New book is expression of love

RIVERSIDE, Calif. - The Helen Sherban Lapica Education Fund Inc., has announced that a panegyric about Helen Sherban Lapica titled "She Lives in Our Hearts" ("Vona Zhyvev Nashykh Sertsiakh") has been published in Kyiv in two languages - English and Ukrainian.

The 121-page book was edited by Ray Lapica, president of the non-profit fund. It contains 55 letters from Mrs. Lapica's friends; 24 paintings, mostly of Mrs. Lapica, by Sylvia Dinkel and Mr. Lapica, 33 poems about Mrs. Lapica; two commentaries by Ronnie and Larry Lapica, a eulogy by the Rev. Bill Davis; and two "Dear Helen" letters by Mr. Lapica.

In "A Letter to an Angel," Mr. Lapica says Mrs. Lapica will long be remembered as a co-star in "Marusia," the first Ukrainian film produced in America, and by her family and many friends she inspired with her life.

Mrs. Lapica was born in Krydor, Saskatchewan, and died March 9, 1989, in Fontana, Calif.

The text was translated into Ukrainian by Nadia Naumova. The poems were translated by Solomia and Stanislav Zinchuk. The executive editor was Yaroslav Romaniuk.

The book is available through the Helen Sherban Lapica Education Fund Inc., 7418 Whitegate Ave., Riverside, CA 92506, for $3 plus $1.50 postage. (The fund owns the copyright on the book; no fund money was used to publish it).

Copyright © The Ukrainian Weekly, March 30, 1997, No. 13, Vol. LXV

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