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Sometimes it’s all about
Saturdays. This week is
fairly calm, but come Saturday, you will
have to choose
what family
fun is right for
your brood. The IN THE
best part is most
of Saturday’s
events are free
or nearly free. Here’s what’s
happening this week:
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Dominica annese, center, admires a traditional Ukrainian blouse during a recent meeting with the newly formed Naples branch of the
Ukrainian National women’s League of america inc. annese was brought to tears during the meeting, recalling the difficulties of life
in Ukraine. “we take many things for granted in the U.S., but in Ukraine those things are very difficult to attain,” she said.
A culture of a country
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■ Ukrainian women start local chapter of national group to aid their motherland
Tatiana
Hursky
reads aloud
to members of the
newly formed
group, which
aims to
foster Ukrainian cultural
heritage,
promote
knowledge of
the culture,
provide
financial
assistance
to Ukrainians
and participate in the
international
women’s
movement.
By katie egan
katie.egan@naplesnews.com; 239-263-4785
Members of the Naples chapter of the
Ukrainian National Women’s League of
America will tell you about a history with
Russia that’s scarcely taught in school — a
history involving a politically-induced famine
and an insatiable blood lust for power.
But despite that, Ukraine has kept its culture alive with an unwavering sense of determination, pride and grace. Because Ukrainians are proud of where they come from. And
they have a right to be.
In the Middle Ages,
Ukraine was the hub of
Eastern Slavic culture.
But in the 13th century,
its territory was contested, ruled and divided
by a variety of powers
including Lithuania, Poland, the Ottoman Empire,
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“We always kind of
thought we were very special,” said Natalie Santarsiero, president of the Naples
chapter. “The language, culture, religion and traditions
See ukrAINe, 2D
Library’s Nick Linn Lecture Series offers authors and a bite to eat
By Lance Shearer
Daily News Correspondent; 239-213-5365
Nourish the mind, and the body.
The Nick Linn Lecture Series,
presented by the Friends of the Library of Collier County, returned for
2015 featuring an accomplished array of authors and lunch at the RitzCarlton Golf Resort.
The popular lecture series — the
first event, which featured Greg Iles
on Monday, was sold out — has become a fixture on the Naples literary
scene, since it was launched 12 years
ago by Linn, longtime board member
and former president of the Friends
of the Library. In all, the series brings
in four best-selling authors, with
Joseph Finder on March 2, Lisa Gardner on March 9 and Sandra Brown on
March 23 following Iles’ talk.
The Nick Linn series has a history of
bringing top authors to
Naples. Featured writers appearing in past
years have included
Tami Hoag, Nicholas
Sparks, James Grippando, James PatterSandra
son, Dennis Lehane,
Brown
Harlan Coben, Linda
Fairstein and Sara Paretsky.
The lecture series has a new
policy, and individual tickets can
be purchased. So fans of the authors scheduled for March still can
purchase tickets.
“This is the first year you can purchase individual tickets for one lecture,” Marlene Kern,
events coordinator
for the Friends of the
Library, said. “This is
our biggest fundraiser
of the year.”
It is a shame to miss
Iles, if you didn’t attend Monday’s lunJoseph
cheon. In addition to
Finder
being a top-selling
author, he is a member of the “Rock
Bottom Remainders,” the allauthor sometime rock band that also
See Lecture, 2D
If you go
NIck LINN
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Presented by the Friends of
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Where: Ritz-Carlton Golf
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North Naples
Individual lecture ticket
prices: publisher $150; editor
$125; general $110; lecture
only $100
Contact: For tickets or more
information on both the Nick
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call Marlene Kern of the
Friends of the Library at
239-262-8135
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UKRAINE
from 1D
are all intertwined. We’re caught between
Asia and Europe, so we have both influences.”
Seventeen members formed the Naples
chapter March 8.
Vice President Larissa Wychrij hopes
the chapter will bring awareness to the
Ukrainian culture and help educate the
community.
Santarsiero agrees. As Naples becomes
more populated, she hopes a growing
number of Floridians will become exposed to what they sometimes refer to as
Ukie culture.
“Those areas have always been ethnic
in nature, so people have been exposed to
that,” she said, referring to the Midwest.
“But here in Florida, it’s a different situation. You’ve never had that diversity of
ethnic groups.”
Named after “ukraina,” an old Eastern Slavic word meaning “borderlands,”
“land” or “country,” Ukraine is sandwiched between Russia and the Republic of Moldova. Belarus is its northern
neighbor and the Black Sea and Russia
are below it to the South.
“Ukraine is the crown jewel of Europe,”
Santarsiero said. “The bread basket.”
It is known for its fertile farmland —
but more recently, for its civic unrest.
Public protests demanding closer ties
LECTURE
from 1D
includes Dave Barry, Amy
Tan, Stephen King, Matt
Groening and Mitch Albom.
Joseph Finder is the author of the award-winning
“Buried Secrets,” “Killer
Instinct” and “Company
Man.” Born in Chicago,
Finder spent his early
childhood living around
the world, including Afghanistan and the Philippines. After taking a high
school seminar on the
literature and history of
Russia, he was hooked.
Majoring in Russian studies at Yale, he also sang
with the school’s legendary a cappella group, the
Whiffenpoofs, graduated
summa cum laude from
Yale, completed a master’s
degree at the Harvard Rus-
Dentist
Pam FuLTz
Stan Geer, left, golf pro at Vi at Bentley Village, watches as resident
Rosemary ufheil works on her short game. Geer offers instructional
lessons but also suggests ways for seniors to improve their golf game.
to the European Union and the resignation of former Ukrainian President Viktor
Yanukovych began in late 2013. This led
to widespread civil unrest and ultimately,
a revolution in 2014.
In 2014, unmarked Russian soldiers
also took control of the Ukrainian territory of Crimea, which Russia promptly
annexed, against the wishes of the U.S.
and other European nations.
On Jan. 4, a powerful explosion shook
the heart of Odessa, Ukraine’s most elegant city. The bomb went off at the local Euro-Maidan Coordination Council,
where volunteers stored humanitarian aid
for Ukrainian soldiers fighting Russianbacked forces in the eastern part of the
country.
According to the Daily Beast (thebea.st/
1DkIsnm), this has been considered an
act of terrorism. Members of the group
believe Russian President Vladimir Putin
is trying to restore the country back to the
former USSR.
“He’s stirred them up and caused this
whole uprising,” Wychrij said. “He wants
to be the dictator back like it was when
Stalin was there.”
But despite interference from the Russians, the Ukie culture has survived.
Modern settlement in Ukraine dates to
32,000 BC. It officially declared independence in 1991; however, many still refer to
it as “the Ukraine” because at one point it
broke off into three different entities, including the Ukrainian People’s Republic.
sian Research Center and
later taught on the Harvard faculty.
Finder was recruited to
the Central Intelligence
Agency, but eventually
decided he preferred writing books. His first novel,
“The Moscow Club,”
which described events
whose factual truth would
only be revealed many
years later, was named by
Publishers Weekly as one
of the 10 best spy thrillers
of all time.
His latest book, “Suspicion,” is a standalone novel
about a single father who
makes a choice with dire
consequences to protect
his daughter.
Lisa Gardner, whose
crime thrillers have
reached No. 1 on The New
York Times best-seller list,
began her career in food
service, but after catching
her hair on fire numerous
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times, she said, took the
hint and focused on writing. A selfdescribed
research
junkie, her
work as a
research
analyst for
an international conLisa
sulting firm
Gardner
parlayed her
interest in police procedure, cutting-edge forensics and twisted plots into
a streak of internationally
best-selling suspense novels.
Gardner is published in
30 countries, with more
than 22 million books in
print. Two of her awardwinning thrillers are “The
Neighbor” and “The Other
Daughter.” She also has
written romance novels
using the pseudonym Alicia Scott.
“Ukraine has a resilient history,
marked with bloodshed, tragedy and a
fierce amount of loyalty,” Santarsiero said.
And she didn’t say it lightly.
In 1932-33, 4 million to 5 million Ukrainians — mostly peasants — starved to
death during a politically induced famine, called Holodomor, imposed by Soviet
leader Joseph Stalin.
The Soviets also tried to “rusticate”
the Ukrainian people by rigidly imposing their culture, values and way of life.
“Our parents’ generation, they didn’t
have any youth,” Santarsiero explained.
They were sent to displaced person’s
camps — or took matters into their own
hands and fled the country.
“Their kids were taught to be very patriotic. It was instilled in us. They get a
feather in their cap for keeping it going.”
Every Naples chapter member went
to Ukrainian school on Saturday. Here,
they learned their language, culture and
identity.
Santarsiero is glad her heritage has
survived, but also hopes history never
repeats itself.
“Ukraine declared independence in
1991. This was something our parents
and forefathers spoke of forever,” Santarsiero said. “Now we’re going back to the
same old-same old. We don’t want to see
Ukraine fall under Russian rule again.”
The chapter sends money to Ukraine
through its parent organization, UNWLA,
founded in 1925. These funds are used for
Readers are invited to
enter Gardner’s annual
“Kill a Friend, Maim a
Buddy” Sweepstakes at
lisagardner.com, where
they can nominate the
person of their choice to
die in her latest novel. Every year, one “lucky stiff”
is selected for literary immortality. Her latest novel
is “Crash & Burn.”
Gardner lives in New
England with her autoracing husband and blackdiamond skiing daughter.
She spends her days writing in her loft with two
barky shelties and one silly
puppy.
Over more than three
decades, Sandra Brown
has developed into one of
the world’s best-known romantic suspense writers.
She is author of 64 New
York Times best-sellers,
translated into 34 languages.
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A lifelong Texan, Brown
was born in Waco, grew
up in Fort
Worth and
attended Texas
Christian
University,
majoring
in English.
She worked
Greg
in Tyler as a
Iles
TV weathercaster, and then returned
to the Dallas-Fort Worth
metro area where she became a reporter for the
station’s version of “PM
Magazine.”
Brown is one of the
best-selling female thriller writers. Her best-sellers
i nclude
“Deadli ne,”
“Low Pressure,” “Lethal,” “Tough Customer,”
“Smash,” “Smoke Screen,”
“Play Dirty,” “Ricochet,”
“Chill Factor” and “White
Hot.”
In 2009, Brown detoured from her thrillers to
write “Rainwater,” about
honor and sacrifice during the Great Depression.
Her latest novel, “Mean
Streak,” was published in
August.
All the lectures begin
with luncheon at noon,
followed by the lecture at
1 p.m.
Lecture-only tickets
also are available.
The Friends group is
also sponsoring a Non-Fiction Author Series, already
underway, with “Birdmen”
author Lawrence Goldstone the next speaker on
Feb. 2, followed by David
O. Stewart, author of
“American Emperor,” on
Feb. 16 and Walter Kirn,
author of “Blood Will
Out,” on April 13.
The Friends of the Library
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Members can send money individually,
but a chapter cannot send funds on its
own, according to Wychrij.
Since March, Santarsiero said the chapter has raised $12,000. She’s expecting it
to climb to $22,000.
The Ukies meet each month on a
Wednesday. Members borrow each
other’s homes or community clubhouses
because Naples doesn’t have a traditional
Ukrainian church, where Santarsiero said
they would normally meet.
She wants to exhibit Ukrainian Easter
eggs (Pysankys), artwork and embroidery
at local schools and libraries. But nothing
is locked in yet.
But Santarsiero said they will participate in Hodges University’s Diversity
and Inclusion Festival in 2016. Expect the
Ukrainian Dancers of Miami, artwork,
embroidery and folk dances.
As much as she loves celebrating
Ukrainian culture, Santarsiero said it’s
hard not to talk about Russia when they
get together.
“Our goal is that we are actually probably helping those people who are falling
through the cracks,” she said. “Through
the UNWLA war victims’ fund, we’re
mainly helping widows, orphans and
some maimed soldiers.”
Call Santarsiero at 239-353-0799 for
information on the next meeting. All
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