January/February 2010

Fogolar Furlan Club of Windsor
January / February 2010
Fogolâr News
FOR MEMBERS AND FRIENDS
PER I SOCI E AMICI
> Fogolars 2010 Information
PRESIDENT’S MESSAGE
Hello Everyone,
We have reached the end
of 2009, which marks eight
years on my leadership of
this Club. I hope that
everyone had a great
holiday season.
New board and mandate;
elections were held at the
November general meeting
and nine positions have
changed for the Fogolar. I
congratulate the new
directors and say thank you
to them for taking interest
in the Fogolar. With new
Dear Members,
I would like to take a
moment to introduce
myself. I was born in 1951
in Roveredo commune
di
Varmo,
province
di Udine. My father
immigrated here direct to
Windsor in 1953 and my
mother, my grandfather
and I followed in 1957.
We boarded the transAtlantic ocean liner called
the "Julio Cesare" and
landed in New York. After
being processed, we
boarded the railway train
and crossed into Canada
at Fort Erie.
I enrolled in school that
year and years later ended
up at the University of
Windsor,
but
only
completed 1.5 years of
study. Instead, I started to
work in the financial field of
lending and collecting
money for Beneficial
Finance Company, Traders
Guaranty Trust Company
managers and a new board
comes new ideas. In
addition, I would like to
thank the past board of
directors for their support
throughout the past years.
The financial results will be
presented at the January
2010 assembly.
Even though this past year
was tough due to the
existing market conditions,
compared to this time last
year with have done much
better.
INSIDE THIS ISSUE
the Club for I will always be
around. I would like to
thank all the volunteers and
everyone who has assisted
me in the last eight years to
accomplish what we did.
To all of our existing
members, we have elected
the new board of directors,
so I trust that everyone will
come out to support them.
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> 2009 in Photos
I wish you all the best in
2010.
Best Regards,
Luciano Sovran
I am not running away from
and finally the National
Bank of Canada. I did a
short stint with Dan Kane
Chevrolet, financing and
leasing vehicles until I
bought my own business in
1986 selling Ford and New
Holland agricultural and
construction equipment. I
sold the franchise only to
a conglomerate of 5
dealerships. I recently
accepted a position with
them and continue to sell
agricultural
and
construction equipment.
In 1970 I belonged to the
Fogolar Youth Club. In
1975 I was treasurer on the
executive
board
of
directors implementing the
three hundred dollar bond
to eliminate the monthly
dues. This also helped the
Fogolar pay back all of its
existing debt. Since 2008 I
belonged to the Auditing
Committee and felt the
need to get involved again.
As your new President of
this exciting Club I have the
following two mandates.
First, we needed a change
– “a breath of fresh air,” as
they say--hopefully bringing
new ideas and excitement.
The second mandate is to
attract the youth back
into our Club, thereby
giving our Furlan heritage
longevity. I hope to recruit
some young and different
"blood" into our annual
festivities to make things
exciting and create a
feeling of belonging to
something special. I
challenge
the
new
generation to approach the
Club and the board of
directors for information as
to how to contribute and
get
involved
into
the exciting Fogolar.
UPCOMING EVENTS
January General Assembly
Sunday, January 31, 2PM
Carnevale
Sunday, February 14, 3PM
Hunter’s Banquet
Saturday, February 20
February General Assembly
Sunday, February 28, 2PM
Looking forward to seeing
everyone in the New Year.
Happy Holidays on behalf
of my entire family.
Mandi,
Cesare Pecile
A special thank you to all
who attended our Family
Skate on Dec 29!
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CONGRESSO INFORMATION
ATTENTION
N EW M E MB ER S FROM
2 0 0 9 A N D P R E VI O U S
M EMB ER S WHO PA ID
ANNUA L DU ES
Annual dues of $60 are now
due as of January 1st. It is
your responsibility to make
payment in order to keep
your membership intact. If
you have any questions as
to how much you owe,
please speak with Angie in
the office 519-966-2230.
NOTE: If total payment of
$60 is not received by
February
28,
your
membership will no longer
be valid.
In Memoriam
Our condolences go to the
family of the late Claudia Di
Piazza and Robert Fogolin.
Our prayers are with you
during this time.
As you know, the “Congresso of the
Federazion dai Fogolars dal Canada” will be
held at our Fogolar on the Labour Day
weekend of 2010: September 3,4,5,6. All
activities will be held on Fogolar grounds.
all input. I invite you to leave me notes at
the office or contact me at the information
below. Alternatively, speak to one of the
committee members. They are:
Massimo Bon
Olga Bozzi
Dino Campagna
Mauro Constantin
Luciano Sovran
Maria Sovran
Sandro Tesolin
Fausto Volpatti
This is an open call to the membership for Len Ziraldo
We welcome any and all
contribution.
suggestions. If you have talent in any area of In advance, on behalf of the committee, I
the arts such as music, photography, thank you for your contributions and look
painting, sketching, writing, etc. we would forward to working with everyone towards a
love to hear from you. If you have private successful “congresso”. Updates will be
libraries of “Furlan” literature that you would provided in future newsletters.
be willing to lend for the weekend, we would
love to hear from you. This also applies to Sincerely,
collections of artifacts, miniatures, pictorials Danilo Zannier, Chair
etc. available for display.
Ph: 519-979-9001
Email: danza@mnsi.net
Please do not consider any idea or
suggestion too trite. The committee will study
The committee has approved a program “in
principle” and work is about to begin on the
specific details. As this progresses, much
help will be required from the membership.
Many of you have offered your assistance, for
which we are extremely grateful.
ANNOUNCEMENTS
NEW MEMBERS
Alayna Pickering
Alisha Lesperance
The awards were presented at the
Members' Christmas banquet and in
addition to the monetary prize, each
winner receives a free year of
membership at the club.
Good Luck with your studies and we
hope to see you at the club in the future!
VOLUNTEER HOURS
Please submit your volunteer
hours to Tim Mussio (via the
Office) so that we know who
to invite to our annual
banquet. A minimum of 16
volunteer hours are required
in order to receive an
invitation.
Congratulations to Lia Marinelli (Left)
and Lucia Truant (Right) who became
members in November 2009.
SCHOLARSHIP WINNERS
Congratulations to the winners of the
2009 Fogolar Furlan Club
Scholarships!
Jessica Oxford
Carly Nicodemo
Kristina Collavino
Danielle Gyemi
Fogolar Women’s Association
Donate $5,000 to Angioplasty
Representatives from the Fogolar Furlan
Women’s Association visited Hotel Dieu
Grace Hospital last week to present a
cheque for $5,000. The Fogolar Women’s
Association raised the funds at their annual
Pasta Night held in October. The funds will
go to support the Angioplasty Program at
HDGH. (Photos can be seen on page 4).
CONDOLENCES
Our condolences go to past president Enzo
Nadalin & his family on the loss of his father
Severino in Italy.
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PER I SOCI E AMICI
CULTURAL ACTIVITIES NEWS
CARNEVALE
Sunday, February 14
This year's Carnevale event is being held in
the Friuli hall on Sunday, February 14, 2010
at 3PM. As we did last year, we are asking
only canned goods for admission. The
Women's Association will be selling Crostoli
so you can get your fill in before Fat
Tuesday! Anyone wishing to volunteer
should contact Mario Fontanin at (519) 7390737.
LA FIESTE DEL POPUL FURLAN
This year at the Fogolar Furlan we are trying
to organize “La Fieste del Popul Furlan”
which is celebrated by all Fogolars around
the world on April 3rd. This celebration
honours all people that have roots in Friuli.
It is a well deserved recognition of people
strong in their work ethic and living all over
the world, especially in the building industry;
impressive monuments of their skills and
innovative imagination. This celebration is a
well established event in all the Fogolars
throughout the world. Here in Windsor we
never had such a celebration, so it is about
time we start to have strong enthusiasm and
a joy-filled event to say we are proud of
being descendents of the most beautiful part
of the world. We have the most expressirve
language, food to die for, and not to mention
some good looking people!
This celebration calls for all events to be
done in Furlan, including mass, a round
table discussion on Friuli and its beauty and
good qualities. The food of course has to be
typical of the region, the music and
entertainment has to be a celebration of the
“Furlanitat,” not using someone else’s music
and folklore. With this format we have a real
opportunity to celebrate our ancient
traditions, to give the younger generation an
opportunity to learn to live and to never
forget our proud and beautiful traditions.
This is the main purpose of this event, but to
be able to really be a big successful
celebration, we need the input of everybody
at the Fogolar, young and old. You have to
make it your personal celebration.
We invite you to get excited about this
celebration. There is no better cause than to
celebrate our “Furlanitat.” In the next bulletin
we will give you further details.
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Quest’anno, al Fogolar si stà cercando di
organizzare “La Fieste del Popul Furlan” che
tutti i Fogolars nel mondo celebrano ogni
anno il 3 aprile. Questa festa consiste nel
onorare la gente Friulana nel mondo, che
merita onorata come gente forte, laboriosa
impenditrice che con le loro mani e sacrifice,
hanno lasciato memorie del loro lavoro in
tutti gli angoli del mondo. Questa festa é
conosciuta e onorata da molti anni da tutti i
Fogolars nel mondo. Nel nostro Fogolar di
Windsor, non é mai stata presentata nel
passato.
The 50th Anniversary DVD Committee
presented a short clip of their
anniversary video to the members at the
November general assembly; from the club's
beginnings to interviews with past presidents
and members, the committee is pleased with
the progress to date, but we're not done yet we still need your help. If you are interested
The results of the election for
the new Board of Directors are
as follows:
President
Cesare Pecile
Vice President
Fausto Volpatti
Secretary
Dante Pecile
Treasurer
Rob Bagnarol
La festa consiste che tutto sia fatto nella
lingua Friulana: la santa messa, una
conferenza sul tema del Friuli e la sua
gente, il cibo, la musica, tutto nel costume
Friulano, questo darà l’opportunita hai
vecchi Friulani da rivivere le loro tradizioni e
dare hai giovani da conoscere le vecchie
tradizioni dei loro nonni.
Membership Secretary
Dennis Ganzini
Questa é l’idea e lo scopo della festa. Ma,
se si vuole una buona riuscita, occorre la
partecipazione, e collaborazione di tutti gli
uomini, donne, e giovani membri e nonmembri del Fogolar.
Entertainment Director
Tim Mussio
Fateci sapere la vostra oppinione, in modo
che si possa organizare una festa, che
senz’altro farà onore al Fogolar. Ulteriori in
formazioni vi sarrano date nel prossimo
bolettino del mese di marzo.
Cultural Chair
Mario Fontanin
Mandi
Mario Fontanin
EVENTS / 50th ANNIVERSARY
ANNUAL HUNTER’S BANQUET
Saturday February 20, 2010
Contact the office for ticket information.
2010-2011
FOGOLAR FURLAN
BOARD OF
DIRECTORS
in partaking in the memorial DVD, please
email Jeff Nadalin at jnadalin@fogolar.com
for more information. The committee will
continue working on the DVD until the
club's anniversary in 2011 where a special
presentation of the completed documentary
will be presented to the members. A big
thank you to all the volunteers and
members who have dedicated their time
over the last year and a half to make this
project possible. Thank you, we couldn't
have done it without you!
Sergeant-at-Arms
Silvano Colautti
Building Director
Enzo Mio
Public Relations
Maria Pia Vitale
Sports Chair
Sandra Jones
We would like to thank all
those individuals who ran for a
position and a big thank you to
everyone who came out to
vote. It was great to see so
many faces.
MAINTENANCE POSITION
The Fogolar is currently
accepting resumes for a full
time position in our
maintenance department.
Preference will be given to
members with experience.
Please submit your resume in
person at the office.
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2009 IN PHOTOS
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MAR/APR NEWSLETTER DEADLINE
Sunday, February 21, 2010
The Fogolâr News is published
bi-monthly by the Fogolar Furlan
Newsletter Committee
Dante Pecile & Jeff Nadalin
Newsletter can be found online in
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Fogolar Furlan Club of Windsor
1800 E.C. Row (North Service Rd)
Windsor, Ontario N8W 1Y3
Phone: 519-966-2230
Fax:
519-966-2237
Email: info@fogolar.com
http://www.fogolar.com