The Ethnic Hoosier��..��.. December 2002

Published by the Nationalities Council of Indiana

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NCI Update��

�� We did it, again! This year�s International Festival was the best ever! This year�s edition had more food booths and displays from more cultures than before. Attendance was terrific, and the media coverage extensive. Special thanks to Mayor Bart Peterson for opening the festival, and to Judge Larry McKinney for conducting the Naturalization Ceremony. Now we all have some time to rest, relax � and plan for next November!

�� For NCI members, one of the highlights of each festival is the judging. Taking home top honors in both ethnic food and cultural booth categories was the Taiwanese-American Association of Indianapolis. First prize for food went to Taste of Congo. Other cultural booth categories and winners are: Theme � Czech-Slovak Society (runner-up), Barangay� Club(1^st); educational value � Society for the Preservation of Persian Culture (runner-up), Latvian Community Center (1^st); creativity � Slovenian Cultural Society (runner-up), Japan-America Society of Indiana (1^st), and quality � Indianapolis Minyo Dancers (runner-up) and Sons of Norway Circle City Lodge #5-614 (1^st).

Susan

�� [Susan McKee, NCI President � and individual member of NCI]

Did you know�.

Some folks on Indy�s near Westside are complaining about business signs in Spanish? But, reports the new on-line weekly, Indianapolis Eye, �the Indianapolis fire chief has an interesting perspective. Louis Dezelan grew up in Haughville, when the signs were in the languages were Eastern European. The chief notes Haughville has always been an immigrant neighborhood, and that's been its strength.

Stephanie Donovan, a third-grade teacher at Brooklyn (Ind.) Elementary School, spent three weeks in Japan in October on a Fulbright Memorial Fund Teacher Program?

Four high school students from Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil, will live with host families and attend school in Indiana during their summer vacation in January and February? The annual exchange, arranged by Indiana Partners of the Americas, is part of� a Brazilian Youth Ambassador Program. Indiana students head to our sister state in Brazil to attend school during our summer vacation in June and July.

The JCC Resettlement Program in Indianapolis has sponsored about 1,000 immigrant families from the former Soviet Union since the late 1970s?

�� The Indianapolis Art League conducts one of its beginning/intermediate ceramics course in Spanish? Many of its instructors have studied abroad, including Bella Heilbrunn (Padagogische Akademie, Salzburg, Austria); Soyong Kang Partington (Sook Myung University, Seoul, South Korea); Farideh Peacock (Tehran, Iran, and London, England); Erika Woods ( Modeschule Hetzendorf, Vienna, Austria), and Debbie Van Wyck (Algoma University, Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario, Canada).

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In Memoriam�

D. Robert (�Bob�) Webster, 57, founder and president of the World Trade Center of Indianapolis, past president of the International Center of Indianapolis and member of the World Trade Club and Indiana Council on World Affairs, died 14 November 2002. An attorney, he was managing partner of Bamberger & Feibleman.

�� James C. Talley of Tipton, 75, died on 4 April 2002. He was a member of Palatines to America, Indiana German Heritage Society, Athen�um Turners, Athen�um Foundation, and Indianapolis-Cologne Sister City Partnership Committee.

December�s International Calendar for Indy�

(for more details about these and many other events see the complete calendar at http://www.nationalitiescouncil.org)

1: Children's Christmas Party, Indianapolis Liederkranz.

2: Advent Celebration, Indianapolis-Cologne Sister City Partnership Committee. 4:30 p.m., Lutherwood, 1525 North Ritter Ave., Indianapolis.

3: Meeting, Trade & Tourism Subcommittee of Indianapolis-Cologne Sister City Partnership Committee. 11:30 a.m. Rathskeller, Athenaeum, Indpls.

4: A presentation on Turkey by John Sitilides. Dinner meeting of Indianapolis Committee on Foreign Relations. 5:45 p.m. Woodstock Club. 3, 4: "Latin-Oh!" by Latino Advocates in Community Affairs, Indpls.�

6-8: German Christkindl Market, Athen�um, 401 East Michigan, Indpls.

7: "War and Rumors of War", St. Alban's Episcopal Church, Indianapolis.

7: Annual meeting, Marion County Historical Society, Sacred Heart Roman Catholic Church (German national parish), Indianapolis.

7: Christmas auction, German-American Klub, 8602 South Meridian Street.

7: Annual Christmas concert, Indianapolis Liederkranz.

7-8: Holiday Market. Eiteljorg Museum of American Indians, Western Art.

8: German St. Nikolaus Fest. Athen�um, 401 E. Michigan Street, Indpls.

9: Meeting of board members, Nationalities Council of Indiana, 7 p.m.

11: "St. Nikolaus and Friends! German Christmas Figures and Folklore," by James D. Gould. Indiana German Heritage Society; open to all, free. 12: Holiday party sponsored by Asian American Alliance. 6-10 p.m.

14: Annual Julefesten. Sons of Norway Circle City Lodge #5-614.

15: Annual German-language Christmas service, 3 p.m. Zion Evangelical United Church of Christ, 416 East North Street, Indianapolis.

15: Las Posadas procession/celebration, 5-8 p.m., downtown Indy.

15: Christmas party, German-American Klub, 8602 South Meridian Street.

19: An "Olde English" dinner and concert. Indiana Historical Society.

21: Christmas party, Indiana Association of Chinese Americans.

31: New Year's Eve Gala featuring Jay Fox and the Bavarian Showtime. German-American Klub, German Park, 8602 South Meridian Street, Indpls. 31: New Year's Eve party, Indianapolis Liederkranz.

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