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Winners of the Best Submission Contest

Thank you to all of our authors who submitted a wonderful collection of family histories, personal recollections, fictional stories and informative articles to the Gulyas Pot. The winners are:

INDIVIDUAL PRIZES
1) Kathy Vogel - Nagymama's Italian Angel
http://www.thegulyaspot.com/site/?q=node/203
2) Bill Shepard - A Christmas Memorial of Cardinal Mindszenty
http://www.thegulyaspot.com/site/?q=node/189
3) Alfonz Lengyel - Fortune Favor the Brave!
http://www.thegulyaspot.com/site/?q=node/182

ORGANIZATIONAL PRIZE - Kathy Megyeri, HRFA

Could you use an extra $250 for the holidays? Then jump into the Gulyas Pot!

You can win $250 for the "best submission" to the Gulyas Pot website by December 15, 2008. Read below for details...

PRIZES:
Individual Prizes: $250 (1st), $150 (2nd), $75 (3rd) for "best" submission
Organizational Prizes: $250 for organization with most "quality" submissions
(NOTE: Prizes will be determined by a panel of judges)

RULES:
- Submissions may be to any forum, or you may create your own
- Entries may be video, audio, photo or text
- All submissions must be in English or Hungarian (with an English translation)

WHAT SHOULD I SUBMIT?:

Launch of Global Museum of Communism, Bishop Laszlo Tokes Honored with Truman-Reagan Medal of Freedom

Launch of Global Museum of Communism
Victims of Communism Memorial Foundation
June 16, 2009

Wreath Laying Ceremony
10:30 am - 11:00 AM
Location: The Victims of Communism Memorial
At the intersection of Massachusetts Ave. NW and New Jersey Ave. NW in Washington DC.

Truman-Reagan Medal of Freedom Ceremony
12:00 - 2:00 PM
Three medals will be awarded to those who fought for freedom: Bishop Laszlo Tokes, U.S. House of Representatives, Majority Leader Steny Hoyer; U.S. Secretary of Housing & Urban Development Jack Kemp (posthumously).

Hungarian American Named Budget Director for President-elect Obama's Cabinet

Peter Orszag, a Hungarian American, was just named Budget Director for President-elect Obama's Cabinet. Here are a few links:

Description of Orszag and his credentials from Wikipedia
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peter_R._Orszag

Hungarian-American Put in Charge of U.S. Budget; Nation Focuses on Bad Hair Rather than Ancestry
Link: http://www.pestiside.hu/20081126/hungarianamerican-put-in-charge-of-us-b...

Blurb on Appointment

Third ‘Hungarian Americans Together’ Conference Held

THIRD ‘HUNGARIAN AMERICANS TOGETHER’ CONFERENCE HELD
IN NEW BRUNSWICK, NJ, OCTOBER 10-11, 2008

Washington, DC – The following press release was issued jointly by the two Co-Chairs’ organizations and the three hosting organizations.

NY Gov. George Pataki Receives High Honor from Republic of Hungary

GOVERNOR GEORGE E. PATAKI RECEIVES HIGH STATE HONOR
FROM REPUBLIC OF HUNGARY

Budapest - November 13, 2008

On November 12, 2008, George E. Pataki, former Governor of New York, received the Commander’s Cross with the Star of the Order of Merit of Republic of Hungary, from President László Sólyom. The ceremony was attended by Viktor Orbán, President of FIDESZ – Hungarian Civic Union; Kinga Göncz, Minister of Foreign Affairs; US Ambassador April Foley; and family members and friends.

Link to "Year of Hungarian Culture in US" website

http://www.extremelyhungary.org/

This site will list official events (sponsored by the Hungarian government) in NYC and DC throughout 2009.

Listen to Hungarian Radio Program *Live* from Cleveland, OH

To listen to Andrea and Bandi Lazar's Hungarian-language radio program LIVE every Sunday from 6:06-7:00 PM, click on www.wcpn.org.

On the top navigation bar, click on "Listen Live."

Tom Lantos Receives Presidential Medal of Freedom Posthumously

On June 19, 2008, President Bush presented the Presidential Medal of Freedom (posthumously) to Tom Lantos, the highest ranking public official of Hungarian descent and a tireless advocate for human rights worldwide. The award was received by Annette Lantos, his “partner in life and in Congress.”

Representing the Hungarian American community were the Lantos family, Nancy Brinker, Chief of Protocol and former Ambassador to Hungary and Max Teleki, President of the Hungarian American Coalition.

Lantos Medal.jpg

Victims of Communism Memorial Dedication - One Year Later



Congressman Tom Lantos dedicates the Victims of Communism Memorial in Washington D.C. June 12th 2007.

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