windsor newsletter part 1
Myron Hlynka
(pronounced VEE-ter, viter is the Ukrainian word for "wind".)
Newsletter of the Ukrainian Canadian and Business and
Professional Association of Windsor.
Member of the Ukrainian Canadian Professional and Business National Federation
Volume 3, Number 5
October, 1993
Published 6 times per year.
Co-editors: Dr. Myron Hlynka & Dr. Lucia Mandziuk, 150 Kenwood St.,
Lasalle, ON, N9J 1R5.
Association Address:U.C.B.& P. Assoc.(Windsor) President: Eva Perduk,
3175 Halpin Rd., Windsor, ON, N8R 1W1.
CALENDAR OF EVENTS
Sept. 25 Ukr. Graduates meeting, St. Clair College, 7:30 p.m.
Speaker: Frank Ewasyshyn, Chrysler Corp.
Oct.7-10; Oct.13-17, A Day in Hollywood, A Night in the Ukraine,
University of Windsor Players. Musical. Comedy.
Oct. 23 Ukr. Graduates Banquet (Scholarships and Ukrainian of
the Year) $40.Cdn.($35 if purchased before Sept.30). For
tickets, contact Ralph Blacklock (736-6362).
Oct. 27 (Wednesday) UKRAINIAN CANADIAN BUSINESS AND
PROFESSIONAL ASSOCIATION DINNER MEETING 6:30 P.M., BEST WESTERN
CONTINENTAL INN,
Oct. 31 Ukr. Women's Assoc. (Lesya Ukrainka) 60-th
anniversary banquet (after services at Ukr. Orthodox Cathedral)
OCT. 27 DINNER MEETING
On Wednesday, Oct. 27, the Ukrainian Canadian Business & Professional
Association will hold a dinner meeting, 6:30 p.m., Best Western
Continental Inn, 3345 Huron Church Rd. Eva Perduk and Marie Boyer
will discuss the National Convention in Winnipeg of the Ukrainian
Canadian Professional & Business Federation. Please attend. Bring a guest.
WINDSOR AREA NEWS
Sunday, Sept. 12 was the date of the Ukrainian Canadian Business
and Professional Association of Windsor Picnic. Although the day started
out with rain, by the time the picnic started the sky was sunny and the
ground was dry. Hot dogs, corn, desserts, and Joe Proctor's famous pickles
were the fare of the day. About 50 people showed up for an enjoyable
afternoon. Thanks to Ron and Marie Boyer for their hospitality. Thanks
also to Robert Boyer, Eva Perduk, Morris and Nel Yaworsky for their
help. Paper plates and plastic utensils were provided courtesy of
Tom Matlock Insurance.
For the second anniversary of Ukrainian independence, the Ukrainian
Canadian Congress of Windsor held a celebration at Sts. Vladimir and
Olga church hall. The guest speaker was Wasyl Kolodchin, of Warren,
Michigan. Mr. Kolodchin has a Ukrainian language radio program on
Tuesdays, 9 p.m., 690 AM.
The University of Windsor Players starts their season Oct.7-10 & 13-17,
with a musical comedy "A Day in Hollywood, A Night in the Ukraine".
Part I is set in Hollywood in the 1930's. Part II presents the
(imaginary) Marx Brother's movie "A Night in the Ukraine", based on the
play The Bear, by Chekhov. For more information, call the University
Players at 253-4232 (x 2808).
There have been numerous weddings recently involving members of the
Ukrainian Canadian Business and Professional Association of Windsor.
On July 31, Social Committee and Heritage Award Committee member
Andrea Leskiw married Dr. Yarema Kurpel of New Orleans, Louisiana.
The band Dunay from Toronto performed at the reception. M.C. was
Steve Andrusiak. Andrea is now living with Yarema in New Orleans.
On August 21, membership committee member Robert Boyer married
Karen Momotiuk. Silvan Koltyk's band provided the music. Guests
included University of Windsor president Ron Ianni and Ontario judges
Eugene Ewaschuk (Ontario Court of Justice), and the late Walter
Tarnopolsky (Ontario Court of Appeals).
The most interesting gifts at both weddings were portraits of Andrea,
and of Robert and Karen, all in Ukrainian costume. Tom Regenbogen was
the artist of these unique gifts.
Both weddings had beautiful Ukrainian embroidered (in icing) wedding
cakes designed by Ann Taskey.
Zirka Kudla and Andriy Wynnyckyj were married on Aug. 28 in Windsor.
The young couple live in Toronto. Zirka is the daughter of Windsor
UCB&P member Maria Kudla. Andriy Wynnyckyj may be known to some readers as
a journalist who writes for The Ukrainian Weekly.
Maria Kudla was the original owner of Maria's Restaurant in Amherstburg,
which she began in 1958.
Steve and Larisa Andrusiak and the family visited Windsor from Prince
Edward Island. They came for Andrea Leskiw's wedding. The Leskiw and
the Andrusiak families are related. Steve and Larisa are still hunting
for the 500 people of Ukrainian descent who supposedly live on Prince
Edward Island. Steve Andrusiak is the former news director for the
CBC television station in Windsor.
The Sept. 17 Windsor Star had an editorial describing the achievements
of the late Ontario Court of Appeals judge Walter Tarnopolsky.
Justice Tarnopolsky was a former Dean of Law at the University of Windsor
and was a constitutional and human rights expert. Recently, he was involved
in helping to write Ukraine's new constitution.
ITT Canada and the Ontario Jockey Club (OJC) have formed a joint
venture corporation ITT-OJC Ontario Casino Opportunities Inc. The
president is Windsor native Gerald B. Fedchun, who is also the president
of ITT Canada. ITT Sheraton owns 6 casinos worldwide including the
Star Desert Inn in Las Vegas. (Caveat: This is not a solicitation.
The editors have no relationship to the above mentioned group.)
Dr. Myron Hlynka and the Windsor Viter were the subject of an
Ivan Jaciw article and sketch in the humor magazine
BCECMIX (Vsesmikh). (August, 1993)
The Sept. 11 Windsor Star had an article devoted to the 1932-33 Terror
Famine in Ukraine, in which 7.5 million Ukrainians
died of starvation on orders from Joseph Stalin.
Tony Marzotto of Windsor was a bandura instructor this summer at Saskatoon's
Mohyla Institute. He did this after
working as a volunteer English instructor in Ukraine.
The Skally family has been running the IVY ROSE motel and restaurant
since 1970. Before that, they owned the Dougall Rd. Motel.
The September issue of Vsesmikh marked the second anniversary of
the magazine. Included in that issue on a separate sheet is an
Ivan Jaciw rendering of Shevchenko's poem Zapovit (My Testament).
There is also a humorous interview of Ivan Jaciw in that issue.
Ivan Jaciw again designed, for 1993, 5 different "stamps" for the
Taras Shevchenko Bandurist Chorus of Detroit. This is the 32nd year
that Ivan has designed such stamps.
Windsor science teacher Pearl (Yaworsky) Bradd (B.Sc., 1962, University
of Windsor) received the Roberta Bondar Award for Excellence in
Teaching of Science and Technology in Ontario. (from the U. of W.
Alumni magazine, Summer 1993.)
Irene Momotiuk dedicated her August 22 radio program Sounds of Ukraine
(CJAM, Windsor) to the marriage of her daughter Karen Momotiuk to
Robert Boyer (Robert is on the membership committee of Ukr. Cdn.
B.& P. Assoc. of Windsor).
Sept. 18, 1993 marks the fourth anniversary of Irene Momotiuk's
radio program Sounds of Ukraine (CJAM, 91.5 F.M., Saturday, 11 a.m.)
Irene does the radio program as a volunteer, receiving no
remuneration, except for the appreciation of the Windsor Ukrainian
Canadian community. Thank you, Irene!!
One of the important historical figures in the history of the
Ukrainian Canadian community in Windsor is 102 year old Franz
Martyniuk, who returned to Windsor to attend the Aug. 22 wedding of
Karen Momotiuk and Robert Boyer.
Myroslaw Prytulak of Windsor, along with Detroiters Stephen
Wichar, Zenon Wasylkevych, and Michael Berezowsky, had Letters to
the Editor published in the Detroit News. They were responding
to anti-Ukrainian comments quoted in the Detroit news regarding
the Ivan Demjanjuk trial (eg. "His nationality is enough to make him guilty.")
Wolodymyr Zyla, retired from Texas Tech University, will be visiting
Windsor at the end of October. Dr. Zyla has published over 200 pieces
of literary criticism. He was a member of the Ukrainian government in
exile. Dr. Zyla received a knighthood from Pope John Paul II in
Dec. 1992, for his work with the Ukr. Cath. church.
Stephanie Mandziuk, cousin of Stella Proctor, has moved to Windsor and
will be a street reporter covering Windsor news for the new Windsor
TV coverage by cable channel 24, CHWI-TV.
Previously Stephanie worked in Oshawa and London.
Two poems, "Dear Lord" and "Pysanka", by Leamington's Peter Kuzyk
were translated into Ukrainian and published by two newspapers in
Ukraine, Chernivtsi (Apr. 16, 1993) and Vechirney Chas (June 26, 1993).
Registration for Heritage Language classes in Ukrainian took place
at Sts. Vladimir and Olga Ukrainian Catholic Church on Sept. 11.
Classes began Saturday, Sept. 25, 1993.
Children of Chornobyl Canadian Fund (Windsor) prepared 160 health
care packages which were delivered to Kyyiv, Rivno and Misoch by Mr.
and Mrs. Iwan Mordovanec.
Toma Regenbogen, Myroslaw Horbal, Robert Staruch, and Nicholas Oryshchyn
of Windsor attended a PLAST summer camp near Brighton, Michigan.
Tatiana Sonia Regenbogen attended two PLAST summer camps in Ohio
and Pennsylvania, after working for three weeks with a Windsor law firm.
Halyna Mordowanec Regenbogen of Windsor attended a NOVA workship
in Toronto Aug. 26-29. (NOVA is a Ukrainian language development
series of learning material for teachers, developed by Dr. Olenka
Bilash for the Ukrainian bilingual program in Alberta.)
From the Winnipeg U.C.P.& B. Club Bulletin, we read that their member
Dan Torbiak is moving to Windsor where he will be working for
Deloitte and Touche. Welcome!
Myron Hlynka
Business and Professional and Business Association of Windsor.
October, 1993.
NATIONAL
The last three volumes of the 5 volume English language
Encyclopedia of Ukraine have been published. For ordering
information, phone 1-800-667-2300 (in Canada).
Attending the gala kick-off in Toronto from Windsor were
UCB&P (Windsor) president Eva Perduk and editor of the
geography part of the encyclopedia Dr. Ihor Stebelsky, with
his wife Anne Stebelsky.
The Ukrainian Canadian Congress has a much improved
newsletter. The editor is Ihor Shawarsky of Winnipeg.
There are numerous streets in Canada with Ukrainian names,
according to Bill Mandziuk of Halifax. There are Wachna St. and
Odessa Dr. in Windsor. Others include, for example,
Ukrainian St. in St. Thomas, Ontario; Ukraine Rd. in
Mississauga; Rue de l'Ukraine in St. Leonard, Que.; Place de
l'Ukraine in Montreal; Taras Shevchenko Boulevard in
LaSalle, Que.; chemin Vitayemo in Mansonville, Que., Dnipro
Ave. in Oshawa, Carpathia Rd. in Winnipeg, Kiev Bay in
Regina, Boychuk Dr. in Saskatoon, and Franko Dr. in Yorkton,
Romaniuk Dr. in Vancouver. Most of the above have their own
postal codes. The Ukrainian Apartments in Amherstburg have
their own postal code.
INTERNATIONAL
An excellent exhibit of 200 archaeological items from the
ancient Trypillian culture in Ukraine took place at the
International Monetary Fund Visitors' Center in Washington
from July 29 to Sept. 17.
Some new books have come out with Ukrainian topics.
Unfortunately, we recommend that you DO NOT purchase any of
them. However, you may wish to check them out of your local
library. Canadian author W.P. Kinsella is familiar to most
people as the author of the baseball story on which the
movie Field of Dreams is based. His new book, entitled The
Dixon Cornbelt League and Other Baseball Stories, includes a
short story called Eggs. It involves Ukrainian pysanky.
A book CHAINS OF COMMAND by Dale Brown, 1993, is a novel in
which Russia uses nuclear devices against Ukraine. CHICKEN
SUNDAY is a children's book by Patricia Polacco. Harold
Coyle's THE TEN THOUSAND is a novel about an American
invasion of Ukraine.
The two most widely read newspapers in Ukraine are
Finansoviy Kyyiv (1,042,000 subscribers) and Holos Ukrainy
(777,000 subscribers).
The Ukrainian American Educational Exchange Association
seeks host families in North America for Ukrainian students
who would like to attend junior high or high school. They
also seek North American volunteers to teach English in
Ukraine. Information available from Ron Czebiniak at
(607)-648-2224.
One of the top tennis players in the world is Andriy
Medvedev of Ukraine. On Aug. 22, he won the VOLVO
International tournament beating Andre Agassi and Petr
Korda.
UKRAINIAN WOMEN'S ASSOCIATION 60-TH ANNIVERSARY
The Ukrainian Women's Association (Lesya Ukrainka) is
celebrating its 60th anniversary of existence in Windsor on
Sunday, Oct. 31, 1993. Service at St. Vladimir Ukrainian
Orthodox Cathedral is at 9:30 a.m. After the service, there
will be a banquet in St. Vladimir's Cultural Center. For
more information, contact Ollie Drul, 736-2447.
SCHOLARSHIP TEA
The Ukrainian Women's Organization held its scholarship tea
Sept. 19. An art exhibit by Detroit's Yuri Krus was
displayed. Guest speaker was Dr. Ihor Stebelsky of the
University of Windsor. Winners of the Fred and Mary Kirachuk
Memorial Scholarships were Stacey Kohuch and Karen Momotiuk.
Winner of the Ukrainian Women's Organization Scholarship was
Beth Rocheleau.
Entertainment was provided by Ivanna Horbal, Tonia
Ermolenko and the Barvinok Dancers under the direction of
Taras and Debbie Rohatyn. The lucky winner of the Yuri Krus
painting was Natalia Kielbasa.
News Items
CHANGE of ADDRESS
Thanks to Myroslaw Prytulak and Halyna Mordovanec Regenbogen
for news items in this issue. If you change your address,
please inform the Windsor Viter, so we can update our
mailing list.
MEET YOUR EXECUTIVE
(We profile two more of the 1993-94 executive members of the
Windsor Ukrainian Canadian Business and Professional
Association.)
FUND Raising Committee member JOE PROCTOR was born near
Zoria/Sifton, Manitoba. In 1937, he moved to Noranda,
Quebec, where he worked in the mines and played violin in a
four man band. There he met his wife Stella (Grenuk). In the
late 1940's, he moved to North Bay, and ran a roller skating
business. He did the same in Sherbrooke, and then bought an
arena in Drummondville, which was used for hockey, circus
shows, and other sporting events. He was involved in the
stock car racing business in Drummondville and Three Rivers.
Joe also played baseball in Drummondville. In 1950, he moved
to Windsor. He was in the hotel business in Windsor for 23
years. He was the proprietor of Lappan's Tavern (later
renamed Walker Rd. Tavern). This was one of the largest
facilities in Windsor, with seating for 350 people. In
1973, the business was expropriated by the city to make way
for the E.C. Row Expressway. Joe and Stella have three
children, Terry, Joanne, and Bettyann. Joe has been a horse
racing enthusiast for 20 years and owns several race horses.
Joe has been active for many years in the Ukrainian Canadian
Business and Professional Association of Windsor. He assumed
various executive positions and was president for four years
(1981-84). In addition, Joe is active in Sts. Vladimir and
Olga Ukrainian Catholic Church, the Moose Lodge of Windsor,
and the Windsor East Kiwanis Club.
FUND raising committee member William Roback was born in
Windsor. After high school, he attended the Detroit
Institute of Technology and the Chrysler Engineering School.
Bill is retired from the GM Trim plant, where he worked for
25 years. Prior to that, he worked at Matthews Lumber for 13
years. He is married to Doris Karpiuk. They have two
daughters - Susan Marie (Roback) Lescinsky and Debra Ann
(Roback) Fraser. They have four grandchildren. Bill was a
member of the executive of the International Order of
Foresters for 18 years. He is currently president of the
Windsor Slovenian Club (but he is of Ukrainian descent).
Bill is active in Sts. Vladimir and Olga Ukrainian Catholic
Church in Windsor.
ANOTHER ORIGINAL JOKE
Question: What do the kozak Taras Bulba and 13 month old
Taras Hlynka have in common?
Answer: Taras Bulba likes to play on the steppes and Taras
Hlynka likes to play on the steps.