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Board of Directors
Officers:
President
L. V. Teofilo
Vice President
Richard Daley
Treasurer
Vicky Sobeck
Secretary
Mary Prisco
Past President
Richard Gollnick
Directors
Ron Cattelan
Dom DelBianco
Marlene Feira
Janice Galt
Margene Mar-
cantonio
Susan Milewski
Darrell Sobeck
Judy Sulzmann
Lynn Thompson
Ambassador at
Large
Riccardo Paterni
Editor
Paul Marino
Il Piccolo Giornale April, 2019
Founded 1994
Carnevale!
by Elisa Agen
Club ItaloAmericano of Green Bay
celebrated Carnevale at Luigi’s Res-
taurant on Tuesday, March 5th.
Over 40 Club members and guests
attended this sold-out event, a year-
ly celebration held on the eve of Ash
Wednesday. Carnevale is tradition-
ally the last time to indulge before
the restrictions of Lent apply.
Attendees were greeted at the en-
trance by Board Member Victoria
Sobeck, who got us all in the spirit
of the evening by handing out col-
ored beads to wear!
The evening started with mingling
and socializing, all while listening to
the sweet sounds of Italian and Ital-
ian-American music. John Contratto
served as the MC for the event, and
he kept us all well-informed of what
delights awaited us as the evening
unfolded.
The most famous Carnevale cele-
bration is held in Venice, where a
centuries-old tradition includes the
wearing of elaborately-decorated
masks. Preble High School teacher
Karen Habel-Marshall and several
of her Italian studies students deco-
rated Venetian-style masks that
were mounted on the walls to lend
a festive air. The students also cre-
ated table centerpieces of colored
bottles, painted masks, flowers, and
feathers, all in Carnevale colors of
green, purple and gold. Members
and guests voted on their favorite
mask; Autumn’s was awarded first
place! The students who attended
included Autumn, Christian, Isaac,
Judith, Lily, Odalis, Owen, and Tay-
lor.
A feast for the eyes and taste buds
was served later in the evening.
Attendees were treated to pizza
with several different toppings, two
types of bruschetta, focaccia, salad,
chicken parmigiana, sausage and
peppers, mussels, two types of
meatballs, olives and cheeses and
penne with both marinara sauce
and oil and garlic. I dolci “the
sweets!“ were served later, and we
capped off the evening with a slice
of tiramisu and a cannoli.
After dinner we all played
“Tombola,” a traditional Italian
board game that resembles Bingo.
Martino Marchese, an Italian ex-
change student from Bolzano, Italy
who is presently studying at Notre
Dame Academy, helped by calling
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out the numbers. Of course, he read
them in Italian, so everyone had a chance
to practice a little! Many thanks to Janice
Galt who made the Tombola cards!
A warm and wonderful evening like this is
only possible due to the hard work of
many people. We are all grateful to Karen
Habel-Marshall and her students for
providing the masks and the centerpieces.
We thank Victoria Sobeck and Shirley
Maloney for organizing Carnevale, and
we thank John Contratto for being our
MC. The set-up and decorating were done
by Victoria and Darrell Sobeck, Shirley
Maloney, Riccardo and JoAnne Daley,
June McCotter, and Karen Habel-
Marshall, her daughter Katrina and her
boyfriend Caleb.
Additionally, let’s send a huge thanks to
our Board members, who work tirelessly
to ensure that our club can continue to
celebrate Italian culture and heritage.
Those present were L.V. Teofilo, Presi-
dent; Riccardo Daley, Vice President;
Janice Galt; Margene Marcantonio; and
Darrell Sobeck and Victoria Sobeck,
Treasurer.
And finally, we send a sincere thank you
the staff of Luigi’s who transported us
across the ocean with the flavors and food
of Italy.
What a wonderful festa di Carnevale!!
FOUNDERS AWARD
Attached to the email that came with the
newsletter you will find information about
the “Pete and Marlene Feira Founders
Award”. The deadline for nominations
for this award is July 30, 2019. Thus far
we have received one nomination. This
year the award will be presented at our
25th Anniversary Celebration on Septem-
ber 28, 2019.
CONDOGLIANZE
We extend our sincere sympathy to Mary
(Fascinelli) Eifler on the recent death of
her mother, Elaine (Cerasoli) Fascinelli.
We also extend our sincere sympathy to
Morey Tabatabai on the passing of his
father Haidar Tabatabai who lived in Iran.
PRAYERS
Alma Mariucci, wife of Ardo and mother
to Mark, David and Jane, is now residing
at Parkview Manor on St. Anthony Drive.
Please keep her and her family in your
prayers.
CIA GET TOGETHER - Tuesday,
April 9
We are planning a get together at
“Angelina” ristorante on Tuesday, April 9.
It is located at 117 North Adams in down-
town Green Bay. “Angelina” features
Buy One, Get One 1/2 off (10 to 12 Inch)
pizzas every Tuesday. There are 8 varieties
of pizza to choose from ranging in price
from $12.00 to $15.00. This is an activity
that is not on our regular calendar. How-
ever, it gives us another opportunity to
share a meal together and get to know
each other better. If you plan to attend,
please call Vicky (Piccione Sobeck at 865-
7229 or email: dvsobeck@ gmail.com by
Friday, April 5 so that we can make reser-
vations. We will want to be seated by
5:30.
Please feel free to invite family and
friends all are welcome!
MEET AND GREET -
THURSDAY, MAY 2 - SAVE THE
DATE!!
Plans are in progress for our third annual
Meet and Greet party. This event gives us
an opportunity to meet and welcome our
newest members. It will again be held at
New Perspective Senior Living, 2790 Elm
Tree Hill in Howard.
A special invitation will be sent with fur-
ther details. For now, please mark your
calendars -Thursday, May 2!
MEMBERSHIP
This month we welcome three new mem-
bers: Alicja Rozewski and Tony and Kathy
Yaggie. Although Alicja is not Italian, she
is a very enthusiastic young lady who is
fascinated with the Italian culture and has
a passion for learning languages. She
went to Italy as a young child and hopes to
return someday.
Originally from Iron Mountain, Michigan,
both of Tony and Kathy’s grandparents
came from northern Italy. Kathy’s grand-
father, Vincenzo Gregory arrived first and
sent for his future bride, Rachele To-
massoni. He worked in the open pit coal
mines. Tony’s grandparents, Antonio and
Angelina Constantini, owned a grocery
store on the north side but it closed dur-
ing the depression.
Benvenuti Alicja, Tony and Kathy!
Interesting Fact
Submitted by Lenora Rhyner
In 1957, the first Foreign Language film
award from the Am Academy Of Motion
Picture Arts and Science (The Oscars)
went to an Italian film... Federico Fellini's
"La Strada". In all, eleven Italian films
have been awarded the golden statue.
Fellini has also received Oscars for three
more films..."Nights of Calabria", "8 1/2
", "Amarcord"
Luncheons
The semi-regular luncheons of the “male
bonding group” of the GBCIA which was
managed by our long time vice president,
Patrick Kloster, is going to begin again on
a “come if you can” basis. As in the past,
we will from time to time pick a luncheon
location, and send out an e-mail with loca-
tion and time details, and you can just
decide if you would like to sit around and
chat with our other fellows. It is just a
nice time to catch up with our various
interests and share some time to, “bond”!
Please contact new club vice president
Dick Daley. Email: [email protected]
On Monday, March 11, a $1,500 check was given to Preble High school on behalf of the state WisItalia organization and Club
ItaloAmericano. The gift represents continual local and State wide support for the Italian language program. It was given by
WisItalia in the name of and tribute to Peter Feira who was instrumental in promoting the inclusion of the Italian language in
the G.B. school system curriculum. Standing in for Al Roland, president of WisItalia, Nick Feira presented the check. In addi-
tion to Nick, Marlene and club president, Teofilo, Italian teacher Karen Habel/Marshall and vice president Dick Daley attend-
ed the meeting.
Hello folks,
11 days post op. Having a break in the sunshine and warmth for
a moment without the sling. PT said to put it on soon.
Thank you for all the get well wishes. You are deeply missed.
Love,
Patrick
Dinner and a Movie
Dinner & an Italian Movie outing held on
Wednesday, March 20th. Fourteen mem-
bers met at Sammy’s Pizza for dinner.
Everyone had a great time enjoying Sam-
my’s delicious food and catching up on
their long winter experiences. Today was
the First Day of Spring and all are looking
forward for some spring weather.
We left for the Neville Public Museum to
watch the Italian Movie, A Special Day
(Una giornata particolare), staring Sophia
Loren and Marcello Mastroianni. Twelve
members attended the movie.
Thank you to Chuck & Lenora Rhyner for
selecting this wonderful film.
ACTIVITIES 2019
January - December…………..First Monday
of each month Glass Nickel, 416 Dous-
man St., $5.00 Pizza @ 5:00 pm
January - December....Conversation Club
- 2nd Tuesday from 10:00 to 11:30 am -
Place TBD
April (aprile)
May 2, (2 maggio)…...Meet & Greet, New
Perspective Senior Living, Summit Room
May-September (maggio- settembre Eve-
ry Sunday (weather permitting)
Club Bocce Activity 4:00pm,
Colburn Park
June ( giugno).......La Prima Passeggiata
Chuck & Lenora (Florenza) Rhyner
July (luglio)..........La Seconda Passeggiata
Mary Prisco & Forrest Baulieu
August (agosto)……..La Terza Passeggiata
Lisa (Marcantonio) Schroeder
September 28, (28 settembre)….25th
Club Anniversary, Wally’s Spot
Chairs: Marlene Feira, Victoria Sobeck, Judy Sul-
zmann
October 22 (22ottobre) Tueday…Musicale
XII, Universalist Fellowship Church,
Chair: John Contratto
November (novembre)..............Sammy’s
Dinner (4:45 pm) & Neville Italian Movie
(7:00 pm)
December 14, (14 dicembre) Saturday……
Cena di Natale GB Yacht Club
Chair: Marlene Feira
CONVERSATION CLUB
The next meeting of the Conversation
Club will be on Saturday, April 13 from
10:00 to 11:30 at Nardi’s Affogato Bar in
De Pere. As a reminder, the original
premise of this club is to give us practice
speaking the Italian language. Spero che
voi possiate venire e condividere
qualcosa in Italiano! Il nostro obbietivo e
sempre praticare e usare questa bellissi-
ma linqua. (I hope that you all can come
and share something in Italian! Our goal
is always to practice and use this beauti-
ful language.)
Meet New Board Member: MARGENE ANDREA MARCANTONIO
Born on April 18, 1946 in Stambaugh, in Michigan’s Upper Peninsula, to
Mary and Geno Marcantonio, my Grandparents Carmella Parotta and
Salvatore Elia, and Gelsomina D’Augostino and Luigi Marcantonio, mi-
grated to the U.S. from Calabria and Abruzzo Italy.
I have two sisters Janice and Christyne, two amazing daughters and sons-
in-laws Jill and Richard Noffsinger and Lisa and Curtis Schroeder, two
granddaughters Andrea (husband Adam Snow) and Sydney, and two
grandsons Justin and Carson. I am going to be an ecstatic Great Grand-
mother in October. The other wonderful person in my life is my signifi-
cant other, Darrell Verheyen.
I have worked as a Medical Lab Tech, EMT/Firefighter, Tele communica-
tor, Police Records Clerk, and CPR and First Aid Instructor. I am a C.A.S.A
(Court Appointed Special Advocate) for neglected and I joined the Italian
club in 1998 when my mother moved to Green Bay to be closer to family.
I hope to bring some new perspective to this wonderful club of which I
have been so proud to be a member.
OPEN FORUM Calling all
Members
We extend an invitation for all club mem-
bers to attend our monthly Board of Di-
rectors meetings. Our plan is to create
on open forum at the beginning of each
meeting where members can share their
ideas, suggestions and/or concerns.
If you have an item or topic that you feel
needs extra time, please contact Presi-
dent Teofilo ([email protected] or 432-
6513) by the Monday before the board
meeting so it can be added to the agen-
da.
The meetings are held on the third Thurs-
day of every month. They begin at 5:30
and are held at Luigi’s Italian Bistro on
Manitowoc Road.
The next Board meeting will be on Thurs-
day 18 April.
Carnevale
ARTICLES FOR OUR NEWSLETTER
Please feel free to submit articles or pic-
tures for our newsletter. Information for
each upcoming month needs to be sub-
mitted to me by the 25th. (think Christ-
mas) of the month. You should email
articles as an attachment in Microsoft
Word and pictures in a jpeg format.
My email address is:
Questions— call me at 612-360-8246
CLUB MEMBERS IN BUSINESS
We have several club members that are
in the restaurant business:
Nardi’s Affogato Bar in DePere, Luigi’s
Italian Bistro in Green Bay, Sammy’s Pizza
Garden in Green Bay, Tarlton Theatre in
Green Bay, Titletown Brewery in Green
Bay and Thumb Knuckle Brewing in Lux-
emburg.
Whenever you visit these businesses,
please mention that you are a member of
Club ItaloAmericano as a support of their
business and membership.