Community's buses ready to roll for ceremonies at Drumthwacket

NEWARK, N.J. - As a result of the enthusiastic response of the New Jersey Ukrainian community to Gov. James E. McGreevey's invitation to celebrate Ukrainian Independence Day at his official residence, Drumthwacket, in Princeton on August 24, the steering committee has arranged for buses to transport participants to and from the celebration from various towns in New Jersey.

Buses will be boarding at 7 a.m. and leaving by 7:45 a.m. from Newark, Elizabeth, Passaic, Whippany and Wildwood. The cost will be $11 per person from the North, and $15 per person from Wildwood, which has two buses reserved.

The buses will be organized as follows.

• Newark - St. John the Baptist Church parking lot, Sandford Avenue; for reservations call Volodymyr Waskiw, (908) 688-5818;
  
  
• Passaic - St. Nicholas Church on President Street. For reservations, call ComputoPrint, (973) 772-0435 (after 5 p.m.);
  
  
• Elizabeth - St. Vladimir Church parking lot, at Grier and Grove street; for reservations, call Elizabeth Jacus, (908) 241-8649;
  
  
• Whippany - St. John's Church parking lot, Route 10; for reservations call Jerry Kuzemchak, (973) 644-4920;
  
  
• Wildwood - Park Lane Motel, East Crocus Road and Ocean Avenue; for reservations call Nestor Olesnycky, (201) 286-5228.

Contact persons will provide an address to which checks should be sent, along with the names of persons for whom the reservation is being made, their address and phone numbers. Checks should be written to: "Selfreliance Ukrainian American Federal Credit Union" ("August 24 bus" in the memo field).

Those who reserve a place by check will be given preference over those who do not reserve in advance. Space cannot be guaranteed to those who do not register and prepay. If sufficient reservations are made by July 25 additional buses may be rented, if available.

Copyright © The Ukrainian Weekly, July 7, 2002, No. 27, Vol. LXX

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