5th Annual Fall Craft Show

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OCTOBER 2015
PUBLISHED BY THE ITALIAN AMERICAN CULTURAL SOCIETY
VOLUME, XXXVI
No. 10
43843 Romeo Plank Road - Clinton Township, MI 48038 - Phone (586) 228-3030 ext 15 - FAX(586) 228-1678 - Email - [email protected]
Steve Stolaruk
IACS 5 Annual Sportsmen’s Wild Game Dinner Man of the Year
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It is a well-known fact that
local businessman and
philanthropist Steve Stolaruk
is one of the hardest-working
men around! Born August 1,
1926 to Russian Immigrant
parents, Mary and Steve
Stolaruk. Steve was always
a loving son and brother
to his parents and his eight
siblings. At the age of 12,
Steve started taking music
lessons on his accordion. It was years of lessons and
practice that made Steve an
accomplished musician and
composer. by opening a small paving
company in Oakland County. From there his business grew
and he met and married his
long time wife and business
partner, Vivian Vivio, whose
family came from Paganica
(AQ), Italy. Together they built
their business until her passing
in 2003. Steve continued to
grow his business ventures
into the real estate market
and was actively involved
with the development of
commercial
industrial
buildings as well as hotels. Steve has provided strong
leadership and management
Steve was a Private First of all his businesses for over
Class in the Marines during sixty years. World War II and received
an Honorable Discharge. It Outside of work, what
was after the war that Steve makes Steve happiest is
began his business career helping others. He has
5th Annual
Fall Craft Show
Sunday,November 15, 2015
10:00 am - 4:00 pm
Italian American Cultural Center
43843 Romeo Plank Rd.
Clinton Twp MI
Admission $2.00 (no strollers please)
For Information Contact:
Sandy Tornberg 586-907-6631
[email protected]
IACS offices 586-228-3030 xt 15
[email protected]
Food and Beverages
Available for Purchase
Proceeds from this fundraising event to benefit The Italian American Cultural Society. The
been instrumental in the
development of the Crittenton
Cancer Center in Rochester
Hills named after his late wife
and the development of the
Towers Project at Crittenton
Hospital. His philanthropic
activities include donations
to local organizations and
families in need. He currently
resides in Rochester Hills
with his wife Darlene, where
they continue to give of their
time and talents. Darlene is
also of Italian descent, from
the Lazio region. She is the
daughter of the late Eddie
DiSantis, who was a wellknown accordion player.
Steve has been very supportive
of the Italian community in
Macomb County, attending
and hosting numerous events
and donating generously
to various fundraising
activities. Steve is the
Principal founder of the
Michigan
Accordion
Society, which will celebrate
their twentieth anniversary
next year. He is also an
Honorary Member as well
as a Bronze Endowment
fund supporter of MAS.
For all these reasons, we
are grateful to honor Steve
Stolaruk as Man of the
Year for our 5th Annual
Sportsmen’s Wild Game
Dinner.
More on page 11
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Lisa from Shelby
Vincent from Macomb
Italian American Cultural Society
Steve from Macob
Amy from Macomb
OCTOBER 2015
Debbie and Robin from Shelby Twp
David from Milford
OCTOBER 2015
Calendar of Events
October 1 - Thursday Regional Italian Dinner
featuring Friuli Venezia
Giulia. $30 per person.
Italian Cultural Center
- Call 586-228-3030 for
tickets.
October 4 – Sunday Celebrate the Feast of San
Francesco - San Francesco
Church, Clinton Township,
MI will host a solemn
celebration in honor of
Saint Francis of Assisi
their Patron Saint and the
Patron Saint of Italy. The
Celebration will commence
at 9:15 a.m. with a Mass,
procession around the
grounds of the church,
blessings, and reception in
the church hall immediately
following.
October 7 – Wednesday
– IACS Senior Membership meeting – 10:00 a.m.
– Italian Cultural Center
October 7 – Wednesday
– Italian American Chamber of Commerce General
Membership Meeting –
Zuccaro’s Banquet Center,
46601 Gratiot, Chesterfield, General Membership
meeting, 6:30 p.m.
October 10 – Saturday
– Calabria Club 25th
Anniversary Gala – Palazzo
Grande; Cocktails and
antipasto, 6:00 p.m. with
strolling musicians; Dinner
at &:30 p.m. $60/person;
Music by Eclipse – Call
586-979-7143
October 13 - Tuesday –
IACS Board of Directors
meeting, 6:00 p.m., at the
Italian Cultural Center
October 17 – Saturday -
HALLOWEEN PUMPKIN CARVING - Join us
at the IACS for an FADM
Family event in carving
your favorite design into
a pumpkin. Best carving
wins a prize. Costumes
welcome for a best in show
prize. Bring your pumpkin
or purchase one on site for
$5.00. Stencils and carving
utensils will be available.
Contact Enzo Paglia at 586207-1063. Cost is $10.00
per person includes pizza
and pop. Enrollment deadline is Wednesday, October
14, 2015.
7:30 p.m. Pizza and pop to
follow meeting. For more
information, please call
President Salvatore Previti
(586) 566-3843.
October 20 – Sunday –
IACS Coro Italiano’s
30th Anniversary, Italian
American Cultural Society Banquet & Conference Center; doors open
1:00 p.m. – dinner 2:00
p.m.; ticket cost - $35/
person.
(See flyer in
newspaper)
October 24 – Saturday
- Dante Alighieri Society
hosts Italian Astronaut
Luca Parmitaro. For
additional information, call
248-250-8928 October 21 - Wednesday
- IACS hosts faculty and
students of Wayne State
University Department of
Classical and Modern Languages, Literatures, and
Cultures. The evening is
a fundraiser for the Italian Department’s Wayne
in Abruzzo Program. $20
ticket price includes pasta,
salad, rolls, coffee, soft
drinks, and dessert. See
more details in newspaper.
October 21 - Wednesday
- IACS Book Club will
meet at 1:00 PM. Please
contact Sandy Tornberg for
additional information at
586-907-6631.
October 22 – Thursday –
Lodge Figli Della Sicilia
No. 227 monthly meeting
at San Francesco Church,
October 23 – Friday –
Ridi che ti Passa Cabaret
– L’America e’ sempre
America at the Italian
American Cultural Center – family-style dinner
7:30 p.m. – show 9:00 p.m.
Beer & Wine – Tickets
$55/IACS member; $60/
non-member.
Prepaid
reservations – call 586228-3030, Ext. 15
October 28 - Wednesday
- IACS hosts faculty and
students of Wayne State
University Department of
Classical and Modern Languages, Literatures, and
Cultures. The evening is
a fundraiser for the Italian Department’s Wayne
in Abruzzo Program. $15/
person
$10/students
(show I.D.); ticket price
includes pasta, salad, rolls,
coffee, soft drinks, and
dessert. (details in newspaper)
November 6 – Friday – 5th
Annual Sportsmen’s Wild
Game Dinner – Special
Guest of Honor is Steve
Stolaruk; hors d’oeuvres
at 6 p.m. – dinner at 7
p.m. – open premium
bar; $65/person – Table
of 10, $600. (see flyer in
newspaper)
November 8 – Sunday
– Calabria Club Memo-
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rial Mass, 10:00 a.m., San
Francesco Church
November 15 – Sunday
– 5th Annual Fall Craft
Show – 10:00 a.m. – 4:00
p.m., at the Italian American Cultural Center; $2
admission (no strollers
please). For information,
contact Sandra Tornberg
586-907-6631 – [email protected]
or IACS office, 586-2283030, Ext.15 – [email protected].
November 15 – Sunday –
Marcello Rossi in concert,
5:30 p.m. The American
Polish Cultural Center,
Troy.
An unforgettable
musical experience. Call
248-689-3636for tickets or
visit www.marrossproductions.com for more information.
Rita Barile, ItalUil, will not be at
the Italian
American Cultural
Society Banquet &
Conference Center
on
Thursday,
October 22, 2015.
IACS Wednesday
Members Night
October 14, 2015
Tournament
Registration
Tournament Begins
October 21, 2015
IACS 2015 Board of Directors
Honorary Chairperson
John Carlo Catenacci
President
Giovanni LoIacono
Immediate Past President
Ronald A. DiBartolomeo
First Vice-President
Domenico Ruggirello
Second Vice-President
James V. Bellanca, III Third Vice-President
James J. Calderone
Fourth Vice-President
Enzo Paglia
Treasurer
Sandra Tornberg
Recording Secretary
Lucia DiCicco
Chaplain
Fr. Enzo Addari
Special Counsel
To the President
Hon. Judge Peter Maceroni
Board of Directors
Mike Aiello
Anthony Apone
Esther Beaudette
Thomas Bommarito
Alfonso Chirco
Mark Garagiola
Pino Marelli
Gregory Rogers
Ramo A. Salerno
Clarice Squillace
Joseph P. Ventimiglia
Past Presidents
Ronald A. DiBartolomeo
Mario Moceri
Frank J. Palazzolo
Hon. Anthony Sanfemio
Martin Reno Garagiola
Leonard D. Mannina
Cav. Vincent J. Bruno
Cav. John Floreno
Hon. Sam Petitto
Jack Grifo
Comm. Anthony J. Bellanca
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IACS Seniors Chairperson Message
tober 11th is our Columbus
Day Celebration dinner at
Penna’s on Hayes. Please
try and attend. Tickets are
on sale. This committee
works very hard to keep the
Columbus Day Celebration
an annual event.
Esther Beaudette
Another season, another reason to enjoy each day…Fall
can be very beautiful with
all its changing color, cooler days, shorter days, and a
little closer to a Michigan
winter!
Coro Italiano is celebrating
30 years of entertaining. October 25th is the date to honor
them for all their years of entertainment. Dinner is held
here at our Cultural Center.
Tickets are $35 per person.
Doors open at 1:00 p.m.
Dinner is served at 2:00 p.m.
Call me for tickets by October 20th. (586) 286-2597
October 7 is our next Senior
meeting with a pizza party
and entertainment by Banjo
Betty and her band.
Our next two trips are sold
out. Everyone who has a
seat for Firekeepers Casino
on October 14th, the bus will
leave at 8:45 a.m.
Please mark your calendar
October 10th is our Columbus Day parade, and Oc-
Bookings for 2016 at this
time are April 6th – Meadowbrook Theater with a tour of
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IACS Forming Youth
Dance Troupe
the Mansion; lunch and see
the play Calendar Girls.
July 27 , we’re booked at
the Purple Rose Theater to
see a comedy, “Mornings at
Seven”. Complete details
will be forthcoming.
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Our Senior group would like
to extend our sympathy to the
Frank Palazzolo family on
the passing of our past, wonderful President, Mr. Frank
Palazzolo. Our thoughts and
prayers are with you.
Enjoy each day, for each day
is a gift.
Esther
Dolly Grzedzinski
is the new
Sunshine Lady.
586-775-7825
Help us Take IACS to a New Level!!
Yes, our youth and
young adults need to be
involved with IACS to
make this happen. My
wife and I are asking
for donations for IACS
to begin an Italian
American Folk Dance
Troupe. We are new to
IACS in Michigan but
have been involved with
Culture and Education
programs for over 35
years
in
Rockford,
Illinois. We now live
in St. Clair Shores and
have been a member of
IACS for a few years.
For some time we have been
talking about our desire to
have a youth dance troupe at
the IACS. Fortunately for us,
members Gene and Shirley
Fedeli have experience in
this area, having formed
a dance troupe in Illinois
prior to their move to
Michigan. Gene and Shirley
will be supported by the
IACS Gioventù.
Please
complete the attached form
if you are interested in
participating. We are also
accepting donations to help
us get started. This will be
a great asset to the IACS
and something we can all be The money donated will
be used to purchase
proud of.
music, videos and to
bring a dance instructor
and a male and female
(representing partners)
from Rockford’s Amici
Italiani
Folk
Dance
Troupe to get our IACS
Folk
Dance
group
started.
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43843 Romeo Plank Road
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southern Italy, the last
from northern Italy.
Please see the site below
where Amici Italiani
shows their dances.
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Our goal is to have this
“new” folk dance troupe
perform at various local
events. What a way for
the IACS to show that
our youth and young
adults
are
carrying
Italian culture to a new
level!
You will see many of
their dances on this
site, but we choose 3 of
them for you. Tarentella;
If you have any children
or grandchildren (or
adults) that you would
like to enroll in this Folk
Dance Troupe, please
include their names,
addresses, email, and age
(8 and older) when you
send in your donation.
Thanks, Gene and Shirley
Martignoni Fedeli.
Please
send
your
donation to the following
address:
Italian American Cultural
Society
Attn: Italian Folk Dance
Troupe
43843 Romeo Plank Rd.
Clinton Twp. MI 48038
OCTOBER 2015 Italian American Cultural Society
The “IACS Coro Italiano” Celebrates 30 Years
The Coro Italiano, one of the
great committees involved
with the Italian American Cultural Society, is truly an ambassador of the Center to the
community. Everyone loves
music and entertainment, and
no one performs the beautiful
folk songs better than the Coro
Italiano.
They are famous for their
choir, singing strollers, and
their devotion to the Italian
American Cultural Society.
In 1995, they became a committee under the umbrella of
the Society. They have been
held together over the years
because of their leader and
president, Luigi LaMarra.
and Luigi LaMarra along with
a small group of people that
included the accordion player,
Lucio D’Aloisio. These people met at the LaMarra home
and at the Center in Warren for
practice every week.
They were managed by the
late Ellie Tedesco, who did
an outstanding job. In 1988,
Ellie introduced them to Father D’Achille. Father was
involved in music and choir
work. He became the Director of the choir and added Sister Maria Teresa Magrie. In
July of 1993, Father Arnold
was given his own church, St.
Clement in Dearborn. Consequently, he had to give up
training the Coro.
The Coro Italiano was started Each and every member of the
prior to 1985 and rebuilt in Coro is special in his and her
October 25, 1985 by Angela
IACS CORO ITALIANO’S
Angela & Luigi LaMarra - Founders
Ramo Salerno - Goodwill Ambassador
30th Anniversary
Sunday, October 25, 2015
Doors Open 1:00 p.m. ~ Dinner Served 2:00 p.m.
~
Luigi LaMarra
Giuseppe Cusenza
Antonio DiPonio
Giuseppe Recchia
Antonio Guglielmetti
& grandchildren
Italian American Cultural Center
43843 Romeo Plank Rd - Clinton Twp, MI 48038
Angela LaMarra
Aaron Caruso
Roberto Cicchelli
Maria Cicchini
Angelo DiMango
Anna Grillo
Lena Peticca
Domenic Peticca
Ramo Salerno
Betty Strnad
Family Style Dinner
Bow-tie Pasta w/Alfredo Sauce
Rigatoni w/Meat Sauce
Chicken Siciliana
Italian Sausage w/Peppers & Onions
Peas & Mushrooms
Herb Roasted Potatoes
House Salad
Dessert
Wine on Table
Ticket Cost - $35 per person
Please reserve by October 20, 2015
For ticket information call:
Angela & Luigi LaMarra - 586 773-4127
Maria Cicchini - 586 291-9314
Anna Grillo - 586 739-5711
Lena & Domenic Peticca - 586-778-9178
Join us for an afternoon of music and song !!!
own way and is committed to
the success of their committee
as well as the Center.
Some of the programs the Coro
held each year at the old Center included: Festa Dell’Uva –
with Mr. Joe Pracillio of California Wine Grape Company
describing the steps necessary
to make wine; Epiphany Celebration – In Italy, the feast
of the Epiphany focuses on
the Befana, an old woman described as the “good witch”
who visits the homes of children bringing candy; Festa dei
Genitori – special celebration
honoring both parents; Christmas Sing-A-Long – currently,
the Coro is involved with the
Italian Festival at Freedom
Hill; Festa della Repubblica;
Christopher Columbus Day
Celebration.
There are many other programs that the Coro participates in, both at the Center
and in the community. They
are involved with local festivals, church functions, nursing homes, parades, to name a
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few. As a whole, they truly are on Sunday, October 25, 2015.
the Goodwill Ambassadors of A delicious family style dinthe IACS in the community.
ner prepared by IACS General Manager & Executive
Over the years, many people Chef Alex will be served at
have come and gone. Some two o’clock in the afternoon.
members have passed on, Ticket donation is $35 per perwhile others have withdrawn son. For ticket information,
because of health reasons. please call Angela and Luigi
Even still, even the newest LaMarra, 586-773-4127; Mamembers have been with the ria Cicchini – 586-291-9314;
Coro at least three years.
Anna Grillo – 586-739-5711;
Lena & Domenic Peticca –
Ramo Salerno is the Goodwill 586-778-9178.
Ambassador, and he is on the
IACS Board of Directors, too. Excerpts of this article by
He is a strong supporter and Leonard Mannina, past
promoter of the IACS Coro president of the IACS.
Italiano.
You are invited to
join us for a very
special 30th Anniversary party
for Coro Italiano
– celebrating a
history of rich
Italian heritage
folk music at the
Italian American
Cultural Society
Banquet
& Conference
Center
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L’Anse Creuse Public Schools to offer
courses of Italian Language to its
students in High School
Italian will be part of the
curriculum of study in the
L’Anse Creuse Public Schools
this coming Fall. The five
courses of Italian language
will be part of the curriculum
at L’Anse Creuse High and
L’Anse Creuse High SchoolNorth with an enrollment of
nearly 130 students.
A multi-year Memorandum
of Understanding between
the Foundation
N.O.I.
(Nuovi Orizzonti Italiani)
and the L’Anse Creuse
Public schools will ensure a
long term commitment to the
program and its success.
L’Anse
Creuse
Public
Schools System services a
large population of ItalianAmerican students and the
N.O.I. Foundation, as well
as L’Anse Creuse, are happy
to provide the opportunity to
them and their peers to learn
about the beauty of Italy, its
language and its rich culture.
The Italian classes are cofinanced by the Foundation
N.O.I. and have been made
possible thanks to the efforts
of the Board of Directors
of the NOI, the office of
the Superintendent of the
District, Dr. Jackie Johnston,
its Coordinator of courses,
Dr. Ed Okinowski, State
Representative
Anthony
Forlini and with the full
support and collaboration of
the Consul of Italy, Dr. Maria
Luisa Lapresa.
Pictured (L-R): Dr. Ed
Okinowski,
Dr.
Jackie
Johnston, Dr. Maria Luisa
Lapresa, Rep. Anthony
Forlini, Ex. Dir. Franco
Iaderosa
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Deepest Sympathy…
Palazzolo had been actively
“What a good and generous man Frank Palazzolo
was. His funeral service
was a wonderful tribute to him and all he has
done for our community.
He will be truly missed.”
Giovanni LoIacono, IACS
President
Frank Joseph Palazzolo,
64 years old, passed away
on September 10, 2015.
He was the husband of Victoria. They were happily married in 1982 at Our Lady Star
of the Sea Catholic Church
in Grosse Pointe Woods. Together, Frank and Vikki raised
two boys, Sam and Michael.
Frank was born in Detroit,
Michigan on October 7, 1950.
He was the second child of
the late Sam P. Palazzolo and
Grace (Viviano) Palazzolo.
He graduated from Austin
Catholic Preparatory School
in 1968 and shortly thereafter
enrolled in the University of
Detroit School of Commerce
and Finance.
In
1972, he graduated
with a Bachelor of
Science Degree in
General Business.
Thereafter, he was
admitted to the Detroit College of Law
where he completed
his studies for Juris
Doctorate Degree
in 1975. In May of
1976, he was admitted to the State Bar
of Michigan after
successfully completing his quest for
admission. Also in May of
1976, he was qualified and
admitted as an Attorney and
Counselor in the United States
District Court for the Eastern
District of Michigan.
Since October of 1976, Mr.
engaged in the practice of
law. His area of expertise
centered on corporate and
transactional law. Since that
time, he maintained offices in
Southfield, St. Clair Shores,
and his current office in Clinton Township.
Mr. Palazzolo first became associated with the Italian American Cultural Society in 1995,
at the request of Directors
John Floreno and Salvatore
Ventimiglia. They persuaded
him to accept an appointment
to a vacancy on the Board of
Directors.
Thereafter,
he was
elected
in 1996,
as a Director
for
a
threey e a r
term,
elected
in 1996
to
the
Executive Board as a Senior
Vice President, re-elected as
a Director in the years 19972002, holding the position of
Senior Vice President serving
immediately below the President and finally in 2003, was
elected President. He held
that position through 2007;
however, on Tuesday, August
18, 2009, the IACS Board of
Directors met. At that meeting, Frank, First Vice President at the time, accepted the
duties and responsibilities of
the presidency, due to the untimely death of the Honorable
Anthony Sanfemio.
During his term as President,
Frank and his fellow officers
and directors guided the Society into the 21st Century.
During his various terms as
a Director and Officer, he
spearheaded the preservation
of many of the traditional
events that the Society either
was a sponsor of or provided
the venue for other Italian organizations in their efforts to
promote Italian arts and customs such as music, culinary
traditions and socialization
between members of the Italian American community.
Along with the efforts of others, he improved on the successful model for the annual
summer festival at Freedom
Hill Park and provided ideas
and direction for such new
events as the Sweetest Day
Auction and Generation-toGeneration Banquet. He was
most proud of his accomplishments in obtaining more
diversity at the Board of Directors level with the appointment and input of talented
and experienced women and
bright young Italian-Americans with fresh ideas to attract
today’s young Italian-Americans.
Mr. Palazzolo was actively
involved in 2003 in the negotiation and sale of the former
Cultural Center facility located in Warren and the acquisition and modernization of
its current facility in Clinton
Township in 2004. He was a
tireless spokesperson for car-
rying on the tradition of the
Italians who have immigrated to this country so that the
young Italian-American children and young adults who
were born in this country do
not lose the memory of their
heritage and that they maintain a sense of pride in being an Italian-American and
in the accomplishments of
Italian-Americans in the arts,
education, politics, entertainment, and the business community.
In his term as President, he
presided over countless events
at the Cultural Society’s facilities but what he was
most proud about is
participating in those
events that affect
people‘s lives such
as being a representative of the Italian
American Cultural
Society to a United
States Citizenship
ceremony here at
the Cultural Center
where immigrants
from over forty nations were granted
United States citizenship.
Extremely proud of
his Italian heritage,
PAGE 7
Frank was also a member of
the Italian American Chamber of Commerce, Italian
American Delegates, Associated Food & Petroleum Dealers, and the Michigan Bar Association.
Visitation was held at Bagnasco & Calcaterra Funeral
Home in Sterling Heights;
Funeral mass at Our Lady Star
of the Sea Catholic Church; in
lieu of flowers, donations to
the Frank J. Palazzolo Foundation would be appreciated.
PAGE 8
Frank Palazzolo’s leadership will always be
respected and admired.
He was the chairperson
for the prestigious Generation to Generation
Gala awards banquet,
which took place on
November 12, 2006
The Italian American Chamber of Commerce (IACC)
and the Italian American
Cultural Society (IACS)
have selected this year’s recipients of the Italian American Business Person of the
Year and the Generation
Award winners. The selection committee received
many meritorious candidates for each award and
has selected brothers Peter
Cracchiolo and Thomas
Cracchiolo as co-recipients
of the 2006 Italian Business
Person of the Year. IACC
President, William Morelli,
said that each one of the
many applicants were qualified for the award but that
the Cracchiolo Brothers’
contributions to the Italian
causes and numerous charities along with their distinguished business careers
caught the attention of all of
the committee members.
A gala awards banquet is
scheduled at the IACS’
Partridge Creek Banquet
& Conference Center for
Sunday, November 12, 2006.
IACS President, Frank
Palazzolo, announced that
the following companies
would also be honored with
a Generation-To-Generation
Award. These companies
were selected for being
owned or operated by at least
two generations of Italians
or Italian Americans. The
18 companies are as follows:
Carl Munaco, Homes by
Chirco, Lorenzo Garrisi,
Sunshine
Homes,
Joe
Quasarano, Eastown
Distributors, Tony
Selvaggio, Pointe
Dairy
Services,
Gene
Baratta,
Fairway Packing,
Tony Ventimiglia,
Ventimiglia Market,
Bill
Bagnasco,
B a g n a s c o /
Calcaterra Funeral Home,
Anthony Bellanca, Bellanca,
Beattie & DeLisle, Paul & Joe
Lucido, Lucido Insurance,
Lino Scamardella, Lino
Realty, Janet Sossi, Roma
Café, Marlene Baker, Italian
Tribune, Christine Corrado,
Bommarito
Dolceria
Bakery, Provenzano Family,
Supreme Heating & Supply
Company, Inc., Ed Bonaldi,
Bonaldi’s, Paul Viviano,
Viviano’s Flower Shop, Gus
Russo, Lochmoor Chrysler
Jeep,
Frank
Zuckero,
Zuckero & Sons.
The award ceremony will
be open to the families
and friends of the honored
guests and will be open to
the public.
OCTOBER 2015
President Frank J.
Palazzolo’s Address for
the 50th Anniversary
Edition Of The Italian
American Cultural Society Newspaper
Excerpt – Saturday, November 10, 2007
It is with great honor that
not only do I get to serve as
the President of the Italian
American Cultural Society
during its 50th anniversary
year but that I have also been
selected to be the Master of
Ceremonies for the 50th Anniversary Celebration on November 10, 2007.
Since many of the founding
fathers of the Society are no
longer with us to chronicle
its humble beginnings, I
thought it would be appropriate to research its history
for each of us to read and understand.
Most of the following information I obtained from
records from the State of
Michigan and the Italian
American Cultural Society
along with personal notes
of Anthony J. Bellanca. Mr.
Bellanca was part of the
leadership along with the
Consul of Italy and several
leaders of a variety of Italian
American organizations who
resurrected the Italian American Cultural Society, which
was dormant for a period of
time. He served as the first
President of the Society from
1973 to 1978. I owe Mr. Bellanca a debt of gratitude for
the wealth of information
that he was able to provide
continued page 9
L-R: Senior Chairman, Floyd Beaudette, greets IACS President, Frank
Palazzolo, to the monthly Senior meeting at the Italian American Cultural
Center. President Palazzolo welcomed
everyone present a happy holiday season and reminded all to attend the annual General Membership meeting on
January 22, 2006.
OCTOBER 2015
Honoring Frank
Palazzolo continued...
to me, much of which is now
restated in this article.
The records on file with the
State of Michigan Corporation Division indicate that
the Italian American Cultural Society was registered
and qualified as a Non Profit
Corporation on December
10, 1957. At that time, 16
individuals from the Italian
American community, the
religious community, and the
office of the Italian Consul
located in Detroit, Michigan
executed their names as the
original incorporators of THE
I TA L I A N - A M E R I C A N
CULTURAL
SOCIETY.
Those original incorporators
consisted of the Rev. Joseph
A. Viano, the Vice-Consul of
Italy, Vittorio Re, Mary Aceti, Florence Maiullo Barnes,
James V. Bellanca, Sr., Armand L. De Gaetano, Angelina DiMartino, Gino Giovanetti, Josephine Giovanetti,
Mary O. Giuliano, Vincent
Giuliano, Maria Lalli, Rose
Louise Lo Cicero, Thomas V.
Lo Cicero, Maria T. Peralta,
and D.L. Pucci. All of these
incorporators became active
in the goals and the purposes
of the IACS except for Mary
Aceti, who quickly removed
herself from the IACS to
form a separate organization.
The first registered office of
the organization was in the
National Bank Buildng in the
offices of the law firm of incorporator James V. Bellanca,
Sr. With the assistance and
the initiative of Antonio Carloni, the Consul of Italy that
was attached to the Detroit
office in 1957, they began to
meet at various locations that
included the Consul offices,
the Bellanca law offices and
the homes of various founding members.
The first cultural event occurred on January 25, 1958.
The Society sponsored and
coordinated a piano concerto
at the Detroit Institute of Arts
Recital Hall. The concerto
was performed by a pianist
from Rome. In February
1959, the Society sponsored an exhibit of Italian
music at the McGregor
Hall at Wayne State University. It included a concert celebrated by Maestro
Malipro. Shortly thereafter in April of 1959,
through the coordination
of efforts, the Society and
the City of Detroit organized an exhibit of Italian
books that were displayed
at the Detroit Public Library Central Branch. In
the ensuing years, the Society sponsored or coordinated efforts with other sponsors
for similar types of literary,
artistic, musical, social and
cultural activities in the metro Detroit area. The Society
was successful in collecting
donations for flood relief in
Venice and earthquake relief
in Florence. In an extension
of their cultural mission, the
Society was instrumental in
the 1960’s in bringing the
Metropolitan Opera from
New York to Detroit for flack
tie events held in downtown
Detroit. Unfortunately, over
the course of years, the number of events became further
and further apart, and the
IACS became inactive but
still a viable nonprofit organization.
In the early 70’s, another
group of Italians not affiliated with the IACS began an
entity with the goal to find
a location for Italian Americans to meet and socialize.
They entered into an agreement to acquire a modest
building on Frazho Road in
St. Clair Shores. Sometime
during that era, there was a sul, Venanzio Rapolla, there
chance meeting between Sal- were a series of meetings to
vatore Petitto on an airplane form a steering committee
flight from Washington, DC and develop the idea of reto Detroit. Anthony Bellanca activating the dormant IACS
who was on that flight struck as a tax exempt organization
up a conversation with Sam transferring to the Society
Petitto. At that time, Mr. Pe- the rights of the group of individuals who
were
going
to acquire
t h e
Frazho
Road
buildi n g
which
was a
closed
schoolhouse.
titto was not only a Macomb The steering committee with
County Commissioner but the efforts of Messrs. Bellanwas also in an Italian orga- ca, Petitto, Torre, Grifo, Connization, the Americans of sul Rapolla along with others
Italian Origin (AIO). With including Edward Baker of
the encouragement of AIO the Italian Tribune, met in
president Frank Torre and December of 1973 to reorJudge Frank Jeannettte and ganize the IACS to discuss
other interested clubs along the acquisition of the small
with the then Italian Con- school in St. Clair Shores.
PAGE 9
At that time, the IACS had
$1,100.00 in the bank. The
Society was reorganized with
six Board of Directors who
elected to donate $1,000.00
of that amount to the Detroit
Institute of Arts. The IACS
was now back in business
and had a home. The rest, as
they say, is history.
With the active and dedicated efforts of the new Board
of Directors, the concept
of a Cultural Society and a
Community Center began
to emerge. It included holding Italian language classes
held in the school portion of
the St. Clair Shores building
and the use of the facility
by a variety of Italian clubs
soon progressed to the point
that the needs of the facility
outgrew its capabilities. The
search began.
In 1984, the Board of Directors after conducting a
search for a new and larger
facility acquired the former
continued page 10
2007 Board of Directors when Frank was president
PAGE 10
Honoring Frank Palazzolo continued...
Hickory Junior High School
located in Warren, Michigan
on Imperial Drive. The dedication of the new building
was an exciting event that
was even attended by Governor James Blanchard. Since
it was designed as a school,
a variety of renovations were
needed to accommodate the
needs of the Italian community as a Community Center.
The Imperial Drive site consisted of not only the Junior
High School but a substantial
amount of land. The Board
of Directors decided to explore the possibility of developing a senior citizens home
for members of the Italian
community. On September
25, 1984, after receiving a
Federal Grant of approximately 3.6 million dollars, an
80-unit apartment complex
opened. Tivoli Manor was
the result of tireless efforts of
Jack Grifo, the IACS President from 1978 to 1983. Mr.
Grifo spent countless hours
with the United States Department of Housing and Urban Development in an effort
to obtain the grant financing.
It should be noted that the
past President, Martin Reno
Garagiola, also donated endless hours of time in monitoring the construction of the
facility.
At the beginning of the 21st
Century, the Warren Cultural
Center building was showing its age of nearly 40 years.
An opportunity arose in the
early summer of 2003 to sell
the building. This was rather
a quick transaction since the
purchaser was a local charter
school that needed to be in operation by September 2003.
The Board wisely made the
sale even knowing it did not
have a home. The search for
a new home quickly com-
menced. As many of you
know, the IACS was able to
acquire the former Partridge
Creek Golf Club facility in
Clinton Township with all of
its fixtures, equipment and
liquor license. The building
was acquired, renovations
commenced, a banquet manager and staff hired and held
its first event on Saturday,
October 15, 2005, Sweetest
Day Charity Auction.
By Frank J. Palazzolo, President
OCTOBER 2015
NOTICE OF ACCEPTANCE OF NOMINATIONS
TO THE IACS BOARD OF DIRECTORS
PLEASE TAKE NOTICE
that
the
ITALIAN
AMERICAN CULTURAL
SOCIETY is accepting
nominations to the Board
of Directors of the Cultural
Society.
Seven (7) such
Directors shall be elected at
the Annual Meeting of the
Society to be conducted on
Sunday, January 17, 2016.
The By-Laws of the Society
provide for the election of
seven (7) Directors. These
Directors are elected by the
general membership to serve
a term of three (3) years. The
eighth place candidate on the
ballot will occupy a vacancy
on the Board of Directors,
which term will expire on
December 31, 2016.
Petitions must be received no
later than Friday, December
4, 2015. Any Nomination
Petition arriving later will not
be accepted.
Nominating Petitions will be
judged as being received as of
the postmark on the envelope
in which they are mailed or
according to the date placed
upon them by our staff, if
hand-delivered.
A Nomination Petition is
listed below and is also
available at the office of the
Society at 43843 Romeo
Plank Road, Clinton Twp.,
Michigan, between 10:00
a.m. to 5:00 p.m., Monday Please note that each
through Friday. All completed Nomination Petition must
contain the endorsement of
four (4) other members of the
Society, who are members in
good standing of the Society,
at the time they endorse a
Petition. Note also that all
candidates being nominated
must have accepted the
nomination in writing prior
to the final meeting of the
Nominating
Committee,
which shall occur on Friday,
December 4, 2015.
A candidate must be a
member of the Society at
least ninety (90) days prior to
nomination. A candidate may
accept nomination by signing
the Nominating Petition itself
or by separate letter.
Should you have any
questions concerning this
Notice, the Nominating
Committee will be available
to you by phone or in person
on various dates and times
to answer any questions you
may have. Please call (586)
228-3030 during normal
business hours, 10:00 a.m. to
5:00 p.m., Monday through
Friday.
NOMINATING
COMMITTEE
Society
OCTOBER 2015 Proceeds from 5 Annual Sportsmen’s
Dinner to Benefit St. Louis Center & IACS
Italian Education Scholarship Program
th
We are pleased to announce
that our Man of the Year Steve
Stolaruk has designated the
St. Louis Center to receive
proceeds from our 5th
Annual Sportsmen’s Wild
Game Dinner.
St. Louis Center is a
private, non-profit 501(c)
(3) residential community
in Chelsea, MI for boys
and adult men and women
with
intellectual
and
developmental disabilities
(I/DD). Their Children’s
Program accepts boys
between the ages of six and
eighteen and their Adult
Program accepts men and
women 18 and older. Their
programs are licensed by
the State of Michigan and the
agency is accredited by the
Commission on Accreditation
of Rehabilitation Facilities
(CARF).
Their vision is to create
a future in which every
resident is provided a
continuum of life-long
care in a safe, comfortable,
supportive, and family-like
environment in which the
individual’s right to selfdetermination and personal
decision-making, along with
the need for dignity, respect,
tradition and spirituality are
honored.
PAGE 11
to obtain two semesters
of Italian language at the
Center in Clinton Township.
Each year, five IACS
scholarships are awarded –
consisting of two semesters
of Italian education. The
winners of scholarships
receive
a
Certificate
towards continuing the
Italian education classes
at the Italian American
Cultural Center and a letter
of recommendation for
college.
of the St. Louis Center. Fr.
Addari was Man of the Year
at the 3rd Annual Sportsmen’s
Dinner in 2013.
###
IACS Italian Education
Scholarship Program
Promoting Italian Language
& Culture
St. Louis Center opened in
1960 and is administered by
the Servants of Charity, an
The
Italian
American
International order of priests
Cultural Society offers
and brothers whose primary Fr. Enzo Addari, chaplain of a wonderful opportunity
mission is to care for people the IACS, is the administrator to high school students
with I/DD, the poor, and
the abandoned. Based on
5TH ANNUAL SPORTSMEN DINNER
the principles expounded
Friday, November 6, 2015
by their Founder, St. Louis
Hosted By The Italian American Cultural Society
Guanella, SLC provides
TICKET ORDER FORM
a family atmosphere and
promotes the development of
Special Guest of Honor – Steve Stolaruk
the whole person according
Silent Auction – Gun Raffles - Doors Open at 5:30 P.M.
to each one’s capabilities.
Hors d’oeuvres – 6:00 P.M.
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Individual Ticket:
Number of tickets _____ @$65.00 each
Total $
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Total $
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OCTOBER 2015
NONNA NOMINATION FORM
Nonna is my Name – Spoiling is my Game!
We’re looking for a different Nonna each week to host
Thursday Nonna Nights at the Italian American Cultural
Society Banquet & Conference Center. Nonna’s Night is a
special fun, get-together evening…delicious Italian cooking,
too, by Chef Alex! So, invite your family and friends and
ENJOY!
-----------------------------------------------------------------Yes, I would like to nominate
(name)
T o Be a Nonna.
Name of Person Nominating Nonna
Phone Number:
Email:
Please mail back or email nomination to:
Italian American Cultural Society,
43843 Romeo Plank Rd., Clinton Twp., MI 48038
Email: [email protected]
IACS Phone Number: 586-228-3030
N.O.I. Foundation Facilitates Exchange
Student Program Between the Liceo
Classico A. Mariotti in Perugia, Italy and
the Lake Shore Schools in Saint Clair
Shores, Michigan
Twenty
students
from
Perugia, Italy will come to
Michigan in October to
participate in the first leg
of an
exchange student
program with the Lake Shore
Public School District. The
students, two teachers and
the Principal of the Liceo
Classico A. Mariotti will
be hosted by parents of the
Lake Shore School District
from October 1st to October
12th and will attend classes
alongside their American
peers at Lake Shore High
School.
The second part of the
exchange program, with
students from Lake Shore
visiting Perugia, Italy has
been scheduled for the first
week of April 2016.
In addition to the academic
part of their trip to Michigan,
our Italian students will
also experience
typical
American High School
activities by participating in
the Homecoming Parade,
Homecoming
Dance
and be spectators to the
Homecoming football game.
The program, facilitated by the
Board of Directors of the NOI
Foundation in cooperation
with Mr.
Christopher
Loria, Superintendent of
the Lake Shore District,
Mr. Donald Kling, its
Assistant
Superintendent,
Representative
Anthony
Forlini and Dr. Maria
Luisa Lapresa, Consul of
Italy in Detroit, will also
highlight cultural aspects of
our Area with visits to the
Detroit Institute of Arts, the
Thursday, October 22 – The River Boat Ramblers
Thursday, October 29 – James Rand- Accordionist
Henry Ford Factory Tour,
Greenfield Village, Henry
Ford Museum and a guided
tour of Belle Isle, Greek
Town, Renaissance Center
and Mexican Town with
Superintendent Christopher
Loria.
The Italian Students will
also have the opportunity to
meet and interact with other
exchange students groups
from Wolfsburg, Germany
and Beijing, China at the
Taylor International School
and Dormitory on October
12th.
The
Italian American
EDITOR
Barbara L. Smith
ITALIAN EDITOR
Sandra Tornberg
LAYOUT & DESIGN
Lolita Kozloff
DISTRIBUTION
Lelio D’Aristotile
WRITING STAFF
Esther Beaudette
Antonio DiGiorgio
Barbara Smith
Sandra Tornberg
Photographer
Elio Ripari
Sandra Tornberg
586/228-3030 ext 15
[email protected]
www.iacsonline.com
Deadline for submitting material is
the 15th of the month.
We reserve the right to edit all copy.
OCTOBER 2015 Italian American Cultural Society
PAGE 13
Another IACS Seniors Bocce League Season Is in the Books
By Sandra Tornberg
The IACS Seniors enjoyed
another great season of bocce
this summer. This was our
third year playing on the IACS
courts, which are in excellent
condition due to the tender
loving
care
administered
by Antonio DiGiorgio and
Elio Ripari, with the support
of IACS Bocce Committee
Chairman Ron DiBartolomeo.
This year’s league consisted of
seven teams on Tuesdays, and
eight teams on Wednesdays,
beginning on May 19 and
ending on August 26. Tuesday’s
champions were Team #5
consisting of captain Claire
Guglielmo, Carlo DiVirgilio,
Nina Fazzolari, and Tony
Ferrante.
Team #2 Captain
Sal Greco, Frank Tundo, Mary
Lou Giannone, and Giovanni
Agazzi were Wednesday’s
champions.
The championship games
were played on September 9,
starting with the top four teams
from Tuesday and the top four
Wednesday teams. The teams
competing in the final game
were Wednesday’s Team #6
captain Connie Calabro, Otello
Querciagrossa, Ada Lisi, and
Mario Lisi, and Tuesday’s Team
#5 Claire Guglielmo, Carlo
DiVirgilio, Nina Fazzolari, and
Tony Ferraante. The overall
winners for 2015 were Connie
Calabro, Otello Querciagrossa,
Ada Lisi, and Mario Lisi.
All of these teams received
certificates for a Nonna’s Night
dinner.
Official league photographer
and friend Marco Mancinelli
was on hand to take the annual
league photo. The bocce teams
enjoyed a great buffet lunch,
which was upgraded thanks to
a donation by Resurrection Cemetery and the donation
of the prize money by the winners.
Congratulations to all the winners, and a special thank
you to Antonio DiGiorgio for another great season!
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AND
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still need to talk with your
counselor to have him/
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a.
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b. On-Line
AP
program (please call NOI
FOUNDATION INC. at
248-345-0735 for additional
information regarding this
program)
are planning to apply for
specific score requirements
and credit availability)
How much does it cost to
register for the exam?
The cost to register is
just below $ 100 dollars
which will be reimbursed
OCTOBER 2015
to you if your score is at
least 3 to 5 on the exam.
To be reimbursed for the
registration cost, simply
contact: DAS of Michigan
at 248-250-8928 or NOI
Foundation at 248-3450735 for information.
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ATTORNEY/AVVOCATO
Fluent in Italian
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OCTOBER 2015
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Attorneys & Counselors at Law
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586-228-3900
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FADM Awards 2015 Scholarships at Festa Abruzzese
The Federazione Abruzzese
del Michigan held its Festa
Abruzzese
on
Sunday,
September 20. Wayne State
University Professors Elena
Past and Silvia GiorginiAlthoen and a group of their
Italian students joined FADM
members and friends for a
great afternoon. In addition,
Consul of Italy in Detroit Dr.
Maria Luisa Lapresa made
time in her busy schedule
to stop by to congratulate
this year’s $1000 college
scholarship winners, Marino
Fabiilli, Lucas Serraiocco,
and Wayne in Abruzzo award
winner Christopher Candela.
Marino Fabiilli is in his
senior year at Lawrence
Technological
University,
majoring
in
mechnical
engineering. He has been
on the Dean’s List each
year in addition to working
part-time while going to
university. Marino has been
a member of the FADM since
its beginning in 1999, along
with his parents Adelaide and
and his uncle
D’Aliosio.
Pasquale
Lucas Serraiocco is a 2015
graduate of Cousino High
OCTOBER 2015
brother Austin was one of
scholarship winners in 2013.
Christopher Candela was
the recipient of our Wayne
in Abruzzo Scholarship for
2015. He is in his third year
at Wayne State University.
This summer he participated
in the program in Gagliano
Aterno (AQ), then went to
Sicily to spend time with his
family.
The
FADM
prioritizes
educational initiatives, and
is proud to congratulate this
year’s scholarship recipients
and their families.
PUGLIA CLUB OF MICHIGAN
19183 PEMBRIDGE ST
MACOMB, MI 48042-6232
(586) 207-1453
NEW BOARD OF DIRECTORS OF THE PUGLIA
CLUB OF MICHIGAN
Gennaro Fabiilli, his sister
Simone, who is a past FADM
scholarship winner and Miss
FADM, his grandparents
Lucio and Edda D’Aloisio,
School where he was a
member of the National
Honor Society and the
varsity football team. He
also attended the Macomb
Mathematics
Science
Technology Center. Lucas
just started his freshman year
at Michigan State University
where he intends to major in
chemical engineering. His
parents are Vittorio and Tina
Serraiocco, and his proud
grandparents are Nellina and
Gino Serraiocco and Augusto
and Fiorina Lancia. Lucas’
The members of the Puglia Club of Michigan, during the
last meeting held yesterday, September 20th, 2015, have
elected their new Board of Directors whose office goes
in effect immediately and will have a duration of 4 (four)
years. The new Board is as follows:
President
Vice-President
Secretary
Treasurer
Entertainment Committee
Trustees
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Kirk Robert Marchwinski
Helen Mary Skrocki
August 14, 2015
Salvatore Dominic Baffo Sr.
Sarah Militello
Kathleen Cecilia VanDenBerghe
August 15, 2015
Flora Teresa DeLuca
William Arthur Ryle
August 16, 2015
Tressa Phoebe Aiello
Ecio Brnjac
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Thomas Bray
Raymond Anthony Brys Sr.
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Laura Ann Cole
Joseph Eric Ganley
Alfred Alger Ignash
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Thomas Lawrence Plotzke
Patricia Carol Sutton
Glenn Attilio Turcato
Lois Joan Will
Claude Charles Willette
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John Anthony Lafata
Shirley Ann Wehby
Over
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twoGuzdial
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Wujek Anthony
and Calcaterra
have had
theGuastella
honor of serving
the Cristini
following:
Gerald
Stanley
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James
Egidio
August 21, 2015
Loretta Archer
Claudia Shedlock Goss
Thornton H. Greene
Drexel Lee Joiner
Dolores Marcella Kicinski
Maria LaMarra
Barbara Ann Renshaw
Kirk Deuel Rosso
Tammy Lisa Tollefson
August 22, 2015
Audrey Helen Bertolino
Paul Conforto
Lawrence Joseph Kass
Edward James McLaughlin
Harold Edwin Sheets
August 23, 2015
Rose Ann DiTrapani
Maurice Italo Paperi
August 25, 2015
Glenn Lim Andres
Romeo Joseph Dupuis
Baby Lynch
Teresa Panaia
August 26, 2015
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August 29, 2015
Nancy Carmella Pittel
September 4, 2015
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August 30, 2015
Charles George, Jr.
Barbara Jean Brown
Barbara Ann Mohaske
Florence May Cracchiolo
Phyllis Jean Vicks
Catherine M. DiGiovanni
Grazia Vitale
Betty Jane Grasl
Joseph Konkolesky, Jr.
September 5, 2015
Lori Ann Biernat
August 31, 2015
John Thomas Davis
Grace Frances Adamson
Regina DeRocco
Sammie Joe Durham
Jack Dorrough
Jerome Michael Pastuszak Diane Estelle Jacobs
Mark Pastuszak
Marilyn Irene Klos
September 1, 2015
Beatrice Louise Cullinan
Bernard Grzena
Eugene Messer, Jr.
September 2, 2015
Peter William Antosh
Brenda J. Chapman
Yousef I Hattar
Julia Magri
September 6, 2015
Charles Hugh Allen
Lynn Diane Andrusz
Virginia Dichazi
John Harold Elliott
September 8, 2015
Marie Beatrice Spezia
Hubert Alphonse VanSteenkiste
September 9, 2015
Marie Louise Bowe
Tammie Sue Jarvis
Vickie Lynn Valicevic
Wilbur Harold Wandrie
September 10, 2015
Lawrence Louis Castelvetere
Lillian Bertha Ellison
Francis Adam Rogalski
Sandra Marie Wilson
Lottie Miroslaw Zajac
September 11, 2015
Linda Marie Davis
Sharon Serlee Dolot
Halko Karl Gabriel
Julie Ann Hiller
Helen Bernice Hoag
September 12, 2015
Patricia Ann Gawryk
August 27, 2015
September 7, 2015
Judith Ann Defer
Joyce Ann Cataldo
September 13, 2015
Lillian Agnes Knapp
Paul David Polish
Edwin Cecil Haraburda
Stefan Brettfeld Krautner
Beatrice Norma Ulewicz
Stanislawa Kwapisz
Jannie Ellen Lee
Kenneth William Wujek
Giuseppe Pecorilli
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in
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prayers
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have
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With loving remembrance, please keep their families in your prayers and have faith that their loving spirit lives on.
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Columbus Day Celebration Events:
Eva Evola
I’ve given a lot of free time
to charities local and far. My
parents bestowed a legacy
in the community and I only
hope to follow in their footsteps the best possible way I
can. I’m proud to be Woman
of the Year and given the
same honor my father [Mike
Chirco] was as Man of the
Year in years past.”
2015: Wednesday, October 7, Ramo Salerno Trip to
Lansing – Bus by Invitation
Columbus Day Woman of the Year
A Columbus Day Celebration in the Capitol Rotunda in Lansing
– A bus embarks early in the morning to its Lansing destination.
Refreshments will be served following the presentation. Entertainment will be provided by the Italian American Cultural
Society’s Coro Italiano, founded by Luigi and Angela LaMarra.
For more information on this event, contact Chairperson Ramo
Salerno at (586) 755-5000 or (586) 747-2060.
Eva Evola has been named
Columbus Day Woman of
the Year. Her mother’s parents are from Terrasini in Sicily, and her father’s parents
2015: Saturday, October 10, Columbus Day Parade
Although she has sung every style of music over her
20-year career, her first love
is opera. She is a lyric coloratura. She studied voice on
and off through high school.
“I’ve studied in Chicago with
some great teachers and also
here in Detroit with some
great teachers,” she says. “I
have coached with Susanne
Acton from Michigan Opera Theater and Italian diction with my father of music,
are from Cinisi in Sicily. “I Dino Valle.” Her voice teachrecently performed in Cinisi er now is U of M’s Caroline
this summer and made my Helton.
father and mother very proud
With a husband and three
that I represented America in
children, her schedule is
Sicily,” she says.
busy. “I’m a hard core dance
Evola is a super mom, wife mom, soccer, and gymnastics
and singer, who also dedi- mom,” she says. Her oldest
cates her time to the less child, Maria, is 12; middle
fortunate. She sings every child, Michael, is 11 and
year at the St. Louis Cen- youngest child, Sofia, is 8. ter at Christmas and will be
“I’ve always loved to sing
performing her second feaever since I was young,” she
tured show “Eva Evola and
says. “I used to go to Cari,
Friends” at Andiamo CelebOhio, with the ladies and I
rity Showroom on Oct. 22.
would sing for all of them
Proceeds will benefit two
on the bus.” While living in
charities this year: The St.
Chicago, she performed in
Louis Center and the Capumany musicals, jazz, plays,
chin Soup Kitchen.
her own cabaret show and
“Coming from Italian heri- was a member of Actors
tage, it means the world Equity where she did eight
to me to be Woman of the shows a week.
Year because my audience is
Evola earned her BFA in
mainly the Italian community
musical theater at Columbia
here in Michigan,” she says.
College and had dreams of
“My supporters are very givBroadway and Hollywood.
ing wonderful Italians who
She says her family has kept
give patronage to the arts in
her grounded.
this community and beyond.
The Columbus Day Parade is our crown jewel. Over 100 years
old. Over 400 people march in the annual Columbus Day Parade
held in Mt. Clemens the Saturday before Columbus Day.
The parade route is approximately 1/2 mile long. Chairman
for this year’s parade is Mark Garagiola, a past president of the
Columbus Day Committee.
Viewers will see floats, marching bands, Italian clubs and societies
marching in colorful costumes and much more. Emceeing the
parade is Pamela White, Italian Tribune publisher and Dominic
LaRosa, the liaison to the Italian Community and The Italian
Tribune newspaper. The Columbus Day Queen and her court will
reign over the parade.
This year’s parade Marshall is Judge Peter Maceroni.
2015: Sunday, October 11
Mass at Holy Family
Wreath Ceremony
Father Giuseppe Licciardi and the Columbus Day Celebration
Committee welcomes everyone to join them as they celebrate
a special Columbus Day Mass .The event will take place at
11:30 at Holy Family Catholic Church, located at 641 Chrysler
Drive (the I-375/Chrysler Freeway Service Drive) in Detroit.
For further directions, call Holy Family at 313.963.2046.
Following the breakfast reception, at approximately 1:15 p.m., the
community is asked to gather at the Columbus Day monument
on Randolph at Jefferson Avenue (across from the Renaissance
Center) in downtown Detroit for a brief wreath ceremony and
dedication.
2015: Sunday, October 11, Columbus Day Banquet
Every year to celebrate Columbus discovering the Americas,
Italian Americans around metro Detroit Eat, Drink and are
Very Merry to celebrate Columbus discovering America.
The Columbus Day Banquet will be held at Villa Penna,
19 ½ Mile Rd. and Hayes. Tickets are $55/person. For
tickets call 586-298-1492
Woman of the Year: Eva Evola
Man of the Year: Marty Bufalini
Humanitarian of the Year : Theresa Toia
OCTOBER 2015
“I’ve loved opera ever since
I was little; I would always
sing and hit high notes,” she
says. Little did she know the
years of hard work and dedication to her craft would pay
off. She sings in three languages: Italian, German and
French. “Being a soprano
has been wonderful because
I’m able to express how I
feel singing in these different
languages,” she says. “I specialize in Italian because that
is who my audience mostly
is.”
She and her husband, David,
and children love to travel.
They’ve been to Singapore,
Malaysia, Bali, Sicily, Italy
and many places in the United States. “I really couldn’t
do any of the stuff without
my very supportive and wonderful husband, my mother,
Mary Chirco, father Mike
Chirco and my friends,” she
says.
She has performed in three
operas at Michigan Opera
Theatre: Norma, Madame
Butterfly and Rigoletto. She
has also had performances at
the Ford Center in Dearborn
and at the Macomb Center,
where she was a Macomber.
She sang leading roles in
“Gianni Schicci” and “Elixir
of love” with the Verdi Opera
Theatre and has performed
in many concerts with the
Bellini Opera Theater, Verdi
Opera theater, and the South
West Florida Opera. She has also sung in Sicily
and Italy, with the La Scala
Ensemble, Grammy award
winner Michele Pertuzzi,
famed tenor Joseph Calleja
and Francesco de Muro to
name a few.
She is honored to be named
Woman of the Year.
OCTOBER 2015 Theresa Toia
Columbus Day Humanitarian of the Year
years, Toia has also been
the vice chair of this 501c
(3) foundation and served
as chair of the Development Committee, building
relationships in the community.
Marty Bufalini
Columbus Day Man
of the Year
In 2006, after hearing
heart-breaking stories from
her daughter, a case worker working in the social
services system, Theresa
Toia and friends, Karen
Szczotka and Michele
Little of Shelby Township
started “Friends of Foster
Kids.” Thousands of Metro
Detroit foster children go
without Christmas gifts
each year.
Theresa Toia will be honored as Columbus Day Humanitarian of the Year.
The owner/operator of
Franklin Interiors, Inc.,
specializing in Interior Design and Decoration for
residential and commercial
properties, she previously
served as the 2008 President of the Columbus Day
Celebration Committee.
She has been, as she says,
“enhancing living and
work environments” for
over 27 years.
Being very active in the
community, she is also
president of various sports
organizations.
Toia is a member of the
Americans of Italian Origin Society, Ladies of Harley-Wolverine Chapter, the
Father Solanus Guild and
the Gorgeous Smorgeous
Girls Ladies Charity Club.
Having served as a Director on the Shelby Community Foundation for several
When most local kids are
opening their X-boxes and
iPods, many children in
the foster care system receive nothing at all. Solely through donations and
volunteers, the non-profit
group has worked to provide a Christmas for Macomb County foster children, and let them know
that they are not forgotten,
for the past five holiday
seasons.
Toia is happily married to
her husband Joseph Toia,
an attorney, who was recently named to the Macomb County Circuit Court.
They have two daughters,
Jessica (Toia) Rossow and
Marissa Toia.
Marty Bufalini, Detroit’s
own WWJ traffic reporter
will be honored as Columbus Day Man of the Year.
Bufalini’s mother is from
Pacentro/Abruzzi, and his
father was born in Patrica/
Lazio but raised in Rome.
Bufalini is a true renaissance
man of the arts. He’s been
writing, directing, producing and acting for theater,
radio, TV and films since
1968. Bufalini has netted
hundreds of credits doing
everything from commercial voice-overs to one-man
plays to an award-winning
stretch as the anchor of the
evening news, a traffic reporter for WWJ.
On being named Man of the
Year, he said, “When I was
informed of this great honor, I was really taken aback
and, quite honestly, couldn’t
understand. Why me? But I
am deeply appreciative and
humbled by this honor. I am
Toia is very proud of her
fiercely proud of my Italian
Italian heritage and the opheritage and have instilled
portunity to promote and
this same pride in my four
celebrate its traditions.
children. Being so proud
of my heritage makes this
Theresa Toia enjoys a wonderful relationship with all
three of her grandchildren
Joseph, Michael and Abigayle. In 2008, Michael was
Young Columbus.
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honor all the more special to
be recognized by the Italian
community.”
Bufalini has had speaking roles in eight feature
films including “Gran Torino” with Clint Eastwood,
“Conviction”, with Hillary
Swank and Sam Rockwell,
“Trust” with Clive Owen
and Katherine Keener, “Answer This” with Christopher
Gorham, “Prayers for Bobby” with Sigourney Weaver,
“Alleged” with Brian Denhey and Fred Thompson
and, “The Giant Mechanical
Man” with Jenna Fischer,
“Dial-a-Prayer” with Brittany Snow, among others.
Marty has either acted or
directed at the Attic Theatre, Jewish Ensemble Theatre, The Strand, and The
Detroit Ensemble Theater
among others, winning
many awards for either acting or directing. Marty has
appeared on-camera in numerous TV commercials
and he can be heard on may
radio and TV commercials.
For nine years Marty was
Drama Director at Grosse
Pointe North High School
directing all musicals and
straight plays.
Bufalini produces, directs
and acts in an annual radio
adaptation of “It’s A Wonderful Life.” He’s even taught
radio and TV performance
at the university level.
Bufalini may be best known
locally for his annual live
radio theater productions
of “It’s a Wonderful Life,”
which are based on a script
he adapted from the classic
Frank Capra film. But the
multitalented writer, actor
and director has also done
dozens of commercials for
companies like Northwest
Airlines, Lincoln Mercury,
Big Boy, as well as industrial films and theater productions.
He was trained by legendary
acting coach Uta Hagen and
received voiceover training
from Marice Tobias and improvisational training from
Rich Goteri of Detroit’s
Second City. A member of
the Screen Actors Guild
and the American Federation of Television and Radio
Artists, Bufalini is also an
award-winning broadcast
journalist who can be seen
or heard currently reporting
on news, traffic and weather
for the likes of WWJ, WJR,
Fox 2, WRIF and WOMC,
among others.
Bufalini’s second love of
classic cars has led him to
be tapped as an automotive
historian to the Henry Ford
Museum while cultivating
his own private collection.
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OCTOBER 2015
Advantages to being an IACS Member:
• Monthly home delivery of the Italian American
Cultural Society newspaper;
•
• Free dinner for children under 5 during Nonna Nite
with Family, Family & Friends, Patron, Benefactor,
or Lifetime membership levels;
• Special 10% discount Italian language classes;
• Discounted IACS special events over $25;
•
• Special discount for IACS members on advertising
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OTTOBRE
2015
GENNAIO
2013
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Questa poesia è stata composta dal signor Livio
Il Coro Italiano festeggia trent’anni!
Conti in occasione della A
celebrazione
del
trentesimo LETTORI
TUTTI
I
NOSTRI
Il
Coro
Italiano,
una
delle
grandi
Ambasciatori di buona volontà
Arnold
D’Achille, che era
anniversario della fondazione del Coro Italiano da
commissioni coinvolte con la
dell’IACS nella comunità.
coinvolto nella musica corale.
parte di Luigi e Angelina LaMarra.
Culturale Italo Americana è
Divenne il direttore del Coro
veramente un ambasciatore
Nel corso degli anni, la
Italiano e ha aggiunto suor
Il Coro Italiano
della Società per la comunità.
composizione del Coro è
Maria Teresa Magrie. Nel luglio
Tutti amano la musica e
cambiata; purtroppo alcuni
del 1993, Padre Arnold è stato
Quando il coro è in concerto
l’intrattenimento, e nessuno
membri sono morti, mentre
nominato pastore della chiesa
Sia dentro che all’aperto
esegue le belle canzoni popolari
altri si sono ritirati a causa
San Clemente a Dearborn e di
Con la sua musica e canti,
meglio del Coro Italiano, interpreti
di motivi di salute.
Ogni
conseguenza dovette rinunciare
Fa divertire tutti quanti
della storia di musica italiana ricca
membro del Coro è speciale
al suo lavoro con il coro.
di tradizione.
a suo modo e s’impegna per
Poiché è vero/non è un vanto
un processo di riforme che
il successo del loro comitato,
Alcuni
dei
programmi
che
il
Ascoltarlo e un incanto
ha creato le basi per la cresciNel 1995, sono diventati un
così come il centro. Anche i
Coro
faceva
presso
il
centro
a
Ed è una buona terapia:
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comitato sotto l’egida della
membri più recenti sono stati
Warren
erano:
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Per chi soffre di nostalgia
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con
il
signor
Joe
Pracillio
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Il signor Ramo Salerno è
necessari per fare il
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l’Ambasciatore di Buona
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anche
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vi lasullalegge
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L’ambasciatore
Usa: Monti leader
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Cristoforo Colombo a ottobre.
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e sfilate, per citarne alcuni. Nel
«sceglieranno in modo tale
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complesso, sono veramente gli
e te-e poi dal 1988, da Padre
Nel giorno delle pesanti crit- dei governi americano
da garantire che l’Italia resti
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iche ricevute da Silvio Bersul cammino giusto». Lo fa
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OTTOBRE 2015
Tirimesù sbarca negli Usa e il Comune lo “riconosce”
La giunta vuole «tutelare la
denominazione» del dolce
come «prodotto locale»
Flavia Cosolo, depositaria
della ricetta top secret,
ospite di uno chef a Detroit
di Tiziana Carpinelli
L’ultima
settimana
di agosto, perfino lo
scrittore
e
giornalista
Alessandro Marzo Magno,
che
sull’investigazione
dell’origine dei piatti ha
steso un libro (“Il genio del
06 settembre 2015
Sulla
paternità
delle ricette, ai
fornelli,
spesso
è guerra aperta.
Ma quando un
dolce, ed è il caso
del nostranissimo
Tirimesù, si prepara
a varcare i confini
dell’oceano, allora
non c’è avvocato
o tribunale che
tenga: la notorietà diventa
già, di per se stessa,
implicito riconoscimento.
Il superbo dessert - e chi ha
potuto assaggiarlo giura di
essersi leccato i baffi - si
appresta infatti a sbarcare
(virtualmente) negli States.
Per la precisione a Detroit,
dove lo chef Mauro Querio,
del famoso e rinomato
ristorante “Silver Spoon”,
ha invitato il prossimo
1° ottobre Flavia Cosolo,
figlia di Mario, compianto
titolare del “Vetturino”
di Pieris, la culla del
dolce locale, a collegarsi
in diretta Skype durante
un’importante cena da 300
invitati, organizzata dal
Consorzio culturale italiano
in America. Lo scopo?
Parlare della “Vera storia
del Tirimesù bisiaco”, cui
Flavia Cosolo, da tempo
impegnata a rivendicare
la primigenitura pierissina
dell’appetitoso semifreddo,
ha dedicato una pagina di
Facebook, baciata ormai da
oltre settecento “mi piace”.
gusto”), peraltro dedicando
al giallo gastronomico
del Tiramisù un capitolo
ad hoc, si è presentato
all’uscio di Flavia Cosolo
- depositaria, assieme alla
sorella Gianna, della ricetta
segreta - per assaggiare la
prelibatezza. «Buonissimo,
peccato
non
sia
in
commercio», ha esclamato
il gourmand davanti a una
coppa che culminava con un
ricciolo geometricamente
perfetto di panna. Grande
emozione per la donna, che
ha condiviso con i fan la
notizia.
Oltre
all’ospitata
stelle&strisce,
però,
c’è
anche
un
altro
recente
contatto
che
potrebbe aumentare la
fama del Tirimesù, sul
cui
riconoscimento
il
Consorzio culturale del
Monfalcone ha da tempo
avviato un percorso di
raccolta di testimonianze
orali, scritte, fotografiche e
iconografiche, per arrivare
a una forma di tutela. Pare
infatti che anche Lidia
Bastianich, mamma dello
chef stellato Joe, famoso per
il ruolo di giudice tremendo
nel seguitissimo talent
culinario
“Masterchef”,
abbia promesso a Flavia
Cosolo
un
incontro
per
assaggiare
la
gustosissima
coppa.
Ce lo racconta
l’assessore
agli eventi e
vicesindaco,
Omar
Greco,
che
assieme
al resto della
giunta
Altran,
il 31 agosto ha
deliberato
la
volontà di attribuire un
riconoscimento pubblico al
dolce, ritenuto «produzione
tipica locale». Insomma, in
attesa di verdetti ufficiali
(come si sa la primigenitura
del Tiramisù è parecchio
contesa) il Comune di
Monfalcone ha deciso, nella
cornice di Birra&Magici
Sapori,
manifestazione
enogastronomica al debutto
in centro tra due settimane,
la consegna di un documento
«quale
premessa
per
un’azione da sviluppare
assieme ai vari Comuni
aderenti all’Ecomuseo del
Territorio».
L’atto si propone di «tutelare
la denominazione Tirimesù
e la specificità della
produzione locale, nello
spirito di quanto stabilito
dallo Statuto comunale».
Si prevede, sabato 19
alle 11, di organizzare,
sempre nell’ambito della
kermesse, un momento di
ulteriore promozione con
la consegna di un «apposito
attestato», a sancire il
sostegno dell’azione già
avviata
dall’Ecomuseo
del territorio per «una
specifica
valorizzazione
del prodotto e della relativa
denominazione».
«Riteniamo - così Greco di dover sostenere l’opera
meritoria di questa persona
(Flavia Cosolo, ndr) che si
sta battendo per la paternità
del Tirimesù, dolce nato
a Pieris, ma che anche
a Monfalcone riteniamo
“nostro” in quanto made in
Bisiacaria». Sull’acquisita
notorietà
del
dessert,
Greco rivela un piccolo
scoop: «So che la mamma
di Joe Bastianich, Lidia,
ha promesso di incontrare
la signora Cosolo per
assaggiare il dolce». Anche
il vicesindaco, come Marzo
Magno, ha potuto testare
la mitica coppa, un anno
e mezzo fa, nell’ambito
di un evento allestito in
città dalla Pro loco: «Pur
non essendo un patito di
dessert - conclude - devo
riconoscere che ho trovato
il
Tirimesù
davvero
buono». Almeno su una
cosa,
insomma,
tutti
sembrano
concordare,
indipendentemente dalla
disputa sui natali della
ricetta e sull’attribuzione
del nome: per la sua bontà,
il semifreddo a base di
crema e pan di spagna sa
far resuscitare i morti.
http://ilpiccolo.gelocal.it/
trieste/cronaca/2015/09/06/
news/tirimesu-sbarcanegli-usa-e-il-comune-loriconosce-1.12049915
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NUOVO CONSIGLIO D’AMMINISTRAZIONE
DEL PUGLIA CLUB OF MICHIGAN
I membri del Puglia Club of Michigan, durante l’ultima
riunione tenutasi il 20 Settembre, 2015, hanno eletto il
nuovo Consiglio di Amministrazione per la Durata di 4
(Quattro) anni che andrà in vigore con effetto immediato.
Il nuovo Consiglio è composto come segue:
Presidente
Vice-Presidente
Segretario
Tesoriere
Comitato di Intrattenimento
Fiduciari
Angela A. Mecca
Vincent Maselli
Ottavio Mecca
Nick Cascioli
Judith Maselli
Nicoletta Visceglie
John Cascioli, Antonino Ferro
Lorenzo Visceglie
OTTOBRE 2015
Tennis, Us Open: Pennetta trionfa e annuncia il ritiro. Renzi:
“Gli Usa parlano italiano”
Nella
storica
finale
tutta italiana a Flushing
Meadows, la brindisina
si
impone
7-6
6-2
conquistando il primo Slam
in carriera (il secondo per
il tennis femminile italiano
dopo il Roland Garros della
Schiavone nel 2010): da
lunedì salirà al numero 8
nella classifica mondiale.
“Era il mio sogno chiudere
così”
NEW YORK - Flavia
Pennetta ha vinto il titolo
degli US Open. Nella
storica finale tutta italiana,
la brindisina ha battuto la
tarantina Roberta Vinci in
due set con il punteggio
di 7-6 (4) 6-2. Con questo
risultato la Pennetta lunedì
salirà all’ottavo posto del
ranking Wta. Per la Pennetta
è il primo torneo Slam in
carriera, il secondo per il
tennis azzurro femminile
dopo il Roland Garros
conquistato da Francesca
Schiavone nel 2010.
Poi durante la premiazione
il colpo di scena: chiede di
poter dire un’ultima cosa e
annuncia il ritiro. “Prima di
iniziare questo torneo - ha
detto la Pennetta - un mese
fa, ho preso una decisione
molto importante nella mia
vita. Questo è il modo in cui
voglio dire addio al tennis.
Sono davvero felice. E
quindi questo è stato il mio
ultimo match agli Us Open
e non riuscivo a pensare
ad un modo migliore per
finire”. Poi ha spiegato:
“Giocherò fino alla fine
dell’anno, ma ripeto, ogni
atleta sognerebbe di finire
in questo modo”. La Vinci
ha commentato: “Flavia mi
ha lasciato a bocca aperta”,
riferendosi al momento
in cui si sono abbracciate
sul campo a fine partita, e
Pennetta le ha comunicato
l’intenzione di chiudere col
tennis. “Ma sono contenta se
è felice così”, ha aggiunto.
Di fronte al presidente del
Consiglio Matteo Renzi
e al presidente del Coni
Giovanni Malagò, Roberta
Vinci non è riuscita a ripetere
il miracolo riuscitole in
semifinale contro la numero
uno del mondo Serena
Williams. E’ proprio la Vinci
a partire nel modo migliore,
tenendo il servizio a zero
nel game di apertura, anche
la corregionale risponde
di par suo concedendo
all’avversaria un solo game.
Il pronti via è comunque
molto tattico, con le due
azzurre che conoscendosi
alla perfezione trovano in
modo di attaccare i rispettivi
punti deboli: il rovescio di
Vinci e la risposta al servizio
la Pennetta. Nel quinto
gioco la Pennetta strappa il
servizio all’avversaria dopo
sedici punti e 6 palle break
e il buon momento della
brindisina continua anche
nel game successivo, in cui
lascia l’avversaria a zero. Un
paio di errori della Pennetta
nell’ottavo game danno però
coraggio alla Vinci, la quale
realizza il controbreak e nel
gioco successivo mette a
segno il sorpasso. Si arriva
così al tie break, che Flavia
Pennetta riesce a vincere sul
punteggio di 7 a 4 dopo un’ora
esatta di gioco. Sulle ali
dell’entusiasmo la Pennetta
consolida il suo vantaggio
e si porta subito sul 4 a 0,
strappando per due volte il
servizio all’avversaria.
La Vinci non si arrende mai
e infatti riesce con tanta
grinta a ridurre lo svantaggio
sul 4 a 2, ma poi l’avversaria
PAGINA 3
è bravissima a tenere il
servizio, anche con il primo
ace della partita, portandosi
sul 5 a 2. Si arriva così al
game decisivo in cui la
Pennetta si porta subito
sullo 0-40 e al primo match
point lo realizza, vincendo
con il punteggio di 7-6, 6-2.
Subito dopo l’ultima palla,
le due italiane si abbracciano
al centro del campo e poi
Flavia festeggia con il suo
allenatore e il fidanzato
Fognini sugli spalti.
http://www.repubblica.it/
sport/tennis/2015/09/12/
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Inizieranno a Settembre corsi di Lingua Italiana nelle scuole
Superiori del Distretto Scolastico di L’Anse Creuse
L’insegnamento
della
lingua
italiana,
a
partire dal prossimo
autunno, sarà inserito
nel
curriculum
di
studio della L’Anse
Creuse Public Schools,
ha dichiarato Franco
Iaderosa,
Direttore
dell’Ente Gestore N.O.I.
Foundation.
I cinque corsi di italiano
saranno parte integrante
del curriculum delle due
scuole superiori del distretto
scolastico (L’Anse Creuse
High School e L’Anse
Creuse High School-North)
e vedranno la frequenza di
circa 130 studenti.
Pictured (L-R): Dr. Ed Okinowski, Dr. Jackie Johnston,
Dr. Maria Luisa Lapresa, Rep. Anthony Forlini, Ex. Dir. Franco Iaderosa
Schools System coinvolge
un considerevole bacino di
studenti Italo-Americani e
la NOI Foundation, insieme
alla L’Anse Creuse Public
Schools, sono orgogliosi
di offrire l’opportunità agli
studenti e ai loro coetanei
di conoscere le bellezze
dell’Italia, la sua lingua e la
sua variegata cultura.
Un
protocollo
d’intesa
pluriennale tra l’ente gesture
N.O.I. (Nuovi Orizzonti
Italiani) Foundation e l’
Anse Creuse Pubblic Schools
assicurerà un ampio arco
temporale di funzionamento
e il suo stesso successo.
Le classi di italiano,
cofinanziate
dalla
L’Anse
Creuse
Public N.O.I. Foundation, e’ un
grandissimo raggiunto grazie
agli sforzi del Direttivo
dell’ente gesture N.O.I.
Foundation, dell’ufficio del
Sovrintendente del Distretto,
Dr. Jakie Johnston, del
coordinatore
dei
corsi
Dr. Ed Okinowsky, del
Rappresentante dello Stato
Anthony Forlini con il
convinto e pieno supporto del
Console d’Italia in Detroit,
Dr. Maria Luisa Lapresa.
PAGINA 4
OTTOBRE 2015
Storico discorso di Papa Francesco davanti ai parlamentari Usa
Storico discorso di
Bergoglio al Congresso
Usa: “Tutelare la vita
umana in ogni fase”.
Ma Obama: “Per ora
nessun cambiamento”
Con un lungo e caloroso
applauso Papa Francesco
il Congresso degli Stati
Uniti accoglie Papa
Francesco. Un’ovazione
che si replica dopo che
lo speaker John Boehner
lo presenta. Nel suo
ingresso nell’aula plenaria
il pontefice si ferma per
salutare il segretario di Stato
John Kerry. Il pontefice
inizia ringraziando il Paese
che lo ospita: “Sono grato
per il vostro invito a parlare
davanti al Congresso della
terra della libertà e la casa
del coraggio”: così, citando
un passaggio dell’inno
nazionale statunitense, il
Santo padre iniziato il suo
discorso a Capitol Hill.
Salutato da una seconda
standing ovation da parte
dei parlamentari.
Francesco parla davanti al
Congresso ma il suo discorso
è rivolto “all’intero popolo
degli Stati Uniti”. “Alle
migliaia di uomini e di donne
- sottolinea Bergoglio - che
si sforzano quotidianamente
di fare un’onesta giornata
di lavoro, di portare a
casa il pane quotidiano, di
risparmiare qualche soldo e
di costruire una vita migliore
per le proprie famiglie”.
Per il pontefice “sono
uomini e donne che non si
preoccupano semplicemente
di pagare le tasse, ma,
nel modo discreto che li
caratterizza, sostengono la
vita della società. Generano
solidarietà con le loro attività
e creano organizzazioni che
danno una mano a chi ha più
bisogno”.
E come sempre il Santo
Padre non dimentica di
ricordare le persone anziane:
“Vorrei anche entrare in
dialogo con le numerose
persone anziane che sono
un deposito di saggezza
forgiata dall’esperienza e
che cercano in molti modi,
specialmente
attraverso
il lavoro volontario, di
condividere le loro storie
e le loro esperienze”. Ma
non solo. “Desidero continua- anche dialogare
con tutti quei giovani che
si impegnano per realizzare
le loro grandi e nobili
aspirazioni, che non sono
sviati da proposte superficiali
e che affrontano situazioni
difficili,
spesso
come
risultato dell’immaturità di
tanti adulti”.
“Il vostro è un lavoro che
mi fa riflettere sulla figura
di Mosè”. Papa Francesco
evoca la figura del profeta
e guida del popolo ebraico,
parlando al Congresso Usa.
Spiega il Papa: “Da una parte,
il patriarca e legislatore del
popolo d’Israele simbolizza
il bisogno dei popoli di
mantenere vivo il loro senso
di unità con gli strumenti
di una giusta legislazione.
Dall’altra, la figura di Mosè
ci conduce direttamente a
Dio e quindi
alla dignità
trascendente
dell’essere
umano”.
D u n q u e
“Mosè
ci
offre
una
buona sintesi
del
vostro
lavoro:
a
voi
viene
richiesto di
proteggere, con gli strumenti
della legge, l’immagine e la
somiglianza modellate da
Dio su ogni volto umano”.
“Proteggere,
con
gli strumenti della
legge, l’immagine
e la somiglianza
modellate da Dio su
ogni volto umano”.
Questo il ruolo del
parlamento secondo
Papa
Francesco.
“Come
membri
del Congresso il
vostro
compito
è di permettere
a questo Paese,
grazie alla vostra
attività legislativa,
di crescere come
nazione.
Voi
scandisce - siete il
volto di questo popolo, i
suoi rappresentanti. Voi siete
chiamati a salvaguardare
e a garantire la dignità
dei
vostri
concittadini
nell’instancabile
ed
esigente perseguimento del
bene comune, che è il fine
di ogni politica”. Secondo
Bergoglio “una società
politica dura nel tempo
quando si sforza, come
vocazione, di soddisfare i
bisogni comuni stimolando
la crescita di tutti i suoi
membri, specialmente quelli
in situazione di maggiore
vulnerabilità o rischio.
L’attività legislativa - ha
ricordato ai parlamentari
americani - è sempre basata
sulla cura delle persone. A
questo siete stati invitati,
chiamati e convocati da
coloro che vi hanno eletto”.
“Imitare l’odio e la violenza
dei tiranni e degli assassini
- prosegue il capo della
Chiesa cattolica - è il modo
migliore di prendere il loro
posto. Questo è qualcosa
che voi, come popolo,
rifiutate”, ha aggiunto. “La
nostra, invece dev’essere
una risposta di speranza e
di guarigione, di pace e di
giustizia”.
Per il Papa è necessario
“fare appello al coraggio e
all’intelligenza per risolvere
le molte crisi economiche e
geopolitiche di oggi.
Perfino in un mondo
sviluppato
prosegue
Bergoglio - gli effetti di
strutture e azioni ingiuste
sono fin troppo evidenti. I
nostri sforzi devono puntare a
restaurare la pace, rimediare
agli errori, mantenere gli
impegni, e così promuovere
il benessere degli individui
e dei popoli.
Dobbiamo andare avanti
insieme, come uno solo,
in uno spirito rinnovato di
fraternità e di solidarietà,
collaborando generosamente
per il bene comune”.
Combattere la violenza del
terrorismo fondamentalista,
ma senza rinunciare alla
salvaguardia delle libertà.
È la via che Papa Francesco
indica ai politici americani,
dicendosi
“pienamente
consapevole
ed
anche
profondamente preoccupato
per la inquietante odierna
situazione sociale e politica
del mondo: il nostro mondo
è sempre più un luogo di
violenti conflitti, odi e
brutali atrocità, commesse
perfino in nome di Dio e
della religione”. Premette
il Pontefice: “Sappiamo che
nessuna religione è immune
da forme di inganno
individuale o estremismo
ideologico.
Questo
significa che dobbiamo
essere
particolarmente
attenti ad ogni forma di
fondamentalismo,
tanto
religioso come di ogni
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altro genere. È necessario
un delicato equilibrio per
combattere la violenza
perpetrata nel nome di una
religione, di un’ideologia o
di un sistema economico,
mentre
si
salvaguarda
allo stesso tempo la
libertà religiosa, la libertà
intellettuale e le libertà
individuali”.
Nel suo discorso il Papa cita
quattro icone americane,
cominciando da Abraham
Lincoln, di cui ricorre
quest’anno l’anniversario
della morte: “Un custode
della libertà che ha lavorato
instancabilmente
perché
questa nazione, sotto Dio,
avesse una nuova nascita in
nome della liberta”.
E poi Martin Luther King,
evocato anche ieri alla Casa
Bianca, Dorothy Day, ex
simpatizzante
comunista
convertita al cattolicesimo
e diventata una convinta
“prolife”, e Thomas Morton,
monaco trappista e mistico,
autore di oltre 70 libri su
spiritualità, giustizia sociale
e pacifismo.
Accorato appello del Papa
contro la pena di morte:
“Sono convinto che questa
sia la via migliore, dal
momento che ogni vita è
sacra, ogni persona umana
è dotata di una inalienabile
dignità e la società può
solo
beneficiare
dalla
riabilitazione di coloro
che sono condannati per
crimini”. Il Papa ricorda
che
“recentemente,
i
vescovi qui negli Stati Uniti
hanno rinnovato il loro
appello per l’abolizione
della pena di morte. Io
non solo li appoggio, ma
offro anche sostegno a tutti
coloro che sono convinti
che una giusta e necessaria
punizione non deve mai
escludere la dimensione
della speranza e l’obiettivo
della riabilitazione”.
Parole a cui ha risposto
in serata il portavoce di
Obama, chiarendo che se
è stato colpito dalle parole
del
Pontefice,
tuttavia
per ora non ci saranno
cambiamenti, anche se “
il presidente ha sollevato
in passato preoccupazione
su come viene applicata la
pena di morte”
“Se la politica dev’essere
veramente al servizio della
persona umana - ha detto
ancora il Papa ai parlamentari
americani che lo ascoltano
in silenzio - ne consegue che
non può essere sottomessa
al servizio dell’economia e
della finanza. Per Bergoglio
la “politica è espressione
del nostro insopprimibile
bisogno di vivere insieme
in unità, per poter costruire
uniti il più grande bene
comune: quello di una
comunità che sacrifichi gli
interessi particolari per poter
condividere, nella giustizia
e nella pace, i suoi benefici,
i suoi interessi, la sua vita
sociale”. E ancora: “Non
sottovaluto le difficoltà
che questo comporta, ma
vi incoraggio in questo
sforzo”.
“Il nostro mondo sta
fronteggiando una crisi
di rifugiati di proporzioni
tali che non si vedevano
dai tempi della Seconda
Guerra Mondiale”, ha detto
il Papa al Congresso Usa.
“Non dobbiamo lasciarci
spaventare dal loro numero
- aggiunge -, ma piuttosto
vederli come persone,
guardando i loro volti e
ascoltando le loro storie,
tentando di rispondere
meglio che possiamo alle
loro situazioni. Rispondere
in un modo che sia sempre
umano, giusto e fraterno”.
Bergoglio quindi ricoda
“la Regola d’Oro: ‘Fai agli
altri ciò che vorresti che gli
altri facessero a te”. Questa
regola, prosegue, “ci mette
anche di fronte alla nostra
responsabilità di proteggere
e difendere la vita umana in
ogni fase del suo sviluppo”.
“Un
dovere”:
così,
senza mezzi termini, il
Papa definisce lo stop al
commercio internazionale
delle armi. “Essere al
servizio del dialogo e della
pace significa anche essere
veramente determinati a
ridurre e, nel lungo termine,
a porre fine ai molti
conflitti
armati in tutto il mondo premette il pontefice - Qui
dobbiamo chiederci: perché
armi mortali sono vendute
a coloro che pianificano
di
infliggere
indicibili
sofferenze
a
individui
e
società?”.
Continua
Francesco:
“Purtroppo,
la risposta, come tutti
sappiamo,
è
semplicemente
per denaro: denaro
che è intriso di
sangue, spesso del
sangue innocente.
Davanti a questo
vergognoso
e
colpevole silenzio,
è nostro dovere
affrontare
il
problema e fermare
il commercio di
armi”.
Il pensiero del
Santo
Padre
va anche agli indiani
d’America: “Tragicamente,
i diritti di quelli che erano
qui molto prima di noi non
sono stati sempre rispettati.
Per quei popoli e le loro
nazioni, dal cuore della
democrazia
americana,
desidero riaffermare la
mia più profonda stima e
considerazione”. Bergoglio,
che ieri ha canonizzato
il francescano Junipero
Serra
(controverso
evangelizzatore
della
California che alcuni storici
ritengono responsabile di
comportamenti brutali verso
gli indigeni), ha tuttavia
voluto precisare che anche
se “quei primi contatti sono
stati spesso turbolenti e
violenti”, oggi “è difficile
giudicare il passato con i
criteri del presente”.
Non manca, nel discorso
PAGINA 5
di Bergoglio, un chiaro
riferimento alla famiglia:
“Quanto
essenziale
è
stata la famiglia nella
costruzione di questo Paese!
E quanto merita ancora il
nostro sostegno e il nostro
incoraggiamento. Eppure
non
posso
nascondere
la mia preoccupazione
per la famiglia, che è
minacciata, forse come mai
in precedenza, dall’interno
e dall’esterno. Relazioni
fondamentali sono state
messe in discussione, come
anche la base stessa del
matrimonio e della famiglia.
Io posso solo riproporre
l’importanza e, soprattutto,
la ricchezza e la bellezza
della vita familiare”.
Non era mai accaduto prima
che un pontefice parlasse
davanti al Congresso Usa.
Per questo il discorso di oggi
è già nella storia. Bergoglio
desiderava
parlare
al
popolo americano, a tutto,
senza alcuna distinzione.
Inevitabilmente le parole
pronunciate dal Santo padre
avranno un forte impatto
sulla politica e la società
americana. Da giorni ci
si chiedeva fino a dove si
sarebbe spinto il pontefice,
quali sarebbero stati i temi
e gli appelli rivolti ai due
schieramenti politici e a
tutto il popolo americano.
La “semina del Papa” è
stata copiosa. Vedremo in
futuro quanto sarà generoso
il raccolto.
Orlando Sacchelli - Gio,
24/09/2015 - 21:08
http://www.ilgiornale.
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PAGINA 6 Italian American Cultural Society
La Fondazione N.O.I. promotrice del programma
di scambio studenti fra il Liceo Classico
“A.Mariotti” di Perugia, Italia e le Lake Shore
Schools in Saint Clair Shores, Michigan
Venti studenti da Perugia,
Italia,
arriveranno
in
Michigan in Ottobre per
partecipare alla prima fase
del programma di exchange
student con la Shore Public
School District. Gli studenti,
due insegnanti e il Dirigente
Scolastico del Liceo Classico
“A.Mariotti”
saranno
ospitati dai familiari degli
studenti della Lake Shore
School dal 1° al 12 ottobre
e parteciperanno ai corsi
dei loro coetanei americani
presso la Lake Shore High
School.
Nella seconda parte del
programma di scambio, gli
studenti della Lake Shore
visiteranno Perugia nella
prima settimana di aprile
2016.
Oltre
alla
esperienza
accademica del loro viaggio
in Michigan, i nostri studenti
italiani avranno modo di
partecipare alle tipiche
attività delle High School
Americane,
partecipando
alla Homecoming Parade,
alla Homecoming Dance e
assisteranno alla partita di
L'Italo Americano
Editrice
Barbara Smith
Editrice Italiano
Sandra Tornberg
Impaginazione e Design
Lolita Kozloff
Distribuzione
Lelio D’Artistotile
Le Regioni d’Italia
FRIULI VENEZIA GIULIA
Football Americano.
Il programma, promosso dal
Board of Directors della NOI
Foundation in collaborazione
con Mr.
Christopher
Loria,
Superintendent
della Lake Shore District,
Mr.
Donald
Kling,
Assistant Superintendent,
Representative
Anthony
Forlini e la Dr. Maria Luisa
Lapresa, Console d’Italia in
Detroit, comprenderà altresì
prestigiosi aspetti culturali
nella nostra area con la visita
al Detroit Institute of Arts,
all’Henry Ford Factory Tour,
a Greenfield Village, all’
Henry Ford Museum e visite
guidate a Belle Isle, a Greek
Town, al Renaissance Center
and Mexican Town con il
Superintendent Christopher
Loria.
Stemma della regione Friuli
Venezia Giulia
Friuli Venezia Giulia[ è
una regione
italiana
autonoma
a
statuto
speciale
dell’Italia
n o r d orientale di
1.227.495
abitanti[3], con
capoluogo
Trieste.
È
composta da
due regioni
storicogeografiche
con
caratteristiche
culturali
diverse: il Friuli e la Venezia
Giulia. Infine gli studenti Italiani
avranno l’opportunità, il
12 ottobre, di incontrare e
interagire con gli altri gruppi
di studenti provenienti
da Wolfsburg, Germania
e Beijing, Cina, presso la
Taylor International School Il Friuli Venezia Giulia è
un caso del tutto singolare
and Dormitory.
tra le regioni italiane: la
geografia lo ha posto al
Cronisti
confine delle tre principali
Esther Beaudette
realtà etnico-linguistiche del
Antonio DiGiorgio
continente europeo: latina,
Barbara Smith
slava e germanica, che qui
Sandra Tornbeg
hanno dialogo e si sono
armonizzate, ma che si sono
anche scontrate, creando nei
Fotografi contribuendi
secoli molteplici diversità.
Elio Ripari
Sandra Tornberg
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La redazione ritiene il diritto di recederne il contenuto.
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Il Friuli Venezia Giulia si trova
nell’Italia nord-orientale e si
estende su una superficie di
7.858 km². È composto da
territorio appartenente alla
regione storico-geografica
del Friuli, che costituisce
la larghissima maggioranza
della sua superficie, e dalla
parte di Venezia Giulia
rimasta all’Italia dopo la
seconda guerra mondiale.
La demarcazione tra le due
regioni storico-geografiche
non è tuttavia univoca, in
quanto costituita per alcuni
autori dal fiume Isonzo, per
altri dalla foce del fiume
Timavo, presso San Giovanni
di Duino.
I confini sono:
• nord - Austria (Carinzia)
• est - Slovenia (Alta
Carniola, Goriziano
sloveno e Litorale)
• ovest - Veneto (Provincia
di Belluno, Treviso
e Venezia)
• sud - Mare Adriatico.
Il clima del Friuli Venezia
Giulia
va
dal
clima
submediterraneo delle zone
costiere, a un clima temperato
più umido nelle pianure e
nelle zone collinari, fino al
clima alpino delle montagne.
La temperatura annuale
media di Trieste (dati 20002008) è di 15,7 °C, mentre
quella della pianura va dai
13,5 ai 14,5 °C. La zona della
regione più mite è quella
litoranea presso Trieste, sia
per l’influenza del mare più
profondo, sia per la parziale
protezione
dell’altopiano
carsico. Questo tratto di
costa gode di un clima tra i
più secchi d’Italia e, specie
nelle minime, risulta quasi
sempre sensibilmente più
mite del resto della regione,
contando in media solo nove
minime sottozero (in genere
di pochi decimi o di -1 o -2
°C) all’anno contro le 60 e
oltre minime (che possono
arrivare fino ai -10 °C e
oltre) di alcune zone della
pianura. Sulla costa i venti
principali sono la Bora da
E-NE e lo Scirocco da Sud,
che si alternano nel corso
dell’inverno, mentre il
Maestrale da O e le brezze
predominano in estate. La
zona della costiera triestina
tra Sistiana e Miramare è
riparata dal vento di Bora
grazie al ciglione carsico
sovrastante, mentre vi
risultano esposte Trieste,
il resto della costa, la
bassa pianura, il cividalese
e parzialmente la pianura
da Palmanova a Gemona,
zone sulle quali il vento
nordorientale
penetra
sfruttando
varie
valli
laterali delle Alpi Giulie.
La montagna friulana ha un
clima più rigido e piovoso
e i livelli altimetrici delle
nevicate e della vegetazione
sono più bassi che nel resto
delle Alpi.
Con legge Costituzionale
n.1 del 31 gennaio 1963,
ed entrata in vigore il 16
febbraio 1963 il Friuli
Venezia Giulia è costituito in
Regione autonoma, fornita di
personalità giuridica, entro
l’unità della Repubblica
Italiana, una e indivisibile,
sulla base dei principi della
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Le Regioni d’Italia
cont......
Costituzione,
secondo
tale Statuto. La Regione
comprende i territori delle
attuali province di Pordenone,
Udine, di Gorizia e dei 6
comuni di Trieste. Nella
Regione è riconosciuta parità
di diritti e di trattamento
tutti i cittadini, qualunque
sia il gruppo linguistico al
quale appartengono, con la
salvaguardia delle rispettive
caratteristiche etniche e
culturali.
Il Friuli Venezia Giulia
è formato da molteplici
tradizioni culturali, storiche
e produttive. Le provincie
di Udine e Pordenone, zone
un tempo agricole depresse,
hanno visto negli anni un
grande sviluppo industriale
e la popolazione possiede
un elevato tenore di vita,
condizioni similari si sono
create nella provincia di
Gorizia. La città di Trieste
e la sua provincia sono
prevalentemente dedite al
terziario e godono di un
reddito pro capite fra i più alti
d’Italia, mentre a livello di
singoli comuni capoluogo è
Udine a presentare il reddito
pro-capite più alto. Per quanto
riguarda la distribuzione
della
popolazione
sul
territorio, un terzo della
popolazione è concentrata
nelle aree urbane di Udine
(l’agglomerato conta circa
175.000 abitanti in 312 km²,
e comprende il capoluogo
friulano e gli
11 comuni che
lo
circondano)
e
di
Trieste
(considerando
come
area
metropolitana
l’intera provincia
di Trieste, si
contano
circa
236.000 abitanti
in 212 km²),
mentre per i
restanti due terzi
la
popolazione
r e g i o n a l e
principalmente
vive ancora in
piccoli e medi
comuni
e
la
montagna è poco
popolata.
La regione è stata una
delle zone che più
ha risentito dei
fenomeni migratori,
causati da fattori
quali l’economia
depressa, le varie
vicende belliche,
i
cambiamenti
territoriali e il
terremoto
del
1976. Tra la fine
dell’Ottocento
e la fine della
seconda
guerra
mondiale,
salvo
la breve parentesi
della
Grande
Guerra, i flussi
si sono diretti soprattutto
verso l’Argentina e gli
Stati Uniti. Con il secondo
dopoguerra il fenomeno si
invertì momentaneamente
visto l’afflusso di migliaia
di profughi dall’Istria e da
Zara, per poi riprendere quasi
contemporaneamente verso
l’Europa centrale (Svizzera,
Germania, Francia, Belgio),
oltreoceano (Stati Uniti,
Canada, Australia) e verso la
zona del triangolo industriale
(Piemonte,
Lombardia,
Liguria). Solo con gli anni
settanta il Friuli Venezia
Giulia si trasformò da
terra di emigrati in regione
ricettrice di flussi migratori
provenienti sia dal resto
d’Italia, sia, soprattutto,
dall’estero. Fra le cause di
tale inversione di tendenza
vanno segnalate lo sviluppo
industriale, profilatosi in
forma netta e inequivocabile
proprio in quegli anni, e
la ricostruzione di parte
della regione a seguito del
terremoto del 1976, che
richiamò in patria anche
numerosi friulani.
Lingue e dialetti nel Nordest d’Italia Segnaletica
multilingue presso Trieste
Il Friuli Venezia Giulia è una
terra di confine e di incontro
di popoli.
Nel Friuli Venezia Giulia
l’italiano, lingua ufficiale
dello Stato, lingua di
cultura e principale lingua
d’uso, è parlato dalla quasi
totalità degli abitanti. La
Regione autonoma ha anche
riconosciuto ufficialmente
come lingue regionali il
friulano, lo sloveno ed il
tedesco. Sono molto utilizzati
come lingua dialettale altri
idiomi sia neolatini che di
altre famiglie linguistiche.
Accanto all’Italiano sono in
regime di co-ufficialità le
lingue regionali:
• Il friulano, un idioma
retoromanzo
conosciuto
da circa 600.000 persone e
tutelato in 15 comuni su 25
della Provincia di Gorizia,
in 36 comuni su 51 della
Provincia di Pordenone e
in 125 comuni su 136 della
Provincia di Udine (nonché,
fuori dal Friuli Venezia
Giulia, in 3 comuni del
Veneto Orientale). Dal 1996
il friulano gode in regione di
un livello minimo di tutela
con la legge reg. 15/96. Dal
1999 con la legge statale
482/99 lo Stato italiano ha
riconosciuto ai friulanofoni
lo status di “minoranza
linguistica storica” ai sensi
dell’art. 6 della Costituzione
italiana. La L.482/99
prevede la tutela della
lingua friulana, e
in particolare il suo
insegnamento a scuola
anche come lingua
veicolare.
• Lo sloveno è diffuso
nella parte orientale
della regione a ridosso
del confine con la
Slovenia (circa 61.000
parlanti) e possiede
il
riconoscimento
del suo uso in sede
amministrativa
ufficiale nei 6 comuni
della
provincia
di
Trieste e in 8 comuni su 25
della Provincia di Gorizia,
nei quali vi sono scuole
statali di ogni ordine e grado
in lingua slovena (l’italiano
viene studiato a parte, ma alla
par) e viene fornita la Carta
PAGINA 7
d’identità bilingue. È inoltre
riconosciuta in 18 comuni su
136 della Provincia di Udine
(Slavia friulana, Val Canale
e Val Resia, nella quale
secondo alcune teorie ed
alcuni suoi stessi parlanti la
particolare parlata, il resiano,
viene considerata come una
lingua a sé stante, distinta
dalla lingua slovena).
• Il tedesco, insediato in Val
Canale (dove convive con il
gruppo linguistico friulano
e con quello sloveno) e
in due piccole “isole”
linguistiche in provincia di
Udine, cioè il comune di
Sauris e la frazione di Timau
appartenente quest’ultima al
comune di Paluzza. Mentre
in Val Canale e a Timau
si parlano dialetti di tipo
carinziano, il tedesco parlato
a Sauris è imparentato con le
parlate tirolesi. Non esistono
statistiche
ufficiali
sul
numero dei parlanti.
Accanto alle lingue sopra
citate, in regione si parlano
dei dialetti veneti,, come
il triestino, il bisiaco, il
dialetto gradese, il maranese,
il muggesano, il liventino,
il veneto dell’Istria e della
Dalmazia, il dialetto udinese
e le dialetto pordenonese. Gli
sloveni sono spesso bilingui
e trilingui (sloveno/friulano/
italiano in provincia di Udine
- e in buona parte di quella di
Gorizia - e sloveno/veneto/
italiano in quella di Trieste e
in alcune zone del goriziano)
e lo stesso si può dire per i
tedeschi di Sauris e a Timau
(tedesco/friulano/italiano).
Nella Val Canale non è raro
trovare persone che possono
esprimersi correttamente in
ben quattro idiomi: tedesco,
italiano, friulano e sloveno
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