life and times in peace corps macedonia
pauza staff
Aryn Bloodworth, managing editor
Dan Kearney, managing editor
Frank Hennick, editor
David Whitford, editor
Anne Schilling, editor
Ben Long and Karen Schaan, layout and design
editorial committee
Aryn Bloodworth, PCV
Goce Spasov, PC Safety and Security Coordinator
Michael Radmann, Acting PC Country Director
editorial policy.
This publication, which bears the name
of Peace Corps Macedonia and the Peace
Corps logo, must adhere to certain editorial guidelines.
These guidelines re-
quire that all content in this magazine
be in good taste, politically neutral and
culturally sensitive. Content should not
include profanity, advocate a specific religious belief, be insulting or slanderous,
comprise the safety and security of any
Peace Corps Volunteer (PCV), nor give the
impression that the author is writing on
behalf of Peace Corps or the United States
government. To ensure that these guidelines are met, a committee made up of
PCVs, Peace Corps Staff and Host Country
Nationals (HCNs) will review articles for
content.
submissions.
All PCVs
and Peace Corps staff are welcome to
submit articles to be published in Pauza.
If you are interested in writing an article,
please contact a member of the Editorial
Staff. Submission deadlines will be announced. All submissions can be sent to
[email protected]. Articles may be
edited for length and content.
Pauza
always
welcomes
PCVs
who
would like to join our editorial staff.
If you would like to help with Pauza,
please contact a member of the editorial staff or e-mail at pauzamag@gmail.
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cover photo by Erin Gibbs
photos submitted by Erin Gubbs, Rachel Whitford, Ben
Long, RIch Smith, Michael Radmann, Dan Kearney, Tara
Trepanier, Colin O’Hara, Ragu Bammas, Jackie O’Hara, and
Mary O’Connor.
Correction: In the previous issue (Winter 2008) we incorrectly titled Vince Drader’s article. The article was in fact
not called Kings Throwing Stones. The correct title of the
article was Kings Stowing Thrones, which makes much
more sense. We would like to apologize to Vince for any
embarrassment we may have caused.
Pauza
spring/summer 2008
features
Habitat For Humanity Macedonia Offers
Volunteer Opportunities to PCVs by Ritch Smith
In-Service Training, Struga, April 2008
page 4
page 5
By Dan Kearney
A Quest to Learn Macedonian through Song
page 5
by Vince Drader
Singing with the Stars
page 6
by Tara Trepanier
Prayer
page 7
by Colin O’Hara
They Don’t Think Like Clones
page 8
by Raghu Bommas
A Day in the Life of the Definitive Dobrovolec
by Marc Ackerman
Running Against the Wind
page 9
page 10
by Jackie O’Hara
Facing the Unexpected: A passing in Kriva Palanka
byDan Kearney
News from Local Economic Development:
“Habits of longstanding are dogged by persistency.”
by Mary O’Connor
page 11
page 14
columns
Happenings
page 2
Travelogue An Insiders Guide to Ohrid from Karen Schann
Vo Kujnata Ben Long reviews Skopsko Silver Moon
Picture Dictionary
by Rachel Whitford
page 12
page 13
page 15
spring/summer 2008 -