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This section features four
pages:
Rita's Story: The Art of Comprehension
Thanks Dad
Trilliums at Sauble Cottage
Sr. Fransesca (Links to
Sr. Fran's photos)
Barb's Book Launch (Links to
The southern USA retains a teacher, writer and
painter) |
In addition, the following
items are located on this page, below.
Tarnawa Górna, Poland
Polish film Pan Tadeusz enchants a nation
Polish
filmmaker Andrzej Wajda, age 73, caps 45 years of filmmaking with one of
the highest honours in his field. And delivers a beautiful movie.
The Paleczny Family in
Ontario, Canada
Hawkesville
Picnic and Paleczny in Concert, 1998-99
The name Paleczny means?
Two
Recipes
Maple
Syrup, Spring 2000
It's that time of year again.
The sap is running! People are busy in their sugar shacks! Dave
Biernes of Atwood, ON has rigged up a family-developed system that
would make duct tape aficionado Red Green on CBC TV turn green with
envy. |
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Tarnawa Górna, Poland |
| Tarnawa
Górna was once part of the Galacia province of Austria, when Poland was
partitioned between Prussia, Russia and Austria.
Tarnawa consists of two adjoining villages:
Tarnawa Górna (upper) and Tarnawa Dolna (lower). They are located south of
Wadowice and 9.3 kilometers north of Sucha Beskidka. Their post office was
still Zembrzyce as of 1985.
In the 1880's they had 281 houses,
population 1,842, all Catholic. |
The church was founded there
in 1840 so any church records before that would be in another parish.
The reason that I mentioned
Sucha Beskidka is that it is on the River Skawa, and, near Tarnawa, there
is a stream running into the River Skawa called the Potok Paleczka, named
after our family.
Ray
Paleczny
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Polish film Pan Tadeusz
enchants a nation:
Director receives lifetime achievement Oscar |
| Warsaw, Poland --
Filmmaker Andrzej Wajda received a lifetime achievement Oscar at
the Academy Awards March 26, 2000. "Even sweeter is acclaim for his latest
film, Pan Tadeusz, a sweeping adaptation of poet Adam
Mickiewicz's verse-novel about life, love and intrigue among Polish
nobility," wrote Beata Pasek in The Toronto Star, March 25,
2000.
"A staple snooze on Polish school reading
lists, Pan Tadeusz under Wajda's hand has enchanted a nation. Even
in difficult Polish verse -- subtitles in North American release are
translated into prose -- the movie's sweeping landscapes and
painting-as-film style are drawing viewers at a record pace in Poland,"
wrote Pasek. |
"Among those
moved by the imagery was Polish-born Pope John Paul II, who watched
the film with Wajda in a private Vatican screening after the Academy
announced the lifetime award. `I could never have imagined that this verse
novel could be so well made in to a film,' the pope said."
The article said Pan Tadeusz "will
be showing in other cities across Canada in the near future." ...
"Wajda's calm, noble demeanour belies the
turbulence he has witnessed and sought to portray on the screen. ... he
speaks with quiet confidence, often underscoring a point with a warm
smile," she wrote. --Tim.
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The Paleczny Family in
Ontario, Canada
In 1907, John and Frances
Paleczny settled in Kitchener, Ontario, Canada, and had 14 children, five
of whom are still living. As of 1999, there were 177 direct descendants of
John and Frances, who may be found on the Melchior family tree.
Click on photo to view. |
Counting spouses,
the family originating from the Kitchener-Waterloo area now includes
more than 237 descendants.
Count in other Palecznys and Psutkas on the
Melchior Paleczny family tree who are cousins, and this branch includes
more than 400 people.
Worldwide, we have many Polish-speaking
cousins as well as relatives who speak neither English nor Polish.
You are welcome to contribute to the family trees and web
site in Polish or your native tongue.
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Hawkesville Picnic and
Paleczny in Concert, 1998-99 In
1998-99, the Kitchener-Waterloo (i.e. Melchior) branch of the family held
two main events.
In June, 1998, the family gathered for our
regular bi-annual summer picnic in Hawkesville. Aunt Sue Paleczny
of Caledon, who makes fabulous borscht, has been the driving
force in keeping the event alive. This time it featured a petting zoo,
which the kids loved.
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On
January 10, 1999, the Kitchener-Waterloo branch hosted a worldwide
Paleczny family gathering. The
feature guest was pianist Piotr Paleczny of Poland
playing with the Kitchener-Waterloo Symphony in Kitchener's Centre In The
Square theatre.
Relatives came from Minnesota, Nova Scotia,
Kentucky, Tacoma, Washington, and North Bay.
Brief Biography of Piotr Paleczny
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Click on photo to view.
Polish
Heritage
a la New York and Florida
 For
a taste of Polish culture
 A
Polish import mail
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The name Paleczny means?
"PALECZNY is a rare or dialect adjective
coming from _palec_, "finger," so that it meant "of, connected with a
finger." A similar word in Ukrainian, _palechny_, means "cogged, dentated."
Most likely this surname started as a nickname referring to a person's
fingers or characterizing him as a finger. It may have been a reference to
his dexterity or ability to do careful work with his hands. As of 1990,
there were 881 Polish citizens named Paleczny or Paleczna (the latter is a
feminine form), living all over Poland but with the largest number in the
provinces of Bielsko-Biala (400), Katowice (124), Krakow (71), so that the
name is most common in south-central Poland."
Taken from an email to Ray Paleczny sent
by William F. Hoffman, authour of Polish Surnames: Origins & Meanings
Most of the Melchior branch ancestors came
from either Tarnawa Dolna or Tarnawa Gorna, which are located in the
Province of Bielsko-Biala.
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Two Recipes |
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Caramel Pecan Tart
This recipe comes from a cookbook published by Chez Piggy, a
restaurant in Kingston, Ontario, whose co-owner is Zal Yanovsky,
formerly of the Loving Spoonful.
It really is quite easy,
no calories, and is non-fattening.
For the crust:
- 1/3 cup plus 2 tablespoons butter at
room temp (suggest unsalted but not critical)
- 1 ¼ cups flour
- 5 tablespoons sugar plain white
- 2 egg yolks
- preheat oven to 375 degrees.
Use a pastry cutter or knives to
blend/cut the butter into the flour so that it is the consistency of
small peas. Add egg yolks and mix/stir till it starts to stick. There
isn't much liquid so pastry is very loose and dry, don't worry trust me.
Take a 9-inch pie or flan pan, cut a piece of parchment paper to fit the
bottom. Work the pasty into the pan and at least partially up the sides.
Need to press the pastry to stick together and to stay, not too thick ¼
inch or so. Prick with a fork all over. Cook in oven for 12 minutes and
let cool.
For the filling:
Crumble 2 cups of pecans and toast them
in a saucepan. Melt 2/3 cup brown sugar, ¼ cup butter, ¼ cup golden corn
syrup. Bring to a boil. Turn off heat. While things are real warm, add
pecans and 3 tablespoons 35% bf cream (cream is critical!). Lightly
press onto crust just to fill the pie/tart. Cook for another 12 minutes.
Serve at room temperature. Enjoy!
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Polish Sour Rye Soup (Zurek Polski)
Catharine Paleczny of Waterloo
discovered this recipe for her dad, Peter.
This favorite is basically a vegetable
soup flavoured with kwas, a fermented juice which is used to give it a
sour flavour. You can either buy the kwas from a delicatessen or follow
the recipe below. Some people improvise the dish and add shredded
chicken.
For the kwas:
75g whole meal rye flour
600 ml boiled, cooled water
1/4 clove garlic
Rinse out an earthenware jar or any non-aluminum
container with boiling water. (Note: the aluminum would react with the
acidity of the kwas). Put the flour in the jar and mix to a liquid paste
with a little of water. Leave the mixture to settle for a few minutes,
and then pour on the remaining boiled water. Chop the garlic and add.
Cover the top of the jar with muslin or pierced cling film and leave in
a warm place for 4 to 5 days to ferment. Strain and use as
required. If stored in an airtight container, it will keep for a few
weeks.
For the soup:
1.25 litres stock from vegetables or
beef/chicken bones
100g bacon
100g onion
1 can of mushrooms
400ml kwas
300ml sour cream
5 medium potatoes, cooked and diced
100g smoked sausage, diced
Heat the stock. Chop bacon and onion and
add to stock. Simmer for 10 minutes. Add mushrooms, kwas, cream and
garlic. Season with salt and pepper. Allow to simmer for 20 minutes and
then add potatoes and sausage. Bring to boil. Serves 6.
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Maple Syrup, Spring 2000
It's that time of year again.
The sap is running! Heather and Dave Biernes of Atwood, ON are busy
in their sugar shack! Dave has rigged up a family-developed system that
would make duct tape aficionado Red Green on CBC TV turn green with
envy.
Dave's sugar shack features a
pig nipple converted to an automatic sap dripper and a pump that fills a
holding tank at the flip of a switch. The shack itself is a converted
steel frame cattle box that Dave, with his tractor, hoists up on wheels to
roll away during the off season. |
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L to R: Tim & Aidan Paleczny,
Dave Biernes in the Sugar Shack |
"The wood I burn to make 80
litres is worth more than the syrup," he said.
Dave's family got into making
maple syrup during war years when there was a shortage of sugar. Now, it's
a labour of love. It takes 2,000 litres of sap to make 80 litres of maple
syrup.
Heather and Dave, my step-sister and
brother-in-law, have a limited supply of maple syrup. If you don't mind a
wait of a few weeks for delivery into K-W, and can pick up your order in
Waterloo, we can arrange it. Prices are $20 for two litres or $8 for 750
ml.
If nothing else, you can tell your friends
that to get your hands on some of Ontario's liquid gold, you placed your
order via a web site running out of Syracuse, New York, to a person in
Toronto, who forwarded the order to the farm near Listowel, for delivery
to Waterloo. |
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That may not be convenient,
but as Red Green says, "If the women don't find you handsome, they should
at least find you handy."
Tim@Paleczny.com
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