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From Father Stylianakis, Thessaloniki

My congratulations for your nice magazine ETIMES OF KATERINI
You worked very hard and you really did your best.
God bless you at every step of your life.

Father Antonios Stylianakis
Child Psychiatrist
Therapist of children and young
Tsimiski 31, Thessaloniki 546 24

From Kostas Arvanitis

Hi,
My name is Con (Kostas) Arvanitis and I was wondering whether you might know my first cousin "Kostas Arvanitis".  He is a Police Officer in Katerini and all my family comes from Katerini (Misea Milia -Village).  If you do know him can please say hello to him from his cousin in Australia, otherwise congratulations on a good website.  Yia Sas
Thank you,
Con Arvanitis
336 Springvale Road, Springvale
Melbourne, Victoria, Australia 3171
PH: 61 3 9239 5199
FAX: 61 3 9562 4939
E-mail:carvan@cgd.vic.gov.au
Website: www.cgd.vic.gov.au

FROM JIMMY BOY

Hi! I stumbled upon your exquisite newspaper yesterday night and I thought that it would be a good idea to contribute some articles. Your students' exceptional command of the English language is commendable! Felicitations!
Hope to hear from you soon.

Jimmy_Boy

LETTER FROM CELINE

Dear Greek Friends,

I’m the French Pen Pal of Panos and Helen. I enjoy Greek and I am learning Greek at my college. Now I’m going to write about my country, my city. I live in the South West of France near Toulouse and my city is called Albi. There’s a magnificent cathedral and a museum. All the monuments and a lot of old houses are made of brick. It’s great ! Now for school : it’s obligatory for children from 6 to 16 years of age. The first “school” is the “maternelle” (from 3 years). The second is the “primaire” (from 6 years). The third is the “college” (from 12 years). Next there’s the “lycee” and after the “lycee” there are lots of alternative schools. If you want any further information about France write to me or ask Helen and Panos. Good Bye ! CELINE BARDY

Can you help Jean Johnson ?

Do you happen to know if the Leoutsakos & Koulouvaris families were from Salonika, Greece? My friend Michelle Katherine (Lecas/changed from Koulouvaris) Scott is searching for more information on her father (James Michael Koulouvaris) and his family (brother Jimmy, parents: Dionisios Koulouvaris & Julia (Demetroula?) Leoutsakos). Julia may have come from Salonika, Greece, according to the family of Socrates Leoutsakos (dau. Elaine) in Massachusetts, U.S.A. Michelle's grandparents lived in Lowell, MA, for awhile & then moved to New York City. If you know anything that might help us with our search for information on her father, we would truly appreciate it. Thank you.
Jean Johnson
also at jtjohnson@juno.com, jtsmjohnson@hotmail.com,
tiggeroo@tidalwave.net

Michelle is in her 40's now & has two young children. She'd like to pass down some information to them about their Greek heritage.

JOKE TIME by George Manadis, Mary Papadopoulou, Panos Polizos & Fotis Gemalmas.

Father to his son : “’Please stop driving me crazy with all these questions. I’ve already answered a hundred of them. What do you think would have happened if I had asked my father, so many questions too?’’ ~ “I don’t know,” answered’ the son. “ Maybe you would be able to answer to some of mine’’.

A young boy goes to the circus for the first time. Leaving, after watching an enthusiastic spectacle, he says to his father “When I grow up I want to be a dwarf.”.

Q. How do you get ten English teachers to agree on a teaching method ?

A. Shoot nine of them.

Q. What is the time when the clock strikes 13 ?

A. Time to get a new clock.

Q. “Frank, if you found three dollars in your right pocket and two dollars in your left pocket, what would you have ?

A. “Somebody else’s trousers on, Miss.”

Three mice are being chased by a cat. The mice were cornered when one of the mice turned around and barked, "Ruff! Ruff! Ruff!" The surprised cat ran away scared. Later when the mice told their mother what happened, she smiled and said, "You see, it pays to be bilingual!"

A woman got on a bus, holding a baby. The bus driver said "That's the ugliest baby I've ever seen." In a huff, the woman slammed her fare into the fare box and took an aisle seat near the rear of the bus. The man seated next to her sensed that she was agitated and asked her what was wrong.

"The bus driver insulted me," she fumed.

The man sympathized and said, "Why, he's a public servant and shouldn't say things to insult passengers."

"You're right," she said. "I think I'll go back up there and give him a piece of my mind."

"That's a good idea," the man said. "Here, let me hold your monkey."

I hear this new cemetery is very popular. People are just dying to get in.

The day of the oral exam:

Teacher: Are you nervous?

Student: No, I am not. I am single.

Teacher: Is this your pencil?

Student: Yes, I am a pencil.

If vegetarians eat vegetables, what do humanitarians eat?

A teenage girl had been talking on the phone for about half an hour, and then she hung up.

"Wow!," said her father, "That was short. You usually talk for two hours. What happened?"

"Wrong number," replied the girl.

A man got a parrot which could already talk. It had belonged to a sailor and had a big vocabulary. However, the man soon discovered that the parrot mostly know bad words. At first he thought it was funny, but then it became tiresome, and finally, when the man had important guests, the bird's bad words embarrassed him very much.

As soon as the guests left, the man angrily shouted at the parrot, "That language must stop!". But the bird answered him with curses. He shook the bird and shouted again, "Don't use those ugly words!" Again the bird cursed him.

Now the man was really angry. He grabbed the parrot and threw him into the refrigerator. But it had no effect. From inside the refrigerator, the parrot was still swearing. He opened the door and took him out, and again the bird spoke in dirty words and curses. This time, the man opened the door of the freezer , threw the bird into it, and closed the door.

This time there was silence. After two minutes, the man opened the door and removed the very cold parrot. Slowly the shivering parrot walked up the man's arm, sat on his shoulder and spoke into his ear, sounding very frightened:

"I'll be good, I promise...Those chickens in there.. what did they say?"

A panda bear walks into a restaurant. He orders the special and eats it. After eating, he pulls out a pistol, kills the waiter and starts to walk out the door.

The owner of the restaurant says, "Hey, what are you doing? You come in here, you kill my waiter and walk away without saying a word. I don't understand."

The panda says, "Look it up in the dictionary," and walks out the door.

So the owner gets out a dictionary and looks under the heading "Panda". It reads:

Panda : black and white animal; lives in central China; eats shoots and leaves.

Two boys were arguing when the teacher entered the room. The teacher says, "Why are you arguing?" One boy answers, "We found a ten dollar bill and decided to give it to whoever tells the biggest lie." "You should be ashamed of yourselves," said the teacher, "When I was your age I didn't even know what a lie was." The boys gave the ten dollars to the teacher.

Q: How do porcupines kiss each other?

A: Very carefully.

Q: What has four wheels and flies?

A: A garbage truck.

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