JEWETT, N.Y. – The Ukrainian community centered in Hunter, N.Y., gathered on Sunday, August 25, to celebrate Ukraine’s 28th Independence Day with a commemorative program held at St. John the Baptist Ukrainian Catholic Church’s Grazhda community hall.
Dr. Irene Sawchyn Doll, as emcee, invited Father Vasyl Kadylo to open the program with a prayer for the people of Ukraine. She then introduced the keynote speaker, Dr. Andrew Nynka, who gave a presentation titled, “Examining Ukrainian Journalists’ Ethical Beliefs Amid Pluralism, Propaganda and War.”