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Official Publication of The Slavonic Benevolent Order of the State of Texas, Founded 1897
Postmaster: Please Send Form 3579 to: SPJST Home Office, P. 0. Box 100, Temple, Texas 76503 ISSN-07458800 VOLUME 88 NUMBER 13
Kurtin wins 2000 SPJST State Taroky Tourney
Slovak culture and cooking influenced by Czech neighbors
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culture and cuisine have been touched by Hungarian, Russian, Polish, German and Czech influences, but Slovakia's favorite dishes still remain uniquely delicious. Along with creative preparation of certain staples, such as potatoes, cabbage and noodles, Slovak cuisine is also noted for its pastries, rich butter and cream dishes and pork specialties. Bryndzove halusky (noodles with goat cheese) and wellseasoned dishes like goulash are also widely enjoyed. Wine, beer and slivovica (plum brandy) and borovicka (a drink created from juniper berries) are popular beverages. Compiled and written by Sylvia and John Lorinc, this cookbook features over 100 easy-to-follow Slovak recipes, including such favorites as Caraway Seed Soup (Kminova Polievka), Stuffed Peppers, (Plnene Papriky), Braided Bread (Babovka) and Christmas Dumplings (Bobalky). Among the chapters included are: Soups; Vegetables and Side Dishes; Main Dishes; and Desserts and Breads. All recipes are adapted for the North American kitchen. Syliva Lorinc is a foreign language teacher. She was born and raised in Bratislava, Slovakia and learned to (Continued on page three.) Discount Rate Offer for SPJST Members
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THE NEXT MILLENN UM AND BEYOND. One Tee-nffic Design Congratulations to Kyle Skrabanek, 11, a member of the Lodge 17, New Tabor Youth Club for submitting the winning entry in the SPJST's Year 2000 Summer Camp Tee-Shirt Design Contest. For his creativy, Kyle receives...
A total of 119 young people participated in this year's contest. Please see page 14 for other top finishers and a listing of all participants.
Winning design for camp tee-shirt is "out of this world" by State Youth Director Melanie Zavodny Congratulations to Kyle Skrabanek of Lodge 17, New Tabor Youth Club. Kyle's design, based on the theme "The Next Millennium and Beyond," will be featured on this year's camp tee-shirts. This year's tee-shirt design contest featured 120 creative entries in four age categories. Age category winners are: Ages 6 to 8 Johnna Schwartz of Lodge 160, San Angelo Ages 9 to 11 Kyle Skrabanek of Lodge 17, New Tabor
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Ages 12 to 14 Dwayne Macek of Lodge 9, Snook
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Ages 15 to High School Senior Justin Engelke of Lodge 66, Waco
Congratulations to all of the winners and the participants for a job well done. Participants will receive a recognition certificate and 20 points to be applied toward the youth program's merit point system. Please turn to page 12 a listing of all participants. Judges for this year's contest were Barbara Wilson, owner of Wilson School of Art in Temple; Katherine Smith, who holds an Associate of Arts degree; and Bill Hale, owner of H&H T-Shirt Printing Co. in Belton. T-shirts will be available for purchase for $4.10 for youth and adult sizes; $5.10 for adult 2X-large; and $6.10 for adult 3-X large. Youth club members attending camp will receive their tee-shirts at camp. Tee-shirts can also be mailed for an additional charge of $2.50 per shirt. Tee-shirts must be pre-ordered and pre-paid by May 15, 2000. An order form will be printed in next week's Vestnik. —SPJST-
On Saturday, February 19, 2000, SPJST Lodge 6, Cottonwood, hosted the SPJST State Tarok Tournament. Al Soukup, President, and Irene Schiemenz, FAC, with the support of lodge volunteers graciously tended to details and kept the processes of the day running smoothly. Thanks to the lodge volunteers and to the home cookin' cooks who served up a great lunch and plentiful snacks to keep the tournament players running on high fuel throughout tournament play. The good cooks of Cottonwood even offered the players snacks for the long trip home. Congratulations are in order for the day, for the following Tarok players: First Place Champion (Lady Power) Edith Kurtin, 826 points Lodge 20, Granger Second Place Johnnie Tupa, 805 points Lodge 172, Pasadena Third Place Jimmie Coufal, 802 points Lodge 47, Seaton Fourth Place Franklin Schlesinger, 798 points Lodge 29, Taylor Fifth Place Alton Demel, 788 points Lodge 67, Schulenburg Sixth Place Henry Kubala, 728 points Lodge 92, Fort Worth Seventh Place Randy Gaas, 727 points Lodge 17, New Tabor Eighth Place V.J. Hajda, 717 points Lodge 20, Granger Lady-power ruled this day! As the only female among the top eight places, Edith Kurtin scored only 29 points in round one. She rallied back to champion the 2000 SPJST State Tarok Tournament in a big way. Her final tally was 826 points for six rounds with an average of 137.76 for each round. Johnnie Tupa, who ended the tournament 21 points behind Edith, hit a low in round six with only 95 points and settled for second place. It's interesting to note that Edith, who was 60 points behind Johnnie in round four, earned 60 points over Johnnie in round (Continued on page four.