Hungarian American Coalition News, 2000 (9. évfolyam, 1-3. szám)
2000 / 3. szám
by Regnum Principal, Csaba Borsai, to recommend Hungarian host communities along Lake Erie where bike tour participants could be hosted for the night, and entertained during the day. Enthusiastic hosts included Dr. Peter Forgach in Buffalo, N.Y., and Col. John Weeks and Father Ed at St. Peter's Catholic Church in Huron, Ohio. Members of the Geauga Magyar Cultural Society hosted the group as they passed through Painesville, Ohio, during their 1,000 mile bicycle tour around the Lake Erie. The tour was in commemoration of the Hungarian Millennium. The boys and their chaperones were greeted with a bag full with goodies, and the Geauga group, together with St. Stephen's Club and the Hungarian Reformed Church provided them delicious palacsinta and pizza. Geauga and St. Stephen's Club also made a donation of $ 100 each to the Regnum School. The boys presented their art work and photographs at a well-attended reception given by the Cleveland Hungarian Heritage Society at the Hungarian Heritage Museum. Ohio Senator, George Voinovich, welcomed the cyclists to Ohio with a proclamation and stayed to hear the recitation of poems and songs by the Regnum students. To assist with the considerable expenses of the trip, the Magyar Club of Cleveland made a generous donation to cover the cost of tickets and meals for the group at Cedar Point Amusement Park. The Coalition underwrote the group's tickets for the ferry trip to Leamington, Canada. Eventful Summer for the Minnesota Hungarians The Minnesota Hungarians (M-H) were busy during the summer. László and Agnes Fulop of the M-H helped Hungarian distributors of a Minnesota based hearing aid manufacturing and distributing company who had been invited to a weeklong conference by their firm. The Fulops translated for the group and took them on a day-long excursion to visit remarkable features of the Twin Cities. Deki Lakatos Sándor Jr. led Gypsy Orchestra gave a concert of traditional Hungarian instrumental, song and classical music in the International Institute of St. Paul. The evening was a huge success, as the audience enthusiastically celebrated the artists, with several standing ovations. The Annual Picnic at Golden Lake of Circle Pine, MN was attended by about 70 people this summer. Tennis, horseshoe tossing, delicious "szekelygulyas", good conversation and light games made the gathering unforgettable. In mid-August, József Jankovics, literary critic and historian from Hungary, gave an interesting presentation about the late years of the famous romantic novelist, Mór Jókai and of his second wife Bella Nagy to a group of friends in mid-August, in Minneapolis. Hungarian Club of Colorado celebrates St. Stephen's Day and Donates Computers The Hungarian Club of Colorado celebrated St. Stephen's Day on top of Genesee Mountain with an outdoor Hungarian Mass followed by a picnic. The event was attended by about 150 people, including many first time young participants. The Club's members are now assembling the 5th shipment of computers to Hungary and surrounding 7 • Hungarian American Coalition • October 2000
