February 2013

2012 - 2013
IACOB Officers
IACOB
Past Presidents
Dominick Castaldo
President
Mario Manfredini
1st Vice President
Carl Reina
Treasurer
ITALIAN AMERICAN CIVIC
ORGANIZATION OF BERWYN
February 2013
Frank Amaro
Over 46 years of dedication to our Community
Tom Howard
2nd Vice President
Michael Roti
Carl Bellino
Nick Catanese
Gene Caruso
Corresponding Secretary
Gino Bilotto
Recording Secretary
Sam Molinaro
Sgt at Arms
IACOB
St. Joseph Day
Celebration
Our St. Joseph celebration
will be held on Tuesday
Joseph Amaro
March 19th, with doors
opening at 5:30pm.
Edward Bilotto
This year our Board has
approved that all donaMichael Cimglia
tions made at our St. JoAnthony Grossi
seph event be donated to
Bear Necessities Pediatric
James Malizzio
Cancer Foundation.
Mark Maschio
Which is a national organization whose mission is
Fred Pincente
to eliminate pediatric cancer and to provide hope and support to
those who are touched by it.
Frank Sprovieri
If you would like to make a donation at the St. Joseph Day event
Joseph J. Lanzillotti
please make your checks out to: Bear Necessities Pediatric Cancer
Honorary Board Member
Foundation or IACOB. Please inquire with your employers if a
matching fund is available, this is a 501C3 organization.
Aid & Comfort
Also in the spirit of St. Joseph the Board has also unanimously apRich Rossi
proved a donation of $500.00 to the Berwyn Explorers and $500.00
(708) 442-9242
to the Dempsey Family Foundation.
Hall Rentals
Special Thanks goes out to our St. Joseph Day Chairman Freddy
Pincente and all of the guys that will be helping out that evening,
Joe Amaro
and also to our Officers and Board for the outstanding choices in
(708) 513-8909
donations this year that will be made in the spirit of St. Joseph.
Newsletters / Ads
Mark your calendars:
Board of Directors
Frank Amaro
(708) 359-3710
St. Joseph Day March 19th
Happy St. Joseph Day
Renato G. Turano
Anthony DiMenna
Louis Stillo
Anthony Leopold
Gerald Pope
Dominic Cimaglia
Samuel Stillo
Steve Signore
Nick Scardina
Felix Greco
Robert J. Lovero
Anthony Perri III
Ralph Colucci
Anthony S. Bertuca
Joseph A. Russo
Joseph Reda
Giacomo Manfredini
IACOB
Super Bowl
Party
Nominations &
Special Election
Just a reminder……….
Nominations took place during the
January General Meeting for the following positions.
2013 Membership Dues
Dues are $60.00 per member, if you
wish to receive membership and the
FraNoi Newspaper submit $72.00
To receive your full membership
benefits please pay your dues no
later then February 28th, 2013.
Renewal cards where mailed in January. You can also pay your dues at
the membership or board meetings
Any questions or concerns call Mike
Roti (708) 363-6962
Nominated for Secretary:
Mark Maschio (accepted)
Nominated for the Board
( 1 opening )
Ray Pope (accepted)
Tommy Stillo (accepted)
Ed Quarullo (accepted)
A Special Election will be held at the
February membership meeting on
February 27th at 8:00pm. Both positions will be for one year (the remainder of their terms).
WELCOMING OUR
NEW MEMBERS TO THE
IACOB FAMILY
*Welcome New Member Michael Doronzo from Chicago
*Welcome New Member Deno Gumbos from Warrenville
*Welcome New Member Richard Capua of Berwyn
*Welcome New Member Michael O’Leary of Berwyn
*Welcome New Member Tony Savanelli from Brookfield
Aid and Comfort
Dorothy A. Tricoci, Mother of IACOB members
Mario, John, John Jr., and Tony Tricoci passed
away. Please keep the Tricoci family in your prayers
Sonny Stillo had minor surgery and is doing fine
Frank Sprovieri had minor surgery and is seeing
much better
Please keep all of our members and families in your prayers.
Hope everyone
enjoyed the Super bowl Party.
We had plenty of winners and food
for everyone. Special thanks goes
out to Capri Restaurant, Benny’s
Pizza, LaNotte Café, and Brando’s
for donating the gift certificates for
some of our raffle prizes. The large
screen TV was a big hit as one of
the raffles prizes along with IACOB
shirts and more.
The club ended up making over
$500 on the event and a great time
was had by the 60 plus members
and friends that attended. Great
thanks to Mike Roti, Mark Maschio,
Ed & Gino Bilotto, and Mario
Manfredini for all there help. Without them it would not have been
possible.
Compleanno felice a lei….
Happy Birthday &
Best Wishes to….
Leo Ribaudo
Alfonso Buonicore
Nick Cincotti
Angelo Amaro
Robert Fiore
Mike Roti
Jerry Pope
Peter Salerno
2/4
2/9
2/12
2/15
2/27
2/21
2/22
2/22
Happy belated Birthday to
Ray Pope
A little History about the Zippula
better know to most as the Zeppole
A great St. Joseph Tradition
Zeppole di San Giuseppe, a fried dough specialty made
for the festival of St. Joseph from Enna, Sicily are loved
throughout southern Italy. They are very much associated with the same festival in Naples. The origin of
zeppole, or zippula in Sicilian, comes from the Arabic
zalābiyya meaning fried soft dough. Even today, in
Egypt, they are called zalābiyya. A traveler to Tunisia of
the Middle Ages was cAbdalbasiṭ ibn Ḥalīl, an Egyptian,
whose two manuscripts detailing his journeys from 1460
to 1470 in Tunisia are in the Vatican Library. In Tunis he
ate a Spanish cheese cake called mujabbana and gives a
recipe:
NCAA Tournament
MARCH MADNESS IS
BACK
April 8th, 2013 (Monday)
Enjoy an evening of great
NCAA basketball, watch the
championship game, enjoy
some great food, play cards, and
more.
March Madness Chairman Mike
Cimaglia along with Pete Salerno, and Sonny Stillo will
host the March Madness Party on Monday April 8th at
the club, doors will open at 6:00pm.
Squares for the event are available with all proceeds
going to the club for community events. For more information or if you would like to help with the event
give Mike a call at (708) 574-9293, squares and inforKnead the fresh cheese with your hands as you would
dough. Carefully knead in the semolina. Once it has the mation will be available at the February and March genconsistency of a dough of our zalābiyya, or a rather thick eral meetings.
consistency, then take a piece and spread it out delicately
in the palm of your hand. Place a piece of cheese in the
Annual Tax Raffle
center and close it up to make a bonbon. Flatten it a litApril 19th, 2013 (Friday)
tle bit and deep-fry in oil. Remove and sprinkle on powIts tax time again…….and its time for our annual “Tax
dered sugar and a little powdered cumin.
Raffle”. This year the price of a raffle ticket is $100
each, and prizes are as follows:
The medieval Arab zalābiyya, a kind of deep-fried
1st Prize $2500.00, 2nd Prize $1500.00
doughnut sprinkled with sugar, exists today, both with
that name and many others, including sifanj. Sifanj, com3rd Prize $1000.00
ing from the Arabic word for “sponge,” is a kind of very This is a great way to support our organization finansoft yeasted doughnut made in North Africa that is alcially and have a chance to win some good prize monlowed to rise more than usual to make it airy, and is
ey.
served with honey or sugar. This sifanj exists in Sicily,
too, where it is called Our goal is to sell only 100 tickets so that the odds are
fairly good for everyone.
sfinci (or sfìncia) the
The drawing will be held on Friday April 19th at the
word also derived
from the Arabic. The club, each ticket holder is welcome to join us that eventhirteenth-century no- ing for free pizza, beer and wine prior to the drawing.
tary Adamo de Citella The doors will open at 6:30pm the drawing will be
done at 8:30pm.
of Palermo tells us
they were sold by a
Contact Frank Amaro (708) 359-3710 or Mike Roti
sfingiarius. This medi- (708) 363-6962 for tickets.
eval doughnut was also described in the fourteenthCongratulations to IACOB
century Sicilian vocabulary of Angelo Senisio, who tells
us that sfingia is a fried bread that the common people
member Giordano Manfredini
also call crispella. In Algeria, they may also be called
and his lovely wife Angela (& the
khafaf, in Tunisia, yūyū.
Manfredini Family) on the
birth of Marcello Francesco.
I highly recommend that everyone enjoy a
Mom and baby are doing great.
Zeppole on St. Joseph Day
Italian American
Civic Organization
of Berwyn
6710 West 16th Street
Berwyn, Illinois 60402
(708) 795-9473
[email protected]
IACOB Bingo
At the
Berwyn Park District
Liberty Cultural
Center
Doors open at 4pm
Bingo starts at 6pm
Italian American Civic Organization of Berwyn
March 2013 Event Calendar
SUNDAY
3
MONDAY
TUESDAY
WEDNESDAY
THURSDAY
SATURDAY
1
2
8
9
4
5
Tuesday Night
Bocce
6
10
IACOB Bingo
11
12
Tuesday Night
Bocce
14
13
IACOB Board
Meeting 7pm
15
16 Tax Raffle
17
IACOB Bingo
18
19
20
21
22
23
27
Membership
Meeting 8pm
28
29
30 Tax Raffle
IACOB Bingo
7
FRIDAY
only 40 days
away
St. Joseph Day
doors open at 5:30pm
24
25
IACOB Bingo
31
26
Tuesday Night
Bocce
only 20 days
away