With summer in full swing, we invite you to dance, dine
and drink all things Polish
Fleet Summer Polka
Party!
 On Saturday July
14, 2018 from 4-10 pm join our friends in Cleveland’s Slavic Village behind
St Sava’s as they celebrate summer with ethnic eats from neighborhood favorite Seven Roses, live poppin’ polka music
and tasty Polish beer. Come hungry for dinner and dessert as a rare delectable
dish makes an appearance- szarlotka,
the Polish apple pie. Do’t forget your dancing shoes at home as four local
bands (Tom Katrenich Orchestra, Lil’ Lenny and the All Stars, Tom Mroczka and
the Music Box and Pat Racut) take the stage with WHK 1420 Prime Time Polka
(Sundays 7-8pm) host Richie Krzynowek with Casey Karbowski providing guided
group polka dance lessons. You don’t have to be Polish to eat like one and
dance polka! This event is free to attend. Food and drinks for purchase. Feel
free to bring your own lawn chair. This inaugural event is organized by the
Fleet Stakeholders with the help of Slavic Village Development. For more info
call Joe at 216-429-1182 x107
Be
part of the fun! Join the Polish Day committee!
 Plans are in full
swing for our biggest event of the year, the 10th Annual Polish American Heritage Day on Sunday, August 26, 2018 – 11 am - 6 pm St. Anne’s Catholic Church at 3055 South
Raccoon Road in Austintown. You won’t miss out on any of the fun! Of course we
will start with mass with Fr. Joseph Rudjak followed by music provided by DJ Walter Bielski, Jimmy K & the Mostly Honky Combo (MI)  and Ray Jay & the Carousels (Pittsburgh). Food will be expertly
prepared by Inspired Catering by Kravitz
and Babcia's Lunchbox food truck! We are excited to welcome to perform the Harmony Polish Folk Dancers from Buffalo! Plus Marketplace vendors like Larry Kozlowski
crafts & European Folk Art and a
Deli with delicious smoked
treats from Krakus Polish Deli &
Bakery. The Bakery will  feature Kiederowski’s
pączki & snoogles, as well as sękacz cake and kolachi! The Workshop lineup is filling up, too,
with everything from language to genealogy to travel. And a fun Children’s Area too! It’s all the things
you love about this annual event!
Please consider
helping to make it happen. We are in need of sponsors, basket donations and volunteer workers to make our
primary fundraiser of the year a success. If you give only three hours of your
time to help make it happen, we’ll reward you with FREE admission and a
t-shirt! Sign up today!
Your Polish Tastes by Barbara Rolek
Summer Salads Feature the Best of the Season
 Salads are an important component of the Polish culinary
repertoire, no matter how cold the weather. As in most cultures, appetizer
salads and main-course salads exist, but the two most popular you will see
served at breakfast, on buffets, with a meal, as a snack and at other times of
the day fall into the categories of surówka and sałatka. A sałatka typically is a cold salad
made of cooked ingredients. It might include chicken, tuna, ham, beef,
frankfurter, egg and other cooked proteins dressed with sour cream or Polish
mayonnaise.  Others are made with cooked vegetables like potatoes, potatoes and
herring, beets and others. A surówka is a cold salad made with
raw ingredients like grated carrot and apple, sauerkraut and fresh cabbage,
beets, radishes and more. Surówki
typically accompany hot meals and change based on seasonal produce. One wildly popular item is mizeria
which literally meaning "misery," but is really anything
but that. A favorite of Queen Bona Sforza, this sliced cucumbers in sour cream salad
could become your favorite, too. Try it out with this recipe.
News from Poland
Polish veterans in
cycling challenge across US
 Three Polish soldiers
who have served in Afghanistan are pedaling across the United States in a
cycling challenge during which they are paying homage to their fallen comrades.
Adam Lewkowski, Michał Paćko and Sebastian Stępniak plan to complete their
almost 6,000-kilometre trek from the west to the east coast of America in 44
days, each day honoring one Polish soldier killed in Afghanistan. During their
epic memorial journey from Los Angeles to New York from June 15 to July 28, the
Polish soldiers are trying to draw attention to the problem of post-traumatic
stress disorder, a condition that affects many war veterans. Lewkowski and
Paćko were injured while fighting the Taliban in Afghanistan. The soldiers have already travelled through
six states, sometimes braving harsh desert and mountain conditions and making
unscheduled stops every now and then to fix flat tires. This weekend the three
cyclists plan to reach the Chicago which is said to be home to the world’s
second-largest population of Poles after Warsaw.
News Just for Fun
Costco customers
devastated after Polish dogs removed from menu
 Costco is making some
changes on the food court menu and customers are not pleased. In fact, they're
so upset they've started a petition to get it back. The company has removed the
Polish dog from the menu to try new things like a acai bowl topped with granola
and fresh fruit or the meat-free "Al Pastor" salad and the backlash
has been crazy! Many fans of this popular item have taken to social media to
beg for its return, while others are calling for a boycott of Costco. Costco's
decision to cut the Polish hot dog from its menu has sparked some serious
backlash. "Polish dog off the menu? What are you thinking??" one
person commented on Costco's Facebook page. "Getting rid of the Polish
Dog!!! Is nothing sacred anymore???" commented another. "Please don't
take this away," wrote a third person, recalling childhood memories of
eating the Polish dog at Costco. "This means more to me than you could
ever know." A Change.org petition calling for the Polish dog to remain on
the menu has more than 500 signatures in less than a week.
Calendar Highlights
July 13 – 15 37th
Annual Slovenefest, SNPJ... July 21 PACC
JPII Polish Picnic 3-11 pm homemade
food and music by PTAKI and DJ NRG... August
9- 12 Walking
Pilgrimage to Częstochowa, Doylestown... Saturday,
August 18 Krakusy Society's Summer Picnic... Sunday, August 26 Polish Day... Saturday, Sept 8 6th Annual Carpatho-Rusyn Society
Vatra!... Sept 15 &16 2018 Roncesvalles Polish Festival,
Toronoto... October 6-8 St.
Stanislaus Polish Festival, Cleveland... Sunday,
Nov 11 Polishfest, Cathedral of
Learning, Univ of Pitt...And you know there will be more to come!
Do Zobaczenia!
Aundréa and Your PolishYoungstown Team
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