SLOVENIANS IN CLEVELAND

Sunita Willimas (NASA) Meeting Council General Zvone Zigon

Iz Clevelanda se nam je oglasil Phill Hrvatin, ki je eden izmed zelo aktivnih fotografov in lobijev v Clevelandu. Phill je nas clan ze od samega zacetka in si veliko prizadeva biti v kontaktu s Slovenci, saj njegove korenine prihajajo iz Slovenije. Na zalost ne govori slovensko, saj je Slovenec druge generacije. Ne davno sta s Timom Percicem organizirala in pricela, kot nase drustvo, z rednimi novicami Slovencev po svetu. Vec informacij ali kako priti na njuno mailing listo pa si poglejte pod: http://www.clevelandslovenian.com/index.html

BETTY FRANCA FROM CALIFORNIA

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Betty Franca had an opportunity at a Chamber event to chat with former President of Mexico, Vicente Fox

Koprčanka Betty Franca je končala srednjo turistično šolo v Izoli, in se nato zaposlila v turistični agenciji v Portorožu. Od nekdaj je rada potovala in se učila tujih jezikov. Leta 1995 se je odločila odpotovati v Kalifornijo, točneje v San Francisco, kjer je prvih nekaj let delala kot turistična vodička za slovensko-, italijansko- in angleško ..............

Pred parimi tedni smo imeli na obisku dve Slovenki iz turisticne agencije Soncek v Sloveniji. Polona Medvescek je vodja poslovalnice Soncek v Celju in Irena Gajser je vodja poslovalnice v Mariboru. Skupaj sta prisli na krizarjenje po Karibskih otokih, ki je bilo darilo njihove vodje za njuno delo. Skupaj smo se srecali prvi vecer in zadnji pred odhodom nazaj v Slovenijo. Veliko smo se pogovarjali in sklepali kontakte za prihodnejse sodelovanje.

On Friday morning we received a call from Ziga & Pavle from Slovenia. They told us they were somewhere around Sarasota and that they were on their way to Miami to enjoy the last few days they had left in Florida. They came to Florida on business. We got together on Halloween night. Unfortunately, we did not have enough time to get into costumes, but everyone else did at the Halloween party organized by our member Maja Lesnik.

Bil je petek dopoldan, ko smo prejeli klic Zige in Pavla iz Slovenije. Sporocila sta, da se nahajata v okolici Sarasote in, da prihajata preziveti se zadnje dneve v okolico Miamija. Obadva sta se mudila na Floridi poslovno. Skupaj smo se srecali na noc carovnic. Na zalost nismo imeli casa, da bi se namaskarali, so pa bili v kostumih vsi ostali na srecanju, ki ga je organizirala nasa clanica Maja Lesnik.

VINSKA KRALJICA 2007

Med obiskom v Sloveniji smo se srecali na kmetijsko – zivilskem sejmu v Gornji Radgoni z vinsko  kraljico Slovenije 2007.

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During our trip to Slovenia we met the 2007 Slovenian Winery Queen. Maja Boncina is a 19 year old pharmacy student who comes from the Kras region. Together with other winery friends, she is promoting Slovenian wines and beauty of our country. She went to England and Bosnia promoting her friendly home country.  She also invited us to see how the very popular wines such as Teran, Refolsk, and others, were produced.  We eat typical Slovenian food and had a great time.

WE VISITED

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Slovenians in Trst

 The folk group Nabrezina comes from the border village of Nabrezina near Trieste. The group has been trying to come and visit Florida for the second consecutive year. Last year we were, unfortunately, not able to coordinate their visit. However, we are making plans to meet next May, when the students from the High School for Tourism are coming here. Our last get together with the group was a great success and they accepted us with open arms. All the credit for the get together goes to Mr. Robert Briscak and his friends. You can learn more about his group at http://www.godbanabrezina.it.

SLOVENIAN AND OUR ORGANIZATION have member in state depratment

 V zacetka Junija 2007   Miamiju smo na mednarodnem letaliscu  (U.S. Customs and Border Protection) imeli mednarodni dan.  Veliko ljudi je prislo. Vsak se je po svoje predstavil. Sam sem poskrbel za potico in (nevam kako se imanuje) kislo zelje/krompir/cebula/klobase ipd.  Okoli 95% mojih sodelavcev je bilo iz Caribov in predelov Juzne Amerike. Jaz sem bil edini ki prihajam iz Evrope.

Frank Pavsic

Miso in Renata Medjic sta prisla tocno pred letom dni na porocno potovanje na soncno Florido. Pomagala sta nama ob srecanju, ki smo ga imeli "Kulinarika Slovenije" v Miamiju. V zakonu imata 3 otroke in sta mocna podpornika nasega drustva. Tudi z njima smo se srecali v Sloveniji.

A year ago, Miso and Renata came to Florida for first time. They enjoyed it very much. That was their honeymoon!  They have 3 children and they are good supporters of our organization. On our recent trip we stopped by at Lasko to visit them.

Every summer, Tina Germovsek comes from Slovenia with her daughter Tara to visit her brother Gregor in Florida. Tina works for the real estate firm SPL in Ljubljana. Her daughter Tara is in 5th grade. “If I had the opportunity, I would move to Miami” said Tina. Her brother has been living in the United States for over 10 years and works in the restaurant business. Tina and Tara love the sun and sandy beaches. We got together every evening and had a good time. It was not easy to say goodbye as these were unforgettable vacations.

Jean Pierre Vonarb first from left

A couple weeks ago we had a visit from Jean Pierre Vonarb, from the Sloveninan Embassy in Washington, D.C. He came for a one week vacation with his friends from Slovenia. They visited several beautiful sites in sunny Florida. Together we celebrated Mateja's Petje birthday. During the visit, he was hosted by Sandra Zupan (secreatary of our organization).

Slovenci v Lemontu ali Chicagu vas prosimo za pomoc pri iskanju.....

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Finally I found your e-mail address and I hope you can help me get in touch with my relatives in Chicago.  My name is Urska Urbanc and I am coming from Kranj in Slovenija.   I am looking for my relatives in Cogoj.  My grandfather Rudolf Skapina from Kosane, has a sister who   moved to the USA in the beginning of the last century.  I think her daughter Janet Cigoj is still alive and I would like to get in touch with her.  Anyone who knows Janet Cigoj, please inform Ursa at: uursa1@gmail.com

OBISKALI SO NAS

Na obisku smo imeli te dni iz Slovenije Primoza Vodenika, ki prihaja iz okolice Litije. Enkrat letno si zazeli potovanja v tujino in tako je letos prisel v Ameriko. Primoz je v Ameriki prvic. Poleg Floride je obiskal tudi svoje sorodnike v Clevelandu. Primoz je zaposlen v bancnem sektorju in dela kot inzenir elektronike v Bankartu. Zahvaljujemo se mu za obisk in pomoc pri organizaciji tradicionalnega piknika s student iz UP Turistica - Visoke sole za turizem iz Portoroza.  

From Litija we had Primoz Vodenik.  He loves to travel and every year he goes somewhere.  This year he spent one week of his vacation with us.  Then he flew to Cleveland to meet his relatives for the first time.  We would like to thank him for helping us with the last meeting we had with the students from Slovenija.

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INTRODUCTION OF SLOVENIJA AT THE LINGUISTIC School of Miami

Poglejte si slike iz predstavitve Slovenije na EF jezikovni soli v Miamiju. Predstavitev sta pripravila predsednica Studentske organizacije Slovenije Sasa Albreht in Sebastijan Cvetrznik iz UP TURISTICA - Visoka sola za turizem  v Portorozu, ki sta na studiju na Floridi.

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You can check out the pictures of the last introduction of Slovenia at the Linguistic School in Miami.  Acknowledgement goes to Sasa Albreht and Sebastijan Cveterznik who are from the University of Truism in Portoroz.  They are presently studying in Florida.

RIBANCANA

Nas rojak Toni Cerer, ki nas je nedavno obiskal v drustvu, nam je poslal naslednjih par slik ob otrovritvi prenovljenega doma Slovenska Pristava v Clevelandu. Na sliki sta brat in njegov sin.......... prava Ribencana.

Our compatriot Toni Cerer, who has recently visited us, has sent   pictures from the newly renovated hall Slovenska Pristava in Cleveland.  His brother and his son “RIBENCANA” are on the picture.

THANKS

V ta namen bi se radi zahvalili Renati Gutnik, studentki UP TURISTICE- Visoke sole za turizem, Portoroz, ki nas je  pod vodstvom doc.dr. Roka Ovsenika skupaj z ostalimi študenti se posebej razveselila v casu obiska v Miamiju.  Renata  je studentka turizma,sirnih obzorij in odprtih misli, rada potuje ter spoznava tuje kulture in ljudi.  Je  tudi ljubiteljica dobre glasbe, se posebej  dobre slovenske glasbe. Ob obisku je za Društvo Slovenska Palma pripravila posebno presenecenje.    Vse nas je presenetila z velikim stevilom CD-jem ki nam jih je priskrbela iz zalozbe MENART in prijatelji skupine ZMELKOW.  Iz srca se vsem zahvaljujemo . Obljubimo ,da  vas ob obisku v Sloveniji obiscemo in vam v zameno podarimo skromno darilo iz Floride.

Renata is on the right

We would like to thank Renata Gutnik, a student in college from Turizem TURISTICA in Portoroz.   On her last visit here from the college  in Slovenia she gave us a surprise.  She brought us CDs with Slovenian music and several small presents.   We would like to give a special thanks to MENART RECORDS and the popular group ZMELKOW with nice tunes.  Soon we will go to Slovenia and give them Slovenska Palma T-shirts.