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Official Publication of the Slovene National Benefit Society
PERIODICAL MATERIAL
Y E A R C V I I I
IMPERIAL, PA., W EDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 2, 2015
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PROSVETA
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September 2, 2015
PROSVETA
(ENLIGHTENMENT)
(USPS 448-080)
(ISSN 1080-0263)
The Official Publication of the
Slovene National Benefit Society
247 W. Allegheny Road
Imperial, PA 15126-9774
Phone: 1-800-843-7675
e-mail: [email protected]
web site: www.snpj.org
Editor:
Jay Sedmak
Associate Editor:
Kimberly Winters
Subscription rate is $8 per year for non-SNPJ members in
the United States (Fla. subscribers, please add 6 percent
sales tax). Canadian and foreign subscriptions, $50 per
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(Issued biweekly on Wednesday)
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SNPJ National Board
Executive Committee:
National President...............Joseph C. Evanish
National Secretary...................Karen A. Pintar
National Treasurer........... Robert J. Lawrence
Correspondence received at:
247 West Allegheny Road
Imperial, PA 15126-9774
Finance Committee:
Chrm.: Roger C. Clifford – 568 Lang Road,
Sewickley, PA 15143
Robert Lawrence, Secretary
Joseph C. Evanish
Kenneth Anderson – 2400 Derby Road,
Birmingham, MI 48009
Richard Hervol – 183 Wylie Ave.,
Strabane, PA 15363
Audit Committee:
Chrm.: Phyllis Wood – 9519 Evergreen Lane,
Fontana, CA 92335; e-mail: [email protected]
Vincent Baselj – 1001 Grandview Ave.,
Apt. 903, Bridgeville, PA 15017
Louis J. Novak – 6308 Highland Rd.,
Highland Heights, OH 44143
Stan Repos – 1255 McCaslin Rd.,
Imperial, PA 15126
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
Linda Gorjup, Region 3 – 712 Fiddlers Way,
Painesville, OH 44077
Tracey Anderson, Region 4 – 1014 Edgewood
Dr., Royal Oak, MI 48067
Justina Rigler, Region 5 – 1116 Berkley Lane,
Lemont, IL 60439
Fred Mlakar, Region 6 – 13592 Onkayha Cir.,
Irvine, CA 92620
Celebrating 50 years of Rec Center relationships
by JOSEPH C. EVANISH
SNPJ National President
IMPERIAL, Pa. — The biggest joy I get
when talking to members is hearing the stories
of how SNPJ has brought so many people together. There are countless examples of close
friendships being created through SNPJ, not
to mention marriages.
For the past 50 years the SNPJ Recreation
Center has been a catalyst for bringing people
together and forming lifelong friendships.
Some have even held their weddings at the
SNPJ Recreation Center long before The
Alpine Room opened. Their children have
also enjoyed the Recreation Center.
We can all be thankful for the foresight
that our SNPJ leaders had more than 50 years
ago. In the early 1960s, the SNPJ National
Board began discussing the idea of a summer camp. Property between Cleveland and
Pittsburgh was offered to the Society, which
was inspected by the original SNPJ Campsite
Committee in 1961. The committee members
included National Board members Joseph
Culkar (who was serving as National President), Michael Kumer, Henry Rupert, Frank
Gradisek, Camilus Zarnik, Frank Janiga,
Ernest Hogler and Carl Samanich.
The National Board approved the purchase
of 235 acres. In 1963, a planning committee
was formed which included National President
Culkar, Frank Janiga, Michael Kumer, Joseph
Umeck and Henry Rupert, and on March
8, 1963, the National Board approved the
purchase of property from Herman Serjak.
Additional acreage was added at later dates,
totaling 487 acres.
SEE RELATIONSHIPS
ON PAGE 30
Up-and-Coming...
A look at events planned by the Slovene National Benefit Society
• SEPT. 4-6.....76th National SNPJ Days
weekend at the SNPJ Recreation
Center, Borough of SNPJ, Pa.
Welcome party in the Gostilna
Friday, Sept. 4; FREE National
Days Picnic at the lower pavilion
Sunday, Sept. 6, from 2-8 p.m.
For additional information contact
Fraternal Director Kevin Richards
at 1-800-843-7675 ext. 144, or
e-mail [email protected].
• SEPT. 4-6.....Fontana, Calif., Lodge 723 All
Accordion Festival Dance at the
Fontana Slovene Hall; 4-11 p.m.
Friday, noon-midnight Saturday
and noon-9 p.m. Sunday. For details contact Frank Rote at (909)
987-8714 or [email protected].
• SEPT. 7........Val Pawlowski’s Labor Day
Dance at the SNPJ Farm, Kirtland,
Ohio; 1-7 p.m. Performances by
Frank Stanger and Eddie Rodick.
A pig roast and ethnic foods will
be available.
• SEPT. 10......Imperial, Pa., Lodge 106 bar
bingo in the Lodge 106 clubroom.
Early bird games begin at 6:30,
regular games at 7. The kitchen
will be open. For details contact
the Lodge at (724) 695-1411 or
[email protected].
• SEPT. 12-13.... Fontana, Calif., Lodge 723
polka dance at the Fontana Slovene Hall; 6-10 p.m. on Saturday
and 2-6 p.m. on Sunday. Music
by the Johnny Koenig Band of
Pittsburgh. For details contact
Frank Rote at (909) 987-8714 or
[email protected].
• SEPT. 13......... Sygan, Pa., Lodge 6 hosts
Dick Tady in the Sunshine Room;
2-6 p.m. Doors open at 1 p.m. and
admission is $8.
• SEPT. 13......... Imperial, Pa., Lodge 106
Black & Gold car cruise at Lodge
106; noon-4 p.m. Join us for the
Steelers season opener. For
additional information contact
the Lodge at (724) 695-1411 or
[email protected].
• SEPT. 20.......Friends of the Farm picnic at
the SNPJ Farm, Kirtland, Ohio; 3-7
p.m. Music by the Wayne Tomsic
Orchestra. For details phone (440)
256-3423 or (440) 461-6476.
• SEPT. 20.......Westmoreland Co. Federation Grape Festival at the Evanstown Picnic Grove, Herminie, Pa.;
1-6 p.m. Music by Frank Stanger
Orchestra and George Suhon Duo.
For details contact MaryAnn Bebar
by calling (724) 668-7394.
• SEPT. 24.......Imperial, Pa., Lodge 106 bar
bingo in the Lodge 106 clubroom.
Early bird games begin at 6:30,
regular games at 7. The kitchen
will be open. For details contact
the Lodge at (724) 695-1411 or
[email protected].
• SEPT. 26.......SNPJ Recreation Center
Wine & Sausage Fest in the upper
pavilion, Borough of SNPJ, Pa.; 2-8
p.m. Music by the Turcola-Kravos
Orchestra. For more information
phone the Rec Center toll-free at
1-877 767-5732.
• SEPT. 27.......Slovenian Grape Festival at
the SNPJ Farm, Kirtland, Ohio.
Parade begins at 2:45 p.m. Music
by the Joey Tomsick Orchestra.
For details phone (440) 256-3423
or (440) 461-6476.
• OCT. 4�.........Fontana, Calif., Lodge 723
jam session dance at the Fontana
Slovene Hall; 2-6 p.m. For details
contact Frank Rote at (909) 9878714 or [email protected].
• OCT. 8�.........Imperial, Pa., Lodge 106 bar
bingo in the Lodge 106 clubroom.
Early bird games begin at 6:30,
regular games at 7. The kitchen
will be open. For details contact
the Lodge at (724) 695-1411 or
[email protected].
ON THE COVER: An aerial view of the SNPJ Recreation Center, which is celebrating the 50th anniversary of its ground-breaking this year.
To celebrate this milestone in the history of the Recreation Center, we’ve compiled our list of “The 50 Things We Love
About the SNPJ Recreation Center” (see pages 15-22).
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DENISE HERRON
SNPJ Marketing Department
It’s a forever thing
The Brigita Šuler
Ansambel will help
kick off the 2015
National SNPJ Days
weekend with a live
performance Friday,
Sept. 4, in the Gostilna.
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National Days will celebrate the 50th
anniversary of the Recreation Center
by KEVIN RICHARDS
SNPJ Fraternal Director
IMPERIAL, Pa. — The Fraternal Department
and the SNPJ Recreation Center invite all of our
members to the Recreation Center during Labor
Day weekend as we celebrate the 76th National
SNPJ Days.
For those who like to start the weekend early and
arrive on Thursday, the Gostilna will be open the
evening of Sept. 3. There will be food available in
the Gostilna all weekend.
The weekend officially kicks off Friday, Sept. 4,
with a welcome wine and cheese reception sponsored
by the Heritage Center from 7 to 8 p.m. The evening
will feature our special guests from Slovenia, the
Brigita Šuler Ansambel. Their wonderful music will
continue in the Gostilna from 8 p.m. to midnight.
Saturday, Sept. 5, will start early as our golfers
arrive at Stonecrest Golf Course to compete in the
71st National SNPJ Golf Tournament. The first
rounds of the SNPJ National Balina Tournament
will also begin Saturday in the balinarena at the
Rec Center.
The golf tournament will begin with a shotgun
start at 9 a.m. We’ll have a special hole-in-one
prize of $5,000 on one of the par-3 holes, and there
will be many other nice gifts to be won as well. Of
course, all golfers are also eligible to win the many
door prizes that have been donated by our suppliers.
Golfers, please note that the course doesn’t offer
alcoholic beverage service, so you are allowed to
bring a cooler onto the course. The golfers will
return to the Rec Center for a dinner at 4 p.m., and
door prizes will be awarded starting at 4:30.
In honor of the 50th anniversary of the SNPJ
Recreation Center, a good old-fashioned polka
dance featuring Patty Candela and the Guys will
be held in the red barn on Saturday evening from 7
to 10 p.m. A jam session with the band will follow.
Refreshments, sausage sandwiches and snack food
will be available. Admission is free since the SNPJ
Heritage Center is sponsoring this event.
On Sunday, Sept. 6, the finals for the SNPJ
National Balina Tournament will start at 9 a.m. If
there are enough entries, the SNPJ National Horseshoes Tournament will also begin at 9 a.m., and the
National Beanbag Toss Tournament will begin at
1 p.m. At 1:30, the National SNPJ Days Golf Cart
Parade will begin at the upper pavilion and proceed
through the trailer court to the lower pavilion. Be
sure to come and cheer on the participants.
The lower pavilion will be the location for the
annual National SNPJ Days Picnic. This will be
a free dance for our members to help the Society
celebrate National SNPJ Days. There will be crowdpleasing entertainment as the Joe Grkman Orchestra
and the Polka Bros. share the stage from 2 to 8 p.m.
Of course it wouldn’t be a picnic without activities
for the children and those young-at-heart, so we’ll
have face painting, bubble making, arts and crafts,
and a jump tent. And be sure to say “hi!” to Miss
SNPJ 2016 Julie Rockwell who will be in attendance.
Bring the family out to the SNPJ Recreation
Center to share the fraternal spirit of National SNPJ
Days. For details, contact me by phone at 1-800843-7675 or e-mail [email protected].
stumbled across an article recently that was published in the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette in 2003. Readers had been asked if they felt
there was anything tangible that lasts forever. The editor was looking
to disprove the notion that “Words are the only things that last forever.”
Readers were excited to tell about family treasures that have lasted
several lifetimes. Many of the items could have come from my very
own kitchen: dented metal measuring spoons on their third generation
of bakers, heavy pots that have cooked delicious roasts for over 100
years, and ironing boards that have been dragged around the country
and refuse to die. There were ancient sewing machines passed down
from mother to daughter, a “green-handled shovel” that no longer had
a trace of green paint on it, and a 51-year-old toaster that still made
perfect toast.
One reader wrote about her grandparents who came from Slovenia
(of all places!) in the early 1900s. They brought with them a metal
coffee measuring spoon that was used every day. The spoon was
passed on to her mother and then to her, and she continues to use it
every morning. What our Slovenian friend likes most about the family
heirloom is the wonderful memories it brings back each morning as
she prepares to brew her coffee.
The story about the Slovenian measuring spoon reminded me of
the baby spoons that SNPJ distributes. When a life insurance policy
is issued on a newborn (under age 1), a baby spoon with the SNPJ
logo on the handle accompanies the policy. We haven’t been able to
pinpoint exactly when this practice started, but we know that for at
least the last 25 years it has been a popular tradition. Often it’s the
grandparents who purchase the newborn their first SNPJ policy, and
the spoon is an extra touch of heritage that they take pride in passing along. Maybe that spoon will pass on the heritage for several
generations. Maybe it will generate memories of good times at family
gatherings, Lodge activities or the Recreation Center. After all, SNPJ
has already been involved in the lives of many families for what seems
like forever – since 1904.
It looks like it’s been proven that there are things that last forever, and
because they are so long lasting they become treasured. Many of our
members feel that way about SNPJ, and we hope that continues with
our youngest members. The spoon, of course, is just a start to many
years of SNPJ fun and lasting memories. If your child or grandchild
doesn’t have an SNPJ policy yet, be sure to contact your local agent,
Lodge secretary or the Marketing Department at the
Home Office for assistance. Their SNPJ experience
could be part of a forever thing.
• Thought for the Week — The greatest gifts you
can give your children are the roots of responsibility and the wings of independence.
Denis Waitly
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Home Office closed for
the Labor Day holiday
IMPERIAL, Pa. — The SNPJ Home
Office will be closed on Monday, Sept. 7,
in observance of the Labor Day holiday.
Normal office hours, 8 a.m. until 5 p.m.,
will resume on Tuesday, Sept. 8. We wish
all SNPJ members and friends a safe and
happy Labor Day.
Change of contact info
for Loyalites Lodge 158
EUCLID, Ohio — Due to the illness of
Loyalites Lodge 158 Secretary Karen
O’Donnell, please direct all mailings until
further notice to Lodge 158 President Pat
Nevar, 2071 Miami Rd., Euclid, OH 44117.
Sis. Nevar can be contacted by e-mail at
[email protected] or by phone at (216)
789-9746. Members with insurance questions should contact Sis. Linda Gorjup at
(440) 853-8776, or the SNPJ Home Office
at 1-800-843-7675.
Pat Nevar
Lodge 158 President
Have you recommended
a new member lately?
IMPERIAL, Pa. — Take advantage of
SNPJ’s Recommender Program. 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 website, www.snpj.
org, to complete an online Recommender
form and get a head start on your reward.
Website offers a forum
for government proposals
Ljubljana (STA) — A new website allows Slovenian citizens to submit proposals
directly to government officials. An average
of 50 proposals are posted each month, and
although many seem rather far-fetched,
they’re receiving increasingly more attention from the government.
The website was launched in November
2009 with the aim of allowing the public to
participate in policy-making, and to establish better communication between citizens
and the government. To date, the govern­ment
has received over 5,500 proposals.
According to the Government Communication Office, less than two percent of
proposals were taken into consideration in
the first five years. In February, a special task
force was appointed to address the proposals
on a monthly basis. This resulted in a 10 percent increase in proposals being considered
by authorities, including a proposal to ban
the daisy-chaining of companies, which has
already been implemented.
Citizens have also proposed relocating
government ministries, penalizing loud dog
barking, prohibiting the chiming of church
bells and introducing tuition fees. Some
citizens even suggested banning television
ads and the reimbursement of grants by
doctors who find employment abroad.
The largest shares of citizen proposals
have been directed to the Ministry of Labor,
Family, Social Affairs and Equal Opportunities; the Ministry of Infrastructure; the
Ministry of Finance; and the Ministry of
Public Administration.
Škocjan Caves increasing in
popularity among tourists
The next two PROSVETA issue dates are
Sept. 16 and Oct. 1. All material must be
received by Friday, Sept. 4, for the Sept.
16 issue, and by Monday, Sept. 21, for the
Oct. 1 issue. If you are running short on time
and concerned about making the deadline,
send an e-mail to [email protected] or
submit your material via the publications
area of our website, www.snpj.org.
DivaČa (STA) — Although not as well
known among those visiting abroad as the
commercially booming Postojna Cave,
Slovenia’s other world-famous cave system, the Škocjan Caves, is turning into an
increasingly popular destination for tourists.
The cave system near Divača in western
Slovenia has seen a 20 percent rise in tourist visits so far this year, with the biggest
from the
source
increase in interest from those visiting
from outside the country. From January to
July, over 67,500 people visited the Škocjan
Caves; 52,000 of which came from abroad,
mostly from Europe. The site is expected
to host around 120,000 visitors this year,
making it the second most visited natural
site in the country.
The three-mile underground Škocjan
Cave system, described as the natural pearl
of the Kras region, is Slovenia’s only site on
the UNESCO World Heritage List. While
its number of visitors pales in comparison
to that of Postojna Cave, which welcomes
more than half a million guests each year,
it represents a significant burden on what
has been an internationally protected site
for 30 years. Balancing conservation with
tourism access has been the biggest challenge facing the Škocjan Caves Regional
Park Authority, which manages the cave
system and its surrounding park.
In response to the rising tourism numbers, the park authority has invested in
the infrastructure by making a number of
upgrades to allow visitors to experience the
caves in a sustainable way. Guided tours are
available throughout the day for visitors
inside the cave, and side activities are now
available outside of the cave, including a
new information point and museum.
Cave tourism is an increasingly important activity in a country like Slovenia
where nearly half of all territory is of Karst
landscape. Scientists estimate that Slovenia
boasts around 10,000 caves of various
shapes and sizes.
Piece of Roman headstone
found in Tivoli parking lot
Ljubljana (STA) — A fragment of an
ancient Roman headstone has been found
in an unpaved parking lot near Tivoli,
Ljubljana’s largest park. Laying in a pile of
rubble from a collapsed house, the stone had
been driven over by cars every day.
RTV Slovenija reported that the stone
was stumbled upon by a local, who notified
the authorities. The fragment was transported to the Ljubljana City Museum for
analysis, where museum experts believe the
headstone belonged to a cemetery in Emona,
the Roman predecessor of Ljubljana. It had
been used as building material for a house,
which was later demolished to make way
for a parking lot.
“It was a really unbelievable experience,
such a find has never happened to me before,” said Bernarda Županjek, a curator at
the Ljubljana City Museum.
Experts are in the process of removing
mortar to clear the writing inscribed on the
stone. Epigraphy experts have been able to
make out only the word “caryssimi,” meaning “to my dearest.”
The museum will keep the headstone
fragment in its archives, but is considering
putting it on display sometime in the future.
Slovenian dessert wine sells
for more than $600,000
TrZiN (STA) — Although Slovenian
wines have yet to achieve the popularity
of French or Italian wines, their quality is
highly valued. This fact was recently proven
by a wealthy Russian who paid more than
$600,000 for a bottle of Refošk dessert wine
adorned with a diamond.
The 12.7-ounce bottle of Refošk dessert
wine – paired with white truffle bears,
an ornate design of Idrija lace and a 5.25
carat diamond – came with a price tag of
$608,000. It was commissioned as a gift by
a Russian customer with Palmieri, a family company with a long olive oil making
tradition.
Palmieri’s first wine collection was
launched earlier this year through the Indiegogo crowdfunding platform. Apart from
the white truffle combination, the Refošk
dessert wines are also paired with honey
and vanilla.
The white Refošk and white truffle wine
sells for $27,600 a bottle, while the other
two, also adorned with the lace pattern, are
available in supermarkets, according to a
press release by Refošk.
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Call for Candidates
SNPJ Recreation
Center Committee
This announcement serves as a call to
all members interested in serving on the
SNPJ Recreation Center Committee. Two
positions for terms of three years each
will be filled during the Sept. 25, 2015,
SNPJ National Board meeting.
• Mileage reimbursement will only be
paid up to a 100-mile radius of the
SNPJ Recreation Center
• Compensation also includes a
$50 per diem
Resumes for these positions should
be forwarded by Sept. 18, 2015, to:
Slovene National
Benefit Society
September 2, 2015
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Fraternal luncheons fill Lodge 449 schedule
by TINA RIGLER
Lodge 449 Secretary
CICERO, Ill. — Cicero Neighbors Lodge
449 members met March 15. President Vince
Rigler conducted the meeting at which Secretary Tina Rigler read all communications
received from the SNPJ Home Office. Justin
Rigler was appointed recording secretary
for the meeting, and Meredith Maresh was
appointed sargeant-at-arms.
During the meeting, Lodge members
nominated Justin Rigler, Robert Rigler, Meredith Maresh, Elena Maresh, Lucas Stimach
and Shane Miller as delegates to the Young
Adult Conference in June. However, Elena
Maresh was not able to attend because she
was on a school-related trip to London with
other students from Indiana University, and
Robert Rigler was not able to attend because
he was on a study abroad trip to Costa Rica
with students from Valparaiso University.
Members approved a Lodge donation to
the SNPJ Scholarship Fund. Also during the
meeting, Jason Rigler was nominated to attend the TEL Workshop in July.
Auditors Justin Rigler, Elena Maresh and
Robert Rigler audited the financials of the
Lodge. The audit report was read by Elena
Maresh. All auditors agreed that the Lodge
finances were in order.
A Chicago District Federation report was
given by Tina Rigler. Several Lodge 449
members participated in the Memorial Day
services sponsored by the Federation at the
end of May. Some of our young adults and
youth members volunteered to take part in
the program, color guard and flag ceremony.
Following the meeting, members enjoyed
playing card bingo and winning prizes. After
bingo, members enjoyed a luncheon.
The June Lodge meeting was held during the Father’s Day picnic at St. Mary’s in
Lemont, Ill. Secretary Tina Rigler read all
correspondence from the Home Office and
presented the financial report. Members
approved an ad for the Labor Day issue of
prosveta and the purchase of 10 tickets
to the Aug. 16 Chicago Federation dinner
dance. The tickets were distributed to Lodge
members. Members enjoyed lunch at the picnic, which turned out to be a nice, warm day.
Congratulations to Justin Rigler on recently graduating from the University of Illinois in Champaign with a degree in natural
resource environmental science. Good luck
in the future, Justin, as you pursue your
career goals.
The next Lodge 449 meeting is scheduled
for Sunday, Sept. 20, beginning at noon at the
Rigler home, 1116 Berkley Ln. in Lemont.
Joseph C. Evanish, National President
247 West Allegheny Road
Imperial, PA 15126
information
at your
fingertips
Looking for information on your SNPJ life
insurance and annuity policies? Log on
to snpj.org and follow the step-by-step
instructions.
Lodge 449 members enjoyed fraternal luncheons during their March meeting [left], which also included a few friendly games of card
bingo, and their June meeting [right], which took place during a Father’s Day picnic at St. Mary’s in Lemont, Ill.
Greetings and Best Wishes
from the officers and members of
LODGE 1 - SLAVIJA
Chicago, Illinois
President Conrad Novak
Secretary/Treasurer Janina Hribar
Recording Secretary Arla Faye Franchi
Sgt. at Arms Marianne Murray
Auditors:
Charles O’Connell, Marlene O’Connell & Frank Mikec
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Even during the busy summer, Lodge 8 members remember to give back
by DOLORES NOVOTNY
Lodge 8 Secretary
The members of Lodge 8 collected various household items
to be donated to their local Ronald McDonald House.
fraternal
CHICAGO — Delavec
Lodge 8 once again collected
various cleaning and other
household items to be donated
to the Ronald McDonald
House. A cart full of donations was wheeled to their
doorstep. As many know,
the Ronald McDonald House
helps house parents and
families of children battling
illness. It is a very warm and
giving organization whose
help is greatly appreciated.
greetings
Lodge 2, La Salle, IL
president Jeanette Ravnikar
secretary/treasurer Delores Spelich
vice president John Ravnikar
recording secretary Eleanor Kuhar
auditors
John Ravnikar and Mary Rudzinski
Labor Day Greetings
and Best Wishes
from all the members
and officers of
Columbine Lodge 218 — Denver
Labor Day Greetings
Chicago District Federation
Edward Dabrowski, President
Vince Rigler, Vice President
Marianne Murray, Sec./Treas.
Tina Rigler, Rec. Secretary
Grace Doerk, Sgt. at Arms
Auditors: Dolores Novotny
Carmella Smidl
Frank Novotny
The date of Sunday, Aug.
9, proved to be a gorgeous
afternoon for the members
of Lodge 8 to gather at the
Slovenian Catholic Center in
Lemont, Ill., for their annual
picnic. The food was plentiful
and delicious, with a menu of
lamb, pork, chicken, klobase,
hot dogs and čevapčiči with
all the trimmings. Gift and
cash drawings were held, and
games were available for the
children. The band provided
great music for listening and
dancing.
Lodge 8 members enjoyed an August picnic on the grounds
of the Slovenian Catholic Center in Lemont, Ill.
Labor Day Greetings
from
Bratstvo Lodge 6
Sygan, Pa.
President................................................. Karen A. Pintar
Vice President.................................. Vince “Babe” Baselj
Secretary/Treasurer........................................... Jim Curl
Recording Secretary.....................................Ruth Wright
Sgt. at Arms................................................Frank Wright
Auditors........................................................Denny Brand
Ken Pintar
Circle Director.........................Jennifer Neish-McMurdy
Super Star Lodge
Five Consecutive Years
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All aboard Spartans bus Another fun-filled Fraternal Weekend
wraps up at the SNPJ Recreation Center
by NANCY NOVAK
Lodge 576 Recording Secretary
CLEVELAND — Hard to
believe summer is almost over
and the kids are heading back
to school. Thanks to everyone
who came to our August meeting and drove through the awful
rain to get home afterward.
We have some important
dates for your calendar. First is
the Polka Hall of Fame Sausage
Festival on Sept. 16 at the SNPJ
Farm in Kirtland, Ohio. You’ll
see many Spartans there volunteering or enjoying a sausage
and some good polka music.
We will be doing our annual
work night at the Cleveland
Food Bank on Monday, Oct. 12,
from 6 to 8 p.m. We are allowed
to bring 20 volunteers so if you
haven’t signed up already, you
can speak to Toni Thomey at
our September meeting.
The Lodge 576 casino bus
trip will take place Saturday,
Nov. 21. We are still discussing
options for something different
this year, so we will provide
further information on our destination when it is available. It
doesn’t matter where we go, we
always have a good time! The
bus fills up quickly so call Lou
Novak today at (440) 461-6476
to reserve your seat.
The next Spartans Lodge
576 meeting will be held
Monday, Sept. 14, at 6:30 p.m.
at Waterloo Hall. We hope to
see you there.
by KEVIN RICHARDS
SNPJ Fraternal Director
IMPERIAL, Pa. — On behalf of
the SNPJ Recreation Center, we hope
everybody enjoyed themselves during
Fraternal Weekend at the SNPJ Recreation Center Aug. 7-8. A big thank
you goes out to Butch and Wendy
Kinney (106) for handling the 50/50
ticket sales throughout the weekend,
the proceeds from which allow everyone to attend Fraternal Weekend
events for free.
The festivities started Friday
evening in the Gostilna as we were
entertained by the great music of the
SNPJ Western Pa. Button Box Club.
The balina tournament got underway
promptly at 9 a.m. on Saturday with
13 teams competing. Congratulations
to We Like It A Lot for winning the
tournament. Second place honors went
to The J Team. The Bessemer Guys
and Fearsome Friendsome shared the
third place honors. Thanks to Karen
Pintar (6), Peggy Cushman (138) and
Ruth Wright (6) for handling this tournament and keeping things moving.
The excitement moved to the upper
pavilion as the Don Wojtila Orchestra
and Eddie Rodick Orchestra shared
the stage. These entertainers alternated throughout the evening, providing great music. It was a great time.
While the music played on, the
beanbag toss tournament got under-
way with 30 teams participating. R.J.
Likovic and Denny Brand walked
away as the winners, with Chris Cadez
and Eric Valencic taking second place.
Nick Verch and John Wagner took
third place, and Jake and Jim Cadez
took fourth place. Al Zadrozny and
Dave McNees, along with Ken Pintar
and Tom Carroll, shared fifth place
honors. Thanks to District 1 Athletic
Director John Wagner for organizing
this tournament. It was a lot of work
that was greatly appreciated. We hope
everybody enjoyed themselves.
On behalf of the Fraternal Weekend
planning committee, we thank everybody for attending and supporting the
SNPJ Recreation Center.
PROSVETA Crossword
T.V. Shows
ACROSS
1. Thoroughly enjoy, as in food
6. European peak
9. Gulf war missile
13.*Howdy Doody’s partner
“_____bell”
14.Singular of #29 Down
15._____ Apso
16.*Alf was one
17.Back then
18.Painter’s support
19.*Phil, Si, Jase, Willie
and Jep made one
21.*How I met your what?
23.*Homer’s exclamation
24.Physicist Niels ____
25.Trigonometric func.
28.Cry like a baby
30.*Both Jan and Peter
were this type of child
35.Eye layer
37.Like a bow string
39.Jeopardy
40.Event that fails badly
41.Match play?
43.Of the highest quality
44.One of three hipbones
46.Eye affliction
47.Classic sci-fi video game
48.*Ty Burrell to Julie Bowen, e.g.
50.Biblical twin
(#1815) by StatePoint Media
52.Pressure unit
53.Brooding
55.*“The Closer” network
57.Neolithic tomb
60.*“Game of _______”
64.Free-for-all
65.*“__-T” of “Law & Order: SVU”
67.Muse of love poetry
68.Birdlike
69.“___ Elise”
70.From the East
71.New Mexico art community
72.Asian capital
73.“Valley of the _____”
DOWN
1. A large amount
2. Comrade in arms
3. “You’re So ____” by
Carly Simon
4. Artemis’ companion
5. Kidnapping goal
6. Home versus ____ game
7. Time delay
8. Movie trailer, e.g.
9. ____ of Iran
10.Detective’s assignment
11.One who takes drugs
12.Indian restaurant staple
15.Talk rapidly and angrily
20.It follows eta
22.Unit of electrical resistance
24.Bravado
25.Having three dimensions
26.Convex molding
27.18-wheelers
29.*Storage-related conflicts
31.*They walk?
32.Sag
33.Linoleums, for short
34.Fragrant resin
36.Adjoin
38.Misfit Island dwellers
42.Poet’s “below”
45.*Draper, Cooper, Sterling
49.Poor man’s caviar
51.Like emails in bold font
54.Make one
56.Body center
57.Deity in Sunskrit
58.Assortment
59.Grassy land tracts
60.Seaside bird
61.Hit this on the head
62.And others, for short
63.*“____ of Anarchy”
64.Dojo turf
66.Pool stick
The solution to puzzle #1815 will
run in the Sept. 16 issue.
© StatePoint Media
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September 2, 2015
Summer fun for Lodge 559 members
by ANITA VITOUS
Lodge 559 Secretary
CHICAGO — On Aug. 9, Pioneer Lodge 559
members, family and friends once again celebrated
summer with a picnic. Under the shade of the trees
on the grounds of St. Mary’s Seminary, we socialized
at the Slovenian Cultural Center’s annual picnic. Although storms were predicted for the day, we lucked
out when they moved south of us. But just in case,
we were fortunate to obtain several tables under a
tent and close to the Ansambel Veseljaki Orchestra
where we enjoyed the dancers and musicians.
Those who looked forward to the annual lamb,
pork and chicken roast were not disappointed. Everything was tender, moist and plentiful. The younger
crowd enjoyed the hot dogs and ice cream. Čevapčiči
dinners and klobase sandwiches were offered up later
in the day, and the bakery booth offered temptations
to satisfy everyone. As I’ve said many times in the
past, our outings are packed with wonderful food.
Furthermore, no picnic would be complete without
pitchers of beer to be shared amongst the group.
Laško Slovenian beer, Jagermeister, Pelinkovec and
Slivovica were also available... wow!
Also plentiful was the music and fraternalism.
Because the weather was so nice, members eagerly
walked around the picnic grounds, stopping to talk
to people they knew. The new playground, which
was blessed on June 14, was enjoyed by young and
old alike. Many people within the Slovenian community put in numerous hours assembling it and
moving yards of mulch. It looked great!
Children were invited to the Slovenian School
Project Tent to make ornaments with traditional
Slovenian beeswax and observe a bee hive. It was
also an opportunity for them to register for Slovenian
School. What a great opportunity to participate in
Labor Day
Greetings
from the officers
and members of
formal classes as well as fun activities that help
our youth learn about the Slovenian culture and
language. The day’s picnic also included a bean bag
toss tournament, volleyball games and face painting.
Surely there was something for everyone!
Everyone eagerly awaited the dollar raffle drawing and grand prize drawing. There were over 70
winners of the dollar raffle drawings, where lucky
winners received baskets filled with all sorts of
wonderful goodies. Anticipation mounted as we
neared the time for the grand prize drawing. With
one $10,000 winner, one $1,000 winner, 16 $500
winners and 10 $100 winners, everyone held their
breath as the winning numbers were read off. Although we were a lucky $500 winner last year, luck
was not with us again this year. Oh well, there’s
always next year!
Lodge 559 members Grace and Otto Doerk
missed the picnic last year due to Grace’s surgery,
but they were back this year and busy chatting
with everyone who walked by. Lodge President
Jean Cherway had many of her family members in
attendance, and they could be seen having a good
time on the dance floor. Also joining us were Melanie Matiasek; her husband, Louis Chiappetta; her
daughter, Kaitlyn Chiappetta; and her son, Michael
Chiappetta. Geri Matiasek also joined this family
group. So good to have you all!
The Slovenian Cultural Center will be celebrating its 20th anniversary the second weekend of
November. Celebrations and final details are still
being worked out, but it is sure to be a great day.
The next Lodge 559 meeting will be held Oct.
9 at noon at Czech Plaza. Please remember that we
now meet every other month starting with February.
We still meet on the second Friday. Members and
guests are welcome.
Labor Day Greetings
Trojan Lodge 749
Badger Lodge 584
Johnstown, Pa.
from
Milwaukee
Chicago, Ill.
Auditors
John Cretnik
Mike Vidmar
Helen Zacharski
A Slovenian picnic is never complete without a selection of delicious homemade sweets to enjoy after dinner.
Through the Years
There is SNPJ
Pioneer Lodge 559
President Jean Cherway
Vice President Otto Doerk
Sec./Treas. Anita Vitous
Rec. Sec. Grace Doerk
Sgt. at Arms Anne Cretnik
Lodge 559 members, family and friends enjoyed a beautiful summer day at
the annual Slovenian Cultural Center picnic at St. Mary’s Seminary.
President
Joseph Vasilko
Treasurer
Judith Edsall
Vice President
Secretary
Julie Wagner
Evelyn Dimpfl
Auditors
James Vasilko & Beatrice Edwards
President Tim Donovan
Sec./Treas. Jeffrey Mlaker
Vice President Don Lesar
Rec. Sec. Mary Donovan
Sergeant-at-Arms Bob Alpner
Auditors: Rudy Papa, Bob Smole and Tom Gehm
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Fraternal Greetings!
Cicero Neighbors Lodge 449
Cicero, IL
President
Vince Rigler
Vice President
Janice Maresh
Recording Secretary
Edward Dabrowski
Secretary/Treasurer
Sgt. at Arms
Tina Rigler
Elinore Laben
Auditors
Elena Maresh, Justin Rigler
and Robert Rigler
Best wishes
for a restful
Labor Day
& a great fall
from the members & officers of
Euclid, Ohio
Best of Luck
to all SNPJ members
in celebration of
Labor Day
2015
SNPJ Lodge 518
Melvindale, Mich.
President Irene Kovac
Vice President Charles Zakrajsek
Fin. Secretary Frank Tehovnik
Rec. Secretary Carolyn Tehovnik
Auditors
Klaudia Kovac
Ronald Amolsch
Michelle Amolsch
September 2, 2015
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SNPJ Farm Auxiliary preparing for annual dinner
by BARBARA ELERSICH
Lodge 5
KIRTLAND, Ohio — Although
it hardly seems possible, the
summer season is quickly drawing to an end according to the
calendar. While this may sadden
some, we take heart in knowing
that the Ladies Auxiliary of the
SNPJ Farm’s annual goulash and
polenta dinner is approaching,
scheduled this year for Sunday,
Sept. 13.
The ladies have worked hard
in the past to provide everyone
with this annual treat and this year
will be no exception. Of course
delicious goulash and polenta dinners will be the featured fare, but
those great roast beef and klobase
dinners will also be available. All
dinners are only $9 and will be
served starting at 2 p.m.
At 3 p.m., everyone should
be ready to dance, tap their toes
or just listen to the sounds of the
Badger Jabber
by BOB SMOLE
Lodge 584
Milwaukee ­— The last regular Badger
Lodge 584 meeting, held Aug. 13, was one
that is newsworthy. President Tim Donovan
opened the meeting at 7 p.m. There were no
member deaths to report. Secretary/Treasurer
Jeff Mlaker reported 867 adult members and
69 youth members for a total of 936 members. There was one new member applicant.
The previous meeting’s minutes were read
by Recording Secretary Mary Donovan and
approved.
Our attendance was at 25 including two
guests. I know that it was our annual ice cream
social and that’s a good draw for attendance,
however, our Young Adult Conference and
TEL Workshop delegates had just returned
from their respective trips to the SNPJ Recreation Center and were to give their reports.
Young adults Jeremy Gorgas, Bryan Donovan,
Eric Donovan and Carly Grant submitted their
reports in writing. Those reports were read
and placed on file. Giving oral reports were
young adults John Bolka and Emily Poklar.
The youth members in attendance who
gave reports on their TEL experience were
Bailey Phalen, Carley Schweiger, Amber
Schweiger and Karen Bolka. The reports
reiterated the same message: all were gratified to be selected to represent Badger Lodge
and are looking forward to participating in
next year’s event.
Socializing with old and new friends from
other parts of the country is an important
highlight of these trips. In some cases, these
Eddie Rodick Orchestra, which
will continue until 7 p.m.
The kitchen will remain open
the entire time, serving roast beef,
klobase and hot dogs, as well as
our delectable krofe. At the bar
you’ll be able to order a beverage
to accompany your food choice.
While you’re here, you may want
to get yourself a loaf of freshly
baked krof bread, made from the
same tasty dough as the krofe,
to take home. A little secret: the
friendship last forever, especially with the
social media available today (which was
also included in the comments from the
young adults). It was suggested that the SNPJ
Facebook page be improved to help expand
the visibility of the Society to those that are
interested. The young adults also indicated
that discussions took place about improving
SNPJ and its official publication, PROSVETA.
After a lengthy discussion, it was decided
that it would be too difficult and confusing to
change the format of PROSVETA, but it was
suggested that some sort of “Slovenian Word
of the Day” be implemented to give members
a mini-lesson in the Slovenian language. Sis.
Judy Price brought up the fact that the Slovenian Arts Counsel offers Slovenian language
classes in the fall. Further information on the
classes will be available soon.
It was inspiring to see the young people at
this meeting interested and fired-up for the
future of SNPJ. It’s something that has been
missing for some time. I even heard talk after
the meeting that some young members were
voicing their desire to become future Lodge
officers. Yay! That is just so great!
Sis. Jan Gehm led a discussion on the possibility of reviving a Lodge picnic in 2016.
She indicated that the West Allis Veterans
Park on S. 70th St. and W. National Ave. is
available on a first-come, first-serve basis.
She also indicated that another organization
has used this park for their annual picnic for
the past several years and it has worked out
wonderfully. There was no further discussion
or decision made at that time.
On Sept. 13, a special guest will be visiting the area as Dr. Božo Cerar, Ambassador
of the Republic of Slovenia, will be at the
Triglav Vinska Trgatev picnic. The day’s
bread is not only good for breakfast and sandwiches, but it’s also
great for strawberry shortcake!
Reserve the date and the time
of Sept. 13 at 2 p.m. to come to the
SNPJ Farm, 10931 Heath Road
in Kirtland, for a great afternoon
of entertainment and one of the
best goulash and polenta dinners
you’ll ever have!
For more information, contact Barbara Elersich at (440)
257-2540.
tentative agenda will begin at 8 a.m. with
Mass at St. John’s the Evangelist Church, a
Slovenian parish, at 84th and W. Cold Spring.
The afternoon will include attending the
Vinska Trgatev picnic. It would be nice to
have a strong showing and the support of the
Slovenian community by attending this event
to show our pride as Slovenians.
Dr. Cerar is also tentatively scheduled to
visit UWM with the Slovenian Arts Council
Monday, Sept. 14. Helen Frohna is preparing
Dr. Cerar’s agenda and is open to all suggestions. Please contact her with any possibilities.
Sis. Jan Gehm reported that the annual
USPEH Balina Tournament will be held
at Triglav Park Sunday, Sept. 20. Anyone
interested in playing balina or getting a team
together should contact Bro. Mike Maren at
(414) 762-6695 as soon as possible.
There were no birthdays to celebrate, so
prior to adjourning the attendance awards
were drawn. A special attendance award
donated by Bro. Tom and Sis. Jan Gehm was
won by TEL delegate Bailey Phalen. The $10
attendance awards were won by TEL delegate
Karen Bolka and Sis. Judy Price.
The meeting was adjourned and everyone
started screaming! Yes, screaming! They all
wanted ice cream! Everyone enjoyed the ice
cream social. There was every topping you
could think of, including cupcakes, homemade cookies and sugar cookies.
Nothing to do on Thursday, Sept. 10? Why
not join us at the regular monthly Badger
Lodge 584 meeting? It starts at 7 p.m. and
will be held at the Mary Queen of Heaven
gym, 2360 S. 106th St. in West Allis, Wis.
Stop in and say “dober večer!” Come to the
meeting to learn the meaning of this mystery
Slovenian phrase.
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September 2, 2015
Sample the vintage at the Rec Center
by SUE ZARELLA (277)
SNPJ Recreation Center
BOROUGH OF SNPJ, Pa. — The SNPJ
Recreation Center is hosting its annual Wine
& Sausage Festival on Saturday, Sept. 26,
from 2 to 8 p.m., rain or shine. Stop by for
some free tastings from the best wine and
sausage makers in the area; cast your vote
and be the judge!
In addition to sampling a wide variety of
delicious wines and sausages, there will be
a beanbag toss tournament and free prize
drawings. Live polka music will fill the air all
afternoon with music by the Turcola-Kravos
Orchestra and more. This festival will truly
allow you to eat, drink and be merry!
The 2015 Wine & Sausage Festival will
take place in the upper pavilion at the SNPJ
Recreation Center, off Route 108 in the Borough of SNPJ. Admission is $5 per person, and
children 12 and under are free. Plenty of free
parking is available. For more information,
contact the SNPJ Recreation Center at (724)
336-5180 or [email protected].
SNPJ Lodge 603 Samsula, FL
Slovenian classes return Sept. 12
by LILLIAN CENTA
Lodge 158
CLEVELAND — The St. Vitus Adult Slovenian School will begin its 2015-2016 language classes on Saturday, Sept. 12. Classes
are scheduled for two Saturdays a month
from 9:15 to 11:45 a.m. and will continue
into May 2016.
The location for these language classes is
Martin de Porres High School (formerly St.
Vitus School), 6111 Lausche Ave. in Cleveland. For more information please contact
Director Lillian Centa at (216) 289-7253 or
[email protected].
UNIVERSAL
Comets Lodge 715
Annual Awards
BANQUET
The Officers and Delegates
of the Quadrennial Convention
We thank you and were so proud to host this
convention Aug. 18-19, 2014, at the Plaza Resort & Spa
in Daytona Beach, Fla., and at Lodge 603 in Samsula for a
dinner and dance. We applaude our chairpersons,
Ruth Benedict & Jeannette Humphrey, for a job well done.
We hope that you can attend some of the other events
at Lodge 603 in 2015-2016.
Here is our schedule:
— A ll W elcome —
Saturday, Oct. 24, 2015
PALMIERIES
Restaurant
2015
Labor Day Fish Fry
Monday, Sept. 7 — 6 p.m.
Halloween
Saturday, Oct. 24 — 7 p.m.
Tractor Run
Saturday, Dec. 12 — 2 p.m.
Christmas Program & Dinner
Saturday, Dec. 19 — 7 p.m.
2016
— O ld F rankstown R oad , P lum B oro —
C ash B ar opens at noon — B uffet begins at 1 p . m .
R emarks , A wards & S ocializing until 4 p . m .
Venison Chili Cookoff
Sunday, Jan. 24 — 6 p.m.
Florida SNPJ Days
Fri., Feb. 26 — Sat., Feb. 27
C all A nn E vanish for D etails & R eservations
724-693-8739
Easter Dinner & Egg Hunt
Sunday, March 27
Mother’s Day Dinner
Sunday, May 8 — noon
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September 2, 2015
Best Wishes & Fraternal Greetings
Edward Kovack Sr., President
Dominic Eorio Sr., Vice President
Dolores Novotny, Sec./Treasurer
Carmella Smidl, Rec. Secretary
Anelle Eorio, Sgt. at Arms
from the
Officers and
Members of
Delavec Lodge 8
Cicero, Ill.
LABOR DAY
GREETINGS
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Conemaugh Federation has plans
to continue annual honorees dinner
by EVELYN DIMPFL (749)
Conemaugh Valley Federation Secretary
JOHNSTOWN, Pa. — At recent meetings
of the Conemaugh Valley Federation, there
has been a lot of discussion about our annual
celebration honoring our 50-, 60-, 70- and
80-year SNPJ members. Although we have
been so happy to host this celebration since
1979 and have made some truly wonderful
memories, it is has become increasingly difficult the past several years to attract a nice
attendance. The officers and delegates have
come to realize that we can no longer sustain
this dinner dance as we have in the past.
We have decided to still honor those guests,
but it will be at a lovely restaurant with a
delicious dinner and short program. Letters
will be sent to those who have attained their
50, 60, 70 or 80 years of membership in the
Society. They will be the guests of the Fed-
eration and their free ticket will await them
at the door. Family members are certainly
welcome and invited to attend and honor
these loyal members.
The cost for the afternoon will be $20 per
person; tickets will be available from me and
other Lodge secretaries. Dinner is by ticket
reservation only and there will be no tickets
available at the door.
The date is Sunday, Oct. 4, at 2 p.m. and
the event will be held at the beautiful Homestead Inn on Forest Hills Road, near the Elton
intersection. We expect to have a guest speaker
from the SNPJ Home Office on hand to give
an interesting talk and to mingle with those
attending. Hopefully there will be a short
musical program for your enjoyment as well.
Please share this day with family and
friends, and help keep SNPJ fraternalism
alive!
Lodge 138
Orange Coast Lodge 786
sends Labor Day greetings to all!
Strabane, Pa.
Watch PROSVETA for family
fun and special events
in Southern California!
President Arnold Koci
Vice President Fred Mlakar
Secretary Jean Koci
[email protected]
Circle Director Teresa Koci
President RICK HERVOL
Vice President ALBERT PAUL
Secretary BOB LAWRENCE
Labor Day Greetings
Treasurer BEVERLY PABIAN
from the officers & members of
Rec. Secretary COURTNEY KOENIG
Circle 19 Director COURTNEY KOENIG
Keystonian
Lodge 87
Setting the Standard for Membership and Activity since 1910
Herminie, Pa.
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September 2, 2015
Lodge 218 members get crafty with basket weaving
by ED TOMSIC
Lodge 218 President
DENVER — As the story goes, Moses was
wrapped in a blanket, laid in a woven reed
basket and set adrift in the river in hopes of
being found by someone who would care for
him. The basket eventually tangled in some
reeds growing along the river and was discovered by a young maiden. For those who have
traveled to Slovenia and had the opportunity
to visit the outdoor markets, they have seen
many woven artifacts for sale as well as the
artisans plying their trade.
Our story goes back to the task of weaving
reeds into useful objects. SNPJ Lodge 218
members weaved reeds into a covering for
a vase using an everyday item, like a quart
jar. Bonnie Lehnerz found the reeds and the
instructions for weaving. It was work, and
everyone agreed that if a job opportunity
presented itself, they would not accept pay
by the piece!
Unfortunately, not everyone has the opportunity to finish as 3-year-old Mckaila tripped,
fell into a coffee table, gashed her cheek and
was off to the emergency room. Thankfully
the wound wasn’t stitched with reeds; with
modern technology, the gash was “glued.”
Labor Day
GREETINGS
from officers
and members of
LODGE 31
Sharon, Pa
Greetings from the
Conemaugh Valley
Federation of SNPJ Lodges
Johnstown, Pa.
President
Francis Naugle
Vice President
Anthony Ukmar
The members of SNPJ Lodge 218 in
Denver tried their hand at reed weaving
during a recent Lodge gathering.
Have a safe
and healthy
Labor Day
weekend!
From all the
members and
officers of
St. Louis
Lodge 107
Treasurer
Ken Zakraysek
Secretary
Evelyn Dimpfl
Assistant Secretary
Marilyn Alberter
Auditors
Joseph Vasilko, Chairman
John Micko
Cindy Kranyc
Best Wishes for a Great
Labor Day to all our friends in
SNPJland from Young American
Lodge 564 officers and members
Rudy Zornik
President
Joyce Harrison
Vice President
Marion Volpe
Financial Secretary & Treasurer
Thomas Hostnik
Recording Secretary
Eddie & Fran Adamic
Auditors
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News from
Here & There
by Grace Doerk
Lodge 559
CHICAGO — I’m still trying to mix in my
social events with all of my doctor appointments. It hasn’t been easy, but where there’s
a will, there’s a way. I’ve also tried to visit
friends who are in nursing homes. I thank
my many friends who have contacted me
and thanked me for writing articles again.
Yes, Bonnie Deke, I received your message
via Sharon Ferraro.
We hear that John Kovack (8) had successful surgery and we wish him the best on
his road to recovery. Jean Zelesnikar (559)
had some problems with her eye surgery, but
she’s doing better. We are sorry to report
that Jennie Kovacic fell and injured herself.
Best wishes, Jennie, and good luck on your
eye surgery. We hear that Kevin and Anna
Kovack had a wonderful trip to Lithuania
and the surrounding countries.
The Slovene Pensioners’ Club is doing
very well since meeting at the Woodlawn
Funeral Home. We nearly always have an
excellent attendance. Club members celebrated birthdays for Marianne Murray (1),
September 2, 2015
Sharon Kovack (8) and Paul Tuckey, who
turned 97. You’re our hero, Paul.
Paul, who is a World War II veteran,
recently returned from his free trip to
Washington, D.C. Every year, World War
II veterans are honored and flown to Washington by Southwest Airlines. There were
98 passengers on the plane, and there are
still 98,000 looking forward to their trip. All
of the passengers were given wheelchairs
when they arrived at their destination, and
when they returned home the Navy Band
welcomed them. What a nice tribute to our
World War II veterans.
We heard that Tony and Ann Klepec
visited the Slovene Union of America museum in Joliet, Ill. You were only about 15
minutes from our house. I wish you would
have given me a call; we would have had
you stop in to see us.
I visited Ella Mae Kovacic (559) who is
still recuperating from a stroke. It was nice
to see John Cretnik back in circulation, but
he is still paying visits to the doctor. It was
also nice to see Conrad Novak (1), who
recently fell down a flight of stairs, at the
Chicago Federation dinner dance.
We are sorry to report the passing of Mary
Newbould, daughter of Jean Zelesnikar
(559). Mary had been ailing for some time.
A memorial service will be held Sept. 19 in
Chicago. Our sincere sympathy.
Sharon Kovack (8) has been in a senior
Annual Grape Festival
hosted by the
Westmoreland County Federation of SNPJ Lodges
Sunday, Sept. 20, 2015
at the Evanstown Picnic Grove,
Evanstown, Pa.
1 to 6 p.m. — Parade at 3 p.m.
Join us for music, fun and fraternalism...
See you all at Evanstown!
home since the first of the year, but that
hasn’t stopped her husband, Ed Kovack (8),
from bringing her out to several functions.
The SNPJ Home Office retirees group
is dwindling, but we continue to meet, and
we always have a lot to talk about. If any
SNPJ retirees would like to join us, give
Jean Cherway a call; she will inform you of
when and where we will be meeting again.
The Chicago Federation hosted a wonderful dinner dance on Aug. 16 at the Slovene
Cultural Center. Federation President Edward Dabrowski (449) emceed the program.
We were honored to have Miss SNPJ 2016
Julie Rockwell in attendance. Her speech
was very nice, and since she also won the
SNPJ Miss Talent 2016 title for her tap dancing, she did a tap dance number. Boy did
that bring back memories, and not only for
me, but for my daughter Debbie and granddaughter Laura since we danced for years.
Cecilia Dolgan, who is formerly of Cleveland but now resides in the Chicago area with
her husband Bob, was accompanied by Vince
Rigler as she sang several Slovenian songs.
Thank you for sharing your talent with us.
SNPJ Region 5 Vice President Tina Rigler
was the main speaker and did an excellent
job speaking on the history of SNPJ. Her
speech was detailed, and we compliment her
on the fine job. And might I add that Vince
and Tina Rigler’s son, Justin Rigler (449),
who is a recent graduate of the University of
Featuring
Frank Stanger Orchestra
George Suhon Duo
Festival Parade
Fine Food & Refreshments
Children’s Playground
Jamming Under the Trees
Stomping of the Grapes
and much more!
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Illinois, played button box with his father.
The day was over before we knew it,
and we all left having enjoyed the lunch
and program.
Pioneer Lodge 559 President Jean Cherway called the Aug. 14 Lodge meeting to
order with all officers in attendance. The
minutes were read by Grace Doerk and approved, the financial report was presented
by Secretary Anita Vitous, and a six-month
audit was conducted.
Sis. Vitous read correspondence received
in June and July from National Secretary
Karen Pintar informing members of the
many activities that were held at the SNPJ
Recreation Center, including Slovenefest
in July and National SNPJ Days, scheduled
Sept. 4-6. Secretary Pintar urged members
to contact the SNPJ Marketing Department
regarding the Loyalty series annuities.
Members were also reminded to make any
necessary changes to their policies.
Secretary Pintar thanked everyone who
helped at Slovenefest and congratulated
Miss SNPJ 2016 Julie Rockwell (138). I
have had the pleasure of knowing Julie’s
grandparents, Tony and Julie Bole (138).
Gerald Bebar was recognized as a 50-year
member in June; Sylvia Surges, who recently
passed away, as an 80-year member in June;
Gregory Crichton and Beverly Gusted as
50-year members in July; and Hilda Lotrich
as a 70-year member in July.
Our current membership is 528 adults and
26 youth. During this period we received
two transferred members from the former
Lodge 713, Jessica and Ryan Branch.
We celebrated Myra Beniger’s birthday
and extended congratulations to Alan and
Anita Vitous who have been married for
29 years.
Pioneer Lodge 559 is now on Facebook,
thanks to Kaitlyn Chiappetta. We hope this
Facebook will prove to be an asset to our
Lodge. Search for SNPJ Lodge 559 online
to find our Facebook page. The next Pioneer
Lodge 559 meeting will be held Oct. 7. We
hope to see some new faces there.
Otto and I had the pleasure of attending
the wedding of Kyle Moore and Amy Polis
(559) at the Two Brothers of Round House in
Aurora, Ill. Amy is the daughter of Bob and
Bonnie Polis (559), and the granddaughter
of Ella Mae Kovacic (559), who was unable
to attend because of illness.
What a beautiful ceremony. Otto and I
didn’t dance, but we enjoyed watching all of
the young dancers. It was nice to see Lillian
Camasta (559) and her family in attendance.
That’s about all for this article. Enjoy the
summer; fall will soon be here.
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The influence and musical legacy of Slavko Avsenik
by JOE VALENCIC (5)
Cleveland-Style Polka Hall of Fame
CLEVELAND — Slavko Avsenik, one of
Slovenia’s most influential musicians and
composers in recent history, passed away
in his hometown of Begunje July 2, 2015, at
the age of 86.
In 1953, Slavko Avsenik and his brother
Vilko formed the Avsenik Quintet, a band
that would have a profound impact on the folk
music of Slovenia and German-speaking Europe. The ensemble’s fresh Alpine sound was
called Oberkrainer, after the German name
for the highland Gorenjsko of Slovenia, part
of which was once the province of Krain or
Carniola. The Avsenik style was leveraged on
the piano accordion with a guitar rhythm and
prominent oom-pah brass. It came to dominate popular music in Slovenia and inspire
countless tribute bands. Slavko and Vilko’s
music brought attention to their homeland
throughout Europe.
The Avseniks’ first recordings were produced in the 1950s when Slovenia was part
of Yugoslavia. A recording contract with
Telefunken-Decca in 1960 helped spread the
group’s music throughout Central Europe. The
quintet toured extensively, appeared on radio
and television, and issued dozens of albums
in both Slovenian and German featuring
their hearty polkas and lilting waltzes. The
ensemble’s popularity grew rapidly. In 1961,
80,000 attended the ensemble’s concert in
Berlin Stadium, the largest of the group’s
estimated 10,000 concert appearances.
North America’s Slovenian-style music
scene was reinvigorated by the Avseniks'
original compositions. Songs like “Veter Nosi
Pesem Mojo” and “Cakala Bom” won new
audiences when covered with English titles
(“The Wind Song” and “I’ll Wait for You”)
and lyrics and performed in Slovenian-style,
also known as Cleveland-style, named for the
city with the largest Slovenian population
and a polka music center. Hosts on Slovenian
and FM polka radio shows, such as Tony
Petkovsek and Rudy Menart, promoted the
slick, new sound.
In 1958, the Johnny Pecon Orchestra was
the first to record an Avsenik number in English. Pecon reworked “Tam Kjer Murke Cveto”
into “Little Fella,” an all-time Cleveland-style
hit as sung by Paul Yanchar. Since then hundreds of versions of Avsenik melodies were
recorded by Cleveland-style orchestras and
performers, including Hank Haller, Fred
Ziwich, Fred Kuhar, the Fairport Ensemble,
Al Markic, Roger Bright, Al Tercek and Cilka
Dolgan. As many as 10,000 Avsenik tribute
bands have been formed throughout Slovenia
and Austria, as well as across the United States
and Canada. On the other side of the Atlantic,
Imperial, Pa., Lodge 106
officers and members wish everyone
a safe and happy Labor Day weekend!
Lodge 106 Officers
Club Board of Directors
President
Joseph Evanish
Stan Repos, Chair
Kevin Richards, Secretary
Secretary/Treasurer
Shelly Botwright
Butch Kinney
Recording Secretary
Wendy Kinney
Joseph Sladick
Auditors
Kevin Richards
Frank Ulager
Al Zadrozny
Ray Chappel
Duke Marsic and His Happy Slovenians were
the first, followed by the Alpine Sextet, Stan
Mejac, Tony Klepec, Andre Blumauer, Veseli
Godci, Iskre and many others.
The Avsenik Quintet sold upwards of 30
million records, Slavko Avsenik earned 31
gold records, two diamond, and one platinum.
Slavko and Vilko are said to have produced
nearly a thousand original compositions.
Their waltzes are especially recognizable for
their romantic elegance, such as “Pastircek”
(“The Little Shepherd Boy”) and “Na Mostu”
(“On the Bridge”). One waltz, “Slovenija,
Odkod Lepote Tvoje,” which extols the beauty
of their homeland, is for many an unofficial
anthem for the country. Without a doubt, the
most popular song by the Avseniks is the
polka “Na Golici” (“Trumpet Echo”) which
was recently ranked as one of the top five
greatest polkas ever written and has appeared
in as many as 600 versions.
“Everything that happened to me was by
chance,” recalled Avsenik. “I can only say
I’m grateful for my fate.”
Avsenik did not plan on a career in music;
his first love was skiing. He was born in 1929
in the town of Begunje in the Julian Alps, near
the scenic resort of Lake Bled. He helped with
the family farm and occasionally played the
accordion. He was an avid ski jumper and,
in 1946, became a member of the Slovenian
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Slavko Avsenik, one of Slovenia’s
most influential musicians, passed away
July 2, 2015, at the age of 86.
national team. He married his wife Brigita in
1952 and the couple managed the Pri Jozovcu
tavern in Begunje. He and brother Vilko
provided the entertainment with a family
quartet. Vilko was already performing on
the clarinet in the studio orchestra of Radio
Ljubljana, broadcasting from Slovenia’s
capital, and recommended his brother as an
accompanist on the piano accordion. The
brothers soon started a trio, then a quartet
and, encouraged by overwhelming listener
response, they expanded into a quintet. The
combination of accordion, clarinet, trumpet,
baritone horn and guitar won over audiences
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or why they have it
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about the
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In one of the poems included in her now-famous collection
“Sonnets from the Portuguese,” poet Elizabeth Barrett Browning muses, “How do I
love thee? Let me count the ways.” Enumerating her many affections, Mrs. Browning
offers 44 sonnets to her beloved, all of which are included in the series.
Since the SNPJ Recreation Center is currently celebrating its 50th anniversary, we
utilized Mrs. Browning’s poetic masterpiece as a roadmap and compiled our very own
list of the many items that have endeared the Recreation Center to thousands of SNPJ
members. We’ve even gone as far as to best the famed poet by presenting “The 50
Things We Love About the SNPJ Recreation Center.”
When we started our compilation, we did a bit of brainstorming, asking ourselves
“What, specifically, does the Recreation Center offer?” As we began listing our answers, we came to realize that although SNPJ members may share a common affinity
for the Recreation Center, the reasons why the Recreation Center has become such a
popular attraction over the past 50 years vary greatly depending on who is asked, and
which experiences, activities and memories that particular member values most.
In the end, our collection of “The 50 Things We Love About the SNPJ Recreation
Center” resulted in an unordered list; the numerical designations are included only as a
means of keeping count as you read through the many items we’ve identified. We hope
you’ll agree that there are at least 50 reasons why we can all appreciate the SNPJ Recreation Center, and we’re looking forward to celebrating many anniversary milestones
at the Recreation Center in the years to come.
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>
it’s in Pennsylvania’s
smallest
with the
borough
LONGEST name
can see the
2 you
water tower
for miles around
3 it’s the home of the
Miss SNPJ
Wall of Fame
4 nearly every visiting
Slovenian musician
has performed here
5
a total of FOUR
SNPJ National
Conventions
have been held at the
SNPJ Recreation Center
April 2015, it’s been
6 since
the designated host of the
SNPJ National
Bowling Tournament
can always count on an
7 you
enthusiastic crowd attending
SNPJ Senior Week
>
See pages 18-22
for more information
>
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some members will
always refer to the
Recreation Center as
the SNPJ Campsite
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there’s fun for all
ages during the two
SNPJ Family Weeks
>
15 Like polka music?
Then you’ll LOVE the
Slovenian polka dances
at the SNPJ Recreation Center
16 Wilting in the summer heat?
You can cool off in the
Olympic-size swimming pool
at the SNPJ Recreation Center
10 there’s no better place
SNPJ welcomed
the former prime
minister of Slovenia,
Janez Janša, to
Slovenefest in 2006
to play balina than the
SNPJ Recreation
Center Balinarena
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Milan Kučan,
the former president
of Slovenia, attended
the Recreation
Center Grand
Re-opening in 2001
>
your thirst and
18 quench
join in the fun around the
>
19 you can’t miss the
historic red barn
along Martin Road
Saturday Bar Bingo
in the Gostilna
kids can expend
13 the
their pent-up energy
20
at either of two
playground areas
>
21 Water, water everywhere...
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>
you can learn all
about Slovenia in the
SNPJ Slovenian
Heritage Center
and Museum
25 acres, at least, at the
Recreation Center Lake
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rest for a
while on the
SNPJ Heritage
Center patio
located just outside
the Heritage Center
since 1998, the annual
Miss SNPJ Pageant
has been held at the
SNPJ Recreation Center
>
main building is
24 the
named in honor of late
SNPJ National President
Joseph L. Culkar
members from
25 teenage
around the country attend
the TEL Workshop at the
SNPJ Recreation Center
26 you can book
one of the 60
rustic cabins
for an overnight stay
Tiki Bar in the pool area
can hit it big
12 you
when you play
Need some space? How about
500 acres of grounds
at the SNPJ Recreation Center
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27
be sure to send the
kids to SNPJ’s annual
Youth Roundup
for an unforgettable
summer camp experience
28 make your way to the
>
Lower Pavilion for the
National SNPJ Days picnic
29 from April through
October, you’re sure to
find plenty of activity in the
SNPJ Trailer Court
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Looking for a venue to
host your next special event?
The Alpine Room
is the best place around!
>
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grooming future leaders,
SNPJ hosts the annual
Young Adult Conference
at the Recreation Center
32 ahhh, romance!
there is no better way to
close out your summer than
by joining in the fun of
National SNPJ Days
>
34 with its island, the Recreation
Center lake resembles a
miniature Lake Bled
35 and you won’t find a better
view of the lake than from the
Lakeside Pavilion, donated
by the Cvetas family in memory
of the late Joseph P. Cvetas.
it’s a club room, it’s a
restaurant, it’s a venue
for entertainment... it’s
the Gostilna, and it
serves as the hub of
activity at the SNPJ
Recreation Center
if you still can’t get your
fill of great polka music,
stop by the Gostilna for
Friday evening
polka entertainment
Center opened 50 years ago,
the Upper Pavilion still hosts
a number of regular events
like most other properties,
the appeal of the SNPJ
Recreation Center is
rooted in its location,
location, location
>
SNPJ ties by contributing to the
Monument to Our Heritage
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37
45
39 members pay tribute to their
the Recreation Center is
the ideal setting for a
wedding ceremony,
whether indoors or out
36
38 a fixture since the Recreation
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46 the SNPJ
40 one of the newest
additions to the
Recreation Center
schedule of events:
Western Pa.
Fraternal Weekend
41 yet another
new addition,
the Wine and
Sausage Festival,
is scheduled Saturday,
Sept. 26, this year
Heritage Center
displays an authentic
Kurent costume
from Slovenia
47 baiting a hook,
casting a line and
catching fish in the
Recreation Center lake
opportunity
48 the
to build lifelong
42
no visit to the SNPJ
Heritage Center is complete
without stopping by the
Roger J. Evanish
Gift Shop & Resource Center
>
>
43 fond tales of the old
Recreation Center
golf course, the
nine-hole, par-three
course that once
stretched across the
grounds behind the lake
44 from summer through fall,
you’re sure to enjoy a
hayride around the
Recreation Center grounds
fraternal friendships
49 joining those lifelong
friends as you enjoy the
Heritage Center’s
Family Fun Day
and last, but certainly not least...
50
SLOVENEFEST,
which requires no
explanation, other than
to mention the fact that
everybody loves SNPJ’s
yearly “celebration of
everything Slovenian”
>
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Just a few of
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it’s in Pennsylvania’s
smallest borough
with the longest name
And the name is a mouthful, indeed! The
borough is officially recorded as The Borough of Slovenska Narodna Podporna Jednota (but for brevity’s sake, we’ll refer to it
as the Boro of SNPJ), and as of the most recent census, there are more characters in the
borough’s name (43) than there are residents
(19, as of the 2010 Census).
But even the mere number of 19 current,
full-time borough residents is quite a bit
more than one census-taker tallied back in
2000 when her initial report indicated that
the Boro of SNPJ had a population of zero –
as in zip, zilch, nada, none.
The media is somewhat sensitive to reports that indicate municipalities with a
zero population, and almost overnight the
Boro of SNPJ, along with the SNPJ Recreation Center, became a media darling.
Thanks to an Associated Press article, coverage of the 2000 Census “oversight” at the
borough was published far and wide, having
been picked up by such notable publications
as The Los Angeles Times, The New York
Times and The Pittsburgh Post-Gazette.
The 2000 Census report on the Boro of
SNPJ was eventually corrected to include
all 14 of the borough’s legal residents, a total of 12 adults and two children.
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a total of four SNPJ National Conventions
have been held at the SNPJ Recreation Center
The Slovene National Benefit Society
has been operating as a fraternal benefit
society and serving the needs of our members and communities for 111 years now.
Over the course of those 111 years, the
Society has held 30 Regular Conventions
and three Special Conventions. Of those
30 Regular Conventions (we now refer to
them as “Quadrennial Conventions” since
they’re held every four years), the SNPJ
Recreation Center has played host to four.
Four out of 30 really doesn’t sound like
a very hearty ratio, and in fact it isn’t. But
it’s important to keep in mind that there was no Recreation Center until 1965 – which means that the SNPJ
Convention couldn’t possibly have been held at the
Recreation Center during the Society’s first 61 years
of operation.
So let’s see... the groundbreaking ceremonies for the
“SNPJ Campsite” were staged in 1965, and the Society hosted its 18th Regular Convention at its new recreational facility in September 1966. The Recreation
Center was still under construction at the time, and the
convention delegates were treated to a first-hand look at
the work in progress.
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The delegates attending the 18th SNPJ Regular
Convention, the first convention held at the SNPJ
Recreation Center, in September 1966.
The Recreation Center has hosted three more conventions since that time: the 19th Quadrennial Convention
in 1970, the 21st Quadrennial Convention in 1978, and
the 28th Quadrennial Convention (the most recent) in
2006.
Having played host to four SNPJ Regular Conventions, the Recreation Center trails only Chicago and
Cleveland (both with six) as the Society’s most popular
convention site.
some members will always refer to the Recreation
Center as the SNPJ Campsite
Staying true to your roots is never a bad thing...
Back in the early 1960s, when plans for an SNPJ recreation facility were originally conceived, the term “summer camp” was initially used to describe the concept. At the time, summer camps were
extremely popular among both youth and adults (case in point: the
setting for the movie “Dirty Dancing”), and SNPJ was eager to get
in on the act and offer a summer recreation facility as a member
benefit.
Photos of the Recreation Center groundbreaking ceremony document the fact that the Society was promoting its as-of-yet-to-be-developed facility as the “SNPJ Campsite,” and for a number of years
the facility’s research, development and management committee
was known as the “SNPJ Campsite Committee.”
Beginning in the summer of 1967, the Campsite had a new official name: from that time forward the SNPJ Campsite was formally
recognized by the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania as the SNPJ
Recreation Center. Even so, there are still countless members who
continue to refer to the Recreation Center as “the Campsite”... and
for that we are truly grateful.
The Recreation Center groundbreaking
ceremonies held in May 1965. Note the sign:
“SNPJ Campsite.” References to “the SNPJ
Campsite” are still made even today.
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Milan Kučan, the former president of Slovenia, attended the Recreation
Center grand re-opening in May 2001
It isn’t every day the President of Slovenia
drops by the SNPJ Recreation Center – in fact,
the arrival of former President Milan Kučan
during the afternoon of Saturday, May 12, 2001,
marked his first-ever visit.
But then again, it was a rather special occasion. The date of May 12, 2001, marked the
Recreation Center grand re-opening and the
completion of a $1.7 million construction and
renovation project, the most extensive carried
out on any Society-owned asset to date. And
although President Kučan was making his very
first visit to the Recreation Center, you’d never
have guessed... he seemed perfectly at ease, and
at home, among the many guests attending the
ribbon-cutting festivities.
The 2000-2001 Recreation Center renovation
project was extensive. New designs were presented for the gym/multi-purpose room, which
was transformed into a large banquet facility;
the clubroom area (we call it the Gostilna) was
expended; the SNPJ Slovenian Heritage Center,
formerly located in the lower level of the building, was relocated to the new addition on the
building’s main floor; and air-conditioning was
installed throughout the entire structure.
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Need some space? How
about 500 acres of grounds
at the SNPJ Recreation Center...
“Sprawling” is perhaps the best way to describe a 500-acre parcel of land, at
least it would seem so in the lingo of real estate professionals. Historically, however, the SNPJ Recreation Center wasn’t always a sprawling, 500-acre facility.
When the Recreation Center property was purchased in 1963, it included 235
acres. The Society added another 100-plus acres to the SNPJ Campsite in March
1967, and expanded the facility even further in September 1969 by purchasing an
additional 147 acres. In sum: 487 acres, which is close enough to 500.
So just how big is 500 acres, you ask? Well, if you’ve ever visited the SNPJ
Recreation Center, you see that 500 acres is sufficient space for a 115-unit trailer
court; a very large main office building, banquet hall and museum; 60 cabin units;
three bathhouses; three large pavilions; a historic barn; a covered balina court;
tennis, basketball and sand volleyball courts; and two playground areas – not to
mention a 25-acre man-made lake, an Olympic-size swimming pool and ample
space for parking. Needless to say, it’s a LOT of space!
MILAN KUČAN, former President of the Republic of Slovenia,
had the honor of cutting the ribbon during the SNPJ Recreation
Center grand re-opening festivities held May 12, 2001.
SNPJ welcomed Janez Janša, the
former prime minister of Slovenia,
to Slovenefest in 2006
Not to be outdone by the executive branch of the Slovenian government, in
2006 the legislative branch sent their highest-ranking member and the official
leader of the Slovenian government, then-Prime Minister Janez Janša, for a
tour of the United States to commemorate Slovenia’s 15th year of independence. Prime Minister Janša and his entourage arrived at the SNPJ Recreation
Center on Saturday, July 8, 2006, during the height of the annual Slovenefest.
Addressing the overflow crowd that had assembled in the Alpine Room
that afternoon, the prime minister acknowledged the support of SlovenianAmericans during Slovenia’s quest for independence, and recognized the 50th
anniversary of the Miss SNPJ Pageant and 30th anniversary of the SNPJ Slovenian Heritage Center, both of which were celebrated during the weekend.
Former Prime Minister of
Slovenia JANEZ JANŠA
paid a visit to Slovenefest
in 2006. While here, he was
able to participate in the
festivities arranged for the
50th Miss SNPJ Pageant
and 30th anniversary of
the SNPJ Heritage Center.
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Visitors browsed through the museum
display area in the SNPJ Slovenian
Heritage Center during the grand
re-opening held in March 2003.
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you can learn all about
Slovenia in the SNPJ Slovenian
Heritage Center and Museum
If you’re looking for information on Slovenia or are curious about the history of SNPJ, you’ll want to plan a trip to
the SNPJ Recreation Center. Even more specifically, you’ll
want to pay a visit to the SNPJ Slovenian Heritage Center.
Since opening in September 1976, the SNPJ Heritage
Center has been committed to preserving the history and
culture of Slovenians in the United States by presenting
various aspects of the Slovenian heritage. And over the
course of the past 39 years, the SNPJ Heritage Center has
amassed one of the largest collections of its kind in the
United States.
Housed at the Recreation Center since its inception,
when it was initially known as the “SNPJ Heritage Room,”
the museum adopted its current name, “The SNPJ Slovenian Heritage Center,” in 1978 when the library and displays were moved to the lower level of the Recreation Center’s main building (the Joseph L. Culkar Building). When
the 2000-2001 SNPJ Recreation Center renovation project
was completed, the Heritage Center moved again – this
time to a more prominent location on the main level of the
newly-renovated structure – and now includes an outdoor
patio, a library, a modern museum display area, and a resource center and gift shop (see highlight 42 on page 22), as
well as the SNPJ Monument to Our Heritage, a collection
of memorial engravings.
since 1998, the annual Miss
SNPJ Pageant has been held
at the SNPJ Recreation Center
Since the Society has been crowning a new Miss SNPJ annually for 59 years now (well, nearly every year... keep reading), 17 years is a relatively short period of time. Even so, when
the Miss SNPJ Pageant was moved from National SNPJ Days
weekend to Slovenefest back in 1998, the transition helped
forge a new path for the annual pageant.
Back in 1956, when the very first Miss SNPJ Pageant was
held in Chicago during National SNPJ Days, contestant entries poured in from Lodges across the country. Some 40 years
later, pageant entries had dropped dramatically as more and The Society’s 59th Miss SNPJ,
more young ladies were preparing to begin or continue their JULIE ROCKWELL, received her
studies in college, and it was quite apparent that each new aca- title during Slovenefest weekend,
July 10-12, 2015, at the SNPJ
demic year was launching either during or immediately prior held
Recreation Center.
to National Days. So how do you solve that problem? Simple
– move the Miss SNPJ Pageant to Slovenefest weekend in mid-July.
Now to address the above-mentioned, parenthetical reference to “nearly every year”: Since the
pageant was transitioning from National SNPJ Days, held in August or September, to Slovenefest
in July, Miss SNPJ 1997, who received her title in September 1996, would have had a shortened
reign. To resolve this issue, Miss SNPJ 1999 was crowned during Slovenefest in 1998, and each
successive Miss SNPJ has received her title at the Recreation Center during Slovenefest weekend.
sending the kids to SNPJ Youth Roundup
for an unforgettable camp experience
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In the event that you weren’t feeling old enough already, here’s a nifty little tidbit of trivia from
the SNPJ archive: the very first SNPJ Youth Roundup was held the week of July 23-29, 1967. Assuming you did the math correctly, that means the very same Youth Roundup summer camp you
participated in as a kid will be turning the big 5-0 in 2017.
But you don’t have to feel too bad about the advancing years; after all, Youth Roundup is now
the longest-running annual activity hosted at the Recreation Center. Coming in a close second:
Senior Week, which was also launched in 1967, but several weeks after the first Youth Roundup.
It isn’t surprising that Youth Roundup
has been around for so long. Remember, the
SNPJ Recreation Center was originally conceived as a summer campsite (see highlight 8
on page 18), and as such the facility has hosted several now-defunct programs that were
designed specifically for young members,
including the former Youth Conventions,
Youth Conferences and Handicraft Exhibitions, all of which have been replaced by the
SNPJ TEL Workshop.
Even after all these years, the SNPJ Recreation Center remains a gracious host for
Youth Roundup, treating campers to loads
of daily activities, field trips, hayrides, free
Young SNPJ members can spend a week at summer
time in the pool... oh, to be young again!
camp during Youth Roundup at the Recreation Center.
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September 2, 2015
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Looking for a venue to 30
host your next special
event? The Alpine Room
is the best place around!
By far, the most ambitious segment of the
2000-2001 SNPJ Recreation Center renovation
project was the transformation of the former
multi-purpose room (aka: the gym) into a stunning special-event hall.
Operating under the formal name of “The
Alpine Wedding & Banquet Room at the SNPJ
Recreation Center” (we’ll truncate that to read simply “The Alpine Room”), the hall boasts
a total of 6,500 square feet and a flexible floor plan offering a maximum seating capacity of
400. Opened in August 2001, The Alpine Room has become one of the most popular specialevent venues in Western Pennsylvania, hosting wedding receptions and other gatherings on a
weekly basis.
When it’s not in “rental mode,” The Alpine Room serves as the venue for the Miss SNPJ
Pageant and musical entertainment during Slovenefest, for the Heritage Center’s annual children’s Christmas parties, and it was also the site of the former Recreation Center Reverse
Raffle held on the Saturday evening of National SNPJ Days weekend.
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there’s no better way to close out
your summer than by joining in
the fun of National SNPJ Days
As part of the
entertainment for
National SNPJ
Days, the
Brigita Šuler
Ansambel from
Slovenia will
perform Friday,
Sept. 4, in the
Gostilna at the
SNPJ Recreation
Center.
Held annually over Labor Day
weekend, National SNPJ Days, which
can trace its roots back to 1935 and the
celebration of the 10th anniversary of
the Society’s English-speaking Lodges, is one of the Society’s longest-running activities. In fact, the success of
the early National Days celebrations
led the SNPJ National Board to recognize Labor Day as SNPJ’s “official
holiday.”
Once the former host of the Miss
SNPJ Pageant, from 1956-1996, the
National Days festivities traveled from
city to city; the host of the celebration receiving approval from the National Board based on a selection bidding system among SNPJ Lodges
and Federations. In 1997, just as the Miss SNPJ Pageant was transitioning to Slovenefest weekend, the National SNPJ Days events found
a permanent home at the SNPJ Recreation Center.
This year’s National SNPJ Days, scheduled Sept. 4-6, will feature
the Brigita Šuler Ansambel from Slovenia in the Gostilna on Friday
evening and a dance in the barn on Saturday evening, while the National SNPJ Days picnic (Hey – free admission!) will offer entertainment by the Joe Grkman Orchestra and the Polka Bros.
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The Gostilna at the SNPJ Recreation Center plays
a number of roles: it’s a bar, a restaurant and a club
room, and it also serves as an entertainment venue,
in particular during Slovenefest, when polka music
fans pack the room to enjoy hours of performances
by polka bands and button box clubs.
...the Gostilna: the hub of activity
at the SNPJ Recreation Center
Ever heard of a gostilna? Though they’re quite common in Slovenia, they’re much less so here in the United States... with the exception of the Gostilna at the SNPJ Recreation Center.
So now you’re asking, “What exactly is a gostilna?” Well, in Slovenia a gostilna is an inn; kind of a cross between a restaurant and
a bar. And the same holds true for the Gostilna at the Recreation
Center – except here at SNPJ we capitalize our Gostilna for both
added emphasis (although additional emphasis is rarely necessary
when we’re talking about the Recreation Center Gostilna), and to
distinguish it from the other clubs and bars in the area.
Since the 2000-2001 Recreation Center renovation, when the
Gostilna was transformed from a small bar into one of the central
areas of the main building, the Gostilna has become a bustling club
room during the summer season. The bar and restaurant operations
have grown steadily over the years, serving both the local community and the residents of the SNPJ Trailer Court.
But more than simply operating as a bar, a restaurant or a club
room, the Gostilna serves as an entertainment venue at the SNPJ
Recreation Center. Visit any Friday evening from Memorial Day
through Labor Day and you can enjoy live polka music to your
heart’s content. During Slovenefest, the Gostilna pulses day and
night to the beat of polka musicians. Offering both an indoor performance/dance area and a large outdoor wooden deck that overlooks
the swimming pool, the Gostilna attracts throngs of polka fans who
pack this Slovenefest venue to enjoy the music of polka bands and
button box clubs.
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September 2, 2015
...stopping by the Roger J. Evanish Gift Shop &
Resource Center at the SNPJ Heritage Center
Among the many dedications that SNPJ has
made over the years, none has been more deserving than the dedication of the SNPJ Heritage Center Gift Shop & Resource Center in
memory of Roger J. Evanish, the late Heritage
Center director who held that position from
1997 until his passing in May 2011.
In preparation for the dedication, which was
held in May 2012, Heritage Center Committee
members altered the floor plan in the gift shop
to include additional space for Slovenian products available for purchase, as well as refreshed
the resource area by adding new furniture, a
fireplace, and a 70-inch flat screen television
for viewing DVDs and to facilitate interactive
communication with others abroad via Skype.
The result of all that hard work? Since the
dedication, the SNPJ Heritage Center has
been able to offer additional access to Slovenia through the technology available in their
resource area, while the selection in the gift
shop continues to expand. But don’t just take
our word for it; see for yourself – stop by the
Roger J. Evanish Gift Shop & Resource Center the next time you tour the SNPJ Slovenian
Heritage Center museum.
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The late ROGER J. EVANISH,
a former SNPJ Heritage Center
director, addressing the crowd
during the Heritage Center’s
grand re-opening in 2003. The
Heritage Center’s Gift Shop &
Resource Center were dedicated
in Roger’s memory in May 2012.
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You Are
Here
the appeal of the SNPJ
Recreation Center is rooted
in its location, location, location
“Location, location, location:” that’s the mantra of real estate
agents, and you hear it time and again when it comes to purchasing property.
Back in the early 1960s when the SNPJ Summer Campsite
Committee was researching properties available for development
of the SNPJ Campsite, the committee narrowed their selection
down to two choices: One parcel near Girard, Ohio, which had
been the site of the 1949 National SNPJ Days celebration, was offered at $70,000. The second parcel, perhaps a tad more remote,
was located in Enon Valley, Pa., and offered for sale at $45,000.
After several years of consideration and numerous rounds of
negotiations, SNPJ purchased the latter parcel – situated some
230 miles from Cleveland and 90 miles northwest of Pittsburgh –
from the Herman Serjak family on March 8, 1963. The purchase
of additional properties in 1967 and 1969 (see highlight 14 on
page 19) expanded the facility’s area and gave SNPJ complete
control over access to its Campsite.
OK, we will admit that the rash of detours in the immediate
vicinity has been a slight inconvenience in recent years, but even
so, we applaud the Society’s decision to develop the SNPJ Recreation Center and maintain its desirable location for 50 years.
The crowd enjoying the festivities of
the second annual Slovenefest held
in July 1983 at the SNPJ Recreation
Center. [Inset] A souvenir button from
the first Slovenefest.
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and finally...
SLOVENEFEST ®, SNPJ’s yearly
“celebration of everything Slovenian”
It started out in 1982 as a fund-raiser...
Although the SNPJ Recreation Center had
been in operation for only 15 years in 1982, the
facility was already losing money at a feverish
pace – to the tune of $300,000 in 1980 alone.
As a result of the facility’s flagging bottom line,
in 1981 the SNPJ National Board approved that
the Recreation Center be closed and the property offered for sale.
Realizing that the SNPJ Campsite might soon
become history, in the spring of 1982 a number
of loyal supporters devised a means of raising
additional funds for the struggling Recreation
Center: they would host a festival, dubbed the
“Slovenefest,” which would be held Sept. 11-12,
1982, on the Recreation Center grounds.
Slovenefest was an instant hit! Drawing
more than 5,000 visitors in only two days, the
first annual Slovenefest generated a tidy profit
of $22,000, all of which benefited the Recreation Center. That first Slovenefest marked the
one and only time the festival was held in September; since 1983, each successive Slovenefest
celebration has been held in July on the weekend following Independence Day.
Though it’s still a fund-raiser of sorts, Slovenefest is now best recognized as the largest
festival of Slovenian culture held in the United
States. In addition to three continuous days of
polka music performed in five separate venues,
Slovenefest also features the Miss SNPJ Pageant (see highlight 23 on page 20). Slovenefest
has its own website, www.slovenefest.com, and
the Slovenefest name is a registered trademark.
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2. Septembra 2015
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Slovenske Strani
by Vida Kosir
Predstavitev na nemškem elitnem trgu
HEADLINE: Introduction at the German elite market
TOPIC: Both residents and visitors to
Berlin know that in the German capital
city there is no other more popular and respected retailer than the famous KaDeWe.
In September, Slovenia will be introducing
its goodies and delights there.
This “department store of the west” is
famous in particular for its upper floors
with its delicacies, where Slovenian food,
wine and other products will be offered
during Slovenian Culinary Weeks, which
will be advertised at the entrance to the
department store.
“This is the first such presentation of
Slovenia’s high-quality, regional products
in Germany,” said Slovenian Ambassador
in Berlin Marta Kos Marko. “Slovenia does
not have mass-produced products that
could have succeeded in this large German
retail chain, but we can show our top-notch
products which are available as delicacies.”
For the most part, the Germans are interested mainly in high-quality, geographically- and nationally-protected Slovenian
products, such as wines from the various
regions, meat products, honey, olive oil,
salt and similar products with European
certifications and appropriate labeling
in the German language. The companies
that participate in the Slovenian Culinary
Weeks at KaDaWe in Berlin will have an
opportunity to include Slovenian products
in the sales program at KaDeWe.
Prebivalci in obiskovalci Berlina dobro vedo, da v nemški prestolnici ni bolj
priljubljene in spoštovane veletrgovine od
znamenite KaDeWe. Septembra bo tam
svoje dobrote in druge čare predstavljala
tudi Slovenija.
“Trgovska hiša zahoda” slovi še posebno
po svojih zgornjih nadstropjih z delikatesno
ponudbo, slovensko hrano, vina in druga ponudba pa bodo v času Slovenskih kulinaričnih
tednov predstavljali že ob vhodu v veleblagovnico. Med sedmin in devetnajstim
septembrom bodo organizirana tudi srečanja
z nemškimi uvozniki, distributerji in trgovskimi agenti ter drugi promocijski dogodki, so
sporočili pri javni agenciji Spirit Slovenija,
ki skupaj s slovenskim veleposlaništvom v
Berlinu organizira predstavitev slovenske
živilskopredelovalne industrije, turizma in
drugih sektorjev v najbolj elitni berlinski veleblagovnici. “Gre za prvo takšno predstavitev
visokokakovostnih slovenskih regionalnih
izdelkov v Nemčiji,” je povedala slovenska
veleposlanica v Berlinu Marta Kos Marko.
“Slovenija nima množične proizvodnje, s
katero bi ji lahko uspelo v velikih nemških
trgovinskih verigah, lahko pa se izkažemo z
nišnimi izdelki, ki so na voljo v delikatesah.”
Za vrhunsko nemško ponudbo so zanimivi
predvsem visokokavostni ter geografsko in
nacionalno zašiteni slovenski izdelki, kot so
vina iz posameznih regij, mesni proizvodi,
med, oljčno olje, sol in podobno z urejenimi
evropskimi certifikati ter ustrezno označbo
v nemškem jeziku, sporočajo v Spiritu.
Podjetja, ki bodo sodelovala na slovenskem
kulinaričnem tednu v berlinski KaDeWe bodo
imela tudi možnosti vključitve slovenskih
izdelkov v prodajni program KaDeWe ter v
kataloge agencij in s tem na nemški trg.
DELO
Nov rekord slovenske transverzale
HEADLINE: A new record of Slovenian
transversal
TOPIC: Klemen Triler from Naklo
needed seven days, 11 hours and 25 minutes to complete his run on the Slovenian
Mountain Path. He started the 371-mile
run in Maribor on Aug. 1 and arrived
at the finish line in Ankaran on Aug. 8,
when he put the last stamp on his book
of Slovenian mountain paths. He bested
a two-year-old record, formerly held by
Marjan Zupančič, by three hours and
20 minutes. In only his second run on
this mountain path, Triler improved his
personal record by one day.
“To complete the run on the Slovenian
Mountain Path is a true success. This is in-
describable. Every day there was something
new. My aim was not to set a new record,
but to arrive in Ankaran as soon as possible.
I had an amazing team, so the atmosphere
for all seven days was positive, exquisite. I
am very tired, but there are no injuries,”
said 38-year-old Triler after the venture.
Klemen Triler iz Naklega je za Slovensko
planinsko pot potreboval vsega 7 dni 11 ur
in 25 minut.Teči je začel 1. avgusta, na cilj
v Ankaran pa je prišel v soboto okrog 16.30.
Na poti so ga spremljali številni prijatelji in
ljubitelji gorskega teka.
V soboto popoldan je v Ankaranu Klemen
Triler v knjižico Slovenske planinske poti dal
še zadnji žig. Opravil jo je v enem kosu, in to
z rekordnim časom: 7 dni 11 ur in 25 minut.
Toliko je potreboval za 599 kilometrov dolgo
pot od Maribora do Ankarana. Izboljšal je dve
leti star rekord Marjana Zupančiča, in sicer za
tri ure in 20 minut. Na pot se je podal drugič.
Osebni rekord izpred treh let je popravil za
več kot en dan.
“Res je uspeh preteči slovensko planinsko
pot. To je nepopisno. Vsak dan je bilo kaj
novega. Moj cilj ni bil izboljšanje rekorda,
ampak čim prej priti v Ankaran. Za seboj sem
imel neverjetno ekipo, tako da je bilo vzdušje
vseh dobrih sedem dni pozitivno, izvrstno.
Utrujenost je velika, brez tega pri tem ne
gre, poškodbe pa ni nobene” je po podvigu
povedal 38-letni Klemen Triler.
GORENJSKI GLAS
STARŠI - “Mama, kako so nastali starši?” vpraša deklica. “No, Bog je ustvaril Adama in Evo. Potem sta imela otroke in sta postala starša, nato so njuni otroci imeli
otroke in postali starši in tako naprej.” Čez dva dni deklica zastavi isto vprašanje
očetu, ki ji odgovori: “Glej, pred milijoni let so se opice počasi razvijale, dokler niso
postale bitja, kakršna smo mi danes.” Deklica se začudeno obrne k mami in reče:
“Mama, kako je to mogoče? Ti si mi rekla, da je prve starše ustvaril Bog, ata, pa mi
pravi, da so se razvili iz opice?” Mama ji odgovori: “Čisto preprosto: jaz ti govorim
o svoji družini, ata pa o svoji!”
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2. Septembra 2015
Podmornica pod streho
HEADLINE: The submarine under
the roof
TOPIC: Moving the giant, 60-ton submarine, which was delivered four years
ago as a museum piece to the Pivka Park
of Military History and is now under the
roof of a new pavilion, required a good deal
of skill. In the future, this unique exhibit
in Slovenia, and at the same time the largest in the Park of Military History, will be
safe from weather conditions and will once
again open to visitors in mid-September
when the new exhibition pavilion opens.
The move of the P-913 submarine was
an attraction in itself; therefore, it was no
surprise that this logistically challenging
venture was photographed and filmed by
many tourists who stopped at the park or
drove by.
As in the past, visitors will be able to
descend into the belly of the submarine to
view an exhibition that illustrates the life
of the sailors and the history of submarines
in the eastern Adriatic.
Prestavljanje orjaške, 60 ton težke podmornice, ki so jo pred štirimi leti kot muzejski
eksponat pripeljali v pivški Park vojaške
zgodovine in jo sedaj premaknili pod streho
v nov paviljon, je zahtevalo dobro mero
spretnosti. Edinstven eksponat v slovenskem
merilu in obenem največji v Parku vojaške
zgodovine bo poslej varen pred vremenskimi
spremembami, obiskovalcem pa bo znova na
ogled sredi septembra ob hkratnem odprtju
novega razstavnega paviljona.
V Parku vojaške zgodovine (PVZ) so tako
v nov paviljon preselili še zadnji, sicer največji
in najprivlačnejši eksponat - podmornico
P-913 Zeta. Selitev, ki jo je PVZ opravil s
pomočjo podjetij Dvig in CEM-TIR, je bila
atrakcija že sama po sebi, zato ni presenečalo,
da so logistično zahteven podvig fotografirali
in snemali tudi turisti, ki so se ustavili v Parku
ali se peljali mimo njega.
Najbrž le malokdo med njimi pa je vedel
to, kar je leta 2011 ob njenem prihodu v PVZ
povedal vodja Parka Janko Boštjančič: da
je podmornica, ki jo je Slovenija leta 2011
dobila v dar od Črne Gore, v veliki meri plod
slovenskega znanja in proizvodnje ter ohranja
spomin na številne slovenske podmorničarje,
ki so predstavljali velik delež v podmorniških
posadkah tako Avstro-Ogrske kot prve in
druge Jugoslavije.
Podmornica je bila do sedaj nameščena na
zgornjem platoju Parka na prostem. “Vedeli
smo, da to ne more biti njena stalna lokacija,
saj je v nacionalnem merilu edinstveni
eksponat, ki zahteva trajno hrambo. Vremenske razmere so jo dolgoročno načenjale, ob
slabem vremenu pa je bil otežen tudi obisk,”
je pojasnil Boštjančič.
Tako je podmornica, ki je nazadnje plula
leta 2003, dobila prostor v novem paviljonu,
ki je le eden od novih pridobitev PVZ.
V njem bodo poleg podmornice med dru-
Ko motor postane pravi zaklad
HEADLINE: When a motorcycle becomes a real treasure
TOPIC: The Malograjski dvor Hotel in
Kamnik was the site of a recent exhibition
of vintage American-made Indian motorcycles. Since 2001, the Kamnik Society of
Classic Vehicles has been uniting collectors
of such vehicles from across Slovenia.
The first Indian motorcycles were
produced in America starting in 1901. In
Slovenia, one the biggest Indian motorcycle enthusiasts is Samo Rančigaj from
Vransko, an honorary member of the
Kamnik Society of Vintage Motorcycles
who introduced his interesting and quite
expensive hobby at the exhibition.
“I found my first Indian 30 years ago
in Serbia, and because I was so impressed
with it, over the next two years my friends
and I systematically ‘traversed’ this former
Yugoslav Republic and found exceptional
motorcycles – real treasures – in different
barns. In the past decade these motorcycles
have become very popular, and for that
reason a lot more expensive and less accessible,” Rančigaj said, adding that he has at
least 10 completely restored motorcycles at
home, and even more that are still awaiting
restoration.
V Hotelu Malograjski dvor v Kamniku
so pripravili razstavo starodobnih motorjev
znamke Indian, hkrati pa so odprli tudi razstavo fotografij starodobnih vozil kamniškega
fotografa Janeza Kukca Mežka.
Člani Društva starodobnih vozil Kamnik že
od leta 2001 združujejo ljubitelje starodobnih
vozil iz vse Slovenije, poleg že tradicionalne
mednarodne revije starodobnikov A, pa širšim
množicam stara vozila predstavljajo tudi na
drugih dogodkih. Tako so konec tedna hotel
Malograjski dvor spremenili v razstavišče za
starodobne motorje ameriške znamke Indian,
ki med ljubitelji motorjev veljajo za kultne
in največje rivale znamki Harley Davidson.
Kot prve v Ameriki so jih začeli izdelovati
že leta 1901, v Sloveniji pa med njihove
največje navdušence spada Samo Rančigaj z
Vranskega, častni član Društva starodobnih
vozil Kamnik, ki je tudi predstavil ta svoj
zanimiv, a tudi precej drag hobi.
“Svojega prvega indiana sem pred tridesetimi leti našel v Srbiji, in ker me je tako
navdušil, sem v naslednjih dveh letih s
prijateljema sistematično 'prečesal' tedanje
republike Jugoslavije in za precej malo denarja
na različnih skednjih našel izjemne primerke,
prave zaklade. To je še vedno moja dobra baza
za različne menjave, saj so se razmere sčasoma
precej spremenile. Predvsem v zadnjih desetih
letih so ti motorji postali izjemno priljubljeni
in zato tudi veliko dražji in težje dostopni,”
nam je povedal in dodal, da ima doma vsaj
deset povsem prenovljenih primerkov in še
več takih, ki na temeljito prenovo še čakajo. A
zanimivo, na cesti ga s temi motorji ne boste
videli. “Moja velika ljubezen je restavriranje.
Ne gre za poceni hobi, a za to živim. Najlepši
del restavriranja je prav zahtevno iskanje
rezervnih delov. Iščem jih leta in leta in ko
jih naposled le najdem, se mi zdi, kot da sem
srečen iskalec zakladov. Je pa restavriranje
zame kot nekakšen projekt. Ko motor obnovim, je projekt zame končan. Motorji se
mi nato kar smilijo, da bi jih vozil po cesti,
zato registriranega nimam nobenega,” še pravi
in ponosno pove, da je v Kamnik pripeljal
več primerkov, med njimi najstarejši nosi
letnico 1909.
Nad razstavljenimi primerki je bil navdušen
tudi predsednik Društva starodobnih vozil
Kamnik Miroslav Vrhovnik, ki si želi, da bi
bilo motorjev znamke Indian prihodnja leta
na podobnih razstavah v Kamniku še več,
sčasoma tudi z različnih koncev Evrope.
Razstavni ambient so organizatorji popestrili tudi z zanimivo razstavo fotografij
kamniškega fotografa Janeza Kukca Mežka,
ki v svoj fotografski objektiv rad lovi tudi
starodobne avtomobile in motorje.
GORENJSKI GLAS
gim na ogled dva eksponata letal - sovjetski
MIG-21 F-13 in ameriško vojaško letalo F-86
Sabre -, pa tudi drugi dragoceni eksponati,
ki bodo dopolnili nacionalno tankovskoartilerijsko zbirko.
Tako kot doslej se bodo obiskovalci lahko
spustili v trebuh podmornice. “V njej bo tudi
podmorniška razstava, ki bo prikazovala
življenje podmorničarjev in zgodovino podmornic na vzhodnem Jadranu,” je povedal
Boštjančič.
Že od petka pa bo za obiskovalce znova
odprt že obstoječi zgornji paviljon v Parku,
ki so ga zaradi selitve podmornice nekoliko
preuredili. Po novem je posvečen artileriji, ki
je nekoč veljala za kraljico bojišča. Obiskovalec pa bo tu našel najdragocenejše artilerijske
eksponate Parka, kot sta legendarni nemški top
Flak 88 iz druge svetovne vojne ter ameriška
havbica 155 mm, imenovana Long John, s kar
sedemmetrsko topovsko cevjo.
PRIMORSKE NOVICE
Vsestranski peteršilj
Je ena najbolj zdravih zeli, predvsem
pa pomaga prebavnemu traku, mehurju in sečnim potem. Z leti se lahko
v ledvicah nakopiči veliko odpadnih
stvari, zato potrebujejo čiščenje.
Kako bomo to storili? Najprej si
priskrbimo pest peteršilja in ga dobro
operemo. Narežemo ga na koščke,
damo v lonec in prelijemo s čisto
vodo. Naj vre deset minut, potem
ga odstranimo z ognja in pustimo,
da se ohladi. Precedimo in prelijemo
v čisto steklenico, jo postavimo v
hladilnik in počakamo da se ohladi.
Pijemo kozarec te zdravilne zelene
tekočine na dan. Z uriniranjem se
izločajo strupi iz telesa.
Zeleni čaj
Kitajci se že od nekdaj zavedajo
koristi zelenega čaja ter z njim
zdravijo vse od glavobola do depresij. Znanstvene raziskave v Aziji in
na Zahodu dajejo trdne dokaze, da
ima redno uživanje zelenega čaja
pozitivne učinke na zdravje. Pridobil je prestižno veljavo med napitki
in je ena izmed glavnih asociacij,
ko omenimo antioksidante. Teh je
namreč v njem res veliko, poleg
zaviranja rasti rakavih celic pa jih
tudi uničujejo, ne da bi poškodovali
zdravo tkivo.
PROSVETA
www.snpj.org • [email protected]
2. Septembra 2015
S ponyji cikcakali na Vršič
HEADLINE: The Pony bikes zig-zagged to Vršič
TOPIC: “Vršič: 5,284 feet above sea level.” This sign
at the top of the highest Slovenian road mountain pass
was the goal for 284 cyclists, among them 25 women, who
set off from Kranjska Gora on their Pony bikes. A total
of 246 cyclists arrived at the finish line; for some it was
too much of a challenge, or their pony bike didn’t make
it to the end. Interest in this event exceeded the organizers’ expectations.
The hunt for a Pony, the legendary 20-spoked-wheel
bike popular in the 1960s, ’70s and ’80s, along with clothing from that period, started at the announcement of the
first “Red Bull Goni Pony” race. “At home we did not
have any Pony bikes, so I called some friends and found
one that was still in good condition. Of course, servicing
the bike was a must: I tried the brakes to see that they
were working, and then entered the race. It represented
a challenge to me, but I didn’t have any expectations. It
was fun and difficult; it wasn’t easy to ride a bike without
gears to Vršič. The fastest riders will stand and zig-zag,”
said Žiga Maretič, one of the participants in this competi-
tion that combined two cycling classics: the ascent to Vršič
and a legendary bike.
“Vršič 1611 m. n. v.” Ta tabla na vrhu najvišjega slovenskega cestnega prelaza je bila cilj 284 kolesarjem, med
njimi je bilo petindvajset žensk, ki so se s ponyji nanj podali
iz Kranjske Gore. V cilj jih je prišlo 246, za nekatere je bil
izziv prehud ali pa njihovi ponyji niso zdržali. Zanimanje je
preseglo pričakovanja organizatorjev.
Lov za ponyji, legendarnimi 20-palčnimi kolesi iz 60., 70.
in 80. let prejšnjega stoletja, in oblačil iz tistega obdobja, se je
začel že ob napovedi prve dirke Red Bull Goni Pony. “Doma
nismo imeli nobenega ponyja več, poklical sem prijatelje in
našel enega, ki je bil kolikor toliko dober. Seveda je bil obvezen
servis, poskusil sem, ali delajo zavore, in potem na dirko.
Predstavljala mi je izziv, nisem pa imel nobenih pričakovanj.
Bilo je zabavno in težko. S kolesom brez prestav goniti na
Vršič ni enostavno. Najhitreje gre v stoje in cikcak, nič ni
narobe, če vmes kdaj stopiš tudi dol. Čas v bistvu niti ni bil
tako slab,” je povedal Žiga Maretič, eden izmed udeležencev
preizkušnje, ki je združila kolesarski klasiki: vzpon na Vršič
in legendarna kolesa.
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Časi najboljših so bili odlični. Najhitrejši je bil gorski
kolesar, Jeseničan Lenart Noč, ki je za vzpon potreboval 47
minut in 47 sekund. To je čas, ki je boljši od 65 odstotkov
udeležencev lanskega Juriša na Vršič s cestnimi kolesi. Med
ženskami je bila prva na Vršiču Jasmina Jelovšek v uri, štirih
minutah in devetnajstih sekundah. “Dolžina vzpona je 13,6
km, ko takole cikcakaš, kot smo danes mi, je kar nekaj daljši.
Cikcakanje je bila najhitrejša opcija,” je povedal Lenart Noč.
Za skoraj minuto in pol je prehitel Simona Novaka, tretji pa
je bil Tomaž Dolar, ki je zaostal že dobri dve minuti. Tudi
Jasmina Jelovšek je bila na ponyju prepričljivo najhitrejša.
Dobrih osem minut je za njo zaostala Barbara Benedik, tretje
uvrščeni Aleksandra Rusjan in Saša Obranovič pa še dobrih
štirideset sekund več. Zadnji so bili na Vršiču po slabih dveh
urah. Štel je tudi slog. Žirija je iskala najlepšega ponyja v
kombinaciji z izvirno opravo njegovega uporabnika. Nagrado
sta dobila Tanja Kranj in Nejc Perko. In potem je bilo z Vršiča
treba priti nazaj v dolino. To je bila za nekatere še bolj boleča
izkušnja. Prihodnje leto pa morda znova, do takrat pa še leto
dni časa za iskanje čim bolje ohranjenih ponijev.
GORENJSKI GLAS
APZ tretji v Špitalu
HEADLINE: APZ third in Spittal
TOPIC: The France Prešeren Academic
Choir from Kranj placed an excellent third
at the international choral competition
held in Spittal.
At this eminent choral competition,
which was held for the 52nd consecutive
time in Spittal along the Drava River in
neighboring Austria, 10 selected choirs
– from the United States, the Philippines,
Germany, Latvia, Costa Rica, Indonesia,
Austria, the Czech Republic, Spain and Slovenia – competed, and the France Prešeren
Choir achieved an excellent third place.
The competition was held for four days,
and according to the four-member international jury the Inmusicapella Choir from
the Philippines was the best, while second
place was awarded to the Riverside City
College Chamber Singers from California.
The jury emphasized that all participating choirs were high quality, as all 10
had garnered 75 out of a total 100 possible
points. The singers from Kranj received
85.5 points.
Akademski pevski zbor France Prešeren
iz Kranja je bil na mednarodnem zborovskem
tekmovanju v Špitalu odličen tretji.
Na eminentnem zborovskem tekmovanju,
ki je letos že 52. zapored potekalo v Špitalu
ob Dravi v sosednji Avstriji, je med desetimi
izbranimi zbori iz ZDA, Filipinov, Nemčije,
Latvije, Kostarike, Indonezije, Avstrije,
Češke, Španije in Slovenije kranjski APZ
France Prešeren dosegel odlično tretje mesto.
Tekmovanje je potekalo štiri dni, po mnenju
štiričlanske mednarodne žirije pa je najbolj
izstopal zbor Inmusicapella s Filipinov,
drugi pa je bil zbor Riverside City College
Chamber Singers iz Kalifornije. Žirija je ob
tem poudarila, da so vsi sodelujoči zbori
zelo kakovostni, saj je vseh deset preseglo
75 od stotih možnih točk, Kranjčani so jih
dobili 85,5.
Najboljši trije zbori so nastopili tudi na
nedeljskem zaključnem koncertu, na katerem
je APZ France Prešeren, ki ga uspešno vodi
dirigent Fernando Mejias, v izboru treh pesmi
zapel tudi noviteto Adonai avtorja Jakoba
Gruchmanna. Skladba je bila napisana po
naročilu za festival in je veljala za obvezno
skladbo, ki so jo izvajali vsi sodelujoči
zbori. Najbolje jo je izvedel prav APZ France
Prešeren.
GORENJSKI GLAS
FOTOGRAFIJE - Otroci so se slikali
za razredno fotografijo in učiteljica jih
nagovarja, naj vsi kupijo fotografijo.
“Pomislite, kako zanimivo bo, ko boste
rekli: ‘Glej, to je Maja, ona je zdravnica,’
ali ‘To je Tomaž, on je odvetnik’.”
Tedaj se iz razreda zasliši glas; “To je
učiteljica, ona je mrtva.”
Na rekih Belca in Idrijica stojijo klavže, zgrajene okrog 1770 leta - zidane vodne pregrade,
ki so omogočale zbiranje vekih količin vode in zatem plavljanje lesa v Idrijo.
PHOTO: The “Klavže,” water barriers built of stone in the 1770s on the Belca and Idrijca
Rivers. The large amount of accumulated water allowed logs to be floated to Idrija.
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2. Septembra 2015
Padalci zavzeli nebo nad Bovcem
HEADLINE: Parachutists conquered the skies above
Bovec
TOPIC: Recently, a few hundred parachutists from
around the world came to the Bovec sport airport, where
the AviolFun Skydive Camp broke a record: there had
never been such participation as there was this year. A
total of 35 parachutists in the air composed the largest
formation in the Slovenian sky. This event also attracts
many foreign tourists who jump in tandem.
Close to 300 parachutists from around the world registered for this event, held at one of the most beautiful
sport airports in the Alps. During the warmer months,
more and more people come to this area.
As the skydivers say, a jump from an airplane 11,840
feet in the air into the narrow Bovec basin is unique.
Among skydivers, the best advertisement of this event is
word of mouth.
This event was already organized in May. More or
less, those who were here at that time returned and, on
average, each brought another five new skydivers.
Skydivers participating in the event came from all over
the world – from Europe and the United States, and all
the way from Australia and New Zealand.
V teh dneh je na letališču v Bovcu nekaj sto padalcev
z vsega sveta. Na AvioFun Skydive Campu podirajo tudi
rekorde: takšnega obiska še ni bilo, 35 padalcev pa je v zraku
sestavilo največjo formacijo na slovenskem nebu. Dogajanje
privablja tudi turiste, mnogi skočijo v tandemu. “Na dan jih
skoči med 50 in sto. Ker jih bo za vikend še več, ocenjujemo,
da jih bo v desetih dneh skočilo tisoč,” ocenjuje direktor
AvioFuna Damijan Cehner.
“Približno 300 padalcev z vsega sveta je prijavljenih na dogodek. Poleg njih prihaja veliko turistov, ki skačejo v tandemu,
šole padalstva, veliko dela imajo inštruktorji. Oba aviona
letita na 'polno', pogoji so odlični,” je po polovici prireditve
zadovoljen Damijan Cehner, vodja letalskega dela prireditve
in direktor podjetja AvioFun, ki organizira padalski kamp.
“Brez pomoči Aerokluba Bovec, ki upravlja z letališčem, in
Občine Bovec pa takšnega dogodka zagotovo ne bi zmogli,”
dodaja in pohvali sodelovanje z Bovčani: “Obenem uspešno
sodelujemo tudi z lokalnimi ponudniki. Vsi padalci, ki so
prišli, seveda ne skačejo vsak dan, številni gredo na rafting,
kanjoning in podobno.”
Že osmi kamp AvioFun podira rekorde. Toliko padalcev,
kot jih je tokrat prišlo v Bovec, še niso zabeležili.
Na, po mnenju mnogih, eno najlepših športnih letališč v
Alpah v toplejših mesecih prihaja vse več ljudi. Kot pravijo
padalci, je skok iz letala s 4000 metrov v ozko bovško kotlino
edinstvena poslastica. Zdaj, ko je letališče urejeno, je povsem
“druga pesem”, kot pred leti, ko so to prireditev organizirali
prvič, poudarja Cehner.
“Med padalci je največja reklama tista, ki gre od ust do ust.
To prireditev smo v Bovcu organizirali že letos spomladi. Bolj
ali manj vsi tisti, ki so bili takrat tu, so se vrnili, v povprečju
pa je vsak pripeljal še pet novih padalcev. V Bovcu je odlično,
dani so vsi pogoji, da se dela res pravi turizem svetovnega
formata,” je prepričan. Bovčani so z zavzeto posodobitvijo
letališča očitno zadeli v polno.
Na to ne kaže le pisana druščina padalcev, ki prihajajo iz
vsega sveta, od Evrope in ZDA pa tja do Avstralije in Nove
Zelandije. Tudi množica turistov, ki jih pritegne dogajanje,
je velika, številni med njimi se odločijo za skok v tandemu.
PRIMORSKE NOVICE
Tržiški šuštarji
HEADLINE: Shoemakers from Tržič
TOPIC: In one of his articles, Tržič
shoe master and shoemaking trade teacher
Andrej Tišler wrote that in the middle
of the second millennium, the people of
Tržič produced soft leather from which
shoemakers made beautiful, lightweight
women’s shoes, decorated according to
the fashion which many women from Tržič
wore. The rich women from that area had
multiple pairs of shoes for various purposes
(for everyday wear, for the holidays, for
sports, for dance...) which were regularly
and carefully maintained. Undoubtedly,
people spent money differently back then,
depending on their financial situation,
which had an affect on clothing consumption, but the purchase of shoes represented
a major financial expense.
There were times when shoes were
much more appreciated than they are today, and the same applied to shoemakers.
Today, shoe making is a trade considered
more suited for distant countries, where
shoes are manufactured in soulless, almost
slave conditions. At one time it was different: shoe making wasn’t simply a job, it
was almost a cult, especially in the times
of the tradesmen as well as in industrial
times when the Gorenjska area operated
the three largest shoe factories in Slovenia. Planika is no more; Alpina and Peko
are still operating, but fighting for their
survival. In the middle of the 1980s, Peko
had 5,000 employees who made 4.5 million
pairs of shoes a year.
“Tržiški čevljarski mojster in učitelj
čevljarstva Andrej Tišler je v enem od prispevkov zapisal, da so Tržičani v sredini drugega
tisočletja izdelovali kordovansko usnje, iz katerega so čevljarji izdelovali lepe, lahke ženske
čevlje, okrašene po modi, ki so jo opazovali
na osebah, potujočih skozi Tržič – take naj bi
tedaj nosile tudi Tržičanke. Tržanke so imele
po več parov čevljev, najpremožnejše tržanke
v prvi polovici 20. stoletja tudi čevlje različnih
namembnosti (za vsakdan, za praznike, šport,
ples...), ki so jih redno in skrbno vzdrževale.
Nedvomno so ljudje za oblačila porabili
različno veliko denarja, in sicer glede na svoje
siceršnje premoženjsko stanje in glede na
druge dejavnike, ki so vplivali na oblačilno
porabo; je pa nakup obutve predstavljal enega
večjih finančnih zalogajev. Zato so bili čevlji
želeni in so zlasti pri otrocih prehajali od
enega do drugega – od starejšega na mlajšega
in tudi od premožnejšega do revnejšega. Ob
vsakdanjih poletnih dneh so predvsem dekleta
iz kmečkega okolja, redkeje ženske, hodila
bosa, nosila pa so tudi doma izdelane copate,
šivane iz ostankov blaga ali iz ponošenih
oblačil. Za pokoro so na romanja hodile
bose. Med obema svetovnima vojnama so
ženske ob slabem vremenu nosile gumarce,
ki jih je delala tovarna Bata, svoje čevlje pa
skrbno pazile.”
Bili so časi, ko so bili čevlji bolj cenjeni, kot
so danes, in ko je enako veljalo za čevljarski
stan. Tega se zavedamo zlasti tisti, ki smo
doma iz starih čevljarskih krajev, kakršna sta
Tržič in Žiri. V obeh sta na ogled tudi stalni
muzejski razstavi o čevljarstvu. Žirovski je
dala njena avtorica Tita Porenta ime po stari
čevljarski himni, ta pa poje: “Lepšega pač ni
na svetu, kot je naš čevljarski stan...” Danes
velja čevljarstvo za panogo, ki je bolj kot za
naše primerna za daljne dežele s cenejšo delovno silo, kjer čevlje izdelujejo v brezdušnih,
skoraj suženjskih razmerah. Nekoč je bilo
drugače, čevljarstvo ni bilo le delo, bilo je
skoraj kult. Zlasti v obrtniških, pa tudi v
industrijskih časih, ko so na Gorenjskem delovale tri največje slovenske tovarne obutve.
Planika je pokojna, Alpina in Peko sta še, a
se borita za preživetje. Si predstavljate, da je
imel Peko še sredi osemdesetih skoraj 5000
zaposlenih in ti so izdelali 4,5 milijona parov
čevljev letno! – Gornji odlomek je iz kataloga
razstave Tržiški šuštarji v Tržiškem muzeju.
V poletnem času ga velja obiskati in se pustiti
zapeljati v stare in ponosne čevljarske čase...
GORENJSKI GLAS
Sadje varuje možgane
Francoski strokovnjaki trdijo, da z uživanjem sadja varujete svoje možgane. Jabolko,
breskev, skodelica česenj, jagod, kos melone ali grozd zmanjšajo tveganje za
možgansko kap za enajst odstotkov. Poleg tega, seveda, sadje varuje tudi srce.
Takšni so rezultati velike raziskave strokovnjakov z uglednega pasteurjevega inštituta.
Varovalne lastnosti sadja so povezane s kalijem, ki niža krvni tlak, pa tudi z vlaknino
in drugimi koristnimi snovmi, ki vrednost holestorola ohranjajo v normalnih mejah.
Proti stresu in nervozi
Avokado. Uvrščamo ga med zelenjavo, botanično pa je pravzaprav sadež, podoben
hruški. Poznamo jih najmanj 400 sort, ki uspevajo predvsem v Južni Ameriki, Afriki
in Izraelu. Na voljo je vse leto, najokusnejši pa je od oktobra do marca. Je odličen
vir vitaminov B (proti stresu in nervozi) folne kisline (pospešujejo obnavljanje celic)
in pantontenske kisline (za gladko polt). Med minerali ima največ magnezija (za
moč mišic) in železa (prenaša kisik v kri). Pozamezne sorte vsebujejo 30 odstotkov
maščob, od katerih so kar tri četrtine sestavljene iz nenasičenih maščobnih kislin
(nujne so za srce in ožilje) in znižujejo holestorol.
PROSVETA
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2. Septembra 2015
Najboljše inovacije v Sloveniji
HEADLINE: The best innovations in
Slovenia
TOPIC: Thirty-eight of the most innovative products from 12 Slovenian regions
competed for the title of best innovations
in Slovenia at the Chamber of Commerce
of Slovenia Gold Awards.
For this year’s competition of the best
innovations, more than 170 proposed
products were received from more than 800
Slovenian companies. This year’s innovations covered a wide variety of areas, ranging from pharmaceuticals and electronics
to materials and technological processes.
On Sept. 16, during the Days of Innovations, 38 of the best inventions will compete
for gold awards at the national level.
Osemintrideset vrhunskih inovacij iz
dvanajstih slovenskih regij se poteguje za
naslov zlatih priznanj Gospodarske zborn-
ice Slovenije (GZS) za najboljše inovacije
v Sloveniji. Nagradili jih bodo septembra.
Na natečaj najbolj­ših inovacij v posameznih regijah je letos prispelo več kot 170
predlogov, pri tem je sodelovalo več kot 800
inovatorjev iz slovenskih podjetij. Letošnje
inovacije pokrivajo najrazličnejša področja,
od farmacije preko elektroindustrije in materialov pa do tehnoloških postopkov. 16.
septembra bo v okviru Dneva inovativnosti
38 najboljših kandidiralo za zlata priznanja
na nacionalni ravni.
Slovenija po podatkih SURS v inovacije
vlaga 2,59 odstotka BDP, imamo kar 46
inovacijsko aktivnih podjetij, pa vendar
mednarodne študije (Innovation Union
Scoreboard, Global Competitiveness Report)
ugotavljajo, da imamo še priložnosti za napredek na področju inovacijske kulture. “Na
Gospodarski zbornici Slovenije se močno
zavedamo velikega pomena inovacij, inovatorjev, inovacijske kulture in inovativnih
podjetij za konkurenčnost posameznega podjetja in gospodarstva kot celote ter ponov­ni
zagon gospodarstva in vnovično gospodarsko
rast. Zato smo razvili tudi blagovno znamko
Inovativna Slovenija, s katero pokrivamo
celoten proces podpore inovativnosti od ideje
in razvoja prek zaščite intelektualne lastnine,
povezovanja s partnerji, umestitve inovacije
na mednarodni trg pa do promocije inovacij. V
tem okviru podeljujemo priznanja za najboljše
inovacije tako na regionalni kot na nacionalni
ravni. Podelitev priznanj najbolj inovativnim
ima tako na GZS že devetnajstletno tradicijo.
Letošnja podelitev priznanj najboljšim inovacijam na nacionalni ravni pa bo že trinajsta
po vrsti,” sporočajo z gospodarske zbornice.
Med tistimi, ki se potegujejo za
najprestižnejša pri­znanja na nacionalni ravni,
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so tudi razvojni center Acronija z Jesenic z
razvojem visokoogljičnega jekla X120Mn
po postopku kontinuiranega litija, Domelov
razvojni center Nela z razvojem nove generacije sesalnih enot z visokim izkoristkom
za A razred energijske nalepke in Elan s
tehnologijo Amphibio 4D. Ta inovacija zagotavlja izboljšano dušenje vibracij prednjega
območja smučke vsaj v začetnem obdobju
nihanja, obenem pa primerno upogibno in
torzijsko fleksibilnost zadnjega območja, ki
smučki omogoča optimalno vodljivost.
GORENJSKI GLAS
MUKE - Ob vhodu v cerkev je plakat z
napovedjo srečanja z naslovom: “Ali
veš, kaj so peklenske muke?” Spodaj
je nekdo pripisal: “Če ne veš, pridi
poslušat našega organista!”
S Tajske v Mongolijo
HEADLINE: From Thailand to Mongolia
TOPIC: Among other things, Adam and
Katja Kotnik, a young couple from Leše
near Tržič, enjoy learning new things and
helping others at home and abroad.
Katja is an agricultural and nature
conservation engineer, and Adam is a
computer operator. This year they spent the
month of March in the Thai city of Chiang
Mai, where they helped in the local orphanage and raised the level of self-sufficiency
among the locals. They were expecting that
the conditions in the orphanage – which is
the home to 50 children, and which the Thai
government does not support (it is supported with the help of donations) – would
be much worse, but they were wrong. “The
children receive good care in the institution.
They have responsibilities and must work
to learn work habits; they have plenty of
time for socializing, games and playing
in the natural waters,” Adam explained.
In the area near the orphanage, Katja
and Adam renovated an existing water
reservoir and installed a new larger one,
replaced a water main, installed a water
pump, completed electrical work... Despite
limited financial resources and a lack
of qualified workers, Katja and Adam
restored the irrigation system and taught
the locals how to take care of themselves.
As they later discovered, the locals now
grow what they need for themselves, and
they have even built a store where they sell
surplus food to secure additional income.
In Mongolia, Adam and Katja are planning to do similar tasks, such as those which
they successfully completed in Thailand.
Adam in Katja Kotnik sta mlada zakonca
iz Leš pri Tržiču, ki ju med drugim družita
veselje do spoznavanja novega ter pomoč
soljudem doma in po svetu.
Katja je 29-letna inženirka kmetijstva in
inženirka naravovarstva, Adam pa 26-letni
računalnikar. Letošnji marec sta preživela
v tajskem mestu Chiang Mai, kjer sta pod
okriljem Krščanske adventistične cerkve
pomagala v tamkajšnji sirotišnici in pri dvigu
ravni samooskrbe. Lešana sta pričakovala, da
bodo pogoji v sirotišnici s petdesetimi otroki,
ki je tajska vlada ne podpira in je oskrbovana
s pomočjo donacij, slabši, a sta se zmotila.
“Za otroke, ki v sebi nosijo žalostne zgodbe,
je dobro poskrbljeno. Imajo odgovornosti in
morajo delati, da pridobijo delovne navade,
dovolj časa pa je namenjenega tudi druženju,
igri in ohladitvi v naravnih vodah,” pojasni
Adam.
Ena izmed večjih težav, s katerimi se sooča
Tajska, so odpadki, saj jih zaradi neurejenih
komunalnih storitev nihče ne odvaža. Potem
ko sta izdelala natančne načrte, sta Adam
in Katja na območju sirotišnice poskrbela
za obnovo obstoječega in nakup ter primerno postavitev novega, večjega vodnega
zbiralnika, vodovodno napeljavo, namestitev vodne črpalke, električno napeljavo
… Kljub omejenim finančnim sredstvom
in pomanjkanju kvalificiranih delavcev sta
Lešana vzpostavila namakalni sistem in
tamkajšnje prebivalce naučila, kako naj čim
bolje poskrbijo sami zase. Kot sta izvedela
kasneje, zdaj vse potrebno pridelujejo sami,
zgradili pa so celo trgovino, v kateri prodajajo presežek pridelane hrane, s čimer so si
zagotovili dodaten zaslužek.
Podobne naloge kot tiste, ki sta jih uspešno
izpolnila na Tajskem, si Adam in Katja zastavljata tudi za dveletni projekt v Mongoliji.
Njun cilj, tako imenovana akademija Starting
Point Life University, se nahaja blizu mesta
Erdenet na severu, ki leži na 1240 metrih
nadmorske višine in za katerega je značilna
suha in mrzla pokrajina. Večini leta vlada
zima, poletje, ko pridelajo največ hrane, pa
je kratko. Zaradi nenehnih in nenadnih vremenskih sprememb je pogost pogin živali,
kar pomeni izgubo glavnega vira zaslužka
in slabše življenjske pogoje, zato Mongoli
stremijo k dvigu ravni samooskrbe s poljedelstvom in vrtnarstvom. Adam in Katja se bosta
med drugim tako lotila gradnje rastlinjakov,
vzpostavitve ogrevalnega sistema, vodovodne
napeljave ter postavitve štirikilometrske
zaščitne ograde. In kaj je tisto, kar ju žene v
tovrstne zahtevne podvige? Kot je v imenu
obeh povedal Adam, je to vprašanje, “ali bo
naše življenje, ko se bo nekoč odvrtelo pred
našimi očmi, vredno ogleda. Če ljudem lahko
kaj ponudimo, jim dajmo, ne da bi v zameno
karkoli pričakovali. V življenju se nam tako
ali drugače vse povrne.”
GORENJSKI GLAS
Žlička olivnega olja na tešče
O olivnem olju je ogromno znanega, mogoče pa ste kaj preslišali. Žlička dobrega
olivnega olja na tešče z nekaj kaljicami limonovega soka čisti jetra in žolč, limonov
sok pa pomaga zniževati holestorol. Po enem mesecu rednega jemanja boste opazili,
da so se vam zmanjšali podočnjaki, koža pa je gladkejša in sijoča.
Oster kot poper
Lahko je črn, zelenkast, rdeč ali bel in je ena najbolj zdravih začimb. Medicina pozna
pet dobrih razlogov, zakaj bi ga lahko uporabljali več, kot ga. Popra seveda. Zakaj?
Piperin, ki mu daje oster okus, deluje podobno kot kapsaicin v čiliju in papriki. V
možganih spodbuja aktivne snovi izločanje impulza bolečine, kar pomnoži izločanje
endorfinov in pospeši prekrvavitev. Peperin vpliva na prekrvitev želodca in prebavnega
traka ter poveča izločanje sline.
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PROSVETA
www.snpj.org • [email protected]
2. Septembra 2015
Lonely Planet: Bohinj med najboljšimi destinacijami za družine
HEADLINE: Lonely Planet: Bohinj among the best
destinations for families
TOPIC: The authors of the popular travel guide Lonely
Planet have included Bohinj on the listing of this year’s 10
best European destinations for a family vacation. Among
the reasons they highlighted: unspoiled nature, opportunities for the entire family to spend an active vacation, and
a competitive culinary field.
Lonely Planet ensures that families who travel to Bohinj
will be richly awarded. Lake Bohinj, surrounded by the
Julian Alps and Triglav, the highest peak in Slovenia, offers fantastic views and many opportunities for an active
vacation. “In Bohinj, families find the perfect place for an
active vacation,” the authors of Lonely Planet stressed.
Active young travelers have the opportunity to paddle
in kayaks, go mountain biking, hike to waterfalls, and
swim. Children and young people will enjoy pizza and ice
cream, while the adults can enjoy local specialties. All of
the above is available at lower prices than in comparable
destinations in other Alpine countries.
The attractions Lonely Planet highlighted – the Golden
Horn Wonderland, the International Alpine Flower Festival, a festival for children – provides, in the authors’
opinions, evidence that families are one of the main groups
for Bohinj tourism.
Na letošnjo lestvico desetih najboljših evropskih destinacij
za družinski oddih so avtorji priljubljenega turističnega vodnika Lonely Planet uvrstil tudi Bohinj. Med razlogi izpostavljajo
neokrnjeno naravo, možnosti aktivnega preživljanja dopusta za
vso družino in konkurenčno ponudbo na področju kulinarike.
“Novica je prišla v pravem času. Gre za potrditev, da imamo
prave cilje in da razvijamo kakovostne turistične produkte,” je
ob objavi seznama poudaril direktor Turizma Bohinj Klemen
Langus. V Lonely Planetu zagotavljajo, da so družine, ki se
napotijo do Bohinja, bogato nagrajene. Bohinjsko jezero,
obdano z Julijskimi Alpami in Triglavom, najvišjim vrhom
Slovenije, ponuja sanjske razglede in veliko možnosti za
aktivno počitnikovanje. “V Bohinju družine najdejo popoln
kraj za aktivne počitnice,” poudarjajo avtorji Lonely Planeta.
Živahni mladi popotniki imajo možnost veslanja v kajakih,
gorskega kolesarjenja, pohodov do slapov, vožnje z žičnico
in plavanja. Otroci in mladi bodo ob tem uživali ob pici in
sladoledu, medtem ko si bodo odrasli lahko privoščili lokalne
specialitete. Vse našteto je ob tem dostopno ceneje kot v primerljivih destinacijah v drugih alpskih državah. Zaradi gorskega
okolja lahko obiskovalci pričakujejo nižje temperature kot na
obali, občasno pa tudi dež. A deževen dan ni težava - Lonely
Planet izpostavlja možnost koriščenja pokritega vodnega parka
ali skoka na izlet v prestolnico.Med produkti je izpostavil
Zlatorogovo pravljično deželo, mednarodni festival alpskega
cvetja, festival za otroke Bo Fejst ter razvoj blagovne znamke
Bohinjsko/From Bohinj. Vse to je dokaz, da so družine ena
izmed glavnih ciljnih skupin bohinjskega turizma.
Pri Lonely Planetu so pri iskanju najprimernejših lokacij
za družinski turizem v Evropi našli veliko magičnih krajev:
take s slovitimi gradovi, čudovito naravo, možnostjo doživetij
za vso družino ali dejavnosti, ki bodo pritegnile najmlajše.
Bohinj, označen kot alpski biser, se je na lestvico med drugim
uvrstil ob madžarski Budimpešti, britanskem Kentu...
PRIMORSKE NOVICE
V Piranski zaliv priplula največja jadrnica na svetu
HEADLINE: The largest sailing boat in
the world arrived in Piran Bay
TOPIC: The Royal Clipper, the biggest
sailing boat in the world with rectangular
sails, recently arrived in Piran Bay. The
Royal Clipper is 439 feet long and has 42
sails with an area measuring more than
5,200 square meters.
The Royal Clipper is a tourist sailboat
that frequently stops in Slovenian waters.
It can accommodate up to 227 passengers,
and there are 106 crew members on board.
There are also three swimming pools on
the boat. A seven-day cruise aboard the
Royal Clipper ranges in price from about
$2,000 to nearly $5,000 for the elite cabin
on the main deck.
The Royal Clipper is owned by Star
Clipper, a Swedish shipping company.
The company is known for organizing
shorter cruises while searching for less
commercial tourist destinations, but they
still prefer to anchor their vessels in hidden,
unspoiled bays.
V Piranski zaliv je pred dnevi priplula
največja jadrnica s pravokotnimi jadri na svetu
Royal Clipper. Dolga je 134 metrov in ima
42 jader s površino več kot 5200 kvadratnih
metrov.
Royal Clipper je turistična ladja, ki večkrat
pripluje v slovenske vode. Sprejme lahko do
227 potnikov, poleg potnikov pa je na krovu
še 106 članov posadke. Na krovu ladje so tudi
trije bazeni, potniki pa se lahko na jamborih
celo povzpnejo do najnižjih košar.
Sedemdnevno križarjenje z ladjo stane od
približno dva tisoč evrov do skoraj pet tisoč
evrov v elitni kabini na glavni palubi ladje,
piše siol.net.
Royal Clipper je v lasti švedskega ladjarja
Star Clipper. Znani so po tem, da organizirajo
krajša križarjenja, pri čemer iščejo manj ko-
mercialne turistične cilje, neznane lokacije,
še raje pa se zasidrajo v skritih neokrnjenih
zalivih.
PRIMORSKE NOVICE
Piran, staro in tesno pozidano mesto z ohranjeno srednjeveško podobo in privlačno morsko letovišče severozahodne Istre, stoji pa na
slokem polotoku med Piranskim in Strunjanskim zalivom.
PHOTO: Piran, an ancient and tightly-packed town, has retained its medieval design and character, and it is an attractive seaside resort in
northwestern Istria. The town is situated on a curved peninsula between the Piran and Strunjan bays.
PROSVETA
www.snpj.org • [email protected]
2. Septembra 2015
Bohinj dobil informacijski center
HEADLINE: Bohinj received an information center
TOPIC: The information center at
Triglav National Park in Bohinj, which
goes by the name of Bohinjka, is a welcome
addition to Bohinj tourism.
In Stara Fužina, the Triglav National
Park Public Institution (TNP) opened an
informational-educational center intended
to inform and guide guests through the
park. The center consists of two buildings.
The ground floor of the information center
houses an office and shop where they sell
products made in the Bohinj area, along
with a permanent exhibition of the origins
of Bohinj Lake. The top floor includes a
room with a view of the lake, where there
is also space for temporary exhibitions,
an exhibition on mountaineering and the
Mountain Rescue Service, and the institute’s offices. In the second building, named
Bohinjka, there is a furnished kitchen to
make and pack products for sale, a biologi-
cal laboratory and a creative room.
Informacijski center Triglavskega narodnega parka v Bohinju z imenom Bohinjka
predstavlja dobrodošlo dopolnitev bohinjskemu turizmu, a Bohinjcem zaradi parkovnih
omejitev in neizpolnjenih obljub države ostaja
grenak priokus.
Javni zavod Triglavski narodni park (TNP)
je v v Stari Fužini odprl informacijsko-izo­
braževalno središče, ki je namenjeno informiranju in usmerjanju gostov v parku in
prebivalcem na območju parka za izboljšanje
dostopnosti parkovnih služb. Središče sestavljata dve stavbi. V informacijskem središču
so v pritličju informacijska pisarna in prodajalna izdelkov Bohinjsko ter stalna razstava o
nastanku Bohinjskega jezera ter o živ­ljenju v
njem in ob njem, v zgornjem nadstropju pa so
soba z razgledom na jezero, kjer je tudi prostor za občasne razstave, razstava o gorništvu
in gorski reševalni službi ter pisarne zavoda.
V drugi stavbi, poimenovani Bohinjka, so
kuhinja z opremo za izdelavo in pakiranje
izdelkov za prodajo, biološki laboratorij in
ustvarjalna soba. Projekt je vreden 1,4 milijona evrov, zanj pa so več kot milijon evrov
pridobili iz evropskega sklada za regionalni
razvoj in z Ministrstva za gospodarski razvoj
in tehnologijo.
Kot je povedal Bogomil Breznik, v. d.
direktorja zavoda TNP, bo ustanovitev centra
pozitivno vplivala na povezanost z lokalno
skup­nostjo. “Naš cilj je, da bi v prihodnosti omejitve parka ter težave, ki jih ima
lokalno prebivalstvo, spremenili v poslovne
priložnosti. Tu bodo delovale informacijske
pisarne TNP-ja, tudi sam pa sem se obvezal,
da bom najmanj dva dni v tednu preživel v
Bohinju.”
Župana Franca Kramarja glede vzpostavitve centra prevevajo mešani občutki.
“Objekt je čudovit, za kar je treba čestitati
vsem snovalcem, a to je prvi konkretni prispevek države v 33 letih obstoja Triglavskega
narodnega parka,” je dejal in opozoril, da mora
država zakon o Triglavskem narodnem parku
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izvajati v celoti, pri tem pa je omenil tri primere
nespoštovanja zakona: prenos sedeža parka
v Bohinj, sofinanciranje projektov lokalnih
skupnosti v parku ter priprava državnega
lokacijskega načrta za Vogel.
Klemen Langus, direktor Turizma Bohinj,
upa, da bo center postal prostor za reševanje
težav in ustvarjanje novih priložnosti pa tudi
center kakovosti v luči razvoja blagovne
znamke Bohinjsko. “Če bo sodelovanje dobro,
vidim veliko priložnost za razvoj dodatne
turistične ponudbe. V Bohinju zelo veliko
vlagamo v varovanje okolja in trajnostni razvoj, pri tem nam bo še kako koristila pomoč
Triglavskega narodnega parka.” Slovesnosti ob odprtju informacijskega središča
se je udeležilo več kot petsto obiskovalcev.
Domačini pridobitev sprejemajo zelo pozitivno, predvsem zaradi tega, ker sta na pogorišču
zrasli dve sodobni energetsko varčni zgradbi.
Informacijski center bo poleti odprt vsak dan
od 8. do 12. ure in od 17. do 20. ure.
GORENJSKI GLAS
Soli bo to poletje dovolj vsaj za dve leti
HEADLINE: There will be plenty of salt
this summer for at least two years
TOPIC: After last year’s catastrophic
season, when they didn’t get even an ounce
of salt in the Sečovlje salt pans, this season
will be very good. The sale of traditionally
produced salt has been steadily growing for
several years. Now, new paths leading to
the salt pans have been paved, and toward
the end of the year visitors will be able to
ride in a small electric train to the Sečovlje
Salt Pans Regional Park.
“Both in Slovenia and abroad, people
increasingly appreciate and recognize our
salt. Sales are slowly growing for the fourth
consecutive year,” said a very pleased
Klavdij Godnič, the director of soline-salt
production.
From June 10 – when the first salt of
this year was collected in the Sečovlje salt
pans – until now, workers have gathered
200 tons of Piran’s salt. This is the highest
quality salt with the most minerals, and
it is protected by geographic origin. This
amount of salt will satisfy the needs of the
market for two years.
Soline is also predicting the imminent
sale of salt pan mud as a cosmetic product.
Currently, the sludge that is gathered in
the salt pans is used only in local spas and
by hotels in Portorož and Strunjan.
Po lanski katastrofalni sezoni, ko v
Sečoveljskih solinah niso pobrali niti grama
soli, bo letošnja sezona zelo dobra. Prodaja
tradicionalno pridelane soli že nekaj let vztrajno raste, polnijo se tudi terme na prostem
Lepa Vida. Zdaj so do njih na novo tlakovali
pot, proti koncu leta bo v Krajinskega parku
Sečoveljske soline začel voziti še električni
vlakec.
“Tako v Sloveniji kot v tujini ljudje vse
bolj cenijo in prepoznavajo našo sol. Prodaja
počasi raste že četrto leto zapored,” je zadovoljen direktor podjetja Soline - pridelava
soli Klavdij Godnič. Na trgovinskih policah
trenutno prodajajo še sol iz predlanske sezone, prva letošnja pa bo na voljo novembra.
“Nekoliko bomo pohiteli, sicer nam bo starih
zalog zmanjkalo,” pravi Godnič.
Od 10. junija, ko so v Sečoveljskih solinah
pograbili prvo letošnjo sol, so doslej pobrali že
200 ton piranske soli - to je najkakovostnejša
sol z največ minerali in zaščitenim geografskim poreklom. Že ta količina bo zadostila
potrebam trga za dve leti. Tradicionalne soli
bo - kot kaže - najmanj 2000 ton. Koliko bo
solnega sveta, najfinejše soli, ki jo pobirajo na
površju vode v solnih bazenih, pa še ne vedo,
saj morajo najprej oceniti vzorce.
“Letos je sol zelo dobra,” pa že lahko
pove Andrej Sovinc, vodja Krajinskega parka
Sečoveljske soline. “Na to vpliva vse od
priprave solnih polj do vremena.”
V Solinah napovedujejo tudi skorajšnji
začetek prodaje solinskega blata kot
kozmetičnega izdelka. Trenutno blato,
ki ga naberejo v solinah, uporabljajo le v
tamkajšnjih termah na prostem in še nekaterih
hotelih v Portorožu in Strunjanu. “Zdaj smo
ugotovili, kako blato stabilizirati, da ga lahko
brez kemikalij skladiščimo in shranjujemo
za šest ali sedem mesecev,” pravi Klavdij
Godnič.
Zato je tudi sol, ki je manj kakovostna, še
vedno zelo dobra. Takšne industrijske soli, ki
so jo nekdaj uporabljali predvsem za soljenje
cest, je približno 30 odstotkov pridelka.
“Tudi po tej soli je vse več povpraševanja.
Pakiramo jo v 25-kilogramske vreče, saj jo
veliko uporabljajo, na primer, v bazenih,”
pravi Godnič.
Po lanski deževni sezoni je letošnje sončno
poletje ugodnejše tudi za solinske terme
Lepa Vida, ki sicer niso polno zasedene, a
jih obiskuje vse več gostov. “Vsako leto je
malo boljše. V turizmu gre vse zelo počasi in
stvari ni mogoče prehiteti, a obiskovalcev je
vse več. Številni gostje se vračajo vsako leto.”
Zdaj se do term lahko peljejo po novo
tlakovani poti po desnem nasipu kanala Lera.
Tako električnemu avtomobilčku, ki vozi
obiskovalce v terme, ne bo treba več mimo
solnih polj, kjer je moral včasih čakati, ko so
z delovnimi stroji prekladali sol in opravljali
druga dela. “Na pot na nasipu, ki je namenjena
le termam, smo položili tako imenovano vialitno preplastitev, ki je nekaj med makadamom
in asfaltom - takšna kot je na kolesarski poti
Parencana,” opisuje Sovinc.
PRIMORSKE NOVICE
Jaz sem kranjčičev Jurij
Narodna
Jaz sem Kranjčičev Jurij,
Marička odpri duri – haha!
Sem zavber fant,
k’ mam čist nov gvant.
Ko mamca odprejo duri,
jo Juri odkuri – haha!
En zavber fant
k’ ma čist nov gvant.
Škrjanček se v zrak vzdihuje,
se fantu posmehuje – haha!
Doma b’ostal,
pa bi bil zdrav!
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PROSVETA
www.snpj.org • [email protected]
September 2, 2015
2015 SNPJ Fall Classic Bowling Tournament
October 24-25, 2015
RELATIONSHIPS
FROM PAGE 2
hosted by Barberton, Ohio, Lodge 626 at
Ralph H. Burke, Inc., an architectural/engineering firm,
developed a master plan for the facility, and the groundbreaking ceremony took place on May 26, 1965, as final
construction details were negotiated.
Among the first fraternal gatherings held on the SNPJ
Campsite property were the jam sessions that took place
prior to the beginning of construction at the historic red
barn. Herman Serjak, the original owner of this property
and the first caretaker of the SNPJ Recreation Center, said
in the summer of 1965, “Let’s see how many Slovene accordion players can come out to the Campsite and fill the
valley with Slovene polkas and waltzes.”
Charger Lanes
1213 Norton Ave.
Norton, OH 44203
Phone: (330) 825-9001
Doubles & Singles Events
Saturday, Oct. 24, 9 a.m.
Saturday, Oct. 24, Noon
Team Event
Sunday, Oct. 25, 9 a.m.
Sunday, Oct. 25, Noon
Doubles & Singles
Entry fee $30 per person
Saturday Only
Lodge
No.
50 years of SNPJ Recreation Center relationships
Highest
Average
2014-15
1.
All-Events
$5 per
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The legacy of Slovenian musician Slavko Avsenik
AVSENIK
2.
by combining a traditional folk sound with brass band styling.
Other band members over the years included Lev Ponikvar, guitar; Franc Kosir, trumpet; Albin Rudan, clarinet;
Mik Soss, baritone; and vocalists Franc Koren, Danica
Filiplic, Jozica Svete, Jozi Kalisnik and Alfi Nipic. The
Avsenik Quintet toured the United States and Canada in
1970 and 1985. In 1996, Slavko Avsenik was inducted for
lifetime achievement by the National Cleveland-Style Polka
Hall of Fame. As Slovenia’s most popular music orchestra,
the Avseniks won many awards including eight consecu-
tive television competitions. The group was also named
Germany’s top band 18 times.
Slavko expanded his tavern into a Slovenian music
mecca, complete with a museum, a music school and room
for televised music broadcasts. Sons Gregor and Slavko Jr.
built music careers of their own and helped their father run
the family business. By age 80, Slavko had all but given
up playing the accordion and ceded his leadership to a
younger generation. Now, Slovenia’s best-known bands in
the Avsenik tradition are the Gasperji and the ensemble led
by his grandson Saso, thus ensuring that Slavko Avsenik’s
musical legacy will continue.
SNPJ Loyalty Annuities
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1.
2.
Submit bowlers’ names by position in lineup
Four-Person Team Event
Entry fee $60 per team
Sunday Only
Lodge
No.
Highest
Average
2014-15
1.
The Recreation Center has provided SNPJ with a tremendous tool for arranging programs that benefit members of
all ages. These programs include Youth Roundup, Family
Weeks and Senior Week, to name just a few. The Recreation
Center also made it possible for the Society to create the
SNPJ Slovenian Heritage Center.
The existence of the SNPJ Recreation Center has successfully helped to preserve and promote our Slovenian
heritage. It has perpetuated the life of Slovenian polka
music by providing a significant national venue, it has
availed invaluable fraternal programs to SNPJ members
of all ages, and it has helped create lifelong friendships,
relationships and SNPJ families. It’s great to see this
tradition continue!
2.
3.
4.
Team name______________________________________
Team captain’s name, phone number & e-mail address:
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Contact the SNPJ Home Office at 1-800-843-7675
and open your new SNPJ Loyalty Annuity TODAY!
3.5% Loyalty 8 Annuity
The entry fee in each event is $15 per bowler, $7.50 of which shall be used for prizes
and $7.50 for bowling. An extra $5 is charged to all who desire to compete for
handicap all-events prizes. The Slovene National Benefit Society adds $6 per
member to each prize fund except all-events.
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Phone: (330) 896-4454
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3.0% in year nine and after
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Slovene National Benefit Society
247 West Allegheny Road • Imperial, PA • 15126
1-800-843-7675 • www.snpj.org
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SNPJ has the right plan for you!
PROSVETA
www.snpj.org • [email protected]
September 2, 2015
SNPJ offers two types of life insurance, permanent and term. The following are brief explana­tions of each plan:
Permanent Insurance is protection for life. This type of coverage can provide cash
and paid‑up values. Most of these plans are eligible for dividends. While this coverage
costs more than term insurance, over the long run (10 years or more, for example) it
has proven to be a better buy.
Whole Life, or ordinary life, is a permanent plan of insurance. In addition to lifetime insurance protection, Whole Life features strong guarantees, cash/loan values,
reduced paid-up insurance options, dividends and some flexibility. Whole Life is the
lowest cost permanent plan that we offer.
Single Premium Whole Life (SPWL) is a one-time payment plan. This permanent
plan features lifetime insurance protection, strong guarantees, increasing cash/loan
values and dividends. Those who purchase this plan like making a one-time payment
and then having a paid-up policy for life. Many parents and grandparents purchase
this plan for their children and grandchildren.
10 Pay Life is a variation of Whole Life insurance with fewer payments. This permanent plan features lifetime insurance protection, strong guarantees, cash/loan values,
reduced paid-up insurance options, dividends and some flexibility. Purchasers of this
plan like the short payment period (10 years), after which the policy is paid-up for life.
20 Pay Life is a variation of Whole Life insurance with fewer payments. This permanent plan features lifetime insurance protection, strong guarantees, cash/loan values,
reduced paid-up insurance options, dividends and some flexibility. This is one of our
most popular plans of insurance.
The Life Paid up at Age 55 Plan (LPU@55) is a variation of Whole Life insurance
with fewer payments. This plan is available from ages 0 to 50. Life Paid Up at Age 55
is a permanent plan featuring lifetime insurance protection, strong guarantees, cash/
loan values, reduced paid-up insurance options and dividends. Several riders are
available, including accidental death benefit and waiver of premium. This plan works
best for people who don’t want to pay insurance premiums their entire life.
Term Insurance is best described as insurance coverage for a certain period of time.
At each renewal period the cost of this insurance increases as the odds of you dying
become greater. Term has no cash value or paid‑up options, nor do we anticipate paying any dividends. This type of coverage will provide the most protection for the least
amount of money. It may be your best buy if you need insurance coverage for 10 years
or less. Term policies may be converted to permanent insurance.
Yearly Renewable Term is the least expensive policy that SNPJ offers. We pay
your beneficiary the death benefit should you die while the policy is in force. Your premiums increase every year as you grow older and as your chance of dying becomes
greater. This plan is renewable to age 80 and convertible to age 70. The minimum
policy SNPJ issues carries a $25,000 face amount.
10 Year Term provides a level death benefit with premiums which remain fixed for
the 10-year period. At the end of the 10 years, or at renewal (as long as the person is
under age 70), the premiums will automatically renew for a new 10-year period at the
new age.
20 Year Term provides a level death benefit with premiums which remain fixed for
the 20-year period. At the end of the 20 years, or at renewal (as long as the person is
under age 60), the premiums will automatically renew for a new 20-year period at the
new attained age.
30 Year Term provides a level death benefit with premiums which remain fixed for
the 30-year period. At the end of the 30 years, or at renewal (as long as the person is
under age 50), the premiums will automatically renew for a new 30-year period at the
new attained age. The minimum face amount available is $25,000.
Term to Age 25, a special program designed for those between the ages of 0-23,
provides level term insurance protection up to age 25. Two versions are available: the
$10,000 certificate for $24 per year or the $25,000 certificate for $55 per year. These
may be converted to any other permanent policy prior to age 25.
The Life Paid up at Age 60 Plan (LPU@60) is a variation of Whole Life insurance
with fewer payments. This plan is available from ages 0 to 55. Life Paid Up at Age 60
is a permanent plan featuring lifetime insurance protection, strong guarantees, cash/
loan values, reduced paid-up insurance options and dividends. Several riders are
available, including accidental death benefit and waiver of premium.
Term to Age 65 is one of the least expensive plans that we offer. The $2,500 level
term insurance plan to age 65, along with an equal amount of accidental death benefit,
is very affordable. This plan is ideal for the person who wants to become an SNPJ
member at the lowest possible cost.
The Life Paid up at Age 65 Plan (LPU@65) is a variation of Whole Life insurance
with fewer payments. This plan is available from ages 0 to 60. Life Paid Up at Age 65
is a permanent plan featuring lifetime insurance protection, strong guarantees, cash/
loan values, reduced paid-up insurance options and dividends. Several riders are
available, including accidental death benefit and waiver of premium. This plan works
best for people who want their insurance paid-up around retirement age.
and don’t forget...
SNPJ Final Expense Plan of insurance is designed for people ages 50 to 85 with
some health impairments. This product provides full coverage and is issued on a
simplified basis with no medical exam. The SNPJ Final Expense Plan is a permanent
insurance plan featuring lifetime insurance protection, strong guarantees, cash/loan
values and reduced paid-up insurance options.
Annuities, IRAs & Roth IRAs. These tax-deferred (tax-free, with the Roth) savings
programs feature competitive interest with a minimum guarantee, safety of principal
and liquidity. You may open an account with just $25. SNPJ doesn’t have any sales
charges or annual fees to maintain your account, but we do have a five-year declining
surrender charge.
SNPJ will provide you with a proposal on most of these plans. This should make
our products easier to understand. For additional information on any of our products, contact your local Lodge secretary or the SNPJ Marketing Department at
1-800-843-7675.
Slovene National Benefit Society
247 West Allegheny Road • Imperial, PA 15126‑9774
1‑800‑843‑7675 • Fax: 724‑695‑1555 • website: www.snpj.org • e-mail: [email protected]
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Slovene National Benefit Society
247 West Allegheny Road
Imperial, PA 15126-9774
Phone: 1-800-843-7675
e-mail: [email protected] • website: www.snpj.org