ECK SPAHICH

Wednesday, November 23, 2005

MICHAEL SPAHICH'S SOCCER TEAM... BOYS,AGE 5-6, IN THE SPRING OF 2004, BORGER, TEXAS. THE WILD WEST HAS BEEN CONQUERED!! THE COACHE'S SON, BRENT MICHAEL SPAHICH,
FOURTH FROM THE LEFT IN THE PICTURE, IS ALSO THE TALLEST BOY ON THE TEAM. AT THE NEW SOCCER FIELD IN NORTH BORGER. PHOTO BY ECK SPAHICH, MICHAEL'S DAD, WHO ORGANIZED BORGER SOCCER ASSOCIATION IN MARCH OF 1978, LATER RENAMED HUTCHINSON COUNTY YOUTH SOCCER . Posted by Picasa

Saturday, November 05, 2005

CROATIAN EXILE STAMP, ISSUED IN ARGENTINA, 1951, HONORS THOSE FALLEN AT THE END OF WORLD WAR TWO, WHEN CROATIAN TROOPS AND COLUMNS OF CIVILIANS, INCLUDING FAMILIES AND CHILDREN CURRENDERED TO THE ALLIES, NEAR BLEIBURG, AUSTRIA. THIS LARGEST MASSACRE SOME TEN DAYS AFTER THE END OF WORLD WAR II, WAS KEPT SECRET FOR SOME 50 YEARS. THIS EXILE STAMP MARKS ONE OF THE GREATEST TRAGEDIES AND DISASTERS OF THE CROATIAN PEOPLE IN THEIR MODERN HISTORY. ADDITIONAL INFORMATION, AND A SET OF 20 DIFFERENT COLORFUL CROATIAN EXILE STAMPS, ISSUED BY VARIOUS CROATIAN PATRIOTIC ORGANIZATIONS IN EXILE, IS AVAILABLE FROM CROATIAN PHILATELIC SOCIETY: WWW.CROATIANSTAMPS.COM
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