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EL CAMINO REALThe Official Publication of the AHEPA Family of District 20
VOLUME XXXIX, NUMBER 1 WWW.AHEPA20.ORG OCTOBER 2001
District 20 AHEPA Family Gathers in ChandlerMore than 100 members of the
AHEPA Family of District 20 gatheredat the Sheraton San Marcos in Chan-dler, Arizona, for a weekend of meet-ings and social events. The newlyelected officers of the District 20AHEPA Lodge are: District GovernorChris Mellas, Lt. Governor NickAngelos, Secretary Dean Tripodes,Treasurer Zachary T. Prineas, MarshalGeorge Makris, Warden GeorgeGeorgacakis, District Advisor SitherisV. Chebithes, and Sons of PericlesAdvisor Jim Ruboyianes.
The new Daughters ofPenelope District 20 Lodge is: DistrictGovernor Helen Condon McGillivray,Lt. Governor Georgia Gastouniotis,Secretary Carol Stathopoulos, Trea-surer Mollie Stylianides, Marshal LoisKotzambasis, Maids of Athena Advi-sor Chrys L. Murphy and Daughtersof Penelope Advisor Zoi Fovos.
Visiting dignitaries addressingthe Grand Banquet included: Rev. Fr.Philip Armstrong of St. KatherineGreek Orthodox Church, AHEPA Su-preme Governor Tom Rakus and DOPGrand Governor Zone 3 OlgaKouchoulos-Bush. The emcee was Dr.Andy Karandinos, PSS and PDG.
The next District 20 gatheringwill be the District Conference in LongBeach on February 9, 2002. The 2002District 20 Convention will be hostednext summer by the North San DiegoCounty AHEPA Family.
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The 2001-02 District 20 AHEPA Lodge is sworn in by outgoing District Gov-ernor Sitheris Chebithes. Pictured from left to right are: District WardenGeorge Georgacakis, District Treasurer Zachary Prineas, District SecretaryDean Tripodes, District Lt. Governor Nick Angelos, District Governor ChrisMellas and District Advisor Sitheris Chebithes.
AHEPA Supreme President Andrew T. Banisannounced an AHEPA Family internationalfundraising drive to raise $100,000 for disaster reliefresulting from the recent terrorist attacks. This an-nouncement builds upon last week's statement thatalso directed chapters and members to provide disas-ter relief in the form of donating blood and organizingblood drives.
"As our nation prepares for a sustained cam-paign against terrorism, the Greek-American commu-nity must stand side-by-side with this effort, offeringour resources for the protection of democracy, freedom,and humanity," said Banis.
According to Banis, once the fundraising goalis achieved, the funds will be allocated to one or more
AHEPA Family Gathers Money and Blood for Terrorism Victims
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The 2001-02 District 20 Daughters of Penelope Lodge is sworn in by OlgaKouchoukos-Bush, Grand Governor Zone III Pictured from left to right are:Maids Advisor Chrys L. Murphy, District Marshal Lois Kotzambasis PDG,District Treasurer Mollie Stylianides, District Secretary Carol StathopoulosPDG, District Lt. Governor Georgia Gastouniotis, Daughters Advisor Zoi Fovosand District Governor Helen Condon McGillivray.
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As we enter a new AHEPA year, we reflecton past accomplishments and plan for the future.In today’s fast-paced society, why do so many de-vote so much energy to AHEPA? Everyone mustunderstand that AHEPA is a fraternity and thatAHEPA gives its members opportunities to expresstheir love of Hellenism and its perpetuation. AHEPA,
It is with sincere pride and pleasure as yourDistrict Governor that I extend warm greetings fromthe newly-elected 2001-2002 El Camino Real District20 Lodge of the Daughters of Penelope:
District Governor Helen Condon McGillivray,Delos 103 (Santa Barbara, CA),
District Lt. Governor Georgia Gastouniotis,Delos 103 ,
District Secretary Carol Stathopoulos PDG, Delos 103,District Treasurer Mollie Stylianides, Theseus 88 (Long Beach, CA),District Marshal Lois Kotzambasis PDG, Phoebus 146 (Tucson, AZ),Advisor, Maids of Athena Chrys L. Murphy, Phoebus 146,Advisor, Daughters of Penelope Zoi Fovos PDG, Melita 119 (Holly-
wood, CA),The annual District Convention, held at Chandler, AZ at the beau-
tiful Sheraton San Marcos Resort in June, was certainly enjoyed by every-one who attended! Our appreciation and heartfelt thanks are extended toour AHEPA Family hosts – Tri-Cities AHEPA Chapter 454 and Daughtersof Penelope Aegina Chapter 340, Co-Chairs Brother Telis Evripdou andSister Georgia Souris, and their hardworking committee, and Chapter Presi-dents Brother Gus Stath and Sister Maggie Thomas – for their warm wel-come and wonderful hospitality.
We congratulate Sister Alexandria Markos of Melita Chapter 119(Hollywood) who was named District Penelope of the Year at the ChandlerConvention, receiving the second highest honor a District can bestow onone of its members.
MESSAGE FROM THE DAUGHTERSOF PENELOPE DISTRICT GOVERNOR
through our National and District Projects, offers something for everyonewho comes to the fork in the road of life. One way is the status quo; theother is the realization of the enormous personal wealth gained by doingfor others. I reached that fork six years ago when I joined DisneylandChapter 411. My desire to “pay back” started at the end of the summer of1972 when I returned from Greece after participating in the “AHEPA Sum-mer in Greece Program.” I am embarrassed to say it took 23 years. Accord-ing to my wife, Susan, and daughter, Cassandra, we have been on theAHEPA rollercoaster ever since and we are not ready to pull into the sta-tion yet. The next time past the station we will slow down so you may geton board and enjoy the ride.
The District Lodges will introduce national and district programswhich will make for an exciting year. Some of the programs include theselection of property for the first AHEPA senior housing project on theWest Coast, AHEPA National Softball Tournament (October) in Las Vegas,AHEPA National Basketball Tournament (January) in Long Beach and manyother events.
This is the first of four issues of The El Camino Real that will be
MESSAGE FROM THE AHEPADISTRICT GOVERNOR
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District Governor
Chris Mellas
5531 Pebble Beach Lane
Yorba Linda, CA 92886
714-701-9848 (home)
714-693-1758 (work)
714-693-1759 (fax)
714-813-6063 (cell)
Lt. Governor
Nick Angelos
4911 Lewis Road
Agoura Hills, CA 91301
818-706-8779 (home)
818-889-1029 (work)
818-879-1413 (fax)
Secretary
Dean Tripodes
P.O. Box 486
Sierra Madre, CA 91025
949-280-4445 (work)
707-276-7744 (fax)
Treasurer
Zachary T. Prineas
P. O. Box 9829
Newport Beach, CA 92658
562-424-0417 (work)
Marshal
George Makris
8461 E. Appomattox
Tucson, AZ 85710
520-885-5372 (home)
520-294-3796 (work)
520-294-6904 (fax)
520-409-6605 (cell)
Warden
George Georgacakis
339 E. Virginia Circle
Phoenix, AZ 85004
602-277-8931 (home)
Athletic Director
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District Advisor
Sitheris V. Chebithes
P.O. Box 8597
Newport Beach, CA 92658
949-644-0742 (pr. line)
949-644-0906 (home)
949-851-9100 (work)
Sons of Pericles Advisor
Jim Ruboyianes
6350 N. Camino De Santa Valera
Tucson, AZ 85718
520-299-2083 (home)
520-750-7500 (work)
District Governor
Helen Condon McGillivray
736 Chiquita Road
Santa Barbara, CA 93103
(phone) 805-965-6727
(fax) 805-963-3729
Lt. Governor
Georgia Gastouniotis
1037 Sandpiper Lane
Santa Barbara, CA 93110
(phone) 805-683-4919
(cell) 805-455-6725
(fax) 805-683-4919
Secretary
Carol Stathopoulos
308 Zink Avenue
Santa Barbara, CA 93111
(phone) 805-967-1025
Treasurer
Mollie Stylianides
875 N. Holly Glen Drive
Long Beach, CA 90815
(phone) 562-596-6840
Marshal
Lois Kotzambasis
1133 W. Edgewater
Tucson, AZ 85704-2412
(home) 520-888-4082
(work) 520-325-7552
(fax) 520-325-2944
Maids of Athena Advisor
Chrys L. Murphy
1421 E. Ft. Lowell Road
Tucson, AZ 85719-2310
(home) 520-795-0013
(business) 520-325-7552
(cell) 520-250-4844
(fax) 520-325-2944
Daughters of Penelope
Advisor
Zoi Fovos
819 N. Cherokee Avenue
Los Angeles, CA 90038
(phone) 323-467-1042
(fax) 323-860-0705
2001-02 District 20 Officers
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District 20 AHEPA Family in Puerto RicoThirty Ahepans and Daugh-
ters of Penelope represented the ElCamino Real District at the 2001AHEPA Supreme Convention inPuerto Rico this summer, attendingbusiness sessions, social events andsightseeing. Dr. James F. Dimitriouof the South Bay Chapter waselected Supreme Vice President ofthe Order of AHEPA and StevenTripodes of the Rose Bowl Chapterwas elected as a member of theBoard of Directors.
The 2002 AHEPA SupremeConvention will be held in Greecenext summer.
Archbishop Demetrios (center) with an assistant(at left) and Nick Perdaris PDG, (at right).
Pictured left to right are Chris Zazas PSG, Pete Kotzambasis PSG,Peter Latsis, Steven Tripodes PSG, District Lt. Governor NickAngelos and Nancy.
Mr. and Mrs. John Rougas Mr. and Mrs. Alex Rigopoulos (PSG) Leon Balaban and friend.
The District 20 AHEPA Family was well-represented at the 2001 SupremeConvention.
Pictured left to right are Dr. James Dimitriou, Su-preme Vice President; Andy Hatupis PDG; JamesSelimos PDG; and District Lt. Governor NickAngelos.
Local Ahepans and Daughters enjoying the beauty of PuertoRico.
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by Dean S. Tripodes
“The Order of AHEPA recognizes that the Internetas an information super highway is a phenomenon whichprovides new and limitless opportunities to all units ofthe Order of AHEPA and to its members. This communi-cation vehicle which is the result of a widespread inter-connection of computers has had, and will continue tohave, a profound impact on our society and, in particu-lar, on our ability to communicate with one another in-stantaneously from any location. More than any othermedium, the Internet can highlight the strengths of theOrder of AHEPA and can recognize and boast its world-wide presence, its grass-roots strength and its structureof Members, Chapters, Districts and National Headquar-ters. The goal is to encourage all units of the Order ofAHEPA to create and maintain web sites for the purposeof promoting the overall image of AHEPA and providinginformation about all aspects of AHEPA.”– From the AHEPA national web site (www.ahepa.org)
One of District Governor Chris Mellas’ first ac-tions as District Governor is to institute our first dedi-cated district web site (www.ahepa20.org). Along withcontact information — you can now get district offic-ers’ names, addresses and phone numbers online —we have a listing for all chapters in the district. If achapter has submitted information to us, we have cre-ated a chapter page for them, listing officers and localinformation.
Current and past issues of The El Camino Real,the District 20 newsletter, are online. We have also in-cluded the outstanding chapter newsletter of the GeorgePolos Chapter #505, Ta Nea, edited by D.A. George.Look for Ta Nea online in the “Chapter” section.
Do you have a golf tournament coming up? Sendus a flyer and we will put it online. Is your chapterhaving a fundraiser or special function? Let us know,and we will post it for you. This online information shar-
ing capability is brought to its highest potential withour online interactive calendar. All chapter eventsshould be shared online. Thanks to Past District Gov-ernor Si Chebithes, we now have a listing of chaptermeetings online. Are you going to a different area in thecoming weeks? Check the calendar — brothers may bemeeting in the area you are visiting. Are you planningan event? Are you unsure of the availability of that week-end? Check the online calendar.
In the future, we will have an expanded projectssection, listing the good deeds that our ScholarshipFoundation and Charitable Foundation do for others.One of our district projects is St. Anthony’s Greek Or-thodox Monastery in Florence, Arizona. In the comingweeks, you will be able to see a wonderful photo galleryin the “Projects” section.
We also plan to bring you a special members’section where we will have an online membership da-tabase (it will be password-protected). We will work withchapter presidents and secretaries to ensure that yourlocal mailing lists are current, and that new membersimmediately receive district correspondence.
Please e-mail us your comments, suggestionsor questions at [email protected].
District 20’s New Web Site: www.ahepa20.org
National AHEPA SoftballTournament in Las Vegas
October 19-21, 2001The 21st Annual National AHEPA Invitational
Slo-Pitch Softball Tournament will be held at DesertBreeze Park Softball Fields (corner of Durango andSpring Mountain), from 8 a.m. to 2 p.m. on Friday, and8 a.m. to 6 p.m. on Saturday and Sunday. Accommo-dations will be at Palace Station & Casino, 2411 WestSahara Avenue (888-476-8706).
The entry fee is $250 and entries are limited tothe first 16 teams to enter. For more information, call508-485-0736, or contact the AHEPA District 20 Gov-ernor.
The Third Annual Sons & Maids Reunion Softball Daywas held on June 16th in San Marino, CA.
www.AHEPA20.org
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by Chrys Lynn Kotzambasis-Murphy
The Maids of Athena ofEratos Chapter have had a busysummer. Alexia Korte representedthe Western Region at the MissAhepa Pageant at the Supreme Con-vention. She did very well and ev-eryone is so proud of her efforts. Shealso represented the chapter as adelegate. Alexia brought home a“Most Improved Chapter” award forthe young ladies in Tucson.
Now that the summer vaca-tions and summer camps have cometo an end, the MOA are ready to getback to business. They have a lotplanned in the next year. They areplanning a lot of joint fundraiserswith the Daughters of Penelope
Their new District Advisor is ChrysLynn Kotzambasis-Murphy. Both la-dies are looking forward to a greatyear. The Tucson AHEPA Familyhopes that they will be able to en-courage other cities to start or reac-tivate MOA chapters. It is essentialto keep the young people involvedso that we will always have a unitedAHEPA Family. The Tucson Maidsof Athena have proved that with theirundying dedication and support forone another, anything is possible.
If any AHEPA or DOP chap-ters are interested in forming or re-activating a MOA chapter, pleasecontact Chrys Lynn Kotzambasis-Murphy at [email protected], keep our youth involved!
Phoebus Chapter. The two organi-zations plan on running the Deli atthe Tucson Greek Festival in Sep-tember. They will participate in anAHEPA Family fundraiser calledTucson Meet Yourself in October.The Festival is held in downtownTucson and is open to all cultures.The Maids will help sell pastries,gyros and spanakopita. It has beena tradition to be involved in this cul-tural event for over 27 years.
With strong leadership anddedication, the young ladies havebeen able to meet all of their goalsthey have set in the past. They havea new Chapter Advisor, GeorgetteStathis. She was the Chapter Presi-dent for two years and recentlyjoined the Daughters of Penelope.
The Maids of Athena are Thriving in Tucson
Long Beach Prepares for 2002 Distict Conferenceby Tasos T. Papas, Chapter President
ing up in an AHEPA family and whatAHEPA is accomplishing today.
Our chapter’s next activity isthe Assumption Greek Festival heldon Labor Day weekend. Later in Sep-tember, we will be organizing a bowl-ing league.
On Saturday, February 9,2002, we will celebrate our chapter’s55th anniversary and our LongBeach Daughters’ 55th anniversarywith a dinner-dance in the evening.During the day, we will be hostingthe District 20 Mid-Winter Confer-ence. We hope that some of thoseattending the Conference will havethe time to spend the evening withus, to enjoy our dinner-dance, meetold friends and have a good time.
AHEPA Day celebration – Kneeling: Tasos T. Pa-pas, Chapter President. From left, Si Chebithes,District 20 Governor; Nick Karidakis, Chapter VicePresident; Tom Soupos, Chapter Secretary;Constantine Foutris, Chapter Treasurer; NickAngelos, District 20 Treasurer.
AHEPA Day Celebration – First row from left: Tom Soupos, Chapter Secretary; SiChebithes, District 20 Governor; Alex Maronos; Cris Eliopulos PDG; Nick Karidakis,Chapter Vice President; Chris Kolachis; George Stavros, San Pedro Chapter Presi-dent; John Berdanis, San Pedro Chapter Treasurer; Gus Alex PDG; Max Lofton, Chap-ter Secretary. Second row from left: Nicholas Angelos, District 20 Treasurer; AndreasSehremelis; Louis Stavros; Tasos Papas, Chapter President; Constantine Foutris,Chapter Treasurer; Nick Anagnoustou, Downey Chapter; Louis Kouremetis; JohnZambos. Third row from left: Jim Eleopoulos; Nick Monios; Demetrios Castritis ChristosTheoharatos.
Long Beach Chapter #342 began 2001 with a successful GalaDinner Dance in January, attended by our members and membersof the Long Beach Daughters of Penelope, our families and friends,Ahepans and Daughters from the surrounding area and many of theparishioners of Assumption Church.
In May, our chapter celebrated AHEPA Day with a MemorialService in memory of all the departed members, followed by a lun-cheon attended by chapter members, Long Beach Daughters,AHEPANS and Daughters from the San Pedro and Downey Chap-ters, District Governor Si Chebithes and District Treasurer NickAngelos. After church services, a traditional giouvetsi lunch with allthe trimmings was enjoyed by all. Governor Si offered a few remarksabout the Order of AHEPA and its history, his own experiences grow-
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In 1999, our 2001 Ahepan of the Year broughtin almost 200 members into the Order of AHEPA. Thisis the most new members brought into one chapter inany one year by a single member in the history of theOrder of AHEPA. Our brother accomplished this whilehe was president of his chapter. As president, he helpedhost one of the most successful Supreme Conventionsin recent history.
He was President of his chapter for two yearsand has served in most of the other chapter offices.
He is very active in all church functions and isan active volunteer for all the programs of the churchseniors. He has also been active with church youthgroups for years. He has been active in all church/AHEPA joint functions and organized the Mr. and Mrs.Club in his community.
Our Ahepan of the Year hails from San DiegoChapter 223 and is John Koutsoukos.
The 2001 Ahepan of the Year:John Koutsoukos
Scenes from the 2001 District 20 Convention
The 2001-02 District 20 Daughters of Penelope Lodge – (seated, left toright): Carol Stathopoulos PDG, District Secretary; Georgia Gastouniotis,District Lt. Governor; Helen Condon McGillivray, District Governor;Standing (left to right) are: Mollie Stylianides, District Treasurer; ChrisL. Murphy, Advisor, Maids of Athena; Lois Kotzambasis PDG, DistrictMarshal; Zoi Fovos, Advisor., Daughters of Penelope; and OlgaKouchalakos-Bush, Grand Governor Zone 3.
Lyle Hochberger PDG and Steven Tripodes PSG.
This happy group celebrating the completionof a day of filming for the motion picture “TheReturn” (due to be released in 2002) includes“extra” AHEPA District Governor Chris Mellas(third from left) and Alexandra Markos, Presi-dent of the District 20 Scholarship Foundation,(far right) who has a bit part in the movie.
Attending the convention were Gus Alex PDG (secondfrom left) and Pete Kotzambasis PSG (right).
Pictured (left to right) are District GovernorChris Mellas, District Treasurer ZacharyPrineas and John Rougas.
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DAUGHTERS OF PENELOPE DISTRICT PROJECT:
Guide Dogs of AmericaGuide Dogs of America was adopted by the body
of the Chandler District Convention as the 2001-2002District Project. An International Guiding Dogs Program,Guide Dogs of America (GDA) was founded in 1948 asa charitable nonprofit organization, and is dedicated toproviding trained guide dogs to qualified blind and vi-sually-impaired individuals.
The cost to breed, raise and train such a guidedog is approximately $25,000, and includes the trainedguide dog, a specially-designed harness, disciplined andcompassionate training of the blind person and dog atthe GDA campus, and a lifetime of follow-up care forboth the student and the dog. All services are providedfree-of-charge to the blind individual. GDA depends onthe generosity of private contributors – individuals,businesses, foundations, clubs, organizations and be-quests – to carry out its work, and is neither subsi-dized by the state nor federal governments.
The program begins with the breeding of Labra-dor, golden retriever and German Shepherd dogs at theGDA facility, located on 7.5 acres in Sylmar, CA, ap-proximately 25 miles from Los Angeles. The puppiesare placed with pre-screened, volunteer foster familiesat approximately eight to ten weeks of age, to providebasic obedience skills, socialization and lots of love! After18 months, the dog is returned to GDA for evaluation.If the dog meets the criteria they look for – such asgood health and even temperament – it continues withformal guide dog training by licensed trainers at theircampus for the next four to six months.
After training, the dogs are carefully matchedwith blind students, taking into consideration theirlifestyles and environments. The personalities of thestudent and guide dog, their size, strength, pace of walkand energy levels are also matched to ensure a harmo-nious relationship. Each new team spends the next 28days together, learning to live and work with one an-other.
At the end of the training period, an awards cer-emony is held for students, guide dogs, friends and fam-ily members. The graduates then return home with theirnew partners and a renewed sense of freedom and in-dependence.
The 2001 Winter Classic in Tucson, Arizona, wasa huge success. Ten teams participated in the basket-ball tournament and three contestants competed in theMiss AHEPA Pageant. It was a spectacular weekend withteams coming from Districts 20, 21 and 22. We hadSons and Maids from as far as New York to Washingtonto California. There were a few chapters who were re-cently reactivated and back in the SOP program. Thewinning basketball team was from Anaheim and thenew Miss AHEPA, Alexia Korte, reigns from Tucson.
2001 Scholarship Recipients• Piggy Bank Scholarship, $1,000 - Nicholas Angelos(Santa Barbara)• Peter C. Stevens Scholarship, $1,500 - Angela George(Las Vegas)• Sam Nakos AHEPA National $1,000 - Vassilios George(Las Vegas)• Piggy Bank Scholarship, $1,000 - Athanasios Haidos(Scottsdale)• Peter J. Peterson Scholarship, $1,200 - Maria ElenaKolovos (L.A.)• Piggy Bank Scholarship, $1,000 - Clifford Paul Riley(Moorpark)• Piggy Bank Scholarship, $1,000 - Andrew Ruboyianes(Tucson)• George Brotsis Scholarship, $1000 - ChrisRoumeliotsis (Upland)• John Dratos Memorial Scholarship, $1,200 - AnthonyStanitsas (Fountain Valley)• Piggy Bank Scholarship, $1,000 - Julia Theios (SanDiego)• James Panousis Scholarship, $1,000 - Leigh-AnnaMinor (Cypress)• Frank Rhodes Piggy Bank Scholarship, $1,000 - An-drew G. Pappas (Tucson)• Tom Pappas Scholarship, $1,000 - Michelle L. Pekos(La Jolla)• Sam Platis Scholarship, $1,000 - Anothy Platis (Tuc-son)• Piggy Bank Scholarship, $1,000 - John Rallis (Tuc-son)
The 2001 Winter Classic
A Newport Beach-Irvine area AHEPAChapter is currently being formed.
For more information or to be added tothe mailing list, please contact:
Jim XanthosEccoes Pizza562.498.6593
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published this Ahepa year. Steve Pastis once again hasvolunteered to be our El Camino editor, with DinoBasdakis and Nick Boyias leading the ad department.District Secretary and Webmaster Dean Tripodes haslaunched the district web site at www.ahepa20.org, in-cluding a progressive plan for conducting district busi-ness on the Internet.
AHEPA is the largest Greek-American associa-tion in America and the world. The mission of the AHEPAfamily is to promote the ideals of Hellenism, education,philanthropy, civic responsibility, family and individualexcellence. I invite all Hellenes and Philhellenes to comeand join us. We are approaching the station, are you
As we begin the 2001-2002 term, the Sisters ofEl Camino Real District 20 Lodge join me in pledgingour dedication and support to each of the Chapters –their newly-elected officers and members – for a mostproductive and enjoyable year. We look forward to work-ing closely with our Brother Ahepans, and to meetingand greeting many of our Sisters and Brothers as wetravel throughout the District.
With warm regards in Theta Pi I am,
Helen Condon McGillivrayDistrict Governor, El Camino Real District 20Daughters of Penelope
AHEPA Senior Housing(HUD Section 202)
by Nick AngelosDistrict 20 Lt. Governor
ready to jump on board?
Fraternally,
Chris MellasAHEPA District GovernorEl Camino Real District 20
My daughter, Cassandra,made this sign that greeted mewhen I returned from the Dis-trict Convention.
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MESSAGE FROM THE DAUGHTERS OFPENELOPE DISTRICT GOVERNOR...
MESSAGE FROM THE AHEPADISTRICT GOVERNOR...
We are lagging behind everyone else in the U.S.A.in building AHEPA senior housing in our district. Yes,it does take some effort, but it’s worth it. As a builderand developer myself, I understand the ramificationsinvolved, so let us move forward. The demand is herenow and this program offers us an avenue to producepublic housing for little cost. The land, engineering andconstruction costs are guaranteed (free). All we have todo is meet the requirements, i.e. transportation, shop-ping, local government conditions, put up $40,000, pur-chase or control the land, etc.
As chairman of this program, I challenge all ourchapters to assign one person to look for land (mini-mum 2-3 acres) in each of their respective areas andreport back to me. We will evaluate the land togetherand if it appears to meet the HUD guidelines, we willthen request the AHEPA Housing Foundation to reviewand proceed further in the processing.
Just think, the Foundation runs the facility,does a yearly profit split with charitable contributions,and you will have an AHEPA room for your meetingsand obtain ownership of the facility after 40 years. Allthis for virtually no money. Please call.
Warmest regards,Brother Nick AngelosPhone: (818) 889-1029 • (818) 291-0016Fax: (818) 879-1413 • (818) 550-3040e-mail: [email protected]
(continued from page 1)of the many charitable organizations assisting with disaster relief, including the American Red Cross, SalvationArmy and the Firefighter's Fund. The $100,000 fundraising campaign will be in addition to the financial contri-bution offered by AHEPA National to the American Red Cross Disaster Relief Fund.
Checks are to be made payable to: AHEPA Charitable Fund. Please earmark it by stating: "For NationalTragedy Relief Fund." Also, donations made via credit card are accepted. Please call Headquarters at 202-232-6300, for your charge card donation (VISA/Mastercard). All donations are tax-deductible.
AHEPA Family Gathers Money and Blood for Terrorism Victims...
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George Spyrs PSG, of the Hollywood Chapter, (left) withthe Greek National Women’s Water Polo Team at the Holi-day Cup Tournament on July 6th in Los Alamitos, CA.
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On April 28, 2001, atBeckham Grill and Crown Bar inPasadena, California, the Rose BowlChapter #373 celebrated its 50th an-niversary. According to ChapterPresident, Steven G. Tripodes:
“As I went through all thememorabilia and history of the RoseBowl chapter, I must say that it wasan often times moving experience tosee the pictures and events regard-ing so many wonderful people wehave known, thanks to the AHEPA.This is our second family and I amgrateful to those who have gone be-fore, who started this great organi-zation.”
On April 23, 1950, the RoseBowl Chapter #373 of the Order ofAHEPA was instituted. Twenty-onemembers petitioned the SupremeLodge of AHEPA to start the newchapter in Los Angeles County, Cali-fornia. The petition was granted onJune 15, 1950, and to mark thechapter’s creation officially, it wasgranted its charter. Supreme Presi-dent John G. Thevos and SupremeSecretary Jack T. Ritsos signed thecharter and affixed their official sealon May 28, 1951.
The 50th anniversary cel-ebration including honoring mem-bers with service pins. The follow-ing members received service pins:
60-Year Members – PeterClentzos, Peter Kousakis,Constantine (Gust) Horaites andLouis Tripodes.
50-Year Members – AchillesAchilles and Paul Nurches.
45-Year Members – SteveBicos, Thomas Patsalis, AndrewDemopulos, Steven Tripodes, Gre-gory Karaptis and Pantele Xanthos.
40-Year Members – MichaelFrentzos and George Pegadiotes.
35-Year Members – JamesBornino, Angelo Petrakos, SteveKaparos, Peter J. Tripodes, PaulMallis, Peter L. Tripodes, PeterPappas and Zachary Vorgias.
25-Year Members – EdAngulatos, James Kypreos, DanBozikis, Tony Messerotes, JohnBuzas, Nikitas Tripodes and An-thony Horaites.
The 80-page commemorativealbum was made possible by theworks of many members. Dean S.Tripodes edited the album. NikitasJ. Tripodes provided many of thephotographs in the album. AhepaSupreme Vice President James F.Dimitriou provided The Los AngelesHellene archives, a Greek-Americannewspaper that helped us recoverour 1950’s history in detail. StevePastis provided many sources for thewritten material. Gregory N.Karaptis and Angelo Petrakos as-sisted with old pictures.
Saint Anthony’s Pastoral As-sistant and 1998 Holy Cross ClassPresident, Billy Tragus, presented atremendous slide show on the mon-asteries of Mount Athos and the sitesof Thessaloniki, Greece.
Dean S. Tripodes chaired theevent along with Tony Alexakis, NickDemos, Louis Pastis and JohnBuzas, who helped in planning andpreparing for the event. Steven G.Tripodes helped in following-up withmany of the sponsors of the com-memorative album.
Rose Bowl Chapter #373 50th Anniversary Dinner
Sixty-year pins were presented to Rose Bowl Chapter members PeterKousakis, Peter Clentzos, Constantine (Gust) Horaites and Louis Tripodes.
Attending the 50th anniversary event are: Anthony Horaites PDG; ZacharyPrineas (now District Treasurer); Dr. James F. Dimitriou (now Supreme VicePresident); Steven Tripodes PSG, and Chapter Vice President Tony Alexakis.
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New officers were elected at the annual DistrictConvention recently held in Chandler, Arizona. Theyare as follows: President Alexandra Markos, Vice Presi-dent Ptolomeos Kotzambasis, Secretary Julie-FeliciaKendros and Treasurer Cris Eliopulos. The remainingmembers of the Foundation are: Constantine Alex, LoisL. Kotzambasis (D.O.P. Alternate), Dino Basdakis(AHEPA Alternate), Georgia Gastouniotis (District Lt.Governor, D.O.P.), and Nick Angelos (District Lt. Gov-ernor, AHEPA).
These members give generously of their time andeffort to work toward the awarding of scholarships toqualified and worthy students of District 20 to help fur-ther their academic endeavors.
This year, we were able to award over $16,000to 15 qualified students: Angela George, Maria ElenaKolovos, Anthony Stanitsas, Vassilios George, AndrewPappas, Leigh-Anna Minor, Chris Roumeliotis, AnthonyPlatis, Michelle Pekos, Julia Theios, Nicholas Angelos,Andrew Ruboyianes, John Rallis, Clifford Paul Riley andAthanasios Haidos. CONGRATULATIONS!
All chapters are urged to continue their PiggyBank contributions. These funds help to enhance thescholarship awards. Many chapters are already con-tributing to the Piggy Bank Fund by collecting a fewpennies over the chapter dues amount and sending thismoney to our Treasurer, Cris Eliopulos, 5310 EmeraldStreet, Torrance, CA 90503.
This year, we are happy to announce that Will-iam Kokenes, USMC Ret., has donated $10,000 to es-tablish a perpetual scholarship in his name. Anyonecan establish a perpetual scholarship with a minimumdonation of $10,000. This will yield an annual scholar-
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ship of $600-$700 annually. Higher contributions wouldyield a larger scholarship amount. Please remember theScholarship Foundation when estate planning. The ElCamino Real AHEPA Scholarship Foundation is a 501c(3) tax exempt corporation.
“E” CLUBThe “E” Club, established in 1994, is yet an-
other source of funds for the Foundation that are placedin interest earning bonds and used to enhance thescholarship awards. For a nominal annual dues of $50,an individual can belong to the “E” Club. Couples canbelong for $75.
The Lifetime “E” now boasts 15 members withthe addition this year of Lillian Dovalis. Chapters aswell as members can become members of the Lifetime“E” Club with the donation of $1,000. We proudly pub-lish the names of those members and chapters alreadybelonging to the Lifetime “E” Club: *Paula J. Alexander,Edgar Brault, Nicholas Dovalis, Lillian Dovalis, AlexHaidos, Ptolemeos Kotzambasis, Lois L. Kotzambasis,*Guy Rodgers, *Gus Sotiriou, Margo Sotiriou, TommySotiriou, Nick G. Wallace, Isabel Wallace, DisneylandChapter #411 - Order of AHEPA, Hesperia Chapter #152- Order of AHEPA. (*deceased)
The Foundation is hopeful that more membersof the AHEPA Family will take up the torch and offertheir time to help make more dreams come true forthese young future leaders of tomorrow.
Meetings of the Scholarship Foundation are heldfive times a year. For more information about the Foun-dation, please contact any member of the Board or con-tact the President at (818) 703-5040.