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Postmaster: Please Send Form 3579 to: SUPREME LODGE, SPJST, P. 0. Box 100, Temple, Texas 76503 December 1, 1993 ISSN-07458800 VOLUME 81 NUMBER 46
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SPJST Youth Showcased at Texas Fraternal Congress Alt
by State Youth Director Joni Lange The Annual Texas Fraternal Congress (11-C) Youth Spectacular is an event that I look forward to each year because it gives me just one more opportunity to showcase some of our many talented SPJST youth club members. Excellence, it appears, is characteristic to the SPJST and this year it was no exception. Making their second public appearance was the SPJST State King John Buri, of Lodge No. 142, Houston and SPJST State Queen Valerie Roye, of Lodge No. 30, Taiton. In addition to presenting their award winning state speeches, John and Valerie did an excellent job serving as the host and hostesses for the TFC Youth Spectacular. The following group of talented young performers were featured: District One—Emily Jatzlau, Alicia Ford, Keri Rife, Magan Zimmerhanzel, Andy Rife, Amy Wiederhold, Tiffany Garbs, Sue Ellen Flippen, Anthony Ford, and Nicholas Rackel of Lodge No. 13, Dime Box, who performed in sign language to "Heal the World." District Two Jessica Lyon, Kristen Bartek, Jordan Lyon, Sara Wagner, and Courtney Wagner of Lodge No. 177, Academy, lip syncing to the song "My God," from the movie, "Sister Act." District Three—Jesika Tierce from Lodge No. 66, Waco, performing a dance/gymnastic routine to "More and More." District Six—Crystal Roye of Lodge No. 30, Taiton, performing a dance routine to "Hit the Road, Jack." District Seven—Jonathan Haag from Lodge No. 185, New Braunfels, singing "I Should Have Been a Cowboy." Thanks to these young people and their families for taking time out of their busy schedules to represent the youth of our society. Entries in the Scrapbook and Poster Contest received the following awards: Scrapbook—Lodge No. 9, Snook, First Place; Lodge No. 30, Taiton, First Place; Lodge No. 17, New Tabor, Second Place; and Lodge No. 84, Dallas, Honorable Mention. Poster—Lodge No. 30, Taiton, First Place; Lodge No. 47, Seaton, Second Place; and Lodge No. 49, Rowena, Third Place. (Continued on page nine)
...40/4t-.004 REPRESENTING LODGE 66, WACO was Jesika Tierce.
LODGE 30, REPRESENTING TAITON was Crystal Roye.
REPRESENTING LODGE 177, ACADEMY, from left, front row: Courtney Wagner and Jordan Lyon; back row: Jessica Lyon, Kristen Bartek and Sara Wagner.
REPRESENTING LODGE 13, DIME BOX, pictured, from left, front row: Alicia Ford, Emily Jatzlau, Keri Rife, and Magan Zimmerhanzel; back row: Andy Rife Amy Wiederhold, Sue Ellen Flippin, Nicholas Racket, Anthony Ford and Tiffany Garbs.
Struggle for Ethnic Identity Sometimes Leads to Conflict by Bill Malina (88)
People all over the world are struggling with or trying to understand their individual and ethnic identities. Nowhere is this more evident or pronounced than in the conflicts among the people in the former Republic of Yugoslavia. We see this struggle coming to an unwanted and destructive point in their history. Basically, but not exclusively, the people in Slovenia, Croatia, Bosnia-Hercegovina, and Serbia are divided along the following lines: Roman Catholics of Slavic descent, Roman Catholics of non-Slavic descent, Eastern Orthodox of Slavic descent, Eastern Orthodox of non-Slavic descent, Muslims of Slavic descent, and Muslims of non-Slavic descent.
"One of the greatest injustices in people's struggle for ethnic identity is that it often leads to conflict with others." The violence of their struggle for ethnic identity is fueled by a desire to return to autonomous governments in the several traditional geographic areas. The problem is that no one agrees just where or what the boundary lines of each area should be. The separation of Czechoslovakia into two independent nations, Slovakia and the Czech Republic, has a tremendous impact upon people of Moravian ancestry. Ever since the formation of the Hapsburg empire and its assumption of rule over Slavic lands, Slavic people have been struggling to establish or maintain their ethnic identity, which was constantly being suppressed by the Germanic Austrians and the Magyar Hungarians. This is true of the people in the traditional Czech lands of Bohemia, Moravia, Silesia, and slovakia, and it is also true of the Southern Slavic people in Croatia, Slovenia, Bosnia-hercegovina, and Serbia. (Continued on page three)