Polish Highlanders Alliance of North America
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Polish language
Polish is a language of the Lechitic subgroup of West Slavic languages, used throughout Poland and by Polish minorities in other countries...
Związek Podhalan w Ameryce Północnej) was founded in 1929 in Chicago
Chicago
Chicago is the largest city in the US state of Illinois. With nearly 2.7 million residents, it is the most populous city in the Midwestern United States and the third most populous in the US, after New York City and Los Angeles...
as an organization that unites all other Góral
Goral
Goral may refer to:* Three species of Asian ungulates in the genus Naemorhedus.* The Gorals, a people living in southern Poland, northern Slovakia and the Czech Republic....
organizations in the United States
United States
The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
. Most of Chicago
Chicago
Chicago is the largest city in the US state of Illinois. With nearly 2.7 million residents, it is the most populous city in the Midwestern United States and the third most populous in the US, after New York City and Los Angeles...
's Góral
Goral
Goral may refer to:* Three species of Asian ungulates in the genus Naemorhedus.* The Gorals, a people living in southern Poland, northern Slovakia and the Czech Republic....
community is concentrated on Chicago's Southwest Side along Archer Avenue where the headquarters, also known as the 'Highlander Home' {Dom Podhalan" in Polish
Polish language
Polish is a language of the Lechitic subgroup of West Slavic languages, used throughout Poland and by Polish minorities in other countries...
} is located.
The Highlander Home is styled as a Carpathian
Carpathian Mountains
The Carpathian Mountains or Carpathians are a range of mountains forming an arc roughly long across Central and Eastern Europe, making them the second-longest mountain range in Europe...
chalet
Chalet
A chalet , also called Swiss chalet, is a type of building or house, native to the Alpine region, made of wood, with a heavy, gently sloping roof with wide, well-supported eaves set at right angles to the front of the house.-Definition and origin:...
in the traditional Zakopane Style of Architecture. Located at 4808 S. Archer Avenue in Chicago
Chicago
Chicago is the largest city in the US state of Illinois. With nearly 2.7 million residents, it is the most populous city in the Midwestern United States and the third most populous in the US, after New York City and Los Angeles...
, the structure is currently undergoing renovation under the eye of famed artist Jerzy Kenar
Jerzy Kenar
Jerzy S. Kenar is a Polish-American sculptor in the United States. Kenar works in wood, bronze as well as in an Acrylic-based composite.Born on January 19, 1948 in the town of Iwonicz-Zdrój, he left Poland permanently in 1973 for Sweden...
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The Polish Highlanders Alliance of North America
North America
North America is a continent wholly within the Northern Hemisphere and almost wholly within the Western Hemisphere. It is also considered a northern subcontinent of the Americas...
is run by an executive board. Its current members are:
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- Stanisław Zagata - president
- Joanna Para - vice president
- Antoni Plewa - vice president of economic affairs
- Marek Ogorek - vice president of cultural affairs
- Stanisław Trojaniak - vice president for the East CoastEast Coast of the United StatesThe East Coast of the United States, also known as the Eastern Seaboard, refers to the easternmost coastal states in the United States, which touch the Atlantic Ocean and stretch up to Canada. The term includes the U.S...
- Maria Rafacz - general secretary
- Zofia Wolny - financial secretary
- Zofia Zaborska - treasurer
- Franciszek Bielanski - marshall
- Waclaw Pilat - standard-bearerStandard-bearerA standard-bearer is a person who bears an emblem called an ensign or standard, i.e. either a type of flag or an inflexible but mobile image, which is used as a formal, visual symbol of a state, prince, military unit, etc.This can either be an occasional duty, often seen as an honour , or a...
- Wojciech Dorula - public relationsPublic relationsPublic relations is the actions of a corporation, store, government, individual, etc., in promoting goodwill between itself and the public, the community, employees, customers, etc....
- Fr. Wacław Lech - chaplainChaplainTraditionally, a chaplain is a minister in a specialized setting such as a priest, pastor, rabbi, or imam or lay representative of a religion attached to a secular institution such as a hospital, prison, military unit, police department, university, or private chapel...
Chicago's Góral
Goral
Goral may refer to:* Three species of Asian ungulates in the genus Naemorhedus.* The Gorals, a people living in southern Poland, northern Slovakia and the Czech Republic....
community publishes its own weekly newspaper
Weekly newspaper
A weekly newspaper is a general-news publication that is published on newsprint once or twice a week.Such newspapers tend to have smaller circulations than daily newspapers, and are usually based in less-populous communities or small, defined areas within large cities; often, they may cover a...
, The Podhalan Weekly, "Tygodnik Podhalański", in addition to transmitting radio programs such as "Gawędy", "Poezja i muzyka góralska", or "Na góralską nutę", broadcasting from WPNA 1490 AM. The Polish language
Polish language
Polish is a language of the Lechitic subgroup of West Slavic languages, used throughout Poland and by Polish minorities in other countries...
Chicago area daily Dziennik Związkowy
Dziennik Zwiazkowy (Polish Daily News)
Dziennik Związkowy or Polish Daily News, is the largest and the oldest Polish language newspaper in the United States. Established in 1908 in Chicago as an organ of the Polish National Alliance from whose headquarters at Polonia Triangle in Chicago's Polish Downtown the paper was originally printed...
publishes a section titled The Highlander Chronicle "Kronika podhalańska".
http://www.ligapodhalanska.com - Oficjalny Portal Internetowy Najstarszej Polskiej Ligi Piłkarskiej w Chicago
Member organizations (circles) within the Polish Highlander Alliance of North America
- Jan Sabała's memorial circle
- Władysław Orkan's memorial circle
- Morskie OkoMorskie OkoMorskie Oko is the largest and fourth deepest lake in the Tatra Mountains...
- Władysław Zamoyski's memorial circle
- Kazimierz Przerwa-TetmajerKazimierz Przerwa-TetmajerKazimierz Przerwa-Tetmajer was a Polish poet, novelist, playwright, journalist and writer. He was a member of the Young Poland movement.-Life:...
's memorial circle - General Galica's memorial circle
- Armstrong Creek, WisconsinArmstrong Creek, WisconsinArmstrong Creek is a town in Forest County, Wisconsin, United States. The population was 409 at the 2010 census. The unincorporated communities of Armstrong Creek, Bonneval, and Laona Junction are located with the town.-Geography:...
- TatraTatra MountainsThe Tatra Mountains, Tatras or Tatra , are a mountain range which forms a natural border between Slovakia and Poland, and are the highest mountain range in the Carpathian Mountains...
n GóralGoralGoral may refer to:* Three species of Asian ungulates in the genus Naemorhedus.* The Gorals, a people living in southern Poland, northern Slovakia and the Czech Republic....
s in Passaic, New JerseyPassaic, New JerseyPassaic is a city in Passaic County, New Jersey, United States. As of the 2010 United States Census, the city had a total population of 69,781, maintaining its status as the 15th largest municipality in New Jersey with an increase of 1,920 residents from the 2000 Census population of 67,861... - Duch Knapczyk's memorial circle
- Literary-dramatic circle
- Czarny DunajecCzarny DunajecCzarny Dunajec , is a village located in southern Poland near the Polish-Slovakian border. Czarny Dunajec is in the Nowy Targ County and in the Lesser Poland. Czarny Dunajec is about 60 miles south of Kraków.-External links:*...
- ManiowyManiowyManiowy is a village in southern Poland situated in the Lesser Poland Voivodeship about east of Nowy Targ and south of the regional capital Kraków...
- Odrowąż Podhalański (http://www.odrowazsoccer.com)
- SzaflarySzaflarySzaflary is a village in southern Poland situated in the Lesser Poland Voivodeship since 1999 . Szaflary has about 2,200 residents. There is a church, a fire station, and a few grocery stores in the village. The village lies along the Dunajec River.-See also:*Zakopianka*Dunajec River*Nowy...
- Harklowa
- Witów
- Nowy TargNowy TargNowy Targ is a town in southern Poland with 34,000 inhabitants , and the historical capital of the mountain region . The town is situated in the confluence of the rivers Biały and Czarny Dunajec, in a valley beneath the Gorce Mountains. It's in Nowy Targ County, Lesser Poland Voivodeship...
- Gronków
- Ciche
- Wierchy
- Spytkowice
- Dzianisz
- ZakopaneZakopaneZakopane , is a town in southern Poland. It lies in the southern part of the Podhale region at the foot of the Tatra Mountains. From 1975 to 1998 it was in of Nowy Sącz Province, but since 1999 it has been in Lesser Poland Province. It had a population of about 28,000 as of 2004. Zakopane is a...
- Maruszyna
- Leśnica Groń
- LudźmierzLudzmierzLudźmierz is a village in Poland in the Lesser Poland voivodeship, in the county of Nowy Targ. Ludźmierz is the oldest village in Podhale and is located about 85 kilometres south of Cracow. It lies approximately west of Nowy Targ and south of the regional capital Kraków.The building of the...
- Biały Dunajec
- Wróblówka
- Białka Tatrzańska
- Chochołów
- PoroninPoroninPoronin , is a village in southern Poland situated in Tatra County of the Lesser Poland Voivodeship since 1999 . It lies approximately north-east of Zakopane and south of the regional capital Kraków.-References:...
- Stare Bystre [www.starebystre.com]
- Babia Góra
- Kluszkowce
- PieninyPieninyPieniny is a mountain range in the south of Poland and the north of Slovakia.The Pieniny mountain range is divided into three parts – Pieniny Spiskie and Pieniny Właściwe in Poland; and, Malé Pieniny in Slovakia. The Pieniny mountains consist mainly of the limestone and dolomite rock strata...
- OstrowskoOstrowskoOstrowsko is a village in Poland, in Lesser Poland Voivodeship, Nowy Targ County. In the years 1975-1998 it was in the Nowy Sącz Voivodeship. Ostrowsko is on the road from Nowy Targ to Czorsztyn and is located by the Dunajec River....
- Czerwienne
- Klikuszowa parish
- KościeliskoKoscieliskoKościelisko is a village in Tatra County, Lesser Poland Voivodeship, in southern Poland, close to the border with Slovakia. It is the seat of the gmina called Gmina Kościelisko...
- Ratułów
- Bukowina TatrzańskaBukowina TatrzanskaBukowina Tatrzańska , is a village in Tatra County, Lesser Poland Voivodeship, in southern Poland, close to the border with Slovakia. It is the seat of the gmina called Gmina Bukowina Tatrzańska. It lies approximately north-east of Zakopane and south of the regional capital Kraków.The village...
- Ząb http//.www.zymbianie.com
- Morawczyna
- Małe Ciche
- Łopuszna
- Łowieckie
- Waksmund under the patronage of St. Hedwig
- Czarna Góra
- Ciche Dolne, Miętusowo parish
- DębnoDebnoDębno is a town in Myślibórz County, West Pomeranian Voivodeship, Poland. It has a population of 13,863 . The Dębno oil field is located near to the town.-Twin towns — sister cities:Dębno is twinned with:* Strausberg - Germany...
- Pieniążkowice
- Gliczarów Górny "Wierchowiany"
- Skrzypne
- Podhalans in ArizonaArizonaArizona ; is a state located in the southwestern region of the United States. It is also part of the western United States and the mountain west. The capital and largest city is Phoenix...
- Nowe Bystre
- Ochotnica
- Zaskale
- Tylmanowa
- Dział
- Kruszów
- Bukowina Podszkle
- Zagórzanie of Mszana DolnaMszana DolnaMszana Dolna is a town in Limanowa County, Lesser Poland Voivodeship, Poland, with 7,431 inhabitants . Historically it was part of Galicia.- External links :* http://www.mszana-dolna.pl...
- FloridaFloridaFlorida is a state in the southeastern United States, located on the nation's Atlantic and Gulf coasts. It is bordered to the west by the Gulf of Mexico, to the north by Alabama and Georgia and to the east by the Atlantic Ocean. With a population of 18,801,310 as measured by the 2010 census, it...
under the patronage of Our Lady of Ludźmierz - Podczerwone - Circle 83
and also the Brighton Park
Brighton Park, Chicago
Brighton Park is a neighborhood located on the southwest side of Chicago, Illinois. It is number 58 of the 77 community areas of Chicago.Brighton Park is bordered on the north by the former Illinois & Michigan Canal and the current Chicago Sanitary and Ship Canal, on the east by Western Avenue, on...
circle, Podhalan Women's Club, The Ski Club, Podhale Soccer Club.