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AHEPA Trenton Chapter #72 ReportWith the officers and with all thebrothers we will endeavor to haveanother great year. Throughout the year, wehave many scheduled events and projectsthat everyone should enjoy. Most recently,Chapter Elections were held and the newofficers are as follows:• President - Evan Pilaras• First Vice President - Paul Mamolou• Second Vice President - GeorgeKoutsouradis• Secretary - Jim Knicos• Assistant Secretary - GeorgeDemetriades• Treasurer - Dino Demetriou• Assistant Treasurer - Michael KnicosCongratulations to all the officers andbest of luck. Many of the Trenton brothersalso attended the District Convention inCherry Hill. The golf outing on Friday andboth the business and social componentsof the convention were wonderful.Congratulations to all the Cherry Hillbrothers with special thanks to BrotherJimmy Rozanitis for chairing such awonderful event. Best of luck to the newDistrict Lodge.The AHEPA National Convention washeld in Miami and many brothers camefrom New Jersey and a good time held byall. Brother Lee Millas was elected to theNational Board as Andy Zaccharides waselected Supreme Treasurer. Next year’snational convention will be held in LasVegas in July and promises to be anotherwonderful event.On June 22nd, the Trenton Chapterhad its Annual Graduation & Scholarshipprogram. Dr. Zenon Christodolou andfellow Ahepan was the keynote speakerand inspired the students and those inattendance. In addition, Senator LindaGreenstein and Assemblymen DanBenson and Wayne DeAngelo were inattendance and presented their remarksto the community. Trenton Chapter 72has distributed more than $88,000 inscholarships to students over the past nineyears. Scholarship recipients were AnastasiaPerris, Christopher Bliziotis, Elias Nyktas,Alexander Dettore, Christos Papadopoulos,Marissa Pie’, and Cathryn Andreanidis. Allthe students and their families should beproud.Thanks also to the Angelakis family forthe excellent refreshments that followed.Thanks to the Perris, Blazakis and Spireasfamilies for their donations and support.In addition, the Chapter has sponsored anannual golf outing for the past nine yearsChapter Newsin which Roma Bank has been the primarysponsor. This year’s golf outing will takeplace October 11th at Mountain View GolfCourse in Ewing. For information, call (609)396-4255 or (609) 462-5634. Please spreadthe word to your friends to reserve the dateand to support the event. Hope to see manygolfers and that the event is a success.We also had a fishing excursion onAugust 2nd. We were in search for fluke andeveryone was looking forward to a good timeand hopefully some fresh fish for dinner.Over 20 brothers and friends enjoyed agreat day on the “Tropical Adventure” outof Belmar and brought back many keepersled by Andy Pantelides who captured thebiggest fish. We are also looking forward tothe August 20th State Fishing trip out ofPoint Pleasant looking for blue fish. Wishus luck.We have also had enjoyable times at theTrenton Thunder games as well as lookingforward to the Yankee game in August.During the course of the year, we intend onhaving many more dinner meetings as wellas Monday night football events as well asother events. Happy August Birthdays toGeorge Demetriades, Asteris Fanikos, PeterKakoyiannis, George Mastoris, Elias Nyktas,Stef Nyktas, & Gus Triandafillou.Ramapo Chapter #453 ReviewGREEK LANGUAGE CLASSES FOR ADULTS: The AHEPA ModernGreek Language Program for Adults is completing its fifth year of classeswith its fall 2011 Semester. Beginning October 7th, 2011, AHEPARamapo Chapter Past President Jim Giokas is organizing an IntermediateGreek II Class that will be offered with another Beginner’s Greek I Class.The program is open to anyone in the community and AHEPA familythat is interested in participating. For more details and registration, pleasecontact Jim Giokas at mbrooklyn48@gmail.com or at 201-664-7002.Congratulations to our Past President Jim Giokas for beingselected as the President of the Year at this year’s District Convention.Jim has served the chapter as its President for the past 3 years. He hasinstituted the Greek language classes and has worked to file an applicationfor an AHEPA charter school in Bergen County. Under his leadershipthe chapter has began the custom of raising the Greek flag on GreekIndependence Day at the Hackensack administration building. He alsohelped raised thousands of dollars for various works at St Nicholas and thecommunity at large.Ramapo Brothers with the President of the Year, JimGiokas at the District Convention. Left to Right – PresidentElect Chuck Humblias, Sammy Thomas, President of theYear, Jim Giokas, Phil Vogis, PDG.American Hellenic Educational Progressive Association Fall 2011 11