Windsor newsletter Part 1 (April)
Myron Hlynka
Newsletter of the Ukrainian Canadian Business and Professional
Association of Windsor
Volume 4, Number 2
April, 1994
Published 6 times per year.
Co-editors: Dr. Lucia Mandziuk & Dr. Myron Hlynka, 150 Kenwood St.,
Lasalle, ON, N9J 1R5. Ph. (519)-978-0702
President: Eva Perduk, 3175 Halpin Rd., Windsor, ON, N8R 1W1
Ph. (519)-979-3575
Association Address: U.C.B.& P. Assoc.(Windsor), 1033 Ottawa
Ave., Windsor, Ontario N8X 2E3
CALENDAR OF EVENTS
March 20 U.W.O. Pre-Easter Bazaar 12:00, Bingo 2 p.m. U.N.F. Hall,
Ottawa St.
April 16 Joanne Kolomyjec performs with the Windsor Symphony,
Chrysler Auditorium
April 17, Barvinok Dancers Annual Spring Concert, St. Vladimir's
Hall, 2:30-4:30
April 26, Eighth anniversary of the Chornobyl Nuclear Tragedy in
Ukraine
May 1 Ukrainian Easter
May 6 U.C.B.& P. Annual Graduation Banquet.
May 25 1994 Tour of World Figure Skaters (including Victor Petrenko
and Oksana Baiul), Joe Lewis Arena, Detroit. Ph. (313)-396-7600
for info.
June 10-12 Carrousel Week 1, Ukrainian Catholic Church
June 17-19 Carrousel Week 2, Ukr. Orth. Cathedral; Prosvita
July 16 U.C.B.& P. Golf Tournament (Lakewood).
MAY 6 BANQUET GUEST SPEAKER
The guest speaker at the 1994 Windsor U.C.B.& P. Graduation
Banquet will be Vera Andrushkiw, Ukrainian language instructor
at Wayne State University in Detroit. Professor Andrushkiw also
teaches part time at the Univ. of Michigan (Ann Arbor). She has
helped to develop a program linking the School of Business
Administration at Wayne State to universities in Ukraine. During
the summer of 1993, Professor Andrushkiw received an IREX grant to
visit Ukraine to do research on the Ukrainian language. In 1992,
Mrs. Andrushkiw was named Ukrainian of the Year by the Ukrainian
Graduates of Detroit and Windsor.
To obtain tickets for this event, please contact Luba
Kosak (735-4437), Eva Perduk (979-3575) or any other member
of the executive. (Luba Kosak is a new member of the social
committee filling the position of Andrea Leskiw.) Cost of the
banquet is $30 per person. Date: Friday, May 6/94. Location:
The Other Place. Cocktails 6 p.m. Dinner 6:30 p.m. In a break
with tradition, there will be no live orchestra this year. The
deadline to purchase tickets is May 2.
LOOKING FOR GRADUATING STUDENTS
The May 6, 1994 Ukrainian Canadian Business and Professional
Association of Windsor Annual Graduation Banquet honors students
of Ukrainian ancestry who are graduating from a university or a
community college. Graduates receive a complimentary dinner and a
gift from the association. WE NEED THE NAMES OF UKRAINIAN
CANADIAN GRADUATING STUDENTS. If you know of someone who is
graduating this year, please provide the names to Luba Kosak
(735-4437) or Eva Perduk (979-3575). We need the names by APRIL 20
to be able to include them in the banquet program.
1994 DUES: LAST CALL
Dues remain at the low rate of $25 for husband and wife, and $20
for a single individual. Make checks payable to Ukr. Cdn. B.&. P.
Assoc. (Windsor). Mail dues directly to Ted Kostyniuk 1980 Huron
Church Rd. Windsor, Ontario N9C 2L5
ANNUAL MEETING SUMMARY
The annual meeting of the Ukrainian Canadian Business and
Professional Association took place on February 2, 1994 at the
Ivy Rose Restaurant. There were 20 people present. The members of
the executive are in their second year of a two year term.
Continuing her second year of the presidency is Eva Perduk.
Written reports were received from president Eva Perduk,
treasurer Mike Stebila, and bingo committee member Nestor
Kostyniuk. Oral reports were given by other members of the
executive.
LOCAL
It is not generally known, but Windsor and tricounty (Essex,
Kent, and Lambton) residents over age 18 can obtain a free
University of Windsor Library card. There are numerous Ukrainian
language books and books on Ukrainian topics. Many of the
Ukrainian language books were obtained in the 1970's when the
Ukrainian language was taught at the University of Windsor.
Back in the early and mid 1980's when the first two volumes of the
five volume English language Encyclopedia of Ukraine was published,
the Ukrainian Canadian B & P Assoc. of Windsor donated copies to
the University of Windsor Library and to the Windsor Public
Library. Last year, the final three volumes were published. The
earlier donations have resulted in dividends. A recent check of
the listings reveals that the two libraries have purchased, on
their own, the final three volumes. The encyclopedia is an
excellent resource for Ukrainian topics.
The Art Gallery of Windsor has temporarily moved to the
Devonshire Mall during the construction of Windsor's casino.
Admission is free. The large display area is on the second
floor of the mall. The entrance is next to the BIWAY store.
The only William Kurelek piece currently on display is
Nativity (1963), donated by Windsor's Ukrainian Canadian
community. This work is dedicated to the memory of the seven
million Ukrainians who were deliberately starved to death by
Stalin in the 1932-33 terror famine. A black and white photo of
this painting appears in the Spring, 1994 Newsletter of the Art
Gallery of Windsor (p.5).
The Children of Chornobyl Canadian Fund project for 1994 is aid
for the Ukrainian town of Ivankiw. Ivankiw is situated 50
kilometers from Chornobyl and has a population of 11,000. Many of
the adults and children suffer from leukemia, thyroid disorder,
anemia and low immune tolerance. The Children of Chornobyl
Canadian Fund (Windsor) received total donations of $11,000 for 1993.
Luba Kosak visited an orphanage of 87 children in Lviw, Ukraine in
June, 1993. As a result of that visit, Luba Kosak and Maria
Palaszczuk, both of Windsor, raised funds to send packages to the
orphanage. A first shipment was sent in August. A second shipment was
sent (with a helpful donation by the Windsor U.C.B.& P. Assoc.) in
early December through MEEST and arrived Dec. 15, 1993. A touching
thank you letter was sent from the orphanage. A partial translation
of the letter reads "I sincerely thank you for the help for our
orphan children. This help has a special meaning for us at this
very difficult period in Ukraine. On the occasion of this
Christmas season, we send you our most sincere wishes of joy,
fortune and good health. May the baby Jesus bring to you joy,
peace and love."
The Windsor Barvinok Dance Ensemble (over age 14) and the Barvinok
Senior Dancers (age 10-13) performed March 19 at the Caboto Club in
Windsor to help raise funds for Hospice of Windsor, a palliative care
organization. Directors of Barvinok are Taras and Debbie Rohatyn.
Assistants are Ann Yaworsky, John Feleniuk, and Christine Mazurek.
The group has 92 dancers. They will be holding their spring concert
at St. Vladimir's Hall, April 17, 2:30-4:30. In June they will be
dancing at Carrousel.
On Feb. 26, the Ukrainian Catholic Women's League of Windsor had a
slide presentation of the embroidery and designs of Irena Senyk.
Irena Senyk is an artist and poet. Her poems have been published in
the book The White Aster of Love.
On Jan. 28-30, Stephan Woloschuk and Andrew Stebelsky represented
Ukraine in a model United Nations session sponsored by the U. of
Windsor's International Relations Association. A total of 38
countries were represented. Ukraine's delegation succeeded in passing
a resolution that Russia be responsible for costs of cleaning nuclear
waste from the former USSR and other countries in Eastern Europe.
The Ukrainian Canadian Congress (U.C.C.) of Windsor held a Ukrainian
Independence Luncheon on Feb. 27, at Prosvita Hall. The guest speaker
was Bohdan Maksymec of Toronto, head of the Ontario U.C.C.
Entertainment was provided by the Windsor Barvinok Dance Ensemble
under the direction of Taras and Debbie Rohatyn.
An excellent concert by the dance ensemble Virnist' from Ukraine,
was held at the U.N.F. Hall in Windsor, March 12, to a packed
audience of about 150 people.
Anna Marzotto and Tatania Regenbogen took part in the Detroit
Ukrainian Engineers' Society of America Winter Debutante Ball.
Tom Regenbogen, professor of architecture at Lawrence Technological
University in Detroit addressed an international Conference on
Design Communication at the Univ. of Arizona in January, 1994.
His daughter, Tatania, is on the honor roll at F.J. Brennan
High School in Windsor. She has been a teaching assistant for
the Ukrainian School at Sts. Vladimir and Olga Church for the past
four years.
John Hrynewich of Kingsville celebrated his 90-th birthday on Feb. 12.
He was born in Ukraine in 1904.
John D. Leslie, son of UCB&PA (Windsor) member Norm Leslie, has
been admitted into the law firm of Fazio, Barile, Howie, and
Martini, as a partner. John will continue his commercial
litigation practice with emphasis on Bankruptcy and Insolvency
Law.
Mark Marzotto, Paul Horbal, Douglas Stebila, and Marty Klemper
were among the 100 Windsor high school future mathematicians
selected by their schools to participate in problem-solving
workshops at the University of Windsor. The participants were
the top students in each Windsor high school for each grade. The
workshop was run on Feb. 11, 1994. For 1995, the University is
looking at expanding participation beyond high schools in the
city of Windsor. Dr. Myron Hlynka was one of the University of
Windsor professors leading the students.
William Kachmaryk, a Windsor architect, authored a commentary
which appeared in the Windsor Star, about downtown development
and the upcoming casino.
Rob Petruk of Windsor competed in the Fencing Nationals in
Montreal Feb. 19-20, 1994. He placed ninth at the Cadet
level and fifteenth at the Junior level. The Windsor fencers
have been training at Prosvita Hall since last October. Rob was
part of the Ontario silver medal fencing team at the Canada
Games in 1992.
Taisa Petruk of Windsor is part of her school's Odyssey of the
Mind team. Taisa is in sixth grade.
1994 marks the fiftieth anniversary of the Ukrainian Credit
Union of Toronto, of which Windsor's office is a branch.
A new Ukrainian radio program "Slovo" began Feb. 18 in
Detroit. It airs Fridays, 8-9 pm on WNZK, 690 AM. (Try 680 AM as
well. The station changes its frequency after the sun sets.)
A Letter to the Editor by Windsor's Myroslaw Prytulak appeared
in the Feb. 13, 1994 Ukrainian Weekly. The letter criticized
protesters in front of Ivan Demjanjuk's Ohio home, after Mr.
Demjanjuk had been found Not Guilty of war crimes by Israel's
Supreme Court.
Windsor child psychologist Dr. Lucia Mandziuk, and colleagues
from Windsor's Regional Children's Centre, conducted three
parent education evening sessions on ADHD (Attention Deficit
Hyperactivity Disorder) in February.
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Myron Hlynka
Dept. of Math. & Stat.
University of Windsor
Windsor, Ontario, Canada