bells,” bells started ringing
out of nowhere and we could here
a “Ho, ho, ho!” approaching. The
children began jumping in excitement
as they realized that Santa was near!
They each had the opportunity to sit
on Santa’s lap and tell him what they
wanted for Christmas. Santa asked
each child whether they were good
or bad. It seemed that all made his
“nice list” because he gave them each
a gift, some candy and a certificate
stating that they had been nice. After
opening the gifts and some picture
taking, Santa was ready to depart. The
children showed their appreciation by
sending Santa off with his favorite
song, “Jingle Bells.”
The food area was opened for all
to partake in the wonderful treats
prepared by Sis. Michele Melton and
her son Bailey Phalen, as well as the
many dishes that were brought to
pass. Thanks to all who brought a
dish to share.
Thanks to Sis. Mary Donovan for
arranging this event. Although she
was not in attendance, she managed
to stop by for a few minutes to see
if all was well. Sis. Donovan had
to look after her husband, Bro. Tim
Donovan, as he was recuperating
from surgery. This Christmas party
was handled by Badger Lodge 584
and, as in years past, an invitation
was extended to SNPJ Lodge 686 in
West Allis. Members of both Lodges
were in attendance.
As mentioned earlier, the Verbick
Memorial Bowling Tournament will
take place Jan. 10, 2015. Four local
fraternal organizations – SNPJ, KSKJ,
Sloga and CFU – will get together for
some friendly bowling competition.
In the past, you had to be a member
of one of the aforementioned organizations to participate. However, the
rule has been modified this year and
only three of five team members need
be a member of one of the organizations. You can also mix and match
your teams – all men, all women or
mix it up.
Bowlers are asked to check in 15
minutes before the scheduled 11 a.m.
start. The first 16 teams to submit their
paid $85 entry fee will be accepted.
Entries must be submitted by Jan. 3,
2015. Don’t wait until the last minute
and possibly be left out! For additional
information contact Sis. Mary Donovan at (414) 817-0192.
Congratulations are in order for
Bro. Don and Sis. Georgene Wene
of Crivitz, Wis., as they celebrate 57
years of wedded bliss this month. Best
wishes to them both!
My yearly quest to collect funds
for the Wisconsin Breast Cancer
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Showhouse (WBCS) continues. I
wish to thank those who have already
graciously donated. Many of these
contributors are longtime supporters
of the Smole family’s effort to raise
funds in hopes of eradicating both
breast and prostate cancer. These
funds are utilized by the Medical
College of Wisconsin in their research
for a cure. That day will come, but not
soon enough. With our continuing efforts, the likelihood of finding a cure
is very possible. Thanks again to all
who have contributed. I am sure that a
letter from the WBCS is forthcoming.
Please plan to attend the first
Badger Lodge 584 meeting of 2015
on the second Thursday of January,
Jan. 8. The meeting will begin at 7
p.m. in Mary Queen of Heaven gym,
2360 S. 106 St., West Allis.
I wish to extend my holiday wishes
to all for a very merry Christmas and
a healthy, happy and prosperous New
Year. Vesele Božične Pražnike Srečno
Novo Leto.
Photo submitted by Sis. Jane Lynch (584).
The young members of SNPJ Lodges 584 and 686 visited with Santa Claus
during their annual Christmas party held Dec. 6.
2015 SNPJ Winter Classic
Bowling Tournament
February 20-22, 2015
co-sponsored by SNPJ Lodge 6 and SNPJ Lodge 138
and SNPJ Athletic Districts 1 and 2
Men
Doubles & Singles Events
at Sygan Lodge 6
540 Third Ave.
Bridgeville, PA 15017
Phone: (412) 221-9862
Friday, Feb. 20, 6:30 p.m.
Saturday, Feb. 21, 9 a.m.
Saturday, Feb. 21, 1 p.m.
Saturday, Feb. 21, 5 p.m.
Men
Team Event
at Strabane Lodge 138
269 Latimer Ave.
Strabane, PA 15363
Club: (724) 745-9860
Lanes: (724) 745-9775
Sunday, Feb. 22, 9 a.m.
Sunday, Feb. 22, Noon
Sunday, Feb. 22, 3 p.m.
Doubles & Singles
Entry fee $30 per person
Friday/Saturday Only
WOMen
Doubles & Singles Events
at Strabane Lodge 138
269 Latimer Ave.
Strabane, PA 15363
Club: (724) 745-9860
Lanes: (724) 745-9775
Saturday, Feb. 21, 9:30 a.m.
Saturday, Feb. 21, 1:30 p.m.
WOMen
Team Event
at Sygan Lodge 6
540 Third Ave.
Bridgeville, PA 15017
Phone: (412) 221-9862
Sunday, Feb. 22, 9:30 a.m.
Sunday, Feb. 22, 12:30 p.m.
Sunday, Feb. 22, 3:30 p.m.
Lodge
No.
Highest
Average
2013-14
1.
All-Events
$5 per
person
YES/NO
2.
1.
2.
Submit bowlers’ names by position in lineup
Four Person Team Event
Entry fee $60 per team
Sunday Only
Lodge
No.
Highest
Average
2013-14
1.
2.
3.
4.
Team name______________________________________
Team captain’s name, phone number & e-mail address:
The entry fee for each event is $15 per bowler, $9.00 of which shall be used for prizes
and $6.00 for bowling. An extra $5.00 is charged to all who desire to compete for
handicap all-events prizes. The Slovene National Benefit Society adds $6.00
per member to each prize fund except all-events.
Return form, along with fees of $15 per person, per event, to:
John Baselj
742 Mill St., Bridgeville, PA 15017
e-mail: [email protected]
Make checks payable to SNPJ Lodge 6
ENTRY DEADLINE IS JANUARY 31, 2015
The Home Office will verify all memberships. Complete tournament rules are
available by contacting the SNPJ Fraternal Department, 247 West Allegheny
Road, Imperial, PA 15126. Rules are also available online at www.snpj.org.
The Lodge 53 September bus trip hosted 42 participants on a visit to Millersburg/Walnut Creek in Amish Country.
Lodge 53 takes a look back at 2014 activities
by PAULINE BARBISH
Lodge 53 President
CLEVELAND — This writing brings to a close the V Boj
Lodge 53 activities for 2014. It
certainly was a busy year for
the Lodge.
We hosted an Easter family party April 12. Everyone
played balina before enjoying
a light lunch. May 18 was the
Pancake & Sausage Breakfast
at the SNPJ Farm, and on May
23 we visited the Slovene Home
for the Aged. We assisted the
residents in bingo and brought
desserts for them to enjoy.
June 29 was the annual
Lodge 53 summer picnic, filled
with delicious food and melodious music from the Jeff Pecon
Orchestra. There were 11
members recognized for their
anniversary memberships with
SNPJ. I’m sorry to say that only
two of those honorees were in
attendance, 70-year member
Jack Gabrenya and 50-year
member James M. Winton.
On Aug. 4, a few Lodge
members attended a Captains
baseball game at Classic Park.
It was Slovene Night, and all
Cleveland area SNPJ Lodges
had representation there. It was
a fun evening. A few days later,
on Aug. 11, we hosted a cake
and ice cream social for the
residents of Deepwood JCDC.
Needless to say, the cake, ice
cream and punch we provided
were thoroughly enjoyed.
In addition to our picnic,
another highlight of the year
was our Sept. 6 day trip to the
Millersburg/Walnut Creek
area of Amish Country. We
had 42 happy participants on
this grand trip, which included
a delicious family-style lunch,
a wagon ride through an exotic
animal ranch and a country
comedy show. Everyone appreciated the trip even more
so because there was very little
walking involved.
A polka brunch was held at
the SNPJ Farm on Oct. 26. Four
officers helped with this event,
which was a huge success. In
honor of the Farm’s 75th anniversary, Lodge 53 gifted a
much-needed industrial fan for
the dance floor and a lottery
tree for the “Raise the Roof”
Reverse Raffle held Sept. 20.
The final official Lodge
function of 2014 was our
regular meeting followed by
our annual meeting on Nov.
21. At the annual meeting,
the main order of business
was the election of officers
for 2015. Nominations and
voting were done according
to Roberts Rules. The Lodge
53 officers will remain the
same in the new year. We also
sent out our annual donations
to the Slovenian Workmen’s
Home, Slovene Home Skilled
Care and Rehabilitation, SNPJ
Scholarship Fund, Slovenian
Heritage Center, Tony Petkovsek, and Dale Bucar.
Our first official meeting
of 2015 will be Tuesday, Feb.
17, at 1 p.m. at 15335 Waterloo
Road. Please plan on attending
the swearing-in of our officers
that day.
In closing to all V Boj
Lodge 53 members and to all
members in SNPJland, we, the
officers of Lodge 53, extend
our warmest wishes for a very
merry Christmas and a happy,
healthy New Year.
Lodge 53 Secretary MARTHA MEGLICH is flanked by 70-year
member JACK GABRENYA [left] and 50-year member JAMES
WINTON, both of whom were honored at the June picnic.
V Boj Lodge members celebrated the Easter holiday with a
family day party on April 13.
In August, Lodge 53 members hosted a cake and ice cream
social for the residents of Deepwood JCDC, providing the
cake, ice cream and punch.
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December 24, 2014
SNPJ fraternal sympathies
Sis. Frances L. Forsek
• Lodge 1 •
CHICAGO — The Forsek
family and members of Lodge
1 sadly announce the Oct. 12,
2014, passing of Sis. Frances
L. (Prelesnik) Forsek, 99, of
Downers Grove, Ill., formerly
of Darien and Brookfield, Ill.,
at Oak Trace Health Center.
Sis. Forsek was born Oct.
19, 1914, in Oglesby, Ill. She
retired from Sears; was a
longtime member of Union
Church in Hinsdale, Ill.; and a
senior reader at Walker School
in Clarendon Hills, Ill.
Frances was the devoted
wife of the late Edward Forsek;
beloved mother of Diane (Virgil) Oostendorp; adored grandmother of Kristin (Joseph)
Jung, Heather (John) Hester
and Kimberly (Steve) O’Hare;
proud great-grandmother of
Danielle, Thomas and Nicholas Jung, Kayleigh, Matthew
and Peter Hester, and Nathan,
Sydney, Sadie, Naomi and
Fiona O’Hare; and dear sister
of Joseph Prelesnik. She is also
survived by three nephews
and six nieces. In addition to
her husband and parents, she
was preceded in death by five
brothers and sisters.
On behalf of the members
of Lodge 1 and the Slovene
National Benefit Society, we
extend our sympathies to Sis.
Forsek’s family, relatives and
friends on their loss.
Sis. Shirley M. Furar
• Lodge 2 •
LA SALLE, Ill. — With sadness, the members of Lodge 2
report the Oct. 12, 2014, passing of Sis. Shirley M. Furar,
82, of Compton, Ill., in St.
Margaret’s Hos­
pital, Spring
Valley, Ill.
Sis. Furar was born Sept.
9, 1932, in Spring Valley to
Edward and Evelyn (Grothen)
Blanchard. She married Frank
Furar on Dec. 1, 1951, in Spring
Val­ley.
Shirley was a newspaper
re­p orter for various area
newspapers for many years.
She loved to collect an­tiques
and, with her husband, owned
and operated Furar’s Antiques
in Compton.
SNPJ Crossword
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Sis. Furar loved camping,
boat­ing and vacationing in
northern Wisconsin. She was
an avid Chicago Bulls fan and
loved her dog Hans.
In addition to her SNPJ
Lodge 2 membership, she was a
member of St. Mary’s Catholic
Church.
Sis. Furar is survived by
one daughter, Jerene Furar;
three sons, David (Melissa)
Furar, Darrell (Kristen) Furar
and Paul (Lynn) Furar; nine
grandchildren; and seven
great-grandchildren.
She was preceded in death
by her husband on Feb. 6, 2009;
one son, Dale; one daughter,
Deanna; one grandson, Brandon Furar; and two children
in infancy.
Mass of Christian Burial
was celebrated for Sis. Furar
Oct. 18 in St. Mary’s Catholic
Church, West Brooklyn, Ill.
Burial followed in Melugin
Cemetery, Brooklyn Twp.
On behalf of the members
of Lodge 2 and the Slovene
National Benefit Society, we
offer our condolences to Sis.
Furar’s family, relatives and
friends on their loss.
Sis. Josephine Widmar
• Lodge 225 •
GIR AR D, Kan. — The
members of Lodge 225 sadly
announce the Oct. 12, 2014,
passing of Sis. Josephine Widmar, 92, of Franklin, Kan., at
Mercy Hospital in Ft. Scott,
Kan.
Sis. Widmar was born
April 7, 1922, in Franklin,
the daughter of Frank and
Josephine Kotar Moutz. She
was a homemaker, though she
worked at Annshire Garment
in Pittsburg, Kan., for 10 years.
She married Charles “Chuck”
Widmar Dec. 24, 1940, in Lamar, Mo. He preceded her in
death on Dec. 17, 1998.
Surviving are a daughter,
JoAnn “Joey” (Dennis) Vinardi; a son, Charles “Butch”
(Linda) Widmar; three granddaughters, Denise Vinardi
Richard, Kristi Widmar Bracciano and Stacy Widmar; a
great-­grandson, Cole Richard;
and a sister, Frances Fluder.
She was preceded in death by
her parents, her husband and a
brother, Rudy Moutz.
On behalf of the members
of Lodge 225 and the Slovene
National Benefit Society, we
offer our condolences to Sis.
Widmar’s family, relatives and
friends on their loss.
Sis. Martha Majernik
• Lodge 89 •
MIDWAY, Pa. — The members of Lodge 89 sadly report
the Oct. 14, 2014, passing of Sis.
Martha K. (Kupisch) Majernik,
89, of Whitehall, Ohio.
Sis. Majernik was born
June 6, 1925, in Slovan, Pa., a
daughter of the late Carl and
Marie Kupisch. She retired
from Defense Supply Center
in Columbus, Ohio. She was
a 73-year SNPJ member and
had attended Fairmoor Presbyterian Church in Columbus
for 62 years.
Surviving are her husband,
George Majernik; a son, John;
a daughter, Carla; four grand-
Always in our thoughts
Frank Joseph Vidergar
March 15, 1935 – Dec. 27, 2007
Seven years have passed
since you left us.
We will always love you.
DEATHS REPORTED
For the month of July 2014
LODGENAME
A01
A02
2
2
2
6
6
6
6
6
6
31
33
87
89
89
89
106
106
126
126
138
138
138
158
158
158
190
207
207
218
218
254
257
268
268
292
304
321
355
559
577
584
584
603
603
604
626
629
629
629
643
689
713
713
715
749
DATE OF
DEATH City-State
Leah Mirusso
06-17-2014
Alma Boehm
06-04-2014
Lottie Kerar
06-15-2014
Leonard D. Cotton Sr. 12-14-2007
Alfred Slatner
04-30-2014
Alberta Merlock
03-03-2012
John A. Wirant
04-26-2014
Alvina Yost
12-03-2013
Albert Merlock
06-24-1994
Alfred Petrovich
03-28-2014
Anna M. Charsky 01-22-2014
Gary Lance Yanta 06-26-2013
Dorothy L Kerzan 03-22-2002
Constance S. Frowen07-01-2014
Helen R. Zuleba
04-01-2014
Julia McMullen
07-02-2014
William J. Yenko
07-15-2014
Rita M. Chamberlain 02-09-2014
Bertha Medved
06-16-2014
Kenneth M. Nowak 06-24-2012
Mary B. Yuretic
04-23-2014
Joseph P. Kern Sr. 02-28-2014
William P. Daley
06-14-2014
Josephine E. Sedmak06-24-2014
Phillip M. Alich Sr. 06-22-2014
Elaine J. Scheid
07-13-2014
Frances Semenik 07-15-2014
John R. Glavan
07-09-2014
William L. Mola
12-19-2013
Lila Mae Branaugh 06-27-2014
Frank German
06-12-2014
Pauline Kelsic
01-30-2014
David G. Uchaker 06-30-2014
Frank G. Culkar Jr. 07-09-2014
Stanley E. Zager
05-17-2014
Violet J. Ruparcich 05-30-2014
Margaret Zilich
06-16-2014
Gloria H. Terbovec 07-14-2014
Jean M. Persin
03-13-2013
Rudolph P. Bracale 07-07-2014
Donald C. Tezak
06-15-2014
Josephine C. Kesner 07-16-2014
Elsie E. Browning 06-21-2014
Mary A. Gonthier 07-07-2014
Christine Frank
05-08-2008
William A. Rogerson 04-27-2014
John C. Lipovec
07-15-2014
Frank Nemeth
01-09-2014
Shirley A. Klasnick 06-08-2014
Walter J. Weyant 06-11-2014
Frank M. Klasnick 05-29-2014
Wallace N. Hitchcock 04-14-2014
Elsie T. Evans
05-02-2014
Gloria Hrovat
06-27-2014
Matthew W. Kern 01-11-2014
Josephine Kirn
07-03-2014
Roger P. Varner
06-17-2014
Brant, N.Y.
Pittsburgh, Pa.
Athens, Ill.
Springtown, Texas
Peru, Ill.
Pittsburgh, Pa.
Pittsburgh, Pa.
Bethel Park, Pa.
Pittsburgh, Pa.
Bethel Park, Pa.
Bethel Park, Pa.
Trenton, N.J.
Indiana, Pa.
North Huntingdon, Pa.
Weirton, W.Va.
Pittsburgh, Pa.
Bulger, Pa.
Imperial, Pa.
Coraopolis, Pa.
Brecksville, Ohio
Euclid, Ohio
Chatsworth, Calif.
McKees Rocks, Pa.
McMurray, Pa.
Willowick, Ohio
Willooughby, Ohio
Mentor, Ohio
Crossville, Tenn.
Kalispell, Mont.
Dodgeville, Wis.
Louisville, Colo.
Englewood, Colo.
Mentor, Ohio
North Royalton, Ohio
Virginia, Minn.
Pittsburgh, Pa.
Weirton, W.Va.
San Jose, Calif.
Cortland, Ohio
Madison, Ohio
Urbandale, Iowa
Orcutt, Calif.
Hamilton, Mont.
Milwaukee, Wis.
Edgewater, Fla.
Germantown, Tenn.
Willowick, Ohio
Galena, Ohio
North Versailles, Pa.
Monroeville, Pa.
North Versailles, Pa.
Jamestown, Pa.
Salt Lake City, Utah
Oakmont, Pa.
Springdale, Pa.
Monroeville, Pa.
Hedgesville, W.Va.
KAREN A. PINTAR
National Secretary
Mary Lou
Frank Jr., Gretchen, Anna & Ivan
Lisa, Keith & Mia
Remembering our dear ones
during this holiday season and always...
Frank J. Vidergar
Louis Lipovec
Mary Lipovec Glad
Michael Glad
Frank & Mary Vidergar and Edith
May they always rest in peace.
Sadly missed by Mary Lou (Lipovec) Vidergar;
Frank, Gretchen, Anna & Ivan Vidergar;
Keith, Lisa (Vidergar) & Mia Lucas.
sons, Dylan Cembalski, Matthew Majernik, Phillip Majernik and Justin Majernik; and
several nieces and nephews.
In addition to her parents,
she was predeceased by a
brother, William; three sisters,
Clara Whitmore, Helen Boyd
and Emma Dubich; a nephew;
and two nieces.
A funeral service for Sis.
Majernik was celebrated
in Fairmoor Presbyterian
Church, Columbus, officiated
by the Rev. Patricia Moats.
Interment followed in National
Cemetery of the Alleghenies,
Cecil Twp., Pa.
On behalf of the members
of Lodge 89 and the Slovene
National Benefit Society, we
extend our condolences to Sis.
Majernik’s family, relatives
and friends on their loss.
children; and a special niece,
Fran (Nick) Colafella.
Along with her parents and
husband, she was preceded in
death by five brothers, a sister
and a son-in-law, Leonard
Benko.
A Mass of Christian Burial
was celebrated for Sis. Paliotte on Oct. 20 in Our Lady
of Peace Catholic Church,
Conway, officiated by Fr. Gene
Lauer. Interment followed in
Sylvania Hills Memorial Park,
Rochester, Pa.
On behalf of the members
of Lodge 721 and the Slovene
National Benefit Society, we
extend our condolences to Sis.
Paliotte’s family, relatives and
friends on their loss.
Sis. Hannah E. Paliotte
• Lodge 721 •
BOROUGH OF SNPJ, Pa. —
With sadness, the members of
Lodge 776 report the Oct. 18,
2014, passing of Sis. Linda D.
Bohon, 69, of Pulaski Twp., Pa.
Sis. Bohon was born April
10, 1945, in New Castle, Pa., a
daughter of Robert and Naomi
Cameron Nelson. She had previously worked for Giant Eagle
in the floral department and as
a cashier. She enjoyed her pets
and working with flowers.
In addition to 33 years of
SNPJ membership, she was a
member of the Presbyterian
Church of Pulaski.
On Feb. 22, 2006, Linda
married her loving husband,
James Bohon, who survives.
She is also survived by her
mother; two stepchildren,
Craig (Lisa) Bohon and Christy
(Randy) Long; a brother, DuWayne Nelson; and a sister,
Kathy Wimer. She was preceded in death by her father.
A memorial service for Sis.
Bohon was held Oct. 23 at the
Ed and Don DeCarbo Funeral
Home and Crematory, New
Castle, officiated by the Rev.
Dennis Bupp.
On behalf of the members
of Lodge 776 and the Slovene
National Benefit Society, we
offer our condolences to Sis.
Bohon’s family, relatives and
friends on their loss.
ALIQUIPPA, Pa. — The
members of Lodge 721 sadly
announce the Oct. 15, 2014,
passing of Sis. Hannah E. (Yonkovich) Paliotte, 91, formerly
of Monaca and New Sewickley
Twp., Pa., at Friendship Ridge,
Beaver, Pa.
Sis. Paliotte was born Oct.
16, 1922, in South Heights, Pa.,
a daughter of the late John and
Frances (Zagar) Yonkovich. A
graduate of Aliquippa High
School, class of 1940, she was
employed at Rosalind Candy
Castle in New Brighton, Pa.,
for 40 years before retiring.
In addition to 74 years of
SNPJ membership, Hannah
was a member of Our Lady of
Peace Catholic Church in Conway, Pa., and a former member
of St. John the Baptist Catholic
Church in Monaca. She was an
avid bowler who was a member
of several different leagues,
and she also enjoyed reading,
singing and crocheting.
Hannah was married to the
late August “Gus” Paliotte who
passed away Sept. 24, 1989.
She will be sadly missed by
her three children, Bill (Chris)
Paliotte, Carole Benko and
Charlotte (Russ) Kirk; eight
grandchildren; 11 great-grand-
Sis. Linda D. Bohon
• Lodge 776 •
SNPJ mourns the passing of
former Director Sis. Smathers
SIS. SMATHERS
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year term from 1987 through
1990. We greatly appreciate
her fraternal contributions to
the Society, both locally and
nationally.
Veronica is survived by
her children, John T. (Jill)
Smathers Jr. and Terri A.
Smathers; five grandchildren;
and several nieces and neph-
ews. In addition to her husband,
she was preceded in death by
three brothers, Henry, Frank
and Fred Bogatay; and a sister,
Ann Scanlon.
Services for Sis. Smathers
were held Oct. 29. Interment
followed at Twin Valley Memorial Park in Delmont. The
family suggests memorial contributions to the Alzheimer’s
Association.
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