BOSNIAN AID, REBUILDING GET LOCAL BOOST; U.S. AMBASSADOR ADDRESSES ROTARIANS.Byline: Paul O'Donoghue Staff Writer Developing a new generation of business leaders and making investments is the key to peace and stability in the Balkans, U.S. Ambassador Richard Sklar said during a talk at the Moorpark Rotary Rotary can refer to:
Sklar was in town to mark the launch of the local club's efforts to help Bosnia, including a children's clothing drive and a $500 donation for prosthetic pros·thet·ic adj. 1. Serving as or relating to a prosthesis. 2. Of or relating to prosthetics. prosthetic serving as a substitute; pertaining to prostheses or to prosthetics. devices, as part of Rotary International's plan to set up service clubs in the war-ravaged region. Sklar, who heads President Clinton's special Southeast Europe Initiative aimed at spurring economic development and democracy, said the legacy of communism, recent wars and ethnic rivalry Rivalry Robbery (See THIEVERY.) Rudeness (See COARSENESS.) Brom Bones and Ichabod Crane bully and show-off compete for Katrina’s hand. [Am. Lit. has left the region needing to develop new leaders. ``The leaders of the countries are the major reason, in my opinion, why (the Balkans nations) are in the position they are in now,'' said Sklar, who is based in Rome. Sklar said it is in the United States' interest to stamp out to put an end to by sudden and energetic action; to extinguish; as, to stamp out a rebellion s>. See also: Stamp poverty in the Balkans because it could lead to influxes of millions of refugees into neighboring neigh·bor n. 1. One who lives near or next to another. 2. A person, place, or thing adjacent to or located near another. 3. A fellow human. 4. Used as a form of familiar address. v. Greece and Turkey, destabilizing those countries. Both of those countries are NATO NATO: see North Atlantic Treaty Organization. NATO in full North Atlantic Treaty Organization International military alliance created to defend western Europe against a possible Soviet invasion. allies, and Sklar said there was a risk of the Balkans conflict spreading to other European countries. Sklar was a successful businessman who headed the major construction and design firm of O'Brien, Kreitzberg and Associates before spending three years in Sarajevo at Clinton's request trying to get the warring parties to forge a peace settlement. Later, he headed civilian implementation of the Dayton Peace Accords that ended the war in Bosnia-Herzegovina. Moorpark Rotary Club President Ron LaGuardia said the clothing drive, which was launched Friday and will last a couple of weeks, is to gather clothes for 2- to 18-year-olds before the onset of winter. The clothing will be airlifted to Bosnia as part of a program coordinated by the China Lake Rotary Club, said LaGuardia. The local club also is developing a sister-club relationship with a Rotary club in Vigevano, Italy, that has been helping to get artificial limbs artificial limb, mechanical replacement for a missing limb. An artificial limb, called a prosthesis, must be light and flexible to permit easy movement, but must also be sufficiently sturdy to support the weight of the body or to manipulate objects. for children wounded by mines. The Moorpark club wants eventually to cooperate in developing entrepreneurship in the Balkans, he said. ``What we hope to achieve is to get the people back on their feet and give them the bare essentials and then to make them self-sufficient,'' said LaGuardia. Sklar was invited to speak at the club through Assistant City Manager John Nowak, who is a club member and had met Sklar. LaGuardia asked Sklar, who is not a Rotarian Ro·tar·i·an n. A member of a Rotary Club, a major national and international service club. Noun 1. Rotarian - a member of a Rotary Club , to deliver the $500 donation to the club when he returns to Italy. School district Assistant Superintendent Assistant Superintendent, or Assistant Superintendent of Police (ASP), was a rank used by police forces in the British Empire. It was usually the lowest rank that could be held by a European officer, most of whom joined the police at this rank. Frank DePasquale, who heads the club's International Service Project committee that is overseeing the club's Balkans efforts, said he was very impressed by Sklar and his message about the Balkans countries. ``I think we need to help and transform them into the democratic system and the free-enterprise economy that goes with the democratic system,'' said DePasquale. ``We need to train a whole new way of leadership there for a democratic world.'' CAPTION(S): Photo Photo: (Color) Ambassador Richard Sklar talks about helping Bosnia rebuild at a Moorpark Rotary meeting. Joe Binoya/Special to the Daily News |
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