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Page 6 Hye Sharzhoom October 1990 rf Road To Tabriz by Y. Stephen Bulbulian Hearing the screams resounding, echoing faster, the noise moves swiftly not unlike those in fear. Startled and afraid, the vision returned. On the road to Tabriz the woman cried among voices breaking and fear frozen looks of terror and alarm. At first in black and white, the moment returned to sepia and naked huddled forms of terror-struck mothers, daughters, sisters, wives. And tears return of sadness for losing one so near and the nightmare reoccurs, in deep thought the moment returns. "N HYE License Plates J cJ\ Tradition For The Finest <s>^^t. ,TM l In addition to our famous... 'Parag-Hatr,' fc5\rmenian Cracker Bread) 'Hye DeLites' (Qourmet Crackers) We have c5\rmenian Pastries and Delicacies... Lamajoon Paklava Pistachios Ghorag Koofta String Cheese Bulghur grape Leaves Yalanchi Halva grains Souberag 445-1511 2222 Santa Clara (at 'L' §treet)/Fresno, Ca. 93721 Closed Sunday & Monday/ Wholesale &'Retail Available at local markets. Local Artist Constructs Monument By Jeff Ahronian Editor There it stands... a rather ominous structure. The monument which Varaz Samuelian has dedicated to his lifelong friend and confidant, the world renowned writer-playwright, William Saroyan. Standing over forty feet in height it leaves a lasting impression on nearly everyone who sees it It was announced weeks before that the drive to raise funds for the completion of the Saroyan monument would end officially on November 20, 1990. The fund drive, which began in June, seeks to raise $30,000. When I visited the artist, at his studio in downtown Fresno, he was working on his latest project- a wall painting of Marilyn Monroe and Da Vinci's Mona Lisa.- Samuelian, who was born in Yerevan, Armenia 73 years ago, had just ended a 36-hour hunger strike in which he was protesting against the situation in Karabagh. The Saroyan monument was started almost one year ago when Sameulian thought that he should do something for his friend Saroyan, who died in 1981. Samuelian, who also designed the bust of Saroyan that greets visitors to the William Saroyan theater, has many other tributes to the Fresno author located throughout his downtown museum, including a William Saroyan memorabilia room. "Varaz and Saroyan were the best of friends when Willie was alive," said Ben Amirkhanian, the chairman of the William Saroyan Festival, in a press release. "But more importandy, they respected each other as Armenian artists. Who would be more appropriate to honor Willie with a statue than Varaz?" Once, when Saroyan was asked if he thought Varaz Samuelian was any good, the Fresno author replied, "He is very good." If only Willie could see him now. By M. Leon Peters Staff Writer The license plate. It is a form of identification for an automobile. All cars, by law, are required to have this seven digit piece of metal on their front and rear bumpers. The reason we have them is so that police officers can easily identify us when we go fifty through a school zone. Examples of typical license plates are 1JFZ833, 1EZA212, HYENMYT...wait a second, HYENMYT? What type of license plate is HYENMYT??? Was this a fluke printed by some prison inmate or did the DMV issue a special series of license plates? Actually, HYENMYT is a personalized license plate. In case you were wondering, the HYE stands for Armenian (I found this out in my Armenian 1A class). In fact, there are several other license plates around Fresno that I have seen HYE plastered all over. Last Saturday night while I was driving down Blackstone avenue I saw a black convertible IROC. It blew by me (in the process of running a red light I might add) like it was being chased by the police. The license plate on this oudaw's car was HYECLAS. Two days later, as I was again gingerly minding my own business, I saw a Chevy Astro van with tinted windows and a lowered frame speed past me as I was stopped at an intersection between Fowler and Jensen avenue. I was utterly astounded to find out that the license plate read HYEKIDS. After witnessing these two unbelievable phenomena, I started wondering whv Armenians would personalized license plates. I figured since they cost twenty five dollars annually, Armenians wouldn't want to pay for them because they cost too much. Thus, the only rational explanations I could think of were: 1) the resurgence of Armenian nationalists or, 2) Armenians have a lot of pride in themselves and are not afraid of telling other people who they are. After hours and hours of deep thought, I came to the conclusion that Armenians put HYE on their license plates because they are proud to be Armenians and are not afraid to show it! I decided to look into the situation a little bit further and, with strenuous and time consuming investigation, I was able to locate many other HYE plates. For example: 5FT HYE, HYERIDE, 1HAFHYE, LCKYHYE, MEDZHYE, YESHYEM, HYEPER, and RIDNHYE. Here, however, are some of my suggestions for anyone who is thinking of obtaining a license plate with HYE on it: HARYHYE, NOSYHYE, RASNHYE (Raisin Hye), HYEFIVE, VERYHYE, ODARHYE, HYES-R-US, IAMHYE, R U HYE, CRZYHYE and, of course, BO KNOWS HYE (too bad it doesn't fit). Thus, in this day and age where everything doesn't necessarily appear to be what it really is, you can bet your last dollar that the next time you see a license plate with HYE on it that the owner of the vehicle is either: 1) a resurgent Armenian nationalist, or 2) a proud Armenian with a keen sense of humor. A contributor to this article was Jeff Ahronian CATHOLICOS,cont. from pg. 4 munity organizations, Sunday School Staff, and the church youth group were invited to spend the evening with the Catholicos in a more relaxed atmosphere. Catholicos of All Armenians, Vazken I , together with Karekin II, issued a joint communique to all Armenian Church Dioceses in the world to start fundraising to help the Armenians in Lebanon." The two Catholicoses have worked closely together in the past Karekin II, of the Great House of Cilicia, has made five pilgrimages to the Mother See of Etchmiazin. Two of the visits were after the 1988 earthquake. On Monday, June 25, on his final day of his Pontifical visit in Fresno, a press conference was held with His Holiness at the Centre Plaza Holliday Inn. After the tour a barbecue luncheon, prepared by the Youth Group of the Church, was given in His Holiness's honor at the home of Sark and Virginia Sarabian in Sanger. The youth prepared some of his favorite dishes consisting of hamburgers and chili hotdogs. On June 26, Tuesday morning, His Holiness said a prayer of departure at the church before he left for his next leg of his Pontifical visit in Los Angeles. Varaz Samuelian standing beside his unfinished Saroyan monument
Object Description
Title | 1990_10 Hye Sharzhoom Newspaper October 1990 |
Alternative Title | Armenian Action, Vol. 12 No. 1, October 1990; Ethnic Supplement to the Collegian. |
Publisher | Armenian Studies Program, California State University, Fresno. |
Publication Date | 1990 |
Description | Published two to four times a year. The newspaper of the California State University, Fresno Armenian Students Organization and Armenian Studies Program. |
Subject | California State University, Fresno – Periodicals. |
Contributors | Armenian Studies Program; Armenian Students Organization, California State University, Fresno. |
Coverage | 1979-2014 |
Format | Newspaper print |
Language | eng |
Full-Text-Search | Scanned at 200-360 dpi, 18-bit greyscale - 24-bit color, TIFF or PDF. PDFs were converted to TIF using Adobe Acrobat 9 Pro. |
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Title | October 1990 Page 6 |
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Hye Sharzhoom
October 1990
rf
Road To Tabriz
by Y. Stephen Bulbulian
Hearing the screams resounding,
echoing faster,
the noise moves swiftly
not unlike those in fear.
Startled and afraid,
the vision returned.
On the road to Tabriz
the woman cried
among voices breaking
and fear frozen looks
of terror and alarm.
At first in black and white,
the moment returned to sepia
and naked huddled forms
of terror-struck mothers,
daughters, sisters, wives.
And tears return of sadness
for losing one so near
and the nightmare reoccurs,
in deep thought the moment returns.
"N
HYE License Plates
J
cJ\ Tradition For The Finest
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