MondoGuardiaregia March 2006 Newsletter

Editor: Peter M. Farina

Pete Grazie -

Ciao a Tutti!

With each passing month, we’re seeing MondoGuardiaregia grow and grow… and nothing could make me happier. Each month, I always talk about what’s coming, new parts of MondoGuardiaregia, etc., but rarely do I express my sincerest gratitude to all the recipients of this newsletter, both “Guardioli” and non‐Guardioli alike. In less then two months, I will be traveling Guardiaregia for an extended stay of two months. While there, I will be creating a short DVD on Guardiaregia, building a photographic database for the site, and indexing the public records so that ANYONE with roots in Guardiaregia can have a complete 300+ year family tree available to them. Following that, we’ll also be seeing the incorporation of Mon‐doGuardiaregia’s parent company, italyMONDO!, and its many sister divisions such as UpstateNYItali‐ans.com and MyItalianAncestor.com. This rocketing growth, though, could not have been possible without the support of everyone who are reading this now. Never would I have thought that this little hobby blossom

into a corporation dedicated to helping not just descen‐dents of Guardiaregia get in touch with their roots, but ALL Italians living around the globe. So, before you con‐tinue onto the rest of this modest newsletter, let me thank you all for your support this past year. I could have never realized such a dream without you.

A Panorama of Guardiaregia

‐ Taken March 2004 by Peter M. Farina ‐

MEDIA UPDATE: Guardiaregia will be receiving further publicity as I travel to nearby Schenectady, New York to be a special guest on “Schenectady Today,” which will be airing on Channel 16 (in New York’s Capital Region) on Monday, March 13th at both 10:00 AM and 6:00 PM. The Amster‐dam Recorder and The Schenectady Gazette will feature articles discussing this upcoming TV appearance and the phenomenal growth seen by italyMONDO!, too. Then, as if this wasn’t enough publicity, I will also be appearing on “The Salvatore Megna Show” (Local channel: 1570 AM) on Sunday, March 12th (At approximately 11:15 AM) to further discuss my upcoming trip and business endeav‐ors. Since this is an international publication, though, I will be making both the TV interview and radio broad‐cast available ONLINE, so everyone around the globe can hear and see them. MondoGuardiaregia will keep all of it’s members posted with up‐to‐date information regard‐ing both the TV and newspaper highlights.

“Le Parole di Roberto”

Franco Sampogna, president of Club Guardiaregia (Toronto, Canada), recently cele‐brated his 50th birthday alongside friends, family, and paesani on February 16th.

Sampogna immigrated to Canada in the early 1970s, where he married his wife Rosetta and had three children; Lisa, Roberto, and Alessan‐dro. He currently lives in Woodbridge, On‐

tario, north of Toronto.

MondoGuardiaregia’s Inside Source to Toronto’s Italian Community

BUON COMPLEANNO, CICCIO!!!

Photos and Information Submitted by; Roberto Bandiera;

Co-Founder of Panorama-Italiano - www.PanoramaItal.com

Guardioli Nunzio and Laura Parente help celebrate

Franco Sampogna’s Birthday.

The Man of the Hour, Franco Sam‐pogna, offering a rose to fellow Guar‐diola Rita De Francesco (Shown here

with her husband, Carmine)

Franco Sampogna, president of Club Guardiaregia in Toronto, and his wife Rosetta.

Staying up‐to‐date with Italo‐Canadian affairs, here is a Guardiola woman tak‐ing a break from the festivities to read the current issue of “Panorama Italiano”

“Dueling Organetto’s???”

Two Guardioli showing off their musical talents.

1 1/2 ounces amaretti cookies (about 12 small cookies) 3 ripe, firm peaches (about 5 ounces each), halved and pitted 3 teaspoons sugar (1/2 teaspoon per peach half) 3 teaspoons unsalted butter (1/2 teaspoon per peach half) 2 cups fresh whipped cream

Preheat the oven to 375 degrees F. Butter the bottom of an 8-inch baking dish and set aside.

Using a melon baller, clean out the red flesh from the center of each peach. Arrange the peaches cut side up in the prepared dish. In the bowl of a food processor, add the amaretti cookies and pulse until finely crumbled. Divide the amaretti crumbs between the peaches. Fill the center of each peach with the amaretti cookie crumbs. Sprinkle 1/2 teaspoon of sugar over each. Dot each peach with 1/2 teaspoon of butter.

Bake until the peaches are tender and the filling is crisp on top, about 30 minutes. Serve warm with whipped cream.

Peaches Stuffed with Amaretti Cookies

Recipe and Photo taken from Food.com Tested in “Nonna’s” Kitchen by Peter M. Farina

I Sapori d’Italia The Flavors of Italy

A Celebration of the many tastes from “Il Bel Paese”

Sporting my “Festa Italiana: Syracuse” apron, here’s a shot of Nonna Galeazza and I working in the Kitchen.

- Pete

ROMAN GLADIATORS

Unbeaten Heavyweight contender Mike Marrone, whose Italian roots lie within the province of Foggia, in Puglia, continues his un-beaten streak with a hard-fought win over Zach Page. Marrone, fighting under the watchful eye of fellow Italian-American Lou

Duva, improved his record to 13-0 with 10 KOs following the eight round decision win.

Brooklyn based Sicilian-American (with roots in the city of Siracusa,) Paul Malignaggi continued his rise to boxing star-dom with an impressive decision over Donald Camarena, im-

proving his record to 21-0 (5 KOs.)

In adding yet another impressive win under his belt, Malign-aggi has set up the potential for a mega-fight in New York City

with fellow junior welterweight star Miguel Cotto.

Stated the ultra-confident “Siracusano” star after the fight, “I’m looking to step it up again. Only name fighters now; If

you’re not a name fighter, don’t bother with Paul Malignaggi.”

ITALIANS IN THE SPORT OF BOXING

On February 13th, Providence, Rhode Island’s own Peter Manfredo (One of the stars of the hit television series, “The

Contender”) stopped fellow New Englander Scott Pemberton in three one-sided rounds, much to the pleasure of him home-

town crowd in the Dunkin’ Donuts Center that night.

“I wanted to take him out early,” said Manfredo of his impres-sive win. “I felt strong tonight.”

After the fight, Manfredo improved to 25-3 (11 KOs) while Pemberton fell to 29-5-1 (24 KOs)

Buffalo, New York recently received fantastic news as their favorite Italian son, heavyweight contender Joe Mesi,

recently was sanctioned to fight in Puerto Rico, allowing him to continue his assent towards boxing’s greatest tro-phy, the heavy championship of the world. Mesi, who at 29-0 suffered multiple subdural hematomas during his

previous fight with Vassiliy Jirov, was sidelined for almost a year until being allowed to fight this past month. In his return bout on April 1st, Mesi is scheduled to fight jour-

neyman Ron Bellamy.

Photo from www.boxing-pics.com

Photo from www.ESPN.com

Photo from www.ESPN.com

Photo from www.BabyJoeMesi.com Stayed tuned next month for the news regarding Joe Calzaghe’s title defense against Jeff Lacy, and also information on

Gianluca Branco, who will travel from his hometown of Civitavecchia, (north of Rome) to fight Puerto Rican star, Miguel Cotto.

I Guardioli del Mondo The “Guardioli” of the World

Amsterdam Born Descendent of Guardiaregia Wins Gold at Local

Power‐Lifting Contest

Jim Farina, Great‐Grandson of Guardiaregia born Carlo Sampogna and Francescantonio Galeazza, re‐

cently took 1st place in a local Power‐Lifting event, affectionately named the “Candy Azz Classic,” at the Iron Asy‐lum Gym in Tribes Hill, New York on February 18th. An impressive win, Fa‐rina swept his class (242 lbs. Open) with a 365 lbs. bench, beating out his nearest competitor by 30 lbs. Farina also competed RAW against his many opponents (many of whom came from all over the Northeastern United

States), with RAW meaning he com‐peted without the aid of a lifting shirt or performance enhancing drugs. As a result of this great accomplishment, MondoGuardiaregia would like to send it’s congratulations to Jim, and also to wish him all the best in

his upcoming events.

(WAY TO GO, BRO!)

To see more about Jim and the Iron Asylum Gym, you can view

their website at;

http://www.ironasylumgym.com/cac2006/jf

MondoGuardiaregia would also like to note, that of the 5 weight classes competing in the Bench Press competition on Febru‐

ary 18th, FOUR were won by Italian‐Americans!

A Spotlight on the Sons and Daughters of Guardiaregia From Around the Globe

ABOVE:

Farina Showing Off His First Place Trophy.

BELOW:

Farina poses with his workout partners, Tom Di-Caprio (Left, with roots in Alife, Caserta) and Mark

Kameka (Right, with roots in Sora, Frosinone)

Notizia Guardiola

News and Announcements From the Guardiolo World

MondoGuardiaregia would like to send its very best wishes to the Guardioli who recently celebrated their birthdays this past month.

So, on behalf of all their fellow paesani around the world;

TANTI AUGURI A VOI!

Birthday Announcements

The Sambogna (Sampogna) family of Palisades Park, New Jersey recently celebrated three birthdays this past month!

Mary Gallo (Sambogna,) celebrated her 80th birthday (February

15, 1926), along with her brother and sister Onofrio (February 12, 1931) and Victoria (February 10, 1936, now of Arizona.) All born at home to Guardioli parents, they are also the siblings of

the Anthony, Pete, and the late Angela Rosa, Nicholas, and John Sambogna.

As some of our most supporting of members, Mon-

doGuardiaregia would like to add a very sincere GRAZIE!, alongside our birthday wishes, to the all the descendents of the

Sambogna family now living around the United States.

(MondoGuardiaregia would also like to note that Onofrio Sam-bogna also worked on Broadway for much of his life. To learn more about his stage career, you can visit the Internet Broadway Data-

base at: http://www.ibdb.com/person.asp?ID=89742)

Notizia Guardiola

News and Announcements From the Guardiolo World

MondoGuardiaregia would like to send its congratulations to Gio‐vanni and Maria Vecchiarelli of Toronto on their recent

Golden Anniversary this past month.

TANTI AUGURI!

Anniversary Announcements

Guardiaregia born Giovanni and Maria Vecchiarelli (Pallotta) re-cently celebrated 50 years of marriage this past February with a fam-ily party held at “La Primavera” banquet hall north of Toronto, sur-rounded by their children, grandchildren, and many cousins and pae-sani of Guardiaregia. May their 50 years of love and devotion be an example for all, Guardioli and non-Guardioli alike. So, on behalf of the Guardioli of the globe, MondoGuardiaregia would like to wish them both all the love and happiness in the world for years to come.

WHOOPS!!! Our members are quite used to my many spelling and grammatical errors, but this time I made a BIG mistake! When writing about the Sambogna (Sampogna) family of Palisades Park, New Jersey this past edition of the newsletter, I forgot to mention Carl Sambogna alongside his brothers and sisters. So, as a result, I’m including this one page addition to

our March newsletter as a tribute to Palisades Park “Guardiolo,” Carl Sambogna.

A presto, “Pietro”

Carl and Rosemary Sambogna (Sampogna) on their 57th Wedding Anniversary

(February 20, 2006)

Carl and Rosemary Sambogna (Sampogna) on their Wedding Day (February 20, 1949)

Carl Sambogna (Sampogna) was the son of Guardiaregia born Pompilio Sampogna, who immi-grated to Palisades Park, New Jersey at the turn of the century. Carl was married to his wife of 57 years, Rosemary, in the Church of Saint Nicholas on Brinkerhoff Ave. in Palisades Park, a church which many “Guardioli” of the area help to build and dedicate in honor of our patron

saint, “San Nicola.” Carlo has three children; Mary (Ridgewood, New Jersey,) Phyllis (Middletown, NY,) and Pompilio (Westwood, NJ.)

The Sambogna family, who have now spread far beyond the limits of Palisades Park, are some of the most supporting members of MondoGuardiaregia. So, let us once again thank you all

for you support, and also congratulate Carl and Rosemary on 57th years of Marriage:

AUGURI!

LEFT and RIGHT

The Church of Saint Nicholas, Palisades Park, New Jersey

Photos by Peter M. Farina

August 2005

Editor’s Correction: Added to March 2006 Newsletter March 10, 2006 ——- Peter M. Farina