Welcome to Sonny Acres
Sztuka~Art

Fall Festival at Sonny Acres Farm

Welcome to Sonny AcresDuring the month  of October the celebration of harvest time spreads over a large area of Sonny Acres. Decorated with mountainous piles of pumpkins, visitors to the farm will discover a farm market, spook house, costume shoppe and all sorts of Halloween displays and attractions scattered about.

A visit to the harvest barn will find a wide assortment of gourds, squashes, Indian corn and other farm stand items unique to the fall season. Apple lovers will be delighted to find crispy Wisconsin and Michigan apples in their favorite varieties. Upstairs in the barn loft visitors will discover a dazzling display of Halloween, harvest time, and Thanksgiving decorations.

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Halloween
Ciekawostki

Ghoulishly Good Halloween Recipe Sure to Lure Even the Most Discriminating Devils!

Finalist from Nordic Ware’s, “Bundts Across America” Contest creates delicious Halloween treat!

HalloweenMINNEAPOLIS (October 21, 2008) — For months, bakers across America have donned aprons and oven mitts in hopes of creating the perfect holiday-themed Bundt cake. Rebecca Reece from Henderson, NV learned the flour-covered countertop and pile of dishes in her sink were well worth it! Nordic Ware – maker of the iconic Bundt pan –named Reece one of 10 national finalists in the “Bundts Across America” contest. Reece’s recipe titled “Goblin’s Goober Cake” was judged superior in the areas originality, taste, texture, visual appearance, use of ingredients and an essay describing how the entry represents in its own special way, one of America’s popular holidays, Halloween.

As a finalist, Reece was treated to a fun-filled expense paid trip to San Francisco in October, which included participating for the Grand Prize at the baking competition being held at the famous San Francisco Baking Institute (SFBI) on October 5th.  SFBI has trained hundreds of professional and aspiring bakers from all over the world and is recognized within the baking industry as a place where artisan baking is respected, appreciated and celebrated. The 10 finalists will also receive a $500 Nordic Ware gift certificate. The grand prize winner of the “2008 Bundts Across America” contest will receive: $10,000 in cash! The grand prize winner will be announced on November 15, „National Bundt Day”!

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White House
Stany Zjednoczone - USA

PAC – White House Conference Call

White HousePolish American Congress (PAC), Washington DC, October 21, 2008 – In response to a letter from Frank J. Spula, president of the Polish American Congress, to President George W. Bush in regards to the Visa Waiver Program (VWP), Spula received today an invitation from the White House to a conference call to discuss the issues presented in the communiqué (full text available at: http://www.polamcon.org/presoffice/let-Bush-081017.pdf).

The conference call took place this afternoon between Spula; Adam Sterling, director for Central and European Affairs, National Security Council, and Brian McCormack, special assistant to the President and Deputy Director of Public Liaison at the White House.

The White House representatives assured the Polish American Congress that, „President Bush is a supporter of Poland, as well as of Poland as a part of the Visa Waiver Program; the President was disappointed that this not happen.” They blamed the failure to include Poland in the bill signed by Mr. Bush on the actions of the U.S. Congress.

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Hamilton
Historia Polski~Polish History

In the Shadow of Steel Mills

By Chuck Konkel

HamiltonI grew up in Hamilton Ontario in the mid 1950s, in the very shadows of steel mills that were still vital and a football team that still won games, the only son of a refugee family who didn’t own a car, nor a television, nor a cottage and whose idea of a vacation was a yearly trek to the Canadian National Exhibition in far distant Toronto and a day’s outing to the great and bustling metropolis of Buffalo.

The neighborhood was diverse and vibrant, ringing with the voices of immigrant families from the wasteland that was postwar Europe, Poles, Ukrainians, Italians, a rag tag bundle of hopes and dreams and frustrations who knew their place in the scheme of things, though they might bridle at it, for it was the Irish who were the Lords of the Manor having arrived a generation before. And Canadians who thought of themselves first and foremost of British stock and only with much prodding admitted that they too were once immigrants with the same insecurities finding themselves at the bottom of the social ladder in a stranger and daunting land.

My father worked the mills and cleaned the open hearth and toiled and sweated in the honest labour it took to put food on our table. My Dutch mother learned to make (kapusta)- cabbage in a barrel and (polskie ogórki)-Polish pickled cucumbers and  (pączki) (Polish doughnuts). And every night, without fail, we ate hearty helpings of potatoes and red beets and (kaszanka) -black barley sausage and Polish pierogi. Eevery Sunday we dressed up in our best for church, a long, langourous service held in a language that I could never master (Latin).

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Izrael
Polityka~Politics

Gra o Izrael od Napoleona do Hitlera i Stalina

Iwo Cyprian Pogonowski

IzraelW 1807 roku Napoleon zwołał w paryskim Hotel de Wille „Wielki” Sanhedryn, starożytną władzę żydowską. Stało się to po raz pierwszy od czasów starożytności. Debaty trwały od 9go do 13go marca i orzeczono, że wyznawcy judaizmu mogą przestrzegać praw republiki bez sprzeniewierzania się Torze. Wówczas, po raz pierwszy we Francji, Żydzi otrzymali prawa obywateli Francji, po wiekach przykrych konsekwencji spowodowanych pojawieniem się przekładu łacińskiego Talmudu, prawie tysiąc lat wcześniej.

Natomiast w Polsce, już w 1764 roku, Żydzi odrzucili ofertę Sejmu Konwokacyjnego, który oferował im emancypację, w czasie jednoczesnej likwidacji autonomicznego sejmu żydowskiego w Lublinie, wówczas jedynej władzy ustawodawczej Żydów na całym świecie. Gminy żydowskie w Polsce, tak zwane „Kahały,” odtąd rządziły się na prawach Talmudu jak małe republiki.

Pierwsza formalna konstytucja dużego państwa w Europie została zatwierdzona w Polsce 3go maja, 1791 roku. Włączyła ona w prawa obywatelskie blisko milionowej „nacji szlacheckiej” mieszczan oraz w słabszej formie chłopów. Żydzi polscy odmówili przyjęcia nowych swobód i nadal woleli rządzić się prawami Talmudu. Natomiast rewolucyjne zmiany w sytuacji Żydów miały miejsce na Zachodzie.

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Brak grafiki
Komunikaty~Announcements

Life Members to be Honored at Polish Museum

Chicago, IL – The Polish Museum of America will sponsor its “Benefit Event 2008” on Friday, November 7 to recognize and honor thirty-two New Millennium Life Members of the Polish Museum and nine Legacy Life Members. Each of these most generous donors have contributed $2,500 to become a Life Member of the Polish Museum because they understand the importance of preserving, restoring and maintaining the unique treasures of this worthwhile institution, some of which are found no where else in the world.

This black-tie event, held in the Great Hall of the Polish Museum of America, 984 N. Milwaukee Ave., Chicago, Illinois, will include a champagne cocktail hour between 6:30 p.m. and 7:30 p.m. during which guests will view many Literary and Documentary Treasures that are not on display to the public. A delicious dinner, catered by Professional Chef, Tomasz Rybinski will be served at 7:30 p.m. and the program will begin at 9 p.m.

The elegant Benefit Event is also one of the major fundraisers for the museum.  Unlike the annual Summer Ball, it’s held every other year to honor new Life Members, who can be individuals, couples, organizations, institutions or corporations.  The donation can be made “in memory of” or “in honor of” a special person.  At the dinner, the honored new Life Members will receive a medallion, a plaque and a lapel pin.  Their names are also placed on the New Millennium Life Member Donor Plaque located in the foyer of the Great Hall of the Polish Museum.

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Pumpkin
Komunikaty~Announcements

Halloween is the Perfect Time to Check the Safety of Your Property for Ghouls and Goblins

Pumpkin(Chicago) Driveways, corridors, condominium party rooms and lawns are not as frightening as Frankenstein or Freddy Kruger. However, they all are potential liabilities against homeowners and condo associations that could have frightening results. According to premises liability expert, attorney Jeffrey Kroll (www.kroll-lawfirm.com), Halloween is the perfect time to appraise potential dangers for visitors to your property. “Parents protect their children on Halloween with fire-retardant costumes and equipping them with flashlights to be more visible,” said Kroll. “However, homeowners also have a responsibility to make sure their residences are safe for all the strangers that come knocking for treats.”

According to Kroll, here is what homeowners need to watch for:

Lighting for Entrance Ways: Hold the Candles

People walking up to your home might have to climb steps or walk down a long pavement before they get to your door. Be sure that the entire path is clear and lighted. Also, avoid using those candle luminaries in bags, they are a fire hazard and could brush up against a child’s costume.

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Maria Knapik
Komunikaty~Announcements

Ars Nova presents “From Italy with Love”

Italian concert pianists Daniele Petralia and Gianfranco Pappalardo Fiumara and Soprano Alexandra Oikonomou, join  Ottawa Favourites,  Fraser Rubens, Tenor and Maria Knapik, Soprano for an evening of spectacular opera arias by among others, Bellini, Puccini and Mascagni, on Tuesday October 28, at 7:30 p.m. at the National Archives Auditorium, Ottawa.

The National Archives Auditorium will be the setting for an evening of spectacular  opera arias  and virtuoso piano works with Italian concert pianists Daniele Petralia and Gianfranco Pappalardo Fiumara,  Alexandra Oikonomou Soprano. They will be joined by  Ottawa’s favourite  tenor Fraser Rubens, and a special guest appearance by soprano Maria Knapik, for an evening of works by the great Italian Masters of Opera.

Concert pianists Daniele Petralia and Gianfranco Pappalardo Fiumara maintain very active schedules with solo appearances with orchestras worldwide including  those of Milan, Paris New York and Nagoya. Soprano Alexandra Oikonomou is much in demand as a soloist for orchestral and chamber work throughout Europe and has been a First Prize winner of several international competitions including the Brahms Competition in Barcellona.

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Z zainteresowaniem oglądano i nabywano książkę "13 lat 13 minut" oraz książki z serii AK
Historia Polski~Polish History

Inauguracja cyklu” Polskie Wieczory Filmowe” w PSK im. J. Bema

W Polskim Stowarzyszeniu Kulturalnym im. J. Bema na Węgrzech 18 października 2008 roku, Polonia i węgierscy sympatycy przybyli na projekcję filmu dokumentalnego pod tytułem „13lat 13minut”.

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Inicjatorami projekcji filmu i spotkania z autorem scenariusza była Redakcja Głosu Polonii i PSK im. J. Bema. Uczestników spotkania przywitał wiceprezes PSK Eugeniusz Korek przekazując mikrofon prowadzącej wieczór naczelnej redaktorce kwartalnika Stowarzyszenia „Głosu Polonii” Pani Bożenie Bogdańskiej-Szadai. Pani redaktor zapowiedziała rozpoczęcie cyklu spotkań filmowych w Stowarzyszeniu pt. ”Polskie Wieczory Filmowe”.

Projekcja pierwszego filmu nabrała aktualności  ponieważ nawiązuje do  historii Romka Strzałkowskiego i Pétera Mansfelda najmłodszych ofiarach powstań w Poznaniu i Budapeszcie w 1956 roku.  Obchody 52 rocznicy tych wydarzeń przypadają na 23 października 2008. Autorami filmu są Grzegorz  Łubczyk były Ambasador RP na Węgrzech, dziennikarz-reporter oraz Marek Maldis historyk, dziennikarz telewizyjny, nauczyciel akademicki.

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Blackhawks
Sport

Impact Networking Scores with Blackhawks

BlackhawksThe Chicago Blackhawks and Impact Networking have entered into a new, multi-year corporate sponsorship that gives Impact Networking a significant presence during all Blackhawks home games at the United Center, including dasherboards, LED displays and sponsorship of the NHL Impact Plays of the Week.  Impact will also be hosting four Technology Showcases at the United Center for customers before select games this season.

“We are very excited to announce this new partnership and look forward to working with one of the fastest growing companies in Chicago.  Their cutting edge business solutions technology is a perfect fit for our corporate fan base,” said Jay Blunk, Senior Vice President of Business Operations for the Chicago Blackhawks.

“We are thrilled to partner with an Original Six team with such rich history and tradition. The speed of the Blackhawks’ resurgence in the marketplace parallels with our growth, so we saw it as a natural fit,” said Frank Cucco, President of Impact Networking.

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