The vacation period is coming to an end. The calendar tells us that summer has about three more weeks to go, but the tradition holds Labor Day weekend as the end of summer. The local Ukrainian American community organizations are in the process of setting dates of their activities for the balance of this year and beyond.
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Several members of the North Port’s Cpl. Roman G. Lazor Post No. 40 of the Ukrainian American Veterans, the only UAV post in Florida, led by Post Commander retired U.S. Army Col. Roman Rondiak, participated in the Aug. 28 ceremony in St. Petersburg commemorating the 25th anniversary of restoration of Ukraine’s independence.
National Commander Ihor W. Hron of Osprey, Post 40 past post commander, made a speech, Post 40 Color Guard (Baranowskyj, Kompanijec and Maliczyszyn) commanded by PPC Marian Bojsiuk did very well.
Other Post 40 members attending: Czerkas, Pochodaj, Popovich, Radzibaba and Tomashosky.
The ceremonies were also attended by 15 foreign officers representing their countries at the headquarters of U.S. Central Command, including three officers of the armed forces of Ukraine.
Post 40 usually meets on the first Friday of the month, but due to the Labor Day weekend the first meeting of the season will take place at 1 p.m., Friday, Sept. 9, at St. Andrew’s Ukrainian Religious and Cultural Center, known as “Oseredok” (the center) to Ukrainians. It will be a very important meeting dealing with nominating candidates for post officers for the next two years, electing delegates for the UAV 69th National Convention which will take place Oct. 13 – 15 in Chicago, and other important issues.
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The North Port’s Milena Rudnycka Branch No. 56 of the Ukrainian National Women’s League of America, popularly known as “Soyuz Ukrayinok” (Union of Ukrainian Ladies), headed by Ann-Marie Susla of Englewood, which normally holds its monthly membership meeting on the first Tuesday of the month, will have its first post-vacation meeting at 10 a.m., Tuesday, Sept 13, at the Ukrainian Catholic Parish Center, 1078 N. Biscayne Dr., North Port.
The details of the meeting agenda are not available at this time, but the traditional coffee and pastries social will follow the meeting.
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News from Ukraine: The Ukrainian National Polytechnic University in Kyiv was given a name of famous Ukrainian and American pioneer in aircraft design Ihor Sikorsky. An appropriate order was signed by Ukraine’s Minister of Education and Science Lilya Hrynevych.
This National Technical University of Ukraine will henceforth be known officially as “Kyivan Ihor Sikorsky Polytechnic Institute.”
Ihor I. Sikorsky, best known for his successful development of the helicopter, was born May 25, 1889, in Kyiv, Ukraine (then part of the Russian empire), and died Oct. 26, 1972, in Easton, Connecticut. He studied engineering in Paris, and then returned to Kyiv to study at the university which now bears his name. His dream was to build a helicopter, which he eventually accomplished in the United States.
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by Atanas Kobryn
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