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Good afternoon to all on this most pleasant and sunny day (Fri Oct 18th) off the friendly shores of Lake Erie.

Fall is now in full swing. Already in the parish courtyard, permeable paver parking lot, side lots and the flower bed in the back area of the church, plants and flower beds are slowly each week being cleaned out and plants able to be put away until spring 2025 is in progress: "rozmarin" (rose mary), oleander, and other such plants in new plant containers in a dry but lighted area in the garages as well as in the rectory basement area. The hanging plants on the west side wall of the exterior of the church by the ADA compliant ramp, have however come to an end and have been discarded.

The current Heart Of A Shepherd (HOS) at St Vitus is ongoing with the majority of funds raised used or to be used to repair, maintenance and such related tasks. A portion however is also for the corporal works of mercy including the parish food bank/pantry. We have secured a mix of cereal and also various hygiene products such as toilet paper, toothpaste and toothbrushes for distribution in either Oct or Nov 2024. The parish has invested over $100,000 in upgrading the lower church hall with code compliant electrical panel, new lighting and wiring, remodeled the two restrooms, new dry wall, insulation, paint work (walls and flooring) and five ductless air conditioning units as well as remodeled the kitchen; and a code compliant food pantry (compared with previous covering with "blue colored tarps, old pallets, old shelving and like kind). Now the food pantry has a set of refrigerators, set of freezers, proper steel-based shelves, carts and other items needed for this corporal work of mercy. The remodeling work was part and parcel via: Louis Kuhar, Peter Lavrisha, Tom Znidarsic and crew, summer help and yours truly. I cannot state over and over that the work of the food bank is due primarily to a very dedicated group of parishioners who have, month after month, year after year, and in some cases, decade after decade, served many in need. This includes Betty Svekric (coordinator), Rudy Sterk, Don Kern, Joe Maxse, Mary Ann Zadell-Scafe, and Carolyn Mallik; and parish staff/summer help when needed. Carrying 20 to 30 boxes up and down 23-to-24 steps to have the food supplies then sorted on shelves is taxing at times. We keep in our prayers those who have already departed this world for the Next: Lillian Krzywicki, Babe Cizel, Flo Jaksic, Mr. & Mrs. Karnik, Marcie Mills, Bernie Sajovec, the Turk sisters (Agnes, Esther, Billy), and others. May they rest in peace. An average of 45-to-55 bags are prepared each month with over 625,000 pounds of food distributed through the parish food bank. And started by the then young mladi kaplan, Rev. John Kumse.

In addition, St Vitus Parish provided over $100,000 and numerous volunteers (including great cooperation with students from St Edward High School, Divine Word volunteers, and other volunteers) to transition and remodel five apartments for incoming immigrants vented under US State Department protocols and two former store fronts where the corporal work of mercy of clothing distribution (includes shoes, blankets, and such items) long with repairing an old brick detached garage in cooperation with bona fide 501 c 3 "Joseph House of Cleveland Inc (JHCI)" the past 13 or so years.

Over 568 individuals have already donated to HOS (and some multiple times). Your continued generosity and support of HOS has made over 72 tasks completed on and around parish grounds. You can donate to HOS via a donation to "St. Vitus Endowment Corp." and either drop off in the weekly collection basket, drop off at the parish rectory, mail to the parish rectory (6019 Lausche Avenue, Cleveland, Ohio 44103) or via PayPal (go to parish website "www.saintvitus.org". HOS will conclude at St Vitus Parish effective Dec. 31, 2024. I also note we have met the two $10,000 challenge matching grants.

The last photo is of St Theodosius Russian Orthodox Cathedral located in the city of Cleveland Tremont neighborhood where a fire torched the upper parts of this historic church structure as well as caused much damage on the interior of the church. Repair work is now in progress, estimated to cost up to and beyond $1.0 Million. Surprisingly, the framed structures for the onion shaped domes was in wood lumber, unlike the steel trusses for St Vitus Church.

I've recently been in contact with Alex K, an article about his 2018 arrest below. He is currently under edict from the Canadian govt limiting his freedom of speech on social media. His law suit proceeds. He has been sharing the PFLI pamphlet Infant Homicides through Contraceptives for several months and has just completed a short summary/analysis for Canadians, which he will share once total finalized.

Let us pray for this brave young man, and that we may see more pharmacists (inter alia) show such courage in the face of enormous injustice.

I don't speak French but Brave does (translated from French):

A Montrealer falsely accused of obstruction for filming police officers from a distance, then acquitted despite lies by one of the officers, has filed a $30,000 lawsuit against the City of Montreal.

“Had they told the truth, there would have been no arrest or illegal detention, since the plaintiff at no time obstructed their work,” states the civil suit filed by Alexander Georgiev Kissiakov this week at the Montreal courthouse.

Mr. Kissiakov, 27, is having a hard time digesting his unnecessary arrest in October 2018.

At the time, he was walking down a street in Ville-Émard, a neighborhood in southwestern Montreal, when he saw two police officers talking to citizens. Curious, he then approached about 20 feet away from the intervention and began filming the scene.

Except that the two officers, Lisanne Boulette and Hugo Laverdure, didn't like being filmed and asked the man to stop, which he refused to do.

“We're going to arrest him because I think it's weird,” said officer Boulette, before Mr. Kissiakov was handcuffed.

He was then detained for a few hours before being charged with obstruction, according to the lawsuit filed by Me Justin Wee.

At trial, police officer Laverdure testified, under oath, that the accused was “about six feet away”. Except that the defense submitted a video proving the much greater distance, so the charges were quickly withdrawn.

Translated with DeepL.com (free version)

On 9/12/2024 16:06, alexk k wrote:
> That's an article in french about my 2018 arrest.
> https://www.journaldemontreal.com/2021/03/11/ecroue-pour-avoir-filme-des-policiers
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> Sincerely,
> Alex K.
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> On Thursday, September 12, 2024 at 03:58:53 p.m. EDT, alexk k wrote:
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> Well, my parents came from Bulgaria, I am by ethnicity Bulgarian, they told me stories about it. It is not my first criminal accusation. In 2018, the police accused me of obstruction because I filmed them. In the recent case, the police initially told me I had committed no crime but then I was faced with two counts of harassment and one for mischief. Me too I would like to leave for the USA I just don't have the education necessary to be "attractive" for you immigration officials. I know there is sponsorship but there is responsibility involved even to a friend I would have difficulty bringing up.
> If Kamala is elected, Trump is not much better, I don't think the eastern states like New York would be any different than the ussr.
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> Regards,
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> Alex K.
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