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psychology, music, and the arts. And for the twenty- first century, variations on the theme of Salt in Ukraine may even inspire someone to write a screen play. Would Chumaky v dorozi do Poltavy (The Salt Wagoneers on their way to Poltava) be an enticing title? * * * Copyright Helene N. Turkewicz-Sanko, Ph.D., Depart ment of Classical and Modem Languages and Cultures, John Carroll University. July 2003 1 Mikhailo Kotyubinskyi. Fata Morgana and Other Sto ries. Kiev: Dnipro Publishers. 1980. [pagination in this article refers to this publication] 2 See illustration in Shalaga, Volodymyr. Stories and Illus- tations of Village Life in Western Ukraine. A project of CIME ( a U.S. 501c non-profit endeavor organization established in 1990 by the Christian A. Johnson Endeavor Fundation). Lviv, Ukraine : Taras Soroka Publisher. 2002 : 24. See also Taras Shevchenko’s drawings. In 1846, Taras Shevchenko drew a pictures of chumak carts among graves. It leads us to believe that there was a ritual among the chumaky to spend the night by the graves side of their departed chumak fellows from previous journeys. Also in the 1800s chumaky had become entrepre neurs and were delivering salt beyond the borders of Ukraine. In 1849, while in Kos Aral, Shevchenko mentions the salt Wagoneers in his poetry: As the Salt Wagoneers in the fall walking the steppe mile after mile, So are my years going by and by,... 3 Vybrani Tvory. Kyiv: Dnipro, 1977: 48-56. 4 Danylevs’kyi Hryhorij. Chumaky, Kyudozhn’o-dokumen- tal’nyi Narys/ Salt Wagoners, A Cultural Documentation of Their Way of Life. Kyiv: Veselka. 1992. Note that chumaky would take a rooster to wake them up in the morning. No men tion is made about any hens although one would think that if there was room for a rooster, there would be room for a couple of hens that could provide eggs for breakfast. 5 Illustrations, especially men pushing a loaded cart out of the mud: 95. 6 Chumak" by Jakiv Shtchoholiv (1824-1898) in Balady. S.A. Kryzhanivs’kyi, editor. Kyiv: Dnipro. 1981: 66-67. 7 Lviv, Ukraine: Printing House of the Taras Shevchenko Academic Society. This comedy portrays Khoma and his brother Vitalyi, who have been salt wagoneering for the last 5 years. The text reveals two additional pieces of informa tion about the trade: the first is that the villagers depended heav ily for supplies on the salt drivers. They gave money to the valka leader and received a voucher which they had to produce in exchange for the goods (Act I, scene 1). The second detail is that the valka’s trip lasts about one month. The reader/listener discovers this when Vitalyi’s wife reveals that she has been without supplies for a month, the duration of her husband’s absence (Act III, scene.5). The Child in the Kaleidoscope by Xenia Panczak-Zacharczuk In March 2000, Dzvinka Zacharczuk, Public Relations Chair of the Philadelphia Regional Council, initiated "Kaleidoscope"—a series based on a quote from Lesia Ukrainka: “Themes alternated often and quickly in ever-changing patterns, like the colorful pieces of glass in the kaleidoscope.” The program was one of the highlights of events hosted by the Philadel phia Regional Council to commemorate the 75th anni versary of the founding of the UNWLA. The first topic of the series was “The Woman in the Kaleidoscope” and featured four panelists who presented diverse per spectives on the Ukrainian American woman's multi faceted role in her home, her workplace, her commu nity, and her world. On Saturday, May 17, 2003 the UNWLA Philadelphia Regional Council hosted “The Child in the Kaleidoscope.” This second program of the Kalei doscope series was moderated by Xenia Panczak- Zacharczuk, UNWLA Philadelphia Regional Educa tional Chair. Hosted at the Ukrainian Education and Cultural Center in Jenkintown, Pennsylvania, the pro gram featured four speakers, Maria Lazar, Lida Lu- kianovich-Melnyk, Dr. Irena Stolyar, and Dr. Oksana Baltarowych-Hud, each of whom spoke on the topic of children and their physical and emotional develop ment. The first panelist to speak was Maria Lazar, whose topic was the gifted child. Mrs. Lazar explained the process of getting a child into a program for gifted students. An expert in this field, Maria Lazar is cur rently a retired teacher who worked with gifted stu dents in the Methacton School District High School in Montgomery County, Pennsylvania, for 30 years. In 1986 she and two fellow teachers received a grant from the National Endowment of the Humanities and developed a program for educationally gifted students in the district’s high school. The program designed by the three teachers was literature-based and is still being implemented in the Methacton School District. Today, however, it has been expanded to include the school district’s middle school and five elementary schools. In her presentation about coping with the spe cial problems of dealing with the sick child, Lida Lu- kianovich-Melnyk offered the audience a very per sonal look into her own family situation. Mrs. Melnyk is the mother of two boys, eight and ten. Approxi mately five years ago, Mrs. Melnyk noticed speech difficulties developing in her older son. Night epileptic seizures soon followed. Her family pediatrician as "Н А Ш Е Ж И Т Т Я ”, В Е Р Е С Е Н Ь 2003 17
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