William Penn Life, 2018 (53. évfolyam, 1-12. szám)
2018-09-01 / 9. szám
For Starters ATTENTION WPA BRANCHES Time is running out to report your Join Hands Day projects We remind all our branches that reporting forms for your Join Hands Day projects are due at the Home Office by Friday, Sept. 28. It is important to meet this deadline should you wish to receive reimbursement for your project. When submitting your forms, please include any receipts related to your project expenses, as well as photographs and additional information which we can publish in an upcoming issue of William Penn Life. We thank all those who participated in Join Hands Day, spreading the fraternal spirit and serving your community. 2 0 September 2018° WILLIAM PENN LIFE WPA member selected queen of Lorain festival by Katie Nix, The Chronicle-Telegram LORAIN, OH — Emily Hetrick did not ever think she was going to be the Lorain International Festival Queen. And yet, one night earlier this summer at Lorain High School, Emily (pictured below) was the one wearing the crown following the 52nd annual pageant celebrating young women from across Lorain County as they shared their heritage and culture. "It feels like it's not even real," she said. "There were so many amazing people that competed this year that I can't believe my name was called. I seriously can't believe it. People don't know what all we put into this, but having been around the International Festival every year? This is amazing." However, the three other girls who will be sitting on court with Hetrick, who was representing her Hungarian nationality, said they absolutely thought the incoming freshman at Cleveland State University would be the star by the end of the night. "I absolutely knew Emily was going to win," said third runner-up Ivelysse Gracia, a 17-year-old rising senior at Elyria Cathodic High School. The 23 princesses who competed in the pageant have spent the last several months volunteering throughout the county, and the four princesses who end up on court will travel to festivals across the state in the next year. Emily, a first-time recipient of a WPFA Scholarship Foundation grant this year, is a member of WPA Branch 14 Cleveland, as is her mother, Janet, and her brother, Bradley. Her grandparents, the late Mary and Steve Krakomperger, were also WPA members. "Emily has also been a proud member of the Lorain Hungarian Folk Dancers since she was three years old," she said. Her grandparents were born in Hungary and instilled in their granddaughter a deep love for her heritage. She has traveled to Hungary twice, visiting more than 130 relatives still living there. She even stayed in the small home in which her grandfather was born, a home still owned by the family. The Lorain International Festival is a three-day event celebrating ethnicities from around the world. "The Hungarian community here in Lorain is one of the biggest participants in the Festival and one of the main attractions," Janet said.Q
