NOTES ON PEOPLE (07/26/98)

NOTES ON PEOPLE

Tatarenko assumes council seat in Clifton

by Tom Hawrylko

CLIFTON, N.J. - Ukrainians throughout Passaic County applauded the inauguration of Stefan Tatarenko to the Clifton City Council on July 1. A longtime member of the Ukrainian National Association Branch 25, Mr. Tatarenko became Clifton's first Ukrainian councilperson since Stanley Zwier was selected mayor in 1958.

"I consider public service to be a great honor and one that offers much fulfillment to those willing to contribute time and energy," said Mr. Tatarenko, a choir member of the Holy Ascension Ukrainian Orthodox Church on Broad Street in Clifton, where he has been a member of the parish's board of directors for many years.

"I feel qualified to meet the challenges our city faces today," he added.

Mr. Tatarenko has served in many appointed and elected positions. For six years he held the elected positions of commissioner and vice-president of the Board of Education. He has also been a member of the Clifton Clean Communities Committee and the Clifton Traffic Council. He served on the Clifton 80th Anniversary Committee in 1997.

The new councilperson, his wife, Anna, and their two sons, Peter and Andrew, have made Clifton their home for over 20 years. Mr. Tatarenko said he is proud of the fact that both his boys have been educated in the city's public schools.

As his four-year term begins, Mr. Tatarenko said he plans to expand housing opportunities for senior citizens and recreational programs for youth.

Receives McMaster University's highest honor

WINDSOR, Ontario - "The president of McMaster University," the attractively framed certificate reads, "on behalf of the McMaster Students' Union, hereby awards to Anna Marzotto the Honor M and grants membership in the McMaster Honor Society. The award, the highest honor bestowed by the McMaster Students' Union, is conferred in recognition of outstanding and valuable service to the McMaster community."

This award is presented annually, since 1932, to McMaster students (maximum three awards presented per year) for leadership in non-athletic extra-curricular volunteer activities. Ms. Marzotto was the sole recipient this year of the prestigious Honor M award.

Throughout her four years at McMaster, Ms. Marzotto was involved in various aspects of student government, such as the University Senate committee, student clubs, residences and theater.

Her most rewarding achievement, however, was the rejuvenation of the McMaster Ukrainian Students' Association, of which she became president. This club hosted the Ukrainian Canadian Students' Union Eastern Conference, attended by members of six university Ukrainian Student Clubs from across Eastern Ontario.

At this year's national congress of the Ukrainian Canadian Students' Union, which was held at McMaster, Ms. Marzotto was elected to the national executive as vice-president for the Great Lakes Region.

"The university," remarked the president in his presentation speech, "is a better place because of her involvement and contributions." The biggest recipient of Ms. Marzotto's intellectual legacy, however, has to be the McMaster Ukrainian Students' Association, which during her presidency, not only grew in membership and number of activities, but got involved nationally, and was left with a good prospect for future development.

Ms. Marzotto, an honors graduate in art history and drama is the daughter of Tito and Svitlana Marzotto. They are members of UNA Branch 341 in Windsor, of which Svitlana Halich-Marzotto is president.