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Friday at the AYF Olympics
PROVIDENCE, R.I.—What a day Fri., Sept. 4 was at the 82nd Annual AYF Olympics in Providence. In anticipation of the golf, tennis, and swimming events, and the Friday Night Dances, the day began with a […]
Articles by Mark Gavoor
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Providence: A Great Armenian City
It is a pure joy to be in Providence again, a strong vibrant city with a lovely downtown in the heart of New England. It is the city of the Green Machine. There have been […]
News
Sponsor a Page in the Armenian Weekly’s AYF Olympics Special Issue
The annual Armenian Weekly AYF Olympics Special Issue will be out in a few weeks. It will be full of articles and photos of what is always a great weekend. As in previous years, we […]
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An Interview with Olympic King Steve Panosian
Steve Panosian was named a King at the Detroit Olympics. Unless you are of a certain age, the name might not be familiar. Even in Detroit he is not known by the current AYF generation. […]
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Not Quite an Angel over the Olympics
This article, as in the past few years, is dedicated to Angel Perethian and modeled after her long-running contribution, “Angel over the Olympics,” to the Armenian Weekly’s Olympic edition. Tommy Vartabedian and I always talk […]
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After the AYF Olympics
On Labor Day at 10:19 a.m., AYF alumna and volunteer extraordinaire Tamar Kanarian posted the following words on Facebook: “Home. Let the post-Olympic misery begin.” This one statement could easily sum up this entire article. […]
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Friday at the AYF Olympics
Friday is when the AYF Olympics swing into full gear. The day began with the Tennis players and golfers gathering in the lobby, getting coffee, and preparing to leave for the courts and course. It […]
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Thursday Night at AYF Olympics
We arrived at the Adoba Hotel, the Olympics Headquarters, around 6 p.m. It is good to be in Detroit, the D, the motor city, home to Armenians whose parents, grandparents, and great-grandparents hailed, for the […]
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Tebi Detroit
Toward Detroit… well toward Dearborn and the Hyatt Regency… now called the Adoba Hotel. Things change. That is the nature of life. There are some things about the AYF Olympics that do not change. What […]
Opinion
One Criterion: Being Armenian
Armenians around the world are preparing to commemorate the 100th Anniversary of the Armenian Genocide. The official day of commemoration is April 24, 2015 as April 24, 1915 was the Kristallnacht of the Armenian Genocide. […]