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Lebanon American Club News – February 2018 Page 1

22 West Street, Danbury, CT 06810


Phone: 203-743-5828 / Email: lebanonclub@att.net
www.lebanon-americanclubofdanbury.com
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President’s Corner
I want to first thank all the members from both the men and ladies who participated at our Annual
Club Officers Meeting. Also I would like to thank the Club officers and board members for their service in the past
Mike Caravakis year, as most will be continuing to serve this year, as we welcome back Joe Walkovich to the Board.
President Special thanks to John Hanna and his crew for his great meal presentation!
Ghassan Najm Congratulations to Betty Najm as the new president of the Ladies Auxiliary and its new board, as I
Vice President thank Ruth Ashkar, the past president of LAX along with her board for their support of the club,
Jimmy Glynn especially their service to the Ladies auxiliary over the past 4 years. Wish Betty and her board
Secretary continued success.
Lou Najamy Many thanks to the Committee Leaders and members for their continued efforts, to name few:
Asst. Secretary John Ashkar along with Joseph Raya on the House Committee with many items to be addressed
William Asmar over the next few weeks.
Treasurer Ghassan Najm with special Friday Night Events along with Fri. dinners, and in his role on the
Mark Chory Teacher’s Exchange committee along with Nidal Khoury, and chairman Farid Khouri. The teachers
Asst. Treasurer welcoming dinner scheduled on April 3rd.
Directors Lou Najamy for Membership, Pasta Nights, and assistance on the secretary’s report and newsletter.
Ray Antous Bill Orr with Special Events.
Vinny DiGilio Chefs John Hanna, Elie Taweh and Viviane’s for catering our Friday night dinners and other events.
Eddie Essa If you have any questions on anything, please try to attend our next meeting or I can be reached at
David Glynn 203-512-7251. Or email me at mcaravakis@newstimes.com
Nidal El Khoury My Best Regards,
Mike Caravakis
John Ashkar Happy Valentine’s Day
Joe Walkovich
Former Presidents
Special Notes:
- The Special Valentine’s Friday night dinner is planned on Feb 16. Limited seating available. Please see page
Ladies Auxiliary 5 for reservations and details. Those members who wish to have just dinner only, it will be served until 8:30pm.
Officers - This is a friendly reminder for paying your 2018 membership dues. For those who did, we thank you. If you
have not, please do so by making a check for $225 made to LAC, and either drop it at the club or mail it to Club
Betty Najm address above.
President Inside:
- Annual Super bowl Day Event at the Club, Sunday February 4th - See page 5
Victoria Beylouni - Comedy night at St. Anthony’s Church, Saturday March 3rd – See page 5
Vice President - A Special Member Story, a Beirut Veteran in the 1980’s – See Member News page 3
Stacey Glynn LAC Teachers Exchange Program –
Secretary US Teacher, Jennifer George from the
New Milford Schools, enjoying a
Randa Antous
send-off dinner hosted by the LAC
Treasurer
Committee that is chaired by Farid
Newsletter Khouri. She will be departing to Lebanon
Editor on the first leg of the exchange on Fri.
Ghassan Najm Feb.16.
Please mark your calendar for the
Contributors Exchange Dinner on April 3rd, during IC
Louis Najamy school teachers visit US. For tickets.
Mike Caravakis please reach out to any of the committee
Betty Najm members – Nidal Khoury, Theresa Hanna
or Ghassan Najm.
Lebanon American Club News – February 2018 Page 2
22 West Street, Danbury, CT 06810
Phone: 203-743-5828 / Email: lebanonclub@att.net
www.lebanon-americanclubofdanbury.com

News Staff Corner by Lou Najamy:


We hope all our club members had an enjoyable New Year’s Celebration. The New Year Day event at the club was most
enjoyable with good food, good drink, and good friends. If you had not attended this year’s event try to plan to for next year it is
well worth the wait. Our annual meeting was held on January 28th and went off without a hitch. The attendance was light but
those members present were given updated reports from our Treasurer Asmar and Asst. Treasurer Chory (who was home sick but
had his report presented by Dir. DiGilio). Several other committee chairmen reported on their progress and status over the past
year. Our Pres., Mike Caravakis thanked all those members who have generously given time and energy over the past year to help
make our club what it is today. Just a quick reminder, Super Bowl Sunday occurs Sunday, Feb. 4, at our club. There are still some
boxes left on the big board so if you haven’t had a chance to sign up for one get to the club and do so a.s.a.p or reach out to the
club president. This a chance to reconnect with friends and brother members as well as getting caught up with club news.
Recently the Keypad system and lock on the back-entrance door were replaced. For those members who have access codes
already, they should still work with new keypad. If you forgot yours or you never had one, please reach out to Lou Najamy to
get you one. Keep in mind, you should never share your code.
One last reminder – newsletter ad payments for 2018 editions have been slow in coming in, we need to know how many are
returning so that we can assure they will have a spot. Please be sure to send in your payment & any changes as soon as possible.
Thoughts to Live By:
“He that is of the opinion money will do everything may well be suspected of doing everything for money.” Benjamin Franklin,
United States Diplomat, Ambassador (1706-1790).
“It is good to have an end to journey towards; but it is the journey that matters, in the end.” Ursula K.LeGuin, American author.
A Little Humor:
“Any idiot can face a crisis – it’s this day to day living that wears you out.” Anton Chekhov, Russian author and playwright
(1860-1904).
“I know there’s a proverb which that says “To err is human,” but a human error is nothing to what a computer can do if it tries.”
Dame Agatha Christie, English mystery writer (1890-1976).
Member News:
Congratulations to Major Thomas J. Saadi, the new nominee for the Commissioner of the Dept. of Veteran’s Affairs. Tom is
currently serving as Acting Commissioner prior his nomination by Governor Dan Malloy to be permanent commissioner. Our
club as well as all of the Danbury community is proud of Tom and his accomplishments in service to our country especially to
City of Danbury and to the state of CT. We wish Tom a successful confirmation by the CT Executive & Legislative
Nominations Committee and the CT legislative body in the coming weeks.
A Beirut Veteran of America
We finally have a member who has shared a very interesting segment of his life. This came about due to his Tee Shirt which he
wore at the Annual Meeting. He was hesitant at first about wearing it but with some prodding he agreed. It was looked upon
with pride and admiration. Here is Peter DeLucia’s story behind this wonderful Tee Shirt. From Oct. 1982 – April 1983 Pete
was stationed in Beirut, Lebanon with an Infantry Unit 3rd Battalion 8th Marine Div. of the U.S. Armed Forces. Rifleman
DeLucia was assigned to guard the airport as well as the Palestinian Refugee Camp. During his tour of Duty he was able to
increase his immersion into the Lebanese culture which had its roots years earlier while serving as an altar boy at St. Ann
Melkite Church when it was located on William Street in Danbury. As a longtime member of the Lebanon American Club,
Peter has become a true brother to all who know him. He will volunteer to help with any of the maintenance issues at the club.
Pete played an important role in the roof repair to the club, climbing up to the roof, patching and identifying most of the
problems that needed to be addressed.
Thank you Pete for your service to our country and for what you do for our club. Grazie mille!
Health and Welfare:
Please keep in your prayers our ill members and/or their family members and wishing them speedy recovery, specially Taffy
Jowdy. Notify Pres. Mike Caravakis, whenever a member falls seriously ill by sending an email to caravakis@aol.com.
Entertainment News:
“The Insult” Is Nominated For Best Foreign Film Oscar, First Time Ever For A Lebanese Movie. Watch the 90th Oscars
Awards on March 4th. For details, visit and like the LAC FB Page at https://www.facebook.com/LebAmDanbury/.
Lebanon American Club News – February 2018 Page 3
22 West Street, Danbury, CT 06810
Phone: 203-743-5828 / Email: lebanonclub@att.net
www.lebanon-americanclubofdanbury.com

Ladies Auxiliary News


by President Betty Najm
Please keep all our ill members in your hearts and prayers!
The annual Membership Meeting dinner was a wonderful meal prepared by John Hanna. A heartfelt thank you to
John, Nick Miller, George Jabbour and his entire staff!
It has been a pleasure serving as Vice President under the guidance of Ruth Ashkar as President. I would also like to
thank the entire Board, President Ruth Ashkar, Treasurer Debbie Sousa, and our Secretary Janet Coury for a
successful four years. A special thanks to all the Committee chairwomen. As a Board we initiated the Honorary
Members Club and donated $2,000 in 2016 towards the roof repair of the club. In 2014 the Lila Shaker Scholarship
fund was established. In 2017 the By-Laws were reviewed and updated to award our first scholarship to a child of a
member of the Ladies Auxiliary whose husband is not a member of the Men’s club.
We are also grateful to Frankie for helping us with the set up and clean up for our functions.
On Sunday, January 28th, a new Ladies Auxiliary Board was voted in for the next two years. The new Executive
Board is President Betty Najm, Vice President Victoria Beylouni, Treasurer Randa Antous and Secretary Stacey
Hardway. Sandy Urban, the Telephone Committee chairperson would like to step down, if anyone is interested in
being the new Chairperson please notify me as soon as possible at (860) 488-4270. We hope the rest of the
Committee members remain to help us.
We’ve started to collect our dues of $40 for the 2018 year. If you haven’t paid, please bring it to our next meeting
Feb. 20th at 7pm.
Comedy Night- Saturday, March 3 at 6:30 pm, St. Anthony’s church Bring your own appetizers for your table and
BYOB. Tickets are $20 for a fun evening of Clean Comedy by Tom Hayes. Please make your reservations by
calling 203-744-3372.

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Club Events - See Calendar on the last page as well
Feb. 4 – Sun. 12 noon, Annual Super Bowl Event, by Pr. Mike Caravakis. See Page 5 for details
Feb. 9 – 7pm, Fri Night Buffet Dinner, by Vivianne’s featuring Stuffed Yellow Squash $25/Person. BYOB
Feb. 6, 20 - Tues.7pm/8pm Board of Directors and General Meetings respectively.
Feb. 16 – 7pm, Special Valentine Fri Night Dinner, Lebanese Buffet by Chef Elie Taweh, With Live Music by Nadim
Bourjaili, $40/Person, $30 Dinner only. BYOB. See Page 5 for details.
Feb. 20, Tues. 7pm, Ladies Auxiliary Monthly Meeting
Feb. 21 & 22 – Wed & Thurs, Pasta Dinner and Texas Hold’Em Tournament respectively.
Feb. 23 – 7pm, Fri Night Dinner, Lebanese Buffet by Chef John Hanna, Featuring Kibbee Nay AT $30/Person. BYOB
Looking Ahead.
Mar. 14/ Apr. 2 – WM 7pm, Final Four Tip-Off Party & Championship respectively. By Jimmy Glynn & Vinny DiGilio.
Details to be made available in next monthly Newsletter.
Apr. 3 – Teacher’s Exchange Dinner, By Farid Khouri. See page 1 for details.
June 6 – Wed. 6:00pm. Annual Scholarship Awards Dinner at the Amber Room.
June 13 - Wed. 11:30am, Annual Golf Outing at Richter’s Park in Danbury, By new committee Chairman Milan David.
Community Events – http://www.lebanon-americanclubofdanbury.com/p/regional-events.html.
March 3 – Comedy Night at. Anthony’s Church. See above and page 5 for details.
March 24-25, Bake sake @ St. Ann Melkite Church, Danbury
May 28 to June 12. 2018 Pilgrimage to Greece and Lebanon. They can be taken separately. For more details you may
contact MaroniteMercyPilgrimage@gmail.com or calling 612-379-2758
For NYC and Boston Cultural Events , visit http://www.lanon-americanclubofdanbury.com/p/regional-events.html
Lebanon American Club News – February 2018 Page 4
22 West Street, Danbury, CT 06810
Phone: 203-743-5828 / Email: lebanonclub@att.net
www.lebanon-americanclubofdanbury.com
2018 Annual Meeting – Transition for the Ladies Auxiliary Board that served 2 2018 Annual Meeting - President Michael Caravakis and LAC Officers
2 terms, from Past President Ruth Ashkar to newly elected Pres. Betty Najm completed first year of a 2 year term.
Lebanon American Club News – February 2018 Page 5
22 West Street, Danbury, CT 06810
Phone: 203-743-5828 / Email: lebanonclub@att.net
www.lebanon-americanclubofdanbury.com

LAC Pasta Dinner


Wednesday Feb. 21 @ 6:30 pm
By Chef Lou Scalzo and Frankie Schlemmer
$12/Person (BYOB) - All are welcome

Thursday Feb. 22 @ 7:30 pm


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Great Food and Prizes
$50/Person to Enter
Members and Their Guests only!
Lebanon American Club News – February 2018 Page 6
22 West Street, Danbury, CT 06810
Phone: 203-743-5828 / Email: lebanonclub@att.net
www.lebanon-americanclubofdanbury.com
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Phone: 203-743-5828 / Email: lebanonclub@att.net
www.lebanon-americanclubofdanbury.com
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february 2018
Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday
1 2 3

Italian Buffet Dinner by


Nick's
4 5 6 7 8 9 10
St. Maron Feast Day @
St. Anthony's and
7pm Board Mtg. Lebanese Specialty OLOL Churches
Big Game day 8pm-Gen.Mtg. Dinner By Vivianne's
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Lebanese Grill and


Happy Valentine's Buffet Dinner By Chef
Day Elie with Live Music
18 19 20 21 22 23 24

7pm Board Mtg. 6:30pm Pasta


8pm-Gen.Mtg. Dinner By Chef 7:30pm Lebanese Buffet Dinner
7pm Lax Mtg. Scalzo Tournament By Chef Hanna
25 26 27 28 March 3rd

Comedy Night at St.


Anthony's Church

Lebanon American Club


22 West Street
Danbury, CT 06810

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