I would like to welcome every- one to the new SIA Newsletter. The newsletter has been devel- oped with the intent of keeping the membership informed of events and activities of the SIA and the Italian Community. If you have any input, interesting facts or would like to include informa- tion in the newsletter, please contact Vic Scaglione or Sam Pane. P RESIDENTS C ORNER F ESTIVAL N EWS Steve Utterson has been appointed to the Festival board to repre- sent the SIA. This Years Men’s booth will keep the same menu as last year. Please contact Sam Pane @ 285-3230 if you can help out with this years festival booth. At our last general meet- ing the membership gave the board permission to give the buyer a 60 day extension on the sale. If you have any questions please come to the next meeting. APRIL 1, 2013 VOLUME 1, I SSUE 1 S OCIETY OF I TALIAN -A MERICANS N EWSLETTER SIA M EETING D ATES April 14, 2013 May 19, 2013 June 9, 2013 3:30 Board Meeting 5:00pm Membership All meetings will be held at 1801 McKinley I NSIDE THIS ISSUE : P RESIDENTS CORNER 1 SIA MEETING DATES 1 F ESTIVAL NEWS 1 CULTURAL CENTER NEWS 2 MEMBERSHIP I NFORMATION 2 UPCOMING E VENTS 2 BIRTHDAY 3 ADVERTISING 4,5 N EW MEMBERS Steve Utterson Victor Mele Charles Celsi Mark Amadeo Anthony Calaro B UILDING N EWS Official Publication of the Society of Italian-Americans Des Moines, Iowa Do you have friends or family of Italian Decent that are not members? Ask them why aren’t they. Get them signed up so we can grow the Society. The more members we have the stronger we are. R ECRUITING INFORMATION I would also like to thank all the SIA members who participated in the annual SIA Pitch Tournament held after the March Meeting. Congratulations to this years team winners: George Houston and John Sposeto Jr. Hope to see you at the next scheduled meeting. It will be held at the SIA building, 1801 Mckinley on April 14th 2013 at 5:00 pm. Ciao! Mario Tumea
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I would like to welcome every-one to the new SIA Newsletter. The newsletter has been devel-oped with the intent of keeping the membership informed of events and activities of the SIA and the Italian Community. If you have any input, interesting facts or would like to include informa-tion in the newsletter, please contact Vic Scaglione or Sam Pane.
PRESIDENTS CORNER
FESTIVAL NEWS
Steve Utterson has
been appointed to the
Festival board to repre-
sent the SIA.
This Years Men’s
booth will keep the
same menu as last
year. Please contact
Sam Pane @ 285-3230
if you can help out
with this years festival
booth.
At our last general meet-ing the membership gave the board permission to give the buyer a 60 day extension on the sale. If you have any questions please come to the next meeting.
APRIL 1, 2013 VOLUME 1, ISSUE 1
SOCIETY OF ITALIAN-AMERICANS NEWSLETTER
SIA MEETING DATES
April 14, 2013
May 19, 2013
June 9, 2013
3:30 Board Meeting
5:00pm Membership
All meetings will be held at 1801 McKinley
INSIDE THIS ISSUE :
PRESIDENTS CORNER 1
SIA MEETING DATES 1
FESTIVAL NEWS 1
CULTURAL CENTER NEWS 2
MEMBERSHIP
INFORMATION
2
UPCOMING EVENTS 2
BIRTHDAY 3
ADVERTISING 4,5
NEW MEMBERS
Steve Utterson
Victor Mele
Charles Celsi
Mark Amadeo
Anthony Calaro
BUILDING NEWS
Official Publication of the Society of Italian-Americans Des Moines, Iowa
Do you have friends or family of Italian Decent that are not members? Ask them why aren’t they. Get them
signed up so we can grow the Society. The more members we have the stronger we are.
RECRUITING
INFORMATION
I would also like to thank all the SIA members who participated in the annual SIA Pitch Tournament held after the March Meeting. Congratulations to this years team winners: George Houston and John Sposeto Jr.
Hope to see you at the next scheduled meeting. It will be held at the SIA building, 1801 Mckinley on April 14th 2013 at 5:00 pm. Ciao!
Mario Tumea
April 28, 2013 Pitch Tournament
* Vittoria Lodge
*12:00pm Lunch
* 1:00pm Tournament
July 26-27, 2013 VIVA l’TALIA Festival
* Western Gateway Park
donated their time and talent to make this 16th annual St. Joseph’s Day Celebration a special day.
This years Alters were sponsored by the following families and organiza-tion, Tursi Family, Marasco / Leo Families, Rand Family, Miller Family, Tumea Family, St. Anthony Fr. Vic-tor Romanelli Knights of Columbus, Society of Italian Americans and the
This years St. Joseph Celebration was a huge success more than a hun-dred people showed up to view the alters and to have a traditional family style Lenten meal. A big thank you to Mrs. “C” for the hard work she does every year to put this on.
The board of Governors of the Cul-tural Center would also like to thank all the family and friends who have
Vittoria Lodge.
The Cultural Center would also like to thank all those who vis-ited and gave donations during this event and to remind every-one that all donations will benefit the St. Joseph Shelter, Catholic Workers House and Bidwell / Riverside Center.
UPCOMING EVENTS AND DATES
RECOGNITION
The SIA would like to congratulate the following:
Michael Mauro for receiving the Outstanding Citizen award from the South Des Moines Chamber of Commerce.
Ned Chiodo and the staff at Grandview Golf Course for outstanding business of the year for the East Des Moines Chamber.
We also like to recognize The Latin King for winning the Jim Goodman Entrepreneurial Spirit Award from the East/ South Des Moines Chamber
And a Happy 100 years to Graziano Brothers Grocery
“IF YOU WANT
THINGS TO STAY
AS THEY ARE ,
THINGS WILL HAVE
TO CHANGE”
GIUSEPPE
TOMASI DI
LAMPEDUSA
ITALIAN WRITER 1896-1957
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The Society of Italian Americans Scholarship Program is open to all eligible college bound and/or current college students. To be eligible, you must be a child or grandchild of a current Society or Auxiliary member. The selection process begins with a letter of application which should be sent to the Board of the Society of Italian Americans:
Attn: Scholarship Chairman Society of Italian Americans 1801 McKinley Ave. Des Moines, IA 50315
The application letter needs to consist of: 1) The applicant’s grade point average 2) The applicant’s extracurricular activities within school 3) The applicant’s community service 4) Two letters of reference from someone other than family members
The application deadline is May 31, 2013.
William Freel 5/14
Bruno Isolini 5/28
James Leo 5/03
Giovanni Leo 5/16
Charles Leo 5/01
John Lloyd 5/02
Charley Miller 5/14
Robert Pasutti 5/22
John Scaglione 5/10
Joe Tumea Sr. 5/03
Paul Tursi 5/17
Pete Tursi 5/27
Orlondo Vivone Jr. 5/06
June Birthday:
Pete Acri 6/01 Joe Baratta 6/07
Frank Biagioli 6/11
James Caligiuri 6/18 Nick Cardamon 6/15
Thomas Catrone 6/01
Charles Celsi 6/08
April Birthday:
Ted J. Andreini 4/12
Armand A. DeFino 4/25 James S. Pigneri 4/28
James Scavo 4/21
John A. Vivone Jr. 4/24 John Labonia 4/22
Frank G. DeFrancisco 4/03
Peter Lipovac 4/30 John Best 4/29
Chris C. Coco 4/23
Blair Matt Ellis 4/16 Vincent J. Scavo 4/19
Ned Chiodo III 4/26
Frank Marasco 4/11 Macario Pane 4/02
Jimmy Wallace Jr. 4/19
May Birthday:
Mark Amadeo 5/30
Tony Bisignano 5/14
Tom Bordenaro 5/29
Jeff Chiodo 5/17
Rich Cittarella 5/20
Msgr. Fran Chiodo 6/06
Joe Coco 6/19
Edward Coppola 6/23 Michael Coppola 6/19
James DeMatteis 6/09
John Fontanini 6/06 Thomas Fucaloro Jr. 6/22
John Mauro 6/09
Anthony Mauro 6/29 Carl Mazzie 6/13
Al Morano Jr. 6/11
Jimmi Paterno Jr. 6/02 Anthony Pigneri 6/10
Anthony Renda 6/05
Robert Reynolds 6/11 Victor Scaglione 6/16
John Scavo 6/21
Clement Scorpiniti 6/16
Peter Vivone 6/28
SCHOLARSHIP PROGRAM
B IRTHDAY ’S
FAMOUS ITALIANS
Giuseppe Mario Bellanca, designer of the first monoplane in the United States with an enclosed cabin
William Paca, signer of the American Declaration of Independence, member of the Continental Congress, governor of Maryland, Federal District Judge
Fred Couples Golfer (Father changed family name from Coppola)
Mary Lou Retton (born 1968) Olympic gold medalist in gym-nastics (original family name was Rotunda, changed by her grand-father)
Most of us have heard of famous Italians like Frank Sinatra or Joe DiMaggo. Here are some famous Italians you my have never heard of or did not think they were Italian and what they have done.
R.A. Salvatore (born 1959), science fiction and fantasy author, best known for his Forgotten Realms and Star Wars novels
THERE ARE NEARLY 15
MILLION PEOPLE WHO HAVE IDENTIFIED THEMSELVES
AS ITALIAN AMERICAN IN THE 2000 U.S. CENSUS, THE
POPULATION DIVISION OF THE U.S. CENSUS BUREAU
REPORTS. THE CENSUS BUREAU
ESTIMATES, HOWEVER, THAT 1
OUT OF 10
AMERICANS HAS SOME ITALIAN BLOOD, BRINGING THE TOTAL NUMBER OF AMERICANS
